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EDITORIAL PAGE ins cite A DNPRNED Mae 8 INAV OY oe VO | Friday, December 27, 1918 Ah Ke KON ’ Be, My ' \ WZ Ae j H. Cassell Sa yin gs of ats ok Bolen oe The Prom Taonanua co, ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPIt PULITZER. a ar A oY Et on Mrs. Solomon \\f. President, $ park Row, k Row, , Treasure: “ag rose AAW: Jr., Beeretary, eT rk Row, By Helen Rowland i MEMBER OF TUE ASSOCIATED Parse, zi opstiaht, 1918, by Tee Pres Publishing Co, (The Now York Ereolpg World.) Dy heecsted Mama steele amet to 2 for svuhiasion, of a narytempatsee | Many Guts Have Ye Received, But There Is One Gift That Seca 0 Ta oe oon shhh oe | Shineth as a Star Amongst Tinsel and Tinfoil,asa Diamond PPOLUME 69... 0c.cccscccvesceeee NO. 20,947 | Amidst Paste, as ‘‘a Good Deed in a Naughty Worid!”’ “COMMANDERS, BUT ‘NO MASTERS.” \\V “ear verily, my Son, and my Daughter, many gifts have ye re- OU have commanders, but you have no masters. Your rer ceived from them that love you, and many burnt offerings have been laid upon thine altar of friendship. soe: Lven now thy mantelpiece and thy I!brary table commanders represent you in representing the Nation of are heaped with the frults hi the bargain sale, and the ‘ which you constitute so distinguished a part.” ! plunder of the curio-shops, and the atrocities com- Fitting words for the President of the United States to address ¥o the troops of the United States, following the immortal achieve |} ment of their fight for democracy on foreign so'l. | Dt pe mitted in the name of “Art.” | The lover hath come unto thee bearing frankin- cense and myrrh, and orchids and violets and pearls ‘ " of great price, 4 These soldiers will go down in history as the most perfect type | The wise men have approached thee with books of the kind of fighting men a freq, peace-loving people can produce Df to meet great peril. | i % War, for the great majority of them, was no profession. They id lettered in gold, and bound in purple; the rich have sent thee silver and gold, and gifts of precious stones. Yet, of them ail, there is one gift that shineth as 4 i ’, J H ; star amongst tinsel and tinfoil, as a diamond amidst not look to it for gain or glory. Utterly foreign to them was paste, “as a good, deed in & naughty world” 7 ‘the Prussian theory that in war and war alone are fully realized ay Who is this that hoarded her pennies that she may lavish her shekely +} people’s power and ambitions. | upon thee at the appointed hou 7 % They wore the true soldiers of democracy. ‘They neither drove | : * Who is this that knoweth thy detires, and seeketh them out, even unto tT mor iven. Their submission to discipline was intelligent, will-| tay moet eroree Wishes Ty ane i ab iene peri wy it P 1 i : ri ona Who is this that worketh with ler own hands, by daylight and by (ae te tena 9 TO tie Mth edl toaie fd athe one Lechehan Saal tall teal andle light, with untiring fingers and unweariod eyes, that she may de 4ef their hearts. They knew what their job was and they were men-| light thee with the fruits of her labors? tally and morally capable of putting thamselves in accord with the | Who js this that giveth with a full heart and an in @means that would accomplish it in the shortest possible order. They standing fought to get the fighting over. Verily, verily, it is THY MOTHE And all the gifts of all the multitude are as idle (rifles beside HERS! How they fought, how they upset the calculations of militarism | C i * : io to! Friends may lavish their junk upon thee; lovers may spend and put its best machinery out of gear is going to be one of the | heir shekels and their sentiment upon thee; damsels may cover thee with |} great chapters bearing on the question what national and infividua fa cushions and bric-a-brac; and youths may hang thy door with ger. QJ pal sinalitics and ideals make for sound progress, security and assured | lands, and deck thy wrists with rubic > Ugurvival among civilized peoples | But I have watt and her hands trembled with : eagerness, and her eyes glowed with a flerce tenderness, and, though her - Having gloriously completed one part of the demonsiration, these | rack ached, her lips amiled above her 6 ‘American fighters may now be relied upon to furnish the other And the gift which gave thee was s Militaty training and experience have not made them militarists. first love and glowing with the color o They have learned to drill, shoot, resolve themselves into efficient; and warm with her heart's blood military units and give an enemy terrible lessons in the bloodiest Tenn Veer ee ee Dattles the world has ever seen. But the training they have had was hot training which they sought in time of peace as a carcer to take them from ordinary occupations and professions. | They will ‘return to those ocetpations and professions—with a ew attitude toward military training, beyond all doubt—but with a} "; consistent American belief in only such military training as means a rounding out and completion of snanhood and a consequent increas | 1} ef national strength and preparation for emergency. | “Commanders, but no masters.” That is one of the vital prin-| | ciples by which a great peace-loving people can suddenly turn itself futo a formidable fighting power, strike hard and effectively, then, #8 #oon as may be, turn its buck on war and tranquilly re-enter paths ~ 421 of peace. iali2 es ae under- dl her at her work; 08 weet with the fragrance of ber high hopes and radiant dreams, all the wines of Sicily, all the riches of Babylon are woven into a sock when she knitteth, and stitched into a garment which she embroidereth for THEE. Lo, the gifts of a wife may come from the shop, and the gifts of an iusband may come from the pocket, but the gift of a Mother cometh from the Heart! And, even as the Wise Men of old, she followeth the Star of thy Des- tiny, and layeth all her possessions upon the altar of thy desires, Then who that possesseth a Mother shall si am poor? How to Be a Better Salesman ‘And Earn Bigger Pay By Roy Griffith The Evening World's \uthority on Successful Sa’ Cops tight, 1918, by The Pyss Publishing Co, (The New Yoru 1 ———_-4+-—____— | THE SHIPS. | HE weather is no respecter of welcomes. Atmospheric ebn Lead yesterday morning showed scant regard for the} x - rr... i] Mr. Gripith’s column appears on this pege daily. His ah ca on i of the iiect as we Ceri woe oe 1 e i c e O FC e ec a al 1 J Ferg vrovenn invited to ask his aid in solving their saleve ‘ manship problems, Andre ue M by letter in care of this new spaper. & ig replies will be published ond Correspondent's initiaks o + ©, Nevertheless New York was on hand with all the welcome there | By Bide Dudley By Roy L. McCardell es pala cular ashes es ee ial » \yasa chance for. Though the skies were dull, there was nothing} COPS UE ey eat Remiee. Oh Gene: eer s Peselne petit AON ; wing Wort ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. s to its heart when | Some Office Boy, He Collects a Little Contribution ; The New Lady in the Flat A 6 Ree — Coppriebt, 1918, by The Press 7 Gull about the way the city took the bluejac following good salesman- questio: and if he proceeds on there 1 t , : s to make a clean-cut sule of g d 67 HAT'S a rather good-looking | mysteNous nd plot 1p ine pall ee! it finally had them parading through its streets and got its long-| Fron the Others. I woman that's moved in up- [a fave (pail ha colneas A. customer wants to buy | honest merchandise, he ts, in wy waited opportunity to do them honor. | OPPLE, the Shipping Clerk, was © stairs, don't you think? : ' hine of a certain mak eatimnth n, a ng up to the best tra The welcome has only begun. The men from the 0 |P feelin ther pert "Teas by sked Mr, Jarr. . seelng she had doesn't carry the particilar | ditions of the profession, hi ill ai meee Md i aaaeny anchors a th Seoerht ia anid ey th bevel Primm's that Bobbio be dis- I must say that your ideas ot }a chance to be heard for the moment, ed for. The salesman show (Note: The above is a subject “sie x4 wi see ily find that out. And there is plenty more for pene atclackea Wiha ae Wenn agit jehiaea a ; ei te lweauty are odd,"' said Mrs, Jarrfand carefully taking no heed of Mr.!q machine of different make, claiming | C4Pable of discussion. There may be jose Who arrive later. 7 % “Don't do that," said Miss fe. mules in the near future, here you | coldly. man is forty if she |Jarr’s indignant protests, “no, I it is much better, has a pyrer, clearer, * of my readers who do not ex ' ‘ ‘Bobbie wouldn't insult anybody, He . aah ane of (akan inonine ‘Hesi actly coincide with the vie Meanwhile let the city go out and look over the great war|*re, Miss Primm! If you need al yg | 8 & day aw any of those income peop tone and #0 on, In other words, he {Uy ‘ n the views ex oi g a often makes me the butt of his jokes what one afterward found out that alk, th j Pressed. T will be glad to hear fron weasels thut helped to win the victory by being the strongest and most Hobkay up At your holuse you can Set] ang 1 never complain.” “LE didn’t say hi w. old she was i hats gon eoataie dees augur te | ale aaa Hah Wa y cui others on this subject.) " ey nto; ve i) one cheap.” pe e. “Why Said she was good-looking,” replied a e omer out of the ic uy i ficiently manned of their kind. There you sr aR eUnie “Ie she'd * Income, inde In other days New York used to let its eye rest on such of these | Ber hous “Oh, never mind the blond party| necded a donkey up at} snoutd chirped Bobble, the Otic you people get mad when a Mr. Jarr. machine originally ashed fo 66 HICH, in your opinion, is girl with ble hair and pen-; “Yes, I suppose blond hair—I faoaniat ‘What do Cokes about | i A ‘ rarer joy, “sh urried you long ago | ‘ome! at do I ¢ out a customer asks for a biahd W best for an outsi e8 mighty battle craft as gathered from time to time in the Hudson Boy, “st married you long ag cilled eyebrows’ should peroxide ha and @' ye Having an income isn't a crime, | n a customer asks for a hay or an outside sal f i 1 hear her and you 1s still pretty) 5 ing about?” | make. 1 sar) : is what em of goods not carried in stock the sules- | man—city or road terri and silently make up its mind that no enemy would ever be anxious |tnick ana” ——- eRe le Eh ly Beak ee ‘ [!8 it?” growled Mr. Jar. tory demanded Miss Tillie, wheeling in her | app is to men, chair, “Why, you little’ bat-faced to like that sort of thing,” said Mrs, gy to ask that you} J euttl gall!" “Oh, ¢ ™ et Don't let us discuss the pie, said Mins | arr, ag| ian is justified In trying to sell some-! We Hi Do thos: | thing else, No real salesman would be} 18 pen my experience and ab intent to stand quietiy by and wateh) “°' “0 hat the man in eity terri 1, what does tt matter? course, they make the foot look! prospective business go elsewhere biG A Ee invariably works hard¢ lady,” #414 smatier, and that 8 the men, when an opportunity presented H po "He edie Sere ee . Sarr. “But they b to walk Ike as if; to put forth the merits of his OWD) sist) a das. he foment gaye he lady! Ha!" said Mrs, Jatt) they wore Japanese geisha girls, and| merchandise, Sey Pe rat LP up Ani ilie said it was, | signifleantly, all the w n time to rest, and if he is of i ht of the body is thrown| Howev shiy-str at : Mighly-strung nervous temperame | @ he would have no hand| “Why, isn't she a lady?" asked|on the middle of the foot, and you|NOT jus Hiya 8 peramen men that|¥eu mean to insinuate that Tamlin jt, Bobbie sat. and grinned.|Mr. Jarr. 3 urn out” sooner, : nde jin are Mable to twist your ankle, And| RE ap A SMON opeoie ok jan them are every bit as much to be proud of as if the great fight | eeehing ‘wma w ‘ mt af me! ‘ Finally the Boss arrive Mow da I know? snapped Mrw.| that's what they be & & ay ne tio tHe _}they were hoping for had been granted them. 1t was their per! i d imorning, folk | ne sang oUt ‘ h. the honor of ! - y i maton lannetad Miss nigeniia Jarr 4 un) a i Lone ; MF F ol ae ve j2n Unmarried man. This for the rea 8 | o ed because was intimated # " ‘ ,) an introduct) a yo rience at Ode. usto son that the road ry " 4 prerriie vied had It was their power that made possible Rey 1 becauso it ws at i es V| Everybody said "Good morning”! ""uyty friend?” gasped the bewil-| “Listen to reason, kid,” plended|vinced in his own mind that the] fore Neti tn shh : he de s fe most extraordinary naval victory recorde¢ ‘ might marry me . i and then Bobbie spoke up. r da “Don't you do ing he asks for by name or trade] ~ vere area y Y y rded in history, leame of a family-of cut iam [serrts L dered Mr, Jarr, Mr, Jarr, “Don't 1 do anyth thing bh y trad? | stances—he has no permanent home | » keep up-—and, taking the year'p * sald knock ? st it's het ha nd| mark is good, otherwise he would not »ple, L didn't mean | sat, but hk First it's hef halr, and | mark “And then," went on Mrs, though to herself, “she wea extremely short vamp shoes, Q gl conclusions with any fleet of which they formed a part. 'The Whaddye mean by compari y has come when New York can take another look at them with| tie ty pone ea that am fue fut Mow Um Rott the knowledge that the way it sized them up was true and accurate iat | op 7 ut Hecend Germany’s costly and elaborately developed navy was afraid to come |, “Just a moment, Mr, Ponple!” came that he get rid of 1 Gut and risk an engagement with the co-operating squadrons of Great |{7%" Mis Prin, Private ha |Peimm. ta It as Britain and the United States, Sashes ch. aa tHe Se De | gr opPle and Mias 4 been insulted.” Thon t »bbier “Do! Spooner These big warships now lying in the Hudson and the je, his the salesman Is ce d in making any sing r concerning — th rticuliur alwe s doing. | ood! So's the men will have to carry them, | custom Which the 1 for, ‘The er st partially con- he said, “I guess I'll quit my Job. 1 want to study law." “My dear Mr er ‘ Hits aS Sharp Wits |that,"” aid Miss Pr “Oh, ase don't apologize, th 3 he cane, and then {t's her; usk for it, You cannot ma mm, hastily 1 Daergeven ea nciends bition,| Mrs. dare, “If you know that sort ot : » her inc Ae, Light n it's her f ’ he “F aye s Pe arnings as a whole, he will probably H | “K think she did,” chuckled Bobbie. | pobbie,” replied the Boss. “If that 19|Beople. | have nothing to say. Only) short view ae mngh ieiy te Al ‘alka’ the’ ct ‘"|make more money net than he wouly mapeine-Yamvlarity breeds con- Sometimes fools rush in where wise| ‘Hey, kid!" came from Miss Tillles| your reason I wop't sand In you : ind I wish to be emphatic In thi | maxe “ é e pele Ya spa toy cet | ity territory. A murricd man bas b é men fear to tread, and gra lot o: » Bk Stenographer, “Why don't} “ Safle J oxe are not the kind I care to num-| ™ke her a J ho s na 9 }a home to maintai ether he ‘ ageine—T don't know about that. | money. Albany" Journal Da lot of /the Blond Bt Pr raps ee ,fe "') way." At that point the Boss took a : = nee ‘4 aera snbalt “A what?” asked Mrs. Jarr. freely that ticular | rey oy PY Liagptalveed When a girl begins to call a fellow . you quit your trouble-making, You're) g5 hint from his wallet and dropped it| 2? 2mont 3 ~ anes ae eaten aa al n Ot mer@hana fc ae elt BPS: Tart aS Pen bis first name it generally means Ls Jalways trying to start @ lovers’ au Slacnae aaa ML super-guns! What ails you, A vamp ia elren, an ‘Oh, those} meren a. : ‘ under practically double ex- ft she has designs on his last--| If advice turns out to have been | y wea} think” igh sale Mrs, Ja cried the exasperated |¢¥es!’ man hunter,” replied Mr, Jarr,| hereby agreeing with the cust ; nll the ting Te iavclcie ae “ft ladelphia Record. food, the giver is soon forgotten; i¢ |P°h 884 | ened For Bobble as a stake to get him oi 4 1 of, L never saw | OW ready to carry a renewal of the| Then he will forget all about the} tiat he SP iesey ‘3 wh eee \t proves to have been bad, he never | | “Mies Tillie,” snapped Miss Primm, teak us tana ta The hyn muse SE never Heard of, aw Th eetUaor Enroie nite Beal Gcmmpation ascas (uldl present tua cnn [ret ee tes Teva.aa HOH mals iy near ast o} bi 0. > Kine efrain from ine] h : t oman before e ne) at the end of the yea 4} Lote of those returning soldiers je the last of it.—Albany Journal, |"'you will ny eatre 2 ™ 1D" said, He passed the hat ane h of weniah 2 : Bolsheviki and Jugo-Slavs and oth erehan on its own merits. I al ° one won't need anybody to hunt them| |sinuating that am mi UP iM} the others dropped in a The “That may be true,” said Mrs. Jarre) i) warring ia olay with t aniee f he case of a younger man, par- ibs; they cinched them before leav- t's of right to be prepared for the | lovers’ quar Tam not in love} could do noth el bute |Chilingly, “but if you had any Yas thbuehi 1 fast me merehandise he is| Ue¥larly, I recommend a road te: Yas—Memphis Commercial Appeal, | WOrst, but many a woman is recon- |jand never expect to be, Lam a busl-|under the elt ee pect me you would not ‘liga becca a | tory for the reason that contact with , sta a ciled to her loss long before her hus- S ahd wy work is alwaye i © nee The Bows * 4 9 Lest 4 to be grieved. N prove entirely sutis-| 9" a : DL, The average man's earning capac. | W424 croaks—Philadelpnia Tiecord, [NO WOMAN, ! alway] turned the money over to Bobbic, | With blond people right before my | our way, Edward Jurr!" H > Sorih, Gikerens pees is generally outstripped by his er lin my mind Phanks,” sald the Loy, “L have|exes 2b am always suspicious of| your way! Admir 1am strongly against a salesman! and diftere ny Mabits of thought in dif ng capacity.—Phik.delphia Rec- | No one wants this war to result in | That's bow you do it mostly, ain't) oniy one request to make, Mr, Snooks, ) | your vampires and ndventu ses and “Here is something just as | ferent localities, has a broadening and } making the world safe for anarchy, |!t?" asked Hobbie vnd that i# that you keep the Job open| “Why. deuce take It!" exclaimed) eave your deserted wife and chil- Further, Tam against any |¢?eational influence, Also, since the a a aaa is vhy our boys must stay over| “How & week so {f 1 don’t like the law I can | MM Jarr. don't know who she is to starve if you will, But 2 salesman sa “Here | nething | 4d man ts not under constant and The reluctance to us¢ fresh air aga} ‘Bere awhile—Philadelphia Inquirer, | “In your mind.” Bo ag ctsene4 woe what ist” Fabel Lig > + lere ig |‘lirect supervision he le Wentive of influenza would suggest or? 6 esah ave the ore 8 artments to-morrow! || better." But if he says, here where such p2o- thing that will fulfil your pur- |? hin i poses satisfactorilf and if it doesn't |‘? ough of this! When Mr, Snooks i re-|eomes in Tf shall ask that Bobble be “Yes, the sed." longer you keep It. the better It ta the | ais harged rns to mas- pat # shortage existed.—-Indianapolis,; Liquor improves with jews. marks the conno! fs, Pag noisseur, you so to know, | wouldn't liv froesingly. | plo"— do it, Bobbie. Good The Boss went into his private If, This is the most impor- lesson that any man in any walk arked M } tn | tr “Beauty 1s onl, ‘And what the dickens do I care | sor oo Aun deep, 1 be tired of law a “ ie . » " a 3} t 7 » ne of fe can learn A-ma yha ve: ’ = room, Well, her name is Gayleigh, and she| But just then came a ring at the | We Will refund your money without i an who docs pil 204 words of tongue or pea, | you,” replied the passenger on the| “Now. ow, take it easy!" said |nas an income, I'm always suspicious|goor, which belng answered, ree not, or will not, learn thig lesson uadoat ret might have been. | water wagon,—P! hiladelphia Record, | Spooner, the mild little bookkeeper, Nino we murmured Bobble.| o¢ those people with ‘incomes, wading sinned’ “inald in ein || THERE ARE OTHERS, will be, sooner or later, thrown on the 'y this verse ; fee Aca a vonrens funtnes) fle 4 of those people wit ealed g colored maid in cap anc add, it might have been—much |"Ilere you folks are: all mixed up bis is ah p. Probably sooner, quoted /a wordy battle over nothing at all, a Tuesday,” : ames (SProee PLUMB wal ws were} Wort ty t A the Wise Guy, “Don't try t . i about her, Incvine or no income? I'm! «pieago, Mrs, Jarr,” said the co working In the same house, Th K in city territory ta quite apt \ “Philadelphia Record. Jon a woman,” cautioned the Simply | HOB! was only joking when he | — ry { happened to speak casually |maid, “Mrs, Gayleigh says she Laps Wah me house. The} 4 peeome routinelike and more oF ) tay ia J Mug.—Philadelphia ord, |tikened Mr. Popple to a donkey." | THE FITNESS OF THINGS. of passing her on the stat sald jall r thipg# unpacked now, DRDS aeOe (188) BOS 88 monotonous, but it has certain } Determination moves onward; . @ 6 | sure 1 w id ale ny-] “E notice," said a guest at the Hotel| Mr, Jarre hotly, “I only know this,|#f you wou like to come up and mbel rate to hi jwell defined advantages, especially ’] rnness stands still.—Albeny| Uneasy lies the head that used to|bolly can see Mr. Popple doean't lo: k | Adelphia to the clerk, "that your man-|that the longer I live the more clear look at her neal Biate ORG. au TOW re Abo. la snoply | for the man, say, over thirty years of wear @ crown.—Philadelphia In-| very much like a donkey, Why| h se of the fitness of | BAS, BA PON Ree aoe MOUS Ae SO). ¥en" sald painter, “L had t t i Lhe ee bal ery ys ny i tis to me that a married man wholsee when you called yesterday, she'd : f or the man who 1s married and i | should he get mad when"—— Kueat, In response to) vee mentions anything to his wife is|be pleased to have you come up. ‘op and have my dalr out jhas a bo! times have changed! The oe “Walt vA : the clerk's pointed to the [ever ™ bs “Tell her TH be” up right “You didn't do it on your employg’s |"? & Beme: duchesses over| King George has been eating with | ait @ minute!” interrupted | puietin boa re a sign read: a simp said Mrs, Jarr. “Would you lik time, did you?” said the plumbe ha fe are all on tiptoe to see the| the sailors; wonder if he ‘ratges his Popple. "Bo I don’t look very much| “ivory Room stern Dental Deal-| ‘sThere isn't a thing Tsay, from) come up and meet her, Edward’ “Sure 1 did," said the painter; “it; Te-Morrow—An intensely préotical eoaas, Bring the like a donkey, eh? That's another Club Meating.""-—-Philadelphia North | m@eting a man to seeing a woman, jadded. “Shereally seems a quiet ti grew on his tlme,""—Bvery! body's | article whieh every saleuman Ahoule peal, josult Now, I shail add my plea to! American, - » Moasasine. what you imagine same dark and ' thing.” ~ ne Babs ob salty Nabe it i