The Detroit times., 1909-01-21
SENATOR LODGE IS
ANXIOUS ABOUT
IMMORTALITY
WOULD INCORPORATE HIMSELF
AND OTHERS OF ART AND LII
ERATuRE AS AN AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF lMmoRTALs.
BY ALFRED HENRY LEWIS.

! WASHINGTON. Jan. B.-Seha'oI
Lodge has received blow Mr. Lodge
lhungers for immortality. To tha'
eternal end he asked congress 10 IN
corporate himself and certain other
I high muck.a mucks OF ART and litera'
! Uure as an American academy OF I'M
mortals. 10! the name or Abou ben
/ Roosevelt headed the list he I'M
mortals would be willing. SO Mr. Lodge
averred, 10 act as consulting engineers
on questions artistic and literary Tor
| the good OF the government
The senate reported coldly against
the national Incorporation of Mr.
! Lodge and those others but said they
might be given papers by the District
/ OF Columbia. Which is as though one
were told that he could not be gradu
ated by Harvard college. but might
| be by district school. Wherefore the
| blow.
/ Likewise the senate struck out all
suggestion OF consulting Mr.. Lodge
and those other deathless ones on any
subject. The last was adding insult 20
Injury Is 1t wonder that Mr.. Lodge
! feels hurt?
ever. should comfort Mr. Lodge. His
attempt TO scale the skies by means
OF national Incorporation would
have been a failure even though II
had been consented To by the senate.
Immortality is not 10 be reached by
mere congressional enactment. Only
those who are immortal shall have I'M
mortality
Also Mr.. Lodge should not SO hurry
10 be great Greatness is doubtful
blessing. Being great is like being in
the top OF a tree-it commonly takes
all OF ones strength 10 hang on. Be
sides there's the danger OF a fall
No man does much after he becomes
great That is because TO stay great
takes ali his time Mr.. Lodge should
rot clutch at greatness. snatch at i'm
mortality, It's too much like clutch
ing AT the Twentieth Century Limited
as II goes whizzing by in its flight
Were MI Lodge 10 fasten. he would
scarce survive the yank No: unless
one be naturally aboard the train one
had better not mingle with such peril
Gus matters. He would be wiser who
stood safely back from the track
10000 Words Week
Same optimists write me letters that
would require reams in their reply
Considering that as | go tearing along
this vale OF tears in pursuit OF the
daily corned beef and cabbage. | am
writing almost 10000 words a week, tc
send such a letter is, in the first place.
about as pleasantly intelligent as II
would be 10 stroll around 10 letter
carriers home OF an evening and in
wife him out for walk. However.
I've no objection 10 answering letters
when II counts as part OF the days
work and get paid for IT,
One OF my cores ondents wanted
10 know about Senator Rayner. Po-
litically he was German production,
and in Speaker Crisp's time came 10
the house from Maryland He is bill
Gus, dark, heavy. smooth. A violent
Demosthenes, he makes more use OF
his arms than his tongue in his ora
tory Were you to handcuff him he
couldn't say word
Also. he is more uprOa rious than elo-
quent, more vigorous than clear. He
VIII expend more physical strength in
talking half an hour than would be
needed 10 cut two cords OF hickory
wood He was AT one time the gen
eral agent OF the Rothschilds for the
United States and assume he Is yet.
! cannot conceive Of Mr. Rayner do
Ing anything that would offend
Rothscnild Is he Webster or n
Clay? Is tack hammer a trip-hanl.
mer2
Mr. TAFT declares that hereafter he'll
know all about the south, and that no
one will be able to mislead him once
the talk crosses 10 the equatorial side
OF Mason and Dixons line Mr.. Taft
might have added that the south. too.
Will know about him, and so with tn.
one word announced both ends OF a
good thing
II is ever thus--uot that its 10 be
regretted When you've gone close
enough 20 see man. You've zone
clos" enough 20 be- seen While you're
taking mis- picture les suappihs
yours rs diamonds 10 dumplings
mat right now the south knows ~
Mold a. much ~ Mr. Taft as he knows
of lhe south
This applies especially TO Georgia
and GcorgiaEs fhe latter are the Yam
kees ~ lhe south How do they com.
pare Wti.,the New England yarietyy
Th' following. whereof was eve ana
car witness. SHOULD show
l. was when M Crisp was speaker.
ENSpeaker Reed portrait in oil has
Just been hung la the lobby Also Nh.
crisp Was a splendid specimen of the
Georgia Yankee. just as MIR Reed was
sue-imcA- aQalll-Sp lendid- al-1hc
Yankee OF New England
Picture Is Produced.
Ap eN-member came 10 the house
door and sent ia for MI Reed. The
sx-memberss wife was with him
Mr. Reed came out and was intro
duced the lady. The lady had heard
Of Mr. Reeds new portrait and want.
ed to see It.