The Omaha morning bee., 1923-10-11

Some Minus Signs.
Cryptesthesia Saves
Woman.
Var Does Not Pay.
Why Not Join?
By ARTHUR BRISBANE

scattered all along. Something is
frightening the gentlemen that live
by speculation, but what is it?
Consult specialists in mail order
business and you will learn that
apart from diamonds and a few
other luxuries, the people are buy
ing better than ever. Nothing to
worry about for the present at
least.
Professor Richet Of the French
Academy of Medicine, says woman
possesses a faculty, called crypt
ethesia." That's scientific name
for intuition, woman's strange
power to judge character at a
glance, her ability instantly to
tell truth from falsehood.
"Cryptesthesia" is older than
the French Academy of Medicine,
older than the pyramids. Women
practiced that faculty hundred
thousand years ago, when their
husbands came wandering in late
from the cave across the valley.
It's their one safeguard.
Once more the solution of the
Ruhr situation" starts, with all ap-
plauding. Big financiers that con-
troll the German government have
arranged to get whatever they
want. They think that they and
Germany-they coming first-will
be able to satisfy France and Bel
GUM.
Those two countries will take a
great deal of satisfying. Mean
while, yesterday you could buy a
billion marks for less than dollar.
In other words, the American dol
lar in Germany money Is worth
250,OOO,O0O times what it was be-
fore the war. War doesn't pay.
Prof. Irving Fischer of Yale
thinks this country ought to join
the league of nations, and asks why
we hesitate, when 81 other coun
tries have entered the league?
Suppose 81 individuals, bankrupt
or half bankrupt, entered a bank
ruptcy club, and asked John D.
Rockefeller, "Why don't you come
in. we are all in?" Rockefeller's
answer to that club would be the
answer that the United States
gives to the league of nations.
"Why did the 81 nations Join
the league?" asks Professor Fisch-
er. They Joined because in addi-
tion to being bankrupt or nearly,
they were afraid of each other,
afraid of themselves. Their at
titude was something like that of
the man who goes to the police and
asks to be locked up because he
thinks he is going crazy. This
country isn't going crazy, and pre-
fers to stay at large.
Mr.. Emmons, who Is president
of the Electric Railway associa-
ton, says public ownership means
socialist government and an end
of "a prosperous, sane nation"
Mr.. Emmons is unnecessarily wor-
ried.
What about the postoffice?
That's government ownership, and
quite successful. Nobody imag-
ines that any private company
would carry a letter from Miami,
to Seattle Tor cents.
What about the Panama canal?
That's government ownership and
government construction, also,
Quite successful after private ef-
fort failed.
It may be that Americans do,
not elect officials honest or ca
pable enough to manage publicly
owned monopolies. But they may
do it some day.
Private capacity and monopoly
Is greater menace to national
prosperity and sanity than govern
ment ownership.
English schools are teaching a
new kind of handwriting to the
children. And so are some schools
in the United States. The new
style of writing is something like
Greek writing, each letter standing
by itself. not fastened to the next
letter. 1t may be better, but 1t
isn't as easy. 1t is better to write
out scat" in one simple operation,
rather than make three letters sep
arately.
However, the time isn't far away.
when every child and adult will use
a Typewriter. Pen and pencil will
be used only for signature. Hand
writing is as much out OF date al
hieroglyphics.
Those that do not believe in the
efficacy of prohibition will be in
terested in the statement Of an
English magistrate at ;Southamp-
ton:
II have more men from the
Leviathan brought before me for
drunkenness than from any other
ship" The Leviathan, as you
know, is a dry ship. Sailors on
board cannot possibly get drink
until they get ashore. Then they
get big drink. But perhaps what
applies to the sailors from the
Leviathan and to the port of
Southampton doesn't apply to the
average American at home.
What effect prohibition will
have in the long run we shan't
know for a hundred years or so.
When alcohol gets thoroughly out
of our systems we would know
more than we know now. The
Indians had alcohol thoroughly out
of their systems when the white
men came here. Somehow or other
they got it in again as quickly as
they could.
Copyright, 1s23)
Merrick County Teachers