The Washington herald., 1913-02-23

Its dosged as does it." Or, to con.
vert that colloquial saying into other
| terms, pluck and Perseverance are pretty
| sure to win out in this world.
! The new Congress affords a number
OF conspicuous examples. For instance
Frank Lindquist, who will represent the
Eleventh Michigan District, was the son
| of an immigrant couple. his father beins
a swede. and his mother from Norway
Born at Menekaune. Wis, forty-twa
years ago. he grew UP under the humblest
| circumstances, selling newspapers, and
at fifteen years of age. working in a
saw mill. Later on he was employed
as "bellhop'' in hotel at Menorninee
Only thirteen years ago he was a
news butcher on the Wisconsin Gen.
ftraf, running from Chicago TO ST. Paul
Subsequently he failed twice in business,
and in 1904 he was working for 50 a
week. with a wife and mother to sup
port. Not much prospect OF a career, to
be sure. But Lindquist had pluck to
back him, and he was bad man 10
beat
One evening he was wandering along
the street in the town of Greenville,
Mich, when his eye was attracted by a
small uroccupied store that was offered
for rent. He had at that time only so
in the world. But the location looked
attractive. and managing to borrow $500
he rented the store and started a gen.
eral merchandise business on a modest
scale. In two years he cleared $500.
Then he partitioned of the rear end of
the store, bought typewriter, and
started in to sell clothing by mail order.
At the present time he is shipping out
of Greenville $1,000 suits and overcoats
year
Last autumn he was struck with the
notion that II might be a good plan to
run for Congress. He ran. Apparently
his candidacy was not populaYwith the
newspapers, fifty-three out of a total of
fifty-four in the district being against
him. Nevertheless. he got twice as many
votes as his principal opponent. and was
elected on q platform the most impor-
tant feature OF which was the extirpa-
tion OF the middleman, who Is a very
unpopular character in that part of the
country.
started In mt Thirteen.
Bob Gittins who halls from Niagara
Falls representing the Fortieth New
York DISTRICT, was only thirteen years
of age when he began to earn his living
Anything in the way of an odd job was
good enough for him. and plenty of peo-
pie in O2wego remember buying news
papers from him on the streets OF that
town, where he was born. Ambition to
better his fortunes took him to night
school, and his spare minutes were de-
voted to the study of shorthand.
The shorthand proved a valuable asset
when. a little later he was earning his
way through the law department OF the
University OF Michigan, at Ann Arbor.
He took down verbatim stenographic re-
ports OF the lectures, ana sold typewrit-
ten copies OF them to his classmates for
good prices. The same industry applied
in his chosen profession has made him
successful attorney.
The baby of the new House, Clyde
H. Tavenner. comes from Cordova, Ill,
and is only thirty years of age He
boasts that he has earned all of his own
clothes since he was seven years of age,
when he began writing for newspapers.
Just what kind of writing he did. he
does not say: perhaps 1t was for the
children's page. But at thirteen he got
a regular job in country newspaper
Office at 81 a week. The second year
his salary was s. a week, and the third
year it was raised to s. When as yet
in his early twenties he shifted his ac-
tivities to Washington. where he served
as a newspaper correspondent.
Less than a year ago he was an en-
ploye in the office of the Sergeant-at-
Arms of the House Of representatives.
While thus occupied he met and courted
a pretty young woman, Miss Isabel Mar
tin. who was Senator La Follettes stenog-
rapher Last fall he married her. and
spent his honeymoon running for Con-
Gress on the Democratic ticket in Re
publican district-his campaign being di-
rected by his bride. the Youngest Con-
gressional wife, who had but just turned
twenty.
Came Here an lmmi grant.
Another new Representative, from
Rnclnnrt Ind Is Charles lieh- who