The New York herald., 1922-04-30


passed billion of dollars was during the
Speakership OF Thomas y. Reed. He met
the outcry OF extravaganza by saying
This Is a billion dollar country That
pleased the national pride. and from
| thinking i'm millions we began to think in
billions. Russia thinks in trillions, and
according TO Thomas II. Dickinson, two
| hundred thousand rubles are worth a
dollar. Germany thinks in billions, and
1t requires thousand marks to buy an
American dollar. The same conditions
exist in Austria.
'If our budget system is to be a sue
cess, If taxation is TO be reduced, II
| economic conditions are to be healthy
and unemployment Is to be followed by
prosperity, the dollar must be the basis
! upon which we build in Government and
personal affairs.
There are many things which have
occurred since our last meeting which
are fruitful for thought, consideration
and discussion. / am met every day on
| the street by men and women who have
| got the idea that 1 have discovered the
secret of perpetual youth. and who anx-
iously ask what is the secret. In a
broad way 1t Is in ourselves. There Is
such an infinite amount of human nature
in the world, and it is so open and dis
coverable in its many phases. which give
pleasure and help longevity, that | am
amazed everybody doesn't learn to prac-
tice the methods Of friendly intercourse.
IT have several times in coming home
from Europe met American families OF
great wealth, who believe that they can
acquire for themselves an ancestry
equal to the longest genealogy OF Euro
pean aristocracy by stunning their .fel-
low mortals. / have asked them whom
they have met and what they have seen
in their extended travels, to find that
they have avoided acquaintance and
introductions. that they have lived within
,eir apartments at their hotels and had
their private car and compartments on
the railroad trains. For all the pleasures
of life. they would have done better
IL they had stayed at home.
Avoids the DisnGreeable.
Health and longevity come from the
easv rules of moderation and temperance
in all things, but there are mental and
temperamental experiences more impor-
tant found. as everybody does. many
years ago that every member of the
family brought back in the excursions
of the day, in business or shopping or
society, sorrowful news or irritating ex-
periences. I had rule adopted that all
disagreeable matters should go over un-
til the next day and every one as far
as possible contribute. something out of
the days adventures which would help.
for the circle at least, the gayety of
natiols.
1.-THE universal objection / hear when
stating this rule is that it Is impossi-
BILE, and yet II you get into the habit 1t
sthe easiest of accomplishments There
is always something, on the trolley or
in the railroad car or in the hotel or the
office. which helps for this duty of the
closing of the day.
"The Constitution of the United States
has accomplished more in its practical
workings for the preservation of repre-
sentative government and the encour-
agement Of liberty in the world than
any other document ever written. OF
late years 1t has become a national
habit to overload it with measures which
are peculiarly legislative, or for the
exercise Of the police power In one
State they started a movement to put
into II prohibition against evolution
and the Darwinian theories. The re-
suit Of all this is a recognized lowering
of respect for the Constitution and
obedience to it's mandates and enforce
ment.
"One of the most significant and most
fortunate or the events OF, our year mas
been the settlement of the centuries old
controversy by making Ireland Free
state on the lines of our neighbor
Canada. The Irish, with their remark
able genius for government and ire
pressibIe virility and vitality, will
speedily make the Free State of Ire
land the most interesting of the self
governing possession OF the British
Empire.
every achievement produces unex-
nected results. One of the most valuable