Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-09-10

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Is the fact that nearly ali the great
men of that day wore beards-from
Lincoln !: Grant and Jefferson Da-
Wis and LIS, all the way down on both
sides These are the bearded men
OF bearded age, all except Farragut,
| Governor John A. Andrews, Gen. Ben
jamin T. Butler and few others
| Cen Butler wore a mustache,
And what enormous boards some OF
the generals wore. No Bersekir chief
looked any fercer than Gen. James
Longstreet or Gen. Edward Pickett,
and no Highland chief looked any
more dignified in his long beard than
did Gen Stonewall Jackson or Ad-
miral D. H. Porter
Gen. Robert E. Lee wore a rather
short beard, and it certainly became
| his face Gen Grant also wore his
beard rather short and stubby. He
| clearly did not care for his beard in
the same way that Lee did for his.
In some of the early bearded pictures
OF Grant he looks like a frontiersman
of the period-a little unkempt, with
| a hard, stern face. Gen. Sheridan
wore a rather long beard at one time,
| and there Is one picture of Gen. Sher-
man here in which his beard is long.
I thick and black, very unlike the close
| ly-cropped beard he wore in later life.
! The pictures OF Gen. Hancock by
which he Is most familiar show him
with fine mustache and goatee; but
here in this collection is one in which
| he is shown with not too elegant or
! dignifed beard Gen. Custer Is also
Rbest known without beard, but there
| Is an excellent portrait of him in this
| collection, bearded.
A portrait of Gen. Banks shows
| him bearded, whereas the usual pic
| lures show him with goatee and mus
| tache. A portrait of Gen. Benjamin
! F. Butler looks rather unusual with
| the long hair and long, dropping mas
tache. The portrait of Gen. Garfield
shows him in much the same style OF
| beard he wore in later life.
The type Of men who were promt-
nent in those days has surely dlsap-
| peared, but 1t Is probable that the
general lack Of a beard today on the
| faces of prominent men has much To
| do with this apparent difference. Near
| " all of these men looked rougner, as
| if they had been used to more physical
struggles with life. There Is sort OF
| tyne running through the faces which
has surely disappeared. The collec-
ton is interesting and of value as
showing the type of bearded men VINO
thonpht and fought In 1861.-Boston
Globe.
! Secretary stanton and Gov. Yates
When we entered the office or hhe
sturdy Secretary, reads the chicago
| Tribune. / was at once struck Win
| his brusuue manners and rapid style
| In business. Several Governors had
| already been in, Kirkwood being there
| when we entered. He talked to the
| latter as if he were the subordinate
| Oflcer of country militia company
I saw by the storm that was gathering
| on the face Of Yates that 1t would De-
| inst as well for the Secretary not To
| ATTEMPT any kind of "foolishnesS
with him. When Kirkwood left, turn
| log to Yates, the great Secretary said;
s'Wen, there is another Of them gone
| was in hope had gotten rid of you
| Governors. What do you want,
| Yates?
"By the eternal, sir!" exclaimed
| Yates, II want, In the first place, TO
| be treated like a gentleman. would
like to have you understand, nton.
| that I am the Governor Of the State
| Of Illinois, and as such am entitled
to be respected. I would like to know
what would become Of you or this war
| but for the support Of the loyal Gov
| errors of the free States. | did not
| come here to beg anything. but to in
| form you, as the head Of the War
| Office Of the Government, what are
| the just demands Of the State of Hi
nois, which I am here to see re-
| specteG."
1t. looked blue for a minute, but
| there was no further trouble with
| Stanton He apologiZed to the Gov
| ernor, and explained that there had
been an unusual amount of friction
In his Office that morning. and that
| the Governor must overlook his
abruDtness and apparent want Of
courtesy. Before they parted Yates
| and the Secretary were on friendly
terms. understanding each other ala
| the better on account Of the little dis
turbance at the beginning of their
interview
Living ON Superstition.
AS the army was crossing South
| Mountain the day before the battle of
Antietam, General Mcclellan rode
along the side Of the moving column.
Overtaking a fayorite zouave regiment.
he exclaimed, with his natural bon
homie:
| well, and how is the old Fifth this
EVENING""