Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-14
HUM4NISMS
BY WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY

CHORTI.Y after James NJ. Cox, the de-
~ feated candidate for the presidency. had
called at the White House on his way 10
Europe. his trip was the subject OF conver'
sation in a group Of which Mr.. Wilson was
member. Some one asked the purpose OF
Mr.. COX'S journey and it was explained that
he was going over to inspect the devastated
regions. .. -,
son. thereby demonstrating that his sense
Of h,lmor has survived even the debacle OF
last November.
No general fighting in the wars has to
meet more trying situations, has to act with
more judgment than does member Of
Congress who is in charge of some piece Of
legislation affecting whole people, says
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas.
Not many battles of armies, for example,
will leave the permanent impression on the
life Of the nation that Ia left by the winning
of the fight for prohibition. 1t actually af-
fects the everyday life Of every community
and Of nearly every individual.
After six years OF fighting here was an
alternative that was put up to Senator
Sheppard, and which he must accept or re-
ject offhand, The enemies of the measure
would allow 1t to come to an immediate vote
if the senator would agree to an amendment
which limited the period in which it must be
ratified by the states to six years.
The anti prohibitionists believed that, in
this way. they would defeat the measure
II had always taken longer than six years
to ratify a constitutional amendment.
Acceptance of this proposal meant possible
immediate success and n possible setting
back of the program for twenty years, Sen
ator Sheppard had to decide.
He accepted the six year limit. Events
showed thnt he chose wisely, because the
states acted in less than two years. The de-
feat would have been dire. however, II his
judgment had been in error.
Mrs. Florence Patullo Stewart used to BE-
known as 'ths butterfly Of the army" before
she settled down to authorship, but. despite
that fact she has been officially assigned by
the War Department to write the history of
the participation of the Ohio troops in the
great war.
A romantic incident in full life was the
fact that she was married in Borneo to Col
onel George Washington Stewart, of the
army,
Captain George X. ShuIer. OF the marine
corps. is the only officer of that service who
ever ran for Congress. He was in every
hight from Belleau Wood to the Argouns
and all the allied nations pinned medals on
him. His home happened to be In the dis
trict OF Representative Gould, up state New
York. and everybody knows that Gould just
can't be beaten, So there was one battle
that Shuler lost
But he told class in his old SUNDAY
school back home a story about a helmet
he found in Belleau Wood that made 4
mighty hit. Four months after the armi'
stce those woods were full Of souvenir
hunters. There was a morbid desire to carry
of something with a bullet hole In it.
Shuler just beat q tourist to this helmet
that had been plugged through and the
blood on it indicated the tragic results
There came near being another casualty in
the woods when the tourist offered him q
handsome piece Of money for it. Then he
stole away in the solitude OF the woods and
buried 1t deep. A grave Is the way station
| TO the hereafter, he said. and this was ne
best chance to get the helmet TO his buddy
in case he should want it where he went.
| COPYRIGHT 1921, bv Public Ledger Co.