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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

School. | am entirely upon my own re-
sources
Il suppose that the toughest pull we
had say we. because my wife has
been constant and loyal helper through
out my course-was shortly after the mid
die examinations last year 1t was when
our little boy was sick for several weeks
with typhoid fever. Work in some of
my second-year subjects was very hard.
but We had to let that go for awhile
until the boy got better l had to stop
attending classes for two weeks, although
! kept up my study. many times snatch
ing few lines at a time while watching
at his bedside through the long hours
Finally We We're compelled to get nurse
for the nights, although it made a big
cut in our finances.
1T was the shortage in our finances
that really pnched us after the boy
finally recovered. We came here from
a small town in the middle west where
living was cheaper, SO that I could fulfill
the long-cherished desire to study law
After my appointment in the Treasury
Department We settled down to work. L
starting in to the school the fall follow
ing. l didn't get much OF a salary. at
first, but l have been fortunate in re-
ceiving two fairly good raises in pay in
the three and g. half years / have been
here. But the expenses that we had to
incur placed us In such a situation that
we have gotten free of debt only this
spring.
Now the proposition Of going or not
going into practice of law is facing us
and must be settled once and for ALL for
/ am in better condition, as far as legal
training is concerned, to go into practice
than / would be if l waited for year or
two before beginning. On the other hand.
! have attained pretty good place in
the Treasury through close applica ton
there. 1 was told last week by my chief
that my legal training had placed me in
line for a very good place, much better
than 1 now have. l am getting along
toward middle life and. while l am not
exactly afraid of breaking loose from the
salary and starting out for myself yet
the keen edge of desire to leave here
has departed l have grown in love with
Washington and its charm, so | fear very
much that We'll just stay right here. To
be- sure, / would net turn down the op-
portunity to enter a good law firm, but
that opportunity will not come. as~l
very well knew when I entered school.
And yet law course is absolutely worth
while even if 1T is difficult of attain
ment.'
The difficulties encountered by these
self-suppOrtng students often result in
their having to postpone graduation, and
sometimes to repeat courses. A misfor
tune may force them to drop out of
school during term, or they may have
to struggle so hard for the wherewithal
to continue In school that some of their
studies may be sighted to such a degree
that they do not pass them, although this
is comparatively rare. 1t is a notable
fact that those who have to carve their
own way almost without exception are
the very best and brightest students in
the school.
Its beginning to look to me as though
my motto should be the same as that of
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Lover Seeks Book
Containing Girls Answer
Foreign Corresronien e Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of Thu Star.
LONDON. May -. 1913
THERE proves TO be quite rrettN
little romance, which would do
nicely for the plot OF short story in
connection with an advertisement which
appeared unobtrusively in the small
wants column OF a London evening
newspaper the other day. One pound
was offered by the advertiser for
copy Of Lady Elaines Martyrdom, an
unpretentious little story, which. il
seems. was published original at six
pence but which is now out OF print.
Five dollars for "A paper ha cked novel
cite which probably could be had. sec
ond-han6, for a penny is going come
= they say at home. and as the at'iter
hafpens to know t:-e advertise tlie mt
n,aEager Of TIE newsp.M" in which the
I'd appeared lie dropped III on him to
see IL there was a story in connection
his trouble.
It proved that the mar--for il is a
man-who wants to get hold Of a copy
OF Lady Elaine's Nartyrdom. now
lives and has lived for the past ten
years. In the United States. Before cross
ing the Atlantic to seel. and find) his
fortune, he lived at Clacton-on-Sea. In
Essex. and there fel! head-over-heels in
love with the daughter OF a local solicit
tor.
He proposed to her by letter, but in
reply all he received was a copy OF
Lady Elaine's Martyrdom He waited
for a letter, which never came. and as
Stunning that silence meant refusal. sailed
for America. There he has prospered.
but has never married. his heart re-
naming true to his English Poll
About q month ago workmen were re-
pairing the house which he had occu-
pied at Clacton. and behind the skrting
round the hall door found letter adj
dressed to him in a feminine hand. This
was forwarded to America. Containing
a few words in answer to his letter OF
ten years before, it had been posted with
the novel and by some queer accident
slipped between the skirting and the
floor underneath the letter box.
The answer did not contain q definite
yes or no." but said that he would
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Congress have invariably figured conspic-
uously in the smart set. and they proved
powers in the more important sphere OF
national legislation. The Aldrichs made
their impression on their day and genera
ton and they viii be lamented for many
months 10 come Senator and Mrs Wet
more had a much more limited circle of
influence, but they were typical New
England hosts, always dignified. serious
and entirely tactful in their activities.
Senator Lippitt and his charming young
daughter, Miss Frances Lippitt. have
added to the splendor of Rhode Island $
record as national hosts. Their home is
paiatial. their amenities limited only by
the period of their residence In Washing
ton. and their courtesy and punctilious
regard of the smallest obligations one of
their most attractive traits.
Senator and Mrs. Colt came to Wash
ington with the converting & the extra
session of the new Congress. MIS-. Colt
is the well poised hostess which one nat
urally expects from such combination
OF good things from the fairy godmother
To state that 1he new solon from Rhode
leland is as well lowered with this
worlds goods as men from MS sec'ion
who reach the Senate usuaiiy are is 10
repeat what is known to all. But he has
been in the main the architect OF MS own
fortune. and he carved IL from the ieSaI
profession and not in the usuai way OF
New Englanders-the industrial and tex
We ATtS. With abundant means. more
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Typical.
A NEW ENGLAND railway man :

A NEW ENGLAND railway man saia
"A at a luncheon in Boston:
The way some people talk, YOU th'nk
that there were T. thousand safety ap-
pliances any one of which. applied l"
American trains. would abolish accideht
and loss of life forever
There are, il Is true, an abundance
of safety devices for trains. These we
are testing one by one. just as last as
we can. But very. very few OF them
prove. running tram, To q" the
things they do on paper.
1.-THE average safety device, indeed. re-
calls the widow who applied for outdoor
relief.
Yours is a sad case. said the charity
agent How did you lose your husband.
ma am?
He was killed. sir answered iie
widow while testin new safety cow.
catcher for the p. ID. II. railroad.
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my native state. Kansas. To the stars
through difficulty said one of the grad
yates at George Washington law who.
as he expressed it. had finally gotten
through. 1T was just six years ago last
fall that 1 first registered for the law
course, but various matters. which had
to do with my finances. caused me to be
double the prescribed time In completing
the course. When I came to Washington
l was a graduate OF a high school. but
had been fitted for only one kind Of work.
stenography and typewriting. I had taken
the civil service examinations for clerk
ship. but the appointment was so slow
in arriving that l came on anyway.
II found work to do all right but 1t
seemed that circumstances have gone
against me SO many times. BY the time
l had gotten here and settled down was
in debt somewhat, so by the time had
these back I found that I simply could
not attend school more than the first half
year. However, | kept at 1t, and the
next fall enrolled again. with about the
same luck for the second year. My law
course has been a series Of just such ups
so that l am only now getting through,
when I should have finished three long
years ago
You probably will be going into prac-
tice at once?" was asked.
NO. indeed. For the last two years
of my course l have had a pretty good
place in a bank, and the way things are
moving along 1 think that can see
still better place ahead. But | find that
my knowledge Of law is a big help to me
IN my everyday work. A. to leaving here
for practice OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES me. wash
ington looks too good TO me ever to leave
now"
Classmates of one Of the women who
are to graduate at the Washington Col
Iege Of Law this year tell of one of their
number who is to give up a private secre-
taryship soon to enter practice in dis
tant state Her career has been long
triumph over circumstances.
X
This courageous young woman from
one of the New England states took the
highest honors in her high school and
later passed the examination for teach
or in her county with signal success. She
followed the profession of teaching for a
short time. but failing health caused her
to drop teaching, re-enter school and
learn stenography. Finding work In one
of the large cities near Washington. she
rapidly rose in the estimation OF tne IT.
that employed her, all the while cherish
ing her desire to eventually become Por-
tia her mind made up that she would
come to Washington to obtain the nee
essary training.
Taking the stenography examination
under the civil service, she was easily sue
cessful, and at last was a full-fedged
student in Mrs. Mussey's school. For
some reason the success OF the young law
student was as marked under civil serv-
ice as it had been before. and now as
she is graduating from the law course
she is receiving $3.50 a year. decided
advancement over the salary she was
getting when she entered the service.
AS an example of the energy of the
Young woman 1t must be stated that she
is preparing to drop this rather remuner-
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There is a graduate of one of the
medical schools who stands almost alone
with regard to the way in wich he made
ms expenses while studying. Officials
OF the school said that as far as they
knew he was the only member of the
class who had literally worked his
way, outside hf employment in hos
pitaL He is about thirty years of age.
and for years before he was actually
able to enroll for his course had cher
1shed the idea of practicng medicine.
Facing difficulties enough to make
Trojan finch. he at last conquered.
II was twenty nine years old. mar
ried. and we had two children before
our affairs finally got to the point that
l could enroll in medicine. We came
from a western state. our congressman
getting me a place as night Waterman
in one of the departments. Ny work
began in the evening and lasted for nine
hours. Now. with my medical work be-
ginning some days at 0 o'clock in the
morning, and often lasting until in the
evening. you can see just what was
up against. But a night job was the
only kind that l could handle at all. and
| was mighty thankful for the $3.50
year that it paid. although you may be
certain that close financing has been
my middle name for the entire course
of four years. To tell the truth. never
could have pulled through at all but for
4 few hundred dollars I had been able
to raise before coming here.
The fact that my work was at night
gave me a great deal Of time in which
to study while on duty. / had to get
my sleep just whenever it suited best
AS far as home life is concerned. it
seems that I haven't had any in four
years. and / was really relieved when
the change of administration threw me
out of the place about three weeks ago.
DO you know the fierce joy there is in
accomplishing a thing that has cost as
great an effort as my medical educa,
ton has cost me? Well. when I learned
that / had been successful in my last
examina ton this year | was so happy
that l was almost in a frenzy. You
know a fellow doesn't put up with what
l have for nothing. l am not boasting
when ] say that / am sure ! will even
tua1ly succeed I'm practice. The splen-
did course Of instruction / have had.
coupled with the persistence and pa
thence l have had pounded into ME for
four long years. ought to make
wooden man succeed.
). :.
1t is not always that the will and per-
sistence Of the self-supporting students
carries them through. and occasionally
some of them loosen the tight reins on
their finances with results that are all
but disastrous to their careers. How
ever. IL the student is made of the ster-
ling stuff that seems to be part OF the
character of the average student of the
professional schools here they quickly
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than average comedy looks. Mrs. Colt
adds the distinction Of illustrious lineage
in merry England in the sixteenth CEN
fury and traditions from the pioneers
who figured In the heroic days Of TO
Though now so devoted TO that land of
religious freedom. the settlement OF
Roger Williams Senator and Mrs. Colt
present an impressive example of the mi
gratory habits of Americans. for neither
is native of Rhode Island. Mrs Colt
was born in Milwaukee, but her child
hood was spent largely in Chicago.
Her father. Guy Carleton Ledyard. was
"A native of New York state, and his
family took out land patent near New
burg Hudson in the middle of
the eighteenth century. In the old coun-
try the Ledyards were OF the gentry of
Sussex and several figure as knights in
the stirring tales of Sr Walter Scott.
William Ledyard, the grandfather of Mrs.
Colt five times removed, was a hero
whose fame has been preserved in his
tory. song. story and imperishabie bronze
by his grateful country. He was the gal
liant commander ip whose honor the Gro
ton monument at Groton Mass, was
erected. and it was in defense of Fort
Trumbull and Fort Griswold that he gave
his life for his country. These forts
overlooked all the country thereabout,
and when British garrison Of nearly
a thousand bore down on Fort Trumbull,
young Ledyard hastily collected all the
men who could bear arms and made a
gallant defense He was outnumbered
and deliberately slain by a tory officer.
Ledyard's sword was recovered. and his
uniform. with the coat showing the place
where the British sword penetrated, is
among the proudest possessions OF the
Connecticut Historical Society.
The Ledyards remained about New
York for almost a century, but some
twenty-five years ago began to follow
the trend Of events westward. Mrs. Colt s
In the middle west. among them Frank
Ledyard. well known in railroad circles,
and whose daughter became the wife Of
Baron Won Kettler. one of the unfOrtu-
nate victims of the Boxer insurrection in
Picking 1t was. however. through her
marriage that Mrs. Colt returned to the
home of her remote seaboard ancestors
Following the family traditions, she was
sent to New York city to school. and here
she first met young lie Baron Colt
through a classmate who was his rela-
tive. The young people were attracted
from the first but they were of ten
der age and they drifted apart Mr..
Colt became enamored of the west In
his college days and when he had taken
his legal degree from Columbia College
he turned his face toward Chicago. Here
he renewed his acquaintance with Miss
Ledyard and after that events began tic
take a definite shape They were mar
ried after brief engagement, and have
lived happily ever after.
A combination of circumstances lured
Mr.. Colt back to the east and after some
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the country who desire an education in
the law

the country who desire an education in
the law.
!.
These men and women are willing to de-
Iiberately forego practically all the pleas
ures along the way. sit down to wha. has
been termed the most difficult course of
study of all and consistently follow it for
three or more years. The added expense
of the tuition must be subtracted from
their income books that often cost as
much as SIS a volume must be purchased,
as for nine months of the year they bend
every atom of strength and persistence to
their allotted task. And then, after all,
they never intend to practice-and are
taking the course of study simply to make
themselves more useful. accomplished
members of society.
To be sure the greater bulk of the stu
dents of the professions here are en-
ployed in the government service. The
compare lively short hours with uni
form time of quitting each day. makes
favorable surroundings for the study. Al
though one of the law schools and all
of the medical schools have morning
classes. all OF the law schools have SPLEEN
did evening classes where. anywhere
from 40 until O'Clock. the efforts of
an able corps of instructors is bent in
their behalf. These instructors, without
exception. voice glowing testimonial of
the strength of character of the students
and the tenacity and we'll directed per-
sstence of the self-supporting student
body of the Capital city.
But the work done by the government
employees is no better either in spirit
or quality. than that done by the scores
engaged in other pursuits. In one of the
law schools this year the contest for GER
tain class honors in scholarship was
holly contested between young lieuten-
ant in the navy and an equally ambi
tious young machinist in the navy yard
After long rivalry the machinst won by
a narrow margin, the teachers congratu-
ing the victor. but not forgetting the de-
feated candidate.
This years graduates in the two medi-
cal colleges. George Washington Iniver-
sity and Georgetown University. are
small in number as compared to the law
classes, and do not show the same pro-
portion of men who have worked their
way through the institutions. The hours
at the medical schools are practically the
same, beginning at 0 O'Clock in the
going to their daily work, and ending
about 3 o'clock in the evening. The time
that must he devoted to dissecting and
laboratory work is too long for the stu
dent to use up his energy in making a
living, outside of the rather limited field
offered in the hospitals of the city
1t has long been noted that the propo.-
from the law schools of Washington has
been comparatively small. A great many
frankly announce when they enter the
schools that they will never practice the
profession. using the law only as a cultu-
raj course, or as a means of lettering
their work in the various departments. A
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somewhat lesser percentage of the stu
dents consists of cashiers and clerks in
banks and real estate statesmen who want
to know the law as an aid In their own
particular lines of business
Pausing just now on the threshold OF
a profession that Is opened for them. II
they can get by the stern guardians
at the various bar and medical examina-
ton boards it is interesting to note Just
what these men and women think of
Washington as a school city, and what
they think of the professions that their
three or four years of hard work have
entitled them to follow If they wish.
The ages OF the graduates vary from
that of the stripping who entered his
course as the youngest graduate OF his
class in the high school to gray-headed
men, whose purpose in life long has been
fixed. 1t is the STRIPPING who talks most
glibly of going into immediate practice,
the older man being less certain that he
wishes to even try it. The stories that
many Of the graduates can tell of diff
culties overcome and knotty problems of
home financing solved in the strong de-
sire to obtain the professional education
are as varied as they are interesting.
With view of obtaining data as nearly
accurate as is possible. a number of men
and women of the law and medical schools
were interviewed by reporter for The
Star. and their opinions and statements
Of their troubles We're frankly given
for publication Many an interesting prob
lem of close financing was discussed.
Some Of the difficulties in the way were
severe in the extreme. The fact that
many Of the graduates have taken the
course only as a means of self-1mprOVe-
ment, and with no desire to practice the
law as a profession. speaks Well for the
high type of the students in the profess
sional schools of Washington.
In getting data a number of this year s
graduates at George Washington Uni
versity Law School, Georgetown onlver-
sity Law School, the Washington College
of Law and the National University
Law School were interviewed. Graduates
of the Georgetown Medical School and
the George Washington Medical school
also were interviewed. but their numbers
are smaller and they have not IN many
instances worked their way while act
ually taking their course Some OF them,
however, have served as very efficient IN
ternes and extremes in the various hos
pitals while others have been laboratory
assistants. Many of the graduates OF
both the law and medical schools are
ma rried.
IF I had the last three years to re-
live would l take my law course: One
of the graduates of the National Univer-
sitv Law School was speaking. Il surely
would I may say, however, that 1t was
only because of the arrangement of
hours at the law school that l found 1t
possible to attend at all, and l would
join in the chorus OF praise of Washing
ton as an ideal city in which to go to
school,
The labor one has to go through to
get his degree is something he never will
forget or regret. however. To begin with,
my work is in the Treasury Department.
with the customary hours of from 9 until
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Worldly Advice.

<<E QUIyOCAL advice. that" said Sen.
IL ator Hitchcock. in a tariff argu-
ment Such advice can be taken i'm two
ways It's like the advice of Rowndar
"A youth told Rowndar that he was
passionately in love with a parlor maid
eleven years his senior.
".She's all the world to me- said the
youth. What would you advise me to
do?'
See a little more OF the world. old
chap. Rowndar replied