The evening world. Newspaper, August 3, 1917, Page 10

ro, 5 BeTASLaAir FT lOerPH PULs TRAN Primes bet) Recep! Pores the Prose Tubing Compenr hes of » hee New Tee LE * fnew © fy Aly . a“ rere ae a on 1. eerste “at the Por . Fert af Recent Wee Matter herr tt 66 Ff . . ue otter! oat tor i . . A * . |e ent Conese teetal (ater 0608 One Toor ee | Oe A a ——— VOLUME os sesees NO, 2006 A CHANGE. UTHING would seom better to measure the importance of the Allied drive in Viandere then the burried council of the German war chicls called at Brussels, The formidable ie which the British and French movements to the northward have begun, taken with the numbers of Germen troops the Crown Prince has been sacrificing to no purpose along Lue Chemin des Dames, may ell have penetrated to some degree the arrogant confidence of the Imperia) General Steff. We mey expect to hear any moment that another masterly Hindenburg retirement, long since planned, is being executed under the eyes of the advancing enemy. Another sign: Expert military opinion in Germany now dares to edmit that the power of the United States is not the negligible factor Prussian circles have sought to make it appear. On the con- trary, declares the military critic of the Muenchener Neueste Nach- richten, America represents the biggest accession of force the ene- mies of Germany can boast: Beoonomicaliy, politically and financially an Anglo-fazon circle has now been formed and threatens to rule the world Unless we oppose & Central European and Asiatic combination ageinst it. The military tmportance of America is equally Great. She requires only time to become effective. This is a new tone toward the fighting strength, immediate and| potential, of the United States—a tone quite at variance with the contemptuous attitude of the new Imperial Chancellor in his refer- ences to this country. If we may judge by the increasing sensitive- ness of Prussian authority to what may be taking place in the minds of the German people, we shal! presently hear the Kaiser and his war lords changing their tune and exhorting the Fatherland to let itself bleed on rather than endure the conquering march of the terrible Yankees. ————_++-+—___—— PUBLICITY AND SCRUTINY. Y COMPILING and printing a list of marriage licenses issued B to men of conacriptidh age by the City Clerk since the be- ginning of the present week, The Evening World specifically directs attention to a form of draft evasion which cannot be too soon investigated and defeated of its purpose. The significance of the fact that, of all marriago licenses granted ‘by the bureau in the Municipal Building on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 95 per cent. were issued to men of draft age, is not to be overlooked. There can be no wish to do any one injustice. But at this crisis of national need there must be careful scrutiny of every mar- riage which in any way suggests conspiracy to deprive the Nation of @ man’s services. The means for making such acrutiny effective must include, as a first step, full publicity for all current marriages eentracted by men subject to selective draft. All doubts as to the attitude of the Federal Government are re- moved by the Provost Marshal General’s announcement that the Government will automatically appeal from every claim for exemp- tion on the grounds of dependency. Gen. Crowder’s telegram to the Governors of all the States is explicit: Local boards may well hold that a marriage hastily per- formed recently and especially one contracted by a person after be had been called to present himself for examination to de termine his fitness for military service, does not create a status of dependency in which it is advisable to grant a dis- charge. Now is the time to make this matter clear with a plain directness that shall leave no doubt in the mind of any protective-marriage- seeking slacker or any woman ready to assume the role of dependent wife to save him from having to do his duty by his country, Not only can such a man be made to serve in the end, but under the Selective Service Law, man AND woman can be sent to prison for conspiring to render it ineffective. —— PERFECT THE WATER TREATMENT. HE EVENING WORLD’S SUGGESTION that for the relief of T heat-stricken New York hydrants be everywhere opened and great streams of cooling water from the city mains turned on the blistering pavements, met with prompt response from the Mayor, also with immediate and hearty co-operation from Commissioner Fatherston of the Street Cleaning Department and Commissioner Williams of the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, Orders were issued yesterday that while the hot spell lasted a million gallons of water over and above the usual amount used for street cleaning be poured twice each day through the streets of crowded districts where children can splash in it and their elders feel its reviving effects. Commissioner Fetherston is right: The mere sight of running ater is cooling and soothing to the mind such days as New Yorkers have had to endure this week. The thing to do now is to figure out the utmost quantities of water the city can afford to use to give the pavements frequent shower baths and maintain cool rivulets running alongside sunbaked sidewalks, ‘ The summer is not over. Prepare to give New York the most generous possible application of the water treatment every time it uffers as it has the last few days and nights, Hits From Sharp Wits ‘The way some audiences chant More Americans were killed “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee,” the United States declared wer than Ie, musically speaking, murder ace. Columbia. In the ft a . (8. C.) State, . ‘The man who keeps still often a more than the woman who Binghamton Press, Te omy great deal on whether it is to be ap- plied to men and women or house poultry.—Chicago News, . . toes ovmeibing cant be bout When youpie ia the par | sniepiieds eS N03 $0 COVGs ile pulul, one is a challenge to all men who do|tience of Job they begin by remind- |" "since installing this system. our| \gs.-Albany Journal. ing you that Job was a married jes have shown a big lnacrease and wee Se man,—Bloghamton Presi our men are earning much more ‘We don't belle’ any girl ever ( money. Altogether this experiment! pow utfed her way into matri-| The sister Butts are sowing shirts 'in efficiency bas proved to be an un- ledo Blade, for soldiers —Boston Transoript, qualified success.” | { Our respect for old age depends a boarding | ae ee Efficiency By H.J. Barrett The Point System in Selling. se ERY few salesmen work up to the Mmit of their capa- cities,” remarked an up-to- date sales manager, “And it is not to be wondered at. One reason is that, unlike the office man, no partic- ular task is set for the salesman and no one is present to seo that he does not relax bis efforts, Furthe: more, #0 much of his work shows no tangible results that he lacks the stimulus of seeing something accom- plished for every ounce of effort ex- pended. Thus, even though a sales- man be working on straight commis- sion, he fails to work a» hard as he might. “To overcome this natural inertia, we have adopted what is called the point system. The point system re- ults in @ salosman's feeling that for every bit of work he does he receives cash » well as credit. The psycho- logical effect of this immodiate and startling. The salesmen them- selves are surprised to see how much more they are really capable of doing. “The point system is simple in theory but somewhat intricate in practice. We select a certain easy- selling line and credit each salesmap with one point for each dollar's; worth of sales of that article, Other lines, which sell with more difficulty, are credited with several points per dollar sale. This overcomes the tendency of a man's thinking only of gross sales and doing # big business which shows but a smal) net profit. “In addition to awarding points for actual sales, we give them for each ca‘l, each report rendered, &, Thig ns that the salesmen feel that every bit of work they do counts for something, It ts a splendid antidote for that 4 P. M. tired foeling. “We pay @ salary and bonus, To| earn $25 per week, for example, we ex- | pect # man to make 6,000 points, If| \he secures another 00 or 1,000 points! he receives just #0 much more money | as a bonus, figured at the sume rate as his salary. Of course, wo have to depend in great measure upon the men's honesty in rendering their re- ports. There 1s no question pales, of course, but when it comes to number of calls made some men might sucoumb to the temptation of pad. | ding. AN occasional inspection or check-up conducted every month or two on some date not known to the | Copyright, 1917, by the Pros Publishing Oo, (The New York Evening World.) 6677. ENTLEMEN,” said Mr. “but Kerensky, I see it by the news- papers, is got a lot of women going to fight in the war in Russia, but | chael Angelo Dinkston, In) gont think that ts a good thing. the midst of our festivities When them women come back from let us pour @ Mbation to our heroes} tne war T guess anybody they mairy upon the battlefields abroad! To those that survive grim-visaged war, to-those that, unhurt, comb the shrap- will be afraid to say word to them.” “Ain't any man afraid to say a word to a lady anyhow?" asked Gus. nel from their unscathed locks, all “Maybe, after the women have come honor! To those who fall upon the! back trom the war they will have field of glory, @ libation to thelr} enough of fighting. Maybe they will manes!" say ke Cheneral Sherman said, ‘Let “Is he talking about horses?” whis-l uy have peaceatleness|'” pered Gus. “That feller, Dinkston, has so much educational language that sometimes I think he's Just kid- ding us.” “If it is we should drink to chen- erels in the war, we should drink to Kerensky,” remarked Mr. Slavinsky: | “There's a fine femly, them Keren- | skys, I got a cousin, Isadore Keren sky, who is a ladies’ cloak and euit | designer mit the firm of Zinshelmer & Wogglebaum: the plate glass in| the showcases in their sample room | alone cost a thousand dollars, but I being a relation, of course | don't get a contract for a chob like that from | them, Relations ts all right to brag about, but in business you don't get} nothing out of them, “Then why are you calling for three cheers for Kerensky?" asked ‘Ho may be a relative of happier tines Calais was the Continental terminus of the main travelled road between England and France, To-day it is the British military base in France. This serves to recall that for more than two oen- turies Calais was held by the Hog- lish, thelr occupation of the town ber ginning just 67Q years ugo to-day, | Aug. $, 1847, and continuing until 658. ‘ Calais fell into the hands of the Enghsh during the Hundred Years‘ War, when Eugiand and France were engaged in & struggle which contin- ued for more than @ century, Ed- ward IIL, as grandson of Philip the Fair, ciaimed the French crown and sought to gain it by force of arms. The Flonings recognized Kdward as their King and in the long struggle which followed were of great assist- ance to the English, It was not until 1558 French army, led by tho that the Duke of “No,” Mr, Jarr corrected him, “it Grant who said ‘Let us have peace,’ Sherman said ‘War is hell, “And the Czar falls off a bicycle and breaks his leg,” said Gus, nd Siam goes into the war, and every Siamer what lives around here will be coming in and kicking because | a flag Like that to make my place look like B, T. Babbitt's cirous. “Well, now that Cheneral Keren- sky, who is @ relation of mine, 1s fighting so fi:> mit the women sol- diers in Ri you've got to put out the Russian flag,” insisted Mr, Slav- insky. “Should I do that?” asked Gus, ap- pealing to the reat. All present were unanimously of the opinion that Gus should put out the Russian tag, in honor of Slavin- relative, the gallant young sky, if for nothing else. et the flag, then, I suppose I got to pay for It?” sald Gus. "So long 1 don't have to put out an ele- BT I can “Well,” remarked Mr. Jarr, the revolution in Russia, the Impe- rial standard, the white and black flag, 1s tabooed.” T don’t care if it 1s tattooed,” said " A “I seen lots of tattooed flags on fen (Pat ous. 6: Bae flag, What 18) sailors. But I won't be tattooed mit je Siam flag like no Russian flag, trade “It's @ yellow fing with a white|don't mean, @o much to me that I elephant on it)” said Mr, Jarr, “But|* Quit stand for that I don't think there have been many|Russinn’” Imperial standard le ‘no Slameso in the country since the days of Chang and Eng, the famous duplex Siamese twins.” “1 know them,” said Gus, “one of them was in here the other day,” “No, they are both dead, In Ife ti oy were united and in death they were not divided, They were too at- tached to each other,” explained Mr, Diakston. “One of them was in here, maybe he was insured and didn’t die,” satd Gus stoutly. “He was in here selling flags. I remember that flag with the elephant on it. He wanted me to buy it, but I told him I didn’t want longer flown, The flag of Free Rus- sla is @ plain red flag—the Revolu- tionary color.” et it then, I should worry,” said a Mr. So out to a nearby store and bought two Jarr and Slavinsky went yards of red flannel and, nailing it to @ lath, soon had the banner of Free Kussia on the outer wall, “It makes the place look like an auction,” said Gus, dolefully, “and 1 guess that's what it's coming to, Now Ket that Blamese flag mit the ele- phant on It and hang it out, and then Friday, August 8. 10197 Bachelor Girl Reflections By Helen Kowland 6 mee) OPIN, & WOMEe Ie ae WHiat bon . oh ote | onything bet real feud. weer « bee eopthing Out ue Wath, «07 enpthing bur © one 6 soyibing wut te peeved y « men Oe + thoke of humaett ** hing “volunteer cven erenme (at | be har been repirtercd numbered and dratied ever RGD ‘ Gay whee the gir! fret cow & Rever bother be your bw uae evographer The king mon who can be utes (rete ‘ With bis stenographer would be eure te Ond somebody wee else to “lure” bim | be dide't bave o overapher, The kind of woman who maker « « perfectly yoy one whew siwaye ready Ww emile on bit when be comes and over cory enough when be departs Sometimes it seems as tho a man . spartment simply becuse that's the only apartme around in & bath robe and complain about things pends bir Su tnys io bie own rhich be can tell | Wheo « woman tells you that something ao dead seer abe merely * that ebe reserves the right to be toe firet one to tell about. Ob. ye en Batan would tell you that be “might beve been a better man” if be bad married “a different sort of woman Tt fe the feat of a woman's life to discover ben & wan ts trying to fool ber and when he is merely fooling himself. ‘Smooth Out the Waist Line. and Be an Apollo for Life NO AGE LIMIT FOR ATHLETIC MAN By Marguerite Mooers Marshall t, 1917, by the Pram Publiding Co, (The New York Evening World HERE {s an age limit for Apollos, There is a dead line for the mas- cullne waist line. At thirty-five the average man begins to suffer from equatorial expansion—in crude, cruel monosyllables, to take on fat. Everybody with eyes for seeing, especially at bath- ing beach is not unaware of this fact, although it has just been solemnly recapitulated in a despatch from London and although Dr. Eugene Lyman Fisk of the Life Extension Institute gave instant confirmation when I appealed to him. But what everybody doesn't under- stand is that there !s almost no man who need be a heavyweight if he prefers to be a sylph. Dr. Fisk will tell him so, and Dr. Fisk bas made a FER. physical examination of thousands of Americans of all ages. He also is co-author, with Prof. Irving Fisher of Yalo, of an exceed- ingly stimulating and valuable volume called “How to Live,’ As it ha pens, one of the essential precautions for living, after one has reached middle life, 1s the preservation of the fox-trot figure. “Fat is the familiar demon of cit normal, ‘ Even twenty-five to forty- the American, particularly the |ave pounds of surplus fiesh, between city-dwelling American of thirty- |forty and forty-four, raises the five or o Dr. Fish assured | chance of dying 40 per cent. me. “Fat is the ever-present, In- “It seems reasonable to deduce from these figuri Dr. Fisk pointed out, ‘that the usual gain in weight with advancing years is not an advantage, but a handicap, “We should endeavor to keep our weight at approximately the average weight for the age of thirty, the period of full maturity, as experience shows that those ao proportioned exhibit the most vorable mortality.” RE, then, is what you should weigh, if you are a man of thirty ecording to your heigh ¥ sidious enemy of his comfort, his looks, his efficiency, even his life.” MéETOW much fat will you give? the Life Extension Institute asked its subscribers in ts last monthly health letter, A man who ls forty pounds overweight is carrying on his body the equivalent in fuel value of 135 one-pound loaves of bread. We hear a good deal about food hoardera—but how about the fat hoarders “There is no reason why the man or woman of eixty should not have the general outlines of youth. The unwieldy shapelessness of the aver- age elderly person is unnecessary. “The lowest mortality is found among those who average, as & group, a few pounds over the aver- : 20 1s the table of weights and measures for women of thirty or age weight before the age of thirty- | over: five, and @ few pounds under the av- | sist, Pounds, [siebt, Pounds, fteiaht. Pound erage weight after the age of thirty- |i" i 4. i ‘ rt. In, five, That is, after the age of thir-|/ § 114 8 it § 3 ty-five, overweight is associated with |# 12 118 H 8 0 an increasingly high death rate, and|], ‘1 iy 8 | a es at middie life it becomes a real men-|3 1 122 6 7 We — — 4D ace to health, elther by reason of its] Well—how about it? What say mere presence as a physical handicap | your conscience and your scales? or because of the faulty living habits] Of course the answer, and the that are often responsible for its de- velopment.” “AND yet almost every man in arly maturity loses the tennis figure,” I observed, “Lt is not a nor- mal phenomenon?” “This movement of weight has been accepted as normal because, as you suy, it ts 80 universal," replied ‘Dr. Fisk, “But tt js not normal, It is |the result of disease producing and life shorten: influences,” Then Dr. isk showed me certain tables, based on the experience ‘of forty-three American life insurance | companies and showing the death rate of men of middle age and over- weight, The mortality of men be- Apollonian figure, are provided py that well known firm, Diet & Exer cise, After the age of thirty-five,” warned Dr, Fisk when I asked him for constructive suggestions, fif- then to twenty pounds over the aver- age welght should prompt one to take careful measures for reducing weight, Habits should be formed that will keep the wetgnt down auto- matically, Instead of relying upon intermittent attempts that are more than Ikely to fall. No matter how well one feels, dne should take steps to keep out of the class that life in- surance companies have found te be undesirable risks tween forty and forty-four, who weigh | fifty to elhty pounds too much, 1s {16 per cent. above the standard. ‘The death rate for men between thirty- a around the/| five and thirty-nine, with a similar Se ea ae me, | handicap of overweight, Is 66 per cent. If the Kaiser knew what I had to above the standard, and between with he'd gend me to the Iron, forty-five and forty-nine the mortal- ‘ity percentage 1s 61 per cent. above GREAT many women bays found a way to do their bit by making and equipping 60l- diers’ “housewives” for the men al- ready ‘at the front in Europe and the hundreds of thousands who, now being called to the colors, will even- | tually join the first continge nt The | soldier appreciates these folding kits, | especially it"the gifl he lett behind", made it, The soldier's kit, herewith illus- trated, approved by a Colonel of the) National Guard because of its com-; Guise, drove the English o in| pactness, can be made easily of a} Mary who then ruled Ropisad one band of khaki cloth, according to/ deeply grieved at the loss of Calais,| these instructions reprinted from and when she died a few months| Popular Mechanica. The kit, includ- later her Jast words were: “When 1|ing the “housewife,” requires cloth, am avaa ¢ win be to Brarrraries » I H on my hed ae dese” one end for the housewife, whiob is| This did not end the troubles of| 12 by 5 inches wide. ' Calais, for forty years after its re- ‘To make the housewife, fold under | covery it was taken by the Spanlards,| the edges one-quarter Inch, and fold The Spanish re Was brief, how-| one end over 2% inches and the other ever, ending in 1698, 1% inches for pockets In the larger | reduced, Foods to avold, in case of Overweight, are sugar, fats, milk as a bever: salmon, lobster, crabe, | Sardines, herring, mackerel, pork and | Soose, fat meats, nuts, butter, creamy, olive oll, pastry and sweets Mealuand alccholy St WONP AE “Walking, swimming, . liards, hill climbing aro oil, ous ficial ¢ 8 for the middle- aged affected by overweight, and military training and setting-up centre poakel can ba. plesss) oourh, Rit ere aurror TeAt ona be hung up| lls also are admirable, Plaster, adhesive tape, photographs,| comb, box of talcum powder, cold ually modifying the diet letters’ &c. ‘Bind the edges one-quar- | cream, tooth paste, pencil, wash’ cloth, sity cncreasing the exer ter notte aad form other pockets, asl aang’ shaving brush tooth brush | cise, the resulta can be obtained etek shown, "Phe entire kit weighs 1%|and scissors, Three safety pins at| mathematical precision and without pounds and can be carried by the sdl-| the top of the bag enablo it to be| undue hardship, 1t ts not merely a dier in his army blanket. The house-/ bung up in the tent, Strong binding| matter of vanity for a man to try to |wite, It mecessary, can be removed| tapes aro sewed to the bag, and it| keep his youthful tigre” conahadea and taken to the firing line, can be folded handily in three seo-} Dr, Fisk.” It may well be a matter Handy articles to be fitted in. the| tions, 44CPRTAIN women, past thelr first youth, make’ determined efforts to avoid or eliminate overws They are influenced largely Reb thetic motives, but it would be an admirable thing If too corpulent men were equally particular, “It there Is a family tendency to overwelght one should begin early to form habits that will check this ten- If considerable ove weight is Present, caution is neces- sary in bringing about a reduction | Barring actual disease, this ean usually be done without drugs, if the peison will be persevering and fajth- ful to a certain regim “This is Just the season to begin to check overweight, The summer diet should be made up largely of foods that are not fat-producers, such as fruits and vegetables, and the quantity of food en should be of life and death,”