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Calder's Rise From Apprentice to Senator

opinion, broke all records, not only as
to size but in a willingness to work
actively and intelligently.
,, 1T was too large, of course, for con-
ferences en- masse. So wrote to each
committeeman thanking him for the
honor he had done me and asking him
IL no would put up the five Autographs
that would be sent to hiSn and besides
would request ten of his friends to
support me at the polls.
Almost from one day to another
1880 Of my portraits were hung in
the windows of my district or nailed
or fences, posts and billboards. More
over, the $500 committeeman saw and
talked with their acquaintance and
asked them TO vote for me and to tell
me If they would do so on the postal
cards which were put into their hands.
When had 1900 written promises
OF support I knew that l would be
elected. / wrote letters OF thanks to
the 1900, real letters, and made fur
tier request that each member of that
great army of men ask three of his
friends to give me their help on cleo
ton day.
$4,000 for the Democratic candidate
and 10000 for the Progressive Repub.
lican nominee. President Wilson got
1900 votes in the district, Col.
Roosevelt polled $1,000 votes and
Judge Taft was given 1000 votes. ]
have always believed that the people
are willing to take part in the activi.
ties of politics If they think their work
is needed and will be appreciated.
During the ten years that / was
in the House of Representatives I kept
in daily contact with my district. ]
might almost say that the contact was
hourly Speeches-which learned to
make in course of time-are necessary
during campaigns, but nothing can
be substitute for the directly per.
sonal relations that a candidate estab.
fishes with his constituents.
Some men appear to believe that
their merits entitle them to the high.
est honors In the land. That may be
so; but there is no reason why such
men, when thus favored, should fail
to show and express their appreciation
of the patriotism and discrimination,
let us say, of the citizens who elected
them to office"
In the meantime, while he talked
Senator Calder had put on and re-
moved his eyeglasses a score OF more
of times-eyeglasses that pinched the
bridge Of his nose and caused many
Fuckers TO come and go in his fore
head and the sides OF his face. AS to
the nose. II is short and. therefore, on
the word Of physiognomists, indicative
OF courage and certain readiness Of
speech. The eyes are so light brown
that they are almost gray.
With respect TO hair, there is not
so much OF It as there was In the days
Long since gonA Ths muatachs.
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Notwithstanding that liberty of
conscience has now won general rec
ognition in England. as in most coun-
tries Of the world, the old right be-
slowed upon the fathers of Non-Con
formity is still exercised upon I'm
portant occasions. Previous TO the
Offering of peace Fluctuations recently
the last time the right was invoked
was when King George assembled the
throne.
The old joke, popular before the
war. relating an imaginary conversa-
ton between an American and an
English sailor. may have been based
partly upon the tradition of the rights
OF the n-Conformists. The story.
goes that the Cockney when in an
American port devoted most of his
conversation to grouping" and prais-
ing royalty and the monarchical form
of government.
After an unusual outburst OF con-
domination of everything not labelled
Made In England" the Yankee fired
back:
Jaw, tell il TO the King"
But I cawnt approach him." an
swered the Brtoh in al seriousness.
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Invoking the Right of Approach to the Throne

TINE right of approach to the
throne" which dates back to
the days of william and
Mary, is seldom exercised In England
at present, although it was invoked
recently when a delegation of thirty
called at Buckingham Palace with all
the ceremony that marked similar
events in the ancient days. The party
consisted Of Free Church leaders who
presented to the monarch an address
OF congratulation and rejoicing on the
coming of peace.
The delegates represented the gem
eral body and the dissenting deputies.
twenty tministera and ten laymen.
After assembling at the memorial
hall they donned their robes of Office,
their university hoods and college
caps. and drove TO the palace. Cor
uiality marked the Kings reception
Of the well wishers.
Before freedom OF religious thought
and action had been generally con-
neded In England the fright of an
proa1h" was used often by those who
believe their rights Were being tram
pied upon. and N many cases their
contentions were well grounded. His
tory tails also that the diAsantsrs ON
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combination; she has what the palm
list terms a mixed hand; the palm Of
q worker, the middle finger Of phi
losopher Carge joints are always signs
of the philosopher). The finger tips
Of the greatest artists are fully padded
on the ends. True musicians usually
have big husky fihgers-they are pow
erful. The fingers of Patton Brounoff,
Russian music teacher of New York,
are very large. and Francis Grierson's
are tremendous
"It is interesting to study the hands
Of history. For INSTANCE, Napoleon's
first finger was as long as his middle
one. A long little finger is charac-
teristic Of artists. A soft palm would
seem to indicate Incidence and a hard
one nervous energy. Sarah Bernhard
had soft palm and Forbes Robertson
hard one. And 1t Is said that Bern
hardt is indolent when not working at
her own art. Gladstone's hand was
small. with a peculiarly tapering
thumb Shis power was indicated by an
unusually long little finger, showing
tact and political force and a remark
able ability to manage men,"
According to Mr.. Bement: "A thumb
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There was a peculiar straight line in
many places where you would have
expected to find a curve, and this was
particularly noticeable from the wrist
to the base of the little finger when
she doubled her fist. The knuckles
were in a straight line instead of a
curve. They were beautiful from an
aesthetic point of view, but ten min
utes' study would convince a person
OF the cruelty expressed in her hands
Long foreflngers," according to this
hand expert, mean power over other
persons minds. Long thumbs are in
dicative of astheticism-you find all
this written in the hand of Sarah
Bernhardt. The lower part of her
thumb is full, which tells OF great
physical power. she uses her hand
as a tremendous dynamo, and she is
never the victim of nerves, these
mighty strings that so often tear per-
sons to pieces. Her little finger fairly
screams with energy"
some Famous Hands.
Mr.. Bement has a unique collection
of painted hands of noted men and
women; one of the most interesting of
these is that of Ada Sassoli, the Ital-
ian harpist. In speaking Of this paint
ing. he said:
"Sassoli's hands are those of a good
child; her fingers are big and sturdy
the long palm expressing power. The
single picture Of her left hand shows
the characteristic separateness of the
little finger, which is common to harp
lists; 1t Is a very artistic hand. She
uses her hands as all strong women,
yet they float over the strings as but
teriies. Forbes-Robertson's hand is
the nervous artistic type; II is mark
eddy intellectual; his little fingers ex-
press aggressive power. OF all the
hands I have seen. Ruth Chatterton's
seem to me to have the most perfect
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Continued from sipth Paoe.

been my speciality. AS the suburbs of
Brooklyn moved outward, I followed
All Of my business has been done in
always have lived"
How did you get into politics ~
Senator Calder was asked.
ut was. might say, case Of love
at first sight-at least on my part, "
came the answer. 81 can't remember
the time when politics did not attract
my admiring interest. But / had nc
ambition in the direction of office
holding. In 1902, when I was SO
years old, Mayor Seth Low Of New
York appointed me Building Commits
sioner of Brooklyn.
"I held-this post two years and dur
ing that time came into personal con-
tact with many of our leading business
men. 1t just happened that there was
room for Improvement In the admin
istration of the office occupied and
changed some things for the better
ANY other man, almost, would have
done the same.
You must recollect that was born
in Brooklyn, that l went TO school in
Brooklyn and that as a boy and young
man had made hundreds of friends
and acquaintances. There was no
spontaneous call for me to be a candi-
date for Congress. Delegates urging
me TO leap into the breach did not
come to my house. simply decided
to run and did run and was nomi-
mated and elected.
my first election occurred in 1904.
was reelected in 1906, 1908 and 1910
In 1919 was a delegate to the Re-
publican national convention. On the
way to Chicago I told friends with
whom I was travelling that 1 meant
TO be a candidate for Governor of New
York. Travelling home from Chicago
told the same friends that / had
changed my programme and again
would be candidate for Congress.
"The Republican party had been
SPLIT into warning parts by Taft and
Roosevelt, you remember, and ] felt
that with respect to- myself safety
first was the best policy to adopt that
year in the State of New York. I was
not surprised, however, when both the
Democrats and Progressive Republi-
cans nominated candidates for Con-
gress in my district.
1T was faced, I knew. with the most
serious situation that had occurred
| during my experience in politics. The
way In which met 1t shows thgt the
American voter will respond il he
hears the call. There were $4,000 Re-
rutlicans In my district. l wrote a
letter to each Of them-a personally
addressed letter, signed by myself
Each of the $4,000 Republicans was
| asked, to serve on my campaign COM
mittee. And 1900 of them wrote me
their eoceptencesi In all modesty I
lyOuid say that thu committee, IN my
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clipped close, is reddish of tint.
square man, altogether, in stature and
form, is Senator Calder, and an anna.
/ BILE looking man. once he knows that
the business of the stranger is sensi'
BILE and harmless.
Up before the electorate six timeA
Senator Calder in each instance was
| successful at the polls. But he suf'
fered defeat within his own party
when. In 1914, he asked to be named
for the Senate. Three years later be
was nominated, having the late Rob
ert Bacon as a competitor.
Il had been campaigning sir
months" he said, when six weeks be-
fore the primaries, gentlemen doing
business in and around the lower end
OF New York concluded to choose some
| other candidate. Mr.. Bacon was an
able man intellectually. and strong
man financially, and had the support
of Joseph II. Choate, Elihu Root and
Col. Roosevelt.
But for Brooklyn I would have been
defeated. The election. however, was
easy. comparatively. William F Nc
Combs. who brought Mr.. Wilson out
for President originally, ran against
me. My plurality over him was 1885,
600 votes. Again Brooklyn helped me
Immensely, giving me $1,000 out of
total of $1,000 votes"
Being a practical builder" the IN
terviewer asked, would you say thai
the cost of houses is likely soon 70
be lowered.
MY own opinion" Senator Calder
answered, is that we are not, for
many years, going to have any cheaper
construction. Under ordinary condi'
tions-that is when we are not at war
there is need of three billion dollars
yearly for new buildings; two billions
for homes and n billion for industrial
and amusement purposes.
THE present shortage of houses IN
the United States, computed in money
amounts to four billion dollars In
number the shortage is fully a million
homes
"There are 1900 building and loan
associations in the country. They have
lent two billion dollars to home own
crs and have taken mortgages when
are being paid Off in small sums
monthly.
81 would make It possible, and HAYS
written bill to that effect, for huud'
ing associations to deposit their moro
cages with home loan banks and OBJ
tain the money on them so that me
money thus obtained could bo lent "
others for the purchase of homes,
Against the mortgages depositea
with home loan banks l would issns
bonds for sale to the public. No sec1'
rity in the world would be better, ln'
vestors would &c benefited The 'o'n'
try would be made happier HONS
owners are never Bolshevists or an
archists."
C0op1ri0Jtt, 1s1a. By Jones B. AasF0aa
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Artist Reads Character From Hands
HeP Paints of Notable Men and Women
Alon Bement, Professor at Columbia Finds the Hand
Reveals Personality Clearly Does the Face and
Depicts His interpretations ,on Canvas-Unique
Collection of Painting Results From His Hobby
What the Knuckles of Murderess Show
LON T3EMENr reads the cha

A LON BEMENT reads the char
n actor and personality Of a per-
4 \ son, then depicts the reading
on canvas by painting the hand in a
characteristic pose Of its owner.
IT never remember persons faces as
do their hands" said Mr.. Bement
when was child my mothers
hands seemed to be the very essence
Of her personality. They were the
sum total Of all things kind and care
full to me-. they expressed sweetness
and tenderness. Yet there was no fool
ishness about them; they were always
cool and firm. Every hand that I see
is compared with hers and any per-
sons that in the least degree re-
sembles hers am sire to like.
"Only once have been mistaken.
That leads me to say that the hands
of murderess, which, from the ac-
cepted point Of view, were very beau
tiful-long, delicate, and, to the super
fetal observer, would appear unusu-
ally fine. were TO me acutely cruel.
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Americas most beautiful women. Mr..
Bement also said that he had never
seen the middle finger and third cling
together as do Mrs. Woodruffs. He
pronounced it one OF the most ar
tistic. capable and beautiful hands Of
his collection.
Like Gladstone, Frances Starr ha0
a long little finger; her hand shows
great will power and determination.
To her, like Napoleon, there are no
Alps"
Mr.. Dement'S greatest success has
been In portrait painting; this collec-
ton OF hands is merely a hobby.
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stincts and the supposed "psychism"
of spiders. thinks that the apparent
sensitiveness OF these insects to music
has been misunderstood. 1t is thought
that when musical instruments are
played near their webs the spiders
simply feel the vibrations without
recognizing the musical notes as
sounds.
The effect upon them is similar to
that OF the buxsing Of an sntrapped
~.
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Music Loving Spiders

TT has been asserted that spiders
L possess a sensitiveness to musi-
cal sounds. Some species appear
to respond to the notes of the piano.
the harp, the flute. and so on, in a
manner suggestive Of their ability to
recognize these sounds or the har-
monte vibrations on which they are
based.
But Prof. location OF Paris. who
has made q special study OF the In,
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How the Peccaries
Conduct Warfare

THE South American peccaries are
formidable because they attack
their enemies in large bodies
and with great vigor and bravery,
The method and skill Of their charva,
suggest that they are led by a chief
skillful enough in predatory warfare
to direct the surrounding and destruo-
ton of powerful jaguar.
The object to be stormed is sur
rounded in silence by a circle of hum
dreds of peccaries. At a given signal
simultaneous swapping of teeth %.
ours, which is followed by a convers.
ing rush toward the centre. The Iarp.
est and strongest reach the front first
and the smallest and weakest bring IN
the rear. Those in front are pushed
on by the mass in the rear, so that the
enemy Is constantly confronted by
rank of foes, no matter how many he
may have disabled.
An American engineer, while sur
veying a Brazilian forest for a rail.
way route. encountered a herd of pee.
carries one hfgAf~ Snd with difficulty
drove them off. His experience afford,
an illustration of the bravery of these
wild pigs.
One day he and his party came upon
a morass, the furrowed ground, trod.
den grass, turbid pools and pigsty odor
OF which indicated that it was the
headquarters OF all the peccaries in
the vicinity. But not a pig was to be
seen. The camp was fortified. In the
night there came an alarm. Suddenly
from all around there arose the sound
OF simultaneous swapping of teeth and
then came the charge of hundreds OF
black animals rushing toward the fort
Guns were discharged and the occu-
pants reached down and slashed with
their knives at the swarming pigs be-
low. Numbers of these were cut down
by the men in the fort, but others i'm
PEELED by those in the rear, threw
themselves forward, ripping and slash
ing with their sharp tusks
Suddenly the attack ceased. The
animals had silently withdrawn. Then
without moments warning save the
crash of teeth came another wild
charge and the fight was renewed.
Again the pigs drew off and again
they renewed the charge Seven times
they charged during the night, and
not until dawn was the last grunt
heard.
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ut is one of the most beautiful
hands that have ever seen: had I
never beheld Mrs. Woodruff herself
this picture of her hand would lead
me to believe that she is exquisitely
beautiful" 1t is a well known fact that
Helen Smith Woodruff has been Ase-
lected by several artists as one e
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GORDONSVlLLE

,I, SpGSial e rhs e, Times
ter; . fRichniond. have G eou recent
guests OF relatives near town.
Miss Janc Golden has returned to
her home in Richmond aftora pleasant
visit 10 hcr cousin, Mrs. }. +. Douglas,
near town.
AIR. and ,Irs. j. Walton Hail and
son son, Of ashland. and g, T. Leekey, OF
the formers mother. Mrs. j. II. Hall.
Vivian Slaughter, of Richmond. spent
S SnD,Ta daEnS this week with his
j. Al. floliaday, Of Mineral. was a
guest this week Of his daughter. Mrs.
p Cowhcrd. Of near town.
W. y. nolladay and AR. and Mrs.
T. C. rhrockmorton Of Rapidan. have
been recent guests OF the formers
parents; Nlr. and Mrs, ". H. Martin
III South Gordonsville.
Miss Gay lcitch las returned to her
home in Richmond. after Il short visit
10 Misses ticorgte and Mossie M:chie.
Mrs J. y. Gill and daughter are
visiting relatives in Richmond this
Mrs. Katherine vass q SUDDEN; nurse
has been Il recent guest OF her brother,
l.. A. AGREE.
MI visI The ho sn' Of Mrs IS
\. c. smith. for the summer
Miss Mamie Pole. of the Gordons-
Easter holiday with her parents. Ar,
and Mrs; Dickson Policy in Richmond.
Mrs. 7, T. Han vii leave tomorrow
Hohdershel. at The. Plains. where a
family reunion viii! be held sunday
Mrs. Robert Harris and daughter,
Frances, Of Richmond. spent a few
d DAY. recently with Misses Lotte and
). Miss ,susy Holiday. Of Rosemary,
y.
r. Cowherd. near town;
fT Nay M pieaSant ssa2 Of iWs
weeks With relatives in Richmond
Mrs. e. d. McAleXander spent several
days days hi; week in Clifton. Forge:
visited ne, sister, Mrs. Mary Herring,
Major John spo,tswood Graves has
received his Memorable discharge. and
II Weston
Miss Bette Marshall. of charlot,es-
VILE. is visiting her sister, Mrs. j. L.
/. Sneed. on Main street.
t. |. Johnston and Mrs. j. w. Turner,
the home d Mrs. {. !; Johnston.
), virg!i iiushss Of Eichmond, visited
Mrs. y. y. Quisenberry and Mrs.
George ., ouiSenberTy;, Of linton,
iS'P Nth 0v tTends en fou te
from Orange to visi; in Richmond
Miss Elauor Hateman, of Richmond,
visited ner aunt, Mrs. j. L. Bibb. this
week.
e. W. Bowen and daushters; Misses
visited friends here a few days since.
Ss James snsn Umohp fax OF EewpoIt
with hi sparents My. and Mrs. Q. r.
Omohundro. near town.
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they spent the winter With the formers
son and dauShtcr-in-law,M Dir. and Mrs.
Lewis Kchnerly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard NJ. Hose. of
lincoln; Va. spent the weekend here
Miss Ursula OLeary has returned
from visit to friends Mt IIatrison-
Mrs. Garland NJ. lIansborough has
been visiting her sister. Mrs. Ward
Swank. in Harrisonburg.
Miss Mary j. Gray has returned from
visit TO Miss Schmidt at Woodstock.
MISS Mollic Amick is visiting rela-
Mrs. Scott L. Fnhenstock has beer
VISITING her daughter. Mrs. Charles
Iiilfebrandt. in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. +. Prince. who have
been visiting relatives here have re-
turned to Baltimore.
Mrs. lsham Randolph. of Chicago, is
visiting her niece, Mrs II. c. Somer-
Miss Carter Conrad has been visiting
friends in Baltimore and Washington.
DR.. and Mrs. J. +. ClaEEett and two
sons: Of Hamilton. Va, have been visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Green have gone
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WINCHESTER

w ITpssinl tS Tho Times lspa,ch.l
Islands. has Joined Mrs. Arsrson and
umS'r ch,!dren at the home Of her
summer. .
Mrs. n Is. Amber has returned to
Mrs. Henry Schneider. Jr., of Chi
caEo, Is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack steele.
Captain Louis Mccoy Mutton, OF the
this week, to New York, accompanied
ny n Mr.: Mrs. Nuiton and their daughters.
Colonia. y. J., and is at the home OF
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Wecms,
for the summer.
Mrs: Joseph y. Massey ans child
h hSTs rfsnTnsd to Newport News, Va
Mrs; MARSHALL Willis and Miss Lucy
Mrs. John +. Hoffman has returned
mother. Mrs. VirsinA Mutton.
Miss Virginia Henkel has returned
10 Baltimore after visiting relatives
Miss Nellie II Bender has returned
TO NashinSton after visiting her sister,
Mrs. John WINFIELD.
visiting her sister, Mrs. Rcrcy Miller.
has returned to baltimore.
children, end Miss Susan Howard have
returned by motor from visit TO
relatives in Washington.
hospital service, who recently arrived
from Brest. is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs, =. J: McFadden.
ter. Miss Maud Kennerly, have re-
turned from Montgomery, Ala, where
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