The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-26

AstF Ee4Hhs +
~xreptsonal person is that hts indiy'd-
uaHfy. Ms real sveatness waa SUCH -
a. make tae matter IL hts rl'ihrs not
4, ay &aperger bit ~aar1
When * came Is Isele Erusa dtn.
,ar al the White House neither the
world nar the President laeored ~
anv doubt as - Nho was honorcd b
the transaction The k3nsr = bought
and more. tre kings - luvo-aoi
their ors n fashions Aut the world
,hat miles IN thr sunshine of their
prcsenes + CAD Is accept AND as
knowledge the fact
only recently vhe3 MarN TWAS"
~as vsrltlns London ne sent about -
the graadest ~ court and arisioefahe
functions dressed invariably in smn'ac
uIate White is open ara Elar.ag def
ance 81 all tho ro5e= presidents and
~prejIdlccs or ths greatest and most
formal city ln the world
These Two incidents that have gained
notice becssase thes were different
point a reflection . something more
than the whims II @ couple "f
reniuseS Let ID - said to rrAnkne~s
THAT perhap the, marked the vanity
of genius Let II he conceded That
the man who makes a point ~ not
wearing a dress suit vhere dress suits
are usually worn perhaps displays "a
vaniU and egotism that is ia" same
in quality AS that Of the m~oncN-iike
student who d]issipatcs himself on
every varying fashion in rainbow
socks. Let it bo sail further that
the man who affects s~louchtness In
dress. or who affects = certain kind y
hat or 4 certain cut of clothes II
studied defiance of vogue, Is animated
hs the same desire for conspicuous
ness that distinguishes the man who
apes the fashion-and with more sue
cess But with the genius OF th" af-
fections II is IA gentle vanity and II Is
in the two cases mentioned pleasing
rather than Irritating. because II EN-
phasizes the men in their relation to
other men. And this truth shows the
fundamental fact that the road TO
greatness. the road 10 the highest hon
ors and the most exceptional privileges
lies in the superintendent heart. in the
universal humour AMI in the catho-
licity OF charity rather than either in
brain or power.
The civilized world Is crowded with
dignitaries and officials. England has
her king and her dukes and earls:
Germany has her emperor. her cunts
and barons: Russia is dIled with titles
and even Republican France still bows,
while IL does not cringe. TO the names
ana insignia Of long inheritance In
America We elect a man Of the people
and forthwith make him the most
powerful monarch Of all. posing under
the Democratic hypocrisy Of Mr.
But. in neither of these countries. does
any ruler OF hereditv. Of election or OF
wealth, bear any title that the people
honour as they do those self-achieved
ones Of Joel Cnanler Harris and Sam
uel Ciemmens. Without an office Of
any sort, without a decoration unless
such as may have been tagged 10 Mark
Twain's coattails in despite his efforts
to escape, these men exert n hold upon
the affections. demand an honour and
obeisance from the world such az no
ruler possesses and no Millionaire can
buy. When Roosevelt shall be a name
upon a book, family ,hadowing forth
an activity that shall ask an unan-
swered question Of history: when all
the kings that now strut the earth
shall have gone beneath it and are
locking down in wan obscurity from
the walls Of portrait galleries. when
all the colossal fortunes Of today shall
constitute the forgotten beginnings OF
the fortunes of tomorrow, Mark
Twain" and Uncle Remus' VIII still
survive 10 show that it is only the Gus
toms and never the heart Of a time
that change. Still viii the little boy
lessly while Uncle Remus greases his
shoe, still win children roar at the
story Of the Tar Baby and dream in
trundle beds ~ Brer Rabbit and Rrcr
Fox and all the other Solkes. And still
Will Tom Sawyer white-wash the fence.
and H~uckleberry Finn go of on never
ending adventure. and Mark Twain.
travelling abcut'the world shall find in
it always whereat to laugh. because
his pity for it is too great to let him
sob when he would. Ike to do SO. The
-" ' N''N - hi'il are Iilt.
Kings who have always ruled and al
ways viii. What they do is right. be-
cause they think right and love right.
While they are in the world do they
exert g reverence IL which is not the
suggestion Of fear or mixed in slight
est measur with awe. They are hu-
man, and lovable and-"great," Also.
they ave always live1-and they viii
never die.
In the meantime the papers report
that the Duke Of Alva. the exotic
scion Of q house Of 4 hundred titles
builded on blood ana pilIared with
skulls, hesitates to marry Miss Town
send, Of Washington. because his spe-
clal auditor reports that her estate
yields an income Of only $25O.0OO
year.
Ana Mark Twain. going on foot into
the Ghetto to hear children nIa, ~.