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You cannot know all of heaven till the here-
after, but If you have a good wife
you can get a glimpse of It here.
Spain 'Welcomes Jewish Genius
IF LOCAL advices are to bp taken nt their
full value, Spain has lowered the bars to
the Jow, Tho ancient persecution Is no
more Tho land that once was Saracen and
later ruled tho Western Hemisphere Is to
Bivo the Hebrew full rights to property and
franchise.
Tho plea that seems to have won this preat
concession is Ingenious, to say the least.
Tho "Jewish genius for trndo" was held out
as a bait to reawakened Fpain. If "the return
of tho Jews Into England in tho seventeenth
century made that country the leading trad
ing nation of the world," what might the
race not do for Spanish commerco with South
America?
Commercial pleas arc, of course, the pow
erful ones these days; but tho intermediary
for Judaism might have recalled as Justly
the fine place of the Jows In tho arts. Hu
blnsteln, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer and Heine
Bpring quickly to memory, while in our own
day we must not forget violinists like Krels
ler, Elman and Zlmballst, planhts like Go
dowsk) and Lhevlnne; Alma Gluck among
the sinscrs, Bernhardt among the players,
and such great men of the stage as Max
Relnhardt and Leon Bakst.
70,000 Barrels Less
WHEItp are those 70.000 barrels of Phila
delphia beer which the city has failed
to consume in these last three months? Why
does tho Collector of Internal Revenue dis
cover a falling off of 5 to 15 per cent, in the
amount of beer taxed In this city during
March. April and May?
Tho secretary of the Anti-Saloon League
, says; "Without doubt Pennsylvania is urj-
... derrninir n ipfnrmnflnn " finma .. if ..,.
IttB-qUj,, ..jjiiiy Sunday. Tho brewers themselves
suggest the shocking financial conditions of
the country sinco things like prohibition
crept into politics. A few malcontoats put
It oft on the unseemly weather. But why not
hlarao It on tho war? Tho home market for
Muenchener has been sadly depleted. Per
haps tho Germans are shipping It out by
submarine.
Mustering In the Nations
THEY say that Sir Edward Grey has
"gone flshln' " again, this time in the dip
lomatic waters of Bucharest. The conse
quences of his trip are said to be an agree
ment with Russia which will permit Ru
mania to enter the war on favorable terms.
Old scars of thirty years have been healed;
perhaps even the Rumanian territory which
Russia then took is to bo returned.
Farther south In tho Balkans there are
still a few difficulties to be met. Greece and
Servia, for instance, protest against conces
sions of land in Macedonia, which the Allies
are said to have agreed on as the price of
Bulgaria's aid. But tho adjustment of such
disputes can only be a matter of time and
argument.
In the end England and her allies will
draw the whole of the Balkans into their
league. In the eighteenth century England
hired mercenaries from Hesse. Today she
draws whole nations Into the greatest and
In every way the most remarkable war the
World has seen.
The Chicago Strike
THE oltuation In Chicago wad an indictment
of the American genius for government.
Because of a dispute over wages and hours
or Work tho employes of the street railroad
system abandoned their posts, an.t the whole
city, dependent on the street cars, was In
convenienced. The Immediate issues Involved In the
strike were trivial In comparison with the
larger Issues affected. All large cities are de
pendent on their transportation systems. Men
buy homes two, three or five miles from their
offices because facilities of travel have
been provided. Without such facilities popu
latlon would bo congested In narrow areas
with alt the evils resulting from overcrowd
Ingr. evils of vice, evils of physical deterlora
ton and evils of race destruction. Rapid
transit, which distributes population, Is a
etvllWnsr agency.
In general, no way has yet been found to
prevent the stoppage of the cars when the
transportation companies and their employes
fail to agree on the wages and conditions of
work. The companies decline to Increase
wage. Then the men decline to operate the
cars and they use every means at their dis
posal to pryt tb9 companies from hiring
nn to take tbatr place. A state of Indus,
trial war exists, and the noncombatanU
nt suffer. But the neneewbatants are in
tbe majority. They have t 1r their power te
cvmptl the cora&atants to aim their lge
Siina a.t teh oUw and not at the Innocent
public By public opinion aad a. Arm Mayor
thss nav done it In Chicago.
The rmtpiy mat often w8,tl J co
ttlsory (pfOtretlon without itruptten of
natfif. but tbi ate practical dtftleuuten la
ft the plteatlja of tbi remedy, ttie
$itt et blch Im iwMjia aymiMuky witk
6 MFwrfejae and opttlar fcotUUty n$mitm j
m wpsfMHw. . Tf ynpty awini
fet4 itU In CMnwe flue City Coijacil
j ammmm, nwfew tfc imm
EVENING T.TCnftEB-PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY,
of the rules, which wis Intended to pre
vent the street railway companies from
hiring men to take the place of the strikers.
The interests of the vast population which
must Bet to business by Inconvenient make
shifts seemed Ignored, that a soulless corpor
ation may bo brought td terms.
Chicago has solved tho local situation by
the quick and decisive action of tho Mayor
and the Strike Committee of the Council.
Hut (ho general problem remains. Tho
American public Is long-suffering and pa
tient. Some day, however, It will rise In
Indignant wrath nnd smite tho factious lead
era who are responsible for such Intolerable
conditions. Then we mayhopo for reform.
YoU Can't Do It, Gentlemen
YOU en n't put It over, gentlemen,
V'ou meet at your banquets and over your
champagne talk of whom you will or will
not make Mayor of Philadelphia. Your
mouths water for the tens of millions which
tho municipality will spend during the next
four years. But your Jealousies rise up be
tween you. You are afraid, each ono of you,
that the other wilt get moro than his nharo.
You boast nf your disregard of tho people,
who, you eay, will take whatever candidate
you care to give them and swallow him nnd
you whole. You plan a usurpation of tho
franchise nnd pretend to bo Btire you can do
with the city ns you will.
it can't bo done. This taxpayer has had a
taste of efficiency In municipal government;
that taxpayer knows that ho will be
mulcted In double dnmages unless the city
treasury is protected, It Is all right for Tom,
Dick and Harry to say that they are tired
of reform, that they want the old gang
back. They do not. Tho majority of citizens
hnto graft; they cherish no love for sleek
men who grow fat on public plundering.
When the time comes to voto for right or
vote for wrong they will lino up and voto
for the right. And they resent, ns every
good citizen must, the purpose of tho gang
to meet In secret and decide in advance how
they shall vote.
The next Mayor of Philadelphia, like the
present ono, will bo nn honest, God-fearing,
earnest man, with an eye single to tho pub
lic weal Not even the Organization, with
all its leprous power, can put over nny
other kind of candidate. The leaders under
stand this. They talk otherwise for appenr
ance' sake, but they know that the good old
days are over, that never ogaln con they
place a mongrel Instead of a bulldog to
guard the treasurv doors.
Lenders may make candidates, but tho
people make mayors.
Personal Freedom in Kentucky
THE Kentucky gentleman living in a "dry"
county may still secure liquor for his per
sonal use In splto of tho W'obb-Kcnyon law.
Intended to protect the prohibition districts.
This rule has Just been laid down by the
Supreme Court in nn appeal by the Adams
Express Company from a conviction by tho
State courts for delivering n case of liquors
to a man In Whitley County. Tho company
was convicted under the State law, but tho
Supremo Court holds that tho shipment was
a valid exercise of the right to engage in
interstate commerce, nnd that the Stnte law
Itself was not violated, as thero was no pro
hibition against vhe delivery to a man of
liquor for his personal use.
Thii decision will bo disappointing to the
"dry" advocates, who have been looking to
tho Webb-Kcnyon law to prevent tho Intro
duction of lljiuor Into dry territory. But
they will not stop their fight. Other cases
involving other phases of the Issue will bo
carried to tho highest court until it Is dis
covered wherein tho statute Is defective.
Then n demand will be made on Congress
that the law be modified to meet the views
of the Court. Of this there can be no doubt,
for If anything is certain In American poli
tics It Is that the districts which desire pro
hibition are to be allowed to have it, and to
make prohibition proVilblt, If it is humanly
possible.
Where Is Kipling?
KIPLING tho Silent The retirement of
the man who wbb once tho "unofficial
laureate" of England Is In some ways the
most remarkable freak of the Great War
Where Is the man whom all the world should
have expected to step forward, brush the
other literary fellows brusquely aside and
run the scribbling end of Briton's battle? In
1800 he wrote "Tho Absent-Minded Beggar"
for the music hails. Now ho furnishes a few
commonplace verses about the "Hun at- the
Gate," reports some Impressions of tho vol
unteer camps, and the rest Is silence.
Tho man who cried madly for military em
pire; the man who wanted as Gilbert Mur
ray put It of the average literary man
"something harsh and real blood
and swear words and crude, jagged sen
tences"; is it merely ago that has mustered
out such a one? Perhaps it is quite as kind
to remember that this Is a different sort of
war. Britain Is not busy Insisting martially
and bloodily on taking up the white man's
burden. She Is fighting a military despotism
which Is not unlike the inner dream of the
Kipling of the nineties.
War, by the Irony of fate, flirts with peace
lovers. It i no lopger a reproach to say that a
nation's defenses are up In the air.
Villa seems determined to like the United
States no matter what the other party's
opinion nuiy be.
When Henry Ford comes to the Fourth of
July celebration will he ride down Chestnut
street n a Jitney?
General Obregon Insists that he Is not dead
yet, and that one arm is all he needs any
way to whip Villa.
Thmas A. Edlssn deseryea his Princeton
degree, for he hag doctored more science
than tiajf b rntn who bear It.
' ' n
TJre ar to b no Jitney chairs on the
Beanjwalk find, no one regrets It but the
men who want to operate them.
T. R. may be right If he means that moral
cowardice is. a sin, but every one knows
that It 1 wrong to haracterlM physical
cowanUM, i Uwt way.
TJM W9 9 4srfcul(ul machinery worka
for ttw JoJvt!L of reunltUuw of war somos
Ha indicate that w ar turn toe piQW
aAM tnto rapid-fire gutm teotoad of boating
too sword law plowshare la &m dogtn-
COLONEL HOUSE,
MYSTERY MAN
President Wilson's "Personal Repre
sentative' Back From Europe.
His Unique Place in American
Political History.
By RAYMOND G. FULLER,
mllE mystery of Colonel House remains
JL Colonel House Is back from Europe, whero
ho is supposed to have discharged an "un
official" mission for President Wilson In tho
four mouths which he spent abroad he talked
with all tho high Government official of
England, Franco and Germany, except King
Oeorgti and tho Kaiser. But the nature of
his mission, or oven the fact that he had
one, Is not likely to bo told by Colonel House
himself.
He was Interviewed, of course, nt the
earliest opportunity. "It's a trip I tako
every year," he said. In reply to a question,
"I did not talk peace," ho answered, Asked
If the United States has tost Its standing
as an Influence for peace, ho replied, "I do
not that It has ever undertaken tho tnBk."
"You hnvo Information for the President's
ear, have you not?" ho was challenged.
"Oh. yes, It would bo tho duty of any
American citizen to give the President any
Information which might be of value to
him "
"You nre on your way to Washington?"
"I may go there In n day or two, maybe
three or four days."
But Colonel House Is not a sphinx, A
sphinx has nn undeniably obtrusive quality,
"Who Is Ho?"
This man, who was dubbed early in 1913
the President's "silent partner," and more re-
centlv "Envoy Interrogatory anil Minister
Medintlonary," was first heard of bv tho
country nt the tlmo of tho Baltimore con
vention. It has been more or less credibly
reported that the Texas delegation, when
It reached Baltimore, was so enthusiastically
for Wilson that Champ Clarft's delegation
from Missouri was afraid to sit In the next
section. And why? Colonel House, that's
all. Inquiries were then made, "Who Is this
Colonel Ilnuho?" It was dlscoveted that he
had made the careers of most of the Texas
Governors for twenty years back and of sev
eral I'nlted States Senators. Yet lib had
nover been present at a political gathering
of nny kind, had never made a political
speech nnd had never held office. He had had
a great deal to do with the shaping of laws
in the Texas Legislature during those twenty
years Yet ho had never been seen about
the Capitol when the Legislature was In
session.
Influential In tho Baltimore convention In
this same sclf-cftnclng way, he was likewise
Influential In the campaign. Not much light
has been thrown on the secret of his power,
but perhaps the following account of his ap
pearances at national headquarters Is ns Il
luminating ns anything that has yet been
written of Colonel House: " "The
slender, gray-haired, gray-mustnehed man
appeared at the offices and somehow or other
all the doors were open to him. Ho never
remained long nt one tlmo and never raised
his voice, but generally what ho said counted
"A man who was connected with the com
mittee tried to explain what Colonel House
did, and hn sold as nearly as he could work
It out tho Colonel had gone around keeping
things quiet by suggeirtlon. 'Ho would come
Into an office,' said this man, 'and say a fow
words quietly, and after ho had gone you
would suddenly become seized with a good
idea. You would put that Idea forth nnd
receive congratulations for it, It would work
jut first rate. Long after, if you thought
tho thing over, you would realize that the
Idea had been oozed Into your brain by Colo
nel House during a few minutes' quiet con
versation. You did not know It. nnd the
Colonel did not want you to know It. As a
matter of fact, before tho campaign was over
In his quiet way Colonel House came near
blng tho biggest man about the works, al
though ho did not hold any position and
would not take one."
So( perhaps, tho description of Colonel
House as a man of mystery Is Inaccurate.
It Is the quality that Is rare, tho quietness
which distinguishes him. His energy, his
ability, his power, even his character, seem
to be kept In hiding, or rather, In a sense,
held In reserve. Ho is not given in the
slightest degreo to self-advertisment, a fact
which represents a positive, not a negative,
trait. And further, this Is what President
Wilson hns said of him: "Ho is one of the
best poised men I ever met. He can hold a
thing at arm's length nnd discuss It without
ever getting mixed up In It." That's not
so mysterious as it is difficult.
"Tho Silent Partner"
The Colonel, who received his title by
grace of a Texas Governor, might have been
a member of the Cabinet If he had given his
assent. He brought about Bryan's accept
ance of a place, and suggested to Mr. Wilson
the names of Burleson and Houston. At
least Buch was the political gossip when tho
Cabinet was In process of formation. When
the Farmers' Union of Texas wished to pro
test against the new tariff bill they sent
their objections not to Wilson or Underwood
or any of the Texas Senators and Repre
sentatives, but to Colonel Edward Mcndell
House, And Colonel House, with all his po
litical Influence and, Incidentally his wealth,
estimated at a million and a half, bears no
resemblance whatever to a political boas In
the ordinary acceptance of that term. Men
of hlB stamp should be welcome In American
politics,
His acquaintance with Mr, WHson began
when the latter was Oovernor of New Jer
sey. They are regarded as intimates, and
they hayo had a number of "good talkB,"
yet It may be added that they meet Infre
quently, Colonel House was bom In Houston 67
years "ago, and was graduated from Colum
ola University In 18S1, He Is married and
haa two married daughters. He has a hqme
In Austin, a summer home at Magnolia,
Mass., and an apartment In New York city.
He Is striolly temperate In his habits, gives
liberally to charitable enterpriser, likes to
help men get on their feet on the road to
suoeass and finds his chief recreation on
horseback.
SOLDIERS AND WHISKERjS
From tU Laadon dironlel.
The suggestion that soldiers should ije clean
shaveo woaM not have commanded ItsaU to Vic
tor Kmcnaruiel . who held It iacumlMt on a
soldier to look feroalouo One of ttisfnt acts
on assuming the royal dignity after the battl
of Novaw was to bang what be call4 U
mllUsopk JHsaie" by applytiyr black dye
to at hU Vb4 wutacfe, wntea w,r oaiu.
ally fir. TW l eoaUaufd to uie until aht
death. alway aMtrtar tb dy hlmui. i, ,.
I feuta tauMftF VlL to umbo umr aim.
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I IMPROVEMENT Bt W'mh W
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MEN OF THE MAYORALTY CAMPAIGN
Congressman William S. Vare, Who Is Said to Have the Chance
of a Lifetime to Prove Himself of "Party Calibre."
A Personal Sketch
By HERBERT S. WEBER
The scries of personal sketches of men who
will figure provtlncntly In the mayoralty cam
paign does not seek to determine the fitness
of candidates, but only to present the per
sonalities behind the names. This is the fourth
article of the scries
WHETHER William Scott Vare will bo
tho choice of tho Vares for Mayor or
not, It is beyond question that the brothers
are tho greatest organized power In tho Re
publican party in this city as far as tho se
lection of a Repub
lican candidate is
concerned. If Vare
does not want the
Job for himself, and
if the McNIchol and
Vare factions decldo
to support a com
promise candidate,
the brothers will un
quoBtlonabty be
strong enough to
"shade" tho ultimate
Republican selection
far nearer to their
point In the political
Bpectrum thnn Mc-
WILLIAM 8. VAUC. Nichol's.
But what are tho primary colors of this
political spectrum? Sometimes there are
only two, Gang and Reform. This year
thero aro four, and nn analysis of them may
elucidate tho business of "shading," tho
phase Into which tho campaign seems now
to bo developing, in tho absence of an early
crystallization of enthusiasms around dom
inating personalities.
The four types of mayoralty possibilities
(reflected in corresponding sections of tho
public) are (1) Gang men, (2) Organization
men, (3) Party men and (4) Independents.
It Is a rough classification and only a con
venience. William Vnre has a "shade" which
is expressed by the man in the street some
times when ho Bays, "He's better than Mc
NIchol or Penrose, anyhow." So for prac
tical purposes call McNIchol and Penrose
Gang men, the Vares Organization men. A
typical party maq is Brumbaugh. A typical
Independent Is Blankenburg, Between the
last two "shades" there Is only the difference
of method,
The most Interesting thing to watch foi
now in tho campaign will be the answer
to this question: Has William Vare ad
vanced milllclently In his progress toward
Party calibre, of the Brumbaugh order, to
encourage an open debate among prominent
Republicans, who are not professional poli
ticians, as to who would be a good man fo'r
Mayor, and, then, If a good, free man should
develop a "boom," support that "boom" (It
might conceivably turn out to be his own);
or will he enter Into an understanding with
McNIchol to unite with him In support of a
"good man" Just "good" enough to be a
Btrong Republican candidate in the eyes of
the people, but not really good enough to be
ohovo dividing the spoils equitably between
the two factions In the Organization?
In a word, he haa the chance of his life
now to align himself with the Party rat,her
than with the Organization.
From Cash Boy to Congressman
Augustus Vare, born in the southern sec
tion of Philadelphia In 1813, and his wife
Abigail raised a large family In "The Neck,"
a section whose contemptuous nickname is
the best proof that It was not In line for
benefits. The three children to. attain dis
tinction were George, born In 1859; Edwin,
1862, and William, who was born on Christ
mas Bve, 1867. The family homestead was
at 4th street and Snyder avenue, on their
email farm. Everybody kept pigs in that
part of the world, and the Vares did, tpo,
and pigs have to be fed. Bdwin Vare drove
a garbage wagon for a city contractor named
Pollock, who got into financial difficulty and
was ably helped by his employe, in his
study of the larger problems of the garbage
collecting business Kdwln toon fitted hinuttf
to become u contractor himself.
William was tho only one of the brother
to go entlroly through the grammar eofasel
At U ho became a cash boy in the Wona
roaker otore He row to becon a cifc m
the auduiog dtf&artmtat tt ho becanw a
hucltstw Ho sold voabtot fyatu houso to
homo from hi uae-hWM wagoa. He t to
ISfelllill I
fllBlillilL Ay
JUNE. 16, 1915;
ANTICIPATION
know everybody In the old 1st Ward. At 21
ho wa? u member of tho Ward Republican
Committee. The boss of tho ward was ono
"Mart" Slack. Tlio Vares fought him for
tho leadership of tho ward, and in 1S9G cap
tured it from him, Biding with Durham
against Davo Martin. Durham was grateful.
The ward was later divided Into tho 1st
and 39th Wards. William moved Into tho
upper end to lead the new 1st and George
and Edwin remained to control tho 39th.
They all "boomed the Neck," nnd gained
many Improvements for tho section. Their
leadership quickly spread to the 26th, tho
2d, the 36th. And as each came under their
control It was benefited. It was In many
ways a democratic leadership that they ns
sumed. Each kept on being "one of tho
boys" at ward meetings Their leadership
was to spread to all South Philadelphia and
Southwest Philadelphia, with strong follow
Ings In other parts of tho city. It is a "per
sonal feeling"; Indeed, Congressman Vnrc's
is said to be the largest "personal following"
of any man of his political rank in tho
United States.
City Contracts
They got street cleaning and repair con
tracts, and tho gratitudo of Durham was
shown by the fact that their street contract
bills grow from $196,000 in 1902 to $950,000 in
1901. They got the South Broad Street Bou
levard. They camo to the point where they
divided the city contracts with McNIchol.
More than $27,000,000 In city contracts went
to McNIchol in ten years. Moro than 113..
000,000 went to Edwin H. Vare and his
agents in the same period. From 190D to 1912
McNIchol and Vare "divided the city." Mc
NIchol took the work north of Market street
and was paid $7,223,965.18, and Yaro took tho
work south of Market street and drew $7,081,.
882.32. Enormous awards of damages in
favor of owners of swampy land were mado
along the Vare boulevard. Edwin Varo is
said to have netted $1,000,000 clear profit
through having paid 10 cents a cubic yard
for dirt to companies dredging the river and
selling it to the city at 62 cents a yard for
"'" "" viukbh jn league Island
Park. The dredging people delivered the
dirt themselves, so not a cart had to bo put
to work by the contractor.
But It Is Bald the Vares seriously regret
having taken the Gang aide In the gas
lease i fight. They sided with Durham, who
had been grateful to them. And In the rev
olution of 1905 they learned. In being Involved
In the worst of Gang Bcandals, what It
meant to use their power for the reward of
a Durham.
William Vare was 37 years old then. Sup
pose that by that time he no longer was
closely, identified with his moro wealthy
brother's contracting Interests. Was he
young enough to profit by the lesson of see
ing an Infuriated citizenry rise against him
and his confreres and remodel his political
Philosophy accordingly? The mind "sets" m
Its mold, but men have been known to chamre
their philosophy later in life than 37
He aparently believed th o.., 1.
he had changed in the next six years foAo
presented hlmself aa a
at the primary of 1911. The wealthier brother
T!e?, t0 Beek no raore c"y contracts so
that his brother William should not be us
pected of favoritism. People said- "He has
made his money; now he want V -T V?
right thing .h Byut,n"WhereWda.dtSho0get r
became a slogan for those who wanted to
know why William Varo was sulh a rich
specuUUonHa " he mad In land
His First Defeat
It was the brothers' first dft, Barle
w vares 86,090. The Varas siiikod and let
the majorities In their wards dwuTdle sum
oiently to permit BlankonbUJ T 'l"?
election. William Vare Wen 0 CCe
n-bt is the "shelf" for m, boatenlK"
but he evidently thought of CongroL ,
fwiwratlvely youthful age of T ,!
t WUty himwif with tL roL
flttweos 1 ,e Republican party mpLS
of his power uoon Sttota i .... . """u
,h. ... . ::r - ' -" w,c was. at
ANTICIPATION J
n bAAn a M -j ... "-w --- " - : -- . j
w hwh sk-ei. wn Hn maun . it i mTS - jm . " 's
tion, a watchful eye and grasp, but opptir
before tho people aa a man who had brokfen
Into a wider field of political thought which J
was not for a McNIchol to enter. To be
known as tho Congressman who was booit- 3
lng Philadelphia In Washington (fathering a
bill for the expansion of Leacuo Isknd'j
battleship-building facilities with the sup- I'
port of tho Secretary of tho Navy) and who 4
took part in "local" politics only In seeing 1
that tho Republican Governor's program was 1 .
MuiuioriKu. jna men, pernaps, to nolo eacK
from tho strictly local question of a mayor
alty contest, as Is befitting a national figure, J
encourngo nn open primary and align himself I
with tho Governor with the best start towartt I
tho Presidency of any Republican In the'S
country!
Has Vare Broadened?
With this as his dream, he could well af- 3
ford now, at 47, to put aside the MayoraltyJI
for four years, perhaps forev -, and try to
live down his past by means of a clean slate
unrelated to his municipal record
That he thinks It's worth while, tryintr
to appear more than a reformed Gang man,
moro than a mere Organization stalwart, 3;
nothing short of a first-class party man Is ' 1
proved by a glanco at William Vare. There '
is an earnest, appealing look In his small"
blue eyes and almost a pout on his firm i
mouth, the corners of It drawn sharply In; ) 1
It is the expression of a man who wants to j 1
bo liked and thought well of by people, em- 4 i
phasized by a certain play of sensitiveness, ' I
In spite of the shrewdness, and by a boyish ' j
freshness of skin. He has a high forehead j 1
and a square chin, a determined Jaw. The I
thin lips show cautiousness enough, and his
stocky, portly figure suggests a merchant of ;
non-speculatlvo tendencies. In a word, he (
does not look Ilko a self-assured, overbearing
boss, openly defiant of public opinion. (:
William and Edwin Vare married sisters; i j
tho former married Miss Ida Morris In 1897. I
They have three daughters, whom the Con- " I
gressman sent to one of the many public , j
schools In South Philadelphia which he had ' .
Tvnrlrorl in rrliPA that oonMnn TTIa VinmA la ftt S
2238 South Broad street and he has a large i
cottage in Berkeley square, Chelsea.
Pnnprpnmnn 17nv ia n TMatlinrtlsfc. TlB 1
belongs to several orders, being a Moose,
a Red Man, a Shriner and an Elk.
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