The evening world. Newspaper, December 14, 1917, Page 24

} ] _ enough to confirm their faith jn their fighting machine. But how 1Omernt PULSPRER. Fe Parantsaney wr wuntay by the Prose ee bark haw, Now hing Com vee * reieaen, Un NAW, TF sod POLAR ie } Entorea at the Pow -Oftiee Seapegytios Rates to ‘erie for tre Unites and Caneia One Toor 14.00 One Yrar.... ae oF The AmOCATED PRane, welt DLS SPT lS SOT ee a oe VOLUME 58 soveoeens ere ter ty DWINDLING. OW much longer can the Imperial German Government keep H up even « bluff as to the actual results of submarine warfare in the light of al! that the German people were solemnly sesured it would accomplish? | It is pow ten and « half months since the Germa: Government | began a ruthless U boat campaign gual anteed to starve England in short order and force the Allies to sue for peace on Germany's own terms. At thie moment Britons are better off for food than they were when the U boats undertook to starve them into submission. Danger- ous as the submarine weapon continues to be, its destructiveness, 60 far from achieving the decisive strokes expected of It, is on the decline, ‘A marked decrease in loss of tonnage during November, coupled with the fact that more submarines were sunk than in any previous single month, justifies the optimism of a high British naval authority quoted by the Associated Press who believes, on the one hand, that ff the ship building efforts can be properly spurred on in England and America, the Allies will be able to say within « measuravle time that tonnage ts being launched at a rate ex- coeding the sinkings; while on the other hand if the naval measures continue to improve, as it is reasonable | to expect, the Allies will also be able to eay thet U boats are Deing sunk faster than the Germans are able to bulld them and that the German U boat fleet ts steadily dwindling away. The first “it” was strongly emphasized by Sir Eric Geddes, First ord of the Admiralty, who told the House of Oommons yesterday that, while in his opinion “the submarine menace is held,” it is never- theless “not yet mastered,” and therefore: We muet have ships, more ships, sti more ships. Day and night the United States should repeat to itself the same reminder and make ite shipyards hum and throb to the same rhythm. Nevertheless, without ingthe least degree minimizing what must still be done to blunt and break Gprmany’s U boat weapon, it is fair to point out that here, as in all else the Imperial German Government has contracted to accomplish with the mightiest, best-oiled engines militarism ever built and kept in readiness, doom and defeat are written in the space by which the best of them fall short of doing what they were meant to do—what a whole nation was taught to believe they could not fail to do and do promptly if money enough wete spert on them and men wero martialled by millions to become their cogs. . The German people could bear all the costs of a success decisive 20,509 66 AN seems to be the only crea- ture in this world that is ever unhappy. mich longer can they stand tho strain of seeing—as in the case of the U beat campaign—the best guaranteed projects of their war lords against the stronger of their foes come to nothing? No wonder the war lords are advertising the greatest of all Hinde:.burg drives to be looked for shortly on the western front. The new: from Italy and Russia is not enough. Something must be Look up at that dird in the tree. Tt is singing away as though its lit- tle throat would ; break — and it done in the west to draw the attention of the German people from doesn’t care the recent push-of the British toward Cambrai and—from the long whether you lis- drawn out failure of the U boats, ten or not. It ts singing for the sheer joy of sing ing. Raise the bird's salary and you wouldn't make it sing any bet~ ter. It 1s doing the best it can and all that it can, But !f that bird should start to aing in order to win great fame, or @ great fortuno, tts troubles would pile up fast. Suppose ft should hire a press agent and go around with {ta bead cooked high and say: “I am the greatest little singer in all the world.” would be squabbles and chat-| and quarrels and jeousios among all the other birds right away, | jand there would probably be many a poor Iittle feathered creature who) would say mournfully: | “t¢ 1 had only had the same chance | las Miss Wren, I, too, might have Worse pc } \peen rich and famous, Poor m x a stilt Shasgpecns. star as made it still harder to get coal! Life t» but a dismal thing at be | across the bay from the Jersey terminals and many families in Greater! And yet, If that same bird that) New York are already suffering severely forlack of fuel. ings a0 ewoetly should try to blos-| c 3 ini or Schley, worke som Ike a rose it would be a dismal pipeiing to Fuel Administrat or Schley, workers are » needed, soi Ne Bc poae toed a eine! In the face of such a situation, with the winter only begun, New it would be just as unsuccesstul, York may well consider the practicability of a municipal mobilization! Tose are some of the things I tried | of labor. to point out to Florence, who came - to me not long ago, telling me she sean. ~ . — was the most wretched girl in all Letters From the People the world, and with tears—real tears Please Umit communications to 150 words, of self-pity im ber eyes, Sho was really and trul sorry for herself. I What the Railroads Should Do, Fo the E4\tor The Bvening World tried to give her @ new viewpoint on We read in the papers that the rail. Ute, one burta you worse than fouds of this country will win the| our wate Nothing a war, but the methods that they have| °°) oie nue to manufacture if we do doubting your own ability and! assets,” . “When you find The whole troub! ets,” 1 told her. n you fin been pursuing for the last three years, | ouble ts that ori | 7 jencing doubt, ¢ f I think, will drag the war on* aad | ea, Teroede 4id not boy cars ana Yourself exp is or hard @&use many manufacturers to fall on Ne luck, or seeming tnability, turn square ’ and take @ good, frank Jook| unt of not being able to ship their| conditions threaten papers seit, It WAY aurprise you & merchandise, The railroads, because| Marreas we guone: I think if the £ Of the high cost of cars and locomo- | "*!Foads wore forced to build w oer- jot, “Instead of saying, ‘I am the most firas nine the Furopean Wan; hawa| ti Amount of rolling stock within, "ZA8h : not replenished their rolling stock. MW conditions, b ould re, unlucky girl in the universe,’ reverse WwW. 2. 9. Se ees 88 Seay Ieee Ne Is Worth o1,73 the process and eay, ‘I HAVE ability,| and 1 HAVE pluck-—and pluck means! @mploys about 700 men, We have tho | ao ene matior of The Krening World orders, we have the merchandise, and) Please luck.’ Expreas confidence, faith, cour- ‘we have, the men to nt this mer- dated 1661, q "WAR AND WINTER. HE city is going to have a hard time taking care of its first T heavy snow fall. New Yorkers might as well make up their minds that street cleaning this winter is bound to be a bigger problem than ever, and try, therefore, to endure delays and traffic| troubles with cheerfulness and patience. Only 1,300 extra workers available for shovelling snow where it! used to be easy to get from five to ten thousand! ‘That tells the story. ‘Shortage of labor, due largely to the multiple demands of war, shows itself nowhere more convincingly than in the melting away of the re- serves the Street Cleaning Department always keeps on its books | for the emergency of a real snow storm, Last night's snow was wet and heavy. It packed as it fell and if the forecart'of another cold wave to-night is realized, it is likely to be days before the city’s streets are free of ice, * | Here also, | ™ chandise, but cannot get cars to ship it, and the men are being laid off, as |Our warehouses are full and we can-| to become ate vulue of gold dollar Bw. age and optimiem whether you have them or not, Bmile out at the world! vty : . . | badly Germany's Peace Terms —_ St Cig J SN = SS > La by day, week in and week oul before you realize it yourself you will be reaily meaning that smile, And it will change your whole viewpoint. “We are always prejudiced when it comes to fudging ourselves, We com- pare our own weaknesses with the strength of those around us, and we say, with disgust, what puny crea- tures we are, and wonder why we aro allowed to stand around and take up room, and get in the way of peo- ple who can really do things, The world judges by outward appear- ances, “If your heart Is low, don’t show it, Stiffen your backbone, get a new spring In your step, a new ring in your voice, No one will be more surprised by the change than your- self “Never show the enemy your woak~ Knock yourself, and the world Join the anvil chorus. It's the ‘I can’ girl who wins, No woman ever won a fight who started by say- ing uncertalnly, ‘I can do this if dt isn't too hard, of {f my strength last, It is going to be hard, but I'll try.’ ‘That isn't the recipe for success, The world wants men and women who do things—not those who will just try, “Because you can't play the plano, or write books, or paint wonderful pictures, don't say to yourself that you are a failure, A cabbage comes to maturity in a single summer, but an oak trogmpeeds a hundred sum- mers, kK comes out of the brain that wasn't burned in by thought, And {f you can't make one Kind of success, try for anothér, “But don't make the mistake of feeling sorry for yourself, and saying how “wretched you are, and how you have been treated, and what you might have done if condl- tions had only been different. Get hold of your thoughts—think up, mot down. “*As a man thinketh, #0 ts he.’ woman was ever fu the world who didn was a failure first.” Copyrigit, 1017, by The Bell Bynd! ieee REAL POLITIK, X-AMBASSADOR GERARD sald at a Washington luncheon: No da failure by ‘t that she Ine.) “Tho German polley for years has been frankly matertalistie and selfish. ‘Realpolitik,’ they call t Germany, In fact, works on exactly the same polley as the peddior, “A peddler and his mato were cross: ing a bridge when they saw a notice stating that whoever from drowning In that township would get $5 reward, The stream was swift and deep, but the mate ot heattate for an instant Re nitueel ht in, for, though he vould not swim, be knew the peddler would save him and then divide up the $ reward. * Hurry gurgled the poor wretch. ‘Hurry, pard Reid 4 “'Mate,’ eald the peddier, ‘I've et been reading the other alte of ae notice board, and It says the reward for a dea ts $10. Now do be reasonable,’ Detroit Free Press, “aved @ mau Ma” Sunday's | The Intimate Talks THE GIRL WHO PITIED HERSELF Do this peraistently and steadily, day “T | |me alone this way. By Roy L. McCardell Coprright, 1917, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) Copyright, 1917, by The Prem Publisotng Os, (The New York Brening World), AM just tired to death! That's how I feel,” said Mrs, Jarr wearlly. ‘Why does Gertrude's married sister have to get sick just t this time and Gertrude leave me alone to do all the work? Oh, I know Gertrude ts truthful about tt, and | know that Gertrude hates to leave For Gertrude Is fa good girl, !f she 18 crazy about sol- diers and sailors and wants to be @ war bride, But at this time of year, just before Christmas, Gertrude ts as faithful as can be, and doesn’t want to leave her place, because she ex- pects something nice from me for Christmas. . “Every servant girl expects the same, and it 1s impossible to get a maid by the month. One ts lucky to get in a woman by the day, and they are all asking $2.25 or $2.50 and their carfare, even if they live only around the corner.” “I tried to call you on the telephone twice to-day and tell you that our shipping clerk has an aunt that might come by the day,” said Mr, Jarr “gho lives out of town, widow and her husband was a roofer, and she comes to the city to seo her lawyer, of the job, roof, you see, and #0 she comes to town to see her lawyer——" “On Monday morning?” asked Mrs Jere, to-morrow morning,” replied Mr. Jar®. *y mean did her husband fi the rzof on Monday morning?” #atd Mra. Jarr. “Friday ts always con-/ sidered an unlucky day. noticed that Monday ts the fatal ona} for honest workingmen, I would not say At was because they were drink. ing on Saturday or Sunday, but 1| u ft She {fs a) for she is suing the contractor) Her husband fell off a) las and the widow gets so much.” | ingand Mr, faithful Gertrude, he has property Jarr. asked Mrs. “Why, I belteve the shipping clerk did say his aunt had a little prop- replied Mr, Jarr. Jarr. widow comes in by the day to work for you for two dollars and a quarter and her car fare, especially if sho lives In the suburbs and arrives late. For first, she'll sit down and tell you how her husband met his painful end and left her to struggle with World alone, except tn the case of chil- dren, who do nothing for her when they grow UPD thelr property, @d how they have to consult with thelr lawyers about it, then nothing {s done about the house.” “I'm sorry you don't want her,” said Mr, Jarr. “For I practically told the shipping clerk he might ar- range to have his aunt come to-mor- row early, when she comes to town T tried to get you on elephone he t one, lephone, "Don't worry about the shipping clerk's aunt,” said Mrs. Jarr, “she'll bo so happy and important sitting in the ante roum of her lawyer's office that sho won't have a thought about coming up to see me about doing at Jay's work near noon, and chargin tno for telling me about her troubl | Let ber stay at the lawyer's office But I hava| | He wi g fue get paid latening to her v3 to them,” , that's the best I could do," Ventured Mr, Jarr, “Were you out wean telephoned, I suppose you “0; 1 never had a widow workitig for ma) q; f course I was, or I would have yet, especially & house painter's widow or @ carpenter's widow or an lronworker's widow, that it wasn't @ Monday they became a widow. They always tell you the day and date—t) mean the widows do, But now that] so many men are going to war, may- be only as an excuse to leave their wives—-who knows?—I suppose there ‘will be Tuesday widows and Wednes. day widows, because @ soldier may be Killed any day—even on @ legal pollday. But it ts dreadful to hear them tel! {t, no matter what day tt ty. And they will tell all tho ex. eruciating olrcumetancés, although some of thom will bave pensions that will leave them with @ modest in. come, and yet, I understand it, there are workmen's Compensation {or nothing. iswered the ‘phone,” replied Jarr, “I ran around fo Mrs Barge {o Seo @ girl who Is the sister of Mrs. tangles maid. But, my! She was such a superior creature I felt like I Was asking for work when | spoke of employing ber, She's thinking of tak- ing up nursing or becoming an amvu- lance driver, and the whole time I Was at Mrs, Rangle's trying to get a word with her, she was telephoning around to the Wat Department or the war societies and such places, and I feit Twas taking up ber Important ou'll have your troubles till Ger- trude comes back, then,” said Mr, Jarr. “Maybe ao and maybe not,” Mrs, Jarr replied, “I'm thinking of atart- ing a war time economy cooking school and domestic science bureau for society women, and have Clara | Mudridge-Smith and Mrs, Stryver come in and work for me by the day id Jarr stood bewildered, but! © (the one who coughs)—Say, may-| finally asked Mra, Jarr if she wished him to arrange to secure the services of the shipping clerk's aunt to work by the day in the absence of the ever) Then never mind her,” sald Mra. “It's. bad enough when a the ut when they talk of and I'd bave to pay for is- | When a Man Loves By Helen Rowland Wits WT HY The Prem Patuming Co, (Tee Sow Tore Rrentag Wort.) ET iMbe, i wonder if we women half apprectate a man’s love, When *« OT tt! We are eo weed to bh do things for ws, And they ARK auch great big. awieward, biander- vd dear’ For tnétance, 1 know & Woman oat sugar’ No, ohe te no & Pierpont Morgan. Hut ehe te a very pretty woman, with balr ike @ ria fairy's And, of course, there ts « perfectly charming man them give us things on je POUND of vi who owns @ ive of Jobn 0. Rockefeller or Ae ern nee io love with her (There always 181), . And he has done everything on earth to prove It, From staying away from his club to golag to church for her sake, And has offered her everything be could think of from « box of canéy to @ wedding ring, But eho took it all ae a matter of course, And never really appreciated the depth and sweetness of his devotion Until he brought her that SUGAR—and told her how he got it! You see, . He couldn't buy it anywh and he WOULDN'T steal tt But he Hves around at clubs and hotels and things, And 1s very, very fond of coffee for breakfast. And, all bis life, before the sugar sbortage, be took at least TWO lumps in every cup of coffog. But since the sweetless days came upon us, be bas conscientiously taken only ONE lump, And the other lump he bas carefully camouflaged tn the palavef his hand, \ And when the waiter wasn’t looking he would alip it gently and guiltily down Into his coat pocket. ® And then sit there and try to look {nnocent. | And, tm that way, and by drinking much more coffee than he ought \to drink, He has managed, piece by plece, dit by bit, | this burnt offering, | To place on the altar of love! And THAT {s what I call the ultimate proof of devotion! And Sir Walter Raleigh's great coup d'etat shrinks into Just a Uttle grandstand play, Beside it, | Because a man may do a lot of chivalrous things just for the sake of effect. He may spend a lot of time and money on a woman. just for the sake | of amusement, or curiosity, or vanity. He may save her life, just for the sake of duty, or oconsctence, or ‘ humanity. He may fight @ duel over her—just fof the sake of a fight! . But when he sacrifices his personal COMFORT, And gives up one of his pet habits for ANY woman, It is purely for LOVE'S sake! My goodness! 1 wish somebody loved me Ifke that! lump by lump, to collet \ | i} | Camp Comedies By Alma Woodward JUST LIKE MOTHER! . y Coyrright, 1917, by The Prese Publishing Co, (The New York Evenitg World.) Scene: Barracks at Upton. Time, Night, (Yawns couched in both major and minor keys punctuate the darkness | of the going-to-sleep hour. One doy with a patient cough stands out in bold relief. A (drowslly)—Some one give him @ cough drop! B (Jeering)—A bit of glycer+ rock candy {s more efficacious. pounds of candy and a half a teoth- brush—I like that better, B (seriously)—On the level, boys, the shops are just full of kits—we're all im for 'em, 60 we might as weil be yotf think I enjoy barking! Well,| grin and bear it. I don’t, It’s the dust of the depart-| C (with determinatton)—Well, I'm ment stores, glad for one reason. B (sitting up in bed)—List! The) B (rising to the bait)—What reason boy raves. Captain, do not sweep out) ts that? the treneh—our Willie has a phthise!| C (getting {t out of his system) — C (scorning thelr sallies)—Oh, you| Every year since I've been born my can josh all you want to. When I} folks have given me the same thing had my twenty-four hour leave I| for Christmas. went Christmas shopping with my] Chorus—Well? mother and those stores just finished} C (itemizing)—A pair of suspenders, me, Anyhow, they make me nervous! some silk handkerchiefs like chease- —I'm always afraid of knocking|cloth and three danger elgnals for something down. ties— . B (oagerly)—Gee, I went through) Chorus (in blank amasze)—Why, the stores with my alster last week/ that's Just what our folks gave us! and everywhere I turned some khaki] C (sharply through the dark)—So wool'd catch on my buttons and— | you see there ts still something te be C (sighing sadly)—I'll bet each of thankful. font can't happen this us gets #ix sweaters, fifteen kits, | Yer. us sing! tweaty toothbrushes and abouts bait] onos (Renting aottlyh "Ans ame @ pound of candy, other little ki A (dreamily)—Aw, make it twenty harm!" ‘Scene: Their New York homes. Time, Night. Un each home a doting mother, father and slater are planning for the voys th camp.) | A (sadly)—If it was any other iM year, I'd know just what to give him—a palr of suspend~| ers, some silk handkerchiefs and three tes, Sis (softly)—Yes, that's what we wouldn't do us’ any what I'm going to do! Pa (catching the smile)—What's gotten into your little head now, Ma? Sis (coaxingly)—Go on, tell us, Ma. Ma (with a catch in her volce)—I'm going to make my boy feel as much lalways give him, don't we, Ma? /at home this year at Christmas, even } pa (practically)-I suppose we though he ts at camp, I'm going to lought to give him things that are of|give him Just what I gave him every tse in camp—I guess a good kit is/year to keep up his spirits iy Pa and Sis (Joyously)—O about the best thing. | . y h, Ma, *, ‘ at | that's a grand idea! | Bis (quickly)—-Oh, I'm sure he'll Bet) Ma’ (writing ‘down her list)—"4 ‘a jot of kits. | Ma (smiling patr of suspender: suddenly)—I know’ kerchiefs and thre Finger-Printing Ages Old. | FINGER-PRINTING has be en| fully understood that the fingers of no F found the most efficient of all| two persona bore the same markings, methods to keep track of crim-|It was an incontrovertible way of pro+ |tnals, and it is now being used for| curing an acknowledgment. A styna- other purposes, Apparently it was|ture might be disputed—but never » the newest of all the new things tn) finger print. the world, but a faculty member of, \the Field Museum, Chicago, now as-| notice of two contracts bearing the * serts that finger-printing was under-| debtor's finger prints, with an ap- | stood and used by the Chinese of a! pended note saying that this was the | thousand years and more ago, , person who had permitted his finger | pis educator cites the Persian his- | impressions to be taken, This was a ‘tcylan, Rashid-eddin, @s describing) kind of affidavit. One of the con- he finger-printing system in 1308./ tracts bore the date of 782 and the | aven then It was an ancient custom | other of 780, and both were executed \in China. He also quotes an Arablan | {n China, merchant, one Solelman, who stated| So the erlminal investigator of to- in 851 that It was a practice among|day 19 merely employing a hoary the Chinese for the debtor to leave the | method known in the dim reaches of marks of bis fingers upon a promis-|the past. Which proves again that sory note, This would clearly !ndi-| there really is nothing new beneath cate that the Chinese of that time| the sum some silk hand- ktles.” Ther The Chicago investigator also takes? ds yf her little kit, an- e