Show howe about i russia begging b big business uen men 0 boll syndicate eric Er vc by ED HOWE T THERE are actually a good many sensible features in III tile the pre present ent soviet government in russia the idea that tant no public official should receive more than a month Is sound so Is the habit of promptly puna pun ashing officials when they are dishonest or negligent but th the e determination to live by communist principles princ c will wreck sov colo cm sno is so palpably weak in so many respects it cannot succeed the objection to the teaching of karl marx ls Is it will not fit human needs the poor man Is entitled to justice but so Is the man who refuses to remain poor and in the human experiment there has never been found a tribe of men wherein the majority were willing to remain in perpetual oal poverty N nature at ure provided means for all to become well todo to do and the better specimens of trien men will not no t consent to forever remaining uncomfortable when comfort abounds and may be easily attained by not unreasonable effort I 1 may not be here to see the end of the russian experiment but let younger men remember the prediction that communism must be given up there like whisky it Is a fool it will not stand practical trial 7 negroes are very disagreeable in bothering whites tor for gifts I 1 have spent the present winter in an apartment house in miami fla and have found everything satisfactory except my failure to satisfy the negro servants ants an old fellow tiling nearby la Is so BO much annoyed that he will not let a negro maid come in he does ills his own cleaning up and I 1 often go over to enjoy his indignation I 1 have been whipped into submission but admire a man brave enough to rebel in a good cause the poor whites are as bad as the negroes in begging about the only real vigor shown in the united states during the past winter has been displayed in begging campaigns everyone Is apt to be a little prejudiced hen discussing his bis own case and it really seems to me I 1 do my share in proper giving but the american system of beg begging ing seems to me disgraceful much of it Is racketeering the selfish business of boss beggars who hide behind the scenes and browbeat timid citizens into engaging in charity campaigns they do not themselves bellee in ask any amerlean american what hat he is most disgusted with and he be will probably tell you it Is committee begging the smart french do none cone of it the germans and english very little it is an american weakness one of many we all disapprove of but do not quit instead of q quitting lilt the nuisance Is becoming dolse every day leaders ta la it are trained as others are trained to become stenographers doctors lawyers machinists to pull teeth find and receive large incomes from the dishonest business there Is more than the usual complaint lately about big business men A new charge Is they do not manage their wives and children with reasonable efficiency no american does specially foolish women and children are as common among the poor as among the well to do the manner in which american women muss up their men has been the wonder of foreigners eigners rs since the foundation of the republic americans no more assert es ea in their homes than they do in politics and look at what the politicians Iti itic ians clans haie hae done to them americans need a lot of reform in a lot of ways I 1 I 1 find I 1 cant stand good times my greatest mistakes haie hae been made during good times and I 1 cannot appreciate now that times were very good when we agree they were at their best times are always hard bard we must constantly save and be careful A traveler says that when an amerlean american picture play Is presented in germany the lingering kisses the bravery ery of the western heroes the nobleness of the heroines attract whis whistling from those in the audience the germans are making fun of us nave have we not reached an age when we should recover from some of the conspicuous follies which attract contemptuous criticisms in older countries the great goethe had 14 great worries in ills his life and was often in complete despair but at last left much to his credit all tile the great have staggered along in the same way so worried by women they had little time left for anything else As it Is always has been and always will be there have been some quite remarkable men perhaps it is idle to speculate upon what greater thin thing they might accomplish it if less hampered with love Is it seems to me managers of the professional fess ional lonal charities should issue a caid of thanks to those americans who wh have kept out of the bread lines an am helped a little in relieving the nistor tunes of others during an excel tio nally hard winter a man who ulio milin main bains ills his family respectably and doe not bother his neighbors for assist ance la Is en especially good citizen lie II 11 should receive an occasional kind word of appreciation instead of dall insults from professional ct erg that he Is a stingy brute ohp doci not do ills his duty |