The evening world. Newspaper, August 1, 1918, Page 14

Se. —s Sees ah t d Yili i ~ ny Wy Wi, ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. | Pebtimed Daly Except Sunday. by the Press Publishing Company, Nos. 63 to| 63 Park Row, New York. | RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Row. J. ANGUS SHAW, ‘Troasurer, 63 Park Row, s JOSEPH PULITZER, Jr., Secretary, 63 Park Row. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, " Associated Prem 9 exctnsively entitied to the nae for republication of all te it oF not otherwise credited in thie paper abd also the “NOLUME 59... Arepatcheg Teal ‘news publistied herein ++NO, 20,799 ‘WHEN THE VERY STONES CRY OUT. O WONDER the old “hunger stone” which the narrowing weters of the River Elbe have made visible for the first time, since the beginning of the present war sends a shudder) through Germany with its grim warning from the past: “When ye see| me, ye will weep.” | There is a sinister meaning of more than one kind of famine in the graven words. Physical hunger is no new thing to living Germans. They know what it is to have food doled out to them by quarter ounces. They know what ft is to eee their children sickening for want of enough to eat while they themselves grow gaunt and hollow-eyed. They know what it is to sce trainloads of food pass through starving villages on the way te the imperial armies. They know the bitter disappoint- ment of harvests that turn out all too scant, of promised supplies that never arrive. But 0 far more terrible famine threatens the German people—a famine of hope. Already the arrogant boasts of the powers that rule Germany and delude Germans with promises are giving place to halting explanations. Instead of being able to make new pledges, the war lords are hard pressed to find excuses for the non-fulfilment of old ones. Excuses for the failure of the U boats, excuses for the lies abcut the strengih of American forces, excuses for the emptiness of the Ukraine larder, excuses for the collapse of the Brest-Litovsk treaty and now excuses for the great G@rman defeat on the Marne! Official despatches from Paris yesterday described an official note publis:ed in the newspapers throughout Germany, in which the German high command “tries to make the German public, profoundly @eveived, accept the total failure of the ambitious programme which was destined to develop into the investment of Paris and the ultimate rushing of the military forces of the Entente.” The correspondent of the Berlin Vorwaerts sent from the front under date of July 27 a veiled but significant warning to the German public: “The consensus of opinion among our front troops is that the fighting value of the American troops should in no wise be un- @errated.” It is estimated that German losses in the fifteen days since Duty 15 can be little short of 200,000 men. Nearly a million is be- Mieved by neutral observers to represent the total German loss since the launching of the great enemy offensive March 21. Paris puts the German !osses since the beginning of the war at 4,760,000, The member of the Reichstag who declared yesterday that Ger- (mans were “losing courage as though they had suffered a big defeat” ftamdoubted!y reflected what he saw and felt around him. : The cumrlative effect of failures and broken pledges, culminat- fragin the defeat and growing disaster of the Marne, must be to start @ new chill creeping over German spirits and a hunger for pe gpewing at German hearts. The advance guard of the most formidable and robust nation ferthe workd is already lending irresistible strength to Allied attack, before the man power and the resources of that nation have contrib- toed more than a small fraction of the full force they can marshal, if need be, to-crush Germany to a point where Germans will find thom. selves starved of a future among civilized, self-respecting peoples. No wonder the very stones of the Fatherland ery out to warn Germans at home of the awful famine and weeping that threaten! —-+-—_____ ‘Why not place benches tn City Hall Park near the Can- teen for the use of the many sailors and soldiers gutherod there at almost all hours of the day? ‘The area in front of the City Hall has become one of the otty’s chief rallying and recruiting centres. Men wearing Uncle Sam's uniform are much in evidence there through midday hours, and everybody knows the asphalt pave- ™ front of the City Hall is one of the hottest places in New York on @ pot day. | The turf in City Hall Park has been wel! Protected for | yepre. It ought to be fairly tough. Nobody would begrudgo | ® Bittle public grass and shade to the boys in the servica Why not an*open-air canteen? | ace} Letters‘From the People. ‘Weete Chacheurs Put to Useful displayed, “German P; wort ancakes,” Now bl that we are changing names would it hot be @ good idea to alter this one SUBSCRIBER, Mother Finds Camp a Cheerless Place. ‘To the Faitor of The Broning Wortd: Botng a steady reader of ‘The Ey ning World, I wish you would print a letter” for me about the treatment relatives of soldiers receive when they go to Camp Mills. If you don't have money every time you ask a question you may as well stay at home. Everything takes money, The tradespeople constantly charge the boys double prices for whatever they want, and then we hear about ‘ood s the boys have in camp. There isn't a bit of comfort at the camp for mothers who coine to see their boys. They must stand in the hot sun without even a place to ait down except the grass, which is 90 dirty it ruins their clothes, And most likely, after you go to all the trouble of reaching camp, they will tell you that you can't see your son. Bome one should better things for the poor, tired mothers who come @ long way fort has not de- yeneed the number, pt chauffeurs who etill making an y living with doing any useful work. When our are crossing the’ sea to fight the Governmen constau.uy Img men for necessary occupa- it is not fair that so many of these big, strong fellows should be ited to idle away Lheir time. A up Broadway any day will show many thousands of able-bodied @re driving taxis and pleasure A whole army corps might be ited on Broadway without mak- an impression in their numbers. hard day’s work would do them Chaiffeurs de not receive high and with eyerything so ex- I should think they would be to enter shipyards, ammunition its and o! placts where a man earn good money. The owners of be made to dri A MOTHER, Another War Atrocity, of The Drening World: |reached the top by his own efforts. “Germany'’sO Thursday, August bject Is to Exhaust the Enemy ”? By J. H. Cassel By Sophie Copyright, 1914, by The Pres Publishinj FATHER sheds bitter tears ove A the death of his daughter, a girl cut down in the prime of her young woman- hood. The father weeps because he knows’ that he might have saved this young soul to a good old age; that because of his selfishness the end came too soon. This is the story of a father who has accumulated a lot of money. He has several daughters and sons. He has more money than he could possl- bly use in all of his lifetime, and when he dies all this money will go to the children. But this father has made the mis- take of many, many others, He Is extremely selfish, and wants them to wait for dead men’s shoes, He goes on the theory that, because he went through great trials and tribulations to get where he 4s, his children ought to do likewise, ‘This is true in a measure. Most everybody worth while has had to go through @ crucible of penury and per- severance. It is commendable, to say the least, when we sce a man has But it is also worthy of note when a young man or young woman striving lo work and succeed are given a little boost just when they need {t most; given the money or the recommenda- Irene Loeb iz Co, (The New York Evening World.) tion, or the little influence that helps pave the way for them. This is what this father has with- held. He has held his money in a tight grip and possibiy said to his children, “You go and do Mkewlse.” They did, to the best of their ability. In passing, it might be well to say that sometimes a well-to-do father 18 a hindrance rather than a help, When his son seeks work an employer will think often that if his own father has not given that boy the chance that a stranger can give him, there must be something wrong with the boy, or girl Therefore, to have a well known | father is sometimes a handicap. And how this father weeps. Down | deep within him he knows that he was selfish, He took trips to Europe and | to warmer climes and spent his money | on himself, But as to biy children, be | always went on the theory that etart- | ing with nothing is the most import- ant thing in the world, | And so this young woma= went to work, She was made of good metal, and knowing hér’ father, would not | exact a penny from him, but made her | own way, although often the way was | long and hard. She worked in diffi- | cult places in a great effort to get somewhere, to accomplish something. Not being very strong physically, she overdid it and broke down from nervous prostration, which took her away, 1 hope the death of this girl will be a lesson to this father, 1| hope he will weep enough to soften his heart before he goes to his grave, The Father Who Weeps I hope he will take a few of his dollars and place his children in po- sitions where they can better them- Covrright. 1918, by The Prem Publisring Oo, (Tbe New York Evening Wor'd). “N OW, don't get in any discus- sions, Don't go quarrelling selves, After all is said, this man with epyeeds” caia ian The Jarr Family | Women In War By Albert Payson Terhune | Copyright, 1018, by The Pros Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) . 22.—LADY JANE GREY: The “‘Nine-Day Queen of England. HIS is the story of a little girl who unwillingly plung England into a civil war, and who, for nine days, sat on England's throne as Queen. Lady Jane Grey was gentle and lovable and ty. She had no ambitions, no desire to rule. H only wish was that she might be allowed to ii Queen Imprisoned for “Treason.” © quietiy in her country home. A group of an lous statesmen used her as a pawn in the iron Jane was born in 1537. She was the cousin Edward VI, the boy King of England. Edward had two elder siste: Queen of England). So even when young King Edward died unmar ried in 1553, Jane had no legal claim to the throne. Jane at the time of Edward's aeath was a girl of sixteen. She had spen' all her life at her parents’ country place, where she had been brought ua her lessons and her garden. “She was so teachable and delighted so much in study,” writes a bio; ‘The powerful Duke of Northumberland was tho most unscrupulous pol; itician of his day. He also had boundless influence over Jane's ambitiou . the foremost man in England. And he need Jane's help to carry out his daring scheme, | Store Lady Jane Grey and his own son, Lord Guilfot Dudley, who was still a mere boy. When Kin Queen of England. Jane did not want to be Queen. She was very happy at home with hi was, But her father and her husband and Northumberland ordered her accept the crown, They persuaded her that she alone had any right to it The plotters took Jane in triumph to London where the homesick girl was duly installed as Queen of England. Northumberland had won bis un« ruler of England. But the English people were not willing that an outsider should seiz lived. They rallied to Mary’s aid. And presently an army was marching on London to dethrone Jane, war was over almost as soon as it began, And Mary marched, unopposed, into London. no longer Queen. She clapped her hands for joy. “Oh, now we can go home again!” she cried happily, husband were thrown into prison on @ charge of high treason. They might have escaped with their part of England. ’ As long as Jane should live there would always to death, S Not yet seventeen years old, the unfortunate and innocent girl wag | Government wanted to kill her, But she met’ her death with a genue courage that was worthy of a martyr. he morning before they were both beheaded. Tatra: should 1 aay, farewell to him?” she asked in wonder. of politics, And it cost the innocent child her life, Mary and Elizabeth (each of whom was, in turn, destined to She made no such claim. But her relatives made it for her. in harsh strictness and to absolute obedience. Her chief intcrest was pher, “that she became the marvel of the age for her acqulrementa.” father, the Marquis of Dorset, Northumberland saw a way to make bimse! Northumberland arranged a marriage betwi Edward died the Duke of Northumberland proclaimed Jano the rightt boy husband and her studies. She begged to be allowed to stay where And Northumberland raised an army to back her claims. scrupulous game, He was now the power behind the throne—the actual the throne whilo the Princess Mary—elder sister of the late King—still | Northumberland’s army made the feeblest sort of resistance. Tho eivil ‘The conspirators fled for safety. Jane was told by her father that she was But she could not go home. She and her boy lives. But the civil war flared up afresh in another | be danger from such rebellions. So she and her husband were condemned forth to execution. She could not clearly understand, even then, why the As a special privilege she was told she could say farewell to her hus- see him again to-day—in heaven.” “I shalt By Roy L. McCardell the trolley car animosities among the ladies, temporarily at least. They all fell heartily in with the children’s idea of a demonstration, and with Hightower will serve luncheon and I don’t wish to leave before that. Now Mr. Jarr never hau a word with anybody, except his wife, as a {s now spending his heirs’ money. Why not give it to them at a time when they can use it to advantage and build strongly? As long as he can see that their efforts are earnest, no one knows better than he what a little money will do at a crucial moment, when it Is most needed—a little dit of backing to place one in business, In a word, I hope this father will see the great wisdom of “being wise in time.” Oh, the suffering and the sorrow that are caused by dear ones, by selfish kin who can afford to be kind and generous! What a heritage a man leaves when he leaves behind | him the good thoughts of others as against evil ones of a Scrooge.” “stingy Jarr, in a whispered aside to Mr. Jarr, as they arrived at Mrs. Hightower’s suburban estate to attend a League of Nations lawn party. “What are you talkin’ about?’ asked Mr. Jarr in surprise. “I'm at peace with everybody except the Cen- tral Powers.” “In the first place, {t 1s too warm to get heated in any argument,” Mrs. Jarr went on calmly. ‘In the second place, if there are any Turkish people bere, we haven't declared war on Turkey yet, so don’t attack them.” “I promise not to attack Turkey,” sald Mr. Jarr, “not till Thanksgiving at least—and that's a long way off.” “Well, please keep your temper, because the trip has made the child- ren very hungry and I don't want you to have a tiff with anybody, Mrs.) Bachelor Girl Reflections By Helen Rowland Copyright, 1918, by The Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) OVE is a form of vertigo which makes a man so dizzy that he begins [ to see imaginary halos around a woman's head. You can always distinguish a professional heart-breaker by his des- perate anxiety to hide the fact and to keep in the amateur class, against captivity, Sometimes flirts settle down and make the best husbands; one who has rung all the changes on love before marriage is least likely to pine for a change afterward; and a man who has fought long and hard and lost, has no fight left in him, general thing, and he looked at her in amazement as shoe proffered the advice of genial social relations with all neutral nations before the lawn luncheon was served, at least. The fact was, there WAS a storm brewing and Mrs. Jarr’s advising Mr. Jarr wag in the nature of advice to herself, So when Master Jarr in the exuberance of boyish apirit poked a small American flag in Johnny Ran- gle’s eye and pinohed little Mary Rangle on her plump, dare arm, Mrs. Jarr got him in the neck of his blouse with the crook handle of her folded parasol, yanked him back to her, ad- | ministered several resounding smacks and then pushed him forward to his position in line Jn front of her, all without losing step, she was only do- ing it im the interests of peace be- fore luncheon, “We needn't bother about the free luncheon, We can buy sandwiches and cold chicken somewhere around here,” suggested Mr. Jarr. ‘We don't | have to depend on what other people | have.” | “Am TI to spend money for food when we have come all this way to this League of Nations Lawn Party?" asked Mrs, Jarr. “That's the way with you! You let everybody impose on you! But when it comes to getting something for yourself or for your family, then you are such a stickier for the conventions!" The stickler for the conventions made no reply. He surmised that Mrs. Jarr had made her plan of cam- paign and it would be best not to American HTS year brings the 108d anni- | Was Father of Modern Big Guns' the United States to produce guns Every time a bachelor meets a pretty woman he loves to sit and “dream about marriage.” |interfere, but let harmony reign be- | fore luncheon, It is some- T “Mamma, can't we march like sol- | flags flying, the little party marched on to the main lawn of the Highto: estate where the ceremonies wore staged. “I don't care. Nobody that’s here knows me,” whispered Mrs, Jarr to her husband, and they marched on merrily, while Johnny Rangle beat @ stick ag: @ tin pail he was carry- ing and Master Jarr gave an imita- tion of a slide trombone that would have made a headliner of him in vaudeville, Just as the marching party reached in front of the grand stand Mrs, Jarr gave a moan and her legs tottered beneath her, There, large as life, im handsome outing costumes, right fac- ing them from the steps of the grand stand, were Mr. and Mrs, Stryver, “Why, Mrs, Jarr!” said Mrs. Stryver. “Who expected to see you here?” “My patriotic work among th masses," said Mrs. Jarr, with ra. bresence of mind. “One can't be con. descending, you know. I'll see you later, when I have my poor fol comfortable.” “We'll be here in the seats for dis- tinguished visitors,” said Mrs, Stry- ver. “Don't forget!” And she turned to wave her hand at Mrs, Hightower, leaving Mrs, Jarr under the baleful glare of old_2i Hickett, who had overheard her, and. who told Mrs, Rangle about it, “I'll never go any place on trolley, cars with neighbors and their chile dren, like a Fresh Air Fund exeu sion, again!" declared Mrs, Jarr in tense aside to Mr, Jarr, “and you e pick a quarrel with the first Turk Russian we meet, so we can leay, The idea of Mrs, Stryver patronial AR versary of the birth of Thomas | Jefferson Rodman, the Ameri- can inventor and ordnance expert who initiated the movement for big guns which has culminated in the |giant cannon now in use in Europe. {Rodman waa born in Salem, Ind., and after graduating from West Point, entered the Ordnance Depart- |ment of the army. He early devoted |himself to experiments with guns jand gunpowder, Rodman’s greatest trtumph was the Invention of a method of casting guns hollow and cooling them from |the inside, which worked a revolu- tion in the making of artillery, The jong and earnest study devoted to then admittedly the best in the world, In 1860 a cannon weighing thirty- five tons, the largest in the world, Civil War required heavier and bet. ter artillery, In 1863 a twenty-inch of 1,080 pounds was cast, gun attracted international attention, and many years passed before it was surpassed in size and effectiveness. Rodman also introduced the use of “mammoth” powder for the fifteen- inch smooth bore guns of his inven+ tion, During the Civil War his guns were used in both navy and army, | the properties and manipulation of wast on, them ragaided a6 he: Lest material for heavy ordnan and were of great assistance in de- clding the outcome of the great During the war peri: swe | smooth bore weighing nearly fifty- | eight tons and throwing a solid shot had command of the Water- but thing like riding on a scenic railway—all thrills and no danger. It 1s an awful shock to a sweet young bride to see the man who fer- was cast, but the exigencies of the | vently vowed he loved “her only” in all the world show a healthy interest in a broiled lobster when he might be looking into her eyes, When a woman keeps reminding a man that he owes everything he This great | (8 to her he ts apt to get to loving her just as he would any other creditor,, They caught a glimpse of the dash- Better marry and be & young man’s slave than stay single and be an old man’s stenographer, dearte! The only thing in these fair United States more unbearable and {n- comprehensible than a pro-German 1s an anti-American; and next to @ pacifist the greatest stumbling block in the way of Uncle Sam is a pes simist, A man may be willing to give his life or his fortune for his Lis poker winnings are something that he regards ap sacred to try, m | diers?” asked little Emma Jarr, “We —_——_———— all is dot flags!” \Small Drawers Made \ “That's a good idea!” cried Mrs. | P. | Rangle, who was of the party with | aper Boxes, |ber children, and who was @ showy | | soul. “Everybody will be looking at | | us, thea, Where are Clara Mudridge- | | Smith and Mr, Silver?" | desk. SRAL cardboard slide box were used to make a light, emi nest of drawers for use on ‘The boxes were what al known as “No, ing matron and the bachelor disap- pearing under the trees among the | flower beds, Mrs, Mudridge-Smith, :t was evident, was leading her restive | captive off. She had been compelled | \t0 keep on the firing line of Miss Hickett’s advances toward Mr, Silver and the interference and the annoying playfulness of the children. But row she took ber cavalier and beat it, as Mr. Jarr remarked. mi change of scone to the trees and Souere nad lagoons, bad stlled % by 2 by 8 inches long. Six boxes, arranged as shown, were glued je gether and be with bla gummed paper. The drawers out from either sid —