The evening world. Newspaper, October 26, 1915, Page 16

‘ whether the masority of women desire A STATE ANNIVERSARY. ies: necrscmees M0 Gre Mewth... «+. INETY YEARS ago to-day & cannon boomed ot Buffele, N.Y A moment later another sounded a few miles to the east N then « third further slong, end so on until, ninety-one min efter the firet shot, 6 gan et Bandy Hook proclaimed wo the ship of the world that the Senece Chief, bearing Gov. Clinton and hy had started from Buffalo on the first trip through the com pleted Frie Canal. Along the route bells rang, bonfires blared, citizens banqueted 4nd made spooches, The whole Btate gave itself up to rejoicing Ten days later, on the morning of Nov, 4, 1825, Gov, Clinton, stand ing on the deck of the Seneca Chief in the lower bey, with eminent men of State and city beside him, and « flotilla of ships grouped about, lifted « keg of Lake Erie water and poured it into the sea, paying: ‘This solemnity, at this place, on the first arrival of vessels from Lake Erie, is intended tw indicate and commemorate the Bavigable communication between our mediterranean seas and the Allantic Ocean in about eight years to the extent of more than four red and twenty-five miles, by the wisdom, public spirit and energy of the people of New York. May the God of the heavens and the earth smile most pro- pitiously on this work and rendor it subservient to the best interests of the human race. Thus was celebrated the greatest commercial achievement this or any otner State ever accomplished 60 early in its career. The importance of the new waterway was immense. The canal opened up Ohio, Illinois and the whole Middle West. It made New York the trade portal to a rich interior. Up to this time Philadel- phiu, Boston and Baltimore had been bigger, wealthier, more impor- tant centres than New York. Within a few years after the opening of the Erie Canal New York outstripped them all and became the metropolis of the hemisphere. Meanwhile the building of branch canals—“feeders”—in various parts of the State led to rapid increase of traffic. In the first sixty years the State canals carried two hundred million tons of freight Although the cost of the system up to 1837 amounted to $10,000,009, The Evenin rd, { revenues had risen to $15,000,000. During the next twenty-five years it became necessary to deepen and widen the canal. Yet, even 60, in 1862 the total cost—$61,000,000—was only $7,000,000 ahead of the ‘receipts. . By 1882, when tolls were abolished, the canal had piled up profits of $42,000,000. It was calculated, moreover, that building the Erie waterway increased land values along the route by at least $100,000, 000—twelve times its original cost. Fears that railroads would put canals out of business proved utterly unfounded. Experience showed that there was ample room Zor both. Canal traffic went on increasing until in 1903 the people of the State voted to spend $101,000,000 on its waterways to make them deep and wide enough for barges. But now came a check. During the last twelve years politics and private greed have inter- rupted the steady course of waterway improvement. Railroads, farm- ers, contractors, owners of water power rights, have bled the State and held up the work. ‘The result? The year before improvements were begun the total traffic of the State’s canals amounted to 6,457,000 tons. In 1913 it had dropped to 2,602,000 tons. This means that shipments from the West which should have come by way of the State canals to this city were diverted to other ports—Baltimore, Norfolk, New Orleans and Galveston. It means that Canadian canals and their feeders have been drawing off traffic which New York’s unfinished waterways could not handle. It means that every month’s delay in completing the Barge Canal system costs New York a heavy price in lost shipping. The State’s waterways pay for themselves, with handsome profits besides, when they are in full use. The only way to put them to full ‘use is to hurry them to completion. One week from to-day voters are expected to yote yes or no on the proposal to authorize $27,000,000 in bond issues to finish the Barge Canal. Tt must be finished if the pedple of the State are to get back their money in the form of increased traffic and tonnage. Vote yes. New York cannot afford to have out of commission any part of a waterway system which for ninety years has been® its commercial standby. ~ —_——_-4- —____ WHO SENDS THEM? YNAMITERS prowling about the country to further Ger- man ends are dangerous enough. Far more formid- able, however, is the fact that such men may be agents ip @ vast, highly organized plot to use this neutral nation as ground for German mining operations regardless of who is blown up. ‘That is why inquiry into the activities of Lieut, Robert Fay, of the Highteenth Provisional Regiment of Prussian In- fantry, must bore not only inward but upward until it comes out at the apex of this sinister pyramid. No matter how high the capstone of the conspiracy, we must get to it. ‘The United States can tolerate no more organized outrage, from wherever directed, Hits From Sharp Wits. Letters written in anger make good; that she believes she o | rola the waste basket.—Albany| band, but a bi er gets so 4 old but that he believes some woman has designs on him.—Milwaukee find a hus- see jen ‘When most people get out of debt] tine). feel so happy about it they im- ee You can't tell by a dog's bark whether he js in earnest. Some dogs seem to have @ sense of humor, tely plunge «ight back in again, A spinster may never get so old but “ey "im the Mat Are Lal Be Me Ksitor of The Kventng World: cane by making @ convincing demon- R. JARR was not acolded for getting home long afier dark and long past the din- ner hour, In fact, the din- ner hour had been post~ poned on account of company and extra delicacies to be cooked in con- sequence, as Mr, Jarr was to learn, Mys, Jarr met him at the door, ail smiles and pleasurable excitement, “Guess who's here?” cried Mrs. Jarr, Before Mr, Jarr could guess, his good wife broke the happy news. 's Maude Hickett! You remember, you always thought so much of her.” Mr. Jarr could not remember the lady, but he nodded affirmatively, “And she isn't Maude Hickett any more, she's Mrs, Moker now, Wor hus! with her, They are on their honeymoon. Just been married @ week, and it’s the happiest mar~- riage, tool” “Most marriages are, first week or 80," said Mr, Jarr, “Now, don't try to be smart, and Please don't be cynical when you're taiking to Maude and Claude, Doesn't that @ound sweet—Maude and Claude? It's just like poetr; Mr, Jarr was led into the fron( room and he was introduced to the happy couple, The bride was a de- termined looking lady of some thirty summers, with the set expression of a hobby horse, spots on check and all, The bridegroom was a docile in- dividual, with hair eo neatly parted that Mr, Jarr’s suspicion that !t was a wig was confirmed by @ later and closer observation. Mr, Claude Hoker, the happy groom, so to speak, had also the fading rem- nants of a black eye, Mr, Jarr, de- airing to be jolly and set the unfortu- nate captive at his ease, remarked wayly that it wae rather early in the game for the groom to have “a mouse on his peeper.” The slang allusion was compre- hended and the remark properly re. sented, The bride and bridegroom and Mrs, Jarr all explained at once that it was a shoe thrown, after the wedding ceremony, a week before, that had started the young husband on the sea of matrimony with one eye olosed and swollen After dinner Mrs, Jarr and the bride displayed symptoms of desiring to be alone together for the imparting of advice on how to train a husband on the part of Mra, Jarr, Mra, Jarr voiced this by remarking: stration? §=By o1 ie ade equalling that of Oct. 28 of the noble women desiring the ballot, they would at least substantiate the claims they fow make, No more conclusive and Being & voter anxious to know the vote iu New York State, I write ask whether the women calling n “antis” are in the ma- “Now, you two men run out and play, as Maude and I have a lot to way to each other.” “Yes,” gushed the bride, “Claudie and I a not the mushy sort of newlyweds, thank goodness! and you ean take my precious oompty- ¢ World Daily The Jarr Family —By Roy L. McCardell — Covrrisght, 1915, by the Fre Publishing Co, (The New York Krening World), oy J... Cassel Mr. Jarr Enacts the Genial Host, Merely Omitting the Geniality and catch-as-catch-can embraces for about ten minutes, and then Mr, Jarr toompty out with you and stay a@#| Was permitted to take the bridegroom long as you like.” out into the open air, But if only Then followed some Graeco-Roman! he had kept him out in the open air! Fables of Everyday Folks ‘=== By Sophie Irene Loeb Copyrigiit, 1915, by the Press Publishing Co, (The Now York Evening World), The Love Battle. NCE upon a time there wore a girl and a boy. They were in love with each other, It was not a sudden fancy not love at first sight; but of the kind that grows gradually, and gives promise of lasting quality, All the olements pointed in that direction, They had many things in common. ‘They loved the same books, the same amusements, similar work and the ame ideals, Ss ‘Thus they had much to say to one other, much to enjoy together, and a hours sped by. Bach had a work fo, and was an inspiration to the other in that work. Nothing seemed wantmg, and the future spread out bright and beautiful, just as it should be, As usual, Mary and John swore undying devotion to each other, and both believed that nothing could change their great love, because of this real understanding, A couple of years went by, and the love of these iwo grew stronger, The man thought of the woman as his very own for all 8. onew, it came to pass that in the course of the young woman's work, there was a man Who looked upon hei with great admiration, He was a very good, splendid individual; and after a time he thought longingly of her, Soon, real Jove entered into his heart; although he had not said a word about it to the girt during the they were together, bait) Mary, as usual, being intuitive and discerning, saw the admiration and growing interest that he could uot hide, She loved ber John dearly and did not wish to be disloyal, There- fore she told him about it. Being very sure of the girl, he laughed at It, He believed that no one could possibly take his love away from him, and rather encouraged her friendship for tho co-worker, ‘Therefore, they saw much of each other, ‘The man, although he did not = seh nd i know John, reasoned that “all is fair in love and war,” and set out to win Mary, Yet faithful Mary did little or nothing to encourage this growing af- fection; which attitude very often acts 48 @ spur to the wooer. She was square with John and told him of every little attention that was offored her by the other man. Always John seemed rather amused. He thought that, having won the girl and secured her promise of undying devotion, he had done all that was necessary, In truth, he inwardly boast of his ability to hold her @gainst any odds. He foolishly argued that there was only one man for one girl, and he forgot that there are “as good fish in the sea as ever were caught.” He went further, Convinced that nothing could change the girl's mind, he rather enjoyed putting his’ power to the test gre _cneiestat her. When foe Jovinaty arraigned him for it, he 16 perverse and sullen and RE- MINDED her of their vowed -devo- tion, At the same time the other man continued to woo, He was courtenus, considerate and kind. He appre- hended her wishes and fulfilled them. He saved her many little trials and helped her in her work. As time went on she came to look for these friendly than & fecling of trendane eopree ing of friendship cre; her heart, in spite of herself, erie To make @ long fable short, John went back in her estimation. For he did NOTHING to keep up the fight for her, He remained in the back- ground, forgetting that LOVE NEEDS LOVE to feed on or it dias, He did not realize that, like war, in time of love one must prepare ‘for MORE. He was too sure of his He did not understand the caportance of constant preparedness in order to hold n that which was his, One day he woke to find this moral: THE BATTLE OF LOVE, LIKE WAR, IS LOST IF HE WHO WISHBS TO WIN LAGS BEHIND THE FIRING LINE. If so, you can sell it, Tt must be true in every a Tell the Full na ry aimply, $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 friend's? 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 tn 250 words or less, tat, It must be written or typed on only one aide of Don’t aim at @o-called “fine writing.” and address must accompany each manuscript. Address “True Love Story Editor, Dvening World, New York City,” ‘The Evening World will not return unused atories, }e paper, Instead, he took him into Gus's Pitfall for married men on the cor- ner and introduced him to Gus, Mr, Rangle and a few other friends, * “There is only one thing that can happen when unsophisticated young married men fail into the clutches of such wretches—and it happened. During the happening the bride- groom endeared himself to all pres- ent in Gus's by giving imitations of great men past and present from Beethoven to Rockefeller, by the aid of his trained wig. Then Mr, Jarr led him home when Gus put them all out. Mrs. Jarr and a weeping bride met Mr, Jarr and the bridegroom at the door, Mrs, Jarr gave her husband a stony stare. The bride went into hysterics, at which the bridegroom hiccoughed and sat down in a chair, but missed the chair, He was hauled to the sofa and forded to drink water copiously, It had no effect on the hiccoughs for quite some time, “Perhaps a terrible fright will stop them!” cried the bride, “See, Claude, my darling, there is a mouse, a ter- rible mouse, approaching you fero- clously!" The bridegroom aimed a blow at the supposititious mouse and fell over onto the floor, At this (after a glance from Mrs, Jarr, which seemed to say, ‘Now or never you assume com- mand!*) the bride seized upon the helpless bridegroom and haled him off, and bis shrieks were pitiful to hear, Mr, Jarr shuddered, but remained neutral, When Gus asked him later: “What happened that young feller?” Mr, Jarr replied: “His wife snatched him bald- headed!" Which was true in every sense, Dollars and Sense. By H. J. Barrett. Copyright, 1915, by The Press (The New York Byening World), The Problem of Standardisation, 66] the paper dealers of this coun- try would only get togetheF for the purpose ef standardizing widths and weights in wrapping pa- known paper house, interest on capital tied up in stock would total millions of dollars an- nually, 3 “Competition among manufacturers is the cause of the present infinite variety of stock in our Une, And really this condition ts of no actual value to the consumer, “The dealer is forced to carry paper |b: ranging in width from 12 inches up to 4 or 6 feet and varying in weight from 40 pounda by alight gredationa, 20 Reasons Why You Should Vote for Woman Suffrage Peening Werks prenting @ series wf by the mest Prominent women eefrapiate pring twenty mot p> Posting reasons for woman eefrage An editorial il appear @ Cech terme wp te Biection Day rack edviorial empheneme one pertemar wren \Reason 13—BECAUSE WOMEN HAVE A | SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE. By Lillian Wald. DO wot believe thet the most ardent advorsios of the extension of j democracy to include women claim it to be & pansces for ali the ile f social or political life, but 1 do believe that there ie « profound Prigciple involved in the issue that should be recognied aod that In @6@h tom © great measure of advaninge is gained for the community when all the people who are o part of it take upon theme their share of Feeponsibility, Women are not excluded from the life of the community ia ite social, business or isbor aspects aud they should not be excleded from the obligation of sharing in tts political responsibilities. ‘The greater number of (hem have been more concerned with that portion Of the politica! Iife that is related to buman bh piness, at least tradities and experience have placed greater responsibility for measures affecting the home life and the family life upon them than they have upon mea. On the other band, men have been more definitely prepared for other politieal and social duties, The mingling of the traditions aud tr of beth seem to me to give the best promine for securing better government, Free education, colleges and professional schools as well as the fac- tories and the department stores have prepared women for citizenship. Democracy ts empty sound if it does not trans! into public setion the public advantages of one-half of the nation Arguments Against By the Oppo Reason 8—WOMEN CAN BETTER ACHIEVE THEIR ENDS WITHOUT THE BALLOT. By Grace Duffield Goodwin. HE anti-suffragists stand very strongly for the position that women T do not need the ballot to accomplish thelr ends. If they are really in earnest they can secure whateter they are willing to work for in the way of beneficent or remedial legislation. Intelligent and interested women will have by far the larger sh in this indirect government; all the objectionable classes will be eliminated and the women who are ac- tuated by high motives will remain. Appearing before legislatures and committees, they will be known as non-partisan, known only as women with “no political axes to grind, no political trades to make,” women whose animating purposes are above suspicion. As such they will be given care- ful attention, the attention which they have often received from political bodies of men. The men recognize a disinterested effort toward the good and wise thing, whereas if women appear.before them*holding as much power as they do, the question will arise, or may arise, “what is behind? How will it affect this or that party?” exactly ab it arises among men, The lack of appreciation of simple honesty and honor goes back to home training, back to those women who by training the voters wil eventually hold more power than if voting themselves. The best highest patriotism consists in doing our, own work of teaching, Women are the world’s educators; men the world's exponents. We have educated amiss if we have raised up a generation of men who can be so little trusted that now we must sweep them aside and take the reins in our own hands, Suffrage i f Mrs. Sol skdties adie aie Copyright, 1915, by the Press Publishing Co, (The Now York Evening World), CORN not my instructions, oh Daughter, for the study of MEN hath S been my Life-work, and I say unto thee, a world’ without men would be as a novel without a plot—a cigarette without a light, Lo, I have wrapped my veil about me and gone down into the market places and the Tabernacles, that I might observe them at work and at rayer, i But until I went unto the TAVERN, and beheld them at PLAY, I knew them not in all their fifty-seven variations, Behold, there were little men who bullied the waiters—and big men who spoke apologetically, even unto the omnibus, There were stout men who ate greedily, as if upon a wager to increase their girth—— ‘ And sallow, anaemic men, who sent away their food and made the lives of the waiters more terrible than the lives of the Martyrs. There were men who flirted with the women they had brought—an@ men whd Mirled wilh the women OTHER men had brought. There were men in ready-made coats who ordered champagne—and mem. who wore diamond studs and sipped for an hour upon a single glass of beer while the walter raged inwardly. ‘eacrifice of convenience on the part ‘There were gross men who covered their chests with their napkins and dainty men who used their napkins wherewith to wipe the aflver, There were bald men with blond infants who cooed unto them in baby talk and called them “Naughty boy!”—and callow youths with stout widows who hung upon their words and called them “men-of-the-world.” There were husbands with thelr OWN wives, who yawned and seemed anxious to hurry home—and husbands with women NOT their own wives, who cried at midnight, “The evening hath JUST begun!" There were slim Bohemians, long on hair, but exceeding short on cash—+ and fat near-Bohemians, long on cash, but exceeding short on hair, There were men who had lunched upon ham sandwiches in order that they might buy diamonds for their wives—and men who had made thetr wives to dine upon ham sandwiches in order that they might buy cham pagne for their stenographers, There were men who seemed trying to live up to their silk hate—and men who seemed bent upon living down to their digestions, There were men who looked as if their collars hurt them—and men who wore wrist watches and gloried in them, There were men who sang off the key and encored themselves —and men who told ancient jokes and laughed thereat heartily. There were bearded men—and kissable men. . ‘There were married men with “nerves” who looked anxiously at their watches—and bachelors with “nerve” who looked appraisingly at every pretty woman. And I said in my heart: “Verily, verily! Is not the heart of a woman a mysterious and wonder ful thing? “For among all of these there !s not one Specimen who ts not SOMB woman's ‘Ideal,’ whereon she hangeth her illusions and falleth down be- fore them and worshippeth him!” Selah. mightily ae Ses and still make more money, N, penosta dares take the Tnitial’ seep ‘or fear of losing the bj Gnicky customers, Wisiisiall co “Doubtless similar conditt \- tain in many other lines of business Sometimes I think that a commission should be appointed by the Gor 5 ment for the purpose of investi, this subject of the standardization commodities, Concerted effort whou! rosult in great savings, with a quent reduction in the coat ‘as mostly as slight as 5 pound steps, up to 100 or 120 pounds. Add to this the twenty or more kinds of wrap. ping paper and you can figure what @ vast capital we're forced to tle up in our warehouses in the one {teth of wrapping paper.’ We must have on hand every kind in every weight and every width, “Reduce the kinds, weights and widths to # third of the present num- + we could transact business on third our present capital with no and tho Iiberation of invested for the development of new —e of the consuming public, We could then lower the price of our product