The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-23
LARGE AUDIENCE
GREETED WAGNER
Strained Ears TO Hear
Simple Life Doctrine.
SPEECH BY The PRESIDENT
Head OF American Nation Introduced
Alsatian Peasant Author to Wash
ingtOn's Elite.

A--a WI q ----~~H
LEe President of the United States
and "a simple Alsatlau peasant SIuud
side by side iu Washington yesterday To
eNlouud the virtues OF the simple lIe.
The one spoke a= the head of the ma
tion aud it's eNempIar of simple, aclNe'
uroductfm living. The other spoke as
tae guest or the nation ana "a represen-
tltlve of the same simple active ana
produeuul Evlns amons an humber
people and in a DINNER light
III is significant that ara audience OF
Americans nelrd both with slIamlns
ers and echoed their doctrines Win
tna most genuine applause.
The meeting occurred at the Laldy-
cite Tleatel- and had been widely ao-
yertised 1y the known Interest OF the
President Officers of rhe local Young
Mems Christian Association had planned
rgr e. The members uf that body We're
..lch 81 evidence lu che audience. "a
were jas officers U che stage. but the
er,gter number of the audience was al-
lfact,d by sincere interest iu speaker
who had earned the ouJspoNen conn
denes of The ENcCuUiyc-tnr Rev
Charles WaeTs-r Protestant clergy man
i'll Paris ana the author OF three OF
four modest essays upon the need that
men and women bee true 10 themselves
Audience Was Distinguished
Few lecturers ia Washington have
been greeted by saeh au audience hall
q dozen members OF the cabinet sti-
t..asrtltaliCusIy LEA the body oi the thea
r.r The most distinguished preachers
iu Washington listened from mezzanlne
boxes. The roll OF the social figures
who attended would read like au elite
directory. And business men. clerks ln
Tie executive departments and college
students were 10 Doe seen every where
This body arose with, the HTst strains
gf -'Fbe Stlr-Spauei Banner and
stood silently mul Jhe familiar usuie
OF President Roosevelt emerged az one
side of lae stage. Then the heArLlrsl
handcappHz burst from az GO! ltSl p o-
tae tutater ANA continued until lhe
Executive had seated hlm5elLWl1A N"tl-
MISSIONER MacIarlaud =. " oul"-i-u
ami John H Laruar- IT, all oHlcers OF
Ile u. III. C. A.. onfhis leIt
Tai and Muscular.
Alone III the Presidents right hand
was Pastor Wagner. 4 glance even o5
lie sat listening 10 AIR. Aacfarland and
the President. revealed hls whole ma
Iurr. ais body was tail and muscular
HIS clothes were loose, black, Well
worm and relieved only log sutny
stareled white tir. His head was broad
az tlle hecI of the typical German,
modelled as sculptures might describe
ir into broad square jaw, a sJralght
large nose, and "a L--I IuTthrad. fii7
llu-l noticeable feature however We
-E ewes. Even 10 those who stood al
nd "
ll-IceI deep down below the SURFACE
oil his nt-.el-- character ana ifl5A-ei-
al the speaker c1uuJ-uance with a
aIr. Alacfarlaud introduced the Presi-
dent as one who has lived DOtA the
simple ana The strenuous Ire So as 10
develop au lIs poWers and 10 Win inc
regard and respect nor .ltE 9L ms
counCrEmel- blu OF all civilized peo-
piles. AIR Roosevelt chen said:
AIR Macfarlauu Air. Wagner. Men anu
Women OF Washing ton. IHls Is inc Aiat,
AND viii likely Dee tn- Only NiAe lA my
Presidency thar Z shalt ever introduce ID
speaker 90 aH audience and / am more
than glad Lo ll 10 I'D This instance. be-
cause ID lhere is one book which i would
lil1e tu have read as a East1 anu also.
what is mot invariably true OF tracts.
Ee am interesting tract. HY an of our
people, 20 ls l4e Simple Lie. written
bE Alf- wagner lArlr are ntHsi 1'pA7
W hleA he haas written ltum "hicu We
can gain great good DuI j know OF no
other book written of recent years amy
where. here o- abroad, which contains
SD much that wee Of America ought 10
take % our hearts aH IS con tanned lA
1.-THE Simple Life / lE= the book be
cause b. does uot merely preach 10 the
Elch. and does NOT merely preach 10 tue
poor III ls o. very easy thing Jo address
"a section 40 Lle community ih Icpruua-
ti0u of th- forms of vice 90 which lJ ls
prone. What we need tu have Impressed
upon us is rnl- DO ls not usually the root
D.
variation iu social conditions, but that Do
is the manifestation OF the Vice that Vac
Iles. and Mr. Wagner has vel brought
OuU the great fundamental truth that
the brutal arrogance 1r rich man Who
looks down upon d Door man because
De IS poor and the brutal envy aud ha-
tired felt bE poor man toward rich
man merely because Ae ls rich, are at
bottom twin manifestations ot the same
TLey are simply different sides of the
same shield The arrogance that looks
down iu the oue case, the envy tAat
hates ir the other, are really exhibitions
0f -tEe same mean, base and uuloErly
spirit which happens lH one case 20 De-
iu different surroundings nom what u
fzrir tsf other case. , le AHI OF man
vh0 would be arrogant I'm one case Is
precisely The kind OF man who would De-
euEi1uz and piled with hatred ln the
other. THE ideal should De- the just, l-e
generous tEe br1Id-miuded man who lS
Is of ulsHgnaut envy ana hatred il poor.
IApplause.l
why Republics Fail
No republic can permanently exist
when It becOmes "a republic OF classes.
where the man feels not the interest OF
the whole people but the interest OF
the particular class 20 which h. be-
longs or L-Hcies that he belongs, as
being 6f mImc Importance in antiquity
r-Bulirr- rallied as they did because they
t-.dtd 60 become either a republic OF
ta- tow who exploited the many or a
republic 0fNtle many who plundered the
few. and lu either case the end OF the
republic was inevitable. just as much
SO In one ease as the other and no
more So On one ease tuau Iu the other.
NE can keep Ihls republic true 20 the
UFIuciuiss OF those who founded. and OF
Chose who afterHard preserved IL. We
can kegp e. "a republic at all only Dy
remembering tLaJ we must i've up 10
fh. theory ~ lt- founders, ~ The theory
I'D tre.Llus each mau ou his worth rs q
mau- neither holding III for or against
Flu that be- occupies any particular sta
fflu iu life. so long as he does hls duty
fairlE ana well DE- lla Fellows ana Dy
the notion ls "a whole. lAppiause.l
So much Iur the general philosophy
taueUt .ss admirably -u Mr.. Wagner e
book might sag books. but am
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