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by the Presa Publishing Company, "ark Row, New York. Nos, 63 to RALPH PULL U8 Sh w, T KEEP Witness, J. ANG f . easuret AR JOSPH PULITZER, Jr, Secre | | 'NGood HUMOR E TICKLING ee @ pee i ee Reeth For eee ete Maisem ana! | WHY NOT 9 WITNESS © est e Evening) For England and the Cont! : World for the United States | AM Countr the International , COMFORTABL Bae end Canad Postal Union, | seboee $3.50 «2 $9.75 | 30 : One Year One Mont! WOLUME 53.......ccceecccsccseees NO. 18,662 CAWYER® mes OUR TEN MILLION PRINCELINGS. | REAT DAYS these for the young folks! The hand that rocks | G the cradle no longer rules the world. The seat of government has shifted to the cradle itself. This country becomes every year more and moré pre-eminently a nation of child worship. Never before in the history of mankind has a race so lavished money, time, ingenuity and forethought to smooth and brighten the path of the youngster. Compared with the youth of other ages, every child nowadays fa brought up like a prince born to high responsibility and privilege. He learns daily that the best is none too good for him. School- houses, playgrounds, amusements, systems of training—from the time he leaves his cradle for the kindergarten to the moment when ho greduates from his lust school, the American child sees around him in marble, in superbly appointed machinery for his apecial benefit, IF THe TOREPLY LET HIM Play” WitNess Refuses SOvuTaire im endowments reaching into hundreds of millions, these colossal evi- ¥ &) dences of his dignity and importance. Is it any wonder that he seas stents about with an air of cocksureness and a smile of triumph? x —— As Mr. Arnold Bennett says, commenting in Harper’s Magazine upon this supreme self-assurance of American youth: “A child is not a fool. A child is almost always uncannily shrewd. And when it sees money being showered upon hygienic devices for its comfort, q even upon trifles for its distraction, when it sees brains all bent on WITNESS covering the best, nicest ways of dealing with its instincts, when it — , yes itself the centre of a magnificent pageant, ritual, devotion, almost worship, it naturally lifts its chin, puts its shoulders back, steps out | with a spring and glances down confidently upon the whole world. ] DON'T + Who wouldn’t?” ‘Ss For better or worse we have crowned the child. To entertain, interest and divert him becomes of the first importance, To discipline him is more and more old fashioned, barbgrous and impossible. Only the other day, in the Hygienic Congress at Washington, a well known New York physician seriously advanced a platform of Ohildren’s Rights that might have been drawn up by Mr. Roosevelt himself to catdh the nursery vote: i j “A child wante what it wants when it wants ft—and ft ought to have it! The child knows what it wants better than the parent does, Six meals a day! The instinct for play is God-given—so is THE ONLY QUEST: CANLASHC ON 70H hatred of school. A perfect gorge is not unhygienic. Early to bed Ovo Hines and early to rise is an outworn theory, Don’t / wake children inane y) up,” ete., etc. W Let the old fogies shake their heads at such notions—they are the nptions that rule us nfore and more each year. Leave the child free to develop his instincte—don’t thwart his natural inclinations—draw him out, but don’t force facts upon him: these be the precepts with which the modern heir apparent is raised by millions. 3 “Let the child develop in accord with his instincts!” There used to be old fashioned notions that character is formed lurgely by discipline, by enforced formation of habits leading to self- denial and self-restraint; that to have to fix the attention in childhood upon facts and problems not intrinsically pleasant strengthens the mind for attacking the bigger tangles of later life; that respect for elders and modesty of speech and bearing are fine assets for a noble and useful career—even when acquired at the expense of some pain- ful checking of exuberant instinct. People used to think that later life gains much from a childhood in which duty holds a larger place than privilege, in which hurftility is as much to be learned as pride. We have changed all that—doubtless for the better. Many of am older generation are startled and bewildered and not a little hurt | * by what ecems to them the increasing self-assertiveness and lack of deference in present day youth. ‘The prince comes into his own a little earlier each decade. We bow before him, flatter his “instincts,” spread at his feet the alluring treasures of his rights and preroga- tives. Well and good. Only let us make up our minds tas itis face eas ee aes is Some S going to be a considerable span of time before he chooses He was on his way to meet the two his oblizati Pal afore he choosen to reason | aise Cockioberrss of Philadelphia, com. out bis obligations, {ng to visit his household, ‘The fact that he had never seen elther Miss Viola a Cackleberry or her sister, Miss Irene Cackleberry, and the fact that the tele- PROMISES. &ram from their mother had in nowise TA. on a day a Russian chemist predicts that the next great | been specific as to what train they were % Pe Phe R, JARR sped downtown to the M Pennsylvania Depot as fast as Why Not? # + HE. HE ~Nou ON at the Pennsylvania depot ¥, HERE Ai ill So & was that when Mr, Jarr arrived he got wrong at the beginging. His irresolu' steps led him into the suburban ga ways and he fell into the hands of a horde of real estate free-tickets-to-the- property men. And despite his protess he was bundled aboard a train, via Long Island, bound for Home Nes Park, He created such a riot of protest that the train was stopped halfway out of the depot and backed tn again to per- mit of his being thrown off. Fighting his way through real esta’ agents, special policemen and spiritle commuters, who regarted him with mild curlosity when he esc¢ped, Mr. Jarr got his Dearings and followed his nose through the labryinths of the great Gepot to the main-line platforms. Here he saw two young women gaz- ing trresolutely about, and he went up to them and eald: Coprriatt, ‘The Press Publishing (The New York World.) RE Th VULASIE Your Questions ‘THE ONES You Don" fee Oon'T “I beg your pardon. Are you the Misa Mise Berrycackles of Philadelphia? 1 ey) F : ; coming on, were not the least of the feat of chemistry will be making eggs from the nitrogen of| good man's troubles, the air. Prof. Schuette says that battles will be fought in} However, he rubbed a buckeye that 5 . Uncle Henry had given him some weeks the clouds within five years, and a German doctor promises an electric|tetore und prayed tor propitions tuck, collar that will put us to slecp and wake us up at will! ‘The Colonel | succes# in the second-sight and a fortu- . r *. nate outcome in his present venture, himeelf never did better in the time. Alms! the buckeye Uncle Henry had bestowed upon M rr—for Uncle Henry was of generous turn in the es; in fact, he would away the whole crop of * working as @ specific for sm and not as an amulet or “The City of Dre: 1 Musto.” should be fuir for all, Why not in- man, Its functions were purely ‘To the Editor of The Evening Crease the school day one hour? medicinal; In nowtse psychological. Un- ‘orld: ‘We read @ lot about the “City of ASR Dreadful Night." How about “The cle Henry could have told him that The Hedgeville Editor By Fokn L. Hobbie. 1912, a Ou. CRo; WHY NOT 2 FOR WITNESS USING a \NSTEAD oF al WITNESSES / WHY. Not? 1 SEE A Lao STANDING. a4 VUL Give HER WITNESS CHAIR FIERY LANGUAGE 7 Mr. Jarr Qualifies Member of the as Charter “In Wrong”? Club mean the Miss Cockleburrs, or whatever | Matron, in [it ts A portly female with @ badge upon her breast bore down upon him and the young women he addressed, “Do you know this man?” asked the lady with the badge, turning @ stony glare upon Mr. Jarr. * never saw him before in our lve was the reply. “Hal A masher!’ exclaimed the lady with the badge, “I represent the *Young-Girls-Travelling-Alone-Protective Society. Where's a policeman?” Pleage, don't get us any notori- plead@® one of the young women. “We are waiting for our mother to come from @ funeral’ at Punxsutawney. Really, he only asked us if we were somebody!” “Yes, I'm waiting for my two—ahem! ~nleces, whom I never saw before!” ex- plained Mr, Jarr (who wasn’t looking for any notoriety, either). “Where from?” asked the etone-faced Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World). AWYER RASP says that so many L Dr, Watts saye the people hei tar have any of the new ailments, are 30 Henry Hoard loaned David Craum of dis witnesses have been telling | some money last week so when he goes the truth lately he can't win @/away on his vacation he can tell every- body that he has money coming to him, Roy Harsh says that the way his wife hind the times that they never | doesn't comb her hair would keep any man away from home until after dark. City of Dreadful Music," readers? It | Blew will be better for the next eix months ° e (Jest @ ttle better) because we stuffy H b H l New Yorkers shut all our windows as Oo Oo oO m 1 1e Ss. von as the air gets cool enough to do us any good. But from May to October Misawfal On the streets, hand organs; fm the yards and courts, brass bands OF yiolins or street singers; in ¢ ts @ noisy horde of piano practisers by lay, plus @ stray cornet or violin pupil ‘or so Then, in the evenings, pianos, phonographs and vocal atrocities—all the possible crimes committed tn music's name—and to the sane folk who are tired or nervous or sick and are trying to sleep it is positive torture, is bad enough when one hinds of these or play hor- 1 ku ribly. There's no redre: But the kick is a just ‘do ns way? Ys. i {Po the Editor of The Hvening World On what day of the week did Dec, %, 000, full? M. Of, B, A Schoo! Suggestion, De @e Editor of The Evening World 2 read the suggestion of Mr. Arm- trong on relieving the congestion of 4 It in a very ciover| “Why's dat” but tn my estimation it ts not —“Worryin’ about havin’ ter get up agaln keeps mo facene grabats ig “I never did have*a good night's pi” you're aufferin’ wi “How did you get de writer's cramp you say ight “Tryle? tog keep a lst of the people who offered me ( Copyright, 1012, by ‘The Press Publishing Ce, (The New York World), “Now, don't dare to deny It, tramp!" “From Philadelphia—I_ mean German- town!" @tammered Mr, Jarr, ‘i “Their namest* demanded the inquis- tor. ‘Cockelhetmer-I mean Burrcockle—or father Cacklebuckle. Oh, doggone it! I forget their names. “YOUR namet Do you remember THAT™ asked the protective society representative, “Thie is all very sus- pictous,"* “My name —{s—er—Rangle—Jenkins Rangle of East Malarta,” said Mr. Jarr, taking off his hat and wiping his brow. “Very strange th have the initials the badgering ba er, am the young women have run away—although it would be a good thing for our welfare work !f young girls would aid ua proseouting men of your stamp—I'l) take your name and ad- dress and report it to our headquafters, together with @ description of your ap- pearance and your manner of approach- Ing your victims, You always ask them —let me see—yes, I remember now! Your method 1s to aproach your inno- cent victims and ask suavely ‘Are you Mias Clackspurr of Philadelphia?” “E tell you"——- began Mr. Jars, “And I tel! YOU," interrupted the stone-faced Indy, “that our society spends three hundred thousand dollars @ year in rescue work and tn prosecut- ing men of your type! I advis rou to get away from here as quick as you can and mend your ways, Sing Sing yawns for you!” “And !t can swallow me whole if I ever come on this sort of @ fool's er- rand again!” enaried Mr, Jare, And he burried him hence, uv Copyright, 1012, by The Press Pubitading Co, (The New York World). HB Love Song of a Rib, which ia Mrs. Solomon's. T What art thou, oh, my Beloved! What art thou, oh, wisest among men! Behotd, thou art my backbone, and my custodian, unto whom I wag presented in the Garden of Eden, Out of thy side was I taken, and ever since hest thou regarded me aaa {side dish, But thou art wnto ME the whole love feast. | Thou art my Preserver who hath delivered me from spinsterhood, eow- | tude and stenography. Thou art the Rescuer who hath brought me out of the Garden of Unplucked Flowers and cet the sunlight of thine approval upon my brow. | Thou art the author of mine opinions and the source of all mine income, | Thou art the subject of my dreams, the topic of all my conversation, the spur which driveth me to Banting, the goad which sendeth me flying to | Beauty Specialists. In my folly I thought to remain a bachelor girl all the days of my Ufa But THOU comest—and all was over with me! My latchkey and mine independence fell from me. Mine Ambition, and mine “Art,” and my years | ings for Suffrage were, alike, cast into the consomme. Let the strong minded jeer and the Highbrows hoot, but their day shat come! They, too, shalt fall in the midst of their Egotism and be cast owt into kitchenettes, Yea, meekly shall they eachange their pens for dishpane and their “cureers” for cook stoves, | Thou art the guardian which keepeth me upon the stratght and narrow | path that I may serve as thy passport into Heaven, My halo shall be thy halo and my harp thy harp, For am I not the excuse for all thy sing, the keeper of thy conscience, the steward of thy reputation? Thou art the Vengeance which maketh me to hesitate in the face of bargains; the lightning which causeth me to turn away from imported hate, and bridge whist, and Suffrage parades. Thou art the Figurehead of mine house, the Decoration of my dinner j table, the Presence that maketh waiters and janitors and beliboys to bow down before me, | Thou art my shteld and my protector against gosstps, the reposttory.of | my seorets, my EXCUSE for living! leads to g00d lung development and pre- vents consumption. Occasionally it even prevents backwardness and imbecfity of the young. For all these boons to the children of men the world is indebted to Dr, Meyer, Dr, Hans Wilhelm Meyer war born en October 25, 18M, at Frederica, Denmastc, where his father was a surgeon. He received his early education at Gluck- stadt, Holstein, and upon completing his studies here, entered the University of Copenhagen to study medicine, He wae graduated in 1874 and immediately began to practice medicine. In 181 he made a two years’ tour of the continent, visiting and studying at Many of the great hospitals tn Ger- many, Austria, England and France, He then returned and resumed his Practice; but made diseases of the ear his apectal branch of study. In the course of his work he made the great iscovery which has since his day re sulted in immense benefit to the young. Dr. Meyer died at Ventce, Italy, June that afflict & 1806, if The Day’s Good Stories Tite! And the old white mule—how's he pulling Uncle Joe’s Divination. ;5'%) NE summer, in the backwools of Minsourl, | “By Crackey!” taughed the farmer, “To diam here I had accompanied Uncle Joe Can: | you'd ‘member old Pete! Ob, be’ ert tad een aes de eas, | "gee od et oe om fimny {ncident oocurred at the close of a eimech| Later tn the evening I spoke which the former speaker had deliverel to @ crowd of rustica, one of whom approached with extended hand, saying, with warmth: Come, then, oh, my Beloved! Let me sing thy praises and cover thee | with flattery and soft soap, for thou art worthy. Surely all the days of my life I shall be petted and supported and boseed and envied! Let the Spinster and the Bachelor Girt rejotce in their folly, but as for me, I am content to be thy Refiection and thine Echo, For am I not THY RIB? Selah! By J. A. Hasik, M. D. | Copyright, 1012, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World), HANS WILHELM MEYER, Discoverer of Adenoids, ILE HANS WILHELM childhood, MEYER was busily engaged; Removal of entarged end diseased ] 18 the ates: et nis Kesher denoids has been shown to be bene@- oe work, which was that tal Prevents facta! the treatment of those afflict- Sanigecee paphatcsirpbe.. x ed with diseases of the ear, there Was! mene of child's teeth and 80 enhances brought to him a young girl who COM-| good digestion: Plained of certain defects in her apeech bgyrldssel and of partial deafness, At 18 years of ago she could not pronounce certain letters of the alphabet, could not hear with distinctness, and had to keep her mouth constantly open because breath- ing through the nostrils was altogether impossible for her, Dr, Meyer could not discover any trouble with his young patient's ear, but he found @ catarrhal lon of her nose and throat which then regarded by the ear specialists sufficient cause for her disease, He accordingly treated her for some time without any success, One day Dr. Meyer found tn the pa- tlent's throat, behind her nostrils, some masses. He promptly removed these and his patient was quickly and per- maneryly oured, This was the first discovery of the existence of adenoids and the very first operation of its kind recorded in the history of medicine, At first the discovery made by Dr. Meyer found little favor among the medical practitioners, but in due time its full merita were observed and verided, | until to-day it 1s a common form of treatment for many tile to Cannon gut you the mule eplesde, ye mupiled th men uch a thing never eotired my min, ft asked him how he chanced “Yo confem the (rut “Hullo, Mz, Caunyunl Reckan ye don’, "mem 'kmow the man from Adain, but when ia ber we.” long white hair ou his coat 1 took @ chamep,”” “Of course I remember youl eaid the other, accenting the proffered hand of the farmer, ‘I Temeinber you very well indeed, How's the good —Julee, —_>—_. 1 know you a “Why do you + By J. K. Bryans. } “Because, boes, | thought dat if | asked you for a “Great Scott, ladyl How did youse ever guess it?” jquarter you wouldn't give it ter. qel” High Praise. from Georg one @ easion all the way to Washington Ty Cobb play’ banebails Fortunately nh ete etations, aud knocked —— Advice From an Expert. FORGE WASHINGTON JOHNSON stood G before an avonging judge and realiaed that all the evidence was against him, I was —>—— One Line of Reasoning, PROMOTER n A Cit Weet wan tise, {ttintte een the clerk was uot “Why should 1 “My dear ack mo for a dime?”