The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-11
", t. M 'ADOO MAY
 SUCCEED SHONTS.
At Head of Interborough Rapid
 Transit Company
HE IS A SOUTHERN MAN
Mrs. Marie Robinson Wright, a Bril- liant Georgia Woman, Goes to Gen. traI and south America to
 Pursue Studies

Pursue Studies
 New York, March 1o-(special)-Will William G McAdoo of the Hudson River and Georgia railroad succeed Theodore F. Shonts as the head of the Interborough Rapid Transit company? That question Is interesting New York just now no lit tle, and it is no betrayal of secrets to say that vast majority of New York CTS are earnestly hoping the answer will be yes" Mr. McAdoo declares there Is no truth in the rumor, but this may only mean that the change will not take place right now. There are reasons to believe there is a chance for such a change. It is understood that the finan- ciers who backed MT. McAdoo in his Hud- sen river exploits are now heavily inter ested in Interborough. MT. McAdoo has demonstrated his ability to successfully run great transportation system and give the public which pays a reasonable show for it's white alley
 It Is the general impre ssion that if this quiet but effective young southerner were to be placed at the head of the Inter borough, the public would benefit and the shareholders would lose nothing.
 Mir. McAdoo told this one on himself at the Southern society dinner. In the course of a reply to the toast. "A Man of the South Who Does Things" the tun- nel builder said
 T boarded an elevated train. which yyaa 7al nd eli be platform. After the guard had closed the doors he stood and eyed me curiously. I tried to look unconcerned. We passed several stations. but he would not take his eyes off me. After five minutes he ere ssed over and asked:
 :" Pardon me, ain't you MT. McAdoo2'
 No. certainly not I answered. What made you think so?"
 oh. excuse me- he rejoined didn't mean no offense.
 Mrs. Marie Robinson Wright of Geor- gia has just left New York for Mexico, where she goes in pursuance of her stud ies of Central and South America.
 It is safe to say that Mrs. Wright knows more of the country south of us than any living man or woman. She has made it her life work, and has not only writ ten books which are standard classics on Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia and Peru, ard has ready for publication similar works on Uruguay and Argentina, but she has been the means of opening the eyes of American capital to the enor- nous riches of these countries, and thus aided wonderfully in the development of these countries.
 She has the warm personal friendship of President Daz and of practically all the great men of Latin America.
 Mrs Wright is native of Newman. Ga, the daughter of Judge Robinson of that city. She married Hinton Wright of Atlanta. who died some fifteen years ago, leaving her practically dependent on her own resources. She engaged in news paper work and was sent to Mexico in q professional capacity. This was the | beginning of the work which has made her a recognized authority on Latin America.
 During her fifteen years of work in the southern countries she has travelled more | than 30,000 miles, and knows the coun- | try from Fl Paso to Sandy Point After being worried nearly to death | compelled to work night and day writ | ing letters and returning money, and then finally having a narrow escape from arrest and receiving d call down from the -seneral-after all this Mrs. Mark L. Abrahams of this city is ready to admit that endless chains and charity work are all right if not carried | to excess.
 | Mrs Abrahams last year started an endless chain in favor of her pet char | ity the Hebrew infant asylum, asking | five friends to contribute a dime and write to five friends each, asking for a | similar amount. In some manner Mrs. Abrahams address got lost in Tennessee e and letters commenced to accumulate In the Nashville postoffioe from persons Who thought that the project had been | started there.
 "The postmaster at Nashville notified me- said Mrs Abrahams today. and | told him to forward all the letters to me While l was answering each one, telling the donors that the home was really to be built in New York I learned that the Rev Dr. Lowenthal of Nash vile was taking steps to have me ar rested upon the charge that l was ob- taining money under false pretenses. I immediately wrote to him and to fthe postmaster at Nashville, but in the mean time I received letter from the Post master General warning me that endless chains were against the law. By this time I was so disgusted and scared and
 worn out with writing letters that I
 wished the endless chain had never been Invented | sent word to the postmaster at Nashville asking him to issue an