The evening world. Newspaper, November 19, 1917, Page 14

eee ee ' | f | ESTARLIONED NT JORRPM PULET EER Pebtinet Pety Keen mundey by ' ubiening Comp ar RALETE fiir ANGUS JORPON PULTE t the Poat-Ofti $4.00 One You 40 One Me MEMIER OF TIVE AMOCIATIN PHRAR we le ave for rowenbi ot il newp dE ER ee el Pa hat Te eT eed ott ahonk VOLUME 58 — - WHERE A LITTLE MEANS MUCH. N practically every administrative department the Government of the United States is grappling with extraordinary tasks and unusual problemas, There is no question as to its zeal or ite determination to over- come difficulties as fast as they can be defined and dealt with, It would be unjust to criticize ite methods even in matters of minor administrative detail « uch criticiam may take the form of helpful constructive suggestion, looking to one all-important end: } The deepening of that confidence which every man, woman and child in the United States ought to feel in the Government which is to guide and protect them through the time ‘of stress and sacrifice. At every point where it comes into direct daily contact with the wider public the Government should make special efforts to provide that reassuring authority and completeness of information and state- ment which, accompanied by kindliness, can work immeasurable good in giving millions of plain people a warm-hearted feeling of trust and reliance toward the Government that seems to be asking so much| of them, ] | Think, for instance, how many Americans are rarely 80 conscious of dealing directly with the Government of the United States as when eee eNO, 20,044 . they stand in front of a window at the Post Office. | Many thousands such—fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers—| have in the past few days been bringing Christmas packages to the post offices, with hearts full of anxiety for the safe arrival of their gifts in the hands of soldiers and eailors overseas, The published directions from the Post Office Department at Washington for the packing and addressing of these parcels were—| save as to the distinction between army and navy—reasonably clear. But, in this city at least, it has happened that post office clerks have found themselves unable to confirm such directions or even to give desired information after telephoning to superiors for instruc- tion. Moreover, complaint has been heard that Post Office officials at Washington furnished directions for publication without making sure that local post offices were fully and specifically instructed as to the same details, In view of the wholly admirable intent of Government as to the delivery of Christmas mail to the forces abroad, it may seem unfair to direct attention to minor flaws in post office methods. But there can be no doubt that such small matters of routine play a wholly disproportionate part in determining whether thousands | of simple American hearts do or do not glow with a proud and satis- for some sugar to as many fied feeling that Uncle Sam has it all in his grip and that the folks at home need nat doubt his watchfulness, down to the last detai. The Government of the United States doesn’t stop to think, maybe, how rauch that kind of feeling and the backing that goes with and positiveness of a U. S. mail clerk. SUGAR FROM THE BARREL. ( the use of bulk instead of package sugar in these times of saving,» Mr. Frank ©. Lowry, General Sales Manager of the son for discontinuing the use of package sugar during the present period of scant supply: people as possible.” “This cannot be accomplished through the distribution of York City {s for the three and a half and five pound sizes,” “When a retail! grocer buys 100 pounds of bulk sugar he “When he 1s compelled to buy 100 pounds of sugar from 8 refiner in five-pourid packages, it can be given to but twenty | the welfare and comfort of the boys abroad, it can be increased by even go little a thing as the reassuring interest OMMENDING a recent Evening World editorial which urged Federal Sugar Refining Company, points out another important rea- “The desired object ts to g! sugar in refiners’ packages when the chief demand in New can give a half pound each to 200 customers,” customers, The balance of his trade must SO unsuppiied.” y The question is also raised whether Paper, paste and hind labor required to put Up sugar in faney eo; under the head of &pense or work “non-essential to the winning of the war,” which national conservation boards a av , ‘ have declare, 7 tery clared should be board, printing} ‘artons do not come| Stee : Letters From the Please Umit communications to 1 Row to Solve the Food Prob! " Wott the following sug- People | 50 words, Its on important ¢ that by doi 4 large scale is the most hing to achieve. I believe ng thin we could increase gestion with regard to the increase|the production of food t in the food supply: 1 think It ad- ike Proportion, no Cane ah mya visable to have @ survey made either} our ajite 19h hie country and for of ali unoccupied lands all over the| While helpful, Is far trom solving the gountry, and a jist made up of such | Hron Trench. 1 believe, could be pa are suitable for planting. The} outiineg teal ie way above Governm nt should next ascertain rar WISOHN, from (ic owners whether they would] », Mace jueation, ag! , use the lands, or any part ¥ of The Evening World; How is it that the drag allowed furloughs and Spartanburg ure not, | parents are ted men are the boys at when their willing to pay their ex. of then, and then take over tempor- arily the best parts of such unused | ground and use it for the kind of Planting that will give the best re-|®enses home? All mothers woul sults. willing to pay thelr way #o they ae It is highly desirable that this be| see the m once more before they Ku to gone in 4 large, businesslike way, | France. Which the Government could do by| A NATIONAL GUARD Mo’ getting the righ machinery and em- OTHER, ploying the necessary help and also to Lower Camp providing for necessary transport Fares, ton facilities, Should it be impon- | To te kditer of The Evening Works Bible to get the needed labor on al 1 wonder jf volunteer or paid basis prisoners|done for the soldiers * cannot be they could Evening World Daily Magazine By J. H. Cassel | | | By Helen Cognit WT. wn The Prem Pantianing On, | 0 love, | A philosopher has sald, Ia “to admire with the heart.” | ~ What My Parents Wanted Me to Be Copyright, 1017, by ‘The Press Publishing Co, No. 1.—CHARL (The New York Evening World), ES M. SCHWAB Schwab's Father Wanted His Sons to Male Their Own Way, So Gare Them a Good Education—With This Equip- ment Young Charles, a Country Bred Boy, Found Opportunity in a $10-a Week Job in the Y parents never expressed any desire as to what they wanted me to be, except that they definitely decid- ed that whatever place I was to T must make for myself, with no help trom my| father, He knew the value of a boy'’s| being thrown on his own re- sources, for he had way and wanted his sons to do like- wise, He used to say that a healthy lad brought up according to princt- plea of honesty and industry, having suMcient ambition and energy, could reach any goal for which he set out Having all the qualities of mind and character which bring a man suc cess, my father would no doubt have done great work {f he had not been handicapped by 1ll health, One thing, however, he instated on | doing, and that waa giving hin chil dren good educations, He kept us at school although it meant a grea struggle to him, Fortunately, later In life he recovered his health and t day, at aeventy-nine, he goes to bus- Ineas every day ‘Qnd drives his own automobile himself. My father was tho kindest, as well as the finest, of men, and nothing would have induced him to give me employment in his business, erated a stage coach, and, alth He op- ugh 1 helped him a great deal never gave me any money for it. He would not encourage My Staying at home. When 1 was nearly pseventoon a travelling salesman, « friend of mine, found a job for me at ton week at the dollars a steel works at Hrad might be used tor part of the work. | come home for one o: f the hol If all this fails to supply the needed | Ma © holidays? ny a man would Ike to come home help, then such avaliable iabor as is|and yet cannot afford to puy the tull| suitable might be conscripted the | fare. Ifthe railroads would tower thee game as we now for the Army and | rates somewhat It would mean much Navy, taking, however, cnly persona|to many 4 man, It would mean a uot fit for military service, To make] lot to me, as my own husband Is at @ complete and thorouxh survey of rtanburg. y think what it would the country’s resources and then ome home to his Uttle for Christmas. 4 SOLDIOR's WUE, have competent supervision and di reotion by those who are able to get dock. ‘The parting between my mothe beaupiful, plous character self was very hard To-day she ts 5 we are still the same loving fons we have been My father ped me on my way. A and my- niy-elwht and an pane made his) Steel Works. I shall never forget the excitement that filled me as I apyroached the city and saw the chimney of the steel works at Braddock. 1t was m: ‘trat glimpse of any city, and until { paid for it out of my earnings 1 had hold in the world never owned a sult of clothes that had not been wov cut and made at home with my mother's own hands, 1 was, indeed, a country-bred lad, My opportunity was tn entering the steel industry In its infancy, and “op. portunity makes the man,” for, as we read in Eoclesiastes, 1X. 11: “The race Is not to the swift, nor the bat- tle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of un- derstanding, nor yot favour to men of skill, but time and chance happeneth to all.” By James “a HE Pan-German doctrine, T which 18 being throughout the world, be- ing propagated and fostered by the Imperial Ger- man Government in every possi! way, {9 strong and Getting stronger everywhere the German people settle, even among the Germans who have been citi- zens of the United States for yeurs, Jand tn connection therewith one fact cannot be overlooked, to wit, the few Germans in the United States army in the war with Spain, In all probability @ contest impends be- tween that power and the United States in the near future. It ly there- fore the duty of the Kederal Govern-| OME of the greatest hidden treas- ure bunts ever known will be- | gin when peace is declared, |Phen attempts will be made to re- trieve the precious cs hundreds of ships that have to the bottom thr sea wartare, sbserves London Answers, ‘Accprding to Lord Beresford, since the War began mory than 2,300 Britisa, Allied and neutral ships have been sunk, Tals represents a tonnage of considerably more (han 4,000,000. ‘Of coyrse, a great deal of the carge of some of these ships was perishable and of comparatively trifling vaiue; but many were almost priceless ar- | cosles. pottery and fabrics from India; mors |gold and precious stoney from’ South Africa; still more gold, silver and di monds, copper and lead from & }Amertca; silks and velyets from China; and, nearer home, quicksilver, copper, silk 'and oils from Spain. Much of this .| treasure, Which Was continuously | pouring on to the shores of Britain in the early days of the war, ts now living In hundreds of shattered hulled | Pacitle, the n Oct reed in the Atlantic, the terranean and the The law r | pre Medi- an very of | tro bacure and ditfloult \to interpret. With regard to vessels wrecked near | wat, whowe car | goes may be washed asbure, thore la, | Gold nd precious stones and rare} ith) \" But after the war divers ought to| treasure; Ganichy (er Gunlen Treasure Coming After the, War asa rule, no diMculty about estab- lishing the ownership of the vexsel ond they are entitied to recover their property after all salvage rights have been satistied But with regard to wrecks on the high seas a very diMeult problem will confront the Nation when peace comes, especially when it ts re bered that thousands of vesse: gone to the bottom, and in many cases there are no records of where they were lost. But what is to prevent many ad- venturous spirits with money from equipping treasure hunting expedi- tions after the war? Jules Verne and Robert Louls Stevenson never wrote of such riches as now He burled in the bosom of the ocean, And what princely days they be for divers! Of late y enced divers have been able to earn from $25 to $500 a week while en gaged on @ big and risky commission will rt jbe able to make large fortunes and easily eclipse any previous records. Probably the vast majority of the wrecks will be beyond their reach—in fathomless deeps. But others that lic near the coasts, not a great many }tathoms down, will offer a strong temptation, The record depth reached by divers in modern times was achieved by ¢ British naval officers, wh to 210 feet, whe 90 pounds to the sauure inch rifle weight to bear, at For Whom the Army Camps Were Named } C. Young Copyright, 1017, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), No. 27.—CAMP MacARTHUR, WACO, TEXAS | ment to mako itself as strong as pos- in any emergency.” Such was the warning of Lieut. Gen, Arthur MacArthur, delivered during the course of an inspection trip to Hawall in 1908. His words created @ sensation and immediately became the subject of much official | investigation, explanation and apol- | ogy. For the most part MacArthur | was laughed at, and called a jingo, But he had a clear perception of the future and did not hesitate to| pronounce his Judgment. ‘That de- termination was typical of the man’ whole career during forty-five years in the United States Army. Now| his name has been given to the 4% the $24 Division, In 1862 MacArthur joined a Wis- consin infantry regiment as Firat | | Lieutenant, He was then seventeen years old, Soon he attracted atten- tlon for his intrepid bravery. He waa the first man to mount Missionary Ridge and live, carrying the colors dropped by a wounded Sergeant. Afterward he took part in the drive! |toward Atlanta under Sherman, being promoted rapidly from rank to rank, | |becoming Lieutenant Colonel as the war drew to a close, And he was still | under twenty-one! When the conflict was over Mac- Arthur entered the Regular Army. | He went through the routine of al- host thirty years’ peace until the Spanish-American imorogilo brought him another chance, He was sent to the Philippines and rendered splendid service there, Peace followed two years of fighting, and MacArthur had 4\ prominent part tn reorganizing the Army from the lessons learned in the war with Spain. Subsequently he was attached to the Japanese forces in the struggie with Russia, He be. | came Lieutenant General and was for | a time ranking officer of the United) States Army. AS IN MUCH GREATER CASES, | 66 FOUNNY, It was very wrong for] you and the boy next door to fight.” “We couldn't help tt, fa ter.” Yould you not have settled your lifferences by a peaceful discussion of the matter, calling In the assist- nee of unprejudiced opinion, if need! No, father, He was sure he could whip me, and I was sure | could whip him, and there was only one way to fad ouL”—Washington Star, | remarked the stranger. envy— Ios 4 Li hd who acts pained and bored | What ‘Every Woman Thinks Rowland (The Hew Tort treong Worm, “ at Dear ma! ‘There are lote and jote of things thet f admire With aii my heart and al) my mind aod all my Hut 1 don't LOVE them! For instance, 1 adinire the beautiful nerve of the woman who pushes into the place in (rout of me ta the line at the ticket uflce window 1 admire the serene audacity of the man who ite perfectly atill while | hang onto a strap {In a street Cane and tries to Hirt with me over big newspaper 1 admire the delightfu) aplomb of the saleswoman, ear ng $2) 0 week, When I ask to see @ frock coating lens than a hundred I admire the supreme solf-aasurance of the little, fat, bald man, whe lounges about the restaurantes And sizes up the women as though they bad boen sent up on approval, 1 admire the colossal conceit of the man who assumes that every pretty married woman is “unhappy” And simply yearning for sentiment and consolation—from HIM, 1 admire tho nerve and the vanity of a bachelor of forty, with me waistline or hair or income to mention, Who speaks of @ spinster of thirty as “passee,” And confesses himself willing to marry a “perfect woman,” {f he “could only find one.” I admire the glorious self-complacency of the man who holds a cigar im one hand and a cocktall in the other, While he discourses bitterly on the moral deterioration of the modern woman, 1 admire the beautiful optimism of the woman who belleves that the man whom she can “Theda-Bara” from another woman Will be perfectly constant and devoted to HER. I admire the brave assurance of the beauty parlor lady who promises me that she can make my complexion look like satin, Though her OWN looks like last year's plus! I admire the nonchalant savoir faire of the debutante, who scratches a match on her shoe and puffs her cigarette tn the faces of the disapprov ing dowagers and waiters, I admire the cheek of the man who expects to marry a combination of Venus, Minerva and the Three Graces, who will do his COOKING. Yes, and I even admire the ingenuity and delightful inconsistency of pacifist's arguments. But, abpve all, I admire the blind, supreme, transcendent EGOTISM Of the Kaiser. Verily, as Caesar said, All gall is divided into three parts——- , And they are cheek, nerve and audacity! Oh, Lord, send us all A little of each of them! The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCardell Coprtght, 1017, by The Press Publlehing Co, (Tbe New York Brenig World ERF'S a feller you should talk to, id Gus, the pro- prieter of the eafe on the corner. ‘Me, I got to be @ peaceful feller these days. But he makes me so mad. I'd hit him tn the face, only I know he'd holler out I was a Cher- “H man spy.” “It's the goods being pushed on a man these 4a: sald the stranger, an extremely big and surly looking individual. “They call it Scotch, and they call it rye, but the labels on the| bottles is camouflage. It reminds me of the speak-easy stuff you get in Probibition States. At the seound spread | sibie and be able to take care of itself | arin, the vender tella you to go out, ‘as he doesn’t want any disturbance in his place.” “Why should there be any disturb- lance?’ asked Gusc, “I don’t go into butcher shop and buy three coups and start a fight when I get the -bird “No,” said Mr. Jarr, the peacs maker, “nobody wants to fight these days, or, If they do, let them go oft to the war.” “Well, for two cents I'd lick him,” “I happened to drop in here, and seeing this Kuy behind the bar was about my ala ffered to do him up, that's all. Vell, if that's the way It 1s," re- j;army cantonment at Waco, Tex. | “i , ; |where Michigan and Wisconsin | P04 sin La ines ies mn | troops are being whipped into shape | '” “This last was di- apolixize to yo! rected to the stranger. But the stranger shook his head, “Of course, I ain't got nothing agatoat the big bonehead there,” he said, “When he’s through with me he’l have earned a star for his service flag. 1 like to come in a place and have a fight when nobody ts around to Interfere. Because if a big guy uke me starts something !n a public place everybody holler, ‘Kill the big sti! Yet all these little rat terrier ginks can get away with murder and they are supported by public opinion.” Gus breathed hard, as though to signify the subject was too jeep for words, Mr, Jarr remarked that he had no- ticed that little runts were always starting something. That's just what I aay,” aald the ‘If @ little man tramos on nd you bit him a wallop, takes his part, and everv- body jumps In, If nobody interferes, and you lick the little guy and then get pinched, you get soaked tn court for it. But if the little guy tramps on your toes, and then hits you tn the nose if you y & word, somebody trips you up, and they all cheer the little guy if he beats you up. It's a hard world.” Gus looked very solemn at this, and ventured that everybody bad ther own troubles, “and that's why it {s that I offered to lick him for two cents!" sald the stranger, as he again resumed his bellicose air and regarded Gus threat- eningly. “He's my size, and even now stranger. jcolor in many textiles, oe Td lick him for two cents. Y: for two cents “But pennies are so scarce,” sald Mr, Jarr. “gobody has two ce ed Gus thought it best to tumult by proffering hos} the ri tality; for the stranger had turned upon Mr, Jarn his baleful glare. “Mind, favorites,” said the stout man, “I'd fight YOU for two cents, even if pen- nies are scarce!” At this point Bepler, the butcher, and Muller, the grocer came into the place. “I might have known it,” said the truculent unknown, “I t hay known it, Gangsters! This must be one tough neighborhood for f: For two cents I'd Uck the whole bunch!" And he walked out, still glaring dew flance, “He forgot to pay for anything,” sala Gus. “My, he was a tough feller!” “We know him,” sald Bepler. “He got a dollar changed in our stores, and started to make trouble saying, he was short changed. Wo paid him what he ked to wet rid of him.” How much did he say ho was short changed?” asked Mr. Jarr. "Two cents,” said Bepler. “And for that two cents he wanted to lick usl™ 1 play no Newest Things in Science The invention of a machine to grin sea sand too smooth to be of use im ity raw atate has enabled great quam tities of it to be utilized in brick manufacture in Virginia, ee Platinum deposits recently discowe ered in Spain are believed to be greater and richer than those of the Ural Mountains, which furnish the greater part of the world’s supply. . . Lathe tools made of alloys of oo bait with chronitum and other metals have been found to work satisfaoe torlly at speeds greater than ts poasl« ble with tools made of high speed steel. The natives of New Guinea are the shortest lived people in the world, which ts attributed to thelr diet of the larvae of certain beetles and their practice of drinking sea wator, . eee The Inventor of a lawn sprinklerin which the hose ts directed against @ revolving wheel claims that it will scatter the water further and simus late rain better than any other suoh device, A machine has been Europe that cleans and sorts mee dicinal tablets, refects imperfectly formed ones and packs them in boxes or tubes at a speed of from 150,000 te 200,000 a day, | Invented tm e. An ounce of sugar of lead to a pail of water will help to fix the blue . The development of water power in Norway has made electricity cheaper than steam in that countrys