The evening world. Newspaper, August 6, 1919, Page 20

Ay C Cy aD Loony eet oan ra € VOLUME O0.5060.60..500.sesapsvcvesverapens NO. 91,100 . ‘RESTORE COMPETITION. ea first sign of change in thé legislative tone at W: n prices of corn, pork and cotton begin to fall. noting an indication of a shift in the propping- hich has eee ever since the armistice, make haste for cover. HUM thik $6 really wanted to aljust prises to fit pockets s 0 szetoration. of competitive conditions in store and factory. The it destroyed. competition at the outset of our entry into war by furiously bidding up the prices of commodities and labor. hostilities ceased the. endeavor has been to hold up, when should have been to let down. In seeking to avoid an inflation @urrency we have hed an inflation of valies. Low priced cur- can in time reach par; high prices do not come down as The econorhic effect of each condition is about the ee Ve. ’ That competition will assert itself it not interfered with has Proven over and over again. Good prices increase produc- and increased-production reduces cost. Plenty and fair prices the widest: general prosperity. To meddle with natural is to breed evil consequences, plenty of which are now in Sem Rea ae — po People conftise the meaning of cooperation and onganiza- tion. . The first ie mutual; the last is selfish. ——-4-———__ INCOME DISTRIBUTION. figures of the income tax returns indicate a much wider distribution of. money then is commonly understood. The great fortunes have not waxed, while the rewards of the ee ne a ee ee result that follows unhampered opportunity. It is o the reasons why the big, fellows Ase eager for price-fixing isa tion. They want to hang on to .MEAT PRICES. G to Clarence Ousley,eActing Secretary of Agricul- Louis F, Swift, head of the Chicago packing house, yes f good and choice beet cattle on foot at Chicago have ‘per hundrédweight, or nearly 26 per cent., since lower grade beef cattle have declined as much as cent.” that the profits from by-products are not at except for three weeks from January to July jost money on their dressed beef busitless ranging head gf cattle purchased. the increased cost of all anima! products there- re ee If hides, tallow and fertilizer earn a bare # save the packers from m bankruptcy, who is getting the sums paid by the in increased prices for table retail Bees so vast and efficient really »“A plague on both your houses” is the latest word from the _ Britieh to labor and capital, as evidenced in its decision to exercise anything more than police powers < Letters From the People. Necessities? eeain defeated by all veto of = war al an end and ad. ing the settlement of less tions to @ return of suner times an t body of Americans—t! workitemen and tmers . H. WARD, No, 8643 Bay 16th rect, Connldér the Sparkling Wine! To the Editor of The Bvening World: sari the President, then let Congress declare ital ‘§ and the astonishing thing is that he does i an ‘Administration more in touch and ee. with those who make up I see by your editorial of yester- day's issue headed “France Boosts Duties on American Shoes,” and un- doubtedly she will on many other American products. Why should she Lhe es Cy WHEN GRANDMA WAS A GIRL AHO Bachelor Girl Reflections By Helen Rowland Copyright, 1919, ty ‘The Pres Publishing Company (The New York Brentng World). HE average man's love begins with audacity—and ends with men- dacity. half portions, grateful @ brilli in-her face, she usually has enough clever ones at her finger tips to offset No matter how them, guilty to loving her, and then closes hi about one another, this world would pin drop from New York to San Fran A widow is sometimes foolish enough to buy a'seoond husband with the money she saved by feeding her first husband on ‘When & man can calmly wait twenty-four hours before attempting to patch up @ quarrel with a woman his love is already in the cold-storage vault. There is probably nobody on earth quite so humbly that a man loves her for the dimple in her chin. One kiss will sometimes sweeten a whole summer as effectively as one lump of sugar will sweeten a whole can of skimmed milk. A man no longer “pleads with a girl” to marry him; he merely pleads and decides when he shall begin “serving tim Making a man tell you that he loves you is something like teaching @ cat to jump through a hoop—you don't expect him to do it gracefully, but If women told men no more than men tell women about themselves or It isn't the fear of being shipwrecked that prevents a bachelor from embarking in the sea of matrimony, but the horror of being becalmed, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1919 ’ jantly clever woman who discovers many wrinkles a widow may have is eves, it at all. be so silent that you could hear a cl8co, JARR was shopping and was taking her children with her. “Now, mind you, Willie and Emma,” cautioned Mrs. Jarr, “I am not going to get a thing for either of you!” ‘Then ehe asked the saleslady where the ice picks gnd tumblers were, “Glass 'n’ hardware counters, rear and t' right in basement,” answered the obliging girl. “Say, maw, git me a ball ‘n’ bat,” urged Willie Jarr, “I wanna doll, I wanna doll 'n’ jacks, I wanna book, I wanna"—— Here litte Emma was cut short In her speech by her mother, who shook her by the arm. You are not going to get a thing,” said Mrs. Jarr. yu promised me if Tlet you come alon@ you wouldn't 18k me for @ thing!” “Hokey!” cried Willie, the funny colored baby!” “Anyway, it's got manners and dat’s more dan po’ white trash has!” remarked the indignant colored mother in. reply, and then, turning to a saleslady, “How oum dat ‘spectable customers get insulted by’ ornery, low down"—— “Witle Jarr, wait till T get you home!” cried Mrs. Jarr, after drag- ging her offspring to an aisle of “Look at The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCardell Copyright, 1919, by The Preas Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). The Deportment of Children in Department Stores) Exhibits Bolshevist Tendencies froe wot,” said Mrs, Jarr revignedly. The Romance of Word S By James C. Young HAMS ‘\ | Assistant to the gi ing the small war problems almost as intricate as Our newspapers have mentioned reached more acute stages. We a: Tuvy as fast as our transportation safety—the middle aisle. “I wanna engine and train of cars!” cried Willie, “I wanna doll, and a ball 'n’ jacks and’ a book and some candy!” screamed le Emma. “There, I'l show you!” cried Mra. Jarr, drawing her hands loose and administering sundry smacks, Then she weakened, as their screams at- tracted general attention, “There, now, mamma didn't mean to do it; but you worry her so!" she said. “Stop crying and I'll get you what you want, but I won't \f you don’t stop this instant!” Both children suddenly stopped crying, “I want the wooden train of cars,” | said Willie, “It's got more cars to It and you can see the people.” “But the iron trains are more dur- able,” said Mrs. Jarr, “Those wooden trains are so flimsy.” “{ don't want an iron train! I don’t want an iron train! I “don't wont an iron train!” cried Willle, per- sistently, “Ob, well, you can have the kind "You'll be throwing them at your sister the first thing we know, and the wooden train is so much lighter than the iron one.” “I'l take the iron train,” said Willie, its utility as a missile dawning on him. “No, you'll take the wooden train; that’s the one you wanted,” said Mrs. Our work is not done and will \agaz' “Our Post-War Problems” By Col. Arthur Woods (Written Especially for The Evening World) HE old saying that “God looks after little children and the United | States” still has @ good dea} of truth behind” it. Not only has America been singu' larly fortunate in her war experience, sustain- of losses both in human 1! the country is now recovering from the war with rapidity and smoothness, Many of the countries of Hurope are finding the solution of, the post+ the discharged soldiers and sailors of the United States. {s also)a problem in England, France and Italy, where conditions have ~| al Secretary of War. s and in material damage, but the prosecution of the war itself, the reports of unemployment among Unemployment te here demobilizing our army a facilities permit. Already nearly 70 ver cent. of the men in the service are back in civilian dress. But pracy tically all the Buropean Governments hi mobilization in order to forestall an increase \n unemployment. In this country our post-war problem ia not merely to find a job for a Ojscharged soldier—it is a far greater task than merely this. deliberately prolonged de+ never be done until 100. per cent. of the returning service men have been fitted into the job for which theig ambitions yearn. No man readily gives up his own Mife, nor does he readily take the fe of another; and when men have deen through such an experience it stirs them up completely. And they have got the habit, which is strongly fixed, of the glory of doing things that are worth while; of the glory of work, not only for thé daily wage Dut for the sake of feeling that they have done their share toward ao- complishing something that they thought was well worth the accom- plishment. It is fitting for us that we should cherish such ambitions on the part of our service men. It is at once the difficulty and the opportunity that confronts us as a Nation. It is @ task that must be met only by gratifying such ambitions that our fighting men may hold to their bat- tle-born hopes amd see that they come to successful fruition. This new-found ambition of our returning soldiers and sailors is probably the best thing about them. If we should make one single move in our effort to place the soldier back in civil life whieh would tend to stamp out his high ambition for Detter things, we should be false to the trust that is given to us. We are not going to rest content simply by writing off a few hundreds or thousands of men as having been offered some sort of a job; we will not feel content—and this is o| problem—until we find for every 01 of these men that sort of a job thi will give each individual what he ts after—the better chance, Another phase of the question {s, the fact that many of the men who must be placed rain in civil life will have no opportunity to go back to their old jobs use their wounds have unfitted them for the work which once they @id. There are 3,000 soldiers who suffered major disabilities and 50,000 more who were partially incapacitated for their old jobs. Here is our real opportunity. We must train these’men and we must fit these men into new jobs, strange jobs. They must be educated Ellabelle M By Bide to understand that there really ar@ people who are anxious to help therd get upon their feet; that there ar@ people who are willing to train thens for any one of a hundred vocatioo® which they can be fitted to fill, and that there are people with whom thei physical disability will count for nothing and who will employ thong when they are ready to work. On the other side, the smployet@ of labor must be taught to see the merit which really lies in these mefy They must learn that the ambition@ which our fighting blood has brough® home witb it are real and large an@ abiding. They will find that i courses in men who are loyal, full of hope and zeal; men who are golng ta do far more for the country than i§ can do for them, They must revise that it is very far from bein; dication of unwholesomeness bellious discontent. This is not a mere genéralizati: tw Facts prove my statements. When they went to war soldiers were subjected to certain mental and psychological tests by which tholr «f~ ficers visualized their capacities. Oa@ firm has éxamined in a similar w: 600 of its homecoming soldiers an@ satiofs, It has found that 64 pen cent. of them have increased in oMdi« ency, that 32 per cent. of them n@ ree r|Bbout the same and only 4 per ae of them—these as a rule were not long in servicé—have gone backward4 The War Department is not onty ® war agency, but it is also a peace agency which looks after the general welfare of the soldier after he is dis« charged. Our office maintains a ficl® staff of officers who are touring the country in quest_of employment foe Uncle Sam's ex-servico men Im Washington our aim is to secure the co-operation, of existing governmeatal and welfare agencies and to perfo: all the new peace duties: without 1 creasing the governmental machine ery. Our inquiry department a@ Washington is the soldier's final roe sort in'time of trouble, and any atiese tions sent to my office are promyptiyg answered. ae Doolittle Dudley Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Rvening World), Of Her Dead Canine Friend Noted Poetess Writesd “You Were Kind—Even to Fleas.” IPTON TARBOX is dead and buried. To the casual reader this line will mean nothing out of the ordi- nary. But to the resident of Delhi it means much. Lipton Tarbox was honored by ali Delhi, Everybody liked him and bundreds were sorry when he died. “Who was Lipton Tarbox?" you ask, perhaps. “Was he a noted bene- factor of the human race, or was be just a big-hearted, kindly man?” Lipton Tarbox was neither, He was a dog. It was nine years ago that Obediah ‘Tarbox arrived at his home one night with a puppy in his arms. He had found the dog in Matoney’s saloon and could not tell exactly why he had brought him home, Some one at the bar had said the dog looked like Sir ‘Thomas Lipton’s yacht, Shamrock IIT, and Mr. Tarbox had immediately named him Lipton. Mrs. Tarbox sald the dog might stay and the little Tar- boxes were overjoyed. “Where did we get that dog?” asked Obediah Tarbox the next morning. Mrs, Tarbox pointed a sarcastic finger dog's demise. ‘The funeral occurred Saturd: dog was placed in Obediah T: flivver and taken to the bank.of the (river, There nearly half @ hundred persons stood and sanw all that wag mortal of him consigned to @ hole int the ground. It was a well behave@ crowd, although there was one fights This was stopped quickly by Cone stable Brown, who hit both men an@ then ran swiftly, causing the come batants to chase him far from ts sorrowful spot. ‘When the dog had been lowereg into the hole a lithe girl stepped t@ the fore, She held up one hand. I¢ was Hllabelle Mae Doolittle, gowned) in black topaz cheesecloth. t “Friends,” she said, “I have pree pared @ little poem for this solemm occasion, Would you like to hear it? “Yes,” yelled little Pinky Graham, “Aw, he hollered it before we got chance to joim in‘ like you told 9s,’ said little Masie Meaney, speaking) for six other youngsters, “Children! said Miss Doolittle. “I will now rea® the poem in response te your mang requests.” n itn You must be gentle? ~ i j — — In a low tone, indicating sorrow the poetesii read the following: ‘ Lipton Tarboz, you are gone, 1 Our canine friend he is no more, 4 at him. “Needn't to mind now!" she said, “[ found him in the arms of a stewed person.” ; | ROt? Those fanatics at Washington, under the rule of that despotic body, known as the worst lot of fanatics, headed by & certain man of the Anti- Jarr. “I want the iron train! I want the I want the tron train!" held sacred by the pedple. Bach ele- phant had @ Minister, whose business it waa to vee that all of the elephant’s | iron train! Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World), How Everyday Expressions Had Their Origin. him a handsome sum, The next day Baloon known, eat assets, i, sian Kaiser cw prose 500,000,000 wallong of vine fs allowed to this so-called 4ree country, American manufacturers and peo | fanatics and bh; in Washington WILLIAM OSBORN, » Welnut Hills Farms, N.'J. What Centeryt ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: tury. B says it is the nineteenth |ited the baths one day and percéived| "King of the White Blephant.” In| Other, and all three pleased him. ‘Then | Mrs. Jarr in exasperation, Old men stroked their beards sol-| the clods began to fall in the hole _./ se seis Lonmary.. iease tall me who ie right, there an old soldier who wae using| the days when white elephants of the| he considered the habits of each, and] “Qoeoh! Oh! Ouch!" screamed little | ¢maly. and all seemed more solemn, Ang { ; ETS OREE SE, |e potsherd, in teu of a bath brent. Siamese kind were more common | found ail to be good. In thie quandary | ema, “Willie hit me with ble iron| Pretty girls said, “Iun't it a | yet, for one brief moment, thos» Bese -< ¢ Lng venle, | Ho inquired the reason and the sol-|than now, it was a practice of by-| he Cheer vad 1 Yow! Yow!" shame?" ent, feeling the full effect of . Union Hill, N. J. ier replied that he had no money to closer to the rind than the others, and] train! Yow! at Mise an country has ever "seis tgdeing a of France's great- 4, before the Prus- the world, B iyo} ine, now Mot @ drop of French imported into Are ro- ducers to be hoodwinked by these rites and cowards A says this is the twentieth cen- “no royal road to knowledge.” It has been a maxim of the philosophers for two thousand years, end is accredited to Huclid, who opened a school in Alexandria to teach mathematics, Among the visl- tors was King Ptolemy, After Ii ing to the declamations of Buolid and perceiving how diMficult was the sub- jdect he took the teacher aside and [eked if he could not Inatruct him in the intricacies of figures with less trouble, "Sire," replied Euclid, “there is no royal road to knowledge.” Hadrian, the Roman Emperor, vis- Onn we are told that there is , ze are sbi § in a twentieth cen- he returned and found a crowd of former soldiers in the baths, ail busily plying makeshifts for bath brushes, ‘Scrape on gentlemen,” re- marked Hadrian, “but you cannot scrape an’ acquaintance with me.” And from this remark, made so many centuries ago, has come our familiar reference to “scraping an acquaint- tance." Siam often has been called the land of the white elephant. The Siamese flag is familiar as bearing this vice, and the nation’s ruler some- times has been designated ag the wants were attended. Usually the creature was kept in @ more or less elaborate dwelling, sometimes a pal- ace, The cost of maintaining one was 80 large that its possessor fre- quently became bankrupt, Hence our own “white elephant.” We must turn to France for the origin of another well-known expres- sion, generally used as a term of com- partson—"cheese-paring economy.” It is related that a thrifty man was en- amored of three sisters, but could not decide which one he liked best, For @ long time he puzzled over the matte! Bach was comely as the ¥ gk gone kings to present unpopular ‘brush. Peden promptly gave courtiers with one. of thoge, erentures, it was she to whom he repeated Willie, the pest. “Oh, well,” said Mrs. Jarr with a sigh, wrap it up for him.” “I don'twant it wrapped up,” sald Willie, “Gimme a plece of string!” “Good gracious!” cried Mrs. Jarr. “Where is Emma? Where's your s! ter?” And she started for the front of the store, only to encounter little Emma /being Jed back to the dot! | counter and made to replace two Beach Peach dolls, two kewple dolls, a rub- ‘ber ball and sundry other articles, “Ll never take you children shop- ping again, You let her have every- thing or I'll be made a show of,” said "I'm glad of it! Watt ‘till l get you vote Set" sron ie fen 3 “You ought to keep away from such people,” grunted Obediah Tarbox. ‘And now, kindly reader, we have painted for you a picture of the entry of Lipton Tarbox into the Tarbox family, The dog proved to be a very sweet dog, although rather dirty with mud and burrs at times, Every one loved him, among them being Ella. belle Mae Doolittle, the Reted poetess of Dethi, Miss Doolittle, sentimentalist that she is, just worshipped Lipton Tar- box. Little children wept when he died. ', Even Mayor Cyrus Perkins Walker SAN ante HED. Ge. WOR. Lid. Of. the Over in the Hast we see the dawn, A better life for you in store. You were a friend of all the children Nobody you could knock, Even if you did get angry one day And bite Grandpa Tarbor, ' My sister's child, Teeney Ricketts, © | Dressed up like @ ghost And scared several colored children, ‘Teeney, stop that hoax! But, getting back to this occasion, \ | Lipton Tarbox, rest in peare: ' You deserve a heavenly collar vf golly You were kind—even to fleas. With the reading of the finai Ting poem, applauded with great guste All were pleased, +"