The evening world. Newspaper, October 13, 1917, Page 8

FLIES PE Matter The und the Continent ant Testes faternauens 6400 Onn Your ' One Month + ” 1 ’ —— oF Tat amoclerTen ramm 7 * etm A (o_o Fg yy By Ry eg Fog Te ah A i At __. __ a NO, 20,607 CONSERVE VALUES. SIT NOT about time the United States Government paid some I attention to the conduct of the New York Stock Exchange? Federal authority has succeeded in stopping the ruinous practices of the Chicago Board of Trade and speculation in food- stuffe generally. Why not concern itself with speculation in ? One great secret of Germany's strength to has been the German Government's control of values, thanks to which it has not been possible in Germany at least to destroy fortunes and drive capital intc panic. the enormous drain on German financial resources, Germany has s0 far suffered no economic convulsion. ‘This is because in Germany none is permitted, not because one is not due. Here in the United States the reverse condition prevails: No panic is due. There is no excuse for depression of values. On the contrary, seldom has earning power been greater or surer. Seldom have securities showed so high a rate of return in proportion to their cost. Yet because a thousand men are licensed to play football with these same securities the credit of the country is impaired, the fortunes of individuals are placed in jeopardy and the success of the Liberty Loan itself imperilled. We need conservation of values as much as we need conser- vation of food. If the Stock Exchange cannot restrain itself, then it should be restrained. - ‘cccaaiaicaiiniselpaiananennscateire Don't regyet tomorrow, Register before 10.20 to-night. ———— LET THEM THINK TWICE. » NLESS Federal mediators succeed in averting the strikes threatened by marine workers and affiliated labor unions, the Port of New York is likely to find itsolf, on Nov. 1, suddenly paralyzed for purposes of trade or war. At the present crisis such @ situation is unthinkable. It is esti- mated that fully 50 per cent. of the harbor work now being done has to du with “shifting vessels for the Government or tho carrying of Government freight or freight destined for some of the allied Gov- ernments abroad.” Not for a day can the nation afford to have any part of its wi activities at this port interrupted. | In the recent case of a threatened longshoremen’s strike Federal | egente made effective use of the reminder that unless troubles were | adjasted and work continued the dock workers might presently sec! the docks seized by the Government and themselves compelled to work cn the Government's own terms, By this time labor throughout the country should be able to see that bigger issues are at stake than the local recognition of unions. A large part-of the task to which the nation is committed has got to be done right here in the fields and factories, on the railroads and in the ports and harbors of the United States, If organized labor balks at the job then drafted labor will have to do it—and the drafting will be quick and thorough. Vhe man who refuses to do his share in work or war is a traitor te his country. SSS ee Pay day. How much thts week toward a Liverty Bond? Back The Evening World's Bond-at-the-Savings-Bank plan, — - —_—_— AS THE BALANCE HANGS. S$ A BRIEF, sane estimate of how the conflict tends, there has been nothing better of late than a sentence from the speech Mr. Asquith, former British Premier, inade at a Liver- poo! war inceting this week: Take the Allie: a whole, including America, whose con- tribution to the common stock becomes every month a factor in the growing certitude—survey the relative powers of endur- ance of the two wid measure them by any standard, aval, military or economic, and after you have made allowance for every dublous or hazardous contingency, even for the tempos rary paralysis of Russia as an aggressive force, can there be doubt that the material, no less than the moral, preponderance rests manifestly and increasingly with our cause? There can not. And what is more, the truth is L itself upon war-weery Ge | to have Leen safely nning to urge militariam | 1ans—even some | ‘d with i . Who sent J. Piuvlus that invitation to New celebration? Yors's water Letters From the People How to Cut Price of Milk. consumer; at least not | Wo the Editor of Tue Brenica World the big bakers; and that is why a! The open letter uddresned to mYk| larger lout can be bought from the Gealers by the Housewives’ ProtectiVelonain stores and from aro : ee Association 1s direct and to the point.| buy trom the big bakers. There is cll I might add to it these questions: mystery hed to the high cost of| 1. How much are the big dealers! milk, or, fo e that matter, the cost of \equally in jit all, | and do not realize the t Frening World Daily Magazine In the Meantime! =< By J. H. Cassel By Sophie Irene Loeb Ooprright, 1917, by the Prem Publishing Oo. (The New York Evening World), ND now He Anna and O. Margaret have a real father and mother in Mr. and Mrs. Finley J. Shepard, to may nothing of 4 ttle brother, Finley jr. And all the gold of the Goulds can- not reflect the glow of gladness that shines in that household to-day, © In the words of mane ee® one of the parents: “We are very happy over our {am- fly. They are sweet children and have come into our lives to stay, | never realized before how much dlif- ference children make tn the home. It's hard to think of the tlme when they weren't with us. “Now at last they do belong to us, all three of them. They are to bear the family name and they will share the family estat Mrs. Shopard and I are very happy about I wish {t were ponsible for every childless couple to spend a week tn this home and learn with this famly ‘now much difference children make in the home.” Many, many of the , well able to take child, or perhaps more than one. But usual- ly they are reluctant to adopt them because they think only of the arden, Yet even more fortunate than the children are this foster father and mother. Even Dog: OMBARDMENTS affect different B animals in peculiar ways, Dogs, as a rule, show great distress whon shells burst near them and howl piteously, On the other hand, ¢ have been known to d front of a trench during infantry fire, barking and apparently enjoying the noise, Cats do not care whether they spending for imposing edifices of|/many other commodities. it ts not White marble? How much are they|the rising cost of production, but the epending for nutomobiles in which|T#ing cust of keeping the producers their petty otticials ride around? | And Cealers in high-powered cars and | How much are they losing daily in| pot pay prince ane companies can | broken, lo#t and sto’ bottles? lecutives without raisin, at Sal Hew much \s tu sa de. Uveries, nade a ond deliveries? t and pec out de-| vhy | | Uveries to era or end] a » stores This ls now Iversaily with our maticr wnat t « hat a9 price of coul is o; Very few bu Ge- how ecarce ey sad ‘ 2 . dry corner and food. There have been instances of lost dogs and cats venturing Into the ng an vagagement. Some lived er the Jong sitive destroyed--and ren es; others wtrayed @ lon 4 nondescript dog, wit atlores op his colla addres: turned up near b along the! are ehelled, as long as they have a! | another oonfitet- | | | | eek’s Wash | A mes ton Po By Albert Engiand, during the first part of the war, bad hat her be campaign againet Napoinon was bea than before, Accordingly, an al 3): No. 36- THE ATTACK O8 WASHONU EE + Ps a der tire f+ t wel 18 te @ ery of th ' f tor anlar the ty of tury 1 made : ’ ro ie tritaia «Cab; from the poe were bed i had Gee we hear i . foe jutlon Now Bowiand, in sel 185, ene babel awiing with pacifiet« And ere ot vectloas tas country had thus far responie ’ weiebly wo arms . forea ordered to invade ¢ fa lad refured continuanaly 4 tne cowardly act waa appian t on vere ded a mighty shock to awaken va. And we « ands fail with Napoleon in France, Mut by tie A. And Groat Britain wan free to give ue more army of veterane of the Nopoleenia ware wan went over era, Vive thousand of these veteranm=t raw voted they wad not slept Onder w root in seven ye 4 i a toot of sixty British warships, u f command of } Cockburn, ‘ sent to ck y of Washington ene . The Britian} wearle € indecs e etow Aimed ni eae es i ou dth ecinive ‘at the Heart. iT ing an ha ive ‘ at to o at the 2 Ss Repu ® very heart © erie the War of 1512 wee at hand. jewapoake tn August, 1614, natled the wtaty Enyiish ehiom, The ud veteran soldiers and a body uf marin moarked and 4 toward Washington, They seemed to regard che expedition more a8 4 picnic than ax 4 war manoeuvre. The Americans hud amply time to pre for th once o series of misadventures set In, Gon. der, over, mu d about 2,000 troops at Mlade Washington. (art of this force was commanded b: mtn » Barney, whose heroic share in the ensuing battle 1 described my sea fighters naval series.) Winder had mado fairly wise arrangements for it the Ine vading reucoals, Whether or not thuse arrangements c saved the City of Wasnington, nobody knows. For they we J out. Ells plans were wrec by Premdent Madison and by Monioe, who was then Secretary of War, ‘ Hoth Madson and Monroe were famed statesin But both were wo- fully. ignorant of practical warfare and they lacked the sense to keep from tmneddiing. They came down to Bludensbuig from Washington to seo the defending atmy drawn up and to learn how Wiuder iateaded to manage his men. As Soon as he outiined his plan to them, they both made fussy ob- Jections. They then gave new ordera on their own account. AS soon as Winder carried out these orders, Madison and Monroe countermanded them and gave others that were still more coufusing, By this time or Winder was so muddled by conflicting directions that his mind was in-a turmoli. By this time too the British were so close at bh. Monroe decided to return at once to Washington. —eeee best he set the to “do the too late to an efficient “ » The Last Defense Swept Away. OR be straightened out to the whole army. stronger focs, The confusion The Americans held their ground as well as they might and as Barney and his sailors all but saved the day. The sailors were mowed down. as they might. were too great. many of them milltiamen—were no and at last, after a hot contest, they broke ground. Brushing aside Winder’s defeated army, toward Washington. opportunity. The Americans No obstacle now lay hetween them and thet he next article of this series will describe the uss they made of thelr nd that Madison and 9 they bude Winder and departed, It wan age right and to work out f 7 against their But the muddle of orders could not of purpose wermed to have spread But the o¢ The bewtldered match for the Napole terans, the British moved steadily on goal. To be able to give the advantage of all they can bestow on tLose they havo learned to love, no greater Joy has man and woman than this, They know what it means to hear the words “father” and “mother” from de- pendent little ones. They appreciate the feeling of tiny clinging Angers. They understand the big Joys in little lives, They will see the work of education they bave planned carried out, and the result of thelr efforts bear fruit. ‘They will make men and women of whom they will be proud, from little children who were charges on the community, In a word they will watch them grow and grow with them. They will remain. youthful because nothing #0 keeps the spirit of youth alive as to be in close touch with youth. Ah, yes, the parents are the most fortunate of this family. Never {n the history of the world his the need of adopting little chil- dren been more manifest that !t Is to- day. Thousands upon thousands of children are «made orphans in the present world confilct. Of course they are far away, but here in our own midst the call is Just ay urgent. In an investigation of European countries I found that there are more children’s institutions !n New York and in the United States than tn any other country of the world, ‘The children cared for by the oom- munity have had less family iife than any other children of the world. Many, many of these children con- tinue to be public charges as criminals in prisons, and most of them could have been suved by the touch of a Wytchaete early one morning, spent the day with a Territorial battalion, disappeared at dusk and was never seen again, A west county yeomanry contin- kent was adopted in the thick of a fight by a black eat, which survived & bombardment that killed many men, and has since lived sumptuously in billets with an identification disc around {ts neck. | Regimental mascots appear to have tho best time | for they stay In bil- lets, ive on fat of the land and are made tnuch of by the local In- habitants, The pampered terrier of & certain famous regtn of foul guards sita on the top of a transport Wagon ut the tall of the battallon and barks at all the elyilian doga he passes, [The Three Adopted Children] by the Pree Publishing Oo, York Breaing World). 14 small registration,” re- marked the Head Polisher, “appears to be causing the politictans a lot of worry. “It isn't worry- ing the real poll- tictans,” said the sympathetic hand in the home of 4 good man and woman, The so-called criminal acts of chi! dren are only the acts of misdirected energy. You have but to gulde en- ergy properly and it goes in the way that {t should, | While we are preaching about patri- otic duty, no greater patriotism could) be performed than in the care of a| Laundry Man, little child and assuming the respon-| “A lot of able sibility for a future citizen, Greater! young lawyers, because {t 1s not merely a transtent,| engineers, theo- temporary act of patriotism but al- logical students, most a life work, If only every couple would reflect| on the Finley Shepards and take an active Interest in tho little walfs who innocently are the sufferers because somebody has failed somewhere, somehow In their direction they would more than do their bit in the world’s work, advertising agents, editors residing in New Jersey and Con- othera from more or ful walks of into year. necticut and less sedentary and peace life have injected themselves the political eltuation this By Martin Green When everybody Jn town didn't go to the polls and register on the first two days they proceeded to emit loud yaps of alarm and define the failure of voters to register as treason to the Republle, “Tt will be found when the figures are totalled on Sunday morning that the registration for 1917 will be up tq normal when war and industria! con- ditions are c ered. “In the first place there are at least 60,000 New York voters {n the army and navy. Thero are 26,000 men be- tween twenty-one and thirty-one in che camp at Yaph. They have not registered and the 11,000 moro who have been selected will not regiater because they will not be here to vote. There are nearly 4,000 New York sol- iors at Camp Mills, several hundred at the aviation #chool at Mineola, sev~ Cardell | The Jarr Copyright, 1017. ny the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), 1M sound of animated conversa tion apprised Mr, Jarr that there were feminine callers a3 he ap- proached his domicile. “By George!" he exclaimed, “To- asy was to be our meatless day, tO) any we are expecting Jack Maybe it betng other people's ete | stiver” aall Mrs. Jarr, rushing to less day they have called to take ii, je.0n for fear the Miss Cackle- sheer WUD eT |Derrya might resort to violence. “It's the Caokintarsy tld trae eaatiecs Gee agen gista winst BO Philadelphia,” sald Mrs, Jarr, moot. |, “IN henever the dete ego assiduous ing him at the door "and Clara Mud. | °° y Se ein ak ridge-Smith 1s coming over, On,|)> "9 attentions to, at avi dear Haren He'll be here any minute! : an " | This was a slap at Mrs, Mudridge- “Why the ‘oh, dear?” asked Mr.| "10 Wet treat emotions, For the anging up his hat, | fers ane ke . jexpected bachelor had been an old never meet but they | {beau of hers and it was well known 7 cattlost fights,” Mrs, Jarr| beau © pele “Clara i ‘that although she had not married knows the girls) that 8 Pe Ma der Howes th ; aie a had? dozen thnos,|Pm she would do al well, has met them a h cv he at/ {Prevent him paying attention to any but every time they visit me she al- she has one else, "Oh, no, Irene and Gladys are city sirls—from Philadelphia, you know! said Mrs, Jarr, coming to the rescue “Well, who would have thought it?” sald Mrs, Mudridge-Smith, tm- | plying they were very countryfied in- deed. ways pretends forgotten ; them, Clara knows that Jack Silver) “Jack Stiver {9 so si said Mra. Aimars OMI same fos Gaceleberry | MNSTTIED FT ee ror tear be girls are here, and 1 know she just |!00ks terrivie too, worries for fear he |wil! be drafted, when everybody knows he’s too old, But tho older he gets tho more silly he makes himself over all sorts of impossible girls, Of comes around to make trouble.” “Why let her know the girls are visiting you?" asked Mr, Jarr, But Mrs, Jarr did not answer thir and Mr, Jarr is still suspicious that Mrs. Jarr 1s not adverse to the role ot |! innocent bystander, t Mrs. Mudridgo shortly afterward, am only warning you. Since I threw m over I dont belleve he has good | sense." t Smith bustled , . *| "Did he ever have any?” asked Miss “You know the Cackleberry giris, | [Tene Cackleberry, Irene and Gladys?” remarked Mrs,| ‘I know he 1s talked about for the way he rung after ailly married wom- “Why, yes, your dear Ittle en 4 Gladys Cackleberry. relative replied Mra. Mudridge- smith. “Daughters of your Uncle Henry of Hay Corners, ahem!" “Of course I don't mean you, my dear Mra, Schmidt." ‘The lady sho addressed drew back se, my dears, I don't mean you. | in anger. “Smith—Mudridge-smith, if you please,” she said, “How stupid ef me, when the name is so COMMON!” sald the younger Miss Cackleberry. How the next attempt to go over the top on the part of either would haye resulted will never be known, for Mr. Silver was announced and en- tered, "Why, look who's here!” cried the jovial bachelor. "Girls, Lam glad you have met my friend, Mrs. Mudridge- Smith. I used to u her around in the old days!" The two Miss’ Cackleberrys drew selves coldly aloof. “You'll excuse us, Mrs. Jarr, won't you?" said the elder in her most frigid tones. “We do not like to be in the way in a meeting of this sort!” And thus, having placed the worst possible construction on the presence of Mrs, Mudridgo-Smith and Mr Jack sil the two young ladies from Philadelphia walked out tn maidenly horror, secure in thelr own Innocence amid the pitfalls of a great city, | RESIDENT JOHN ADAMS was the first to occupy the White House, establishing his resi- dence there in 1800, elght years hav- ing been spent In the construction of the edifice, for which the corner- stone was laid just a century and a Guarter ago to-day, Oct, 13, 1792, In the presence of George Washington, The choice of the 18th of the month for the ceremony indicates that the first President had no regard for the ancient “thirteen” superstition, th To-Day’s Anniversary | eral thousand at officers’ camps and various technical military schools throughout tho country, and more than 20,000 at Spartanburg. There are thousands of New York boya in ; Khaki in France. Of courav, they are Not all voters, but it ts safe to estl- ~ mate that they could cast 60,000 vot {€ they were at home, ant most of abhi will vote in their camps because voulng will break eee i the monotony of “In the past fow months the Gove ernment has bullt up an transport servico out of New York. This has given employment to thou- sands of voters who have not regis- tered and will not regis ir; neither will they vote. Big wages in muni- tion plants tn nearby olties bas drained New York of an army of skilled mechanics who will not regis. ter nor vote, Construction work on @ vast scale in the Newark Meadows district and on Government structures in New Jersey has taken away sev- eral thousand who would ordinarily ° register, “This October witnessed the heay- fest migration of New Yorkers trom one part of the city to another that. We have ever seen. A great many of those who moved on Oct. 1 o: are moving yet will not register because of the trouble of setting up a new home and hunting up the registration booths at the sume time; also we have had baseball games on two of the re on days, and a bascball fan Is too tired t vr atter ar exciting afternor subsequent rendezvou Altogethe: the stration thu: as shown anything but @ lack of interest tn the . . ‘6s HAT do you think of Hao vera Idea of prouibiting ts “ants and pleats and be sked the Head Polisher, “Lam tn favor of the trick coat,” ar “but if we uw matter ing to save wool why not nm ake ita good one? Why not prombit woollen underwear? Scientists Us that old newspopers aro warmer” tet wool, Let us line our outside apparel with paper and save laundry bike we well a8 woollen fab: Further sult to make much differcnce how.” a “e SEE,” said the Head Polis that the Ashokan , suerte open and plenty of wat “Well,” sald ‘the Laung "if the price of bar goo: we are Boing to need « | than we have been us purposes,” ot more water immense ~- © are Bolas to have | ing for beverage ~