. Review of reviews and world's work. duties of the Presidency. Buthe wanted to feel that his interests were in safehands. Hence Cortelyou. Mr. Cortelyou is just forty-two,—four yearsyounger than the President.—a native of NewYork City, a descendant of one of its prominentcolonial and revolutionary families, and a grad-uate of the Hempstead (L. I.) Institute and ofthe Normal School, at Westfield, Mass. Hestudied music in the New England Conserva-tory of Music at Boston, and in New York,and at the same time perfected himself in short-hand. Later, he became assistant teacher in thestenographic s
. Review of reviews and world's work. duties of the Presidency. Buthe wanted to feel that his interests were in safehands. Hence Cortelyou. Mr. Cortelyou is just forty-two,—four yearsyounger than the President.—a native of NewYork City, a descendant of one of its prominentcolonial and revolutionary families, and a grad-uate of the Hempstead (L. I.) Institute and ofthe Normal School, at Westfield, Mass. Hestudied music in the New England Conserva-tory of Music at Boston, and in New York,and at the same time perfected himself in short-hand. Later, he became assistant teacher in thestenographic school while he took the clinicalcourse at the New York Hospital, improving hisshorthand by reporting lectures. In 1884, heentered the Government service as stenographerand private secretary in the appraisers office inNew York. Resigning when Cleveland firstbecame President, he engaged in general lawreporting, as assistant to the official stenogra-pher of the Superior Court, soon becoming an MR. CHARLES F. BHOOKEII,OF HON. CORNELIUS N. BLISS. OF NEW YORK. (Treasurer of the Republican National Committee) expert medical stenographer. In 1891, he be-gan his career in Washington as private sec-retary to Fourth Assistant Postmaster-GeneralRathbone. The defeat of Harrison and thesecond incoming of Cleveland, in 1893, causedMr. Cortelyou to tender his resignation. It wasnot accepted, and notwithstanding his Repub-licanism, Mr. Cortelyou was made acting chiefclerk of the Fourth Assistants office. At the AYhite House are employed only themost expert of government clerks. It happenedthat in November, 1895, President Cleveland wasin need of a competent stenographer. Air. Cortel- yous work had beenappreciated in thePost-Office Depart-ment, so he was rec-ommended and ap-pointed. So well didhe profit by this op-portunity that inthree months he waspromoted to execu-tive clerk, withcharge of the clericalwork of the WhiteHouse. Thirteenmonths later, Air. Mc-Kinley was inaugu-ra
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