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t i eaening World, BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Bxcopt Sunday by The Preas Publishing ‘Company. Nos, 5 to 68 Park Row, New York. RALPH PULITZER. President, 63 Park Row. 3. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer. 63 Park Row. Ir., Secretary, 63 Park Row. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. “ Fhe Associated Prem ts exctasively entiuea to the use for repubiteal ‘ews espatches credited to It oF not otnerwise creuitea im tau pany ‘iso the local news publishea hereim NEW YORK NEEDS BOTH. Calpe seems to be surprising unanimity of opinion in Albany in regard to éxtending the fent laws and providing for a continuation of tax exemption. It is true that both these measures are absolutely Meritorious and should piss without oppositio.. But such generosity to New York City is unusual. it is not a half bad plan to look gift horses in the mouth when oats and hay—and rents—are so , expensive. Is this readiness to accept what New York ienants want the result of a deal in which the tenants have Is the speedy passage of the Tent laws contingent on the abolition of the Lock- ‘wood Committee? There is enough of plausibility in such an ex- planation to warrant tenants in demanding a clear statement on the question. New York needs rent laws and tax exemption. It also needs the watchful-protection which has been the function of the Lockwood Committee and Samuel Untermyer. Neither should be sacrificed for.the other. York City needs both. New After Will Hays had signed several ficti- tious “contracts” for the benefit of the camera men, he returned to the table and carefully destroyed all the signatures. Does Mr. Hays suspect his new associates, or is it only the persistence of the politival habit of playing safe with signatures so the Opposition can never prove it on you? Boies Penrose, it will be recalled, had nearly a quarter of a million of currency in a gafe deposit vault when he died. It was in A form for transfer without written records. TO CURB BONDED BANDITS. EQOMMENDATIONS made by the Law Re- form. Committee of the Bar Association for remedying the bail bond abuses are commendable. They would make the business of crime much more difficult. Licensing, limitation of fees, supervision of per- and barring of former convicts from the rety business would do much to regularize that i business and protect society from the criminal, ‘element. : Magistrates and Judges would have much wider titude in examining sureties. The provision that ‘the proceeds of a robbery may not be converted ‘into surety fees is both wise and equitable. xd But, drastic as this act is intended to be as regards professional bondsmen and sureties, it does not limit ithe right of bail to the average first offender of goo? r. Senator Cotillo introduced a similar bili prepared hy the Bar Association last year. He will probably accept the amended recommendations. The new bill should pass. Probably there will be opposition, for New York’s recent experience jwith bonded bandits has been such as to convert (many who last year saw no need for such pro- SOME SPREAD FOR A HIDE. A letter to the Springfield Republican tells farmer who came to town with a cow's and a pair of shoes to be resoled. sold the hide, but it did not bring to pay the cobbler. ‘Theat farmer would take a deal of convinc- fhe would believe such a transac- between raw hide and a fin- is far too great. It will bear a lot of explaining. Attorney General Daugherty, in his search for profiteers, might do worse than investi- HOW “ECONOMY”? YOMMISSIONER ENRIGHT’S “economy” ex- planation of the abolition of four precincts and jone sub-station was somewhat puzzling when h> made it, the day after the order went out. | It is a good bit more puzzling now that he has ignnounced plans for nine new stations and three ‘additions. | Why did Commissioner Enright bring in the ‘question of economy at all? Or did he change his imind over night? It is hardly reasonable to suppose that the city can sell four abandoned properties for enough money to thirteen new ones. If a reduction of five stations would cut Policy Department overhead by $50,000 a year, how much ‘will it cost for thirteen new ones? , New York ought not to be critical of changes in ‘police procedure when the Commissioner offer: ‘what seems to be good explanations. But how can "Mt be possible to reconcile am “economy” explana. with a demand for a big slice of the 000 of corporate stock which the city may issue this year in excess of the pay-as-you-go limit? | In New York’s history there have been some jseandalous transactions in real estate. Favored ‘friends of politicians have bought cheap from the city. Other favored friends have sold property to the city at high price: It is obvious that Enright’s “economy” pro- gramme will be under rigid scrutiny. New York will resent any effort to divide among “the boys” any of the “first come, first served” fund from special revenue bonds. It would injure Mayr Hylan’s campaign for Home Rule. « HIS OPPORTUNITY. AYOR HYLAN has it in his power to do a big thing in a big way. He can serve the city, compel commendation from his critics and prove himself large-minded enough to put public interest above personal or political con- siderations—all by one simple line of action, Why doesn’t he frankly declare that as matters now stand he is persuaded he can do most for the city and its traction problem by working with instead of against a Transit Commission which the highest court in the State has pronounced legally unas- sailable ? Why doesn’t he frankly say that any ideas he may have for guarding the city’s interest have their best hope of success in being presented to the commission in a spirit of friendliness and co-operation ? Why doesn’t he frankly admit that he doesn’t want his Administration to be remembered-as having only blocked or delayed transit adjustments and im provements which the city so urgently needs? Would the Mayor lose by such action in the esteem of those who yoted for him last November? We do not believe it. He has fought the Transit Commission to the limit and he has lost. He has done his utmost, but he must face the facts as they are. Meanwhile the Transit Commission itself has beer: at work long enough to remove much of the hostility and misgiving of those who approved the Mayor in opposing it. Dread of the commission roused during the municipal campaign could not be roused to-day. Few of the Mayor’s warmest supporters are stil! convinced that the commission is bent on gouging the city and boosting fares. Common sense and the commission's own record have calmed such fears. The moment has come when the Mayor can change his attitude toward the Transit Commissio1 without discrediting himself in the eyes of his admirers. On the contrary, he has a chance to gain new credit for open-mindedness and self-sacrifice in the people’s service. By doing the one thing he can do now to further traction settlerfent he can put himself on a better focting with all citizens of New York who mix no prejudice or politics with their earnest wish for more transit facilities, a gemuine 5-cent fare and a far- seeing transit plan to meet future needs. Will the Mayor do this big thing in the big way? The opportunity is his. ‘A MAN'S CASH VALUE. (From the Ohto State Journal.) What is the economic valde of a man in good health and able to work, and what is a man’s cash value? These questions are among those that have developed in importance during recent years as com- paigns have been waged to make employment in all lines safer and as other campaigns have been waged to narrow the spread of preventible disease and spare mankind useless and needless overhead cost of ignor- ance and carelessness. Safety campaigns have re- sulted in large advantage to workers as safety devices and better methods have been installed and as men have been willing to contribute their part in greater thought and care, all being designed to insure the safety and well-being of workers, At the same time notable progress has been made in diminishing the ravages of many preventable diseases. Under these circumstances there is a pardonable curiosity in seek- ing to determine what is the economic value of a man, ‘but thus far the results have brought no clear answer to that question. Recently the magazine, Safety Engineering, dis- cussed that question fully and carried expressions of opinion from some who have delved deeply into the study. Prof, Irving Fisher of the department of so- clology at Yale has suggested that the economic value of a man might be fixed by capitalizing his earnings, but that suggestion is not satisfactory to others. Prof. Wilford King, formerly of the Univers- ity of Wisconsin, thinks a man’s economic value ought to include an estimate based on consideration of what he has done for his dependents, and also should include a study of what burden society might be made to bear in caring for his dependents in case of his death. It is interesting, probably valuable, to have this study of a man’s economle value continued, but the larger and more immediate Importance {fs the results to the world and to individuals secured from the develop- ment of methods of safety for the protection of men in employment. TWICE OVERS. ee ISERY loves company, and this reduction work is too hard to do alone.” —An alumna of Dr. Copeland's feminine anti-fat squad. * * * ss E believe in the statesmanship, vision and courage of Governor Miller.” —Resolution of National Republican Club, sn rotten ro te (The New renin World) ‘By Prem Publishing Co. 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 eay much in few words. Take time to be brief. Gubtlety Their Weapon, To the Editor of The Evening World: Having “decided not to wait any longer on R. D. Henkle’s promised figures, I am satisfied that the pur- pose of my questions to him has been fulfilled, It is quite evident, that when R. D. wrote his letter of ac- cusations ‘and assertions he did so with his eyes open to the fact that at the time, at least, he had no proof to back up his statements. Since then, to the query as to dates or quo- tations from The Evening World ad- vocating defiance of the law, his an- swer is, “It can be done.”’” I leave your readers to judge for themselves whether he told the truth or not. The fact that he suspects a “plant” and still insists on ‘‘subtlety’”’ is simply a state of mind, And yet, when you ponder the matter, “‘subtlety’’ 1s ‘the master weapon of the Anti-Saloon League and its adherents. Knowing the futility of discussion with a Prohibitionist, I am content to add that the sooner the lawmakers recognize the fact that it is impossible to legislate nature out of office, the sooner will this country get back to normal. I, for one, never could see any joke in this law—far from it, I will always think it was a sad day for America when this unnatural law, this awful calamity, this terrible trag- edy, was willed to the Legislatures of the various States by the Anti-Saloon League. OLIVER TWIST. New York, Jan. 15, 1922. essing the Question, To the Bditor of The Evening World: Your editorial of the 7th inst., cap- tioned “A Deserved Rebuke," re- ferring to the transportion of Russian relief grain, cannot go by unchal- lenged. The private owners and operators of American flag vessels, a great deal of which tonnage was purchased from the Shipping Board during the past few years, unfortunetely cannot op- erate their vessele at a loss, as the Shipping Board does, for the very logical reason that the private op- erators’ deficit is not going to be borne by any. one but themselves, whereas any deficit suffered in con- nection with the voyages of Shipping Board vessels will be ultimately borne by the Government. It is a fact that American flag ves- sels cannot carry grain at present freight rates and break even on the voyage. Private owners and operators are fully cognizant of this fact, and the Shipping Board will lose money it they carry this grain at a rate lower than that quoted by several private operators. ‘The loss the Ship- ping Board sustains will, of course, be placed in the great “melting pot" at Washington on the theory of “What's another few millions?" It would indeed be interesting ‘to call upon the “shipping experts’ at. Washington for advice to how they are going to break even earry- ing this grain, We hear that they are going to carry the business at cost, which, from a financial view- point, is rather ambiguous, particu- larly when experience has ta‘zht us that it invariably costs the Shipping Board more to do business than it docs a private operator, ‘The truth of the matter is that the board is going to suffer a loss in carrying this grain, This is not a sorry commentary upon the business ethics of the shipping business, as you state in your editorial, but can be rightly construed as a sorry com- mentary upon the business ethics of the United States Shipping Board, which is competing with private op- erators on numerous berths and naming freight rates that preclude the operator from doing business without severe lass. If the Shipping Board continues to be directed by ‘‘correspondence school steamship men’ the owners of Amer- fcan tonnage will soon need relief @s much as the starving people of Russia. In justice to that large body of honest Americans who are endeavor- ing to establish an American mer- chant marine you should publish the facts in the case. H. B. DEVOY. Brooklyn, Jan. 8 1921. [Editor's’ Note—The facts were as given. American shipping firms raised their charter prices after It was certain that the Relief Admin- istration would be in the market for the transport of grain. The deadly comparison lies not between Shipping Board rates and private operation rates but between private rates before and after passage of the relief bill.] ‘The Third Degree. [To the Editor of The Brening World I am inclined to disagree with E. Tinkel concerning the third degree method, Suppose you were held up and robbed of all your jewelry ana cash to the amount of, say, $1,000, if you have that much, and later on a detective caught the thief and the detective came to you and informed you that he had the thief but could not make the thief tell where he put your jewelry by saying please. Would you say, “Let it go at that’? Or would you say, ‘‘Knock it out of him"? Be truthful. What would you say? Do you know that there is no such thing except in the movies? ‘The third degree! Don't you think that a slap in the jaw once in a while har better effect on a thief than a sus- pended sentence? How about the whipping post for # criminal? Should a thief fear a detective or should he look upon him as an ornament? KE. Tinkel says the two detectives were killed through carelessness and sheer negiect of duty. He says they failed to search the man and culled him a culprit. Would E. Tinkel minJ if I called him a culprit?) Would he willingly submit to be searched in a public place by two detectives if he was not charged with a crime? Does he know that Boddy was only being taken to the station house to be iden- Hified if possible by a third police Mficer who was shot? As it happens ‘have known both Miller and Buck- ley for the past ten years and can say that both of them were manly and brave men, heroes, willing ser- vants of the city. Men that would face death at any time. And lastly they were men who did their duty and had to die at the hands of the «ind who oppose your so-called third de- gree method. Give our Police Departient more praise for what thr, do bf your unealled-for kneckir perhaps it Will help to discourags criminal etement. DR. G. Brooklyn, Jan. 16, 1923, Z By John Cassel UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1922, by John Blake.) A GREAT FRIEND HUNTER. A considerable part of the late Henry Watterson’s suac- cess was due to his ability as a friend collector. Watterson made friends easily because he liked men, All of them interested him. He enjoyed studying and conversing with even the men whose opinions were violently opposed to his own. When Watterson had an opportunity to mect important men he sat apart and studied them. He was ‘always a goo listener, even though one of the most talkative of men. But he had the art of finding out what was in other men’s minds——what they were thinking and hoping and dreaming about. . He showed from the first that he was interested in that, that he liked them and enjoyed their society. That was the reason that he so readily gained their confidence and got what was the best from them all. Watterson never hunted friends with the purpose of making friendship pay. He hunted them because he could not help doing so, because he had a craving for friendship which nothing apparcntly could satisfy. Politics, the ministry, the stage, the prize fight arena— all supplied him with friends. He spent hours in talk with all these people, and from them all he learned something. He wrote interestingly and intelligently because he knew the world of men’s minds, His writings were especially valuable because the knowledge they displayed was gained first hand. He read books in the same way, intimately, as if he were sitting and listening to the conversation of the author. More than any other American, he had the talent for friendship, and made brilliant use of it. More than any other man he was responsible for hastening the blotting out of the hatreds engendered by the Civil War. He did this because he had friends on both sides and knew how to persuade each that the others, for all their prejudices, were regular warmhearted, kindly human beings. WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WORD? 127—DEXTEROUS. ‘The primary meaning of the word | But as using the right hand implies expert- | “dexterous” is right-handed. ness, adroitness and skill, the word came to be applied to those qualities of the hand, as well as the brain. The person who displays mental dexterity cannot be said to be using the right side of the brain rather than the left, but 1s obviously showing a) mental ‘superiority corresponding to the superiority in physical operations demonstrated by the person who does things with his right hand instead of che left (southpaws are excluded from this analogy). 1 Pan Aetaad the word ‘‘Dexter” (right) also acquired the meaning of good omen. That originated from the observations of the flight of birds by the ancient priests, If the bird tlew to the right, the omen indicated was good. If the bird flew to the left, trouble for all concerned was impiled, A From the Wise Friendship is the ideal; friends the reality; the reality always re- mains far apart from the ideal, —Joseph Roux. Like the air, the water. and everything else in the world, the heart too rises the warmer it be comes.—Cotvos, , Tittle ones are taught to be proud of their clothes before they can put them on.—Locke. Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but rising every time we fall—Goldsmith. Never mind who was your grand- father, What are you?—Proverb. Tittle pigeons messages.—Proverb, can carry great [es an expert MUSICAL CLASSICS How and Why . They Were Written By AUGUSTUS PERRY No. IV. — TARTINI'S “DEVIL'S “TRILL SONATA: Imagine a great musical compost- tion being inspired by a dream about the devil! Yet Giuseppe ‘Tartini ‘|the renowned Italian violinist anu composer, gave the credit *® the Evil One for his inspiration In writtmg his famous "Devil's Trill Sonata." explained it all in a letter friend, M. Lalafde, — the estronomer. The content of the let- ter is this: He had a dream in which the deyil made a bargain with him for his soul. As a reward Satan endowed him with the privilege of having anything his heart desired. Whatever he asked for his diabolical master brougic him. Then he (Tartini) handed hs violin to the devil in order to see what he would do with it. To bis emazement Satan played with the most consummate skill and artistr wonderfully beautiful sonata, ‘I was enraptured, enthralled. — Ile was fascinated by the music of the devil Then, recovering himself somewhat he seized the violin and attempted 10 play the sonata, His efforts were un- availing. He simply could not do so. ‘Then he awoke. He tried hard te play the sonata as the devil had don but he had little success, Finally 1 sct to work to ‘compose it. The re- sit was the famous ‘Devil's Trill Sonata,” his best work. Tartini was hardly’ satisfled with the m: tiece. He sald over and over that it was so much less beau than the one the devil had played in Lis dream. Giuseppe Tartini was born at rano, Italy, on came of a good Flo was of a pious nature, and muc Joved by his friends. wished him to become a the young man did not lik being of an ardent and vi ture. He persuaded his father ic low him iv study law at the Univer- sity of Padua, but it turned out this also was not to be his life- At this time he was just sevente and extremely fond of art. He w in fencing, In his wentieth year he fell in love witit and married Elisabetta Prem She was a niece or protege of Car dinal Giorgio Cornaro, wio became very angry at her runaway ma with Tartini, The Cardinal ordey «t him arrested, and to eseapo imnprison~ ment the young man fled, djsguis:«l as a monk. He loft Wife on Padua, It was sald he first went to Rome and then wandered over Italy un he found refuge with a relative at the Monastery of Assisi, Then fo lowed a period of study. He took lene sons in composition, ‘Tartia) ~ mained at Assisi for two years, «ia played the violin in the « iapel. Her {his marvellous playims — attracte:t j enormous crowds. No ene knew w | the master was, for Tartini always, Played behind a curtain which con cealed him from view. In 1715 wher many Italians made the usual » image to the tomb of $ , the deacon accidental his |aside tho curtain which shro Tartini. He was instant c | by the Paduans who. were preset When the Cardinal heard of this his heart was softened and he extended forgiveness to Tartini, who returny | | to his wife in Padi | qt was at Assisi that Tartint ai leovered what is now known as t “third sound.” ‘This problem in | sties was later explained by the tist, Helmholtz. THe also created im | provements in the violin. He wo | the first to use thicker violin string |Tt was here also that he compose: | the “Devil's Trill Sonata.” Of ail his many compositions f the violin, the sonata is his best wor lat-is sti! a favorite with concerts | ers. Psychoanalysis You and Your Mind By ANDRE TRIDON VIIL—WE DREAM ALL NIGHT LONG. A dreamless sleep scems to minty of us the ideal form of rest. Let me shatter their illusions on the subject. There is no dreamloss sleep except when sleep is induced by drugs. And even then some of the sleepers who partake of veronal 01 other poisons before retiring are nut infrequently disturbed by horrible nightmares. ‘They should indeed, tor drug-induced slumbers are at best i mild form of death. I constantly meet people who tell me that they never dream. Those people are merely unable to remem ber the dreams. ‘They manage to for get tbe whole thing by the time they wake up. Every one of us is conscious of weird forms and images floating in the darkness when we first fall asleep Every one of us is also vaguely con- scious of something which has just vanished when we first open our eyes in the morning. Those were the be ginning and the end of the night's dreams. If you and a friend are interested enough in the subject to spoil sev eral good nights’ rest, make the !! lowing experiment: ‘Take turns at waking each other up at odd times of the night. ake the sleeper as en ergetically possible and ask him what he is dreaming of. He may not be able to tell you at once, but he will have to confess that you intei rupted some dream of his. After « few minutes he may recall some dc tails of it. ‘After the experiment has been made a number of times your memory of dreams will improve remarkably which means that you will less and less resent revealing your secrets to outsiders. We all know that if when gong to bed we makg up our minds to wake up in time for the 6.15 train we will on almost every occasion open our eyes a few minutes before our alarm clock goes off. We have more con- trol over our unconscious phenom- ena than we commonly think. Make night after night the resolu- tion to remember your dreams and zou will be amazed to see how many eams you will remember. You cit even train yourself to wake up in or- der to write down your dreams. As the dreams are infinitely im- portant in psychoanalysis, rememt«i Ing dreams is one of the first things analysts train their patients to do, (Copyright by United Feature Syndicate.) ae