The Washington times., 1920-08-03
Today
Hospitals in Air.
Boycott on Ireland.
No Suttee.
r. R. Owners Content,
By ARTHUR BRISBANE

by ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. is2oD
Guys Hospital, in London, viii
bring air from the sea, through
pipes. for patients that need more
oxygen. II is not a dream, 1t viii
be done.
When will great cities near the
sea bring water from the ocean to
the city and supply salt baths for
the children that need them?
And when will doctors have hospi-
tails in the air, floating In anchored
"dirigibles," at one thousand. five
thousand. twenty thousand feet up,
giving patients just the kind Of air
and temperature they need? That
also will come.
No need to go TWO HUNDRED
miles to the mountains. to find an
elevation of five thousand feet,
when you can find II by going ONE
mile up into the air.
When the wise men, headed by
the President. gathered In Paris,
To invent process for making
beautiful peace perpetual, the first
suggestion was THE BOYCOTT.
All the nations willing to be peace
ful would boycott any wicked lit
tie nation that might show a dis
position to fight. They tried it on
Russia. II didPt work. Russia
beat everybody that came within
reach, and frightened all the others.
Now the allies are saying: Nice
Russia, pretty Russia, come and do
business with u.s."
But the boycott idea hasn't been
given up entirely. You read that
big ships leaving the United States
for England are NOT to stop at
Queenstown, which needs the ship
ping and the American tourists
that land and go by jaunting car
to Cork, Killarney, and other beau
tiful places.
1t is hard to give up a good idea.
1t wouldn't work on Russia because
she is SO big. Perhaps it will work
on Ireland because she is smaller
probably it won't.
Editor Gangadhar Tilak died,
and his body was burned solemnly
in the presence of vast crowds Oh
the beach at Poona, in India.
1t was q great celebration for
everybody except Gangadhar, who
didn't know what was happening.
1t took the form of a demonstra-
tion against the English.
But give the devil his due, also
John Bull. Mr.. Gangadhar's body
was burned all alone. There was
no Mrs. Gangadhar, alive and
wailing, thrown into the fire to
burn with him. The English stop
ped that.
Left to their old-fashioned hab-
its, without English interference,
the burning of Gangadhar would
have included a suttee, the widow
of the editor proving her respect
ability by insisting on being burn
ed alive with his dead body.
You can't tell what will happen
in this world, especially after a
war. A little while ago, those
that did not know much about hui
man beings and nations, said:
France and England will be de-
voted friends for ever. And Ger
many will pay the bill" Now, the
Paris Matin accuses England Of
helping the Germans against
France, in order to keep up the
price Of English coal. One thing
is sure, France is giving a billion
and quarter francs to Germany,
to get coal. Germany gets coal at
seventy-two francs ton, and
France pays something like two
hundred and forty francs. The
French say this is due to England's
determination to keep up the price
on her coal exports. If England
and France could know just what
each is thinking Of the other, each
would be shocked at the other.
From all over the country, with
out contradiction, comes the state
ment that railway owners are
pleased at what the Government
has done for them. They may be.
Fifteen hundred millions a year
added in one lump, with the as
surance that in spite Of all past
crimes and misdemeanors they
will make at least 6 per cent, is
not so bad for lot Of concerns
that could not run themselves and
were practically bankrupt.
1t is understood, Furthermore,
that If there is anything the rail-
roads want that they haven't had,
they must not hesitate to ask for it.
When you begin to pay new
freight rates, Communication rates,
and regular ticket rates, you will
realize that there is no reason why
railroads shouldn't be happy, as
long as the public pocket is there.
Statistics show that suicides are
increasing in the country, dimin-
ishing in the city. The moving
picture helps to explain that. Sui
cides sometimes are bored, some
times discouraged. The excitement
of moving pictures discourages
boredom and diminishes discour-
agement.
suicides Of men are twice as
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