The evening world. Newspaper, July 18, 1921, Page 16

ESTABLISHED RY JOSEPH PULITZER Publ Dai Broopt Sunday by The Prose Publishing | Company. Nor 0 68 Park Row New York. | RALPH PULITZER, President, 6% Park Row. 1 ANGUS SHAW, Trenaurer, 63 Feerk Row JOBEPH PULITAER Jr., Secretary, @3 Park Row MPMIVER OF THE ASSOOLATAD PRR The Amortere vely entitied to the wee fer repubticatia® | Of 2) newe despatches credited fo 1! of not otherwise crete tm this pape: ard also the local news yu ound herein Pree is eel } pechacsie —— 3 THE CITY'S BEST ASSET. F™ CAPTAIN SIMS of Engine Company +No. 18 has voiced a bit of homely philosophy that 4 \ might well be framed and hung over the desk of i every department head and bureau chief in the Hi ie t City Hall: . } “L have an enthusiasm for water in the right place, whieh in hot weather, 1 believe, is all | i around the outside of a youngster, and I am | for plenty of it, There might be some who'd | say the water was costing the city money. | But in my opinion the elty'll get tine cost back, and more too, in the better boys and | girls they'll be for their bit of pleasure.” | That is the sort of sentiment that ought to govern | ia ail our municipal activities. New York is not a cily of to-day only, It is a city) of tosinorrow as well. | t *AWhar sort of a city it shall be twenty years henoz | t ends on the boys and girls growing up in the I i; ‘ If they find it a good place, a kindly city, they \ill remember and make it better and more kindly. if they find it cruel and heartless, they will grow tip with bvisted, crooked natures, and the shadow wili deepen in the next generation. Cap. Sims believes the “city'll get the cost back an.) more too.” s fe is right. That applies in all wise and eco- nonical expenditures for schools, for parks, for play} erounds, in provisions for music and art museums, | for libraries, for courts and correctional institutions, | in vidows' pensions, for food inspection and a host | of «ther municipal activities. | Hardly anything the city does but has its relation to child life, child welfare, child happiness. There is uo better public investment. Let those who will obiect that the “water is cost- | ine the city money.” It is money well spent. And H the great majority will approve the spending. ‘AN AWAKENED CONSCIENCE.” | WO minor officers of the German Navy shave been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for the crime of firing on lifeboats launched from the torpedoed hospital ship Llandovery Castle. | Needless to say, four years’ imprisonment is not a | punishment that fits the erigne. Hanging would be joo good for them. To many it will seem that the | { trials of the German war criminals are farcical, that Germany is not living up to its agreement to bring \ these apostles of “schrecklichkeit” to judgment. In making such demands the Allies were demand- ing the impossible. If the case were reversed, { British, French or American courts and juries would bally act much as the German courts and juries are acting. Witness Southern leniency toward Iynchers. It is human nature that the Germans should grasp at every straw of extenuation. But, after ail, the real purpose of the trials is being complished. Actual prison sentences are relatively unimportant. The big object of the trials was to bring home to Germans the profound guilt of the system which countenanoéd barbaric warfare. This result is in process of accomplishment when the | President of a German court can say: | “This terrible case casts a shadow over the | German Navy and the whole submarine war,” Such words strip all the glamour of glory from i barbarism. No one has expressed the underlying purpose of the Allied demands for trial of the war criminals better than a German, Dr. F. W. Foerster, who has written: "The ( rman people can prepare themsely es society of nations only by directing thei: ense of justice for once against themselves by passing judgment from a moral standpoint on the machinations of their philosophers of force and propagandists of power during the fora past decades; by subjecting the horrible and short-sighted selfishness of theif methods of werfare to the judgment of an awakened conscience,” viding the material tor this self-judg- ment @ principal value of the war criminal trials in Germany must be found. | HOW TARIFFS ARE MADE. 't is in pre that t | ie the heat of midsummer at Washington the | House is going through the motions of parlia- | i mentary debate on the Tariff Bill. ' the last ot this week the House is expeoted to go 4 through the motions of voting on the measure. ‘ canting it will be amended in desultory fashion cid by a handful of Representatives in atiendance. | : Needless to the me is not ng ade } + quate and thoughtful attention from the members | { Congress. A tariff’ never does, and as hot- eather reading a Tarif? Bill ranks close to zero uy be doubled whether any one other than | i n Fordney has read whole first draft of | need have no concen over House is not making the Tariff Bill next. As we have explained, the roing through the motions, Tatiiis ave not ingge in the House. They inerely “originate” there by « pleasant constitutional fiction Nor are they made in the senate, Varifls are made in’ pre-election campaigns, ir committee rooms and, finally and most imporian “in conference.’ We shall begin to find out something about the tariff when Messrs. Fordney and Penrose come out of conference and make their first reports. Then and only then will it be possible to forecast how iud—a job the tariff tinkers have good—or how done. Until the conference committees have received new instructions and returned to fi&ht it out, Con- gress is merely going through the motions of tariff- making. It is sending out trial balloons. — It is talk- ing and voting. But, in the words of the poet, it doesn’t mean anything The real business of tariffanaking is likely to wait for cooler weather. REFERRED TO HARVEY. F the Harding Administration harbored a hape that the President’s proposed disarmament conference might put the League of Nations out of the disarma- ment business or otherwise discourage it from further perfomance of iis functions, somebody miscaleu- lated. The League's Temporary Mixed Commission for the Reduction of Armaments, meeting in Paris for its first session, shows no sign of throwing up its job. Nor does it appear to have the faintest consciousness of being what they call in Paris “de trop.” Nothing could more felicitously combine cordial- ity, a spirit of co-operation, consistency and confi- dence in the purposes of the Le: wii which M. Viviani, Chairman of the commission, welcomed “the great and noble initiative taken by President Harding a few days ago.” “There cannot be too many of us,” declared M, Viviani, “who wish to concern ourselves with this problam to appeal to public opinion and to pre- pare the world for this question, that should be solved and definitely solved. eague than the words “We should be the first to congratulate such action (President Harding's), and we gre happy to greet this step. We are glad to be associated in it, certain that the work we are going to prepare cannot but be taken into con- sideration by the Governments when we our- selves shall be gathered next September, hav- ing before us some solutions of the problems.” This amounts to an offer on the part of the League’s Commission on Disarmament to furnish President tiarding’s disarmament conference with any resulis of the League commission’s labors that may contribute toward realizing the great common aim An interesting question arises: How will President Harding treat this large-minded suggestion of co-operation from the Chairman of a ission appointed by the League of Nations? Will he accept it in the spirit in which it is rhade? Or will M. Viviani be referred to the statemen', pui on record by President Harding’s spokesman at the Court of St. James'’s—a statement that has never been publicly repudiated or rebuked from Washing- ton—t! the present Government of the United States ‘will not have anything whalsoever lo do with the League or with any commission or committee appointed by il or responsible to it, directly or in- directly, openly or furtively. com thinks one of the Thomas Fortune Ryan reasons for, industrial stagnation is that ‘people everywhere yave been scared.” The buying strike was the result. The people were scared, all right, but they were also angered. As Mr. Ryan says, they are getting over the seare. They are getting over the anger too— but only where prices are coming down to a@ fair-profit basis Wherev@r profiteering persists there is like lihood of further industrial continued hard times. stagnation and HEAVY “MONEY, (From the Cleveland Plain Dealer) Americans handle comparatively little inctallic cur- rency, In fact, they handle just as little as possible. Only the tractional parts of a doliar are in common circulation, The silver “cartwheel” is not used be- cause it is unpopular, The gold coins never enjoyed general circulation, and since war times they have been hard to get. Most American business is trans: acted by means of paper, which is more convenient than metal, and just as good. The announcement that the Government is en- gaged in the coinage of 279,000,000 new silver dollars need not cause any alarm. The new “cartwheels” will not flood the country. There will probably be few more in active circulation than there have been during the seven years in which no dollars were coined. ‘The dollars will be used to replace the silver supplied to Great Britain for use in India in 1918, and the chief result to be noted in this country will be an increase in the number of silver certificates in general circulation Recently the Vederal Reserye notes and Treasury notes have beeu far more common than silver certifies Before the war portant nation whic In England and France gold wa: lion, and paper money was not u tes, e United States was the only im- look y ee on hard money, in d general circula- in denominations of less than a sovereign, or 20 francs. In Italy a fractional paper currency was in use but the peop had no objection to gold or silver Americans wore the only people who felt rieved when asked to receive metallic curseacy io payment or in chauge, THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, JULY 18, Bum Service! From Evening World Praader | What kind of a letter do you find most readable? Isn't it ‘he one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple ofp hundred? lin so long, her reply was: There is fine mental ererctse and a lot of satisfaction in te say much in a few words. trying Take time to be brief. Note the Signature. “over” on them a » aid ‘O* To the Bhvar of World hibition? Do they want the “stocks The against Prohibition and pillory” enacted in these en- ay 5S avenyih that lightened days? Do they want the “ to everything ¢ “ducking stool," the “cleft. stick” ap- stands for decency and the preven- pied to their tongues, to be branded tion of crime. Liquor fills the in- on their forehead, to be fined or cast sane asylums, Lots of the saloon- into prison for disobeying the man- keeper's victims are there now, in dates of our present-day biue law ad- the power of others, at the hands of some receiving abuse of the atten- dants worse than a living death, The saloonkeepers and iters dress iile their victims’ 8 dress in rags and brewers’ in wives silks and and and starve. Men, while drunk, have killed others and gone to the electric chair. Liquor fills prisons. Any that upholds liquor and don’t fight it is aiding the D Devil to never drink.” souls, and hell is the drunkard and “Woe unto him that gives his brother ehall he said The girl who upheld the wine glass in the better £0 of her eternal soul is a murdere of girls goin i: shit f virtue Christ water into win kind of wine. an we Fahitor re ad York Millions Tax my ued at bath bare © one: experience on parade J y her prayers for the good uly 4th he liquor dealer and thier and th he cause reat if not, let each and every voter in these United States of America who are opposed to these blue laws write to their Congressman and their United States Senators immedi stating in plain and no uncertain words that they are opposed to blue laws of any kind, even under the jur- of any individual State, for S are the destro} in every sense of the word unde Constitution, whether national, or local. If an ty our State one does not know who his Congressman or United States Sena- tors are (and I have met many) I will refer them to The World Almanac for 1921, wh the name of nh the United to he ad- oresentatives or to the United Mtray. Lie is the rob. |case may be, Very truly yours, | JOHN J. CILLES our Lord, et a | —- ‘ 1| On the Good Ship “Nip.” A VANATIC.” | when tim wind blows west, you'll be the Beach. my guest oy And sail the sea with me article, “New| When she blows a gale we'll drink Cut Off From Sea by} our ale, "1 feet 1 should tell! We'll go on an ocean spree In justice to the so-|So come with me where men are free, ins And the only thing that’s blue I am a resident of Coney at pres- ent informed water Saturday me since early morning, while ing in front of Ward's bath house, course of conversa she been bath- in on a young lady had morning. in the When asked if she wasn't afraid of staying | We stay in a while, jateam room, t | turn to the oc: times, then hay the } hack Why the is you » please the bath barons too much their faults, no doubt, trials Coney libert not hour or d ) re » two sides to trde Gears ine red ob AKe an nt the tk J 1, July “Oh, no! then go in the 4 shower and re- We do that a few lunch and rest, ocean then Yon know we don't have to be home until 9 o'elock.” bath houses by Just stow it away, drink it all to-day. 13, Or else a want hotel ne and 4 sk hote accom every story. don't They have but also their i tribulations from a certain public who their money kers roast ver get are USU- ROWRLE. 1921, Agatast (Aide Lawn. matt trae Americans going to allow the un-American, anti. anti-democratic rehistt the mor bhing, const i tio Is the backs sleep, Because they can’t come ocean deep, where the moss- through So here's to the trip, rip; We'll bid dull care good-by; We'll drink our fill, spill, Just taste that good old rye What wondrous cheer beer, Flecked like the let her rip, rip na glass ot ocean foam: You can't get this at home Here's fruit of the vine, with « like There's joy So till your And harvest in your crop; Just hold your mug whil a Can y © joy he You'll lik wine, n every drop; T tip this! vear that bub, thine th bub, bub”? for yours and min nod old tub, When the wind blows east had our feas: Ml take you home again; With.a lease on life and lov wife, and we've for your You'll ke the King of men; 1991.7 by The P Ne not a drop we'l) = a By John Cassel * By Svetozar Tonjorott Comerrigtyt, 19721 (The_New' York Khan vourt Pol and i | was { sione | As enabl that when wond the record of his travels : Countrymen of Marco Polo havthe maintained that his act he-trotter aroused a other travel by jand that the subsequent di the passage to India around th. Cape Hope and t entful voyage UNCOMMON SENSE tut ‘i Marea Polo needs By John Blake Fue ne tee ons Con {ts Bunvival Copyright, 1941, by John Blake Up to his time, he is now arnt teat CLOTHES AND CONFIDENC] Ree AbReranit and Mark Twain could afford to indulge his delight in un ihe Heronean Mt has any reason to. be usual and fantastic clothes, He was a genius. If John D. Rockefeller chose to walk down in a suit of blue jeans it would not affect his financial stand ing although it might create for dress himself rather neatly. Broadway surprise, for his custom is to 5 | Russell Sage wore the same straw hat for fifteen years and was able at the same time to get more interest on a thousand-dollar investment than almost anybody else in Wall Street. that the late Col, Roosevelt made fi But Sage was an exception. And when he was just out mous, as he made the “Iiver of of Troy, beginning his long climb in New York, he dressed Doubt" famous. more carefully, Like the practice it deno the The impo word is of Byzantine origin, Ir Is ‘The importance of good clothes is the confidence they derived from ‘logos’ .(word) und inspire. not only in the wearer but in those with whom he ‘machomai” (to fight), Tt means comes into contact. tigiing with words or fighting about The well dressed man impresses others with a belief in words his competence. The man in rusty ec In Byzantium (the modern Constan- tond baggy trousers is viewed with an eye of suspicion, Q “If he is able, why doesn’t he dress well?” asks the world. 'To the job seeker-—and just now there are many thou sands of them ous appearance He need not be dressed as the writer of the fashions-for men columns would dictate, but his clothes should be and clean and not three or four years behind the styl One reason for this is that competent men usually tak a pride in their personal appearance and dress well. And the world takes its impressions from custom, It is not customary for a bookkeeper or a clerk to be shabb: bookkeeper or clerk is looked upon as Of course, dressing too well is as bad as dressing too 3, poorly, The flashily clad youth who wears cheap imitations of ultra stylish garments is usually set down as a tin horn 3) gambler or a race track follower, and stands a small chance $| of getting any good job, But the youth who is careful about buying and keeping nothing is so much of an asset as a prosper whole . Therefore a shabby acking in ability. Fran his clothes and who looks as well as he can will get at least $| The Spanish Armata, the largus! consideration, After that, provided there is any job to get, 3/94 4pparently the most invincible of whether he gets it or not depends upon his manner, And his }/ fleets, was defeated in i088, What manner is sure to be the more impressive if he is well dressed {| ‘BE Haglish did pot succeed in fully, \accomplishing was ended by a viose than if he is shabbily clad, Hient storm. Many spaniarde weslld | cast “must” cup where the brim is up, ‘The black-eyed, black-hairea Ty man or woman of to. tay is a Shad When you sail with me for an ocean » for it, but not intentionally or | meso Mt of the wrecked Spaniards BF spree se . ‘ ed On board the 1 mpsey of a broken heart" [s SES RED RGSS Dy & dis what w dof him alec 1 6 Bast India Comput ; sae fork the same sporting writers will Say it] oheetonet tan, Oman wats fret = There is not a fairer lot of sports-|~ eo 8 “Dempsey and Darcy. men tha American sporting| ° Mme union of the or Bhalaue ‘To the Editor of The Brening World writers, recent controversy | and scotland was it ae With reference to a letter in The] of Dempsey*and Carpentic 4 ixoning World captioned “Dempsey | Mf Thomas mentions something ie) NeAPES ROAR *{ avout 90,000 Americans. 1 can only | story in than Ene ane che and Darcy,” the author claims that] assume he means the Amer n| 7 Holland, by. the the sporting writers “razzed" 1 1 m, and were the America Piles Otc Nothing could be more untruthf ‘ on solidly for Carpentier? 1} Duteh rival remember the incident of Dare hink not. at "Oude Dore. fpr to America and 1 also remember Certainly some of these o 3 very fine way he wus treated by These | walters had the O. 9. op thed . sporting writers. ad they weren't influenced by some} The Indepe of Holland \ gf Darey died of a ken heart. 1 the other 99.000. Sit down, Mr.|qeclired in tea 1 ion’) care 1 jas, and take @ load off your] +: |e - ) The Long ¢ (Pe \ONING WORLD READER. — png ‘The Pioneers XXVIL—THE FIRST OF THE MOD | ERN EXPLORERS, | ‘The primitive man wio br: irs 4 {perils of a rangé of mountains cd lorder to see what beyond thebs {is the spiritual ancestor of all eg ?®™ plorers, An explorer js the man wie . enables one half of the world to knoe vow the other he l= | The first of Iu scientific e7pq plorers—explorers wi ive travellds md studied and ler 1 Venetian. To this pioncer etoty |trotter Kurope in its present tens owes tts first glimpse of the Far Bast of parts of Afries, incindine Albyes nia with ifs Christian civilization or rear civilizaty that glittering ticure of the Marco Polo beran Malte ihe ent appointed second class Commia- jas ook ol Venice—-contains [records ¢ nplete — jou; hrouchout the breadtu of Asia, |the Bosporus to the China Sea, He explored Thibet, Khotan, the lan steppes; lraversed Burma, Ste Cochin China, japan — (re- [ferred to as “Zipangu” in his fasel- nating story of his travels); sailed through the China , the Indian 2 nd the Persian Gulf to the, the reindeer and lo's travels were inter- a naval battle. In the course of the + nent the vie- torious Genoese led his ship, captured him and thrust him into prison. In this seclusion, however, he found time which he WHERE DID YOU GET % tinopie) in the degenerate days of the The St of Progress 1. by The Pron IPhiahing Co, exploretions i Orient, (he Cs tK ult abe. tro ge Yhood, when he aecompanied his round his unele, Nicolo and On their second trip to the of Kublai Khan, in far Cathay, 8 trip, like others, the elder had undertaken for purposes of ind) profilieble adventure, applied hunself to Oriental As a young man ve Kublal Khan, that in 1277 he ces with zest 1 the service ord tis on re rin Kublai’s privy council dignitary he was comfort all and glitter— which we an Oriental ed land seen as the Mar Hast narrative of that there Wis day to traverse in of mystery from afar his travela—eo Was a general to regard him erful the Tigris and Euphrates elled to Teheran 43 found" Socotra, Zanze—g, © and hy way of a che ventured far north, in the and contemplative quiet, utilized for the writing of the Venetian venturesome c atter, THAT WORD? °'s: 52—LOGOMACHY. sromachy" ls one of the w ‘¢ t wore frequently re- wpons—words in over- g quantities and with devious practice of fehting with another word-—“log vernment by the power of 1180 ine and fall condense history of the dec antine i empire Is 120. th Prem teh The New York Brening World). ot Bartholomew M was in 1572 . ec ashore on th tof Treland. 3% ad Thump) Parliament and assembled tm 1640,