The evening world. Newspaper, August 14, 1914, Page 10

© Gbe edalifity waor. ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Daily Wxcept Sunday by the Press Publishing Company, Nos, 88 to 63 Park Row, New York. RALPH PULITZPR, President, 63 Park Row. J. ANGUS SHAW, Trear at} Park Row, JOSEPH PULITZER,’ Jr., Secretary, 63 Park Row, 01 One Month. ee ae UNMASKED. FEED one crime against civilization provoke another? In the Presence of a great moral cataclysm must honor relax, scruples vanish and common honesty be kicked aside? * This nation is now forced to stern and drastic action against con- cy to corner food supplies and make Europe’s war a pretext to the American public through femine prices. So serious is the on that the President of the United States calls upon the At- jencral to defend the country " %, Sgainet,men who would take advantage of such circumstances )”& ‘to Increase the price of food and the difficultios of living. » "Those who make use of the war in Europe to steal from the i ise of people at home are on @ par with thieves and scoundrels | Whe gladly see half their city in flames that they may burst through , PME pestraintes and loot the other ha}f. In the presence of great catas- thes the predatory instinct ie unmasked. te-We want no sch shameful spectacle in the United States. It is pressing duty of the countzy’s law officers to drag forth the plunderers and put them where they belong. Se ‘The intimation conveyed in a morning newspaper yester- @ay thet Ambassador Geratd was side-stepping his job in Berlin carried little weight with those who know him. Con- )) oi; @ucting « trainioad of American refugees across the bristling 3° .@erman frontier is a very different thing from deserting one’s _ pest Nor was the latter ever a habit with “Jimmy” Gerard. ot THOSE WHO KNOW. MERICANS fresh from Burope's war centres do not support the easy-going belief expressed in Washington and elsewhere that our citizens abroad are safe and comfortable while they mult to get home. ~ On the contrary the views of passengers arriving on the Phila- were well presented by Martin Vogel, Assistant Treasurer of United States at New York, who declared as he landed: “I am going right down to Washington to tell the Gov- . @rament officials of the terrible plight of Americans abrosé. are 8,000 stranded people on the shores of France with BO prospects of getting home. Americans generally are in an bed way in Paris and Berlin. The plight of Amert- 82 women is peculiarly bad. Those who have no gold are to all sorts of indignities.” first days of the war The Evening World has vigor- that this country ought either immediately to send ships or to demand of the fighting nations safe conduct from for shiploads of American passengers. im the last two days has the Government come out of its authorised ite representatives abroad to charter ships to our citizens home. Americans who have seen with their own eyes conditions in Eu- are not as “satisfied” as the smooth and smiling Mr. Bryan over ite of their unfortunate fellow citizens in the wer area. It ie to this nation that it has dallied with ite obligations, talked, spat off rescue until Europe has become a shambles. ‘ rf A Panama Canal opens for traffic t-morrow. Don't over- ‘look it. ———__-¢-—___—_.. PEACE. PARADES. E_ FEAR there is little to be accomplished in the present state of the world, by organizing peace parades on Fifth avenue. Deprecating terrific events that are now shaking by a few banners carried through the streets of New York ly draw attention to anything but the forlornness of the hope. ident Wilson has voiced the strong and dignified desire of try to be first aid to peace. For the rest the people of the States have enough to do to look after their own affairs, keep turnipg and werd off ill effects of the war, without addressing to Burope. jes nothing is so profitable as minding your It applies with peculiar force just now to this nation. —————_-¢-————_____ “They shall have wars and pay for their presumption.” ‘Letters From the People | whe Recalls the Prophecy? ‘Broaming Wort: 1903 1 read in @ newspaper that in Warsaw, Russia, prophe that in fourteen years there id be a millennium and pesce all the powers. 1 would like to if any one else recalls this and if this child al: x! than fourteen years be a genera) European Vs to know by what be sto Som: tak! ‘3 on beach. I would cer- ic ike to know what law ‘can be called upon to justify this measure, 1n pointing out the advantages New York offers to the “middie classes” compared with other large cities, feces attention is always called to the splendid opportunity the short distance from the ocean offs But this advantage seems to me to be slowly but surely annihilated. CONEY ISLANDER, ‘The Tragedy of Pola To the Editor of The Kvening World: Much bas been said and any amount of sympatpy extended to peo- le whose countries are at present volved in the terrible European wi word of the Poles, The Servians are fighting for their own country, the Germans and thi Russians for their respecti coun, tries, but the Poles—where do the; Saterday. Bditor of The Bresing World: what day did the 13th of May, M7 E. DOERING. Coney Bather’s Grievance. aitor uf The Evening World: @nybody tell me what right Pwners of certain baths at Coney Bave to erect a sign srob. ing I think this rule is too to deserve any attention, dy in the world has a right it me (or anybody else, for ) from taking off a coat when and wherever | please, T was eye witness to ing scene at the beach in Yesterday which set me to A man came t6 the beach and those under Germany and Russia are forced to defend the Kaiser and sar. And now comes the real and great- est tragedy—the three nations, Aus- tria, Germiny and Russia, are at dto off hiv raincoat,| war. In each army there are thou- into the wator.! sands of Poles, and the result is that permitted to| the Poles will be compelled to fight against each other—brother it To Promotion The Chance-Finder. HIS ts the story of a young man ‘whom opportunity would have Daased by had he not—well, let see err tell you why it DIDN'T pass George was bookkeeper in what residents of the suburban community emilingly alluded to as a “department store.” It carried “a little of this and a little of that,” all in its medium-sized single floor space, and Gave credit liberally to its customers. George wore bis suits until ul paid clerks were wont to observe, was “no kind of » sport.” One can do many things on eighteen dollars a week, but George— well, he just didn't. There was noth- He was just a working unit in the machinery of the store, paid strict attention to his job, said nothing @bout himself, and even succeeded in making the “bows” all but forget his presence. The bose was erratic in bis busi- ness ieeeoent too often for his B00 Came a day when credit was closed against him and he could not get money—little as was Reeded—to keep open the doors of the store. @ny one te George as it hope” Serres would have laughed. opportunity. All this while he been quietly eaving—saving and investin, In without in order to have. And it was George's proffered ald that kept the store doors open—at the price of a Benevento. To-day the store is a department store. It was George's conservative influence that reon can | steadied it and brought it through the storm and to success. Hits From Sharp Wits. ‘The fellows in front of the bar have something big to settle now, eee are not always what they arked the Man on the Car. thouse, for example, there ate outside than in."—To- The face behind it is often as plain as the nose on @ man's face.—Phila- delphia Inquirer. A In this mundane sphere it is not ghe woman alone who reserves the right to change her mind with or without provocation.—Omaha Bee, eee Men who talk the most very often gay the least. 7 It 1s better to make a fool of your- self than to let some one else do it.— Macon Telegraph. ee You may expect to hear any minute now that the fellow who owes you a quarter has issued a proclamation of moratorium.—Bostog ‘Transcript. . Whenever the wife begins to lai and loudly a ae pusbend’s pa ites Seales Ss h | tain. The Evening World Daily Magazine, Frid | Wit, Wisdom a Jase (BY Famous Authors) REPARTEE BY SAMUEL FOOTE. Coprmignt PHYSICIAN of Bath told Foote he had a mind to publish his own poems, but he had so many irons in the fire he did not well 7 know what to do. “Then take my advice, poems where your irons are.” Following a man on the street who did not bear the best of charac- ters Foote slapped him familiarly on the shoulder thinking he was an inti- mate friend, On discovering his mistake he cried out, “Oh, sir, I beg your gentleman who"—— q » “and am I not a gentleman?” pardon; I really took you fo! “Well, sir,” said the ot! “Nay, sir,” said Foote, “if you take pardon @ second time.” , Previously to Foote's bringing out Haymarket Theatre a lady of fashion “Pray, sir, are your puppets to be “Oh, dear madam, no! Not much Of an actress who was remarkably awkward with her arms Foote said that “she kept the graces at arm's was Lord convince himself of the fact he asked “Do you know him?” that he is at large.” Bargains in Crustaceans. 6 HOU can imagine how de lighted I was when Mre. Price came over to-day and told me that if we'd take her along in the car she'd show us a fish market down at Commuterhurst, L. L, where we could get lobsters at twenty-five cents aplece—and they're forty'five a pound in the market! . “Have I got any fine lobsters?” Old man Bark, the professional village raconteur, amateur weight prophi and proprietor of lobsteria, came in from his front yard, which was @ boat landing, and slapped his palms to- gether. new, many'll you have— they're pins!" Worl he n | sven Sone of your ," spoke up Mrs. Price. Petty worst is others’ best,” retorted he darkly, diving down into @ bin filled with restless crustacean! “i “What'd you bring to put ‘em im?” ked. mH he “Put them 1 echoed Pop i rr em wiWell, you see how it ts, This ain't a reg’..: fish market and when people in town buy from me I us'ally send ‘em up in a pail, But, never mind! I got just the thin Paper ain't no good if you're goin’ a dis. tance. I'll do ‘em up in @ lace our- t in You se Raay sak sought ip that and can't get out Being at the levee given by the Earl of Townsend when that nobleman tenant of Ireland, Foote thought he saw a person in His Excellency’s suite whom he knew to have lived by his wits in London. To “That is Mr. T——, one of my gentlemen at large,” was the answer. “Oh, yes, perfectly well,” eaid Foote. “What Your Excellency tells me is doubly extraordinary. First, that he is a gentleman, and, secondly, Pop’s Mutual Motor %4im Woodward Copyright, 1014, by the Press Publidhing Oo, (The New York Evening World.) fbi ee eat te ay, Aug ’ ust nd Philosophy docter,” said Foote, “and put your it in that way I must only beg your his “Primitive Puppet Show” at the asked him: as large as life?’ above the size of Garrick.” length.” Lord Townsend who it was. hang at their heroine's bedroom win- dow—e Nottingham lace curtain—and | * swathed it about the twelve ing, battling creatures. Then he placed te bundle greatly a the floor of the and waved us adi three plunks, ial enithea “Didn't I tel cheap a I'd take you to a ce said Mrs. Price proudly—and next = instant Leg blood -ourdtta hriek that ade Pop steer into a perfea! fence and etall the motor. mY 625g ‘There was Ma standing on the seat, her skirts revealingly hoisted—and inting DOWN! Fastened to Mrs, 70 3» black suede toe was a lusty! hi him off! Take him off!” she screamed in terror, And Pop took the nearest thing, which happened to be a monkey wrench and dealt a deathblow, Then there were en! And after much searching through oll cans, whiskbrooms, inner tube: and other useless things he came upon the new side curtains which he'd never used and for which he'd pea fourteen protested dollars. So e wrapped them in those, “Don't ever ask me to go looki: for bargains in the car,” splutter Pop at 12 that same night. “They're going to charge $4 to take the dents out of the radiator where I ran into the fence; the blamed lobsters ate gi the celluloid out of my fourteen dol- Fables of Everyday Folk. By Sovhie irene Loeb. i New Pork neeniog Werle > The Strangling of Youth. NCE upon a time there was a father. He had two beautiful children, Mary and John. His wife had died when they were quite young, and he was confronted with the problem of rearing these two children. Having something of this world’s goods, it was not difficult to hire people that stood in the stead of mother—such as @ nurse, a governess. got to running smoothly these children were left to euch caretakers, and the father went on in the business of making gold. Asa result of going in one groove this man became incapable of en- Joying the good’ things of life, and also denied them to his children. As they grew up they longed for the things others have. Kis A wanted to know young people like them, They desired to travel, to see things. But the father, having put his ft him, could not joy and did not see the NEED the children. One day while Mary was at the impressionable (just @ young and beautiful bud on the threshold of womanhood) a youth came along, looked at her, and amiled. She returned the smile. And thereby hangs o long tale—e tale of clandes- tine meetings and love trysts, and g bad gone out of his life forever. fe stopped to refiect. He looked y; It was not ah the young man’ % that he could wish. But the girl, unechooled in the ways of the world, having been kept from things that would hai vision, had ma ignoranc day far country to better the life that had been atified and restrained. 5 ‘The old man was alone. Boon old shed for his own, wailed bis loss, but it late. His children had be an, He too REALITY. going tos up all ‘night with tadi, 0 witl di~ ee that ra vut of eat Tin flood, whose bridge had been swept away. Into the swollen stream plunged finally the altar—all secret. The father awoke one morning to find the boy, John, now left alone with his morose father, one cked his bag and was off to a “Colonel Remorse” came to him and was been She became broken in spirit, a sad creature. And the boy returned, bronsed and beaten, having re out RELA pe ema pi: er ASNT Ye ost, Rag ny ate Wee 7 y e 14: 1914 ’ The Love Stories Of Great Americans By Albert Payson Terhune Coprright, 1014, by the Prem Pubtishine Co, (The New York Brentag Weill.) 33.—GRANT’S FIVE-YEAR WOOING. TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD army lieutenant, just graduated trea’ West Point, was garrisoned at Jefferson Barracks in St, Lowls. This was in 1843. The new-fledged officer wae a stocky, grim- faced, taciturn young fellow and mingled little in the jollities of local garrison life. He was known as Ulysses Simpson Grant, although he had been baptized Hiram Ulysses Grant. One of the few homes that young Grant visited was White Haven, 6 country estate near St. Louts owned by Judge Dent, father of Licut, Fred Dent, a West Point classmate and chum of Grant. The Dents ire a large | family, and they made the silent young fellow weloome at thet: Louse, He became a constant visitor there. A iittle later the Judge's eldest daughter, Julia, a girl of seventeen, came” " home from ‘boarding school. And, as Grant says in his “Memoirs,” his visits to White Haven at once became even more frequent. A 80 For « few months Grant and Miss Dent saw much of Courteh! each other, though neither realized that the pleasant ad friendship held anything deeper. ‘Then came orders for Grant's regiment to go West | at once under Gen, jor on a frontier military expedition. There was barely time for the Heutenant to gallop out to White Haven for a hasty goodby before starting westward. And, all at once, as his “Memoirs” confess, Grant realized that it war not friendship but love between himself and Julia Dent. He rode at top speed toward White Haven. He was checked by a river the lover and swam across. He arrived at his sweetheart’s house drenched . to the skin. He did not look his beat in this bedraggied condition, so, be*ore seeing Julia, he borrowed a dry suit of clothes from one of her brothers—a man | much larger than he. Clad in these misfit garments he sought out Julia and asked her to be his wife. She told him that until news had come that he must leave St. Loute she had never thought of him except @ mere friend, but that now sehr ‘knew she loved him. When Grant left for the front next day they were e The Dent family were far from pleased at the engagement. For Grant was poor and had no prospects. L. C. Holloway, in her biography of Mrs. Grant, says: “With no Httle satisfaction her parents saw the young officer ordered to frontier duty with the army. Once out of sight, they hoped their daughter's feelings would undergo a change and that she would make a moro brilliant match.” Pog But Julia was steadfast in her devotion to her absent soldier-lover. For the next four years and three months they met but once. That was in 1845, when Grant secured a short leave of absence and paid a flying visit to St. | Louts. Soon after that one brief meeting the Mexican war began, and Grant from first to last was in the thick of it, doing valiant service and rising to the rank of captain. . In Mexico, on the battlefield, he saved the life of Lieut. Fred Dent, Julla’s brother. And, hearing of this gallant deed, the Dents withdrew theif opposition to the match. On Aug. 22, 1848, after a five-year wooing, Grant and Julla were married. Julia accompanied her husband from one frontier post to another for the next few years. Then, finding he could not support his crowing family on @ captain's pay, Grant resigned from the army and went into business. | Failure He failed at everything he attempted, becoming at |} and Victoryt last so poor that he was forced to peddle firewood tn : 8t. Louis. Through it all his wife's loyal love was Never failing and she had subiime faith in his future. ‘When the civil war came and that faith was gloriously justif'ed she was In no way surprised. A friend asked her in 1864 if there were a chance that F The Story of the Franco-Prussian War} Army,” under Steinmetz, man force was fighting, and defeating of the French host under Gen. Mac- All morning it raged, and most of the Germans numbered 77,500; the French! Gen. Grant would succeed in capturing Richmond: was thrashing the French a second French army. The “Third Mahon, intrenched near Worth on the afternoo! But, little by little, the 87,000, The French losses were more and one by Gen. Bazaine, All bope of invading Germany was now gone It became for France merely a des Perate question of holding at least @ portion of French territory against the on-marching Germans. By the orders of the Emperor, the French withdrew toward the Moselle, ahead of their foes, there, if possible, e Pala for oo hace nd, This ‘as exactly what Moltke's had told him the French moda tet . His plane were working out with scarcely a flaw. Moltke had studied’ and arranged the whole war like @ Bigantic problem in chess. The Germ: hotly followed the 4 two retreating French armies. It was no part of Moltke’s plan that these two flying bodies of men should meet and combine. Therefore, he kept them moving, driving them so hard that neither could turn agide “Why, yes,” was the wife's matter-of-fact reply, “if he makes up his mind to, Mr. Grant always was a very obstinate man!” No. 5.—Two Battles in One Day. | ; HILE the Germans’ “First at the Spicheren heights on Aug. 6, 1870, another Ger- Army,” pressing on after its victory at Welssenburg, came upon a division left bank of the Sauer River. At dawn the’ fighting began. French were hammered back; until by 4 P. M. they were in full flight. The and some regiments | to got in touch with the other, mely on after 90 per cent. of| The “First Army" and the “Second their men were killed. Army,” respectively led by Steinmets Every resistance was thus swept away, for the time, from the path of the “Third Army,” and \t marched unchecked to Moselle, whither Moltke had ordered it to go, and where the two other German armies were cen-| within a space of three davs two of tring. the bloodiest battles of the whole Beaten and outnumbered at every | war were fought; battles whose point, the French fell back, in two) names are still a horror to France. armies: one led by Gen. MacMahon (To Be Continued.) hions AT capes have had their influence and Prince Frederick Charles (the Red Prince), pursued Bazaine; the cl " followed MacMahon. » Bazaine halt: faced the oncoming Germans, Ati fl ul $ out in sles trom 4 ts Pattern No. 8373A—New Blouse In Cape Effect. inches bust measure,