The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-29
INTERESTING CAREER TO THOSE WHO
 ARE ''MISFITS''

The men who managed TOT hnBlaho the negotiations for Anglo-French loan in the United States presents a uni que record to the consideration of those who would examine it-partlc- ularly interesting Is it to young men who feel that they have no found themselves.
 Lord Reading Is the man, occupy ing the highest position known to English lawyers-Lord Chief Justice at few years past 5O one who was complete failure at S5, and who just begun to "get by" at 40.
 Americans know Lord Reading best as Rufus Isaacs-afterward Sir Ru- fus Isaacs-but who was given u- tie when he became Lord Chief Jus tice, and chose Reading.
 For number of years Rufus Isaacs was Q sort of succession of misfits Doubtless he seemed so to his family and friends. Maybe at times he may have seemed so to himself Of Q Jewish family of small London trad CTS, he was doubtless expected to fol- low the family trade. He didn't; he ran away to sea, and as a sucking sailor he wasn't a success. Then he tried the stock exchange, whence af- ter Q scrambling experience of about three years he departed under the hammer" He failed ignominiously; he was "hammered"- publicly de- clared a failure.
 At 26 he determined to be bar rister. He was told he was too old, but he went ahead, and got himself called" For two years he waited for a brief; his first case was the defense of person accused of sell ing rotten figs. He lost 1t. The pros ecutor challenged the judge to sam pie the corpus delicti" as sufficient evidence His lordship resigned in favor of MT. Isaacs. Mir. Isaacs re- quested his client to set an example. The client preferred to pay fine and the barrister folded up his brief. For ten years his practice was con- fined to small commercial cases.
 Then somehow or other he found himself" Probably his variegated oariy experience was. after all. "grlst to the mill" His stock exchange venture pUuorvIy CuiuiNdteU tudl as- tonishing memory he showed in the case of Whitaker Wright, tho notor- ious swindling promoter. where for seven or eight hours he dealt with most intricate array of figures and never used a note And his early ad- ventures at sea may have helped in the investigation Of the Titanic dis aster and in other noted marine cas- es.
 At SS he took silk,"-was named kings counsel At A he was elect ed to the commons, and the first time he stood" which doesn't often happen nowadays At 49 he was so- licitor general and two years later was attorney general to be also member of the cabinet - something more than the principal law officer of the crown" And at 53 he was lord chief justice; he had won the crown ing prize of the British barrister.
 A capacity for hard work, for con- centration of mind upon the immed- fate subject, together with 0 temper that refuses to find failure dlscourag- ing and also refuses to regard the hardest work too seriously, may be termed the secret of his success. Of| the latter trait his mirthful recipe for success at the bar gives proof Here 1t is:
 But three things are essential for success at the bar; The first is, high animal spirits; the second is. high ami nal spirits; and the third is, high animal spirits. If. in addition, the young man will take the trouble to read a little law, do not think 1t will impede his progress"