The evening world. Newspaper, December 31, 1921, Page 10

ESTABLIGHED BY JOSEPH PULITZbn. “Company, Noa, 53 to ¢3 Park Raw RALPH PULIT: . President, @ York. Row. _ JOSEPH PULATBER Jr. Secor MEMBER OF THE ASSO: Phe Associated Prees ty exciusleely entiuec to all news ¥ ag also the local news pul shea bessim, PARING PUBLIC LIBRARY HEN a trimming of the city budget is in order, the politicians of the Board of Estimate turn almost automatically to the library and to the schools. The State will “avandate™ the school support, but 4 She assumption seems to be that no one will care ‘about restricted library opportunities. It is always possible to lop off a few thousands from book purchase and binding funds, and it 4s done. Probably there is no chance of restoring this iem in the present budget, but library patrons would do well tu guard the future. [1 is highly desirable to BS call to the attention of the board part the library © plays in life and education, gnd the larger part it could play if it had the means. A good New Year resolution would be to purchase © a small stock of postal cards. When unable to % borrow a book at the circulation desk, it would be ~ well to send a statement of the fact to the Mayor and the Borough President. Inform him of the sannoyance and delay and remind him of the 40 per ent. cut in the appropriation. A year of this treatment might save the library from ill-advised “economy” in future. FUNDS. Bh a Nikolai Lenin, Russian leader, has ch ed the definitions of two words dear to the tongues of so-called radicals. “Sovietism’ and “Com- munism” are no longer synonyms and inter- changeable, Perhaps the organizers of our local revolutionary organizations will catch up with Lenin before he changes the rules again; per haps not. A NEW AJR RECORD. HE non-stop flight record set by Pilots Stinson = and Bertaud at Mineola comes as a fitting ‘ elimax to a year of aviation advancement, __ It is true, the year was less spectacular than last. * There were no transatlantic flights, as had been predicted. The year was also marred by the de- __ Struction of the great dirigible built in England, but this disaster was in a measure balanced by the mag- -nificent performance of the Italian-built Roma in the ‘year’s closing weeks. The records set in America during 1921 are a fair _ tindication of the trend of aviation. + “In the Pulitzer Trophy race at Omaha the time record for 150 miles was lowered. _ The other records are for altitude and time in air. ~ Speed, endurance and reliability are the essentials toward which aircraft designers everywhere are bending their efforts. The 1921 records speak for ‘golld progress in the art and business of flying. Some of the strongest arguments against the American valuation plan of tariff tinker- * Ing are to be found by reading between the _ lines of the propaganda put out by the Amer- 4 ican Valuation Association. As a matter of _ fact, it is scarcely necessary to read between the lines. _ MORE BUILDING THE ONLY REMEDY. F there has been any doubt as to.the need of ex- tending the principle of tax exemption for an- ‘other year or more, the siatement by Dr. Annie S. Damiel printed in The Evening World yesterday Ought to settle the question. > Dr. Daniel has had seventeen years of active and “Personal experience in New York tenement districts ~ a5 Chairman of the Tenement House Committee ~ Wor the Church Association for the Improvement of ~ Labor and as attending physician for the Tenement ‘House Department of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. She says: _” “I have never seen the tenements so crowded, so much in want of repair or so dirty in the seventeen ) a T have been observing them.” Dr. Daniel paints a pitiful picture of east side life. She has no cure-all prescription for such conditions ; wretchedness. High rents are responsible. Lower rents would allow congested population to _ Spread owt as it did in the war years, when higher ‘wages permitted fewer occupants to a room. ‘Lower rents are possible only when housing modations come closer to meeting the demand. *,, Tax exemption has stimulated and will continue t stimulate building and will certainly force a de- in rents in the near future. WHO'LL SNIFF THE SNIFFERS > "OUNGSTOWN’S freak Mayor-elect, George * Oles, has amused the whole United States With his threat to employ a sniffing inspector to test he breath of Youngstown policemen at frequent coud soon-to-be-Mayor is said to be a follower of 1 Sunday. He seems to have the Rev. Billy's for publicity. Also he. is wise in the ways wicked and deceitful world, for he has served te that “peppermint, clove and sensen breaths int, and the excuse of gum-chewing won't ished Dally Except Gundey by The Press Publishing 49 for republlentton Geepatches crediitd te {1 oF no: olnerwise erewites ia tame papey disappointment. cion? 1921 can expect. Wheh the year pulses, and strength. achievements in the service of peace. Most of these hopes have been deferred by the cross-purposes of human selfishness and distrust. 4 The world must nave patience and courage. This Nation hoped 1921 would bring solid bene- fits of reconstruction and relief under an Administra- tion that came into power on promises. Most ‘of these hopes have been disappomted through lack of plan or leadership to carry out the promises. Reconstruction still lags. still badly adjusted. the corner, The Nation must have patience and courage. This city, or a by no means negligible part of it, hoped events of 1921 would assure larger compe- tence and vision in the conduct of its affairs. Above all, it hoped for intelligence, co-operation and good- will in meeting its big and pressing transit problem. These hopes also have been deferred. Compe- tence and vision in the conduct of municipal affairs must still come mainly through the insistent pressure of public demand, has to be approached through costly wrangling and conflict. The better mind of the City of New York must have patience and courage. Whether in world, Nation or city, not one of these hopes is abandoned, not one of them is lost. Toward the ultimate realization of some of them beginmings can be recorded and even a step or two measured. The year now ending suffers badly in the balance because of the things there were to hope for when it began and because so many of its largest efforts toward accomplishment have been frustrated or postponed. . But the disappointments of 1921 have not been of a sort to cast shadows upon the year ahead. On the contrary. Many of the deferred hopes of 1921 may tum out to be the brightest, earliest marks of realization and achievement in 1922. The New Year inherits the unfulfilled or oniy partly redeemed promises of the Old—and this time they were big ones. May 1922 make good! | years I to think fff the fate of a policeman | Dani TH whose wife inadvertently flavored a roast with frag- menis of garlic or even the lowly onion, word he breathed forth in his own defense would be used against him. In between inspections, we presume, the sniffer will make trips over the rooftops and along the alleys sniffing at ventilators and cellar windows in hopes of detecting the telltale odor of the home- brew and the aroma of the moonshine. fas an important role in enforcement of the Zighteenth Amendment. Every Bul Mayor Oles is in danger of disillus and ‘That has been one feature of Prohibi- ement in this neighborhood. Moreover, what is to prevent the police from cor- rupting the snifler into making reports unjustified by the breaths he tests? No, we fear that if Mayor Oles is to enjoy com- plete peace of mind he must do his own snifting. WITHOUT TEARS. OOD-BYE to a year of hopes disappointed or deferred. In the main, that is about all the val \ young, the world hoped it would bring swift progress toward recovery from war. Commen hoped for a quickening of its Contidence hoped for a return of healih Peoples hoped for epoch-moking Governments and the devil of Burdens are Real prosperity is still around The city’s great transit problem A MEAL, Siz oysters, say, From Cape Cod Bay And next a bowl Of the soup Mongole: A trout sauté With Hollandaise Salad, well whet With vinaigrette; Squabs cooked whule En casserole— (Some little peas Go well with these)— Then cap the load With Nesselrode, And even if you haven't wined You'll know that you have nobly dined —John Keetz. TWICE OVERS. 6s HEN I take office I'm going to compel ecery Then I'm going to employ a sniffer to inspect breaths every four hours." —Mayor Oles of Youngstown, 0. * * . * policeman to take the pledge. 66 J HAVE never seen the tenements so crowded, so much in want of repair or so dirty in the seventeen hs been observing them.”-——Dr. Annie S. E EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1921 a Sniffing Where is he to find a sniffer whose sniffing ability and moral integrity are above suspi- If the sniffer should suffer from a cold in’ the head, the police would be likely to take advan- tage of his misfortune and all go on a spree—even the sohere tion enfor ht, 1921 Cones (New York Evening Worki) by Prev Pob, Co By John Cassel From Evening World Readers | What kind of letter do you 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 satisfaction in trying to aay ynuch in few words. Take ti ime to be brief. Give Them Roepe. To the Editor of The Erening World: Permit me to have my little say in regard to smoking by women. A law which prohibits smoking by women would be unjust and foolish, Women should be allowed to smoke by all means. The Constitution of the United States gives them the right. Until very recently smoking was almost a 100 per cent. masculine habit. If the women want to take vp this habit, by all means let them Bo to it. relled to associate with such women. ‘The next thing the little dears will want to do will be to spit through their teeth, and perhaps you will street. You can uever they're going to do next tell what expect to sce a woman smoking than balance, the powder puffs? Until the women come to what's the matter with themselves. WILLIAM T. JAECKEL, Brooklyn, Dec. 24, 1921. Beveridge om Propaganda. ‘To the Editor of The Drening World: How much longer are we to be in- fested with the pests known as for- eign propagandists who are travelling all over this country attempting to their own country? It matters not from what country they come, they cent, Americans, We hand displayed they use every subterfuge to get let- ters in the public press. 1 should like see their fine to the following words which wer uttered on this subject by former United States Senator Alfred J. of the Revolution in Carnegie Hall. eign propagandists; it was in 1796 that Washington declared that influence is one of the most banef! foes of Republican Government From the very beginning America ha been the most pretended patriotism.’ “Swarms of foreign propagandists are creeping all over America, de’ ering lectures, preaching sermou giving cajoling those deemed with American public — sentim They infest American journalism, invading American a ‘Society,’ excellent type fami social Gentlemen are not com- even see them shooting craps in the Not long ago, one would no more to see a man powdering his nose.) The women nowadays are trying to) thelr make “men” of themselves and now, the men will have to turn around and Sensible man w ‘ become women, in order to strike a/felations with other nations. Wouldn't it be great to see) men hobbling around on high! heels and carrying vanii’ bags and) strives their] to jam down our throats th senses, it will be best to let them alone ‘and they will soon find out spread propaganda in the interests of are neverthe less the most obnox-| ious people in the world to 100 per) in the movies and | to call the attention of your readers | Beveridge in an address to the Sons | | “The gravest anti-American influ-| lence in Washington's time was for-| ‘forvign | inations by competent surgeons and | propaganda-ridder country in the world. To use Wash- ington’s exact words, he warned us against “the insidious wiles of for-| eign influence and ‘the impostures of | interviews, writing articies, influentia! universities, have captured a section of that amall bur potent group called American people but of a iar to us whose desire for im foreign capitals somewhat blinds them to the inter- ests of their own country. | “Worst of all, our common schools |are being made culture beds of non- American ideas, School histories ha been written for our children whieh | not only suppress or misstate vital | facts but actually set forth as his- | torical truths recent European views | jof the original nature and mission |of the United States, Most of our | school histories sull fairly aceu- |rate, still predominantly American; | | but some new ones—and an increasing |number—might well have been writ-| | ten at the direction of certain foreign | Governments, | “If the American people realized the | attempts that are being made through school histories to falsely teach our} children parts of the story of the| country and thus prevent their exclu- sive devotion to America, there would be such a sustained outburst of pa- | triotic public sentiment as would paralyze these efforts to poison at profound sources the very springs of our national being, Every ahts the most cordial But those relations must be sound and honest; and foreign propaganda that to extinguish the spirit of | American nationalism and attempts ancient mess of ‘common interest’ dished up) in Washington's day and detected and | denounced by him, is as stupid as it is outrageous.” | JOHNeT. McCAFFREY. Fraunces Tavern, Dec. 29, 1921 | The Balance of Mercy. To the Editor of The Work! I wonder if " whose strange attack on Dr. Lorenz appeared in to- night’s Evening World, has ever seen a “line of shivering, poorly clad humanity,” waiting from long before dawn, “pictures of inactivity and de- Jection”. while ‘the wind . goes through them and chills to the bone and the rain soaks throw 1 won- der if he saw this horde of crippled, miserable humanity turned roughly from the doors of the clinic and told jto go home and.“try again. This is mostly bosh. Dr. Lorenz, | with the aid of several eminent phy- sictans, has conducted his clinics in a most efficient and humane manner. True, with his first appearance there Wus some confusion, but no more. Cortain days are set apart for exam- © hope cases are weeded out, |The others are given cards and an ex- act time set for them to meet the great “N.C.” suggest a bet- surgeon. Can ler method? “N.C.” speaks of Americans stand- ing in line to kiss the shoes of foreigner. 1, thank God, am an Ar |iean, and possessed of a physical |body which has been called almost | 100 yet per cent, perfect at examinations, would deem it an honor to pay homage in any way, no matter how jhumble, to a man who can so subju- gate self (unconauerable in most | people) and devote his life and <od- given skill to the relief of suffering in others—just for the love of service. Such a man is De. Lorenz. Hilpw long do you want to stay at bf ith Austria? 4 w York, Dec, 28, 1921, (Copyrignt, 1921, TEAM Your body is an organiz UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake by John Biake.) WORK. ation. Your alimentary canal and your circulation receive and distribute the raw materials from which energy is nade. In doing so they convert them into valuable products. Together with other organs and glands they constitute a sort of progressive factory—one tha} works automatically and smoothly till something disturbs In the normal body ‘there is perfect team work. The brain, which 1s the boss, is left alone to work out plans to keep the food supply coming in. It needs all the peace and quiet it can get. The teeth, the stomach, the heart, the lungs, all do their work quietly and effectively until the brain begins to blunder. Then, because they are fed too fast, or the wrong materials, or suffer injury through bad habits, the whole machine gets out of order. When the brain on a working day goes off into its corner to work or think, the stomach appears before it and com- plains that it is aching. The forehead has the same griev- ance as the stomach. The nerves report that they are jumping and are having great difficulty in getting their work done. Even the skin is likely to report painful areas, while the tonsils, always chronic kickers, emit a groan every time they have to swallow food, . This sort of disorganization makes effective work im- possible. Only when tear work approaches perfection can the brain attend to the part of the work alloted to it br nature, Of course, the brain is not always responsible. times the body “catches Some- infections, although this happens seldom if it is in good condition and its powers of resistance are working well. Sometimes a man steps in front of an automobile, and the resultant impact puts everything out of order at once. But he is not likely to do this or suffer any other injury, if the brain is alert and on the job. The brain is pretty largely responsible for what happeus to the body. It is the boss and does the planning. It suffers most acutely when team work stops. That is the reason it ought to be always at its best. Yet seldem is this the case. Some day it will be, of course, and then we shall have a race of supermen, But that will not happen for a long, long time. ‘6 ’ rr) That's a Fact By Albert P. Southwick The “Country of Paradoxes” is Holland, where houses are built on the sand, where the ocean is higher than the land and where the keel of a ship is often higher than the house- tops, the vesult of the system of dikes built along the coast. . The “Bottle Riot” was at a Dublin, ‘ellesley, It is so called because among other missiles a bottle wns ‘Tintoretto was a great painter, but his real name, jan. He received the more name of Tintoretto II, | father was a dyer (in Italian, . 2 the Quaker, bearing hi: full. “Pen: Woods"), |for publicly preaching in | King James I, of England’ tion of Indulgence.” . The Zend-Avesta is the name of the hurled into the box where he sat, eee ‘Robusti (1512-1594) was more plebe- 1 seems strange that William Penn, founder of the State name (which means, in should have jbeen called “That Jesuit.” as he was favor of ‘Declara~ im the 1B Heavens we sechk will not be found In golden flights in glory; But in this little daily round, This common human story. . Heaven ts in little useful deeds. Lighted by Love's great nassion : Out of the humble human needs | All Heavens take form and fashion. | | Man never gets pure heaven from God However much he wrestles: All Heavens must come thru clay at clod, In common carthen vessels. The Gates of Paradise arc near: Awake, away, and win them: | That heartening word, that fricndl ; tear, | Have hallelujahs in them. ; These lines express Edwin Mark: |ham's idea of “How Heaven Comes” as he writes it for the current num- ber of the magazine Nautilus. There seems to be a New Year sug- | gestiveness about it. oe Alchemy and the titeen Fields, - ++ ¢ “My Boy= Ve From the first part o! hood,” John Burvoughs’s own story, in the January Harper's: I never tired of seeing mother lft the great masses of golden butler from the churn with her ladle and pile them up in the big butter bowl. with the drops of buttermilk stand- ing upon them as if they were | sweating from the ordeal they hud been put thr he Then the work/is and the wash- ing of it to fre from ihe ailk. and the tinal packing Into tub or { tirkin, its fresh odor in the air | what a picture it was i} How much of the virtue of the farm went eac! r into those tir Kina! Lit the cream of the land. All, the alchemy the bee can t of those honey. and fi ‘the form another product iito milk? So the Naturalist diverts to his happy matter-of-factness a thought {behind the P 's thought, quoted | above. The land fiowing with milk and honey—it, too, is at our hand. Birth of the Spinning Jenny. - - + From a spindle that kept on witir- |ring after the wheel had been thrown over, James Hargreaves, head of a ifamily of weavers, caught an ‘dea. | His little daughter Jenny had clapped r hands and cried, “Look! “Why, vest James" Hargresves. wi i | He kneli on the floor beste ti | child. “It may be," he added to himself, “it muy be that we ean make a new spinner ti Ir moth, nadir shall do number of “Do you Dat your tops) turvy. wheel may teach us, Jan, he said, looking up at his wi think I' see a way to make a nu chine to spin for me faster than ten spinsters. ‘Then you and children will not have to work al! the time to keep my loom in yarn. Little Jenny can pluy t, as ta her right.” It was indeed a proud day when his dream became a working real- ity. and his new machine Was spia- ning yarn to the tune of eight whirling spindle: First playfully, and then quite in the way of matter-of-fact habit. they cailed this latest helper "Jen- ny.” The quotation is from “Conquests of Invention” (Century Co.), a book by Mary R. Parkman, Showing how romance may go hand-in-hand with peaceful con- Le quest. ee © Denis's Untold Tale. - " Reading from Aldons Huxley's novel, “Crome Yellow.” we come to the place where Penis, the Oxford bey and poet, has a story to tell, at the “How's London been since I went away Anne inquired from the dept of her chair. e ‘moment had come: the tre- mendously amusing narrative was Waiting for utterance. “Well,” saia Dei i miling happily, “to begin “Has Priscilla told you of our great antiquarian fi Henr promising of bud was nipped. “To begin with,” eaid Denis. “there was the oullet’ week,” Mr. Wimbush {| on softly and implacably, “we | up fifty yards of oaken drain pipes ; just tree trunks with # hole bore ddie. Very interest- her t} rere laid | Wimbush Ieuned forward: the most perately, “Laat ad gloomily. “Extra- ordinary: said, when Mr. Wim bush had finished; ae extraor- dinary!” He helped himself to an- other piece of cake. He didn’t ever want to tell his tale about Londo: now; he was damped. The Mr. Wimbushes of this troubl.d world are many. The good stories are unnumbered that lie untoid in their devasting paths of talk. . | A’ Cycle of Fear. | In his book “The Conquest of Fea.” (Doubleday-Page) Basil King says, fearfully: Look at the people you run up against in the course of a few hours. Every one is living oF working in fear. for his job. The worker is afraid of his ‘boss or his competitor. ly @ man who is no she craves may denied her, or ‘ Italian t what che loves may § Giacomo| snatched aw: t There is not a home or an office { dignified| or @ factory or a school or a church ; because his| I", Which some hang-dog apprehen- sion is not eating carts oF tintore).| the men, women and rem who 9 in out. ness put equa those we bring on ourselves by thy means which perhaps we do least counteract. ‘We are not sick all the time; we are not sini: