The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-31

vandmothsr to College,
600. 900 Horses Work
Ing.
~ Children, Good Mare.
uen-S Stop Flying.

- ARTHUR BRIsBANK-J
(copyrfsht issi.,
Ara. Mary A. Church, who has
~ grown children and Ave
grandchildren, has entered Will
hem Jewell College at Liberty,
~. When she left high school
1n Detroit thirty-six years ago,
Mn Church said she would COM
pIoto her education II the chance
came. Now she goes to
ec4lsgs to finish that education.
H6sAFTER forty that human
betngs crave knowledge. Then
No one offers It. In youth, when
thsy DO not want it, it is forced
upon them.
What the world needs is about
tsn books. short and simply writ
Ten, that would give to adults an
education suficisntly complete
and easy to absorb. To write
such books would not be diff
emit.
The country ID far from max
Ing fun use Of machinery.
In 1891 on the farms of the
Unitsd States the trucks num-
beroG l34, 1859, the tractors 248,-
13o, and the horses 1900, 900.
a long way from the horseless
40, you'll say. But that age
WI come, and the horse in farm
ING be ~ rare rs the hawk or
bow and arrow in hunting.
When farmers realize what the
tractor can do, when gasoline
kings rtop discouraging industry
BY raising prices, when Govern
ment interests itself in careful
tests and cooperative use of
tarm machinery, the horse will
Vanish and be at rest.
DID you read Of a thorough
bred racing mare. mother Of
eighteen good colts? If 50. did
1t occur to you what fine
chance in life those colts and
their mother had, compared with
many human children and their
mother?
Before each colt was born. the
mare was put in a padded box
stall, knee deep in straw. All
night, toward the end Of her time.
b groom stayed awake in a room
adjoining. ready to call the vet
erinary and look after the impor-
tant mother.
Twenty Five thousand human
mothers die in childbirth every
year in this country. with no one
% lqck after them. And when
Z {lsYm1 Y6r f{ssii. bzfbsrous idiots.
including some women. object.
The nonstop flying machine
test is important to modern prim-
tive flying. A short time ago
the working "life" of flying
engine was only few hours. 1t
is necessary to know, for ocean
flights now and flights around
the world later. how long a ma
chine can stay up.
These experiments will seem
strange in years to come. when
huge machines, flying at a great
height to take advantage of con.
slant wind currents. will send
down their passengers by smaller
machines, the great machines
coming to earth at rare intervals.
Trotzky says Japan threatens
Russia. He demands great
Russian army. always ready.
Having made her four-power deal.
japan very likely soon will find
reasons for taking over some OF
the fine Russian Siberian lands.
And If Russia is put diplo-
matically in the position OF at
tackinQ the Japanese homelands,
A. would be our "moral duty" to
heln Japan against Russia. japan
nroper. with 6O,000,000 people. is
included among Pacific islands
that we must guarantee against
attack.
II may surprise you to hear
Russia begging the outside world
for money to buy food and at
the same time planning the ex-
pense of a great army. But
That is the usual thing. Always
unlimited money for war. This
country found hundred thou
sand millions for war, and ap-
nropriates now, in peace, three
thousand millions year for wars
expense. But it cannot afford"
sny money for the soldiers that
come home to find themselves
without work.
One thing is sure. These
Washington gentlemen may make
their little agreements about
guaranteeing Japan, ETC., in the
Pacific. But if they ever came
around with another conscrip-
tion list, ordering them to pack