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Narrowl) Eacapinfl Death. i the pic . i >n .1 pit i ml .:'? m???.H in ih< ?pring or fall, when hi ritlt hoi cluck in the country, he likes nothing better than t.. lei the rein fall on his horse's neck and sing with Clarence Kdward his favoriti ong, "i In the Road to Mandalay." Theodore R.vclt, when hi ..his greatness i i km >wn in Wa ihington. He put upon il each m??rning the cloak ?>i com? : i ' the guise of a < ' n, an I yet the p? r formance ev< r foi then I dominating figure in thi It wa ? hi ? i? h morning to i mall room in I i ?? when he had a barber's chair. There he would in?l Repi men wh partit ular frit n?l . Reclining in the hair, hi I I with lather, he narrowly ? di ath evei C<?l..n. I i 1?? ing ?haved, he mal.?- as mai , im h as when he i mal ing a I) ' >arb r-shop conferences, when anything .... him or nuld p"im?l the arm of th< ? prii .- ly to an M< ring .-.? and latl cr to .?1! rnet I the room. That ':? truer develi ?;?? I u< h skill in : n idential throat or nipping off a piece of th< |>i dential ? now pr?,-,,,1,1V ha a i? ?'> in nife throv Your Uncle Joe l for hi lighting abil ? id hi apjx ? limes. Bui th? reare | Mr.( ?I a banque!. In the fir ' plai itton his giving him elf more i thought necessary. .A ? ' n ? "S?.n, ? .. ::mk of il Even tht ? bur? 's prit ? h ? * nk II. 11 ? M< Il lunch in I ? Hit i Upper II . ? ? ? I.i S..i Pesred b] ? Ui ?? tions, He i- famous fot being able to match his wi against thai of any man. And yet, when he wa Secre tary of State, the newspaper nun could always tel - ? ir question ? an ting clo e to 1 real facts in any diplomatic situation In talking to them, he had a habil of tapping on his desl with a lead pencil, and, whenever a coi nt, try o\ him sonn- facl thai was carefully guarded from publicity, approached nearer to the truth by the inferene? he made, Mr. Rool would redouble the |ieed with which In- made tin- pencil tap tin- .1? -k. It longl re?l thai this -mall trait ! the in a ;>.:?? i to get accural - - - in dipl?ma? lo day tlu- new about dvI ? Huntington Wilson, A istant Secretary of State, te th?- foreign inti re I of this ?Govern? ment. If you have read ti : have never ecu Mr. Wil on, you probably picture him a a crafty an ! hard bu ? u ?ing hi diplomatic knowledge at .,11 time with wonderful ex? < utive ability and never letting tiji in hi- work. As a matter of fact, Mr. Wilson in the daintiest manner imaginable, tfour "? ni'".n h< rved in ? e, tea thai he enjoys greatly, accompanying it with the consumptioi thin bul very i.i ty wa! ? The average American citizen ha hi fads. So have thegreal men of the nation. Gifford Pinchot, the lead thority "n for? try and one of Ro? supporters, has a big limousine; bul he doesn't like to ride in it. !-? il ?!? n< -' give him ? fn li air. i in.i trcetcar he always land on the plat fi .rm. to f every bree? that blows. I'ndoubt? dly Secretary Nagel, of the 1 )< partment of Commerce ami Lai mm*, commands the sympathy of all mi n. All he h i ?Ion? h is In en to lay up a trui money l>y hi law pra? lice in St. nions a ?a pol te, and to Ire honored by membership in th !'?? ident'i Cabinet. Bui this tall, distingu? heil looking man, tl er, h . Wh? n hi was a boy and a young man, he el mbition to become Meyei Is I ik.- .1 School bo) >ney is I to pay the \ no t t i?>n. But 1 ? ? fin?! ? ? i ? Willi 1. ? ? mili klin K. I. ? Dr. Wil I (tel ' ?' in Ins sti .'.'. t ? .i worker; bul of 1 ' ? ? ? I remarked that he | ? ' I' nl Sherni 1 ? ? ? ? Vlce'Presldent as ChaufTour off In coat, . nd pumping up a tin , of a trained athl If vu keep track of thing inthcnat .. man may have greal influ? administration one day and maj dismal fact conveys the ?m?, ressioi other pi cei tain gentlemen enj of "throwing hook ?" into ? 11 tin othei will find here little prejudices and big ? i illd l)ig fif - | predominance. You will learn how ? el a i hildi come peevi !i in small d< f< ' , W. !>??!! of a ?Legation lock in th i ition, and a di] ' jMiama - and a towering r-. it h lin- fact I When ? ? members of the H "white hopes" by pun? hii . : learn th il gn I :. When you hear thi Pi S athan B jo! ? leading fit -. mid !>?? en ? the ambit THE LAWS DELAYS fX 1905 1 t in A! 1 ? [)abo and the A ? : it is regarded I ? .- ? i the Coi - : I ' ? ??? ?? gun in 121 until IM? tion. the I - B ? ; ight yeat third of these 1 - .the F I ? - and citizens of K | H ' ? merchant I : n lent I ? - a ? - -? family. < I -, M e . r ? P ... ... ... ?