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- v - " 'fifty ' ' " -i ;? ft- ; THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, AMt IB, 1922. p: j ,10 or s7 l :7 I r .r ESTABLISHED IJT JOSEPH fUUTZEn, ntllahtd Daily Except 8undar b Th rrt rubllfhlnc Company. Hob, 6j to 6 Park Rem. Now Tork. RALPH PULlTZBtt. PrMldrnt, 3 Park Ron. ' J. ANGUS SHAW. Treasurer. S3 Park now. JOSEPH PUUTZEn Jr.. Becretarr. 3 Puk Row. i v unrnin or Tire AssoctAren mess. Sks AttorVlrcl mM U tielnilrdT rotlilrd to th uh fr rtjmMlcaUoi tt B nm denntrkts rnMUttd to It or Ut sttnwtM crtdltta U Uli t alM las loot! am fabUilud herrln. "THE SUPREME LAV"(I) IN a report made public this week, officials of the Anti-Saloon League recommend that the League shall continue to file reports of money re 1 tdved or expended for the election of members of . Congress and challenge "the outlawed liquor traf " fc" to co-operate. Says the report: "We denounces the false and malicious al- ' tacks made against the Anti-Saloon League ' In this particular as not meroly hypocrisy I but as a deliberate attempt to bluff the decent i and law-abiding citizenship out of effective I expression of their patriotic determination , to bring about enforcement of the supreme i law of the land.4' And again: 4 "The' Anti-Saloon League has made nn bonest effort to comply with what It bo- Moves to bo the plain spirit and Intent, of the law." "The supreme law of the land" meaning Pro hibition law! "What the Anti-Saloon League believes to be the plain spirit and intent" of the Federal elec tion law! Could language more arrogantly convey the proud place in which the Anti-Saloon League puts itself and Prohibition? Could anything more clearly indicate the Anti Saloon League attitude that all other law in the United States has been relegated to a plane where it is merely contributory to Prohibition law and where its "spirit and intent" must be interpreted by Anti-Saloon League authority? Let the country know its masters and heed their voice. The G. O. P. tariff makors ought to have Im posed a prohibitive duty on hammers, Judging by the reception even partisan editors havo given the 4)111. WHY THE DELAY? TUESDAY,, April 11, the Senate Finance Com mittee reported the proposed tariff bill, in cluding wool duties at approximately the same rate as in Schedule K of the Payne-Aldrich bill. Thursday, April 13, the executives of the Amer ican Woolen Company met in New York and de cided to raise prices, the boosts ranging from 10 to 45 cents per yard. Was it impossible to call the meeting for Wednesday7 SAFETY FIRST. Tn XCESS1VE bail shall not be required," is J i a. provision of the State Constitution. Several Magistrates have given evidence of a determination to interpret this provision in the light of reason. Several suspects with criminal records have been held in prohibitive bail. Magistrate Hatting yes terday denied the bail privilege to a man arrested as a pickpocket The reason for-the denial was the man's criminal record of six convictions on similar charges. Prohibitive bail or flat refusal of bail is not "excessive" when the presumption of guilt is so strong and the criminal habits of the accused well established. Bail should serve to protect society as well as the rights of the accused. When it is plainly a question of confirmed criminal habits, the only right the criminal has is speedy trial. HOPE FOR THE SEASICK. .FjVERYONE -who has realized his worst fears Hi soon after embarking on the ocean, and everyone who has refrained from sea travel from 'dread of seasickness, will be interested in the trial ' of the huge gyroscope designed to keep the Hawk ye State from rolling. Hundreds of devices to prevent rolling have Been patented and have failed. Scientifically, the gyroscope principle is sound. It has proved ef fective in limited application. If tha pending trial proves fully successful, no passenger boat can hope to compete for business without this accessory to ' comfort. ' Some of the old salts are conservative, not to say dubious. Some claim that pitching is as much the cause of seasickness as the rolling the gyro scope is to prevent. Some believe that either the gyroscope or the sea will tear to pieces a vessel so equipped. One who claims long sea service writes that a boat that does not roll will need "a flush deck with nothing on it except an armor plate wheclhouse and immovable watertight smokestacks." J 1c con cludes with a rhymed admonition: - -M her pltcti and let tier roll, VCre heller on top than down in the hole," It s to be assumed the engineers have calculated Jh fjrnlns to be expected both from the machine and from the sea. But have they determined the" human question of whether mal dc mer results from "pitching" or from "rolling"? The test will come when the Hawkeye State runs into rough weather. If it lives up to the hopes of the designer's It'will be a boon to mankind and a cruel blow to the "Sec America First" movement. HOUSING WINS. OV. MILLER deserves congratulation and thanks for signing the housing bills. In particular he deserves commendation for overcoming his prejudices against the law permit ting insurance companies to invest in housing to a carefully, restricted degree and for a limited pe riod of emergency. The Evening World is in accord with the Gov ernor's explanatory memorandum on this bill. Life insurance funds should be guarded. Specula-, tive investment for such funds is ordinarily wrong. But, in the emergency, life insurance companies have a pecuniary interest in housing, in keeping policyholders well. The safeguards seem ade quate. "There is little danger of harm and much hope of real relief." Those five words we have put in italics will be a bitter pill for leasters and profiteers. If the Met ropolitan company fulfills expectations, the goug ers may well reconcile themselves to lower rents next .fall. An investment of $100,000,000 will de flate rents without fail. This, with the continuing service of the Lock wood Committee, the extension of the rent laws and of tax exemption, promises much to tenants. This has been the programme The Evening World has advocated as a matter of public service. The achievement is a source of rejoicing. We frankly admit pride in the testimonial of aid and co-operation Senator Lockwood telegraphed from Albany after the bills were signed: , "The' support of Tho Evening World was of Incalculable valuo to these measures and," I believe, to the people of tho City of New York." That support was strong because The Elfening World successfully interpreted what New York tenants were thinking and saying. Senator McCumber says: "We cannot Import prosperity." No. But wo can ,?ut up a tariff wall that will keep It out longer than is necessary. WHAT'S DAVID'S IDEA? SUPREME COURT JUSTICE BIJUR ap proved this week the certificate of incbroora- tion of the American Birth Control League Inc. Besides .being interestinc in itself, the fact re minds us again that one David Hirshfield, Com missioner of Accounts of the City of New York. conducted an inquiry to dctermfne the reasons for police interference with a birth control meeting in the Town Hall Nov. 13 last. Did David ever get to those reasons? We recall David's bringing out a lot about him self. We recall his storming at the birth control advocates one day and the next trying to beguile them into sundry admissions. We recall David's own fluently expressed views regarding birth con trol. We do not recall that he ever told us a word about what ground the police had for breaking up the meeting. Yet that was the whole point and purpose of the inquiry. David has let it be understood that he is still working on the matter. Does he hope to work so long that everybody will forget all about it? ACHES AND PAINS A Disjointed Column by John Keetz. j i f "- - "iii,'vrLrvriruiji. Chauncey M. Depow's "Memoirs" a"ro sprinkled with good stories. Here is one of tho best: John W. Qar rltt, chief owner of the B. & O., was in Europe "finan cing" his affairs, when Johns Hopkins, the philanthro pist, died. Mr. Garrltt cabled to John King, Prest dent of the road, a messago of condolenco which reached him at tho funeral, but not until it had been, by natural error, given to anothor John King, the Hopkins executor. It read: "Present my sympa thies to the family and my high appreciation of Mr, Johns Hopkins tand borrow from the executor all you can at 5 per cent." Wo hope Gen. Semenoff will enjoy his stay In 1ud low Street Jail. It is much better than Siberia. That fifty-one-year-old horse Is cited as a wonder of longevity among his kind. The usual life of equlnes Is about twenty-five years, the average much less Still, a horse has more endurance than an auto. The subway stiles are truly human in their "eti quette" as interpreted by the Subway Sun. The right of war In the double-back-action contraptions belongs to the fellow who has Just paid his nlckol. The out- goer can take care of himself. Speaking of nickels reminds us once more of our curious country. We destroyed tho buffalo and de spoiled the Indian. The buffalo graces one elde of the coin, the Indian the other, with the word "Liberty" dangled befor his eyes like an unruly wisp of hair. The G. O. P. "Dickey" Convrftht. IBM. CN'tw York Uvfiilnf World) 13 mil ruoi ue. By John Casscl ... ,, - . 6 -.r . From Evening World Readers What klndot latter do you find moat readable? Ian' tit the one that gives the worth ol a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There ia tine mental exercise and a lot ot satisfaction in trytfni to sajr much in few words. Take time to bo brief. Ilonaton Street In 1800. To the Editor ot Tho Evening World- In recalling reminiscences of old New York it might be of Interest to relate somo recollections of Houston Street as It was In tho days following the Civil War, ns I remember thcra from my father. My father was a clerk In Fagan's at Crosby and Hous ton Streets, a store typical of the times, a grocery and bar all In one, and whoro many Impromptu wrestling matches wore staged In the rear or the store. Houston Street was a leading thor oughfare of tho sporting contingent. particularly the section between Broadway and tho Bowery. Harry Hill, a famous character of that time, had a caio at Houston and Crosby Streets, which was tho rendezvous of the theatrical profession. At Broad -way and Houston, Mike Morrissy dealt in the "cup that cheers." whore In lator years John L. Sullivan made frequent pilgrimages when on a rampago. TJn Broadway Just north and south of Houston Street were the Olympic Theatre and Niblo's Garden. Union Square was the frontier; be. yond this was an undeveloped- New York. HENRY BNGEUKEN. Paterson, N. J., April 12, 1922. Her Small Town View. To the Editor of The Evening World : I hod been wondering Just what was the matter with "H. Wells." Sho ex plains It in a recent letter. She lives In a town of "600 enrolled voters!" That's enough! Her general attitude. Judging from her letters, would Indi cate such. But "Prohibition" Is sllppine and clipping fast, Helen, thanks to a lot of regular people such as met In Carnegie Hall last Thursday night and also to tho great work done by The Evening Worlds Wonder if Helen saw tho figures given out last week by Dr. Hamilton, Commissioner of Correction, in which he states that the number of people senced to the workhouse for Intox ication bo far this year Is nearly 100 per cent, greater than that for the same period last year. Take my advice, Helen, and cct vour friend "E. J. A" and come over to a big towaronco In a while; perhaps It will broaden you a nu. E. W. HOLDEX. Ex-Llcut, U. S. N. Brooklyn, April 10, 1922. Mare Quotation, To the Editor of The Evening World. To "Truth" of Orange, N. j.f i would say, why cover sin when by so doing you spread a net for your brother's feet, "they that drink to excess." That one may, be some one who Is are mighty of 'strength Isaiah G-22. with wfno near and dear to you. Join in and help remove tho temptation. To "Vaughn" of Philadelphia I reply I havo read other books in tho Bible and I am sending just a few of the quotations I have found In reading. Time and space will not permit me to send all, but read carefully I. Thes., 6-9, "We are of tho day." "Woe unto them that to drink wine and men to mingle strong drink," "And be not drunk wherein Is excess, but bo tilled with the Spirit." Epheslans, E-18. "Yo are the children of light nnd the children of tho day; we are not of the night of darkness. "Therefore let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch and be sober. "For they that sleep, sleep In the night and they that arc drunken are drunken in the night. "But let us who are of the day be sober, putUng on tho breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet the hope of salvation" I. Thes., 6-9. HELEN WELLS. Temperance Not Prolilliltlo;,. To the Editor of The Evenlr.i Worlds H. Wells in your edition of March 8 asks me to read my Bible. Proverbs XXIII, verses 29-32. Delighted! "29. Who hath woo? Who hath sorrow? Who. hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? "30. They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine." True! Don't tarry long at the wine, don't drink to excess and be very careful how you mix your drinks. "31. Look not thou upon tho wine when It Is red, when it glveth his colour In the cup, when It moveth itself aright. "32. At the last It blteth like a serpent and stlngeth like an ad der." Truo again! If you drink too long nnd too much at the last It will bite like a serpent and sting like an adder. Yes, and you may see all kinds of snakes. I am asked to also read Habakkuk 11, verse IB. "Woo unto him that glveth his neighbors drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also." He Is not condemned for giving his neighbor drink, but for making him drunken also. The Blblo counsels temperance and self-control; not prohibition of the rood things that God has given us. Interpret the meaning of the whole truth, not half the truth; read your Bible .with -understanding TRUTH. UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake I (Copyrlcht, 1922, by John BUke.) , ' CHECKING UP. The man who knows what lie has accomplished und what he meant -to accomplish can formulate an intelligent plan for the future. It is easy to think we have done far more than wc really have. It is easy to think that .we are about where we belong in the procession, allowing for hard luck and what the navi gators call "slip." But when wc check up with other people in the same business wc often find we are mistaken. It is a good plan, now nnd then, to look up the men who started when he did and find out what they have been doing. This is of especial value because wc know these men we can estimate their ability nnd allow for their shortcom ings. Such n checking up almost always results in an un pleasant surprise. Many men we little suspected of surpassing us are far ahead. Others, Vhom wc thought about our equals, have fallen back in the line. Almost always our own place will be considerably be hind the position wc should have attained. Had we checked up as wc went along things would have' been different. We would nave detected the "slip" and made up for it. However, it is too late to worry about that now. Look over the whole line of your acquaintances and by comparison you can find out how far behind you are. Then you can begin slowly and systematically to catch up. It will be hard work at first. But hard work never hurt.anybody. In fact, the mental exercise involved in over coming a handicap is one of the most salutary things in life. Check up by comparing yourself unmercifully with every man whom you know who had an equal start with yon. Then keep on checking up every year, every month, if need be. i- From the Wise Trifle make perfection; out per fection is no trifle. Michael Angelo. Love is precisely to the moral nature tchat the sun is to the earth. Balzac, Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time. A. B. Alcott. Character is the moral order seen through fft-3 wdium of an in dividual nature. Emerson. To he trusted is a greater com pliment than to he loved. O. MooDonald. TURNING THE PAGES BY OejrrUU. Uli (Kr Trk. Cnlag WaUfc MONEY TALKS Bv HERBERT BENINQTON. Copjrrlrht, 1922 Kew Tork Evenlnf World), toy Pre PubUrtilnf Co. 28 PER CENT. GUARANTEED. United. States Treasury Certificates which are-sold at all' Post Offices, of fer a very olmole method of saving. Certificates -which will fce redeemed for $1,000, $100 and $56 in five yeaTS are on sale at $S0O, isw ana r.v, re spectively, imi.ii w tours urns money avail able we can buy theto certificates, put them away and know that when thoy are due we will receive the face value. The iieeurtly Is the best obtalnablo and usurM on of an approslatton of 3t per cent. WJlon rsasroga. F all the skies were sunshine, Our faces would he fain To feet onoe more upon them fThe cooling plash of rain. - If all the world were music, , , Our hearts would often lona Fpr one stceei strain of silence, To hreak the endless, song. If life were always merry, Our souls would seek relief And rest from weary laughter In the quiet arms of grief. An "If All tho Skies" song from "Songs Out ot Doors" (Scrlbner), a book of verse by Henry Van Dyke. We do not Insist upon the Inevitability of the third stanza. Needs Tcrsns Courtesy- Tagoro glvea In his "Creative Unity" (Macmlllan) these definitions and distinctions: Civility is beauty of behavior. It requires for Us perfection patience, self-control, and an environment of leisure. For genuine courtesy Is a creation, like pictures, like music. It is a harmonious blending of voice, cesture and movement, words' and action. In which genoroslty of- conduct Is expressed. It reveals the man himself and has no ulterior pur pose. ' Our needs are always in a hurry. They ruah and hustle, they are rude and unceremonious; they have no surplus of leisure, no patience for . anything else but fulfilment of pur pose. . By this logic, It Is the pressure of hurrying needs that accounts for a great city's frequent lapses from courtesy. But Is It true that he whose needs are less finds his civilities more? m The Hold-Up From a page of a novel new to Her bert Jenkins's London list: Ills shout was a signal to another man some way down the road, whu covered the driver with a larjci) Colt's .43, ust as he succeeded In pulling up his team. "Up with your hands, gentlemen '" ordered the second man. "We shall not be detaining you long, I hope.' "A hold-up!" gasped one of the Inside passengers at the sight of the weapon. "That's what It Is I" snapped the leader. "Don't get noisy or make a fuss, and you'll be all right. I'm colng to trouble you for your wal lets, gentlemen," he continued. "Get a move on." "But but this It C a n a d a," stammered one of the passengers. Obliged for the reminder. We Had from the way It reads a certain notion that It might be New York. Forgetting for a moment that tli title of the book Is VAn Outlaw of the Plains." Spring 1'ever Ray G. Dandridge Is quoted on spring fever. In "The Book of Ameri can Negro Party" (Harcourt-Bruce),, thus : Oar's a lary, sorta liazv Feelin' grips tne thoo an' ihoo, An' I feels lak doln' less dan tnulhm , Dough de, saw is sharp an' grcasu Dough de task ct han' is easy, An' de day am fair an' breezy, Dar'a a thief tlat steals emblfion ut ,t win'. Watch out when April turns .sort Marvelous Marylln - - T7lrt inUine n lone brpath. leud this from "The Vortical City" (IIbi pers), a book or tannie .huisi stories Marylln! How to convey 10 jou the 'daiic of her! The silver Scheherazade of pot leaves when the breeze Is playful No. She was lar inmoier man n leaf tugging at Its stem. A young faun on the brink of a pool, startled at himself? Tes, a Httle. Hecaufe Marylln's head a -ways bad a listening look to It. a lf for a message that never aultf came through to her. From where? Marylln didn't know and didn't know that flie didn't know. Probably that counted for a little pucker tha could sometimes alight between her eyes. Scarcely a shadow, rather thf shadow of a shadow. A' lute, played in a western breeze? Once a note of music, not from, a lute, however, but played on a cheap harmonica, had caiiRh' Marylln's heart in a little ecstasy of palpitations, but that doesn't nee essarily signify, Zephyr with Aurora playlnc" Laughter holding both his sides And vet. the father of Marylln was shot in an attempt to escape from prison, and about her mother we de sire to say nothing. Such, occasionally, is the miracle of life where the other half lives tt. Magic and tho Mystery of Hirers'. - After a word on river-worshlppeM and their rites, In his "Rivers and Their Mysteries" (Duffleld), A. Hyatt, Verrlll continues: Of course, we scoff at this as u- perstlUon, but Is it any more foolish or ridiculous than our own suptrsti- 0 tions? Is tt not just as sensible to .think that a golden armlet cast Into a river ' will Insure a calm and safe journey on .the stream as to Imagine that printed playing cards can foresee and divulge one's future, that mis fortune lurks In a number thirteen, or -that breaking a bit et slivered glass will result In the death et some one? There Is nothing remarkable, mys terious nor (inexplicable about cards or mirrors, but even civilized man Is Impressed by the power, the majesty and the mystery ot rivers. Cards and mirrors are our own handiwork; their origin, their pur poses and their ultimate ends sro " familiar to us all and they have no great influence upon cur lives, our livelihood or our happiness, nut the river Is a power beyond our control; It possessoa the power ofvllfo and death, It la Irresistible, mysterious, romanllo, It seems that, after nil, the worship ot the river goes on, Hut where It was an affair or the trlbo, it now li the praetlos, tt wm. marc aad the jjocta, - (5