Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05

..,,ro..dented dignity the high office of
chanlaia of the United states Seha'e. ne
sho1ld be coming to he seheraH! hiio"i'
as n greatest of living Americans
Il" - i'm The irving years of the ciVll
war in December Of tS. that ths A'ial!'ic
Monthly brought out - he Man t'''"u l' a
country" in which with all lhat r LOW,
Of yerisimilituGe which has MADE ms nct OK
curry weight as ii !ndub.tab!e iaS'' III
Iiale made his first irresistible appeal 10
patriot.sm an appeal winch IL hts o liz,
been said, did more for ''e 49, now
many Successful battles. n clas.'.c NV
Lnou.n i'm all lands whCre u mas move
thousands to tears and where II mas p",it
nm ADEQUATE conceptions OF d'NoS'''i
country. not merely loyalty 10 d ''.,,,nJ
..Nan Without Country II rtsd' s 20 VI
s-,I all educators. as one of the most tHec-
tive means of awakening the Young
fore and during the spanish HH"ilC't wa
IL was III constant "''''''''N'
Rut DR. Hale did not begin his American
prnpaganda with that touching siorH:
was natural, perhaps. That one OF Ms 'd'.i-
liz should toe more than ordinarily '5Ne %
-, ,aIit If his country The founder Of
the Halcs i'm America had been that ftN'
John Hale who as early as loJ'' WIN t.i y,
Keen sense and possibly the Chaidtl''; ~
hurnor of the race. gave up the pr!noip'es
he had expressed in publication caiGu a
Modest Inquiry Into the Nature OF wien
rr,ft II was more than good sense that
caused The martyr-spy Nathan lla!a Wheh
troi,ebt ia execution by the British, to say:
..>i, only regret is tIat l have but one
life To lose for my country. mere l.
patriotism in the blood.
A Literary Home.
The father of Or. Hale was also Nathah
Hale. and nephew 10 the revolutionary pa
triot. his mother was a sister OF the re-
nowned orator Edward Everett Both
parerts were actively engaged in literary
work. the father as the publisher OF the
Rostou Advertiser and the mother as a
translator from the German. The atmos-
uhcre in which the children. and there were
several grew up. was one of culture Hqul-
dated with printers ink. 1t is related OF
the youthful Edward that al eleven he
translated from the French an article on
reservations al Nincveh' and before en-
ttring Harvard for which he was pre-
pared nj thirteen and from which he was
graduated at seventeen. he had served as
typesetter and. sooner or later acted IN
ev,,y cauacity for his fathers paper, from
reporter To ediror-in-chief. Ii was Samuel
Bowles of the Springfield Republican who
once said of him. They had only one good
journalist in all Boston and they were
spelling him I'm the pulpit!
DIR. Hale saws of himself that he was
Graded In the sheets of daily newspaper.
and to that fact has been attributed the
peculiar power and skill Of his English
style. Characterized by nervous, col
Ioouial simplicity fun of life and human
quality. in addition to a mastership of di-
rect vivid words. il bears evidence. the
critics say. that he has a keen scent for
news "A CIean-cut. tenacious memory that
has been provided with numberless impress
sions by a viGilaut eye and a sensitive ear.
DIR. Hale has formulated his own rules
for writing. which lie evolved from tue
rigid requirement of his own experience.
Briefly summarized they are: Know what
you want TO say; say 1t; use your own
language; leave out fine passages; a short
word is better than a long: the fewer
worus. other things being equal, the better;
and finally. cut il to pieces.
These practical working laws he early
enforced and they are indicative of that
straightforwardness of spirit which In 80,
when he was graduated made him plunge
at once into the issues which were agi-
tating the country.
For few wears he a ministerial free
lance. but I'm '46 was located at Worcester
where George Frisbie Hoar soon became