The Washington times., 1919-11-01

Sixteen to One, Once More.
Much Thought Coming.
The Jury Ladies.
By Arthur BRISBANE
fcopyrfght, 1880

Silver, you may be delighted 10
ar, without any help from q
,litical party is almost on a 10
. ! basis. The metal In a silver
51lar is worth about as much as
= ustal In . gold dollar.
Time IT length makes all things
Fen-" II you wait long enough
= Joke of. one day becomes the
pIemn reality OF another. II the
nter wagon should develop a hot
W, rs il may do, a few years
rom now when capital decides
ut labor is doing too much think
g. Mr.. Bryan can make a daring
,ap from his dry wagon back on
the old silver wagon and have
peffectiy respectable ride.
f'armers denounee strikes, and
" that the nation needs more
ork. While miners ask for a
.x-hcur day five times a week,
tgnsrs say they would be de-
ghfed to get a ten-hour day seven
ms week.
I'm siand has decided not to tax
1pitaI. Old papa Fafner will be
@<0vcd to lie, possess and sleep.
No one will cut a hole in his
fincipal. But English incomes
MI continue TO be divided about
Ny-Afty between the government
~ the owner.
The ancient Roman methods
ut made so many emperors un-
Dpulzr, such as condemning a
~ to death for lese majeste and
oEing ell he had, or confscating
a4 Of mans property to help
- public pocket, does not appeal
? the British Empire-yet.
How much viii prohibition add
p the worlds thinking power?
Dony Of the ablest men have de-
teed thFee-Quarters of their ener-
= 10 fighting alcohol within them
6Usns sf average little men
lGvsR ID any real thinking. They
F. ut mt real drunk, but took
est ensQgh to keep them quiet
~ eou1Gmted.
0 wuut to bed sleepy, got up
4 E>e19 yemorseful, complained Of
lu1Afne except themselves.
ueu everybody viii go to bed
! - Wa1er. There viii be done
Dut teu thousand times as much
lz11tAG a was ever done before.
Ma viii b the result? It will
jEnn4 upen the quality, intelli-
W 81 mental balance Of the
zkes3 We know what happened
4 DuoniA, to the Car and to Gov
f0Q1nt when the Car cut on
te make his people more
hterssing things wi1l happen
- WITH po11nch energy diverted
- nnoderate self-fndulgence to
U1touted thought. It wuuld
- 0qoe that have big interests
= G>&ke to watch closely the
ns0 = movement and especially
let = imagine that they can solve
u problems by calling somebody
J ke6 or q "Bolshevik."
Whsm the crowd is thinking you
nust answer the crowd thought
MY. even though the crowd may
= thinking foolishly. Epithets
kont answer anything.
1t Is Interesting about the jury
q women, assembled in Cleveland,
aio, to decide what should be
|s0s to lady and gentleman who
PUnt away from the ladys lawful
lusband and children.
Aecordin4 to Schopenhauer, you
boo1d expect the ladies to be hard
= tie female in the case, and
D1fsut with the man.
Not At all. For the man their
erdact is, I'VE recommend the
p4dnum penalty" They ask
zeunsncy fo>the woman. But that
Ddy. determined advocate of the
3riangle,0 says she viii not go
nck to Mr.. Drossos, so the Judge
|ned her $500 and sent her to the
vorkhouse for three months.
The Jury ladies, by the way, de-
'esd that the lady, in spite of her
,1angle. should retain possession
her baby. They wisely decided
~ . mother would look after her
~ better than anybody else,
'ton11e or no triangle.
The well-meaning husband who
~ be described as the Obtuse
nUe In the triangle, set a good
Enwp1e- He says he wants his
. babies back and win take his
Ne back too. whenever she wants
cone Human beings are not
Ally bad, they are simply
114ren. taking their childish
Dolt1Aness for grand emotions.
You can't civilize the Congo by
e Of Congress, you can't make
eopls worthy OF liberty or desir- .
- Of liberty until they are at for
Hun gary. 1t appears that a
rye majority are sick OF self
he and want king to rule over
lem. They think it more peace
u and steady. That is what the
oss thought, but they got their
sson from the big bird that
cked them to pieces. Not all
anan beings are as intelligent as
ogs.