The evening world. Newspaper, September 26, 1919, Page 30

a a ee en et on welt SSL Pere es Be UMMM UM CATR aN Us tevesdscees ve ccecsscee NO, 21,220 MORE PAY FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. ITIZENS of New York will heartily approve the substantial increases of pay for city employees provided by the finance and budget committee of the Board of Estimate. The ealaties of these workers in the public employ have vemainel far behind the advancing salaries and wages of other workers. In the face of a mounting cost of living, municipal em- ployees have fonnd their standards of living correspondingly forced down. ‘The public cannot afford to be an unjust employer. It must Gave fell reason and justice on its side when it demands of those who work for it that single allegiance and unfailing service upon whieh its eccurity and welfare depend. New York has had no police strike. Despite the efforts of agitators and organizers, no unionization movement tending to divide the allegiance of its employees has made much headway in any department of the municipal service. New York has demonstrated that this great city can be @epended upon to deal directly and fairly with its employees with- out coercion from outside labor forces. (t has upbeld the principle, already emphasized by The Evening World, that if American civic institutions are to survive and endure, the compelling argument for higher pay must remain, wherever public service is involved, not force but faithfulness, , ‘ ‘A ten million dollar increase in the city payroll must come, 48 is said, from taxes collected on a $200,000,000' increase in the valuation of realty. This burden, it is feared, will be passed on te tenants in the form of increased rents. How much will any given rental rise if ONLY THE ACTUAL PROPORTIONAL SHARE OF THE INCREASED TAXATION is added by the landlord? Also: Are there no economies by which the city can help meet _ the larger payroll? Hds the last leak in the municipal treasury stopped? é ate fyi ste es “The covenant,” declares the President, “is a promise by ‘all the great fighting powers that they never again will resort been found and a THE LEADER. HORSPSHOER by trade. , Never worked in the steel industry. Never was inside the steel plants. Does not know the wage scales of steel workers. No knowledge ef what rollers, hookers, helpers or other classes of steel employees are paid. Calls pay of $20, $40 or $60 a day “a mero pittance.” Unable to say what proportion of unionized men in the steel John Fitzpatrick, Chairman of the Union Workers’ Organizing Committee, and a chief directing force in the steel strike. He was ‘the first witness yesterday before the Senate Lubor Committee in- vestigating the strike. 5 . What does Mr, Fitzpatrick profess to know about steel workers? Only what he has heard. From which he is prepared to main- fain: That they are the most downtrodden of laborers, that what- ever they are paid their present situation is “a menace to this Gov- emmment,” and “the equal never existed even in Darkest Russia.” If he has the right talents » man doesn’t have to have much knowledge of the steel industry in order to persuade the more ‘ignorant part of its working force to help him kidnap it, Hence John Fitzpatrick. ot Tt used to be “the dashing d’Ann’ ” Now it's “dashed.” Letters From the People va. Philadelphia Transit. D4 Yorkers endure such tfansit? The Interboro carries passengers from At- lantic Avenue, Brooklyn, to 2424 Street and Broadway, in the Bronx, on one system, and to Mount Vernon on the other, Compare these distances with that of any other system in this country or in Burope, and & believe you will fing that eur local traction companies are giving more than twice a8 much for five cents than any other system in the world, A Philadelphia subway train, because of its shorter route, and despite its many stops, can make @ round trip while an Interboro train makes a one-way trip running at maximum The Philadeiphia company receives practically overy five-cent piece spent for transit in that city, while in Greater New York the fares paid to two large and several smaller companies, while many of our residents use the sev- eral railways in the greater city, ¢| Hence it is bardiy fair to charge either of our local companies with a Pet beHt lire . = ‘with that of Greater New York, do you toudh upon the rela- transfers obtaining in the eS < Seer aaa fst The Life of Jeff Nutt Edited by Bide Dudley Comrright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York vening World). the Theatre Just A HE minstre) business is all right for actors who have become hardened to it. In my day as a minstrel the men were paid to @ great extent in glory. The managers seemed to think it was pay enough for the minstrels if they were permitted to parade attired in long plush over- coats and high silk hats, For didn't the men attract the admiring glances of the ladies? They certainly did, and what is more satisfying than the ad- miration of the fair eex? ‘When we parted a few daye ago, readers, I had joined a minstrel show. You undoubtedly remember that I was in the midst of my first endman joke when this nar- rative was chopped off. It was one about a hen being a rooster because she roosts at night. I had forgotten the joke and the interlocutor was worried, t “Mr, Nutt," he eald, “I understand you are in the chicken business?” “Not me,” I replied, somewhat peeved. I thought he was kidding me. “I'm @ minstrel and just ag good & one as you are.” He ecowled at me, but @man of much self-control education almost Hardvardian, he merely said: “Ain't you got something to ask mo?” Suddenly I remembered the joke, “Oh sure!” I replied, “When is a hen not a hen?” “I don't know, Mr, Nutt,” be sald. “Come on—tell us; when is @ hen not a hen?” ’ Then I forgot again. I had my first attack of stage fright, All I could think of was a joke about Rob- inson Crusoe and a rooster. Some- thing had to be done, so I replied: “IT named her Robinson because she crew 60,” A ‘The interlocutor stepped over to me and, taking my arm, sald; “Let us stroll out to the hen house together.” “Involuntarily I arose and we strolled off the stage. Once we were in the wings, he gave me a swift kick and started'me toward the stage door, Just as astonishment was creeping over me the manager caught mo with another kick and, on the way out to the alley, two stage-hands toased a foot apiece into my anatomy, each scoring a clean hit Right be- hind me tanto the alley came my coat and pants, Somehow or other, strange as it may seam, the kicks and the clothes clientele of 6,000,000 people, Sept. 16, c F, LENG, — enusel me te become thoroughly im- Neem meen head of Four Kicks bued with the idea that I was not wanted with the minstrel company. Never having been,a comedian with & minstrel wasn't quite sure but that the whole affair was just an endman's joke. However, I didn't relish such humor, #0 I just stood right there in the al- Tey and resigned. As I was changing my costume for my clothes the man- ager looked through the door and sald: “You'd better quit the show busi- ness."" “Gwan!” I returned, alost vicious- ly, “I hope you sprained your darned old foot.” When I asked for my salary he said I owed him 25 cents for burnt cork I had used. He threatened to sue me for it and, as I have always been afraid of law and lawyers, I left, Then a strange thing came about—I forgot I had the black on my face. I went down the alley and into a street. At a corner I stopped under 4 gas lamp and a man stepped up to me. “Want a job? pe asked. Immediately life became bright again. I said I did ‘Go up to the hotel, They need porter.” f “What are you trying to do—get me mad?” I demanded. “I'm just as white as you are. They have negro porters at that place.” He stepped a little closer and gave me @ peculiar look. Then he touched my face with one finger and I re- membered the cork. I was about to explain as he stood examining the finger, when he let out a blood-curd- ling yell, Next he grabbed my throat and began to squeeze the cider out of my Adam's Apple. At the same time he screamed “Police!” T hate noisy people, so I jerked away and ran. For about a mile my feet pitty-patted on the cedar block pavement and then I came to a river, I had distanced the enemy, so I Paused to rest. The river gave me an tea, “Why not wash this stuff off?’ I asked myself. (To Be Continued.) ——s—-- . SCIENCE AS WELL AS CULTURE IN BOSTON, \ For ferrying automobiles across rivers @ Massachusetts man hag de- signed a flat boat upon which a car can run and connected to a prow joer end rudder to navigate the craft, aggregation before, I! ott Rear ence, By J. H. Cassel ao | Lincoln to Labor “I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of fe. I have no wealthy popular rel . "T am not ashamed to confess jations or friends to recommend ine.” are that twenty-five years ago T was @ hired laborer mauling rails at work on a flatboat—just what might hap- Den to any poor man’s eu.” . “Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never have existed if labor had not first existed, Labor ls the superior of capital and deserves much the higher conside-ation,” . “Capital bas its righta which other rights. Nor is it denied that ee = { are e# worthy of protection as any | there is and probably always will be @ relation between labor and capital producing mutual benefits.” “The strongest bond of human sympathy, outside of the family rela« tion, should be the one uniting tongues, It working people of all nations, and id kindreds, Nor should this lead to a war upom property or the owners of property. Property is the fruit of labor; property is de- sirable; is @ positive good in the world. That some should be rich ~ shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprice. “Lat not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be eafe from violence when byilt.” Maxims of a ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Modern Maid By Marguerite Mooers Marshall “Copyright, 1919, by The Prees Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), I OVE is the best-selling fiction of life, and marriage is its sharpest friction. The ostrich with its head in the sand is miracle of camou- flage compared to the philanderer who thinks his wife never hears of his “affairs.” The Jarr Family By Roy L. Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing He Resigns From the Minstrel Show After Leaving | It Sometimes Happens That Male Duplicity Is Temporarily Successful 66] BELIEVE Mrs. Rangle and I are to go over to your house to dinner to-night, aren't we to?” asked Rangle, coming into Mr. Jarr’s office early in the afternoon the other day. “So I understand,” said Mr. Jarr. “But why?” “Search m eaid Mr. Rangle. “Oh, yes, come to think of it,” said Mr. Jarr, “I believe I did hear Mrs. Jarr say, “Those people gave us a dinner jast week and if we didn't give them one in return I suppose that woman would be going around telling everybody about it!'” “Yes, and now I remember my wife said, ‘It's about time Clara Jar? re- membered!’ " “Ab, old fellow, there's nothing jike these kind, old-fashioned, hearty, hospitable, neighborly intimacies, is there?” said Mn Jarr, with mock sentimentality, “At that, I believe our good ladies ure fond of each other,” replied Mr, Rangle. “Sure!” said Mr, Jarr. “If they weren't fond of each other they wouldn't be handing the little digs to each other like they do. Why, they are so snippy at times with each are sisters.” “T can get off early; let us go up to the ball game, That will give us me to be home for dinner, and for all the women know we'll have come uptown together,” suggested Rangle. “You're o: said Mr. Jarr, closing down his desk and reaching for his hat and coat. They took cars to the ball park and got them seats in the grand stand, near where the baseball um- pire, or vampire, as Mr. Rangle afterward called him, plied his—at such times as he sided against the home team—nefarious occupation. ‘They were cholce seats our friends had—at every close decision when they roared “Robber!” the umpire could hear every syllable, Close de- cisions, in this case, it must be under- stood, were only greeted by the em- phatic epithet when the close de- cisions affected adversely a runner of the home team, “Now, a square deal, you big rum!" would be the admonitory words of the twain when the home club went in to bat. And they cried aloud to the pinch hitters to “Line her out; your wife is looking!" ie that a lot of people think they cCardell (The New York Evening World). They stamped uproariously and shouted “Good boy!" when the home jteam pitcher struck out a man at a jeritical moment, And the game went to nine innings and then ten innings, while their prayer was that it was yet light enough for the home team to hit the ball, but too dark for the opposing team to field it. Finally the winning run was pinched out by the home team, and Mr. Jarr and Mr. Rangle, with ten thousand and more fans, arose, cheered and rushed pellmell for the cars. “Let's take a jitney; here's one ready to go!" suggested Mr, Jarr, “We'll beat most of them down- town at that,” said Mr. Rangle. “ hetter than waiting in that jam for cars.” So they rode downtown as it grew dark. “Say, do you know what time it is?” asked Rangle. Mr. Jarr looked at his watch. “Holy saving daylight!” he cried; “I know we are too late for that family dinnér at our house,” “Might as well be hung for a sheep 8s & lamb,” suggested Mr, Rangle, “Let's go and get something to eat in Peace and comfort.” This they did, and while dining in high good humor together and re- counting the features of the game} again, Mr, Jarr was seized with an Inspiration, “rll tell you what we'll do!” he said. “We'll go to your house and stay there for an hour or two and then telephone and pretend we both | thought the Rangle and Jarr families’ family dinner at our house was to be Get me?” cried Mr. Rangle, and this infamy was carried out to the letter, “You stupid things!” said Mrs. Jarr in anewer over the ‘phone, “Ilow could you have made such a mistake? Both Mrs. Rangle and I said it was at OUR house! Now you've spoiled our dinner and you haven't had anytning to eat yourselves!” But both men insisted they had waited so Jong that they had gotten over their hunger, and they came’ ever to the Jarr flat in such good humor at their mistake, that the ladies simply said, “Well, you men are the big sillies! It is a good thing you have some one with sense to took after,you!” It sometimes happens they get away with it > ‘Why is it that some men’s idea of entertaining a woman is to tell her how utterly irresistible they have been to other women? The best known example of spontaneous combustion is the introduc tion of a tall, brown-eyed college boy to a small, blue-eyed chorus girl, ‘The bachelor who really wants to take out an insurance policy against getting married should provide himself with a doting mother, The pre miums may be high, but the protection is complete. ‘The Immigration Bureau is the latest to echo the popular male conun drum, “Why is a tenor?” Since prohibition seems assured, and since the American man {s not greatly addicted to song, he may now take time to become acquainted with the rest of the trinity—the American woman. Fe When an irresistible new hat meets an immovable husband—it is sero hour in the home. ‘ Old Home Week celebrants are still wondering if they are more shocked because the old sweetheart married somebody else or more re eved because they themselves escaped her! Every typical New Yorker was born some place else—but at least he achieves New York at the earliest possible moment. Senator Lodge is ‘Treaty, but the tract—if he dared. tisfied with forty-five amendments te the Peace erage bridegroom would write 4,500 to his marriage con- { \ Five thousand hubbatd-btinting British girls are on their way to Amer- fea, but if they take after the magazine pictures of British beauticos WE should worry! = H ygiene tor the Child By Charlotte C. West, M. D. Covrrisyt, 1919, py The Press Publishing Co. (The Now York Evening World). The Child That Is Well Must Be Kept So OUBTLESS every household in which the delightful prattle and dainty footsteps of little children are heard is now fully awak- ened ‘to the need of conserving the health of these little ones. It is only in this way, by individual effort and then by concerted effort, that ultimate results are gained. Children who are below weight or be- jow par in any manner will, checefore, receive special attention fitting each individual case, Now the child that is well must be kept so. We must not be content that tuere is no obvious indication of physical disability, we must direct our efforts to increasing its vitality until it is 100 per cent, physically perfect. ‘The life of each child must be regu- lated: Feedings at stated intervals; meals punctually on the hour; bed- | time rigidly adhered tq; the after-| neon nap; absolute cleanliness of the child, its clothing, food and sur- roundings; many hours spent in the open air, the nursery, bed rooms, &c., provided with special means for ven- tilation. Fresh air is as essential to growth and developmert as proper food, Na- sal passages and throats of all little children must be examined, existing obstructions treated and removed and the vital necessity for nasal breathing impressed upon them. Do not forget that mouth breathing is frequently a habit induced by thumb or nipple sucking, both being abominable prac- tices no good mother or nurse will tolerate, Children are highly impressionable, The habits inculeated in early child- hood remain fixed. Children are born imitators, imbiVing only what they see and hear, Example and precept teach them to keep the mouth closed; as soon as they are able to chew food teach them the care and use of the teeth. Children in whom habits of person- al cleanliness have been enforced loathe dirt, and often refuse food that jis not cleanly and daintily served; or when they themselves have not had at least their hands washed before coming to the table, It ig well to make a little ceremony! of meal times, In this. way children are often persuaded into accepting the necessary amount of nourishment which they might otherwise decline, and besides they look forward to meal times with added pleasure and in- terest. A child with @ capricious appetite must not be tempted to take a given amount of food by the promise of a sweet or some other reward. In oon- structing the diet of children {t Is well to bear in mind that less varicty is required; that up to the age of three milk, bread, meals and fruit juices are almost the exclusivo,_ articles that agree with them; that the “pleasures” of the table are, fur- thermore, not appreciated by ohil- dren, because these result from per- verted tastes and appetites ag ‘any rate. No child can remain abgo- Iutely healthy who is allowed the table food of grown-ups. As cooler weather approaches the summer dietary must be ‘augmented somewhat with féods containing a higher percentage of heat-producing (energy) units, This ts essential that children may resist a sudden fall in temperature and to supply the neces- sary body warmth. Sugar 1s a food of this character, but it must not be givem as candy. or cake, nor spread on bread and butter, or sprinkled heavily on cereals, A vast amount of sugar thus goes to waste, and what is even more distressing, destroys a child’ digestion; furthermore, an abnormal and a perverted taste is established, for children accustomed to sweets, re- fuse wholesome food. Sugar, there- fore, must be cautiously dealt with, and yet not entirely withheld. The finest of cornmeal cooked four hours and served with either top milk or pure cream forms a@ dish pre-em!- nently suitable to the dietary needs of growing children; they like it too, , and relish it day after day, ‘ ‘There are children who inherit the gouty tendencies of their elders, Io these sweets and starchés are not well born; while the main staple of all children is, of course, milk, the usual amount can be increased te these cases with junket and similarly prepared dishes; the casein of mili is pure protein; a sufficient amount of stareh can be given in the form of an occasional baked potato, well cooked rice, gluten toast, mashed macaroni. These children, furthermore, require grees vegetables steamed and mashed through a strainer, as well as well , cooked fruits, Now a word of caution as to over- growth: children who grow too fast do #0 at the expense of their energy: therefore, guard against this by re- straining the child from too great ac- tivity; insist upon more rest and sleep, more time spent in the open, jand if strength is appreciably flag. ging, give pure cod liver oil (if thie can be procured) in addition to ¢ nourishing, easily assimilable diet, | me