The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-17
THE CoLoNEL,s own.

THE CoLONEL's OWN.
Doctor Lyman Abbott is a good man.,
and he has shown it many times. To
be sure, his theology is a little Doubt
full in the estimation of many good
people. but as we are not experts in
theology, his does not lower him in
our estimation. Besides, 1T really does
not matter, since he has other good
qualities which more than make up
for his alleged shortcoming In this
respect. He lectures, for example. in
a good fatherly sort of fashion. and
he breaches Nespcr Sermons that are
good even IL a bit mystical.
Then, in addition. to all these points
In his favor. DR.. Abbott has The Out
look, which everybody reads after
they have finished Tho Times-Dis-
patch.
DR.. Abbott's. outloohs-at least 1T
used to be his.-has a very interesting
history. n the story of how DR.. ABB
bolt took a moro or less uncertain
religious weekly and transformed IT
into a very live high-hrowed Summary
of the Times. is well worth telling;
but all, of this is ancient history. AS
everyone knows. when the Colonel re-
! tired from the Presidency. The out
look secured his services as Contrib
uting Editor and put his name on the
front page. beside that of Brother Abb
49,. n,a protho,. NJnhjr
Then began the transformation OF
The Outlook. The Colonel, If we recall
| correctly, wrote nine editorial arti-
Giles for The Outlook before he departed
hence for Africa, or about as many as
the avcrage newspaper man writes some
days before dinner. These articles
were not particularly good and not
especially bad, being, in fact, about on
a par with those which the public gets
from newspapers every day, without
the sounding of trumpets. Yet Broth
er Abbott took those nine editorial
articles and had them printed in DOOR
form and congratulated himself that
he had made the happiest editorial
II SELECTION llldl Nv Soaio
the same amount of money.
When the Colonel went to Africa,
The outlook was still Brother Alb
bolts and carried rather infrequeni
references to the Colonel. or course
;. when some story about the Colonel fill,
tered from the African junsies, DR.
Abbott denied it as the only man who
1 really new anything about 1t. He
spoke ex c%athedra, SO to say, ant
when he declared that the Colonel die
not say it, everybody else stopped
talking.
AS soon as the Meteor fell from tn,
Southern sky and began to tear things
to pieces in Khartum and Cairo, Th'
outlook changed. 1t was Brother Alb
, bolts no longer, blu The Colonel!
own. Young Abbott went over to AT
rica especially to meet the Colone
II he has been telling the peopl
about it ever since. Every issue o
The outlook has the Colonels lectur
= at some place or other, thong,
almost everybody read 1t tn
week before in the reports of the AS
: ISOLATED Press, and generally, every is
. sue Of the Colonel's Own has all abou
' him and his speeches on the front page
or course we read 1t, even II we hay
, read it before. because we want
know what the Colonel says, accord
: ing to DR.. Abbott. We would not b
4 ,Ithf,,l fn tba. f,aln,,ol md tr,ia In IA
; charge ii we did not devour ever
bon mot that falls from his lips an
! is preserved, or picked as the cas-
may be. in The outlook.
: In the last issue OF tho Col
> oncl's own, there is an intcrestin
!" article entitled Mr. Roosevelt TAX
: q Vacation 1t is written by Law
renee i. Abbott. who has been tract
ing the Colonel across Europe, anc
- tells what the Colonel did at Por
Maurizio. THAI was q long time as
- and we had almost forgotten 1t. u
we enjoyed the article q 1t to
some things about tho Colonel v
~ wanted to know. 1t settled some
~ our doubts. SO to say, and 1t show
:" Brother Abbott and the Colonel
they both are.-blessings on the la
- ter. whenever his name be spoken.
In speaking OF tho Colonel, your
Abbott has this to say
MANY of them (the coloneIs le
~ tcrs) are Very touching In the appet
ne they make. l am not speak1
es OF the appeals for personal assistah'
~ allude to the appeals mace
Mr.. Roosevelt as leader, guide a
w wiser, as a man who Is believed
a stand against corruption ana "ron
III doing, as the champion oil inc Pr
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