The evening world. Newspaper, October 16, 1919, Page 30

_ ere ee ——eeeEEeEeeeEeEeEe—eE—EEEeeee eae eee ESTARLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER, Daily Except sund: by the Press Publish! Company, t3 Park Row, New Yor = St ached RALPH PULITZ) Presi: Park Row. J. ANGUS rit ato pas Row. al 63 Park Row, JOSEPH PULITZER, Jr., Secre MEMAER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, eae et SN i pie Saw ca oes NA Bar ny LU: oy Caves 0. 21,240 WHAT AILS THE PUBLIC VOICE? HE VOICE of the people used to be called the voice of supreme power. Why is it exerting eo little influence to hasten the settlement of present issues and problems that are of vital importance to the future of the United States. Here is the most momentous period of reconstruction the world | or the Nation has ever seen. In entering upon a great era of peace, here is the political and ‘commercial prestige of the United States demanding of the United States Senate prompt ratification of a Peace Treaty and prompt establishment of the United States in its rightful place of leadership in the one concrete and practicable programme for the future eafe- guarding of peace. Hs Here are United States Senators, week after week, obstinately pursuing partisan tactics of obstruction and delay while the Treaty— | and with it imperative problems of domestic welfare—waits. Here is American industry running on the rocks. Here are ‘trikes multiplying, organized labor in a sinister struggle with red- @fed radicalism, and not only industry but the very institutions and | Government of the American people menaced by the worst danger that ever threatened them. Here are the railroads becoming a heavier public charge under Government control while they give worse service. Here are profit- | eers everywhere emboldened by delay in stariing systematic efforts to Here are minorities imposing their will upon the majority, i ‘thereby encouraging every species of fanatic to come forward and do - Hikewise. Here are legislators listening to any and eyery one save they were elected to represent. : Here is confusion thrice confounded by doubt and uncertainty the representatives of the people refuse to dispel. But what are these same people whose interests are vitally involved doing or saying? ; 4 vast majority of them taking any measures to impress their or their will on legislators who represent ‘them ? ‘Are they creating any body 6f public opinion that might become | an effective force in discouraging strikes and strengthening honest, ‘self-respecting labor in its fight against the lawless element that is _ ‘trying to seize it leadership and rush it into revolution? | Whey are not. They are sitting back like people at a play, watch- fing what happens to the Peace Treaty and the League of Nations, _ casting 4 casual eye on strikes and Bolshevist bedevillings of labor, wondering what will become of the railroads and hoping the next act | Will see something done to the high cost of living—as if all these ‘things lay beyond a line of footlights. 4 A great strike of harbor i: causes incalculable damage to ‘the commerce of the Port of New York, including the loss of huge | quantities of perishable foodstuffs. Yet, as Senator Thomas said on the floor of the Senate this week: : “Millions of American citizené in New York, Jersey City \ ‘and Hoboken sit supinely by.” \ Where is the voice of the American poople? Are there no more public meeting places, no open forums in the public prints, no paper and ink for petitions, no mails to carry letters, no wires over which to send telegrams—no ‘means by which democracy, speaking in tones of convincing depth and - Yolume, can remind Congress, labor and every other agency and force yim the country that this is still government BY and FOR the _ PEOPLE? ' “But,” th ds will n i Boy 4 ‘ousands will say, “show us something specific we Well, here—to start with—is something specific, immediate and 1: At precisely noon next Monday, October 20, put a barrage Of telegrams on every Republican Senator in the United States _ Senate who is obstructing ratification of the Peace Treaty. ‘Ss New Yorkers should concentrate a special fire on SENA- ‘TORS WILLIAM M. CALDER and JAMES W. WADSWORTH IR., from this State. , Demand quick ratification of the Treaty in the name of na- “tional honor and-for the sake va E Make this « first great barrage of PUBLIC ACTION, Mark noon next Monday for the zero hour. Letters From the People : tp Our Banke? perative that the authori eS tes tins we i: this matter in hand. It pemmen i f @ loyal American bank clerk I|me that the agitators in charge are it my duty to point out to the|the paid representatives of Lenine of and Trotsky. They seek to control banks and are conducting a ‘ot systematic campaign to poison tne minds and prey upon the igno- rence of our younger clerks, It is the hope of all loyal American clerks who refuse to have their profession stained by the association of the type referred to that the Department of Justice and the State Department stemp out these pests who want to ntroduce Lenine and Trotsky sys- « into our ‘banking institutions, ‘Trurting that you will print this lot- ter and thereby earn the thanks of u e trying to banking {n- tter because d an “innocent an- it” Im the press recently bank clerks from Wall iden*ified with the move- aroused my Interest. notice was placed in my a clerk I thought it best to oWler to find out what it Frankly, | could hardly icah there, and the diffiguit to pro- ers | | EDITORIAL PAGE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, by the Brea Pichi (The New York Evening The Honest Woman By Sophie It SALPSWOMAN of seeming ex- perience, writes to me as fol- lows: “IT have not read any- thing from» you on the honest woman, Perhaps I missed It. ‘To me it has always been a most in- teresting subject, for I have studied the women with whom 1 have, come in contact) for years amet is amazing Siow dis- honest the honest woman is, For Instances “1 know a woman who would hold up the car line while she showed off the conductor's negligence in collect~ ing her fare, fussing all the time about her honesty and not wanting to cheat the car line or any one. “Another time, she almost got a girl dismissed from one of the local stores by taking back an extra pair of hos- tery and showing the girl up as giving | more than due. Investigation showed that the woman had purchased and paid for that many pairs, but being rattle and so eager t eo in the limelight as an honest woman, she didn’t scruple against downing the girl at all, ‘The flar walkers were all dis- Busted and she was ‘spotted’ as a crank. “But this same woman stole the love of 4 husband while his wife was away visiting her family and friends. When the wife returned, the friend- ship continued, and the woman made friends with his wife, “T would like to see your opinion of the woman who wouldn't cheat the car line, but would rob a woman of her husband or sweetheart and still hold the friendship of the woman until her eyes were opened.” “Another woman upset the whole establishment by questioning its hon; esty. She had taken a buckle at Christmas time to be engraved and inquired there for it, It was an ex- tremely busy time, but clerks gat out their order books and searched and searched. Meantime this woman was fussing all the thne. “Then appeared the calm, poiseful lady Manager _and inquired about the trouble, Very quietly she asked the price of the buckle, and being told it was $3.49, she informed the woman that they had no such prices—she probably bought it across the street. “And this woman who had aid ali sorts of things about the honesty of clerks and the store in general, slunk out.” The Hypocrite Menaces Society, Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) “Honesty Is the Best Policy—When Is (Practiced, Iness of a home, | INDUSTRY Irene Loeb Not Preached ° worst kind of criminals, ‘There is no Sreater menace to society than the hypocrite who poses as an honest person, . Honesty, after all, is & matter of conscience. Give me the person with clean, honest thoughts, who oceasion- ally makes mistakes and takes his medicines, in preference to the person who is mentally a cheat, and appar- ently @ saint. I have seen more harm ‘result from the smooth-tongued individual, who makes you think he is the soul of| honor by word of mouth, ald acts in the opposite way. As a general thing, he or she is found out. Why? Because somo time or other they forget themsclves. He who thinks straight and acts accord- ingly need have no fear. But he who is accustomed to saying one thing and living another, usually slips up somewhege along the line, and is caught Off his guard. ‘The cases cited by the young woman are typical, While one always ad- mires the person who will have only that which is truly his, yet there are those who think that they are honest when they save a nickel for @ car company and destroy the happl- Such honesty is tainted with the limelight. Better far to look into the deep recesses of one's innermost thoughts and act accordingly, The Sacrifice of Self. Some of the finest indtances of hon- esty in woman that I bave seen have | been acts of sacrifices of self to auve another woman. And very few have |known of this honesty which has cost |something, Beware of the person who prates of | his goodness or pointedly tries to| show how well meaning he is, Honestly, like truth, can never be| crushed, Eventually it shows itself and then the appreciation of it and of the person is keener than ever. * “Honesty the best policy,” not when it is pi ached but when it is practiced. MADE IT UNANIMOUS, ‘T was married men's night at the | revival. meeting, “Let all you husbands who have troubles on your minds stand up,” shouted the emotional preacher, at the height of his spasm, Instantly every man in the church rose to his feet except one. “Ah,” exclaimed the preacher, peer- ing out on this lone sitter, who oc- cupied a chair near the door and By Roy L. Forgive When They OFTEN wonder if there's noth- ing these days for middle class people but just bills, bills, bills!” sighed Mrs, Jarr. “If middle class people continue to buy things and don't pay for them they are,” was Mr. Jarr’s sagacious reply. “L don’t believe it,” sald Mrs, Jarr- “It looks just like everybody was picking on me, The tradesmen tell me how much things cost them and that they can’t collect what people owe them; so I don't see why they expect me to pay, and everything's so dear! “Oh, I know things are dear, all right,” said Mr. Jarr uneasily.” “wish you'd come shopping with me and just see how dear they are!” said Mrs. Jarr plaintively, “Other men go with their wives and are some company for them, but when 1 ask you to go along with me you always have some excuse!” Seamy Side of Shopping. “What are you going downtown to buy more things for when we can't pay for what we've got?” growled Mr. Jarr, thinking of the instalments 6eé that blighted his life. “Because I need things!" snapped Mrs. Jarr, “I haven't a single dish left out of that new set I just got, and if 1 should have any company for dinner 1 don’, know what I'd do, The children both need shoes, I've had Willie's mended and mended till they can't be mended any more, Oh, you needn't think I've any hopes of get- ting anything for myself! I've given up that idea ‘long ago. But I do need things for the house and I have got to get some kitchenware—all things we can't possibly do with- out.” “Oh, we can't get along without the necessaries of life, of course,” said Mr. Jarr ironically. “Go and get them,” “Can't you meet me downtown at four o'clock, asked Mrs, Jarr, “and come along with me?” “Oh, yes, 1 can do that If you don't abk me to go through the stores with you,” said Mr. Jarr. “You are sure you won't forget or disappoint me?" asked Mrs. Jarr. And she named the store and the par- ticular entrance to it where she would be at the time appointed. The Meticulous Male, “When I say I'll do a thing I'll do it!” said Mr. Jarr stoutly So he got away from the office early and dropped into a place to see apart from the others, “you are one in @ million.” First of all, my opinion about the woman who wouldn't cheat the car Mine, but would rob a woman of her of New York, 1 am, husbat i ything but pl} te People who are honest “1 ais hi ai ns “Tt ain't that,” piped back this one, helplessly, as the rest of the congre- | ge tion turned to gaze suspiciously at im, “TE can't oH up; im par alyzed,”"—London Tit-Bits a y 2 what was on the ticker. Here he met some acquaintances and a dis- cussion followed about everything in The Jarr Family — Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Cb, (The New York Evening World.) ann AA AAAAAAAAAAAARARAAAAAAAAAA®, | Mr. and Mrs. Jarr Find There Is Nothing to }| oS I uy; McCardell Are Able to Forget. buy one, but Mrs. Kittingly, who was with her, was. Mrs. Kittingly had really come downtown to buy a stout veil to wear on @n automobile party, but she didn’t want Mrs. Jarr to know about said automobile party. ° The manoeuyres of the two ladies had kept Mrs. Jarr from getting what she had come for and had caused Mrs. Kittingly to order home three | hats on approval. Six o'clock saw the shoppers hémeward bound, Sud- denly Mrs. Jarr gave a little start, “Oh!” she cried. “I was to meet Mr. Jarr at four. Won't he be mad!” Meanwhile Mr. Jarr, the man with- out @ memory, was heading for | home by the subway, vigorously | chewing peppermint gum, He met Mre. Jarr at the door of the flat. | “Why, you're home early!” they | both exclaimed. And each wondered the rest of the evening why the other waa $0 good natuFed after waiting so | | HAVE YOU A KICK? “Kick” Editor: got a Kick, and T think that every union man has a kick over the attitude that some of the union men | in ‘this country seem to be taking— the Bolshevik attitude of breaking agreements, breaking promises, pay- ‘ng no attention to anything excopt their own whims. Here in New York we have seen a situation where the! lccals entirely disregard the wishes | and the agreements of their interna. | tionals, and try to run things to suit | themse What use is tt to have! long strikes, make wage agreements | and settle all disputes if the agroe. ment is to be treated as a “scrap o puper’’ the next day? ae mcienaae dai, EREON AN: Who wouldi’t kick these days— it's the only chance for a kick left, | for the kick has certainly been | taken out of life for us. I'm not| a drinking man in the strict sense of the word. I'm a hard work- ing man though, and when I rested at the lunch ‘hour I used to find a cold stein and a ham sandwich very ac- ceptable, Gone are those days, ali right. Hut what gets me sorest is the way it was put over. If any one who has some pet idea can have it turned \into @ law some one is coming along soon and pass a law that it's a crime to blow your nose, And the way the law is obeyed, too, It's a great life when a man who wants a drink has to go into a saloon, put fifty conts neral, Meanwhile Mrs, Jarr wap touring from, store to store looking at the ney not abe was golng to i at lib on the counter and ask for a glass of water—and then get his drink as chaser, Yes? RL. sf New York City, 4 ' serbieadbsliinst Wi. Meteo Roan, ‘ ° Fables for the Fair By Marguerite Mooers Marshall eS The_Fable of the Foo'ish Virgin—Moral: The Kind of Women Men Like Best Is EVERY Kind, Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Rvening World.) ER mad career H Began after a course of Robert Chambers, With Elinor Glyn for dessert. She decided That only the SLENDBR girl has any chance with men. She set herself . To the task of becoming a sylph, A stick of macaroni, a human sliver, Just as she had trained down To the pdint where the proverbiaY straw a day Was heavy nourishment— She was asked to be bridesmaid At the wedding of the man she liked best To a girl FAT enough To have graced the harem of a bashi-bazouk, Where avoirdupois always has been an asset, On recovering, And getting back to a chocolate-cream-and-sundae basis, She took it into her head ‘That her coloring matter was at fault. Having been told That the blond races rule the world; And having seen ' That they rule the chorus, She bought a large plump bottle of Peroxide, And got busy. ' For to her The Ten Commandments, the U. S. Constitution, the statutes of New York, and the moral law Were comprised in that sweet, familiar text, “We strive to please!” No use! She had only worn twice The black lace hat she bought to set off her new straw-colored ear-buns, When the second nicest man of her acquaintance Eloped With a black-hatred vixen, Who, when she gets to heaven, will take the starch out of Any blond angel Over There, The Foolish Virgin Didn't let a little thing like Failure No. 2 Discourage her. She kept on trying To be what she read, or heard, or guessed, or gambled Men wanted her to ‘be. There are so many popular poses— Every time the Foolish Virgin struck ,one, She saw the lightning of man’s favor Striking the opposite, And she pelted and panted in that direction. Probably she is running yet. { For she.never guessed the secret ; ‘That man does not prefer a blonde, Or a little devil, ofa good pal, or an old-fashioned girl, or a baby dof, He prefers them ALL. In the bright lexicon of man There's no such word as “or” — The born polygamist! The Love Stories Of Great Novels Copyright, 1919, by The Press PubMabing Co, (The New York Evening World.) By Albert Payson Terhune: . 5—** GREAT EXPECTATIONS” (Dickens). PIRRIP—or Pip, as he was known—lived in « baste RR tgs near his brother-ip-law's blacksmith shop. Once when he was still a child he met an escaped convict named Magwitch in a graveyard near his home. He gave the starving man somo food and a file. The convitt was recaptured. Pip in time almost forgot the incident, But he was to be reminded of it sharply in years. later yfow miles from the blacksmith shop lived @ rich and eccentric old lady, Miss Havisham, with her ward, Estella, a beautiful girl, a little younger than Pip. Miss Havisham took a fancy to Pip and used to invite him to her gloomy mansion to amuse her and to play with Estella. Pip at once fell in love with the capricious girly, though he and she were scarce past childhood, and he infatuation. mate Tenia petted, pis pullied and snubbed and teased him by turns, she gave no inkling as to whether or not she cared for him. Miss Havishamy looked on with inscrutable attention at the progress of the affair, ‘Then came a strange shift in the poor country boy's fortunes. A Lon~ don lawyer, Jaggers by name, came to the village and told Pip that a bene- factor (who chose, for the present, oi : anonymous) wanted the lad to go to the Anonymous Friend metropolis, there to be educated as a gen- Gave Poor Lad Riches tteman and to live in luxury. All funds for this were to be supplied by the unknown person, Jaggers was Miss Havisham's lawyer. In a flash Pip believed whole scheme, ne tae tne oct woman planned to make him Estella's:husband and per- haps her own heir, With a view to this she was having him educated. He was overjoyed. g went with Mrv Jaggers. There he took up a course of study. There he sought to fit himself in every way for the high gesting that seemed fated to be his. He sought every possible occasion—either in London or at Miss Havt-! sham's house—to be with Bstelle, As the years went on the girl seemed to regard him more kindly. Miss Havisham too was most gracious to him. kind took occasion to throw him and Estella together as much as possible, Incidentally, in his new condition of affluence, Pip began to feel @ keen: shame for his own humble origin and to slight those who had befriended Im in his boyhood, He spent money recklessly and gave himself the aira \ | of a snob, Late one night a man came to Pip's rooms. The man was Magwitoh, the convict he had befriended so long ago. Magwitch, on his recapture, had been sent to a penal settlement in Australia. There he had grown rich, ordering the lawyer to find Pip ad “to make a gentleman of him.” Now Fl (though the law forbade him to return to n Dreams Flee Golde ment to come back to London by stealth for a glimpse of the lad he had done so Weds Another. within him, Filed were all dreams of Miss Havisham’s preparing him te marry Estella. And presently ‘Then as a climax to Pip's misfortune Magwitch was pursued by the’ law and was killed in trying to escape. His fortune reverted to the Gova' Thrown on his own resqurces, he proved himself a man. He worked! hard and at last was in a position of independence. And, on a visit to his by a long course of cruelty, and at last had died, So it was, after the years had purified both their spirits, Pip and Wytelg’ Remembering the boy who had helped him, he had written-to Jaggers, England) Magwitch had risked imprison. When Loved One much for, At this news Pip's bp died his golden Estella proved this still further by marrying another man. ernment. Pip was left penniless, natiye village, he met Retella, Her husband had broken her proud spirit came together again—this time to part no miore, i