Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
WHITE IS 4 NOVELIST.
HEBRON EX.PREACHER

| William Allen White, one Of the dele
gates to Princes Island, was born in En-
poria, Kan. February 10. 1868. He
came into national prominence in polit-
ical way in 1912 as a member OF the
National Committee of the Progressive
party.
Before this time he was known to
thousands of Americans through the
fame of his editorial on What's the
Matter With Kansas" and as the author
of novels having to do with politics
and life in the Middle West He is
! vice president of the American Short
Ballot Association.
Mr.. White is editor OF the Emporia
Gazette. which he purchased in 1895.
Among the novels he has written are: !:
The Court of Boyville." "Stratagems
and Spoils," I'm our Town" "A Certain
Rich Man" and "The Old order
Changeth." He married Miss Sallie
Lindsay, of Kansas City. Kan, in 1893.
George u. Heron, Socialist, writer,
| lecturer, now one of Americas dele
gates to the Marmora meeting. first
loomed large on the American horizon
when he persuaded his wife TO divorce
him and Immediately thereafter an
nounced that he and Miss Carrie Rand
| We're living together
The mother of Miss Rand. Mrs. Il. D.
Rand. widow of a lumberman who had
! grown wealthy, saw possibilities of a
new Messiah in Heron, whom she en-
! dowed with chair in Iowa College.
| She is said to have paid 100000 for IL.
| He was made professor of applied Chris
| tianity-and proceeded TO apply his YER
sion of it until the college expelled him
| years later.
Heron held on at the college. how
I ever. until he left his wife and two chill
| dren to live in the same house with the
/ Rands
The divorce followed, and the Rands
| and Heron went on to New York where
they plighted their union late in May
| 1901 The ceremony consisted in repeat
| ing the phrase We intend 10 live to-
| gether as man and wife" Then some
one sang THE Land of Hearts, Desire,
and with it the idea of the love colony
was formed.
! They then went to Metuchen,. y. j.,
and lived very briefly at Elmwood Farm
gift of Mrs Rand, being driven away
! by the hostility of their neighbors to
their scheme for establishing there
socialistic colony that popularly- was
| supposed to be a free love affair. Later
they returned TO the Jersey town ano
| we're received.
by an audience in Harvard when ht
| told it's members. all Harvard students
! that the university was parasitic IN
| stitution He added that Theodore ltoose
velt who was then vice-preSident, was
"a bully and an enemy OF the people,
The latter remark also applied TO Rud
yard Kipling he said.
Heron incurred the anger OF tn,
clergy by saying: 1T is not Jesus tla'
we ought to follow, but the highes
truths of our own souls"
Under the constant criticism Heron {
health failed He and his wife went tt
Florence Italy where they lived foi
several years, returned to this countr.
and again went 10 Florence, where MRS
Heron died January Is, 1914. leaving
100000 to him, .--.,-.
While Heron was in Florence tryihi
to recuperate Mrs. Rand founded TN
Rand school Of Social Science and hope'
that he would return to conduct 1t. IN
future of the school was made secur
with a fund OF 100000, and II Is nov
running in New York city.
Recently Heron was mentioned in al
alleged peace scheme in Switzerlan'
when Chancellor Won Hertling rs sup
posed to have sent Professor Quiddie &
Heron to effect peace between German
and the United States. Heron wa
STYLED in German newspapers persona
friend Of President Wilson.
His pacihsm, however. had undergon
} much change during the war and III
peace formula didn't please the Ger
, mans because il advocated killing tn
, Germans first and then make peace wit
Professor Heron is the author OF soy
eral works on the relation OF Christianlt
to socialism. and wrote also me 1ySi. Men
ace ace, Of. Of PeacesaT, eacsa,s ana psace "oooro" "''So
prof Heron was poor boy at Mont
: yuma, a small place in Indiana: He Sc
IN a little printing press and then join
cd a travelling show, which stranded 2
Fox Lake. Wis. He walked 10 Ripar
Wis, where he got work and educate
himself at the college there.