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ton. She takes a broad view Of every
question. and to her ripe experience and
ready sympathy much OF her husbands
prosperous and honorable career may be
traced. Mr. Young served for years
the president of the National Editorial
Association, and his wife entered into
the work with her well known enthusi-
asm and stimulating interest.
Many notable entertainments have been
given at the Owls Head for editors OF
national fame, and few journalists OF
high or low degree have passed through
Des Moines without realizing the hos
pitable tnclinations of the wife OF its
chief journalist Senator and Mrs Young
have been frequently visitors to WASH
ing before their residence here in an
Official sense. They have attended three
lnauSurations and at the last, the Undue
ton of William Howard Taft as chief
magistrate, they were tte guests OF Rep
resentative and Mrs. John A. T. Hull,
their lifelong friends. Senator Young
was among the voyagers to the orient at
the time the President as Secretary OF
war made that celebrated cruise The
friendship between him and President Taft.
before rather formal. has been OF a NOR,
intimate personal nature since that time
Mrs. Young did not accompany her
husband on that trip. but, as in the case
of his absence in Cuba, she took charge
of his affairs, and gave them over to him
on his return in most prosperous shape
She has made several trips 10 Europe ami
to the orient, and once made the en-
tire circuit of the world via San Fran
cisco, and back to the port Of New York
She embodied her experiences in a series
OF bright papers, which We're read before
literary societies in Iowa, and were pub
lshed in her husbands paper Mrs. Young
accompanied the senator to Iowa during
his recent trip. and will not return to
Washington again this season.
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We boast of so many features of IN
dustrial life in Iowa that it would take
long time to recount them. For m
stance. we buy annually one-twelfth of
AL the farm implements manufactured IN
the entire country, and our methods III
agriculture are the standard of progress
ard success The agricultural college at
AmeS. which owes much to the fsre-
thought and splendid service of that Ven
cradle Iowan now at tire head of the De-
partment Of Agriculture, James Wilson.
has a Worldwide reputation. Several
years ago. Senior Enrique Creel, one Of
the richest men in the world, then serV-
ing as ambassador Of Mexico, selected
Anes as the place to educate his second
son. who is to take charge OF the prince
" agricultural possessions OF his parents.
Senor Creel made an exhaustive study OF
results AS shown in the teachings of dgrl-
cultural institutions. and his decision that
Ames was the foremost agricultural COL
lege in the world was Immensely pleasing
TO all residents of the state
..Since coming to reside IN Washngt ton.
| have been ags.!eved that. considering
the almost countless tourists 10 The weS',
so few visit Iowa. OF course. they all pass
through it. since Chicago. = the accepted
gateway OF the west, and the route toward
the Pacific coast must lead directly
through the state. But the general tray
eier merely passes through and never
leaves his Pullman coach. though there is
much worthy of a visit. Des Moines is an
exceptionally beautiful city. but the tour
list who leaves Chicago passes II nv night
and those who are seeking the lake coun-
try of Minnesota and journey UP the Mis-
Sissippi see only the eastern side. and
that is the least attractive. Des Moincs
Is a city of homes. and the Des Nones
~. f,p lar. a lori - h0n Nc
woman. We have suffered in the past and
still suffer from thSt national grievance
the absence uf adequate household assist
auce. But we are eelf-Ie chant variety vi
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their sweetness. and I have been as
CAD as could be when 1 thought how
they would make life so much happier
and brighter. and render this world a
due d hnu h airer p they III w Mh' them ~
selves SO lovely, they would smile upon
their friends and all who met them.
and go about shedding bliss and con-
tentment and growing more and more
beautiful with every year till, at last,
all they would need to transport them
to that place where we all reach our
dearest hearts desire would be just Il
moments quiet and the waving Of some
angels wing. They would be so heaven
" that heaven would be their natural
habitat.
We'll. years and years afterward !
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other women rave and say, isn't she
beautiful" and before whom the wisest
men bow in willing adulation and de
clare, "She is a lovely woman and yet
the people who knew her when she was
a girl would be compelled II called upon.
to testify that in her girlhood, she was
never rated as a tearing beauty at all,
but, on the other hand. was called by
her dearest friends extremely anna BILE?
I myself have seen. lots and lots of
times, the loveliest girls, all rose and
pearl and gold and cerulean blue. My
heart has all curled up with delight in
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worry, be beautiful or commit any other
desired atrocity in this plane of being.
During that siXty-five or seventy years
person has got to be something. hasn't
she? Who wants to waste all that time
being as homely as a hedge fence?
What comfort is it going to be to a
woman that in siNtyfive or seventy years
she will be an angel in any case, when.
at tie time. she is merely an aggrega-
ton OF inconSI-uities? AS great states
man has said, it is the incongruities, and
not the angelhood, that confront us.
And yet We have thought that some
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caterer who provides cakes. salads and
accessories has little vogue in Des Moines.
Every hostess delights in the product
of her own hands, and she would feel
herself lacking in the traditions Of hos
pitality Il she filed her board with store
food
The home of Senator and Mrs. Young
is one of the most elegant and extensive
in that city of beautiful dwellings. 1t
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women, and when everything fails. we
are all prepared to help ourselves.
Home life is a delightful feature Of
living in Des Moines. We find absorb
ing occupation in the home and the
hostesses of my city still dispense hos
pitality after the pattern of early days.
We prepare for guests in the most sys-
temat!c way, and all the extra dainties
are cooked in our own kitchens. The
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is locally known as the owls Head"
and is located on one of the fine boule-
wards which lead from lowa's capital
city into the open country toward the
west. 1t is Of brick, with stone trim
mings. and has a substantial and roomy
appearance and hospitable air. with its
hooks in bay window and gable recess
es. Mrs. Young is a homekeeper in
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whom her city takes infinite pride. She
has the reputation of making cakes bet
ter than any French cock. and her pies.
bread and salads are equally famous. Her
hospitality is of the large sort, and not
infreuuently has the Young home enter
tanned fifty or sixty guests at dinners or
luncheons, and every detail of the cuisine
has been turned from the hands of the
chatelane. The dining room in this
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By Margaret B. Downing.

ENATOR LAFAY-
ETTE YOUNG o.
Iowa is among the
prominent editors
who have come TO
the upper house OF
the national leg's-
lature via the
thorny path or
Journalism. There
is a commendable
number of these
gentlemen in both
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VERY woman in the world deeply
IL desires to be beautiful, feels that
she is outrageously defrauded #
she is not beautiful-and is con-
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nr9t 10 20 up ABOVE tbo Soso'oo '''N'O
mark would never be realized. for 1eEas-
neaux had risen 1o.499 that afternoon
We'll" I heard one man say to an
other. they have settled Drexefs record
beyond all question now. Here's q fellow
who has beaten him by 800 feet
Yes" said the other. 1T seems to get
easier every day"
Easy, They talk Of altitude climbing as
though it were a pleasant little past1me
to he nonchalantly enjoyed for few mo-
ments before breakfast. much as one
would take a constitutional for the benefit
of ones appetite.
Easy, A man climbs and climbs and
strains every nerve and muscle to the
breaking point--he fights inch by inch,
forcing a frail machine beyond anything
IL was ever intended to do-he hears the
creaking of the woodwork and the wicked
singing of the tautening wires, and he
knows that one little ounce more OF strain
where. anywhere, and 1t Will all be
over in the most horrible of ends-he
plugs onward and upward. sick at heart
and in body. utterly weary and hopeless.
nerves gone. strength ebbing fast. brain
dizzy. ears bursting and eyes swimming
until a momentary spell Of near uncon-
seriousness makes him pull himself to-
gether for the awful hell OF that final
plunge to earth. to leave him practically
helpless when at last he does reach the
ground-and they call all this easy!
X
In the old days. perhaps, 1t was cay.
One thousand feet was not SO difficult.
though man was a long time making
il, for he had TO learn confidence in him
self and in his machine. Two thousand
feet was merely another step-merely a
question of more confidence and, perhaps,
better mechanics. Three and four thou
sand feet came and went. and then en-
tered the new element Of the limitations
Of human endurance. for 1t began to be
seen that not only was the machine il
self reaching or approaching the point
where the lifting power absolutely stop
ped, but man himself began to give out
in the awful struggle upward and the
still more awful catapult to the ground
again.
no man will ever be able adequately to
describe that long. vast plunge to earth
after every nerve has collapsed and every
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of the national houses. and the conveh-
ing OF the Sixty-second Congress Will
witness notable additions to their ranks
Mrs. Lafayette Young. however. Is unique
among the senatorial hostesses In being
a practical newspaper woman, one who
has been the associate and able co-editor
of her husband during his long and sue
ccssful career as an editor and publisher.
Senator and Mrs. Young were married
during the pioneer days OF the great
farming state of Iowa, when the building
of fortune or even moderate success
meant hard work and little res. or
recreation. From the early days of Their
married life Mrs. Young's ambition was
10 be her husband chief support, not
unly III the home. but in his business
cares. She learned the newspaper bust
ness from the ground up. as the term
goes spending hours in the small office
reading proofs. clipping and passing, dis
cl,ssing the political situation and giving
wise counsel and ready sympathy during
the vicissitudes which attend the up
building OF a paper. SO Well trained was
Mrs Young in practical newspaper lore
that when Senator Young went to Cuba
during the Spanish-American war TO act
as a correspondent for his paper. his
wife assumed editorial and business man
agement of the paper ana conducted Its
Affairs with success.
Mrs Young is Il versatile writer and
has contributed TO almost every depart
ent.of her husbands paper. Like the
senator, she is fond of travelling. and
she has visited nearly every section OF
her own country which IS or the Slight
est national interest.
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T was on the train
between Philadel-
phia and New York.
I had just received
confirmation of my
altitude record OF
1897 feet--the high
est man had ever
been in an aero
plane-and had read
in the evening pa
rers that my great
ambition to be the
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But one sight Of the Paragraph made
me grit my teeth aQd shove the nose of
the Bleriot a good deal higher than wis
dom warranted. Instead of being near
the coveted 10000 mark, l was barely
passing the 5000 line.
No words Of mine can express the dis
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that my ears would burst with the pres
sure from inside my head, or, rather, with
the Iessenins of the pressure outside. My
nerves and my muscles. too, began to
give warning that they had D,en pushed
almost to the utmost and I felt that
was near the end of my powers.
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Association with newspaper work"
remarked Mrs.. Young, is a potent in
centiye 10 travel and to awakening in
terest in other sections than your own
milestone You touch remote points in
ths country, and naturally afte. reading
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-30
Could No, Decide Upon the Manner In
Which the Presidents Inability 10
Perform His Duties should
De Declared.

William Window. federal represen-
tatiye and senator from Minnesota.
one OF the early advocates OF recipro.
city and the gold standard, and candi.
date for the Republican presidential
nomination In the three national con
ventions OF the party held In the
twelve years beginning with 1850. was
also secretary OF the treasury In two
abtnets-Garfeld's and BENJAMIN Har-
rison's.
About a year before Mr.. Window re-
turned to Washington as member of
President IIarrison's Official family.
he spoke at length to me OF his recol-
lections OF the period when his first
presidential chief lay desperately III.
and his cabinet was In daily doubt
whether the president would survive
the wound. or die.
Many were the incidents connected
with Garfield's illness that impressed
me greatly" said Senator Window.
but the one that left with me the
most vivid impressions occurred the
latter part OF July. or It may have been
about the first week in August.
You may remember that all
through the presidents Illness the
members OF his cabinet remained con-
stantly In Washington. We had many
Informal discussions rs to what our
duty was under the circumstances.
and upon one occasion Mr.. Blaine. the
secretary OF state, said TO two or three
OF US that he was anxious to discuss
with us personally and unofficially
what seemed to him to be very I'm
portant contingency that might arise
He then went on to say that he had
been reading the clause In the Con
stitution which defined tho ONCE and
responsibilities Of the president. and
that he had been trying to discover
some precedent. or at least a hint. in
the discussions that took place In the
convention that framed the Constitu-
ton which might serve as a guide to
the cabinet should II have TO face the
contingency that he had In mind.
Il asked Mr.. Blaine II he had
reference to the clause In the Constr
tLtion which declares that In case Of
the death or disability az the president
to perform the business OF his Office.
the vice-president shall assume Office
| remember perfectly Mr.. Blaine's re-
ply. which followed a grave nod OF his
head.
"'Ws have had two cases where this
clause OF the Constitution has applied.
he said. Each Of them. however. was
a case involving the death OF a presi-
dent. II was the unquestioned right
of the vice-president TO succeed. al
though l have learned that at the time
OF John Tyler's accession there were
many who thought he should sign him
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-30
How Abrsrr s. Hewitt Demonstrated
to steel Process inventor That He
Had Divided HE Wealth
With the Nations.

Sometimes the statement II made
when a man Of great wealth dies. that.
while he amassed millions for him
self, he enriched the world to much
greater extent than he did himself
And whenever l see this statement
made / always call to mind the anec-
dote that the late Abram 3. Hewitt
told mo OF Sir Henry Bessemer.
Abram s. Hewitt is numbered
among New Yorks best and most
famous mayors. lie was chairman OF
the Democratic national committee
that managed the Tilden presidential
campaign: his efforts as trustee and
secretary gave Cooper Union the
world wide fame Il enjoys today rs an
educational Institution. and for near
ly half a century Mr.. Hewitt was a
power In the iron and steel trade. As
manufacturer he gained an en-
cyclopedic knowledge OF commercial.
Industrial and financial statistics not
only OF his own time. but OF earlier
times as we'll; and as an authority In
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-30
One Vote Became a Majority

vote for Garfield with this temptation
before his eyes: that. in the event OF
Garneld's election. Mr.. Greer would
be appointed to an important position
In the treasury department That is
10 be Greer's reward" was the com
mon saying: and following Garfeld's
triumph at the polls. this opinion seem.
ed to be justified when Il was learned
that the new president had offered
Mr.. Greer the post OF assistant secre-
tary of the treasury. But instead Of
accepting the offer. as II was common
ly believed he would. Mr.. Greer de-
clined the appointment. and when ask
ed for the reason replied:
Il do not want any political ONCE.
could not AFFORD TO accept any APP
pointment I could not AFFORD TO give
up my business OF my association with
my bank"
Then II Is not true that you went
to the Chicago convention determined
to support Garfield because you had
an ambition for an Office In the treas
ury?"
General Garfield did not know me:
I had never seen him until the Chi.
cago convention was organized" was
the reply. Il went to the convention
expecting fully to obey the instruc-
lions Of my district convention and
vote for General Grant for president.
Hut when General Garfield made his
spe ech placing John Sherman In nom
nation for president. was 50 ire
mendously impressed by the personal
ity. the magnificent physique. the SUI
perb voice and the wonderful rhetoric
and eloquence OF Garfield that | said
to myself. This man. In my opinion.
is the man who should be nominated
for president OF the United states by
the Republican party ] backed that
opinion with my vote. even when !
received kilograms and powerful per
sonal appeals urging me 10 change my
vote to General Grant: and as ] con
tiEued 10 vote alone ! grew more and
more convinced that my lone ballot
would eventually point the way TO Gar
fields nomination.
II was right In that belief l have
never regretted my vote for Garfield.
And In the triumph OF Garfield In the
convention I received all the payment.
or reward. that I shall ever care for"
Copyright. 1910. by E. ,. Edwards All
Rights Reseryed.)
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-30
How One Lone Delegate In Republican
Convention Of 1880 Finally Brought
About Nomination Of James
A. Garfield.

Mr.. Quay. you would put me I'M
der a great obligation II you would
give me Information respecting the
personality and purpose Of that voci-
ferrous delegate from your state who
Is casting the solitary vote reported
by the secretary OF this convention for
James A. Garfield" said Roscoe Conk-
ling at the Chicago Republican con-
vention of 1880. to Matthew Stanley
Quay, the leader OF tho Pennsylvania
delegation.
Il can't explain. Senator" Mr.. Quay
replied. "ile Is a delegate from the
IIazleton district. and he Is disobey-
Ing the instructions OF that district.
which commanded him to vote for
the nomination OF General Grant.
Why he Is voting for Garfield ] don't
know. But II Is only one vote. and
that doesn't mean anything"
Sometimes one vote becomes a ma
jority vote" Senator Conkling an
swered. grlmly.
And SO. curiously enough. Il happen
ed IN this case. The lone delegate
from the anthracite coal region OF the
Keystone state cast his vote with
such unyarylng regularity for James
A. Garfield that at last attention be-
came fixed upon the delegate and the
ran he was voting for. and by one OF
those curious psychological moods that
often descend upon a crowd. the name
OF James A. Garfield fred the imagn-
alton OF the delegates and the majority
vote OF the convention had been much
prolonged In a vain attempt TO decide
upon one OF the prominent candidates.
The name OF this original Garfield
man, In the real meaning OF that term.
was Alexander Greer, a banker OF Luz
erne, Pa. a man OF high character.
who, when he was elected a delegate
to the national convention, was pre-
sumed 10 be In full accord with the
sentiment OF his district, which favor
ed the nomination OF General Grant
for a third term. So. when his soil
tary inslstence upon Garfield had at
last turned the convention In that d.
reetion. the report was sent broadcast
that ar. Greer had been induced to
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-30
CarfieId's Cabinet Puzzled

self ce-president. acting as pres
ident." There has never been a case
when the question OF the inability OF
a president TO perform his duties has
been raised. II may be easy enough
TO determine whether q president 10
completely incapable Of performing
the duties Of his ONCE OF not. That
can be established by medical author.
Ity. But who Is to mako the announce
mentf Who 10 to call upon the vice
PRESIDENT
Then Mr.. Blaine went on TO say
that In his opinion--and he presumed
In that OF all OF us-President Garfield
was totally incapscitated. and would
remain in that condition for some time.
even though ultimately he should get
well. Suppose then some great emer.
gency. like tho imperative need OF Is
suing pardon. or warlike complications
should arise--an emergency which
called for the assembling Of congress
Would II be perfectly within the mean
ing OF the Constitution II tho vice
president we're called upon to act as
PRESIDENT And Mr.. Blaine ended by
insisting that the cabinet should be
prepared for an emergency Of that
kind.
The result OF this unofficial taking
OF counsel was that the suggestion was
made that there should he informal
and purely personal consultation with
the attorney general. Wayne Mac
veagh. MIR. Blaine did breach the
subject TO the attorney general. and.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-03-30

stepped forward. his voice grooming Q
wild Joy. "Tomorrow-I--shail--be--
kingi"
Az he spoke the cabin trembled, o
tremor passed rnder their, and the
toh,ns OF the bell was lost 10 sudden
.umult that came like tho bursting
crash OF low thunder.
what Is TT" cried Nathaniel. He
leaped into the room and caught Obs
diah by the arm. what Ia IT."
The hand Of God!" whispered the
old man again. "Nat-Nat--" II was
his old self that stood grimacing and
twisting his hands before Nathaniel
now. "Nat-a thousand armed men
are on the coasti The Lamanites OF
the mainland are descending upon the
Mormon kingdom rs the hosts of Is
rsel upon Canaanl Strang is doomed
Newfoundland tomorrow
shall be kingl" His voice rose In a
wailing shrek. He darted to the door
and his cackllng laugh rang with the
old madness as he pointed into the
north where q lurid glow had mounted
high into the sky.
The signal fire--the BELT" he CUR
gled chokingix They are calling the
Mormons to arms-but II is too late
too latei Ho. no. II Is too late, Nat
too late!" He staggered back. grip
ping his throat. and fell upon the
floor. Too late-too late" he moaned.
groveling weakly. as II struggling for
breath. TOO late-Nat-Marion--
A shiver passed through his body
and he lay quite STILL