The evening world. Newspaper, August 19, 1920, Page 18

ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Published Datiy Except Sunday by the Press Publishing ‘Com: Ni to 08 Park New York, 66 A DELIBERATE and wilful untruth” is the ; plain-spoken description which Gov. Cox _, applies to the Republican contention that the Cove- ‘nant would permit foreign statesmen to order Anter- ~ fean soldiers out to fight. These are welcome words. ‘ Gov. Cox can do no better service to his country 5 than to expose the shameful falsehoods propagated for partisan advantage by the political opponents of President Wilson. The American people are for a League of Na- ions. Even Senator Harding admits as much ©. when he advocates an “association of nations.” The *) doubts and fears of the present League have no basis in fact. They were raised by Republican mis- representation. They cannot be traced to the words of the Covenant. Once the falsity is fully exposed, thefears and doubts will subside. : Republican opposition has worked through plain ~ . Eés er—worse yet—“weasel words” which may be + interpreted with double meaning. By such tactics fhe Republicans have erected a “Republican League + of Nations,” which is nothing but a bogy set up ___ to, be knocked down while the band plays “The Star~ i © Spangled Banner.” 3 ~y _ In his advocacy of the League, President Wilson . pointed out the merits pf the Covenant. Before his illness he failed to.point out the absolute worth- ' lessness of the contentions of the objectors. Gov. Cox does well to expound the merits of = the League. But he will arm himself with a power- A __. ful weapon if he will expose the shameful deceit and thisrepresentation which—with the exception of appeals to “hyphenism’——has formed the whole a Republican armory. ‘ a it Gov. Cox does nothing more than expose the ! Republican League of Nations bogy he will de- "serve well from the honest dupes of the Republican leaders.” : 1f he will but lay bare the lies and falsehoods “which form the skeleton and give form to this hogy, he will be presenting the strongest evidence » as to why Harding and the G. O. P. wrecking-crew _* deserve to be driven from public life because of their “deliberate and wilful untruths.” \ | ! : ! B League of Nations Republicans who are dis- satisfied with Senator Harding's statements on the issue tell us the candidate should be judged by his actions rather than by his words, r ‘Thif seems to be the unkindest cut of all when ft is recalled that Senator Harding was one of those who voted for the Knox Separate-Poeace- ~ ‘With-Germany resolution, THEY SHOULD BACK MITTEN. ESIDENT MITTEN of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company seems to be having the ex- pected trouble with the group of financiers who do ~ not relish his particular brand of efficiency, because » it interferes with higher fare propaganda elsewhere. Philadelphians and the public t caiene may well . admire the fight the traction wizard is raaking. * Philaddlphias, at any raté, ought to do more than that. In case a general reorganization should prove necessary, Philadelphians should be ready and will- “Ing to back their admiration with as much cash as may prove necessary to permit this most interesting experiment in tractlon efficiency and economy to continue. The rest of the country is in somewhat different ‘ position. If President Mitten were to be forced out in Rhiladelphia it would be thé Quaker City’s loss, and might result in the gain for some other city fortunate enough to secure the services of Mr. Mitten, New Yorkers would gladly welcome Mitten man- agement in the tangled transit situation here, even though the higher fare advocates might not be will- ing to have him take, hold and earn dividends on the sums which other managers waste. . Perhaps Gov. Clement of Connecticut will be gratified with the vote in Tennessee. His con- selence can now rest without constant prodding. . CAN IT BE PUT OFF? ‘© delegates representing American citizens of Polish descent who urge American aid for Poland, Secretary of State Colby endeavors to point out the true source of power in the United States, “In the final analysis,” he declares, “it is public opinion, “I am recalling to you nothing with which you are not entirely familiar when I mention rhe fact that there are many, many people in this country who are surveying the conditions it now exist in Central Burope with a satix- I that they make no attempt to conceal, are outspokenly opposed to any form or degree, of intervention, no matter how des- perate the conditions or circumstances may be _ that call upon us for active effort. They have flouted and rejected the enlightened machinery that was devised in conjunction with the ' Preaty of Versailles to cope with such condi- __ tlons‘as now unhappily exist in thé world, and comtent to voice their feeling of ‘relief that - whatever may be happening to other mortals it is not happening to them. “We cannot go to the relief even of Poland, provided the view prevails in this country that we have ho concern with anything beyond our national borders.” Among the’ six questions The Evening World sub- mitted recently to ex-President William H. Taft was the following: V. Does not any party or party faction thatturns its back on the existing Leogue of Nations run the risk of identifying itself with a class of Americans who are secrelly ready for a dignified way to climb down from a professed national purpose which has come to seem too stiff for them? To which Mr. Taft replied: “This question involves an interpretation of motives which I do not deem it wise at present to enter upon.” In the interest of national openness and honesty of purpose, can the interpretation be long post- poned? ° THE 19TH AMENDMENT. balla Al vote of 49 to 47 in the House of . Assembly of the Tennessee Legislature un- doubtedly means that the thirtyesixth State has ratified the Federal Suffrage Amendment and that Nation-wide suffrage for women will presently be. declared a part of the Constitution of the United States, Speaker Walker's motion to reconsider, which will have the right of way when the Lower House of the Tennessee Législature meets again to-day, is unlikely to change the result. To Tennessee will go the honor of having capped the victory in the long, brave fight to win full suf- frage for the women of the world’s greatest Republic. It is fitting that it should be talled the Susan B, Anthony Amendment, for it was Susan B. Anthony who drafted the first Suffrage Amendment intros | duced in Congress forty-two years ago, The later and more powerful political campaign- | ing of the Suffragists dates, however, from January, 1913, when the Headquarters of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage were established in Washington. During the year 1912 the National Suffrage As- sociation and its Congressional Committee spent only $10 on work for the Federal Antendment. In 1913 the Suffragists raised and expended $27,000 to advance the national cause, the next year the figure rose above $37,000, and since then hundreds of thousands of dollars and the. best brains and energies of gifted and intelligent women from all over the country have been concentrated on the fight that is now won. It is estimated that from 20,000,000 to 25,- 000,000 women will be able to vote in the Presi- dential election this fall, following the formal proclamation of this brief Nineteenth Amendment, which reads: Sec, 1, The right of cltizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on ac- count of sex. Sec. 2. Congress shall have power, by ap- propriate legislation, tq enforce the provi- sions of this article, ns Here is a long step in national progress since 1869, when the State of Wyoming daringly led off by granting State-wide Woman Suffrage. It is national progress with which names like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Carrie’ Chapman Catt, Anna Howard Shaw, Inez Millhol- land Boissevain, Alice Paul and many other earnest and indefatigable women workers will be forever associated, The women of the United States are to be con- gratulated upon the. certainty of spgedy entrance into complete possession of a tight the responsibili- ties of whidh many of them have already demon-’ strated their ability to measure. This fall will offer admirable ‘opportunities for women voters to prove and improve their political intelligence. - ; With full faith and confidence in the result, the country is ready for the Nineteenth Amendment. ‘IT WOULD SURPRISE THE DOG, N UNMUZZLED dog in the corridor of an apartment building is “at large,” according to the decision of a City Magistrate yesterday, The owner of the offending dog was fined. If dogs could speak, a canine annex to the jail might become necessary. Every dog in the city would be in contempt of court. + Perhaps the owner of the dog deserved a fine, Perhaps his human intelligence should have warned him that the dog was “at larg be expected to realize the fadt. lack of intelligence in humans. § It is an open question whether every owner of a dog in the congested district does not deserve a In most districts of the greater city it is a physical impossibility for a dog to be “at Jarge” in the way which the Creator fine—for cruelty to animals, intended them. to” be, A dugless New York would be a hardship to It would be a godsend to the lovers of animals, dogs themselves, i But no dog could |} Anybody would interpret suc a decision as another evidence of the . ‘ THE EVENING WORLD, THU “Taewen Te RSDAY, AUG ee és UST 19 Heh, 1990, ‘The ate Regen eg ot | | | | WHAT'S THAT. EXPENSE 9 | How (S THE MUCH IN HE SHRANK LAUNDRY TWicE WHAT THE CLOTHES “ARE WORTH, OO + - By Maurice Ketten EVERYTHING THE SHRINKS BUT THE BILLS! 4 Your like house; us. care of & forest. writer. tory Mfe In Sunday, me, in the bh father: a flushed tense, Two terms and path to his door, though he live in ‘To the Fatitor of ' and New York, Au lately. th | FROM EVENING WORLD READERS | What kind of letter do you find most readablet Isn't tt the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? , There 48 fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to say much in a'few words. Take time to be brief. Some one speaks and the Homesecker, To the Kalter of Tie Evening World editorial, Way,” in last night's paper, Is*very unjust to hundreds of people right here in this city, and I feel that it) should be broyght to your attention, I and three friends, all situated the | same financially, have been’ earnestly | this portrait of our future citizens trying for the past two years to buy or build a home, and we haven't yet | succeeded. know four such couples, then in this lurge city there must be hundreds We wa can pay down ;$500 and $30 | per month, but it sens impo: to get anything on these terms. ave travelled all over the suburbs, blit it can't be done, referred to people who can afford a house costing $7,500 up, then it may be true, but it certainly, is not true in respect to the white collar man of small means who cannot afford much, but who is compelled to live in a ‘reapectable neighborhood. some builder or real estate man take class this “there A Old Ne so much material of the day bearing upon real estate and kindred subjects has to do with the newer parts of the city that I imagine a population Is not aware of the his- romance associated other party of the city, and in the growth of the more modern districts they overlook the for of districta Now neglected, K sw “aun id tha » fifto Pathe e was riding downtown resting place of all the world, Van Cortlandt Park. fact in there wax 4 group of young outing enthusiasta, and it is their behavior that I will attempt to de ft of Picture a long seat on which are crowded the slouching forme of over dozen young , collars and the spiritoft the mob and of the rowdy in thelr eyes. with thelr singing voloes, sweet notes, of that most noble and agreeable “Kazoo,” show of and all ‘Three! If 1 in ww Kveniug World Your articles welative to tions of New York are very inter Ing and are much appreciated by the large New York. ‘To the Editor of ‘The Breuing World: Allow me to present to the eyes of your readers a beautiful picture Suddenly ‘@he “Healthier ny small circle nt a-small, plain ible We| If your editorial Let on reasonable will be a beaten HOMBPSBEEKER, w York. ‘ old > se of the descriptive portion of the with er importance OBSERVER. 18, 1920, nickerbocker ject of the mug. t on the evening of enth of this month, from that town, “Boost On the train with the self-same car, New York's men, their faces and coats removed, Intermingling laughing and ran hear the ting, on instruments, — the ull faces grow other, He is moving train adds impetus | reeling and he falls into the midst of 4 bevy of — But enough! as I was then, removed to an “adjoining whence I watched the “fun. Ellenville, N. Y¥., Aug. ‘To dhe Falitor of The Brenine World “touch of the heat’: For bilnding days on days, And the cool, greén pasture What care I for the maddin; 1 would trade my gown o} In a sickly, lukewarm tide, ‘To cool my bilstered hide. That rankle in my breast. fruits, Weat 22d Street, city. To the Editor df The Evening World In The Evening Wopid of appeared a slogan signed Hattendorf, » which reads, sent us to wer, us out of 1.” try, the war so lon, the high seas, To the Fatitor of The Prening World watohinen are receiving? ‘vellow out-—One! ‘Then there ly silence, breaks, All rise and roughly pass the sinner from one end of the car to the beaten and buffeted about (“Initiated,” one called it). The You haye seen enough, and Iam sure you are delighted with I_may here say that I A Touch of the Heat. You might be moved to call this a ‘The city les in its sweltering heat I'm thinking of the country sweet, crowd? silk For overalls and a milling stool And Old Jersey here to milk. I turn the tap and the water flows 1 long for the chilly forest pool 1 loathe my bed, where I lie awake All night in the deadly heat, I want to sleep in the new-mown hay” And dream that life is sweet. I hate the city's loathsome stings T want to be stung by the honéy bees While I rob thelr toothsome nest. ‘The fruitstands are piled with luscious Enough for the whole world's needs. My soul ls «ick for the country night ‘And the fragrance of the pigs DOCK HENDERSON, Harding will keep His slogan expresses the hatred for Wilson that 1s felt by many thou- sands of German blood in this coun- W4lson, or any other man in his place, could not have kept us out of as Germany per- sisted in murdering our oitizens on CHARLES STEEL, Late of the Army of Occupation, Will you Kindly call the attention of the bullding contractors to the hours and small wages their night We work fourteen hours dally, Sun- J dnd holidays included, (Copyright, 1920, storm rebuked. does.” » Probably he ddes to his n't. troubled to correct him. But suppose you can: ness. ways. by and by. to you. benefiting by it. For it is and alert Terave an apple with balf« worm ‘And glistening, pearl-white seeds, nized by In the gay cafes the lights are. bright ing. ‘And the fois are prancing Jigs. brains are failures. They take Thea they find too late that rest of their lives, and make Don't worry about the other Aug. 17 Rudolph “Wilson & men only work nine hours and receive the same wages. We have no union and are compelled to make the best of it, We are as a rule men unfit for manual labor by reason of age or disability. Hoping you will give us a helping hand through your column, T remain, NIGHT WATCHMAN. ‘The Immoral Plays, ‘To the Miitor of The Evening Warbl: ,A “Theatre Goers' Association" ts 08 East 68th St. Aug. 17. the Ideal thing for us. We pay high ne (i — id prices to see a play on Broadway. All Lom Hours Watchmen, we eee Is a bunch of undressed young (2) givls and humans who call themselves men. The producers hide these immoral plays under pretty names as “A Piece of Art,” “Romantic,” &c, The day Where is tho little innocent girl of long Don't worry about the other fellow, UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake. by John Bake.) DON’T THINK ABOUT THE OTHER FELLOW. “Me waste my time!” says the employee who has beea “Why, I don't waste half as much time as Bill But Bill isn’t going to succeed. And if the boss hadn't thought that the man he spoke to had the germs of progress i1 him he probably wouldn't have No matter how lazy or slovenly or inattentive you may be, you ca'a always find among your associates somebody in whom these faults are greater than they are in you, Does that make any difference? Exeusing your own shortcomings because others have them is the commonest and most worthless form of weak- You are your own geaeral manager and working force. Your success or failure is of very vital interest to you, it is of only incidental interest to other people. If there are men in the shop who do not work as hard ws you do, that is thejr worry-and a big worry it will be But it doesn’t concern you in the least. If there are pets or favorites, as there well may be, who enjoy special privileges, that is :one of your affair. They are the losers by getting along easily. could take their places it would be of positive disadvantage If you You have just one thing to do that is really important. That is to get ahead as fast as you can by your own efforts. If you are thrust anead by other ‘influences you are not the knowledge that you are storing up in your mind, the experience that only comes from hard work, that is going to make you self-confidgnt and by,’and give you a value that will be reeog- ery maa who employs your sort of labor or Bight men in ten things too easy—for a while. they must work hard for the little progress, Concern yourself with yourself, aid7you will sueceed. fellow, fifteen? Gone! the immoral plays. New York, Aug. 17, 1920. Declined With Thanks. To the Editor of The Brenlag World brush, but J don't want it, please me. - ‘em good and hurd. one and I feel sore enough to sit on pillow for a week. @ lot of fyn, It makes us fee to be turfled over mother's k receive an old-fashioned spankin, twenty-five years of age, fas wet od or Wisuawxzou! ne And the answer ts “Cc, 1 thank the young man who said he would make me a present of a hair- The brush we have has enough sting to it to I still get my spankings and 1 get I haye just had Any girl or boy who does not get spanked js missing all should be spanked even if we aro ren-Minute Studies of New York City Government | By Willis Brooks Hawkins. ‘This is the twenty-third article of a * series defining the duties of the ad~ miwistrative and legislative officers and boards of ‘the New York City Government, | TAXATION. Department of Taxes and Assess* ments. ‘This department is administered by & Board of Taxes and Assessments | Cohsisting of seven commissioners ap- pointed by the Mayor. The oharter requires that one menrber of the board shall be designated President in his appointment, and that at least one member, shall be “Jearned in the law.” Not more than five of the Commissioners may be of the sam political party: The President mua be a resident of Manhattaa, and not more than one Commissioner belong- ing to the same political party may be appoinfed from one borough, ex- cept the Borough of Manhattan. The Presklent’s salary is $8,000; that of the other Commissioners, $7,000 each, Thia board assesses for purposes of ! taxation all real and personal prop- erty within the city. Real. propert) | A consists of (1) “ordinary real estate,” 90 divided as to show separately thy value of land, and (2) “real estate of corporations,” conaisting mainly of private rights of way and terminals of public service corporations. Per- sonal property conaists of (1) tangible \property, such se hourehgld goods, ' merchandise, machinery, tools, &c., and (2) intangible property, such as mercantile credits, chattel mortgages, promiasory notes, cash, &c. ad The method of making these as- sessments will be described in a sep+ arate article. The presentsBoard of Taxes and Assessments consists of Jacob A. Can- tor of No, 2345 Broadway, Manhattan, President; Joseph F, O'Grady of No. Richmond Terrace, St. George, 8. L.; James P, Sinnott of No, 118 Arlings ton Avenue, Brooklyn; Richard Fl Williams of No. 658 Eighth Avenue, College Point, L. TL; Arthur H. Mure, phy of No, 1800, Arthur Avenue, Bronx, and Lewis M, Swasey of No. 43 Herkimer Stitet, Brooklyn. The main office of the board js on the ninth floor of the Municipal Building. The offices for the other boroughs are: Bronx, at Arthur and Tremont Ave nues;' Brooklyn, No. 503 Fillton Street; Queens, Court Square, Long |Island Citv; Richmond, Borough Hall, | Now Brighton, | | Education of Children in Time of Cathe- | rine the Great. N another day we were takeh, to a place where foundlings were nurtured. It occupjed a great building in Petersburg, with a sageway running through It fro street to street. This latter was 0} during the daytime put closed at} night, when no one was allowed to ,jenter. The house had a window} facing the street. People who wanted to abandon a child would knock at the window, then a kind of draw would be pushed out from the Inside, and when’they had placed the cals lin it, it was ‘pulled back again. A tablet with the date of the birth of the child was put into the drawer |with it, ‘This tablet was then hung et the entrance of the child's room. If the parents wished to see how thelr |child was progressing, they could pass along the corridor, and looking Qt the tablets on each side, identity their child and observe its progress. If they wanted the child back, they had to go to the house and write a petition, giving the date of its birth, Thereupon the child would be *de- livered to them, As @ rule such pay ents were given money, and the child rated as haying been brought up at Government expense. It was cared for by nurses and teachers in various: arts Until It grew up, and then !t was allowed to select a trade in accord- ance with its preference, and was last employed in public work. It is sald that as a result of this institu- ton there are no castaways in Russia, —From ‘Sightseeing in Petersburg a. Century Ago,” edited by Stewart Culin, in Asia for August. ——————— By Albert P. Southwick per 8 a Wnt OS Meerschaum means “froth of the sea.” It is white and soft when dug from the sea's depths, but soon hardens, The Military Academy at West Point, N. ¥,, was founded March 16, 1802. The United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md, was opened in 1845, Including the recent World War, the United States has been engaged in eighteen wars since April 19 1775, The Pacific Railway was pro- jected by Asa Whitney in 1848, theo plan of the railroad was first pro- posed in Congress in 184% and in 1869 it was opened, ¢ ‘The American flag was first used at Cambridge, M by Washing- ton, on Jan, 1, 1776; legally estab- lished by Congress on June 14, 1177. A curlous flag floated over the Morris House (Jumel Mansion) during most of Washington's occu- pancy of jt, It showed on, the folds the Buitish Union Jack and thirteen red and white stripes. In London tt was called “The Rebellious Stripes,” At the beginning of the Revolu- tion the thirteen stripes replaced © the red of the old British flag, but, strangely enough, the Union Jack was retained, This, however, was displaced by the original thirteen stars on what we now call “Flag " Six months before the Revolution the Philade’»hia First Troop of Cavalry had “we td Its flag, having thirteen strip, #sue and white, in tke corner c% the banner. hii tfoop escort: Washington from the Quaker Ci’y to Boston, in June, 1776, tho flag at the head of the omuaa,