Show I NEW NEW NEWS OF F r 1 TH THE GREAT MA MAN WO WHO By Ba J E E Edart Edwards 1 Thil This daly daily series Berle ot of n anecdotes ad and Incidents thA that throw neW new l and light l ht on en famous events and personalities of the have n t been collected cot by y Edwards I during nearly forty years of more or tees the fut pu g t s male aon with t many of tho h t leaders since t rho Civil war C anecdote or II is fresh from Mr notebook and either In o 01 In part It constitutes New News of Yesterday whole hOI I Newl garnered from the tho men who i C made mad the from equally authoritative sources ta As Ia lur or of the tho Human interest sort to American history be t j articles have a a distinctive value aU all ther their own f r I f have havo road rend many articles written to explain tide tho intellectual ability ot of Generl General Grant and I havo always been beon I fond ot of studying his lre life not only upon the tho military but upon tho rho civil aide Once said to mo me Justice Edward Pt Pat Patterson terson for many years a member ot of the tho court or of the tho state of New NewYork NewYork York and just recco deceased And yet Qt I think that a an Incident that hap happened to myself has hus loft with me my most vivid recollection or of Grant I will 11 tel tell you ou thu anecdote not because I am amono amone ono one or of the persons Involved In It but because I think It shows or at least sows hints nt at ono one of the tho unusual of General Grants genius A few Cow months uter after Genel General Grant mot met Generl General Lo Leo at Appomattox ho came to Philadelphia whore I lived the first 25 5 years rears of oC my life lite Hn Ha was enthusiastically received ad and I have rean reason to know that ho he at that into thought seriously of oC making tho elt city hiI his home It was my privilege to be Invited n as a guest u st nt at a a reception which wa was to be held In Gon Grants honor and I way wa at the opportunity or of mooting meeting the face to tae taco and ana taking hits hIs hand handAs handAs As I passed In front of him and was Introduced he took m my hand cordially hold It rOI foi a moment and chatted wih with mo Ion long enough to put two 01 or questions to me rd and to receive my answer answers The They wore polito questions and answer answers and I went on presuming that I hd had mno made madeno no oter other Impression on him than had nn any ono one of the hundred or more mora per por persons sons who then met hIm ad and wIth whom he fro was not personally acquainted Ten en years earl later Inter nea near the tho end oJ of his second term 1 as president General I Grant wa was agaIn In Philadelphia thIs time as the guest of Goore George W Childs the tho distinguished editor A reception i had been beon planned by Mr Ir Childs ln I II honor of the tho president and many In Rations Issued almost al all 0 of t 1 which accepted I was fortunat fortunate t enough to bo be and I wont went to the beautiful home of Mr Childs expect Ing to find a great crush there thee And 1 10 so there WIS was l C lAa CA A Aa I mounted the tho stales and Ryas W S i 1 upon the landing at the Ue turn lob I ob I served from n a passing glance glanco that a 1 near by stopped Lopped and look looked I el ed at mo me for a mom moment nt t Then ho he Why how do YOu do Mr Ir Patterson sail saId ho he I 1 am ace very cr glad to see you I 1 looked at the speaker squarely and was so astonished that I coull could hardly answer politely I mumbled and stumbled my or of the tho courtesy for tor It wo was President Grant who thus ha had 1 stopped mo me recognized me and caled called me by name y I had not soon seon him for tor ten yearn r rand and In the rho meantime I had p passed ear ed rt from mear mearly to manhood ex the tho usual physical changer change ot of such development A As speedily II as possible I m my You must pardon my confusion when you ou greeted mo me Mr Br President I s said d for Cor It scored seemed ama log Ing to mo me that you OU should have re remembered remembered my face and especially my name after al all the years and ni all the change chango I 1 havo hao undergone In thor them Oh yes es I recalled you at once replied the tho president smiling al although although though met mot It Is s some Bomo years since voe We han liars I cant understand how hone you ou may have recalled m my face I answered but I it seems amazing to me that you U should havo identified mine me AI Also o by byname byname name I It Is not amazing to me the president replied for tor If I remember n a face I 1 always remember as well the name I c can forget a face and n tact fact I nm am not particularly good at remembering faces but a face Cace one once Impressed upon me alwis always cables care with It permanent permanently the name of oC the person Tint That I is very er unusual I think air r President I fall said But not al wl will tae C he heIl Il |