South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-29

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'S' tie Is tired and worn.
from his travels. his many
appearances and the endless
OF writing somethinE-or pos
Two or three eomethiurs-
N"''y. wherever he is Dee writes
} .ildt daily column. And tho won
eF Is how can he do itg fancy
S"e midnight OH IS burned freely.
Out through 10 am ne retains "a calm,
wonderful sweetness az nature
''' inc rest OF US would give the
world 20 possess.
Cali Him Eddie
he SIMPLY talked 90 as. recIted
many of his beautiful utuo poems.
talked some more and made uz feel
Lnat nc was one or us-au old friend.
ueiiShttul companion and wise c0un-
selpr whom we wouldn't hesitate 90
CAL Eddie without further ado
sorl OF Ike a kindly next-8oor neigh
Dor
he even told ne g was easier for
| IN 20 write these thinrs'-he
uIont even call them poems-than
~ was for him 20 live UP 90 them.
'atriotism. courage. hope. clean Ilv-
ing, manliness-this thread ran
through his message. Here and
there II was tinctured with patnos.
" o all have our own particular IA
EoFlte9, but TO me his poems on
James WhitcCmb Riley was the
hnest thing OF all. He told us how
II came TO be written. in the office
on The Gay the news came az Rileys
death call Il an inspiration. If
you haven't #. get Il, read fl and
|. read IL again. and keep il mandy for
4 another time.
And Bud-yes. he told us all
4 about Bud. We loved the little chap
az once. and were going 90 do e.
heap Of thinking about little Bud
from this time on. If you don't
Know HON. let me say that Bud is
Guest. Jr.. a splendid tyke who
climbs trees, perhaps pelts the
neighbours cat now and then. and
has gang of his own. Bud and
the honored visitor were given the
Scout cheer.
Perhaps 10 is personality. per-
haps IL is magnetism. which makes
Guest so lovabIe. Perhaps it Be- a
\ ComhiI alton OF both-and his Lyid.y
4 ourlock on lie. IFS sympath; with
and his knowledge Of the homes ?
talncs of life. lie talks as n writes.
ana he spok" 20 us in such 4 neigh
hor.E way tn we simply w -idn't
lot y N quit. We wanted more and
more. He bought he was through
4 ho.f dozen lines. hut every time
ne sat down such a tumult OF ap-
Dlause swept over the gathering and
continued that ne Eraciously arose
and added to the feast of good
things"
Talks to 10000 in Five DAYS.
Tn Oakland Mr. Guest talked to
more that 5000 people in five days.
One Of the biz meetings was that
held at the University OF California.
a meeting which damned Wheeler
auditorium TO its utmost capacity
and turned away scores who sought
To enter.
M. Guest reached the university
somcw hat before the hour for the
| mecung and spent little time chat
ting with Pres't Barrows and Dean
HaWeld. lie was taken 20 the
! meeting by Or. Armin o. Leuschncr.
dean of the graduate schools. who
presided at the meeting.
" ben MT. Guest and Dean Icusch-
nor reached the auditorium, so jam
me- was the great room that poet
4 and host hardly could squeeze their
49, to the platform Students and
Berkeley folk were sitting even upon
the edge of the rostrum.
The poet was visibly affected by
the magnitude of the greeting. In
troduced briefly by the dean. the poet
handled the meeting as he had
handled all the others, directly and
informally, expressing his own en-
barassment. relieving any tension in
his audience with a few stories and
little jesting and then falling
naturally. easily and almost without
mark Of transition into verse.
He concluded his program with
his tribute TO America" a poem
written when the nation entered the
war and which is i'm loftier style
than almost any other of his verses.
but cirulent and effective.
In the end the voCiferOus applause
insisted on an encore and when the
meeting was over many brought
volumes of his poetry 20 the poet To
be autographed.
According 10 university authori-
ties il has been long time since
so unusual a demonstration has been
given a visiting poet speaking at the
school and there We're ConEratula-
tons and expressions of gratidca-
uor on every side
Following the great public testi
D.. monial given Guest at the noon
meeting at the Liberty theater in
oakland and the almost wild en-
thusiasm OF Berkeleys 400 high
school pupils when the poet appear
"a there in the morning. the day
was one long to be remembered and
will fix Oakland in the poets NOM
ory as one spot on earth where he
is admired and welcomed wlthou,
stint
Served Men "Buddlcs."
mr.. Guest crossed what was prob
- ably tie most remarkable round @,