The Washington herald., 1921-07-02

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SAYS NATION ovERRUN
BY IT'S UPLIFTERs.
"I do not know whether there are
sermons in stones, as Shakespeare
alleges. but there is a volume in a
sign which IT is planned to put over
the new Navy Club being erected In
New York for enlisted men," de-
cIared Frank J, Watson at the
Raleigh.
The sign" continued Mr.. Wat
son, will bear these words. Here
you will not be robbed, educated or
uplifted. Come in and have a good
time
would that we could have a sign
like that biazonins forth in every
city Of our land. for II there is any
thing that the people OF this coun-
try need and want-it is to be freed
from being robbed, educated and
uplifted.
Perhaps II is impossible to ask
all this. People have been robbed
for some millions OF years. and the
education bug within us, too, is
Of some duration and cannot very
easily be expurgated: but. in the
name of all the deities that ever
filled the ancient Pantheon, can we
not put the quietus on these up
lifters?
PREFERS ROBBERS
TO UfLIFTERS.
Between being robbed and being
uplifted, believe there is much to
be said in favor of the first alter
native For he who steals our purse
as has been said steals trash, but
he who steals our time and he who
poisons undeveloped minds with a
mass Of buncombe is a menace and
should be deported. But where shall
we send them? II they were only
foreigners we could ship them
abroad. but as 1t is. we must either
muzzle them or they will muzzle
US.
The peculiar thing about the up
litter is that though his horizon is
the narrowest, though he has OBJ
tained his opinions from one small
rut. he speaks with the old pro-
phetic air of Thus saith the Lord
And In his fanaticism. lies the dan
ger to civilization.
The uplifters." Mr.. Watson de-
ciared. ARE all nice people. They
don't break any of the command
ments. They don't do this and they
don't do that. The number of things
they don't do would fill a book. II
they only refrained from interfer-
ing with other peoples business
tney would be truly admirable.
DIsLIKEs ATTITUDE OF
HoLIER THAN THOU.
Their attitude is: If all the peo-
pie would only be as good as am
what fine world this would be-. II
would be about as fine as a nrst
class cemetery.
The old school of economists
spoke very frequently of their doc
trine Of Laissez faire-let alone
Would that we could get some IDEA
like that to permeate our spiritual
The process of being robbed, edu-
Gated and uplifted begins when tn.
subject Is very young. We scarce
ly enter school. before even our lei
sure time is taken care of by clubs,
dominated by uplifters of vafiou,
kinds, who solve all problems for us
and point out to us the fact that all
We have to do to attain happiness
and growth is to initiate them.
L think IL was Bernard Shaw who
said. Those who can. do; those. who
can't, teach The one consoIinr
thing about this is that those a hIt
wise merely have to take a looL AZ
the upiifters. in order to properly
appraise their counsel.
FAvoRs PRINCIPLE
OF "LET THEM ALONE,
Their faces testify aginst them.
as Scripture expresses it. The old
idea that each man himself is an in
let to wisdom. that each man mus,
look facts in the face with his own
eyes, and that no amount of look
ing with the eyes of another will
do him any good needs reemphasiz-
ing.
"So-called charity and doing good
Is a menace to the world. What
people need is a little more Justice
get of their backs-let them
alone.
I'VE can save ourselves from our
enemies, but who will save us from
our friends?"