The Washington times., 1922-09-26

Fanaticism Out of Date.
Wanted a Word.
Big Waists Are Welcome.
Pershing's "a Words.
BY ARYHUR BRISBANE
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The news from Europe, lat
est, tells of Turkish armies that
are wrought up by religious
frenzy and fanaticism, bent on
attackiny the Christians of Con-
stantinople; also of definite
plans for a massacre in Con-
sta tinople.
ldiers are said to be out
OF control; there is doubt as to
kemals ability to control them.
That's a bad thing for the
unfortunate Christians in Con-
stantinople. But it is not bad
news for England, since she
must deal with that Turkish
army.
Once fanaticism was a great
force, sweeping the Saracens
westward into Europe, and later
the Christians eastward into
the Holy Land. But fanaticism
Is a feeble assistant in modern
war.
A few modern British fly
ing machines dropping bombs
on that fanaticism, spraying it
with shrapnel and machine-gun
fire, would soon cool it off.
Mr.. Munsey. whose intellec-
tual curiosity ranges far, wide
and deep, seeks some new word
TO take the place of our word
politician" The people would
like to chance our politician"
to statesman" But CHANGING
words. or names, doesn't pro-
duce results; you must change
your people.
In England they have states
men, and you realize it after
you go into a conference with
the Englishmen.
Tnglishmen of highest char
acter. education, rank, and
wealth devote their lives to the
welfare Of their empire re-
gardless of everything else.
In this country little gentle
men that like to be talked
about, that need a modest liv-
ing, or crave access to the safe
deposits of graft, go into pub
lie service. Whether you call
them statesmen or politicians
doesn't make much difference.
You know only too we'll what
they are.
Once in q while fashion"
does something sensible. The
Queen of Spain danced at
Biarritz with a stout belt of
tulle that made the waist seem
several inches thicker" To
pad your waist several inches
In imitation of Botticelli's Pri-
ntGverd would seem unneces-
sary. But it's a. great inn
provement on squeezing your
waist, crowding the heart and
shortening life.
At the same ball the Shah
Of Persia appeared wearing six
teen rings, "chiefy emeralds
and sapphires," and including
''five enormous marquise dia-
monds on one hand" That
describes Persia.
General Pershing says that
success in life can be put in
the following fourteen words:
SCRUPULOUS HONESTY,
PERSISTENT INDUSTRY,
GENUINE MODESTY.
UNSELFISH G E N E r o S.
AND A HIGH SENSE OF
DUTY.
Those are fourteen fine words.
However, one single word
"IMAGINATION"-has more to
do with success than all the
fourteen put together. And,
sad to relate, there have been
very big successes in which
thirteen of the fourteen words
all but the word INDUSTRY
played no part at all.
You never know what to cX-
D3CC Oh HuIlah hoNuhS. III ~
diana, Prof. Tiernan says his
baby really isn't his baby, but
the baby of a Mr.. Poulin. Why
Prof. Tiernan should announce
and try to prove this, with his
wife's assistance, isn't clear.
A blood specialist has been
sent for to anslyze the blood of
the professor and the blood Of
the baby, and to prove that pro-
fessor and baby are not related.
The strange thing Is the pub
lie attitude. You would say:
"The only important thing in
all this unpleasant mess is the
unfortunate baby, which didn't
ask to come here, and arrives
under a cloud" Very difficult
to understand is the fact that
Mr.. Poulin and his wife are
Missed in court because they
deny the unpleasant things that
Prof. Tiernan says. It reminds
you of "Alice In Wonderland"
What is the difference be-
tween private and public own.
ership of public necessities
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