Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-03-06

One OF the permanent possession.
of human heart is the memory o.
its great enthusiasms. You ma,
have come to disdain and even de
spise them, but they are never up
rooted. Then 70 preached your high
stand you know it.
When a noble ideal kindles sucl
enthusiasts, that ideal becomes one
of those things that without warning
at rare intervals flares up. And yor
sit in the light of the flare and pom
der. Why did it fail? Not because
it was not Observation-Disclosures.
able. Was it because you were moi
fit for beauty, righteousness, desir.
ability?
Peoples are like men. They may
lay aside their great hopes, but tc
the end there are hours when they
sit with them and ponder.
Perhaps that is the explanation Of
the persistent, mysterious, uncon.
scious way in which men today draw
together around Woodrow Wilson. II
requires explanation. Why, in
Washington for months now, has the
sightseeing wagon followed his car
Why do the chattering tourists in.
side grow silent as they pass it?
They don't peer. They lift thei,
hats and sigh, and it sometimes
takes minutes and striking sights tc
break the mood the fleeing glimpse
of that drawn white face has stirred
Why is it that on Sundays ant
holidays men and women and chill
dren-most of them busy through
the week-walk to his house ant
stand there in groups, speak together
in hushed tones as if something sol
emn and ennobling moved in them
Curiosity? Men chatter and glib
and jostle in curiosity. These peo
pie are silent, gentle and orderly
You will see them before the theate,
on nights when it is known that Mr.
Wilson is within, quietly waiting TO
him to come out. There will be fifty
a hundred, even a thousand.
They cheer him as he passes, an
there are often chokes in the cheers
and always tenderness. Why d
they do it? Nothing more instinc
tive, more implanted, goes on i
Washington. Let it be known tina
he is in his seat in theater, and tn
whole house will rise in homage. LIE
his face be thrown on the screen, an
it will draw greeting that the fac
of no other living American receives
And that is not true in Washington
alone.
Why should the vast through tina
packed Pennsylvania avanue fror
end to end on Armistice day hav
stood reverently, with heads bare
in silence as the bier of the Unknow
Soldier passed attended by all tn
official greatness of the moment
the president, his cabinet, the su
preme court, the house of representa-
tives, the senate, the diplomat
corps, Pershing, Foch-why shout
this great crowd have watched in 81
Ience until, quite unexpectedly,
carriage far down the line came t
view? Why should this crowd, ur
conscious of what it was doing, hav
broken into low cry of sympath
and grief: There's Wilson," TIL
cry flew down the long avenue.
They saw him as the man who ha
called into service the boy they hon
ored, who had put the wonderful
light in his eye, that light of whic
great French surgeon said: 9TH
American soldier is different fror
all others, whether it is God, tn
Monroe doctrine, or President Viii
son; but he has something in hi
eye." Yes, Wilson's place was b.
the dead soldier; all the people kne,
it, and told him so by their uncon
scious outburst.
Woodrow Wilson means something
to the people of the United States
something profound, something the,
will not forget. People think of hin
now as a man who was behind tn