The evening world. Newspaper, March 11, 1922, Page 10

| RETABLIGHED BY JOSHPH PULITZER. Dally Except Sunday by Tho Press Publishing Company. Nos. 53 to 62 Park Row, Now Tork. RALPH PULITZER, President, Park Row. J, ANGUS BHAW, Treasurer, 63 Park Row. PULITZER Jr., Secretary, 63 Park Row. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. ‘Prése to exclusively entitled to the ase for repubitontion Geapatches credited te tt or not otherwise credited Im this pagmr ip the local mews published berrin, | A GOOD DEED AT SMALL COST. ferry HOLDERS of the Manhattan Rail- 4 way Company have an unusual opportunity | for unique philanthropy. Will they rise to it? ' That they will is improbable, but it may be worth ‘ Tie, they like it or not, there is no escaping } the fact that they own an unprofitable and obso- lete property. Its principal capital value lies in the continuing validity of the lease of the property to | the Interborough. As Commissioner Harkness said ‘0 the Brooklyn Real Estate Board, such arrange- ‘ ments “must go.” ' | Facing the facts, the Manhattan security holders { are on the horns of a dilemma. They have two | alternatives. They can-hold out for their 7 per cent. pound ) of flesh, and get it for a short time, perhaps. If || they do so, the Interborough will go into a receiv- ' ership. Serv’ likely to be curtailed. Eventually + the courts will abrogate the lease as inequitable and confiscatory. The Manhattan will become bank- rupt and the security holders will get little or nothing. That is one way of losing present equities. On the other hand, the security holders may act in a public-spirited manner. They may abrogate | the lease of their own free will, admit the property | is bankrupt and sell it or give it to the Transit Commission for what it is worth as an emergency | auxiliary to the transit system. It can never be op- | | erated at a profit. It is worth little or nothing. k ? melee In: either case the security holders would come out about the same in the long rum. But the strap- hanging public would fare infinitely better if the legal mazes of receiverships and foreclosures can be avolded- How far are the security holders of the Elevated prepared to go? Will their best offer go far enough to gain edit for public-spirited action, or will they prefer lo be whittled down little by little while the strap- hangers bear a burden of discomfort? If Mr. Hughes, as he says in his note on the Genoa conferences, disapproves of conferences of a political nature, we wonder what he would say about the continuous conference Mr. Ford- ney. is holding on the bonus question? THE “PULLER-IN” PEST. HE other day a “puller-in” for a Brooklya clothing store tried his usual tactics on a pass@rby and the passerby hauled off and poked him iwith a stiff right. The “poker”. was arrested and paroled in Bridge Plaza*Court until he can get a lawyer. If the facts are as reported, we fail to see why Magistrate Walsh did not free the prisoner and have the complaining “puller-in” arrested. Technically, the “puller-in” is guilty of assault as soon as he lays hands on a prospective customer. And, in the case of such nuisances, a technicality should be all that is required to land them in jail, where they will cease to bother the passing public. Storie Senin | _ Some Congressmen are hoping they can force | ‘President Harding “to take a stand” on the | bonus. What! Still another! PRUSSIANISM IN NEW YORK SCHOOLS. N APPROVING two Senate bills prepared to répeal Mr. Lusk’s notorious contributions to the Education Law the committee of the New York City Bar Association on amendments to the law draws up a telling indictment of this system of espionage. The first of Senator Lusk's measures compels all private schools except those conducted by well- recognized religious denominations to operate under licenses issued by the Board of Regents and subject to revocation at the Regents’ pleasure. The second requires every teacher in the public schools to ob- tain a certificate from the Commissioner of Educa- tion testifying to his moral character and vouching for his loyalty to “the imstitutions of the United States and of the, State and laws thereof.” These certificates are also subject to revocation without appeal. “These acts,” says the Bar Association, “may be aptly described as acts to Prussianize the educa- tional system and the intellectual activities of the State of Xew York.” Under the first, “no agency of instruction may undertake to enlighten ignorance, fo correct misinformation or to promote the search for truth unless the Board of Regents is in accord with its views and approves its methods.” Under the second, “a stain of dishonor may be imposed capriciously on the good name of a teacher and no remedy is afforded for the protection of the reputation of one who may be the victim of maiice or misinterpretation.” Slavery was once an insti- THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1922," tutfon. Quakers were once proscribed; under dts: statute it is illegal for a teacher to hold privately that the Volstead act should be changed. What. ever is is right. All tolerance, all aspiration toward betterment, ail healthy speculation within the schools of the State has been clamped by these measures into a straitjacket of suspicion and espionage. Unless they are repealed we have smashed Prussianism abroad only to patch it up for use at home. WHO ELSE MATTERS? A LAST the present Government of the United States has discovered something it can say in Europe without compromising its recti- tude or staining its virtue! We can’t go to the Genoa Conference because allusions of a political character might be heard there. The foreign policy of the party now in power at Washington is founded on pristine purity of purpose and inveterate horror of politics: The very word offends that party's delicacy. We can’t mix with the nations of Europe be- cause they are sordid, selfish and calculating. We can only breathe in an atmosphere of complete dis- interestedness, They must reform before we sit at table with them. But we can see our way to holding converse with the Allied Finance Ministers at Paris just long enough to present a little bill of $241,000,000 for expenses connected with the keeping of American troops on the Rhine and to insist that this bill be waid before any of the reparation money is divided. In doing this we remain uncontaminated. We set Europe an austere example. We contribute toward her economic readjustment the useful lesson that when other folks are in straits the best policy is to get what you can out of them—and get it first. That keeps our record straight. If our own posterity blushes for us and marvels that at such an epoch we could let the United palates appear in such a light, why that's posterity’s business. We appreciate ourselves, Who else matters? FROGS AND SNAILS. (From the Living Age.) British officers and ex-officers who served on the western front during the war have evi- dently decided that in matters gustatory “they order these things better in France.” At any rate, the Savoy Hotel in London has been com- pelled by their demands to add frogs and snails to the menu, Inasmuch as “Froggie” is the historic epithet which the Britisher has always applied to the Frenchman when he wanted to say something Deculiarly derogatory, the change in the na- tional taste is little short of revolutionary, No less than 250 frogs and 200 snails are now being sent from France to the Savoy every day, and the order is to be doubled. The edible amphibians and molluscs are hurried across the Channel by airplane, which leads the Man- chesterGuardian to observe, “It seems a shame that snails should be rushed like that!” The fact that the Kentucky Legislature up. held the Darwinian theory by one vote will mean nothing to Mr. Bryan. It will merely in- dicate that monkeys corrupted the Legislature, Staten Island trolley lines operated by the city may have too many straphangers, but the Bushwick limousine express that leaves City Hall every evening has a seat for every pas- senger and a clear right traffic. of way through ACHES AND PAINS A Disjointed Column by John Keetz. nner enennenenennnnrnen nnn Returned voyagers say the Americans have turned beautiful Bermuda {nto one big barroom. It is 600 miles off our arid coast, and the drinks seldom stay where put on the way home. . The Authors’ Club ts going to distinguish jtself on March 23 by giving its first dinner in honor of a lady writer. The guest 1s to be Mrs. Dorothy Fisher Canfield. ‘ . Sometow, Charley Hughes's kick at the Genoa Con- ference reminds us of Charley Horse! * I do not want to sojten The bed on which I lie; I do not care for better dread, J want it hard and dry. I wish to feet the load’ full weight The true test of the strong Whatever burden comes to me T'll greet it with a song. . The population of Ireland was 8.670.000 in 1841, 6,500,000 in 1859 and is around 4,900,000 toda And the shooting is still good! . Tn Patagonia, far away, Tis said some mighty monsters pla Just what Kind they do not know Because their footprints fail to show Whether Pterodactyl, with a great biy 4 Or Tehthyosaurus, with head of a Tuury Papers don't tell, except they're ' To come from a Paleozoic past But, say, it sounds a little queer Just as the circus time drawe neart From Evening What kind of letter do you find most readable? Isn’t it the one that gives the worth of a thousand There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to ime to be briei eay much in few words. Take “Keep Driving!” To the Editor of The Evening World: Being a constant reader of your valuable paper, I wish to commend you for the fearless attitude you have taken on the Prohibition wa Your great paper is a thorn in th sides of the fanatics—keep driving! You are fighting for a cause far more beneficial to mankind than the cause the Prohibitionists fought for in 1918, You are trying to eliminate poisonous liquor and the destruction that fol- lows in its wake while on the other hand the fanatical Prohibitionists are fighting for death by wood alcohol, disrespect for the laws of the land, in- creased taxation, retention of fat Pro- hibition jobs, and a score or more of other “worthy causes.’ Throughout the World War I was in the U. 8. Navy, having been in England and France. We, as a free- born and democratic people, trail the above two countries in liberty. The people of this country will never sub- mit to a fanatical law such as the Vol- stead act. Your editorials voice the sentiment of the majority, and if we had more editors of your type, we would again take our rightful place among nations as free Americans and law-abiding citizens. EX-CHIEF PETTY OFFICER U, 8. NAVY. Hoboken, N. J., March 8, 19, “Worse Than Failure.” To the Editor of The Evening World 1 am glad you are taking up the cudgels against Prohibition in its present shape, and your editorial en- titled “Worse Than Failure’? strongest and best I have read, Keep at it and perhaps a few other papers with honest purposes will begin and prick this balloon kept afloat by a group of dreamers, Sooner or later those in the District of Columbia who dictate laws and tell the people in the forty-eight States how they shall live will find out that they have over- stepped their perogatives and that this is not a country peopled entirely with incormpetents who must be babied and told how to conduct themsclves My work in the prisons, travelling from coast to coast, leads me to some conclusions not gained by others, and 1 find much of the increase in eri to-day ascribed di tly to Prohibition, A keneral state of despondency ex- ints class feeling has been augmented | because the rich can buy good liquor, is the |while the poor who want it and who id be allowed to have it in mod- ration cau get only polson, which has ¢ effect of inciting them to. crim. a! uctivities, and the prisons are ng up with leaps Ho let gome of ux wh 1 epenk out our minds come forward againnt this most drastic and un- American law that hus ever been en- acted and take some action before we increase our toll of death and horror and bounds. are not afraid World Readers words in a couple of hundred? and before we swamp the National Treasury with additional costs gf its operation and the s\ ‘Treasuries! with the burden of increased number of prisoners. Every tightening of the screws which tends to make the poor public squeal and squirm under new restrictions does gr harm. Unless we do something soon we shall have to build new and larger sets of pris- ons and insane hospitals if the fanat- ies continue to control the situation It is time to get up and strike for some common sense method of con- trolling the bogie King Aleohol, for the present state of affairs is a dis- grace to America and it would seem as if those who were responsible for it should be sent to the madhouse. Let us find out who these people a who autocratically and anonymously impose this unwelcome and unpopular law upon the country, and it would be fitting indeed for the church to take up the ignominy of the situa- tion, and all hajl to Bishop Thomas F. Gailor in hid stand and for his views so openly expressed. B. OGDEN CHISOLM No, 66 Beaver St., March 7, 1 Home Brew in the Ho To the Editor of The Evening World I have read some of Mrs. Asquith'’s views on Prohibition. If she could visit the common classes’ home she would have a shock of her life. Wet days have nothing on the dry law. The new spirits fidw as of old, only it hits the home life of the children much worse than in days gone by, when father came home with a load aboard, Now the load overcomes the family from the odor of home brew The children get stewed with the rest of the famil Some condition! The blue law makers have done it, Don't think Iam a crank—far from me—but I have some of '76 spirit in me. Before Prohibition I did not want a drink. But now it's a , pleasure Why? Because it’s forbidden, We take a chance of our lives because of the spirit of liberty, Give us freedom or death It's hard to bind the strong all t time—but some of the time fool some of the people A YANKEE we can $500 Home uns, Yo the Editor of The Evening World In reference to your editorial, $500 for Home Runs," I want to say that the writer of that article evidently does not know baseball, else he would not write such a ridiculous thing In the first place, a game is never lost until it is all over, because the losing side always has one more turn at the bat, which can always turn the tide of the game Neither does any pitcher care to have « home run chalked up ugainst his record, especially when it has been made by, Babe" Ruth, 8, M. GARFIELD, UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1922, WORDS. Opinions formed on personal appearance are frequently changed when you begin to speak. People cannot see what is i way they can find out what is in versation, by John Blake.) side your skull. The only ide it is through your con- Before there were words there was no mutual under- stinding between living creatures. Animals cannot co-operate to any considerable extent hecause they do not KNOW each other. In all animal life distrust is predominant. It is by words that you impress people, favorably or unfavorably. It is by words that you persuade them that you have something to sell them. It is by words that you convince them that they had best have nothing to do with you. An uneducated employer is almost as quick to estimate conversation as an educated one, He may himself double his negatives and say, “I seen” and "I done,” but if you do the same thing he will notice it and put you down as one of the undesirables. Inasmuch as it is “by your words that known” it is a good plan to learn to use them well. Speak grammatically, You can do that by listening to educated people and by reading good bopks. Avoid the vulgar forms of slang. Learn to speak simply and direetly. The man or woman who continually uses big words ant complicated sentences is not convincing. Overdressing is never a good thing, whether in clothes or language. Study words and find out what they mean so you may th m accurately. it up. spent. Use, ye shall be When you come to a word you are in doubt about, look It will take a little extra time but the time wili be well You need to know more words than you are likely to But the wider your acquaintance with your language the better and the more intelligently you will talk. Remember that it is almost wholly by your conversa- tion that you are known. Make that conve straightforward and intelligent, and your chances of getting ahead will be much better than if you tangle your tongue every time you try to talk. From the Wise Even in the cemetery there is no equality; even here the storied monument is a memorial of an empty show of sorrow. -Longfellow. The light of friendship is like the light of phosphorus — seen Plainest when all around is dark, —Crowell. The devil never tempted a man whom he found judiciously em- ployed.—C. H, Spurgeon. The readiest and surest way to art vid of censure is to correct oursetves,—Demosthenes, sation clear and MONEY TALKS. By HERBERT BENINGTON. Copyright, 1922 (New York Evening World) by Press Publishing Co, BETTER TIMES. Our savings not only benefit us but assist the community as a whole. Stop for a minute and think what conditions would be if there were no hanks, It is from such institutions as the savings banks that money is borrowed with which homes are built. As individuals we are but links in the finencial chain, and as links, your dollar and mine may seem of no im- portance, but it is just such links as us upor which the financial structure of the country rests, Our money in the bank becomes ae which will help employment, TURNING THE PAGES €. Gl. Oxborn (Wena), was young, High was his step in the jig that he sprung, He had the looks an’ the sootherin’ tongue—— An’ he wanted a girk wid @ fortune. { D**: was hearty when Dennte Nannie was grey-eyed an’ Nonnio was tall, Fair was the face hid in-undher her shaut Trotht an\ he liked her the best 0° them all—— But she’d not a traneen to her for- tune, He de to look out for a likeliér match, So he married a girl that was counted. @ catch, An’ as ugly as need be, the dark lithe patch——— But that was a thrifle, he tould her. He met pretty Nan when @ month had gone by, An’ he thought like a fool to get round her he'd try; With @ smile on her lip an’ a spark in her eye, She said, “How is the woman that owns ye?’’ Let us, if you please, join in dancing these four stanzas from ‘The Grand Match," one of the numbers found in “Songs and More Songs of the Gluns of “Antrim,” (Macmillan) a book of Moira O'Neill's poesy. Making Note of Nara--- A description trom certain pages of “The Hands of Nara’? (Dutton), a romance by Richard Washburn Child: She was slender. The linés of her throat, her shoulders, her arms elill carried the incomparable grace of childhood, but in her there was willewy strength and the suggestion of a womanhood of extraordinary Vitality which would last longer and express more than the mere vitality of flesh quantity in fuller and more luxurious women, Her poise, her calm was that of alertness, quickness, wild animal agility temporarily at rest. Her parted hair was dark tarnished copper with sunset light here and there, but her eyes were the deep cool gray of the sea after a storm has come and gone at the end ot « day. y were wise and question ing. y looked out at life with everlasting youth and eternal age, making a tender inquiry Her face was a little too slender, her cheek-bones a little too promi- nent for prettiness Yet * * * she was beautiful with that rare beauty of women otter unseen or unsensed by course eyer for she had the beauty of iNusive significance. And 50, just as she is word-pictured, we add NaraeAlexieff to our Gallery of Mair Heroines of Modern Vietion A Tennis le as a Love Cure-++ Jaek and Marion had quarreled aod she had given back his ring Tut they still were partners at tennis, and ufter Jack had dodged lier. interfer- ence, and had won the an act of pique mixed doubles title ‘The four players shook hands and started off the court. Jack silently drew the ring from his pocke| “Marion.” he said, sternly stopped and turned to him. “You promised to do thing on thi court | told ye tor" Mt didn't.” she said rebelliously. i he aske 2 murmured : r the ring “put that on your finger at onee and kiss me.” he said. id to the vast astonishment of .000 people assembled about the court a young gentleman and young lady met in one of the long, lingering embraces that end all movies. a “Oh, boy, [love to be bossed. “Dearest, T know who will run our team now and forever, Gosh, 1 love mixed troubles. Ww the of tules by William T. champion. Does Mr. Tilden suggest a Tennis Court of Arbitration for troubled lovers? have quoted from “It's All im (Doubleday-Page), a book Tilden, 24, me Need of the Mobile Unmarried ---+ On the many-pointed question ‘To marry, or not to marry?’ Caroline E, MacGill writes in the Current Serib- ner's thus: What would happen to-day if the army of women in industry, busi- ness, social service, teaching, ete.. etc,, were suddenly removed? Their places could not be filled It fe no case of a competition be- tween sex und sex, it is a common sense condition which confronts us. Every Jack has not his Jill, any more than every Jill has her Jack. Very many neither want nor need marrirage. Nor does society need that every human being should marry and reproduce. The earth could not sustain the offspring. Moreover, the business of the world, in every department, cer- tuinly does need the mobile labor of the unmarried The dificult, the pioneer, the highly specialized, intensive work of the world, that which requires un= remitting attention, strain, —free- dom of mtnd and body, must ever be done by them. Prime stimulus is here, the Lady on the Left’ will say to the self-sum- eclency of the Bachelor Man and tho day-dreams of the Bachelor Maid, Meanwhile, the world will keep on going around because it has to, req ‘ — gardless of love,