The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-30
The Earth Keeps on Going
Around
And All the Troubles Worries of Men Cannot Stop It.

An important does something eccentric or unusual
and millions Of other men excitedy ask each other whv
talk about the children talk Of any strange thing
they cannot understand.
shoots her husband More millions discuss that
Was she justified How could she ito viii she be hanged9
What viii become Of her children? Was the husband really
And while human being are buzzng and darling about
getting frightened embodened excited or Gained ike
Ties on window pane the serene old earth is going
Win unu1fed regularity giving us summer and winter and
ram and sunshine and supplying all the food clothing
and amusement and beauty that We reatgrand.
The big stationary engine which drives the machinery Of
factory has huge balance Wheel hard start harder
sIOF keeps running steadily absorbing the changes Of
regulates the movement of all the machinery as the pen
tnere Is no jumping or throbbng or racing"
Inc earth from which we told by the Scriptures
we all came and whence the material part must all re-
turn the balance wheel that regulates little affairs
When there talk Of money stringency and financial de-
preston remember that the earth has not ceased to
off the cold.
Deep underneath the ribs that are still padded with rich
soil and green grass coal to last for many wears to
Every day the suns rays pump water up 70 the hills to
return again through the rivers up fog mist
mills and factories light ali tie houses and ~ ree turn and al sa ne
out the winters cold long after the last ton Of coal has been
dug up and burned
Out the Western pairies the same earth
is waiting for the seed which sown this fall or next
win be magcay transformed into stalks Of growing grain
multiplying each seed BY dozens hundreds and providing
Tor enough bread to feed the whole hungry world
was much sentimental mourning when he went
But in his place is the steer three times valuable for
food and racable enough to be managed by man. which the
buffalo was.
Every year the breed of beef is mprovede individual
animal is made to produce meat That has human
intelligence added to the fruulness Of the earth as it has
added to in agriculture and horticulture and in improved
methods Of using what the earth gives
Thus far have done little than draw on the nex
haustbe store of wealth supplied by the earth for present
necessities.
Those have been furnished in lavish abundance.
But because have failed to arrange certain details Of
because have been careless enough to admit
greed and poverty and avaice into buzzg company we
occasionally find ourselves confronting condition that we
cannot understand explain. .
Then swarm little thickly, buzz little louder
for time until the regular revolutions of the earth and its
unfailng provision for wants straghen things out again
and we go our old accustomed ways.
Until the earth begins to slow down. in its course
that there will be alienation of rain and sunshine to
bring forth need not be disturbed by Of disaster
or to turn aside from the important work Of making an already
bountful earth still more productive.