The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-26

4 MONG the homely philosophers
 "A developed through Kansas jour
 nalism several are widely known, most celebrated among them all being Ed Howe of the Atchison Globe, William Allen White of the Elm poria Gazette and Walt Mason of the same paper.
 Howe Is 60 years of age. He was owner and editor of the Globe for more than 30 years, but four years ago, when his paper gave him a net income of $6O a day. he turned it over to his son and retired to his country place, Potato Hill." where he issues occasional man ifestoes.
 Some of Howe's characteristic para graphs from the Globe have been col lected and published in book form. un der the title. Country Town Sayings. Here are a few examples of his homely humor and philosophy.
 So many things go wrong that we are tired of becoming indignant,
 Watch the files on cold mornings. that is the way you will feel and act when you are old.
 There Is nothing so well known as that we should not expect somethinu for nothing. but we all do and call it hope.
 When half the men become fond of doing thing the other half prohibit it by law
 "Somtimes I think that I have noth- ing to be thankful for but when re- member that I am not a woman I am content. Anyone who is compelled to kiss man and pretend to like it is entitled to sympathy
 Somehow everyone hates to see an unusually pretty girl get married. It is like taking a bite out of very fine looking peach.
 What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live.
 "A really busy person never knows how much he weighs
 Emporia is probably as well known as any town of it's size in the land It has, as Mason puts it, ten thousand people, including William Allen Whitee Including Walt Mason, then, it must have about eleven thousand. Mason has told how Stubbs. on becoming ;governor laws, and of the fine effect of actual prohibition in Emporia
 'No town fin tho world" he declares. wears tighter lid.-There is no drunk enness, because there is nothing to drink stiffer than pink lemonade. You will see unicorn as soon as you will see drunken man in the streets of the town. Emporia has reared a gen. eration of young men who don't know what alcohol tastes like. who have neevr seen tho inside of saloon. Many of them never saw the outside of one. They go forth into the world to seek their fortunes without the handicap of an acquired thirst. All Emporia's future generations of young men will be sim ilarly clean, for the town knows that g tight lid is the greatest possible blessing and nobody will ever dare at tempt to pry 1t loose"
 Three religious manifestations oc- cured while was in Kansas negro preacher came out with a platform, de- claring definitely in favor of mot hell" another preacher affirmed that he had the answer~to the 'six riddles White came out with the news that he had "got religion"
 Now. if William Allen White of the Emporia Gazette really has done that Ia number of consequences are likely to occur. For one thing, a good many Americans who follow with interest Mir. Whites opinions are likely also to follow him in this; and if they fail to do so voluntarily, they are likely to throats. If White decides that it is good for them, they'll get 1t, never fear! For Whites the kind of man who gives us what is good for us. even if it kills us. Another probable result of Whites coming out in the Gazette in favor of religion whould be the simultaneous appearance in the Gazette of anti-relig- ious propaganda by Walt Mason. That is the way the Gazette is run. White is the proprietor and has his say as editor, but Walt Mason, who is associated with him on the Gazette also has his say, and his say is far from being dictated by the publisher. White, for instance. favors woman suf- frage; Mason does not. White is . pro- gressive; Mason a standpatter. White believes in the continuation form of gov- ernment, which Emporia hos; Mason does not. Mason believes in White for governor ef Kansas, whereas White.