The Washington times., 1921-06-25

pen, and social service, but with no
Ipeeme. Now. however, this was asr
sured me. to-wit: Table needs and
= roof for self and family, plus @zS
: nosth-~And strsp and buckis never
tailed to meet!
And now for a plain dfGressis~---
an insert. to give the proper tone 10
this picture: When last In Boston
| tarried seven weekss and that so-
journ Is replete with pleasant memo
rses. It's superb library was my Ia
vorite haunt. / had the curiosity to
lot down the cost OF my generous
bill Of fare for those forty-nins days
---of which no mortal saw or
dreamed. 1t was Sa.0ei ~ cents .
week; or less than l2h cents per
day, a single meal and perfectly bal
anced vation, the memory OF which
stiil pleasantly fingers. "Crasy as a
June buGi"
My astounding optimism in the face
OF universal depsessisn. and a. incor-
prehenyible as my agreeinG 70 per-
sonalIy teach ave trades to mutfnous
ssvages. though never having served
a days apprenticeship at any!
They should have remembered the
zone OF my origin. and that from
Infancy had been inventinx and con-
structing. And right then. while
hustling sixteen hours daily. In such
haste that people watched to see pe
drop dead, / offered to make the gem
eral enterprise with which was
identiffed self-supportfng--w out
its annual dencit Of S40,OO0' And !
that my MuniAcent salary
of less than dollar a day. should be
held to guarantee against financial
loss--and I more than made good all
aroundl
President Hayes went hundreds Of
miles to meet me, and to contem-
plate the miracle was wcrktngJ
and II was his private secretary,
Rogers, who induced me to remove
to WashinGton. which i did after
three men were found TO assume the
duties I had created and fuinlled for
thirty months-end Is still q national
utility and blessing, after AZ years.
superb testimo oaials were awarded me
--and yet. l was held. as I might ex-
plain, to be an enemy, by all that
bunch OF pessimfsts whom I had
routed by my spirit of optimism, and
have ever since been Stunned by
theYnl
Now here crops out again that un-
canny, pesi<y uilusion TO "enemfes.,
So now for few fIIustrntfons--and
call them "friepds" who will! Just
consult and verify. by the local rec
ords, and devise some more eupho-
nious designation. I know that
.sIi.sourisps," priests and Leyites
abound. and yet Good Samaritan
the hope of our raee-is somewhere
faithfully plodding his providentIai
trail. Unpleasant duties and themes
also exuberate, and cannot be side
stcppedi
/ have been In Washington over
forty years, and note that my invurf-
nbIe exceeding kindIiness has uni
form requitaI, as notable Instances
attest: Thirty-8ye years ago sought
favors of "a private banker. a total
stranger, who, ignoring my creden-
tinls. just sized my personality,
repeatedly did all / asked. with
out collateral or cndorserI never had
to send me bank notices, and told me
the Joy such customers gavel
Suddenly he stopped, and would not
even have my name on his books, and
I have been bIack-ltsted in this juris-
diction ever sincel Just once j was
able to force his explanation, so no
links lack In this chain OF evidence.
He named the autocrnt-who still
boycott. because he did not see my
pccuniary warrant for certain bold
moves. Neither did MT. Dun. who
called and was satisfied: but the local
dictum neutralized all
Ny airpIsaes, in 1883, which were
planned to avert our world war, the
Patent Office rejected for being gns-
less. hence useiess,- which may seem
bit OF official density-yet ] could
detail the substratum OF snimosity.
] hastened hack hundreds OF miles
to read a paper before the Interna-
tionni Anti-Tubercuiosis Congress, a
dozen years ago, which ] can prove
would have saved the world hundreds
of millions annually! Did space per-
NIT, could detail how tactfuiiy 1
was sidetracked. But l undauntedly
amplified that paper. incorporated
bioSe matter of incompsrable ina
port and copyrighted the book. de-
livering the two copies required.
Now as sure as the contents OF the
modest volume are true--and I stake
my life on that fact--its import is
more momentous TO human veal than
any other volume presented since the
opening of that superb Library of
Congress. twenty years sGoi And yet.
my two copies are made to disappear
without q tracei
was free to-buy realty and Improve
till attractive, when II was purioined
mot along shoplifttrG Hines, but
quite as effectually. Reporters were
phoned, withal. to make long auto
trip and get the sensational "write-
up". of the season, about a pious fraud
and all around humbuxi
Returning, they sought my subur-
ban home at night. and told what a
column of bIisterinx hot stuT would
appear about me In the morning issue.
They gave me only their caption, and
said. in Justice to me. should have
parallel column--the fairest propo-
sittcn ever rendered! / phoned my
stenogrnpher and was told to force
the desk and take the document. which
those reporters eagerly devoured-hnt
NO columns of interest TO us ever
appeared! The realty went. of course,
but the camoufiage to parnly1e my
tongue clearly failed.
But another gang from another
angle had me crucif1ed In another
daily that very morning, and a reply
from me was denied, till $4,000
damage suit loomed up, when my