The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-06

The idea of maintaining
a position for the mere show of II,
the idea OF keeping up a social i'm
pressiVeness equal TO that OF his
was utterly foreign to him
Life itself, without any of the accom-
panments and surroundings which
usually go with It. was to him the
center OF his whole philosophy Of
contentment, lie enjoyed sitting
down with Mr. Carnegie under tree
in his yard, because the great philan-
thropist was a simple scotchman who
had worked himself up from mill
boy to a. king OF Industry.
He was uneasy and Ill at ease when
ever people proposed to meet him on
any other than simple human terms,
II they came announced as great
people, to see him, an author OF
worldwide fame, he hardly knew
how to face the situation, II plain
Mr. Jones came to CALL though, In
fact, he might be the president OF a
railroad or an owner OF q ten-acre
farm he was grace itself, He greatly
enjoyed meeting the president, be-
cause Mr., Roosevelt being before and
above all things else genuine man,
met Mr.. Harris on the plain terms Of
hearty, robust manhood
On one occasion a couple Of first
editions Of Uncle Refnus' " came to
me with a letter saying: please go
out and see Mr., Harris and have him
write some aphorism and his name IN
these books, and send back to me-
called and said, "Mr. Harris, a friend
Of yours and mine wants you to write
an aphorism and your name In each
of these Uncle Remus books He
looked solemn and said, IL have no
aphorisms," I walked up to him and
said, Now, please, my friend, don't
he contrary and heady, but take these
books and write In them at once. or
III camp out here in front OF your
door until you do" He took the
books. sat down by table and In each
of them wrote, Sincerely yours, Joe
Chandler Harris" and then under
meath wrote this:
Don't stay long and don't stay late;
It amt so mighty fur to the goodby
gate"
Uncle Remus."
Mr.. Hnrris has taught us how 20
make beautiful world for each one OF
ourselves by idealizlng the realities
4 around us. lie was never satisfied with
any Place or situation until he painted
It, end made 1t glow with the color'
OF his own spirit. He started as mr.
apprentice in a plantation printing Of
fee In Putnam county. Quite an OBJ
scure and cut OF the way position, 20;
say, for putting much color on. Bu
when he left that printing Office n
had made II so beautiful that 1t ha'
been shining out there In the countr'
for nearly nifty years. His home In Yves
End he has idealized until It has be
come the most beautiful home In Allan
IN, and people from all over the coun
try make pllgrimages TO see II.
The religious lesson OF Mr. Harris
life Is dlnhcult TO formulate. His re
liglon was expressed through ever
act and word OF his life. IT was Xix
the sunlight, quiet, but managing TO &c
Itself embodied IN every tree and flow
or and animal in the world. SO NJ
Harris religion found embodiment I
all his writings In all his relations !
life. lie would have been the las
man TO claim much for himself artis
tlcally. but all who associated wit
him personally or through his writing
knew that he was both an artist and
deeply religious man. He was a devo'
cd follower OF the Lord Jesus Chris
He told me not long ago that all III
agnostics and materialists In creatlo
could never shake his faith But h
would have felt about MS awkward
+, proclaiming himself at pattern OF plct
as he would In proclaimng himself
j., pattern IN literature.
His last words were uttered attc
F.. hearing read letter from Mr.. Rooseve
;. expressing sorrow Mt his illness "Te
!, the president that he has been yer
. kind" So Joel Chandler Harris passe
= away from the realm of shadows I'M
. that OF light, with the feeling that a
the people, from the president down
J. the poorest man he had ever met, ha
been very kind to him.