Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-18

could turn the cup completely around with
out moving the grain or the liquid,
We are sure that this can be applied to
the universe In some way. Prof Einsteih
could take simple fact like this and prove
that the thing wo call tho sky Ii merely the
top Of our bubble IN the coffee cup OF some
prodigous being, while the earth Is spegt
OF dust inside the bubble.
Presently he will drink his coffee and our
bubble with it. Or maybe he has already
drank It, In which event our universe Is bv
now probably lodged in his veriform appen-
dix to his own discontinue and the delgl..
of his physician.
w re have read over the first part Of
Nv this article and somehow or other
We gain the impression that we did
not make it very clear in the beginning that
In our struggle against drink it was coffee
of which we were speaking. SO many per-
sons have come to believe that the only pos
sible drinking habit is whiskey drinking
which, Of course, includes everything con-
tanning more than the forbidden one-half of
/ per cent; but it isn't true. There are all
sorts Of drinking habits and whiskey is
theoretically, was) only one of them.
Now that they have made it impossible to
get drink of liquor there is every reason
TO broaden the word drink" to it's original
meaning, so that when a man is said to be
drinking the natural question should be-
Drinking what?"
OF course, in the old days it was different
We are speaking of the days when a man
could hire couple of negro musicians, one
with fiddle and the other with a banjo,
and carry them around with him for an en-
tire evening so that he and his friends
could have music whenever they wished
We had a friend who used to do that
The last time he performed was in WASH
ington. He was from our home town, but
we ran across him several years ago in the
national capital. where he had gone to Sc
cure Government contract He was in
seven passenger car which he had rented
for the occasion, and had his two musicians
with him.
Our business for the day being over we
accepted his invitation to ride and enjoy
the music.
The wartime patriotism was at its height.
The hunt for spies and sackers and draft
evaders was under way. 1t may have been
this influence or it may have been just a
natural desire to recite poetry. Anyway,
our friend suddenly said, Driver STOP vcrr
car" He did so.
Driver continued our friend, Lives
tnere man WITH SOUL SO QeaQ, VINO never to
himself has said, This is my own, my ma
tive land" If such there be- go mark him
we'll"
At this point our friend forgot the re-
mainder of the poem. He stopped short.
mo, sir, don't know any such man." an
swered the driver of the car.
Every well, then" said our friend, impress
sively, you may drive on"
1t evidently appealed to his sense of
humor, for in about five minutes he again
stopped the automobile and the dialogue was
repeated. Again the driver disclaimed any
knowledge whatsoever Of the man In ques-
ton.
A third time the thing was repeated to
the amusement of our friend. The driver
was becoming a little nervous.
If such there be- go mark him well,'"
quoted our friend in reiteration, shaking
solemn finger at the driver of the car.
Mark him, mark him." answered the au-
tomobile driver. Say mister, won't only
mark him, I'll beat hell out of him and then
turn him over to the police"
The remainder of our evening was con-
fined to music.