The evening world. Newspaper, February 15, 1917, Page 16

POTABLISHMD BY JOSEPH PULITZER, | T Oiphed Dally Except Supsay dy the Press Publishing Company, Noa, 69 to rk Row, New York. PULITZDR, Preatdent, 63 Park Row. J. ANGUS SHAW, 'T k Row, JOSsSHPH PUL! Park Row, Entered at the Post-Office at New York as Becond-Clasa Mattei Budseripiiou Rates to The Bvening| For England and the Continent and United States All Countries in the Tnterpational Postal Union, avers © 0. 20,267 CLOSE-MOUTHED: MINISTRIES. HE total tonnage of shipping destroyed by German submarines PAVOUUME BGAN bir vriveiierrs I than 200,000 tons. Even with all restrictions off, it appears unlikely the secona half of the month can bring the figures of destruction anywhere ovar the 1,000,000 tons on which the advocates of submarine ruthlessness reckoned. Only yesterday it became known that the Adriatic and the © mania bad arrived safe in Liverpool with $20,000,000 worth of muni- tions, food supplies and automobiles for the Allics. At this rate, what becomes of Germany’s blockade on whioh she i stakes so much? Also, what is intensified warfare costing Germany per week in destroyed or disabled submarines? On this latter point it would seem the British Government ought to have something better to offer the British public than vaguely reassuring phrases, Lord Curzon tells the House of Lords the Admiralty is “not dissatisfied” with the resulte of sharper war on submarines. Surely he could be many points more specific without disclosing too much to the enemy. The Imperial German Government does not advertise its losses. in the prohibited zone since Feb. 1 amounts to not much moro) Sunken merchant ships, on the other hand, figure, a8 soon as known, | on the bulletins and in the cables. | If the British navy ie dextroying German U boats, why not eay so and how many? No wonder Britons are tired of close-mouthed Ministries! Germany’s explanation of ber repudiation of her offer to parley-is a first-class specimen of intensified futility, —— CUBAN REBELS WARNED. | FP YESTERDAY’S special balloting in the Santa Clara Province I of Cuba fails to cool down the rebellion started by a disputed} Dresidential election, the quicker the United States lays a quic t-| ing hand on the situation the better, “ | The message Secretary Lansing sent yesterday to Minister Gon- znles and all American Consuls, with the request that it be posted all) over Cuba, carries the pointed reminder that the Government of the) United States gives “ita confidence and support only to governments | eetabliche@through legal and constitutional methods,” During the past four years the Government of the United States has clearly and deflaitely set forth Its position In regard to the recognition of governments which have come into power through revolution and other tilegal methods, afd at this timo desires to emphasize its position in regard to the present situa- tion tn Cuba, Some time ago the Cuban Government asked permission from » United States to buy 10,000 rifles and 6,000,000 cartridges. The fact the request was granted ought not to be overlooked by the rebels. If they continue to make trouble they can count on the arrival of a restorative expedition of American troops at the earliest possible moment Uncle Sam haa serious work impending. Te has no time to be patient with rioting and lawlessness at his elbow, —_———) —__— 69,000,000,000 marks ($15,000,000,000) the war ts sald to have cost Germany to date, Cheap—!f the German pe ould look upon {t as a high-priced lesson learned, and refa irther (eaching. HUMANE AND PRACTICAL. HE | ij on icy pavements has at last resulted in an ordinance so Tho measure Aldermen Campbell and Collins have introduced in the Board provides that No horse or other draft al shall be used on the streets of the City of New York during the months of December, Jax vary, February and Mareh tn each year unless shod tn a manner that will give or tend to give the animal a safe foothold and prevent slipping. Violators of the ordinance may be punished by fine up to $3 by imprisonment not to exceed five days ilation of this > any That a merciful and humane reg needod in New York must be plain t n sort in badly who has again and observed how smooth-shod horses strain, slip and finally fa heir efforts to pull heavy loads over ic But even setting humane considergti covered asphalt pavement e amount of tim me iat New Yorkers could be saved in winter if fewer fal fewer struggling, 5 ng horses impeded traffic and he ace care, is well wort ng account, » and other grounds urged by The Evening World in the of its efforts to have # similar measure passed last year, the t ordinance, which is supported by tendent Fr and entior ers of “pe tf Orselivt ent drivers . NoA man’s vote will lool: y t i ; Letters From the Peonle A Yew Cannon fF fired at r of wixty Hh > on To the Raltor of The Pvening Wort ite ition 4 n It ' Allow @ rule of thumb engineer to wgitle dispute about that cannon “i t Action and reaction are always equal f tral but in opposite directions, Wh train's still, cannon ball in witli, S'2''ed ly a When train travels sixty miles per fiesed m erence” Deur, cannon ball would have to be! oO. 4 i, MN ‘Staking Everything to Win’ stshe, By JH. Cassel lY< su Who A re Weary With Work _ By Sophie Irene Loeb ? fe by the p the 1 ' Cayerigit, 1917 w with sor nd have the They are throb of ty ‘The (rene Mubliahing Oo. The New York with row 4 r being vening World’s campaign to compe) the shoeing of horses without end and endless during the winter months in a way to protect them from falls (ener of ther wilys ts onl ; : people framed that no Alderman is likely to put himself on record as having tem in life Is to get enough for ¢ life weary with work an troubles and sick d down tn th ps-atop for a with mr milos and len of country » Nortt na Come Carol and nd vilur see how you down chs, whtbse sole ms are entire families mo It tw their world, the slow | railroad tral chief pi who have never seen a who have never felt about them, who e never known the co ° rieity or gas or telephone or sim shor saving devices, P inn 1, who have never lived wave t born, stayed @ lit and 4 1 away: who hav® « ve just wh existence tm. | a. thay en thou itke that, | Soldier Material Runs Low in Ireland reputation of @ your Jot ts than | written of the rived by the ses re tra ha dolief n 1 be | a“ 1 ud in @ 1 1 nes and he t dier® at lly living up to the Nwhtng race” theirs—you who are weary with work. How these mothers would be glad for your opportunity, because they .re sick to death of the sameness of heir atruggla, You will answer in the same old way! 1 for that reason they are betrer off, with them and give up your weary work? Would you be willing to give D> your possibilities though ac- omparied by us, for a tumbled lown hut in the midst of acres of wn plains, with nothing to do ex- cept earn enough for meagre meals? Of course you wouldn't ‘This thing of being “better off be- wise you don't know" always “They do not know any better | tut would you exchange places | | A know-it-all layman came into the | studio, Jouked at the picture, and sald, surcastically, “I never saw & sunset | which the painter re |. »" to , “But don’t you wish you it is with these people out tn the rsely ed places, who have been plan there Uke weeds, and who keep on growing weed-like until! | the lout winter comes and they grow | no more. How wistfully they scan the stray magazine or newspaper that tells About you and your opportunities, 1 how they wih they could see oh things ay you see; and enjoy such picasures as you may enjoy; and have such hopes aa you may have. Their dreams may never come true because they haven't @ ghost of a chance, re-| But you who have work to do, no minds me of the great artist who| matter how sordid are your #ur- painted a wonderful sunset. roundings, YOUR tears can be tem- orn ~++--- The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, as sages in all times assert; the happy man's without a shirt._John Heywood, By Helen wite Paint: That carelessly that That which you detect tt. Bachelor :Girl Reflections | everybody Never ask a man to ere geinel | ng World) MAN {8 @ man who always removes his lat in the presence when anybody else ts looking. which the other woman daubs on 80 ean it. Girlish color Put on so skilfully that nobody can up” another engagoment for you. When a man begins to regard an evening ‘, spent with you as a sacrifice instead of a privilege 7 i ¢, his love has already hit the toboggan. peg Of course we ull sprang from savages; but there are nea SoTL times, before bre have sprung so very far. Nowad leaving off something. Don't try to freeze a iman’s le to death with kisses and a warm bli very married man has at times but why te it that no ba A man's {dea of “worshipping” a and ley women reJike a What a man calls “love” {8 merely his bitnd determination to endow a! woman with all the combined qualities of an angel, a siren and a kitten, | Ask a husband no questions and | very many ve out with Indifference; ikfast, when some @f us don't seem to when a woman decides ta put oa style, sue always begins by Just smother it ket of response. tfu y yearned to pose as a bachelor; folk lor Was ever tempted to pose as a married man? |!yinpathized with Bowser woman is to crown her with a halo— ve ber in a niche tn the wall, while le goes off to see what other he'll tell you no Hesst least not so |pered. You are only deluged with tespondency because you have no \ comparison. You look only at the fellow ahead UU Who has lase burden and soome blessed. nod to look FORWARD for ent but LOOK BACK for en- courage ent Think of the ttme whon things were much worse, Size up thowe who have leas than you and then welgh ances accordingly, You will always find that trials are only temporary at worst. At the end of your day you will always reflect Uke the man who said “I am an old man, [ have known many troubles, but most of them never happened.” While no one need welcome sorrow, yet he who has tt may well estimate that It has value-—a value that builds strength and saves simflar sorrow in the future, |_ It was a wise ange who sald: “If you suffer, he glad of It It ts a sure sien that you are altve." How many hundreds would be glad ‘to suffer if they could only get some- thing out of life along with it—who re worn out with sameness, who with dreams unrealized, Therefore, if you have gotten tnto a | groove, or calamities seem to pile up, |or somebody hos hurt you unmerc! fully, or you just can’t see how ends are golng to meet, Just think of the people in the waste places who waste awny with the place, and then re- at you are on the firing line of vity rather than rusting some- ere with inertia Change Yar persnectivet oO Aistinguished old of humor, surviy nineteonth century hool trand Lewts, Charles Ber better Known as “M, Quad," was born in Liverpool, O., t fa century ag juarters 1 descriptive inoriat, and "M. Quad," the “erm q basis of L¥pe incasure The Bowsers, the the literary creat were originated Bowser Jman and husband, who ch open his moutn wicr feet in tt; and ba peal for | marvted hu- pen namo of * being the nent most. famous o} forty nds +» and wives perceived in the old scamp a true to |Ilfe picture of thelr own husbands, NTIL recently 70 to 80 per cent iU of the waste molasses of a large Hawattan Sugar factory was thrown away as Useless, Now it fs burned to furnish fuel for the | plant; while the ash, containing more than 33 per cent, potash and noarly |5 per cent, phosphorie acid, ta used es fertilizer, your! Fifty Failures Who Came Back By Albert Payson Terhune Covrnaht, 1917, by The Prem Publishing Oo, (The New Tork Hreniog World.) 'B cynical maxim, “They Never Oome Back,” ia disproven by the careers of thousands of great men. 4 The man or woman who te discouraged by temporary set. Dacks, or even by years of failurcs, may well take fresh courage from the storica of these Immortals who “came back"? Gen. Grant—in 1859 a hopeless middle-aged failure in army and business fe; pennticas, despondent. In 1869 he was the war Rero of the world and President of the United States, Patrick Henry—a failure in commerce and im lew until the American Revolution brought Aim deathlese fame, Napoleon Bonaparte—third-rate soldier of fortune and unadle to find a job. Twelve years later he was Emperor of the Frenoh end arbiter of Europe's fate. Paul Jones, the sailor, whose services were deemed worthless | by our Government and whe later became the naval hero of the Revolution, Oliver Cromwell, the poor farmer who begged in vain for leave to emigrate to America in ecarch of better fortunes and who | Uved to rule England, These and many another great example prove conclusively 1 that no man ta really a failure while a breath of life ts left to him. 1—GEN. GRANT; the Failure Who Became President, HROUGH the by-streets of St. Louls one day in 1860 lurched @ | farm cart, full of cordwood. The driver was a stocky, bearded i man, clad im shabby doots and trousers and a patched biug | military blouse. | There was nothing dramatic or interesting about the thick-set fellow . | under the dusty slouch hat. He attracted uo attention as he went stolidly | about his business of delivering firewood to customers, He was silent ang stern anid made few friends. Still fewer people gave lim @ second glance. One or two passersby, who bailed from the same country town af | nimself, could have told you he was the most complete all-around falluré | they had ever met. | They could have sized up his Iifestory {n a mere handful of words by ; Saying that he was Ulysses 8. Grant, who had once been an officer in the | United States Army; who had failed of rapid promotion there; who had next failed a farmer, who had gone into business in @ small way and bad failed still mofe lamentably at that; who was now trying to support his wife and children by doing odd jobs for @ relative—and making » mighty poor living by it at tha They might have added that his steady run of fallure had been helped on by a lamentable fondness for drink. Altogether from his appearance and dis friends’ reports Grant would perhaps have been the very last man in the Middle West in 1860 whom an amateur fortune teller would have picked out as a candidate for future suc- cess, Ho was a down-at-heal middle-aged Fatlure, No more, no lens. Yet a bare nine years later he was President of the United States, And during that nine years he was destined to become the most famous living man of his time, | Grant had begun life as an Ohio tanner’s son. Ho had gone to West | Point (first changing his name from “Hiram Ulysses Grant” to “Ulysses Simpson Grant"), had done fairly well at the Military Academy and had | later served with conspicuous bravery in the Mexican War, | But he found no hope of advancement in the Army, so he resigned his | commission. Then things went steadily from bad to w Every one of hia enterprises failed. Presently he was dead broke and had to fall back on his father for help. Nor did this help do much to lift him out of the rut of failure, At thirty-nine he seemed to have lost every possible chance | of success, | Then in 1861 the Civil War began. Grant at once wrote to the War” | Department, offering his services, as @ veteran officer, to the Union Army. Onn A Steady Run of Bad Luck. [era | That letter has never yet been answered. As with Oar svorn Hindenburg, It was coldly ignored, Grant did not sulk because of his Govern:ent’s ineivilits. He set to ‘work drilling a militia company And he re-entered the Army Within a very few months the War Department bo« gant to hear of him, Grant may have been a wretchedly had farmer and business man, But he had a genius for war, as has many anc who has failed at all other professions. And his gv him from rank to sank, up to the supreme military In that position he smashed the Confederacy and bocame a popular idol His fellow count n'a hero-worship, four years afterward, swept him te the White House, | At thirty-nine Grant waa an obscure failure, At forty-eleht he was | Preatdent of the United States and crowned with a martial renown second ‘only to George Washington's, No Reply. An Offer and i at ra, IM, plunteer officer, > as a Ipreesdenee Jarr Family Roy L. McCardell 7, by The Pree Publishing Co, (The New York Fvenizg World.) PTHR a whiepered consultation | packa contained som 17 A at the door the delivery man| them, the Jarr children renewed th | accepted a bank note, re-| wailings to see what it was turned some seven pennies or ao and| “Now, you children behave!” orted departed, leaving Mra, Jurr to close| Mr, Jarr, coming to Mrs. Jarry aid the door with one band while she|with his moral support. “Aren't you [held a sauare pasteboard box fn the |ashamed to spol] mamma's surprise other. | for you?" “What to it, mamma? the Mttle! Th» children whimpered that they Tarr boy asked eagerly. |wanted to seo what tt was that wee | “Youth rushes in where maturtty|to surprise them, Master Jarr yen fears to tread, Mr. Jarr may have! ing ihe wishes of both by | stating bad aa h qurtosity as Maater | that he wanted to be surprised now Tarr, but he knew better than to @%k|rathor than at some future time, what the mysterious packas' To all married men all pi that come home prepaid or “ s thoy generally do—the dol was, | “Let mamma put It away, whatever 1s!" counselled Mr. Jarr. “Papa, n't ask her to let him see it," “Of course you don't," sald Mrs, very ; , of atores bang synchronized! Jarr pinintiyely, “You are not tne to be thero with the goods when the] tercsted in anything tn your pwn? t s there to pay for/ home, and you upliold the ehildres in ahi @ husband and father Is only Loyerything!" naked if he bas two dollars, or four! “put I'm not upholding ther," gald the ease may be, and tf! My do! | the charges are $1.98 or $2.98, or what-| boy and girl Ars, as Sarr. Then he turned to the little nd said, with emphasis, y they may be, he never gets ba ev k|"Emma, Wille! The both of you go bis chan right into the dining room and git And he in never permitted to Know down! Your mother will show you she has paid for. what it ts she has in the box wher sled burttodly n-| she is rendy to do ao, and not betore!”™ bedroom wot, and if the man| "Now you leave ME te manage these sen a mild curt kly sat upon and given jchildren, * retorted Mrs, Jar “You a fom home with them, tand that hts function ta tol it Is, and when you are at 4 “things and “not to be nosey."| don't think you should c Jarre was hurrying off with this}and speak to them Ii ackage under discussion, Dut Master home cow the childrem ke that becau " be they show a litt natural curiosity! arr had a hand upon it What do you want them to be—dult 1} Bima what dt ts," he 4 Mr. Jarr evidently dian't wa necessary lo arouse tte Miss Jarr,/no moro for the time being She promptly lay down on ber back,| “Let us #ee what it is, a Kicked her heels against the floor and|importuned the ttle boy |demanded to sea the contents of the good ff you let me se y arrived bundle, “I'M be better'n Wille jne mamma, if “There, now!" cried Mra. Jarr in an! youslet me gee," begged the litte girt exasperated tone, “You've got those| “There!” cried Mra. Jarr. “y oh children st A! I hope you're satis-|they are not such bad hidve he fled!" Jail! Bo, now," here she was spe wae These remarks were directed to Mr,|to the children, “Mf you will be ene Jarr, who had sald nothing, done|mamma will show you. It tee x | Bothing bottle of castor of] for you chase Gleantng from this remark that the! and some silk stockings for mamma,” ‘ ‘