The Washington times., 1920-04-05
FOday
=, >-~.tN t -
Money and Harmony.
The Waist Returns.
Teaching a King. y
Hat Versus Ruler.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE

while IL does not like the Russian
government, II would like Rus
sian trade. Therefore, arrange
ments win be made for trading
without recognizing Lenin or his
rule.
This Is q beginning. for trade
has a way Of smoothing things
over. When this country begins
making money on a big scale
through Russian trade the view
OF Russia's right to have her own
government may change also.
Where there is money there Is
harmony, and there is discord
where money is lacking.
Our recent trouble With Russia
was due to the fact that bankers
who bought Russian bonds and
expected to make a fat profit
found they were going to lose all.
French fashions, which wind up
and direct the women Of the
world, have decided that women
shall again display a waist line.
OF late women have enjoyed bless
ed relief on the inside. Corset
pressure on lungs, liver and ribs
ceased to be fashionable and poor
creatures could at least breathe.
But pressure is to be put ON once
more.
All fashions of late have
tendency to display" something:
Women do not know how much Of
their power is due to their wisdom
in covering themselves, wisdom
gradually acquired through ages,
and now forgotten.
A group of ladies in the Gaboon
region, with nothing on at all, are
not in the least interesting.
Imagination is more convincing
than reality.
The Danish king is learning
something, difficult thing for
kings. He had lately been telling
his peorJe that he was the source
Of wisdonA,A When q great crowd
went to TIL (1palace, asking him to
change his mind, they were for
bidden to enter the royal square.
"But q sudden display Of red flags
frightened the horses Of the police
and thousands surged into the
square"
The king might take a hint from
those police horses. Louis Six
teenth, too late to do him any
good, appeared on his balcony with
the revolutionary cockade in his
hat. Denmark's king, and some
! other kings, may yet appear gently
waving strange little flags. These
, are times Of quick change.
Mr.. Hoover announces that he u
'onIy Republican. No Democratic
or independent Endorsement need
apply. This makes him regular
and straightens out one little knot
in our grand system Of choosing a
ruler for four years.
'.Ruler" is the word, for with
the Turkish Sultan on probation,
and the Russian Gar underground,
there exists no earthly potentate
with the Presidents power. Under
the circumstances it is surprising
how little real interest the people
take in the choice Of man to boss
them.
Of one hundred million Ameri-
cans, male and female, big ma
jority are more deeply interested
in this springs hat than in next
falls President.
Lucky the nation that needs
not worry about its ruler" you
may say. Quite SO, as long as moth
ing complicated happens. But you
know what happened in Germany.
They were all busy, leaving their
ruler to be busy in his way. They
are paying the bill now. So is
the rest Of the world.
An effort, charmingly asinine,
is made to keep Socialists from
admission to law classes in the
College of the City of New York.
WudI lS Iiic PaetiotiS AuCo
you consider a Socialist a lawless
person, why not let him study and
know the law. Would you. say
that heather must not be allowed
to study your religion?
Or do you perhaps lack conf
dence in your own laws, and fear
that perverted intelligence might
twist them against you?
On a par with forbidding one
class to study law is the sugges-
tion that there shall be no news
papers, or other periodicals, print
ed in foreign languages.
That reminds you Of the lady
who said her daughter might go
out to swim, undress and hang
her clothes on a hickory limb, but
NOT go near the water.
How do you expect a man who
speaks no English to learn when
he first arrives here? You con-
sent to use signs In teaching a
man deaf and dumb. Why not use
fn nripf fba uipne that q man nm