Evening star., 1923-11-04
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

BY WILL r. KENNEDY.
Secretary Weeks recalls when John
w. Prentiss Of New York, who has
just been elected president Of the
Investment Bankers' Association Of
America, nrst applied for a job to
enter the banking business, about
twenty years ago. He came to Horn
blower & Weeks OF Boston, of which
Mr.. Weeks was a member, seeking
employment. Prentiss was 1ust out
Of college. He was told there was
no opening, but pressed his case. He
said he had approached that particu-
lar flrm because he was told that
there were opportunities. with them
for fellow to make a showing and
get ahead. He. didn't care much
about the salary or q fancy Job; all
he wanted was q chance to break
in and try to make good. Then he
was s.asv asked * a.is how soon he would be
be found and Prentiss replied: fright
away" What does that mean-in a
month, or next week, 6r tomorrow"
he was again asked. Prentiss pulled
OF nj. s coat. threw it oyer the back
means right this minute" Four years
later he was member Of the firm.
During the coming week President
Coolidge Is to receive a. couple of
hand rakes specially made for his
use-one to rake the White House
lawn and another for use on his
fathers farm In Plymouth. VT. Each
will be adorned with q silver ferrule
encircling the handle, on which will
be engraved &C. c."
These rakes are coming from an
old personal friend. Marshall w.
Stedman. In Tyringham valley, Mass.
who circulated the petition when CAL
for Governor of Massachusetts, and
who represents the fourth genera
ton from father to son of rRkemak-
He has been known for years a. the
presidential rakemaker. He made
special rake for President Taft, now
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
of the United States. with a thirty
six-tnch spread of teeth, where the
normal size is twenty-seven. He also
specially made rake.
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This seems to be the open season
on lives OF Calvin Coolidge. There
is one just out from the pen Of Rob
ert M. Washburn. who served in the
Massachusetts, legislature with Cool
idge and who is q brother Of former
Congressman Charles G. Washburn,
who has been a close personal friend
Of Presidents Roosevelt. Taft. Har-
ding and Coolidge.
Another life Of Coolidge is being
written by Edward e. whiting. who
supplies "Whiting's Column" in the
Boston Herald. Mike" Hennessy of
the Boston Globe, q veteran political
writer. is also similarly engaged.
Rev. Roland d. Sawyer, a Congrega-
served consecutively in the Masachu-
setts house for about ten years, has
life of Coolidge just coming out.
He and Coolidge first became friends
Wnen ,ha hoi,e ne put good roads bin through
the senate when they were in the
Massachusetts legislature Sawyer
served as a democrat. although he
has at various times been a populist
a S socialist and greenbacker. His
and they used to confer together as
they commuted back and forth to
Boston.
But what is expected to be "the"
life Of Coolidge-the official and most
pretentious works. to be Compiled
by his next friend" Frank Stearns
Of Boston, who has been Mr.. Cool
tdges backer and counselor all the
time he has been In politics. Mr..
Stearns Is now collecting material for
this work.
William Tyler Page, clerk of the
House. when showing a party of WIS.,
itors about the Capitol pointed out
the four great paintings in the Ro-
tunda-"The Declaration of Inde-
pendence,' "The Surrender of Bur-
goyne." the Surrender OF Cornwall
lis" and the Resignation Of WASH
ington." which are the work Of John
Trumbull. the most eminent artist of
his day, and completed in 1924. Then
called that the Artist Trumbull's
father. Jonathan Trumbull, jr., of
Connecticut, who served as Speaker
from 1871 to 1898, was the only man
on record who resigned from the
United States Senate to become lieu
tenant governor of a state From 1898
until his death, in 1909. Jonathan
Trumbul, jr., was Governor OF. Con-
necticut.
Curators OF the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition and other collections Of Lin
|colniana in Washington have learned
with regret that the Capital Is not to
get the original Of the famous letter
written by 1.-THE Great Emancipa-
tor to Horace Greeley. which was
the property Of the late DR.. James c.
yelling Of Washington. Accompany.
ing the Lincoln letter Is another from
the late John Hay, while Secretary
Of State, expressing his earnest desire
letter.
1t consists OF three pages declaring
the war was not fought primarily to
free negroes and was written to
Greeley while the latter was editor
Of the New York Tribune. in reply to
an open letter by that great editor
coin letter was published in the Ma,
tional Intelligencer, Washington, Au-
gust 20. 1862. DR.. yelling was then
one of the editors OF the Intelligencer
and retained the Lincoln letter dur
presented by his sister-in-law to the
Wadsworth Atheneum, in Hartford,
Conn.
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Secretary Wallace of the Depart
ment of Agriculture has given direc.
tions for beautiful moving picture
film Of historic and scenic Views to be
loaned free to organisations through
out the country. Many famous colo
Mai homes which have weathered the
elements for more than a century are
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