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spe Whe Eig Biorio, DSTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Pwlimmed Datiy Except sun by The Press Publishing Company, Nos, £3 to 62 Park Row. New Tori va RALPH PULITZER, President, 68 Park Ro j 4 J ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer. 63 Park Row. § Park Rew. ‘ JOSEPH PULITZER, Secretary, MEMPMN OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. * Zhe Associated Pres ts exclusively entitied to the use for republication aD) news deepatehes credited to tt oF not otherwise credited im this paper And sito the local news published herein. FIRST AND LAST. N one of the first speeches she made after arriv- ing in this country for her visit that ends to-day, Lady Astor said that in the long run “cen- tral governments only echo local ones.” Speaking last night on the eve of her departure, she returned to the same thought: “If we are content only to have our Presi- dents fine and to have less fine local politicians we are making it awfully hard for a President to do fine things. We are simply making it possible for less fine politicians to do anything they like. I don't pretend to be an educated woman, but I have a slight understanding of human nature and a positive nose for politics and politicians. Political education should begin with the A B C of politics. It should begin right down low and for many of us it should begin right now.” One could ask for no more simple, lucid state- ment of a political truth that is fundamental. Nor could this modest, womanly woman-member of the British Parliament have found a_ better theme with which to begin and end her talks in the land of her birth. Harding Believes Women Should Avoid Bloc Idea.—-Headline in the Herald, As in Indiana and Pennsylvania? A STIFF BROOM FOR THE POST OFFICE. HE local Post Office seems to require a spring housecleaning. Recent mail rob- berics are in part explained by the discovery that half a hundred recent employees have criminal records. The Civil Service Board seems to have failed to make adequate investigation of character, however competent its service in cértifying men of the required degree of intelligence. The department is now obliged to check its employees. Thos¢ who have nothing to hide need have no fear. Doubtless such an investiga- tion will be inconvenient, but no one who objects to the most careful scrutiny of his past can ex- pect employment in the postal service. The Civil Service Board cannot be held re- sponsible for the future rectitude of applicants who pass the tests. But it is not too much to expect that new employees should be investigated and that men with criminal records should be kept out of the service If, as Senator Moses declares, the Daugherty revelations are only a “smoke screen” to shield Palmer and McAdoo, the obvious move is to don gas masks and go ahead, THE SEA WALL. ISTRICT ATTORNEY BANTON’S report on the reduction in the number of untried criminal cases on the calendar is highly satis- factory. g The effect on the crime wave has been pre- cisely what was to have been expected. Crimes of violence have dropped in number and the cit- izens of New York are regaining confidence in the machinery of the law as a protection. ‘Fue conclusion is obvious. Th@ criminal cal- endar must be cleaned up and kept clean. That is the way to put fear of the law in the hearts of habitual criminals. A clean calendar robs the police of one alibi for inefficient protection. Safety lies more in the certainty than in the severity of punishment. ° Early conviction spares the community most of the danger from, crimi- nals released on bail. District Attorney Banton’s clean-up followed the creation of new trial courts and the increase in the staff of prosecuting officers. Once the cal- endar is cleared, it may prove possible to assign some of these attorneys and Judges to other duties. If so, they should be subject to recall for emergency duty in criminal cases whenever conditions warrant. It is evident there must be a degree of elas- ticity in the number of courts and Prosecutors. The, State should make provision for this by giv- ing discretionary powers to the superior courts and to the District Attorneys. The courts can always furnish a staunch sea wall against tidal waves of crime. WORTH A TEST. A. COCHRANE has suggested to the e Street Cleaning Department the desira- bility of motor-driven vacuum strect cleaners, This idea will appeal to housewives, health offi- cers and others, but particularly to housewives who daily witness the unhousewifely system in vogue. Current! practice is to sweep up the dirt by hand powéryand then permit the wind to scatter it again Before it can be removed. No mistress of an Orderly or cleanly home would consider such a’ system. The Downtown League has indorsed “~ vacuum street cleaner suggestion the The league, Nations contest Lodge squarely reversed his. own public record because of a grudge against Presi- dent Wilson. one else puts a grudge in action. didacy of Mr. McCall promises to open an ave- nue for Massachusetts Republicans who approve the League of Nations, decry the Lodge opposi- tion, but who are unwilling to “vote Democratic” as a protest. an excellent example for other Republican sup- porters of the League of Nations. League Republicans of the late campaign foster such a movement to help President Harding make good on their recommendation of him? To the Editor of The Evening World: the Transit Commission during its year of existence contrast strikingly with the supine indifference of its slate demned by corporations, city officials and public. one—¢except its Chairman, William A. Prendergast— has ever said a good word for it. has been strangely silent. though assailed in the political field, has from the start commanded the respéct and attention of. all parties. O'Ryan sensed the importance and the complexity of their problem. Théy gave earnest and intélligent consideration to every phase of it. |. plan which was fundamental in its conception and legitimate in its purpose. of the Public Service Commission. The latter body twice subpoenaed the books of the New York and Queens Gas Company, a Consolidated subsidiary, dur- ing the progress of the first rate case before it. Twice the subpoena was ignored and the commission min- cingly apologized for failure to prosecute the gas of- ficials and compel obedience. sion, on the other hand, immediately went into court of this State to show that Trafisit Commission orders are to be respected. © . it will be remembered, co-operated with The Eve- ning World in urging the installation af motor- driven appatatus for snow removal. {ft has ob- served the advantages of such a system as com- pared with hand labor. Vacuum cleaning for the streets seems practi- cal. The mere fact that it has not been done is no argument against it. If there is demand for such machinery, the machines will be perfected. The idea is certainly worth a fair test. RETRIBUTION FOR LODGE? HE probability that former Goy. Samuel W. McCall may enter the Massachusetts Sen- atorial race as an independent is causing Henry Cabot Lodge great uneasiness. Mr. McCall, according to the political reporter of The World, Would not contest the primaries with Senator Lodge but would run as a League of Nations independent, with the expectation of cutting into the Lodge vote and so enabling the Democratic candidate to win the seat. Mr. McCall, it appears, is moved by a sincere belief in the League of Nations. He is also un- derstood to bear a grudge against the Senior Senator from Massachusetts because of charac- teristic double dealing he himself experienced %t the hands of Lodge. Grudge fights in American politics are rarely popular. But Senator Lodge is not one who can decry that sort of politics. In the League of Hecan scarcely complain if some Apart from the grudge, the independent can- If Mr. McCall makes the race, he will afford Why should not the illustrious “Thirty-one” Those back-to-nature students in the Maine woods were wise in starting their experiment before the mosquito season is in full swing. TWO COMMISSIONS. The vigor and directness which have characterized the Public Service Commission. The latter body has been insulted, ignored and con- No From Evening Event Gov. Miller The Transit Commission, on the other hand, al- Commissioners. McAneny, Harkness and On the Other Side. To the Editor of The Evening World: You pretend to believe in fair play. Why not print both sides of the ques- tion of evolution? You talk as though it were a proved thing. There is ab- solutely no real proof in favor of this theory. On.the other hand, if you ac- cept cranial capacity as a measure of culture then races living thousands of years before history was written were more cultured than we are to-day, and therefore we are truly “descended” from our ‘‘savage ancestors." So this theory of present man rising above the level of his ancestors (as evolution, would have us) is still a theory in spite of all the efforts your educated Mr. Sutton has made to con- vince the readers that it is acceptéd and believed by the majority of repu- table scientists. AUGUSTINE. They evolved a Contrast the Transit Commission's history with that The Transit Commis- against two receivers appointed by the Supreme Court ‘Throughout the tranait inquiry the public's opinion has been-eagerly sought. There is scarcely @ case in the floundering record of the Public Service Com- mission where consumers and their counsel have not been openly insulted, and where the commission has not ordered stricken from the stenographic records legal and technica) objections or statements made by consumers, The Evening World has frequently in its news stories pointed out this procedure, which has now resulted in a petition to Gov. Miller to remove Chairman Prendergast. VBL New York, May 22, 1922. The Mental Tents. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: Regarding the reprint in your paper yesterday of the editorlal from the Utica Observer entitled ‘The Mental Tests," may I inform you that the measuring test referred to in the last Paragraph, far from being a test which the “eight-year-old boy is sup- to do without too is one of the most dificult tests intended for adults of superior intelligence. That is to say, of every 100 adults, selected at ran- dom, probably nof more than five or ten would be expected to solve the test in the allotted time of five min- utes. As for eight-year-old boys, probably not more than one in a half-million or a million would be able to or could bo expected to solve it. The statement which you reprinted displays a deplorable ignorance of the subject and conveys to your readers a wholly false impression. ABRAHAM N. FRANZBLAU. New York, May 18, 1922, ACHES AND PAINS A Disjointed Column by John Keetz, Joe Fordney's tariff bill seema to have been set to music, The Connecticut Chamber of Commerce an- nounces a8 the attraction for its forthcoming banquet at Hartford that: “The famous Manufacturers’ Chorus of Bridgeport, about fijty in number, will come by special car to the banquet as the Chamber's guests and will provite the music. Those who have heard them know whet this aneans. H” stands for Harding Don't envy his lot, Having to hiteh up With Henry Caboi.’ sLoges. Probibition Has Fanctioned. Yo the Bditor of The Evening World: L noticed in your letter column—to- day's issue—a letter from a self-ap- pointed censor, “H. A..” who don- demns a woman fo. heving the au- dacity to speak the truth as she sees it, and who Is not so full of egotism as he ts, He says Prohibition is be- ginning to function to the utmost. I agree with him, so will any under- taker or bootlegger. If his vision 1s good let bim go along the docks or the vicinity of them and seo what it has done and is doing to men who never drank any whiskey tll the beer was taken away, and if he still has @ lite time let him take tn some of the cemeteries and « Students who patronize the cafeteria ut Lrasius Hall High Schoot are politely requested not to throw batts of paper at their “enemies” or to “seate» pie plates back to the counter. Ave all mirthtur jovs to ceases If a cheap vout makes a cheap man, per contra, a dear coat ought to improve one's social position, The clothing prices are etill high enough to make ail hands unteteerate, 8 Aelita, THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1922. What kind or letter doyou find most readable? Ien’t it the one that dives the worth of a thousand werde in a couple of hundred? #2 fine mental! exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying te @y much in few words. Take time to be brief. ACN aetna, EVOLUTION The A BC of Thus Famous Epoch-Making Theory By Ransome Sutton Copyright, 1923 (The New York Bvesies World) by Press Publishing Compasy. XXIIL—QUESTIONS ANSWERED. Many of the questions asked by, readers of The Evening World have already been answered in the articles that have appeared, The writer is grateful to commentators for the letters which have been received, whether commendatory or critical; they show a genuine interest im this important subject Helen Marsh asks: “How does M Sutton explain the existence of a mals on islands surrounded by hun= dreds of miles of ocean? the ques- tion growing out of the statement j|that animals spread from a single M. Grover adds: “Is Mr, raid to attempt an answer and other questions?” If you will refer to the maps of the early earth you will find that many existing islands wore then connected ‘|by land, The West Indies, for ex. ample, are the peaks of a sunke: mountain chain which extended trot Florida to Venezuela. When the low# lands became submerged, the animals on the 8 were marooned, Australia is a continental island which was once connected with Asia. During the Age of Reptiles animals wandered freely trom the Asiatia cans tre of dispersion into Australia; but als appeared upon the ocean washed away the™| isthmus, forming Tortes Strait, which was too wide for mam- mals generally to cross, Aside from man, bats and dogs, the highest an{- mals ever discovered in Australia are pouched animals, like the kangaroo, Intermediate between reptiles and mamn The bats flew over Torres Strait; man crossed in boats and took the dogs with him, Since the con- tinent was settled, men have taken other mammais into Austra t bbits in particular, ha@ , but the mam- connecting als. of wh become Albert W. Brown asks: ‘Aren't the” Arabs right in maintaining that tho apes are degenerate men?”’ I think not, for many reasons of which I shall state briefly ing is more certain than that organs which become obsolete and disappepr are never recovered. The tail, for ek- ample, has disappeared from the hu- man body save for a stub at the end of the spine. An animal having tail, therefore, cannot be a aegenerd 04 Mankind anciently had thirteeit pairs of ribs; one pai i, although occasion: orn with the full thirteen pal Twelve pairs and a rudimentary r minder of the lost thirteenth pair are normal to all mankind, The man-like however, have normally thirteen If they were degenerate me an. pi To be degenerate ‘men we must assume that they lave Te- acquired an organ which their human ancestors lost, and that woul. be 4 violation of natural law. BE. J. McCormack asks: “Why should Mr, Sutton assume that pro- toplasm is not being created de novo ff to-day, just as it was originally created?’ Because protoplasm discovered in proce cept as the natural de existing protoplasm George B. Thompson & only place there is where there But the sam dictionaries. Your ages"? never heard of world’s great books. George Hawley says: ‘His so calléd accepted facts arc dented by most scientists; ® * © he leads us into log- ical, not ontological, realms.” Tam World Readers UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1922, by John Blake.) AGE DOESN’T MEAN EXPERIENCE. If Mr. Shaw's interesting plan of extending the term of life to 800 years could be put into execution, a very large majority of the people of the world would know about as much at the end of the 300 years as they do now. We learn frony the years by studying what they bring us and by putting something into them ourselves. The fact that so many elderly gentlemen are available for positions of doorkeepers and night watchmen is not that the race turns a cold shoulder to old age and weakness. has never been of creation e: cendant of pr the new graves and headstones caused by drinking bootleg whiskey. I knew good mechanics used to tak- ing a glass of beer at noon and a couple at night when the beer was shut off turned to what they called whiskey. They are dead now. If his vision is bad let him get a pair of glasses—the stronger they are the better—so he can see the light and the way Prohibition has func- tioned. “untutored any of the BJ. ; glad my essays strike Mr. Hawley Seats : It is because these amiable old codgers have never ected Perhaps I am not sufficient “Fears His Cause.” taken the trouble to know very much when the opportunity ontological, whatever that may mean, To the Editor of The Evening World: For real out and out ‘‘temperance”’ the letter signed “E. J. A.” in Wed- nesday’s Evening World should be handed the blue ribbon, This gentle- man {s a very good sample of the kind of people who want Prohibitton. Prohibition on a nasty tempor is what he really necds, After halt a column of raving against “A Woman’ for writing her personal ideas on the subject, he ends his very insulting letter "by saying that Prohibition hag come to stay. Then why all the Billingsgate? Ho should be more calm and collected and point out this fact in a gentlemanly way. It that is Not possible, get some one to do it for him. As a matter of fact he 1s afraid that it has not come to stay; hence the gnashing of iveth. H, F, CHAMBERLAIN, Warwick, N. Y., May 18, 1922. Skeptic wishes information concern- [if ing Mendelism, Your request was an- swered in Chapter XXII. Simon Ber- lin was good enough to answer your#y other quest MONEY TALKS By HERBERT BENINGTON. } Copyright, 1922 (New York Evening World) by Press Publishing Company, MORTGAGE BONDS. ‘When we are looking for good secur- ities to put our savings in it would be well to consider this class of investment. These bonds are issued by various first-class mortgage companies In $100, $500 and $1,000 lots. They pay from 6 per cent. to 6 per cent., some very good ones yield 54% per cent. In order that you may properly understand these, a short explanation might be helpful. A man builds an office building at @cost of say $1,000,000. He goes to a mortgage company and borrows $500,000 for ten years ut 6 per cent. p. a. The mortgage company issues bonds against this $500,000, so that the mortgage instead of being held by one company is held by a@ trust, company in trust for several thousand bondholder for the acquiring of knowledge was at hand, The greatest respect is shown to old age which follows lives of. usefulness. Take Marshal Foch or Thomas A. Edison or Chauncey M. Depew or Clemenceau, The world does not smile tolerantly at any of these, or feel that they are mere cumberers of the earth. The intelligent portion of the population are glad to sit at their feet and learn wisdom from their lips. The reason for that is that they employed the years that were given them in gaining real experience, which means that they used their brains for the good of their brother men while they had the opportunity. The turtle of the South Seas lives to be several hundred years old, but its years do not bring to it half the intelligence that is acquired by a little cocker spaniel who is suffered to remain on this planet perhaps eight or ten years. Nor does the man who simply lives—doing what he is told to do—eating and drinking when hunger comes, moving about just enough to keep his blood in circulation, get much more out of life than does the turtle. Experience means not only living but intensive living. It means getting something out of every day and every hour. The fruits of experience are stored in the mind, and a mind cannot be stocked without labor any more than a ware- house can be stocked without it. If you want experience, you must w ork for it. If you want your old age to mean something to you besides a night “Rents for Bu enn.”? To the Editor of The Evening wi 1d: Your correspondent in {sue of May 16 is interested in the rent question. So js qvery one else, apart from the real estato profiteers, hman’s job, you must use the years wisely, . ean epretipi pt i The law of supply and demana|$ Watehms Teeiitvadial ' WHOSE BIRTHDAY? governs ‘here, as elsewhere. ‘The This world respects what it admires. It does not ad- MAY 23—FRIBDRICH ANTON mire ineffective old age any more than it admires inde- fault 1s in our unholy, unjust and air cisive youth, destructive tax system. Shift taxes from alk forms of industry, from everything mado by the band of man, from everything we desire on to land values, which owe thelr origin, exe istence and perpetuity to the presence of the people, and see how soon rents will fall! We tax, or claim: to tax land now, but all taxes are shifted on to the shoulders of industry, to the mer. chant, manufacturer, business and professional men, with the result that there is Stagnation, failures, and want of employment everywhere. A tax on land ues is the only tax that cannot be shifted. The change here indloated would benefit and bless all. Our present system has sunk us to the lowest depths of weakness, JOSIP THORPE PRicw. Inwood, L. 1, May 17. MESMBER was born at Weil, Switzer- land, on the 28d of May, 1734, and died on the 5th of March, 1815. He studied medicine at Vienna, whera ho gpeured a doctor's degree, Mes- mer believed that some kind of occult force resided in himself by which ho jl could influence others and cure tho diseased. In 1778 he settled in Paris, where he practiced the healing. art with great success, Shortly after he refused to divulge the secret of his treatment, the French Government appointed a commission, which in- cluded Benjamin’ Franklin, to Inves~ tigate. The report published was un- favorable, and soon Mesmer lost the confidence of the people, so he re- turned to. Switzerland, where he lived in obscurity. He undoubt - edly a mystic, and his power of megy merism, as \t became known, inaugu- rated an era of research which con~ tributed valuable information to such sciences as psychol the outward manifestations to which they give rise, or which they at least explain, is a new conception, although mankind for many centuries has had suspicions of thelr workings. It will be observed that in the older dictionaries, some of them only ten years old, the word is not given, From the Wise Man's inhumanity to man makes WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WORD? 169—PSYCHOANALYSIS. Psychoanalysis is a new word, just ‘as the science which it is used to des- ignate is a new science. Its deriva- tion, dates back to the Grfex concep- tlor of the soul of “Psyche''—breath, the soul, personified in a divinity. ‘Analyais of psyche, or psychoansly- sis, is analysis of tre soul It ts used to designate all those obscure but real forces that work un- der the surface of the body and make omplicated and baffling thing, Mtn connestion of these forces with countless thousands mourn —R. Burns The people once belonged to the Kings; now the Kings delong to the people—Hetne.