The evening world. Newspaper, June 17, 1919, Page 20

ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH Dally except Sunday by the Preas , New SALE, PU! ., ANGUI 1 ident, 63 ‘yoshi FULITZDIG Ine Beeretany, 6h Ban MEMDER OF THB ASSOCIATED PRESS, a one Geltod tm tas pasar tnd"ales "tie occ oes feaNuteg bee VOLUME 59... -NO, 21,119 W, & How. PRIZE HYPOCRITES. HERE is no more contemptible hypocrite in the United States » at the present time than the legislator, State or National, who votes for the\enforcement of laws that will take away people’s beer and wing but who has no intention of changing, in future, his own personal habits in the use of liquor 6o long privileged access to private stores of supply. has always been against American instinct to pry into the conduct of men in public life, it when the personal rights and liberties of millions of Ameri- t in public life are voted away by lawmakers who arrogate ives functions of moral dictatorship, the personal habits of lawmakers ought to be closely scrutinized. Qharles M. Schwab rightly condemns Nation-wide Prohibition deprives the poor man of his beer, but permits the rich man to ‘drinking what he pleases from well-stored cellars. it about Nation-wide Prohibition voted by elected representa- the people who have no idea of applying to themselves what y impose upon others? D the full light on some of these Congressmen and State ttors who are so steadfast in supporting War-time Prohibition Kighteenth Amendment. t is their present personal practice and their future intent F to 'fhe use of alcoholic liquors? * _ Age they prepared to stand forth and qualify as the moral guard- | Kans of 110,000,000 Americans? BY. people of the United States are not Paul Prys. "+ ‘But they have right and reason to lay bare hypocrisy that makes less use of delegated powers. The transocean aviators report that part of the time they “upside down but were unconscious of the fact. This ld seem to be the case with Senators Knox and Lodge, | OVER THE MEXICAN LINE AGAIN. ‘EN. ERWIN ordered United States troops across the Mexican | border to put a stop to the'firing from Villa’s rebels who ™ were sending too many bullets among the peaceable residents of El \Paso. « : the American regiments’ that went over the line were not pe, more will undoubtedly have to cross, Carranza and his Federal ls can call it expedition, invasion, what they like. The United has no desire to send another expedition into Mexico. But Secretary of War Baker believes there can be no misunderstand- between Mexico and the United States over the necessity “for American forces very briefly to cross the border to disperse dit forces.” Very brief or not, the presence of American troops ican soil is likely to have the usual effect upon that irritable algo, Carranza, and his pomposity may be expected to show and resentment whenever any considerable number of ican soldiers are over the line. course the best thing the Mexican Federal Government and nders in the field could do would be cordially to invite the ns to join them in force in a thorough-going bandit hunt. ling such sensible policy on the part of Carranza and his Gen- ‘the Tnited States would seem to have good right to demand w that the Mexican Federal forces establish a line far enough the Mexican border to keep Villista bullets from endangering Fife on the American side or, if the Mexican forces are admittedly ine pable of maintaining such a line, that American troops shall have f 7". across the border to deal with the rebels as they see fit. : te ; EXTRAORDINARY, INDEED. 1 ‘T In alittle over three hours last night the New York State gislature, in extraordinary session, ratified the Woman Suf- amendment, passed four housing bills and found time to itself an appropriation of $8,000 for the pay and expenses members attending the session. Such legislative expedition startles the State. Maybe this wealth could get more and better work out of its law- rs at Albany if it summoned them in a series of short, special sessions, with a definite task set each time, / “lights out by midnight” the rule. It’s a hopeful idea, a Cost of Clothing Threatened With Another Increase. jegdline. Naturally, The cost of certain articles of food is down a ade and the consumer is suspected of having a few cents hand now after feeding himse)f. - Letters From the People ‘TAX ON THE KIDDIE CREAM CONES. fo the Wititor of The Brening Word A short time ago I saw a little boy, seven years old and poorly ‘buy an ice cream cone, He the vendor a nickel and was|’ for @ penny more as war tax. didn’t have \t and had I not to his aid the little fellow @ been deprived of his ICE this wrong. The future citizens of this great republic deserve first con- sideration always, MARCUS NATHAN, CO-OPERATION OF EVENING WORLD IN INTERESTS OF BROADWAY, ‘To the EAitor of The Breuning World: The Broadway Association ts 4 grateful for the fine co-operation 6 ni n ‘The idea that ice cream cones,|in connection with the campaign, for m which children derive so much/the promotion of the interes: of benefit, should be taxed by| Broadway. ‘The the targest association ts now sarees, #9 seemed |oivic organ Tta"icind in ‘News your PULITZER, paiblshing Company, Nos, 63 to h permanently to scatter the Villistas and drive them out of 9 EDITORIAL PAGE Tuesday, June 17, 1919 = © ee. rey, D2 Pleafor tie Middle. Th Aged Woman By Sophie Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), A Little Charity of the Heart WOMAN of thirty-seven, signing “Miss M.," writes me the foi- lowing letter and incloses 4 number of clip- pings in which employers are particular about age limit, I wish this wo- man had sent me ber address as 1 know of two people who are secking the sort of a person she describes, “As this is a period for ‘efficiency,’ why does a certain age, fixed in the minds of employers, bar a woman from work in which she is experi- enced. and far more competent than it ts possible for those ‘under twenty- five’ or ‘under thirty to be? “The inclosed ‘ads’ are taken from one issue of a Sunday paper and in- clude various employments, showing that the age prejudice is general. “All employers call for ‘experience.’ It is only acquired by years of actual work—and no one seems willing to teach the inexperienced, Yet, when a woman is past thirty, educated, trained, tactful and earnest, who has held a responsible, highly paid secre- tarlal position for years, and ts prived of it by death, agencies and employers alike refuse her services and frankly eay “Too old,’ “What can one who has no capital for starting any sort of an independ- ent business do for a living? Life has ceased to be a ‘joke’ after thirty-five, and when years have been spent at a desk, and great physical strength and any special talent are lacking, it is a problem, not a theory, that con- fronts the woman reaching the age- bar. “The writer knows these facts, and they are @ubstantiated by inclosed clippings, and by every daily news- paper advertisements, ‘There is truth in the woman's con- tentions. Many an employer goes on the theory that women of middle age are not up to date nor as active as aN By Roy L. Irene Loeb HE annoying beginning of an imperfect day had Mr. Jarr quite peeved. The delivery boy had forgotten to leave the morning Paper at the door of the flat, the jan- itor had taken a day off and the kitchen was filled with trash and garbage in pails not yet whistled up for. sponsible war work which could not Possibly have been performed by younger people, It is stated that they proved almost indispensable. The same conditions were observed in the case of women, Hundreds of middle-aged women went Into the’ shops and offices and factories and replaced men who had gone to war. As @ general proposition there was @ baker had left rye bread in- stead of rolls, Mra. Jarr had not done Very little corm laint aa to their effi-' Something or other Mr, Jarr had clency in plants of considerable pro- asked her to do, and Mr. Jarr was as portion with which I had been in touch, | full of complaints as to the futile in- It ts at! folly, Mr. Employer. Never Competence of the average person as in the history of the world have/though he were the veriest million- young and old been so thoroughly | ire that ever got rich qnickly by alive to the requirements of the times | selling nothing for something. as they are to-day, “We read of people being in desti- Most every one is on the firing line | tute ciroumstances,” growled Mr. of activity and the very latest and! Jarr. “he trouble is, if more of best ways of doing things are with-|them were in destitute circumstances in the reach of all. If every employer; maybe they'd get a hustle on them would only stop to reason how: so-|and try to have some exouse for ex- called “expertence” can only come: isting!” from living more years and bow re-; “Oh, goodness gracious! Don't be- sponsibility 1s much safer in the! gin this morning!” said Mrs: Jarr, as hands of more mature judgment,|she poured out his coffee, ‘I’ many @ one would be willing to sive|a headache.” & try-o : to the middle-aged seekers} “You wouldn't have a headache if of employment, you took some reasonal care of Sometimes a most valuable worker| yourself,” replied Mr. Jarr, “Women \s let go because of the appearance | dress themselves crazily, feed them- of a few gray hairs, It ts a far cry| selves foolishly, dope up on strong from grandmothers and grandfathers|tea and act like ninnies generally. of yesterday, Activity and interest | ‘Then, when they feel badly, they re the big eloments that decide the! rush to drug themselves with all age question to-day, So much for the | sorts of truck!” business side of it. “I wish you'd stop in at Mr, Slavin- There 1s something also to be said! sky's and tell him that the man he on the side of humanity, There is nojsent to put the glass in the china greater charity in the world than that| closet that the children broke hasn't which males It possible for the person done it right. The glass he put in is seeking @ job to be given @ chance | too thick and it has a big flaw in it,” for it, said Mra, Jarr, The finest and most fundamental] «what's the use? I'll get the right elements of real charity are to reach| giaes and fix it myself,” said Mr. out and help people to give alms| tere, “It all goes to prove what I Any one can make out @ check atd/say, The country is full af botch get rid of @ charitable charge. workmen, who think the world should But a little charity in the heart to-| 4. Bolsheviki and let them have Dut aceke Ro get work” gous a isn [eYS"Y millionaire’s millionst | When I way toward doing one's bit in the| "ear about “class consciousness” it makes me sick! Why don’t they try world's work, Think it over, Mr, Employer. to do good work?’ A good man is _—— never out of a job.” invented @ gyroscope mounting for «, GYROSCOPE MOUNTED TELE- SCOPE, For use at sea a Scotchman has “You shouldn't say that,” said Mrs. e e Jarr Family McCardell Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). The Beginning and End of an Imperfect Day Makes Mr. Jarr Admit the Cosmic Unrest “Where's Mr. Slavinsky?” asked Mr, Jarr. “He's gone out collecting his bills vonee,” replied Mrs. Slavinsky, “Busi- ness he ain't good!” “Busineas would be good if Mr. Sla- vinsky would attend to it!" snorted Mr. Jarr, “This is an excellent loca- tion, But he does bad: work for his good customers and when the cus- tomer comes in to complain he isn't here!” Mr. Jarr sneered and departed. On the street car the conductor mum- bled the stops unintelligibly, and when a woman.entered and asked what avenue they were on the con- ductor’s only reply was to ask why she didn't read the signs on the street lamps. “It's no wonder they give women their jobs!” remarked Mr, Jarr to a man next to him. “Why couldn’t he have told the woman what car she was on?” So he went over to the woman and told her, Whereat she gave him a suspicious look and replied: “Mind your business, please! And if I want information from fresh masherg’ I'll ask for it!” “Mr. Jarr," said the boss, beckon- ing him to him as he came in, “you late again, And I find you haven't tended to those bills of lading. If you don't do your work better I'll get somebody else to do it. A word to the wise is sufficient!” When Mr. Jarr read the papers that evening at home he noted with keen interest there was labor unrest all over the country, as well as abroad, “And if the men in my business had any spunk they’d demand more pay and shorter hours and walk out if they didn't get ‘em!" he snorted, “What we need Is ‘class conscious- nese’ ———__— WHAT ARGUING LEADS To, OU know you are in the wrong,” said the contentious man, “Nothing of the sort,” replied the unwilling debater, “I merely said I might be mistaken. “Ha! Then you concede that you are not infallible?” “Ot course I do, Nobody but a blankety-blanked fool would think himself infallible.”. “Bir, do you mean to insinuate”—— Thank he “cc Bachelor Girl Reflections By Helen Rowland Copyright, 1919, by The Prese Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World). . OVE 1s life's carburetor; marriage, the safety clutch, and divorce, the Man was made from clay, but woman was made from a BONE-~sand there's no remodeling. her. (Husbands please copy.) shock-absorber, ‘We must be getting back to the normal when the passing of a dizzy blonde wilt cause more excitement and flutter in Wall Street than the passing of a regl- ment of soldiers, fi yt, A man’s idea of reforming after marriage appears to be to cover up a stained past with a stained glass AN ‘} attitude, é } “ten There are as many kinds of love asethere are of automobiles, but @ little flivver and a little flirtation, which can be ex- changed each year for a new one, continue to be the most inexpensive and popular varieties, ‘ Most bagbelors think of marriage as vaguely and hazily as they think uf next New Year's Day—that’s why they are always so astonished and shocked when it happens to them—in June! The motion pictures are not always so “educational” as they are labelled; but if they teach nothing else at least, they ought to teach @ man how to make love more gracefully and gratifyingly. And T'HAT’S a blessing' A man never deliberately gives a woman the key to his heart; he } \ waits until some fluffy, ingenious little thing comes along and picks the | lock. ) Somehow since the signing of the armistice one feels that little things like hot weather, unrequited love, sunburn, divorce and mosquitoes don't amount to much after all, $ F | Every time I pay the quarterly instalment on my income tax I try to think up a new and more horrible way of torturing the Kaiser. By Albert Payson Terhune. Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World), | NO. 48.—JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, First Real “American | Novelist.” HJS is the story of a genius who—like Walter Scott~+ began life as an idler, and who made good by the very traits which he picked up in the course of his idling. He was James Fenimore Cooper, the first man to write a real “American novel.” He was born at Otsego Hall, his father's big country place in the wilderness of New York State, in @ day when Indians were still plentiful in that region, and when tales of oldtime Indian warfare and adventure were still more plentiful. Cooper grew up in this atmosphere, roaming the forests, learning woodcraft, studying the Indians, storing up in his memory the wild frontier stories. ‘This sort of thing did not please his father, who wanted his sow, to become an accomplished gentleman, and not a forest runner. Therefore, Cooper was sent to Yale. There he loafed away ——————"® "his time, got into trouble through his love of mis- } Expelled chief and his fiery temper, and at last he was 3 From ‘ale, expelled, In disgust his father sought to puulsh the culprit by sending him to sea. Which was somewhat like punishing @ duck by throwing it into the water. Cooper took to sea life with delight. First as foremast hand and later as midshipman in the United States Navy in our War of 1912 he revelled in the rough and adventurous career of a sailor. He showed no sign of an ability or a desire to write. But all the timo he was storing up a wealth of experiences which were one day to delighe—--¢** the reading world. ‘ Nor did he care greatly for reading. The books of that day—especially those of American writers—seemed to him insipid and stilted and untrue to nature and in no way worth a grown man’s trouble to read. A friend of his lent him a book that was causing great interest just then, and begged him to read it, Cooper, out of good nature, consented, But his good nature was not equal to the task. By the time he had waded half way through the volume, he was so bored and disgusted with it that he threw it across the room. “Why don’t you, then?” sneered his friend: ‘The sneer and its implied doubt of his ability stung Cooper's always flery temper into a blaze. “I'm going to!” he declared. And he did. Thus it was that James Fenimore Cooper made good. He set to work at writing a book; he who had seldom had the patience to read one and who had thrown away his chances of getting @ classical education. { Apparently few men could have been worse equipped for such @ job. { As a matter of fact, few men were better equipped to write just such books as the world was waiting to read—books full of adventure and action and Indians and outdoor life and sea perils. Cooper had not bothered to become @ classical scholar; But he had happened to undergo experiences which enabled him to write of the forests and the ocean and the red men, Almost at once, Cooper's fame flashed through the country and through Burope as well. People were tired of reading prim His Fame Flashed Through Country. res © classics, They took to Cooper's adventure yarns © as a small boy might take to dime novel after a dreary course in ancient history, He had made good, He had the whole reading public at his feet. A few critics scoffed at his style and picked flaws in his delineation of Indian character, &c, But he held the reading world at large in the hollow of his hand. Not content with this, he waged flerce war on his critics, bringing damage sults against them when they @ared speak lightly is work, Of ene temper, hie undisciplined quarrelsomencss, his other faults—all are long since forgotten, But the man’s genius and the breezy charm of his woodland romances live on forever. Newest Notes of Science. Peat is the chief ingredient in a waterproof brown paper that has been invented in England. An inventor nes patented a metal binding for record books to protect them from fire and quat. to be attached to typewriters to lessen the fatigue of typists, ee The light of the sun exerts a Pressure of 70,000 tong on the earth, according to a British scientist, ‘0 @ An electrically driven machine Wraps lump sugar in individual Papers at a speed of 7,500 lumps an hour, a ys) | Ice tongs with a single handle have been invented that seize blocks of ice almost automatically. o As @ substitute for horséha! holstery the waste from Bahama sisal fibre is being Fidei Herel Heretofore an importer of the metal in all forms, Japan has become an exporter of refined zing, . Ir in up. cleaning used, A new electrical primer for auto. tomobiles heats and vaporizes the fuel before it 1s drawn into the en. gine. A new oil can has a flexible spout to reach places in machinery difficult of access without epilling, lolland is the first foreign nation Sis ee Ono set of copper mines fh Cuba Naa ee in aw * “Rubbish!” he fumed. “I could write a better novel, myself!” | How They Made Good _k«