The evening world. Newspaper, February 12, 1918, Page 14

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, True Stories of Lincoln Abdul Hamid, a Real Sultan Showing the Many Sides oe | From the Arabian Nights; Of Great War President 45 Lincoln Looked When President During the Civil War| His Palace of Mysteries His Hiding Places of Wealth, His 1,000 Revolvers for Personal Use, His Wives and His Ending for Harem Gossips. 191 _TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1918 Always Having a Ready Answer in Any Situation, He Often Won His Way by a Timely Word—Fond of a Good Story and Homely Bits of Philosophy. | Als ts the 109th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, on Fed. 12, 1809. He crowded into the fifty-4ia years that he lived a larger measure of Gocomplishment than almost any man of Als age, dying in Washington Apri 15, 1865, Here are some of tho beet anecdotes of hie life, dilustrating TAnooin's broad character and intense humannese, t, 1918, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Ivening World). BUUL HAMID IL, one-time Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the man whose shadow once fell across the chancelleries of all Europe, is dead. Ho died a prisoner of his own people in the Palace of Broussa, on the Bosporus—a broken man, forgotten by all the peoples of the Continent in the crash and welter of the world war. Of the world which ceased to exist in August, 1914, was this Abdul Hamid—the world we now call i with its secret councils, its diplomatic in- ues and tho playing of pawns represented by millions of helpless men and women. During the thirty-three years of his supreme power and until the Young T: $ unseated him by their revolution in April, 1909, the vulture-like, saturnine features of this “Sick Man of Earope” came to be accepted by all world peoples as the conventional embodl- ment of craft, cruelty, blood lust and double deal- ing—all that*the upturmed mustache and pointed belmet of Willlam of Jiohenzoliern & d for to-day. Perbaps no character in modern history embraced 80 many con- trary angles, such contradictions and surpris subtleties as that of Abdul Hamid. A modern was he when it pleased Lim to be a modern; yet his instincts were all Arabian Nights—the Sultan with the poisoned cup, the secret hi of rich Jew the | ghastly closet with the heads of wives han all in a row. By a paradox typically Ortental, nobody Jo he ruled knew Abe dul Ham!d nearly ellas Abdul Hamid cret self w evealed after he was deposed of the Young ks made a ¢ 1 investiga: tlon and inventory of the Yildiz Palace—that won 1 and beautiful labyrinth on 1 3 of th 1 had lived dur- Copyright, 1918, by the Prone Publishing Co, (The New York Bvening World). INCOLN could be as gentic in his humor as he sometimes was fierce fm invective, His mind was never very far from the heart of things, and no matter in what way he approached a subject ho always latd 6 finger upon the vital chord. As an example of gracious writing and amused good nature, his letter to the King of Slam must ever bo a model, Tt was written Feb, 2, 1863,| acknowledging tho receipt of two letters from the King, accompanied by a royal gift consisting of “a sword of costly material and exquisite workman- ship, o photographic likeness of Your Majesty and of Your Majesty's be- loved daughter, and also of two elephant’s tusks of length and magnitudo such as to indicate that they could have belonged only to an animal which was a native of Siam. ‘ “] appreciate most highly Your Majesty's tender of good offices In for- warding to this Government a stock from which a supply of elephants might be rained on our soll. This Government would not hesitate to avail | itself of eo generous an offer if the object were one which could be made practically useful dn the present condition of tho United States. Our polltt- cal jurisdiction, however, does not reach a latitude so low as to favor the | multiplication of the elephant, and steam on land as woll as on water has} Deen our best and most efficient agent of transportation.” — 7) = se of a Sult INCOLN was exceedingly fond of a good story, and often pointed his philosophy by rome anecdote, Three men who had been botherir } him with supplications to consider a war patent were answered in this fashion: “You three remind me of a poor little boy out West who had Jost his mother. His father wanted to give him a religious education, aud fo placed bim {n the family of a clergyman, Every day the little boy was | required to commit to memory and recite one chapter of the Bible. Things proceeded smoothly until they reached that chapter which details the story of Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego in the flery furnace. ‘The little | boy could never remember their names and failed three successive days in his lesson, When next asked about them, he said: “Oh, here come those | threo infernal bores! 1 wish the devil bad them!’ | | @ Bosporus where Abi ing his reign ways, locked nished harem el who walk fear at n re, In a bewlldering succession of secret passage- bers, subterranean statrways and gorgeously fur- mbers, was revealed the true Abdul Hamid—the man pd with Death ever at his elbow and lald hmself down with me crafty magpie, the master of Yildiz had secreted gore Jewels and sheaves of banknotes In a score of different hid- ing places—in old leather travelling cases, ready to be seized in Instant flight; {n secretly contrived wall safes, in the bowls of old narghiles or water pipes, More than a milion English pounds—and diamonds, pearls and rubles such as no other monarch ever dreamed of pos- OT leng ago Dr. G. M. Weeks, Inst surviving member of the Monitor's erev in her historic fight with the Merrimac, pald a visit to the Wh.te House. It was his first call since 1864, and he looked about with rerainiscent Interest. Then some one led him to talk of Lincoln and his former audience at the Presidential home, Dr, Weeks had lost an arm) in the Monitor-Morrimac engagement and came to Washington seeking a} place on the medical staff of the army. Hearing that the President was then holding a reception, he walked over to the White House, Just as the doctor was on the polat of entering the room where Lincoln stood, an of- | ficer stepped in front of him with a gruff injunction to “fall in lin The President overheard, took heed of the one-armed man and joined | the two. “Hereafter,” he told the officer, “whether the caller is an oMfcer or a private, be a gentleman.” Then, turning to the doctor, ho added: “You are | | wounded, sir. But there’s a place for you if you can use your head.” H HE ears of some polite folk might be offended by the rough wit of the| T rall-splittor upon certain occasions, Gen, Cameron retired from the War Department after numerous disagreements with the President The six remaining members of his Cabinet advised him to appoint a wholly new Cabinct. Lincoln made answer as follows: | “Gentlemen, your request for a change of the whole Cabinet reminds me of a story 1 once heard {n Ilfnois of a farmer who was much troubled | by skunks, One moonlight night he loaded his old shotgun and stationed | himself in the yard to watch for the intruders. After some time his wife heard the shotgun go off, and in a few minutes the farmer entered the | house, “What luck had you? sald she. ‘I hid myself behind the old wood pile,’ said the farmer, ‘and before long there appeared not one skunk but} seven. I took aim, blazed away, killed one and ho raised such a fearful | smell that 1 concluded it was best to let the other six go.’ | 1,000 revolvers, all loaded and ready for a hand to be la!d on antly, were secreted in nooks and crannies of the palace Abdul Hamid never found himself where he could not snatch a revolver ' and shoot at any one he thought was planning to take his life. It was sald of him that he always shot first and asked questions afterward Sometimes he didn’t trouble to ask questions, An Ambassador from one of the subject Mohammedan states once | started to bow himself hackward out of the Presence. He tripped on arugand sprawled. When he Inoked up to apologizo he was squinting down the barrel of a revolver. Abdul was ready for a trick. NCE the Sultan awoke from one of his fitful sleeps and out of the corner of his eye he saw one of his harem favorites standing near him curiously fingering a revolver under the ruby light of a Jewelled lamp. Abdul shot her through the heart of Man never slept two consecutive nights in the ‘e was to bedchamt apart for his use in selected any one of t lace, placed a revolver s and trusty efinuchs at the door, and dozed of Yildiz were revealed the Young Turk ploneers »yrinths three manikins—exact duplicates of the One of the dummies sat before a writing other was posed at a window looking out on the Bosporus n imagine the grt t would have d below Abdul's beard | had be ever found one of these baircioth doubles of bls with a bullet or dagger in its back! same p! the whole palace, When sieep overtook him several bu t | under the cust 1 When | ed couches and divans i discovered in t Sultan—in variou | desk, | One In the gardens © discovered a cleverly contrived astronomical nents for star gazing, all. The tele- Ws on a hill some observatory, filled with the most modern ins His Majesty 5 a bit of entist, say ye ENRY B. RANKIN, in his “Personal Recollections of Abraham Lin- coin,” draws a picture of the future President as ho was in 1842, long before fame had found him out, At that time Lincoln was called upon to deliver an address at the funeral of an intimate fri The writer portrays his emotions on that occasion as a fitting Indication | distance aw I 1 the reach of his all-seeing 8 in old abdy | eye: that w | | of the depths in the man’s nature. | the father of sixtec so the inference is permissible that there “The master of ceremonies,” says the writer, “at the proper time | | eee ‘ a ne . “id a oh y man had © Fain rigorous called Lincoln, who came in and stood at the head of tho casket. Ho| | 7 ee . site it of au say s outa 4 No pampered looked down a few minutes,at the face of his friend. His whole frame I erent aaeanier ana winnie eeriane am “ AG Bdle A ee of one of began trembling with suppressed emotion. He spoke a few words—broken opi atest aC D pe lah an : i. Lae ee s of many sentences only, tremulous vibrations of the thoughts he found {t impos- i a by auy Or i | brought ¥ ne sunlight, A. Hamid hated sible to articulate coherently. Tears filled his eyes. He vainly struggled | i ‘ feminine gossipes h <4 an. Who held off al latesmen to regain that self-control under which be had always held his feelings Tot a, ho held off all the statesmen of Europe en th i fora pa jon of Turkey d ye e . Abruptly soizing his hat, he buried his face a moment in bis handkerchief, { | meh ts for 8 partition of Turkey and wh le no tana , * ‘ ou tran ors busy rendering into the Turk- 4 left the room ‘ ‘ iy : au ; i = dhs : {sh tongue all th usational novels of six languages—and LY 8. GRANT was fond of ropeating @ conversation whlca AR re nr LINCOLN prawn By : ’ | some that were barred from the mails. ‘The European counterpart of had with Lincoln shortly after his appointment to command the oid | - e panion' af Cahier hour army. Calling him aside, the President sald a seuss ee “At one time there was a war among the animals, and one side bad ty Ded erg ier Mucilage and Other Sticky Things bimself. F y that he could command the army ff his tall was made a Iittle Jonger they got more tall and spliced it on to his caudal appendage. He looked at {t admiringly and called for more. ‘The splicing process was repeated | Sultan's O Ass is Red Fez Efficiency Ex, b) il Hi See cues Wail Jorko's iil Aled tha room ous Ig eereney repeated | nly Asset H Red Fez, but German Efficiency Experts May Boil Him broke him | 7 . : ; ~ 1 down.” | Down to Glue—Not Much Good Alive, but of Some Use Dead, Grant saw the point and replied: "Mr. President, 1 will not eal) for | more assistance unless I find it mposstble to do with what I already have| By ARTHUR (« BUGS”) BAER, o_o pad ¢ i b ’ ‘ The New Yorks aw } steam dt oF However, we repaa t the Sult has made the world ARL SCHURZ, the German who became #0 representative an American fT f ther 1 fitney’s worth of muciiage. There area had « rather famous duel of letters with Lincoln. In the fall of 1862 | hich wa t the ot 1 lot of , t just fall short of mount by 6 cents. he wrote the President, severely criticising his policies and almost | wis to reliey : ‘ ¢ ts on rc ! 5 ex s the value ctlage when he tells neve : € y aceus imo ompete o { fa rod alive, as ail he 8 vat t yeu to swat walks upside down on the coiling. It has } openly accusing him of incompetence. To this Lincoln answered at somo | rs pan s iol a thous factories on ea 4f, which enable it to walk on | length, @ grave, judicial letter, But Schurt war by no means satisfied and kot tired of that he used to sle No a ctevpalcitacit dean salads at ett Pat Tesponded at even more length, supporting bis criticisms, Schurz received | aa . the only. asset velng } 1 woven y vale upside down on the ceiling, but it would. be r 9 cal rel i te can t i OWN F 1 as a flower p oY Ret ® ft son ke if they ! their boots full of glue. ney an invitation to call upon the President. He went and was pleasantly| will make some pox family. | and prouder to know t : air KO qulckly when the cook burned the griddle | ea el ag aye tho Sultan's Rawmet out on the window » t t ad of thumb, If a man had his shoes full of a | In describing the incident Schure wrote: "Mr. Lincoln was seate@ te| fet 27% coal in he Callan A the Sult will be s a4 | be e he w in't the ground ao quickly whon | an armchair before the open-grate fire, his feet in gigantic morocco slip«| ‘My inte m moun tureon ean tel) hiey peouably clr f | pes somnar ain ahd anewared the teaphone in. i 2 pers. He ik a me stale) ' then brought bis hand down on my knes weeks yo a will be p t 4 tb t tua ‘A aawia po + nee nd hop around #0 kangaron. | overgiue the . ir P - ee ign : and with a smile: ‘Now, tell me, young man, whethor you really think | ictters with Y Wifo will atearm open the : ¢ ; Mae nee ar widest Detrett | they would b : s T@m as poor a fellow as you have made me out {n your letter,’ blonde you are wr ¢ ’ ‘ nt (that tran f bird had each | They w r 4 in the » t ¢ And Bch , ial ' ead if ho didn't ¢ ; " ad am churz confessed bimself disarmed, a Me nv ft muotloge . 3) . w help te matntain his equilibrium. t, asa rule t f fish would do same thin the wilh lock 0a envelope fo 2 toally that @ wife will be unable to | The only drawback 1o (no glue prescription Js that @ lot of gents would the glue, 5 withows i \ — * ‘ ——————_—