Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Oct 1934, p. 17

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October 25, 1934 Known in the Cbicago area as the organizer of The Paul Reveres, a patriotic, society established two years ago, Col. Edwin 'Marshall Hadley. of Glencoe is a man of many interests. He bas published tbree books "Tbe Tboughtful Hour" in 1926, "Sinister Sbadows" in 1929, and "T N T" in 1932, and is now engaged in writing a fourtb, which is a novel. The titie for this has not been selected, but its thesis is a Main Street quite un- like that portrayed by Sinclair Lewis. Colonel Hadley enjoys people, books, experiences. For years in the U. S. Military Intelligence Service, lie bas'traveled tbroughout the world ani knows niany of the world's lead- ers. He considers these celebrities as huni as the rest of us, and that bie himself is equaily buman is evidenced by the fact that in bis travels bie bas often carried a movie camera. ' *The London Bobbie winked at me wben I stepped out of the crowd to take a picture of tbe changing of the guard," jeked Colonel Hadley, "and wben I tried to take'a movie of Queen Wilbelmina of Holiand, whom I know, she waved ber b'and at me. Sbe didn't mind a bit."o Mussolini is a man wbom -res pon- sibility bas sobered, believes the colonel. Apparentiy a dictatorsbip worksbotb waysI One wonders wbat responsibility wiil do to Hitler. Conversation about Mussolini in- evitably sbifted to the crisis in Eu- ropean, affairs caused by the assassin- ation of- the' jugo-Slavian king. Colonel Hadiey refused to propbesy, howéver. He said one must-,.be. "on the spot to be able to. judge,, further that tbere is onle thing unpredictable in any situation, the buinan equation. The colonel bas studied the buman equation in government and religion. For years be bas been delving into comparativé. religions, wbicb be be- lieves portray the cultures of their adherents, and into the governments1 of Assyria, Babylonia, Egypt, Greece,1 Rome and the governments of today.1 Witb 'tbis study as a background be( bas observed bis fellow buman beingss witb understanding. "T can put myseif into.the role oft SONALITIE& j the. Englishman, tbe Frenchman, the German-with more difficulty into the role of the Italian and the Spaniard "' commented Colonel Hadley. "Wben I have wisbed to learn something from any one of these, 1 have said. to myseif, Wbat would this cbap do, bow would be react? and then I talk and act as 1 think be would and one can then get a natural reaction for predicting the otber's action. This ability to understand a man's temperament bas won many an inter- national secret for bim, admitted the colonel, who bas been an intimate of several American presidents, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover. He bas nîo use for the present administration bowever, and by way of bumorous speculation avers that President Roosevelt is out of rhythm. Roe.eVelt "uCt off lime" *'Listen," he said, taking bis pipe out of bis moutb and settiing back in bis chair. "Herbert Hoover, Calvin Cool- idge,' Woodrow Wilson, Grover Cieve- land-notice that rhythm? Eacb one used a name of four syllabies. Cool- idge dropped the. middle initial "C" from bhis name-ask me about that later,.there's a story. Wilson dropped tbe Thomas from bis name. But Roosevelt, well, bis name just isn't in line." Critics of the New Deal may flot have tbought of this particular Point, but here it is, for wbatever, it may be worth. Reverting to the subject. of under- stand ing the Englishman, Colonel Hadley remarkèd that niothing be had seen in England suîprised him. "Wben I visited Suigrave,, everything was familiar. I feit as if I had seen the fireplace before, the beamed celing-. Do. you believe in teiepatby?" he asked. Descend From Royalty A teiepatby for things English might easily exist in the colonel, for he is descended on both sides of the family from English stock, has a1 document f rom the Duke off Somer-i set attesting bis descent from a knigbt of the Order off the Garter--one of1 the few Americans to dlaim the bonor,1 and has royalty and surety barons aniong bis ancestors. Founders of bis family in this country were Ed- ward Fitz Randolpb, Who came to, Barnstable, Mass., in'.1630, and Wil- liam Hladiey, Who came, to -New Jer- sey a bundred years later. Perbaps bis taste. for pbilosophy is inherited too. He tbinks bis interest. in writing camefrom bis father, wbo wa 5 a merchant and a busy man, but1 kept a diary. "I neyer saw tbis diary until years after be died," commented Colonel Hadley, "but wbat be wrote inspired. me to cali my patriotic or- ganization the Paul Reveres." In- cidentaily tbe colonel, who was born in Peoria, bas been a new spaper man on the Peoria Herald before going niilitary. He bas lectured. from one end of our country to another before tbou- san ds. f Ha& Interesting Library His library contains books of in- i terest îpot only. to philosophers but to eollectors also, for the colonel likes to browse-"rny books are ail cbewed up," lie laughed as bie opened one, volumîe after another. "Ever hear ofî a famous author in Switzerland ?" he quizzed. -No, well, tbere aren't many. OnIy three. Onie of tbem ws Ziminernian. Hé w~rote. this littie book on *Solitude.' -Here's another. littie volume 1 like, Amniel's *Journal Intime.' Read this section-: Thle age of great men is going; the epocb of the ant-hili, of life in multiplicity is beginning. The cen- tury of individualismi, if abstract quai- ity triuimphis, runs a great risk of seeing nîo more' true individuals. By continuai leveling and division of labor, society will become everytbing and mn nothing . . . The statician. wiil register a growing progress and the moralist a graduai decline; on the one band the progress of things; on [the otber a decline of souls. The useful wiil take the place of tbe beautiful; industry, of art, political econon4* of religion. and aritbmetic, of poetry." Amiel wrote tbis in 1851, tbe colonel Pointed out, a remarkable propbecy of what is happening today. Another of bis favorites is "Rasselas," "No one who basn't read tbat can write good Etnglisb," lie declared. Speaking of old books, Colonel Hadiey considers the late Frank Morris the last of the great book- sellers in Chicago. And speaking of books in general, bie proudly dis- played bis collection, of autographed volumes from friends, "Thunder Over Europe" by E.. Alexander Powell, The Frencb Revolution by Nesta H. Webster, "Russia: My Home,"ý by Emma Ponafidine, "Kapoot," by Carvetb Wells, "The Light of Asia," by Edwin Arnold, to which is ap- pended a letter from the son, Julian Arnold, among others. Hope. For EngUshl Cottage A man of many interests, the colonel, prefers not to be active ini politics, but to -work bebind the scenes. He is looking forward to the day wben he ca n retire from active organization -work-be he as already re- tired from business and uses bis office at 120 S. La Salle street for the. Paul Reveres beadquaters.. Wben this, day comes, lie wants to live in a little English cottage witb leaded panes in windows, a well in the yard, old- fasbioned fiowers in the garden-and plenty of horizon around bim so that bie can continue to study the stars witb bis telescope. His interest in the fixed cycle of the beavenly bodies bas caused him to turn bis attention to wbat be con- siders tbe fixed iaws of human be- bavior and to write and lecture about tbem. A for MEN ONLY WILMETTE 1126 central Avenue Phone Wilmette 4582 GLENCOE 641 Vernon Aven. Phone Glenco 14U (Reading lime-i11/2 minutes) *Most everything you do in life is for- your Mother - youi Wifc - your Daughter - your Sweetbeart. Whichever it is, she is your most precious possession. And her loveliness is the most important thing to her-because of you. What could bc more important to a truc feminine than ber love- Iiness. Beauty, charm and love liness have always played an important part ini your life, and you know at. You as a man have always cherished it, perbapa un-* consciously sometimes, but you are aware of that abidaini pride and admiration for the lovely woman of your household. 0 Her loveliness need er go! You yourself can make it grow througli the years with jmat a littie, thoughtfulness. This is the suggestion we want to mak-toigt ... ivighat now ... give bier a few extra dollars for that lovelinces she cherishes for you. Have bier visit orne Of Our salonsp the fineat on the North Shore. Suggest that shàe phone Mrs Buck for a consul- tation. We'd 11ke to expîsa ite. diférence of our treatmernt in the art of beauty and loveliness. You will b. thanked for it many times--and your approval mow will fil1 a new place in lber heurt. BEAUTY The Salons Neied for Their HoespitliCleaieiset Messa9ei WILMETTE LIPE

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