The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-01
WILSON SENDS AN
EDITOR TO TAKE
REEDS PLACE
Follows Taft's Precedent as To
English Embassy
Waller H. PAGE CHOSEN
New Ambassador Is Editor Of
Worlds Work and Personal
Friend Of the President.

Washington, April /. president
Wilson probably will I'LL the MAORI
ty OF the nine embassadorships now
vacant before the beginning of the
extra session OF Congress Monday.
Thepresident expects TO confer with
many OF his friends this week, and
II is believed that when Congress
convenes nominations for the more
important posts will be sent to the
Senate.
Yesterdays developments brought
out that Walter II. Page. an intimate
friend OF Mr. Wilson had been offer
ed and had accepted the ambassador
ship TO Great Britain. Mr.. Page will
start for London within 10 days. Wal
ter Hines Page is widely known as
editor OF the Worlds Work and
member of the New York publishing
firm OF Doubleday. Page g. Co. He
is notable among editors for the va
riety OF his intellectual interests, to
which both his formal training and
his experience have contributed and
which have made him a leader in his
profession.
Mr.. Page Is a southerner. He was
born In the obscure village of Cary,
n. c., August 10, 1855. He attended
Randolph-Macon college in Virginia.
and his academic training was broad
ened by further study at Johns Hop
kins university, where he was one OF
the first fellows when Il opened in
1876, having won the fellowship In
Greek. Having chosen literary
career, Mr.. Page fell naturally into
journalism and magazine work. He
first edited the local paper in his ma
tive town and from that he went to
st. Joseph, Mo-, to succeed Eugene
Field on the Gazette. He wrote for
the Atlantic Monthly a social study
of an old southern borough, which
led TO engagements to tayel through
the South as a correspondent OF the
New York World and other news
papers.
The social and sociological prob
lens Of the South especially engaged
his attention, and he at one time de-
livered lectures on these topics in
His special studies have always been
in the direction Of the large social
problems of the day. He had a reg
ular connection with the New York
World for two years as a special cor
respondent. and in this capacity visit
ed Utah for the purpose OF investigat-
ing the Mormon problem. After con.
Quoting country paper OF his own
for some time. Mr. Page returned
to New York and became connecte,.
with the Evening Post.
In 1890 he succeeded L. S. Metcalf
as editor of the Forum, a magazine
which had then been established
about two years. Mr.. Page was liter
airy advise for Houghton Mifflln &
Co of Boston from 1895 to 1899, and
was editor of the Atlantic Monthly
from 1896, being succeeded in 1899
by Prof Bliss Perry. Since 1900 Mr..
Page has been editor OF the Worlds
work, and a member of the firm of
Doubleday. Page & Co. October 2S,
1909. he was appointed member Of
the 'hookworm disease" commission.
On that day John ID. Rockefeller gave
$1,000,000 for the eradication of the
disease. In 1880 Mr.. Page married
Miss Alice Wilson. daughter of DR..
William Wilson of Michigan. He is
member of the University and Ma
tional Arts clubs of New York, and is
author of "The Rebuilding of the
Commonwealths.'
1t was stated at the White House
that with the exception OF Mr.. Page
no offers had ben made for other dip
lomatic posts. The president has
had unde consideration a list OF men
to whom he is favorably inclined
but the chief difficulty has been that
many of these men reside in New
York state, which he feels already
has had conspicuous recognition
Two members of the cabinet-Sec
retaries Redfeld and McAdoo-As
sistant Secretary Roosevelt of the
navy department and Mr.. Page have
made their homes in New York fol-
many years.