The evening world. Newspaper, December 22, 1920, Page 30

MPMEN OF THR ersoctaren loeetated Prem ty vttiuvively ratios deeealters covalved to 1c oF ret ecberwler credited tm tle ths loca wens pusiiaied ber im, THE HERITAGE OF TYRE. |AT our foreign trade in 1920 was more than three times the combined value of our im- and exports in 1914; that K exceeded by 000,090,000 the high record of 1919; that it mas, to be exact, $13,349,661,401—this will come meéthing of a surprise to most of us. [The figures are from the latest annual report of i¢ Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Dr. MacElwee believes that the United States is y as truly at the crossroads of commerce as ‘Fyre in the days of her greatest glory. Pilgrim forefathers—whose landing at pmouth Rock 300 years ago we celebraied yes- fittie dreamed that the litte colony they nded would some day become a republic of 10,000,09 people and dominate the trade of the ‘The nations have just passed throngh tremendous tragic years—and the end ts not yet. It may it behooves us to face frankly our of leadership and have done forever wth nar- ‘notions about national isolation, The ktea } aloofness js profitable is an illusion we cen ill ah WITCHES: 164 AND 1920. E USUALLY think of witchcraft as thriving only in the dim and distant past. As a wt of fact, that is true so far as civilized peoples concerned. Therefore, this week's story of Augustino Castario, an elderly widow of Ell- d City, Pa, who was accused of practising and threatened with burning, came with ; hanged. We pride ourselves on the advance we have made centuries, and a glance over. our shoulders to } . ‘ f ; } securities. 5 bank officers j They ob- { Liberty bonds 4 savings con- j of persistent usually bought on ! securities. j ul stim. 5 St oY FAS A an army madical ing for the agent of yellow fever infection. unafraid, | Greater love has no man than this—that he Tay down his life for his fellow-men. HAS GOV. SMITH THE COURAGE? I” HIS speech at Syracuse, Sept. 24, 1918, in which he scepted the Democratic nomination for Governor of the State of New York, Alfred B. Smith said: “If a man is to discharge bis public duties fearlessly and without favor he must be under no obligations except that which be owes to all the people of the State.” Half the people of the State of which Alfred E. Smith is now Governor—the pupulation of Greater New York—are suffering under the malatiminis- tration of a Mayor anda Police Commissioner, both of whom it is in the power of the Governor to remove. The incapacity and misgovernment uf the Hylan regime in this city have become unbearable. administration are found in the Police Départment, where a fine body of police have been demoralized and rendeyed less arxi less efficient by the policies of a Hylan-picked Police Commissioner. To further darken the city’s plight, an extraordi- nary wave of lawlessness and crime has made the deficiencies of Hylan-Enright police rule a menace of the first magnitude, It was to assure means of rescuing the city from a situation fike this that the Greater New York Charter provided for the removal of either Mayor or Potice Commissioner, or both, by the Governor when “the public interests shall so require.” If Gov, Smith believes what he said before his election about “obligations” and “discharging public duties fearlessly,” can he ignore his obligation to half the people of the State in the City of New York? No one underestimates the degree of courage tha: would be required of Gov. Smith to rid the city of Hylan and Enright by one of his last official acts at Albany. On the other hand, the people of New York have inclined to believe that, if occasion demanded, Al Sm'th would have It in him to show just that kind of courage, : The easy way for Gov, Smith would be to leave the rescue of New York City to Gov. Miller, The big way would be for Al Smith to stand above party affiliations and signalize the end of his term by fearlessly coming to the relief of his home city . Such an act would leave him bigger than party. It would lift him to the level of the wonds al- tea‘ly quoted from his speech accepting the nomina- tion for Governor, It would make him one of the greatest figures in the political annals of this State. Has Gov. Smith the courage? Es FROM THE CITY OF HI LAN. To the Heaven-Born Mayor of Pekin, China: To edify Your Excellency, your servant, Commissioner Hong, reports more of the do- ings tu thie City of Hi Lan, its Mayor. Hi Lan, aa I have told, decreed that all hie citizens should go armed to fight off the ban- Gite, Now comes Mis servant, the Overiord of Police, commanding that his oftcers halt @nd search all citizens 1 eeize such weap- one os they may carry, . obedience to the command of his master and theirs, the in ‘ Comparable Hi Lan, There t@ much outcry. due to the complaint of certain bitter ones that not only weapons are acised Dut aleo anything which the worthy citizens may be found carrying “on the hip.” What may come of this I know not, dut the henchmen of Hi Lan say it ig nothing; because Hi Lan is well Deloved by his prople dy reason of the merriment he causes them by Ate diverting methode of government. Your servant has made diligent inquiry among the police themsclves to learn why thie plague of bandite is allowed to thrive. I have asked of one so high in authority that even the gasoline wagons of the great Man daring come to a halt when he raises his hand, what has become of those efficient de- Yeetives who in other days mude the law feared among criminais. He assured me they all have been sent out amone the goats I asked him jf. perchance, these animats might be owned by the great Hi Lan, that they are 80 carefully guarded by the police. He informed me that Hi Lan had but one goat and that one has been irretrievubly'tost In recommending to Your Excellency that | many of these methods of Hi Lan be adopted for the ruling of our city, I would urge that they be somewhat modified, as I doubt much whether Your Bzceltency could impose them wpon the Chinese ca they are applied here by " a ais 6 ee A £ We shall never be able to pay our dete of grati- tude to the humble heroes of science who. without martia?. music or drum-beat, face death dally As usual, the worst effects of a bad municipal, | ih ede “RVENING WORLD, WEDNE the United States on octupled Cuba, Dr. Lazear, , Sacrificed his life in search- | ' | | t the Majority Rule. To the Bilitor of The Evening World T have read the different letters tn! reference to the Sunday blue lawa| and now wish to register my objec- } tion to these laws, It certainly is a surprise to see that @gere are so many narrow- minded reformers in this great coun- | try of ours, It would be a great thing if they would mind their own bust- ness instead of trying to have laws passed which would deprive the peo- ple of their freedom. This would be more of a blow to the working class because they work six, days each | week, and then on Sunday, the only day of recreation for them, they would be forced either to go to church or stay at home, Why tell people what they should do on Sunday? As long as no disturbance is caused they should be left alone. These reformers started oy taking way beer and wines from the work- ing people, and now they want to fiu- teh the job by taking away their only day of recreation; therefore. let the people get together and crush the manority who wou.d rule, and let tae majority rule. WM. L. KOUR Woal Ridge, N Dee, 14, 1920. Tobacce Prices. To the Batter of ening Work: Your correspondent, “Nicotine,” ir his communication in your twsue o Dee, 15, in regard to alleged profiteer ing by the American Lobacco Com pany, ts certainly in error, not only ae regards that company, but as te the tobacco tndustry in genera Prices of tobacco products have n advanced 200 per cent., as he assert nor anything like that figure. Th: advance has ranged from 30 to 8 per cent. over pre-war prices, whict is far less than the advance in man) other commodities, The assertior that “the workingman has been pay- ing 10 cents * on onner of inferior 1 amoking tob, Isen) 'y misfead- ing, since the packages pactically all popular brands of — uoking to- bacco retailing at 10 cents contain one and two-thirds ounces, and th quality is essentially the same that Mt has been tor the past ten years or more. “Nicotine” his fippa: clears aud clraretter. While tt je true that the standard brands of nickel cigars of pre-war dayy have practically disappeared from the market smokes of that grade can be purchased at 8 cents, or two for 16 cents. The former 10-cent cigar has been replaced by the two for & quar- in error in concorning in cquatly coinment ‘From Evening World Readers ° What kind of a letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of ‘satisfaction im trying to say much in a few words, Take time to be brief, tine’ assumes, although are | selling at somewhat higher pric C. PRED CROSBY, @ Editor of Tobaceo Kecord. | New York Dec. 20, 1920. { {five years and must say yar Not Blindly \ Th ome. re or of The Evening World: + A Would Mike to add a few words to the statements of Mr Walter | O'Connor on the, motor car driver | question | ‘The most’ pertinent of his remarks | is the one about the reckless taxican driver. [ have been driving a car around New York City for the pust that lately the majority of taxicab chauffeurs drive without regard tor any one. As Mr. O'Connor remarked, they know that every one wiil give way to them rather than be smashed. They dar, in and but of traffic. and their, pet stunt now Is to drive alogg the mid- dle of the road, see a prospective fa on. the sidewalk, and then suddenly cut over without any warning or signal to the cars behind them. Fur- th.rmore, if, you say anything to them, they are ready with a string ond of profanity and threats to “beat you up." Inn't there any way of curbinp these road hogs? If the motorcycle police would ‘get after these wit taxt drivers there would be fe aceldents, fo the Biitor of The Eventog World . Of course it's none of a layman's business, but I think it’s mighty poor policy to let so much of what ts sup- yosed to be God's business, go to the tevil. You there is a verse which declares that for every church God builds the devil ereoty ne in close proximity and that the atter has always “the larger con gation.” And it stands to reason that if the devil has an eye out for “idle hands, that Is idle thought, idle action oi {dle emotion, thay the best place for a xood stand Is near those whog becaus of piety, prohibition or hatiliments, are utilizing the Lord's Day to make plans for woek-day transgressions, The writer believes that she ts only one of millions who are willing grant there ip an age and a stage of development when baseball or « movie tnay lead to achievements in the world of action, if not in the realm of thought, and that, failing this, thes, will not—in fact cannot—harm any one intent on an upward wend, ‘oat ick of ad! times bas cn a scarcity of teachers; not th. usual schoo!-seesion teacher, who. hough he does his, best, ach child only ay ot hin lifeidod, but teachers in <1 fields of science and philosophy, and in ull places where men can be wuduced to congremate und let down, remember ter and in some cases by the 15-cent cigar, and if the smoker uses dis- crimination in his selection he can get emokes at oes, Thi brands of their walis of passion and prejudioe. And while all should be read: recognize the supremacy of spiritual pursuits tO Bay tol si ms, UNCOMMON SENSE - By John Blake ‘ (Copyright, 1920, by John Blake OPEN AN ACCOUNT IN THE BANK OF TIME Anything that saves time saves energy— physical. Learning to do ‘things the right way in the be- ginning will save from one to two hours every day of your working life. Open an ac®ount with those hours. Put them where you can get them when you want them for thought or reading or self-improvement. - Most people fritter away time that is worth more than the money that it brings in at your present wages, for it means fittihg yourself for far gseater wages by and by. The stenographer who learns to type rapidly and cor- rectly never has to do her work the second time. The hour or two a.day she ‘saves in this way she cgn devote to studying the business that she is engaged if and making herself capable of higher positions, Many girls who begin life as ordinary stenographers refiain ordinary stenographers for the rest of their lives, at ordinary stenographer's wages. But in almost every great office are one or two girls who devote the time their sisters spend in correcting their mistakes to thinking aBout the affairs of the office. They gain good positions as con- fidential secretaries, at twi¢e the pay they got when they began. : Learn to do your routine work accurately ahd care- fully, If you work slowly-at first—yand' make no mistakes rapidity will come later, and you will still make no mi takes. And it is the person who not only does his work correctly but rapidly who is in demand. The pace of business nowadays is too rapid for lag- wards, even if they do turn out careful work. Use every hour that you deposit in the bank of time either for intelligent study or intelligent recreation, Study first of all the things you need to know about your buyginess. You can do yout reading for pleasure out of hours, ad recreations that keep you in the open air, if possible, or in any event improve your bodily health. For you can no more think clearly if you are unhealthy than you ca , physical work well if your arms and legs are crippled, | You have as much time as anybody else. It canno left to you by a rich father. It cannot be stored up 1 ahead. But you can conserve every day's supply, and using it carefully save time later on that you will need f the big things you are going to do. mental and | Words From the Wise Mun is @ noble animal, splen- did in ashes and pompous in the grave. Browne, A man is a bundle of relations, a knot of roots, whose “fldwer and fruitage is the world. Emerson. Our sympathy is cold to the tation of distant misery, , Gibbons, Take what you can, you are de the churches, or, if logis! in y It in disconcerting on the back seats. tt doesn't seem hardly fair to as the MY id advo~ ate. They have been giving pretty ubstantial service all” there «years and it seems like a poor recompdnse to put the responsibility of all the 1elligh souls who don't «know yét that they Want to be saved on their houlders, We can preach and teach all day. every day, but we must not forget that If we want to be prophets and saviors we've got to talk to each age! And ‘LUM man to his own omiage, ae A yet never .wrong unless you are ere are vast numbers’ who ’ : the baseball and movie lings,| %iged to gidb back Frederick of Prufisia, 5 tnd we must make the most of it If ti LAfe is mot all plays and poems, a £5 > creatures id to God. John Cassel "5 ¢ yo : A wt V (ap Vr yg 7, ? yt ———— “ WORTHY , 7 ’ bert St. Georges THE EMPEROR CONSTANTIUS AND THE PRINCESS HELENA, T. Emperor Cdnstantiys was a wise ruler and greatly loved by 4l] his subjects, He wae a tall, handsome man, warlike, skilled in all manly exercises and very proficient in the chase, Ona day, followed by his court, he weitt hunting ‘along the Tiber Valley. When they had been riding for several hours the Emperor, being tired out, called a halt. Wish- ing to walt unti) thé rays of the aun had grown legs fterce he lid himaglf down to sleeh under a shelter of spears and shields madg for hit by * his attendants, ‘ ores Hours passed and “sth! *ttie Exii- peror slept, his whole retinue wait- ig, for none dared to waxen hina or jeave him without permission, At length, when night had rauen, their impatience begianing to take the up= per hand, they brought 4 norse close to him, making it nelgn loudly, and at last aroused him by this means. Angrily he stood up, asking why thes j had not kept the hopke (uiet. “Fear- | fully they answered that the horses had been restiess a long time, for, {! had been dark for Hours Realizing that they were ngt to blame, Com stantius saciy mounted his horse and rode batk to Rome, remaining stlent and allowing none to ride by ‘him. From that day on ho was no lo the Emperor gy had poen. Trd6, he did not illtreat his people but neither did he take the keén ip) in the affairs of bis realm that had made bim so popular before. Finally, one day one of his advisers ventured to point out that the people were ibe- ginning to murmur and that unless he became hia old self again they would start a revolution Upon this Consthntiue summon jis Senators and told them what aiied hm. In his sleep wpon the day of the hunt he had seen a vision which had since then held him in a spell. In this dream he had followed the river, then travelling across country he had climbed mountains. Coming upon an- other river he had at last reached a great ‘port where, after taking sbtp, he had janded on a beautiful island, This too he-had traversed, and com- {ng upon the sea once morehe had a last landed upon another island. Sev- ing a five custie he had entered thic end found himselfin a wonderful large hall decorat@ wth gold anc Jewels. In the centre two youths wer playing chess, Upon a throne sat an old man carving chessmen from %> stick of gold. Beside him, sitting on @ chair of gold, he bad seen a girl, It was her beauty which, having cap ‘ tivated him, had caused bis strange. behavior and which promised unless he found her to cause his death for want of love, Instantly the Senate sent for mes- sengers to look for this girl, They were to travel all over the world nor to return for a year unless of course they found the object of their quest. One embassy, thirteen in number, started out to follow the. directions of the Emperor's dream. Crossing the Alps they followed the Rhine until they came to the North Sea, Crossing over to England they journeyed Into Wales until they came to the Island of Mona (Anglesey), Certain that they had reached the land of thelr master’s dream they made their way to the castle of Carnarvon. Entering le hail they found two youths playing | chess, and, seated upon a throne an |:ld man carving chessmen from # stick of gold. Seeing the maiden by his side they knelt at her feet, saying | Hail, Empress of Rome | ‘The g.ri-she was. the Princess Helena—thought they were mocking her‘and sent them away, saying that if their lord desired to wed he must _ some to claim her in person. Hearing this, Comstantiua Immediately gath- ered an army together and crossing the sea once more conquered Britain trom Bel! the King, and made his way: +o the Island of Mona. Entering the castle he asked for the hand of the Princess Helena from her father Enday the son of Caradoc. Hndav agreeing, they were married the next } lay. ‘This unton must have been | brought about by Heaven, for Helena recame ‘the mother of Constantine, the only Britieh born Roman Eny peror, he who made Constantinople he capital of the Empire, and who | @nally Christianized the whole elvtl. eed world. Our. National Monuments BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT, [ was not until 1895 that the won- NATURAL derful naturel bridges in the ex- treme southeastern portion of Utah were discovered by a white man, The areas incliding these wonders of the handiwork of nature were first bet aside as 4 national monument in 1908. Later, when a number of prehistorto cliff dwellings, were found in this same area, another proclamation was issued by the President in order to include these, Stitl later, in 1915, an- other proclamation definiily ft xed the location of all points of interest, These bridges are in one of the most! inacoedsible regions of the United States, Few people hav \ted them, but these all agree their wonders, They are amé largest natural bridges in the world, only being surpassed by the Rainbow Bridge, which Is another national monument also in Utah. The largest of the three bridges, known as Sino- pu, mearing te of Heaven,” mea tres 228 feet in height, f 261 feet, The other tw igitly smaller. The second In sty is known a» Kachina, or “Guardian pir the other, Owachomo, or y' the three are known a Augusta, Caroline and Ed- win Bridges. The 1 bridge can be easily croased on an almost level platform twenty-elrht feet wide. The bridges spring from the high wall of White Canyon, through which part’of the Journey is taken. They are the result of stream erosion. Tt ly necessary to use pack animals and guldes to reach those bridges The distance from the nearest ratl- way is about 126 miles. Many of the rebistoric rulns are found ih, ee adds to the interest