The Washington herald., 1920-11-13
CLARK DRAWS
AS AN ORATOR
Missourian. Defeated IN
House Contest. Building
Fences for Senate.
n, GEORGE PERRY MORRIS.

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Enforced retirement from the
House will provide Hon Champ
Clark with an opportunity TO capi-
talize his reputation ne q success
full lecturer. and AZ the same time
lay plans for election 20 the Senate.
He already has done enough lectur-
ing to prove that he In n drawing
card" and that he can ask for high
fees. Properly handled by a shrewd
agency. he can make his employers
and himself satisfied with the cash
rewards. Those who attend his lee
lures may not always hear shout
the subject that Is advertised For
the Missourian has a branching
habit that often makes his termi-
nal in the East when he and his
audience originally started West
Nominally he may be talking about
Daniel Webster or Aaron Burr, but
actually he will be telling about
his boyhood days in Kentucky. This
discursive habit is not uninterest-
ing to the hearer. Between remi-
niscence and philosophical renee-
ton Champ" can make any topic
discussed by him worth consider
ing. He may not have the ethical
punch" Of Mr.. Bryan. but he can
entertain" a crowd very much bet
ter.
Former senator CIark's Beneheesce.
Montana's multImIllionaire, WILL
lam A. Clark. now resident In New
York but from 1901 to 1907 a wash
ingtonian while in the Senate. has
q way with him that proves helpful
to such charities as win his ap-
provsl. Just now he Is much In
terested in Girl Scouts. chiefly be-
cause his 13-year-old daughter is
such a good one. To show his lik-
ing for the cause in a practical way
he has bought and given TO the Ma
tional Girl Scouts a beautiful farm
Of 135 acres near Briarclifi. y. Y.
It cost not less than 100000 and
when Mr.. Clark gets through equip
ping this rural national heaoousr-
tiers he will have put into IL what
most men would consider a COM
Portable investment for old age.
BeIsium's Representative .t Geneva.
Americans who have been inter
nationalists- of a legal and COM
mercial type for many years will
note with interest that Belgium has
chosen NJ Henri Fontaine as one
/ of her representatives at the Ge-
neva meeting Of the assembly OF
the league OF nations. He has Wis
tied this country often and stayed
leng among us He not only knows
the history and the theory Of
pacincism on its juristic side. but
he also is a very able advocate OF
freedom OF international trade and
persistent opponent Of protec-
tionism. This attitude is the more
impressive because he is a success
full man Of affairs with large in
vestments in Belgian business.
FedersI Council Meeting.
Secretary Mcfarland OF the Fed
eral Council OF the Churches Of
Christ in America. has been in town
making final arrangements for some
OF the speakers at the coming meet
ing of the council az Boston. He
tells me that he has secured Messrs
Herbert Hoover. Frank A. Vanderlip
and other prominent figures in the
business world 10 come and talk on
the ethical duties OF Christians at
the present hour. What they have
to say Just now. in his opinion. is
weightier than the deliverances OF
any statesmen and all but a minor
ity OF the clergy. Their depletion
of Europe's condition and Americas
duty. in his opinion is absolutely
correct: and MacFarland knows. He
has been in and out Of Europe Of
tener than any other American
churchman since the war opened un-
less il be John r. Mott. OF the Y. NJ.
c. A. This Boston meeting will be
notable for the large number Of
EUROPEANS who will attend Il. The
British, Belgian, Dutch and French
delegations to the Pilgrim Tercen-
tenary celebration will be drafted to
speak. including Gen. Nivelle, the
Hero Of Verdun." His presence in
this country at the present time as
a special delegate to a religious
Function marks a decided change of
attitude toward institutional relig-
lon by the French government since
1914.