The evening world. Newspaper, April 15, 1922, Page 10

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IN a report made public this week, officials of the Anti-Saloon League recommend that the ~ League shall confinue to file reports of money re- @eived or expended for the election of members of Congress and challenge “the outlawed liquor traf- * fic” to co-operate, Says the report: i “We denounce the false and malicious a!- tacks made against the Anti-Saloon League in this particular as not merely hypocrisy ! but as a deliberate attempt to bluff the decent ' and law-abiding citizenship out of effective ‘ expression of their patriotic determination ! to bring about enforcement of the supreme { Jaw of the land.” ) And again: “The Anti-Saloon League has made an ' honest effort to comply with what it be- « Meves to be the plain spirit and intent of the 4 law.” * * 8 “The supreme Jaw of the land'—meaning Pro- hibition law! “What the Anti-Saloon League believes to be the plain spirit and intent”—of the Federal elec- tion law! Could language more arrogantly convey the proud place in which the Anti-Saloon League puts itself and Prohibition? Could anything more clearly indicate the Anti- Saloon League attitude that all other law in the United States has been relegated to a plane where and from the sea, But have they determined the human question of whether mal de mer results from “pitching” or from “rolling’’? > The test will come when the Hawkeye State runs into rough weather. If it lives up to the hopes of the designers it’ will be a boon to mankind and a cruel blow to the “See America First” movement. HOUSING WINS. OV. MILLER deserves congratulation and thanks for signing the housing bills. In particular he deserves commendation for overcoming his prejudices against the law permit- ting insurance companies to invest in housing to a carefully restricted degree and for a limited pe- riod of emergency The Evening World is in accord with the Goy- ernor’s explanatory memorandum on this bill. Life insurance funds should be guarded tive investment for such funds is ordinarily wrong. Specula- But, in the emergency, life insurance companies have a pecuniary interest in housing, in keeping policyholders well quate. “There is little danger of harm and much hope of real relief.” Those five words we have put in italics will be a bitter pill for leasters and profiteers. If the Met- ropolitan company fulfills expectations, the goug- ers may well reconcile themselves to lower rents next fall. An investment of $100,000,000 will de- flate rents without fail. This, with the continuing service of the Lock- wood Committee, the extension of the rent laws and of tax exemption, promises much to tenants. This has been the programme The Evening World has advocated as a matter of public service. The achievement is a source of rejoicing. We frankly admit pride in the testimonial of aid and co-opera- The safeguards seem ade- The G. O. P. “Dickey” 1922, — ever) By John Cassel TURNING THE PAGES €., GW. Osborn F all the ektes were eunahine, Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling plash of rain, If all the world were music, . Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence, To break the endtess song. If life were always merry, Our souls would seek relie/ And rest from weary laughter In the quiet arms of grief. An “If All the Ski song from “Songs Out of Doors’’ (Scribner), a book of verse by Henry Van Dyke. We do not insist upon the inevitability of the third stanza. * Needs Versus Courtesy--« Tagore gives in his and distinctions: Civility is beauty of behavior, It requires for its perfection patience, self-control, and an environment of leisure. For genuine courtesy is a creation, like pictures, like music. It is a harmonious blending of voice, gesture and movement, words.’ and action, in which generosity of - conduct Is expressed. It reveals the man himself and has no ulterior pur-~ ose, : : Our needs are always in a hurry, ‘They rush and hustle, they are rude and unceremonious; they have no. surplus of leisure, no patience for anything else but fulfilment of pur- pose. : By this logic, it is the pressure of hurrying needs that accounts for a lapses from city’s frequent But is it true that he whose needs are less finds his The Hold-Up--« civilities more? e- From a page of a novel new to Her- it is merely contributory to Prohibition law and | tion Senator Lockwood telegraphed from Albany Lanai haere mpngrinl ray ancute where its “spirit and intent” must be interpreted | after the bills were signed: man some way down the roa rhe : i i covered the driver with a larg by Anti-Saloon League authority? “The' support of The Evening World was Let the country know its masters and heed their voice. The G. O. P. tariff makers ought to have im- posed a prohibitive duty on hammers, judging by the reception even partisan editors have given the $ill. WHY THE DELAY? ESDAY, April 11, the Senate Finance Com- mittee reported the proposed tariff bill, in- eluding wool duties at approximately the same fate as in Schedule K of the Payne-Aldrich bill. Thursday, April 13, the executives of the Amer- ican Woolen Company met in New York and de- sided to raise prices, the boosts ranging from 10 to 45 cents per yard. Was it impossible to call the meeting for Wednesday? SAFETY FIRST. agers bail shall not be required,” is a-provision of the State Constitution. Several Magistrates have given evidence of a of aha value to these measures and, I believe, to the people of the City of New York.” That support was strong be¢ause The E@tning World successfully interpreted what New York tenants were thinking and saying. Senator McCumber says: prosperit, No. But we can put up a tariff wall that will keep it out longer than is necessary. “We cannot import WHAT'S DAVID'S IDEA? S JPREME COURT JUSTICE BIJUR ap- proved this week the certificate of incorpora- tion of the American Birth Control League Inc. Besides being interesting in itself, the fact re- minds us again that one David Hirshfield, Com- missioner of Accounts of the City of New York, conducted an inquiry to determine the reasons for police interference with a birth control meeting in the Town Hall Nov. 13 last. Did David ever get to those reasons? We recall David’s bringing out a lot about him- self. We recall his storming at the birth control From Evening World Readers What kind of letter doyou find most readable? Ien’t it the one that gives the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to eay much in few words. Take time to be brief. Houston Street im 1869, To the Editor of The Evening World In recalling reminiscences of old New York it might be of interest to near and dear to you. Join in and help remove the temptation. To ‘‘Vaughn’’ of Philadelphia I reply I have read other books in the Bible and I am sending just a few of the quotations I UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake + (Copyright, 1922, by John B: CHECKING UP. The man who knows what he has accomp.shed and what he meant to accomplish can formulate an intelligent plan for the future. Colt’s .45, Just as he succeeded In pulling up his team, “Up with your hands, gentlemen ' ordered the second man. “We shall not be detairiing you long, I hope “A hold-up!" gasped one of the inside passengers at the sight of the ‘weapon, “That's what it is!’ snapped the leader. “Don't get noisy or make 4 fuss, and you'll be all right. I going to trouble you for your wal lets, gentlemen,” he continued, “Get 4a move on," “But—but—this—is—C a nada,’ stammered one of the passengers. Obliged for the reminder. We had from the way it reads « certain notion that it might be New York. Forgetting for a moment that title of the book is *An Outlaw of the Plains." aes is Spring Fever - -- Ray Dandridge ts can Negro Party"’ (Harcourt- thus Dav's a lazy, sorta hazy Feelin’ grips me thoo ait’ thoo An’ I feels lak doin’ lesa dan enut liv Dough de saw is sharp an’ greas Dough de task et han’ is easy, An’ de day am fair an’ breezy Dar's a thief dat steals embition (n Wt win’, Watch out when April turns soft race) Marvelous Maryli ‘| .1 J relate some recollections of Housten j . . . . eos . advi y vi i i v ink we ha p a m a " e; y F tak! if breath, read determination to interpret this provision in the \dvocates one day and the next trying to beguile Street as it was in the days following |P@V@ found in reading. Time and/$ It is easy to think we have done far more than we really he eee ite a atRE Gln! TE Batt GE reason them into sundry admissions. We recall David's | the civ War, as 1 remember them| pace, ty! pot hermit me to send | § have. pers), a book of Fannie Hurat stories ; aL own fluently expressed views regarding birth con- ] f1 fath My fath rn aa ad It is easy to think that we are about where we belong in Marylin! How to convey to you Several suspeets with criminal records have been i 8 ne | SrORR Day EREnOre: My father, weNie|are ogithie day: ree ; 8 a 'dunce of her! A eae bail. Magi Hatti trol. clerk in Fagan’s at Crosby and Hous-| ‘Woe unto them that are mighty the procession, allowing for hard Juck and what the navi the a De ae cssae Cuieee held in prohibitive bail. agistrate Hatting yes- We d Fecal that} z Id : ton Streets, a store typical of the|t® drink wine and men of strength gators call ‘“‘slip.” R leaves when the breeze is playful terday denied the bail privilege to a man arrested e€ do not recall that he ever told us a Word |times, a grocery and bar all in one, |t0 mingle strong drink,” Isaiah 6-22. No. She was far nimbler than) as a pickpocket. The reason for-the denial was the man’s criminal record of six convictions on Prohibitive bail or flat refusal of bail is not about what ground the police had for breaking up the meeting. Yet that was the whole point and purpose of the inquiry. David has Tet it be understood that he is still and where many impromptu wrestling matches were staged in the rear of the store. Houston Street was a leading thor- oughfare of the sporting contingent, particularly the section between “And be not drunk with wine wherein is excess, but be filled with the Spirit," Ephesians, 5-18. “Ye are the children of Nght and the children of the day; we are not of the night of darkness. But when we check up with other people in the same business we often find we are mistaken. It is a good plan, now and then, to look up the men who started when he did and find out what thet have been doing. This is of especial value because we know these men— leaf tugging at its stem. ‘A young faun on the brink of 4 pool, startled at himself? Yes, Ittle. Because Marylin’s head « ways had a listening look to it. 4 if for a message that never quitr came through to her. “excessive” when i ilt is Broadway and the Bowery. Harry| “‘Therefore let us not sleep as do we can estimate their ability and allow for théir shortcom From where? Marylin didn't ve” when the presumption of guilt is so wonkink (an the piston, Hill, a famous character of that time, | others, but let us watch and be sober. 3,5, , know and didn’t know that she strong and the criminal habits of the accused well 8 . had a cafe at Houston and Crosby] ‘'For they that sleep, sleep in the Bs. . : didn't know. Probably that ac established. Does he hope to work so long that everybody | Streets, which was the rendezvous of|night and they that are drunken are Such a checking up almost always results in an un- counted for a little “pucker the z A sy ~ | the theatrival profession. At Broad.|drunken in the night. ; is could sometimes alight between be F 5 will forget all about it? ‘oa pleasant surprise. es, Scarcely a shadow, rather thr Bail should serve to protect society as well as way and Houston, Mike Morrissy| ‘But let us who are of the day be . . Cd age ai Aa a al ’ dealt in the ‘cup that cheers,""|sober, putting on the breastplate of Many men we little suspected of surpassing us are far shadow of a shadow. the rights of the accused. When it is plainly a question of confirmed criminal habits, the only Fight the criminal has is speedy trial. ACHES AND PAINS A Disjointed Column by John Keetz. where in later years John L. Sullivan made frequent pilgrimages when on a rampage. On Broadway just north and south of Houston Street were the Olympic Theatre and Niblo’ arden, faith and love; and for an helmet the hope of salvation''—I, Thes., 5-9. HELEN WELLS. Vemperance Not Prohibition. ahead. fallen back in the line. Others, whom we thought about our equals, have Almost always our own place will be considerably be- hind the position we should have attained. A’ lute, played in a breeze? Once a note of mu 0 froma lute, however, but played on a cheap harmonica, had caugh Marylin’s heart in a little ecstasy © palpitations, but that doesn't nec essarily signify, westert) aan nie was an tndere nc! nbs [Fo the Editor of The Evenins World: Had we checked up as we went along things would have Zephyr with Aurora playing HOPE FOR THE SEASICK. York. HENRY PNGEUK H, Wells in your edition of March 8) $ een different. We would nave detected the “slip” and made 3] Taughter holding both his sides: laren ae FOAL Oe tie asks me to read my Bible. Proverbs} $ 41 for it And yet, the father of Marylin was -[ VERYONE who has realized his worst fears Chauncey M. Depew’s “Memoirs” dre sprinkled with XXIII, verses 29-32. Delighted! shot in an attempt to escape from soon after embarking on the ocean, and everyone who has refrained from sea travel from ‘dread of seasickness, will be interested in the trial of the huge gyroscope designed to keep the Hawk- eye State from rolling. | Hundreds of devices to prevent rolling have Been patented and have failed. Scientifically, the gyroscope principle is sound. It has proved ef- fective in limited application. If the pending trial Proves fully successful, no passenger boat can hope to compete for business without this accessory to comfort. Some of the old salts are conservative, not to say dubiods, Some claim that pitching is as much the cause of seasickness as the rolling the gyro- scope is to prevent. Some believe that either the gyroscope or the sea will tear to pieces a vessel so equipped. One who claims long sea service writes that a boat that does not roll will need “a flush deck with nothing on it except an armor plate wheelhouse and immovable watertight smokestacks.” He con- cludes with a rhymed admonition; good stories. Here is one of the best: John W, Gar- ritt, chief owner of the B. & O., was in Europe “finan- cing” his affairs, when Johns Hopkins, the philanthro- Pist, died. Mr. Garritt cabled to John King, Presi- dent of the road, a message of condolence which reached him at the funeral, but not until it had been, ‘by natural error, given to another John King, the Hopkins executor, It read: “Present my sympa- thies to the family and my high appreciation of Mr. Johns Hopkins and borrow from the executor all you can at 6 per cen’ * We hope Gen, Semenoff will enjoy his stay in Lud- low Street Jail. It is much better than Siberia, . ‘That fifty-one-year-old horse is ciled as a wonder of longevity among his kind. The usual life of equines is about twenty-five years, the average much legs. Still, a horse has more endurance than an auto. . The subway stiles are truly human in their “et!- quette” as interpreted by the Subway Sun, The right of way in the double-back-action contraptions belongs to the fellow who has just paid his nickel. The out- goer can take care of himself. . Her small Town View. To the Editor of The Evening World I had been wondering just what was the matter with ““H. Wells.”” plains it in @ recent letter in a town of ‘600 enrolled voters!" ‘That's enough! Her general attitude, judging from her letters, would indl- cate such, But “Prohibition” is slipping and slipping fast, Helen, thanks to a lot of regular people such as met in Carnegie Hall last Thursday night and also to the great work done by The Evening World. Wonder tf Helen saw the figures given out last week by Dr. Hamilton, Commissioner of Correction, in which he states that the number of people see nced to the workhouse for intox- ication so far this year {s nearly 100 per cent, greater than that for the same period last year Take my advice, Helen, and get your friend “E. J. A” and come over to a big towaeonce in a while: perhaps it will broaden you a bit E. W. HOLD Ex-Lieut, U. Brooklyn, April 10, 1922 She ex- She lives More Quotations, To the Editor of The Evening World “29. Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? “30, They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine." True! Don't tarry long at the wine, don’t drink to excess and be very careful how you mix your drinks. “31, Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when tt giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. "32, At the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an ad- der,” True again! If you drink too long and too much at the last it will bite like a serpent and sting like an adder. Yes, and you may see all kinds of snakes, T am asked to also read Habakkuk 11, verse 15, “Woe unto him that giveth his neighbors drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also.” He 1s not condemned for giving his neighbor drink, but for making him drunken also. However, it is too late to worry about that now. Look over the whole line of your acquaintances anc by comparison you can find out how far behind you are. Then you can begin catch up. It will be hard work at first. In fact, the mental exercise involved in over- hurt anybody. slowly and systematically to But hard work never coming a handicap is one of the most salutary things in life. Check up by comparing yourself unmercifully with every man whom you know who had an equal start with you. Then keep on checking up—every year, every month, if need be. ‘ From the Wise Trifles make perfection; but per- fection is no trific. —Michael Angelo. Love 4s precisely to the morat nature what the sun is to the earth.—Balzac. Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time. —A. B. Alcott. Character is the moral order MONEY TALKS By HER’ Copyright, 1922 (New York Evening World), By Press Publishing Co. 25 PER CENT. GUARANTEED. United States Treasury Certificates which are sold at all Post Offices, of- fer a very simple method of saving. Certificates which will be redeemed for $1,000, $100 and 9265 in five years are on sale et $800, $80 and $20, re- spectively, ‘When we have some money avall- prison, and about her mother we de sire to say nothing. Such, occasionally, is the miracle of life where the other half lives it . . Magie and the Mystery of Rivers. - - - After a word on river-worshippers and their rites, in his ‘Rivers and Their Mysteries’ (Duffield), A. Hyatt Verrill continues: Of course, we scoff at this a perstition, but {s it any more foolish or ridiculous than our own supersti- » tions? ¢ Te it not just as sensible to think that a golden armlet cast into a river will Insure a calm and safe journey on the stream as to imagine that printed cards can foresee that mis- and divulge one's future, fortune lurks {n @ number thirteen, or-that breaking @ bit of allvered glass will result in the death of aome one? ‘There {a nothing remarkable, mys- terlous nor imexplicable about cards or mirrors, but even civilized man is impressed by the power, the majesty and the mystery of rivera, Cards and mirrora are our own handiwork; their origin, thelr pur- and thelr ultimate ends are millar to us all and they have no greAt Influence upon our lives, ou: livelihood or our happiness, But the river ts a power beyond our control; {t possesses the power ofsiife und death, {t Ja trrealauhls, “Creative Unity’? (Macmillan) these definitions thre quoted on spring fever, in ‘‘The Book of Ameri- penser eyed The Bible counsels temperance and m 7 “Let her pitch and iet her roll, Speaking of nickels reminds us once more of our | To “Truth" of Orange, N. J, I] We cro. not prohibition of the| seen through the medium of an it Jaite we can buy these certificates, put} ™sterlons, romantic, We're better on top than down tn the hole,” curious country. We destroyed the buffalo and de- | Would say, why cover sin when by good things that God has given us. dividual nature,—Emerson. them away and know that when ehay Pip tieere that, after all, the worship . doing you spread a net for y t the meaning of the hol are due we will receive 6 face yalus, i ver joes on, spoiled the Indian. The buffalo graces one side of the |*° i oprent your] Interpre' z whole To be trusted ig a greater com- 4 It Is to be assumed the engineers have calculated | goin, the Indian the other, with the word “Liberty” |Drother’s feet, “they that drink to ex-| truth, not half the truth; eead your ‘Tho security is the best obtainable Hut where it was an affair of the the strains to be expectedeboth from the machine dangled befopp his eyes like an unruly wisp of hair. (cess. That one may be some one who ts Biblegwith understanding. TRUTH, pliment than to be loved, —G, MacDonald. ; and assures one of en appreciation of 26 per cent. whem redeemed. tribe, It now is the practic . meres and the posts, dhad,