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GALEN ALLER AM BRENT ORL ME hy ee * $ . . ome - ee see THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1921.°~ paca ing. A puff of wind has no terrors for crews that | [7 “% = . | Women of The Bibl. sail the gales. Look Bef ¥, Strik Seisdiogc, By John Cassel King Alberts cross-ocean cup race is a free-for- OO e€ ore ou T1 e! cr Resort Wri bead pat MB | eA a ae - pont (ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZEN all. The measuring tape and time allowance play — aa be a ee eae eta WT nee erro, | no part. The only rule is to get across under sail : | NO. 18. MARY—AND MARTHA. RALPH PULITZER, (Shostaeggg pp lg tl power. The dangers of the Atlantic will eliminate F | ‘The story of Mary and Martha is sos PULITAEN sre mecretary, 63 Park, Rew. | the pretty and expensive toy boats. , | found in the last five verses of Luke, And for variety, it seers probable that a model race will be sailed between the builders of miniature yachts in England and America. This should pro- ° vide a thoroughly interesting and exciting race—if the Race Committees can agree on rules. There is really no objection to some dickering over condi- tions and measurements in a sport which is purely a sport and makes no pretension of being anything else. MEMIFEN OF THE ASSOCLATHD PRESS. (The Arvoriatee Prose x exctustvely entitied to the nse fer repubtiention Of ali news despatches eredited to ft oF not otherwise credited tm thle paper fend also the local news published hereto THE SOONER THE BETTER. RESOLUTION sponsored by Representative Ansorge of New York would require the Secretary of War to stop the publication of the in- accurate “slacker” lists which have placed the brand chapter 10, and reads as follows: | Now as they went on their way | Jesus and his disciples) He entered into a certain village, ‘and a certain woman named Martha received Him into her house. | And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet, and heard Hie word. | But Martha was troubled about much serving, and she came to Him pootepnnnal AS MEW BEING LAID | for CEI Fa and said: “Lord, dost thou ngt f If we h bet i ical jG 5 ° care that my sister did leave n Jo of desertion on so many veterans decorated for we are to have races ween impractical } io aw serve alone? Bid her, therefore, sua: ied i ya ii i i elp me.” bravery, wounded heroes and men who died in toys, by all means let it be confined to models in ALL ER as eae ies. and, watt service. which there will be no tremendous waste of money e THe unto her: “Martha, Martha, thou a! Representative Ansorge woukl require thé Gov- and time as in the races last summer for the Seen ee aca tai meris aeeetait mat things; but one thing is needful: ani Mary hath chosen the good part which shall not be taken away from her.” A very brief story, consisting of but 116 words, and yet it tells the one su- preme truth about our human life here on this earth, and tells tt as complete- ly as though it hgd been made up of 10,000 words, It is clear from the story that Mar- tha was the business woman of t! house. It was Martha who “received” Jesus. It was Martha who undertook the task of preparing the entertain- ment for her distinguished guest. 't was Martha who bore all the respon- sibility attendant upon the Lord's visit, For a !ine Mary was quite in the backgro: . 4. tough she did not exist, when aii «i 4 sudden, and as quietly as the sunbeam slips out from behind a cloud, Mary dropped 4 the Master's feet to catch the words that proceeded out of His mouth. There is nothing in the story to show that Martha felt any particular interest in what Jesus had to say. All that she seemed to be anxious about was the waiting upon Him in her t capacity as hostess. She was troubled about “many things,” but all of them appear to haye been concerned with the “serving.” She undoubtedly felt very kindly toward her guest, ani was exceedingly America’s Cup. Two real races and a sporting competition with models ought to keep alive the interest in nautical affairs and afford a better test of boat design and construction than all the America’s Oup races since this contest degenerated into a toy competition sailed under onerous and exacting rules. ernment to publish tentative lists for investigation and correction, to be followed a month later by a corrected list of those whose records had not been cleared. This is the common-sense procedure which The Evening Worki demanded soon after the first blun- dering lists wete published. The only wonder is + that some other intelligent Congressman has not introduced such a resolution before. Congress should expedite this measure. It should be passed immediately. There will be no reason for its passage if it is delayed until the War De- partment has finished with its present slipshod efforts. “TO THE ORIGINAL IDEA.” OINTING to the failure of Nation-wide Prohi- bition to achieve the great results it was sup- posed to achieve and noting the “exceptional popular uneasiness and dissatisfaction” attending the farce of its attempted enforcement, the Tribune said last Sunday : “Thus the minds of many keenly alive to the liquor evil are turning again to the original idea of the Anti-Saloon .League—namely, that the most that can be achieved is saloon sup- pression and that the opportunity to accom- piish at least this much should not be neglected.” INCOMES AND RENTS. STUDY of the.Federal income: tax lists may A show how.this State, with its forty persons out of sixty-seven for the entire country whose in- comes are $1,000,000 and upward, leads in wealth. Incidentally, it shows something ‘else. anxious that) He * : ' be 7 should be treated | e best wa OM h The State-wide movement now in progress in Boek iy sible, but ihe very tone anes wie eae Those in the State whose ge adit sneer Pennsylvania to force a repeal of the Volstead act is SE em dence of the fact that she was think $1,000 and $3,000 number 527,450. n we ge ing of anything further. Now, serving; at the same time emphatically against the return of the old-time saloon. All similar movements—and there will be many—will entertain no thought of re- storing the saloon nuisance. But to get the Anti-Saloon League itself to go back to its original idea will be a tough job. The Anti-Saloon League has tasted power to an extent it never dreamed of when it first denounced the saloon. The delight of suppressing the personal liberties of others on the present superb scale and the intoxication of feeling itself the most dreaded force in the Nation are too great to be yielded up without a struggle. The Prohibitionist mind is not one to be reasoned easily out of injustice that per- mits it to impose its will on others. Nevertheless, the Anti-Saloon League can be driven back to its original ea, the Volstead act can be repealed and even the Eighteenth Amendment can be interpreted and applied in a spirit worthy of a sane, strong, self-reliant, self-respecting people— to the $10,000-$15,000 income class the number has dropped away to 4,486. Do not these figures help to explain the impos- sible strain put upon New York incomes by a policy ¥ rent-raising that ‘hought nothing of a 50 per cent. boost and in many cases jumped rénts 100 per eent.? Ms i Everybody knows how many $1,200 rents in this city have been increased to $2,000 or more in the last two or three years. Yet, according to the income tax returns, there gre less than 5,000 persons in the entire State who, * on the accepted one-fifth-income-for-rent basis, are in the class that might be expected to pay rents of from $2,000 to $3,000. £) It would be interesting to know how many tenants + in this city are now paying rents painfully dispro- portionate to their incomes in a desperate effort to keep their standards of living from being. forced Mary forgot all about did not once think of it, ap- parently. In the house was the ‘mow beautiful soul and finest spiritus character on earth, and her only con- cern was to learn from Him the pre- cious truths He was ready to impart |Before her was the sweetest and | most lovable and loving personality in the world, and it was that divine soul | and its love and wisdom that Mary | was interested in; and about the num- ber and kind of the courans that wer: to constitute the gucst’s repast she | did not think once, | And Mary chose the “better part.” Martha was anxious about the things that were visible, tangible, tempora. while Mary set her heart upon the \ things that abide forever. It made no particular difference whether Jesus was given a simple ov an elaborate entertainment; but ic made all the difference in the worid whether the divine words He uttered were to fall upon deaf ears or were to sink deep down into appreciative hearts, where, later on, they should | Produce the golden harvest. —————— the ted UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1921. by Jobm Blake.) From Evening World Readers } What kind of a letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the one that giwes you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred! There is fne mental owercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying down. if American citizens will resolve to be and act like | * ey much in a few words. Take time to be brief. MR. EDISON’S QUESTIONS. Ten-Minute Studies You find only a hint af that story, in the income | such. A background of general knowledge is useful and, in tax lists “PATRIOTEERING.” A’ the Government.” A month later all is changed. The Shipping Board, as the agent of the Government, has mod- erated its terms. It is offering a cut in wages which some of the workers are prepared to accept. The Shipping Board is prepared to continue recognition of the union for another year. But not the owners, They have split with the Gtipping Board, which is no less an agent of the Government now than a month ago.. The. owners agree that the wage cut should be made, but are wowilling to continue collective bargaining with the ‘wnion. Opinions may differ on the open and closed shop fssue, but is there any one who can find amy excuse for the “support-the-Government”. attitude of a month ago and the “damn-the-Government” policy today? In the present strike public sympathy has been virtually neutral. It is a question whether the hypo- qzitically patriotic attitude assumed by the owners in the opening days of the strike did not lower their case in public esteem. There is no sense in labelling either side of an essentially selfish industrial quarrel as “American.” The public is getting tired of the attempt. The war coined the word “patrioteering” to describe such efforts. It is a good word to remember and use when the facts warrant. BOATS AND TOYS. HE royal sport of international sail-racing promises more variety this season than last. Although the champion fishing schooner, the Es- fs reported to have foundered off Sable the Grand Banks -fishing It is a real, he-man qualify by a season of actual will expected be sailed, y j AMAZING change has come over the steam- ship owners involved in the shipping strike. A month ago, when the strike, or lockout, began, the owners mailed the American flag to the mast- lead, swore allegiance to the Government of the United States and its agent the Shipping Board, and Tegarded with sorrowing displeasure the presumably unpatriotic seamen and engineers who were “agin WHY WAIT FOR WORSE? Ao New York has come off fortunately in what might have been a tragic wreck on the elevated. Four inquiries are under way—as usual, Some- times we have three and sometimes five. The net result will be a recommendation for stee! cars in place of wooden cars. Then the elevated management will explain that the elevated structures ate not strong enough for heavy steel cars, disre- garding the possibility of constructing light steel cars, little heavier and much safer than the old and dangerous wooden equipment. This will continue until the next wreck again brings up the subject. Some time New York will have an “1” catastrophe with such heavy loss of Me that the wooden cars will be banished’ in an overwhelming tide of public indignation. Better be safe than sorry. The new Transit Com- mission has an opportunity here to speed the ban- ishment of the old death-traps and earn public gratitude and confidence. INDIAN NAMES, (From the Louisville Courier Journal) That Indian names are in many instances romantic always has been known. Not until J. T. Fredericks of Tulsa discovered Robert-Afraid-ofBeer was it indi- cated that some Indian names are satiric. ‘The question that will arise in the minds of the pro- found student of Indian nomenclature is whether Mr, Fredericks has been imposed upon by the translator, If, as is nowadays admitted, the right translation of the name of the well-known Indian Chief, Rain-in-the. Face, would be Face-to-the-Storm, and if, as contended, the correct translation of an Indian name ever popular with humorists {s not Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses, but Young-Man-Whose-Horse-the-Enemy-Fears, is it not probable that Robert-Afraid-of-Beer bears actu- ally the name Robert-Afraid-That-the-Volstead-Act- Will-Be-Enforeed or Robert-Afraid-That-Home-Brewing Will-Be-Lidded? ‘The virtues of the aboriginal race are mingled with vices, but they include manly courage. An Indian afraid of a bear would be made miserable by ridicule in his tribe, An Indian afraid of beer? The mere suggestion of the possibility is absurd. Study of the Indian race, its music, its legends, its religions, its customs, has been somewhat slipshod. Translation of names, as the submergence of Face-to- theStorm shows, has been crude. A Fitzgerald is needed, evidently, to render Indian names in ade quately romantic English terms, A Fitzgerald never would, render from any Indian terms, knowing the aba such a name as Robert-Afraid-of-Beer, x This Way Out. ‘To the Editor of Tee Rreaing World . For the information of your cor- respondent who doesn't like New, York or the physique of New Yorkers, T'd like to state that there are trains and ships leaving here every day for all paints of the compass. I have travelled this land from coast to coast and from border to border; I've seen | nearly every city and I'ye worked in | many of them and if there is any) town that bas anything on little old New York in anything, J must have missed it New York, May 28, 1921, A Test of Popularity. ‘To the Editor of ‘The Drening World: May I not ask your indulgence for the purpose of suggesting the most effective method of fighting the Pro- hibition interests? Publish a complete list of the names of the business Interests (individ or corporations) that have made coi tributions to the Antl-Saloon League, | 00d stating if possible the amount of said contributions. This will enable the public to de- termine whether they desire to pat- ronize their establishments and con- tinue to use their wares. M. MACK. New York, May 28, 1921, Helping ution. ‘To the Editur of The Krening World: With reference to the walling of one Mr. Simpleton, who decries the general state of mental disarrange- ment because of the efforts made to prolong life on one hand and cause wholesale slaughter on the other: He says that the rejuvenation of the human body by transplanting <n- imal glands is little short of a mir- acle, While as a matter of fact tie successful experiment was brought about by mere mental observations and deductions materializing slowly over a number of years and partici- pated In by a number of scientists in varivus parts of the world, He mzkes the mistake of belaying the mand to be scred. The things non d6 in general do not in ticate mental disarrangen.cnt but show the natural mental arrangemeat. The mind has its subtle weaknesses, Great mental development {s often axin to idiocy, as laughter is akin to hys terics, love to hate, courage to fear, ete, | Edison has ‘a well developed brain. Let Mr, Simpleton have an interview with him, He'll find no sacred glow about him; nothing that takes your breath away, Mr. Edison makes mistakes and dumo remarks quite often. The more we learn in eclence the less we find we know. Mr. Simpleton need not worry about what the world is coming to. Evolution will take care of that. Nothing he can do could prevent that slow, constant, struggling change. Man has conquered the animals, He cause of the distinctive racial charac- teristics of the respective races. In @ general sense our late enemy the German makes an Inventive and ar- tistic machinist; the Jew, upon whom this so-called Christian country looks with disdain to a certain extent, makes a shrewd financier with ready money; the Irishman makes a fear- less fireman or governmental func- tionary, and 90 on, one depending upon the other. ya ‘The quicker Mr. Simpleton throws, his hat In the ring and strips for| action with a grin, the sooner he will! help to serve the’ ends of evolution and the better off he'll be. | M. J. M. Brooklyn, May 28, 1921. | No Saloo: Drondway? ‘To the Editor of The Brening World: ‘Where does Wickman get his infor- mation that there is not a saloon on Broadway? ‘The writer could name several, but would not divulge any such Information to these overfed temperance tasters who are using our mo! to procure evidence against real red-blooded Americans, to get a free drunk on and with a megaphone telling the world they are saved, When Wickman states there are many moderate drinkers who have ceased to imbibe, he may be correct, but does he state how many new whiskey drinkers Prohibition has created? How many people to-day have stills, home-brewing facilities, home-made wines, that not only cause illness, but give them the name of criminals? The Prohibition Law was not passed without the expenditure of a corrupt dollar, it was bought from a lot of “near beer” representatives when the boys were over in sunny France. If you doubt how popular Prohibi- tion Is, wave an Anti-Saloon League banner on the Fourth of July on Fifth Avenue. There ts always a way to prove your statements are correct, And as for the alcoholic cases be- ing reduced to 68 per cent., ask the doctors of the different hospitals why their stomach pumps working overtime. J JABEL, Richmond Hill, May 28, 1921. A Girlless Vacation. ‘To the Editer of ‘The Erening World: I would like to answer “Young Bach- elor,” who says he wants some one to tell him where he can stop in a quiet place within 200 miles of New York where he can't see any girls for at least two weeks. IT woul! suggest that this young bachelo; + up to Yonkers and stand In fron Anderson's house, take a bottle of whiskey out of his pocket and just as he 18 about to come over to him hold it up in the air and shout “Give me liberty or give me death!" If Anderson gets mad at that hand has mastered the elements. He hay beaten starvation and ts constantly endeavoring to master his own na- ture, Life is one big fight. Man fights ruthlessly to serve his own ends, He doos not hesitate to kill unless he finds it bad polley. | In this teeming city of many breed: we do not kill each other simply bee him an invitation to carry the water for the boys in our big parade on July 4. By doing this stunt tt will not cost “Young Bachelor” a penny ror his va- cation, for Anderson will have him inched and he will go to Plackwell's Foland, where he will see no girts. _ Bronx, May 38, 1921, HJ. some measure, necessary. But storing up in your mind a mass of knowledge which can be found by ready reference to books merely means overloading. The young man who could answer all the questions Mr. Edison recently laid down as a test for applicants for posi- tions would be a young man with a very remarkable memory. Lut that would be all. The fact that he could answer the questions would be no proof whatever of his ability. Abraham Lincoln or Gladstone could not have answered a quarter of them—not even known in his time. of those whose answers were Neither could many another man who has been of con- spicuous service to the world. There is so much to know in the world that no man with any purpose in life has time to know much of it. If he knows, say, 75 per cent. of all there is to know about his immediate profession and has a fair amount of general information besides, he is - well educated man. But even well educated men are not necessarily capabl:. It is not what you put into your brain but what you get out of it that counts. A. scrub cow eats twice as much as a Jersey or Guern- scy, but she does not give half as good milk. The processes of your br: ain do not depend on masses of information but on the quality of the information, especi- ally of that which applies particularly to your own business. Mr. Edison's test would probably have barred from his institution Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright brothers. Lloyd George and Charles M. Schwab, But all these men did fairly well with the knowledge they had of their own lines of endeavor. Your memory will be serviceable to you if you do not load it up with things that books can carry just as easily. _ Read history, study languages if yon can, get general information, But at the same time teach your mind to work. The general information will be pleasant to have and useful now and then, But the special the race for you. Forgotten “Whys”’ | BOILERS OF SINKING SHIPS. It {8 a common thing to see in books and newspapers of a ship's Loiters bursting as she sinks beneath the water, Now as the water, by its coolness, condenses the steam, creat- ing a partial vacuum, boilers might collapse, but certainly they could never explode. But, a8 a matter of fact, several salvage officers have de- clared that in their whole career a burst or collapsed biler has never come to their notice in a vessel raised from the water, The idea probably arose through the water, which first reached the fires and the hot boilers, being in- y turned to steam by the tre- endous heat, and rising in this form above the ship, giving the impression Ithat the dollere had buret, information will be what wins “‘That’s a Fact’ By Albert P, Southwick cor a kt Only » little more than a century ago there was but one hat factory in the United States, and that made cocked hats. eo. ° It is only about with the rabble, see Volumes have been written regord- ing the Spanish Inquisition under Torquemada, when, during the eight- een years of bis administration, seventy-five years ago that the parquet of the theatre was called “the pit” and was filled of New York City | Government | Omnis Kam We By Willis Brooks Hawkins. This is the seventy-third article of @ series defining the slutics of the administrative and legislative officers and boards of tie New York City Government. DEPARTMENT OF LICENSES. | This department is in charge of @ Commissioner of Licenses, appointed by the Mayor at a salary of $7,600 4 year. Its offices are at No. 57 Centre Street. The licensing and supervising of some fifty kinds of business and amusement enterprises is carried on by this department in co-operation with other departments of the City Government, such as the bureau of Buildings, Police, Health and Fire Departments. Motion picture theatres are not li- censed unless all provisions regarding ventilation, fire escapes and public safety in general conform to the pre- | Scribed standards. Licenses for these Places may be suspended or revoked for the admission of minors unac- companied by proper guardians or conduct detrimental to the health or morals of the community. Public taxicabs are licensed only when approved as sanitary and safe, Peddlers and others dealing in and handling foods are not licensed unless >” ‘hey present certificates from the De- partment of Health showing that they are not affilcted with any communi- | cable disease, Dance halls and employment age: nesses licensed by this department provided for in the Code of Ordi- nances of the city. Inspectors of licenses have power to arrest, conferred by the Police De- partment, and are charged with the enforcement of all license regulations ‘They investigate the character of ali applicants for licenses. Charges against licensees are tried before thc Commissioner or one of his deputies, who may impose fines for violations. a little more than 8,000 heretics were done to death.” oe The Rapetje family (George Jansen de Rapelje, father) removed from Manhattan to Wallabout, now a pax of Brooklyn, and are recorded as th first European settlers wpon the if. and, ‘Their child, Sarah, born on Staten Island, June 9, 1635, was the first born of European parentage in the colony. She lived to be the wifu of two husbands and the mother or twelve children, from whom have de- scended a large family, . Glass mirrors were first may. oy Venetians in the thirtventh cei-tury. Volished metal waa used fot aalivors ‘only before that ume, ‘