The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-31

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and sympathize with both fighters.
He would want Dempsey's Indian
blood and Irish blood to win. and
he would want Carpenters French
blood to win. Too bad he is not
here to see it and write about it.
He would explain, as no other
could. why every good American
should knock out some other good
young American, then raise fam
lily of fifteen or more, IL possible,
and teach the whole fifteen how to
knock out somebody.
General Mitchell, assistant chief
Of the army's air service. says the
upper air should be mapped with
air routes.
The earth's atmosphere, or its
surface. should lie marked to let
fliers know. by day and night. just
where they are. Wireless service
should tell every flier what storms
are in the air, where they are, how
to escape them.
The flying machine accident
that killed seven on, Saturday
could have been avoided by telling
the pilot how to dodge the storm
that destroyed his machine.
Someday perhaps the air will be
dotted with captive balloons, a
mile or two up. You will read:
"New York 1000 miles. San Fran
cisco 1000 miles. Wireless power
station directly below"
"Unwritten law" seems to cover
q multitude of assaults. In Ten
nessee doctor "brains ex-
officer" The doctor beat the
ex-officer with a pitcher, a poker,
q heavy bowl, and finally beat
out his brains. Having killed the
ex-officer, the doctor returned to
his body three times to beat the
corpse with Jars Of canned fruit
and other miscellaneous weapons.
A half gallon jug of corn whis-
key, not finished, and a full Jar,
waiting it's turn, heipe1 to tell
the story. The doctor allows
that he will appeal to the "un-
written law" and to tn. chivalry
of his fellow citizens. II there is
xny "unwritren law" that covers
all the weapons the doctor used.
somebody ought to write it out.
1t wouli be. as interesting ad
the oath read by DR.. Slop, while
Uncle Toby whistled. 80.
An Associated Press dispatch
says that LeLin, Russian dictator,
admits his communism is in
complete bankruptcy" He is
said to advocate t'the unlimited
return of capitalism" to save
Russia. Lenin has probably not
said anything quite so positive.
But he is learning that the ex-
pericace of centuries outweighs
the value of offhand optimistic
planning.
A baby, tree, and a civiliza-
tion must grow. You can feed
snd educate, prune and fertilize-
but the growth is from within.
You can't invent short cuts to
maturity.
The Rev. DR.. Reisner says
"playing marbles for keeps leads
to craps shooting, and betting
ruins everything it touches"
1t would surprise the doctor
to know how many that played
marbles for keeps are not yet
ruined. >v ar.
However, gambling is the most
dangerous of vices, the quickest
road to crime, infinitely more
dangerous than drink, harder to
conquer.
almost every group Of young
men and boys today are soon
engrossed in shooting craps"
says DR.. Reisner. It would not
be so IL boys and young men
were properly led and reason
able opportunity given them for
something worth while.
The great annual motor race
at Indianapolis started, with
10000 looking on, at an aver
age speed Of eighty-nine miles an
hour. Wonderful engine to pro-
duce, wonderful rubber to stand
such speed. Wonderful human
brain to steer. Such a speed
would have been startling a while
ago; It seems nothing now. Any
thing on wheels is too slow.
Regular post office flying ma
chimes go 120 miles an hour and
faster. Where real speed is i'm
portant, dull earth will soon be
left entirely behind, and 400
miles an hour" will seem old
fashioned.
DIR. Williams, a woman teach
ing shorthand at Columbia Uni
versity, says better literature
would make better people.
The "Elizabcthan type of lit
,srature made the people tingle