The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-24

must not ait down IL he is standing up.
IL Is very uncomfortable thing to
have to think Of all the. other people
.e .eHetytlme LzRet.up. and sit. down. -. So
that when n Egr''Guests b my house and
the public is smut out adjourn being
President and take leave To be a gen
tleman II they draw back and insist
upon my doing something first. | firm
~ decline. There are blessed infer
.YalR, when forget by one. means or aaz,
other that lam President OF the United
States. One means by which for
get Is To get rattling good detective
Story, get after some idmagtnaly Of
NendIir mia dlasesBiim ,9llibYer t.pret
erabfy any cbhtin6ut but tfiis ".beeatisc
the various parts Of this continent arc
becomr!, painfully suggestive TO me.
The postofice and ,,Ifiany other things
which STIR reniIHiscdnces have sick
lied them DER. wishn a pale cast OF
Thought There iararo a IpostGfiiGes i tn
which Syooldn't thipk. 'or mailing ii
letter. which can't think OF without
trembling with the knowledge OF all
the heartbnrnings OF the' struggle there
was In connections with getting some
body installed as postmaster
Now. II / were free, | would como
not infrequently 1d1 htO these rooms.
You know ] was ,in Washington but Il
few times and fqraqIEery few hours I'm
til came last year. and ] never eN-
pect to see the inside Of the public
buildings in Washington until my term
is oyer. The minute I turn up any
where, | am personally conducted TO
beat the band HThe curator, and tie
curators and every other
blooming official turns mp, and they
show me so T1uclti attention thnt
don't see the building. would have
10 say stand aside and let me Sc
Ehatay9p ara'showtag iHe..., Spme day
aftcri Lam tfrouSfl,. with tlIislOfEIee, 4
am coming back to Washington and
see It,. In the meantime. | am In .hc
sai1ie category as the aNtional MI
scum, the monument, the Smithsonian
Institu&. or thg ,gongressi9nal libra
ty. @BeSng HeaaEaed asl,a itntfonal cx-
hibit would be much simpler than be-
ing shaken hands with by the whole
IInned States.
: ,"And yet that is interesting to mo,
simply because like human beings.
1t Is q pretty poor crowd that does not
interest YOU. think they would have
to he ali members of tffat-csas tnaI ue-
votes itself to expense regardless OF
pleasure In order TO be, entirely unin-
spend thoi1Hinie tr6ipg TO look so
much alike, and so relieve themselves
of all responsibility OF thought that
they are very monotonous indeed to,
look at: whereas, a~crOwd picked up
off the street Is just jolly LOT, job
lot az real human beings, pulsating
with life, with all kinds Of passions
and desires. 1t would be a great
pleasure IT., uno5served and una1i-
tended, could be knocked around as
I have. been accustomed. to being
around ali my life; II could
resort to any delightful quarter, to
any place, In Washington, that /
choose. / have sometimes thought of
going to sons. ,costumer's some thaa-
tsical costumer;s, and buying an as
sortnient of boards, rouge, apd color
ing and, All the known means Of, dis,
Ehisiig myself, II Il were npt ,RgafpisStE
the lew. You see I have a serBple ,as
against breaking the law.
and disguising myself and not get
eahghtss / would 90 OUT be a. free
American citizen ofice' mora. andl
have a Jolly time might then meet
some oE You. gentlemen and actually
tell yoh what ! Really thought"