The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-14

Shock for Dublin Castle.
The King to the Pope.
She Lived Apart"
Why Not Ham and Eggs7
ARTHUR BRISBANK
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In . few days, Griffith, the
lighting Irishman, whose courage
has had 10 much to do with free
ing ireland, viii occupy Dublin
Castle. There is q change for you,
after TOO years. It win probably
be mard for Griffith to realize
that he Il awake, not dreaming,
when he enters the old. castle as
head Of the Irish government.
The world changes, slowly. Be
fore Shakespeare's time Henry
the Eighth was taking property
belonging to Catholics in England.
The Pope had refused to give him
the divorce he. wanted. A little
later Catholics were burned, hang
I'd, and hunted in England. and to
say ~Papist." was like saying
mad dog" only worse.
Later the burning and hanging
stopped. but . Catholic could not
be member Of a Parliament.
Even to this day. no member Of
the British royal family could
legally marry . Catholic.
But on Thursday King George
telegraphed to the Pope: II thank
Your Holiness for the warm mes
sage, which afforded me sincere
qualification"
The Pope had congratulated the
King on giving freedom to ireland.
Mr.. Thomas w. Lamont, Of Nor
gan & Co., has decided at last that.
as newspaper editor, he is pref
ty good banker, and has sold the
New York Evening Post.
Not unkindly you might say Of
the Evening Post. under bank
ing management. what the Lon
don Telegraph said about Mr..
BENEFITS "New York Herald in
London" when that interesting
paper gaye<up the ghost:
"She lived apart and few might
know when Lucy ceased to be-"
To attract attention, what hap
pens must be new" Buried IN
side the paper you see. "Threc
70 to the electric chair" Ordi-
narily you would pass on. We
are hardened to the horrible bra-,
tality that prostitutes science ana
electric power to official killing.
But q minor, headline cstchss
your eye; - &, t.-.........s,
''The murderer chose chicken.
potatoes. asparagus. sponge cake.
and coffee for their last meal"
That shocks you. You ask your
self: "why did they not chooss
ham and eggs. as well-rcgulated
murderers always do?"l And foi
q moment you meditate-not %
the killing by electricity. but on
the absence of ham and eggs at,
the last breakfast.
Luther Boldly, colored. went to
war, fought for his country. came
back, shot and killed two detec-
tives that arrested him. He said
he had been arrested before and
'kicked around for two or three
hours in the police station" ana
was tired Of 1t.
Boddy's mother. described as
can old nanny" but apparent
ly a person Of considerable sense,
says, "The trouble is. they take
boys into the army and teach
them it Is all right to kill other
boys. Then they get into trou-
ble."
You are not surprised when an
old lady dies. leaving $140 in an
Old china jar. But you ere sur
prised when Senator Boies Pen
rose leaves $226,100 in cash in
his safe deposit vault There
were $4,000 bills. $1,000 bills.
and smaller bills. down to $50.
Money ''talls" but 1t does not
answer questions and doesn't tell
where it came from or why 1t was
saved. No one will ever know why
Senator Penrose kept all that
money loose in box, drawing no
interest. II an intelligent United
States Senator does 1t, how many
little people do it3 Wouldn't it be
q GOOD thing, as Mr.. Hays has sug-
cested, to have an intelligently
managed postal savings bank, pay
ing a decent rate Of interest, 70
bring all that money out Of hid
Ing?
In the United States are one
million drug addicts, according to
a report to the Secretary Of the
Treasury. One drug fiend Is as