The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-31

man is more or les
influenced by it, ane
5 E to which variety o1
! sentiment he gives
his support largely
81 depe nds on how
we'll developed his
reasoning faculties
are on any plan or enterprise under
consideration. Whether it, be social.
financial Or political, the fellow with
narrow conception, with no indi-
viduai capacity of his own to guide
him, will select an ideal of his own
I choosing and will blindiy follow out
4 any scheme that the other fellow
proposes, without any regard to
right Or wrong; and sentiment, from
his viewpoint, will make any means
justify the end; and if you will look
tlt over you will discover that the
world is full of just such men. This
1 all comes about by an indifference
Or disregard for current events of
the day. A good newspaper careful
ly parused will keep a man. in close
i touch with local aud national events
] and will make him capable of form
Ing his own opinions aud by com
parison will er able him to judicious-
lily decide any question that senti-
I ment might influence. Individual
sentiment can be controlled by any
one person but the most dangerous
GRAND sjs public sentiment. Ii will
excite a mob to action. Public SEN
/ tlnent was the undoing of Leo M
/ Frank and many cases can be cited
where public sentiment was the con-
! troliug clement When the current
oixpubllc sUnument is turned against
any man or party it is the death
knell to its existence, for no man or
party can stand up and live under
its powerful weight 1t is the most
respected and most feared invisible
force that can be brought to bear on
any event. Prejudice is, TO gteat
extent responsible for sentiment. AS
a mans mind and inclination run
so will his sentiment assert itself
You can often tell the kind of a man
you have to deal with by his ex-
pressed sentiment. Avarice, selfish
ness and egotism are traits of char
acter easily detected and it is a wise
pan to give such a man aWide
berth for he is always trying to get
something for nothing. His motto
is get all you can, keep all you get
and never give anything back"
And hes is not good company for
man Or beast. Today public senti,.
ment is the leaven in the loaf-and
note if you please to What extent it
is in evidence. -
Let us cite the case of Maximil-
Ian Won Hoegen of New Haven,
Conn, who is a lawyer and also All
American citizen, but since Amer
ica declared war upon Germany, con-
sistent and insultingly pro- German
had been his conduct and speech.
On account of his prominence and
ability to stir up spirit of unrest
his town people did not take kindly
to his utterance;; patiehce ceased to
be. a virtue and public sentiment
and effectively took hand.
A party of unidentified gentlemen
called at bis home; the leader of the
group which numbered about doz-
en- men, tang the door bell and then
brushed by Miss Polly Won Hoegen,
the lawyers sister. They entered
the library where they found the
lawyer comfortably seated, never
thinki6g what public sentiment had
in store for him The leader de-
to know if twas true that t.
he wrete across the face <of his
draft Quc stionnaire, Deutschland
Uber eAllles?', Yes. Ibid respond
ed the pro-GermaD. and you also !
wrote that yon had the honor of BEL
ng an American citizen, and you e
also said that you had an over
desire to see Germany vic. .
:orious IN this WARP" Won Hoegen Il
admitted all these charges. There
vas no denying them for the. qles.f
ionnaire had been forwarded toIs
" ashinglon with the insulting auess3 :
ions written on It for offieialsa ctio n =
And The. story seas ssEclI sknown h,Ig1
New Haven. That was enough for !
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