Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-01
REEDS yACK-K1VlEE SHAPE
4. MAKES I1zlfLONGA AND SHORT
Shapshooers Curve in Majors Makeup Gives Him Giraffe
Appearance When He Is Sitting, but He's Only Feet 10

A musical comedy features q song
which glorifies the charms of long,
lean and lanky person, and gives the
general impression that II meant some
thing to be 20 described.
Major David A. Reed. Of Pittsburgh,
candidate for the Republican n0mina.
tlon to succeed Senator Grow. who is
in the city today, may be so described.
except, parndoxically. when he stands
up.
Then his length seems to vanish and
the impression is replaced by a i.lim,
trim figure, with large head, whose
forehead and eyes burning with nervous
Seated. the major folds up like a
half closed jack knife. looks as II he
wo,'' compete with the ceiling when
he :. ose. The height, however, is lost
in sharpshooter's curve to his srringy
shoulders and Tilden tennis tilt to
his general superstructure.
II the majors tout ensemble stretched
ont to the same lengths that his arms
and legs 20. he would probably hold
senatorial record for height. This dis.
tinguishing characteristic OF length
which is not length. Is explained, per-
haps. by his statistics.
Although the soldier. candidate is
just two inches short Of the heroic six
feet, he weighs only 145 pounds.
Personality Speaks Volumes
When young Reed decided to be a
lawyer the stage lost n leading man Of
the Bull Dog Drummond' type-thc
kind Of a man who Is In before you
know It. and has searchingly surveyed
the whole scene before the action be-
gins. There is a dramatic intensity,
BY the way, in the mere entrance Of
Reed into q room. His personality
seems to speak volumes just as the
closing Of the door in drama Of the
Ibsen school tells a life story.
This impression Of the candidate Is
emphasized by the thoughtful vet driving
long lines. Length Of figure finds its
counterpart in his features. II he were
pale, which he Is not, he would look
ike an ascetic.
Curiously, one Of Mr.. Reeds hob
He has probably the largest private
library of that kind in the State. Again,
Governor Sproul describes him rs a
thinking machine
As matter Of fact Major Reed is
an interesting combination Of physical
agility and mental clarity. Here again
is another paradox: he got his physical
training on the ranches Of the "Wild
West" where he spends his vacations,
and in the chalk lined limits Of fash
ionable tennis courts. All this helped
him when training for the army to win
the high record on the United States
rifle ranges.
Using a military rife. he scored 245
out of n possible $50, and shot forty
five bulls eyes out of possible fifty.
"Somc shootin'," said the old-timers.
Likes Shooting
The major says he likes shooting.
Pennsylvania politicians believe him
when they recall how in twenty -four
hours he shot holes in the general re-
port that he was the GrunSy candidate
for the United States Senate. Nothing
like that shooting had ever been seen
in State politics. He shot up the res
ervation with such good effect that in
q single week. end visit to this city he
cleaned up support on all sides.
Major Reeds general snappipess IL
not decreased by the well-pressed blue
serge suit he wear; not q heavy serge
a smooth. ripping serge the kind that
always starts the fappers to futtering.
And the major is young, even though
the hair, brushed back from his fore :
head, is slightly tinged. on the edges,
as it were, with gray. The bit Of gray q,
like the bit Of red ribbon of the Legion
Of Honor Of France. won on the battle
field. only adds to the air of distinction.
The major. however, to the distress
of the happers. SAYS he is as young a.
his children" lie was forty -one last
December. David. Jr., eighteen. and
Rosamond. fifteen. are his children. lie
was married when twenty-five to Miss
Adele Wilcox. of New York's society.
He likes his home more than his many
clubs, And vet he can be as much at
theDuquesne Club of the Smoky City,
College man? Yes, Princeton. 1900.
Major Reed has a brilliant war rec .
ord and is veteran Of two Plattsburg
camps and Of the 311th Field Artillery
which saw hot work around Verdul
and in the Meuse -Argonne offensive.
Ten. after the armistice. Marshal
Foch drafted Thin for some Of the
statesmanship which was needed to
bridge the gap between war and the
Peace Conference. The marshal iap-
pointed him American representative on
the Allied Economic Commission.
"Scared to Death
The major was asked to relate some
interesting or thrilling incident of his
army service. ''Oh.' he laughed,
''like many others. I was scared to
death most of the time
Here also is the Reed paradox
would have run away If ! had not
been afraid"
Major Reed is sympathetic toward the
soldiers bonus proposal He said he
did not care to give n categorical answer
to the questions raised, however, until Il
specific proposition was before him. He
indicated his thought. however, in these
words:
"ln my regiment, 7 repeatedly stood
by the pay table and saw soldiers, who
theoretically received $50 n month, get
less than 81 in cash. 1t was all alb
sorbed in family allotments, war risk
insurance, laundry and what not.
"You can't stand by and watch that
and know that carpenters were getting
$11 day for eight hours work, with
out feeling some injustice was being
done. My comrades in the army can
count on me to be alive to their inter-
rsts and to be thoroughly fair. hope
] am as thoroughly patriotic as l know
they are
Major Reed is Il member Of the law
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