The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-08
LEDYARD BLAIR
JERSEYS APOLLO
FOR TAFT BALL
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him AZ years old. lust the age when a
man should look and be at his best.
After healthy, happy boyhood he went
to Princeton, where he was by no
means at the foot of his class. He
graduated in 1890, and embarked at
once on the financial career that has
made many Of his associates gasp, so
successfully daring, or daringly sue
cessful has he been.
In 1891 he married Miss Florence Os-
borne Jennings, of Orange, well known
to society people of the Oranges and
this city. Since then he has always
lived in the neighborhood of Peapack,
Blairsville, and other parts of North
Jersey. He and his wife figure prom
inently in most of the functions of the
exclusive social sets of New York and
Washington. His fortune embraces
more little round thoughts and figures
than most men would acquire in two
or three lifetimes.
Truly, Senators Kean and Briggs,
whose privilege it was to choose the
''handsomest man in Jersey for h
great inaugural ball." chose well. Who
can suggest a better qualified man
than c. Lfdyard Blair?
Nobody SAYS each man to mis-
neighbor in a loud, positive voice, even
though, in the privacy of his room, he
stands before his mirror and says, "Oh,
well, now if they'd only
Hail to our h~andsomest, c. Ledyard
Blair.
The roll of honor for this national
contest now displays forty-one names.
OF these thirty-eight will represent
States, two Hawaii and the Philippines
! and one the District of Columbia. This
leaves but eight States and three Ter
~ritories to send in their candidates.
The list includes:
Louisiana-Walter D.. Denegre, New
Orleans.
Missouri-Charles Nagel, st. Louis.
Wyoming-C. A. Guernsey, Cheyenne.
Ohio-Myron T.. Herrick, Cleveland.
California-Percy T. Morgan, San
Francisco.
New York-James W. wadsworth,
jr., Geneseo.
Characteristics A. Arthur, Colo
RADIO Springs.
Northumberland A. Harlow.
Utah-Hoyt Sherman.
New Jersey-C. Ledyard Blair, Blairs-
vile.
Delaware-H. B.. Thompson, Brock
wood Farm, Greenville.
Northumberland Felix Angus, Bal
timore.
vermont-Collins U. Graves, Ben
nington.
I~llinois-Colonel Frederick H. Smith,
Peoria.
Kansas. B. Case, Abilene.
co,+b ,oI;na- Hnub G Tnoara
Rhode Island-H. P. Cross, Proyi-
dence.
Connecticut-Louis R. Cheney, Hart
ford.
Washington-John H. McGraw, Seat
tie.
Wisconsin-Alfred L. Rogers, Madi-
son.
West virginia-Captain John A.
Thayer. Charleston.
Neutrality-suspicious. George H.
Doty, Boston.
Observation-Disclosures J. H. schoon-
maker, Pittsburg.
South Dakota-C. B. Collins.
Nevada-Oscar j.. Smith, Reno.
Michigan Albert Stickley, Grand
Rapids.
Neutrality-suspicious. b. Belknap, Louis
vile.
North Carolina-Ernest NJ. Green,
Raleigh.
!, Nebraska-Isidor Zeigler, Omaha.
Tennessee-C. II. Raine, Memphis.
Minnesota-George r. Smith, Minnie
apolis.
Alabama-Albert P. Bush, Mobile.
Mississippi-Walter Weaver.
Oregon-S. L.. Kline, Corvallis.
Georgia-Henry Hammond.
Administrators w. Corcoran.
virginia-The Mayor of stanton.
Maine-Chandler Hale.
District of Columbia-Larz Anderson.
The Philippines-Charles A. Otis.
1t is a reasonable supposition that all
of these gentlemen have plenty of
funds with which to pay their fare to
this city and hire a hack on the night
of the ball. Many of them are known
to be we'll supplied in that regard.
Mr.. Denegre, who will represent
Louisiana, is wealthy. lowning the
Times-Democrat, a prosperous newspa-
per.
Myron T. Herrick is ex-governor OF
Ohio. a banker and millionaire. He is
classed as a cabinet possibility.
Mr.. Nagel, of Missouri. is another
leading cabinet guess. He is close up
10 the ml1llOnaire marx AS an Onset
to any possible shortage he is other
wise exceptionally qualified for the con-
test.
Young Wadsworth, of New York, is
the son of his father, and the family
has nothing put money.
General Angus, of Maryland, owns the
Baltimore American, and is a man of
great wealth.
Colonel S-choonmaker, of Pennsyl-
vania, is an intimate friend of Senator
Knox. He is the president of a railroad
and car probably arrange for courtesy
transportation if he goes broke.
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, is a son of Sena-
tor Eugene Hale. He is now an assist
ant secretary of state n has. spent
years hobnobbing with social experts
abroad.
Mr., Anderson, District of Columbia, IS
a man of unlimited means. He lives in
a million-dollar residence here.
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