The evening world. Newspaper, June 28, 1921, Page 20

| 7 | Cf oll news deepatchen credited + and alto the local mews p iy 20 MPNWER OF TITE ASS8OcTATED P. The A < Prom te exctusively entitied to thy herein WIDE-OPEN DIPLOMACY. RESIDENT OBREGON’S telegram P World yesterday was an unusual from the Chief tive of a nation, If this is an example of “Open Diplomacy,” by al] means let have mors of it. The statement was frank, straightforward, unequivocal and gener- ally satisfactory. It was the next thing to an offi cial proclamation. Before the world it binds Obre- got. Failing a disavowal by the Mexican legisla- tors, the moral sense of the world would hold it to bind Obregon’s successor. David Lawrence, writing from Washington, ob- serves that this Government is gratified by the statement, but hopes for the same assurances in treaty form. But is more formal statement worth a continu- ance of the disagreement? The fact is that not even a formal treaty is revolution-proof. Why not accept the word of the Mexican President as he gave it to the people of America through The World? Why not give a new Mexican Government the benefit of the doubt without insisting on a humil- iating treaty? If Mexico ever attempts the confiscation which our State Department professes to fear, that act would be ample ground for a withdrawal of recog- nition. Our Mexican relations would be no worse then than they are now. And in the event of tie faithful performance of Obregon’s informal pledge, our relations would certainly be better. to The utterance us THE REASON, By a vote of 250 to 93 the House passed the Willis-Campbell Anti-Becr Bill, Quick action on the measure is expected from the Senate. A month from now the medical profession of the United States will be uttering amazed pro- test against this insult to its dignity and handi- cap to its work. We shall hear more loud wonder how such things can happen in this so-called entightened and progressive Republic. The reason they happen 4s that the protest and the wonder wait till after they happen. THE BEST YET TO COME. | NEVER knew of such a-boom betbre,” an ex- : perienced home-builder in the Bronx re- marked yesterday. New building in the Bronx this year will care for approximately the normal increase in the population of the city. Building in other boroughs “will also be reducing the housing shortage. The tide in building has turned. The supply of homes is on the way toward overtaking the demand. For this» we have to thank the tax-exemption ordinance for which Borough President Curran and The Evening World contended. Even the opponents of tax exemption admit that it has been a wonder- “ful stimulant of building and promises to forée rent reductions in the near future. Building is booming now. But the real boom is to come. It és due in the early days of next year. As the advantage to the builder from tax exemption becomes better known, we shall see a rush to get buildings started before the ordinance expires next spring. March, 1922, is due to be a banner time for ex- cavators and foundation-builders. That boxing exhibition to be held in Jersey City next Saturday has proved a godsend to reformers whose zeal has grown dull for lack” of something big to sharpen it on. ‘ SAY IT WITH GREENBACKS. OME of Chicago’s business men have invented a new business slogan, “The dolls must go.” And go they will—to just the extent that the Chicagoans mean what they say. Undoubtedly there is a minority of the Fluffy- Ruffles type of girl who is misplaced in business, Bui a big majority of young business women are shrewd and clever and anxious to succeed. If they are “dolls,” it is because they have reason to believe that the employer prefers the “doll” and pays bet- ter wages to the girl who is “easy to look at.” {f the Chicago business men mean what they say, they can say it with greenbacks far more dis- tinctly than with a slogan. If the employer believes that the trimly tailored and sedate business girl is worth more to his busi- ness, let him prove it in the pay envelope The girls will soon catch the point. DE-BRINDELLIZING. ise for repubttce!tem 6 it or mot otherwise credited tm thle papaz RINDELLISM in New York got a hard jolt in | last Saturday’s elections in the United Broth- | erhood of Builders and Carpenters and Joiners, This was the union in which Brindell held office as a delegate. Two men were elected in his place, one known to be definitely opposed to Brindellism. Other unions have been hoMing elections. More will elect in the near future. Brindell men have lost many places in the Building Trades Council. Sooner or later the anti-Brindellites are bound to have a majority in the organization, That will be a yood day for the unions, for square-dealing em- ployers and for the public. Some have criticised the unions because they have not moved more quickly in repudiating Brindell and Brindellism, This would have been impossible, Unions are governed by ard and fast rules written into constitutions and charters. Terms of officers ind representatives expire al different times. There is no opportinity for an uprising, a mass decision The anti-Brindell forces have to win a victory here and another there until the cumulative effect will place enough men in power to deprive Brindellism of its force. This is different from the informal “gentlemen's agreement” organization which controlled the other side of the building business. They could be dis- solved over night. All the public can reasonably expect is that the unions will clean house as rapidly as is possible. Here and there a few Brindell followers have man- aged to hold place. Criticism of those unions is proper. But credit is due when the swing is the other way. Of this credit the carpenters deserve their share. A LADIFIED LEAGUE. [* this week's issue of the Outlook, Robert Lartsing, former Secretary of State, suggests a way for the United States to ratify the Versailles Treaty and at the same time assure the continuance of the League of Nations under a covenant so modi- fied as {o overcome objections. Mr. Lansing would begin by separating the cove- nant of the League of Nations from the peace terms Then, treating the covenant as a distinct and inde- pendent proposition, he would radically change it “so that the League of Nations would possess only a single representative body which has no executive, legislative or judicial functions.” “Mr. Lansing’s so- called League would confine itself to “an exchange of information and opinions on subjects of interna- tional interest and concern,” discussion of ways and means of removing causes of war and “recom- mendations as to bases of conciliation and of ad- justment of differences.” In short, Mr. Lansing, by taking coercive force out of the League, would remould it nearer to the “round table” or “association of nations,” which is vaguely understood to be President Harding's heart's desire. This flabby notion of a League, of course, makes even clearer the reasons why President Wilson and his one-time Secretary of State were at cross pur- poses in Paris. : But we need not go to Democratic sources for rejection of a spineless, toothless international peace club such as Mr. Lansing suggests. Some highly eminent Republicans have sad their \say about it. William H. Taft, for instance: “Senator Knox criticises {ae League because it recognizes the possibility of war and proposes to use war to end war. Certainly there is no means of suppressing lawless violence but by lawful force, and any League which makes no provision for that method and does not recog- nize its validity would be futile.” Listen to Herbert Hoover, President Harding’s cretary of Commerce (the italics are ours): “Unless theae countries have a guiding hand and referee in their quarrels, a court of appeals for their wrongs, this Burope will go back to chaos. If there is such an institution, repre- senting the public opinion of the world and able to exert its authority, they will grow into stability. We cannot turn back now.” Hear Theodore Roosevelt himself: “The one effective move for obtaining peace is by an agreement among all the great powers in which each should pledge itself not only to abide by the decisions of a common tribunal but to back its decisions by force.” A sewing circle of nations has never appealed to sinewy minded Republicans as an adequate safe. guard for the peace of the world. We doubt if even President Harding will hail Mr. Lansing’s ladified league as the re: “round table.” lization of his Director of the Budget Dawes has called a mass meeting of Government officials for to- morrow, You can bring chronic spenders to a budget, but can you make ‘em budge? TWICE OVERS. “ce E should join with Great Britain and Japan in reducing armaments. In this way wécan accomplish real economy,” —Vice President Coolidge. * * * ce IVEN a sound constitution and a clean record there is no reason why a man or woman should not reach 15Q years.””—Dr. A. H. Warner. * . * 66] DON'T do the waltz, It's too tiring. I like the fox-trot and the toddle and those other dances.” —Banker Brown of Cambridge, Mass,, 76 years of age. “+ 6 66 HE job of Mayor of New York is second in importance only to the Presidency, but I don't want il,” —Col, Bill Hayward, | ‘THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1921, Se nee nee oe ee ‘ Copstiatit. 1921 Hy Ts Mine Ha (The New York © gy 5 C3) te say much tn a few words. ‘From Evening World Readers. What kind of a letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? | There is Ane mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying Take time to be brief. “will De | 1 appreciated | editorial Submit,” tors Submit?” suing World very keenly your last evening “Will Doctors and the cartoon by John |Cassel on the same page. It is time indeed tuat some one called a hait to these politicians in Washing- ton, and you are to be commended on he the stand you have taken. If thi people could only have the pre | their cause a little mor | ch dangerous legislation \a . shtecnth Amendment an the Volstead Act Would not be forced | | upon us , DR. WILLIAM C, FISHER June 25, 1921 Ponst Frappe. | Vo the Fatitor of T ing World The expose by Mr. P. profiteering in | Q. Foy of| ¢ eream will be hailed with delight by the thousands who from choice (or necessity) 4 patronizing the many and yaried ice cream parlors Since The Evening World does not |Sbeak without “its book,” I have a feeling that those few (2) confection- exhibit “A” will not welcome his ad- | vertising, Neither will they be pleased if the City of New York's Commissioner demands not only fre- quent inspection of the ingredients | used in the making of ice cream but those who| There are, of course of the product’ who, Snow, are spotless, and why they don't cleanliness and | purity fruits, &e., is a | sort of wonderment to me here {8 no copyright on the sug gestion drink, “Ponzi Frappe, profit. tell the kids not of RERC ), 1921 the example | | "fo tho Vali Tae w A great many people who live in the | vicinity and use the recreation pier a ji29th Street and Hudson River are |inquiring why the | pler iw closed to the p in that vicinity * same, rt of this p wed to the public. About 70 per cent. of the inclosed space used by the Hudson Ri Day Lin and the balance by the Iron Steam- boat Company and using the D at the river end Is ¢ only way a person can get to the end of this pier, where there is some air, 18 to buy a ticket on the Hudson River Day Line, ‘Then they are at liberty to use the end of same and sit on a bench, Other’ it they wish to sit down they must’ use |the hard floor along the edge of the pier. | People with children who use this pier must either stand up or sit along the edge and tle a rope t children or run the chance of them falling in the water, as there is no lrailing, If the upper part of this lrecreatio which was built by the city for f the public, Is going to remain closed, why not make it more convenient for the Hudson River the recent | week or so preceding the examination | been carefully absorbed a art of this | ic. 1, for one, | | Student.” | Being a student of the Stuyvesant High School, 1 have had the expert- | jence of the “Regents.” Besides asreoe ers from whom Mr, Foy obtained his| bis head, may pass the examinati Health | time will show the ANOTHER AMBRICAN STUDENT. | Day Line by the city spending some hioney and extending the upper part out in line with the lower part? The company would then be able to unload | 8 from the top decks as well see no reason why of this pler should no about June t SAMI New York, June 23, 1921 Three cheers for “A True American She is absolutely correct ing with her in every way, 1 wish to add something about cramming, sult of examinations. This dete habit is practised by pupils who do little studying during thé term, The is spent by cramming or filling their heads with matter which should 1 term, uffed student, with this matter with a higher rating studied faithfully, than one who few s' worker Every one will agree that this prac- tice is extremely injurious to New ro far inferior to the faithful Ork’s youth, Eliminate examina tions and you eliminate cramming. In my opinion a student should be judged by his t ond not upon the result of ‘one nerve- racking questionnaire, The object of the echools, in order to really t the pupil, should be to teach that which will assist you in years to come and not to prepare for ‘Regents’ only, Profitecr » tha Fillion af ‘Phe Evening Wo UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright. 1921, by John Hieke.) LE NOT DESPAIR OF THE RAC ‘Taken generally, this world is about what may be ex pected of it, considering the sort of people who are in it. Mourning for the dead, dead days of long ago has a sentimental value, but otherwise is pretty useless. Man was not born to become perfect in a hurry, He isn’t perfect now, even after some millions of years of oppor tunity for development. But he is more nearly perfect than he was two thousand years agoy or for that matter, a hundred years ago. In other words, he's progressing. He isn't warproof yet. He hasn't found any means of setiling his biggest quarrels except by taking up arms. But he doesn’t burn witches any longer, and he ac- cerds his fellows more right to their opinions than he used to. Incidentally, his morals are better than they were in the time of Rome, and he has done considerable to add to lis comforts and to his education. Recently all the civilized nations of tue world got to- gether to end # military despotism that, had it existed two hundred years ago, would probably have conquered anc en- slaved the world, We have better means of understanding each other shan we used to, We know what is going on in Sydney and Nome ant Tokio, and can go to the movies and see pictures of ‘elephants a-pilin’ teak in India. All this makes for educa- ton, and, as Mr. H. G. Wells tells us, education eventually means perfect civilization. It may not be the best of all possi!ie worlds, but it is the best world that people now living have experienced. And we think it is getting better, Anyway, just because women wear short skirts and crowds go to prize fights, let's not despair, We're improving, slowly but surely, and by and by we can work out our ywn salvation, And a time like this, when there is more going on than there ever has been before, is surely a good time in which to be living. dens they have been placing on the on the subject. One week's contin uous work along those lines will burst beer and liquors to their hearts’ con- profiteering ‘Milk Week This stunt glass of soda which is not worth mo Bully for you, Mr. Editor, and the ; Oneness | drue—H, J. Byron, best wishes to Mr. 7. Q. Koy: Al | to every one else : eden linea . the publish! would undoubtedly please the .'roh!-|than 5 cents with cream in it at 1g} 7 "eve? wa man’ who was cle under the hi “tee | bitionicts, who are more to blame for | cents good at making excuses, good at Cream ‘Cousumers Here ay 400 to] the unjustly high prices of ice ereani,| | Candies in packages, which are sell-| anything clse,—Franklin, 1,000 Per Cent, Above Cost of In-| soda and candic ae inet | ing on all sub; ns and ne Hients."” It was, indeed, very fine other element we) stands at § ce ost T cents, which) Hope is like the sun, which, as : ateiole ‘ is also 7 hey charge fo : TO NE AU al es ra iling for Europe! truits. cant ¥ charge for) we journey toward it, casts’ the jy such fearless publicity alone ci ‘ . i i those he Aetlews Mn taers be brought |‘ 8 arrying protitec Now, since this is city property, 1| shadow of our burdens behind ve, to a realization of the exorbitant bur- |lands where they can enjoy think there ought to be a remedy to| stop this robbery. these with. the This letter e ing money is written in consumers. They are acting like|tent, buying | an effort naumers. They are ucting ike | oy nave and are still thking out of |to ald the public from being Turther MRA H RS men So) we ey oy of timized, Prohibi- | rebbed. 1 trust you will have an ine ately hold up a) person and steal |tion-saddied American publi | Vestigation made regurding this profi. apie ees * EDWIN F. LINDER, tegring. : JOHN J. SAUNDERS. victim = New York, J @ 92 Sow is the time, when the hottest | Glendale, 1. 1 | rk, June 25, 1921 weather is with Us, to bring these | Saleen ruthless profiteers to tei Come| Profiteering on operty, |: Kvonioe World again and again with front-page items |To the Falitor of The Evening the letters of y rious yorrespondents aga about the soda water ue t Proasbi noticed n ice cream, I have lately, the bubble and millions of men, | ang orangeade tion, and noting that the genera! » women and children will be most ene void be worth while for you| Hf 14 that the Prohibition Law is ene As birds are made to fly and Aeasetuh for your great service tO) g take a trip over to Staten Island] ¢roching upon the liberties of tia] rivers to run, 80 the soul to follow them t s . reed ti ¥ To ald you in your fight to bring|to see the way they rob the pony peo. | People, I a i carved to ites Done} duty.—Ramayana, the people of our great Empire City | thick glass of buttermi ik at 9 sania, llahior—that they are the slnvos of) nappena to be good it requires a to observe a Water Week, similar tojcrangeade with tee in it for 10 cents,! the Demon Rum LK. M New York, June 26, 1921, | WHERE DID You GET | THAT WORD: [ Ten-Minute Studies | of New York City | Government By Willis Brooks Hawkins. This is the seventy-seventh article 0/ a series desining the duties of the administrative and legislative officers and boards of the New York City Government, ART COMMISSION. This commission consists of the Mayor, the Presidents of the Metro= politan Museum of Art, New York Public Library, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (or trustees ap- pointed as their representatives) and six Members appointed by the Mayor at the nomination of the Fine Arts Federation, one of whom must be an architect, one a painter, one a sculp- ton and three must be laymen, All serve without sal ‘The Art Comm ion must approve all paintings, mural decorations, stained glass, statues, sculptures, monuments, fountains, arches or other structures of a permanent char f before the city can acquire them either by purchase or by gift. ‘The commission also has jurisdiction over the plans and location of build- ings, bridges, approaches, gates, fences, Jamps or other structure erected by the city upon city land, except that such structure does 9,000 the approval of ommission is not required if the Art ( the Mayor or the Board of Aldermen requests the commission not to act. work of art may be re- moved, relocated or altered without the commission's consent. The lines, grades and plotting of public ways and grounds come within the jurisdic- tion of the Art Commission, No existin The personnel of the present Art Commission is as follo Robert W. Ne Forest (President Metropolitan Museum of Art), President ex officio: Frank L. Babbott (President Brook- Ivn Institute of Arts and Sciences), Vice President ex officio; Lucien Oudin Gayman), Secretary; John F. Hy (Mayor), ex officio; William Ra y Parsons (trustee New York ;Publio Library), ex officio: Edward Blum (aym: R. T. H, Halsey man), Bosworth (arehi- ). Harry W. Watrous (painter) Charles Ke Iptor). at City Hall on the second of every | month. Its office in City Hall is open |datly except Sunda peak ESTES THE CAMBRIDGE “PAVEMENT CLUB.” (Prom The Living Age) the laudable purpose of lend- erisimilitude to the rapidly Ppearing illusion that wnivergity life is a life of leisure,” undergrad- uates at Cambridge University (Eng- land), have organized the “Pavement and The commission | | | | | | Saturday, if the weather is fair, upon any centrally situated pavement, where the members sit in quiet con~ versation, perhaps reading news papers aloud, playing marbles, doing a little knitting or wh s by similar expedients nt themsel » fertile uni So great was th ‘st meeting of ing's Parade, Cambridge, “premise tended f 1, und traffic diverted In the midst of the o n ceremonies, the Senior voctor, the ary officer the on the the mem- the which readily enough to aduate brain, rush to join the the club, held on that the of the club had to be ex- ym the pavement to the to another an ng aw lot scene, bers of the on the pavement and, need of nf execut amazed offic No whit abashed, club retained their seats being still in elected the 42—IRRIGATION, ation has done wonders in the cess of making the world a better place to live In and grow in. The word deserves consideration and respect. It is derived from the Latin “irrigo"—to moisten. }its turn Latin “in'"—on, upon: !maisten, As “inrigo” was an awh ward combination to pronoupce, the wordy by a process well known philologists, became ""Prigo." Irrigation, in the sense in which ts most frequently used | meang letting water into desert r gions, in order to make them produc~ tive, @ ature has o sions for 1 sy long ‘That avord, in ed is derty: from the nd “rigo,” to ion, but some neg- tous regions like the s a, are a waste because the failure of nature to do her duty. Irr.gation is a process of help- ing out nature has done irrig: ts, t of Sahi 2 undo the harm she t neglect. by F rom the Wise A comedy is lik a cigar; if good, every one wants a box; if bad, no amount of puffing will make it . Smiles. 1 Detter principle than this, that “The majority shall rule,” ig this other, that justice shall rute, Bovee. Youth will never live to age un- less they keep themselves in breath with exercise, and in heart with mirth.—Sir P. Sidney. wise man to carry {t out.—Lessing. le elaborate provi- *