The evening world. Newspaper, October 23, 1920, Page 10

y by the Press Publigeing ‘Noa, 63 to 63 Park Row. New York. RE-ELECT GOV. SMITH. AS a general thing, by Election Day the voters of New York State have small choice in the State elections. By failing to exert themselves in the earlier stages of the nomination process, they are confronted with two sets of candidates chosen by rival machines. Between Tammany in New York City and Wil#am SBames's up-State Republican machine there is often little fo choose. This year the task is easier Gov. Smith has not been a Taramany Governor. He has proved himself an abie and impartial ad- ministrator, He asks re-election on his record. No voter can ask for a better recommendation, Even his political opponents concede that he has been an admirable Governor. It is no disparagement of Judge Miller to say that Gov. Smith deserves the support of every voter who believes in good government. If Al Smitt cannot be re-elected after the proof he has given of independence of Tammany, what inducement is there for other men selected by Bosses to show in- dependence of thx Bosses? Juwige Miller, on the other hand, is an unknown quantity. He might or might not prove independ- ent of William Barnes, the Republican Charles F. Murphy. If Gov. Smith had been a Tammany Governor, The Evening World would be opposing his re-elec- tion. So, too, would other anti-Tammany Demo- crats—George Lunn, for instance, | On the strength of his record it is clear that Gov. 4 “Smith has made good. ‘The old political slogan of “One good term deserves another” was never more applicable. oe WELL RID OF REED. very Democrat who cares more for princi- , ple than for party will welcome the defection - of Senator James A, Reed of Miasourt!, Senator Heed is the sort of Democrat the party can well do without. Reed's bolt of Cox and Long, while eupport- ing his State and county ticketa, is as much a recommendation of the national ticket as ts the opposition of Hardwick and Watson. No incident could more clearly define the ‘Cox position on the League of Nations, Reed ‘was and’ is a “bitter-ender.” Cox favors go- dog in. Reed's repudiation of Cox {s an indorsement. GET IN TOUCH WITH “AUTUMN. P FROM the Hudson ferries a man marched yesterday. And as he passed, the hurrying crowds of busy lower Manhattan turned and gazed. Some few frowned because they were not similarly , laden, But most smiled because their day had been made brighter, In his arms the marcher bore a great cluster of » antumn blossoms and follage—the brilliant sumac, { the reds, yellows and browns of oak and maple, the Tich-hued blossoms of the hardier fall flowers, The bouquet was a moving beauty spot. Prob- ably the commuter had gathered them all on his way to the station to catch his morning train, These Glories of the season are free for the gathering along every roadside. Fulton and Nassau Streets were cheerier because | this traveller had passed. So, too, was his office when so adorned. Many a clerk and employer en- vied the gleaner of the beautiful his morning oppor- tunity. City dwellers have not his advantages on Friday. But what of the week-end? What of Saturday afternoon and Sunday leisure? Is there any better way of spending this time than by a walk out be- yond the car lines where Nature is resplendent in the glories of Indian summer? Such an expedition now is even better than a tramp in the springtime, Spring flowers fade and diz soon after they are gathered, Autumn's glory is more durable. An autumn bouquet will last the whole week. ‘ t * , a ' \ Judge Gary says: “The earth 1s still regularly turning on ‘tw axis, the seasons come and go, the flelds laugh with the harvests, the mines and wells yield their riches, the morals of the people in general are improving, and an overruling and juat Prov- idence is surely controling the mon and nations.” We gather from this that the price of steel is not going to drop with any sudden or otartiing thud. destinies of KEEP THE GAMBLERS OUT. HILE disputes between baseball managers drag along, with threats of a twelve<club bolt from the influence of Ban Johnson, the public is in danger of forgetting, or disregarding, the fact i that they themselves, the fans, the lovers of the » game, the admirers of clean, sportsman-ike con- » tests, are In part responsible for baseball corruption. It is.all well os to condemn the payers, the aa ane managers and the gamblers, not forget to clean their 0 Professional ganwilng is v tribery of players. So long as + sional gambling the game will danger. Fans are responsible for professional gamblers who find it to their advantage to “fix” games and to buy players to throw games. If fans refuse to bet with the professionals, there will be no money to offer and no inducement for crooked ball. To keep the game clean, let the fans boycott the gamblers, Let them bet with other fans for sport, but keep the gamblers out of it. ve constant Revoking Court House contracts is one Board of Datimate activity which citizens of New York can view at this time with entire approval, WHY SURRENDER INTELLIGENCE? if most foolless argument against the League of Nations is the charge that, despite its sup- posed purpose, it has not yet rid the earth of war. Such reasoning is childish, The Covenant of the League of Nations is that part of the Peace Treaty of Versailles which 1s de- signed to safeguard and perpetuate conditions laid down by the Treaty, as those conditions are fulfilled. The League is the appointed guardian of peace. The situation which Europe Is still cleaning up is a situation of war, It was hardly to be expected that the greatest conflict the world Is known could be brought to a full stop without ragged edges of fighting and dissension, It could hardly be hoped that the complicated terms of the most momentous peace treaty on rec- ord would go into effect with the promptness and precision of clockwork. The League of Nations js already functioning. International matters are being turned over to the Council of the League as fast as the carrying out of adjustments provided by the Treaty progresses. Already the League has taken over the task of arbitrating the dispute between Sweden and Finland concerning the possession of the Aland Islands. Already the League, through its administrative commissions, is carrying out the provisiongsef the Peace Treaty in the Saar Valley and at Danzig. Already the League Council is proceeding to the organization of the permanent court of international justice which Mr. Root helped to plan. Already the League has arranged for the publica- tion of treaties and started a survey of armaments with a view to their reduction, These achievements have been vouched for by Mr. Taft's League to Enforce Peace, They confute charges that the League of Nations is a failure or that it has not made a firm start in doing what it was designed to do. To argue the League worthless because it has not instantly disarmed every fighter in Europe Is arrant nonsense, If the League never did more than reduce by 50 per cent. or even 25 per cent., the probability of war, it would still be worth while, Unless Americans are ready to abjure their repu- tation for level-headedness and common sense, they ought to be the last people on earth to reject prog- ress on the plea that it does not reach perfection in one leap. They permit no such reasoning to block enter- prise or deprive them of benefits in a thousand other directions, P Why should they let any party leader hocus- pocus their minds at a point where their national interest and honor touch the greatest peace move- ment In history? A day in New York is bound to be a lively for a candidate, Luckily, Gov. Cox Is a pacemaker with the best, one TWICE OVERS. “ce HE Y (the thirty-one Pro-League Republicans) have recommended their countrymen to put into the Presidency a man who rejects the only League of Nations which has been actually brought into exis- fence and is functioning.”-Dr. Eliot. * * a HE Court House limestone bid was a ‘job’ on ee ~ the city.’—Commissioner Hershfield. * ‘ ° HE chance has come to meet a pressing moral obligation.” —Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cat, . ’ “RF "ERY producer is willing for the products of eoery other producer to decline, but protests the decline in his own.” . ASEBALL is now undergoing a heuse clean ing, and while we're at il, we might as wel! gise if «clean sweeping.” —Col. Ruppert of the Yankees. Secretary Houston. * * ss [Cut It | FROM_EVENING EVENING "What kind of letter do you in to say much in a few words. Take A Ball's-Ere. To the Taticr of The Brmina World: In the vernacular, “you made a Dull's-eye” in the article appearing this evening, which shows the apathy of tenants at the gigantic mounting by leaps and bounds of our city’s bills, of which they to-day are the underlying payers. It has never, apparently, occurred to them that any other than the land-| lord needs to watch the budget; it| was only a matter directly affecting the owner. It is well for you to awaken them) to the fact that they are the real burden-Dearers. The landlord has shifted the extras to the tenant (to- gether with an increase In these), asking an additional reimbursement because he collects the taxes. The politician has ignored owner heretofore, playing this class us | a@ forty-to-one shot (meaning there were votes from 140,000 landlords out of @ 6,000,000 population). Perhaps the jig ts up. If the unit of 6,000,000 play the game in reprisal, the man seeking votes will find that| economy is @ Kreat factor in city gov- | ernment to help him get elected and to procure his successful future peo litical career, LEWI8 PHILLIPS. | Wew York, Oct. 18, 1920. | For Twe of the Finest. ‘To the Zilitor of The Breniva World; I read in your valuable paper to- day a letter from Everett P, Wheeler, ex-President of the American Bar As d what Amer- sociation, and J thought aa Ir he had to say what a wonderfu jean he is, What he writes America will not be callod selfis was never #0, She was alway tie, big-hearted and good to all will remain so wh Btripes can fy. The Red, White and Biue stands for he and we will not crush It or dishonor it by voting for & few jealous, selfish persons hike Harding, Johnson and others of that kind, I hope « great many more will read Mr. Wheeler's letter, and look on thy | League of Nations as he has done and hold the honor we won in the grew World War, If we all cannot unt stand the real value of it now, we can be brave aid patient and wait for sults, as we did when we sent our a brave boys to fight and win the great- ert gl in history, W lowe thie glory and the suer! sons by voting for a tow je soni I 4m 100 per cent, Amertean, Cirst yote will go for two of th -Goy. Cox and Gov, smith. A AN VOTER York, Oct ; she igan She ¢ the Stara and My e finest New | Campaign Miarepr | Vo the Zidttor of The renting W I have followed your WORLD READERS | that gives you the worth of a thousund words in a couple of hundred? | There ia fine mental exercise und a tot of satisfaction tn trying | friends ure striving to make us believe. | 80 heme that all the world can unite F a tha |” =| 6 _THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1920, id most readable? Isn't it the one time to be brief. ber comtdne with the Post and Times |{R reprinting the text of the Covenant |of the League of Nations. 1. believe that it has been so long since this has been put in black and white before the public that the actual text in it- self would serve to break down the silly arguments our anti-League Why 4s it that people cannot realize that this document, the only possible on, i far above any partisan favor- itism? Why can they not see that, even granting all Republican argu- ainst their = “Phantom ational situa- . could be 4? And what sibilittes of good are com- in thia document? H. K. BELANGER, Woodbridge, N. J., Oct. 20, 1920, [Editor's Note: Sept. 18, 19: Evening World reprinted the ¢ nant of th Kexted by ening value of the exponent.) League of Nations as sux our correspondent, ‘The | the first news! Back Te The Porch, Ty the Editor of The Wrening World, i Now that Harding's left the poroh And travels with @ lighted t will bear our clone jnapec' His followera, all dutiful Along with him, will throw the bull About the L He spoke “Tia aad to vt He Nes hallucinations. He'a nothtr :but a allly toot, cript, a party foo ‘do thelr ‘bidding, after next election day, Marion will return and atay Hy electorate decision. P. H, KEULY Oppeses « Bonus, Ta the Editor of The Bvening World What a horrible example the yeter- ins of the late war (the only war we ever fought?) are setting for the ris- net generation, Did the soldiers who fought In all our wars up to and in luding our Civil War ask for a bonus and the best Jobs procurable in preference to married men who have responsibilities and want to live alw and who may be better fitted r the jobs? No; because they were riots, Did the veterans of the panish-Amerioan War (every man 4 volunteer) asic to have a heavy tax placed upon the people by granting the veta a bonus? No, They were | patriots then 4180, and never thought the Government of the United States or any State was a charitable inati- jobs? We gave up positions th voluntarily and went, were not sent, torials onthe League and gratulate you for showing up the cam- baign of mlarepresentation tn such ditortal was especially Atiow me to suggest that great ber, tie might be derived should your pa- We Spanish War vets are by the vets of the late » fact the Spanish-Amer was a joke. We ¢ not know We went that it was to be a . no more thin these fellows that were sent knew whether they would soe action or not. One pecullar thing “~~ thought to atay at home at frat, | wtion he saw the bubbles Gurat | He fed In mreat dalection. \ Did We ask preference tor] th 4 UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake. (Copyright, 1920, by John Miake,) THINK BEFORE YOU TALK Speech, to be convincing, has to have thought in it, Most speech is let loose hastily, and is mere dull chatter. If you doubt that, listen to any conversation on the street or in a public place. People repeat cant phrases, use stock expressions. Seldom is their mind more than half on what they are saying. Most men who talk well talk a good deal. The idea that the silent man is wise is foolish. But the good talker is the thinking talker, You can no more talk intelligently without having your mind on what you are doing, than you can hit a golf ball without thinking about hitting it, Next to your personal appearance, your conversation is what makes impressions that count for or against you, You may be your own boss or be bossed by some one else. But whatever you are doing you must impress others with = ability, or it will be of no value to you. Ren that you must know how to talk, and you can’t ides hae to talk without learning to talk. If you have an idea to express, put it into words in your mind before you commit it to your tongue to utter, Make it brief and clear, and easily understandable, All the big words you can find in the dictionary will not help you as much as a few short words that the man you are talking to can understand, Clearness is the first thing considered by great spenk- ers and great writers. To get their ideas in the minds of other people they must express them well. You will talk clearly and convincingly if you think clearly first, Tt will take time to do that if you have got the vicious tikbit cf talking hastily, and gaylag the first thing that te handy to your tongue. Be sure first that what you are going to say has sense in St, second that it is clearly expressed. Then talk as much as you like. You will never want for attentive and appreciative listeners, Noticeable in that most men I hear] crying for the bonus were in camps | on United States soll and are to-day In As good or better circumstances | than before they went on their “ex- cursion’ Uke We did, necording to! their views Policemen and firemen kinds of danger. Why do not they ery for a bouus every time they do! The to secede from so? They don't because they are per- Union was South Carolina, on Dec forming thelr duties and are paid for | 1860. it same us the soldiers In the World| May la That ’saFact”’ | By Albert P. Southwick | |veprrigh. 1920, 07 The. i'rm t'ublianiag Ox, | _ re Brean face all 1861, War, who got double the money we! “es t, clgarettes, candies, ete, supplied! ‘The Inaugural ¢ ont free, while we bought ours out the great words (8, the ‘$15.60 paid us each month, and}is that ‘ary Harrison the Government granted ‘them ty, wlorment (Was not that a bonus?) | ich we did not ample insura) he least nu naugural o: h the second rates. and for Hessian soldiers One yet, in The Byening World of| the Tutionary ¥ Oot, AA ‘styled himself “A hand. a MHORATY' V8 clapped ‘veteran.’ We. in * ‘ i first pode of the Grand Arm gind to be Handcclapnen tepublic Was organised on April comed ome by ott famiiles t Decatur, Tl, and in the friends. We asked no more.) Me " its ‘some your the first department an: NISH W a rs the first anuual encampments were a Bayonne, N. J, Oct. 16, ‘The last was North Carolina, ou | six dollars a bead was paid | ITHIN the Home where fewer With greater Speed the Dathy Work ts done: One Man will bring Two Buckets from the Well; Two Men, detween them doth, seit carry One. Pour Words upon the Prison Gate Ave soritten: “These Repent Too Late.” Who owes no debt for Crust or Crums Can slerp within a Beaten Drum, In Tall: he's a Wonder, Rut email are hie Galnn. How toud ts the thunder! How little it Rainat Who know, don’t talk; and even a0, ‘The Chatterers who talk, don’t know, Four Eyes to Spy the Faults of Mev Four Bara to catch all Words Spite, Two Tongues to pay them back djain—- You'll need at least Bight Hangs, to fight, Theee same being a halt Moxon splinters of Oriental wisdom guthered | J Into the bowkfet (Dutton), a compiin. tion by Art Guiterman, Poste ther on the ledge of the roil+ ! ing top of your desk, ee . age weed the Wicked «+ - “People who make more than $10,000 “y year or leas than $800 are wicked.” Philosophical observation attytoute 4 [to an Oldest Inhabitant in Sinal Lewis's "Maly Street.” But doean't tt sound Ike adore ment that to super-tax the vermone!: is to caliect tainted money the ae trustful Uncle ‘Sam? . Talking in Vain in the * soventtft 2 vermtton front ry of Innocence” (A Wharton's novel of the *héw of nearly half a contury Leck sf the career if ne sua on x? Why don't “and be ‘they’ Doubdtiess somebody taike that In Manhattan in the 1 n did not save us John Hylan in 5 . Setting Back the Fashion Clock - or Accord’ng to 3 Woh rests d fashions: tho * oe by setting the clock back. ¥ “In my youth,” Mise Jacksott te Joined, “it wan considered vulgar'ty — in the newest pers coe Sillerton has always ee fiat in Boston the pole was ri awny one’s Paris dresses tor years, “Old Mrs, Baxter Penntiow, who id everything handsomely, used to import twelve a r, two ver two satin, na and the othr the finest a standing £ and as ahe wan iil two years before he died they found forty-elaht Worth dreasea that had naver Qeen taken out of tissue paper.” Would it have changed history’ Hy much, we wonder, if there coutt Hava been a dally, instead of a fortnightly Rint from badd in the oa ORS . The Right ay to Be anny -3- Says Homer Croy, whose “Tattler Bowman" has jist been “Added (Harper's) to books of boyhdodl. for readers of all ages: I used to try feliberately | funny, but T always fou tty aga ing for | hetteun | thelr lees, back and begin. to nibble out burh, and pretty noon th up on tae porch scratching the corn of the door. fj Mr. Croy’s words are commemdet to the earnest if not the prayertul attention of more than a few humo: - ists of current print, The quality of 1 that of WieFos it is strained. ‘The laughter {a nation is hollow unless {t comment hecause the people can’t lelp ttgli+ ing. o 8 Aloneness at the Theatre -«~ Writes Gertrude Sanborn, In “r, Citizen of Eternity,” as published by the Four Seas Company I prefer to go to the theatre alone, 1 prefer to mect a masay thought in a quiescent, reasonable | spirit T do not want to chew sticky caramels; listen to the Inst ewene pade of somebody's cook; dinouss gowns, bean lout, bulldogs, or dle «The playwr Vow ented ing to. me th shall t hy shouldn't I go to the theatre alone But people think It etrangs, know they do, It every best girl felt Itke thu’, every best young man Would thinig it strange; perhaps also t As for the gers, box-offl |tors and such ke they wi bo long, blue t unfit tar type. Even the Theatre G [pects would eooner hays vated than a soul stagu. s 8 ‘The Lure of Shopkeeping -.~ In e course of hin “Adventur, { to B. V. Lucas to confess b moet thus: My own P then theory fs would want not What would 44 and pleture shop | with books and ayeots? as do in so og should hap