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Se PULITZER, OLAV a ‘ . NO, 21,175 THE DROUGHT IN ST. THOMAS. " MERICANS have probably forgotten by this time that we acquired the Danish Islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix some time ago, and that we presumably intended to give them ‘the benefit of free institutions such as.they (presumably) did not enjoy under the rule of a Danish king. Our careless memories will ‘pethaps be stirred when we learn that the first benefit bestowed was Prohibition, and that the people who have been relieved of the thrall a monarchy do not like it, Note this caustic comment from The Balletin of St. Thomas, of July 17, which has just come to hand: “PROWIBITION 18 AN INSULT TO THB PEOPLE OF ST, THOMAS. - “To-day, the 17th of July, dawns upon us, @ down-trodden people in liberty. What are you going to do? Are you going to compel us to struggle, and, perhaps, even make, break and what our forefathers have never yet done, and in the end ‘us? ‘us If you can; this is @ good ‘Omen;’ the war is over. Away with nonsense, 3 even Gov. Oman will do what he can for by day he more familiar with never did it—why : i | il H H g 2 Z g 2 i £ i with their God-given ANDREW CARNEGIE. HE Ironmaster ceased to be a actor in business affairs upon . the formation of the great United States Steel Corporation. He devoted his sunset days to philanthropy and taking care of himself, His character was kindly, shrewd and public spirited. He was ang mystery like the senior Rockefeller, nor were his calculations 2 ? The libraries which he housed over the country in grateful mem- of his first debt to free volumes setve to inform a large number of Americans, probably not in proportion to their cost, but much Scotchman liked to be called “Andy.” His dignity euffered by the familiarity. He wes not afraid to go around men or to face the public. In short, the weaver boy of Dum- fermline lived to become the right kind of an American, unspoiled by and capable of getting just enjoyments out of life, which he shared with others. ‘ —_-—-+-——_- to seek out profiteers, better luck. We know of no profiteer who Is very <cecempeiemeenchd tiatiniceemniine THE ACTORS’ STRIKE. © CRITICISE. the actors for uniting to gain advantages in treatment and pay because it puts them down to the level of 1 is wrong and unfair. The progress of “organi- zation” must logically lead to the combination of all sorts of wage earners if they are to save themselves from the exactions of those who have already combined. There is no other way out. To assume that labor organizations can go on uncheckéd by law, or some sort of eannot stand it, and they naturally follow object lessons. School teachers are already well put together. Other public.employees are tapidly uniting. Underpaid clergymen might quite properly form a Gideon’s band and hold up the parsimonious congregation. There is ne good reason why they should not. , Let everybody organize as soon as possible against everybody else, and so achieve industrial perfection! " _ ot Congress promises not to ‘bear hard on beverages that merely look intoxicating. How sweet! ; Letters From the People ‘What, Disgruntied say xoodby to the Pe tho Raitor of the Brening World ; free and the home of th With all the writer's troubles, 5 DISGUSTED, ‘has to laugh! In a loca) paper the Vietory Block Parties, ‘other morning was an immense head~| To the Editor of The Evening World: line reading, “Labor Demands That| Dear Sir: Having noticed many re- Profiteering Cease." The next day,|/ ests in your paper under the col- “@ip milk’ went up, in midsummer|™n “Letters From the People,” I when every circumstance of produc- | WOuld like to make the following re- ‘Mon would naturally lead to a reduc- | West: ‘tion, The Milk Trust is a blot on| About this time last, year all over civilization and though the writer| Nw York parties were being held to Ahesn't a solitary child suffering be-|"¢™!nd us of the boys that went in ‘enuse of their rapacity, there are|'h® service. These were known as many women in Mew York who would | “block Parties” and furnished many to see every accomplice in the] °V?>!ngs of wholesome and clean tun, shot at sunrise—or any |!®™ & returned veteran who was in France while these were being ‘eld, but have heard much of them and Was sorry to have missed them, Now I suggest that some one start the first one and call it a “Victor: Party" in honor of the fought for them, The eity issue permits without much trouble when they learn the real meaning of them, be the fi start @ “Victory Block poy it will be riven generous! wi iven generously, Yours - “y ‘WM. DAVIS, A. E. F., ? 247 West 102d Street, New York s 7 By Sophie Irene Loeb Coprriaht, 1919, by ‘The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Brening The Finest Thing in Life Contentment HAD an interesting experience in my household, ~ A woman to do general cleaning came one Monday morning to stay for a considerable period. All ar- rangements were satisfactory and we looked forward to a reign of peace in the house, But we were very much mis- taken, The first day she was.with us she cut her hand, and every effort was made to make her comfortable, and we insisted that she do no work until it was all well self-protective opposition, is out of the question. The undefended |“*™"- ‘We sent her to the family physician, who attended tof@it, but before the week wus out we were compelled to let her go, beca' of the feeling she had made with ry member of the household. ‘We thought at first she was “new,” and because of her little trowble with her hand, she was not herself, but we found she had an ingrown disposition for bearing a grouch, She carried a chip on jhoulder all during the day, and woe ts any one wha, knocked At off, It was “her kitchen” and no one must come near, She had a certain way of doing things, and when you asked her to change it, she went about with a frown that was con- Bo everybody re- And everybody breathed a relief when she went her way. A few days later another woman came—a dear motherly Irish woman, who has ‘been working for other members of our family. And ob! what @ change, The good cheer and sweet temper she promoted everywhere, She was a joy to have in the house. She did not seem as though she were a stranger at all. She went right at -everything as though it were her own, And every time you saw her smil- ing face you just imbibed her joyous spirit and smiled yourself, Every- body in the house was her friend at once and wanted to help her in mak- ing her work less difficult. She took such an interest jn things, A torn table cloth gave her great concern, And when a thing didn't seem right to her she begged to do it over again, since she said she was “new, She works by the day and she must be a delight wherever she goes, When I think of the hard work that ie dally put before this woman in the households where she toils, I wonder at that great cheer of hers, How strong she has built, And what @ treasure her husband and ber chil- dren have in her, And when I say this, I do not just mean the work she performs, but the fine soul of her. She looks at life through its biggest glasses, She minithizes her little troubles and magnifies her blessings. The funny fittle things that happen while she works do not escape her, end she has great sport over them. She takes a keen interest in the embers of the family and does not fall to do the thing that pleases, Peo- ple look forward to the days when sbe comes to work because of the genial atmosphere she creates in the course of her labor, She is successful, because she not only gets the best pay for her kind of work, but pleasant little things are done for her all the time, She will go through life asa shining light to her family and her friends. Her efforts are not only work, but workmanship. She gives of her best. She is not making a fortuna, but she is making for the finest thing in life— contentment, She gets pleasure out of her work and you can't help show your appreciation, When all is said and done, the Mil- lennium has not yet come. There are those of us who must do the so-called common chores that make for comfort in the home, It is good beyond all measure to fing that there are still those who regard the ability to work @ boon, Knowing that tney must work they carry with them the chime of cheer rather than the ding-dong of discord, This woman, Mra. C, may easily say with Stevenson, “I know what pleasure is, for 1 have done good work,” _—_——— PATENT FACE MASK PROTECTS WEARER AGAINST DISEASE. F special interest because of the prevalence of influenza last winter is a recently pat- ented face mask. The mask proper consists of a wire frame, says Popu- lar Mechanics, bent to fit snugly to the face and covered with extremely fine-mesh wire gauze. This sprotec- tor is held in front of the nos¢ and mouth by being attached to the bows of a pair of spectacles, the lenses of which are extra large’ in order, that the eyes may be well shielded,’ The device is one that can be put on or removed easily, By Roy L. The Cheerful Houseworker| The Jar r Famil y McCardell Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Bventing World). No Growing Pains for Willie Jarr Except Those His ‘ Mother Takes About the Matter. RS. JARR called her husband to M where she was busied, balf in and bait out the closet in the children's room, when he came home the other evening. Mr, Jarr came over and Mrs, Jarr potted to the inside of the closet door and said: “T..ret What do you tbink of that? That's Willie!” “eH strenuous lad, according to the records he's left on the door,” said Mr. Jarr, “and a few more kicks would have broken the lock or splin- tered the lower panel,” “Willie has been real good for weeks and w it's over a month since I locked him in the closet,” said Mrs. Jarr. “I'm not talking about that, nor am I talking about his kicking so when he was locked in. In fact, his kicking showed he was a child of spirit. I hate children who have no temper. They're always so sneaky!” “Well, what have you brought me here to show me this battered door for?” asked Mr. Jarr, “There you gol” cried Mrs, Jarr. ‘It it was little Emma, your pet, you'd be quick enough to see it! I'm trying to show you these marks!” Mrs. Jarr pointed to two pencil marks a little over halfway up the door on the inside, beside which dates were written in Mrs. Jarr’s handwriting. “t don't see what harm a couple of pencil marks do inside a door, es- peciatly when it's all kicked and scuffed, if that’s what you mean,” said Mr. Jarr, “Nor do I see what there is to be proud of about them, for you seem to be elated, Did Willie make those marks? If so, do you think them any indication of genius as a draughtsman? Ther look like plain pencilled lines, one above the other, each about two inches long. Think you it indicates he is a Whistler?” “I'm not talking about his being a whistler,” said Mrs. Jarr. “Of course Willie does whistle; all boys do, but I always tell him to stop it in the house, If. you'd not interrupt but would Usten to me, I'd tell you that those ma show how Willie has grown in the last couple of weeks,” “On!” interrupted Mr, Jarr, “So he's grown nearly two inches in a few weeks? But, look," and Mr. Jarr pointed to the upper marks, “Why, this one is dated five weeks before the lower one! Do you mean to tell me you aré proud that the boy is grow- ing down to be a midget?” “What nonsense you talk!” snapped Mrs. Jarr, “Our Willie isn't growing down!” “He certainly is,” replied Mr, Jarr; ‘that is, unless you have put the dates on the marks wrong.” “No, I haven't,” said Mrs. Jarr, ‘The marke are right, and the dates are right.” “But the latter date is on the lower mark,” said Mr. Jarr. “If so, the child is shrinking. Except that it's not a Joking matter, I'd ask you if you have been feeding him on condensed milk.” “Now, just listen a minute,” said Mrs, Jarr. “The first mark was made five weeks ago, when he and his sis- ter Emma were having @ @ispute.” Ob," said Mr. Jarr, “I feel relieved. One. mark is the ht of Willie standing on his toes and the other is his height standing flatfooted.” “If you'd let a person explain,” said Mrs. Jarr, “you wouldn't have so much to say.” “Well, I don’t see that you are ex- plaining anything!” cried Mr. Jarr. “You bring me in here una sauw me marks on a door and seem pleased as can be because our little boy, who should be growing up, is almost two inches shorter than he was five weeks ago. Are you affected by the beat, or am I, or is Willie?” “But I was going to explain,” safd Mrs. Jarr, “if you'd only let me, that the day I measured Willle first—and there's the mark and date, the upper one—he had on his new shoes with the high heels, But this morning he had just gotten out of the bathtub, and thq closet door was open when I was dressing him, and I saw the old mark and remembered about it, and so I had him stand against the door again, and I got the ruler and lead pencil and measured how tall he was again, There's the mark—the under one—I made to-day.” “But how do you know he's grown? Maye the heels of his shoes are the difference,” suggested Mr. Jarr, “No, they are not!" sald Mre, Jarr happily. “The shoes had just been’! resoled and I held the heels between the marks, and the heels were higher than the distance between the two!” “In that cage, congratulations are in order,” said Mr. Jarr, is growing upward. You had me worrying that he was taking root!” | tunnel IO VOAQOLAL Sayings of Mrs. Solomon ‘sean By Helen Rowland : The Secret of Charm Is the Possession of the Sixth Sense—Blessed Is She Who Ie Born With It, Even as With Curling Hair and Slender Feet. ‘ Covrrieht, 1919, by The Prete Publishing Co, (The New York Rvening Worlds M’ Daughter, come not unto me saying: “Alas! Why are the things of this world so unevenly divided; that one damsel hath seven offers of marriage in one summer, while another damsel spendeth seven summers in the snaring of one offer?” For Jo, in the charming of men, as in the mixing of a salad or the making of a rarebit, neither rules nor recipes avail thee if thou tacketh the “Sixth Sense," which ts the gift of the angels unto the ehosen few. _ Now, it so happened that I watched a man while, he sought to mix the Perfect Rarebit, And he was ex~ ceedingly cautious. Behold, he held the Book of Rules before him and, even as it bade him, he measured out the cheese and apportioned the salt and the paprika, and the mustard and the butter and the ale in exact-quantities, And . at the psychological moment he stirred it prayerfully. ? ‘And none within the gates dared speak to him, nor distract him, lest he foozle it. For his name was called “Piod,” which is to say, conscientious-in-all-things. Yot, in the end, the rarebit was tougher than the heart of a meht packer, and more stringy than war silk. . But another took hold on the dish and flung therein a pound of this and a pinca of that and a dab of the other, and lightly shook then together, while he jollied the damsels and flirted with the squabs and the widows, for his name was called “Daredevil.” M . And behold, the rarebit waé smoother then a millionaire’s alfbi and more enchanting than the prospectus of a summer resort or the smile of 4 summer girl at sight of a New Man. Likewise, a damsel may be a perfect thirty-six and possess all the beauty and wit and virtue of the Three Graces to delight the heart of man. Yea, she may have read all things that ever were written concerning the luring of masculine hearts and the pleasing of a husband. Yet her days shall be spent at tatting bees and knitting clubs and hen parties and her evenings alone in the hammock. And in the end she may be left hanging upon the family tree, as the it leat of summer. a But another, whose: nose resembleth a button and whose figure re- sembl+th an Ironing board, who knoweth not a bon-mot from a bonbon, ethic from a toothache, nor a theory from a charlotte russe, shall have following after her all the days of her life, as seagulls after a ship end moths after a lantern. And in the end she shall wed whatsoever she chooseth. Fo: her ways are mixed like unto the second rarebit, by INTUITION, a word here, a smile yonder and a glance there, so that éach man believeth himself “It,” and is filled with self-admiration. 7: For such is the power of the. Sixth Sense, which some call “charm” and some call “tact” and some call “Blind Luck.” ‘ And how shall I, a mere woman, tell thee how to acquire #? For thou must be BORN with it, even as with curling hair and siqnder feet and a retrousse nose and intelligence. And could it be cultivated, then should I cease preaching and devote ALL my time to the attainment of the Sixth Sense, And tLe Sphinx should have nothing on ME! Selah! How They Made Good By Albert Payson Terhune NO. 72—PATRICK HENRY, Who-Lighted the Torch of Liberty in the South. . by The Press Publishing Company (The New York Bvening World). VIRGINIA farmer in the last half of the eighteenth com tury decided to turn storekeeper. He had good financial backing. The site he had picked put for hie store seemed excellent in every way. But the neighbors shook their heads. The opening was fine; bat they doubted that young Patrick Henry would have sense to profit by it. ) Henry Knew he could make good, But he did not’ yet know how he could do it. And every experiment left him the less certain. He had had a fine educa- tion. But he had not made up his mind how to profit by it. So he had turned farmer. Other farms on elther side of his were making big money for their owners. Tobacco was king in Virginia just then, and huge fortunes were earned by it. But Patrick Henry's tobacco crops were more or less of a dead loss. ‘ Hence, the neighbors’ doubts as to his success as a shopkeeper. And tn an incredibly short time all those doubts were justified. The store went to rrr pieces, not through any conspiracy or bad luck, but oY \ \ Failure as a because Henry apparently did not have sense enough es tauner to make it go. Ld Cheerfully he sought a new channel whereby to ——rrrnrnrnr® make good. This time he decided to utilize his fine education and to become a lawyer. He studied hard and was admitted to the bar, Then he began practice as a country lawyer. People used to smile at first, on court days, to see the homely, iH-clad ex-storekeeper—wrinkled of forehead, bushy of hair and with enormous horn apectacles pushed high up on his brow—stride up to the bench and begin to plead some petty case with as much portentous solemnity as though vast fortunes hung on its outcome. But before long people stopped grinnjng. There was nothing to grin us about. The solemn and bespectacled man was making good, Henry had powers of eloquence that swept all brfore him. It was a day when oratory still had the power to sway Judges and juries, and before lawyers and actors had learned that the oest effects are not always gained ‘by ranting. Patrick Hehry was a born orator. He was a word-wizard. He had a magnetic power that all but hypnotized his hearers, He could arouse any emotions in an audience that he might choose to, Cases were showered on Nuannnnnnrarncon> im. He was becoming one of the foremost men at Aakaa od the Colonial bar. sien Putshation’ From law to politics has ever been the shortest ery letism. § and most natural step. This step Patrick Henry now took. And once more he made good. The’ country lawyer was developing into a great statesman at a time when ourt® land needed statesmen. ‘The Revolution was near at hand, Patrick Henry foresaw what must follow. He threw all his mighty talents into the conflict, His wae the plan Yommittee of Correspondence,” whereby the widely strewn Colonies were united into one purpose and one course of action, i His eloquence steadied the waverers and inflamed men everywhere with the fire of patriotism. The South gave signs of lagging behind the New England Colonies in the matter of zeal and of preparedness. Patrick Henry risked arrest and even death by lighting the torch of Liberty in the South and of stirring up his fellow-Southerners to swift and vehement action, ‘Then—early in 1775—came the immortal speech hefore the Virginia Con. vention—the “Liberty or Death” speech, which sounded the trumpet blast of war and which marked Henry for all time as a peerless orator and inspired trot. parpatrick Henry had made good. After years of fruitless experiment he had found the thing he could do better than could any one else, And, find- ing this, he also found deathless fame, | Newest Notes of Science. 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