The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-15
.ROYCROFT FRA PRAISES
nSP|EL" At PROPY[AUM
Saws He Is Used to Attacks of
Knockers" Who Are Impair
tial in Their Work.
LAUGHS AT THE BOOK
Deceit Denied by East Auroran,
After Lecture on Socrates
at Propylaum.

New TESS up, be honest. Don't you
Aink that was a good spiel 1 just gave
nem out there?" asked Fra Eibertus
Hubbard last night just after he had deliv-
cred his lecture at the Propylaeum on Soc
rates. Just previous to this he had shaken
hands with number of his audience and
in his modest and unassuming way said to
them: 81 am so glad to see you" He had
the same greeting for one and all, II am so
glad to see you" All of this. but nothing
more.
When presented with little pamphlet en-
titled ~ Little Journey TO the Home of
Ebert Hubbard" in which is included an
attack upon the sincerity of the work that
Hubbard is doing, the man of Roycrofter' s
fame replied as though he were accustomed
to such interviews, "Oh. that's all right"
he said anybody can knock. and they not
only knock me but they knock all that is
holy But" he said, assuming a more
serious air, there is no deceit IN my work.
1t started with nothing and now we have
1896, 900 invested ard are doing a great work
There have been many wild and untrutnful
stories circulated about. our institution but
IL is still there and prosperous just the
same"
HUBBARDS SINS ATTACKED.
The pamphlet referred to is the work of
Paul W. Mavity, OF Franklin, Ind. In a
letter he says that the publication, which
was 10 have come out yesterday will con-
tain ian appeal to common horse sense by
plain reference to Hubbard's social sins
and to his most violent symptoms of ego
tism" That Hubbard was peculiar genius
a short history of both the father and
mother of EIbertus is given in the Jour
ney.
Soc ng of the mother of Hubbard the
auti says that she was a great grower
of flowers and that Hubbard has said that
II he had but two loaves OF bread he would
sell one and buy white hyacinths. From
this we infer that his mother does not
raise white hyacinths, else he would go
home TO mamma and keep the bread and
maybe help himself TO little jam be-
sides. Life is a reaching out for your
own he said
When asked IL the 100000 invested was
paying a very large dividend he said
Lob. we manage TO live and make lit
tie money every year. When am away
my oldest son has charge But you should
see my son." he said as he turned with his
face beanning with pride. 'he is great
Mr.. Hubbard also spoke happily of the
work that his second wife was doing AT
the Roycrofter .'She is in perfect accord
with the work and enjoys it, which my first
wife did not. But you couldn't blame
ask her to bury her life in the institution
which is my life's enjoyment. L can't
blame her." and his eyes had a distant
look.
WITTY DISCOURSE IS GIVEN.
The lecture was a review of the life of
Socrates, in which was mingled a flow of
wit that was made more humorous by the
manner of expression of the speaker. Often
Il was not the thing he said that occa-
stoned laughter and applause, but the
actions that accompanied the saying.
I'VE live in a wonderful time" he said
FOR twenty-five years there has been a
revolution. Christianity, so-called, is not
the thing that IL was twenty-five years
ago: the practice of medicine is not the
same as IL was at that time. II the doctor
Is big enough and he calls upon you and
your stomach is upset he will say TO him
self good and then charge you $40 and
say nothing is the matter with you. A
big lawyer will charge you a big fee and
keep you out Of litigation, but wo have to
have lawyers to protect us from other
lawyers. We are doing away with preach
ers. that is, by having preachers do some
thing else. We are doing away with
theology and taking up humanitarianism
Tor theology Is the unknown science
Every church, Methodist, Baptist and all
are leaving out the subject of theology and
bringing in the subject of humanity"
The lecture was concluded with a vivid
description of the death of Socrates and
the fear entertained by the prison guards
Fra Elbertus goes from here to Valparaiso
where he will lecture.