The evening world. Newspaper, June 28, 1919, Page 12

Gur nl iN . She EDITORIAL PAGE Saturday, ESTABLISHED BY JOSRPH PULITZmR, Sallie Dally Becpt Sunder Wy the Prvee Fubiishing Company, Nos. 63 to sodeA HAMIOR Seiad, hw, cache OF THR ABBOCIATED PRAM, ela STS SS etad celled eSthis pipet tad "Gi Olen "some Sele Bare WORUMM 602... 6s eee. Wes de50ss. 40060, 91,180 MUSIC FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, N MAKING his munificent gift to music in New York—the endowment may amount to as much as $20,000,000—the Augustus D. Juilliard stipulated that the money shall be used not only to aid the Metropolitan Opera Company in the training of | “worthy students of music,” but also to provide concerts and recitals | “without profit” and “of a character appropriate for the education and entertainment of the general public.” There has never been a time when the general public in this city could be counted on to show larger appreciation of such opportuni- ties as Mr. Juilliard had in mind. In saying this we are not thinking of the audiences that greet renowned orchestras and world-famed virtuosi in the innumerable Enjoyment of good music concerts of a New York musical season, has become a bigger thing than that in New York. Go into any of-the larger moving picture theatres where good | orchestras and good music are now a special feature of the entertaiu- | ment. You will find thousands of people listening with delight t Rossini overture or a movement from a Tschaikowsky symphony, and when it is over demanding more. These people would be the | to call themselves “highbrow” or to pretend to like what really bored tiem. Not enough has been said of the extent to which the “movics”| nave not only added to the supply of good music at popular prices but have proved the readiness of the public. to absorb yet larger quantities. If people enjoy listening to well-played selections from the best composers at the “movies” they would be equally glad to hear them at open air concerts in the parks. Such park concerts should not _ tare treats. During the summer they should be daily—even twice thrice a day events. they can be served light drinks and cakes. . Private enterprise has reaped fortunes oug of teaching New Yorkers new habits. Why shouldn’t the city turn an honest pen by making things pleasanter for the millions who have to spend the summer here? And that undiscovered substitute for the saloon that is puzzli 60 many heads just now ——. Why not concert cafes with go orchestras, soft drinks, light refreshments at attractive prics and « place for dancing? Some day, when the country comes out of its Prohibition aphas' these concert cafes would be there to answer all purposes snd bani the need or thought of resuscitating the disreputable saloon. Not only has music charms of its own but it lends itself surroundings that can greatly add to the pleasures end inexpensi’ recreations of city life at all seasons. The multi-millionaire whose bequest means so much to music in America confessed to “something like a romantic interest in all things musical.” Could the Juilliard Musical Foundation carry the, design of its founder to more romantic realization than by showing how a gen- uinely popular taste for good music—taste that shows itself in t! music of the parks and populdr concert halls—can be recognized and encouraged in this city until New York has the most, the best, and, in the opportunities it offers the public, the cheapest music of a great city in the world? a | According to understandings and expectations, there takes place to-day at Versailles one of the great ceremonies of a!) ume, "i In view of all the cireumstahces, however, and particularly considering the too well known goharacter and attitude of one of the chief parties represented, a waiting world will not throw ite bat into the air until it knowe with certainty that the momentous document is signed, blotted and sealed beyond a shadow of doubt. Germany has taught us to keep a sharp eye out for scut- tings, cable slippings, shuffling of the papers, disappearing inks or other Teutonic sleight of hand, eto ———_—_ ‘The Eveping World's exposure of the extent to hich lack of proper inspection by the Department of Weights and Measures permits motorists in this city to be swindled through “short measuring” gasoline pumps is a timely reminder that the only way to keep up with new needs is to keep up with them, This applies to the city in its obligations toward an ever inereasing part of the public that requires special protection, just as much as it applies to any private corporation. + ‘With the jury's verdict in the Dr, Wilkins case, wife-mur- der gets another merited setback and the jury system emerges still trong and sufficient from a somewhat racking test. pa EISELE RN Duteh rejoicing was premature. zollerns appear to be still in Holland, ————_- ++. Keep right on cheering the returned American Navy flyers The two worst Hohen Of the NC-4, Peace doesn't need it all, ; New Things in Science SR has been estimated py @ Buro-) instead cf being pulled with fing “ pean gclentist that the commerela! | with the advantage that the wea , value of the electricity {n a flash of! ia handled more steadily <lightning lasting one thousandth of a eee second is twenty-nine cents, | At the present rate of increase irre | the consumption 0: tive jumber in New Zeal mated that If the city is too poor to provide them gratis, try charging ten cents, and let the listeners sit at smal] tables, where timber will last OWP is Certainly a back number things. late 0 a} ast be or ny ng od ia, jah | to} Copyright, 1 ve URING the week some legal ac- D tion was taken in connection with dance halls, it being al- leeed that some of them were not ‘ Proper places, At the same time comes a letter from @ young man who is very much grieved at his flancee’s great he ny count of their disa- sreement he is fast Semin inenswoee lowing her, He says in his communication: ‘fhe knows I do not over thowe days. best of plays and to the best places of enjoyment, 1 want her to enjoy herself, but why pick out a dance hall? “Dancing is all right, providing it 1s a re#pectable place, but the places she selects I know I would not want my sister to go to. “1 can tell her and explain to her, Dut it is of no use, She tells me I take her. Since I refused to take her dancing, she does not care for me any more." This young man has the wrong idea about what bis rights and duties are, In the first place, he might as well say goodby to the girl if he is con- Unually going to disagree with her, even about such a small matter as | dancing. | Many a little dance has made a jvery big trouble because this {young man does not like dancing is no reason wh? he should inflict his likes and dislikes on somebody else, Should he continue his opposition, and even succeed in marrying |girl, a8 a general proposition if she |likes dancing well enough she will steal’ away from him and go to ers, | dances, and then there will be no end pon | of trouble | somebody has wisely ‘sald “There is no accounting for tast e 10 And any mah who thinks he ca change a person's tastes to suit his the ay she present scheme of love for danoing and | he believes on ac-| care to go} around dancing, as I am pretty well| I take her to the! am a ‘dead head’ and an ‘old man’ | and many other nice names, “She has reached her nineteenth | birthday and I am five years her senior and I think | know where to| June 28, 1919, oft Re a ace, Girls and Dancing By Sophie Irene Loeb ty Tue Press Publishing Co, (Ti In the Days When the Ravages of Father Time Huve Lost Their Sting New York Evening World.) Furthermore, any one whe says that at the age of twenty-four he is “over such things as dancing” needs a little waking up, Even grandmothers and grandfathers dance to-day, Age bas lost its limit and nobody “gets over” anything only on account of the number of years, It is a matter for the individual. Everybody is in the foreground of activity. No longer are people rele- gated to the rear with knitting needles and snuff boxes, just because Father Time has kept count of the length of their lives, Living to-day is different. But the young man does speak progress when he says that he is op- posed to dance halls that are not re- spectable, He bas good ground for complaint when the young woman makes the mistake of going to places | where. she will be contaminated by wrong influences, Let him choose good places for dancing, It is @ healthy and pleas- ant exercise, if it is clean and whole- some, He should adapt himself to her de- sires, He will find that when he takes her to as many dances as she wants to go to, and shows a willing- ness for her to enjoy herself in her favorite pastime, that she will re- ciprocate as to his desires, Only a few days ago I was with some friends. In the party was a middle aged man who had married a very young girl, This man is very wise, He dislikes dancing himself, but he makes it his business to in- vite young people to join with them in going to dances, in order that his may hi tners, while he sits by“laughing and talking with the party, and thus he gives her full op- portunity for the thing she likes to do. It is certainly a much better way than to forbid it, It is human nature to seek the thing that is forbidden, It began with Mother Bye. Dances have done more to keep the it of youth alive than perhaps any er one pastime, But the young men and women who go to dance halls the reputation of which is unéertain make the mistake of their lives. ‘hey not only heip to foster something that is degrading, but they themselves run risks that cause Jater trouble, “On with the dance!” doy be unrefined, | | \ How They Made Good “By Albert Payson Terhune Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) ers of the peace?” tianity of one man into ex! ridicule occupies? sensational and were frowned upon. tinued their self-impofed task. ‘The man was William Booth, who as a mere boy became a pi He was born in Nottingham, England, in 1829, and devoted his whole to the preaching of the Gospel to the poor and to the Man in the Street. In those days such forms of religion were deemed undignified and No 63—WILLIAM BOOTH, Founder of the Salvation Army. ‘OU who thrill with pride and gratitude when you read of the glorious war work of the Salvation Army, do you, | know that the Salvation Army's members used to be subject to arrest, under the plea that they were “bfeak- ' Do you know that the genius and the militant Chris- not only brought the Salvation Army nee, but carried it through years of public d contempt to the pedestal of honor it now But Booth and his gallant wife cou- Gradually at their open-air meetings they gathered around them « body of converts who in turn became preachers and organized workers among the poor and desolate, This body of active Christians, with Booth fas its leader, was known at first as “The Revival Society,” thén as “The Christian Mission,” and in 1878 it adopted the name of “Salvation Army,” and gave Booth the title of “General.” Its work was practical Christianity and the relieving of human dte- tress, Its officers penetrated the heart of the London slums, preaching, praying, feeding the needy, calling unhappy souls to conversion and healng hapless bodies, Strangely enough, the public at large greeted the Salvation Army with derision and often with positive hatred, Bands of toughs broke up its meetings. Its members were pelted with mud and rotten cess when they went through of mercy. a Were Once Subject } to Arrest. ene ® peace.’ But Booth kept on. the streets on their splendid errands The Jaw itself was arrayed against them, They were fined and imprisoned as “disturbers of the His was the guiding spirit; his was the iron will-power—the resolve to make good along the grand line he had laid out for himself and his followers. Before the Salvation Army wes firmly rooted in England—long before it had overcome the ferocious opposition to it—branches were formed in other countries. spite of a certain amount of more In 1880 the American branch was established, Here, in or less kindly ridicule at first, speedily became a mighty power for good. In 1890 Gen, Booth's ablest lieutenant—his wife—died. It was she whe had shared her husband's worst misfortunes and had helped him map out his most widely successful campaigns, She it was, too, who, im 1860, started the “women's ministry” force in the Salvationists’ work. Gaina/Approval It was in 4 rigged | rrr element, which has been so potent a 1890, too, that Gen, Booth brought the eyes of the whole world on him by his book, “In Darkest England, and the Way Out"—wherein he outlined in simple and vigorous language his plans for remedying poverty and vice, The suggestions made in this book were the work of a master mind—a mind whose greatness the public could no longer ignore. Several of these suggestions were presently carried into effect by meays ofelarge subscriptions. Says one of his biographers: “The opposition and ridicule with which Booth’s work was for many years received gave way—toward the end of the nineteenth century—to very widespread sympathy, as bis genius and its results were more fully recognized, completeness of the chunge.” Gen, Booth had made good. He for progress and for humanity and for Christianity in all its phases, The active encouragement of King Edward VIL marked the had established a magnificent foree ‘The work of the Salvation Army in the recent war set the final and permanent seal of public approval upon the founder's life-work. The Jarr Family |TheGayLifeofaCommuter By Roy L. McCardell Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World) The Jarrs Have an Old Friend to Dine Who Tells| What a Film Is Without a Mother HE theatrical season being over, ae the Jarr family were again honored at meal time by a visit from their old friend Harold Dog- Story, the press agent. This evening he had arrived at the Jarr menage in high spirits to announce he had arranged for his “summer cakes do- ing publicity for @ special feature film.” “I can't see how doing the press work, for an inanimate feature film production appeals to you as it seems to,” said Mr, Jarr, “Especially after the glitter, the tinsel, the gayety and the glamour of furnishing fame for such a musical show as ‘The Ginger Girl" Mr. Dogstory, the press agent, straining his ear to see if he could catch the far off clatter of crockery that betokened dinner preparat'ons, roused himself, and said in an in- quiring tone, “I beg your pardon?” And Mr, Jarr repeated his remarks, “Why, doing press work for a super feature film has got many advan- tages,” Mr, Dogstory answered. “First, the feature film will have no male or female stars to fight each other, or any important female per- sonage in the cast who has ‘a friend financially interested.’ And then, best of all, @ film has no artistic temperament; and, better still, no mother,” “Of course, a moving picture has ne mother!" remarked Mrs, Jarr, who had been listening quietly to the con- versation. “No, Willie, Mr. Dogstory does not wish to hear you recite the piece you spoke at the closing exer- cises at school!" This last remark was directed to Master Jarr, who had entered quietly and had gained the centre of the reom and was now betraying prelim- inary symptoms of infantile elocution. “And a feature film never puts up a fight about its dressing room or has hysterics over the billing or how big its name is in the electric sign out- side; but principally moving pictures appeal to me, after many years aug- menting the renown of actresses in more or les§ legitimate productions, because the film has no mother!” “Be it ever so humyble,” murmured Mr, Jarr, “What is a film without a mother?’ “Ask on replied Mr, Dogstory, f you had worked at the press agent game as long as I have, backed But let not |by nothing but your fur trimmed over- Coal, your trusty typewriter, your ‘This Story Not Duplicated In Your City’ rubber stamp, your silk hat and your high degree fraternal pin, and then to be up against the star’s mother—if it was a lady star—or the star’s skirt-chasing or booze addic- Uons—if it was a gentleman star— then you would know what it was to suffer! Then you would be pre- pared to approach marble hearted dramatic editors in the interest of an endless strip of celluloid whom th dramatic editor would never have any hope of ever taking tea with or selling a play to, and you would say with me, ‘Well, trying to put out stories for a six-part moving picture masterpiece is no easy job, but, thank goodness, a film has no'mother!"” “We'll admit a film has no mother!" said Mr, Jarr, “But eluci- date.” “No, Emma, Mr. Dogstory doesn't want to hear you play the piano now!” admonished Mrs, Jarr, as the little Jarr girl sidled in and began to climb on the plano stool, “Mr Dogstory will hear you after supper. At these words Mr, Dogstory’s heart gave a great leap for joy, and as he afterward admitted, as he hadn't eaten for some time, his heart had plenty of leaping room. “Oh, I hope I’m not interrupting your dinner!” cried the visiting press agent. This was a true hope, Mr. Dogstory was worried a little lest be had not been on the starting line. “O41, no!” gaid Mrs. Jarr hospit- ably, “dinner is just ready, You won't mind that it is just a picked-up din- ner? This was the maid's afternoon out, you know,” “Oh, yes; you're to stay to dinne said Master Willie playfully, “I'm not to recite when people are to stay to dinner” But Mr, Dogstory, who was tact itself, affected not to hear the boy. “And you are to play the piano for me, after dinner, little darling!” murmured Mr, Dogstory in affected abstraction to little Miss Emma Jarr. “Yes, sir, only I generally play when we have company what mamma don't want before dinner!" “Don't mind the child, children say such curious things!**qgaid Mrs, Jarr, smiling sweetly, though her thoughts were inclined to infanticid “Oh, certainly! Nghitully irresponsible lit gushed Mr, Dogstory, as Mrs. Jarr toward the dining room. And his heart sang in rejoicing that while a film has no mother, the Jarr children had, and that said mother set forth what Mr. ry, apoesciative after tank town vel cookery ormes a ae | Some Suburban, Foreign Paradise occupied, the seat with Newcomer on the 7.55 A. M, and was explaining to him that if he would buy a building plot now in the Saints’ Rest addition it would double in value in five years and he would get it for nothing. t look how the place is grow- he exclaimed. “Already we and churches and cafes and schools and saloons and all the other’ things that make life attractive in the sub- urbs—movies and golf and bridge and yachting and poker”— “But I'm thinking about moving back to the city,” Newcomer inter- rupted. “I broke two plates and a cup and saucer trying to help the Missis with the breakfast dishes, and she panned me good and threatened to take ‘em out of my.wages; she told me to go back to Poland or then she sald if we didn’t get a housemaid pretty soon she was going to pack up and go to the city or to Europe.” “I'm in bad too,” said “Doc.” “I burned the bacon this morning end let the butter fall on our best Turk- ish rug; when I left the house the wife was weeping and writing a let- ter to her mother; if she was inviting ‘Mamma’ to come to us it won't make any difference to me whether Ger- many signs up or not—I've got to remobilize and reintrench,” “Why not try my scheme?” said Little Arthur, “We get all our eats now at the delicatessen and we use paper plates and paper napkins; if everybody would do that we could solve this problem-~at least until the paper trust got onto ut “I thought your wife had a good girl,” said “Doc” to Newcomer, “We thought so, too,” replied New- comer; “she couldn't cook or bake and wouldn't do the washing, and the first day she was with us she thought the vacuum cleaner was to cut the grass with, and the first week she broke six cocktail glasses, and one day she accidentally, of course, set fire to the house, but as she was a subject of one of the smal! and weak nations we felt sorry for her and put} up with it, but one day she heart me denouncing the Bolsheviki, and as her | HE leading real estate dealer of Silesia or wherever I came from; and). Or Trailing the Bunch From Paradise By Rube Towner Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) and Domestic Problems “Why did your girl quit?” “ Jasked Little Arthur, “She said she was tired of being a bartender.” “How about yours?” asked News. comer of “Doc.” “I never rightly understood,” said “Doc.” “She couldn't speak English and I was never any hand to pick up dialects, We had to talk to her in have the finest residences and clubs! the sign language; I'm pretty good at that; my grandfather was carried off by the Indians and he taught me how to talk by signs, but the girl didn’t seem to understand them and one day she, put the ‘Indian sign’ om us by leaving.” “Boys, we ought all to be million- aires and we Wouldn't have these troubles,” remarked Mawruss Pleas. antman, “Is that so?” asked a dapper mid die-aged man in the seat ahead of ear and as he turned around. they all recognized him as one of the leading millionaires of that section to whom “Doc” had spoken when he came aboard, “Doc” introduced him to all hands, and the millonaire—a regular ‘“mult"—continued: “I had a@ houseful of servants when the season opened and now we're living in six rooms until I ese up the place and go away for the summer. My houseke@er belongs to the Entente; she suspected the sec. ond man of being identified with the| Central Powers—at least she ii he talked with a German accent one of the maids was incensed be. cause Italy didn't get Fiume an wouldn't have anything to do with the Entente peopre, and so it wen, until the whole menage, you might say, was disrupted. My last chauf. feur left last night. “But,” he sighed resignedly, “we'lt have peace some day, but I only see one way out of the present trouble’ “What's that?” asked ‘Doe,’ “A League of Nations right here in Paradise, but even then, I suppose, we'd need an army of occupation to enforce the covenant,” and he relaxed, resignedly to his fate, “Terminal, all out!" called the ductor when the train slid into station, “Well, here we are at the other en brother was then organizing a Soviet, she refused any longer to be a wage ave to & mere bourgeois,” | of the line from Paradise,” said “Yes,” said ” “hte beul? titel ) (, i)