Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-12-29

one-tenth Of the power Of Mr.. Roose-
ve1t do not go to school at all, much
less to a public school. They have a
corps of private tutors and rarely ven
ture into the streets except In elabo-
rate equipages.
"The observance of complete sim
plicity in his personal and family life
by the president OF the United States,
one OF the most powerful rulers on
earth, has wholesome influence not
only upon America, but also upon the
world at large"
When he landed in New York not
long ago Rev. Mr.. Wagner said:
81 love the American people. / want
ed to see them in their own country
and to know them personally. To OBJ
tain that end learned their language.
and here am"
He referred to the kind of English
he was about to speak, saying he had
studied the English language only Il
short while ago to tell the American
people of simplicity, and that IL any
accidents occurred it would not be
| by generalization.
"I know that you are saying in your
| hearts that it IS not possible to live the
simple life in this great city of rush
| ing thought and energy, this city Of
| tremendous activities and skyscrapers," !"
| he said, 'but tell you that it is"
TT is possible to live the simple life
| on the twenty ty-fourth floor of New
York skyscraper in the midst of all the
noise and confusion The simple life
Is not n thing of the first floor or the
| fortieth, not of the shoes or the waist
coat, but of the heart.
| "Once in Paris, that great city Of
| dust and busy human life. l heard a
lark singing In a gaAden. He was a
prisoner, it is true. But when heard
him lifting up his voice to the blue sky
| and remembered the freedom of the
| hills and the fields that had been mine
| as a boy, the walls and houses of the
| great city seemed to fade away, to
stretch out and expand.
81 speak to you here in the center of
one Of the most tremendous cities in
the world I sing my song Of simplici-
| ty like a lark in cage-but 1t Is good
| place to sing it. The more l study
| your national character here in Amer
| lea, the more / look into the founda-
| tions of your goarrnment, the more
see Of your stupendous energy, the
| more I realize that at the bottom Of 1t
all is the simplicity of your national
| character.
| "I visited the White House at Wash
ington. I found there nothing Of the
| grandeur of the homes of kings and
| kaisers, but the pure simplicity of q
| great people expressed in the home OF
| O. chief executive. / was a guest OF
| your president. l pressed his hand,
and i had many long talks with him
! upon the great questions Of the day.
And again / felt that splendid sim
| plicity was at the root of your national
| character. Stay true to your tradi-
| tions; be true to your convictions. The
| human race demands it of you"
DIR. Wagner told how he came to
write "The Simple Life" He was CALI
| ed upon while n pastor In Paris to
| marry a workman and his sweetheart
| One of the six witnesses was the
| daughter of great politician.
I 81 talked to them upon the beauty OF
| living simply" he said. "A few days
| afterward the young lady came to me
| to ask me to perform her marriage,
| and she asked me to give just the same
| talk that had to the workman. There
were to be 1000 people present, lnclud-
| ing the greatest diplomats. the greatest
| politicians and the leaders I'm the In
| telleetual and social life of Paris.
II consented and talked to them SIM
| ply and straightforwardly upon the
| simple life. There was a pgblisher
present, rs there always is, and the
next day he asked me to write The
| Simple Life 1 did, and 1t has gone
| through the world everywhere. AS for
| me, intend to remain boy. with a
| boys heart, till am an old, old man."
The thor-clergyman's chapel In the
| Boulevard Beaumarchais, Paris, has
grown from a quaint little upper room
| and is now too small to hold the crowds
| that flock to hear him, and generally
more than 1000 persons are turned
| orrov Pro,,, tha dnora m Sunday