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8, RALPH Row. PULITZER, cA ANGUS irZen, ee ag CG MEMEER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. HAS GOV. COX NO HEART? ISCUSSING Senator Harding's citation of Vis- count Grey to bolster up Republican pro- posals for a substitute League of Nations, Gov. Cox Said in his speech at Columbus, O., Tuesda J “Some one bas said, ‘We have another plan, but we cannot give you specifications.’ They say, however, that Viscount Grey of England «© has approved it. I wonder if Viscount Grey ts going to provide a tion. “Well, we are not going to permit Viscount Grey or any other statesman to write our agreement. We are not for an English + << League. We are for the world League of *~ Nations.” “S The Democratic candidate is inconsiderate. ‘©.For a year and a half Henry Cabot Lodge, Phil- “diider Knox, Hiram Johnson and the restfof the wreaty-wrecking crew harped on the point that the ig League of Nations must be denounced vasa British-made League In which England would have five votes to America’s one. a Republican obstructionists over and over again . *fiogused President Wilson of having let himself be % “wamboozled by astute British statesmanship into sapproving an association for Great Britain's special ae .adyantage and. profit. . oo “It has been a cherished Republican premise that r ethe Democratic Party in supporting the League Is » playing England’s game. - ' “Better still, Congressman Britten of Illinois, in { Yan irresponsible statement charging that the British Government is spending “great amounts of money” von League propaganda in this country, has just fur- “hished Mr. Hearst's newspapers a weloome oppor- tunity to insist that in all probability the British Ss «Government is the heaviest backer of Gov. Cox’s campaign. R 7 “It is unkind of Gov. Cox to repudiate a British » “Teague. "Senator Harding only quoted Viscount Grey be- & “éause Republican foreign policy needs every prop It ; “tah find or fabricate. Ey That is no excuse for the Democratic candidate's “sharp come-back, entailing further Republican con- brtions hi “VACATION” NO DISGUISE. J) ATEST reports indicate that by to-morrow up- ~ward of 100,000 miners in the anthracite coal “istrict will be “taking a vacation,” as they call it, “in defiance of the orders of the national officers of ‘the United Mine Workers of America. * o> This great miners’ organization pledged its word to abide by the award’ of a majority of the Anthra- cite Wage Commission, which award has been ap- »proved by President Wilson. The “vacationists” stamp themselves as insurgents sagainst the leaders of their qwn union, “Let’s go home, brothers, and tell our friends to fake a ‘vacation,’” said one of the delegates who *tepudiated the action of the Scale Committee of the (Jnited Mine Workers in accepting-the majority Ai "If the miners who refuse to go back to work *expect the word “vacation” to disguise the true na- ; "Cure of their present standing they should be speedily,” |’ disillusioned. ~ Im purpose and fact they are outlaw strikers, Neither public opinion, their own union officers, ~~ “tor the Federal law can for one instant regard them os Sea J Ss bien - 4s anything else. ey | (Se. }, bus q i f whe “SALESMAN’S STUFF.” ESTIFYING before the Kenyon Committee, oe), Treasurer Upham described as “salesman’s i “Stuff” the bulletin put out by members of his BS Organization. “J “Step on it,” “Boys, get the money” and the eother brilliant suggestions which Gov. Cox quoted _ivere “‘salesman’s stuff.” t-Mr. Upham’s explanation that these were a “lot “of bull” may satisfy some minds. Others will ta savonder where the irresponsible young men in the = ‘Treasurer's office got the idea that inspired “‘sales- ae «man’s stuff.” : 2 A salesman sells something. What did “Step On BS It” Blair believe he was selling when he told the salesmen to “get the money”? Was it an “underhold on the Government"? oe Could it have been anything else? ~s-/What use is “salesman’s stuff” for those who have nothing to sell? MOTHER OF “PROVISIONALS.” N THE United States, Virginia has been called our Chief Executives have come from the State, In like manner it would seem that in the society earn the name of “mother of Presidents,” or at least “mother of Provisional Presidents.” The latest Provisional Executive to be invested with office here is Marcus Garvey, Provisionai Pres- “ident of Africa, In recent memory we have enter- ; Meagan Gy De Valera of Ireland, Baste of | ae ‘ ° Russia. These have, in greater or less degree, exercised their powers and their office while in the United SMates and while outside the territory they proposed to govern, , This marks a decided change in style. Up until the last few years America has not been particularly Rather has it been a refuge of ex-Presidents, particularly those from the South and Central American Republics, who left hurriedly, preferring the prefix “ex” to . a re sort for Provisional Presidents. “late” in their titles. Perhaps this impression is merely another result of the discovery of propaganda. Perhaps it is only that Provisional Presidents are better advertisers than the “ex” variety. STILL SOUND AND APPLICABLE. RESIDENTIAL Candidate Watkins of the Pro- hibition Party, speaking from the same plat- form as Gov. Cox, gave cordial support to the League of Nations. Although Candidate Watkins has an extremely remote chancesof making his sponsorship effective In the Presidential Chair, his analysis of the League opposition is excellent. Opponents of the League of Nations, he finds, are advancing the same arguments which were used when ratification of the Constitution of the United States hung in the balance. Opponents of ratification profess “Americanism” and quote the fathers as a basis for “little Ameri- canism.” Washington's ‘@Parewell Address” is a partitular favorite with obstructors. In this connection may be recalled a letter which George Washington wrote to John Randolph, from which The Evening World quoted eigtteen months ago. The sentiment is as sound and applicable to- day as It was early in 1919, or when the letter was sent, more than a century and a quarter ago, Washington wrote: “There are some things in the new form, THE EVENING WORLD, Masaryk of Czecho-Slovakia and Paderewski of Po- “land, not to mention Commissar Trotzky of Soviet I will readily acknowledge, which never did, end I am persuaded never will, obtain my cordial approbation; but I did then concetve, ahd do now most firmly, that in the aggregate it 1s the best Constitution that can be ob- ‘tained at this epoch and that this, or a disso- lution of the Union, awaits our choice, and Is the only alternative before us. Thus believ- ing, I had not, nor have I now, any hesitation ~ in deciding on which to lean.” The Father of his Country was writing about the new instrument which is the present Constitution of the United States. BANKRUPT IN WHAT? 'S New York City bankrupt? What other condition could explain or excuse ‘Comptroller Craig’s warning that teachers may not expect the wages lawfully and rightfully due them? After having paid for two months the larger com- pensa tion authorized by the Lockwood-Donohue Bill, the Comptroller explains his extraordinary ac- tion with the statement that the Board of Adermen has failed to appropriate, If this is true, why is it so? President Prall of the Board of Education writes to Mayor Hylan, “Evidently the Finance Depart- ment for some reason best known to it intends to refuse payment.” What is this reason? Does the situation arise from political jealousies, from municipal insolvency, or from general incom- petence ? the “mother of Presidents” because seven of of nations the United States may be destined to A * The 25,000 teachers, the patrons of the schools, and the general public are entitled to full informa- tion on these questions, Even more important, the teachers are entitled to whatever action is necessary to provide the salary payments due—and without a moment's delay, Is New York bankrupt financially? Or is its gov- ernment bankrupt in administrative ability and good will? MAKING FACES OVER IT, NTS of the Tennessee Legislature are di- vertitig if not inspiring. To get a personal parallel the average adult citizen would have to go back to the knee pants or pigtail period in life. After children grow up they cease rynning away from home. They outgrow the habit of making faces at the neighbors when they return. T ennessee legislators are acting like children over the Suffrage ratification, But we have yet to hear of any serious injury resulting from an adult person being forced to look at a small boy or girl mak Suffrage has been ratified and proclaimed. ing faces, The chance that the Supreme Court may give serious consideration to the strange capers of the Tennes- seeal ns Is so remote that Suffragists need not worry. Now that Secretary Colby has proclaimed the Nineteenth Amendment, the burden of defending its validity rests with the State Department. TWICE OVERS cts OREOVER, it should not be forgotten that the Treaty of Versailles is an established fact, It is and will remain the basis on which Euro- pean reorganization must be carried on.”-—Journal des Debais, Paria, 4 THURSDAY, SEFTEMBER 2, 1920. us v -Somet hing, Anyway! neh, Why Not, Indeeat ‘To the Bator of The Bvening World: Why pick on Senator Warren G. Harding’s campaign fund? Why not investigate Hugene V. Debs's back- ene? NATHAN T. ZALY. New York, Sept. 1, 1920, —— | Free Lewal A: ‘To the Editor of The Brening World | I have read your editorial on Free | Law for the Poor, I would suggest that you reply to the good and sym- pathetic Justice that the Bar Assovi- ation, of which he is a member, for- bids you and other papers from run- ning 4 free legal advice column such fas you formerly did. ‘That gave many |poor people the free advice which be says they need, These people miss {t, Tell that to the Bar Association, J. METIEHT. New York, Sept. 1, 1920. Flats Rom: To the EAitor of The Evening World: couples who would like te get mar- ried In September, but cannot. They account of the scarcity of houses, The apartments they are putting up are uot for the medium class of peo- ple at all, They are all bigh class, from $50 to $60 a month, What these young people want is a plain decent home, three er four rooms and bath, from $26 to $35, ‘They cannot give all the money to the landlords, as they have to eat aisd, ONE OF THE ANXIOUS COUPLES. New York, Sept. 1, 1920. A Constractive 9, To the Editor of ‘The Breuning World: The acute housing situation has hatched some half-baked schemes for three-quarters of a century— namely, the co-operative savings and loan plan (sometimes called “building and loan” or “co-operative banks")? Suppose employers suggest to some of their help that they deposit at least some of their savings in these associa- tops, and that the advice is followed? ‘The result will be that these organi- gattons can lend millions of dollars on small first mortgages for homes, They have loaned all the available money they can get (probably $15,000,000 in city), aud need depos- ply the hundreds of un- filled applications, For the benefit of | those who may bé unfamiliar with | these thrift and home-yetting organs- | va\ions I state that they are operat-; ing under the same jaws as savings’ banks and trust companies, interesting to note that service department of the Eastman Kodak Company templates organizing an association \ PP What kind of letter do you jind most readubler len't it the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise und a lot of satisfaction in trying to aay much in a few words, Take time to be brief. 260 savings and loan associations, in- cluding at least eighty in the metro- politan district, which have helped thousands of self-respecting men and women to acquire homes, Two of the large city associations haye loaned nearly $2,000,000 during the last elgh- teen months. Co-operative savings and loan associations everywhere are crying for depositors to enable them to “carry on.” As an indication of the trend it ts the social of Rochester ~ con- among the employees. At present ‘There are quite a number of young have to put off their weddings on clty. men and homes free and clear In twelve years, association in this State not open to the general public. I refer to the Edison Association of New York, which was organized in 1912 and since that time has helped more than 500 of its employees to own homes, to say nothing of the thousands who are being taught the lesson of thrift by saving systematically, The last semi-annual report shows that more than $200,000 was loaned during the period to employees on first mort- gages, in amounts ranging from $1,800 to $8,000, to fifty members, who have thus been enabled to purchase homes of thelr own. Tetms were ar- ranged in many cases not exceeding the monthly rentals pafd to landlords for apartments and residences in the ‘The fine part of it is that these women will have their instead of rent receipts! Here 1s food for thought for large employ- ers; It is the highest form of social service work and will not cost them & penny. And do not forget, Mr. Fmployer, that you can buy income shares in these associations tn mul- tiples of $60 and $100, on which you will recelve at least 41-2 per cent. interest, and also know that your money ia Invested In first mortgagos on homes—constructive good citizen- ship work. ARCHTRALD W. MEWAN. New York, Aug. 80, 1920, from theorists who, to put it = slangily, are “talking through Advice to Rich Girls. their bata” Why oot encourage |™ Wat in all this excitement about 4 plan that has stood the test Prince Carol? I thought (excuse me for my ignorance) that America is a demo- cratic country and that we Americans bow to no earthly prince. However, 1 am willing to honor any real man that has accomplished something in the intellectual field. I am a@ great reader, but I have never read about or heard tell of Prince Carol as having accomplished anything good at all. 1 did, however, read about him hav- ing run away from a charming wife (who was too good for such as he) because he was not man enough to go out and work for her, He prefers to live on other people's ‘money. As an ex-soldier that has been wounded three tne, who gave up schoo! aud a good position to fight there is only one savings and loan, | \ | similated poison. No. 1—Abraham, the Original | Ranchman. Abraham ropresents the secuinl stadium in the advance toward civil- ization, | It was as a hunter that man ode bis march toward the light. With club, stone-axe, whatever other weapon he ‘could lay hold of, mila knocked down hia dinner in the sbape of the animalyie was to cat uncovld and unsdited. | The hunter stage lasted for we knew not how jong a period—a dona one cerainiy, reaoulng Wirvdgi Lao sands of years—and, then began thy nomadiv stage, when, instead of Ge pending upon the hunt for thelr sue eistel men got their living frou tlieir flocks and herds, with wit they moved from jovulity to locality, following the grasa upon wh.ch the life of their cattle depended. | Along toward the ciose of the hunter stage men had sense enough to begin ty see that it would be bet ter, instead of Killing the animals, lo tame them, multiply them and use their flesh and milk ag a means of support, This would be much easier than hunting and, in addition, would make their living leas precarious and uncertain, It was in this stage—the nomadic, | the pastoral—that we find Abraham, the “Father of the Faithful.” , Having forsaken the woods, men 4 now lived on the great plains, in tents | down or set up, with their flocks and | or that could be easily and quickly taken herds grazing about them, until such time as conditions forced them to seek “fresh flelds and pastures new.” It was an {dyllic mode of exiatenc and it is a great shame that It gould not have endured forever. As com- pared with the life of the jungle, or with life in great cities, It carries off all the honors and advantages when it comes to the things that are jreally worth while. The freedom, the per- petual boon of pure air and glorious sunshine, the brilliant stars ovef head by night,)the wide horiabris calling to you \by day—was there ever a more delectable form. of human society? The great nortiad and ranchman, Abraham, was a pro- nounced suc UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1920, by John Blake.) DON’T MAKE LABOR OUT OF PLAY. Golf is valuable as a pastime until you begin to take it too seriously. Then it becomes work. If you expect to become a professional golfer you are justified ia making work out of it. If you have hopes to succeed in gny other profession, play golf, if you play it at all, for recreation only. Many men break down early in life because they have played too hard. Tais is commoa with professional athletes. Body building can be carried to a certain point with- out bad results, Carried beyond that it is dangerous. No amount of muscle that you accumulate is goiag to make you much of a money maker, unless you happen to have the physique of a prize fighter. And even if you have, success as a professional prize fighter will not briag you any worth while rewards in the long run. Do your hard work at tne shop or at the office, not while you are seeking recreation. There are many men who would succeed far better if they took their busiaess as seriously as they do their golf or their tennis, and worked as hard at it. Play is necessary. It helps the brain to rest by sub- stituting muscular endeavor for mental endeavor. But if you continue to overdevelop your muscles your braia will stop developing, just as the muscles of the man who never exercises shrink and become almost useless. You will win success in one thing, aid in one thing only. If you want to be a successful golfer, get a job as a professional at a club and do nothing but play golf. If you want to be a suocessful busizess or professional man, play golf, or tennis, or work in a gymnasium only enougn to keep your circulation in good condition and your digestion in good order, Spend the best part of your time developing your mind, and at fifty you will be strong e2ough to, last out your ordi- nary life span und have brains enough to succeed. and France, I am ashamed at the fools our tich American girls make of themselves over every prince that comes to America, D. A. DOOLEY, ditions under which we live? 270 W. 43d st, Aug. 30, 1920. lager, English be r, Contentment. ‘To the Biittor of The Eveving World: No one will dispute that drinking intoxicating liquars makes for con- tentment. “Drowning your sorrows in drink" is by no means a mere figure of speech. While @ small minority of drinkers grow belligerent with the “Dutch courage” imbibed, most all of us are agreeably and pleasantly affected up to 4 point when the brain is clouded and dazed by the unas- eensumers very amenable. and the «me-half of 1 per oent. Think it over. Aug, 27, 1920, Appreciated Features, To the Eiitor of The Erening World of some fine articles. Blake's “Uncommon Sense” one of we not all remember the neteady” beer drinker—biuff, jovial,| he best, and I am sure i¢ they are red-faced, fleshy (or was it bloaied?);|but into book form they will meet many of them Lived long and died|with all possible success. ‘Then the happy. ment, with no possibility of pardon, could, consistently, limited intoxicants, Wevhave in this bese: more than for American Democracy in Mexico happy; but for those of up whe are - . funny sheet 1s refreshing and causes many laughs. é "What Do You Know? is a good mind tester. ‘A person sentenced to life imprison+ it allowed un- enjoy lifé und die ee free, ig it not evident that an un- clouded brain, though it engender dis- content, will work for the eventual betterment of the far from ideal con- A thought in conclusion: German American whiskey and Russian vodka made the The Russians were denied vodka Americans were awarded What's the only possible deduction? ARCEDE. The Evening World Is certainly full I think John 4 GRATILED BADER. |e He knew his bu |ness, and if he were here to-day he could doubtless give valuable points to the ranchmen of Texas, Montana and Australia, © There were no wire fences in the East in those far distant days, and Abraham's slogan might very well have been, “No pent np Utica contracts ou powers. he whole unbounde tinent ts ours! J am creatiot ‘The world, the world is mine We read that Abraham was “very rich In cattle, In silver and in goui. 1 to notice the word “very.” and she-asses, and camels"—probably { by the thousands, if not by the tens of thousands, And the grand old Patriarch amassed all this wealth without sacrificing his finer manhood. Beyond doubt “busl- ness business” with the great ranchman, for had he not opefated on business principles he could never have, built up his princely fortune. But he did not permit his business to brutal+ jize him, His cattle did not stamp out his chivalry. Witness his treatment of Lot, than / which nothing In all literature is more , beautiful: “And the land was pat able to bear them, that they might dwell together, for their substance wae great, so that they could not dwe}] together. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and be- tween my herdsmen and thy herda- men, for we are brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. If thou will take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if thou will take the right hand, then I will go to the Iggtt So Lot chose him on the Plain of Jor. dan; and Lot journeyed east, and th separated themselves the one from ot iy g the i Who could quarre! with a man Ike } that? If ever a man deserved suceess | in business it was Abraham. ee ("That's a Fact’” By Albert P. Southwick. | ICopwrigat. 1020, by Te Puplieaiog Gal (Coors, New York "Evening Weeki on) In would be No. 9 Broadway (the of fice building there now is from Nd. 1 to No, 11) Benedict Arnold, after a house standing in what Andre and had the capture of Major e of his treachery, It was while there that Sergt. Jahn Champe attempted to capture him. The garden at the the house sloped down to r, and a party of patriots were to land there from a bout, se- « < cure him and carry their prisoner away. On the day arranged, Arnold moved his qu ers, but whether simply by accident or from gtactos- ure of the plot was never known. Washington Irving lived around the corner from Bowling Green, ow State Street, and near him ir, Howland, jong one of the mos Prominent shipping sferchants . of the city. James K. Paulding, a dae” ascendant of one of the captors of Major Andre, who was Secretary of the Navy under Van Buren and one of the authors of “Salinagund!,” ved on the same block, at No, 29 Whitehall Street, eee In Pearl Street, New York City, almost opposite the William Brad. ford tablet on the Cotton Exchange, there is a gray limestone memortal consisting of a female figure, De- neath which is an inscription detaik ing the facts of the Great Conflagras tion, \f eo ee ‘The lack of water on that coca. sion was one of the chief causes that led to the construction of the yroton Aqueduct, forty miles from the City Hall, and the buildt ot High Bridge across the Harlem River. ose ‘Then came the erection of two reservoirs, one south of 86th Street, called the Receiving Reservoir, the other where the New York Publie Library now stands—42d Street and Fifth Avenue—used as a distribu- ting basin. Since then the big res- ervoir extending from 86th Streey+* to 8th Street, designated the Re- tani Heservoir, has been added the ayelem. j \