The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-09
EBERT HUBBARD.
nv or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Cranel

The greatest loss 50 far TO the world
in this present carnival of destruction
was when Ebert Hubbard was muir
iered
lie was distinctive American prod
net. Few men have impressed Their
personality as he has done upon the gen.
.yai public.
lie represented what Americans most
admire. The force OF personality unaldei
by organization. He belonged to no sect,
cult, movement or institution. There
was no push OF dead mems hands nor
dead mems money behind him. What la
did was hy has urenduNed. naked soul.
When the magazine editors. who after
all are about ass conventional as college
trustees or church ygstrlcs, could not
see" his articles. lie published them
limself ana the people read them. They
saw" him-a strong free and debonalr
u,rd
lie was the modern hereto. and her
etlS are what live nations need. Men
re constantly endoU.ng institutions 10
pcrpctuatc orthodoxy, but IT Is tie
,rctlc that Is etcrnally IN demand.
Although hereto ne was human. The
trouble with most hereucs IS mat they
become AS iuhuman as the institutions
they oppose.
lie wrctc on level with the great
public lis style Was marvel Of SIM
phelty aud brightness.
lie dil aot hesitate 10 use slang, even
profanity ana risky stories. occasionally.
rms offended many, bat II attracted
more.
Tie majority ot people Viii pardon
anything, so % Is not commonplace. lhcy
would rather Hedl man Say damn AID
5r interesting than o. read ten maya
zine pages ,aa, are poky.
HIS laeaI wa, success. His Message
10 Garcia D., pIr"ou', ,ae hest eNtsAt
brochure on efficiency.
lie was cuuny lie had that practic !
sense most rrrc.cs lack. Hls neresy
Was almost as profitable as Billy sun
days orthodoxy He Was not ashamed
/ 4 his prosperity Ills philosophy Ms
somewhat, \letz,cheau. And be "as
! frank about Il.
lie had many eucmies But he knew
that active enemies are ones best az
ycrtlScrs.
Few Of MS agreed with him. That Is
why he did Us al good. tie made =
hiuk. A writer you always agree VITA
ms Of about as much use 81, a plpe OF to-
uacco.
He did a deal Of good by the courage
/ and cheer Of his writings. He Was IN
energetic optimist Thousands loved hI.n
/ and We're helped by HIM
To his critics we might recite William
Watson's judgment ON Burns;
| Not ours to gauge '.' wH-. or l.ss,
I g.F ..I
Tho rlr'.It .umors CHAT Cypress
The radiant u|lt
H.s -r.t'u'ss. rst Isis itticDas7,
taata.a. mankind
/ Was Hubbard "A great man? Let IS
isee There one way of testing IL, per-
/ maps the hest way Il is this: Who
could take his place? There isn't coli
|lcgc president place, nor nited States
senator's place nor governor place,
that could no, zoe filled tomorrow II It's
occupant were removed. There are ten
men waiting for almost every mans job
/ in this country. and most any Of them
could iii II. at lea Il fairly we'll
But does anybody know Of a man n
an the world THAT CAN OCCUPY The
. VACANT CHAIR II EAST AURORA?
Therefore, say Ebert Hubbard was
the man America could least spare.
The Gcrmaus couldn't have hurt Is
worse. We have no catheirals over here,
such as Rheims on NOtrc Dame dc Paris
/ We have great personalities, such as
Theodore Roosevelt, Jane Adams, and
Ebert Hubbard Let the bandits Kill
them. if they would strike Us vital
blow.