The evening world. Newspaper, March 3, 1920, Page 22

ARE DARE ECR LE AR PO ID LORE RANT et 6 PNR AR ANNIE LT a ar eae smear py 2 ets ok UNINSTRUCTED DELEGATES.» OT ie, au delegates to national party con- NOT VIA THE SALOON. the past low standards of the American saloon. * ventions this year may be marked down as | Seed one point clear: spnli-Hoover. Oliticians “play the game.” ® Party bosses do not want Hoover for President. i fo bargains or pledges to the bosses. In so far as’he Lod Eight Bette i in the Benak fhas made pledges it has been to intelligent voters re-| Constitution to-day because millions of Americans |) gardless of party. were confused as to the real issue. ‘et in a single day a reader may glean the follow-| To them it was made to appear a choice: Eig news notes in regard to political activity favoring) Either Nation-wide Prohibition or the saloon as i fhe nomination of Hoover for President, many sections of the country have known the saloon f at its worst, Parties in Michigan. ‘ In Oklahoma he ran third in a large straw poll, a| It was this seeming alternative that paralyzed r¢- Favorite son and Bryan leading. sistance and silenced popular protest. * In Georgia the Democrats claim him in spite of} The lawless and short-sighted policy of the liquor ; their State Committee. interests had made the saloon an abomimation. 44 4n California the Republicans want Hoover. It was easy to fool a large part of the public into has started a bi-partisan movement. Here in New York the Republicans in one of the] "émedy. pst generally intelligent districts in the Nation are] It was easier still to frighten legislators into believ- cing a split because the machine opposes Hoover. |ing that the Anti-Saloon League lobby could ruin | ‘All straws, but they show a strong wind. them politically if they failed to do its bidding. Every delegate instructed for Hoover will help, but) tf the Anti-Saloon League had ‘been only what its van ees wai is a lively contest would have made it to-day one of the most honored What ec rai roasts in both parties. organizations in the United States. ce, sentin relish the prospect The saloon needed to be either drastically cleansed party or abolished. The Anti-Saloon League could have led obit hic aden the scouring movemsat’ WOW THE PUBLIC FEELS THE FREIGHT. | craving for power. Only with tyrannous suppression @ proposal for restoration of a 2-cent .pas-| the Prohibition leaders feel they had set their stamp fare, He'says: upon the country. They did not stop until they be- lieved the conquest complete, Nothing could be further from the truth than to represent the present awakening of people and Legis- latures as a movement to reinstate the saloon, “wet”. last Monday—some of them for the first time in forty years—were not voting back the saloon, The Governor and Legislature of New Jersey are not fighting for the saloon, The Cuvillier Six Per Cent. Beer Bill introduced in the Assembly at Albany provides a new system for * @loth from the aviller to the jobber, Rhode Island is not contesting the validity of the Clothing the manufacturer to the whole- sg y per haaen * Eighteenth Amendment before the United States Su- Glothing from wholesaler to retailer, preme Court in the hope that it may be able to re- > Perhaps it is true that the added freight collected] decorate the street corners of its cities with saloons, j railroads from a 20 of 25 per cent. increase in] The old-time Saloon is gone beyond recall, || rates might actually amount to only 6 cents, but re-] What Americans are awakening to now is the reali- | cent ais aS TET eyes és Fegt Hoover would not be “deliverable.” He is making His name has been filed for the primaries of both In Chicago his speech before the Western engineers believing that organized fanaticism held the only {| srithout an organization there is small chance that they name implies, it might have pefformed services which But that ambition did not satisfy the League's ger tgnil UNDERWOOD of the Erie is out| of personal liberty and invasion of State rights could with The thirty-three towns in Massachusetts that voted {Glomh foots the fodder to the Pe, licensing traffic in alcoholic beverages. experience has convinced the public that each zation that they could have dealt with the saloons , handler passes on the freight increase plus a tidy profit without permitting the degradation of the saloon to-be | pdded for himself. exchanged for the degradation of the Federal Consti- “|” When Mr, Consumer gets the overcoat that 6-cent | tution. Risiee may burt “like sixty.” They begin to see that they need not have sur- rendered their constitutional liberties to purge their communities of an evil influence, FOR Go! S DELIGHT. It was not necessary for Americans’ to bow to a ; i. } M* GOMPERS must have smiled with Pleasure dynasty of power-seeking fanatics and pass into bond- 1 when he learned of the organization of “The| a¢ in order to rid themselves of a nuisance, 3 a ae ua Federation of America” by business men} “The way back to personal freedom and national » | of the Middle West. self-respect is yet to be, found, a Certainly Mr. Gompers ought to wish it success.) jt will NOT lead through the swing doors of a an organization plays into his hand, saloon, One of the Commercial Federation speakers said: ‘The American Federation of Labor to-day is ri the most dangerous force in American politics POPPING SOME QUESTIONS. ERIOUSLY now, does leap year account for the increase in marriages during January and Febru- ary? Has Bernard Shaw been wrong all along? Haven't women been doing the matchmaking in other years and are they proposing now? Will the inference that so many others are doing al ) 4 ‘ / and we want this organization to become large enough and sttong enough to combat it by re- moving the fear of that body from the minds of our politicians and office holders. 4m our estimation this is about 95 per cent, pure und unadulterated nonsense, The other ’S per cent. depends on the success of such an organization as this Commercial Federation. The fact is, Mr. Gompers in 1920 is trying to do exactly what he has tried to do for twenty years. He says his policy is new because no one relishes 4 confession of failure. This year’s plan has a few new trimmings, but in essentials it is the old, old game of | “delivering the labor vote.” it has always failed. Labor's ranks are by no 1 J ‘ ' ' } $ 5 1 by women in March? Shall we amend Tennyson? Should the 1920 version read: , In the spring a lMvelier iris changes on the burnish’d dove; In the spring a young maid's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. ‘ eMsing the gaps unless that 5 per cent, chance] by 100 account for a difference? 4materializes, — What part does the H. C. of L. play? show of strength, Mr. Gompers might be able to rally, portion of brides keep on working after marriage? ing in their own light. - i et one, Backers of such a move are stand- parative abstinence? 3 ban is a good time to drop it, before Mr. Gompers weds could tell, and they will not. able to pick it up. "America THE EVENING WORLD, The anti-Prohibition reaction now gathering Uninstructed delegates are the counters with which] strength in this and other States does not mean that it cause a further flood of marsiage license applications ‘means united now. Mr. Gompers has no chance of| Does the fact that 1920 ts divisible by fourand not Mf the Commercial Federation of America or some] Can two live more cheaply than one or only more similar body shouki become formidable or make a|cheaply than two? In’ other words, how large a pro- Or is the whole excess merely an indication that In this improbable case we suspect that Mr. Gom- marriageable veterans of the war are getting settled pers could command ten vates to a Commercial and readjusted and making up for three years of com- We “pop” these questions because there does not They have permitted fear to triumph over reason, seem to be an authoritative answer. Only the newly- no place for a solid labor vote or a ticularly by the unwedded, Perhaps they will serve to J her, WHEN? OH 3, 1920. WHERE? The State of New York is the wealthiest and most populous in the Union. It carries nearly half the load of Federal war taxes. The State of New York is entitled to two Senators and forty-three members of the House of Representatives in Congress. Two seats are vacant. What are these forty-three elected Representatives from New York doing to help check Federal war spending and get this country back on a peace basis? When, where and how are they severally and collectively representing New York voters.and taxpayers? WEDNESDAY, MAR HOW? (ths Now York Brening World.) American communities would ever permit a return to MS Ne ; Outrageous Dscrimination. ‘To the Kditor of ‘Me Evening World: I always considered the Eighteenth Amiendment and the Yolstead act class legislation, but according to Commissioner Roper’s last ruling, @ man having two or more domiciles can transport booze from one dom- iclle to the other. Unde» that ruling 1 don’t think it is class “legislation only, but the most damnable farce of @ law that was ever put over. To think that a man wh money enough to put up a shack jh different parts of the country can’ cart booze from one place to the other with impunity, while the poor man is deprived of a glaas of beer! Why, it is outrageous! What are we coming to? ALEXANDER McKEOWN, Brooklyn, Feb. 28, 1920. Unappreciated Sarcasm, fh sympathy, R. Vv. New York City, Feb, 25, 1920. Anderson’s Refusal. ‘To the Editor of ‘The Evening Workt: House of Assembl: from Besex County, any. was a meuber of this delegation. Mr. Hobart during the 1918 of the Legislature was the adviser and official representative in a legal capacity of the Anti-Saloon League when questions concerning the liquor trade were before the I Saloon League is only sneak any of its repre office, and he knows th: r. S. Hobart is an official of the League ahd that he is called upon whenever it is necessary to fight its legal bat- tles in New Jersey. I will conclude by again telling the Anti-Saloon League to go slow in its movements, which are creating Bolshevists, for America is now @ yoloano which might break into eruption at any moment, the Anti-Saloon League is largely re- case is just one. American people bave in Gov. wards of New Jersey a powerful an- tidote for the poisonous propaganda Anti-Saloon League and its synonym Bolshevism. AN ADMIRER OF EDWARDS OF true American views. However, |“Ninw JHRSEY. ib. 28, 192 there are some that are, absolutely One of the latter was written by a certain man of the Borough of Brook- lyn. I wit! not honor him by mention- ing his name. He is one who believes tn driving his horse around “the next dark corner” and hitting him on the head, preferably, as this is more pain- ful than a mere elash across the 1 do hape the Society for the Pre- vention of Crueity to Animals will this In reference to a letter you pub- lished recently under the heading, “Only a Horse,” the dirty cur says: By all means get a horse and perience; it’s he and his kind that] exceedi good service in bad were the very same ones to whip and | weather, (ake it around to some va- cant lot wd beat it up, then put a stick of dynamite to it to “put the thrust a lance into His side. What|finishing touch to it.” else can be expected of such beings | TH: can't haul its load, your're out of all. With a horse it's ou afraid of interference ose foolish sentimentalists Drive your horse around the next eh Don't hit him across the flanks. No; on the head ¢ down Of course he'll rear, and try to move away, I read with:great sorrow the letter ot Mr. A. B. Wood, Assistant State Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, declining the support of your paper in the interests of the candi- dacy of W. H. Anderson, That Mr, Anderson does not relish the idea of becoming a gubernatorial candidate will indeed bring tears to the eyes of Mr. Peciomiff, alias William Jennings Mr. Wood states in his letter that for years the Anti-Galoon League ished the fact veer, high inen 9 do i | not want public office. ropos of Nevertheless they are worthy of consideration, par-| pot rent public omies. | ADT oven. ber, 1917, there was elected to the ly of New Jersey What's the difference A cop's revolver brings tt Eow would this dirty HA DP like to be taken around the corner if he were unable to perform his duty at some particular time or other, and have a whip brought down upon him or bet- ter still, “have a cop's revolver put the finishing touch to him?” ‘Was Charles B, Kirschbaum of 1121 Bedford Avenue, the writer of “Only a Horse,” ever in the army or ma- Did he ever carry a pack through icy roads, muddy streets or in keen bitter weather, and: feel as e'd like to have geome on stone our Saviour on His way to the orgss, and then, after crucifying Him, UNCOMMON SENSE (Copyright, 1920.) By John Blake NEVER BE ELATED BY A LITTLE SUCCESS. You will find victims of swelled heads on every bench in the park, in every breadline, in every poorhouse, in every jail. It is an easily communicable and a deadly disease. The only cure for it is a severe jolt, and sometimes the remedy is so severe that the patient never recovers. Remember that a little success is often easily come by. Sometimes it is due almost wholly to luck. Sometimes it follows advancement through favoritism, which is probably the worst thing that can happen to anybody. In any event, no success can survive a swelled head. If in the early years of your career you find yourself well ahead of the feflows who started with you, look out. You have still a long way to travel. If you are satisfied with yourself, be sure you will never get any better. And if you don’t get any better you will soon begin to go back. Authority cannot safely be intrusted to any man till he shows that his head will not be affected by it. Once let him begin to make bad use of it, to domineer, and to bully, and he might as well bid any further progress goodby. Remember always that big men never get the swelled head, or if they do get a slight attack they soon recover. If you have begun to think that you are doing’ pretty well, thank you, and to pity the poor devils who are not as bright as you are, stop and take stock. id Don’t think about the men you hayg passed, but about the men who have passed you. Conside¥ the important men of your acquaintance, and of history. ' Read their biographies, and note how they continually struggled to make themselves capable of bigger and better work, There is no time to get a swelled head when a man is really going up. It is the chap who stops to admire him- self who falls victim to conceit. If you are as great a man as Lincoln, as Shakespeare, as Napoleon, puff and strut all you please. But the ~hances are you are not. And until you are perfectly sure that you are, keep on trying. The study of big men -vill give you less time to admire yourself and thereby save you from a malady that is absolutely fatal to any important suecess, \ nthe nanometer patitinnsn ft No. 54—MANON LESCAUT. By Abbe Prevost. T was on the way to Paris that ] young De Grieux met Manon Les- caut. He was on his way to take up his collegiate studies. But at the sight of the bewitchingly dainty girl he forgot his career and his work and every~ thing else except that he adored her. He managed to make her acquaint- ance, and lost no time at all in laying siege to the bewitchingly fickle heart. To his estatic delight, Manon re- turned his love in ample measure. And before the lumbering old seven- teenth century stage coach rolled to a final halt in Paris the two were sweethearts, Then set in a long ant bitter course of troubie for them both. De Grieux ‘was penniless. So was Manon. And Manon was aleo extravagant and pleasure loving. She led poor De Grieux a sorry dance, And she capped the climax by run- ming away with a richer man. De Grieux, heartbroken, sought refuge and forgetfulness in his studies. But Manon would not let him alene. Tiring of the millionaire she had chosen for the luxuries he coukd heap upon her, she hunted Paris until she, found the hiding place of De Grieux. ‘There, on her knees, she pleaded for ‘his forgiveness; swearing she loved him alone and that henceforth she would be true to: him. ‘The luckless lover tried in vain to resist her magic lure. But her witch- ery Was too strong for his good reso- u He threw over his hopes of scholarship and of advancement and became once more the wiliing slave of Manon Lescaut, Their old life together recom- menced; and the shifts to which they were reduced to get money enough to keep alive would have humiliated and horrified De Grieux in his saner mo- ments, ‘Desperately uncertain and danger- affairs presently took a worse turn. ‘The man whom Manon had deserted for De Grieux vowed vengeance on the lovers, He caused Manon's arrest on a trumped-up charge. Through his wealth and influence he had her sen\ to life banishment ip France's penal colonies of Louisiana. Mad with grief over this prospect pf losing his sweetheart, De Grieux smuggled himself aboard the ship which carried her to America, In New Orleans he announced that he was her husband. And for a time he and she were not molested. ‘hen the French Governor of Lou- isiana feil in love with Manon, But she turned a deaf ear to his vows. Experience and sorrow had deepened her character. She loved De Grieux alone, and shé was prepared to die sooner than to give him ‘up. To escape the Governor's persecu- tions, Manon and De Grieux fled to the wilderness. ‘There Manon’s fra- gile strength gave out, She fell ill and died. De Grieux, weeping his heart out, dug a grave for her with his sword and buried with her all that had made his own life worth living. VAAN Chinese Mint in Shanghai, It is understood by the China Press that the Government has decided to establish, the head mint of China @t Shanghat, un- der the control of the Currency Commission, which has appotnt- ed a committee to purchase the ground and make the necessary arrangements, * 68 Aerial Postal in India. An issue of Shipping and En- gineering announces that the Bombay-Karachi aerial postal service is now in operation, using three-passenger de Havi- land machines, carrying 1,000 pounds of mait and other bag- gage. Mails are delivered im Karachi on the day of their en | OMAS FRANCIS: HENDRICK, }! miatls are despatched.on the day aa ‘eae MD hae an OA OE i feign cien.ammeTY oY Oe © leva rival in Bombay, and outwaré ous as was their existence together, *~