ish undefiled. We
can drop seeming for sincerity. We can be relentless toward hypocrisy
and tender to humanity. We can rejoice in the love of laughter, without
ever once letting it lead us to libertinism of fancy. We can reach
through humor the heart of man. We can make exaggeration the scourge of
meanness and the magnifier of truth on the broad screen of life. By
study of him, the nothing new under the sun can be made fresh and
fragrant by the supreme art of putting things. Though none of us can
handle his wand, all of us can be transformed by it into something
different from and finer than our dull selves. That is our delight, that
is our debt, both due to him, and long may he remain with us to
brighten, to broaden and to better our souls with the magic mirth and
with the mirthful magic of his incomparable spell. [Applause.]

[Illustration: REPRODUCTIONS OF MURAL DECORATIONS FROM THE LIBRARY
OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON

"_PATRIOTISM_"

_Photo-engraving in colors after an original painting by George W.
Maynard_

This is from a series of eight panels, representing "The
Virtues"--Fortitude, Justice, Patriotism, Courage, Temperance, Prudence,
Industry, and Concord. Each figure is about five and a half feet high
clad in drapery, and standing out on a solid red background. The style
is Pompeiian, the general tone is somewhat like marble, but relieved by
a touch of color. "Patriotism" is represented as feeding an eagle, the
emblem of America, from a golden bowl, symbolizing the nourishment given
by this Virtue to the spirit of the nation.]

WILLIAM McKINLEY

OUR COUNTRY

[Speech of President McKinley, in response to the toast "Our Country,"
at the Peace Jubilee banquet in the Auditorium, Chicago, October 19,
1898. The President was introduced by Hon. Franklin MacVeagh, in the
following words: "Since Washington, with the exception of Lincoln, no
President has carried upon his shoulders such grave responsibilities
or met such heavy demands upon his judgment, forbearance and wisdom as
President McKinley. [Great applause.] And no President, not even
Lincoln, has more willingly endured for his people, or has more
trusted in the people, or has sought more high-mindedly to interpret
and carry out the sober thought and ultimate will of the nation.
[Applause.] He has a reward in the affection and confidence of the
people. [Applause] It is this eminent President and this eminently
patriotic man