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Show & A- - - The' Great Emancipator9 9 Jijt a Human Being , i 4 i . X. . ' tX Ji W, PfH3Cif , vi 4 lA 'NX f ' " -- . "5- V , r-- (' WV ikA jar " 'H fcS KX Vi urT 4 -- vNiT''X-. : ' - ' . t , ' r--.f v'-N t 4t A t, Suffered as Other Mortals, Contends the Eminent Biographer, While She Explodes a Few Theories About ,His Supposed Morbidity ant Homeliness ' A Wh Lived , Learned and :r; Vn. ' - No a Superman -? vrr.- - N' . I i . i J The Lincoln pictures on this page are from the collection owned by the Rosenbaeh Galleries, Philadelphia -4 . Honest Abe striking face. It shooed peat vitality, was mobile and ran the whole (smut of moods from the deepest melancholy to the greatest gayety. This etching was made by F. B. Carpenter in 18t( Lincoln kid f ( By Carol Bird you 'know that D IDLincofn was an There is a 'fk X in- - vent or? patent in Washington for a de vice be made for getting Matt over thoals. sVsar-- 'V of insatiable curiosity about all manner bf things, from A MAN midgets to the solar system. A man with a humorous type of ' was superstitious dreams and liked to interpret them or have them interpreted. At - parties the girls called him their rival, because men w ould . leave them to talk and joke w ith this "mans man." about self-educat- ed i the picture cf Abraham Lincoln T as etched Ida Tarbell writer, by his-tort- hie harkr-mml- by having . He was conscious of his own lack of culture but never let this knowl- edge cripple him nor cramp his progress. aa he was hn"fl'-pp- ed no external help In the i I lie '.iS8i mind, who had a passionate tenderness for children and who displayed indifference for the social whirl and everything pertaining to society. A mystic. A mavis man. A analytical realist. A sad human being, because of too profound understanding of this imperfect world; a gay one on occasion, and one who possessed a fund of first-cla-ss stories. A individualist, of slow, sound judgment and independent thought, who stuck to- - his guns once he had made up his mind on a course of action he deemed right. A man with a clear sense of his own handicaps, but one who refused to allow this knowledge to enpple his progress in life. A forthright man, without affectations, married to a socially superior woman who was not averse to " rubbing in the fact of her social superiority. V V way Here is Lincoln dressed for aa affair of state. Ha had a dislike for high hats and white gloves, but wore them because his wife insisted and because it was the custom -- tell the story --of Lmcoln aa vividlyv perils ps more so, as a different type of descriptive Lincoln book. was great enough, to build a sound position for himself and then stick to it regardless of criticism by those who might appear to be more important than he waa He had a great sense of values. He did not think it was neoes- sary to go out and struggle to get certain kinds of clothes or fine fixings. Ha knew that the real things, the things that count tn the making of a man, wars superior QU&hUes uf heart and min These things be wanted; these be out to get. And when he got them, 4n crude form,' he whipped them Into shape. But his lack of the superficial attainments, the-- abiliry to drear to the mode. and so on, brought him ridicule and Criticism, particularly during political campaigns. Even Mrs. Lincoln made him appear a tool to this ' of family, property, formal education Tar be It Is a Lincoln biographer, but she and mairing hli way from childhood In a does not adhere to the Lincoln myth,' pioneer country, should have achieved Lincoln had aa inherent liking for children. Hero ho is shown consoling as she calls It, which depicts Abraham what he did. a young drummer boy who had been sent homo from his regiment ' Lincoln aa an Inspired and Infallible Taking his handicaps into considera-creature. tion, it was remarkable that he should' She draws him as more warmly. humon; have developedsound ways of thinking way abouiait people--he met. This was - though t a great deal of doing the "proper he liked to make a Show. a i man of earth who bred, learned, and of attacking problems, and then to also the case regarding natural objects. thing, Lincolns mastery of this. very thing I have always believed that Mary suffered and struggled after the fashion have developed --the kind of character was one reason for Ms greatness. He Todd was greatly in love with Abraham of most people, but one who, tn addition, which enabled him far stick to the conclusions he had reached, to adhere to begad fas' a boy to think, and to think Lincoln. Otherwise She wbuld not have possessed and exercised a divine curiabout everything, but he not only did married him. I think hers was the osity" and a dogged perseverance which them in face ot difficulties and opposi1VQHE succeeded in making him wear a prodigious amount of thmxing; he did greater love, that Lincoln was less in kJ white gloves to the opera: Tie was a earned him ahead of the procession. tion. That to me is the marvel of LinMiss Tarbeit also explodes toe theory coln: the way in which he developed his thd kmd of thinking which recuses a love with her. He was a trial to her, and spectacle. His great hands were ceentu-ate- d that Lincoln was painfully homely and mind and character and held to his perproblem to simple terms, ard he .emcertainly she was to him. They had four as to size to the white gloves which frightfuliy moTbtd. and describes him sonality ail the way through,. He was ployed these in passing od ins hard-wo- n boys. One died in Springfield when he he wore so clumsily, because be was as posses&tng aa arresting type of face, always himself. Neither Ijis thinking nor knowledge to others. A for his was about 3; another, Willie, in the to them. At other times hg ot marveious contour and wide range of his conscience cor his social life nor his curiosity, even as President he kept this "White House. The death of this son was way pbserved wearing them at the' fresh about a!k krodsof things. a great blow to the father. and people remarked on his awkexpression, and the sort of temperament .dealings with men were tinged with am One-.oJSe secrets of' Lmocir great- V-lcmade , m others personality. Nothing tha- t- ha wardness. his lack or ease. in ate and grieve tnai 'he ever did was Anything-Lincol- but Ahrahaih1 supfT TIrio5Ijiwar' protoinreiy'TettgtotBr H e ficial about anything That gave him ' It is difficult to writ only of Lincoln had a deep faith' in God. to a Divine He used to carry a . power. after interviewing Ida Tarbell, his bi- t with many kinds of men. Most of his friends Providence which guided One and. to the Rltn until it ripened and matured m his TwertlmehZIBer wstmotaTdie is to wrltr abo it her.' 11TTE WAS stable.' Youalwsys'Tounr ographfr. 1 urge endTtr5umphed. He was not an orthodox too. She recentcAeorated her 4th cburchman, bnt he- - went to church and" iym jigt there He was unusual mind. That was the strength of his great as most people interpret that phrase. of do not subscribe to the effortjpfjcaS: young. btrthday;ndthcugtr-T- r long-W- eprayed Be read reguitrly ln" achievement mofe-tb- an debate ove- - tte extenhalf a. century mg Lincoln, something other than a man .Lincoln-Douglhe had three or four older women the White House. He was s mystic. Be of it stretctfci ,beh Jid her, she is still who wrestled- - with great problems and sion of slavery- - He mulled over the propto rho were his friends, and he used had superstitions about dreams and Ida Tarbell ofcs. immersed in b liked to interpret them or have them' who never deserted one he had taken osition of saving the Lrion m the same talk over his problems with them; mad , seems He to -have aked himself: confidants of them. Jbe husbands on He had persistence and perseverance. way. interpreted. He had an open mind about 2 ( does all her worg In her studio Lincoln had a favorite saying regarding Is it worth savirg if so icw ean it be these women were generally older men . Lincoln had a strong attraction lor everything: he never scoffed at any ones gHE ' He realised that he waa associated. He was men.-- He had humor, he waa a good con. religion ln lhis eualily of tenacity, and that-- was' - donel tre- Some people called Lm-os slow They New York City wnd festa more things to heaven and earth than on Hanging on like a dog at a root welcome in these family circles. There versattonalisf and he possessed her farm in Fairfield County, Connecticut. waa one woman whose husband was a mendous ftmd of stories. Hf' was a keen were dreamed of, and so be never closed He got the idea very early in life that thought him ponderous in reaching decisions. He was. He wag net a This interviewer found her in her work- - a man should 'get- - an. education somehis mind to anything. member of congress when Lincoln Was 'sort of man Lincoln there The husbands name was SenaSome people draw anXanalcgy beshop in New York, beside two desks piled how, some way. He never had the cheap took tune for thought. He wanted to tor Browning. Lincoln had knows the tween Lincoln and Washington. I can- -' Idea that tf you merely acquired a dehigh with papers and manuscripts, surhis be coirte of artion was Brownings back to ths days when be certain that not do this. They were alike, however, rounded by phbnes, books, dictaphones gree or got a college course that you were in this respect: they both accepted proband waiting for her secretary tre arrive educated. He knew that the educated right before he embarxed on it When first went into the Legislature of Hllnoia. " to mo.e he knew lems. wrestled for a solution ot them and, man was always studying, always adding he finally did begin the davs stint. She spoke afMrs. Browning had bees very good when they had the right, one, stuck to why he made It and he was usually right. to him. She had taken him bt tow and fectionately ft Lincoln, after the man-- - tn his store of knowledge. Lincoln was a man of exceptionally of a frieipd, I think that Lincoln was. to a large coached him to social matters. Lincoln of expression. . His face was mobile, and it Washington saw the' only way out Tncre is what you might call a degree, strong affections. He had great respect w gs courteous and respectful where it revealed a whole gamut of moods from for us was a union of the Colonies. He did hot Lincoln myth," she said, which makes the deepest melancholy up to the greatLincoln believed the only way out was he was. infallible. He did- not think lor women. Hfc wav a 3lie bt afraid WMnetT were concerned, but his popuhim out a superman. Those alio cling he was the greatest man in the world. of them, I have always thought. But larity was strongest with men. They were est gayety. His lace shows a most auto- to preserve the union of the States. They he had enormous respect ior tnem, and devoted to him. In Springfield the girls cratic determination and power. Someto this cannot toierate any criticism of He knew that be was not. He became adhered to the kernel of their concep-at other tion through thick and thin. The value" :2. jir btnrThrv want to Ttcg used to say that he was their rivaL When times it shows otter despair.-gfcatman by 'observing things and he married one who was Lincoln as one inspired, possessing anto a pfHy the pen would leava times great resolution. Lincoln' face la both men placed on unionism is the people ami the ways ofJJej He. I have- - cottroiionjitart. oLfheaLirorkZjt-SaX- L inspired mind He was hot this sort of never content with just knowing a great Socially.' she was Lincoln s superior. She them and migrate toward Lincoln. They remarkably expressi-vus "as an T person at all. The marvel as fa aa .man; he wanted also to know why that fame of a fin Kentj-.kwould go on to a comer with him, get of different photograpfh of him- - They independent nation.' family and ah could be combined to a book which would CrewrieM iv Mu Lincoln is concerned, is that a man a'lLh' man a as as he was. And be felt this didnt hesitate to rut, m' this fact. 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