Life — April 17, 1924 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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Vhile ther is Life there’s Hope LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY Cuartts Dana N, President Le Roy Miter, Sec'y and Tr Madison Avenue, New York English Offices, Rolls Hous R. DAUGH ERTY went out with Marck neither like a lion nor like a lamb, but just went; kindly b firmly assisted by Mr. Coolidge, There was some discussion whether Mr. Coolidge should not have fired bh sooner, or harder, or differently some respects from the way he did fire him. The World had it’ that’ hi wrong had done it all particulars, and had not hful Republican papers felt that no member done himself any good. The of a Cabinet was ever fired more ar lly ight time hing is that he is out, and and nearer the ri The main that there is general agreement in the public mind that his departure is o benefit to the public interest The Ohio end of the H: ad ministration ought to be put on the stage as a tragedy, for it has been ex traordinarily tragic. Think of them! Mr. Harding, think of 1 Hamon! asure think of their asso n that Daugherty has any conception of what Putting as Daugherty, Jess Smi h For g ciate, F: There is no integrity of character is. He gives n indication of knowing about it. Very little was known about it in that po: litical group that was so close to Mr Harding. What they understood pretty well was sticking to their friends; of public expense. Mr. Wilson it may be recalled, was course en accused of political ingratitude accusation of that kind lies against his successor, nor yet against Daugherty, Fall, Smith or Hamon. CSCESCOE.2 T is a remarkable thing that Congress | t by unanimous vote in both Houses (the President approving) should have Breams Bldgs., London, E. ( authorized the coinage of five mil silver half-dollars commem« ne ~Mountai ment, near Atlanta inauguration of the Confederate Mor Ga. This is Borg m's monument—a dozen fig Davis, Lee T s on horseback inclu and Stonewall Jackson « heads of Davis and Jackson are ing carved and will 3, Davis’ birthday. The coins are to be handled by the Memori Associa' mveiled on Ju n, which jopes to sell ther for a dollar apiece, half of which will fit If the sculpture turns out well it wil be a wonderful thing, bu wonderful than the action of Co 1 th little remonstrance. not n fact that it has given rise So far as is no ticed, no one objects. The reaso doubtless is that the monument will simply record a eat episode in Ar ry. It will be historical political, One can buy the ha can dol in the name of history and art "THE two new Cardinals their red hats and-will be com Ave home a in. The ceremony of inves titure was stately and splendid and very completely reported in. the Americal press. So now there are two mor American-born “Princes of the Church as to whom and their adv cement th World observed that “there is a strong which extends “And enthralled sense of national pr to the non-Catholic populatic the occasion itself,” it s. Ame in and new, and attention beca wea vestitu cardinal at Rome is so ornate and old Well, perhaps so. But the tru! that we are no newer than the Italians We are transplanted Europeans, ar they are Europeans that stayed at hc d that is the difference. Cardi rals product, not of Galilee, but of E The American idea found voice in the words of the Pilgrim father whose band, he said, had come to found “a State without a k vcd Church without a shop.” al pride in having red hats come to America World may feel it, but for our part we have not been stirrgl de of that nature.,but “een moved rather by a sense of hy » emotic t have entertainment handsomely offered «and rol Catholic Church will con- of advertisement achieved. ne Rom tinue to be in Ita ns. American Cardinals will be appointed from time to time, for such appointments are a ral consequence of fact that this is a large country with a good many active people in it, of whom maybe twenty miliion are Cath: prosperous. Material power and eco- nomic importance count of course and nevitably in the selection of American Catholics be Cardinals. So far as American importance goes, it nut we A cloyed with in s mean something, b ricans are rather rtance, and desire not assured which it ¢ dl. so much to it, as to see be made more serviceable mank More impressive than anything that nm aby Rome was som the World itsel front page of th was writ the ceremonies at ing contributed by the picture on its tenement houses in which the rev en, who have just been made Cardinals, we n. There really was somethi picture ving in that Shows can be gotten and the establishment at Rome knows how to do it, but when two men born in tenement houses in New York are called to Rome to become Cardin: nts for more than peacock ind incense and magnificent ceremonies in a splendid setting CHE list of great bu ess concerns that have given up roadside adver- g is impressive. The Standard Oil 1 heads it and the list is si ¢ and the cor- It looks g of a clean-up that has long been overdue. E, S. Martin, porations in it are powerful ike the be comicbooks.com |