The Washington times., 1919-11-15
Today
One Tired Woman.
How to Be Refined.
Latest Flying News.
Dynamite Prizes.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE.
Copyright. lsisD

By ARTHUR BRISBANE.
Copyright 1914,
o A few days ago a tired woman
died, in Russia. She was Countess
Tolstoy, wife Of the writer, think
er and preacher that all the world
knows. The world knows little
about the wife. 1t would sympa-
thize with her, if it knew more.
Anybody that lives torty-eight
years with a genius as she did, to
cay nothing of having sixteen
children, as ne did, takes a thor
eughly tired body and mind into
the grave.
II was no joke living with Toll
stoy, who dressed, talked, but did
not eat or sleep like a peasant.
The wife had to see that he was
taken care of, that the children
were brought up as they should
be, and when he went on his bare
foot pilgrimage it was she, no
doubt, who sent along the chiropo-
dist that walked with him.
As a reward for all she did the
great genius insisted on wander
ing on by himself TO die alone,
and only at the last moment, a
lew hours before he died, allowed
her 10 come and see him. Don't
envy the wife of a genius. Toll
stoy, Carlyle, or any other. All
husbands are ungrateful. The
geniuses are the worst.
Somebody has money in London.
The other day more than a quar-
Ter of million (the record price,
fSas paid for a portrait by Rom
ney, and 1t wasn't worth it. 1t.
takes a Michael Angelo, a Leonar-
DO or a Raphael to paint that
kind OF picture.
Yesterday a picture OF st. Eus-
tace, by Carpaecio, sold for $780,
VOo. The quarter OF a million dol
lar picture will probably come to
the United States, and some good
American steel maker will prove
. his knowledge OF art, intellectual
superiority and all-around refine
ment by signing his check for
about s45o,000 Then he'll show
the picture with a nice row of lit
tle electric lights shining down on
n from above, Sunday supplements
VIII print the picture, and art will
nave taken another stride.
In Rhode Island they sell 4
per cent beer. In Kentucky they
sell vhiskey, all you want to buy,
80 q dozen bottles. In New York
Ar. Root and Mr.. Guthrie have
been told that their clients can't
make 2.75 beer. That Is how the
prohibition matter stands at pres
ent in the United States. II all
depends on what the Judge hap
pens to think
IL Is only for a little while. how
ever, for In the middle OF January
comes the Constitutional Amend
ment. After that Il will be water
every day, probably for forty
years 1t win be extremely inter-
estfng for the survivors to note
Just exactly what effect water, and
only water, has on ninety-eight ont
OF a hundred millions.
The other two millions have ar
ranged for the dry period.
Latest lying machine news An
Italian went up FIVE thousand
metres In eleven minutes, which is
world record for speed. 1t makes
the upward climb OF a bird seem
IKE crawling upstairs on your
hands and knees.
A flying machine 10 carry eight
Passengers and almost two tons az
freight now starts on its wav Se-
tween New York and Chicago ia
Cleveland. Multiply the freight
load by a thousand, the number OF
passengers by a thousand, and
your Imagination will see one OF
the great flying boats that will 90
around the world in years to come,
The flying news, however, unfor-
tunatsly Is not American news.
The climbing achievement honors
~ Ahc great machine 70
travel between New York and
Chicago is an English production,
a credit TO a country, that with a
great war on its hands has not
lacked energy, brains or money to
develop the flying machine.
The Government of this country
ought 10 do as much to encourage
American manufacture of f1yinp
machines as any foreign govern
ment and more. Billions for
profiteers, but not a cent for prog
ress' seems to be our motto.
Three Nobel prizes are awarded
and all three go to German pro-
fessors. War evidently didn't
keep the German scientists from
thinking or keeping their noses on
the scientific grindstone. Perhaps
Nobel would be pleased to know
that his three big cash prizes ali
, went TO Germans. He made his
money in nitro-glycerine, and Ger
many certainly did everything IN
create frst-class nitrate yIycerins
markets.