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TOR er ee OA A Ae Boke We EDITORIAL PAGE | ‘ Friday, November 15, WAIT) 2 (UGUS= 1918 What Every Woman Believes By Helen Rowland yright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) Once More, Kings and Princes and Czars and Sultans | “Just Things in Fairy Tales, and Everything Has | Come Out All Right, and Will Stay | That Way for Ever and Ever! BER, When I was a little girl, and lived in a sleepy little suburb of @ beautiful, eleepy old towncalled Washington, D. C. And around our house there was a broad, smiling, gteen lawn, With maple trees here and there, And there was nothing next door but a greel) grassy vacant lot with maple trees in it, Conrelalvt, 1018, by The Prom ibliahing Ca, (The New York Evening World.) SS 2 ‘ She CseMAY siond, ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Published Daily Excbpt Sunday by the Press Publishing Company, Nos, 63 to ‘ S ei Park Row, Now York. ITZER, President, 63 Park Row. AW, ‘Treasurer, 63 Park Row, ZER, Jr., Secretary, 63 Park Row. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, ol STE TIL eres Nica iS eter nde we VORUMR G0. vesccccvccsccccevees PRESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES. HE power of the President of the United States in the councils I of the coming Peace Conference in Europe would be no By his clear and forceful statement, at critical moments jn the) greater for his personal presence there. great conflict, of the principles from which and of the ends for which | An After War Danger Six, Eye B. Caseel + NO. 20,905 And some times a boy would come and tle ae Pile } : this Nation has acted, the President has risen to a pre-eminent posi- there; ’ tion as spokesman for the Associated Powers in defining their aims And she would stand very still, with dreamy pe | and formulating the broad conditions of an ultimate and permanent eyes, and just chew and chew while the maple leaves } peace. floated we whol about hel puatrcnl | " * And every! g seeme p | Behind the words the President has uttered have been the will And I would lie flat on my back in @ Mexieal “i |} © and power of one hundred million people able to appreciate the intel- hammock looking up through the leaves at the placid a) lectual and moral strength with which he has grasped and voiced the | blue skies, fs national purpose. | And listen to the bees droning in the honeysuckle vines around the It is the might of those hundred million people that has given \-piazza, “ i the President’s words gnd acts their full potency. He is strong with their stréngth, great with their greatness. Tle cannot dissociate himself in ever so slight a degree from them and the responsibilities with which they have honored him without becoming a lesser rather than a greater force. The peace principles he has laid down.in the name of the people of the Unit@d States are thoroughly understood by the people of the And EVERYTHING looked so peaceful! ‘And we had a wonderful Southern cook, for fifteen dollars a month, , ouse-girl, for twelve dollars a month, hea ue viliage gardener took care of the lawn and the flowers and gs for two dollars a month and his Juncly i ‘And food was SO plentiful you ate only the “hearts” of things, ‘And you could have six lovely muslin frocks for what one costs now. | ‘And in the afternoon éverybody went in the house and took a siesta, thin: basis upon which advances in the price of milk are to be fi sanctioned? If we listen to the former Commissioner of Farms and Markets John J. Dilton: “It now costs $1.37 to take a can of milk from th? car to the store door and collect the money for it. A man could get rich per- forming that service for 20 cents a can.” Is it the function of a Federal Food Administration to protect | ‘And everything was easy and pleasant and SO peaceful! , > | United States. | “And every girl knew Oe ar. her baad Le Nati marry a duke j; Ft There are other Americans who can be trusted to uphold those | &f Soret ce vcaiy ceaavesd tAcdhd jewels and velvet gowas-and tial principles and to represent the Nation and the President in a manner lean ery oe saa AMligal worthy of both at the Peace Council. ‘And nobody ever dreamed that there would be wars, and “vital prob- At the present time and for months to come it will, as never lems” and woman suffrage and the divorce question and economic inde. O7¢h , be the mount duty o! i ited S | pendence, and things like that to bother about, srg hpct ahah er ong President of the United States| peaand ‘Kings and princes and czars and sultans seemed like things dl a la ens as bohetonad fairy-tales, vague and fascinating, and perfectly all right, } ‘And you were sure that Providence loved you and would take care of MILK PRICES. you, and everything would go on he that, forever and ever! he ‘And everything WAS so peaceful! ay '. ESTERDAY’S raise of one cent a bottle in the price of milk And, this morning, id ; r adds to the New York consumer’s load another burden for After four years of heartache, ut nervous Meee ci be } which no satisfactory explanation is offered. horror, and gts hes and sleeplessness, ai i Producers of milk declare the boost will not benefit them. This| ‘atin om, “ee eaiek nee ay in placid room, with the gentle November sunlight fall-* } latest raise may therefore be taken to mean additional gains estimated Fd Song f eel 7 ing across the floor, and tenderly lighting the flag In my wise Pe | tin | at $384,000 in the second half of the current month alone for the Cane % ethan amnd cabal ir ‘And kitsing a tired, soul-wracked world back to hope an rp b a / milk distributors. | again— | sos e with little white crosses, Justified on what grounds? O!MIBERTY, LIBERTY How 1d Leno Saree ee caiaton wee Must notoriously extravagant and inefficient methods of milk becaracrareneyin d sultans are, once more, i ota . And that kings and czars and princes and sultans are, a a oe distribution be accepted month after month and year after year as a ‘ j CRIMES ARE COMMITTED in |just things in fairy tales,” and that there are still “vital problems” to ; A | igured and be settled, and that food and clothes will be scarce for a long time, ‘ But, somehow, I know that Providence loves us, and that everythi1 will come out all right, and stay that way forever and ever; ng IS so peaceful—(Just as it was in those care-fre¢ And everythi: days!) In a beautiful world-at-PEACE! The Jarr Family 2 RerL. McCordel Lucile the Waitress By Bide Dudley \ | the profits of milk distributing companies regardless of the costly, | Conmrisht, 1918, by Tee Prens Publishing Co, | But I hear you can look otherwise|he obeys? No, sir! He just keeps | Copyright, 1918, by The Pri biishimg Co, | ful gentleman, turning to Mr, ers | Covert ees Pgh nba be Mu | cumbersome systems of handling and distribution by which such ‘Hype Bs hd gueibahatead hen you want to, SECIAE RNG yelling’ tar People to die: | ANE cheriea taalae Cooder: just | ML nt lone ee ccheen | only Pasi Ubey ‘slay pooled? See i petite are made? 66 7MASEY was in this morning,”| “‘Whaddye mean? I says» ‘Has|emburse to the sides.’ | ae : : se | Wont HERS WAL GUE DOT eres Ie vIn teen c te, but T won't | Pag ; said Lucile the Waitress as|somebody been decimating me to| “The crazy fool,’ I says. | how their husbands spend their | tyrough Berlin, and will they stop] “I'll look oe * minute, bi If not, the Food Administration should explain why, under its the Friendly Patron spread | you? “'So,' Casey goes on, ‘I scramble | |, ahaa ce me ges Gn thei way, te bene he Reet ce ele Ley he allo to the attenda: | orders, the price of bottled milk in New York is advanced to 17 cents|!* Paper napkin over his knees, “‘Only Mulligan,’ he says, “That igard . f i id over to him to see what's up, What | a’ 1 sour apple tree “Our boys certainly shot the Ger- 4 all up on the Meuse,” says Mr, ngle. “Who's Casey?” he asked. “Ideut, Casey, the big cop,” Lucile went on. “He's one of my best friends. to “rack ‘em up,” and selected a with great care. The pool game was started at ® quart, while loose milk is sold at 13 cents a quart, without even so much as an official criticism of the distributing methods that are cop says you got a gift of temper their work and the hour they arriv think ts the matter? ; : that would wreck a gunboat if it hit Teigtatiaminl ; }home. Mr. Jarr is often asked to ust drunk, I guess: |explain this, but somehow he is never Mulligan was busting a path } behind these prices. In the public view, the workings of Government dictatorship have not been such as to establish their economic infallibility, ~~) The people of this city are stil economic justice the New York T. which during the last three years than $14,000,000 over and above a , tion of its operating plant—is authorized by the Federal Government | to demand from its subscribers from $5 to $15 for merely installing | or changing telephones—services w] able to perform without charge. Telephone rates, milk prices, coal prias—in each case public last in line for Government 1 wondering upon what grounds of ‘elephone Company—a corporation has taken in excess profits more return of 8 per cent. on the valua- hich it has hitherto found it profit- protection? Letters From the People Why Close the Barge Canalt To the Editor of The Evening World: Being @ constant reader of The Evening World 1 have followed with much interest your investigations of the New York State Barge Canal, especially with regard to its opera- tion, Ax\you brought out in the columns of The Evening World, the transpor- tation expert appointed by the Gov- ernment to direct the eastbound freight was a N, Y. Central executive. Naturally be was not in sympathy with the movement of freight over he State Barge Canal, What I wish to bring to your at- tention is the closing of this water- way to the shippers of freight on the Ist of November, Why can not this artery of traffic be kept open until the ice prevents it? Why can the General Electric Company operate their barges on the canal and the State barge officials cannot? This closing naturally throws the bulk of westbound freight to the N, Y, Cen- tral R, R., which is not in @ position to bandle it now, This we take for ranted, as the road has been unable to receive it at its downtown ter- minals for several days owing to the congestion at Favors United Protestants. To the Editas of The Krening World: I saw a letter in your paper on get- ting unified action through the l'rot- estant churches, I think it would be 4 splendid movement to get our ministers and pastors, also the | men of all denominations, intorested in such work. I used to believe the church was @ noble institution for the betterment of Christian people vu: lately it seems to be the cloak for selfish and crooked devices, Now does it not seem best Yor all Christian Protestants to do ur Allies have done in the great war? To have one leader and follow in the law of Goc 1 personally believe what “A. R. 13" has suggested in his letter in your columns of Nov. 11 to be u good be. ginning for all of us who are just living im the valley. It is about time we got up on the 1 proclaimed a united effort to keep our people in unity and peace with ull men, especially those who are of the household of faith, Let all men be true and our work will be @ kind of slory which shall not fade away, - is the} Casey ie true blue and @ yard wide. When I was @ kid and used to throw rocks in the street Casey was @ patrol- man and he used to rebuke me, bit always very gentle. He never had any of that irrasc.bility that @ good many cops are noted for. So you see me and Casey have been friends for quite a decadence or wo, “Well, what I was scrambling up to ja this, Casey, being @ Lieutenant, has got @ lot of authority. Now, they got a cop in his precinct named Mul- ligan and 1 don’t like him, He told me my dog ought to have a muzzle on and when | recapitulated by say- ing It was him that needed @ muzzle, he told me to gwan or he'd run me in, So you see, 1 wasn't very tete-a-tete with this cop, Mulligan, “When I sce Casey in here this morning, I am feeling pretty sore over the recollections of Mulligan, The uniform called {t back to mind, Bo mean little me decides to see what can be done about this Mulligan guy, As Casey sets down I slip him the tings of the day and take his jorder, Then, when he's dipping into the prunes, I sa: “Well, Lieut, Casey, you're looking fine to-day.’ “The old boy Mkes the ladies and so |I know I'm etarting right. | “Well! he says, ‘it's a nice day. © looking fine and dandy, too, You" “I wee my chance to get Mulligan, 90 I say: ‘Listen, Lieutenant, will you do me a-favor? “4 sure will.’ “Well, give that guy, Mulligan, a few black marks, will you?, Set him back a few points. He's a big dub.’ “‘Gosh, Lucile!’ says Casey, ‘You talk like as if you was married to Mulligan, But you got him wrong. He's @ good fellow.’ “‘He is like sin, I snarl, “Chat guy would steal bread out of a starving rovster’s crawl, I know him.’ ‘Now wiit,’ says Casey, ‘I heard about him and you quarreling. Now lemme tell yqu a happenstance, You know the ‘leventh of the month?’ “‘1 sure do, 1 says, “That was the day of the big victory celebration, I never yee such crowds before in ail my life,’ “Well, lemme tell you about Mul- ligan, I'm coming along the street on @ sort of inspection tour and I see Mulligan right in the crowd waving his stick and ordering everybody to stand aside, He never had no ap- parent reason for it, go I get the idea he's nutty,’ ‘He gure is,’ I says, ‘He's a fool, too." “ ‘Well,’ Casey continues, ‘I call to him, I order him to get out in the street and fight automobiles like the other men are doing. Do you think ATHER TIME is usually pictured as a patriarch bowed by the welght of thousands of years. Yet the child of Father Time, youny Mr, Standard Time, is only thirty-five years old. It was in 1883 that Stand- ard Time was born in the United |America Once Had Fifty Time Standards. mountain top and | Allen of New York, Secretary of the American Railway Association, At noon on Nov. 18, 1883, there was a universal resetting of clocks in all parts of the United States and Can- ada, and the four great time zones into which the North American conti- through for a little crippled kid hob- pling on a crutch and waving a flag. On the level, df it hadn't been fe Mulligan the excited crowd might trampled that kid to death, Finally jeign trade, and so on.” Mr. Jarr said he really hadn't time. 1e Kets the kid up on a wagon where| But this is really what happens, at| Mr. Rangle said to shoot a few tramés, 18 can see and then Mulligan gave |least how it, happened the other day:|%4¥ an hour's play, wouldn't inter- | ‘Im his lunch money. That kid had |Mr. Jarr encountered Mr. Rangle,|fere with the Camp Community 4 Breat day." |both homeward bound after the day's | drive | “But T know about |with Mulligan, Lucile,’ says Case: j‘and I'n give him a stiff calling down for it.’ "I give Casey one look. big Lieutenant stiff,’ I says, ‘If you lay oe hand on that guy Mulligan or even give him a cross look I'll bounce @ pot of Bostons off your bean,’ “‘T got you,’ says Casey, “And to-morrow,” concluded elle, “I'm going to put a mzuzle on my dog—just because Mulligan told me to.’ . LL wars are wastefnl, demands of the re ent conflict A difficult to economy has become necessary, The Government has emphasized this to the American people, and has also applied the principle to its own un- dertakings. As one result the Army has become the country’s biggest dealer in second hand clothes. The reclamation and conservation service is cleaning, repairing and making fit for reissue millions of garments, change from ‘Say, you | Lu-! have been so huge that it was meet them and sharp of the Quartermaster's Department The work is done at the base depots, and a single incident will show the jexplicit- He simply says: “Oh, I ran linto’ Rangle and some other business \friends and we got to discussing manufacturing adjustments after the war, how to hold and expand ir for- your scrap Work, and Mr. Rangle suggested they , stop in Joc's place and shoot a little |pool. Mr. Jarr demurred and said he had neither the time nor money to. waste, “Well, let's stop in a minute and see what's gqing on,” Mr. Rangle |suggested. “It will cost us nothing to get an eyeful.” ‘They enter and look lon, jostling against @ theerful gentle- man in a belted overcoat who re- jmarks that “peace rejoicing may |have been expensive, but we should worry!" “Flello!” then exclaimed the cheer “Speaking of shooting, there's an empty table, ‘smatter with shooting a little pool?” says the cheerful stran- "ger. This argument wad settled by a} friend of the cheerful gentleman but- | ting in and suggesting @ partner | game, | His names was Jones, it appeared, and he said he was willing to play for Thrift Stamps or the honor of paying for the next round. | “1 can’t do it,” said Mr, Jarr; Rangle said he was “willing to while away an | hour.” But Mr. Jane was firm, and said: I've got to hurry home to supper and then take my family to the theatre.” "What's your hurry?” said the Old Clothes Made Into New By “Army Experts) but the} AN this 1s changed. The equipment of the enlisted man is frequently in- spected, rigorously so when he is about to embark for oversea duty, and any part of it not up to standard is thrown out and a brand-new blanket or coat, as the case may be, is furnished, The rejected equip- ment is shipped to the nearest bas | depot for inspection and repair. Hats, apparently useless, are cleaned, blocked and made fit for service; worn-out shoes are repaired if pos- sible, otherwise the sound leather is cut into patches or shoe strings. The same thing is done with overcoats, tents, breeches and socks. If the gar- ment is sound, !: is cleaned and re- 2,365,000 blankets, 6 588,000 overcoats, (000 pairs of winter and summer irawers, 2,100,000 canvas leggings, 1,575,000 flanriel shirts, 4,672,000" light and heavy stockings, 960,000 cotton breeches and 315,000 bed socks. It is expected that 24,000,000 garments will be put in useful condition» A large number, perhaps 18,000,000, cannot be repaired, but none of this material will be wasted. —_—__. INTELLECTUAL EQUAL, HE merchant was busy, and was having @ troublesome time at the telephone. HIs T Central, who tried to get the num- | which read: quarter a side, those getting the 9 or 15 number balls being paid > quarter by the others not so fortunate, and the man getting the highest count of points, by adding the numbered balls he put in’ the pockets, also re- ceiving a quarter from the other play- ers, Mr, Jarr was coerced into par- ticipating. Jones, the cheerful stranger, won two of the money balls and got the highest points as well. This grated on Mr, Jarr, and he de- termined to play one more game to show this fellow, and then hurry home, Mr. Jarr lost consistently, He hel on for pride’s sake, just to win onee, Finally, after some words with Jones, he gave his cue to the attendant an hurried home, leaving Rangle flat 1 a three handed game, palpably with} sharks, It was after eight when Mr, Jai arrived at his domicile. A singl light burned dimly in the dining and there on the table, which had :x sign of @ meal on it, was a note “Have taken the children and gong home to mother.” Mr, Jarr sat do aghast, stunned, Then he turned wu; the light and read again: “Hay taken the children and gone hon WITH mother.” Mr, Jarr turn over the page and the ‘etter con. tinued: “Sorry to disappoint youl about the theatre. But mother has! baked cookies, and the children think! they would rather go home with hey and eat them and go to the theat some other night, It's the girl's da; out, You can go out and get dinne: 'and come for us at 11,” And the Mr. Jarr noticed that ¢! note was dated 4 P, M, wasteful days of old. § im Later he was very severe with M: =) % jon at receiving stations. | What ¢o De With the Kai States, Since then he has been Me artape tar taratiteiie existence.| at one of these depots, two piles of | Paired: tf worn out, the sound ma-| Per re a Ce 3 i _ soar Jai because she hadn't telephor aoe me Fe pe Rae naa paid for ey ae Lo 7 roe Woes adopted and given a permanent home| tempts to reckon ‘me by mechwnieai| soiled ind battered campaign hate| terial is gaved. Only threadbare pai spe a josie ae pan him, and let him know she wo: , \ 3 fe to let the ex. | in nearly all the clvilized countries of ? hae chia eaten BM men, ‘ A DOWNTOWN MERCHANT. |xcaiser loose in a nearby country, | the earth. Before this date travellers| wnitied mustered eit FAEVilly §,| wore found. Each of those tn one| Parts go into the rag bag. This spirit tence be home when he arrived from hig Rejected Man Willing to Help| where no doubt he will plot some ney | from Loston and. Washington ‘needed | “deen ea epaeedly AbOUL TIS DB. "C:,| neap showed a knife slash, making it|f economy extends to new uniformas,| Patience, : work tired and hungry, se te nace Vrence. deviltry? I once heard German re. | o change their watches Ave times in| Anaximander. invented 2 ade. nat | unit for further use. Before the war|™ade up by private manufacturers.| | “Look here,” he shouted, “either! “Suppose I got mad and went out, SruIak te eanatity encores im latter | Gentes Gad tab cone! Patherinnd at) orear to, Keep Up fo date, There were| about 650 B. C.. The first sun-dial at|® Soldier recelved a clothing allow-| THe contracts specify that the scraps | get ge ee Talk tomy tan| ona played pool tll all hours: dea a L te lemanded it|over half a hundred standards used | . a d f material belong to| where I may at t talk to my in-| Rangle does?” ao y tm The Evening World signed by “A|the German people could drop ‘ths | in tho United States and Canwla tee ame wae placed in the Temple of| ance and each garment issued became and odd snide @ Faaeeie’, Delon 18 SN ee Rangle does?” he asked. “Yet, what Patriot,” in reference to sending men| Emperor for awhile but they could| tween the Atlantic and the Pacitic.| was divided into house The ie | bis personal property, When be was|‘he Government, amounting to rmil- | ter ; else ig @ man to do when he oo #0 fof detective vision to France as work. | take him Up and relnstate him agai | Even in the same town ‘here ag) Wat “vided into hours. "the clepsy=| enutied to draw a new hat, the ren {lions of yard of cloth, : Silence for 4 moment, and then over| home early und finds his hove de smen, 1 have been rejected five or|Do you think we can trust them? {| often two different, standards, one| time recorder invented uote’ ie cs*| lation demanded that the old one be| The large saving accomplished ts| the wire came a loud “Hello!” fn a] serted and no supper ard his 4.) Mi times for this reason, and as | think the United States and the Allies | known as “sun” or “local” time, and | leged to have fond org otf, tt p Ayer y the fact th ; | man’s volee at her mother’s listening to f 8. am healthy otherwise, would be more | should demand him from Hellunt ea | the other ae “ralirong’ tee leged to have found crude clocks in| disfigured so that no civilian oquid| shown by the fact that within the next | hard luck stories to bring back ts than glad to help the-Government in| we'll be sure we are hot being bam-| Many persons of scientific attain.| country In bo Bee bre fein nat| masquerade in it, ‘The same thing|half your the conservation and recla-| Mr. Brownlow was much relieved, | depress a kind and loving husband?" pum ENE Petriot” eave, boozled by the badly beaten but tricky | ment invented achemes for ‘stand-|no clock In England was jo snle thee appled to other articles, such as’ mation service expects to furnish for| ‘What place is that?" he asked, ie aut Me. eer eal he had 20 exeut ray, One we Go pomethingy sS foo The world is not safe, while ho ardizing time, but the plan finally| dependable until that ect up. in| teats so the'Arm§™ was a rich fleld| tho use of men in training these items| ‘“J'he hospital for the insane,” came! just because she was Oi oor ae - adopted waa worked out by W, HF, ton Court in 1540, | t0r the junk dealox of equipment, all as good as new: | the answer,—Liverpool Mercury, with the children, / se ° : cai isl ’ , j %