Evening star., 1924-05-18
BY THOMAS II. MARSHALL,
Former Vice President Of the U. 8,

! am neither q little brother to the
rich nor a little brother to the poor.
L am just an American citizen, con-
tent to circulate around among my
fellows and to associate with anybody
who does not seek to wound my feel
ings nor compel me to do things
| which are distasteful to me. / have
in mind as I write this two women
| who are cooks I never miss an op-
portunity to eat a dinner which either
one of them prepares One of the two
1 know very we'll. She is not ashamed
of her position; she takes pride in her
work; her face beams with greater
pleasure when you tell her that her
dinner was exceedingly fine than does
| the face Of a United States senator
when you tell him he made a splendid
speech. She has accumulated the
philosophy that it is essential so long
as hunger will gnaw at the vitals of
| mankind that somebody must supply
| cure. She seems to feel that she Is
doing part of the worlds work when
she puts the men and women of her
house into good humor by providing
| them with good food.
Not many persons, used to observe,
were awed in the presence Of Vice
President. I did find one poor soul,
however, who was quite upset He
| was a barber, and when he found
out that / was Vice President he be-
came so nervous he could not shave
me. This cook 1 was writing about
never manifested the slightest change
of manner in my presence. She
| probably never gave it thought, but
I dare say she would believe that in
the long run cooks are more valuable
to the republic than are Vice Presi-
| dents. That 1 cannot dispute. 1t is
only now and then that a Vice Presi-
| dent has an opportunity to show the
| metal Of which he is made, while
cooks have three opportunities day,
seven days in the week. On their
ministrations. next to the clerk and
| the police. depend the peace. Quietude
| and good order Of society.
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The second woman, who is q good
| cook, has not the refreshing outlook
! Of the first I heard her say recently
| when complimented on her dinner:
Il am nothing but a servant: 1 will
| never be anything else. Life is hope
less for me, for can never rise above
the servant class" 1t is NOT neces-
| sary for me to dilate upon such a
| philosophy as this. 1t discloses a
discontented mind and a false theory
| as to that Of which honor consists.
The other day I was abruptly ap-
| preached by an able-bodied young
| man, who asked If I would not help
! him financially to go through COL
| lege. I inquired where he wanted to
go. and he said to Harvard or Prince
| ton. I asked him why he did not go
to one OF our small midwestern coll
leges, where he would likely find
| opportunity to work his way through.
His response was that a degree from
| such a collegeSwould not help him
to successful life. Here was dis
| closed another bit OF philosophy,
based on the idea that there is some
| thing in outward circumstance that
moves toward success.
1 hope 1t is not true, but it seems
| to me that more and more people are
talking of money, position. so-called
success. My satisfied cook must be-
| long to minority. With too many
| people to be a boss spells a success
full life. To have and to hold seems
more than to be. The electric age
| in which we are living gives but lit