The Washington times., 1921-06-07
Today
A City in Debt.
Disease and Ductless
Glands.
Brand New Poison.
The Stuffed Glove Period.
BY ARTHUR RRISRANE

The Stuffed Glove Period.
by ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright Is,i.)
New York city Is in debt more
than a thousand million dollars.
One citizen, If it were possible to
realize on his possessions at their
full value, could pay the debt Of
New York city, and have more
than a thousand million left. These
are days of big figures.
Observe this fact: If this man,
fifty years ago, had been put in
charge of New York city's fl
nances with power to develop it's
street cars, wharves, real estate,
gas, electric light, telephone, and
other natural monopolies, for the
public benefit, New York city
wouldn't owe a dollar, would have
no disgraceful slums, and would
have a thousand millions in the
bank, if it chose.
At this point in our progress to-
ward civilization, exceptional in
dividuai intelligence is devoted to
exploiting the masses. Later it
will strive to protect and enrich
them, then many problems will be
solved.
DR.. Sajous, of San Francisco,
believes he can make mans body
proof against disease by strength
ening ductless glands. Men have
tried to make battleships bullet
proof by strengthening armor
plate. Then bigger cannon and
heavier bullets came. A body for
stified against one disease, as the
Chinese to a great extent are for
titled against the plague, win yield
to another disease
A better plan is to attack mis-
croscopic life that causes disease,
to kill off germ-bearing rats and
mosquitoes, as a start, would do
more to strengthen ductless glands.
In Asia minor, where plague and
rats spread together, the Govern
ment is using poison gas against
rats and buying dead rats for ten
dollars thousands. If all govern
ments in the world at the same
time would fight disease as the
English have fought hydrophobia
stamping it out-the ductless
glands could safely be left to them
selves.
Captain Hutson, of the United
States army, brings information
hat ought to make the next war
interesting. A new gas carried
by liquid form for wholesale kill
ing Is so powerful that three drops
falling on the skin will kill any
man in thirty seconds. Imagine
what will happen to a city when
air squadrons begin spraying it
with that terrible substance, says
the captain.
Something more than mere
imagination should be done.
Other nations, including those in
Asia, will soon know how to manu-
facture that liquid. They prob
ably know how already, and this
country is stupidity appropriating
its hundreds of millions for old
fashioned battleships, which in the
next war will be about as useful
as heavy Cochin China rooster
against an Eagle.
The Government of this coun-
try, from the President of the
United States down, should concen-
trate on submarines and aircraft.
Seventy-five thousand. from all
ever the world, will gather at Jer-
sey City and pay from one thou
sand to ten dollars for a seat and
the pleasure" of seeing two men
fight with padded fists. After the
fight Dempsey will be paid three
hundred thousand dollars and Car
pentier two hundred thousand.
These figures have not been pub
Iished before because Of "the
moral effect" whatever that may
be. Those that promote the fight
will get about half a million more.
Angels reading this might con-
clude, enormously, that this earth
is not improving. 1t is improving.
Those angels, looking down, once
saw martyrs and saints thrown to
the lions and great crowds bowling
with delight. In Rome women and
men delighted in seeing men killed,
their throats cut, or their breasts
torn open with swords of three
pronged spears. A "show" of that
kind would not draw now. We
have risen as high as the stuffed
glove phase of civilization. Some
distance yet to rise.
In Nyack, N. Y, faith healer
running a gospel mission produces
"cures" that amaze. For instance,
Mrs. Currie, colored woman, un-
able to walk for months past, walk
ed home after hearing the healer.
1t is not miraculous. Nerves and
nervous force are to the body what
wires and electricity are to the
automobile. Mental excitement
starts nervous force rushing
Through nerves and stimulating
muscles to action. In Chicago
years ago, a woman confined to