The evening world. Newspaper, November 16, 1911, Page 20

Sore. PBAtshed Dally Except Sun J. ANGUS BHAW, Entered at the Post-OMce at to hte pretation Rat Th ‘i a for the United States and Canada. RSTARLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER, by the Press Publiehing Company, 63 Bark Row, New York. RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Row. ‘reasurer, 63 F Row, JOSEPH PULITZER, Jr., Secretary, 6 e Fvening {For Englar 0} One Month. HEALTPLOF SCHOOL CHILDREN. NOTHER defect has been discovered in school children here. Nos, 63 to| Park Row. A.Claee Matter. i tue Continent and nthe international | 99.75 <) 86 NO, 18,349 © y A Sir Alfred Mosely, reports on the authority of E. J Stevens, Associate Stiperintendent of Schools, that one boy out of every three is flatfooted—-that the instep arch has broken down or never was. ‘This means, declares Sir Alfred, that “in effect 38 per cent. of the boys in your schools are cripples. Mlatfoot tends to weaken and bend the back and affect the spinal columm; it makes a boy a poor workman in the school.” : Public schools the world over are becoming a vast clinic in which e \, physicians explore for disease. Dr. Hall in Ieeds found half the children in a slum school suffering from rickets. In the Edinburgh + achools 40 per cent. had diseases of the ear, ‘The British Dental As- ~ the layman.” country, say be sociation, examining 10,500 school children, found only 1,508 sets " of teeth, or 14 per cent., free from decay. half those examined had defects of vision. Schools in Alameda, Cal., says that out of three hundred are afflicted with physical defects observable even to The Bureau pf Municipal Research, reporting for this n rural as well as in city schools nearly one in thr: wil have trouble with the eyes; nearly one in five will be mouth-'s breathers, because of too large tonsils or adenoid growths; every now | | | In, tht Dundee schools The Superintendent of 0 pupils “more than ~ and then there is one with nervous trouble or St. Vitus dance, and © eertainly more than one in every school who is obviously predisposed “te tuberculosis.” Country children are found to be the worse off we Because’ they have the defects without the ready access to treat- | ment. | Public schools no longer merely inspect children for contagious disease. They inspect for nearly wiency. Some have children’s throats operated on for adenoids, | ‘éthers have defects in vision corrected, others have dental work done, _ others provide nurses, others furnish meals at cost price, others do- ! nate tooth brushes, others send cards of instruction on hygiene and diet to parents, others co-operate with relief societies and clothing. Doubtless some will now treat for flatfoot. The charge for all these services is borne by the community. One justification therefor is that if the work were not done under * school direction much of it would not be done at all. Another is thet ‘ man with a brick. okoll. / | with their permission.” q complain of dogs as useless and would exterminate them from our streets, Surely, no one would state that all automobiles should be ban- ‘fehed trom our streets because a few owners or reckless drivers make them | @ nuisance and a men to public fe. The automobile is no more useful ) to the man that does not own one than | te the dog. If a dog gives his owner that is all the motor car does, I will leave it to the public which, when not properly managed, does Breatest amount of damage? Let who owns dogs take proper care them. No dog should be permitted Foam the streets unattended; and will generally find it 1s the people worthless curs that are the Who make dogs a nuisance; not to the public generally but to ‘@og owners, while the man who pundreds of dollars for a dog ‘ewaing looks out for him, FANCIER, mae, ) it is done more cheaply than it could be under private initiative. An two fields the State exercises vast and clastic powers—in the regu- hag of public health and in education. These two fields are merg- ~ tng in modern school management and the result is an expansion of to NE OF THE MORALS of the ashcan war is that if you want a. strike to prosper in this town you must not hit a police- The moral should be read by the ladies on the housetops as well as by thé men below. The missile that " strack Schmittberger rang the knell of riot on his thick and capable " — to WIVES ON FURLOUGH. YOR GAYNOR told the members of the State Federation of Women’s Clubs that it was hard for him to get the r 4 out of his head. He did not get quite all the rubbish out "of that noble dome or he would not have a you women are in perfect accord with your husbands and are here Few infractions of perfect accord between man and wife are © ¥o the circumstance that women belong to clubs or take journcys/’ “githout permission of husbands. Many infractions are due to the that men frequent company of which their wives could not ap- ‘and go upon excursions the nature of which they do not fully ~ Givalge to the partners of their joys. Men know where their wives are nearly all the time, and approve. ” hey know the wife is at home, or shopping, or calling on other wom- attending a club. Often women know as little of their hus- : daily movements as Penelope knew of the itinerary of Ulysses. ; Vat it be put to the latter’s credit—and as husband his credit account was scanty enough—that he contented himself with shooting the guitor-mob and did not query the goings and comings of Penelope. oo IS REPORTED from Philadelphia that scrapple, the delectable discovery of the Pennsylvania Dutch, can be had for five cents © ‘2 pound—which seems pretty tow, unless it is nearly all corn meal. Scrapple costs ten cents a pound here. Why the difference? every ailment that lowers effi-, in giving shoes hans id, “I suppose most of “due the States in the Union and what fre the latest States taken tn? Also where can I find a list of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence and where they Rere born? iPM. Stamford, Conn, for the % { The Evening World ributor who signs says: “The present subway m surely .eeds jacking up." Pe hapa “Enoch” is not aware of the fact that the operation of New ork's sub- way is the wonder and admiration of the railroad and engineering world to-day, way. himself Pm HONK SH! KAIYUAN CHING HENG YUEN TAOTA) CHANG HONK By Maurice Ketten. LANG CHIAO CHI (REE CHANG PUNK WRONG WEY KAN UM ON HANG CHINE IATOT KISS RAY TAFFO TAR tv Can You Beat It? ty Sophie ND néw that is marked in country are trying meame for the BETTERMENT of the home—the institution that hi THE TEST of time and tid For men may come and men may go, but the home goes on forever—as long as man must eat, While Mrs, Alice ing plans whereby for her services ju’ school teacher 1s capacity, Mrs, La farth the truism thi ALWAYS WILL Sho say ist forever be NEED of a haven. the home as it future home, but GREATLY IMPRC n st 1] spells stagnat' EVOLY h EVERYTHI a |change the home | And the man or we does and leave th OLD LINES is in the centre | BEST out of the fallacy child in this great Or maybe he didr't know that while the present subway was built to carry 40,000 passengers a diy it ts actually carrying 8,000 a day. If “Enoch” hi any scheme for carrying this great ove joad tn better way than ft ts ca " without building more he certainly should give the pul benefit of bia } jodae, Lh About 1,000 ‘Tons a Day, To the Editor of The Evening Words How many tons of coal do tania os Lusitauia bur on @ full day's individual, no mat the home, must be i tn the air, And mains to th XCLUSION of A become narrow an jthere a mothers |BURDENED with even with Inglinat | much opportunity \ the Mau- the precincts of the home. This is depl mother shoul/’ Copyright, 1011, by The Press Publishing Co (The New York World), and New York school teachers will be pala THE SAME AS MEN the forecaster of dis at the hearth will recely edugites and makes the future citizen. “The cry that it 1s doomed to destruc- tion on account of all pending reform is absurd, We will ALWAYS have homes. We will have BETTER homes than we have now. sity Is the mother of invention, and the human | the world may move as rapidly as it now At the samo time, while the home 1s of gravity to suppose that ALL that 1s needed for man, woman or There ARE outside Interests which * the woman who forever r dens in extreme cases, will ALWAYS be this woman who sacrifices HERSELF to keep the be the Home, But what with domestic sciences in the colleges and the culinary depart- The But Retwork of the ‘home institution] ments in ¢ Public schools and the Irene Loeb. | }togethor that those. therein may| model sant expositions ‘and the|her another achievement |PROFIT thereby. And we may well] Work-saving kitchen utensils, the home ledgmen* to this wor tual serviced to humanit, though spe is usually the LEAST in evidence. the process of things of the future will not need so many women to do the actual work—the con- tinuous all-work-and-no-play to make Ji a dull girBand Jack to come tum- Verily, it was! a wise soul who said:| bling after, his ear of necessity close to “God could not be everywhere; there-| the ground of DOMESTIC problems, fore he méde mothers.” “And as Jong} Let the teacher get equal pay; let the as there must be mothers, th must] woman who chooses the seething centre No home “is doomed— that woman will choose the weekly At the same time thinking women throughout the to evolve ways and BORNE drink and be merry. Hubbard Is advocat- the aforesaid woman ACTUAL PAY st as the New York recompensed in her Follette: 1s setting at the home 18 AND BE the centre that if un, woe i) MAN lit ‘mig \ confronted with the 1 do not say that is now will be the I think it will be of business For home. open pPleasui O eyes. . One day, in the early spring, the good Uttle boy was very sad. Pet was nowhere to be found: Bunny (although he missed his ter), was vory happy. He had traveiled far Into the country and there he found a sweet companion, @ pretty with eyes like twinkung “Sweetheart.”” They lived all summer, my de Gren, in a large hous in @ beautiful oak ¢: ehildren pl songs all day long tn the sunny garden in front of their home. They were very, very happy unti vue @ay a bad dog chased them ‘round and Were so tired that they sray buuny, stars, ‘round un + enjoy trend: of the there alwa her own way BEFORE or not man ‘alone cannot make and aboveboard in longer do we tread softly, outside. When Bunny Came lack. J NCE there was a good little boy who owned a pet bunny Bunny had @ Deautiful coat of snow white fur and two wonderfully piul —e rabbit. He called hr that was d and romped and {nto the house, aid the eldes: son, ‘| three Independence. times demands it. will be the WOMAN IN THE HOME, whether she has made the Man makes houses, but woman makes the hom And, mark you, all is bécoming more that home. with And the home to-day means not only to sanctify but SATISFY, to His dear dittle ehil- built There their De will tell Daddy ai! about Copyright, 1911, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). Mr. Jarr Aske Himself “Why Is a Commuter ?” HEN the Jarre artived at the W bungalow residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jenkitis in East Malaria they found dvory evidencs that « occasion was to ve expected. For Japanese lanterns, brilliantly aglow, were swinzing from: the celling |of the front porch. Just he Jarrs came up the muddy walk one of the lanterns caught fffe, which made their entrance upon the acene exciting, though rather uncon- ventional. Jarr shied back like a horse when his “You dear tht eyes rested upon a cut glags bow! of careful.and not set the wistatta’vine|that extract of deadly social nights on fire!)—how giad I am to see you!” | Shade—claret punch. ¢ried Mrs. Jenkins, receiving her} “Allow me to present you to Mr. guests and advising Mr, Jenkins. Wooden Hedd, a young man tn the reat Mrs, Jarr and Mrs. Jenkins kissed|¢State business,” said Mrs, Jenkins, of the Inte Messrs. Rain-in-the Face and Sitting Bull lay at an angle of forty-five degrees at the opposite ends of a mis- sion couch, These Indian burnt leat ®houted “Trading Stamps!’ holders. Turning his glance from these, Mr. r outrages at all be- each other effusively, while Mr, The dismal young man ceased torture kins, from @ ruatic|!9e the plano (which at once stopped chair, proffered his left hand to Mr,|!t# shrieks of pain), and came forward to greet Mr. and Mrs. Jar. “Thinking of locating in East Ma- laria?” asked the young man cagerly. ‘I have an elegant proposition in our ew development, ‘Mudholm Park. We ation on the property when East Malaria branch of the Erie ts completed. Now ts the time to Duy home sites and wait for your prof its!” Mr. Jarr had an {ea that he might wait a long ‘ime for his profits, but before he could «ven refuse the proffer young Mr. Hedd ruggested the loan.of @ pair of hir-length rubber boots to go™%\ over the property in on the morrow. | Mrs. Jarr exclaimed not “Oh, look! At chiight procession! £ thought the election was all over!” As she spoke she pointed out through the windows, and there, approaching from all sayy. lanterns, came @ vast concfurse of men and women, Young Mr. Hedd rushed out to the poren exclaiming: “I wonder if the Marshmere Develops ‘ ment Comp ~y is going to send their automobile?” Mrs. Jenkins seized the opportunity to whisper to her visitor. om New York: / dears, you mustn't mind If every- body tries to sell you real estate. £ was 80 anxious to have this aff: Success that I told all the soclety le ers out hero y were thinking of buys Jarr, while he sucked upon the frat and second fingers of his right hand, which heshad scorched in extinguish- ing the vi Matt the ald electric isht put in,” said Mrs, Jen- kins to Mr. and Mra, Jarr. And then, turning to her husband, she remarked: “Arthur, you might as well put those two Ja lanterns out. The way they are swaying in the wind I would be afraid they'd set the place on fire if we took our eyes off them a minute!” Here shi Jarr again: “The East Malaria Fire Company 8 just had the hose cart painted |and they telephoned everybody ple: to not have @ fire while the roads are so muddy,” bg “That's why I'm for reform!" said Mr. Jenkins, taking his scorched fingers out of his mouth for the first time, | “The real estate magnates of Kast Ma- jarta won't have the street paved or the sidewalks laid until they sell more lots to come-ons, because they'll be assessed— the real estate magnates, I mean—for the improvements. So they are waiting | to sell the property first.” | “Oh, don't talk your old politics to turned to Mr. and Mrs, Mr. and Mrs. Jarr!” interposed Mrs, |ing property in East Malaria, | Jenkins, uu get the lantern and put| ‘You will know the real loaders of owe jit at the #0 the other guests will| local smart set because they will be * see where to walk on the lawn and keep | out of the mud of the path. I do hope it won't rain\ any more," she added, fer- vently, They all then went into the living room of’the Jenkins bungalow, where a j dismal young man with his halr parted |!n the middle was extorting ragtime {rem a@ defenseless baby grand plano. Evidences of the forthcoming festivi- ties were apparent in the fact that branches of care an* kiln-dried autumn leaves were stuck in vases around the |Toom, and bright new yellow leather cushions with Indian atrocities burnt upon them in the shape of the portraits cafrying electric flashlights. Those you see coming through the mud with stable lanterns are the second class real estate agents who sell on commission or will try to sell you the houses they live in, “You see, they don't go to the expense of electric flashlights. They expect te get back to New York some day!” ——— THE LITTLE HELPER. “I suppose your little girl 1s quite big enought now to be a good deal of hetp to her mother.” “No, she won't be any help to her mother until she can play a better game of bridge."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. ‘The Wife Decides "the Worst Yet at Weber's. : a os pay peers s = WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED bY _ SS e: come thai Sandman Stories oe Eleanor Schorer}) BY CHARLES DARNTON. “In days of old, so we are told, One could get a divorce for—desertion; But now you arrange for the sake of a change, To obtain your divorce for—diversion!" McKean wrote that. He also wrot he Wife Decides,” His play #0 bad, in fact, that it's good. It has the distinction of being the woret yet at Weber's Theatre, where strange things happen from time to time. That it is @ play is proved by the fact that it's in three acts. And in one of these acts there's a storm. Don't overlook this point, for it's the storm that keeps one sing. As every on 10 Ws tage thunder storm means business. It doesn't blow up and then blow over in the meaninsiess way of the real thing. Behind ft there {#a purpose—you can bet your rubbers on that! But the technique of the storm at Weber's is too subtle, too puzzling, for the ordinary theatregoing mind. It 1s not easily explained with that one word “suspense,” which every playwright knows by heart, The suspense is kept o all right—but why? There's nothing particularly enlightening In the heroine's remark, “I think there's going storm,” for you've been tiinking the same thing for some time, only reasonable to suppose that the storm has been ordered for the heroine. This seems @ safe conclusion until the Scotch nurse goes upstairs to close the windows and discovers fhe comedy husband, who has crawled under @ sofa to escape the eye of his pursuing wife. If it were not for the storm the nurse would not have started upstairs—but no, that won't do! It 1s hard to Ughtning and thunder would work up to m comedy situation Certainly not! Where ts stage tradition {f it's not there to knock this tdea silly. Moreover, the storm goes right ahead as if it had a serious object in view. It may be @ little shaky in its thunder division, but tts technique ts true, ‘This fact 1s brought out vividly when Druce McAllister comes in out of the rain to tell Mrs. Hoyt that he loves her. She looks at him. He ts perfectly ary, H”™™ a little thing that you should know at once: VED." Jove fisy alia woen their daddy cams) ne remembers all that he has been to her. What has he been? Her inspires and tit, — Standing hofe from work on1 he toldthem to] ton! For she is “literary,” and he has “helped her with her work." Meanwhile jon, ‘The Yome mugt Hager 9. the next dey one not #0 oUt, | her unimaginative husband has done nothing but make money and load her with the tUmes® just as frightening hin children. Soon, atce | everything that money can buy. With this bitter thought in her mind she gages oes. ght to his face that sh oe ae coaPe nena | sunrise he heard a loud bark and thea softly upon Druce and tells him right t is fac t she loves him, Then the oman who thinks that ¢ home quite on the error. It cannot be Mr, Bunny was verv, > very wise. He stayed home all that day ily that: arava. the to protect his family and when evening it comprises ress. age of pr: ter how Interest+ cognizant of, } he: home fold to the L1, else 18 Inclined to di irritable, Certainly who are so OVER- domestic cares that fon they do not have to broaden outside je, and every OTHER to leasen these dure 4round his house. came he ra house of his boy friend, Uttle boy and after a hearty greeting he told him the story of the bad dog. After they had whispered a long time to- wether the little boy told Mr. Bunny to take him to his home. There he put the Uttle Bunny childr ecrried Mr. and Mra, Bunny back home in his arms to the old house where Mr, Bunny lived before, When the bad dog came home found the Bunny family in t; he saw the bad dog come snapping He was very much surprised whon the dog came close, for he knew, he belonged to his boy master of long ago. that h orry . 4 as fast as he could to the He fouad the in his pockets and yard he id frightened friends of his little master, and he asked all the Bunnies to forgive him, There fees happily together; the dos ‘unromantic husband comes {n, and after advising Druce to get out before hig wife by the throat In a sincere effort to force Innocence under difficulties and as soon es out into that patient storm without watte ing to change her clothes or take even so much as a toothbrush with her, So at last the significance of the storm is seen, And through it the wife may be observed headed for Reno. But Reno is dealt a terrible blow, for the wife, after getting a divorce, decides to go back to the man she left in euch e@ hurry, As ‘iterary women” she bad looked upon divorce as touch to her career, but as a mother ehe finally seos her mistake, Somethi: had told her all along that {t was a mistake for her to be a mother, But course it’s too late to correct that now, For eheer hard luck, however, there's nothing in the play ¢o equal the em" perience of the young woman who finds that she has given her heart to a mag who has « wife. This dreadful news is broken to her by a nurse who has izay apell” in the street and is brought in to give plot a lift. She recot very quickly t things and explaining that she ha Inspection of tables and: ‘a passion for fur! things she drops the remark that ehe has been aursing Mrs, Leslie Griswold, Then Leslie himself arrives and assures the poor girl that he never cared to talk about his wife bgcause she was inaane end he had hoped for the best, Bub a her mind had suddenly cleared and left life a blank to him. The girl gives him her heartfelt sympathy and then takes veil, Most of the acting ts as harrowing es the play, Re rh