The evening world. Newspaper, July 29, 1919, Page 16

+NO. 21,161 ANYTHING BUT MORE AND CHEAPER COAL. RANK ©. REESE, Secretary of the Anthracite Consumers’ League, confirms The Evening World’s contention that warn- ings of coming coal famine are part of the propaganda by ‘ which the big anthracite coal interests further their plans to keep coal prices moving tpward. “If there is any shortage of poe this winter,” declares Mr. Reese, “jt will be due to the action of the operators who allowed the miners » to work only half time for two months early this spring. This cut off * nearly 8,000,000 tons of coal, for which the operators are to blame. 4 miners wete allowed to work steadily again.” Another point made by Mr. Reese: “The anthracite business is upside down. There are more steam sizes of coal on the market than can be sold, while the domestic #iges are scarce. Yet the domestic sizes cannot be produced without adding to the amount of steam sizes on the TT ae of ‘ z* ' t t ' ‘ J ae 5a i market. It would seem common sense to briquette some of the Li A steam sives and make this size of coal available for domestic 4 i i Last year when the war shortage of coal was at its worst in the : oe | ‘United States, "The Evening World urged for the relief of American 1 # consumers the manufacture of briquettes, which are made of small ‘ f j coal compressed into solid blocks by the aid of some binding material. ; In France and other countries of Europe these coal briquettes a3 “have been for years familiar to consumers large and small. Only last + -} October a British capitalist was reported to have paid $10,000,000 for i & | dig coal properties in South Wales with the intention of developing he [the patent fuel briquette factories and, using all the fine coal which had earlier been discarded or left to fill old passages in the mines. The great coal: producers of the United States have never seen enough profit in offering briquettes to a public ‘acoustomed to eah-| sume ‘its coal wastefully and ‘at high prices. Coal, in’ the huge culm -pifes of the Pennsylvania anthracite region has never been permitted to find its way to small domestic consumers in the form of cheap Why?* Because the policy of the powerful group that’ contrdls| . the anthracite output of this country has been to feed coal to the market only in forms and quantities that shall insure tfie maintenance \ or.advance.of, prices. That policy has prevailed, ‘tt continues to prevail. It proved / stronger than Federal administration during the war. A supine Con- gress bas shown no sign of disputing its power to go on with the same “practices during the period of Reconstruction. It is a policy which has no use for briquettes or any other’ prac- reliéf for coal consumers which begins by giving them more cheaper coal to burn. * tical and TT MUST NOT SPREAD. as can be learned the Chicago disturbances had their origin in trotble between white boys and colored at a swimming » Place on the shore of Lake Michigan. Tt would almost seem as if some strange psychological aberration "fied started a wave of race antagonism in the United States. Why it ~ should occur at a time when. the colored man has just proved. hia loyalty and his soldier qualities in a way the whole Nation has acclaimed, it ie hard to'understand. It may be that the very credit and honor which colored fighters earned in the war have started Vague resentment and anger in certain strata of white population, Whatever the cause, the manifestations themselves must be promptly and drastically dealtwith. Every outbreak of race feeling that flames up in oné section of the country scatters sparks that may stars a fire somewhere else. It is for law respecting American communities to put a quiek and stern extinguisher on all such outbursts, that they may, not _ 4} develop into @ serious national shame. Oe Will Mr. Hearst now tune up his morning and evening “hates” against Gov, Smith to take In Tammany too? aaa ta a i alan on a il RN a ie Letters From the People | Avpreciaies Accurate Presentation ing fairly presented to the public, of Vacts. and this thought made some of Bo the Kaitor ot The Bvening World who are impatient by nature, jump to The Council of this association de- the conclusion that the press’ ‘ot the gives me to.state that it wag:muCh |country was favoring its best clus wecned and .delighted by YOUr) tomers; j, e, the managers, I and lendid editorial on the policy of this! others ‘are rejoicing to discover we Gspdciation In your insue of the 218t-| wore wrong, I personally feel sure Permit me to thank you Inthe name| that honest publicity of both aides of at every meiiber of the Actbre’ Equity| tie question would be a means-of Atociation, Yours very truly, , |bringing the Managers’ Association PRANK GILLMORE, |ong the Actors’ Equity together, and Beroutive Beoretagy, ‘ActoW Equity !it would not be long before an agree- Ampociation. ment of mutual benefit would be reached, Why the spirit of antagonisin be- tween the old time manager and actor should exist Iam at a loss to under- stand. It is like a house divided againet itself, Once more thanking ' And Still They Come! ‘The venue World: of several fellow actors eye me to thank you the splendid editorial in reference e After bes increase of 50 cents in the price of coal was announced tho]. there will be another divorce recorded ‘ACE RIOTS in Chicago follow those in Washington. So far . Copyright, 1919, Ly The Prese Publishing WHY BAREFEET ARE NoT POPULAR. 2 a. Living Other People’s Lives Co, (The New York Breping World). Covetiveness Has Caused More Trouble in t Human Game Than Can Ever Be Estimated. WOMAN whom I have known * for years has just separated from her husband. And unless she and some broken spirits, ut least, will result, The trouble with this wife and moth- er is that she has not been living her own life but that of somebody else, b> For years she has bad a woman friend whom she has imitated and lived up to until all she has and dees are not for her own choosing. Everybody knows some one like that. 'This woman friend is married t> a man who has a little more worldly goods than the couple in question, and the woman friend in a fashion sort dt sets the pace, which the other woman tries to keep. For example: Mrs, A., the woman friend, buys a new set of parlor fur~ niture, and Mrs, B, is restless until she has something as good, or a little better, Should Mrs. A, purchase anything in wearing apparel, the same condi- tion obtains, When Mrs. A. chooses a place for a vaeation, Mrs, B, wants to go to the same place, Even Mrs, A.'s children the knew these people well you would “finds herself,” | just sense the feeling that Mrs. A. must not get ahead of Mrs. B. Mrs, A.’s husband made a little in- teresting financial deal and has been able to purchase an automcbile, eacner and the same music teachor. In a word, in plain parlance, if you And now comes the little tragedy. Mra. B. has been miserable ever since, and she has mude her hus-' band’s life a burden. Sbe has not said so in so many words, but the longing to equal the automobile is there all the same, and the husband knows it. Mrs. A. took the automobile for two or three Ijttle week-end trips, Mrs. B. has reflected ‘on it consid- erably, and even unconsciously has grown peevish and become quartel- some with her husband. ‘Trifles continued to count up until the crash came, Now, I believe this condition will right itself, both this husband and wife have inborn, commendable qui ities and a good mutual friend has given’ the wife some sound advice, which goes something like this: “Mrs, B,, you are a charming, splen- did little woman. Your husband adores you and you love bim. “There is nothing in the world that he would not do for you and the children, even to the point of sacri- flcing himself. “You have the foundation of a wplendid home. But up to the present you have been living anything but models by which Mrs, B, brings up her, family, They must go to the same school, They must get similar clothes. ‘They must bave the same dancing Playing cards that are triangular are covered by @ recent patent, . 8 8 Colombia is rapidly becoming an Important platinum producing nation, x ee Disease germs in butter become fewer in number @s that commodity is stored, 6 ‘The Malay Peninsula is now sup- plying more than two-thirds of the world’s tin, . . A vacuum brush which cleans t, when oti article, I am, ia GEORGE 8. SRB Room Club, New York City. Ser draughtemen’s drawings and removes the dust has been pee ten ted. A wold edad bass been awarded to Newest Notes of Science your own life. “For several years you have thought with the brain of Mrs, A., until you have no desire in which she bas not led, Come out of it, my dear woman. the French inventor of a shock ab- sorber. tor wheelbarrows, om 8 A mounting of recent invention per- mits @ single lens camera to take a stereoscopic picture, $F 26 ‘The Union of South Africa annually produces between four and five mil- lion gallons of wine, 8 «@ ‘The pressure of the water automat- By Sophie Irene Loeb The Jarr Family Master Willie phage @ Call ‘on "hie Retneete to the Place Where Father Toils. Don't look at life rere the eyes of Mrs. A. “What matters it if “he has a little flivver or a gewguw more or less, “Perbaps she has not half the love you have in your home to make up for it. . “Covetiveness has caused more trouble in the human\game than can ever be estimated, “In fact, it has a prominent place in one of the Ten Commandments. “Take your husband and your little family and move away from the vi- cinity of the woman whose Iife you have really lived for so long. “Live your own. You will all be much happier, And when you will grow a little older you will see the gteat wisdom of it in the gain that will be yours.” I think the little woman will follow this advice, which. holds good for many others, W husband's love from growing cold, drift oug of tt. cally starts and stops new electric pump for pri plants. é . ee An artificial rubber of Dutch in- vention is sald Later, Dweak hie ngroaenn map. H cannot tell the old jokes! ‘The one about the “ailing friend,” The quaint “revolving lamp post.” And the undulating door— Alas for all. the dear old jokes! We'll never tell them more! R. JARR had taken Master WilMe down to the office with hinr in the hope the boss would indignantly. ask, “Why haverft you got that child out In the coun- try this hot weather?” And then Mr, Jarr could say he couldn't afford a vacation for himself and family this year on account of the high cost of living, and the boss, conscience stricken, might raise his salary and throw a bonus in for a vacation and— But the boss only remarked that Master Willie was a healthy looking child and asked the boy how old he was. ps Master Willie Jarr told him, “Ah!” said the boss, “Thig office Bachelor Girl Reflections By Helen Rowland Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Company (The New York Evening World), Never Despair of a Bachelor’s Susceptibility Until He Airily Hands You a Rope and Dares You to Try to Tether Him. “DRY” HUMOR. The dear old jokes are dead— The “morning-after head.” ~ How They Made Good} By Albert Payson Terhune Grorrtaht, 1919, by The Prése Publishing Ce, (The New Fork Brebing Wo. 66—-Edmund Kean, First of the Great Modern» Actors. : DMUND KEAN was the son of one Ann Caley, vas made the baby find work on and around the diage af London’s Drury Lane Theatre at an age When he should still bave been in: the'nursery, She made him earn » drink money for her as a child. actor, and ehe beat him when he could not earn enough to satisfy her » thirst. By the time he was rescued from her clutches an@ sent to schoo! his worthless mother had already made- @ vagabond of the Jad and had taught him to love drink and to-hate work. Also he had developed an uncon= trolled and murderous temper. It was not @ promising start along the road to success. Yet even then the wayward boy had resolved to make good and to become the foremost actor of the age.. In spite of every handicap and drawback he stuck to his ambition. School did not interest him, He ran away and went to sea. This inw terested him still less. A rich woman adopted him and tried to educate him, . Again he ran)away, and fought off starvation by doing 7th Wenn recitations and acrobatic stunts in barrooms, His chief i Adopted Him, Joy was to deciatm Shakespeare, in return for pennies somnnnnnn® flung at him by his amused hearers, ‘ In 1806 he got an engagement at the Haymarket Theatre in London. His chance seemed to have come at last; his coveted chance to make good, But he scored no success at all in the small parte assigned to him, Nor did’ road company tour mend his prospects. He drank too much and acted too poorly. And more than once he was Yissed off the stage. He waa advised to take up some other line of work. But he had formed his life ambition. And he would not swerve from it. Hig size too was against him in the eyes of audiences who refused to accept small men in herolc roles, He was only five feet four and very thin. Kean's first success 1s worth describing. It came at a town called Waterford: And it netted him $200. Here is an account of the performance: Ee “Kean played first in a stilted drama by Hannah More, acting in « natural and unforced way that was a delight. O1'he afterpiece was ‘La Perouse,’ in which Kean played the pantomimic role of a chimpanzee and moved the spectators to tears by the dumb pathos of the monkey’s death scene. He wound up the evening by dancing on a tight-rope and then by, boxing three fast rounds with a professional lightweight. . News of the hit at Waterford brought Kean an Car gagement at the Drury Lane Theatre at $40 a wi Famous.” ® } a veritable fortune to the down-at-heel actor. Tr AAAS On Jan. 28,1814, that he made his debut there. The role was Shylock in Shakespeare's “Merchant of Venice.” Up to that time Shyléck had always been a low-comedy part, played by @ comedian In a scarlet wig and with a squeaky voice. (Shakespeare ts said to have written it as a comedy role.) Kean amazed the world by mak« ing Shylock a powerfully human and tragic character—revolutionizing the . part, The audience acclaimed his greatness, The wholé house went wild with enthusiam. In @ single night Edmund Kean had made good. The theatre- going public henceforth were at his feet. From that hour he was recog- nized as the greatest living actor. But his early misfortunes had svured him, For instance, the Duke of Wellington admired his art and wished to meet dim. “I refuse " snapped Kean, “I am not invited to appear before the Duk@ as a gentleman, Dut as a wild beast to be gaped at!” ‘Thé poor mountebank had made good. Europe and America clamored to honor the man who once had not had enough money to buy himséif a square meal. He had stuck to hia one aim in tife in spite of all obstacles, And he had made good, By Roy L. ‘McCardell age can lick him!” Proudly. “Cs. they, Willie?” But Willie, who had had his face slapped that morning by a little girt id had run home crying, did not an~ swer. “And modest, too,” said Jenkins, “That's.more than his dad ts." "Do you want your father to get you @ job here as soon as you are old enough, and have gone throug’! high school?” asked Johnson, “No,” sald the little boy, 7 want to be a policeman,” “You'd be kept pusy runping in’ your old man, then,” said Jenkins, who was a wag, “I wouldn't, either! You shut up! sald Master Jarr, who was. tired of being teased and talked to this way on such @ hot day in such @ dull Place and not even a water coolor im view. “He has the same pleasing ways, the same genial deportment and cheerful good manners that #0 dis- tinguish . his sire,” murmured Mr, Jenkins. “You're all right, kid, but your daddy 1s no good! Why don't you feed the lad? He looks as if be was starved,” said Johnson: > “He ate some cheese this morning and I suppose it was adulterated and has made him sick,” said Mr, Jarre ip @ quiet tone, “This was a facer for Johnson, who, even in the lax times af ten years before had been put out of the prow vision trade, indicted and fined for selling filled cheese, “I am glad you handed bim that one,” said Jenkins, as Johnson walked away scowling. “That guy hol his job bere because he's a crooks That's the kind of fellows the old man wants around him, eh?" said Mr, Jarre where your father works is a nice Place, isn't it?” “No, it ain’t; it's hot and dirty!” said the child, and truthfully. “Say, ‘Yes, sirl’ Willle,” sald Mr, Jarr, warningly. “Hem! Perhaps the little fellow is confused t@ be in the centre o & much commercial activity,” said the boss ponderously. The centre of so much commercial activity consisted of a perspiring por- ter waiting with a bale of goods on a hand truck while Mr,’ Jarr made out @ bill of lading. “Now, my little man,” continued the boss, “I am glad to see you take 80 much interest In business life, Re- member, always be honest.” Here the boss turned to Jenkins, the bookkeeper, and sald: “If you haven't the pure woollens im the pattern those Syracuse people want, send that job lot of that 10 per cent. shoddy, They won't know the difference and if they do, we can way it's a mistake of the shipping clerk and we have discharged him, * “And,” the boss went on, regarding Mr. Jarr’s little boy blandly, “and always be truthful. A business repu- tation must be founded and sustained on the bed rock of truth! “A bright lad, a bright lad,” con-, tinued the boss ponderously, “A very bright lad, Bu his age I was in business for myself.” This was a surprising statement, considering that the little Jarr boy was about ten years old, “Now, here is a penny for you,” said the boss. “What do you say?” k, A husband's Sunday morning grouch is usually just the result of a mixture of underdone muffins and original sin. A cynic is @ person who believes that women are nothing but non- essentials, art is nothing but “junk,” goodness ngthing but stupidity, love nothing but a game and paradise nothing but a fairy tale, ‘Tactful flattery is the thermos bottle in which a clever wife keeps her It may cause @ man sincere regret to drift into a foolish. flirtation, but the only thing that causes him downright repentance {s not to be able to If Turkey is anything like the cigafette advertisements, a lot of must feel rather ead at the thought of her possible disappearance from ‘To te ehaottel ta. ratey wjather 9 mam must, beste 6: namie? “Gimme a dimé,” said the boy “You can’t git nothin’ for a cent, ‘cept to pay war tax on sodys with it” The boss frowned but fished up a dime and walked away murmuring, “They're all alike, always kicking for more.” “What do you think of the boss, When Mr. Jarr, who was getting away early this duy, left, taking hig little boy with him, Jenkins went grinning over to Johnson and sald: ‘Tough, ain't it, when a mam hag to bring his kids down to the office to make a play for a ralse of salary, ain't it?” But Johnson's opinion was that the boss could read character and could the little Jurr boy Willie? Isn't he a fine man?” asked dd weak if not abnormal Mr, Jarr. —_——— “Naw,” said the child, “I don't like SINGULAR, SAY WE. him.” HE critic seemed struck with the ‘The other employees standing picture, “This — sngwstorm, around grinned at this and Jenkins painting is very One, gp said: “He's a ghip of the old block, Jarr, only the old block hasn't spunk enough to say thay much.” “Neither have any of the rest of vous sald MF Tarr. said Johneoa,|*t the ploture, And unconsciously p ‘Btout looking 4 Johnson, | my fur. overcoat on before he went the cashier; “Can he fight?” out.” — Pittsburgh - Chronicle-Teles ) Phere isn’t a kid on the block bis | graph. he said to the artist, “it salmoag makes me feel cold to look at it “Yes, it must be realistic,” admit ted the other, “A fellow got into m studio one day in my gbsence, looked ROO WOPS nD ins. fs