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~ ee & : Why Not? & tsieeths: BY By Maurice Ketten Published Daily Except Sunday by the Press Publishing Company, Nos, 63 to 4 ished Dally Bases Surges, oy now. York, if + Treasurer, ‘0! JOSBEI PULITZDN, Ir Secretary, 6 Park’ Row, -Office at New York ‘ond-lans Matter. ption Rat ie tine Even! ing) For En and Continent and ‘World for the United All Coui in the International , and Canada. al Union, dl Year.... $2.50] One Year. + $9.75 Month. .80/One Mon’ « 86 VOLUME 58....ccccccceesceeeeeeeseeeseeeseres NO. 18,641 innit AED TALKING SENSE. HAT Gov. Woodrow Wilson has to say about ‘Theodore: o ; F ; OM! € W Roosevelt’s minimum wage plank will go straight to the era eaues oe Copyright, 1912, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World), ‘Hk a woman is abstracted and silent a man always feels guilty; his only doubt is as to what particular thing she has found out. | ! ; , | True love is an emotion of the heart, the mind and the senses; a man mark ‘with every workingman whose common sense hasn't LET CRooks OUT = i may lose the first a number of times, but he never marries until he loses been wholly moosified. As the Governor figures it: AND SPou THE VIEW WHY NOT 2 |the other two. We are justified in assuming that the third party looks i forward to the general establishment by law of a minimum wage. It ts very likely, I take it for granted, that if a mini- mum wage were gatadlished by law the great majority of oe ployere would take occasion to bring their wage scale os nearly ae might be down to the level of that minimum, and It would be very awkward for the workingman to resist that Sone times a woman prefers an admirer to a lover, and yearns for attens ! tions in which there are no intentions—but you can't make any man believe this, It acems 80 unreasonable of man to expect woman to think straight, walk straight or talk straight, considering that she was made from his rib— Qi Process successfully because it would be dangerous to strike : ea ~ | the crookedest bone in his body. CONDITION 3 : against the authority of the Federal Government. There stands the minimum wage stripped of its Dlendishments,| Gov. Wilson shows it for what it would really be—a minimum wage | terned maximum, How quickly the shrewd employer would see his chance and take advantage of it! Long experience with labor unions has shown many & thinking | Beware of long engagements! When two people insist on monopolicing leach other for several years without marrying love just naturally dies of old age, 4 woman may forgive a man for his sins, but he needn't expect her to let him forget them. That is asking rere than lies within human power, man the drawbacks of a fixed scale of wages. Even as things are} ae — ; The scale strikes an average which becomes at once lowest and apes DiReCT \ ' | oer, highest. It may be a godsend to slow, indifferent workmen. But} ae I dddci how about the man who can and will do more than the average wort: | WHY Nor ? pt = , Nig Bid peghagedn who didn't firmly believe in offering a woman a kiee and who expects to earn therefor more than the average wage? Work . e pOlopY, a pose in place of repentance, and a doz of roses in, place of a lanation, and wages are levelled. Competition counts for nothing. Ambition in explanation. and extra efforts can look for no reward. The good workman finds It is hard for a man to hear the “call of duty" above the clink of @ his progress stopped. wineglase, the jingle of coin or the whisper of love, ‘ Suppose now the working man were suddenly to see this dead ene! NCy | level of wages fixed by his employers, backed in turn by all the powcr | Aes aS of the Government. His outlook would narrow to nothing. As PE GG } Gov. Wilson pute it: The chief employers will have the tremendous authority of the Government behind them. What they do, they will have the license of the Federal Government to do, including the right to pay the wages approved by the Government. There's the rab, Does the workingman want to see his minimum ‘wage eagerly seized upon and clamped down hard and fast as his maxt- bin bay of tan your, wast Illustrating the Difference. | (07% 7.200 cm, tandng at the rll of “ HAT is sour profession or trade?" asked | *" Wdenly tas Wistar resenting 0 | no life guanis were ont that far at i i tall-dreued sousg colleen’ 2s’ the ‘eh? What, kind of a| oF Clothing. jumped to, and after battling with the jes for some minutes got the half.drowned erent, when he youngster toppled througa inte the muater waiting to divest himself of shoes boy to the beach. In the mean time the father hey call me a Jack-leg. dot Well, @ they calf yo They that you} bad hastened from the per, ith all the stamps and seals of Government sanction to i oF wri you please explain to Le a ae earns Sonever, bore bine with great an Toa r TETRA] D< SL wees or cree) Sneath 5 '" but ro you done ai Gov. Wilson has put his finger on a very loose bolt in the mini- NO LEASE era iront miclseo Call " “It'e ‘the ‘same difference as between sou and oe CONE an GoAS 1 a eee The Wrong One. ON MISCHIEF BENT. OWE alte ctinehecans rime an na “Dou't vait far me, dear,” he remarked, “I nieg Siioes} than usual, But, there, #6 — Lut not alwass the right things, He | AF be rather ee wns protesting his love sesterday when we passed ‘woman, I eaw my cue and said you love me when I get old aad look | ‘worman f* tick-tick of the clock on the ourse 1 will, darling!" he cried. * remarked Jones A Pocket Domestic Dialogues, | {Cheer UD. frei we rt cameo atl Stee ot by Alma Woodward Cuth bert Dey | ae a |. "Oh, me, you dids that formal demand will be made to have the Panama Tolls dispute taken to The Hague for arbitration, Congress | and the President may rejoice that their snowball is well started down | the hill. Just how much injury and mischief, it will roll up remain: Ww": the official announcement of the British Government 5 + said Mrs. Jones, eily. ‘ ‘ : ft We tien! Cleveland ¥ " wit . to be seen. One thing is certain. The biggest chunk will smash Encyclopedia By Clavance L. Gallen mee Oe is Petes te Poe ied ede! «| down fair and square on our own roof. Copgright, 1012, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Work), Self-Restraint. ta 2 eee een oe To make us completely ridiculous it only remains for the fore-| Covsrisht. 1012. by The Pree Publishing Co, RE-PAPERING THE FLAT. Nam OS ee tet Woaal Twas avery bot day and the fat drummer | most advocate of universal arbitration to proclaim that it doesn’t feel] 52), way ao ai tai acs |e ace eA Whee: DO) CRONE STEEN Soe aaa} i ees wim wanted the twelve veny tala wr | The Penalty of Politeness. I. y does money feel en 3 7.00 A. Me m. No! Need to Change ‘combing | 4 (nrough the site at just twelvetwemty ove, 1: LM like arbitrating this case! we atand in front of a fire? j ra. 3. arakeninel =O} Stead (vitioustyrest al N tion merely because “They Say" | sare. the Seturdey Frenne Bort Tbe ened a ee eS Oe The United States Government in the Panama Tolls matter is 2, How does the oxygen of the air M vount OAS! Oy GRE Mrs. J. Gugging him into the dining they've Got Your Number! aete) ek Pete Se re rae acne fe the Woot, he, marae ree a Taher make any fuel burn? y |room)—See? Ilere's the book of paps conctusion the breathlen and persplring inigit Of | hon "ton seruing | urea along bie line, acting like a bumptious small boy who, having promised faithfully] 123. Why does a crowded room pro- Mr. J. (ene eye open)—The| ne" azent brought ‘em up yesterday af- nothing | tre rad wrarily took the beck tall sat « vacant. | Dm conoeruing tbe erenic fea bie ; he ro z, ” tithe the Urakeman formed part of a crew tat not to walk on the cucumber frames, can’t rest until he fecls the |e * headache? sem itty cour = **"|ternoon. We've lived here two yoara aes Oaie (ihe, (68) Seen re Or Mee Bene ne , 1 mised a conductor Wao was something af @ x 324. Why does the flame of a candle| What's t tter with you? yy [now and they're going to do the place Worrying About to! seal Gases oobi gles crunching under his feet. Point upward? mre TGR eApealy SPU DEAS from be2) |i! over for us—trom front to back! the Price of Coal) | veoh fer exten time exoetiecine nen the COMMER 485. What aubatances go to make up/—1 Know. todd rates ween ven | Mr. J. (despondently)—Ie that what Ratose of nakare a4 orgn foal (Oe Cor sinter, 0) SSSI _—__--—__——_ anil omethin own. ; juare et whimpered to. the conduc Ree A 3) haat ida dae Air. J. (in diaguat)—Bay, don't be so| Ou fot me out of bea fore tet ee Man! on yoo all me tom the peabente it ie HE PARIS MATIN is printing lots of the “affaire Rosenthal,”| rhe,above questions will be answered lively and er--blithesome—in the morn-|-cotnental darn if they did {t diagen- mm Hard to Satisty. negli telling all about “Gyp le Sanguinaire” and the celebrated “trust | Friday. Here are replies to Monday's bid You make me feel worse'n I DO) Ai. from top to bottom! I never Mked du vice” which clears 12,000,000 francs a year for the “polics| me": Mrs, 3, (ooaxingly)~Qow John, dear,|Wallpaner. Prom now on Til have & 316, (Why does @ thunder storm so| ¥F {positive antipathy to it! orkaise.” The Matin is under the singular impression that| seldom fotiow’a spell of wet weather?) —| don’t be a bear. Fey quant to be pilthel "ates, y The Difterence 1¥M guards at @ Jervey seaside resort tel | conductor. between Com-| ne with great glee of incident that hap. | {s so obliging that e's worn his finger off point. petence and Per- pened there last summer. A German, with ing out the ecenory along the line,”—Judge, fection !s that-the . (soothingly)—Now John, dear!) canter . ip bel con. {atid happy in the morning, That's the); on5N75, lissen te ME! You GOT to . TOCLEN Former Is Admired, Webber. and Rose are police inspectors, but that only strengthens its | Mol*t alt or falling rain. bein & Son.) way to atart the day. have wallpaper on the walla you know mm’ "= conclusion that “New York, so proud of its wealth, its Four Hundred, | gradually and silently to the earth. tay is Cay pe hfe EB agen and you ought to show some interest‘? 1 Positively Disliked! y nh - co) 1 ip your home, YOU live here, same 8) ome Ziga become #0 Discouraged Mr. J. (showing his teeth)—Your per-| When they Get Into a Little Hole that ite millionaires, its stupendous buildings and ite last word in up-t> |, Ait CW oy. oes 6 senieen rae, Seat date-ness, can boast to-day of possessing into the bargain the biggest | air has been expanded to three or fo for murder! ar) Met J. (eleetully)—t'l bet you don't ‘know what I want you to decide! Li variations of A the middy cos- i i {they Tmagine they Might as Well Dig f scandale in the world.” Paris is some judge. times {ts original yolume and made #0)" a4, 5, (raising nimeelt on one elbor) | arn? rene Me as here'g| PEM Through to China! Saleiaaabons aayen Aleta Say, who wound you up? Great guns!) 4 nice plain buff for the living room. I fecnfonatis, es, weil, | scanned eee med 318. (Why does a stove sometimes! you pound like a suffragette meeting | It's not what the World “has on” crackle when its fire {# very hot?)—It think {t will make a very effective baci Ful 18,000 martial words expands from the heat, and the pares oltre Be ee ad filpaeye sround for the pictures. Oh, say, that | Us that Hurte—it's what we “have on SUSE ee The busy Colonel found; the stove rubbing against each other) gery put you SOUND it! Ferolnaa poe. of something: Clare immery | Ourselves! ber of attractive fea. He marched ‘em ‘round and ‘round and ‘round, Produce # crackling noise. Mrs. J. (bexinning to get peeved)— ? days compa is faced to ji ‘ 4 319. (Why te the earth a bad con-| Well, maybe it'@ because I don’ Mr. J. (caldly)—Now, lssen: You dug) Most of us can be Fed Pretty Fat on yoke and panel And 'round and 'round and ‘round! | use lon't sta¥!me up to choose wallpaper. I couldn't! Flattery—until it Becomes Fulsom panel is ductor of heat?)—TIts particles are not/out till all hours that I have some ant-/ digest the best story that w. ver though the ees continuous, and the power of conduct-| mation in the morning. doped, at this hour of the mornt There isn't Much Chance for a Ma: : JS ae | See ing heat depends upon the continuity of| Mr, J. (seeing that it's hopeless)—Oh, > r i re in invisibly at the centre DOES see if perh : ish 40 ba i fie x # hopeless)—Oh.| Mrs, J..(hopefully)—Oh, but you'll be who Considers it a Compliment to be back. There isa regu- seem 96.1) perhaps come body ought to be awake in the| matter. Saris tua catacee wunana’l Cieaicianiieee 1 Kot to ket up! All linterested tn this one, John, It's about | Called “A Slick Article!” lation aailor collar Tombs if they are going to leave all the doors open, As things! yy mat) Whom water tricklen throush | (Mr. douse tavores the meta boose! —_— Thich, 1s cantened’ ko : : : springs?)—Whon water trickles through | ore Ne melitations of her Jord | (John hunches hie showers ready to apring,| When Some Fellows say “I Got Mine,” means of buttons and are anybody might walk in! the ground It dissolves some of the min- | geriures Mtteny lacking In verve, he ‘ous is | Me (hlaks better of it.) we Never Know whether they've been button-holes, The erals with which It comes in contac fatirobe and slipper.) Mrs, J. (rattling on)—Clara sald that] M sleeves of the “set-in” sort and they may be either tucked or gathered at their edges where ed with Mra. J. (appearing at the door)—Now |che knew a man that was such a high! /rimmed or whether they've Succeeded come along, honey, into the dining; liver that he wouldn't have the ceilings ae Re ub room, It won't take @ minute. of his apartment painted white, He had Promising Career. (Ske seizes Mr. Jones affectionately, by an un. |'em painted buff color, ao that when the| 7A Mere Fact that a Man sets him. Teeellng fovetisene, fond playfully rage nian {champagne corks popped and the wine|#elf a Standard shows that he ts 9 to the ceiling you couldn't| Going to Come Pretty Near to Living Letters from the People 4 the wrisis x Mr. J. (with aversion)—Say, do you The blouse 1 Joine be 9 tor of The Evening World: To the Ealitor of The Evening World: know how o!d you are? You're twenty- Up to It! to the straight, plait read letiers on the subject of] Permit me to correct the usual {dea of eight! For the love of Mike atop str: Air, Jong, glares fercstousty, — ed skirt at the watst ames on tooomet! Tam an old @X-|the meaning of the word “Bohemian,” ing yourself to 1 piety tae ne ihe Maveaticaly, "he turea to | wn, Bost Blubber Around ee a a locomotive engineer, though not in ; Ing yourself to look Ike sixteen. You * on we Resin to Blubber Arow belt, The ld mas bo cut low or [t may be made high and fine ished with Active service for many years. 1 came bed ne ad what {e the original| to Phtiadelphta in the muimmer of 1882 at | ™CAning? This Ie an extremely dim the age of six and one-half years, We| Wt question to answer by the pubite, couldn't even put it over on an amateur (from the 4 a that we're “Overworked," @ Sibilant night! mir AnaC ena aeeeee| Little Voice in the Back of the Bean Mra. P. (sweetly)—It's because his lit-|velt were here and knew her he would| {forms us that we're Using that Old n collar, Th the {use Mea net tar trom the Puicccipnin, | Whe understand a Bohemian to be o| tle head hurts trom last night that he's'know what to tell her she ts, I'm too] Comedy ae an Exouse for Soiiering! Hae atta els Germantown, and Norristown railroad] Czech, Espeolally is this true when | so cranky with his wife, I know! It's a Queer Circumstance that the “T- gad with watts neatd, station at Ninth and Green streets,|they are misinformed and confused by | Fi Coe take Drakentaritaie but a number of mas end with other youngsters 1 went to|such phrases as “The Bohemian Girl" Picked Up From Here and There prety fous, gems’ cor tae eee the “steam engines.” They all|(ineaning the gypsy girl), and also Palermo, Italy, produces fi . 4 meal cere ereiee. Faey. o | Upmaning the aypey girth. (and size ie Quantitles of | made with tt In search of water, about|When he's in the Very Act of Taking for brides, principally in musi The girls who do the work get from For the 10-vear s'zo the dress will require 4% yards of maton! can now recall was “Old Ironsid less, uncivilized life), &e. What chances (bullt by M. W. Baldwin). The, has a Bohemian or Czech (please do not 80 per cent. of ¢ being successful, | One! Tt has also been used with success in om 2 to M cents and the skii rorker! ates’ ee 5 5 " 3% 26 PR & R nine locomotives | misconceive 1 ning, readers, an I Pan ayes aan re Media aid Han ver to Indicate the presence or| J¢ took us a Long Time to Discover ee abet from Bralthw: ; o not imply @ gypay), to attain credit wt pinerwine of veins of salts of potash | that when we Bat Down to Wait for with \ yard of con England. from a name with such falsely repre= The crude oll engine tn now looming jn jorance SP onery of Agrisaliors | Things to Get to their Worst they Al Barelie seks ser “Engineer, ented meanings? It ts true, however, up an a rival of steam propulsion for Committee uence rie epartmental) ois Got There! ganmine yarda “Comet. net,” “Hekla” |that when roaming «yp! entered | the larger Great Lakes boa‘s xperi- hake similhr experiments, Pattern No, 7358 in “Pioneer.” In i or 1832 this hap. 0 r vi hi de-! ¥ Mii cut in sizes for girls tia. ta ahs: { leo the “aglinre” v0 | eet eer Re AETIy slahiaeath onatury mone pave grown nat it te as de"! In a recent number of the Daily Cons|_ The Divvle Fnioye a Lot of Quiet| Pattern No. 7668-—Girl's Drees in M iddy Style, , 8, 10 and 12 years of ane. ra. Beranton and hauled the major portion try by the French authorities for theird of the tron for the fi | is . Sular Reports are collected memoranda |@nickera over tho Zizs who at About 6 to 12 y oly lesa space, and is much cheaper’ ¢rom cities and towns in various distant | this Time of the Year are Beginning to section of the | disgraceful conduct they were falsely| 4 onoe the initial cost of instailation has parte of th: 1 es Consider Swearing-Off Next New Call at THE EVENING WORLD MAY MANTON FASHION Delaware, Lackawanna and Wentern | suppowed to come from Bohemia, Dut |, “How Je your boy getting en Im ice mer, Ret ra eee tne uni retaes | caatanr |} mew $puREAU, Donald Bullding, 10 West Thirty-second street (oppo- Railroad, between Scranton and Great !it has bier proved that such was not | usiness? press | moving pletures excite. Sngland, Je: — | te site Gimbel Bros.), corner Sixth avenue and Thirty-senond street, | ) Bend. 1 have seen many locomotives! the case, For they were Tartare, 1| “Fine! The bose says he has only | ane phenomena supposed to be exhib-| Turkey, Mexico, India, Avetraita, ena| Some of the Most Accomplished Pro-|$ sta }New York, or sent ey mail on recelpt of ten cents in coin or t on many railroads, but never saw one! sympathize with the Bohemians, and| two faults: It's almost impossible to | iteq by the divining rad (\Wunschelruto) | the islands of the 1 aace the crastinetors on our List of Acquaint- stamps for each pattern ordered. that was distinguished by @ number) protest against the ui word|get him to work and when he does| has now been seriously tested in Gar-' story to tell; w! the eimemate-|ancee are Ducks who've got those “DO|% TH? IMPORTANT—Write your address plainly and always specify ’ Mnstead of a name prior to 1870. This/ other than its real buey the work nas to be done | man Southwest Africa, where something graph goes it finds an instant and sue-|1T NOW" oards tacked over their) § Patterns {size wanted. Acd two cents for letter postage tf in @ hurry, re fem memory, R over again by some one else.” Ake eight hundred experiments were tained welcome, ‘Desias| i Sa é » ED A :