The Washington times., 1922-03-08

AAVh uOW. WHAC we call
conscious life" is just a flash
of consciousness in eternity.
Amnesia victims ofte IN have
such flashes.
At Nice. where in winter
the idle from all over the world
walk on the Promenade Des
Anolais, men sell tiny birds like
parrots, beautifully colored,
wonderfully tame. They sit on
4 little stick held in your fin
gers. and never fly away.
A woman has discovered that
the entire tanning process con-
sists in putting out the poor
creatures eyes. Seeing moth
ing, they feay everything, fear
especially to lose their hold
on that little stick.
That is how we feel about
this earth; blind to what is be-
yond it, we cling on desper-
stely. If we could see beyond
and know what is outside,
should we fly away in millions,
through the doors of death,
as those poor birds would fly,
if they could see?
A new poem by John Milton
Is discovered. Written early,
it probably has little value.
But millions will read it in
newspapers, if it is short
enough, while, of every ten
able to read, nine certainly
know nothing of Milton's real
work.
Better than discovering some
thing new by a great poet would
be to make the great poets "dis-
cover" a few hundred millions
of the empty brains.
Advertising men should read
some letters written by Milton
I. FOR Cromwell, when Milton was
Cromwell's secretary. also his
slam-bang discussion with q
certain Dutchman. They'd find
there the "kick" that they long
to get In their style.
In . soft silk shirt, with neat,
wide. bright stripes Of white.
purple and yellow. Mr.. Jeffries,
ex-heavyweight prize fighter.
began yesterday his career rs
preacher.
"It's nobody's business if I
want to swear, smoke and drink,
SO long as my heart is right.
Let your conscience be your
guide" says he.
That's broad platform
wider than usual-but you have
to think of something new in
these days Of competition. 1t
will remind Jeffries of his last
great fight if he ever meets
Billy Sunday in the new ring
he has chosen.
John L. Sullivan did not ex-
actly preach, although he was
the greatest of all fighters
since Du Guesclin. But he did
lecture on Temperance and con-
suited this writer concerning
his lecture. Fate had made him
a temperance lecturer. he said.
He would have preferred to lee
ture on patriotism.
Senators Lodge and Under
wood showed clearly. in the Sen
ate, that at least one Of them
does not know what the four
power treaty means. One said
It meant one thing. the other.
another. If those men that sat
listening. like provincial owls,
while the wool was pulled over
their eyes, don't know what the
treaty means. how much can the
Senators generally know? Lodge
and Underwood nominally helped
to frame it. In reality, it was
handed to them.
Japan can tell the two learned
gentlemen what the treaty
means, so can England. If the
Republican party passes it, that
treaty will soon mean something,
at the ballot box. that will sur
prise good Republicans.
David Hall, who lived near
Ashley Grace, at Fanwood,
forty-five years ago, had COW
that got an apple stuck in her
throat. She swelled up. Mr..
Marsh, the butcher-there was
no veterinary-said to make a
hole in her side between two ribs.
let the air out, and she'd be all
right. Mr.. Hall, who had four
teams, said no. While they ar
gued the COW died.
Some one ought to tell that to
the gentlemen at Washington ar
guipg about the soldiers bonus.
If President Harding and Sec
retary Fall put through their
S350,000,000 land reclamation
plan, reported favorably by the
Senate Irrigation Committee yes
terday, their names will be re-
membered with gratitude when
little fights of today are forgot
ten. To drain swamps and irri-
gate deserts means to kill off
mosquitoes and disease, provide
homes for legions, food for mil
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