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eaten ema JOSEPH PULITZER Jr. Moe Assortated Prem ls exctusive a barn, ESTABLISHED HY JOSEPH PULITZER. Company. Now, 62 to 63 Park Raw, New York. RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Row. J. ANGUS SHAW, Trensurer. 63 Park Row. Secretary, MEMOER OF THE MOCIATED PRESS, Pwdlmed Dally Except Sunday by The Press Publishing 62 Park Row, titled to the use for repubtiestton OF Gl mews Seapatthes credited to It oF not otherwine credited im thie paper Bad also the local news published herein A TEN-DAY REPRIEVE. IN A THICKET. T ts fair to presume that America’s action in listening to a German reparation proposal had fits effect on the Allied Governments and is in part fesponsible for the grant of ten days’ grace to allow Germany one more and a last chance to meet demands. Secretary Hughes's note to Germany refusing to transmit formally the German offer is concise and fo the point. In a second paragraph he “strongly urges the German Government at once to make Girectly to the Allied Governments clear, definite and _ adequate proposals which would in all respects meet its just obligations.” Meantime the Allied spokesmen are framing an ultimatum to include the Allied conception of the “just obiigations” to which Mr. Hughes refers. American influence seems to have obtained a ten- day reprieve for Germany, but no commutation of sertence. Perhaps that is all Dr. Simons hoped for. ‘The Hughes note may be expected to strengthen his parliamentary position and convince the Reichstag that Germany is facing the inevitable. ONVICTED on evidence in the Federal Courts of conspiracy to violate the Fedéfal Corrupt on it is the SS-H-H!! by the police and purporting to come 1, Don't betray party work and party work under any circumstances, Practices Act, United States Senator Truman H. Newberry of Michigan now finds himself convicted of nothing because the Supreme Court holds that (Congress has no power to regulate primaries. “The one question here,” says the opinion handed @own, “is whether Congress may limit the expendi- ures of a candidate. The source of such power is in Section 4, Article 1, of the Constitution. This gives Congress the power of regulating the ‘manner of boking elections’ but not of ‘elections.’” The distinction between the manner of doing a » thing and the thing itself when the doing IS the thing ftself will perhaps be plain to those who have prac- ficed Jong enough on the Einstein theory of rela- , tivity. The Court itself split several ways on the reasoning by which the decision was reached. ‘The partially dissenting opinions of Chief Justice White and Justices McKenna, Pitney, Brandeis and Clarke will be studied with deep interest for the light they may throw on the legislative steps that can by taken to lead justice in this case out of the thicket of the law. Something ts amiss somewher rupt Practices Act that stays enta Newherry steps free. Cor- d while Senator 66TD ULES for Underground Party Work,” seized from the Central Executive Committee of the Commu- nist Party of America, may be a matter of deep concern to those who make a business of worrying over the redness of the Reds. Printed in full by the Times, these “rules” must have been a source of keen amusement to any , feader with even a rudimentary sense of humor. Mark Twain would have delighted in them. mark a notable advance over the secrecy of Tom ) Sawyer, Huck Finn and Joe Harper. Nearly every adult man can recall some youthful exploit in which he was a desperate conspirator, a member of a pirate crew, a bandit gang, a blood brotherhood or perhaps nothing more violent than a secret society or lodge. The meeting place may have been a “secret” cave, a vacant house, a loft in Members were solemnly bound not to be- tray secmis, not to lead strangers to meeting places, _ not to tell plans to parents. Code letters, (preferably written in blood) were the orthodox means of com- munication. Boys usually recover from this urge to secrecy about the time they arrive at the “puppy-love” stage. The Communist Committee would appear » to be in the adolescent stage of mental develop- ment, and must believe that the members of the party are no more than medium-grade morons. The instructions in full are nothing but an elabo- ration in elementary terms of the ten command- ments of secrecy. ‘These are: They 2. Don't carry or keep with you names and ad- dresses, except in good code, 4. Don't keep in your rooms openly any incrim- inating documents or Miterature. 4, Don't take any unnecessary risks in pat work, rty 5. Don't shirk party wark because of the risk connected with it. 6. Don't boast of what you have to do or have Gone for the party. 7. Don't divulge your membership in the party without necessity, 8 Don't let any spies follow you to appoint- mepts or meetings. 9, Don't lose your nerve in danger. 10. Don't answer any questions if Me arrested, either at preliminary hoarings or in the court, Mf any group of ten-year-old Blood Brothers of THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, MAY 3, the Western Plains now forming in the Bronx writes a set of rules for the order, we suggest that they submit them to the Times for the benefit ot the Communists. THE WARNING. 667 THIS Nation cannot continue to spend at this shocking rate.” . This was the gist of Secretary Mellon's warning to the Congressional Appropriation Committees. Analyzing expenditures for the current year, the Secretary showed that 70 per cent. of the outlay came under four heals—army, navy, interest on the public debt and payments to railroads, In the next budget there can be liitle or no de- crease in interest payments or the guarantees to railroads, The two items where large savings are possible are army and navy appropriations. Secretary Mellon does not beat about the bush. He say “In the absence of drastic cuts in military and naval expenditures there is almost no pros- pect, according to the estimates, of any sub- stantial lable surplus even in the fiscal year 1922. While the “big army” party and the “small army” party in Congress are squabbling as-to whether the army strength shall be 150,000 or 175,000 men, the Treasury warns Congress that both are wrong, that “this Nation cannot continue to spend at this shock- ing rate.” AGAINST SWINDLERS ONLY. MONG the bills Gov. Miller has signed are the Cotillo measures aimed to protect the foreign born in this city and State who send money abroad, The shocking extent to which persons of this class have been swindled by self-styled “agents” and “pri- vate bankers” who have found it possible to carry on a money transmitting business out of reach of the State banking laws was revealed in a series of articles by Martin Green in The Evening World. Asa result of The Evening World's disclosures the Cotillo bills were framed, fought over, revised and finally passed by the Legislature. ~ The new laws aré not designed to put restraint upon legitimate: agencies that receive and transmit money in good faith, They are meant to put an end to the activities of conscienceless exploiters who take advantage of the inexperience of foreign-born residents in this country desiring to send money to relatives or friends in Europe. One of the most practical and helpful of the new laws is that which permits savings banks to receive money for transmission, Protection of the foreign born which at the same time strengthens his faith in the institutions with which he comes into first:and closest contact in the new land is doubly worth while. Safeguard the alien against swindlers and you have the better chance of seeing him an early and enthusiastic citizen, * MISUSING THE PULPIT. i) eS the Christian maxim, “Judge not that ye be not judged,” a certain pastor in this city who does not shrink from the spotlight of publicity has launched a passionate though unin- formed attack on the American stage and the peo- ple of the stage, He makes this statement among others: “I wish to raise the question of why the most Popular actors of to-day are those with the longest string of wives to their credit.” Of course the charge does not hapnen to be either true or Christian, but that does not bother the sensationalist. Again he says: “I wish also to raise the question of why it that In every divorce scandal that has shocked the New York public—especially in recent years—one or more actresses have fig- ured.” Again the charge is false in the main and un- Christian in spirit. And further, this preacher Shows a lack of critical judgment in his inability to distinguish between an actress and what the slang of the street describes as a “bad actor.” The only mystery in such an eruption is to be found in the Christian congregation which permits a notorizty-seeker the use of the pulpit from which to utter false and un-Christian sentiments. IN CONTEMPT OF VOLSTEAD, Real estate agents are shrewd and crafty ad- vertisers. Witness the recent advertisement of a summer home for rent: ' . The home has sixteen rooms, It is artisti- cally furnished. Hach room has a fireplace, Baths, verandas, refrigerators, electric lights, boats and a club will help the virile but over- worked New Yorker to endure the tremendous discomforts of “roughing it” and “getting back to the simple life.” All these manifest charms are printed in the usual fine type of the want ad columns. But one advantage {is really worth advertising. So it is printed in heavy capitals: “TWO MILES FROM CANADIAN BORDER? That strikes the eye. That is the “selling talk" of the feal estate agent. In those five words we have the use of psychology-—and the appeal to w thirst, Karly to Bed, Karly to Rise. To the Katitor of The Brisine World In answer to Descott Arnold Walker referring to daylight saving, L would like to know what kind of an oddity he ts. Why, anybody with clear com- mon sense can see that daylight sav- ing is one of the greatest benetits that could come along to us, even if we were to push the clock ahead two | hours it would be still bette: i As to proiitecring, 1 cannot see} where the profiteering comes in at all. in the first place, It éayes light for the merchant; also, when busi- ness people get home from work It is much nicer to be able to run over to the park for an hour or so and enjoy “God's great out of doors,” especially in the spring time, when everything Is in bloom, At my place of business we were asked fo vote whether we favored daylight eaving or not. 1 was the last one to put down my name, every one on the paper was in favor of it, [ would also like my nd, the daylight saving antagonist, to go and get some definite information on the matter. Why, he would get less votes than Cox got in the Presi- dential election. Hoping that this letter will come to his attention, and that he will aken himself to the old proverb. arly to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,” that is daylight saving, W.FLIF. “awl? Sick? To the RAttor of he Eveotme World How docs "Mr. Awful” figure out that “we people in New York will be dead in two weeks’ time if this day- light saving continues?" How many died last year because of it? “Mr. Awful” |s opposed to the daylight saving plan but mentions no logical reasons for his oppocition. 1 won if he could give any of his reasons if he was called upon to do so—that is, some logical reasons. How does he figure out that “we are all sick now?" I haven't as yet seen a single person In New York From Evening VWVorld Readers What kind of a letter do you find most readable? Isn't {t the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is me mental exercise aus a lot of satisfaction in trying ¥o say much in a few words. Take time tv he brief. & mel (ae New Yorn 1921, ‘By John Cassel in ‘0, mn.) . nee aS mn fi spn NO A REO EG os an being. Yours for daylight sav- n New York, April 30, 1921. Daylight Saving. | To the Biitor of The Evening World. I read the letters iss vening World every night. They are very interesting. But the letter of Mr. Descott Arnold Walker, published In The Evening World of the 27th, is} the silliest and most stupid letter on daylight s; + that I have « 1 must Walker or signing his nan. to it, Mr, Walker has nerve, if he has ‘no brains.” The city man who can see no bene- fit in daylight saving is either @ night worker or a milk man (city delivery) All others are either dumb-bells or imbeciles. 3.5.D. Milk n Complete Food, fo the Baitor of Vae Evening World ln The Evening World of April 27 there appeared a letter, signed “A A."" in which it was stated that mili is not a health builder and inducer of growth in the human body, Below I am giving a chemical an- alysis of a quart of whole and a quart of skimmed milk such as are dally sold to the public. The per- centage of nutrients is shown: Carbo- MMin- Protein Fats hydrates erals Whole Milk 3.3 4.0 9.0 0.7 31.0 skimmed Milic34 0.3) 61, 0.7 90.5 From the above it is readily scen that all the foods that are utilized n the human body are present. Milk is universally recommended by physicians for building up run down bodies, Persons have used milk as thelr only food and have been known to gain weight through its use, For the information of “A. A." 1 recommend that he peruse medical books on the value of foods and their use in the human body, H. GRAHAM, Wave who was sick and could not eat or sleep on account of the daylig! ing plan. I would suggest thar Awful” see a doctor in regard to his health, The only people in New York City who might oppose the daylight saving plan are the stockholders of the gas and electric corporations. Are you one of the wiul? CONSTANT EB WORLD READER, ‘Mr. NING To the Baitor of Ti I heartily disagree with “Awful” | his opinion of the daylight saving law. I and the rest of my family and friends are In favor of it because after work we have time to have a game of catch and a little fun w {t's light, What's more, 1 don't where he got the tdea that all Now York were disgusted with it ang that they. ure sick and will soon dio, That's all nonsense and sounds like Deby talk New York, April 28, 1921 Milk an Food. To the Extitor of ‘The Evening World, The Evening World recently printed a short letter by “A. A.” in which he asks us (without any mitigating ex- planation) not to believe that milk ts a perfect food and contains all the elements needed for health ana growth, I want to say in rebuttal of this statement that for the past five weeks I have lived on five quarts of milk a day and tn that time have gained fourteen pounds and aim still going hard. What does believe it”? New York, April 28, 1921, “A. A. mean, “don't M. K.P indeeent. | They were attended by the percentage of people who like such things. But the plays that make real successes are the plays that ° ® UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1921, by John Blake.) DECENCY IS THE BEST POLIC¢. It is quite possible that you ean succeed if you pander to the lowest taste of the public. But success of that sort is not worth having. And it is the simple truth that you will stand a better chance of success if you appeal to the better instincts of your brother men, For humanity asa whole is more than 75 per cent. de- cent and clean minded. Always keep that in view. In New York certain plays imported from Eurepe have succeeded for a time because of the fact that their plots were unpleasant and their action and dialogue bordered on the are absolutely clean plays, to which a man can take his wife and children, and to which a mother can send her daughters with perfect security. The books that are most widely read and most influ- ential are the books that tell pleasing stories without any taint of indecency. The movie shows which are the most popular are the ones that are clean, These things have been proved. Box office receipts prove that they are true of the theatrical and movie busi- ness, And publishers will tcl! you that they are true as to literature. The fact that they are true is a hopeful sign. The race cannot be degenerating when people so overwhelmingly pre- fer cleanness to indecency. As much evil as there is in the world, the majority of its inhabitants insist on having in office and in all' public places men who live right and behave squarely—men who are honest in their dealings and upright in their private liv. That honesty is the best policy has been known for There ot so sure that decency, thousands of years by all intelligent business men. have been times when we were considered simply as a policy, was most profitable, but now that, too, has been demonstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt, inbuman, Why? Because, being a e IE, al te tine thes| From the Wise disapprove in their own darlings. think I pity the poor, disillusioned If the poor man cannot always mothers rather than the daughters.| get meat the rich man cannot at The daughters are young. ple can never quell youth, The whippings remind me of the stern father who tried to make his little son listen to a long, dry ser- mon and then, tell what he had heard He falled. When that boy grew up Old pee-! ways digest it——Henry Giles, Rather be. thou the tail among lions than the head among fozes, —Talmud, he ignored all churches. Now tell " me ‘What. good” the well-meaning| _ There és in the heart of woman father did. The same with these] such a deep well of love that no daughters, ‘They young: they! age can freeze it—Bulwer-Lytton, see all their friends doing just what 4 pople oyeht to do. Do you \inink you He hed with chit] Riches do not ezhilarate us so jtime stom?” fm afraid not much with their possession as they | I was never wh in my life} torment us with their loss. }Of course, Vin angel," but | command. the ©, Gregory. Do Not 2 World Fashioned | wht Yo Cure, me, Mother" of & grown-up hu. end Mra Brown are unconsciously| New York, April 29, 1921. ‘ 4 one { kn Giv jehance now, or wher hance shel) run wild the one to blame. | A scolic ig one who Knows too much for @ fool and too little for @ wise man.—H. W, Shaw, nd you'll be MISS K. C. 4 By Rev. Thomas B, Gregory lL No, 5—Naomi, the Self-Forgetting. In telling the story of Ruth in the series on the “Love Stories of the Bible," I necessarily referred to Ne~ oml, who, next to Ruth, is the sweet~ est and most beautiful character te be found among ali the womem of the Scriptures, In the Better Land, beyond the tur~ moil and trouble of this nether World, we may be sure that Naomi has her reward, Not that she was looking for any reward. She lived her beau- * Uful life of love and self-sacrifice Without once €hinking of belng ree warded for it here or hereafter, doing good a8 naturally and as joyiully as the bird sings to the sunrise, No one with any brain or character can read the story of Naomi withows being uplifted and strengthened by it it is @ veritable inspiration, Is makes the seliish person asnamed of his selfishness, and helps the unsel- neh to bé even more generous aad welf-forgettul. ‘The virtues of Naomi may be sada to have been the cardinal virtuee— the great basic, rock-ribbed things upon which ail’ true chwracter bas ever rested. Driven by famine from her native Bethlehem to far-away and josing there her husband and her two sons, she did not give up in despair, but braced herself to meet the des- olate situation with courage and hope: Naturally, under the circumstances, her thoughts turned to the old home= land; she felt that she must reture to the old familiar Bethlehem, and prepared herself for the long and perilous journey, But did not go about it in a mean, selfish way. With her were her daughters-in-law, Ruth and Orpab, and ehe said to them, in substance, “My children, I am going home, heart to think of leaving you, but I cannot ask you to go with me to a strange land. Your prospects will be much brighter here in your own land, and so, leaving you my blessing, I will set out alone.” She was not forced to make. the long journey alone, for while the su perficial Orpah deserted her, the deep~ souled great-hearted Ruth “clave* unto her and went with her back te Bethlehem. And there, in her own land, but im a land that was strange to Ruth, how good and true she was to her daugh- ter-in-law While time endures story of Naomi's devotion to Ruth will woo men's souls to deepest ade — miration, And let me say here that in addition + to her dauntless faith and unconquer- able hope, in addition to her undying affection and supreme unselfishness, Naomi proved herself to be one of the greatest and most sensible matche makers of whom we have any knowk. edge, Ruth, so modest and retiring In her nature, would never have captured that splendid man Boaz had it not been for the masterly diplomacy of her mother-in-law. Naomi loved Ruth with all her heart, and knew beyond a doubt that Bonz would be, in every respect, a magnificent catch, and she told Ruth just how to land him. Dear, blessed Naomi! You more than worth your weight in purest gold, God be praised for the preservation of the “Book of Ruth” in which the glory of your charactor will shine forever like the sun tn the heavens. | Ten-Minute Studies of New York City Government Cogsright, 1021, te the Prom Mublisivag Co (The New York Evening World). By Willis Brooks Hawkins. This is the sirty-cighth article of @ series defining the duties of the adrfinistrative and legisiative officers and boards of the New York City Government. COMMISSIONER OF ACCOUNTS, Tis officer, appointed by the Mayor at a salary of $7,600 a year, with of« fices on the twelfth floor of the Mue nicipal Building, makes investiga- tions on his own Initiative or at the direétion of the Mayor into specifie departmental conditions and any special matters supposed to affect the welfare of the oity. In short, the Commissioner of Accounts is the Mayor's agency for administrative ine vestigation. In addition, the Commissioner has certain duties specifically delegated to him by the Charter, Among these ts» the maintaining of continuous audits of the receipts and disbursements of the Comptroller and the Chamber« lain. Examination of the financtal transactions of the city departments are also conducted yeriodically by this office. Complaints and oriticisms received by the Mayor are generally referred y him to the Commissioner of Ac- ‘ounts. Any citizen may, however, complain to the Commissioner dic rectly. WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WORD? 20. WATER. ’ Now that water is the favorite na tional beverage, a glance at the origim of the word that designates this ea sential substance would be interest~ Ing. A large group of peoples ube am almost jdentical name for the chem« ical derivative known as H-2-O. The original Anglo-Saxon on their native heath called it “Woeter.” In old High rman it was = Wazar’ or “Wazear." The ancient ks spoke of it as “Hudor,” alk h to their descendants or nears descendants it ls known as “Nero with the accent on the second gyt~ lable, All the Slavs ask for “Voda” whem they want water for an: One of the minor differences’ among them |s to be seen in the placing of the accent on the word, One of the most difficult of the many difficult feats that confront the immigrant in his efforts to adjast himself to conditions of life in Amer. 5s the pronunciation of the word ter." Many of them persist om th forts to pronounce {t - "Wine" and even “Whiskey,” ‘This confusion is also apparéns among persons who have had potter opportunities to eoquire the promanciation of « vecx giaple wank it almost breaks my = *