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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1982. PO BLS TP, She St RUINOUS HOSTILITY. HEN President Harding urges the ship subsidy, what does he offer? What does he ask? He offers his own opinion and asks Congress to fly in the face of “resolute hostility” to a sub- “sdy. This resolute hostility is a fair reading of *vecent election returns. Was ever a better example of the “autocracy” * Mr. Harding condemned in 1920? "President Harding dogs not make a case in his message. It is singularly free of any verifiable fact. His whole plea rests on an assumption pure and simple. He assumes that the passage of this bill will in fact lop off the $4,000,000 a month Mr. Lasker is spending and substitute a charge of from $15,000,000 to $30,000,000;a year. But this lopping off could result only from suc- cessful operation of the subsidy. It would result only from the purchase of Government ships by private operators. Shipping men would need to have faith enough in the continuance of subsidy payments to invest money in ships now operated at a loss by Mr. Lasker The resolute hostility to the Harding idea \would cause the plan to fail. Ship buyers would not invest on the assurance of a subsidy passed by “lame ducks” and likely to be repealed. -. And failing this investment of private fortunes ix Government ships, Mr. Lasker would continue operations at a loss and the Treasury would be burdened with new payments to owners who are now struggling along without_a Federal bonus. A subsidy driven through by ukase would fail, because investors wolild ‘want stronger assurance of continuing subsidy payments. The only way to subsidize ships effectively is to educate the country to the wisdom of the meas- ure. The Harding message did not teach any- thing. Mr. Harding merely ‘asserted a minority point of view without making a case for this view Mayor Hylan at Freneb Lick Springs is rest ing his mind with politics. The Mayor ts like the old-time London bus-driver who spent his day off riding on buser BOWLBY BOOSTS GOLF. 667 QTHE growing popularity of golf constitutes one of the grayest menaces that has ever confronted Sabbath observance.” ~ This from the Rev. H. S. Bowlby, General Sec-* retary of the Lord’s Day Alliance, as quoted in the Times Golfers who love the game need not be cast down by the statement. They may reply in kind: “The growing prevalence of Bowlbys consti- tutes one of the greatest reasons for the popu- larity of golf—particularly on Sunday.” The more Bowlbys in the pulpit the more golf- “ers on the greens. The most liberal estimate allows about 5,000,000 followers of the game in the United States. Not 4 half of these could be playing on the links avail- “able. If Rev> Bowlby and hfs followers can attract the 100,000,000 and odd who never swing a driver on a tee, they need have small concern ‘over Sabbath observance. The trouble is that the Bowlby slant of mind drives churchgoers away. And then they take up goli If Boston isn’t good to the Tiger it's an easy bound back to New York HOPPE BILLIARD CHAMPION AGAIN xs ILLIE HOPPE joins the “come-backs.” The grand old man of billiards—‘old” at thirty-five—-came through the international tour- nament with a clean slate, beat Schaefer in con- vincing fashion and regained the championship he held so long Hoppe’s grand average for the five games showed a comfortable margin over all competi<~ tors. He was easily the star of the tournament, as he had been of so many matches before last ar. y For all that, the Hoppe crown is not resting ¢ Cagnvting rs] issurely agit did for years. Hoppe j annuunces that he intends to defend the title, and at least three of his late rivals are formidable op- ponents who would quickly take Hoppe’s measure if he suffered even a slight slip in championship form, Hoppe came back in great style and deserves ali the credit for it. But it is well for the game that competition is so keen LET'S BE SQUARE. Able M. Clemenceau talks about French desire for protection and security against attack, American fairness ought at least to aif. ferentiate between the actual argument for such security and the exploitation and exaggeration of the need by French politicians playing factional politics. M. Clemenceau says: “I believe we are entitied to guariotecs tv prevent another such invasion as tovk& place before. Do you think that we want to threaten any one? Who could we threaten? We hav lost so many of our men that how conld we |» aggressive if we wanted to?” If the United States were in an agreement with Great Britain and France to protect the soil of France against the possibility of German inva- sion, the United States could vigorously and con- sistently protest against all French attempts to magnify the danger into a pretext for militaristic propaganda. Every American knows that such an agreement was formulated gnd that the United States Sen- ate’ refused to approve it 3 «Is it fair, then, for the United States to charge France with imperialistic designs every time a po- litical faction in France makes militarist capital by exaggerating the risks of a post-war isolation for which the United States is in part responsible? Such an attitude on the part of America seems too much like leaving a crippled man in a lonely place and then denouncing him whenever some- body wants him to have a bigger gun. Let’s dissent from French policy where it is French policy and we find it wrong. But let's not forget just how we ourselves measure on the scale of a co-operative unselfishness minimizing all risks Mine disasters multiply. Is risk lengthening its lead over prevention? GOV.-ELECT AL ON THRE WATCH. OV.-ELECT SMITH is certainly right in cautioning the State Water Power Commis- sion to make haste slowly in handing out water power ‘privileges in the remaining six weeks of Republican rule. New York does not want any “lame duck” drive to match the performance in Washington Al Smith is evidently on the watch. If a re- pudiated board scatters favors that will not bear the light of publicity, Mr. Smith will be amply justified in exposing the deals and placing re- sponsibility where it belongs The G. O. P. cannot afford a water power scandal, not even if it has been paid for with the campaign funds Republican leaders up-State slipped into “one-way pockets.” The Water Power Commission can better re- pudiate campaign promises than tisk exposure THE HUMAN SACRIFICE. \ one form or another man has always prac- | tised human sacrifice. The worshippers of Baal, the sun adorers of Mexico, the fetish grovel- lers of Africa, the victims of Juggernaut were all part of man’s appeal to his Maker to give him some special advantage in fortune or bodily safety. The Detroit Judge who is parading men con- victed of speeding before the broken or dead bodies of automobile victims is echoing this ancient appeal. They swear to become careful— after the damage is done! Civilization is, after all, a mere multiplication of complications, It kills informally, but the human sacrifice is there just the same! ACHES AND PAINS The financial sharps figure up that the severa Standard Oil melons for the year rill billion. © gasoline! what stunts urc ot close tou ble in thy name Bet there are more garages in the | WAS there ever were saloons The simplest way to bring about yo according to our notion, is fer everybody to quit righting Bootleyyers, grape growers, “te ance’ ‘drink makers and the sincere anti-saloon folks make up the field ayainst beer and light wines . M. Clemenceau points out that with jv.vud men after Jena” Germany finished Napoleon. Yes, bu everybody eise was with them. The p France is to keep ail hands against them. This is where that noble nation is slipping on Greece! rblem fe It ig now proposed that American divorce seekers in Paris shall pay the regulation tar on incomes. It tetll soon be cheaper to stay married Those who were disappointer menceau’s speceh should remember that tlaers JOHN KEETZ. ‘THE BVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, Toat- I¢ EEA IIR EDIE ETRE. BEY fT A MT RS RE A Creditor at Our Door! «.s#%. By John Cassel | Epoch- Makin BOOKS By Thomas Bragg Copyright, 1922 (New York Word), by Press Publlaning Gore DISCOURS DE LA METHODE,’ Descartes, born 1696, is In many rem spects the most interesting of philosophers. He is courageous to the verge” audacity; his originality stands out like a great mountain from the sur- rounding plain, and his pure and um- divided love of truth is the outstaid- ing phenomenon in the history of phil- osophic research, it is no matter for surprise, there- fore, that he gave out (in 1687) the eye-opener of a book known to fame as ‘'Discours de la Methode"—""A Din- course on Method'"'—tho method ‘of finding truth. It is upon this book that Descartes’s (ame as the “Father of Modern Phi- lin. 3 3 i BAU nite chiefly rests. ft ‘: pon reaching the period of bis junit ED STATE s| he, eA | mental manhood Descartes found him- ini r self heartily dissatisfied with the aye- tem of quasi-thinking known as “scholasticism. It was impossible for him to soqui- esce in what the venerable doctors of theology had regarded as knowledge. To the young student of philosophy, scholastic knowledge was not knowl edge but oftener than otherwise was little better\than pure assumption. It did not satisfy Descartes and he forgot all that the scholastics had said or written. = Abandoning books and their com- 8, he endeavored to efface from iis mind all that he had been taught. He made of his mind a clean slate; and he did this in order that he might be able to receive the impressions of truth trom whatever direction they t come, This was clearly, rationalistic, as oftered to the then popular idea of ‘Authority for Truth.’ The only uthority that Descartes cared about us the authority of truth—as he saw And he saw it subjectively—that is tv say, in the inner consciousness. His fumous saying, Cogito Er —‘‘t think, therefore I exist’'— him his first firm standing- ground. ‘The fact that he thought carried along with itself the other fact that he existed. ‘The way from this first great fact to the others was clear, hence his sw- preme pOstulate, that the truth of a proposition is tested by its clear and listinct intelligibility. Whatever our consciousness clearly, testifies may be implicitly believed. In this way Descartes found the proof of the existence of God,, the moral order of the world and the im- mortality of the human soul. ¢ He found in his individdal conscfous- ness (which he assumed to be a mir- of the universal consciousness) clear ideas of God, the moral orders nd the immortality of the soul, and on that account he accepted them as From Evening World Readers UNCOMMON SENSE cs ae u Now it makes no particle of diffe snye whether we accept or reject Des- What kind of letter do you find most readable? Ien’t it the one es's method. The main thing, that gives the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? By John Blake about which there is no room for de: There is fine mental exercise and a lot of setisfaction in trying (Ghesviaes 10h We geea teamed bute, is the fact that bis book set men fo say muoh in a few words. Take time to bo brief. ee eagaaee eae ed aes eng bebe fin set wr THE ST riginated the rationalistic method i ——— i AK nf \FTER THE START. which has resulted in the scientific 0 Too race, thereby making us try, us ¢ nd eth vi TOGA ERI AeER CGI end pee ei as Plant two seeds from the same parent stalk. apis GU Ga) astilbin tale ine a Permit me to add my support to] What difference does it make Permit one of them to grow with only the assistance of ee anlage th, adits that of James Smith in regard to] Whether it took one day or 1,000,000]% naturi re B , Prohibition. I'rohibition hus come, to] Yet" 10 eFeate ths world? God doe Give the other all the care and culture that science can $} Vanishing American Birds stay whether we wish it or not. The| 1s that the aid create it provide. THE AMERICAN EGRET. handwriting is on the v nd alco Let us pt the Bible truths for One will grow haphazard and never under the most One of the victims of fashion on! hol must these re Virst, they make us favorable conditions of climate and weather amount to much this continent is the egret—our owa ka Mis Hinith dive: up tntoxioated ppier; second, no book ever written as a plant. American bird of beautiful white . if 4s come to us with higher recom- Thee : a F " * plumage, called the “aigrette” in the man is uke? in Hole Ran tlOnE A Ae second will develop carly and become a fine and 3]trade. purveyors of fashion and thelr menage to in aclety ull row true are the words of John W ruitful growth at its maturity. omen patrons have rolled up a long palin 9 T Heeraeen 1e Bible is shallow enor Start two boys in life—both with equal inheritance and }]Uability for fairly unspeakable cruel- ABUARINE HAOKE at ere lat the most timid swimmer may}$ equal talent ties that have been practised on the he AeA Bhye a va ijoy its waters without. fear. s UG sas setting “ * cu, Dr. J. I. Tildesn of elev ts watnramy | iagtitoen, ei Spoil” one of them by letting him have his way and ae Cen: (ese te that the : Ge an : RiGimmun fi) Gane oMtbode er toneh lng lowing him to be idle and to look to others for his support. t is all over now, thanks to own. to i bebe bottom. Its critics have been legion, Make the other one feel that he must be independent Uncle Sam and the various sovereign nt of deinking husband 5 si 4 I . boildren of ucts Turners ane BRET I still heres they are gone, tT} that he must do things for himself, and as he gets his eduea pe lonrot bes. been Daa tae 1as comforted millions as no other i F 14 actual extinction by a nappy ac- neaciye aie went ep SnHAe ; tion do more work on it than his teachers. exunl Rei cco etint Peet of. | book and continues to do so. It{s IDBC UE ALI eatereeihi: CalEMU ill eteay un datoranilille nt. A man who bought a shooting ects of their father lutgence, | God's Vital an@ inviolate word and did abe ’ g i an idle sreserve in South Carolina fortunately ree of theln: theiiers I AUUIBSNOE | Gununoven be sal aude E. 1. B. and disappointed man. He will feel, because he has talent, found a small colony of egrets, or Alaut, of Inca aulet way until some), Norwogd Ned that he ought to gain money and distinction. He will be }| Soy cranes, on the eptate. He pro- great’ worrow comes upon him, and i ‘ embittered because neither comes his way, And he will not ba Spena Jenlounly ent Uae then lose control of himself Senile: Heunuue: know why. rt A colony of egrets in a South Care- edt the world grows bette Heese he lash Michiee paren the tat The second will gain habits of industry and by hard $}tint cypress forest 1s shown, with ad eran th the: dunk Hatt onto | alt not alone in rejoicing over the r Work will realize his ambition. ' mirable life-likeness of detail, in the short life, JOSIi2 THORPE PRICE turn of Ransome Sutton t out The start in life is of little consequence. hapitat of the Americin Muq POP THON EH ceortivepuners L have aiwave reac his War i a we seurn of tural History. it fur~ Inwoo Peiclan itn ti atereateachintareae aa What happens afterward counts, nishes a picture well worth seeing, ra Ticket Pri cea clad ei gress The world has plenty of brilliant men who never amount sce, Po the Editor of ‘The Evening World your furce. KE. R. DONALDSON to anything. Last Saturday night was announced] New York, Nov, 15, 192 It has plenty of mediocre men who amount to a grest by the Metropolitan Opera Company a deal, as the first popular-priced night ot bro tn s Talent and industry are necessary to any great achieve cia @gathon.. Thess larcprioed|4 DP was one ‘anus ; ment. i By Albert P. Southwick rl t t 0 : ES operas are ec i ly ed by many und that could ay et into Madison But industry is the more important, for it can make a oR ara 175 i2e Pubtianing a hundr i of y ze {| ae Game 1 to ee the vil Gold man successful unaided by any special talent whom buy their tic 1 tein igh urrived the about 6.80 “eee e “4 that was meant for meals, As « BPA Aton Manciek naan ih Even genius can do nothing for a lazy man loiaria a (Greek term ciaeeie as 4 o'clock the line for standing] or more we were driven out of line Fortunately for men of talent they have a superior lit thine hat ie folded double: 2% room tickets, which later grew tolby the police with the announcement|¢ terest in their work. ee” Oyo ee ee three blocks in length, began to form. | that all tickets were sold. They were iia aaniade auhatithev ce e traveler's passport, writted 'o8 fame pie da tS Nek (haweie Gad iien IES Rr ITER eat enn ers ey ¢ see ha thes au accomplish by effort, and leaves for convenience in carrying. Tdvemibod, as upual, at $1.10. How-| fans, I'll wager that threntommene | they have more incentive to put forth the effort In modern times, it 1s the written or ever, a half-hour t t dovrs] the tickets issued for the fight were But they are often outstripped by their duller fellows if printed certificate of membership om opened the announcement was maé#]in the hands of the speculator the latter have a dogged determinaton to get along aduation granted by learned oF at the pei been raised to $1.6 You could buy as many tickets a Opportunity is still equal in the world, despite ditt: eaitine art aetocls: cen The price on the expensive seats wasfyou wanted from the speculators at ane cP is giao oh ilee 6 , t Mer universities and schools, generally, not raised. ‘The burden was placed on] prices ranging from $2.50 up to $18.00 ences of birth. is the ability to seize opportunity that is ¢ thowe who could 1 ford, If tt es for the t pa ain ]3 unequal. And that can be made up to some extent by will Fort Dearborn was a stockade fort} Metropolitan Or Company must] were from $1.10 te ingness to work and to sacrifice : built by the United States Govern- ave ater rever why not seek Is there no way a rethinccan | bad mer ni 18¢ , upon the site of the t from box-holders or purchasers| be stopped, or the sarcmiaisy Rennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnmnnnnnnanannnnant | Present Cis of Chicago, mM. Tt wast of high-priced sent Give the poorer] league with t peculators They | ————— —-— _ ~ afterward d mbeeyed yt Indians. it is thelr only form of entertainment] pic while hb) I thought specu.| NOVEMBER 23—F RAN KLIN private in the Mexican War, and so|strumonts, sold as “bargains, nd an cdvecatic time. [lat n tick & t the law.| UIERCE, fourteenth President of the Braatly did he distt ish himself t 80 called from the ordin advertise: m4 pou think them to bef The boxing Commission Nas tent] {nited States, was born in Hillsboro, |he Analy attained the rank of Briga-|ment announcing that ‘ta widow-tad deprived of it of hard work in front of them if thes |X: He» Nov, 28, 1804, and died injdier ( ral of Volunteers. After|!s compelled to sell her plano, fol HERMAN A. COHEN. | want to make the game clean, What}| Concord, Oct. 8, 1869, After serving under Gen. Scott in Mexico,| Which she will take pe, New York, N 19 ' rotten n academic education at he resumed his practice of law in a8 t Vdoin Colleges, he undertook the{1848, In 1852 the Democratic Con e Irrepressible Conflict ; iy of lav yrtsmoutl nd]vention held at Baltimore nominated|term used by William H, Seward iq Pett and Hapeivess | litted to. the|him for President, and in the election {a speech at Rochester, N. Y., in 1860, t nm the , 1s87, when he besan a success- | that followed he defeated the famous|to denote the inevitableness of noe , : \ oi practice in his native town, In|Gen. Scott Hi Administration | struggle between freedom and slave: ha Graations ol it aoe a cececc came. a member of the} Was distinguished by the passage of | then darkening the political horison. | ‘ ate Legislature ny four years|ihe Kansas-Nebraska Bill, which tn reser: | : Saari tial hd ip 1887 became afeftect repealed the Missouri Compro-| Dean Trench wrote: “To find guilt : r 1 =tates Senate, | mise the mak of a treaty n a,inan is to tind that he has bees Fatnes created the arst % our New York, Nov. 2 lo resume the practice of law at |Niculaguan atau rivative ’ . y