The Washington times., 1923-12-15
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DIR. FRANK CRANE.
M0rtHr8

HOPE have proper respect for the early martyrs.
Certainly anyone who is willing to give his life for
principle is superior being to most Of us. do not
wish anything that may say to be taken casting the
slightest aspersion those ladies and gentlemen who
preferred to be chewed up by the Ions roasted to
make Roman holiday, rather than deny their faith, and
have the highest regard for those patriots who allowed
themselves be hung tortured imprisoned rather
than take off their hats to the flag OF the rant foe
The motto Take no substitute" peculiarly applicable
to martyrs we have fake martyrs just as we have take
Christians fake patriots fake capitalists fake aborers
fake gentlemen and fake ladies.
These lines written in the spirit that actuates
the Government in sending little pamphlet warn
ing people against taking counterfeit money.
In the first place. there those who put martyr
strongest passion in the human bosom is the desire to
be noticed We all have it to degree but there
those in whom it amounts to an intolerable itch.
It is observable in children, with the first dawn of
consciousness. The well known and universally familiar
bawl baby is fake martyr The child that stands in
the middle of the floor and screams when he is not al
lowed to have any cake, and his sister who lies
down and kicks her heels and pulls her hair because her
play are both samples of the genus fabus martyrdom
And this disease is not confined to infancy It is vide
It is based upon the fact that everyone is interested in
pain, evil improperly. Take that fact in connection
to have somebody notice him, and you have the two
necessary ingredients for maryrdom. cannot get
tooth Many man would be willing to go through life
with only ear rather than live forever having two
cor to 2 truth Is tRa often BY taking
tyrdom we can get our way This is he tyranny Of
tears TACT, the this world IS not
the tyranny of great strength but the tyranny of great
weakness.
A really strong nature is usually gentle It is the
weak and petty who cruel.
For every big, powerful man who tyrannizes
timid wife you will find seventeen delicate little women
who rule their giant husbands with rod of ronseven-
teen eighteen, forget the exact proportion.
When you hear the professional labor agitator,
social revoutionist descanting upon the Of the
poor and the agoeS of the slave, 1t is hard
to resist the suspicion that he is working the martyrom
game.
fact, when you hear anyone telling what hard time
he has, how he has been abused neglected it is well
to keep eye wide He is probably stepping into
the arena and calling for the lions.
And if you should notice your child, precious darling
begin to take up the habit of whining whenever his viii
is thwarted or suking when you tell him to do anything
or pouting otherwise making nuisance of himself in
order to qualify for the position of yran of the house,
do not say that should infct corporal punishment
upon him. Oh no. far be it from to countenance
brutality only say that there such things hair
brushes and slippers, and that the Creator has, in His
wise providence provided each child with nice, soft
place to which the aforementioned implements be
applied without serious danger to health.
In speaking of the hair brush do not wish to imply
that YOU should hold it against him. Not at ALL You
should as Charlie Case used to say, just kinda put it
against him suddenly, and take it away.
Repeat as needed.
There NAV be more effcacous remedies for spurious
martyrdon but have never heard of them.
Perhaps all this may enable to get the point of view
from which understand the apparently unfeeing
remark which Bert Lesion Taylor made 'It has
always seemed to me that most martyrs got what
coming to Them.
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