Show I Chats l ats With Gr Great Men 1 of the Civil WarBy War sari By Mrs Gen Pickett I k u c c u u U u 1 I NM NM N MAY YM M T J l by 7 The Ibe Press Publishing ni Co The New York Yort EY Evening World v r TI CLEMENT C. C CLAY Confederate Statesman TiT Y meetings MY with Senator Clay occurred In m my school days So So tho they thoy wore not with the grave Gra Y earnest patriotic statesman b but u tt t tr the r La rather with hearted kind hearted and charming charming- gentleman gentle gentle- gentleman man who for tor a moment mo- mo momen moment mo mo- men ment t In laid Id aldo i-c- i c rious thoughts to show favor or to lo ono one too Inexperienced for tor tho the discussion of or his great r ot work Stopping Slopping over ove r In x once e on C from school m my w way ay to see sec my friends Colonel and Mrs ShIelds they the they took meto me meto meto to call on Senator and Mrs CIa Clay Tho The senator and hl hb his so goddess dess were cre alva alwa's always al- al ways was va s sweet and lovely to young oun people people people peo peo- and to please mo rue b by showing In Interest interest In in- terest he asked me what studies I 1 had and If It I 1 liked them I told him that I Idid Idid Idid did not nol like arithmetic He asked mo me how far I had gone sane I told him I 1 was in cube rout root lie He shook his hiss head in disapproval That is too far tar ho he said sald What use has a woman for cube cuba root Lobelia Lobella Lo Lo- belia bella root 1001 or geranium root ma may be good but newer never cube root It Is la an absurd waste waste aste of or time and strength s I dont don't believe bellove jolTS Irs CIa Clay knows any anything thinS thinS' about about cube root Do you I I will not tell you replied Mrs Cla Clay Do you suppose I am going to tell you jou OU all the disgraceful things I know lenoW lie He turned to a a. a. a guest t Mr Ir Benjamin for Cor an opinion as to the tho oval o effects of or cubo cube root who quite agree agreed with him saying It has been JI my illy experience that cube root and love lo me are the cause of ot all the tho troubles in the tho world The They do not teach lovo In my school I replied only cubo root They ate are only half halt as bad as they might be be bethen then returned Mr Baja Bonja- min main Benjamins opinions on lovo do not t n j jn t. t x nt S l I t Y r w i iI i count said Enid Mr 11 CIa Clay Clai He re Is only a a. bachelor and knows nothing about it it So much the better authority I 1 am retorted Mr 11 Benjamin because I am unprejudiced In regard to the subject Wo Yo Were ro invited one evening evening- to tho the apartment of oC Senator and Mrs CIa Clay at atthe tho the home of or Mrs Irs Du Val Vl a a. plea pleasant circle were domiciled some of or orIts Its members having been friends of oC tho the Clays In Washington Mr Ir Cia Clay was waa Inthe In Inthe Inthe the senate of at the Confederacy y having ha declined a a. seat in tho the cabinet fearing that his frail health might not enable him to perform the duties of at tho the head of oC 11 IL derailment department t. t There were several guests present among them thom Senator Vest of or Missouri 1 who had brou brought ht his Iris violin on which ho played while the tho others othel's danced for formu mu music lc and d dance nce and laughter held swa sway even een when war encircled the nation na na- tion Uon Some Sono ono chanced to speak of or the alarming decrease In value of at Confederate Confederate Canted Canted- erate currency wh when n Mr Clay said Nothing serious must walk aUt In In upon us us' with gloomy face tonight This one ono evening Is de dedicated l ted to the Goddess Goddes Terpsichore and she shall shall claim all o our r time as well as aH aHtha the tho of t ou au hearts Our host hoist loses Interest In even iris his most brilliant state papers and md eloquent speeches when he has an opportunity of ot writing a n stanza of or tho the poetry of ot motion In the book of ot time observed Mr Mrs Ir Vest Yest We can have hae papers and speeches for tor everyday e cl dav fare replied Senat or orCIa CIa Clay Clay- Tonight tho the nectar of at the Olyn plan gods may be ours and wo must not let politics mar mal its flavor Senator Clay Cia could furnish a Q mod model modal l lIn in grace grace of or movement that Apollo ml might ht well Imitate said another guest voicing the admiration of or us all lall for next to the fame tame of or his ability as ae asa asa a a. statesman was ho lie noted for lor social graces and tho be beauty of his dancing Though fro Mr r Clay as a senator of ot the United S States stood rigidly for tor state rights representing Alabama as ns an envoy envoy en cn en- en va voy from a 3 sovereign state an attitude with which ninny many man of or his tello follow fellow sena senators senat sena- sena t tors would not have ve n agreed his Intel power nobility of ot character depth of or heart and graciousness ss or of manner won friends regardless of ot all all- poll political differences J ty At the close of at the war when he J he learned lea that a reward for tor his arrest had been offered conscious of at innocent of ot an any wrongful act he went immediately to tho the nearest federal 0 of officer ot- ot fleer surrendered and was wa imprisoned d in Fort Monroe Mouroe where his health aready al already already al- al ready impaired b by disease was wa wan so broken that ho he never never recovered reco After a prolonged Imprisonment h he he wa was freed through th the persistent and laborious efforts of oC his beautiful and brilliant wife who at tho the ilsk risk of or lU lUand life and liberty went to Wa Washington ands andi beat upon administration doors door thwarting plot after atter plot overturning every ery barrier raised Inh ell Against her untie she won T her way by invincible per 1 Ho lie returned to his homo home In la Hunts Huntsville ville and amid after some years of or passed beyond the sorrows of ot the tho worl wort mourned by hosts of at friends In al l parts of ot tho the nation |