Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1904 — WOMAN’S PEN PORTRAIT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WOMAN’S PEN PORTRAIT.

Helen M. Gonarar, Noted American Writer, Deeerlbee William „ Randolph llearat. In these days, when much is being written about leaders in national life, a woman’s estimate of prominent individuals is always apropos. Helen M. Gougar, who has met nearly all of America’s noted men and who has written numerous interesting stories and interviews, published the following in the Lafayette (Ind.) Call: “Who is William Itundolph Hearst? “I will answer as I know the man. “Mr. Hearst is forty-one years old. “He was bora in San Francisco. “He is the only child of the late United States Senator George Hearst and Thebe A. Hearst. “His ancestors were of North Carolina and Virginia stock, his mother being a descendant of the Randolphs of Ylrginia. His mother is noted for her great charities, having endowed the University of California. “He is a most devoted son and cooperates heartily with his mother in business and benevolent enterprises. “He was educated in the public schools of San Francisco and in Harvard college. “He is a man of flue physique, robust health, indomitable energy and great executive ability. He is a ‘business man’ in every sense of the word. “He is exceedingly temperate in habits, never gambles or races horses, but is a devotee of the automobile. He once owned a yacht, but during the Spanlsh-Amerlcan war it was fitted up as a cruiser at his expense, and he presented it to the government, then enlisted himself as a private in the war and risked his life on the firing line before Santiago. “In April, 1003, he married Miss Millicent Willson of New York. There is a charming romance connected with this marriage. Miss Willson was a poor girl. Mr. Hearst met her and fell desperately in love with the vivacious miss. His affection was reciprocated. He requested her parents to put her in

college and he would furnish the money for her highest possible education. After her graduation he took her and her mother on a tour of the world that she might have the culture of travel. She is a very beautiful woman, with a charming personality. She is much beloved by the mother of Mr. Hearst. “Mr. Hearst is a strict moralist and holds women in high esteem. “His charities are unbounded. Every winter he furnishes free coal, food and raiment to thousands of the suffering poor of the tenement districts of New York, which city is his present residence. He sent out three relief trains—one from New York, another from Chicago aDd another from San Francisco —and hurried supplies to the Galveston sufferers. He gave large sums for the relief of the Jews in Russia; also to the victims of the Bt. Pierre volcano district “As a newspaper man he has had a remarkable career. He understands the business in every detail, from setting type to editorial writing and

business management lUs first venture was the San Francisco Examiner, which he took when it was almost defunct He put life and enterprise into it until it has the largest circulation of any newspaper on the western coast He owns the Los Angeles Examiner, Chicago Examiner, a morning paper, and the Hearst Chicago American, an evening paper, the latter having the largest circulation of any Chicago daily. In New York he owns and runs the New York American, the Evening Journnl and Das Morgen Journal. “He is a devoted advocate of the principle of ‘equal rights for all; special privileges for none.’ He is an aggressive foe of the new form of human slavery known as ‘trusts.’ “He prevented the waterworks of New York from going into the hands of a few monopolists known as the Ramapo robbers. He smashed the ice trust of New York at an expense of $250,000 to himself, and the babies of the tenement districts call him ‘blessed.’ He killed the food trust and is now locked in deadly embrace with the coal trust, at the head of which is Mr. Baer, who claims that the Almighty and he are in partnership to rob the firesides of America in the Interest of this most grasping combination. “Doubtless if he is nominated for president on the Democratic ticket he would cause these combinations to tremble in their boots. “With such a man for candidate on a wise and conservative platform the Democratic party will doubtless make a lively campaign that will put metal in Republican ranks.” The Law of Averages. General James Longstreet, the last lieutenant general of the Confederate army, who died on Jan. 2, 1904, took a bride of twenty-two when he was sev-enty-seven years old. A Georgian who was at the Imperial when the warrior’s death was announced told this story of the old general: “One of the cheerful busybodles of Gainesville took the general to task for marrying such a young woman. Longstreet listened good humoredly, and finally the old neighbor demanded: “ ‘Gen’ral, what you got to say for yo’self?* “ I b’lieve in the law of averages,’ replied the general, with a twinkle in his eye. ‘Miss Dortch is twenty-two, an’ I’m seventy-seven, so we’ll average under fifty. Now, Jedge, that’s as straight as a problem in Euclid.’ ” Tribute to a Mother. The late Sir John Blundell Maple was never tired of telling his friends how much he owed to his mother. He used to say, “She was the cleverest woman I ever knew,” and he often related the advice she gave him when as a boy he thought of being called to the bar. “If ever you were to become lord chancellor,” she said, “you would have reached the end of all things in that profession. You would have such and such an income and such and such a position, which are already known to you. But if you go into business there is no limit to your opportunities.” The boy chose his father’s business and, as he often said, never forgot his mother’s advice.—Exchange.

Dreased In a Harry. John Sharp- Williams, the Democratic leader of the house, and Judge Tate of Georgia used to have adjoining rooms ot the Metropolitan hotel. One night Williams was hurriedly dressing to go to a dinner. He had a hard wrestle with his collar and another with his tie. Finally he had the one buttoned and the other tied, and he threw on his coat and went into Tate's room. “Judge,” said Williams, “how do I look?” Tate surveyed Williams carefully, “Really, John,” he said finally, “I think you would look much better if you would put your trousers on.”

WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST.