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HERE'S HOW REX BEACH Born September 1, 1877 Mr. Beach belongs to the younger generation of what may be termed red-blood American authors. He writes of the West and his books teem with adventures nd thrilling situations. Before publishing is first really popular book, The Spoilers, he was for long a magazine writer. Edu: cated at public schools, he studied law and became also interested in business. He rep- resents all of the “ up-to-date’? tendencies of Young America, and has also succeeded in preserving his modesty It is therefore with considerable pleasure that we address you, sir, with an enthu- siastic “Shake, pard!""' and wish | you well. You are 0 extremely young, and have already done so much, that we would not attempt even to predict all the glory that awaits but we trust that you will carry around as much of it as you can stand with all of the inereasing dignity of assured worth NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS Born September 2, 1858 Mr. Hillis is a prominent clergyman, was born in Iowa, educated at Lake Forest University and McCormack Theo- logical Seminary, began his ministerial ca- reer at Peoria, Ill, succeeded Professor Swing as pastor of the Central Church in Chicago and in 1899 came on to Brooklyn, ; where he has since been pastor of Plymouth Church He is also an author and a lecturer of wide repute. As the successor of Henry Ward Beecher, sir, you deserve to be congratulated. We humbly that we have never read anything that you have ever written or eard anything that you ever said. But we congratulate you, nevertheless, upon your career. We have a distinct impres- sion that you deserve to be congratulated. You might easily, for example, have written inspiring articles for the Ladies’ Home Journal. The fact that you have not done so argues much for your character. you live long and do as much good as it is possible in We congratulate Brooklyn also in having you Brooklyn needs every good influence, and we have no reason to doubt that you are anything else. HOKE SMITH Born September 2, 1855 Governor Smith was born in North Carolina, moved to Georgia at seventeen, taught school, studied law, became the proprictor_of the Atlanta Journal and, in 1893, was Secretary of the Interior; afterward Governor of Georgia. These are bare facts. But who shall con- vey an idea of the giory of the name of Hoke Smith? It is known wherever there is statesmanship, wherever there is oratory, wherever there is true patriotism. Distinguished brother, we greet thee with many appropriate sentiments and we wish thee a long and happy life ON THE CONTRARY HAROLD MAC GRATH Born September 4, 1871 We have heard Mr. MacGrath referred to as the Hall Caine of America, but we refuse to believe it. On the con- trary, we have always found him a bard- working and extremely modest toiler in the field of best-sellers. He was born in Syra- cuse, educated in Syracuse and still lives in Syracuse; surely this is fame enouch for any man. But Mr. MacGrath e more: he has written books that h reviewed in the New York Evenis and have sold mightily. We are not pre pared to hold this up against him. His Man on the Box we remember as ing a good story. Also he has written others And so, as an author and a story-teller and a dwel Syracuse, we lift up our fecble pen in his praise on this natal day and wish him in the future as many birthdays and as few returns as is possible in our civilization, And while we are it we also congratulate Sy Syracuse has not lived in vain to produce such an at Mr. MacGrath JAMES K. HACKETT Born September 6, 1869 James K. Hackett is an American actor, with a | We are informed that at the age of twenty-six he \ youngest leading man in stage history. William Pitt, at twenty-three, was Prime iz Minister of England; Mr. Hackett, at twen- ty-six, was only three years behind William tt in his supremacy ; this difference, how- ever, may easily be accounted for consider- ing how much more difficult it is to become a good actor than it is to become a good Prime Minister. Mr. Hackett has also achieved a consid- erable reputation as a matinee idol; so his cup of honors is full Here's to your sense of modesty, sir! obscure all of your other attainments! The Simple Death ITTLE jabs of Doctor, Little grains of pus, Make the vaccination And the tetanus. May it con comicbooks.com