The evening world. Newspaper, September 10, 1921, Page 10

2S ET CP NOs EER EZ | | i | ib 4 ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Published Daily Except Sunday by The Company. Nos, 53 to 63 Park Mow, New York. RALPH PULITZER, President J, ANGUS SHAW, Treasurcr, 63 Park Row. JOSEPH PULITZER Jr., Secretary, 65 Park Row. —_———_ MEMIFER OF THF AssoctireD reese. ‘The Asociated Prem te exclusively entiuen to the use for repabiication @f all news Gespatches credited to It or mor cinerwise creuitea im tnt paper and also the local news publishea berrin, STILL AT IT. HAT’S trickier than a tricky landlord? The latest reported dodge of the rent- booster to get round the law that protects tenants is to let the premises run down until a building inspector pronounces them unsafe am the Tene- ment House Commission orders the occupants out. Then the landlord makes a few repairs, jumps up his rent figures and is ready for a fresh lot of victims. An alleged attempt to put up a job of this kind on 150 negro tenants in the Bronx is to be mvesti- gated under a writ of certiorari obtained from a Su- preme Court Justice. Meanwhile, the whole rent situation is in urgent need of clarifying, authoritative decisions that wil! settle once and for all the standands to be used in judging and adjusting rent cases. Confusion fol- lowing the recent ruling of the Appellate Term in Brooklyn that a reasonable rent is 10 per cent. net Profit on the market value of the property is only one of the unfortunate consequences of misunder- standing and conflicting interpretation of the rent laws. Until there is consistency and uniformity in the application of these laws, the unscrupulous land- Jord will still find encouragement for his schemes. IN A FIX. HE EVENING WORLD recently suggested that Income Tax day woukd be a revelation to vacationing Congressmen and that they would come back to Washington more amenable to econ- omy measures. It was a good forecast and still hokis. But the time may be advanced. A good many Congress- men aren’t going to wait until the storm breaks. They are going to return to Washington and go through the motions of being busy before they are deafened with the roar of the storm. Before long members will be appealing to Com- mittee Chairmen to call special meetings demand- ing presence in Washington before the end of the recess. Anything to escape. The World correspondent in Washington quoted one Congressman who for obvious reasons did not eare to have his name appear: “The folks back home are hot. They besieged me with questions the whole time I was there. ‘They don’t know what is going on. I'll tell you, boys, everything is in a hell of a fix.” Maybe not everything, but the M. C.’s are. A VINTAGE YEAR IN FRANCE. | ess Publishing | I" spite of the drought, France boasts a wheat crop of pre-war proportions, slightly exceed- ing the 1909-1913 average, and, what is perhaps more conducive to French pride, a wine crop of exceptional quality. The hot, dry summer has pro- duced a vintage which has known few superiors. ‘The grapes of the Burgundy and Bordeaux districts in particular “have an incomparable sweetness and flavor and are likely to yield the best wine France has grown in nearly twenty years.” This agreeable prospect may cheer the French, but does it excite any pleasurable anticipation in this country? The choicest vintage in twenty years and the United States under the ban of Volstead- ism! Perhaps American invalids may get a drink of: it, perhaps a few cases will be procurable out- side the three-mile limit. of the population is merely tantalizing. Prohibition was irksome enough before the re- 4 ceipt of the irritating news. Has nature joined in the conspiracy to make dry-law enforcement wholly intolerable? It is the American connoisseur'’s crown of sorrows that the best wine yield of recent times should oocur just as he is forbidden by law to en- joy it. Prussian Junkers may quaff the precious nectar, and Argentine ranchers, but there’s no quaff- ing for Americans. They will have to put to sea and leave their country of benevolent personal reg- ulation behind to get a drink. UNCOLLECTIBLE TAXES. F luxury-tax evaders are “cheating the Govem- ment out of $50,000,000 in this city every year,” as United States District Attorney Hayward estimates, the total loss from this source must be colossal, whether or not a corresponding degree of rascality is assumed for the rest of the country. Certainly the conviction of a Fifth Avenue firm of this uffense has had a disillusionizing effect on pre- sumptions of mercantile honesty elsewhere. Stand- ards can hardly be lower on Tenth Avenue or on the various Main Streets of the country, but to what extent are they higher? As a matter of fact, in the luxury tax Congress thas Inyposed a tax which it is impossible for it to collect. To subiect the account books of the in- But the outlook for most | THE EVENING WORLD, SATU RDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1921, | agents, and the Government must perforce rely on the business integrity of the dealer. In doing so it | must gamble with human nature and expect to be frequently victimized. Perhaps the college profes- sor who said the income tax was breeding a Nation of liars uttered a slander, but at least it ean be con- ceded that the luxury taxes offer the freest of invi- tations to deceit. Stiff fines and occasional jail sentences may have a deterrent effect. But collecting a tax by means of court proceedings is neither an economical nor | a productive method of obtaining Government revenue, A,GOOD COMBINATION. R. CURRAN’S “cobweb plan” for future transit development in this city is graphic and easily grasped. It is based on a need which many New Yorkers have felt without defining it. Mr. Curran says the city’s transportation system is now like a hub (lower Manhattan) “with spokes radiating out in every direction and ending in the air.” “What we need Js a rim to that wheel, a belt line and then another interior belt line, between the rim and the hub, so that people going from Brooklyn to Queens taay go directly over a crosstown line instead of having to struggle through the congested hub of the wheel in lower Manhattan. The same holds true between Queens and the Bronx. The same holds true between Brooklyn and Richmond, “Instead of a transportation picture that looks like the hub and spokes of a wheel with- out any rim we should have the cobweb design. In a cobweb you will find that the spider, wisely enough, provides a rim and interior rims, or laterals or belt lines, in addition to the strands that compose the hub and the spokes, and that is a sensible plan built by a sensible animal for business purposes.” The above is worth attention, not only for what it suggests, but as a sample of the kind of con- structive vision characteristic of the coalition candi- date who should be nominated for Mayor by a rec- ord vote next Tuesday. Practicality is a good thing in a man who has to be Mayor of the New York that is. But vision is an equally good thing in a Mayor, for without it he cannot see the New York that is to be. Henry Curran has both the practicality of ten years’ experience in the Municipal Government and the vision that is able to look ahead to a bigger and better planned city. A good combination to put in the City Hall. A VERY THIN LINE. EWS that the Winter Garden, hitherto the home of musical spectacles, is to be turned fato a vaudeville house interests theatregoers, But in many ways such a change is not as radical as it sounds. Of recent years the line between vaudeville and a certain type of musical show has been getting thinner ard thinner. Producers of this kind of entertainment have tried stringing a series of specialties on a next to invisible thread of plot and found the results profitable. One advantage of the fornmula is its flexibility. The various specialties or “acts” can be changed or transposed without in the feast damaging the total effect. An “act” that goes poorly can be replaced by one that goes better or shifted to a less con- spicuous part of the programme. About the only difference between a musical show of this type and vaudeville is that in the for- mer a chorus. and one or two principals tum up occasionally right through the performance, while in the latter every few minutes sees a wholly new deal. From the new policy of the Winter Garden, we gather the constantly consulted taste of the T. B. M. is keener than ever for variety. TWICE OVERS. “7 HAD six (children). Two died of cholera— and I wish these had died also, for it is quicker than starvation.” —A Russian mother in a village near Samara. * 6 « “ce TH Washington conference tends to the at- tainment of a noble object—the general reduc- tion of armaments—and cannot fail lo have our whole- hearted support.” —Carlo Schanzer, Italian Delegate to League of Nations Assembly. * * «6 6c T T is unfortunate that such a cause as thot of home rule for our city has been used by the present Administrotion as a shield to shelter its ignorance, incompetence, pelty bickering and graft.” — H. H. Curran. + * 8 “ce Te cases of this kind (intoxication) were ar- raigned before me yesterday. If the police want to do good work, let them get search warrants and search out places where this liquor is sold.” —Magis- trate Geismar. o * 6 ee HE desire of the court is not 'o see more re- ceiverships, but to dispose of tiwse that are now pending as rapidly as possible." —Federol Judge Mayer. . * . “ce Tit bill which we will report will be under- stood by every taxpayer, and it will not be numerable dealers in such articles to periodical ex- amination would require a vast army of revenus necessary lo hire a lawyer to find oul what it means.” —Ser ior Penrose. J Ta ki ng It “Away Comrie, 1921, by The Wreae Deithiah ing Co. (Tue New York x ). yeoman mer vn ty i Pe pl Three Great Reforms. To the Haltor of The Evening World: During the war we progressed toward three great reforms—Lenin’s reform in Russia, Social Communist reform in Italy, Prohibitien reform in the United States. The first (Lenin's) proved famine. The second (Italy) died before it was born. The third (Prohibition) leaves worst is yet to come. FE. VACCARO. , 1921, New York, Sept. 7 Queer Advert To the Falior of The Brening Worid A few weeks ago we read in the daily papers a statement by Mr. Lasker that he would dispose of the wooden ships by Oct. leven if he had to sink or destroy them. One of yes- terday’s papers contained a statement by that same gentleman that after man, had ever conducted he was un- able’ to find a purchaser, Was his the proper method to pursue when you wish to sell an article—first to state it's no good; “I'll give it away,” then expect some one to be foolish enough to offer you money for it? “Why is Lasker?” AN AMERICA} New York, Sept. 7, 19: In looking over the primary lists 1 see that but one woman is designated for the office of County Clerk in New York County. Every one who hascon- sidered the matter must realize that this office isp women, who are business men to be ministrators. So far as T can find out, the one woman candidate, Miss Margaret Douglas, seems particularly fitted for the job, as she is a lawyer who has been in practice some years. Also it appears she is not a recent convert to Republican doctrines but comes of a long line of leaders of that party. Women are just as large taxpayers as are men, but up to the present they have had but little actual part in administrative work, and it seems too bad to lose this opportunity to capable woman lawyer in of a public office that 18, sui woman's fleld. MICHAEL SHAPIRO, Aduiterated Films. ‘To the Wartor of ‘Tho Broaing Wort master tile ad- Your readers ure evidently filled up on reading about profiteering landlords, tee cream and confection- ery dealers, &c has also been ¢ teer- play- ndoubtedly all as kickers ure, lik Nn certain things ture ha. just be te Broad way run and played ip Harlem fe the first time, I saw the pictur 6,000,000 out of work now, and the} one of the greatest advertising cam- | paigns that he, as an advertising j}but John Redmond was so entwined! com: | From Evening World Readers What kind of letter: doyou find most readable? that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There 18 fine mnental exercise and a lot of sgtisfaction in trying Isn't it the one to say much in few words. Take time to be brief, while it was on Broadway, and It really was enjoyable, though the seat cost $1.10, with plenty of good seats at 55 cents, The Harlem theatre showing this picture is what is termed a “cheap house,” with admission at 20 cents. For the first time in its history the Price of admission was raised from 20 to 55 cen da “standing room only” sign on the door. | This is all very well. The manage- ment is entitled to as much as it can get, but what gets me is why (when people pay a price to see a good pic- ture) does the management cut down a twelve reel picture to about six reels and spoil one of the master- pieces of the age ‘by misrepresenting |{t and then keep the general public |from seeing even the adulterated and cheapened film by such enormous jacking up of prices? Vhen a picture costs more to pro- duce, the public is willing to pay more to see it, but will not stand for cheap- | ened films at regular and even more than regular prices. When the manager of a picture house feels he cannot pay for a ple- jture he has no right to book it and ‘syp” the public A HARLEMITE, | If John Redmond Had Lived—t | To the Editor of The Evening World “If John Redmond had lived to read this British offer to Ireland.” This is from The Evening World of this date, and the surmise I would get from this is that you wish to inti- mate that he would be surprised and pleased (?) John Redmond placed all his faith in Lloyd George and the Home Rule Bill was passed giving to Ireland a ertain measure of self-government— jut not home rule by any means— in the hearts of the Irish people that | they placed all their faith in him, and when after the bill was passed he} and his associates toured Ireland, re- cruiting Irishmen for the British] Army, they enlisted 162,000 men in| the short time of three months—and then, what? The application of the |Home Rule Bill—such as It was—was | postponed “until after the war was over.” | Now we have but to look over the of Ireland since then, with its} tion of the isle and the foul mur- | fers of the “Black and Tans," to see | jhow sincere the promises of Lloyd | George are, and to surmise just what | |John Redmond would say to De Valera and his heroic followers to- ds JOHN F. SULLIVA Ocean Avenue, Brook jept. 7, 1921 ‘Tennis and Motherhood. To the Edkor of Tho Frening Wari In The Evening World |day, Sept r the title, "Mile. Lenglen's Skill pellbound In this description of a Mile, Lenglen ins 8 singles champion, and 18, your reporter makes statement; Will ‘he 6, there appears an article | of Tues-!to tennis or any other form of sport. | Were known as the “Five Dutch It should be remembered that Mrs.; Towns,” which indicated Breuckelen | Bundy has been national champion! (ineluding everything between Wa and has adyanced beyond that to the) about 1 Gowants), Amersfoort, state of wifehood and motherhood, | Midw wyek ond New Utrecht which is a far greater function <8 if that of expert tennis exy ibs 1 of the seventeenth cen- Rocewn enn UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1921, by John Blake.) » BE AN EFFECTIVE ADVERTISEMENT. In the end you will succeed or fail because of what is inside of your head. But neither the X-ray nor any other device, ever in- vented, or ever likely to be invented, will cnable a pro- spective employer to look into your brain. Even the questionnaires and psychological tests. show but little. And many a boy who stands at the head of his class in school or. college never makes good in after life. You carry somewhere behind your forehead the ability that will enable you to win. But that ability has got to be tried out. You have got to persuade somebody that you are worth employing before you can use even the best of ability. This is the age of advertising. Yet, even if you could af- ford it, you would gain little by putting an “ad.” in the paper announcing that you are an able and. an efficient young man, capable of making good in almost any job, and certain to be worth three or four times your salary to any employer. That may be done successfully some day. Just now the the business world is not quite ready for it. You must have some kind of an “‘ad.,"’ however, to sell yourself with, and the best one available is a good appear ance, If you look prosperous, if you are well dressed and alert and cheeerful you are well advertised. In any line of applicants you are likely to be picked out as one of the most promising. Your clothes and yous general appearance attract atten- tion. Appearance is not all, of course. Many men look like a million dollarg who are not worth ten cents. But the: get found out very speedily. If you really able and competent all you need, all you ought to have, is a chance. You will never get that chance if you wear seedy clothes and neglect your teeth and need a shave. Your only “ad.” is the impression employers and others get of you at the start: Make that a good one. Don't be afraid to spend money on it. All good advertising is expensive; yet it is the best in- vestment that a business man can possibly make. cP "Mrs. Bundy, who ranks with tne| Ss a three or four best women tennis play- | ers in America, seemed, when thrown | into contrast ‘with marvellous Su- | zanne yesterday, merely a good wife | and mother.” As an ardent tennis fan, a hust and father, J wish to take excepti “That’s a Fact” | By Albert P. Southwick Press Pobligh reving World). to any intimation that wifehood and — motherhood can be merely anything) | About 1850 the settlements on the which might be considered secgndary | Long Is! e of the East River I feel that the writer above quoted owes Mation H 1 ow | *y 1738 this ha re o only 517 “Whites and 158 slave Jamaica,| slow! slaves, W. H. ¢ No. 92 Shelton Avenue, L. 1, Sept 7, 193, | than on the oc | into advanced yerse. ce Som nH idey Could words open wider @ heart or a door Than that greeting of plainsmen Wt days that are o'er. “Git down an’ come inf” “Git down an’ come in!” The bid to the stranger, the welcome of friend, When miles lay ahead, or when neare ing an end; The same in the sunshine, the some in the night; May mem’ry preserve it, and timé never blight i “Git down an’ come tni® 1 The spirit of wild Western hese Pitality as preserved in a poet-plaings man’s memory, The quoted etansas are found i “Bunch-Grass and Blue-Jotnt* (Scribners), a volume of verse og, Frank B, Linderman, ' | CS cou wort cpen e ; « ¢6¢ « t The Poet and the Surging Seaeoe A thought from “The Rhythm of Life” (Dutton), a study and transia~ tion based on the philosophy of Lao- ‘Tse, the Chinese cage: Few indeed are the true poets. From these the verse flows of iteelf, full of music, powerful as the roar- ing of the torrent among the rocks, as the rolling of thunder in the clouds; soft as the swish of an eve- ning shower, or the gentle breath of & summer night breeze, Hark! hark to the sea at our feet! Is {t not @ very poem? Is it not pure music? See how the waves sway in ceasee less mobility, one after the other, one over the other—swinging onward ~ and onward, ever further and fure j ther—returning to vanish in music once more! Do you hear their rhythmic rushing? Oh, great and simple must a poet be—like the sea! According to which, we guess the West is never further from the Past ions when it drops eo 8 e Marie Corelli and the Bard. From Allen Upward's “Some Pero sonalities,” a book not yet on Amer- ican lists, we gather this freshly ime pressionistic note on Marie Corelli: I found her a charming, unaf- fected, bright-eyed little fairy, with whom I should have thought it im- possible for any one to quarrel. Marie Corelli told me a gruesome tale of a project on the part of a clerical personage to disturb Shakespeare's bones, in deflance of the memorable curse, a project only buffied by her vigilance “To am Ik a little ing over Shakespeare's More than one English book critte will testify, we understand, that he did not have to disturb Shakespeare in order to quarrel with Marie. Ask the Robinsons. --- In the book “Our Economic Or- ganization” (Macmillan), Leon C, shall and Leverett S. Lyon frame up a question like this: Suppose that all the people in our class should be shipwreck on an island and knew that thers was no chance of getting off for twenty years, No one else {x living or has ever lived on this island and we are de- it on ourselves. island is fer has good | . plenty of rainfall, all sorts of natural resource: From this wreck we have saved some tools and utensils We have eanerreith amount of acquired knowl- edge Under such conditions how would we undertake the task of gratifying wants? The answer seems to be fairly ob- vious: Consult Robinson Crusoe, the head of the Swiss Family Robinson or the Admirable Crichton. oe e A Critic With a Kick. - Thomas Burke, in he Outer Circle” (Doran), tells of Henry Irving inspecting a horse offered for a part in his new play. He wondered if the animal was likely to be nervous be~ fore the footlights, and the story goca on: ‘Oh, no, Sir 'Enry. "E's been on the stage before. hn, indeed, an actor?” Why, lars, ‘e's played with Mr. ‘Tree through the run of Richard Third, except lars week, that is.’ “Oh, quite an actor, quite an actor, Tell me, why didn't be play last weel “Well. Sir "Enry, as a matter of fact, one night when Mr. Troe was on, for the first time in ‘is artistic career 'e forgot ‘isself and lashed out and kicked Mr, Tree."* indeed? A critic toot" A story so good, say we, that we do not believe Sir Henry himself, would deny it . Sir 'Enry. "On, oe The Loneliness of a Holy Man.--< In the book of her desert adven~ ture across Africa, which she calig “The Secret of Sahara: Kufara,” Mra, Rosita Forbes tells how the brother » | of the Emir-es-Senussi, acting as Rew gent, asked her to send him a green parrot and some gramophone records from Cairo, We quote: “You see.” he said, “my life fe rather lonely. It ig not wise that I KO out or that I show myself very much to our people. Our family, te Boy and we must live a secluded if. “We may not see dancing or hear singing. Our people would not une derstand, but sometimes when I am alow. at night 1 play the gremo- phone, for L love music very m .” A curtously sweet smile flhumined his kindly face, and he beat time to an imaginary ‘tune with a jewalled r. » not ike much nolse,” he. he the sad, soft melodies best. I \iink all music should be melane choly."" No use, we take it, to put Jedabia, the Senussi capitai, on the routes book of the “Follies” 8. .4 ’