The evening world. Newspaper, January 5, 1920, Page 20

! | ESTABL Podliahed Dal ‘Cannpany ‘ MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Glow Of a ews despatcnes credited to 1 or wot otherwive oredired tn thi (Danae and aie the Toca! seme pubilened deren CLINCH THE VERDICT. {Mee Ansocinied Frees ws exclusively antitied to the ase for repebiion | THE EVENING WORLD, “WISDOM AND BREAD.’’ IW i refuse to beli ans are fool We retuse to believe that an appreciable nunber of them can be bamboozled by William Ran- ve thal Ameri woth at athllh ares JANUARY 5, 1920. Cleaning Up! Jolph Hearst or by ayy one else into believing that Sir) George Paish has come over here with a deep-laid cheme to juggle part of the wealth of the United . tain in particular, In the first place, the United States Government, | JOST persons, even those of radical bids, Wil ho British Government and Sir George Paish himself admit that any government (hat fs gover) vie ade short work of lying reports that he is in ment must protect itselt from forcible overthrow, from “direct action.” There is also a very evident distinction between ad- Wocacy of change by aliens and the same actions by Citizens. In the matler of the Communist raids, mains for the Government to reveal evidence on which the arrests were made hoped that the revelations will be both complete and Conclusive. On the very fullness of the evidence will @epend much of the real eilectiveness of the raids. ‘The mere tact that radicals, alien native, had asked for changes in government would satisfy many, But it was not toward these that the radical propa- Banda was directed. The effect on potenti fo radicalism will not be so simple. However, if the it only re. Government can prove that those arrested had detinite| Plans to exert force against our orderly Government, itn the reaction will be against the Communisi. The Faids will have achieved their end. Had the Communists moved wiih greater caution and confined their propaganda to agitating, then our hereditary love for free speech and freedom of opinion would have been apt to intluence liberal minds to a Targer degree of toleration. But it seems clear that that they had gone much beyond that, and were not only advising but preparing jor the use of force. Apparently, the Federal officers have been careful to arrest only those radicals against whom they have evidence (hat will hold in a Court of Law. most etfective decision for the Court of Public Opin- fon, the Government should go even further than i necessary in law and reveal all the facts it has. Only final power to the Court of Public Opinion has the destroy destructive radicalism, The Law can imprison Or deport individuals. It needs an understanding Pub- lig Opinion to scotch the ideas. s Once it undersiands, America will have scant sym- pathy for Communism, and even less for the methods} wftich the Communist Jeaders advocate, \! jage it, a Sixteen cent milk figures among to-day’s ar- rivals. in this city. The Truxton Dairy Com- ‘ pany sets the example. Consumers should see © to it that no doubts can be raised about the * demand. H THE 1919 BABY CROP. ) 3 young men in the army was} one great and very obvious reason for the de-| crease in the number of births in New York City re-| ported by Commissioner Copeland. The high cost of living also undoubtedly played an important part in reducing the number of births from | 439,381 in 1918 to 130,377 in 1919, | With a return to more normal lite and an increase in the number of marriages in 1919, the baby crop will Probably return more nearly to normal this year, but until living costs decrease there is certain to be a de- crease in the birth-rate, particularly in the very desir able class of parents included in “the new poor.” Just how important a part the cost of living plays is apt to be more evident another year, But it is highly gratifying to know that the infant Geath-rate dropped a fuli 10 points in 1918, establish. ing a low record for the city, If babies are valuable— and they surely are—then the saving babies doubly valuable when fewer are born, of D’Annuuzio’s cashier is reported to have left for parts unknown, taking with him 1,000, 000 lire. ‘The poem is limping some. BROADWAY'S SCREEN PLAYERS, LANCING over the amusement advertisements, | the visilor from the small town, where the mo- tion picture has supplanted the one night road com- panies, must feel right at home. His only, difficulty would be in deciding whether the ction might be spoken or screen drama, Invasion the of “legitimate” stage trained in motion pictures is almost as much a feature of the present season as was the desertion of Broad way for high salaries in the movies a few years 4 All of which must be a fearful blow to cocksure er who were sure {hat it couldn't be done and who ex- plained all the whys and wherefores at great length, * Several former Broadwa favorites have “come back.” Other film-favorites are meeting their admir- €S face to face and are profiting by the wide intro- ductory advertising the movies atford. Indeed this scems to be the particular reward for individual versa- tility which enables performers to master the differ- | ences in the two forms of dramat capitalize the many features they have in common, Movie-phobia and movie hysteria are both on the wane. The logical result must be ti expression and so t the soreen will strike a balance, exch serving where it 1s best adapted. ‘The ex-Kaiser is described as fat and hope less, Leanness und plotting are { Mnked, as are their opposites. Bu pM the Amerongen edie “sleeps o' nights.” ve wonder and publish the: ), It is to be! converts | | William Randolph Hearst compared with the chan entative of America in an official capacity as a repre tis he B Treasury, Such plans as he | Their purpose is broadly economic. | vith a Ie the United States to Great The British Treasury expressly states that it) ing to do w in from ritain, has no intention of borrowing a dollar trom the United} States to be loaned in Europ. {The mission of this distingui yun { financial expert is to point out to the people of the | Uniled States the present economic condition of Europe and the steps that must be taken, and taken at once, it European peoples are to get back to where they be- Jcome self-sustaining factors in the commercial inter- ge of the world, | Vo say it is no concern of the United States whether | become such factors or not is to talk pernicious | | ru Ii humanity. all considerations of sentiment lar With whom are the people of the United States to (rade in future? Where are to be the markets | tor American goods? Who are to be the steady con-| sumers of American products, the reliable and ing} customers of this country? i Is the United States tu export only to South Amer-/ ica, Africa and the Orient? Or are the inhabitants of | jsome other planet to buy all American products, leav-| ig the United States free to maintain an aititude of | isolated selfishness and indifference toward tate of all other nations on Earth? his Tell-the-rest-of-the-world-to-go-hang or ical the doctrine which a few men like Hearst preach constantly froma pecious misuse of the sound text “America First, {worse than silly, It is bad business, Usually it pro- ceeds, as in Hearst's case, from a narrow vindictivene: | nursed toward one particular nation, We have seen the peace of the world held up in r that a party leader might score, if he could man- st the President of the United States, | What is the economic restoration of the world to e to aunch a lie calculated to damage not only the President, Hut Great Britain? | We do not believe Americans can be misled by such | exploitation of big issues for petty and personal ends, | No Aimerican wants to see the United States bun- coed by Great Briiain or any other vountry. On the other hand, no American wants to see the United States | so frightened and distrustful of its ability to take care | of itselt that at every alarm it crawls into a shell and} |tefuses to assume the smallest obligation toward the|! rest of the world, Nothing but third-rate prosperity can ever grow out of that policy. Aiter all, there need be nothing so “staggering” about Sir George Paish and his proposed $35,000,- 000,000 international bond issue to a country whose census for the year 192u is expected to show a popu-, lation of 110,000,000 and national wealth amounting , to upward of $300,000,000,000, The rate of interest suggested for these interna- IE: tional bonds is 4 per cent. The bonds would be a first | jcharge on the revenues of countries securing them. | | The security would be the productive e jPles whose strongest impelling m¢ swift recovery of economic poise. ‘T ‘not so bad. The Italian historian neTErO says what the world | most in t “wisdom and bread.” The United Stat ugit (o have enough of the former to provide its full share of the latter, In this period of economic reconstruction the fortu. nition that can give credit gives bread—with no mate loss to itself, urgiss of peo-| is desire for hie investment is 920 is nate Jul |v THE SILK HAT REVIVAL, AME FASHION has decreed a “Come-back” the si men to maintain their dignity in their silk tiles, ( give clearance. Surely these objections rage the recall of the silk hat as tirst aid The cost of alterations would hibitive in an era of “economy adininistrations.” lo even more potent deterrents to any immediate revival of the silk hat come to mind, The throwing arm of Young America has not and the to stalesmanship, ated, deteri This is nown sombrero was a campaign year, and in 1912 4 “thrown into the ring’ as a 1 the a silk hat makes | jita most poaccurate missile, fos of tes into the pockeis of Europe in general and Great! has to propose are personal plans. | They have noth-| 1éd British economist | jing | Copyright, 1 hyTle Press (the New Yo bt By J. H. Cassel | | FROM EVENING WORLD READERS Tot right idea w “Poor Lit one seems t riously, When these end, of the | City. of re house, 1 two children, ppens to Income these am = married tten cert has t hen he ¢ nly o be at all so what day 1 would like to know just present conditions wilt I am making $10 a week in one largest here’ that comes $50 m flat in a banks in New York 8 $160 a month, ent for a four “walk-up’ upartmnent and Ww , And it sometimes suo | to me that ‘all the rest of the goes toward trying to get cnough food for three me: How do people ki in those times? 1 know that few of the men inom department are making much more than Iam, and all must lave the saine struggle. 1 h that ny peop! | knowing how ot! |the wolf from the doo: jother ky \on thix question? can stan t of . Washin AC the Ma To the Kaitos of As a daily veader and adin ¢ your paper, Tam frequen: a to reply to your editorials on vital | questions of the let me ce Your ar tion to the the day, bu ‘A legion will follow w York, Dec, 31 would be 4 in have lers to say How much longer = World re 1 the o| n Me ghts, Jan. Tex. 6 Wo "Che Ey day ongratulate you on your'| ste, Ut certainly has a pune eh s should be utter riches, t The “New | To tho Editor of The I have read y 1 entitled “The New Poor.” The writer is one of the many thousands of collar, men ‘ {conditions w 1k hat is a natural and legitimate) unjust and oner should be pressed Poor. * uo are us hou resul ubstiw hast ur \t have ‘the lo least pay’ are we EATER oN CNR URE RONRE NR name nd d wish t work state the h New well aware swe put t? Your ed aot of our 3K men are ( do not And why must we the An of n ition, Ye only work suffer? Ig his cartoon | e Income,” except that no | but out | our services? We forty-four-hour wee jo not , but w d for our se! rvi ask for ¢ do want nd also 2 many hours we put in after ing time. - Kmployers are taking advantage of their office work They want much and give lit This method is already c ising unrest a fice workers, and it of time when we will b mand our rights—for and better New Yor! “Happy New Year. To the Luitor of The Evening World ng the of- only a matte ‘The cartoon in your paper Dec, 20, 1919, “Happy. Cassel New Year,” by was too fine to allow to pass J. H. | without a few words to express ad- miration for such a under- | standing of what Prohibition means of our citizens | in London " is even pred 1 thelr country stilesmen ot th punt Ag—OF Course Maye suncilmen and political hangers-on) are apy \ uns follow the ed potitieal er} wa) id , oor iid is” and football yp Perish the sught! Consider ¢ two of the suitee Rac Wwaner ny dittic uch a change. Sudway YH. C. of Li & ; sea sentiments trom the *\cars were not built for “two-gallon hats.” Most public Harlem in various places: ¢ tostl WW ne one seems to hear us. buildings where the statesmen congregate have been! Wut pe pie seeis orca ws A | const vd during the decadence of the “stove pipe.” thousands have been !t would be necessary to alter doors to enable siate: qutitled to get paid tor I them to relatives France, conspicuous places! | to Mr Park Avenue, Jan, 1 y the Editor of The ¥ tometl with have your cartoon ¢ I ask wher Is it in your mind, hiding Is? We thought first that you meant to depict tie Der which will grow wide Juss pass, ino re Uiteheock Underwood, until we re me subject the Democrats plit. Except for a select pite their to vote tale wer Democratic ticket few the Democrats Mr. Wilson with sir,” when he issues his orders in bE How [hope you wil! see that | 48- |gome copies are circul MI +19 Can't See the Split. ed abres eon! in this country, It Is bright, clear and jwitty beyond all words. | thetic sud! tt OP | ordered m my, new more copies, us [am anxious to ond | nd and Vin my hat PHRANCE, ening World several rd to ¢ ng Senate n the ice. this G, O, P. split exists, or are the to vote, If Hiteheock & Co. ever backbone sufficient to do th thinking and vote the not 0, 455 Park Place, 1919, Treaty will be A Evening 1 want truly | American Legion is editoriu! Op- to « bonus, san old soldier, who served in the Spanish War, and inthe A “white | Most of the major battles of the war, | to kick about In Civil War nt the way ng in leciphe Might papers: perhaps | de vir own elop | Try to provide your own jolts, and vou will do less for wetting. a enn te a month's p Now in 4 mustered 1 f le As the mothe <1 war mths bride, let me say a ‘ esguan life with w y a word in regard bought 11 to the letter in last night's: World ea signed J. MeNulty. My only , then | imagine, $85 to br son went with the Rainbor and three kids! When [ we Division and while in France met 1 had several hundred dol little shetal da. My family asked no charity having heard xo many \ og anybody and took non My say- rumors concern: the moral lusity ings helped to keep them with the) of foreign women, | was very mic small allowance from the United) worried us to the outcome of | this States. marriage, but on clos uaintance Do I need a bonus? The best job| with the young lady I ery honestly I could get Was $3 a day, Then the|say the better £ know hei the more don't want | her on the Mexican border, through the n regard days the army paid a bounty and, IT be © clothing allowance,” travelling pay and rations money. In the Spanish War T served in the volun- tor one year and when 1 was Mustered out T received altogether $98, W tnehided "wi inf 4 receiving $08, Whi luded the say age trom aothing al- MV New York City, clothing wo” | d hi en ne. UNCOMMON SENSE John Blake. WHAT COMES HARD STAYS When the Avenue, By late (Copyright day in Washington, A funeral procession. w abreast of them the clder Lew that sent him spinning across the pavement. picked h > passing said old man Lewis, “I Knowledge that comes bard own, When mistake im. In the And He anys * that No one costly, necessary had The to correct be prints can help making mistakes, learn not to make as they avoided later on, Learn to realize cost does not immediately many of them, * of instruction for the lo me the were sam lo t that We don you us: the mist printer, printers for an excell teacher made a mistake in spelling it was just a nd nothing was done i such a mistake the proofreader caught it and sent it back to mistake re the linotype 1 3 pacing the linc yo much that the reetly. avoid they ot ng. early days spelling bees between printers were frequent, ” a appear, advocate but 191 LONG. with his father on Penn- As the hearse Alfred Henry in- forgot it. tays long. In small towns in always spelled the teachers reason, yout it, When a printer made and set the word over, selling a word meant “justi It made a lot of trouble Lit by learning to spell cor but e¢ twice, they every one should When mistakes are are the more easily Iways are costly, even if the and you will not make so the elder Lewis's system jolt of some kind is always ul knowledge stick in your memory, the saving ance, also t a day's. pay and. rg every day's march from the place where we enlisted from If we had got what we ase entitled to under the oid army swe would not plac iny kiek nis is the reason. that thousands of the boys are joining the rival nization, Veterans of Foreign Wars I have joi J none yet 1 surely will never join. the Legion unless they snap out of it OLD DOUGHE Dec. 34, 1929, \ thi tr ove She is a sweet refine sin and ut Mr youbl them, would ha bouh Fran ame as he wi nd just th Alfred Henry Lewis, author and journalist, was a little boy, he stood one sylvania came suddenly dealt his son a blow elf up, hurt and indignant at this unexpected bru- tality from a uniformly kind father, and through his tea quired the reason. “My son,” forget that you a Lincoln.” And Alfred Henry nev don’t want you ever to e now looking at the funeral of Abraham nd school teachers w | ang 2 “physically corrupt and im- “femiles of super at home. With admin; for our thousands of respectab' American nirls A WAR BRID| MOTHER-IN LAW Brooklyn, Dec. 30, 1919, ut ‘culating maeh ' $16 to $40 per Week, | Where to Find | Your Vocation By Max Watson (otc! Adviser Re-Employment Bureau, N. Y.C. Coprtiahit. | pret i Rr Below is giren an ar Evening World of An- alytical Descriptions of Vocations Suitable to Young Men entering trades and business. Study these carefully, weigh your qualifieas tions, find the work for best adapted. Series and whieh you are a Calculating Machine Operator. 1. Opportunities for Entering Trade. There are nu opportunities: in all large cities boys to en this flell of work, as the use of ealgy of a creasing very rapi aft high type of operator, who becom highly specialized in his work. Companies handling machines * usually have lists of openings avail- able, 2. Schooling Required. Most of these ns demand at least a common school education and a fair knowled.e of mathematics, Any rdditional education js of material g in advancement, ing for the tained by a the The train: positions is usually ob- special course given by selling the extends over a weeks, A nee companies This course period of n to twelve knowledge of the mechanism of the machine should be during the time when its operation is studied. 3. Salary. For these usually positions t y is from degree of responsibility involved, 4. Type of Boy, Best Suited for the Trade. This posith the boy head of on is a good opening for who to th bill pay-roil depart aspires: become rae me organiza It res ires speed and accuracy and is not uited for the la uetive boy, who las an inter in mechanical limes It is strictly an office ind the ossibilities fue advancement are al ong office 5 Description ot F putes cable skill nee, the must be of machines, huke rather come sdjustments As most of these machines are clectrically driven, ige of electric: Wiring is very 6. Remarks. This many pos{- ir cer- bet- of © @ very essential point in nining the salary, ~ |News Flashes | Around | W orl d| New Ships for Sweden, lecording to a Goteborg news paper, the Stockholm firm of shipowners Akticbolaget Trans- atlantic is pushing a building prograwme which contemplates the construction of vessels total ing 120,000 tons, It is reported that this company has orgered cight new motor ships of 9.400 gross tons cach from the Gota works, and also a tanker of 7.300 tons, From The * e “Somewhere the Sun Is Shining.” Vice Consul Davis Levis re ports from La Rochelle that the 1919 grape crop in Southern France was a great success, par. ticularly the brandy grapés. Les us quote him: “Orders for cognac are plents ful, and activity in the distilli industry is remarked by the buiting of new stills, The de mand for brandies distilled én 1917-18 continues, and prices re Sales to different for cign markets show a notable in crease as compawed with those of 1918, Distillers took forward to South American markets for the absorption of brandies formerly exported to the United States.” oe ak Women on London Buses, 4 few days ago saw the last of the General) Omnibus Company's women omnibus cove ductors, says a writer in the Lon don Daily Mail, London will miss the familiar, figure her smiling face and merry ban- ter. Vor nearly four years the “con main firm, London girl's trim ductress” braved the weather, the discomforts, the strenuous life of the Loidon streets, Dur ing that time more than $1,000 women aud girls applied for work, and nearly 5,000 were ac cepted, The services of those ‘plucky women alone enabled the London Omnibus Com puny to maintain its services in General spite af the shortage of men due to war service types is ines Many of these machines are complicated and demand machine, * according to the *