The evening world. Newspaper, March 24, 1919, Page 14

ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. ed Except Sunda; ihe Press Publishing C Noa. 62 t Peis sy Deon Bag be a fuser Cora, You RALPH PULITADR, President, 63 Park Row. J. ANGUS SHAW, ‘Treasurer, 6% Park Row, JOSUPH PULITZER,’ Jr., Secretary, 63 Park Row. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Amocinted Press ig exctusively entitied to the use for reyablication of OT a NO, 21,034 » IN THE LIGHT OF BURLESONISM. VOLUME Y HIS summary order removing the president, the secretary, the general counsel and the trustees of the Postal Telegrapi: Company from all supervision and control of the P 1 system, Postmaster General Burleson brings to sharper issue a ques- tion the American public has become most anxious to have answered. That question is: Whether control of private enterprise assume by departments of the Federal Government on the plea of and during the country’s concentration upon the business of active warfare is to become more arbitrary, high-handed and despotic as the Nation gcta back to normal conditions of peace. As applied to the Post Office Department this question das special point. Before the war the Burleson policies and methods in the postal service were bureaucratic enough. On war and the control of telegrapi;s and telephones, Burleson bureaucracy has waxed stronger and bolder fa it to grow in power and confidence until its policies claim pc manence ? The City of New York has had its sample of Burlesonized tric phone service. New Yorkers cannot remember when that service wie Worse, notwithstanding Mr. Burleson’s zeal to raise rates and provi lr the New York Telephone Company with extra revenue from insta! lation charges. The Postmaster General declares that President Clarence H Mackay and the other ousted supervisors of the Postal Telegrapa “have conducted themselves before the public and with the operatiog forces of the system in such manner as to materially and disad- vantavcously affect the interests of the Government and the operation of this and other telegraph and telephone systems under Gove-a ment control.” Whatever the “interests of the Govertment” as Mr. Burleson sees them, thie interests of tho public will be served by a full airing uf the Postal Telegraph's conflict with the Postmaster General’s p-c- gramme of Government control. If Government ownership is to be discussed as one of the noasi- *hilitics of reconstruction, let it be viewed in the lights or shadows thrown on it by a full understanding of al! Burlcsonian dictation is— snd aims to be. ’ —_— -+--——_—_— Out of much of the conflicting rumor and gossip from Paris you can pile the near-facts on a dime and still have © room for salt. + A CITY EXPECTANT. O-DAY and to-morrow are very great days indeed for this | city, To-day Brooklyn leads off with a big celebration and parade of its own. To-morrow it is Manhattan's turn, Never has New York's most famous avenue been made ready “for such a soul-stirring spectacle as will be seen when the 27th Divi- ‘ston takes possession of it. New Yorkers are marvelling at the effects ‘revealed by final touches to decorations. And if the archite triumphal! arches and courts of honor in streets or squares, the tow line of march, with flags before thi But nothing this generation of New Yor! »gun carriage. —— - + -—____— > “That all spasmodic cerebral action is an evil Is not } perfectly clear. Men get fairly intoxicated with music, with poetry, with religious excitement-—-oftenest with love. Ninon de I'Enclos said she was so easily excited that her soup intoxi- cated her, and convalescents have been made tipsy by a beefsteak. “There are forms and stages of alcoholic exaltation which in themselves, and without regard to their consequences, ‘ might be considered as positive improvement of the persons affected. When the sluggish intellect is roused, the slow speech quickened, the cold nature warmed, the latent sym- pathy developed, the flagging spirit kindled—before the trains of thought become confused, or the will perverted or the muscles relaxed—just at the moment when the whole human so-oplyte flowers out like a full blown rose and is ripe for the subscription paper or the contribution box--it would »~ be hard to say that a man was, at that very time, worse or less to be loved, than when driving a hard bargain with all his meaner wits about bim.” That temperate, fine souled, unimpeachable old New Eng- jander of the sourd, sweet mind—Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes— little knew that the above words of his gentle Autocrat might ; one day fall foul of a breakfast table of Anti-Saloon Leaguers in full command of America. Letters From the Bolshevinm Is Every | Suggests fan's Doty. To the Kalitor of The Evening World: To the Editor of ‘The Evening World: equi p the Police Rei “4 “Phe Evening World regarding the je Police Reserve men with fir We understand they hav ‘ | thons of the Holshevists, The casiost|a quantity of Colt revolvers, What to do this Is to have every|they Boing to do with them, use t for ornaments? citizen pledge himsolf to dis- | ‘A POLI MAN, Rolshevism wherever he be-! a it may be breeding. JAPAN'S BIG STATUE, te the duty of every citizen to! Japan ta to have the world’s this terror out of this country: | Per tong, whi DT. A. & rock on an island, EDITORIAL PAGE Monday, March 24, verity, Verily, to ‘Live With a Dyspeptie Is Sad- | dening, but to Live With a Perfect Digestion Is Maddening. By Helen Rowland yright, 1919, by the Press Puttishing Co. (The New York M Daughter, art thou wedded unto a Dyspeptic? g World, “Then, be of gocd cheer. For, thou knowest not the meaning of real suffering until thou hast been married to a Perfectly HEALTHY Man! Now there came a Wife of Babylon unto me, who wailed aloud, saying: “Alas! Alas! what shall 1 do? For 1 am tied for life unto a Hypochondriac and a Food-crank, and there is NO pleasing my Beloved: ‘7 , though I cook with the skill of chefs and of angels, he taketh no joy in his food! Though I offer him nightingales’ tongues and doves’ hearts, he cannot be tempted to show enthusiasin! “And one sardine will, preadventure, | Waves wowuawo® him for a whole day from an angel into a fi | one buckwheat cake turn him from a lover into a martyr. “He roameth the house at night, and cannot sleep. He ariseth at dawa, and taketh bi-carbonate of soda. Yet, in the evening he cannot be cudiced | unto a dinner party, nor dragged forth unto a cabaret. | “He filleth the closet shelves with pill boxes and headache powders “His doctor's bill runneth over! “All my days are filled with bitterness and dulness and woe! | “For, ales, | CANNOT make him happy!” And lo, it came to pass that when War fell upon the Land ber Beloved | was among the first to be sent up to a Training Camp. And behold he was made to sleep upon an army cot, and ¢ to arise at dawn. And he arose—and HUSTLED And he was made to go through “setting-up” exercises, and to drill upon his feet, until his soles were blistered and his knees shook And they would NOT cook him “special dishes,” neither did they regale him with nightingales’ tongues, but fed him upon beans, and stew, and |dumplings, and hash, and near-coffee, and potato-salad. | And he thought to die, but DID not. | And when he returned unto his Wife she did no: know him. For &® | Patent-Food Baby was not more radiantly healthy! | Yet, after seven days, she came unto me again, with weeping and | wailing, saying | sforuy aud lied upon “Alas, I knew not when I was well off! “For lo, my Beloved ariseth no longer at dawn, but must be ca | seven times seven times before he can be made to budge; and though m and burglars, and fire, and lightning should abound, he would not awaken Jat night, “And whatsoever I put before him to eat, there is never ENOUGH of it to satisfy his hunger! | “Behold, he that once shuddered at the thought of a cigar now fille h |the house and the curtains with tobacco smoke; and he that once spent his ‘evenings pitying himself now draggeth me forth unto dances and cabaret and parties and taverns until I am exhausted, | “For he knoweth not the word fatigue, neithcr the meaning of iF NERVES! “And when I am smitten with a HEADACHE he understandeth It not, | neither doth he pity me, but boometh about the house with song and with | | | | | | | | whistling until ! am distraught! “Yea, he is SO cheerful! “And I, who could not make him happy, cannot now make him UN+ HAPPY! “Verily, verily, to live with a dyspeptic may be exceedingly saddening —pbut to live with PERFECT DIGESTION !s maddening!" Selah. The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCardell Mr. Jarr Makes the Punishment Fit the Peccadillo ae re ahaa » passed, they blew th the screaming youngster. tural | harsh, papa!" aracter of the city is not of a kind to provide the best setting for | 1919, by tho Wreme Publish 2 way an unleasant parental duty awaiting Mr. Jarr when he came home | ering buildings are at least the familiar, home background that means] ana Mrs, Jarr as much to the boys as the columns and colonnades raised along the} to do anything! was those bad He'll promise never to do it! Won't you Willie?* other evening, “ck man pushing a hand candy Jumped so when | , and thought the was right on top of him, | From the Firing Line. LETTER received trom tl be termed “ It is as valua 1 have/|{t is vetter to show a medium price And it comes article first, in case you have a range | 0M greeting you is, ‘How Is bus the firing of prices. ‘Then you can both work and has been for a good many up to better numbers or down to} ®* You do how business is, but it “Papa, I've been waiting tor you to yes, yes I'll be good, Hints) (Personally I do not exactly agree | grown beyond my strength and I can't le| With the above statement. I believe | SteP some. * All New York is thrilling with the consciousness that it is about | manage him—but you have just got to ‘to see something it will never forget. It has watched parades and | take him in hand!” ‘pageants of the biggest. It has built arches and lined its atres| Mrs. Jarr snatched her child| to Salesmen. from the danger zone and fathers were as cruel as stepmothers, Jarr grinned and re- marked 19 would not go a step fur- 1 suasion was used by giving the bay money for the movies, on his promise to be an example of Juvenile rectitude in the future, ever seen in a letfe from a man who candy and ran off with them. I didn’t do it! Bepler and | lcade But I cross my TS | Inzy Slavinsky and thas seen or is likely to see approaches in significance and impressiv.-|Johnny Rang! ness the march of these 27,000 men preceded by their flag-draped do nawthin his|inands.) to, ‘It's a ni lowest ticle first an¢ hose | be frst ang work show those ling ‘missionary work,’ as the sales- The Office Force By Bide |. 1919, by the Press Publishing Co, Bobbie’s Humor Fails to “Get Over,” but the Boss |thtows back on you with the nota- | orgors’ ‘Then the Scores Heavily. “Why do you spoil “A salesman wailed the little fe r what the boy has to aay, dion t let us be hasty, my ¢ always shirked corrective duties | could do so, “That's easy for you haven't the bother and a | of this dreadful, | menting the heart and soul out o nswered Mrs, J jmind a word I way, and he needs | whipping, and a good one, | been promising it to him all afternoon jas soon as you came he “1 suppose the boy Is pick up his t he was so mad he scared I runned away know I had my pockets full of things ad little girls shri Dudley bad boy all day, y fell down when he heard (The New York Evening World.) runned over, pa d Master Willie, He fell auwn and closed his eyes and my joke vy credit ts a cinch to sell, Don't be » point like that?” she de-|@fraid to call on a store located a no respect at | little way out of the city. Oftentimes turning from his the former Kaiser spends hig time in Holland cutting down trees.” aid he was killed wanted $10, 000 aj all for other people?" bet he'd better have a little] “When you enter a store, do not | business, so I , let me hear what it was respect for me," s: , they robbed Jarr, with forced “And that’s only You punish him now, a, and punish him good." “1 don’t ke to © punish the children, more crime he can said Bobbie, the office be accused of," . “I'l have |cf waking up the buyer and do ont] to be so rushed,’ as possible.” Just as little Miss Till'e burst into a loud laugh. that’s a hot “I sure got to hand it to you, kid. love every joke you spring!" Primm, private secretary to the boss. she sald. “1 did NOT, maw! "Deed 1 won't! 1" howled Master Jarr. tomobile hand horn on a d'livery fiv "Great Scott, best you can do y of a joke?” think it's a pretty good repeated the inexor- color of your hair and then sat “That wasn't 4 aid Miss ‘Tillie. only played with the a Jarr had a happy thought, ven I can beat it, an . “It makes a ahead and beat it,” wheal D difference whose dog is kicked, eh?" |” "We can get Listen how they played ‘They took it and long without you.” her ‘arms around} haven't got heard a new joke to-day wife who turned into salt and What do you know about the wife| strong light will bring out all the| Note Miss | veins in the wrapp said the private secretary, what I meant,” “She meant she can spring a better joke than yours," sa , Miss Primm." Mine's about an egg.” ‘All right,” said Bobbie, solemnly, jo ahead and beat it." ‘Is there no way to stop the little Miss Primm, appealing the| will not show up as well as if eh Vermont's Early History HE first State added to the orig- In reference to a suggestion offermt| Ay a help to rid the city of hold-up| alms of which were Wp a citizen in a recent issue of|Mmen, why don't the Police Depariment| Primm snippishly. chuckled Bobbie, Mr. Snooks, the his private office at that pcint. “Say, folks," he called, that puts ou ‘Green Mounta under Ethan dd to oppose the und later played a promi- was admitted arms, especially those who have q . Mamping out of Bolshevism by bav- | rieid as marksmen? Instead ont ing the city employees form a 80-|they send us a notice not to carry fire. 3 for that purpose, I wish tolarms except when on duty; we do noi see " the best way to wipe out|how we wil! be of any assistance if they D Bolsbeviera is to discourage any ac- |*8NOt Kong to give us any protection, Boss, looked out of | light and background in connection | be Jud: varied career up to the entrance into the Union. “'s claims were to the others, nd Vermont became is Tile, the “Let her tell her to the private secre- . Miss Primm,” said Miss Primm, "% a man sald buy- Another man en taicann an independent mont was gr Nobody knew, so nobody answered. “Fire boats!" said the Boss, Primm and Popple biond stenographer, claimed the terri HIS MEMORY STILL BAD, Duke of York, 9 memory must be tm-| ing egss was gambling, asked him why and he said’ “It was a shell game,” Interrupted Miss Primm was furious, stone statue, & figure of a saint, 240 No, I'm all out of umbrell h 18 being carved from ~Colut and 1 can’t think to buy one.-Columbia arose between the latter colony and \How to Be ‘a Better Salesman and Earn Bigger Pay By Roy Griffith WL, ty the Prees Publishing Co. (The New Yerk Fi best number first {t makes the others look che: ning World.) original invoice. It e full of ‘hot air eat the average buyer, they have to “About the first thing a buyer «ars yery merchant knows just as a favorite fo f salutation, sim » day.’ Don't tel! b you are rushed with orders and can fill all of them, He knows if suc) were the case, you would not be sit on the road, State the facts abou business, but be conservative, “In company with another sales man, I called on a buyer one tay The buyer asked the other an. ‘How ts business?’ The answer w ‘It is Impossible to keep up with our buyer turned t me and repeated hia question. 1 41- swered, ‘Oh, business is fair; notin Startling” The upshot of the matter the buyer said to the « salesman, ‘Your firm is so rushed I don't suppos |lower priced one: as occasion de- “If you are introducing a !ine—do- man calls it—get a directory as soon as you get in a town, pick out the names of firms handling your line and compare, it with your pocket edi- tion of Dun’s or Bradstreet’s. This may take a little time, but tt is time | well spent, You will not have orders on, | firm ‘We cannot extend credit to this The firm that does not enjoy it is your best bet, you need any more , ? give my business 1 | ‘Pussy cat’ in ws {f you were afraid | Bill (myself) since he docs not sesin jrush in as if you were going to put out a fire, Enter naturally. Don't | ing, re can be no set rule in seil- Every buyer is different and jaak for ‘the boss.’ “Ask if the buyer]salesman must make a study ot I}is In, Be sure to find out the name |human nature. One man tg strict! lot the buyer if possible before ap- | business and it Is a case of contining furious again, |proaching him, All buyers like to be self to selling business. ‘The next p mentioned | addressed by their nate, It is a sort|man may be of a jovial disposition jof flattery they enjoy, Some eales-|and if you did not have a few funny men present a card, but 1 do not|stories to tell him, you could not geil favor this, because it is too easy or | him in etimes a buyer to return the card with |'Nothing to-da final; 7 niet Nothing in your line to-day.’ jif you stick around a while, you will | ‘ake great care in displaying your jland an order, The majority of buy “1| goods to best advantage, To illus-jers are always on the defensive an 1) trate, a clgar shown in a strong light |until you overcome this attitude ot theirs, you cannot open |shown in a subdued light, since a| order.” up for an -Under the heading, and make it|the Firing Lin look cheap and unattractive, it is | casionally pr the same in all lines, Study your|by salesmen, Lette “Prom Mr. Gritith will ov. rs written him ‘8 So printed will 1 solely by the character of with whatever line you are selling, |the ‘ales information contained, “Should you find that a competitor | Salesman readers are invited to write ‘8 offering the same line at a iras | to Grimth on various phases of 6, get in communication with shia house a: once, There may have _ Mise} been an error in the price given you SLIGHTLY SARCASTIC, laughed alinost| pefore starting out. In any case, you} “Do sou fei uproartously and the Boss returned! snould keep your house posted on |e" Miss Pounder? to his room highly pleased, sald Miss Primm, ick to jump at the statemen ‘what do you think of that one top. qulek te dump iv “It's almost as old as you ar iobble, And that was where he went |a little diplomacy, you can, In nine | versation that 1 was afraid you woul out for the mall, able to take a fow lets “Why, cer! for, ten't It?" “I suppose so, but my requo. that your prices are high, By using|so soon after your last telep your competitors’ activities. Don't be oy, That's Um here cama phone son- cases out of ten, get @ look at the exhausted.”"—Rirmingham Age- Meralg i \ ,