Saturday, Apr. 07, 1923
(During the Past Week the Daily Press Gave Extensive Publicity to the Following Men and Women. Let Each Explain to You Why His Name Appeared in the Headlines.)
Andrew Volstead: "It cost my daughter, Laura, two dollars when she parked my auto in front of a Washington watering trough so that horses could not drink. Violation of traffic regulations!"
Ganna Walska: "Before I sailed for Europe, reporters insulted me by asking whether I was leaving America because of unfavorable comment on my singing. I replied by stating that American newspapers go in for sensationalism. It is sensational to say: 'Ganna cannot sing.' It is not sensational to declare: ' Ganna can sing.' 'In Europe,' I added, 'newspaper men are not interested in my private life-- fortunately for me.'"
Walter Hagen, golf champion: "While playing in a foursome at Pinehurst I was considerably put off my game by hearing a woman in the gallery remark: 'This man about to play is Higgins and they say he is quite good!'"
John F. Hylan, New York Mayor: "A new municipal ferryboat, sistership to the recently launched William Randolph Hearst, is to be christened after me.'"
Gilbert K. Chesterton: "My objection to socialism is that it is really only the culmination of capitalism, and my objection to capitalism is that it is likely to turn into socialism. I intend to start a new weekly magazine to combat monopoly of both kinds."
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University: " Our youngest senior, Edward Roche Hardy, Jr., 14, made Phi Beta Kappa. When he gets put of college he is going to be a missionary."
Dr. Serge Voronoff: "Since my decision to rejuvenate only persons whom I think of service to France, I performed my first operation of that type on Charles Malato, 65, celebrated French novelist."
Fouad I, King_of Egypt: "I received the following cablegram: 'His Majesty 'Fouad I, 'King of Egypt, 'Cairo:
'On this anniversary of Your Majesty's birth I extend the assurance of my high regard and good wishes and the hope that Your Majesty's country may continue to enjoy peace and prosperity. (Signed) 'Warren G. Harding.'"
Lord Robert Cecil: "In an interview for The New Palestine, organ of American Zionists, I said: 'I believe that when the history of the war comes to be impartially written the two greatest results will be the establishment of the national Jewish home and the creation of the League of Nations.' "
Israel Zangwill: "I told an audience in London that the idea of a Jewish homeland in Palestine is now in a hopeless muddle: 'The British have got a mandate without giving the Jews a nation.'" William T. Tilden, II: "In my new book on tennis I protest against the sports common in American scholastic life. 'Can you imagine,' I say, 'a group of busy merchants running out to the club for a bit of football in the afternoon? Will they organize their baseball team? Can you imagine inviting your best friend to "come out and run a mile with me this afternoon?" . . . Yet these are the forms of athletics that our schools teach boys. . . . Tennis is the real major sport.'" Wilhelm: "Irresponsible American newspapers talked of a breach between me and my bride when she left for Germany. The New York Times truthfully reports: 'There are, indeed, periods when the pair are on very affectionate terms.' " Pat Collins, M. P.: "I took part in a spirited debate in the House of Commons over a bill to prevent cruelty in training animals. Sir F. Banbury described breaking horses. I told about my 30 lions. Mr. Groves told about training fleas. Some one objected that there was no provision for the kind treatment of snakes--but we passed the bill." Edward of Wales: "While riding in the Army point-to-point race at Arborfield, I took my seventh bad fall in four years and came up unhurt. Newspapers point out that as far as horsemanship goes I resemble Henry VIII more than William III. Henry used to tire out eight or ten horses a day by hard riding. William died from a fall when his horse stumbled over a molehill." Friedrich Wilhelm, ex-Crown Prince: "I had my photograph taken on my solitary Dutch isle--a clear profile against a dark background of clouds. When it was shown at a meeting of telephone girls at Flensburg they passed a resolution saying I should become their next kaiser."