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ican after all. Tn o timely $50,000,000,000 yearly. The United States can afford to fight this war from the very with billions. Men will go as fast as they oan be trained. by But for the moment, since {t is the thing most urgently needed, there is something inspiring in this colossal force of money instantly in action, Americans should first of all be thankful the nation possesses this power at a moment when, more than at any other time in history, such power can serve humanity, WAR FUNDS. CONGRESS which, the nation having declared for war, debates & $7,000,000,000 war loan with cheers is pretty soundly Amer- 4-Clase Matter, the Of this huge sum $3,000,000,000 goes to provide credits for the Allies, $2,000,000,000 is for national defense and another 3 - $2,000,000,000 takes the form of short-term notes, enabling tho » Treasury to anticipate returns from later war taxes. r ‘The best of it is the American people can charge themselves with these enormous expenditures without either racking the nation’s "present finances or putting crushing Next they should soberly resolve to meet the charges so far as * may be by their own economy and thrift, leaving no recklessly-kept war ledgers to pile needless loads upon posterity. War with Germany has indofinitely postponed the building of the New York County Court House. At last a blanket Brest EGG PRICES, FOR INSTANCE. idee HE present price of eggs in New York, and the reasons therefor : ee discovered by The Evening World, constitute another strong ; argument for prompt Government intervention to secute a this week. Yet egg prices have gone steadily up and extra egg profits ~ made out of this city this week promise to exceed the $741,000 that went into egg dealers’ pockets last week. The attitude of the Mercantile Exchange in refusing to put a to speculative dealing in food “futures,” the Chicago and New York Butter and Egg Exchanges have done, plainly shows that food 7” meds, people with high Prices,” of the enforce methods to for our look like @ fever chart, "speculators are determined to go on playing the food game as they know it without regard to the country’s special and extraordinary “We cannot allow speculation or profiteering to burden our own Aeclared Herbert C. Hoover in accepting the Food Board. x and maintain’ more reasonable prices, both own people and for the Allies.” _ Mr, Hoover is now studying harvest prospects and food regula. tion in the Allied countries. Must we wait for his return before _ either Congréss or the food gamblers can be convinced that the Amer- ~ jean people in going to war should not and must not be robbed? If the British keep on, the Hindenburg Line is going to “We must devise and —— “DIAMOND JIM.” EW YORK has known many a shrewd business man, It has known many « gay Broadway spender. It has never known a more striking combination of the two than “Diamond Jim” Brady. 4 Being the champion theatregoer of the country, eating late suppers, tangoing and carrying around the heaviest shirt studs and cuff links worn by any man living, never interfered with Mr. Brady's ability to do a hard day’s work and more than hold his own with - business experts and financiers who went to bed a good deal earlier. Hé never drank. He never smoked. Many of the ways that made . him conspicuous were merely the eelf-advertising of a master sales- man, No one ever overlooked “Diamond Jim.” His self-control) relaxed only before diamonds and dinner menus. He moved much in public, but always quietly and with regard for others. He dazzled but never disturbed his fellow citizens, Many who knew him only as he flashed from time to time before their wondering gaze will miss him and be sorry he is gone, et Themistocles explained to the Athenians that by “wooden walls” the oracle meant ships. ‘To-day the message comes: “A wooden bridge across the Atlantic.” Hits From Sharp Wits There's another good thing about | enlisting women in the navy. If an Saaident happens to a big 16-inch gun in the hour of battle one of the ean Ox it with a hairpin.—Bos- ‘Transcript, he could ead g Bor god ote passengers man in a street car would keep his mouth shut. Toledo Blade, 7 Divine right is another name for feuman wrong.—Boston, Transcript. ‘Nother sign of spring—the Y vera ‘has opened the season.- °, His News. bg Sp There/~ to argue after the westion taken wettied tn, the tive. Never clianb afte 4 i cow tind nest. at. er a last oth tar, Dozen Chicago News. Maybe a jodel husband” is a fel- Jow who lets ‘em hang dresses on him so they can stand off and see what they look like on a woman.—Witming- ton (N. ©.) Star, ee . Summer resort reports of enemy submarines will be due about May 1, j taking the place of the justly famous shark stories.—Seattle Post Intelli- gencer, ee Already the well meaning citizen who undertook to read all the books on the war has scored a collapse.—- wee: It's only @ goose that will kil the hen that lays the golden eggs these daya,—Philadelphia Inquirer. Proud should be that mother who in'has raised her daughter to be a yeo- man—! ON, C) News, , Bntinent and burdens on coming generations. statement issued by the Treasury Department the wealth { of the United States Government {s shown to approximate $250,000,- _ 000,000. Its present liabilities amount to only a little over $1,000,- 900,000, The national income is estimated to have reached at least Fveping World Daily Magazine Copyright, 1917, by The Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Erening World.) HB other day in the subway, across the aisle from me I no- tleed a young woman moving away from the man beside her, who, however, kept edging to- ward her, I saw the young woman look with flashing eyes at the man several times, without saying a word, veep = Evidently = he Paid no attention, and I could not ‘understand what the trouble was. Suddenly to the surprise of the entire car the girl arose and hurried to the Platform where she found a police- man, We were nearing « station and &@ crowd congregated, The young woman explained to the oMicer that the fellow had been try- ing to flirt with her, and had ogled her a# they sat in the train, The officer immediately took the man to task and demanded an explanation, Of course he denied the charge but he looked the part—a weak individ- ual, the mushy masher, who goes along endeavoring to attract women some way or other in crowded places, The young woman said to me: “I should like to have him arrested and appear against him, as the officer suggests, but I do hate the notoriety, the publicity of tt all, However, I could not stand it another minw his actions were disgusting as he sat beside me; I felt very much like hit~ ting him; it seemed the only redress. However, I think he has got a good To-Day’s Anniversary HIS {9 the 1624 anniversary of the publication of Samuel John- son's great dictionary of the English language—a work which brought order out of the chaos’ of a tongue which is now spoken by 160,- 000,000 people. Johnson had already won fame as a poet and essayist, but he had gained little money from his Iterary pur- suits, It was in the hope of adding to his small means that he embarked in 1747 upon his project for a new and complete “Dictionary of the English Language.” Five publishing houses were con- cerned in the contract for the publi- cation of the dictionary, for which Johnson was to receive £1,575, John- son paying out of this sum all the incidental expense of preparing the work for the press. Assisted by six copyists, he devoted much of his time for the following seven years to tho preparation of the dictionary, shake-up from the policeman, will be more careful of his actions after this when sitting next woman.” ed in the cour: of this girl. @ She had to “make @ scene,” id see she disliked doing it very mus but, as she explained, “I am strong enough to go and tell ‘the policeman, where another girl might hesitate and put up with the nuisance and thus let the dastardly cur go free." At various times in these columns I have endeavored to encourage the spirit of women realizing their rights in such mattters, The police of to-day will see a sit- and | uation instantly and will endeavor to adjust the same without giving you a/any unnecessary publicity. They are being drilled that it is their duty to protect women in such instances and with despatch, However, if according to the law It 1s necessary for a woman to appear a8 @ witness against the molesting she should take a soldierlike attitude. She should realize that she is doing it not only to rectify the wrong that has been done her but for the weak sister as well, who has not enough nerve to fight the issue at the time. and as a consequence suffers because of her timidity. If every woman would assume this attitude toward the “fresh guy” who goes about preying on our sex, he would soon understand that there was an army of courageous womer against him, and let him ply his sorry trade at his peril. The average newspaper office also recognizes the fact that a young wo- man rather shuns the public prints on such occasions. They are careful to protect her name in such cases whenever possible, Therefore, there ts little to fear and much to be gained by the woman who will act when it Is necessary and se- feure punishment for the would-be flirt in crowded places. |The Jarr Family oy L. McCardell | Copyright, 1917, ty The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World.) US, the cafe proprietor, bowed so. profoundly and politely that Mr. Jarr gave another look. “Oh, that feller,” said Gus, noticing the look, but indicating an obese and opulent looking dark atranger depart- ing from the place, “that’s an Eye- talian gentleman what's got rich be- ing a laboring man,.” “Well, since the war began the la- borer has surely had his hire,” said Mr. Jarr, “You can get a book keeper for ten a week and a steel worker makes that a 4 “Oh, that Byetallan feller don't work any,” began Gus. “Yes, one can tell it by the eye,” in- terrupted Mr, Jarr, But the sar- casm was lost on Gus, who went on, “No, he don't work any, he just goes around telling other fellers not to work, Calls ‘em out on strike, be- cause, as be says, the rich'is getting richer and the poor is getting poorer. And, oh, my! You should see the big roll of yaller bills he carries!" ‘By their fruits .ye shall know them,” quoted Mr. Jarr solemnly. the Greeks that's in the fruit business; this feller is an Byetalian, But mind, I ain't saying anything against Eyetallans,” he added, cuutiously. “This is a union bar, and I got plenty of nationality trouble without gitting in Dutch mit the labor element.” “What is the particular field of en- deavor? I mean what line is the opulent Italian in?” asked Mr, Jarr. “He's the head of the fellers what work on the mud scows,” replied Gus, “ah, the high muck-a-muck,” sald Mr, Jarr. “Bure,” said Gus, “and he owns race horses, too, He told me he broke in four this winter,” “And they'll break him this sym- mer,” ventured Mr, Jarr, “He stands in mit the big contrac- to! he gets lots of dust.” “As rich as mud, eh?” said Mr, Jarr, “Sure,” sald Gus, “He was telling me that now as all nations is fighting mit each other side by side against each other, he has as much trouble as ever mit the Irishers fighting mit the Eyetalians pn the scows.” “Ah, the old racial animosity be- tween the Latin and the Celt? re- marked Mr. Jarr, “No, they ain't mixed in {t at all,” said Gus. “But if you notice there's @ lot of fellers what never ain't going to war who go around arresting peo- ple or beating them up for respecting the flag and things ke that, By follies! you don't know how careful I got to be these days on account of them barroom patriots, Why, a feller tries to pick a riot mit me the other day because I had a Rhine wine sign hanging up, and it didn't do any good to tell him that all the Rhine wine anybody has got in a year comes from the State of Cincinnati in Ohio, “I thought you prided yourself on only vending genutne goods?” said Mr, Jarr, “So I do,” reptied Gus. “But you can always tell when case goods ain't gemuine, They mark them, and when goods is marked that way to tell you they ain't genuine it's no harm,” “How are they marked to show they are not bona fide?” asked Mr, Jarr, “Why, look on the box or the bottle, and if they ain't genuine dt says so in these woids; ‘Beware of Imita- tions!'"* rejoined Gus, “That's interesting information,” said Mr, Jarr, “But what I want to know is how you got acquainted with the opulent stranger who just went out.” “By going bail for Rafferty, the Duilder, when he was arrested up- “Me @hould worrgi" vetorted Gua,| town for blasting to excess,” ex- f \ \ Plained Gus. “You see, this feller had a contract near Rafferty'’s and they both was blasting, and Rafferty said he wasn't going to let any for- eign Italian gang throw rocks fur- ther than he could, and he blew down a couple of flats this Byetalian was building, and they all got arrested. Since then that feller comes in here once In a while looking for Rafferty, for now they always try to spend more money than each other when they meet because they are two old friends with a grudge.” And leaving Mr. Jarr to ponder over this novel instance of social psychology, Gus went to attend to another custom new.—Cato, also belonged to « family England, shrewdness. He was sent on a wrulse of the Trouble was expected when the And trouble arrived on schedule time. In the War of 1812 ouf navy had inflicted crushing and humiliating blows wpon Great Britain’ A Spectacular the Sea, Adventure, ingtor dueling. And the Washington's commander was afraid he could not get hie ofcera away without at least one such combat, He was right. Except that there was more than one duel. There were several, Young Stockton was fidry tempered and sensitive. ‘When @ British officer sneered at our country or at our coun- presence, that officer had to fight for his life, The English officers were quick to sneer at first. Just as the Washington was about to sail away a group of officers hit on @ plan of revenge against the fire-eating Stockton, He was challenged [ toaduel, It was arranged that he should be arrested on the field of honor and sent to the guardhouse for committing a breach of peace, Thus be would miss his ship's time for sailing and would We tn dire disgrace. Seeing through the plot, Stockton neverthelens could not resist the temptation to fight. He accepted the defiance, wet his opponent and laid him bleeding at his feet. As the police sprang forward to arrest bim he knocked two of them down, dodged a third, leaped upon his horse, galloped down to the seashore, boarded a boat that was waiting for him there and reached the Washington just as her anchors were It was @ espectacular feat that did much to win new admiration for try’e navy im Stockton’ The challenge was sent, navy in England. From rank to! rank Stockton rose Mexican war, he was a commodore, Gen, Fremont's land forces, Conqueror of California.” The Conquest Parr until the “province returned home across the continent; benefited the navy at large almost as men, coast defenses, Famous Heroes -~ Of the U. S. Navy By Albert Payson Terhune Copyright, 1017, by The Pres Publishing Co, (The New York Bvening World.) ROBERT STOCKTON, “The Conqueror of California.” B was Robert Field Stockton, a true blend of daredevil. and strategist, a type that is rare outside of Dumas’s novels, He tributed at least one great man to our country’s service, . His grandfather was Chief Justice and « signer of the Declaration of Independence, His father and hie son were both United States Senators. He himself chose to follow the sea. In boyhood he threw over his college course at Princeton to become a midshipman in the navy. This ‘was in 1811, when he was only sixteen. And his timely ' choice of a naval profession gave him a chance to fi with brilliant distinction in our War of 1812 ‘ The end of the war found him a lieutenant and possesed of @ reputation for reckless courage and ‘The ship touched at Gibraltar, England’s rock. Just then American naval men were about as popular with British officers as is @ wild cat in a kennel of bulldogs. 80 you can tmagine best how popular the Wash- officers wére at Gibraltar. It was an age of In this capacity he was sent with a fleet to Southern California (then @ Mexican province) to co-operate with It was a mission that required keen etatecraft no less (han courage, And for his splendid fulfillment of the task Stockton was nicknamed “The On Aug. 13, 1845, he captured Los Angeles, organized a civil government there in the name of the United States and installed Fremont as Governor. army that held San Diego, defeated the Mexicans again @t Rio San Gabriel and at La Mesa, and for eighteen months held military and naval rule in the region of California” was ceded to us by Mexico, Then he who in nearly every generation com Mediterranean on the United States Washington anchored off Gibraltar, Prestige as Queen of And he was afraid v until, soon efter the outbreak of the 5 Next he thrashed a Mexican his whole journey being a series of ovations to the naval hero of the hour. When advancing age made active service impossible for Stockton, he went to the United States Senate. There he framed laws which perhaps much as had his sea career. Among other things he abolished the cruel old custom of flogging enlisted navy He also brought forward strong measures to build uo our shaky The Week’s Wash By Martin Green | t “ HAT'S the matter with this the head polisher, “Where do we get that stuff about the people starving to death unless we make a market garden of Central Park and turn our golf links and baseball grounds into potato patches?” “The widely expressed fear that we must go on short rations if we get into the war is due to a considerable extent to pacifism,” said the laundry man. “Look the situation over and you will get me. You find a thou- sand volunteering to till the soil where you find one volunteering to fight. “Nearly as much space is taken up in the newspapers by articles about increasing and conserving our supply of onions, beets, tomatoes and such ‘as is devoted to news of carnage and strife, Far be it from me to say that wo shouldn't think about what we are going to eat whgn we have our armies mobilized, but #€ seems to me that we should first think seriously about and devote ourselves assidu- ously to mobilizing our armies. “War is war and vegetables are vegetables, and Napoleon said ~an army travels on its stomach, but in war time the main thing to think about is war. We have before us to- day the speotacle of a nation about to engage in a war with the most powerful military machine in the The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with Britain’s Union Jack 311 Yea HE Union Jack, the banner un- T der which millions of men from all over the British Empire ere fighting, had its origin 311 years ago when the flag of England—the banner of St. George, white with a red cross— was incorporated with the banner of Scotland—blue with white diagonal cross, This combination was given the name of Union Jack, in allusion to the union between England and Scotland, The word Jack is consid- ered a corruption of Jacques or James. The original Union Jack was changed in 1801, following the union with Ireland, when the banner of St. Patrick—white, with a diagonal red cross—was combined with it, Flags have been carried in warfare since the earliest times, Each com- pany of the ancient armies of the Peyptians had its own standard, and the task of bearing it in battle was esteemed a high honor, ‘The Persians hore an eagle fixed to the head of a lance, and the early Greeks a piece of armor on a spear, The dragon ,Was the military symbol of many ancient peoples, including the Chi- nese, Parthians and Dacians. Flags as wo know them did not come into use until the middle ages, At the period of the Norman conquest ot England the victorious soldiers bore small, pointed flags, The original standards of the French monarchs bore the design of the blue hood of St. Martin, and this gave way to the oriflamme,' the banner of the abbe of St, Denis. In the fifteenth century France adopted the white standard powdered with fleurs-de-lis, The tricolor was introduced during the French revolution, and always has been the banner of republican France. The Russian imperial standard has now given way to the red banner of revolution, but it 1s likely that a new national banner, somewhat similar to that of the old empire, will be adopted. In former times, when warfare was more of a hand-to-hand struggle than it now is, the capture of an enemy flag was con: nentous achievement. Correspondingly, to lose a flag was to be covered with dis- grace, and soldiers fought to the death’ in defense of thelr banners. Comparatively few flags have been captured ip this war, Copyright, 1917, by The Pree Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) world, and the preponderance of tall is about menus. Pay attention and you will discover that the loudest shouters and the most clamorous warners of an impending shortage in the food supply were the most clam- crous warners against going into war , with Germany. “Where is the horny-handed’ tiller of the soll in this emergency? Have our farmers become so affluent that they won't do anything next summer but ride around in their automobiles? Are we going to sit back and vege tate, as it were, Gen. Grant's invoca- + tion, ‘Let us have peace’ into ‘Let us have peas?’ “If we intend to put ourselves at tho mercy of amateur gardeners anJ farmers during the war, it would by well for the prudent to lay in stocks of canned goods and bury them, Nine-tenths of the seed the volunteer 4 agriculturists of the country put inte the ground this spring will stay right there in the ground, And many & volunteer farmhand will wish he had chosen the trenches for his before the summer ts over,” 66 QTILL,” said the head poltshen “foresight 1s @ good thing.” “Our Administration ts giv- ing evidence of realization of that fact," agreed the laundry man, “but, Outside of putting President Willard of the B. & O, om the National De- fense Board there hasn't been any “pparent effort made to prepare the tremendous transportation mene lem that is going to confront the country when we have to move our armies, “Railroad men are all right in trana- ation problems, ‘but they are d by the railroads, The War Department ought to call into con~ sultation the leading elrcus men of the country and talk over the propos © sition of moving and feeding great bodies of men under stress of ‘time and unforeseen difficulties, ; “In the matter of transportation 4 © and feeding a great circus 1s the moat wonderful machine in the world, ‘The German military authorities gathered valuable lessons in that Hue from the Buffalo Bill Show when that ors ganization toured Germany a num ver of years ago. I was at the T border last summer and saw: almost omplete demoradization in the vitaliy important matter of transporting men and supplies, A cireus master of transportation could have straight- ened out the tangle and had « sy working In a week, It might to the advantage of Secretary of War Baker to have a talk with Alt T. ang” John Ringling and other circus mea who take circuses from the Atlantie to the Pacific and back eyery, year and never lose a spangle,” “ z,"" said the head polisher, that a great many young mean are getting married to avoid going to war." “Many of them with dlacover,” £4 prophesied the laundry man, “thas 4 there isn’t much difference beweeg @ private war and a public War exe copt that a private war lasts longer,*