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Show AT THE HELM A happy omen of the times lies in the fact that we have in the White House another Lincoln. Mistakes will be made, as they were made in the early sixties and malevolence will show its venom as it did in the early sixties but the fact remains that at the helm is the pilot unafraid. Surely the man who could stand the ribaldry of the mob when he was "watchfully waiting" the man who smiled grimly when the crowd misread his "too proud to fight" utterance was the bravest man of his time, and how clearly events have justified his acts. We saw him at the theatre the other night, seeking surcease from a burden -such as not other man in history has carried, and we marveled at the witchery witch-ery of that wonderful face. It was a rare treat to note his evident enjoyment enjoy-ment and to feel that the fate of our children rested with such entire confi-. dence in his wise keeping. And how splendidly the great mass of the people is upholding him. It must hearten him to know that the true sen- Htiment of the country is undoubtedly back of him. Washington Herald. |