A NEW BOOK: Personal Politics

Personal Politics*

There is no more entertaining writer on politics than Clinton W. Gilbert, and there is none better able to estimate political personalities. His interest is much more in men than in issues. It is a great opportunity for him, when a national campaign comes around, to write a book on the dramatis personae of the game.

Excerpts:

Candidate Coolidge. ". . . He is shrewd and calculating. You have only to look at his face to see that. It is a Yankee face. It just missed being a mean face, with its tight mouth and the over-sharp nose set at too pronounced an angle with the brow. The eyes are narrow and veiled, though they light up readily. The brightness of the eyes and the frequent smile save the face from repelling you. The smile is frugal. . . ."

Candidate Davis. ". . . He is one of life's fair-haired boys. . . . When he sells his legal service he does not throw in his soul for good measure. . . . Mr. Davis' mind is as smooth and round as his face. . . ."