The evening world. Newspaper, April 22, 1920, Page 26

‘MEMBER OF TIE ASSOCIATED Press, Associated Prem tx exclusively entitiéd to the uso for republication ‘credited tn this paper the local news published herein. he SEND NEW PENS. tive desk would be a blessing. d their position. | State can even afford funeral expenses. SITES, Go with which he DIDN'T sign. ACTION, MR. FIGG, ACTION. HE EVENING WORLD is pleased to acknowl- tion from Mr. Howard Figg, which it published yes- ‘At is pleased to know that Mr. Figg considers “the ts of surveys of various industries by The Evening orld” io have been “of an exceptionally informative ” it The Evening World most desires is action, words. It is willing to permit the public to judge as to the of ‘the service rendered. From Mr. Figg we uld much prefer a letter stating that he had insti- proceedings against some of the profiteers ex- din the series of articles he commends. a specific example of what would be most wel- The Evening World suggests to Mr. Figg that 30-Cent Yoke that chafes the neck and irritates Thanks, Mr. Figg, but give us some action. » > ON POLITICAL MANTLES. ROM results in the Nebraska and Michigan pri- maries-one might almost imagine that the mantle Of Theodore Roosevelt was sadly dilapidated. The 0 claimants have fought for the garment and each Hell-Roaring. Hiram would seem to have established to a_major portion of the Rooseveltian toga. the Major General, to be more ex- s the spoils of the fray, and the unpreju- d observer will be prone to grant him title to the belt and change pockets. ~ Roosevelt’s mantle may appear to be divided. But is not the case. Hiram has a mantle, So has yal | don a whole tailor shop of raiment. On the political ~ ‘stage he acted a variety of roles in the same produc- + thon, He was at once the Prophet of Armageddon and the Apostle of Preparedness. ATOT wishing Gov. Smith any hard luck, but—a discriminating case of writer’s cramp at the Legislature is well within its last ten days. Ac- to the Constitution, laws passed now may become law without the signature of the Governor, Legislature is no longer able to pass laws over Governor's veto, for he need not return the bills. may hold them and permit them to die “in his is Aassk bills, the Jenks bill, the Fearon bill and are thoroughly vicious, dangerous and un-/ They need not become law unless Goy, | S¢¢m. approves. Unless the Legislature extends its | session, Gov. Smith has an easy way to smother these es after the opponents have come out and reg- Gov. Smith néed not kill the bills, But he should them die a natural death without his signature. Governors have a pleasant custom of giving as enirs the pens with which they sign important 4 v. Smith can add spice and variety by distributing edge the felicitously worded letter of apprecia- he may pay it the sincerest compliment by proceeding’ against Cluett, Peabody & Co., the manufacturers of ‘Tt required the histrionic genius of a Roosevelt to WHY “LIBERTIES” ARE LOW. F URTHER drops of from 90 cents to $2.80 yester- larger than ever the question: Porations find purchasers at high prices? j were moved to buy or to promise to buy more Lib- erty bonds than they could possibly carry. Another reason advanced is the high cost of living, which has forced many persons to part with invest- ments, including Liberty bonds, in order to piece out inadequate incomes. No doubt both these reasons have weight. But neither separately, nor, combined could they lower the price of Liberty bonds one penny if the lat- ter seemed to the buying public at the present momert the pre-eminently attractive security they ought to What, then, is the matter? Why is there so little enthusiasm for Goverment bonds among people who could perfectly well buy them if they wanted to, but who prefer to buy private | securities, many of which pay no higher interest? The chief reason is that the people of the United States have had their eyes unpleasantly opened to ihe bad management displayed by their Governmerit as a business institution. From one point of view, the administration of Fed- ‘eral affairs is nothing more or less than the conduct ‘of a luge corporation which collects and expends bil- |tions of dollars in the service of the public for whose | benefit it exists. “What more natural than that public confidence in this corporation at any given period should be strongly affected by conspicuous lack of order and economy |in its management? Since the war the country has been amazed and {scandalized by the absence at Washington of anytini \like reconstructive responsibility toward the Federal finances, War expenditure has gone on unchecked, Congress has made no attempt to budget Federal spending or cut down waste. The only sure things in Federal finance are taxes. _ Disclosures made by The Evening World of the barg facts and figures showing present policy, or lack day in the price of Liberty bonds keep looming Why do Bonds of the United States Government go begging at a time when securities of private cor- One explanation offered is that not a few Americans of policy, back of Government expenditures and esti- mates have been of a sort that would shake public confidence in the strongest private corporation ever established. Imposing as are the resources of the United States Government, the peaple to whom they belong cannot help being influenced by the manner in which they see them guarded and managed. : They cannot to the same extent “take stock” in their Government when they are alarmed and made anxious by the waste, with which it is run, Remember that Liberty bonds were specially urged upon the small invéstorsas an all-gold security of the greatest institution in the world. . He was assured they would never sell for less than he paid for them. ‘Liberty 2d 41-4s sold yesterday as low as $84.90, * He was assured the Treasury would always stand under these bond issues. The Treasury, being short, has just turned its back on them, é He was assured he was investing in the biggest and soundest corporation going, That corporation is now doing its utmost to demonstrate to him the reckless character of its financial management. What wonder that Liberty bonds are selling for what they will bring? star in the two plays advertised and presented on the game stage at the same time. Not even Roosevelt could be so diverting as to prevent the part of the t: mufience who paid to See the thrilling melodrama, “The Big Stick,” from walking out when the “Onward - Christian Soldier” chorus appeared. a his skill that he contrived to bill a return engagement and soki out the house to the contending factions, - But to do this the required the wardrobe of a light- “ing-change artist. He had several mantles and several understudies. ‘Neither the General nor the Senator understudied the full part. The result is apparent in _ Michigan and Nebraska. Each has appropriate cloth- _ Now, “ite show, or its money back. In the wings the two 0 “whether to go on with “The Two Orphans” or | at “Richard the Lion Hearted.” e West dislikes the General's supporting cast, and mt walks away with the delegates, because he con-| Many a man has attained more than passing fame ues to lead the band and battle for the Lord to the|for a sentence less profound and timely than one ot the Vice President’s happy word combinations Tues- To insure a four-year ron on Pennsylvania Avemue.| day. n “This country is all right from its neck down,” said It is a tribute to for only one part of the Roosevelt performance. each (half of the audience wants its own favor- man might are quarreling, and Manager Hays doesn’t and the Perkinses are all for Wood. The Mid-|other ways. of Deutschland Uber Alles, Hays needs some new costumes and a gen- ment of the whole show, Only Roose-| Mr. Marshall, e and get away oP. a) As between a well-run concern and one that watches only the cash that comes in, the average American still instinctively feels the difference, HE'S LONELY IN WASHINGTON. DDRBSSING the Associated Press, Vice Presi- dent Marshall facetiously admitted that he had no complaint to register in regard to inaccuracies in quotation by the association. His only grievance was that the “A. P.” gave its news gatherers so little oppor- tunity to misquote, mention, and appears to agree with John Wolcot that Mr. Marshall escaped without “Better be damned than mentioned not at all.” In truth, Mr. Marshall scarce gets his deserts, He has a fortunate habit of saying the right thing the right time—and in the right way, . He has a fund of good common sense which for- _ In the East the Militarists and the Morgans, the Pre-| bids him to aspire to the Presidency, It crops out in He is an optimist without being a Pollyanna, Mr. Marshall seems to be all right “from the neck ” Beating It Back! |__FROM EVENING WORLD READERS _| What kana of letter do you find most readuble? Isn't it the one that gives you the worth of a hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to say much in few words. Take time to be brief. Prohibition Inconsist To the Edithr of The Krening World: You can display @ sign reading Root Beer, but not Pileener Beer. You can display a sign reading Cot- ton Gin, but not GORDON GIN. You can display a sign reading Whiskey Poker Cards, but not Rye Whiskey, You can display a sign reading ‘Champagne Cider, but not Cham- pagne Sec, You can display a sign reading Mint Sauce, but not Mint Julep. You can display a sign reading Oyster Cocktail, but not Martini ‘Cocktail, Hes. FRED C. THOMAS. Wall Street, April 20, 1920. Regulars and the Bonus. To the Editor of The Brening World: ‘The latest bonus plan would) deny a ‘bonus to the regulars. Some one is making a big mistake. For a few months before the war was declareo thousands of young men enliste4 in the army. They were ready before ‘Congress was. Nearly every one of them knew that war would be declared. When they enlisted they became regulars. Undci the latest plan every soldier but the ones that were ready will ge: the bonus, : . ‘These thousands of young men arr nearly all out of the service now anc they will vote next fall. Who needs the bonus more than the regulars? ‘The army needs recruits, but it needs to show the prospective applicant that the regular soldier is at least on tae same level and is thought as much of as a drafted man, This last bonus plan is a very good plan to keep young men from becom- ing regulars. “It ix fine to think that the young man who was ready and willing and enlisted a few days be fore war was declared will not get ihe bonus, but the man that stalled and stalled until he was forced to go wili wet it, Just watch the drop of enlistments in the regulars if this latest plan ix carried out. AN EX-REGULAR, New York, April 18, 1920, An Overalled Critte, To the Biter of ‘The Broning Work! ‘The front pages of our daily papers are filled with headlines of how Mr, So and So is wearing overalls and how the Senate is going to wear them, &e,, &e. IT am a mechanic and have worn overalls for thirty years or more, and expect to wear them for a few more years, but I do think that these Preachers, Senators and what noté are forcing the price of overalls up on those who must wear them, by creat- EW tae aroveite teltiete, sreechs thousand words in a couple of ers, clerks, Senators, long haired men and short haired women in overalls Were to parade on our main street (Fifth Avenue) and passed a building under construction, I am sure every maton the job in overalls would be @ unit in calling them, and justly so, @ lot of fools, ‘ A MAN IN OVERALLS. Ye Gods, this commuter strike breaking is rich. It required three “dollar-a-minute’ men to fill the Place of one “‘half-dollar-an-hour” man in the engines. I know, because I saw photographs of some of the “three-for-one” crews. O. W.M. P. Elizabeth, N. J., April 15, 1920. A City Leginia ‘To the Baitor of The If the New York State Jegisiators made such a spectacle of themselves as newspapers claim, why cannot the people they are supposed to represent impeach every boozed-up Senator and Assemblyman, wipe them out as be- ing unfit, mentally, physically and is forced to take whatever laws legis- lators of this type feel like handing us, it is pretty nearly time that the papers started something in the line of "AN. Y. City Legislature” cam- naign, where city people upderstand the ‘wants of this big town, No emall town man has the proper vision to make laws adaptable to the needs of New York City, DUB. Pract Approval. To the Biitor of ening Wort’ Many Senators and Congressmen have expressed approval of the over- alle and old clothes movement, some of them going so far as to declare their intention to wear overalls in public. May I suggest that these gentlemen be asked to remove the duty from clothing as evidence of good faith? At the same time they might just as well take the duty off hides, cloth, and even foodstuffs, H. L, PHILLIPS, Falls Village, Conn, April 19, 1920. ‘ Opposed Sales Tax, to tim HAitor of The Kyeaing World: I notice that Congress is at present considering a tax on all sale to col- leet enough money to pay a bonus to our boys of the army and navy who fought in the late war, Far be it from me to utter one word of protest againgt the bonus, for the boys well deserve it and as a matter of fact should receive ail that 1s coming to them. But I hereby want to protest the manner in which Congress pro- poses to raise the money, able intatives at Washington aver Nolioe bow their tax bills are rh Rew York Even morally, and not proper people to make laws for tax payers. As I understand it, they were nearly all up-Staters, and if New York City o 1920, rena West, _ By J. H. Cassel UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1920, by John Blake.) SAVE YOUR PITY FOR OTHERS. It is easy to be sorry for yourself. You see your own troubles very plainly. They look extremely large to you. But if you cultivate the habit of self-pity you will have little time for anything else. Presently it will become so acute that you will pity yourself for fancied grievances as well as real ones. Then you will be a nuisance, not only to other people but to yourself as well. Pity for others in distress is a fine trait. It is needful in a world where sympathy is confined very largely to the pages of the dictionary. But pity for yourself is usually unnecessary and un- justified, and always harmful to the self-pitier. You will meet with injustice in the world, of course. Everybody does. Oftén you will be treated unfairly. Sometimes brutally. But if you are worth a continental, such treatment will only make you the more determined to get to a place where people will not dare inflict it. If you shed tears, actual or mental, whenever your feel- ings are wounded, you will be in continual torment, And your own grief at your own affliction is not at all likely to inspire pity in others. Méet your troubles philosophically. They are bound to come, no matter what you do, Let them canker in your mind and you will soon be a worthless hypochondriac, Forget them and keep on at your work, and they will soon cease to bother you ‘seriously. If you are sympathetic, as you ought to be, use your sympathy on others, Don't sympathize with yourself. You probably don’t deserve sympathy. And if you do, your own sympathy will not do you any good at all. AARP PP PPP PPPPPAAPAPPPLLAAPPALLS PRR RPP APD AARP carried out? is the common citizen, that is always bur- dened with start of the war until the present day, pretty near all the taxes that were imposed made the poor man poorer and the rich man richer, sales tax. During the war, there was in effect the soft drink tax, I saw dozens of storekeepers collect the tax, put it into an ordinary glass or saucer, and without any way of the Government knowing how much is due it, The Government would de- pend on the honesty of the store- keeper, and you can stake your life that there were many storekeepers who took advantage of a chance like ‘To the Editar of ‘The Hvening World; the people of our city in regard to military training, with Sociulistic doctrines, but I will be forced to become raxfical, Social- ist or any other object of hatred if I sometimes wonder if our honor-| something ie not done about mili trai ; hn sein ing + Do they notice that it “every-day sucker,” or the|of the taxes? From the believe it. we believe him? The worst tax of all is a direct when will be “going to the dogs.” they’ tell you what good I am forced to write to you and to/ won't praise it at all. I am not in accord with a maitariatie spirit. am s JULIUS Military traiaiag takes, two tary hg cochlea os of my time and thus deprives me two valuable hours of study. Pershing and Wood say military training is good for the Nation, for the people, for everybody, and people Trotzky says’ Bolshevism is for ‘tho welfare of the people; do Don't give | our teachers the adjustment in salaries, but keep up this huge, expensive old Government and in a short time you I wouldn't complain if I had any benefit from the time I spend in the armory, but we get no training at all: we waste time, hear our officers use Profanity, dig deeply into the pockets of taxpayers and then the public ap- plauds what Pershing or Wood may say. Sate M. RACHLIN, | ,1¢t's, have the people think for S ril 20, 1920, emselves, ‘Too mamyt peaple fet aw Fork Ap others think for them. If any of Peep ti your children take military training they de- rive from it and, believe me, they Summer is coming and we don't want to be imprisoned for two hours in @ stuffy armory. We don't want to waste the valuable hours of our ‘We don’t want to grow up 416 sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn, 1920. 3 q Had Developed ‘| Without Teeth? Interesting Exhibits at Mu- seum of Natural History Shows All Types of Teeth From Sawfish’s ‘‘Saw” to _ Snake’s Poison Syringe. HERE'S a new exhibit at American Museum, of Nat History that tells a great deal about teeth—about their structure, location, mode of implantation, growth and replacement, with special reference to the teeth of mammals. Many kinds of teeth are shown in the exhibit, from the curious, complicated apparatus called the “Aristotle's: lantern” iff vogue among the sea-ur- chins to the great, cruel fang of the lion, The Aristotle's lantern of the sea-urchin consists of five pyramidal jaws, each carrying a long slender tooth of continuous growth, which moves forward in the jaws as it be~ comes Worn away at the point. The horseshoe or king crab wears his’ teeth on his legs, at the first joints of which is a series of spines and sharp points, The food is torn to bits om these teeth and worked into the mouth opening. The lobster does hia fletcherizing with teeth which are to | be found on his fourth to ninth ap- pendages. Some of these teeth are adapted to seizing the food, others to grinding it, &c. The exhibit also re~ veals the little known fact that the beetle and worm boast teeth as use- ful and efficient as any. In man, as in most main:nals, (ne teeth are set in distinct, separate sockets called by the initiated “alve- olas” and are separated by a mem- brane from the surrounding one. But nature has other ways Of im- planting teeth, The extinct sea rep- tile known to the scientist as ichthye- * saurus had his teeth planted in » continuous sballow groove, as was the habit with certain birds whica lived many centuries ago. Mogern birds, however, huve adopted th@fushion of going toothless. Not all animals wear their teeth tn their mouths. As has been said, : some are partial to the location of their teeth on their legs, while others consider the stomach the ideal situa- ‘tion, And even among those animals who consider that the tooth’s sphere ig the mouth, there are differences of opinion as to just where teeth can be worn with propriety. The frog grows teeth only on his upper jaw, The ani- » mal known as Hoffman's sloth has ~ teeth only on the hinder parts of both jaws. The gazelle’s teeth are permitted to grow on both jaws, with the exception of the front of the upper jaw. Despite these and similar eccentricities, however, most animals, including the majority of mammals, have their teeth on the edges of both jaws, Of course the form and arrange-* ment of, the teeth of various animals differ to meet the various circum- stances. ‘The teeth (or saw) 9f the sawfish, far removed from the mouth, are designed for wounding or killing’ the prey. The teeth of the python are made fos seizing and _ grasping, and are long and recurvod sv as to hold tho prey securely. The teeth of the ray, which feeds on shell~ figh, are adapted to crushing. The lion's teeth are shaped for cutting, rending and killing, His posterior teeth are setas scissors. The teeth of the beaver are Jong, sharp and chisel- shaped—requisite tools for his life's work of gnawing. The fangs or front teeth of the poisonous snake ara really tubes which serve as hypoder- mic syringes to inject the poigon, Am opening at the base of the fang con- nects with the poison sac. Reserva fangs back of the ones in use soom replace those lost, so that removing the fangs of a poisonous snake ren~ ders him only temporarily harmless. The elephant grinds his food between’ teeth whose roughened surfaces act like millstones. The whale strains ort sifts the water with which he fiilla his mouth, by ejecting it through his’ teeth—sieves formed fy plates of baleen, In thie way he retains in his mouth, on the inner, hairy surface, the small animals left by the receding’ water, on which he dines. This information and very much more can be gained from an examina~ tion of one little case on the fourth, floor of the American Museum, wher are gathered various teeth and jaws in a truly comprehensive exhibit of, an unusual sort. Cross sections andy labels further help to make clear the mysteries of the tooth. Relation of Food to Pros-' perity. Did it ever occur to you that there. is a relation between banking and’ food? Mrs, Charles E, Frankenthal, head of the women's department of the" Great Lakes Trust Company and Treasurer of the Women's National) Republican Committee, believes there is, and she has some defined ideas, concering that kinship, according to* the Chicago News. “Proper nourishment of the body. she said to-day, ‘means better brain: Better brains lead to a better life in banking as well as anything else, worth while in life. No person prop: erly nourished with a thrift brain—j which means a brain fed with the proper food—-is going to be a victim of the financial sharks. People can buy: better food if they will exercise bets ter judgment; if they exercise that better judgment they will have money to place in savings accounts and they will pl it there. 4 “Proper food saves money as well as strength. The campaign begun in! Illinois to reduce the high cost of liv-/ ing will be backed to the limit by; the modern banks, because that cam- | paign is a part of the new world evo~ lution, Food and banking are vex closely related, as can be shown the present Gay statistios of savini banks, There are many more ac¥ counts now than there were in 191/ there is a greater volume of say ings. Personal investigation of thi persons with savings accounts showa them to be better nourished people than those without savings accou It ts not the savings accounts that ™make the better nourishment—it is better nourishment that makes sav- tugs accounts, ‘ f