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4 ht | | | Fone t RALPH PULITZER, 3. ANGUS BHAW, Treasurer, 63 Park Row. JOSEPH PULITZER, Secretary, 63 Park Row. Address all communiecat! Pulltser Building, Park Row, New Y Money Order, Draft, Post Office 01 “Circulation Books Open to Al City. FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1922. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. + the Post t_New York as Second Class Matter, fn the United ‘States, outslde Ureater New York, One Year Six Months One Month tiaatte boty 5.00 8 85 Foe vening World . Bally a6 (te World’ 00 6.00 1.00 Runday World Only 3.28 Pry Thrice-A-Week World 1.00 World Almanac for 1922, 35 cents; by mail 60 cents. BRANCH OFFICES. WN, 1308 B'way, cor. a8th.| WASHINGTON, Wyatt Bldg., et LEM, 2092 7th Aven BRONX, 410 E. 149th 8t., 1 PARIS, v0. OOKLYN, 202 Washington St. Pied a1? Palio oe: St] TONDON, 20 Cockspur Bt, | MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. 14th and F 8te DETROIT, 521 Ford Bldg CHICAGO, ‘Pres the use for republe eae fe exclusively, entitled to wulerwias execlted lished herein ‘The Associ cation of all news despatches cred In this paper, and also the local news pul SURPLUS. LAND FOR PLAYGROUNDS. OMPTROLLER “CRAIG'S plan of selling off surplus land a¢quirec by the city is good—provided the land is actually surplus and could not be put to good use by the city. It is a good plan to have ail the idle and un- productive property listed, checked and ap- praised. But that does not mean that all this Property should be sold. Glancing over the list, it ‘s cvear that many of the parcels of land are located 1n regions already congested, others in neighborhuods where growth of population is rapid. All over New York City thete is a crying need for more parks and playgrounds, more breath- ing spaces, more light and air for mothers and children, Wouldn’t it be better, wiser and, in the long run, more economical to use many of these sites as play places? The open spots are needed and the need grows. The history of many of these sites shows the city has usually paid more than a fair price for land. Why not keep title ana improve them for the use of the children? DOLLARS OR SENSE? Democratic Leader James Kane of Brooklyn says: “I guess the Democratic Party has more sense than to nominate Mr. Hearst.” _ And Fingy Conners might say if he were honest about the matter: “T guess Mr. Hearst has more dollars than any Democrat mentioned for the nomination.” ‘That ts the choice the party must make BUT NOT A PRECEDENT. OV. MILLER’S announcement that he has paid $8,000 of State bills from private funds rather than ask for a deliciency appropri- ation emphasizes the spirit ir which he has ap- proached the problem of economy in govern- ment. Nevertheless, this example snould not and does Not set a precedent. We cannot expect that every office holder shall have either the means or the will to settle for the extravagance of subordinates who overrun appropriations. The lesson for the voter to learn from this incident is the everlasting pressure of our gov- ernmental system to overdraw on expense money. Department heads have a never-ending struggle to make subordinates respons:ble and reliable. _All the more honor to those who do administer carefully and well. The best reward for such public servants is grateful and discriminating remembrance and appreciation Gov. Miller's own experience has probably made him tolerant of failures in other depart- ments, but\the way he has met it has also given him the right to go far in demanding that his executive heads live within their appropriations and economize. Here and now, at the end of July, 1922, we suspect that a good many Senators threatened with August and September primaries would be more interested in Senator McCumber's ex- planation of why he (McCumber) lost last month. They would like to be put wise so as to do otherwise. BIG IRELAND WINNING, “a HE news from Ireland is cot definite as to detail, but it seems certain the Free State troops are steadily forcing the irregulars into smaller and smaller areas The growing de- moralization of the latter is attested by the in- creasing number of desertions. There are rumors that De Valera is gathering his forces to give battle near Fermoy. A de- cisive engagement might be the best possible thing to hasten recognition o! the fact that the Free State ts established beyond all chance of overthrowing it. As Lord Shaw of Dunfermline, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary of Great Britain, said at an Ameri- ‘can Pilgrims’ dinner in this city a few nights ago: ; “Nowadays there is no common enemy against whom Irishmen will unite. They will settle ‘ their quarrels in their own way. They will ’ have the privilege of suffering and disputing, and they will come very quickly to constitu- | t&gnal methods and arrangements.” stoTHE EVENING WORLD, Remit by Express Registered Letter. 1603 Mallera Bidg, 47 Avenue de V'Opera, That is what every true friend of Ireland ” hopes and believes with a s: onget confidence than has been felt for many 4 long day. The Evening World has often quoted the words of that great Irishman. Edmund Burke: “England and Ireland may flourish together. The world is large enough for us both, Let it be our care not to make ourselves too little for it.” ‘ At last and for the first time the little Irish- men are growing less and the big Irishmen are becoming all Ireland. PEACE WITH HONOR. IRECTLY and indirectly from the White D House and from the Labor Board come hints and suggestions preparing for a peace with honor in the railroad strike ‘These deserve public approval. ‘The seniority issue is now the sticking point in settlement. Both employers and employees are now ready to admit that the original issues of the dispute may be settled by arbitration, adjust- ment and adjudication. But the seniority question is now deadlocked. W hen the strike started four weeks ago these other questions of wages, sub-contracting and the like seemed insoluble except by the test of indus- me and the forces of moderation trial war. and reason have proved this a mistake. The same forces will eventually show that the seniority question may be solved. But by that time other new issues may have arisen to prolong the warfare. Now, before other questions arise and the dis- pute grows more bitter, is the time to settle the seniority tangle on a basis of reason and modera- tion. It, too, is subject to the same processes of adjustment that apply to the other questions. The Labor Board offers the way out for both em- ployers and employees. Let the Labor Board decide as to seniority. A fair compromise betweén the bitter-end stand of the strikers ant the to-the-death attitude of the operators is possible. Submission of the dispute to the Labor Board is the path to peace with honor. From the public viewpoint one of the most desirable features of such a settlement would be the reinforcement of the powers and prestige of the Labor Board. Public sentiment supporting the Labor Board now will be all the more ready to support it again. In future controversies the Government is less likely to permit matters to drift after either party has defied the Labor Board. From Anti-Saloon League comment on the Literary Digest’s Prohibition poll, we take it that the only reliable poll is the official elec- tion—and that the A. S. L. is afraid of that test. HONOR POLICEMEN TO WEAR THEIR DECORATIONS. OLICE COMMISSIONER ENRIGHT has ordered honor men of the department to wear their decorations on the left breast in much the same way that army men wear their service bars and medals. Aping the military note is the least desirable feature of this innovation. There is no reason why policemen avho administer civil law should follow military procedure or mimic army cus- toms. The hilarious reception of the “flourishes and ruffles” proposal last year should have taught Commissioner Enright as much. Otherwise, the idea is a good one and welcome. New York is proud of “The Finest.” And the honor men are the finest of the fine. A more prominent display of the tokens of valor and honorable service will be as much a satisfaction to the public as to the wearers of the stars. A decorated breast bar in a station house will be a constant incentive to other members of the department to go out and earn similar honors. “If a political* party can enact legislation that requires an increased cost in men’s suits and women's dresses of from $2.50 to $5 and re- main in control of the legislative branch of the . Government, it will be the first time such a political miracle has occurred in America,” Senator Walsh of Massachusetts on the wool schedule in the pending Tariff Bill, ACHES AND PAINS Augustus Thomas indicates that he will be an easy regulator of American theatricals, If he can bring the stage back to the standards he himself established he will have done something well worth while. . “Millionaire's Son Strikebreaker,” shriek the head- lines. There are not enough of them to seriously affect the labor supply. . Perhaps a coal famine will be a healthy thing, We waste too much fuel in this gay and careless land, A pinch in time may save a mine. * There are hopes of harmony somewhere, it is pleas. ant to learn, Enright reports that he is “unifying” the police of the world. . Now Senator McCumber accuses the newspapers of beating Mr. Taft in 1912, Thought Theodore Roosevelt did that job. . “Much ery and little wool” is an old saying, It re echoes in the tariff debates, ° THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1922. WON'T You JOIN QUR DANCIN CLUB al ISHN 1 AN GOING OF COURSE ITS A DANCING ) to say much in a few words. The Tariff on Cutlery. To the Editor of The Evening World: As a member of the National Tariff Cutlery Committee I desire to call your attention to the prohibi- tive rates of duty proposed in the Tariff Bill for cutlery, and urge that in the interests of American con- sumers and workers higher prices and a virtual embargo of cutlery be prevented. The rates proposed are ten to fif- teen times as high as the present rates, They will undoubtedly increase the prices on the articles of cutlery which the housewife needs in the home, on pocketknives, on the tools which the barber uses, on shears for the dressmaker, on sheep shears that the farmer needs. Duties of 105 per cent. to 445 per cent. are proposed for scissors, hair clippers, pruning and sheep shears; 160 per cent. to 450 per cent. on razors; 80 per cent. to 200 per cent. on table cutlery; 110 per cent. to 290 per cent. on pocketknives, For example, pocketknives that re- tail now at 25 cents and 40 cents will cost 50 cents to $1. ‘These duties, which are supposedly protective, will merely give the Amer- ican manufacturer a monopoly. The American consumer and worker will have-to pay for the resultant in- creased costs. The great mass of American citizens will pay the price of the tariff blunders if the Fordney- McCumber bill as now proposed be- comes law, The writer {s both a manufacturer and an importer of cutlery and there- fore can better appreciate the short- sightedness of such a policy as that embodied in the Tariff Bill now before Congress, That is why we are taking the standpoint we do in asking for a revision of the cutlery rates, ADOLV’H KASTOR, President Camillus Cutlery Company. Camillus, N. Y., July 22, 1 Queens Tr y Service, To the Editor of The Evening World: In recent issues of your paper I have read much about improvements to the B. R. T. and I, R. T, service, and deem it an opportune time to call the attention of the city officials and Public Commission to the frightful condition of the Long Island traction trolley running on Rockaway rvice Boulevard between City Line and Jamaica Junction, all within the city Mmits. During the last month the trolleys have collided with dozens of automo- biles, Killing or injuring the oceu- pants. ’ The rolling stock is in a terrible condition, continually breaking down, From Evening World Readers What hind 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 ts fine merital exercise and a lot of satisfaction {n trying Take time to be brief. ! Copyright, 1922, og ELH : cerenrrerenrarremarcemenensrmmetiion: By Press Pu sy < 5 c es fo} o al oO = o 5 CRY SOIN MRS Booze VAMP'S DANCING MSNGr GSA» CAMOUFLAGE TS SELL AND DRIAK er forcing the motorman to drive at ex- cessive speed to make up lost time. The cars, as far as I can learn, are supposed to run on a seyen minute headway during rush hours. At var- ious times I haye waited from 15 to 45 minutes for a car. The company also have in use some cars with built-in windows, and when they «re crowded (which is most of the time) the condition of the people who are successful in getting inside the cars is unbearable, due to the fact that these windows cannot be opened, allowing no ventilation an@ making a condi- tion which is unsanitary and would not be considered by the United States Government to be fit for the trans- portation of cattle. Passengers are allowed to ride on both front and rear platforms and steps, making it very dangerous for any one desiring to get on or off the car. Wake up/fellow sufferers! Help us bring this to the front so that we taxpayers and yoters in the Borough of Queens will be given some service. JOHN HARVEY. Jamaica, July 20, 19: 8.0. 8. Yo the Editor of The Evening World (With Apologies.) How dear to our hearts are the scenes of our childhood, When Democracy's plainly in view; When they dared not imprison, in city or wildwood, For thinking, or drinking, or telling things true, statue was How sad are our hearts while this requiem we're singing, O'er the corpse of dear Freedom, once lingly fair; Ere the hellhounds of hate set it's bells madly ringing And filled the whole death and despair, world with Alas! for the beautiful vista of glory, They held to our view as they coaxed us away To far foreign lands, so hellishly gory, “To bring to all freedom” (at a dollar per day). Now we're sadder and wiser (and poorer by billions), Than when we set out the whole world to free; ‘The mad are now ruling, the wise are in. prigons, And hell winning victories on land and on seq. O, who'll find a Moses from" bondage to lead us— The bondage of war, of greed and of ha ©, who the St. Paul to strike terror and free us From tyrants and bigots and Jailers de State? E, COSTELLO, WITH MY PULL 1 CAN TS NOTA. DANCING GLO o CORK-ScREW CONCESSION UNCOMMON SENSE ‘ By John Blake (Copyright, 1922, by John Blake.) ’ THE WAY UP. / In business the way up is straight—not crooked. There is no gain in concealment of motive—no value in masking ambition, . It does not in the least injure a young man in an office who wants to be at the head of the business to announce his intention, It may make the present head of the business smile— but it will show him that he has a determined and interested employee, out of whom he is sure to get a great deal of valuable work. In every big office there are office politicians, seeking by various means to get ahead of other men and to gain promotions that they have not earned. Industry and honest purpose are never among the vari- ous means that they employ. It is perfectly apparent to the fellow workers of these men what they are aiming at. They never can successfully mask their purpose. Their attempts to pull down others that they may climb into their places almost always fail—they always fail if there is intelligence in the management. Their efforts to keep men about them from rising result only in the confirmation of the general opinion that they are mean spirited and filled with petty jealousies. Honest, industrious, intelligent and thinking men are so unusual in all business life that their qualities are all the advertisement they need. The best argument with a boss is made between 8 o'clock in the morning and 5 o'clock at night—with work, not words. The surest way to promotion is fitting one’s self for the job next highermp, and not being afraid to earn more money than one is paid. : As we have frequently said in these articles, there is more profit to an employer in a high priced man than in a low priced man. . aes It is to his interest to raise salaries if they ought to be ed, and if he is a good business man he will do it. If he is not a good business man he is not the kind of an employer to have. The man who wants to rise and goes at it straight and clean will rise, if he has brains, If he tries to take a crooked y up he will fail, and be very unhappy and bitter while he ling. r wa WHOSE BIRTHDAY? JULY 28-—-MARY ANTOINETTE ANDERSON NAVARRO, known as Mary Anderson, was born in Sacra- mento, Cal., July 28, 1859, She was educatec in various Roman Catholic institutions, and at the age of thir- teen, with the advice of the famous actress Charlotte Cushman, she began to study for the stage. She made he first appearance at Louisville, Ky., cannot {Jullet_when she was barely sixte A tie has 10 3eg8 Gnd CONNOE [eee Sen remarkable beauty stand, but it has wings and can Jing unusual dramatic ability won fly far and wide.—W. Warburton, her an immediate sucgess, and she ae hh to ‘ruin yourself played with increasing popularity in all the large cities in the United marry a rich vife—Michelet, Between the years 1883 and From the Wise Nobody will use other people's experience, nor has he any of his own till it is too late to use it. —Hawthorne. Wrong it twice wrong against those who never wronged us, —Shakespeare. n States. | The Nations __ Their Music ° ~ By AUGUSTUS PERRY Copyright, 1922 (New York Bi World), by Press Publishing Go, RUSSIA. Out of Russia, that dark land of \ sorrow and oppression, has come a. \ veritable treasure store of music, For generations the downtrodden pea- sants sought to lighten “ye Reavy burden with song and dance. Natur- ally, most of the songs are melan- choly in character, but this adds rather than detracts from thei! charm, ‘The moujik is never s€y happy as when singing or playing the most mournful tunes, The Russian expresses in song every event in his life, from birth to death. He has songs of marriage, death, labor, and play. Once, when 4 tourist informed a Russian farmer that there were no labor songs in his country, the peasant asked, “How cat you work if you do not sing?” The melodies from the eastern part of Russia are Oriental in flavor, due to Asiatic influences, All the music is not sad. Some of it is very, spirited. The sacred music of the Greek Church has also left its mark on Rus- sian songs. Russian choral singing is } World-famous. No instruments are allowed in the churches and therefore * the choruses unsurpassed,” A composer of sacred music who gained the title of “The Russian Palestrina’? was Dimitri Bortmansky (1753-1825) For years the folksongs legends from the various distr were collected by order of the Go ernment. The folksong antt treated music in Ry are and ts is regardes a serious branch of ssia. Native composer: are greatly indebted to these sources for the beauty and strength of thelr music. Rubinstein remarked that “the folksongs of‘the Russians stan alone."’ The vigorous “Song of th: Volga Boatmen"” js a characteris\k example, Liveliest of the dances is the “Kamarinskaia," which is usually executed by men only, as several the steps demand great strength and agility. The animated Cossack dances are familie to most people. That this wealth of folklore was a musical gold mine for composers wus * first realized Lichael Ivanovitch Glinka (1804-1 » Who has been called “the Mather of Russian Muste,” His opera “A Lipe for the Czar” was asidered the first real Russian ope- tie work, i} Anton — Rubinstein * (1829-1894) cehieved renown ordinary n everywhere nist. His ex- reated @ sensa- In composition hy S$ most successful as a writer of charming piano pieces, Who goes not love the popular “Melody in F"? Ii Was through Rubinstein’s influenc that the music schools of Petrogra and Moscow wetg founded in 1861. Among the great orchestral master of the world was Veter Ijitch Tehat kovsky (1810-1893). The lovely thetic Symphony,” the stirring 18) overture and the barbaric ‘“Maceh: Slay" are in his list of compositions. A newer ind more distinctive school was establilshed by Mili Balakireff, with the aid of Cesar Cui, Alexander Borodin, Modest Moussorgsky and @ Nicholas — Rimsky-Kor They el the “Invincibles" or “the and their aim was to out foreign influences from Russian music. ‘They succeeded to a remark. able extent. ’ Borodin (1834-1887), who was a physician by profession, wrote mnsic in his spare time and produced the opera “Prince Igor."? ~Mouss a $81) 4s best known by thrilling opera “Boris Godunoft.”” member of the national group who is best known to the outside world is Rimsky-Korsakoff (1844-1908), symphonic — suite based on the ‘Arabian Nights," Is a favorite concert number. Among nts operas “The Snow Maiden” and “Tho Golden Cock’? have been performed at the Metropolitan Opera House. Cui is known mainly as a historian. Recent Russian composers who have become famous are Glazunoff, Aren- nd Rachmaninoff, whose “Pre- niliar to all. i la ea When You Go to the Museum THE FIRST AMERICAN Horse. The ancestors of the horse ranged the plains of the West long before man appeared in these diggings, It is called the Eoh!ppus. A skeleton of this four-toed, small-sized creas ture was discovered In the Wind River Badlands of Wyoming by Dr, J. L. Wortman, in 1880. It was acquired for the Museum of @ Natural History, and is now part of its exhibits, Only the forefeet of this animal have four complete toes, The tran- sition to the hoof {s already seen in the hind feet, which have only three completely developed toes, The descendants of this ploneer were exterminated in the succeeding es, probably by man, Then the hors eared from this continent, until the Spaniards brought him from Europe. disi 1889 Miss Anders sons in London, and she had the dis- tinction of playing Rosalind in the performance of “As You Like It,’ which opened the Shakespeare Me- morial Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon, When Miss Anderson retired from the in 1890, married Antonio de Navarro of New York, and made her home in England, She ts considered one of the greatest of Shakespearlan actresses, stag’ she \ \ \

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