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THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS.
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1. Franklin at the age or seventy-
•even. Painted In Paris In 1783 by
Joseph Siffred Dupiessis. This por-
trait is now owned by the New York
Public Library, the gift of John Bige-
low.
2. Vice-Commander Daniel F. Gibbs
of the Benjamin Franklin post of the
American Legion lays a wreath at the
statue of Franklin, near the Troca-
dero In Paris, in celebration of the
anniversary of "Poor Richard's"
birthday, on January 17, 1929. Mem-
bers of the Legion post attended the
eeremony.
3. The famous "Fur Cap" portrait
of Franklin, made In France a few
months after his arrival there in 1777.
Drawing by Desrayes, print by Le-
beau. It gives an idea of the Frank-
lin who was so much admired by the
ladies in Nantes, Paris and Passy
as a "patriarch," as a "peasant," and
as the shrewdest of all diplomatists.
(From "Franklin, The Apostle of Mod-
ern Times" by Bernard Fay, courtesy
Little, Brown and Company.)
4. Franklin Bache Huntington of
New York, a great-great-great-grand-
son of Benjamin Franklin, places a
wreath sent by President Coolidge on
the grave of his ancestor in Philadel-
phia on the anniversary of Frank-
lin's birthday, January 17, 1929.
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
[ T TUB time Benjamin Frank-
lin was living In France
he onee said that his
face was as familiar
there as the moon. And
that was not overstat-
ing the case. For, in
their enthusiasm for
tliis American, the French could not
find out too much about him. The
newspapers carried column upon col-
umn about him; historians and biog-
raphers vied with each other in writ-
ing about his career and he was pic-
tured In innumerable engravings.
The flood of Franklin literature
that started then has continued ever
•- sincc, especially in his native land.
Few Americans have been more writ-
ten about than Benjamin Franklin,
until it would seem that American
historians and biographers had ex-
hausted the possibility of telling any-
thing new about him. But it has re-
mained for a brilliant French scholar
to write a new biography which stud-
ies the whole field of his life and ac-
tivities in the light of innumerable
documents, among them more than
six hundred letters, hitherto unpub-
lished. and which presents what is
probably the most complete view of
Benjamin Franklin that has yet been
written. The author is Bernard Fay
and the book Is "Franklin, The Apos-
tle of Modern Times." published by
Little, Brown and Company of Bos-
ton.
Out of this new work, based upon
facts which have been gathered to-
gether for the first time, emerges a
new Franklin. The Franklin which
Americans have hitherto known has
always been a figure which challenges
our admiration because he was such
a versatile, many-sided man. But "hu-
man" as was this Eighteenth century
character, fie has not always been un-
derstandable to Twentieth century
Americans. Through the interpreta-
tion of Professor Fay lie becomes
more understandable and more easily
understood. But the title of the hook
gives the clew to the reason why—
Franklin was "the apostle of modern
times." Another historian, Philip One-
dnlla, once characterized Franklin as
"the first Rotnrlan" and Professor
Fay phrases the same thought in
these words "His career was the apo-
theosis of the good fellow."
"The Innumerable facts that 1 have
gathered here for the first time bring
us closer to Franklin and show him
to be more picturesque, more in con-
trast to the background of his epoch,
the Eighteenth century," he writes In
his preface. "This biography is neither
local nor national, but Is the story of
one of the great leaders of men in the
Eighteenth century. Thus, one cnn
Judge and estimate his Immense in-
fluence, which was also varied, as he
dominated the political, scientific and
R Jh philosophic world of his time. But of
( all his titles to glory, the most out-
standing one Is that he was the first
bourgeois of the world.
"In this Eighteenth century which
attempted to do away with aristoc-
racy, and to orient Itself to the dom-
ntlon of the middle-class, Franklin
the great precursor, the great ex-
He defined the principles of
bourgeois In his works, and made
his life a pattern to follow. He exem-
plified It by Poor Richard and this
was why the entire universe submit-
ted to his Influence. To understand
the amplitude and importance of this
Influence, Franklin had to be consid-
ered from an International standpoint,
and his activity In science, religion
And philosophy had to be fuPj stud-
ied"
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Franklin stands revealed not as a pro-
vincial Yankee who glorified common
sense, ns so many of his biographers
have portrayed him, nor simply as n
great American, but one of the great
men of his century and a man who
lived in perfect harmony with his
times, even though In his wisdom and
his foresight he wus fur lu advance
of his times.
Professor Fny's use of the new
Franklin material which he discovered
has enabled him to clear up many
matters In regard to Franklin's reli-
gion, morals and soclnl activities
which have heretofore been but little
understood. As to bis religious be-
liefs It can now be seen that he be-
lieved In a Supreme Being, rte re-
garded Jesus as a great moral teach-
er and in regard to the Immortality of
the soul he subscribed to the Pytha-
gorean doctrine of survival In a new
body with new senses and new Ideas.
That belief Is reflected In the epi-
taph which he wrote for himself ear-
ly in life and which rends:
The Fody
of
BENJAMIN FRANKT.tN,
Printer,
(Ijlke the cover of an old book,
Its contents torn out,
And strlpt of Its lettering and. gilding,)
Lies here, food for worms.
Yet the work itself shall not tie lost,
For it will, as he believed, appear onee
more,
In a new
And more beautiful edition,
Corrected and amended'
H.v
The Author.
A deist In his early life, he believed
that man could do no evil In a world
where nil events were foreordained
by the Deity and that man therefore
should take his pleasure where he
found It. That belief was strength-
ened by his experiences In the notori-
ously Immoral London of the early
Eighteenth century, but when he be-
came disillusioned through the betray-
al by friends he had trusted, he de-
termined to shnpe his life for himself
and for that purpose he set down four
cardinal rules of guidance—economy,
perseverance, good-will and loyalty.
I.ater he lengthened this list by thir-
teen—temperance, silence, order, reso-
lution, frugnllty, Industry, sincerity,
Justice, moderation, cleanliness, tran-
quility, chnstlty and humility. In the
practice of these he was successful
In all but two—order and chastity.
None of Fay's new revelations Is
more Interesting than those dealing
with the part which his membership
In the Masons played In his enreer.
The Mnsonlc society had been estab-
lished in Philadelphia In 1727 at the
time when Franklin was only a com-
paratively unknown young printer. It
was composed largely of rich nier
chants who did not look with favor
upon Franklin. But he forced his way
Into the society (by showing how ef-
fectively he could use his newspaper
against It, If it* members kept him
out) and his Masonic affiliations
helped win for him the position of
postmaster general of the colonies and
later It smoothed his path when he
went to England on his first diplo-
matic mission there.
It was even more valuable when he
was sent to France to enlist French
aid for the colonies during the Revo-
lution. "Through the Masons he had
access to the newspapers which were
officially controlled by the govern-
ment, but which were really written
by the Masons and the philosophers,
such as Morellet, Suard, Pe la Dix-
merle, who were all Franklin's friends,"
says Fay. "Practically all of the
French newspapers published outside
of France were In the hands of the
Masons also." Franklin had his writ-
ings accepted by all of these and, be-
ing the master propagandist that he
was. he made the most of his oppor-
tunity to present America's cause to
Europe,
The career of Benjamin Franklin
Is one of the strangest paradoxes In
history. One of them Is Hint this son
of a poor Boston candlemaker and
apprentice to a poor printer should
live to record the fact that "Tho' I
did not think that 1 should ever lit-
erally stand before kings ... I
have stood before five, and even had
the honor of silling down with one,
the King of Ponninrk, to dinner." An-
other is the fact that a tnan who was
almost entirely self-educated should
have universities of two continents
vying with each other In conferring
upon him honorary degrees.
But most Interesting of all Is the
fact that this man who was so typi-
cally American that he became a ver-
itable symbol of America, even In his
lifetime, was never understood or
loved by his own people. Ho was dis-
liked Intensely by the "best families"
of Pennsylvania and was distrusted by
many others In the colonies ns a char-
latan and n trimmer, The distrust In
Pennsylvania Is easily understood. He
was the organizer of the small farm-
ers, mechanics and stnnll tradesmen,
the democratic forces In that colony,
and as such his name would naturally
he anathema to the aristocratic sup-
porters of the proprietors, the Penns.
Logically, he should have been re-
garded In the snme way by aristo-
cratic, elegant France. Instead, that
country took this simple democrat to
Its heart In his lifetime and all but
canonised hltn after bis death.
"His moral and religious theories
frightened tho century and environ-
ment he lived In," writes Fay. "He
was accused alternately of atheism
and bigotry, for though his God re-
sembled Its parent, the Christian Di-
vinity, It had distinct differences.
When, at length, Franklin had many
adherents, It was because of a double
misunderstanding; In Amerlcn. he was
followed because he was believed to
be a Christian; In France, because he
was classed with the atheists, , . ."
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Love's Green Eyes
I lHE true tint of love Is rather
roseate, but a tinge ot green often
Hares forth Just to offset the steady
glow of love's own light It Is the
green of Jealousy. Uow much ot hu-
man affection Is discolored by the sus-
picions shade of green 1
But before we go on to blame the
Jealous lover and discountenance the
greep of his or her giat.ces, let us be
fair enough to observe that Jealousy
cnn be a sign of urdent love. Indeed,
unless there be the everlasting possi-
bility of Jealousy, there can hardly be
love In the romantic sense of thut old
term.
Just as red cannot exist as a color
without Its contrast In green, so love
cunnot live and express Itself without
the possibility of its opposite hue—the
green of envy, of down-right jealousy.
But If Jealousy Is all right as a sign
of love. It Is to be condemned on the
ground that It Is selfish.
Of course, there must be a certain
amount of selfishness with human
love, tot It Is something very different
from altruism, or unselfishness. We
may have sympathy for people In the
slums or for the heathen In China, but
that sort of feeling Is not at all the
way Romeo felt for Juliet. You
don't have to attend night school to
learn that, girls.
Then, again, Jealousy Is to be
frowned upou as u human emotion
because It Is a form of fear. Maybe
we might cull It Jealophobla and be
high brow It Is the fear that some-
body Is going to lift our sweet pa-
tootle, and that's a lift we don't want
anybody to give us.
Now, here comes the deep part of
the Jealousy business, and 1 want you
to follow me In the paradox which
I'm going to spring on you. Don't
say I'm wrong until you've thought It
over. It's something which I'll put
In the form of an Illustration: A man
loves a girl and finds that she's a bit
coquettish. She makes goo-goo eyes
at another man. Now, as long as man
number two doesn't take any partic-
ular notice of these little winks, the
lover man Isn't Jealous, although he
isn't exactly tickled pink. At any
rate, he doesn't show the Jealous
green.
On the other hand. If some other
man takes special notice, wants her
phone number,, etc., the lover-man Is
ll l<I wlth'TilEltften of Jealousy. It
doesn't make any difference whether
the girl's Interested or not. She may
even despise the other man. It's the
Idea that some one Is trying to sup-
plant him. That's what gives the
lover his green feeling. Now this Is
Just the reverse of what you'd expect,
for you Imagine you want to be sure
of your sweetie's affections. Fact of
the matter Is that you're afraid of
losing her, or him, as the case may
be. Better have your sweetheart love
another than to have another love
her—that's Jealousy, and It's very
primitive and unbecoming.
Conceal scuffs
this easy way
A touch or two of the dauber conceals scuffs like magic.
Color is restored uniformly to faded shoes More than
5olong'lifc shines—50 cents. Colors for black, brown,
tan and white flhoct—a neutral polish for others.
BARTON'S
DyamSHINS
SHOE POLISH
Mechanical War Horse
Puts Out Old Dobbin
A mechanleal war horse has been
produced by a British manufacturing
firm which will solve the problem of
rapid transporatlon of troops over
bullet-swept areas. It la surprisingly
mobile; can turn around almost in its
own length, ford a stream, provided
the latter Is not too deep, pass through
barbed wire entanglements, und climb
a bank up to 45 degrees slope. It is
known ns the Carden Lloyd, and
should put an end to the use of horses
in warfare. It holds two men and
can draw a trailer designed to carry
four men In comfort. It can dodge ob-
stacles, run to cover, or follow a zig-
zag course to escape fire with the
greatest ease. It Is quite fast and Is
equipped with a special machine gun,
and. as it stands only half as high as
a horse, Its movements cannot readily
be detected even In open country.
Ride tke Interurban
FROM
Houston to Galveston
Every Hour on tho Hour
Exprttt Service — Non - Stop Trainm
9:00 a. m. and 3:00 p. m.
PAT E NTS
obtained and trademarks and copyrights
registered.
HARDWAY & CATHEY
708 Main Street
Bankers Mortgage Bldg., Houston, Tex.
Chick Prices Cut 7i Cents Spring sMjpnuwa. Uosfc
Kkk Htruin Will to Leghorn. Uncords u> :U0 effus. Fay
waen you uvt tbnm. Ouarunteod ut live and outlay
ordinary chicks. Low prices on pullets, hens, eockor-
oltt. hatching e gs. Catalog and barKalnbulletlD frwo.
GEORGE B. FERHIS, 966 Union, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Tit for Tat
Senator T.vdlngs of Maryland was
talking nliont the revolt in Afghan-
istan.
"King Amanullali," he said, "came
and told Knrope how backward his
Afghan subjects were, and then he
went home and tried to modernize
them, and tliey turned and kicked him
out for an Iconoclast.
"Tit for tat, eh? Like the two
strangers.
Two strangers got Into talk In Cen-
tral park. After a while one of them
said:
" 'Well, I'll be leaving you. Here
conies my wife with some old hag
she's picked up,1
" That's strange,' said the second,
'here conies mine with another.'"
Fire Fighting Up to Date
Fire brigades are experimenting
with a new kind of fire extinguisher in
the form of high pressure cylinders
containing enrbon dioxide. When the
carbon dioxide is released it pours out
a cloud of white flakes like snow
which reduces the temperature of the
air as It melts and absorbs the oxygen
from the air, thus smothering the fire.
It Is expected that this method of fire
lighting will be very valuable in com-
bating oil, paint, and chemical tires
where water is of little use.
Obey and Cherish
A WOMAN Is perfectly frank when
** she drops the word "obey" from
the marriage ceremony. The man
still promises to "cherish," but he has
his fingers crossed when be says It.
Rut what difference does It make?
The bride Is so scared that she doesn't
know what she's saying, and as for
the groom—well, he's a man.
The flapper Is outside looking In on
this marriage game, which seldom
runs Into extra Inuings. When she
listens In on the marital microphone,
she gets one earful. "Obey I" Oh,
boy I That was all right when the
man wus the hend of the woiks, but
when he's a bank clerk, counter Jump-
er, or coconut salesman, and you
crawl out of bed at seven a. ni„ Just
to choke off the alarm clock, and
wrap yourself around a cup of colTee
and an egg, nnd hike along with the
other girl scouts—no, sir; no obey In
that.
The average bride gets so much
obey stuff at the olllce from the boss
that she doesn't want any In the home
from the hubby. With the old-style
marriage, which went out with the
bicycle, hrlde and groom swapped
vows at (lie altar. She was perfectly
tiling 10 obey because he was just as
ready to cherish. But when the man
begun to ease up on the cherishing
business, Hie bride put the soft needle
on the obey record.
To cherish a woman means to sup-
port her In the style to which she hus
accustomed herself, and then some.
This may not be easy for a man un-
less he goes to Florldn, but then he
must not I'xpect his bride to take any
dictation from him.
My Idea of marriage Is that we
girls enter the League with reserva-
tions. Then we'll say to our men, "If
you'll cherish me with a good line of
feed nnd silk underwear, I'll obey you
to tho end of the chapter."
But the web want us to keep our
word while they are dropping theirs.
It Isn't fair. They've got to brace up
and do some cherishing, or marriage
wIM go to tlie dachshunds.
I'd like tn And a first-class cherish-
er so that I could throw up this little
old Job. But then I'd have to speak
my piece with "obey" In it, and I'm
not quite rcudy for that.
(© by the Bell Syndicate, inc.)
Cautious Motorist
There Is a woman who lives in a
Pittsburgh (Pa.) suburb who takes no
chances of being sued by any one who
might, be Injured while riding with
her in her automobile. The woman
has had form slips prepared and
every one—even her closest friends—
must sign one of these slips each time
before stnrtlng out In the car. The
forms are so worded that If any guest
occupant of the car sustains Injuries,
the woman Is absolved from all blame.
STOP THAT ITCHING
Apply Blue Star Ointment to reliev*
Skin Irritation!*, Itching Skin or tho Itch
of Eczemic conditions. Totter, Hinnworm.
Itching Toes, Poioon Oak and as an An-
tiseptic Dressing for Old Soren, etc.
Ask your Druggist for
BLUE STAR OINTMENT
For over 50 [
years it hasbeen
the household
remedy for all VI1M5
forms of and
Fever
Dengue
W. N. U., HOUSTON, NO. 1-19301
It is a Reliable,
General Invig-
orating Tonic.
Centenarian Defies Ills
In spite of an attack of Influenza a
year ugo, and a broken leg and pneu-
monia two years ago, John Murdoch
of Kilflnun, Scotland, has arrived at
the century mark. The broken hone
set as if lie were a younger man. A
native of Kilberry, he went to work
at the age of eight and worked regu-
larly until falling eyesight compelled
hln to stop when he was ninety-two.
He expects to better by a few years
the record of his grandfather, who
lived to be one hundred seven.
And That Was That
"I don't carry rn umbrella over you
any more awkwardly than I did be-
fore we were married, and you never
bawled me out In those days," he
growled.
"No," she snapped, "but I had to
bite my tongue to keep from It."
Natives of North Sumatra, Nether-
lands Hast Indian colony, are supplant-
ing primitive rice husking methods
with American farm machinery.
last
Collection Correspondent
Tommy—I wrote four letters
night.
Teddy—Why so many?
Tommy—Three of them might not
send any money. I
^Veerf less
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