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pa 4 OF - anchored in Gravesend Bay, found a red hot stove in the living quar- CU’ ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER, Pay Beewt Gendes by te Freee Futicting Company, Nos. 53 to cba ate: o MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, SO ee aa MR. GOMPERS’S THREAT. HE tone of Mr. Gompers’s proclamation to the effect that “organized labor will fight to the last gasp to maintain the advantages in wages and hours which it has won through the war” and that “labor will never consent to go back to pre-war eonditions,”, is too bellicose to be wise. + No one wants to see labor shorn of benefits in the shape of fairer wages, shorter hours and better working conditions. These benefits Were steadily and rightfully accruing to labor before the war. War did not confer, but only in specific cases hastened them. " On the other hand, when organized labor aggressively declares that itvvill bear no share of burdens of reconstruction and readjust- lent that involve lower wages than those now prevailing it risks Ipsing the eympathy and support of a large part of the thinking public. ; * ‘Accepting Mr. Gompers’s statement that “the American labor movement wholehcartedly supported this world struggle,” it will nevertheless appear to many people that if the war has meant any- to American labor it has meant the most extraordinary oppor- tunities to draw unprecedentedly high wages for what was clearly to recognized as emergency work. If organized labor is preparing “to fight to the last gasp” to maintain in all directions these war standards of wages it might % well prepare at the same time to face charges of colossal post-war (Wrofiteering. ** By what right can wage-earners who have lived up to exceptional yar incomes demand that when war is over they shall be in no wise expected to retrench? , On what grounds of economic justice can labor base a claim to MWhare only the winnings,and the blessings that result from the great | | @ontlict ? ————— IN THE NAME OF COALITION. HE letter to the Unionist Leader and Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which Premier Lloyd George states his atti- tude toward the coming general election in Great Britain and Noward the issues of reconstruction, contains passages that may be uead with interest in the United States: : “The problems with which we shall be faced immediately ‘on the cessation of hostilities will be hardly less pressing and will require hardly less drastic action than those of the war itself, They cannot, in my opinion, be dealt with on party lines without disaster. “A Parliament returned to support the Coalition Govern- fulfil this essential condition and would also be ry authority and the unity of purpose alike as to principles and methods to enable the British Government to deal effectively with the peace prob Jems which will confront it. “It an election on these lines takes place, I recognize there must be such a statement of policy as will retain the support of the Unionist and Liberal Parties. “All the problems of reconstruction must be faced by Britishers as patriots and not as partisans. Every party has its good traditions and those it would like to forget. For the next four and a half years I want to see all parties united with the best traditions of all.” Here in:the United States we have not a Parliamentary system with a responsible Ministry. But is the Lloyd George idca of a coalition executive backed by a legislative body in which all parties, therefore the whole country, find representation in dealing with issues infinitely transcending the issues of any one party—is this idea #0 very far from what people in many parts of the United States were fedling their way toward when they cast their votes on the Tuesday following the first Monday of the present month? po EXPLOSIVES NEAR NEW YORK. OBODY paid much attention to a little bungh of men, including United States Senators and officials of this city, who steamed about New York harbor last Saturday noting barges and fessels that carried red flags at their prows. “Nevertheless, these men were on an errand of inspection that is ly to mean the safeguarding of this metropolitan district, em- ing a population of 10,000,000 people, against one of the worst forms of disaster that destroy life and property and create panic, # The United States Senators were members of the Senatorial Committee appointed to investigate the recent explosion at the Gil- afeie shell-loading plant at Morgan, N, J., with a view to determining far New York is exposed to similar and perhaps far worse con- Gussions. Others of the party were Fire Chief Kenlon and Director of the Port Murray Hulburt, who told of another trip some months ®ago in the course of which he boarded a barge loaded with explosives ters with no guard on duty and carried away two boxes of explosives in his launch without anybody interfering with him. Fine protection EDITORIAL PAGE | Monday, Nove mber 18,1918 aT Yagazine Ellabelle Mae Doolittle Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) SLLY MAE DOOLITTLE, the noted poctess of Delhi, has conceived an idea, novel in character, from which much good should accrue, She has decided to enter upon a campaign of education in Dehalf of the women of the United States, Through the medium of poetry Miss Doolittle will attempt to teach the housewives the true value of various foodstuffs, in order that the women may set their tables at the jeast possible expense and, at the same time, effect a general saving of food throughout the land, It was as a result of eating peanuts one day tecently that Miss Doolittle happened on the idea. After devour- ing two bags at a total cost of ten cents she discovered she was no longer hungry. Supper time came shortly but she could not eat, It was as plain as day to her that ten cents’ worth of peanuts had satisfied ber hunger and had saved a meal worth at least four bits, A little more in- vestigation convinced Miss Doolittle that there are many foods as nour- ishing as the peanut, the full value of which the general public does not know, The noted poetess took her idea to Mrs, Elisha Q. Pertle, Promptress of the Women's Betterment League, of which she is a member, She ex- plained it to the Promptress and was invited to introduce it at the next meeting of the league. “| think you have hit on a darn good thing, Ellie,” said Promptress Pertle, “We're going to get together and chew the rag Friday afternoon at Hugus Hall, Drop in and tell the girla.after I slip them my paper on ‘Pure English," Miss Doolittle accepted, When the Premptress introduced her Friday afternoon the lithe, sallow girl stepped forward with @ roll of manuscript in it enemy aliens in war time! The army experts declare that if a shell-laden barge got afire the barge would sink before the shells exploded. Most New Yorkers, her hapd. She was dressed in tangi- ble silkolene, with brooches and dew- drops in clusters about the waist and a ever, will agree with Fire Chief Kenlon: “Everything is all right|FINDS HE DIDN'T KNOW HER gnless something happens, But if something does happen, then we |} an’i tell what the effect will be.” , Senator Myers, Chairman of the Senate Committee, declared that a and his fellow members will see to it that “all menace from _ explosives is removed from New York City.” 1 The nature and scale of that menace were amply revealed in the ‘Morgan, N. J., explosion. There is space enough on the Atlantic of the United States to make it unnecessary to concentrate of tons of explosives close to the most populous and densely area in the country. + SINCE THE FLOOD OF NOAH, (Brom the Indianapolis News.) long have you knowa this woman?” asked Alfred Henry, a lawye: tn a divorce suit at Marion, of a witness called to prove the residence of the ap- piicant. “Well, ever since about the time of the flood," was the response. Smiles overspread countenances in the courtroom, “Do you mean,” “How pursued the lawyer, “the deluge wilh which Noah was con- *rOhe my, no, the flood of 1213, Ns G a ! re sponded ‘the embarrassed witness, maiden's prayer jingles as fringe. She bowed politely and said: “Dear friends, I want to show you the value of the peanut asd a food. Later I shall try to show you’ the value of a lot of other growibles, but to-day is the peanut’s day, E hokus Canarium.” “How's that?” asked Mrs, Cutey Boggs, seated in the front row. “Tut, tut, Cutey,” said the Promp- “That's Greece. Shut up, will you, and get this peanut dope.” Miss Doolittle peeled a sheet of Paper off her roll of manuscript and ‘elecring her throat rather heavily— it seemed badly obstructed—she read as follows: ‘The peanut is underestimated, It is a wonderful food, Over ite value we hare ak: Eat every one in the bag, You'll be as happy se @ home full of hay And your appetite will lag. My sister's child, Teoney Mickotts, Sat on some fudge she was cooling, (The New York Evening World.) TOT emer ae By Bide Dudley| T he Jarr Family I had to isugh—I really did, ‘Thi time she was not fooling. But getting back to the noted peanut, It will save you much money, I'm not going to say who it was, But one of you ladies’ husband was intoxicated last might, As the final word fell on their ears the members were awestruck. Here was a rhymed lecture on peanuts and, at the same time, a hint that some man had liquored up. It was @ tense moment. Tho situation eased when Ann Bliza Chase, an old maid, yglled: “Name that man, Ellie!” “No,” shouted sixteen women in unison, “No,” shouted women in unison, “I shall not name him,” said the poetess sweetly, “I merely saw him sleeping in the horse trough at the public square, In conclusion permit me to say; ‘All hail the peanut! '” As she retired rearward the ladies married sixteen married applauded with great gusto, Al, were pleased, Widespread Belief in Many Laws FOREIGN observer, commenting A on the fact that our rather complicated double system of Federal aad State laws works smooth- ly, eoncluded that thig was because Americans are a legal minded people. This belief is confirmed, after a fashion, by a Western lawyer, who asserts that the rank and file of our population have worked out a code of what has been called “curbstone” law. Many are convinced that these are |firmly established legal principles, but, as a matter of fact, they are not set forth in ary of our statutes or court . decisions, Thousands are amazed to find these “unwrittea laws’ | do not exist, It is generally believed that there is @ special, and very severe, penalty for striking & man wearing eye- glasses, and many a man who de- served a thrashing has probably es- caped it for this reason, It is possi- ble to evade even this “law,” how- ever, as is shown by the case of a spectacled boarder who had spoken harshly to his landlady, Just as her husband drew back his trusty right, |she cried: “Don't hit him! He wears jglasses!" Her spouse paused, plucked the spectacles from the nose of his opponest and thea proved to him that Which Do Not Exist in Statutes )one shoyldn’t insult a wife when her |husband is present |. “I can't go on the stand," sald a policeman who had witnessed a lively street battle; “I saw it through glass.” He had been sitting behind a window during the affray and be- |Weved that even if he had seen a |murder committed from such a po- |sition his testimony would be value- less, Many a man has tried to'break a will, thinking it void beeause at least a dollar had not been be- queathed to each child of the de- ceased. ‘To these may be added the follow- ing list of “curbstone” statutes: A re- ceipt given on Sunday or signed with lead pencil is worthless; if you dun a man on Sunday, you cancel your bill; the same thing happens if you ask him over the telephone to please remit, while there is widespread con- fusion in regard to evictions and gar- nishees, Some believe that every man hasethe right to call on a public pros- ecutor to handle any legal matter, such as collecting a bill, which needs attention, thereby saving a lawyer's fee. There is also a general convic- tion that a woman's word carries more weight in court than a man’s, The effect of a few teurs on a male jury 1s, perhaps, reapomsible das bladme How to By Helen Rowland Coprright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World.) Vil.—The “Mutual Admiration Society” VERY truly happy marriage is a “mutual admiration society.” I would as soon tear the eyelashes froth aa innocent babe as tear the veil from the eyes of an adoring husband, blind to all his wife's flaws and failings; or from the eyes of a devoted wife, dazzled by her own fllusfoas and her husband's imaginary virtues. I would as soon command a Germaa submarine and practise schrecklichkeit as be the “kind frignd” who opens the eyes of blind iove and calls @ happfly married man’s attention to his mate's short- comings! 4 The foolish go into marriage blindly—and later ab low their eyes to be opened. The wise go {nto it with their eyee wide open—and then close them forever aft erward to all one another's defects. All the happy mar riages that ever existed are founded cn a “mutual ad miration society,” established and maintained by husband and wife, in the face of @ cynical wayld full of discouragements. . ‘Two people can sometimes manage to get along very comfortably and cheerfully together without mutual love—or that mixture of vanity, sen- timent, arid sex-attraction which is called “love.” But, without mutual ADMIRATION—never! A critical or disapproving attitude on EITHER side is a spiritual divorce, which can never be patched up! The moment man ceases to admire and begins to criticise and “correct,” the wings of love droop, and marriage sags in the middie. The moment a woman stops praising and begins “picking fl " or “reforming” or “improving,” romance files out of the window and discord stalks in at the door. The moment two people lay aside their rose-colored glasses and begin to ex- amine each other through a microscope, Hymen throws up his hands and all the little gods weep! The one vulnerable spot in the make-up of every normal human being fg the vanity gland. Stab at that and you stab right at the heart of love. There is nothing in all the world which makes one human being (in or outside of marriage) HATE another human being so much as the knowl- edge that that other does NOT ADMIRE him or ter. On the other hand, how often have you caught yourself feeling a kindly affection for some totally unknown, unworthy, or unattractive person simply because you have heard he or she “admires” you. Isn't that so? Confess it! Every friend {s a looking glass, and we love the flattering ones best. The @reatest shock a man or woman can have is to marry an ardent admirer—and wake up to find himself tied to a life-critic, Thoughts are things, and the average husband {s apt to become whatever his wife insists on thinking he is. The more perfect the “ideal” ‘n the mirror which she holds up to him, the harder he will strive to attain it or imitate it. Eternal, infernal, diurnal criticlsm—which {s all some wives ever get—quenches the last spark of hope, affection and ambition to please out of a woman's soul. Any woman would be happier to live her whole life long with a counter- feiter, or a bank robber, or a cannibal who smiled admiringly at her over his morning coffee, and told her that her nose, her ways and her cooking were simply adorable, than with a stained-glass saint, who sneered at her opinions and criticised her looks. Any normal woman will work herself to a shadow to please the man who takes the trouble to tell her, once in a while, how clever and wonderful she {s; while she will lle awake nights wondering what kind of poison would be safe and sane to administer to the man whom she suspects of thinking that she has ‘big feet. Marry a person who loves you, a person who interests you, a person who inspires you or appeals to you—if you CAN. But, marry a person who ADMIRES you, and whem you, In turn, admire—or don’t marry at all! For verily, verily, love IS blind! And the minute love's eyes are opened to your frailties, it ceases to be LOVE! Every truly happy mar- riage is a “mutual admiration society” based on blind love. Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) 66Q OU simply can't get anybody thing else for you, even If the war is over,” whimpered Mrs. Jarr.| “Can you stop in that big paint stot near your office and get me a can of paint on your way downtown, or when you come home!” “There's no big paint store near the office,” said Mr, Jarr. “Oh, yes, there is,” replied Mrs. | Jarr decisively, “If you will get off the car within ten blocks of your of- fice and walk five blocks to the avenue, I am sure you will find a cheap paint store somewhere.” “I can't do it this morning. late as It is," said Mr. Jarr. “For by the time I fet back to the car good- ness knows what time it will be. And stores will be closed, for I'll be late on the books.” “That's always the way with you when I ask you to do something for me!" said Mrs. Jarr peevishly, “I never asked you to do the slightest thing for me but what you grumbled, and go ‘way down town just for a can of paint, when it would be no trouble for you to get it for me by just dropping off the car." “Great Scott! I'll get it for you it you will only stop fussing about it!” exclaimed Mr. Jarr. “But what 1 want to know 1s, who do you think I'm working for, you or the boss who pays me my salary?” “You are npt working for me," said Mrs. Jarr coldly, “You won't even do @ favor for me, and all I have to say is that if you are as cheerful about what you do for your employer as you are for the little things I ask you to do, it's @ wonder you hold your position,” ni “I hold my position all right,” said Mr. Jarr, “The only thing that could jeopardize it would be ti» fact that you make me two hours late by in- sisting that 1 get off the car down town and search for @ paint store for you, to get a can of paint that you are not going to use for two weeks yet, when you could go to the little paint store around the corner and get it in five minutes!" “What?” exclaimed Mrs, Jarr. “You heard what I said," replied Mr. Jarr, “1 wanted to hear you say it over again; it was so sweet and kind and | considerate!” said Mrs. Jarr with a sigh, “Well, if YOU were a little kind end eonsideraie we would get along hank oe ! rn be! when I'm coming home to-night the| By Roy L. McCardell then there is the gold chair in the parlor,” said Mrs. Jarr. “You want white enamel for the bureau, I guess,” said Mr, Jarr, “It you want to put gold paint on the parlor chair you'll have to buy gold paint.” “Can't we get something that we can make do for both?” asked Mrs, Jarr. Mr. Jarr looked at the clock and tore himself away. “Never mind get~ ting it!” Mrs, Jarr called after him, “Y'll wait till I go down town, seeing that you do not want to do anything for me!” Coming home that night Mr. Jarr stopped in the little paint store around the corner, “Gimme a can of white enamel! and a bottle oe: gold paint,” he said, Same as Mrs. Jarr got to-day?” asked the shopkeeper. “Wait till I find out,” said Mr. Jars. And he went home, “I knew you'd forget the paint!” sald Mrs, Jarr, as soon as he got in, “ll get it to-morrow,” eald Mr, Jarr, “Never mind,” replied Mrs, Jarr une better,"* retorted Mr. Jarr, “Here you are holding me up @ half an hour to tell me I should go on an errand for you for something you can buy around the corner.” “That's just like a man!” snapped Mrs, Jarr. “That paint store man |round the corner knows he is the Jonly one near here, and he wants thirty cents a can for the same kind |of paint I could byy before the war for fifteen cents.” “yrell, war is war,” said Mr. Jarr. | “Pm glad you think so,” replied | hig good lady. “It is plain to be ‘seen where this house would be if there wasn't some one looking after the pennies, war or peace.” “Very well,” said Mr, Jarr, “but don't you see if I get off the car to | save a few cents it will «- t mo ~a | extra carfare besideg my time!” “L told you you “need not mind; |r’ go down town and get the paint myself,” said Mrs, Jarr, “No, dear,” murmured Mr. Jarr; “Tl get it for you. Don't you see it will-cost you ten cents carfare? |i get it for you. What color do {you want?” Now, of course, I'll drop everything! “Whatgcolor would you get? said | Mrs, Jarr. i” “what do you want to paint?” asked | str. gar, “Oh, there's lots of things—the children’s bureau 18 all marked up from Willie driving nails in tt, and blughingly, “I knew you wouldn't get it, and so I went all the way down town myself for it!” What did Mr. Jarr speak then and say unto her? Not a word, Why? 8-s-s-s-h! Who Are Your Namesakes? By Mary Et WALTER. HE name of Walter has been le very great in literature and we have Sir Walter Scott, the great novelist; Walter Pater, the Englisi: art critic; Walter Besant, the English novelist who wrote “The Captain's Room” and “All Sorts and Conditions of Men,” and among the poets we have Walter Savage Landor, the English poet who died and was buried in Flofence. And then there is Walter or Walt Whitman. Among the rising young American poety is Walter Arensberg, a New Yorker, Every child knows the name of Walter Crane, and his picture books are loved from one end of the English child world to the other, Walter Gay is also ‘a well known artist, makes a specialty of painting in- terlors. A German artist by the name of Walther Georgi who, belore the war who hel McAuley Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) paimted poetic, idealistic pictures, went to the front and sketched won- derful war pictures, Sir Walter Raleigh was both a poet and a cavalier, and we all know how he spread his cloak over @ mud puddle for Queen Elizabeth to step upon. Walter the Penniless was one of the greatest knights of France, and he, with Peter the Hermit, led one of the crusades to the Holy Land. Few musicians have been Waiters, but we have our own Walter Dam. rosch, and few politicians have been Walters, although England has Wal. ter Runciman In Wagner's opera “The Meister- singer von Nurnberg” there is a mine strel Walter, who sings to the “Eve. ning Star," but the most famous min- strcl was Walther von der Vogelweide, the minnesanger from Wurzberg, who when he died left all his money for feed for the birds that might ay around his tomb, : Weather Marriage ~ ‘