The Washington times., 1919-10-29

Fifty or one hundred years from
next July the charge for an Air
trip around the world viii be less
than the price of an Atlantic
crossing now, and the time for the
round trip less than a week.
A man is sentenced to two years
In prison for blasphemy, which
means saying impolite things on
a religious subject. A consider
able time should elapse between a
round the world flying trip and a
trial for blasphemy. They don't
belong in the same age, exactly.
Ii is difficult to understand the
tlasphsmy charge and conviction
on purely legal grounds. As
Thomas Jefferson wrote to the
Sultan of Morocco, this country
has officially no religion-you may
believe what you please.
In the eyes Of . Mohammedan it
would be blasphemy to deny that
Mohammed climbed on his white
horse, Alborak, and few from the
black rock up to Heaven, where
he saw angels with faces 80 big
that their eyes were thousands Of
miles apart.
OFFICIALLY, this country Is
rs much Mohammedan or Buddhist
as it is Christian.
But, ss q matter of fact, the con-
viction for blasphemy is satisfac-
tory to q majority of citizens. II
ysu say anything unpleasant about
q stianity, you hurt the feelings
Of many good citizens. 1t is a good
faea to imprison those that will
fuliy hurt the feelings Of others.
By order Of the House of Com
mons women can sit and vote in
the House Of Lords That Is one
step forward The next, which
siso will come. will be a decision
70 let nobody sit and vote in the
Rouse OF Lords Even the conser-
Sdtise English will eventually
drop assystem that gives the power
OF legislation to a body created by
the accident of birth and hampered
oy lack Of average intelligence.
olt OF Italy come great men and
important announcements. One
Italian. Calico, told the world
about the construction of the
heavens and tee slight importance
OF cur earth. which ceased to be
TIE center OF creation after he had
spoken.
Sow comes the Italian Profess
ser Msiofans saying that Newton's
h2 OF Hravftstion is only partly
true. subject to constant change
- moe5f1cation. He demonstrates
gelt : piece OF lead floating in
Esrc'fry. the liquid metal, weighs
les than when It isn't noating in
S<rcury. II weight or mass var
les. then directly as the mass"
ETC.. Is subject to variation
Professor Nicholson, OF Chicago
University. and others had pre-
viously demonstrated that matter
IN r,ction weighs less than matter
a. est, which is puzzling. These
men have also come dangerously
near to proving that there Is ac-
tuaily no such thing as real
mc-'cn
Professor Maiorana, TO his own
sftseaction, demonstrates that
CIR solar system has existed for
!; period of time immensely longer
than scientists had supposed. He
has new theory for spontaneous
production Of heat in stars caused
BY power Of gravitation in their
inside strata and without COM
bustion. According to his theory,
the sun can continue to light and
warm our space for tens, perhaps
hundreds, Of millions of years
longer than had been hoped. This
gives us opportunity for many in
carnations on this globe, and time
perhaps in which to become really
civilized.
Professor Maiorana's theories
may be discussed respectfully
long after those that now smile,
ignorantly or skeptically, are dead
and forgotten. Science, 50 called,
laughed at Calico, and power
silcneed him when he told what
ne had seen through his home
made telescope-the rings Of Sa-
turn and the moons of outside
planets. Now what he sold is
taught to children.
They disturbed a gentleman,
AOom the Omnipotent;" said he
imposed on ladies, some of them
styhshly named, lured to his ESQ.,
teric emporium.
II is interesting that a man with
ideas out of the East can per-
suade Americans to snake them
selves perfect" by following these
instructions:
Stand on your right foot, close
the left nostril with the forefnger
of the right hand and pronounce
the mysterious word 'Oom."
To the duh mind this would
seem a recipe for getting a small
1y out of the back of your throat
Let prosperous ladies stand on
the right foot as requested, think
ing that they purify their souls. IL
sOor, the ,Sufnofa-to cnn .L.