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PRESENT THE STYLE ARISTOCRA TS FOR FALL 1912
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For Women of Discriminating
, r invite :.y on and your
friends to view the correct new "
rail inMiis 4n Fashidnsear
J SiiitsK':wowen t which are ,
on display 'tnour.siiit section
Materials in "Fashionseal" Suits are
woven ; expressly for this factory.
BfamieisStores have been
designafe8; "exclusive agents
;in this territory for "Fashion
' sea" suits.;; Only a few of the r
stores r;:pfohiher:" class in
America ha ve been accorded
this distinction, : :
" Fashionaal" Suits are the only tailored Suits for
women that combint . elegance, and individuality with
practical priee. .. afi utility-,: ' fhty .' are not to be com
pared with any other line at $2 5 in fact, few suits at
$So to $40 can surpass them .. '
; 'The new 'mannish cutaways the
SO, 32 and 36-inch tailored reefer jack. ;,
ets and the high waist line effects with ' " '
skirt coat ideas (all very new) are clev- ,
erly, shown an new Fashionseal models.
Fashionseal Suits are' created by
. America 'foremost designers, fin:
ished by America's " most' skilled
tailors and worn by America's
best dressed v women everywhere.
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THREE MEN IN SPOTLIGHT
An Intimate Comparison of Candi
".dates' for the Presidency!
CfiAEACTERISTICS OF THE MEN
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Perattnal PccnllarHle. of Taft, W1I
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A fcommbn acquaintance, of 'jhelead:
Ing candidates for the presidency Mr.
Taft,; Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr. Wil8onrin
the. current : number - of World's Work.
vrese'nlB an illuminating character, skea-'a
of..ea;ch, ahd the sharp contrast in their
mental '.'and " .pliyslcar activities and
mtfthjjds.,- Readers .are 'famltyar with the
off-hajid pictures' ojC the . rivalsi buf, th.
manner ,of ' comparing them atfords much
light .and Tnstruction'f f l."; i ., .y
I, have found.it rather interesting, say
the unnamed writer, jtp compare and 'con
trast .the. three., as T know .thm, Mer
eqnaliy and privately,' in-their, charac
ters as men,, not offieals. - "' ';.;
Tha thr.e ai sons qf , families yf about
equal s prominence, and standing in their
eexeiwJ communities;' the Jo6sevelU"and
Bullocks and the -Tarts .and, Torreys were
people of tu tance.'ar.d. the. 'wtisona and
VicdrowsT. wer';peqple .tf intellect,'. Ttia
thi:ee:eminsnt ferns of the 'three.; families
were Jborn within two; years of .one ar:
othtr Wilson is .nine months older than
Ta4t, ond Taft is a year and a month
elder; thanr -Roosevelt.: All . three went to
food -jKhoel ;' 4her ,nrt. ho betts coiIs?ij
than Princeton,.; Tale and irarvnrd. i. Dif
ferences in their characters appeared al
ready in the varying: raanner in whic'.i
theyycompotted themselves at; collega:
Wilson rc.ad books of his own chooslnir!
toUd :.to' perfect "himself . in. writing and
debate, became a favorite and a lender,
and wa-v graduated forty-f.rst.tn.a clat
oi'.lVS:,- The year, before, Taft- had been
graduated" frorn Tale second in a clasi
of 121 Tne year following. Roosevelt
took his decree at Harvard with honors
ill n'irural history and claiming to have
held for a short period the lightweight
fparrlng championship. . . ,
-Elnce leavinr college, Wilson has been
eighteen months In public office; Roose
velt eighteen years; Taft. except for feur
year;, has been continuously '. in offlci
tincfi: 1SS1 in all. twenty-seven years. -
Taft. is fat; Wilson spare; Roosevelt
muscular., , " " . :, ;
. Taft' for. all his 270 pgunds. Is. one. of
the be'et of. dancers find deafly loves a
reel or a waltz; Roosevelt is not a fairy
on hi3 feet; Wopdiow: tViiaon: haa been
known to do a cake-walk . With almost
fatal results to his small audience. . "
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In the Matter of Clothes. "
President Taft is ; the mopt . ctueful
dresser; inclining ' to strlktngWaist-coaU
which are, well displayed pm 'theVmpst"
prominent feature of his anutbmy. W1I-!
ton much affects : gray. ; H ; generally
to ears' in his tie a pin . rejiresentin-); , t'ha
arms of the state, of .New, Jesey;,. his
Watch-guard, k under liis ' 'vest , bears .a
I'hi Beta "Kappa, key. Roosevelt Is. often
distinctly slou'chy; a very low "collar' is
fn "invariable feature of , his attire,, and
he wears a' campaign hat whenever, he
tan. 'Not ninny. Americans ;.have seen
Mr. Roosevelt In a. suit of evening -clothes
jand, a silk. hat at noon. .1 haxe' :'"Neyer
CeJt 'so much undressed- in "my'-" life:1' lie
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: All three . are ... 'blU3-""eyed.';.' Taft ' and
Wllfon have slifeht impcrfecfioris of sight.
Wilson. corrects bis wit'lna, gald-mqunted
eye-glass, which he lifts to aid h'.s pine'e
pez, whtn he' reads. ,.-.nooscyeljiV pro
truding eyes need strong correctives cen-j
gtantiy...; ... : -L : :);,;v, :.::-V-.',s
'Taft. plays golf with zest." and -watches
a base ball fame with the enthusiasm of
an abondoned "roooter." TV'llao'n Waa once
fold '"by the captain of 'the' ?'hin"Unat
thdured him for'. a fewlweeks 'at, oollege
(hat he would make jbase ball player If
he were not so' damned lazy'He still
umpires ah amateur, game- now jtftd' theh
--and plays . amateur golf. " 'Rooseyeif n
pert, la killing .things.1, I ;r
-. Taft is fond, of 'the -theater : end of
iravel. Roosevelt, furnishes ttis 'oWrt' ei
tltement. Wllf on's ciilef serrel y;. So
K was te'd raV by a mpre lntinj?te ffldnd
than I'. pretend "to be, is to pul! an old
hat vove'r"his eyes'and walk through 'the
'city tretts, ;where the - thickest ' throits
are.' like -Poe's, '.Man .of the? .Crowd."
The" governor is no . relation" pf, .Foe'
"William Vllson;''. he may have' a du-ii
nature.' indeed,' being- a. compound of,t.he
contemplative and reserved mm with tha
enterpilsln 'and . ambitious man. but; his
moral nature i? pinsrle anJ constant "
Mr,, Roo?eve'.t is an absteralrHis liver.
He does not "drlnki" though the ' wide
spread belief that he does will probably
never die. f,The fact 'is Mr .Roosevelt's
(Jemeanor and actions are much of the
time '- those commonly exhibited 1y an
Intoxicated man. He Is in private Just as
he. is on the stage T. R. never lewves
the, stage. ' - -v ' t ',.-".. , ''; ,
Their Idea '.of Hnnjor. ' ,
All thres are fond of merriment. ' Taft
Is half, the time in paroxysms of lausli
Ut: hU eyelids half closed, hio double
ehin quivers, and his body heaves; some
times he is irllently choked,, and then a
hearty' laugh rings .'out -7 RoosvaitV
laughter J3 a soul-searching performance,
-convulsing liis"featres wjille his voice
rise's, to an -Inarticulate,.' falsetto scream.
yV'JJson's .laughter, no ' less ' hearty,, is
mpre controlled, '.thouglit sometimes in
terferes with his, speech. Wilson' laughs
aloud - less re-Adily, than do his rivals.
yui ne enineB mucn murq man mey ao
the. friendly,- pleased smile of a man
who' likfflj pleyeV "words, original turns of
.thought - qrv'e'xpresslon, .oddities and
whimsi"cahtie, 'iipd who always has an
eye . and .'an eai'.vopen for a whisper' of
humor -pr the' nb'rlht-" yt of" a passing
Conceit,"; wplle.Tjot. averse fr.-m an occa
tlonalf .knock-xWn and drag-fUt "Joke,
i All .-tljree nfftf Joker. ;Taft likes-5 his
liood sandl atrcmg,' and has . Venty of
friends Knox.i for " example who . sees
that he gets,' Uieni '.of that brand.-. Wil
son js trje most confirmed and the liveliest
ttory-ie!'er. Ho is a':'rre impersonutQr.
Gaunt and . lorS-llrnb.ed. i)erfectly ready
to "give himself , away,", in any sky
larking thaf may ' be going .on, Wilson,
tjr his times, of reltutfttlon, makes a good
Imitation:'' of' a , , eorriedlan. ;.' Roosevelt,
though he' Is most , violent ;and vitupera
tive In speech, never crosses the line of
conventional modesty, never utters a
word'tha.t"R younsf girl might not hear,
le has" ft". Hrfe of father fierce Jokes, of
which of j latter days he .'is fond of de
livering x himself. , Taft i Is particularly
happy w.lth 'dartcles.' ' '.,!,' was at the White
House bne-.ilay, 'Vhen a colored brother
called to'' thank fhe president for ' his
prefence'at a .ineetlng the evening before
in the Interest of sortie colored lniitltil
tion. ." '.' . -,' .;' '- , ' ." :
;. "And 'how did the collection turn out?'
inquired the president with grave anxiety.
New Dean .for S. . I! I. ' .
. Raised on a, farm and thoroughly ex-'
perlenteij .iri afl lints of teaenli4' Dr. VV.
A.ersup,.fhe"hew director of the' school
'of eauoat.'n.'in, .the-University 'of Iowa,'
has . a record wh'ch stamps him ai 'on4
of,' the lead-.ng' educators in ' the middle
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,l?orn 'in .ISu,' pfr Jc.'sup. wai. graduated
from the,RIchm6nd ' (Ind.) High, 'school,
in 1S95; ' He 'iec'ejyeu -hU a;, B.'ideg.-ee
frcm Eariham . cojlege. In his' A. M.
' degree- from ' Hanover in .1?58 "and hi
Ph 4 p. degree .from Ctfum&a in mi.-'.'
He taught. Jn$he J'Ural ani, , Ul'aje
schools ;.ln i&'i ani 1S39. was t principal' i)t
the higlj school Iri Arcadia,-. Ind., in. 1S33,
and later took ths -. superintendeney ' of
the township . high- sohcol, at. Westfield,
Jnd where he temained until 1977. ;H
thqn became, superiutengent f th'ec tj'
fchools In Madison, Inj Diiring the sum-mef-
'sesfipns of -J517-8-9 Jie wesUlrector.
ef the tncherV "training courses at Karl
ham .'college. ;l'. work' tne e attracted
the attenjlon of the Univei sity of Indiana.
He a made ' profets'ir of .'educ'atiort In
that university' and afterwards was pro
moted to ' the1 deansfcip. I)r.' Jeisup .Is
author o"Eocial Factors Affecting 6pc
e'al fiupervislon in the Public Eciools of
the United States.", He was married in
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The.- department' of whiclt Dr. Jessup
will become head has ..ad the longest
contentious txisttr.ee of any Institution
for;the training of teashers in tne mid
dle west. ' It" Wss Ktar'trd before the iV
bellion and wis' not stoppel by the rour
years' warfare The first "model school" j
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"Well, sah, Jes' toll'able, - sah, toll
able, replied the visitor," noncpmmltally.
"1 suppose thot means you got your
hat back!" laughed the president.':
- Their Treatment of Visitors.' V ;
In -nothing is Roosevelt more sharply
contrasted with the rival candidates than
lii ' treatment of the vteltor. , Preslcht
Taft and Wilson pay attention to a' cal
ler; they listen, listen patiently even to
the fool, the babbler, and - 'the bore.
Roosevelt never listened to anybody1. In
his, life. I have never witnessed anything
funnier than the vain efforts to- speak
made by men whon T. R.- hd sent : for
for . information, but who ; came" only (o
be drowned under the spout of hie voci
feration, and dismissed . without . having
had a chanoe to finish a -sentence. '
It is said that Mr., Taft; has moods In
which he allows himself to be irritated
by petty things. If thfs be true, it. Is
no more than might, bo said of a great
many men habitually occupied, with jlg
things. The little things must' be made
smooth ' for them, or . there Is ."trouble.
Wllsun still occupies himself too 'much
with little' things that' he-'coUia'.'.better
trust to others, but he' never allows
himself to be perceptibly. ,,' annoyed.
Roosevelt gets shockingly angry, with
offender or those whom' he -refardsl',as
offenders but never about petty thlnB.
Indeed, nothing Is petty ' when it hf at
tracted Mr, Roosevelt's attention: t ii
instantly a crime against high Heaven;
it Is infamous; t is treasoriable;,,the cut-.
prit , is no common mlsdemednant, h
Is a vicious 1 malefactor. ; a debaacheij
knave, a desperate demagogue,' and 'a
witless fool; he has violated .every prln
clp'e of decency; he is" a fellow marked
by .utter absence of morality, sodden tack
of conscience, low servility to greed. .'
Mr. Roosevelt mlecalls people to' tbrlr
fflcrs. He arraigns them - as" If , they
were before the Judgment seat of the Alt
mighty. I have heard him tell the man
aging editor of a newspaper "which had
printed editorials criticizing the adminis
tration policy that he . wis' an Implou.i
craven who ought to have the sense to
bellere. even if he could not understand,
that the president was art agent or Pro
Idcnce whose will It was wjeked to. 'try to
thwart and dastardly even to question.
I have heard him berate a congressman
who had signed a report "displeasing to
him in language like this:-' - .' -,-
"This is a clear ease of ".violent con
spiracy. It Is a most outrageous acf
a cowardly and outrageous act!, .Tou
have put a etaln on the flag! You have
done America a wrong which it will take
years to wipe out." And so on.
That affair came up In congress on in
Inquiry by John Sharp Williams as to
whether the pfJldent had not vlolatsd
section .6 of article I of , the constitu
tion, ? which : provides that no epreaen
tatlve of the people shall be called upon
to. 'account In any other place for his
utterahco,, In Congress a provision, Jl.r.
Williams ' said, that had been Inserted
because, it had been the habit of George
III of England to 'call to the Palace meui
bers of Parliament and berate them for
their votes. , In " response to Mr. Wil
liam inquiry, the abused member arose
and said that it was true that' "the pres
ident had Intimated that the report might
have been worded in a happier manner:"
' This Is the way in, which for years" T.
ft.' hAs been , allowed "to get away
with It". . '' ;', . ; .'. . ,
.-President. TafL. would have made fun of
(lis caller and got in a few serious, telling
words. Mr. Wilson (the ."offense" being
clearly a debatable one) would have rea
soned 4 sympathetically with the visitor
a,hd -won' him ,over. That ls-what he
did, over and over, at Trenton, with mem
berr of the legislature. They began by
opposing bitterly everything he proposed
an4 .denouncing him as a kid-glove inter,
loper who would soon be' sent about hi
business, and they "ended , by. voting
through his measures almost unanimously
and asking for more. Brief as has been
Governor Wilson' official life, there la
no record -in our politics of a leader who
has won over more of his enemies. The
man who mnd at : Baltimore ' the speech
putting him in nomination was the man
who a little more than a year before had
nominated Wilson's chief opponent for
tho New Jersey . government. The In
stance Is: merely typical.. It has been
wonderful sight at Sea Girt recently to
pee the procession 6f famous democratic
leaders from a'.l parts of the country
come along to make , their sullen submission-to
the; "new boss,'-' and to ob
serve how, after, a handshake and ten
minutes' talk, they run over each other
In cheerful haste to pass under the yoke.
."" Their Attltnde for Pohllrity.
: There Js. a consUtuUonal difference in
the way In which the three men regard
the. business of publicity. Mr. Roost
velt hss had a more vivid and constant
sense of the value of the advertising man
than any other American has ever had;
he has played to the press , mora con
tinuously and more adroitly than any
ether public man we have ever had.
Mr. Wilson appreciates the Importance
of publicity; he is hospitable to news
taper .men., alwayj accessible by them
and frank with ther.i; but he has not yet
acquired .any skill In using them. He is
stni" singularly Innocent as to. the possi
bilities of getting "good stuff ' into the
papers. It has been very hard work for
his secretaries even to get advance
copies of his speeches; - and; slno the
nomination,', dozens of "stories'' -which
Roosevelt would, have recognized as good
for "front-page dsplay"; have failed to
reaph tthe ears of , the, eager reporters.
There are as score of Uright feUows
encamped " around', the ' telegraph office
by the side of 'the .Little White House
at Sea Girt this summer, and one .of
the governor's secretaries Is especially
charged with the" duty of looking after
them;- they have easily "persuaded Mr.
Wlon ' toi give ,them a quarter of an
hour every morning and afternoon:, But
It' Is only by' tiresome watchfulness that
the;press secretary can get hold of the
striking incidents of .the busy days, and
It Is only by questions that the governor
can be brought to tell the most Important
neWs to the group ready to seize any
picturesque item and 'to ' turn It Into' a
big! story to transfix, the attention 'of
the country tomorrow morning. They are
all his admirers, but the, newspaper .boys
often yearn for Uhe good'old days . at
Oyster Bay, when the keenest , newspaper
artist v In ' the ' profession , seldom let a
day go by without handing out a "scare
head" about himself. . .,:,, : r -.
It was Interesting to , observe the' de
meanor of. the Wilsons .under, the unac
customed trials to which the reporters
and photographers are , subjecting -them.
They have faced 'more serious trials to
gether, and they submit-to "this one as
a family united In resignation:; On the
part' of the young ladie there may have
bren perhaps a, little pleasurable , excite
ment in getting into a motor car while
the motion picture 'camera looked on.
but they were all very self-conscious and
guiltily suspectful that ' they were mak
ing guys of themselves. ' T. R. always
haa one eye .on the camera brigade and
Is unhappy if It is not, on hand; he
will, postpone a gesture any time until
the last photographer gets his diaphragm,
adjusted. . ,'. ... ,. ;-.-
' Mr. Taft not only : lacks the instinct
for publicity, but he has a contempt for
It. - I have heard htm explain. ;'I don't
want any forced or manufactured senti
ment in my favor." It 'was 'In the Whita
House and a visitor was urging a' cam
paign of press education, saying r that
all the country, needed to bring it to the
president's side was a. better knowledsa '
of his ldess and his, . alms; that. Mr.
Taft had only . to open the: sluices a
little and to let 'out a few facts,' and hit
opponents would be silenced. '
"I simply can't do that sort of thing ,
the president replied. "That ls,n't ,m
method. I must waif for time and the
result of. rhy labors j to vindicate ma
naturally. .1 have a profound faith in
the'' people. Their final Judgement will
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