The evening world. Newspaper, August 13, 1921, Page 10

ee en | \ | - eR AS IT TEE I SRT ERO a ES BENNY Cloris. ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Publier Dally Excopt Sunday by Tho Pres Publishing Company. Nos. 53 to 63 Park Raw, New York » —- RALPH PULITZER, Proeident, 63 Park Row. J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer, 62 Park Now JOSEPH PULITZER Jr., Secretary, 63 Park Row MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Prem ls exclusively entiuee to the use for republication f all news despatches credited to It oF not oLmerwine ereuited Ip ints paper and also the local news publishea herein “SOME PRACTICAL MAN.” HEY do Hizzoner an injustice who hold that in four years at the City Hall he has ad: vanced no sound and material idea directed toware the uplifting of the local Government. it has been revealed before the Meyer investi- gating committee that so far back as March 25, 1918, Mr. Hylan wrote to his heads of departments a general letier of complaint concluding in these words: “Unless my suggestions are given immediate attention I may be obliged to put some prac- tical man in the department as its head.” Neither immediate nor subsequent attention was paia to those suggestions, which are stated to have becn offered in the interest of economy. The Mayor has acknowledged on the stand the foilure of his thrift programme. In the threat of displacement which closes the leticr, however—and which Hizzoner never carried our—there remains the substance of a really bright Proposal hearing on muni betterment. “To put some practical man in’—why not as head of the whole City Government instead of as the head merely of this or that department? practical man at the head of affairs, we con- sider, would be a force behind his own suggesticns; would do better than “consider generally” vital de- tails of his administration; would have on the wit- ness stand better answers than “I don’t know,” or a reference to the Comptroller. In other words, a practical man in charge of the city’s business would know that business as if i* were his own; would regard the possession of such knowledge as something pre-eminently esszatiai under his assumption of responsibility. “To put a practical man in’— That a great body Of citizens is already moving to take that very step for the redemption of New Youk rubs no shine from Hizzoner’s own sugges- tion by indirection, as revealed three years after the making. ° THE LESSON THAT STICKS. F al! the speakers who have addressed the Institute of Politics, few have touched on a poiitical truth more needful of recognition thay did Sisnor Tiltoni, who explained why the wave of _radicalism in Italy had subsided. When Italian workmen rose and took over the faclories the Italian Government ‘did not 12press the movement with the sword. It left the work- men to discover the errors of Communism by the hard school of experience. The lesson was a hard one, both for the con- servatives and the radi . but it has heen learned and Italy is no longer threatened. Experiduce is the best teacher. This applies pa® ticutarly to modem democracies. Force never kills an idea. Experience does if the idea is unsoi.nd. In a democracy the only safe way of handling an erroneous theory is to permit it to come to iight Give it a trial and convince the advocates of their error. : When the advocates are in a hopeless minority it may be better to treat them with tolerance and impose some measure of necessary restraint But when their numbers have become considerable it will prove cheaper and better in the long run to give visionary schemes a trial to expose their weak- nesses. in this connection the United States is in a pa- ticularly favorable position. It is a Nation of forty-eight Commonwealths. It is possible to try out schemes ol social betterment on a small scale by States. A JOVIAL SKIPPER. HE skipper of the latest “what'll-you-have ship” drifting back and forth off the Island Nomansland on the Massachusetts coast had « de- the name of his craft. Arethusa, according to Greek mythology, was a nymph who was changed into an underground river which emerged on the Island of Ortygia, some distance from the mainland, in the form of a werderfully clear and refreshing spring to gratify the thirs! Both the “underground” course of the traffic and the refreshing quality of the liquids available on the Arethusa lend a touch of real humor, con- scious or unconscious, to the name of this “rum- runner” which openly flouts the Eighteenth Amend ment and thrives on the publicity which revels its location to yachismen and fishers. The Captain, according to a report in the New Bedford Standard, has no fear of Messrs, Anderson an! Wheeler and is as genial a soul as ever greeted tustomers from behind a white apron and white west. He is quoted as saying: “We transact business day and night, and we manage to supply Block Island, Martha's Vine- yard, New Bedford and Fall River with what ligh{ful sense of propriety when he chose ‘‘Arethusa”’ ” the residents of those places seem to want most. Come out any time you want to. The law can't touch us here, We'll be very glad to’see you.” The Standard likens the Captain to the pirate Captain John Morgan, who is supposed to have politeky requested his captives to render him the greatest of favors by walking the plank like ladies ang gent'emen, But would: 't another likeness be even more per- tinent? Ist't the Captain more like the litle boy |. the other side of the creek who gleefully taunts the constable sen to drive him out of the old swim- ming hole? THE LEAGUE LIVES. F Ambassador Harvey had had an inkling of | what was in ‘store for him at Paris he might well have begged off and requested Secretary Hughes and President Harding to permit Ambas- sador Herrick to represent the United States a‘ the meeting of the Supreme Council. Through the deliberations of the just closed Ambassador Harvey maintained a dignified silence, an aloo attitude/ a superior air of isolation, The other members of the Council discussed mat- ters and Col. Harvey listened. session But matjers did not go well between !loyd George and Briand. The morning papers yester- day reported a threatened break in Anglo-French relations. , London. Lloyd George was ready to return to Agreement was impossible. Then, just before the-break came, the Pritish Premier found a way out which the French Premies was able to accept. Afternoon reports indicated there was no immediate fear of a break, because the Supreme Council, after a deadlock, had decided 4” refer the dispute to the League of Nations. Articles XI. to XV. of the Covenant cover the circumstances completely. The dispute is referred ‘ \ to the Council of the L eague and the Council may in iurn refer it to the A mbly or to the Perma nent Court of International Justice now in process of formation, The League lives. It lives despite the failure of the Unflea-States to join, It lives despite Ambas- sator Harvey's scornful attitude. It is taking ove- the work which it was designed to do. The mem- bers are recalling their obligations just when it be gan to appear they had forgotten. Such a decision must indeed have been 4 hitter pill for George Harvey. But after all, Haryey’s feelings are of not much importance compared with the peace of the world. George MOBILIZING LETTER-WRITERS,~ AWSON PURDY, Chairman of the Tenement House Committee of the Charity Organiza- tion Socigiy of this city, has hit on a somewhat novel method of influencing legislation. iis a manifestation of the “propaganda” meihods adopted so widely during and sine: the war, but the open and aboveboard way in whien it is proposed takes off most of the curse. The idea is outlined in a pamphlet on tenement-, house regulition issued by the committee w hich gives a brief history of the movement and describes the constant assaults by those opposed to rsason- able regulation. In closing Mr. Purdy “How You Can Help.” The committee hopes to gather the names of per- sons who will agree to write to .committess and members of the Legislature when the Ten#ment Law is threatened. The explanation closes as fol- lows: explains “The committee does not expect you to take its point of view on all measures. “When it asks your support it will explain the purpose of the projected measure and give reasous for or against it.” li any iorm of propaganda is justifiable and still potentially eftective, this would seen to be so. The response the committee may have will be a meas- ure of public interest in a highly important field of social endeavor. Mr. Hearst and his newspapers have peculiar ideas on the matter of protection. Mr. Hearst is able to manifest grave concern for the future of the California almond and lemon growers forced to compete with the pauper labor of Spain. But when some one suggested a duty on Mexican petroleum the Hearst newspapers were in the forefront in protesting, Mr. Hearst, it may be recalled, has Mex petroleum properties, Mr, Hearst may employ the pauper labor of Mexico. even TWICE OVERS. “ce HE nominating will be done at the primaries and nowhere else, and by the enrolled voters and nobody else.” Henry H. Curran. * * * ee IS (Caruso's) epitaph might well be, ‘He was the greatest singer God ever created,’ ” John McCormack. . * . AM anxious to fight Dempsey.” lard. Jess Wil- \ emmamernn | roe cee carapace, fF | Hi € cae a aT 1 Se RI ie paetsen oe eon ‘a 3 me ; . property, From Evening World Readers { | What kind of a letter do you find most readable? that gi | to eay much in a few words Barber Prices, ‘To the Edlior of Tee Evening World: | 1 wish to join, as a steady reader of your wonderful paper, in the protest Jagainst the prices charged by local | barber shops. Why does it bill to step into a shop nowada; Why cannot or does not The Evening World start some sort 6f 4 movement always cost a dollar to clip the wings of these profiteers? soda The fountains and confec- tion reduced the prices of their and candies, so why not start on the barber shops throughout the city Ao shay ait movement won't for the man who goes to the r with the jutention of getting a haircut is ging to be foole will be forced to pay for g 2 or now ‘bers expect a ten- they charge, Maybe ii is for the services Ithey render in assisting their patrons n getting rid of their mor It ce fons is not for the excellent hair hin, And hatr tonie! Teen cents for a single application ut of a bottle of perfumed waiter tha in be obtained easily for thirty-five gar certificates, One of my resolutions on Jan, 1 la. only us he shave whether he gets on And the poor cent tp in addition to the price was to vefrain from tipping any bar- » Waiter, hat boy, ce, and put ame into the = dime ‘bank, whicu holds $10. Well i it twice and th Come ou, men, put on your thinking caps. Lets all get together in an en- deavor to squash these high prices for halreuts. They have absolutely no excuse clouds, Br for keeping prices in tt R. R Klyn, Aug. 10, ‘Towel To the Kaito ng Ward eral days ago L noticed an arti- cle in the news lauding the Commis- sioneg of Parks of Brooklyn on the manner in which the Head wimming pool. in Brownsville is eared for. Not all of us can endure the crowd- ing and discomfort caused in the .t- tempt to reach Coney Islind in time for swim, so we turn to the other alternative and direct ourselves to the Ketsy Head I understand that L philanthropic person and the resi idents in the vicinity of the park contributed a good sum of money for this, but we are charged a fee of 10 cents to enter a "shift of about a half hour in duration, This ts out- ‘geouls when one stops. to consi admission Is absolutely free W8th Street baths in the city, What really 4 Vales one is the fact that for the last few weeks, when one is wholly unprepared for it, he is greeted by a large sign, “No Towels,” and yet they charge ‘you 10 cents for a tiny piece of soap worth alf cent and give you a pair of mir means of attaching is supposed to dry you. (This miracle has never yet occurred to me). towel When there ve the gall y gone into we ke pool drippi dmission. Who fix pon . Take time to be brief. are ni to ask the » again to dry ourselves? Brooklyn, Phyntetans’ Rij Aug. 9, 29 Isn’t it the one you the worth of a thousand words ina couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying 0 a re JAY EFF, To the Editor of The Evening World: This Prohibition question is becom- .ing more farcical, absurd and over-| saring every he latest Campbelt ww 2 cal profession, of such knowles what is best the suffering jealth of h und give the t f his patients. And yet now 1 repul foods pe clentiously “thinks (and Knows) to be in certain ¢ valescen: If whe as a poison, w physicians may not prescribe nine or many | drugs, which, tellectually gi tion.and univ of the sands of lives Is it that the representatives of the ernzy? the folly passed the and country have that they originally the act Constitut and that t limit in doing all they can to bring | the whole question to a farcical term - nation? Anyhow, it foresight to predict that the Brapibis | tion law is golng to give ° a vast amount of trouble and anxiety | in many ways in the future unless seeking revenge. the Legislature becomes saner and wiser, AN UNPROF AL ADVO- some one who has done b OF PHYSIK RIGHTS, |‘ EisoKly, Aug. 10, Fire ‘To the Fattor of The am in eee of Miss adyocates our faithful ‘There is od that 806 one da, pha t Anti-Beer passed in the Senate by a vote of 34 is a direct insult fe the medi- doctor train, study and | work to the acquisition ‘ige as tits him to know and fittest to allevia 1 note the general Wo mgre inexperienced, ignoranfuses can dubar ble student of medicine aining to health from con- preseribing Possi of inestimable Ses of sickness and con- hat t Bil 1 ha vt such education is to st in him for the bly rsome beer is to be er or las our rofiteering going out # wet and Inviting sick ness or shall we (Copyright, Revenge may be sweet, iong run. ways be behind. game be the % bitterness in trying to avenge read their names among those of people who have achieved (3 any notable things. There will world, A time always be mistreated, perhaps abused. he Willis- spl tet Your feelings will be has been | dealt with unfairly. In your breast will ris take ve always welfare for the world and yourself, jandtul of } And the and we want, what absolute! benoti It is We ian approv other of the lend] iP selentifeatts aaa | do something for the world, yen, are without ques- ersally gone ion hey are does conee utmost benefit in many plaints and the saving of many thou- amendment to the now not fee ¥ Evening World Gav firemen thing nape TS Cah gya fn ee . Lf in whieh she an increase ip salaries of | SUS and that the « ded to be com- Or is it} of having they Volstead going the | 3 as well off without them, There Cristo, © much | ding. ing rea intry the happi ye $ e gest in c policemen. | jue for the Spend your life trying to ‘ injustice hurt—you natural, and you will vow to z revenge, once accomplished, is valueless than most of the things that we wrongly fancy bors and instantly destroys all sympath’ is nothing fine about the character 1 jan increase in rents 1 would’ 9p the rent of land and not by issu-) UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake by John Blake.) THERE IS NO PROPIT IN § SPITE. There is no profit in spite. ‘get even” them, and a thirst for revenge that is» scomplish that revenge if it you till the end of your days. But you will find it expensive to keep the vow. Spite is the worst of all motives for human actions. pose, as he usually does, we give him only our derision, Men have, it is true, accomplished things for spi might not have accomplished through higher motives: but they are not pleasant men and the world would be just an increase in taxes Brooklyn, Aug. 10, 1981, even but it is unsatisfactory in. the and you will al- Better forget injuries done you than fill your heart with There are men who go about the world trying to square accounts with people who have wronged them, but you never unfairness in the sure to come when you will be actually will be che pated or The jong and tedious and troublesome and cuts into the few years that are given you to do something more » perfectly obvious to your friends and neigh- and applaud the man who is trying to win a home for his family,%r build up a name for himself, or to But the instant we think that spite is any factor in his efforts we cease to respect him, and if he fails in his pur- that of Monte although the story of his revenge makes interest- There is nothing fine about any man who slinks about He is usually a sullen, evil-minded, in tensely unhappy creature, who through his desire to punish him wrong shuts himself out of all ess and sunshine that he might find in the world about him if he only took the trouble to look for it, to: Steel {son, Melbourne) (Charles Nicks}, prospector, | nd |ing short term bonds, which means nd consequently i+} better £PAnd, if any person seek = SJ. WILL never disgrace these arms } Nor desert my companion in ‘ranks. { will fight for temples and Both aloné and with many, I will transmit my fatherland ,| Not only not less, but greater Than it was transmitted to me. I will obey the magistrates Who may at any time be in pow | I will observe both the existing | And those which the people unanimously hereafter To annul the laws or to set them, nought, I will do my best-to prevent him, And will defend them both alone ‘with many. No, this is not a poem, Nor is eyen new poetry, It is the principal part of the ond required of candidates for citi ship in ancient Athens and i taken, as here presented, from article on “Athenian Religions Moral’ Training," by Fletcher Swift, in the current number of Open Court. They were loyal souls in the century, B. C., but .ney had not. gun to consider disarmament asi international policy. oe Two Dreams for One World.- - + Turning pages 417-18 of John Commons's “Industrial Governme! (Macmillan) we read; The employer dreams of a wo } in which he will not forever be en- | gaged in the struggle to disciplin | abor, a world in which all his e: jveergies will be freed for the m chanical problem of production. But while he is also dreaming. And the industrial world of wh labo! peace ele ‘on, comfortable standard all. It is a world in and all labor is dreaming, .ab eiiciently and di el ju desir a the rieht Of aagie Vidual to the grealt st possil world at! and developing nat nd. plar as well as his powers 0: | ment upon the industry by wat ving And a curious thing is the fact that th {proximate fulfilment of dreams is to merge juream, i | nd of the 1 ng for the oan both ¢ them into A Rocky Bed of Fortunes-- Queer stor how fortunes. | } to ght New trying South Wales. roek 1" sily 1 }, te be the Maybell mine. ft) A little incident to snow how portunity can be a rough knock . “When You Are Old”. A i etion from “Selected Poe (Macw n ook of the poem tyehivan t ts: old and grey and When you are of sleep, And nodding by the his. book, padnd slowly read, soft look hod fire, take and dream Your cues once, and of their i shadows deep; F How many loved your momenta o? ' glad grace band loved your beauty with love fatxe or true; i {But one man loved the pitorim sont { Aiea, i And loved the sorrows of your 1 changing face amd hendina down beside the glowtna sadiy, how love fied mountains over ittite And hid stars, his face amid a crowd off The Subjection of a Champion. . Straight, viding like a_cens| tatir, Sundown Jackson, a Nez Per pore the x type, flies across the plain on the bucking, twisting, “high.| | diving’ devil-horse, ironically eall Angel. It is a fighting ride all thi way. As the horse and the Indian | near the finish there are cries ft | the erowd , Sundown!"* | Lut Jackson ‘did not hear, ‘The | shot rang out “Take him | Herb Thomp | helped: f the i on ota alongside an, Jown dismount | the epic ride for his ra son of Chief Jouepn fiftieth | round-up tory of wand | was a first the Nez Peree, entative, as the and only red man, wrest S title the palefa’e. “Wh ription do you want | 1 pt Sundown” was | asked him at the ‘Ssaddlery as | viewed the beautiful, coveted gy ‘wife's name," quiet reply The tale is from (Putnam), Ch, book of was the the passing of the ol make no effort to | moral,