The evening world. Newspaper, January 28, 1920, Page 20

| THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY-28, 1020, eres, ought to be truly economical, momy does . : ae = = : i y ing a py y now a ¢ expe a oy +, 1920, She ‘ Biorld. pave imply saving a penny now at the expense of a | by ORS gle co, By Ak H. Cassel . — ruts dollar in future profits. That on the face of it appears (Tue New York Firening World.) PH Pt . | " saat — sees ‘ a RE EEE TEN IMI SRE TE A a csdlcar tatty NEMEC iptar oy the Prest Pubilahing \'° be the case in the State Department appropriation. x0 Raub POUtAER Privigcat. @8 Pack Rew. It would be a foolish business man who would ATES oF ia Park Now, lattempt to meet cutthroat competition by starvation eamuter, 62 Park Row. \ ya in his sa orce, MEMNER OF THR ASSOCIATED I'RESS, wages in his sales force, ‘The Atsoclated Prees fe exclusively entitled to the use for republication ee Of ail news despatches credited 16 {1 of not otherwise credited in thie paper 6nd tis the local news yubliahed herein, THE PUBLIC WINS. ; STALLED AGAIN. He pinto paride oath ing ibn 7 ‘ ismisses the suit brought by the s Cou eon Gown ta tard gravel, tat, question ret Lighting Company to set aside the 80-cent gas rhs era Les th An Ural The Evening World’s long fight to secure the bene- | Me Cty Article X. to be framed fits of 80-cent gas for consumers in the Thirtieth and | with the purpose of putting the United SMe into the Thirty-first Wards in Brooklyn scores another victory. League of Nations, or is it to retain a studied offensive- The city, represented in court by Corporation Cc vune | nnd Li eee Uneihlibahelil, mt “i Wie led deh sel Burr, “wins, and $400,000, collected by the Kings | and thus delight the souls of certain United States County Lighting Company in charges exceeding the Senators to whom home politics have all along looked Scent tate raat be reluttiad! (o constintieis, . eee ee bigger baby poe etal ‘ Last week the Appellate Division of the Supreme One would think that, instead Or CONBUETINE, 4) Court sustained, without a dissenting voice, the de- | Partnership contract with other nations involving the cision of Supreme Court Justice Finch, which rest biggest project civilization ever tried to put through, | «rained Bible: Sarvice Corriritsionet Lewis Nixon | the Senate was wrangling over some Loh’ street waler-| and Receivers Begg and Hume from increasing the} ing plan for the District of Columbia that had hap-| a16 gf fare charged on the lines of the Manhattan and | pened to arouse bitter party feeling. Queens Traction Company. | Is it too much to expect the United States Senate} ~ 4s against public service corporations that seek to to see any significance in Treaty or League beyond upset laws and coniracts in order to take more pen-| their reactive effects on politics in this country? | American statesmanship formerly lifted its eyes | nies, nickels and dollars from the people, the latter | have a strong case. | higher than the top of the back fence. : . NGU TORSPIT PUTT AE By Albert P. Terhune Fight, 1920, by ‘The free Publishing 08, The Nex York Uvening World.) No. 41— Amelia; By Henry Fielding M" HARRIS, a rich Engtteti widow, living in the eighteenth century, had two daughters, Amelia and Betty. Amelia was her mother's favorite, and with good rem son. For, besides being beautifal, she had a strong and true nature jand in every way the opposite lof her scheming sister Betty, Into the lives ofthe two girls came 1 British Army officer, Willtam Booth, 4 Man of no means or prospects but | good-looking and brave, Both Betty and Amel fell desperately in love | with Booth, Ung officer had the good sense yr Ameli. He and she became uged, Betty swore revenge on the pr Who had won the man she here self could n win But for the mo- ment there was nothing the fiercely |divappointed gitl could do to injure | the lovers, | Amelia and Booth were married. Booth's re ent was ordered to Spain. There the bridegroom was badly wounded in battle. Amelia took ‘him to a French summer resort and jorecas nursed him back to health, He could not return to the army, ‘The couple's ready money had all | gone to take care of the wounded ‘man. Amelia wrote to her mother {*n England, explaining their lack of nd asking for If that case must be tested in still higher courts, the sooner we have the final test the better, The Evening World's boom to make | It is time gas and traction companies were made Wiltiam H. Anderson a candidate for Gover- | to realize once and for all that they cannot base their r of New York is progressing. financial policies, year in and year out, en the theory Asada ti Me cx PRAlani, that whatever happens, law or no law, the paying He has been atcueed of having recited power.of the public will make good. a F rec eived a reply— ~ | the Dectaration of Independence in his youth | | Sa Se | | niBtige MEET ohIy AAI and of raving once applauded a defense of WHILE THE SHIFTING IS ON. Vail help, but disownad her daughter personal liberty tm a speech of some ome | | ry CHANGES in his Cabinet which move present | jaud the latter's husband, declarin mast believe he can and will refate these Secretary of Agriculture Houston to the place | PAullee wag ta aasrateleie at th s charges, \left vacant by Carter Glass at the head of the Treasury letter from the mother who had eo) &% Y | Department and bring Edwin T. Meredith, editor of {a well known lowa farming publication, to the post of ' GAINING GROUND. | apetag joecretary of Agriculture, the President tits men to ew Peale rooerae ot eas clus) 3 tasks with due regard to the training and tastes of the eee copies pene te ee With | Former, but with the same indifference as to Whether Ber etree eu tces ans ca jeaalband ata man he selects is of nation-wide eminence and re- Es aa teats ihieate | pute noted in the larger number of his appointments. Ways loved and indulged her. The came ond shock. On returnin to England she learned that Mr Harris had died and that her wis J to Amelia onty $00, while af her great fortune all went © Bet Booth found himself, for the first life, forced to go to work port Amelia and him ne that middlemen have increased the “spread,” Mr. Meredith is a specialist in agricultural matters, Aband Weelohidren | Jie.trled ene charging more and paying less. popular with the farmers who know his magazine aU Ea New York—Gasoline prices advanced two and something of a political figure in lowa, where he | making a worso failure of each at- cents, jonce ran for Governor, Mr. Houston has been a faith | by TRS TOS De Mee! OF) tie ene Ais ta eal Gatlabls tock, firm announced 141, hard-working member of President Wilson's Cabi- | \ ix, to. dodge , the New York—Garment workers gained 16 per net, with a leaning toward the field of economic and There he fared wo: ‘cent. increase in wages. financial problems which can now be indulged. j ur dere erid ( " But on the other hand: , A strong sentiment throughout the country will | e Cincinnati—President of shoe retailers be that no reorganization of the Cabinet can be all it 3 Renae ae Promised lower prices, should be unless it provides for the retirement of man fell in love with her a SY eee ere ce eere nenume: hoard: Burleson as Postmaster General. U N C 0 M M 0 N S E N S E Ma the che man, ed wool and promise prosecutions. | ’ eo ss husband. Providence—Toree shoe retailers fined Amid press of other matters, the public has not | eatery Cer heavily for proftcering. |criticised the President too severely for retaining the |, 4 uate; Me tem Wore Teves Pub tate te EOD RUE By John Blake tUFR Tr LS Bel Albany—Goyv. Smith recommends State con- most incompetent member of his official family, despite] 1 have been voting the Socialist |toward teaching our representatives ois dele ba) aviet whe 1 him o trol of milk prices. New York—Advertisers reported as refrain- AN OFFENSIVE, bribe help alter Mrs THE BEST DEFENSIVE Is th it is a bad policy to play party by Bet politics ut the f constructive the sufferings it has had to endure from high-handed | teket for twenty years, ceasionally L ‘ ‘. ‘J eplitting it for such men as Mr.) SabARALY. e is much like a war game——-when it is not more like senihar ae o “ily y remel ry 4 ervice essary } Holding up ‘at * ae 4 ri dihoad fog from quoting comparative prices because incapacily in the management of the postal service. Hughes and the late Mr, Roosevelt. | f such great importan a war. The individual unit is beset on all sides with ene- posse Mr, Wilson is anxious to do the country a good |! had sincere admiration for Mr. League of Nations and the F es, red poretic: , A Re Hin nb AGEEE! rec Government investigates reasons for differ: | If Mr. Wilson is anxious to do the country a good HO snare naia ra oa TOE B ALENT Caters nape TOR ICOR ORR IIe al or theoretical, who will force him back or overcome ences, turn, even at some slight cost to his own fee shes ands his ins our throats through an organized mi- him if he yields, : Baltimore—Ctty proposes State legislation there's Burleson, OU ave Me WES nOaiig) Once as) nority and refusing to let the people The United States Army -Field Service Regulations lay ou Governor de ; y 1 ide matters like this for them- to make rental profits of more than 15 per cent. eas They have taken away the pint of | Sev in fact, doing everything in| illegal and punishable by fine or imprisonment. | ae ; beer my wife and 1 enjoyed with our| he world they oan do to sult them- | There are, of course, the usual interviews inj BIDDING FOR TEACHERS. ati Nee ree Ta anne Aue meena AHO | cabbage and onions. Now they are|gave them their jobs—is sufficient! i | “WARK has yin ote a ee parte MLB GOTE: reason for throwing out the whol: which one man expresses the opinion that people are | EWARK has followed Chicago's example in pro-| trying to take away our vote peat fon He) hig out the whole | down the important maxim that a passive defense is of no account, except to hold ground temporarily while preparing for another attack. To win you must keep on the aggressive. You will re News Flashes | vefathera. £ Y a pr Chateau-Thierry the American Army | 2 i (i ad alee , ‘ My mother’s forefathers tought in| buneh and he % new m;% member that after ) Arm) | aes | extravagant and want to pay high prices, and the Viding a flat raise of $400 a year for public}. “seyoiution for democracy. My| put In they certainly could be. ne | $ continued to move forward. It moved forward with high })]| From Around ; customary statements to the contrary. school teachers, father fought four years in the Civil worse than the crowd in now, and a morale, mite ta cohsciousness that victory whs soon to TE W orld’! ‘ falaacatl . H efore New Y: i sui War to hold it together, orked | reb' 01 present state of af- “yown it rts. : | “ But these news items are interesting. They re-| How long before New York will follow suit? RTH ee eI ULs ce.ven tants |(tulte Sealere Rusaeeur eratamtent a ST TTe. Ge nian cbraale wenen: wheictheak aleewse aeldlen 1€ W \ ‘ 4 ct i aii ih' i ny Naw ¥ wait until scho: » CO! q months making aeroplanes to pre- | little more considerate of us who have a Bi jeaiser 8. 8 ers: ————— flect the general interest in the subject. In spite of the| Wil tia ar ait he sche aig s gre serve democracy, Now they say 1] to hold the bax, Good, bad or indif-| $ were forced to defensive tactics. In the’St. Mihiel salient, | pean vi i demoralized an i¢@ most competent teachers have|am not entitled to democracy or a ferent, epublican or Democrat, | re a e e p she » ha Savings Are . gougers there is a very respectable part of business nora d Uae nM a Hoag erHoctadsy Cree sorsuCtwal ital tiene oe ace Erineite where for two Years or mare the ; Boche Army had fought Postal savings increased $34,- Which is anxious to get on the back track in the matter been drawn away to other cities? ‘No. 94 Hamilton Place, Jan. 25, 1920, | Split’ their ticket and vote against only to hold its position, the soldiers rere stale, contented nan oldu The ahaesTuatihe A SIS Aid Rea SARE east | any man who has held office durin d useless. The salient broke as soon as it was assaulted p00. uring the iM th : | 7 ud and use . ri a. mas i as assaulted @f prices. Here and there executives and legislators Mas VacAcierican: [the past, Very few of us criticise by the vigor of tle American attack fore the armistice was signed 4 “g ening President Wilson, . for o ave - J ¢ bs 53 i} 50.07 ave making real efforts to curb the profiteers and with THE APARTMENT BARRICADE. sc saltiaesn egy lay SR aT paper |i" most c eI Th he HEE ouMInGEE ane dorebueee euvonn mast they amounted to $159,670,830. " ieait Sal ‘ want to thank your great pap \m Y u Ly ‘ F Fa . , seme degree of success. OR a lifetime Society and Business have beh]... the yreat stand you took about | Wekel We fed that, Mr. Wilson's! $ choose your tactics carly. Adopt a policy of passive de ee The mere fact that the subject is so prominently contending for possession of a narrow strip Of | ine Socialist afta I am not a So- jthat history will prove a better critic fense—of mately, holding your own—and you will soon mon A Beal tauh Mater brie \ ff i Fs tstest sf, fy ove some | than any one who is too {nterested at 2 rield. fi before the country will help toward a solution. With territory in the vicinity of Fitth Avenue. . For a life-}°'! bey ih Ve hi eee close range, : mS Forennatony led are onttlieannecmnivecwn)| Vere “£1 brittiant meteor scen in the early + . ; eieg re ipo ee tat a inciples: sut have vel Kick out the whole crowd, is our ome aggre: 7 veset you on w H many minds working together, the way out will be-|time Society has played a losing game, being forced} ieara of a case where a man 1s | idea, and we are not organized, either, |$ sides. They will have the habit of victory, which’ is a hard | evening of Oct. £1, 1919, show come more evident. Sound economics and fair busi-| northward year by year. This year there seems to be| convicted without a trial, and then) oo Bale Ae habit to break. that it had the tong horizontal iiss principles will come out into the light and prove} change. ‘The centre of population for those listed in| !{ the New York Assembly said st peat You will find the same necessity for aggressiveness in ¥ | Mglt of 335 miles from over a their worth. ° fhe Bacal Reralershes miovedsauthobyemore liad ial eee eet ott ac | fargee gue carne Ghee MUM |$ your battle with yourself—which is the first and most im- }| Point 29 miles northeast of York, Been M4 ee nn atonn gine epee tast [een ek SIRI E EUs 18h 20: Be ARE Te thllomiae de cealed toancthe | Parrane eel) sunuaglon | England, to $0 miles southwest - , = block and is now on the downtown side of GOth Street. atrd We Mr Ssnedelt) aenen iGo scan ee You can conquer laziness, inertia, tendency to fall into $| ef St. Vatern, France, according EXPENSIVE “ECONOMY. Upartecea ty UueI ess AUULSIN RRMA Fe ATCp CEH tie opengl e were giving their|the Order of King’s Daughters, 1s] $ temptation, only by an aggressive policy. Passive defense %| ‘2 the Scientific American. It ECRETARY LANSING’S recommendation for a| famous homes of Fifth Avenue, Even wealthy mem-|jives away the so-called Socialists | it not worthy of attention? against any of these will be wholly useless in the long run. travelled at a enea H about 38 i 7 > . were 0 overt Ow e Govern~ lo 9) % y y i % siti ‘a ay i es pet ite average general reorganization of the State Department to} ers were unable to resist the encroachments of the | \ re tyne toloverthr: ny the C ave rs We differed trom Col. Roose- You may for a time hold your position, You may think | miles a se ond and 4 averag ‘ fficient collector and disseminat fl bidul ieee OSE and git bohetah Bart s army seven| Velt in many things, but we think that you can thus hold it forever, But sooner or later all }| altitude was 74 mites, | make it a more efficient collector and disseminator o ubiquitous business imy rover, Land was worth more tnd have been always Willing to| he is entitled to a national me- the fighting qualities you pos will atrophy, and then 3) deisel political and commercial information will meet with|for business than for residence purposes, Last year|iay down my life for our beloved] morial because of his insistence you might as well stand naked before your enemies. uth American Contest. ‘i ath ; {country and always will, My father Se Ra ree gh aay YOU MIERY. ve ’ ; ; general approval of the business world and the Nation| was no exception. The present year already promises | is a Socialist and when the war broke nen abe frig inonne at God's The duiporiant wrk. ok the would le dave by fighters, $| Aron tects of eu aiee Hate - . ety “eG aa Se A: s }cut he ratriotie and did mam é at other people seem . o out and beat the other fellow before the othe | will be interested to learn 0} as a whole, skyscraper theatre and office structure to replace resi- | (‘th Leiba penta kes tc ; hei di men who g c re other 3} ee iriek Gales te ented ern RAVE Jihad “ASCIE NUS PSU eer LET eG Tip help our country: marie | to, mmore. When God created the | § fellow comes in and beats them. international contest, just an- 1A apa desea ad ig a new era in both its} ences with an outlook on the Plaza and the southeast |ahoms, Now Ne, Me cnany think | Orieinal human pair he said to Fight you must—for th still a fighting world, and nounced, for plans for the con- political and cammercial relationships with other na-| corner of Central Park, Ithat the affair in Atbany 1s the moat Dee ee ee ane my always will be. And since you must fight, it is better to 34 struction of a convalescent sant tions, American business is facing the stiffest sort of| How may we account for the backward shift of the | U0 iM'Strin Amer . Miu neve pelea Hato ie fight on your own terms, choosing yourself the time, the tarium to be erected at Monte = competition in its newly found world markets. Com-| centre of residence of the socially elect? Is it not due omen WILLIAM HARRIS Than bédianaaste this PEPER) is weapons and conditions of battle, than to let the other fellow $| video, Uruguay. The National , 226 ark’ Ss: a 26. ‘ ; 4 , ca euiaiae. see you with a surprise attack by nig Petitors are actually boasting that they intend to run|toa fundamental change in sovial custom rather than to ee Solind: wie, eilleiie, 18 haa yeen descendfon you wi prise attnols by nights . rime driers f j ' ; ck OW © curse of France. Yankee goods out of business in South America. Now| any relaxation in the pushing power of business? To the Faitor of The velt recognized. It ai fs a“time when diplomatic and consular officers can]! Once upon a time a house was an essential part of | 1 have followed your editorials al evil in this country. ‘3 ‘ fy A retry; f most daily and must say that T like both pulpit and press s tender great service to American business men and] the equipment for social eligibility. New Yorkers en-| yom better than any other editorials | fritid to denounce, 80 | charity and Welfare Association of that city has set June £0, 1920, as the prescribed date for the Palisades, I want} submission of tentative architer- Noy ork a nos Island and sect tural designs, |. Roose- SS tall ulldings (Chicago has a 200) the Hudson and t! feet limit ordinance). I was surprised] to see the sky-line his |at the narrowness and crookedness | night from Go through them to all Americans, \tertained “at home.” ’Tis so no longer, as the Social |1 nave read. So much for that, and ge ai meen Reser ne CE ae pe alltel ey Sind the sists aeons then ut ass efficient co-ordination of the present personnel of the| A hotel may be used for entertainment. “At home” in ee ntoe the Pac nuneaticn, both | Mberty St salen tele this. G. W. | noyingly confuning in their IAyOuE | t call Wail Street, want to stand’ on ee telescope recently tm department. Bui in view of the immensely extended |an invitation may mean almost anything. State and Federal bap it te By ab- nen vera, Hi A sheers wane troubles with the 2, Buildin. ant peer fhe , Baultaple Wed aha een nea Oh scope of the service necessary they also imply an| — Palatial apartments are invading Fifth Avenue above ba alrtyaser ve power during [2.04 BiMor of he Hreaing Worl: a, (wa Dave cunerr waa delignted Oe, vee i naan eee servatory the imoon has been increase in the number of agents, a higher grade and|S9th Street. ‘The younger set” a : living a sere a Last y while in the service 1] with the great number of picturesque|in the Friday afternoon crowds A ; i f hes ing onp above | tne inst tee vere | spent @ fow months in Now Yori, |and beautiful spots in’ and around |Suffolk and Fesex Strots, and per-| ever before in history, accord: adequate pay for those in the service. another where their parents lived side by side. Liles a1ee ee yt aeineegs bringing home to Chicago some im.| New York. And T want to visit your |haps buy @ whatnot ome Os wn ing to Boys’ Life. The nwon's > Sati ‘ r Hace , the exact sentiment of all the mem- * yn again as soon as 1 ed old woman who keeps that |i jonah Only last week a Congressional appropriations com-| There are single family homes in New York, but| hers of my family and close friends to | Pressions of your town that T recall tor aseln want ta be an Times Square sand oh the corner. Bees latest photo measures four feet i i ae: i 2 ong isi intenance sin |the extent of forty-two in number, | with interest and I feel impelled ti ‘Saturday night an Bor ¢ | towards sundown, this wrinkled old oh vs miftee pridad itself because it cut the State Department | they are no longer requisite to the maintenance of social | {Re ore tnixed in our party sympac MeV ORe wed are ay psig |e yay stir of things, {want to step| woman has closed “shop” and is on| (” diumeter ay d reveals detaite SC} brought nearer the earth than supply bill “to the bone” along with the “pork” bill.| standing, Even the wealthier New Yorkers are fight: | thiee, some are Democrats and some) yoq may be interested to know | ‘M0, 2OU" enuen oitieain | And. el her. war te she little eynaqonus for) o/ the means ithe BARON UE . ‘ t 4, : A jare Re nied oweve er it whisl gern u uman Ve. It served notice that diplomatic and consular officers |ing a losing battle. They can withstand business only | Democrat or a Republican, ont they {some of my firs) impressions of your | within a few minutes, unconscious of! | Yes, New York, I am grateful tor sh Mie aiden thaven re hd si} “4 mag : go, simply on the principle that,}eity., Bewildeped I was by your vast | direction. the few months I spent with vou last h the a ¢ great tel would have to do without salary increases, by piling home on home in the apartment house barti-| heaven knows. a complete new bunch underground transportation system.| 1 want to take enother waik down a fee CSA MIsTOCRy, escope it will be possible ty o& yi 7) i leould be no worse than the present The New York accent amused me. I| Riverside Drive on a re inter f '. Congress Street \cago, \ Economy is a vital necessity in national finance. But jcade, ty |funch, "We believe that if every man was amuzed at (he height of your! night, and take in the panorama of Jan. 24, 1020 serve 800,000,000 ature.