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President, e Row, J. ANGUS SHAW, ‘Treasurer, 62. Park Row. ‘ AdGrene a) communications to THE EVENENG WORLD, NO WAY TO SUGAR IT. Sew Geter b Sam Resortes Grace oe megheteres Latter, O THAT Senator McCumber and Represen- IPTION RA’ | Weng mown! tera, un orator rear Six Months Month } ae a “ig A grateful country would have preserved that $33 8 pen and veto along with the veto of the Soldiers’ Bt. LONDON, 20 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. use for emi Serre ska ns +. WHEN IS A NATION SELFISH? 5 fore we are analyzing the cynicism and selfishness in European statecraft which en- ' couraged the present arrogance of the Turks, let’s * pot forget to ask ourselves one question. ) If the line-up of the League of Nations had included from the first the United States of ‘America, if the moral strength of American in- fluence and the potential force of American arms had given full meaning to Articles 10 and 1, by how much would the chances of such an eccasion arising have been reduced? Granted always the impossibility of completely abolishing either selfishness or war. " Is it unselfishness for a nation to use that im- possibility as a blanket excuse for having refused to do,the thing that would at least lessen the prob- ability of war? ‘ Just where does national selfishness begin and end? A near-beer brewery in Toledo is closing be- eause there is too much real beer to compete with. No wonder the Anti-Saloon League is moving heaven and earth to head off a beer referendum in Ohio. company’s treasure box. patrons of the underground route such as they have never spent before. ‘time. \ bullseye detector. East. Saith the proverb: It is better to sit than to stand; It is better to He down than to sit; , It is better to sleep than to wake.” f to 15,000 than to the 12,000 of 1921. ° or like Bridgeton in New Jersey. multiplying lists of the dead. gs yet by law or invention. 4 tion of the human equation THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE SLOT. HERE are spoil-sports in all lines. Here now is the inventor with a cute little de- vice for dampening the ardor of those merry Souls who have fooled the subway turnstiles “hitherto with iron slugs, brass checks and many another substitute-for the authorized nickel. A false disk in the slot under the new order, and flash! there is a motion picture of the offén- sive piece projected straight to the retina of~a. ‘corporation minion hired to have no other mis- sion in life than the detection of jokers in the ) his arrangement will cost some constant It will add gratefully, on the other hand, to New York's stock of things to be seen at night or at any old ‘Tf the I. R. T. will but aim its spotlight at a Screen, there may be revealed thousands of nov- elty-seekers willing to~pay 5 cents each for pre-, ferred places from which to watch the flash- backs and the dazed faces of would-be slot- cheaters sure to follow the introduction of the That the Turks are good stayers comes from their full acceptance of the philosophy of the “Tt is better to stand still than to rin; “MULTIPLYING HIGHWAY DEATHS. ECORDS for the nine months already prac- tically past indicate for the country at large an automobile death list for 1922 nearer This is a frightful fact to put into cold words. To accentuate the horror of the thing, we need not resort afresh to such a statement as that the taking of 15,000 lives in a group would mean the wiping out of a city like Hornell in this State, That the story of increasing deaths on the highways is an old one does not lessen the shock of the new accounting. Soldiers may become hardened to the sight of murder on the battle- fields; citizens living in peace cannot get to re- gard without emotion \the processes of progres- sive manslaughter on public roads and strects, What to do about it? We read recommenda- tions, printed with the news, for safety schools, for signals, for a regular census and analysis of accidents, for exhibits of safety devices, for safety instructions in public and parochial All these and mort precautionary items we have had for a long time. There are still the | Something there is which has not been reached The preblem of safety rests for its solution upon the determina- Is there a psychological way to effect resu'is ; | Mhat signals and Statutes have failed to achieve? * * THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1992. Is there a mind cure {6r the carelessness which on the one hand creates and on the other in- vites the deadly perils of the highways? Where is the seat of an auto-suggestion equal to the task of curbing the auto run to fatality? tative Fordney could each have a souvenir of the occasion, President Harding signed the Tariff Bill yesterday with two pens, One would have been enough to veto it.» Bonus Bill as a reminder that Warren G. Har- ding could stiffen his backbone more than once in the people's service. Instead the President bowed to Congress and there went into effect at midnight last night the worst tariff ever devised by politicians to curry favor-with the few by, giving them freer access to the pockets of the many. Even the President could find only ambiguous praise for the bill as he signed it: “You have been a long time in the making of this bill, and I do not know how many of you are in accord with me, but if we make the pro- visions of this bill elastic we will succeed in making the greatest contribution toward tariff- making in a century.” - “If we make the provisions elastic.” That sounds like a soothing hint that this tariff may not be altogether as bad as it looks, because it needn’t remaifi altogether as it stands. The provision that gives the President power under certain conditions to changg rates within a margin of 50 per cent. on either side of the duties named in the bill is offered as the .best solace and hope the country can find in the measure. The suggestion will soothe nobody. It, has already been discounted. Even Republican standbys like the Tribune have recdNed from the executive power of revision as certayn to plunge the tariff still deeper into politics—‘a remedy worse than the disease.” There is no way to sugar the pill. There is no way to make more palatable the truth: This is a political tariff, a hodge-podge tariff, a superlatively burdensome tariff, a shameful and unnecessary tariff. Consumers have got to find it out by suffering the grim consequences of it as it reaches down to their pocketbooks. 4 They must writhe under it until they have had enough of it and elect a Congress to rid them of it. . ‘THE PRAISE OF FOLLY." rise.” Born without legal paternity, Eras- mus made a for himself that will live forever, ith a gigantic in- tellect and a thirst for knowled that knew no bounds, he stopped nd till he had reached the summits of learning ag learning then was. He knew everything, and as ¢he bee gathering the sweets from the flowers turns them into honey, Hras- aristocracy in all the lands of the earth. Among his yarious produatiens, “The Praise of Folly” had the mm immediate and telling influence, Just as Cervantes “smiled Spain’ chivalry away,” Erasmus, in this wonderful. book, by. his good-natured dissection and ridievle. of the follies of his time, dealt them a blow. from which they never recovered.. © «.. From the summit of things the church, state and. society, inimitable word-pictures made all the world laugh at and despise ‘them. To this day “The Praise ot. Folly” remains the most masterful sork in its line to be found ‘in the world. It ts a standing (wonder . with ee how Erasmus managed to eep his head on his shoulders, even with all his strong friends at court. He had all Europe fairly snickering over the venerated symbols and cere- monies of church and state, and yet he lived in peace and security, died at last quietly in his bed. With all tis genius and learning Erasmus had one great flaw—he was timid to the verge of downright cow- ardice. : Living Imone of the most thrilling, ages that ever dawned upon: men, Erasmus sat on. the fence, facing now one way and now the other, but refusing to join either side. Like the fellow who, crossing the deep stream on a slippery: log, heard to exclaim, ‘God ts g the devil is -mot bad,” trimmed between the contending hosts without deciding with either, But his personal irresolution did not; interfere with the influence of his book, The book created the derisiv laughter which, In turn, created thi mental revolution which was!<tq change for the better*the thought action of mankind. To laugh at a superstition is No great coal shortage and a top price of $14 per ton delivered, There's one cloud lifting, anyhow. THE BOOKLEGGER. (From the "Boston Globe.) It is already hard to obtain stimulating beverages. It is getting hard to obtain stimulating fterature. Numerous suppressions of new books have been bruited about the United States. Now the, Japanese Government Has bettered our instruction, It is using its official power to prevent the circulation of printed facts exposing vice conditions which it sanctions offi- cially, The only way a copy of the book “Kimong” can be obtained in Japan is through a booklegger. Here is @ new career, It is often complained that the life of scholarship lacks adventure. But here is adventure for the asking. The crude melodrama of the aleonolic bootlegger is unsulted to people of cultivated tastes./ But when tt ts equally possible to get into trouble with the police for buying or having in one's possession certain classics of ancient literature or certain works of contemporary writers which are not withent merit, the life of letters is seen to be not without {ts thrills after all. The two brands of contraband Hterature in which the booklegger of to-day would deal are volumes treating too frankly of the property question (“radi- cal” literature) and velumes dealing too explicitly with the question of sex. Anything elss goes. It ts only on these two subjects that we moderns have declared an intellectual quarantine. \ The original mistake was to have created man with a brain. All our froubles arise from man's vicious rtendency to use his brain for thinking purposes. If nickels to say much in few words. Take ‘ime to be brief. - “Never Awaint” To the Editor of The Evening World: Long skirts! Oh, how I hate those words! rs I do not understand how any sensi- ble girl can wear long skirts after}typically American, so comfortable. Of course they are all unusually delightful way. right for 2 person who has nothing else to ao but ride around in swell cars and recline on a couch and smoke gilt-tipped cigarettes all day. But for me, never! I have two dozen girl friends who will stick with me and wear short skirts three inches below our knees, so with a few other girls wearing short skirts I won't be very much out of style. God has given us.pretty legs, and by no means are we going to hide them. We are not flappers, but are in ‘ltor the short skict and will keep them. HACKENSACK. New York, Sept. 19. with the writer on this point. \ Another Plea for the Short Skirt. the Editor of The Eveying ‘World: *, for one cannot understand why American women should copy the styles of any foreign country. If there is any sensible reason why we should, I would like to know it. people up-to-date are in favor Governinent would be. t Why, then,*should we give them up? The majority of us have a number|the formation of societies for of short skirts, How many can really affohd to give them away or cast them aside and buy an entire new supply? ACHES AND PAINS The right of search for rum is fast becoming an! international problem, We fought the War of 1812 to establish the sacredness of our ships. The reverse rule may now be cpplied to us. comfortable and neat? Twelve inches} coming very nice length. | whose * ok hibition. Amendment. There is, moreover, The headlines assert that Westchester “sends a solid Smith” delegation, If all the clan stands for “Al,” he will be invincible, gone such a transformation. * To the Editor of The Evening World A few days ago a reader commented disdainfully on the hospitality of New I hardly, think he is justl- If you m The Turks ought to know that us Yankees are the only fotks who ever licked England. . . fled. News comes from Japan that Admirat Kato, the hew at bere been 6 ier Taeee aya Premier, has stopped the fifty-year-old practice of Ar |21 Kinds of people. ing @ cannon at noon at some twenty military poste, pitality everywhere, but lots of people} not so much of a fad after all. with @ resulting saving of $100,000 per year—to say |are biased and prejudiced about &] In certain cases where the nothing of the noise. because they want It. . can they readily accept the generosity] rants they have been jeered and kindness that awaits all wifo are} +joshed."” willing to discern it? on the Prohibition question Now that the Tariff Bill has been pushed through, why not change the name of the Chairman of the Sen- ate Finance Committee to Reed Smooth? It would be a pretty compliment England hospitality, once you have initiated yourself into its graces. All] the sentiment of the countr: worthwhile things are a little diMecult| ning. of access. Inborn good breeding is| The Probibitiqnists, one of the predominating traits of like all Gireet car Comdustars are copecialy b From Evening World Readers 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 P There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction ‘n trying courteous and seem to enjoy answer- ing questions with a smile, The greater mass of riders are of good old American stock, which makes you feel that you are still in the United Stat New England is a charming plac and represents wearing short skirts and finding them|Amertcan ideals and civilization in an HARRY KUMINS. It Is/becoming more and more ap- parent every day that the sentiment of the country, as a whole, is largely and unmistakably against Prohibition. As a matter of routine propaganda the Prohibitionists will probably say that there are many thousands of good Americans who entirely disagree prove his contention, however, he has only to refer his blustering oppon- ents to the Literary Digest’s poll of votes showing that 60 per cent. of the modifying the dry law. He may also call the attention of these arid pests 1 wood lke t eas to the fact that most of the’ letters Our short skirts have been ani m on Prohibition are this could be enjoined, how simple the task of | very convenient and sanitary, besides| opposed to it. Another thing whieh beingvery neat arfd comfortable. giving expression to the feelings of the general public in this matter is modification of the direful Volstead Act or the repeal of the Eighteenth The enemies of Bacchus know only Why can’t we ba tyuly’ American|too well that the perfume-smelling and wear those things hich are most] drug store is slowly, but surely, be- Place of comfort for those ntiments donot support Pr possibility that the drug shop will be ultimately converted into the corner sajoon unless it has already under- Even the Prohjpition Bureau has this is a sign of weakening and an indorsement of the people's attitude toward Prohibition. It seems to en- courage them to get what they want Besides, it is There is hos-jan admission that “home brew" town even before they reach it. How] agents have made raids on restuu- THROP, soldier and author, was bern Talk to almost any man ¥ maBl iy New Haven, Conn., nd ‘There is no hospitality like New| will denounce it in) bo uncertyi terms. Such things surely show how is run- and s killed at I Pharisees who make the outside Mot 698) BSS fuinting from neral But of their own platters clean while June 10, 1861. , After sraduin Major. He was killed by a shot while] harboring all kinds of meanness Yale University in 18f8 he spent 'WOlin gotion in Virginia. Hix writiggs} ond intolerance, they are worse elective ruling bodies. would love Goldenrod is in lavish bloom, Fatt sneezes are tn | Boston, and in a lesser sure its| perpetuate their authority without ' influence has permeated al! New Eng. | recognizing the popular protest of the order! iand, B peopie. JOHN LYNCH JOHN KEETZ, Brookiys, N. ¥., Sept, 90, 1922. to despise it} and to make men Ia at superstition was the work Erasmus did to perfection. —— UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1922, by John Blake.) THAT RAINY DAY. A sudden and unexpected illness suchas sooner or later comes to every one in this world recently cut short the vaca- tion of a young man who has never been very thrifty either of his time or his money. ‘ It cut short his vacation because it wasn’t pts illness. It happened to a colleague of the young man, and the young man had to come back a week earlier than he expected to come back. He was highly indignant. “If I had known about this,” he said, “I could have got a lot of work ahead, and then I could have finished my vaca- tion anyway. But how did I know that anybody else was going to get sick? It takes all my foresight to keep from getting sick myself, and I don’t always succeed at that.” The youth brooded over this incident deeply. It struck charged with violating the Sunday him at first as manifestly unf-ir, Then, as he thought it laws. Jules Estenberg, 180 South over, # occurred to him as something that might well hap- hig paca ed ee ate pen to any one. He began to see how interdependent people akira’ allay Cotirt 06 a are and how one, to be sure of having a reserve stock of of pressing clothes on Sunday. time, money or, accomplished work, must take this inter- He said he got a new machine and dependence into consideration. was trying it out.” When he got back-to his job he began piling up such alors be YG aoe papel: work as could be done ahead at a rapid rate. = ae ponte ge” bis sepatitna Now he has quite an accumulation of it, and if a friend loose tiles in the vestibule of his should: get sick during his next vacation he will be able to home,” and Jacob Greenberg of 1619 stay away till he has climbed his mountain or ‘played his sre ay eee Ad be 458 holes of golf or shot his deer, or done whatever he Cae tens oy Bietion. ona Mhares of thinks is fitting and proper to do in a vacation. painting his front steps. His example is not quite a fair one as a general illus- A third oe was srroaied and tration, for few people can do their work ahead as this mise aes Aa Riyal up be lad can. fourth victim was fined for papering pad It does, however, illustrate that the rainy day for which 3} room. Yet the Crafts and the we are always about to begin to save, as Caesar said of 3 | Bowlby cen fs the ee breath tn death, “will come when it will come.” — + . wae Dt eaae acre ie that the We never know just when that particular rainy day will never were’ any blue laws, and ‘an. strike, or how. We may keep ourselves in the pink of condi- blushingly' insists that euch persécu: tion, but thereby build up no immunity against stumbling ied eile benefit and up over a bicycle carelessly left on the sidewalk on a dark night "he Saat tahoe, ee ty il and breaking-a leg. April 25, said editorially: é We may live righteous and placid lives—and then be “Sunday laws like those of laid up for a week by « food poison which some uncleanly Maryland, yen are manceptible person has left on meat put up by a sanitary packing house of \grous Ghorimination, | w and served by a perfectly good and eareful restaurant. Those of us who consistently save time, money, work, everything, are holders of the only satisfactory rainy day insurance policies. ” = 5 . Those who intend to begin saving are generally out in the wet when the unexpected downpour begins. ' Blue Law Persecution 1922, (New York i by Press Publishing Co. IN MARYLAND. A group of religious zealots with more zeal than knowledge of the Bibl and the principles of religious libert: has hed the city of Baltimore in turmoil much of the time since April. This is but one of many pert, odic spasms with which that city hi been afflicted during recent years. I quote the Baltimore Sun: “Three men were arraigned be- fore magistrates on April 1¢ encourage contemptible meddling and persecution, which deal with petty domestic acts as if they, were erimes, should not be per- mitted to remain on the statute books of a sage and progressive State. Ss “Palle of the small-town spirit, could there be anything smaller -|. than, this Baltimore Sunday spirit, which strains at moral gnats and swallows all manner of malice and uncharitableness? If our Sunday laws beget neighbor- hood informers and. sneaks, {ft they prodice hypocrites and the Isthmus, In 1855 he was admitted WHOSE BIRTHDAY! to the bar and opened a law office in SEPT. 22,—THEODORE WIN-|s1, Louis where he also did much Ut- At the beginning of the Sept, 22, 1828.] Civil War hi : Bethel, Va.,| ment and bec in the Open Air. cil De Upon hi include ‘Love me? the and lin throp also con many urtiéles to the Ate sin Buropean travel than no laws at all, They ought not to be called Sunday laws, but foo! laws and devil laws, whicir tend to promote indivadual hate and hostility to morality and re gion, “ Brothertoft"" Ww aided in| eripute wurveying the Panama Canal ra lantic Monthly. ° cturn to the United states he the craploy of the Puctfie Mail Stean ‘ompany, und in 1833