The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-16
Today
Two Surprises.
Yetta Arvin's Children.
Polite Ball Bearings.
Exit Mr.. WranQel.
ARTHUR Brisbane
(Cspxrinht. lS1Sl.

standard Oil has reduced the
price Of gasoline one cent q gal
Ion. D'Annunzio, Italian poet, has
decided TO retire TO q monastery.
There you have two unusual in
teresting happenings.
All newspapers, except the ma
jority edited by their advertising
managers, yell when the price Of
gasoline goes up. Therefore, 1t Is
proper to mention the fact when
gasoline goes down.
D'Annunzio's retirement to a
monastery may be explained by
the fact that genius likes to try
everything once and, SO far as
known, a monastery is about the
only thing that D'Annunzio has
never tried.
He may have got the idea from
Charles the Fifth, who to please
Henry the Eighth, who married
his Aunt Catharine, protected
Luther, saving that gentleman
from the burning that would have
been his fate.
It was a fine sight, in the Hall
Of the Golden Fleece, when
Charles turned over the many
countries ruled by him to his son.
saying to the crowd: Gentlemen,
you must not be astonished If,
old and feeble, ! shed some tears"
After he got into the monas-'
terry, however, Charles kept right
on running things, although there
were no telephones in those days.
You may be sure that D'Annunzio,
If he does enter a monastery, win
arrange some farewell that will
rival that Of the Great "Charle-
quint," and then also continue
bossing things. Love Of power
outlasts age and outlives feeble
ness.
Mrs. Yetta Arvin yesterday es-
capped from a blazing tenement in
New York city. Firemen, bring
ing her down, told her, to calm her,
that everybody was saved. When
she found her three children, Hy-
man, aged fourteen; Esther,
seven, and Aaron, three, were in
the building, filled with smoke,
the firemen held her, to prevent
her going back. They were not
strong enough for the job. She
fought, scratched, got away, ran
up Through the smoke awoke the
children, and then 1t was too late
to come d0xu.rr 10,
But the next house in the rear
was only ten feet away. At the
window she shrieked until some
one stretched out q narrow plank
from window to window.
Across this plank, one foot wide
and five stories up, Yetta Arvin
led her three children to safety.
Get that picture in your mind.
Yetta Arvin is Jewess, and her
exploit may explain to Henry
Ford and others why it is that
Jews have survived and done well,
in spite of persecution.
THEY TAKE CARE OF
THEIR CHILDREN, and they
are not afraid when anything
vital is at stake.
Teaching politeness as sepa-
rate branch, in public schools, is
advised. Politeness should be
taught BY SETTING THE EX-
AMPLE whenever children are in
the presence of their elders. Pub
lie schools would do well to make
a speciality Of it, and the family
circle as we'll.
Politeness in America has suf-
fered under the false impression
that it wastes time. 1t does not
waste time, it saves it.
Politeness is to life what ball
bearings are to the automobile.
A yokel, jolting along on a cart
without springs, may admire his
rugged simplicity, but he and his
wagon have much to learn from
the machine properly equipped.
Sending a child out into the world
to compete without full set Of
the ball bearings Of politeness is
q handicap.
Seven American parents out of
ten applaud in their children bad
manners, mistaken for Smart
ness"
Statistics show that crimes
against women and children have
increased under prohibition. es-
pecially crimes of brutality COM
mitted by fathers. This, however,
should be charged to whiskey, not
to prohibition.
The crimes are due to nervous
systems, shattered by whiskey,
craving and demanding whiskey
and turning to cruelty where
whiskey is unobtainable.
Whiskey's cruelty will disappear
with the generation Of whiskey
victims. Many, including this
writer, believe that in moderation.
light wines and beer, would have