The evening world. Newspaper, March 1, 1920, Page 16

ab i de MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1920 Fables for the Fair ; LOTHDS— “hid As Anatole France has told un, . Amma the short sleeve, that reveals the seductive elbow, The Fable of Frocks—Moral: You Can’t Dress to Please Everybody, So You'd Better Pledse Yourself. By Marguerite Mooers Marshall. Coprrisht, 1920, by The Prom Publishing Co, (The New Yor! Evening World) We're invented by a young lady Penguin, dnt was. . Nowadays, the persons who take the most passionate interest in clothes Are the Publicity Loving Parson and the Censorious Clubwoman., ‘There once was a Nice Girl who took this precious pair seriously, “Back to Eve,'" she said, “whall be no slogan of mine; ‘ Me man shall have the white purity of his thoughts disturbed by my| @pinal column Or tibia.” First, she put on long skirts. If whe lifted them, in wet weather, or the wind lifted them for her, “Fie, fe, fie!” said the Publicity Loving Parson and the Censorious ‘Giubwoman. "A glimpse of a hitherto hidden ankle is enough to push a susceptible| Young man into the Downward Path!” Bome low minded person Had told the Nice Girl the story of the London busman And bis “legs is no treat to me!” She deduced if her skirts were always lifted—that is, if she wore 'em short, Her ankles would be neither an excitement for an incitement ‘To white souled youths. But merely a Matter of Course. @e she deleted her dress from the bottom Aa was promptly called a brazen huzzy by her critics, who argued ‘That if a peep at an ankle is demoralizing , & full front, back and both sides view of it Is DEVASTATING. ‘The Nice Girl tried to find a perfectly pure, militantly moral shirtwaist, But the V of a V neck blouse, according to clergyman and clubwoman, Stands for “Vice,” A. round or square neck has been known to make a bookkeeper mix up besa Gouble entries, ‘Has driven impressionable males to drink—or Worse! Th was wh e an evening gown, however, Rat the Nice Girl found she had utterly underestimated the vocabularies | amd imaginations of the Defenders of Innocence Between the pauses of the tirade against “moral menaces,” “indecent he asked pluintively what SHOULD be the tine of low visibility in an Ing frock, ‘Which were her moral and which her immoral vertebrae, ‘Where did “skin” leave off and “sin” begin? ‘Not a chaste censor seemed to know! Soit was that the Nice Girl reached her Great Decision: Vigilantes of Vice. “There is just one garment,” she sald, “in which I should guit all the ht CES = ‘That is my shroud—and I don’t intend to put it on just yet, Henceforth, I shall dress as I choose, and if any young mun js too sake | to stand it Let him FALL, or wear blinders, or go to Turkey ‘Where, as everybody knows, men's morals are PROTECTED By, veils!” . New and Original ¢ @ For Smart Fashion Designs 6 == By Mildred Lodewick = (Copyright, 1920, by the Proms Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) Dignity Is Naively Attained in This Spring Model figured fou- @ e lards which ap- 4 a NT pear every spring 4m the shops have a fascinating charm, and frocks composed en- tirely of them are pretty, but an unusual method of employing them is suggested in the design of to-day’s wketch. Rarely is dig- nity and youthfulness combined so naively as tn this attractive mod- "Wenen el. And it incorporates also one of the newest style notes of spring, which is the open front suggestive of the eton, with flat-finished neck. ‘The lines of the bodice whioh start this effect do not stop at the waistline but continue down the skirt, straight and fearless to the end. ‘These lines lend a sub- will also the pointed pieces which appear from under them, and lend such dash to the 5 Geert ad id re of light t or @ light- white 2 SATIN AND FOULARD EFFECTIVELY UNITED § be figured in? wnmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnmnrnnnnnnnnnnnnennd red, dull blué or tan, The effect be delightfully individual and ; If a summer frock were du- )wever, this design could be in- with such fabpics as linen, percale, comes in gay and pretty colors ae designs, the plain fabric would be employed as the front panel and sleeve puffs, in the form of white batiste. | This would be as smart as ey one! or voile, With which | could wish a summer frock to . The Day of Rest! DINNER } IS READY JOHN TIME To Go To BED JOHN Copyright, 1020, by Tho Press Publishing Co. (The New York Bvoning World) 1, What is the system called by which blind people read with their fingers? 2. Who is the national saint of France? 3, What is the nationality of the world’s chess champion? 4. What will be the number of the Woman Suffrage , amendment to the Constitution when it becomes effective? 5. Whe asked for the head of St, John? 6 Which port ts next to New York in the amount of shipping handled? 7. What are the timbers called which sugport the roof of a frame house? 8, In what religion did the system of castes originate? 9 What gus is used tn the bulb of a late form of incandescent lamp? 10. What is the chemical name for vitriol? 11. Of what country Is the vieuna native? 12. What cereal ts grown tn water? ANSWERS TO SATURDAY'’S QUESTIONS. 2, Buckingham Palace; 4, Venus; 5, British stethoscope; 7, Juno; 8, 9 zobra; 10, Phidias; 1, ‘Antwerp: * TNT. 1, Morse; 8, Hillquit; ~ Newest Notes in Fields_of Science} So that meals served in hotel bed rooms can be kept warm an inventor has designed a wheeled table, ander the top of which are asbestos in- sulated compartments to carry the food. According to a German engineer defects in aluminum welds can be de tected by immersing the joints in water, bubbles of hydrogen appear- ing after forty-eight hours if the welds be defective, ‘our sheet iron drums that are covered with tron ribs and revolve sidewise to prevent skidding do th A 1 CAN'T LEAVE THE EHONE 1AM YING aera © L HAVEN'T CGIOT THAT The Disloyal Friend eens The Laws Are Not Strong Enough for the Punishment of the Untrue Frierd. | ’ By Sophie Irene Loeb. ‘Copyright, 1920, by The Press Publishi SORROWFUL husband write® me a story that is not un- common—about the man whom he introduced into his home. This man loves his wife and two children very dearly, and he !s being sorely tried and grieved. ‘The worst of it ‘- is that he feels that he bas been If there is anything that {6 base) and despicable it ts the individual who goes to the home of his friend, accepts his hospitality, and then en- deavors to steal his finest treasure, In my opinion the Iaws are not strong enough for the punishment of such a one. As I have carefully read the story written to me by this husband, I be- eve the infatuation ts temporary, and that the woman will come to her senses and recognize the seemingly sterling qualitiea in this @usband and father, He does not quarrel with her or blame her—he even makes excuses and allowances for human frailty. He only seeks to win her back from | herself and wil! gindiy forgive and | forget everything towaml this end. Such devotion must beget some- thing worth while in return, I am confident this woman will wake ap in time, truly to measure the man she has married, as does happen in many cases, and because this man is patient and big. But how often does the foolish woman fall for flattery and atten- tion of some misunderstood martyr, who makes her think she is the only one who can understand him? propelling for a Michigan inventor's motor tractor for use on ice and snow, In most instanoes, if she really un- deretced bi, ehe would eee bim as Ve VE BROUGHT SYOUR DIN NER YOu CAN'T STAY Wit our TIME To EAT AGAIN JOHN VE BRouGHT Your Supper pau BE You ‘tt n % T TONIGHT: Mayor’s Span Humble Spirit. There is a small tawn in New Jer- sey where the children of the 16,000 inhabitants haye learned to respect the mandates of the Mayor. The town is Bridgeton. Arthur C. Whitaker is Mayor, and seven years ago he put into operation a “spanking machine.” Since its inception more than 100 boys—and several girls— have felt the sting of its well directed stinger. But one lad has ever come! back for more. One “boy” who+was recently spanked confessed he was twenty-three years old. He felt so ashamed after the chastisement he jm- mediately left town. No one has seen hide nor hair of him since. The exist- ence of a spanking machine was Holetara toe others’? Mayer W up the machine. The picture in the middle king Machine A Substitute for Jail For Youthful Oftinders Arthur C. Whitaker, Mayor of Bridgeton, N. J., Created a Police “Spanking Squad” Sevens Year Ago—Those Who Have Been ‘‘Through the Machine’ Have a room at the City Hall, and T make Ye a polley never to make public the names of the boys who are spanked, “The ‘spanking machine’ savors 4n, nowise of the old whipping post. It is not an implement of torture, but for. beneficial chastisement of bad boys. I have a red-blooded boy of my own. “I'm a friend of the boys,” said the Mayor, “and when we spank them we try to make them sce that It ts fer their own good. When I went into office seven years ago I de~ cided that no Bridgeton boy should be railroaded through to the county Jail or reformatory for some petty offense if I could help it. So when hitaker’s “Spanking Squad” cranking | Mayor Arthur C. Whitaker, After the chastisement, the officers call the attention of the culprit to a sign on the wall. It reads: “This hurts us more than it does you.” vaguely known of in Bridgeton both) the boys were brought before me by parents, as well as their children,}for petty crimes and thefts, I con- but it is only lately that the true na- ture of the machine which meted out punishment to juvenile offenders be- came public. Mayor Whitaker, woo is “a regular fellow,” has consented to tell us about it, “Now the secret is out. The ‘spanking machine’ consists of an assortment of barrel staves selected to fit the particular victim's anat- Every boy has to take down hig trousers in the old-fashioned way before he starts through the ‘ma-| chine,’ which is well lubricated with elbow grease. The spankings are) all administered privately in a back) omy. ing Co, (The New York Rrening World.) he is. First of all, she would reason that if he is capable of coming into her home and setting himself to the task of winning his friend's wife, how goon will it be until he'does the same thing over again? She would see the make-up of the man—this trait of indifference to maniiness and to the happiness of hie friend. Of course, on occasions, where a marriage has really been a mistake, the third person in the triangle has ome excuse for his interfering, but it te rare indeed and readily seen. . But the man who comes into the home where happiness dwells and | deliberately attempts to destroy it is |the most detestable of human crea- tures. ‘The pathetic thing about it is that the woman who is thus fooled by such a ome becomes the greatest wafferer later on and pays dearly for her folly. I know just such a case—the hus- band was most loving and kind and did everything he could for his wife's happmess. He was quiet and modest and trustful. He had the greatest respect and reverence for his “ife's partner, and there was no jealousy in his make-up. They also had two lovely children, Another man came along, a friend of the husband. At first this woman just thought she was enjoying the thrill of his admiring glances and significant words, but later the in- fatuation grew and the whole matter ended in the divorce court. Now that was not at all what the third angle of this triangle wanted. ‘The same tendency that prompted his going into the home of his friend and drawing the wife away was the same that made him fickle afterward, and be did not marry this woman. As 4 consequence she lost both her husband and ohildren. In this particular case there ts still hope of reconciliation, because the woman has learned that the father of her children really has her heart. But the years that she has wasted and Jost can never be regained. Beware of the friend who is too friendly with husband or wife. He or she knows what they are doing—you don't, By Herma Going to Eat Sawdust. UTUALITY 1s the ground work of every business that lasts. Permanent success can only be built upon reciprocal service, In the very nature of things, both parties to @ transaction must be equally benefited. Long ago it was realized that we must make money from our friends for our enemies will not deal with us. And the concern that does not make a friend when it makes a sale cannot long endure. Our biggest business men regard ‘themselves as public SERVANTS. ‘They aim to please even the smallest purchaser, to make him feel that bis TWO MINUTES OF OPTIMISM Copyright, 1920, by The Press Publishing Oo. (The New York Rvening World) n J. Stich | and buyer is being kept. proprietor, ment has dawned. For better days are due. times are coming. know which side their bread was but. tered on are going to eat sawdust, ~* interests are thproughly safeguarded, to make him feel at home, to make| him feel that the faith between seller When consumers leave an estab- lishment and are overcome by an irresistible longing to swear a blue streak every time they think of the his employees and the generally discourteous treatment re- ceived, the twilight of that establish- Normal Competition will soon again compel bidding for pop- THE EVENING WORLD QUIJA EDITOR ASKS Why Do Women Wear meen Hats in the Winter Time? TRY THIS ay YOUR OUIJA Send you answer to The Evening World Outja Editor, Saturdmy’s paper: | Will New York women follow the French vies and wear dres to the knées? Miss Marion H. No. 33° West 67th Street—When publicity seeking min- fsters and mibid reformists cease} their chantings. | C. C., No, 215 West 91st pated Not until women realize the comfor' of the French styles will they ‘opt | them. | Miss C. P, Brooklyn—My ouija dound tells me women will don the short garments when the prices of dress materials go Up Mrs, J. C. C. No. 322 West 106th Street—Not until men wear blinders | will New York wo! adopt the} French short skirt styles. THE HOUSEWIFE’S SCRAPBOOK, It ts safd a pinch of baking powder |uddea to the water when washing | fowl improves the flavor and make them more tender. One cool: flavors | fowl by rubbing well with salt and pepper mixed wit Puncture holes in the cover of a tin can and on sweeping day's use it to sprinkle common salt over the| rugs and carpets. It wilf koep the | dust from rising and brighten the carpet. It is also @ preventive againgt moths, !' “When a boy ceived the idea of the ‘spanking ma- chine’ as offering the best solution for their cages. No youthful offerid- er is ever spanked without the full consent of his or her parents, ‘The ‘machine’ is ‘cranked up’ to fit the flagraney of the crime. is commits some of+ fense that gets him into the hands of the po! he is brought before me’ and if the offense warrants it I sen- tence him to the ‘spanking machine’ I have nothing to do with the ad- ministering of the spanking. Tho folice do that. After going througl the machine, the boy is brought back to my office. He usually has tears in his eyes and is in a humble spirit. [ talk to im and show him where he has done wrong and the effect’ of, I invite the boys to come back and tell me how they are getting along and to seek my advice in any of their troubles. At times I find as high as a dozen boys waiting here at my office in the evening to talk to me about their problems—every one of |them a boy that I had previously sentenced to be spanked.” Mayor Whitaker has used the “spanking machine” exclusively for juventle offenders, with a single ex- ception, but he believes that if prop- erly geared up tt would be quite effective for wife beaters. “Yes, we spank girls too, some- times.” admitted the Mayor, “but we don’t spank as many of them as we do boys.” “I've had fathers come and ask me ‘what kind of a machine is that'you have to spank bad boys with?’” said the Mayor, “They thought it was some contraption operated by a crank or something like that, If the morai effect should be lost now that the public knows just what the ‘machine’ is, why, then, we will rg up @ really, truly mechanical spanker to take the plate of the barrel stave, and it will have some jolt to it too, on the spot where it fetches up.” Bridgeton is a manufacturing elty of 16,000 population and has boys off about the average type. The num= ber of boys committed from here to the reformatories, is sur- prisingly low. The cases of truancy are also few, a8 the “spanking ma chne” makes it unhealthy to play hookey, even in the spring when the fish first begin to bite, although Mayor Whitaker takes such things into consideration when having a Boy punished, Citizens give Mayor Whit- aker's “spanking machine" the credit for the exceedingly low average of commitments to the reformatories and also for the checking of truancy. however, ———EEeee——=s You can stice hard-boiled eggs easily and perfectly if you dip the} Knife in very hot water and do not wipe the water from the knife before ular patronage. And then a good| using {t. ‘ many of the ignorant, greedy, gpasp- - ing, gouging profiteers who didn't) When white spots appear on the tursiture rub with a cloth dipped in camphor and they will disappear, ADVERTISEMENT. ‘“Pretty Hands for Housewives simple’ matter,” sal ns mother. 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