Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23


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to-day and forever. What MRS ,ST
scored Markos Bozzaris, Bar MN j VI
Sheridan, and Paul Reveref fES3Sl {
Poetry. Only for that they AZ S -
would have died on first base
or gone to Congress-HobsonS
choice
OF course there is only one
way of putting Fame over the plate and that
is by making home run in McGufey's Fourth
Reader. Westminster Abbey is the toughest kind
of place to break into; but it's a cinch to Nc
Guffeys Glory is nurtured in the heart of the
school boy, for there is no hero worship after
become hero to ourselves. And every American
is persuaded that he is born free, equal and heroic.
So it is not enough to perform great deed, but
heroisrn, like cucumber, must be picked in the
attic salt of phrase to keep crisp in the public
mind. Oblivion prowls the trail of the man
who has not the wit to epitomize the virility of
Look the list of some living Americans who
have been notable in war, politics, finance, lnven-
ton society Rts 1a and 1reigioncIDewey
Allison, Carlisle, Bryan, A1ger, St: John, Weaver,
Debs, Coxey, Berry Wall, Harry Lehr, Lexow, Park
hurst, David B. Hill John Mitchell, Lawson, Morgan,
Seth Low, Dowie, Lyman Abbot, Belva Lockwood,
Clara Barton, and hundred othersl These are all
alive and recalled to-day; some for representing
cause and othersI7because. But can you speak of
them heroes? If not, why?
Well, you know the angle. The cause, not the
deed, makes the hero. For example Emile lola was
the hero of the of Albert Dreyfus, when his
led to victory the tlmorous justice and honor of
France; when all the dumb chivary of the Amer
lean protagonistS in the Spanish War given in
Captain Philips speech, Don't cheer, boys; the
poor fellows are dying!'
John L. Sullivan is the nations pugistic hero
because he defended Americas honor in the ring
against the English Mitchell. 1t is Jeffriess mis-
fortune that he cannot prove his championship
against foreigner. Do you see the difference?
War Heroes Soon Forgotten
HAD the late been a death crisis, the leaders
~ in that struggle would have had more enduring
credit AS it was, parts of the country greeted the
defeated Admiral Cervera with as mad enthusiasm
And now the majority of our citizens ignorant
of which heroes living. The cher day city
editor in New York. wishing to communicate with
Rear Admiral Schley told by the papers infor-
nation chief that Schey had died "a good while
ago"
1t is not necessary to win for a Robert
E. Lee could be more of hero had he
General Lee did not need to make epigram; he
was the spirit of the South.
The who has his soul in issue, whether
good bad, is generally inspired to poignant phrase
which will coaesce the sentiment at the time and
define it to the world for all time If he does that,
he needs to write history poetry about
him. Can't you see John Paul Jones on that old
wooden ship of his-about the size of one of the
nackerel junks that to the Banks; masts gone
by the board; her gunnels awash, and her scuppers
running with American blood? Can't you hear him,
the little spunky cock of the walk, with his nose in
the air and his boat sinking under his feet saying,
when they ask if he has struck his flag Sir have
not yet begun to fight!
Ask Tammany man what he thinks of Croker.
Don't try to knock the big boss; he is pedestal
Yet all that he said when asked what ne working
for was, MY pocket all the time
See? Just as told you; the cause makes the hero,
the hero makes the epigram and--there you arel
Now the question arises, if man had the