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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION

olutIon. New thoughts have come in
and the old theories are regarded as
untenable. But these new thoughts
instead OF order and harmony in the
mental world. there In a deal Of con-
fusion and chaos DIR. ohshima adds
that passion and impulse never ruled
the japanese people more than at the
present day.
THE mental world OF Japan today
may be. compared 10 a stormy sea,
says Prof. shiro Kawada Of the Koyto
Imperial University. This ia true Of
aociety as we'll as individuals. There
IN no dininution In the patriotism Of
the people, but there is a grave dis
content. and the sullen mutterfnss 70
be everywhere heard are certainly not
good portents. The press plays UP
every day lurid articles OF riotoas liv-
ing by hitherto respected persons.
scandals I'm Official and municipal
matters, corruption in trade and COM
merce. This Is killing the respect OF
the younger generation for established
authority and undermining their faith
In the traditions and beliefs OF old"
Or. Rawada also says that the new
trend in the economic phase OF Jap
anese life is gradually leading TO a
breakup of the family system. The
present economic system. he notes. is
based on individualisn1. while the FAM
lily system is on the antithesis of indi-
viduaiism.-Japan Times and Mail
Toxin
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29

Nothing could be more pathetic" !"
saws the Paris Midi commenting on
the appearance of the American dele
gate at the sessions of the Supreme
Council, than the silence of Col.
George Harvey and a certain con-
tortion of the mouth which he made
during the sittings. lacking the right
TO have his say. This American fig
uration was pretty melancholy"
There have been times when we
would have described the silence Of
Col. Harvey aa other than pathetic.
For Col. Harvey's silence is a rare
and fugitive thing. Consider the mat
ter historically. indeed. and there
amt no such thing" unless ex-
ception be made OF a brief period fol-
lowing the Pilgrim dinner speech
when the echoes from that famous
pronouncement kept the atmosphere
OF two continents in unrelieyed agi-
tation.
AS to Col. Harvey's silence-imag-
lining such a thing to be possible--we
should surmise that it would be re-
freshing. recuperative 10 distracted
lci NSo ditA AAttA4ilS W AAAC AASSS iit-
fiicted by the missiles of his brill
lance.
But there is another view to be con-
sidered. and that is the effect regis
tered upon the Ambassador himself
How does it feel 10 Harvey TO sit
in with the Supreme Council Of the
Powers of the world. an honor worthy
of the asDiration of any American
under q. ban OF silence imposed by
his own agitations against the
League Of Nations and any magnani-
nous attitude toward burdened Eur
ope? IL payment in kind for sins
committed is the seyerest punishment
as seems 10 have been the idea OF
poet and seer since time began. then
Col. Harvey's silence, to Col. Harvey
must be rack ana screw and shirt OF
Nessus
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29
A MODERN GALAHAD.

Representative Manuel Herrick Of
Oklahoma, who recently sponsored a
bin which, II passed by the House,
would place a ban on beauty contests
IN newspapers and magazines, has
found himself In peculiar prcdica-
ment because OF his Willingness TO
marry a ts-year-old Washington
Miss.
IL seems that this modern Sir Gala
had who ia so pure himself that he
would reform the world overnight,
made what he called a. tentative
m,omise. to take as bride the lovely
xoung daughter of his landlady. The
girl no doubt was fiattered by the at
tentions OF such IA great solon. who
Is known as one OF the few Apollos
in the House. But Sir Galahad now
saws that he does not wish to marry.
We fear that this worthy Best
Mind of the Republican forces has
confused his private with his political
promises. or course no Best Mind
ever expects to keep the latter unless
he chooses, but il has always been a
matter OF honor among men of GER
tain type that promise given TO a
woman in such a case is held sacred
There are certain sections OF the
country where this worthy reaction
airy would be read out OF decent so
ciety for actions not even 50 bad as
those laid at his door.
SO many Of our reformers would
be better citizens II they would reform
themselves first before they COM
menced TO turn the world upside down
Scarcely a month goes by but sonr
good pillar OF reform" turns out to
be made OF whole clay
What a world!
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29
A TREATY OF SACRIFICE.

The American people have nothing
left 20 show tor all the billions that
they poured out, for all the blood that
they spilled. for all tho sacrinces that
they made. for all the hope OF finer
civilization that their Intervention
brought to a distracted world. except
little heap of validated financial
claims against Germany which were
already secured by German property
that the United States had seized and
held.
All the vast moral influences that tho
United State. welded, ali the mag
nificent prestige that It achieved. all
that America once ment 10 peoples
that had drunk the cup of bitterness
to the very dregw-this is finished.
Under nornrlcy we are done with IL.
we have stopped Mr.. Wilson's
treaty. boasted Senator Lodge in his
speech at the Republican National Con-
vention last summer. II Is true. They
have stopped everything in Mr.. Will
sons treaty that reflected honor and
glory on the American people every
thing that represented the full flower
Of American ideals and American tradi
tions. They have kept nothing but
the cash register which TO ring up
American claims against an impoyer-
ished and bankrupt Germany which is
already in the hands of a receiver.
And this is the diplomatic end of a
war in which the United States proud
ly set forth ito bring peace and safety
TO all nations and to make the world
itself at last free."-New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29
UNEMPLOYMENT coSrKRENcE.

1t was announced today that Presi-
dent Harding viii cali = conference to
meet next month to inquire Into the
status OF the non-cmpioyed In the
United Safes. According to Sec
retary or Commerce Hoover. ''the
object OF the conference will
be to inquire into the volume OF
needed employment, the distribution
OF unemployed men. and TO ascertain
what measures can probably be taken
In speeding up employment by indus
tries and public bodies during the
next winter. and, In addition. a broad
needed employment, the distribution
to ameliorste the unemployment sit
uation and give impulse to the recov-
cry OF business and commerce to nor
NAL. Many constructive suggestions
have been made to the department by
employers, governors OF States and by
city ofiicials.'
This conference win be hand
some gesture made by Mr.. Harding
toward those out of work. But its
good effects remain to be seen. The
administration could have done much
to ameliorate present conditions by re-
lieving business OF the terrible weight
of taxation now shouldered upon II,
and by putting into force real, and
not make believe economy cuts IN the
conduct of the government. But in
stead Of sticking TO the tnek until the
Job was through. Congress adjourned
TO loaf. and Mr.. Harding turned from
cares Of state to tho pleasures of golf
Now individual citizens will be called
into conference to handle a matter
which should be settled In the right
way by the government.
NO douDf tt mas been very hot IN
Washington this summer. where our
noble rcions have gathered. But II
must be remembered that il was rug,
as hot in France three years ago
when the American army sioeged into
It. However. Pershins and his mer
did not quit and call q conferenc.
I Of outsiders to and the war becauss
/ OF the heat nor did they quit latea
| when the rams bsean. Thank dot
/ that tho Army Of the United States
was composed Of sterncr STUFF thar
| the present Congress OF the United
States.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29
SAVE THE CATS.

The residents in the Ninth ward
have had TO bear many tribulations
in past years, but none so heavy. as
the loss of their pet cats, which is
being experienced today. Some un-
principled person. knowing little of the
long and honorable part which the cat
has played In the history of the world,
is poisoning the lineal descendants OF
Big Tom who fioated down the Nile
beside the wilIowy Cleopatra.
Almost daily a cat funeral is held in
"old NINTH" and almost nightly the
afr is split by the death cries of tabbies
who are experiencing an undeserved
torture at the hands OF some sinister
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29

~ virtue ~ n seniority rule which
pays small attention b. brains but
much 10 - certain limited experience.
Congressman Fordney is chairman -
the all-important ways and means
committee of the House ~ ltaproafn-
tatves. when hls opponents we're In
power he voted FOR the taking over
of tho railroads by the government.
and the following o. his oxpianntl0r rs
reported in the New York World
Il voted % put the President ln
hole and we ala if J. voted 90 give
the President an the power inst hs
asked Tor on that platform"
And the gentlemen did ao." aaked
Representative Carter. Democrat. -
Oklahoma. "to put the President in q
hoieg"
We'll. that is what happened 10 him.
isn't it7' Mr. F0rdney asked.
A little later Representafive Garnor.
Democrat. Of Texas sad
when the gentleman from Wiehi-
gan told this House that he voted %
take over the railroads to puf tho
President in q hole. he did not express
the patriotic sentiment ~ the PEE
publicans."
Mr.. Fordney replied 7 was oniy
joking"
owing 70 defective sense ~ hu-
NOR. the serious business n the coun-
try win not understand Mr Forfrrgs =
joke now. even as 30 failed iO unfer-
stand his even grimmcr jest iu 1911.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29
FORGOTTEN MIN.
Hamlet

How many wflmingtonians know
that there are several hospitals near
this city filed with disabled service
men battling back to health?
The presence of these forgotten men
was brought home to many persons
Saturday when members Of the
Laurence Roberts Post No. 81. Ameri-
can Legion. gave at Hope Farm the
FIRST OF a series of entertainments
which win be staged this fall and
winter for the benefit of the patients
there.
The members OF this post ask the
cooperation OF the City In trying to
make life Just bit attractive to those
chaps who have been forgotten in
the past two and half years Not
withstanding the crash OF publicity
cynbals by the Administration, the
fact remains that disabled men in
America had been treated ucr~ shah
billy than in any other country. II
is litfle that w can do for ours, but
that little We can do cheerfuIfy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29
THE TARIFF on FILMS.

A little group of ffve German-made
motion pictures of exceptional merit
was brought TO this country. along
with scores OF inferior German films.
No sooner was It seen that these pic
lures would be artistic and commercial
successes than the cry of havoc was
heard round the world, originating
behind our own walls. The German
invasion would ruin our film indus
try! There must be high protective
tariff! The answer is a proposed
duty of 80 per cent ad vaiorem
t"American valuation'9 on film inn
portations in the Fordney tariff bill.
That duty, or at least the agitation
for 1t. was aimed directly at Germany.
Now the other Europeans are awak
ing to the fact that the duty will hit
them too. The British IN particular
have entered vigorous protest.
We do not need a tariff to keep.
British pictures, in any considerable
numbers, out of the country. With
out artificial aid, the law of supply
and demand has done that. The plain
fact is. they are not good enough to
command a market here. Carnival"
is the best British picture that has
been exhibited here in many years,
and it was not much above the aver
age. But even IL they were good
enough, the proposed tariff could not
be Justly administered. To attempt
to evaluate a foreign-made picture In
terms of American costs can result in
nothing but an approximation, satis-
factory to no one. A picture made in
England at a cost of E 10000 might
have cost C 900 in this country, and
again it might not. The making of
pictures depends on weather and
studio methods and few other of the
most variable things in the world.
But the worst feature of the pro-
posed tariff is that it initiates against
the introduction of new artistic IDEAS.
Our film industry fears competition,
and well it may. for it does not re-
quire much imagination to produce
pictures superior to the formulated
success-specifics ground out by our
studios. BY virtue of quantity and
Of technical excellence, it is true, the
American film industry controls the
markets OF the world. Despite the re-
|eent panic in our film industry. shaken
to it's depths .by a system of mad
finance. we still export more film
than any other land. and we furnish
the frightened Britishers with S5 per
cent of their photoplays. But artis-
tically we are a sorry sight. And we
want a prohibitive tariff to protect
us from anything bettert-New York
Evening Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29
JUST FOLKS
THE TUMBLER AT THE SINK.
BY Edgar A. Guest

The houses of the rich folks are very
fine TO see,
But after all fancy they'd never do
for. me-
For a butler guards the doorway, and
. a staff Of servants wait
To crafty your slightest wish, like
messengers OF state.
They're there TO do your bidding, and
should you want q drink
They'll never let you get it from the
tsmbler at the sink.
Now IL may be I'm old fashioned, but
to really feel at home
like TO, be permitted all around the
house to roam,
And like TO find the kitchen, with the
towel upon the door.
And the gayly colored picture from the
corner grocery store,
There's a comfortable feeling which
the great folks miss / think
In drinking, when you're thirsty from
the tumbier at the sink.
There's a charm about the kitchen
which no other room can boast
And when you think about 1t, it's the
one we need the most.
1t is there we find her smiling when
we come back home at night.
There the children dance about her as
they're pleading for bite,
And it's there that eyes are brightest
cheeks the pinkest Of the pink,
And it's there, for all the thirsty,
there's the tunbler at the sink.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29
MENTAL CHANGES IN JAPAN.

The world of thought in Japan today
is in a very critical condition, accord
ing 10 many eminent Japanese stu
dents of sociology. The Japanese mind
is in a period of transition and the
transition is sickly one. There is no
genius or guiding star that can lead
the people out of their doubts and
steer them into a safe mental haven
The efforts being made by the police
and the authorities to induce better
worship at the ancestral shrines and
to pay more regard for the faith
of Old Japan are proofs that the auth
critics have begun 10 see the ugly
side of this unsettled state OF thought
DR.. Ohshima, a well-known Japan
csc student, compares the state OIL
thoughts among the masses in the
cities TO those prevailing IN the minds
of the French people before the Rev.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29
RIPPLING RHYMES.
by Walt Mason.
THE RENTED HOME.

The money you have paid for
rent is gone beyond recall,
though you have paid it for a
tent. or for stately hall; some
landlord took il. cent by cent,
and left your bundle small, Some
landlord took your iron men
and left you feeling sore; and
every month he came again, and
took away some more. You've
bought that residence, alack,
YOU poor misguided gent! You've
bought the blamed place front
and back. and by the strain
you're bent; and still the land
lord owns the shack, and bones
YOU for the rent. Not yours the
rooftree overhead. not yours the
cistern pump, the landlord owns
the fence and shed, the whole
works in lump; when you can't
pay him you must tread the
pathway to the dump. When you
are sick or out OF luck the land
lord stern appears. and clamors
loudly for each buck for which
you're in arrears. and hauls
your dunnage in truck TO soul
less auctioneers. A sane and
prudent wight is he who IN his
own shack dwells. though il may
plain and humble be. not built
for blooming swells: we see him
meath his vine and tree. and
note he's wearing bells.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29
THE RED, RED ROSE.

Every Evenings book reviewer paid
his respects Saturday to Hall Gaines
latest novel. The Master OF Man.
While admitting that the Manrman
possesses power Of an unusual sort.
the reviewer chided the author for
bringing IN the .nauscatins sax prob
lem.
Sometimes We wonder n men writ
ing today have forgot that there are
people whose lives are devoid OF sex
compleres, and tho like, but who
nevertheless are very interesting. n
art is a mirror to nature, we wish that
some OF the old hounds who poke
their noses into the obscene and pn-
pleasant would look at the right kind
OF society for change.
BY this we do not mean to go on
record as favoring the antics Of
a certain Sir GAiahad OF sainted
memory, who could see evil in
things which would never per-
turb a normal man. But then, he
had his own complex, the result no
doubt of repressed desire. But IL is
our contention that the worlds great
est literature is rather devoid OF sex
allusions. 1t is not necessary to the
making OF the good story well told"
OF course a man like Thomas Hardy
win write Tess Of the DUrbervilles,
Anatoie France win give US The Red
Lily. W. L. George his searching So
cial probe. A Bed OF Roses. BalEac
create. a Madame Marnefe, and even
that f1rst-elass second-rater. Aphonee
Daudet, presents Sapho 10 the world.
All Of them are great works. sach In its
class teaching powerful moral. II has
teaching a powerful moral. It has
even been limited that Becky Sharp
was a more lively dame than Thacke-
ray would admit In the pages of Van
ity Fair. But what we object to is
the making OF sex immortality attrac-
tive. Anyone who knows anything
Whatsoever Of the world knows that
not only are the wages Of sin" death
eternal, but that it is equally true that
The sins that you do, two by two,
You shall pay for, one by one"
Vice in real life Is never attractive
to the man who sees beneath the tin
sci. Then why do our first-rate tech
nicians insist upon picturing it in
their novels as z red, red rose?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29
THE EVENING SMILE.
STILL IN THE CHARACTER.

You fellows keep up the same
rough swa8ger and wear the same
rude attire that were necessary in
the old days before Crimson Guloh
became a thriving community"
Yes" replied Cactus Joe. We
keep up the artistic atmosphere.
Every one of the boys is hoping he'll
land a job as a desperado star In the
motion pictures.-Washing Star.
What is sRdder than q man who
loses his last friend?" "A man who
works for his board and loses his ap-
petite."-Stanford Chaparrai.
Scout: Shall mark time with my
feet7" Scoutmaster: Did you ever
hear OF marking time with your
handsyf Scout: Yes, sir! Clocks do
it.''-Science and Invention Magazine.
Retired Auctioneer: And what can
you give my daughter" Prospective
Son-in-IAw: "A thousand year. a
car, country house. Retired Auc-
tioneer Cabsent-mindedly) Sold" "
Passing Show.
Would you get UP in a street car
10 give a lady a seat7" Il would" re
piled Mr.. Croslots; "and be thankful
for having had seat 10 occupy for
even a portion Of the trip."-Wash-
ington Star.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29
VAUGHAN
"RECOGNIZES" MEXICO
If He Can See His Way Clear DO Business With the Mexican
Government, May Not the u. S. A. Waive Its
Demand For Treaty Guarantee
From the Springfield Republican.

~-'t Nrr~ -sff's'e'Nss sN"t~sssssNs~ss
The question whether tho present
Mexican government should be rec
ognixed by the United states seems
IL effect to be answered In the nf-
flrmattve by the Baldwin Locomo-
tive works on Philadelphia. whose
president. Samuel M. vauciain, hns
just entered Into n contract with the
Mexican government To build SO To-
comotives for the Mexican railroads,
President vauclein fnanifests his faith
In the contract by grantins credit
OF s2.boo.oo0 and taking Mexican
treasury bonds to that amount In re-
turn. He contemplates granting
Mexico another credit of $4,000. 900 To
aid In general railroad rehabilitation.
Act. speak louder than words.
but President yauelain's words echo
his acts lie declares afttr a visit
TO Mexico that the country ''is full
of business" Good order prevails In
Mexico City and I'm the country out
side so far as / could see, You can't
do things in Mexico City; that you
could do here. IL you did. they would
put YOU In jail quicker than a wink
The shops seemed TO be busy. and n
nancial conditions are sound" presi-
dent obregon impressed him "as be-
ing wise, leyel-headed and careful I"
Mexico In going ahead both agricul-
turaliy and industrially."
Next month Mexico will celebrate
the Tooth anniversary of the indie
pendence of the country and of Cen
trail America from Spanish rule.
The celebration will last Is days and
new public school will be. opened in
Mexico CITY each day. There win be
many other features of the celebra-
ton, but none of them can have more
significance than the opening OF those
10 new schools.
President Harding has been in Of
fee nearly six months without rec
ognizins the Obregon government.
The reason is well known. The
Mexican government refuses TO sign
A convention or agreement, as the
sine qua non OF recognition, the ef-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29

feet OF which would be tn euYbody in
a treaty the Interpretation OF Article
2T OF the Mexican constitution which
the United States government wishes
to see established. Unlawful eon-
fiscation OF the property of our
nationals in Mexico would be properly
a subject concerning which our gov
ernrnent could take decisive measures,
but the credit of s2,boo.ooo already
granted to the Mexican government
by the Baldwin Locomotive works in-
dicates that one of Americas greatest
business men feels secure In that par
ticuar. ff President vauclnin can
see his why 10 do business with the
Mexican government on credit
basis. may not the United States gov
eminent waive its demand for a
treaty guarantee concerning the In
depreciation OF the Mexican conati-
tuition as the necessary condition of
the recognition of President Obragon 7
The question Is growing more per-
tlnent as time passes. Recognition
by the United States is needed "a
place the present Mexican govern
ment on a strong basis. In the long
continued absence of it, civil dissen-
slonH and revolutionary disorders OF
a nature only too familiar might
ga oily break out. Apprehension OF
such unfortunate developments has
recently influenced several American
State Legislatures, including Texas
Arizona. California, Michigan. Illinois
and Oklahoma, TO recommend reoog-
milton by the Harding administration
II Is OF doubtful wisdom TO de-
mand ns prerequisite Of recognition
the enforcement of a principle which
Mexico regards ns a blow to her SOW
ereienty, and refuses to conccde on
that high ground. when existing con
ditaons in the adjoining country
promise stability and renewed pros
rerity II the present government car
only be firmly established. The rec.
ognltion" accorded by President vau
claim might well serve as a guide Il
President Harding
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29

crook, Now we hold no brief for cats
their claws are sufficient In ordinary
times for their own projections but
for tho bsnsfit Of the families who
rely upon cats to keep the house rid
Of rats. and on behalf Of tho children
whose brief hours OF happiness are
increased hv the prssencs OF some
old bewhiskcred egoist on the nurs-
cry hearth. we urge that the Ninth
wards DAT killer b. found and made
to suffer heavy punishment for his
rascally deeds.