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: - - : r ........ . .y,- ... 10 THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1922. Oft rsTAnusn:D uv josufh rtruTzcu. MUsbtd Dally Cxccpt Ouodar by TS Proa PuMliOiInt Company, No. 51 to OS l'trk Haw, Now York. 11ALPH PUUTZUn. lrwldnt. 03 rrk J, ANrjUg SHAW, TroaiurtT. 03 Ptfk How. tv tOeWtH PUUT2KR. Brtry. S rrkRew. - i imnm nr fun AssnctllTO) rr.ESS, U auodittd iTrti U leluiirrij mtltfcd to Un rtpubliwUon cS ntvi drtrtekci mllud to I. or not tpunrlM endued In tL! or u& Uto lit. I(xJ tn pablUfctd hmla, THE MISSING. WIIIiN the police parade passes lo-day, some of the men who were in the ranks a year ago will not be marching with their comrades. In the year New York has suffered grievously from the criminal element. So has the police force. The criminals have taken toll. 'I he New York police have lived up to their reputation. "'I he I-incst" are as fine as ever they were. Desperate criminals have met brave re sistance. In a few weeks one ll'arlcm precinct lost half a cloven policemen. Other precincts have suffered. Nevertheless, killings have not shaken the de termination pf individual members of the force. Rather it has spurred them to get their men in spite of heavy odds made heavier by incompe tent leadership. When the cops parade as to-day, New York may well be proud. They arc a fine lot of men and a credit to the city they protect. All honor to the memory of the missing. According to one correspondent, the nusslan reply was written in English by a Frenchman. And yet we complain there's no International co-operation! THE MORE, THE HIGHER. ONLY a few days ago Sir Henri V. A. Detcr ding, head of one of the greatest oil com bines in 'the world, said there was plenty of oil in the old earth to la$t for centuries to come. This cheerful opinion appears to have reminded the Standard Oil Company to boost the price of gasoline another cent which it did the next day. This was the third advance in the pride of gas oline this week and the sixth since January. Meanwhile the Iurcau of Mines is expected to report an oil reserve for March of something like 900,000,000 gallons. In oil economics the current idea seems to be that the bigger the reserve on hand and the brighter the outlook for future supplies, the bet ter the opportunity to put up prices. No wonder the Department of Justice feels called upon to show interest in the present price raising policy of practically every oil-producing company in the United States. Four cents up in six weeks is more than a joke in this motor-driven land. WAITING. Since last Monday we have been waiting for Mayor Hylan'a acknowledgment that ho either misrepresented the Transit Commission's tenta tive valuation of the surfaca lines or elso made an Irresponsible and untruthful statement with out adequato Knowledge of what he was talking about. We have noticed no retraction or confession. Has any one elso? Neither has tho Mayor proved tils charge that the Transit Commission proposes to buy tho sur face lines nt half ,a billion dollarn instead of about a third of that sum. AMERICANS WOULDN'T PAY IT. AMERICAN sportsmen will puzzle over the large offers reported for a Dcmpsey-Car-pentier match some time withui a year. American fight fans paid a staggering sum to see the battle at Boyle's Thirty Acres. They wouldn't pay a fraction as much to see a return match. For Americans the bout last year settled the question. The sporting world has no reason to believe the comparative ability of the fighters has changed. . Dempsey is older, but so is Carpcnticr. Dempsey probably has the same advantage he had before. Another fight might prove a good exhibition. , Carpentier is so clever that he always has an out side chance to land and win. In that case, a third match would be necessary. American sportsmen cannot regard this as a real championship match a $450,000 battle. But if European promoters care to gamble on the proposition, it is easy to sec how Dempsey and Carpentier would welcome the chance to refill their purses. POPULAR INTEREST IN TRANSIT PLANS. AN Evening World reader objects to the present system of transit on the Williams burg Bridge. He explains that the entrance to the bridge is eleven blocks inland, that a great number of workers in that section live in the Williamsburg district in Brooklyn and cross the bridge twice a day. He suggests the practicability of an entrance for pedestrians at the bridge tower as a means of lessening congestion at the plaza and of saving many steps for workers who at present have to double their route for several blocks. The suggestion is worthy of consideration. Some of the bridges have tower entrances. The Queensboro Bridge, for example, has an cle vator in tho east tower. The foot traffic there docs not compare with that in the district referred to by this Evening World reader. Equally desirable is the state of mind indicated by this letter. Here is a man who is giving thought to the transit problems as it affects him and others. And that is one of the crying needs of the day. Toward reaching many transit patrons and rrtaking them think on the subject, the movies offer an excellent approach. It is to be hoped the Transit Commission will keep up a vigorous campaign with the- film recently shown at Town Hall. Take the plan to the people and help them to get it straight in their minds. If the Commission can do this, Hylan dema gogy cannot avail. Hylancsquc parroting of the 5-ceht fare will cease to obscure the real problem. Hylan's obstruction will be checked by the swell ing support of a transit plan for unification and better service. ONLY A LABEL NOW. THE Beveridge come-back and his triumph over Senator New, a typical member of the Old Guard, has helped to revive the use of the word "Progressive" coupled with "Republican." From 1903 to 1912 "Progressive" meant some thing. Progressive Republicans stood for differ ent policies, principles and practice from Stand pat Republicans. The word was descriptive then. Is it to-day? Beveridge was a Progressive in that period. So were Cummings, Norris, Johnson, Borah, La Follctte and others who have managed to hang on in public life. A host of politicians, Theodore Roosevelt among the number, professed "progres sivism" and scrambled for office. The Bull Moose split away. The stirring campaign of 1912 followed. Taft stuck with the stand-patters. The fight was between Wilson and Roosevelt. Each endeavored to outdo the other in attracting the progressive vote. The Bull Moose Party died. A considerable fraction of the membership were Roosevelt fol lowers, and they followed Roosevelt pack to the Republican fold. As a political movement, "pxo grcssivism" languished. Another faction in the Bull Moose membership were "progressive" as a matter of principle. They were sincere believers in liberalism. They wanted' fairer taxation. They had sympathy with many of the claims made by labor. They believed in conservation as opposed to exploitation. They couldn't follow Roosevelt back to the .Old Guard. They were lost, politically speaking, until they had time to watch Woodrow Wilson at work re deeming campaign pledges and forcing Bourbon Democrats to do what they didn't want to do. These were the real progressives who formed the fighting strength that won for Wilson in 1916. They carried the balance of power. They were progressives by principle. The political progressives kept the name when it helped to win votes. Some of them managed to continue in office. Most of them stuck to the safely proved formulas on which they had won. Progrcssivism went 'forward under Wilson until progress had passed the old political progressives. For the most part they stood still Borah is an exception. Progressivism became a label, not a description. The Beveridge campaign emphasized this. lie was a "Progressive" but not progressive. He would have us go back to lhexgood old days when he was in the van of the procession that has passed him by. I le doesn't want to go back to ' "normalcy" and the policies of Mark Hanna. Bcvcridge's clock didn't stop until eight or ten years after Harding's. But the. Beveridge cam paign was a perfect measure of what political "Progrcssivism" is to-day. It isn't as bad as Old Guardism, but it isn't of much use to the progres sives who turned to Wilson when the Bull Moose died. They have visions and hopes of something better than the comparative reaction Beveridge and the "Progressives" of to-day recommend. r ACHES AND PAINS A Disjointed Column by John Keetx. The Chinese claim to have invented everything and throivii most of it away. A disciple asked Confucius if he should think thrice before acting. "Twice icili do," replied the sage. Against this we have Talleyrand: "Xevvr act upon first impulses, as they aro always right." It would appear from the public prints that Assent blyman F. T. Davison is our one endowed politician. Four big trust companies have taken over the con trol of Jay Oould's estate. Why not give some of it back to the Eriet Andrew U. Qreen is to have a memorial in Central Park worthy of his name. Under the competent direc tion of Samuel Parsons a grove of fine trees, each sixty feet high, is to le'planted in imported soil. They will keep green the memory of the father of Greater .Veto York. Lloyd George suggests that Europe behave itself for len years. . Good idea. Wonder if Chicago could be included in tho deal! M Connecticut counts up eight cities with new-laid ocratia ilayors. The Door Is Open A Little Copyrlfht. 1821, Kew York Evfntfif world) Vy rrem rubliiJitm Oo. By John Cassel From Evening World Readers What kind ol letter do you Rnd most readable? Isn't it tho one tlmt fives the worth'of a thousand words in a coufilo ol hundred? There is Una mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in'tryini to my much in few words. Take time to be brief. I ' . Cl!- CiiUckp Snliirlm. To the IMItor at Tho livening World: On May 7, 1S47, the people of old New York, In Legislature assembled, enacted :i measure authorizing tho es tablishment of a. free academy, or col lege, piovhlcd that the approval of the. city was obtained. ,t the school election, fir.st Monday n June, 1817, tho question was thcrc- foro submitted to tho people. Tho voto was ID, 401 In fuvor at cstublish- ng tho free academy to 3,409 against In other word, tliern wus a tre mendous majority of six to ono In favor. Mayor Ilylan had not then been born, but ho will no doubt be statically astonished to bear that even his tre mendous majority of 410,000 votes' is not unprecedented. Yet since Jan. (!. 192L', ho ban "ob stinately opposed tho salary raises of 200 of its professota and teachers, day, night and summer sessions, tho only teachers in New Yoik State who have not had sulary raises slnco 1907, while approving his own salary raise.. Homo faithful alumni of tho college waltc'd till midnight nnd enrly Sundny morning, May 7, and held a prayor nnd pralso meeting for thu wisdom of our, fathers In establishing tho Free Academy, now College of tho City of New lorlc, and fervently prayed for our Mayor's enlightenment. H. CJ. SCHNEIDER. An Appreciation. To tho Kdltor of The livening World,: I wish to express my appreciation of tho gentlo and yet forceful plea of Lona, M. Chapman in favor of tho Soldiers' Bonus. Of all tho nppetls or protestations against tho Ingratitude of our opulent Hcpubllc, hers strikes mo tho sim plest, yet tho most clooucnt. I am a mother of two ex-service men. MRS. MARIE EICIIENRERGER Now York, May 9, 1912. with tho 73,000 boys who died for our flag and what It stands for. JOE TAYLOR. New York, May 11, 1922. Thrrr (.unit Jtnlrn. To Urn IMIIor of Tho livening World: In your paper I have read that Drs. lavor.skl and Vnehet, noted French scientists, have discovered a hystem of Injection that would prolong man's llfo to 1G0 years. l'Vom my part I would state that Injection of any kind has been proved as Jus-t temporary, and never has done any good permanently to tho injected person, but in tcveral cases It has done liuim. To prolong a man's llfo depends upon the person himself. Threo slm- plo methods that win prolong any man's life are as follows: Right thinking. Right diet. Right exercise. People in ancient times lived long bocauso they wero living near to tho laws of nature. uut now most persons aro not thinking right, but aro great dream- i ers and schemers, and full of Jealousy, Their diet Is not properly masti cated, and tho food Is not puro as it was in olden times. Few take proper exercise. Exer cise Is of great benefit If all the muscles nro brought Into piny. The trouble is that peoplo rarely study about their own body. As long us no two fingerprints are the same, it follows that t!o two bodies havo the camo nervous system Medicines that have cured ono will not be so good for tho other. . THEODORE RERGMAN New York. May 9, 1922. Keep Tliriu rrUonera. To the Kdltor of Tho Utenlui World I Why Bhould on American grieve or show wympathy for tho so-called po litical prisoners.' I call them by an other name traitors to the greatest nation that Cod s sun ever shono on Just jib long as wo havo boys ly ing on pads 'of pain in our hospitals on nccount of war wounds, Just as long na we meet boj-B on our streets wearing tho silver star of servlco In tho lapels of their coats, tho white pallor of death on their faces, fight Ing for llfo against tho great whitn plague on account of gas Inhaled on tlio bnttlcllelds while lighting so that WHOSE MHTHD.VY? MAY 13TJI MARIA THERESA Empress of Germany and Austria nnd Queen of Hungary and Hohemla, was born In Vienna, Austria, on tho lath of May, 1717, and died on Nov. 29. 17S0. When alio ascended tho throne nt the death of her father, Charles VI., In 1740, several contestants put forth conflicting claims nnd n number of Herman riinces claimed largo nor tlons of her dominions. Tho country was invatiea ny iTcaencn tho Great tho Havarlans and tho Spanlatds, and no began the great heven Years' War for tho title of tho Austrian throne When tho treaty of Alx-la-Chapclle terminated the war In 174S she lost a good deul of territory but gained the odvantngo or paving nor husband. Francis I., proclaimed Emperor. Upon tho cessation of hostilities Maria Tho r.)sa turned her attention to internal conditions. Sho founded schools and universities, reformed crlm nnl nmo tlco and improved tho condition of Uiu peasanis. uuougu a devout Cuth olio sho enforced various icllgious ro- wo might live here m peaco and ban plness, Just so long should these forms, among them lieing tho mm. traitors remain in prison. The man prceslon of tho Inquisition nt Milan wuo gives mem rcleubo breaks, fjdth ana ccnain practices or tuo Jcsulta. t UNCOMMON SENSE fey John Blake (Cornlrti. 1121. bt loin "'i t DO YOU MEAN IT? Absolute sincerity is one of the rarest of qualities. He cause it is rare it is one of the most valuable. The mini who not only keeps his word but means whut he says to nil his fellow men is sure to win high esteem. Count the men and women upon whose word you can absolutely depend, and you will find them deplor ably few. This is not that they are liars or that they mean delib erately to deceive. It means rather that they like "to gel along with peo ple" and that they have discovered that a little praise or a little flattery, even if insiiicerc, often makes temporary friends. But such friends arc only tcmporury. You turn for advice or for comfort to thot.n who will tell you what they arc thinking who, even at the risk of offending you, will point out what they believe to be shortcomings which are standing in your way. It is not necessary in order to prove your sincerity to go about saying disagreeable things. t It is not necessary to form judgments of all your friends most of which arc based on hasty or wrong conclu sions nnd to rush to them with your, censure or disapproval. It is often useful to keep quiet about adverse opinions till you have tested them and learned that they are well founded, rather than to hurt people's feelings by being too outspoken. But be sparing of your praise Tind give it only when you mean it. Let it be known that you do not gush, that you do not pretend to like people that you do not like, and for no motive whatever will you be guilty of flattery. A reputation for sincerity is not easy to gain, yet it can be gained without making any but highly desirable enemies and without any sacrifice of personal popularity. Give advice when asked, if you feel qualified to give it, but be chary 'with it nt all times. , Be civil and cordial to every one except those, who deserve your dislike, but be sincere and straightforward, and you will earn for yourself n place in your acquaintanceship that few are strong enough to attain. TURNING THE PAGES By C. VI. 9sbont OopTrtfht, 1023 (New York Eventnj World), by 1'rtM rubllihlnc Oo. rAtNTED her a oushtng thing. With years perhaps a score; I little thought to find they were At least a dozen more, ily fancy gave her eyes of blue, A curly, atlburn head; I came to find tho blue a green, The auburn turned to red. She boxed my ears this morning They tingled very much; I own that I could wish her A somewhat lighter touch; And if you wete to ask mo how Iter charms might be improved. I would not have them added to, Hut just a few removed. Old rhymes from n new bojpk aro these. They are part of "My Fancy, at poem by Lewis Carroll included In "Tho Little Cook of Society Verso," on anthology compllod by Clatido MP . i . T 1.1 r Of..,na A puraa ilhu iiuuiu -. .j n. ....... . - - Houghton-Mifflin book. Tho Closed Door at Homo-- From Margaret Emerson Bailey's, Tho Valuo of Good Manners,' (Doubleday-rage) this hint of cortaln courtesies of tho home: Our parents had, themselves, u, nlco sense of privacy; a sense which they took pains to impart to us. As early as wo could remember, we had been taught n reverence for the closed door. When mother was lying down, or when father was busy in his study, they woro not unless for something qulto Imperative to bo disturbed. Hard lines, sometimes, and a eoro test of patience when mother was tno very pcraon wnom wo wanted ( father mlrht exnlaln the nrobleniw1 that wo could not solve. Hut tho law was hard nnd fast. Worao yet, the samo respect wo must show toward each other. Wo did not rush Into other people's houses. Very well, In our own fam ily, each member had a hotifo in his own room. When bo was occupied, except when his withdrawal was pure selfishness,, an escapo from household duties, ho had every right not to be at home. A practical illustration of tho workj Ing of an earthly mansions." 'house of maiO MONEY TALKS By HERBERT BENINGTON. Coryrlcht. 1822 (Nw York Kvcnlnc World) by Trei I'ublljhins Comapny. THE INTERNATIONAL THOUGHT Why aro thinking people at this particular time turning their minds towavd thrift? The International news brlstleB with talk of balancing budgets, cut ting down appropriations and ex penditures, financlnt conferences, fee. Domestically, wo find Natlonnl banks opening special Interest departmenjs, peoplo Inconveniencing themselves to buy from tho cheapest seller, and opening savings accounts. ' Wo find on every hand strides being made toward thrift and invest ment as compared with the loose spending and speculation of four years ago. Is not tho answer found in tho present depression, which has taught nil tho much needed lesson that only by living within ono'a incomo and saving part of It can peaco and hap piness bo found? As the Saying Is "I'M SOMETHING OF A LIAR MYSELF." A bit of American colloquial humor applied to any ono suspected of playing Munchausen. Tho story runs that a rertaln Yankeo who had told a marvellous talo of adventure turned around to a Scotchman In the com pany and asked If ho wcio not nston irliod. "Nu, nn," was tho answer. 'Tm na that. I'm something of a lecar mysel'. " Here, if You 1'lcasc, Is Hclol.se Returning to an earlier practice of rendering the pot trait of a new herolnu of fiction: Her lips were sullen and her eyes heavy. Hut, even under tho cloud, fho lay there ulong tho length of tlv lounglng-chalr, like a shining cres cent moon. Sho was very fair and very J smooth, her clinging dress was ci sliver cloth. Her long, narrow fetl and ankles were dressed, In silver There was a half-moon of brilliant In her hair. Sho hud a face of so Unr un ' clear and chiselled u pt rfcoiiun thu it draw probing look aft. r l.mk u satisfy an inovltabln Inori'iluliiy Tho lips were pink with lonj, curves, the nose was a trill,- pinch' tho eyes wero narrow nnd woini . m a clear, greenish gray, tin lire tv. Just pencilled In golden brown, ihi hair, ull sleek nnd innn.il ami groomed, fitted clo.'c about Hit m.il! head liko a dark goldrn helmet So, In her novel "Q" (Houghtcn- Miffiln), Katharlno Ncwlln Hint pie- scnta Hcloiao Grinscombc, of Hlti pcnkllt on tho Hudson. Tho I'oct and tho Sjphou - ono incident from "Tho iiome l,uo of Swinburne," by Mra. Clara Watts- Dunton: Ills Intelligence was so confined to pretty and imaginative literature that even th mechanism of a soda water syphon was beyond hlni. When for tho first timo I roanlpiif lated ono In his presence, he gazed fixedly at me, evincing considerable apprehension for my safety. I succeeded In telcasing a gentle stream Into my glass. When I stopped, he said with an accent of admiration and surprise. "How cleverly you did that; I couldn't havo done- It." Still, tho poet who can turn on the! really aparklins liquid of verso haril his compensations for mechanical! handicaps. Tho Parents of retcr--- Of his hero's immcdlato ancestry U his novel "Peter Whiffle," (Knopf! Carl Van Vechten writes: Ills father was cashier In a bank, a straight, serious, plain sort of man. of the kind that Is a prop to a small town, looked up to and re- i spected, asked whether, an election will have an effect on stock values, nnd whether It Is better to Illumin ate one's house with gas or elec tricity. Ills mother wits a small woninnl with a pleasant face and red hair which she parted In tho centre. Kindliness sho occasionally i n ried almoit to the point of slllliie She was somewhat garrulous, ton, but she was well read, not at .ill Ignorant, and at surprising inn. mcnts ave evidence of popscbnllit a small stock of common wi ns. I think Peter Inherited n noun deal of his quality from hU motln . who was n I'otheiltiKH) , i Chester, Pennsylvania. I m, t n, for the first tlmu soon aft. i h. , husband's death. She was wearing. In addition to (. suitable mourning garment, av chains of Chlneso beaJs and kueniua moderately depressed. So wo get Mr. Van Vechtcn's In of the likely purentago of a "vurlal and restless author who never wro a book." nut Is heredity rcnlly to blame? Considering that I'ctcr takes his Tlronment mixed from Paris, Floren und odd corners of Newt York? USP t'"l "Www