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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-04-29
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fThe NeN York Evening WOrld.l
No. 76-EAST LYNNE, By Mrs.
Henri Wood.

Lady Isabel Vane was the orphaned
daughter Of bankrupt nobleman, who
had been forced to sell even his an
cfstrai home of East Lynne, along with
all his other possessions. Beautiful
and inexperienced, the orphaned Isabel
was beset with admirers. Foremost
among these suitors were Archibald
Carlyle and Francis Levison.
Levison was a flashy and unscrupu-
lOus chap. handsome and a favorite
with women. But Isabers heart and
hand were won by the more solid vir-
tues Of Carlyle.
She and Carlyle were married. They
settled down to a placidly happy coun-
try life. Two children were born to
them.
A few years later Francis Levison
crossed Isabels path again. He was
still violently in love with her. And ne
vowed to win her away from her
stodgily matter-of-faet husband.
LeVison laid his plans cleverly. BIT
by bit he persuaded Isabel that Car
lyle was false to her and loved her no
longer.
Convinced at last Of her husbands
supposed inndelity. Isabel was furi-
Gus with resentment and she yearned
for chance to revenge herself up
on him.
Levison offered her that opportunity
by beseeching her to elOpe with him.
She consented.
But very soon she realized the ter
rible mistake she had made. She saw
Levison's true character, before she
had lived long with him, and she
shrank away from him in disgust.
II was too late, however She dared
not go back to Carlyle, lest he repudi-
ate her. Moreover, she was supposed
to have been killed in an accident
and her deserted husband had mar
ried again.
Day by day Isabers longing to sec
her children grew stronger and
stronger, until she could resist it no
longer. Disgusting herself. so that
not even Carlyle could recognize her.
she went back to the home she had
fed from and secured a position there
as nurse to her own children.
There, unsupported by any one, she
lived under the same roof with her
former husband and his new wife.
At last, as her little son lay dying,
Isabel was forced to reveal her iden-
tity. In a last interview with Car
! lyle, she learned that the tale OF his
faithlessness had been invented by
Levison; and that she had thrown
herself away for nothing.
Her health hadSlong since begun TO
fail. The shock of her child's death
was too much for her frail strength;
and she followed the little boy to the
grave in a few weeks.
Note:-This novel Seoms maudhn and impos-
sible from . present day standpoint But In It's
time II scored an incredible hit. and In It's dram
atized form il made the lame Of more than one
emotional acuesl
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pared to the dollar paid by the ten
ant to the landlord fifteen years ago?
therefore on my line of argument the
S29 rent of fifteen years ago wouId
nave 10 be 500 to-day in order to
even up to the purchasing yalue of
the payment whether the payment
be made to the landlord In cash.
clothing food, shoes, bricks, lumber
or labor. The newspaper man who
used to give me 100 morning papers
for VI OF rent now gives me only ffty
papers for 81 in rent-therefora nv
this method of payment 1 am getting
only one half OF the rent I received
from this newspaper man Ave wears
ago. The tailor who rented nv ittIa
store for S25 per month used to give
me a suit OF clothes for the months
rent-now he wants two months
rent from me for the same suit of
clothes. SUI Dose all rents were paid
to-day with food. clothing, labor and
material, the same as II is now maid
in many Western farming localities
wouldn't the rent have to even up
TO the market value of the clothing
food, labor and material that the
tenant paid to the landlord? Is this
not fair question for argument.
Your Honor, when landlords In gem
erai are being charged as prohteers7"
WILLIAM II. SToNBBRIDGE.
Bronx, ADril n.
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BONUS PLANS.

ID RESSURE from the American Legion must be
4 credited with injecting At least little good
sense into consideration Of the bonus question by
the House Ways and Means Committee.
Whatever may develop the purely political
si2S-a-day-taket-or-l thank the Repub
ltcan-Party plan for purchasing votes with public
money IS not to prevail.
Is The alternative plans long urged by Secretary
Lane and other members of the Administration and
rejected by Congress are included in the latest plans
sOf the House Ways and Means Committee Legion
pressure forced their inclusion.
A fourth alternative Of an endowment insurance
fund built up by the Government is an improving
feature. This win appeal to the more thrifty and
IL accepted by considerable number of veterans
may cbviate some Of the more Objectionable features
Of the bonus
The alternatives rather than the cash bonus seem
to offer the greatest hope for an affirmative answer
to The Evening Worlds question: 'WouId Bonus
Be One"
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HAYS. HARMONY AND HIRAM.

"a S A POLITICAL leader, viii Hays is sup
"A posed to be competent to lead symphony
orchestra.
Harmony the middle name of Chairman Hays
fe was the perfect Ponyanna Of the political plat
form Dissension was abhonent to him. Mr.. Hays
did not care fig who might be the nominee,
provided he was nominated in thoroughly decorous
and amiable fashion.
Harmony and brotheriy love reigned supreme.
Mr. Hays spread II all over the organization. He
travelled back and forth over the country to make
sure that the harmony was evenly distributed.
Then r. broke looSe-meaning Hiram.
Only the other day il was announced that Hays
would continue as campaign manager whoever
might be,nomnated.
If Hiram is nominated Hays will need to take
short course in syncopated jazz if he expects to lead
Il. the Republican band-wagon.
If Hiram is not nominated the harmony is no less
doomed, for johnson promises to kick up regular
Hiram of a row.
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REFLECTED DOUBT,

MOVING in the United States Supreme Court
lN1 for rehearing Of the Governments dssolu-
ton suit against the United States Steel Corpora
ton, Government counsel point out that the hold
ing of the Steel Corporation to be legal oombina,
ton under the Antitrust Act would appear to con-
flict with the conclusions expressed in the Reading
and other decisions" and may seriously affect other
cases still pending, as well as the future enforcement
of the antitrust statutes"
Government counsel also urge:
No criminal is exonerated from punishment
because he makes a wise use Of property
SO acquired, and no criminal combination
should be exempted from the pains and penal
ties Of the sherman act because after having
achieved It's unlawful ends II merely main
tains the fruits Of tts illegal acts without
seeking daily to commit new ones.
Both points seem we'll taken.
Either the Antitrust Act is obsolete or Il is not
obsolete. Uncertainty as to which It is is bad
enough for business in any case. Such uncertainty
becomes hundred times worse when reflected in
pulling inconsistencies between bare majority de-
csionS of the highest court.
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threats OF a rent strike on May
have been made. Tenants threaten
TO refuse to pay rent at all. The
New York Evening World, Editor
ial. April 20. 1920.
NV brief on the rent question, pre-
scented TO Justice Shiel OF the Sec
ond District Municipal Court, Bronx.
reads in part:
"Your Honor-ThoSe who come
back To earth for reincarnation do
not return to a lower plane. The man
who was a landlord on earth Smay
come back poorer than when he was
sent away but his intelligence will
not suffer, and though he may have
little materially he will profit spirit
ually The next time he builds he
Will remember his first mistakes and
avoid them-and not build at all,
Your Honor.
my argument, Your Honor, in this
case Is that rents have been actually
lowered in the City OF New York
within the past ten or fifteen years
or so by possibly 80 per cent of the
landlords. Your Honor, l base my
argument on. the question of the pur-
chasing value Of the dollar paid by
the tenant to the landlord within the
past ten or fifteen years.
The dollar paid by the tenant TO
the landlord to-day Is worth about
- cents purchasing Talue). as com
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ONLY AN AMATEUR.

A A NATTER of municipal pride, it seems that
"A New York newspapers devoted an entirely
disproporionate amount of space to the doings of
silk Mask" Jimmy Harigan of the windy village
on Lake Michigan.
"Sk Mask Jimmy" it may be assumed, was
merely developing technique for the assault on the
big town where his talents could be turned to prof.
table account
''Silk Mask" was "master mind" "robber-
trust magnate" He recruited formidable organize
ton, acquired warehouse for keeping and dSpoSng
of the loot, and even developed an efficiency card
index system Of accounting, salesmanship and
prospects"
And to what end!
A beggarly S5oo,oool Chicken feedl
Here in New York single haul of that magnitude
does not excite the police. II is all in the days
work and not of sufficient importance to be men
toned to the reporters
Why, here in New York the amateurs start in by
lifting such sums from innocent unsuSpecting bank
ers and brokers. No warehouse or office expense
is required. To lift cool half-million, New York
thief needs no apparatus beyond hip pocket
ante-Prohibton size.
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A PARTY OF Discomfort.

THE Committee of 4s has announced that II will
! hold national convention ip July for the
purpose of launching third-or fourth or fifth
new party to contend with the Republicans and
Democrats
The lime IS wisely chosen. WHAT measure OF
success the Committee Of 4S party may have de-
ponds almost entirely on the Chicago and San
Francisco Conventions.
Either or both Of the conventions can smother
the movement in its infancy. On the other hand,
BY their own mistakes, the two major conventions
can put such party into position where It may
WELD very considerable influence and possibly
gain the balance of power.
Reaction at the two major conventions would
force Out the radical Democrats and Republicans.
These joined with Fitzpatrick's Labor Party in
Chicago, with ex-SocaHSts with Non-Partisan
:LeagueS, and with the dissatisfied elements else
where, might very possibly elect a considerable
minority of CongeSSmen.
The Committee of 4S in itself is not formidable.
But the old party managers must realize that party
ties no longer bind The Committee Of 4S is moth
ing but the shadow Of a club now. II may develop
into veritable big stick If dsTegaNded.
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THE RICHMOND TROLLEY STRIKE.
CTATEN ISLANDS latest trolley strike is in one
~ sense an opportunity.

CTATEN ISLANDS latest trolley strike is in one
- sense an opportunity.
Here is traction corporation, comparatively
small, whose employees are demanding higher
wages, The company claims II cannot increase wages
because II does not earn money enough on present
fares. The employees strike. The company off
Gals fold their hands and say they will make no
effort to run cars Federal Court names re-
ceiver for the company in the interest of its creditors
City authorities run buses to help the afflicted public
and threaten 70 revoke the supine companys
charter. Agents of the Federal Department of La
Dor try to arbitrate settlement. The Public Service
Commission starts an investigation.
Does not this case of the Richmond Light and
Power Company present in compact form all es-
sentia elements of the larger traction problems that
harass this community?
Might not quick, exhaustive analysis of the Rid1-
mond Light and Power Company's case help to de-
velop method that could be- applied to bigger
traction puzzles as yet unSolved?
New York'S transit muddle produces an ever in
creasing volume of explanations and charges Over
capitalization and reckless finance are alleged
Roads are accused Of secretly encouraging strikes
and welcoming tie-up as a means of mpreSsng
upon the public the need of higher fares Yet out
of i all we get no closer grip on the problem, no
clearer view of the line of attack.
The Public Service Commission should probe
this Richmond traction strike with thoroughness
that may reveal something.
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REVIVING A MEMORY

"A S HE was leaving the San Reno conference,
"A Premier Lloyd George said to a correspondent
81 London newspaper:
The decision TO insist on the disarmament Of
Germany has great Importance, but tie de-
fstA cisiOn 20 confer with German Statesman has
equal Importance. signifies that the IaAiOns
are determined that their Misunderstanding
shall be settled by elaboration and reason and
not by the constant brandShng of the sword.
There are still many people in the United States
to whom this will have familiar sound and who
viii even recall the time when this country was
earnestly protesting similar sentiments to explain
is purpose in entering the war;
That was before the amiStice. Since the armistice
the Senate Of the United States has done its best to
herd the American people into an isolated position
from which they are 10 contemplate with indifer-
encf the sword brandshing tiia goes on elsewhere
"A policy which VIII require them to keep large
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to a young State Guard non CON-
much In need of training himself. try
to show his wit, ability and figure
Why not have men train us fellows
and train us right at present at
tend a might school and can be ex-
empt from drill, but 1 am interested
in 1t IL 1t Is done in the right way. l
am drilling at the list Regiment
Armory, and IL seems that every
time my drill night comes the armory
drill floor is used for a bout OF show
and we are taken into one of those
stuffy company's rooms and we listen
to a young State Guard non com. drill
US, as l explained above. It is dis
gushing and un-American the way
they neglect our necessary training.
haven't voiced my impatient
opinion before this, in the hopes that
the conditions would improve. But
Mr.. FriedePs letter makes me realize,
and I hope 1t makes every young man
realize that it never will Improve II
we, the ones who endure IL, do not
! protest. 1 do not want radlcalism, l
do not want violence. do want
good clean military training.
Brooklyn, April rs, 192o' s. ia.
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The EeonomI of QualIty.

To TIE Ddhor q Tha Owning World.
Will Miss washington Heights
Gin" tell me where she can get a $40
evening dress that is mt to be worm
I am a business girl and use a little
discretion when buying clothing but
l must ask how many Sc pairs OF
shoes does Miss ''W. II. G." wear a
Year, 1 ind when pay So for walk
ing shoes they last me q year and
with a change OF 50 pumps and a pair
OF dress shoes for about S12 l need
not worry about shoes for a year.
This same scale OF prices applies to
wearing apparel. Why not pay S35
or $40, or possibly $50 for a suit that
one can wear In all kinds OF weather
and can also wear two seasons? You
will have to show me a f2s suit that
will give service these days. A busi-
ness girl must buy good clothing, but
she does not buy often. But II MISS
Brooklyn" wants some one to help
cut down expenses why not ask her
self II she is keeping good accounts
and using her money wisely.
I'VE can't have everything.
H. A. 8.
University Ave-, Bronx. April 2S.
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.s5 Convent Ave, April IS. 1890.


To the Editor Of The Evening World
ON April % you published letter
tSa credit in the world for trying TO
bring 10 light the disgracetul way In
which this compulsory military is con-
Quoted. 49, T..
Mr.. Friedel Is not right, though, in
saving that military training Is Of no
yaiua 10 the nation and that II wastes
a few hours week which could be
used for study.
can, and am sure he and any
other young man can devote a FEW
hours a week to building up his body
in addition 10 developing his mind by
study But by no means Is the beng
nj OF military training purely
physical. You will find that q
trained soldier, military man Is an
honorable and trustworthy citizen,
Behind him Is q good and thorough
period OF tfaining, not spending a few
hours standing On an armory listenint
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and costly sword in their own staJbard
Between winning war and remembering why
and for what end il was won there IS OF course, as
Senator Lodge has demonstrated, no shred of
connection
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CONVERSION on INcoMsIsrENcYi

One act Of courage
and patriotism the
Legislature OF 1920 per-
formed. II expelled the
Socialist Assemblymen.
New York Times,
April 81, 1920.
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GEWhylD He Asks.

To the Editor Of The Evening World;
Win some OF the wen educated and
intellectual gentlemen OF the United
states enlighten me on the facts, why
an ex-Army or Navy Regular Is not
to receive the proposed bonus that Is
in the hands OF our wonderful Sena-
tors and Congressman at the present
time. why we regulars are not en-
tiLled'to III AN EX-NAVY MAN,
Grove street, April 2e, 1890.
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The Chamber OF Com
merce Of the United
States proposes to com
bat industrial unrest,
social discomfort and
ignorant radicallsm with
ideas. 1t cannot be done
effectively by physical
force, an argument that
leaves wounds which
never heal. The duty
of citizenship Is to
fight bad ideas with
good ideas.-New York
Times, April 20. 1890.
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Re the Editor Of The Evening World:
I'm the recent rent laws so much
is left TO the discretion OF Ma 8is-
trates that they function virtually
as Judges of equity. Landlords
who have come TO court with
fingers soLled by greed have
same principle should apply 70
tenants, More or lass definite
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FROM EVENING WORLD READERS

What Kind letter do ind most reGGGbeH Isn't the
that you oorth Of thOuSdnd couple Of
hundred3
fine entOI exercise and satisfaction trying
say much In Ietu time g brtet
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"IhsurEent Rights"

10 the Editor OF Tho Evening world:
'Tnsurgent Rights is the heading
over an editorial in The Evening
World which very much pleased me-
This editorial exactly expresses my
sentiments in this all-important
matter, and /, in my plain and hum
BILE way, as a member of the First
Independent Brotherhood uf Lamp
Statesmen and Collectors AsSocia-
ton, am doing my very best When
occasion requires II 10 see that this
kind of 100 per cent. advice and rea-
soning is carried out 70 the letter
Stop striking and breaking contracts
FREDERIC G.. w. SIGR1ST.
New York. April Do, 1920.
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They Want Apartment Houses.
A number Of Americans In Pek.
ing, China, are Of the opinion
that a modern apartment house
IoouId prOUe a profitable enter
prise In that city. A nelo frst-
class hotel Is IN course of cree.
ton By French interests, tohich Is
expected to be completed In about
sir months. 1t Is thought that
this, IN addition to the present
hotels In Picking, toiH not be SUI.
ticient to take care of the In
credsinO the number OF tourists
UiSitin0 the Chinese capital, and
many feel that there e room for
On American hotel also.
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The Canal street station.

To the Editor Of The Evening World;
I noticed in your paper the ac-
count of the killing Of Miss Goldstein
at the Canal Street Station OF the
b. II. T.
that very morning.
Does Public Service Commissioners
Nixon work for the State or Is he on
the payroll Of the B. r. TT
Regarding the accident he says;
''The station is a frightfn and tra@ic
situation. The only thing he can do
is either close the station or take
chances OF a recurrence OF the ac-
cident."
1 wonder whether he would feel
that way IL his daughter had to use
this station each morning going to
business. HARRY ALLEN.
2l5 Audubon Avenue, New York
City, April &c, 1920.
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as II So SuFe 2"
- ~. Ey.niug Wnrld.

10 Tho Editor Of INC HNenIIlH " VIu'
In reference to your editorial In to-
DAYS World headed, "Is II so sure p
l wish 20 say that 1t is sure. Amend
ment 1 to the Constitution reads,
"ConRress shall make no law respect
ing an establishment OF religion
Since there are religions In this
country who's Sabbath Is not Sunday
I am OF the opinion that this law
could be very successfully contested
In the Supreme Court.
RALPH NJ. FREYDBERG.
ASb Convent Ave, April rs. 1920.
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News FLASHES.
From Around
T m e w or 4 d
Exports Ten Million a Day.

Exports Ten Million a Day.
Exports Of manufactures from
the United States during the cal
enddr year Of 1919 tOere at the
rate Of $4,000, 900 day. These
represent foreign trade OF
SI,0OO,OOO,OO0 a month,
Flying a Safe Pastlme.
Flying is one Of the safest pas
times In. the toorId. Judge for
yourself. When the United States
todS training men to fly in France
It tCdS found that one man lost
his life for every 500 flying
hours spent dlOtt, says tOriter
IN Boys Life. II you count that
the speed IN flying Is something
like seventy miles an hour on the
average, II toiH be seen that only
one life JOGS lost for about 240,-
900 miles actually tlotOn. In other
toords, a man t0hile learning TO
tly, not an experienced pilot,
could fly about ten times around
the tOOrId to eDery fatal acct
dent. To put It another t0Gy, sup
pose a man droUe an automobile
one hour a day every day IN tho
gear for nearly ten years. The
distance covered toould be that
IlotDn for every life lost In tIy-
ing. There are teto II any pas
times so safe as flying.
The herald., 1920-09-30

judiCiOuly Chidrens
bestowed "a little commendaon them
words whole
morale Of the shop improved There spirit of jealousy but rather
feeling they
hand"
Criticism take
a
Curious fellows
as
Man and his office
Delaware. 5
she keep secretnd they'll know how
Political rainbow chasing has Enthusiastic Republicans
talking invading
claiming Hampshire Therl
awakening early November.
McSwiney lives
durance than
without food-a which
With the hunting be
should learn the of the lawand also
Safety First" so far the other fellow
Money Cheaper" newspaper
perhaps
cheap carry
enough to market to purchase the supplies.
Autumn
have
home
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REMOVAL or SAW MILL FROM LEvEE

OF
recommendations ordering the removal
Mill
always considered weak
that standard the
Of
and property and be
of which
Agers
this privilege allowing
by
mill be
will look protest
To
to
location this
kind
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SUFFRAGE AND CIVIC BEAUTY.

The that suffrage
making
they fall would
a
the line public buildings
justified
Furthermore they will stand for beautiful
there
addition
tain the will look these
changes
the ggard
has kept him back heretofore We believe
will be
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Nippon Honors Her Soldier

Or a hill near Port Arthur, Chm
here looms a grand memorial tcEs
and Just back Of 1t are buried, h U
marked trenches, the bodies Of 2M
Of the bravest soldiers Of Nippon, NJ
the Detroit Free Press. II Is q shhH
for every loyal japanese. On The 80
Of another hill lie buried all tns'
mortal Of $1,000 Russians, and asH
also a monument has been rsN
These were the men who died turA
the siege Of Port Arthur, which coe
menced Is years ago and continued ~
almost q year. Although Port Arua
was given back to China by tne ''IF
nese II remains for all prschcsl :.
poses stronghold Of Nippon, ana
Is today more japanese In chsa'a
than Chinese, and is likely to REM
so unless Japan Is forced 70 'sI
qulsh the city by another war