The evening world. Newspaper, November 27, 1920, Page 10

ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Pudinmed Datiy Except Bunday by the Press Publisatng Company, Nos. 53 to 63 Park New York. H PULITOER, Presiden’ «J, ANGUS BHAW, Troamirer. GOREPH PULITZER, Jr.. Secret MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arecetated SUBMISSIVE. FROM THE START? 146 MOVEMENT for stricter Sunday laws T throughout the United States by constitutional amendment will have the backing of the Methodist Bpiscopal Church, declares Bishop Joseph H. Berry : of Philadelphia, who ts now presiding over a meet- ing of the Board of Bishops at Atlantic City. A Bishop Berry objects to the term “Blue Laws. But his idea of “protecting” the American Sunday is admittedly to hedge it round with more restrictions as (o what the individual may or may not do on “that day. The tendency of afl movements to regulate per- ’ group is to pass under the control of extreme zealots who possess the strongest dynamic force, Self-appointed regulators of other people's habits are almost invariably fascinated by the plans of those who propose the boldest schemes of regu- lation. : The Methodist Bishop may protest against calling them Blue Laws. But “Blue Laws” they will be, if ‘we may rely upon recent American experience with organized tyranny powerful enough to force its dic- tates into the Federal Constitution. This is no remote or academic question. It is an; other definite programme for the further curtailment of personal liberty in the United States. ; Are Americans to be resigned and submissive from the start? . SENATE AND BUDGET. HE TRIBUNE asserts that “Congress will not make an issue with the White House on the unimportant detail” which caused the Presidential veto of the budget measure passed during the last session of Congress. . ; As the Tribune says, “the House altered the bill last summer to meet the President's objections.” The Tribune believes that “the Senate undoubtedly will concur when it has a chance to.” Perhaps the Senate “will.” It had “the chance to” last summer, but it was too busy playing politics and murdering the treaty of peace to bother with such a trifle as a budget system. The fact that the present budget is being made without proper direction can be attributed only to the delinquencies of the Senate. It put politics be- fore country, and the country is suffering to-day because of the fact. Considering the record otherwise, is there any reason to believe that the budget was killed for any reason other than that the Republicans desired credit for passing what the country demands? If the budget passes in a form satisfactory to the Presi- dent the Senate will convict itself. MAKE IT CLEAR. “The club suthorities and members are united in the uscision to fly the flags of friendly nations c. all fitting occasions as wo have done since the beginning of the v “It is a matter of principle with us, we sball continue to do 50." Vhe above statement was made on behalf of the Union Club, following the disgraceful Thanksgiving Day riot precipitated by a British flag which the club hung out in honor of the 300th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims. The statement may well serve as a model for other clubs, institutions or individuals. It is time to have it definitely understood that American right to display the flags of other nations with whom this Nation is on friendly terms is not to be set aside by persons to whom certain foreign flags happen to be distasteful. Irishmen in this country have no :.ore right to pull down British flags lawfully flown o. private or public property than British subjects or sympa- ihizers fin the United States would have to tear down an Irish emblem similarly displayed. Ireland’s battles cannot be fought in the streets of New York. Nor can Americans consent to abridge what liberties are left them in order that Irishmen may not bq excited to lawlessness. This country has done nothing to Ireland which justifies the Irish in interfering with American rights or disturbing the peace of American communities. The United States is entitled to respect for its laws and a reasonable degree of self-control trom all races to which it has opened its doors. ‘ Self-control is the biggest asset the Irish cause 4 can wish itself. nd ‘ 3 HIGH-PRICED FICTION. HEN the Public Servic: Commission of Penn- sylvania advanced fares in Philadelphia, it was natural it should cause protest by the patrons of the service, It was natural that merchants should disapprove. Jt was surprising, indeed, that the management of the company should be actively opposed. But it was incomprehensible that with three such protests on record the commission should have de- Hiberately disregarded the report of the commission's i SRAM a os IRR ST PP oar aad piers ree sonal conduct by the standards of some particular» nnn aatarranyihacatyamaryaemagamalae of 7-cent fares would actually produce a smaller return for the company than the alternative Scent fares. To understand such a proceeding, it is necessary to go into the financial backing of the company. The Philadelphia system is financed by the same group of men who finance New York's transit system. These men are willing to pocket a loss in Phila- deiphia for the sake of a prospective gain in New York. In New York the traction financiers are paying a publicity service to misinform New Yorkers. As an aid to this propaganda, they are willing to forego $140,000 of profits in Philadelphia for the sake of the psychological effect on New York. The financiers decided it'was worth $140,000 to them to be able to tell New Yotk: “Every other city is on a higher fare basis. Even Philadelphia under the Mitten management came’ to the higher fare, New York must expect to pay more than a nickel.” At such a price, “copy” for the Subway Sun is paid for at a higher rate than the most popular of “best selling” fiction. . Perhaps this would have been a good business deal if it had not been exposed. Readers of The Evening World are learning HOW the fare was ad- vanced in Philadelphia, Now if the plan fails in New York the financiers are likely to regret the $140,000 lost incorhe in Philadelphia. RENT LAWS UPHELD. N HIS comprehensive decision upholding the con- stitutionality and validity of the Rent Laws, Jus- tice Wagner of the Supreme Court followed the same line of reasoning which The Evening World advanced when it advocated the laws. An emergency, serious in the extreme, existed. The Legislature investigated and considered methods of relief. The Rent Laws were the result. The Court finds them an exercise of the broad police powers of the State which no Court has ever pre- sumed to delimit. The Rent Laws are clearly emergency legislation. Their life is limited to a comparatively short period of time. Ordinary freedom of contract is not de- stroyed. It is suspended—for the emergency. This is what The Evening World contended from the first. But it is indeed encouraging to read the concluding sentences of Justice Wagner's decision: “Our Constitution is not so inflexible, un- yielding and immovable that our lawmaking bodies lie prostrate at ita feet, powerless to give legislative succor in the face of a pert! threatening (Ne health, morals and even the lives of the people. VU “For a century and a haf our constitutional restraints have received interpretations bene- fiting every emergency and public need. The statutes in question were enacted to avert a crisis. No constitutional right of the owner of property was transgressed. No sound reason is advanced that the Govern- mental ald was not lawfully exerted.” When a Court makes so admirable a statement it goes far to buttress faith in the courts themselves and faith in the reign of law. IN BEHALF OF THE GIRLS. ROM time to time disgusted and disillusioned F youths have complained to The Evening World that modern girls were nol like “old-fash- ioned girls,” that the modern girl expected every- thing and gave nothing, that the entertainment ac- count was never balanced, that the young man was never invited to the home of the girl £5? a pleasant, social evening that did not involve expenses for theatre, cabaret, &c, There is enough truth in these charges to make them plausible, at least. But in behalf of the girls it is only fair to point out at least one extenuating explanation. The “vamp,” the “gold-digger,” the ‘“spender”— apply any of the standard slang descriptions—un- doubtedly exists, That type always has existed— always will. But it should be remembered that so-<alled “modern girls do not all live in old-fashioned homes. The housing problem, the shortage ot rooms in which to live has seriously complicated the average girl’s entertainment problems, If the girl’s family is living in two or three small rooms, with brother Johnny using the parlor daven- port as a bed, sister's opportunities as a hostess to her beaux are seriously restricted. The refrain of a popular song of a recent season was, “Take your girlie to the movies if you can't make love at home." The hard facts of the hous- ing shortage forced many a girl to take the advice to heart, ; This is not intended as general whitewash for all girls who expect lavish expenditures from their es- corts. But in some cases the criticisms of the mod- ern girl might be directed more faigly in the direc- tion of Mr. Brindell, the Building Rings and the Gouging LanJlords. TWICE OVERS “ec AN must pay for his wars, not only during the strife itself, but afterward.” — Hugh C. Wallace, \" American Ambassador to France, . * . 6 JT has been a great disappointment to me to have to realize that there is only one thing to do, and that ts to keep away from the Mayor and all,his works except | To the Editor of ‘The | Nothing could be mo: y John Cassel by the Press Pubitsning Co. York Brenton World.) TURNING TH 4 —4y. By €. W. Sublowclife w 1 won #0 man AabS ie re \ The grudging al But 1 say ctrcums webb ig a | Bor tf @ young man meets a git A-crowsing of w meadow, sag | How's she to know a straying owl. | Should turn him to her shadow, When I tent out and took @ plato | "dieas just that same thing epergin, | A chap need only sco my face | To vow himself my lever. sor And ali 'g had to do with Was just to say “Good mo Is it my fautt my gown's g pt, Or must my eyes wear 9 Thus, in “Flowers of the ‘Grem (Dutton) and ip many more’ than we have quoted, Maurice lett permits.a flirtatious meld:te gus- tify her undoubted making ,ef. eyos, ‘take ths o et Coy readers df this column poet's word ui their own rishi. oe 8 g Sport versus Catching Fish--- in his new book for “Geta” Hishin'” (Stewart & + Ditgte Carroll gets itd of this section & fisherman's fervor; . ” To simply hook a gamé old bass * egal a is ke Pash oo and then can possibly turn the rei or to drag it in hand over hand You, happen to be with and line, is about as mi sas you sit buck and hold the This is merely catchin| : 4 to the feulow wha ie satiated’ with yanking them in wi i Will ‘not be very intoreating. =? | If all this were u figure of speech, how aptly it woul dofine the differ- ence in politics b.tween playing for points and plugging for spoils, Margot and the Marriage Mission--- Telling the story of her life in twe rable yolumes (Doran), Mar- got Tennant Asquith turns from her Dukes, Duchesses and Prime Minis- ters long enough to give inaternal au- / vice to the meditative flapper, thus: If any young “mise” read: autobiography and wants = advice from @ very old hard, I wil say to her, when a man threatens to commit’ suicide after you bave refus you may be quite sure that he is @ vain, petty fellow or « great goose; if you felt any doubts about’ your declal before you need have none after this and un- der no circumstances must you give way. To marry a mar out of pity te folly; and, if you think you are go- ing to influence the kind of fellow who “never had a chance, poor you are profoundly mistaken can only influence the strong ers in life, not the weak. such counsel should perish the inti-home industry of marrying the | Man to reform him. | Margot is no bel Th a and down a man's size mt ver in miracles, . Ages of the New Woman - re Women Intelligent?” asks Marguerite Arnoid in the December Century, discussing the case of Suf- | fragism Achieved. Turning her pages, From Evening World Readers/ What’ kind of letter dv you find most that gives you the worth of a thous cuduble? Isn't it the one and words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot vf satisfaction in trying fo say much in a few wortls. Take time to be brief. caine World Just a word of commendation © your editorial on moving pictures ely or to hard and “TMmely and to the Point!’ | the point, Hit the more power to : u = G, W. KNIGHT Brooklyn, Nov. 20, 1920 Fire Dritl in tor gO The Evening W est for the six months, throughout the country, that all pat- rons of theatr ne picture and kindred housings- attached an penirer. have extra coupon on all tickets purchased to the during them after return sane entitling theatre to a leaving the execution of a fire drill, said drill | | to be announced from the stage be- tween certain acta or at a specified and open the door, my car being ‘losed or of the Sedan type, I told im I did not put. the tag there my- if, and he replied that “that was no fault of his." He then “tagged” me 4 ccording to his idea. inst policeman did not inspect my car lamps to see whether they com- ied with the non-glare law; did not inspect my horn, brakes or windshteid. He did not compare the license plate numbers with the registration card or motor number with the registration ecard. In fact, all that was done amounted to holding up traffic, cuus- ing myself and party a loss of about twenty minutes. When I return home I propose to my tannery make up several ther medals and present some to Mayor Hylan, Commissioner Enright and the other “super-minds" having | time, announcer to specify exit to be | evolved this master stroke of making used by each section (indicated by Seat coupon—section, row, ), ush- ers, musicians and other e vers to take their stations as done uboard . thus training the audience to know just what to do and how to do it in case of fire—in fact, to actually teach them how to reach sitfely as exity vines, most of ¢ print on their (programmes how much time tt takes to pty the building the ac tual demonstration with the audience {t- | self will give added comfort to thetr | patrons and convince them of ” tact they only read about but should know by personal experiment ¥ WILLIAM J 126 Sherman ay. Nov HURLEY 19. ful or venicles during the | This work is to continue until the approximately 200,000 yehicles are thoroughly Jnspect- Yand “tagged” by this most efheent As a rosident of up-State 1 had opportunity Gs view this work at ¢ range, having had my car “inspected” on Fifth Avenue by a young. police man who knew absolutely nothing about the motor vehicle law of t State of New York, and insisted th “owner-operator's” sr of fact thi 1 should have an license, when ax’ nia law applies only to a “ety wholly with in a ¢ And therefore is spectfi- tally dravn to cover Greater New York 1 requested him to look this up, pre suming he would ¢ law, rry a copy of the which Ix issued In vest poc free by the Seere- te, sald he did not carry ry around with him and was right, and 1 ought to nons. I happened to have > law in an rand quick- an (7) that tT a copy ly convir ag” inside my rear, AO sion distance we were stopped by another policeman, who demanded to 8 not facing to~ rd the front where {t could be seen New York City safe for reckless and | | lnwless motorists. i} SYRACUSE | | Athletics To the Editor of The E Tread last night an arti by "G, B. K." regarding the State military training law, which calls for military training for young men. | He certainly Ix right when he says |the djsctpline ts a joke, I will go | further and suy the whole training 1s] | 4 joke MOTORIST. wo yeurs ago I reported every] throughout the winter hat Gov. Whitman said | The t | was the same Lr ic school in my early cla of the nights set for training | wld not have use of the armory | we were to drill, it was | used for business house display thelr wares. We were Mipelied to report in the basement, and after roll call reenived a “good night” from our he t officers. ining tis military training is a waste }of money. although some may re- vive unearned remuneration there- from. Why not kill the law that Whitman, a much disliked man of bis term, enacted te thinks its then build quart iving proper trainin um, and Lam sure ¢ vest in this kind of ex would be willing to pay a sideration for its upkeep. OF ATHLETICS. jov a gym will take ise and all con- | Batt Vu the Edi ia World Factories, mills, shops of every de- script closing down. Foodstuffs, aring apparel, &c,, are dropping every day, But! But! Butt the rents of the poorer classes are still going up. ONB OF THE VICTIMS, The Test of Suecem Yo the Edltor of The Kwaing World: 1 would like to offer an opinion on what I term “a successful man” in answer to the gentleman of South Second Street, Brooklyn. “A Successful Man’ is such a one as Mr. Kockefeller, who, by hard mental work amd, diligent study amassed the greatest fortune of the iF official duties may require.” —Samuel Untermyer. | and read without having to stop tho! present day. People criticize Ms, re 4 a 7 FOES ae sl) a ‘oe ce ae, a re litre eisai src a gates sate teenage \-oeeaaiadindlt aaa AAP Mada) sc er Cy mY fh ‘aimbot ts i vssbe nats a Lint iN UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1920, by John Blake.) YOUR SALARY IS THE TEST OF YOUR SALESMANSHIP. If you are getting less money than you are worth, you are a poor salesman, The test of your salesmanship is your income. But remember that salesmanship does not consist of seif-boost- ing or of asking for more money. No good salesman tries to sell anything that isn’t worth the price he asks for it. No successful salesman tries to sell articles that the buyer does not want or will not like after he hes got them. Good salesmanship must be on a basis of continuing business, of repeated orders, Ue use in business. The one-sale man is but lit- And he is of not much good to himself if he can only make a single sale of his services and when the sale is made the other party is left unsatisfied. The kind of salesmanship that will count with you is the kind that good salesmen use in business» First prove that you can earn the money you ask and leave a profit for the purchaser of your services. It goes without saying that if you can convince him that you can make money for him he will pay you to make it. The more money you can make the more he will be willing to pay you. There is not a big executive in the world of business who does not make far more money for the concern that employs him*than he is paid. Recently a laborer in a Southern mill earned $148 in a week, You may be sure that lt made more money than that for the firm that employed him. Learn tiot only to do your work well, but to prove to the man who employs you that you are a profitable in- vestment. Don't ask for more money till you can establish your right to it. bringing in business, That may be difficult unless you are actually But by finding means of saving money, of doing better what other men did in your place, of keeping on the job and taking an interest in the busi ness, you can usually reach the place on the payroll that you deserve. That is salesmanship, and the best kind of salesman- ship. j you have the goods. Asking for more money amounts to nothing, unless Having the goods and showing that you are going to have better goods by and by is what sells your services in the first place and brings increased prices for them by and by. | Rockefeller because of his great) just drift along in life, accepting any wealth, but the crtica never stop to) work offered, who docs not take work seriously, and who never provides kor the morrow? The Rockefeller forth as a monun think that the fundamental principles of obtaining that wealth lay in Mr John Blake's “Uncommon Sense.” Select any of Mr, Blake's articles at will, study it, live up to it, and you will nearer attain becoming "A successful man” than in any other wi ay. Why should a successful man, after starting life as a poor barefoot boy, climbing the ladder of success through bitter years of experience and ad- versity, overcoming all obstacles and setbacks, share his reward of work accomplished and well done with some one who my on the battlefield, mor by the champion in the ring, le has not forgotten the world, nor human- ity, disease, ne This is “a suc success has been attained, whole or part of his woalth for man- bas been Ce to’ kind. side of Mr. Rockefeller's sympath: and intellig After success was won, more slowly than by the general humble opinion: JOHN WOODs. ‘oundation stands ni to the humane was painfully than asful man" then in one who, after uses the | we read: | woman of the future ls the woman of the pest. i It is those early pioneers before | the Centennial, before women were | to be found in any of the pretest sions, before suffrage was fashion able, before the barbarour common | Jaw"had been modified—! chose women who stand as ¥ ent | symbols of perfect citi Victory for Yesterd es for To-day Vindication u-Mor- row? \ ee | | Many Men of Many Boa Writing of “Natural Knemtes" in) his new book of essays, “The Dame! of Expertence’ (Houghton Samuel McChord Crother, Mifflin), says: The Problem te nat, opie of the same kind y The same territory? on | We must ask, How inany kinés of People who hava quite diffeeest | tastes and ambitions can exist upage | given territory without feeling ‘ Receasity of exterminating one 1 other? How many varietles of by man nature can be tolerated? This question of toleration de- pends on our ability to comes to « rational understanding with persons who are quite different from our- aelvel who frankly confess that they are proud of the differences, Having acknowledged that theoreti- cally they have as much right to be here as we have, we must work out practicable ways for the Joint use of the world Putting’ it this way, how much simpler it sounds than when we re- flect that dwelling elbow to elbow J there are 1. W. W.'s, Prohibitlonisia Budding Bolshevists, Ant!-Tobaccon- ists, bittor-enders, blue-law (anatios and contract-grafters — besides a mafner of righteous! oe | To Live Long, Lire With the New |. Vance Thompson, who has ad’ the world from time to time on the wisdom of such things as drinking and being sob eating and srowing thin and such !ike, offers in “Live and Be Young” (Doubleday, Page & Co.) fresh propositions in well being ‘Turning at random to Page 95 of hi new book, we read: It Js novelty that keeps the miy young. You want to know e: " thing that ts golng on in the word of thought ‘ You can't be a scientist, but you | want to know what he, tn’ his euri ous way, Ix doing: and’ you want to! know the kind of boaks the Ite:- ary man ts writing, One doesn't want to read dad Mt- erature, One hasn't time for any- thing but the best of its kind. One must know what the smart people ure reading in London or Paris or Kome, because those sre precisely the books that keep one's mind in an attitude of youth, ‘They startle the mind and keep ft alert ghile the old familiar hooks are narcotics, One rust live In an atmosphere of voungness. And the newest books and the newest plays, even as the paintings and the newea? radiate the vibrations of *‘ According to Mr, Thompson-—and to the statistics, he says—the smart set stays young the longest, because It plays, and plays together, Blindly hance. \t has discovered the of being, Mart set is @ sort of Benja- min Franklin; it flew a kite and by queer kind of luck pulled down the electricity of youth.” ‘Thompson gives hall to the gor clal climber, to the person who wits to do what he will; to those who fy.” rhythmically—and properiy—in @ We guess that the moral o book can be expressed in four wr On with the jazz! 5