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ee is Press Fushi Cs Company, Now. 53 te re pa Paine HAY. or Ce ae ETE Sn ca 60. seveeeeess NO, 21,161 ‘THE GREAT DELUSION. 18 IT that during this so-called period of Reconstraction whenever the question has arisen what was to be done with accumulated food supplies, the big producers and handlers have had first claim on the ear of the Government? | Why are American consumers continually discovering instances in the Federal power has been made an instrument jin raising than reducing the high cost of living? , Two months ago it was 100,000,000 cans of beef and 50,000,000 inds of bacon included in the surplus food stocks of the Army which to be sent out of the country‘and sold abroad in order that the kets might be protected from’ the consequences of marketing thase in the United States. A few weeks later came the testi- y of the Director of Sales of the War Department that the it had spoiling on its hands 75,000,000 pounds of bacon, 000 pounds of ham and $100,000,000 worth of canned vegetables. | week Gen. March, Chief of Staff, told the House committee sting war expenditures that the War Department has been ever since last February millions of dollars’ worth of surplus which it could have put off the market for the benefit of the that great quantities of Quartermaster’s stores of ham and have been allowed to spoil in Army storehouses, and that the it has now on hand $121,000,0V0 worth of food which it not need. ‘This week the public learns that the greater part of 4,000,000 of foasting chickens which the Government has been holding last April—when the purchase brought great relief to overstocked ry speculators—is to be sold. ‘The Government never bought chickens for-the Army during the war. ‘Why did it buy this ‘a date long after the armistice unless again as a favor to the big ty handlers whose chief concern was to keep s too plentiful ph from depressing market prices? all comes back to the dominating economic fact of these post- >. eg rreerrereeeeeerreyy 9 ea Nobody—farmer, packer, speculator, wholesaler, jobber or retailer ne how muoh he may have profited by war—is now ready to ‘2 loss. On the contrary, those who were most favored by war now the hardest fighters for ritaining every possible inch of the } war brought them. And so far’ ¢ they "an their eljnB*to- -the-ad- theery of reconsttuction “have hikhe first. attention and of the Government. a ba, % ‘Labor itself, let us hasten to siy—those, classes of labor to which oma, was one glorious boost after another—is'the strongést adherent _ Of: the hold-on-to-it-all-and-demand-more policy of pasce. These d classes of labor now refrain from clamoring too‘4oudly against t prices until they have got all they can for theijgelves. But are always ready to use high prices as a stock rgument for alle Where is it all to end? It takes only a little while for a rise in Wages to produce « further rise in Prices, which in turn becomes a plea higher wages. is reconstruction to be merely an insensate process in which wages ‘prices shove each other upward in alternate boosts, with favored holding their own while the less favored slip, down to lower living standards? - se ‘Are we to pretend that this is sound, lasting, well-distributed OR faithful and devoted ser- @ vice to my beloved wife and myself.” : These are the words in the will which ejves $60,000 to Bessie Gtefn by her em recently in South Orange, N. J. At the same time the public prese tells of an- other servant ployer, who dled | wo Sicha is the Government to go forward with an encouraging hand \the-shoalder of those whom war has pushed to the front of the while those force’ to the rear stumble along as best -» [he idea that everybody can be @ great deal better off, materially ‘Because of the war, ® foolish and dangerous one. with those who profited most by it, is It is becoming the great national ‘“WuMothing does more to strengthen that delusion than the spectacle the Government diligently furthering the schemes of thove whose ‘BNE concern is to keep up food prices. _ you kindly print in The Evo- World which of the following is it: “A” says enameled is cor- “B" gays enamelied is correct. word is used extensively.in the ting business and there seems ® continyal dispute as to the apelling of the word. a. ‘Webster's and the Stand- concur that “enam- leg though t! both id 2 may be. apelied you also tell me if the Imperator ever came into our ports before the war? Please publish the answer in the eve- ning paper. MISS M. D. Answer—The Leviathan is approxi- mately 5,000 gross tons more than the Imperator, @ Imperator came to New York early in August, 1914. She was used as a hospital shi burg by the Germans war, HOW ABOUT YOUR LEASE? ‘To the aitor of The Evening World; Will you kindly inform me if a landlord can take possession of your uring the ’|matured and if so can I get any re- dress for the money I expended and my labor to cultivate it? I claim my garden to be worth $75 or $100. Will vou windly advise me what to do? F.N, Answer—All improvements made by @ tenant to property are his while the Jease is good. If a tenant has no Jease, the landlord cannot be held ac- the tenant for improve- & tenaat moves, ne a® Ham. | who, for similar setvices, is the recipient of $26,000, Her name is Annie Blackton, colored. ‘These two instances of faithfulness rewarded are worth while recording and thinking about, I can’t help wishing that others who have money and who have servants will read about thege wills and will reflect on what they have done in thie connec- tion, I believe that many more such will? are sure fo come, Long and faithful service is not so easy to get and @ keener apprecia- tion of such is bound to come, Be- sides, the war has taught us to look at real service, especially menial work, from 4 different viewpoint than ever before, ‘When all is said and done, who is it that gives one the comfort, the sense of satisfaction, the betterment of body and even brightness of spirit? One who truly serves well in the home? How much a good worker has con- tributed to the welfare and even the very life of the people whom she or he has served can never be estimated, | And yet many a rith man died and | forgot this faithfulness, Many a person has given the best part of his life in one household to be sent Off to seek service else- where when gray hairs have come and the worker was deemed too old, 1 know of wealthy individuals who have died and left their mon relatives whom they have never relatives who have not contributed one iota of pleasure or happiness to the person whose money they have enjoyed—relatives who have waited for years for this dead man's shoes, contributing nothing themselves to Saturday, Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Bvening World) Faithful Service Is Bound to Be Appreciated. oe who has tolled night and day, giv- ing energy and enthusiasm and youth in the interest of that selfwame indi- vidual. Often they have been left but a pal- try legacy. Such people, as a general rule, have & great deal of joy out of well done and bave not com- plained when old age has found them with Little of this world’s goods upoa which to fall back. They have taken everything as a Matter of course and have gone on the theory that they were paid their weekly wage and have expected noth- 4 ing more. This is commendable on thelr side, but there is the other side, are 89 many people who go from one place to another, who are careless and irresponsible, who only do just what they are paid for and no more, then the contrast of faithfulness such as is mentioned in the cases above stands out and you wonder why more rich people do not follow the same course. I know a wealthy man who has even gone further than this, He will not wait until he dies to do things for those who are serving him. He is aiding in thelr pursuit of happiness ALL THE TIME. After they have worked for a con- siderable period he sees that they have comfortable hom: and nice furni- ture, good vacations; he gives them the legacy that he would leave— while he lives. In this way hé sees the happiness reflected in their faces and something of the glow of gladness comes to him as well, In like manner I know of people of very moderate means who are daily doing beautiful and lovely deeds toward servants who are making life BE NEAT AND CLEAN, BUT DON’T BRAG. MBS: O'TOOLE was shopping in the village when she caught sight of her neighbor's sign-board, with the following inscription: “Wash- ing and ironing done.” Wud Ye look that!” she exclaimed indignantly. Washing and ironing done,’ indade. Shure, she ain't one bit better than Ol em. O've had my washing and his good, As against this there has been tho eplendid cook or the fine man-servans ironing done since yesterday, but you don't sce mé hanging out a sign- board bragging about ut!"-—-Pear- son's Weekly, duly 19, worth while for them. + One of the big things thatthe war has developed and that will come more and more in the reconstruction period is reciprocity. Faithful ser- vice is bound to be appreciated and more such rewards as are mentioned will surely materialize, Daily * By J. H. Cassel | A | RINCXOXCVANIKC How They Made Good © By Albert Payson Terhune —"— Conrviett, 1019, by Tad Prose Publishing Co. Gthe New York Rvening World.) No, 62—HENRY M. STANLEY, Explorer of “Darkest Afri 15 nase steb’not “apallly” an te weir bot oooh - It was “John Rowlands.” He and his mother yere pregrenst nl aatie yr line syste hab The boy as he grew out of childhood was made « drudge Fadioey meth Soar tae y.0 Bk Bip to teach’ younger paupers the alphabet. He san away to sea and at last drifted to New Orleans, There he attracted the interest of a rich business man, . Henry Morton Stanley, who adopted him anid the boy’s name changed by law from “John to “Henry Morton Stgnley.” On the death of his bene factor young Stanley was again adrift in life. He had no cash, no friends, no profession, no prospects. None the less, he had resolved to make good. And he did so. ‘ The Civil War began. Stanley fought through it, both in army and in navy, Still hard up at the close of the conflict, he became a news- paper man—watting and working always for his Logie gti theo adh ti In 1869 that chance came. More than two years earlier the famous milssionary and explofer, Dr. David Livingstone, had vanished into the heart of Africa. All trace of’ him” had been lost. The world at large was much excited over his disappearance, _ For at that time Africa was still known as “The Dark Continent” Thou~ sands of miles of its interior had never geen explored ey and were left blank on the map. Into this “blank” \ “Find space—into Darkest Africa—Dr. Livingstone hed Livingstone!” plunged, From his newspaper‘ employer Stanley received the brief command, “Find Livingstonet” And Gtanley went fotth on his seemingly hopeless quest. At last he had an opportunity to make good—an opportunity fraught with @ million perils, * He landed tn Africa—on the east coast—at the beginning of 1871. There he mustered a party’ of 292 native porters and other servants and started into the interior of the country. . It was @ terrible journey. Disease, hostile natives, countless other ob< stacles—all combined to balk the explorer. Stanley smashed his way through every impediment, By sheer force of character he drove his way ahead through trackless jungles. He ruled his men with a sternneag that was brutal. He punished all delinquents in merciless fashion. He preferred to fight opposing tribesmen rather than to take the time to conciliate them, He would-tolerate no swerving from his own iron will. * Many of his natives deserted him sooner than serve under #o harsh @ master, Many more were killed or were stricken with mortal Ujness, Stanley tiimeelf fell dangerously ill But he would not turn back or so much as pause. He bis men . carry bim along in a hammock until he was strong enough to walk once miore, Deeper and deeper into the blank, uncharted re~ ceases of Africa he bored his way, making geographio and other scientific observations as he went, opening up a new expanse of world to humanity, turning Darkest Africa into a known land. He was et all the natives along his route to hate and fear white men. He ‘was risking death at every step, But he kept oR. That was Stanley's’ way, of making good. Finally, after endless journeyings, he reached the banks of Lake Tan- ganyika. There he found a white man lying ill in a but. Stanley Mareee carelessly down at him, remarking: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” ‘That was his greeting to the man he had come #0 far to find—the man whose finding had made Stanley famous and had enabled him to win hie wae M. Stanley had made good. On his return to civilization all the world applauded him as the foremost explorer of the age. eee Risked Death. When Money Is Left to Servants |The Jarr Family . By Sophie Irene Loeb By Roy L. McCardell | Mrs. Jarr Is Pleased to Note Her Daughter Is of the\ Wt» « sigh of pleased satiztaction Caste of Vere de Vere Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Brening Work!) HAT side of the street being aL shady, Mrs. Jarr had acceded to little Emma Jarr’s pleadings to be permitted to take out her | The Gay Lifeof a Commuter Or Trailing the Bunch From Paradise By Rube Towner Copyrigtrt, 1919, by The Press Publishing Oo, (The New York Brening World.) Newcomer Averts the Threatened Fish Famine he said Doo to Newcomer as the 7.65 A. M, pulled out for the city, “bring the Missis down and take dinner with us to- the Missis a package with the compli- ments of Pete. The Missis went into ecstasies over the contents—a beauti- ful six-pound weakdish. She just had it stored away in the fee-box when a villager brought a parcel for Newcomer with the com- , | Piiments of Tom—a seven-pounder, T've got a nine-pounder, right out of the water; oh, boy!” “Thanking you kindly, one and all {—nothing doing!” declared Newcom- er, emphatically. “I'll come down sometime and eat ham and eggs or a couple of your neighbors’ chickens with you, but"-——— “Why, just at this time of year a weakfish ‘right out of the water is heaven's best gift to man.” “Up at the Mint Patch (Newcom- ers villa) wealdish is Article =” replied Newoomer, Then he explained. “It appears that the Missis had been reading that 4 fish famine threatened the Eastern coast and called Newoonrer’s atten- tion to It. : “Now if you only knew how to she said, “like the other men here we could avoid the fish famine and save a lot of money.” “All right, I'll put in my applica- tion and join the Thursday Fishing Club,” said Newcomer meekly. “Is that club still in existence?” ‘Sure, why not?" “Ob, I thought perhaps now that we have Prohibition——" “0 Newcomer looked up the lead- img members of the club and told them his troubles, but as they were “going out” the next morning and he had made no arrangements to be away from his oMfce he could not go @ that trip. On his way about the village he met numerous friends noted among local anglers, casually men- tioned the fish famine and the fears of the Missis that the Newcomers would be among the chief sufferers. ‘The following evening a smal! boy yang the Newcomer bell and handed « Before she could put it in the ice- box the back door bell rang and Harry's contribution—seven and: a halt pounds—arrived. In another moment the office boy from the Paradise News brought a beauty from the editor, who gives @ fish as a premium to every sub- scriber ahd then has enough left for ‘imself from his catches every year. ,“"What have you there?” asked the Missis, as Newcomer came in with the three packages. “Weakfish; some fisherman, eh, witey™ “* “Catch ‘em yourself?” “Sure!” Newcomer was qualifying fast for membership in the club. A little later @ fish came from Clarence, and then an auto honked in front and the “war hero” got out accompanied by an elght-pounder, He had six more in the car and said he was making New Year calls, as he was in France last New Years, “Well,” said Newoomer in telling the story, “we've had ‘em beked, fried, boiled and in chowder; we rt away what the neighbors would take and we wound up with fish hash, Our dog bas left us and four oats have adopted us.” “Some fish story,” said Doc. “Yes, and that isn't all of it,” re- plied Newcomer, The last fish ar- rived after we had gone to bed. The Missis bore the strain well until the following -morning, and then she went down and out.” “What happened?" asked Doc, XA boy came to the door with a pabket on his arm and when the Missis opened it, he asked: ape do you want to buy some Gunde Hittle Miss Hickett took the seat ine dicated. And no sooner was she seated there than she began to ignore her former companions and, picking up @ toy fan, asked the young lady, higher up if she might fan her, “Yes, but don’t spoil my hair, It’s Just been combed,” said little Miss Jas “And now I'm going for a wal You can come behind ona carry my things.” “Can't I carry something™ ested little Miss Slavinsky, eagerly. “No, me! Me!" erie@ the others, and they began a pushing, pulling, struggle, to get their hands on Miss treasures to the stoop, on promise to stay right there with them, As soon as she had taken her.place on the shaded step with her possessions around her, the other little girls of the neighborhood flocked around, “I ain't going to play with you no more, Gwanna away remarked little Miss Jarr, The little social leader, militant for exclusiveness, turned up her nose as she spoke, and scattered out her dolls and other possessions on the step, 80 there was no posatble room for other little girls. ‘The leader of the visiting young ladies, Miss Becky Slavinsky, aged nine, regarded her formerly affable playmate with admiration and alarm, “and for why, Emmie Jarr,” she asked, “for why should I go away?" “My!* Such airs as Emmie Jarr she is putting on,” little Miss Slavinsky called to the other little girls of the neighborhood, who had permitted their attention to be attracted by @ peddler of two-cent ice cream—a penny a dab before the war. “Sho ain't never going to speak to any of us, s0 proud she is!” ‘Thon, it would seem, an imaginary telephone rang. For little Miss Jarr, as though unconscious of the presence of the other little girls, ‘sald “Hello!” in @ languid voice and then added in tones of well modulated pleasure, “Ob, is that you, Your Highness? Ob, coming in your automobile at eight to take me to the movies? I shall be charmed! “Becky Slavinsky says you ain't g0- ing to play with none of us no more, ain't you, Emmie?” asked little Mary Rangle, pleadingly. “Not with no intimation,” said Miss Jarr, after considering the plea @ moment, “With no what?” asked little Miss Rangle. “You know what intimation Is, don’t you? Ain't you been to a ladies’ college and been educated with French and music lessons on the plano?” was the reply. “You know what I mean. You can't behave to me with intimation, be fresh or put your hands on my new dress, Be- cause your hands are dirty.” “My hands are clean, Emma," said the little Hickett gir) eagerly, “Can I sit on your steps?” “It you say ‘Yes, lady’ and ‘No, lady’ when you speak to me you can sit on the lowest wiep,” suid Lhe social despot, ~ Jarr’s dolls and other playthings, “If you are rude, none of you shall touch my things! Put them down!” commanded the imperious ttle Miss Jarr. At these words the others revers ently placed the playthings back om steps. ey, what's the matter™ eried Master Slavinsky, out for a epin ‘in @ treadle toy automobile he. had re« cently acquired in trade. “We don't speak to common people!” replied his sister. “We ara out walkin’ mit a fine lady!" “What's she got?’ whispered Master Slavinsky, “movin’ picter tickets 'n a ice cream cone? Hey!” he added, making a bid for the Prin- cess’s favors, “if you'll git in my oltermobile, Emmie, I'll push you all around the block.” Miss Jarr seated herself in the vehicle with great dignity and then, with @ condescending wave of her hand, dismissed her entourage, “Please don't wait for me," @he said with cold indifference, But they all waited and helped her alight at her own door; while Master Slavinsky, struck with his pas- senger’s air of grandeur, asked if she wanted another ride, She said she'd see later, but not now; it bored her, This was a cherished word remembered of her mother’s orna- mental friend Mrs, Clara Mudridge« smith, Then she resumed her seat on the top step and made the other little girls happy beyond expression by permitting them to wait upon. her whims Mrs, Jarr, ‘eholding all these things from the front window, smiled proudly, “She'll lead society when she grows up!” murmured the fond mother, “How she keeps them in their places—she gets that from my. side of the family, her father deoi- jehly never snubs anybody!” * |