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FRIDAY,» JULY 184 ‘2929°' wmmert Girls of 1919 RIAGNOSED BY DICKRY-iNOY'S DiaRy i iat Crprcight, 1019, hy The Prom Publishing Oo. (The New York Wrening World) No. 2—The Swimming Girl x July 16, 1919. ewimming today with a divinity called Josephine—“Jody” for short. “Her eyes are as blue as the horizon and her hair is ' gamboge—#ort of sun-kissed goldefirod,” as Robert W. Chambers ‘would say. She's the sort of girl you'd like fo rescue, She, swam out beyond the life rope and I followed, hoping to get @ chance to save her @ la moviehero fashion, Not a‘’chance Might ag well hope to euvea fish from drowning. She lives in th: ter. If I try to keep up fetth her I'll have a coat of barnacles before the summer is over. ... It won't do to dream too much about “Jody” because I might walk ; tm my asleep and wake up to find myself ewimming out to sea or else diving off the Inn roof into the croquet grounds. : “When I'm in the water I feel like @ mythological goddess,” she \ teid me 2 a. “You certainly look like one’ of those sirent old Ulysses bumped i wore Diese Poh Moh ae Bhai acerca foe it (Were Dlysses BAW, x90 me from the beach: l-wonlén’t ‘put any joy pos ears when 'ydu stated 16 Wairblé' jake ‘thifiid In my direction, More likely I'd get an eartrumpet.” a It I was efficiency expert of the aquarium I'd reserve the main tank for “Jody,” and label the tank “Genus—Sweet Patootie” might attain; and Sa = and ten must be considered certain. The average duration of life and working years is steadily increasing, and their Umfts and posstbifities are not yet in sight. The normal of to-day should 60 on steadily growing into the sub- nofmal of to-morrow; wo may have to think in years or cerituries in place of days, but a healthy discontent or a natural ambition should ever be driv- ing us on toward an ever-retreating Meanwhile, what should be our tm- mediate goal? How much beyond three score years and ten should peo- ple alive to-day aspire to live? Dr, Scott has found an interesting scien- tifle formula to answer this question. “Roughly, I think, there exists a law something like this, The time or number of years it takes for an ani- mal to arrive at full maturity regu- lates the length of life. An elephant takes about forty years to get fully mature; multiplying that by two, and that roughly represents the period of full strength. Amother similar period represents his gradual decline; this 40 plus 80 plus 80 makes 200 yearr, which seems to be his limit. A dog takes 2 to 21-2 years to get fully mature; 2 2¢2Diys pane fo 124-2. A horsey plus hie, ‘A man arrives at maturity about 2, His life should therefore be 20 plus 40 plus 40, which makes 100. “For generations es 4 race, if not How to Live to Be According to Dr. Scott, most of “die old” in another sense, since our arteries, tissues and general health are frequently at- tacked by premature senility. “Is the old age-limit of three score years and ten, dating back from David, to remain our normal standard still?” Dr, Scott asks rather impatiently in “The Road to @ Healthy Old Age,” and answers his own- question with 4 decisive “Surety not. That the limit of dife, in healthy people who have lived temperate, careful lives, should be a long way beyond three soore'years Pentre Phot whee thrathtatck + tombe as Individuals, we have done nearly all in our power to shorten life, by overfeeding generally, by overstim- ulation often, and by Ilving and sleeping in close, badly ventilated, sunless, unsanitary houses, We seem to have lost the intuttive knowledge ot what is good and bad for us that most animals possess. “We all of us know men and women over ninety, In good health and in possession of thelr mental faculties} and‘ as sanitary, physiological, and sociological science grows, ¢o must the duration of man’s life. Ninety years should be our lowest ambition. “Old age is Merttable, and death of course is inevitable, but that miser- able flasco we call senility is not a law of nature. It is, on the odntrary, evidenos and proof that the law has been broken by oursetyves,™by our forbears, by both, and it emphasizes the importance of the inheritance that we hand on to our successors.” How can o man stay alive and stay young? Dr. Scott has many sugges- tions; these are among the most help- ful and sensible: 1 Get overhauled by a gyod physi- clan when you are fifty. 2. Don't “retire.” 3. Don't hustle, . 4. Don’t fly into tempers. 5, Bat lightly and intelligently. 6, Cultivate temperance in all things. - anise sine Vi , By Zoe Beckley vor Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Oo. (The New York Bwening World.) 4g JAS the American Girl something to learn from the French made- moiselle about being a true companion to @ man? Inspired by ‘i the fact that upward of ten thousand soldiers from the U. 8. A. by are bringing back French brides, The Evening World last week tried to find out why this wes thus A certain little Mamzelle Suzanne Caubet, godchild to Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, told us to the best of her knowledge and belief. And now, & ewarm of conflict {ng opinions buzzes round our ears. One very honest and earnest bum is from a re turned doughboy charging the American girl with the sin of selfish extravagance, “The discussion of the merits of French versus American wives,” writes William Barnes of Brooklyn, member of Company D, 213th Infantry, “was an almost nightly pastime in our billets in France, “Mile, Caubet sure does say a volume in a few words when she states tat we boys ‘saw the fidelity of the French women to their country and air homes.’ Believe me, if there are any women on earth more suitable for the companionship of man J’ve yet to find them, and I have travelled some, “In my opinion the American girl bas mountains to learn from the . Wraveridiselle, Seventy-five per , of our Women are a joke as far ) being companionable and helpful a man. The American girl's be- wetting sin ‘is extravagance. It have marriage home. “When American girls do marry it is a mystery to me how our men manage to support them. For they are not willing to live on a modest scale evon until the man can get @ motherhood and a itakes no difference about the suita~ pility of a thing, the COSTLY thing is the one she wants, regardless of whether it means privation to her niisband and semi-starvation to them both. fhe extravagance of American women, in my opinion, is putting a Nooge round our necks and dragging ithe social system to Now, have three splendid sisters earning good salaries, Yet instead of saving money to help get a home together when they choose to marry they ‘Would rather have thé man borrow yéhe monoy And start life with a debt, “They must have the best of every.’ thing in clothes and living. True, they are Willing to work for money| give credit whare credit is due Ste spend, But that again leads ta] “There is something appealing tn fmore extravagance. They ‘would|the eternal cheerfulness of the rather have business advancement |mademoiselle, her gratitude and ep- Digger salaries to spend ¢hen of kindness. ber-toving die- start ea | is “As for their gompanionability and devotion to their husbands, well, I learn mich from the number of di- yo cases throughout the country andthe thousands ,of separations which no records register. “Please understand it ts not my wish to discredit all American women, We boys fully appreciate the kind deeds they have rendered to us over there, We thank them for this service, which was very great, But I am honest when I say that tn the inevitable comparison made by us boys between the American girls we knew at home ami the French girls (we learned to know abroad we must FED SWE DR TOP TRAD IEE NIN Wate YUU NNOE Nene Werrner tent tee = How to Be a Better Wife? Position, her loyalty to home, and above all, her eagerness to dg her Part in making the husband's life a muccess, The French are an economi- eal and practical people, And after all, those are the fundamentals of the average home. ‘I wish to say that many of our boys have put a rash and wickod judgment upon the people of France because of the profiteering they ran against. I may say that profiteers know no country, race or creed. Also some of our boys hold France re- sponsible for a lot of injustice for which the army itself was at fault. Many of these stories make a roal doughboy suvle, “Again I say that for love, loyalty, gayety, courage and practical com- mon sense, the true type of French girl has got the American girl beat ten ways.” We had no more than half digested Private Barnes's carnest brief for Mam'zelle than we met the patriotic onslaught of Winifred Clark, who begs us to remember that “while our sokilers were courting foreign girls, our American girls worked day and night for their comfort, knitting, do- ing Red Cross work, soliciting funds so that they might have every easo and comfort possible. “Perhaps,” continues Migs Clark, “if French girls are so charming and have all the qualities a woman should ‘possess, it would be a good plan for the Government to send at least a million American girle to France to study these paragons of home life and bring back the knowledge of bow to be the ideal wife.” We think Miss Clark's suggestion @ splendid one, Such a visit would be the best sort of an educator all around, , From the American the French girl could learn that greatest, perhaps, of all lessone—gelf-reliance. If some of Miss America’s independence, self- respect and initiative rubbed off upon Mademoiselle France, she would prob- ably be the first to recognize its ad- vantage. Wrence would alm be quick to ' A " - Could French Mam’selle Teach American Girl “ Yes,’’ Says One Doughboy Just Back From France, and Draws Many Comparisons “‘Then Send US Over There and Let Mam’selles Teach Us,’’ American Girl Suggests grasp the Great American Fact that sex is no hindrance to @ career un- less one chooses to mike it so, And that a woman can command whatever Place she choosgs, In other words, that ghe is not merely a woman but @ person, Not @ follower but a team-mate, and even a leader if she fits herself to be. In short, she does not take her cue necessarily from man, Sometimes she gives him the ou Wrom the French girl the American could assuredly learn economy and which through pride, love of amuse- ment and the advancement of West- ern science and invention have passed into desuetude, ‘ Our doughboy friend is right when he says the average American girl has so much ready money compared to the French girl that she has iittle appreciation of its value and etill less willingness to lend the helping finan- cial hand to the boy she marries. In this marvellous country, where money is so comparatively easy and good times so plentiful_and life go full of conveniences and men's. attitude for the most part so indulgent, women get @ little spoiled. And while a spoiled child is often a brilliant one, it isn’t always quite as comfortable to live with as the one that has peen slapped a little, “Selah! _— OUR BEST LITTLE IMITATOR, HE catbird is 90 called because the note by which he is most commonly known is like the meow of a cat, but as a matter of fact ho imitates almost every other sound he hears, says the American Forestry Association of Washingtor whose nation-wide birdhouse bull ing contest is attracting great’ atten- tion to the country’s feathered host, It has been said that the ecatbird can imitate anything from a squeaking cartwheel to the song of a thrush. He sings along apparently without know- ing what he is going to improvise next. In color this bird is rather sombre, being dark gray with a black cap, He is one of the most common birds throughout the- United tates, Rockies, although rare weas of the the practice of certain useful : DR. T, BODLEY SCOTT, NOTED PHYSICIAN, TELLS HOW IT CAN BE DONE 1—Get Overhauled by, a Good. Physician When You Are “‘Retire’’; 3—Don’t, Hustle; 4—Don’t Fly Into Tempers; and Intelligently; 6—Cultivate Temperance in Ali Things. By Marguerite Mooers Marshall Coprriaht, 3919, ty The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Rvening World.) VERYBODY onght to live to be 100 years old. Everybody can live to be 100 years old—4f he will tive right. Those are the optimistic theories developed with plenty of prac- tical suggestions by a noted British physician, Dr. T. Bodley Scott, im his recently published book, “The Road to @ Healthy Old Age.” us “die young” in one sense—dle long before the age we “As our bodily strength and ao tivity begin to dectine it will be wise for us to get overhauled by a good Physician, by one especially who ean accurately estimate the condition of our hearts and arteries,” .Dr. scott Sdvises, “for it te often about fifty or fifty-five that we need to make ®& change tn our food and tn our habits; it te at this age that the dis eased condition of our blood vessels that we call arterio-sclerosis and which cute short so many ilves com- menoes, and it is in these early days that #9 much can be done! to pre vent its development. “Temperance in ali things and self- denial must be the main rilles of our life; mot temperance alone in enting and Grinking, but in work and in play. The physical or badity dan- ers of approaching age lie, nowa- days, ruther in the direction of over- exertion, Neither men nor women, im eetivity or in dress, allow. them- selves to sink into frumpage, as did our early Victorian predecessors; and this, if not carried to extremes, ts all to the good. Elderly people oun do & lot of really good work and play, but they must learn to do.them both quietly and somewhat slowly. “rhe pace’ that kills’ ts a proverb that «p- plies far more to age than to yuuth. “For the average man retirement means a slackening of the wholo ma- chine, but especially of the mental side. The old proverb that says, ‘The retired mun isa doomed man,’ Ponda iby Braet pind? cantatas : Ignorant Essay: : NAT Nobody Understands Nature, Which Is Quite Natural.. Most of Up Prove on Her, and And by the Time You’ve De-natured. the Following Observations You’lt to Think About, By J. P. Copyright, 1019, by the Prose Pubjishing Co, (The New York Brening World). ATURE {s what makes grass = and freahmen green, what puts hard shells on oysters and soft shells on crabs, and what foolishly makes the sun shine in the day time instead of at night when it is dark, Nature also is what makes some people grow tall and hammers down others, what gives some people disposi- tions like anteaters and makes others so sweet you write them letters that their lawyers read aloud in court. Nobody understands nature— that’s why she is referred to as “She.” However, most of us agree she isn’t such a much; that if we had the running of things awhile we could make « lot of improvements. In fact, wherever man haa taken a hand in the development of things he has always shown Dame Nature up. For instance, take the com- parison between horses and au- tomobiles, Consider the hore just as Nature has assembled him; he has but one coat of fin- ish, one body, one chassis, no extra legs, no rubber tires, no accessories at all, If he wants to tour at night he has no lights to see by, no bumper in front to protect him ‘in traffic, no wind- shiel4, no horn, no top to keep the sun off in summer or take the cold away im wioter. But man has equipped his automo diles with all @ these, However, Nature struggles along and does fairly well con- sidering her limitations, Her privately manufactured moun- tains, rivers, lakes and oceans have not been successfully imi- SOME CONSOLATION. ter tion)—Doc- tor, they say you are getting bet- ter and better on these appendix operations every bas J octor —That's a fact. The man I operated on yesterday lived twelve | hours, aod I'm in hopes you'll live twice as long, tf you don’t werry!— Lite ’ 100° why 1 2—Don’t t Will A at Lightly has much truth. Some of Us are re tired compulsorily, some of us re tire voluntarily and our blood 19 on our own heads, but in all casts tt ts what @ Scotchman would call ‘just an awfu’ risk.’ “Age- with’ its lessened physical work and activity needs leas strong and stimulating food. The neglect. of this common-sense wisdom is the source of most of the disorders and incapacities of old age. We lessen our exercise and our general activi- ties, but we seldom deny ourselves the pleasures of the table, In real old age the smail umount of, food rev quired to maintain life and health te surprising, und [ think {t often does better without meat altogether. Mili, good furinaceous and vogetubdle fooda, ogg and white fish or chicken. give all that is needed, : “There are three things which old age must religiouty avoid: Hurry, physical overstrain and mental ox. citement such as anger or temper, Indignation we cannot help often. times feeling, but we must never lot ourselves go into explosions of anger, it our hearts und arteries afe not quite sound, heart faflure or apoplexy may result.” ‘ Thus, no matter what the number of your birthdays, you may avold the sort of old age that, as Dr. Scott says, “becomes too often & tragedy, and one that is mostty unnecessary.” “The Road™to a Healthy Old Age” Js published by Henry’ Holt & Co, “tt 8 ry iy URE Think We Can Im,. Then It’s Unnatural. Have a Lot McEvoy HE Municipal Art Commission has approved the new City Hall Park fountain plans, If ‘any changes are Made between now and the time the fountain is erected it is understood they will be very slight, The design of the heroic figure typifying Civic Virtue, sword in hand, with conquered Vice at his feet, w: executed by Frederick W. Macmonnie: ‘The firm of Carrere tated yet: Her sunrises. and sun: Sots are acknowledged superior to ‘electric ‘Iighting. “Evdén ‘Be- lasoo, batting at his best, couldn’t pick a better spot than the West nor a better time than evening for the sun to set. And Nature's moonlight is su- Derior in-some respects to man- made moonshine. But of course it hasn't got the kick AS previously inti :ted, mo one understands the workings of Nature. She does as she durn pleases, Hence it is use Jess for one to wonder why she has made such things as artichokes, cheer leaders, chorus men, wart hogs, male corset demonstrators, lightning ‘bugs, xylophone players, book @gents, parsnips, sand fleas, plain fleas, hynotizers, deacons, Janitors, reformers, smal! brothers, cuttle fish, parrots, garage men, people who cannot tell a story’ but do, humorigts, | mere wore a number of complaints ukblele players, ventriloquists |, tne effect that,the statue was too and shad roe. largevand that it would architectural- basin on which the statue is to rest. silhouette*of the new fountain will he erected on the proposed site for the purpose of inviting eriticiggm. It is hoped to have the new fountgin in place before the end of the suinmer, The contract for the new City Hall Park fountain was let during she MoClellan administration. After long delays which occasioned much criti- clam a design very similar to that accepted by the Art Commission to- day was seceived. A silhouette of this sculptural group was set up in City Hall Park, ‘It surmounted a magble basin somewhat larger than the present dealgn, Which, After Y ears of Delay dorn City Hall-Parl | & Hastings designed the marble, Within a: week or two @ réugh| FRE Wim GeMONNI ES. ly dwart City Hall, Inasmuch $s; — the Art Commission refuses to f out any information concerning ts! | action unti) ite minutes hays begn | 4 approved by every member, it could, not be learned if any decision has! been reached on the height of she‘ be about as large as the basin of the present fouptain.and the group atop . it wit said, that @ strong and sturdy figure holding a sword, not tn tary fashion but # heraldic was best suited for this downtown among the tall that surround City Hall Mr, Macmonnies did not Civio Virtue stands with one fect on @ rock, Two sirens typifying Vice are at his feet, 7 The new fountain is to be paid tor from a $60,000 endowment made for that @pecific purpose by the late‘ Mrs. Angelina Crane of Brooklyn, — ¢ __TWO MINUTES OF _ By Herman J. Stich Oaprright, 1019, by The Press Publishing Co, (The Now York Bvening Workt) Botches Betray the Blotch. [ is the height of foolishness ought. He Unkered with them; to bury a mistake, Sooner tried them out; “figured” every- or later some one material- thing "wood eneugh” and” spe merged. He. won his wager, widow collected, It was the painstaking efforts and the closest attention to mi- Butest. details on the part. of men like Bushnell, Fulton, Davy, Holland and” Lake (whose pat- ents, by the way, were stolen by Germany) that culminated in the epochal, four-thousandnalle voyage of the Deutschiand., Some weeks ago one of the world’s best. aviators took wing on a transatlantic leap, During a trial flight he had noticed that his radiator lubri- cation was defective, He fooled with it; took a chance; set sail, Not onty did he miss his mark, izes its ghost. Blotches break through ve- neers. The man who slouches but his here and slovens there creates dangerous backfire which he will have the devil of @ time extine gulshing. If vou don't turn the trick completely you'R have’ to turn back. Many years ago a man named Day built a submarine and bet he could dive three hundred feet and not come to the surface for twenty-four hours, Just before his trial he no- ticed that some of his control ‘but ohly by tie most Providen- | watery grave. A job ten't “good enough” ti ' i can't be improved, One of our costliest battle + ships turned turtle and sank be- cause somebody did not heed a detail of balance and ballast. ‘ Every onee in awhile a gigan= ™ tle bridge ollapses, leaving tm; its wake untold misery and de struction and colossal financial loss—because somebody slurred * over some. minor mathematical ' calculation, All history warns that confers ‘ ence and compromise and half- way measure ultimately entail later and greater !ndemaity. Every man's experience ts re+ plete with the menace born of slightest negligerces, i Defects don't stay covered or } smotheréd, The feeblest fick- | ers of conscience urge you te |; ” clean up as you go. tia Eventually blotehes betray. dlotch, ‘{