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of managers. ~ “It would appear that President Wilson’s pledge to workers to secure a wage in accordance with the of living would be valueless and that appointment | at ~ ‘ofa commission to investigate wages would be an un-|25 the essential part of the President's position regard-} warranted interference with the managers. Such a view is only partly true. Under the Railroad Bill, which is expected to pass} s before March 1, the Government undertakes to guar- . antee to the operating companies a capital return of | 5% per cent. for a period of two years. This is a factor which must be taken into consideration in deal- ing with the wage and labor problem. For two years the Government and every taxpayer will have an immédiate interest in railway wages— and salaries. If the wage schedule is raised to a point where the existing rates will not cover operation at a profit, then rates must be raised or else the Federal Treasury must supply the balance through taxation. The stockholder is sure of his dividend. For this reason the Wage Commission which the President is about to appoint should do its work thor- oughly and should be very frank in informing the public of actual wage conditions. The public must foot the dill. Public fairness will indorse a living wage for all tailway workers, however humble. It will approve a larger wage increase in the lower-paid groups than in ‘the older and better organized “Big Four” brother- | hoods, the “aristocrats of labor,” who have always been able to bargain most successfully. Likewise the public will have an increased interest in the very large salaries paid to major operating offi- tials. For two years more the public will be guaran- teeing the salary of the $50,000-a-year President as ‘well as the $2.90-a-day maintenance worker. TO STIMULATE HOUSE-BUILDING. IE New Jersey Legislature is considering several Proposals for improvement of the housing One is similar to the Dimin bill, No. 277, at Albany.; ; Another proposes to stimulate building by remitting taxes on dwellings constructed within the next two years. It empowers ‘iny municipality to call a special _flection to decide whether the housing need warrants Such a subsidy. If the proposal carries, dwellings con- Structed this year and next are not taxable until 1925, This seems an entirely practical method of State aid in which the State and city would not lose directly. Five years of freedom from taxation would go far toward balancing the difference between present and normal building costs. Albany legislators may well give serious considera- tion to the idea. It seems to be the least Socialistic and paternalistic of many building stimulants sug- gested. Certainly rent gouging cannot be prevented until supply overtakes demand. Thanks to Nation-wide Prohibition in the United States, the Government or the Bahama Islands has seen an expected deficit of $154,000 transformed into a surplus of $555,000, with the fair prospect of at least $1,000,000 more imcome during the next two years from duties om liquor taken out of bond. ‘The New York taxpayer can think Pollyanna- wise of the lucky Bahamans when he is paying his State income tax to make up for the ravages Prohibition has made in State revenue. A MEASURE OF PROGRESS. OTEL MANAGERS in this city are preparing to take action against taxicab drivers who charge extortionate fares to take hotel guesis to Tail- Toad stations and steamship piers, Times change. When The Evening World made ‘the great fight which gave New. York a iaxicab ordi- mance, reasonable taxicab fares and the start of an im- mense development of taxicab service, the hotels were the most formidable defenders of the old system of “private stands and exorbitant charges. » It has taken only a few years of the kind of taxicab regulation thjs newspaper fought for and secured to convince the hotel men that the best taxicab service ie ~ fed to become a habit. 3 hotels and qa he 4 © gdaedsporcteyteamrnetabael gripe ing taxi standards up and taxi fares down. a | _ At first glance this wouki seem to release the Gov-| ‘emment from immediate interest in the wage question. It would seem that employment would again become “a matter between the brotherhoods and the association | the Jugo-Slav problem in the Adriatic if they had not | is one that is cheap, popular and-under constant super- vision in the interest of public safety and convenience. The condition of the city’s streets since the recent Snow storms has put many taxicabs temporarily out of business. A few taxicab drivers have taken ad- _ Yantage of the situation to profiteer and charge any- | ting they could get regardless of meters and legal ¢ Obviously no such emergency raies can be permit THE EVE let side of the line whenever it is a Question of keep- people of the United States could have had a jhad to get their information from garbled versions and | afmouncements in the Paris press. | What they are permitted to umderstand, however, ing the Adriatic issue suggests at least one line of | thought: | | If that position calls for a withdrawal of the United | | States from any participation in an Adriatic settlement | which does not adhere to principles originally accepted by the representatives of this Government at the Peace Conference, have we not here a striking example ot |the kind of independent action possible to the United | States under the Peace Treaty and even as a member | of the League of Nations? Could Senator Lodge himself ask for a more con- crete demonstration of how the Government of the United States can assert itself on occasion against What it has reason to believe may be a scheme of other Gov- ernmenis to use its partnership and power for their lown special ends? : | Why not have made this more plain by putting the \facts of the Adriatic controversy as they involve this {Government squarely before the public? It would jhave been-well worth while if only for the additional | Pressure it might have put upon the Senate. | Here is something very like a reservation actively at work. Will Mr. Lodge pooh-pooh it because the Pres- ident is behind it? NO WAR NERVES HERE. EW YORK is happy to dispense with Dr. Cope- land’s “flu lid,” happy to be free to go and come without restriction, and happy that restrictions are no longer considered necessary. Warmer weather is promised for to-day. More cause for joy. New York wants to get rid of snow and ice. Warm weather is a first and best aid to Commissioner MacStay and the volunteers. Pessimists have been telling us that we are suffer- ing from a general case of unrest and war nerves, sort of civilian shell shock. Are we? The spirit in which New York has met such trials as the influenza epidemic and the snow blockade gives the lie to such gloomy forepodings. The city has met its trials with an encouraging, a generally cheerful op- timism that is well worth while. With all respect to medical skill and the devotion of nurses, we believe that the battle of the flu was half won because New York refused to be frightened or worried. Optimism is a good thing to use on the snow piles too—particularly if re-enforced with a shovel or pick. NO LONGER AN ART. OT since the “winter of '88” have New York youngsters enjoyed such coasting as last week. Every sloping street, park or vacant tract was alive with happy chikiren sliding and gliding in comparative safety due to snow bound traffic. Snow cleaners had enough to do without spoiling the slides, Many a father watched with a wishful look. He really wanted to slide but feared the neighbors’ com- ment. Some, braver than the rest, ventured and had great sport. But coasting to-day is not what It used to be. Ask any father, These new-fangled guide-with-your-feet sieds with flexible runners that enable the coaster to turn so easily are not like the ones that Dad and his friends used to fashion for themselves. Sleds have jbeen improved, They are lighter, speedier and less | subject to collapse. They are safer because they guide so easily, but—well, Dad has a sort of contempt for them. When Dad was a youngster coasting was a man's sport, a test of skill. Instead of sitfing down Dad went “belly-buster,” flat down on the sled, with firm grip on the points of the runners and face stung by flying snow. When Dad wanted to make a curve on high he had to know just how, and then he had to do it, His weight must be shifted just so. One toe gave a cer- tain braking effect at just the right instant while the cther waved in the air for balance. One arm lifted one runner ever so slightly, and always with the chance that the other would skid and cause a grand spill. Coasting wes an art in which one learned from mis- takes. To-day children make the same tums with scarce an effort. Steel runners writhe under foot pressure on a lever. It is better, no doubt, for any boy is as }good as the best of Dad's gang, but, given an old! }fashioned straight runner sled, Dad would just like to show the chikiren some coasting that IS coasting— The Evening World are now on the | provided the neighbors wouldn't waich . : aby rm WILL LODGE POOH-POOH IT ?| clearer notion of their Government's relation to/ NING WORLD, 71 F gonert EE Soe ESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1990. Peace Should Put a Check on Government Spending: | The War Is Over; Lighten the Taxpayers’ Load | Reconstruction! (The New York Intentionally Misleading. ‘To the Dittor of The Evening World: Can anything be more misleading than the large red-lettered placards displayed on all newsstands to-day? They read: Sunday Editions—10c Read the N. Y. American. ‘The above is pure and simple mis- representation, as it leads one to be- Neve that all Sunday papers have in- creased in price. After all, some one must pay for the upkeep of the Hacienda, Cal., Ranch. HENRY FISHER, 200 W. 84th St, N. ¥. C., Feb. 15. Pass Bill No. 227. ‘To the Mattor of The Evening World: Mr. Thomas Wallace of the real estate office thinks Assemblyman Dimin's Bill No. 227 is wrong. I think that bill should be passed. If it fails we will have our % per cent. of the voters at the polle ready for those that want to go back to Albany. We want a law to protect the poor man. If not, God help the profiteers, Put BM No. 227 over, by all means, The Evening World is O. K. LOUIS FILBER. New York, Feb. 14, 1920. Wants Block Parties. ‘Te the Bitar of The Drening World % ‘The etrects of our city are in‘a bad condition. if the streets are not cleaned we face danger of fire and pestilence, The street cleaning force is helpless. Why pot suggest that the residents of each block volunteer to clean their own blocks’ In this way some desk polishers and swivel-chair performers would get some much needed exercise, at the sume tithe protecting their health and property. If every ebie-bodied man in the biock would “turn to” some day agreed upon they could Gis} na en in about three hours We op SERGEANT. Eighth Avpnue, Feb, 14, 1920, Berleson ‘Do the Watitar of The Evening World It must have been a surprise to many of our patriotic cilizens and ex-soldiers to see our largest Gov- ernment institution, the New York Post Office, with doors open wide Feb. 12. Ordera from Washington, Do. that all employees be required to work full eight hours meant nothing to I’. O. employees, because they arc ath ned Lo ot lenad twelve Bul there |@re many who love und honor the memory of the preserver of our Union, Abraham Lincoln. Why did Burfeson choose this particular holiday to keep the P. O. open. Believe me, dear old Al, the P. O. boys are not sore about working eight hours, but they are d——n mad that you disrespected the memory of the greatest man in the history of the United States. { It has been the practice to close the | P. O. on this particular day. Now when the country is full of Bolsheviki | you decide to cal! Feb. 12 no holiday. If you want to rub it in on the boys | by taking a holiday away from them, | 1 would suggest that you cancel In- dependence Day and continue to re- spect Abraham Lincoln. CLERKS’ DELEGATE, ew York Post Office. Snow Removal Suggestions. To the Editor of The Evening World: It is hoped that the misdirected activities of the Street Cleaning De- partment in the present “crisis” are not a fair criterion of the function- ing of municipal departments gen- erally, for greater demonstration of ineptitude never has been geen. True, an unusual quantity of snow has fallen, but conditions for handling it expeditiously could not have been bet- tor, and I know whereof I speak by reason of several years’ experience as Street Commissioner in a large West- ern city with facilities for meeting emergencies vastly inferior to those prevalent bi New York's sewer system and New York's water supply ure the best in the world, and had they been ju- dicioustly and promptly utilized, to- gether with a stringent enforcement Of ordinances for the cleaning of sidewalks and gutters by abutting property owners, the city would now be clear of snow. With the exception of @ day or so the weather has been mild and thawing, and properly handled sections of hose could easily and quickly have obliterated a greater portion of the incumbrance, If, in addition, horve-druwn road ‘scrapers equipped with small wheels to pre- vent damage to pavements had been used, large forces of men employed Histleasly pushing hand-scrapers and other implements would have been liberated for practical service over a large area absolutely neglected. There has been scarcely a day fot of the melting kind, but there was no pos- sible escape for the water except to back up over the sidewalks or over flow the highwuys. At night the water frome and all became a glare | the drifts conyertod into veritable ivebergs. Under my plan, two good mek properly equipped would bare a UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake . (Capyright, 1920.) YOUR QWN FAULTS CONCERN YOU MOST. Criticism is better for the criticised than it is for the critics. Nothing is easier than to find fault with others. If it is suffi-. Your Vocation Nursing. Opportunities for Entering This jattractive to young women because they are better qualified for the work with the exception of the care of thy (insane, There are a variety of oppor- tunities in the nursing field from which to select. The most importamt are as follows: 1. Private nursing in homes or hos- |Ditals. In these cases the nurse ts employed by the patient and works | under the doctor tn charge of the case. |These nurses are usually graduates | from a regular training schoo! and are | Tesistered as trained nurses. | 2 Hospital nursing, which is con- nected with the regular staff of a j hospital. This nurse has charge of {Some special work such as the oper- ating room, private floors or wards, Superintendent of the training school for nurses and at times superintend ent of a small hospital. | 3. Public health or welfare nursing, ; Where the nurse is employed by. the (pone ‘a beret as a district nurse or som lement , pi Avy a8 a neighboriood 4. Industrial nursing in connection with some large commercial plant where the duties are to look after the health of the employees of the plant and to care for them in case of in- jury. This nurse usually works un- der the direction of the plant physi- cian. 5. Office nurse or secretary to a doo- tor, in which the work is to act as assistant to the doctor in his regular work. ~ AL] of these branches are open to the gtaduate nurse. The demand for nurses to-day is far greater than the Fi ie haa one cae qualified for such work has no culty in fin a | position, et corord Schooling—A young woman is gen- erally required to finish high school before taking up a training course. Training schools are maintained by most private and public hospitals of any size. The best training is in pu®- lie hospitals where all kinds of cases are handjed. A girl usually has to be 21 years oF age to enter a train- ing school. The regular course ts }from 2 to 3 years. Training should not be taken in a hospital which is not registered, Salary—On entering a training school the salary is about $20 a |month. Books and uniforms are gen- jerally supplied in city hospitals. In Purchased by the nurse. A private nurse receives from $5 to $7 a day \for regular work and in emergency cases as much as $10 a day. A nurse in regular hospital or institu- |tlonal work receives from $50 to $200 |a month and maintenance, depending |upon the hospital and the experience jof the nurse. Nurses in public instt- tutions do not receive large salaries. |The Public Health nurse receives | from $1,200 to $1,500 a year, the in- dustrial nurse from $100 to $125 a month. A nurse in a doctor's office ts Paid from $100 to $150 a month. Qualifications —First of all a eve: cessful nurse must have health and |strength, She must also have a \cheerful disposition, sympathy, tact, land a willingness to learn. Often- times a nurse must assume great re- sponsibilities and these must be met with confidence in her own ability. A good nurse must carry out the orders \of the doctor to the letter. She must be able to keep her head in an emergency, Remarks.—Industrial narstng has | become a very important Branch | during the last few years. The duties | are similac to that of a visiting nurse ‘of a Health Department, with the exception that all cases are confined to the employees of the industry, AI Health Department nurses in New York are under civil service. They must be registered before they oan take the examination. Registration is being more generally required tm all nursing. | Many nursing positions offer goad opportunities for travelling. |. ‘There are a number of excellent | | books on nursing. Among these are “Public Health Nursing,” 8. | Gardener; “Practical Narsing,” ty |Anna Maxwell and Amy B. Pope; |"State Board Questions and An- swers,” by Dr. John Foote, and Clara Week's book on nursing. Good pub- Hieations are the Trained Nurse, Hos pital Review and Health Quarterly. UMBROUS letters are being re- iN ceived from young men and women asking for vocational advice concerning their special prob- Jems. In many cases it would be im- possible to make any comments with- out a personal interview. Others ast for personal letters which require s0 much attention that it is possible to answer but a very few. From time to time comments on letters received ) be printed in this }column ané an attempt made in @ brief way to answer the inquirtes, M. L., B’klyn., N. ¥.—There are op portunities in all vocations discussed in this column, >| cured in standing. Training can be se- ot bight > |Answers to Queries. | any, university Nothing is more difficult than to find fault with ourselves. i Around the cross-road grocery store, from the time of Washington to the present day, tobacco chewing gentlemen have gathered in the evening and pointed out all manner of mistakes made by the President of the United States, the members of both branches of Congress and the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. There is no record of any profit derived by these critics from their fault finding. Possibly in some instances they have been right, but that has never taken them off their soap boxes and placed them in the seats of the mighty. Bae It is hard for man to realize that he is full of faults. Yet such is the melancholy fact. It is difficult for him to admit that he needs reformation in any particular. Yet until he makes this admission and gets busy with the reformation he will remain just exactly where he is at present. If you do not believe you have any fatlts there is no chance of your getting rid of them. If you become resentful every time somebody suggests that there is room for improve- ment in your character, the room for improvement, which undoubtedly exists, will never be occupied. 5 The blindest of us can see our faults if we look for them. Many of them will be hard to correct, but, with patience and care, the job can be done. And we cannot be better employed than on this work, for there is actual profit in every fault removed, or even modified, If we all would spend say a quarter of the time in search- } ing for our own faults that we now spend looking for the faults of others, we would progress far faster on the rgad we have set for ourselves, Criticism is eas: ciently sarcastic and witty it brings admiration, ut it never gets us anywhere, and, inasmuch as we all have a long distance to travel, we will do well to abandon it, save so far as our criticism applies to ourselves. de kept any one block practically clear. Another consiseration involves the|not at the sides and in the gutte reaponsibility of street railways, | thus giving ald to shrinkage and c whose charters require them to keop|channels for water to. escape, As their tracks (and more) free of in-| fina! conclusion, a Street Cleanir cumbrance. Those terms contemp!ate jomer should @ sometpir not only the removal af sno mere pollcian. He transportation to a dump other thi the gutters and sidewalks of bis! H ways to further aggravate the situa» head of a tion, The companies should cart their | ¢ related to sweepings to the river, or at least to| than any other wit sewer manholes, If at times andjity. Such a one places tt becomes necessary for street | not L oleanera to stack the snow i | New York, Feb, 12 1230, —~ nme timings semen A st tsinase avi be done in the centre of the sire Oull M, J. G, N. Y. C.—You are in @ | good fleld. At present general edu \cation would help you most, * ic. & 8, N. Y. C—Your present position gives you a good field for ng gtudy. An article on newspaper oor- ng | respondence will appe@r at @ later id | date. Read article om tovlinaking. Both trades you mame are Where to Find ] d—Although the nursing profes ‘ ion is open to young men, it {s most many private hospitals these must be - —>