Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-02

the selection and managed his campaign.
assisted by Robert Ives Gammell, his
most intimate friend and constant COM
panion. Mr.. Lippitt himself did nothing
but assent TO the arrangements and &C
cepted the honor in a modest and grace
full way.
His First Public Speech.
1t was the first public speech he ever
made. His classmates say that he never
delivered an Grafton In college. Neverthe-
less he has the reputation OF presenting
forceful and convincing arguments in
business conferences. and for that reason
he was selected by the Arkwright Club.
composed OF all the prominent cotton
manufacturers of New England, to rep
| resent that industry before the commit
tee of ways and means of the House OF
Representatives and the committee on
finance in the Senate, while the recent
tariff act was under consideration. That
Is the highest compliment the greatest
Arkwright Club could pay to one OF its
members. and 1t was a recognition OF
Mr. Lippitts knowledge. tact and judg-
ment.
1t is an open secret that he prepared
the cotton schedule of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff act. which the democrats are now
trying to tear to pieces. and 1t must be
novel experience for the new senator to
hear his work as an expert criticised and
condemned by professional politicians
who never saw the inside OF a cotton
| mill and would not know spinning
jenny from brass band.
Senator Lippitt will be fifty-four years
old in October He was born. reared and
educated in the city OF Providence. where
he and all his ancestors have had their
homes since 1888. He graduated at Brown
University in the class OF '78. He did not
distinguish himself especially in scholar
shin hut managed mako Phi beta
Kappa, the honor society. for which only
the first men in the senior class are ELI
gible. Personally he was very popular.
having a genial disposition and a friendly
was elected president OF his class and
presided at Its functions during COM
mencement week.
After graduating he was given four
pastures. according to tho custom IN
New England families. Then he came
home and was sent to one OF his father
factories to follow the inevitable career
manufactures. He began at the bottom
to learn the rudiments OF the business,
and served In every grade and branch
In the dyeing department he distinguish
ed himself by preparing recipe Tor
turkey red'' color for prints. which was
a great triumph, and Is now Initiated BY
every manufacturer in the country. Up
to that time 1t had been impossible to
| find process that would produce a
| bright scarlet cloth that would not fade
| Young Lppitt had a taste for chemistry.
| had followed his instructors closely in
| college, and whether he did 1t accident
ally or thought 1t out does not matter
He was the first to get fast turkey
red" dye, and the windows Of one OF the
| rooms in the Lippitt mansion are hung
| with canton flannel curtains that repre-
sent one Of his first experiments Their
| color is almost as brilliant as 1t was
4 1,A 40 nh - fhn rvA I'M q
| can more than twenty years ago.
| After this he went to the bleaching de-
partment. and was gradually promoted
| until Walter Palmer, superintendent OF
signed to accept a better position at
Lawrence, Mass. Henry Lppitt was
given his place and assumed control Of
an establishment which his grandfather
and 10000 spindles in the Globe mill at
this time, and although eleven hours was
| a working day, the ttreless superintendent
| used to spend from fifteen to eighteen
hours in the development Of new lines,
which have made that mill famous In the
trade When he first assumed the man
agement the output was limited to half
| a dozen conventional patterns OF cotton
cloth. Today 1t offers the trade several
hundred patterns and fabrics. and It Is
said that Senator Lippitt can design a
pattern, and select the colors and dye
the cloth himself as we'll as any man In
his employ.
After he had demonstrated his ability
as superintendent Of the Globe mill he
| was appointed agent of the Social and
Nourse mills, also belonging to his family.
and later took charge OF the Manville
mills, which belong to his wife's family.
His success as q manager has been re-
peatedly recognized by the trade. and
| in 1885, when he was only thirty-three
years old. he was elected president OF
the Cotton Manufacturer Association Of
l 1,4a~
who ever received that honor.
Interested in Finance.
Col. Lippitt has large outside interests.
He is director in several banking in
situations, insurance %ompanies and other
His pastime is yachting. He has been
proficient in athletics and sports from
childhood He made the foot ball team
of Brown University In his freshman
year, was elected captain when he was a
sophomore and reelected annually the rest
of his course. He played on the varsity
base ball team for four years and was
he went in for yachting and Is recog-
nized as one of the four most competent
yachtsmen in the country. This fact was
recognized by the New York Yacht Club
tive two years in succession to sail on
| the Shamrock with Sir Thomas Upton
during the races for the American cup.
! He has owned some Of the most famous
Of racing boats, and has captured more
than 200 trophies. He always sails his
own boat in a race and his ability as a
| helmsman IL universally recognized.
| Senator Lippitt Is member OF long
list of clubs. including all the yachting
clubs on the Atlantic coast He belongs
to the exclusive clubs of New York and
! Boston as well as Providence: is a trustee
of several benevolent institutions, and
once sat as a member Of the board OF
| tax assessors in the village of Woon-
socket, which has been the source OF
much amusement among his intimate
| friends.
Col. Lppitt is not likely to occupy much
| time In debate. He Will not change his
| ha bits at this time Of life. but will sit
quietly with his distinguished colleague,
who was also a silent man. without dis
turbing the peace, and serve his constitu-
ents and the country In the committee
room.