The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-27

often the world owes a dis
tinguished son to the sympathy
and pity that impels some su-
perior woman to marry a scrub,
man.
Napoleon and Lincoln had
scrub fathers, and John L. Sulli-
van, pointing to a little man
hardly five feet high. weighing
120 pounds, said to this writer
long ago, "Shake hands with my
father; he doesn't look 1t, does
he" John LIS mother. however,
was no scrub. . '
Ladies, young and old. that op-
pose suffrage for women also
oppose the maternity bill" Pres
ident Harding wisely and earnest
ly supports 1t. The maternity
bill" would cause Government
to take an interest in mothers at
the period of childbirth. Is that
criminal or unwise?
The Agricultural Department
helps the farmer to take care of
his newborn calf, colt or pig. Are
the only important mothers. in
the barnyard?
At present in the United States
twenty-five Thousand women die
In childbirth every year. Half
the number at least could be saw
ed. Would that be worth while?
Is it matter of no Importance
that UNNECESSARILY twelva
thousand five hundred women die
every year in torture, for the death
they die Is torture.
In this country two hundred
and fifty thousand children, l
great majority infants, die
every year. Half that number
could be saved. Would it be
wotth while? Leaving out Chris
tianity, humanity or decency, has
not a human infant. with the
possibility of work, a value as
great as that of a newborn calf?
The common sense of the Unit
ed States and the Kind heart of
the President Of the United States
may be relied upon to pass the
maternity, bill" A country that
can afford to spend money to help
cattle that they may live to grow
up and be slaughtered, can afford
to help women in childbirth that
they may bring children up to
useful citizenship.
Napoleon Bonaparte died one
hundred years ago the fifth Of
next May. The dust of his bones
lies under the gilt, dome of the
Invalides in. Paris. The French
intended to celebrate with honor
to Napoleon but Socialist and
Radicals foolishly object. Radi,
calism owes more to Napoleon
than to any human being, since
made the French revolution with
their pens.
Napoleon first made kings ridic-
ulous; that helped radicalism. He
made himself impossible, and the
French republic inevitable. That
helped radicalism. .
The French should feel grateful
to Napoleon today as Germans
will one day feel grateful to the
former kaiser. Napoleon and the
kaiser proved that an emperor is
a luxury too expensive for any
people and thus helped to do away
with emperors.
Canada decides to take over the
Grand Trunk Railway under gov
ernment ownership. Is there no
body there to tell the government
that it isn't capable or honest
enough to run a railroad? Let
Canada write to the management
of the Now York, New Haven and
Hartford that robbed half the
widows in New England, or to the
Rock Island that robbed everybody.
1t will be assured that govern
ments are not fit to manage rail-
road properties.
Senator McCumber believes that
wars may be prevented by devel-
oping public conscience. 1t de-
pends on the public.
For the average public, Bourke
Cochran, also in Congress, has a
more practical idea.
He suggests that any nation in
dulging in excessive lrmaments
should be requested to pay what
it owes us right away. They all
owe us, and it would be reasonable
to say to. our European friends:
"You are rich enough to spend mil
lions for imaginary war, therefore
rich enough to pay what you bor-
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