Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-11-08

Writer'S and the Orators prizes
Here also he acquired the reputation
of being a great joker He composed
nonsense rhymes and limericks with
wonderful facility. And to this day
he is fond of witty limerick
For example, the whole country
will recall his famous limerick which
he recited to the newspaper reporters
at Sea Girt after his nomination at
Baltimore:
AS a beauty | am not a star;
There are others more handsome
by far.
But my FACET don't mind it,
For | am behind it.
The people in front get the jar"
In this love for wholesome nonsense
and his keen dry humor, Mr.. Wilson
is very much like Lincoln He fur,
Their resembles the great Liberator in
his perfect simplicity and his democ-
racy.
Young Wilson had taken up the
study of the law recognizing it as the
most direct avenue leading to a pub
/ lie life. AS soon as he had completed
his studies at Charlottesville, he went
to Atlanta to launch his legal career
He joined partnership with a young
man who also had just completed his
college work Renick was his name
and the single of "Renick and Will
son" was hung out az As Marietta
street.
But the young men were strangers
in Atlanta. Moreover there were
many lawyers there and moreover
again nearly everyone had relative
practicing law.
However, it wasn't so sad as one
might think this waiting for clients
to turn up, because, while he is the
waiting kind he invariably works
while he waits. And so he found
time to elaborate the article he had
written while at Princeton into a
book But he was unable to find in
Atlanta the facilities he needed to
complete the volume so in the Autumn
Of 1888 he entered John Hopkins I'M
iSersity and took up a course i'll his
tory and political economy under TIE
late Herbert r. Admas and DR.. Rich
a T. Ely.
In making mis- Investigations Will
son desired nothing but the Facts.
His researches were prodigious and
Ambassador James Bryce found him
Of great assistance while he was COM
ling his american Commonwealth
The resul; u Wilson's two year work
at Baltimore was his book, "Congres-
sional Government; Study of the
Government by Committee"
1t was the first account ever given
of the way Americans actually do
govern themselves.
The book met with instant success.
1t was at once recognized as a final,
standard work, ana is so recognized
today.
After receiving his degree at John
Hopkins, DR., Wilson was called to a
professorship in the new college for
women in Bryn Mawr
However he took advantage of his
vacation that summer 10 journey to
Savannah Georgia. and marry Miss
Ellen Louise Arson, the daughter of
long line OF Georgia clergymen In
the autumn the young professor and
his bride started Housekeeping in one
of the prettiest towns along what is
called the main line" out of Phila-
delphia.
The next three years Or. Wilson re-
manned at Bryn Mawr teaching history
and political economy But he spent
the two years following at Wesleyan
University, at Middletown, Connecti-
cut, teaching the same subjects. Dur
ing this period ne also acted as
lecturer on the John Hopkins faculty.
BY this tine his fame as a speaker
had spread, especially throughout ed
vocational circles and he was in con
slant demand for addresses on most
every known tonic.