The evening world. Newspaper, March 19, 1919, Page 18

ESTARLISIIED Published Daily Lacept Sunday, OS % VOLUME 59 not bound n war-time Prohi up i of cumulative force. y tion, as provided in the Ei, » Court. , Treasurer, ar, MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PREIS, entitled to th R 3 Secretary, on Te ‘also the local bition. Neverthele: ation of 38 by the Press Publishing Company, Nos. 63 to ‘ark Row, New York. RALPH PULITZDR, President, 63 Park Row. J. ANGUS SHA Park Row, A SELF-STARTING REFERENDUM. HAT one of the greatest living American lawyers, Elihu Root, believes war-time Prohibition cannot stand the court test is, strong encouragement for those who hold that personal liberty in the United States, though stunned, is far from dead. The National Prohibition Amendment, it is true, is beyond and two closely enough related to make a fight against them continuous and The Everard case, which is aimed to test out war-time Prohibition, | will be watched in close connection with the expected move of the! State of Rhode Island to bring the question of Nation-wide Prohibi-| teenth Amendment, before the Supreme | There has been no announcement that Mr. Root is to be retained by the State of Rhode Island to conduct ite case to test the Amendment. If, however, Nation-wide Prohibition comes before the 1 | a highest court, there is every promise that legal experience and ability | iia as recognized as the experience and ability of Mr. Root can be counted Hy on to argue against the perversion of the fundamental principles of The courts are a great protect minority lobb lative legislation for the courts to tion-wide Prohibition. If they cannot get it any other way they must make it a self- | j They must organize, formulate their protest and register their ti : Millions of them are ready to do this. | h Millions more would do it if they did not feel themselves forced » thereby into an alliance with the saloon, which many of them have| } seen only at its American worst. . | 4 a Make a clean up of saloons one of the specified aims of the ——-——____- the Constitution without popular vote or sanction. Encouraging as this may be, it does not mean that Americans who hope freedom is not dead can afford to sit back and fold their hands while some one else fights for its life. ive power. undo. ghteenth But the people of the | United States should have learned from recent experience that they must march forth into the open, organize and lift their voices if} are not to coerce lawmakers into enacting more regu- m { q Though the Eighteenth Amendment is an accomplished fact,| the people of the United States are still entitled to that which has | been denied them—a popular referendum on the question of Na-. campaign against National Prohibition and the forces of those | openly and actively enlisted will be swelled a hundredfold, are ps, Wy Comin g Out of Hiding! ag, Coprrtanyt. 1919, by The Brean Prblieh (ihe New York Evenin ete, By J. H. Cassel alrous Men. 'SN'T it shocking—— And doesn't long-suffering m The Great A for instance—~ a esas Eee Ot course you can't! And have remarked as he passed Now listen, Sophie—and DO be very sight of each other, check for all your expenses. “Why not run along, like a good any old -thing. “You can have the dog and the up the alimony with you, And the ex-Prince: answered, | take, “And for heaven's sake don't lea | I'm not here to watch you, And then they would have shake: And parted FRIENDS! But dear me! You can't expect one unfailing sign of a gentleman litely—AND painlessly, a woman is no reason why you shou! 1 suppose! And anyway, it IS a glorious pr’ of painless dentistry, painless shoes, ‘ ISNrr it? Can you fancy any honest-to-goodness, American Husband divorcing his wife, like THAT? Advertising bis woes to all the world with anath ema and vituperation? It isn't DONE—in America. And if Prince Kitel had been born in New York, or Milwaukee, or San Francisco, he would simply have invited the ex-Prince: Divorce---Madein America By Helen Rowland Copyright, 1919, by the Prous Pultishing Co, (The Ni How a German Prince Would Have Divorced His Wife If He Had Been Born in the Land of Painless Dentistry, Painless Divorce and Chiv- York Evening Wond,) The way they are squabbling, and scrapping, and divorcing one another, in the ex-Royal Family of Germany—and SO ungentlemanly! itemake you feel just like going down on your knees and offering up incense to that Prince of acrificing, artyr, MERICAN HUSBAND! self-effacing, chivalrous, Take the case of the ex-Prince Eithel, Friedrich, Typical out to tea, her the cinnamon toast, reasonable. The throne’s gone, the game's up, and the lovelight’s out! ‘Let's cut out the camouflage—and come to an understanding. “You and I have gotten ‘way past the point where we quarrel about everything—and reached the point where we quarrel about nothing—the ‘Of course, you can do what you think best, my dear, “BUT—here’s my lawyer's address, a nice new ticket to Reno, and a girl, to the Land of the Free, and the grave of the home—and have the surgical operation over with? “You can tell the Judge that I'm a brute, or a cad, or a tightwad—or touring car—and the lawyers will fix “And I'l strap all your trunks and see that you get on the right train, and tip the porter, and check Towser. would have pouted and sniffed a little and Whaddye say?” “Very well, Eitel (or Friedie), Dear, “It you feel THAT way about it! But don't blame ME if it’s a mis ve off your heavy clothing the minute “And don't forget to take your cough medicine when I'm g-g-gone!” n hands pleasantly and politely, And perhaps wept on each other's shoulder a little—— a German Prince to realize that the is his ability to divorce his wife po And thet simply because you have promised to love, honor and cherish id call i.or NAMES, When you have gotten over loving, honoring and cherishing her, ivilege to have been born in the Land painless divorce, And the best and most chivalrous husbands in the world! | By Roy L. ‘The Jarr Famity McCardell by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) Mr. Jarr Is Strong for His Constitutional Rights— you get well all right when you don't | wet them hot teddies you wa holler- | Now you can have one mit | me!" And he dragged them into the | place and ordered Elmer to make @ bot toddy out of the best in the house, | “Which bottle?” asked Elmer, “Ah, any bottl Gus, “It lon't make no difference now any ing for! said . | A WORD OF THANKS. | Comriaht, 1019 ; HE EVENING WORLD desires to express its thanks to those 4 oy —New Yorkers and others—who so iad: and generously | While They Last. 1 responded to its call for money to build a grandstand from |*¢ Pe aL Sinet reoa 4 which the wounded soldiers in New York could see the parade of a : “probibition on us Se the Twenty-seventh Division March 25. | yet!” remarked Johnson, the cashier. a As a result of its appeal, this new Spaper received overnight from Pile Mead Pa cee the pele all pp Mrs. Vincent Astor, Mrs, Dorothy Whitney Straight, Mrs, John D, ure on your way.” Rockefeller jr. E. H. Gary, Jacob Schiff, Clarence Mackay, Engene| But the door had no sooner closed H. Outerbridge, Lewis L. Clarke and others, funds sufficie: Renind TOhneOn vthaan Mri A Se) provided the stand. Furthermore the Carpenters’ Union of the New York District compact alcohol stove and an as- was ready to furnish carpenters who would give their se insure the completion of the job in time, At the elevoath hour, however, the Mayor's Cominittce of Wei- fF coughs cold and being late on the come recognized the justice of The Evening World's plea in behalf of the wounded men and revised its arrangements in a way them preference in the regular grandstand seats, ; In returning the checks and acknowledging the offer of the Car ening World is glad to point to such evidence of quick and generous feeling for the wounded boys whe poor are shown a way to contribute toward their comfort penters’ Union, The ¥ No Tannels for Him, To the FAttor of ‘ihe Hrening World * Relative to your editorial in a recent r Josue of The Evening World, entitled (“New York's Future First," which I | As have read with interest, together with the editorials in other daily papers re garding the development and botter- ment of the Port of New York's trans- Portation facilities, I desire to say that there has been in the last thirty yoars enough energy put in thought and Princers’ ink upon this subject to build the tunnel and the bridge. Your reference to an active lobby| uow in Albany in the interests of Hudson River bridge I hope is so, gause there is no one thing that will eliminate the isolation of the great city of New York from the rest cf the United states as the proposed Hudson River bridge. It is not understandable how New York permits itself to exist 4m such a primitive state, with only four tracks of the New York Central y Railroad entering her domain from the north while the: e nine large rall- roads with thirty-two tracks ending ut the Jerecy shore. At the time of the geld strike, previous to the one now existence, needed food delivered on ears at the Jersey shore and within a of New York was shunted to Buf- fo that it might be defvered into York City via the New York Cen- t Rallroad bk ry difference between the value of bridge for tho purpoms intended over of a tunne} ts as daylight unto 7 As hell is supposed to be a Vetters From the Peo if caught in an accide: to remain like rats in a trap f run out ROE, as I experi ja one of the ‘Then he threw up a window, on tunnels a while ago the office airshaft, said sepulehrally, n itorial you mention the les!" 1 state Mr. Shonts that six tun, “Dead men tell no tales!" and nels could be built for the cost of a| dumped the whole outfit, empty bot Aopen Rives bride; but Mr. Shonts tle and all, down into the depths, does not state, and very possibly inet . singe as it tentionally, that the proponed Hudaoa |The sound of crashing glass as River bridge would have the capacity dropped through @ skylight below of eighteen tunnel it be only brought a smile to his lips, Rede a jo nave the ch te it ever thus with Constitu pridge 260 feet. It is . state that because the. sp! tional amendments,” he murmured of an ocean liner need that clearance | hoarsely that a bridge must be built to sccom=| ignoring the janitor, the watch modate that height when by the simple means of telescoping the masts sueh Man and the engineer, who wanted an impossible height for a bridge at to know if he had heard something the points intenc sary greatest ship built or Pass under the largest’ men-of-war 1 we River bridges with a ci 135 feet The Hudson River bridge should he} started at once, espe capital is ready to bu been enough talk, eno bridge, and enough opposition nt to have rvices and to give n rich or ple nt and com Duld Not be noces- With @ clearance of 150 feet the to be built could as do cur the Mast rance of oaly jally as private Id it, ‘There has ugh printers’ ink The time re- quired to build tt would be five years plus two years for ¢ and the necessary well as New Jersey. should not have been entitled Fi, York's Futu: fame attitude that ha: eeded by both States, ngineering work permits, It js ew York a Your editorial ‘New which shows the 8 kept the facili- ties of the port in the same condition ag they fre to-day for the past seven- ty-five years, but should have read “The Port of Now York MAJOR 8. MECLAY: | his work and opened a bulky packas he had on his desk, From it he took sortment of other sundries Mr, Jarr was going to have a little! office-made hot drink as an antidote) books. | It took some time and Mr, Jarr for- got the directions, but the concoction smelled good and tasted good, So Mr, Jarr took one for himself, one for the cold he had; one for those he| had been refused ai home; one for those Gus couldn't sell him after July first next, and one for a few he couldn't get in a dry State when he was travelling in the far West some years before; and he would have n another for luck, only he had of materials smash the skylight, Mr. Jarr went out into the night to make bis way homeward, His friend, Rangle, late too, this evening, crossed his path, | 111, there!” said Rangle, "You!" Mr. Jarr turned around, “You've been beefing all week say- ling you were so sick it had put you off your dip, Now you seem all right again, come in and have one ‘on me.” “You're on!” said Mr, Jarr, “They |had the something and came uptown |together, Gus sighted them as they | passed his place, "I got something for you!” he cried, beckoning to Mr. Jarr, “And you'd better take it uore, and it never did, anyhow!” ‘One on me now!” said the jovial Rangle. “I'll never be able to look bottle of grape juice in the face again,” said Mr. Jarr, “I don't want any more.” “What were you bellering for last . then?” asked Mr. Rangle in- dignantly, "You've got to have an-| other! Sure!” said Slavinsky, the glass- pu‘-in man, who had entered at this} point, | “You make such a kick the other | night when I didn’t serve you quick | enough that you almost broke up, our pinochle game, so Schmidt and} Muller and me chipped in to buy you one the next time we sees you,” re- marked Gus. It almost made Mr Slavinsky would not Jarr sick, but be denied and Mr. Jarr took another so hot that tears came to his eyes, Then he made for home. “What kept you so late?” asked Mrs, Jarr | “Well, 've had a cold and I wanted something hot"—— “Oh, we knew that would be your| first word,” said Mrs, Jarr, “so moth- er and | have one ready for you, | I's been on the back of the stove keping warm for two hours." “LE won't drink it," mumbled Mr, ‘Oh, gar, you'll take it from| me, that’s a dear!" said Mrs, Jarr’s mother with a snaky smile, Mr. Jarr felt lke killing her for three reasons: First, because she deserved death; second, because she WOULD call him Edg when his name was Ldward; and third, be- cause she would giv when he didn't not when he did, He sat down and firmly shook his| head. But Mrs, Jarre held him and her mother poured it down him, He was sick all night, and all the! sympathy he got was “We told you! 80, but you would have it!" him a@ hot toddy ant it and would while the taking’s good—only a fow months of Personal Liberty remain! “New, you eee,” he added, “how Mr. Jarr is now resigned to what will happen after July 1—even if) nothing happens ; ew mee The Evening World's Authority on Successful Salesmans Copyright, 1919, by The Press Punlisbing Co, (The New York Evening World), The Note Book Habit. N an article a few days ago, I sug- I gested that salesmen’ carry a little note book in which to jot down any complimentary remarks made to them about their goods. Eventually, this would become a regular “testimonial file’ which a salesman could use to good advant- age in urging the merits of his mer- chandise. There are other uses to !which a note book may be put and which will aid materially in in- creasing business, Every salesman should get the note book habit, It pays, : Every time you hear of a new use to which your goods have been put, every time you run across a good idea in merchandising methods which you might pass along to your customers, every time you hear a new selling argument or think up a new one of your own—write it down in your note book, Before long you will have a veritable store-house of valuable in- formation on which you can draw and which will help to increase your sales. Don't trust your memory for these things. Write them dows. Then go over your book frequently and refresh your mind on the points you have set down, In a letter recetved from W. L, B, recently, he has this to say about the |value of the note book habit “I always keep a lite memorandum book and make note in it of import. ant bits of information about my cus- tomers—their personal affairs, hobbies, and so on. Let me illustrate the value of this practice, I called on a pros- pective customer but he. refused to talk business, his excuse being, My wife is ill and I must go home at once’ With me on this occasion was another salesman, I wrote in my memo book the fact that this parti- cular customer's wife was ill, The other salesman promptly forgot all about it, “A few weeks later T again called <n this man, awd it so happened that the salesman who had been with me on the previous trip was with me again, I went into the customer's private office and immediately re ferred ¢p the conversation we bad had | myoglf and my goods on my last visit, and said 1 hoped his he informed me his wife had died, “When the other salesman’s turn came to talk to the customer, he in- vited the customer and his wife to take dinner with him that evening. “It wasn't the salesman’s fault, of course, that he made the unfortunate remark, because he didn't know. But 'f he had a memo book like mine, he would bave saved himself and the customer much embarrassment. As it was, I am still selling that custo mer, but the other salesman has never been able to sell him since, “One more intance. In a certain town there is a merchant who is hated by all salesmen because he is such a grouch, I called on this man, When I entered, he was talking to another man, The subject of conver- sation was horse racing. I waited possibly an hour and then was dis- missed with a curt, ‘Nothing doing.’ I left, but down in my little book | went the name of this man and after |it. ‘Horse racing. “The next time I called on him, my first words were, ‘How did the little mare make out in the race at Dan- bury?’ The bars were down and horse racing was the topic of conversation for the next half hour. Result—a good big order, and many more since." The above real life stories illus- trate the value of the note book habit from an important angle. An- other angle is given by A. A. S. in a letter to me. He eays: “I have found a loose leaf note book with my customers’ last purchases jotted down in it, very handy in figuring when they are due for an- other order.. It also comes in mighty handy when¥rying to land a prospect- ‘ve account. You can show the pros- pect the names of other customers, what they age buying and how their purchases have increased steadily. You can show him that the assort- ment you suggest is the same that started with who are now buying in large lots, I have ‘copped’ many a good order and made a new friend for im this way," wife had recovered. To my surprise, | many of your other good accounts | Suppressi By Stua Copyright, 1919, by the Press Publishi OU'D think that father'd learn y that he isn’t one of the clever Kind of men, and would let well enough alone, being satisfied to live in peace, without going outs\de and dragging trouble in by the neck, but that isn't father’s nature, After father tried to monkey with @ patented water pump, and got the worst of it, alone with Uncle Henry up at the farm—not to speak of the house that came near being ready for the scrap-heap—and was recovering, we kinda looked for an interval of quiet But father, he has one of those natures that are born for big. exciting moments, !ike Napoleon or Billy Sunday, He didn't seem to be getting well very fast, nerves sort of shocked, #0 mother got the doctor to give father the once over. “Electric treatments,” says the doc, “And the best way for you to do It is to buy an electric bath, keep tt here in the room, use it three times a day.” Say, it was wonderful how father cheered up, Right away he seemed better, though he slumped down again when the doc. told him he couldn't get out of bed to buy the electric bath, That hurt father, It was the first thing of its kind that ever came into the house that he wasn't responsible for, and it wound- ed his pride. Like he was getting old, and slumping backward, I bought it myself—after mother cautioned me to steer clear of any- thing that looked like it might be patented, Mother appointed herself com. panion of the electric bath. She wasn't pinning any medals on her- self, but she was suspicious. I guess Ja brick factory, or a new a bakery, Anyway she wouldn't let {him touch any of the handles or | wires, he just had to get out of bed and be wrapped in the sheet, and sit king then turn on the current. The trouble is that a person gets \eareless, after a time, and forgets, and that's the way it was with mother, Besides she happened to read the advise on Health and Happiness in the papar, and it told how @ atout she was afraid father'd turn it into} of | on the chair, and mother and me! would put the box around him and| ng Father rt Rivers ing Co, (The New York Evening World.) When the Electric Bath Became a Beauty Hint Person could reduce by taking electrie _ baths. Mother isn't what you'd call a flapper—she's built more for comfort than sped, and so is Mrs, MacCarthy, mother’s bunkie. Things went along for about a week. Father got out of bed and was going around the house in his bath robe looking like some one had stolen his right to citizenship, when Mrs, MacCarthy arrived for the first beauty contest. She and mother went in the back room and pretty soon they sent me out to the drug store for some olive oil, The paper had recommended olive oil and there wasn't eny in the house, [ heard something when I was coming back from the store. Wike some one shouting and having a little camp meeting all to themselves, then I met father on the stairs, He said he was going down to cee the janitor. He said he hadn't seen the Janitor since he came back from the country, and he was afraid the janitor would think he was neglecting him. Father seemed as if he was in a hurry, And apartment door, like she cited, and I went on up, was ef- “Get the doctor,” she says, grab- bing the olive ofl away from me. “That—that—your father’s killed Mrs, MacCarthy, She almost burned alive in the electric bath,” I ran down stairs again and father 8 waiting for me by the front door, “Is it serious ys he, “I wouldn't like to be hung for :t." T told him maybe they'd only put him in jail for life, then I went out and got the doc, It didn't prove to be as bad as we thought. Mrs, MacCarthy was abla |to go home the next week, and the |doc says she'll be able to take her arms out of the slings in about a jmonth, and that the scars on her leg won't give any trouble if she takes care of herself. But mother hasn't got over it yet No, I'm out on an errand, I'm try- ing to find lawyer, What for? Weill, you see, mother's got an idea that she can have father's hands tled behind his back by law. she'll be glac She says 1 to feed him for the rest of his life if she could only feel sure that he'd never be able to do any again, thee — then mother began calling from the’ ans -