Evening star., 1914-02-08


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II any personal description OF me is
thought desirable II may Re said I am.
IN helsht six feet four inches nearly;
lean in ftsh. weighing an average 80
r'pss:ds: dark complexion, with coarse
black hair and gray ewes, no other marks
oF brands rerotlected-
This : believed t. he I.incola's only de
sr!7tion OF himself. 1t was written
ahaat i>.,@ Werc This all that had heen
LIT To rosjerity the war President as We
know him today might never have ex-
listed. While tine description is typical Of
NinCoin's Style, II hardly brings TO mind
tie man whose picture is as familiar TO
every true american a. that Of the most
recently elected President.
Fortunately, how many pictures "f
Lincoln. the President. are in existence.
OF The man who stood a the head OF this
country at q time of bitter strife-a man
tai! and thin. with sad features and
black beard-a man desiring above all else
peace. and finding naught but conflict
there Is an abundance of photographs
But that is all Americans. veuerati1G
Tn memory Of Abraham Lincoln. ca,.
saze AT 80 hoyho0d picture and iiIid there.
III yoEth Who later was In dominate 8.
nation Although at his death Lincotu
tVa~ Gfty-Six wears of age. his photo
graphs cover d period Of but twenty years
OF his life, and then not fully
81 sar as IS known his arst picture Was
taken between the Years 1916 aud 1875
Waen he Was about thirty-severl years
I'D ! dasuer.eotype. taken at the time
= his campaign Tor Congress or shortly
alter h.S election. IS row III the POSSES
sion of his son, Robert T. Lincoln. II is
lara TO iIa9ine that this teardl-ss; man
rFg.4 - .g~,q
same whose face later was SO furrow cd
WIN care and sorrow. one would if the
HiEt4st oort no name. l'rci}; blv never
take II fer a Photograph 81 yculu.
It with this picture a. :. guide. one
can Gonlure ny the man a. he. might
nave oeen d few years previous when ~.
t4a9e his first political s!,eecl H.- v-as
running Tor the Illinois state legislature.
ara tf.t, speech WAS mad Al a mass meet
fnS Other candidates had put form t:lei~
pea Tor votes. when Lincoln's turn cane
vas almost dark. and the pt.o;Ie. y,.ra
Wary of long. tireso:l7e curses On ,1,ot
.L-eS- Lincoln stood ZIP, eaunt and axA-
1entieInen. Feliow-citizens: prest,,,,.
~ ~. AnoW who | AM. am humble
= - Lincoln l have been solicitated bv
,s4AE friends 10 become a candidate for
tae legislature. My politics ar. sbo,.
and sweet. Ike an old yyornan,s ,,,,,
! am IN favor Of Il national ha,7k. avn
y saVor 81 the internal improvement s,.s
s s''A ana protective tariff These are
~ sentiments and political pri,,qinIas
elected Will BE- thankful; if not. ii j.
= the same i .
nat incident is said to have occurred
Is@ Lincoln was defea ted: bur tUo
ears 'ater he '1on the election for the
sfrne Office. ''i1
SeNeral wears e.apse before Lincoln-s
I'M PICTURES. one taken at the age ,f
19FtF-tNe shows him sitting with a news
ls2"r III MS hard-a Photograph mad. in
'.-.as" III an itsn"-ant gallery. Another.
r the d2F df fortv-seven. was taken a,
ste time rs Was mentioned for Vice Pres
tFi.t IN thf' first republican national con
ention, IL 1896. Still another. made in
ne year fo..owing. shows the first profile
= Lincoln 1t was This picture which
p ta@ hrst circulated throughout the
solntry Tor 'ampaign purposes
p untii ts1s Lincoln had had rl1; four
photographs taken. as far a. is known
+-'-t ron then q0til his death pictures are
tfleipf9s One of the earliest taken in
- sflowS q lead aud shoulder view IL,
3" Np.cstl dress of that period And in
fhts. a. III his tIrSt photograph thert. is
.fte Indication Of the man as he appear
81 but seven short years later. Here he
looks as any young man of that time
might and certainly appears 1nuch
younger than his actual age. which was
forrv-nine.
One Of the first Lincoln pictures which