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= SS LE Cae trap «cnet tds ann, mevamighies taciittiameeattaias a iH i pages = EVO PN SERED ed EDITORIAL PAGE Sie Evening World. niosniny Oomph, Nos, 53 to ESTABLISHED BY Published Daily Mxcept Sunda JOSEPH 6 Press P ar w. New York. TZPR, President, 63 Park Row. W, Treagurer. 63 Park, Row Secretary, 63 Park Row, an Second-Class Matter. land and the Continent am@ Subscription @ World for the United States All Countries tn the Internationa) 4 “4 and Canada. Postal Union. One Year. $3.50] One Year 69.79 One Month. 30!One Mo VOLUME 57.......... WITHOUT WAITING FOR CONGRESS. B raising the enlisted strength of the navy to 87,000 men and by calling out 20,000 militia for police protection in case of need, the President reassures the country that the Government is thoroughly awake and treating preparedness as something that at last means prompt, definite action. What the nation’s warships are doing cannot of course be made public, The naval recruiting order, however, ought to satisfy every- body that the navy is to be brought at once to ite full fighting strength, ready to strike quick and hard when the moment comes. | The immediate mobilization of unite of the National Guard is a wise precautionary measure in view of the sinister activities of German agents and conspirators with whose plottings the country bes already had repeatedly to deal. While the transfer of Major Gen. Leonard Wood from Governor's Island to the command of the Southeastern Military Department is certain to challenge criticism, nevertheless the nation cannot but approve the activity and planning in the War Department of which the new departmental system is a sign. Without waiting until Congress convenes, the President is daily and hourly speeding up preparations for defense with all the power the Constitution permits him. All over the country young men should catch the spirit. The navy must be the strong arm of the Nation’s defense. The navy needs them. The navy first! rt The withdrawal of the American Minister, American con- sular officers and American relief workers from Belgium {fs @ measure of the esteem in which the Government of the United States holds the Imperial German Government and al! the latter's professions and promises. Safety first! ——————————— PART PAYMENT TO FRANCE. ie approval evoked from all sides by The World’s proposal thut the United States give $1,000,000,000 to the French Govera- ment as timely part payment on the immense debt this nation ewes France for her hélp in the American War for Independence, proves that Americans can recognize an idea worthy of them. On July 4, 1900, when the statue of Lafayette given by the school children of the United States was unveiled in Paris and for- mally presented to the French nation, the President of the French Republic, M. Loubet, spoke words which eixteen years and nine wonths later find far deeper significance. “When Lafayette crossed the ocean to help a distant People win its independence,” President Loubet sald, “he was not the plaything of heroio folly. He served a profound po Utical object. He was about to found the friendship of two Peoples on the common worship of their motherland and Iberty. “This friendship, born in the brotherhood of arms, has developed and strengthened throughout.the century which ts ending. The generations which follow us will not let it be come enfeebled. They will strive to multiply the amicable relations and exchanges of sympathy between the two shores of the Atlantic, and will thus give a precious pledge to the peace of the world and to progress and humanity.” In the interest of progress and humanity, and of a peace of which the world is to-day desperately in need, the time has come when the United States can offer France strong, substantial support for the carrying out of the tremendous task which must be performed. Partnership it was once, partnership let it be again—first, lasi and always henceforth for the safeguarding of those standards of liberty, democracy and humanity which two great republics are re- solved no dynasty shall ever lower. tp The Colonel ts craving to get into the war crate him and ship him to France? ——— NO EXCUSE. ESTERDAY morning’s subway tie-up, caused by the derailment Y of a car near the Spring Street Station, was allowed by the indifference of the Interborough management to produce the usual intolerable and wholly unnecessary crowding of station platforms along the line. Ticket agents continued to sell tickets without giving warning of the block. The public at other points, therefore, found itself in a constantly increasing jam as it waited for trains that failed to come, Obviously there is no shadow of excuse for such conditions, Whenever a serious block occurs in the subway one of the first acts of those whose business it is to straighten out the troubles should bo! te telephone every station and ticket office where traffic is certain to be held up and stop the sale of tickets. The precaution would seem to be of the simplest. or week days the Interborough never protects its patrons under such| Why not circumstances until forced to. | President Shonts now pastes notices in al! his trains telling pas- sengers how much safety and comfort he has provided for them.| Has somebody persuaded him the subway is too nearly perfect te worry about? | teen years ago to-day. About a year later “three young Germans. $a ceremonially arrayed, stood in ndge of an Oxford Colle qui ‘The Suftragists say they will stand by the President on Prue ar eer ar raped ead 4i] national questions, but they don't guarantee to keep un- maodte oriaean They were the ad broken peace regarding their own, |vance guard of the bundreds of aa aaa - | Rhodes scholars who have since been Lette rs Fr om the Peo Pp le admitted to Oxford, under the terms he magnificent be t of Cecil ‘Yea; If He Declares His Allegiance. | Triple Alliance or the Triple En- coer en ge +e at a ut $10, Uy tho Etitor of The Evening World | tente, M 000,000 of his fortune for the rt Can @ man born in the United| Wants to Be Citizen. Meedand AP GUBUATea tne ets States, whose father is not a natur-| To the Editor of ‘The Evening World OF Geos Ria, oA . alized American citizen, vote when he| Came to this country when alx dominions aid colonies and the United attains the age of twenty-one yeara?| months old, Was born in Germany, States. In a codicil to the will five oO. P. |e wen, my faxher, but he became @ annual Germ scholarships were Raturalized citizen here. Have been provided for, | tions to be made ‘The Triple Ai |told this makes me one also, but I| by the Kaisor the outbreak Fe the EAitor of The Evening World am tn doubt, BR. |the war the German appointments To settle a friendly dispute, let me, You are a citizen if your father have ceased, of course, and the Ger Wwaow who hap lost the most territory | took out hie papers before you be- man fund has been diverted to other mee whe RERSWOE © tO Wats Re loon oo age t Yet Sundays) e: Li | | | ening The Rotten Spot Monday, Coperright, by The Pres Pub The New York boning By J. H. Cassel How to Gro Fables of Everyday Folk young man who wooed and won @ young woman. He didn’t have very much in the way of this world’s goods. But they re- solved to work together for the welfare of both. They loved each other very dearly and both were ambitious. They went to houseweeping in & very modest way, quite in ac- cordance with the young man’s in- come, and life loomed beautiful be- fore them. When the first baby came the mother naturally was all wrapped up in 1t and not only cared for it but her household duties as well. She wanted #o much to help her husband succeed. Soon another came and still another; so that the little mother was pretty much tied down with the wee ones. The husband went along making money and investing it, looking for- ward to the day when he would have enough to retire and “take life easy.” Toward this end he spent many eveniiugs away from home. Always he pictured his wife satisfied with the children, He would have been horri fied to death had any one told him he “neglected” her. O’m upon a time there was & For, after all, wasn't he doing tt for fan | “their” And by and by tt | KECIL JOHN RHODES, the great builder of South Africa, died fit- purposes. Oopyright, 1917, by The Pres Publishing Co, The Worn-Out Heart. (The New Tork Evening World.) was @ large family indeed. The Httle mother went plodding along, meeting the cares of child rearing, but many 1 time she was sad and weary at heart, ‘The little attentions, the love, that he had bestowed upon her in those early days of marriage were no more. She seldom saw him. He belonged to so many men’s organizations and had so many interests away from her, while she was busy at home, that gradually as the years rolled by they lad Mttle in common except the chil- dian, In a vague sort of a way the man thought that he and wife would have leisure some day to enjoy each other. ‘The woman, of course, made excus- es for him; but all the time she knew there was something lacking. Her heart was hungry—bungry for the love of her husband, The woman of her wanted not only the father of her children but the husband of her heart; he who would look upon her as the woman, as the sweetheart, as well as the servitor .f little souls; he who would regard her as the companion as well as the com- fort maker. Yet at such times she would heave a sigh with the reflection that there was nothing that she could really criticize, She was an unselfish spirit and her own desires were always the last to be satisfied, As time went by the children grew up, married and made their own nests away from the home precinct, So that these two were left alone, ‘Now,” thought the man, “ls the time By Sophie Irene Loeb Your garden, first of all, should ceive sufficient sunlight and air. | and more food and moisture taken in. json. A rich, sandy loam, containing varying proportions of clay, sand and organic matter, is best for truck crops. But a good vegetable soll can be made in most back yards by intel- ligent managenfent. SIMPLE SOIL TESTS. Careful examination of the soll in your yard will tell you the story of its character and condition. Sandy soil will be recognized by too many of the particles being large, with sharp ed; making the soll so open that it cannot retain the rain or hold the plant food within the reach of the roots. On such soll the rain runs through. It must be made compact. Some- thing must be added to fill up the pore spaces. This can partially be done by adding barnyard fertilizer and clay or loam, A ary clay soil shows that the par- ticles of clay are very fine, like wheat flour, with smooth, rounded edges. Buch particles fit together closely and compactly, which prevents roots penetrating ly or the rain enter- ing before it evaporates or runs off. Clay soll must be made mellow and the pore spaces must be made larger. Thorough tillage of the soll, the ap- plication of organic matter and lime, and drainage will all help to do this. Occasionally the addition of sand or fine coal cinders is needed. A large amount of organic matter, which is decaying vegetable and ani- mal matter, is essential in soils in which vegetables are to be grown. In addition to improving the texture it makes the soll warmer for winter vegetables, and enables the soil to hold and retain more moisture. It is also the storehouse for nitrogen plant tood, the most expensive plant food to buy. The chief use of lime is to improve whom we admire.—La Rochefoucauld, March 26 1917 In Your Own Home Garden This series of artictes is being published by The Evening World to help families with available back yards or vacant lote comhat the cost of living by growing their own vegetables for the table, Much of the materihi for these articles ts supplied Officially by the United States Department of Agriculture, ARTICLE II. How to Select and Improve Your Garden Site. EFORE buying any seeds for your proposed garden make sure that the # available location is one in which plant life {s naturally encouraged. , be situated where the plants will re If shaded all day long by trees or by am adjoining building the site will produce little or no vegetation. * Also examine very carefully the soll. To grow well plants should have ” @ deep, rich, mellow, moist, but well drained soll. the plants grow more quickly, since larger root systems can be developed, In soil of this character ; Also such sol! affords a larger reser- voir to hold rain needed during the droughts that come in the growing sea the texture of a clay soll, It neutral- izes harmful act It hastens the decay of organic matter and increases the work of nitrogen-gathering bac- teria. As a rule, the best form of lime té use is finely ground Mme- stone. This can be applied at any time at the rate of about ten pounds to every one hundred square feet But it should be applied after thi garden {s spaded rather than before, so that it wil! not be buried too deeply. DAMPNESS AND ACIDITY. Another test of your soll may be necessary to determine whether or not it needs drainage. When you find moss growing on the surface, the veg- etation looking yellow or dwarfed, if deep cracks appear during a dry sea- son, and if water stands on it more than twenty-four hours after a rain, drainage is necessary. Laying your garden cut In beds, and ditching, will help you accomplish this. All wet solls are cold, for heat is removed in the evaporation of water. ‘Therefore the first thing to do to make much, soll warm is to drain it. ri It sometimes is advisable to test soll for acidity. Naturally moist soils are likely to be sour and in such a condition are not likely to produce the best gardening results. The test for acidity or sourness is a very sim- ple one, A handful of the eoil slightly moistened and a plece of blue litmus paper, which can be ob- tained from any drug store, are all that is necessary, When placed on sour soil the paper will turn red. To correct such a condition, lime should be used. The ground should be covered with @ thin coat of air. slacked Lime and the latter work in well. The next article in this series will help vow vrepare vour gerden for the — planting. We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those to take things easy and enjoy our- selves.” But, alas! Father Time had been on the job. The wife was tired, wan and weary. She was lonely with him, She had been so little alone with this man who had been her life partner, In truth, she did not know By Helen What Every Bride Should Know Rowland him well. It was like forming a new association, with the children all gone, The years had found them furthe: apart than they were at the begin- ning. And when he to woo her Oopyright, 1917, by The Press Publishing Co, RE you going to be an April Bride or a June Bride? Then here are some vital things which every bride should’ ponder over between fittings and assimilate between kisses. (The New York Evening World.) That marriage 1s not merely a chance to sive up stenography, sleep until lunch-time and wear frilly over again, he found she had @ worn- ‘s : nat Namek. You should know: Much of the love that would have baton Piha tld Taha In the care of the n. He not kept the fire alive, “some boudoir caps, but srown together. Of course, there were the children, as is the case in many a family, Bach often at twilight flect on this moral: To keep the heart awe, love must keep pace with Father Time, “would re- ‘The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCardell be suffering from incipient appendic Copyright, 1917, by The Prem Publishing Oo, (The New York Drening World.) O you know I think that young Mr. Bilver is very much smitten with Gladys Cackle- berry,” said Mrs. Jarr. “What makes you think 807" asked the head of the house. “IT got a letter from Gladys saying she sent him an album of ‘Views of Philadelphia,’ and he had replied very nicely, thanking her for remembering | him and hoping to have the pleasure | of seeing her again." “What would you have him say, ‘Received the “Views of Phila- delphia,” which have done me a world of good, as I have been suffering | trom inaomnia, and hape never to look on your face again?" asked Mr. | Jarr, interrupting Mrs. Jarr, “And why do you say ‘young’ Mr. Silver? That skate ts ag old as I am.” “He isn't married, though,” sald Mrs. Jarr, ‘Man ts considered young | till he's married; and then, Gladys 1s/ only twenty and I'm sure she wouldn't be pleased if she knew you were al- uding to a gentleman who was pay- ing her attention ag a ‘skate!’ ” If Jack Silver is paying anybody ns, it isn't visible to the naked eye,” said Mr, Jarr, “But I'm pleased to be informed that a man “ attenti is considered young until he's mar- ried, Women are to be considered young after they are married, though, are they not?” “Certainly!” said Mrs, Jarr, “1 guess you are right,” replied Mr. Jarr. “I heard two women quarrel and one of them said to the other, ‘How dare you speak to me? You old disreputable thing!’ And the other one said, ‘Don't you dare say I'm old! I'm no older than you are, if as old!’ “And maybe she wasn't any older than the other," replied Mrs. Jarr. “Some women know how to make up and keep young—there's Mra, Kitt- ingly"— ever mind Mrs. Kittingly,” said Mr. Jarr. “I suppose this means that little Gladys is to visit us again and I am to bustle out as jackal genera! and get Jack Silver and other eligible prospective husbands to come up and call?” “That is not @ nice way to talk of eet girl ike Gladys, She's too young to marry, She isn’t thinking of such @ thing,” said Mrs, Jarr. “But at the same time, if Jack Bil- ver, who has money, should get in- terested in hey’’——began Mr, Jarr. “Who are we that we should en- deavor to sunder fond hearts,” said Mrs, Jarr, “And I think be IS greatly taken with her.” “The way you talk, sometimes, one would think it is the greatest mistake a woman can make to marry,” said Mr, Jarr. nd yet all of you are constantly laying traps." “I deny it!" said Mrs, Jarr with spirit. “And I do believe that girls are not 80 silly as they used to be. A girl isn't so beholden to men as girls used to be, Girls can support these days. Still, if a girl match"— interjected Mr, Jarr, | nw around the corner thedther day, finishing the sentence, “Certainly,” said Mrs. Jarr, “Be- sides, there is @ young man in Phila- delphia who clerks in a store and has no prospects, and Gladys appears to be very fond of him, and it has us all worried.” “I hadn't any prospects, or if I had they weren't very apparent,” said Mr. Jarr, “and yet you married me, and I don't appear to have many prospects now, except the prospect of paying rent and grocery bills, and life insuranoe”— “Oh, that was different,” said Mrs. Jarr. “And, as it was, you know that my people objected to the match, and I did everything I could to dis- courage you, too,” you used to make everybody get out of the house, so I'd be lonely when I called; and you had the lights burning dimly to frighten me away, and you always dressed in your best gown that I might see I would not be able to support you in the style you were accustomed to,” said Mr. Jarr with a grin. “I know you are making fun,” sald Mrs, Jarr, “but, just the same, girls are getting more sensible. You saw in the papers where those girls in Richmond Seminary all voted that they would rather be girl baobelors than to marry!" “So I did,” said Mr, Jarr, what did you think of it?” Mrs, Jarr hesitated a moment, but ahe had inherent love for the truth. curled, your nose powdered and your accept you merely as a “fact"—but things which a man values, respects ‘That every day is ANOTHER da like yesterday's kiss and yesterday's the dead past; and that nothing so them up and perform an autopsy on That when he is half an hour |, Nothing EVER happens to them! That the man who calls on you or a dinner coat will consider that marriage. “But | forever afterward. “Ob, I guess they are like all other girls; they wanted to be on record that they were single from choice tn case they didn't get @ busband,” she replied. Build them strong. Oh, yes! paprika or the vinegal f a life-job, with long hours, uncertain pay, nO holidays and no chance to “give notice.” ‘That you are going from the altar into total eclipse, sans name, sans opinions, sans every sign of personal individuality—except your curling tongs, That when the man who has promised to “love, humor and cherish” you scratches his thumb, cuts bi eww chin with his razor or eats one muffin too many, he ig convinced that he “is going to die,” and you will have to rush arouad ¢ and bring him back to life, even though at the moment you yourself may citis or coming down with smallpox. That your husband will look at you entirely through his moods and that you wpll be either beautiful and angelic or stupid and unreasonable, according to what he has eaten for luncheon. That all the things you have been reading about keeping your hair clothes smart and dainty are written by spinsters who do not know that a man takes his last look at his wife on her wedding day and that thereafter he knows her only “by ear,” and her one great task {8 to keep her temper in curl, her smile working and her conversation sweet and soothing. That as soon as your husband has become used to the brand of your perfume, discovered how your frocks are hooked and watched you do up your hair, you will cease to be a fascinating mystery to him, and he w. that, after all, FACTS are the onl; and clings to. y to @ man; that yesterday's quarrel, dinner, is buried and forgotten with SPRTAT SLO him as to have you dig them. ate It ts foolish to sit and visualize him as the victim of a trolley car, an automobile or a band of thugs. And your only shock will be to have him come in well, hearty and cheerful, instead of on a stretcher. now every evening in dress clothes he 1s making @ violent concession {f he smooths bis top-hair and carries one glove when he takes you out after That walls cannot keep love out before marrlage—and wails cannot keep it in sfter marriage; and that hanging around a man’s neck is the quickest way to strangle his love to death, ‘That a man considers by MARRY and he can’t see why be should menti ING you he proves that he loves you; © on it in a different way every day That your romance will last just about as long as your trousseau; bat that Friendship, Companionship and Comradeship are three 500d ships) | which no matrimonial submarine can sink. And that a husband may be “the salt of the earth,” ey, : though he may sometimes seem more like the tabasco, the pepper, teh t. «ae 1s