The evening world. Newspaper, February 16, 1921, Page 22

yy ESTABLISHED BY JOAMPH PULITZER. % Published Daily Extept sunday by ‘The Prom Publishing Company. Now. 53 to 63 Park Raw. New York. 43 Park Mow. Park Row. \@f all mews Geapatches credited to It or not otherwise credited im (his paper pond also the local news published herein. , ONLY HALF WON. HE tax exemption ordinance was passed yester- day by the Board of Aldermen in spite of the opposition of the Aldermanic President. But the fight is anything but won, The line-up ton yesterday's vote is a matter of serious concern, ‘The ordinance still has to pass the Board of Esli- mate. f ‘Besides the opposition from Mr. 1a Guardia, representatives of Borough Presidents Riegelmann, Wan Name and Bruckner voted against the ordi- ance, Comptroller Craig with his three votes is * At least three of these votes must be changed in order to pass ihe ordinance when it reaches the ’ of Estimate. At present it looks very much like the old game at which Gpecial Privilege is so adept, These in- terests fight what they do not want in the more popular and responsive legislative body until public | opinion overcomes them. Then they back up to tithe next line and fight it over again. That was the appearance of La Guardia’s dis- l effort to force a secret vote yesterday with per men excluded. He knew the Aldermen not dare defeat the bill in open session. Now is the time to get after the Board of Esti- members who are the second line of defense for those who profit through housing shortage. z “A misguided section of the' Irish people,” says King George, “persists in resorting to methods of criminal violence with the object of establishing an independent republic.” A very high but mone the less misguided section of tthe British people persists in think- , ‘ng that the Irish epirit can be crushed by random reprisals. AMERICANS STOOD IT. ‘ HEN the A. E. F. was returned to American soil every member, officers, privates, nurses pand doctors, was require to undergo the operation With such a precedent, who will have the hardi- fuhood to object to a similar requirement for incom- i4ng immigrants from plague-stricken porls of \Burope? | As a result of precautions taken with the army, _hMhis country was spared any epidemic resulting from Gemobilization. Is there anything unreasonable in asking those who seek admission to exercise similar yeare? The reply to any who objeot is obvious: “If you do not care to come in on such terms, stay out.” ‘New York is not alone in this need of adequate | protection. !mmigrants scatter all over the country. | anfection from one unclean shipload might cause [thousands of H ( deaths and untold suffering. SUSPECT. ‘ VEN before the Fordney Fake Tariff Bill for the present session is killed, its author bobs \ up serenely with the announcement hat he propose» {to prepare a permanent measure for presentation the special session. The country has no reason {o feel reassured by bthe announcement. The man who sponsored the measure proved himself either incompetent sor untrustworthy by permitting the inclusion of jokers and tricky paragraphs galore. The Fordney Fake was not even an honest “protection’” bill. The next bill which Mr. Fordney sponsors is bur- ened at the outset with a heavy handicap of justi- -fiable suspicion. nto eet se ro KEEP LOCAL OPTION OUT. :. MILLIBR and the Legislature are no longer so certain of the advisability of abolishing ‘ daylight-saving in the State. The Governor and the legislators know right well » that a majority of the people will resent the loss of ‘the hour of daylight—if they lose it. The millions in this city and in the other cilies of the State are wt organized to express their will, but they will not » forget or forgive a repeal of the present law. | Albany is between two fires. The farmers defi- ‘ nitely want the oki discarded system. Urban dwell- ers want daylight-saving for five months instead * of seven. Being politicians, the first thought of the gentle- 4 men at ‘Albany is to seek a compromise, So they » Suggest “local option” on the question, Local option on such a question is considerably avorse than either alternative. Ask any New York | commuter whose home is in Connecticut. With | »Jocal option within a State the same confusion | would be multiplied a hundredfold. } The logical and sensible thing is to have daylight- ‘saving in the whole Eastern: tandard-time belt. | The farmers can rearrange their working hours and _ enforce a later quitting time this year, when hired | t3 help is abundant. The cities can do as they have | done for several years. | -® Statewide daylight-saving would be in the in- | spore, THE State of New York. But if that is impossible, then let the minority rule, but don't let us have the farci- calexpense and nuisance of “local option.” A QUESTION. UNICIPAL home rule does not show up strongly in Goy, Miller's official outline of his transit bill. Compelling voice in the settlement is given the city in exactly two matters—the fixing of routes and the pledging of municipal credit, In neither case would the State Constitution permit less. Influence the city would: exert, inasmuch as its approval of transit plans is to be asked. But neither its approval nor disapproval would be legally bind- ing on the action of the proposed State Transit Representation for thé city is undoubtedly implied in the provision that the three members of the com- mission shall be men from Greater New York. But the Governor would have his proposed Transit Commission last only for five years. After that its powers would be taken over by one Public Service Commission supervising public utilities throughout the State. What guarantee has this city that it will always have the kind of representation on such a commis- sion that would make municipal veto power unde- sirable or unnecessary ? Is a temporary condition to establish a permanent principle? ; Where the Governor's bill provides that the city’s approval of Transit Commission plans shall be asked, the exact words of the official summary must be studied. After the proposed Transit Commission has used its discretion about adopting the suggestions of local authority in drawing up contracts with traction companies : Upon the adoption of such contract or con- tracts the commission shall transmit the same’ to the local authority of the city and request its approval thereof. If such local authority shall refuse to approve such contract or con- tracts it shall, within thirty days from the date of the first meeting of the local authority fol- lowing their receipt, return them to the com- mission with a statement of the reasons of such local authority for such refusal. The commis- sion shall thereupon consider such reasons and, if so requested by the local authority, shall hold a further such public hearing upon such con- tract or contracts and such reasons for refusal. The commission shall make such changes in such contract or contracts as it may deem ad- visable and shall then resubmit them to such local authority for approval. If within thirty days after the date of the first meeting of such local authority following the receipt of such contracts so resubmitted, the local authority shall refuse or neglect to ap- prove the same, or ff upon the ortginal submis- sion of cuch contract or contracts to the local authority it shall not approve the same, and neglect to return them to the commission as above provided, the commission may in the name and In behalf of the city execute and de- liver such contract or contracts with full legal force and effect, as if all approvals by the local authority and by any local officer had been given, Careful reading of the above can leave but one conclusion : Under Gov. Miller’s, plan as elaborated or modi- fied to date, the city’s power is strictly limited to the pressure it can exert through public hearings and public discussion. In a word: Gov. Miller’s idea is that the principle of home nile will be sufficiently preserved in the moral pressure the Board of Estimate can put upon the new State Transit Commission by means of reconynendation or criticism made in the interest of the city. Query: Wouldn't the principle of home rule be more fairly and consistently preserved in the moral pressure a State ‘Transit Corhmission might bring to bear upon a Board of Estimate which retained the power of yelo-~the pressure in this latter case being the full facts of present traction conditions as ascertained by a new Transit Commission plus an argument Jor proposed remedies presented first of all for the enlightenment and appraisal of the popu- lation divectly concerned? The pressure of public opinion ought to be the sirongest force in local self-government. Why not safeguard the latter by simply reversing the way in which Gov, Mile mer applied? uki have i! - ‘Nhe little eight-year-old gir! who talked con- tinuously for more than 200 hours is a promi: ing candidate for the United States Senate when she grows older, She has the principal quali- fication, However, her partial recovery may bar her, She now speaks only when she is spoken to, Few Sq Most of them have the wasn } Oe, sabe Soyer 7 EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1921, ° By John Cassel that ' te say much in a fese words. Take The Rent bay ‘To the Kaitor of The Bvgging W 1am glad to seq on guard again, ready to sound the alarm when the contemplated grand assault on the emergency rent laws begins. The Lord knows we need a vigilant and you alert sentinel like your esteemed paper to safeguard these precious laws enacted largely through your instrumentality. The callous indifference of a ma- jority of the otver papers, the crimi- nal stupidity of the people them- selves, the servile sycophancy of some of our lggislatons would make it a comparatively easy task for the “rent hogs” to nullify these dearly won measures of relief. Those who watch Atbany can hear the howling of the wolf pack, as they get once more the scent of the hapless tenant. “Benevolent amelioration of the re- strictive rent laws" is sought by these tenant squeezing philanthro- pists. ‘They just want to squeeze in three or four little exceptions to “perfoct" the existing laws, A FRIBND. How Longt To the Editor of The Eveping Wortd How long will it continue? Knowing this question to be upper- most in the minds of every conserva- tive housewife in the Flatbush and Coney Island districts, with reference to the price we are charged for gas by the Brooklyn Borough Gas Com- pany and knowing that I am volcing the sentiment of every housewife within these districts, I wish to sy that the gas expense’ is the hardest and most oppressive item the house- wife has to meet to-day, Having a quarter meter truthfully say of no other household necessity will the quarter buy as ditte as in the purchase of gas. It is to be regretted that with flour, sugar and other commodities down in price, we must deprive cur families Jor the enjoyment of home baking be- cause of the prohibitive price of gas. How soon will the Publicg Service Commission do something Mor the residents of these distri’ts tnd stop profiteering? RESIDENT. 1 T can A HOMECREST Brooklyn, Feb, 14, 192 25-Cent Nery Seats. To the Valiior of The Frening World | 1 have read what Augustus ‘Thomas has to say about the return of the 2 |cent admission to the gallery for boys and men—the so-called family circle. mendable on 80 solicitous boya and men who love the atre, I notice he doesn't express any enxiety out girls and wome I don't see that this re- cents would help the ll, ‘The family clrele is | mostly filled with 4 s and women who are? n $8.30 or for th the orchestra, the seats |row being in the hands of the ticke! | agencies and the speculators. working in lougiie with the box office man, at higher 4 What kind of a letter do you fin ives you the worth of a thous There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying that in the purchase } Pion Evening World Beeadans ; most readable? Isn't it the one |d words in a couple of hundred? time to be brief. asuve of attend- use they would | find the family circle very objection- lable, as the 25-cent admission would \be the means of attracting rough- necks. Ihave often heard my father speak of the annoying goings on of the rowdies in the gallery, oftentimes upsetting the play and disturbing the audience downstairs. Of course, if Mr, Thomas is anxious to bring back this obnoxious condition, then by all eans bring about the return of the -cent admission. If the price was 75 cents for the first two rows and 50 cents for the re- mainder, as heretofore, instead of $1.10 for week nights and $1.65 on, Saturday nights and holidays, Mr. Thomas would find every seat in the) family circle filled with people who know a good play when they see it\ and who can appreciate fine work on | the part of actor and actress and! show it by applause instead of hiss- ing, &e. JANE WRIGHT, New York, Feb. 13, 1921. eee The Poor ‘Traction Companies. | ‘To the Editor of ‘The Evening World: How can “J, F: Cryan” take up your valuable space asking sym- pathy for the “poor transit compan- ies” and their embarrassment over an inadequate fare, According to his argument ‘a 5-cent be deprived of the ple ing the theatre t fare is a snare and a delusion; it gave them. excessive profits for years and years, however, with no return to the public in the way of service or comfort, | And does he imagine that an 8-cent fare is going to help in any way to lower our taxes,,rents, &c., or bene- fit the citizens in the least? He*is sunstruck, been standing in the glare of the Subway Sun 80 long. Wake up, J. F.C, Keep your sym- pathy for fellow citizens, the ones who ride inethe subway, not for these plutocrats who ride down In| thelr sedans, and don't worry when they get there, efther, who are just aware that the source of their divi- | dends may be taken away altogether and want to @equeeze the poor public out of the last penny on the pretext of helpag—yes, helping themselves, M. R. H, Yonkers, F ob, 14, 1921. A Mere alow.” ‘Wo the Baitor o The Bvening World A literary lady contributed a long essay one night last week on Bol- shevism in operation in Russia, and in particular on its laws relating to marriage, So lt appears to the lady to be an ideaf arrangement tg allow and for the merest incompati- y. Just rush to the district boss ers of the kind, tel bim ere (ied Of each other” and hear ‘Go in peace, your chains may be divorce by the merest mutual con- |! left here,” Vor sheer animatiam T have never 1 of an) 0 equal UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake Copyright, 1921, by John Blake.) “BASE GAINS ARE LOSSES.” Nearly three thousand years ago Hesiod wrote the maxim that heads this article. Whether it was based on his own experience or on his study of the experience of others there is no means of knoying. But it was perfectly true in ‘hat day, as it is in this. It is, in fact, merely another way of stating that get- ting something for nothing is not only immoral but foolish. The gambler, whether he is a stock gambler or a race track gambler or the kind of a business gambler who takes * long and foolish chances, would be better gff if he never won, Easy money is as dangerous as dynamite. ‘The man who gets it spends the rest of his life after more of the same kind. He ceases to work and his mind soon loses the power to work. His easy moncy is soon spent. More of the same kind is not to be had. But the mischief is done. The habit of in- dustry, if it ever existed, is gone. And the receiver of base gains spends the rest of his life toiling feverishly for gee money to invest in more wildcat speculations. There is no rea) prosperity that is not founded on in- dustry. No man is ever secure in a permanent income who does not fit himself to earn an income early in life, Cheating, taking undue advautage, playing just outside tie law may, and often does, bring riches to a few men. But these riches seldom endure, and he who gets them soon becomes about as worthless a member of the human race as you can find, Not all men can make fortunes, but all men ought to be able to make a living, provided nature has given them good health, But they can make a certain living only by good, whole- some, honest effort, paying with what they give for what they get, and constanily ggeklng to-make themselves worth more. Recently a symposium of the opinions of twenty success- ful men im New York was printed in a Sunday newspaper. Livery one of them gave hard work as a recipe for success, and every one of them could prove that it was hard work which lifted them out of the ranks of poverty. he race does not change much, Thousands of years before Hesiod the same truth was probably written by some student of life. It will be written again thousands of years from now. And those who heed and profit by it will be the really successful inhabitants of the earth, elit eco ei tab a oad no doubt under the impression that she has been doing some thinking. She may indeed have been, but 1 am Ungallant enough to suggest that she js in President, Wilson's newest phrase “a mere bungalow—no upper Story at all." She has done no read- ing, Sat and Christianity to draw th degree of success. and with no Ii vreak of Bolshevism, French Revolution, height many thinking wa closed book known “thinkers,” to ong the black fel- ‘ondered in the nation cropping 9) doos i RT P. alike have striven le While the last previous great out- as the was at its very whom a novelty and history a Frene The World’s Oldest Love Stories By Maubert St. Georges "ine New Veet Rrcclne Won | “HAVELOCK AND BOROUGH.” N Denmark long ago there lived @ King named Birkabeyn, While yet in early manhood he died, leaving behind him two daughters and a son, Godard, a nobleman who had been named Regent, decided to obtain the throne for himself, The two daughters he slew, but his heart failed him when it came the tura of Havelock, the boy, and he hand- ed him over to a fisherman, with orders to drown him. The fisher- man, however, did not obey him, but, in fear of his life, fled with his family and Havelock to England. Meanwhile in England a some- what similar fate had befallen Gold- borough, the daughter of Athelwold, the King. The latter, in dying, had jeft her in charge of the Harl of Godrich, making him promise to marry her to the highest, best, fair- est and strongest in the land. ' Upon the King’s death, however, Godrich had simply imprisoned the girl and secluded her from her friends. In England, Havelock rapidly grew up to be a huge, handsome man. But the fisherman was having a hard task in keeping all his dependents alive, go one day Havelock went off to Lincala to earn his own living. Here he obtained a position as cook's boy to Bertram, Earl Godrich's cook, who treated him kindly, giving him clothes and food, but no money. One day ata fair given by the Earl, Bertram, proud of his mighty scul- lion, urged Havelock to take part, and the latter easily won all the con- tests and thus drew to himself the attention of Godrich, On seeing him, the latter had an inspiration. “Here,” thought he, “is the highest, fairest, best and strongest man in England. He had Goldborough and Havelock brought to him and by threats of tor- ture forced them to marry. Then he dismissed them knowing that all men must now acknowledge that the girl could have no further claim to the throne, At the sight of the beautiful giri who had become his wite, ambition arose in Havelock’s breast. First he rejoined the fisherman and with his help returned to Denmark. He made his way to the lands e@f a noble called Ubbe, who was at enmity with the usurper Godard: At first Havelock hesitated to make himeel’ known, un- certain of the welcome Be would re- ceive. But matters we.@ decided for him.’ Some men, aroused by Gold- borough's beauty, sought to carry her off. Havelock, however, slew them all, but was wounded in the skirmish. While he was being bound up @ cross was discovered tattooed on his right shoulder and as this was the mark of the Kings of Denmark, Havelock’s identity was discovered, Ubbe ac- knowledged him as King. Drawn over by Ubbe were many powerful nobles Who between them rajsed a great army by means of which Godard was de- feated. He was later captured and having been found guilty was put to death, But Havelock was not satisfied. He raised another army and crossed over to England to assert his wife's rights. A terrible battle ensued against the vassals of Godrich who were finaliy vanquished and saw their master put to death, Having punished evil, Havelock now rewarded good. His | old friend the cook Bertram, he made | Earl of Cornwall, the fisherman's \sons he made knights and lords, and ibis friend Ubbe was nominated Regent of Denmark. Himself, he | ruled England with Goldborough for many years and had fifteen children who all, as history claims, became mighty Kings and Queen: A lie Ge GOLD- Are You Observant? i WHAT PLACE IN NEW | YORK CITY IS THIS? Read the Answer in the Next of the Series. Answer to previous Description— 110th Street and Eighth Avenue. As you swing up the avenue in your walk you come to the corner that you have not passed for several months. Or it may be that you glance from the surface car you have taken at the Grand Central Station. It suddenly occurs to you that there is a change. There is something missing, You study for a minute or a few seconds and then recall: It is the old church that stood on the avenue with its emtrance to the basement on the side street. It ts gone. In its place there has gone up the bachelor hotel. It has all happened in a few months in a district that is rebuilding rapidly and where old landmarks are passing. You realize as you crane your neck to count the stories that many things are happening in the city of which you know too little. : Bends “That's a Fact” By Albert P. Southwick i Voek Rreatng Work t ‘The first hospital in America was in Pennsylvania in 1751, ea @ The sculptor H. Greenough made a colossal stajue-of George Washing- ton. 8 os ‘T, Crawford, the American sculp- or, made an equestrian statue of Washington for Richmond, Va, and one of Beethoven for the Boston Music Hall, Boston, Mase, Pigs The Jargest diamond in the world is owned by the Rajah of Borneo and weighs 367 carats, The most famous is the Koh-i-Noor (1061-16 4. belonging to the royal family of England, with an estimated value | of $700,000. re It is nol genevally known that dia- monds can be crushed with a ham~ mer or split on the. edge of a knife. In 1818,¢in Mercer County, Pa, ten Africa or the bushmen}law-making beiies of the time on{ehildren were born of one mother has always t cif-|(hese very subjects, passed just such| within twelve months—five at each ference etween legume laws as the lady seems to a re, and time, The mother died about a year gitimate children ound that the human race hag made jatter the second birth, but meantime And if the lady thinks she 1y- | too much progress to be foofed by |wave birth to twins, thus producing ing anything really nev e scems |any proposal to revert to savage ani-\iwelve children in twenty months, to intimate in “all fc d looking | malism, which is exactiy what this | She was thirty-seven years old at her people look to see the wiping out of | proposes, It is merely old |deagh. ae any stair » illegitimacy.” &e., up again “Tyee eet ROBEE GREEN, ‘The golden r is the State 2iiae