The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-05

~ FRED C. KELLY.

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doctor constantly at ones heels. Either
an army or navy physician 10 A.
signed to stick around the White HOUSE
and to guard the Presidents health.
Within a short time after he became
President Mr.. Wilson made DR.. Gray
son his main companion. But he likes
to have him around not because he Is
a doctor so much as In spite Of the
fact that he Is "a doctor. one reason
for the Presidents attachment to DR..
Grayson lies In the fact that tina doc
| tor has little to say and usually does
not talk until talked to. He has tho
| gift OF silence.
President Wilson is a long way from
| being an unsoclable man and he likes
| polite conversation as well as anybody,
but after working hard until the middle
Of the afternoon the President likes to
sit back quietly In his auto without the
need of using up any further energy in
J providing small talk for his companion.
He may desire TO talk a good deal, but
he prefers to take the initiative In the
matter himself. Besides, one may re-
mark that the President has a knack
at dropping Off TO sleep In I'm automo-
bile.
lie may be riding along viewing the
/ anu as Wlue awake 80 ANYBODY,
but IL It occurs to him that he would
like to get little sleep out OF his sys-
TEN he can shut his eyes and lose
consciousness almost before one could
say Jack Johnson.
DIR. Grayson looks much less like
a physician than one would expect
He Is below average height, OF rather
slight build, smooth faced and with the
earnest expression OF an accountant
or teller In q bank rather than q
physician.
Representative John Henry Cooke OF
Ohio Is good lawyer with great
knack at plausible argument. Some
years ago, when he was still In his
twentles he defended a man on trial for
, murder
The man had confessed that he was
guilty and then on reflection changed
| his mind. 1t is not an easy task to
4 convince a jury that a man Is innocent
7 when he himself has admitted his guilt.
but Cooke undertook the job. He en-
planned that the defendant was greatly
mistaken when he called himself guilty.
When the jury was out celebrating
the prisoner turned to Cooke and said
gravely:
= 81 was satisfied l was guilty but that
last argument convinced me that
wasn't"
a well, II I convinced you. with your
natural prejudlces, based on your In
side knowledge Of the case" said
Cooke, perhaps I convinced the Jury
too"
And he had The man went free,
Ambassador J. ]. Jusserand Of
:, France and a small party OF friends, in
=, Guiding Ambassador Bakhmetefr OF
. Russia. wen, to the theatre one night
a a while ago and had themselves conf
It fortably incarcerated in a box.
= In a little while members Of the au-
dience who CHANGED TO take note OF n
= certain feature of the box party bega n
l. show Yet the Ambassadorial group
n were as quiet and orderly and incon-
e spicuous as a box party could well be-
The thing that attracted the atten-
" ton Of discriminating spectators was
Mr.. Jusserand's unconscious feat OF ex
=. ceiling all Others at between act CON-
p versation. He is man OF parts and
10 achievements and never lacks for a
10 word or a phrase When he talks No
nt does SO with enthusiasm and polite
or gestures.
al The others in The marty seemed N
realize their comparative lack ~ con.
, versational Shaving qualities and
Is worked in RELAYS. One nv one they
., tried 10 keen nm with Mr. JusseranN
w. bu, none was able In cone with him
~. Each in turn was driven hack slovl,
n bu, ccr,aiplv 70 n conversational cor
ma nor Then ano,ber would try 10 narr,
ne tho voIIev ~ Wit and comment pr
re II was No uso Even,ualIv Mr. russe
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n Will soon ne IN the mast OF trying Il
Tia beat Joe Cannon again for Congress-
tn maintains a large flock of collie dog
er at his home. He went one day to bu,
IN a single dog, but could not make I'D hi
h mind which one he liked hest ont Of ,
er group OF four. and so he bought the en-
'is tire quartet. Some Of these have raise