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The evening world., 1920-12-20
UNCOMMON SENSE
By John Blake
, Copyright. 1920. by John Blake.l
BE A BARGAIN.

The world is always looking for bargains. Be bar
gain yourself, and you will be in demand.
Being a bargain is difficult, environment
where most men are far from bargains.
To be bargain you be good valuea little better
value than expected by the purchaser of your services
In other Words you must be willing give, in wo nd
thought and effort, than you paid for.
That may sound unfair first glance. But if you stop
think you will that nobody going be fool enough
to hire you if you profitable to him.
Employers business make money. Intelligent
employers do not expect wish proecr the they
hire There much competition for good to make
that expedient But they do expect to make fair profit
every salary they pay
you get for their profit the opportunity
learn the business you in, the chance to make
without riskng any investment and the office shop
factory in which you work All of these things the boss
supply Seldom do you take them your cacula-
If you worth only your wages but considerably
more you a bargain. Aud if you a bargain who
employs you will hold you. He will do even
though you higher and higher every year. For will
soon discover he does know already that the men
to whom pay the hghests are the biggest
bargains find, just highprced automobile that
will for twenty years far bigger bargain than low
priced automobile that will for only six months
Be a bargain in every way that you can be- Make
Your think all the time that he lucky to get vou
Make him think that he will be lucky keep you You
can do by doing your work well that you will attract
the of other employers in the business Thev
looking for bargains too and they will not to list
among them if boss does appreciate vou
Remember that this is a bargain hunting world and
that bargains snapped up. if YOU want 70
get ahead faster than you have been doing But be sub
sana bargain The cheap bargain is really no bargain
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YOCATIONLESS WOMEN.
tFrom the Duluth News Tribune.

tFrom tho Duluth News Tribune)
There are 100000 women in the United States
listed as without occupation" in the census records
1t makes wonder what the wise ones who con-
Eocted the census lists call an Occupation" This
much is certain these 100000 work longer hours
any others of their SEX have less OF leisure
Their duties more varied, they have Of hard
labor and to be skilled in their work requires more
time study and experience than does nine-tenths of
the occupations credited by the census to their sis.
ters or to men.
These millions of women Americas house
wives who do their own work II cooking, dishwash-
ing scrubbng washing, cleaning, caring for children
sewing, patching mendng, knitting darnng and the
form an occupation then OF course she has none
But she certainly has what occupies all of her time
and effort, and demands almost superhuman patience
for from 10 to 16 hours Of each day For IT, she gets
her board and clothes being usually expected to save
the cost from her husbands income through house
hold economies and this she usually does
" person who is occupied every day in the
most useful and valuable work there is in the world
has no occupation then the housewives have none
II to be a mother, caring for and rearing children TO
become good men and women is not an occupation
who Is there who really has one? Mothers are not
kept in stalls, fed tended and cared for. They do
these things for themselves well as for their on
spri1S and their husbands.
Those who planned the census are due for a
$4,000 900 jar Possibly 100000 husbands also have
this in store for them. for II to have occupation il
is necessary be economically independent to have
a salary or wage or separate income. the wives OF
America may make a concerted demand OF this evi
donce OF thJr usefulness and that they not para
SiteL"
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THE LEAGUE.

IN defiance of certain members of the United States
Senate, the League of Nations Assembly has
been in session at Geneva for the past five weeks
The thrty-fifth and final, plenary session came to
a close Saturday night
The meeting has been epoclal. The nations
have turned a corner in the history of the world.
For The first time delegates from the five continents,
representing more than three-fourhs Of the worlds
seventeen hundred million people, gathered in COM
mon council.
The militarists, bureaUcrats, reactonarieS and
revolltionaries-sitting in the seats of the scomful
will say that its achievements have been only
sound and fury signifyng nothing. The impatient
ideaStS will complain because it has not at once
ushered in the millennium. Both groups of critics
will be wrong
1t would have been mistake for the League to
have attempted too much at the outset. Enough
has been undertaken and accomplished to prove
the sincerity Of its adherents and to justify the
vision of its founders.
Ky admitting Austria and Bulgaria it has shown
the SenuineneSs of its desire to become ultimately
league of all nations, and not merely an alliance of
the vict0Tious powers.
By voting for the early establishment of trle
Court of International Justice and by promulgating
tentative proposals for the simultaneous reduction
of armaments it has made plain its determination
to substitute the force of right for the right Of force
in international relations.
BY the action taken for the rehabilitation of
bankrupt countries by credit cooperation, by the
choice of President Wilson TO mediate the Armenian
Turkish troubles by the mobilization of funds to
prevent the further spread of typhus, the League
in spite of the sneerS of its critics-haS shown its
capacity for economic craftsmanship and practical
philanthropy.
We shall do well to recall at this time that II was
President Wilson who, more than any other manA
gave to the agelong dream for lasting peace local
habitation and 4 name.
Impartial history will record, long after the
speeches of his traducers have been forgotten, that
it was his impaSsoned logic and reasoned eoquence
that made possible the League of Nations.
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FROM THE CITY OF HI Lam.

TO the HcdUcn-Born Mayor Of Pekin, China:
Mighty thoughts for the ruling Of cities
come from the lips Of the august MGyOr Of
this City Of III Ian.
The Orerlord. of Police being busy IDitN
other affairs, an army Of HlUrdereTs, thU0Sy
burglars and bandits came to inteSt the city.
The OUerIord denied the eristence Of crime.
He SpurTed on his police officers By reIoGTdiH0
the diliOent toith posts IN outlying suburbs,
tUhere they might enjoy the solitude so highly
commended by our philosophers.
These measures fGilinO HI Ian htmSeJ
took ouer the solution Of this problem. He
decreed that all citizens shan arm themselves
to fight the bandits. Worthy merchants 1oho
heed his Ioord toiH 90 about loith rifles, shot.
guns, pistols and botoie-knives; bank RteSSen-
gers Ioho arc loiSe tDiH carry machine guns
II Is crpected that among the slain tciH be
many there's The reduction in the popuIu-
non may relieve the housing shortage.
Do HkelUiSe, oh HeaUen Born Perhaps you
can induce the criminals to join the cttisenry
IN SuppreSsin0 crime. Then the entire police
force may be abolished.
HONG, COMMISSIONER.
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T'That'SqFact''
By Albert P. SOuthLUick
ANSWERED. QUERIES.
OopyriEl4. 1920. b. The Prous P,IbiH.hinE Co
cfhe Nc" York Evening Worid).

How many days did DR.. Tanner
fast? JAMDS r. LAWSON.
No. 100 West 6lst Street, N. Y. City.
Sixty He drank water quite freely
during that period.
How much is a half dollar OF 1854
with thirteen stars and Liberty on
one side and an eagle on the other
worth?
ANXIOUS, Brooklyn, N. Y.
It is impossible for us to give A
definite answer, as the premium at
present may be % or more per cent
above the rating of some time ago, or
25 per cent, more or less, than IL will
be a month from now. Apply to some
one OF the various stamp and coin
companies or establishments.
Is it possible for me to obtain a
patent on an invention without con
sulting an attorney? What will be
the cost?
r. w. c. "a poor mechanic), NY. CITY
Yes; but it is highly advisable IN
have some one represent you in the
proceedings. A patent attorney can
facilitate matters for you. There are
many reliable ones in WaShlngton
&c. If you must use your own az
forts, unuided, write to the Commis-
sioner OF Patents, Washin ington, ID. q
requesting an application blank ana
stating what you desire 10 patent
Khe expense varies greatly, Accord
ing 10 the form of patent Won dosirc
II may be $50 or $500. Years NO n
Wab as low ~ t1A
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Taxes.
To the Editor Of The Evening World:
Since the reformers jammed
through their Prohibition Amend
ment, thus cutting off the liquor tax,
the average hard-worhng, useful
citizen is likely to be burdened with
a heavier internal revenue tax on
Ms salary. and will have 10 pay more
Than necessary for his living and COM
for
The ultimate consumer pays all
taxes. Don't miss that.
He has already the burden OF n
State tax. Next will probably come
city tax too.
II the reformers get away with their
tobacco amendment scheme -he al
ready poor average citizen will be
further burdened by much heavier In
ternal revenue tax.
BY this time the gang will likely
have revived the Puritanica1 blue
laws and the churches will be expect
ing the reformed average citizen tt
! rush in to NIL tho empty pews. But
wha.'s the use2 lie will have nothing
! left for pew rent or donations.
Does the average citizen realize
what these reforms cost him?
Since Prohibition has been in effeci
moro people have died from wooc
alcohol and drug poisoning than pure
whiskey ever killed. j. II. w.
Brooklyn, Dec. 10, 1920.
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Work and Wages.

To the Editor OF Tho E'oing WoCld'
Perhaps Sou can spare the space in
your paper for these few lines in re-
ply to the letter written by the MILK
Driver" in your issue of Dec. 13.
''Milk Driver complains in his let
ter that he is not earning enough for
the work he performs, ana seems to
think that $50 or $50 week Is a mere
living wage.
Does nc not realize that it is not the
amount OF work done bat the quality
of the work done that counts? And
on the basis OF quality, his class Of
work is already very well paid.
Further, every increase in his salary
has to be paid for by the poor ddvil
who buys the milk nc distributes. The
MIX Trust docs not pay for II,
While our heart bleeds for the suf-
ferings Of the poor underpaid milk
the fact that there are other classes
OF labor which bring much smaller re-
muneration than his. on his own
showing, he was brought up on q
farm, and makes Sno mention OF ever
having had to attend a school or tech
nical college TO make himself tit to do
4 the big tasks of life.
Has milk Driver" ever attempted
20 compare his lot in life with that
OF the educated man, especially the
technical man? How would he like u
spend the best years Of his life grind
ing away over books at evening
school, after putting In eight hours
during the day IN the workshop, spoil
ing his health for a possible and
probionalic future, to find AZ tho end
of hls toll that his knowledge car
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job on ship flying the American.
lag in. preference to u person born
in the United States? | thought
America was for Americans. The-c
are more "SpickJ," "Limigsg and
"SquIreheads" in The American mar.
chant marine than there are Aneri-
can citizens.
Four- fifths OF them, don't tntond
10 become citizens.
AMERICAN BORN SAILOR.
New York. Dec. 10. 1920,
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he Friendly.

To the Editor Of The Evening World
I have a suggestion to offer that
would pave the way for mere cour-
,csy and respect among workers in
.he shops and factories and all in
dusLries.
Why don't the employers or their
managers introduce all new en-
ployecs to all the other employees?
| notice that introductions are only
made when one obtains q position in
an ONCE,
Why discriminate?
would like to hear the views Of
some of your readers? S, S,
New York, Dec. l6, 1920.
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only command q remuneration OF
about 800 a month"; Does MIX
Driver ever stop to think of the
amount of brain work necessary 10
design the Brooklyn Bridge, or lay out
a railroad, or design a modern loco
motive or complicated automatic ma
chine? Has milk Driver" ever at
tempted to design an ordinary hair
pin, to say nothing of machinery TO
manufacture it?
The ignorant and illiterate foreign
born citizen who can hardly sign his
own name can join a "union" and go
on strike" continually for increases
in wages or for shorter hours OF labor,
but the educated man has no union
to protect his labor of brain, and IS
therefore open to exploitation OF the
worst kind. He is not allowed to de-
mand double pay for all overtime he
works beyond his regular hours. An
unwritten code of ethics demands that
his "overtime's shah not be worth
more than supper" money.
Let us hear a little more about the
exploitation of educated labor The
white collar man, even If he does
not rise at "a. NJ. for the perform
ance OF purely physical labor is also
worth his place in the sun, and is
also entitled to the commonest rights
of existence. DRAUGHTSMAN.
New York. Dec Is, 1920.
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ton Undoubtedly among his own, u
he will notice.. I'm not for blue laws
The Lord never commanded me to he
in his house on the Sabbath, but If |
love the Lord with all my heart l VIII
.be in his house on Sunday
" A, c. g.
Brooklyn. Dec 16, 1920
Aliens In The Merchant lIavII
~ tbc'Eiiof q. Tia Kysulns World;
Why Is II that an alien can get q
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that now threaten them night and day, Gov. Smith
should do without an hours needless delay what
there is scant hope Mayor Hylan will do:
Remove Enhght.
The law sanctions il.
Public welfare demands it,
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To tho Editor Of The E'cning World:
No one need to be blgoted and
llame certain churches (Which ave
.yerrenumarous) aa a whole ON ac-
eo11 OF few marrow creatures
YovA ana them In every denomlnA-
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The stars and strIpes Only.

To the Bltor Of The Evening World:
Why so much disputing between
the Friends OF ITish Freedom and che
pro- British ovek the English flag
that caused a riot at the Union Club?
I would like to suggest that only
one flag should be allowed to fly in
this country and that is the Stars
and Stripes, no other.
Why IS it that it's only the English
nag we see now? What has become
Of the other Allied flags, the French,
Belgian an dItalian?
II seems all we hear Is England,
England, all the time.
why not America all the time?
A. BOURKE.
Brooklyn, Dec. II, 1920
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From Evening World Readers

what kind Of letter do fHd reGddDleI
that Oues the OoTh Of thousand ordS hWdcdI
There Is exercise satisfaction
feO Take brief.
The Home news., 1920-01-23
KEEP PROSPERITY HERE

What better slogan could have for pro- gressve community?
 Buy it at home this year! Keep prosperity in this town!
 Everybody should want to McCrory prosper, and we all want to share in the fruits of that pros perity Even the fellow who habitualy sends out of town for his goods wants his full quota of the riches that accumulated by the thrift and husbandry of his fellow citizens
 Producing and selling the surplus abroad and then keeping money at home by buying from home dealers will add many thousand dollars to the money in circulation in this community It is the sure way of meeting prosperity and gathering in share and a little more for good luck. Let other communities support themselves Our interests and duty at home Let's keep prosperity in McCrory.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-04-03

segregation of the races is practiced the
expenditure for each white child is 1902
per annum, while for each colored child
it is only 1898. Fifty per cent Of the
cOlOred teachers in the public schools in
the south have an education less than that
given in six elementary grades. Most of
these teachers ar paid an average of but
$22.4S month for school year lasting
only four months.
AS to higher education, the figures are
even more unpleasant In 1916 the states
Of Alabama, Delaware and Florida had no
colored college students at all, but alto
gether had 31O1 white students in colleges
When it is reflected upon that Alabama
has colored population Of 100000, Della
ware $1,000 and Florida 100000 it is seen
that conditions along these lines are most
unsatisfactory, even critical.
In Mississippi where the Negroes out.
number the whites by 100000, there were
in 1916 just thirteen Colored college stu
dents, while the number Of white students
in similar institutions was 2751. In the
same year not one coored college student
was reported n South Carolina, although
the Negroes outnllmber the whites there
Much of the public attention to the lapse
in educational conditions in the country has
been excited by the revelations made dur
ing the war. If a chain is no stronger
than it's weakest link our chain of states
is not only weak in several links but it
is in dangerous condition. Anarchy and
disorder thrive on ignorance and illiteracy.
The nation should put southern education
on the anvil and make the sparks fly
Chicago Journal.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-04-03
EDUCATION OF THE RACE

One of the many advantages which the
Negro enjoys in the north as compared with
the south is the better chance for an edu-
cation.
\ great deal has been said concerning
the backward condition of the schools Of
the whole country. but no distinction has
been made between those of the different
races. In the northern states practically
no distinctions exist in the course Of study
and quality Of instruction given white and
black. or in the length Of the school year.
Yet on the whole Negro children fare the
poorest of all in this vital interest through
out the United States
In the strictly southern states where
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-04-03
MUSIC AND ART

Go to church tomorrow as it's Easter
and you will like it.
William H. Richardson baritone. gave a
song recital at Jordan Hall, Boston. Mass,
of which the distinguished critic, Philip
Hale, says in the Boston Herald: Zone
Of the agreeable features Of his singing,
was his distinct enunciation, especially i'll
English, a language that many of our ma
tive singers clip and mouth and utterly
distort. 1t would have been a pleasure to
hear more Of the AfrO-American and Creole
Folk Songs. Mrs. Hare, accompanist, has
made a study Of the latter, and has edited
with notes volume of them for publ
cation.'
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-04-03
WHAT ABOUT THE COLORED
TEACHER?

There has been a great stir in Chicago
lately over the low salaries paid the school
teachers. Some Of the principals Of schools
receiving $38OO.0O year claim that they
cannot afford but one new suit in four
years The elementary teachers receiving
$4,000 a month produce budgets to show
that it is impossible to live in sanitary
houses and buy the necessities of life with
so small sum. Thousands have signed
petitions in an effort to obtain an increase
for these underpaid instructors Of the
$4,000 school teachers in this country, in
Guiding colored as well as white, 100000
left the profession during the past year on
account Of poor pay. They can make more
money in other lines and they are leaving
the school room daily for the factory the
office, the store and even the kitchen
where wages are higher.
The enormous increase in the cost Of the
necessities of life is the cause of these men
and women who have spent years in pre-
pairing for the profession deserving the
school house. That s in the North The
Northern teacher indeed the Southern white
teacher, need have no qualms over leaving
tn school room. She knows that white
people won't let their children grow up in
ignorance they will raise the money neces-
sary for competent instruction for their
offspring by raising the taxes of all people.
both black and white
But what of the thousands Of teachers in
the SOuth-Coored teachers who are re-
ceiving but a very small per cent of the
amount paid the Northern instructors. In
many cases these teachers are receiving as
low as ten dollars week and the school
year is only four months long. That means
hat
their work is expected to bridge the gap of
eight months vacation and pay their cur
rent expenses for the year besides-which
is impossible. During this long vacation
the cololed teacher is obliged to seek other
employment to keep from starving. This
leaves her no time for recreation or study
and she returns to school weary, unfit for
work, and no farther advanced intellectual
~ than when school closed. Is it at all
strange that the exodus Of colored people
from the State of Virginia is laid to the
poor schools Of the South?
Unlike the white teacher who can quit
and enter other fields of endeavor without
a prick Of conscience, the colored teacher
sticks to her post in spite Of the starvation
wages paid her because she doesn't want
to the children of her race growing up
in ignorance and being cheated out Of their
few earthly possessions because of that
ignorance. Her task to her is almost sacred.
Lake the nun who enters the clOuster and
dedicates her life to the saving of souls.
the colored teacher dedicates hers to the
saving of her people from ignorance and
it's dire consequences. ut even she is only
human asd cannot stand the strain much
longer. Will she, like her white sister,
be forced to quit the profession and seek
more lucrative employment ?-IIalf Century
Magazine
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-04-03
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

After LIES fitful fever March was laid
to rest in snow white winding sheet.
Jones income last year was enormous
but his Outgo was more than equal to the
occasion.
No, President Wilson is not getting very
far with his peace pact, and, on sober sec.
ond thought. the other fellow seems to be
hitched to the same post.
The early rush through the Snoquamie
pass by the automobile fends to enjoy the
sunshine Of eastern Washington will hardly
be pulled off on schedule time.
That the Puget Sound country has re.
Gently experienced weather as mad as
March hare can be verified by those per.
sons whot thought that the coal man had
lost his job.
Sugar may 90 up, according to we'll
founded report. Long ago sugar went so
high that, so far as we were concerned, it
did not 90 down, and we are but slightly
interested at this time, whether it goes up
or down.
From the fortunes spent for fine clothes
for Easter one mis- CHIT get the idea that the
ladies are preparing to receive the Christ
Jesus instead of mourning his Departure
70 say the least it's an odd death bed
membrance.
Even men with much money will often
do things to make dollar that. if done
by men with little money would be con-
sidered petty pilfering, whereas with the
men Of much money it is only considered
Il business transaction.
March closed her work of 1920 by giving
to Seattle the heaviest snow storm of the
winter that should now be in its dying
days. 1t S the almost unheard Of on Puget
Sound, but it must be to protect the cOun-
try from the bone dry state that's now
prevailing.
Il tell You the protection graft on Jack
SON street is simply awful said a denizen
of that thoroughfare one day this week,
which reminded us of the municipal house
cleaning which Seattle underwent after the
election Of Ole Hanson Graft, however,
is an American weakness and there seems
to be no way of graduating it,
With one of the world most beautiful
women as a nurse in a hospital in Wash
ngton City the unusual grist of male APP
picants for admission for ineXplainable
sickness is readily accounted for. The touch
Of such a woman is soothing, yea, balm
in Gilliad to any man, whether old or
Young, and his ambition goes soaring.
Caytons Weekly is Of the opinion that
Mayor Caldwell made no mistake in NAM
ing Carl Reeves for superintendent of Util-
tiles We heard Reeves make a speech
prior to the primary election and we liked
his talk and voted for him and if he had not
been either selfish or self-opinionated we
could have done him much help, but at
that we liked his talk and voted for him.