Evening star., 1925-01-11

that political happiness is unattain.
able
Those words are not. however. o.
my own devising, they are from
George Washington, who expressed
himself thus in a letter sent by hin
TO my predecessor. La Luzerne on tn,
10Th or September, 1871 But | shal
add that. with your love Of freedom
Your prosperity, sense of fair play
evasion to dangerous extremes. vol
aversion TO dangerous extremes, you
cal happiness is, indeed. attainable.
L shall continue passionately in.
terested in your problems and the way
you solve them. We have many In
common, and the example Of the one
may help the other: chief Of all. sthe
problem of the welfare of the many
or the best use, to their ADVANTAGE
they can make Of their eight hours
leisure, a use which can either raise
or destroy them: Of the increasing
| tendency of country people to leave
| ne country and live in cities, so that
htles are injured by overcrowding
ana the country is Injured by de-
| population. We need new Virgil to
| seach, as in the Augustan days, the
beauty and happiness of a country
| Ire. But the teaching will be facili-
| LIEU II we manage to make such a
| llfe really happy and beautiful.
| Ihe true solution, and it is not an
| impossible one, seems to be that. with
| out ever increasing means OF dissem-
nation, more of the city advantages
ne placed at the disposal of the
| farmer, and that more of the country
| me- with gardens, green grass, trees
| and birds, be made accessible to city
people our cities are no longer en-
| compassed by walls, they should more
| freely expand and include more green
patches. Happiness would be facili-
tated both ways and happiness is a
| great promoter of order and morality.
| Our object should be to render happy
as many as will allow themselves to
| be happy"
Gillette First Speaker.
Speaker Gillette presided and de-
| livered the first address. Chief Justice
| Taft, who could not be present, sent a
| message expressing his sorrow at be-
| ing unable to attend the dinner and
! his deeper sorrow at the Fastening
time for the departure of NJ. Jus
serand and Nine. Jusserand Like the
speakers, the Chief Justice declared
that the entire country regrets their
! leaving
| Nearly thousand people who join
probation and gratitude for the good
| Jusserand has done to France and
the United States by % years service
| in revealing the character of each
| people to the other. That he has been
with us more than two decades proves
| how acceptable he has been to both
countries, and how remarkable his
| qualities for the service. Few Amer
leans are better known In America
| than our dear Ambassador. AS his
torian, as writer. as Shakespearian
scholar, as a student of government,
as an economist, as a statesman, this
many-sided man has come into close
touch with our most varied activities.
Has Prompted Friendship.
Peace between two nations is to
be secured by making one people truly
understand the other. Continuous
conferences makes much for inter-
national amity. One who wins the
confidence of two nations by init
mate acquaintance with both, with
their ambitions, with their tastes,
with their preJudiceS, with their vir-
tues, with their weaknesses, has
achieved an opportunity to stifie en-
mites and smooth out irritation. No
higher function can be exercised. Mr.
Jusserand has had this opportunity in
most ably.
ITO those of US who have had the
good fortune to know we'll and enjoy
the Ambassador and Nine. Jusserand,
their departure Is a grief We have
come to cherish them as warm and
intimate friends, neighbors, full OF
interest in and sympathy with one
another's daily welfare. Their going
will leave a great void here in this
Capital. the growth and beatuy of
which they have welcomed as II Il
were their own.
Carry Love With Him.
They now return to their glorious
country, carrying with them a restro-
spect of grateful appreciation and
love. We fondly indulge the hope of
visits from them in the future. May
they come frequently and be assured
that they will find our admiration for
them, our appreciation of them, and
our love for them undimned by time"
Although all of the addresses were
directed toward paying tribute to NJ.
Jusserand, the land that sent him to
America was honored with him. This
was especially true in the address
of Associate Justice Sanford, who
declared, "Of the golden names on
the pages OF history none CLEANS
with brighter radiance than that of
France. the brave and beautiful.
ITO us in America this name is that
of a friend, of long adoption tried,
grappled to our souls with hoops of
steel; a name that tells of enduring
friendship, true and steadfast, tested
in the crucible of the centuries. 1t is
the name of our first friend and ally,
the France of Lafayette and Rochar1-
beau"
Called Great Tribute.
This" said Speaker Gillett, 'is
remarkable gathering-remarka in
numbers and remarkable in distino-
tion-and 1 hope that our guest of the
evening and his charming wife, in
affection for whom he has no
monopoly, are not too modest to ap-
preciate what an extraordinary tribute
of esteem and regard for them this
gathering is. Governments, unlike
individuals, are supposed to have no
affections. 1t Is not within their
province to cultivate or express spe-
cial attachments for other nations.
LAS a member of Congress, I SUBJ
scribe to this philosophy, and agree
that our relations and dealings with
other nations should be determined
by policy and justice, and not by
emotion. But while governments may
be restrained by the nature of their
organization from admitting the in
fuence of sentiment the people of
the United States for 150 years have
felt and displayed a deep and sincere
affection for France. That affection
exists warmly today, and as the
Ambassador of that friendly nation
we are glad to do you honor.
Praise for Jusserand.
Mr.. Ambassador. I do not think
that since those wonderful days of
1924 any citizen of France, or any
9th foraicp country Sipna11y