The evening world. Newspaper, October 1, 1921, Page 10

ESTABLISHED RY JO; DpH PD Published Dally Except Sunday by The Publishing Company. ) 63 Park Row, New York RALPH PULIT President, 63 Park Row J. AN TAW, Treasurer, 03 Park Row JOBEPH PULITZER Jr.. Secretary, $ t———— zi MEMBER OF TIE assoclareD Ph ‘ The Assorted Pres ts crcl entities @ all news despatches credited te It or vot “and also tho local news publisned herein DE VALERA ACCEPTS. HERE’S a deal a dexterity in De Valera. Disregarding Lloyd George's latest reasser- ion of the British Government's refusal to recog- Nize Irish sovereignty, the Irish leader accepts the British Premier's new invitation to conference, and in doing so merely repeats, word for word, the phrases in which Lloyd George conveyed the invi- tation itself. “Wilh a view to ascertaining how the association “of Iréland with the community of aations known as the British Empire may best be reconciled with Irish national aspirations” and a “determined effort to explore every possibility of a settlement by per- sonal discussion” are now the agreed-upon for- Mulas of approach to the conference—unless Lloyd George thinks he has been outwitted and still tries to exnct an explicit Irish withdrawal of the sover- eignty claim. i Inasmuch, however, as the British Premier's nots Of Sept. 29 did not demand anything of the kind, ft seems unlikely that any new note will darken the Prospect of an actual coming together Oct. 14. Conference seems assured. “Do It With Buses.” “The lines retained in the reorganized sys- tem to be arranged so as to eliminate gradually all duplication of service so that the rapid, trensit roads will serve the long hauls and the surface cars—or buecs—the local and connect- ing hauls.” “Bus lince necessary for the logical develop- ment of the unified system to be created and allocated as feeders, * * *” “Where mecessary or desirable, some of the existing surface lines may be transformed into bus lnes."—From the Transit Commis- sion Report. (The italics are ours.) For the past six months The Evening World has been urging the substitution of buses for surface cara in certain sections of Manhattan asa menns not only of serving the public but of providing broken‘down surface line com- panies with a new lease of life, Do it with busca. THE ONLY POSSIBLE ANSWER. - N inquiring correspondent asks us to answer f ‘these questions? “Did Commissioner Enright pay income 2x o0 “48 $12,000 stock profit with the Ryan brokerage ‘ra.i “Will you put tis question up to the proper Government officials?” The first question we cannot answer. Commis- sioner Enright’s Income tax return ls a secret be- . tween him and the Internal Revenue Collector. A newspaper may not consult the records. These paragraphs are the reply to the second question. The Collector is not permitted to answer directly. He can indirectly. If Commissioner En- right failed to pay his income tax on this $12,000, the Collector would be remiss In bis duty If he failed to call for explanations. Our correspondent is evidently under the {m+ pression that Commissioner Enright might have considered the $12,000 as.a gratuity and so not subject to tax. But In the Ight of his testimony before the Meyer Committee, this would hardly satisfy the Collector. If the Collector does not some day call the Com- missioner on the carpet, we must assume that the tax was paid. THE DIFFERENCE. ITERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION sug- { gestions relative to a prospective grouping of j railroads is the occasion of a loud and prolonged howl in some of the railroad offices of the country. It is. easy to understand how the Lackawanna, for instance, wold not care to merge with some of the roads in «s group. The Lackawanna has just declared a * per cent. dividend for the quarter, and the stockhuders are well satisfied with the out- look for a 12 per cent. annual yield, j In a way, the I. C. C. is facing a situation rather similar to the transit situation in New York City But the New York Transit Commission has one great advantage over the I. C. C. In New York all the transit lines are bankrupt, or nearly so. In rethe railroad field some fortunately situated lines “are prospering. Conditions in New York City give the Transit Commission a club which it can use to good effect. *Some of the railroads are well protected by satis- factory earning reports. This difference the 1. C. C, will find to be highly fnconvenient if it ever makes a serious attempt to consolidate the lines into nineteen systems. { WHY SO MANY THE SAME DAY? UR annual “Moving Day” isn’t what it used to be before the rent laws changed things. Mest of_those who are “in” propose to stay in inst the Giat. to the use for republication otherwise credited In this paper . i} rather than to go to new abodes where court pro- tection is more Timited. For all this, Oct. 1 will find many famili twixt and between.” But on rent liws expire, we shall witness a movi dy that dy one. Mary a family has out- grown its q would lik Nay rvered annoying inconveni- ce looked so satisfactory, ¢ to mo a housekeeper has ¢ ences in the flat tha or has quarrelied with landlord or janitor or the neighbors Wher day comes it will “be big before’—for the truck estion will be worse than a nig Wh comes perhaps It will rouse pub lie opinion to put nd to Oct. 4 expiration of all leases. As a matter of public policy, the Legis Nature may be to require landiords con- oO -fistribute the expira- ses so that not more than a third month tim aie dd in any one ' + | Ww for tenants, movers, for decorators rs, and eventu- ally it would be better for tandlords TO THE ROOTS [ will be noted that, contrary to the expeciation dies transit corporations of many, the Transit Commission report han- finance records without gloves: There 1s, of course, no plight ie attributable {n no small degree to doubt that their incidents of their owr selfist and often un- eavory history Revenues that in the past should have gone into better facilities or into the maintenance of reservee that con- servative business practice required have been pala into private pockets through swob len or forced dividends Beyonce question many millions of dollars realized from nickel fares have thus been diverted from the pur poses to which morally they belonged. This was true ten years or more ago in the case of most of the surface Hnes, almost none of which has pald any dividends since. It has been exemplified strikingly tn the recent policy of the Interborough Company. Here {§ no attempt to let the transit corporations down easy, Nor In proposing to get rid of all false valuations, burdensome {nterleases and, In general, “to clean out the separate, special, private Interests with their persistent frictlon and conflicting policies,” does the commission anywhere suggest that municipal ownership shall mean showers of plums for private holders of transit securities. On the contrary, the report says: In readjusting securities on the basis of honest value the commission bas in view, and will insist upon, the elimination of “water” of every description and the frank recognition of a depreciation that investors have long since discounted. {n requiring that existing “preferentials” be given up, a part return for the stability the plan would ‘give to real investment, the commission again seeks to cut out whatever has become unstable or artificial in traneit finance. Pref- erential allowances held to be fair and :eces- sary when the Dual Contracts were negotl- ated ten years ago are not fair under the conditions of to-day. If the subway operators argue that thelr preferentials should be con- tinued, and that a fare should be fixed suf- ficient to cover them, they would claim in effect that they alone are entitled to 100 per cent, protection against the losses and shrink- ages of the war, while the city, the private investors and every other party to the ofd agreements have been required to carry very gubstantial losses, direct and indirect. We have cited at length these two paragraphs because they are the best answer to critics who made up their minds before they saw the report that they would find in it an effort to smooth things over for the “interests.” No such effort is discoverable in the commission’s pubffishea outline of its plan. On the contrary, the commission gives every assurance that it means to cut to the roots, what- ever pain it may cause in quarters that refuse to recognize “depreciation that investors have long since recognized.” When it comes to the actual cutting, the com- mission could hardly venture to ignore a purpose it has so precisely defined. TWICE OVERS ‘ AS UCH an organization (as the Ku Klux Klan) cannot be tolerated in Michigan.” —Goo, Groesbeck, . ” . 6s HE only way to reach the tax-exempt (bond) problem is through the adoption of a consti- tutional amendment which will forbid the issue by the Federal or the State Governments of tax-exempt securt- ties."—W, G. McAdoo. * “ee ARD times come in recurring cycles and are nothing new The point is that the countrg always recovers from them gnd goes forward with greater strides than before." —Thomas A. Edison. ~ ;, 4 8 “ss HERE will be plenty of work for all if we ali show our faith.” — John Wanamaker. ° Some Breeze! THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, OCTOBEX 1, 198%. By John Cassel Copyriedt, 1921, by The yess Pabltah (The New York Evening World Y LOVE could walk in MM, ‘tran any bird of poradiea, And no one envy her her dresa: Bince in ner looks the world would A robin’s love and friendliness, And she could be the lly falr, Mote richly dressed than all her Rind, ‘And no one envy her her gain: Bince tn her looks the world would eee A daisy that was sweet and plain, Oh, she could sit tke any queen That's natled by diamonds to a throne, ffer splendor envied by not one: Gince tm her looks the world wowld see A queen that’s more than half a nun. - Witiiam Henry Davies's idea of « perfect Love, as it sings itself in the book of verse (Yale University Press) called “The Captive Lion and Other Poems.” We do aot understand that, neces- sarfly, she must walk in ign Ave- mue. eee The Laughter of the Rich. Writes G. Santayani, in the current, October, number of the Dial: I hear no laughter among the rich which {s not forced and nervous, 1 find no sense of moral security amongst them, no happy freedom, no thastery over anything. ‘Yet this is the very cream of Hb- eral life, the brilliant success for the sake of which Christendom was overturned, and the dull peasantry elevated into factory-hands, shop- keepers and chauffeurs. It will take more than this philos- ophy of pessimism to convince even a dull peasantry that, as things go—— Money which talks cannot also laugh. oe . How to Choose a Landlady.- In his “Turns About Town" (Doran) Robert Cortes Holliday suggests: Indeed an infalible way to pick out ® competent landlady from a” advertisement is by her name. Ts it a happy name for a land- lady? Go there! As her name Ys so is her nature. 1 one time had a Broome Street. New York, the gods named Mrs. Brew 1 one time had a landlady (in Milligan Place, Manhattan) of the name of Mra. Boggs. One thme I had a landlady Just off the East India Dock Road, Lon- don, whose name was Wigeer. 1 shall always cherish the mem- ory of the ndiady | had down in Cheeseman. these ladies as land- ladies, were without stain Wherefore it appears that the or iginal asker of the question “What in a name?” had never interviewed a star Jodger. landlady on whom, The Flattery. of Eve.--- A nasty uppercut by an unnamed writer who pretends to tell “What a Woman of Forty Thinks About Men’ ( | From Evening to say much in few words. Rent Ratsing. To the Editor of The Brening World: Times are bad and may get worse. | This surely is a panicky business de- pression, values Being lowered day by day, and the plain truth ts that no one seems to know when the end will come, But why In the world should rente be raised again? The newg- papers are full of editorials stating that rents are on the decline and that there 1s great relief in the housing problem, But still we have had our rent raised to twice its original price and now again get a notice to the same effect. The owner ts a large corporation. that owns or controls many houses in Brvoslyn. Can any- thing be done to stop this rent ra: ing epidemic? A. K. Can a Man Be Naturalizedt To the Editor of The Evening World: Kindly allow me to tell Mr. K. J. Ar~ kin, who comments in your yesterday's issue on my, letter published a few days ago, that simply because he dis- agrees with my point of view it does not necessarily mean that he has & right to style my contentions as “very foolish,” Meanwhile, assuring you that I will not return on the subject in spite of any further comments on my letter, I wish you would find space for the following answers to the questions which Mr. Arkin puts to me, and which will, I, belteve, make my asser- tions even clearer. 1. It was not wrong, not by any means, “for a Jew born in Russia and persecuted by the Romanoffs to have come here,” but, seeing that In wearing allegiance to this Govern- ment he has to forswear the country of his birth, it is wrong that he should do it. He can be just as loyal and useful to this country without for- swearing his own. 2. Positively yes. Even the fact that “a man comes to this country to live hei raise a family here, and die here,” does not necessitate his repudiation of the country that gave him birth, nor does it prevent him from being loyal to {t till death, Of course his children will be Ameri- cans and he should ve the first one to teach them what they owe to America; he would be false to his own principle of loyalty to his own country if he didn't teach them loyaity to theirs, for it would be really. theirs, while it could never be his, oaths of allegiance notwith- standing. @ “Such people’ are entitled to “the protection this country affords them" same as Americane are en- titled to, and do receive the protec- tion of any clvilized country tn which they may be, without the necessity of their disavowing the Stars and | Stripes And ae to “giving this coun- jtry their support,” they can and Jehould giv@ it freely and unstinting- ly with or without the formality of What kind of lette: do you find most readable that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There 12 Ane mental oxercise and a lot of satistaction in trying Take time to he brief, ———— World Readers Jan’t it the one an oath and the possession of natu- ralization papers I will finally give Mr. Arkin a Practical example of my contention: }A mother {s the most wonderful woman on earth to every son, is she not? Still there have been mothers who maltreated their own children beyond endurance. What can a son do under the circum- stances? He can find a new home and even a new happiness with an aunt, any relation whatever, or even a total stranger who will give him protection and love, which his own mother denied him, in exchange for his loyalty and appreciation; but not for all that will he ever dis- claim his own mother, nor will this jother woman expect him to. In spite of everything, irrespective of whether he lett his own mother due to her cruelty or just in order to better himself, even Mr, Arkin would condemn him if he disowned her. A mother is always a mother, and whatever happens we owe’ her eternal gratitude, devotion and loy- 1s our country but a mother? vV. Bc Bat “Eeclestan' cus”? Chapters, To the Balter of The Evening World Kindly inform Mr, John Lynch of Brooklyn in regard to his letter of Sept. 24 that the Book of Ecclesiastes only contains twelve chapters, and not thirty-one, as he states. Also, it is not known among Hebrews as Ec- clesiasticus, and the word “wine” is only mentioned once. NOT A PROHIBITIONIST. New York, Sept. 27, 1921 Has More A ls Right. To the Eiittor of The Evening World “A” claims that he is a citizen His mother was on a visit to England when he was born and returned w this country when he was two years old. He is now thirty-five years old and has not cast his first vote yet His father @ citizen and his grandfather was a Civil War veteran and he has‘his discharge papers. * claims he can yote on the next P dential election. “B" was Says no. New York, Sept Charity Bali Have rei ment attri the e papers the state- me high French verge of colla both financially and morally, This official also claims that the countries which attained {considerable wealth during the war shoul. COntribute to a fund in order > help these particular nations re- n their footing, for which, in re- urn, these foreign pow would issue long-term notes. What aroused my ire was that this Government at- tache particularly emphasized that [the money ip question should come from America. av2 Stout time the Government official, stating that Europe is on the| ® | ‘ UNCOMMON SENSE ’ By John Blake (Copyrteht, 1921, by John Blake.) MANNERS. Manners are not a question of birth and breeding They are not even a matter of education. If you are well disposed toward your fellow human be- ings your manners will be good. If you are ill disposed toward them your manners will be bad. There are college professors and United States Senators and soctety leaders who have very bad manners. There are backwoodsmen and manners are above reproach, Education, of course, ought to improve the manners, As a matter of fact it usually does. For education improves the intelligence, and intelligent persons usually know enough to be well mannered, However, your manners can be good, whether you have been to colleg: or in society or not. If they are not as good as they ought to be, you can make them better. You can learn to be polite without being servile; to be courteous without being obsequious. If you respect yoursclf and respect others your manners will be what they ought to be. Little matters of custom, such as rising when ladies come into the room, eating your soup with the spoon moving away from you across the plate, and so on, can be acquired by imitation. These are not manners, they are merely indications of manntrs. Manners are your attitude toward others—your interest in their comfort. Sum them up in a word and you will call them tact. A vast deal depends upon them, A well mannered man is far more certain to get » job that is vacant and to keep it after he gets it than an ill mannered one, He is certain to enjoy the esteem of his fellowmen an‘! the respect even of hir veighbors, Carlyle was ill mannered, but he could afford to bes he was a genius. Yet his bad manners often made him unhappy and un comfortable. Be as well mannered as you can, first for the sake of others, second for your own sake Good manners wil] ease your way through life and make you not only better satisficd with yourself but better satisfied with al} the’ world, washerwomen whose stopped showing off tc the \ rid! F h Wi what @ great philanthropts “Nation rom the 1s th a >’ lo te business, de-; ‘ Fi v hey wave Ae ne te rolteve the| Marriage ig like a good pie spuilt ployment situatio in the baking © Bverything ie ad lt Rot a aly and a pi mirable cacept the result It ig wered country’s very heavy—very. very heavy while ago are so 5 —J. 0. Hobbes Officials of the lwell practise the r; begins at home,” instead of giving The chaste mind, like a polished elr as plane, stance In obtaining food for may admit foul thoughts, Russia &e without receiving their tinctur Wake up, Americans! T tuation ut reo ot Hnoture, is deplorable. Demand {1 re ones | —Sterne, supposed to represent you, immediate | eC : Acton. “Let's practise tothe letter, | Neither should a ship rely on one \"America First.” | small anchor, nor should life rest Bronx, Sept, 29, 1921, HERMAN SPBIRER, ° on q single hope.—Epictetus. in the October Harper's All female creatures, from cradle to the grave, proceed on the basis that all men are conceited. This ts perhaps particularly true of the man who Is no longer lover, but husband. As lover he had wid: streaks of humility as a waste prod- uct. More than once I have seen some dull woman flattering 1 husband, and have had him tell me after- ward what a fine, keen, warm- hearted little person she is have yet to meet the man who falls to feel that the woman who admires him has something sound and right about her. More than once I have flattered man just to see him expand. We suggest that the woman forty be kept forty rods away fron any electioneering Ine on Flegti@t Day. \ The Last Nap of a Python.--- Under the title, “Where There Ain’ No Ten Commandments,” E. Alexan der Powell writes of Borneo in thr October Century. ‘On one page he Pays: So aggressive are the mosquitoes at certain seasons of the when one gives a dinner or iny friends In for bridge the servants hand to the guests long sacks 0} mosquito-netting which they draw over their feet and legs, tying the eR of the ck about the walst. he open space beneath the house is usually allotted to chickens an other domestic animals, a custon) which fréquently results in attract ing pythons and other varieties o reptiles with which Borneo abounds, While I was {n Sandakan a py- thon invaded the hen-roost beneath the house of the local Magistrate and devoured half a dozen imported Wyandottes. Gorged to repletion, the great snake fell asleep. It was discov- ered the next morning by the ser- vants, and the Magistrate blew off its head with a shotgun. Its mot- tled skin measured slightly over twenty feet. Which we offer the same as a pos- sibly reasonable explanation of why there are wild men in Borneo, ¢ 246 (ie The Verb in Its Variety.--- In Horace Fish's “The Great Way" (Mitchell Kennerley), it !s Wanda, born Dulce the little Spanish prima donna, who is troubled thus with her English Wanda " come jeay but have come.” “But that is what J sald to begin. Arno! Are you never satisfied 1 think you are not 30 cleve as ye pretend’ Did come {s In book and when o du 1 sald ‘Since I ald c America’ “you chose han hook and to-night 1 eared vou teil am I te believe? dear.” laughed Ai 1 mind very much ed Wanda indignantly, "y am proud of my cleverne guages, yet you must co forever, Let's return te your point . dear. hat's more importa your English Leading us to reflect that when Earth's last picture is painted and Earth's almost the last’ problem solved— The remaining vexation doubtedly be that ot verb, English or French.