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things. Colonel House seems to b,
still using that formula.
PershinE Has Same Qualities.
lnse QuaIttfeA


1t is interesting to note that this
same quality of the outdoor Western
or has been noted in General Pershinr,
who spent some years lighting Indians
! in the Southwest. That close-lippeA
and clear-eyed type OF man who showed
the edge OF the nation westward
across tho continent seems to be equal
ly effective In other and diverse fields
of activity.
SO much for the years Of prairie
life. But House spent other years In
England, and his father was an Eng
lishman. who cherished English tradi-
tons and ways of life. Colonel House
AZ an international statesman land
he seems to be for the moment our
most important man in that capacity
may perhaps best be understood as QUO
who believes in the common destiny
ard interests Of the English speaking
peoples. He * doubtless exceptionally
weil-htted by experience and point OF
view TO promote the International CO.
operation upon which SO much now
depends.
House was educated at Cornell Uni
rcrsity, and made IA special study OF
economics. Ee has remained stu
dent all his life. James Bryce, LONG
Br:tish Ambassador to the United State.
and an author of note. is credited with
the statement that House writes "as
pure 3ddisonian English" al he had
ever read. House seems to have used
this faculty chiefly in his correspond.
cncc. although he has been accused of
writing a hook.
This is all the direct evidence that
we can find as to the mans intellectual
nt'ainments. There Is no one In public
life who has 30 sedulously rcfraincd
from putting himself on record But
certainly he has identified himself with
progressive men and measures. Ho is
credited with Warwick influence in
the framing of the Interstate Commerce
Commission Law, and much progressive
State legislation I'm Texas. or mil.
lionnircs, who the most typical
product or our present social and in.
dustria! order. he is said TO have re.
marked that he does not like their
smell.
The meeting OF House and Wilson.
accordins TO Harry Wilson Walker.
who ia "a friend OF both. vas the re-
suit OF the search by House for a man
of national calibcr who had the cour.
age to be progressive. lie had OH
served the struggles, and enterprises
or Wilson In New Jersey politics. and
remarked to Colonel Bryan, who has
long been his friend and hunting com
panon. that wilson seemed to be
real progressive.
How does he strike you!" HOUSE
asked.
Every time he gets a chance" rs-
piled the great Ncbraskan with a rue-
lnl smiic. He was thinking OF the
famous cooked hat letter" Of which
nc wdS already aware. although ,as
public was not. Nevertheless he gave
House letter TO Wilson. and they mo,
81 the Gotham Hotel in New York.
rms meeting took place on the same
day AS that row. famous In political
gossip. between Wilson on the ono
haHd and Colonel Harvey and Mars,
Henry Watterson on the other. and
which has resulted in SO much brill
liant editorial writing in the North
American Review and the Courier
journal.
This meeting OF the future PresI.
cent and the future special envoy to
Europe was necessarily brief. but wa,
lons enough for them to discover that
they had much in common Colonel
house afterward said that he believed
wilson was a man OF exceptional moral
and physical courage. Judgment of
men had long been a speciality with
Colonel House. his chief function I'm
Texas politics having been TO select
candidates, and he seems 10 have i'm
ncdiatcly chosen the President as a
man having enough nerve and initia-
tive to break with prcccdents and Goa.
Vcntionaiities and get things done.