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ESTANLISHED BY JOSEPH ene City Benes OnE how. tow To PULITZER, - ublshing Company, Nos. 63 ent, 63 Park le MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, eel SRSA SUE DEOMI Wiis ecksscocceusss sees “PUT UP OR SHUT UP!” "It, + NO. 21,200 .. League of Nations in the Senate. : ’ “If It ts not to be this arrangement, what arrangement do You suggest to secure the peace of the world? “It i & case of put up or shut up. If the gentlemen who don't like what was done in Paris think they can do something om Dotter, I beg that they will hold their convention soon and do 1G it now,” t ' to want. practicable and immediately attainable between the nations whose ‘4 co-operation is recognized as most needed to insure its success. Re- |. publican Senators are offering no alternative plan for which they ca guarantee the consent and support of fourteen nations. ‘ ‘That is the exasperating injustice the country feels in the atti- a tade of the Republican obstructionists. They have no perfect scheme : ‘of their own to guard the peace of the world. Yet they insist that : the probability of war shall not be lessened by the one plan available * and ready to put in action, because they deem that plan imperfect! The chief imperfection in the League of Nations for Lodge, a Borah et al. is and always will be the fact that Woodrow Wilson had b hand in framing it, All else is words and more words to blind the q public to the paltry, partisan character of the real motive. Re? But the public is not Yooled. On the contrary, it is more and flatly disgusted at the spectacle of Republican Senators who, better to offer, go on trying to talk the League of to death in s desperate effort to discredit the President, them put up or shut up. : Oe eee nem te see et me LOWER TELEPHONE RATES. EGINNING the first of next month telephone subscribers in this city will have the benefit of an 8 per cent. reduction in telephone bills and a five-cent rate for » five-minute the limits of the five boroughs. The annual saving to New Yorkstelephone users will be upwards of $3,500,000. ‘This concession obtained from the New York Telephone Com- 4 by the Public Service Commission of the Second District, fol- _» * lowing The World’s disclosure of the $17,000,000 profits the company _ | @ampaign to lower telephone rates in‘this city, the last great previous vietory in which was won by The Evening World in 1915 when the — it phone rate was extended to larger areas of Greater New "The new rates are subject to review and possible further reduc- tion in one yéar’s time if the company’s financial showing justifies 4 cut, It cannot Le said that the New York Telephone Company has reduced its rates because of a change in its sentiments toward the vad | public. On the other hand, the part the Public Service Commission _, has played in securing the result distinctly encourages public faith in ite usefulness. The record of the New York Telephone Company has always indicated that it would probably be one of the last public service corporations to recognize that business with the publie thrives _ best on full mutual confidence and respect. _—_ Ho Secretary of Commerce Redfietd says ne “business affairs require his ant hee ee relations between the high coat of living and Government ser- vice have become strained? ————— THE EX-KAISER’S FATE. XPLAINING the decision of the Peace Commission as to formal " indictment and trial of the former German Emperor, Secre- z tary of State Lansing toltl the Boston Bar “In the end it was decided that a report could not be made charging the Kaiser with legal criminality for beginning the war or invading Belgium and Luxembourg. It was recognised that he had committed a great moral crime and unpardonable offense against humanity, but the commission was forced to ‘tind that there was no positive law declaring such acts as he ‘had committed to be criminal and imposing @ penalty on the perpetrator.” In after years civilization may find Association: rible punishment for an unpardonable be inflicted by a humanity that to th ( Tefuses either to pardon or to permit him one vestige of martyrdom, ot How many American flags are there in the Cit: of Ne York? That's the number that shou! : is Id be out in honor Pershing next Wednesday, me At Gem, aa ha tl Letters From the People nearly three yea Tour editorial in to-day's World on ent Sectors’ strike was read with in- 1 must, howev statement, them all! You have Aching, the above statement if wish. we World ts ti zsh. a be the Wwe samt, 3. 1919, oi 0 ‘ ‘afoul bows peolinind bare HE President’s plain words at Indianapolis made a big hit with millions of Americans who have become convinced that argu- ment and appeal in the name of national interest and honor ate wasted on the kind of partisan perversity that is opposing the A chief reason why the country long since lost patience with Senator Lodge and his band is their utter failure to propose any other means of establishing and safeguardigg the world peace they profess ‘These opponents of the League have all along wilfully ignored the fect that as it stands, the result of months of close discussion, proposal, counter proposal and compromise, it is the ONE agreement ‘ itself taking pride in the fect that it set up no ex post facto laws to punish the Kaiser, Ter: offense against humanity can e end of the guilty one’s life [pf the Actors’ Equity Association for |band ge Tam in @ position | home? T am with them “heart and soul,” God biess ™) permission for pub- 308 ow te h Coprriaht, 181, by the Prem Publishing Dead WOMAN writes me deploring the fact that her husband is a “dead one.” She does all her own housework be- sides making clothes and caring for her three children, Her complaint is , that he never takes the family out any- where, “Month in fand month out, it is same old thing,” she deplores. She defies any one to have # cleaner household or better children, and she cannot understand why some measure of reward should not come to her in the way of amusement, Her husband seems to be “set in his way.” He is eatisfied to read the paper and go to bed, Occasignally he goes to « “lodge meeting,” but as for his showing any attention to his family, or any pleasure—it isn’t done. If all she says is true, I agree with the wite, He is a “dead one.” Some day he will wake up to find he is an old man with a young wife and young children. And worse still, he will have lost ber affection and even her respect, IT am acquainted with another fam- ily in which the opposite ts true, The husband is fond of fun and wants his wife to get something out of life be- sides domestio work and care of children. But she wijl have none of it. She is a “sit-at-hor She sews fancy work until two or three o'clock in the morning, and heaves a sigh of relief when the bit of finery is put From the West! at Is a Dead One? By Sophie Irene Loeb Co, (The New York Evraing World, has piled up in the last four years, marks ono more step in the long| The Writer Here Gives Nineteen Specific Cases of Ones. ‘The mother who wants her daughter to marry “Morieybags” and old age at the expense of youth, ‘The man who looks at woman as 50 much chattel and goes on the theory that pleasure is “for men only.” The individual who insists on using cumbersome old-fashioned things because it is “the good old way.” The man who believes that all mothers-in-law are meddlesome wom- en and who will not recognize a good one, , The girl who 1s too prim to wear Stylish clothes when she can, and wonders why she is a wallflower, The man*who has no time for any thing but business and is looking for the far-off day when he can quit. ‘The girl who refuses to join in various healthful sports for fear of soiling her clothes, The bookworm and everlasting student who studies life but never lives it, Tho man who thinks that his busi- ness will prosper only because his father built up a good name. The college boy who believes that & football medal will be the “open sesame” to his business career, The boy who lets his mother choose his girl, The wife who fails to be her bus- band's best fellow. The preacher who is forever preach- 5 ra The man who does not dance him- self and decries every:one else who does, The person who is constantly ad- vocating the doctrine of don't. He who prates of the past and can- Not see the present. ‘The soldier who is still at war. And above all, the “dead one” is he or she who forgets that ‘time and tide walt for no man.” By Rube t “H at Horse's Neck come out?” asked Newcomer of Doo. as they came in on the 7.55 A.M. “Haven't you heard about that?” asked Doo in turn, and without wait- ing for a reply continued: “The sus- pense over that election was un- equalled except, possibly, in the na- tlonal Presidential election of 1916, when Mr, Hughes won out in the preliminaries and semi-finals and Wilson carried off the trophy in the finals, “It was like this: The Horse's Neck outfit ig divided into two factions and so evenly divided that the ab- sence of one or two members from a meeting ts lable to reverse any fore- gone victory with @ full membership present. “In the election for foreman, each faction, of course, had @ candidate, both of them crack-a-jack firemen and good fellows—not up to the class of Chief Snow or Gus, the Harbor- master, or Jim Moose, any one of whom could handle an incipient holo- caust on ten minutes’ notice—but good, rellable summer home, garage or cow-barn firemen, One was an old-timer, the other a comparative newcomer, a commuter who has only lived there eight or ten years, “It looked at first as if the old- timer had a cinch, but as the cam- Paign progressed the commuter can- didate showed increasing strength, and his supporters freely predicted his election, based on the need of up- {p-date methods and the demand for recognition of the commuting ele- away in a drawer for the company that rarely comes, She is very strict with the children, and is making little “dead ones” out of them too, They do not have the same spirit as other children, because they are kept in—away from others, and only have their quiet, tollsome little mother for a companion, . Unconaciously she becomes peevish when the work accumulates and then she is not company for “man or beast.” Is it any wonder the hus- the social life away from In like manner, } could cite many instances of “dead ones," ‘They are: ‘The father who has sowed his wild oats and expects his son to he a jerude, A How It Started “It Cuts Friendship” 66] LL give you a cont for them,” I said the recipient of a pair of exquisite gold embroidery scis- Hardly,” you would say, “an ex- change to absolve one from recipro- cating next Christmas. But it was not intended to, It was just an at- tempt to evade the law of lore, to live up to the letter while violating the spirit. For it is written or rather cut into the pages of superstition that a gift of knife or scissors cut- teth in twain the love or friendship between him that giveth and him that recelveth By Hermine eustadtl |called, keeping within the law. And it is not requisite that value be re- celved, Among the middle’ classes during the reign of Elizabeth in England, the staple for wedding gifts was a pair of scissors, Those who ventured into the bonds of matrimony were bom- darded with scissors as a bridal couple is to-day with candle eticks and flower vases. Let us hope they were good dodgers! The purpose of this gift was to arm the prospective husband and wife with a weapon for severing the knot should it hecome painful, In the language of the day: “Fortune doth give these paire of It is the science of the age—getting @round the law or, as it is sometimes huives lo you, ‘To cut of love ¥f it be untrue, . TheGayLifeof aComr.uter. Towner Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World), The Postponed Fire Election. OW did the fire election over ment, which was becoming too nu- merous to be much longer ignored. “Ten days before election both sides recognized that two or three majority would be the best either candidate could ‘hope for. The old- timer’s friends were hoping for a 00d cow-barn fire at which the live- stock would be saved, thus uniting the old-timers and winning the sym- pathy of the new commuters. “The backers of the commuter can- didate wanted him to send over to Paradise and borrow Gus's helmet and dazzle the old-timers, but both candidates were men who would scorn to win except on real merit. “A week before the election both sides made a thorough ¢: and each arrived at the same result. The canvass showed 18 for the old-time? and 18 for the commuter—and one— Hen Cooler, non-committal, “Then the campaign to win Hen's vote began and for a week it raged day and night—mostly at night at the Brookside Cafe, where Hen would start at 2.76 and finish above par every night. “The very first night two of the old-timer’s workers reported that Hen's vote was a cinch, He had held off in the early part of the eve- ning, refusing to commit himself, but at 10 P.M. he had promised one worker to vote for the old-timer and at 11 P.M, had indistinctly but with great emphasis reaffirmed his prom- tse to the other old-timer, “The jubilation among the old+ timers over this report lasted only a day, for the following day it was truthfully reported that on the previ- ous evening Hen had solemnly prom- ised, in the presence of the proprietor of the! Brookside Cafe, to vote for the commuter candidate, the cafe propri- etor also favoring that candidate and advanging a potent argument in the form of several rounds ‘on the house.’ “But the next. day it was reported that Hen had returned to his first candidate after a long, damp session at a rival cafe, “The following day, however, the political weather signs were ‘falling barometer and increased bumidity,’ for Hen was seen coming out of the Brookside Cafe with two of the com- muter’s workers, all three steering an nneharted course up the main street. “When the night of the election came both sides were as uncertain of Hen's vote as at the beginning,” Doo continued with a chuckle, “Hen came to the meeting late, al- No. Penetrating a eMagazines How They Made Goo By Albert Payson Terhune’ j Copsriaht, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World). 83—Sir Richard Burton, Who Made Good by Forbidden City. B WAS a wild, quarretsome, undisciplined fellow—the wayward grandson of an English clergyman. forever \ getting .into trouble, From boyhood, he was There was a rumor that the swarthy young giant had gypsy blood. And, assuredly, he had , the gypsy love for wandering and for lawlessness. 4 Richard Burton entered Oxford at nineteen. fellowstudent laughed at his mustache. This was in 1840, & Burton challenged him at ones to mortal combat. This and other escapades led to Burton's expulsion from college. Next he entered the and flerce temper again landed him in hot water, ‘with the East India Company. British Army. There insubordination And he took service ‘The chief reason for his consenting to such employment was that he’ had become fanatically eager about the Orient and everything that per tained to it. He had a genius for learning Oriental languages and cus toms. Perhaps his alleged gypsy blood made him proficient along this line. But, in any case, he was soon the best Oriehtalist in the East India Com~ Panyts service, Then, in 1853, came his chance to make good and to win deathless fame. “There was a huge white blot on the maps of Central Arabia,” writes his biographer, “where no European had, ever-been. Bur- ton planned to journey thither and to remove this dis- world at large. Mohammedans might set foot. For centuries Mecca had been tl It was a place of utter mystery to 1 Europe was keenly inquisitive as to Bo hedged in was the Mecca pil, Prayers and rituals and salutations, lem fellow-pilgrims. Burton undertook to make this tered native customs as readily as And he kept on. All the time he wa: shrines. ‘ One his immortal book and mysteries of Mecca. He had m: ‘osity of literature.” dans went thither on pilgrimages to the Prophet's Shrine. Christians as had ventured near the city were killed without mercy. And all studied the subject from all its thousand angles. Indian Pathan, he joined a pious caravan bound for Medina and Mecca. At every step of the long jdurney his life was in danger. Picton fell on him. But his ready wit and absolute fearlessness saved hit. Life it with the other pilgrims. Constantly in Danger. $ escaped alive. creditable blank from the map.” He was only partly successful in this task, but it led him to an exploration which had far more interest to the It led him to Mecca, a “forbidden city,” jn which none but he sacred centre of the Moslem world. he rest of mankind. Pious Mohamme- But such few the mysterious place. grimage with myriad native and relig- fous ceremonials that it seemed impossible for any foreigner to undertake it. Even a thorough knowledge of Arabic was by no means enough, for such a venture. For a pilgrim must be familiar with countless little customs and which were unknown except to Mos- lems. Any breach of one of these ceremonials would brand the intruder as # Christian, and would lead to his instant death at the hands of his Mos- terribly perilous pilgrimage. He mas- he had mastered the language. Hu Then, disguised as an Once, sus; 8 studying the country, the people, tha He reached the forbidden city of Mecca and enterec There he went through thy strange ritual; made hundreds of secret observations and Back to Europe he came in safety, to writu which lays bare the long-hidden rites ade good. His book and himself were all at once world-famous. Lane Poole says of this book: Its grim humor, keen observation and reckless inebriety of opinion, expressed in peculiar and uncouth but vigorous language, make It a euri- The Jar By Roy L Copyright, 191 The Jarr Children Find by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). r Family . McCardell More Thrills in Celluloia Than Sawdust. HBRE'S a circus down Snyder's vacant can't Wwe go to-night, please?” whined Willie. Jarr as soon as his father came home the other evening. I wanna g0, “An' I wanna go, too! too!” cried little Miss Jarr, “Oh, dear, these children are al- ways never satisfied!” whimpered Mrs. Jarr. ‘ “That's what I say,” remarked Mr. Jarr, “Besides, they saw the big cir- cus last year and circuses are all the “Yet a year makes @ big difference to children,” ventured Mrs, Jarr, as the children began to moan, “and the admission is cheap—and Willie and Emma have been good to-day.” “Ah, I see you want to go your- self," sald Mr. Jarr. : “I do not," replied Mrs. Jarr, “but all the children in the neighborhood are going and I don't see why our children can't, And you must take them, They can't be out at night at @ clrcus without some older person along.” “Oh, very well, then!” said Mr. Jarr, ‘But I don't see why I have to go, I'd rather stay at home, Can't you take them!” “How can I take care of two of them when there'll be a crowd?" asked Mrs. Jurr. “Willie is wild about the circus and If I was to take my eyes off him one minute he would ‘be down among the men and horses or with the clowns, I don't care to go. You take the children and let them see it.” But !t was finally decided it would be necessary for both parental moni- tors to go to take care of the chil- dren, Then Mrs, Jarr suggested that Mr. Jarr better go purchase the tickets right away in good time for the night performance, as the circus lot was no great distance away, “Oh, we'll have plenty of time to get them to-night if we go a little early.” “That's always the way with you!” said Mrs, Jarr sharply, “You put off everything till the last! We'll be standing In line, maybe, with a rough crowd and we won't get good seats!” “We will if you get dressed and though runners were looking for him everywhere; took a seat in a corner and, refusing to listen to any afgu- ment, fell asleep. “After much oratory on both sides a ballot was taken, The supporters of the old-timer cast a solid vote, as did the eighteen advo- cates of the commuter, “Hen had not only gone to sleep, but he had passed out and all efforts to rouse him failed. They simply couldn't wake him up.” “How ‘did it come out finally?" asked Newcomer, “They had to adjourn the meeting,” said Doc, “and now both sides are talking about a compromise candi- | dete. “But what about Hen?" insisted Newoomer, “Oh, Hen says he's still open to argument!" , in lot, . paw, wanting something— they're eighteen | ready in goog time, and get the ehil- dren dressed and ready,” Mr, Jape declared, “so let's havé supper early @nd get away as soon as we can.” “You know as well as I do that 'm Mot the one that delays,” said Mra Jarr, “But if you don’t go now 1 know all the best tickets will be sold and we should be there early ag the children like to see the animals,” “Ot, we'll be there in time,” sald Mr. Jarr, “This Uttle circus won't have much of a menagerie, and even if they don’t see the animals they can see monkeys and elephants and all other sorts at the’ zoo anytime.” “It isn't like seeing them at the cir- cus, where they can feed them pea- nuts,” said Mrs, Jarr, “and they wil want to see the giant and the blue ‘man and ail the freaks. You know how children are, Do you think 1 would bother myself about the clrous if it wasn't for the children?” “Well, get them dressed and let's have supper and hurry off,” said Mr, Jarr. Mrs. Jarr looked puzzled. “Little Emma has such a cold tnat she certainly can't go out in the night air, circus or no circus,” she sald. “And so, she'd cry her eyea out*if Willie went and she was left behind, Oh, why didn’t you say ‘no’ to them! Can't we go some other night?” “I think this is only @ one night circus,” replied Mr. Jacr. “If that's the case, we'll have to go to-night,” said Mrs, Jarr, “Of course, I don't care to go, but we'd better go and get through with it” So on this basis Mr, and Mrs, Jarr and the ehtldren went to the ojreus, all the way Mr. Jarr discoursing on how crazy he was about the circus when a boy, and how he had made up his mind to run away and become @ bareback rider, “I used to think it was the ‘grand- est, most astounding, most wonderful thing in the world, and now ¥ wouldn't crom# the street to gee a cireus,” he added, holding on to the hand of Master Willie, “And little girls are just ag in- terested us boys,” suid Mis. Jurr, used to be thul way, too Coming out, after the they met Mr, and Mr the Rangle chilaren, “Hello, Jarr!"” exclaimed Mr, Ran- gle, “what are you doing at the clr- ‘ormance, angle and cus “Well, we only came on account of the children,” suid Mr. Jarr sheep- > did we!" said Mrs, Rangle, “but our little Mary fell asleep. I think its 4 mistake keeping children up so late and amid so much exelte- ri r agreed, “and ‘ls full of a desire to After jee are better for them, ‘The moving pictures do not get them so workéd up an 4,""and she shook ttl warned her to keep till whe got home I wisht we'd gone to tne an’ seen some real exoftin’ whispered Master Willle Jerr “Murders, to young Johnny Ra: Heo ay |'n’ earthquakes and bur it fills their he: | imitate such this no more ‘n’ train wrecks, ‘n’ ev i i