South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-16

who had a garden was greatly an
nOyed because his neighbOr's chick
ems would hy over the fence and eat
or scratch up his young vegetables
He cold his Tieighbor OF the bad be-
havior OF his chickens. and received
the Iromise that IL should not hap
pen again. But IL did happen again
and again. and finally. IN a resolve
20 protect his vegetables. he wrote
sharp note 20 the neigh bor demand
ing that his garden be protected
from marauding chickens. The
neighbor was distressed and wrote
in reply promising that the garden
would no more be molesled by the
chickens.
The very next day after receiv-
ing the written promise OF protec-
ton. the neighbor saw his garden
being literally devoured by the
neignbors chickens Patience had
ceased 20 be a virtue. In righteous
wrath he strobe over 10 his neigh
bor's house and demanded 70 know
why he had not kept his promise.
Ncighbor Is Shocked.
neighbor. that my chickens are in
your garden again. do your
Come and see said the now
irate owner. And there were the
chickens busy destroying the gar
den.
Well, l never was so surprised
in my life, said the owner Of the
chickens. To show you my deter
mination to protect your garden,
when / received your letter l called
all my chickens together and read
them your letter and solemnly
charged them not 10 go into your
garden again. / am astOnished and
Inundated 10 ind. after hearing me
read your letter. they did not heed
the command and stay out OF your
garden
I never knew the president. be-
fore. during or since the war. when
he did not have pat limerick to
enliven the incident under discus
sion. or to change the subject, if the
debate needed TO be closed or given
new turn.
I had returned TO one cabinet
meeting from Savannah. where the
presidents father had at one time
served as Iastor OF the Presbyterian
church. think it was during the
war between the states. I gave him
a message from some friends of his
youthful days, and. the meeting be-
ing over and no one else being pres
ent. he became reminiscent and
talked So Interestingly that l long
overstayed my time.
What a story It would make. that
intimate sidelight recollection Of
scenes and incidents. if a dictagraph
had taken down his tender reffec-
tions.
Reminds Him of a Limerick.
As I rose to go, Pres't. Wilson
said:
you know. a limerick about n
town always takes hold of me 80
that when ] think of the town the
limerick is sure to come into my
mind Did you ever hear the linn
erick Of the young man Of Savan-
nah ."
7 had not heard II.
1T reminds me of nothing con-
nected with my knowledge of Sa-
vannah. but when you spoke OF the
city this limerick leaped up--it runs
like this:
There was a young man of Sa-
vannah,
Who fell on vacant banana,
The words that he said when he
fell on HIS head
Would not DO for a Sunday school |
banner
Some drab days-and we had those !
days particularly when we were in
the twilight zone of neutrality. an
after the war. when a shcll-shocked |
world forgot the vision splendid /
with which W entered the war;
recalled that the only presidents |
who ever conducted great war
were alike i'm two things-they had |
infinite patience i'm the efforts they /.
made to secure what they believed !.
i'm without resort TO war; and, too. |
they obtained relief from the terri T.
BILE pressure which lay heavily on I
both. by the possession of a fund /
Of stories and humOr that was 1
racy Of the soil II did more than |
bring relief from heavy burdens to /
both of these great war presidents; |
II gave cheer and relief also to those |
they had called to he partners and T.
co-workers i'm the task that often /.
bore quite as heavily upon cabinet |
members as upon their chief.
Copyright. 1921. nv John T. Ollie. I.
Copyright 10y National Newspaper Serv I
ice. Copyright in Great Britain. Canada /
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eign languages including the Scaudi- |
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purpOsee forbidden.
CThe concluding article by former
Sec'v. Daniels will be printed on
Wed nesdayD