Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-19
Finley J. Shepard's View Re-
garding Politics and Business.
TALKS WITH FRANKNESS
Miss Helen Gould's Fiance Hopes to
Prove Worthy.
TELLS OF HIS GUIDING RULE
Cant Remember That He Proposed,
But It Was No Leap Year
Arrangement.

ST. LOUIS. December 19-Ffnley J.
| Shepard. f1ance Of Miss Helen Gould. has
| given out his first intimate interview re-
garding his engagement to Miss Gould.
and told how his chief hope and ambition
was to prove worthy of her love.
Il like to see results before my very
eyes," he said. land that is why Miss
Gould's school at Irvington, n. Y, in
terests me more than other branches of
her work. 1t was very interesting to
| watch the progress Of the pupils under
instruction during the one-year course.
One should not assume any credit for in
teresting ones self in the improvement of
others. Everything you give out in this
way reacts to develop yourself"
SHES at Woman Suffrage.
Speaking of self-development. don't
you thing woman's chance Of develop
ment would be increased If she could
vote?" the reporter asked.
Suffrage is a subject / haven't studied
and shouldn't like to discuss because 1
confess / am prejudiced at the outset. l
am opposed to anything that tends toward
the further dissertation Of womanhOod.'
IF you don't believe in women in poll
tics you probably don't believe in women
in business?'
mo. / DON'T
Don't you find women as efficient as
menu
within their limitations, yes. There
Is always their physical handicap you've
got to make allowance for.
Prefers Woman's Work to Be Do
mestic
There are exceptions among women,
Of course. Indeed. only exceptional men
are exceptionally efficient. But 1 should
wish that as a rule woman's work were
all domestic and mans work providing
for the family. We would have better
men and better women under these condi-
tons"
Are you a member Of the Young Mems
Christian Association"
mo. l am not" he answered.
Your diversions run more to the out
of-door sports?'
You bet"' he replied vigorously.
Have you some general rule that has
guided you to success?
Guiding Rule in Life.
II will tell you of a rule which has
guided me at many steps and turns of
my Sd1 Get. IL "dS SlScIl W ny MY
darling old daddy. l heard it first when
was eighteen. the day / left home to
seek my fortune. and l was the young
est of a family of five children.
MANY relatives and friends had come
to the station to see me off. I had said
goodbye to all except father. Now. he
was the tenderest. the dearest. the dainti-
est. the most lovable of men. And al
\ though he minister. nc not
SO restricted in his knowledge of the
world nor in his sympathies as you'd ex-
pect. He used to surprise me sometimes
with his breadth Of view.
II held him in my arms while he made
his farewell speech. not an elaborate or
studied one. beftting the occasion: 1t
ended with: Remember. my son. chick
ems come home to rOOst
Il made no application OF 1t at the
t me, except that it meant when I got
broke I'd probably return home, but 1
have remembered that phrase and you
can have no idea how many times and
places / have used it as a motto-as
counsel. Just try it yourself.
Interested in Causes Near at Hand.
But as for all the causes to which
Miss Gould devotes her time as sys-
tematically as any business man. I may
have to be educated into sympathy with
some of them. l have never interested
myself in causes where cannot see ma
terial and tangible results: and foreign
missions, for instance. I am not far
seeing enough to appreciate i prefer to
see the development of resources near al
hand The practical. as opposed to the
theoretical. appeals to me.
I'D rather have a little available
| knowledge in daily use than a vast
| amount of information stored up in my
| head. I hear men spoken of as walking
encyclopedias They are often about as
| useful as the book laid away OH the Ii
brary shelf-ssldom consulted, often with
| their leaves uncut
Can't Remember Proposal.
And how did you propose to Mis-:
| Gould?" the reporter persisted.
| He knit his brows in deep thought, as
| II delving into memory.
| "Come to think Of 1t. 1 don't believe
ever did. That's not for you to as
sumo that leap year had anything to dc
with it. though"
| Perhaps you ingratiated yourself b!
| an interest in her charities?" the reporter
suggested.
| Not in all of tn n" he replied. 81
| am interested broadly in all humanitarian
| movements. OF course. 1 was attracted
| to Miss Gould. as who wouldn't be. by
her manifest interest In lettering thu
| world? And knowing her 1 perhaps ap
preciate more than any one else the saint
| lines, the unworldliness, the ingenious
ness of this woman.
| Mr. Shepard announced that he woult
| leave for New York probably tomorrow
and reach there for Saturday and visi
| with Miss Gould over Sunday He ex
| poets to go on to New Haven and see hi!
mother who Is in the hospital there. Sh'
| has sent him q warm message or con
| graduation on his engagement