Semi-weekly herald., 1912-02-19
TEDDY's FOLLOWING.

Some people have the "knack" of
attracting following. never had
it; l should run for office, people
would come from other counties, and
swear in illegal votes, for the pleas
ure Of voting against me.
Some women as well as some men
have this faculty of attracting fol
lowers. There once lived in a little
town near Atchison girl named Pearl
Hawley. She was a piano player, and
people who lived in her town always
were grumbling at me because / did
not, as newspaper man, pay more
attention to Pearl Hawley They said
she was great genius, and that she
deserved more attention than ] had
been giving her. So determined
to be just to the art of Pearl Haw-
ley, and wrote the most flattering
notices of her. But her admirers We're
not satisfied; they said should print
a picture of her, as the big city pa
pers did of celebrities. l did that,
and her friends were satisfied for n
time. But if / neglected Pearl Haw-
ley for a day wns sure to hear from
it; her followers never rested. Final
ly it was announced that Pearl Haw-
ley had consented to visit Achison,
and give piano recital. Then her
admirers began at once in real ear
nest; it was my duty, they said, to
boost her, as great artistic who only
needed chance to take a prominent
place in the musical world. So
doomed Pearl Hawley, and the people
of my own town began to complain;
thus I was between two fires. Then
it was announced that Pearl Hawley
was going TO Kansas City to study;
then that she really had gone. All
this was expected to comment on,
to the end that Pearl Hawley's mu-
steal career might be doomed. Then
Pearl Hawley went to Chicago to
study music, then to New York, and
finally abroad, where she studied un-
der Schutiniski. This was compell-
ed to announce, and comment upon,
and rave over, to satisfy her admir-
ing friends. Then, her education
abroad having been completed under
Schutinislsi, she returned to her home
near Atchison. All the time her
friends were madly inquiring why ]
did not pay her the attention she de-
served. She arrived in New York;
she arrived in Atchison; she arrived
in the little town where she lived:
all the time was doing my best as
an editor to satisfy her followers with
appropriate notices, but l never could
do it.
Pearl Hawley was a natural born
leader; she had the faculty OF at
tracing an enthusiastic following.
Where is she now? Giving piano les
sons in Tulsa, Okla, at DO cents an
hour. Had charged regular rates
for the notices | gave Pearl Hawley,
the total would amount to more than
she will ever earn as music teacher
No one ever told Pearl Hawley that
she should boom me, but hundreds
were constantly telling me / should
boom Pearl Hawley.
1t costs money to set type. The
editors of this country have paid ou,
money enough to set up free notices
Of w. J. Bryan to pay the national
depI.
And occasionally you find leader
who attracts more enthusiasm than
either Pearl Hawley or w. J. Bryan.
Teddy Roosevelt went hunting, and
actually attracted more attention than
the man who succeeded as president cf
the United States. 1t is taken for
granted in the United States that all
respectable persons favor peace.
Large sums have been expended to
create public sentiment for peace, that
the horror and expense of war may
be avoided. Teddy is opposed to
peace, and says SO in his vigorous
way. Did his followers desert linn.
On the contrary, they are 'for" him
more earnestly than ever; they even
now demand that he break his WORD,
and again become candidate for the
presidency, in opposition to man
who has done more for international
peace than any other man Of modern
times.
The Kansas City Star, in speaking
of Mr.. Roosevelt's opposition to the
pending arbitration treaty, says, ad-
iniringly:
"He could have remained silent and
escaped criticism. But that isn't his
way. Feeling strongly as he does on
the subject, he recognized his obliga-
tion to express his views. In doing
this he has done public service"
That's the way used to write about
Pearl Hawley, to satisfy her clam
orous followers. You do not particu-
larly admire half the people you are
booming; you know little about them,
and care less, but their followers are
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