The Washington times., 1921-10-22
Today
No News, Bad News.
Friendly Warning to Work.
srs.
Women. We Beg You.
Most UnreasonabIe-Man.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright 1919

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These figures interest news
paper publishers, especially those
that use International News
Service features; Government re-
ports Of circulation in New York
show that every evening news
paper lost circulation except the
Evening Journal, which gained
more than 10000 in the six
1921.
The Evening Journal circula-
ton is 633,083. The circulation
OF It's nearest competitor is $780,
STl. While the Evening Journal
gained 10000 that nearest COM
petitor lost more than 81, ,0OO.
Thus the New York Evening
journal has double the circula-
tion of its nearest evening COM
petitor, plus 53,341.
The Evening Journals daily
circulation, largest in America,
sells at 8 cents. The display
advertising in the Evening Jour
nal, compared with last year,
has thus far gained $500 col
umns in 1921. Publishers will
observe with interest that many
things are possible in spite of
less prosperous times.
No progress to report in the
railroad strike, unfortunately.
Various boards and wise men
have been talking. Their unsat-
isfactory reports: Its up to
to the public, the railroad own
ers, and especially up to the
workmen. Whatever happens,
Mr.. Harding will travel. The
Government will see to that. But
what about the workers who
are told to walk out? Will it be
easy for them to walk in?
Advice not asked is never sel-
come. But one who has usually
supported workmen in, their
strikes, through publicity for
nearly forty years, may properly
give them this earnest warning:
If the men 60 out they will
lose. The entire power of the
Government, plus irritated public
opinion, plus the eagerness of
five or six million men to take
their jobs, will be against them.
If the men themselves, not
merely a few leaders. consider
strike absolutely necessary,
that is for them to decide, but
it is at least 10 to l that if this
strike comes it will fail. And if
it fails, the railroads will be put
on an "open shop" basis. For
that is the owners plan. Work.
ers are invited to remember this
prediction.
Appeal to women: Please. will
YOU do yourselves. the entire nu-
man race. and the general health
a great favor? Don't let the dress
makers lengthen your skirts. Don't
hurt business by refusing to buy
what is put before you, but if they
persuade you to take long skirt,
take it home, shorten it, and give
the pieces to your little girl to
make dolls dresses.
Fashion has set your legs free
don't let fashion make slaves of
them again. The Chinese women
recently got rid of tight shoes.
You could not persuade those
women to go back to tortured
feet. Don't go back to long
skirts that collect dust, hamper
your movements. and take away
half your grace.
Man is by nature unreason-
able; every woman knows It.
Which is the most unreasonable
man in history. thus far? You
probably couldn't guess, not hav-
ING heard of him. His name is
Roland Phillips, he lives in De-
troit, and appeared before the
Judge the third time to explain
why he had beaten his wife. He
heat her. said he, and severely,
because she qUds not U1iting at
the inH gate TO greet him When he
pas set free. Caesar was unrea-
sonable. Who can avoid sus-
picion? Othello was brutal !:
Bluebeard was capricious. Roland
Phillips, of Detroit. is the cham
pion.
Armistice Day, Friday, No
vember IL, will be observed
throughout Canada with two
minutes of silence at II o'clock
in the morning. 1t would be bet
ter observed with about ten
hours hard work for everybody.
That's what the world needs
more than two minutes of
silence. There has been enough
silence and enough doing moth
ing since Armistice Day first
came along.
The Irish situation, with Sim
Fein courts trying Englishmen
in Ireland, taking possession of
prisons, ETC., makes you think
that England is getting old. The
Celts of Ireland that were fight
ING all through the Balkans,
down into Spain and Greece,
three thousand years ago, seem
70 have retained their youth and
energy. If England were still