The Washington times., 1922-07-21
Today
Governors Agree.
Three Good Prayers.
One Plain Threat.
Mr.. Barsotti's Gift.
ARTHUR BRISBANE
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Tby ARTHUR BRlSbANE-l
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The President asked all gov
ernors Of coal-mining States to
reopen mines, using the State
power, with a guarantee Of ma
tional support to prevent inter
ference by striking workmen.
Only one governor says that
the President has no right to
coerce the strikers. The others
agree to cooperate with him.
II the governors Of the coal
States understand public opin-
Ion, that opinion is In favor Of
forcible arbitration where pub
lie necessities are concerned.
Public opinion, however, Is not
all powerful against a closely
organized, determined minority.
The Rev. DIR. Stetson, head
Of New York's Trinity Church,
looking down on Wall Street, is
worried, and writes three spe-
cial prayers to get the United
States out Of its troubles.
One prayer is for the Presi-
dent and all in authority.
r One prayer is for social JUS
tce, and the third "for our
country" These prayers arc
good and wise because they
don't take sides. They just
say, "Please take care Of US"
The main idea is that we
should be thankful in prosper
fty, and not let our trust in
the Lord fail in BAD times.
The more definite one-sided
statement comes from Lewis,
head of the striking miners. He
says, In substance: "If you use
force against the miners, they
will not protect mine property.
Every man will 60 out, the mines
will be flooded, and neither the
President nor anybody else will
be able to get coal out of them"
Meanwhile coal yards are
nearly empty, the situation is de-
scribed as "panicky," and we are
buying tens Of thousands Of tons
at high prices from England.
Before America was discovered
by an Italian, Dante wrote about
the mountain that makes it i'm
possible for those that live in
Pisa to see Lucca. Today's news
would surprise him. A man
from the province of Lucca,
Carlo Barsotti, proprietor Of the
Italian newspaper, IL Progresso
Itdto-Americdno, 0f New York,
now gives five million lire to cut
q tunnel under the mountain and
unite Lucca and Pisa, cutting in
half the railroad distance be-
tween them. l.
At Pisa, more interesting than
anything modern. still stands the
leaning tower from which Calico
dropped the great and small
weights, both striking the ground
at once, overthrowing Aristotle's
teaching, believed for nineteen
hundred years, that heavy
weights fell more rapidly than
light weights.
Mr.. Byrne, twenty-five years
old, arrived in America unable
TO read or write and couldn't get
in. His sister dropped her work
as a shirtwaist maker and in six
weeks had taught her brother to
read and write. She got him into
the United States. He is work
ing now, and going to night
school.
Nobody knows how much sis
ters have done for their broth
ers. Brothers, especially, fail
TO realize it. In childhood the
sisters civilize the brothers with
their gentler natures. They
take care Of younger brothers
and sisters. And in later life
they are often the main inspira-
ton and help Of their brothers
the sisters Of Herschel and
Renan, for instance.
Different parts of the world
suggest different laws. Brazil
would compel all newspaper
writers Of editorials to sign
their names What good would
that do?
A British member Of Parlia-
ment proposes an amendment
60 the criminal law furnishing
girls for putting up their hair
before they are sixteen. Every
female under sixteen must wear
hair plated down her back" /"
IL does look pretty that way,
but most of the girls have cut
H off and curled the ends of it.
In Paris, the French Academy
Of Medicine proposes a fight
against cocaine. Some countries
are accused Of manufacturing
tba deadlv. habit-forminp drug