The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-02-03
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The Miami Herald has the Iol-
lowing to say about hard times:
Did you ever think of it that
way?
There is a world of truth in a
motto posted in hotel in the north
west to this interesting effect: III
amt the hard times coming, it's the
soft times going that hurt" People
become very easily enamored OF
luxury and ease and when these are
taken away, in any measure, the
ordinary comforts of life are often
found to have lost their charm.
America enjoyed rather joyous
period of excessive prosperity before,
during and Immediately following
the war. Wages were high. People
had lots of money to spend. SILK
shirts became so numerous as to be
common. Almost everybody had some
kind of an automobile, or Ford.
The motion-picture industry took
tremendous strides because people
had money to spend for pleasures
The hardships that marked the lives
of previous generations were almost
totally absent. 1t was pretty soft
for everybody, in spite of the fact
that for a time we had to go easy on
sugar and white flour.
The present "hard times" against
which there is so much complaint on
the part of some would have seemed
the height of luxury a quarter OF a
century ago. Hard times or easy
times are largely matter of COM
iparison. ...a.-e
We have today better clothes and
more of them-except in the case OF
1.-THE ladies, bless their dear hearts
we have better food and more of 1T,
we have more pleasures and more
time in which to enjoy them than
has had any previous generation, 80
what's the use of grouching about
hard times? There amt no such
animal" e.
While the late Pope Benedict
is not credited with being as
great statesman as some of his
predecessors, he is said to have
been a gentle pope anxious to
make the world better by his
reign over the spiritual affairs OF
more than three million subjects.
1t is certain that he has closed
the gap between the Quirinal
and the Vatican by his edicts
removing the Church's ban on
political activity by Catholics
There are two factions in the
College of Cardinals and it is
question whether the new Pope
will be a pontiff who will
further heal the breach between
church and state or whether the
Prisoner of the Vatican will re-
turn to the bitterness of the
days following 1870. The world
at large will hope that the new
Pope will be content to be the
spiritual head and let the myth
of temporal power go the way
of all myths,
1t is sort of easy to imagine
that these are strange and
troublesome times and to, think
that it is new experience. 1t
may be a new experience for
this generation but the old world
has weathered many a time just
like the present time. When
you read the world history of the
years following the Battle of
Waterloo you will find that
Europe was in a bad state finan-
cially, and that the populace,
stirred by the passions of the
French revolution were restless
not having gained the status
they were striving for but hav.
ing tasted a measure of victory
The nations were Jealous and
suspicious and were anxious tc
secure the greatest possible adj
vantages from the late trouble
And each time the world emerg
es from the seasons of turmoil
it is little better world to live
in.
Premier Lloyd George and hi:
coalition government is not with
out powerful enemies. Herber-
Asquith and Viscount Grey ant
Viscount Gladstone have taker
the field against him. Govern
ments are having a hard time o.
it now that the stress of war il
over and they are again answer
ing to the people for their plans
Many an emergency measure
necessary at the time of peril
will not fill the bill as a peace
measure and the path is thorny
one to travel. Lloyd George il
a good politician, and many cal
him an able statesman, so we
NAV look for fight to the