The Bismarck tribune., 1922-04-27

PIC. (1c Is pIOlllllGlI Ill CdlllOr-
mia, and is the owner of the u s.
hotel in San Diego, which he
named after his famous father
Grant is 70 years old.
eY ULYSSES S. GIANT, JR.
Son Of the Late President Of the Unit
ed States.
His unfailing calmness, his ability
to think out every act before making
1t, and his remarkable memory, are
the traits which, stand out most clear
ly in my memory as look back on
the life of my father.
He was splendid family man. We
all loved him but with that affection
was respect, almost an awe, that no.
body else has even commanded from
me.
Although we We're raised in the days
of spare the rod and s poll the child
he never laid the weight of his hand
on one of US. He didn't need to. His
slightest rebuke held greater sting
than the whip.
S~0IuHlS W nVSONSs
remember one day when we were
living in Washington. We were pre-
pairing to 60 for drive. The carriage
was crowded and was sitting on the
box with the coachman. Without
thinking Of the consequences, crack.
ed the whip and only the good horse
manship Of the coachman saved us
from runaway.
THAT was thoughtless," was all my
father said to me, and yet the re-
buke has burned in my memory ever
since.
I like to recall the love and loyalty
between my father and my mother.
Mother loved to tell us of father dur
ing the days Of his courting, when he
was a second lieutenant fresh from
West Point, and she was the daughter
of a southern planter. "A beautiful
young man." she called him.
She always said Grandmother Dent
predicted, even in the days of his
young lieutenancy, that he would be
president Of the United States.
julia mother SAID grandmother
told her, that young man can ex.
plain politics SO clearly l can under
stand the situation perfectly. l know
he will be president of the United
States"
Like all the Grants, father cared
very little for music. He used to say
all music was divided to him into two
selections, Hail! the Conquering
Hero Comes" which he had heard so
often he couldn't forget it, and the
"other piece
Liked to Read.
He was fond of reading and could
consume an inOrdinate amount OF
reading matter. Throughout all his
life he retained his intense love for
horses, which is the outstanding trait
of his boyhood. He was always a lit.
tie disappointed that his three son,
didn't share his enthusiasm for good
horsefesh.
"Fred,' he would say, knows very
little about horses; Buck (Which vas
my nickname) knows nothing, and
Jesse less than that"
Fond Of Cards.
think he got the greatest relax.
alton. especially in his latter years
after he was president and we were
living in New York, from game OF
cards. He didn't care for chess, he
could win too easily. He liked crib
bage. but poker was his favOrite game.
remember many game ne had
with Commodore Garrison, Senator
Elkins and Senator Chaffee. They al
ways played draw poker-this was
over so years ago~and for a small
limit. Mother didn't like to have him
win the money of other men, although
they were much weather. than he,
and so when he came home from
game. he would call up to mother:
"Well, Julia, I'm home. LOST my
money"
He always joked about mother 'sdn-
ability to play cards and loved to tell
guests about the time he stacked her
hand. They were having friendly
game and mother left the room for a
minute. Father winked at the others
and stacked her hand giving her
royal heart flush.
"When mother returned he would
chuckle, "she picked up her hand ana
said, Give me four cards."
Father had remarkable memory
for names and dates.
NV brother Fred and | usually reaa
him the proof sheets of his Memoirs, .
as they came from the printers. he
would often stop US while he gave a
word or a statement the most thor
ough study. He disliked mis-state-
ment and always lost confidence IN
the person who made one.
During that last sad year OF MS llfe
as he held death at bay while ne
struggled under almost unsurmount'
able difficulties to finish his book, ne
showed the same courage, the same
natieuce and consideration for other
that was always part of him.
"Son," he would say to me, mo
! Grant is afraid to die
He never let mother know that ne
knew he was afflicted with cancer ana
death was inevitable. Before her ne
was always cheerful, concealing MS
pain.