The evening world. Newspaper, March 15, 1922, Page 26

che eGeiiig Goris, Puriiehed MEMPER OF TIE as The Associated Press le exelurierly ent! Of all news Gerpatches credited to It or not fend also the local news published bereia. THE STRAITJACKET. egistative hearing yesterday, T the | A Commissioner MeAneny taced Mayor Hylan and told him point blan for the neces sary invasion of the Home Rule prin iple involved in a proposed amendment ty the Transit Act. This would enable the Commissioners to appoint themselves members of the Board of Control for the first year of operation. It deprives the Mayor of power to hamstring the plan before it has a chance to prove its worth, Mr. McAneny frankly admitted that the Com- missioners “are determined that the plan must be amply protected during the first year of its operation.” “We are bound to take into consideration the probable attitude of the City Administration toward our plan, This was stated tersely ty Corporation Counsel O'Brien when he sald re- cently that he would oppose any plan, no muat- ter what it was, coming from the Trans1 Commission.” Here is the sole but suflicient justification. The City Administration cannot be trusted not to bite its own nose. In the circumstances the citizens of New York, must have protection against the Hylan brand of irresponsible administrative mayhem. = This amendment is a straityacket. it is obvious. ust for republieation credited (p this paper Asons The need for NOT TO BE DENIED. HE Lockwood housing programme must go through. If not now, then later. The Legislature will be wise to recognize this fact—better now than later. In plain words, the Legislature dare not deny the people of the State the relief asked. That is the strength of Senator Lockwood's position. A denial of these relief measures would stir up a hornet’s nest of protest. An extra session of the Legislature would be inevitable. The tenants of New York have waited three years for the constructive part of a housing programme, They mean business. If the tenants have not been overwhelmingly vocal in their demands, it is only because they have elt certain those demands would not be denied. If the tenants have been mistaken, the Governor and the eLegislature will hear from them next week. NO MERCY? For just one day in the year couldn't a truce be arranged with Prohibition—the same to fall, on Income Tax Day? After a man has wrestled with his income tax return, emerged from the struggle and paid the money, angels in heaven wouldn't begrudge him a glass of beer! SO THIS IS ART! EE what cau happen to the purpose of a publi. benefactor or benefactress after his or her death! The late Angelina Crane of Brooklyn left $60,000 with the wish “that the same be expended, if such fs sanctioned by law, in the erection of a dainking fountain in the City of New York.” And behold, after years of squabbling and delay, there appears, instead of a simple, peaceable drink- ing fountain, a fierce young marble brute called “Civic Virtue,” who is to be set up exactly where he will impinge upon the sensitive nerves of Mayor John F. Hylan every time the latter comes down the steps of the City Hall! The thing is outrageous! Under the most chivalrous, tender-hearted Mayor New York ever had, under the Administration of a Defender of Helplessness, a Protector of Toads, are we to unveil a municipal statue which represents a stalwart ruffian trampling upon ladies? J Perish the thought! her scrap’ the whole affair and get back to 4 drinking fountain sculpted o'er with lilies, or else change the figures under the heel of this young tivic Hercules to look like—well, say the present Transit Commission. Oh, for some art Art! LOOK AHEAD A:YFAR MERICAN sympathizers with the Irish cause are preparing for the celebration of St, Pat- rick’s Day There is ample mn for tion and thanks- giving. Erin never faced a future that held so much of hope. But the thanksgi should in clude a note of prayer and conse. as well as of feasting and jollification Erin's sun shining, but the all rolled away, The Irish in Ireland and in ivided by factionalism when unity i erying need. A strong, sane and sensible Irish Free Sta the only immediate hope for 4 If factionalism is to prevent this } tion of the Irish movement, then Frid for rejoicing but rather for mourning If Collins and Griffith are to be prevented from ing THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, MAROH 15, 1922. ; ‘ carrying on their work, then St. Patrick's Day in 1924 will be the saddest in all the history of Ireland Failure to agree on the F whelming blow to the State would be an h cause, but not the worst. Worse vet would be the loss of friendly sympathy throughout (he world. The world agrees with Michael Collins when he reproaches the trouble-maXing followers of De Valera with their “barren, destructive policies.” The world believes that the Irish Free State is a step to real freedom. It nws aside the doc- trinaire insistence Jental amd unessential details ; St ve on i Patrick's Day, 1922, ration for a possible Gre St’ Patrick’s Day in 1923. Let the preparation be joyful and prayerful, intelligent and reasonable and, above all, tending toward unity for a common ileal. t best only a prepa JAMMED AS USUAL. N the first day of the last week of the legisla- tive session the two Houses of the Legis- lature at Albany acted on 180 bills. As the week progresses the jam is likely to in- crease. How little deliberation the different meas- ures get is obvious. But the same tragic farce is re-enacted at every session There is no need, no excuse for such congestion. The Legislature could change it all hy changing the rules. p It would be easy to limit the number of bills to be introduced on any one day, allowing a fair num- ber to each legislator. Then require that a bill be disposed of or allowed to lapse within a certain number of days. Under such a system every day would be ine “eleventh hour” for a certain list of proposals which could be considered on their merits. Such a system would promote good legislation and wouid prevent much bad legistation that slips by in the jam. As a final advantage, it would release the Gov- ernor from the task of sorting the good from the bad in the thirty days after the session—a formi- dable tas’: for a conscientious Executive. Sir Arthir Conan Doyle will visit us in April. Sherlock Holmes has deduced that since other lecturers are adding to their old bankrolls by American tours, Watson may just as well share In the good pickings. MORE “MUST-NOTTEF S.” EWARK employers are reported to have started a wave of dress reform for feminine em- ployees. Skirt hems must not be more than a specified mimber of inches from the groun!. High heels, low necks, short sleeves are banned. Materials must not be too thin or transparent This certainly is not dress reform, whatever it may be. Employees may bow to the rules—dur- ing working hours. The effect of such rules after working hours is likely to be a revelation. The only reform that deserves the name comes without rules. Persons may reform. Few can be reformed. In many lines of business {he employer may seasonably prescribe a uniform, or at least require some uniformity in costumes. This is generally recognized. But the Newark employers have gone at the sub- ject in the wrong way. They have unwisely stressed “must nots,” Girls who are informed what they must not wea in. working hours will want the forbidden in their leisure time. That's human nature—something “must-notters” of the Prohibilionist cults can never seem (o understand, rene ACHES AND PAINS A Disjointed Column by Jchn Keetz South Africa is very much up to the Think of using aeroplanes to subjucate ° to minute a strike! let usatlhgo * To the Flower Shon tnd smell the posies sweet Take Pa along. and Ma And give them both a treat! ws Wee The Legislature will soon adjourn. 0 would only fallow suit! Wouldn't happy town Hize New Ye . Income ‘tux day, 0, joyous date; Be sure your dlavh Doesn't get in lite! Now they want a law to declare the sea bootlegee pirates, Shades of Capt. Kidd! PUSH. A Tale of the Tube and Ms Perrurs, CHAPTER U1, The bale of kale being safel oT a el his bankers’ hours at the usual moment of 545. He joyfully steered for Bowling Green, tings would reach the Grand Central in (ing 6.32 Mount Vernon express and home in time to eat with che fa) Descending into the mamnio tween the Express and the L ment, Slight as was the de ' ; hoarse ery: “A-ar g’wan!” Tt cut him to the quick, Hr \ cold voice of the cashier calli: him shiver (To Be Continues ) A Ring in His Nose From Evei.ing World Readers What kina 01 etter do vou find most nadabler Isn't it the onv that gives the worth of a thousanc words in a couple of hundred? There 1s fine mental exercise and a /ot of satistaction i trying to ay much in tew words Take But It Reauiren Years to Become aj calied land Chdzen, landlord, does not properly describe Editor of ‘The Evening World him. 1 would much preter calling Naving read the letter of Mrs, Ida] him the investor. He 1s no more and rd? Tie name in itself, Bienstock Landau, published the 9thyno less than an investor, after all inst., also your editorial rexarding toss] He as invested his capital and in many cases his time, hey are of citizenship by the lady for having y p by the lady for having) estopped by the law to. make more an_alien husbant, [ have no doubt! than 8 percent. profit on thelr in- Mrs. Landau nust feel the loss of sol vestment Why does not the law re- at an honor a8 well as being} strfet the $rocer, butcher, shoemaker, fc : ° ‘oft harred from her chosen profession | tailor, &c., to the 8 per cent. pr age mueh iideed, ‘but B law? We know that as a matter of cts ater) common knowledge most lumélords do nike; iu knowing the laws of] not actually own one-tenth of the as ihe Unite tates, and wishing to] seased valuation of thy property esume her practice of law that tg! | do sincerely hope that the time tow denied her, contd easily have] Wi come when the landlord will : y again be classed among the reputable os < PEGs De: me clk restored by eltizens and not be lé0ked upon as a waving her husband, who no doubt fi ; J. BOD rm his living and remain aaa ° situates, become a eltizen Too pert. f this great country Te the Euitor of The Evening World I however, he refuses to do so, Is it possible for a workman to he erhay Just us well the laay|so expert that he will be discharged an alien statys.* by the boss for being ‘an expert? ICA FIRS’ We read in the papers and books on success that If you are better than the other fellow your success ts assured Rashes Mic [uut t know of one instance at leas By what legal or by what Vol where such was not the case. rection of the Volstead Act, do PFO") where was a barber store in Brook Lition agents plirchase liquor, then ‘ Jue Ml iyn where | went to be shaved, and ike “arian? Are this lor Aree the i they | ere was a barber there who was the King the law in taking En TWIST fest | ever came across, When tie a, Muven 14 stayed you you did not know that erantuenr he was touching you, and yet he made ins) che fsaaereh tthe: frond your face just us smooth as the bar- In this enlightened day, why is [ber who would take skin and all on a fuk theateeal managers co) your's He did not talk to you He never breathed fn your face. He ive sbecll performances of <helr] was an urtist if ever there was on lays in order to “prove’ the eleantl-Jand because he was so much Letter teas of the stig@? 1 refer specifically }than the the boss had to dis- ise mento ann Marjolaine” [Phatse him, for those who had once twen shaved by this barber would © which ininister invited, und} never let any of the others in (ii which: aeegrdin arts, With Ut Txhop shave them, and there were six londed by Some O00 centemen of the] Gther barbers in the place. 1 have cloth, Did the the al MADAKETS een five men waiting to be shaved actually prove ' or did H6) yy this barber, and the other six bar- merely enterta tof ministers} Lers doing nothing ny of whom bly so to the! qhere is a similar condition exixt reutre of theiy own s cord when they] ing where Lam employed, ‘There are de a given 1 eth while? liv. stenographers in the office, and And why doe to thi have to r to con m one of the number, [ was not atisfled that 1 was doing enough for resort m vince th yt ve clean] my employer, so 1 mastered t \ ' all this und can use it exy J ubout th 1 (he star mount of mail Hoth ety tiv are reluctant omen, and Uf ne and spend m hot enem notes’ and the ual) thins it transeribing the © om vb ar wreeetly, ‘Tol all tntents ane i) t 2 aig Vi fu Anprecias tandtords. ia \ i font ' rr) tine as Mi gpus exalt muwity and bali Ward the mo-lptage @way foro diy it yo ' By John Cassel ecim RAYRD H UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake ' @opyrigtit, 1922, by John Blake.) WHAT IS WASTE? Extravyagance is not always waste. Somebody gets the mcney the foolish squanderer spends on his own pleasures. Eventually it may fall into careful hands. Waste is wanton destruction, like burning a building. That particular house will never again have existence, The labor that created the house and the wealth that was represented by it are lost to the world forever. ‘ Exactly the same destruction. is accomplished by the n:edless waste of an hour that might be used in acgomplish- ing something worth while. That hour will never come back, It is lost to you and the world. Time will be usefal or worthless to you according to the way in which you invest it. In this respect it is exactly like money, If you deliberately waste it, as people do when they seek ways and means to “kill time,” just that much value is gone out of your life. Employing it in rest is not wasting it. ation is not wasting it. Every hard mental or physical worker must devote a « part of his time to recuperation. But simply throwing it eway on worthless amusements reading books written only to “kill time” or playing dull games meant only as time-destroying devices—is not only waste but the worst sort of waste. ° Far better to throw hard-earned money into the gutter, fs. somebody will find it there and restore it to circulation. The cinve that you waste will never be found again. Every « hour that you throw away leaves the world poorer than it might have been had you employed it intelligently, Be as thrifty with your time as you are with anything else that yon value. ft is your inheritance and your capital. You start in the world with just as much of it as any one else is given. Entirely upon your method of spending it will depend your place in the world at the end of the race we cill Life. enna useful Using it in recre- in the office to come their work, with the excuse that as So-and-so is away I will not be very busy. They have taken the trouble to pass other ste- nographers who have been gossiping or reading the papers and come to me, and they feel peeved because I have turned them away. In this way [ have acquired a reputation of being naccommodating, while the _ other stenographers { have reference to sther dictators to me to take WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WORD? 143—BUCCANEER,. the food they ate. That Smoked meat, generally beef The Carth name for fish is “bucan,"" have heen referred to a8 bard-work-Tyoubttul character and predatory ing stenoxraphecs Pl Visstelenawte ’ unfair?, Instead | 222'C" Yho sntested the Spanish Main Why are people The Buccaneers were named after food was smoked meat ‘The gentlemen of Romances of Industry By Winthrop Biddle. Copyright, 1922, (New York Evening World) by Press Publishing Co, VI.—GOLD HEAPS ON tHe GOLD COAST. ‘The interior of the British colony in Northwest Africa known as the Gold Coast ts pitted with deep holes which the natives dug in search of currency. ‘The currency was gold dust, which they ‘washed’ out in the streams. These accumulations of gold dust were the original medium of exchange in the traffic between Burope and Africa In its) beginnings. And the manner of effecting the exchange la the interesting part of the story. A ship=-British, Portuguese, Span- » French or Dutch—would anchor off-shore. The traders on board would land with,their.goods—cloth, cutlery, beads, gewgaws and especially sup plies of the staple, now extinct in America, called ‘trum.’ ‘These goods the traders would range in neat piles of carefully calculated value. Then they would withdraw to ty, ship. resentiy the wary natives would come trooping to the shore, bringing their medium with tem, Aftet a cai-" culating examination of the goods ex» posed for safe, they would place oppo- site each exhibit the quantity of gold dust which they considered the basis of a fair exchange, After they had deposited their gold- heaps, the natives would withdraw discreetly. Tt is interesting to note that during the period of calculation and appraisal, the ship off-shore would dxplay with some ostentution tha muzzle of a gun, pointed at the place where the goods were displayed. ‘When the traders came ashore again they would give careful consideration * to the amount of gold dust offered by @ pthe natives. If the offer was satis- factory, they would signify their ap- proval by taking the dugt and leaving behind theg: tie articles offered for sale. In cases where they regarded the quantity of gold dust as insuf- cient, they would leave the medium of exchange Where they found it, On the withdrawal of the traders to the ship, the natives would appear once more, collect the articles opposite the places from which the yellow dust heaps had been gathered in, and then either increase the piles not yet taken or withdraw their offer. The entire operation was carried on under the guns trained on the lace of exchange, not necessarily for use but as a guarantee of good faith, Gold ts still produced in a small way by natives, and on a larger scale by occasional Europeans. Rut by other mediums of exchange, such as {vory, rare woods, and other raw products, many natives now are rated high on the local scale of opulet Psychoanalysis You and Your sind By ANDRE N | y ANDRE TRIDO XXX.—WHAT 1S COWARDICE? Cowardice is not a vice. It is a neurotic ailment. We have in our body a system of nerves called the sympathetic system, In danger those nerves throw into our blood stream various chemical products, called endocrines, the prod- ucts of certain glands. Those endo- crines, according to the condition of the glands which produce them, cause us either to fight or run away, When the odds are overwhelm those nerves should naturally cause us to avoid the impending destruction. But there are thousands of cases when some of us, the neurotically inclined, have a mysterious feeling of fear. We have a ‘hunch’ that something is going to happen to us. Nothing as a rule ever happens, but it does not restore our confidence or feeling of safety. The slightest unexpected noise makes us jump, a flashlight fills us with terror. We are jumpy, we are irritable, we are sleepless, And yet if we analyze the situation we realize that logically there is oth ing in our environment which could justify our “nerve These is nothing visible or tang!i- ble, yet there is something. There are “fear associations."’ There are colors, ’_ sounds, shapes, attitudes, combina- tions of circumstances which bring back to us unconsciously other occa- sions from our life, preferably from our early childhood, in which we were (or imagined we were) in real danger. Some one, reminding us unconsciously of the severe father or mother or teacher, may muke us feel small, un- important. The unconscious memory of some punishment visited upon us in child- hood for some misdeed, perhaps of a sexular Mature, causes us to expect obscurely a new, crushing humiliation, Until we realize the cause of those fits of ‘nerves’? we will continue to be bothered with them at regular inter- vals. But recognizing their cause is not enough to protect ourselves against them for ever more. We must also realize that fears overwhelm us at times when fear is a great conven- fence, when we are facing some dif- fleulty which we do not dare to shirk openly. We are not faking conscious- ly, but our unconscious seeking the line of least effort helps us to fake in o: discharging the expert barber, 1]4nd the adjacent watery (and lands) | ways which are often very painful, link the boss turber owed it to hut two centuries, were habit] The coward should not be insulted, istomers to educate the other bar | +4 provisioning thew ships with|H¢ Should be treated mentally and < to the sarpe point of exper en Gena freed from bis unconscious sources of boat barber In los pi ay tence Me nauives began to} ¢oy). e eave where | olved them pucan eaters (oucanero in] (Copyright by United Feature Syndicate.) + employer a panish). And the name stuck * = + bimaedt to mot t ely The application of the word “one sated by the ” ity of activities deserts. dustrial captain of predatory jn-Jited ancestors of the roaring parie@ A BTEANOGRAPHER. | suncls aad praviioee was sanily sug>] lp the Bistory of Bouts -