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The New York herald., 1922-09-14
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL

Pease & Gilman have been appointed
managers of the apartment house at
~ West Eighty eighth street.
Duff Brown Company were the
brokers In the sale for e. II. & r. M.
Cushman. 532 West 14Sth street. three
story dwelling, 17x1oo.
ton procured a first mortgage Of $24, 900
on 1477 Washington avenue. Bronx.
Duff & Brown Company have placed
a loan of $4,000 on the northwest cor
ner of Lenox avenue and 14od street
and loan Of $4,000 on 7ls Fairmont
place.
Fifth Avenue Development Company
Is the buyer of the new Windsor apart
ment house at 294 Central Park West
sold recently by the Orinoco Building
Company through Slawson & Hobbs.
John ]. Boylan negotiated the sale
to Isidore Fl. Vogel of 751 Tenth ave-
nue.. northwest corner of Fifty-first
street.
Purchasers of properties sold recently
are Grace F. Adams of % East Eighty
third street. the A. Hier Corporation Of
254 West Thirty-fourth street. 3. J. and
l.. V. Well Of 211 and 21s East 105th
street, Samuel d. Schwitz er Of 224 East
109th street and the Monhare Realty
Corporation OF 1915 Seneca avenue
The Bank OF Manhattan Company
plans to erect five new branch build
ings in the suburbs around New York
according to Ward Building Reports
| Three OF them will be at Jackson
Heights. Rockaway Beach and Flush
| Ing.
! The American League Baseball Club
| of New York has procured from the
Equitable Trust Company a building
loan of $4,000 at per cent. Interest
on the proposed new home Of tn,
Yankees on the blocks bounded by River
avenue. 18th, 161st and Doughty streets
| The Bronx.
| The Attorney-Genera OF the State o.
New York has filed in the Register
| office twenty-seven notices concerning
properties needed for the vehicular tun
mel under the Hudson River to Jerse,
City and appropriated by the New Yorl
State Bridge and Tunnel Commission
In addition to the list OF properties re
4 quired as announced last April, th'
notices affect 2o4. 206. 2Ss and $50 Hue
son street and 470 Canal street.
The organization of f26 members o
the real estate firm of Pease e. Ellimal
was given its annual dinner and en-
tertainment by the firm on the eveninI
| of September IL. After a dinner a
| Peters restaurant, on West Forty-nlntl
street, the entire organization went t
the Earl Carroll Theater. which build
ing is the result of a real estate trans
action consummated by Pease & ELI
man for Mr.. Carroll about a year age
TO attend the "Gingham Girl" All O
the officers of Pease & Gilman wer
in attendance and acted as hosts to tn
members, including both sexes
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Fire Department Orders
sPrc1AI. oRnrR No- 1an

1.-THE members Of the Department Band
and Bugle and Drum Corps win be directed
IN report 70 Lieut.. Joseph j. DAzevedo at
the Twelfth Regiment Armory, Columbus
avenue and Sixty-second street. Manhattan.
re 1890 A. NJ. Friday. September IS. 1872.
for practice.
.2-The members OF the Department Band
(oniyl viii be directed TO report to Lieut..
Joseph y. D'Azevedo at Poo Park, The
Bronx. at r. NJ, Friday. September 10,
1922.
Especial leaves OF absence are hereby
granted to the following members OF the
depa artment
Lieut.. John ]. Riordan. Engine Company
ga. for nine hours, from A. NJ. September
"a, 1922; Lieut. Timothy A. ONeil Hook
and Ladder Company f03. for six hours,
from 9 r. NJ, September 10. 1922 Fireman
tfirst grader william J. Martin (2) Hook
and Ladder Company 100, for fifteen hours,
from r. NJ, September Is, 1922; Fireman
ffirat gradel Archibald l.. Stllwel. Engine
Company 25a. for nine hourE, from A. M,
September rs, 1929; Fireman tfirst grade)
Anthony d. Peirnno. Engine Company 2fs
for fifteen hours. from r. NJ, September
10. 1922; Fireman (second grnde) Francis
Mclean. Hook and Ladder Company 3, for
fifteen hours. from o r. NJ. September II,
1929; Fireman (sccond grade) Henry Schlat-
ter. Engine Company 2fi. for "a hours, from
- "A. NJ, September 10, 1922 Fireman tsec-
1nd Erede) James Duffy. Engine Company
y. for forty-elght house, from A. NJ.
September 49, 1922.
The New York herald., 1922-09-14
REALTY FIRMS AMALGAMATE.
NJ. e. l.. Hess, Inc, Take over
Horner. Fish q Co.

M. & l.. Hess. Inc, which recently an
nounced the opening Of an uptown office
in the Borden Building at $50 Madison
avenue. corner Of Forty-fifth street,
have taken over the business of Horner
Fish & Co., Inc. having offices at and
acting as the managing agents OF the
Hartman National Bank Building, b2I
Fifth avenue.
The Hess Corporation. until recently,
has confined its activities chiefly to the
midtown loft zone and Industrial proper
ties on Long Island. Its entrance into
the Grand Central Terminal zone indi-
Gates its intention to become active IN
this locality, and the taking over OF the
personnel of Horner, Fish * Co.. Inc.
including II. Van Cortlandt Fish. for
twelve years a member OF the firm OF
Fish g. Marvin. and William +. Costelio'
two OF the best known specialists IN
westcheSter and southern Connecticut
properties. will strengthen its country
department.
The New York herald., 1922-09-14
yoRKvILLE LANDMARK SOLD.

Contracts were signed yesterday for
the sale of 1899 Third avenue. between
Eighty-fourth and Eighty-flfth streets,
three story building. 25.6x100. The
property was acquired in 1873 by the
late David zabinski, pioneer shoe mer-
chant OF Yorkville, and has been held
In the family since that time. Mrs.
Bertha Zabinsii sold the property TO
Adam Stephan. r. M. Clear 4 Co. were
the brokers
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RESIDENTIAL RENTALS.

Pease & Gilman leased apartments
In S75 Park avenue to Mrs. John @.
Luke; in e11 Park avenue to DIR. G. J..
Tyson; in 1915 Madison avenue to w.
#. Allen: In lag East Forty-ninth street
20 DIR. B. l.. Coley; In 144 East Fifty
sixth street to DIR. Emily 7. Burr in 21
West Fifty-eighth street 20 Miss Alice
Lazy. Mrs. III. Bradshaw and III. M.
Page. and in $40 West Sevensy-third
street for Miss M. Josephine Skelly to
Miss Adrienne r. Peabody. Alexander
Hall and Max Greeyan.
Douglas l.. Gilman & Co. leased the
new five story American basement
dwelling. SO East Ninety-second street.
between Madison and Park avenues. for
]. Archibald Murray to Mrs. Robert
Graves
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CHILDs, LEASE ON FIFTH AVE.
snid to ne Negotiating for 5sth
street Corner.

Negotiations are reported to be well
advanced for the lease OF large store
in the Bolkenhayn apartment realty at
the northeast corner OF Fifth avenue
and Fifty-eighth street. by the Childs
Restaurant Company.
The property is controlled by Nicho-
las C. Partos. under the terms Of an
s4-year lease made last year with MEM
bers Of the Gerry family.
The Bolkenhayn adjoins the Hotel
Savoy and Is opposite the residence OF
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt.
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NEWARK RESTAURANT LEASE.
Tbompson's Take over Dennis
Home on Park Place.

a second Thompson restaurant will
be opened in Newark as the result OF a
long term lease just closed by the
Fielder Corporation. which has just
leased for the Market Construction Com
pany the former homestead Of the late
Alfred l.. Denis at "a Park place to
John II Thompson
The present building on tho site.
47x170. which adjoins tho Robert Treat
Hotel, is to be torn down and two
story structure erected for the occu-
pancy OF the restaurant firm.
The New York herald., 1922-09-14
MIG ST. LOUIS PLANT SOLD.

Joseph r. Day. Inc, has sold to the
International Shoe Company and the
Schroeder Coal Company unit No. OF
the Lemp Brewing plant In st. Louis,
for n total sales price Of $4,000. This
Is the third subdivision of this property
sold by Joseph r. Day. Inc, making a
total sales price for the units OF $780,
zoo,
The New York herald., 1922-09-14
IN THE AUCTION ROOM.
(1i vEsEY STREET

III vE6EY STREET)
BY Henry Brady.
Macomb's Dam road. W cor i54th st. 1852
x2O3.9x irreg; and sty Central Casino
Title Guarantee & Trust 90. against Ed
ward Waidron OF al: Harold Swain, atty
amount due. S34. 1880: taxes. SC. $3.50;
withdrawn.
(BRoNx ExCHANGE.)
BY George Price.
Webster av. W 8, 1904 17ath ST. 75x110.
vacant; VIM NJ Burns against VIM r
Kenny ct al Chas p Hallock. atty; amount
due. SIT 500: taxes. &C. 5000; TO the plain
tiff for $4,000
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Quccns--saIe or Let.
$4,000 REWARD

will be paid 10 any person effectng a bona
flde sale OF a plot Of land. 2o0x6O0 feet in
Long Island City 10 minutes from Grand
Central Station by subway. suitable for
building of apartments. two story single or
ness purposes Of any Kind, being unrestricted
property -Addrssas . g6o HERALD Gao B'wsy.
The New York herald., 1922-09-14
nRooKLYN MARKET.

Henry l.. Nielsen Offices sold the three
story dwelling 52 ST. Marks place. for
J. O'Connor, to Miss +. M. Burnes.
The New York herald., 1922-09-14
BUYs At JACKSON HEIGHTS.

VIM. G. Waldron, Of Amsterdam. N
Y. has purchased an elevator garden
apartment In 1873 Nineteenth street
(Hawthorps Court, jackson Heights.
The New York herald., 1922-09-14
TO BUILD 5000, 900 APARTMENT.

Plans were filed yesterday for nine
story apartment, 100xs4. at lac TO i52
West Fifty-hfth street. by Jatison Con-
tructioA Company. Schwartz & Gross
the architects. estimate the cost at
5000. 900.
The New York herald., 1922-09-14
ARCHITECT on LONDON JURY.

Alfred c. Bosom. architect. Of CSC
Fifth avenue, has gone to London
where he has been invited to judge the
drawings submitted in competition for
a large commercial building In London
for which gold medal is to be awarded
The New York herald., 1922-09-14
OPERATORS ACQUIRE
THREE APARTMENTS
Take Over Properties on the
Heights and in Harlem;
Other Deals Reported.

The Manport Realty Company. T.
Por tman president, bought from Sarah
Tillie Backer. executrix OF the estate OF
Charles L. Sauipaugh. the following
three apartment properties on Washing
ton Heights and in Harlem: 504-5oe
West 177th street. five story house
with four families on floor. 42.6xlOO,
renting for about $4,000 and held al
$4,000; 521 West 151st street. five
story house containing three apartments
on a floor, 33.6x100. held at $4,000 and
renting for about $4,000, and 246 West
112th street. five story structure ar
ranged for three families on floor. 1915
x100.1l, renting for about $1,000 and
held at $4,000. Alfred Katz was the
broker.
other MuItifamiIy House Sales.
Meister Builders. Inc, have purchased
from NJ Schwartz the five story tene-
ment, 27x100. at 106 East 113th street
accommodating twenty families.
Edco Holding Corporation. with n.
Cohen, b. Edelman and G. Goldner as
directors, purchased the five story build
ing with eleven stores at the southwest
corner of Stanton and Lewis streets, BOX
100. held at s6s.o00. L. Rosenbaum was
the broker.
In the Dwelling Market.
NJ. III. Gaillard & Co. sold for Mrs.
Anna Field her four story residence III
West Eighty-seventh street to mrs
Martha Cayroler. who will occupy. the
property was held at $4,000.
Victor ]. Kubany resold to Aaron
Rippo the three story dwelling $50 west
1S9th street. 15x99.11.
The New York herald., 1922-09-14
FOREST HILLS GARDEN, L.
Long Island-ssse or Let.

Brick house. corner. just finished. rooms.
baths, sun parlor; garage; only few blocks
from station. Phone owner. 6iS9 Boulevard.
or call 55 Bow st.
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ilo mnozstvi dIkazI, ktere ve-

dilo mnozstvi ddkazd, ktere We
dly k zatceni clenG rodiny "a
vlazdeneho a sice synd Jana,
Ondreje a Pavla a matky je-
jich Kateriny. DGvod, ktery je
k.izavrazdeni X otce primel, byla
'touha po penezfch, ktere 81 pri
veil z Ameriky v obnosu asi
10000 Kc. Syn zavrazdeneho
Jan doznal, ze kritickeho vece-
IA otce sam zardousil, nacez
jej spolecn6 s ostatnimi bratry
vynesli do poll a v hloubce asi
.35cm zakopali jeho mrtvolu.
Kuku6in o Slovenslku. z Bra
tislavy, IL. rijna. Slovenstf spi-
sovatele uspofadali dnes obed
ma pocest spisovatele Kukuci-
ma, Pfi tom Kukucin odpove-
del ma slavnostni osloveni reci,
We ktere vyjadril hlubokou
vdecnost "a ddkaz yelke lasky,
ktera byla mu projevena v.Prs
re j v Bratislave. vzpomenul
dkolu, ktery slovensti spisova.
tele nell v case narodni poroby
a narodniho nebezpecenstvi
Jako starozakonni proroci mu.
sill " jedne ruce miti mec y
druhou rukou pracovati. Osvo
bozen6 Slovensko a prava slo,
venske reci jsou zabezpecena q
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vnahoys vlastniho.. otce Wy
patrani ,po 2. roce. Y Parnici y
zupe oravske zmizel noci ma
A. kv6tna 1921. zahadne On
diej Zahpmepsky, ktery Sc vra
til x Ameriky. Kqloyaly tenkra
tc ,sice. .rlzne poyesti mezi jill
nymx ze ,nest'astnik byl ,vlastni
mi rodiAnymi prislusniky "a
vrafden a tvrdilo Sc dokonce.
ze. byl pohfben tajne v hrobe.
Michala Bruncka v Zabfezl. o
kolnost tato mela "a nasledelz
otevfeni hrobu soudni pro-
hlidku mrtvoly., Nem6lo to ysak
pfizpiveho vysledku, Prislusni
ci pohfesovaneho ucinili pax T.,
redni oznameni zmizelem a
rozAifovali povest, ze odejel do
Aperiky. Zprava zdala Sc byti
pravdivou. Teprye, dne Is. rij-
ma. 1922 nahodou .objeyili pasa-.
ci pfi paseni stad, dobytka po--
n1oci psa nodezfel@ kosti ma po-,
Ii zvan6m "Pansky vrstok'.
Pes poSal hrabati ma jednom
miste, cite bezpochyby hnilobu
t9la, coz ,zaydalQ pasakam pod
net K bedliyeiAi prohlidce mi,
STA. Rypali tyei do zeme q je-
den yytahl 2 nj X kosti: a hadry.
.CetnictyQ, podgobilol misto be-
dliyS prehlidce. = shleqali, e! ie
to, mrtyola Qndfeis zahumen-
!. skehQ. CetpictYo pax ahrolnal-. "a.
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mravni ! hmotny rozvoj sloven-
skeho lidu snemaze byti jiz O.
shrozen..V budoucnosti budou
nejenom spisovatele, ale j sko-
ly rozn6covati narodnf vedo-
mi. Je to faktor ohromny. vi
del skolni 1stavy v Bratislave,
We kterych Sc vzdelava sloven-
sky dorost 9 ma z toho, CO vi
del, radost. Slovensky narod
prozil tisiciletf tezkych bojI a
nezanikl, n&rod' pfecka dnes-
nj dobu vzrostu a vyvoje, KITE
ry pfisel rychleji prudceji v
dobe, kdy tohb ami jeho nejlep
81 synove nemohli ocekavati.
Je st'asten, xe Sc sesel s bra
try, kteri slovensky lid pove-
dou k lepSim,t zivotu. Bvde
velmi rad, jestlize mimi bu-
de moci spolupfacovati ma po-
vzneseni dr6hfho naroda.
Nsj,tArii's0n ve.. 'Slessk,hy
Nejstarsim muixern We Slezsku
jest rolnfk Valentin Palusche,
Nemec, z kraje. rybnickeho.
Prvniho rijnapslayili sve III.
narozeniny. Ksrodinne slavno-
sti, dostavilo seals ad6ti, vnu-
XII, pravnukl Z prapravnuku.
ozNAMuJTE We "svETU".
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CTvRTEK, 9. LISTOP. 1922
TX desatemu vyroci velkeho
jihosloyanskeho, vitezstvi.-
DR.. Ivan Brann.)

l22afijna oslavovala Jugosla-
vie desata .vyroci bitYy, u Ku-,
manoya a zaroven Jihoslpva--
NY vzpominal teto udalosti |
veskeren slovansky svet.
! A neni divu. Kumanovo Sc
stale vyznacnym meznikem ne
jen v dejinach Srbska, ale v
mysleni celeho Slovanstva. Ku-
manovo pomstilo Kosovo a
splnilo tax stalete sny a tuzby
srbskeho naroda a zaroveh. u
kazalo, re tn stoji tfebas maly,
ale svych pray a spravedli-
vych narokl. vedomy narod,
ktery.y dayere We, svoji 1lastnt
vnitfnf,. .silu xlomil Y je%inen
rozmachu turecke, panstyi a
osvohodil sveo bratry pres pet
stoleti upici v cizim krut6m
jafmu. Zaroven pax stale Sc
Kumanovo slibem zarukou
svobody Jihoslovanlm rakou-
skym.,
A stejny ucinek, jaky mezi
Jihoslovany melo definitivni
vitezstvi proti Turkdm, pocitil
Sc znatslne v ostatnim SlO-
vtnstvu a hlavne u mas, kde VIZ
tezstvi slovanske veci ma Bal
kane bylo zcela spravne cha
pano, jako prvni a dllezity
krok k brzkemu vit6zstvi a O.
svobozeni Slovanstva vlbec. |
Balkanska valka pred desi-
ii lety pripomnela vsem, re
Srbsko prestalo jiz byti, sta
tenn, ktery Sc muze prezirati,
pon6vadz vojenske politick6
vysledky valky ukazaly Evro-
pc vyznamneho cinitele, dosud
naprosto pfeziraneho - srb-
skou armadu. Bylo to oprav-
dove. nsrodni nadseni, jez bylo
neicennnejSim prvkem tohotC
vojska. a ktere take prvnl Ia
de umoznilo ,ty yelikei, vykony,
jez We. valce podala armada
m2leho Srbska.
Bylo to prave toto nadsen:,
ktere jiz pri vyhlaseni mobili.
SAGE 80. zari 1912 privedlo na
10000 brancd treti vyzvy, KITE,
Fl, &C nepovolani, dobrovolns
Sc pfihlasili svych plulkd 9
ktefi neradi poslechli narizeni
ninistcrstva valky k navratu
doml. v II: dnech byla pro,
vedena mOblllsace, tax ze II
pesich .jedna iizdni divist
byla priprayena k operacim
A ackoliy konceptrace vojsks
nusila byti polovice provede
ma pesky, pfete jiz ls. rim.
st$lo vojsko ma hranicich.
Hlavni srbska armada Y po
ctu 10000 muzd pod vede
n{m tehdejHiho naslednika tri
nu Alexa9dra. byla .seskupen;
Y okqli vranje: Ma pravo o
nj pyla III; armada general:
B0Ndara !. Jankqyice. ma lev
d. .pomocna armada sbrskQ
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bulharska generala Stepana
Stepanovice. Ukolem hlavnf. al,
mady bylo postopniti ma Skop7,
Iii a Ovcf pole q napadnouti
tam tureckou macedonskou ar-
madu.
! Treti armada odrazila We.
dnech 15.-l9. rijna dtoky pri
stinskeho sboru, pokousejiciho
Sc proniknouti do Srbska a
10. fijna byl zahajen postup
srbskych vojsk pres hranici.
Dne q. fiina bylu postup,I. ar
mady zastayen. pred Kumano-
'vem, kde chtxli Srbove vycka-
ii spojeni $ tfeti armadou, pfi-
chazejici z Kosova.
Avsak, Turci, proti. ocekava-
nj sbrskeho veleni, zahajili ma
rozkaz, generalissima Nazima
|pasi ofensivu, cht6jice poraziti
pred Kumanovem I. armadu
drive, nez by doslo k jejimu
spojeni,s arm&dou tfeti. A TAX.
23.. fiina byla srbska hlavni ar
mada. napadena tureckou ar.
madou vardarskou. Turci Sc
|ovsem We svych planech napro-
|sto, zklamali., v ykumanovske
bitve (23. a "a. fijna) Sc uka-
zalo, zes I. armada pomoci tfe-
|t1 armady vlastn6 ami nepotfe-
buje. Dne "a. rfjna byla var
darska armada Zeki psse, ma
prosto znicena q dala sc ma me-
sporadany ,dstup. Ma konec
[byl to vlastne dtek. Srbske
vcjsko podalo, v ,bitve dlkaz
|sve opravdove zdatnosti a jak
muzstvo,, tax. ddstojnictvo wy
nrtilo 81 uznani j dlstojhikd
nepratelskych..
Srbove v prvni ohyilie ami ne
|vedeli, jakou krutou porazkh
Kumanovem zphsobili Turkam
az teprve 26. rijna phi obsaze-
nj Skoplje bez jakehokilv od-
poru poznali, ze hlavni sila tu-
,recka jest, jejich operacemi
,rozbita.
Porazena, vardarska arma-
da ustoupila, az, k Bitolji, kde
- oprena 0 Albanii chtela Sc
branit Srbhm Reklm. latin
|sbrska hlayni armada Sc 5. Ii
stopadu zastayila k oddechp.
. ale ma zadost fecke vlady, je-
Liz jedna diYise byla zatim
!. Turky u Banice porazena, byr
! irsbostuppyano ,ihled daiess h
Bitnlji,, kdeiv bojich Is. ,-19
litopadu znicili, Srhove ,zbytky
lturecke vardarske armady
zahnali, je do Albanie-
\
Bitoljska ibitYa byla jens do
hrqu, kumanovskeho vit6zstvi
ktere jak We SVEN dosahu w,
'jenskem, tax, j mravnim byle
rozhAduiicim pro, celou valkv
i prp gvitezpou naladu a sebevs
domi srbskehoa yojska. S Ku'
manoyem spadla turecka moo
ma jiznis hranici Srbska a zaro
vens Sc zachvela moe, jez tisni
10 Srbsko. ma severn a zapade
A v tom byl pro mas hlavni Z
neiddlezitajM vysledekp srbskG
no .kumanoNskeho vitezstvi.
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zajmu pestov&ni utuzeni pfatelstv mezi anglicky
muvicm narody Sir Charles Wakefield dfejsf mayor
londynsky menem Sulgrave Institute Vek6 Brtane v9nova
Spoenym Sat1m sochu Edmunda Burke-a proslueho britt
ckeho statnka jenz pfimouval sys sanoviso vdci
amerckym kolonfm. Sekretar vaky Weeks prija sochu
menem Spoenych Sad Fotografie pfedstavue odhalenf
We Washingtone -
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would often take to himself the RESPONSE
bility OF the Judge and would try the case
with decorum and ceremony. Twelve Of
the trees would be the jury and he would
listen to their verdict and either agree or
send them back for another consultation.
AS they whispered together he would wait
patiently for the time to call them back,
and would then dismiss the court.
Education grew in the boys mind as an
imperative necessity. He worked harder
than ever. SurreptitiousIy he taught him
self to write and then finding 1t almost
impossible to accomplish his desire un-
aided, he called upon his oldest sister for
help. She gave her limited knowledge
freely, and after time Martin could man
age to read slowly, then, more and more
swiftly, but always found the greatest diff
ficulty in writing
His fathers library consisted of an an
cient almanac and the family Bible. SO
many times did the boy peruse these two
volumes that the names of innumerable
characters like those OF Ham, and Elisha,
and Jeptha became as familiar as those
Of his own brothers and sisters.
One morning Martin was sent on foot to
DO an errand at place about six miles
from his home. AS he trudged along the
road, barefoot, his ragged trousers upheld
hy string in lieu of suspenders, and prob
ably repeating TO himself some legal
speech, he heard himself hailed and turn
ing around, he saw his hero sitting in a
buggy. He was completely overcome with
shyness and awe when he was invited to
get into the buggy and was informed that
he would be given lift to his destination.
In the back Of the buggy were a number
Of prairie chickens which the lawyer had
shot and he was in rare good humor after
his successful hunt. He asked the boy
several questions: his name, that of his
father, where they lived and how and, of
course, what the boy intended doing with
himself when a man. Martin replied that
he intended to become an exact replica of
his questioner and the young lawyer be-
came genuinely interested. He offered as
sistance Immediately. but was refused, as
Martin desired to get his own schooling.
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cattle for ranchers. But already in the
boys soul there sprouted the germ of am
bition. He wanted to go to school. and as
that was entirely out of the question he de-
termined to save every possible penny for
the day when he could crafty this desire.
This ambition became intense, when one
day he was sent to the county seat by his
father for the mail AS he rode into the
village he noticed a knot of people gath
cred around the court house. Curiosity inn
PEELED him to join the group, and he OBJ
tanned his first impression of what was to
become the stage setting for his life work
He was fascinated He hung breathless on
the words of the prosecuting attorney; he
listened with open mouthed admiration to
the appeal made by the lawyer for the de
Tense. The latter was a very striking per
sonality and to Martin he seemed like
god. His gestures, his posture, his silver
tongued oratory became indelibly engraved
on the boys mind, and then and there he
became Martins hero.
AS IL drawn by magnet, Martin would
make his way to the court house whenever
possible. As he stopped over the long rows
of beautiful white cotton which he helped
to pick along with the negroes and other
employees on the ranch where he had OBJ
tanned extra work he could see the face OF
his hero and could repeat almost word for
word the speech which the lawyer had
uttered
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
Contrast in Picture
Of His Early Days

Now for the other picture.
Far up in the sullen mountains of Ten
nessee, many years ago, there lived in a
log cabin shanty a family including a man
and his wife and their nineteen children.
Uncompromisingly poor, unschooled, ig-
norant OF any world beyond the mountain
range surrounding them, yet they possessed
good English and American blood. The
head Of the family, grim and reserved,
needed the aid his children could give him
in his struggle for living.
In the superabundant family was a boy,
not unlike his brothers, and yet the core
of the family. lie was a ragged. shock
headed youngster OF s. His only unusual
characteristic was the determined line OF
his jaw. At an age when other children
we're living the glorious days OF happy
childhood he arose before daylight and
performed his daily tasks, which would
have been the lot OF a man
His sole companions we're the inhabi.
tants of the forest His recreation was
talking to the trees during the little time
Of rest allowed. The forest became his
Nirvana here he dreamed his boysn
dreams and lived in a fantastic world OF
his own. Here. to a sympathetic audience
OF slender naples, wise looking oaks and
far spreading chestnut trees he would un-
fold tales, strange and ofttimes incompre-
hensible even to the narrator.
Both of these pictures are Of the same
man. The legal power of the country, the
barefoot youngster are the past and pres
ent life portraits OF Martin Willie Littleton