New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

4 -gDiitHlltll slii'A 49,
nationh iVP" P"i, and William IL. Taft.
ooiO Hcr iii. He is made ASSS'3, & 3'rno,", ,,ou =,
: Nv Treasury and the r1gn' "''''' ''''''' u
Mr.. MaCN O"f = Robert q. Bailey, who IS
nJ LII III very brainy, and as iu'i OF huNue
qui'' ,,rr 1I', doc after flock OF par}ndSeS IN a
aS +" ST., ',.,r,n 0f bushes. Bailey mas poTn Il
thi'k o'TirIl 'r II. ric sort OF ruStlng' buSthng
hu>u'l ,': .':,b well defined ideas OF what nc
pc'>'' ".t ,lelr cut notions ON now 10 o1-
Wan.'o "'' ~, lie wrote, s'agcd. produccd'
tam ms ,.L. tbrce-act drama OF his career as
am "',,,' ,1,b , At the beginning q this article
Il Is c'' ,.i,' :, without the aid OF promoter,
am .'' Wv his spare moments shifting MS
putting III nnd a,d handling his own props.
own '.el' 'n' horn in Stephenson County, ILL.,
nc ', N,', hv the time he was eleven years
no1I' L"d b' lived also in Arkansas New ork'
Oh 10 Hi.:' t,' surveying the world and all It's
ana ~, ,h, .liitudc of his eleventh year,
WV ';5ci to make his own living ana TO
IL '''', NO. time about getting a start. ne
W, Z, Chicago with nothing to 1ccd
ann t'.,. inhibition. determination, and sew
up" .t.~ Commodities of this kind which
n go IN. neither cooked nor converter ll'o
90, e'''i food. Il took him four days TO get Il
'I ;(I and In that time he had not mng TO eau
,y,,..,r;ng that the first scene IN the pay WITS
cx,u,,ia,iug and tragic.
Tbcn he went to work with a NcnSVd,i0c'
IL secured a position as a mcSNcnSc1 ool
~, .,,.t. an agreement with the princlPdl
az ...r,praphv school that, IN return lor
I..,. y lined as a shorthand writer nc
u,Yif weep out the school building ana
nv .r- teach Stcnography to children
81 t. ..achcr after surveying the ainDl-
,;o,,~ ...u-vcar-old.
r;l. months later this remark was
- .- follows. Robert. YOU know all
b,..,,r. -r.phv ! can teach YOU. >,
r,J move was westward. lie
- ... scenes 10 san Francisco, and
Sr.t ,...-' positions, earning as much as
.r.r~ a month, and ending by
,",. .,:.,.. , -'v al there was t. be known
rt.., Hr,r.rl. Although he was an expert
O., "'.,'.,r..o'.. nc never held a Stcnographcr
,l;,,0n. AMI ~,rangc to say, what ne learned
-, ,he lr,incSS when he was eleven
49, 49,. old ha, never deserted him. Without
W. .,..;,l ,.-Iyticc he has retained il all.
i. j,t o.. kc him long to decide that he
b.l no dc-,- to be a printer all his lie, ana
h1 Lroan second act OF his play by max
~, ~ ~ he, -,. for Washington. where nc in
,cSdrd a. ONE writer dealing with polit-
;,-.I and .,onal affairs. He walked into
,L" Off. .f newspaper in the national
C'o;,a' -,i be had never done any news
,,..,,r 81, -,. but affirmed his belief that he
fr'nN .-..ccd at it, He was turned doWl
cGI. t., the next day he rcappearcd in the
o,ti., With -t. declaration that he was goinl
f. u.rs ... nothing -,
That >,rl day the city editor sad
4p .r... . sr .o the Capitol and write ;
.'..- ..'.-- ...-. the debate in the House.
u H.. .-. been in the Capitol bu
i. .,.. ... ing news and his old expert
.~4phv were the beginning O
IN. ... newspaper writer. When h'
,r-r ..a, story. he was employed anC
ry.. @ salary. This was in 1897, anC
r. lu ,oincd the Washington bureau O
II. lated Press. With this organization
he rcd the White House. accompanic'
both .-cvclt and Taft on their trips, anC
at to. .uc had charge Of al the association
wo-. The Departments Of State, War, an'
Nayt
W the present administrative opened
the ~Drctary Of the Treasury, Mr.. Mac
Vc... was looking for a private secretary
He IN Bailey, whose hurryup manne
of o sing showed that he was cut out fo
g.. .I,.., u. .CI Cff.-DI \,u