The evening world. Newspaper, November 22, 1922, Page 26

~ rear "s . senna = tm THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1922. films is far better than censorship. But it is go- arene ern nnn) ing to work some hardships in the motion picture D t Copyright. 1922, By John Cassel industry as now organized, It means failure and e S p e 12) e ! bia ph acid ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. loss to inferior producers and to exhibitors who Fireside Science By Ransome Sutton h misjudge public taste. s Copyright, 1922 (New York Bvening The worst reproach against the movies has not MA deeds OF Mental: Secpnanetiananeres been the wickedness of films but rather their 5 AAGress off communications to THE EVENING WORE F infetiori IV.—TH Patttser Rutiding, Park Row, New Tork City. Remit by weprees| stupidity and inferiority. ro (Hote the thetbanlh Bach ing s Boner Order. Geden, Draft. Fost Ofiics Order oe Registered Letter, This is a true bill against the “average” film. ‘“Cirewiation Books Open to means employed by scientists to ace complish their wonders reference is made to the spectroscope. This very simple instrument came into use about fifty years ago. Ibha@ long been known that a beam of light Passing through a prism of glass, breaks into the identical colors of the rainbow. The meaning of the specs trum, which the white light prod It does not apply at all to the best in the market. Giving and withholding patronage is drastic SUBSCRIPTION RATES. treatment, but it will prove effective if widely Feast Shop os Bat Grae New tere, | applied. ‘eGR 8 CLEMENCEAU'S PLEA. _ on Aine eo GREAT audience filled the Metropolitan WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1922. r, 1393 Bway, cor 38tn.| WASHINGTON, Wyatt Bidg.; = : A upon the screcn, was only partl: gpa, 7im, Ave. how | 24tm and F 6s, Opera House last night to listen to an old titiderstood, ‘The elitincanoe: MEE NX. aid 149th Bt, BeBe! CHICAGO, 1608 Ballers Bldg. man from overseas earnestly bent on setting his spectroscope did not Become apparent ashington St. | PARIS, 4% Avenue de LOpers, : fi : til it c each nN? Puhow se. S| TONDON, 90 Cockspur Bt. country right with the American’ people. until it was discovered that ot ; the eighty-four elements which com- MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. tt waa all over, WHEE NAE le asked? we Pees, oe epedi catealss And when it was all over, what had he asked? pose the earth, when rendered lus so be, Amie ede Only that the American people shall set them- minous,, casts a spectrum peculiaf to itself. If light from molten gold, fot example, should be passed through @ prism, an expert observer would im stantly recognize the spectrum cullar to gold. When men began to study radium, it was found that three kinds of rays were emitted by the disrupting atoms, One kind, the alpha rays, was expelled at a comparatively slow speed, about 12,000 miles per second. Another clas of rays was hurled forth with the speed of light. It was an easy matter to stop the slower emanations; a thicts sheet of tin-foil paper sufficed. Upon this screen the bombarding particles collected, themselves emitting a radi« ance which was not quite like that emanating from the parental atom, What was this substance wi! came out of radium, but which peared to be something other thas radium? The spectroscope the question, because the spectrum cast by those derived emanations was identical with that cast by helium gaa, Among other things, therefore, radium was throwing out helium; out of pare ticles escaping from one of the ele+ ments of the earth, another kind of element was being created—creation's method being here plainly revealed. The element helium, named fro the Greek word meaning sun, wa’ unknown prior to 1868, At that time Sir Norman Lockyer discovered its spectrum among the spectra of the sun. It was then supposed to be aa element peculiar to the sun. Twentys nine years later, however, Sir Will iam Ramsey found {t in the earth, Im other words, the spectroscope made ible the discovery of hellum ia un twenty-nine years before its discovery in the earth. By means of the spectroscope the specific nature of any substance which can be rendered luminous t@ easily determined. But the power of the spectroscope is not limited to the earth. As the sun, the stars and the fire mist of the Milky Way are all luminous, their composition can be determined as accurately as a bit of incandescent col, A telescope, used in connection with the spectrosco) s the light which comes fror; bodies except the one unde! observation. One of the wonders of spectroscopy is that spectra cast by objects mile lions of miles away, as well as tho! close at hand, may be photographe enlarged and studied under magnif: ing glasses at leisure. If a change selves right with their own hearts and consciences. 7 , THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. c Only that they shall remember again the high HERE was unwonted fervor and fight in President Harding's message urging the df ‘ ‘ Ship Subsidy Bill upon the Congress he has | 8reatest conflict in history. ; called in special session. Only that they shall not now repudiate the But the President put his case strangely when, | larger international partnership 40 which they admitting that perhaps no measure ever before | then and there committed themselves. encountered “a more resolute hostility,” he im- Only that they shall not refuse their indis- plied that such’ hostility should be added reason for promptly passing the bill. : It is not as if the country at large had had no } 1! War. ; recent opportunity of registering its attitude to- That is all Georges Clemenceau: asks for ward the policies of the present Administration. | France. It had such an opportunity only two weeks ago. If the result is not*still ringing in Administra- tion ears, they must be dull indeed. : P A Has the President stopped to consider that accomplish they will yet pledge their strength to some of the “resolute hostility” against a ship | guarantees that will leave France no reason for subsidy at this time may’ come trom a public. | policies against which the charge of militarism or capable of seeing that, granting the genuineness | ceifishness can be brought. Begee se prope, tie (Poruney McCumber What is help for the rest of Europe, German: Tariff and the Harding foreign policy of isola- | | ee tera tdi f y tion form a discouraging combination against included, is help for France, provided the United American ships seeking goods to carry? States fearlessly and generously pursues the aims President Harding admits a ship subsidy offers | it professed when it joined the fight. at best only “the promise and prospect of the That permanent establishment of the needed mer- chant marine.” ) ‘ ; Must the money be spent while other Admin- The need is to spread it fir and wide, Beyond istration policies ‘are working directly against | the limits of the audiences that hear his voice. that “promise and prospect” by delaying the re- It has been said the American people are not covery of international confidence and while an “internationally minded.” American tariff wall rises against trade? Thevate internationally minded Ne The President has not gone deeply enough into eae ee we dlal hal tle aatiele b a the nature and extent of that “resolute hostility.” derstand what it means to leave allies in the lurch. Or if he has, it has irritated him into assum- They are internationally minded enough to ~“ing- an -executive downrightness and impatience | realize that all our post-war warnings and preach- that he formerly put from him as among the | jngs are accomplishing nothing toward improving aeeeet srents of his predecessor. a European situation from which we cannot de- tach our own interests. For God’s sake let us stop criticising and “ob- serving” and DO something! resolves and purposes with which they entered the pensable help in peace to finish what they started For he believes that if the American people are true to their own ideals of what the war was to lala is Clemenceau’s simple message to America. From Evening World Readers What kind of letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the one that gives the worth ot a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying ¢e say much in a@ few words. Take time to b. brief. UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copsrizat, 1922, by Joho CONTENTMENT. e print to-day two definitions of contentment from aa rs of these editorials. Many more have been received- so many that several columns would be required to give the The two reprinted to-day seem to be the most worth consideration. “Contentment means to work at a job that suits you, where you have a chance to make headway; to have a woman ‘Asked what game he liked, Mayor Hylan re- plied, “I spend my time fighting the interests.” “All work and no play * * *” re) A Job for a Lame Duck. Anti-Saloon League is scarcely under~ To the Editor of The Evening World standable. But their courage has re- I suggest that Senator Calder get}turnes nm that the false © of @ job selling gloves, He would soon| Prohibition has been removed, exhibit- find out what we are up against with|!ms merely the pale, sickly counten- these high tariff prices. ance of a dry zealot, shorn of a po- TRAVELLING GLOVE SALESMAN. | tency that never really existed f b It is time our legislators cease; New York, Noy. 20, 19: playing Uncle Tom to Mr. Anderson Clemenceau is not asking Americans to be any THANKSGIVING BEGGING. ¢ JS Commissioner Enright’s order to prevent street begging on Thanksgiving Day merely an example of late November routine? Or does ; mn. bigger or finer than they felt themselves to be four years ago. He is only begging them to be as big and as fine. i i / cheb? ie i takes place in stars, that change it mean what it says? We have an Unknown Soldier whose grave at Fi 4 a f Simon Legree. If the so-called “rep- who loves you, and a habitation, whether it is a ‘dug-out’ or would instantly show in the spectrum. i i ‘ i lar: Edwards and New Jersey. resentatives of the people’ are what i Hae te eee . * h The police ought to make a vigorous effort to | A 2 e e se! ve hesgtsd a mansion, that is more or less of a hide-away from a busy Besides making known the compo. Arlington we honor. When Wwe sent him forth to |e the Editor of The Evening World heir title itous is B é : 8 shein tle Implies) the Intaultous) Stul career; to have a few good friends, and to be fre sition of sta spectroscopes enabl; from pain; to be satisfied, and yet not so well pleased with the world that you become stagnant; to feel that things are breaking right for you, and yet no matter how they come, to feel that they should be a little, just a little, better, A, GUIN.” “Content is right thinking. L. H. DAVIS.” We are not sure that all our readers will agree with either Mr. Guin or Mr. Davis. Mr. Guin, in our opinion, demands a little too much of break up this bad old custom, but enforcing this Senator-elect Edwards's splendid} jun particular kind ofyorder is a hard and disagree- able task. Policemen do not like to 1 they are “picking on the kids.” If inconvenience to adults were the alt result of Thanksgiving begging, it would be all well enough for policemen to turn blind eyes toward the masqueraders. But the real damage of the custom is to the children. Begging is a bad habit for youngsters to acquire * Real kindness to the children would result from a kindly: but firm repression of begging on Thanksgiving Day will be speedily re- me man to measure the straight-awal distance between the earth and stars. voxs the line of vision are ble by other means, but in the line of vision could not be determined till the spectro- scope came into use, nor could it be determined whether a far distant star, or comet, was approaching oF receding. If a comet 1s approaching, the lines in the spectrum move tox ward the violet end; if receding the lines move toward the red end. In the spectra of all elements, whether the object under observatiom candle ur a volcano in erup+ colors of the rainbow appear the same order: violet, in+ fight we didn’t tell him it was just to save our victory in New Jersey was an over-|pealed, because the masses have whelming triumph of the so-called] SPoken against it, Let the Federal Government assume nd des- skins. He gave his life on the soil of the country from which this great Frenchman comes to plead with us. Can we stand at the grave of that Unknown Soldier with our backs turned to our former Allies wets, and even the most fanatical ad- | 41.6 Fi54 of promoting graft herent of Prohibition is compelled tv} potism by trying to enforce tl admit that New Jersey is absolutely] stead act. That is its affair, but the against Prohibition as it 1s interpreted] !s no reason why the Empire State noithes Vcigtead JAW, should be an accomplice in such a Edwards's position was clear to] Procedure. | every voter. The Administration mr (fibe; erent ob.the otulians made every effort to defeat him pyle ire. ie sending members of President Har- ON York City, Nev. ding’s Cabinet to speak for his oppo-] “°W *° aod nent. Although it has been conclusively proved that Prohibition would have been killed by a referendum, one big} Wh¥ not put fate. and to the world? : Few people would ever be contented if contentm required all he asks. Mr. Davis comes closer to the mark, for he makes con- tentment more of a possibility. Still, right thinking will not always bring contentment-~ t 2 Better we should let him sleep forgotten than think to honor him so! chy # ‘To the Editor of The ack the benches in always | Speaking of the ship subsidy, as President point seems to have been entirely] City Hall Park so people can enjoy unless it is accompanied by right, or righteous, action, digo, bie, green, yellow, orange and nee a Harding was yesterday, who, was it that said: overlooked: Why should even a ret- 14 qittlerest noon time? Thought is necessary to happiness, but only when it cau red, It is the spacing sani the ene Representative Alice Robertson has noticed Phe public be damned!” erendum be necessary? Why should]” Now they git on the City Haul’ be translated into deeds. verse lines which are pecu in to. ie feUow members greeting cach other with the one class of peuple have the privilege | steps and it makes that place look like ferent substances und revea! ir Cee, As long as the world rolls round opinion will be divided as to whether content or discontent is the better lot of man, We labor and toil for content, it is truc, but it is discon of creating the morals for others and] 2 city boarding house. telling them what they must and] ym for the benches; what do you must pot drink? We pride ourselves] vay? DON ©. MANEOD fon. composit salutation “Hello, old may.” So she wonders why no one ever slaps her on the back and re- —-— WHERE DID YOU GET © ACHES AND PAINS ice: *Eelio, ol cag ’ on being a free people. Wake up, Pe: . re Re roea| ee as an ane , old woman, I'm glad to see you The New Brunswick murder stories by their plentt- | America, and kill fanaticism. Meet| 2%"! ov tent that asi eas to our task “discontent with our present THAT WORD? | a ful variety suggest anew Sir John Falstag’s pertinent |force with force, and always remem- raimied estate and a desire to improve it as we go along. g If Miss Robertson were just a mite more ob- serving she would uote that it is the youngsters of the House who takeekindly to the “old man” stuff. After a man has reached—well, say Miss Robertson's age—the jovial greeting is more likely to be “Hello, kid"—or “son"—or some other juvenile diminutive. Old” is thought but not spekes., We trust that the writer of the first letter has everything that he specifies as a-requirement to content—or will achieve it soon. He surely, stands a better chance of doing so be- cause he has fixed views on the subject, ber that E of Liberty. Paterson, N. J ernal Vigilance is the Pr To the Editor of ‘The Your article regarding 1923 auto li- censes Was no doubt enything but a The “Kick # a pleasant surprise to a number of peo- To the Editor of T ple who are owners of old cars of the The public admission of the eml-] oa vier type. For the most part these nent Superintendent of the Antl-| people do not use a car often enough Saloon League that at the last elec-| to lay out for a new one which would go out of style before It had covered ai 44 : Idicu- | half enough mites to Justify the cost the eye’’ renders even more ridicu-}.4q in some cases cannot afford a lous that worthy gentleman's recent] new one anyway. threatening letters to members of the] Take my case, for instance. 1 had remark; “Lord, Lord! How the world is given to lying!” 231—HAIKARA, “Haikara’’ does not sound ke am English word as spoken in America, at least. But it is a corruption of two English words, ‘thigh collar," as spoken in Japan Originally, “haika: or wearer of ‘high collar, meant a person wha was aping foreign styles and man ners. In one sense it was the Japa» nese equivalent of our now seldom heard word dade." adually, however, the corrupted M.: Clemenceau Gives a good show! We still are receiving letters on this question and hope soon to be able to print more of them, Bill Jones is dead but the Ship Subsidy Bill hes come to life, tion Prohibition received ‘a kick in THE BOX: OFFICE CURE. ILL HAYS, speaking to a Philadelphia . why not let them pay for the trouble Whose Birthday? they maki NOVEMBER Why not issue a limited license of] G.\ ya) IB ER a different color for the people Who} i tor The Ku Klux ave not making half the stir the new Congress will when the Western members take their rench explo ience, s2 “One 5 New York Assembly very old car at the first of the year|’ eee ee vor pleamure riGne ri x Fc trenae icin enlev ae tare audience, said: “One way for you to | seats next year. They are coming to the Capitol with Meare fas been a inighty teaction\(on which 1 took out my 1898 renewall oe Pare £00 PIPRRUES PE tin Rouen, France, Nov. ane Nitra aid t ite deriss ' help us make good pictures is very easy, and | thetr teeth siled against the tyranny of the Anti-|license. Then, feeling I would like a thie tight put more carp yeu seeuslanied MATOB 28; 1887. Ati idays, means “smart im r i ees ? * ‘ deve n e ore up-to-date ca he sa ype. \ > e saving| Deine ordained us a priest, La Sallo sh " : that is to support good pictures Balan eM BE AED es Fe eT onaped oar ser ot tee eemetYPA 1 in this, class. and slve the savité | omigrated to Canada, and soon ch- Hs sense, indicating an up- { Trile enough, and another way to help is to The Sultan skipped #0 suddenly that he had to |wiser to consider the voters who| but of a different make and although] “here 't pelenee: (2 nee 1; ee fered upon a aurabor or rem: ° eee Rear A ee poate F . z leave his assortment of wives behind. Th i sathial 7 0 of the sa orsepow. a and 0 . expeditions. Ie visited the Illinois ane i refuse support to unworthy pictures. That may g peton ge i th i: They hove sont lelecten him rather than submit} both were Of the same horsepower! their own doors? Fiver, bake Siichinn® LhA ihe Otic, chic in meaning Y | nim a round rodin saying they are “well and happy” {blindly and abjectly to every whim] and » T had to take out} "oo OT Coes this the police could] ang’ san In America is apparently no not seem quite so easy’for motion picture fans ' er license foi ‘ 1 a considerable distance without him! of Anderson’s fanatical organization. | another Hcense for the newer car to ad ha vg fword of the precise meaning, elther | Hie e the congested traffic sections] g, j j : Ayres les new mur itn) ec i ‘Ol name the congeste down the Mississippi. In 16 rd i j who have drifted into the habit of going to the . HERE Demoomiils’ pialtoni: houses beeen The other ee ecaey AeiPs] and any one with a limited Neen] colved a grant of Fort Front of "sma s spoken in Piccadilly, ; : cava gal sale of light wines | citizen. e er car could not be " ange Naak ans “id % or of “chic,” as spoken in the Ru movies nearly every evening. In international affairs nowadays vil is apt to be Jand iv «< Smith's} sold, so the license had to be dis-| Who invaded oF ‘parkea\ia. these oes Known as Kingston, and tn 1677 re] Or Pi sa ne Ban is 2 i i r ver ater. tand on this subject in every instance | carded, a8 I have very little use for| tons could receive |i “ RAR ee cea yee Se? ad | But there is an encouraging trend in the di- | thicker than water. : eet aid unenclen, Au ne {a car, having used both together less Police trae cards now in use. Hiowing year he made a second veyage ‘ rection recommended by Mr. Hays. Although was elected by a gigantic, majority it] than 2,000 miles so far In conclusion will say that to America, ascended to Mackinaw, | was commissioned to establish a set- ; " : ° uaatur pn cease aeatinat ona cot’ the’ Aas aa 8 sic ANE, eo aeg ney ya] The Police Department ng] think any one wants to get the beet} crossed Lake Michigan, and proceeded | tlement. However, he tailed to find i motion picture receipts are reported to have | | Auats tr Fee ee tS N ED Te Re hamhcwcre OF Girton: LEOk EAUIIMDIO EARS OF | edowk [or the license taws except the auto-|gown the Illinois River to Peoria, | the chief mouth of the river and Anale . : . about the movie is tha an han f 01 ‘ dry hon aly p lt do obile manufacturers who con- e. he reached the G ng HEY fallen off materially in the last year, it is notable hdl ; omer 4 na can hand plays down te Ar, ‘Anderson and his conerts the day-time traffie cong nh ang| mobile manu wet . ie folaey nr | OF. April 9, 16 rea hed the Gulf ly landed at Ma rda Bay. After t . posterity. Maybe! Reale T peers the parking of cars in streety| tinually putting It over on the Id car} of Mexico and claimed the entire Mis-|inany fruitless efforts to find the ay that a few good films have had long runs on . H tenuony sentimentality and the thta} while peppl At business, — ag} owners. Individual owners should Bet] gissipp! River basin for Louis XIV. | mouth, Lu Sullo's followers grew dis, } Broadway to recommend them on the road Gos ea . Uiineile af niadtey. ai © that terrified | these are th ple who « inost | @ Sauare dea he) In 1684 he organized an expedition | trustful of him and he was beutany P * sey shasta a noks ax if somedudy would have to put the prop |'inmie of DigNIrs i irified yee ihe expenac to the city vanes \ BROOKLYNITE whieh sailed directly from France for |murdered by them in. the. territory ; je. Patronage for good films and neglect of poor ] back in the fourteen propositions? JOMN KELTZ like faith 1n the alleged power of the most of the congestion and accidents,] Brooklyn, Nov. 1%, 1922, S the mouth of the Mississipp!, where he | now called Texas, ’