The evening world. Newspaper, May 29, 1920, Page 8

ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZBR. Datly Except Sunday by the Press Publishing Company,.Nos. 53 to oo rata Rang New Turk. | RALPH PULITZER, 3 Park Row, J fx Poutrean, SHAW. Seeamerers 63 ig t Row, LAITZER, Jr., Secretare. Park Row, MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, ‘Phe Aswciated Prone ts exctuster’y entitled to the us ft reaction nove Goapetcom arodiind to Ml or eat. ouberwin, erection ta C20 also the local published herein ita ONLY SUBMERGED. IBMORIAL DAY in 1918 and again in 1919 was laden with new significance. ot forgetting the elders in whose honor Memo- iy had become a national institution of rev- ‘remembrance, we extended and intensified our ance to include the sons of the greater Nation _ who had made the supreme sacrifice for the Nation ~ the elders preserved, The younger veterans fought for principies evén "greater, broader, more beautiful, more altruistic than “their sires. They served not only their country, but all mankind. % + When will the larger appreciation come for the = Cause and the men who served it so faithfully? _ Here in America in 1920 the Memorial spirit is © Submerged. But we have hot forgotten. We are pot indifferent, in 1920 the Memorial voice is only a whisper amidst the tumult of party wrangling. In another year this tumult. will have died away, and America will again remember. Memorial Day in 1921 will again be better than in'1920—et us hope. WHY NOT HOMESPIN IT? OOL from the flock of sheep at the White House has been clipped and given to the Army. ~ During the war gifts from the White House were Frequently auctioned at good prices. ’ Here is a suggestion for disposition of the present wool crop: if the Salvation Army will try it can find within | fis ranks men and women, either native or foreign bom, who have not forgotten how to card and spin and weave. Would it not be an interesting experi- for the Salvationists to manufacture the wool ’ fe i of all-wool homespun and then auction ? * Such garments would be apt to “command excel- lent prices, for either sentimental or practical reasons. The country would be interested in the expert ‘ment and would like to know the cost of such.a garment in time and money, wy DAMNABLY OUTRAGEOUS. S7CHIS whole thing is the most damnably out- rageous affair | ever heard of,” This from Major A. A. Sprague, one of several treasurers of the Leonard Wood Campaign Com- - mittees. His remark was apropos of the investigation into Primary expense funds, It is good, strong, virile and expressive language. Thousands who read his ion will instinctively apply it in a vastly dif- it sense, It is a ready-made condemnation of the political school of thought which believes that the Presidency of the United States may be bought and paid for. ~ The attempt to do this is a “most damnably out- Tageous affair” and doomed to failure, * When Leonard Wood asks for votes either in Chicago or at the polls next November he will dis- Pe cover that as a result of the campaign fund revela- >, thons many former supporters will have “gone fishing.” 4 BOSSLESS BARBERS. S A RESULT of the barber strike the Barbers’ Union proposes to compete with the bosses. _ It is announced that the Union will soon open a irge shop in the Times Square section where union will: cut prices, dividing the profits which merly went to employers with the public, - And why not?. Few fields offer better opportunity for co- itive effort. Wherever and whenever the workers, on their own initiative and responsibility, i enter into competition with employers and make ‘the venture pay, the public will acquiesce, If it imeans money savihg the public will welcome the it. Af the barbers have funds that they care to invest in equipment, if they are willing and able to assume tesponsibility for rent, heat and supplies during dull __ Séasons, if they are willing to forego the guaranteed ~ minimums which the employers have underwritten, there is every reason for them to embark on the of the risks. If the barbers are willing to asume these. risks ind besvme their own bosses, well and good, The history of American business is largely story of Workers who assumed risks and became MILK PRICES. 4LK disiributers are to pay more for milk. Presumably this increase will be passed on consumer, | $0 far as the increased price goes to the farmer bly justified, Production costs are heavy. The only redson for the boss is his assumption * resent an increase in the “spread” between the pro- ducer and the consumer, F The new price agreement to go into effect Tues- day adds 28 cents a hundred, pounds to the farm price during June, with monthly raises during the summer, A hundredweight of milk is approximately forty quarts, The'price agreed on for September is $3.65 a hun- dred pounds, an increase of $1.10 over the present scale, or a trifle less than three cents a quart. Customers may do their own figuring as to whether distributers deal fairly. MAN AND IDEA. OOK back over the course of events out of which the present treaty tangle developed and see how naturally it divides into two elements: There was the Idea. There was the Man, ki Born in the stress of unprecedented struggle and carnage, the Idea was for a stronger, more definite co-operation ,among nations to safeguard human rights and reduce the future probability of war. Because he stood at the head of 100,000,000 peo- ple who morally, politically and materially exert an immense influence upon the destinies of the civilized world, because he was peculiarly fitted to grasp and put into words the larger purposes which suffering, fighting humanity set before itself’to sustain its courage, and because human beings hard pressed in- stinotively look for some one human figure about whom they can rally, the Man who became most closely identified with the Idea was Woodrow Wil- son, PreSident of the United States. ‘The Man did not out of his own mind evolve the Idea, Again and again it has been made clear that even | the Fourteen Points were no more Woodrow Wil- son's than they were Gen. Jan Smuts’s, Nelther ‘the Fourteen Points nor the League of Nations Is the expression of any one, or any (en or any ten thousand men. They were the formulation of aims toward which the eyes of millions of people on both sides of the Atlantic were turned in fervent hope and high re- solve—while the struggle lasted. They were the Idea. What has happened since—and the results thereof can be discerned with special distinctness in the United States—is this: imminent danger is past. The Idea is still there, but the, will to live up to it has weakened, Those who are most anxious to escape obligations and responsibilities which the Idea involves are now casting about to find excuses and arguments with which to justify their evasion, Such excuses and arguments age plentifully sup- plied in the United States by a political partisanship which has been diligently painting selfishness to look like patriotism, Senators Lodge and Knox have been a godsend to those seeking ladders by which to climb down from a purpose that now appears too costly. Meanwhile the Man has stuck stubbornly to the Idea, thereby becoming an unpopular and irritating figure in the eyes of all who wish to let the more exacting parts of the Idea slip into oblivion, And because the Man has stood by the Idea in its original and most effective form, his every mistake, his every temperamental defect, his every error of judgment, method or tact have been seized upon and distorted into whatever could be made to look like flaws in the integral parts of the Idea itself. There is no more thankless task than that of con- tinuing to uphold a purpose which others who once professed it have decided to be too stiff for them. That is the position in which Woodrow Wilson finds himself to-day. He was the Man into whose special keeping was given the Idea. Those who have funked the Idea have turned on the Man to cover their baser defection, HE THREW STONES. HEN William M, Wood last December launched his first attack against the profiteering re- tail merchants of Lawrence, The Evening World printed an editorial, “Living in a Glass House,” which occasioned much favorable comment and led to further investigations by The Evening World and, finally, by the Federal agents, Indictment of President Wood is an excellent ex- ample of the truth of the old adage which suggested the heading quoted. Mr. Wood was so indiscreet as to throw stones, The adage proved true, But there are other profit- eers who have been prudently silent in regard to equally scandalous earning reports, » Federal agents should not restrict their activities to the glass-inclosed conservatory in which the Woolen Company cultivated its tropically luxuriant and orchid-like profits, Investigators should not overlook the other man- sions in Profiteer Row, even though the windows may be boarded up and a “For Rent” sign displayed. aati THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1920, Is This What We Fought For ? oan FROM EVENING WORLD READERS || | What kind of letter do you find most readable? isn't it the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There 1s fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to say much in a few words. Take A Meot Question. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: We were discussing the question whether wars are moral among na- tions. A says that all wars are not moral, because in war you have to kill and killing ts not moral. B says that, although individually speaking wars are abhorrent, wars from a national point of view are moral, because if they were not Gov- ernments would not dare to make wars. Who tu right? SS. SCKOLNIK. 763 Tinton Avenue, May 20, 1920. Work or Jail, To the Editor of The Evening World: I agree with Jack Diamond in his “Work or Jail” letter, It's @ fact, I live in Harlem and my husband and I can't ever get a seat in a theatre if we go a minute later, than 7.30 P. M. Can't afford to go to the races, but J n't doubt but that the track is crowded by 2 P. M. Then consider the women csi in New York City, It's shameful. The Bronx and Heights around 116th Street are filled with poker dives patronized by women who haye too much idle time. If every one had to work during the war why not now? It's essential every one shduld be made to work, and the joafers should be rounded up and put to work A REGULAR READER. New York, May 27, 1920. To the Editor of The Evening World: I wish to make a few remarks in regard to the future of Palestine or the restoration of Israel. It would no doubt surprise a good many of your readers to know that the Jews whom we see to-day are only @ product of the nations where they live, while the Jews at the birth of Christianity were a production of thetr own nation, like all the other nations that are upon earth. The Jews in our age have really lost the characteristics which a nation must have, The Hebrew prophet Ezekiel calls the Jewish nation dead; not a nation that has died only a short time ago, but whose bones are very dry, meaning dead a long time. The news from San Remo tn regard to creation of a Jewish etate in Pales- tine is really the rebirth of the dead nation, or the resurrection of Israel, “Then He said to me; Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Isrdel; behold, they say our bones are dried ‘up and our hope is we are clean cut off. Therefore prophesy and say unto them: Thus @aith the Lord God; Behold, I will open your graves and cause out to come up out of your graves, ¥ pares and I will bring you iar the nd of Isyael (Palestine), and ye shall know that I am the Lord." (See Ezel., 37-11.) ‘There is no of doubt that ain ae ‘whlch have ee time to be brief. tasted all inhuman treatment dung thelr long exile and could still pro- duce wonderful iruits for humanity, will surely make Palestine once more 4& wonderful country if only given the chance. They will once more be called by the Biblical name “a holy nation” and a kingdom of priests, Jerusalem will once more become the joy of the whole world. The throne of the Lord will be found at Jerusa- lem. “Hark, thy watchmen! They lift up the voice. Together do they sing. For they shall see, eye to eye, the Lord returning to Zion. Break forth into joy, sling together, ye waste places of Jerusalem. For the Lord hath comforted His people. He hath redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord hath made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all th ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.” (Isa., 52-8.) HARRY GRENBERG. New Haven, May 25, 1920, Why Traffic Halts, To the Editor of The Evening World: I believe the puble is still in the dark as to the real cause of the freight congestion. They know it Is not @ shortage of cars, since there have been thousands of them lying on side tracks for the last aix weeks. When the Wage Board grants the men a living wage and puts the thousands of experienced men back on the job the public will witness a speedy relief. IT am_a railroad fireman working as a laborer at $1.50 per day more than the railroad paid me, and I work fewer hours and am home with my familly every night. That is something I could not do during my five years on the railroad A FIREMAN, Now York, M. 1920. Cannot we dispense with all this quibbling and talking about the letter carriers’ raise? Surely some people living in Washington are or would ke interested in their case and form a body or committee to wait upon Mr. Burleson in behalf or the letter men. IT am not one of them, but I believe they have been unjustly and even dis- gustingly treated by some one, either Mr. Burleson, the Government or Congress. Let's act, Anybody knowing any one in Washington communtcate with her or him, and I feel sure a commit. tee of interested, prominent people will get together, And Washington people would have quite a bit of influ- ence over the officials. If this fails the only thing left for the letter men and women that I see is to get out ie | paying positions as soon as pos- “ROBERT RAYMOND RALPH. 584 Brogme Street, May 27, 1920, just a fow romarks, honest to God apap xin he ct Negeamnansoats ¢ UNCOMMON SENSE ; By John Blake (Copyright, 1920, by John Blake.) MAKING BIG INJURIES OF LITTLE ONES. There are human wolves and wildcats, Insolence is common. met with everywhere. A man bumps into you apologizing becomes abusive. animals that bark and snarl like - Ill breeding and ugliness are in a crowd and instead of Men clothed with a little authority are set up by itand bully every one they are not afraid of. The chauffeur who shouts insults at the pedestrian who is seeking to get out of his way, the policeman who has not been taught better than to order people about, the official who thinks his position calls for continual displays of ill- temper, all are by far too numerous. It is easy to take offense at these persons, and their language and actions. It is easy to keep on resenting them, till the resent- ment takes the form of smouldering fury, and interferes with your serenity. But it is not only’useless, but worse than useless. You do not bear resentment at the cur that bites you. You do not lie awake nights thinking up ways to “get even” with the mule that kicked you. Take these human brutes as they are. Remember that they were probably born ugly and that they know no better than to be ugly. You can, as a matter of fact, be sorry for them For sooner or later their ill temper will get them into serious trouble. If they snarl at you, let them snarl. when you talk ‘back. They You dignify them delight in rancor and bad language, and are happy if you will give them an opportun- ity to use it, Let them rave at you, and don’t worry. If they happen to hold official positions it will do no harm to report them, No public servant, whether he is a police comgnissioner or a patrolman But afte Staying ‘ your work, ‘mad” has any right to be ill-tempered. ou have reported them, forget the incident, will only upset you and interfere with And you will have so much to do between now and the time that you gain independence that you will have no time to icsdacenccallicl ten ciokesess sO eee in protracted anger. bonus, after realizing what it means we would get a few hundred dollars to the country, the tax payer and the | which would not tast us over a month community at large, especially the poor consumer, I am firmly convinced that there are 90 per cent. of us in the regular army who don't want the bonus to go through, that is, if the poor public have to pay or suffer for it. at the most, our poor relatives would be paying for it for years, Again {t is over a year now since the war and it should be forgotten, Things have been righted or nearly so by this time and I can’t see what good it would do now, It would be T have an old widowed mother and | like gettitig medicine after the wound a married sister who are not over- bunened with the good things of this world, and I'd hate to think of them being. compelled to pay increased prices for clothes, eggs, potatoes, and know that it was due to any personal gratification that I had enjoyed and which I had spent in a few weeks a my own foaten, mele one zesia @pe with the Sel ad Meet PNT had healed. In other words, I con- sider it pure selfishness and money greed to yelp about It now and think {t should have been settled immedi- ately after the armistice was signed, also that it should have been paid by those big concerns that made mil- lions on war material. OLD TIMER. Camp Tacpaon. s fy 1920. Otis Peabody Swift forme, 2008 BT Pe, tren World) “A Thousand Superfloous Maggies” “What is there about a pipe thit makes for something savoring of en- chantment? Not the tobacco, for one can smoke tobacco in divers other shapes and forms and never secure from it the soothing balm that! emanates from an old well-seasoned pipe. When you have smoked a cigar 0 cigarette it ts soon ashes to the end. The joy that you get in it is evane- scent. But not so with a pipe, Whe: you have carefully packed it wit your favorite tobacco, applied fi match, taken those first fow long puffs to insure that it 1s well lighted, you are only at the beginning of your enjoyment. When jt is smoked out you can always refill it and continue the enchantment. Ah, now we are getting at it, A pipe is a companion something that fits our, mood, whether grave or gay, and with which we can freely share our sorrows oF our happiness with the realization that, like a gonli, it ts over veady at our bidding.” From “Tim Talks," a clever, hue man little volume of sketches signe@ “Tim Thrift of Cleveland.” Whoever Tim js, he's a good fellow. His essays on the “Old Swimming Hote” and “The Circus” are written by a mas worth knowing as a friend. Putnam ie the publisher. iat Pan For the Dramatic Student--- “The Contemporary Drama of France" by Frank W. Chaniler is conclusive and valuable study of the modern French stage, just published by Little, Brown & Company. of Bose , ton. . 8 6 Shepherds of the Sea--- To-day, foating on the lazy ground ewell off Sandy Hook, tugging at bea creaking anchor chains, the Light« ship Ambrose ls on station. Tow night, while the fights and ferrig wheels of Coney Island glitter on the western horizon below the red glow that always hangs over New York, her beacon will flare and fade ngainag the night sky, pointing the road to the harbor to liners and freighters, square rigged Swede and Norwegian banks, - the coastwise tows and the cargoes of the Seven Seas. William Cary Sanger jr, in his book of verses, just published by Pute nam, has told the story of the light» ships in a poem of which two stanzas are here quoted: “We bathe in the mist of the ‘morning haze, as it clears in the warmth of the sun, And. the ships and headlands come to view on the gold- gray oily sea, And the tideway slips and eddies and curls in its restless rock-bound run, "While around and above in the pale blue sky the sea gulls , circle free, “We watch the dip dlack ships — loom up across the outer dare, | Gaunt phantoms of the misty decp with porthole lights aglows And ‘way on high their roaring stacks stand black against the stars, i the golden phosphore gleams and flares about the sea below”. To Sleep or Not to Sleep--- After having sat up till 8 A. M, finish “The Rescue,” by Joseph Cot! rad, we are pleased to find that can read ourself to sleep on just th pages of “The Count of Monte Cristo,’ @ not recent but none the lena be seller, The Sad Siney of Panny wee Nowadays the gobs and P. 0.'s o the battlewagons of our fleet will threaten to drown the cook if therd isn't ple for dinner and chicken aff least twice a week. But Admiral Sie Percy Scott in “Fifty Years in the Royal Navy" recall§ the old dayw when chow was much alike in the British and ‘American service. “Preserved beef,” says Admiral Scott, “was called by various namem, but the most popular one was ‘Fanny, Adame’, About the time of the ine troduction of this preserved beef inte the navy a girl named Fanny Adam@ disappeared, and a story got afloat that she had been tinned or, as tl Americans would say, canned. this day dishes that utilize canne “In China”--« The sun is only the @un here, But every day when he goes to China He js a celestial dragon, breathing and scarlet, And the moon here is only a Pai But over the pagodas she is a whit phoenix, And there the stars are little ail unicorns with erystal crowns. The Iris are not Ike our tris, nor th chrysanthemums like our chrysan themums, For at dusk they hide bew!tching mouth Ana aa little tans eitea the gardens are led with sound of thelr shoes The willow trees there cover white fac with their long sleeves And the fox-bride is pledged in oups green jade. . And we, we are only lovers bere But who knows what we might be . While nig! —Ellzabeth J, Coatsworth in Asla June, y wee An Autobiography. Edward W. Bok, sometime editor off the Ladies’ Home Journal, has write! ten his autobiography under the tithe of “The ‘Americanization of Edward. Bok,” which the Scribners will bring out in September. The volume is crowded with incidental references the celebrities with whom Mr, wan in close contact during his edi abla.