The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-18

coast. fet am told by wise peo.
pie that Bohemia probably had sea-
coast at the time of which Skals-
peare wrote. It really does not mat
ter In this case. because Shakespeare
was not basing any argument on the
Bohemian sea-coast. He was not
writing that Elizabeth ordered Drake
and Frobisnez to send the Grand
Fleet to attack the sea-ccast Of Bo-
hernia or that the sea-coast OF Bo-
hernia was to be one OF the boundar.
les Of nations recognized by the
League Of Nations. 1t was simply
the setting Of what he called "A
Winters Tale" meaning story that
might have been told at a firesjde.
and It did not matter at all where
the second OF It was.
Bohemia - q real thing. . WE'LL
defined nation. with Z history and
tradition Of its own. Yet you place
on that nation the name Of Czecho-
slovakia in order that other people
may think you know all about the
cxechs and the slovaks and that
YOU are thoroughly familiar with
the whole country. ~
But there are q great many. PEG
pie. who are not familiar with
csechs or the Sloyaks. and ], am
one Of them. don't desire 70. be
asked even the difference between .
Sloyaks and a slovine. I am tempt
Cd to think that a sloyine is a, fe-
male slav and that probably 10 mot
correct. ......s-,.. !, 49,. ,.e
The words, are really used to. give
a romantic Hurry to plain words.
MIGHT CALL FRESHMAN
AN OCCIDENTAL CAUCASIAN.
I've heard 1t said that Jugo-slav.
which is used to describe a Serbian,
really means q southern Slay. In
the same manner. when you might
as. properly call an Irishman, an
Occidental Caucasian. All such
terms are wooIly, and evasiye.- Az
substitutes for ordinary terms, they
are ridiculous. s>s,. w
= There IL another example Of an
English tribe which Is saddlcd with
one, of those numbering double
names. refer to, what are called
the Angio-Saxons. They arev 50
called because In. the nineteenth
century there was o. passion for
pretending thateverything good wss
German. That passion. II you win
believe me. no longer prevails.
But in that period 1t was generally
understood to be glorious thing
to say that your ancestors were
saxons. They were thought to have
been great. powerful people. the
men among whom wore their: hair
in huge yellow braids down their
backs and waved double-edged bat
tie axes. ~ ss% =
There was another tribe Tint came
to England called the Jutes. Would
It not be better for us all to embrace
on the ground that we are Jutes
rather than Anglo Saxons? For the
latter IL clumsy and curiousiy in
accurate word to describe a race II
is q piece Of German pedantry. An
gio-Saxon Is a word that was, In.
tended partly to unite the people Of
this country and Great Britain on
common ground. but II does mot
unite. On the contrary.tit divides,
and 1t qdivides TO a dangerous rex
tent. A. .ySt, .Y'E =-.s
The. term Augio-Saxon w4sode-
vised by pedantic minds spartiyfto
exclude the Irish and by so doing
It would divide the British Empire
seriously, and It would divide Sthe
American people along similar lines.
1t requires education tn reveal
the limits Of. education. Perhaps
that is why the millionaires who
run libraries and systems of educa-
ton are generally. the most 'unedu.
Gated men in the world, y
One Of the most wonderful sights
Of the world is Broadway all lighted
up. I thought 1t a most magnificent
display when I saw II and Il &C.
CURED to me how sublime It would
be for any observer who mad the
good fortune not to be able to read!
CHINAsiAN LANDING HERE
MIGHT BE MISTAKEN.
/ think a Chinaman lapding here
though understand that you
do not encourage chinament to ianc
here-would be so impressed by
the sublime spectacle that he would
believe II TO be in celebration OF
the Emperor's birthday. With ali
respect to our civilization. he would
be paying us compliment by'shs
thought. For that great panorama
OF light and color only impresees
on me the enormous extent OF mans
power and the petty ends for waich
he uses It. 'weiiid IL not be 'f0isi.
BILE TO use all that machinery de.
voted to the tiiapiay of figft ohitd