The evening world. Newspaper, February 1, 1921, Page 22

AE eller cmemetheane : 3 ii * were more than twice the number enrolled in 19149. * patriotic appreciation of America as the result of the ESTAWLIGHED AY JOSEPH PULITZER. Dally Rzcept Gunésy by The Pres Publishing Company, Now. 60 te 63 Park Row, New York. RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Row, J. ANGUS SHAW, Treseurer, 63 Park Kow PULITZER Ir., Becretary, 63 Park Now, i, MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Whe Amorinted! Prem ty exctustraty entities to the use fer repablienien ‘ail new dewatenen ereiiied to it or nol otherwien orediled {n thie paper DEBS FREE WOULD DO LESS HARM. HE United States Supreme Court yesterday | 4 handed down a 6 to 3 decision reversing the Pederai Court at Chicago which convicted. Victor | ‘L Berger and four other Socialists of violation of | the Espionage Act. | The same day President Wilson denied the recom- mendation of the Federal Attorney General that the | ten-year sentence of Eugene V. Debs be commuted | to expite Feb. 12 next. , The President did not give his reasons for a re fusal, which will be regretted by many among the most loyal of Americans. At the present time the greater part of the country “would be glad to see the courts, the President ard Department of Justice co-operating to effect the of political prisoners with all possible speed. The war ts over. Peace, order and loyalty are overwhelmingly preponderant in the United States. ‘There is nothing to be gained by keeping men in frill because of their professed beliefs, however at variance those beliefs may be with the existing socral order. : It ts repugnant to American feeling to know that ‘men are still held in prison for offenses which only war made dangerous to a degree that forced the ountry to deal thus with them. Debs hokts views with which the great majority of Americans strongly disagree. But keeping Debs in jail only plays into the hands of the “minority who share his opinions. Nothing sirengthens such minorities like a martyr about whose wrongs they an rally. | "Debs free would do less harm than Debs im- ‘The President’ misreads public sentimBnt if he thinks a majority af the people of the United States ‘are not now for magnanimity rather than repression iim the attitude of this powerful Government toward ‘handfuls of irreconcilables. Plans for baihting that would mean more ‘homes in this city are practiéally at a stand still, is the announcement of Chief Inspector William A. Robertson of the Tenement House Department Building Bureau. Yet the Board of Aldermen sees no reason for passing an ordinance exempting new hous- ing construction from taxes—the one avail- able means the Legisiature opened to this city * to attract capital to home-buiiding! MORE THAN TRACTION INVOLVED. BNATOR JAMES J. WALKER does well to keep before this city and its representatives the fact ‘Hat Gov. Miller’s programme of' State tyranny ap- plies to more than transit: “We must not forget that Gov. Miller pro- poses to give us just as little voice in the regi Jation of gas and electric corporations as of traction corporations.” | The quality of gas and the rates charged for gas ‘and electricity are important matters to the people of this city. The privilege of supplying gas and ‘eleciric cur- rent in a metropolitan population of 5,500,000 is only less valuable than the privilege of supplying transportation, “ Is this great community itself to have nothing to say as to the conditions under which corporations ‘Shali epjoy such privileges and as to the rates they shall be permitted to charge? * No representative from the City of New York, ‘matter which party he belongs to, can dodge = Gor, Miller says his next message will dealy % with @ freight problem of deep interest to = the City of New York, ‘Will he begin by serving notice on the city that it must expect to have no say about its freight situation—which will be handled sum marily and authoritatively from Albany? | DID THE 8-HOUR DAY HELP? N 1920 foreign-born students attending evening school “Americanization classes” in this State The figures given by the Immigrant Education Bureau are significant and deserve serious and de- tailed study by social workers and those interested in Americanization work. What were the reasons for so satisfactory a de- velopment? Was it sudden thirst for learning? Was it due fo more adequate schools to net a demand which had existed without proper recognition in other years? Was it the result of an awakening of a war years? Another possible explanation suggests itself: In 4929 working houfs were generally more favorable to workers than ever before. More workers en- joyed the eight-hour day than in previous years. Did | ‘this have &s influence in the school attendance? | Were the foreign-born workers less weary after | their day of labor and better able to enjoy the night | school? : *gotiate, investigate and modify contracts. important bearing on the proposed legislation to abolish the twelvedhour day in the steel industry an others employing foreign-born labor BETTER LOGIC STILL. , NDER the heading “Gov. Miller's Plan Gain- ing’ the Times said yesterday: ‘The only way to defeat a concrete project is by bringing forward a substitute. In this case nothing of the sort has oven been at- tempted. The Heraid, even more positive in its support, | said ‘ The only ways to get (rapid transit) relief is through the State action proposed by Gov. Miller, The only plan that can be worked out ts his plan. Is Gov. Miller’s plan the “‘only’’ possible method of tackling the problem? The Dual Contracts were negotiated in an allo- gether different manner. The Times asks for a substitute plan. Here is a suggestion for one. It is not the “only” way, but it would help eliminate some of the most objections to Gov. Miller’s plan. It is, indeed, founded on the following statement mace last Thursday by the Governor himself: “Nothing can be accomplished without ne gotiations, First, the facts must be ascer tained; second, a plan must be formalated, und, third, the parties interested must agree to the plan. These are the logical steps that ,- would undoubtedly occur in ootving the problem.” investigation, negotiation amd agreement—these are the steps to be taken. ‘hey should be taken in the “logical” order in which the Governor gives them. But analysis of the Miller plan outlined im the special message shows that the Governor asks the city to agree first to a commission having plenary powers and responsible to no one except the Gov- ernor. This commission would have power to ne- This is a wrong and illogical order of procedure and ac- counts for much of the opposition to the plan. Would it not be better to appoint a commission of representative New York City men, including city officials, to investigate and report on the transit skuation? Let them get at the FACTS as a pre- liminary step. | Let them look into every one of the disputed questions and form opinions. Give such a2 commission power to negotiate a tentative bargam. Subject that bargain to the test of popular approval, either in the Board of Estimate or by popular referendum. Let there be an informal understanding that, if the city approves, the Legis- lature will proceed with the formal reorganization of a Public Service Commission with power to ratify such modifications of existing contracts. Such a committee would be in far better position to fore concessions from holders of watered stocks than’ a commission already armed with full power and a virtual order to grant relief. This was the experience of the'city when the Dual Contracts were negotiated, subject to approval by the Board of Estimate.” ; This is not the “only” plan which might be fol- lowed. But 1 does appear to have certain merits which the Governor’s plan lacks. In the last analy- sis the power lies in Altiny, but this plan does not overrid® (he citizens of New York in so rough- shod a manner. Even if this plan failed to produce satisfactory results, the Governor would still be in positiqn to impose his will on the city in precisely the same manner as he now proposes to do—and he would also have the findings of the investigating commit- tez on which to justify his course. According to a cable to the Times, the Swiss Maritime Union, a Swiss company which dur ing the war chartered vessels to run between -North and South America, now finds itself on the rocks, The company started with a capital of 60,000,000 francs. It admits it has lost 50,000,000 francs to date, with no clear notion how. The “Swise Navy and Marine” used to be & time-honored joke. Apparently it is stil! TWICE OVERS. 66°TVHE Lockwood Committee investigation has had a very healthy influence on the building business.” Fuller Industrial Engineering Corporation. * & «© 66 CHOW ff least the tips of your ears and wave your hair.” —Ladies’ Hatr Dressing Asso- * ciation. “8 6 “é E are here to elevate the residents of New York to the leoel of human beings.* —Miss Bell Schelhorn of Zion City. + « 66] °T is not the business of « preacher to be the Chief of Police for the Almighty.’ —The Reo. Dr. Chambers of Baltimore ¥f You Have the Price, ‘Te the Diitor of The Ewing Word: In The Evening Sun, Jan 16, 1921, Federal Prohibition Director Charles R. O'Connor is quoted as stating in his report that “liquor is practically stopped except at prohibitive prices.” Just imagine tt, the Prohibition Di- rector himself gtating in effect that if you have the price you can procure liquor, In other words, a law for the poor and not for the rich, and even the rich no* in synypathy with It be- cause of the disrespect for law which Prohibition ts generating. Are there np men in the country big enough who are courageous enough to work for |ts repeal, or at least a fegsible modification of .ttis iniqui- tous law which is doing so much to de-Americatize our oitizens? For it is with frequency that goed citizens are heard to say that nowadays they feel only 50 per cent. American, It {a to be hoped that you will keep up your gallant fight. Every man with red blood in his veins admires you for it ¥. HUNT. Not for Nickel-Nar ‘To the Wiitor of The 2rening World: In The Evening World of Jan 25, {921, «he person signing bimseif “Justice” refers to the Prohibitionist as a nickel-nureer. Let me inform him that the Prohibition Law was not enacted for the benefit of the so- called nickel-nurser but for the poor unfortunate who is unable to hold on to his money. The nickel-nurser is well able to take care of al! the money he can put his hands on, and needs no laws to prohibit him from spending it PROHIBITION AD INFINITUM. A Confession? ‘To the Maite af The Krening Wortt: A recent edition of the Subway Sun answers the question, “Does not de- creasing costs make possible the oon- timuance of the 5-cent fare?’ or | something similar, ‘The answer ts that labor con*rncta, have etl) some coal contracts, é&c., time to run. ‘A confession of poor business abil- ity, oh? A. CARR RYDER New York, Jan. 30, 1931. Selfish Car-Riders. ‘Do the waidtne of Thy Hrening Wort! I agree with the sentiments in com- munication signed “Letter Carrier complaining about the women, aspe- cluNy the matinee crowd, who fll up the seats in the cars, But there is another crowd that he forgot to mention, and that is the shoppers who take up the space with thelr bundles and make it @ prastice to ride in the cars when ‘he workers are coming home. They are the ones who keep the salespeople at thelr counters up to the last minute, and I often wonder what kind of hus- bands the married ones have, ot have to be home ‘o get y. Probably they ure del- unds who bring the sup- thera. thla car subject T weuld | While ev ‘pie 10 add anotbe: complaint i 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 yine mental exercise and a lot of sptisfaction in trying to say much in a few words. Take time to be drief. TRANSIT INCOME that wpring will be here soon and the open cars will be running, why ts it that che women get in the smoking seats when there are plenty of seats in the front part? We only have @ short period of these cars that we can enjoy @ smoke, and yet when we go to get on the car we find the smoking seats filled with women, both young and old. There should be o law passed to keep women out of these seats. HJ. B. New York, Jan. 30, 1921. I have read with much interest your articles on part of our duly eleated Congressmen at Washing*o regarding their practice of “fleecin; the Government out of thousands of dollars through camouflaged clerk-! hire. AM I can say is, “How do they get that way? The war sure made a “nest-egg” for several hundred rela~ tives of people in office, while the poor man who went into the service is out of luck. I wen through the whole thing as a member of the 77th Division. I was wounded. When we asked for a bonus it is voted down or pigeon- holed in the United States Senate. EX-SERGEANT, . 307th Infantry. Brooklyn, Jan. 29, 1921. Au Elastic Fare. ‘Te the Waitor of The Bresing Wortd: How’e this? Since the Interborough Rapid Transit Company states that what it needs is “clastic fares,” why not petition Unele Sam to coin a supply of rubber nickels? MARGARET RUSSELL. Rabway, N. J., Jan. 28, 1921, Nix on Marriage. ‘To the Batter of The Brenlug Wortd: I noticed a letter in your paper from George M. Redding comment- ing on the proposed tax on bachelors. He says jt is bigoted and unfair, anc T would eay i 1s idiotic. . ‘Taxes are for revenue, or to stop & practice that cannot well be made criminal The revenue would be neg- ligtble at the rate of a few dollars a year. And the tax would be any- thing but prohibitive of blessed bach- clorhood, One man stated in print thet he would rather be than married, There are those who view the bachelor as a public enemy and a slacker, but their tactics are cow- antly and disreputable. Mr, Redding states that aingte men are not as happy aa the married ditto, He tates that he is a bachelor, and I also notice how many victims of the matrimonial tether are pro- testing and tr¥ing to escape. It le true that men do not marry to gup- port a woman or to satisfy desire. Marriage 18 a last resort. As to sine gle men who cannot find a girl to marry, all a man need do is to look around him. Marriage gives woman the advantage and man the disad- vantese, and once let it be known Dow cows any Wind of 4 Map 's seriously t hn Cassel UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1021, by Joho Blake) DO YOU REALLY WORK: It is generally admitted that work will bring success. But definitions of work vary widely. ’ What do you, for example, mean by. work? Do you megn discharging the duties that are assigned to you and calling it a day when they are done? Do you mean working a fixed number of hours every day, with an expectant eye on the clock the while? Do you mean accomplishing a certain task and feeling that as soon as it is accomplished you have the right to loaf and say happily that there is nothing to do till to-morrow? If these are your definitions, you do not know what work means at all. That kind of work will keep the wolf away and perhaps lay by a little money for your old age, if you are lpcky and invest your savings intelligently. But it will never raise you one bit above an average composed of millions and millions of people whose idea of work is the same as yours. Consider the men who achieve prominence. Find out what they mean by work. The result will give you an in- teresting point of comparison. Take, for example, Paderewski, born a genius and therefore you would say not really required to do any work at all. Yet this man practises from eight to ten hours a day when he is on concert tour and spends the rest of his waking hours busying himself with the affairs of his beloved Poland. When E. H. Harriman was making a wonderful railroad system out of two half bankrupt transcontinental lines he worked so hard that he kept a fleet of secretaries and execu- tives utterly exhausted trying to keep up with him, One United States Senator has become a power because he has devoted twelve hoprs a day to the job of mastering Government finance for the last sixteen years. Work will bring success, but not ordinary work. The kind of work that counts is work that staggers the ordina: mortal. But it isthe only kind that will ever bring you any- thing but a very modest competence and a very ordinary place in the world’s affairs. “TRISTAM AND I8OUDE” T the titne when Cornwall was rujed by King Mart, @ knight, Sir Moraunt, the brother of the Queen of Ireland, landed to demand tribute. The knights of Cornwal) are greatly reputed tn romance for thetr cowardice, and none could be found to oppose him. Seeing this, Tristam, King Mark's nephew, who had net yet received the accolade, begged to be made a knight and permitted to meet Sir Moraunt. This was granted and a terrible fight ensued. Tristam was first wounded by his opponcnt’s | epear, but soon delivered such a tre mendous blow on him with his swore that the weapon broke. Morauat, de- feated, hastened to his ship, but died soon after reaching Ireland, and Cornwall was freed from its tribute Unfortunately, Sir Moraunt’s spear had been poisoned and Tristam’s wound grew speedily worse. So be embarked on a ship for Loegrie (England) where a doctor might be found to cure him. A storm, how- ever, wrecked him on the coast of Ireland, near the castle of the King }end his daughter Starved, almost dead from his wound, he touk hia rote and sang mournfully to himself, The King and nin daughter were strolling |by. Stirred py the music, they had the strange harper brought to them. So good an impression did he make that be was appointed instructor of the, Princess isoude in while she in return gradually cured him from bis wound by medicated baths. After @ tli however, he was discovered to be slayer of Mo- raunt, and though the Insh were gen- cruus enougb not to slay him, they commanded him to leave the king- dom, Only then did Tristam asd Igoude realize how dear they had grown to each other. =On returning to Cornwall, Tristem |gave King Murk a minute account ef jus adventures and described Lsoude in such warmth and energy that the King was fascinated. Choosing @ favorable time, be begged a toon of his nephew, who, granting it, was made to swear to obtais the band of the fair Isoude for the King. In spite of his love, Tristam set owt to redeem his word. Finding an ap portunity, be rendered an important service to King Argius of Lrefand, who promised to grant him any wish be might express. Isoude felt happy at that moment. But Tristam, de- pairing, yet true, asked her hand for his uncle, the King of Cornwall, and bis request was granted. As they parted, the Quéen gave the maid who was to accompany @ love philter which she was to ad- rainister to Isoude and Mark on the day of the wedding. But during the |voyage, the day being hot, Tristam, spying the bottle and ignorant of ite |dangerous contents, gave Isoude halt and drank the rest himself, with tax Mores heb the two. rriv Cornwall, Mark showered. Uf@ake Upon’ Tretia and che marriage took place, At first all seemed happiness. But the two lovers could not hide their affection soon suspicion fell on them. Mark, his jealousy aroused, took the ~ firet opportunity to banish his nephew and heaped insults and dll- deeds on them. Tristam, separated from his love. wandered around despondently, un able to banish Isoude from his mind. but with no hope in his heart of ever winning ber. Wherever he went he performed prodigies of valor and fin- ally was admitted to the Round Table, of which he became the prom- iment champion, the equal even of lige en came the quest of the Grail. Sir Tristam started met cen arrived in Rrittany. Here he found King Hoel at war wth a rebellious vassal whom he helped to conquer. In gratitude the King offered his daughter Iwoude of the White Hands to Tristam for his wife and after a long time the latter accepted in the hope of forgetting his former love. The war broke out again after a tew months and ‘ristam was sorely wounded, and in spite of all that his wife couki do grew steadily worse Hearing that once the Queen of Cornwall had cured him, she sng- gesting sending for her. On Tristam acquiescing, & messi with orders to put up he bfeught Isoude back with him, and black if he failed. When he ar- rived he found King Mark absent and easily persuaded the Queen to return with him, and immediately carefully putting up the In the mean time, however, Tris tam's wife had heard of her hus- band’s infatuation and in such a message. the first news that greeted Isoude. and she too expired when she touched her lover's dead body. The two were laid in state on a vessel and sent to Cornwall, King Mark, forgetting ail but nephew's bravery and courege, them buried in his own chapel vine grew over their grave, though often cut down, hes time sprung up again more vi; than ever, ¢hading tye tomb tam and Isoude, 5 ii! considering marriage and tha women, er} widows, both sod and . Real Pals. ‘To th iniitor of The rening Wort: 1 gladly indoree Margy Cullen's le.- ter on modern girl. Attending college during the day ‘and not having much money, I have voided the “painted dof” of to-day, but have met many girls of the “Mangy” type. They enjoy an eve- ning at home, can cook and carry on ‘an interesting conversation. Instead of longing for dance-halls they profer going to a basketball game or tce- tkating, At a show they gladly sit fa the baloony and do not demand stra seate or boxes. girls are real pats, and there T are plenty of them, boys; just look around in the right place. - . “That's a Fact’’ By Albert P. Southwick mrs Hes Em Rehee & On Aug. 10, 1670, Gov. Lovelace of New York gave the new nume of Love Island to a “Certaine Little Island in ye Bay, neare this city, commonly called Oyster Island,’ for which Bedlow had had “a patent graunted by Col. Richard Nicolls.” ‘This tetand was made a “Privileged place where no Warrant of Attachmt or arrest shall be made of force, oF served unless it be by ye Governor's Speciall Warrant in Cases of Breach of ye peace, or Cryminall Mattrs.” oe 6 EMis Ieland, New York Harbor, wae at one time called Gibbet Island, on account of the execution of a number o@ pirates apon it, and also known as ‘ Bucking Island in 1674 and Island in 1808. Fort Gitson was upon it in 1841 at a cost of $5, mounting fifteen guns and manmed @ garrison of eighty men, a ii see On the Eastern Boulevard, on which the Boston Mansion ts site- ated, in the Bronx, are causeways connecting two small {slands with Hunter's Island. A fine marine view _ is obtained from the Ogden Mansion on the outer Twin Island. oee In August, 1814, a naval engegement , took place off Pefham and New Rochelle, N. Y¥., between American gunboats and British warships. ‘The Americans were sa trom by utilizing their knowledge of the many rocks and reefs in the vicinity. ee Psculapius, which in Greek meas “god of healing,” yas, tn mythology, the son of Apollo. He had two sons and four daughters, the most famous of whom was Hygela, the goddess ef health MIEN td