Evening star., 1921-10-09
~ THos. II. MARSHALL.
EoeDeP Vice President Of ths
United States.

(0GDer Vice President OF tA0
United states.
w YE are . people who de-
M mand amusement. And
We demand the kind Of
amusement which may
be enjoyed by groups or masses.
We take our lives so seriously.
however. that We do not admit that
our seeking for pleasure Is for
pure enjoyment. Z have yet to
md q man who plays golf Just to
play It. He has many other rea-
sons, all practical. 1t gets him
out in the open. where the cobwebs
may be blown out Of his brain. it
strengthens him physically and
mentally. II returns him reinvis-
grated to his business. Bridge is
dull unless there Is the prospect
Of winning pin money. Movies are
attended not for an hour Of sheer
forgetfulness. but for the gaining
Of Information that may be useful
in solving life's problems. used
to laugh at . friend who in play
ing solitaire would cheat himself
In order to win the game.
Observation has Convinced me
that Americans feel ashamed Of
pleasure for pleasures sake; that
they deem 1t necessary to try to
fool every one, including them
selves, with the theory that all
things in life. whether of work or
play. should be put to sacred. not
to a common use. You tell q man
that he is wasting his time in his
divver. lessening his production
and only enjoying himself. he will
not tell you that so long as he
owes you nothing 1t is mono OF
your busiess, but will enter into
explanation As to the inexpensive
cost Of the hivver. the cheapness
he saves by its use, its value to
his business, proving to q math-
ematical certainty that 1t Is a
labor-saving device and not q toy.
Az time 10 reckoned We are yet
in our childhood. We have not yet
put OF our red-top boots. We have
not settled down to those sober re-
lations which come with maturity.
We look with tho eyes Of children
upon the world. We have been SO
blessed by climate. soil and free
dom that. like children, We think
that in some way what we want
we will get. and get 1t, too, with
out effort This childhood Of ours,
while it has contributed to the
happiness and content of the peo-
pie. has led US both in work and
in play to the adoption of fads.
Let me illustrate what I am
pleased to term the fads Of actual
business: When became Gov
ernor Of Indiana I found that the
with milk from Jersey cows. Prior
to that time the Jersey had be-
come the prize milch COW Of the
state: the pure -blooded stock had
been selling at fabulous prices. But
Just about then some one began a
crusade in favor Of the Holstein. I
doubt whether 1t can be shown
that 50 far as the sustenance of q
human being is concerned there
may be obtained any more from a
Holstein than from q Jersey, albeit
you can get 2 greater amount of milk
from a Holstein: yet one Of the
features OF my administration was
the splendid management Of finan-
ctal affairs whereby I got rid Of
the Jersey herds and provided Hol-
stems without serious loss to the
commonwealth.
Some Of US can remember when
1t was q fad with all those who
put their trust in patent medi-
cines' to take for the ills of In
diana life schenk's Mandrake Pills.
AS the years went by DR.. Schenk
disappeared from the medical
playground and DR.. Pierce won
recognition as the man who could
with surety throw his pill over
the liver pad. For long time the
saloon was the political play
ground where men pretended Sc
riously to consider the welfare of
the republic. Then we grew tired
Of the game and swapped 1t on
for the preferential primary. That
now is growing tiresome. He will
be acclaimed as a great public
servant who discovers something
moro attractive to the sporting in
stincts Of the people to take its
place.
Beautiful It is that in this child
hood Of ours and in the playing
of our games we have the forget
fulness Of the young. We do not
mourn for what 10 gone. We long
only for something else. True to