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pea (rtanee | THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY; JANUARY 28, 1921. j to the court, why not require that male juries in his | === court should include: | G No workingmen except those unemployed, i" No fathers of small children when jury service would entail a sacrifice of earnings ; ov. Miller’s By John Cassel The World’s Oldest BSTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Dally Except Sunday br The Press Publishing ‘Company. Nos. 53 to 6s Park Raw, Now York. RALPH PULITZER, Preaident 42. ANGUS BHAW, Treasurer, PULATZER Jr., Secretary, 65 Park Row A SINGULAR CHOICE OW different the result might have been if Gov, Miller had gone about it in a different Suppose he had made his message to the Legis- / Yature on the traction situation in this city a pro- | posal frankly recognizing the city’s own interest in | the matter and inviting the co-operation of munic- © pal authority with State authority. f Such an attitude woukd have been no more amiss now than it was eleven years ago when, regardless > of the law's exact definitions of authority, a State Public Service Commission conferred and worked with the Board of Estimate at every stage of put- ting through the subway contracts and planning the | Dual System. i Harmonious action was-seoured by the simple, gommon-sense justice of admitting the city’s right $0 a yore in its own concerns. | Suppose Gov. Miller had made this rigtt a pre- k ee Wes Ses tev sretne of _ metropolitan traction systems. Woukl he have roused the opposition that now means figirting and delay? | __Nothing compelled the Governor to approach the "sohition of the traction problem by serving notice ‘On this city that it has no legal say about its own transit affairs. ’ * On the contrary, fairness and tact both pointed to a very different method as the one best calou- _Atted to hasten what the Govemor professes to desire. _ Iastead of constructive, concentrated discussion “of the best way to tackle transit troubles, what have pow? | he whole emphasis violently shifted to the ques- "tion of municipal home rule. When the Chief Executive of the State goes out of his way to tell half the people of the State that. they have no reat contro! over their own immense amd complicated transit system, the great com- ‘munity thus challenged is bound to assume the defensive. ; If self-government in Greater New York is mere iMusion, it’s time the fact was made clear. If New York City has a voice in its own transit _ @oncems only by the condescension of Albany, it’s fime the situation came plainty into public view. I a statement issued today, the City Club of York presents an extended discussion of the Flexible Fare, or Service-at-Oost plan, trom the point of view of conditions in New York. The City Club's report on the Flexible Fare is entitled to careful study preliminary to comment. With respect, however, to Gov, Miller's assertion ‘that the traction problem “is not ia local problem,” ) a e City Club's position is succinctly and sum- : > marily defined: ' , The club maintains that transit t pri- " _marily « local problem and that no plan formulated by such a commission as the Gov- ernor proposes should take effect until after it bas received the approval of the Board of 3 bs 3 Ms ” im ate eer ne met Estimate or else of the voters of the city at ol # 4 That is strongly the opinion of this city and its : Government. ' D | If an attempt to trample down that opinion was 4 Re best’ siart the Governor could see toward set- / e, New York's traction difficulties, he must take a the consequences of a singular choice, District Attorney Swann ts reported to bave purchased a home at Park Ridge, N. J. New Jersey is not beneath the spreading tent-poles of the Wigwam. Has there been "trouble in the tribe to cause Whe exile of one @f the Braves? : WHY STOP AT ONE SEX? GE REPETTO of Atlantic City has posted | “in his court room a set of rules to limit the _Senvice of women on juries. Feminine juries in his Opurt are to include: 4 No busy wives of workingwen. No mothers of small children, Neo admixture of men. iW Bis" by the father. No admixture of women, No immature or super-annuated men who play pinochle or poker, or show craps, but do not think. This is merely a suggestion. No doubt the court fron. long observation could compile a wiser fist. “GONE ARE THE DAYS.” H Harbors Bill. a mere $15,250,000. With a bill of such proportions, it is in order for the “old-timers” to gather in the cloak rooms and tell the youngsters all about how “I remember when”—— “Yes, sir,” one of them might have said, “things In 1914 we appro- Priated more than $50,000,000. Why, we appro- Priated more than a measly $15,000,000 way back in the days before Tom Reed proudly remarked tha: this was ‘a billion-doflar country.’ Now here we are a four-billion-<dollar country and getting to aren't what they used to be. be a regular tightwad.”” a And it's the truth. As far as the fat in the barrel is concerned, your Uncle Samuel is becom- ing thrifty and a tightwad. The pickings aren’t what they used to be, and they never will be again. The fact is Uncle Sam is feeling his income tax and the “boys” are fecling it too. The “folks at home” na, longer look with favor on deep-sea No, sir; not when they have to pay for it and know they have to pay dredging in Mud Creek. for it “The city must be a party to any changes that are made in pursuance of my recom- mendations."—Goy, Miller as quoted by the Times, Gov, Miller is probably right. Perhaps tt is proper to describe the gentleman who bands over his watch as “a party to” the hold-up. WHERE THEY AC REE. French politics have tried to have it believed. Premier Briand is reported to have said yesterday: “This reparations question must be settled once and for all before Saturday night.” Lloyd George said: “I am willing to consider new proposals, but . 1 strongly deprecate any fresh adjournment, ‘The Allies and the whole world need a definite settlement. A speedy settlement within limits is more important to-day than an ideal settle ment. We have got to get somewhere,” With both chief conferees of one mind as to the need of “getting somewhere,” com be just round the corner. FROM THE CITY OF HI LAN. To the Heaven Born Mayor of Pekin, China: » Buen as our revered Emperor 8hi Huang many centuries ago constructed the Great Wall of China against marauders, so in this City of Hi Lan the admirable Mayor haa created an imaginary wall about the rich financial and commercial districts, within which territory he forbids all robbers to operate. Taxicab drivers and theatre ticket speculators are the only ea ceptions to this command of Hi Lan, In spite of this commendable effort of Hi Lan, the bandits who have deacended upon this city in great numbers have ignored his man- date, Just a9 the Manchus swarmed over our Great Wall and seized the Empire, sv the rob- vers have invaded the sacred parts of the city to acize all they could lay hands upon. Men of a high spirited sense of right predict thht Hi Lan will get himself @ new Overlord of Police to arrest or drive forth the bandits, and will declare killing and robbing to be crimes no mutter in what part of the city they may be committed. Thus, it is said, Hi Lan will re- duke the bandits for not heeding Ais gentie words. Against this, those who best know the Over. lord of Police declare that he has what they term a strangle hold on both his job and Hi Lan, and will let loose of neither, HONG, COMMISSIONER, TWICE OVERS. “cc Fees (Fordney) tariff is not for the purpose of preventing an inundation of foreign prod- Jt is simply for the purpose of raising the prices ucts. of our commodities.” —Senator Simmons, . seo political party will ever! ake up an idea until that idea has grown so strong that unless it takes it up, it will lose votes.” —Mrs. Catt. , . * * pk, Malprs. a Be OW Uncle Joe and Speaker Gillett and Champ Clark and Jim Mann and Frank Mondell and Claude Kitchin and the rest of the “old-timers” in the House must have rubbed their eyes yesterday and sighed for the “good old days’! The occasion was the report of the Rivers and It was enough to make strong men weep and hungry men wail. The good old pork barrel contained nothing but a “sireak of lean,” appears to have been the President of the French Republic himself who relieved the tension in the ' Supreme Council by bringing the question of Ger- man reparations back to the Boulogne basis. This would indicate that public opinion in France is not lacking extreme and impossible reparation demands to the extent that certain elements in promise ought to HE printing ink industry is @ key industry in civilized countries.” —-National Associa —s From Evening World Readers = There ta fine mental exercise fe cay much in a few words. Take Seats for Workers. ‘To the Editor of The Keening Word: I wish to call your attention to & condition which could be remedied very eaally, A workingman who ia on his feet ali day and is on his way home between 6 and 6 o'clock in the evening has a hard time to get a seat in @ car, especially on a matinee day, because women who have nothing to do but to theatres pack the cars two or three hours. Now if the matines time was changed from 220 P. M. to 1 or 1.30 P. M, it would let these women get home’ before the workingman has to ould be al Sach? he theerant CARRIER. Prescription Charges. ‘To the Billtor of The Brening World: In a recent article, “A. E. F, O'Boy” complains of being charged “85 cents or more" for preacriptions, the prescription ts refilled. “A. BE lack of knowledge regarding the sub- Ject. The average druggist does not charge cents or more” for pre- ecriptions, The price charged |g con- tingent upon the time consumed in the compounding and the cost of the ingredients jus, the price of a prescription may range from 25 cents to a few dollars A few druggists make a practice of deducting 10 cunts when the pre ser'ption is compounded a second thine, In order to make this “reduc- ton” the 10 cents ts added to thr regular price when first obtain! Probably “A. E. F. O'Boy” would bo perfectly satisfied If the initial cos: of his 85 cent precription was 95 cents, which was then later reducy to the regular price, 86 cents, Ba num was right, thers one born every J. K, Drug Clerk. happy Home Girl, inter am going to give my version as one with observation and personal expe- rience. In the first placo, did you ever know a married man to run away with hin cook or housemaid? NEVER! The home girl erally gives the man a augecish liver; not enough mental stimulation. Why don’t you let him do a few things, such as cutting wood and # few things around the house? You join eome club and talk about the freedom of women. It will soon bring that caveman to his senses. He will soon find out that you are his equal or better, ‘The “home girl" to my know Is not such a wonderful success wit! friend husband. Bo quit some of What kind of « letter do you fina most readable? Ten't if the one that gives you the worth of a thousand werds in o couple of hundred! then ‘and. look for seats after sitting oi _Partioularly our President?” ‘agks' have seen the light".and have re- why the price Is not reduced when, | strike. ¥. O’Roy” shows an utter | /f UP-STATE t POLITICS end a lot of suilsfection in trying time te be brief. gay that in my estimation this would-be cowboy performer is no’ worth sendi out on the “smallest time” cirouit. He was indeed a sadly disappointed man when he discovered his “gags” did not gain one iota of ap- plause from this particular audience. Instead, his malicious remarks con- cerning our President penetrated the walls of the theatre and not thé tastes good judgment of the patrons. As Mrs. Williamson so kindly asked f you, “Why do the managers of cer- tain theatres book acts with nothing to recommend them but their supply of jokes about the Government, and LOUIS L. SAFFER. Wants Real Values. ‘To the Ruiter of The Breniag World: Your editorial of this date states that “Merchants and manufacturer duced prices due to the non-buying Have they? A careful survey *of the clothing and shoe stores of the retail merchants will show. clothing and shoes of the while kind maintain a hold on their that worth tenacious high-price labels, { am incredulous, The public refuses to be buncoed by fake reduction sales wherein “low” prices furnish one with inferior and almost worth- vess wearing apparel. This was found to be true of even the reliable stores, thie same opinion Is shared by the great number of people with wuom [ disouased this matter. Carry on with the non-buying strike, say we, until real values are established for all necessities. M. EB, F. O14 or New. To the Riltor of The Brewing World: in your people's column there ly a very interesting discussion about the “old fashtoned gir” and the “painted doll,” which resolves itself into the interesting theme of “Who contnib- utes more to the welfare of society?” The old fashioned girl should live |n daya of our grandfathers, noi in 1921 They are nothing but calamity how!- ers and as age creeps up they in turn become so-called “reformers.” What do they contribute to the wel- fare and progress of man? They de- ter their own pace of emancipation. They want to be treated as the sor- rowful fieure as in Ibsen's “Doll's House.” The so-called “painted doll” is vivacious, good looking and always happy. She is always striving to free her own sex, Her Iife is the open in- stead of the dingy partor, fhe is more educated in the essence of life than these old fashioned girls who become old maids, and thove things you do and act as com- panion rather than a houvemaid or cook, EXPERIONCED, Tam views expressed by Mrs. C. Willlam- son of Bi yn, who in her letter to this column criticises @ “small time” actors ridicule of President Wilson pertorm- ra wrinkled, with faces that are dis- gusting to gaze at It is because they do not under- stand evolution of mankind that they want “jurt as our grandmothers did” ‘Wake up, you sleeping fools, ‘painted doll.” Smoking and Drinking. abe other evening Tce eo oan, Ss ont ae the two : & £ 2 UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1921, by Joke Blab.) WHAT IS A DISADVANTAGE? Before you worry about your disadvantages stop and think what a disadvantage is. It is not poverty—for at least half of the men who have amounted to anything in this world found poverty a positive advantage. It is not lack of birth—for if only men and women of birth achieved distinction there would be mighty little work for the biographers to do, It is not environment—for there are railroad trains and steamships to take one out of any environment in which he happens to be born. . What, then, is a disadvantage? We should say that wealth is a very important one, par- ticularly When it is inherited. . Every time a boy born to wealth makes a success in life he deserves the plaudits of his fellow men. Every time a boy born to e throne amounts to anything he deserves the praises of the whole world, But that hap- pens so seldom that the world still has abundant praise in reserve. Even, great physical disadvantages can be overcome, as the poet Pope and many who have followed him amply demonstrated. You will find many men of magnificent physical propor- tions and Jove-like exteriors doing very humble work, at which they are being bossed by little, weazened men who look like grocers’ clerks, Real disadvantages are mostly bad habits—lanzy methods of thought and work, distrust and suspicion of your fellow men, a pessimistic and sour outlook on life. These disadvantages can be got rid of by care and prac- tice. Evet though they seem to be inherited, you can over- come them by constant effort and a real ambition to do some- thing in the world that will count. If you are born poor, as most boys are, your faculties will be sharpensd and your mind made clear by the fight with poverty, Count that as a very great advantage indeed and make the most of it. All you need te do is to fight a little harder than the man alongside of you, and you will soon discover that you are getting along toward the position that every man ought to desire, of Mra, D, in bed. During our con- versation the subject of women smok- ing came up. My opinion was that jit did not look refined and led many women to worse habits, On the con- trary, Mrs. D—— said, “Why do you go to the theatre?” and I said, “Be- cause I find pleasure in !t and like it" So do women smoke because they like it, If one finds pleasure in smok~- ing let her conSclence guide her, In a short time the question of drinking came up. Of thig | do not approve, only on certain social occa- sions, when it is proper. Drinking would be all right if one knew when to stop, but they do not. Mra. D—— did not see apy harm in drinking and seemed to encourage it, at least did not discourage the thought, 1 thought that was poor advice to give to a Mrs, D——'s mother ex- wet a drink if be liked tt, What character has a person who must Fe to another country because of Prohibition and cannot stay awa from that evil that has broken up sc many homes? lor four yoars I lived in house with Mrs. D— and many a time I have seen her brother come to the house to see her and her er when he was drunk, and Mrs. D—— would tell him to go home and get sobered before he could see his mother, ring @1 this I could hear his mother crying. In about two or three years after that her son was taken with pneu- monia and died because his system, after drinking 80 much, could not throw off the disease. How can ’ Woman iis this en- courage je to it is not always the fret drink that docs the harm, it is the taste that leads to All people do not Love Stories By Maubert St. Georges ovyrigmt, 1931, | Prew Pubtidhing Oo, ‘ihne Now York Mvenlog Worlds) ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE. KPHEUS wa. the son of Apollo and the Muse Calliope. At hie birth he was presented with lyre by his father, who taught bim to play on it and made bin the most famous of musicians. Not only his fellow mortais but even wild beasty were softened by his strains. Trees and rocks were senaible to the charm. So, too, was Burydice, whom Orpheus joved and won. They were married but their happiness was short lived. Aris- tances, a shepherd, one day’ caught seat of Burydice and struck by her beauty made advances to her. In fiying she trod upon a snake hidden im the gress and was bitten in the foo. At the news of her death Or- pheus was ike one bereft of hie senses. He sang bis grief to all, sad- dening gods, men beasts with bie Oaunuing use, Finully, finding his complunts of ne avuil, he revolved to seek bis love tm Hudes, Making his way to the throne vf Piuto and Proserpine, he sang bis petition, accompany.ng himeelf with his lyre. So wonderful was his song that the ghosts themselves hed tears, Tantalus, forgetting his thirst, ccused to reach for water, Ixion's wheel stood edi, the vultures ceused to tear out the giant's liver, the daughters of Faunus stopped drawing water in @ sieve and Swyphus eat on his rock to Masten. For the first time the eyes of the Furies were wet with tears. Pro- gerpine was moved and tinally Pluto himeolf gave way. Eurydice was called, and to the joy of her husband came forth from among the ghosts still limping from her wounded foot. Then Pluto told Or- pheus that he would be permitted to take her with him on the condition that be should not turn around and look at her till they shoukd have reached the upper air. Promising obey, they set forth on their way, Or- pheus in the lead, in accordance with Piuto's orders, they were allowed to pass witbout let or hindrance, while the ghosts mutely and jeal ously, Mindful of hie promise, Orpheus kept on looking before as Charon rowed him across the Styx. They were, saved. Quickly with words of love he turned to clasp the be- loved Eurydice to his heart. Alas! Though be had reached the upper world, Eurydice, who had been fol- lowing a few feet behind, tad not Even as Orpheus sought to take her in his arms she geamed to fade into nothingness. For a moment she weemed to hang faintly in the air; then she disappeared forever. Like a madman Orpheus sought to follow, But Cerberus s di before him and the ferryman refused to row him over again. Sadly he left the realm of Pluto and wandered’ into Thrace. For seven months he lived in a cave mourning his twiee lost wife, living on herbs and berries, charming the tiger and the wolf with his song. During these seveu months the Thracian maidtns, famous for their beauty, sought to captivate him, but In vain. ‘Then, when the celebration of the rites of Bacchus came, these women, maddened with wine and angered by his refusals, attacked him, throwing javelins and stones at him. But the missiles as soon as they came within sound of his lyre fell harmless at hi# fest, The women then raised « scream, drowning the sweet music and, over- whelming him, tore bim limb from fimb, and threw bis remains into the river, Jupiter took his lyre and placed it among the stars, and the shade of the unfortunate bard for the second time journeyed to Hades to rejoin his beloved wife. “That’s a Fact” By Albert P. Southwick | coreg Am Drm ie On | ‘The targest lake in the world is the one justly named Superior, tp the United States, with an’ area of 32,000 square miles, eee An alien who was imprisoned for % period of five months end uncondi- tionally pardoned before he came to the United States has lived an ex- emplary life in the country where be has now been ten years and can get the highest references as to character, &c. Is this man ligtble to become . citizen of the Unites Now York City. JUSTICE, Yeo. oe @ It requires one cubic yard of clay to make 49 bricks; 1,000 stock bricks, stacked, equal 56 cubic feet; 1,000 old bricks, cleaned and stacked, equal 70 cuble feet, eee ‘The yews at Fountain Abbey, York~ ghire, England, were old trees when the Abbey wea built in 1133. ‘The sequoia gigantea, in the Mari- posa Grove of California, 90 feet in ¢.reumference and more than $00 feet high, is said by botanists to be of ter age than the yews of Foun~ tains Abhey. y ce @ sue color of the sky, oven ugh clouds, indicates . krowing whiteness, an storm. . ee object to fogs and yet they in- uicate settled weather. “A morning fog usually Oreake away before noon. ‘The ao-called “fogs” off Newfound ~ lend are the resut of the mingling lof the cold and warm currents, re- | mpectively of the Arctic and the Guif Stream, and may lat for several ays at a time. Some other term sould be coined to designate this peculiar weather condition. ° Originally, the word “mews” meant a place where falcons were kept. In 1537 the “Royal Mews,” at Charing Cross, London, was converted into stables for the horses of Henry VIIL, and since then the name has been applied, in the British Lslos, to horses’ shelter. The turquoise, which tg the pre- cious stone for December, ignition “prosperity in love.” ‘The stone sacred to January is the ith the meant ng and in every \