Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-04-27
Meanderings
By Robert K. Williams, D. C., Ph. c.

lhe courts usually are less kind. a
curt dismissal, when innocent, with the
air we are doing favor is painfully
usual. Whether or not Arbuckle can
come back" is problematical. Since
his retirement many new comedians
have come into the limelight. He made
millions laugh and that's doing some
thing in a world where so much is
drab.
Fatty" can now appreciate this
from Omar:
This world has gained nothing by
my presence and its glory will not dwin-
die with my departure. | have never
heard and have never been told the
reason for my coming and going.
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What's the matter with the railroads,
always borrowing money? This time
the loan was made from a coal mine,
the miners of which are on strike. The
mines are not making any money, nei-
ther are the railroads.&c. miners and
railroad men say they are not making
any money.
How many more decades will slip
by before demonstration" shall have
been given that private ownership of
public utilities and necessaries is mere
juggling with law enacted privilege?
City government employees have
formed a cooperative buying associa-
ton. The purchasing power is esti-
mated at $50,0O0,000. Bids for the
business are already coming in. Con-
.centrated buying everywhere would de-
stroy lot of petty. useless businesses.
Buying should be so organized that the
amount of supply could always be de-
termined, and distributed where
shortage exists. This will happen when
we are all so sick that we won't care
what the costs are.
To drink or not to drink, that is the
question-whether it is wiser to be wet
or dry, will be decided this fall in
number of places. In the midst of
pile of whiskey cases ones vision be-
comes obscured and the impression
comes that the world wants it all wet.
In Saharah, seeing empty jails, less
detectives in homes. less parental bru-
tality and less demand for jail para
phernalia, an entirely opposite view
comes.
Many candidates will have to take
stand before long. In some elections
already the vets were defeated over
whelmingly. The Republican party
will sink or swim on this issue.
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Lady Godiva styles are coming into
fashion. The latest is from Partisan |
dancer who attended the races attired
in hat, festoons of lace reaching her !
ankles. Modest and simple" is the re-
commendation, but who wants modes
ty? This is the day of speaking adver-
tisements If the style is adopted
many heather" will be made more so
by several ship loads of knee-length
dresses.
Remedy for crime Whipping Post"
says Judge Gemmill to committee Of
the A. B. A. in Chicago. When men
and women are busy with their own
affairs. making money. pursuing pleas
ure and have the opportunity to ex-
press themselves as free animals of the
jungles. there will be no more such
remedies suggested. The right to work
and to happiness should be as easy and
as simple and cheaper even than mail
ing letter.
When people are busy there is little
crime. The war proved it; the prison
records show it. What's that about the
Devil having jobs for idle hands to do?
That's all there is to it.
What of the Genoa conference?
Shall the nations agree to fight no
more2 Agreements won't do the trick.
There were agreements before and
peace palace in The Hague. Unless the
fundamentals are settled equitably-
money-there will be no settlement
Trouble already shows on the horizon.
Russia suggests that Japan go home as
she has nothing to say in the affairs
of Europe. What will one of the big
powers of the recent Washington pact
do9 Her Siberian-Kamchatka hold
ings will be the answer.
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The educational moving picture and
the radio will soon take their rightful
places in the school room, hall. church
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