The evening world. Newspaper, February 27, 1913, Page 20

1 She Mae awiorld HSTABLARHED BY JOSHPH PULITZER Published Dally Except Sunday by the Press a 42 Park Row, New ‘LPH PUL President, J. ANGUS SHAW, "7 : JOSPH PULITADIG Ire Bearet Entered he Post-Offic Subscription R to The World for the United States end Canada, 3 Park Row, © lary, 68 Park Row, All Countries Postal Union, + $8.80] One Tear... see 80) 0ne Month seseescuseasesesNO, 18,818 REFORM BY THE REFORMED. One Year One Month VOLUME 53. .....cseceeeee Stanley W. Finch, Special Commissioner for the Suppression of the White Slavé Traffic, is this: “Fwery kind of known reforin was tried for years to save the victims and everything failed. Putting the victims to work themselves on the reform movement was T* most significant feature of the statement given out by then tried. Twenty-five girls have been experimented with and thie plan has been found to be enceessful.” An experiment limited thus far to twenty-five girls hardly justi- fies a prediction that it will be euccessful in the multitude of cases yet to be tried. A bettor basis for such conclnsion is that similar experiments with other eorts of offenders ‘has had the desired results. John Wesley pnt into practico the principle that the best way to hoM a convert is to set him to converting others. Before Wesloy’s time ‘the same plan had been worked owt*by the proselyting ‘churches ot ‘every creed. : ; It has not before been tried with wayward girls because -girls have been presumed incapable of taking-care of themselves whether good or bad. With the new order of;,womanhood wo are to get & new philosophy in dealing with the problem. The etart hae brought good results. If each of the ¢wenty-five feformed reforms anothor, viotory is in sight. a THE DOCTORS AND THE DISPENSARIES A MEETING of the Medical Socicty a report was adopted condemning the administration of dispensaries on the ground that “patients who aro able to pay for treatment are per- mitted to avail themselves of the advantages of charitable institutions to the exclusion of the really poor.” If the members of tho society can prove that statement they will have justified a demand for reform in dispensary administration. Bat the reform will consist not in excluding the rich man, but in augmenting the service eo that‘all can share in it. A dispensary supported by public taxation is not a charity when made use of by @ taxpayer. He has as much right to it he thas to a public school, public library, public park or public concert. The health of every individual in a community is a matter of concern to all. That is why dispensarics as well as hospitals are established. Most men of means prefer to consult a doctor doing private rather than a public practice, but the choice should not be forced. The essential is that every man guard his health by the use of the promptest and best means the civilization of the city places at his disposal, peepee ee THE BEETLE AND THE HICKORY. EPORTS concerning the extent to which hickory trees in and R near this city have heen attacked by a dangerous bark beotle should not pass unnoted by any person upon whose grounds such trees are growing. Experience with the ravage done to chestnut trees ought to be warning enough to all. Private owners must co- operate with State officials in the campaign. If in some or in many cases it be necessary to cut down noble trees to prevent a spread of the pest the sacrifice ¢hould be made. It is said that even now in some localities the trees are dying by thousands. Heavy; therefore, as may be the cost of ‘efforts com- mensurate to the trek of checking it, the loss will be enormously greater if the work be postponed. Though not 60 renowned in song and story as the onk and the pine and the palm and the olive, the hickory is a most noble tree, giving good shade, looking stately, bear- ing fine nuts and growing the best of timber, whether for axe helvos or firewood. His votarics should save him from the beetle. A BILL THAT MENACES WOMEN. By Nizola Greeley-Smith. MPASURE known as Senate Bill No. 7, which was Introduced recently into the New York Legislature by Mr. Herrick, is and #hould be a cause of serl- ous concern to all married women Mving within the State of New York; for if the project should become a law, it would abolish the right of dower or one-third of re: state to which widows are entitled under the present atatut “A widow ghatl be endowed of the third part of all lands whereof her husband w: zed of an estate of tnher!- tance at any time dur ¢ marriage." If Bf No, 7 ehould be adapted, the statute would grant the widow third of the land her husband owned at the time of his decease,” thus eliminating the necessity of obtaining the wife's elgnature in transactions of real estate during Mfetime. In other words, Bill No. 7 undertakes to deprive the wife of the power to protect herself and her children from poverty, fram the neglect and abandonment of a man . morally deadened and trrosponsitde through drink or in- fatuation for another woman, Every decent man who detteves that mothers and children are entitled to support will oppose this measure. Every married woman should view it and work against it as an invasion of her rights under the Inw. And both men and women should write to their State Senator stating their objections to a bill whose sole effect would be the robbery of widows and orphans who are surely sumiciently preyed upon and victimized under existing conditions. ‘The only law which is really falr to married women is that of community wherein a husband and property, which exists in many of the Western States, wife are held to be equal owners of all property marriags ‘The eight of dower protects only a email number of women whose husbands are owners of land. To-de¥, whatever the vagaries of masculine conduct, these women are sure that neither they nor the children will starve if the husband and father deserts them, Under Bill No, 7 tt would be possitde for a man to «ive of id he owned before or on his death bed, since the wife ignature would not be necessary to complete the sale and the widow would find herself with no claim at all upon her husband's estate. A number of married women have written me Protesting against the bill. They with all other men and women Interested should write to thelr State Senator expressing their opinions. I do not think any body of men should pars ‘A Measure so iniquitous in its eff and T doubt if there is any real reason for the alarm many women have expressed, But the Senators who will have to pa whom they should address themselves, on the measure are the persons to “The Humble Potato.” ‘Fo the Latter of The Evening World: i ‘What agrioulturist or other expert can give, brieily, any statistics in regard to Qumple potato? Mts food value, the amount (in bushels) grown in the United gota, the orate make a specialty of rowing and mar- ‘keting the same; the average amount (in pound®) consumed by each person in the United States, and the average amount of money If each person wore to fbuy for himself. In these days of high prices euch information should make interesting reading matter, JOHN F, Be pee £ different Gtates end the where the fermere Attn _'_ The Eventag y Mag , Pub hing Company, Nos, 68 te Jarr ian't dead.” To-day the law of tho State of New York reads that jor in a ward, and {if you say he is ina m1 ‘ontinent and in the Enternational 4 78 Copyright, ty The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) uncovered, health mittee of inquiry stood with wearing 1 #one expression , A Press Vublishiug Co. ond), it. 1913, Pike’ Now York Evening 66 'H should have brought some W flowers!" whispered Rafferty, ‘tensely, as the three visitors to & sick friend paused on the landing and looked expectantly at each other to see who should ring the bell. ‘Why flowers?” asked Rang! “Ea 1 know," replied the buflder, ‘tbut when you go to sce a friend in the hospital, don't you take Nowers?” “This isn't howpital,” ventured Blav- insky, th Mister Charr's own home. In the hospital they ask you if your friend {s in a private room wart they tell you It isn’t wisiting day.” “Well, why are we lingering here on the landing?" asked Rafferty, “Why don't somebody ring the bell ‘Don't you think we ehould «0 back and put on our frock coats and Nigh hats? It looks more rempectable,” said Range. “Yes, and I suppose I should get my Dlack Knights of Columbus badge, and Blavinsky should put on his order of Aaron and you should wear your Royal Arcanum regalia! growled Rafferty. “If we are calling on a sick friend jet us call!’ So saying he pressed the button and rang thi tric bell. Mrs, Jarr answered the bell, and while Mr, Rangle inquired as to Mr, Jarr’s “Yes. A poor relation, 've called to see if Condition is er—er, serious, ‘Not dangerous, we trust.” “Well,” said Mra, Jarr, is serious, but not dai ‘Brain fever?" The others echoed sounded so impressiv: at this point by remarking, thetically: “By gollies! Long ago I cut out the booze! rain storms he has! i " sald Mr, Rani Rafferty. ‘But the fatal words were in a melancholy whisper other two members of the informal com: the most wobe- spokesman in a stammering whisper. “his condition "OUt asked Rafferty. “brain Poor Mr, Slav- Ineky covered his friends with confusion And, see, it 1s the “On! cried Mrs, Jarr, “Mr. Jarr is BRS the most temperate of men, Mr. sky, the n= their heads from overwork, fro brain strain." “E see,” said Mr. Slavinsky, “But {f yon want to get nervous Inebility, Mrs. Charr, you want to be in the gh business and have people come into your Mr. Jarr’s ." sald the mit Knots to show the dimensions then they expect you to cut the correct so they can take it home and put it in theirself, and yet they don't know which side of the knot it ts to measure from. {t is @ very sad condition said Mrs, Sarr, shaking her head mournfully, put she was speaking of Mr. Jarr ‘etng threatened with r and not of the worries at- put-in_ busines: Slavinsky went on derpite the nudges of the other two of the committee, “that ain't the fever''—it but sympa- told him to je and Mr. spoken. he the Gentle Art OLERIDGE and talked long and bores in of with’ people. Browntag was delightful He would not discuss poetry, but was free with the subject of sandwiches, or the adventures of some woman's ot train. Noting these and Mary Greer Conklin in her versation: Say It, The aim of conversation this author maintains, ‘Conversation, above not monologue. M, “It 9 a partnership; not an individual interesting subjects, but were company because they talked at people instead other examples, What to Say and How to (Funk & Wagnalls Co.) infers that “we do not go into soalety to get instruction gratis; that good conversa- tlon i» not necessarily a vehicle of in- formation; that to be natural, Is the catechism of good talk. Macaulay hard about right; letting people know where to find you.” Gossip in its right form ts not to be avoided, the dialogue of the drama nd we have a right to in- innocent and graceful means of thawing thelr stories from the actors, Personal gossip in its In- tellectual form has @ charm not une healthy; and it gives new lights on character more often favorable than un- favorable.” There is a sharp distinction, however, between gossip and scandal, “Cultivated well-polred, well-diaposed persons need never be afraid of in- dulging their conversation to @ certain extent with gossip, because they in- dulge it the right way." troduce any In hia talk, book, “Con- SY, BAY, The best answer to the question, ig pleasure, |"What should guests at dinner talk jabout?" ts, anything and everythin, is dialogue, | ‘To one's dinner companton it he hap- [pens to be a familiar acquaintance, one can even forget to taboo dress, disease affair. and domestics. “lt tening as well as talking. One might Ikewise, with discretion, “Monopolizing tyrants of society who]set at liberty the usually forbidden will allow no dog to bark in thelr pres-|talk of “shop.” ence are not conversationalista; they | While one talks to one's dinner com- Gre lecturer panion in a low yoice, however, it needs Points in French conversation are [nice discrimination not to seem to talk that it involves a groat devotion to|under one’s breath, or to say anything Ustening; that it is kept gencral, tete-a- | to a Jeft-hand neighbor which would not tote talke at the dinner table being early | be appropriate for a right-hand neighbor broken up; that It 1s kept on the per- | to hear, sonal note; that when {tt Becomes a} In general terms: "To say that the Aiscussion it does not take the tone of /dominant note in table-ialk should be controversy, Nght and humorous is gulag too far; One foe to conversation in society, | but conversation betweey dinner come Mra, Conklin finds, {s the tndisposition of | panions should 1 strongly to the people to say what they think. “The humorous, to the light, to the small habit of evasion ts cowardly as well as/change of ideas. There should be an unsoclal; and nothing s0 au, adroit Intertwining of light and serious talk’? + cnowsetile aa ici iii thc a ‘ By Maurice Ketten! SKKALAALALAAALAAABAAAAALAAARAA AAAS Mr. Jarr Still Suffers From a Disease That Does Not Exist FAIAAAAALA BABAR S worst of it. The worst of it is when It Is simply an impaired nervous people send their children for a pane and mental breakdown that threatens—iof glass fur ten or fifteen cents and ithe kids is holding thelr hands out to w how wide the glass must be they fall down and lose the money and also knock out the measure which they hold their hands apart to show it iss glazing shop mit string measurements/so wide, and then I get roasted be- and | cause" iJ ‘But can we see the—ahem!—patient?” asked Rangle, cutting in on Mr, Slavin- sky's recital of Ms business troubles, “Oh, yes, I forgot!” replied Mrs, Jarr quickly. ‘Certainly Mr, Jarr can re- celve visitors, How thoughtless of me not to have asked you to come right in! But Mr, Rangle—and your wife can tell you the same, and you too, Mr. Rafferty and Mr, Slavinsky—what sickness means to the wife end mothe “Sure!” said Mr. Slavinsky. “Ven my vifo she has the quinsy and choked so that even goose gre: it does her no good when rubbed in warm mit red flannel over it, and her neck swells so she can't call after our little Issy to tell nim to stop falling out of the front window because he'll spoil his new clothes, then I too, when lady who is your vife is sick she f Uke a human being: sh!” said Rafferty and Rangle. ! replied Slavinsky. i taken some days a dol- worth of medicine, and “Who are those guys out there?” cried the surly volce of Mr. Jarr. “Bill Inatalment men, peddlers or flat house thieves?” “That's hé whispered Mrs. Jari “He's rol a bear, Go in, please. But do everything to humor him!" (From The World Almanac.) Lincoln's famous Gettysburg speech was del ered Noy. 19, 1863, The United States @ecret Service agents arrest on an average 400 persons annually for counterfeiting. The seven new wonders of the world are: Wireless, telephone, aeroplane, ra- dium, antiseptics and antitoxins, spec trum analysis and the X-ray, The American Federation of Labor has a paid membership of 2,000,000, Uncle Sam spent approximately $18,- 500,000 in taking the 1910 census, The distance trom New York to San Francisco by water {8 13,400 miles, The Public wach recelve a y A United st internal revenue tax of two cents Is placed on each pack of playing cards containing not more than fifty-four cards, a Ses than at leisyre. In winning a husband a handful than a heart full of devotion. Aman's idea by being awfully noble and sel/-sacrificing is to renounce the woman he loves, because he can car, too. Oharm a man with innocence, am Copyright, 1013, by The Pres Pubyjah ‘a ‘most people who marry in haste repent at hard labor rather ing Co. (The New York Losing World), of diamonds is usually more successful ‘t afford to keep a wife and a moter. use him with nonsense, and flatter him with incense. But, for Heaven's sake, love him with a little commonsense. The average man's kiss is like pertinence and curiosity, mized with tobacoo, @ combination salad—made up of im- @ dash of sentiment and flavored with 4 young girl yearns for a fluent and flowery proposal by moonlight, but @ widow has more faith in one that is just blurted out in broad daylight, A man's soul lies so close to his from his grouch which happens to be A wife is like an automobile: no digestion that his wife can seldom tell torturing him, man knows what kind he wants untit he has tried one, and then he knows that he wants some other kind. This is the time of the year when and his chum, Satan, lays in an exti season. Cupid begins to sharpen up his arrows, ra supply of coal for the approaching A decree of divorce is the modern woman's diploma in the Schoot of Experience. TO AVERT MENTAL DISEASE. all diseases that afflict hu- manity, derangement of the mind 4s by far the worst, Men- tal disease appears in a great many forms, from the mild monomaniac to the unfortunate who is totally ‘bereft of his right senses and deprived of all reason and judgment. The monomaniac, for instance, may have a constant driving Impuise to steal, while he is a normal being in all other respects, The insane man with deranged senses sees constantly before him wild, terrifying visions and hears fantastic Voices all plotting to bring about his death and destruction. The victim who 18 deprived of his faculty of reasoning and judgment may imagine that mem- ders of his own family are In a plot to polson him or that he must put out of the way some prominent member of the community for some imagined wrongs, It 18 to this class that the assassins of our martyred Pres'denty belong. Among the mysteries of medical science the cause of insanity is perhaps the most profound. It is a noted fact, however, that diseases of tne mind tend to run In familles, That is, they are hereditary, An insane parent will trans- mi? the tendency to mental disease not only to his direct offspring, but to the third and fourth generations a8 wel Only thorough education and full en- A Glimpse Into COMBINATION COAT is now of- A fered that will be found practical by Gouthern tourists. It is a stylish up-to-date utility coat, trimmed with large buttons and wide revera of the beautiful plaid back. By undoing a few buttoms the coat can be tucked about the wearer and will afford ample elter in the stoxmer chair, It is also idea! for motoring. Tt can be worn as a coat in the And when out in the country a few imalde catches can be loosened and the farment unbuttoned, when it will de- velop into a jarge blanket that can be spread upon the ground and form a resting place for the tourist party while they are enjoying their lunch or tea. This combination coatyan be had at $35. ‘Tea-baskets are now a part of the complete motor outfit. One, in Japanese straw, fitted with a teapot and two cups and saucers in a distinctive Japanese de- sign, ts $3.50. These tea-cosies are con- structed on the vacuum principle and therefore will do service in summer for leed tea, When travelling in England it How to Add 10 Years to Your Life —— By J. A. Husik, M. D. — Copyright, 1013, by The (Press Publish ing Co, (The New York Evening World), lightenment of the people in matters mental hygiene, together with strict. regulations governing the marriage of those mentally unfit, will in the course of time eliminate this the chief cause of mental disease, There are, however, other contributing causes which lead to disease of the mind and which are well under the con- trol of the individual, Extreme mental effort for prolonged periods of time without intervening periods of rest and recreation tend to break down the in- tegrity of the mind. Constant fretting and worrying and extreme discontent ail tend in the same direction, Alcohol is another cause of deringe- ment of the mind. For there is what ts known as alcoholic insanity and it oc- curs in persons who have been constant and heavy drinkers, Blood disease i# another potent factor in producing what is perhape the worst orm of mind disease, High thinking janc n life will prevent this form of insanity, | To remain mentally well, therefore, lead a normal mental life, Avoid ex- 2nd protonged mental effort and Take the normal amount of and rest dally, Avoid the over. | of stimulants and narcotics, Thus ral health of body and mind be maintained and life pro | longed, oye New York Shops | {s not unusual to see ladies indulgtup, in a cup of tea from their cosey, handle on the cover makes the cose convenient for carrying and the cen- tents are most refreshing during a long Journey. Pretty jars of glass, about 414 Inches in height, with the cover and trimmings in gold metal, are $1.75, They are used for scenting a room. This is accom- plished by a roll of elderdown wick that fits closely Into the inside of the jar, The eau de cologne is poured over the wick and the metal cover js firmly screwed down, When desired the cover is removed and in a few moments the odor will have sufficiently permeated the room. ‘The electric bulb shades in jewel ef- fects that are now In demand are very attractive, A plain one in white or colors is $3 cents, while at $1.8 there is a large assortment of beautiful designe, A novel favor js to be found in the new cigarette baskets, plerced silver and will hold a doen olg- arettes, They are $1.24, Located It. HE teacher in natural history had received more or less satisfactory replies to her ques- tions, the “"Delincator"” asserts, and finally he asked: ‘What little boy can tell me where the home of the swallow is!’ silence, then a hand waved, declared Bobbie, seriously, “is im the stummick, Youth's Com- panion, piesa aaa The Verdict. QHICAGO politician imported bis cousin from the old country and tad bim ap pointed a smoke inspector, This was in the old days, He was turned loose to inspect without ang instructions whatever, nd this is the eeport he rendered at the end of the first ace “IT certify that I have inspected the smoke of this city for the thirty deye past, 1 find plenty of smoke and apparently of good quality, Re- apeetfully eubmitted, Kans City Journal pelts otal No Place for Religion. N old wegres entered an Eplecopel church end, during the services, wes continually heard to shout ‘Amen! Ob, Lord!" Coredy disturbing the entire congregation, Finally @ young man sitting behind her gently touched her on the shoulder and eaid, ‘Maden, YOU mut congo that molse, That is not the custom in our ehurch.” Sho quisted for @ moment end pessentiy started up another Bowl, more eovere than ihe one before, * jg,h* 7OURE cama sgnin cxntiones ter, wat tx ‘ain, The third time be gruffly shook ber-end eaid, “v , You must either quit thet mole or looked et bim rather defiantly and re torted, ‘Quit disturbin’ me, man! I’ee getting religion “Well, thia is certainty 80 place to got it,” hastily the young man replied. — National Monthiy, peabentee StL: Best Advice E was an author, but withor without authority--which meat using the ver. ular of the street, his stuff rt et soross, If his ability bi equaled his industry, he would have bad every novelist looking like en idler, On thie particular moming he walked into the otfice of & publisher who had rejected wo ‘twee bales of bis nuseripta, “Now, look here," said the author,“ level, ow can Tel « good boot oO ‘The publish advice was excellent, “Write one,""=Popular Mogatine, He wid;