Tuesday, Dec. 29, 1925
jp Woodrow Wilson
t By
l » HENRY VAN DYKE
(TXU tribute to WoMrow Wilson t tat especially pre-
R pared for the occasion of Mr. Wilson's birthday. Decem
ber 18, which it, being celebrated by more than 500
dinners, mass meetings and receptions throughout the
'■ land.)
HHE great and positive services which Wood
row Wilson rendered to his country and to
mankind during the eight momentous years
of his Presidency may be briefly summarized
under five heads. ,
First, the wise program of national legislation
which he carried through on his entrance into his
high office, including especially the Federal Reserve
Act, which kept us from panic and financial disaster
during the emergencies of the War.
Second, the patience and firmness with which he
| handled the question of America’s entry into the
| War, refusing to go in until it was unavoidable and
4 | until he had a united country behind him.
j Third-, the vigor aqd efficiency with which he car
j ried on the War after we were in,-including the way
I in which he treated the difficult problem of the
j selective draft, and the wise integrity with which
| he chose honest antj capable dfficers irrespective of
party to organize and lead our military and naval
f forces in the inevitable conflict.
Fourth, the, splendid directness of speech with
which he made it clear that America’s purpose in
j the War was to promote the cause of liberty and
peace for all nations as, well as to protect her own
rights.
Fifth, the fine courage with which he advocated
what seemed to him the best if not the only way of
securing a lasting peace on earth—namely, by the
united action of “the organized .major force of man
kind.” To his soul that partnership of nations to
promote the peaceful settlement of differences was
the Great Cause. For that he risked his life gladly
and died like a soldier without fear, having kept the
faith.
History will count President Wilson among those
supreme idealists who had the power of doing great
practical things.
The central force of his life was loyalty to duty
as God gave him to see it. This made him at times
seem inflexible. But it kept him growing, rising
splendidly tor meet each new opportunity, which he
regarded as a hew responsibility.
He was a teacher; who taught for truth and noble
manhood. He wa# a statesman who wrought for
I the good of all the people of the republic. He was
a warrior who fought for the cause of a just, estab
lished and defended peace among the nations of the
world.
High on the roll of American Immortals stands
the name of Woodrow Wilson.
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Should Ex-Convict Hide Past
from Girl He l oves?
A Reformed Jailbird Tells How the Hidden Secret of His Jail Term
i Threatened To Wreck His Happiness
TT Isn’t fair to the girl, Doc. I
j. should'■havs listened to your ad
fice—told her the truth right at
die start about that ‘stretch’ I
lerved up the river, and trusted to
ter to understand. If she learns
»f it now she’ll be heart-broken,
tnd I’ll lose the only woman I’va
iver really loved!”
In these words from the story,
“Some Men Tell,** in January
"Smart Set,” Duke Fitzgerald, re
formed porch-climber, describes the
iramatic situation he freed after
ten years of straight living, during
which he had won business success
and a promise of the hand and
heart of a lovely jgirl. •
"I can’t tell her, somehow, I just
can’t!” he confesses to “Doc” Fay,
the fine old Bowery Missionary who
had been Duke’s friend and confi
dant ever since he had led him
back to the straight road years
before. “Oh, I’m carrying a load,
Doc l —a load that even you can’t
lighten. I guess I haven’t earned
the right to happiness; there’s still
that haunting hand of the years
that have gone.”
“Some men tell and some men
don’t,” Doc replies. “That’s be
tween you and your conscience,
t)uke. Ybu’vft paid your price,
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ALMOST 100 YEARS OLD, DIES.
Miss Christine Fisher, Salisbury
Native. Never Knew of Tragedy of
Death of Niece a Weew Ago.
Clin rlotte \pteerver.
Miss Christine FiMier, aged 01)
years, whose niece. Miss Annie Fish
er, was killed by an automobile one
week ago last night while on her way
to Mercy hospital to sec her aunt,
died last night at. Mercy hospital,
'where she had made her home for
the paßt five or six years.
Miss Fisher was an aunt of the
late Mrs. J. M. Tierman, who won
fame as an author under the pen
name of “Christian Reid.” She reared
Mrs. Tierman and on the death of
the latter, about six years ago, came
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earned the right to happiness.
Every cent you ever took from
anyone has gone back. I know—
I’ve been your agent in returning
it. In pay opinion, Duke, you’ve
made your peace with God and
man; now make it with the girl.
If she loves you, if she’s big and
good and carries her fceart ; n t ;, e
right place, she’ll understand.”
But Duke just stands there and
shakes his head. “I can’t rake up
the past,” ho declares. “I'm doing
all I Can to keep it buried.”
Then the real thing that is on
his chest slips out. He leans over
and whispers, “It’s Blazer Johnson.
Blackmail, Doc—and a dishonest
bit of graft on the city.”
“Blazer Johnson,” ‘explains Doc
Fay,’who himself tells the story in
Smart Set, “was a product of the
old political school. For years I
had known that he knew of Duke’s
past and would hound him at the
first opportunity. And I had taken
care of this same Blazer Johnson—
just a letter written to a convict
who had done his dirty work; a
convict who had come to me—one
who was now assistant purser on
one of the big ocean liners. I had
placed him back on the sea and
he • had made good. Blazer had
thnaat-oYuwl him. trJful ta hrinof
to M&ry hospital to make her homo.
Only during the past five or six
week has Mi£s Fisher’s health been
bad. she haviife retained her physical |
and mental alertness in remarkable I
degrefe until that time. She had beer j
unconscious for a wook and never 1
knew that her niece died from in- j
juries received when the automobile
struck her just one week before, al- j
most to the horn*.
Miss Fisher was a native of Salis- 1
bury and had lived there practically
all her life. She had many dis
tinguished ancestors a/id relatives.
SHe leaves no very close relatives,
a Dr.. Hill ib Georgia being a
nephew, while Peter Hairston, of
Cooleemee plantations, in Davie
county, was related to her.
back to the old life—even gone b.
the president of the Steamship
Company. But the president was
a man—l had told him the truth—
and my say went further than
Blazer’s. Enough! I had a lettei
that would send Blazer up for a
good ten years. And Blazer knew
it.
11 ‘Blaser’s threats are dead ones,’
I said easily. 'We’ve had our talk
His letter is snugly in the back oi
my safe.’
“ ‘Good.’ Duke nods. ‘But Blazer
needs me. I could pass a deal on
the city that would set him—and
just now he’s htfrd pressed for
money. He’d do anything to get
me. Watch that letter, Doc!’ ”
Whether society should not take
definite steps to protect and en
courage the ex-convict who is try
ing to go straight, ‘is one of the
important questions which the
story “Some Men Tell” raises in
the reader’s mind. This real-life
drama, as" it unfold?, shows how
the present public attitude of in
difference or suspicion places the
reformed “jailbird” at the mercy
of those unscrupulous individuals
who do not hesitate to use to their
own advantage the past diagram
of a now honest man.
Tin. body will be taken to Salis
bury tills nfteriioou and funeral ser
' vices and burial will be there -Mon
| day morning.
[ Stin-ed by the remark of 1 Mrs.
j Alderton. the first woman mayor of
! Colchester. England, who complained
11 hat the only rags she ever wore
"ere the rags that comprised the
mayoral robe, tile town council has
voted an appropriation fora new
mayor’s robe to replace the garment
that lias been in use for thirty
years.
Bady Muriel Paget is to lecture in
America this winter on her work in
the Balkans, where she has been one
of the leaders in rehabilitation and
relief work since the war.
WOMAN JUDGE URGES MORE
PARENTAL TIME TO CHILD
Americana Fathers Are Giving Too
Mtirh Time to Busifnss.
| New York, Dee. 28—UP)—Ameri
, ean fathers are giving too much time
to business and not enough to their
j children, in the opinion of Judge Jean
|F. Norris, who has presided in New
York eonrts six years.
I What is true of tfie fathers also is
| true of the mothers, except business
Jis not taking most of the women't
time, she said, adding that this situa
tion is largely responsible for the in
crease in crime.
As magistrate of the first district
criminal court, the jurist is a striking
example of the progress made by
woman suffrage and of modern day
life. But she still is old-fashioned
enough to contend that “respect for
law and order begins in the home.”
Housing conditions, under whk'a
there is little' privacy; lack of re
ligious training and ignorance of self
control are some of (he other stepping
stones of crime mentioned by her.
“Our mothers and fathers should
stress respect of parental authority,”
she asserted; “If children are not
taught to obey their parents, certain
ly it is uot surprising for them to
refuse to obey the law.”
Miss Norris was appointed magis
trate three years ago. Mercy plays
an important part in most of her de
cisions, for in all except trivial cases
she takes twenty-four hours for per
sonal investigations through proba
tion officers to learn pertinent cir
cumstances, relating to the defend
ants. \
“I do not want to impose jail sen
tences op women and children unless
I am fully satisfied it is the best
course.” she said. “Often there are
other means of meeting the situa
tion.”
She knows how to inflict punish
ment without hesitation, however, as
three men who recently appeared be
fore her in traffic court will testify.
They were charged with speeding and
as a result had their licenses revoked
permanently and received straight jail
sentences of five days each.
11l 1010, when Miss Norris was
appointed judge in the woman's day
court,and also the family court, where
social cases mostly are heard, she had
been a practicing attorney ten years.
As assistant counsel to the state
comptroller, she organized the delin
quent tax bureau. She formed tile
trust corporation to handle the $!,-
000,000 left by Mrs. Frank M. Les
lie to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt for
the furtherance of woman suffrage.
She has served as president of the
New York State Federation of Busi
ness and Professional Women's Clubs
and the National Association of
Women's Lawyers.
CUTEST THINGS
New York Mirror.
Distracted Mother—Oh dear! what
shall I do with baby?
Bright Little Sister—Didn’t we get
a book of instructions with her?
The teacher asked Johnny to spell
H-I-M, and Johnny replied that he
coifldn't, so she tried to help him out.
“Now, Johnny, the word begins with
H. and what have I on either side
of my nose? “Oh. yes, I know,” said
Johnny, “freckles.”
Little Jane wanted someone to hold
her candy and asked her grandfather,
"Grandpa, have you any teeth?”
Her grandfather answered “No.”
“Well grandpa hold my candy then,”
she said.
One day little Tommy was playing
in the backyard and got his feet cov
ered with mud. His mother told him
not to enter the house with his dirty
feet, so he came around to the window
and said, “Hey, mother, where shall I
put my feet?”
One day last summer I took my lit
tle son to the beach, where we saw a
Ford car with girls in it. He looked
at the auto and said. “Oh, mother,
isn’t that a nice can of peaches?”
Little Betty, five years old, sat lis
tening to her father reading the eve
ing paper. Suddenly she exclaimed:
“Daddy, will we get drunk if we
ridle in nur auto too much?”
"What makes you think so, dear?”
asked her father.
“Well,” continued Betty, “you just
read about a man who died of auto
intoxication.”
A Christmas Nightmare.
The Pathfinder.
Look at the .men about you.
Why are they wearing gaudy neck
ties?
If the loud neckware doesn’t speak
for itself, just stop any wearer and,
man-to-man, ask him the truth, and
nothing but the truth.
“It’s my wife,” nine out of 10 will
probably explain, adding: “She gives
them to me for Christmas and I have
to wear ’em.”
Some may long for the soothing
touch
Os lavender, cream and mauve,
But the tie I wear
Must have the glare
Os the red-hot kitchen stove.
The books I read and the life I lead
Are sensible sane and mild
I like calm liats
And I won’t wear spats—
BI T—l Wear my neckties wild 1
While the year 1025 has set a high
water mark in American sports both
in the quantity and calibre of the
competition, as well as in the enor
mously increased attendance figures,
the very greatness of the year is ex
pected to produce a highly stimulat
ing effect upon the many events sched
uled for 1926.
Throughout the world no other
sporting events of any kind approach
the attendance records at the fam
ous Grand Prix of France or the Ep
som Derby. Th£ running of the big
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crowd In excess of 150,00, while as i
many as 400,000 have witnessed the 1
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Plan to Atlanta, Ga.
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29th, 30th, 31st, 1925
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