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However, since No. 1 and No. 2 are so nearly twin in name, and since both can reflect upon a good deal of Scotch and Genevan history in common, there has, not unnaturally, been much talk of union and reunion...
...cent of which was made in unexceptionable pursuits, from untainted clients. Health, perfect, signalized by the ability to box with Muldoon, ride with W. S. Hart and eat anything. Oratory, colorful yet dignified, a pleasing compromise between the stilted phraseology of Webster and the poetic nights of Prentiss. Ethnology, Scotch-English- Irish-German, the united product of grandparents named McGregor, Lee, O'Brien and Schurz. Public Record, after business and farming success, terms as Governor, United States Senator, Cabinet officer, Ambassador and the author of textbooks on world economics. Habits, excellent; a moderate drinker before...
...chief, Lord Spencer, used to refer to him, was a man of staid Scotch qualities: intellectually honest, sober in all respects; a scholar of no mean repute, well-traveled and rich. His mind was practical. In Parliament he was formidable; in the country his speeches were direct, forceful and efficient; but he was no orator, and no man has ever rightly said of him that he was in any sense demagogic. He hated publicity and one of his favorite phrases was: "I don't think we need publish this urbi et orbi." His ability at quoting the classics was remarkable...
...Harry Lauder, famed Scotch comedian: "Despatches stated that I aspire to become Member of the British Parliament. Said I: 'I have several times been asked to become a candidate, but while I have a strong desire to enter Parliament, I have not had the freedom necessary to devote to the duties. But when I have completed my farewell tour next Autumn I shall, in all probability, stand for election ... if the opportunity presents itself...
Died. Federico Boyd, onetime President of the Republic of Panama; after a sudden collapse, in Manhattan. He was a correspondent for The New York Times at the time the Republic was founded. His father, an American of Scotch ancestry, went to 'Central America during the gold rush. A son and daughter survive. The son's wife is Mrs. Elizabeth Boiling Boyd, niece of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson...