The Washington times., 1920-06-05
THINGS IN GENERAL
Strange Suicide, Job for Di0genes, Etc.

Strange motives impel men to self-destruc-
ton Greek teacher Of philosophy very old leaving his
class stumbled and fell He decided that he old enough
and killed himself.
Anew Jersey citisen killed himself he said because he
trsd Of buttonins and uzhtonng his clothes night
and morning"
Frsnchman who had agreed to fight duel killed
himself avoid the duel He not afraid Of DEATH but
afraid that he might show lack Of courage.
Herostratu. slave, determined that his name
should live forever To impress it peoples minds he
fire the magnificent temple at Ephesus the day
that Alexander the Great was born.
A law was passed that his should never be men
toned but IT Is mentioned, in every encyclopaedia
One teacher of philosophy very solemn in his lifetime
and wishing to be mysterious in DEATH jumped into the
mouth of a volcano Nothing more heard of him
Everything about suicide interesting and strange In
each nation the number of suicides yearly be fored in
advance with accuracy Just number of deaths
consumption.
Proestants commit suicide often than Catholics in
proportion to numbers and Catholics commit suicide
often than Jews The educated kill themselves often
than the ignorant Among five to is the
favorie age for suicide Among women the favorte age Is
earlier Men kill themselves when failure comes Women
driven suicide by disappointment in love and jealousy
Men hang themselves often themselves less often
Women rarely hang themselves and frequently drown them
selves Women rarely commit suicide in such way to
spoil their looks. Men often 10.
May and June the suicide months. In winter sui
cdes are comparatively rare. Men and women feel
strongly in the spring. strong feeling and lack of balance
cause suicide.
In all Christian countries suicide is considered crime
In Japan is often considered virtue Before they knew
much about making money, and concentrated details
Of honor Japanese noblemen when their feelings hurt
would dsembow themselves the doorstep of the person
that had nsuted them The insuer had do the
be dsgraced
These and many other interesting facts you learn
wander through the labyrinth Of human nature Did you
ever hear of anything curious in suicide literature than
the death of Ernest Goez sixty old? he was in
charge Of the guinea pigs white mice, and other animals
used for vvisecon experiments in great hospital Retired
from business he back his pets observed that
they still being inoculated with and otherwise
made useful to the human He felt sorry for them
that he killed himself.
Mr. Elliott Wad.worth says that Europe
needs five hundred millions more in hurry-preferaby
thousand mons-from this country He thinks the money
should be spent "by commission of of constructive
genius"
Who would SELECT them? Would you, by any chance,
select the kind of CONSTRUCTIVE GENIUS that came
from Wall Street to build flying machines and spent bill
lion of public money without making any flying machines?
Would you select the kind of constructive genius that
according to charges not answered. used
pubcs flying machine money to construct profitable little
railroad to feed another railroad largely owned by Of
the constructive geniuses supposed to the public?
Before you talk about spending thousand million dol
lars of the publics money in Europe produce the that
the people of this country would be willing to trust with the
distribution of that money.
It would be too bad to set aside five hundred millions
starving children in eastern Europe and learn later
three hundred and fifty millions of it travelled quar-
ter Of mile from Wall Street
One newspaper says of Mexican rulers:
ThAY nrQfusa in nrcmSnQ thinQs they have