The evening world. Newspaper, January 12, 1921, Page 26

BSTAPLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Dally Excopt Sunday sby The Pros Publishing Company. Now, 63 to Gu Park Row, New York: RALPH PULITZER. Promdont 63 Park Row, * J. ANOUS SHAW. Treasurer, 63 Park Now. Pp: ath & IIBEPH PULITZER Jr., Secretary, 63 Park Row. a MEMMER OF TIE AS8OCLArD PREss , She Amocisted Press ts exciusivety entitied to the wie for republication all ews deepatches credited to ft or not otherwise eredited tm this paper ‘alto the local news pubilaied beret, NO FITTING END. ah is unfortunate that the welcome back to civiliza- a tion of men who have been through such perils » @s the three American naval balloonists lost in the ) Canadian wilds should be marred by wrangling and Worse between two of them over the question “how one conducted himself under stress, The country was ready to make heroes of all three participants in this great adventure, The wl between Lieut. Farrell and Lieut. Hinton “game as a slap in the face to a welcoming public. a Phe kindest view is that men who have under- Fone exposure and privation are not immediately Masters of themselves. They can be more fairly > judged by their later attitude. : © Another question remains: > Why was the crew of a balloon making a Decem- | * ber ascent from the Naval Air Station at Rockaway > Point with the sanction of Navy authorities to study » ait currents, and expecting to be carried some dis- ‘tance from the point of departure, provided with ‘only eight sandwiches, two thermos botiles of coffee ~ and no drinking water? _ Lieut. Farrell thus catalogues the provisions and ‘Says further that they had no chart but only a map Of the Quebec Central Railroad. * Do the naval air authorities authorize winter balloon flights under such conditions? Investigation is no fitting end for high adventure Hike that of Lieuts. Kloor, Hinton and Farrell. | But there seems no way to avoid one. SOUND AND SENSIBLE. |OLITICAL differences have no place in the set hearty commendation due President-elect | Harding for his firm stand against inauguration ctravagance, ‘Mr. Harding has made it plain to the Inaugural ttee that he wants no costly parades, balls | or other festivities at the public expense. | Thetnaugural ceremonies will be simple, digni- "fied and adequate, as befits ah Administration that ‘has professed national economy as one of its first it was. right to suspend gala Government es during war, it is equally right to forego at a time when taxpayers are finding it hard yh to meet war bills without a slump in their zy and industry. “Wr, Harding’s plan to take the oath ‘of office, __ make an address from the Capitol steps and then "go to the White House, “hang up his hat and get _ t© work” is one that may cause long’ faces among tradesmen and hotel-keepers. | The country at large will warmly applaud the | ‘President-elect for his sound and sensible example. _—_——sOUR NEW TOWN HALL. IBN Greece was young—and democratic— a it was decreed that not more than 10,000 should live in any city, because Mr. Stentor, most leather-lunged of all town criers, could t make himself heard by more. Hence, _ And they were quite right. For without news- ‘Papers appearing every hour in the day a com- © Munity forum and town crier were indispensable, Democracy and popular education are almost Synonymous. Certainly no démocratic Govern- will remain democratic fot very long unless on Mindergirded by enlightened public opinion. a considerable extent the press has crowded the typical town hall meeting which flourished earlier day, particularly in New England. But not altogether, Even if it is no fonger neces- ‘Gary to assentble in order to learn the. latest news, > the newspapers have not destroyed the gregarious nstinct in human nature, + Wt proof is necessary, it can be readily found in _ the spread of the forum movement and the com- muvity Chaviauquas. It will surprise many to hear that there are many more lyceums to-day, in eal to the population, than when Ralph aido Emerson went barnstorming as a peripatetic Philosopher. ~ Success to our new Town Hall which, thanks to | the ardor and perseverance of Robert Erskine Ely, ens its doors to-day on West 43d Street, between ith and Sixth Avenues. “GOLD COASTS.” PyIG moving-picture producers are reported to L2 agree that the enormous salaries, producing , ditures and, incidentally, ‘profits hitherto pre- in the “movie” game are due for speedy d revision, Nobody will be surprised. It was bound to come. Mf ever there was a “gold coast,” “forty-niner” period in art or industry, the fabulous development pf the moving-picture business in the past few years ay be so described. ; ~ To those who jumped in and staked out their § claims early, millions have meant nothing—either making or the spending. Movie-star con- re been written regardless of how many Mey sitet sw sums spent on preparing little reels of gelatine for the projecting machine. " It couldn't go on at that pace. Some sort of standardization must sooner or later take the mov- ing-picture industry and its people out of the most amazing get-rich-quick realm the modern world has seen. Making a million dollars a year just because your feet are funny or your features “film well” is a little too good to be true—for any length of time. If signs mean anything, opera star salaries are also, likely to come down, Awing to increased sup- plizs Gf singers at a point where they are most in demand 'f opera salaries are reduced, it would seem that wera might be sold to the public for lower retail figures. And what about the salaries of baseball players? Hasn’t baseball been another “gold coast,” the diggers of which have got to come down to hard. pan and reasonable pay and prices? ALL OR NOTHING? 7 Seerelary of the Navy should petition the courts for permission to change his name to Brand. It will be recalled that the motto of ibsen’s hero Was “All or nothing.” \ppearing yesterday before the House Naval Affairs Committee, which is considering the subjeci of disarmament, Mr. Daniels characterized the Borah resolution for a naval holiday between the United States, Great Britain and Japan as merely “a halfway measure.” Its most enthusiastic supporters have never claimed that it is a whole-way measure, But if ever there was a time when half a loaf was better than no bread, that-time is now. And if ever there was a subject to which the proverb applied with perfect fitness, it is\in the re- ductian of costly armaments. Even if the proposed plan is only a single step toward the desired goal of world disarmament— which it may be conceded would be best assured by our entrance into the League of Nations—at least it,is a step forward and not backward. Secretary Daniels offers to us a rigorously logical choice between two alternatives. He says that if we can’t get “an international agreement with all the nations,” we must accept the opposite alterna- tive and “build at once a navy so powerful as to command the fear of the world.” But Mr, Brand, Daniels forgets that life is not a sophomore class in logic, with its inescapable “either—or.” In the real world we have to compromise with Perfection and make such progress as is possible— in the middle of the road. . Not “all or nothing,” but “all or something.” CHECKERBOARD PROHIBITION. To the Bditor of The Buening World: This is an era of arbitration, so why not arbitrate the Eighteenth Amendment? Why not suspend the operation of it and the Volstead act for a period ‘of six months in a year? It might be done thirty or sixty days at a time, or for six months consecutively, Bach State could be a judge of what months it would be dry and what wet, Consultation between authorities of adjoin- ing States could fix it up so that a map of the country marked “dry” or “wet” would be like a checkerboard. This would make it conveniefit for the man who wished to live continuously in dry territory. He would not have to move far. ‘Then, again, a bureau might be established for the exchange of residences between those who wished to be permanently wet or dry. The suggested plan holds poasibilities, Even though change of residence might not appeal to all, there would be something to which both sides couldslook forward. In addition there is the opportunity it would offer to the-statisticlan. It would result in an illuminating set of figures upon the question of Prohibition, It might show that those States that were wet during the full of the moon had less crime than those dry at that time. I. THOMAS, New York, Jan. 11, 1921, ’ TWICE OVERS. “ec y dee Volstend law is visionary, unnecessarily drastic, ineffective and blasphemous, It has made law breakers of a large part of our popula- tion and is helping create a nation of liars, sneaks and hypocrites.” —Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. * * * 66 [ROM ten to twenty million Germans face emi- gration or staroation.”"—Paul D. Cravath. * 6+ 8 66] T is almost like a dream, this remarkable growth of the automobile industry.” —Elwood Haynes. * * > “E VERY face is a mask merely reflecting the real man beneath it. I've made it my job to find the man behind the mask.” «William Judson Kibby. “8 « 66770 the best of my knowledge there is no short age of apartments.” —Douglas P. Elliman, * 8 6 a? hd may be that reaction is so strong with us that the fight againgt it will not succeed, but I in- tend to do everything in my power to remind the peo- ple of what the reactionaries are trying to do to them.” ee OE Oat ont es or - From Evening World Readers| What kind of a letter do you find most readable? Isn't if the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in o couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of euttsfaction in trying te say much in a few words. Take time to be brief. | Types of New York Girls. ‘To the balitor of The Evening Workd; houwe at a cost of $12,000—muceriuls being cheaper and labor more ait > atte: M. H, cient. He has to pay no taxes for a |, Replying? to the letter of M. H. clen » " period of ten years. Mr, Smith, be- Tice, published in The Evenin§ Cause Mr, Jones nays nothing, has to World, issue of Jan, 4, would 88Y pay more to meet gity expenses, Such that from my observation and ex- & law penalizes ola property In the i greater city and does not in the en’ | Perience there are to-day In our ble Ei 'ah © tarantee that rents will be cities three kinds of girls, each in |her own class, lower. If it does, then the old prop- erty holders get penalized both ways | First, the Baby Doll, who predomi- nates, all dolled up and out for @ —lower rents and highe> taxes. dow, in the name of common sense, good time; one who is always thirsty |and asks continuously, “When do we ® newspaper like The Evening World can adyocate and a Board of Alder- men ean consider stich a law peees eat?” You will find her at all cab- i jarets, She ig a real "Gold Digger” in | every sense of the word, my comprehension. ? Brooklyn, N. ¥., Jan, 9, 192 This class of girl has most admir- ers; every iittle while vut with an- other “John.” She loaghes settling | down, and if she would marry she! would not be a wife in every sénse of the word, She would probably | marry a millionaire, but the man of moderate salary is tabooed, She will not be found in the sanctum of her home, nor will she spend quiet even- | ings there with a friend, as she only goes home to sleep. Bela decided contrast, we find Miss Stay-at-Home, the girl thut is al- ways at home and around tie kitchen stove, She dows not care to go out, is untidy, does not dress correctly or In good taste. This girl does not make much of an appeal to the aver- age young man, While he appreci- ates a good cook, she is not the Idea: \ll-around companion, y third sister is the hardened and conventional and sedate business girl, usually an old maid, who is so wrapped up in her business duties that she has lost all her feminine charm, She has @ cold disposition, has no use fur housekeeping, and is not @ social person. She is generally 1 some one, more or less rie Husiness Girl is the sort of person who has a fellow arrested for flirting with her, although in her heart of hearts she is dying for a man, What the average man of mar riageable age and intentions wants is a happy medium between the first and second girl, and I venture to say that she is of the Unknown Quantity, Any ‘New York girl may be put in one of these three classes, This ts the reason why thinking men of to- day, ‘hesitating to take the pluhge, Takes 1 ‘To the Falitor A Being a daily reader of The Evening World I wish to contest the remarks of Mr. L. Callahan of Brooklyn and formerly with the 69th Regiment, From the spelling of his name and also the regiment he states he served with, the indications are that he is an Irish-American. Now I myself am an American but my motber was born In Cork, which recently was burned to ruins by the so-called Black and Primarily I wish to say that Mr Callahan js one of those fellows, prob- ably of an Irish mother and father, who wants to be recognized as a rea: American but who joined the 69th Kegiment how he was of the Irish lighting spirtt, At that time he was proud to be halle as a member of the “Pighting 69th," but now it appears that he is really ashamed of the fact that he is of Irish parentage Who is Callahan anyway? Hi states that the papers are full of McSwiney and Ireland. ‘I don't be- Ueve any one has asked him to read apout McSwiney and Ireland, If he looks further than the first page of almost any dally paper he will find a number of intelligent editorials con- cerning current events and questions and topics of the day. But no, he would rather display his lack of knowledge on the question, have his name In the paper and knock Ireland. He says McSwiney failed to go to his death like a,man, Why if ever there was a martyr—and all martyrs have proven to be men—it was Mc- Swiney. Surely it would have been ‘ag easier to choose hanging and die ina few minutes than te starve for become disgusted with the whole] seventy-four days;but McSwiney wa» female sex. @ man dying for a cause and he did I speak from experience and know | something It takes a real man to do. hereof I speak, 8. J. B Who gives him the authority to New York, Jan. 9, 1921, judge MoSwiney? It is evident that he never heard such orators as Freak Walsh and Eamonn De Valera speak on this topic of Ireland. He estimates the time ag three months for Ireland to govern herself. He ad- mits in this statement that he doesn't know how lo! a constitution and surely made a bad that we ne le proteotion to Cube in 1898 when * From = New ‘Taxation. To the Eatitor of The Brening World: I would like to know on what grounds you advocate the law to ex- empt from taxation new buildings for a period of ten years. Take for example the case of Mr. He builds a house By John Blake, MON SENSE | (Coprright, 1921, by John Blake.) NEITHER WORRY NOR WORK IS FATAL. overwork, Tt is easy to think that you are killing yourself from It is easy, too, to imagine that worry is wearing you out and bringing you to an untimely grave. But most of us are in far more peril from working too little than from working too much. And every worrier who gets into the poorhouse has a hundred non-worriers to bear him company. Now and then you see men who wear out their nerves fussing and fuming over trifles and worrying over things which cannot be helped. Yet their very worry tends to make them more careful. The man who doesn’t bother about his mistakes is likely to keep on making mistakes right along. A little thought about them, even if it is humiliating and unpleasant, will inspire him with a desire not to repeat them, As to overwork, there is so little in the world that it is hardly worth while writing about. 5 The amount of work necessary to great achievement would be atcounted a dreadful overload by most men who consider themselves patterns of industry. A scientist engaged in research work performs labors that are incredible to ordinary men, yet you find few scientists breaking down from the strain, As a matter of fact, a great deal of what men look upon as overwork is necessary to develop the brain so that it is capable of any important work at all. Benjamin Franklin, the pioneer investigator in America, -worked on an average of sixteen hours a day for most of his life, and it was not until he was past forty that he was capable Of his most important achievements, Don't think because you are extending your hours of labor beyond the average that you are in any danger of a breakdown. open ‘air now and then and keep your health in trim. If you find time to take exercise, get out in the All the work you are capable of doing won't hurt you. There is a limit that the brain will not excted, of course, but few of us ever reach it, Work hard and worry over your mistakes. Neither will be any menace to your success. In fact, you will not succeed without plenty of both. en as Mr. Callahan; further- font would suggest that he try and restrain himself from talking on the Irish question because every time he talks he is liable to leave the wrong lsapression of areas aon. people ‘come in oo! . ae if HARRY 8. COX. Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 1921. Public Reform and Perse ‘To the Biitor of The Brening Word ‘Would any of your readers let me know if the Rev, Dr, Densel, the Pas- isaic parson (father of hai children) (2) trom tl who was lured (7) fre J ie it takes to round ou | me Morals path of wes a Words From the Wise IAfe cannot be judged, it must be lived.—Henri Bergson. Re who gains nothing, toses, Catherine of Prussia. Sin hag many tools, but a He ts the handle which fits them all. —O, W. Holmes, The tree of liberty only grows when watered by the dlood of tyrante.—Bertrand Barere, Passions are likened best to floods and streams: the shallows murmur but the deeps are dumb, Sir Walter Raleigh. I had rather have a fool to ‘make me merry then experience to make me eed, The World’s Oldest Love Stories By Maubert St. Georges shew York Bening Works | TAMMUZ AND IGHTAR. ‘AR, the Babylonian Goddess of Love and Beauty, the ruler of the et Venus, was the wife of Tammuz, the sun. Deeply, too, she loved him, for he wae@he most hand- some of the gods. Now, there were many who were jealous of Tammuz and they decided to kill him. Murk- ing the centre of the earth was a forest of black pines called Bridhu, in the heart of which none dared pene- trate, Into this forest Tammuz was lured and in spite of his heroic resist~ ance was murdered by his enemies. Upon his death he was forced to descend into hell, where Allatu, the fearsome queen of the dead, held him captive, for after his death u god had to undergo the same treatment as an ordinary human being. In despair at the loss of her beloved husband Ishtar pined and pined, be- thinking her of some means of bring- bo A back to life. At last sne de- cided that the only possible hope was to beg him from her rival, Allata, the queen of hell. * Thus, so the story runs, Ishtar flew swiftly down “to the land whence there is no return, toward the dwell- pe where hunger feeds on dust and ashes, where light is never seen, to- ward the house of corruption, from whioh there ia no exit.” Arrived at her destination she knocked at the end as the hesitated to ‘pon this he begged her to wait while he informed Allatu of her presence. ‘When the queen of the dead heard of her visitor she was greatly disturbed. But when Ishtar announced that sne came in sorrow and friendliness and not in enmity, she evolved a schvine throne, stripping her of her garments and dealing with her as though she ad were dead, So the keeper opened the gates and eaid: “Enter, oh, lady, and may the halls of the land whence there is no At the first degree he laid bis han on her and took her high headdress from her head, saying “Enter, ob, lady, euch js Allatu’s command.” | At each ee Jpg sieved the scene was repea: ie per stripping Ishtar of her jewels, girdle, anklets, garments, each ti same words, so that when she entered the presence of Allatu she was naked with only her glorious red hair to hide her shame. Upon this Allatu taunted her, and as she had expected, Ishtar forgot her sorrow and unable to con- trol her anger cursed her. Then Allatu turned to her chief Minister, Namtar, the god of ‘pestilence (a worthy servant for the queen of the dead), and Ishtars insult having pro- yided her with an excuse ordered him to lead her away and smite her head, heart, eyes and limbs with the aixty dire diseases. di While the goddess was being thus kept in misery in the lower worlc her absence was causing most disastrous circumstances on earth. Without her, love had disappeared. There were no more births or marriages among men er beasts, and life was threatened @ith extinction. Seeing this, Ea, they great god, decided in his fathomless wisdom to put a stop to the situation. He evolved a phantom, Uddusunamit, the er of commands, and bade it go ta the realm of Allatu and speak to the queen. It was to persuade her to let Ishtar gain access to the Spring of Life and drink of its waters and so be cured and go free. Allatu. when she heard this was consumed with rage and beat her breast and bit her fingers. Greatly against her will she consented, cursing Uddusunamir Allatu bed Ree to consent. Upon this Namtar led them to the spring where, after having drunk, they were guided through the seven hells, at gate he bade them farewell, con- gratulating Ishtar on having ran- somed Tammuz. ‘The last lines of the cylinder, the queer cylindrical stone on which the Babylonian’s engraved thelr writings, are vo badly mutilated that they must remain obscure unless other cylinders come to light But doubtless they dealt with the reunion of Ishtar and her husband, who, at least as long as jan, Chaldean and Babylonian civilization lasted, were deemed to perfect happiness in their “‘That’s a Fact’ Albert P. Southwick Corr te Nev York tering Worlds. tO 1, What is the meaning of “A aguao da, o agua o leva"? 2, What do these phrases signify: (a) Puree de pommes de terre; (b) Bavaroise al’'ananas; (c) Beignets de peches? — Interested, Brooklyn, N. ¥. 1, It is Portuguese for “The water gives it, the water takes it,” equiva- lent to the English phrase; Lightly come, lightly go. 2. These expressions are French and very common on a menu card. Pomme de terre, which means “apple of the earth,” is the Gal- lic term for the potato. Then (a) is mashed potatoes, (b) pineapple, Bava- rian cream, (c) peach fritters, ‘The funeral oration on the death of *| washington was delivered by Gen. Henry Lee (“Lighthorse Harry,") the father of Gen. Robert E. Lee. In it he made use of the oft-quoted mem- orable words, “First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen,” although the last word, not of such a@ poetical sentiment, should be “fellow-citizens.” In the Arserioan colonies, tobacco money in Vi ja, Tear land and North Caroling ve lew England, wampum made from shells served the same purpose, and in New York, both wampum and beaver skins were used. The first United States (or colon. > « Poy in 16! rT : tree mioeye ‘trom figure of & on the reverse of each coin, value of a pine-tree shilling was