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ESTABLISHED nV JOSEPH rULITZEtt. FubU&hrd dallr nccpt Hundar br Ths IYtim Publistilns Oompanr, 63 to 63 Irk Ilow. New York. lULPH rUUTZKH. rrtddwit, 63 Irk How. J. ANOU8 BI1AW, Trewurrr. 63 Park How. JOSEPH rULlTZEK, Secretary, 63 Tark How. kd4rel all tommanlratloni lo T II E EVENING 1TORLD hoIIUrr Bnlltflni, Talk Bow, New York Cltr. Remit hr r.iprrn Hotter Order, Draft, roit Of Pre Order or Registered Ulter \Clrcolatlon Pooka Open lo All.\ FRIDAY DECEMBER ?2. W22 BUDSOniPTlON HATES. Entered at the Port Office at New York a Second Clan Matter. lUnUSO tree In tb United State, outdde Greater New York. One Year fil Months Ono MoU FTMilmt World... jio.oo aoc $ .r. l y and Sunday World... 12.00 fl) l.oo Dally World Only 10.00 BOO M w.07,d,,n.lrji 400 5!! M World 1.00 World Almanac for 1021, 05 cent- - bv mall CO crulf. DIUNCn OFFICES. flPTOWN, ISM U way, cor. JSth IIAKLEM, 20M 7th Ave, .Kar 128lh 81., Hotel Tnero nidg, bltONX 410 E. 140Ui Bl near , 8d Ave. rJllOOKI.YN, 291 Waahlngton St. and 117 Fulton St WASHINOTON. Wyalt Dldf 14th and I fit. DFIHOIT, Ml Ford Bid. C1IIC1ACIO, 1003 Mailers Bid, PAH IS. 47 Avenue do I'Optra, LONDON. 10 CoclKpur-B- MEMBER OP Til 15 ASSOCIATED i'ltESS. The Aaaoeiated Prom In oiclunlrrljr entitled to the use for repiibnv. ratkm of all newa deapatchra credited to It or not othcrwlao credited 0 thli paper, and also the local newa publbhed herein. NO KEENER EYE. may be some of the inevitable THERE of a \bitter ender\ in Senator Borah's method of approaching the European economic problem. But there is nothing roundabout in Senator Borah's recognition of the reasons why the prob- lem must be approached: \We nro travelling In n vicious circle A'o cnactod an emergency nnd til bo a permanent tariff bill. Novorthblcss, tho cry of distress from tho producors of the country Is even moro pitcobs than nt any tlmo since tho war. Tho farmer can find no markets abroad for his products, and without n market for his surplus products It Is Impossible for him to realize tho ' valuo of that which ho produces. l: \Wo now proposo to Anact a Ship Subsidy Bill, but there aro no cargoes to carry and no markets to supply. If wo should glvo our mll- - 1 lions In the way of subsidies It would not open a slnglo market nor supply a slnglo cargo. Theso things are not produced by subsidies.\ When Senator Borah talks of foreign policy in Mjme of its larger aspects, his limitations arc ap- - parent. But there is no keener eye in the United States just now for the economic facts. I RopublIcanr to Glvo Smith Free Hand In Transit Headline. Now If bo could only hope for as much from tho Democrats! MISS M'COOEY'S WORD FOR IT. WHEN Miss Margaret' McCoocy started work her new office of Assistant Superinten- dent of Schools, she revealed to an Evening World reporter her view of the reason for her selection. Said Miss McCoocy: . \Of courso it takes political favor to get a Job ' Hko this or any other Job. Political pull t.clpcd me, bat you havo to bavo something besides pulL You bavo to havo qualifications.\ 'Hint statement s honest at least.. But it dif- fers broadly from the tenor of the remarks made b various members of the Board of Education when they announced the election of Miss McCoocy. Commissioner Ferguson, for example, moved that nominations be closed and said he had kViown John II. McCooey for twenty-fiv- e jcars anil be- lieved him incapable of using his.poliiic.il influ- ence to further the promotion of friends and da- tives Miss McCooey has known her brother for sev- eral more than taenly-fiv- e years and she says \po- litical pulljiclpcd me.\ Miss, McCooey is frank to the point of cynicism. The only thing that can be said for the Board of Education apologists is that they haven't the cour- age to shun hypocrisy. Whatever Miss McCoocy's qualifications for her ' new post may be, it is fairly obvious that they arc better than the qualifications of the members of the Board of Education who have not even the backbone to face the music. MotorlBts who haven't provided tlioniHoI\Ort with 1923 motor plates will deserve Ilttlj aym-putb- y when thoy are caught In tho litst-da- y Jam. They have had sis weeks to do their New Year's shopping. SLUGS IN SUBWAY TURNSTILES. THE Interborough is beginning to press its against those who have been cheating the turnstiles by using slugs instead oi nickels. To thoughtless people this may seem a rather petty policy that savors more of persecution than .prosecution. Five cents isn't very big when com- pared with the annual income of the subway sys- - tern. The sympathy of the crowd is normally with the undcr-do- g and against special officers of cor- - poraiions, and in particular a corporation against which every subway patron has a host of justifi able grievances. But this is the wrong way to look at it. The. vPetty action is not on the part of the corporations, but rather cn the part ol the person who tries to cheat with slugs. To the individual, the money difference between honesty and dishonesty is not Treat To the Interborough the loss from a kgion ot slug passers is serious. from purely selfish motfves tiie sympathies of subway patrons should be with the Interborough. If the Interborough collects more nickels and fewtr slugs, so much the better chance for the regu- latory commission to require purchase of new equipment and adequate service on the subway lines. The slug passer cheats the pajing patrons as well as the company. A CHRISTMAS BOMBSHELL. REPRESENTATIVE UPSIIAW of Georgia1 is the full courage and logic of his convictions. Mr. Upshaw flatly tells the House of Represent tatives that he would have \State Governors, led by the President and Vice President of the United Stairs and all the members of the Cabinet, walk out in the open, lift their hands before High Heaven and take a new oath of allegiance to the whole Constitution and the American flag.\ \Lot them sacredly dcclaro that, regardless of what their tastes nnd practices havo boon, they wlll novcr aguln build up n bootlegger's barbarous business by drinking any form or nuy amount ot illicit liquors at any dlnnor, at any function or In any ballroom or any back alley. \Lot every mcmbor of Congress and every United States Senator follow cult.\ That particular bombshell was bound to burst sooner or later in the halls of legislation. Readers of The Evening World will remember this newspaper has long insisted that hypocrisy could not forever conceal the justice of knowing how far lawmakers personally practise thc Prohi- bition they inflict upon others. Just before the election last month The Evening World sent the following telegram to each of twelve United States Senators who voted for the prestnt Volstead law and who were candidates for : In voting to enact or uphold present Prohibit lion Law you have voted away a personal lib- erty of millions of people telio never abused that liberty. In view of the peculiar nature of this law and the moral aroitmcnta advanced to support it, do yon believe the people upon whom you im- pose Prohibition have a right to know to what extent you personally practise Prohlbltiont If you do not believe they have a right to such knowledge, on what grounds do you deny their right! Only one Senator out of the twelve saw fit to answer. Ni'W the forbidden question rears up at last in Congress itself in the form of a Prohibition de- mand that Officers of the Government and Mem bers of the Legislature shall not do in private what jfhey publicly profess to condemn. Once raised, the question will not down. It happens to be raised at a time when the Na tional Capital is reported well supplied with Christmas \booze\ at falling prices. It happens to be raised at a moment when the Additional Grand Jury in the County of New York presents a lesolution calling for a repeal of the Mullan-Gag- c Enforcement Act in this State because of the huge waste of time and money in vain efforts to secure convictions or even indict- ments for alleged violations of this law. Vhe futility of present Prohibition enforcement Ins become a State and National worry. Tie corruption bred by present enforcement law has become a civic menace. Aid now consiitencs poinls a legislative finger a the lact that present Prohibition law weighs most lightly on many of those whose sworn duty is lo execute, interpret and enforce the Nation's laws. Ilow much more confusion, demoralization and shame are we lo suffer from this law before wn modify it? With flight theatrical productions opening in this city Christmas evonlng, tho \popular first nlghter\ will need to transform hlmsclC lutu a regular crowd. The shortest day of tho year doesn't seem so to postal workers nnd department Ftoro clerks. ACHES AND PAINS. \What in a banker!\ asks a correspondent. .1 banker is a person who lends sumcbody else's money and takes tho profit for himself. SccfilcaJIj speaking, a little soft coal smoke A'oio York. It mellows the sky line, gives the horizon a pleasant haze nnd tcnihcrs the sunlight agreeably. Old I'M Howo of AtchlBo'u Is kicking nil the tlmo At thoio of u3 who feel our oatu Anil work 'cm off in rhymo. Ho hoeniB to tlilnlNus nddlc-pnto- s HccauHo when notions tlnglo Wo take our fountain pens In liantl And set tlicm to u Jingle. It's Just n bluff, I toll you now Aa you may well suppose Mecuuno when ho has such u fit Ho lililos his song m prosel J7to Christian ,lJiom(e j2ji. : .t.ertp0?. lnCo of $2.30 per ynjc (3 i?to same as when It was estab- lish' d In ISJtf. 'So flrofltcrrltig is the point. 117; suggest that hoiitt llustita nmatn tuirccogit.v & ttnttl it recall Santa C'aus. .JOHN KEETZ. Art-- . EVE-NIN- WORIS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER Slipping Forward! . VlTT. v S5 i From Evening World Readers What kind ol lettet do you find most readable p Isn't it the one that tives the trorth ol a thousand wards in a couple ol- hundred? Then is fine mental exerc.se tnd a lot ot satisfaction n 'tying to aay cnucli in few words. Take ime to be brief. Who TJItea DuliblHT To tho Editor of The Evening World: In her letter on Sinclair Lewis and Babbitt, Miss MorBliall falls Into the error common to tho Sinclair Lewis cult. Sho rightly says that \If any tlguro In tho American scene needs to be bitten by tho acid of satlro It la Babbitt.\ Tho error comes In nssum Ing that Sinclair Lewis is succbss'nl In driving homo his satire. Actually he Ib anything but that. Babbitt, r b reads nbout himself, dismisses Sin clair Lewis as \one of those dam- - U 'lshevlUI\ and lets It go nt that. The \Main Street\ Idea Isn't t bite nnd masticate. The \overythlng-wiong-wllh-Amorlca- \ cult docs not blto nnd then mnstlcnto. It bites and swallows. Tho result Is a sort 01 mental Indigestion nnd o' worltinr; Itself oti via the typewriter Sinclair Luwla doesn't hurt Babbitt Tim poison of tho spleen, on I ho con trary, icaches out to tho Carol Kcmil- - cotts who arc earnestly trying to Im prove tho Gopher I'ralrles, and with a degrco of success. Sinclair Lewis preaches a gospel of despair. As an Item In contrast hero Is a squib the Herald reprinted from the NewB-lU'Cor- published at Llndsburg. u llttlo town In Kansas; \Owing to tho fact that all. tho em ployees of tho banks In our city are members of tho Bethany Oratorio So ciety and will accompany tho chorus to Kansas City tho three banking houses of this city will closo all day Saturday.\ Llndsborg Is trying to do md making good effort for music whut Obcrammcrgmi does for tho drama. I.lndsborg has excited Interest nnd somo degrco of emulation all through tho Mlddlo West. If left alone the Carols \blto\ tho Unbbltts mor4 than tie ronio of tho \young Intelligentsia\ of tho largest cunfio of culture. r. S. PrnlarN tlir I. It. A. -- n n To tlto Ililltor of Tlra i:entns World: beumas O Mcara a letter makes in teresting reading, though doubtless his remarks will not bo welcomed by somo of New Yoik's residents. To tho uninformed then) Is a ling of truth In his letter and a gemblanco of Juatlco lu his protest. However, to glvo tho devil his due, no evidence ha as yet lecn adduced to show that tho letter signed \Com petent Military Authority, Irish Bo publican Army\ wns written or Is sued by any onrf having the remotest connection with tho Irish Republican Army. It might reasonably bo said that tho letter wns written by mnf one anxious to liavo the odium that must nceessarlly attach Itfclf to tho iiuthor of mioh 11 document, placed on tin- wliouldeia nt Urn ixjiv from whom It Is HUpposul to luu'j Ik en Idaucd, namely, tho I. It. A. 'Xo tug mlna tho document la either. the work of a fool or a foicr t.r both. The titlo \Competent Military Au- thority\ is not one that can be car- ried around like \Colonel\ u \Gen- eral.\ Tho right to uso tho titlo j 0111. .1 tho bearer of It Is within tho bounds of the country, or ctlon of tho country, over which ho 'las assumed control. Obvlotndy, no tan, whatever his rnnk In tho army 1 Ireland, would nttempt to arrogate i himself such a titlo outside of Iro-'n- d. It would bo a waste of words to tttrmpt to icfuto Seumas O' Moure's attack on the Irish Bepubliean Army. Men fighting for an Ideal can nevr bo guilty of murder or rapino or rob- bery. Even the Freeman's Journal (one of tho bitterest opponents of (he Irish Republic) pays frequent trst.-- ' mony to tho courngo and chivalry jf tho I. It. A. I cannot help nuspceLns that \Keumaa\ would ' bo thoro readily Identified by his Intimates if !io sub- scribed himself plain \Jimmy.\ AOD1I UA IV lint Ilulia tho Fnrr To the Cflltor of The EvenlnR World: Now thnt your \What did you sco?\ page has proved such tremendous suc- cess may I suggest your starting n 'What rubs your fur tho wrong way?\ department? Hero nro two for a starter. Why In tho name of common sense do not tho largo motion plctuie theatres In New York City Inaugurate an elllclcnt system of handling the crowdB at their performances, cspo- - clally on Sunday nnd holiday eve- nings? One theatre In particular em- ploys n. corps of girls whoso only nuallflcatlon for employment seems that they should uo unuer a nunareu pounds. Yet they expect tnese girls to cone with a public consisting every typo of human being nam ll-.- excessively fleshy matron 10 xno i bruiser. It ccrtulnly is n pathetm sight to watch tho effect one hour of this has on tno gins, anti inni iney can bo courteous certainty sma:ia of rigorous discipline It Bccms v that no ono hns though! of using tht Hystcni In voguo in tno regular tno. aire, i.e.. numbered scats at dcslg nerformanccs. It Is n far cry from this topic to M10 M..amo Duck.\ but ireent newspaper Issues havo dlscusseit btartlng :lia Present's term on January 1 in leu nf March 4. My iden of lost motion Is to havo a man occupy an oltlce for even twenty-tou- r nours nxicr ne nns j,,.n i..itfii for l''or my part 1 would like to tee ivcry occu iKint nubile ollkc delegated ns as- - i!i't nit to his ror the utuv-pu.- J tirni of his 'ilhi.., or tit hint to have ruch measure is hr may vote for w vtto t.ubjtct to his sue ceuor'c appiovsJ. 3Y. J. G. Coprrlcht. 1922, Nw York Vv.ntn Wot Id) Prtas Pub. Co. 7 rw, jjtomw mwwiwwwwwiwww I iMawaaaasawaaaaaaMaaMMaaBaasawiaaaaaBfXJI John Cassel UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake ' ' (Ccsjrtti!. lilt to Kaka. THE WHO KNOWS. Governments come and go, but always, villi every change, there arc officials that stay. An Assistant Secretary of State for the United States, A. A. Adcc, held his position through seven administrations. Tor, in the office of the State Department, there had to be some one with continuing experience, some one who knew all the precedents, some one on whom the incoming Secre- taries could lean. Adec was. that man. In industry, as well ns in Government, there are indis- pensable men, wJio hold their positions because they know the routine of the business. These arc the men who arc kept through \hard times'\ and arc advanced while other men stand still. They arc the men who, when partnerships arc to be given out, arc most likely to get them. For without taking a living in the business and without having n sincere desire to sec it prosper, they could never h.ivp learned as much about it as they have, learned. The clock watchers and the time wasters arc never in the office long enough to know what is going on. To them it makes no difference whether the concern gets a contract or not or sells a particularly profitable bill of goods. What they arc after is their pay, and they want to give for it just as little of their time and attention as is possible. Becnusc there is always a shortage of men who know, these fellows may hold their jobs for their lifetimes, and even gainpromotions. Hut they never go very far. And they arc always sub- ject to dismissal when change of business conditions brings about a decrease of profits und necessary curtailment of expenses. To know a business nny business a man must stud it, and think about it, und interest himself in it. If he does that, he equips himself for his work, and the fact that he is valuable man in one firm makes him always desirable to the firm's rivals. Long j'cars of experience arc not necessary to such an equipment. But intensive study is. It is the mnn who lms cntjugh interest in himself to be interested in his work and to know it, who keeps his job till he gets a better one, nml who is likely to keep on getting better ones till he cither owns that firm or gets 11 salary which amply compensates him for working for it. WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WORD? Turista cavil nt uso of tho word 'cxecuto\ In tho eenso of legally putting Purists to dentn, Tcciuiieuiiy Iho nro right: practically they .110 wrong. \The execution of Louis XVI.\ i a. plitaso that beara th; itamp of authority. T. .1. ,1 Hy interest a 11 a (Mnso. to \execute\ meant to carry nut or to enmnlcto 11 sentence, for exnmiilo. (From the Latin \ex \out ami \sequor 'to follow.) Hut In tho Inst analysis Inngunge Is mado, not by tha lexicographers but by usago. In other wordj, language Is 11 democracy. Althoucli to \cxecuto\ orlclnallv meant to carry out any kind of sen- tence, or een a legal paper of any Hort. In popular usago tho word began tu mean Un legal putting to death vl a man, whether ;aktng or a less illus- trious murderer. .'e'U tut .!.o woitl OrlsiaaUv, aUi ju it3 etymological go at that. Fireside Science By Rantome Sutton CP7rljrht, IBM (Naw Tork Brtnlna WorliU, Praat Pub. Co. XVIII. THE 8TORY 200LOQY TELL8. . i -- y OOLOGY ella of tho lives, rcla X . tlonshlps and behavior of ani- mals. It Is tho sclonct) which first charms chUdrcn. Tho storv con tains five chapters, covorlng tlvo loud periods of time tho \Agcs' named aftor tho fivo kinds of nn mals that havo successively donu-- t nated tho earth. THE ACIK nt\ tvvrnipifn.WLt - \ .J.. A HIH .L A , . L began when life nrat quickened in tl point of protoplasm. Prior to thai) tlmo nothing was olive. The watu.t wore as lifeless as tho locks. BactcrM camo nrst, single ells of naked uro-- i toplasm, which woro not of a vogc tablo nature, lllto yeast germs, nor ot, an animal nature, like nmnel inn tlinj( r woro neuter, being antecedent to ant mala aa well as plants. Theso germs drew their nourish- - mcnt directly from tho surrounding water. qhey subsisted on ocean dust But there camo a time When, duo to somo peculiar food condition, certrJt( kinds of germs took to feeding uponf other germs, or upon substances prc- - duced by other germs. Then began tho greatest cleavngd In nature: for tho descendants of or- ganisms which continued to draw their nourishment directly from tho waters becamo plants, whereas tho:o that acquired cannibalistic habits bu camo animals. Fundamentally, Urn difterenco between animals arid plan's has resulted from their methods of feeding: plants draw their fot-- directly from tho soil, water and nlr animals find their food already pii pared In plants. ' Another great accomplishment of tho first Ago of Life was the accum Ration of blngle-celle- d organisms Into many-celle- d organisms. Then thete ongmaiea many varieties or \ei a food\ flesh, of a kind typified by mrl- - lusks, or oysters. Theso shapeless masses of cells secreted the calcareou waste products found In their waterij foods which, adhering to their tiodlcy, formed shells. A she:, is nothing lest Uian an external skeleton. No an..nal of that ago possessed Internal skele-- . tons, or bones. Throughout that ngo It would seem that naturo was working by trial and error to fashion flesh Into moro elfl-cic- form. Star shapes wero clearl errors; their senses, for example, In stead of being centralized, aro diffused through tho live arms. As each arm acts according to tho impressions U receives, without central control. It Is a very difficult matter for a star flsli! to concentrate Its thoughts. Toward tho end of this Ago a queer llttlo finger of flesh, called an ns- - cldiau, appeared. It waa queer, bs-- i cause running lengthwlso of the body was a layer of cells which, In It.i lanco-llk- o descendants, tho lancelcts. hardened Into a notocord. It would seem to bo a very trivial subject to inject Into u discussion of epoch- -' making changes; yet the lancolets (amphloxus), by reason of notocord. gave rlso to tho wholo order of ftshii and of every kind ot crcaturo that possesses a backbone. THE AGE OK FISHES followed, during which time certain kinds 0 fish, living in shallows and marshes, learned to oreatho the air. For tho marshes occasionally dried up ana only such ot th muif-flsh- as man- aged to survive the droughts pro- duced succeeding generations, to which they transmitted tho ability that had saved their lives. Millions must havo perished for every ono that survived, but this weedina out process resulted gradu ally, century after century, In chang ing into lungs. From theso long-sufferi- flshci there finally tk'scended creatures which. ,whllo born in water, were able aa nutiits 10 uvo on mnu. oui-- statements would sound speculative wero we not privileged to see tad poles emcrgo from tho water to lh\ on the land. As they develop, their rudimentary fish scales become skln-Ilk- c, their fins feet-lik- e, whllo then.' gills artophy and their bladdors be- gin\ to function as lungs. Tho wholo series of changes mny bo witnosseil In tho New York Aquarium. With tho emergence of marlno creatures upon tho land, animal llf- - entered upon n now nnd moro thrll' Ing stage of development, which a tit bo discussed In tho next article. whose nnmnm i DEC. 22 JAMES EDWARD OGLE THORPE, founder of Ceorgla. wan liotn In London, England, Dec 2L'. 1C90. and died there Jan. 30, 17S5. Ho was ti rirltlHh army oincer, seived rci a member of Parliament for thirty years, and In 1732 secured a grant of land for tho purpose of establishlnr a colony for unfortunato debtors, tu 1733 ho reached America and found'll Savannah, Ga. The settlement wa fairly prosperous, nnd he Induced n numbei of German Protestants 'o seek refug\ there. Parrament. being well pleas' d with tho settlement, mado a puint of 150,000 lo further the en- terprise. In 1711 Og'etliorpe com- manded an expedition against tho Spanish settlements at St Angus tine, but was repulsed. Tho follow- ing year his colony was attacked un- successfully by n Spanish f ice. Hi returned to England In 1713, wlinr In 1752, ho resigned tho charter c\ Oenrg.n In tho Crown. In 1745 Ode thorpo was promoted to tho rank c Major Uonoral. Ills conduct In eon nectlon with thn Scottish rebellion 1 ' that eor w.i,. thu mbji t if inqi'ry Iiv enurtmartlal. However, ba v.i-- s acquitted, and In I7C5 was raised to tho rani; of General. .1
