The united American : a magazine of good citizenchip., August 01, 1925, Page 13, Image 13

AUGUST 1926
might in less time been in court as a defendant in a divorce
action with a very sophisticated girl wife demanding as much
as that monthly as alimoney, and property division besides.
tute for walking. Havana’s motor vehicles are numbering 17,464,
according to the city’s registration records, which indicates
that modern ideas among the Cubans are coming along very
nicely.
The great American summer resort, the family
automobile, which has been moving about the country on
millions of wheels since early spring, is an institution that
has given millions of people a more literal idea of the much
emphasized part of the American creed—pursuit of happiness.
They have chased it in flivvers and limousines along rivers
and brooklets, on highways and trails, in the mountains and
along the seashores. And now they are returning home, children
and grandparents, with enough happiness in captivity—
memories of glorious days, to last them till next spring. The
grouch who is still sticking around at the old stand, kicking and
complaining, ought to learn the lesson or “go jump in the lake.’’
Despite immigration restriction, the population of
the United States is said to have increased by eight millions
during the past five years. Page the man who said that
the American people would die off were it not for the constant
stream of immigrants coming in to offset our losses and make
up the necessary increase.
Turks in Constantinopole are now wearing straw
hats instead of the peaked fez. Whether this is a sign of
progress or not may not be stated positively but it would
seem to be an unmistakable indication.
The “Stop, look and listen” sign which has become
so conspicuous at the railroad crossings, will presently be
put to a new use if the suggestion of Judge Summerfield
of Los Angeles meets with general approbation. The judge
says that the most suitable place for such a sign is on the
door to the marriage licence bureau. Well, why not? If the.
suggestion could kindle a sobering second thought in the mind
of some jazz-crazed and impulsive lad or lassie in the act of
taking the wrong road to the state of marriage, then it should be
placed on the door of every marriage licence bureau in the land.
The Egyptians are furnishing John Bull something
of a naughty child problem. With self-government under
English protection, they should be able to prosper if it’s in
them. Now they are getting flighty and show signs of un­
managable traits. They are evidently not so far removed
from their ancient forebears who in the period between
the fourth and the twelfth dynasties slaved away in the desert
sands building seventy-five pyramids as tombs for their masters
and kings. Freedom without any education to comprehend its
values is evidently not altogether a blessing.
“Thirty days” can rarely atone for mixing too
much rum in the gas mixture. The effect is too much speed. A
crash is the inevitable consequence. Remorse may be sobering,
but it does not act long as a deterrent. There are the “next
time” possibilities. It may be expensive to feed the rum­
gas-jazz crowd at public expense, but it is economy in the
long run. Human life is rated too low when a killing on
the public highway is punished with but “thirty days in jail,”
if as much as that is meted out.
Believing that the “elixir of youth” may be obtained
from the California Redwood trees, an Oregon scientist is
now said to be experimenting with the sap to determine
whether it will prolong life.
Scientists think that the discovery of a fossil of a
five-toed horse is a more important event than the Birthj
of Christ. They travel around the world to see a skeleton, but
would not cross the street to save a soul
—W. J. Bryan
Some people think that a careful driver is one
who toots his horn to let the locomotive engineer know that
he is approaching the crossing.
GREATNESS IS NORMAL
Henri Frederic Amiel.
Great men are the real men, the men in whom nature has
been fortunate. They are not extraordinary — they are in
the true order. It is the little men who are not what they
ought to 'be.
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The gossip mongers are now engaged in besmirching
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If estimate’s are to be relied upon, one-fifth of
the population of the United States attends the movies each
day. If correct, then the amount of admissions in one single
year will total approximately $906,000,000. This money may
be well spent, but some people would be much better off if
they saw less of some movie features than they do.
Havana is rapidly taking up the modern American
mode of locomotion.
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