The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-31
IMPRESSIONS AS
TO EX-GOV. LOWDEN
Chats Entertainingly Following
Luncheon at Brooks House.

There was a feeling of profound ad |
miration among the group OF men who
had the pleasure of talking with ex-Gov.
Frank o. Lowden OF Illinois after the
luncheon at the Brooks House last Sat
urtlay afternoon One could not help real
izing that here was the man who came
within a hairs breadth of being the con
trolling factor OF the present destinies OF
the world.
As one was ushered into his presence,
he found the ex-governor to be well
dressed man with carefully brushed hair,
his face radiating with a welcoming
smile. 4 gentleness of manner lay upon
him. A look of friendship was in his
eve He stood in the midst of group of
men talking appealingly. His decisive
jaw, that curiOuSly mobile mouth ana
, that solid western accent moulded them
selves into an aspect of reserve and de
cision which never left him. 1t was
reserve of strength and power; one felt
that the question upon which he was ex-
pOstulating was a matter which had been
given the deepest thought and the most
vital consideration. He turned from one to
another in the group with a penetrating
eye and q quick gesture not in the desire
| for appropriations but because with prob
ing intuitive instinct. he wanted to have
his hearers understand his words and his
ideas.
Freely and frankly he talked. but there
that the big problems of today called for
| definite decisions continuously. He spoke
on vitality important matters, and to a
| REPRESENTATIVE of The sReforIner lie said
/ it was a matter of great regret that at
/ the time of the peace conference the then
president of the United States found il
/ impossible to accept the reservations az
| finally passed by the senate, particularly
since the reservations Incorporated that
great proviso whereby the United States
might withdraw from the council of ma
/ tons should this country find it necessary
| 10 do SO.
J He forces his thoughts and facts upon
/ his listener by a series of quick move
mentS of the backs of his bent fingers
which he impresseS gently but firmly on
! the bosom of his nearer He stood erect
and at ease. never shifting a foot as a
| nervous man might occasionally do under
| tension. When he had finished, he
turned to his associates with the air of
a man who had accomplished a task
which was a part of the days work and
which was not to be worried about in
/ future activities to which the mind must
/ thenceforward be bent.
/ He expressed himself as being very
much impressed with the work done by
the boys at Mount Hermon schools be-
| lieving that the work done there by the
boys gave them wonderful respect and
/ appreciation of manual labor which, in
/ the last analysis, governs the existence of
/ the world.
When asked by a representative of The
Reformer what he thought of the attitude
of the government in the present railroad
/ crisis, he said he was out of touch with
the situation as he had just returned
| from trip to Europe and knew nothing
more about the question than could be
| CLEANED from the newspapers.
When he had finished everyone in the
group shook hands with him. His hand
shake is firm but gentle and unhurried
| and is one of those handclaSps from
which one can sometimes learn much