Evening star., 1923-07-27
EDITORIAL DIGEST

NAL in mankind" There Is one lesson
in his death. as the Decatur Review
sees IT. and that is "he was worked to
death at forty-nine because he did not
unable to let go, to get out into the
open and to play, this active career Is
ended. Men owe it to themselves and
to their families to know how to play
az well as to work. Recreation. the
rebuilding Of the nerves and body by
a change of occupation from work to
play. is needed by all. John Siddall' 8
epitaph might we'll be: He knew
how to work, but not how to play. "
In life he was interested only In
those stories Of success that told of
triumph over tremendous obstacles"
recalls the Hartford Times. but
where in the files of the American can
be found the story of man who so
successfully carried on under SEN
tence of painful death. maintaining
virtues Of a cheerful disposition and
a shut mouth? Not even his Office as
sociates knew that their chief was
reckoning his life's span by a few
more publication days:
Mr. Siddall will enjov that immor-
tality that attaches to authors whose
writings can be posthumously pub
lished. and Sid will continue to say
his say for several months to come"
He had rare faculty of adapting
point" the Watertown Standard holds,
because '.he had an Unsuitable curios-
ity about human beings and an almost
limitless sympathy: He understood
soul cropping for light, and he tried
to discover that light for his fellow
men and women by presenting to
them experiences of others who had
| faced and solved problems common
| to the average"
hA nd nI to hn
| last indicates he was gifted with
much of that sort of philosophy which
| serves to help a man through the dark
| places and over the rough spots in
Binghamton Sun. HE had coura ge,
| and he kept his troubles to himself.
No more moving story ever will be
| printed in the American Magazine
than the details of his achievements
! and his tragic ending would make"
John Siddall's job had him." says the
| Pittsburgh Sun. That's the differ
| ence between what the world, in its
! best moments. calls success and fail
! cleanest, most inspiring, most sensi-.
| BILE of publications in this day of
| sentimental slop," insists the Rock
| ford Republic, because as the Louis
| Vile Courier-Journal recalls it, 'he
made his magazine a kind of month
| ly newspaper"
/ HE was the invincible optimist,' y
asserts the Grand Rapids Press.
whose view Of life humorists liked
! to mimic with grotesque exaggera-
ton, and whose philosophy ranked
in the soul OF Upton Sinclair as a
proof Of the inanity of American
journalism. That people shopld buy
such stuff! A million dollars did not
| impress him particularly, his friend
Haywood Brounl wrote Of him, but he
never lost the notion that the making
| Of the million was romantic, the most
| automatically romantic thing In our
| world today" Then, again. "his door
| was always open," the Utica Press
says. "You could drop in at any time
to see him. He could tell quicker
4 than any man whether the story in
| terested him, and. If it did. he'd say
SO. Same way If 1t didn't. But the
point is he could be seen. Which
| may have been one reason for his
| distinguished success" To which the
| Rochester Herald adds ''his work was
a triumph Of the PviouA"