Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-31
PART Of WISDOM
some TINE TO
LET Wife RULE
congressman Taylor and
'Shaughnessy Fl ave
Found Policy Good.

Congressman Sam Taylor is the
| subject of one Of Fred C. Kelly'a
! clever personal Glimpses" of nota-
bles in the national capital, appearing
in the Illustrated Sunday Magazine is
sued by the Memphis Commercial APP
| peal and other leading newspapers Of
| the United states. In Sundays issue
| appears the following:
Samuel Mitchell Taylor, Of Arkan
| sas, and George Francis O'Shaunessy,
| Of Rhode Island, are two congressman
whose lives are testimonials to the
advantages of letting the women folk
have their own way-and of humorin&
| ones wife in her desire to live close
to her kinfolk. Following alphabet.-
cal order, for the sake Of being per
| fectly fair to all parties. we shall take
| up first the case of Representative
OShaunessy.
| when he was a small lad O'Shau-
messy dwelt in Ireland, simply be-
cause Ireland was his birthplace. But
| when little George had attained the
age Of four years his parents moved
to New York City and he came along.
/ He did not have the heart to see mis-
father aad mother set out to a new
country alone and unaided to mako
their way.
"In due course O'Shaunessy was a
New York lawyer, and he did rather
we'll. He was made assistant corpor-
alton counsel for that town and had
bright prospects in New York poll
tics. About that time he got married.
But he did not marry in New YORK.
He might have, but he saw nothing
in the matrimonial market there that
quite suited him, and he determined
to shop around little before making
up his mind Finally he found that
there was a girl in providence, X. L.
who was precisely what he mad been
looking for. Just as quickly as he
got her into the proper frame OF mind
they were married.
"Then difficulty arose. Mrs.
iOShaunessy did not care for New
York as a dwelling place. She said
the only place to live was Providence,
R. /. OShaunessy did not like to say
anything detrimental about Provi-
dence or Rhode Island, Lut he pointed
out to his wife that New York was a
good growing town itself, and he
didn't see why they shouldn't settle
down right there He reminded her
that he had devoted a number Of years
to building up law business, ana IL
he were to move to Rhode Island a
great many of his clients might not
! 60 there to hunt him up when they
had lawsuits.
To this his wife replied that he
would do even better in Providence,
R. l., because he would be novelty
there and the people of that town
had a prejudice in favor of Imported
articles So they effected a compro-
mise which provided that they Should
go to live in Providence, R. l.
"Now OlShaunessy had a romantic
face and bearing and if he had
cape and sword would look like one
of the brave knights of old such as
used to be played by James X. Hac-
kett. The consequence of this was
that our hero caught on in Provl-
dence right from the start. just as his
wife had told him he would In less
than two years after he began to
live in Rhode Island he was MEM
Der of the state legislature. And
| shortly after that he was down here
in Washington representing his dis
trict in congress. There doubtless
were other young men in the district
lust as bright as O'Shaunessy, but
they could not make the people be-
lieve so. O'Shaunessy was from out
of-town and the people thought he
| must be better because he was newer.
| Similar to the experience OF
O'Shaunessy was that Of Representa-
tive Taylor. He was born in Missis-
sippi, but married an attractive young
woman over at Pine Bluff, Ark. The
same wear he was married he was
elected to the Mississippi legislature.
That might have anchored him IN
Mississippi permanently, but Mrs.
Taylor pinned for Pine Bluff, in Ar
kansas. She thought it would be fine
to live close to her mother, so that
she might run over and borrow Jelly
Or waist patterns any time she felt
so inclined. Rather than fuss with a
woman about a mere matter OF dwell
ling place, Taylor up and moved to
Pine Bluff. Ark. Within two years
after that he was made prosecuting
attorney without opposition and held
the lob three terms. Then he went
back to his law practice and pros
pered. He did even better in Pine
Bluff, Ark, than he had expected to
do back in Mississippi.
''Thus, if O'Shaunessy and Taylor
were doing it over again and their
wives desired to be near the old home
circle. O'shaunessy and Taylor would
pick up and go without a word, for
thew know now that q man in poll
tics sheds an added degree OF enchant-
ment when he operates among stran-
gers"
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