Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-06-24
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removed . stone that foe nearly Q eou-
tufy was . quaint laDdmask u he N.
uonaI capital. Il y called tie "Anns
Royal stone" and ny % The bank
Of the river Just opposite the White
House. about twenty feet hack from
the waters edge. At the top of . grass
covered knoll.
II was on this stone that Anne Roy
al sat when she had her famous inter.
view With President John Quincy Al.
ams-at least 20 runs Ne story that
has been handed down for three gen.
erations BY the Inhabitants Of Wash.
ingtOn.
And. according to that story. Il would
appear that the good lady for whom
the stone was named was DOT only .
person Of energy. but was endowed
with considerable grim determination
a. well. She evidently had q good
strong will Of her own and an active
mind Of her own. and when these two
started to work In concert 10 deadly
earnest results were bound to follow.
Whether the good iady's sense Of hu.
NOR was cramped or extensive the
reader must determine for himself.
Anne Royal was in sort the mother
Of modern journalism She was the
originator Of the ''interview." She 6rst.
In the little sheet that she published
in Washington in the second and third
decades of the last century. departed
from the dry forms that had always
characterized newspapers.
She did not cOn6ne herself to Q mere
summary Of current happenings. even
spiced with careful essays on abstract
subjects. after the manner Of Steele
or Addison. She struck firmly the per.
sonal note" She wrote and printed
things about public men as they were
In their daily hves-an innovation the
startling effect Of which We cannot re-
alize today. Her paper was called the
Washington Paul Pry and afterward
the Huntress
During the administration e Iohn
Quincy Adams congress passed = Ger.
tain BILL. the signing or veto Of which
BY the president was a matter 1t In
tense public interest. In those days
the interview Vt the president ~ q
newspaper man was unheard 1t. and
no one had the temerity to aek Mr..
Ada ms what he would do In the mxtter
But there IVES one except5en ameng
the dmOrous journalists IT that day.
1t was Anne Royal She dased to ap-
ply q the White House for . CONFER.
ence with the president. tie awowed
object Of which was to learn 6nem HIN
biz Intentions concerning the hill.
Poor Anne. &swevef. was kept at q
discourasing distance. Day after dag
she wayaid the president only 70 be
fOiIed By his ataenda1ts. But 80 did
net grow discouraged. She learned
that every morning. Immediately after
rising. the president walked - the
bank Of the Potomac. some half Q mile
In the rear Of the White House. and
Ahere. after takiAg Oh bis clothes.
plunged into the stream for swim.
One mOrning when the presideat.
after swimming far cut into the stream.
turned t. make his way back toward
the shore he was astOnished to zee.
sitting upon his clothing. which he had
left upon q stone on the bank. spec
lacked fema1e with kAsk Ut great de-
termina ton. 1t was Anne Royal. and
beside Der were pen a0d bottle Of
Ink. and In her hand was a sheet Of
paper.
Woman. departv sputtered the
president as be swan up into the shall
lows where be could touch the bottom
a.tiptOe.
you know who I am. Mr.. Presi-
dent" said the woman. land you know
what want. I'm going to cit here
until you tell me what you intend do
ing with that Cherokee Indian BILL"
30 away. woman shouted the
president. This u scandalous!''
IT'S scandaiOus." Anne 10 reported
to have said. that the people OF free
country have to resort to such extreme
measures to end out what their serv.
ants are going to do. you give me the
Information that am entitled to: then
RI give you your clothes. Otherwise
RI stay here-and you'll stay there!"
There was only one outcome to such
a struggle. The shIvering president
told Anne what be expected to do and
why be would do It. Then. and not
until then. did Anne. armed with c0pi.
GUS notes. rise from the stone that she
had made famous and hasten to her
little printing Office. where she lost
no time in getting that FIRST and most
famous presidential interview into
prtnt-Youth's Companion.
Ready For the inspectors.
Annoyed py notice that the local
sanitary committee were going to in.
spect his COW house, Dorset farmer
spread nnOleum over the door OF the
building. displayed hearth rugs in con-
venient positions. hung the walls with
pictures and a mirror and installed q