Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-22

toastInaster lnc Joe Mitchell Chappo as
tnt chisf speaker of the evening, .he
thres-day annual combined meetings of
the Vermont Dairymcn and the Vermont
SUgarmakers came to an end In burst
Of glory at the annual banquet i'll the
dining room of Hotel Vermont Thursday
evening. The crowd of $50 r1en and WON
on which filled every available inch OF
space in the dining room at the banquet
and overflowed into the lobby during the
speaking was in a holiday mood, sing
ing popular songs during the dining. led
on by the enticing strains of the Van
Ness orchestra, and rising with Yells of
approval to greet both Congressman
Green and Joe Chapple. Tho other
speakers in the nost-prandal exercises
were Lieutenant Governor Mason S.
Stone and Dean j. L. Hills Of the AGri-
cultural College of the University Of
Vermont.
Joe Mitchell Chapple. editor of the Ma
tional Magazine, and author of the popu-
lar Heart Throbs," fully maintained his
reputation gained here in the past of
being able TO move his audience al will
and to hold any number of people spell
bound at his will. His talk Thursday,
though it was given no particular title,
might he called Heart Throbs from
Personal Glimpses of the War" His
story Of his experiences in France as
war writer and lecturer. his personal
recollections of famous personagos, his
glimpses of the horrors and tho glories
of the fighting area. of the sickness and
suffering and sacrifice, of the gratitude
of the French people and the steadfast
ness Of the American soldiers and sailors,
all this pictured as only Joe Chapple
could picture it, stirred his audience to
the depths, bringing laughs and tears in
the same breath.
As master artist playing upon the
heart strings Of men and women, Chapple
is supreme. lie said in the early part of
his talk that he had discovered in life that
people wanted TO know about people and
that he had been telling people about peo-
pie ever since. And he continued TINS last
evening He mentioned in his introduction
hat he had celebrated mis- j0th birthday
the 18th of January, so that he was just
about the same age as the Dairymen
association. which was Just closing its
5oth anniversary.
Continuing his personal recollections of
people, Mr. Chapple told of meeting Presi-
dent Mckinley intimately and becoming
so well acquainted with him that when
Prince Albert of Belgium came to America
% years before the war, Chapple was re-
tailed to show him about the country.
Briefly. he sketchod the young Princes
frendliness which manifested Itself in
wishing to shake hands with everybody
be met, and his admiration of America
and her ideals.
When the war came, thapple went to
Washington and finally persuaded the
authorities 70 send him to Europe as a
Newspaper man. Then came sketches of
his impressions, fleeing a. times, but al
ways vivid and compelling. his trip TO
Paris the air raids; his visit to Pershing
on the darkest day of the war, March 81,
1918, when the Germans were driving
toward Paris: his trip 10 the front. the
flags waving and the boys going by in
miles upon miles of marching men. in
Guiding the 18th division; the little French
children rushing TO kiss their footprints
after they had passed; Neuf Chateau,
Joan of Arc. scenes of "transcendent
glory" Those are the men who know
what it means to be an American citi-
zen In the full sense of the word said
Chapple referring to the American dough-
boys.
He described the meeting with Clarence
r. Edwards, 1.-THE man who was loved
by every man who fought under him
then came vivid pictures of coolies, the
Mcintyre girls and the Salvation
Army doughnuts; Red Cross hospital
ablaze and a Red Cross nurse irving tc
rescue a pati.nt killed bv tho C,ern1a,
bor1hs and falling across the Red Cross
arnblem which marked the hosnitnl or
tho grounds. then back 70 Paris. 10 Rom,
ana n, exoerience IN the book of Ambas
.ador pora followed nv an exner;enc,
in r,ap,n., a sneech as ,ha american rem
rcso NATIVE at ar allied meeting. where
hi. aud;once was nyocticailv All Italian
and ne could ,r, sr,.;x ,nv Italian. hi
,rJh In IN. ,,,o,stre of Orlando wifi
D.Annu,zio. thcn ha,k IN I'm France
h,a ynso,,ry VIII C,Ismanoeau Foch 81;
D,.,s.as IJa,y. AND ,nen erenios, of al,
.ha noeotinv xuitb AIher. King y. IN,
Belr;ans ~ ,,oars af,er 10 mad ,1,,,,ed hin
noont America oa prince Albert
Win Admiral si,,s r-ha n,,,i ,,;.tod N.
Nea. sav N -,tic. re he-tIorh,n, IN,
bulwark Of ;aa allied nations. The nav,
mad something to do in this war" sal,
Chappie during his stay III France
Chappls spoke to 2O,VH soldiers in tn
'front.' line trenches.
Then came peace and the armistice