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Show Secretary Hay Is Democratic John Hay, secretary of stato, is thus describod by a Washington correspondent: corre-spondent: "A short mnn, extraordinarily extraordi-narily punctilious in dress, with nn attentively at-tentively combed board, nnd attractive faco, a ploasant volco a voice of singular precision nnd slbllanco; a man who uses slang In private conversation conver-sation and wields tho English language lan-guage liko a musical instrument in his public uttorancos nnd who always woars ovonlng dress in his own houso after G o'clock that is tho outward man of tho secretary of Btnto. The Impression is abroad that Hay is an aristocrat. In his tastes ho ls, but not In his manners. Ho ls democratic, confidential, though always dignified. Ho sometimes, when talking to ono ho can trust, discusses great international interna-tional questions in pungent idioms and with a Yankoo rough-and-readlnoss that is proof positive of his authorship author-ship of 'Plko County Ballads.' Ho Is sensitive to criticism thoro is no man In public llfo moro sensitive." |
