The Washington times., 1920-09-07

orchestra leader, says truly dan
cling, particularly jazz, expresses
the intense explosive feeling OF
the human soul"
1t does, indeed, also the animal
soul. Birds sang and danced a mil
lion years before there were any
human beings on earth. Half hu-
man beings, our ancestors, danced
before they could talk. The jungle
cock dances most gracefully to ex-
press his explosive soul' in the
mating season. The elephant and
some of the monkeys dance occa-
sionally.
Savages dance more violently
than civilized men. If DR.. Straton
conld see the snake dance, eagle
dance, or deer dance among red
Indians, he would know that dane
ing is a safety valve, not vice.
"Let the poor people dance that
they may forget their misery,
said the good Able Fenelon, more
than two hundred years ago. Let
them dance now that they may
forget II. C. L." and HsO.
Perhaps five hundred thousand
years from now, when our heads
are perfectly round and perfectly
bald, with no teeth, when our legs
are atrophied, our arms without
muscles, when we live on a flying
machine and do no work harder
than pressing a button, we may
stop dancing-all excitement, all
explosions going on inside the
brain.
But even in that distant day,
when some old gentleman gets ex-
cited, you will see him wagging
his bald, toothless head, and will
know that the dancing instinct
still hangs on.
Seals dance in the water;
pigeons dance in the air.
Prohibition will, NOT be extend
ed to dancing for the present.
With all the cheating, rrofiteer-
ing, striking, killing. and foolish
ness. we are cheered by an occa-
sional word telling of the real,
steady progress that will end in
civilization some day.
More important than all the bad
news is Postmaster Burleson's
statement that from now on flying
machines will carry mails regular
ly across this continent from New
York to San Francisco. That will
save forty-two hours. When you
save hours you add them to human
life.
A cynical Frenchman once said
Strange that man, intelligent
enough to make a watch. is fool
enough to believe in miracles"
You deplore such levity and change
it to read: Strange that men, in
telligent enough 10 fly across the
ocean, should rely on murder in
stead of justice in international
and industrial relations
Paul Cravath, sufficiently intel
ligent to be adviser to some of the
principal rulers of this country,
says the peace terms granted to
Germany must be revised and such
terms arranged as will enable Ger
many to keep alive.
The Government of this country
went into a hasheesh dream just
after the armistice and hasn't
come out Of it, so that we are still
at war" with Germany. We shall
not have much to say about re-
vising the peace terms of Yer
sailles.
The nations of Europe. however,
will realize that the Asiatic crimi-
nal sentenced to live with the
corpse of his victim fastened to
his neck and slowly decaying did
not lead a happy life. Germany
is fastened to the necks Of France,
England, and Italy, and cannot be
cut loose. For their own comfort,
these countries will decide not to
let Germany decay.
Mr.. Cox says that the Republi-
can political machine had planned
to bleed poor coal dealers and
had fixed a quota for each coal
man. Eighty thousand dollars was
to be taken from coal dealers in
Chicago alone.
Isn't that sad? Doesn't It touch
your heart, coming from Mr.. Cox.
representing a Democratic party
that has allowed the coal dealers
TO rob the people all over the
United States ever since the war
started?
Mr.. Cox will find the people in
terested in getting awiy from the
kind Of government that allows
coal men TO tax tho people. They
will not worry much about the
statement that Mr. Hays had ar
ranged to tax some of the Goa
men.
1t was. Il. vic Ilnrii'N King.
quoted by Benz" Law. - +
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