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Evening star., 1925-07-29
BRYAN ASKED SINGING
OF "HOW DRY | AM"
Enjoyed Joke Even at Own Ex-
pense. But Always Had
Answer Ready.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 29.-William Jen-
nings Bryan enjoyed joke even at
his own expense. At a dinner here,
the song leader of the club entertain
ing Mr.. Bryan said that lin considera-
ton for our honored guest, a pro
hibitionist, we will refrain from sing
ing How Dry / Am
Mr.. Bryan summoned the song
leader and whispered In his oar.
The song leader then announced Mr..
Bryan requests that we sing it, and
suggests that those sing first who
have been dry longest"
When he was given the floor Mr..
Bryan said he was glad the 18th and
18th amendments had changed the
complexion of political meetings.
We see red cheeks where before we
saw red noses. he said.
On another occasion he accompanied
DIR. Clarence Edward McCartnev for
mer moderator of the Presbyterian
Mccormick Theological Seminary here.
Mr.. Bryan was introduced as having
been persuaded to speak. He promptly
took exception 10 the word persuaded.
IF l had not been asked to speak ]
should have asked for the privilege, "
said Mr.. Bryan.
Vice President Charles g. Dawes
recently recalled that in their youth
he, Bryan, and John J. Pershing ate
at the same lunch counter in Lincoln,
Neb. Measured by dwellings,, Bryan
was the 'plutocrat" of the three. said
Mr.. Dawes. occupying his own house
while Pershing paid SO a month for
a room over a store.
Evening star., 1925-07-29
in Erery Field Pay
Tribute to Bryan's Sincerity

In a wire to Mrs. Bryan, William H.
| Taft Chief Justice of the United
| States, said: Mrs Taft and l ex-
| tend to you our heartfelt sympathy
in your great sorrow. Mr.. Bryan
and I were longtime friends though
usually opposed on the issues of the
da--. His will be a most notable figure
in our political history. He has had
for many years among our people
remarkable personal following with
whom he exercised great influence be-
cause they believed in his sincere
patriotism and his political views, and
who will greatly miss his courage and
leadership"
Evangeline Booth, commander of
the Salvation Army, in a telegram to
Mrs. Bryan:
Your beloved husband was a cham
pion of great national and eternal
issues and apostle of righteousness
and a covenanter with God and the
church for the inspiration and au-
thenticity of the Bible, as well as the
teachings of the gospel of Jesus
Christ.
I'm death as in life the great citi
zen and Commoner was found on the
great battlefield of the world, dying
martyr in the combat for truth
against negativiSm.'
Senator J. Thomas Hef1in of Ala
bama: Bryan is dead. That sad
message will produce profound sorrow
wherever the Christian religion has a
sincere advocate and clean politics an
earnest adherent. How fit
ting that he should fight his last bat
| tie and achieve his last great victory
against the forces of atheism"
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi
| wired Mrs. William Jennings Bryan:
your distinguished husbands Chris
| tan character and unSeltiSh service
| have been told on innumerable oc.
casions and in every part of the
country. Circumstances prevent my
| attendance at the funeral, but my
heart will be there
Gov Fuqua of Louisiana:
'I was a great admirer of Mr..
Bryan and I find the Nation has lost
one of her great men in his death.
| He probably impressed himself more
on the institutions of his country
than any one else in many decades.
He was able, clean and sincere"
Gov. Martin of Florida:
Col. Bryan was a great American
and a Christian gentleman and his
death is a distinct loss to America.
His was a domestic personality and
he has left his impress upon the po-
| litical, religious and civic life of the
United States"
The Rev. DR.. Charles r. Erdman,
Princeton, N. J., moderator of the
Presbyterian General Assembly:
William Jennings Bryan was
among the most conspicuous and in
fuential laymen of the Presbyterian
Church. For many years he has been
known as a fearless defender of the
faith in revealed religion, in an in
spired Bible, and in a divine Savior.
He was an ardent advocate of peace,
of temperance and of worldwide evan
gelism."
Senator M. M. Neely, West Virginia:
Death has robbed the Democratic
| party of its most conspicuous leader;
Evening star., 1925-07-29
Bryan's Funeral
To Be at Church
Of IL Presidents

Twelve of the Nations Presi-
dents have worshiped at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church,
New York avenue and II street
northwest, where funeral services
for William Jennings Bryan will be
held. 1t was the worshiping place
of Abraham Lincoln, and in it his
former pew is still preserved in its
original place. 1t has more than
century of history behind it.
1t was organized in 1903 as a
branch of the Scotch Presbyterian
Church and became affiliated with
the American church 20 years later.
The original structure stood on the
south side of + street on "A site be-
tween the present Willard and
Washington Hotels. In 1853 the
Second Presbyterian Church was
merged with il, and these united
congregations erected the present
structure. For many years the
present building has been open TO
general meetings on religious, be-
nevolent, social and civic subjects,
which has thus served to give 1t
Nation wide prominence.
Evening star., 1925-07-29
Bryan's Greatness, Repealed
In Death, Exceeds Appraisals
HOnors, Denied in Life, Come to Com
mo,,er; Scopes Trial Centers Spot
light on Last FeaU Weeks of Career

ed with letters throughout the trial.
They came from the cities and the re-
mote hamlets. Some We're from per
sons of intelligence, others were most
apparently from what the world calls
"crankS."
But the letters were just one thing
or the other-they were either for
Bryan or against him. Some CORE
spondents were berated for giving Mr..
Bryan the worst of il" Others were
verbally chaStised fer being entirely
100 much in MIR. Bryan's favor.
Great as was the fame of Clarence
Darrow and Dudley Field Malone of
the Scopes counsel, the public appear
ed to center it's final and complete in
terest in one mantle Commoner. It
was Bryan who made the Scopes trial
an international incident, and it was
strange indeed that the Commoner
should have died in the reflected glow
of the strangest of American episodes
This evidence of the public senti-
ment toward Mr.. Bryan was but
confirmation of what most of those
who knew him. had come to believe
There were no halfway believers in
the Commoner. People either believed
in him blindly, as he believed in the
Bible or else they did not believe in
him at all. 1t was the latter class
cast doubt on Mr.. Bryan's motives.
They saw in his every move another
effort for the Presidency and they
will always believe Mr.. Bryan died a
disappointed man because he never
had received a majority of the cleo
toraI votes.
These 'haters' of Mr. Bryan al
ways insisted that his moves in Balti-
more in 1912, when he accomplished
the nomination of Woodrow Wilson,
were made in his own behalf They
insisted he stopped the drift to Champ
Clark in the hope that the votes even
tually would so to him rather than
Wilson, for that was one Democratic
occasion when every one knew that
whomsoever the Democrats nominated
was certain of election the following
November
The "haters" said it was only in
1916 that Mr.. Bryan failed to have
hope of another Democratic nomina-
ton. AT that time Mr.. Wilson was
certain of denomination. Mr.. Bryan
had been Secretary of State and re-
tired and for once in 80 years he was
not an important figure in a national
convention.
But now MIR Bryan is going 10 rest
in Arlington, where he will look out
over the Washington he loved and
where the dim outlines of the stately
White House may be observed through
the green trees which line the hills of
the Potomac, where all is quiet placid
and serene. Mr.. Bryan'S beautiful
home in Florida was known as the
Serene Villa"
Copyright l925l
Evening star., 1925-07-29
SEATS EMPTY WHERE
BRYAN WAS TO SPEAK
Children Play on Stand Where He
Was to Have Addressed
Thousands.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
DAYTON, Tenn, July 29.-William
Jennings Bryan, the man whose elo-
quence quickened the heart beats of
his countrymen through more than
three decades, was scheduled to speak
last night on the temporary stand
outside the courthouse in this remote
mountain village.
Mr.. Bryan was to speak on the
subject, what Shall 1 Do With
Jesus?" the despairing cry of Pontius
Pilot. He was to answer the plea of
this old Roman ruler.
The local committee of ministers,
who had invited the political chieftain
and herald Of orthodox Christianity,
had prepared to see six or eight or
ten thousand residents of east Ten
nessee in the ironfenced space under
the naples and oaks.
But no throng tramped the Rhea
County green last night. On the
splintery, rough-sawn benches smiling
mothers sat and watched their frol-
licking young. Where one week ago
Bryan and Darrow Wrestled in tumul-
tous tones on matters of science and
the Bible, youngsters clamored and
tumbled over the Scaffold-like plat
form. Shouts of childhood rustled
the branches and echoed from the
ed brick walls which seven days ago
witnessed the struggle between cham
pions of conflicting ideas.
The cheering crowds did not come.
Never again will hosts of men shout
appreciation back at the Commoner' S
irresistible tones. Mr.. Bryan lay
dead tonight in his casket of bronze,
half a mile down Market street.
Evening star., 1925-07-29
Little Done Without Progress.

I'm this world little, if anything. is
accomplished without progress. To
make Christians of the Chinese you
would be forced to kill many of them
The invention of the printing press
was fFowned upon and even cost
some lives, but no one maintains that
it has not done good
The building of railroads has cost
many lives, but they aided humanity.
Each year automobiles kill more per
sons than are killed by homicides. but
that is no reason they should be
abandoned. pack and parcel"
The trial at Dayton has done sew
eral things which are significant. of
the jurors who heard the case at
Dayton, only one of them had ever
heard of evolution. Today in Dayton
they are selling more books on evolu-
ton than any other kind. and the
bookshops in Chattanooga and other
cities of the State are hardly able to
supply the demand for works on evo-
luton. The trial has at least started
people TO thinking"
To the Commoner, Mr.. Darrow paid
a tribute.
Evening star., 1925-07-29
BY ROBERT Il. SMALL.

William Jennings Bryan has attain
ed in death the honorS which We're
denied him in life No President in
death has received greater public at
tention and consideration. The news
of Mr.. Bryan's death has resounded
around the world, and has called out
the comment of very civilized nation.
The Commoner was, in truth. greater
than he knew.
Mr.. Bryan died with the white spot
light full upon him. Those OF us who
were with him at Dayton during
those most eventful weeks of his later
lie realized to the full all that that
spotlight meant. Mr.. Bryan drank
in the applause and cheers of tn
Tennessee countryside as a thirsty
traveller in the desert would quaff
cold water
Tennessee's tribute was such that
he fingered far longer in the State
than he ever had intended and there
fore met his fate in the little town
where he had dedicated himself pub
icly to the defense of the Bible
against all its critics, against the ag-
nostics and the atheists.
Burial Site Choice Strange.
1t is one of the strange revelations
of the inner self of Mr.. Bryan that he
should desire to be buried in Arling-
ton National Cemetery-not among
the soldiers of the cross, but among
the soldiers of the flag-the men who
had dedicated themselves To their
country.
To have known Mr.. Bryan these
last few years naturally would have
led to the belief that he would have
preferred his last resting place to be
in some ecclesiastical or cathedral
close. But in his thoughts of death,
Mr.. Bryan's mind reverted to the days
OF the Spanish American War, when
he was a colonel of volunteers. Will
liam Jennings Bryan the soldier had
been adj but forgotten by the present
generation. Many persons wondered
why he was so often addressed as
colonel" They thought perhaps it
was an honorary title such as the
court at Dayton conferred upon Col"
Clarence DarrOw of Chicago.
But Mr.. Bryan. even in his later re
think he had taken the field for his
country in war, just as he had fought
later for universal peace. Mr.. Bryan
was d good-enough soldier, further
more. to send his only son to mill
tary school. William Jennings Bryan.
jr.. who flashed across the screen at
Dayton for a few fleeting days, is
graduate Of Culver, in Indiana.
To the newspaper correspondents at
Dayton the hold of Mr.. Bryan on the
people of the United States was most
effectively demonstrated. Every cor
respondent whose dispatches had
Nationwide circulation was lombard
Evening star., 1925-07-29
KINDLY DAYTON FOLK
THANKED BY WIDOW
Bryans Recipients of Cakes, Fruits
and Delicacies From Neighbors
During Stay.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DAYTON, Tenn, July 29-The
widow of William Jennings Bryan
last night expressed to the Associated
Press her profound appreciation for
the innumerable courtesies which the
people of Dayton and Rhea County
have extended to Mr.. Bryan and her
self during the period of her residence
here, before and following the death
of her husband.
The grief-stricken woman told of
the daily acts of tender sympathy
which her neighbors have heaped
upon her and the Bryan household.
Every day these kind friends have
brought in cakes and fruits and deli
cacies from their gardens and kitchens
which they have prepared with their
own hands. We cannot ever thank
them enough for their constant
courtesy and solicitude for the health
and comfort of my husband and my
self"
Evening star., 1925-07-29
THOUSANDS ATTEND
FUNERAL IN DAYTON
TenetS of Revealed Religion
Are Stressed in Services
Over Bryan.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DAYTON. Tenn, July 29.-The re
vealed religion Which William Jen-
nings Bryan himself believed in per
meated the first memorial services
held to the dead chieftain while his
body lay in state yesterday at the
residence of Richard Rogers.
From the time the services were
opened. when the sweet strains of
Nearer. My God, to Thee" were
caught into the air and blended with
the refreshing breath of eventide OF
II sultry Summer day until the last
echo of shall We Gather at the
River" had died away down Market
street there was a feeling that Bryan
ism had touched Dayton.
1t was as though the departed Com
moner himself. whose lifeless form
was reposing peacefully in its elabo-
rately metallic encasement within five
feet of the speaker of the afternoon,
Rev. Charles r. Jones, were speaking
his gospel of Fundamental belief In
the Scriptures.
MaurnerS ThrOng Lawn.
one other hymn the sympathetic
audience. mostly standing about the
Rogers high-terraCed lawn, sang with
acclaim. Jesus, Lover of My Soul,
Let Me To Thy Bosom Fly"
This was preceded by the reading OF
the Scriptures by Rev. w. a. MoHett'
from First Corinthians, fifteenth
chaDter. twentieth through the fifty
eighth verses. in which the rise of
Christ from the dead is related. and
the conuuering of the last enemy
that shall be destroyed" T." death is fore
told: then followed Immediately a
PRAYER by Rev. Mr.. Jones, "beseech-
ing Thee for such strength as we
stand in need of at this present time. "
I'VE come to shed the sympathizing
tear" he said I'VE come to mourn
with those who mourn and weep bit
ter tears of SORROW
"We bless God for the Christian re-
ligion." he said. I'VE thank God for
men who have gone up and down the
earth proclaiming the gospel of Jesus
Christ which is the power of God
unto salvation TO every one that be
lieVeth"
Rev Mr.. Moffett then read from the
first epistle of the Apostle Paul to the
Corinthians.
Veterans Guard Body.
Former service men in Army. Navy
and Marine Corps uniform formed
guard of honor at the residence this
afternoon while the public viewed the
face of the departed advocate of uni
VerSal peace. The line of sorrowing
friends passed in and out quietly un-
der the supervision Of the members of
the American Legion and two uni
formed policemen.
In the hundreds who assembled from
many counties and a few distant
States to pay tribute to Mr.. Bryan
yesterday fully half were women.
Many of these brought their babies to
gaze down upon the powerful features
of the champion of Christianity
Fathers led in their little sons, who
strove TO look into the bronze casket
which lay at a level with their faces.
All expressed in their countenances a
general sorrow over the death of their
leader and friend.
Evening star., 1925-07-29
DARROW DISPUTES
BRYAN ARGUMENTS
Only Read Proposed Speech
HurriedIy, He Says, Ques-
tioning Contentious.
Bx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, KY, July 29.-Clar-
ence Darrow, Chicago lawyer, who up
held the theory of evolution at the
John Il. Scopes trial, at Dayton, Tenn.
last night answered very briefly. the
final message of William Jennings
Bryan, fundamentals champion and
his chief opponent at the Dayton
trial. .
Mr. Darrow came here for brief
vacation.
Like the message of Mr. Bryan
given out through the press by Mrs
Bryan on account of the Commoner' S
death. Mr.. Darrow also issued his
answer through the press and not in
an address
Read Only Hurriedly.
Il have read what Mr. Bryan in
tended for his speech at Dayton only
hurriedly," Mr.. Darrow said, but it
impresses me as only the argumenta-
tive statement of a lawyer.
He referred again to the Loeb and
Leopold case, and the philosophy of
Nietzche. He indicates that in his
belief. such philosophy may have been
responsible for their act.
Loeb knew nothing of evolution or
Nietzsche. 1t is probable he never
heard of either. Leopold did. it is
true. and had read Nietzsche, but be
cause Leopold had read Nietzsche does
that prove that this philosophy or
education was responsible for the act
of two crazy boys. Isn't it peculiar
that of the millions of young men and
women who have attended universities
and colleges of the country and
studied evolution, and perhaps
NietZsche. only one of them should
commit such a crime as Leopold did?
IF l remember Alright, about a week
or so after Loeb and Leopold com
mitted their crime a preacher poison
ed his wife and a woman her husband
that they could be together. Would
any one claim that religion had caus-
ed this preacher to do the thing he
Il
Evening star., 1925-07-29
BRYAN ONCE HUMILiATED
BY HOLES IN HIS SOCKS
Took Off Shoes to Enter japanese
Temple to Find Heels Were
Protruding.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WICHITA. kans.. July % - a
humiliating experience of w. j. Bryan
is recounted in a letter by him to W.
f.. Holmes, secretary of the Wichita
Chamber of Commerce, and d close
friend of the great commoner.
With other notables, Mr.. Bryan was
visiting some temples in Japan. and.
as is customary, he removed his shoes
on entering.
Imagine my chagrin," he wrote to
Mr.. Holmes. when, on removing my
right shoe, | found a hole in the heel
of my sock. l felt that every person
in the crowd saw ii and l am greatly
Inundated. This feeling was not in
any sense ameliorated when, on re-
moving my left shoe, there was also
a hole in the heel of my left sock.
think it was the most humiliating eX-
perience of my life"
Evening star., 1925-07-29

America of its most eloquent author;
oldfashioned religion of it's most ag-
greSsive apostle. and the world of its
most prolific reformer and its most
courageous champion of the rights of
the common people. Bryan was the
greatest commoner since William
Pitt: the greatest reformer since
Martin Luther; the greatest orator
since Patrick Henry"
Gov Thomas G.. Mcleod of South
Carolina:
Il am deeply grieyed to learn that
ward. For many years I have loved
and admired him, and shall always
cherish the memory of my association
with him. He was loved and honored
and his memory will always be re-
vered in South Carolina"
The Rev William A. Sunday, evan
gelist:
The friend of God. the enemy of
the devil. TO know William Jennings
Bryan was an invitation to do right
Although he chose politics as a
career he was essentially a crusader
for Christianity. He was at his best
when fighting on moral rather than
religious issues. He fell with his face
to the enemy.
He was a Luther in his faith: a
Napoleon in his battle for God; a
Lincoln in his patience. Crown him as
one of the worlds immortals."
Evening star., 1925-07-29
C. w. BRYAN MAY AID
FIGHT ON EVOLUTION
Says Congress Will Be Called on
Eventually to Take Hand
in Controversy.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CRESTON, Iowa, July 29.-Congress
eventually will be called upon to take
a hand in the evolution controversy,
Charles w. Bryan, brother of VIII
liam Jennings Bryan said here last
night while en- route to Washington
to attend his brothers funeral. Mr.
Bryan indicated he was deeply in
terested in the cause for which the
great COmmoner made his last fight,
and that he might be active in carry
ing on the work of his dead brother.
THE people of the United States. -
he said, ARE becoming aroused to
the real issues in the conflict between
religion and evolution.
Several States already have passed
laws prohibiting the teaching of evo-
luton and more will soon follow suit.
Eventually Congress win be forced
to meet this problem"
Evening star., 1925-07-29
CHAPLIN MIMIC APPEALS.
Forbidden to Use Comedians s
Makeup, Asks New Trial.

Los ANGELES. July % P).-At-
torneys for Charles Amador, also
known as Charles Aplin, attacking
the recent decision of Superior Judge
Hudner, which bars Amador from
initiating on the screen the makeup
and antics of Charles Chaplin, film
comedian. have filed a motion for
new trial and a motion to vacate the
Judgment. They will come up for
argument here Friday.
Judge Hudner's decision. which
came as a climax to Chaplin's appli-
cation for an injunction to prevent
Amador initiating him, held that
Chaplin's peculiar use Of certain gar
ments, makeup and detail of acting,
were his own property and gave Chap
lin the right to bring Amador into
court in future if imitation could be
proved.
Evening star., 1925-07-29

b. Tibble, who was awarded the
Medal of the Civil Division of the
Order of the British Empire for giving
transfusionS of blood. lost enough
blood in AZ transfusions to provide
more than five people with a full sup
T11I
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-23
World Is Better, Says
Chauncey Depew
At 81

NEW YORK, April %
Moderation and cheerfulness is
the secret of longevity revealed
by Chauncey Depew, who cele-
brated his ninety-first birthday
today.
Depew made his birthday the
occasion of a holiday, remaining
away from his directors desk
at the New York Central offices
and receiving congratulations of
his friends at his home.
The world is growing better,
the famous optimist said. "You
come back here nine years from
now, when I'm 100 years old and
see if / am not right" declared.
Political and other problems
held no terrors for Depew.
"There aren't any political
problems today worth thinking
about" he said. Emotional
ism-that's all these things like
flappers, bobbed hair and boot
leppers amount to-"