The Washington times., 1919-11-21

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"a International idiot OF itself. and
It should congratulate Reed Of
Missouri, Borah, Johnson of Cali
fornia, who powerfully enlightened
public opinion, and other fighters.
A silver dollar Is worth Ave
cents more than q gold dollar.
William J. Bryan, the silver king,
in . jocose mood at Hot Springs,
sends this question:
Are the New York Rnanciers
hvinG up to their claims Of honesty
hat they made - veeiierously IN
1881 Or are they pay ing their
debts IN cheap gold dsIlarf
They are still promising to pay
In gold. which is as near a any
body comes to paying in gold. But
they have never been paying or
promising to pay In fifty-cent silver
collars during all the years that
the silver dollars were worth fifty
cents or less. Give the poor nnan-
-eiers credit for that. II the silver
Dollar had been artihcially kept at
par. as Mr.. Bryan suggested, and
the silver mines worked to capacity
On that basis. the silver dollar
would probably be WORTH now
a6out twenty-ave cents A ninety
hve-cent gold dollar Is better fhaa
q twsnr-nve-cent silver dollar.
The Duke Of farifa sshGs 6rxa&
i1atsUsunarAane n b1ssr ef1llgtA
Ahoaso on his estate, well stocked
via VIA boar and st1ser game"
So nAys the Associated Press.
You might think those grand hunts
would make mouarrhs a little ner-
vuus after the graAd hunt for the
C1r recently organized in Russia
Spain is, At best, q dangerous
hunting ground for royalty.
The well-meanzng Alfonso might
recall that on the 14th of July long
ago, when the Bastille was torn
down, Louis XVI was out shooting,
had poor luck and marked in his
diary nothing" He was mis-
taken; it was one Of the greatest
hnpting days ever started in
France.
Wsr, bad as it is, brings per-
rharent improvement. British
ships now come to port minus the
old forecastIe, the crowded, dirty
unventilated sleeping quarters OF
which you might have said, copy
ing Doctor Johnson, that it bad all
the disadvantages of tramp's
lodging house, with the additional
disadvantage of being unsafe.
New merchant ships provide for
each couple of sailors room to
themselves, one man sleeping in it
while the other is on duty. The
war has made prosperity realize
that common men, even common
sailors, must have consideration.
Doctor Elmer, who lives near
Philadelphia, says he is the Amer
lean Robin Hood, the best surviv-
ing shot with bow and arrow. He
was fined 1910 for shooting an
arrow into a hen. The hen ran
away, taking the arrow with her.
Robin Hood, who failed TO follow
the creature and put her out Of
misery, was fined for cruelty.
We have made progress since
Chevy Chase and Little john"
also since the days when gentle
mem amused themselves shooting
at live pigeons. At each amusing
session many of the poor birds,
wounded, would hide under hedges
until rats put them out Of misery.
Hearst's New York Evening jour
nal put a stop to that brutality.
Paderewski's government is go
ing to pieces in Poland Socialists
and the peasants are against it,
no strong party is for it.
There is comfort in the fact that
the world needs its greatest musi-
eal artist at least as much as new
Poland needs a governor. Plenty
of able Poles are capable of tax
ing Paderewsk's place as gov
error.
No man on earth is able to take
his place at the piano. When and IL
he comes back TO the concert hall
Paderewski will play better than
ever. The nightingale is well
known to sing It's sweetest with its
breast pressed against a thorn.
Paderewski has been pressing
against the thorn of political dis
appointment, inRratitude and dis
Illusion. He ought to play swestiy
Tor the next few years.