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New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
WHICH PROVES THAT HE WAS REALLY A
GREAT MAN.

When the storm broke he never dreamed of
saying "E told you so!" But he emerged from his
retirement to join in the work Of defence
cheerfully and as whole heartedly though his
counsels had been accepted and faithfully full
filled. He had truly warned England Of the Ger
man menace. But when that menace was realized
he had no word Of savage hatred for the foe. He
would not, II Is true, admit even a suprosition
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22

for arguments sake, the possibility Of German
victory But neither would he countensnee ex.
tremes. Remember" he said in his last days.
remember that Britain and Germany hsys co.
to continue living on the same globe, as neighoo'
nations, after this war is ended"
That was characteristic of the man in private
as we'll as in public. Kipling in his "Bobs' ballad
said Of him -does-not--adve rtse'; and Il
was exactly true. Never was man more free
from vanity and love of selfexploitation. Never
was one more free from jealousy envy or spite
His generosity was abounding. His sincerity VS.;
transparent. His simplicity Of mind was that Of
little child He was an abstainer from intoxl'
cants and even from tobacco. Moreover with OIL
the fury Of an avenging angel m battle he hs'
the tenderness and the humanity Of a woman Ta''
the fight was done.
THE SUPPRESSION OF KIPLING'S BARRACA
ROOM BALLAD "B0BS"
Twenty-odd years ago Kipling delighted nig
and shocked some of his Berrack- Room Bsllsd@
"Bobs." The whole tribe Of Podsnap and GrurG
was horrihed at the thought OF taking such 10
critics with so great a man; and as result we
verses were practically suppressed. You VIII no.
lind them in the published editions OF klpins'
poems-aasl But Of all who were delighted '''
most delighted was Roberts himself; ard he Va
the most disappointed Of ell when mistaken ssn'
ment caused the suppression. Il was OILY o.
innate modesty that restrained him from puo'N9
declaring his approval Of the ballad and bis pleas
ure in il. As it was, he committed Il 70 memory
and some Of his friends have the pleasant nsmoI
OF hearing him privately repeat the lines VIE
rich gusto. The verses contain, In fact IN f'as.
Tommy Atkins dialect. singularly accurate 81.
altogether complimentary portrayal OF the sTsn
man's character. NAV add that Roberts gres"
admired Kiping's writings in general ani i''
quently quoted phrases or passages from tn'|
and quoted, too. Kpling's opinions as WORDS
wisdom.
As a writer himself. Roberts made me "'''
in the one important work which came from %
pen, the story Of his Indian career i o."
tcrriece of graphic recital, but phrased so unp'
tentiousy that the reader forrets that the avn.
was himself the hero OF he scenes when ne
scribcs Il was regarded as fitting, then,
technical as well as a general sense. that V''V'.
and Cambridge bestowed upon him their n0'
distinguished academic degrees, adding 'A"
D. c. l. and IL p. 70 the amazing array OF w
and letters which he bore For he was Esr' ~.
erts Of Randahar. Pretoria and WaterfoTd
coun. st. Pierre. Baron Roberts, K G., x. r -
C. c. B., O NJ. G. c. s. l., G. c. l. E. v c. v =
D. c. l.. IL D.. Lit n Hioher than all MS w.
however. was the man himself. As peer ana 10.
marshal he was 70 be admired. As man as
20 be loved In his simplicity Of purpose nH -.
tegrity If character, his purity Of life' ana 70 =.
modesty with which he bore his honors 'ho
generosity which he showed in every hour v s.,
tory, he realized more fully than mos' 'neh q q,
time or of anv time the old poets ideai u
"geray parft gentil knight"
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
WALHALLA OF THE GREAT SITS ROBERTS OF KANDAHA
Amazing Life Story OF
Britain'S Dead Soldier,
Sta eSn1dn ana
Writer.
Rr WILLIS FLETCHER JOHNSON.

s-s HE death Of Roberts is epoehal. Its cir
eumstances would bcht the climax of
Greek tragedy Il was the elimination
Of career which reminds us Of one OF
Plutarch's men. Nor DO l say "culmination" unad-
visedly In the majority Of cases death comes TO
great man ss an anti-climaN. Marlborough
should have fallen at Malplsouet, Napoleon at
Leipzig or Waterloo, Bismarck before the drop
ping Of the pilot" Wolfe stricken at Quebec,
Nelson at Trafalgar. Adams in the halls of Con
gress. Lincoln just after Appomattox-these were
shining exceptions to the rule In the latter com
pany Roberts belonged. Far past fourscore, and
for many years in nominal retirement, he had not
Tor one hour Jagged superAuOus on the stage bu:
died IN the act Of fulfilling crowning service 20
the Empire and at the very time when the value
Of his teachings and the example and influence OF
his long and distinguished career were more keen
ly appreciated than ever beforc-felt, we may say,
with an intensity Of passion unprecedented in
British history
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22

once testified the Mahar1jah Of Kapurthaa, "has
ever attained the popularity which Lord Roberts
possesses among the people Of all classes" II is
because of him and Of his work that Great Britain
can now confidently call upon Indian levies in
the European war; and 1t was supremely appro-
pirate and affecting that his last great service
was performed in confirming the bonds OF trust
and fraternity between the two chief races of the
empire.
Another phase Of his statesmanship, just now Of
supreme interest, was manifested when he came
home from India and, burdened with years and
honors, took his place among the lawmakers Of
the land. Naturally he gave his chief attention
to the military defences of the empire and Of the
United Kingdom.
ENGLAND is DEAF TO THE VOICE OF HER
PROPHET.
Session after session, year after year, he
in the Gided Chamber to move for the doing OF
such a work in England as he himself had done
in India. Cato more persistent with his
Carthage delenda est" But 1t was all in vain.
Roberts was Unonist of the Unonists, and the
Liberals ard Home Rulers were in power. He was
a soldier, and naturalization prevalent in
the councils Of the kingdom. Therefore his ad-
vice, his warnings. his appeals. all rejected.
Despite his splendid fame, he was made the object
Of aspersion He was, they said, an alarmist; he
jago; he was trying to conjure up alarms
and boges for political effect; he was wickedly
trying to foment suspicion and antagonism be-
tween England and Germany, when everybody
knew that Germany was of all nations the most
peaceful and the most friendly TO England When
he proposed conscription If necessary, to enroll
trained army Of million men. they denounced
him for trying TO saddle upon England the mill
tary burdens Of the Continent To his solemn
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
e0AEezS S.2 naUSAzEs szzezmS <ae ms <eo"7:

ratiently, and then he took the lead in the Um-
beyla campaign and the stormng of Mulka. More
invalidism, and then he was called to Africa, to
serve with Napier Of Magdala when he marched,
with the artillery of Europe borne by the ele
plants ot Asia, across the mountains of Rasselas
in Abyssinia," to vindicate the rights Of British
citizenship in the land of Prester John. To his
regret ard disgust he was not permitted to share
in the strenuous work Of that romantic campaign
but consolation came a little later, when he was
sent on the famous Lushai expedition among the
Indian mountains.
THE MEASURED ROLL OF BRITISH DRUMS
BEAT AT THE GATES OF KANDAHAR."
Then, in 1878, came u rreat chance, when.
commander Of the Punlaub Frontier Force, he wes
made the very Glance head Of Indian arms" He
led the Kurram Field Force and then the Kabul
Field Force. With the latter he left Simla on
September 6-the day after his appontment-and
or October entered in triumph "that dread city
Of Kabul set at the mountains scarped feet"
That was q great achievement, but it mere
prelude to what was to come The next year came
the disaster Of Maiwand, and the siege Of the
vivors at Kandshar. Roberts was at Kabu with
ten thousand men, chief among them the "Gay
Gordons" more than three hundred miles away,
three hundred miles Of TIE most rugged country
on the slopes of the "Roof Of the World" with an
enemy behind every rock and in every thicket.
On August he marched out of Kabul and plunged
into the wilderness, lost to the eyes and Of
the world; and the first day Of September
there was heard "the measured roll Of British
drums beat at the gates Of Kandahar." The
nails Of warfare tell Of marvellous march
than that, which not only vanquished the hostile
hordes ard rescued the beleaguered garrison, but
also set an example of British prowess which the
tribes Of the hills will remember for centuries to
come.
Next came South Africa. Roberts was in Eng
land, again an invalid but receiving peersge,
the thanks Of Parliament and other honors innu-
nerable national, municipal. academic and what
not Then came the news Of Majuba Hill. Forth
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
THE REGARD OF THE INDIAN NATIVES FOR
THE BRITISHER.

Nor did any British soldier or statesman ever
more greatly endear himself 70 the native Indian
people They did not, indeed, worship him as
god, as a certain sect did-and perhaps still does
John Nicholson. But they did better than that.
They recognized him a man who regarded them
his fellow men. From his earliest years he
had deperded upon Ghoorkas and Sikhs and Pa
thans to fight by his side in battle. and it was hI
policy throughout his whole to utilize the
native troops to trust them and to overcom. the
vain distinctions of caste. The result nat
ural. "No commander in chief in any country"
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
<oeo aosEREs eEhEn@s N>ae hGeoEs.

with he was sent thither, to save the British En-
pire in that quarter of IN, world; but he arrived
too late. Gladstone had forestaled him by yield
ing TO the Beers, and thus laying the sure founda-
tions Of future trouble; trouble which Roberts
had 10 compose twenty years later, at fearful cost
For when in the last Boer war other generals had
been tried and found wanting the British army
was defeated and demorezed and the embattled
burghers everywhere triumphant, he was
again called for, last desperate resort. The
veteran then past what we consider the retiring
age responded as readily as he had answered the
call from Kandahar. With his landing in Cape
Colony the tide of war turned, and with grim
calculation on the exact anniversary of Maiuba
he conquered Cronje in the battle which substan-
italy ended the war. There were other wars, and
heroic achievements enough to fill a crowded vol
ume; but this is not history.
WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE INDIAN
ARMY.
Statesman as we'll as soldier. too few years
after the march to Kandalar he was appointed to
the command of all the forces in India, succeed
ing one of the most distinguished and capable
men that ever filed tina: place, Sir Donald Stewart
For seven years Roberts toiled at that tremendous
task For India was then emerging from pure
Orientaliem into close touch with Europe; pre-
pairing for this day when Sikhs and Ghoorkas are
fighting by the side Of Engshmen and French
men on the plains Of Flanders. His task was that
of the statesman and diplomat as well as Of the
soldier The whole military system of the Indian
Empire reorganized The entire army, Brit
sh and Indian, enormously augmented in numbers,
was re-srmed and re-equipped in all respects. An
elaborate system of frontier Notifications was
created. Thousands of miles Of roads and rail-
roads were constructed. The harbors of the en-
pire were not only fortified, but also vastly i'm
proved for commercial purposes. As for the social
and individual benefits conferred upon the sol
d.ers they were almost beyond description. Better
pay better treatment schools, reading rooms, rec
Ieaton centres, more generous care for widows
and orphans-these are just few of the things
which made Tommy Atkins fervently add "God
bless inn" whenever the loved name Of "Bobs"
spoken.
Morris tribune., 1914-11-13

know he is in heaven!' Then she pite-
ously cried, But, oh, my darling boy,
my darling boy!"
Never from the hour when Private
Richard Doubledick enlisted at Chat
ham had the private corporal, ser.
geant, sergeant major, ensign or lieu
tenant breathed his right name, or the
name of Mary Marshall. or word of
the story of his life, into any ear ex-
cept his reclaimer's.
But that night remembering the
words he had cherished for two years.
Tell her how we became friends. 1t
will comfort her as it comforts me-" he
related everything. 1t gradually SEEM
ed to him as if in his maturity he had
recovered Il mother. 1t gradually
seemed to her as if in her bereavement
she had found son. During his stay
in England. the quiet garden into
which he had slowly and painfully
crept a stranger. became the boundary
of his home. When he was able to join
his regiment in the spring he left the
garden thinking was this indeed the
first time he had ever turned his face
toward the old colors with u woman's
blessing!
He followed thenl-so ragged. sc
SCARED and pierced now, that they
would scarcely hold together-tO teuatrC
Bras and Ligny. He stood beside then
in an awful stiffness of many men
shadowy through the mist and driZzl'
| of a wet June forenoon. on the field o.
Waterloo And down to that hour thu
picture in his mind of the French off
Ger had never been compared with tn
reality.
The famous regiment was in actor
early in the battle and received it's frs
check in many an eventful year. whel
he was seen to fall But it swept OF
to avenge him and left behind it M
such creature in the world of cor
seriousness as Lieutenant Richard Dou
bledick.
Through pits of mire and pools o
rain. along deep bitches. once roads
that were pounded and ploughed t
! pieces by artillery, heavy wagons
tramp of men and horses and the strug
gle of every wheeled thing that couI
carry wounded soldiers: jolted anon
the dying and dead, so disfgured b
blood and mud as to be hardly recoe
nizable for humanity; undisturbed b
the moaning Of men and the shrieks 0
horses. which, newly taken from tn
peaceful pursuits of life, could not Ell
dure the sight of the stragglers lyin
by the wayside, never to resume thei
toilsome journey; dead as to any SCI
tent life that was in. it, and yet alive
the form that had been Lieutena1
Richard Doubledick, with who's
praises England rang, was conveyed
Brussels. There it was tenderly lai
down in hospital, and there it la
week after week, through the loI
bright summer days. until the harves
spared by war, had ripened and WE
gathered in.
Morris tribune., 1914-11-13

rose anu sat upon the CFOWuSu
city; over and over again the
moonlight nights were quiet
on the plains of Waterloo; and all that
time was blank to what had been
Richard Doubledick.
Slowly laboring at last through a
long heavy dream of confused time
and place. presenting faint glimpses Of
army surgeons whom he knew and of
faces that had been familiar to his
youth-dearest and kindest among
them Mary Marshalls. with solici-
tude upon it more like reality than any
thing he could discern-Lieutenant
Richard Doubledick came back to life
to the beautiful life of calm autumn
evening sunset, to the peaceful life of
fresh, quiet room with large win
dow standing open, balcony beyond
in which were moving leaves and
sweet smelling flowers; beyond, again.
the clear sky, with the sun full in his
! sight, pouring its golden radiance on
his bed.
1t was so tranquil and so lovely that
he thought he had passed into another
world. And he said in a faint voice,
Taunton, are you near me?"
| A face bent over him-pot his, his
mothers.
II came to nurse you. We have
nursed you many weeks. You were
moved here long ago. Do you remem-
Der nothing?' ~
Nothing"
The lady kissed his cheek and held
his hand, soothing him.
Where is. the regiment? What has
happened? Let me call you mother.
What has happened, mother?"
"A great victory, dear. The war is
over, and the regiment was the bravest
in the field"
( His eyes kindled, his lips trembled,
he sobbed, and the tears ran down his
face. He was very weak-too weak to
move his hand
WAS it dark just nowT' he asked
presently. - .a 5g
mo"
1T was only dark to me? Some
thing passed away. like a black shad
ow. But as it went and the sun-oh
the blessed sun. how beautiful it is!-
touched my face | thought | saw 8
light white cloud pass out at the door
Was there nothing that went out?"
She shook her head. and in a little
while be fell asleep, she still holding
his hand and soothing him.
From that time he recovered-slowly
for he had been desperately wounded
in the head anil had been shot in the
body. but making some little advance
every day.
One day he awoke out of sleep re
freshed and asked her to read to him
But the curtain Of the bed, softenins
the light. which she always drew bacl
when he awoke that she might see hin
from her table at the bedside whert
she sat at work. was held undrawn
and woman's voice spoke, which wa
not hers.
Can you bear to see stranger?"
said softly. will you like to see
stranger?" -
Morris tribune., 1914-11-13
PART II.

I YER and over again the sun
rose and sat upon the crowded
city; over and over again the
J moonlight nights were quiet
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
"NHY HAVE KINKY HAIR"
Pr O


straiqhtens the most obstinate stub
born Kinky Hair. PRESTO" eradi-
Gates Dandruff, letter and other dis
eases of the scalp. "PREsTo" pro-
notes a Iuxuriant growth of hair.
"PRESTO" is the greatest discovery
known to chemists in this line.
Throw away your old pulling and
p%inching hot irons, also the so-caIIed
Electric Combs, and use "PRESTo,"
the king of all hair preparations. APP
ply "PRESTo" just once to your hair
and your hair becomes straight and
remains straight Tor months.
"THlNK OF It'll"
"PREsTo" is applied only two or
three times a year, "that's all" Moth
ing in the world like "PRESTo." A
package of "PREsTo" with full direc-
tions sent postpaid on receipt Of One
Dollar $4,000. Satisfaction Guar.
anteed or Money Refunded.
LA FAYETTE MFG. CO..
EDENToN, N. c.
A Dumb Agent Can Sell "PREsTo."
1t Talks.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
A. F. and A. M.
Missouri Jurisdiction
officers-19t3.

N. c. Crews, Kansas City, Grand
Master.
Deputy Grand Master, Richard
Young, Lincoln, Neb.
l.. f. Payne, Glasgow, Mo, Grand
Senior Warden.
f. ]. Brown, st. Louis, Grand Junior
Warden.
H. H. Walker, st. Joseph, Grand
Treasurer.
Geo, w. X. Love, Grand Secretary,
Kansas City, Mo.
w. W. Fields, Secretary of Masonic
Relief, Cameron, Mo.
e. j. Cooper, Mexico, Mo, Grand
Lecturer.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
ADVERTISE YOUR SOCIETY.

We would like to see every lodge
and society in Kansas City put their
cards in The Sun. 1t is the most pop
ular way to let the world know who
you are, when and where you meet
and your object and purpose. For the
next month we will make special an
nouncements to have you put in your
lodge or society list Of of officers in
this paper.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
Grand Chapter Officers.

Geo. Broomfield, G. H. p, st. Louis,
Mo.
T. G. McCampbell, D. G. H. P, Kan
sas City.
A. L. Thomas, G. K, jefferson City,
Mo.
]. P. Mofitte, G. S., Sedalia, Mo.
Chas. Griggsby, G. Treas, Liberty,
Mo.
E. S. Baker, G. Sec'y, Kansas City,
Mo.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

Cheap rent and light expenses en-
able me to give you the same shoe you
get downtown at 10, is and 20 per
cent reduction. G. A. Page, 1907 East
Eighteenth street.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

TYPEWRlTlNG DONE at Kansas
City Son office, 1903 East Eighteenth
street. Neat, quick work. Rates rea-
sonable. Engagements by appoint
mept. Bell phone East 999.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

"The Republican party is the ship,
all else the sea for the Negro" said
Frederick Douglass forty years ago.
What was true then is true now. Stick
to the party, boys.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
MASONIC.

MASONIC.
Some of these days some brave
Masons are going to get together
and rewrite the burial ceremonies
for each of the departments so as
not only to shorten them but to
bring them into touch with modern
spirit.
Each ceremony appears to have
been written without regard for amy
other and the higher the rank OF the
degree, the longer and more tedious
ar the ceremonies. They are posi-
lively tiresome, especially as they
are usually carried out.
There was a time when ceremon-
les were interesting to the public
but the time has passed. WHAT for
merly interested them now bores
them and the demand for reforms
will not be stilled much longer.
Perhaps it would be better to carry
out all the ceremonies in private,
thus making a better showing of
sincerity in our grief and eliminating
the physical endurance features of
u public appearances.
-Herriford
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-05


that is friends of their class-on their
ticket. 1 would advise Democrats
and Progressives to do the same
thing. l wouldn't have to give So
ciaIist workingmen that advice, for
they would do it anyhow.
And after we had got such men
nominated on ALL tickets, 1 would
pick out the one 1 thought was the
best and vote for him. might give
the Socialist the preference if all
things were equal. But l would do
whatever I thought would accomplish
most for the working class, without
regard to party tags or labels.
When Guinea ran for states at
torney favored his election and did
what 1 could to help his candidacy
without asking anybody to vote for
him.
Of course, it would be different if
wOrkingmen were not blind to their
own interests as to be split up among
the various paTties-then they
wouldn't need the help of any news
paper. But so long as they are Re-
publicans, Democrats, Progressives
and Socialists, I'm in favor of them
fighting the devil with fire and beat
ing him at his own game; and the
way to do that is to get known
friends of the working class on ALL
the tickets if possible, so the work
ing class would win no matter how
the election went.
That's the way Special Privilege
plays the game. 1t aims to control
the nominations of all parties but the
Socialist party-and would control
those nominations if it cOUld-and
then wins no matter what party loses.
1 don't recall the letter on Social
ism as the only remedy for the high
cost of living. Every mail brings nu-
merous letters and not all of them
can be printed. It may be that So
cialism is the only ultimate solution.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-05


But where do you stand, anyway?
Very truly yours. Daniel A. Uretz.
My answer is this: Your brother
is right. You are wrong because you
start with a misunderstanding of my
meaning. There was no comparison
between Cruice and Guinea in what
I wrote. 1 merely stated my prefer
ence for CTuice over other candidates
for the DEMOCRATIC NOMINA-
TION. Guinea is not a candidate for
the Democratic nomination.
While do not presume to tell any
man how he ought to vote, Guinea
would be my personal choice as
against any candidate nominated by
a party machine and under obIga-
ton to that machine. Not merely
because Guinea is a Socialist, but
because he is Guinea and his heart
and head are right-as 1 see the
right.
If another man whose heart and
head were right, too, were the nom
inee Of one of the parties, without
being the hand-picked candidate of
a boss or party machine, and I
thought he could and would do more
than Guinea for the working class,
1 would vote for him, and still have
the same respect for Guinea.
If man like CTUice were a candi-
date for the nOn-machine nomina-
ton on the Republican or Progressive
ticket, and belonged to that party
/ would vote for his nomination.
III were advising workingmen how
to play the political game, 1 would
advise the Republican workingmen
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-05

ions on how the food hogs could be
punished and the high cost of living
reduced Immediately. I wrote my
opinion, maintaining that Socialism
is undoubtedly the, only solution
for the problem.
Well, 1 have seen all kinds of fool
ish and worthless answers printed in
The Day Book to that effect, but, as
I expected, and betted my brother,
my opinion, poisoned with Social
ISM" followed the trail to the edi-
tors waste basket.
No, sir, "ain't mad at nobody"
But where do you stand, anyway?
Very truly yours. Daniel A. Uretz.