The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-05
Buffalo Bill
nv "a. ADDiNGroN BRIcE
Author OF The Riddle OF Person
alitN." Psychology aud
fafenthood" etc.

J The other evening read in tho
newspaper that ruftalo mn was dy.
iug As | read. the years slipped
away FROM me. | vas boy again
a little KID In knec-breeches. eagerly
I listening while n tNVorite uncle toll
me stories II the great hero OF the
! plains.
could feel once more the thrill
/ 81 those wonderful moments of
slory.telllne once moro there came
before my minds eye. WILDLY mag
incd. picture after picture OF daring
riding. cautious scouting. clean nrht.
ms. and Buffalo Hill always deser,.
eddy victorious.
lnstinctiyely put him where he
telonEel In the splendid company
cf Boone and kcnton. Crockett and
Carson. To me. all OF these were
Eupermen. They summed up In
high degree the rrgged virtues Syery
man should possess.
Now Buffalo Rill has gone to Join
Boone and kenton. Crockett and
Carson. In the Great Beyond You
may be SURF that they havs gwen
him a fervcnt welcome. just ~ the
comrades he left behind gave BIN a
loving farewell. with their simple
words. "Gocd-by. Bill Goodby. old
pard."
BE sure. too. that his will be ar
enduring place In the annals OF
American history. lie was maker
u history as truly as any talented
tatesman o. diplomat or general
Nor Is IL only In history that nc
will live lie will live also. he must
live. in the hearts and minds OF the
generations 10 come. II viii be a
,ad day for the people OF the Cnued
States II ever they cease To cherish
the memory II Buffalo Bill.
For this can cnly mean that ehiv.
airy. boldncss. energy, initiative.
love OF honorable achievement. have
weakened IN the spirit OF the nation.
\ nation that Is truly strong vii
always hold In proud remembrance
the rugged. virilc heroes OF It's plon-
n.ering days.
II IL the same with nations "a
with individuals. Everybody knows
that a boz shamed Of his rough.and-
ready father IL . boy Who In later
HE Nill have plenty OF reason for
Icing ASHAMED OF himself
To American parenis. then. |
would say:
Tell your little son the story Ct
nunaio I'LL Tell him the a,ory of
Enone and Kenton. OF Crockett and
Carson. In Imagination let him
wander thru the silent forests and
across the vast prA!ries with these
brave pathhnders and nation-build
eTs OF the days that are done.
Make clear TO your son the n an
ner OF men tho psihnnders were.
Make clear to nim the dificulties
the had 10 overcome. the dangers
that menaced them. ard the cour.
age and hardihood they showed in
every emergency. let their evan
ple radiats upon him 70 strengthen
lis character.
Remember that IL YOUR son IL =
real boy be Is certain 10 hunger e..
tsies 81 tia zaai-IAont permit him
TO learn OF the west merely from
the inane bad man-college hero--
miraculous sherin-pretty girl-stol.
On cattle--disputed mine or railway"
stories with which the alncrion
magazines OF today piteously
abound.
Tell him. instead. stories OF real
western heroes. Give him books
wherein he can read thrEc stories
for himself.
lie will enjoy them twice as much
as the machinemACe yarns Ana
they will be OF true developmentai
value TO him.
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