The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-26
THR BEAUTY OF PERSISTENCE
mn. LOOMISS "TRIP WIN
NAN ron WHOM DOORS OPEN.


b'oNmg now.
and that u a newspaper man wishes
20 succeed he must cultivate a certain
amount u tenACity Of purpose.
A man whom will call Masainger has
ben my companion good deal Of late.
He = a newspaper man, and however
ahy and retiring he u when a. home or
among hls friends. no one would thinh
Of those adjectivea for a who's day after
sosing him At work getting 10 some place
Whsrs his presenoe was not absolutely
necessary irom the point Of view OF the
ma refusing him admittanoo.
Take 4 al Cambridge. When he IN
Vlaed me 20 70 down with him 70 go
Roossvsh receive his degree accepted
vlth alacrisy. although did not 80 how
Ne wore going 10 gst into the senate
house, where the ceremony vas 70 take
plaoa.
We travelled OWN arst class and on a
pana. h h 20 long since special privilege
was abOllahsd N America that q paas
Was almost a. Interesting to my eyes ~
q Ora edition % SapphoS poems would
b 10 a bibIiophile. Il was an incOaae-
qusnaial bis Of hinay paper. but it was
Gpod Ter tho distance. going and CON-
nd. and was glad 20 travel Arut olaas
tuas 10 ses what Il was like. They aay
0Rly lorda and fools travel first clnas. but
! oursainly had no companion IN our
oompaEtmsnt srospt hassinGsr. and he
Int 4 lord.
WhsA ws rot 10 Cambridge We learned
thaa Roosevelt was coming down by Gn-
OahaF line and would arrive In twenty
mlnmas. MAasingsr h sending photo
gEsphs a. well a. letters 70 his paper and
20 W went 10 meet Roosevelt.
u was nothing. q mere bagatslle. for
Nm - Rst into the reserved space. and Of
ouyBBa I vent along. a. have credentials
THAI pass me through certain lines when
have my nerve with me-; andI always
have Il when I'm with MassinEsr II
riha a Of him. It's like coming IN cOn-
taet with a newly painted post. You can't
hslp coming away with something.
So We stood there and waited for the
ouming Of the man that English papers
cay with a certainty that would sesm 20
arQls that they had been out West and
talhsd with almost anybody will be our
nsxt Prssident.
AZ last he came. red faced and smiling.
In sssmihgly perfect health and bound TO
add another 20 tho good times he h - had
since be joined this busy little world Of
OurN
Mnsaingar vent 20 close TO him that Il
my friend had bean a fame and Roosevelt
wore beard the beard would have gone
NO In . puG a. smoke He got ham and
Roosevelt never turned hair He looked
iuAt - pleasant a. he had been looking.
We had been told how 70 make a short
cut 80 that us might ses him whom he first
uMw the Cambridge crowd that had come
dgwn 10 welcome him. under grads and
tOwnsmsn and reporters
He vas hailed With an English cheer that
aasmsd 70 be just like an American one.
Hooasvelt parted his lips for the first time
aud Fsvsaled a very perfect set Of teeth
thai looked a. II they could snap bone
In two with one incisive click. Mrs.
Roosevelt and Mra LongWOTth we're in
fall mourning. but that did not look odd,
e. there are no oOlors anywhere in Eng
land except IN nature. and wonder they
dare haunt their colOrs 20 shanelessly.
Grief IL one thing and . natural thing.
bua hlack excuse me while |
change the Subiect when I Get on 10
that topic am apt TO grow intolerant. and
a daslhtory letter is no place for intOler-
ancs.
II I could describe the beg uties Of the
River Cam, the copper heeohss and the
full plumed chsstnuts. the May trsel
end tho Gothic towers rising above them:
RIcould describe them and the ed King
Chapel with any degree Of adequacy
sh0uld become a Doet II the first water
By virtue ~ nv description But I was
born 20 adore unstnging. and beauty dies
within. me unsmg.
Besides I have seen oxford. and
90 bstweSn Cambridge and Oxford theirs
n no comparison. save that can think
a. no chapel az Oxford that equals King 4
Chapel in its nobility and its call 10 silencS
and Deditation.
MAHsinRar reminded me that II
Ne sHpacted "a 80 Roosevelt get hil
daRrss Ne must he moving On, 10 on W.
moved and soon came 10 the senate
CHAMBER
Here I vas TO 80 the beauty ~ persist.
encs. Here ! vas 20 80 how IL 10 that
psople st their news every morning
We walked into the senate house and
IN full throat ted tones MAssinger started
20 ask whom We should sss in ord -
sShis said the verger ~ door man ~
bellb0y or whatever h- was called and
pesplng through a screen I aaW that
sense Of the flower Of England were en-
Eagsd In study. and IL ~ became ~ trnv.
eIlsrs from across the sepS N disturb
them.
IN whispers W. pursued our talk and
laAFnad that a certain master Il arts
20 come presently. was the only man
who could grant O,H request
Ne caRe. a courteous. splendid look
ing fellow. siK foe, tall and looking Al
" he might Ne master ~ a college sim,
day.
Said MAssingsr: We would like N wit
ns@ tho ceremony this afternoon.
rapTessnt. &c. 40, and my friend rspre
santa 20 and So the truth I had my Gre
dantials with me. buG am only sEpectss
90 write a lettsr now and then when IN
mood ssizes mel.
Master Of Arts I'm very sorry. hut
win be quite impOssibls.
Now this u where. In the words Of Gil
bsrt. should have retired ApoloEiEinE.
Ear from me 10 Try 20 intruds upon you
sacred ceremony. Consider that you hav
hsvsr met me-. Allow ma 10 sink int,