The Washington times., 1920-01-10

To him that hath shall be
given"
Cornelius Vanderbilt built a nice
house in New York, reaching from
Fffty-seventh TO Fffty-eighth
street on Fifth avenue. After he
built he wanted to change It. so
he tore town all the Fifth avenue
side. His architect put a wooden
wall as high as the house to hide
what was being done. In those
primitive days they thought 1t
would not look so we'll to be seen
spending money profusely. merely
to change the look of house.
Only a little while before, Mrs.
W. X Vanderbilt, now Mrs. o. II.
j. Belmont, had taught her in
laws, the Cornelius Vanderbilts,
how to put a footman on the box
Of your carriage, and butler with
white hair and silk calves in the
hall waiting for somebody to call.
Not so many called in those days.
When the great Vanderbilt house
was built, stretching a whole
block, everyone said, "That's lot
of money to spend for house"
1t cost perhaps two millions.
Now, it is rumored, it will be sold
for five millions and half. So,
may it comfort you, you learn that
the Vanderbilts all this time have
lived rent free.
Interesting is tbes, statement
that Marshall Field & Company,
Of Chicago, are the buyers; Mar
shall Field now means John G.
Shedd and James Simpson; they
own It.
In those two men New York
merchants would hear from cou-
pie of mid Western business men,
one middle aged, the other young
gentleman with golden hair, both
full of the Chicago fury that al
ways goes up two steps at a time,
except when it goes up four.
There are something more than
eight million automobiles in the
world, and more than six millions
of them are in the United States.
That is a miracle of industrial
achievement. Another miracle re-
sides in these figures: Only about
two million persons in the United
States tell Uncle Sam that they
have taxable incomes. Somebody
has forgotten something, or else
there are four million Americans
able to keep an automobile on less
than two thousand dollars year.
Five are expelled from New
York's legislature because they
are Socialists. This opens a new
kind of government, "By the ma
jority." Five individual Socialists
are not so important. And being
fairly intelligent young men they
are delighted, knowing that their
party is getting advertising that
could have come in no other way.
The important fact is that hun
dreds of thousands of citizens, not
all guilty of crime, not all trying
to destroy the United States Gov
ernment, certainly are told they
cannot have TO represent them the
individual that they select, even
though he be born In America,
and never accused of crime.
This is a new thing in majority
rule, and important.
Some patriots that helped expel
the Socialists say: Socialists
would do the same to US IL they
could" Undoubtedly. They have
organized their party to do just
that. But thus far they are trying
20 do it through the ballot. II
isn't wise to drive them into do,
ing it in another way. They tried
that IN Russia.
Go there and look for the Czar
With Uncle Sam missing, the
Armenian mandate may be Of
fered To Norway" (Not wishing
any harm to Norway American
citizens will remember the story
about the colored nurse trying tc
feed the baby on the street car
II refused the nice rubber end OF
the bottle. The nurse said, by
way of persuasion: Take il, or
will give II to the conductor"
Now the Allies say to Uncle
Sam about the Armenian man
date: take Il, or I will give it ID
Norway" Well, give II to
Norway; Uncle Sam doesn't want
that mandate any more than the
s,onducfor wanted the nipple