The evening world. Newspaper, July 12, 1919, Page 10

| EDITORIAL PAGE | duly 12, 1 [ The One-Piece Bathin ededdeveccecessevesssvoesoeeveeoNO, SLU . HOW MUCH LONGER? MERICAN consumers struggling to mevb the high cost of food hear with amazement Gen. March’s testimony that the . War Department has been carrying ever since last February ~ malffions of dollars’ worth of surplus food storés which it could have spat on the market to benefit the public. , ‘The Chief of Staff told the House committes investigating war Bes \expenditares that the War Department has now on hand $121,000,000 4 Worth of food which it docs not need. He admitted that millions of cs pounds of ham and bacon belonging to Quartermaster’s stores have C ‘been allowed to spoi) in army warehouses. ae y Such waste would be inexcusable under any circumstances. It 2 is tenfold more so wlien millions of Americans have to practice strict 74 economy and eelf-denial to fill their barest needs with food at presen: Prices. Tt has become only too plain that the packers and canners have had the car of the War Department. Surplus food stores have been kept out of the market per the packers and canners did not want a fall of prices. ; How much longer is the Government of the United States oblig- ingly to lend itself to the schemes of food profiteers? How mych longer is the Government to get its theories of reconstruction from the big producers ‘of food, coal and other neces- sities whose one idea is that peace shall cut as little as they can contrive from war profits? Tiow much longer? ‘The average American's message to the Senate: Ratify the Treaty tn short order and tackle the muss that impedes prosperity at home. a Sn GERMANY COULDN'T DO BETTER. N JANUARY, 1917, just after the President of the United States Inid before the Senate the first proposal for a League of Nations h to guarantee the peace of the world and safeguard the freedom ' ‘off peoples great and small, one sane and steady voice was heard Germany: . i Z -§ 4 iH ples do not yet satisfy both plans will be greeted with cheap does not bother me. Here is one pinnacle of his own free will dares pro- @ by no means soft idealism, who in the s the courage to let in fresh.” voice of Maximilian Harden, It went on to Germany “has no reason to consifer him as friend,” nevertheless in years to come on the grandfathers will say to grandsons: this day, the nine hundred and fifth of the colossal ‘world heard the firet voice which in clear, deep tones the world, not veiled by timid wishes, pointed the possibility of enduring World peace.” 4 after—the entrance of the United States into the arrival in Europe of Americans bent on killing Ger- changed Harden’s clear-eyed, consistent view that ‘Germany was getting only what she had brought upon herself and opt there could be no hope for the future until the lesson had been learned. To send Maximilian Harden to Washington ds the first Ambassa- . dor of the new Germany would be to send the German who was th ‘most formidable and fearless critic of militarism, the sharpest thorn in the side of the Junkers, the chief spokesman of democracy among the German people and the most intelligent and understanding German admirer of the United States. to “The reasons why the packers are seeking control of the for meat—the foods that compete with meats—are Lf the prices of substitutes for meats are once brought control, the consumer will have little to gain in for relief from Peer’? meat cars aaieald Commission report. shown the luckless consumer the Polimeats | iia! Ff att Fy Ht Lil il BR F a HL & i i i a : DR. ABRAHAM JACOBI. T’: people of this city will feel a profound so.row in the death times. , of Dr. Abraham Jacobi. He was one of the foremost physi cians of the world, respected by the leading medical authori- ties of Burope, with a list of honors and degrees as long as the list of important and responsible positions he had filled with distinction, But he belonged to New York. The best years of his long and useful life were given to New York hospitals and medica) institutions, and particularly to sick children and mothers of this city. Learning, @kiil, culture and kindliness combined to make him the very ideal of the great physician. His cighty-nine years were heavy with accom- plishment, but they rested lightly on him. To the end of his life he had unbounded stores of the interest and energy of helpfulness, Wew York has lost the dean of its doctors and one of the best and biggest hearted of its citizens. Pleasure, As Congratulations to Massachusetts on having harpooned its fish trust, First Public Performance on a Piano he first public performance on a|made early in the eighteenth cen- Diano-was at Covent Garden Lon-|tury, but for many years they re- ceived no serious consideration from Mom, 282 years ago. The invention | usicians, Johannes Zump, a Ger- man, established the fii piano to in Westend. and iwes << who et was used » Gove more, ‘¥ou would erage around A aay can't remember having & more enjoyable time. ours and t! have liked or tauan 4 boo out By Sophie Irene Loeb ago i spent a week- th some friends, I I tried to an- alyze what made this occasion seem more pleasant than others, I found the reason. I did just what I wanted to do. ‘There seemed to be no attempt to make one do any- thing else, There were other people there and they felt the same way, I came away happy, with retro- spections, The host whom we yisited seemed to make us feel that the home was our pleasure was his. Amusements were provided, but we were allowed to do as we pleased. Nobody was urged to do anything. Im a word, It was the acme of real hospitality. In direct contrast with this is an- other home that & have visited many Our host, as in the former case, is & man of means and has every requisite for a good time, But I have never yet felt quite at home or have left his place with a feeling of real recreation as in the above instance. I know the cause, There are too many plans for our goes to no end of trouble to uae his visitors happy, but we are not happy because we are constantly living up to what he wants us to do, and trying to conform with his plans for our pleasure. From the time you get up in the morning until it is time to go to bed at night, you are lying on a sched- ule of entertainment. feel you are being “entertained.” & consequence, "things that you are not inclined to do, Besides you have to be dressed for the occasion all the time and when the visit is at an end you are glad to get home, although you can't help ut appreciate the real kind effort that has been made to give you a good time, You are wishing that a little less had been done for you and that you could have gone your own way\a bit You can't help you do many to ‘Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The Now York Eyening World.) Visiting Is at Its Best When the Least Discomfort Is Experienced by All Concerned in the hammock Mstead of going off to @ tea party or a drive. You wish you could have had a little solace among the trees-or just wandered around the house at will. But you realise you have been busy every minute being a “guest.” If only many good people would learn the truth about real hospitality what @ lot of trouble they would save for themselves and what real joy they could spread. If they would only take the stiff- ness out of their programme, and, in fact, have no programme at all, ex- cept the smooth running of their household, the guests would feel that they are making a real visit, It would put every one more at ease in that one would feel he were treated not as a visitor but one of the family, People always like this better than any other way, Sometimes you pre- pare too much to do for guests when they would enjoy you and your home more by just resting. ‘ ‘When all is said and done, this business of visiting is at its best when the least discomfort is experi- enced by all parties concerned. ‘The fingst kind of hospitality 1s that which truly entertains people without them being cognizant of their being entertained. And above all don't plan too many things with- out knowing the wishes of your visitor. SEE ase OGRE SS FIRST STEAM VESSEL TO CROSS ATLANTIC. HE first vessel to cross the At- lantic exclusively by steam power, the Great Western, sailed from Bristol, England, elghty~- one years ago to-day. She arrived at New York fifteen days ater, which was considered excellent in those days, About the same time the steamer Sirius sailed from London for New York, making the passage of the Atlantic in seventeen days, The Savannah, which crossed in 1819, was fitted with engines, but was partly propelled by sails, The records have steadily decreased, but it was not until about thirty-seven years ago that any vessel made the passage in less than seven days, In 1891 the time was reduced to less than six days, In 1908 tho ill-fated Lusitania crossed in less than five days--four days and fifteen houre— Mauretania estab- = tg oa What Is Real Hospitality?) The « — The Jarr.Family By Roy L. McCardell Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) When Mr. Jarr’s Ship Comes In It Will Be Manned With Maids for Mrs. Jarr 66] WAS never more surprised in I my life,never! And all I could say to myself was, ‘Wonders will never cease!" And it was all I could do to keep from laughing right in her face when she told it to me, but of course I didn't, because I am, too polite even to think contemptuously of my friends, not being like some other people I know,” said Mrs, Jarr. Mr, Jarr, seeing she was wound up for her usual after-dinner loquacity, let her rave. ‘With Mrs. Jarr it was either @ col- loquial feast or @ conversational famine when she spoke to Mr. Jarr. For sometimes she was not speaking to him at all and at other times she | Was not doing anything else but talk- ing to him, But Mr. Jarr preferred her avalanches of words rather than \the cold glaciers of her silence, for when she talked on “high speed,” as Mr. Jarr termed it, all was well and peace reigned, even if quiet didn't. For, strange to say, in the domestic relatiqns, where there is quiet there is no peace. So be let her rave, as he would say. “Ot course,” Mrs, Jarr went on, “when everybody is talking about high prices for everything and no coal for this winter and those dread- ful Bolshevists in Russia, it seems strange to me that those people should be just rolling th money, al- though they are all the time talking ot the Income tax taking ail the profits; but the less some people have the more others possess, But I sup- pose it is ‘Mizpah,’ as the Bible or Shakespeare saye—no, the word is ‘Kismet,’ or some other Greek expres- sion that agople wear on thoi Swas- tika pins and coax You to subscribe to magazines you Mid not want to get—bvut all I got to say is that it is ridiculous! “Ot course, I don't begrudge them,” Mrs. Jarr went on before Mr, Jarr could say a word in self defense, “for the only way to get on with rich people is never to ask them for any- thing; and, anyway, I think myself an good as sho is and I wouldn't take anything from her if she offered it to me, even if she really did want me to have it, although I know she is too stingy to do so, Anyway, her bust is @ full 44 and I am @ perfeut 86; but the idea of that man—tho idea!” ‘and! ‘This was too much for Mr. Jarr at ih Aal.be sereesie BAY “Now that you've paused fom breath will you kindly tell me what you are talking about? Work or war, Bol- skevist of boungeoise, coal or ice, man or woman?” “Why, You ‘know very well I am talking about those Stryvers! With all the money they have and. the silly things they do with it, it is no wonder I nearly laughed in her face when she told me,” “What @id she tell yout asked Mr. Jarr. “Trust me with the secret, little one!” “Oh, you think you are funny!” eaid Mrs, Jarr testily, “Haven't I been telling you that Mrs, Stryver told me Mr, Stryver has engaged a Japanese valet? But J told her that we were going out to California, where the Japanese were not at all popular, so she saw that I was not at all anvious that her husband had @ valet.” “Oh, I guess you'd let MB have a vulet if we could afford all the modern inconveniences,” said Mr. Jarr. “Indeed, no,” replied Mrs. Jarr, “Of course, if we had lots of money I would have a personal maid to mas- sage my face and fix me up—as Clara Mudridge-Smith has—only I wouldn't be at any maid's mercy and let her be impudent to me, as Clara Mud- ridge-Gmith’s maid is to her; but that's because Clara gets familiar with the girl, And I might have a French maid for the children, if we were millionaires, especially now, since the war, one can get them cheap, I hear, but then, I hear you can't, But a valet, ne! And I can't get over that uncouth man Stryver having one.” “Then you won't consider Mr, Stry- vers valet ‘a gentleman's gentie- man?” said Mr, Jarr, “Not at all," Mrs, Jarr answered. “And speaking of, valets, take that suit off so I can press it.” “AN right,” said Mr, Jarr; ‘but Iam sorry you wouldn't let me hire a valet, as Mr, Stryver has,” ‘Don't worry about hiring a valet,” said Mrs, Jarr, “You married one,” But Mr, Jarr assured her when his ship came in it would have a cargo of clothes and all for her, and ser- vanta to wait on her every wish, prkahllle, bemeadtha dial dl BRING THEM TO CONEY! Shoes to enable persons to walk on water, an Italian invention, are driven | forward by paddle wheels mounted on | How They ment. He was Most of us quest, Passage. nee ena One Failure Followed Another. ae Sir John officer, was a ideas to the test time he was as certain as ever that ‘This is what had happened: ‘The Erebus and Terror ascended ‘They did not seem to understand eee He Solved the Problem. —rrr ence, 98 degrees 41 minutes west. pile of rocks. There, long afterward, Franklin's efforts, found the record. eveentric axles and revolved as @ wearer shifts bis weight from ome w: “feot to the ottier, S Northwest Passage. with mathematical exactitude. 17 degrees. Then, darred by the loe-pack, they returned to Beachey 1 { where the party went into winter quartors. adventures was one of tragic hardship. of the surrounding Eskimos and of “living off the country.” and froze. But Franklin found what hoe had set out to fing He discovered the Northwest Passage. He crossed all but a small section of space between Baffin's Bay and Behring Straits. problem that had baffled the whole world of sol« He made good on his life's ambition. But the discovery cost bim his life. A little more than two years.gfter he left England he died—of heart disease, \t is said. His ships a’ were ice-locked at latitude 69 degrees 37 minutes 42 second: ' Failing to work the. vessels clear of the ice, the crew undertodk to escape on foot, and one after another they died from cold and hunger < disease, Every one of them perished. But before they died some of ‘were able to write out a full report of the discovery and to hid¢ it un re Made Goad By Albert Payson Terhune Copsright, 1919, by The Pres Publishing Co, (The New York Hvaning World,) No. 59—-SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, Discoverer of “Northwest Passage.”’ HIS ts the story of a man who made good by solvin mystery that had baffled the world for centurie#!” He made good. But he paid with his life for his be a Sir John Franklin. can remember when the nerthdel was still the goal of all explorers’ bopes. But before that time the object of countless Mariners aud | scientists was to discover the famed “Northwest Pass, For many years the Passage had been in vain. Life after tif had been thrown awh tif a | ” Geographers and other scientists had worked out a theory that there ‘was & sea-strip somewhere in the Far North through which ships ould sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific, or from the Pacific int@the Atlantic, They believed that any explorer who should sail far enéuglt north along the coasts of the Western Hemisphere must soon com td "thi a ‘The idea worked out well on paper, but one failure after anothestifol< lowed the attempts to pyt it into practic, and every failure whette@; th public appetite for the discovery of the mystepou! stretoh of Open sea. Franklin, an elderly British Waval firm believer in the existence of this He had worked out his ideas Twice he put by, voyaging in serch of the Passage. Twice be forced t3 come beck to Englan@ and to confess he had failed. But he wag right in his calculations and the Northwest Passage was there waiting to be discovered. In 1845 he made ready for his final trip. staked ali bis hopes. His best friends sought to dissuade him. His own ‘wife besought him not to go. When Sir John refused to listen to her tearful entreaties she quarreiled hotly with him and, in a fit of sulkal’ re. fused to go to the dock to see him off. ‘On May 19, 1845, the expedition set forth from Greenhithe. of two stout ships, the Erebus and the Terror, manned by 135 men. ip all and under the sole command of Sir John Franklin. The shifis sailed to Greenland and thence to Baffin's Bay. for years all trace of the expedition was Jost, On this third voyage he had It consisted After "that the Wellington Canal we a latitude My From then on the tale of thytig@aa tho value of profiting by the example They starved He solved the “onaivas | @ relief expedition, sent out by TheGay Life ofa C ommuter Or Trailing the Bunch From Paradise ps By Rube Towner Copyright, 1919, by The Preas Publishing Co. (The Now York Evening World.) It Pays to Be Polite, Especially in the Suburbs | HE 7.45 A. M. had just pulled Ab out from Paradise when the bunch was given a positive shock. The gruff conductor was in charge, as usual, but instead of his usual stentorian commands, “Have your tickets ready; show your tickets, everybody!” he came up smiling, and in @ soft, modulated voite, gurgied: “Tickets, please, gentlemen; good morning, doctor; good morning,, Mr. Newcomer; ehall I lower that shade @ little—it will keep the sun out of your eyes, Thank you.” he concluded, as he punched and handed back each ticket, At the first stop they saw him step down on the platform and assist an elderly and prosperous looking gen- tleman on the train, “Hey, George,” called Mawruss to @ guard, ‘s «happened to ‘Gruffy? He's always had a grouch, but this morning he's spilling sun- shine alt over the car.” “He's been reading the Subway Sun,” said Doc, “No,” said George, “he's been reading the story about a man who left $15,000 in his will to an’ Erie conductor because the ¢onductor was kind and polite to him.” “When I used to ride on the Erie years ago,” said Doc, “it was worth $15,000 to de a conductor whether he was polite or not.” “Well, ‘Grufty,’ you know, is one of those forward looking men,” re- marked the guard. “Then he’s in a fair way to become a Democrat,” interjected the stout Democrat in the heart game. “Go on, go on and play your hand; ae | “until a short time ago only the tocatia stopped at Swamphurst and some~« times they only hesitated, as the shea ing 1s. ‘Then one day a newsifhy man from the city moved out’ ‘here and things began to happen liké bees did on the Western front after gr’ boys got over. He organized, Swamphurst Country Club, At,.first the members only had lockers, but oH brought so many folks out to = the week end that the club soofi’ pe @ regilar bar, and everything.” got the Town Board tq maké ime} provements they had refused to make | time and again. “Then he started to reford. the | transportation sfstem and went to the manager of the road and de- manded that at least two ress trains, one morning and one should stop there. He met with » curt, refusal. More than the manager was not polite and a warm argument told him to go back to Swamphurst or the point fuxthest south, wr “But instead of tamely submitting, as the Swamphursters had been do- ing, he started to look up the rétord burst Village and in the he found a clause that it was condii upon all trains stopping there, ‘There was nothing for the company to do then but comply witb its provisions,‘ and now every train stops there, gy <) ing and coming. Even the traaks, } pairers won't pass the station withd coming to a full stop, I'll tell you,” he may only be having a vision,” reto:ted the tall Republican. When the train #owed down at Swamphurst the newly-polite con- ductor was momentarily forgotten while the bunch watched the daily morning marathon of the Swamp- hurst commuters, who seem never to start from home until they hear the whistle, Newcomer offered-3 to 1 aguinst the short, fat man, far in the rear, making the train. “You'd lose,” said Doc, “this is the one station where the train waits for everybody.” bd] “I don't see why we should stop here at all," protested Newcomer, “this is supposed to be an. express train, not a Mississippi River steam- boat that stops at every place where there's a cabin and a man and a dog.” “The reason why we stop here is another object lesson in poriteness,” said Doc, after the fat man was safely aboard and the train under again. Uke “it's thin” be” continued, tuted into takes ite ‘tae bg aioe ge As the passengers were leaving the train at the terminal the stout Demo- crat and the tall Republican ‘wera seen to be in a heated argu: As they separated the bunch heard the tall Republican say: “Well, ‘uo ver leave Jou aay money ant qaat account.” r eee Se BIRDS LIKE HUMAN SOCIETY. HE house wren ts one off the most sociable and confiding of ~ birds and on this accountithey will build their nests in little betises | that are built for them no matter | how close they are to a human habita- tion, says the American Foféstry Association, Washington, whose wird- building contest is arousing wide spread interest among school children throughout the nation in bird life and conservation. Furthermore, theewren ls one of the most valuable of birds, for jt feeds entirely on insects and thus helps to suve the trees and vegetables in the garden pests avnich, woul oat them at wren builds nest of grass or weeds