Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-14
HundIiiSmS
By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY

WHEN, on the 4th of March, two dis
w tnguishrd gentlemen rode together from
the White House to the Capitol, where one
was to reinquish that post which carries
with it more authority than any other in
the world and the other was to assume re-
spOnSibility, there was much surmise as to
what they said, one TO the other.
And now at last / have the facts. Ber.
uard NJ Baruch. intimate friend and finan'
cial adviser to Woodrow Wilson, recently
came down to Washington TO talk with the
former President and brought away the
whole story.
While the world waited on this event the
man who had held high the torch Of idealSm
for its illumination talked to the man
who was to be responsible for reftting
America into the mosaic of nations. not Of
presidential responsibility, not of the wei
fare of the 100, 900, 900, but of the animals
they knew and loved.
Mr. Wilson asked Mr.. Harding which Of
the dumb creatures he esteemed most highly
The man from Marion said, without having
thought of it as symbol OF party, that
he gave first place to the elephant. Then
he chucklcd and haStcned to explain that
the elephant had always seemed to him The
most intelligent the most human, the most
kindly of animals.
lie thought Of Il story of an elephant thai
had been told him by his sister who had
II happened at little village lost among
the jungles of the far interior An old
faithful and thoroughly domcsticatcd ele.
phant had lived and labored long in this
village and had come to be much loved by
the inhabitants. BY day he toiled diligently
with his keeper piling teak, and by might
stood guard against any marauders oil tne
jungle that might seek to disturb the settle
mont.
Then the day of tragedy came A great
slack of those logs the elephant had been
pling collapsed and tumbled down upon
him. He was bruised and crushed to sucn
mn extent that it soon became evident that
he must die. The elephant himself seemed
20 know that the end was near. GropingE
he reached out his trunk for the native keeper
who had been much-lovcd companion
| through the years. This strange arm OF the
wounded beast was wrapped around MS nun
! companion who was nestled in close cui
brace and there remained for hve hou"
before the end came.
T. j. McCumber. senator from North
| Dakota. is Il big. very blend Scotchman 50
! true 10 his blood that hc says of hinsrIi ~
the Congressional Directory only TINS "'
| publican, of WuhpCton: lawyer.
10 those who demonstrate with Senator
| McCumber because of his refusal TO adver
tISr himself. his answer is that he had OeeH
| in the Senate twenty two years. Iherc a.o
bur four other men in that body VINO WeT' w
| there when he came. These are Lodge Nt',
son. PenroSe and Warren. These men a.s
all Republicans. arc all conservatives None DIV
Of them beats the personal tomtom. lhess
! is no self advertiser in the Senate VINO ""'
| been there twenty two years,
Mr. Herbert Hoover. the new srcre'G4n
| Of commerce, soon after he came 10 nnI "n,
| had II long discussion with man VINO nst
held the same job years before, lheS Nr"'
! particularly into the problems OF Eo'tn"
mcnt reorganization. pulled the supjetl on,s pT,s
and forth for hours. When the cohlcIt"''
was over the visitor said to Mr.. Hoover: =.
II must say that We seem to u' Im Il.oJ
good deal the same position of iW" 'o'o,t' .
soldiers. who. after the signing OF the nmtj n,mtI
sticr were talking about what lhey "o"'
do when they got back home. ,...,Ii 4
"Onc said he was going 20 get h'',r,h
long-taicd coat, high hat, patent lr"'"o ,os
shoes sputs II everything, and lie Sil. %
going down 10 Georgia and show the M"'
folks that he was as good as they "cl,;;
"Thc second soldier said he was s'iTis nj,
10 get all them fine clothes luSt Iln"l Ih,l 70
friend and that he, too, was going pu'" "
the southland n.,. cit
An what 80 gone do when 70 ."
nOmrt' asked the first trooper "a.
'l'sr gone 10 yo' funeral was '"' -
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