Evening star., 1933-10-08

io;n his father in the publishing en-
terprise. and became managing editor
Henry c. Wallace in appearance was
the Scot farmer, with red hair. rudy
complexion. bushy. brown eyebrows ana
strong. sinuous. wind-bloWn lace.
Not only did he know and appreciate
farmers problems as an eoltor ana
publicist. but also as dirt farmer
who knew the business Of farming was
the greatest calling.
His career as an editor. as we'll as
his tenure in the cabinet, gave refiec-
ton Of this feeling. With Secretary
of Commerce Hoover he was constantly
feuding. He saw in Mr.. Hoovers plans
a subordination of agriculture TO m
dustry and q system which made indus
trial accomplishment the real aim OF
modern life, and considered the farm
ers as convenient coolies to plow and
sow and reap that industry might be
fed. He pointed out that industry de-
pended upon the farmer, not only 1or
its raw material and its food, but also
for its real market.
An agrarian consciousness producing
such PHILOSOPHERS is made OF the stuff
of the soil-the customs, superstltu-
tions, morals and values OF the land.
In family grounded in such virtues,
marriage was no light adventure. NO
, bride should come into clan without
having adequate material assurances OF
secure life. But romance took the
camp of conservatism when Carrie May
Brodhead strayed into the ken OF
Henry C. at the beginning OF his COL
lege career.
Left Sweetheart to Work.
The affair was maturing famously
on the broad, shady campus, and three
years of idyllic college life seemed
ahead. Suddenly Henry was summoned
to aid his father on one OF the farms
they had acquired. He had to leave
his school and his sweetheart and go
to work. At the end OF year ne could
report in his ardent correspondence no
chance of returning to school. But he
Ahad other plans.
Carrie Brodhead was an orphan. She
lived with her uncle. Henry made a
tourney to the uncle's home. The fol-
lowing Winter she did not return to
school at Ames, but married Henry Q.
Wallace at her uncle's place. drove %
miles IN a blizzard in a bad Winter
over bad roads to the Wallace farm.
Their nearest neighbor was 3 miles.
She did not see another woman Tor
three months.
Sle was 700 DtiSy W Ut lOlICiS. AASAC
were all the duties of operating the
household for busy, tired men. Work
ing together, all went we'll on the farm.
The venture had proved a financial
success Two children were born to
them. But college had not been com
pleted. So, together. they took their
savings and their children and went
back to college.
Rites at White House.
When Henry c. Wallace died and
was buried from the White House. Of
f1cialdom mourned. and out West farm
ers stopped to talk to neighborS.
And they said, well, Henry Wallace
is gone" It was simple expression
of the grief the community felt. And
then they said:
Il wonder if the young fellow will
be able to fill his shoes"
But the tradition OF this ancient
family of husbandmen was rugged and
f1ourishing in the young son. Henry A.
Wallace-the tradition Of crusaders
leading yeomen to Utopia. The spirit
and courage of his ancestors was his
He carries 1t on, adapting it to the
new day-a young man living in a
more complex world than his fathers,
and using the deathless attributes Of
character that At all times,