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ESTABLISHED (BY JOBEPR | puuirar. Van mt atin ini. reasurer, JosePH PULITZDR, Jr Secretary, 68 How. tered at the Post-Office at New York as Second-Class Matter. Guberription Rated to The Hvening | For England and the Continent and ‘orld for the United States Al Countries in the International and Canada, Union. Sm Month “VOLUME 57.......60065 +..dNO, 20,360 WHAT THE NATION OWES ITS FIGHTERS. Ff THE PEOPLE of the United States are true to their national character they will strike Germany a harder first blow than Eng- land did, is the belief of the British Secretary of State for War. “Americans are quicker at some things than the British,” so Lord Derby is quoted, “I believe America will get a quicker start than we did—if the people appreciate the size of the job.” For a reminder of what Great Britain had to do in the way of raising armies, Americans may turn to @ little book called “The British Empire at War,” wherein Urban H. Broughton, a Member of Parliament, puts it all in a few paragraphs: Before the war the total effective strength of the regular forces of the British Empire, including the Indian Army and Colonial and native Indian Corps, was 243,857. The Territorials ‘and reserves of all kinds numbered 711,476—a mere pigmy compared with Continental armies. Twelve days after the outbreak of the war the greater part of the expeditionary force of 140,000 men was in France, and the remainder shortly afterward. This expeditionary force had to bear the brunt of the onslaught of Germany’s un- diminished power, Lord Kitchener was appointed Secretary of State for War on Aug. 5, 1914, He first called for half @ million men. Prior to the war the annual recruitment was 30,000, It can be tm- agined what the difficulties of the authorities were when more than that number presented themselves daily. Men had to stand for days outside the recruiting offices before they could be examined and attested; and when enlisted, had to sleep for nights without proper accommodation. | A second half million were soon called for, followed by further increases, until in December, 1915, the sanctioning of another million raised the total authorized land forces to 4,000,000 men. i Even then the British public was only beginning to grasp the magnitude of its task. In 1916 came two military service acts, one fn January, another in May, the second making service in the army} “compulsory for all meh between the ages of eighteen and forty-one, except such as properly constituted tribunals exempted as being necessary for other national service.” In two years following the beginning of the war “the naval and| military effort of the British Empire exceeded five millions of men.” There remained in the United Kingdom between 3,000,000 and’ 4,000,000 men of military age not yet in the army but “employed upon work of national importance.” These are only bare, broad facts of England’s early experience with the war so far as creating armies is concerned. ‘hat experience in all its detailed, practical phases is for us to profit by ‘The biggest lesson of all—the wisdom of the selective draft—Congress has con- cluded to make the most of. But there are a thousand and one lesser lessons—lessons of method, organization, co-ordination—call- ing for immediate and diligent study. | Never did nation go to war with more experience and data at hand to instruct and guide it. Never did nation call forth its citizens to fight with stronger obligation to receive lodge, feed, transport and | use them with efficioncy, humanity and foresight. | Of course America should get a quicker start. But with all we, have had a chance to learn about war in the past three years it would be everlasting disgrace if we failed to strike, not only quick and hard, but with the best-fod, best-handled, best-equipped fighters intelligent, competent authority can turn out and watch over Tat’s forget no part of our duty to them. + “False as a bulletin’ became a proverb in Napoleon's time. He makes what excuse he could for it; that it was necessary to mislead the enemy, to keep up his own men's courage, and i 6o forth, On the whole, there are no excuses, A man in no case has liberty to tell Mes. It had been, in the long run, ‘etter for Napoleon, too, if he had not told any. In fact, if a man have any purpose reaching beyond the hour and day, meant to be found extant next day, what good can it ever be to i promulgate lies? The lies are found out; ruinous penalty is exacted for them. No man will believe the llar next time, even when he speaks the truth, when it is of the last im- portance that he be belleved.”—Carlyle. Letters From the People Food Palé For, Not Lecet ef War College. ‘To the Editor ef The Evening World: ‘Te the Eiitor of The Brening World: sv ATTS rast ene Ev TRS treme Fifty Failures “4 _Who Came Bac By Albert Payson Terhune Coperight, 1917, by the Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World). No. 30—MARK ANTONY, the ‘Failure’ Who Later Half the World. a8 | HIS is not the story of Mark Antony's later days, when grizzled warrior blindly threw away world-rulership “for love of @ worthloss woman. It is the recital of earlier whereby he lifted himself from sodden worthlessness to fie — mastery of half the civilized earth. E As @ young man Antony fought brilliantly in Rome's wars showed plenty of statesmanly promise, too. He was Julius Caesar's friend and his chosen lieutenant. When Caesar became all-po' Rome he made Antony his second in command and appointed him ernor of Italy. € A glorious career seemed opening before the young man. He had every chance for greatness. *And deliberately he proceeded to throw every chance away. : : Instead of seeking fame in the army or in politics he gave res | up to the wildest dissipation. He was more or less drunk most of time, He launched out into incredible extravagances, running hope lessly into debt. ; He mismanaged his high governmental office so abominably thatthe great orator Cicero publicly rebuked him and thundered fearful invectives — against him in the Senate, a Antony further scandalized the respectable element of the city 4 driving down the Appian Way in broad daylight—accompanted by the shamelesg woman in all Rome—in a gold-studded chariot drawn by ewe $ In brief, he had become a sot, a libertine, an idler, a man not fete govern or even to live. r f In vain his friends sought to check his mad course of dissipation, ‘SWe- men who had had the highest hopes for him sneered at him now wuanaiaaeeaset: ¢runken failure—as a wastrel who had led his own career. { inka da) j ‘The common people of Rome had hailed him ea ® Profligate. hero, Now they turned from him in disgust, Scorned by the populace, shunned by his best friends, denounced in the Senate, swamped by unpayable debte—his - pects of lifting himself from the quagmire of absolute failure pred siim to reckon on. Then, when Pompey raised a great army and threatened to erush Caesar's power, Antony was sent into the field against his patron’e foe, And at once he began to win back what he had los He was a military genius, and he had learned the art of war trom Julius Caesar himself—the ablest general of all Rome's history. He wen battle after battle in the campaign against Pompey and took part im thea final clash that made Caesar the undisputed dictator of Rome, Antony was adored by his soldiers. They would eagerly have followed him to the very gates of Hades. He was their boon companion, joking with them at thelr camp-fires, sharing their black bread, getting royally, drunk with them—yet never for a moment losing his authority over Back to Rome returned Antony, his reputation cleared by his @Fm: record. Then, when Caesar was assassinated, the men who murdered thi dictator formed a strong faction to seize the rulership. i wand { Antony alone prevented their success. He stirred Ruler. DARA the people of Rome to a whirlwind of resentment against the conspirators, Afterward, in company with Caesar's nephew, Octavius, he raised and led an army against them. In two fierce battles (both of which were won by Antony's genius while Octavius loafed in his tent) the conspirators were overwhelmed, Antony and Octavius—thanks to the former—now found themeelves contre in Rome. And Rome was at that time the mistress of the whele world, Antony thus divided the rulershtp of the civilized earth between Oo- tavius and himself. ‘The failure had become the most powerful living. mam. Halt of the world was under his sway. , How he once more threw away his chance and was forced to r suicide in 30 B, C. to avold disgraceful execution is another story and .tee well known to need repetition here, 1917, by The Prom Publishing Oo, 0 New York Evening World.) ISTEN!" eaid the head polish- candidates yet—that is, the Tammany But you can bet the Laberty Loan against four dollars that County Clerk Schneider and Stuart G, Gibboney and the uplift boys have made their selections all right. “As for the other side, the cam- paign ie still in the teurs so far as New York City Is ‘The business and bank- ng interests that want John Purroy Mitchel re-elected are as busy as ants on @ hot rock, but they don't see be- yond the city limits. to the fact that up in Albany one Charles 8. Whitman is busily etuff- ing @ large club which he purposes to bounce off the aspiring bean of John Purroy Mitchel at the first fa- vorable opportunity, “Mayor Mitchel has been very good to the Republican organization for a He has appointed nobody outfit hasn't. than five months to the next city election.” “Why, #o it 1s," agreed the laundry “In less than six months the unterrified and disorimineting voters of this city will find themselves con- fronted with the task of selecting an administration empowered to spend a couple of hundred million dollars a year, And nobody outside of office holders and would-be office holders is paying any more attention to that question than was paid to the reoent election dn Jersey City. “The office holders and would-be office holders and the able gentlemen | who hope to be able to control the ‘They aren't wise Kverybody ts fusing. On the Tam- many side the spectacle of Charles F, Murphy fusing with County Clerk Schneider! and Stuart G. Gibboney is certainly epochal. Why, Clerk Schneider and Stuart Gibboney and various other Democrats who used to refuse to walk through East Fourteenth Stréet lest Tammany ‘Hall amounted to anything, But he hap- pens to be a Democrat, and the Re- publican boss of the State—the same being the Governor—has decided that he won't do, and in the circumstances the prospect of the Boy Scout ad- ministration going before the people Your editorial “Why Buying Is Checked,” in The Evening World of May 10, was a fine one, It bit the nail on the head. I am the mother of eeven children, and with the price of food as it now is, it seems to me the oniy thing we ean afford to do Is eat, and that we Won't be able to do soon, Surely something can be done. Why should we poor people suffer the way we do, in order that a few men may zreb ‘everything? MRS, COFFEY. You Are a Ct \ ‘To the Eaitor of The Evening World: I came to this country at the age of fourteen and have always been advised that I was a citizen. My father took out bis final citizenship papers in November, 1904, and I was twenty-one years of age in February, 1905. I would appreciate it very much if you would enlighten me as to whether I am a citizen. B,J. W. No German Can Get Fir To the Editor of Kindly inform me if I can get my naturalization papers now. I came from Germany with my father in 1881, 1 was then five years of age. Father failed to get his final papers till 1901, I was then past twenty-five, Would above facts hinder me from becoming a citizen now? H. M, oy Hogan, No. 190 Sixth Avenue, To the Yalitor of The Evening World Kindly state the address where I may apply for service with the en- gincers of railway construction going to France FM. W, Is the War College at Washington or Annapolia? Or is there one at each city? BB. ‘The organization known as the War College is composed of army of- cers, and undertakes the higher in- struction of such officers, It has headquarters in Washington, The Naval Academy ts located at Anni polis and the Military Academy West Point. Both are for beginners. Gymnastam Work Should Soom Cor- Feet Defeo To the BAitor of The Brening World: IT am thirty-eleht years of age. Have been turned down three times for the army becau: I was three pounds underweight and 11-2 inches short in chest measure, Please tell me how I can gain the added weight and chest measure, I enjoy good health, but am naturally light itn weight. T. J. Mi Forty-etg! ‘To the Faitor of The Evening World; Kindly inform m* the number of States in the Unted States, Did the District of Columbia become a State of the Union? If so, when? H. EB B, ‘Thursday, ‘Ty the Exlitor of The Brening World: Kindly let me know on what day of the week Aug, 16, 1894, fell? M. BE. v p to 25 Cents, ‘To the Balitor of The Evening World Kindly tell me the value of a large le plece dated 1798. B. Friday. ‘To the BAitor of The Evening World I would like to know what day Noy. uw 20, 1891, fell on. iF. cast @ shadow on them have become | again on @ Fusion issue isn't any too so unregenerate that they are actual- ly assoctating with Tem MoAvoy and Of course the gentle- men who have apparently taken the preliminary matters connected with the forthcoming campaign right out of Charies F. Murphy's hands expect to figure very strongly on the Demo- cratio city ticket; Time alone will tell. dle signs of @ feeling in Democratic circles that they can win with any old kind of @ ticket. Tom Smith! ON'T you dread the prospect of starving to death next/ winter?’ asked the head “Not so long as the present aspect of the situation prevails,” replied the “This country going to eat any more this year than | 4 ate last year, In 1916 and up to the present In 1917 we sent abroad every pound of provisions we could load on ships and there ts plenty left, The but will they? There are visi- At any rate they haven't decisively picked any To-Day’ ; Anniver F you would enjoy good luck for a year to come place a horseshoe over your door to-day, for it 1s the memory of good St. Dunstan, the blacksm!th. According to an old English legend, the luck of the horseshoe began with St, Dunstan, who lived in the tenth century, One day he was working at| his forge when who should come in at the door but a tall dark chap with other than St, Got busy at once, for the devil even In those days was not a person to be But St, Dunstan, know- ing that the devil lovetl nothing bet- ter than to Infilct might as well do a iittle inflicting the opportunity pre- So he made the job last as possible and handled his “patient” none too gently. The devil was in no sweet mood and roared with pain and anger, ‘i Wouldn't finish the job d never agar ® a horseshoe he news of his pain, thought he himself while “The devil,” said the good saint, not by way of profanity, but merely stating a fact, for the visitor was his satanic majesty hung over the door. conscription bill exempts farmers, al- though, personally speaking, if I was farm. “The hysteria promoters have an object in working up a state of alarm over the alleged prospect of a short- age of food. Lf you pay close atten on you will hear every now or then or oftener a soft, luxurious ‘plunk.’ That represents the front feet of a professional food expert landing in the Federal trough at a satisfactory salary. “Every new bureau organized to tell the people what they ought to eat and how they ought to eat and how they ought to economize clears the way for the employment of hundreds of deserving patriots as comput: uonists, statisticians, clerks, stenug- raphers, telephone operators, and in other like capacities. While the pay-| roll beckons and Congress approp: Coveriatt. 1917: by The Pree Rublishing Oo, “I didn't notice; tn fact you look/She was wearing that ridiculous tivt “ ep fine, as you always do,” remarked Mr,/she bought two weeks aj rt 4 THOUGHT you were going to go and her a young farmer I'd rather fight than | 66 alee ED Cat fee thio’ to- | Teeth arms were full of bundles, Anywa ny?” said Mr. Jarr, when he| But when a woman wants sympathy |I don’t like people to call my name me home the other evening. a compliment is a poor substitute, ty store and attract attention, s@ x *1 didn't toll you Td call yea up for| “Was pale, very pale, and ail of a|{Urned around to sngie at her, for tes bili h tivities of | “Tell me what happened, You ; And then both of 01 e act e en a catia nha be: ” | . pe ates billions the activities of men and | your purchases or not,” Mr. Jarr ex-| weren't nearly run over by an auto- mene wae hate tee be . ‘ themselvee are necessarily bound. | Plained, ‘That ta, unless you buy at| mobile or anything like that, were| first ald courses. for the wah, aaa { less.” some place that announces a discount| you?Esked Mr, Jarr. nearly pulled us to pieces,” “that Congressman Claude newspapers and magazines are luxu- ries.” “Well,” said the laund man, | 8!des, I got such a shock this day I sure; I ald I might call you up if 1| tremble for an hour afterward,” sald /and took her hand off the railing went down town shopping and you|Mrs.Jarr. “And if I have a high color | so did I’. could join me at the store and help |"0W it Is because I am feverish from| y,,* me carry some bundles home,” the reaction, but {t might have been a “We are living in the city and not| ‘dreadful accident, So I don't see the suburbs; why carry bundles home?” asked Mr. Jarr. directions in order to avoid waste or | “Because all the newspaper articles | pending unnecessary money, when, on ‘Thrift’ and ‘How to Obviate Waste | after all, one hasn't saved anything,| bad as she is; she thought she During War Time’ advise everybody | and In fact might have lost one’s life.” | ‘26 only one to be sympathized with to @hop personally and not by tele-| “But, my dear, you haven't told me| p, 7 nat Bappencd, my dear, tell eet” phone, and to carry thelr purchases|what happened to you," interjected home, as the cost of delivery ded | Mr. Jarr, “I didn’t notice you were| With a jerk. Something ha to ten per cent, to the cost of goods,” re- | upset.” on maeninery end Gowe I ry just ked Mrs, Jarr, “That's just tt, I was very upset!” ' roksaltere Oe ae “The cost of delivery is added just| whimpered Mrs, Jarr, the same whether you carry hon on all cash purchases carried home| “No, it wasn't an automobile at all,| 5, But, fou, Weren't hurt?” ewked Mx, 66] SEB,” said the head polisher, | by the buyer.” automobile at all, “Then why do the papers print such Kitchin of North Carolina says! articles?” asked Mrs, Jarr, “My arm tired carrying bundles home; be- knew her voice, nd she waved at a what happened th Mrs, Rangle hurt?" Interrupt Jarr, Who began to fear the crux the incident was being delayed in the what good It does to try to follow| telling. 4 ‘Mrs, Rangle? Are you only nm about Mrs. Rangle?” Mrs, Jarr indignantly, “You are persisted Mr. Jarr, “Why, just then the tht Island the children slide down, and struck Mrs. Rangle and lanaed rig) but something worse,” said Mr .| trnat dot cove aout Mrs, Ran- “It was in a store, I wai gle?" Mrs, Jarr retorted. “But I might on one of those moving staircases, Not | have known some dreadful accident the steppy kind, you know, and I was nearly at the top when I heard some “maybe they are down where he| forgot all about calling you up on the} one call me, and I looked around, and comes from.” ‘phone.” it was Mrs, Rangle near the bottom, Light, Heat and Power Only Beginning of Its Usefulness, as Accompanying Chart Shows. EW of us reallze how many com- mercial possibilities are hidden in @ lump of coal. We are ac- customed to think of coal in terms of light, heat and power. We have heard of coal tar and coal tar products, but there the average person's information nears its end. Could @ magician wave his wand over the coal pile in your cellar and cause all the ultimate by-products of that coal pile to spring out in a pro- cession of individual commodities, your amazement would know no bounds., Pho accompanying chart, reprinted from Popular Sclence Monthly, will give you some idea of the extent to which modern science has utilized coal products, Dyes, explosives, drugs, chemicals, perfumes, lubricants, gases, fuel, olls, acids—groups o* products | which are further separated into other derivatives, unul the total number of uses to which coal and its products are put can scarcely be esuwnated, No branch of industrial chemistry yields more widely applicable and Varying products than the distillation exploit quickly spread over Ki He 4nd in a short Ume every ha above the door as a that something had gone wrong with Satan's hoof and he was lame, naturally selected the best blacksmith , there was to be had, who was none )man died May 19, of coal, The cellar window is oniy one of oe too a many avenues by which coa! enters corner of your house is @ ropository | dollars, is the equivalent of liundreds your home, Clothes closei, kitehen, for coal tn some form medicine cabinet, every room and in A ton of coal | of potential dollars only partiy repre- few n { upstairs, | Don't be pleading “I can't go," would happen to me when I was wearing those old silk stockings full of ‘runs.’ Nothing ever happens to Clara Mudridge-Smith or Mrs. Stry« ver or Mrs. Kittingly, and their lin« gerie costs a fortune and is fust beau~ tifull And their silk stockings"— But here she commenced to , end Mr, Jarr realized that the burden of war economy falls hardest on the middie classes. wo. A "Buy-A-Bond F there's money down your sock Or behind the parlor clock You can use It for a cause, Dig !t up and do not pause, For your country you'll respond? If so, then go buy a bond, Have you money tn the bank Hoard'ng it just like a crank? Satistied with 4 per cent, Watching eager how it's lent? Of Old Glory are you fond? If so, then go buy a bond, Saving up for Christmas time Sinking every little ¢ * Looking out for selfish Like a greedy little bo: Are you watching o'er the pond? If #0, then go buy » bond, Must you stay at home and read, While our fighting soldiers bleed? Do you feel you'd like to help And do it without a yeip? Then come out, and don't abscond Any bank will sell a bond, If you've spirit, let it show. | Pass the good word right along, | We are one united throng. ch one eager to respond, Yo the calling of THE BOND, RK. B, GIFFORD,