The Washington times., 1920-07-21

non-radical and prosperous say,
very wicked talk" There should
be no division OF the citizens into
classes. All men should be In
spired by national patriotism. All
for one, the flag, one for All.
should be the motto.
Then you read the dispatch about
an engine exploding aboard the
great steamer Aquitania and come
across this line resulted In the
death OF one OF the tiremen."
ONE OF THE FIREMEN." No
name. the man killed wasn't
worth" It. He was simply "one
of the fremen." He merely be-
longed to the "class" without
which no ship could cross the
ocean. no fortune could be built
UP, no civilization created. When
he dies he is "one of the firemen."
You need not be surprised II
agitators persuade him to develop
his "class consciousness" in life,
since he is so promptly and per-
manently disposed Of in q class
conscious" way when he dies as
"one OF the firemen."
The important question of to.
day:
VIII the railroad men accept
the increased pay offered with
back pay since May 1, or will they
stxfkei
The men asked for a billion,
they get six hundred millions. We
deal In large sums these days.
The question, strike or no strike,
is important. If the men accept
the increase and the back pay they
will get, each man, an average of
5000 back pay probably, and in fu-
ture about 20 per cent more wages
than they have been getting. The
two hundred dollars bonus will
make a difference.
AS the men are told of the in
creased pay they are also told one
single division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad is dropping twelve
thousand men.
That may make them thought
full, it probably was intended to
make them thoughtful.
What in the opinion of railroads
and the Government is the ques-
tion of honesty involved in drop
ping the twelve thousand men just
in time to keep them from getting
the back pay that other men will
get? Does anybody doubt that
they ought to HAVE it? Is it steal
ing or only cheating to take it
Leaders Of the men will decide
about the strike. Perhaps they
will say that with national cleo
tion coming this is a pretty good
time to strike. 1t might be said,
in face of q national election, the
Government would be slow about
coercing or enjoining two million
railroad men and their friends.
On the other hand, it may be
said that the present Administra-
ton is not particularly anxious to
elect a Democrat to take Mr.. Will
sons place in the White House.
Also that the Attorney General,
just beaten for the Democratic
nomination, probably is not very
cheerful. He might not hesitate
at one or two more injunctions,
even if it did interfere with the
chances of the man who beat him
at San Francisco.
Women make too much fuss
about men; that spoils life for
women and makes men unbearable.
For instance, Mr.. Jonas left very
good wife and interested himself
in Miss Pauline Meglige, who took
the matter seriously.
Presently Mr.. Jonas went back
to his wife, and told Miss Meglige:
81 love my wife. Everything is
over"
"All right" says Miss Meglige,
"but I want to see you just once
more" And foolish Jonas did not
know what that meant. She shot
him; then herself. He didn't die;
she did.
Now comes Mrs. Jonas to con-
tribute her line. She sits by her
husband, changes his bandages,
and wants the whole world to
know, "I've forgiven him, because
he needs me-"
Two foolish women and one
asinine man, who probably will be
heard from again.
Fourteen hundred and thirty
Irish girls arrive in America, and
that is first-class female news. 1t
is good news, not, as some imagine,
because it means servants for
those that can't do their own work.
It is good news for the country
because it means fourteen hundred
and thirty good mothers for large
families of children. The coun-
try needs mothers, not servant
girls.
One other piece of news for
women is a statement by the wife
of DIR. Voronoff, from Paris, that
her husband will also transplant
glands in the bodies Of ladies'"
These glands carrying with
them youth, good looks and en-
thusiasm, will do many things for
the ladies in whom they are trans
planted, according to the scien-
lists wife.