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TIPS TO AMATEUR ovERALLERs.

NWRALLS may be divided into two general
~ claSSes-those that have been washed and those
alat have not
Because of the radically different characteristics of
The two, few iints to purchasers may not be amisS
In buying the garments It should be borne in mind
that they shrink. Fathers who purchase snug fitting
uniforms VIII discover that after the first washing they
win do nicely for the small son.
A natty, fom-fittng spring brickIaying uniform for
Mayor Hylan would not be too large for District Al
tomey Swami after trip to the laundry.
Another property Of new blue denim is its ten
dency TO crock" handsome $40 cream colored
silk shirt WON under overals on a warm day will
come out sky blue with cloud effects.
Into the finer points of attached or detachable sls-
pendes, arrangements Of pockets, removable or riv-
eted-on buttons, and the question of whether coat
tails should be worn inside or outside the trousers
il is unnecessary TO enter Personal taste must govern
But
Buy 'em big enough, and roll up the legs and
sleeves.
Wear old shirts you expect soon to discard under
meath.
The evening world., 1920-04-20
ONE WEEKS NOTICE.

DROMPT action by Health Commissioner Cope
land followed the publication last Saturday of an
Evening World editorial calling attention to the filthy
and unsanNary conditions prevailing in public comfort
rooms Of subway and elevated stations,
Commissioner Copeland allows the marlborough
enc week to clean Up for inspection Thereafter the
health inspectors are to see that these premises are
kept clean.
DR.. Copeland reports that previous warnings have
proved unavaiIing, and says "A more drastic line of
action is necessary"
Public opinion win approve any line of action how
ever draSE. The police powers of the Health De-
pHtment are broad enough to make such action eff
fecive,
Since Commissioner Copeland has taken this COM
nendabe stand, win not be amiss for traction pa
irons to act as auxiliary Inspectors and notify the
Health Office II conditions persist after next Monday
The Evening World trusts that It will be unneces-
sary to recur to so disagreeable subject
The evening world., 1920-04-20

at a time introducing the ideal.
Ii the State, or even the city, is
sincere in what they say about bring
ing down the cost of clothes, &c, why
do they not, with the assistance of
your valuable paper, set a day, say
May next, on which everybody is
invited to wear something that looks
last year" on its face. Between now
and the first, the State or city could
issue buttons to be worn conSpicu-
ously, which buttons would indicate
that the wearer is a member of the
army hell-bent on putting clothes
profiteers into bankruptcy, if pos
Sible
| am positive that IL this method
were adopted, the attempt that the
few who are now making at beating
the profiteer would turn into a really
effective fight, instead of a novel fad.
/ for one would be proud to wear
such a button in conjunction with
patched trousers, and feel that / be-
lOnged to an army OF real fighters
and there are millions like me.
The cost of the buttons would
amount to less than the various city
and State Departments would spend
in an hour on high cost investiga-
tions, even though they had a million
buttons made up.
FRANK MCGUIRE
New York. ApEl 10. 1870.
The evening world., 1920-04-20
UNCOMMON SENSE
By John Blake.
tCopyrisht 1920. by John BlAkoJ

A LITTLE DIsCOURAGEMENT WON'T HURT YOU.
Everybody who is worth anything gets discouraged
and then.
Getting discouraged won't hurt You. Staying discour
aged is what makes failures.
james NJ Barrie, who comes pretty near being Eng
lands best writing used suffer intense discourage
every time he read by Robert Louis Stevenson
Such mastery of English Stevenson had seemed to
the younger Scot impossible to attain
But Barre's discouragements made him all the more
determined and by continued effort he became great
Stevenson greater many respects for he had finer inn
aginatOn and more real genius.
Every great who has lived has had periods
of encouragement.
No ever discouraged than Wash
ington Valley Forge. Only Lncon's colossal courage
kept his friends from discovering his encouragement during
the dark hours of the Civil War.
The who is discouraged, who thinks always
that doing well he do, and better than
could do in the circumstances, is merely
conceited coxcomb. He is capable of nothing great
Discouragements bound to They really
valuable They the determined to taking stock of
his cndeavors correcting his Mistakes and of resolving
to do better in the future.
Many n brilliant success has been founded a black
hour when seemed impossible.
Determination will find way out of every discourage
ment Failure after failure each hurting
pride and your feelings.
But you profit by EACH and keep till you get
what you want out of life.
The evening world., 1920-04-20
FAIR PLAY BOTH WAYS.

IA N OLD principle of the common law holds that
"A he who pleads for relief in court Of equity
must "come with clean hands"
In general il Is a desirable principle.
IN the recent rent laws so much IS left to the dis
Getion of magistrates that they function virtually as
Judges Of equity.
Landlords who have come to court with fingers
SOied by greed have learned this to their sorrow
The same principle should apply to tenants.
More or less definite threats Of trent strike on
Nay have been ,made Tenants threaten TO refuse
to pay rent at all
It is not too soon for magistrates to issue solemn
Warnings that summary evictions will follow any such
Effort.
Tenants must keep their hands clean of any desire
p defraud their landlords
Tenants should recall that landlords I'VE want all
We can get" was largely instrumental in causing TIE
passage of the present relief measures.
A similar proof Of unworuhineS of tenants might
have an equally unfortunate reaction
Fair dealing on both sides, with the magistrates
&srefereeS is far better way.
The evening world., 1920-04-20
Play the Game of
"What DO You
KnOW?"

a VERY entertaining and in
~ structive game for a gathering
OF friends can be made from
the what Do You known" ques-
tions. A suggestion for rules to be
followed are given below:
Give each person a sheet OF blank
paper and a pencil. Instruct them
to put down the numbers from / 10
SO in vertical columns, leaving. three
inches between the columns. Take
three sets OF what DO You Know"
questions and make the following
statement; Il am going to read 36
questions. When read a question
write down the word that answers
1t after the number Every ques-
ton can be answered by a name, word
or number. Only five seconds will
be allowed to write the answer for
each question. If you do not know
the answer so on to the next question
as soon as 1t is read. When l have
finished write your name at the bot
tom and pass your paper to the person
at your right"
After the papers have been passed
read the right answers and have
them mark each wrong or omitted
answer.
The evening world., 1920-04-20
Pigeons Used in Fighting
Western Forest Fires.

Turing the recent severe forest
fires in certain sections Of the
West, carrier pigeons were sue
cessfully employed to convey mes
sages from the fre-fighters "at the
'front.' to headquarters, says American
Forestry. The test of the birds for
this use was on a limited scale, but
has encouraged the Forest Service
officials to believe that they can be
employed profitably on larger scale,
The experiment lends special inter-
est to a plah which is being consid-
cred for CO. operation between the De-
partment Of Agriculture and the Navy
Department. under which carrier pig
cons and equipment of the latter de-
partment may become available. To
establish a successful carrier pigeon
system 1t will be necessary to Law
plans during the coming winter. TO
have the posts properly located and
get the birds acclimated and begin
their training. Flights of 600 miles
in single day have been made, while
a distance of 14O to 200 miles means
two or three hour flight for the aver
age bird. Since the distances which
would be covered in Forest Service
work are considerably less than this
there appears to be no difficultv in
this regard In most instances tbe
flights from fire-fghting areas to
headquarters would be conaiderabIy,
Sless than fifty miles. The yaIue ~
the birds would be particularly great
In MOUNTAINOUS regions where travel
The evening world., 1920-04-20
NOT WITHOUT ITS LESSON

THE shocking tragedy of Sunday in St Georges
Church, which cost the life of one of the coun-
uy's leading surgeons, seemed at first view to have
resulted from one of those insane acts against which
precautions are vain.
In the light Of later facts learned concerning the
lunatic who did the shooting there appears however,
to be distinct lesson for the community.
The mailman who shot DR.. Markoe had been re-
peatediy confined in insane asylums, from which he
repeatedly escaped.
The paranniac symptoms in his case were sffl.
cenly marked to show any ailenIst that this man, al
large, must be dangerous menace to public safety.
Yet there Is no indication that the Institutions from
which he escaped made any extra effort either tc
restrain him In the first place or to reeapure him after
hDgUt ont
On the contrary. tho Superintendent of The Eastern
9ate EoFiliI at Williamsburg, Va, where this partc-
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IN PAJAMA LAND.
margin.

I JEAVEN'S choicest blessings on the palricians of
l Inc City OF Brotherly Love-
The mighty reverberationS Of the overall crusade
have disturbed even the Somnolence of Philadelphia.
And mark the effect as reported in news dispatches.
Philadelphia is with the rest of the Nation-part way
at least OverallS may he rather too abrupt Change,
but Philadephians are willing to give UP the use of
evening clothes as protest against the High Cost of
Clothing.
This crusade has one striking virtue at least 1t
Will not tend to increase the price of necessary overas
to mechanics and farmers
The movement for the abolition of what is vulgary
known as tne 'twotailed coat has the highest pos
sIble Endorsement. Two former Governors sponsor
the Innovation They are willing to 60 the limit
with reservations.
They arc willing 10 quit wearing evening clothes
except In private homes at strictly social functions.
Ho-hun:l Philadelphia night life promises 10 rever
to the traditional palama costume of Rock-abye-babS
land,
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ular paranoae was last confined is quoted as saying
yesterdays
'He away April is, but we instituted no
search for him, expecting he would return at
any time"
No search, no wamingl mailman and potential
slayer Of human beings left to wander unimpeded
the country until after he had shot and killed ono of
the most useful and distinguished among citizensl
Such laxty on the part Of asylum authorities seems
scarcely credible Experience has assuredy taught that
gentle as paranotac may seem it is the public, not
he that must have the benefit of the doubt
The tragedy Of ST. Georges should have far
reaching effect in sfening the responsibility and in
creasng the watchulneSs Of ali who guard the insane
The evening world., 1920-04-20

little done to alleviate the suffering
caused by the high cost of living
these days. .,
We have a Flying Squadron" which
&c very active in rounding up the
so-caIied "prohteers." They are
swooping down on the small store
keepers and are trying TO make
things uncomfortable for them in
stead OF getting after the big fellows
who are really the cause OF it all.
Let them confine their efforts to the
big trusts; the men who are Directly
responsible for the high price of com
modities such as sugar at 80 cents a
pound, potatoes at ten cents poultry
al 80 cents, butter at 80 cents, &c.
Let them get down to the bottom OF
the trouble and get the men who are
the real proiteers; those who are
making millions of dollars for them
selves and their associates. Then
they will be doing something worth
while, Nj, tEU BEN BAC I'm
New York, April 10. 1920.
The evening world., 1920-04-20
CUT OUT THE SWAGGER.

\ N editorial entitled 1.-THE White Collar Boy and
a the Staggering Skilled Workman" appeared
in The Sun &C. One paragraph read as follows:
The white collar boy who never had touched
the fire box of a locomotive. never had the
inado OF q locomotive. hoped into the tender
and sfter . few moments Of instruction stocked
mogul locomotives in the railroads radiating
around New YOrk-stoked the locomotives and
helped to the trains by dozens, and
hundreds.
AS an example of dangerously provocative non
sense this ranks close to 100 per cent.
The Evening World has not failed to appreciate
the efforts of the volunteers in the outlaw strike.
However, it does not harbor any such decisions as
Obsess The Sun (plus).
What are the faos2
Many of the volunteers were technically trained men
who knew considerably more about locomotives than
regular firemen Others were graduates from the cab
and tender Others were engineering students who
know both theoretical and practical firing.
Even So il was the custom to put from two to
four men into the tender to do the work of one reg
uar fireman.
1t is entirely safe 10 assume that if the strike had
not been broken the early enthusiasm soon would
have waned and the volunteers would have insisted
that the railroads secure regular substitutes without
delay and at any price.
Finally, the trains ran largely because the most
skilled men-the engineers-stuck 10 their posts and
consented to work with the volunteer firemen
The white collar boys helped to beat the outlaws,
but their part was unnportant compared to the ef
forts made by the law-abiding, contract-rSpecing,
regular unionsts.
The white collar boys deserve praise for their part.
The Industrial Platsburg" idea has a great oppor-
unity to stabilize industrial affairs in the public utility
field and protect the public from unauthorized strikes
by employees-or by employers as in the Staten Is
land transit muddle.
However, there is no use in shutting our eyes to
the very serious difficulties to be met The white
collar boys were successful because enough of them
knew how
They did not learn "1n few moments"
They did not completely cope with the emergency
Few freight trains moved until the outlaws were
forced back TO work by the pressure of public opinion
and the force of the loyal labor leaders.
If the public is to have competent zone big union
it must prepare and not deude itself with such self
satisfied nonsense as the Soarized New York Heralc
offers.
The evening world., 1920-04-20

ro.tho Editor OF The BFeninE World:
would like the opinion OF other
parents with regard TO the amount
OF spending money boy OF sixteen
years ought to be allowed
My boy Is sixteen years old, and
has had all the advantages OF a
boa rding school education.
He has secured a position at Sl2 a
The evening world., 1920-04-20
New York, April 10. 1920.
Immodcaty In the subway.

To the Editor Of The Evening World
Mr.. A. j. G's letter about "uncouth
posture" is true and quite agree with
him. Not all the ladies' that sit in
trains with legs crossed are the ones
he means. You will notice that in
nine cases out of ten these "ladies"
are immodest and it is precisely for
attraction and Temptation" that they
30 act. A modest lady will never sit
in that posture, but on the other hand
II Is the female with ohameleon-like
paints on her face that crosses her
legs in trains and subways.
G. II. X.
The evening world., 1920-04-20
An Ecnnomr sIoEnn.

To the Editor Of The Evening World:
Why not this slogan?
Don't be ashamed TO wear your
old clothes or overalls."
You know what the denim manu-
facturers will do to the price If you
make only overalls fashionable. Not
content with greater sales, they will
boost their material to Mars.
Try this slogan. think 1t will be
more POPULAR
A. @. MARKHAM.
$40, West Tooth st. April 10, 1920.
The evening world., 1920-04-20
Will the Future
Develop Animal
HigherT hGnMnna

Man Has Reached Hlghest
Point in His Evolution ;
Little Change in Past Ten
Thousand Years.
By Fay Stevenson.
Copyriaht 1890. by The Press PubiihinG O.
tine New YORK Evening word)
7 las mans physical and mental
II development reached its high
est goal?
Can man attain higher physical
perfectness?
Can he attain higher mental de-
velopment?
These questions are ably although
rather pessimistically discussed in a
lecture entitled HAS Human Evo-
luton Come to an End?" by Edwin
Grant Conlllin, professor of biology
in Princeton University.
For at least 10000 years there has
been no notable progress in the evo-
luton of the human body" says Prof
Conklin. THE limits of physical
evolution have been reached in the
most perfect specimens of mankind.
There is no prospect that the hand,
the eye or the brain of man will ever
be much more complex or perfect
than at present
by selective breeding the general
level may be improved, just as t has
been in domestic animals, but there
are no indications that future man
will be more perfect than the most
perfect individuals OF to-day"
Concerning mans mental develop
ment Prof. Conklin says:
There has been no progress in
the intellectual capacity OF man in
the past 1000 or 5000 years, and
it seems probable that the limits
of intellectual evolution have been
reached in the greatest minds of the
race. Even in the most distant fu-
ture there may never appear greater
geniuses than Socrates, Plato, Aris-
totle, Shakespeare, Newton and Oar
win"
Although Prof. Conklin believes
that man, as an individual, has
reached his highest development he
says: But If the evolution of the
human individual has come to an end,
certainly the evolution Of human So
ciety has not. In social evolution a
new path of progress has been found
the end of which no one can forsee.
Society lasts from age to age, while
individuals come and go; society pre-
serves the experiences, requirements,
wisdom of the past and hands it on
to the future, so that each age builds
upon the preceding ones; thus society
has advanced from savaSery to bar
barism and then too civilization and
the end is not yet"
But as to mere man himself Prof.
! Conklin concludes: There's no prob
+ ability that n higher animal than man
win ever appear on the earth. No
( longer any doubt prevails among
scientists that man is descended from
I the animals, that he is a vertebrate,
/ a mammal, a primate. But the limits
I Of progress are fixed by nature. Even
/ If the dreams of eugenicists should
| come true the most that could DC eX-
! pected would be that the standards
( of the race as a whole would nearly
/ approach the most perfect specimens
| of humanity which now exist"
The evening world., 1920-04-20

OF economy. ! insist that 0e pay 81
for room and board, place 81 in the
savings bank, allowing himself 81 for
spending money
He thinks that is a tremendous
hardship, in spite of the fact that he
makes possibly $3.50 a week on an
average for overtime. He says other
boys in like position have more
pocket money than he has. Will a
few parents inform me through your
columns what they consider a fair
amount for a boys pocket money?
When l was his age, was allowed
20 cents a week spending money but
l lived in the country and earned
only 81 a week. and the standard of
living was different; no movies or
theatres, and my chief amusement
was fishing and baseball in the sum
mer, and skating and shedding in the
winter. That was all there was to do
ANXIOUS TO BE FAIR.
West 135th Street, April 10, 1920.
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FROM EVENING WORLD READERS

what KIND Of letter do you md most redddbe Isn't the one
that you the tOrth thousand words couple Of
hundredP
There mental and lot Of satisfaction in trying
sag n teo Take time to be briet
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Make II Unanimous.

To tho Editor of The Evening World
No man of any account, or woman
either is willing TO take the initiative
TO come into his office with patched
trousers or last years Nat, whereas
IL everybody followed this rule in a
body we would all feel like heroes in
stead OF pikers las in the case OF one
The evening world., 1920-04-20

Caruso has signed mp for me Havana opera
I season at $4,000 night Cuban opera promot-
ers can enlist 4 full cast Of thirsty "supers"
from the U. g A by offering expenses and 5000
per night
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Better Than oveAlls.

bCNtEI luhn ONENhibs
To the Editor Of The Evening World:
Permit me to congratulate you on
the stand you take against the high
cost OF living. But permit me TO
offer my suggestion TO improve the
Overall and Bingham Clubs, which
you have admitted will only increase
the prices OF those articles due 10
this concerted demand on the part OF
the public.
"Old clothes" clubs are to my mind
considerable improvement. But
the most important stop is to shape
the minds OF the public so as to feel
proud OF wearing old clothes. There
fore the change of name to 1.-THE
Patched and Pleasure Club" would
cover both male and female clubs
and help frame their minds.
1t should be a pleasure to wear
patched clothes and the people
should he brought TO that stage
where they will feel pleased and
proud 10 wear shoes and clothes OF
every nature, patched and mended,
until prices are brought to a level,
which will eliminate the making OF
more "isms" in this country.
SAM.
The evening world., 1920-04-20
A GOOD TIP ON THE. MARKET.

D Wy Liberty Bonds and hold for a rise AT present
ID prices they beat the savings banks by large
margin.
The evening world., 1920-04-20
A wOrkman's View.

To Tire Bdstor Of The DyeninE World:
Permit me, a common laIborer to
write a few lines to you on the recent
police vice scandals.
When vice is licensed under State
and medical control then, and only
then, will graft, corruption aad dis
ease be reduced to a minimum.
JAMES WEBB.
Mills Hotel, April 8, 1920.
The evening world., 1920-04-20
EXPLAINS the 'tOutIaws."

To the Editor of The World:
can explain our so-called out
law" strikes. The reason we have
them Is because our own delegare s
are afraid 10 pun a strike. The ma
,toTity of companies are forming
unions OF their own and settle all dis
putes among themselves. The A. F.
OF l.. knows this and the leaders
want 70 keep on the right side OF the
big companies or the big companies
win do the same ms the majority Of
other companies are doing, and our
big headed delegates will have to
work for a living or they are able),
NOT IN THIS STRIKE,
New York, April IS,
Get the BiE Ones.
The evening world., 1920-04-20
A Difficulty.

10 tAls Bi5tr of Tho Evening World
Would like TO join the overall
crowd, but since paying for my new
spring suit and top coat, / have not
enough left to buy the overalls.
c. A. w.
New York, April IS, 1920
The evening world., 1920-04-20

Car fare is "a cents a day, but
rather that and getting up an hour
early than spend almost a months
salary to get nearer the city,
AVENUE o.
Flatbush, April 10, 1920.
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HIgh Cod of MorInE.

To the Editor d The EVenins World:
The now rent bills are all right
BUT
1 am at present living way out in
the wilds of Flatbush-and recently
| advertised and found a flat not far
from the Long Island depot and was
all ready to move on the first OF the
month-when | tried to get moving
van to take what little furniture we
possess to the new house. I've now
decided to stay way out in Flatbush.
The reason
MOVING van NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
IlanO van Observation-Disclosures. 20
Gas metre .'..''''..,.',.,.., 10
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Get the Mtg Ones.
10 the Editor Of No Evening World
A great deal Va being said but very
The evening world., 1920-04-20

\ N editorial entitled "The White Collar Boy and
the Staggering Skilled Workman" appeared
in The Sun &c. One paragraph read as follows: