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belonged to the Biusiness-Men'sArt I W. ëdrifted into a discussion of an club, comprising s50 many disting- editorial writer's siant on life, and the uished business mfen, distinguisbed for I ncwspaperman distinguished neat-ly business acumen a nd devotion, tolbetween .convictions, and opinions-. painting as a hobby. But time being Neyer give up. a conviction about at the premiiumn-it is for everybody fundamientals, but be openiî-minded wbo bas a job--préents bis doing about otherpolsoiinsibi Forebea Establshea Bu& "My great 'grancifather, the. Rev. Henry Duncan, had a church ini Dumi- fries, Scotland," reminisced the cdi-, torial writer. "Shortly after a famine be decided to establish aýsavingÈs bank i the town. lie.found their was no law, authpnizig it, so he worked,.to' bave a savings bankact passed. He was 'succeessful, and today the batik is stili. flourisbing.,His hust ise above the door. The histories of suchi-, stitutiolns credit it withbebing tbe flrst self-sustaining savings batik in the wonld. "iLater be establisbed the Dumnfries- Galloway Courieýr-anewspaper, you sée. Hôw can I help being wbat 1 amn?, Didn't .inherit p aspeck of bis Sctisb ense of tbrift thougb. Just tbe interest i church affairs and newspapers." Jowmalist at, EawIy Âge Tbhe cburch tendency -started Duni- ran-Ciaric on fis career. but journal- istically spcaking bis career hegan as a lad wben he wrote and illustrated and publisbed bis own monthly paper, The Pioneer., *Wben he reached high scbool, he started the. first echool paper in bis area. The Collegiate. A Presbyterian by henitage, in bis youth be took to church work enthu-, siastically. Later he becanie an or- dained minister of the. Disciple churcb ijn Toronto, preaching tiierein. Pres- hePeramatouce R.warded Tefiret opening tbat came bis way was with à Baltimore paper, but "tuis. rnroved uncongenial and unprofitable." Then it bappened that bis father, witing from Toronto, mentioned the, fact that tbe brother, of a womnan. in Toronto was managing editor of> the Louisville Herald, a chap named AI-. onzo Macdonald.. Duncan-Clark was met theý colonel,',' smlles 1fr. Duncan- Clark,' "but I had developed the points> in the Progressive platform into,,a sort of hindboolc which would have been useful -for l1eaders. in. the, party if it hadn't- fizaled out, and I tbought he might werite'anitroduc- tion tço thé bookc So 1 asked him, and he wroté back that he .was very busy and' really couldn't spare the time. And >1[replîcd that the reason 1 askedhlm. to write the introduction was that he was busy and 1 wasgoing to bave. the page proofs sent to hlm a nywayr. Then one day a womzan walked into the office and. said she bad a: message froum the colonel.. The book was 'bully' and he would b. glad to write an introduction for itY» PreféaraWriting te Ultlag It. was in 1913 also that 'ho was transferred from the Louisville lier- aid to tbe Chicago Evening Post by their owncr, J. C. Shaffer of Evans- tomi. He stayed with the Post until it was purcbased by "Junior" Ames and then came over to 'the News, about four ycars ago. "r like writing mucb better than being a managing editor," admits Duncan-Clark. His present writing includes a job as staff correspondent for the New Yorkc As for the tomily aspects ot hie career, it migbt be guessed that he marrieci a' Scotcb-Canadian i Tor- onto for tbeir cbldren have beenm named Carlyle and Jean. The former is connected witb the Victor Chemical Works in Chicago lieights, a gnad-, uate of the University of Illinois, and the latter is now at Hull House help- ing raise the endowment fund pro- posed as a memorial to Jane Addams. During the lifetime of A Century of Protective association and the Travel- Tbey 15elong to the American scene Mien eight years later he moved on son, 1729 iForest avenue. ers' Aid. Five or six years ago be and fit into a patten that is fascin- to Chicago, be breasted similar coin- -o-- was so active in the City Club of Chi- atingly varied (and sometimes irritat- mente on Chicago with equally per- Mrs. A. W. Allen, 803 Chestnut cago as to become its president for a ingly so). verse affection; be confesses. avenue, bas ber sisten, iitrs. W. H. tenm., The trivia concerned chiefly bis The Louisville days wcre pleasant. Winship of Elkbart, Ind., as bier nie is tb us in close touch with tb past.- Like moot new>paper people, Between 1905 and 1913 he mnovedup guet for a week.