Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1918 — EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS [ARTICLE]

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

That war garden will be just as big and as good as your patriotism will let it be. . It would seem there is nothing too improbable to happen. A Kentuckian has died from too much whiskey. -V Parisians are now closely scanning all German prisoners for fear Hindenburg may attempt to reach Paris via that route. A slacker singing “Over There,’’ and a professed Christian singing “I Want to Be an Angel,’’ are sights to make the devil chuckle. Now that the daylight saving bill has become law, perhaps some of our young bloods can worry through and be ready for bed by 2 g. m. If all American pacifists were as practical in their pacifism as Henry Ford, we would, soon have peace, but it would be peace through victory. It will be many years before the hen tribe will cease boasting of the great age attained by their ancestors who flourished during the world war. Germany is in a terrible passion

*at our taking the Dutch ships. Jn ’ the words of a famous political j boss, "What the h—l are you going to do about it?” The men of this country, have decided that they will not permit the women to do all the conserving of clothing, so they will give up the j belts on, their coats. When is a sacrifice not a sacrifice? ■ The meat packers are urging Mr. Hoover to abolish the meatless | days because the supplies are piling up. We would second their motion if the prices showed any in.clination to “pile’’ down. The kaiser is said to be a diligent student of the career of NapolJeon. There are a few incidents toward the close of that career that are not calculated to give William any great amount of satisfaction if he would emulate the* little Corsican. Now that Lenine and Trotsky have succeeded in demobilizing and [ demoralizing the Russian armies, 'they are wildly calling upon the Russian people to “defend the revo--1 lution.” Seems to us we recall re--1 ports of a people who were forced ito "make bricks without straw." j Of course Holland put up a stiff protest against our seizure of those ‘ ships, but Holland was speaking 1 for Germany’s benefit then. And now that the affair is settled and we have the ships, Holland will get her supplies, provided she agrees to keep her back door closed and locked.

If Secretary Baker had any idea he would ever want to run for office, he should not have permitted the report to get past the censor that he hid in a wine cellar in France during an aerial bombardment. At least he should have had creditable witnesses to smell bis breath when he emerged. Uncle John D. Rockefeller has Just finished paying his income tax, amounting to $32,400,000. This leaves him only $22,000,000 on which to 4 support his family this year. With the help of all the Hoover regulations, this should be made to answer, if he gives careful attention to the garden.