The evening world. Newspaper, January 11, 1921, Page 22

Viscount Grey, the British Liberal, mrakes a speech he usually says more than Shes gveregs pottcnn. Tt was.so last week when he ackiressed, at Glas- a conference of Christian students. _ He said that international machinery, uninspired ‘by international morality, could succeed neither in war nor'in promoting progress. Amd Ler Grey—who, it will be recalled, was " Bngland’s Foreign Secretary when the war started— ‘an ardent and unwavering supporter of the League Nations. More than once he has expréssed the that #f such machinery as tle League had been in operation and smoothly func- in 1914 the war could and would tiave been . International co-operation through courts, coun- ~ ells, conferences—for the consideration of economic, > ‘financial and political questions—every enlightened nice. mediearica! organization “vould be +a ane a false sense of security, if there is wrong for individuals to oppress and lie iy ‘and steat, so is it for nations—anless we are to be- Beve the gospel of Treitschke and subscribe to the Strong nations must not rob weak rrallocs, and ‘deceit must not be a synonym for diplomacy. _ International morality is essential to international peace amd prosperity. ‘The epprateal of the Woolworth estate, Mineola Med im yesterday, showing a net ‘no ab saleonegs Say getter nda never “to of small things.” ‘ i i ea may be built even out e i HUNGER-STRIKING IVES. Mayor of an Irish city may starve fo death in order to refonn a stiff- country. But when Mrs, Harring- Diaeeitlé, IIL, goes on ‘strike fo reform a “wetaicitrant busband—who does not want to be It is to be troped the Harrington plan of salvation, ‘ef conversion by coerjon, will not become a fad. Fram ali accounts, Ernie Harrington does not de- ‘Serve to suffer such unwelcome notoriety. As a - statesman knows to be essential to the happiness of « another plebiscite and vote for the return of Venize- Jos, with conseduent credits from the Allies? But it is always darkest just before dawn, and dawn came, fortuitous and resplendent, out % the beaded handbag of Princess Anastasia, The strikers decided ‘hot to strike. Disgruntled officials decided not™to be disgruntled. And all in consieration of the trifling sum of $7,300,000—of ‘Geeputchas credited to It or Hot otherwise credited in this paper thie | ccds largesse, This is dollar diplomacy with a vengeance, “TRANQUIL. AND DELIBERATE.” PRESIDENT and Vice President of the United States for the four-year tenm beginning March 4, 1921, were yesterday duly and constitu- tionally elected by members of the Electoral Col- lege, who cast their votes in their respective States. ‘The results of this voting wil be sent by mes- senger to Washington, where, after being opened WY the President of the Senate in the presence of | both Houses of Congress, they will be tabulated and the names of the chosen announced to an eager and expectanl® country. It is a. curious thing thal the most antiquated, out- worn and meaningless process in American govern- ment today should be the method by which the framers of the Constitution thought they had estab- lished an ideal way of choosing the right man for the lrighest office in the land. ‘ As one of the ablest students of American institu- tions, Lord Bryce, said of the Electoral College scheme devised and adopted by the Constitution makers: “This plan was expected to secure the choice by the best citizens of each State, in a tranquil and deliberate way, of the man whom they in their unfettered discretion shonld deem fittest to be Chief Magistratée of the Union. Being themselves chosen Electors on account of their personal merits, they would be better qualified than the masses to select an able and honorable man for . Prestdent,” “Best citizens of each State,” “chosen on account of their personal merits,’ “unfettered discretion” applied to Presidential Electors may well cause the average present-day, voter to smile, He voted for a bunch of these Electors last No- vember. But did he vote for them with any notion _ of their being “best citizens,” chosen for their “personal merits”? He probably coukin't name one of them now. And as to their having “unfettered discretion” in their balloting for a Presklent—it “sounds like a joke. . Yet Hamilton wrote in the Federalist : “The mode of appointment of the Chief Magistrate of the United States is almost the only part of the system which has es- caped without some censure, or which bas received the slightest mark of approbation from its opponents.” in fis pristine purpose and spirit, the “tranquil and deliberate” method the Constitution-framers thought well-nigh perfect for choosing a President elected just one—George Washington. Tos Posie veninge Wark) Oo ale Aas, CRein, “Pan ~ oon “ov® ADMINS TR, ‘9A ‘ Ben ‘From Evening World Readers | What kind of a letter do you find most readable? that gives you the worth.ef a thousand wofds in a couple of hundred! There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction i drying te sey much in a few words. Take time to be brief. Brening World: Ian't it the one gh Agitators Wrong. — publiv, then allow us to accept same | len has been above reproach. As a husband, he appears to be’ kindness incarnate. ‘What more should any wife demand? Mrs. Harrington demands more. » She has already Rested and prayed forty-three days and pledges her- _'s0lf not to relent “until he joins the Church of God “end becomes an evangelist.” If the notion were to become prevalent among ee ne % tiny have to do in order to get what they want and have their own way is to go ona five or six weeks’ hunger strike, will they not be adopting the method évery time they want a Hud- son seal coat or the latest model limousine ? Husbands will not be deaf to the note of warning, The Director of Physical Education at the University of Pennsylvania assures ws that reliable “statistics of women’s colleges cov- _ ering @ period of sixty years show the average college girl of to-day is an inch taller than the college girl of 1860." No doubt Prot. McKenzie is right. He ough: to know. But any mere man, who has a bow. img acquaintance with H. C. L., could tell the learned professor that as women have grown taller men have grown shorter. “DOLLAR DIPLOMACY IN GREECE.. HEN Prince Christopher discovered America in the person of Mrs. William B. Leeds, he // Tittle thought that the fortune left by the tin-plate _, king would help to keep on the throne of Greece a “very different kind of King. ~ And yet, apparently, that is just what is happening. Princess Anastasia—whose marriage ‘to the King’s is called in Athens a “‘Check-o-Greek Alli- —4s playing Lady Bountiful to Constantine's ent. the flood gates of generosity, il seems, were ‘own open when Finance Minister Nicolas Kalogo- oulos found himself unable to meet the December wyroll. Government employees threatened to go Strike unless their saiaries were immediately how dould they be forthcoming when there The glory that was Greece won't % cur- | the Scriptures.” doesn't grow on bushes—not even Hellenic Dr ty der, What if the The year 1921 finds. President-elect Harding good-naturedly considering whether it wouldn’t be a bright igea to have a meeting of the Electoral College in Washington for the inauguration. it wouki, . Such a gathering might remind the American peo- _ ple what a musty, moth-eaten old humbug they “have made of that part of the Presidential election the fathers of the Republic prize most. FROM THE CITY OF HI LAN. To the Heaven-Born Mayor of Pekin, China: By borrowing our ancient battle strategy and making some improvement therein, the admirable Mayor of this City of Hi Lan is making great success to discourage the ban dits who harass this place. It is well known to be the Chinese custom that we make our front battle line of meu armed with gongs, horns, whisttes, false faces, bombs which exploded create most evil fumes and other devices to terrify the enemy. Thus our swordsmen coming upon them would find them fleeing from the sield. Taking this thought from ‘our wisdom, the Mayor of this City of Hi Lan has sont forth many motor cars filled with detectives shoot. ing all manner of guns. These, with the pop ping ‘Of tives uy they explode, the fearful din of the backfire, the shriek of sirens and fumes from the exhuust pipes, outdoing anything ever invented in China, not only are calou luted to searé the bdldeat of robbers but also the citizens. With the citizens closely locked in their homes, the bundits have none to rob ang in time will starve to death, HONG, COMMISSIONER, TWICE OVERS, ‘sc UR church is very strict regarding the conduct of ils ‘members. We do nol believe in church pic- | nics in the summertime-and we do not have Christmas | festivities‘in winter, We try to live strictly according to Elder of the First Netherlands Church of Passaic (N. J.) whose eloping ex-pastor_is to be prosecuted by the Federal authorities for alleged violation of the Mann White Slave law. *_ * @ LAE trouble with enforcement (of Prohibition) is that the average American citizen has not ac- : -—-Commisioner Johny F. Kramer of the Prohibition Enforcement quiesced in the carrying out of the law.” thin they heads off, gaining the feast. dom of the city | "Po idvm Balt Would you be kind enough to pub- Jligh this letter in your valuable | paper where it can be readily seen? The undersigned are at present empleo. way theatres, and thought that the jconditions under which they work, and the pay they receive, are not generally known to the real owners Jand {ns ‘oxpacted tions, be courteoy | all times, afd to be on the | of loses bis pay. the two sents It is high time the American people get up in arms and protest against these agitators who come to this|managements would instead give us country and try to embrojl us with | other nations. ‘The agitators who are causing the this country by shouting the a cool business-like way they | might be able to get's hearing. I believe if they looked at it the right way they would see that Iré- land is much better off under Eng- land's protection than if independent. It looks very serious when a Mayor gives a fanatic the key to “the free- 1 i# just like giv- ing a Bolsheviki the key to your | home, I hope you will publish this and | that some people will se the 1 ALEX MAR’ Brooklyn, N. ¥, Jan. 8, 1921 entre Unlitrn Underpaid? ‘of ‘The Kwening World Are as ushers in yarious Broad- rs higher up, is in many at He has to work from 7.50 P. M. until around 11.30 P. M., or a total thirtystwo hourse a week, for which he receives a salary of $8 per week. [f he is sick and is absent he He is further warned by the house manager not to take e of making « dollar or if the opportunity pre- We id have families de to the effect that the not paid, In some houses ushers a | not even carried on the payrolis, It In about time that these condi- ditions. were brought to the att sion This is whem wa disagree. We ard ot falas rd tho proper partes, and jf wo, 40 for webiste ly “ules ht Se a Re regards the eo and the ye. He is star, .pro- al, where he ts mes in contact with ple nightly, answer all ques- ye well groomed at b. ¥ onder if the real owners of the theatre think that ushers are exist on $8 0 are pendent upon “that extra dollar or two,” although the programm prin tendants are paid for their work men can ik. Most of the men are ate from the patrons. We are all rule-abiding employees, and it would certainly please us to refrain from accepting “tips” if the a sulary of at least $15 w week. It has always been on record that if any demgnds for increased sal- aries were thade it would get as far most disturbance these days are ithe /ay the house manager, and he would ignorant [righ sympathizers, who| kindly and quietly turn it down and ure aiding Ireland over | ®¢t credit for the low expenses. It would be well for all parties ‘Tl concerned to know tha, an Ushers’ In this way they. are not| Union is now in the course of or- If they went at it | Eanization and same is inevitable, if jthe present salaries and conditions persist. What do other ushers say of this? JOHN SMITH, PATRIOK LYNCH, | BDWARD O'CONNOR, ARTHUR WHITR, WILLIAM MORRIS. Times Square, Y., Jan. 8, 1921 Are American men Incompe- ent? To the Edita: of Tae Evening World : I should ke to know if "J, K." is another Shipping Board sailor? When he speaks of conditions (hat fo sea, and I've got a ticket, but it was not issued by the| United States Shipping Board As a matter of fact practically all the red letter tickets issued by the Shipping Board have become void. Why? . ril tell Mr. J, K. why a lot of mates and engineers don’t want Americans, ‘They are atratd of them being “land sail aught all about the sca in the Shipping Board School As to aliens manning our ships. they did. Rik is J. K. aware of the} fact that our boys could have don the same? But no; our hove were on the other side fighting; thank you Now that there are plenty of Americans unemployed who would Itke to follow the sea for a living (and {t's a good one) they can't Street or the Seaman's Institute and he will find enough, American sea- men to do a little better than 2 per cent KBE. Brooklyn, N. Y.. Jan 8, 1921. Expensive Human Dolls. ‘To tho Ratitor of ‘The Wrening World Without @ doubt the discussion of the “home girl” and the “home man” in Tl Evening World is a very in- ng one toynany young men and women of to-day, including myself ally speaking, I bel eit is say that there are many more “human dolls" or “gold dig- gers” (use any term you please) seeking pleasure than. there are Young men able (o furnish the means, Consequently re must be some young Ghol bechuae Gt wrath es or from luck of taste | of this kind of life lead a “home life.” o let him wake up! ar has passed and | “et Mr. JK. go to. Whitehall | ment in the company of some “fast kid." They cannot understand bow a fellow who spends most of hik time studying, who goes to a movie or theatre occasionally, tion are to be pitied. If a girl has seen anything at al) of life, either social or business, she eannot Ban Mtn tan, UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake Copyright, 1971, by John Blake.) TWO IMPORTANT WORDs. Learn to say “I can,” and learn to frean it. The world is filled with people who know how to say “Tean't.” It is their most usual explanation when opportunity knoeks at their doors, And opportunity always takes them at their word and departs, probably never:to come again, It is the people who know how to say “I can” that take opportunity in and get something out of it before they are through. Sometimes they may be a little overconfident, but overconfidence never lost anything but a round of two in the fight. It is underconfidence that loses the whole battle. Bear in mind that to say “I can” is not always cas¥. Be- fore you say it you must believe it, And to believe it you must have traini i and courage. It is a curious thing that those who are most afraid of failure are the ones who most usually achieve it, The man who js willing to say “I can,” even to find out later that he can't, has at least attempted something. And, as a rule, the very saying of these two words will give him a pride and a determination that will see him through. 'To say ‘I can” when asked to sing like Caruso, or to paint like Whistler, or to do anything requiring great nat- ural gifts that you lack, would be, of course, idle folly. But there are many things—big things—that almost any man can do if he is willing to take the infinite pains and to perform the infinite labor necessary to doing it. If you are offered a better job than you have say “I can,” even if you aren't quite ready. When you have said it you will try to prove that you were telling the truth, If you try hard cnough you will make good, Nothing of value is easy to do. Everything important means work and sacrifice and many hours of planning and thought. But you have as much time as anybody else; you have access to the same: books, you have the same world to study. ‘ If other men can do it you can—if you think you can. But you must think so and you must say so. Even if you do not say it to others, say it to yourself. The man who believes he ean, probably will. The man who believes he can’t, never will, . most a duly to do #o, can enjoy se follows in my estima- The ¥ tell all,—La Bruyere, Gracian, a girl as a “home good and the bad the offense-—A. Pope, has extension.—Descartes, hard | To equal a@ predecessor one traotbfully say there is no} mush have twice his worth.— such @ man as a “home man.’”| Neither can a men truthfully say there is no such girl” ‘There is th kind wf everything in life, and I would suggest to those who believe they are being cheated to go after the things they want, Good things are the only things worth going after, | the other hand, thero are many |and sometimes they are migh young men who belinve that life to get. With the stick-to-it theatre’ a er pers , poids no enjoyment for them uniees | habit, bowever, nothing re does nol 10 pay us for they faye NI ume in jas ‘many extra tavare the dacoe-halt ar place of amuse Love the offender, but detest The soul ig a thing that thinks; the body is a thing that Reason reaches only to a cer- venens | fain point which it cannot pass, of |” Faith alone carrtes wa beyond it. on The Stateemen of the Bible No. 10.—Nehemiah. Nehemiah Hved about 45 B. Ore jong time ago, but time does net teh against the thoughts and deeds of @ great and good man. Just a little while prier te the @ets given above a handful of Greek. filled with the epirit of liberty ana Justice, marched forth to mest, and @ defeat, the hordes of Perata at Mara- thon, and to-day, twenty-five com locality,"but belong to all times an@ all places, and are of perennial aa@ universal human interest, at Shushan, Persia. The office wae an honorable one, but the cup-bear- ers heart was not with bis work m Shushan but with the forlorn rem- nant of his people ta old Jerusalem. Certain Jews arrived at Shusham from Judea and the story that they told of the condition of the city and its residents was a deplorable ome, It went to the cub-bearer’s heart like a dagger, and he implored the to let him return to his native I that be might help bis countrymea in their deep distress.. The King not only heard Nehe miah’s prayer, but made him Gow ernor of Judea, with full power te effect such reforms and make euch improvement as he might think meer essary. Upon arriving at Jerusalem Nebe- minh got busy at once. The sight of the desolation of the city and the misery of the people touched his heart to the core, and there wae pe Peat Toe bien except in work: e work that de his attention Was the ebulldite of the walls, in which patriotic task he was greatly hindered by two scoundrelly busybodies named Sanballat and ‘Tobiah, who seemed born for no otheg purpose than io make trouble for other people. But in spite of the inw terference of this brace of villains Nehemiah stuck to his job, his mem working with one hand and fighting off the disturbers with another until— after an unavoidable interregnum—- the walls were finished and the tem ple repaired and rededicated. They needed no “Lockwood com mittee” during Nebemiah’s twetve years’ rule in Jerusalem. The Gov- ernor was a true patriot and thor- oughly clean. He refused to receive any salary from the poopie as Gov~ ernor, In his home he kept, at his own charge, a table for 150 of his poverty-stricken countrymen, Nehemiah went to Jerusalem ts clean things up and in the proseeu- tion of his work he struck out right and left, hitting the high and the low jalike, There was but little “graft™ lying around, but if there had been ® would have made no difference with the good Governor, ‘he powerful Sanballat and Tobdiaa, thinking they were “‘It,"" installed themselves in certain chambers of the temple, but Nehemiah had them put out without any regard to ceremony. Certain members of the High Priest’s family had been doing wrong, and Nehemiah expelled them from the sacred functions. He had no fuvor- ites no private ends to serve, and when his work was finished with a glorious completeness, there was not @ spot on his record. His task finished, Nehemiah dim appeared, like a rock hove into the sea, but his work, and the spirit. of it is immortal. A great race still ven- erates his memory, and good men the ages through will be inspired by the recollection of his spotless manhood. ; —_ r Our National Monuments YUCCA HOUSE NATIONAL MON- UMENT. RECENTLY created national monument is the great ruin at Aztec Springs, Colorado, which was donated to the Govere- ment by Mr. Henry Wan Kluck of Denver and deciared @ national mom ument in December, 1979, This wom derful prehistoric ruin had been excavated by the Museum of Nat- ural History of New York, and many specimens and photographs can be found’ at the Museum. ‘This ruin is one of the largest found in the Gouthwest, covering an area of about 480,000 square feet. Fossilized limestone, whieh coukd be obtained about a milo away, was used in the structure. Considering that the build- ing contained about 1,500,000 ic feet of stonework it must have a grea{ task to transport the stone with no facilities. When the ruin was originally discovered it was almoss impossible to make out the detalt of the rooms and walls. They merely a meaningless mass of tumbled rock. It was not until the excavation by the Museum of Nataral ‘History was started five years ago that the refuse was removed so that the ground plan could be determined The lower parts of the walls were found in place and it was to make a complete study of the ar- rangement of the rooms, Quite re- cently Dr. Clark Wissler, who ts im charge of the excavation work, haw ~*| auncunced thé discovery of a remark- Words From the Wise All confidence is dangerous, ‘and who only} “ess if ts complete; there are ends w dance when he considers |. few circumstances in which it is not best cither to hide all or to able shrine room connected with the community house. Dr. Wissler writes _| ag follows: “The room is Mm perfect conditien, The interior is plastered and painted in @ brilliant white, with dull rea side borders and a running series of triangular designs. No room ap- proaching thie in peauty and perfec- tion has ever been discovered in America, What wo have is obviously the holiest sanctum or shrine of these prehistoric people. ‘There is not much in it, all the sacred objects have been removed from he ona, but ut Lenape 11 Bt tan over tl ceiling. ts ‘oma A) Gel ton hem ee Nothing like this has ever been found to my knowledge, strands of beautifully made hang from the oeiling, pp: for the support of hanging objects. a the floor were large 3 number of nicely. cut en slabs, Tie dest and 1% imebes