Show IS PER CENT AMERICAN 00 f Readers of Th The Record who have c commented many times on the fine quality of the articles under the name of John Dickinson Sherman t r In our columns will be in learning a little about the personality personal v ity of the writer As a Dickinson Mr Sherman is ant an t eighth generation eighth generation American while as asI asa I a Sherman he is ninth in descent from Puritan ancestors making him hima If a a per cent American Four of his family are Roger h Sherman was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence Gen William Tecumseh Sherman was the famous Civil war general his hi brother broth er John was Secretary of State under under un un- der McKinley and was the man who r. r resumption of specie payments pay pay- m ments menta while James Schoolcraft Sherman Sunny Jim was VIcel Vice l President under Taft With such a record record It would be practically impossible for Mr Sherman Sherman Sherman Sher Sher- man to avoid giving a solid American background to most of his stories and those who read him re regularly will become better citizens through the inspiration derived from them The articles have bave the rare quality of being highly interesting at the same time that they are pouring out little lit Ut tle known tle-known known Information Mr Sherman runs the gamut of subjects Jumping from the Pony Express Express Ex Ex- Ex press of the Western Plains to tales of the Iroquois in Northern New NewYork York from the old Canadian explorers ers to sketches of the old South In r between he recounts the battles of modern business men with changing conditions and dips into world sub sub- In fact bet he touches on the larger phases of life in nearly all of his articles We feel it is a grea Brea privilege to be able to present the product of this gifted writer to you in our columns and we urge you to allow them closely close 4 t |