Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-21
AT the End Of the Rainbow.
WAYS or GREAT MEN.
by WALT MASON.

Il See" remarked the professor. laying
a de a newspaper. that Woodrow Will
son. our Prs sident-elect. is going to have
the door open at the White House. which
means that he viii be approachable at all
times. 1t reminds me of the grand old
days OF true democracy, when jefferson
rode To his Inauguration on horseback.
The truly great man has no false pride.
He wants to be close To the hearts Of ihe
people. Only upstairs So hedge them
stSves about as to keep the people at a
distance"
You're right there. professor" said the
low-browed man. For once I can agree
with You from 4 to lizard. Several
years ago. when Jeffries was champion
OF the world. he gave an exhibition in
this town, and after the show was over
L went around to see him at the hotel
1 hadn't much hops of meeting him. for
II didIt seem probable that a man oc-
cupying his exalted station would con-
descend to shake mitts with an unknown
Ike me. But man couldn't be more
cordial than he was.
"A few weeks later tinhorn wrestler
came To town and put up at cheap hotel
across from the stockyards. He clained
to have thrown a terrible Turk and he
|
going around Offering to throw ANYBODY
in an hour for a purse of 20 or some
thing like that | knew that he was q
cheap man. but | thought Id go around
and see him just to show there was no
hard feelings. He was in his room In
that ragged hotel, and when l sent up
| word that I'd like five minutes OF his
valuable time he refused to see me. said
he had more important employment than
swapp ne language with a barnyard saw
age. or words To that effect. couple or
nights later he met an amateur at Tur-
ner Hall and that amateur spread him
all over the stage, and when the show
was over YOU could have bought MIN Wy
| for IL cents.
1--WE always found il that way. Some
| fourth-rate performer will go staggering
around all swelled up, so you feel Ike ask
| ing his permission to stay on earth awhile
| longer. and when you walk around "A
block you meet shy, scared looking man.
| and when you ask who he Is you find ne =
the star of his profession. The man who
| takes the part of the trick donkey In
| Uncle Tom always uses up more or the
| sidewalk than Edwin Booth ever did
Its the same with animals as 1t is
with men. Ny Aunt Julia thinks she
| knows a lot about cows, but She doesn
know enough to last her over night.
| When she buys a cow she goes by color
| and general appearance more than any
| thing else. She thinks COW should
| harmonic with the house and the land
scape. She used to INSIST upon red cows
| exclusively, because red is the compile
| mentary color of green, and our barn
| was painted green. So she was always
| buying COWS that might as well have
| been steers for all the mix they CAV
| and Ii took her three years to realize
| that the COW that puts up big front and
| looks like a tragedy actress is raise
| alarm.
II never saw a naughty looking cow
| that was worth the powder to blow her
| nto the creek. If you ever go shoppinS
| for COWS professor. choose the orneriest
| looking brute YOU can find. Some old.
! bony relic with one horn knocked OH
arl an eve gone is likely to give entire
satisfaction, bat if you buy COW FOR her
shape you're going to get left every
| time.
IT'S that way with dogs. Old Doc
| little has been trying for a year to find
| dog that can whip mine. He has spent
fortunes on it. Every time he hears OF
| a record breaking fighting dog he buys
/ il. regardless of expense, and thinks mine
| will be wiped off the map at last. sup
pose you've noticed that pup of mine
| don't know what his breeding is, but the
| 10 K of his mouth suggests that mis- grand
| father was an alligator. He's the cheap
i est looking critter ia town. he goes
! around looking as though he doesn't care
whether school keeps or not. But when
/ he gets into a scrap he is worse than
! cross-cut saw and wildcat.
| We'll Doolittle sent away last montn
| and got a pedigreed bul dog Dig, cnesty
brute with a head like key of nails He
| scked the dog mine and ten minutes
| later carried the pieces home on q
| shovel
You NAV be able to trace the connec-
ton between Woodrow Wilson ana Doc
| Titles bulldog" said the professor.
YEARLY, but l can't and | wish you
would write out the rest of your story
and then burn the manuscript