Show SHYNESS TRAIT OF MANY GREAT MEN famous famo us figures of history among them there Is ample authority tor for the assertion that president hoover Is shy president coolidge was also shy and so was president wilson no one ever noticed shyness in president roosevelt Hoo sevelt but the list of our shy presidents is a long one grant was shy and some said lincoln was that is they seemed shy to some of the people they knew or met inet who wrote their personal impressions pres of them afterward jefferson was a highbrow highbrown high brow and no mixer you could not slap him on the back bach there was nothing of the shrinking violet in john adams but bot his eminent son john quincy was reserved and distant henry clay thought thong glit he was a prim little puritan as cold as a fish when he be met him at ghent george washington according to a clergyman who knew him was shy silent slow and cautious cautions this clergyman rev jonathan goucher boucher was nn an anglican churchman who returned to edgland at the out outbreak breal of the revolution and the manuscript containing his recollections of the first president wasi recently sold at auction in london for 05 95 rev mr boucher saw washington socially and also in connection with the edu cation of a young relative nis his mony has some value so many any presidents of the united states have been beeg described as shy even the most eminent of them that shyness must have been exaggerated exaggerate us as a personal handicap in the struggle for success what seems to be b genuine shyness may be overcome over com by a strong nill III ambition and determination to get results outside of public life some of tb the most successful men have been said to be shy henry ford has impressed many people as very dian dent even the late J 11 I 1 morgan prince of financiers shunned publicity ns as it if he were obsessed with the desire for privacy lie ile would never attempt to make a speech au an audience of schoolboys frightened him cut but even an orator way may bt bit naturally solitary some great actors havo been shy edwin booth who was s zens tomed to take five curtain calls in accession Mc tac cession was said to be and what of president MR denburg ne ee Is very different from william shyness signifies no lack of essential strength it Is a superficial not it a fundamental weah weakness ness spring field republican |