The Washington times., 1922-01-27

a Flat Earth.
Presumptuous Farmers.
Mysteries Of Food.
And Enraged Girls.
ARTHUR BRISBANE
(copyright. is31.)

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round, but fat. Thus Zion
City's children are taught.
There IL more in that than
mere stupidity, refusing plain
truth that patience might make
clear to q chimpanzee. Mr..
voliva knows his people, knows
that they accept hissmental trash
because IL IL more easily swal-
lowed than hard fact. Kruger,
Of the Transvaal, also said the
earth was fat That's one rea-
SON why the English got him
and his land. Superstition
loses its fights in these days.
From voliva you learn how
strongly men cling to old false
hood, how they hate new truth.
Every really great inventor,
statesman, and thinker has
known how men cling to original
error and even invent new brands
Of "error" to escape unpleasant
thought. Thinking, to the aver
age man, is like standing on its
hind legs to a dog-possible, but
unpleasant. Both become i'm
possible as dog and man get old.
Farmers now demand mini
mum prices for five Of their
products, to stabilize" their
work and make it safe. Sugar,
wheat, corn, cotton, and wool
are suggested as worthy of a
minimum price Government guar
antee, which would mean, "if
, nobody else buys it, the Govern
ment must"
That program win cost, say its
opponents, from $3.50, 900, 900 to
1,50C, 100000 a year. What q
howl win rise if the thing devel-
ops, especially from the states
men that gave railroads not only
minimum rates, but guaranteed
dividends, and that allowed 81 a
year patriots to take billions. It
excites certain patriots greatly
when you talk Of doing anything
for farmers.
How much do you know about
food, the material of which you
are made, physically? A restau-
rant that advertises inteIligently
tells you. Animals fed on q
diet From which all mineral salts
have been removed die in short
er time than animals from whom
all food Is withheld"
The wrong food Is worse than
none; it clogs the system. The
scientific department Of Hearst's
Magazine shows you a rat fed
exclusively on butter, very healthy,
and as fat as the butter. An
other rat, fed only on lard. dies
of starvation, but had all the lard
It wanted. No vitamines in lard.
Diet is mysterious. Luckily the
nerves Of the palate have the
knowledge we lack, and guide
MS in our choice. Keep them
normal and they guide safely.
Northwestern University girls
IN Chicago, not allowed to wear
engagement rings. let their en-
gagged or unengaged condition be
known by their method of wear
ing goloshes. Goloshes unbuckled
mean "I am not engaged"
buckled. the reverse.
True or not, it's old. In GER
tain South American tribes the
gentleman stands the lady up
against a tree and knocks out
her two upper middle front teeth
to show that she belongs to him
alone. In the East lady "stains
her teeth Jet black!" It means,
"Don't bother me; I'm busy"
David Belasco tells you that q
Japanese girl who ties her obie
In front instead of tying the
huge sash in the rear is mot
such a very good girl as she
might be-" In some countries
hair up means, Don't bother
me-" Hair down means. "Come
around"
Men, you will notice, get along
nicely without those warnings; the
majority do not even wear wedding
rings when they might. A lady
says rings should be compulsory
for married men, to warn girls,
but they would have to be welded
on too tight to slip over the
knuckle. Men are tricky, women
are not.
Senator Borah says the nations
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