The evening world. Newspaper, November 14, 1918, Page 20

ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER, . Puliished Dally Mecept Sunday by the Prose peeaaing Company, Nos. 64 to (Thursday, No EDITORIAL PAGE vember 14, 19 | oA PLMER Reece Shere |? OF THE ARSOOIATED PR alk SEL SLE SPS LAL VOUUM WEL Sc eha robe stccecsevovessesepsccccesM Oy 90008 ON FEEDING GERMANS. ‘ ERSONS who are working themselves into a frenzy of protest P against the possibility of the United States helping to provide for distribution of food in Germany ehould pull up « bit and weigh facts, Leave sentiment out of the question. ‘The attitude of the American and Allied peoples toward the German nation cannot be « sentimental one. The crimes of which Germany stands convicted—crimes In the commission of which a majority of the German people backed their militarist ralers until the power of the latter was crushed by Allied and American force—are still crimes for which the German people stand accountable. ° Despite the famous Burke @ictuth to the effect that « nation eannot be indicted, the German nation has been indicted. Over- whelming proofs of its guilt bestrew a. blood-stained, war-racked werd. Tts punishment will be the heaviest ever inflicted upon a people judged, found guilty and sentenced. But—prisoners under sentence are not left to starve. Over- powered and disarmed, the criminal is not condemned to slow death from hunger. Even when food is not-plentiful, civilization does not say “Stop feeding those in the jails.” (Neither does civilization provide for the infliction of capital pun- ishment upon a people. Is any one prepared to come forward and propose that 60,000,000 or more Germans, old and young, of both sexes, shall be taken out to sea and drowned? Does any one advocate a general auto da fe jn Germany? « ‘Then why talk as if it were povsible to leave only a blackened hole where Germany once was and proceed as if the German Empire had never existed? A civilized world cannot afford to abandon its bed-rock prin- ciples of humanity and justice by seeking revenge instead of punish- ment. It cannot punish one crime by others which must react upon end brutalize whoever become instruments of its vengeance. Obviously, beyond the safety guaranteed by the final destruction of militarism, the only gain to the world from punishing Germany must come from a punishment which consists of enforced repara- tion—so far as there can be reparation—for damage done. The epeed and fulness with which such reparation can be secured epends upon the number of living Germans who can be kept toiling to restore what German ruthlessness has destroyed. Tt would be a slow business exacting work or collecting indem- nity from Germans left to sink to lower and lower depths of starva- $ tion and disorder following the cataclysmic downfall of the dynasty which brought the German nation to its present plight. There is no need, therefore, of. humanitarian pleas to support the unanswerable economic argument that if Germans are to pay even a part of the colossal reckoning against them they must be fed. To refuse to feed them on sentimental grounds would be no more sensible than for a ranch owner to refuse to feed a herd of cattle that had stampeded and killed human beings. ‘The reply of the President of the United States to the German appeal for food is that he will take the matter up with the Allies, provided the German authorities can give assurance that order will be maintained in Germany and an equitable distribution of food guaranteed. No fault can consistently be found with this by those whose hatred of Germans does not carry them beyond the limita of prin- ciples to which they otherwise adhere. No less could be promised if it were a question of helping to ‘feed a starving prison camp—which, on a larger scale, Germany under the armistice conditions, with the blockade of the Associated Powers still in force, will pretty closely resemble. No sudden love or forgiveness need be construed from a policy] y which would deliberately and methodically arrange to feed those|dren, because of the great love she whose muscles must make good incalculable losses in France and Belgium, whose hands should replace the machinery German shells have destroyed, whose toil and whose children’s toil for years to come must bear its part of Germany’s punishment. _ | her nome with ter otter children. Letters From the People Save “Long Di Time, "Wo the Eilitor of The Evening World: We have for « long time been read- ers of The Evening Worl and on many occasions have admired the fairness of its views in dealing with ‘the public. Due to the many complaints made by the public in regard to the pres- ent telephone service, we wish to say, im behalf of the long distance oper- ators, that the public cannot and will not receive better service while the present conditions prevail. One menace to the service is the constant resigning of operators cap- able of banuiing the business, They are unable to live, or even exist, on the small salary paid by the telephone company. Another is the overwork- ing of operators until they are tn such @ rundown condition they are unable to do their work in a satisfactory manner. An operator is supposed to work eight hours per day, every other boli- day and ry third Sunday. We also 1 to have a fifteen minute 6 morning and the same in the afternoon, Do we get it? No. We certainly work our eight hours the company makes sure of that, For the past year we have been allowed! but forty-five minutes for lunch, and | we do not get even a five minute re- Hef, much less fifteen. A number of people are under the irapression long distance operators do not work, In the Washington, D. C., nee” Has No Easy (time spent in trying to locate party canear ne id The company begrudgingly hand. these girls, at the end of the wee! . $11 or $12 dollars. The most @n op one ona hag org $14, and then she ave with ¢ mapan: SY or six yehrs, gre j ‘e thought when the Gover es aemtret there would be ‘en © in salary, but disappointed Y, we were sorely ‘e hope that Mr, Burleson soon awake to the fact and ment an investigation as to the condition of employees instead of fussing with in- oe as to the profits, overcharges, ‘Trusting we may rely upon your co- operation in placing the truti fa cabin wate e truth before LONG DISTANCE, Calls Yonkers Car Service B: ‘To the Wititor of The Hvening Works { understand that the street rail- road company wants to ebarge a double fare im Yonkers. On the Broadway line cars can easily run from Getty Square, Yonkers, to Van Cortlandt Park in fifteen min- utes, and on the Park Avenue line ean make the run from Roberts Ave- hue, the end of the line, to Van Cortlandt Park in thirty minute: cluding stops, The trolley service is very bad !% Yonkers and getting worse ever, day, as the railroad seems to be reducing the number of curs, They often have to pass sevotion of our playground, as Mr. Burleson called it, we have eighteen! operators, These girls handle twelve | 19 thirteen hundred calls a day, Highty per cent. of these are Govern- meat calls, Dows the public realize the people waiting on the corners as there is no more room in the cars, What we want in Yonkers is a permit for jitneys to run, The Yonkers trolleys earn from $85 to $100 per day for each car, ENSIGN, U. 8, N, a ke Your Place in Line The Woman Who D 1 By Sophie Irene Loeb Copyright, 1018, by The Press Publishing Oe, (The Now York Brening World.) OMEWHERD in the congested areas of our city there fe a home of sorrow to-day—in fact, sadness reigne in the whole neighbor- hood, A woman, «@ great mother, hi gone, It may be truly said she , died of joy. It is a beautiful story. 4 For this woman Namenaeeg nad one of the greatest souls of her day, ‘When a young, robust woman a few rears ago this mother of six ohil- bore her babies, believed that she ought to ald some of those who had ly to her, and she thought tt over. Upon reflection she said: “But what will these two boys do without ‘me— what will'happen to Mra, So-and-So across the street, who can’t walk?” ‘Through her mind flashed the many people with whom she came in touch im her beneficent way—she could not bear to cease rendering the bit of com- fort she had given to each. And #0 she stayed right there in this crowded section between 10th and llth Ave- nues and went right on doiig more and more. The other day when the first news came that the war was over her ha piness knew no bounds. She thought of the relief that would be felt by all those about her, She rejoiced at the safety of her own two sons on the no mothers, As time went on a neighbor mother died, Ghe took the little one into Pretty soon another home and an- other was broken, until she had three such children, besides her own Her two eldest boys were just within the age. to be soldiers, and they went at the first call. The hus- band earned a very small wage, and the two boys leaving reduced the income of the family. But the woman took in work and proceeded to do her part. During the bie struggle, @ friend of the family died, leaving two boys, fifteen and seventeen, and their father, This noble woman found time to go to their home every few days and make it “comfy” for them; seeing that they bad clean things, eto, In a word, wherever sho could she gave of herself, and her little store, humble though it was, All the neigh- bors’ children came to her doorstep, welcome, She was one of the most beloved women of her section, A good man who had lived tn the neighborhood came into a consider- & pretty home, somewhere outskirts of the city, | comfortable for her and her children. in | to give to others. knowing always that they would be able sum of money. Knowing of the great efforts of this little woman, hé wanted to do something to show his | appreciation. He offered to buy her | proper size, uses three colors of ink the | when and make it| Changes, the name and address for He was anxious to give her an oppor- | tunity to rest and. enjoy things her- | tionary engine self, huving spent so\much of herself | (noe, & foreign inventor has equippe a other side. And then to show her great glow of gladness she seized the American flag and ran whh it to tho window, to hang it there as a symbol of her thankfulnesa, But it was all Sus 2 tan Facts to Remember. Windshields have been invented that can be mounted in the back of the front seat of an automobile to prevent the drafts ‘caused by tho usual shields inconveniencing persons on the back seat, ‘To be connected with @ plano or organ keyboard @ Swedish musician has invented electrical apparatus that transcribes music as it is composed upon & wax ribbon, from which it can be copied, * 8 Investigation has shown that more Hinemen are injured than any other clags of men employed in the electri- cal industry, but that only a small percentage of accidents are due to electric shock, oe English scientists have found that heating the ground with steam pipes before planting seedy increases its food value’ and that plants thus raised blossom earlier and produce more ahd better crops. 1) 0 Anew form letter printing machine cuts paper fed from rolls into the desired and automatically |each letter produced, ee eal To make the sight guage of @ sta readable from a di: gauge with an arrow, the point of which follows the rise and ful) of The: picture he drew was very love water tu the glass tube ed of Joy too much—the great human heart of her overflowed and she was stricken then and there., She never survived, and with her went the soul of one of the greatest mothers in the greatest city. Thus shadows hover in the homes where she had brought #o much sunshine. And yet a great comfort must come to them in this knowledge—she did her big part. No one could ever take away from her the sense of satisfac- tion as she mothered and cared for those who needed her. No one could take away from her the mother love of clinging little arms. And, lastly, the pain and sorrow of all her trials and tribulations were swept away in that last moment of realization that all is well. To be able to die at such a tme is worth something. And it | was hers. And she left a great herit- age—an inspiration for other women, this—the life of Charlotte Cummings, | for that is her name. world! man larder, When a man flatters @ woman “Open your ears and shut your eyes fool of you!” . It takes a lot of self-analysis for about’ something. “She” will begin worrying about how we can go on Bachelor Girl Reflectio By Helen Rowland Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Ce, (The Mew York Bvening World.) HE boy who was “just @ nuisance round the house” before he went across will be the most prec! gets back. He will be the only “absolute monarch” left in all the When @ man declares that he admires you for the beauties of your soul, of the charm of your mind, dearie, it is just hig delicate little way of explaining that he’s not thinking of marrying you. Flac dur fe Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Ov, (The New York Evening World), R, JARR was searching on the floor very carefully. Finally, he straightened up and asked if Mrs, Jarr had seen anything ef a five dollar bill. “Why do you ask me such @ ques- ‘on?” asked Mrs, Jarr, with some asperity. ‘Next, you will be saying that your wetoh and chain are miss- ing.” “Oh, my watch and chain are all right,” said Mr. Jarr placidly, “but, you bet, I know every cent I have, and I'm five dollars shy.” “It ts mo wonder you lose your money; the careless way you have of carrying it im your trousers pocket with your keys. A nice row | you'd make if I was 6o careless!” re- plied Mrs. Jarr, sharply. “I never accused you of being that careless. I know you do not carry your money in your trousers pocket with your keys,” said Mr. Jarr. “I'm ns lous and adored thing in tt when he To make a woman see through a joke you somo times heve to “put a hole in it,” but in order to make Germany see through the Kaiser we had to put a hole im the German frontier, the German head, and the Ger- it 18 exactly as though he had said, and I'll tell you something to make « a girl to discover why ehe lets ‘a man iiss her when she doesn't want him to—much, Now that the worst is over, I suppose everybody will begin worrying worrying about whether or not “He” will get home ‘in time for Christmas; “He” will begin worrying about whether or not “She” and his job will be waiting for him; Mother will be (feeding Hurope and her “boy” at the same time; the slacker will begin worrying about how he's going to get out of that little marriage without paying alimony, and all the pessimists who ‘have ‘been worrying about the war will begin worrying about the shocking length of the women’s new skirts, It's. long reign that bas no turning nowadays | Women in War By Albert Payson Terhune Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World.) No. 37—FLORA MACDONALD; The Heroine o/ Prince ‘ Charlie's Rebellion. HE was Flora Macdonald, daughter of a Highland facam ily that lived on the Isle of Skye. From childhood Ger wit and beauty, as well as her gallant couragdy made her famous, But she won immortality at lact by saving the life and the shattered career of « mam who was not worth saving—a man who was not worthy that any decent woman or man should rivig harm in his behalf. The man was Charles Edward Louis Philip seat mir Stuart—known to history as “Bonnio Princ] Charlie.” 2 His grandfather, King James I1., had been kicked off the thron® of England, And, in 1745, Prince Charlie made a raid into Scotland trout” * Girl Risks Death for Prince. By Roy L. McCardell And when I go downtown I don't even get myself a cup of tea when Tit shopping. Do you deny yourself any= thing?” “1 deny myself the shopping,” oni IMr. Jarr, “and I deny myself govt from store to store and then coming home with a headache and being cross the rest of the evening. However, that's not the point, I was going ta let it go, and let you have it if you The Scotch still hated their old foes, the English. And thousands of them flocked to Prince Charlie’s standard. The young Prince's magnetiq ‘With an army of 6,000 Scots he marched over the border into Rogian gy heading straight for London. He easily defeated such British forces aq among his ranks and fierce squabbles among his advisers made his expedi« tion @ failure on the very eve of success, met in battle at Culloden April 16, 1746, and the Prince was routed. He fled to the Highlands for safety, while a Victory Is Foiiewed f OR: Ans a fare. All he wanted now was to get back in safety to France, It did not matter to him that the enemy But every port was watched, There seemed no chance for him to escapes ‘The net around him was growing tight and tighter. save a stranger. She refused. Then O'Neill brought the fugitive Prince te her home, In ai hour Chartie’s fascinations had done the rest, Flora was herself and her “maid” to go to Skye and thence to Portree, Thus, after many a peril and hairbreadth escape, she smuggled Chartie at last aboard @ @iscovered. ‘The brave girl was cast into prison and narrowly missed paying for her Jevotion with her life. ‘The Captain was about to surrender when Flora rushed up from the cabin brandishing a pistol and calling on tho crew to fight. They obeyed, and broken her arm. , On her deathbed in 1790 Flora begged that whe be buried in the sheat wretched fugitive she had risked her life to save, and who at about this same time was peacefully drinking himself to death. “Didn't I find a two dollar bill on the sofa, a two dollar bill that fell “Not long ago,” echoed Mr. Jerr. “That was before the war, when you take the five?” “Now I see what you are trying to lr » oh France with a handful of men to raise a revolution which should wig charm did much to attract them and to blind them to his utter wortle were sent to stop his advance. But when he was only two days’ march from Back to Scotland marched Prince Charlie with the remnant of lis army want of $150,000 for his capture warmed up the pac® were hunting down and executing hundreds of his loyal followers, His own, One of his aids, a Capt. O'Neill, knew Flora McDonald. He besged hev willing and eager to die for him. France-bound ship. Later she married one of her kinsmen, Alan Mae- 3 Many years afterward she returned to Scotland. On: with such zest that the frigate was beaten off. Flora fought side by side that had covered her Prince during his night at her home. After a long and ° mily out of your pocket, not long ago?” money was plentiful. And I wasn't do!”.sald Mrs. Jarr, “You want to for him the British crown. lessness. the capital he was compelled to halt and turn back. Wholesale desertiong and a hastily marshalled English army pursued him thither. ‘The rival force of his pursuers, The Prince had had enough of ware skin was all he was interested just then in saving. to help Prince Charlie to escape. Flora saw no reason for risking her life te She disguised the young Prince as a woman, and secured passports for After the French had got safely away Flora’s share tn his escape was donald, and emigrated with him to North Carolina, the way the vessel was attacked by a French frigate. with the sailors throughout this battle, even after a French musket ball had happy and honorable married life her jast thoughts turned back to the not so careless, either.” asked Mre. Jarr. lying on the sofa last night Didn't quarrel with me because you've lost some money. I think you should be ashamed of yourself! You weste your money, I don't know how, and then, as an excuse not to give me any, you accuse me of being a pickpocket. You don't know how mueh money you had.” “Oh, yes, I do!” Mr. Jarr replied quickly. “I only want to say that I don’t mind your taking it, if you would only tell me so, Of course it would be too much to ask, if I ghould tell you, as I have told you a hundred times, that I'll give you anything I have, but you at least might ask me for wt!" “I do ask you for ft, but I don't get tt,” retorted Mre. Jarr, “You go lose your money, you waste it end throw it away; you never know how much you have, but instead of acknowledg- ing that you do not know how much you have wasted you accuse me of taking five dollars! The idea!” “Oh, all right,” said Mr, Jarr ami- ably, “there's no use quarrelling about it. If you say you didn't take it, why, let it go!” “I won't let it go!” said Mrs. Jarr. “You may lose money and not care, for it is easy for you to accuse me of taking it out of your clothes; and then when I get indignant, and rightly #0, you say grandly, ‘Oh, it’s all right!" ‘As for giving me what little money I do need, you do nothing of the kind! I go without thousands of things that I need for the children and for the house, for I never ask for anything for myself, although, goodness knows, I need some new clothes! And if you had any pride in my appearance you would give me a little money for my- self, ‘If I ask you,’ indeed!” ‘ow, old dear, don’t get huffy,” said Mr, Jarr, “I don’t want to get angry. I don’t want to say harsh things to afterward regret them!” “But you don't regret the harsh things you say to me,” whimpered Mrs, Jarr. “If you did that, your whole life from this on would be spent in regretting! And Please don't speak of losing money as thobgh it found it, for I will say that I had w five dollar bill in my clothes when ¢ went to bed last night. Nobody has been in the room but you, and thig morning it is gone!” “You did not have five dollars ir your pocket last night!” said Mra, Jarr, “At least I know that much and can swear to it.” “I bet you ten dollars I did!" replicd Mr, Jarr, “I will tako the bet!” sald Mim Jarr, quickly. And going over to the bureau she rummaged under a news paper that covered the bottom of @ drawer under some odds and ends of feminine apparel. “Here's the money you had. It dropped out of your pocket im the hall when you pulled out your latch key. Little Emma found it there.” “Ha!” said Mr, Jarr, triumphantly, “did I say you took it? No, I did not. But as you've found it, you eaa have the five dollars, dear,” “It isn't five, t's ten!” exclaimed Mrs, Jarr, exultantly, “and you ewe me ten dollars more that you just bet me!” Mr, Jarr was taken aback, “Well, 5 you keep the ten, then, and we'll calf it square,” the said. “L might have known you'd beat me some way,” said Mrs, Jarr, as she tucked the bill ava; ever ask me to bet with you aga! paladins <stelaaaa GORRECT ANSWER, TEACHER was explaining A her pupils in the primary clusg the difference between civilized and uncivilized races, insisting upon the three things as requisites to civill~ sation—food, clothing and shelter, The following day she resumed hor subject, by way of review. “What are the three things necess sary to a civilized man?” she asked. Several of the children remembered food and clothing, but the third requi+ sila seemed to have entirely escaped their recollection,” Finally, after the question had been repeated two og to didn't matter these times of high wrudge every vent Pxpoud three times, one of the boys, tha? largest one in the class, raisod Mag hand triumphantly, “Well, James, you may ‘ell ee Albany Prous, / j