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pom alg yey fer thy United States end Canaée, Peat cvsrccccasscovescovest 68.09]0ne MOM Mees coe cvere eo cove caves ~ VOLUME 58........... .NO. 18,081 ” PEACE AND POLITENESS. 'T 18 NO LONGER governments but people who do most to bring on wars, Senstor Root toid the Chamber of Commerce. The peves of the world is only kept up by self-restraint and cour- tesy. In these qualities it is not governments which are most lacking. , “We in America,” insists the Serator, “must learn that we can- Bot continne « policy ef peace with insult. We must learn civility. ‘We must Jearn that when an American sovereign epeaks of the affairs _ of « foreign nation he must observe those rules of courtesy by which alone the peace of the world can be maintained.” , rath and common eense. In former centuries, when kings ~ and potentates did the war making, precarious peave depended largely ‘apon diplomacy, which kings invented partly as a! codo of interna- ay tonal civility to esve their nations! pride from being too often ruf- p. fled by rade remarks. Nowedayt, wherever the people are sovereigns, |. diplomacy is too apt to be despised as the opposite of frankness and > traightforwardness. InJiscussing other nations many citizens would i «rather be thought discourteous than diplomatic. Why should polite- > nes between peoples differ from politeness betwecn families or indi- ij viduals? Now that the lightest word spoken or printed is telegraphed | | ————» " terthwith to the four corners of thé earth, insult is more than ever ‘ * dmercusable. The sovereign people of the United States have a 7 Mpalthy ccorn of gold lace diplowscy, of fair epeech and donble-deal- fag. But msy they never despise « civil and considerate tongue. —— fo % Is & to be a wider or mrrower Outlook? } You ARE by —_-+-—___—_ SCRATCHING Te 7 THEY DO IT ON THE JERSEY SIDE. tearebia ht lon CITY is to be congratulated upon the joyousness and good will with which it ushers in its new Commission Govern- ment, The new Director of Revenue and Finance has suc- (eeesfally smashed his way through five locked doors into the City ) Meeasarer’s office, which the former City Treasurer had barricaded and has ejected the former Corporation Counsel under soon as four banks in which the former treasurer kept funds can be persuaded to honor the new Director’s signs- new government can begin to finance iteelf and perhaps pay ite teachers and employees. Yesterday the candidate for Corpo- ration Counsel avowed he would never take the job if the man slated fee Corporation Attorney were appointed, and the lawyer set down > ) for Assistent Corporation Attorney declared he would be the main posh im the Attorney’s office or nothing. es np Anaad n tole igtp sad tedps are, (5 he somenatell adie diuagaeel Putting Jer- .euy City its new government is as easy as getting a calf into s Batcher’s cart. : a To-day the Mayor bes fifteen hours end five minutes of day- Night to efmire the things be has done, w *- THE LUCKLESS SMOKER. ITY the poor smoker! All the world seemed to be down on . him when Public Seryice Commissioner Meltbie listened to |p‘ 2 epplication from thé National Non-Smokers’ Protective As- wediation for the abolition of emoking in trains, street cars and ferry Reuss. What with women and doctors the antis made « formidable howing, and the few smokers present came out humbled and dejected. The worst of it is, the light of reason, science and what not is dead egeiast the enoker. Yet his weakness is such a comparatively harm- _ dens ema amiable one! It fs crael to hunt him to the last ditch. he only time many men have to emoke during the day is on, te and from work. Smoking may not be the best habit in i¢ means « lot of comfort and relaxation to millious. ffed in one’s eye is not pleasant, nor is ft seemly cigarettes dropped from elevated trains should set fire inery. But the smoker is mostly well meaning and If the railroads and street car companits will him with isolation, he will humbly do his end to forgive others when they do things the smoker is often more tolerant and phil- mn-ermoker.- As one crushed and dispirited de- wes moved to plead: “Spare a little our vicss, time dead.” “Of course,” said | : 4 5 rl tickete in summer, TPvER ih i : i Qn auto trip, er the chil or something of that sort.” B Hs tf FF 37% : Fd e i i ma'am. droke ft.” Solving the Problem. the Bétter of Tho Brening World: fe anower to your editorial, “It Was Mo MT Wind,” I wich to say that about ‘the only Ume there is any chance to get Hanele nt ‘A whale has a large, flat tall, about 18 “le the maanried Iife of the Jobeons| », ne 6 Saree Oo bese any happter than it weet” paler a my fine dinner napkins too?” said Mrs. Jerr. - tenance was clouding (and, after all, ‘ what can one de with, servant 9k, by he Prem Fetuaiog © |dayel), Mrs. Jarr sighed and oa RB, JARR hed an engagement t°ltake dinner out somewhere this eve- meet Mra Jenkins in the ladies’ trude, the old family retainer—old in point of service only, you understand— “of course, that means I'll have to take her to a matinee somewhere, All those people who ve in the suburbs just work their aity friends for matines “and if you don’t buy tickets for them—yea, and luncheon too—they are Nadle to tell you very sweetly over the telephone, when you cal, them up to way you'll be out Sunday If it dcesn’t rain, that they are just going off for steter Ethelinda leav tears, turn down the Pretty shades over them. Then all will be emiles, Greasing a “illuminating engineers’ jeonvention out in Chicago recently, ays oo. “*Yes'm," sald Gertrude, the light run- ning domestic, “And Go you think Mrs. Jenkins will come home with you for dinner? You know she generally does that tm eummer, and then Mr. Jenkins @omes up and takes dinner too, If so, I wanted to tell you that you ain't | ordereé nothing for dinner for company, and there's only three finger bowls left, | ‘There wae four, but the chil-; or less an abomination and not only make @ room and its occupants hideous, but are crue! tests of the latter's tem- were used to light rooms, there was a Ga cen bubble lot of expense involved. And the house = $B, oe @ and chat burned the largest number of can- Glee and whose rooms shone the bright- est was the house which proclaimed its ownere as richest the greater the glare the greatem the show of wealth. : Learn One Thing Every Day Ho’w to Gain « Fund of General Information “Daily. Magazine: Fri fal Your, digae Rarts You ‘T 1 DON'T CARE = Do ANYTHING SYou CEBCRESELEEEE SEED OEESOCALE OLEH ELSE Mr. Jarr, Using Absent Treatment, Inoculates Himself With Bad Luck 999SSS999SISSSSSS 99999SS9909II9SS SITESSISTIIIIOOD ning, Mra. J is and I and Mr. Jarr) Won't eat it~in case I am not home to and Mr, Jenkins, Surely they shonld) dinner—tell them they can’t go to ser take up to dinner:!f I take her to @/|the moving pictures this Week. And fix matinee and luncheon?" Up everything you have in the hovfse “They never do. They'll expect you|for Mr, Jarr, because if Mr. Jenkins to tagg/them. That ts, if you are going | joins Mrs, Jenkins and asks me to go out to thelr place Sunday and take the/ to dinner I'll go. children and stay to dinner there,” re-| With these and many other directions marked the astute Gertrude, as regards fire, bill collectors, flat house “I suppose 90," said Mrs. Jarr; “those|burgiars, C. 0. D. packages, penalties the children should be threatened with im case they played in the street—Mra. “And I suppose a mouse lost four of But, observing Gertrude’s sunny coun- these | people who live in the suburbs have no consideration, Well, look after every- thing while I am out. Make a rice pudding for the children, and if they “Well, Gertrude, T'll euggest el !dn't intend to run into town to- gushed Mrs, Jenkins, “But Mr. Jenkins telephoned me he wouldn't be Bad Temper Comes from the Eyes! LSS aie bhi nee aeaccuclan tantt: Shade Your Light, Says Science. h & generous man, Mr. Jarr, osity should begin at howe!” said Mrs. Jarr sharply. “Oh, I am sorry I said anything. Perhape Mr. Jarr ‘ntended to surprise you by telling you about it later!” cried Mrs, Jenkins, “Perhaps eald Mrs. Jarr, “but ¥ don't see how Mr. Jarr could afford to dine and wine everybody in that old oMce, A lot them ave bachelors. And I assure you, Mra, Jenkins, whfle I do not begrudge your husband any- thing—tor DO go out to spend the t your place—those bach- re the most selfish“people in the papa is cross or mamma is ficult,” or when Matiia Svenseen smashes crockery and the table in ts or else put perity and glaring lights went hand in hand, But now— Let's get back to Prof, Cravath. He says @ bright light causes eye strain. Aleo that eye strain causes bad nerves. Also that bad_nerves cause bad temper. Nor does the mere coloring of the Mght's globe solve the problem, And various colored tights lead to various forms of mental misery. For example, green and red Mghte cause melancholy, Prof. Cravath thinks, Derhaps by casting unearthly hues upon the countenances of one’s fellows. In fact, all bright lights, colored or pain, are conducing to blues or crossness or shortness of patience, Therefore, advises Prot. Cravath, have softly shaded lights in the home. And insensibly you will change strife to calm, you and yours will grow peace- ful and gentle, and harmony will reign. Maybe it is all true, Maybe not. Prof, J. R. Cravath, ad- He saye that glaring lights are more “They come to our house eat and drink, and they play cards with Mr, Jarr and win his money and emoke his cigars, and they make @ frightful m of my dining room, . “But THEY never ask us anywhere. In fact, you'd think a bachelor does married people a great favor by coming to thelr houses, And then, after im- posing on us, just as I say, they sneer al Fried people and at home life in You see, in early days, when candies ‘Then came kerosene lamps; and again Anyhow, except for reading purposes, it The same with gas|costs little to try and it makes your and then with electricity; until pros- rooms prettier. your life!” Mra, Jenkins coincided. “As soon as fine weather comes Mr. Jen- kine's bachelor friends before he was married cone to our bouse in auto- mobiles on Sunday and bring very odd sorts of friends, to say the least, and make @ free road house of one’s place and think they've done you a great honor, * “But they n come and take you auto riding, and they never ask you to take dinner with them in town, And I think, as you do, Mr, Jarr might have epent the &5 on just y¥ d me and Mr. Jenkine—his real frie “Did Mr. Jenk! Mr, Jarr had ST" asked Mre, Jarr. “Oh, I understand now. himeelt ult of clothe: ‘Maybe he's going to get a cheap suit and take his friends to dinner, too!" jenkini @ I'll ever trust him dectared Mra, Jarr. Copyright, 1018, by The Prem Publishing Oo, (The New York Brening World), 10.—WHALB. deat down the water and get to the TRST let ue dispel the poputar | su bounds, ‘Thate: the reagos F idea that @ whale is @ fish, It}! {s mot a fish, but an animal. It feeds its young with milk. And even though {t lives in the water it can be drowned. A fish extracts oxygen from the water and takes it in through ite gill, But the whale has to rise to the qurface and get ‘a supply of oxygen from the air. When it does this it @poute water to make room for air; an@ the fishermen say: ‘There she dlowe!” hangs down from his upper jaw in a vast network, He eats the smallest sort of jellyfish, &c, Having no teeth, he ewime right into a shoal of things that form his food and the network of whatebone acts as a huge fishing net. Whaledone is worth $10,000 a ton, and one whale may carry one end a half tons of it. Besides whal tons of o!] from a whale. It is used for | olntments and very fine And feet across. Kvery fish hae an upright |from @ certain species of whale yt get ambergria, which is worth ne we got as¥" Suae 46 telephone you that), The Stories of Famous Novel By Albert sisters, love with her. Payson Terhune Copyridet, 1918, ty The Prem Pubtishing Co, (The New Tot Brening World), 39—THE SORROWS OF WERTHER, by Goethe. ‘THER was @ young German student with more than sense. He was supposed to have a wonderful future ‘was looked on as the coming poet of the age. He chanced to visit the home of a village burgomaster had a big houseful of children. The eldest daughter, Lotte, was « wholesome, dutiful girl, not especially brilliant. She spent most of 1 time keeping her father's home and in looking after the little brothers Lotte was spreading bread and butter for these youngsters when Werther saw her. And the pretty domestic picture she presented while e@. gaged on this humble task caught the poet’s fancy. He promptly fell ja She reciprocated-his affection as strongly as so mild and well-diectpiined @ girl could be expected to. But that was as far asthe affair went. «« For Lotte’s father had already picked out @ husband for her—e bis, aimple-hearted young farmer named Albert. ‘ } Albert was as commonplace as was Lotte, They were excellently suited f to one another, far better than Lotte and Werther have been, Albert added to the poet's sorrows by ing a warm and4 very sincere friendship for him. He had no suspicion of Werther’s love for Lotte when this friena> © chip was formed. ther suddenly found he could endure He was genuinely grieved when the agony no longer and went a’ ‘The poet went back to his life work and tiled to forget Lotte as an: except an inspiration to his poetry. Lotte and Albert were married and c Gown to wedded life in their own village. s ‘Time passed and Werther was once more at the scene of his unhappy story. Albert was delighted to see him again and invited the poet to make Jong visit at his house, 4 Werther thought himself temptation proof or else could not resist Lotte once more. So he accepted the invitation and became a guest at home. Then trouble set in. At once Werther found that his*old time love for Lotte was stronger tham ever and\in Lotte's own placid heart the former flame was rekindled. Each was honorable. Neither would take advantage of the situation. Wer ’ ther wrestled vainly with the dumb edoration thet wae The Leve that Led to Death. crushing his very soul. It does not seem to have occurred to him to @o away | and once more to drown memory tn work and other i ests. Instead, he loitered around in hopeless mel @ nuisance to himself and to every one else—until conditions and life itself unbearable. Then he committed suicide, — modern viewpoint, “The Sorrows of But when Wye rites fa T%6, i Vincent's Advice to Lovers Money vs. Matrimony. 66 Oo GIRL N should marry & mea to whom money is the most important thing in lif” @ wise wom- an tod me the away without giving any reason ep.a Planation. What do you think to .488 cause of this?’ 2 The young men are poseftty al) Sea85 butterfiles, ae — one “K. ©." writes: “€ hed from young man saying that he write eoon, but I haven't heard him since, As I am soon going te} would it look as if I were running at earn enough to make the person he loves comfortable, But he realises that it is not enough to gt er his money; he must also give her himeel! Aud this he cannot do if he devotes all his time and attention to amassing « fortune, ‘The sensible girl knows something of the ideals of her young men friends. She knows if they appreciate nature, if they are fond of children, if they have high sense of honor, or {f they are mere money-grubbers. And she doesn't choose a man of the last-mentioned type as her husband. * writes: eral young men have ca'led upen me and taken me out, I am pleasant and natural in their com- pany, and am considered possibly good looking. Yet after a time they stay and 4 Yeare. Call at THE EVENING 7006—Chiid'e Empire Dress, 1, 2 him & I sent him a card?” 4 Te ft hasn't deen too long a time you received the card from him f see why you shoulin’t answer it. "C. HB. writes: “There te o gtrt.eg » whom I am fond, although we are met engaged. She has a\ birthday esom Would you suggest something I might give her?” wk Either flowers or candy. “8 | il : : i : i ad spe ee in i} Pee pens Hie sit iff rr ht cag s¥ oa 5 3 a f } op uy J WORLD MAY MANTON F, BUREAU, Donald Building, 100 West Thirty-second etreet (oppar’' atte Gimbel Broy.), commer @ixth avenue and Thirty-second New York, or sent by mali on receipt of ten cents in esim « street, stampa for each ;attern ordered, , Pa IMPORTANT—Write your eddrese pleinty and always Potters. {ease wanted. Ad4 two conte ter letter gestage tf tn 6. hurry, a a STi,