Monday, Jan. 14, 1924
Major Ian Hay Beith, British playwright-novelist: "Arriving in the U.S. on my way to the West Indies, I said: 'Men of today lack the old-fashioned reverence for women that was the most sacred thing in life. . . Men of New York and London should refuse to give more than one cocktail to any woman on any occasion. They should unite to restore woman to her old pedestal. . . They should not take women to night clubs and give them drinks.'"
Henry Ford: "Mrs. Ford and I were guests at an old-fashioned house- warming at the home of M. D. Bryant, my brother-in-law, in Traverse City, Mich. It was reported that I did the do-see-do, swung my partner and promenaded away while Jep Bisbee fiddled Money Musk and Turkey in the Straw."
Charles A. Templeton, Governor of Connecticut: "It was reported that I have had the word 'Governor' engraved on a metal plate at the end of my pew in the Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church at Waterbury."
Magnus Johnson, junior Senator from Minnesota: "Competing in a wood-chopping contest against Senator Frazier of North Dakota, I was defeated. Reports stated that I 'thought someone had taken a mean advantage of me.' Urged by cinema men to tell a funny story during the performance, I responded: 'Henry Ford never went to college but he went to Coolidge.' I could not help joining in the general laughter that followed. Said I: 'I used up much lung power while Frazier never cracked a smile but kept on sawing.'"
John Davison Rockefeller, Jr.: "In my book, The Personal Relation in Industry, recently published by Boni & Liveright, I speak as follows of my father: 'Criticized, maligned and condemned these many years ... he holds in his heart nothing but good will toward every man.'"
C. Bascom Slemp, Secretary to President Coolidge: "It became known that John Fox, novelist and one-time husband of Fritzi Scheff, was a boyhood friend of mine in Virginia, that we often went fishing, that I am said to be the original of a character in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.
Bobby Jones, National Open Golf Champion: "From Harvard, where I am a student, I journeyed to Manhattan to attend the annual dinner of the U. S. Golf Association. As a guest of honor, I was given an ovation. I announced that I would be on hand next Summer at Oakland Hills, Calif., to defend my title."