The evening world. Newspaper, August 17, 1915, Page 12

tte efit World, DEMORALIZED EXCHANGE. OT in a generation has a British pound sterling been at euch N a discount ae compared with the American dollar. From quo- tations ranging about $4.96 in normal times the pound ster- ling has dropped steadily until yesterday it slumped e clear five cents to $4.64. The franc and the lire are on the same downward track. On the face of things it might seem to the advantage of this country to hold 90 many millions of dollars’ worth of unbalanced er- shange representing the huge purchases of England, France, Russia nd Italy. Nobody doubts the solvency of our customers. But, on the other hand, there is no real gain to us in seeing their currency Already exporters here are beginning to realize that war Mnitions are not the only commodities of trade and that powerful wealth-commanding governments are not the only buyers. Dis- \ tarbanos of exchange is no real encouragement to commerce. Tae in gold are believed to be en toute to New York to European credit. The inflow may ultimately amount to 9800,000,000, perhaps a billion. There is no place in the world where The Bait ef just now—no place where it can do more to stabilize trade up the commercial faith and courage of two continents. ——-+4 > —__—_— In demanding further details concerning tle New Haven conspiracy charges Mr. William Rockefeller’a attorney says “it looks as though the Government were playing the game with ) corde up ite sleeve.” ‘Whet will reassure Mr. Rookefeller and the other indicted gentlemen? We take it they, for their part, are eager to keep their hands aboveghe table and stand by the deal. a CONGENIAL WORK. BERLIN news agency continues diligently to eend forth trouble-making matter which the Germans claim to have turned up in the Belgian Government archives that fell into their hands in Brussels. j The latest batch consists of alleged secret reports made at the of the Morocean trouble in 1911, in which Belgium Ministers at courts speak clightingly of Belgium's present allies. The Belgien Minister at Paris, for exemple, is quoted as saying: “England, which has. pushed France into the Morocco muddle, now considers bee work with eatisfaction.” Or the Belgian Minister at Berlin con- i} ‘ | tributes s sneer: “The was signed by France, og by Reodaroay to keep it.” $ of Germany how differently they write! “Several of my - colleagues are astonished by Germany's patience.” Biiting suck meterish must be thoroughly congenial to Germen tatelligence convinced that it can dictate the opinions ef ns- tiens by ssoretly subsidising their news sources. ‘We knew of one nation, however, where such a conspiracy hae just aligned with « crash. The German Government will find it profit- ible te examine the ruins and reflect upon the futility of the attempy + Bees the intense interest aroused by the epectacie of va- “ vious prominent persons pinned Gowan to hard work at Pistts- ‘buss tmply that they are ccldom if ever caught that way at nemet en SOMETHING WRONG WITH ANNAPOLIS FP sn gn re rt ao rs i President Wilson has signed orders for the dismissal of two. @ desen others. _ Phe findings of the Court of Inquiry shew that at least 68 per ‘paemt. of the firet clacs and 80 per cent. of the second had advance a9 - Memowledge af examination questions. Surreptitious visits to offices * and deske where the papers and marks were kept appear to have been eommmen practices. Athletes and other favored members of classes |< wape sezalarly furnished with advance information by which they were _, vile to attein grades higher than those to which their actual work as t Obviously euch conditions call for » thorough overhauling of the of preparing and holding examinations. But there is some- swhere a sense of honor among the students themselves is met eutticiont to make wholesale cheating impossible. That honesty ed manhood are lacking among Uncle Sam’s ‘midshipmen raises o | eewious question as to the character of the men who are sent to Ah- |» Bapotis and the soundness of the system by which they are appointed. | Enquiry should now proceed to higher ground. a an Ap Engtish pound is worth only $4.64 and an American dollar will buy nearly six francs. What a time to epend Ameri- 1 »ean sa¥ings abroad! Only Americans are not arguing thusly, ——_—_ Hits From Sharp Wits - giQRT7 bes torpedoed many « triad. When folks begin to believe every- ‘ « thing @ man says he is getting too ar ee ee * for this world.—No: Ledger eee thes oem Our idea of a pessimist te o man usually phia % om who lies on a sick bed and out how much his funeral wi eae eee ‘When you hear a man that he has never made a mistake just ask far more important. The country contains few wniversities or |} him if he has ever made anything The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCardell Copyright, 1016, by the Prew Publishing Co. (The New York Trening Worl). ce ‘OU know how hard it is for came the voice of Mrs. Wilkins. me to go downtown shop-| “i AM sincere! See, I'm on my ping, my dear,” said Mre.| knees!" replied the man, “Can you Jarr, speaking just a bit sharply, al- | see a strong man weep and sit with aid say “dear,” “It I do!» beautiful, stony face and break his heart?” “But you did take the money; you know you did, Harold,” faltered the woman. “She has called me ‘Harold’ again! till loves me! She will not leave me!" cried the man’s voice. “What is all ‘the money in the world to the joy of knowing that?” “And you took money, out of my Pocketbook, too! How could you?’ sobbed the woman. @ay, and yesterday, too, but she sends tively come to- morrow, and I can't leave the house while, she’s here.” “I am a little late and I deserve a ecolding,”- said Mrs. Rangle, “but I bad a terrible time getting away from the children! Just because I took one of them downtown with me other day they all start to cry along with me when they see ttle Mary cries and I've got to burry right back af thati” “I'd Hke to see anything stop me, either!” said Mrs, Jarr. “Listen!” ‘They lstened. “Have I ever struck yout” walled & voloe up through the airshaft. ven't I always loved yout” ‘a that man Wilkins again!” hissed Mrs. Jarr. “Drinks awfully jand neglects his wife; spends all the money her people send her!" . “Ien't it terrible!" whispered Mra, Rangle in reply. “Listen!” The Woman Who Lost Her Job. INCE upon a time there was @ woman. She was what they call a steady worker, but somehow she was able to get a permanen Position. No sooner did she get set- + |tled in ond place than the firm changed hands or her department was discontinued or something eim- {lar happened, and she was out of a Job, Finally a friend came along who knew a well estaBlished Fifth Avenue firm and got her an opening for the ticular work was sewing on light materials, The firm was fair with thie woman. They gave her the wages she asked for in the beginning, and as time went on of their own accord they raised this amount. The house was satisfied with her work and she wae likewise satisfied with ats Ree elec, Fables of Everyday Folks —== By Sophie Irene Loeb Copgright, 1018, by the Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), kind of work she did. This par-| neq The Evening World Daily Magazines Tuesday, Augu wt Mrs. Jarr Again’Overhears a Talk Between an:I “Only to drown my gitef because you were cross at me, my beautiful one!” exclaimed the contrite Wilkins: “I did not take it all. I lett $2 I would give you my last cent, even if you would not give me yours!” “Yes,.1 would, Harold, and you know I would,” said Mrs. Wilkins, completely’ falling under the charm of the weakling acain. . “No, you woukin't! I wouldn't take it!” said the man. “What is her money when I have HER? I refuse her money! J wouldn't take her money!" “Yes, you must!” cried the woman. “Here, take it!” “She trusts me with §2," cried the sobbing Wilkins. “Only $2!" “Yes, and here is $10 I bad hid under the mattress,” Mrs, Wilkins E Gaye of adveral ys of adversity were eo far in the background of her thoughts that a return to them seemed remote. For was she not the best paid worker of this fine Fifth Avenue firm? Cer- tainly there would be Both ladies tiptoed to the window on the airsbaft and leaned over, “Pais Ww~the last straw!” oried en angry female voice. “You got the letter from the mailbox in the hall, opened it, forged my name to the check my\ father sent me, and drank up every cent of it. I know alll” “It's all your fault,” whined the blubbering male voice. “IT had a ter- rible dream. I dreamed you deserted her position. She was on the fair road to further advancement, Now it came to pass that after she Bu ae ee oe toe and IC] came materials it was necessary to work on cloth of heavier texture. The rece! as m News, me! That drove me to drink! Have| Kind Ae won he ee an T ever struck you? Have I ever ald|The ideal” people are # Gadadouts unkind word to you? Ob, you! Her empl + that they wouldn't stay at home e ” “We regret this ai but it te if they thought runity would t know what it is to love the A com: ville Banner, : A golf expert says that no one can talk and But that doesn't Sean Mheneath about and knock on the door.—Nash- | sweetest, fairest, dearest woman in Mt afterward—Milwaukes News, !enly J thought you were sincere!” all the world and fear every moment ange con- she will leave you because you ure poor!” “If only I could believe you! itiona to sult your wishes.’ mn the young woman hast- fly answered: “Very well then, I'll quit.” She forgot the days when she had Sad the long ptruggle u ort By J. H. Cassel. deally Happy Couple was hoard to say. “When I didn’t get the check I went to papa”— “And he forbade my darling to *| mieunderstandings. Many a woman divorces her hesband for “desertion” 4 t 17; 1915 Reflections of . x) A Bachelor Girl By Helen Rowland Copii, 1918, by the Prem Putiiching Ov, (The New York Ermning World), OWADAYS you can gauge the depth of a girl's mind merely by asking her whether she regards @ white fox boa in August As @ mecessity, — @ tuzury, an affitotion or a joke. l N A woman's heart is like an electric runabout which will holt person besides herself; but a man’s—well, a man’s is like a Anybody with “five senses” can get in it. one ‘bus! Making a man tell you that he loves you is something like teaching # cat to jump through a hoop;- you don’t expect him to do it gracefully, but the astonishing thing is that he does it at all. - It fen’t big faults but Httle failings that cause most of the marital when the real cause of her misery is the way he holds his fork or parts hair, and many @ man accuses his wife of “incompatibility” whose Tread srievance is that her hose always wrinkles about the ankles. ~ The average man’s mind holds his views and sentiments as tightly ae | 4 tarpaulin holds water—but his heart is always apt to leak a little, | \ It 1s something of a shock to the woman who has been trying for ten years to induce her husband to keep his nails polished to come back after 4 little summer separation and find them as rosy as the dawn and as oure nished as a mirror, Now is the time for all good men ta come to the ald of the—suinmer widower. The alibis he will need shortly will tax the ingenuity of all: * his friends. When the fire of an old love has burned to ashes it takes merely the zephyr of a new flirtation to blow the last spark away. Things Affecting the Brain. FTER studying the human brain A for years, tt has been agreed that the condition of one’s brain Gepends to an astonishing degree upon the condition of other organs than the brain itself. For instance, we all have in our throats, on either side of the Adam's a tiny gland scarcely larger than a finger joint, which ts common in cortain localities, In: the Swiss Alps and in Derbysbire, Bog- land, there are many cases of cretin- ism. ‘The reason for these mantfesta- tions there has been given that it due to some distinct quail drinking water, ot eee 4 Dogs, Besides affecting thi Me have well re. the defective thyroid gland attocts the legs and arms, dwarfing their growth and making bowed legs. called the thyroid gland. The function of this gland has been for years ob- scure, but it has been noted that when it Js undeveloped, or its secretions are Dersons so afflicted are in- to a greater or less degree, dwarf idiots. ; Such persons are spoken of as being cretins and the disease is cretinism, which is the result of impaired nutri- tion following upon the absence of or loss of function of this little gland. \’ This gland ay be abs from birth, or {it may become atrophied following some severe fever. Such &@ goltre, which is 4. The signs of. cretinism in young children may be noticed as early in life as the end of thetirst year. The tongue seems to hang from the mouth, their hair is thin and dry, teeth lelayed in @oming and t! abdomen 1 ‘ollen. Wor this disease than m w has existed for sive me this money,” sald the voice of Wilkins,» “He thought his gold would part us!" “What do I care, my darling, what he says?” “Don't be proud, Take it, please. LEASE take it and forgive me!” “I forgive you. "I always forgive you!” said Mr. Wilkins, “You may kiss mei” “Ah,” said Mrs, Rangle in & whis- per to Mrs. Jarr. “Poor thing, he does love her!” “He has his faults,” said Mrs. Jarr sentimentally; “but if all husbands Were ao loving and thoughtful there'd be less unhappiness in this world!” . Si Ba He Law for the Laity By Henry G. Wenzel Jr. 5—Real Property. BAL property Js too large a eub- Jeot to treat on generally. in a omall article of this ¥ a we will just consider a few A it is well to remember. , * Agreements in regard to real prop- erty and interests in Property, including leases for mote than one year, must be in writing to be bind- ing. * Dower atill obtains in New York, al- aeised. A man cannot defeat his wife's right to dower. Ourtesy is the life interest of the husband in the real estate cf his wife after her death if a child was replied Mrs. Wilkins. ! posed ‘HIS year marks the 177th an- nfiversary of the death of Joe Miller, faitfed throughout the English-speaking world as the supr author of “Joe Miller's Joke Book,” As a matter of fact, Miller had nothing to do with the compila- tion of the many volumes of whis- kered jests which have been pub- lished under his name, some of which are still popular. Miller was a come- dian, and this year marks the 200th anniversary of his first appearance on the stage of the Drury Lane The- atre in London. In’ 1715 he appeared in the role of Young Clincher in a comedy called ‘The Constant Couple; or, A heip to the Jubilee.” His suc- cess was immediate and he was long & favorite with the audiences of the Lane playhouse. Miller was for the gravity of his de- “Betty Vincent’s To ‘‘Make Him Care.” FEW hundred years ago there was a brisk trade in love- philtres, magic drinks by rea- son’ of which a man’s affection was supposed to be turned to the lady who gave them to him, Even to- day I am constantly receiving letters from girls who implore me to tell them some way to “make him care.” I cannot repeat too often that there 1s no rule or recipe which is bound to be successful in all cases, Fur- thermore, the girl who openly tries to attract @ certain man usually wins nothing but ridicule, even from the man himself. If she wants to be Joved her only safo and dignified pro- ceduge is to be her pleasant natural doit and—wait. “pl” writes: “A young man has been paying attention, altho -lwe were not engaged. He was very mavens real property, lease of Teal property ‘will be deemed to renew: m year remains in lessor. | moon when the sun was setting. th any othe friends until I became o he is sayt that he gave ‘What shall [ do?” Treat him with the contempt he me up. Jungle Tales must always keep your eyes open,” said Mrs. Hippo to her son Willie, one after- “Why should I keep sy eyes open?” asked Willie, “Because it shows that you are ." paid the good mother as she “and why should I be awaker” Asked Willie. dear, I do not mean’ that we should not be asleep sometimes, but one should know what is going Joe Miller, the Joke Book Man hh} or must she first invite him’ Laboratory workers, those magi- cians of to-day—having been given the cau ‘have produced the remedy, and it 1s so simple that one wonders why it was so long in comin; Knowing cretinism to be thé result of defective secretion of th gland, they have taken the ¢! )gland from ep, have dried it and powdered it, and now doses of that are given to cretins. as has made no more, brilliant advance 'than in this remedy, and that we can to-day rescu6 children and adults too, otherwise doomed to helpless im- feriority—if not to idlocy—4s @ trium: of experimefital medicine of which | |may indeed proud, | The resulta of thi astonishing. Within @ very |months a poor feeble-minded carica- ,ture of humanity may be changed inte self-supporting human being—of pare hreecfourts normal mental power—a help to hit stead of a burden ¢o his ‘amity ‘ meanor “off stage,” and it was the very fact that bis mind seemed so incapable of the point of # Jest that caused his merry, dom- reo aiet ante Sin area 0 Joe Miller. these friends, John Mottley, qosapil and published a collection ipkes attributed to Miller, under title of “Joe Miller's Jests; or, Wit's Vade Mecum.” Tole ee vole ume was very popular, a host foltatons, all Salfea "soe acter s , sprang up. In course time “Joe Miller” became a for a musty joke. Miller was in a London churchyard, where the curious may still see bis tombstone, boariag J Pony’ toed of “Here lye the Remains of Honest OE MILLER, ‘ fy Ps , who was a tender Husband, a sincere Friend, a ftace- tlous com} and an excellent Comedian. He depa: this Life the 15th day of August, 1788, aged 64 years.” Advice to Lovers deserves. I am sure you would net have been happy with him. “A. C." writes: “When a young mah ie paying attention to a sir is at proper for either to take the arm of epee when they are out it is not wrong—morall; @ rather couatrified pro, ares seas the streets are slippery or there reason. 7] some otlier senaible t Sister or Sweetheart. “L, A.” writes: “A young man qbe, to become engaged to me Md that bis mother aiid sister come first I say his mother should alwaye come “OC. 8." writes: “Should a man, ask permission to call rigs He should ask permisst: mothgr may invite hit to ean” “M. W." writes: “When out walk. © ing vite ha lates ie i proper, fora gentleman to wi on tl out in the middle? wide! On the outside, for Children By and by, Mrs. bh py oo spe come off, an: jo thought she was fast tickled ber nose with = omen ™“ Mrs. Hippo jumped up so that she upset Willie and gliding down the river bank e: “Mother! Mother! to do it!” he si F%,e2 Be aureatu oe ‘nave tin onsughys ‘