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ESTABLISHED BY JOSHPI PULITZER. Dally Excopt @uoday by The Pross Publishing ‘Company, Nos, 68 to 63 Park Raw, New York. RALPH PULATZDR, President, 65 Park Row. J, ANGUS SHAW, Troasurer, 63 Park Kow, PULSTERR, Beoretary, 08 Park Row. MEMIFER OF TIT ASSOCIATED PRESS, {Re Associated Prem ts exclusively entitled to the tise for republication we aw ef GB wows despatenes credited to 1, or wot oiberwise credited tn this paper and also the lool news published herein. THE MISSING. the police pz of the men who were in the ranks a year ago will not be marching with their comrades. in the year New York has suffered grievously from the criminal element. So has the police The criminals have taken toll The New York police have lived up to their reputation, “The Finest” are as fine as ever they were. Desperate criminals have met brave re- sistance. Ina few weeks one Harlem precinct lost Other precincts have ade passes to-day, some force f a dozen policemen suffered Nevertheless, killings have not shaken the de- termination of individual members of the force. Rather it has spurred them to get their men in spite of heavy odds—made heavier by incompe- tent leadership When the cops parade as to-day, New York May well be proud. They are a fine lot of men and a credit to the city they protect All honor to the memory of the missing. According to one correspondent, the Russian reply was written in English by a Frenchman. And yet we complain there's no international co-operation! THE MORE, THE HIGHER. NLY a few days ago Sir Henri W. A. Deter- O ding, head of one of the greatest oil com- bines in’the world, said there was plenty of oil in the old earth to lagt for centuries to come. This cheerful opinion appears to have reminded the Standard Oil Company to boost the price of gasoline another cent—which it did the next day. This was the third advance in the pride of gas- oline this week and the sixth since January. Meanwhile the Bureau of Mines is expected to freport an oil reserve for March of something like 900,000,000 gallons. In oil economics the current idea seems to be that the bigger the reserve on hand and the brighter the outlook for future supplies, the bet- ter the opportunity to put up prices. No wonder the Department of Justice feels called upon to show interest in the present price- taising policy of practically every oil-producing company in the United States, Four cents up in six weeks is more than a joke in this motor-driven land. WAITING. Since lass Monday we have been waiting for Mayor Hylan’s acknowledgment that he either misrepresented the Transit Commission's tenta- tive valuation of the surface lines or else made an irresponsible and untruthful statement with- out adequate knowledge of what he was talking about. We have noticed no retraction or confession. Has any one else? Neither has the Mayor proved his charge that the Transit Commission proposes to buy the sur- face lines at half a billion dollars instead of Qbout a third of that sum. AMERICANS WOULDN'T PAY IT. MERICAN sportsmen will puzzle over the large offers reported for a Dempsey-Car- penticr match some time within a year. American fight fans paid a staggering sum to sec the battle at Boyle’s Thirty Acres. They wouldn't pay a fraction as much to see a return match. For Americans the bout last year settled the question, The sporting world has no reason to believe the comparative ability of the fighters has changed.. Dempsey is older, but so is Carpentier Dempsey probably has the same advantage he had before, ; Another fight might prove a good exhibition. Carpentier is so clever that he always has an out- side chance to land and win. In that case, a third match would be necessary. American sportsmen cannot regard this as a real championship match—a $450,000 battle, But if European promoters care to gamble on the proposition, it is easy to see how Dempsey and Carpentier would welcome the chance to refill their purses. POPULAR INTEREST IN TRANSIT PLANS. Evening World reader objects to the present system of transit on the Williams- burg Bridge. He explains that the entrance to the bridge is eleven blocks inland, that a great number of workers in that section live in the Williamsburg district in Brooklyn and cross the bridge twice a day. He suggests the practicability of an entrance for pedestrians at the bridge tower as a means of lessening congestion at the plaza and of saving many steps for workers who at present have to double their route for several blocks. The suggestion is worthy of consideration. Some of the bridges have tower entrances. The Queensboro Bridge, for example, has an ele- THE EVE vator in the east tower, The foot traffic there does not compare with that in the district referred to by this Evening World reader. Equally desirable is the state of mind indicated by this letter, Here is a man who is giving thought to the transit problems as it affects him and others. And that is one of the crying needs of the day, Toward reaching many transit patrons and Making them think on the subject, the movies offer an excellent approach. It is to be hoped the Transit Commission will keep up a vigorous campaign with the film recently shown at Town Hall Take the plan to the people and help them to get it straight in their minds. If the Commission can do this, Hylan dema- gogy cannot avail. [ylanesque parroting of the 5-cent fare will cease to obscure the real problem. Hylan’s obstruction will be checked by the swell- ing support of a transit plan for unification and better service. ONLY A LABEL NOW. HIE Beveridge come-back and his triumph over Senator New, a typical member of the Old Guard, has helped to revive the use of the Word “Progressive” coupled with “Republican.” From 1908 to 1912 “Progressive” meant some- thing. Progressive Republicans stood for differ- ent policies, principles and practice from Stand- pat Republicans. The word was descriptive then Is it to-day? Beveridge was a Progressive in that period So were Cummings, Norris, Johnson, Borah, La Follette and others who have managed to hang on in public life. A host of politicians, Theodore Roosevelt among the number, professed “progres- sivism” and scrambled for office. The Bull Moose split away. The stirring campaign of 1912 followed. Taft stuck with the stand-patters. The fight between Wilson and Roosevelt. Each endeavored to outdo the other in attracting the progressive vote. The Bull Moose Party died. A considerable fraction of the membership were Roosevelt fol- lowers, and they followed Roosevelt back to the Republican fold. As a political movement, “pro- gressivism” languished. Another tion in the Bull Moose membership were “progressive” as a matter of principle. They were sincere believers in liberalism. They wanted’ fairer taxation. They had sympathy with many of the claims made by labor. They believed in conservation as opposed to exploitation. They couldn't follow Roosevelt back to the Old Guard. They were lost, politically speaking, until they had time to watch Woodrow Wilson at work re- deeming campaign pledges and forcing Bourbon Democrats to do what they didn’t want to do. These were the real progressives who formed the fighting strength that won for Wilson in 1916. They: carried the balance of power. They were progressives by principle. The political progressives kept the name when it helped to win votes. Some of them managed to continue in office. Most of them stuck to the safely proved formulas on which they had won. Progressivism went forward under Wilson until progress had passed the old political progressives For the most part they stood still—Borah is an exception, ' Progressivism became a label, not a description. The Beveridge campaign emphasized this. He was a “Progressive” but not progressive. He would have us go back to the good old days when he was in the van of the procession that has passed him by. He doesn’t want to go back to “normalcy” and the policies of Mark Hanna. Beveridge’s clock didn’t stop until eight or ten years after Harding’s. But the Beveridge cam- paign was a perfect measure of what political “Progressivism” is to-day. It isn’t as bad as Old Guardism, but it isn’t of much use to the progres-, sives who turned to Wilson when the Bull Moose died. They have visions and hopes of something better than the comparative reaction Beveridge and the “Progressives” of to-day recommend ACHES AND PAINS A Disjointed Column by John Keetz, The Chinese claim to have invented everything and thrown most of it away. A disciple asked Confucius if he should think thrice before acting, “Twice witt do,” replied the sage. . Against this we have Talleyrand: “Never uct upon first impulses, as they are always right.” . It would appear from the public prints that Assem- blyman F. T. Davison is our one endowed politician, * Four big trust compantes have taken over the con- trot of Jay Gould's estate, Why not give some of it back to the Erie? 2 . Andrew H. Green is to have a memorial in Central Park worthy of his name. Under the competent direc- tion of Samuel Parsons a grove of fine trees, each sizty feet high, is to be planted in imported soil, They will keep green the memory of the father of Greater New York. . Lloyd George suggests that Europe behave itself for ten years.. Good idea, Wonder if Chicago could be included in the deal! Connecticut counts up eight cities with newlaid ocratio Mayore, NING WORLD, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1922, The Door Is Open—A Little s:trtit< By John Cassel pelea e SS cg RAT SRE a EASE. Wea eay much in few words. City Collewe Salaries, To the Ieditor of ing World On May 7, 1847, the people of old New York, in Legislature assembled, enacted a measure ablishment of a free academy, or col- lege, provided that the authorizing the es- approval of the city was obtained At the school election, first Monday in June, 1817, the question was there- fore submitted to the people. ‘The vote was 19,404 in favor of est ing the free academy to it. Th otner words, th mendous majority of 409 against was a tre- six to one in or Hylan had not then been born, but he will no doubt be statically astonished to hear that even his tre- mendous majority of 410,000 votes’ is not unprecedented Yet since Jan. 6, 1922, he hasob- stinately opposed the salary raises of 200 of its professors and teachers, day, night and summer sessions, the only teachers in New York State who have not had salary raises since 1907, while approving his own salary raise.. Some faithful alumni of the college waited till midnight and early Sunday morning, May 7, and held a prayer and praise meeting for the wisdom of our fathers in establishing the Free Academy, now College of the City of New York, und fervently prayed for, our Mayor's enlightenment. H..G, SCH IDER. An Appreciation, To the Hditor of The Evening World, 1 wish to express my appreciation of the gentle and yet forceful plea of Lena M. Chapman in favor of the Soldiers’ Bonus. Of all the appeals or protestations against the ingratitude of our opulent Republic, hers strikes me the sim- plost, yet the most eloquent. I am @ mother of two ex-service men MRS. MARIE FICHE, New York, May 9, 10 BERGER. Keep Them Prisoners, To the Editor of The Evening World; Why should an American grieve or show sympathy for the so-called po- Utical prisoners? 1 call them by an- other name—traltors to the greatest nation that God's sun ever shone on. Just as long as wo have boys ly- ing on pads of pain in our hospitals on account of war wounds, just as long as We mect boys on our streets wearing the silver star of service In the lapels of the ats, the white pallor of death ¢ es, fight- Ing for Ufo ug at white inst the plague on account of gus inhaled on the ttloflelds while fighting so that we might live in peace and hap- piness, just ng should these traitors remain in prison, ‘The man who gives them réleuse breaks faith From Evening 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 Jot of satisfaction in tryimg to Take time to be brief World Readers with the who died for our flag and what it stands for. JOE TAYLOR. New York, May 11, 1 Three Good Rates, the Editor of The Evening World In your paper U have read that Drs, Tavorski and Vachet, noted French scientists, have discovered a system of injection that would prolong man's life to 150 years. Feom my part I would state that injection of any kind has been proved as just temporary, and never has done iny good permanently to the injected person, but in several cases it has done hain, To prolong a man's life depends upon the person himself. ‘Three sim- ple methods that will prolong any man’s life are as follows: Right thinking Right digt. Right exercise. People in ancient times lived lor because they were living near to the laws of nature. But now most persons are not thinking right, but are great dream- ers and schemers, and full of jealousy Their diet is not properly mast}- cated, and the food is not pure as it was in olden times. Few take proper exercise. Exer- cise is of great benefit if all the muscles are brought into play. The trouble is that people rarely study about their own body, As long as no two fingerprints are the same, it follows that tio two bodies have the same nervous system Medicines that have cured one will not be so good for the other . THEODORE BERGMAN New York, May 9, 19 euliesslt ol WHOSE BIRTHDAY? MAY 18TH—MARIA THERE Fimpress of ny and Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, was born in Vienna, Austria, on the 13th of May, 1717, and died on No’ 1780. When she ascended the throne at the death of her father, Charles VI, in 1740, several contestants put forth conflicting claims and a number of German Princes claimed large por- tions of her dominions, The country was invaded by Frederick the Great Bavarians and the Spaniards, and so began-the great Seven Years’ War for the title of the Austrian throne. When tho treaty of Aix-la-Chapetle terminated the war in 1748 she lost a good deal of territory but gained the advantage of having her husband, Francis [., proclaimed Emperor, Upon the cessation of hostilities Maria The- resa turned her attention to internal conditions. She founded schools universities, reformed criminal thee and improved the the ASANLS, olic she enforced various religious re. forms, among them being the sup. pression of the Inquisition at Milan and certain practices of the Jesuits, and rae condition of Though « devout Cath- UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Coprrtaht, 1922, by Joho Wake) DO YOU MEAN IT? Absolute sincerity is one of the rarest of qualities. cause it is rare it is one of the most valuable. The man who not only keeps his word but means what he says to all his fellow men is sure to win high esteem, Count the men—and women—upon whose word you can absolutely depend, and you will find them deplor ably few. This is not that they are liars or that they mean delib- erately to deceiy It means rather that they like “to get along with peo ple” and that they have discovered that a little praise or a little flattery, even if insifcere, often makes temporary friends. But such friends are only temporary. You turn for advice or for comfort to those who will tell you what they are thinking—who, even at the risk of offending you, will point out what they believe to be shortcomings which are standing in your way. It is not necessary in order to prove your sincerity to go about saying disagreeable things. It is not necessary to form judgments of alt your friends—most of which are based on hasty or wrong conclu- sions—and to rush to them with your, censure or disapproval. Tt is often useful to keep quiet about adverse opinions till you have tested them and learned that they are well fouhded, rather than to hurt people's feelings by being too outspoken. But be sparing of your praise and give it only when you mean it. Let it be known that you do not gush, that you do not pretend to like people that you do not like, and for no motive whatever will you be guilty of flattery. A reputation for singerity is not easy to gain, yet it can be gained without making any but highly desirable enemies and without any sacrifice of personal popularity. Give advice when asked, if you feel qualified to give it, but be chary With it at all time: 5 Be civil and cordial to every one except those. who deserve your dislike, but be sincere’and straightforward, and vou will earn for yourself a place in your acquaintanceship that few are strong enough to attain, Be MONEY TALKS Present depression, which has taught all the much needed lesson that only By HERBERT. RENINGTON: vay |¥_llving within one’s income and 82, (Nelisning Comapns, \ {Saving part of tt can peace and hap- THE INTERNATIONAL THOUGHT] P"°S be found? Why are thinking people at this Ee particular time turning their minds As the Saying Is toward thrift? ‘The international news bristles “I'M SOMETHING OF 4 LIAR MYSELF.” Copyright, by with talk of balancing budgets, eut- ting down appropriations and ex- enditures, financial conferences, &c Domeatically, we find National banks} A bit of American colloquial humor opening special interest departments, {applied to any one suspected of people inconveniencing themselves to} paying Munchausen, The story runs e a eller, 4 buy from DC eek re Mer, and} nat a certain Yankee who had told ope savin seounts vestks Nes On every hand strides}® Marvellous tale of adventure turned being made toward thrift and inyest-[«round to a Scotchman in the com- ment as compared with the le pany and asked if he were not aston- spending and speculation of fourfirhed. “Na, na," was the answer. years ‘im na that. I'm something of a Ts not the answer found in the|lecar mysel’, PAINTED her a gushing thing, With years perhaps a score; I little thought to find they were At least a dozen more. My fancy gave her eves of blue, A curly, auburn head; 1 came to fitd the blue a oreen, The auburn turned to red. She bored my ears this morning— They tingled very much; 1 own that I could wish her A somewhat lighter touch ; And if you wete to ask me how Her charms might be improved I would not have them added to, But just a few removed. e Old rhymes from a new book are these, They are part of My Fanoy,” @ poem by Lewis Carroll included in “The Little Book of Society Verse,"’ an anthology compiled by Claude Fuess and Harold C. Stearns. Houghton-Mifflin book. eee The Closed Door at Home ~--+ From Margaret Emerson Bailey's, “The Value of Good Manners," (Doubleday-Page) this hint of certain courtesies of the home: Our parents’ had, themselves, a nico sense of privacy; a sense which they took pains to impart to us. As early as we could remember, we had been taught a reverence for the closed door. When mother was lying down, or when father was busy in his study, they were not—unless for something quite {mperatiye—to be disturbed Hard lines, sometimes, and a sore test of patience when mother was the very person whom we wanted of father might explain the problen: that we could not solve. But the law was hard and fast Worse yet, the same respect we must show toward each other. We did not rush into other people's houses. Very well, in our own fam fly, each member had a houge in his own room. When he was occupied except when his withdrawal was pure selfishness, an escape from household duties, he had every right not to be at home, A practical {llustration of the wore, ing of an earthly “house of mai mansions."" A Mere, if You Please, Is Heloise - - - Returning to an earlier practice of | rendering the portrait of a new heroine of fiction: Her lips were sullen and her eyes heavy. But, even under the cloud. she lay there along the length of the lounging-chair, like a shining eres- cent moon. She was very fair and very 7 smooth, her clinging dress was ci silver cloth. Her long, narrow fer! and ankles were dressed, i silver There was a half-moon of brilliaats In her hair. he had a face of so fine et rand chiselled a px the nose was a trill the eyes were narrow and s-cure a clear, greenish gray, the brew just pencilled in golden brown hair, all sleek and trained ana groomed, fitted close about head like a dark golden helmet So, in her novel “Q" (Hou Mifflin), Katharine Newlin Burt pre sents Heloise Grinscombe, penkill on the Hudson. The Poet and the Syphon---~ One incident from "The Home Life of Swinburne,” by Mrs, Clara Watts- Dunton: His intelligence w pretty and imaginative that even the m water syphon w ‘When for the first time J mantpu- lnted one in his presence, he gazed fixedly at me, evincing considerable apprehension for my safety. I succeeded in releasing a gentle stream into my glass. When I stopped, he said with an accent of admiration and ‘surprise. “How cleverly you did that; I couldn't have done it.” Stull, the poet who cam turn on thi really sparkling liquid of verse ha his compensations for mechani handicaps, lu s so confined to literature PEAS, oe 6 Beytertogyersse sys The Parents of Peter--- Of his hero's immediate ancestry ir his novel “Peter Whiffle,"” (Knopf! Carl Van Vechten writes: His father was cashier in a bank, a straight, serious, plain sort of man, of the kind that ts @ prop to a small town, looked up to and re- spected, asked whether an election will have an effect on stock values, and whether it {s better to ilumin- atc one’s house with gas or elee- tricity. His mother wits a small wonnp! with @ pleasant face and red halr which she parted in the centre Kindliness sho occasionally ried almost to the point of sill it She was somewhat garrulou ist but she was well real, not at iui | By ignorant, and at surprising inv | 2! ments gave evidence of puys: an a small stock of common sens: I think Peter Inherited « gow deal of his quality from his moti who was a Mother ‘ Chester, Pennsylvanta, 1 nut ty for the first time soon after iy husband's death. She was wearing, In addition to suitable mourning garment, fy: | chains of Chinese beads and seeniwu| moderately depressed, | So we get Mr. Van Vechten‘s {: of the likely parentage of a “varia and restless author who never wrx a book," But is heredity really to blame? Considering that Peter takes his vironment mixed from Parts, Foi und odd corners of New York?