The Washington times., 1920-11-02

o1v0r To-Day, yOo VIII NV hs'S
read any more talk for or against
the LeSgus Of Nationsi That
blessed nuisance Is buried. be
grateful for that
Rabindrsnath Tagors IL raising
money for his university In India
Success to his university! He Is
the author Of q hrst-class educa-
ting story. Here It Is, condensed;
AZ sunrise an old man with an
from bracelet starts along . pebbly
beach. One pebble on that beach
will turn the iron bracelet to GOLD
If he can find the ONE pebble.
He picks up one pebble after
another, fifty, q hundred, and
VIII each touches the iron brace
l6t and looks. Nothing happens.
6till he soes on ell day picking up
pebbles and touching the bracelet.
As the light dies out he happens
ID look at the bracelet and finds It
has turned to gold. But he doesn't
know which, particular pebble
caused the Transformation. 1t
N98 plckOu w euo SLvwA
after ne HAD CEASED TO PAY
ATTENTION. Then 1t was get:
ting dark, too late to 60 back and
try all over again.
So 1t 10 with all Of US. At hrst
We work we'll and observe closely,
then we become mechanical, pick
up our pebbles and drop them
without paying any attention. And,
as the darkness falls, we nave
grown old, and it is too late to 70
back.
We realize that at one time we
had q chance, but did not see it.
That's q good story.
What is the greatest power in
the world? 1t 10, Of course,
imagination. -.
The Ku Klux rode out, In Q
Florida town. five hundred, all
masked in white, carrying a fam
ing cross and banners reading,
I'VE were here yesterday; we are
here forever"
These Ku Klux are led by ian
imperial wizard" The idea is to
frighten the negroes. and it works
perfectly. They lock themselves
up in their houses while the i'm
perial wizard goes by.
They know perfectly we'll that
good, everyday. common place
Colonel Simmons rides behind
the mask Of the imperial wizard,
but that doesn't make any differ
ence.
The white mask, the wizard title,
and the mystery do the work, and
the cclofsd man stays indoors
shivsring. :.
So It was on the banks Of the
Mile thousands Of years ago, and
"a il was~ a hundred million. years
earlier when the first sage, afraid
Of devils howling in the cave. had
brains enough to say to himself:
: ~ will dress up like one Of the
devils and the others VIII fear
me and feed me-"
Democrats spend their impor-
tuned dollars to pay for a page
advertisement headed James. G.
Blaine's daughter-in-lsw pleads
for the league" A man from the
West, when they offered him OK
tail soup, said, "that's going a
long way back for soup" And the
''daughter-in-law of James G.
Blaine" is going a long way back
for Endorsement.
The daughter-in-law, as it hap
pens, is an excellent female cfti-
zen, Mrs. Anita Mccormick Blaine,
rich woman, who has paid her
taxes where others lodged, and
who has spent a great deal OF
money in good causes. Why tack
on the "daughter-in-law" of . Re-
publican whose name to the aver
age voter of today means as lit
tie as Haxdrubal or Vercingeto-
rix?
The State Department warns
California that it must not make
laws concerning ownership Of
lands that would interfere with
japanese treaty provisions.
II q treaty that this Admins
tration negotiates with Japan can
prevent California from managing
its own internal affairs, Califor-
ians and people of the other States
will be glad to know. They do not
intend to have japanese or 9TH
or Asiatic ownership Of their real
estate. Watch what California
does to the League Of Nations to-
day, and learn how Americans
generally feel about foreign
treaties that would rule the United
States.
Meet the Reverend Aaron A.
Watson, of Cincinnati, prohibi-
zionist candidate for the Presi-
dency. His farewell announce
ment begins with, 81 will not be
elected President" Mr.. Watkins
knew yesterday what Mr.. Cox will
know late this evening or early
tomorrow.
A great failure is often the max
ing of a man and q nation. Ger
x,or,, sho,vu osous NJ m a him ~ crvvna