Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-07
TOO MUCH BITTERNESS


| (Coutt-ued from PsEe o-.,
the past siga. years knew that Mr
I NcCouos had fallen into q state or
mind about Wilson sucr as voult
Z make it impossible for him % - fair
II ether reEpec-s NJ M-Coubs vas
an agreeable nsure in active politics
! Bu; his z1tn-s fouard Mr. Wilson.
! and toward many ct NJ. Wilson's as
] so-l1tcs. Ike Mr- .Er16cr was such
! that any Judgment Re nay express ia
7 bis memoirs mast bs taken as dis
tortsd by Bitterness
I; Is 4 pity ths; Nr. Me- c-hs' -scoi-
lsct-ons should irove c1s more IN the
eons--sraole series which has come
from the press lstsiy q u-frlerdlv
| portraits OF living rnAr In this con-
nectlon. i viii be useful 70 say some
| thing about the recently issued vol
1r1e. entitled. The Mirrors OF Wash
inEtoa
I TINS Is book containing sketches 6r
I Lo-riee1 living men IN Washington
\ The fourteen nrc- Prez.<eut Harding.
| eK- President Ni,son. Secretary Hughes
| Secretary Hoover. Col house. Col
Harvey. Senator Lodge E N Bsruch
Ellhu Rect. e1a Sscreta-r OF state
Lansing. senator Johnson. Senator
Knox Senator Borah and Senator Pen
| Il IS probably natural that this hoos
should hs widely read and discussed in
! Wesninston- Here. where the men are
/ known. the proper r-1rives are an
piled 70 b various rortra RS. But IL
| the book is widely read outslde Or
| Washington. and n IL is ken geriou7-
/ " BY those who read H. the erect viii
/ those who read IL, the eject will bs IN
| fortunate. II the render outside ~
| Washington should take these fourteen
sketches as accurate portraits q the
I men described. he would receive an i'm
I preston cf public life riEch more pes
simisuc than - vaTrzlfed BY the
| facts. OF the fourteen sketches a,
least twelve are Of nature to de-
rreciate the subject 10 the public mind
i The dispraiss is is7 silly Distributed
4 over Republicans rnd Democrats
enke, The picture OF PRESIDENT Hard
that OF ex-President Wilson is th.
most savage, II is based on tie .hst,rd
and brutal hypothesis that Mr. WI
son. from the Tine Of his hoyIood. has
zen chareeterized by neurotic In
ferier!ty- While few OF the sketches
are as unpleasant a. that - Nr WI
son. the prevailing tone Of the boos
is one Of cyniclsrn about men and pes
sim'sm about public affairs
Corrernins books Of this kind IN
IN Mr. II. C, Wells Outline of MA,
I tory" In speaking Of tho aFe %
Pericles. In Athens. Mr.. Wells savs-
mere was as yet no Eutter journal
ism TO tell the world Of the viI.nes-
| of the conspicuous and sfIcceFsfuf puf
the common man. \ If,tis ot. or cor
cei' with himself. found much ronso-
| LeNon IN the art of comedy. yybiri,
hourished exceedingly The writer's a,
comedy satisfied that almost universaf
seif-love" ONi
In introducing this quotation from
y, Meus: l DO nei y the least moan
20 imply that The Mirrors OF Wash.
| lnston is gutter Journalism Very f,r
from Il II is Journalism or the B,est
clever type II is brilliant. II has n
Eft OF style which Efves 6, tItie fo
rank with tho best of conternporary
lte-stnre But I Do mean that II is
G,ac,.Sy nc tlnd of comedy which tho
HardinEs. the Wilson's and the H.
ers % their time
! The Mirrors Of Washington" is
made up Of 'he kind q stories abor,
] the weakness and foihier ~ public ~
which We eli tend 10 repeat i7 pri.-s,s
conversation, In private cnnvera3ffs-
! uess stories DO no great harm Pp-
/ Then fhey are given 20 the public. a.
,hey are in this book. without anv ef
iort at 2 true or well rounded mo-
trait. they tend to undsrrnl1e MAN,
the confidence of the public 4, i-r 80
ers The whole effect or The sfirrs--
~ Washington f. ~ unde--sta -
deprsciats the conspicuous iesds-- u,
both parties vi
But probably the tr1es, thing q, ,n.
sook IS single sentence rvhl-I. An M
! teet sives the lia 10 tho book s-
gghoe The author is sp-akir- ~.
freslde't Hardirs. and is for the --s,
par; .ayinE severe emphasis On H..
-re5idents limitations HAVING A.
] scuhed these At gr-a. ra--th ~
author approaches the end -, 49,
sketch with these uorsz- f.Rl. -. 49,.
pens.ates for his own defects. sIrros, -
/ good a. Erea'reHH IA a knovleds. -
] your own limitations. and lf- tT.
Ing knows his tho-ourhIv oy, =, st-
. modes'y- h's desire 10 reinforce h,-,-.I.
Ias proceeded the -trUnEe-t rsri-,-.
/ alton 90 80 Aener-
y tnH country has the --rorre-,
aolhet that Z has had IN rera-stio-
! 'nan OBVIOUSLY q hook uhtrb -i-s
uTn,faNorshle impression II the Ie,s.r.
nlp ~ our public NE 1~-t he
tcopyriEht i7-i. by the ~s-. v,.,