Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-11-01
FREE AIR" SAYS COOLIDGE.
WHAT Ais THE CHURCH?
UNCERTAIN, COY, AS USUAL.
MOTHER, FIRST, LAST.
THE BANKERS SING.
By Arthur Brisbane

I President Coolidge notifies the
world in general, including would
be monopolists of radio privileges,
that nobody will be "allowed to
monopolize the air."
That's welcome. Ordinary mo-
nopolies the people recognize as
national American institutions
electric light, railroads and other
things. But they WOULD like the
air to remain free, if possible.
Even in front of gasoline stations
you see the sign Gree Air" The
President should be congratulated
on having put that sign up out
side the White House.
What is the matter With the
Church? Many old fashioned
preachers ask that question. Cler-
gymen, secure in their pulpits,
like the distinguished Dean Inge,
of St. Paul's, in London, calmly tell
you that one of the great Apostles
was not inspired; he only had cpl
leptic fits. All this isn't new.
Clergymen are making every ef-
fort to restore religious enthus-
iasm.
In New York's Cathedral Of st.
John the Divine, sixty Bishops,
magnihcently robed in brilliant col
ors, accompanied by Honorary
Canons" the clergy of the cathedral,
the choir, etc., recently paraded
through building that cost mil
lions of dollars. That was most
impressive.
But perhaps half a dozen fisher
men, sitting in rowboat that cost
less than $40, discussing religion
earnestly, might do more for faith
than any ten-million-dollar cathe-
oral.
Woman, in her hours Of ease,
continues to be coy and uncertain.
J, Paris. she is having her shout
( rs rouged. In London, artists
>,a7t artificial. freckes on wom--
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There g., - I,<+{ G".> .,s.s, t.,'.,. "a,
petty pnxz.ius !s+e''S ne nonse1 &C..
Olympias, mother q Alexander
doing Wild dances with snakes
wrapped around her, no other
clothing, and your great grand
mother with her hoop skirt trail
ing on the ground and smelling
saIts, both represent progress IN
some mysterious way. ;.
Woman is . being more eonpii-
c.ted than man. Her evolutacn is
longer, moro intricate.
Ansaole France dies, calling 70,
his mother. The great French
writer had lived 80 years, achieved
fame, q great name. All that
seemed small In the last minute Of
the 80 years. The inemory o. ns
mother stood out above al the
AZ the beginning and st the ed
the, mother comes nfSt. In b.
tween others hare thsir turn.
I. -. The big Zeppelin ZR-s started
for Il. Amsxica to the tune o.
"Deutschiand nsSer Allies" II
thats,big unwieldly gas bag can
leave Germany on . Monday morn
ing and land in Lakehurst, four
thousand miles away, on the FOL
lowing Wednesday morning, how
long do you think it will take high
powered, heavier than air ma
chimes to cross the Pacific or the
Atlantic with INT and poison gas
a few years from now?
Big bankers, thousands OF them,
gathered in Chicago recently, quite
happy. They sang songs waiting
for the speaking to start, and told
each other, Business is fine" But
one little crumpled rose leaf IS IN
the soft financial mattress. There
is among the bankers uncertainty
over social unrest"
Sorry to disturb bankers. but
that uncertainty is good thing.
1t makes bankers and other I'M
portant men think, it always has
made them think, and it's about
the only thing that DOES make
them think-about the little peo-
pie. Who notices a. mule that
doesn't kick? fSs.ie
There was much uncertainty
among the "better element in the
DAYS of the Gracchi before Christ
was born. There has been more
or less of that uncertainty ever
since. And where the uncertaint!
has been LACKING there has beer
trouble. ott,
You can't change anything Il
this world suddenly. You can
even change a caterpillar into
butterfly in FIVE minutes. Argu
ing with a caterpillar, begging hin
to be "class conscious" won't d
it. sSetting a match to one end o
the cocoon may ruin tina 9 ocoor
i,at it won't bring OUT the out'9'
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