South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-19
STATESMEN
REAL AND NEAR
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S. West, the new senator from
Georgia, is a man of great determine
ton and persistence. If he were TO
get up some fine morning With the
idea, let us say, that he ought TO eat
a mess of young onions, and there
were no young onions in market, he
would get that mess of onions IL IL
took him a couple Of years, and
onions would never be out OF his
mind until he got them. No matter
what il is that he starts at he goes
the whole distance. When ne was a
youngster on the farm. West got an
idea into his head that he would
never amount 10 much unless he first
acquired a rather elaborate educa-
ton. He had no money, but ne an
nounced that he was going through
college and law school and then
would round out his equipment by
taking course at some good bus
/ mess college.
Friends and kinfolk told him he
would overdo the thing and waste a
/ lot of time and that he'd better for
get his foolish notions.
But West shook his head and said
/ that he was going TO be educated or
know the reason why. BY teaching
school for a while, he earned enough
money to pay his way through col
.
I cause he had to stay out Of college
/ every other year TO make the money
/ he would spend the following year.
+ BY the time he had finished college,
his brothers who had not paused to
acquire a higher education we're es-
/ tablsheG in business and prospecting.
You, too. might be making a lot
! of money by now" his friends told
/ him, IF you hadn't fooled away your
time in college"
yes" retorted West. but | start
ed out TO get very thorough educa-
ton and l never start anything that
don't finish"
He then began the study OF law
and alternated between working and
attending law school until he COM
pleted that course. BY that time he
was past 80 years of age. and every
body who knew him assumed that al
last he was ready TO bid farewell 10
! his 0chool days. But they were vastly
mistaken, for there was still the bus
| mess college.
Look how old you're getting TO
be-. his brothers said to him more
in sadness than I'm anger.
Il don't fix my age" replied West
the Almighty does that But I map
ped out a certain course to pursue
and / intend to do what I set out &c
do if IL takes until I'm sixty"
When he received his diploma from
the business college and started out
at last TO make his fortune, West
was 33 years OF age.
He then started in ard mace a halt
million dollars.
DIR. Donicio da Cana. ambassador
10 the United States from Brazil and
one OF the mediators OF the Mexican
controversy. is person who car
keep a great many important thing:
10 himself. saying never a word t.
ANYBODY. When the mediation plaT
perfectly easy that the negotiation,
will not be upset by Ambassador d,
Cana talking too freely.
II was in connection with his mar
riage 10 a beautiful widow. a membe
of a wealthy New York family. tina
Am baSsador de Cana made himsel
a reputation for unusual skill a
keeping things quiet. A great man,
persons get married without much
being known about il in advance
but as a rule those persons are no
members OF a diplomatic corps. Tbs
. Brazilian ambassador is probably tn
only person in the diplomatic circl
at Washington who ever accomplish
p ed so important an event with sucl
complete secrecy w dSnlnEtOD COT
tains a great number of persons VIII,
aim &c know the gossip OF everything
that is going on in a social way
Many OF these were greatly vexe,
with Ambassador da Cana when h
$ returned from New York one morn
, Ing with his wife. Until then not
soul. even among his most intimat
associates. had any idea that he wa
so much as engaged or that he wa
that we'll acquainted in New York
His little coup caused great mortified
= ton among those in the diplomat
: set who felt that they had reputation
90 sustain as professional gossips T
this day they wonder how he man
aged 1t.
Two members OF Washingto
Z chess club stopped Sen. Shafroth. o
, Colorado. on the street one afternoo
recently and invited him 10 dro
around TO their club rooms for a
!. informal little series at chess.
"Oh. no. I can't do that" reDliA