The Washington times., 1922-04-14
Various Things
Money, Dog, Caddy, Etc.

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~ HE worlds output Of gold dropped twenty i've mil
lions last year. Does that worry you' Perhaps it
should, perhaps it makes difference.
The total gold crop last year little over three
hundred millions, eabite compared to the value Of
the crop in this country small change compared
with the worlds wheat crop
Gold, yellow and bright, attracts attention than
its more important humber crop brothers. just the
king his throne the fool in his club window attracts
more attention than crowds of more importance
President Harding the story goes has taught his'
intellectual Airdae terrier Laddy Boy to retrieve golf
balls The President to improve his drive practices
all alone, Laddy Boy brings back the balls.
There is idea that would stop the losing Of balls
In thick grass Let the balls be anonted with anise
seed Each Ncadde could have little dog that would
instantly, by scent, retrieve the ball when lost That
would be bad for the caddies, also for the golf bali
makers. sa
After others stopped fighting, Greece continued She
had not had enough. Now news comes of the closing
OF the Greek stock exchange and of the National Bank
of Greece. War doesn't pay. Napoeon's 'tIt's fine,
but it is not war;" reads now It's war, but it is not
fine" ~
A British banker suggests method of adjusting
Europes financial troubles, deprecated currency ETC.
The burden of every suggestion is The United States
afford to get along without what is due herp Pos
sibly; evidently bave GOT to get along at least
for awhile. MeanwL Uncle Sam ought to know as
much the gentleman that went to the city to meet
the correspondent that manufactured perfectly good
| green goods" After the had bought one pack
age of "green goods" you couldn't sell him any more
for quite awhile
| Sir Percy Scott, Admiral in the British Navy, says
the flying machine makes the biggest battleships
ridiculous. He says aeropane could destory the
Hood, which is England's greatest fighting vessel He
defies the Admiralty to make thorough experiment.
! The battleshp is useless body armor and heavy
off IF
useless gas and kerosene lamps after electricity was
introduced. That is comfort our battle
ships junked.
! If president Harding and the Postmaster General will
develop to the limit for posoice purposes high grade
aeropanes, and this country will keep up, the
time sufficient fleet of submarines, there will be no
need to worry about ships that top of the water
AT Frankfort in Germany, there is the first Academy
of Labor" Workingmen of unusual ability received
at the academy They are educated in lines for which
they best fitted, their living expenses paid half
by the university half by the labor unions
That is intelligent plan better than the plan of
taking it for granted that because is workman
he is therefore necessarily able to government
anything else.
Great power goes to waste in those that work hard,
and have little opportunity The great English scientist
Huxley by his kindness and encouragement, supping
microscope to day laborer from whom he received "a
letter. developed in that laborer of the best and
most useful microscopic workers in all England.
Civil war is ugly word but Michael Collins, trying
to establish the Irish Free State for which he fought
is compelled to the expression in warning the army
rebels that trying to destroy the Free State The
very that fighting side by side with Collins
few months ago try to wreck train On which he
is travelling in the effort to kill him. That ism exactly
the way to build up free Ireland This is bad for
those that would like the Irish prove their capacity
for self government and for sticking together