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Che Biorld, ESTADLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. @ Dally Except Sunday by The Press Publishing ny, Nos. 53 t ‘k Raw, New York. RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Row, J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer, 68 Park Row. ‘ZOSEPH PULITZER Jr., Secretary, 63 Park Row. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, - Assootated Pres is excinsively entiea to the use for repudticatlod Sui news Geapatches credited to it or noc ounerwise ereuited in tase papeg ie the local news publishea bereim, WHO IS THE BOURBON? HILE Mayor Hylan was fulminating before the Mayors and Corporation Counsels yes- terday a letter from a committee of women lay on his desk. The Mayor’s fulminations included the following: “An educational ring within the school ? system of this city is composed of a group { of Bourbons, superannuated individuals who are determined to force the educational de- ict partment to travel with blinders on its eyes ual along the same old rut of days gone by, ‘ ‘\ amd any suggestions for improvement are * 1 sternly repressed.” ‘ sii ‘The letter to the Mayor from a committee repre- ) , senting civic and non-political organizations fol- lowed up a report made last spring in which many | School buildings were denounced as unfit for use. Ak that time the report was denounced as a politi- cal move to discredit Mayor Hylan. No such charge can be made now. The Mayor in his address dealt in generalities. The women in their investigation dealt only with S, actual and specific conditions as they exist. 1] __ The Mayor infers that his plans for improvement Sem “are sternly repressed.” The women report that "out of twenty-three school buildings where the fire S% hazard was shown to be dangerous, there is only one in which improvements have been made. Little or no improvement was noticed in play- ground provision, sanitation, teachers’ rest rooms, Tepairs, ventilation, lighting or fire protection. at women are not the “Bourbons” against 3 the Mayor tilts. They do not “repress” sug- estions for improvement. They demand changes, and jt is the Mayor and the Board of Education who wy do the “repressing” by failure to make the school- clean, healthful and safe. ho, Mayor Hylan, is the “Bourbon” holding up p repairs? mp ‘ytd fhe mystery of the Wall Street bomb ex- von may have been “cleared up” to the com- satisfaction of folks in Warsaw, but it is Gil something of a mystery here in New York. ‘William J. Burns now admits a certain isering obfuscation, IF— * ISTMAS mail was saved in a troublesome © and smoky tire in the old Post Office build- ing fouth of City Hall Sunday evening. The fire- ‘men and'the postal employees are to be commended ‘the good work they did. »~~But it is hard to avoid an “if” or two about that fire. If allthe mail could have been removed. If all ‘the optrt records could have been saved. If every humam being could have escaped without injury. And if'fhe fire could have been confined to the Post my. Officeitself without danger of spreading to neigh- b boring structures— Wouldn’t it have been a merey if the unsightly old s eyesore could have burned just enough so that it would bave had to be wrecked?’ : ‘RR «If the old building were actually out of commis- WB sion the Government would have to find a place to ‘ do Yusiness, Public opinion would demand that ‘Some other place be found. City Hall Park would be extended to the junction of Park Row and Broadway, and every one would be happier. a ’ Mbe real purpose of Hedley’s Subway Spank- ers is evident. They are the latest addition to the Prohibition Enforcement Machinery. They test bip pockets. Watch your step and gu i through the turnstiles backward. | ‘ a j ' THE FLOURISHING BLOC, EMBERS of the Agricultural Bloc in the Senate F . propose to reply to criticism by Secretary ++ Weeks and others when the measure for farmer tepresentation on the Federal Reserve Board comes up for action. find evidence that the Agricultural = Bloc is growing rather than diminishing in power. enator "Harry New of Indiana is said to be a new erujt. Senaior New has generally Sen regarded a reasonably “regular” member of the party, | tolerant of the Old Guard, but with a happy faculty | of landing top side up when political changes occur, » Tiere is no reason to get “all het up” over the ity of the Bloc—that is, unless you happen to orthodox Republican with ingrowing admira- the Old Guard. becoming more and more evident that for tical purposes the Agricultural Bloc is the can Party as at present constituted. Presi- ing is also a Republican but not in much Standing with the Bloc than Boies Penrose, was roundly scored by Senator Bérah at the dinner last week. is, running things. The more clearly the better. As between the Bloc and , we prefer the Bloc because it is hha do is to take over ot | * the G. O. P. as a going concern, pitch out the Old Guard, replace Old Guard members of the National Committee with men in sympathy with the Bloc, hold a reorganization convention and write a plat- form for the 1922 Congressional elections, This would not be an altogether desirable solution of our present party ills, but it would at least be an honest effort in politics. Kenyon and Capper do not belong in the same party as Penrose and Lodge. The sooner this is recognized the better for all. TRUE COLOR AND FALSE. Yoteaoee debate on the Anglo-Irish Treaty in the Dail Eireann gaye the whole world, including the people of Ireland, a clearer view o how the issue is joined. . ; De Valera harked back to the old doctrinaire de- mand for an Irish republic. He tried to stir up re- sentment over the proposed oath of allegiance. He sought to play upon Irish feelings by picturing “a British King coming over to open the Irish Parlia- ment.” He uttered dark prophecies as to the con- flict that will continue if the agreement is ratified. In short, this Irish leader who might have be- come one of the greatest and most unselfish of Irish patriots has lost all claim to be considered any- thing but a mutiering malcontent who sees his future role as that of a conspirator against Irish peace. On the other hand, the true patriotism of Sinn Fein now finds big expression in Irishmen like Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith, whose devo- tion to the cause of Irish freedom has been every bit as ardent and whole-souled as that professed by De Valera. It was a fine moment when Collins, leader of the Republican Army, besought the Dail to accept the treaty as one that satisfied Irish aspirations witi security, freedom and the establishment of the national principle. It was another fine moment when Griffith thrust aside the De Valera “quibbling of wonds,” as over the oath of allegiance, with the ringing declaration: “So far as my voice can be heard, not one Irishman’s life shall be Jost on such an issue.” If that does not voice the will of a majority of the people of Southern Ireland, then the people of Southern Ireland are not what the world believes them to be. Even the De Valera extremists in the Dail can- not shut their eyes to what they would have to face if the treaty were not ratified. Most of them are no doubt sure it will be ratified but think the@*sea political capital for themselves ahead in exploiting such irreconcilable sentiment as may persist. “It is for the Irish people, who are their masters and not their servants, as some people imagine, to say whether this is a good enough treaty.” i Thus Arthur Griffith brought the issue down to bedrock. . It is unthinkable that a majority of the Irish people are not prepared to meet anddecide it there with an overwhelming demand for ratification. 't is unthinkable that the color of sound Irish patriotism has darkened to De Valera shade. ———____,— Ninety-fivé per,cent. of the theatre-going public will be glad to co-operate with the man- agers in an effort to do away with the specu- lators. The other 5 per cent, will prefer to continue to do business with the gougers, There is more money for the managers in the patronage of the 95 per cent. when business ‘ig dull, ‘The real test of the managerial scheme will be their guarantees that the war on speculators will continue after business picks up again. TWICE OVERS. ‘ce HE Legislature has already abrogated contracts 30 far as the cities are concerned, and this breaking of contracts by the authority of the Legislotape is to me the most serious phase of the situation,” — George R. Lunn, é ek a 667 SIGNED the treaty, not as an ideal thing, but Sirmly believing it to be what I believe it now to be, a treaty honorable to Ireland and safeguarding Ireland's interests.” —Arthur Griffith. 8 @ ule f CAN'T belieoe my husband is mixed up in any bomb plot. He never showed any radical tendencies. But I think he would be willing to become almost anything if there was money in it.” —Mrs, Wolfe Lindenfeld. ate : “e ONE of us can afford to be selfish in this matter (of the Port of New York). It is a bigger matter than any single man or business.” —Al- fred E. Smith. 4). ts feTN the old days girls were continually getting caught out after lights, getting locked in the tower all night, swimming in the fountain and throw- ing their clothes out of the window by mistake. To-day we are tame opt disillusioned.” — A Smith College newspape. ® From Evei.ing World Readers What kind of letter doyou find most readable? Isn't it the one that gives the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satistaction in trying te ‘ay much in few words Take time to be brief. Thrift Bonds or Merchandise. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: World advises the public to give thrift bonds as Christmas presents This is very good, but how about the stores which have sésocked up with merchandise for the purpose of Christmas gifts? Do you not think it would bo better not to advise the people elthor way and let them make their own choice in order that the merchandiso be sold as originally In- tended? You, of course, know how many ar- tisans would benefit by this Christ- mas business. You also know, of course, that there is comparatively very little capital available which is not tied up in bonds. M, SOLOMONS. New York, Dec. 15. Teacher to Mankind. To the Editor of The Brening World: At this sacred time of the year— Jesus, tle Christ—every soul should give some study to Him—the most wonderful character who ever trod this earth He was wonderful because He was meek, lowly, humble, He was gentle, kind.’ He was full of merc giveness, He was _hones' and pure-minded. What a teacher He was to all mankind! Oh, what a fruitage comes to every one if, in his dally life with his fellow’ man, he lives these beautiful simple Christ laws! Let these laws govern you, and then watch the traftsformrtion thag takes place in your life—how hefflth, success and everything good come to you in just such propyrtion as you are governed by these rules. Tt is these Christ laws lived which give qnan the inspiration to perform whole world kin. In other words, it man. BRUNO WEYERS. New York, Dec. 16. Ireland's Trouble. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: I am a constant reader of The Eve- from other Evening World readers. A letter from “A Constant Reader” interested me this evening. He says the “Irish stuff" ts “sick- ening.” If some of his people or rela- tives were belng butchered by the un- desirables of some other country, per- haps it wouldn't be so “sickening.” Perhaps the murders, hold-ups and bank robberies are pleasant reading for him. The United States Government knows what it is doing in the case of the Philippines. Our Government isn't policing them with gunmen and wurderers. If Ireland had been a possession of the United States she would have been a republic years ago, U.S.A. New York, Dec, 16. Unread M ‘To the Editor of Toe Even! ai photoplay manuscripts to producers. NCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1921.-by John Blake) YOUR SCRAP HEAP, An engineer, desiring to buy an automobile, visited a namber ot factcries. In each one he inspected the scrap heap. And from the factory which bad the biggest scrap heap he selected his car, This was a safe enough process for an engineer. scrap heaps told him just what sort of work was being dis- carded, und why. 'To you or me perhaps they would have told nothing. They might have been large because the factory turned out clumsy and badly planned work. But the engineer, on close inspection, knew that this par- ticular heap was large because the factory rejected every- thing but perfect castings and perfect machine work. He used his intelligence in selecting, as the superinten- dent of the factory had used his intelligence in scrapping If other people could view our private mental scrap heeps they could learn considerably more about us than they J Invariably my material has been r- turned to me three weeks later to the Your editorial in to-night's Evening |day with some such printed words inclosed: “Your manuscript has been We regret it fs un- Now I placed carefully read, suitable for our use.” in my material certain marks that must have been disturbed manuscripts read. When my material is returned, there In the same identi- cal undisturbed position among the —proof conclusive pts are never read. pages is that mz that my manusc considering that many worthless screen productions, wouldn't one think that producers would at least insist that manuscripts submitted to them receive proper ac- tention? What chance of success docs an obscure author stand at this rate? Incidentally consider the financial cost of each manuscript to the au- thor, such as paper, two manilla e: velopes and from 16 to 20 cents pust- age each time a manuscript 1s sent on New York, Dec. 17. Bane Pay Increnned 10 Per Cent. To the Editor of The Frening World: Did the American soldiers receive a 10 per cent. increase in pay while in| France, or did their pay remain tho! same as in this country? I maintain the: of mine says no. New York, Dec. 17, 1921, ts It is on these scrap heaps that we dump outworn ideas, Mus the Chvist—every soul should exploded theories, Teorasteable schemes, foolish views of All these are a part of our mental output at some time We never learn to reason perfectly, We all, in various stages of our development, hold no- tions that we subsequently must consign to the scrap heap. If we do this scrapping intelligently our product grows steadily better. =~ If we fai) to examine our ideas, continuing to use them after they are useless, our scrap heap is smaller, and our ont- put correspondingly inferior. Our scrap heap is in our mental backyard, where no one but we can see it. We alone can judge ourselves by it. It is profitable to look it over now and then to find out if we are scrapping everything we should scrap. Also if we are not throwing away things that might be of real value. Scrapping is an all-absorbing topic just now when the nations are engaged in it. This is an excellent time to overhaul our own scrap heaps and plan to make very important additions to them. Spee eemnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannmmmmnnnnnnnanmannr As the Saying Is “FUNNY BONE.” Funny bone or crazy bone, the lat- ter being the more common locution in America, is a term popularly ap- plied to what anatomists call the in- ner condyle of the humerus, a blow upon which jars the the ulnar nerve and produces a funny tingling sen- An old dissecting room joke for the first year students is, “why js the funny bone go called? Because it borders on the humerus.” 'y did, while a friend » A. ‘To Wit or Namely. To the Editor of The Evening World; some of your asked the question as to the meaning of the letters “ss.” when used in legal I will endeavor to answer It 1s an abbreviation of the Latin word scilicet, and licet, it 1s permitted. In com- mon usage it means to wit or namely, When used in an affidavit which has the following caption: City of Buffalo, State of New York, County of Erie, it means that the venue is laid in the County of Erie in the State of New York, but more particularly in the City of Buffalo, It also serves to call attention to the particular location of the venue so that it might not be confused with another city of the same name. Its omission is not fatal and the courts have held that its use is not those touches of nature that make the is these Christ jaws lived which bring out the milk of human kindness in ning World and enjoy reading letters acquaintances to defy them merely because they don't meet with my per- I obey the lawa and firmly believe that all who hold them jn contempt should be deported with the other Anarchists to pursue thelr methods in Soviet Russia. no place for them in Americ hold up our fated ‘laws to ridicule afd contempt. By your attitude you only forfeit the respect of a vast number of your readers and lessen your field of in- fluence without accomplishing your You are slowly but surely urself in the same class as 3 joke book, for your vain | dlatribes are merely the sources of a ‘good laugh. Again I say, more power to R. D. Henkle © but he does represent a large ¢ which wil, some day rise up in sonal approval, New York, Dec. 16, An Object of Wrath. ‘To the Extitor of The Evening World: More power to R. D. Henkle and others of his kind for his splendid let- ter in Saturday's issue of The Eve- That there are thou- sands who agree with him there can- not be the slightest doubt. seem a pity that a paper with the influence of The should be so pe and encourage Evening World You don’t think “ALIVE AND KICKING.” A common saying, erted as to ady ‘espect for the la meaning very Foreign-Born Builders sy ce America By Svetozar Tonjorof XIV.—ALEXANDER AGASSIZ. Alexander Agassiz, born in Switzer= land, followed his father, Louis Ag- gssiz, to America In 1855. Faithful to the scientific traditions of his father, he differed from his parent in that he capitalized his scientific investiga- tions for the development of mining— and especially copper mizing. After he had studied engineering In thes Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard he began to apply his sclen- tific attainments in 1859 as assistant in the coast survey in California and Was afterward engaged in delimiting the northwest boundary between the United States and Canada, In the meantime he coliected sped wens for the museum in Cambridgs which his father was organizing, «1 made an intensive study of mining. In connection with the work of te great Harvard institution he became assistant in zoology. But mining was drawing his it~ quiring mind and causing his con- siructive hand to itch, So, in 1865, a# the Civil War was drawing to a closy he went to Pennsylvania and engaged in coal production there, In the following year he transferred his scientific activities to the copper ouning region of Lake Superior—but, unlike hig father, he specialized in the production phase. Thus, in 1866, he was appointed Superintendent of the Calumet and Hecla. In three years he developed these deposits into tke most succesa- ful copper mines in the world, His heart, however, remained with ths pure nce which his fathcr was pursuing at Harvard. Of the monoy le earned In the mines he gave to Harvard no less than $500,000 to be devoted to scientific ends. Unlike most successful mining en- gineers, Alexander Agassiz returned to his science after the three-year teriod of unparalleled development which he had enabled the Calumet and Hecla to achieve. In 1869-70 he vis- ited the museums of England, France, Germany and Italy in preparation for the task which he regarded as hia life's work. This work be began in good earnest in 1870, when he was appointed cura- tor in Cambridge on the death of his tather. In 1885, however, he was com- pelled by ill health to resign that post. Among his enterprises for the build- ing of Amcrica outside the United States was an expedition along the western coast of South America, a survey of the copper mines of Peru and Chili, and of Lake Titicaca, At the same time he collected antiquities for. the Peabody Muscum. Alexander Agassiz spent the win- ters of 1876-1881 in deep sea dredging on _the coast survey steamer Blake, He was recognized internationally as the best authority in the world om certs n forms of marine life. ——— of New York City | Government ung Dy the Prem Publauing Co (The New York Evening World). By Willis Brooks Hawkins. This ts the 100th article of a series defining the duties of the administra- tive and legislative officers and boards of the New York City Government, THE JUDICIARY. City Court. This court is composed of ten Jus- tices elected for terms of ten years af an annual salary of $12,000 each, One of the Justices is designated by the whole bench of this court as Chief Justice, Edward’. O'Dwyer of No, 37 W. 76th Street, a Democrat, being the present incumbent of this office. The City Court has jurisdiction only, in Manhattan and the Bronx. It was formerly a Marine Court, but now its jurisdiction extends as well to certain civil actions for the recovery of prop- erty or damages to the extent of $2,000. It is also empowered to nat- uralize aliens. It holds special and trial terms, the former having juris- diction over export business and the latter being devoted to jury cases. This court is held at No, 32 Cham- bers Street. Court opens at 10 A. M. Trial term, Part L, opens at 9.45 A. M. Special Term Chambers held from 10 A, M, to 4 P. M.; Saturdays to noon. “That's a Fact’ By Albert P. Southwick Copyright, 1921, Pree Pie New York Eveatng Word ns William Smith (1796-1887), who was a Governor of Virginia, estab- lished in his early manhood a line of post coaches through Maryland, Vir- ginia and as far South as Georgia, contracting to carry the United States mail, His sobriquet of “Extra Billy” Smith, which clung to him throughout life, grew out of his de- mands for extra compensation for that service. . 8 @ The “Red Hand of Ireland” is an expression based upon the account of an sancient expedition to Ireland, when it Was agreed that whoever first touched there should possess the territory he reached. One O'Neill, seeing another boat likely to outstrip his own, cut off his left hand and threw it on the coast. And #0, the legend relates, he was given priority, 8 6 The “English Opium-Eater" was a name applied to Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859), famous author, whose ex. periences while under the influence of opium graphically related in his “Confessions.” published in 1821. Later he used the expression as a pseudo- nym. ‘are The Chinese have a tradition (their words Tien Chan, meaning “Heavenly Dynasty") that ‘their first Emperors were ail celestial deities and reigned for a period of 300,000 years previous to To Hi, whose accession to the throne is placed at 2953 B. C. Set ter Pennsylvania constructed 615 miles wrath and destroy all such trouble- phibition or Vo! Neither do I, but I don’t makers and disturbers as The .Eve- infuence my frignds Bia mych alive, The allusion is fo a child in kbe womb atter quickening Vv " | 3baiy breaiang the world's second of modern, durable type highways | ———————