The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-06-11
LACK OF HIJMOR
Spelling WORLD
And Capt. Pat O'Hay In
jects Much of It at
Rotary Dinner.
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE

of discomfort because he was porn IN
ireland, he admits, soldier of for
tune, entertainer extraordinary, and
one of the most human speakers the
Kenosha Rotary club has brought to
Kenosha for many moons, was given
golden opportunity to ingratiate him
self in the hearts and the souls of
four hundred men--members of the
Waukegan, Kenosha and Racine Ro-
tary clubs of this city, and he did just
that.
O'Hay addressed this group at a
dinner at the Kenosha Country club
on Tuesday evening which closed a
day of festivities for the guests. He
brought with him the essence of his
ability as an entertainer and placed 1t
before the guests in such a way as to
make it last for all time.
Was a Real War Hero.
The speaker brought with him mem
cries of participation in many wars
an activity which he made "hobby"
Being Irish, and hearty, O'Hay was
able to go through dozen or so wars,
twice as many revolutions, and few
instructions here and there over the
map of the earth, emerging from most
Of these as either sergeant or a gem
eral, depending on the scene of the
war He served throughout the World
war first with the Canadians and then
with the Americans, and he holds many
a scar of battle to show his heroism
and bravery-although one hears of
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Pat O'Hay is one of the nine living
survivors of the Princess Pat regiment
that sterling group of fighters whose
record goes down in history as equal
ling anything in the fighting annals of
any nation. He is equally we'll In
many other things. His bosom friend
ship with Richard Harding Davis is
shown in the latter's book, Soldiers of
Fortune, in which O'Hay is pictured
as Burke, the hero. O'Day's acquaint-
anceship with great men makes of him
a leading figure in tradition and his
tory. And his pal Ernie-Ernie Carr
plays a most important part in his ad-
dresses.
Admitting that he had done prac-
tically everyone of the lowly labors
from acting as chambermaid to cargo
of cattle to nurse to a flock of sheep
and coal stocking in the bowels of a
freighter wasn't O'Hay's most boast
full statement. He is ffty-four years
old and does not appear a minute over
thirty. Living clean-living up to the
laws of nature and abiding by the die
tates of his conscience-that's what's
done it, says O'Hay.
The story of O'Hay's adventures
makes a Nick Carter novel look like a
Sunday school lesson if the opinions
of those who heard the speaker offer
any basis for calculation. Only a
man like O'Hay can tell of these in
such way as the incidents in his
life can be appreciated as they should
be. But his address wasn't all history
and anecdote. 1t was packed with a
homely philosophy Of life, pathos
mingled with laughter, the serious
side of life was placed at the side of
the lighter side, and O'Hay called it
even. It's the way O'Hay takes things.
For instance, he says:
Raps Hypocrisy.
efficiency! There's word I love.
1 picked up the paper some time ago
and read that the scientists were CEN
surfing the moon for being four sec
onds late in that eclipse. Now don't
you think that was bit impertinent?
/ give them all the credit that they
deserve, l admire and marvel at the
progress of the last twenty-five years.
I have no desire to retrogress. have
no desire to go back to red flannel un-
derwear, community drinking cups and
roller towels But the world today is
too damned smart! That's what's the
matter. / would that we had the days
when we were plain dumb and ignor-
ant We wouldn't be so fuanting in
the eyes of the world. Humility we
need"
And again, "Why take social stand
ing so seriously? Sure, it is the am
bition of all of US to associate with
those of culture and refinement. But
listen: You confine your social activi-
ty to those who go right down the
same road of life that you do and
don't ever become a social climber, be-
cause if you do you will become old
before your time. And-don't take
your ancestry too seriously. If your
ancestors landed with the Mayf1ower,
don't be Dragging about it. The i'm
migration laws were not 50 strict
then. Don't worry so much about
who your father was; worry about
who your son is going to be. That is
much more practicable.
Soldiers STABILITY Treated.
"I realize that you American bust
ness men are possessed of all of the
economic wisdom of the world. l re-
alize by reading the sensational daily
press that everybody else should be
Immediately slain and we alone allow
ed to live. But we're not so many.
AS go around the country see ell of
these theorists, the reformers, the
moralists, and these efficiency experts.
They are all raving about the girls.
Let me tell you about the girls. They
are a bit more attractive today than
they were at any other time. They
rap their bobbed locks, their lipsticks,
their short skirts. That's no reason
for condemning them. Don't worry
about these girls growing up. 1t is
the cream puffs with the big pants and
the red ties that you have to be wor-
rying about.
81 do not believe in compulsory
military service. l believe in mill
tary training. This country has given
you and me all that we have. The
time may come when we ought to give
something back. Don't become too
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