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THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JANUARY '22, 1921.
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HAWI! ILT.?T7X, President. 43 l'ark Kot.
J. ANGUS 3HA.W. Trea-surer. J PU How. '
JDSKrit rUl.IT3Sn Jr.. Secretary. 3 Park Row.
imonm or the xsaonxrm rnrM.
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tf an kwi 4rrt'.ti rrftdhd t It or net oUrmlM erdu4 la IMi ptftt
oa4 1m the lacftl nnm pabUjfcl btrtla,
) THE LEAST OF THE REASONS.
OV. MILLER is quoted as follows:
VVJ "It Is not my fluty to enforce tho laws
of New York City, but it is my duty to
Interfere with the head of Uio Police Depart
ment if Uie polico do not do their duty."
It is also th: duty of tlic Governor to interfere
with the head of the Police Department wlicn the
latter fails to do his duty by the Department and
by "the public for whose protection he is responsible.
Moreover the enforcement of a Prohibition law,
vhkh Gov. Miller seems to have liad in mind when
he made the quoted statement, is far from being the
sole" or even the chidf test by which lie must
measure the conduct and fitness of New York's
present Police Commissioner.
'.Gov. Miller has made plain his altihrde toward
tne"enforcem;nt of Hie Volstead ad.
But ft would be inconceivable that an Executive
of Gov. Miller's calibre and intelligence should wish
tlie people of New York to understand that he has
eithir judged or means to judge Enright by the
degree to which tlie police of this city enforce the
dry law.
The favoritism that has seriously undermined (lie
morale of the police force, the reports of graft and
bribery, the laxity that has left the public at tlie
nwfey of thugs and highwaymen, have nothing to
do ,rith Prohibition.
' They have everything to do whh the rule of
Enrfght.
The Greater New York Charter provides that the
Governor may remove the Police Commissioner
whenever, in the judgment of the Governor, "the
public interests so require."
The duty of the police to enforce Prolribition
shows up small indeed among the public interests
which require Gov. .Wilier to remove Enright.
With dark hints of secession, the Ilorough
President of hichmond accuses Mayor Hylan
of neglecting Hichmond Interests. By the
same token why shouldn't all the boroughs
tecede together from the City Hall?
DOUBTFUL PROCEDURE.
"PEDBKAL ATTORNEY REYNOLDS, in charge
x of liquor proceedings here, announces a new
and novel theory of law and procedure.
lfa man is convicted under the Volstead act, tl i
coiF" enjoins him from selling liquor again. If lie
continues to break the law, the Government pro
poses to jail him the second time, not for bouileg
ging but for "contempt of court."
One advantage of this method, it is said, is lhat
ft dispenses with the need for a jury.
1 It may be admitted that there is a very general
"contempt" for the Volstead law. But is there
"contempt of court"?
t If it proves possible to paveed under such a the
ory of law, why confine the injunction to bootleg
. ging cases?, Why not extend it to petty larceny,
violation of traffic rules, expectorating on the sidewalks-and
other misdemeanors?
If the offender is enjoined from repeating the
offense, why is it not in the province of any Judge
to commit the culprit for "contempt" at the second
offense?
Indeed, it would rake only a trifling expansion
of. such a theory of law to obliterate completely
thc-right of habeas corpus. If a Judge issue an
injunction against repetition of an offense, can ha
"noHssue a blanket injunction forbidding tlie com
- mission of a first offense by any person and so dis-
pens? entirely with the function of the "twelve
good men and true"?
Realty Men Fight Housing Inquiry. Head
line. Increasing visibility of the invisible.
: A SCUTTLED CHARGE.
jTHh diarge tint personal expenses of Charles
,.-T." M. Schwab in connection with Shipping
Board activities during the war had been saddled
"pn the Government appears to have been left hi a
sinking condition by the prompt answering fire of
Mr. Schwab himself.
" The wiiuess who told the Walsh committee what
ht had heard about the alleged 260,000 voucher
for Mr. Schwab's personal expenses for Uk month
of October, 1918, was so affected by Mr. Schwab's
(Vigorous statement as to earnestly disclaim all per
sonal responsibility for the charge and pass it tack
to the certified accountants empk.ed to audit the
Shipping Board books.
Whatever public impressions may have been
formed of Mr. Schwab's industrial policies or nri-
Vj u.u:t . A y . r... r r.n :
iiduua ui cAjituunuit, icw ui ins iciiuw-ciiiciis
would ever think of him as a man likely to charge
his personal bills to the public treasury during the
period cf war service.
His assertion that he "didnt even get that dollar
U year" sounds much more probable and in
f character.
The Shipping Board investigation may have
much extravagance and waslc to reveal. But noth
ing is to l: gained by sensational guesses on the
part of witnesses as to possible meaning of vouchers
they have not even personally seen.
BRINGS IT HOME.
DEFEAT of the proposed Congressional mem
berslrip increase was manifestly a triumph of
good government anJ efficiency over political
maneuvering.
Taken in connection with other recent develop
ments in government, this action indicates an en
couraging trend in affairs at Washington.
In recent years, even before the war, there had
arisen increasingly effective opposition to the "pork
barrel" method of river and harbor appropriation.
First steps toward a national budget system have
been taken. Both parties indorsed the budget in
the-'r platforms. Some measure of budgetary re
form will come out of the discussion. As time
passes the system will be altered and improved
until it becomes satisfactory.
T he politicians did not want the "pork barrel"
abolished. They did not personally desire a budget
They had as soon have more Congressmen.
Bill the voters disagree. The voters have made
ths'r disapproval effective. Ten years ago informed
public opinion opposed increased membership in the
House, but the House didn't are.
What has caused the difference?
Perhaps public opinion is better informed. Per-
liap it is more intense. Perhaps both. At any
rati, the politically inclined gentlemen at Washing
ton are paying more heed than in 1911. And why?
Isn't the income tax one answer? Isn't it true
voters are coming to demand more insistently that
the Government must be economically and effici
ently administered? Isn't there more demand that
political picnicking at the capital must end? Isn't
there more vigorous and constructive criticism of
Government affairs since people have been paying
the income tax?
The income tax is a direct tax. When the tax
payer las to pay directly to the Government he
hates to see his money wasted. He can figure how
much this extravagance or that bad management
is costing him. Hie waste becomes a personal
matter.
The income tax is a revenue producer. But it
is also more than thaL It is an incentive to interest
in good government.
This Nation has nothing to fear if only enough
of the voters can be induced to take an active, intel
ligent interest in Government affairs.
This, it begins to appear, is one of the valuable
services which the income tax performs.
House-boating ought to bo a pleasant relief
from Cabinet-making.
DR. WM. J. O'SULLIVAN.
THE circumstances leading to the death of Dr.
William J. O'Sullivan were so unusual as to
warrant Corporation Counsel O'Brien in saying:
"He died In tho service of tho people as
truly as any soldier who died in tho trenches."
No more fitting eulogy could be conceived.
Dr. 0"Sullivan's qualifications for the work lie
liad been doing were unusual. As a chemist, phy
sician and lawyer, it fell to his lot to work at the
legal problems affecting the health of the city. To
this he devoted his energies and was a martyr to his
taskdying from the effects of chlorine poisoning
contracted while investigating fumes from New Jer
sey factories.
His dramatic death should at least serve to focus
attention anew on the menace to public health occa
sioned by the chemical plants on the other side of
the liudson.
This was Thrift Week. Try fifty-one more
and call it a year.
F 11031 THtS CITY OF HI LAX.
To the Heaven Horn 3layor of Pckin. China:
In this Oilv of Hi Van, the admirable
Mayor, tsho has had so many 'clever ideas
resulting in greatly raising the tares, is hav
ing equally clever ideas or making them
lower.
The chief of these is that students in the
two great public universities shall pay their
tray hereafter. This nHJ save much money
now paid from, the tares. Perhaps if this
plan succeeds it man be extended to the pub
lic schools. Also, per Imps to the Ftrc Depart
ment, so that the vitUen whose dwelling is
on fire shall pay the firemen for coming to
extinguish it. and thus the Ftrc Department
teill cost the taxpayers nothing.
Already, according to Grand Jury, this plan
is bring used in Hi Iaiii's police service, ilatiy
liavc told Grand Jury they had to pay police
to protect them against attack an destruc
tion of business places. M'hen they paid, citi
zens say, police wvrk became efficient. Grand
Jury dors' not approve these methods and has
caused men of the police to be arrested.
This keeps police so busy arresting other
police they have no time to catch bandits
wlio leave citizens with no hope, except that
one ddy they will steal the admirable Hi Ixm,
IIOSG, C03l3IlSBlOh'KIt
TWICE OVERS.
St
TT lAM A' beings should hate at itad the same
1 1 consideration that is gicen (o animals under
the Agricultural law. That law provides lhat only so
many caltlt can It put in a car." -State Senator Bur'
lingamt.
The Life Saver!
By John Cassel
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From Evening World Pleaders
WAoi Mnd of a letter do you find most readablet Isn't it the one
that gives you. the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundiedf
There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying
to say much in a few word. Take time to be brief.
A Spirit mt Sflf-DrnUl.
To the Mm erf Tlx Ef inlnf Wccki.
I wish to express my Interest in the
younc woman who Is denying herself
n the Interests of the starving chil
dren of Europe.
I wieh we ail mtsht have the same
spirit of self-denial for one day so
that we mlsrht appreciate what she is
doln: and be more wllllrtK to hlp in
this cause.
I shall do my utmost for these chil
dren, for I know how needful It Is
that they should be properly nour
ished so they may crow up healthy
men and women.
MA.RJOTUK U WA.U.VER.
New York City, Jan. 18, 1521.
Jarr Doty.
To Hm FMUw of TV Btvninc WartJ
I have served on the Jury for the
past thlrty-flve years every other
year, and as this Is the year In which
I am due for a call the thouBht struck
me. how Is It that hundreds of friends
and acquaintances to whom I have
spoken recardlnir this always irlvn me
the laugh and auy, "You poor dumb
bell; I never berved yet."
This Is a fact recardlnR many of
the men called on for Jury duty, once
their name is in tho list they ore
used as the war horses to bear tlie
brunt of the work.
Upon Investigation you will rind
that the percrntufrc of citizens doinn
jury duty (not excused) Is very small
considering the number available.
Other Evenlnc World readers must
have had tho same experience. What's
the remedy to make every citizen do
his duty? Yours truly,
HAUHY nRADWAY.
No. 36 Broadway, Jan. 17, 19!0.
the consent of the governed," and "to
ecure tho liberties of every other na
tion." Cm the faith of these declarations
our Government received from mil
lions of Americans their .sons nnd thir
daughters, their money and their Utne,
and I assert that until thlo Govern
ment makos Rood the .jIoJroi under
which they obtained these it has de
faulted, the honor of our country has
been bCHmlrched nnd tho? priceless
Klfts of a free people for specific pur
poses have been Riven in vain.
This 1 the cold loglo of the situa
tion a situation created by this na
tion lt.self, which cannot 'be assal'ed
truthfully even If Irli'imen had never
wielded a sword or fired a shot against
thin aaaiie KnsrlaAd In defense of
American liberty.
I submit KnRland i3 not eitablish-
Inc In Ireland a rule of law based upon
the consent of the governor, and, fur
ther, that her "Black and Tans" there
are as guilty of excessive and uruspeak-
nble crimes against the Irish as Hi-
sing's hordes ever were against the
Hcleianw.
And there 1 leave my cnf.c against
the "hands-off" theory, strong in the
faith that tlie country of Washington,
Lincoln and Jefferson will neither
provo false to Its principles nor betray
its heroic dead.
ROHKH.T J. WADDKLU
No. S61 4r.th Street, Brooklyn. Jan.
18, 1921.
The "llnd-0(l" Policy
Toh Editor of Tbl!n!n WnrM ,
Permit me to answer your corre
snondent who advocated the "hands.
off" doctrine in Ireland's unequal flRlit
for freedom. This policy Is not Ameri
can j it Is opposed to every line of our
Declaration of Independence.
Those Americans who propose it at
present, if they are sincere, should
have done so four years ago, for it we
had adapted it when rtalfour and "Gal
loper" Smith were here begging for
our Intervention, and when the Eng
lish Tory press were reviling and Jib
Ing us because we did not plunge to
their rescue sooner, we would have
saved billions, and "Flanders" field;
where popples grow" would not have
been drenched no deeply tn American
blood. The spirit of even1 American
grave, some of them my own Kith and
kin. rebels against this doctrine, and
calls In trumpet tones to our Govern
ment to have enforced those principles
of liberty and Justlco for which trey
died.
Prior to our entry into the war
President Wilson and onr Government
in letters, speeches and addre.s ad
oca ted the direct opposite and stated
plainly why America rfliould inter
vene. These terms were accepted by
the Allien. Including Great Britain, .
the consideration for our aid. Anioiij,
these publicly declared ohiects wee
Wnnta Rnfnrrrnirut.
To m KiUuw of Th Kttnjii Wnrkl
"S. J. W." may possibly be ahlo to
control hminelf when near wine, beer
or whiskey. My husband never could.
Tho liquor gave him a nasty disposi
tion to bring home to his family every
night. I have always heard liquor
shows up a man 1n his true stute and,
beliovo me, "S. W. J.." I vrirti tho
eighteenth Annulment was a fully
enforced measure. As it now Ftands
drlnkom Rtlll get all they want and
cur family has quite a few unpleasant
evenings and holidays. S. J. A.
Juatlfe to the rcro.
To tbc miter of Th nrfnlnc Wiirld
Since the race riots in Chicago I
have taken particular notice that a
great many nogroes throughout this
city are being looked down upon
with disdain, and in certain cases
and instances, whenever there Is an
argument tort ween a white man and
a negro, the former retaliates by re
minding 'he latter of the Chicago
.iffalr. There is good and bad In
ewry class of people, and the entire
race should pot be Judged by an un
ruly few.
Our martyr Present, the Great
Emancipator and friend of the negro,
Abrahnm Lincoln, remarked in his
famous Gettysburg address: "All
mem are crpated equal, regardless of
race, creed or color: this Is a govern,
ment of the people, for the people,
ind by the people." Let us all fol
'ow the ud ue of this gnat benefac
tor nnd treat tin- negro with theiatnn j
rourtesj and n sped thai we would,
want ine'e.l out to omhU'.
I linvi w.i'i.i I in i In iieiii'n dlstrirt I
i pitj for oa ittut, la I1J
UNCOMMON SENSE
By John Blake
Mopriflit. 1921. bjr John BUkr.l
USK YOtlR REASON.
"Icn," says Montnignc, "are not apt to believe what
they least understand themselves."
This has been true through all the ages. It is still true
to-dny. It accounts for much .superstition which seems
impossible in an nge of civilization. It accounts for the
fnct that so ninny unfortunate people are jeasily gulled by
fake spiritualistic mediums. It accounts for tho curious and
almost incredible stories of witchcraft that have nppeared
in the papers within the last few days.
Examine facts with your renson. Think about them.
Analyze thrm. It is well enough to speculate on the future
state. It is well enough to examine into even the spiritual
istic experiences your friends tell you about.
Hut don't take their word for it. Convince yourself.
He perfectly sure that you hae all the fncts, and you will
be little likely to be led astray by coincidences that startle
less thoughtful people.
There is plenty of exact knowledge to be obtained to
dny without worrying about things concerning which no
exact knowledge is to be obtained.
You must of.. course take a great deal for granted.
Nine-tenths of the knowledge that you gain will be second
hand knowledge. Hut be sure that it comes from a compe
tent and accredited source.
You arc certain, for example, that you can trust Dar
win or Huxley or Hrrbcrt Spencer or any educator of wide
reputation. You arc certain thnt the information they give
you is the best thai can be hnd.
Use such information, and get all you can at first hand.
Hut apply your own renson to all of it.
As to the mysteries of life, many of them you must
allow to remain mysteries till men have found a way to look
further behind the veil than they can now. That will come
in time. There are, wc arc told, a trillion of years for them
to do it in. You will nnt live all of that time, but you will
live long enough to have a ripe and well informed mind if
you apply yourself, and to enjoy using it if you arc suf
ficiently industrious and alert to do your work just a little
better than other men can do it.
TURNING THE PAGES
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(U. Osborn
Onc7TKM, lpji, k, t rma liAlih C.
Tt Nw Tork CTmJnf WonVU.
A JAX, the bull-dog, on hi emth
jf" loned place
in the new Packard sits wUI
chin held high.
Like some great withered pansy U th
face
He turns upon the people pastint
by;
And, a.i life goes unseen beneath hi
ryes,
Viola bends and with his soft eat
plays,
How clour hrr check- upon his broat
head liest
And still unaltered is his pompom
gaze I
ity indignation he ignores each day:
But once saw him in the pantri
stand,
yvith eyes aglcam, while James ar
ranged a tray
And let a morsel slip from his dcf.
hand;
And Ajax stooped and ale it from thi
floorl
With dripping mouth he ptead for oiu
piece morel
From "Four Ga.rdcns,H by DurM
Osborne Hamilton (Yale Unhroran
Press).
So little is there In a name Bol
then, It was never written that .AJaJ
defied hto appetite along with thi
lightning.
Resolution of Sir Justinian-
To those whose Now Year reeiohi
Hons have not as yet elthor lapsed
Into the forgotten or hardened beyond
amendment, wo present possible ad
ditions on these general lines:
Resolve that wakening nt I
o'clock I will luiock with my bed-
staff to wnken Ellas who shall
presently rise and make a fire
whilst I rub my body and then I
shall prcscnUy skip out of bed.
Query Is not playing on the viol
Immediately after meales hurtfull
by reason that It stlrrcs ve faJiev
and brlngcUi a grate U. c., flush)
Into my face.
Resolve to skip-rope each morn
ing at 6 o clock.
De arte ealtandL I must study
not to dance loftily so much as to
carry ye body sweetly and
smoothly away with a graceful
comportment. In some places
hanging steps are very graceful
and give much ease and tlm to
breathe.
These noble resolutions ar ex
tracted from thf. dl.irv of sir Tn
I tinlan Pagltt of tho Paritts of North
ampton, as cited in "The Croara ol
Curiosity" (Button), a book of curi
ous compilations by Reginald L.
Hlne.
Sir Justinian wrote as quoted about
1633 A. D.
But "hanging atero" In the dance!
Did they, then, have the hesitation
waltz tn the bcventcenth century?
The Bearer as lie Is Bnsy- .
According to his book, "Waiting rt
the Wilderness" (Doubleday. Page &
Co.), Enos A. Mills has seen a beavet
do these things:
Gnaw down trees.
Carry mud In liands.
Carry mud and sticks between
tall and stomach while swimming.
Dig a canal.
Kill a wildcat.
Run away from a wolf.
Dredge mud from the bottom of
the pond.
Wrestle ind play with other
beaveri..
Tlulld part of a dam.
Kloat a tree across a pond.
Scratch hlmsrlf.
lirush files off his nose.
Comb his fur with a double claw.
Whack the water with his tall.
Lucky world of beavers'.
Where any unit Is likely to be tew
busy In his own multiplicity of war
to try to regulate the wys of hit
fellows.
And yet, how remindful of the prac
tice of the reformatory "anti" Is all
that dredging and carrying of mud!
Philosopliy nnd Success-
A curate in London, as quoted tr
"Jenny Kssenden" (McBrlde), th
latest novel by Anthony Pryde:
Phllooophy lies in liking what you
have, and success lies in wantlnc
what you haven't: there Is life for
you in two nutshells.
Therefore, the way to be a philoso
pher, should be
To want tho earth, to nucceed In get
ting It. and to like It when one hao It
However, the man who once buc
ceeded in got ting this earth would
probably provo himself no phllosophei
by Immediately wanting another.
. .
On Ttebuildinp a Hnsband---
Jones suggests to Joanna, when hi
has accepted her proposal of mar
riage, that Hhe might better hav
taken the man "higher up." She re
plies: Oh. y. the chief would be suit
able ami all that: what thry call
a good match. But, dearest, he is
all flmsliet--there Is nothing yon
can do about him.
When I bought a house I dlon I
want one that was fine and per
fect and pave m no occupation
but to sit and read. I wanted on
that I could work over, do things
to for years and years, have In
spirations aiiont.
Well, that Is perhaps one reason
why I would rather havo you. You
need a lot of rebuilding. Jonsey!
The quotation is from "Joanna
Builds n Nest" (Bcrtibs-Mcrrill), by
Juliet Wilbur Tompkins.
And wo hope the Ilullding MaterttyV
Trust had not seen Jones tlrst.
To the end that he conio too high.
Pi Ulc
my associations with them never
round reason for criticising any of
their methods or system. One nri'd
inly tak u trip up to tho district he
tween Utih Street nnd H5th street,
taking In Fifth, Lenox. Seventh.
Mlghth and Bradhurst Avenues, and 1
note a nt in iti.flf: Newspaper of-i
llcta. lawyers, merchants and various
other onterprisns of business, und im
doubt the heads of these various i
branches of commoroo oould hnvo at-1
tainel higher positions in life, the i
only dreurtwuck ibelng their color. Inn t I
this fact n stumbling block enough in
the progress of tho ambitious negro. '
without having some one add Insult
to Injur) b looking down upon him I
as an Infrrior?
In oom'lu..ii'ii. I nifli tn state that 1
If (he ingivi w.ih zii i iii ii'.-li in turn
of war he reu.i.nly should he shun n '
that a4piv-uil!i n n! lis s. mi s to'
. n.ililc li ,m io i!i.ik' :iu li. .in-. IK ng
U'.otit r.iHthiK n-l'i i i ions up,, a b.h I
l a lllld , , ,
I IIAIILIOH K. UNi
ftOK iort. J4U1. U. Xttl. .:,
Words From the Wise
rrtir high birth is of the mind,
not of the flesh Aloxanrfrr the
Great.
Men have a soluitudc about
fame; and the greater share they
huvo of it. the more afraid they
are of losing it Johnson.
Gentleness corrects whatever
s offensive in our manners.
Ulnlr.
hrt is not dirt, but Hhi sriwr
thing in the inong p!a Lord.
I'almoTBton.
FllfH.lll.r flame, blat ht'iit. tli'it
uhirh m tiboi i' it, winch it (,(
not teach. J, Ptlt Senn.
Rrmliui; nml ll.'Tnrkimjinn- -
A page of confession by Booth
Tarklngton:
After the Infant liooks. read to
me, I think my first rcndlnp ivas
"I'nrie Tom's Cabin" when J wn
seven then "Don Quixote." '-Ivan-hoe."
and When I was i-njht arid
nine, Culzot'g "UIstor Kran,
all of tlekrns, "lorn Sawyer," vari
ous Waverlpy novels.
Iiidljcrimlnale riadinu, Imluri
'titf Ba.idle'1 Dime 'nd Readlf's
Muif-Punc I.ibrury (whl'l) I- liked
ahoiit as v.-" a I did IdijioI). In'
loned and I liail "zv reeollei--t.lons
or the two "Tom Rrt.r.:"
books of St. Nlc'inlnn -cr.als nnd
of thre or four Oliver Optic books
Julos Verne. .Mark Twain' book
all of his theio wore thnkrapcare.
Thackeray, James, Dudit. Ilow
ells. Mlbs Murfrcc, "nuelne," .i
nixed up lot: and the hooks for
,M)iin?itfr. k uttered through loft
no implosion (excopt the.- Just
iix'iili 'iu'd) I' I read an otlmr.
I r :l l'ie "new novels of thr
di" fron) the time I was ten,
I Uilii;,, until I was about fort5 -fc.
wiiiii I couldn't any more
Mow, miller this prolonged burden
of book-, of the ago, Tarklngton stayed
uun enough to write "Seventeen '
we leave It to the Society fur
iPMrchJjuJ Reekob UiAnd out. ,
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