Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1921, Page 4

L - THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. B . WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. . .September 10, 1921 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evering Star Newspaper Company Businees Ofice. 11th St and P'lm-ylvsn‘nll Ave. annay St Bank Ruilding 150 New York Office: Chicago Office: First European Office: 3 Keg " London. England. ‘The Evenirg Star. with the Snnday morning edition. is delfvered At 60 cents ver montl month: Sunday onl. gera may he 2ent b Collection end of each month. Rate by Mai'—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginta. Daily only.. 1vr. €800: 1 mo.. 50c Sunday only. 1vr. $2.40: 1mo.. 20c ANl Other States. Dally and Sunday.1 vr.. $1000: 1 mo . 85 Dailv onlv ... . .1 $7.00: 1 mo.. &0 Sunaav onlv $300° 1 mo.. 25~ The Americ-n Dele-a‘es. One of the most highly faculties of Pre nosticated before le entered office and proven since trat time, is his ability to select the right man for a given developed ilont Harding, prog- task. No more outstanding example of that chara~teristic of a great execu- tive could he foard than that afforded in the of the make- up of the Amenican delezation to the conference on the limitation of arma- ments. C . Elihu Root, Henry Cabot Lodge, Oscar W. Underwood | comprise the list, and though one search rolls of those considered for the s involved— and that list is long— not have been more w made The opportunity for service to their country and to the world which has been placed in the hands of these American delegates is so great, the responsibility of translating that op- anncunecsment & T : | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, |0.ha restoration of business hulth.'lvolded by every precaution that {There are many others, maor and adults can provide, it would be lam- contributory, all of them part of the entable if every child were to be great complex that can never be defi-! surrounded and governed continually nitely analyzed. Economistsare always by apprehension. This is not to say baffled in the digest of a nnflonalithat the child should be encouraged D, C, arriers within the eity | Dafly and Sunday..1 yr.. $% 10: 1 moml e could; situation to find the ultimate determin- ing cause of rise or fall: The collapse of a bank may start-a local disorder. ‘The failure or closing down of a big mill may throw a community into dis- tress. These may remain local, or they may react against other communities, may spread to states, may in turn and tion. But they will not so spread un- less there are other causes at work, other conditions developing making for lack of confidence. Just so the constructive process of confidence restoration is complicated. Abundance of money for financing im- orovements, itself governed by many factors, may turn the scale upward. In this present situation the raflroads are perhaps more definitely the con- trolling factor than any other. The railroads. it is now expected. will sogn be getting a powerful tonic through the adjustment of the federal labili- ties. and as soon as thev are deter- mined the great transportation lines of the countrv can proceed with con- fidence in their rehabilitating process that will give employment to many thousands. Those who look for a rapid. uninter- ~upted revival of business will prob- i bly be disappointed. The process will he slow and gradual. If the country ' ~eturns to normal industrial conditions {in two vears it will have been fortu- nate. Sufficient for today is the nre- vailing belief that the upward crale ihas now been definitely reached. That is the most important factor for re- covery of industrial health. Prokibition and Christian Burial. This is from Toronto: Prohibition was blamed for the rcity of bodies furnished to medical portunity into successful achlevement | Gy, s “for_ dissecting purpeses by so heavy, that @ mistake in the ap-[Dr J B. MeCarrich professor of peiniments in oucstion would haveinatomy at the University of Toronto. i = in an address teday before the been frausht w THOSt grave pOS-|~anadian Fmbalmers’ ~ Assaciation sibilities Since prohthition. Dr. McCurrich said The conference mnust succeed. The contributions of the United States to the solutions of the great international problems today before the world have been too markedly of a negative char- acter. With the conference once un- der way our, chance to contribute far- reaching positive benefits will be in our hands. We cannot fail. And Presi- dent Harding in appointing those upon whose abilities failure or success de- pends gives full evidence of his ap- preciation of that fact. “Four outstanding representatives of America” was his characterization of his appointees as he made formal an- nouncement of his choice. With that characterization the country, as a whole, will heartily and confidently concur. The New York Battle. The republicans of Greater New York will nominate a candidate for mayor next Tuesday. On the 22d, at Syracuse. the republicans of the state will meet in convention, nominate a candidate for the court of appeals, and adopt a platform. There are divisions in the party which are causing anxiety. Fusion will be necessary to defeat Tammany in the mavoralty race, and fusion is on the card. But it is conceded that some of the fusionists are a little languid. They might show more spirit without selves. The platform is giving the most con- cern in the state affair. So wide are the differences of opinion about what it should contain a committee is al- ready at work sounding sentiment and ironing out wrinkles. Gov. Miller has made some enemies, and they must be reasoned with. Upon the whole, he has given the state a good administra- tion. Last year evervthing in New York, city and state, was republican. Mr. Harding received a majority of over a million. The republican candidate for governor received a majority of about 80,000. He ran against the most popu- lar man in the democratic party. No such figures, of course, are pos- sible this year. But unless the two campaigns—the one in town and the one covering the state—show substan- tial republican results according to off-year conditions the democrats will take a substantial degree of comfort from the tussle. ———————— Complaint by New York critics that American art has become decadent may encourage Mr. Butch McDevitt to try for a reconsideration of his statue as an example of massive real- ism; nothing fantastic and insincere, but plain Butch for Butch’s sake. —————————— Another important problem {s that of reducing the habitual bootlegger to a state of unremunerated unemploy- ment. —_———— Occasionally a socalled secret so- clety preserves most of its secrecy in connection with the ultimate disposi- tion of the dues. On the Upgrade. Reports reaching the President through official and unofficial sourees reflect a general improvement in busi- ness conditions, ‘and it is stated that & feeling of reassurance prevails at the White House on the score of the industrjal situation. This is character- istic of the feeling that prevails in ‘business circles. There is a general belief that the ‘“corner” has been turned, and that industry is on the up- grade after a serious and protracted decline. This is partly due to the pros- pect of early legislation fixing the tax scales and relieving the country of the excees profits exaction with its mis. chievous effect of unstabilizing all prices. It is due also, in part, to the growth of a spirit of co-operation on the part of the workingmen of the gountry, who are accepting wage re- Quctions from the war-time scales much more readily than was appre- hended a few months ago. It is due also, in part, to the restoration of con- fidence on the part of the buying pub- Ho in the sincerity of producers and distributors in their efforts to return o normal prices. These are but some of the causes of 2 running the risk of exhausting the eighteenth amend- & wen belongirg to the ¢ merly died destitute thro ~ence in liquor were now money enough to give them a resular turial. and colleges rurely obtained any bodies from that source. He ap- realed to embalriers to assist as n'uch as possible in furnisking bodies to be used 1 the scientific studies ani reseanch of the medical schools. Is there like complaint on this side the Capadian line? And shall we see the wets use it in next year’s cam- vaign? This is a new charge against pro- hibition. It is usually represented as the enemy of personal liberty. But hére it is arraigned as the enemy of science. Under its malign influence men are actually arranging for Chris- tian burial. They are providing for themselves what is called “a coffin fund.” They are choosing between that and a soak’s fate—a night or two in potter’s field and then a hurried ride to a dissecting room. The subject is gruesome. But it goes along very well with the subject of the drink traffic. Want and misery in life and the cold steel after death for the traffic’s devotees. ‘ But maybe the American wets will forbear. The argument is loaded. Tt might explode in their hands—or mouths. They cannot afford risks. Cocky as they are at present, and or- ganized for battle, with trained leaders in charge and munitions of war in abundance, they will find the job of ment of man’s size, and demanding great care in the execution. The Responsibility of Office. A dispatch from Columbus sa: Mayor Herbert A. Atherton of New- ark, Ohio, was removed from office today by Gov. Harry L. Davis on rges of gross neglect filed by the 'wark Law and Order League. showed, the governor an- rounced, that gambling has been ronning wide open in Newerk and that Mayor Atherton was derelict in prosecuting the gamblers. Officials should at all times be held to strictest account in the matter of law enforcement. They cannot afford to loaf on their job. They should be ditigent, and play no favorites. At this time in particular alertness and relentlessness are imperative. Lawbreaking has become almost an orgy. Many men seem to be deciding for themselves which laws to observe |ana which to break. All officials, therefore, are practically put on notice. “Catch me if you can.” The Iyncher says this when he starts on a murder foray. The bootlegger says the same when he starts out to deliver the “stuff.” The gambler locks his door and tells his guests to g0 to it. “Who's afraid?” Too often there has been no reason to fear anybody. Lynchers, bootleg- gers and gamblers have gone to it with zest and almost boastingly. One result is the assertion by more than one offi- cial of high station that the execution, or rather the non-execution, of the criminal 1Aw in the United States is a. disgrace to civilization. Men elected to office, and who enter upon their duties under oath, are charged with a heavy responsibility, and when they prove unequal to it they should either resign or be put out. —_—tere———— Children’s Dangerous Play. A little boy was suffocated yesterday in a sand hopper near the Georgetown ‘water front, in which he, with some companions, was playing. These boys had been warned repeatedly tgainst playing on the sand pile from which the hopper was fed, but persisted in thelr sport. Probably now the warn- ings will be heeded and the children will avoid this dangerous place. Evi- ence This is one of the peculiar traits of | Political competitors took advantage; childhood. Little folks will not give heed to warnings of danger until tragedy shocks them. Again and again they are told to avoid certain places and to abstain from certain pastimes and pranks, but they continue. They are willing to take a chance, for they do not believe the danger is as great as stated, or perhaps the warning, as the phrase goes, “passes in one ear and out of the other.” The truth is that childish attention is hard to ar- rest, and words seldom accomplish it. Psychologically speaking, it is per- haps well that children are not gov- erned by fears. While the tragedies that attend their plays and recreations time affect the whole national nltlln-. in taking chances or in risking saety. But there is something .of positive {good In freedom from fear. It might be suggested that those iwho had warned the little boys in Georgetown away from the sand plle as a dangerous place might them selves have done something to prevent the tragedy. If the place was as dan- ,gerous as their warning suggested, and as the tragedy proved, it surely should have been safeguarded against trespass. It is hardly fair to put all the responsibility of avolding danger upon the youngsters. i Apariment House Music. When The Star noted the other day in its news columns the fact that in one of the apartment houses in Wash- ington leases were being written in terms to bar reproducing music ma- chines as well as dogs, cats, par- rots, etc, some apprehension was created lest this was a general condl- tion. But it has proved upon inquiry to be only a sporadic case affecting a limited number of tenants. Apartment house owners, it appears, are not so exacting in their stipulations as a rule. They are sympathetic with the .nusi- cal tastes of the tenants. True, they are subject to pressure on the part of some who do not care for canned music, or, in fact, any other music, and who want the machine owners regulated. Some landlords stipulate the hours between which music can be ground on the machines. Very few, perhaps none outside of the single case noted, are so heartless as to ban the boxes entirely. This is good news to those who like synthetic opera and jazz. The lovers of Caruso, Galli-Curci, McCormack, De Gogorza, Gluck, Kreis- ler, Hofmann, Heifetzand all the other great artists, vocal and instrumental, can go ahead and grind them out and zet new records and entertain their friends without fear of eviction. But, really, there should be some consider- € | ation for others in the arrangement and rendering of these needle-made melodies and harmonies and disso- nances and shimmy tunes. At all events, the soft needle after a certain hour! The more real consideration shown in the reproduction of apart- ment house music the less danger that future leases will carry the clause that has caused the present discussion. ———————— The press cbngress of the world will meet next month and take up, with ‘ther things, the question, “To what extent is freedom of the press de- sirable?” This may serve to bring Mr. George Creel forward once more as an expert on the subject. —_———————— Having decided on a wage cut for workers on buildings, Judge Landis may be inclined to consider with patience the contentions by congress- men that he is in personal danger of receiving too much compensation. ————— The French political suspect who wants Col. House to testify in his be- half may at last have discovered a way of persuading the colonel to be in- terviewed for publication. —_————— Mexico has the oil and tHe U. S. A. has the market. The most genial re- lations would'under the circumstances seem mutually desirable. ————— Britain and Ireland can scarcely fall to agree that a situation which per- mits renewed parleys is always hope- ful. ———————— Sovietism encouraged freedom of ir- responsible speech until hunger left even ihe orators too weak to talk. Since motion pictures got into the stock market their refertory of thrills has been considerably increased. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Departed Picturesqueness. Oh, visitor from far away, Dismiss foreboding and dismay. Do not believe all that you hear About this westesn hemisphere. You need not fear that you will meet ‘With buffalo upon the street, Nor think that you will have to fit A bow and arrow in your kit. You must not think, as here you roam, You'll have a wigwam for your home, And as from strife you find release You'll have to smoke a pipe of peace. Although we'll do our very best To entertain and interest, There now remains but little chance For aboriginal romance. One Variety. “Father,” said the small boy, “what is efficiency?” “Efficiency, my son, is usually an immense amount of hard work theo- retically performed with very little practical result to show for it.” Modern Melody. Now music for her wondrous pow'r Machinery must thank; ‘When once she practiced by the hour, She simply turns a crank. Reduced to the Commonplace. “You have given up livening your speeches with happy and timely anec-; dotes.” “I had to do it,” said Senator Sor-! ghum. “My envious and unscrupulous } of my gifts as a raconteur to circylate insinuations that all I did in Washing- ton was to sit around and swap storjes.” . Jud Tunkins says he knows & min who seems to think the high cost of ltving 1s some kind of an,excuse for| not trying to earn one. 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