Evening star., 1921-05-16

nat it should not hapben again. But
7! uid nappen again and again. anu an;
nnaliS. IN resolve to protect ms
EeeetaoleS. he wrote a sharp note 10
me ieishpor demanding that ms gar
Gen De protected from marauullls
chickens. The neighbor was distress
ed ana wrote in reply promising ina
the garden would no more be molest-
ed Dy the chickens.
Inc very next day after recelN!ls
the written promise of protection; me
nelehbor saw his garden being liter
any deVoured by the neighbor
chickens. Patience had ceased to be a
virtue. In righteous wrath he strobe
over 10 his neighbor's house and De
his promise.
Neikhbor Is Shocked.
You don't say. answered the
nelghbor. that my chickens are in
your garden again, do you?
come and see said the now lrl'e
owner And there were the chick
ems buSy destroying the garden.
Well. ] never was so surprised in
my lie. said the owner of the chick
ems. 10 SHOW you my determination
10 protect your garden, when l Ee-
ceiFed your letter l called all my
Shickens together and read them yo"s
letter and solemnly charged them not
to go into your garden again. am
dstoniShed and humiliated to find.
al Ter nearing me read your letter.
tney dld not heed the command and
stay out OF your garden"
! never knew the President. before.
during. or since the war when he
did not have q pat limerick to enliven
the incident under discussion. or to
change the subject if the debate
needed to be closed or given a new
turn.
I had returned to one cabinet
meeting from Savannah, where the
Presidents father had at one time
served as pastor of the Presbyterian
church, think it was during the
war between the states. l gave him a
message from some friends of his
youthful days and the meeting being
over and no one else being present. h.
became reminiscent and talked so in
tercstingly that | long overstayed
my time.
What story it would make. that
intimate Sidelight recollection of
scenes end incidents. if a dictagraph
had taken down his tender reflections.
Reminds Him Of n Limerick.
AS l rose to go, President Wilson
said:
You know. limerick about a town
always takes hold of me SO that when
l think of the town the limerick is
sure to come into my mind. Did you
=
man of Savannah"
] had not heard it.
1T reminds me of nothing connect cd
with my knowledge of Savannah, but
when YOU spoke of the city this linn
erick leaped up-it runs like this:
- There was a young man of Savannah.
VIII" fell on vacant banana.
The words that he said when he fell on his
bead.
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. and
after the war, when shell-shocke ed
world forgot the vision splendid with
which we entered the war-I recalled
that the only Presidents who ever
conducted Il great war were alike in
two things-they had infinite patience
in the efforts they made to secure
what they believed in without resort
to war; and. too, they obtained relief
from the terrible pressure which lay
heavily on both by the possession of
a fund of stories and humor that
bring relief from heavy burdens to
both Of those great war Presidents:
it gave cheer and relief also to those
they had called to be partners and CO
workers in the task that often bore
quite as heavily upon cabinet mem
bers as upon their chief.
Copyright. 1921. by John +. Ollie. Copy
right in Great Britain. Canada and throughout
France. All rights reserved including trans-
laton into foreign languages. including the
Scandinavian. Unauthorized eprinting for any
purpose forfidden.D
(AnOther article by former Secretary
Daniels will be printed in The Star
tomorrOw.D