The evening world. Newspaper, June 25, 1920, Page 26

DEMOCRATS at San Francisco have been in- clined to give serious consideration to the hell Palmer boom, they should reconsider. They d read the judicial opinion’ handed down Inesday by Federal Judge George W. Anderson D ston in the “Red Raid” cases. ‘Judge Anderson disagrees with the opinion of Sec- ry of Labor Wilson that membership in the Communist Party is sufficient ground for deporta- tion of aliens. This decision hé passes on to a higher for its finding. ' be | But even in the event of reversal, Judge Anderson finds that only four of the fourteen aliens caught in “spectacular” raids of Jan, 2 should be deported. He orders the liberation of ten of the Communists ‘in custody for six months on the ground that y were DENIED DUE PROCESS OF LAW by ; Palmer’s Department of Justice. : piles further disqualification upon Mr. Palmer Presidential possibility. : is indeed a pretty state of affairy when a Fed- Judge can pronounce such a withering indict- of Federal officials. Judge Anderson re- with the weight of -judicial opinion the s made by a coninittee of six eminent at- and six professors of law in leading law who recently denounced the Palmer method tion. a, d liberal and progressive elements of the electo- by nominating Mitchell Palmer. It would be into the hands of both the reactionaries and dicals. : case a special session of Congress became nec- es during the summer the’ Republicans might yell seize the opportunity of impeaching the Demd- atic candidate, and with fair prospect of making a )~ WHY NOT TO AS.S. COMPANY? “PPPTHE Mayor and -the President of the Board of Aldermen are not the only citizens of New ork who would like to know why the Sinking ‘WRund Commission thas Iéased a city pier, without jadve for bids, to a firm that is not, even in . teamship tusiness, - “The fact that one member of this firm which so ily obtained a lease of the East River pier at the of.Fourth Street is the son of a prominent y leader makes the case the more sig- “It has been generally understood that steamship cc rs on the New York water front when and where can get them. Yet the Sinking Fund Commission goes out of iS way to let a city pier to a voncern' which runs steamships and whic is in a position to act only § by sub-letting the pier to a steam- D pany that can use it. | City property is deliberately leased in a round- way that will put profits into a middleman's why? : THE PRESIDENT AND SUFFRAGE. Sy RESIDENT WILSON is entirely consistent in urging Gov. Roberts of Tennessee to call a session of the Legislature to ratify the Suf- rage Amendment. ; |The President thas exercised all the influence at disposal in behalf of the Nineteenth Amend- He was quick to take advantage of the ed situation resulting from the recent Supreme decision which defined the ratifying powers is acting more in the role of party leader in as Chief Executive of the Nation. He realizes ‘the majority of women who are not hide- d partisans are on the Wilson side of the of Nations controversy, / panies are just now only too anxious to rent | * Unless the convention pussyfoots on the League Democrats will have the better case to take to ‘women voters, “Democrats need the help of women to support a constructive programme of Wilsonian liberalism, “Yn this connection, it is by no means clear that Senate junta that rules the G. O. P. gives more lip service to Suffrage, and is not silently ap- ng delay irs Connecticut and Vermont., corey ONE OF A GREAT GROUP. COB GOULD SCHURMAN leaves the Presi- # dency of Cornell University. He carries with it the honor and affection of Cornel! alumni and event marks the retirement of one of the last ban able and progressive group of men who have American university what This to-day. , THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1920. Every Rose Has Its Thorn! place in America’s :roll’ of honor, achievement and service. These educators were men of vision. They were also eminently practical. They were dreamers and “grt, 1920 administrators who contrived to make their dreams come true. i Like waves stirred in a quiet pond, the influence of these men who built universities from ‘colleges has extended to every part of America. Thé uni- versity influence has made itself felt in every walk of life, in every human activity. THE PUSSYFOOTERS. TYPICAL instance of the evasive, propitiatory, all-things-to-all-men spirit that goes into the making of present-day party platforms came out jn what a Democratic leader at San Francisco said to The Evening World's correspondent, Martin Green, regarding the proposal for a straigh (forward plank on Prohibition: “Conscientiously, I am in favor of a decla- ration that the Democratic Party commit itself to the issue of State rights on the Hquor question. Politically, I am dead against it.” This is the attitude of a large number of Demo- crats at San Francisco who would prefer to do any- thing with Prohibition except be honest about it. Yet these same Democrats would loudly invoke on almost any other issue the teachings of the founder of their party, who, in his famous First In- augural, included as part of the creed of Democracy: “The support of the State Governments in all their rights as the most competent ad- ministrators of our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies.” The stout heart of Thomas Jefferson would have cracked if he had seen a Nation-wide Prohibition Amendment jammed into the Federal Constitution. But would Jefferson have left his party the coun- sel to lower its flag forever and let State rights be a forgotten principle where the interpretation and en- forcement of the’ Federal Prohibition Amendment were thereafter concerned? Democrats have been wont to turn back also to their first regular party platform, adopted by the Democratic National Convention of 1840, as a model of clearness and force. Among its declarations were: That the National Government is one of Umited powers, to be administered under strict construction. That Congress has no power under the Constitution to interfere witt or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper Judges of everything pertaining to their own affairs not prohibited by the Constitution. By misuse of the representative function, the Con- stitution has been made to prohibit the manufacture and salé of intoxicating liquors. Aré States and people to feel no further interest in demanding a definition of‘ the term “intoxicating liquors” which shall be honest, liberal and take into account, so far as may be, prevailing sentimerit within the borders of the various States, themselves? The Anti-Saloon League knocked down State” rights with the Eighteenth Amendment, Then, with the Volstead act, it got a strangle hold which it thought would finish the job. And there are members gf the party of Jefferson who turn their backs on the assault and dull their consciences by reasoning either that the victim is doomed or that it is not expedient to go to the rescue! How can they look one another in the face? OVERDOING IT. egleerhte censors at Bradley Beach are reported to have banned the one-piece bathing suit for women and to have decreed that stockings are a necessary part of bathing garb. But .these restrictions, which apply at many beedhes, are not sufficient for the Bradley Beachers, who require a covering for the arms of fair bathers. News reports do not indicate whether gloves and a harem veil form an essential part of the costume, It is easy to carry a good thing too far. A serious fault of any censorship is that the censor rarely has sense enough to censor his own censorship. When he goes to extremes he becomes a nonsenser. Vereen news from the New Jersey side of the Hudson recounted two narrow escapes from the results of careless handling of deadfy TNT shells. ‘ These followed an accident in which the TNT was not detected until it had done its work. Do not such reports indicate an absolutely crimi- nal carelessness? High explosive appears to be scattered about with small regard to its dangerous possibilities, War news prepared us for dangers incident to the cultivation of French fields in which German “duds” had fallen. There seems to be no excuse for “duds” in New Jersey. . Federal laws regulate the transportation arid care DUDS IN NEW JERSEY, “of explosive. An immediate checking up of supplies of, high explosive and adequate guard over the sup- 1s spl duty, to the pull. 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 ts fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to say much in a few words. Take time to be brief. “Drink a Little Wine.” ‘ To the Editor of The Evening World: Every individual who had anything to do with the bringing about of Prohibition does not believe in all the teachings of the Bible. It is self- evident that each of them has lost at least a part of his faith in the New Testament, and if any one of them is @ real Christian, I shall re- fer him to the following versions of @ quotation from the Holy Book to prove my contention. According to the Douay and Rhetmish versions, we have, “Do not still drink water, but use a little wine for thy stom: ke, and thy fre- ‘quent infirmiti Timothy, V. Chapter V. In the Pearl Reference Bible ver- sion, it says, “Drink no longer water, but @ @ little wine for thy stom- sake, and thine often infirmi- '—I, Timothy, V. 23. According to a version in “A Thought Book of the Wise Spirits of All Ages and All Countries, Fit For All Men and All Hours,” by James Eimes, P. XIV., 1863: “Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake."—I. Timothy, Vv. 23. ‘What a timely and appropriate ap- peal the Great Book thus mak the restoration of common JOHN LYNCH, No, 44 Johnson St., Brooklyn, June 23, 1920, Where the Scrub-Women Went.) ‘Th the Eaitor of The Drening World : I wonder why the fellow who styles himself “Yankee” doesn't uso his brains if he has any, and find out where our scrub-women have gone to, and why they have left Boston. Any one who can hds departed for Cuba, where personal liberty is ob- served. All our workers, skilled and un skilled alike, have left the good old ULB. A “rhat ig ‘one cause for the shortag» of labor. now, I don't know whether this fact has eon observed, but a fact tt Is, whether or not. ‘A DAILY READER. ’ Now York, June 2%, 1920, A Mistaken Censorship. ‘To the Kaitor of ‘The Drening World: ‘Allow me to thank you for the pub licity you have given the fact tha! Miss Florence Jones, Superintenden: of the State Reformatory for Women in Bedford, does not permit the in- mates of that institution to read daliy papers. A man or woman who attempts to judge what the mind shall or shail not think has no place in a commu- nity of civilized people. Where such f& person becomes an official the mat- ter ts only agereveted, The Evening World has done much to bring to light abuses at Bedford, but it is my opinion that the surface has only been scratched, ‘Already we have too many Florence Joneses and Burlesons in our off cial- dom. These untortunate women at Bed. ay latest news and digests of curren. events, This “place” at Bedford ts supposed to be reformatory. I would like to hear of one woman who has been “1e- formed” by any such barbaric and un-Christian methods as are used at Bedford. F. W. FALKENBURG. Brooklyn, June 23, 1920. ‘ Obey Bathing Rules. To the Editor of The Evening World: ‘The bathing season has arrived and with it the usual death toll. Cannot we who are living and ap- ,Parently wide awake in our senses | seek measures for preventing these occurrences? torates at a place where it 1s forbid- den he is arrested, Those steps are taken to prevent accidents or disease, Too drastic action cannot be taken upon those who seek to venture be- yond the safety lines at bathing re- sorts. Why put up safety ropes at_all when they are not at all observed? I am for enforcing rigidly the rules of bathing at ‘resoris. HERMAN GOTTLIEB. 108 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, June at ‘To the Exittor of The Evening The “Alfalfa Smith” sayings are very fine articles and the author is | worthy of commendation, Allow me at the same time to say a word or two of praise for Mr. John Blake, His “Uncommon Sense" ser- mons have more than once helped me immensely, that they have helped innumeratle — people as well. lore power and strength to The Evening World, its editors, cor- respondents, writors, &c. DAVID W. JACOBS. Providence, R. I, June 21, 1920, Brandeis for President, To the Editor of The Evening Wor! Why not nominate Justice Brandels of the Supreme Court for President on the Democratic ticket? There may be good reasons and it may be im posst- bie, but I think a man like Mr. Bran- deis would poll the whole labor vote, A man of his calibyt is what we want. M. Bayside, June 21, 1920, . Where Is the Bread anda Butter? To the Rditor of The Drening Workd In answer to “White Collar Man” and G, W. Shopenhauer, I would like to say something. 1 cannot blame “White Collar’ of June 18 for being resentful. Mr, G. W. Schopenhauer was a trifle abusive in his criticlem, But it is indeed pitiful, to read and hear all the phri and expressions coming trom the so-called brainy boys or white- collar workers and others, — + Mr. Collar Man says his boss ts have the advantage of reading the | When a person smokes or expec- | And#1I do not doubt but |, UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1920, by John Bake.) WHAT IS AMBITION? Shakespeare devoted most of his plays to men of am- bition. They were not always perfect gentlemen; but they were always interesting. Most of the world’s history has been made by ambition. It has been the moving force of every war—sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other, usually on both. It is ambit@n that piles up great fortunes which the gatherer and all of his heirs and assigns can never use. It is ambition, too, which makes the newsboy down the street sell more papers than the newsboy up the street. Call ambition a blessing or a curse; call it anything you like. The fact will remain that it is one of the controlling |$ ‘forces in this world, and must always be reckoned with. Honest ambition is behind all success. Dishonest am- (3 bition ig behind. many a spectacular failure. The man without ambition may be pleasant and well meaning. But he will not be very good company. * Do not think that to be ambitious you need to be dis- agreeable or to walk rough-shod over your fellows on your way to success, 2 b : Some of the gentlest and kindlicst men who ever lived have been ambitious, and have achieved their ambition at 13 no expense to their fellows. Two of the greatest of modern writers, Robert Louis Stevenson and Sir James M. Barrie, felt the stir of ambition early in life. Stevenson died successful and beloved. Bar- rie’s life and work furnish examples for all men to follow. {f these men had taken Wolsey’s advice to “fling away ambition” the world would have lost two of its most help- ful spirits. Ambition, of Wolsey's sort, brings unhappiness. But a world without ambition would be a dull and uninte. sting place, and,few intelligent men would care to long in it, work for my boss (and not entirely for my union), but by using what lit- tle brain I. hdve I find that I am supporting not only myself but also the boss. He lives much better than I at that, I don't mind him go, much, but look at all the stockholders! They don't even know where their money is as long as they can milk the dividends every three months. ‘They take no part whatever in the producing of life’s necesAties. ‘They are the gentlemen, my dear Mr. White Collar, whom you are supporting, re- gardieas of the fact that they try hard to teach us the opposite. He also states that many of our tools and machines are the results of the office man, I find that most of those ideas come from the mechanic himself. UNION TOOLMAKER, New York, June 23, 1920. The Reverse of the Argument. ‘To the Editor of the Evening World: Team work or organization wins football games, wars and better | working conditions. And if organi- \ gation, as applied to the National Guard, made mon out of “office men,” why do they pot apply the lesson of handing him his bread and butter, I say“he would better support himself ang Ao} let Bis boss do it. I also ioe y learned in the army a forme‘ union? “The.” ‘ Man,” who to an erepment, unconsciously gave us the reason in the wor Collar wana world for a White le says, “So long aa we get a square deal, any employer is entitled to the very best that we can give him, Watch your step, Mr, White Collar Man! Do you realize what that statement implies? I will assume that you are a logical man, and that you are not afraid to carry this dec- laration of principles to its logical conelusion, And after I have reduced it to Its lowest terme let us pray heaven that you don’t believe it, for it 4s Bolshevik propaganda of the most insidious sort. Not only that but tt is punishable by a jail sen- tence. If this proposition is sound, if it will hold water, it should, with per- “Cinderella’’ Glitters at Winter Garden ° BY CHARLES DARNTON F the old woman who lived in @! shoe could have seen the silver! slipper of “Cinderella on Broad-! way” at the Winter Garden last night! she might easily ha® mistaken it for a modern apartment house. There certainly’ was nothing small) about it, and’ as much may be said for the extravaganza it adorned. Every allowance for a high instep had been made in this slipper, noth- ing less, in fact, than a flight of stairs, down which beauteous ladies trooped as though this were the way. they always went to a ball, “Cindy,” you may be sure, was among those present, looking as pretty as a pic- ture book and quite at home in her gorgeous surroundings. Hileen Van Biene, mod though not exactly shy, was “Cindy,” and naturally @& tavorite. But the real belle of the ball wa: Jessica Brown, incredibly nenaed and extraordinarily agile. With hei wonderful kick, high and low, front and back, sh seemed born to the slipper. For good measure, as youg shoemaker might say, ‘there were the. remarkably light-footed Glorias, al-. ways a joy to watch, Mille, Vadie- Kubeleff, with her hair flying in thet air of an Hungarian rhapsody; Joe! Niemeyer, grotesque as a toy, and! other lively trippers. - A most eccentric comedian, new, to Broadway, Al. Brendel, not only danced most of his clothes off as Swede, but he brought to view face so serenely idiotic that bi scored the laughing hit of the per-) formance. He brought down the house when he descended a laddem with the trunk and other chattels off a maiden with whom he was ben® | upon eloping, while at every step a rung broke from under him, Thera can be no doubt that Brendel. isn't as foolish as he looks. Gloria Hoffman, who would be good understudy for the Statue o Liberty, easily carried off the sing ing honors with a voice as good ag her figure. Georgie Price was amus# ing, Tarzan performed apish trick# inga circus scene, and the Mijares amazing on a slack wire, ong of them turning a somersault as easily as Aunt Jemima would turn a flapjack. There were other clever entertainers who gave still more va- riéty to the elaborate entertainment. Stuart ‘Baird figured picturesquely as Prince Charming, and pretty girls in resplendent costumes made “Cin- derella on Broadway” glitter. . AS-ONE WOMAN SEES IT By Sophie Irene Loeb. Coprrisht, 1920, ‘The Press Publishing Co. (Tue New York Brening World). TH the appointment of Annette Adams of San Francisco as As- sistant Attorney General, nother precedent is established in woman's’ |realm. Miss Adams was formerly United States Attorney of the Nor- thern District of California. Having Proved her worth, she was called higher. Sex Prejudice is on the wane. A BELLHOP in Sagramento, Cal., | died leaving an estate of | $28,575. This money, it is said, will | revert to the State, since there seems to be no legal heirs. ‘This gives an | jdea of how profitable this intolerable form of graft may become, Mi The Evening World secured a law, in this State, which makes it a erimé for any person or hotel to receive any. commission for taxicab service, ’ ‘This is the first step against mak- ing patrons pay for services for whicl they have alrehdy paid. The next effort should be directed against the hat-checking evil. On man estimated the cost of his hat foi one year in @ hotel to be over $35/ The ‘hotel that prohibits these tips and pays its employees 4 reasonable wage accordingly will be a welcome and popular innovation. HERE '|s considerable talk of an extra session of the Legislature when the women’s welfare bills will be one of the interesting features. Defeated in the last hours of a hope- Jess Legislature, deluged with small fry local legislation, there is only one ray of sunshine in the possibility of reconvening the same nerve racking crowd—and that is, there will be no chance of dodging the issues, with the public eye focused on each an every one, i The defeat of the women's bill under such conditions might tend td turn the women's votes out as never before, and a few other questions might be settled at ‘the polls the same time. According to the temper of a num- ber of women's organizations this is not a threat, but a promise, HE call of women to the farms’ during the war was regarded as &@ novelty—a makeshift, The women Proved themselves morerthan equal to the occasion and the novelty has proved a necessity. It was the same thing with tele- phones and electric lights. So that when Eugene Brady sends out a want ad. from his two 500-acre fect logic, be capable of reversal, | thus: If I do not get a square deal my employer is not entitled to the very best that I can give him. What} have we now? “Laying down” on the| Job, ghirking, time-killing—in a word, sabotage, a criminal offense, and an! old: Bolshevik standby, repudiated by the A. F. of L,, which, being. a union, “White Collar Man" virtuously abhors. | If “White Collar Man" 1s « logical, reasoning belng he is a potential criminal” dont veteve be fe either, . VER, Brooklyn, June 22, 1920, ‘ the other avenues through whi farms, which reads, “Women only. need apply,” the novelty becomes a serious business. And there are reasons, > Brady found the average “green- horn” woman much more efficient than the "green horn” man who ap-, plied, She brought more intelligence to her task and more interest. She wanted to make good—and did it. With improved farm machinery, and intelligence to run it, there isno,, reason why woman may not find her place on the farm, as well as £b: nd