The evening world. Newspaper, June 20, 1919, Page 24

AEN 5 SIN CME T+ FRIDAY, JUNE 20, “Mars, as Adjutant to Cupid, Put Marriage on Love Basis ra SAYS MARY HASTINGS BRADLEY War War Cut Bonds of Snobbery And Tied Real “‘Lovers’ Knots” “Men Who Were Gotng to Danger of Death Did Not . Exchange Last Free Hours for Worldly-Wise Al- | liances—Girls Turned to Men for the Heroic Qualities,” By Marguerite Mooers Marshall Copertaht, LAK, Ley The Frew Publishing Co, (The New York Brening Work. PNAS ‘gies stl woe os cate en cat wemee vere ‘While 1919 Be a Better Stenographer And Earn Bigger Pay Jules Verne in Hiction Circled the Glob e/™tsea?aasnicr naman wricmer n tignty Vays Nellie Bly, for The World, Made the Trip In Seventy-two Days (1889-1890) In What Time Will Airplane Make the Trip In the Year 1919? U. S. Army Plans to Send an Airplane Around the World Lack Only Funds to Accomplish a 20th Century Feat That Even Jules Verne Never Dreamed Of— Map Below Shows Proposed Army Flight and the Eighty-Day Journey of Fiction. Beoond of @ series of twelve articles written expecially for stenog- rapher readers of The Bvening World by Herman J. Stich, worls's champion high speed shorthand writer and international euthority on the subject, Mr. Btioh, whe is a court reporter, is the first shorthand writer to obtain @ epeed of 300 words « minute, twenty words more than the best provious record. By Herman J. Stich Covrright, 1819, by The Prem Publishing Oo, (The New Tork Bruning World). Proper Penmanship Hint great realities were at stake, men and women were swept out prineiples 1s proper penmanship. from backwaters of artificial standards into the real currents ‘There are all kinds of razors. But the most effective and the ones we prefer are those with the fine, keen, hairline edge which cut clean. ‘The shorthand writer who applies the technique of penmanship makes delicate, accurate, beautiful notes which are instantly legible. It is just as easy for the well trained writer to make well formed, artis- tic, readable notes all day in court as to write illegible outlines. In fact, the man who ecrawls uses much more energy in his desperate efforts than the man who writes smoothly and fluently, because of his correct pen movement. Proper penmanship is the application of efficiency to shorthand writ- tng. Efficiency is the elimination of waste. Waste in shorthand is lost mo- tion. And lost motion is an omnipresent deterrent to high speed. ‘The arm and finger movement to be for commercial advantage or worldly-wise alliances, Personality became the great touchstone. “And something of it will last,” Mary Hastings Bradley confidently prophesies. Mra. Bradley is a beautiful young woman whose most recently published novel of love and marriage, “The Wine of Astonishment,” has set her native Chicago to discussing the social skeletons she is alleged to have dragged forth from their comfortable closets. Mrs Bradley, by the way, denies she is a skeleton specialist. sort of adjutant to Cupid, of war as quickener and purifier of romantic and marriage, It is asa nurse and soldier that the hero and heroine “The Wine of Astonishment” find Go indeed belong to each other, ir being kept apart for years by 'Y, social snobbery, pride and the ‘wretched complications which ‘Up #0 many of our romances marriages in the years before the agree with Mrs, Bradley that, for time being, war out many of the knots. But why and thow they tied? How can we kesp from. being tied again? “What,” I asked Mrs, Bradley, “is pmatter with love and marriags in country, that the United S:ates Bureau reports one marriage nine ends in divorce?" nature is the matter,” she “and the high cost of living, artificial environments and arti- wants, Is a negiect of the real art of . Too many wants on the par: the women and too many won'ts on part of the men. “Women want all that a man can “ive them—and men won't take the ing a New Farees, the contention finds me neutral even in thought, and interests mite most in Mrs. Bradley's book is her conception of Mars as ‘Mme from business to cultivate Gompanionship they knew in th ‘ts. Too many nerves. Too much tony. (As somebody hhs point- out, in certain New England cit- the man and wife go about so- in invariable pairs, like the animals in the ark!) Too much on the part of the men and too work on the part of the girls.’ en Mre. Bradiey voted the war other credit mark. “It did a great deal,” she said, “in ling to women the simple dig- of labor and the value of sane Some women will never for- it, And other women will not be d, by the present lack of help, forget it! “Too much Mttleness,". she con- “Pnued in her diagnosis of ailing mat- Fimony. “It isn't the great wrongs ‘That make marriage sicken. More ‘women have nagged love to death than have killed it outright. Like ero- sion upon stone some wives are always Working upon thelr husbands, alter- dng their manners, their rugged can- Gers, effacing their character, cor- ing, dictating making over—wear- Slad love down into a patient and rt “Fesigned acceptance of incompatibi)- ities. The outsider, looking on, can sways tell what is the matter with that marriage. “Does the American girl expect too much? Ask any girl if she doesn't expect to be ‘made happy’—and wear silk stockings.” Of course I do not have to ank her. I know—we all know—her answer.) My own proscription for successful marriage would be a vaccination of every bride with two ideas—that she must make as well as be made happy and that she must earn her own silk stockings, Fora moment we turned from what Mrs. Bradley calls the “sick mar- riage,” the undernourished, Loy thee | oped union that takes the edge off! happiness, and spoke of the marriage that undergoes the operation of di- vorce. “I am not worried about the Census Bureau's ninth divorce,” she ad- mitted. “I suppose a tremendously happy woman is the most disinter- ested advocate of other people's free- dom of adjustment. “There is too much divorce. There are too many light minded and light headed people anxious to evade all weight of responsibility and ennui. But I don’t know that keeping them tled together would make the world any better, It has been tried. It is being tried in many places to-day with uninviting results, “I think I am quite reconciled to irresponsible abusing of the privilege of divorce for the sake of keeping that freedom for those to whom it means release from tragedy. Coprright, 1919. by The Prem Publishing Co. (The New York Bvening World). HAT fiction will soon be surpassed by reality in whirlwind tours vy of the world is the promise to be found in plans now forming for & globe-circling fight by airship, The recent achievements of Read, Alcock and Brown and the exploit of Hawker and’Mackenzie have led “For all the ninth black sheep| &*Perts to believe that a supreme triumph of the air is well within human among marriages I thoroughly believe | Possibility. that America has produced the ‘The spirit of daring adventure has been found as never before. A mar- healthiest and happiest conditions of | vellous change has come about since Jules Verne wrote “Around the World marriage in the world,” she summed | in Eighty Days,” with 1872 as the year. Yet it should not be forgotten that up reassuringly, “And that ninth di- it was the highly imaginative Frenchman's novel that inspired pioneer vorce Is very frequently caused by |giobe-girdlers. It was in 1889 that Nellie Bly made the trip for The New the modern demand for the healthy oa naeet, tnt in 64 days; Col, Burnley Campbell ‘Marriage is a very delicate ad- finished it in 40 days, while Andre justment. It compromise be- 7 Jagre-Schmidt, in 1911, brought the tween love's Passion for permanence, time down to 89 days. What will the the eternity of the family and the next record be? Already calculations familiar habits of possession on thet oe tel fe, and before long, per- one hand, and on the other the hu- adr ’ det man love of change, and the human| "20% we shall hear af wagers being placed. lack of charm and boredom and!” mn tempting prises offered nowa- Rerves and cumulative resentments.|4, 55 give @ sporting interest to the To make marriage work requires @lovents, just as Verne gave tt to his good deal the same concentration of|;resinary hero, Phileas Fogg, by team work that makes & businest/naving him win a bet of £20,000. amount to something or two musi- Fogg was certainly a good sports- clans bring forth harmony, man. More than this, he never hesi- “If there is anything in the world|tatea at buying little things like ele- that wo need to make life livable and |pharts, steamers, trains and things marriage merry it is simplicity and|when matters weren't running ac- wisdom.” cording to schedule The schedule Huge Water Lilies in India Offer Kiddies Playgrounds From London to Suez via Mont Cenis and Brindisi, by rail and steamers, 7 days. From Suez to Bombay, steam- | of 18 days. 1 cee | From Bombay to Caloutta, rail, 3 days. From Caloutta to Hong Kong, steamer, 13 days. York World in 72 days. Henry Frederick, in 1903, accomplished the journey From Hong Kong to Yokohama, steamer, 6 days. From Yokohama to San Fran- cisco, steamer, 22 days. From San Francisco to New York, rail, 7 days. From New York to London, steamer and rail, 9 days. Total, 80 days. One advantage that the aerial globe slider will have over the immortal Mr. Fogg ts that he won't have to Unger on his way to rescuc a beau- teous lady in distress, arrange a duel with a peevish whist player or chase @ band of Indians. There may be interruptions in the air, but they're different. Neither will the airman be obliged to lead a bothersome detective @ wild goose chase. But he is likely to have much the same experience as Mr. Fogg with the fair ones. Do you recall that moment when the lovely Mrs. Aouda, believing he had lost everything and was alone in the world, spoke thus: “I pity you, Mr. Fogg, for solitude is a sad thing. What! have you not one heart into which to pour your ~ troubles? ‘They say, however, that with two misery itself is bearable.” “They say so, madam.” “Mr, Fogg,” then said Mrs. Aouda, rising and holding out her hand, “do you wish at once a relative and a friend? Will you have me for your wife?” Although the offer to the globe- circling navigator may be put in less formal terms, it is safe to say as Fogs’s admirer wili try to “land” him, Army men are particularly happy over the outlook, for it is the army that is at work on the plan for cir- cumnavigating the globe. It is hope- ful that Congress will make the nec- essary appropriation. Aviation offi- cials are said to be convinced that the accomplishment of a round-the- world trip is merely a matter of per- fective mechanical detafls and pro- viding depots where oll and other supplies can be procured. Army officers expect to have the co-opera- tion of the navy in making these sup- plies available. It 1s announced that Capt. Roy N. Francis has been detailed to work out the scheme, and unless there is a shortage of appropriations for such experiments the fight will be at- tempted before the end of the year. The Martin bombing plane will prob- ably be used, air service officials say, It can carry three or four passengers, and is capable of making 2,000 miles at a single hop when the wind ts right, It carries enough gasoline and oil to remain in the air from eighteen to twenty hours, ‘The above photograph, taken in Madras, shows a little native boy tting in @ dish-like leaf of a tropical water lily known as the Victoria ‘The ily serves as a playground to the little fellow and bears First National Standard SOCIALIST once referred to aN the United States fi “s painted rag on a stick.” ‘The speed that misguided agitator made in getting out of town would make him eligible for place on the Olympic Marathon team. Reformers have learned that, except in times of war, they can attack the constitution, and courts and presidents and kings, jut that a national flag ls 4 buss-eaw, metaphorically speaking, that it is well to let alone, Although special flags existed in some of the colonies prior to the American Revolution, it was the red, Was a Cat on a Spear. and the Indians, Most of the early flags of the colonists were patterned after the Union Jack of the mother country. Tho Grand Union flag, raised at Cambridge in 1776, was the first used by the American army that had the thirteen alternate red and white stripes, the number symbolic of the thirteen colonies. Many flags were proposed during the revolution and the early days of the Republic. One of them, designed by Thomas Paine, was composed of all the colors of the rainbow, symbolising peace, The Stars and Stripes dosign, however, was officially adopted on June 14, 1777, Later, with the admission of white and bi banner of England that was to victory in the [eoontat were Spain, France new States, the number of stars on the blue background gradually in- creased, until to-day they number forty-eight, It is probable that the first fag was carried by the Saracens in their battles with the Crusaders, the latter adopting the idea, which thus spread over Europe, Long before that there had been national standards, how- ever, as the ancient Egyptians car- ried before their hosts the figure of a sacred animal on a spear. A stuffed cat impaled on a stick was the fore- runner of the banners now used. In the days of the old Persian empire a blacksmith's apron was carried aloft at the head of the army, while the standard of the Turks was a horse's tail. To-day the flag is the most re- vered of all inanimate objects, and in the war which has just ended millions of men showed their devotion to thelr flag by giving their lives Wel ie ' Uh” po ¥, Ss PLAN Form rE that @ woman equally as charming | explained is the greatest eliminator of ‘waste motion. It takes advantage of the fact that practically every stroke ‘of the consonantal shorthand alphabet 1s part of a scheme of forward mo- tions Here is the arm and finger movement. Rest the arm on the fleshy portion of ithe forearm. Turn the elbow weil cut from the body, so that the lines from the elbow to the finger tips and from the finger tips to the left shoulder form a ninety degree angle. ‘That is your position when you be- gin writing. As you write pivot on the flesh portion of the forearm. Hold the wrist about an inch high from the table. The pen or pencil strould be almost vertical. Let the nail of the little finger steady the paper. As the fingers have the greatest lever- lage and flexibility use them to write the circles, hooks and-angles. The strokes and curves should have more of the arm motion. ‘Write compactly with a forward and up and down movement. Don't pack too much. Don't exaggerate the wp and down movement. Pack to pre- serve natural pauses. Write up end down to give the hand free play. Dont grip your writing instrument. ‘Write about fifteen outlines to the line, The above method is akin to the Palmer movement and should you have any difficulty in “getting on” to it, have some of your school boy or girl friends show you the Paimer motion. You will then easily be able to differentiate and to do the right thing. In all your speed practise, use th's arm and finger movement. At first it will come hard. BUT STICK TO IT. It’s the only way to get most out of your efforts. It's the method born of intensive experiment and experience. Once you've acquired It, you won't be able to help writing with far greater ease and legibility. A few words about posture. S't erect with your head well up. Keep Ignorant Essays By J. P. McEvoy Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Bvening World) Bathing-Beaches ATHING-beaches are where keeping your head above the you go to see Mother water, it needn't worry you, as Nature's exhibition of car- you will speedily drown; after tooning as applied to the human which learning how to swim ‘The first leg of the flight would be from gome point on the Atlantic coast to Newfoundland. The second hop would carry it to Greenland or Ice- land, where a supply depot would be ready, Thence the fiight would be to Ireland and England, from Eng- land to France, thence to Norway and Sweden, then to Archangel, and down the northern Siberian coast, where ships can land with sup- Plies, Some point in the Bering Sea would be made a landing station, with Alaska the next stop; thence down to Seattle and home, figure. After you have gazed will be the least of your and gazed a while you realize troubles, the poet was full of petrified People who hang around prunes when he alluded to the human chassis as the “human beaches should be called beach nuts and the beaches should be your feet planted squarely om the floor, Have your notebook exactly in front of you—straight up and down — in the eame position as when you are reading back. Sclentific shorthand penmanship cannot be over-stressed. It is as tn- dispensable to fast ghorthand work as is lightning fingering of the keys to good plano pmying. ‘There are many shorthand writers who because they refuse to use proper penmanship will never be able to write more than one hundred and twenty words a minute. While working they expend a tremendous amount of en- ergy. At the end of the day they are physical wrecka. “They continually complain, They do not like their pro- fession. They are going to do some- thing else for a living. Profemdonal shorthand work is disgusting. And so on, As a matter of fact free lance and court reporting are two of the most fascinating pursuits in the world. If everything one professional short- hand writer wrote were transcribed and bound in volumes, it would form, at the end of each year, a modest sized library. And what a library it would be! It would be « library of life, of ba- man nature and its quirks and turn, It would reveal the secrets of the sinister influences of our communi- tes; the meannesses of the greedy and the perverse; the waywardness of the unfortunate and the frivolous; the horrors of the underworld and the sTasping and oppression of the un- scrupulous; it would depict the life of the birdmen and fishmen and the gtievances of the coal-miners; it would unravel the intricacies of sci- ence, art and literature; lay bare the plans and plots of the country’s arch commercial and political traitors; it would reveal the depths of degrada- tion and flendishneas to which human beings sink and the lofty peaks of humanitarianism and yelf sacrifice to which others painfully but cheerfully form divine.” You will usually find bathing- beaches located near the water, where the wild, wild waves may mingle with the wild, wild women and the mild, mild men. They are also fully equipped with sand to get in your hair, pebbles to bruise your feet and Mfeguards who always rescue the good-looking girls before you can get there. Bathing-beaches are also dec- orated by beautiful maidens who wear smiles over a light coat of tan, They make it very difficult for the lover of nature to keep his mind on the sheen of the water and the colors of the sunset. They also lead the philosophically inclined to muse upon the tough luck of the blind men. Some people go to the beach to swim and others go to ex- hibit their shortcomings, It is very easy to learn swimming. All you have to do is to keep your head above the water and paddle. If you don't succeed in called tan yards. Tan, by the way, is something very easily acquired. All you need to do is to sit around in the sun until you feel like a minute steak and look like a cup of coffee, A coat of tan costs you nothing and is worth every cent of it. Incidentally it 1s called a coat of tan because you not only get @ coat but a vest and @ pair of trousers, too, Since the Hawaiians, who never forgave us for meddling in their affairs, got even by in- troducing the ukelele, a large number of these deadly weapons have been carried to the beaches at night by heartless bathers and picked on until they holler for mercy. While this procedure {s cruel and unusual, it demonstrates scientifically a truth that has long been in doubt—viz., that fish can hear, The proof is shown when a large number of pathetic little Hfeless fishes float in on the cruel breakers every morning after, climb; it would show the littleness and sordidness of life’s rounds and the noble instincts finding vent in social and communal uplift; {t would expose the nefarious intrigues of civic despoilers and the brave and battling idealistic struggles of the people's de- fenders. And withal it would show the great bond of humankind, for “a man's @ man for a’ that;" how we all strive, yearn, aspire, grieve, hope, Pray, Combat and enjoy all of life’s existences. Yes, it woul be a wony derful library, But the man who because he Writes inefficiently, 1s wearing himself out and burning himself up, can’t see it, His day's work is a harrowing, biind grind, While to the man who writes correctly, his day's work is the high- est possible combination of work and play and pleasure, And it ts just as easy to make it the one as the other, —.> A Soap Bubble Can Be Made to Last for Months. HB alr of an ordinary room is filled with tiny particles of mat- ter which fall on the airy soap Dubble, alter the surface tension, and —poot—it is gone. The effect of thes: minute particles on the stability of ‘bubbles was first brought to light, ac- cording to Popular ‘Science Monthly, by Sir James Dewar, He experi. mented in clarified air until he was able to produce bubbles which laste for months, He has even Producea @ soap film which was a year old re. cently and which seems to remain Just as it was made, So tell the children that the secret of successful soap bubbling is to have a perfectly pure soap-solution and to blow the bubbles in and wit) pry RS h air that ROY, CALL A SIDECAR, Four hundred taxi-sid: ply for hire on Paria streets; minis ma fare, 10 cents, or 6 Bee ae CODte & ledken