The evening world. Newspaper, June 5, 1920, Page 8

% we > have been financed successfully. NATION ARMY DRIVE. the Salvation Army opens its ten-day Home Service Appeal for funds. Army's record is behind it. Salvationists are the very last drop of the milk of n kindness out of every dollar available, Workers in the S. A. are in intimate touch’ with Hike ‘people thelr work benefits. They know what most needed, and how the need can be met most omically and efficiently. The need for Salva- Army service has always been greatly in excess of the means available to meet the need. By long “experience the leaders have learned to stretch every dollar to its hundredth cent, _ The objective in the New York City campaign is $1,000,000, all of which will be spent in the city for practical, effective aid to needy human beings. This sum, large though it be, is small in com- “parison with the budgets for other movements which Few organizations “Ihave so strong a hold on the heart of the public as the blue clad workers who refuse to admit that a n is “out” even though he is “down.” _ The S. A. needs more money than ever before because it is doing more work than ever before.” "Phe extent of these new and worthwhile endeavors ‘will depend on the generosity of New York. “ Americanization, a new home in the country for drug addicts, and more boarding homes for working © girls are only three of the new ventures which will need funds. The Salvation Army’ makes a special appeal to * those who want to give but cannot give much, No © amount is too small to be appreciated and put to ~ work. A \ If every friend of the S. A. will give a little, accord NOT FROM M/YOR HYLAN. “The newspaper press is entitled to all the Tegitimate news of the police; it has a right, under reasonable -restrictions, to have access to the Com- missioner and to propound such inquiries as are and fair and are not impertinent, and not calculated to interfere with the police in sup- pressing crime or pursuing criminals,” From “Guarding a Great City,” by Chief Magis- trate William McAdoo, former Police Commis- - sioner of New York City. “THE QUITTERS QUIT. EWSPAPER headlines say “Congress Quits” this afternoon, Here, indeed, is something Congress ought to be , able to do, Heaven knows it has had months of " practice. Even so, the chances are more than even that when the hour of adjournment arrives the fall of the gavel will be delayed'to permit a short period The present session has revealed a Congress of ‘Quitters with all that the-term implies in current Congress has done some things that it should not But its principal offense has been in undone almost all that it should have done. played faith with all the rest of the world ji y the material advantage which justifies sharp to crooked minds. 2 was a bunch of quitters. Perhaps Its _ Gifferent from The and The Carpenter, even they, too, weeping oyer the profits failed to reap until a Tweedledum or a Twee- dledee from a scientific bureau of the Government game to show them the error of their ways, ‘The green-gilled oysters, too, were different from th on the other side of the “Looking Glass.” ‘They did not have the trusting faith of the Won- land oysters. The Virginia variety seem to have ted a canny nature and remained character- “istically silent when the Oystermén viewed them disgust and threw them back into the sea as arketable. These Virginia oysters were no, vain raggarts signing their death warrants with unruly | Prof. Mitchell of Brown University, the story foes, played the part of the Betraying Carpenter, ‘He discovered that these green-gilled oysters were €%act counterparts of the extra fat and very luscious oysters of Marennes, which are considered a 4 a _THE EVENING WO tan. r and exacted a profiteering Price that Made the ultimate consumers weep whey “they'd eaten every one.” Prof. Mitchell gave the green-gills a reputation and so condemned them to-public exécution in the undress uniform of the half-shell packed with ice. Several questions arise, and even Lewis Carroll might have.trouble in discovering plausible answers. How is it that the Virginia Oystermen did not make the discovery for themselves? Does an oys- terman never eat an oyster? And if not, why not? AN INSULT. . EVELATIONS of the unprecedented extent to which money has been lavished to boost the chances of various aspirants for the Republican nomi- nation for President are a challenge. They are a challenge to the great mass of Ameri- an voters to prove how little the older political in- stinct ofthe people has become dulled, The whole policy of professional politicians in recent years has tended to rely on the assumption that the average voter is ready to have his candidates and his issues prepared for him and to accept what- ever is presented to him under a party emblem for his final vote. Aby such assumption leads to growing concen- tration on ways and means to nomination. The most obvious of ways and means is money. The money is not spent, as the spenders pretend, to “educate” the whole body of voters. It is placed in spots where political experts think it will do most good in furthering the preliminary successes they reckon to be niné-tenths of the victory. A system of primary voting with the interest and Will of the people behind it could, of course, have knocked this theory of the professional politicians into a cocked hat. Unfortunately the primaries have not been used in that spirit, and candidate-boosters have remained convinced that organization 1 and well-oiled machinery constitute 90 per cent. of the force that pushes a man toward the Presidency. But they have overdone it this time. The sordidness and extravagance of these pre- convention scrambles for place in the Republican Party fiave amazed and disgusted the average voter and caused him to ask himself why he is counted as only a minor part in the power that makes a President, The intelligence of the average voter was never higher. Nor were there ever at his command so many means of learning the qualifications of men suggested | for the Presidency without the aid of propaganda and paid publicity. ‘Phere has never been a time when he was in a better position to, exert_his influence directly and effectively toward selecting a fit man to be President. It is an insult to the American voter when would- be candidates and their backers bid for this high office over his head. A STRONG BOND MARKET. ARLY June quotations on matrimonial bonds in- dicate a strong demand, steady price, many takers. y A new high of 273 was quoted one day this week and brokers anticipate good business for the next fortnight or two. Brokers are ready with explanations of the strong upward movement in matrimonials. Delayed spring with unseasonable weather during April.and May has tended to concentrate the ripen- ing of the crop in unusual bunches, Sharp declines in housefurnishings have led to in- creased buying. A strong labor market has favored the accumula- _ tion of reserves subject to stock dividends, on which brides are anxious to realize. / But when all is said and done, it is highly proba- ble that the most important factor has been the good old Man in the Moon, who has been on the job for the last few days. His heart-warming arrows have done their work and resulted in the strong move- ment in matrimonial bonds, THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE, (From The Ohio State Journal.) Everywhere we go we hear one topic discussed almost to the exclusion of everything else: The whole country is thinking and talking and complain- ing, more or less goodnaturedly, about how much everything costs. Among us common people, we ven- ‘ture to say, sugar is mentioned 1,000 times where the League of Nations or compulsory miljtary training 'is mentioned once, ‘i It is strange that the aspiring politicians do not seize upon this ready-made paramount issue: and make the most of it. It is the subject on which the great and solemn referendum will be held this fall and, unless the party in power does something about { or has some luck or finds a champion who can persuade the people that he would stand potently profiteering and inexousably high prices, it well not enter the contest, Sometimes un- ut none the less invariably and inevitably the aré held responsible at the polls for any unpleas- thet have come about while they have Is Possible in the Movies | On Chinese Painters--- . Although a certain Occidental ti | fluence may be observed in some of the contemporary artists of China | who have studied abroad, the mystle | and poetic Oriental spirit of the | Chinese painters gives them thet greatest charm. Painting on silie 0 paper where other artists use canvad or wood, they divide the subjects for painting into four principal classes; landscapes, man and obe jects, flowers and birds afd jasty plants and ifmects. The symbolisng of Chinese art ig one of its fine dise «| tinctions, Me FROM EVENING WORLD READERS to say much in a few words. Take A Nigwardly Increase. ‘To the Battor of The Dreaing World: The postal employees have got their “increase” at last. I am in a position to know the rank and file got what was left and those in the grades above the clerks and carriers got it all, Now, if it costs the bosses any more to live than those who ac- tually do the work I want to see the figures. ‘To sum it all up, if it took fourteen months: to increase the postal em- ployees $150 per annum, with a ‘de- duction of 2% per cent. for pension, I can safely say that there are 260,000 employees who will take slap at both political parties t coming election either by staying ‘ay from the polls or voting for some other party. Never was a body of loyal men wo diggusted as the postal employees are to-day, and I know it will not keep the men in the service, Thirty cents a day increase is what they got after the greatest publicity campaign ever waged by any group of men. ‘They are indebted to The Evening World for help in the effort for a “living wage.” P. Y., June 2, 1920, ‘To the Edttor of World : The much heralded $30,000,000 wage increase for postal employe recently recommended to Congress by the Joint Committee which has been supposedly studying the situa- tion for the past fourteen months is a ghastly joke in so far as it goes towards relieving the terrible condl- tion the average postal employee is to-day in. ‘After carefully analyzing the “in- crease” it does not seem possible that a body of learned men holding the high positions of United States Con- gressmen would dare to so insult the intelligence of high-class American citizens by terming the bill they are now proposing to enact,into law a “substantial wage increase.” Cleverly drawn up (one would suspect the fingers of Sir Albert Sidney had been stuck in the ple), the bill, by making the entrance salary $1,400 per annum, is probably @c designed to attract the young man into the service. The maximum sum set, $1,800 (an increase of $150 per year, or 41 cents per day) which applies ‘to the vast majority of clerks and carriere—the Kind upon whom the service depends for its efficiency, but which the Joint Com- mittee apparently thinks are hope- lessly buried in the service—ts such an absurd increase that it can be rightfully termed nothing less than a Bhastly joke. When the same munificent Con- gress deducts from the pay of the postal worker the two and one-half per cent. which he must contribute towards the pension fund (and to which he is eligible at the ripe “young” age of seventy) his increase | parrows down to the pitiful sum of 30 cents per day—hardly enough to purchase a loaf of bread, Ie there really Bolsheviam in this from country? If #0, auch ao! | Bolshevism may What hind of letter do you jind most readable? Isn't it the une that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying time to be brief. the present Congress rests entirely the responsibility for whatever hap- pens to the country’s most important artery of business—its postal service. It should refuse to pass such a trav- esty on justice as the recommenda- tions of the Joint Salary Commission. {lure to do so places a damning indictment on that body. A POSTAL WORKER. Clerks for Farms. ‘To’ the Extitor of The Drening World: Don’t you think it would be a good idea i¢ the New York department stores and other houses that are just now in thelr dull season would re- lease their young men to work on farms, keeping open their positions for them until Septemsber? If those houses would co-operate with the far- mer I think 1 Wrenie poly Kien cut of his plight. , BURKE. Department Store Employee. June 2, 1920. Harmony an@ White Collars, ‘To the Balter of The Evéning World: I am in hearty accord with the sentiments expressed by Ralph Reid, “No Fellowship and White Collars.” Sad, but true. The blind fools do not know enough to come in out of the rain. Iam a member of a clerks’ or- ganization and through the efforts of the membership we have obtained food working conditions and an ad- ancement in wages to be granted that will allow us an even break with present day costs. To attempt to talk organization to the many you are usually met with a haughty stare and the cold shoulder. They look down on the laborer as be- neath them, whereas the selfsame la- borer by organizing is able to com- mand a salary many times the size of Willie's envelope. Why? The laborer or other organized craft has sense enough to.work in harmony with his fellow man to the mutual advantage of all ard therefore is in a position to laugh at a dolled-up clerk. Iam a clerk with a white collar and know whereof I speak, therefore let Willie and Ferdle throw off their individ uality and they won't have to bhout with glee over a dollar raise. W. L. LITTELL, Hoboken, N. J., May 29, 1920. Selling Alcohol. ‘To the Bxtitor of The Byening World; There appeared in your paper on Friday that Commissioner Williams stated that physicians will not be permitted to write moré than 100 prescriptions in three months. ‘Vell the Commissioner that the physicians could not write 100 prescriptions in three years. People can get whiskey and brandy in any saloon or drug store, so they don't need the doctor, If Commissioner Williams cared to enforce the law he could make New York bone dry in one week; first, by allowing a druggist only five gallons & New month for his preparations (which he does not make), It 1s cheaper te v dor ready-made preparations from ‘ho a sorry world without it. are hardly worth having. As long as we were able about it. stopped .it. vote showed he had won. you have got. faculty. they take it calmly. its issues. for the public for external use the Government should sell him medicat ed alcohol and make him keep trac’ of all alcohol that he sells and to whom, just like a physician keeps track of his prescriptions. Before Prohibition, a druggist used J|to get a five-galion can of alevhol, enough for six months, Now they aro buying it by the barrel, What do they do with it? Why does not Commis- sioner Williams demand of them to keep a record? If he did they wouldn't buy any alcohol, because they couldn't dispose of it except in an illegal way, and there would not be enough jails to put them in. A druggist who has $1,000 bond can get a barrel ev month, and on a $5,000 bond, five b rels and on $10,000 bond, ten barrels ‘a month, What do they do with the alcohol? Recently revenue men so}d twenty- five barrels of bonded whiskey and brandy, which they stole, and sold it for $20 a gallon and delivered it. Can you beat that? Remedy--First, stop selling alcoho! to the druggist by the barrel; one can.of five gallons a month is enough. te preparations since on Second, have honest men to check uo Giatileries. Third, have honest yen ‘ an 4 _UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1920, by John Blake.) DULL MEN NEVER GET EXCITED. Excitement often blurs the vision, but this would be Just now the United States is entering a political cam- paign. There will be plenty of excitement, and it is an excellent thing that there ‘will be. If you cannot get excited over your political principles and the men who represent them your political principles the sinking of Ameriéan ships we were able to do nothing When we did get excited we went to war and , & United States Senator, making a fight for a very important principle, said, after he had won: “I haven't been so excited since I was pitcher of my home team in a game with the team from the next town.” This man did not show. his excitement when he was in the fight, but he was trembling from head to foot when the Don’t be afraid of getting worked up over a good cause. If you get excited over it you will put into it everything Excitement means the functioning of every It is only another name for enthusiasm. If people get sufficiently excited in the coming political campaign it is far more likely to be decided right than if Excitement is contagious, get excited and the others will follow and give to the cam- paign the attention that is necessary to understand clearly Excitement cannot be kept up continuously. of it now ‘and then have carried many a cause to success, Don’t get excited over trifles, but when a principle is at stake don’t be afraid to defend it for all you are worth and as energetically as you can, too dignified to get excited about it. Oarrrrrnernneereeeenne enn F to regard without excitement 7 Let a few But bursts In other words, don’t be = — at the warehouses and see that barrels are not tapped. Fourth, re- voke licenses to perfumers, and New York will be bone dry. BONE DRY. June 2, 1920, Harlem ts Ga: To the Exiitor of ‘The Exening World One of your: readers is correct in that statement about Harlem and its places of amusement. I happen to live in Harlem and have been out of employment for the past two months and still willing to work, I have ad- vertised and also answered advertise— ments and up to the present sults. I was employed by an insurance company for four years and when I asked for a small increase, was res fused, I then gave them two weeks’ notice and as a last resort resigned my position, I had to do this, as my salary was not large enough to meet the living at the time, I am willing to do most anything if I can get a living wage, MALI, LAD et no re- i 1 the “Chinese Painters,” a critical study by Raphael Petrucci, has just issued by the Brentano Company, It | deals authoritatively with the fascine |-ating subject of the art of China, an@ is marked by interesting iustrations, oe | Trae Adventurers-- ‘ | “Every boy in the world has played | with bouts,” says Armstrong Perry, jin the June number of Boys’ Life, “First it is the chip thrown into the | fooded gutter after the thunderstorm, | Then the raft, surreptitiously built jout of driftwood on the nearby, stream. , Only two boards and two. | cleats, maybe, but imagination gives it engines, smokestacks ’n everything —until we step on it and it sinks! “By and by it's a punt, carpentered with a little of dad’s assistance out im the barn, The canvas canoe follows —and spills us into the pool below \the dam, Some boys grow up and | join the navy and some let the beat | craze just drift back into the of old, sweet memories, but in little old New York there is a bunch of country boys who still play witty) watercraft. ‘Any Saturday, Sunday or holiday you can find them at the lakes im Prospect Park of, Central Park— youngsters with gray topknots or just skin on top of their heads—wet from the soles of their feet to the seat of their pants, just as they used to be before they came to the city and be= came famous engineers and things. “Some play with sail boats, which they make with their own hands Many of the best marine architects are glad to furnish plans and speci- fications free, although the drawit of them takes time worth $26, $6 even $100 a day. Their only charge to the builder is this: ‘Build her according to the plans and let us see her sail once.’ In this way they have their new ideas tested with= out the expense of building model boats themselves.” dent) The Port of New Yor! Thomas E. Rush, Surveyor of the Port of New York, has just publisi®@ “The Port of New York” (Double= day, Page and Co.), a careful analys sis of our maritime developments, He urges the need of a modern an@ uniform plan of development which will embrace both the New York an@ New Jersey sides of the Harbor, ang points out lines of expansion by which international commerce tbe greatly facilitated and the cost of loading ships, which is now higher im New York than in any othér port, re- lui He shows that the Port's | problems are not local but national, \ror the high cost of handing freight at this terminal is reflected in the increased cost of food served om every table of the United States, But the book is not devoted to statise tics. It opens with a vivid picture of e port under old Peter Stuyvesant, ches the development of the Am= un Merchant Marine and gives aa uging account of piracy which ene joyed the sub-rosa financial support he respectable citizens of that day, sons and pillars of society. sre are now no more pirates but according to Mr. Rush, the ingenuity and resources of the smuggler are un limited, Every day the customs of- ficers discover some new and amaze ing device for avoiding duties, such us carrying dental rubber in false bottoms of talking machjnes ‘and diamonds in fountain “pens. oe ort A Kipling Book of Travel--- “Letters of Travel” by Rudyard Kipling (Doubleday, Page & Co.) That is really all one needs to says If you have not read it there is né question about getting the book af once; reading it, reading it again, 18 |is all wonderful, colorful, filled with) adventure and romance. "There t@ the r entitled “Half-a-Dozeg Pictures,” in which the author tells of the picture gallery of his memory and the nes hung there, “Down in the South where thd ships n go'—between the heel of New Zealand and the South Pole there is a picture of mine that shows tvamer trying to come around ia trough of a big beam sea, The wet light of the day's ending comes more from the water than the sky, and the waves are colorless through the haze of the rain. A lamp ts lighted in the wheel house, so that Jone patch of yellow light fails on t green painted pistons of the steering gear as they snatch up the rudder chains, A big sea has just got homey | Her stern flies up, her deck from the poop to the break of the forced: goes under In gray green water level» asa milf race, . . forward there® ly a glare, aft thé intermittent, e, driving to leeward t The sister panel hangs in the Ine dian Qgean and tells a story, but id none the worse for that. Here you tropical suntight and @ | nave foreshore clad in stately palms run. |ning out into a still and steamy sea, burnished steel blue. Along the for~ shore, questing as a wounded Deaat for lair, hurries ‘a loaded steamer never built for speed, Consequently, she tears and threshes the water inta pieces, Coir-colored cargo bales are stacked round both masts, and her. decks are crammed and double erammed with dark skinned sengers—from the f'o'c'sal where’ they, iaterfere with the crew to the stera | where they hamper the wheel. “The funnel is painted blue on yele low and black cholera flag at hea main, She dare not stop; s¥e muat not communicate with anyope, There ave leprous streaks of wash, trickling down her plates for a sign of this. So she, threshes on down the glorious coast, she and her swarm! passengers, with the sickness destroyeth in the noonday eating out her heart.” | “Now, read that last. jreorens moore Of tiie hot in. We shalt S03 are ' f