The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-08-11
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Leonard Wood

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mere or less wel.-meaning persons
who were misled by these schemers
and adventures; but 1t Is astounding
to any one acquainted with the facts
to realize, not merely what he accom-
plished, but how he succeeded In gain
ing the good will of the enormous ma
jority of the men whose good win
could be won only In honorable fash
ion. Spaniards and Cubans, Christian
Filipinos and Moros, Catholic eccle-
siastics and Protestant missionaries
in each case the great majority Of
those whose opinion was best worth
having-grew to regard General Wood
as their special champion and ablest
friend, as the man who more than any
others understood and sympathized
with their peculiar needs and was
anxious and able to render them the
help they most needed.
His administration was as signally
successful In the Moro country as In
Cuba In each case alike It brought In
It's train peace, an increase in material
prosperity, and rigid adherence to
honesty as the only policy tolerated
among officials. His opportunity for
military service has not been great.
either In the Philippines or while he
was the governor of Cuba. Still. on
several occasions he was obliged to
carry on operations against hostile
tribes Of Moros, and in each case he
did his work with skill, energy, and
effici -ncy; and, once It was done, he
showed as much humanity In dealing
with the vanquished as he had shown
| capacity to vanquish them. In our
country there are some kinds Of sue
cess which receive an altogether dis
proportionate financial reward: but in
no other country Is the financial re-
ward SO small for the kind of service
done by Leonard Wood and by the
other men whose names have given
above. General Wood Is an army on
Ger with nothing but an army officers
pay, and we accept It as matter OF
course that he should have received
practically no pecuniary reward for
those services which he rendered In
positions not such as an army officer
usually occupies. There Is not an.
other big country In the world where
he would not have received a sub.
stantial reward such as here no one
even thinks Of his receiving. Yet, aft.
er all. the reward for which he most
cares is the opportunity to render
service. and this opportunity has been
given him once and again. He now
stands as chief-of-stan Of the Ameri'
can army. the army in which he was
serving in a subordinate position al
surgeon Is years ago. His rise has
been astonishing, and II has been duo
purely to his own striking qualifica
ton and striking achievements. Again
and again he has rendered great serv
ice to the American people: and hs
will continue to render such servic>
In the position he now holds.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
yet there are various things about II
which render 1t unsatisfactory.
Rather surprisingly It has thus far
escaped the denunciations of the doc
tors. who have spared no little else, al
q possible occasion for the communi
cation Of injurious microbes. but one
does not have to be a President of the
United States, nor even popular poll
tician engaged In canvass for votes
not sometimes to have wished that
the handshaking habit had never beer
contracted. There are SO many wayi
of shaking hands that are objection
able and there are so many different
kinds of hands whose touch communi
Gates a sensation not exactly pleasant
Hands that are too hot or too cold
too moist or too dry. or whose inert
ness communicates an uncomplimen
tary sense of Indifference on the part
of their possessors.
Every one Is familiar with the hand
shake in which all the shaking has To
be done by the party of the first part
in which the hand one grasps LEI
limp and lifeless In ones own, to b
taken or left, to be squeezed or lei
drop. as one pleases. while the atti
tude of che owner suggests an abso
lutte lack Of interest In the proceed
ings. Behold, that also IL vanity and
vexation Of spirit. SO Is the question
which recurrently arises. and which 4
may be suspected Ia the source d
much secret embarrassment. the ques
ton Of to shake or not to shake
Etiquette has its rules for this, but n,
rules etiquette can formulate vii
cover every case that may arise. ant
to determine the right thing may no
always be easy.
II will be seen that the Chimes
plan has It's advantages. The Chins
man you meet does not shake you
hand. He bows and shakes his own
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