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i revised form, “coupled with action already taken by the Congress to revise its rules and procedure,” the SS ' She Cueniny World, ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Published Datly Except Sunday br The Press Publishing Company. Non, 68 to 68 Park Raw, New York. RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Tow. J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer. 63 Park Row. JOSEPH PULITZER Jr., Secretary, 63 Park Row. MEMVER OF THE ASSOCIArED Press, (Mae Amoctsted Prem ts exclusively entitled to the use for republication 2a news Gowpetches credited to It ot not otherwise credited tm thia paper ‘qn also the local news published herein, THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. HE first thing that will be noted about the President’s message to Congress is its insist- ence upon two pressing national needs in urging which Republican leaders have committed them- selves as completely as has Mr. Wilson himself, | The President says not one word about the League "of Nations. ' But he has much to say concerning the imperative need of tax revision and of a programme of econ- | omy in national expenditure that shall include the | establishment of a national budget system. In his message a year ago this month the Presi- @ent urged upon the present Congress these same two reconstructive requirements. There was no reason whatever why this Sixty- sixth Congress should not have come to the aid of the country twelve months ago by undertaking the revision of the income and excess profits taxes and by working out a national budget plan. Instead of that the leaders of the Republican ma- Jority let the country wait for tax revision in order tmt they might put into the Republican platform a plank cailing for tax revision as a relief which only @ Republican Administration could assure. With similar design, this same Republican major- tty put through a budget measure containing a pro- vision calculated to make certain the President’s veto. In. his present message the President points out that the House of Representatives subsequently modified the Budget Bill, and declares that in its bill “furnishes the foundations for an effective na- tional budget system.” With the Presidéntial election out of the way, the . great Republican victory won and Republican super- strategy no longer needed, can the Sixty-sixth Con- gress find the shadow of an excuse for not making a new start on the national budget plan in its present final session ? Reviewing the Nation’s current finances, the Pres- not be permitted sto hold up—least of all in the calm immediately following a Presidential election. If the present session, with no election on its mind, in a period when the country is in dire need of extra legislative aid, can find no time to make | even a start toward meeting these two great national needs, what—in the name of representative govern- ment—is the use of Congress! i | | | | | The District Court of Appeals has set aside William Randolph Hearst's injunction against the Shipping Board forbidding sale of the German ships it held, ‘The result of the court action merely made the load of every taxpayer a little heavier be- | geause the shipping market was dropping | every day and every delay meant a lower | price, MUNICIPAL FINANCE GONE MAD. UNICIPAL budget-making has ended for the year. It has proved a sorry farce. Budgets are never popular. They always mean taxation—usually higher taxation. The present budget is no exception. The rate, based on increased valuations, is about 2.83. ‘This, however, is not the worst. This budget is a thoroughly dishonest budget. When the budget is presented to taxpayers it calls for $345,000,000. This is bad enough. It is an increase of $71,000,000 over the previous budget. But it does not include all the‘items. An addi- tional $27,000,000 for schools remains to be pro- vided outside the regular fiscal channels, This the budget-makers, have omitted from the bill they now present. It will not, however, be omitted from the bill the taxpayers will be required to pay. Mayor Hylan fatuously reports that this deficiency will be met by voluntary savings made by the vari- ous departments and turned over to the Board of Education. If Mayor Hylan honestly believes this he is gulli- ble in the extreme. This is not the way in which department heads do things. If he does not believe it, he merely adds a su- lative degree to the dishonesty of the budget. Savings could be made in departments. , Useless clerks could be discharged. Economical and efficient management would save all of 10 per cent. in most departments. But the eaving will not be made. Neither Mayor Hylan nor any other agency has the power to enforce such a reform, What will—and must—happen is that the Legis- lature will take cognizance of the plight of the pub- lic schools., Further expenditures will be author- ized, Appropriations will be mandatory. These expenses will be met by taxes—if not this year, then next. ident says: “The fundamental fact which’ at present dominates the Government's financial situa- tion is that seven and a half billions of its war indebtedness mature within the next Jersey City policemen have orders to “stop suspicious-looking hegroes at night” in order to put a stop to crime. There is no danger of anything of the sort for elther blacks or whites in this city. , New York City is virtually free of crime. Ask Commissioner Enright or Mayor Hylan. | | ——— THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1920. _Just Lookin’ Around! Bi ddickic canine From Evening World Readers What kind of a letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the one to say much in a few words, Take you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? is fine mental exercise and a lot satisfaction in trying e time to be brie/. The “Pallers. | unknown nerican soldier be buried UNCOMMON SENSE — i By John Blake. (Copyright, 1920, by John Blake.) EVERY MAN NEEDS AT LEAST O 1 SCARE, The World’s Oldest Love Stories By Maubert St. Georges 0, by The Press Pubitehing Co. w York Evening World.) APOLLO AND DAPHNE. POLLO was the Greek God of Archery and was very jealous of his skill. Sometimes even when some warrior was distingutsh- ing himself greatly in battle Apollo, afraid for his reputation, would guide tho grrow of some enemy to the champion's heart and thus make end of a possible rival. One day Apoilo saw Cupld playing With a bow and taunted him, telling him to go and play with women, where he belonged, and to leave the weapons of a warrior alone, Upon this Cupid, angered, decided to teach Apollo a lesson. Taking from his quiver two arrows, one with a golden head and the other with a leaden head, he bent his bow. With careful aim he sent the golden-headed arrow toward Apollo, wounding him over the heart, The leaden-headed one*he sent with equal skill, wounding: the most beautiful woman of those days, Daphne. Then he flew back to Olym- pus, leaving the mischief he had brewed to work itself out When, shortly after, Apollo saw Daphne for the first time he fell des- perately in love with her, thus falling the victim of Cupid's artifice. On the other hand, innocent Daphne was suffering from Apollo's insulting re- mark. From the moment she had been struck by Cupid's arrow an In- veterate hatred for men had sprung up in her heart. Coldly she turned down sultor after suitor. When her | father, Penens, the rive griev- ing and wondering what ailed her, called her to him, she, poor girl, was unable to explain, but cajoled from him a promise that not only would he not force her to marry, but, if she requested it, would assist her in escaping from the pursuit of any « man. 4 Alas, poor Daphne did not know how soon she would have to call upon him. Apollo presented himself as a suitor for her hand and begagpito assail her with declarations of, bis undying love. Time and again @he repulsed him, but he would not de At last, however, it began clear to him the ing words were usele: maiden's heart was beyond his reaeh. Such, however, was the love that Cupid had worked that he could not control it. Seeing that his offers were refused and that fair means had failed, he resolved to resort.to brute force. He took to following the girl, until at last one day he found her alone in a deserted place. He called to her, but she, reading his heart, fled from him. Apollo {tt sued. Fleet was the maid, and fear lent her wings. For a while #he kept ahead of him. But who could outdistance Apollo? Faster and faster he sped, until at last he seemed to travel as fast as his own arrows. With a terrified glance over her shoulder Daphne saw that the god was gaining on her. Now he was close to her and she could feel bis hot breath upon her back, In this extremity she thought of her father and called to him. “Peneus, oh my father! Remem- ber thy promise. Save me!” Peneus from his palace heard her and besought himself how to keep his promise. He could not hold Apollo, for who could stay the ardor of the great son of Jove? ‘There i \A 1 \y mn : e i 2 Wi aay § $| was but one way to save his daugh- hwGxand @ talt years. Of thia amount, two {To the Kuitor of ‘The Evening Worki at the base of the Statue of Liberty There are in the world to-day thousands of hale old 3] Was tut one way to save Nit tavene Ge j The Blue Law reformers may be|on Washington's Birthday, Feb. gentlemen still doing important work who would be in their 3 | ajty of ner whim. and @ half billions are floating debt and five | MRS. MARY O'BRIEN. compared to the “puller-in" clothing Dn, so that our heroes pal bere 1- graves if they had never been frightened Byen as she ran, Daphne began @gp . : 4 dealers. The reformers are trying | Ways remembered. . F. LYNCH. say x real Pee ye neatio Shed billions Victory notes and War Savings Cer- | OW is the season for compilers of necrologi to drag the people into church by| Yonkers, Dec. 3, 1 There are thousands of men of all ages who are earn- ee tan ees Seer ee ‘ tificates. The fiscal programme of the Gov- N tae = ae ay force. Ih been a church member, Mina Laweiand (seeedent: ing big salaries and contributing to progress who would visibly coarsening. Suddenly Bone es cha daacnined: with reterenioe Business men, lawyers, Poets and writers, bub inow find th Avity Deng "At qo the Kaitor of The Ereaing World: be barely making a living if it had not been for a scare. stopped running. Her feet had be- ote staiesmen and politicians, publicists, humanitarians, New York, Dec. ‘1, 1920. We Americans apparently have Fear is'harmful, and .ought to be abolished. But Sores rote Bheneioe Sire nee ees ; philosophers, professors will be listed—all those of Comte ahd Common Senne. another “war” to fight. We must 3 fright, which is merely a temporary dose of fear, is as help- 3]arms to branches. Her wonderful me “Sound policy demands that the Govern- ny i rule: Worl fight any fanatical and foolish “law . hair was turning to luxurious foll- d the nea 7 To the Editor of Th ns i$ ful as a tonic. ¢ ieee cadused ic the lowast the great and the near great. \"*Don'’t you think we are getting a| Cf onganisation that tries to take our | es age. ex] e ed to the igi : : r | 1 i : “| Ubert yay. Ts 4 i yery i D K, Was Cae Missing from most if not all these lists will be the | lutte hysterical about Blue Laws and|"T Kow I will not “stand” for any |}; Mt torday von! happen tobe doing veryjordinary ware ee eee ning atecieiiene amount which will permit the various ser aime ck Mis, Mary O'Bile 10, 966 St. Ni | Prohibition and personal liberty, and] person or law to tell me what I shail|$ i” @ very ordinary way at very ordinary wages, you need a ASE oe 1A hen ting te par Pah 23 vices to operate efficiently” * * * Dane OF Mis, Nit CBHEn OF NO) 200/96. Nicuoias are losing two important senses (tao or not do on Sunday or any other|~ scare. And don’t worry. You will probably get it. cape from him. Then he knelt at ; Avenue, But how many among all the list of the | *CCmmon senae and our comic sense?” |“"¥tnericans! Show your backhone| Some time you will observe that all the men who are | the foot of the now complete tree and” 4 close parallel to this may be found in the Na- noted dead have beter claim to real fame than Mrs. ur common pen ey etal us at tenner anew ,zour ypackhone|% taking their jobs for granted are listed for dismissal. You sald ot uiacnyimikeas balan: tional Economy plank of the Republican Platform. | O'Brien? between. Prohibition, which has al-| "MTSE gy aff Ve |g will go home that evening thoroughly frightened. And, if 3) titted and thou shalt not be imine, ‘ > Never heard of her? Perhaps not. Mrs,-O'Bri rea though imperfectly enforced, es, si} |$ you are worth anything at all, out of that fright will grow Lies pei egal Nae to eh # Do Republican leaders dare to tell the cotmtry | Ne and 0 AG ps not. Mrs.-O'Brien reduced crime 40 per cent. and pov"| | A ts Getreet, a resolution to do things differently in the future. life, and dear art thou stitl, Thy » that it need expect no start on a national budget didn’t advertise herselt as stice ssfully as some of | «rt jaiie noorhouses, insane AaylUES| A says thet when Christman falle Dozens of men have never amounted to anything till leaves stall be my crown, and forever i : til ‘President Harding calls the Sixty the others, She didn’t pile up a million dollars nor promoting public health and wel-/on a Sunday it is celebrated legally they were discharged or threatened with the loss of their 3] *%\c other daring to claim thee.” eee MEN ose J bei run for office. FE A rene Man ane CB Monday and business houses are}$ jobs. Then they suddenly awakened to the fact that just So, to this day the Inurel tree ta, seventh Congress next spring? | All Mrs, O'Brien did was to rear a family of two. | lsted to impose upon the Sunday and business houaes are!g getting along isn’t getting along at all, and bent all their $j called Dapine in rca. and tos ever ; Likewise when President Wilson again urges sim- | her ie vid ee ae vy | lig the views ae Heated humber, and’ opened on Monday. kromer, |% eneraies toward making real progress. iiways find. reprensented crowned, j ; A ‘ : {pean OMT CMS relia OVAL aLS OER cls ite very: uncomfortable? * "| No, 445 Charlotte Place, Glendale, If you look over the golf courses in the neighborhood 3} with a wreath of Jaurel leaves, af plification and revision of tax laws which were de- | dren of other people, Outside of that she was a |” Prohibition has the endorsement ot] 1, Dee. 2, 1920, of great cities you will discover other gentlemen who are vised for war and which ndw burden individuals | good business woman antl managed two boarding [Selene MSNA aie Tawa have| “Uncommon Sense” Hel alive because the fright that they needed was administered “Th ay er, ‘ 4 : and discourage business enterprises he is uttering | houses and a hotel. Bagh of hem tea ureer ot aesta: Bpeisah linia valu- by hele physicians: at Sa act ie ine ME RS ghee nothing that is not on record as avowed Republican doctrine. Will the present session of the Sixty-sixth Con- gress refuse the country even the beginnings of leg- islation for tax relief? . Proper treatment and training tor disabled tight- rs, economic improvements in agricultural industry and marketing, encouragement for new chemical and dye-stuff manufactures stimulated in the United States during the war, stricter regulations for cold storage goods, complete independence for the Philip- pines and a loan to the struggling Government of Armenia are other spec President's. message. But its chief stress is on those two argent and shamefully neglected national reconstructive neals— tax reviston and a budget. Dwelling upon the present mission of democ- racy, the President points out that one of the duties of the United States “is to prove that a great democ- racy can keep house as successfully and in as busi- ¢ recommendations in the After the funeral a daughter said, “None of us knew she was so ill as she was, for she never stopped working until she found it impossible to go on” Probably Mrs, O'Brien would have been the last to say that hers was a remarkable lite, She did what came to Rand in the way she believed she ought to. Asa result, twenty-six homeless children had homes instead of institutional care, Of course it meant work for Mrs, O'Brien, lots of it, No wonder she lived only forty-eight years instead of threescore and ten, tow many—how few—of the names that will go into the lists of the famous dead for the year have an actualclaim to fame as valid as that of Mrs. Mary O'Prien? 5 : TWICE OVERS, OST RA NCERS visiting us should not confuse pleasures and gayeties with the real life of the people. They should beware of letting their judgment be framed by the insolent luxury of some nouveau riche, by the greed of some tradesmen. They should not let’ mess-like a fashion as any other Government.” Tax révision and budget-making seem to a vast ty of the people of the United Staies a part ping that party politics should * or casinos and then go away and say in other countries that France had won the war by one heroic effort and now | had gomersaulted back into vice and corruption.’ Ex- i ident Poincare of France. 4 verity of a limite BP. A. BLACKWOOD. ' New York, Dec. 4, 1920. Toss of Life and Property. To the Editor of The Eveuing World What is the matter with our de- | partments charged with enforcement their opinions be formed by what they see in public balls | y collaps lestruct! res Innoc people lo’ The ¢ Department fs charged with the carrying out of the Building Code; the Tenement House clothed with power to nement House Law ix ur Building Department and Fire Department are charged with atrying out the provisi of the} Fire Laws and yet in spite of all this people lose their lives and nothin Jone to those officials who look wise nd do nothing to stop such amities WILLIAM BIGLIN, No. AW, 96th St, Dee, 8, 1920 “Lest We Forget.” To the Falitor of The Evening World Napoleon, the greatest General ‘ance produced, was not buried with a more impressive ceremony than that of the unknown soldler ot France on Armistice Day. He rep- resented tho: nee who died in the was placed in de Triomphe, A similar 0 he body Are the chapel of the Paris. was enacted in London; the body of the unknown warrior was deposited in Westmin- ster Abbey, the burial place of many English Kings and other persons of note: What has happened to this, our most Democratic country of all coun- tries, that she has been found lacking in euch a ceremonial? I should think that the different soldier organizas tions would become interested, I would suggest that the body of ah eservation of | able time to express my thanks for | the wonderful writings of Mr. John | Blake called “Uncommon Sense?” They have helped me so much that I can't resist the temptation of ac- knowledging th Suffice to say | that I read and reread his daily article to New York, Dee: The Union Jack and Old Glory, To the Editor of The Brening Work) The Union Jack has certainly creat- od a furore in New York recently. cry British propagandist and Bng- lish supporter has had his filng at the Irish and the Roman Catholic Chureh, We are human, however, and lable once in a while to overstep the bounds of logallty and propriety, but before these gentry point so scathingly t the mote in our eyes they might with considerable beneft to themselves do something toward hauling out the beam in their own, With reference to floating the Untor Jack side by side with Old Glory some Americans have queer ideas o. propriety, But were T an American, without a drop of Irish blood in my veins; if I had never heard of India Exypt, South Africa, Ireland, or th: Isles of the Scas; if I had never read a line of the world's history save the history of our own beloved United States, I would no more unfurl the Union’ Jack beside the Stars and Stripes than I would run up the skull ‘and cross bones of the pirate ship, or the star and crescent of the hated Turk. Why? Because T have read and studied the history of my adopted country, a history to which Irishmen can point with pride; because as a true American citizen and a loyal supporter of our glorious Declaration of Independence and Constitution, as well as our noble traditions, I believe rE | Finding that they did not feel quite as much like work as they ought to they went to their doctors for advice, and discovered that lack of exercise, over-drinking and over- smoking had put their physical machinery out of order, and made dropping out altogether a possibility at any time. The seare drove them to exercise and diet, and exercise and dict prolonged their lives. . Keep fear out of your system, but don’t be troubled at a little fright. Anything in the, nature of a shock or a jolt is helpful if it doesn’t come too late. [tis the only way that three-quarters of the inhabitants of this earth can ever be made to realize the necessity of doing what is in them to do, the two were never mated, and never can be mated, until the Brit mocracy cleans house, recog the rights of its subject peoples : ves them a Government founded o¥ liberty and justice in contradistinction to the sword, bayonet and machine gun, which are now the Alpha and Omega of British Government every- yhere, Ags matters stand at present, | ritain’s flag has no moral right} niongside of dear Old Glory, and when i 18 #0 placed, liberty’s emblem should be reverently draped in mourning, for it is in allen company. RJ. WADDELL. 46th Street Brooklyn, Dec. go about performing all sorts of miracles, such ag heiping the poor, healing the sick and many other good |deeds.” Now Mr. Garland inherits a iniliion and refuses to accept it. Can you imagine why he is doing this? |'Phink of the good he could do If he cared to! He could bring so much happiness to the poor and crippled children in this city. He could give hundreds a square meal three times a day without making them go through a lot of red tape to get it. There are many poor in this great city who are proud and stay away from charitable institutions, Think what. Mr. Garland could do. What better hands could a million have fallen into than Into those of a good Christian who*wants to do good to all and help wherever he can? I wish [ had @ million, I would not refuse it, [ would not be content to say I have my health and two good hands to earn what I need. I would go: about ambng the poorest of the poor and in helping would scatter some of God's blessings’ with it. I hope Mr. Garland never regrets what he has done. 8. C. G. New York, Deo, 4, 1920, No, 361 4, 1920. Gar To the FAitor of The Brening Worl I have been an interested reader for | many years, but never has anything 40 astonished me as this notoriety the | Garlands are getting. Mr. Charles Garland claims to be a Christian and said that Christ, if He were here, would not accept a milligp-dollar ote Chriat were here He would need po millions, for He would and could By Albert P. Southwick ‘ioe “Yom” wrastag Word). —— Goy. Lovelace of New York, in 1669, issued a commission for Isaac Bedlow (Bedloo) to be Captain of a Foot Com pany, and a year later conferred spe- cial ‘privileges upon Love Island, which later became known as Bed- low's (or Bedloe's) Island. Since tho erection of the Statue of Liberty there with the flaming torch, it has / been United States Government prop-, erty and is properly referred to aw Liberty Island. . . \ ‘Tae oldest bridge across the Harag lem River to-day is the famous Higme Bridge, deriving its name from theso fact that it was constructed so it * would not interfere with the naviga- tion of the river, according to the court decision of 1839, Completed, in 1849, $c 18 1,450 feet long, 25 feet wide erd extends between’ West 17th Street and Tenth Avenue, Manhat~ tan, and Aqueduct Avenue, near 170th. Street, In the Bronx. It is an excel lent example of masonry and con struction, © 68 Between King’s Bridge and the Farmers’ (or Dyckman’s) Bridge, across the Harlem, stands the Broad- way Bridge, regarded as a perfeot type of Its form of engineering skill, that was opened to the public on Oot. 14, 1900. : eee Fort Wood, in 1841) ' mounting seventy-seven guns and accommoda- tions for a garrison of 300 men, was of 921,000. Thin was built won the ete of $21,000, This n the of the trot torafieation poy ,y the year 1800, es ff 4