The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-04

GOTHAM GOSSIP
By FRANCIS PHILLIPS.


great man Is the product Of his COM
munity, Of his environment. Eight
tenths Of our great men come from
poor families. They receive their ed
ucation from the Community.
Poverty is a disease which even
tually We will be able to control and
conquer like any other when wealth
Is not concentrated in the hands Of
the few. and when the laboring man
gets more than one or one and half
per cent of his earnings.
Il contend that there Is no such
thing az a self-made man, that q man
Is absolutely the product Of his an.
cestry and bis environment. Investi.
cation has demonstrated that a Ger.
tain amount of real talent has been
developed In aristocratic families. but
not to the extent that would justify
their subs!dization by the government
the robbing of the people, which
has taken place In European coun-
tries.
"The best opportunity for develop
Ing a great man is. in the city,
family with an income of $4,000, and
in the country an income of 1900.
believe in the ,aristocracy of the
average normal woman Dr. Hutch
inson ended; there is no other
Senator J.W. Bailey, of Texas. can
now qualify as an authority on how
to make $3.50 within the space of
minute. And while it may have about
1t certain 'get-rich-quick" favor.
the Senator's method was strictly
legitimate business transaction. While
at the Horse Show he paid $1.750 for
Prince Kennev, fine black stallion
owned by John H. Shuts, a multi
millionaire horseman. The deal was
no sooner closed than Mr.. Shuts re-
GREETED having sold the stallion. It
Is his rule never to buy or sell horses.
, save at public auction. Here, how
ever, was an exception. But he went
about the work In a roundabout way.
81 will give you $4,000 for a box of
cigars II you will throw in the horse"
he said to Senator Bailey. But the
Senator refused TO be party to
such deal.
II don't want to take advantage of
you," the Texan answered. Twelve
hundred and fifty dollars profit would
be too much. But I can see that
your heart is wrapped up in this fine
animal. We will call 1t two thou
sand dollars for the box of cigars.
and I'll throw in the horse"
Mr.. Shuts lost no time in handing
over the $3.50 in cash. He led the
stallion away with the smile of a man
who had just received a lost child.
The man from Texas remarked that
his $3.50 was quite a decent days
wages.
Gotham has a Sacred Thatch in its
midst. 1t is not a new kind of
saurian or an chronological freak,
hut chic English girl with the fresh
tint Of June rose on her cheeks
and the liquid sparkle of an Adiron-
dack spring in her eyes. To her
friends and family she Is Mura Bayly
OF London and Samoa. In Samoa a
Sacred Thatch is priestess whose
! person Is believed to be enchanted
with the spirit of the goIs and leads
the sanguinary hosts into battle
astride horse as Joan of Arc used
to do once upon time.
| Miss Bayly, who has been a globe
trotter ever since she was in her
teens. is here on visit. On her
transatlantic journey she brought
with her a whales tooth which was
presented to her by one of the Sa-
moan chieftains and is regarded as
talisman OF priceless value. Her
description of the circumstances un-
der which she was formally ordained
a princess is highly interesting. I'm
der government escort she visited
the native Samoan villages some few
years ago and was presented to the
local chieftains and their headsmen,
who received her with elaborate cere.
mony. Conceiving that 1t would be
a decided acquisition to his tribe to
have white princess, one of the
chieftains. following a long Grafton
on the pleasure it gave him to vel.
come her. issued an edict proclaim.
ing her Sacred Thatch for all time
and as an additional mark of his
,aristocratic favor bestowed upon her
the whales tooth. During her stay
In the village she was invited to
lead the fc"ces Of her.benefactor into
q scrimmage with a rival band on
the outskirts Of the town and was de-
clared to have acquitted herself with
distinction. Being held sacred. a