The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-16

so SAID Or. G. 3. MITCHELL
In His Address to the Board Of
: Agriculture.
Other Speakers at Night Ses-
sion Of the Board.

Other Speakers ct Night Ses-
sion Of the Board.
The United States has taken Z plaeo
among the men Of the world and IL =
| time the country took on her bib, ae-
cording to DIR. Charles Bayard Mitch
ell. pastor OF the St James Nethodist
church OF Chicago. who spoke Thurs-
day night In Representative hall No.
fore the members Of the Kansas Staxp
Board Of Agriculture ON. The Orag-
inal Idiot
The speaker told how the nation
in its infancy had followed the. advice
Of the father Of his country" George
Washington, and had attended strict
" to her own business until the CRY,
Remember the Maine." went forth,
and the government suddenly found
itself in possession Of new territory.
DR.. Mitchell said: ITS the busi-
tie. The advice given was excellent
when the nation was in its infancy.
but we have grown 30 selfish that
other nations tell us that our God IL
the almighty dollar. We turned a
deaf ear to Cuba for centuries. Ono
day Spain hit us where We live. and
the cry became. Remember tho
Maine
I'VE must think Of tho other fell
low. No nation today liveth unto IT.
self. We have already taken our
place among the men Of the world
and 1t is time for US to take or our
bib. This is no time for idiots: 1t IL
a time for men,
DR.. Mitchell was raised in Kansas.
He lived In Topeka frol-- 1871 to 1874
while his father was pastor of the
Methodist church. His address was
full Of humor and the patriotic por-
tons Of his discourse filled some of
the "old boys' present with SO much
enthusiasm that arms were wildly
waved and papers thrown to the CELL
ing. It was one Of the most eloquent
addresses that has been heard in To-
peka in q long time.
DIR. Mitchell described fve de-
scendants Of the Original idiot" Of
Greece. who was a selfish. unpatriotic
man.
The first in the list was the man
who stayed at home o. nights."
HE never goes to meetings, he isn't a
joiner. and he always stays around
the fireside taking no interest in out
side aaffirs."
The second man in the category
was the man who amasses money and
dies leaving nothing to charity. II
have nothing to say against the man
who makes money" said Dr. Mitchell.
II don't wonder uaen make money in
this virgin land-my wonder IL that
more do not. I take my hat on to
the man who knows how to make
money honestly. My quarrel il with
the man who makes money at any
cost. He will crush out here and
trample there. He will go just as
near the edge of the law as he can
without going to Lansing. He
amasses wealth and dies to damn his
AA~AnARotA AfPuH1A0se
The third idiot" in the list IL the
sectarian Christian. the members of
whose denomination alone will be
preserved from hell fires. Then q
fourth man IL he who is a political
partisan, who cares moro for his party
are the so-called anti-imperialists
who believe that the United States
should not NEEDLE with world at
fairs.
Other Speakers Of the Evening.
Mrs. May Belleville Brown Of Salina
read an interesting paper on The
Woman and the Book" She traced the
She said: woman has not only turned
q new page in the book of life, but
has begun a new chapter. If she but
realized it she can determine the future
Of American industry. 1 believe in the
power OF organization. believe in
every one of the progressive things the
women are doing.
I'VE will always be domestic Great
ures. New occasions are at hand. Now
let them teach US new duties. Woman
has written on the book of life the
story Of the patient, untiring labor;
what will she in the future writer"
Music was furnished at the meeting
Thursday night by the Santa Fe Watch
company. who operated a new style
Edison machine.
Herbert Quick Of Springfield, O.. was
on the program this afternoon for an
address on The New Kind Of Rural
School"
The closing session will be held In
representative hall tonight when Mrs.
Margaret Hill McCarter will speak ON
The Farm Square," and Ex-Governor
F. W. Hoch will give an address on
The Influence Kansas Exercises Else
where"