The evening world. Newspaper, October 25, 1911, Page 16

‘ ; The Evening a Che GAE> earorld. Pubtished Dally Except Gunday py,the r Fubhahing Company, Nos. 68 to 63 J. ANGUS SHAW. Free. ee Boats SSOse PH PULITZER Juntor, Beo'y Sno Ronen pethoe VOLUME 88.....sccccescsseceecscccscecceesesNO, 18,887 a One Yea: One Mon’ A PAGEANT OF HISTORY. OME of us remember the naval parade in these waters in Colum- S bian year, 1892, when the British cruiser Blake was the most capable warship present and the White Squadron our own very modest claim to sea dominion. Many remember the dedication of the Grant monument in 1897, when the country’s naval strength had reached the proportions that were tested only the year following in the war with Spain—six armored vessels and a number of protected craft. Still more of us remember the demonstration when Dewey’s little squadron came back from Manila in 1899, his flagship @ pro- tected cruiser not in the first rank. All remember the sombre line of American battleships in the Hudson-Fulton celebration of 1909. Those massive fighting machines passed slowly up North River yesterday with new and still mightier companions. A week hence, when all their fellows are in place for the naval review, there will be twenty-four battleships, two armored cruisers, twenty-two torpedo boat destroyers, sixteen torpedo boats, eight submarines, four gun- boats and miscellaneous craft—102 vessels in all. This array declares @ growth that staggers the imagination, a fighting strength thet, should occasion require, would “stagger humanity.” Gono are the monitors, gone the dynamite cruisers, gone the boats that beat down Spain’s western empire in an hour. The plucky Texas, which was in at the death at Santiago, was made a target the other day and ounk in the mud under another name. The torpedo boats, the tor- pedo boat destroyers and the submarines are things of which the struggle with Spain knew scarce at all, and a new instrument of war waits at the threshold—the aeroplane, which may yet make all our armament a ruinous heap of iron. Since 1892 this town has witnessed pageants that record a longer advance in the arts of destruction than was accomplished in the three thousand years that divide the warfare of the earlier Pha- rcahs from the gunpowder period of western civilization. It is good, or at least it is important, to dwell in a maritime city and see his- tory crowd years into days. po THE BEHAVIOR OF WRITERS. ERHAPS the great names in American literature were worn by men deficient in what is called nowadays “the joy of life.” Anyway, these men led scandalously correct lives. Bryant, whose statue was unveiled yesterday, Emerson, Hawthorne, Longfel- low, Thoreau, Whittier, Holmes and their fellows were almost austere in their conduct. The religious note sounds in their writings and most of them have contributed to hymnology. Holmes masked senti- ment under s merry exterior and Longfellow wrote some verses in praise of the vine. These were the sole “excesses” of that Augustan group. Even its black sheep, so-called, Edgar Allan Poe, who drank heavily at times, was at any rate not divorced by his wife. Hoe loved the little invalid devotedly and never recovered from her death. The popular poets, novelists and playwrights of our day are much more interesting “human documents.” The literal documents which they yield may be inferior to the output of the elder genera- | tion, but the men themselves more evidently have “red blood.” Some of them prove it by drinking too much, others by skipping their board | hills, others by polygamy, tandem fashion or otherwise. Many have taken nothing from Plato but his doctrine of “affinities.” When a chorus girl drops her handkerchief, a full third of them (full in one or more senses of the word) run to pick it up. Measured by the di- vorce courts, the police courts or the civil courts, where bad debts are sought to be collected, the standard of many of theso gentlemen | is not enough above that of actors to infect the one guild with com- plwency or the other with envy. “He couldn’t stand Broadway” is the way a highbrow’s estranged wife put it. One of Kipling’s characters dressed the same idea in scientific phrase when he saw the ambitious monkey at his antice behind bars: “His ego is too much for his cosmos.” When the “Vn te die 1 hear about Gu: White Lights of Broadway scorch the poct’s wings the resulting odor sometimes argues that they are of grosser fabric than gossamer, Most pail wer aie ae PURO. 00, 2 r his “morn! morning,’ other morning. of the writers with what is politely called “temperament” were born in the country, and there they married the plain little women whom | they dis | doubtless but a passing gust of demoralization perhaps it is “Rack to| the farm.” ‘oii: - Ser orem RRR RE ERGOT seninter October 235: G AS A FUSIONIST 4 ¢ a )) = <x 1N3q NV Sv could no longer hold Fhiludelphia against their lean, tireless foes. They Dninvads We | The FAAAAAALAAAAAAAAABAABAAABAABABAA AM overt UL Now York Wee. tO Rublin's wife being @ ou tragetter?’ asked Gus, wh the “Why, all 1 know," replied Mr. Jarr, 2 rH “ta what I eee in the papers. the oaye rd here. If there is any moral to be drav-n from what jg © Sloonkeeper's wife needs the protec: tion of the ballot just as well ae the Stockbroker's wife docs.” Gus cocked his head to one side and + Feflected very carefully for quite some ered time Then he drummed upon the ber and whistled. FROM CHINA TO PERU. “Vell,” he finally eatd, “I don't bas'r4 vat'e coming over the women. mit dem und der ain't no Livin’ midout York’s most storied street, and Chinatown has had some- dem.’ If my Lena was to hear eboud Cx is a long way from the Bowery, but Chinatown abuts New '@iavinsky says, ‘They ain't no livin’ thing—e very little—to do with the rebellion that is the celestial kingdom. It has its own reform committee; so denizens have been active for a new deal at home and it knows at first hand the flitting Oriental who is scheduled for China’s “first U8 president.” Revolutions nowadays are hatched away from home, and by vire| tue of its foreign quarters New York finds that no country’s troubles, however remote the land, are alien to it. It subscribes to Irish hone rule, shelters Russian revolutionists and Russian spies, takes cogni- sance of Armenian patriots in its criminal courts, launches half the uprisings in Latin America, studies Syrian politics in Washington street, interviews its adopted citizens when Norway cuts the painter and hears its own bives of population buzz with every disturbance in red and Greece. Even the Kurds and Albanians have spokesmen | re. Some of the brethren westward call New York “provincial.” Bot that is because its vision has so far a eweep that occasional it overlooks them. onally “Doge ev Childrent” Fo the Bémer of The Bresing World: aa dogs really owned ¢ M he best T am ure your recent edttortal,| Consequence was seven persons in “Doge or Children, Which?’ is volced| bitten one evening by a presumably Riverside Drive during the heated term, NO- Gus Ruhlin's wife bein’ a military suf- shaking fragetter”~ me of its y, “Militant euffragette,”" corrected Mr. jarr. “It all means @ fighter, don't it? sald ; and, aa I was goin’ to say, !f my Lene was to hear that Gus Ruhiin's wife was a military suffragetter she would want me to get her # ooniform that she could go oud and ecrap mit the —— Hope Deferred. by the majority. Do please keep it up| 84 408 near One Hundred and Forty. Afth street. Oh, it was terribl end let us have all dogs kept off of the| redress For love of munenily. de your ousct 3 assure you I toared to ealey bee, = MIL AND ARs, 4, CLARK, | Marriage i# not a problem of the heait; it's a proposition in higher | mood, ’ MANTON PA CO. at the above address. Send ¢ Pi src | mathematica, to which no one has ever yet becn able to put "Q. B. D.” Then, free, unfettered let them live, | éaohigattern ordered’ a | your ‘8 baseball enthusl- I would not erasp t ha vous ’adtetan otuast a aem is checke: The beat that all Lit plainly and always _ Sen Raln-cbeckeg The Whirli meen tet ae gig. By Maurice Ketten. 1AM SPEAKING 4s A Cuprighs, 1911, ty The Prom Pubihing On (The Now Toh Wott, 1G DEMOCRAT No. X1.—Valley Forge and ‘‘1he Times That 1ry ue 66 MBHESE are the times that try men's souls!” wrote Thomas 4 patriot and atheist, after he had viewed the horrers bot ar 4 Valley Forge winter. The story of that winter le om of most tragic and dramatic in all bistory. s The British held New York. They had been driven from Boston. they sought jo seize our country’s next most important city—Philade! Up the Chesapeake Bay, in the early autumn of 1777, came a British Aboard it were Sir William Howe and an army 16,000 strong. Washi heard that Howe was planning to attack Philadelphia, eo he marched forth from that city to meet him. Washington had an army of barely 11000 @Mcient men. Instead of waiting for Howe to bear down’ upon them be burried to meet and check him. { Howe and his 18,000 landed at the head of the Elk River, fifty-four miles from Philadelphia, and set out for that city. On the morning of Sept. 9 the British found their way blocked by Washington's army, which was intrenched among the low hills near the Brandywine Creek. A long 9nd ed. Owing to a subdordin fMicer’s misunderstanding of ene orders the British were to fall upon the patriot army from two different pointe, to inflict terrific damage, Tne fight raged afing the ywine for miles, and was stopped by the coming (Aes 7 of t. Under cover of darkness Wasnington retreated. J The Britien did not follow up thelr vicwory by @ Blunder, the beaten foe, They bad lost about #0 men to the ———————"" cane’ 1,00. After the battle, Howe marcoed on and possession of Philadelphia. Washington, early in December, witndrew bis hungry, il, ragged army to Valley Forge, about twenty miles north of Philadelphia, | there went into winter quarters, His troops had almost no toed, 20 | except such huts as the worn-out men could buud, and no suitadie aloumad, Wasnington in a report wrote thus of the muriyr-suuiers’ comuitiuns “Men are contined in nospiiais or in farmers’ houses for want of shoes, We have thus day no less than 20:3 men in camp unit for duty vecause tsay. are barefooted and otherwise naked. Our whole strength amvunte to Bo mute taan 4,200 men in camp ft for auty. Since the 4th inet. our aumvers Mt for au Bave decreased from hardship and exposure nearly 24W0 men. Numvere are still | obliged to alt all nignt by fires, They occupy @ cold, biewk hill and sieep under | frost and snow witnout clothes or blankets. From my svul 1 pity those miseries | which it ts neither in my power to relieve nor prevent.” ‘The winter was unbelievaoly cold. Starvativn and disease ran riot. Much of / the scanty supply of food and ciothing provided for the suidiere went } | through incompetence or graft. It was a time of horror. Yet few men a In Philadeipnia, meantime, tue Britien heid high revel. Warm, well fed, sage, they loafea and caryused all winter, Strung men grew soft, Idieness and juzury Po) =. Almost none turned their backs on this scene of misery to take up the ease and > comfort that awaited them elsewnere. Tnere was nothing but love of 0 mm | noid them there. Our Go jten to punish deserters. v > a 4 | they remained on duty. Ca hospitals and carried £00 @ g —— A Winter Py > of Torture. periecting tne til-equipyed military “macai n > —————————"_ apols in the snow marked everywhere the tread of the @gi- > 4a Giers’ bare feet. And #0 the long, deadly winter at last wore away, ho zé& left their mark on the once hardy English troupe. Benjamin Wreoklia, learning how ood, remarked dryly: bei ritish have not taken Philadelphia, Philedelphia has teken the ‘a Hoe was rignt. In the spring jhe survivore of Valley Forge were N3d30NI seasoned, perfectly equipped veverane—men of iron and Gre The Briten like prize-fightere who nave suddenly changed training for G@isupauen.. ‘Tiey ated the city in June, 177%, and started for New York, closely pursued oy - ington, who struck one heavy blow after another at the retreaung redoouts, “At Moumouth and elsewhere along the route the two armies clasned. An@ } ferent resuits of that winter were apparent on seu’ hed New York. Wasnington menaced tne city, tee streig as before. Through untold suffering his army had ot know the meaning of Lasting Defeat, to be swept sort that do ‘The Dav2-G20a Sroricad Mr. Jarr Solves the Weird | Sans ts alnga some ate Mys er f “H N r,| Waiver Was tuy ula, | mat'serice an imvoriant NIT i xy 9 ouse erves CERTAIN tterary German, hove mance | gral, ‘celmly, tor the cea tae aan A ; 0nd | Oca avs been vesrined.‘eics 8 epabi PIPIBIBAPBBABPAPAIBIISSAABABIBA SAS (hor re eer astee had aa) amass | pletion idee Do you think the wim- from her is a caution. I'm wonder if; tell you vat 1 alvays wanted to eee.(nier cis annie | Sympath.zeu With Hin et WOTES thet way?” jGue Ruhl! wite took {@ out on her/I ain't never been in the barroom of| ‘He wes s well known {igure among the patrons HM1> us a story of the Harvasd “Geis Gam ‘asked Mr. Jarr. [husband ven them other high toned|the Vaidorf Asdoria or of the st, | %,,\im,,articuar eanuiunenl, te i ied fave ng Nt “By fighting among demselves,” said | vimmin wanted to fire her from the] Regus or of the Frite-Cariton, or any er who 0 bis w ha Gus. “I read it im the Steate-Zeltung| Woman's sufferers party because herlof them swell places yet. Let’ you anajsseeting, tt one day a oew wauel Woe Ole | ua yas oh tue aura, wing. ay Oa that all they do fe to hold a meetin’ for) husband run @ liquor store?” me shust go round and be real swells | 0%"! Mit Wout bis woud. che bails, They excused themeeites to mugs OONIVERSAL peace. ‘Down mit the 'm sure I don't know,” sald Mr./ and look them places over.” bs ‘1 cannot eat this soup,” fi-y the gentleman, | enougu to pay the vii aod usver came beck, saloon, and Wotes for vimmin. AndlJarr, “but you don't seem to be Im very| “You're on,” sald. Mr. Jarr. “cet | Tay mun macs ue ovuy. piste Ceiore tbe cus-| (hw nisaeger aaued: “Und Jou" nave gad ail they do 1@ to @urap over wno shail| good humor about it all.” your bat and take off your bar ja tomer could fiusn tue sentence, aud vanisdes | yard stuueots use ® cad all aight Tr’ have social PREJUDICE,” “T guess I ain't.” sal@ Gua “I got}/and put on your coat.” COE | with it, Yes." He reappeared in a moment with another supply | “‘Iid the chauseur walt fer four hewsy “gocial precedence,” suggested Mr, |House nerves.” ‘Don't we hav to put on full evenin | of the sume soup, ‘which be placed belore the | to cowe out and pay himt” Jarr. “What?” asked Mr. Jarr. Gress or we can't get a dri Le ‘and wien stood regaruiug him with dea. “Vell anyhow,” said Gus, “vatever it} “ repeated Gus, “That's Diaces?” asked Gus. ink 1m them | gentleman. eee oudering what could be the reason | "Aud, 300 Were sever paid an oxcuse for the vimmin to e ne t Mr, Jerr shook his head ta the | iiénens Memneins wnlaaehel ss | Weil cones the reten, “wns “shah Ele creams around tive, and s00n the two were on a| marked the literary man, ——_bad!” end the receiver was hung up.—liee- ‘hat do you care?” asked Mr. Jarr. the only way) slumming tour on Fifth avenue “Why not, ais? Waat is the matter?” stam ‘yon Revord, yy are fighting each other|to cure it is to sive her forty dollars Would you like to see Peacock nonaenieiaalial G1 ting us. fend tel! her you'll hit he : if she in the eye Alley?” asked Mr Jarr, * | jtores and the finely dressed woman are iting? blow herself to what she RRA AARP P PP PA PLP PLL APL LPL LP PPPPPDOD DLR LG, wor iar oe aN, BET ae at cat ee, ae | The May Manton Fashions: | Don't I vant a good time, too?” wpe vimmin."" “Now, I'll tell you what we'll do,” sald jus was very much impres: Sarr. "You let Elmer run the | the handsome appointmente or the ontes this evening, and you and I will |in the big hoteis, and immediately ein the town.” and Mr, Jerr were in a warm alterc: “Tm mit youl” oried Gus, “And I{ton as to who should have the honor of purchasing the firet drink, Finally = ei june ‘ue bartender and said: ue the dicebox. We'll the bones to see who pays.” Sart eaid the dapper dar- throwin’ allowed on my Lena because Fritz | M Schults ts in the wholesale liquor bisness | P and I am only tn the retatl trade, then my Lens comes home and vat I get| HE skin thas made tp teow Dieces 1s the tego. rite one of the socom well adapted to 4 materi aitined can be used tr: se Seasonadle and tor tb, combinations o paterials ae wal Pye ene through " band at the lower 2 tralgne, but 1s opened! Dancise neh OVE th tender. “No di these premises! Gus was oo crestfalien at the rebuft that Mr. Jarr permitted him to buy all {the drinks until his spirits hed arisen Whie the attire Is: 0 Bi are of valve! low I'm feelin’ .' ne good,” said Gos | 14 “Lets go in the back room and play @ little auction | Copyright, 1411, by The Press tubiishing Co. (The New York World.) | gentlemen here joe fon o 1 MAN tells only of hia conquests in love; his, make @ three or four handed game.” defeats somenow always strike him speechiess,| “Nix!" sald the bartender. “No card Playin’ in this establishment “Vat? cried Gus indignantly. “And Marriage would be a subdlime success tf only @ you call this a first-class place.” ween RoweNO man would exert a little more common sense in try-| bbed arm, {ng to get the woman with whom he will be happy, and a woman a little | ll bet the) more energy in trying to be happy with the man she gets. ! oy bats s a . blace ke your own liquo The amount of “hot air” that a man sometimes wastes on his partner; you can do as you pli at a dinner party would keep his wife's heart wurm for the rest of her life. re where Day Dreams. From the recent divorces in the literary set the ink bottle appears to By Cor M. W. Greenleaf. be causing almost as much marital troubie as the champagne bottle. D“" ar s of mine, let no one br Their mi pell, I'd not Somehow a flirt in a stenographer's clothing is alwaye the sort that ts being “persecuted” by a wolf in employer's clothing. ie elas 1 — Pass on, go hence and let me be! it Yes, Dearie, you can easily distinguish the men gueste at a fashion jeir sweet, seductive charm ~ ty —— there in revery, able dinner from the watters by their perfect manners—the wattera’ v nought extsts with power to Patte: manners, ne wm Re. IAS } m And blight them but—Reallty, The most miserable married woman on earth alwaye has o heart full| With all the beauty and perfume ty for the most successful spinster. Ot priceless, ri otto yjnom, te i pine Intangible, ches. perish should = ‘They meet Life's sterner, harsher | + Donal BUREA Building, Greeley Square, corner Sizth and Thirty-second street, New York, or send by mat) oe M1 could. Thattory gomelines goes aireight fo 9 Nesdans's pocketbook, .,.1 | to mine i Dream's ciusve meet, | sine wontel, Aid two sents tar letter postage if bao Burry,