Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12

lTH HE greatest gift that lie can
30 give is living" said DR. Har-
vey w. Wiley when | asked
him. ungrammatically but ex-
pressiyely what he had got
out of life.
Just living is the greatest thing In
the world. / have lived fully, so the
world owes me nothing, owe the world
everything" said the rudy giant who
can look back over 81 years in which
| he has been farmer. physician, scientist,
teacher and author,
Not that DR.. Wiley does much look
| inc backward" He is full of ideas and
plans for the future, and thoughts OF
death do not occupy any place III that
future.
Il think the reason people fear to die
is wholly selfish" he said Why seek
10 destroy the plan of nature? Death Is
lust as much biological matter as
birth. One could not exist without the
other. / am entirely resigned, there
fore. to work out the plan Of nature.
but I object to doing so any sooner
than is quite necessary. / am not sit
ting down and moping over methods OF
postponing my funeral. am Just Tor
getting 1t.
Is hours day.
TO keep young. increase your &C
tivities." is his prescription.
Born on the Farm.
He has been incredibly busy all his
life. Born on an Indiana farm, ne
started in with chores" as soon as ne
could toddle, His schooling was sketchy
I'm boyhood for the little one-room
Hoosier schoolhouse was miles away
from his home, and three months was
the usual length Of a term. Fortu-
nately. he mad access to a peripatetlc
library belonging TO the State which
circulated among the various towns.
When he was 10 ne reached the point
when he had H. decide on career,
! Should he be farmer or a professional
man?
ALWAYS / wanted to be a physician.
There we're many physicians III my
family NV elder sister Elizabeth per-
hans influenced me, too. for she wanted
10 be a physician She was the first
woman who ever applied for admission
10 Ann Arbor Medical School. She was
denied on account Of her sex, when
Impressed my young mind, even then,
with a resentment Of sex diScrimina~
tjons which made me one OF Inc re"
male 'suffraeettcg' while women were
fighting for the vote many years alter.
n was a satisfaction 10 me that Ell2a-
beth did finally become a physician
RAISED as / was IN the narrow lie
of the country. ] had no idea OF eco
/ nornic equality as between woman ald
! man. but had no doubt OF their fnentai
and moral eduality-or even superiority
/ The women Of my own family were me,
| splendid, thoughtful women gre"
| I'D IN the conviction, quite UNCONSCIOUS
/ that women were neople~homo sapiena.
| NV experience in life has confirmed me
| IN the suspicion that perhaps they are
more sapiens' than men. -,
! Il have not changed IN my view OF
/ their economic inferiority. l 90 not
/ mean by that that there IT. any inherent
reason why women should not DC ~
| capable rs men IN economic FIELDS. But
| they lack experience ] am speaking
| Of women In The mass, Of course. 1hefe
are shining examples Of women IN eco
nomlC ilcldE.
Woman's Greatest Work.
For the most part, however, | have
always believed and stlll do bsicVe,
that WOman's greatest Accomplishment
Is motherhood WDmana place II IN
the home Not because she cannot get
out and beat uE men at our own game,
but because we can't beat her at hers.
d0ut mean that women have to be
uncducated household drudges. My own
Wife IS a club woman, civic worker,
an admirable wife, mother and home
maker, She was one ~ the original
sutffaaettes ! don't believe any Wom-
an nsg 60 actually stay at home and
lcock the oatmeal to be a mother But
90 make . home Is a ftill-time job and
thf higher the grade Of the woman the
better home maker she Is.