Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-11
WILSON ON THE MEND
Former Presldent's improvement said
to BE SO Rapid 40 to savor Of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of
Washington
BY WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY
IlIOODROW WILSON Is on the mend. In

ture. is reasserting itself. He walks almost
rs docs well man.
The turning point for the stricken former
President was Armistice Day. that occasion
known soldier. On that day Mr.. Wilson
rode in the parade in Washington and even
the solemnity of the occasion was insufficient
to suppress the feeling the throng felt for
him as n soldier broken in fight for his
ideals. That throng let fighting regiments
Of the overseas army, the President Of the
United States, 60 by in silence. But all
along the line in revcrsion to fairness, the
hush was broken by the clapping Of hands
when this private citizen and his wife went
past In horse drawn carriage.
That afternoon many thousands of people
crowded into the residence street in which
Mr.. Wilson lives, having come spontaneously
to pay him homage. They stood there un-
covered before his house. their spirit seem.
ing to be best voiced by leather -lunged
man on the terrace across the way, who
called intermttently:
I'VE understand. Mr.. Wilson; We under
stand.'
So constituted are we mortals that the
mind of us has much to do with the we'll
being of the body. The glow of it is like
sunshine to the plant. May it not be true
that the miracle which doctors failed to
perform was wrought by simple citizen,
who trumpeted
MT. wilson, we understand
Here is an individual whose political
career was builded on no more stable foun-
dation than carbuncle on another mans
neck
lie is none other than Representative
Burton Erwin Sweet, of Iowa. the man in
Congress who has had charge Of the various
ablcd soldier.
Mr.. Sweet represents the district from
which came David Il. Henderson, two
decades ago Speaker Of the House. Nine
times had Mr.. Henderson been nominated
for Congress. alternately by spokesman Of
convention was to be held that would name
him for the tenth term and u. r. Gibson.
of Bremer County. who had nominated him
eighteen years earlier, was to make the great
speech
But Gibson got carbuncle on his neck
SO young lawyer named Sweet was drafted
to take his place. Sweet made so strong an
impression that he came near being nomi-
mated for the post himself when, two months
later. Henderson withdrew. 1t was this
speech. made possible by n carbunce on
another mans neck, which eventually led
him into public life.
DR.. Herbert Work. First Assistant Post
master General. used to be associated with
Major General Bnoch II. Crowder. now
down in Cuba helping to get that sugar
bowl of the world on steady keel again
The two of them were together in Cuba
twenty years ago.
''Crowder is the most delightful and low.
able man in the world" said DR.. Work
the other day. ''Lovable and as mad as
hornet all the time
Never in the nations capital has there
been II mystery which remained so per.
sistcntly mystery as does the authorship
of that much -talked.of book, 1.-The Mirrors
of Washington
There have been writing men who have
hurried into indignant denial of having
fathered it. while others have slyly en-.
couraged reports to the same effect. 1t re-
mains II fact, however. that even the initi-
nted are unaware Of the source from which
it came.
Many incidents have resulted. There is
the case of Senator Hiram johnson. of Cal.
ifornia, for instance, with whom the author
dealt in n spirit somewhat dcnuded of
charity and kindness. Senator Johnson
read the book and seethed. He ran back
over the incidents set down in it and the
men with whom he had talked on these
subjects.
Yes. he knew the man. There was but
single individual who could have known
what was here written. lie would triturate,
!ambaSte and demclish this scribe; He would
write him such letter rs would make him
hang his head for shame. He would drive
him to oblivion. lie dictated letter in
tended to accomplish all these ends.
And what do you suppose that newspn-
pcrman answered? Well here is the letter
that he, in his callOuSness, wrote back
Dear Senator he said. 'You hatter
yourself. Had ] written the Mirrors of
Washington, l would not have mentioned
you at all.
r. Frank Appleby. of Asbury Park, n.
j.. is the most extensive operator in real
estate in Congress. He has an Office in
each of those splash. splash towns from
New York to Atlantic City along the Jersey
Coast
But down in Washington his special mis-
sion lies in averting the impending stroke Of
tragedy as it so frequently hovers with re-
lation to the immigrant.
There was the OF Emilia Bronika,
sixteen and fair lustrOus- eyed daughter of
Poland. Emilia had two brothers In Jersey
and one who had gone to war and failed
to come back Many obstacles interviewed to
finally, at Ellis Island she stubbed her toe
on the literary test. She could not do the
amount of reading required.
So Emilia was to be deported The day
of her sailing was set. The day arrived.
She was to depart at l.. Already it was
II 30.
Representative Appleby was at Washing
ton working just as those in the movies labor
with the Governor for reprieve rs the
doomed man walks to the electric chair.
Just as the gnngplank was being pulled
up hurried messenger appeared, waving
n paper. 1t was rcprieve for Emilia
Broniku. For one month she was to he
placed under the protection and tutelage
Of good priest at Perth Amboy, after
which the literary test would again be given,
The reprieve had been made possible by Mr..
Appeby and the long distance telephone.
A friend of mine sat bA in Geneva NOT
long ago when conference was being held
between Albert Thomas, head Of the Inter
national Labor Office. created BY the Ver.
sailles Treaty. bearded, explosive French.
man, and Elliot Goodwin. typical American
director OF the Chamber Of Commerce 10
the United States and largely RESPONSIBLE
for the existence of the international Cham.
Der Of Commerce recently established in
Paris.