The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-20
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Annie Laurie

'Inquisitive Boy" writes in the Hutch
inson Bee as follows:
There was a pretty scene at the state
convention at Wichita "Wednesday. The
immense auditorium was packed with
great crowd. men who had passed
through many fierce political battle.
SCARED veterans, and there 10 win the
trophy OF the skillful game OF politics.
The Apollo club had sung and as an
encore number came back with Annie
Laurie, which was so sweet and melodi-
Gus that it went TO the heart of every
person present. Everyone listened in al.
most hreathless silence while the chorus
sang For BONNIE Annie Laurie I'd Lay
Me Down and Die Every man thought
of the Annie Laurie who had come into
his life with a power Of a hearts love
and made the world new TO him. and life
very sweet TO live She was wife. or
perhaps. only sweetheart. but to every
man came the sweet story. and each
yielded the other thoughts TO these that
came Of the love that makes men dare to
do. and makes the whole world better for
its gentle power. How great a loss has
he who has never met or known Love
but there are none such. Every man
has felt the power that has made the
world stand aside for one woman.
Every man when he looks down into
the depth OF his own heart sees there the
reflection of the One Who Cares and he
is stronger to meet life because She has
Cared. There is a sentiment in each life
that has discovered to that life the Great
Beyond and has lifted the nectar of the
gods TO scared lips that have been
through the conflicts The greatest re-
deeming power in the lives of men is love
OF woman and for Her will he live longer
strive harder.-yes. be purer,-and more
often will he die. than for any other
cause. To be able TO stretch out the
hand across the years of toll and sorrow
and to touch the responsive sympathetic
hand of One Who Cares is the greatest
balm for tired body and discouraged
soul. Love rules.
And later in the convention. when OLD
Ed Hoch. as he was called. was nominal
ed for governor, and was led forth 10
make a short speech accepting the great
est honor in the giving of Kansas. back
at the side Of the stage, was a quiet un-
assuming woman who saw not the crowd,
the intense scene, nor heard the patter
OF the rain outside. She was the woman
who had worked hand in hand with Ed
Hoch through, the years from the day
when as happy young couple they had
started in life together. Oftener through
clouds than through sunshine, oftener
through disappointment than rejoicing
sharing the lot of a poor man She was
hour of his great triumph. She was
there as she saw Her Ed Hoch accepting
the great tribute. the people were forgot
ten, and her thought went back to the /
days when she promised for better and
for worse. and now she was with him in
the time OF triumph. and il was more 20 /
her that he spoke than to the great |
crowd in front of him II. was not the |
applause or the dramatic intensity Of the /
crowd, but the thought of the faithful I
helping Of She Who Knew all and was /.
the Annie Laurie OF his life. that was the I
most touching sentiment of the scene.
The One Who Cares makes the sun /
shine brighter. the burdens lighter. the /
griefs less piercing. LIES greatest bat I
tie must be fought and the wounded cum 4
Der every field Of conflict. but it's then
that She heals the wounds and sends the /
soldier of life on his way with renewed 4
TO WIN