The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09
Time Heals
All Wound
rs NORA COLE SKINNER.
,.-r.. .-uLa al wounds.

Time heals all wounds.
Much space f. given In a late
rg,st a the presentation and
15ep,ar.p of Washing statue
d. Eust4rd 4 wonderful mark OF
s,gstfiu.as and friendship.
Tho state Dt Virginia raised funds
,-a .y. ..utri bronze replica OF
ta VuuIuu statue of marble that
.,,uds .u the rotunda OF TIE state
mr..al H Richmond. and presented
.4.u .If, from the people Of
lrafru 'o the people Of Great
II VAS unveiled on June 30 in
r.,aIr.r square where It shares
rgra.. with Admiral Nelson. II was
,.rsrr',i ir a speech by President
rr,g Louis smith, OF Washington
4d l.r University who stated that
DO ar4un WAS ore who fprsuok
Grss Brtan's flag, rejected her
,oy,ra.srtg and fought against her
trr, b8t that with splendid and
rbaa.tul.'i.s maguanimity she had
srsw.rpl The challenge bS placing
ue one time rebel on 4 pedestal
aIriJ tbH mighty monuments and
yr,morirs ~ Trafalgar Square"
A.c.utIug the statue in the name
= tbo g,oulc Of Great Britain,
Tord C4r1un said some might ask
ghv b. .ss that England gladly
and proudly welcomed the statue
....Htuu the answer being
ore ausa hc was a great English
r4r.-ur. ut the greatest English
r.ar hat over lived; because. he
fugNr us and vanquishcd US, he was
fighting 'or ideals and principles
which are sacred to us as they are
Z, the American people
Tlmo heals all wounds. Would
that .hr heart could outstride Time
and bring rcconciliations nearer.
some years ago plans and agree
nents were made whereby each
state of our union &hould place
ra'ues of their two &reatcst men
IN the Hall Of fame"--that around
Enlargement in the corridor OF the
capitol at Washington. Virginia
r,r,0ntcd the statues Of George
Washington and Robert f.. Lee.
Tia, of General Lee was refused.
Virginia rightly left the space
blank who else could take his
MACE Although the state gave
dozen of eminent men to the
Nation the world knew that the two
her prople chose 20 represent them
were hg ana far her very greatest.
She could substitute no other.
About tau years ago public opinion
demanded that the statue Offered
y Virginia be accepted. 1t was CIV
en- the mos, obscure position among
th0le already placed--and to the
last was received over the protest OF
New York.
., ...F.. H., ob - 81 " ), tod
Unfair because there had been no
restrictions. the choice OF men was
10 be left strictly 10 each state, and
In al ether cases this was adhered
10. and short sighted. because its
un1ucsionod acceptance would have
united the north and south as moth
ing else could. Naught fans the
moldcring flame so much as to have
ones hero scOrncd.
An editorial ot the London Daily
Telegraph on the George Washing
ton affnir closed with these words:
$50 we welcome the gift which the
Virglnlans have so gracefully and
Generously bestowed upon us, and
rejoice to have the image of Wash .
iUstun set up In the very censer or
our capital, a memorial Of = nero
who belongs to our race and Speech.
ana m. 0to ut an honorable fued
which is ssinE into n still more
honorable friendship"
The rebellion OF the thirteen colo
mics against the mother country oc-
eurrcd one hundred and some forty
years ago, our great and terrible
Civil war is but 81 years gone.
Speed the day when human irnu-.
ties permit us to span the Yeas ot
nate with seven league boots, ana
1fHcal the wounds of battle and speech
with compassion, forgiveness, ana
understanding,