The Washington times., 1921-04-13

Mr. Harding Says I.
10000 Ants in Battle.
Scarlet, Brass, and Music.
What Divorce Law?
by ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. 1S31.)

Copyright. 1ea1.)
Nothing to do with the League
Of Nations. No entanglemsnts for
the United States.
A separate peace with Germany
tn hurry, If Congress votes it. :.
We shall be glad to cut down ar
mament expense if other nations
will lead the way, but apres vous,
Alphonse.
Stop Government waste Of
money, cut down taxes, encourage
organizers to hire labor.
Cut down railroad rates and cost
OF operating railroads.
. Such are important points in
Mr.. Harding's first message to
f, Congress. You notice that Presi-
dent Harding knows what he
wants. Above all, he is DEFI-
MITE. An intelligent observer
says truly: President Harding
doesn't WONDER what he ought
to do. He has a definite idea, goes
ahead and does it"
Ditmars, boss Of New York's
Geological Park, wishing to study
the ants fighting methods, brought
together two colonies of ants, ten
! thousand in all. They fought saw
agely for two hours. The queen
Of one colony was killed. Then her
subjects ran.
Don't despise those ants, for re-
i Gently one Kaiser, one Emperor, one
Gar, with the assistance of one
Sultan, one President of Repub-
lie, and two Kings did exactly the
same thing with human beings.
They also fought savagely, al
though they didn't exactly know
why.
The palm for intelligence would
be with the ants. For "the VIC
tors carried the severed bodies Of
their enemies back to the galleries
to be stored as winter food" Some
ants captured alive were made
slaves-all Of which takes you back
to the old human method of fight
ing, when some were eaten, some
were made slaves, and there was a
Sound economic reason for war"
=, A special uniform is designed by
F.. Col. Arthur Little for the Fiji
teenth Regiment, all negroes.
/. Jacket, tight-fitting Of French
horizon blue, knickerbockers red,
black CATERS and stockings. The
gorgeous effect initiates the uni
form of French Zouaves. Colonel
Little thinks the uniform will help
recruiting. 1t will. but the idea
isn't new. Ancient kings wanting
men to fight for them knew enough
to give them fine uniforms with
brass and scarlet, and band play
ing. Man could be forced to dig
bitches by the whip and fear of
starvation. To make them fight
and risk their lives for "glory,"
more was necessary. Hence the
bands and gold braid
Ladies Of League Of Women
Voters. gathered at Cleveland,
want a uniform national divorce
Law. That ought to come, when we
are civilized. What shall the law
be? K
Would you give man a divorce
IL his wife becomes insane? Sup
pose worrying about his foolish
ness made her insane?
In England to get a divorce you
must prove cruelty AND unfaith-
fulness. Isn't one enough?
Would you give a divorce for
abandonent? That makes divorce
by collusion easy. For details get
reports from Reno.
Would you give a divorce for
~ncompatibility Of temperament"
That is tn real trouble with most
marriages that end unhappily.
HOW incompatible" must the cou-
pie be? II you gave a divorce for
cruelty, what would you call cruel
ty? There is more cruelty in cyni-
cal, brutal indifference and con-
tempt than in a rawhide whip. But
you can't prove indifference.
Farmers in New York State
want daily market reports. And
b. Goveror Miller, wisely, is planning
to supply them with daily informa-
ton from big selling centers.
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