The evening world. Newspaper, August 18, 1919, Page 14

THE INTERBOROUGH. ‘ANCES warrant the closest inquiry into the relation- ship of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and their private labor organization in the matter of strike responsibil- ity. The pressure for increased fare has been great, the cost of oper- has gone up heavily and the burdens of the corporation have expanded. That these are beyond its carrying capacity is yet The Mayor quite properly wants to be shown. 60 do people of New York. Mayor Gaynor was quoted as saying after last franchise was accorded the corporation thet he had “given ity.” He had indeed! The city’s terms were gracious. made financing easy. No one dreamed of such condi- risen out of the war. No one believes now that these remain permanent if left alone. There is a wide- of the profiteers to make them eo. This the has been slow and patient with a The Interbo: has grasped the logical and is more than willing to join its entirely disposed to share the loot. union, the public sustains it. ation vastly to be F i f | : H Lt I i to = : ‘ Genstor Thomas, of Colorado, makes the pertinent suggestion that Congress go on strike and pass no more bills until assured of re-election. A just end proper suggestion. It ought to be carried ‘out if Congress is to remain truly “representative.” ———— LOCKING THE DOORS. N TOP of an immigration law already drastic in its character a fur greater number to the protec- Under the Republican theory of protection, k to be repeated with labor. To “con- American standard of living” the most useful people—those do the digging and lifting—are to be shut out, labor is to be and we are ail to be rich and happy after an world politics that was. to destroy our “isolation.” Burope may there congest and thus competition with us, drive us out ‘ips home empty and leave us a people ¢ , is of no concern, We can fix that a Republican meant ee our fat, ™ ee tt ‘Wood alochol disguised as “pure rye” has killed two citizens the Bronx, ‘The demon will not be denied his toll. I —] fas See benup ee svete i‘ ON TO PARIS! 'E HOPE President Wilson will be firm in his purpose to send Senators Lodge and Knox to Paris. These persistent com- plainants will become defendants right after their first Pp on the Bois de Boulogne. ‘is still a good cure, i! The hair of the dog that bit you te ‘The fickleness of Venus is well illustrated in the British report ‘that while the female figure in Britain has improved under the in- uence of war-time exertion, feminine fect are bigger. Alas, for Perfect pulchritude! Is it fated that there shall be no such thing? Letters From the People A New Angie, the Editor of The Evening World: Burkan in an open letter in New York papers and ad~ to Frank Gillmore of the Act- ors’ Equity Association makes a beau- about the Producing Man- lation steadfastly standing re of the theatrical profes- are loyally standing by the teresis of the theatre ang ite im the “discreditabie” strike “now in progress. It is very alice of the / “foyal members” to stand by the public Song Bi: ‘6 00d and proper for seeing which their patronage keeps going? If ‘their houge out direct to the public | ‘through their own ticket office, ihe Actors’ Equity would have the utmost of every theacregver. If a sh i oo sana nn of standing a low ant to ough tne ‘public has Lo "purc 4 has to hase kets t! ‘speculators. It is good take itter A Letter With @ Kick ‘To the Eétor of The Brening World: With your kind permission 1 re- Quest that you publish in your valu- able paper the following few line: Early in September, 1917, 1 was among the very first men ‘who was drafted for service, entrained for camp and made a man to fight the boche for the sake of democracy. 1 finally embarked for France and was on the firing line for six months’ actual active service, risking and go- ing through all sorts of sacrifices willingly, Altogether, I have worn the uniform for nineteen months. Now the war is over, and thank God I came out safely, and naturally 1 have been seeking employment but so far I have failed. Finally, I applied at the 1. R. T. and I was told that I am too short for either a conductor or guard. Now what I am trying to bring out t# this: | was and I still am im perfect condition of health to fight for the United States, but | am thrown down by the I. R. T. becalise I am just a trifle too short. tt just goes to show what a fine mess we in the United States are coming to. Everywhere I apply for a job. I think that a short fellow like me—five feet ene inch—has no chance at all in this country; but 1 Was an Al man for facing the desperate boche, That is the kind of thi oT get. 1 trust that you will publish this letter, and 1 am obligingly a former private in the All American Division, 326th In- fantry, JOSEPH D, MANGINE, 4 = Fong ean @tveet, N. ¥, City. Pe ¥ The Jarr Family By Roy L. Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing McCardell Company (The New York Bvening World). Mr. and Mrs. Jarr Discuss. Out and Indoor Sports : Proffered According to Gender 66] THINE I? take an afternoon off," remarked Mr. Jarr, “What would you say if I were to tell you that I was going to the ball game this afternoon? Would you put up & squawk?” “Please don't talk that way to me!” ‘said Mrs. Jarr. “One would think to hedr you talk that I henpecked you thing terrible! Of course, you can go to the ball game, only I do think if you have an afternoon off you might take me somewhere.” Cwesne the matter with your go- ing with me, then?” asked Mr. Jarr, “Ld rather not, if you please,” re- plied Mrs. Jarr, “Lt went with you oficd, and all 1 could see was a lot of men in their shirt sleeves shouting ‘Kill the robber!’ Then one man shook a-stick at a ball, and then was told to sit down. The idea of a lot of men sliding around in the dirt and chewing gum_and getting themselves all dirty and perspiring in the hot sun while you and ten thousand other idiots screamed and groaned!” “Basebal] is the greatest exercise except chess in the world!” said Mr. Jarr; “but if you don’t want to go and will name something that will interest ‘ou miore, why, lead me to it!" “Oh, never mind!" said Mrs, Jarr, “My dressemaker is back from the country, I'll go see her, or go shop- ping; or maybe I'll run in to see Clara Mudridge-Smith, she's back from Atlantic City, I hear.” “I thought you were mad at her?” said Mr, Jarr. “Why, not at all,” said Mrs. Jarr, “We never had a word, Besides, Mrs, Briskett has gone to Canada to visit relatives for a while.” “What bas that to do with itt” asked Mr, Jarr. “It was Mrs, Briskett made all the trouble,” said Mrs, Jarr, "She never liked me to be with Clara Mudridge- Smith, 1 never saw such a jealous woman." “The way you two would get to- gether and pan the Mudridge-Sinith person was” “T don’t know what you mean by that odious slang," interrupted Mrs. Jarr, said anything against Clara Mud- ridge-Smith you say what isn’t so, She's worth two of Edith Brisket any day!" “What's the matter with women that they are all divided up Into little cliques?” asked Mr, Jarr. ‘I've Boticed that you can only be “but if you mean that I ever! with one other woman at a time. Sometimes it’s Mrs. Rangle and sometimes: ‘Mra. Stryver and some- times it’s Clara Mudrigde-Omith and sometimes it’s this now friend, Mrs. Briskett, But when you are with one of them the others must feel their ears burn.” “That isn't true!” said Mre. Jarr, “T treat everybody alike.” | "You criticise the absent alike you are with the others, you mean,” said Mr, Jarr, “I think you could spend your time better than eavesdropping when my friends call,” said Mrs. Jarr, with ome heat. “You groan when you see jany of them coming and get out of ‘the room if you can, but I can tell ‘from what you say that you must ‘listen, Although, I always speak well of everybody.” “1 can’t help hearing if I am tn the same block,” said Mr, Jarr, “The way the absent friends are roasted is sure @ caution.” “No worse than the way men talk @bout their friends,” said Mrs. Jarr stoutly. “And I'm sure I do not criti- cise anybody. I can’t help it if people tell me things. And Clara Mudridge- Smith is a sweet girl, she may be Just @ little critical, but she doesn't mean any harm.” “And now Mrs, Briskett is going away, you and the sweet girl who means no harp will get together and pity the poor people in’ Canada,” said Mr. Jarr, “We'll do nothing of the kind,” said Mrs. Jarr.’ “Of course Clara Mud- ridge-Smith didn't like Mrs. Briskett and I can't blame her after the way Mrs. Briskett talked about her, © But Mrs. Briskett doesn't like me to go with anybody else.” ~ “And now she is going to Canada you'll take up with the one that stays behind? That {!s she stays behind when she isn't away.” “Well, what good would it do me | td Aight Mrs. Briskett’s battles when | she ls golng away?” asked Mrs, Jarr, “Then you'll be thick with Mrs, | Mudridge-Smith and the tw of you | Will, roast Mrs, Rangle and Mrs. | Stryver as well as the absent Bris- ket?” asked Mr. Jarr, “How silly you talk!’ sald Mrs, Jarre, “Why, Clara Mudridge-Smith is going to drive me out in her car to the sfryvers’ country place this afternoon.” r “Who will, get the roasting ! By J. H. Cassel What to Do Until The Doctor Comes » By Charlotte C. West, M. D. ‘aeseilncenieridensSlodelliibaasetetitnmcaticistnatinsiasiabaheetadenhineteeieniassmntod Series of Articles Written Esptcially for The Evening World Cholera Morbus HOLERA MORBUS isa serious condition that sometimes occurs in epidemic form. Warm weather, drinking contaminated water or milk, eating unripe and uncooked greens ire some of the exciting causes, The house fly plays a role in carrying the germs which give cise to summer diarrheas, of which cholera morbus is a type. \AGAZIDE The Woman of It By Helen Rowland Coprright, 1919, by The Prem Publishing Co. (The New York Brening World). Here Is a Frank Confession From One of the Gentler Sex—Does It Make You Smile, Weep, Sniff, Blush—or Sympathize? 66] WANT to ask you a heart-to-heart question,” writes a Woman Phil- ] osopher. ’ “Tell me—are Women still primitive, “Or am I just ‘different? “Ought I to be pitied or scorned—or merely chloro~ formed? “I am neither a tender debutante, nor is ate Old-Fashioned-Woman,’ “Neither a love-lorn sentimentalist, nor e-woman- with-a-sorrow, “But a professional woman of several years’ ex- perience! “I manage to hold my Job and keep bodse with one hand, “While I cater to my busband and hold onto my cook with the other. ry “I make my own hats, my own political opinions and,my ofm philoso phy of life. : “I drew my own salary, my own checks and “And YET—— / “Although I am modern to my finger tips—and have travelled all my life— “I have never learned how to check a trunk so that it will reach ite destination, “Nor how to decipher a railroad time table, “Nor how to keep my bank account balanced. “And I invariably indorse a check upside down. “and always alight from a street car backward, “And never remember by any chance to date a letter. “I tremble every time I have to face a business problem—even if it's only an argument over the grocers dill, ’ “And le awake all night with nervous dread whenever I have to go Wavelling alone. “I am afraid of cows, “And of spiders and beetles, and ocean waves, “And of burglars and mice, and lightning and thunder, “And of crossing Fifth Avenue and Broadway without a policeman, “And of EVERYTHING! “I believe in Woman Suffrage, and have made lovely afterdinner speeches about it, “And yet, when I weat around the corner to cast my first vote, “I was patalyzed with embarrassment of fear, or the sense of respon sibility—or ‘something! “And my fingers were so cold I could hardly hold a pencil, “And I hadn't even the nerve to fib about my age! ‘ “And what I want to know is, “Am I unique—or merely ‘inferior?’ “Am I original—or merely aboriginal? “Do I need a nerve specialist—or have men so weakened the backbones of women by taking the initiative and all the résponsibilities for years arid yeare, “That we shall have to grow NEW backbones? “Because I know a lot of women “Who are JUST LIKE ME! “Although they would rather DIE than admit it!” oe 8 6 Now, what poor, benighted, spineless Daughter of Eve, do you suppose wrote the above foolish and incriminating confession? Oh, well, if you MUST know, I wrote it myself! The Mayor of Delhi By Bide Dudley Copyright, by ‘The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Bvening World), \He Settled a Strike Absolutely Through the Force of His Personality AYOR CYRUS PBRKINS] him? demanded the Congressman WALKER of Delhi proved] “Is it his fault that they are so care- himself @ man of much per-|less? I ask you.” sonal force Friday by settling a| ‘That'll be ail right,” replied Miss strike at the Home Hotel on Tiger my own conclusions. i IN o Lily Avenue and Botts Street. The six waitresses, headed by Miss Talu- lah Hanks, struck at the supper An attack usually comes on quite suddenly with griping pains in the} nour because Congressman Hiram abdomen, siderable tniret water coplously. (This should never may extend to the legs and feet. Vomiting, diarrhea, with rice-water stools, colic, muscular cramps, sup- pression of urine, cyanosis (bluish duskiness of the skin) and collapse may terminate fatally in ten or twelve hours. The patient speedily presents a shocking appearance, due to the rapid withdrawal of fluid from the tissues. The skin ts shrunken, wrinkled, in- elastic and covered with clammy per- ‘spiration, the features are shrunken, nose pinched and chéeks hollow. From this description it will be) geen that preventive treatment will) prove more advantageous than any measures to combat a severe attack that hag made great headway. In hot weather especially, unripe fruits, indigestible foods and heavy meals of any character should be strictly forbidden, When an attack is seen in the first stage (abdominal cramps) at once administer an emetic, It is best not to wait until severe symptoms develop, but to rid the| stomach of any offending material) which may be the exciting cause. Predisposing causes, such as the) various bacilli that give rise to diarrheal conditions, are always present to a greater or less extent in the intestinal tract. In children, tickling the palate with a feather, or even the finger, ts usually sufficient to induce vomit- if this is not successful and ab- dominal cramps become severe, ad- ard you three meet again?” asked Mr. Jarr. “Why Mr. Briskett will, She! won't be there and none of them like her," said Mrs, Jarr unthinkingly. And when Mr. Jarr laughed grimly, Mrs. Jarr said it wasn't as bad as drinking together like men did—or, rather, like they used to—or going to baseball, games and pretending they enjoyed it, bearing down and great prostration. "There is often con- pon gens al gs and the above symptoms are augmented by drinking a Skink, who owns per: hosteiry, refused to bar his dog, Bin- go, from the dining room. The dog: it seems, had the habit of running water (one teaspoonful of mustard {about among the tables and begging in @ cupful of hot water). A large| its of,meat from the diners, Every dose of castor oll may also be given. |once in.a-while one of the six walt- After vomiting has been induced an|resses would stumble over Bingo and excellent home remedy consists in| spill. food and dishes all over the the extract or essence of Jamaica|fioor. Almost every day they would ginger in hot water. Blackberry cor-| request Congressman Skink to bar dial or compound cordial of black-| tbe dog from the room, but he stead- berry and ginger are also very good| tastly refused. to check light attacks, Friday evening Mayor Walker took The usual remedies for this condi-| Mrs, Walker to the hotel for supper. tion (cholera mixtures) that have, The dining room was full when Bin~ heretofore been on sale in the shops} go appeared. The dog stopped at the are now forbidden by law, as they|Mayor’s table and wagged his tail. contain opiates. The following com-|The Mayor had just tossed Bingo bination has many times proved its/a piece of gristle when Miss Talulah worth, in quite severe conditions of|Hanks came along carrying a tray | done.) Severe muscular cramps tall. Out goes the dog or we go out.” The Mayor saw it was time to get into the argument, his prunes and coffee, Arising he hela up one hand, “Ladies,” he said addressing the resses, “do you like me?” ‘Sure, Mayor!” said Miss Taluiah. “And you are my friend, Congress man?” “Yes, indeed.” ¢ “Then, as a compromise, I suggest that the dog be allowed in the dining. room on Mondays, Wednesdays a: Fridays only.” * “That's all right with me," paid the He hadn't had summer cholera: camphor, 1 ounce; Moffman's anodyne, 2 ounces; dose, 2 to 5 drops on sugar every 20 min- utes until relieved. With rectal 1 rigation of the intestinal tract, as will be described later, an onrushing attack can usually be aborted, If the patient has passed into the stage of diarrhea and vomiting, ap- ply hot’ mustard poultices, or hot turpentine stupes, to the abdomen and extremities, ‘Although the stomach will retain little, if anything, 'give hot coffee, whiskey or brandy by the mouth. If thirst is excessive give crackéd ice covered with lemon Juice, Remember collapse is due largely to diarrhea which has drained the system of fluid, and we must re- lieve this condition if possible, Much of the rectal injection will be ex- pelled, so that we must repeat it within an hour or two, The efficacy of the injections wil! be greatly en- hanced by adding from to 20 grains of tannic acid, from #0 to 40 drops of iaudanum and 50 grains of gum arabic to. each full injection—two quarts at a temperature of 101 de- grees-F. to 108 degrees F. Two, or at the most three,, injections are uaually followed by tranquil ‘sleep, loaded with goodies of various kinds, In making a dive for the gristle, Bingo hit the legs of the waitress, and she fell to the floor, Stewed prunes and jelly flew in ail directions, {and it was right there that the wait- resses struck, Congressman Skink appeared and was addressed by Miss Talulah, “We have asked you on numerous occasions to keep this ddg out of this room at meal times,” said the girl. “Eevry one of us has fell over him some time in our Hfe and been thus badly mortified as well as mak- ing an awfu] mess, Now we demand that you give him the vamoose or we will not work for you longer." The Congressman cleared his throat while the waitresses and diners waited,.all deeply’ interested, in my family ever since he was & pup, the same being about eleven years, Once he saved my son from drowning in the Little Poopie River and, at another time, he bit a tramp who wa hanging about this hotel suspiciously. In the light of these achievements I can not consider him anything but a tried and true friend,” “Proceedt" yelled Mayor Walker, “What if theg, girls do fall over Congressman. “He'll have to bunt around the city dump for. his meals on the other days.” The waitresses beld a conference Finally Miss Talulah spoke up. “We will agree, Mayor, on one cone dition,” she said, “And what is that?” “That you give cach of us a pait of silk stockings like you gave Bedelig Ramsome, the last head waitress we had.” Silence spread over the room, was @ tense moment, Finally Mra Walker arose and went out, ‘The Mayor was visibly embarrassed, : “There 18 some mistake,” he! said, “However, I imagine the hotey will furnish the stockings through an ap. propriation for that purpose. Now, J must go home, We have a little whist party on for to-night. ‘The Mayor left hurriedly and the irls went back fas net the whole town talking ooo There 's . uch indignation, pate, ety A SPEEDY CuRE. N Irishman who had sent for the A doctor for the first time in hig life watched with astonish. ment while the physician took his Clinical thermometer trom its case, slipped it under the patient's armpit, and told him to keep it there for @ second or two, Mike lay still, almost afraid t« breathe, but when the doctor removed the thermometer he drew a long ~ ‘breath and exclaimed; a dale better already, Ideas, J ) I do fea} —Londos 4 Talulah, “but we have fell our last 7% n