The Washington times., 1921-05-03
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William Anterior Du Puy.

Not long ago the Congressional delegation
from Oklahoma went to pay its respects to Presi-
dent Harding.
When it entered the Chief Executives office
the men came first and Miss Alice Robertson,
the Congresswoman. brought up the rear.
This is fine how do you-do," said Mr.. Hard
ing. whats the idea of all you men preceding
your distinguished woman associate?"
But Miss Robertson came to the rescue with
her explanation. The men went first in submits
sion to her will. she said. 1t was custom pc
ouliar to Oklahoma, holdlover from the old
Indian days. When Indian men and women en-
tered any building the men went first and the
women followed. 1t was not that the men were
given precedence. Quite the contrary. The In
dian woman furnished the will that guided the
movements of such parties. When cattle
driven down the road by cowboys, they go first,
not a matter of precedence. but because of
the stronger will behind which impels them.
. That the all-mportant thing in the attainment
of success Is environment is demonstrated anew
nearly every day. There is the OF the La
porte brothers. for instance, Ewing and Cloyd
who are striking examples of youngsters who
have gone fast. .. .. '.'-
The Laporte brothers grew up in the Jackson
Hole country, in Wyoming. where the elk from
Yellowstone Park starve 10 death every winter
This is the widest most Isolated farthest- from
a-railroad community in continental United
States. 1t is entirely filled with mountains and
solitude.
mountains and. at the age of twenty-seven. found
himself Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
at Washington-the youngest man who had ever
held that post. Cloyd Laporte likewise emerged
from the solitudes and established new schol-
astic record at Harvard, became president of
the Harvard Law Review. and the national head
Of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. His record
such that he could pick the law firm OF them
all which he wanted to enter. He chose that of
which Elihu Root is a member and is digging
away in New York.
SO would the lesson handed back by these two
youngsters seem to be that there is a possibility
of any boy anywhere climbing right out of his
obscurity into the biggest sort of success.
When the Senate organized, Immediately after
March 4, for the purpose of confirming Presi-
Dental appointments, primarily those to Cabinet
posts, it confirmed only one man bureau
chief. That man was Col. Il. Lester Jones,
chief of the Coast and Geodetc Survey. A rec
ord broken in his confirmation, for II was
Just forty-five minutes from the time his ap-
pointment left the White House until IL was ap-
proved by the Senate.
The strange part about II that Colonel
Jorcs a holdoper from the Wilson Admins
trauon. He was appointed early in that Ad-
ministration as chief OF this highly technical bu-
reau. He was not a scientist When Mr.. Hughes
was campaigning for the Presidency. four years
ago and was attacking the Democrats for their
appointments. f. Lester Jones especially
singled out and denounced.
All OF which would seem to Indicate that this
man Jones must have qualities hidden within him
that more unusual than h.'nam
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