Evening star., 1928-05-01
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL y. COLLINS.

On May 10 the Hall Of Fame. in New
York. is to be graced with the busts Of
five more eminent Americans-five
more boys who had to face hard
struggle to meet the problems OF life.
OF them all not one depended on his
dad to finance that struggle while the
youth posed as being SO much smarter
than THE Old Man
Observers of success IN life often de-
clare that there is but one KIND OF sac
cessful man--the So-cailed se1-maoe
man. Any boy is so tremendously
handicapped by being born rich that II
is too rare to count upon MS acnleFliis
as much as his father had accom-
ulished. He is conStitutIoually soft.
The Indian coachman Is now prom
iuent candidate for nomination 10 the
presidency. The blind Senator was the
son of a poor widow who cooked IN a
country hotel, and the boy did not know
how TO read when he was Il years ol0.
His oyerburdened mother Thought She
was doing the best she could Tor heF
boy when she let q farmer take nlnl'
with the promise TO have him DO chores
on the farm while attending country
school. but when the lying farmer set
hin, ar full mans Jobs, allowing no time
for school. and laShed his bare calves
because he ran away TO return TO MS
mother, Tom ran away for good ana
ran to the House OF Representatives
and the United States sfenate, after
running through school, nigh scnooI
and the university and law school, nglt-
ing his way, earning his way a. every
step.
He wasn't blind then---he wasn't
blind when he leaped over the heads OF
a bunch of IS or 80 boys choking his
conrade-brutal rooterS-and crashed
down in their midst. TO fight II out with
their adversarieS in the foot ball game.
Neither was certain coed blind when
she gaSped at the thrilling bravery OF
that boy from Hamlin University.
though she was coed in the Uni
yersity of MinneSota--and so they mar
ried and lived happily ever after. IL
takes that sort of pluck in lifei Gentle
men" may prefer blondes" but bru-
netteS like heroes.
y
One of the most polished gentlemen
known To official Washington taught
country school and waited on table IN
the Dartmouth College dining room
while he studied And he was SO poor
when. after graduation. he got 100
TO teach English literature in - West
ern college that the boys OF his classes,
who were ariStocratic, hooted his Sro-
teSque dress until he was driven 10 re-
sign. Later he drew $1,000 q month
and expenses as newspaper CORE
spondent and became minister plenlpo-
tertiary and was offered his choice be-
tween italy and Russia for the am
basSadorShip. Nobody boosted him, eN-
cept himself Are boys of today made
of sterner stun than thate
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oh. yes boys have read Of Lincoln.
the rail splitter, and Garfield. the tow
path mule driver. and Grant, the har-
ness dealer, but the trouble for them,
now, seems TO be thar there are ne
more rails To split~~foikS use wire fences
now! And there are few canal boat
mules % drive, besides, in these DAYS
of automobiles. why drive mules any
how? Who uses harness ON a "hendlN"
or spark plug So boys have little
chance to get into story books like these
sancientS" Also, who wants 10 night all
his life for a marble bust In the HaA
OF Pame2" Can animated bust back 60
It's mansion call the Tleetlng breathe
No. feller's got to train, to set his
WlllN, II tAhtAs ~ NAtAkA0 fNe VA AAAN 4NNAt
nfe~-to cali for q marble bust IN the
Hall OF Fame, Gray never thought ~
that, or he would have KILLED" hlS
"Elegy' gy'-sentimental stun
q
Now there is AgaSSis- Louis AgaSsls'
They are going 20 set up his bust IN thar
Hall of Fame. His father was Swiss
preacher, How could preachers pay
so very far toward bringing NJ eoS~~~
"a reg lar teiler"e Why. that Kid vas
the funniest idler In the vlllaser~wlth
his pockets always tllled With bags and
his room fllled with dead fish and live
guinea pigs OF mice field mice RABBITS
rte Somehow his father dla manage
60 pay Louis way four years Through
school. I'm the last wear the duttfM son
aatonlshed his father and W0fheF hy
writing, Il wish 10 advance IN the
sciences For that need a'Anville, Rtt,
ter an Italian dictionary, StFaho 4n
Greek Mennert and Fhiegseh. ana also
the works eI Malte~hrun and Seyteft
| have resolved, as Tar as | can do ~, loI
become man of letters For all
this l ought 90 have about IL louis
il ,ess than San,A | should like % Stas at
nieans sill tHs month et july and