Monday, Jan. 28, 1924

(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.)

David I. Walsh, junior U. S. Senator from Massachusetts: "In a letter to a resident of Springfield, Mass., ex-President Wilson expressed disappointment in me. Said he: 'I feel obliged to say . . . that Senator David I. Walsh has proved a great disappointment to all Democrats who sincerely believe in the high principles he has so signally failed to maintain.' "

Henry Morgenthau, head of the International Loan Commission for the Succor of Greek Refugees: "In Athens, at an entertainment of the American Near East Relief, a boys' band played The Star Spangled Banner. Depatches stated that I was overcome by emotion, that tears rolled down my cheeks."

Royal S. "Copeland, junior Senator from New York: "From Washington, I broadcast a diagnosis of the condition which caused guests of the Silk Association of America at a dinner in Manhattan to hiss me when I declared for tax reduction and soldier bonus too. Said I: 'They hissed and booed, blatted and squealed like a barnyard filled with frightened cattle, geese and swine. It is a most interesting example of mass hysteria. I never more enjoyed a clinic in mental nervous diseases. . . Children who act one-tenth as bad are punished.' "

Giovanni Papini, author of The Life of Christ: "In Florence, I fell from a moving street car, crushed my heel. My condition, though painful, was not considered serious."

Gifford Pinchot, Governor of Pennsylvania and ardent Dry: "The New York Herald commenced publication of a series of letters descriptive of life in Washington during the Roosevelt Administration and written by the late Major Archie Butt, military aid to the President. Said one letter: 'It was a pleasant afternoon. He [President Roosevelt] was in his best humor, and during the afternoon Longworth and his wife, Mr. Pinchot, the forester, and some others came in. The President had already ordered four mint juleps, but before they were served they had got up to eight. As each guest would arrive he would say to some one inside:

'"One more mint julep, please,' and then laugh with glee.'"

William Harrison (Jack) Dempsey, champion pugilist: "Under my signature in the Hearst press, I said: 'Of the "Big Three"--Firpo, Gibbons and Wills--I regard Wills as the least difficult to master.'"

Eleanora Duse, famed tragedienne: "A New Orleans reporter asked me whether there was at present any bitterness in my life. In answering, I broke a silence which has lasted ever since the termination of my romance of 25 years ago. Said I: 'Gabriele d'Annunzio and I are still affinities of the spirit.' Later I scored modern women for mistaking sensuality for love."