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THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1912. THE PRESIDENTS CANDIDATES

A writer, in tho World's Work coinpares the three Presidential candidates in ail entertaining and somewhat unusual manner. Their educational accomplishments are first' reviewed.' ])r Wilson graduated at Princeton forty-first in a class of one hundred and'twenty-one. Mr Taft graduated at Yale, second in a class of onq hundred, and twenty-one. Mr Roosef velt took' his degree at Harvard with 7 honours iii natural'history,' and held I j for a -short, while the light-weight boxing championship. Wilson ha» had eighteen months in public office; Roosevelt eighteen years, Taft twen-ty-one years.' Taft is fat, Wilson is lean, Roosevelt is muscular. Taft "waltzes divinely," Roosevelt is "no fairy on his feet," and Wilson's one attempt at a rake-walk was accompanied by almost fat;il results to a small audience. Taft dresses well, almost "flashily," Wilson dresses quietly and carefully, generally in grey, while Roosevelt is "distinctly slouehy" in his attire. All three are bluo-eyed. Taft plays golf and is an enthusiastic baseball "rooter," Wilson was told at college lie would make a baseball player if he were not so "damned lazy." and Roosevelt's sport is "killing things." All three are abstemious men, though the rumour that Roosevelt drinks will probably nevei' die, for his demeanor and actions are so frequently those commonly exhibited by an intoxicated man. All throe are fond of merriment, and all three are good jokers. Wilson liiighs but seldom, but lie has always a ready smile for a . clever word an original turn of thought or an oddity or whimsicality. Tuft likes hi:* jokes "good and strong," but \ Roosevelt, although a master of vitu-i JwjratiQUj never grosses fclia ling c$ !

eimver.tional modesty. Tafb and Wilson receive callers courageously, and listen attentively to what they have to say. Roosevelt, never listened to anyone in his life. It is a very lucky visitor who has a chince "to" get a word in edge-ways" with Roosevelt. Tuft ean get irritated oven trifles. Wilson pays attention to little details, but does not permit them to annoy him. Roosevelt's life contains no little things. There can be no little thing if it affects Roosevelt. It is at one© a crimo against high heaven. Dealing with opponents. .Rocsevclt storms, Tbft jests and Wilson reasons sympathetically. Roosevelt is the test advertiser and Wilson appreciates the value of advertisement, but Taft, who, by the wuy is the only one of the three who ever worked on a newspaper, lias a contempt for publicity and popularity.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 7 November 1912, Page 4

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THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1912. THE PRESIDENTS CANDIDATES Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 7 November 1912, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1912. THE PRESIDENTS CANDIDATES Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 7 November 1912, Page 4

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