The Washington times., 1921-03-15
Today
John D. on Marriage.
What About California;
Hanged in Pairs.
One ChiId-Many Bathtubs.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE.
Copyright. 1879


men that to marry a woman 'of
different nationality or religion is
risky"
So It is. for the individual, an
imperfect creature apt to nag and
night after a few years, or days.
OF new acquaintance.
But where would earth be now
II different religions and races had
not mixed in marriage? The
Greeks, first great race, we're
made up of many religions and
races, dark-skinned, dark-eyed
from Asia, blue-eyed, light-haired
Celts from the mountains to the.
north. 1t was a blue-eyed woman
from Thrace (now Bulgaria),
marrying some other type at Ath-
ems, that gave to Greece Themis-
tocles and conquest OF the Per-
SLAMS.
Italy was mixture of many
races-Tuscans, Greeks, a dozen
others. The French naticn was
made up of Romans, under Caesar,
Iberian Celts. from across the
Pyrenees, blond barbarians from
the northwest. France Is the re-
suit.
So with England, the United
States, and Japan, the leading
country of Asia-all mixtures.
The best kind of horse is
thoroughbred. The best kind of
human being Is mongrel. from
many mixtures, racial and re-
igious.
There are certainly thirty ma
tionalities, more than a dozen
ancient religions. combining in
side the skull of John d. Rock
teller to capitalize thousand
million dollars into useful scien-
tfic and philanthropic work.
Did you read about fine, cheap
fruits that come to our markets
from Africa? Nectarines, plums,
peaches. melons, perfect in color
and flavor, come in shiploads at
prices with which California can
not compete BECAUSE RAIL
ROAD CHARGES ACROSS THE
CONTINENT MAKE 1T IMPOS-
SIBLE.
Which is more important to the
welfare of the United States,
maintaining and upbuilding great
American fruit farms on the
Pacific coast and elsewhere in the
West, or subsidizing badly man.
aged privately owned railroads
fhro,,~L - -oAz.9
What about high freights from
Africa, do you ask?
You can ship bale of goods by
water from New York down to
Buenos Aires, the other side Of
the equator for less than you can
ship that bale Of goods across
New York City from the North
to the Eusss river. That ID the
magnificent distribution achieved
in this efficient land. ~
Yesterday in Dublin. six Irish
men were hanged, in pairs, one
hour separating each hanging Of
two men. For hours crowds knelt
in the streets and prayed The
1rishmen sang patriotic songs
while waiting their turn to 20 to
The English ought to know by
this time that you do not break up
revolutions or pacify countries in
that way. In 1854, more than a
hundred and fifty years ago. the
English, to frighten the others,
took thirty Sepoys-native soldiers
and blew them to pieces from
the mouths Of cannon. The idea
was to discourage Indian mutiny,
but it didn't work.
Not quite a hundred years later,
the Sepoys were numbering entire
British garrisons in India, women
and children. The English had
CREASED their cartridges with the
fat Of pigs and cows, and the
Sepoys, biting the cartridges, had
to take the fat in their mouths.
which was anathema, in their
religion-the COW fat to the Hin
docs, the pig fat to the Moham-
medans.
English historians now say the
great Indian mutiny was caused
by incredible folly on the part Of
the British"
English. historians, later. will
say, speaking OF this revolution
and war in Ireland, that 1t was
caused "by incredible folly on the
part of the English"
A banker in New York, with d
few tens of inherited Millions is
suing his young wife for divorce.
He names an Indian half-breed
guide as correspondent. She sues
him likewise and may name five
correspondents.
All this sometimes happens in
prosperous families. And II they
enjoy 1t, and can pay the lawyers,
no one|need object
The interesting part of this story
Is the voice of a child saying
through his guardian. appointed
for the occasion, II am only
twenty-six months old, and think
somebody ought to protect me-"
The man asking for the divorce