The evening world. Newspaper, February 15, 1921, Page 20

- ad tee us ET ESTABLISHED BY Josey? PCLITARR. Dally ‘Bxoopt Gundsy by The Pres Publichlug Company. Now, 62 to 3 Park Row, New York, MALPH PULITZER, Proeidont. 63 Park Row. J. ANGUS SAW, Trearurer, 69 Park Row. PUIITRER 3r,, secretary, 63 Park Row MEMTER OF THE AYROCLAM) PRESS, Whe Ancoctnsed rrrvm Ly exctustvety entitled to the wi for republication eit news deepatches credited to tt we nut etherwine eredited te thir payer Joca) news hereha, NO BETTER WAY. We have received the following letter: To the Wéitor of The Evening World: In a recent issue of The Evening World there appeared an editorial supporting the city in its fight for Municipal Home Rule and urging its citizens to attend a meeting and discussion of the transit situation at the ‘Town Hall. I attended this meeting and considered my time well spent. While there I learned of an- other meeting to be held the following evening under the auspices of the League of Women Voters which I also attended and from which I derived much benefit. New York City has long been in need of such a place as this Town Hall where the people can be kept in closer touch with mu- uisipal government. Now that we have it Jet us take full advan- tage of our privilege and show a keen interest in the affairs of our city. Although T know meetings liave been held in the Town Hall since the two referred to above, I have not been able to find out the dates. , Will not The Evening World keep its readers posted on the dates of these meet- ings—not alone those involving transit ques- tions but all which concern the welfare of the public? I think you could do much teward promot- ing public interest in city affairs by just printing a notice of all such méetings. AN INTERESTED CITIZEN, The Evening World regards the suggestion as, an excellent one. It will make a point of printing regularly on this page advance notices of all Town Hall meetings of generat interest. It is only five weeks to-morrow since the new Town Hall at No. 113 West 43d Street was opened, Many citizens of New York have already become acquainted qwith it. . Many more have not and oughit to. In situation, size and comfori this Town Hall is admirably adapted to talks and debates on matters of to the community. Almost coincident with ils opening, such aNale ter was furnished in Gov. Miller's proposed treat- ment of the city’s transit troubles. Other civic problems exist. More will arise, At present, however, there could be no better way to accustom the people of New York to the purpose and usefulness of the Town Hall than to make it the centre of discussiof’.for the large, immediate and highly practical questions involved in settling “how Slate and cily can best co-operate to improve transit conditions witirout laying new burdens on the public. - Enlightenment of the public as to various fac- * tors in the traction situation has only begun, The test experts and the most competent authorities should see to it that the enlightenment continues. _ Meever a civic duty presented itself to the people of this city it presents itself now in the duty to fake an active, intelligent interest in the traction problem and the methods proposed for solving it. Only by public interest of this kind can citizens ' of New York prove that they are entitled to home tule. Letiers like the one The Evening World prints . above are proof that the interest is there and only \ needs the right food and encouragement, | Furnish plenty of both from the Town Hall ENTRANCE TESTS. HEN Columbia University initiated psycho- logical tests as a part of its entrance re- quirements it was an experiment. Many were scep- _ tical in spite of the excellent results achieved by similar tests in picking capable army officers. After a year of trial Dean Hawkes expresses sat- fsfaction with the system. By it the college au- thorities feel they have a 50 per cdht, advantage in judging the academic capabilities of students. The degree of accuracy with which the examiner can forecast a student’s ability to make profitable use of the expensive process of higher education is in- ereased one-half. ‘Considering the mounting cost of education, both ‘to the collleges and to the students and their parents, & ts desirable that “flunking out” be reduced as far ‘gs possible. The college cannot afford to bear the gempense af the trial period unless there is a fair * probability that the student will be able to make _ A-duil student tad better never enter a university than endure the disgrace of being expelled because i | | | \ i | j | | i | \ “DO-NOTHING” TO THE END. HBN Congress adjourned last June it was generally denounced as an inefficient, “Do- Nothing Congress.” “Politics” was supposed to account for the dearth of constructive legislation. Nothing was dofft be- | cause the parties—and particularly the Republican Party—wanted to be able to. promise all things to all men. : When Congress assembled in the short session after the election the country anticipated relief. Political manoeuvring may have been partly re- sponsible for the bad record of the Sixty-sixth Con- gress, tut it was not the only reason. The tinal session now drawing to a close has been as barren of accomplishmeht as was the previous session. With the inducement to play politics re- moved oy overwhelming Republican viclory, the majority has continued to dilly-dally and do noth- ing, to shirk its manifest duties, to ignore campaign pledges. Finally, even the complacent Mr. Harding, who helped Congress do nothing from December to June, is moved to goad his former associates to get busy and pass at least the routine supply bills before its life ends, March 4, : Whether even this sharp reproof will get results ramains to be seen. Only a dozen legislative days remain for hast} and superficial consideration of a mountain of legislation, No indictment too seathing could be drawn against the Sixty-sixth Congress, The best that can be said for it is that it has not passed some of the shameless measures which have been presented —not yet, at day rate. Unhappily there are still two weeks in which a bad record may be made worse. MARK THEM. 'O-DAY the Board of Aldermen will again con- sider an Ordinance exempting new fomes from part @f the burden of local taxation for the next ten years. This is the only siep open to the city io stimu- late home building. ‘There is a powerful but secret opposition which encompassed the defeat of a similar ordinance once before. Landlords who want to continue to profiteer are against the ordinance. So, too, are the money lenders who have loaned to the “leasters’ more than residence property is worth unless exorbitant rents can be continued. The only people who are for the’ ordinance are the ‘ninety-odd per cent. of the people of New York who pay rent and are crying for relief In the only way now opén. In spite of this, there is danger that the ondi- nance may not pass, But if it fails a second time the Aldermen responsible for the failure will be worthy of remembrance when they appear for re- election. To-morrow all tenants shouk! read the result of the ‘ballot and remember the misrepresentatives who betrayed them. Every Alderman who voles should be marked for defeat. against bill the AN UNFORTUNATE POLICY, (from the Raleigh News and Observer.) A comment on the industrial Situation by an ob- server who keeps an cye on things in that line is pot altogether comforting when it notes that the’ young men of the present day are not learning trades, In many lines of work it is realized that machines ure supplanting the old time trades, but there are many trades that require hand work and skill and training, The carpenter, blacksmith, brick- mason, printer, and others, must be taught the trade fist as their predecessors were, and unless we keep up the supply of trained men we will find ourselves facing difficulties before we go much further. It {8 provable that the old apprentice system that kept a boy three or four years at low wages picking up the trade was not the best in the world, yet It | aude a lot of good workmen. It wasted, or seemed 40, much time for the boy who was not pushed for-~ werd along the line he had in view, and it required fom him much of the work that was not exactly of the kind that he wanted to learn. Dut that did not hurt him, and when he was graduated as a journey- Man he was as a rule capable to do the work as- signed to him. To-day we have few apprentices, and the danger is that we will have too small a number of skilled workmen as workmen of skill are needed. Possibly the future will work itself out, for human ingenuity never allows a big task to prove too much, But it looks as if society is making a mistake in not en- couraging the boys to take up substantial trades and learn thoroughly how to do something and do ft in & manner that will command a situation at any time. Otherwise we wili build up an aristocracy of highly skilled workers and they will command the country by their ability and the demand for their services, The vocational school will no doubt be developed so that it will take care of some of this danger, but it could well be supplemented by a much xreater number of young men in training in the trades A reliable man with a good trade has little oceasion to fear for his income, Such a man {s rarely idle ex- cept when he wants to be. be lei protect themselves despite the law, 30 why shouldn't the law protect the house- holder against the gunmen?” —Assemblyman Camp- TWICE OVERS. ‘ * “ 'E have banded for the purpose of making an example of the first rascal who is caught trging to steal from our houses—we'll catch him qnd tan the hide off kim.” —Citixens of Port Washington, i | | } | | | | Te the Maitor of (Phe Mrening Work “THE EVENING WORLD, TUE SDAY, FEBRUARY 1 4 5, 1921, ‘From Evening World Readers What kind of a letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying te say much in d few words. Take From De Nicke! der, 1 see that Gov. Miller will not have anything to do with Mayor Hylao missioners to regulate traction mat- ters in New York City. A very good thought on the part of the Governor. What on earth does Mayor Hylan or heads of city de- partments or Borough Presidents know about conditions the sub- ways, on the “L's” or the street cars of “Lil OF N What do they ‘ork? know about the hog rushes morning, and ning which we poor endure? What, in- know nothing whatever. laz/vanging around the city in lux¥rious autos supplied ‘by the taxpayers, some of them equippea with thermos bottles. Let the Governor put on that com- mission to represent the city’s in- terests ,one of the subway sardines and he'll get the Bure-Shot Sane jn- ation that is so badly needed. DE NICKBL RYDER, New York, Feb. 11, 1921 To the Haltor of The Brewing World: e Subway Sun in its fight for the 8 cent fare has pointed out that the city’s investment can Used to more advantage if it would earn its interest. And quotes that the money earned on the investment, with the higher fare, would give em- ployment to thousands of men in the building of new subways, municipal courts and public libraries, The Subway Sun should “practice what !t preaches,” for they are dis- pensing with a lot of help, with the aid of the latest air presggre devices, having four conductors™ operate a train, crew of #x or wey p14, 1921. Teo Easy Going. # bailtor af The Kvening Workd I. & says that the American spirit ls a spirit with plenty of action in it and not something Uiat nits still and lets everything b: ut over on it, tis all right, but »p too easygoing. wople of this great country of ours@get together and put up a stiff fight for their personal liher- not lat @ bunch of politicians an. Send men to Washington have the interesta of the people , and not those who look out for themselves and a small only kroup of politicians, It is very ¢ that the Blue Laws will never be passed. That was the ery before the because it went through. that, a majority of the vtling more clearly the spirit ¥| freely and paint for any one to say Prohibition Law waa passed. They iio ENN used to say that the majority of the MISS MAQELINE TENNER, people woul not stand for jt. Well, they put Prohibition over and what On # Long Road. i ? * | apo the Hutitor of Tho/ivening World : are the people doing about It? Noth. | Totes itor ee mapieine Win gom a ing st all but howling and kicking Not only men who only one cause —th veted for the bill in Washington were tional asplra: . returned to office by the votes of against British rule, which at al time to be brief. |saying the Blue Laws will not pass, | get together, fellow countrymen, and put up a stiff fight and Keep it up. |Show your representatives in Wash- or the members of his city cabinet in| ington that you elected them to look | considering the appointment of Com-jafter your interests and not to look dufter a lot of foolish lags that a small group of narrow-minded hypo- erites want passed, Don't forget. Let majority rule, WILLIAM L. Wood Ridge, N, J., Feb, KOUR. 12, 1921. Whe Hoover Spi ‘To the Fdltor of The Krening World: Dear Sir—May I voice an approval of Thomas Edison's opinion of Her- bert Hoover, as expressed in a recent interview, Reared a Republican and with that party from its inception, I have a holdover grudge that so great a possibility as Mr. Hoover as a stan: | dard-bearer should have been thrown | into the discard. Nevertheless, in the divine order o: things, Mr. Hoover has been destined {for @ higher and nobler position than | directing the helm of the ship of state. | Mr. Hoover's religious proctivities |may be hidden as deeply within his own breast as are his political; but I know of no man of this ame reftect- of the Great Master, nH. Brooklyn, Fob. 13, 1921. “The Naughty and Nice Girls.” ‘To the Euitor of The Brening World; Men, the poor simple pirates, have had a hard time over this question for years. Women have been ticketed by them as “nice” or “naugity.” The nice, who stayed at home and} did not ‘palnt thelr faces, and thel naughty, who roamed abroad and ald, Now they all roam more or less their faces more or less well. Besides this, no nice woman has ever been born who was not capable of naughtiness, and no naughty one exists who is not also nice, and the naughty are always more outwardly sedate, the nice are tending toward the and the riotous in d is also to be noted tha are recognized as the most aardened and reckless, and when one wishes to express the last thing in shock- ingness, one says “even a debutante would hesitate to do that. But there is no more harm in the debutante of to-day than there was in her great-grandmother, We want girls to be every bit as attractive as they want to be. ‘Some of the old rules and regula- tions that hedged a girl round merely made her uncommonly to be desired like all forbidden fruit, St which has many effects, but cig’ —the frustration of na- A bitter feelin, antecedents who were affiliated with | has been as brutal as tt is Gupid, dae been’ transmitted from . | made for universal “di Poets of the Bible | By Rev. Thomas B. : Cororat Wy Peet ivenng Watts NO. 6—MICAH. If I were called upon to aay which book of the Bible was my favorite, far and away above all the others, \f ‘would be obliged to answer “MICAH, There are books in the Bible that have more poetic fire, that show’ a * wider and deeper philosophy and that have, for various reasons, attracted & amore universal Interest among the Ih~ tellectual “upper Tendom,” as weil a& among the masses of the people, but for the rare combination of the most solid common sense and the loftiest spirit of the moral sublime, there is nothing anywhere that can take tl place of “Micah.” * Micah is ranked among the minor propheta, one of the “small fry,” a9 the vernacular has it; but when 4 comes to the poetry of the “highest spiritual truth, the-expresston_ of the loftiest idealism of the greatest souls of all the ages Micah deserves to stand in the front rank of those j who, in “thoughts that breathe amd | Words that burn,’ have from the be- ginning of time prociaimed the of the true, the beautiful and the good. isten! “Hear, ye peoples, all of you; hearken, O land, and ail that dwell therein!” ‘A message is coming for everybousy and let no one refuse to listen. And here is the message: “In tho latter days it shall come to pase thas the Mountain of the Lord’s, House shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shail be exalted above the hills, and peoples shall flow unto it. * © ® And He shall judge between many peoples, and shail prove strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into Ploughshares, and their spears into pruning forks; nations shall not litt up sword against nation; neither shell they learn war any more. But shall sit every man under his has become the oentre.of the worhl. It gives law to every people, distri) - uting justice to all, near and afer eff, and everywhere there is peace and happiness, Here we have the sublime anti tion of the “League of > i the great fight that now bel armament.” Ik was t centuries that Mica saw wished for con ty-six this 27 but the Lord of Hosts something Be saw the millions going up to Mountain of the Lord's Hous: fh Jchovah, and bow Most High? Shal! | com with burnt offerings. w a year old? Will Jehov: with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall t give my first born for my transgres+ sion, the fruit of my body for tho sin of my soul?” And then comes the answer, which before hi calves of 1 be pieased UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1951, by John Blake.) LEARN HOW TO LEARN. Give the best tools to an unskilled workman and he is no better off than he was before. Give the best books to a man who has never learned how to read and he will gain no instruction from them, Send through college a boy who has never learned how tu learn and even if he passes his examinations his “educa- tion” will be wasted on him. If you intend to learn anything you must first learn how to learn it. Knowledge is easily acquired, if you have been taught how to acquire it, or if you learn how to acquire it * . yourself. But if you merely store your mind with facts, unrelated to one another, and depend upon your memory to relain spent digging ditches, them, you are wasting time that might more profitably be Learning to learn is not easy but it is necessary to all education. It means first of all acquiring the power to concentrate nothing else. to think about what you are studying, and It means, second, to digest the knowledge that comes to you through your ears and eyes, to classify it,con- sider ité value, and to put it where it belongs in your memory. All study is profitable if it is followed in the right way. The training the mind receives in working out problems in higher mathematics enables the mind to master languages and philosophy with greater ease. The best teacher is the one who shows the pupil how to learn, After that he will complete his own education. Mere study of the Jaw will not make you a good lawyer. You can read all the medical text books in the course and watch all the experiments in the college laboratory and still be absolutely unfit to practise medicine. But if you-learn how to learn you can become a good lawyer or a good doctor by taking the prescribed courses and grow in the mastery of your profession with its practice. Begin any important work you have to do by di iplin- ing your mind. Teach it to stay on a subject till that subject is understood. Teach it to think over what it has studied af- terward—to return to it from time to time, so the impression gained in the first study will never fade. When you have learned. how to learn you will learn. But the learning how is the most difficult part. Do that first, and learning will become second nature, one generation to another and noth- ing the British administration has done or can do, alters this feeling, Ireland claims the right to control and manage her own affairs, a claim she |s legitimately entitled to. No self-respecting people could submit to the tyranny of thespresent admin- jstration {n Ireland, and much of the discontent prevalent there now is without a doubt due to the methods of tiis administration who are sup- posed to be in Ireland in the interests of Jaw and order. ‘The Irish problem ts not and néver has been a religious question, al- though Sir Edward Carson would have us believe that the underlying issue is a desire on the part of the Roman Cathdélics to dominate and control the Protestant minority, Out- nide Belfast, Carson's stronghold, ‘there is no géligious feud at all, and é 4 there it is fostered by political In- terests for ulterior motives. x The Inish question is not one that can be solved by any scheme devised in Downing Street by either Lloyd George or Carson. Ireland is a na- tion of brave people struggling for liberty and though the end of the journey may not be in stght, she {a not likely to rive up in despair be- cause a few ‘iny politicians lock the path. JAMES M’COY, AM Richmond Hill, Feb, 12, 1921. An Antiquasted Law. To the Editor of The Mrening Work: ‘Will you kindly let me know why the now Administration does not come into offico unt!! March 4, thereby keeping the country at a standstill for four months. = A D.D, ‘Brooklyn, Feb, 14, 1981, should be written over the doorway ot every home: “He hath shown thee, O man, what is good. And what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. Ten-Minute Studies of New York City | Government | Coyrisht, by the Prom Pricing ( ‘York Evenine World.) By Willis Brooks Hawkins This ig the fifty-ninih artic of @ series defining the duties + the administrative and legislatic officers and boards of the Ne York City Government. Municipal Reference Library. The Municipal Reference Lébru: ogcupying a large space on the fit floor of the Municipal Building, is « branch of the New York Public 1) brary, conducted as a bureau of |n- formation and ready reference for city officials. It is open to the gen- eral public for referenve use, thoag' pooks may be taken out of the livrar: only by city officials and employees Complete files are kept here of all New Yark City reports and period! - cals, including books, maps, de. re~ quired in the work of any city de- partment. ‘The Librarian, Rebecea B. Rankty a weekly bulletin entitlea ipal Reference Library Notes.” in which she briefly outlines the eor tents of reports, books, &c., whicl) Dear upon the subject of nunicipsi government and other topics of spe- cal interest to city officials and em ployees. ‘These bulletins are dis tributed free of charge to such offi cials and employees, but are sold to the general putlic at 5 cents a copy, or $1.50 for a year’s subscription, A Public Health Division of the Munictpal Reference Library is main- tained at the headquarters of the De- rtment of Health, No. 505 Pearl treet, 1 —— > Words Fro . the Wise . Those who im quarrels interpose, Must often wipe a bloody nose. —Gay. Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.—C. C. Colton. There i@ no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east . wind is to put on your aver. coat,—Lowell. Be calm in arguing, for flerce- ness ‘makes error a fault and truth a discourtesy.—Herbert. In this world a man musi either be anvil or hammer, —Longfellow, ~ Man (oves little and often, woman much and rarely,eBasta, Old age is an incurable dis- ease.——Seneca, f A miser grows rich by seem- \ ing poor; an extravagant map grows poor by seeming rick. Shenstone, Behavior is a mirror in whieh overy one shows his inage, \ ' Goethe,