Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
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You are aware only of the flrmness OF
his face and the counterbalancing
finish of his features
"rhe expression about the presi-
dents eyes shows a greater combina-
tion of qualities than ] have seen in
any other man. His forehead and
brows are full of force and determina-
tion.
1.-THE tremendous power latent in his
characteristics is not hard to express
in marble; the difficulty comes in
showing the gentleness Of his eyes,
A. A. McAdee, second assistant sec
retary of state, is an enthusiastic BIZ
cyclst. Adee loves travel and needs
exercise. Most of the year he has time
neither for one nor the other, but when
spring arrives Secretary Adee digs out
of the recesses Of his desk a dog -eared
road map of France and begins to trace
therein the prospective tour he is to
make during his summers vacation,
which he spends always on bicycle.
He marks with a red cross the hotels
at which he Is to stop, with another
sort of cross the towns to which his
luggage Is to be forwarded, and at
which he will get a change of linen;
a red line marks the route he is to
take. Everything is arranged with the
years of diplomatic experience. Mr.
Adee has pedaled over 10000 miles of
roads In France. He insists that it is
not that he Is an enthusiast
in the matter of bicycle rid
ing, bat because It gives him
the necessary exercise to put him in
good physical trim for the rest of the
year. When he comes back to the state
department, which Is turned over to
II. .I,sI, offV., cicfl lYaf
secretary are away, his step is jaunty
the glow of physical well being is in his
cheeks, and he is on the job until the
erocuses bloom again.
Denied freedom of conduct in his
fatherland and exiled by the kaiser be-
cause he insisted upon leading his own
life in his own way, Prince Friedrich
Heinrich of Prussia has entered an
Italian monastery. The princes crime,
which led to his expulsion from Ger
many, was simply that he preferred to
live as q private gentleman, rather
than as q prince. No scandal ever at
tached to him, but that fact availed
nothing against the kaiser's wrath.
Following his exile Herr Won
Rogen," as he styled himself, wandered
about southern Europe until finally he
became sick in heart and sought solace
cided to become a monk, and, abandon
ing his real name, entered the monas-
terry as Brother Henry. The prince,
who has tasted of every luxury, now
cleans his own cell, sleeps on plank
board, and on his Unprotected knees
assists his brothers to scrub out the
corridors. Long hours are spent in de-
votional exercises, and much time is
devoted to the gardens. In addition
to this practical sympathy with the de-
mands of the Roman Catholic church.
the prince has made his whole fortune
over to 1t, to be devoted solely TO char
liable and humane purposes.
Frederick Greenwood. first editor of
the Pail Mall Gazette, who died few
days ago, was the man who made IL
possible for his country to secure con-
troll of the Suez canal. To do so Green
wood sacrificed one of the biggest
newspaper beats" of his day.
Greenwood was at work in his office
when a visitor was announced. The
caller declared he had q secret of ma
tionaI Importance to reveal-for price.
Terms were arranged and the secret re-
Vealed. Instead of publishing his In
formation, however, the editor crossed
over to Downing street, where ne toid
the then premier that the French gov
ernment was IN negotiation FOR buying
I'D all the canal shares.
AS a direct result of that interview
the British government forestalled the
French, buying in the shares for a lit
tie less than $20,00O,000. Today those
same shares are easily worth $120'OOO,-
900. while control of the canal is and
has been of inestimable value to the
British foreign office.