The evening world. Newspaper, June 15, 1921, Page 22

LESS CLAMOR, MORE CLINCH. the Meyer Legislative Investigating Commit- tee come to this city merely to make a noise? So far the committee has done little but fill the air with shrill complaints that every kind of villainy has been unloused against it, that witnesses are being spirited out of its reach, that spies dog its heels and frieet the Meyer committee at the train and offer it the keys of the city wrapped up in a bunch of Aamerican Beauty roses, Why doesn’t the committee stop making such a commotion over its handicaps and settle down to Overcome them? Less clamor and more clinch. ‘The beautiful but usually well-behaved planet ‘Venus got a flattering lot of attention from New Yorkers yesterday by pretending to be a comet. _ , She knew her audience. “° NOT WITH STRUT AND SNEER. the course of a commencement address on “Americanism” at Union College last Monday, John W. Davis, former Ambassador to Great Bfitain, said: “True Americanism does not Iie tn loud decla- mation or noisy rhetoric, not in boasting of our power and grandeur, or parading before mankind ‘our own self-righteousness. It does ngt consist ‘im @ vast contempt for other nations or rude , ,filscourtesy in private or official intercourse. There is no real patriotism in bad manners, “One may be a very good American and still believe that all wisdom will not die with us, and that other nations possess many virtues which we not only do not monopolize but which we can well afford to imitate. “One may even be a very good American with- ot insisting that none but American flags shall (Ope carried in patriotic parades. Even the pas- +» time of twisting the lion’s tail is not the final © ~ and ultimate test of devotion to American insti- ~ tution.” ~ © College graduates are getting a lot of good ad- “Wike this month. But we have seen no commence- iment counsel more worthy of general circulation than the above. _ The reaction of party politics upon the people of ‘Whe United, States since the war has been one that ‘constantly tended to dignify national arrogance, ‘selfishness and isolation with fine names. | ‘The Americans who will make America greater ‘yet are not those who sneer at the rest of the world. ; Maybe the Senate and House between them ‘ean get even more futility aud pusillanimity + [into @ peace resolution. ne THE FAVORITE CHILD? i BOSTON firm that speculated on the sugar } boom is reported to have come a disastrous | eropper owing to the simple fact that, instead of \ realizing expectations by rising to 40 cents a pound, the price of raw sugar tumbled to less than 4 cents a ‘A bank that loaned this firm money on sugar as . collateral is said to have finally disposed of the latter ‘at©a loss approximating $3,000,000, while other “Panks hokling large amounts of similar collateral vare getting together to determine the safest way out. + Yet people who want to borrow money to buiki | houses on the most tangible of all securities come " | up against either cold shoulders or impossible terms ' of usury! Is the speculator the favorite child of finance? 436 feet from home plate! Babe's latest ts “Relieved to be a world record. And both Babe {j,and the season are young. «SCHOOL CHILDREN AND SUICIDE. ‘T was called to public attention yesterday that in |B the metropolitan vicinity since May 26 seven boys ‘and girls have turned to suicide as the easiest way | gut of trouble with their studies in school, | Three would-be self-destroyers failed in their at- | tempt. There remains a general fact which is dis- » maying and which tends to shatter an American tra- We have been accustomed to regard Germany as the land of the child suicide and to find/the root of trouble in the rigidity of militaristic training. We have considered that safety and sanity attended our own young scholars on their progress through the ‘-gammon schools. Surely it becomes important to | inquire weli into the causes of what may portend a } menacing change in the conditions, t ®*A question arising promptly is whether the source | of peril lies in school circumstance or in the begin- | ming development of new temperamental disposi- i tions—a development, as it were, out of the melt- hg 4 i ’ + i : ? ; ' j & » Modern methods have complicated our system of Agaching, it is true. But the idea has prevailed gen- erally of making the road to knowledge easier to tread and of feeding interest more generously Abrough educational entertainment on the way. ‘ rn er Fetter 0 wth Ninth Saag —— ae ‘HE EVENING WORLD, Does it seem probable that we have strayed tragical- ly far, at any point, from the straight and narrow path of the three R's period? However, whatever the inquiry may be and what- ever the results, one thing is immediately plain: ‘The special duty of the hour for teachers in school and parents at home is to be tirelessly patient, sym- pathetic and helpful. Let there be no quarter for the spirit of hopelessness in young brains and breasts. WHERE IS HE? HERE 5s little doubt that if President Harding could have his way the present session of Con- gress would do something toward fulfilling Republi- can promises of tax revision, The fact ts, however, that this overwhelmingty Republican Congress is not giving the President his way. It has yet to be shown that the tig Repubfican majorities in Senate and House are behind the Re- publican Administration in any consistent, contimu- ing programme of the sort the country was assured it could count on if it piled up enough Republican votes last November. ‘The country did the piling. But the programme is not forthcoming because there has been no Repub- ican leadership in or outside the White House strong enough to make it forthcoming. The Republican Party did not come into power througi leadership. On the contrary, it came into power painfully divided against itself on the only real issue it created for the campaign. The habit of conciliating factions was a habit Can- didate Harding contracted. It has stuck to Presi- dent Harding. It has weakened his influence, en- couraged the obstinacy and self-seeking of conflict- ing groups in his party and made it easier for Con- gress to get out of hand, It was freely predicted that the huge Republican majorities in Congress would prove a bane rather than a blessing to the Administration. The soundness of the prediction is already appar- ent. Even on the emergency tariff measure there was a startling Republican split, the end of which is not yet. There is every reason to believe President Har- ding is acutely conscious of certain Republican pledges and anxious to redeem them. But there is no such conscience or will in Con- gress. Nor is there likely to be unless some one emerges strong enough to mobilize the Republican majorities for definite ends, Where is he? LAGGARD JUSTICE. HY has justice halted seven ‘times in the case of a former policeman indicted a year ago on two charges of assault in the seoond degree? This one-time policeman, now under suspension, is charged with having beaten two men about the head with a blackjack. So brutal were the beatings, it is alleged, that after weeks of hospital treatment one man’s right eye had to be removed, while the other man became incurably blind in one eye. Since May 3 of this year three different Judges have granted seven postponements of the case on the plea either that the defendant had not obtained counsel or that his counsel was too busy with other cases to appear. Is this the attitude of justice toward one of the most serious charges that can be brought against an officer of the law? The good name of the police and the safety of citizens are alike involved. According to the attorney for the Frick estate, the fact that the old family cow was kept in Pittsburgh is strong evidence that Pittsburgh and not New York was Mr. Frick’s legal res- idence, Who was the Judge who once held that @ man’s home is where he has his washing done? —_—__. JUNK, (From the Columbia, 8. C., Record.) Another striking indication of the passing of the day of kings and their popularity, if it be needed by way of emphasis, is reported from Philadelphia, Letters and documents signed by royal personages of former cen- turies brought ridiculously small prices at an auction sale. Time was when the offer of one democratic dollar for a parchment of Louis XIII. would have been regard- ed as an affront to that French King, punishable per- haps by death. Yet this is exactly what it brought, and all it brought, Les majeste in no less degree was the bid of $3.75 for another document bearing the signa- ture of “Le Grand Monarque” Louis XIV. James IL. was once upon a time a man of very high standing in England, if our recollection of historical allusions to that regal gentleman serves us aright, but nevertheless and notwithstanding, a letter of his to the Karl of Tyr- connel brought no more than the price of a pair of good shoes. But even worse—just think of a papal briet in Latin by Pope Clement IX,, dated 1669, selling for four bits. Through the tinseled fiction of this dead and gone sovereignty the tarnish is showing all too plainly, The owners of this worthless junk selected an un- fortunate place in which to dispose of it, for if the world in general is now coming to appraise royalty at jits true value, America in particular is a connoisseur, | Which is not to say that in America there is lack of appreciation of historic values. At the same sale an ‘essay of plain Ben Franklin brought $270, and more substantial prices were paid for documents concerning WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1921, ee ee ee rat Smo _On Secon d Thought! By John Cassel From Evening World Readers What kind of a letter do you find most readable? Ien't {¢ the one thet gives you the worth of a thousand words in a There te fine mental exercise le of hundred? and a lot of satisfaction in trying te say much in @ fow words, Take time to be brief. That Parade. To the Eititor of The Evening World: The sarcastic parade suggestions from Pawling, N. ¥., really represent & very good idea, Yes, by all means let the criminals“ parade. There are legions of them since Prohibition, But were we not told that the jails would be empty, that the millennigm was on the horizon, and a whole lot of other rubbish? Yes, let them parade. ONE THAT WILL. New York, June 10, 1921. ‘To the Bititor of The Brening World: ‘Thousands now out of work would be able to get work if this Govern- ment established @ fair division of labor, as follows: Five shifts a day, each shift employed in rotation five hours @ day, each shift interlocking dally. ‘Thus in a full week of seven days of @ total of 168 hours a week there would be positively no overtime. And each employee would start work each day one hour later and work but five out of twenty-four, leaving seen aay nineteen hours in which to take rest, recreation and meals; and while working thirty-five hours a week forty-eight weeks out of the year get time for study, for worship, &c. with a continuous vacation each year of four full weeks. Having held down two jobs day and night for fifteen years, I beliéve my five-shift five-hour day and seven days a week better than fifteen hours a day, as I have worked these years, Mothers, wives, policemen, firemen, nurses, &c., would be better of if selfish capitalists could adopt this humane method. NAS New York, June 13, 1921. Prohibition im Rhode Island. ‘To the Falitor of The Evening World: ‘As a constant reader of your valu- able and courageous paper I must write a word of commendation for the prohibition, and to acquaint you with the facts concerning Prohibition in the State of Rhode Island. It is a failure in this State, contrary to the assertions of the Anti-Saloon League Extensive records prove that gen eral crime is constantly increasing, aha instead of the jails being unoc- cupied, an appropriation of over hali & million was necessary tO gccommo- date the large overflow. Af the 1e- cent meeting of the Legislature the threats and opulent money bag of the hypocritical, high salaried emissary of the Anti-Saloon League failed to logislate a rigid enforcement act, sim- ilar to the one in existence in Now York. The Anti-Saloon Leaguo repre- sentatives, with their usual restive teal, pointedly promised defeat to .1¢ liberty loving representatives of the people at the next election becausr they voted to defeat the nefarious de: sigys of the “reformers.” ese statements are facts. |the American revolution, wonder how many of these | forse would consent to be reformers wits stand you have taken in regard to out the large monetary compensation. A most generous guess would about 1-2 of 1 per cent. In this State of over half a milton people there is one Prohibition agent, And liquor can be easily and sately procured at numerous agencies throughout the State. It {s really a monstrous farce, I have evidence of bootleggers generously contribut- jing indirectly ‘to the Anti-Saloon ague, Can you beat it? The re- formers in their acrid speeches re- late how completely they have de- leted all beer signs, while they avoid the real issue and always render an evasive answer when confronted with questions that contain facts, The Eighteenth Amendment is a violation of the basic principles of the Constitution, and I really believe that the best it'has accomplished so far is to erase repulsive beer signs— meanwhile allowing every one to sell and make liquor. If we must have Prohibition, then all liquor should be confiscated and destroyed and not allowed to remain in a warehouse only to turn into water, as it did in that New Orleans warehouse a short time ago. ‘The will of the majority will eventually assert itsclf and than Prohibition will gradually and surely evanesce, D. R. 8, JR. Providence, R. I, June 8, 1921. A Few Queries, To the Dititor of The Krentng World: Having read twice over the sug- gestions of Oliver Ferris of Pawling, N. Y¥,, I made up my mind to join the Anti-Prohibition parade, even along- side of the policemen; for, except for those who were born since 1918, all belong there, To add to the attractivencgs and influence of the parade we Wnight have @ pageant representing alNghose of the past who have indulged in more than one-half of one per cent. (what is prohjbited now ought to have been prohibited since Adam), Then we would see Noah, Abraham, Christ who dared change’ water into wine), Caesar, Charlemagne, Joan of Are, Shakespeare, Napoleon, Franklin, Washington, Lafayette, the pollu, the doughboy, &c. Wine-fed nations have not such a bad record, Will a milk-fed nation do as well? History proves that milk-fea na- tlons have so far failed—for example, the Turks (Mobammed was a Pro- hibitionist), the Exyptians, the Indians, &c, Is Dempsey milk-fed? Or Carpentier? Joking aside, I humbly confess that out of the arguments offered in be- half of Prohibition there is only one that has a ring of logic, “The Ameri- cans do not know how to drink,” But isn't that argument abomina- ble and humiliating to every one of this Nation of 110,000,000 people? Is U. S. going to stand for Unitea ¥. L. SUBURBAN, N. Y,, June 10, 1921, “Let England Tremble! ‘To the Falitor of The Evening World: Simple ? Pleasantville, With Mr, Hearst's friend, Mayor | fayian, entertaining the widow of the Visate 1 Mayor McSwiney, Mr. Heurs:, owner of the New York > UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Ooprtent, 1971, by Joan Blake.) ‘A DEBT OF HONOR. Before you begin to grumble about hard times consider what kind of times there would be if we hadn't won the war. Every German will have to pay about five hundred dol- lars in order to discharge the just indemnity which was lsvied by the Allies. Had the Germans won the war, that debt would pow be ours, plus a far greater one which the German junkers would have imposed in order to build a new war machine to en- force the world domination they had planned. Our banks, all our business institutions, would be in the hands of Prussian agents. For us there would be left what remained after they took what they wanted. The reason this is not now happening is because about two million husky young American soldiers went over to France and helped to stop the war, None of them knew when they left that they would ever come back, It looked like a longer and a tougher job than it proved to be. Some of them did not come back. And many of those who did, did so incapacitated, either invalids for life, or only half as well able to earn their livings as they were before the war. Every physically able man and woman in the United States owes a debt to these men that can never be repaid. Only a small payment on account is possible, and even that is now delinquent. For the majority of these men are badly provided for, many of them without money, and far too many suffering from lack of medical attention that would at least ease their sufferings. It is true that an investigation to fix the responsibility for this disgraceful state of affairs has been set on foot. But in the main Congress is responsible, for it could have provided for immediate relief wthout any investigation. You, as a citizen, are responsible for Congress. You can make it understand its obligations if you try. Write to your Congressman and tell him that unless he does his duty in this matter you and your friends will send another Congressman tc Washington at the next election. That will help at least. As long as a single soldier is suffering the Nation is delinquent. You can do your share toward discharging this debt of honor. A good time to do it 1s to-day. @ American (7), opposing the election to the bishopric of the Rev. Dr. Man- ning because the latter gentleman re- fused to act on the same reception tee with him and also because peer of English extraction, the game as Washington and a few (2) Sther of our Presidents (too bad), and with loud cries from the followers of the’ sinn Feiners (German lovers) against Admiral Sims for daring to From the Wise When two friends part, they should lock up each other's secrets and exchange keys.—Anonymous, He who sows courtesy, reaps friendship; and he who plants kind- ness, gathers love-—Richard Brooks, sak the truth—let England tremble! speak tye should be annoyed by these pests, whg only seek to usoour Gov- Go often to the house of thy) ernment a a catspaw, is past the un-| friend, for weeds choke up the un- Gcrstanding of the writer, who knows Gly one flag and loyalty to but one used path.—Scandinavian Edda, Government, ‘God bless Sims and more power to ne J. 8. BLEECKER. Stamford, Conn., June 13, 1941 i There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few reas friends.—From the Chinese, || Fathers of Thought | By Maubert St. Georges M, ‘The Pree Publishing On Nite Fou tvening World), | DEMOSTHENES \*The Most Perfect Orator—” Cicere. | Demosthenes was born in 382 B. C. | His father died when he was young and the guardians of his fortunes breatly abused their trust. At seven- teen Demosthenes conducted @ suit jainst them and gained his cause. From that moment his mind was made up, and he devoted his life to becoming an orator, But he was weak, ugly, with impediments im his speech, and it took eleven years of indomitable work to conquer himself. He climbed steep hills to strengthen his lungs, he talked amid roariag waves to empower his voice. He put pebbles in bis mouth to bette: his enunciation, and improved his ges- tures by speaking for hours before @ mirror, Ween he first appeared in public af- fairs he was twenty-eight At the time, Greece, weakened and divided itself, of Macedon to attempt its conquest, and he set about preparing this. ‘The Greek cities in their conceit, and busyr with petty politics, paid no attentiom to him, Demosthenes alone took upan, himself the ungrateful part of warn- iug them. For ten years he struggied to urge them to unite their forces against the common enemy. Finally they, began to see the truth of his accusations and leagued themselves together defensively. It was too late. Philip was prepared and defeated them at the Hattie of Chacronia, ak ing from that day the famous Greek independence a thing of the past. Instead of at least giving Demos- thenes his due and blaming them- selves for not having heeded him. the Athenians allowed themselves to be led by Aeschines, a rival orator in the pay of Philip, and impeached De- mosthenes. With difficulty he es- caped. Once again he was imoris-, oned on the ridiculous charge of hav- ing accepted bribes from a jo- nian General. He was condemned, but succeeded in escaping, and spent the years of Alexanders reign im exile, But with the death of that monarch he decided that his duty to his coun- try was more important than his fear of the accusation against him. He leturned to Athens, and once again by the genius of his powers brought the Greek states into a confederacy against Macedon. The attempt, hopy- ever, proved unsuccessful and the’ were crushed by the now ruler of Macedonia, ee The istter 3a the terms of peace demanded t Demosthenes be delivered up to hut Like cowards, they submitted, but he receiveo warning and fied, see! refuge In a temple. His enemies pur- pued him even there, and he poisoned himself rather than fall into their hands, Scholars consider his most spotless, and undoubtedi was one of the finest figures of history. against tempted Philip al- : Super Business Women By Helen Page i omits aye ares JULIA FULTON, TRADER IN: ! STOCKS. ‘ (With Winmill & Co.) Woman's invasion of Wall Strfet has been steadily growing since the first days of war, While a few wom- en had made a notable success im finance prior to 1917, the emergercy born of war put to test the real abtl- ity later shown by several women trusted with unusual responsibility. One of these who made good, aad incidentally acquired a considerdwle fortune, is Mrs. Julia Fulton, a trader in unlisted stocks for an old and well- known house in the financial district. As stenographer, Mrs. Fulton had acquired a good knowledge of the “fas. cinating work,” as she terms it, when the war called away the young man who managed this department of the firm's business. There appeared no available successor at hand. Mrs, Fulton suggested that she solve the question by doing the work herself. With a reoord of ever increasing busi- ness, Mrs. Fulton is now known as the most successful woman operator in the street. The young man whdg> place she took never came back. Wi the ald of ten telephones ranged ip front of her on a long mahogany desk, a stock ticker, a stenographer and other assistants, Mrs. Fuitop buys and sells from the time the mar- ket opens unt.| often long after 3 o'clock. Mrs. Fulton is young and endowed with superb health, other- wise she says she might not be avle to succeed in thts nerve-rackimg busi- ness which does not even permit ten minutes’ time for lunch when oncu the day begins. “Once I thougnt ¥ would give up business and remain home, but there is a lure abou: the market that completely fascinates one. I found home life dull after the excitement of a stock day, sc 1 re- turned to it, more fascinated by it than ever.” \ H WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WORD? :: 36—PAPER. ‘ When you know the origin of the word “paper,” the mention of te word will take you, in fancy, on a rapid trip to the banks of the Nile, 6: the Jordan, or on a flying glimpse 6 the South of Italy, ‘The firet paper was made from the underground stems of a plant—the “cyperus papyrus”—that grew, and still grows, in those regions, All we have done Is to substitute wood pulp or rags for this plant. But we sti} call the substance turned out by com. plicated machical processes “paper from papyrus. ‘The discovery of paper tn its orig inal form of strips from the stem of the “cyperus papyrus” Is credited to the Beyptians, to whom we Bi much more of the instrumentalittes of our modern civilization than je suspect—even more than we owe to Rome and to ancient Greece, = The great-grandfather, many ttfles removed, of your scratch ped. wares from the of the Nile. A