Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-01-30

SS first time at joint
session OF the lords
ur 0ris"ane and commons, and
solemnly promise to maintain the
true intent of your enactments to the
best of my powers"
After his coronation, the king must
formally declare his adherence to the
Protestant church, and his obligation
"never to marry a Roman Catholic"
That dates back to the Stuarts.
King Edward, who Is not supposed
to contemplate marriage, is the official
head of the churches of England and
Scotland, and defender Of the faith"
From all the world, subjects" of
the new king and emperor send greet
ings. Representatives of divine power.
churches Of every religion, Moham-
medan, Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese,
Christian and Jewish, speed the dead
king on his journey and welcome the
new ruler.
If the soldiers get their bonus money
there will be some quick spending,
enough to quicken the pulse of bust
ness while 1t lasts.
Merchants will get more than $780,
100000 owing on past accounts, and
the observer will notice many new
overcoats. dresses and automobiles.
At the opening of New York's $S,-
H00 nm v1arnnrioI ornofad +0 hounr tho
late Theodore Roosevelt, one speaker
praised President Theodore Roosevelt
as one who "saw the necessity for
keeping both the legislatures and the
courts in their proper places"
That perception showed a high spirit,
but If some future Theodore Roosevelt
should go too far In that direction 1t
might become necessary for the legis-
latures and the courts to keep that
President in his proper place.
Gen. Robert Lee Billiard says this
country expects to escape the next
war, but Europe plans to drag US in.
Besides air bombing and poison gas,
General Billiard expects in the next
war attacks with disease germs to
spread deadly epidemics in the enemy's
country. Bubonic plague, scattered
from airplanes, infected rats scattered
plentifully. might be helpful.
Sometimes literature pays. Kipling
left several millions. In America alone
his official publishers have sold $780,
600 copies Of his books. At the time
OF his death "The Jungle Books" alone
paid him ten thousand pounds a year.
When you hear foolish talk about
revolution" and getting rid of the
Constitution, remark made by Wash
ington as he signed the Constitution
may be recalled:
"Sh0uld the states reject this ex.
cellent Constitution, the probability is
that an opportunity will never again
offer to cancel another in peace-the
next will be drawn In blood"
Mrs. Alinda French Of st. Louis, one
hundred and four years old, attributes
her long life to "hard work In her
youth and a dutiful son in her old
age" She gets along without spec.
tacles, Is mot interested" In pensions
for the aged, and not at all interested
In politics. People get over that"
says she, "after they reach one hum
dred"
Mrs. French sleeps II hours a night.
That QYnIaino hn
The human race gets used to every
thing. Once our ancestors shiyered.
fell fiat on their faces, when lightning
flashed and thunder growled. They
thought some demon was after them.
Now men put up lightning rods, prop
erly grounded.
Once the comet was considered an
avenging messenger aimed straight at
sinful man. Today Its coming and GO
ing are understood and predicted, its
path marked out
Something unpleasant is bound to
start somewhere on the earth, with
all the new theories. new hatreds, new
ornaments, new deadly weapons. It
might start on the border between
Russia and Japan's Manchukuo. When
you read, Russia uses force to halt
Japanese" you know the explosion
might come at any time
All would regret bloodshed, but IT
would be historically interesting to
see the ancient autocracy OF the MI
kado at war with the modern autoc-
racy Of Stain. It would be a long
fight. probably.
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