The evening world. Newspaper, August 23, 1917, Page 14

he “oe Pest Office at New Tork es Recon -Cinee Matter Pventng |For Mineien? ent the Content ant ” a wien in the Intermetions Vowtal Veter $400 One Tre ne One i” NO, MA E OVER THE TOP, GOVERNOR. COM the State's legislators have begun tor Food Bill as it now stands people of thie commonwes ve that the compromirr + too feeble a measure to satiefy the then pow # the moment for Geverner to jump out of the trenches with hus original programme of Arestic Food Contre! Lat him cal! to the Democrate who stood by him at the beginning and start « drive against the eluggarde and the advocates of half-way food legislation ‘The public is more and more awake to the fact that the Empire Btete connot afford to lag behind in making efficient provision to meet the demands of war Legislators at Albany are beginning to hear something louder and more compelling than the soft persuasions and suggestions of the food speculators The Governor will find the people of New York ready to line up solidly behind him in demanding Food Laws that simi] take hold of the situation with a grip somebody can fee! | + With the Coal Czars under control this part of the world can be made both safer and warmer for democracy. ' ITALY INTO THE BREACH. HE 60,000 Austrians already killed, wounded or captured by} T the Italians in Gen, Cadorna’s formidable and continuing | offensive on the Isonzo front bear witness # what looks like Allied planning broad and simple enough to be correctly grasped @ven by amateur war strategists 4,000 miles away. Three weeks ago the British War Office was frankly pointing @ut to Britons and their Allies that “we cannot depend on Russia! for any effective offensive assistance in big war plans for some time,” and that accordingly “this means a greater burden on the other Entente Allies.” What more natural than that Italy should be asked to jump into the breach and start something which should serve to prevent the massing of Teutonic troops for an invasion of weakened Russia and at the same time compel the Kaiser to think rather of withdrawing forces from France and Flanders than of adding to those already there? It had come to be taken for granted that Italy's grim though necessarily slow and obscured struggle with Austria among the moun- tain steeps of the Alps was all that could be reasonably expected of the southernmost European ally. But this view proves to have been wrong. The present Italian offensive has already proceeded far enough to be recognized as one of the most brilliant advances of the war—a movement carried out in admirable co-operation with the blows the French and British are delivering on the western front. Predictions that Russia’s lapse would cause the other Allies to POC, We i mu SIR. YOu Al rR ONLY Man wo MAL BREN WERE Since | Ant To This ImMeR ResoRY \ VERY FOND OF SWIMMING nn Fvening World Daily Magazine IT WouLD BE RAND. |AN GOIN TONIGHT TO JOIN MY. EGINENT LONCY CAME FORTHE DAY Americans U A Jnder Fire By Albert Payson Terhune er OUT te he Poem Pemaming Cn (The Mee Vert Peeing ® one NO. 2-THE SEA FIGHT AT FATAL. HIS ts the story of an Americans privateers life-eaé- * death battle With ine Mritie® warehips I ie worth y 4 the tein The War of 1812 was at ite sorry climax Almest every e bere by lend our forces were moeting defeat, The Urttieh had Just seteed end looted our capital city of Washington At sea only just then were we holding our ow And at sea come of our Mercest blows were struck by the tn warships known ivateers.” These pri od Hitthe of the Glory accorded to vessels of the regular fleet and thely tieke were tw Buch « privateer was the swift litte brigentias "General Armetrong,” captained by Samuel Obester Reid. She carried six bine pounder guns berides crew numbered ninety. While the Britiag were sacking Washington in August, 1814, the Arm strong refitted in New York Harbor, slipped past the English blockading squadron and set sail for the Azores. On Bept. 26 she ran into the harbor of Fayal for water, Fayal was a Portuguese island tn the Azores group. Her harbor was thus « neutral port ted by internation Here the Armstrong, legally, was safe from attack. So Capt, Reid probably felt no great alarm when, a few hours after hie own arrival, the British brig of war Carnation satled into the harbor and anchored within half a ‘cable length of the Armetrong. Directly afterward two more British wareraft—the a Mer forty-two pounder ‘Long Tom” pivot . eee Under Cover of hip-of-the-line Plantaganet “Neutrality.” ¢ame to anchor in the bay, Six other Englieh warships sn § ibomed tn the offing, Reid presently noted signa of active preparation aboard the three nearest English vessels, Later came word, through the American Consul at Fayal, thet Commodore Lioyd of the British squadron had resolved to violate the laws of neutrality and capture the Yankee privateer. The Portuguese oMciale protested vehemently against that outrage, but Lloyd would not Heten to them Reid sought to edge away from the Carnation as the moon came wp that evening and to move the Armstrong nearer the gune of a Portuguene shore battery. At once the Carnation sought to block the way of escape, and at the same time she sent four large launches full of armed men to overhaul the Armstrong. Now from other British vessels swooped down a flotilla of fourteen launches laden-with fighting men, From every side they dashed at the Armstrong. These launches carried 660 men and the heaviest artillery thelr welght could support, The Armstrong’s captain and crew could easily have escaped to shore, leaving their brigantine a prey to the enemy, But they were there to fight, not to run On came the fourteen launches, When they were less than a hundred feet from the Armstrong the privateers great swivel gun, “Long Tom,” spoke. The launches were scored and lashed by the American fusillade. But on they came. They swarmed about the Armstrong’s hull, vomiting shot into her, their crews fighting Ike mad for a foothold on her deck. Long and furiously the hand-to-hand fight waged. Reid, in a cutlass duel, stretched the leader of the boarding party dead at his feet. His men heaved cannonballs over the sides into the launches to sink them, At last, after a forty-minute confilct, the attack was beaten off, leaving the Armstrong’s deck and the surrounding waters strewn with dead, The sharks were busy. The English admitted a loss in killed and wounded of 250, but the real figures of the slaughter were believed to be far greater, The Armstrong lost but two killed afid seven wounded. At dawn the Carnation opened heavy fire on the Armstrong. Reid blazed back and sent his foe staggering away, shot-riddled and helpless. The whole British fleet was closing in on the Armstrong. Reid fought as long as he could, Then he scuttled his own ship, set fire to her and went ashore with his men. ‘The British sent a force to capture him, Reid took refuge in a ruined convent, barricaded the place, raised the American flag and prepared to fight to the death. The British did not press the attack, but returned to thetr ships and sailed away. eee Valor Overcomes Numbers. eee _Where Are do meet, and it is a wide, wide world. By Sophie Irene Loeb sit tight and wait were premature. Italy has risen nobly to meet the Copyright, 1017, by the Prem Publishing Co, need of fillimg Russia’s place. And Italian armies have begun by (she en sees | Manion: Weel.) i * i YOUNG man from City College showing with superb effect that they know what they have to do. yX Wweltseine Slicws: id . extort entinctifedicepemencecieaes | “Where are the serious- minded = girls? Why is it that I can find none of the fair sex with Senator Gerry offers a war tax amendment under which, i{ it becomes law, he will have to pay two-thirds of his own income to the Government. | One rich man for whom it ts: “‘Thernation first!” THE SEND-OFF FOR THE GUARD. | why te te that the girl of to-day would rather dis- cuss foolish ques- tions than some of the worldly topics? "It seoms to be impossible for a girl ‘> listen more than five minutes to serious talk. Speaking personally, I have no sisters and oftentimes I have a desire to be with one of the opposite sex to talk to her on some wortly topic and discuss affairs of general interest, but since my nature is not inclined to indulge in ‘kidding conversation’ I find myself alone very many times, Are there no serlous- minded girls?” OW that the dates have been definitely fixed for the great send-off dinner and parade first suggested by The Evening World as the most fitting opportunity for the city to show how it feels toward the New York National Guard before the boys march away to get into final shape for the front, nothing remains but to-make Wednesday and Thursday of next week days never to be forgotten either by those who go or those who are left at home. Plans for the send-off have been so thoroughly worked out that all energy can now be concentrated to assure the most rousing, inspir- ing demonstration the city has ever seen. The official side will have due emphasis. The Mayor of New York, the Governor, representatives of up-State communities sending Be ‘*, 4 Rew mane Lee quotas of troops, army officers and veterans will review the parade| Ye% my dear young man, there are on Thursday many serfous-minded Too se- . a rious. Evidently you have not met But “God speed the Guard” should come in greatest volume | them. straight from the hearts of the people of New York, yourself too seriously and expect too Cheer the soldiers. But remember also, that day, the soldiers’ | families—the mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers who watch tome familiar, dearly loved figure in the parsing lines. much from youth? “Every star in for| the sky has its mate,” Kindred souls Give them Besides, don't you think you take|! Yet there 1s a great danger in be- coming too serious too soon, There comes a t.me when the lighter con- versation gives place to topics of care and dyties and burdens, Often have I seew young men with very old faces because they have shut out the light- some things long before it is time. Sometimes early cares are neces- sary, and such young men early be- come old, But where it is uncalled for hold on to youth and its joyousness and even its frivolities, It is much better to have them now than when jater you assume the burden of a family and cannot, 1 know young women, many of them, who are weighted down with woe, the ay of the household, The de had to be developed fa: 00 and youth was crushed. They never had any, Don't deplore the fact that girls of your age (and | take it you are not out of your ‘teens) are not willing to spend ail their time talking about the big problems of the day. ‘They will come soon enough, in this work-a-day world, when young women are out in the fore- ground of life's activities, they should not be discouraged in thetr fun-mak- ing talk if it 1s wholesome. It may be the only gladeome period of their existence, Of course the girl who approaches womanhood and still clings to the silly, foolish little youthful banter is rrowful figure indeed. She is the tens to hip declaration of lov y and/then proceeds to profound thought, uot only the best places, but thoughts and words of spec! respect and cheer, It would be well if they could be provided with some token by which all might know them fs theirs. Let their fellow ci ial kindliness, | badge or Part of the honor of the day| zens help them to feel it, | . . * 7) : NJ as al Hits From Sharp Wits The war will always be in @ crit-) physician. Of cour ‘ val situation until the war critica| the other fellow deasty “My, — | 4 business, Frank?" in- quired @ prominent New | York advertising man, as provided|he sank into one of the two chairs jose their situations,—Boston Tran-| much for do} ro Arge (00) of a little barber shop located tn an perint. ere | ng It-CMcago News. | omce building not far from the south- When a man quits turning eround| ,.Now that the scientist has discov. | West cornersof Fifth Avenue and to look #.t a pretty girl he ts old to make paper out of | Thirty-ffth Street, | spinach won’ a y ” yh 40 give the undertaker a on't some one bend his oner- “To “ell the truth, it's pretty dull,’ fob—"Toisdo Blade. | Parente some use for| confessed the proprietor anxiously, estas anaes clethen) we\ bir hide aba had ‘ym afraid 1! have to let Charlie We would cae so. 1 haven't enough business to} The genial barber placed ttle Beret Lae Penasr. Piitadeiphin | than be Presiden Peter comtsttable 'Keop two chairs busye” And he pro- |atack of the Dookiets Spon the ite ete y . iP ‘i aternon Call ‘ceeded to ail the symptoms, which at the entrance of the bulld- » pa iiack rca tee ia ne ieated tf ; nig itis pusiness was/ing; gave A copy to each new cus- - married a iT ly il if not actually dy tom a di D When a girl dresses up of an eve-| yeur ho imagines every time his wife “We'll see What can be donee re-|the ofices of the building, o “mons she may not know that any one | picks Up @ towel that she is going to marked his customer, “You're one of| The effect w al, Within 48 coming to see her, but her intuition | te it uround ber head and do a the. best barbers in the city, your!two or three weeks two chairs were ie generally rigbt.—Philadelpbia In- | house-cloaning atunt.—Memphis Com- ghd is a model of cleanliness and | working at full capacity and another quirer. Anges) | mercial Appeal, ji nanitalion; you font Urge your cus-|chair had been added. In a word, a | jomers to have yeseven varieties languishing business w convert ste, Gos's hearty welcome tells ite ‘This ls an age of invention, but it of fancy stunts perpetrated upon| into a. thriving, Vigorous” menses own tail—Milwaukee News. j ien't every fellow who can invent an their unoffending plysiognomies—in | maker : excuse without infringing on an old short, you conduct the sort of shop| The physical cost of the ent . “Hard work is beneficigf,” says | patent—Philadelphia Record ¢ , which holds business when it gets it | ton of "You're Next" was no," ot Business Efficiene By H, J. Barrett How a $10 Bill Built a Barber’ jeach customer's personal preferences But your problem ts to get it, Per- haps I'll bave something to suggest.” A couple of weeks later the barber received @ box containing several hundred bookiets, entitled “You're Next.” They contained a friendly lit- tle talk regarding the virtues of the shop. ‘The copy explained how spe- clal effort was made to remember ‘onsorial adornment; how no one w@s urged to indulge in extras; how the greatest pains were exerted to in- sure abgolute cleaniiness, &c. She is the one who comes to say: “I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.” There are women who are childish all their lives, who continually pass the serious business of life to some- body else, and whose troubles a: thrown off like water from a duck's back. Such women usually wake up to find that the century has moved on apace; that it expects woman to hold her own In the world's work, No, my dear man, girls are not le: serious minded than they were in the olden days. If it could be measured it would most likely be found that they are even more “sensible” than their ancestors, since the opportunt- tes for their coming intouch with the events of the day are ever present. Still, if you insist on knowing girls of your own serious bent, seek and you shall find, There are hundreds of them in th ffices, in the tories, in th nte and in t! echo But take care that you do not let youth alip away by insisting on the worldly thin, fe A that nature plann: monitor, Copsright, 1917, by the Prem Wublishing Co, (The yw York Breniug World.) RS, JARR appeared td be more excited than pleased when Mr, Jarr came home the other evening. “If It isn't one thing, it's another!" she sald. “Of course, {t's nice to have young people in the house—be- cause that brings other young people to the house, and having young peo- ple around keeps one young, and I'm sure I need some enlivening associa- tions, for, 1f I do say it, you are get- ting to be a regular old dodo, and you are making me the same!" “But if I was a wanton cut-up you'd be objecting,” replied Mr. Jarr, “‘S'matter that I ain't any more popular for coming home early than I used to be for staying out late— and what's all these filghts of mys- tifying eloquence about young folks being around the house?” mouth!" “shut Bachelor Girl Reflections By Helen Rowland your Mr, Jerr Copyright, 1017, ty The Prew Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), 1B only man who regards the marriage bond a “liberty bond” ts tif slacker, T" Mr. Hoover's ideas will be popular with the women until the fatal day on which he may suggest that they help along the food conservation campaign by *econo mizing on rice powder. Nothing bores a woman so much as an attractive man's perfectly blind devotion—to another woman, After a girl is marrigd she soon discovers that a man's Forever!” means for quite a little while, and that his “Never again!” means “not until day after to morrow.” You can’t mak man with a lot of sisters believe that you were born with a marcel wave and a perpetual amile; but that very fact is the shook absorber that saves him from an awful jar of disiilusionment after mar- riage. Blushing Is a weakness in a debutante, an accomplishment in a widow and an asset in any women, Propinguity 1s the kindling and curiosity the match which lights the flame of love; but ittakes some infinitely more substantial kind of fuel to keep the altar fire burning, No, dearie, the tender nothings with which a man stoops to fasten your shoestrings before marriage ere no sample of the spicy little running ,con- versation with which he will fasten your frocks or put up portieres after marriage Love te a dizzying spin by starlight—alimony, the fine for speeding. Family : By Roy he McCardell started back, but no, his refined bride could not possibly have spoken #0 to him. She hadn't, either; but she sighed and indicated her bedroom, from whence the rude remark had come. “The Cackleberry girls are here,” she said. “They're always bere; they honor us with a lot of visiting,” remarked Mr. Jarr. “But shall I shut my mouth at their command? Youth will be served!" “Oh, that was irene Cackleberry,” explained Mra, Jarr. "She wasn't speaking to you, she's only speaking to her sister, As for visiting us, they live in Philadelphia, Who wants to visit Philadelphia? But everybody who lives in Philadelphia wants to visit away from there, The girls have come on to do some shoppin, but I think, really, it's because there are no war elackers they know in Philadelphia.” “Oh, I see; thoy think there ts a better chance of being a war bride in our fair city?” remarked Mr, Jarr. “Yes, and they have been telephon- ing to all the boys they know that they arg here, and now they are fight- ing wile they dress in my room, “You haven't got a headache at all!" the voice of the other Miss Cackleberry was heard to say. “You are only pretending to have a head- ache so you can lay off on the sofa in negiigee when the boys come and show your stockings—but they are not your stockings; those are my lace silk stockings!" “Well, you've got my earrin, cried the other. “Give them to me this instant!” . There was a scuffle and a scream, and it was evident that the fair and loving sisters had gone “over the top" at each other, so to speak, “Why don't you make them behave, the cats!" asked Mr. Jarr, “The neighbors will think it's us fighting” “I'd go right in there and slap them both if they weren't my guests!” Mrs. Jarr declared, “But that's always the way with sisters, fighting over who will wear the best things “I'm going right to the telephone and call up mother!" Miss Viola Cackleberry was heard to affiqm. “And I'll call up Aunt Irene in Cleve- land and ask her if I am not to wear her brooch. I'm named after her!” “Keep ‘em away from the tele- phone!" gasped Mr. Jarr, “Think of the long distance tolls! What do those damsels care what it coste— what do any damsels that have long-distantis-telephonitis care what its costs? They never pay!" “I dare you to call Aunt Irene heard to say. “You know shé a fuss when she missed it when visit- ing us, and we told her she must have lost it shopping!” ‘9 & good thing I have no vatu- able Jewelry,” murmured Mrs, Jarr, ‘Keep the tcebox locked, they may t after our real valuablés and take Pack some meat with them,” advised Mr. Jarr, “Young girls are terrible these days!" said Mrs. Jarr, “Cora Hick- mother told me she took a book ett’ away from Cora the other night that Was just dreadful. Mrs. Hickett waa all night reading it, and 4g positively {t was dreadful. Well, Jack Silver is going to call for them and take them out to dinner, It would serve him right if one of them did marry him, He ought to be married, anyway.” ' Then Mrs, Jarr went to her boudoir and rapped, “Are you nearly dressed, my dears?” she asked, “Mr, r is always punctual, you know.” “Well, let him walt till ready!" snapped M| berry. “I think I'l and stay home, I am Irene Cackle- @ a headache It he want to go out with Viola let him, Capt. Tyone- foyle is coming up, anyhow! “If I go you go!” cried Miss Viola Cackleberry, “You know how Jack Silver is—he always wants the girl who isn't along.” “She's right,” whispered Mrs, Jarr to her husband, ‘The girl who lolis on a sofa and pretends to be tll 1s always more interesting to a bache- lor. They like the helpless ort of girls!” repeated “Helpless sort of girls: Mr, Jarr, "Oh, camouflage! nniversary HE first man to advocate (he in- troduction of slaves from Afri- ca into the New World was Batholomew de Las Casas, a Spanish priest, who was born in Seville, Spain, on Aug. 23, 1474, ‘The father of negro slavery in America” first crossed the Atlantic when, at the age of nineteen, he accompanied his father with Columbus to the. West Indies, On returning to Spain, he de- termined to fit himself for the duties of @ missionary and to return to » “there to spend his da preaching the Gospel to the I and bumanity to their oppressors. inc It was his tender regard for the mis- treated natives that led him to sug- gest that African slaves be imported to labor in the fields and mines and thus relieve the Indians of a burden they were temperamentally unfitted to bear. His suggestion was fol- lowed, and the African slave traffic was inaugurated. A dozen times Las Casas crossed the ocean to plead the cause of the Indians at the foop of the Spanish throne. The town of Cumana, in Venezuela, still boasts of an old church in which “the father of in America” about the brooch!" Miss Viola was ° said 4