The Washington times., 1920-07-01

Who Are the NinNen?
A consIomsratiq
Chemical BIondSs.
A Plain Answer
n ApTuUrp dSRANE
Iy ARTHUR PSBANE-
tcopyrisntys yssa

that one gentlemals leading "the
nine candidates. How many Of
the nine candidS names could
you mention offkd! How many
reasons could yokive for making
. President Of 3 or more Of the
nine? You w& think that a
party representg about half OF
. hundred milf people would
possess nine M Of whom every
body in the chtry would know
something.
A young ID travelling in the
West Indies As much delighted
with a watersut. 1T did every
thing that Ipected 1t to-" said
she.
Those inteited in murder mys-
I teries, as thj young woman was
I in waterspo6, might say the
same of thetlwell mystery. AL
most everyng foolish and vi
cious appeal to have been mixed
up with it, rom bridge whist at
high stakefo bootlegging for
profit.
The racsrack, Palm Beach, all
the roof gSens, all kinds of par
asites, O4the fringe. INSIDE
the fringSand OUTSIDE the
fringe Of bciety were represent
ed.
The bootlegginpart Of the Ell
well murder mysfy rs the latest
development. 1t as attracted at
tention Of Unitedtates detectives.
You could murd, Elwell without
interesting the but when it
comes to drawg a worthless
check for twelvthousand dollars
in payment Of bootleg whiskey,
the United SITES Government
wakes up, and hat waking may
catch the mucwanted murderer.
A Judge has scided that it isn't
criminal libel, pt even an insult,
to call lady fperoxide blonde"
The decision vs. sound, for if one
lady, without losing caste, can
change her cleks from pale yell
low to brightpink, another lady
can change hi hair from gray or
black to fevebh gold.
The ,decisiosis more interesting
chemically thn judicially. A
"peroxide bhde" is a walking
proof of themarvels of chemis-
try. Everybfy washes with pure
water, whiclfs two parts hydro
gen, one parbxygen. But change
the mixture 10 two parts hydro
gen and tw parts oxygen, and
you have proxide of hydrogen,
which produes the golden hair,
or disinfectsthe wound.
When YOU realize what that ad-
ditionaI partlof oxygen does, turn
ing water irpo p{roxide of hydro
gen, you can seehow important it
must be thu yd, and your chill
dren should get lienty Of oxygen,
Leave the wfnpws open always.
Sleep out of do4s in summer.
n William Jennings Bryan can
give you a plah answer; many
statesmen" CAM. The New York
World on Tuesdy asked:
"Is William Jnnings Bryan at
tending the De dnocratic National
Convention as ahelegate or a paid
agent of the AMI Saloon League ?"
Bryan's rep4, telegraphed to
this writer, is } part as follows:
IL am working for the homes of
the land agaist the damnable
traffic champi&ed by the New
York World, md find an ample
in the thanks of men,
women, children, and reclaimed
drunkards."
Some day Mr.. Bryan will know
that it isn't necessary to have any
RECLAIMED drunkards," because it
isn't necessary to have drunkards.
There are millions of people in Eu-
rope among whom no drunkard or
teetotaler is ever seen.
Thomas jefferson knew it. That
is why he fought whiskey more
than Bryan ever did, and
legalized sale of
light wine and beer, while forbid
ding whiskey.
Otto H. Kahn, capable financier,
publishes a book that asks this
question, among others:
"Why does there exist in the
United States a widespread atti-
tude of suspicion against high fl
There exists a suspicion against
high finance in the United States
because the people feel that high
finance is taking more than its
share of the national melon.
When high finance gathers in
one hundred per cent a year on
investments, while
"patriotically" urging little men
10 buy bonds that pay four per
cent, there is something wrong,
and the people know it.
What does high finance really
is another question in Mr..
book.
High finance means that modern
leaders use dollars instead Of
soldiers in the industrial feudal-
ism that today replaces military
of ancient days.
The dollar soldier of industrial
high finance is a great improve
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