The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13

roads. good cooking, good schools were
the things that he advocated, and al
though his ideas did not always meet
with popular approval among his South
ern friends time served to show the more
progressive of them that the programme
which he had laid down was the proper
one for the creation Of a new South. .
A great many years ago. however. Mr.
Pages interest broadened to take in
other parts of the country as well as
the South. He has travelled in every
section of the United States. studying
the conditions and becoming acquainted
with the residents OF the various dis
tricts He knows the American people
as a whole as well as any man in the
country, and he Is rather proud than
otherwise of the criticism OF an acquaint-
ance that Page really considers Arkan-
sas and Nevada as a part Of American
civilization"
After working on a number Of differ
ent newspapers and magazines. Mr.
Page became the editor of the Forum
and later went to fill the editorship OF
the Atlantic Monthly in Boston. After
five years in Boston with the Atlantic
Mr.. Page. with F. N. Doubleday. estab-
lished the publishing house of Double
day. Page & Co. in New York. Three
moved to Garden City.
Concerning His Magazine.
The Worlds Work represents Mr.
Pages idea Of life much more closely
than most magazines reflect the per-
sonal equation OF their editors. Mr..
Page is deeply interested in the great
problems Of the day and his magazine
reflects all that Is worth while in cur
rent affairs. II is his own editorial COM
ment on the really big movements Of
this generation that have given the
magazine its peculiar flavor. In his eff
forts to induce the men and women of
this country to return to the land Mr..
Page has continually pointed out the
need for the extension Of better credit
facilities to farmers. 1t was during the
life Of the Country Life Commission that
he first brought this matter to the at
tention Of the public.
The newly appointed Ambassador has
prospered in the publishing business, and
in accordance with his Views as to the
Importance Of education he has put his
children in the way Of obtaining the
best instruction that can be had. His
three sons are graduates Of Harvard,
and his daughter, Miss Katherine Page,
is now in her senior year at Byrn Mawr
College. Miss Page will be the only one
of the younger generation who will be
member Of the ambassadorial house
hold, as Mr.. Pages sons are all identified
with business projects in this country.
One of his sons, Arthur w. Page, Is
managing editor of the Worlds Works.
and his other two sons are cotton plant
ers in North Carolina.
Home in Garden City.
Out in Garden City the Pages inhabit
a comfortable but modest residence. one
of the old-fashioned white houses of the
mansard roof period. 1t Is an ample
and attractive dwelling place. surrounded
by pleasant lawns and gardens, but Is
nevertheless extremely modest in COM
parison with the stately mansions in
which many American Ambassadors re-
side abroad. Mr.. Page. however. Is not
in the least afraid to take up the prob
lem of filling an ambassadorial position
with less magnificent outward state than
that affected by some Of his predecessors
in the ONCE.
Mr.. Page said that he regarded him
self as a working man of America and
that he always expected to remain that.
He didn't think, he said. that 1t would
be necessary for him to live in London
with ostentatious display or with a SIM
plicity that would be out Of keeping. He
expects to have a good house and to
live in II In dignified way. 1t need
not be shabby style of living. On the
other hand, he believes that it will be
possible without going to any extremes
of simplicity to conduct the ambassa-
dorial establishment in a manner that
will suitably represent the ideals OF the
United States. Mrs. Page viii entertain
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