Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-13

CadwaIIader White, New York 10
Frisco hiker, went through Abilene
on an ali night hike Of Az miles
from Junction City to salina. He
left the latter city at $3.50 O'Clock
p. m. and reached salina at ga. M,
making the trip in a little over twel-
We hours This Is the longest dis
lance he has yet covered at one time.
Mr., White is New York news
paperman and writer Of fiction stor-
les for boys, left the eastern metro
polls February 9th, in company with
Mados Gravel, Of the 18th Regiment,
New York National Guards. Mr..
Gravel is demonstrating the efficien-
cy Of new army pack for the gov
eminent, and Mr.. White is making
the trip to recover his health. He
weighed 11S pounds at the begin
ming Of his long hike, and he now
weighs 145. Mr.. Gavel is 2 days
behind his comrade.
At Lawrence the two mixers called
on Governor Stubs, who wrote In
Mr.. Gravel's diary: "The pedestrians
arrived here in apparent good
health" President Taft wrote over
his signature, "May you have no
bhsters."
II never met more democratic
man than Governor Stubbs," de-
clared Mr.. White. Il called up his
house on telephone to arrange for
an interview, and he answered the
phone himself. when we arrived at
his home at Wind Hill he opened the
front door. We have called on about
twenty governors, and in each in
stance we had to state our business
to three or four flunkies and as many
secretaries before we could see the
governor. Stubs is all right and
/ like him immense. They told me
he was the homeliest man in Kansas
but behind the LONELINESS there II
something that is likable."
Mr.. White is the author of Here
dity," "The Bribers," and "The Jup-
tiers" as we'll as numerous magazine
stories.
what is your advice to boys?" he
was asked.
"Not to smoke cigarettes, not to
gamble, and not to tell unclean stor-
les among themselves. And to al
ways be gentlemanly."
what is your conception Of a
gentlemanly boy?"
''He must first be manly a
man mean one who is honest, hon
orable, kind and courageous. Given
these qualities together with little
education, little culture, he thus
becomes a gentleman. There is no
such a thing as blue blood-that
| is a fallacy. The only aristocracy is
the aristocracy of brains, and Ameri-
can boys and men form the biggest
and best masculine aristocracy on
earth. And they can be the finest
gentlemen II they will"
" "
DR.. Yates and John Gartner OF
Junction City went through to Color
ado, going over to the Santa Fe trail.
They made 267 miles the first day.
y y
Chauncey Cook and Jim Calder ar
rived in Manhattan at II o'clock yes
terday in the Cook car, returning
from theiN speed trial to Colorado
Their last stop before reaching Man
haitian was Cheyenne Wells in east
ern Colorado, 400 miles west. They
drove all night and all yesterday
morning without sleep. Cook and
Calder left Manhattan last Saturday
noon with the intention of reaching
Denver by noon next day and thus
establishing a speed record between
the two points. But the roads were
bad in Colorado and when they reach
ed Limon they decided, to go to Col
orado Springs instead Of to Denver.
They reached the Springs in twenty
seven hours elapsed time,