The evening world. Newspaper, October 19, 1915, Page 16

een eae | ae bie meg _ ofa pier better than 6 privete cerwern that wants to rent it.” ; Many The Eveni Pabeerip ior Werks for the United States one eee OF INTEREST TO CREDITORS. ROMOTERS of the $500,000,000 war loan were armed with fig- ures bearing on the solvency of the two Europesn petions interested. | Righty-five billion dollars war set down as the estimated wealth! of the British people in 1914. The present British debt, including the entire $500,000,000 just borrowed, would approximate $10,000,000,000 This, it was pointed out, is less than 12 per cent. of the estimated present wealth of the nation, wheress the British national debt in 1816, after the Napoleonic ware, amounted to 36 per cent. of the na-| tion's estimated wealth at thet time The total annual income of the people of Great Britain fs said to have increased from $1,500,000,000 in 1416 to 612,000,000,000 in a914. Therefore, it is claimed, on the basis of ite present inoome, Great Britain could support, with no greater burden on the people) than was carried when the nation wee fighting Napoleon, « national ‘ debt of $40,000,000,000 bearing interest at 6 per cent. \q As tor the French, their wealth in 1914 was estimated at $50,000,- 000,000 and their annual income at $6,000,000,000, Thrift and! the habit of investing emall sume in government securities make their total annual savings in normal times nearly $1,000,000,000. We are reminded that they showed their financial mettle by paying Ger- many « war indemnity of $1,000,000,000 within three years after 1870-71. And @ few years later they began to invest abroad sums! which have since totalled $10,000,000,000. | So far as they go, these figures are, as they are meant to be, re- esouring. The loan will, of course, be repaid. But when we think what these two nations must manage to do at home, when we remem- ber the disruption of their normal productive activities, the ceaseless wholesale annihilation of millions of dollars’ worth of products which men are daily devoting their last ounce of strength to turn out, the impossibility of predicting how long the hardest work must go op—eo far as the creation of wealth is concerned—resultiess, war totale a- teady look big beside wealth totals. Creditors may be safe. But no amount of figuring can compute the load that human shoulders somewhere will have to bear. a LOW PIER RENTALS. HILE municipal financiers have been thinking up ways to dig deeper into the taxpayer's pooket, The Evening World has more than once drawn attention to the ridiculously lew rentals which some of these same financiers have deemed -~*He'nt} income from the eity’s valuable water front property. New York owns miles of what ought to be the best paying piers in the world. UWvery month they grow more valuable, Yet the city’s income from ite water front has fallen in the las: twelve years from 8 to 4 per cent.! Ths Comaptesilor's office o eowale to the tact that Now York ‘| being done ent of millions in the Department of Docks, Mzaminer Robert B. McIntyre cites the case of the Cheleca piers, which ocst taxpayers $23,000,000 to build. Five per cent. a year interest the wity pays on this borrowed sum. All it gets from the big steamship oom- panies that use the piers ie 2 per cent—a yearly loss of $690,000, Why this losing deal for the city? Because when the fine, new piers were completed nobody liked to ask the steamship companies to pey more than they hed paid for the use of old-fashioned, worn-out eéructures. Until competitive tidding fer pier privileges ie the rule there ean be no real knowledge of what the city’s water front property oan go made to bring in. As Mr. Molmtyve cays: “No ene knows the value — By Roy L. Covpeight, 1015, by the Pree Publishies “e OW wes everything at the H office?” asked Mre. Jarr. “Oh, just about the same,” iu Ey HI : if ‘The city nesde money. I could add mi'Hons to it» rovenue by fair ventals for tts docks, Wry should ## tece on ite property end lean the harder on its taxpayers? ; ; _— PICK OUT YOUR EXIT. i i f {WO women end three chikiren perished needlessly in a Third! “wen, ne ought to be ashamed of ] Avenue tenement house fire because they ignored the fire|bimecit!~ said Mrs. Jarr sharply. “If and rushed for the stairs. Tho building was an old|® ony, Noes wnat I put up with ene, but each spartment was provided with fire escape balconies lead-| woulia't go ound with her as I do, ‘fmg to the windows of adjoining buildings. The vctims could easily} ct tor one minute, if tt wasn't be- have saved themselves if they had thought of the window exits. “It is a good opportunity,” as the Tenement House Commissioner ays, “to emphasize the need of tenants taking thought in advance as ¢o what they would do in case of fire.” Thousands of flat dwellers in the city changed their homes this month. Many live high up in ten and fifteen story buildings. How many have taken the precaution to fix in their minds the location of stairways, fire escapes, roofs, etc,, that might serve them if they were trapped by fire and smoke? Pick out your exit, the theatre programmes say. Follow the same advice at home. Hits From Sharp Wits. after a self-made man an to be made over “I'm gure I bave had no time to visit them and gossip,” replied Mre. Jarr, “With no girl and the house full of moths and dust and mildew, I've nearly killed myself trying to straighten things out, As for the hbors, I am not interested in I may have to live in this borhood, but, thank goodness, I have to associate with the people around me! So please don't come home and ask me about the ntighbors. Mra, Rangle was in to see me and told me the Stryvers are very rich again, as Mr. Stryver bought war stocks and has made @ fortune. Why didn’t be tell you?” “Well, would you want me to go into the ‘Street?’ asked Mr, Jarr, You have to watch your step to leave foot-prints in the sands of Lime, Macon Telegraph, . Study briefly the face of the fellow who is carrying a fishpole and you Some women seem unable to think at their best unless they are seated . . -|in w rocker and going full gallop.| ‘Shall 1 ‘deal on the curb?" — + om or go eon te bah ago ag 4s coming And the rocking chair habit is almost| «; don't see how you could make ing. led Pate dsc as bad as cigarettes Toledo Blade, money in the street or on the ourb. The world may be round on pay- day, but it seems rather flat the rest of the week.—Philadelphia Telegraph. stones,” replied Mrs, Jarr, “I'm sure Mr, Stryver doesn't peddle potatoes or sell shoestrings, and yet he is prosperous.” “| was speaking of the Stock Ex- change and the Curb Market," Mr, Jarr explained, “Speculation is run- ning high in war stocks and a lot of people are making money; but it is gambling and they are Hable to The kind of optimism men buy by the glass ls seven-elghths apprehen- sion.—Toledo Blade, Sumwests a New Soctety, To the Eultor of The Evening World: along day after day to support some poor family, Then the city might find , " employment for some of the idle men | lose," Tis too bad there is not @ sucletylang women, The 8. P. C, A. has its y for prevention of cruelty to human agents or inspectors here, there and | "I don't understand tt, 1 must con. beings with @ lot of agents here, there | everywhere (hroughout the city, ready | fess,” said Mrs, Jarr, “But while | and everywhere throughout the city|to pull in a driver whose horse is wouldn't want you to gamble, I wish you could make a whole lot of money. You are just as smart ae Mr, Stryver or Clara Mudridge-Sinith’e bueband” fo pi. in the many bosses of the|overworked or lame, The driver is Many human beings who are not alone | put in jail or fined. Let me hear from 7 Cy but or bas here, mye] other readers th inions on this ‘ ng World x M Home Scene in New ethe Jarr Family Jersey To-Day + McCardell into the market, we might make a lot of money too. On the other hand, the inflation may be over and we might lose all our money.” Go, (The New York Mvening World). Pi ak speculate, then!” ventured . Jerr. “Have ¢t any money haar “Ita wicked to gamble and lose,” “Not to gamble with,” reptied Mra.| S8id Mrs. Jarr piously, “Besides, tf we Jerr firmly. “Suppose we should|had five thousand dollars I wouldn't lose it? That would be wicked.” risk it, But at the same time, if the “Well, ‘nothing ventured, nothing |Stryvers get rich, I don't see why won!" quoted Mr. Jarr. “If I had|we can't?” five or ten thousand dollars to gp! Mr. Jarr was forced to confess he Reflections of a Bachelor Girl By Helen Rowland Copvright, 1016, ty the Prem Publishing Oo, (The New York Brening World), HERB {s no fool like an old fool who acts like a young omp, « | Every girl longs to be loved by some particular man; but in love affairs eo few men ere “particular” nowadays, ‘The surest way to win a man’s heart, next % appearing overcome with admiration of his muscles, is to feel his pulse and be overcome with sym pathy. There never was e man who didn't fancy that if he had enough money to start on he could make a million, nor’a woman who didn’t imagine thet if ehe had money enough to dress on she could marry one, A young man dreams of a wife who will look pretty with her hair down her back; but the vision of a widower’s dreams is one who won't leave it in the comb. z A woman's greatest dread 1s that she may marry a man who will lie to her; but a man’s greatest horror is that he may marry a woman who will tell him the brutal, unvarnished truth. No, dearie, there is no such thing as jealousy! When a girl objects to a man’s attentions to other women it is because she “hates to be made a fool of; When a man objects to other men’s attentions to a woman it ts because he “hates to see her make a fool of herself’—or so they SAY! You can’t judge a boat by the size of its whistle, an automobile by th size of its horn, nor a man's generosity by the size of his tip, When the heart is geared to run faster than the head love 1s sure to end in a smash-up. $5 FOR YOUR LOVE STORY! Do you know any good love stories? Not imaginary love stories, but true ones? Your own love story or some frie. .6? If a0, you can sell it, The Evening World will print True Love Stories sent in by readers and will pay $6 for every one published, The conditions are simple. They are: The story must be told in 250 words or leas, It must be true in every detail. It must be written or typed on only one side of the paper. Tell the story simply. Don't alm at @o-called “fine writing.” Full name and address must accompany each manuscript, Address “True Love Story Editor, Evening World, New York City.” ‘The Evening World will not return unused stories, By J 4 } ‘ Mrs. Jarr Tries to Find a Short Cut From Poverty Lane to Easy Street could figure out no escape trom Pov- erty Lane to Easy Street, either. = —=2 Fables Of Everyday Folks By Sophie Irene Loeb Copyright, 1416. ‘The P Pobi) (ive New York Woveaing alia The Tear Tyrant. INCE upon a time there was ttle girl, She had lovely yellow curls and big blue eyes, and to ber fond par- ents she was just @ “beautiful doll.” ‘They adored her, and as is usually the case with “beautiful dolls,” they in- dulged her over much, When she wanted a thing that they had denied her abe just went into » tantrum and cried until it was given to her. When this did not work she pouted and looked @o pretty at such times that mother couldn't resist her. As abe grew older she still contin- ued to be the spoiled darling, dream- ing ber days away, but keeping her good looks. Along came a man who was attracted by her. By and by he fell in love with her and they became engaged, and being under the in- fluence of the little blond god he could eee no fault in her, He catered to her every whim and she had her way ip all things. For when any little thing did not go as@he wished, a briny tear or two in her big blue eyes set him to do her bidding forthwith. In the early honeymoon stages lite went along on golden pinions and every desire was gratified. For wasn't she bis very, very own, to love and cherish until death did them part? And wasn't he a brute ever to bring the pearly drops to that perfect pro- tle During house-cleaning time it was almost impossible to live with her— “verything that went wrong would bring a flow of tears; but the hus- band would always be the RBAL SUFFERER 4s 4 reeult of her ineffi- clency and neglect, He was manly and willing to work for her; but everiastingly Would she prey on him by her apparent HELPLESSNESS and tyrannize over him with her tears, Gradually she was sapping all his strength and taking much away from his ambition, There was little incentive, with this clinging burden around his neck, always appealing through endless tears, tears, So it came to pass, under the strain of worry and work, he fell ill, There was little left to go on end some- thing had to be done. Sh¢ turned to friends and sympathizers, but they could do little, She kept on weeping and th aggravated her husband's condition, Then the good old fam- ily physician took matters into bis own hands and spoke to the wife something like this: “Woman, stop your weeping! Get to work, You have wept away your beauty to a ghost of itself—as well as your husband, You would wear away & stone by your constant playing on a man's pity, Get some backbone, Take responsibilities that are justly yours, instead of casting them on him with a flood of salty drops, Follow my prescription and@ I will help you,” | | tion, who suffers Bh fo: this friend tor walling ber ber faults, but ede Soke to Tuesday. October 19; 1915 AF Reentne World @ printing « serene of twenty editorials erties ty (he Ort Preminee! women eefraptel: pieing tently meet ae porting reasons for women eufrage 46 edtterte! aa” appear @ rock nee ep te Ricci Day, cock aditertal cmpherining one pertievter | erpument Reason 7.—BECAUSE WOMEN SUFFER MOST FROM BAD GOVERNMENT. By Mary Garrett May. NE of the workers of the Waman Suffrage Party was told re cently by a New York policeman “I am going to vote for the woman suffrage amendmest on Nov. 2 because women give less trouble than men and because they eufler more from bad conditions than do men.” Women do constitute law-abiding sex and they do enffer most acutely in their daily lives when public officials, elected to office by the ballots of voters, do not attend to their duties properly. How ean the mothers of the tenements protect their children from cheap candy made of the vileet of materials, from impure soda ayrups, from unripe or decaying fruits sold in third-rate shops and from pushcarte if they have no direct influence over the officiais who have control of these things? When the children are ill-nourished or sick, upon whom does the burden fall most heavily? Upon the mother, who must give of | her strength and her time to nurse them | If the garments worn by the family are made in inadequately inspected sweatshops where disease and dirt are Tampant, as they often are, how can the family escape pollution and sickness? And again the heaviest burden falls on the mother, The man goes out to his work, the children go to school, the | woman stays at home; and if badly ventilated, poorly lighted quarters jare hers her health and spirits are bound to suffer. | If places of public amusements where her children go for a little Pleasure are full of temptations that lead to immoralit 'y and diesipa- more anguish than the mother when her children go astray? Four hundred children are killed yearly in our city street, and 42,000 working papers were issued to children in 1912. Aro these two facta of no interest to mothers? Besides home-makers, there are 586,193 women wage-earners in the city; in the State it is estimated that one-third of all the women work outside the home. Bad conditions in factory or store bear more |heavily on women than on men, because they are physically weaker and because they are underpaid as workers. Because of the far from ideal conditions under which women Hve in this great city of ours, do you not feel, Mr. Voter, that you want to put into the hands of women « power that they can exert to bring about better things, keeping in mind that the lives of men, women and children are so intertwined that woman cannot help herself without helping the entire community? Vote for the Woman Suffrage amendment Nov. 2. Py Arguments Against Suffrage see By the sition Leaders |Reason 2.—-WOMAN’S DIFFERENCES FROM MAN ARE HER STRENGTH. By Ida M. Tarbell. HARMFUL and unsound implication in the Suffrage argu- A ment has been that woman’s position in society would improve in proportion as her activities and interests became the same as those of men. This implies, of course, that man’s work in society is more important and developing than woman’s. But both are essential to society, and who can prove that one essential factor is superior to another essential factor? Argue as scieftists will as to which sex is primary and which secondary, they prove nothing, since the race ceases when either breaks down. As for a woman developing more perfectly under masculine con- ditions, all the laws of growth are against it. Her aptitudes and instincts and functions are different. It is in following them that she grows most easily. Unconscious living along the lines of one’s nature is alwaya most joyous and fruitful. Doing a man’s work in a man’s way almost invariably means for a woman éelf-consciousness, friction, self-suppression. It is costly to society and to the individual, for it means at least the partial atrophy of powers and qualities peculiar to women and essential to the harmony, the charm and the vigor of society. Her differences are her strength. Their full growth completes the human cycle. To suppress these differences is to rob not merely her individual life but the life of the vorlayy its full ripeness. s ° ° ° . Vote NO on Woman Suffrage Nov. 2. Dollars and Sense By H. J. Barrett. Copright, 1915, ty the Prem Publishing Oo, (The Now York Evening World), Business Snobs, was insulted, I wonder how mi 6 S° Hopper has failed,” re- potential $50 customers left the core vowing never to return, marked the popular pro- ne of Hopper's ablest men, Keel- prietor of a competing spe-|er, smarting under years of olaity store, tty ty- Tranny, once knocked him down in ie “Well if some one had to fail, rd presence of a travelling salesman. The latter congratula him upen rather it had been Hopper than any-|his exploit and told him that I'd nee |one else of my acquaintance. He is | what I call a business snob, The type |e rarer than {t used to be, but there are still too many of them, ‘A narrow-gauge man, if there ever | was one—solemn, humorless, a petty martinet, His employees heartily dis- Mked him; the travelling men used to emerge from his office in a white Hopper’e greatest pleasure lay in insuiting every one he dared to; but to any one who had more money than he or who cut 4, bigger figure in the commercial world he would toady, | “The atmosph of Hopper's store was unpleasant, ordered hia de- partment heads about as though they |were refractory ohildren; they in ‘turn vented their fll humor on the \ clerks. All was friction, discord and realty. othe ‘eo customer was treated with obsequious respect; the 60-cent one marked that I had room for a man of his calibre, I hired Keeler next da; and he’s now my general manager, 4 mn pacifico individual I've never “A good outside salesman is - dependent individual, Gradually the travelling men began to oni Hopper. They would not stand for his discourteous manner. His com. pete: iupivyees found other open- ings and deserted him. Those who remained did so only for fear of not being able to find another job ‘Nopper’s troubles are of hie own, making. Now he can go to work be: hind the counter for some one else, I hope that he finds an employer of his own type. Autocracies are doomed; tte the of democracy. And de- mocracy, Te, store management pays ig dividends in genuine loyalt; team work.” Tay ae his advice, For she realized it change her tactios or suffer, oat ite or denth to the husband) she camo to know her share of the who had stood for her so long, The parinarenip and how to appreciate her doctor secured for her some,employ-| husband when he could once more ment, where she learned Bat they take up the reins, ‘wanted no weeping wom ut work- loral: Tears are a wife's creat ‘ng ones, Tears would not be tolerated | weapon, but it becomes rusty and ue thie Meld of toll, Ge obs hed to}lese when the Sow comes too often,