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Show REED'S ONE BUSY DAY. I nc Id tut Shows Democratic Natuia of ' Great Stateeman. In lomo pleasant reminiscences of Thtinta I). Heed, published In the Independent, In-dependent, the Iter. Dr. Kranela K. Clark, president of the Christian Endeavor En-deavor Hoclety, says: "Mr. Reed was Tory democratic In bla tastea and unassuming un-assuming n hla hablta. Ills beach cottage cot-tage was one of tho smallest and poor-est poor-est la tho group, anil he seemed perfectly per-fectly rontented wllh It, and when you saw him tin tho beach In tho days ol bli most autocratic power In Con grers you would think him a prosperous prosper-ous and portly farmer from tho most rural district. Instead nf America's mut Influential citizen. On ono occasion occa-sion some of my old pnrlshlonera were visiting me, when ono laity, a clerk In a atore, who had been In school with him years before, ventured to call on bici, apologlr-lng for Intruding upon a busy inan'a time. 'Itusy,' responded Mr. Roed. 'I never remember being busy In my llln hut once, and then I didn't have much to do.' Iln then went on to chut of old days with aa much Interest and cordiality as though ha were talking with tho uilstresa of the White House herself. |