Judge — May 30, 1925 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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I" Is a surprising and a wistful thing, that petition of 10,000 Americans to preserve the gondolas of Venice from the deseeration of motors. rary * Tt reminds us of t Henry Ford's Wayside Inn, alse from th ut other surprising and wistful serve Longfellow's n of motors. America is the paradise of machiner iction in’ terms, and) Henry One would have supposed that th hestts crowding the old hand-propelle canals of Venice would fill us with satisfaction, and that instead of protesting we would congratulate Mussolini on the prospect of such P ‘y, if this is not a Ford. is its deity. thought of motor ndolas from the tae ee Maybe there are some Americans who would have done this—the kind build who prefer a modernized Bible, and Mother Stoner Mother Goose. Fortunately, the other kind beat them the kind that, like Henry Ford himself, is itly getting pretty darn tired of a world that is fast And, spirit in who skyscraper churches, to the tape, ied uty to utility and man to machines. fortunately also, they have found a kindred Mussolini, the bell-wether of Malian Babbitts. “Just Before the Battle. Mother...” I isa pity that Rum Row flies, or flew, the British flag because this is blinding us to its real identity. What called Rum Row into existence? An Amer- ican law plus At What has supported it lavishly? n dollars. What has permitted it to function? America Ameri What has given it its unrivaled impu general American will to flout P It is probably true, « vested in the vessels and erican thirst Americ rum runners and » corrup- The hibition. that most of the money in- ves of Rum Row is American rick tion, om, Bart In ot ds, Rum Row, in everything but name, an American institution shel navy, bootlegging Meet, and the war to put it out of busin is civil war. IU is war carried on by League with $40,000,000 of our tax inst our own child. or whatever his trick name is, and not a for how on in earnes' the Anti-Saloon money sa ey ry say “our own child” advisedly, for even those ely engaged, when on duty, in fighting Rum Row, off duty, through their pet bootleggers, encourage and support it. And th cerned, pay for the Dry mine tax-payers whe for the Ce priate this money to this use Navy + personnel of the Tr y Department to whic rd reports and for the officers and men « st Guard them. We don't mean by this that the business of ram chasing on the high seas isw't b selves. e conscientionsly per. rmed, It is, with a surprisin Fi But it which the various participants, ine It « convictions. On the minimum: of corruption. things considered become ding the Congre men, are paid a salary to play. ws not enti sympathies mtrary, the in the case the mit vrity of their fellow-countryn are actually ou the oth Nev isn’t thi Here we are, as a the Dry Navy flies the 5! a forei, ao amazing farce, or are we co« that because and Rum Row en CHsign We sipatriotic, net te task of dispersing: a lawless invader, AIL the newspaper reports of the campr » Whether in wet or ake this tone. we are making war on ourselves and payin ntry, pretendi sity heroic, And yet as a matter of fact the bills of With one hand we are pouring forth dry papers. both contestants. our money Rum Wa it out to meet the t zeal of our rum chasers has said) that the United States isn’t a all, but picnic. All ght, but let’s bury the rubbish now and go home, wi maintain the Coast Guard at 1 with the roWe are pouring mitin booze boosted by the nation at “Tome, Sweet Home” B SINESS men interested in the theater and the movies “have been fearful for some time that t Let them bi eoradio might put them ont of business. trical friend of mine, who happens to have a radio in writes Karl Kitchen in the New York Evening World, at it is his opinion that this device is g 6 leave thei seck pleasure elsewhere. derful thing, it is ¢ to set u jazz, tu ° i On the of if a grand those who like jazz set up ar 1... Theat movie people © been praying all along for someth would drive people out of their homes and into the playhe ‘The radio oddly, it ay s begun to serve that purpose t tends muty bike arms is switel wars, Tn other words, it is an ill wind that doesn’t cans WMO. some dissension in the family circle. comicbooks.com