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; { ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. [Puvimea Dany Except Company, Nos. t RALPH PULITHER, }. ANGUS BHAW, Trea jOBZPH PULITZER. Jr.. Seore’ ‘exctuatvely entitled for repabiteation | i ce ibervie ered tn thie Daw reasonable to suppose that:he decided to do the FOSTERING FOSTERISM. ENIAL of the right of free speech and assembly = in the coal and ‘steel regions, the latest ex- "ample of which appears at Duquesne, Pa., is the natural result of the mistaken and dangerous in- | duStrial philosophy Best represented in America By It is more than probable that Judge Gary would disavow any desire to interfere with the rights of free speech and assembly, but in actual practice this is what extreme opposition to the orderly organiza- tion of labor leads to. ‘ “Law and order” in the coal and steel town: means coal and steel law and obedience to the orders ‘of those whom the coal and steel managers allow to hold office. “Garyism” explains though it ‘does not justify “Fosterism.” ‘ : When representatives of the A. F. of L. are fore bidden to make an orderly appeal to miners and steel workers, the result has been that the more vio- lent and radical organizers of the Foster type have | been the only ones who dared to brave the odds and present any sort of unionism. ) The result has been the furtherance of unwise and ill-considered unionism. It has been a case of fighting the devil‘ with fire, ‘ If practical Fosterism is revolutionary and con- trary to law, so too is practical Garyism. ie OPPOSITE POLES. : OTHING is easier to understand than the wrath of Hiram Johnson’s henchmen at the . Suggestion that Charles E, Hughes be made Perma- * nent Chairman of the Republican Convention, at _ . This is not the first time thai widely differing | political temperaments have found themselves in ' the same party. But rarely has one party sphere vembraced such opposite poles as Hiram Johnson and Charles Evans Hughes. Fy It is pot even necessary*to go back to what hap- pened in. California in 1916 to explain the breach between the two men. Toe gulf that separates ‘them is a gulf made up of fundamental incom- ' “patibilities of mind and method, Hughes and Johnson are as unlike as quartz and _ Quicksilver. Each stands at an extreme which it | is the first instinct of shrewd party leadership to «avoid. ‘ The distance between these extremes is a measure of the difficulty the’ Republican Party is going to have to find a belt long and stout enough to hold it togethgy till next November. . THE ANSWER IS, NO. N his signed column in the New York American, Arthur Brisbane comments on a parliamentary question and answer in the British House of Commons, The question dealt with whether the proposed fortification of the Island of Taboga which pro- tects the Panama Canal could be referred to tig, League of Nations. The Government dismissed the irresponsible question with the reply that it did not think it necessary to interfere. . ‘ “Most kind of the British Government,” is Mr. Brisbane’s ironical comment, Then with deliberate intent to mislead, he asks: But suppose this country had fallen into the League of Nations trap, might we not have been ordered to dismantle harbors of New York and San Francisco as well as at the entrance to the Panama Canal? The answer is, “No”’-—as Mr. Brisbane well knows, Once in the League, the United States member- ship in the Council would preclude any “orders” tot agreeable to us. Our single vote would in- ¢lude veto power on distasteful orders, PRESIDENTIAL DARING? JUBLICATION of President Wilson's “fighting talk” to the naval officers seems to reveal a new side to his character, which for the most part he has kept carefully hidden. The “fighting talk” discovers, in, place of the austere student, the fighting man with a hankering eto roll up his sleeves and go out and get at the “hornets,” to forget the word “prudent,” and to - be “audacious to the utmost point of risk and a ” ft was not a cold-blooded sending of men to their deaths, It was a heart-warming and inspiring call for volunteers in the language which men under- stand and to which volunteers respond, ee, ‘This side of the President's character may in time | the window. The haberdasher merely took orders. come to explain some of his actions which have puzzled both friends and critics. , a For example, it may explain his politically unfor- tunate appeal for a Democratic Congress in 1918. _ It is not too much to suppose that the President foresaw the sort of opposition which a Congress not | Democratic has furnished. / In the light of his talk to the naval officers it fs “audacious” thing “to the utmost point of risk and daring.” ‘ It was daring and risky—and it failed, The critics judge by the failure. They do not stop to reflect that, had the appeal won, the Nation riow'would not be a self-confessed violator of promises and pledges, a drag on the peace of the world, Certainly every move of the Republican Congress elected has vindicated the truth of the letter, WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS. 66] KNEW Hawthorne and Emerson and Walt Whitman; 1 knew Longfellow and Holmes and Whittier and Lowell; | knew Bryant and Ban- croft and Motley; I knew Harriet Beecher Stowe and Julia Ward Howe; 1 knew Artemus Ward and Stockton and Mark Twain; 1 knew Parkman and Fiske.” : It was at a dinner given in this city eight years ago, on his seventy-fifth birthday, that William Dean Howells, in the course of one of his characteristically charming and modest talks on American literature, thus strikingly recalled how far his life went back into a former generation of American writers. Yet this venerable man of letters, with his memo- ries of Hawthorne and Emerson, was still an active and distinguished contributor to ihe literature of the present generation, a friend of its young and rising authors, a lively companion at literary feasts and a keen critic with an eye that never lost the freshness and faith of youth. fe It was a long career of unflagging enthusiasm in observation, thought and-labor that carried the boy who began at a printer's case on his father’s news- | paper in an Ohio town to a position where he was recognized both in this country and in Europe as the Dean of American Letters. “When I was coming forward,” said Mr. Howells a few years ago, “the Civil War was just over and the whole country was stirred with an uplifting impulse. There was a unanimity of interest toward the wholesome andeinspiring facts of life.” It was the wholesome and inspiring side that ap- pealed to him then and ever after. The American life that he put into his novels was Tot sensational. It was sound and sweet—with a purity which aimed to prove that the American novelist can be virile without adopting the-brutalities of a thodern realism, + Wee Py ‘PME EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, PO vi | FROM EVENING WORLD READERS . hundred? Ta some this seemed a weakness in Howells’s work, Another war-worn generation may turn to It as the truest kind of strength. A DULL IMAGINER, 66] T IS inconceivable,” says Senator Smoot, ‘that any one Should believe that the Republican’ ‘Party contemplates raising any such sum as $10,000,000.” Which raises the question of what Senator Smoot means by “inconceivable.” nee In 1896, without the example of Five Liberty Loans fresh in mind, Mark Hanna directed the dis- bursement of a fund reliably estimated at $5,000,000. In 1896 there was no inflation of the dollar. In 1896 there were no corporations with excess profits which they’ feel that they can spend at. the tate of 40 cents on the dollar, In 1896 there was no pre-nomination barrel com- parable to the fund available for the promotion of the Wood boom. If Senator Smoot cannot conceive of a $10,- 000,000 fund this year, it simpy indicates that his imagination is not so keen as it might be. The du Pont dye monopoly tariff plan would seem to be a better example of what ought to be “inconceivable,” but which actually was conceived, was almost executed, and may yet be achieved: A WINDOW RETRIMMED. MONTH ago the shirt window of a downtown haberdashery displayed $12 silk shirts and $2.50 shirts. , The expensive silk creations were temptingly dis- played in the lower part of the window. Tucked away at the top and half hidden by the trimmings the plebeian apparel seemed to apologize for ex- istence. ® The shirts are still in the window, But the window has been redressed. $ The two kinds of shirts have changed places. The $2.50 shirts now have the-place of honor. They are advertised as “Thrift Shirts” at $2 each, are prob- ably good value for the money, and will render at Igast six times the service of the shirts that cost six times as much. The public was responsible for the redecoration of What kind of a letter do you find most readable? Ien’t it the one that gives you the worth of a thouasnd words in @ couple of There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to say much in few words. Take time to be brief. Prefers the Trolley. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: Regarding the motor buses on Staten Island, I for one would gladly see them dispensed with, like a, good many others. I find them in the hands of uncouth drivers who are not fit to have the lives of thirty or more pas- sengers in their hands. The roads are none too good, adding to the danger of @ bus turning over, which experi- ence I have escaped on more than one occasion. As to the bus itself, the crowded conditions are most disgraceful; itis a case of fighting to get in one, a Job to stay on your feet and a fight to Bet, out, Give us back the troeys, no matter how much the fare may be, then we can again ride to and fro in a little more decency. M. Staten Island, May 10, 1920. ‘Where the Sugar Goes. To the Faditr of Tee Evening World: I notice a new chain of candy stores has been opened. Of late we have been reading much in the daily newspapers about the great sugar shortage. It seems to me that by increasing the number of candy stores we are naturally increas- ing the demand for candy, because those who like candy will naturally buy more when there are more stores, and just as naturally this will deplete the sugar supply. It seems that the solution of the sugar shortage lies in curtailing the demand for candy. Apparently the candy manufacturers are able to buy as much sugar as they are able to pay for, while wholesale grocers are only able to secure limited supplies. Some will argue that it is necessary to in- erease the supply of candy en account of prohibition, but 1 don’t think such an argument will hold water. W. H. STANTON. New York, May 10, 1920. Bootlimb Humort the Paitor of the Evening World: ‘It was with a great degree of plea- sure and relief that I, in common with @ large number of other residents of New Jersey, read in your valued newspaper the fair and unbiased ac- count of the efforts of certain other residents of our fair State to protect the mbrals of this great common- wealth by insisting on proper babili- ments for the scarecrows of North Nutley. It was exceedingly gratifying to read between the lines of that article The Evening World's indorsement of this great and important moral imove, but it was with pain that I read in another column a reference that shocked the sensibilities of one*who views with alarm the growing ten- dency Of the age to shameless care- word “Bootle+r,” with reference to one who illicitly and illegally traf- fics in and sells the forbidden essence of corn—the juice of that same corn which the decorously clad scarecrows of North Nutley protect @o dili- gently. It seems to me, air, that The Eve ning World would not intentionally break down the decent reserve of its readers, particularly of the young of both sexes—(please pardon the use of the objectionable word—I mean the young ladies and young gentle- men)—by printing such open and un- ROS HEL EN EL stir UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake | (Copyrtaht, 1928, by John Blake) ‘LEARN SOMETHING ing to be a baseball player. years of their life are gone. veiled reference to those parts of the human body which neither young ladies nor young gentlemen should publicly recognize that they or others possess. I venture to remark that such Openly suggestive words. as ‘Boot- le—r,” “Bootl— and words of a similar derivati should ‘be elimt- nated trom the public prints, and in- stead, the more moral and dignified and less ive terms ‘‘boot- limb,” | “boot-limbing” and ‘*boot- \mber” should be used in their stead. 1 am, sir, with highest motives, Yours for purity, GORDON H. PLACE. Edgewater, N. J., May 10, 1920. Lunch Reom Costs. ‘To the Editor of The Bvening World: Just a few points to lunch-rgom “victims.” Potatoes a year ago com $5 a bag; to-day a bag costs $15. Oranges six months ago cost $5 per box; to-day $11 is charged (and this fruit is half as gvod in quality), Rolls and bread were advanced again 2 and 4c only a week ago. As high as 30c a head was chargea for lettuce. In all, the average com- modity has advanced something like 200 per cent. How about sugar? Not & year ago it cost 91-20 per pound. To-day—26c. Coffee ig yet Sc.per cup. How about help? It only costs 100 per cent. more for labor. If these “poor victims" think such enormous profits are being made in lunch rooms, let them get into the game. ARMCHAIR LUNCH. To “White Collar Slaves.” ‘Te the Riitor of The Keening World: For the benefit of the “White Coltar Slaves,” including 8. H., Wayne, Mil- ler and all others who haven't written & complaint but who will sooner or later, you just tell them to seng to J. M., Organizer, 19 Windsor Street, Rochester, N. ¥., their name, ad: occupation and ambitions, and lo! their eyes witl be opened to the union that Is here—now! live and kicking! CHARLES W. BROWN. 435 Sth Av., Brooklyn, May 10, 1920, ‘The For rtawe. Yo the Editor of The Brening World No doubt you have heard of a se- Jessness in the matter of public refer- d personal nature. "Phe article veferred ay cs ye » f poses i seme eee enews 2 5 4 ence to things of a strictly private vere break in the fur market, With the fur market, tke many to used the! other markets, prices are boosied when before. THAT WILL LAST. A husky, intelligent lad spent five or ten ‘Years learn- If he has enough nerve and enough talent for the game he may be a success—till he-is thirty-five. Then he “cracks” and unless he can adapt himself to something better, his life is a failure. There are perhaps half a dozen baseball stars who make any kind of a success in after life. Their work is done before they are forty. And the best There are many callings which depend on youth and physical strength, and none of them are worth following. The best years of a man’s life are after forty, not When you begin your life’s ‘work, pick out a business that will last. Muscular strength is a fine thing to have. Quickness of hand and eye is a proud possession, and gains abundant admiration. But the muscles weary and the eyesight fails, and the most splendid physical specimen is useless, as a machine, when he is forty. The phrase, “Youth ‘will be served,” originated in a time when success in life depended upon physical strength. Youth is not served in the court rodm or the operating room or in the engineer's office till maturity has been waited on. And youth is lucky to get the crumbs that fall from maturity’s table. The aviator, the automobile “speed king,” the athlete, all are as young as their eyes and their muscles, ‘ The man with a profession i; as young as his brain, and a brain if properly developed and cared for will be as young at sixty as it was at twenty, and far more able. ——————$—$—_————— there is a great demand for that certain article, Enormous sums of money were made by these profiteers, and, not satisfied with their earnings, they kept buying and buying that article, fur. They thought that by buying up all that could be had, the le would be obliged to pay any peri to get it. Suddenly the tables turned. ‘These ungrateful merchants, “echemi get-rioh” kind, are al stuck with their merchandise. Heretofore, when they sold some dealer they received a note, nich the banks would willingly dis- count, To-day the banks will not dis- count notes, and the result is that they have goods, but no money, wh:ch is as well as feet without eyes. Btill they scheme, and here is what the latest is: Each merchant will hold his furs. When the season starts they are going to form an alliance with the ladies’ cloak manufacturers to place in style furs on every garment ‘That is, furs on coats, skirts, and al- most, everything that women wear. \In this way they will split their | profits, and again maybe will they ‘the public, \*% ‘the public wants to and really | means to bring to is these un- teful bel tis «. re will be a on dressoe or the like which are decorated with furs. One of the largest fur dealers in St. Louis has bales and bales of mole ‘skins lying in his cellar, and yet he is going to keep them, saying that he has none, intending to stage @ scarcity in this animal, and then make his money on them, While the people have the chance on these merchants let them take it. AS soon as this is done, the others will follow, and start human, The ay wane is ene ner industry 2 taught its and ite rightful lesson,” DO? AMERICAN. Now York, May 10, 1920 Wanted: A Leader. ‘To the Editor of The Prening World Recently a Mr. Wayne proposed that the clerks form @ union to bet- ter their conditions, Iam with you, Mr. Wayne, and I know many who would gladly join in the movement. Why not arrange a meeting and draw. up our resolutions and pur- poses? Start now! ¢ It is up to you to act, Mr. Wayne, ‘and we-will rally to Pa standard, A PORTBR. New York, May 4 1, sport to a juem> of the plous little minister: ty But presently, to her own ment, she found herself as madly ii love with Gavin as he with her. i } With the dawn of love she saw she; wan injuring his future and was making ‘his parish gossip about him. So she went away, vowing to see him no_more. Gavin, heartbroken, and pined and was utterly Ha! went through his work tn a daze. His mind was forever with his absent’ bes Babbie was mere ¢ypsy . Now Ne no vagabond, but was betrothed to the) great Lord Rintoul, and had been in. the habit of going around the woods and moors in gypsy garb for her own wilful amusement. On the eve of the date set for her; marriage with Lord Rintoul he heard a false rumor of Gavin's death., And she fled to his home, : two young lovers renewed their vows: of eternal devotion, and binding. ; Rab Dow, fearing the mintster'a fate at her hands, tried to murder Babbie, Almost by a miracle she es- caped. ‘Then she and Gavin were all but drowned in a flood that devas- tated the region. But at last they emerged from their) id to Thrums to ce News Flashes From’ Around The World No Tipping Here, When I first arrived in Ventoe I noticed large printed am — nouncements in my hotel and in the restaurants, “Vietate le | Mancle,” and on inquiry I found | this meant “Tips Forbidden,” that all over Venice tipping has , been ebolished in the restaur- — ants and tea rooms and hotels, says a writer in the London Daily Mail. The same rule applies more or less in other Italian cities, but in none, so far as I have seen, 60 completely and actually as in Venice. The notices there vary. Some cay that tips are “absolutely” forbidden, others “rigorously” or “severely” for- | bidden, or “prohitited”; others explain more fully thet after August 1 tips ere “abolished.” eee A King Who Cooked. Habibullah Khan, late Amir of Afghanistan, was no novice as a cook, says A. C. Jewett im the April number of Asia. Tt would | have mado an Interesting picture if it could have been taken—the | Amir squatting on his heels among the cooking pots. He used to have a sort of cooking tour- nement among his sirdars. Often © these cooking fests would be held out fn the open when His Majesty was on one of his out- ings. eee Concrete Houses for Milan, Consul Winship feports from Milan, Italy, that in order to re- | lieve the housing situation in | that city plans for the con- struction of about 1,000 concrete | tenement houses tn addition te those under construction heve | been prepared. These will te | built on a cottage type in separa- . rate buildings, accommodating | four families each, in all about 5,000 persons, and occupying am area of ebout 400,000 square