The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-01
STATESMEN, REAL AND NEAR.
ny FIRED @. KELLY.

OF no account novels IN the country be-
longs to Vice President Thomas r,
Marshall. And 1t is having a steady.
healthy growth.
Mr.. Marshall has a mania for resting
his mind. after he has been listening
to affairs OF state all day. by quietly
consuming a 10 cent cigar and q 81 20
novel. And he cannot get the maximum
degree OF Joy out OF an inferior book
unless he owns it, He therefore spends
a great deal Of money trying to keep
pace with the output Of those who write
tho One Thousand Best Sellers
In buying a novel there are one or
two things that determine Mr.. Mar
shall's choice. The book must be new
and 1t must have a pretty cover. n the
cover contains number Of bright
colors like the midsummer fiction num-
her of a popular priced magazine he
asks no further questions lie simply
cannot walk by new novel that Ia
lncarcerated in blues and yellow and
pink and gold
While no rather prefers detective
stories. the Vice-President Is really
catholic in his tastes. a story about 4
man going to storm castle in the
Andes Mountains IN search OF a beau
tiful maiden whom he first met at tho
soda fountain IN a Greek candy kitchen
"a story like that will delight Mr.. Mar
shall AT the close of his days work Just
about as much as detective tale.
Representative s. d. Tess Of Ohio
used TO be n special lecturer for Chi
oaEo hlN'rs''y ana went ah"ut 10
various SINAI C't'es 10 o'scuSS historian
"'u "'n,r supJ'clS 'Nore as many
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make an eHort 10 sur up greater IN
tcreSt III TINS course VI 'ecturcs' u We
couIu get a larger a'tenuance we W"u'u'
OF course nave more revenue ana then
we could OBTAIN vastly petter iectur-
erS
hvering lectures az teachers lnsu-
tute' tic han oeen taking mostly III me
afternoons put was put on iUr SPe-
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"IvoII Won NAV no right" conceded
E,ees "ond vet am somewhat nrciu-
| diced in the mans favor
lust then thov came under an clec-
! trio and the other man recognized Mr..
/ Tess. He tried to stammcr an apology.
/ "No apology is necessary" laughed
| the good naturcd Mr.. Fcss. "because
bwhat YOU said was absolutely true"
! Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman OF Hi
nois wears iron trimmed spectaclcs that
run obliuuely across his face and give
! tho impression Of having becn picked
hurriedly out OF basket AT week end
sale.
united states treasurer Jonn hurNe'
/ FORMER Governor OF North bakota' got
+ MS real start by winning MS hrst tc"
cases as young lawyer
/ one OF these hinged on the color or
morse There was chattel mortgage
/ held by bank on certain morse ana
the mortgage was roreciosed' But the
bank took n black horse, whereas II was
claimed that the mortgage was on
chestnut horse or much less value.
This led To spirited legal contro-
versy. one witness said that the mort
gagged horse was black and another witt
ness said 1t was chestnut. So 1t was
SIMPLY matter OF determining which
witness was the most gifted In know
ing what n color was when he saw II.
: Burke had on an inoffensive suit of
clothes that looked black In the shade
ana gray In strong hght.
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