The Nome daily nugget., 1935-10-19

ENeIy udy OI ner Ire Sne QlQ char ity work, or talked about 1t. She believed in sending missionaries to convert the heathen. She loved art, and lived in an emotional and sen timental atmosphere all her life, to the entire neglect of practical com mon sense and education; she talked necessarily of justice for her sub- jects, and actually treated them so badly that finally they beat her to death, together with her husband and children.
 Katherine, also of Russia, was not a beautiful character; in fact, a good deal of tom boy, but no one ever charged her with being sen timental fool. She was so much devoted to common sense that she invited Voltaire, master of it, to her court; she bid against Frederick the Great in an attempt to buy him. that he might give her subjects the benefit of his wisdom.
 No fortune tellers or mystics were admitted to her circle of friends or advisers; had she invit- ed a Rasputin to her court by the back stairway. she would have slapped his mouth had he talked the nonsense Rasputin talked to the last empress of Russia.
 don't know there is any moral to this, but 1t is curious incident in history often think about.
 "A woman's idea of Utopia," wife writes, Ifs to have her husband far smarter than she Is In the nec- essary activities of life. Such a husband earns more money than she could, and spends and invests 1t with better sense. He makes 1t possible for her to be with inter- esting and important people. He fiatters her constantly, and consid- CTS 1t definitely his business to make her life a success. She has time to keep herself decorative" This will flatter the men a little, and the poor devils get so little of 1t have gone to the trouble of re- printing 1t.
 From the beginning of the human race every man of reasonable in- telligence has finally admitted that natural law Is the supreme power. and cannot be changed. What we call the Capitalistic System (and which so many say is tottering) Is natural law. Every race of men has practiced 1t, hated 1t; millions have said there is no death, but every one has defeated his own argu- ment by dying. Get food, clothing, shelter; extract from life such comfort as Is in 1t. That is the law of Nature and of the Capi- talistic System. Living in idleness of the neighbors Is the doctrine of a rebel thrown out of Gods king dom.
 At one time Silerius was in effect dictator of old Rome. Silerius no- where says this in his writing, but the introduction to the memoirs says Silerius was head of the army, and close adviser and friend of the em- peror, a weaker man. In that an- cient time Silerius was in the posi- tion of the modern Mussolini in Italy, or Hitler In Germany, al- though not an equally great brawler.
 Silerius confesses in his memoirs that were he free to completely or der the affairs of the people, he could not think of a plan better than the plan they had worked out for themselves. He often thought, he said, of an Ideal world, but the old human nature always intruded, and he could agree on no plan that would probably work better.
 Silerius was vigorous, adven- turing man with women. and thought much of better relations be- tween the sexes, but concluded at last that a new and better way, offering less quarreling and suffer ing, could not be devised. '"The charges of the men and women against each other are true," he said, but I can think of no rem edy."
 In his time the political parties were distinguished by colors; the radicals were called blues, the con- servatives greens, etc. He sided with neither; charges of both were true, he decided, as were the charges of the poor against the rich, the charges of the rich against the poor, but he did not bankrupt his government trying relief plans, as he could think out no remedy prom ising success.
 l have long observed that when am out of condition l can get prompt results by eating less; by missing a meal or two, and behav- ing better in other respects. There are a few things the bulk of the people have never learned. Ona