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JOskPu PULITZER, by the BP Publteh: , Nos. 88 t. | Published Dally Except Songer 7 ine iw Re tng Company, FULATELR, President, 5 1A Row. W, "Treaaurer, oy Ko’ JLATZEU Jr. Beoretary, 68 Tow. EDITORIAL PAGE | Monday, May Us yrigh?, 1918, by The Pree ible (The New York Evening MEMBED OF THY ASBOCIATED PRESS, ook 2 UNRATE TR Falla haa | ed Aah ember hn VOLUME 68... ...ccceeccesees + NO, 20,712 4 THE THIRD LOAN—AND LATER. HE Third Liberty Loan of $3,000,000,000 has been subscribed and oversubscribed. ‘The figures as finally tabulated are expected to show a total of well over $4,000,000,000, approxi- probably come from the New York) District, thanks to this city’s eleventh-hour rally, mately one-quarter of which h More important, however, than the proportional contributions of districts is the fact that the Third Liberty Loan is estimated to havg been taken by 17,000,000 subscribers—much more than double the number in the First Liberty Bond issue. In the district which inclides New York the total number of subscribers is now thought to run as high as 4,000,000, against slightly more than 2,000,000 for the Second and less than 1,000,000 for the First Loan. This means that the Third Liberty Loan has got down closer to It means that the Gov- ernment can count on an ever increasing wideness of distribution for the people than either of the preceding two. bond issues. It means that more and more Americans are taking a hand in this war and feeling themselves close partners with Uncle Sam in backing Army and Navy with the dollars needed to win it. If the Third Liberty Loan has not been oversubscribed to the extent of two or even three billion dollars instead of one, remember | that the people of the United States are by no means yet in their full war stride. Remember, for one thing, that the Third Liberty Loan has been offered and taken at a time when business concerns and individual Américans all over the country are figuring how they can accumulate, before June 15, cash reserves sufficient to pay income and excess profits taxes amounting this year to a burden which could not have! been measured or foreseen during the greater part of the period dur-| ing which the incomes or profits now taxed were being earned. Tho Treasury has decided it cannot permit payment of thes} war taxes, even with interest added, to be deferred beyond June 15. Business will therefore make the best of it and get over the dis turbances likely to be caused by the withdrawal of large amounts of money just before that date, with such expedient it can devise, That with this considerable handicap the Third Liberty Loan} can still count a handsome surplus is due to the quickness and courage | with which Americans adapt themselves to rapidly arising exigencies of any sort. But in looking ahead and preparing for later demands the war must make upon the Nation, the Treasury will do well to devote careful study to the policy and methods by which a Government like that of France eases the load of taxes upon those less able to bear them, and by allowing obligations to the Government to be met in in- stalments extending over a number of months finds it possible to increasq almost without limit the total of such obligations, The American of modest means who bought a $100 bond in the} Third Liberty Loan took advantage of a gilt-edged investment oppor-| tunity that offered him 4 1-4 per cent. money back again and more. Nevertheless, the Treasury encouraged him to buy his bond on the instalment plan if it was any easier for him. And the immense number of $50 and $100 coupon books sold in the Third Liberty Loan drive bore witness to how widely the partial payment plan continues te be appreciated. He knew he was sure of his When the American of modest means pays $100 of mcome or excess pro: tax, he parts with the $100 finally and forever, Yet in this case the Treasury takes no step to make the separa- tion one whit easier, In the long run, mightn’t it be able to count on him for still re if it did? ——— + “Sturmpanzerkraftwagen” is German for war tank, ac- cording to a correspondent of the Paris Temps, And that’s about the way the German article gets over the Recording the Experien Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishio PPOINTMENT of} & new principal! at our school! caused no excite-| ment until wel saw the man in question, He was Roger Fleming, young, good-look- ing and charming For days after| his installation} we teachers dis- cussed him Inces- santly, I was the only ono of all! who behaved sanely about him, Al- though I have at times overestimated the degree of my admirers’ love for} me, I certainly am not foolish enough | to pursue them. They prefer to be| the wooers, and I have always walted| for them to make the first advances: When the other teachers were be-| having go childisbly about Mr, Flem- ing, I remained discreetly silent, For which I was duly grateful afterward ground, | eather from the latest reports of the enemy's broken-geared offensive on the western front. —_—_—-+-—_—______ Twenty-seven days and three hours from the laying of its first keel plate to its launching. Some speed on a 6,600 stee! steamship! The New York Shipbullding Corpordtion thus re minds the country that Atlantic shipyards haven't sent all the skill that was in them to the Pacific Coast. _ ‘Thrift Stamps next, please! Take them in your change to- / day and get the habit of buying one every time a quarter turns up in your pocket. It's a joy to also service. Ww when saving means Hits From Sharp Wits | ‘The price of pork chops shows that {t's easier than ever.— the sword fs not mightier than the pig | Record. baited pea.—Memph{s Commercial Appeal. | fee es ae », Comme: | Pesstmists say optimism won't win | How aweet the wind of April blows |'¢ War And the optimiats know that | imiem won't evel when Sarah Jane wears allken hose!— | bose’ sven encourage euc- cess,—Toled. | Baltimore Sun, Tole Blade, pens oe Faith ts the Ab: Kicking © man atter ho ts down !8| twice In the Same Pace one way of making him get up—but | ton Press, r tt len't alweys safe to do it.—Chicago S656 | News. ‘The wise worm doesn't crawi out | 19 ¢ until after the early bird has eaten Many of the troubles that seem | his breakfast.—Chicago News, large to us are amall ones magnified oe 8 by too much thought upon them.—Al-| The trouble with eo: any Journal, {t takes them eo long to nettle dow: 88 that death overtakes them before they Iva never too iate to mend, and /are able to settle up.—Philadelph! with an extra hour of daylight, | Inquirer, t Stung | ' | school two weeks before he aingled | me out as the object of his attentions. ‘room, playing with the children or Mr, Fleming had not been in the ‘The girls teased me unmercifully and] called mo “Mrs, Fleming." They eyen) accused mo of using underhand meth-| ods to lure our gallant principal. For not a morning passed without his! spending at least half an hour in my) talking to me. | He praised my work and sent beat- titul geranium plants for the win- by a Young Girl of Thirty By Wilma Pollock Romance of the Wrong Young Man My Wretnnionial Chances The Jarr Family ces in Pursuit of Love B y R oy | [5 Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishi) T was a lazy feeling day. Spring | fever was in the air, and Mr, Jarr yawned as he entered the tonsorlal atelier and made for the operating chair of Fred, the sporting barber. “Well, what do you think of the Glants now?" asked Fred affably. “And lots of ginks thought the Za- tional Pastime got a crimp put in it by the draft getting the young fel- lers, And how's the professor?” added Fred, with deep solicitude, tor he was fond of Mr. Jarr and always treated him as an equal, In fact Fred had once “given a panning” to a supereiiious foreign operative in the place, who had ob- Jected because Mr, Jarr was Fred's particular customer and always wait- 5 Co, (The Ni ‘ork Evening Work) room, I knew better, He wished to win my approval, But best of all was the caring for @ man intelligently interested in my work, Married people with the same interests cannot possibly bore each other, One afternoon we met in the hall as we were both going home. Mr, Plem- ing walked to the subway with me. I knew of course that he longed to come to see me and this seemed & 00d opportunity to pave the way for his courtship. He accepted my invi+ tation to call, saying, “Delighted, Any | time you appoint will be agreeable, ed for that expert. ‘The slighted for- I'm eure.” \elgner had remarked, Mr. Jarr having We decided on Friday evening at) passed out previous to the remark, 8.30, I fairly sang for joy and my that he was “A cheap jobbie who tired heart kept saying, “Never de-|never tipped more than a jitney!” spair again; never despair again,’ {Whereupon Fred, the sporting bar- I was sure that if Mr, Fleming ad-) per, had risen in his wrath and de- | mired me so much at school, he would) clared Mr. Jarr was “One prince who never slipped his own brother less | fall in love with me in my own cozy,| though modest, apartment, \ than @ meg—ten pence!” Further- I prepared @ dainty 10 o'clock T®- | more, at that same time, Fred had past, donned a girlish frock and walt-| owered to present the captious bar- ed for him in great excitement, ‘per with “a poke in the mush!” and By $45, however, he had. not @F-| 124 algo declared that he had known rived. At 9 o'clock he did appear) 4) Jur since the Corbett-Fitzsim- But he was not alone, He was ac- = , |mons fight, and that Mr, Jarr was antity to mi word, and hadn't landed tn this coun ave phy | oard of He: ° Bhe was pretty and young and pro-| ‘Fy with & Hoard of Health permit to tusely apologetic for being go late.| set, him through Ellis Island, after “But the baby was teething,” | having been given the bum’s rush out “Roger told me so much about of Limburger, where the other your work,” aiid ste that 1 feel 1! cheeses come from! Nor did Mr. Jarr dren, especially his own two, You| carry a wireless In his hat, Fred fur- dows, Hoe presented me with pussy- willows, jonquils and daffodils. He * lgaid he loved @ pretty kindergarten! four-year- Our First Na HE first naval school in the United States was established at the old Boston Navy Yard a century ago, the a little over Jrounder being Commodore William |death of the founder of American Bainbridge, who {8 known a8 the Bingham. | ‘Father of Amerivan Naval Construc- | ope | tion," and who was born !n Princeton, N. J. Bainbridge was captured by the French in 1798, during the naval conflicts between that country and and in 1803 he the United States, by the Tripolitan pirates. He fought gallantly ‘n the last ar botween America and Englani, must see them, It was very Kind of|ther averred, to send information to | You to have ug come, for T amanxlous| the Kaiser every time a transport to get your advice about ling OUr otied, like some rummy Helntes he val Academy Jand after its conclusion induced the Washington authorities to open a |training school for naval officers at Boston, In 1840, some years after thi These remarks had not been with- out thelr chastening effect upon the German barber, especially as Fred, while uttering them, had advanced upon the critic of his friend with a bay rum bottle. of this contretemps—for tact is a ecessary attribute of the successful tonsorial artist. It 1s simply men- Philadelphia, and here for @ few! tioned here to show that Fred's tnter- years the midshipmen of the republic | gst in Mr. Jarr was that which he | Were Instructed In the arts of warfare| held toward him more as a friend on the sea. ‘The plan was so success: | than simply a client, ful was decided to open a| “How's business, Fred?” asked 3° |naval education, a naval school wa ed in the old naval asylum in that It me men is that|was held a prisoner for nine months | permanent naval academy. Annap-! yarr, as he settled in the chatr. Jolis, Md., was chosen as the site of | \, Hayy nn |the school, and there, over seventy ‘There ain't no such animal!” replied \years ago, the present United Statoy|the barber, “What with all {.0 'Naval Academy was formally opened. | young fellers going off to war, and Fred had never informed Mr, Jarr | | get @ chance to fight the Germans, stus McCardell in# Co, (The Now York Evening World), safety razors given away with ® pound of tea, and good-hearted guys buying war stamps and Liberty bonds and shaving themselves, & guy who is in this business is lucky |to make his cakes. Still, if I was a though,” “Why ao, Fred? The infantry and the artillery, even the engineers, are equally as gallant a service.” “I'm looking at !t a sporting proposition,” replied the barber. you go in the army in any branch, the percentage 1s just so much that you make a war widow of your war bride. But if you go tn the navy you can get drowned if you the aviation corps you can get shot or you can fall. So nathcherly them two arms of the service has more a peal to a guy who likes the excite- ment of taking chances, Like all good, young, red-blooded guys do, And if solemnly, “I could look old Angel Gabriel right in the face and say, ‘Jazz on the old horn for me, old top! For if I wasn't @ good sport all my days, send me down among the slackers!’ “Yeu aren't so old, Freda, you could de a soldier?” fi "Tried, but they counted me out for flat feet," said Fred, “But 1 |was @ husky young hick before I went to college—tonsorial college— |and took up this artistic career, liv- |ing on Ups and tiled floors. Yep, |I was a husky, Used to chew tobacco }and fight after Sunday school and Joverything, If I was @ machinist I }could get in the army or navy, yes, jor an electrician, flat feet or no flat jfeet. But they don't need barbers | so bad they'll take me, because the American Army don't rely on winning |this war by a close shave, or any- thing lke that, you know, | erty bond button, anyway, | you've paid for some powder," “I see you done the same, in the front trenches, brother-in-law. pest, every family bas ity bum!” “ye! don't get shot or blown up, and in) IT wis to die to-night,” added Fred | “Well, I see you are wearing a Lib- | Fred,” | remarked Mr. Jarr, “so if you didn’t | @n Italian inventor's wireless appar- replied |the sporting barber, “and if I was shaving President Wilson I think I |could tell him of @ good guy to put| more than 5,000,000,000 fish and egge But I'll bet | sn the year ending with June, a new that guy would come back after the war with maybe a medal for setting up late, You know whol mean? My | Every party has {ts curred when trains could not Every Woman's War By Helen Copyright, 1918, by The Préss Publishing Co, (The New York Evening Work), | «No Matter How Dark the success! For philosophy Either I am a wheels, There 1s Either I am a stanch, eager worker, or I am a slacker an? a shirker. { I will DO whatsoever my hands with all my strength, and with all my soul's devotion! 1 will be CHEERFUL, No matter how dark the day, or how disheartening the news of day, I will hold tight to my courage, and smile the smile of perfect FAITH ; Into the eyes of all those about me. No matter, even if HE should fall in the great battle, I ehall not garb | myself in depressing robes of woe, but shall smile down my tears and proudly pin my gold star over my shadow of my own sorrow shall touch another in this great moment. I will be KIND! This {s no time for petty spite ances—no time for argument or hatred or bitterness. MY strength shall be given to the god of RAGH, who ts seeking to ravage the world. With my eyes fixed steadfastly on the Star of Victory, I shall work on, hope on, “carry on,” to the last day. { I will be FRUGAL! } Not one penny of mine shall be frittered away on frivolity, or foolisn ‘fnery, or idle self-indulgence, while nations starve. mine is at the service of my Country so long as this war shall last, | For I know full well that in the | cast upon the waters of humanity shall be returned to me a hundred-fold ia happiness, and peace of mind, and self-respect, and Joy of living. I will be PATIENT. For I know that “Rome was not built !n a day” and that no great. * the News of the Day, I Will Hold Tight to My Courage”’ N OW fs the time for every woman to flag her train of thought, And switch it onto the Right Track! Now is the vital hour for ev: Now fs the time for every woman to FIND herself To establish for herself a philosophy which will strengthen her morale, her courage and her patience, And ft is MORALE which will win this War! Now is the time for every woman to say to herself—~ [ will be STRONG! chinery—a COG in {ts wheels—or I am a CLOG in its Spirit Rowland Day, Nor How Disheartening ery woman to strike her colors—tor {s the secret of morale, vital part of this country’s warma * no MIDDLE ground, find to do, with all my heart, and heart—and go on WORKING. No and jealousies and personal griev- Not one ounce +t Every penny that is final hour of victory all that ! have thing was ever accomplished save by long, continuous, persevering, disheart-:o | ening striving! Why shall I expect miracles—knowing that there is but one miracle The divine miracle of FAITH! I will be OPTIMISTIC! I will talk victory, feel victory, think victory, live victorlously! My Faith ehall radiate to all those with whom I come in contact! I will listen to no pessimists and kill-Joys. For the one thing that has done more than all else in the world to uphold the German morale through all these years of fighting has been the Kaiser’s supreme, unquenchable faith prehensible Deity! And shal! I permit the Kaiser to I should say NOT! in HIMSELF and his strange, incom- outdo ME in faith? Shall I permit the German women who flung thelr wedding rings into the coffers of their Government to shame ME before my Country? a. Shall I drop my eyes before Not I! For I am my Country's keeper-- 1 am the Warrior-at-Home! -hearted mothers or turn them aside guiltily when pallid soldiers trom “over there” imp past? the American Woman! The Toss of a Stone By The Rev. Thomas B. Gregory Copyright, 1018, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening Worl), everlasting things! | True as the Gospel! The ro- | mance of little things—what an Inter- lesting book they would make. For instance, on the 28th day of Um what slender threads hang young feller, I'd be off to the war.| July, 1732, a young Frenchman threw | I think I'd be an aviator, or a sallor,/@ stone at a tree, The stone hit the ‘tree, but if it had missed its mark the {chances are that the most thrilling | page of human history would never | have been written. | Jean Jacques Rousseau was loafing {around the country estate of a rich French woman who had taken a strong fancy to him, and on the day in question ho was strolling through the woods more than half dead with | m0 “blues.” He had come to the conclusion that [he was “no good” to himself or to |anybody else and that the best and most graceful thing he could do would | be to blow his brains out, However this Job of blowing one's brains out is no trifle, and the pros- bit on it, Picking up @ small etone {that happened to be at his feet, he ‘Axed his eye on a tree some little dle \tance away and resolved that he | would take a filng at it with the stone land that if he hit it he would brace | up and live. | He hit—and lyed, and the result of his living was the writing of the | book that brought on the French Revolution, and with it the political, | social and economlo readjustment of the whole world, In 1762, thirty years after he threw the stone at that tree in the park at Chambery, Rousseau gave the world the “Contrat Social,” and the “Contrat pectlve suicide resolved to gamble al Social" gave France the mighty up- heaval that was to shake the thrunea of all the kings and eventually make, the whole world “safe for democracy. For the political student there ts no greater puzzle than this same “Con. trat Social.” Historically it {s null; logically {t 1s full of gaps and flaws, and as a piece of reasoning {t Is a dismal failure; but it did the work, it* carried the multitude. It mada a new France, a new Europe, and in spite’ of the German Kaiser and his Boches, it Is going to make a new humanity. With truth it has been said that it | was in Rousseau that polite Europo first harkened to strange voices from out of the cavernous shadow in whic the common people moved, It was Rousseau who helped to state the problem, who made men realize the important fact that there was a problem; who assailed in characters of fame the kings and the rich, It was Rousseau who inspired a generation of men and women with the stern resolve that they would rather perish than to live on in a world where such things could be. It Is the spirit of Rousseau which to-day stands behind the serriea ranks of the Allles, mightier than all their armaments, stronger thaa ail thelr cannon and bayonet against which the Kaiser's «; fist” shall never prevail, If Hamlet ts right when he declares. that “there 18 a special providence in the fall of @ sparrow,” then our oni; conclusion must be that all the provie dences together were directing the ine tat Heaeeny threw at the tree in Madame Warren’, 2 ‘a N's Dark at Cham. and f ‘mailed ~ Newest Thin As a substitute for the grocer’s yeoop an inventor has patented a | pump that lifts dry articles trom | their containers, which remain closed | to exclude dust, (eer In an experimental way, at least, transmits written messages | eketches, shorthand characters and various designs, . . | Cultural stations of the United States Burcau of Fisheries produced | high record, . * | Boca accident many ave oc- stopped in time # London railroad gs In "Se lence terminal has been equ; hydraulle buffers, evened ete ular To make tho openin 7 Sina futomobile wind shield wing ae waterproof when desired Is the Pt pose of a recently paten ated o attachment, * erate ee South African e} emis hemists hay, that oll and its Products cane tained from the coal mined ae jwola, which in itvelf has been a tall ‘g t \ \° ure as fuel. reer a Operated by electricity obtained from a lighting circuit, a new wee chine wets, sweeps, scrubs and qa, ; , Scrubs and dp be] A floor over which it ts propelled [ buman power, She;