The Washington herald., 1922-10-27

crowd. Abbey. Frost, Pyle and Mast;
there were the most iliustrious flg-
ures in the literary world. such as
Mark Twain; and in political circles
his acquaintance was practically all
embracing. Because of this mel
low experience with the greatest
men in the past half century he was
asked:
what one quality did most OF
these men have in common"
In the really great men ! have
known" the cartoonist answered
slowly. 81 would say that the most
predominant quality common to a ]
was-simplicity. Roosevelt was
egotistical-but he was perfectly
simple. All great men are very
simple in their manner and in their
way of thinking. That is a char
acterIstic entirely apart from
whether they are eRotistical or
modest. But they are aways
frank. IL you get their confidence,
they will tell you what they actual
ly think.
Speaks of Joe wheeler.
IAN example of a simple. modest
sman was little Joe Wheeler. one of
the greatest cavalrymen in the
South. I've sat a whole evcn!n =
with him, but could hardly per
suade myself that he had done all
the things I had read about. He
seemed a little quiet gentleman.
and to imagine him on horseba cIl
seemed incredible. when one saw
him sitting there in a rocking chair.
talking about everything except
cavalry charges.
mother very simple. mode 81
character was Mckinley. There was
another man who had seen a trc-
mendous amount Of action. having
enlisted when he was IS or l9 and
having gone through the entire civil
war. ending as an officer. He was a
man who had been through any
number of political fights and yet
who was always a simple, quiet
gentleman. They talk about his not
having any backbone-that Mark
Hanna dominated him. Why. Mark
Hanna would eat out of his hand
Accepted McKinley's Views.
In "A World Worth While" Mr.
Rogers reveals more fully the real
relation of Mckinley and Mark
Hanna. He says: when Mckinley
vetoed a proposition Of Fanns's that
veto was always accepted William
knows best was Hanna's comment.
Mark Hanna's respect for Nckin-
ley's Ideas was complete and his af-
fectio7 for him greater than any I
have ever seen displayed by one man
for another
Going down the list OF famous
| men who were extremely simple and
modest. Mr.. Rogers fingered On the
rsme Of Mr.. Bailey. of Ba:nurn and
Eailcy's circus. He sale he had
seen Mr.. Bailey at one moment
teaching new canvas hand a ndm-
teI of rope knots. and the next mo-
ment rehearsing a young English
man who was learning a gentle
man rider" act. Mr.. Rogers had
gone to the circus in Rochester in
search of news pictures. Learning
that he was connected with Har-
per's, Mr.. Bailey said:
Reader of Easy Chair.'
You know George william Cur
tis? You have talked to him ?
Shaken him by the hand? Well,
well! that Is a great privilege.
When you see him. l wish you would
tell him that a rough old Snowman
looks forward to the Easy Chair as
a treat every month. I don't know
whether this will interest him. but
1t will, inform him to the wide audi
ence he reaches and, think, helps
to civilize."
Mr.. Rogers selected Theodore
Roosevelt as a typical example of
egotistical simplicity.
Roosevelt was a man Of equal
simplicity" he said. But he
would entertain you for hours
with stories of all sorts of dash
ing and dangerous adventures in
which he was the hero. Still, he
had the excuse of being always
interesting"
And what Is the most common
falling among great men," Mr..
Rogers was asked as he rose to
go to the school to which he II
now devoting his life as director
the School Of the Society of Illus
traitors in the Pennsylvania Term
inal Building, where disabled SOL
diers are being re-educated as
artists.
Their most common failing7
Well. should say that-now
don't know whether that would be
just or not. ] was going to say
that their most common failing Is
the failing that fhey're m ahso-