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Show THE PAYSONIAN, PAYSON, TTTAIT, SEPTEMBER 2, 1921 However, a very great many peo- was when I tamo ilowu at xanousj ple in this country believe he willj-b- times to see him iu the office andj I heard: went over the models of the naval President some time. It was, however, during the an immense audience, after ho hudj essels. addressed it, in Pittsburgh only the seven years when he was in thf other day, vigorously cheer this sen- White House that I canio into really Then I discovered that he close contact with naval men aud timent. As I have said be-- i had been back and forth twice across naval affuirs. the the continent, addressing audiences fore, navy was at all times aj looked up the subject of deep interest to my falh-- j in every state, I for loving the father was that, By BICHARD BARRY In 27 news er . For that reason, at the table, j newspaper clippings. though a rich mans son, he yet earn- papers the idea had been put forth on horseback rides, in conferences' Twenty-fou- r years ago the office ed his way by the sweat of his during the evening, I was continually of the brow, and vicariously achieved among seriously. r0f the assistant secretary hearing him discuss with other men conto is it Therefore, something Shall we deny navy was just across the street from the many millions. these problems. of the sider. fact and that Enough then his offspring a like privilege! the White House, in what was For this reason, if for no other, is is Public accomplished. opinion The unI address the thinking. the gray pile known as the State which politicians it is a very real pleasure for mo to the of out stuff Mr. When War and Navy building. thinking have already swallowed the fashion their careers. be serving in my present position. Newspapers If the trade McKinley told his cabinet one day, Roosevelt hern age. am convinced that the nnvy is of I or audiences plus as they were considering a possible mark is blown in the bottle they ask plus audiences, prime importance to our nation, and us we mako are what But to those newspapers, war with Spain, that ho would like no further quettion. I earnestly hope that the country in a sense. to call in a bright young man to who look beyond the lettering to the never deviate fr.... its policy will So I traveled recently down to of animate them with some of his vig- quality of the glass this little study, a fine fighting fleet maintaining B 17th iu streets and and sent man my orous doctrines the bright young revolving about its interview mar at efficiency. high name , and after a cordial greeting slipped on his hat and walked about prove illuminating. The thoughts which animated the now are you So far i. e., into the third de in which reverberated two hundred yards from the desk this conversation interviewer somehow which crept were such asduring of the cade there is a strange similarity of the assistant secretary Does ho feel these: Theodore Roose through the eardrums as if it had overshadowed navy. He was very near the White in the two careers. bis name; fathers by needlo come of from the a phono does he So velt graduated from Harvard. House. trade on it or does he avoid new asked the assistant I graph, Theodore Roosevelt was Today the office is way down past did Junior. so; is it alibility or it is an secretary of the navy how it feels doing or the building, at the elected to the assembly of the state 4o asset, both, nnd to what evfent f wear his fathers shoes. So was Junior. I remembered the talk just before juncture of B and 17th streets, and of New York. He blinked as though the question the armistice which indicated that if Mr. Harding should ever contem- Theodore Roosevelt was appointed So were not obvious, and then, like the the of assistant take would summons navy. secretary such a it Roosevelt might hne been plate voting Theodore Roosevelt be- good sport that he is, set himself levated to a goneralcy, his achieve of was Junior. the present assistant secretary Strange as ments in France entitling him to it, the navy fully a quarter of an hour came a colonel in the armies of the seriously to answer it. one no had ever put if it had not been considered in seem, it So did States. Junior United may to get to the executive mansion. espec- it to him that way before. What expedient from a jsditical Thorp are slight differences, The offleo, however, is occupied by point of For In ever anyone else may think, Junior view to give one of his name that a person of the same name Theo- ially in the chronology. In such a case it was a The question which stance, Junior became a colonel be- is thoroughly . convinced that he Is rank. dore Roosevelt. Is the fore, not after, he was assistant sec- wearing no one's shoes but his own; handicap to bear the name Theodore T address herewith is this: of the retary of the navy, as did his fath yet no one could be more loyal and Roosevelt. removal of the proximity I asked him to express And he was a colonel of in- devoted to a memory thnn is ho to himself assistant secretary of the navy to er. along this line, but he was fantry, not of eavaby as was his his fathers. the White House only literal! loath to do so. father. We know that history repeats, but Many officers of the nnvy who It would be misunderstood, be Is have called on me in the past ten replied to my query, We may be easily Are these differences vital! seldom echoes. if I should he said, hao spoken of say that my name has the liabilities the cavalry so much more pictures- weeks, bequeathed to a beloved namesake the things hf its assests, besides it is difficult We know que than the infantry that it alone my father and recalled Sf they are not political. that a great name is a force to can furnish stuff for the fashioning he did for them and for the nnvy to tel to just what extent this is And when he was here. As you know, (true. of a popular political career! tonjure with. We also know that the sons of is it less possible for a man to go he was always a firm believer in Arent yon the heir of your great men seldom inherit the abil- from the navy direct to high elec- and a warm advocate of the navy. fathers animosities as well as of On account of my father's service as his friendships! ities, and less often register the tive than from the army! There is one other point of simi- assistant secretary of the navy and achievements of their sires or grand-sireI suppose so, but naturally I hear Por every John Quincy Adams larity, one not often stressed in po- niir close association with this branch of the friendships rather than of the Theodore Roose- of the government, during the time animosities. there are scores of James G. Blaine, litical horoscopes. For every Benjamin Har- velt, though never dependent on his he was president, I have perhaps, Dont people come forward and juniors. rison there are hundreds of Webb own efforts for a living, was always more personal friends among the navy hold you to account for things he and a money-saver- . a money-make- r personnel than he did when he took said and did! Hayeses, and few Grants. office. in business ten He, however, thought he had No, I think the respect for a years , Nevertheless, it must be admitted Junior, during that being the son of a great man is in New York, laid aside enough .mon not a large acquaintance with the great may just dead is too strong had devoted careful n permit that. not an insuperable handicap to glory. ey to be thoroughly independent, so personnel, Many come to ns a little over thirty he thought and stndv to naval matters. surp me of their friendship for me Tt is a very, very stiff obstacle, to that when be sure. Yet, witness the case nffeould retire permanently from aetiveThis you can see if yon will rend based on thoir friendship for my with an income suf-hi- s history of the naval war of 181" father, but none who disliked him And Cato the money-makinthe younger Pitt. is considered one of the anth come and tell me so. which for wants to nonnal all meet That is not leient the younger was the son of Cato oritative books on this trouble. human nature. The people who dis Man can triumph over all the balance of his life. elder. Some of my ea..iest recollection like you confine themselves to telling Thus, one can readily see, there is things even over that which is Exore centered around other people of thoir opinions. The There- no logical reason why Junior should in Washington will he! But him. of pected I was a people who like you come and tell in lies the suspense of the racing not be President of the United States the nnvy department. were it not for the perversity of bov eight or nine yeaTS old when you. However, I guess I understand Snectacle. You mean, Meanwhile, let ns be fair to Then lightning when expected to strike my father was assistant secretary. what you are driving nt. I can remember how enthralled T are my father's ideas ever quoted One of our reasons twice in the same place. dore, junior. in opposition to any particular stand As n matter that I am taking. of fact this has been done, What do you reply!" I do not reply directly bv qnot For example, last vear ing him. certain paragraphs from his writings were taken and nsod in a speech againsf A fight that T was making. I had in my possession, nt the time, his exact opinions backing .up mv stand, bnt I refused to use them. T feel very strongly that quoting great men wbo are dead in order to .fain for yourself or ynnr notions the nrestige of their names is something that shonld be drine onlv with the For example, nil greatest esntion. orators on every side endeavor nt Ibis time to call npon T.incoln to iustifv tbeir actions. If is possibV to twist n single line from a speech to mean almost nnrtbing. Tboro Is nothing I object to more than the actions of mnnv base and neonle wbo, to further their own individual ambitions, continual hr call on my fathers name, en deavoring to wrap themselves in his - Tt is perfectly right and mnntlp. proper for those who are working the same underiving ideals, which be bad to sav so, bnt they should be uro that Ibev are working for his ideals and that they understand what his ideals meant. Do von endorse his policies? OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO My Fathers Shoes, A Talk With Theodore, Junior ' I i g r smnll-minde- Give Your Farm a Name I' Then order some ri-i- Letter Heads, Envelopes and Statements to Quality Printing The Paysonian k Yes. Ml of them? Yes, though it would be fairer sav that T endorse bis principles and realize that the application of fhnse principles todav maw require a different interpretation from the one which he gave nt a differen time nndor different conditions. "When von face an andience does if ever come over yon that mnnv who look upon von and listen to von are visualizing your father in vonr placet Roosevolt "You novelists, repli You are eq .are not practical constantly attributing to people thoughts whieb arc too subtle for them to have in an ovorvdov world You are imagining in me what T suppose von would call n complex Well. T have nothing of the sort When T stand before an audmneo the idv thinr T am tVnkin of is how o sav- bast what T wanf to sav. 1 "Then, is there no occasion. insisted, "when vnu feel vonr fath ors mantle. a reflected in the at titnde townrd von of others? he answered, but Not exactly, T see wbat von mean Inst the same Tt amounts to this; Tf a man ha had exeeptionnl opportunities, people are aa a rule, critical. Tf he does not rnmo up to their- - ideas of what is proper, they damn him more than is justified. Tf. on the other hand, he plays the game snunrelv. am? Huts everything he haa got into whnt hc i going, they tend to give him Luncheon Meats have a good supply of LUNCHEON MEATS on hand. This is one thing that always comes in handy to have. If a quick trip is planned, nothing is better or quicker than cold canned meats fer sandwiches. Or for a cold luncheon they are very delicious and satisNow is the time to get in your supply. fying. NOTE THE LOW PRICES! 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The Generals staff had much difficulty in keeping apace with him, and us unlly spoke of the horse in unflatterThe general, however, ing terms. m b ry much attached to him. General Ambrose F. Burnside always rede a horse called Like Major. the general, came through Major the war safely, and outlived hi mas After Burnsides death, the ter. horse wsl shot nt Fdgehill, and it was claimed for him that he was thirty years old. When the union forces were pur suing the confederates, after the lat ters evacuation of Petersburgh nnd Richmond. General Meade was il of a fex-ebut could not be persuaded to enter an ambulance, and rode hi favorite horse, Raldy. There was a very vicious horse Hannibal 'ailed given to the Wes .Virginia army, but the general for bade any of his officers to ride him he claimed to do so would be to Ui iik thoir live. A Captain Egan of a eompanv of volunteers, asked 'o lie allowed to have the horse, nnd The general break him. handed him over to Egan with the assuraneei that he would break bis neck. "Hnlnnibnl became entirely tract able, and once saved the Captain neck, when Egan was pursued by, guerrillas in tbp mountain cf West Horse and rider soon be Virginia. came very much attached to each other. The horse upon which Genera Kearney rode when he wats shot a Chantilly, was forwarded with hi sword to his widow by General Lee, - i showing the kindly always characterized 4 nder. courtesy which the confederate At the battle of Chancellorsville, General Rustling of New Jersey rode a large gray horse, of id Fighting Joe Hooker rode a pure white ' steed, making him conspicuous as he galloped from ono part of the battlefield to the other. General - Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jacksons favorite horse was Little Sorrell, upon which he was riding when he received his death wound. He load alwava been very much attached to her, and she it 'was who means thnt a particle will appear to bavo a diameter of nine million times the size that it really has. By the pse of the instrument studies are followed his funeral cortege, bearIn appearance ing an empty saddle. she was as and ungainly ns her master. General Ewell usually' rode a Rifles. gray named No doubt he gave him that name in memory of the old Company of Rifles in whip, Ewell had served during the Mexican , war. General Lee's Traveller was a raw-bone- handsome General iron-gra- Turner Ashby hafl three horses, shot beneath him upon the same day that he fell at Port Rene was dismounted when public. shot. The first horse he lost that day was his favorite, whirh he called Black Conrad. When the horse was mortally wounded, Ashby kissed him between the eyes, ind drawing his revolver, ended his sufThe horse that crossed the ferings. mountain, in the generals funeral cortege, was one he oecassionally rode. Th0 horse which General Albert 'Sidney Johnston rode when mortally wounded at Sholoh was a thoroughbred named Fire-eateThe two were shot at the satne time, and neither flinched. It was only after a staff officer Johnston's noticed growing paleness thnt the general was lifted from the horse, and tho gallant steed then sank to the ground without a moan. r. A peptimist goes in the back door when the front is shut; the window when the bnck is shut; the chimney when the window is shut, and blows off the roof if the chimneys shut. Lets go. The Arklight. |