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-"'• < Mel " • . * « » - PT/ATXT>KALER, Me 'v* «£L HOUSE, 'FRIEND NOT A MYSTERY » Unofficial Counsellor of the Pres* ̂; ident Is a Modest Birt Well •k ^Posted Man. ' STUDENT OF WORLD AFFAIRS *\ J?* W" ~ Now Gathering Data on Eeonwite^nd r-f Other Problems Which Must IB* Solved at the l*eace Table--Haa r; fpalifieatlons That 60 to I a Sound Diplomat. ^-4i ' •4"'-. ' ^ AUTHOR'S NOTE--Men have made a gjjh . -mystery of the life and the doings of Col. ft '--S Edward M. House, the friend and adviser |-: « -of Woodrow Wilson. It there has been j miysteiy, it Is none of the: Colonel's msJc- ir." ^lng. 3 venture the hope that whatever £< ' ,*raav have seemed to be hidden is dls- l V*'closed In this article, the material for which was obtained In the only way in * , ?' which such material can be obtained, by % direct personal contact. Inquiry and .study. . . , • By EDWARD B. CLARK. (Cepyiftrht, 1917, Wwten* Newipap«r Union. > Washington.--Who is Col. Edward X jMandell House who is to gather war i"'" 'data for the United States government service on a future day of peace? This Is a question that is being asked ' "by a very large proportion of the peo- ,^-j.i'ple of the United "States and la fact -"M of all the allied nations.. • feu*;. Colonel House does net wear the p* U record of his deeds on his sleeve. It its probable that if this unofficial coun­ sellor to the president of the United States were to be elected to congress 'Zii the autobiography which he would pre- ~^%^"pare for the congressional directory /would read like this: Edward Mahdell House. Democrat of Austin, Texas; born 185$; elected to the congress, November. In this brtef, ultra-modest, if you will, way would this Texan be prompted to write an autobiography, Justified doubtless from the viewpoint of other men In being extended into mapy chapters. Who is Col. Edward Mr ndell House, * who, until the day when the final order "Cease Firing** comes, is to study In behalf of the government Of the United States the economic, the geographic, the democratic and the humanitarian problems which the American counsels lors at the peace table must seek to solve after a manner whlcb the peopl« of a great democracy can approve! Consulted by President. &} the Washington dispatches some- thlhg like thin Is read several times a year: "Colonel House has been in the city for twenty-four hours as the guest of the president. He will leave for New York tomorrow morning." Beyond this the reader gets nothing k,'* from the dispatches except the wort » ..that the president and his visitor dls- ' '"cussed Mexlcen matters, or European matters, or it may be, but In this lat­ ter case rarely, political matters. The .public has known little more about Colone? House thnn that he is . n man frequently consulted by Wood- row Wilson and a man in whose Judg­ ment on political, economic and legis­ lative matters the president puts con­ fidence. There is a sort of a .glamour- about men and things which are mys- terious. It would seem that because of the attraction which mystery has for the people, as shown if you will !n their gluttonous reading of detec­ tive stories asd the like, that writers of the news of the day in part have chosen to treat the goings and com­ ings of the colonel and his conferences with men of affairs as if they were a deliberate attempt to hedge them In and hide them from public knowl­ edge. It Is Just as possible to get fit the truth In the cose of Colonel House as It Is in the ease of any other man . whose doings are 6f public interest. It Is modesty not mystery which has been the basic difficulty. OolQnel House will not tell you that he is a modest man, as I know from personal contact with htm. . To claim modesty for one's self is to he immod­ est. He does go from his present abode In New York city to Washington occa­ sionally or frequently as the requests may come, to give what he cjin of "the counsel of his views" to the president of the United States. Why should he any more than any other man send a trumpeting herald ahead or a bund of cymbal dashers? • - He goes to the White House, stays his while and leaves, and because no x great noises fill the streets at ap­ proach or departure, excluslveness, se- clusiveness and secrecy have been the order of the day's words concerning each visit. Gives Mo Word of Work, ft perhaps Is not too much to say , that If the full record of the results of the conferences which House of Texas has had with Wilson of the United States Is to be read it must be sought In some of the accomplished deeds of the present administration. That Woodrow Wilson has been moved to certain courses or strengthened In his purpose to pursue them, by the counsel of Edward M. House is not to be doubted. The impossible task would be to get from the latter a definite word concerning the public work In which his counsel has played a part. Those who have built up a wall of mystery about the man who is study­ ing matters against the day of peace ' apparently have not wished to pull down their handiwork. The wall can be demolished by anyone who tries to get at the foundation of the fiction. Edward M. House lives open a life as that of any American whose profession or business does not call FLIES JOHN PAUL JONES FLAG Ancient Banner of Sea HeroXarrled on Frigate Ranger, Raised at Centerville, Md. / * Centerville, Md.--The flag carried by the frigate ranger of the continent­ al navy, under command of John Paul Jones, recently was hoisted on the flagstaff of the Observer. This cher- ;„lshed banner Is owned by William An- k T '** tfcony of Queenstowa. Tatteml and torn at Ifcr end frwn fc-r ; fctiu dally Into the places where men throng. If one wants to know about him through motives other than^hose of the Idleness of curiosity he Can see him and talk with him, and the chances are that he will be told every­ thing concerning the subject ofe.Jjj^sin- quirlng curiosity that any man of modest mien and inclination naturally would be willing to tell. Colonel House is a genial man who seemingly never has sought to defifte for personal use the meaning of ' either of the "Words, coldness or austerity. He has a sense of-humor well developed, and A tem­ peramental warmth. Secret of His Power. In Houston, Texas, In the year 1858, Edward M. House was born. He was educated at the Hopkins grammar school, New Haven, Conn., and at Cornell urilversity. He has been active all his adult life In Democratic politics, but never has been a candidate for of­ fice. Add to Mjfcse admittedly meager de­ tails one fact and unquestionably you will have the secret of this man's pow­ er to attract other men to him for the purpose of consultation on really high public matters. From the day that he %was old enough to undertake serious study, Edward M. House has been deep in the books of politics, economics and legislation. He has marshaled in his mind all the greater events which have happened in these three words. More­ over, he has the men, the things and the motives connected with each case constantly in procession before him. i He is quick to trace a cause to an ef­ fect, or to go the reverse route. He has been a student of human nature as It has shown Itself in many of the great problems of human life. This in&ly time enough lias gone by-artd things enough have been /prayed ^r disproved $0 give certainty to\ the word that Woodrow Wilson has found Edward 3d. House an advisory asset. There hardly can be much of real mystery about a man who twice since this great war began has beep sent abroad as a special commissioner for the president of J:he United States. Col­ onel House has been twvee in Berlin, five times in Paris, and frequently in <otJier of the great European capitals Some day it may be that Woodrow Wilson will write what may be called an autobiographical review of his «d- minlstjrat'on. If he does it la entirely likely that the part taken by Colonel House in the shaping of some of the policies of the president may be given the pjige place which many men be­ lieve" that It deserves. , No Mystery STKere. While' living in New York Colonel $ouse resides In an apartment not very far uptown. It is a homelike place where good books are found anvj where good friends may come. It is & genial place aad no curtain of mystery hangs over the door of any one of its rooms. Men go there and are wel­ come. They go and they talk. Man learns as much from man as he learns from books and more perhaps If we believe the ancient saying about the proper study of mankind. I asked Colonel House what his rec­ reations are. He said, "Friends, read­ ing and walking." His library shelves show the kind of books that he has read, still is reading and will continue to read, for those in the book cases are made the companions day by day of the others as they come from the hands of writers worth while. No man probably can read politics, legislation, economics and history con­ stantly without, getting some of Dr. Dry-as-Dust's characteristics. So it is that Colonel House does not read the four formidable? constantly. He turns to fiction and here one finds something means that he has in him, or at any rate men believe that he has in him, * of possibly more than passing human the qualifications which go„ to make ! interest. up a sound diplomat. f George Frisble Hoar of Massachus- Through successive administrations 1 etts was -one of the scholars in politics, in Texas the governors of the state. J It was said of him that he had read one after another, consulted Colonel • everything from Aristophanes' 1rogs' V;} ^ ; •mm 1 Col. Edward HoiMtf. House on public mattery. How deep an Impression he has made on Texas legislative history never may be known definitely, but there Is enough salient to make Texans know that they are right in attributing to him many of their public welfare acts. Though not accounted wealthy 1 n these days of huge fortunes, Colonel House is quite well fixed financially and is not engaged tn business of any kind. Haa Studied Hard. I have talked to Colonel House and have learned things which 'make me feel that I shall not go w'fong when I try to put an interpretation upon some of his methods of doing things. He is free enough to say that he has studied hard at economic, political and lef's- lative subjects. He probably even would be willing to admit that he thinks the results of these studies con­ tinued and their results retained, have enabled him to be of some service when men were seeking Information concerning events in the past which have relation to events in the present or events expected in the future. Therefore, there is here a man who has held what he has studied, who has collated and correlated the hap­ penings of history, who has drawn lessons from them, who takes an in­ terest as deep In the living present as he does in the dead past, and who men believe Is able to make his knowledge serviceable, for old as it Is let us say it, history repeats itself. Woodrow Wilson did not meet his friend Colonel House until the days when he was holding office as gover­ nor of New Jersey. It Is said by friends of Mr. Wilson that almost in­ stantly he came to understand why the Texan had been of service along constructive lines to some of the gov­ ernors of the state in which he has lived most of his life. For six or seven years Mr. House has been the confi­ dant and the counsellor of the presi­ dent of the United States, and seem- whipplng in the ocean gates, the flag Is still in a good state of preservation. Its blue field has faded into drab, its white stripes and stars are tinged with cream of age and its red is dingy with years. . Sir. Anthony received the flag from hia grandfather, who served John Paul Jones on the Ranger, To Sell Greek King's Stables. Athens.--One of the signs that democracy has taken the place of roy­ alty is the public mrtlce that the king's to Locke's "Human Understanding" and from this latter book of "dlsmala- ties" to the lighter minded' reader, down to everything heavy and semi- heavy which was published to the week of his death. Senator Hoar kepi his mental condition balanced by turn­ ing not merely from the heavy to the light on occasion, but to the actual featherweights of Action. He read "Nick Carter." • Woodrow Wilson, it is said, turns away from the studies of states, past and pfresent and in prospective to the reading of what the English call penny dreadfuls, artd what the Americans in the old days called yellow backs. It Is said that the speaker of the house of representatives. Champ Clark, stops frequently his mental digging into all kinds of history to take up for relief purposes books 4ft the kind which make a boy happy. Reads Good Fiction. In the library vf Colonel House there is plenty of good fiction. He does not turn to Nick Carter, nor to "The Hidden Hand" of Mfs. E. D. R N. Southworth, nor yet to '"Owl Face, The Pawnee" of Beadle dime novel fame, but he ma'nages to keep the men­ tal balance even by an evening lamp hour or two with tbe writers of fic­ tion who can lay cliilni to what the book reviewers call literary merit. T< day Colonel House Is entering up­ on the work of preparing material which one day, perhaps far In the fu­ ture, will be serviceable to the Ameri­ can commissioners at the great peace conference. Another has written this concerning the Choice by the president of Colonel House for this work: "He Is peculiarly qualified for it by his dip­ lomatic experience of recent years, by his study of political problems which the war has raised and by his integrity of mind and character." "Sherlock, will you take on tha House Mystery Case?" "Mystery? my dear Watson, there Isn't any." stables will be sold at auction. The Stables are in the very heart of Athens, occupying a whole block on the two main streets. Now that Premier Venl- zelos has restored a democratic ad­ ministration one of the first moves has been to dispose of this royal eyesore in the center of the city. Bible study is the most popular at the many activities of the Missionary club for Boys at Sfax, Tunis, com­ posed of street walfft ao»ong the Mo hammedan population. Popular Springtime Pastime for Beys t* Be Taken on by University «j**F«iylubs, the^»" •* ^ » - "Knuckle iown^%w Prexy " "Say, 1'rof, how Anany tawi will you swap for my moss agate?" These are thle spoiling; terms in the vernacular which soon may be heard oil the campus of the University of Calffornia, according to the San Fran­ cisco Bulletin. The spectacle of a group of bearded dignified" educators squatting down on their '"hunkers.'*1 while one of their number commands their attention by the exhibition of tils skill, may be a common one. The new course In applied science to be included in the curriculum em­ braces the ancient problem of the Ir­ resistible force and the immovable body. It has to do with the tendency of one spherical object to impart mo­ tion by coming in violent contact with another spherical object previously In a state of inertia, when The first ob­ ject is given a certain velocity and mo­ mentum. , ' '. • This Is done by an intricate method of expulsion, in which the sphere, placed in juxtaposition of the first and second joint of the thumb, is propelled through space by a dexterous fillip of the member, which previously had been held In a condition of suppressed energy by means of interlocking, two, or more digits. In other words, the game of mar­ bles Is to be part of the university course. : The ancient and honorable pastime, by which the vernal season of the calendar is heralded by the small •boy, has been Included in the scheme of exercise In the gymnasium, accord­ ing to the announcement of F. L. Klee- berger, physical director. * Not only the undergraduates, but the instructors and professors of the university Intend to take a course. De­ grees possibly will be awarded the most skillful. It is held that the ac­ tivity necessary to play marbles will be beneficial to a high measure. * . -e _ r ' . TO,. VCD MAflfiLES TO CURRICULUM BQSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP Colonel Bids Newsy Godd-By. He was one of those solitary-looking men. According to the eagle device on his shoulders, he was a colonel in the United States army. • ^ He Issued forth from a lunchroom on lower Fifteenth street, and a newsl»oy not over twelve, stepped up to him with a paper. He seemed to be one of the kid's steady customers. 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One con­ genial custom Is to elect an entertain­ ment committee. Ou one occasion a very successful concert was given by the passengers and staff at the Rail­ way Institute, F.eaufort West by which $35 was released in aid of the lted Cross fund. A somewhat uncommon turn to the Beaufort folk was an ex­ hibition bout by Harold Butler (stew­ ard on the train), who gave Chief Steward McMlckan three sharp rounds and took on a soldier directly after­ wards for the same period. Some very original comic songs \\'We™\v'ell appre­ ciated. An incident worthy of note was an amusing absurdity, called "The Walter," written on the spur of the moment by two stewards and a fair "damsel" who afterwards turned out to be a Mr. and not a Miss. The eve­ ning concluded with a dance, and- it helped to pass a pleasant few hours while waiting for the line to be cleared. Give Cheerfulness a Chance. Cheerfulness Is a much rarer quality than is generally supposed, especially among the rich. It was not common even before we learned that, in spite of Browning though God may be in his heaven, nevertheless, all is wrong in the world. If "most men Jead lives of quiet desperation," as Thoreau says they do, it Is, I suspect, because they will not allow dheerfulness to break in upon them when it will." A good disposition is worth a fortune.' <^!ive cheerfulness a chance and let the professed philoso­ pher go hang.--A. Edward Newton, in the Atlantic. Japanese Champagne. The bowery Kingdom has, in the course of the war, been saturated with so much wealth that the government brewery at Takinogawa deemed it a good investment to go into the cham­ pagne producing business at 9 yen (yen, 50 cents) per bottle. The effer­ vescent power of the Japanese "Mad­ ame Cliquot" Is so great that by carelessly uncorking a bottle half of Its contents is lost on the floor. This, at least, is the report printed In "The North China Herald." Probably, a combination of trade jealousy and po­ litical malice.--Exchange. No Faith in the Bard, j "They still play Shakespeare In Germany." • * J "Good!" exclaimed Mr. Stormlng- ton Barnes. "If there is anything I like, It Is to see those Germans lose their money." Small Pill, SnwH Dose, Small Price, But Great in Every Other Way Gennlne bears signature CARTER'S ITTLE PILLS. Carter's Little Liver Pills Make you fed the }oy of living. It b tapmMa to be happy or feel good when yon in CONSTIPATED This old remedy will set you right ov îiigto. |\| f f f TV VknAnv T« Usually Need Iron in the Blood, Try PALLID f EOPLE CARTER'S IRON PILLS Bound to Get Ti|ere. •"In spite of the tine wai^tralnlng the editor has had at home-leaning in his particular househo!d~%he army people turned him down threje times," says the Adams Enterprise, \bnt lie hasn't lost hope; he's going to\cet iu that war somehow! 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Greene of Vermont.: Recently a small party named Bes­ sie had a birthday, and a little girl, friend of her own age was invited to come around and help her celebrate; the glad occasion. Both were given cake and things, and afterward they happily pranced off to the upper part' of the house. Two hours later the mother of Bes­ sie went to look for the children and' found her sweet .child sitting alone in. a great armchair nibbling on a rem-' nant of the dainty repast. "Why, Bessie," exclaimed the sur­ prised mother, glancing around th»> room, "where is your little'friend?" "We were playing hide and seek la­ the attic,"' calmly answered Bessie, as she continued to nibble her cake, "and I gave up looking for her quite a Ions time ago." : ' Its Nature. "That fastening fools me elwf1 I try to get it fixed." "Guess it must be a guy rope." Run for office and read the opposi­ tion newspapers if you would see yew self as others see you. EAT NNERS * H THE BEST ttACARON! 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