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controversy witiheld from the public? _. What purpose is served by permitting a maze of surmise, contradiction and contra-contradiction to complicate the issue in the minds of the peoples con- cerned? Why must the people of the United States be in- formed as to the relation of their own Government to the Adriatic dispute from didactic articles in the “St is understood.” The popular intelligence is apparently ‘held incap- | able of properly estimating the facts as presented in the official communications. Many Americans will heartily echo the British view ‘of the situation voiced by the Westminster Gazette: “It is obvious that Mr. Wilson's note has cre- ated a situation of considerable delicacy. The future relations between this country and (ho i] ‘United States may well depend on the tact and eolighteoment with which that situation is bandied, amt the whole of both peoples are ecutely concerned in the result. We must there- ‘ fore register a protest against the manner in which the negotiations are being conducted. fg They are Weimg carried on in secrecy, only . * broken dy unreliable rumors, by the three prin- eipal Governments concerned. One of theso Governments, that of Mr. Wilson, is at logger- heads with Congress; that of M, Millerand was ke gvarcely expected to survive its mecting with the Chamber a few weeks ago, and that of Mr. 3 ‘Lioyd George can scarcely be said to command the confidence of this country. “These peoples have a right to know what is being dove in their name, and to be able to “protest, if need be, against decisions which may affect their future relations. Yet in a 3 world made safe for democracy it is apparently \ democracy that the Governments principally fear.” " woice fading into a Whisper from a forgotten past. the Rome despatches of the Buenos Ayres Nacion, > To learn anything about their foreign relations they " must-turn from a silent Washington and listen to | Pertinax of Paris. \ FAT JOBS VIA THE CABINET. into a $50,000-a-year corporation Presidency on his retirement from the Cabinet will be welcome news to the host of friends he has made in public and private life. England has a custom of rewarding retiring states- men with rank and what amounts to a pension. Amer- public business suffers to a considerable extent through Joss of men whose services can ill be spared, “Cabi- net office,” we hear from every incumbent, “is no place for a poor man.” Judging purely from a material standpoint, America does rgward administrators who make excellent rec- ords. American business has its eye on official Wash- ington as never before. Ambitious and able executives in the departments receive invaluable personal adver- © 9 tising which increases their earning power when they eave public service. Perhaps it would be truer if we revised the state- - ments from retiring Secretaries to read, “Cabinet of- fice is no place for a poor man—for very long.” WHAT DO THEATREGOERS SAY? N a New York stage the other night a popular 2 actor star playing in a highly tense and tragic piece stepped out of his part to rebuke some one in the audience who laughed loudly during one of his love scenes. Other actors and actresses have occasionally done the same under greater or less provocation. Are they ? Stage artists themselves have never agread in their “aiiswers. ~ Some will tell you the acior has a right to try to stop loud talking or other unmannerliness in an audi- ence when the disturbance interferes with his acting. Others maintain that the actor’s duty remains under such circumstances on his own side of the footlights, that he is never called upon to criticise or correct the conduct of those who have paid to see him act and that he should leave it to the audience to demand the oe sion of persons who may choose to make a oa of themselves. —————— eerste How would the theatregoing public vote? 4 TO TRY THE ENGINEERS. “Aes “Try: An Engineer.” Is given Mae A for reai service. largely on the form of organization which it adopts. Many minds may be of service in formulating plans and devising machinery for snow fighting. But when the snow comes there is need for concentration of responsibility in a single executive authority. Vv | suggestion of the Public Service Commission that if | higher wages for operators are the only hope of bef- tering the present unspeakable telephone service in this city, the company had better pay the higher wages | and forego a part of its annual fixed dividend of 8 per! cent. HE ‘RY York should expect results next year, These men will view the problem from a tect..ical standpoint in which results are the prime consideration, They are trained to estimate the value of mechanical power and tools as compared with manual labor. Choice of Fire Chief Kenlon as head of the board is a recognition of the fire hazard caused by blocked) streets and of the intelligent interest which Chief | Kenlon has displayed in the present emergency. The new Board of Snow Removal has its chance Its effectiveness will depend very Some one of the engineers should be in position to direct the actual work, with authority to experiment, to spend money for preparation, to employ the neces- siry workers—to do the job. TOO EASY A PATH. ICE PRESIDENT M’CULLOH of the New York Telephone Company finds no virtue in the Mr. McCulloh says dividends must be maintained in order to attract investors and thus obtain the new capital required to meet the increasing demands of the! public, On this principle the ideal policy, from the point of view of the telephone company, would, of course, be «| to let its service slump 4s low as it dared, without re-| The manner in which the Fiume controversy is |ducing its charges to the public, thereby enabling it to "being conducted makes the once forceful phrase “open dazzle prospéctive investors with yet greater allure- govenants openly arrived at” sound like a faint, small | ments. We wonder how long the New York Telephone Amtierica le are reduce to studying their Company would reason thus if it were threatened with hdl Golenuikc prthece io the Ehs de yas: and |the competition of a rival telephone service. A monopoly of telephone business in this great city of 5,500,000 people is a stupendous proposition. On practical grounds it is for the best intezest of the public, But it tends to develop in the favored corporation }a super-confidence in itself and its policies which even | i the supposed watchfulness of a Public Service Com- NNOUNCEMENT thai Secretary Lane is to step | mission cannot keep within bounds. The New York Telephone Company has had too little to worry it. | Mr. McCulloh also says that the company cannot | obtain at any price the 1,000 trained operators it needs, | because the only place where such employees can be oud trained is in the telephone company’s own school and | : — — _ | FROM EVENING WORLD READERS _ | ica does not. Because of this there is no question that|»+ its switchboards. To the public it would seem that well-grounded and highly-promising pupils—pupils whose advance- ment would be rapid—might be found among the thousands of girls who have had experience at the many private switchboards in New York. Always assuming the New York Telephone Com- pany is ready to meet emergency by paying wages that would attract these girls, Judging by present telephone service, almost every telephone exchange in New York would appear to he just now a kindergarten for a handful of the back- ward, slow and feeble-minded, AN UNFAILING HARBINGER. ‘OR all the perversity of this wild and woolly winter, have faith that spring is coming. An unfailing harbinger has arrived. Seed catalogues are ready for distribution. This moming, after fighting his way through swirling eddies of snow, a publishing acquaintance proudly displayed his latest product, “a work of art, if 1 do say it myself.” A work of art it is. Unfolded in its pages is the assurance of the creative spring, the productive sum- mer and the bountiful autumn, in constructive optimism. Its authors who picture fairylands and utopias. the palmiest Palm Beachers. the seed catalogue. It has no rivals, posed of engineers in the employ of the city is There are displayed the fruits of the Never-Never-| Take y Great tomatoes of in- comparable size, texture, color and flavor are yours question has been often debated, but never de-| for the inmgination, Lettuce, crisp, succulent, tender Radishes, car- rots, beets, cauliflower are there in perfection awaiting the epicure, rousing the agricultural impulse in even IREATION of a Board of Snow Removal com-| the most jaded of urbanites, Its variety is infinite. The lithographer spares no pains to gratify and Tong step in the right direction for which Mayor | satisfy. The seed catalogue is the unfailing harbinger. deserves credit. A week ago The Evening|It always has made good. forld discussed the reasons for such action in its edi-| driven by a frigid gale we have faith that it will again. Spring, the season of green things, poets and lovers it is a long step in the right direction, and if the new Is on the way. i freedom and financial support New| It will be welcome. land in all their luxuriance. and verdant completes the salad page. It is the ultimate} and artists] ¥ conspire io bring contempt on mere pen pushers The most native of the three month native sons of California can gain helpful hints from its pages. It wrests the palm from The seed catalogue is} In spite of snowflakes 8k 65) Oa ENING WORLD, THURSDA 9 AGRE Pam ¥, FEBRU ARY 19, 1920.. Peace Should Put a Check on Government Spending; The War Is Over; Lighten the Taxpayers’ Loa —d | { | | i i | | | What Do Readers To the Editor of The Bvening Worl Referring to an article on your edi- torial page of Feb, 14 entitled “The Habit of Good Reading,” I would be very much obliged if you would sug- gest the titles of some books that you would call good reading, LOUIS W No, 528 East 136th St, NSTEIN. Feb, 15, 1920, A Moderate Winter. ‘To the Editor of The Lrening World: ~ It 1 remember rightly, on” Dec. 8, 1919, Professor De Voe of Hackensack, N. J., predicted that we were to have \a very moderate winter, If he can be located I wish you would find out what he has to say about the summer. If is it going to be cool or very mod- erate as the winter has bee: L, W. BEDELL, | Prairie Bay, N. ¥. Feb. 17, 1 Backing Governor Edwards. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: I read the letter signed by “One of the So-Called Minority," in answer to a letter of the “Lad of Seventeen Summer 1 wish to remind tho writer and the \tew, very few, thank God, modern Peeksnifis having the audacity he in this one-time land of that they and they alone vonsible for the creation of Be s. They alone can be held re- ponsible for the revolution we are facing if natural justice is not dealt out und the American people given a chance to settle this serious ques*ion of Prohibition themselves. Yes! You, Mr, Writer, and your ilk, I have no doubt would have dealt out th to Christ to lib Bo to-di by forceful legislation, thirsts fer liquor. gotten in this count: ‘DWARDS. Back to Normal. To the Biitor of The Braning World, who ts also revealing @ the that have hitherto been unknown to | almost everybody outside of official! | circles with regard to our extrava- gant national expenditures. I believe that it would be a good idea that he go even a little further | and reveal to the public the facts concerning the Shipping Board with regard to its contemplation of dis- posing of a number of vessels at ap- proximately one-third their real! value. Furthermore, even if they are dis- posed of at an appealing figure, be- | fore doing so, however, Congress | should so legislate as to make it a| misdemeanor on the part of the pur- chaser to fly any other flag but that | of the U. 8. A. This, of course, is only a suggestion. I candidly hope that you will keep up this. good work and thereby en- | join those officials in charge to re- | duce the expenditures to a minimum | and ‘help bring the country back to a normal basis, 8. 26 KB. 120th Si §. FRIEDMAN. Feb. 15, 1920, A Grand, Grand Road. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Work! for His action of changing water into wine, as He did | at the marriage feast, were He to do our gold fram the erffers of the Anti-Saloon League, and instead of trying to regulate the thirst of men go among them and teach them by advertising campaigns how to regulate their own You know as well as I do that Pro- | pay hibition will be the great issue of the next national election, and thank God that we have in our midst such men as Edwards and Hague of New Jersey, who are firmly resolved that peraunal Uberty shall not be shelved and for- without a fight. OF THE MILLIONS BEHIND With high praise, I must commend) ‘The Evening World for having your staff correspondent, Martin Green, e. A grand, grand road ‘is the FE So prompt, and its cars are so cheery, "Tis a joy to commute On this wonderful route, That's enough—no jury would clear me. A READER. nt Polley. | "To she bt | The Telephone Company is at fault |}Bad service is due to the fact that {they will not employ proper help. They Jadvertise for girls between eight and twenty-five, but the facts a that they will take girls fourteen y. of age and school them fo ‘They prefer to empboy girls \toen to twenty-five without expe: \rather than girls over twe with experience, Why? Because jt is cheaper. This is true, us I am‘a thoroughly experienced operator and have been chiof operator for a num. ber of years in the West, but could not obtain employment here at the New York Telephone Company, The is actually half compared with cities west. They will never give good service under their present system. Pay good wages. Employ girls who are settled in their habits, not th fickle-minded kids, and you can rest assured they will be in a position to give better service. A.J. 0. New York, Feb. 17, 1920, To the Biitor Just a few words on the comments of Mr. Adams about the Police Band ou ‘the editorial page of Friday's World. First of all I think Mr. to be congratulated for Adams is connected in the musical ublic certain facts e in some way, and is prejudiced UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake ~ Goprrtgnt, 1920.) SEE SOME OF THE WORLD, IF YOU CAN. rare Because nearly two millions of Americans. in the years of their youth have scen part of Europe they will be better Amer- icans. Incidentally the country will be better for their Euro- pean experiences, Shakespeare "made Polonius speak an important truth when he said: “Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.” Don’t worry about the proverb which solemnly warns you that ‘‘a rolling stone gathers no moss.” Moss is a commodity of no value except as an ornament. We do not advise the youths of the land to leave their jobs and go dashing off to foreign parts with no provision for their upkeep on the way. But we do advise all young men who have the opportunity while still young to travel to take advantage of it. It is always wise for the boy brought up in a small town to go to the great city to take his first position. And by the same rule it is wise for the city boy to go to the small town to make his start. We live and work not among a few people of the country, not among the people of one section, but among people who come from all sections, And it abolishes the provincialism of the city boy to live for a time in a small town, preferably in another State, just as it makes the country boy less provincial to come to the city and sce how they do things there, Travel is largely a matter of opportunity. to every one to see th Ny It is not given world, or even a part ‘of it. But when such an opportunity offers, take advantage of it. ” among strangers, You will be “on your own Neither ad- vantages nor disadvantages of birth count with them. Go among them if the chance presents itself, learn their ways, and your mind will be enriched by what you learn from them, and your chances of success will be greatly increased by the knowledge you thus gain. i eennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnmnnmnenmn: 5 , | MIIL in turn was ruled by his grim W® |50—UNDER THE RED ROBE. | _ By Stanley J. Weyman. H IL DE BERAULT was a gentle- man-adventu: ., a card-sharp, & duelist of deadly skill and ferocity; a man who held off retribu- tion at the point of his sword. The time was 1620, France was ruled by King Louis XIIL, and Louis: Prime Minister, Richelieu. The Prime Minister was trying to build up France and to curb the power of the nables and to check certain national evils, ‘The warst of these evils was thu widespread custom of quellimg—a ous- tom which yearly caused hundreds of deaths. Richelieu ordained that due! ling should hencefo: be a capil offense. This meant that Berault, among others, was deprived of his bower as a bully. Caught cheating in @ card game for high stakes, Berault was forced to fight the man who made the ac- Cusation against him. He killed ais opponent. At once he was arrested and carried before Richelieu. who condemned him to death. But fame of Berault’s courage and‘ swordsmanship had already reached‘ the Prime Minister, and he af- fered the prisoner one chance of life. Among the most dangerous of Richelieu’s many enemies was a no- bleman whose chateau was near the Spanish border and who had headed one conspiracy after another against the Prime Minister. This noble was now hiding somewhere among the Pyrenees Mountains and had eluded all Richelieu's spies and soldiers. The people of ‘his neighborhood were $0 devoted to him that they not only kept the secret of his hiding place ‘but Waged war on any who came to molest the fugitive. Richelieu now offered Berault his life and liberty if he would go to the Pyrenees and capture this noble and bring him back to Paris to execution. " It was a hazardous mission and next to impossible of success. Yet, because it offered him a chance for freedom and because he had no. scruples, the prisoner consented. He went to the Pyrenees. There he retended to be a bitter enemy of a! Meu ‘and to have fled thither feom the Prime Minister's persecu- tion This clever ruse won him a welcome at the nobleman’s chateau, where the fugitive's sfster—known lovingly | in the region as “Made- | molaeile"—acted as hostess in her | brother's absence. | ,Berault set himself adroitly to win | Mademoieelle’s confidence 7nd "to trick her into revealing her brother's hiding place. For a long time he made no headway in this plan. But for the first time In his misspent life he was brought into contact with a and noble woman. Made- moiselle’s charm and goodness not only won Berault’s heart but made him ashamed of his own black past. The more so when he found she was beginning to return his love, et he was under solemn ‘p! Richelieu to fulfil his mission, and he felt he could not back out. Mademoi- selle, in her new trust in Berautt,! told him where her brother was hid- den. Berault seized the fugitive and’ started for Paris with him, Mademef- selle's horror at learning her lover™ real character was too much for him, however, and during the journey he set his prisoner free. Then, alone, Berault went on to’ Paris, surrendered himself to Riche- lieu and told what he had done. Riche- ;|lieu heard him out, then curtly him march into’ the adjoinins room to meet his doom. Into the next room went Berault, stecling himself for sudden death.) And as he entered the room a woman} ran forward to meet him. It was Mademoiselle, who had hurried to Paris to beg Richelieu to spare Be- rault's life, "The Prime Minister hed consented, deeply moved by her and by Berault's sense of honor in re- turning to Paris when he might havet escaped. And he had bidden Mademoi-' selle to wait in that anteroom until he should send her reprieved lover to! her. DON’T BE LAZY! MAN may be a born genius, but if he will not exert himself he can achieve little, Laziness is fatal to success, History contains few instances where sluggards have risen to the top. { All worthwhile results are achieved: by effort, usually by painstaking, per- sistent, unsparing effort. ‘The lazy person lets things alide, And when things are left to slida they slide downhill. Laziness {s a quality inherent om human nature. ; Ignorance usually {s a consequenos of jaziness, i And ignorance leads, not to suce! cess, but to failure, against the Police Band and the suc- | work he can take care of. cess they are throughout the city. | bis talent is not needed, Another thing is that the taxpayers’ money is being used to good advan-|for more tage in this than one band, something for their money. their money goes in other ways, they would much prefer this, I don't see| they have the what the musicians’ union has to do|it in very sho: with stopping free concerts, as taking bread and butter out of the |o¢ other cities. ord I think you are @ little mistaken; if| where it’s ue. Eppa Bes oh tga ge oa WIN GILB! 4 fessional should he will have allvthe saath BD" Coney Island, Feb, 18, 19: 7 pum B Naetares Otherwise This is a big city and there is room Mr. us it is giving the| Adams's remark that the band has nce to hear good entertain-|acquired a reputation because they of charge, which shows |are policemen and that most amateur axpayers that they are getting |bandg are as good is ridiculous. The if the| Police Band acquired their reputa- taxpayers got a chance to see how|tion and fame not from their neat uniform and appearance, but because pods and they produce r and can play As far) with the best in this city and a lot u 1 am no cop and no professional musician's mouth, why) lover of cops, but I have to give credit} domgedly Mental laziness ‘1s more common,| perhaps, than physical laziness, It is not liard to go on doing tl which require no mental exertion and little bodily effort, But hord, earnest, sustained mena tal comfort is beyond the sluggard, Laziness acts on one as a drug. It tightens its guip upon one silente ly, stealthily, but, in course of time, fatally. It can always find excuses for t Poverty is one of the common fruits of laziness, The path of laziness is the straight. est of all paths to want and woe, To combat it, cultivate a healthy’ body and a sound mind, and onee you try you will be surprised how muoh more fun there is in doimg | things than in doing nothing, Fo; Magazine, i t