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Title: Intimate recollections of Joseph Jefferson
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Jefferson, Eugâenie Paul
Subjects: Jefferson, Joseph, 1829-1905
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead and Co.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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itis fine it is very fine indeed—this idleness comesas near to perfect pleasure as anything can. Hereand there an island dots the blue expanse; thewater breaks in long, lazy swells; the tugs sleepat anchor; overhead is the hot, early summersun. If anybody thinks Grover Cleveland isgrowing old he wants to spend a day fishingwith the ex-President. Most often he sits mo-tionless and silent. If the fish bite, he is happy;if they do not, he is hopeful. When the fish donot bite where he is, he clambers aboard the tugfrom the small boat and seeks better grounds. It is usually about dusk before the party re-turns from the fishing. If it has been a goodday, Cleveland stops on the dock a moment totalk. If the sport has been poor, he hastens onto the club-house. Nobody would think of mak-ing fun of him for his failure—at least no oneat this island—but he evidently thinks taciturn-ity a safeguard. After the protracted dinner that even an ex-President is ready for at the end of the day, the
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THOMAS JEFFERSON JOSEPH JEFFERSON 275 party goes over to their cottage. In an hourlights are out, and so the quiet days slip by. In the South, as elsewhere, Charlie Jef-ferson was loved. A recent article in the Home-seeker—published in Florida—speaks of thekindly feeling entertained by all for his genialnature: Charles Jefferson was blessed with a bigheart and with soul, a gift not accorded to everyone. In West Palm Beach, where Mr. Jeffer-son spent the greater part of the last few years,he became endeared to every person in the com-munity, . . . and to these people he will everbe remembered for his splendid qualities as aman, a neighbour, and a friend. In Louisiana the same affectionate regard washeld for him. The Taylor-Trotwood Magazine speaks ofthe homage of the Cajins as told by CharlesLabaue: Mr. Jefferson would come weighted downwith presents for everybody. His generositywas well known, and the Cajins were not slowin letting him know they adored people whogave presents. Man

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