The evening world. Newspaper, November 20, 1918, Page 18

Se i el — — ae ate ee —— ee ee ee ae ee Che ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. PULITZER, President, 63 Park Row, A} E Ww rer, 63 Park 4 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Daily Except Sun by the Press Publishing Company, Nos, 3 to 13 Park flow, New York ; hy) Ary ae a MAGAZINE till a Menace! Copyrifh:, 1918, by The Prem Pubtishine Co, (The New Togs Evening World.) De trea ata eens acy SU Palatal os palbsnd Berens —— / VOLUME 59. «NO, 20,910 DISAPPROVED. “honors in Europe. tive and spokesman may feel there never was 4 time when President’s firet and paramount duty was more obviously to be dent in Washington. if ‘A greater part of the Nation may be convinced there is not one ‘Yhe national purposes and aims which the President has so admir- ly and forcefully expressed that could not be equally well or better ed upon the coming Peace Council without his personal pres- in Europe. Nevertheless, the President having elected to go, the disapproval this country will have little or no effect upon the enthusiasm with ch he is received on the other side of the Atlantic by peoples eager pay homage to one who, in their eyes, stands pre-eininently for the “might of the people of the United States. q Although the disapproval of many of his fellow countrymen may ; y _ gecompany him as far as the dock, it need not be taken aboard ship, 7 and there is the chance that results of the expedition may appear - ¢0 brilliant that disapproval may have dwindled to insignificance by ‘he time the Presidential party disembarks again on the shores of U.S. A. § REPRESENTATIVE of the sovereign power of the one hundred million people of the United States of America— that power which has exerted itself to such effect in helping | safegudrd the destinies of Earopean nations and of the civilized) \d—President Wilson is assured a memorable welcome and high oa ae greater part of the Nation which has made him its Chief ____ Atal events, these considerations are doubtless given full weight ‘by those near the President who have urged him to go. For the President’s own sake and for the sake of that position history toward which his exceptional intellectual and moral force, d in expressing by word and act the national will, have raised it is greatly to be wished that he could have felt himself—for' ‘peace no less than for war—nowhere on earth more powerful than in the capital of the Nation whoso strength is his strength. _* ~ It would be too much to expect of a lesser man in the President's | present position that he should renonnce'the personal triumphs cer- tain to be accorded him abroad as the head and master spokesman | ofa people who have done what the people of the United States have done. t pa r. Many Americans, however, have stoutly held to the belief that _ President Wilson was a statesman wise and strong enough to avoid the danger of dissociating himself in any way, duning the critical times ahead, from the national forces which it has been his duty to direct for war and which it is equally his duty—where the functions pl the Executive are needed—to readjust to conditions of peace. Whatever honors might be reserved for this Nation and its President, either in the Peace Conference or in a projected League ‘of Nations, such honors cduld with full freedom and propriety seek Fee. | their object in Washington. That messages from abroad urging the President to go to Europe ate numerous and warm, goes without saying. How could it be otherwise once his intention was hinted? - The President has chosen to go. That events will help to justify his decision may be his hope. But that the better judgment of _ the Nation is against his going, for his sake and its own, is already 4 patablished beyond the shadow of a doubt. ™ eeepc iach The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that retail prices of hoe pelea the United States for October, 1918, show an imc of 16 per cent. as compared with average food prices in October, 1917, Does the Bureau of Labor Statistics give percentages show- ing increases in wages during the same period? And goes it give the percentage of persons in the United States whose earning power has remained stationary while the cost of necessities has been trying for new altitude records? ——— Letters From the People Why the Army Base Workers Strack, Be the EAitor of The Brening World: I would like to explain to you about ‘the strike at the army base in South Brooklyn. 1 am a pipe fitter’s helper ‘and was receiving 421-2 cents per triotism and se public, Wages and Prices Must Kee; ‘To the Editor of The Brewing World: patie itd I have read with Interest editorial having the above title, Lot aud there is @ but—1 wonder if you have really Afaant the ‘underiying Y of the sta ought of tement made py I don't ‘understana Gompers is indicating a wage reduction. ‘The basis o: tho statement is a) refusal to» per- mit wage reduction as the anly change which iy to result. My un. derstanding is that sce tho wage factor has given'a definite relation in the cost of production, each factor must be gives @ proportionate purt of the decrease. In other words, lavor Must not carry the burden alone In this position I am inclined to think Mr, Gompers is correct, Labor has not been the only class which t us right before the AL H, hour, working ten ours per day and \ receiving twelve hours’ pay, wh me $5.10 per day, Now the elgat day would cut our pay in half, J d receive about $1 50 per week. paying $6 a week for Liberty and the high cost of living, you wee the men have a real kick. We that Mr, rofusal of received double time for Sunday, got time and a half. Why can't bring down the cost of food be- they cut wages? Light hours for and other single men is all right, Bnew about the poor marae ime jants Recognition fer Late Velen- i cere. the Editor cf The Evecing World: writer is in the 36-45 class, fed Sept. 12 last, and tn Octo- eentariy, aniseed in the Coast Ind jon rs were it to start for ‘when cancelled lic generally, And each m ite proportionate share in creases which ensue, one class as the any de- damp Nov, 14 by the War De- ‘There ane many other pa-|@acred than those of any other class; has profited from war condit — capital bas bad its: share, ena the pul ust carry To select medium for carrying the burden would kp injustice, The profits of one class are no more . —<—____. se | Sayings of Mrs. Solomon By Helen Rowland 918, by The Press Publishipg Co, (The New York Evening World.) “2 A Man's Wife Is His Human “ Alibi,” His Eternal “ Bxcuse;” His One Valid ‘Exemption Card” by Which He Escapeth All Those Things Which Bore Him. ERILY, verily, my Daughter, I charge thee, believe NOTHING Vania @ man telleth thee concerning his Wife. - For lo, in the first place he knoweth nothing about her. ‘And, in the second place, he would not tell thee the trutls if he DID, Behold, once in my simplicity, I was convinced that half the men in the world were married to shrews, or tyrants, or detectives, or chronic invalids. But NOW, ia my wisdom I know the wherefore of all a husband's sufferings, For his Wife is his Human ALIBI, his eternal “excuse,” his one valid “exemption card!” Doth he wish to dodge a dull dinner party? “Alas, alas,” he sigheth, “the wiff is not feeling well. “The wiff is all played out with the fall housecleaning. The wiff hath @ sprained ankle’—or the influenza or the small-pox or neuritis or con, sumption! Doth he desire to escape from the card table or to avold paying the check? “Great Scott!” he cryeth, “the WIFF will be waiting up! Yea, verily, I must trot along, for the wife will ‘so up in the alr, if I am LATE!” And his trusting cronies put their heads together and wag thelr chins, pityingly saying: “Alas, poor Smith! He hath drawn a LEMON in the garden of love, and in life a rough deal!” Yet “Smith” hasteneth home, cheerfully, and his WIFE never knoweth her reputation among the friends-of his bosom. Yea, his own MOTHER believeth in her heart that he leadeth the life of a martyr on the altar of Domesticity. aU SecA | a For when she urgeth him to come and spend his week-ends with her, he sigheth pathetically and refuseth her saying: “Alas, how GLADLY would I come! But GLADYS cannot leave the children——” or her club, or her Red Cross work, or the servants, or the climate, or the doctor! Yea, verily, whatsoever he doeth that is wrong his WIFE “driveth him to it” dnd whatsoever he doeth that is right his WIFD “forceth him i | to it.” And all the days of his Ufe he is a “Martyr!” And in all the world the only man who speaketh of his spouse re- spectfully and calleth her “MY WIFE” with a capital “W,” is ho that dwelleth in fear of her and is in REALIFY “henpecked!” Yet a bachelor who bath NO wife whatsoover to blame things on, and NO alibi—how doeth he manage to glide through life without stumbling? For a true wife is a hook on which her husband hangeth ell his excuses, all his sins and all bis shortcomings; a shelf on which he layeth all his responsibilities and his social obligations; @ background against which he shineth in all the beauty of innocence and self-sacrifice! Selah, N. Y. Kiddies Worked Hard to Win Y7ar| The Jarr Family City’s Youngsters Have Taken Part in Every Patriotic Movement and Sold EW YORK’S children are tho city’s best patriots, They have done more'to he p win the war, in their own enthusiastic way, than ail the grown-ups, There is almost nothing that the youngsters have not undertaken—from knitting sweaters to raising money. And they have succeeded at everything they tried. Since Jan, 1 the Junior Red Cross hax spent just $195,900 for knitted things and hospital garments, such as sweaters, wristléts, socks, scarfs, hel metas, ‘night-shirts, pajamas, &c. dollar of this money was obtained @y the children of the organization, which is’ making preparations to) spend $13,000 in purchasing clothing | for destitute children abroad, This! still will leave $42,000 in the tgeasury, | which means that tho children of} New York City *have contributed | more than $250,000 to the Junior | Red Cross between Jan, 1 and the present time, ‘Theso figures are almost dwarfed | by the total subscriptions which New York children obtained to the four| Liberty Loans, During the first drive | the Greater City’s Public School pu-) pils sold $1,000,000 worth of bonds, ac- | cording to Dr, William J. O'Shay, As-| sociate Superintendent of Schools, But that was a mere starter, Dr, O'Shi took personal direction of the work | in the seco: and the figures mounted to Jn the Third} Loan tho total was $72,000,000, and for the Fourth it will be well above $50,- 000,000, Final figures have not been tabulated as yet. | ‘Another big factor in the loan| Javives was the Junior Naval and Ma-| rine Scouts. ‘This organization took | subscriptions for $700,000 worth of the mhird Loan and 4,149 subscriptions to the Fourth, totalling $1,202,700. Tu Scouts also have done some fine work in assisting recruiting and helping along many pitriociic movements. Secretary of the Navy Daniels has| taken note of thelr efforts, and one} of the organisation's prized posses- sions is a letter from Mr. Danicis,| addressed to Major Gen. Danie! M Ledell, Commander, In this letter Mr. Daniels says: The Department Is gratified to re- celve your cordial telegram of the 9th inst,, sending the greetings of your- A any action jooking to prese: ave to wp, bu iia ot the ‘abe ahd renin the tingjand gfarine Scouts assembled « ney t, board the "Ul. 8, 8. Recrukt,” at Union self and 1,500 American Junior Naval n and your hearty felicitations and appreciation of titir patriotic service. fully, Millions in Bonds. Please extend to the young men of command the Department's Reapect- JOSEPHUS DANIELS, Secretary of thé Navy. Not to be outdone by the Junior Naval and Marine Scouts, the Boy Scouts of America have rolled up a fine total in the four loan drives. ‘They obtained 12,329 subseriptions to the first loan, for $1,822,500; 28,060 to ‘ond, reprosenting $3,099,900, 711 for the third, totalling $4,- Vigures for the fourth loan not as yet ready, but it is ex- pected that these will be larger than first three loans the Boy Scouts sold one bond out of every 23 sold in the nation, And they have been present on every occasion when needed, ready to assist in any way that might help the general cause. Their thrift stamp sales have amounted to the handsome total of $21,101,908.75, The Boy Scouts have done much patrol and police work. Hundreds of illegal wireless plants were discovered by them in various parts of the coun- try, On one single day 26 of such plants were found. Secretary Dan- iels took note of their services in a telegram which happily expressed his estimation of their efforts: “These chivalric 'youn~ crusaders who have rendered such patriotic service in this war convince us that the America of in any previous drive, During the How Our Torpedo Boats Got Their Names By Henry C The Anthony N accordance with the recently an- nounced policy of the Navy De- partment, whereby en who distinguished themsel orded the same honors as hitherto © been reserved for officers ohly, one of our latest destroyers is to be amed for Bill Anthony, whose name ny of us can still remember in con- nection with the blowing up of the Maino in Havana Harbor, The insurrection in Cuba against Spanish rule had gone on for several months and the barbarities and cru- clties practised by the Spanish gen- eral, Weyler, caused great resentment in our country. Upon arrival at Havana the Maine was conducted to an anchorage se- lected by the Spanish authorities, ‘The night after her arrival our coun- try was borrified by receipt of the in- {elligence that the Maino bad been blown up. It was upon this mem- orable occasion that William*Anthonuy, jpopularly known as “Bill” Anthony achieved fame stead: by bis coolnems and iness in the face of sudden dan- ger, The shock had already sent the Maine with a heavy list to starboant, so that when Anthony sought his com- saander, Capt, Sigubee, now Rear Ad- miral, the slant of the deck caused Anthony to lurch heavily against his commander in the dark, Anthday, v however, quickly recognized Copyright, 1918, by The Pros Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) the future wih be worthy of the; Copyright, 1918, by ‘The Pree Publishing Co, (The New York Ev ut Work.) 66] WAS so annoyed to-day,” began Mrs, Jarr, as shg entered the house with her arms full of bundles, “I was so annoyed to-day:” “What annoyed you?” asked Mr, Jarr, “I see you were on the firing line at all the bargain sales in town, 1 thought you enjoyed that.” . “I do declare,” said Mrs, Jarr, pay~ ing no attention to his remarks, “I was so annoyed this day! “Willie, take off mamma's gattera. Emma, take these packages,and put them on my bureau.” “Aro these things for next Christ- mas? Is it tandy?” asked the little girl. 'No, it isn't Christmas gifts this far ahead, and it isn't candy,” replied the fond mother, “You children get ollins Brown America of the fathers,” ; i 1 up to full salute, he delivered his la~ conic message: “Sir, I have to re- port that the ship has been blown up and is sinking." Even at the time that Anthony was P|) tulking, the Maine was rapidly filling and the greatest excitement prevailed. All lights had been blown out, dark- heas was everywhere, none knew ex- aetly what had happened, and the nature of the catastrophe was not even suspected, ‘Phe general im- Pression, however, seemed to be that the ship was the sudden victim of; qn attack from Morro Castle, which was only a whort distance away, Hun- dreds of men had been terribly in- jured by the explosion, which had practically broken the ship in two.| Chaos reigned and it looked as if the Maine and all its crew were doomed to immediate destruction, After a few moments discipline was restored, and preparations were under way for those who still remained to abandon the ship. In a short space of time the waters of Havana Harbor closed over what had been, but a few hours be- fore, one of the finest ships in the United States Navy. Apthony was featured in all of the papers and ac- claimed as the hero of the occasion, ———— CUPID-ITY, Dan Cupid fs an architect Whose plans are everywhere; much ‘ taxing too much candy, Besides, we should not eat candy—it wastes sugar, Mr, Moover says, Now, don't you open those bundles,” she added, as she shw the little girl pry the string over and try to peek at what one pack contained, not at all impressed at M Hoover's anti-candy edict Seeing that Mr, Jarr seemed com- fortable and at his case, Mrs, Jarr looked in his direction and began peevishly: ‘And I suppose I could sit here till judgment day before a soul in this house would get me a drink of wat and me that worn out and exhaus ed!” Mr, Jarr jumped up and soon re- turned to the room with a glass of water, By this time Mrs, Jarr had taken off her hat, jabbed the hatpins bavi through it in a vicious manner, re- moved her gloves, blown them up like fo many toy balloons and had lald them aside, ‘Thea she drank the water and sighed, “Aren't you feeling well?” asked Mr, Jarr, ’ “Much you care!” snapped Mrs, Jarr, “Einma, won't you please go ask Gertrude if she won't make mamma 4 oup of tea, not too strong? Nobody ever seems to think I need anything, and after what I've been through this day!” nd after what you were through last aight,” put in Mr, Jarr, “My pockets, for instance!” “Don't begin that again, if you please, Edward Jarf,” suid his good lady. ‘You spend your money, you throw it away with your boon com- panions, and then you accuse me of it, hat you pent the psa By Roy L. McCardell “You. were with me,” grumbled Mr.|Mrs. Jarr, “I felt it in my bones Jarr, “I didn't spend a cent on any-| something was going to happen!” body but you, and I did have $4 in| “Well, what did happen?” asked the pocket of my vest that got torn) Mr, Jarr. “Why, I had to stand all the way home,” said Mrs, Jarr. “And thore were a lot of women just sprawiing over the seats and having their bundles beside them. Do you think they'd make room for any one? Not much! Talk about men! The women in this town are the rudest, most selfish and inconsiderate! J think :t's being farmerettes aud conductorettes and working in men’s places in ma- chine shops and munition factories during the war has made the women so rough these days, And, as I tell you, these women, not working women, were rude and rough, too!” “Why didn’t you ask them to make room for you?” asked Mr, Jarr, “I did,” said Mrs, Jarr, “and they mid they wero crowded; but every time the ¢ar lurcbed I didn’t spare thelr pet corns! Inconsiderate things! And that's why when I did get @ seat I made myself comfortable and would not make room for anybody,” “Yes,” said Mr. Jarr, “Apd whos a map gives his seat to a woman he don't even get a nod of thanks.” in the crowd"-—— “Never ask me to fix your clothes |again!” interrupted Mra. Jarr, “You |take them to a tailor after this, You told me the lining had given way tn your vest pockét, and I just put my hand in the pocket of your vest to see if that was the one where the lining bad given way!" J “It was $4 given away without be- Ing aske@ for," answered Mr, Jarr, “but never mind!" “Bit { do mind,” said Mrs, Jar never touch a thing in your pockets, You are so careless the way you throw your clothes around, and a $2 bill or something had fallen to the loor.”* “I said never mind about it, only you might have asked me for the | money," grumbled Mr. Jarr. | ‘I’m not so sure it was $4; I think jit was only two; but I thought it would be a good lesson to you not to \be so careless in future,” sald Mrs, |Jarr, “Besides, I didn't know whom it belonged to, and” said you're welcome to it,” Inter- jected Mr, Jarr, “What were you }|40”'t going to say about an unpleasant ex- When does a man give his seat to perience to-da a woman? When the car reaches bis Mrs. Jarr scomed eager to change ft shave when!” said Mow aah, n are all alike! even than women." “Here's your tea,” said Mr. Jarr, hoping it would put her in a better humor, But it didn’t, They are ruder the subject, but again the thought of what she had been through made her angry passions rise, “It was in the atreet car,” began Modern Science Marvels HILD the germ theory of dis- ease is of comparatively recent origin, it was foreshadowed by Dr, Samuel Johnson in a letter written 137 years ago. Tt was ad; dressed to o Mrs, Thralo, who had written that a mutual friend was sut- Foretold Centuries Ago. Hooke, in his “THicrographia,” wrote: |“ con assure the reader that I have, by the help of a distended wire, pro- pagated sound to a considerable dis- tar in an instan’ Thus Hooke forecast the telephone, Even before that a German named Becher simi- fering from dysentery, In his reply,| larly forest adowed sound carried the eminent English author gave ox-|over @ w pression to the opinion that the dis- a ease with which his friend was af- AN UPHILL TASK, fiicted was due to an animaicule or Engiiss journalist and « amoeba, In the course of the letter A Privato of the Irish Guards he said: “If Mr, B. will drink a were dining recently at a rese taurant in a small lrenech town, e soldier, who had picked up a fow scraps of the language, insisted on ordering everything in doubtful 1 f French, while the nal Id , lcules which 1 Journalist duced by animalcules which 1 know | cir explanations that were in ihe not how to kill.” nature of criticisms, At length ‘Thus casuadly, in the course of aj Tommy's temper rose to the explosive friendly letter, Johnson anticipated Baie a vee he sala in En by a century a revelation that was/ with me in my use of French?" eventually to revolutionize medical} well,” replie’ the uf simply Sopied ts Point out great deal of water, the acrimony that corrodes his bowels will be di- luted, if the cause be only acrimony; but I suspect that dysentery is pro-