The evening world. Newspaper, March 24, 1921, Page 26

Prem Publishing New York. Park Row, JOSEPH PULITIER Jr., Secretary, 63 Park Row. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, (he Associated Prem to exctustvety entitled to the use fer republication qredited to Mt or not otherwise eredited tm this paper OV. MILLER has had his way. The Legisla- % ture, as The World has well said, has enacted @ hwsuit. In the fight to come New York City will have the “Support of Schenectady and probably other up-State “Gties who have small relish for gubernatorial autoc- wacy and denial of home rule. Unless the Governor has influence to expedite in the courts, it is by.no means improbable will contrive to delay higher fares and electric rates until the Miller more effective than the Hylan lack t the cities higher gas proves no takes no great stretch of imagination to picture ‘2 condition in which the last state of the traction companies will be worse than the first. Assume the courts eventually uphold all the of the Miller programme. But shppose the Of these powers is long delayed. Suppose . Miller is defeated for re-election and an anti- man elected. Give such a man power tb zh RE ° ALL with these broad powers. the transit companies might well have something to regret. ‘The Real Estate Investors of New York de fnounce the Rent Laws as “an increasing menace 0 public health.” ‘Wholesale evictions, with families tenting in parks, would have meant a healthy winter. *%. “PUT OVER” IS RIGHT. - QIPEAKING at the Hotel McAlpin Tuesday eve- ning, Senator Bdge of New Jersey said: “We have @ programme—a clearly defined programme—bdut there may be some differ- ences as to the way tt is to be put over.” The way it is to be put over!” Sounds natural. ‘Where have we heard it? Ah, yes. Harry Daugh- ‘our present Attorney General, who has for practised .politics rather than law, once used with great effect. Mr. Daugherty was men, bleary-eyed with loss of over” the nomination of Senator abundantly justified in using to the “clearly defined programme” is to be “put over” after the “differences” away. first step in this “programme” is re- of Fordney Fake tariff measure the * fa six-month period. Within the next'six months men,” more or less, who do the “put- for the G. O. P. expect to accomplish Fordney bill is a convenient club to facilitate of “putting over.” The farming rep- resentatives who might show fight come from sec- tions formerly progressive. If they object to the ‘measures to be “put over,” they will be reminded * ‘that the Fordney bill has a life of only six months. They will be warned to “come in and be good” or _ Suffer the consequences. If they are not amenable to the party whip, the Fordney bill will be left out of the larger tariff bill. Hére is a glimpse at the machinery of the “nut- over” process. The country will have an oppor- tunity to watch it in operation, Meantime, it is to be noted that “put over” is one of the most significant phrases in the Republi- can political lexicon. ** he Strawberry Growers’ Association of Lou- isiana has received from the Federal authorities @ permit to manufacture strawberry wine. Which reminds us there may be a fair future . for the great Brotherhood of Dandelion Growers Who dig ’em out of the front lawn. THE OLD TRICKS. Y CLAIMING to have already overpaid the 20,000,000,000 marks she was to pay under the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles by May 1, Germany repudiates the balance of 12,000,000,000 marks due, according to the figuring of the Allied Reparations Commission, on that date, and drops finto limbo the matter of 1,000,000,000 due yester- day. “Apparently the policy of Berlin is to try to get the reparations figures so thoroughly entangled in ‘expert commissions that paydays will come and go _ ‘without troubling the German mind until time and “Manoeuvring ease off as much as possible of the (burden. Psychology all wrong. Evasion and had falth are last things that will save the German pocket- book. They are the last things that will incline Allies to 2 more lenient and cautious reckoning the amount Germany can pay without unpleas As usual, German psychology gets other people’s. the Miller Commissioners and arm his own | | decided. that grand opera is worth while. T oil to fie up an Issue in controversy in the hope a chance will come to duck under and escape. What Germany fails to see is that she is only strengthen- ing Allied unity, hardening Allied hearts and tight- ening the grip in which she wriggles. 5 THE DIFFERENCE. PPORTUNIST. statesmanship has fess time than ever these days to be consistent. Here is Lloyd George warning Coalition leaders in England against the Socialism that “és tearing the parties to pieces on its way to tearing society to pieces” and that is “fighting to destroy every- thing that the great prophets of both parties, Union- itt and Liberal, have labored for generations to upbuild.” And only a few days ago this same Lloyd George gave Lenine the biggest boost of his career by sanctioning British trade relations with Lenine- governed Russia! There {s, of course, the ingenious argument that by trading with the Russian people under their present Government you help to strengthen and steady them to the point where they can and will throw off that Government. A majority of straight-thinking Americans will, however, prefer the consistent line of reasoning which, in his own department, Secretary of Com- merce Hoover continues without deviation from the Point where former Secretary of State Colby left it. Secretary Hoover says: “The question of trade with Russia is far more a political question than an economic one, so long as Russia is in control of the Bolsbeviki, Under their economic system, no matter how much they maderate it in name, there can be no real return to produc- tion in Russia, and therefore Russia will have no considerable commodities to export and consequently no great ability to obtain imports. “There are no export commodities in Rus- sla to-<lay worth consideration except gold, platinum and jewelry in the hands of the Bolshevist Government. The people ar@ starving, cold, underclad. If they had any considerable commodities they would have used them long since.” What Secretary Hoover states are the facts about Russia so far-as the United States Government has been able to discover them. It is reported that the Harding Administration is endeavoring to make a further appraisal of Russia and Lenine to date. Lloyd George may know more and he may know less about Russia than is known on this side of the Atlantic. At least American statesmahship is not damning | the Reds at home and dickering with them abroad. | ‘From Evening World Readers | Self-determination in Upper Silesia seems to be a shredded brand. DEMOCRATIC OPERA. Ce has taken a great and most cout mendable step in enlisting popular support of grand opera. : Mary Garden recently expressed the hope that financial backing would be drawn from the “tele- phone directory instead of from the social register.” She has her wish. ‘ Five hundred Chicago business men are under- writing the Chicago Opera Company. Even more important, the term of the, guarantee is fifteen years, giving the management an opportunity to plan ahead with a feeling of security. The com- pany is no longer dependent on the good will and the continued good fortune of one or a handful of “good angels.” Whether the persuasive personality of “Our. Mary” had anything to do with this developntent is not fully established. But it is a notable event in her directorship. It means that 500 men have Tuming to the “telephone book” instead of to the “social register” can hardly fail to democratize and popu- New York, Boston and Philadelphia must look to their laurels or Chicago will prove Mr. Mencken’s claim that it is the cultural centre of the continent. TWICE OVERS, as | aid read unpleasant things about one’s self? And if it is pleasant, why, that is still more dangerous.” —Clemencean. Capbarabis 66D USSIA must realize that railroads can't be patched up with Karl Marx theories,” — Lloyd George. “ E all want peace, but for that we need to get rid of the war mind.” —Philadelphia Society of Friends. sic ital methods employed to force this (transil) measure through the Legislature are a step * backward twenty-five years. The bosses got the word from the interests—the same interests that forced fare increases in other cilies—and passed the word down the line.” Aldermanic President La Guardia, . ° e via, carted linea of communication have brought the Orient closer to us then Varginia was to Massachusetts when this Republic was formed.” —~ Henry W. Toft. *. q Woais, aa vasbAY MAWOw WaT € By Ton Cassel Prewe Pusbiiaba What kind of a letter do you find most readadle? Tent it the one | that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There ta fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to sey much in a few words, Take time to be brief. | End the Buying Strike. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: During the past eight months un- employment has been prevalent in this wide Nation of ours. Many peo- ple have wondered why the present, conditions exist, About fourteen months ago the hundred million people of thie’ country started what they called / “Buyers’ Strike.” The results have} been disas' ‘The main result has been thousands upon thousands have been thrown out of work, which has caused un- known suffering. The second result has boen the tremendous losses taken by mercantile houses upon depre- ciated vatue of stock. The third re- sult is the Government has lost sev- era] billion dollars in excess profits and income taxes. | ‘The last but not ieast important result has been that this loss of revenue must be made up somehow, and that is by taxation, and the Lord knows they are heavy enough as they are. Now, fellow citizens, why not start now and buy your immediate needs at the best price you can. If every- body in this wide country of ours would follow this slogan we woul) econ be in the eer ae ot Pree rity, everybody wor! and happy irk FLATBUSH. Creating Anarchists. + ‘To the Rathor of The Brentog Work: ‘Wiliam Jennings Bryan says: “We are creating Anarchists by unequal justice.” Mr. Bryan is right. No, he was not referring to the Eighteenth Amendment, although he might have done 90. : Commissioner Kramer some time ago stated “that the Prohibition question was very carefully con- eidered, that there never was an issue that was passed by such an over- whelming majority, and the man, he gays who dots not abide by it is an Anarchist.” The attempt so Prohibition on the people distinctly shows the whole country running wild with anarchy. Why? Because Pro- hibition was jammed down the throats of over 100,000,000 peaple, not by any majority,as Mr. Kramer ways, but ® handful of men and ov id Tovbylata, Somebody pees Peart an inves tion to find out how this Stat tome takon po. ought to be to the bi and given a bath in the one- half of one per cont, slops they so far to enforce | yet. Why does he not close them up doing nothing but a lot of shouting and browbeating. They know they will never be able to enforce Prohibition, but of course you know they must do ‘ansiead of bluffing the people? These Prohivitionists are | Something to fool the people in order to hold down their fat and lazy jobs at our expense. The people with the price could stock up their cellars with all their favorite brands, aleo the last Administration in Washington, like- wise a few of the lawmakers, too, had their private stock. ‘The man who could not stock up, | owing to lack of price, and with his | glass of beer taken from him, goes | to the corner saloon and pays exor- bitant prices for nothing but a lot of “rat poison.” According to Mr, Kramer, this man isan Anarchist. I ask, is this justice? Seventy-five per cent. of the Russian people were one time ruled by the other 25 per cent. Now they have Bolshevism. Less than 10 per cent. of the peo- ple here are at the present time dic- tating to us what we should do. What will eventually become of us? This tra¢tion robbery being put over in A®any is convincing proof of what we are up against. How have we the impudence to acknowledge our- selves free? What is the definition of democracy? And where is it? Perhaps the Prohibitionists will en- lighten as. “MISSOURI.” New York, March 22, 1921. Insurance Money. ‘To @w Mittor af The Brening Works: I wish to congratulate the writer ot the letter, “Overdue, Please Remit.” There is more truth than poetry to it What I would like to know ts why Gov. Miller should need to issue a proclamation for the people to doaate money for the relief of dis- abled boldiers when the most of them protected themselves by paying for insurance? 1 paid for eiglteen months $6.70 a month, but I was un- able to keep it up when I got out of the service. I had to give it up. Now I would like to know what has been done with the money. HARVEY B. ALIEN. Brooklyn, March 22, 1921. ‘To sell Beer. ‘To the Bititor of The Brening World: The article in to-day’s Tribune, “Serve Coarse Beer? Never!" im- preased me as being rather foolish, There are other means to supply beer. Soda fountains and drug stores seem to be the source for ridiouling, Every saloon should be closed, the pooner the better. Saloon’ have proved to be a set of robbers, ‘Why not have licensed places where cbiigingly prescribed for ua, Superintendent Anderson of the! a few months | Anti-@aloon Leagu: ago promised to © every maloon clowed within a we He eaid not & saloon coukl afford to koep open ly om the anie of one-! of one Sooty fea i ete eae -£ a person could buy beer or wine for home consumption? Grovera could dispense {t also, Arrest any one found tn the streets under the influence Hauor and fine him besides. ‘Thta, I believe, would stop tho abuse of hich ta the result of saloo: the term “corona” Ls mean’ Vguer which h 28 La \ $ UNCOMMON SENSE No. 6, PRECIOUS STONES, »'/ The so-calied “precious stones” have always seemed to me to be the most wonderful of al the phenomena of the material world. From the dia-" mond, the emperor of gems, right on down the line, the sparkling, flashing ° creations appeal to us as do no other. objects in inanimate nature. 7% It ls no wonder that from remotest..., ages Kings and Queens, Princes and * Princesses, tho lords and their ladies,y and the illustrious of the earth gen- erally, have been attracted to and charmed by the regul splendor of 2 | précious stones, Dug out of the fearful pit and the miry clay, chisetlead and polished, these gems eclipse the rainbow in the hues of their beauty and grace. ‘Born of darkness, stranger to the light, these gems hold within themselves, » the focused rays of all the glories of .» the heavens—gunrise and sunset. | stars and rainbows, together with all.g the beauty of the flowers of the field. +: Gentians, violets, forget-me-nots, calm vw lakes and summer skies, giacier sheen™ and the sun-kissed mountain peak in {ts armor of ice are all enstirine?* and concentrated in their heart of rock! 3 Far down tn the dark recesses of’ « the earth, which no human eye has» ( ever beheld, the process of crystal- 4 lization has gone on, fashioning dull, inert matter into shapes of marvellous loveliness, transforming the black bi- tumen of coalfields into diamonds and changing the clay of the pit into o¥ rubies and sapphires? The Bible is full of the splendor of \ the precious stones. We can see their 5, light on every hand. The breastplute ,.” wortt by the High Priest while offi-, | clating in the Temple had upon it, set in gold, four rows of precious stones, three in a row. See Exodus xxviii, 15-20, for the names of the stones, All through the Bible precious stones @ are used as illustrations of the divine attrtbutes and of those attributes of man which most resemble God's. Jewels are not only the most beau- tiful of earthly objects, but are tr most lasting. Gold will wear away silver will tarnish; wood, no matte low precious its carving, will decay the granite stone itself will di grate, but gems continue unch: for millenniums upon millenniums. They are the symbols of the thing: that abide as well as of the things that are beautiful. Hence the Bible men ask us to lay the foundation of our characters in jasper and onyx, und te ng with the beauty of and topag Build ap into character the truths whieh will endure after the heavens shall have been rolled up like « scroll. But after all, this preeent life is mournfully brief. We have no con- tinuing city, but we seek one to come Knowing all about this, the B'bie men hold before our eyes the vision ¢ of the “New Jerusalem,” in whicl: shall be gathered together the brivht- neas of the diamond, the ruddy fame ot the topaz, the deep green of thé emerald, the golden sheen of the jas per, the heavenly blue of the supphire the violet of the amethyst, the burn- ing vhanges of the opul, aud the soft. deauty of the peari. See aea CeSRI BRK Sse ft sec * By John Blake (Coprright, 1921, by John Blake.) THE VICE OF IMPATIENCE. & railroad train comes to a sudden stop between stations, Some of the passengers sit placidly back and wait for it to start again. But there are alway a few who jump out of their seats and walk to the doors, or thrust their heads out of the windows, meanwhile fretting and fuming at the delay. If the train had gone on, as they so much desired it to, it would have plunged into a train on a cross track ahead, and some of the impatient ones would have been impatient no more forever. Think of that, next time a train stops. Perhaps if you will consider the disadvantages to yourself of being trapped in an overturned car the delay of a few minutes to let the other train go by will not seem such a hideous thing to endure. Impatience can easily become a vice, and will become such, if you allow it to dominate you. Delays in everything save the sweep of the spheres in their orbits and the movements of the tides are to be ex- pected. Some of them can be shortened but not by getting into a fever over them. Watch a man changing a tire on an automobile. If he . is the impatient kind he mislays his tools, works unavailingly at something he could do easily if he took the time, and oc- cupies perhaps half an hoar at the job. The man who is calm and patient gets it done in half that time and with no loss of temper. Impatience never produced anything that was worth while. It never speeded up production. Even in war, where things have to be done in a hurry, it is the man who plans with patience and patiently awaits the right moment to strike 0 is successful. Youth, almost always impatient, dislikes to think of the years that must intervene before manhood, with its sup- posed privileges, is at hand. When manhood: arrives the privileges do not appear so charming, and it'is seen that the impatience of youth was rather foolish. Patience does not mean dawdling or idling. It merely means adjustment to conditions as they exist, and a recog- nition of the fact that hurry is always wasteful. If you are the impatient sort try to cultivate patience. It is a means of investing time to make sure of rewards in time and money later on. You will never have either if you rush your way through the world, fuming and fussing at every- thing that causes a little delay. py eeee ware naan anaenneneeannannmaamanamadanaananamamnamanmnaenanee “That's a Fact’ | By Albert P. Southwick coming RePBTe Raitins | around the sun or moon. A corona growing smaller indicates rain; grow- ing jarger, fair weather. eal ae It is well known that potatoes con- tain @ large percentage of water—T4 (that {8 possibly the reason it is easy to make a whiskey from them); but carrots contain even more, or 85 ‘Vida, from the Erso language, 18] per cent. the feminine of David and as such *well-beloved." has the significance of eee Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador, South ot} America, ts the highest volcano tn the world—21,400 feet high. wet t the econ 'as the eee In 1781 Benjamin Franklin, estab- {shed the first circulating library in Amertea at Philadelphia. . 6 @ California has the popular name of the “Golden State,” while Colorado (admitted on Au 4 8) is known or aS IEEE | Ten-Minute Studies | ‘| of New York City Government er w Coyrrght, 141, by the Prem Publining Co, (The New York Evening World) By Willis Brooks Hawkins. This is the sizty-fifth article of @ series defining the duties of the administrative and legislative offi- cérs and boards of the New York City Government. a DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. | The entire public park system of thei city is under the control of the Park’! Board, with offices on the tenth floor! ‘of the Municipal Building. The board consists of five Commissioners, ongt |for each borough, appointed by thee Mayor, The Commissioner for Man-* jbattan is, under the charter, desig- |nated as President of the Board. | With the exception of awarding | contracts and prescribing general po)- licies, each Commissioner has com- | plete control of the parks within his | borough. Also bis jurisdiction ex- |tends to the trees and shrubs in city | streets and he has regulatory powers over property within 350 feet of any {park land. |. The Park Board controls upward of $600 acres of park land, maintains more than 120 miles of parkways and operates all public playgrounds, rec- |reation piers, baths, gymnasia and bathing beaches. Four public golé | links are maintained by the Depart- ment of Parks, three in the Bron: and one in Queens, permits for th use of which are granted for a nom/ inal fee. Public tennis courts are lo+ cated in most of the larger parks, baseball diamonds in many parks and playgrounds, and provision is madq for other recreational activit and so forth. Camping is permitted on some of {the park property. In Pelham Bay Park (Bronx) and Rockaway Park (Queens) the eity furnishes smalt lots for the erection of tents at @ nominal charge. , ; In many playgrounds im 4iffereng parte of the city there are wi pools, sand piles, glides, dec, fe children, and athletic fields, running tracks, swimming poole, bath houses; soccer fields, gymnasia and other sporting facilities for men and women, | Children’s gardens are a feature many of the public lands, two or being grown each year, the product# elng used both as food and as natu studies in classrooms, | Band and orchestral concerts are given during the summer in many of the loci All public recreational faefitties pit! the elty are oentralized in the De! rtment of Parks and the Board of ducation, A Committes on Kppertionment Is Intended ordinate the recreation work jtwo administrative departments en. to prevent duplication of such as private agencias can do wel, ‘ as ‘basketball, ericket, polo, skatingg, 4 Foo