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re She EFM eiarid, BSTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Detimet Daily Except Sunday by The Press Publishing ‘Company. Nos, 53 to 64 Park Row, New York. RALPH PULITZER, President, ¢3 Park Row. J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer. 63 Park Row. PULATBER Jr., Secretary, 63 Park Row. | MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED Pness. Wee Associated Prem ix excturively entitied to the use for republication ‘news Geepatches credited to Mt or mot otherwise credited tm this paper ‘else ‘he local mews publiched herein. THE ROMA DISASTER. UDDER control not up to the strength of the driving moiors is the latest explanation ad- vanced for the downward plunge of the ill-fated Roma. F Explosion of the 1,200,000 cubic feet of inflam- mable hydrogen gas in the big ship when her metal ose came in contact with high tension electric power wires near the earth completed the catastrophe. Thirty-four more lives sacrificed in the develop- ment of the lighter-than-air vessel of aeronautics. It was only last August that forty-three men, ‘Americans and Britons, were killed when the new British-built R-38 broke in two and burst into flames over the River Humber at Hull, England. Helium gas is not inflammable. If the Roma and the R-38 had been filled with helium the risk and Joss of life would in both cases have been less. Helium has been successfully tested in smaller aircrift. Why is it not made in quantities available for the bigger ships? Also rudder control and motors can be tested under conditions which minimize risk instead of multiplying it. It is impossible not to feel that men’s lives-are still valued too lightly as an element in the experi- ments Vy which this branch of aviation is being pushed forward. More safety, even if less speed. What do the anti-League professional Irish think of their late blood-brother in hate, Col. Harvey, who now expresses affection /or Britain and “Bloody Balfour"? BIG INCOMES. N 1914 the number of* taxpayers in the United States with taxable incomes of more than $200,000 numbered 753. In 1916. the figure had risen to 2,449. The 1919 report for these upper groups brings the number down to 1,451. Congress needs to know more of the meaning of these figures. In the years 1918 and 1919 the big slump in business had not. materialized. How did it happen that the income returns had fallea off to such an extent in the higher groups whe . the totals of the lower groups continued to increase? It happens that the slump in the returns from the higher brackets came in the two years 1918 and 1919 immediately after the United States hal marketed approximately $20,000,000,000 1 tax- exempt Government bonds. * It is not fair to brand large investors in tax-free Government bonds as tax-dodgers. The fault is mot theirs. It lies with the Government. Nevertheless, the question remains: Is it either good business or fair to other taxpayers to leave this loophole for the wealthiest individuals to escape from Federal taxation? COAL MINERS’ WAGES. HIS country is headed straight for trouble in the coal fields, The miners have made it worse by demanding “the six-hour day and the five-day week.” It is a crazy demand, because it {s misunderstood and arouses the needless opposi- tion of those who do not know what the miners mean. s Factors more fundamental than wild phrases un- erlie the coal situation. Too many men are employed as coal miners. * There is not enough work to keep them busy all the time. Irregular employment makes the wage question more acute. Irregular employment means that weekly wages have not much relation to the expense of provid- ing for a family. Twenty weeks’ work, even at high wages, may mean only a small family income. If the miners could be guaranteed steady em- Ployment, they could afford to work for smaller weekly wages. If it were possible to require the mine operator to pay forty-four or forty-eight pay checks a year to steady employees, wages could be towered permanently. Regularity of employment and seniority in em- ployment and lay-offs is what makes railroading a Popular occupation. Once a railroad man tas grad- uated from the “extra list,” he is fairly sure of tegular income. If a regular payroll were made a business obli- gation in coal mines, it would help to regulate the supply of coal. Operators would have to iook ahead and determine how much coal to produce fn a year and employ only enough men to produce that amount. This would drive thousands of miners to other kinds of work. The “extra hands” employed only for short seasons of special demand might receive higher pay than the regulars. “Spot coal” would hhave to pay that price. Contract coal produced by regulars would be cheaper. This would automati- ¢afly force consumers to look ahead and anticipate their needs, to order in advance and so regulate demand. Anything of this sort is a truly “radical” pro- » posal. But the stale of our fuel supply, demanas treatment which will go to the roots of the trouble. In the fight to come Congress will probably be forced to intervene. It is time to conskler- remedies and abandon stop-gap efforts. - THE A B C OR IT. F THERE is to be a <oldiers’ bonus, $850,000,000 must be forthcoming in the first two years— $425,000,000 a year. \ To raise such a sum of money by new bond issues or by adding to present taxes would dan- getously overload the Nation and its taxpayers. The only safe and practicable sourca ts some fnew commodity upon which reasonable taxes’ would not be too great a burden. A tax of 20 cents a gallon on beer alone, if beer were legalized, would yield $600,000,000 a year, according to Representative Hill of Maryland, wic figures on beer consumption in 1944, when bear had to compete with whiskey and other distilled liquors. The sole present ban on beer is the ban put upou | it by Congress in a dishonest detinition.of the terix “intoxicating liquors,” which is the only kind of liquor the Eighteenth Amendment prohibits. Even the general counsel of the Anti-Saloun League, testifying before the Judiciary Committees of the New Jersey Senate and Assembly in 1920, was forced to admit that the definition \of intoxi- cating liquors contained in the act of Cangress is false in that it prohibits beverages which\are noi intoxicating. ‘ In amending the Volstead act to permit the man- ufacture and sale of beer and light wines, Congress would, therefore, have to repeal nothing but a Jie. At the same time Congress, by such action, would effectively check the bootlegging evil, restore respect for law and make it possible to pay a sob diers’ bonus if soldiers’ bonus there must be. Congress may not have honesty enough left to take so simple, straightforward a view of the situation, ? ‘ But that is the A B C of it. GEORGE WASHINGTON, TESTATOR. EORGE WASHINGTON ’S opinions on pub- lic affairs have played so large a \part in the political thought of the country in recent \years that we are almost in danger of losing sigit of the sober common sense he displayed in his private affairs. The history of the Eno will case recall§ the con- cluding paragraphs of Washington’s will, jn which he provided for early and certain determination of any disputes which might arise. ‘The disputants were each to select a man “known for probity and good understanding,” and these two to select a third: “Which three men thus chosen, shall, un- fettered by law or legal constructions, de- clare their sense of the testator’s intention; and such decision is, to all intents and pur- poses, to be as binding on the parties as if it had been given in the Supremo Court of the United States.” \ It is needless to say that lawyers will not re& ommend such a form to wealthy testators. If the will of every wealthy man included such a sensible provision, courts would be loth to declare tie tes« tator of unsound mind. Contestants couldn't rely \ on technicalities, Estates would not be squandered | in litigation. ACHES AND PAINS A Disjointed Column by John Keetz, Col. Harvey always has.an alibi handy. Before long he will prove that we never St in the war. . The pork-packers blame the hog for the high price of bacon, They say the animal doesn't produce enough per H to balance the low-priced rest of his corpus, . ‘They say that peerless paladin of popular preju- dices, William J, Bryan, has his eye on the Senator- ebip from Florida, Carpet-bagging? ° With $300,000,000 sliced off the valuation of New York's street railways there should be opo for the nickel. & . Senator Calder says the people are against the bonus. But where} O where is Calder? ° Right in the middle of the talk about a coal strike the thermometer hikes up to 60. We hope the weather is not bluffing. SARA, THE SEMPSTRESS, Or, Love in the Sweatshop—A Tale of New York, (Continued.) CHAPTER Ul. “and,” she further ruminated, “it Would uot be go bad if the boss would gif us thread enough to ppld the buttons on, Of what use are buttons mitout the thread?” She had almost said it aloud. Luckily she had not, Thread was a delicate subject 1u the shop. But- tous were plenty, but thread—— (To Be Coutinued.) | | AER reed. Out the W; : ’ 1 ater! ~ ‘ori ly Press Pub. ‘ay anuch in few wonis. Many \Protested Then To the Editpr of The Kvening World: In all of the argumeats and. counter arguments relative to Prohibition aad the enforeament of the Volstead law one feature has not ben touched. The main argument advanced by those so strenuous in their conde nation of the Prohibition Law is th question of personal liberty ard the loss of individual freedom which tho enforvement of the law entails. T can understand « man arguing aguinst the law if he sincerely admit he misses bis drink, but the urgum: involving personal liberty is down- right hypocrisy. If the question of personal liberty is uppermost in their minds and is their fmpelling reason for continued howling about the so called injustice of the Volstead act, nd if personal liberty per se as is- inet from their persona’ liking for a rink is the basis of thelr oppost- tlon to the constitutional nt, where were ull these howle: when real and pertinent questions 0! peqsonal liberty were under discus- es months ago? an Now. Where were these personal liberty how\ers when the Espionage Bill was enfogced and under the system of ter- rorlsm and organized brutality carried on Palmer, Wilson’s Attorney Gener, and Caffrey, Wilson's ap- pointes as Federal District Attorney in New York? Personul Nberty was tramplad under foot, the Ameri Constitation violated, men committéd to jail without bail in violation of conatitulpaal guarantees and numer- ous other injustices inflicted contrary to the American Constitution, Why, the persomal liberty advocates and howlers over Prabibition were meek, and gave their tacit qusent to depriv- ing Americans of their constitutional \Kuarantees of free press, free speech and free assemblage, Jf personal liberty per se is the bagis of organized wpposition to the Valstead law and js the impelling forge behind the rabid Anti-Prohibi- tionists, where were the defenders of perdynal liberty when Lusk jammed throigh the Legislature composed of hicks’ and rural statesmen his so- called \anti-sedition bills requiring school Yeachers to take a formal loy- alty oath, which The World.has taken an active part in condemning, to- gether with his other measures trampli! the rights of Americans under tok? I wish khey would explain why, they are meck \aud silent when great con- stitutional, questions uch as free speech are \threshed out to the rutis- faction of Mra! legisiatovs and when the Amer! Constitution is torn to pits by men \ke Palmer and Lusk and Caffrey, and\yet make such a howl and vociferous outcry when a glass of beer or a slug\of whiskey is ut stake. The Prohibit\onists x sitngs with diplomutic tact \n avoiding this p of the discussiol. ‘The Anti@rohibi. fionists have goyd arguments to ad- amends | {not agree with me I What kind o1 lette: doyou find most readabie? Isn’t it the one tha¥ gives the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hune/red? "here is fine ment.l exercise and a lot of satisti Take time to bo brief. tion in trying to, e vance, but let them make their stand and sincere grounds not hypo pretenses. of concerned sonal liberty when a glass of is all that impels them to whiske: attack the constituti SIDNEY New York, Feb. 18, 18 - Temperate. To the Maitor of The Evening World: I hope FW. J. A, read the letter in to-day@ issue by ‘Temperance: Maybe from that he can tind out what a small head heh: There is not much to him or his insults, Suppose Edison did make credits to him, Does it necessarily follow beeause he did that all must do as he says? If the letter W. J. A. the same lines as the one you so kind- ly publish for him to-day, I am not surprised at your action, I am strictly temperate, but [ see no reason why if John and Pete do should force them by corrupt legislation to swal- low my views, More power to you ‘and *your pen | ANOTHER * | Kingston, N MPERANCE,” . 18. Gato Reckoned on investment, ‘Vo the Eéltor of The Evening World: Kindly allow me to correct you in your answer to A, J, in to-night's n | paper. If a man buys an article and selis it again for twice what he paid tor it he makes 60 per cent. on the sale the total amount of gale being divided thus, 50 per cent. investment plus 60 per cent. profit equals 100 per cent, the total umount. In order to make 100 per cent. he would have to get the article for nothing and anything he sold it for would be 100 per cent. gain. If you would say that he made 100 per cent. on his investment, then you would be correct, JOSEPH A. SPAULDING, Brooklyn, Feb. 1 Wooden +L” Cara, To the Editor of The Evening Wor! Last Friday evening I took a Ninth Avenue Harlem express from Rector Street about 6.45 P. M. The last car was numbered between 100 and 200; the second last car was numbered 79, (I think), the third last car 800 and something. Now I do not expect the elevated railroad people to replace the whole present equipment with new cars, steel or otherwise, at once. But they could relegate these old curs, espe- cially in the first 100, to a central po- sition on the trains and not as end cars to * train. Had there been collision with the three antiquated cars on this train the slaughter would have been awtul, I do not expect the {impossible but th ple mutter BARRY, No, 601 West 1lidd street, the statement he| claims you “suppressed” was along] UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, THE LAW OL 198. by John Blake.) ‘THE HERD. ‘The law of the herd may not always be rightecus, but it is safer to comply with it as long as it is not absolutely op- pressive, There is no statute which prevents you from wearing bright red trousers and a flow to your work, But you will discover if is not wise, To affect to despise publi is net necessary to tr to the passing ideas of the 1 dience. In civilized countries the to be polite to woman, to be can be honestly attained. The The open practice cf m | | what was merely pretension t into surer and safer channels The man who flagrantly Shaw to the wild and fantasti and you will understand what it is the influence that steadies the herd is often wrong, as it i to it we suffer, and usually w WHERE DID YOU GET | THAT WORD’ | | 142,—CHAFING DISH. } “Chafing dish’? sounts as tf it might Ibe of purely Anglo-Saxon origin, But le is only 50 per cent. Anglo-Saaon and is pure French on one’side of the house The origin of “chaflyg” (ma\ing warm or warming) i the Freach jword “chauffer’’ (to make WarDdagt ° ° there ‘are punishments for the violatgrs, and these punish- ments are frequently imposed. We may not believe in law, but we must abide by it, for ered silk dressing gown down you attempt it that it ¢ opinion is merely foolish. It le to it, or to rule our lives according najority. But there are some things, hardened into custom by long use, that we must do or be ostracised. Fortunately most of the law of the human herd is just. And as civilization becomes more progressive each new statute that is added is wiser and more werthy cf obe- law of the herd compels man honest with each other, to be kind to children, and to confine ambitions to objects which law is frequently violated, but Blustering and boasting is against the present herd law, and the blusterér and boaster soon discovers that people walk away and leave him to do his boasting to himself. ost forms of evil is not ap- proved by the majority, who are quick to make the man who follows them feel their displeasure. It is often said that this law has suppressed genius and made progress impassible. But it has more often suppressed © genius and forced progress and openfy runs counter to settled public convictions upon any subject is merely handi- capping himself, He must be a greater genius than any yet born into the world to get away with it. ; George Bernard Shaw preaches violations of the law, yet no one more rigorously conforms to it, even in his writ- ing. Compare, for example, the excellent, clear prose of ic verse forms of the futurists we mean, the world. We may think that 8, but if we try to rue counter e suffer needlessly. which the word “‘chauffetr’ is more recently descended. ‘To chufe" also means to rub, But the implication ts that the rubbing is carried on until It wroduces heat; and one of the mant. festations of heat on living tissue is the blistering, which is one of the re- sults of the process called chafing, Thus if will be seen that the first part of the word “chafing dish” iy a ‘trast cousin to “chafe,"" and thet thelr common ancestor is thy Freace word “chauffer,” to heat. .| Secretary, Reinhart. Amelia goes to MUSICAL CLASSICS | How and Why They Were Written By AUGUSTUS PERRY narra, ath Bronte s Weetay, No. IX—V E.R D'S “MASKED ‘BALL Ono of Verdi's operas, “Un Baile in Maschera,” ("I'he Masked. Bull”), almost caused 4 revolution in Nuples in 1868, It was written around the jassassination of Gustavus IL, King | ot Sweden, who wus shot in the back during a masked ball in Stockholm, | March 16, 1792. The original title 6: \the work was “Gustavo the Third.” | Was composed for the carnival of 186% | 8nd was to be produced at the San |Carlo Theatre in Naples, On Jan, 14 jof that yeay, Felice Orsini, the Italian | revofutionist, made his memorable at- | tempt upon the life of Napoleon III. The police deemed it dangerous to allow the excitable Italians to see uit j opera @vhich showed the murder of {&, Sovereign. Verdi was ordered to change his libretto, On his refusal to do so the manager of the San Carlo sued him for 200,000 francs. Vert became a hero. Enormous crowds |sathered under his windows und fe. lowed him about the streets. A curr {ous fact about his name was that - ; had patriotic significance. “Vv. B. # D. I, came to mean “Viva Vittorit Emanuele, Re d'Italia” (“Long Liv Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy"), ‘The Italian patriots desired a united Italy, Fresh impetus was given to the cause by -this event, At this stage Signor Jasovacci, the Roman impresario, appeared and ar |ranged with Verdi to produce the o- \era at the Teatro Apollo in Rome. Fo (made aon agreement with the censors whereby the title was changed to “The | Masked Ball" and the scene of the drama removed to Boston. The first performance was given on’ Feb, 18, 1859. Opera-goers of that time were not much concerned about -the cor- rectness of the libretto. Musked balls were unknown to the New England of that period. ‘Gustavus’ became | ‘Richard,’ Governor of Boston, stories used by | Like most of the | Verdi, this ts a tragic one, Gov. Richard loves Amelia, the #ife of his | the witch, Ulrica, for a magic herb. which will cure her of her passion for | Richard. While she is conversins | jwith the sorceress, the Governor | comes to have his fortune told. See- | ing Amelia, he conceals himself behing) & curtain and overhears her avowa? af! love, The witch tells her that slg ean find the love cure. only beneat® uh gallows at midnight. She goes there followed by Richard, who reveals huh- self. As they are speaking, Reinhart appears, seeking the Governor, whon he wishes to warn of the appronc! 0” the conspirators who plot to assussi- nate him, Richard flecing, intrusts the heavily veiled Amclia to Reinh telling him to conduct the woman safely back to the city and not try ts | discover her Identity. On tho way ¢ j the city the two are met by the o sptrators who, while they meu harm, wish to find out who the Gov | ernor’s mistress is. They tear off ier veil and Reinhart is stupefied té see | his wife. In his rage ut the Gove)- |Por's treachery he decides to join the | conspirators. At a masked ball a { days later Reinhart stabs Ric With his dying breath Richard assi | Reinhart ot the innocence of A jc Giuseppe Verdi, the “grand | man" of opera, was born in the i Jage of Le Roncole in Italy on Oct, 1% 1813, His most fumous ope Trevatore,” “La ‘Pra jletto,"” “Aida,” ‘Otel! j staff.’ Psychoanalysis You and Your Mind By ANDRE TRIDON NO. XX1l.— SLIPS OF THE TONGUE, Tn this age of analysis beware vi your slips of the tongue, for they 1v- veal what you really would like \o say IF YOU COULD. A few days ago I was chatting wit') 4 medical colleague who deplored tiv |influence of the financial slump on his practice. His phone rang, be took down the address of an unforti nate person who was suffering fruit some seizure, promised to rush o\ cs at once, and just before hang recelver added the genial remari: “Let us hope it will le serious. | Goodby. a He at once realized tho slip due to hig repressed wish for more: patients, | but the people ut the other end of the line were fortunutely too upset to nu- tice it. | A. patient well known | practitioner's office found himself un- lable to puy his | pay you by check. deed sent a ch which was return marked ‘no funds.” veral occusions addressed me very time [ noticed their ab- leaving 4 He iy the next duy, from the bani as am. sent-minded look, followed the di tion: of their glance and saw « pretty girl who was engaging their visunt attention, and one on whom they would have waited with more «pleasure than on me, I once attended a dinner of a scien tifle society which preceded a reg- | ular meeting of the organization, The Chairman was evidently tired. He looked very sleepy and manifested his annoyance at the fact that several members, invited to discuss the pape: of the evening, arrived late, When every one was finally seated, he rose and to our amusement eald, “I hereby declare the meeting adjourned, er, —open, I mean,” He consciously didn't wish to sl: his duties, but his unconscious wished! to be taken home, If while making love to Mary 3+ call her Irma, I would not blur Mary for being resentful, Irma 15 on your mind, (Onparight-bor