The evening world. Newspaper, March 25, 1918, Page 16

— ey iy Wlarld, JOSEPH PULITZER, s Cr ae 5 ESTABLI vieag. BY Published Daily Exce the If ASSOCIATED PItESS The Associated ¥ tied to the we for reyublication of all newp Aesnatemee te + paper and-aleo the local news published herein, VOLUME O8.....0.00008 see THEY CANNOT CONTROL THE COST. [ «~ 1 demor ated again and again that the expenditure f ammunition and the sacrifice of an appal- es can change the alignment on almost any at i ern nl Ile mand is no doubt prepared to pay a certain terrific drive in Picardy, But the German high orumand on that price. In the final accounting it may| | times what it can afford for only one-tenth of Not ng of the British line as yet of a kigd to cause| way to treat an enemy onrush is not necessarily Modern armies in the field practice Jiu-Jiteu gain, nd may be prolonged. But there is no reason ‘The line of the Allies may bend, but f ground for believing it will never break. Its ecoil upon an enemy that has shot its last and biggest bolt may well he really decisive feature of this “greatest battle.” mcccemncemenlpi THE SEVENTY-MILE GUN. ITH PARIS calmly admitting the probability that it is being V shelled by German guns at a range of seventy miles, spticism in New York and Washington can be easily prove t Lhe Paris newspapers cheerfully discuss this latest manifestation of Teutonic ingenuity, inost of them remarking upon its expensiveness and futility and one of them coolly dismissing it as a French invention disearded by the Freneh because it had no real military value. Paris, never-to-be-dismayed! Even this seventy-mile bombard- iment, the first reports of which have proved one of the great surpris of the war, has stirred the French capital less than it has other Allied circles which find it hard to believe, | Weapon of terror only though the seventy-milo gun may be, half} a jozen of its type plumping shells into Paris at two-minute intervals suggest a carnival of destruction calculated to satisfy the imagination of even a German. Such a piece of ordnance is bound to be recognized as one of the most astounding products of the war. It would be foolish to pooh ool it until it is made clear how far the Germans are prepared to! make practical use of it. i A range of seventy miles! § | And we are told that at the Battle of Waterloo tho opposing ormies, at first only 1,200 yards apart, approached to within 200 or 300 yards “without suffering serious loss from either musketry or gun fire.” Half a century after Nelson’s time a range of 1,000 yards at eea was looked upon as the limit of distance at which to engage an enemy ship. When Charles VIII. invaded Italy, a French authority relates, the guns were so unwieldy and the firing #o slow that “the damage caused by one shot could be repaired before the next could Le fired.” Impracticable, the seventy-mfle gun? Who'll guarantee its impracticability ? WHEAT RATIONS REDUCED. F's: ADMINISTRATOR HOOVER warns Americans that they must cut their consumption of wheat by one half if the nation’s fighting forces are to be supplied and the urgent needs of its allies adequately met. ‘Two wheatless days—Monday and Wednesday—must be ob- served; wheat substitutes in victory bread are to be increased to 25 per cent., and housekeepers are asked not to use more than one and one-half pounds of wheat products per week for each person in the household, Unless the cut is mado voluntarily, the people of the United States are told they might as well be prepared for compulsory ration- ing measures. But there is another side to the story. When, a month ago, the President officially continued the price of wheat at the $2.00-82.20 figures fixed for the 1917 crop, this action was expected to discourage hoarding of wheat in hope of higher prices, Suggestions, however, that Congress might be inclined to meddle with the price of wheat, combined with pro-German pressure to induc: hoarding, have cut down the amount of wheat that reaches the market each week from 8,000,000 to 3,000,000 bushels, Such a state of things is obviously unjust both to consumers and iotic producers who are glad to grow wheat and market it at rliest possible moment at the price the Government fixes, The American consumer is ready to do hia part by increased sac- *'ficé to free wheat for the needs of war. But he is not going without vleat & at profiteers and pro-Germans can store it away for their to pat own en To reassure and encourage the consumer, the Government would Je well to demonstrate more convince ingly its control over the nation’s | Press Publishing Company, Nos. 53 ¢ \ ti Park Row, New Yor! RALPH PULITZUR, President, 63 Park Row. | ? SUN'S SHIAW, ‘Trowsurer, 63 Park Kow, OSERIT PULATZ tary, 63 ‘k Kow, owed liuley ——~. EDITORIAL PAGE Monday, | Another Promise! © ba The Crem 1 (Tue New York Bre ‘What Every Woman Endures THE is et G ONALD BLACK waa twenty ally clever. Unlike many mer he wanted very much to be married, but as yet his position with one of the large Wall Street brokerage firme paid him too meagre a salary, Th only way tn which Don displayed hit youth was in borrowing money from dinner or supper together, and in- variably forgetting to repay me. got theatre, tickets, so wo went quite often. One evening we had been to @ romantic play, and not feeling like visiting a restaurant we went directly home. Donald made himself com- fortable in his favorite chair and read, while I cooked somo cocoa and sorambled eggs in the chafing dish, 1 knew Donald was smitten, but he had never told me he loved me, #0 when he said, “You'll make me a fine wife,” I was rather surprised, I then} be very happy unless my busband| told me he loved me.” ‘To reassure me, Donald, in his boy- | ish way, answered, “Aw, well, we can arrange that easily enough. But we are going to be married, aren't we?" . “I'm older than you, Donald,” 1 re- minded him. “Five years don't cut any tc," con- tinued Don. "You look like a chicken. Now if it was ten or twelve years, and you resembled a dame old enough to be an aunt, we might sit up and take notice.” Donald's way of proposing was so original—he was so altogether whole- souled. I had not realized before! how deeply in love 1 was. For about! two weeks We Were secretly engaged He telephoned every day and I saw him three nights a week. I was ex tremely happy for, when I reminded him, Donald would tell me he loved me, and added that 1 was “some litue trainer, all right.” Mother observed how absorbed I was in Donald, and she teasingly re- marked that I acted as though 1 had plighted my troth to him. It seemed unfair pot to confide in mother, so 1 told her that Donald and 1 intended to marry. The dear thing was elated and wanted to know when we would wheat supplies at their source, ———_-+ | I ond grasp each battle, when each battle fs a war? pee —————_———_—_____,. — - Hits: F S yj its rom Sharp Wits Are * little things of| thinker w ho ts capable of whistling a w ’ wo autos meet! popular tune correctly, — Chics a car track trer and! Nows, ssid iene cuss r for being there.—Mul- | Waar Oley wauk WS. | No auk, va mere | Nowadays the man who likes to take what ease he can get in his old y The longer an argument the greater clothes can flatter almself that he is the ¢ billty that it will return to| | att Vers the starting point.--Albany Journal, | Some folks apend ao much time atm- . . . | ing at the stare that they can't hita ts 9 strong minded barn,—Binghamton Press, 4 cee ae —— BANE NNEC Wear cbs A tell our friends, and about the ring and everything. She said 1 would have to begin making my trousseau, Tbat wight I asked Donald about au- ERMAN PEOPLE nrc A OOF nouncing our engagement. narried on 1 knew if I waited five years Don 1ld would not marry me, for I woul ¥@ old then even in his eyes, #0 I told alm we would have to get along some- me to pay the check when we had, how on his salary. “Why, it would mean social ostra- elsm to be married in this town and Donald knew a man from whom he! not own a limousine,” Donald said. I argued with him unavailingly, for ho left me, repeating that marriage impossibility. When I did not hear from him I felt that rather than give him up alto- gether I would wait ten vears, ‘The other night at dinner at Made- ) Mrs. Towne said, “Why, Con- | handsome 1 see where he was married last week to Eleanor She's said to him, ‘But, Donald, 1 would not | But her Income Is $40,000." at present was an stance, wasn't that Donald, devoted to you? Farmer, the divorcee Noble Donald! men as long as he his wife, So he sa be financially dependent. Science A rect the feet to when necessary, © 6.4 The Government of Uruguay will establish a plant for experiments in the production of fuel from native bituminous shale, / eet Tae A ton of sapphires will be used this American factory where electric year in an the, Jewelled meters are made, ele bearings Itallans havo per for making an edible oll, th can be used in soap and as an il- lumination, from grape seeds, ees gists For cutting blocks of tce into small has patented an ity work cubes an inventor electrical device that d with heated wires, of My Matrimonial Chances Recording the Experiences of A Young Girl of Thirty By Wilma Pollock Copyright, 1914, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Dvening World.) The Sacrifice of a Heroic Youth He did not think it} fair to spoll my chances with other ould not make mr | rificed himself by | marrying a woman of forty whom he! could not love and upon whom he will! Poor dear Why Was I not more patient? a Newest Things in recently patented foot rest for automobile drivers {s intended to dt- | the right pedals He said, five and handsome and unusu-| "Aw, well, go ahead, Tell it, I'm will- ing. But it will be a good five years vefore I'll be making enough to ge! boy, forty process at also HEN the heighborhood beheld Lieut. Gilbert Gumm of the Dental Corps, U. 8. A. lead- ing Mr. Jarr off to his torture cham- ber near by, and noted how pale Mr. Jarr looked, the rumor ran from front window to front window that Mr. Jarr had been taken in the ieshes of a spy trap. “L always knew ho went to that tus's place on the corner too much, and that Gus is a German, every- body knows that,” said the janitor's wife to Mrs. Hogan, the wasblady The latter having just come from Gus's place with a pint of beer gen- teelly camouflaged in a paper wrap- ped proservo jar, “Why don’t they arrest Gus, then?” asked the washiady, "He should be jurrested. Ie charges twenty cents jfor the stingiest pint of bee> you evor saw, ‘The idear! And ‘vill Mra Rangle's husband bo arrested, too | He goes with Mr. Jurr. Maybe every- body who hangs out in that Gus's place will be arrested as spies. ‘Thank goodness 1 don’t go there muc However, Mr. Jarr had not arrested as,a spy, He was simply being led captive, mere civilian though }he was, by Lieut, GilbertgGumm of the Dental Corps, we "Yos, 1 um permited my ¢ practice until L go on active duly, remarked Lieut. Gus 1 when 1 noticed you had a cavity your second jower bicu been vate large in teel n- around ob, bor’ it aches!" interrupted Mr. Jarr, “You musta’t neglect your (eth, said the erstwiit br, Giibert Guam | attably. “A Gling in nine.” “Did Napoleon say that?” groaned Mr, Jarr, Lieut. Gumm did not reply, but : | Mr. Jarr into bis office hurd by aud seated bim in tho operating chair, "You tapped it with | ument of torture you c ery with you, and made it acae; Umy saves what have we bore? “Well, what do you think it is?” asked Mr, Jarr, "A cellar full of geese?” Lieut. Gumm made no reply, but taking L.s probe he again tapped the base of the hollow tooth, bringing with it @ throb of paln so poignant gud intense that it would have prought & bowl of anguish from a martyr at the st It brought a sion of howls from Mr. Jarr jumshudoing now?" mu ! and etuttered Mr. Jarr thickly. fo ere he bad recovered from the sb wai Jarr By Roy L. McCardell Copyright, 1018, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Eveaing World) of tho searching, throbbin Gumm had a gag-like fastened across the interior of Mr. Jarr’s mouth in such > position that it made his tonguo feel an utter | By Alma Woodward atranger that was shortly to te torn| Copyright, 1918, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), out and thrown aside, The Code “Whuzshudoing now?" ho gurgled _A United States troopship. d@m tn your mouth,” commissioned army dentist. of the bunking space on board, The Boat sleeps, No bells ringing, mo Mr, Jarre was ubout to say be| whistles blowing, no signals sounding—just a silence fraught with signif- wanted to find room there for sev-| icance.) j eral big or but be knew his pro- (in a cautious whisper)—Ed- | Volce (faintly)—M-m, one seo—two test would not be articulate, PX die! Are you awake? c-m-mm “We'll use the drill for a Mttle (Prom a distant corner comes (trying to be nonchalant)—Aiy, while now. I do not think the gums|q gaint suggestion of a snore.) It's somebody dreaming! \ need treatm for pyorrhea,” re-| q (hoarsely)~Hey, Eddie! Aln’t) A (quickly)—'Tain’t, It's too reg. marked the Dentist Lieutenant, “But | you awake? ular. Lissen! walt, I had better explore the chan-| 43 (foggtly)—Huh? Voice (more distinctly)—Bight sees nell not have come to me before you had | was you awake—that's all, an any ulceration M he elen Rowland By H Cop: right u # Publbiug Co, (Tbe New York Krening Worl}, ISTEN, Li8T LADY , | ‘This is not the naine of a play, nor the title of a popular song. g It is a passionate, wild cry for your ‘ And for your HUSBAND'S ear! This morning I read in a newspaper, "Somewhere in America, That the Makers of Women's Waists have planned, promised, and dectded That, henceforth the STYLES in waists shall be radically and definitely altered “at regular intervalel” Because, NOW, the styles change so litte and fo seldom, That “a woman can wear a blouse or a shirt wa MUO! wom util it is worn out!” ‘ What DO you think of that ‘aucy any woman being permitted f wear ANY garuient as long as it is useful and beautiful! . Tut, tut! Also, dear, dea Also, la, la! Of course it has been years and years since she frock until it was or began to look shabby. Every six weeks, for instance, she simply HAS to buy a new HAT! Oh, yes, she does have to, dear Husband, or Fiance, or Sweetheart, Why? Simply because if she went right on wearing ber old one your errant gi would wander to the woman across the street “In the stunning and stylish head plece,” And the girl in the SMART frock would always “marry the mag,” in- stead of the girl whose frock was “twenty minutes late,” ‘ And the business man’s friends would wonder if Le were “going if his wi peared in her last month's evening gown! No woman ever made a fool of herself about clothes i Except in order to please some MAN! And yet, only this morning I took my Beloved by the hand and dragged him to the tailor’s By sheer force, Aud MADE him order a new sult of clothes! Not becatse all of lis old ones were “out of style,” | But because they were shabby and “worn out,” aud just about ready te | fall off his back! And he murmured, and be swore, and he rafsed an awful roar, And protested against the “waste of time,” and the waste of money, And tho fool vanity of women. And to tho naked eye the sult he ordered differed not one jot or tittle from the one he ordered last time, or the time before that, v4 Or the time before THAT! And when the tailor moekly suggested the change of QNE BUTTON He glared at him, And sald he wouldn't be And the poor little tailor cowered and “hurried up” and measured hij And we Were out of the shop in twenty minutes! t — ed wear a hat or a roke” a 4 made “conspicuous” or “outrel” And {u my heart T fell! down and worshipped my Beloved For his intelligence, and common. sense, and strength of charact And I saw as in a great white light. Why women have so loug been goove, and slaves, and sheep! It 1s NOT because we love beautiful clothes, (ifeaven knows no woman would want to look like a MAN!) It is because all our time, and money, and strength, aud thought, | heart's blood have been epilt . In this mad rush to keep up with the CHANGING STYLES! - In this gr copper leap from one atrocity to another monstrosity— for the sake of a “change!” ‘ 4 And I vowed a vow, that, from this day forth, | As far as the Tyranny of Fashion goes 1 would be a Bolsheyist! And the 1 wheedied twenty dollars out of my Husband And went off to look at the new spring hats! Oh, well! The hats ARE beautiful this year. Aren't they! And “a woman's Oret duty Is to be BEAUTLFUL!” Any man will tell you THAT!, and n-—- mel Camp Comédiesa Midnight. ‘Oh, putting ttle | we aro just putting « dol (A silence that fairly shrieks én its tenseness fills every nook and corner sald the newly | 8 of the roots, Really, you should onds—nine seconds—ten—. (coming to a sudden conclusion) It's a code—that's what It ts, A (verging on bysteria)—W-what k-kind of a c-code? (rapidly)—One of A (meekly) was just asking you X-ray tuken to see if th at the root ut to aptured ‘© were| —& (peevishly)—Well, I am, | A (accusingly)—Well, you wasn't! You gotta thick hide all right, BE (resenting the epldermic slur)—| EB Mr. Jarr was had. been ggest that in a rald, those where to speak, and had had no thought of | what d'you mean, a thick hide? they tell ‘em where to point the gut, dentistry, either civil or military, un-| A (trying Yo steady bis voice)—|Sounds like a football pass eode~ {i he had fallen into the hands of | Don't you know where we are? We're | don't you know? Lieut, Gumm. Bat before he could] in the danger zone! A (articulating with difficulty) say a word Dr, Gumm had a fine| & (getting up on one elbow)—Say,| That m-me they've s-sighted a Wire searching down to tha very|your idea of good news is immense! | s¥b-submarine! 5 roots of agony. | (Suddenly there penetrates the dark Voice (plaintively regular)—Phirty When, weak and faint, Mr. Jarr{a low, steady, speaking voice, sound. | Second—thirty-one-— , got out of the chair, ho remarked | in monotones—syllables, indis-| (trying to be brave)—Let's get up shudderingly, “Gumm, when Berlin | tinguishable at first.) and see what's doing. , is captured, of the! E (breathicssly) (Tho two drop softly from thelr Kaiser as a But,| A (almost volcgless)—Hey, Huddle, | °U8*Ss and tiptoe through the narrow no!" Mr, Jarr added fervently, “the |d'you bear it too? aisle, A fow yards further onthe: | Constitution of the United Statey| E (sibilantly)—Yeh, What Ia it? ounting becomes more distinct.) torbidsy cruel and unusual punish-! A (grabbing bis wrist in the dark)! A (whispering)—It's ia bere—not ments!" —Lissen! oy ure pi et abkes - cineca | E-Wailt! 1 ting out- ‘ i | pocket flash, ed One Shell Might Destroy Krupp Works | tr auzzting start of tient, ater a pared to which the heaviest cannon! mium would make an ordinary grave-| leather case containing . to a Then ho twisted Mr. Jarr’s Jaw | now in use would be mere toys. The, yard tame and commonplace; for the} bottles of pills. He Ig ust open and ex ned blithely, "Ab, | giant weapon would have a range of/osmium that can be piled on a 10- | faithfully, monotonously.) saa) 100 long, weighing 100 tons, on» of them| sons, bein, tire Kru 1 wri Bunnell, in Popular Science Monthly, | Phe nitre same atmospheric of wandering, falls on figure. One the boy beautiful peagreen complexion ting up in his bunk hold 4 pathetio with @ » 19 sft. ding a litte for a@|taining osmium and hydrocanie catd, cyanogen, &¢ he silent death produced by os- monster gun, and | with a bore of sixty inc hes, com-| miles and fire a shell 26% feet! cent silver piece will Kill 1,000 per | A (almost fainting tro 7 I have devised a shell which| Say, what's the matt pa ralane capa of destroying the en-| would contain enough of that poison Voice (groaning)—Oo-co-oh! 1 » city of Hssen and reducing the|ous metal to kill as many as ‘0,0v0 | seasick! ye ie persons.” For a month region| E (s y)—We where the projectiles exploded would | got to do with tt remain a valley of death. ’ Vo One of th ns mounted at som. | seu N, would protect New the upp Works to det wo forms of tes the inventor » What's nie counting are planned,| Charles Beecher jolding out ick remedy, I yellow pill a8e)~This ls a cost $5! Pink pli, b browr pil, You em in turn and—- A (impatiently)—Weil, well? Volee (pationtly)—You gotta tae n !n turn—forty secondy apart. * Vv ull the radium's worn: off m > is exploded by chloride ot! erville, “The second shell would| York, aimed at the same place and fired] Wilmington, and, quickly to get the yols wong the advantages, where | Send the Atlantic ong ay a after landing to! from an ordit hip would desty small sheila com> the crew aud swamp the vesyel, da Philadelphia, West Point and] gotta take blue p if placed at Inter- shore, they could de- itic Coast. ‘The con as possible id begin n it wo! ult innumerable watch, so I bad to count ‘om! v | w