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TUESDAY, JULY 27, Even Servants Unionize In Czecho-Slovakia, the World’s Newest Republic Universal EightHour Day, Compulsory Sickness and Death Insurance, Maternity Benefits, and Universal Organization Instituted by New Government. 1920 Union of Girl Clerical Workers ; Is an Influential Group in Prague By Marguerite Dean. Copyright, 1920, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening Worl@.) HAY the world’s newest repub- to. Washington, D. C. when this lc, Czecho-Slovakia, which will pote. pally caine Lad gece Bsn tH next autumn, can teach th® girl problem which Washington had world’s greatest republic, the United States, how to take care of its work- ine women and children, is the in- teresting report brought back from Prague by Miss Ruth Crawford, who, as a@ representative of the American Y. W. C. &, has deen dl- recting an industrial and social sur- vey of the new republ asked for by Dr. Alice Masaryk, daughter of its President. Some of the improvements conditions in this country, according w Miss Crawford, are: The eight hour day. Collective bargaining. Compulsory sickness and death in- surance Maternity benefits. Universal organization of workers, the women on equal plane with the men. over As for the on of children, Czecho-Slovak de es to the Wom- en's Labor Congress in Washington vst autumn told me that not only is no in the country under fourtee ywed to worl but that ng age will soon nally and phyat in actual birthdays Ni can teach the United States Jeal in th ¢ Indust 3 Crawford, at the Y. W nal Headquarters, No. Avenue. natie, olared M CND} edb sti on her hands, you can imagine what oon" happened im Prague with a whole nized, bo 7 ere new Government to establish, new woinen are Ore mon'a Offices to create and an impossible selibost Tven the domestic ser- Mount of paper work to do. saul rs, aa they Girls came by the thousands to r Peo “his over Prague that first summer, There aro 8 calle ea union which is ov See ware emnems iNet sin Prague now and eee ek meee 6 rear 3,000 women employed in fac tative In the peately some dey am very. alt ane an ours ‘ATL worl n the country have 1 pop ulaery si ead Vi We Ci Au. be muking; which aL tal sirvey of Pr which aot inaeasiee ical Work con- ma De ducted a train women nd the ¢ Y hich in effect for most branches re Czech wom thelr country rk since 1888 rker ts sick he is paid ‘ naSnGa: ev a the use of the district ‘ WwW. nd medicine at reduced establia "This is an old idea to Czechs, ‘ camp for girl nd is one of the vd inheritan old castle, associat Austrian it The collective various parts of Pr ning and eight-how v la for the 2,000 women § \ established two ago. iM- university, as well as for Government nediately after the forming of the clerks ard shop s, city play public grounds for children and, recreation most influential group of or- programmes for girls men the clerks When firmly on its feet the organ- women, called into {zation Will probably be taken over by 1) position: birth of the Czech women, part of _it—tl public when th kK of establish- playground work—by the . new Government waa stupen- t. The ¥. M.C. A. and the the A. are working t¢ s men and girl ATIENCE Zocb DAW § ” (The New York Evening World.) comfort in “If you remember the rush of gi VAgIEN Sophie héné L Copyright, 1920, by The Press Pul S OME time ago I summoned up s fi 9 to Say nothin the result In short, he saved it and me a lot of trouble as wall As I look back I must ri 3 one of the most stances of patience. It is the secret of his ¥ who come to hith will s of any ent courage to go to a dentist, It takes courage. Men in the army would often mther face the firing line than the forceps. For a long time, as usual, I put this matter off, until it couldn't be post- had etther to on it in joned any longer, I Why? Because he will sow suffer or settle the matter, Somehow failure, since he refuses to recog © other the thought of the dentist mize it Aaa He loves Ms work and therefore ouching that nerve in the tooth wa8 sits all ne has into it. And you can't worse than actually experiencing the do good work without paticnce, lots t of it. s particular tooth was a tad one, When a person with whom you are working runs out of it, that's the time Th Thad been previously: wld that Worn ietir up mare. ! man knows {t would haye to come out, but a8 tt Many a time dna cr shape? would ‘have left me with the prospect seas they were wa lr ~; of artificial molars this oo added to him. He was tireless, [ ture it just as though | were tothe delay of having the thing’ “4, against this, I know of ancther attended to, worker, who forgets that there js a I went to a young dentist of con- to-morrow. He lives in the immmdiate siderable experience, a man who had present Rune overseas shortly after gradu- He also fixed @ tooth of mince. He ating and who had treated thousands filled the tooth, having f n to of pec under difficult. circum. take the cotton filling out with wh stances “over there.” he had tre It was a coup I felt that he would have patience. of yoars after that this was discov was not mistaken. ‘The average ered, after I had had oonsiderable ioclwr Would haye taken the line of trouble over it east resistance and extracted the This man was always 6o busy that forthwith, with the statement, you never could get an appointment very sorry, but you will have With him, He took too many appoint- have false teeth.” This man saw ments. He sent you away With a situation and was willing to take temporary proposition He didn't considerable trovble nather than the care about your future and took @ procedure of least effort chance 1 his. His work didn’t “If you will work with me,” he wear be ad no patience with ud, “and be patient, I will try my it, It was only patch work. 1 know ievel best." aix people who have quit him on ac- Certairly no one could ask m count of it Times. without number it eeemed Does it puy to be patient, especially ike. a hopel Proposition. Each in matters where the future will visit found a new discovery—a new tell? The answer {s found in tie wource of possible aggravation, but cesses—the men who have arrived he didn't let go, He persisted, fs the samo old adage, “All that you Bometimes I felt like giving up with ery of "Get rid of tt. T will have take the consequences.” But he jeuld not have tt #0, Pride of ac- { anplishment, perserverance, his skill |) the work, @i were inspiring tac- do, do with your mig! Thing by halves are never done right. The man at the top has wever failed to do his job as best he co The future has taken care of tteelf—and of him, ‘Yes, it pays to be patient, Dr. U, Ys | Can You Beat It! Copyright, 1920, dy The Prony Psblindiy (The New York Eveuing On, Maurice Ketten T INVITE YOU AND MRS pik Jo OHN PAID THE Dis DLL yor TR OF 66 a Preston digeactater ther Lreston dig-avtiter borrows my ‘6s a renin take your va D, W' this morning,” said Watch aiid dooa some tricks with It We you needa good rest," ree », the Wait eth in, Wine feller eee marked Mrs, Jarr at break- Priendly pescued a disheart- “6 must hi on." ‘we will go to some quiet, ned rom hia bu ad he cer- act Went to the then, When lei place ainly did cause some mix-up. Say, listen!” she std. “If you hap- vacation when ['m not feeling well?” “What sort of @ follow did you pen’to see a tall, thin guy with a bald as Mr, Jarr. “What's the use pay’ asked the F. P. head and a bump on his nose, let me having a va fon if one ts all sick “A Pr 1 dig-a-tater! You know know, wil you? He'll be that Pres- and run down? My vacation js the ton dig-a-tater.”” nly time I have to myself I'm go- one 86 slight your band bo ‘Want to mect him again, eh?” ing to have it when I'm feeling fine who slip you the >w you See it— asked the Friendly Patron I¢ I am to be sick and under the now you don't’ stuff. How I come to “You know it—and bad, too,” gid w her and have to lie around know he's got the is when he Lac lo, “L just discovered that so z, I'll do it on the busats 1 walked off with my watch me.”" picks up a boiled egg and it disap- us Sen RL ied lana aA Eat Se Tey ar Dispi Ne fi Heyy Tanya: ‘Whee 4i4 you do Lady Ferguson isplays ew: with that eg » Mpaimasee ene sayie Ital ea ola Fashions at Yacht Race trick: “Tt was an old Please the foo as “ts the Pre he tw pocket. kind, {t in the "OE ‘This ma put a ha and he me joki “ ‘See wearing wateh “He it is, she 1 goes to the JOHN TOBE FOR. GAS \O-EAT geen THAT WIu BE a itp Good! Now WE'LL Go TS ASWELL INN oS ipa genre orate MR JOHN PAID FOR THE DINNER exe, too,’ I says. don't get too mysterious with 1 in here, It’s tricky enough, Where's that egg?” this Kent's pocket,’ says ton dig-a-tater, With that the egg out of @ man’s. This guy 1s 4 hick of some he says, ‘I never put in course, an's @ hocus pocus artist. rd-botled hen in your uid the egg.’ Preston dig-a-tater, seeing des to act some more, his wi “Well, you ney I says. He pocket ng, dec that old gent with whisk frisk he says, him. nd boy and sticks his hand in his pocket, When it comes out Jt drags a lady's stocking with it. Now! was where the big % happens. The old lauly give r huspind one look Where'd you git that, Sam? ashe I never got it,’ he saya. Like fu au never!" “The Preston dig-a-tater sees rough weather ahead so he says: ‘Lady, [ put it in y husband's pock 1 was doing 4 k. pu did Then she turns to her husband. ‘Come on out, Sam, and doney listen to me,’ am rning TL busi pick me out for your tricks again: she says, gets up and starts away to the tricky one, he eays: t you on the nose If you ever “We ail have @ good laugh and then A t GoTo A SWELL HOTEL Piel li | [e} | WILL YOU PLEASE a FORTHE px SKINEM HOTEL PR ? Lvellle, the Wallies. Bitl HAS GONE Ou PLEASE SETTLE THE BILL) BILL HAS GONE To GET THE CAR PLEASE PAY “Ihe Jarr > tommy ThteanaTiouaS Lady Ferguson, wif of the best dres: especially in the way of of Sir Joh women ‘chapeaux,” n Ferguson, prominent English banker, in England. Her charming costumes, caused comment among the guests of Sir Thomas Lipton on board the Victoria. a SS ne bl Te IF (the Cs York orde ll. World) Maybe you are right,” sald Mra. Jurr, “bul you must see that you do ive a chanee to get well before you do go on your vacation. So you'd Imtter stay at home for a couple of If I'm not feeling better to-mor- row, Ul do it," he said, Mis, Jarr looked after him y Hy noon ahe had worked herself up into the belief that Mr. Jarr was suf- fering a nervous breakdown, and sbe un- determined to go see the family doc- , how do you do, Mra, Jarrt* ved Dy, Smerk, the neighbor ular practitioner, when Mrs. see him, “Nothing h, I'm as well a9 oan be ex- pected,” sald Mra, Jarr, "T still have those dreadful pains in the side every now and she! “That's That's very badl” said Dr. Smerk. “We have been over- working ourself.” ‘We must take care of ourself,” re. peated plenty We reat ment Dr, Smerk, of ight but “We must eat no irishing food. should go to a cool place and We should have picasant amuse- und We should not let ourself y over anything.” '@ Gasy enough for you to Bay, ? 1 Mrs, Jarre, “You are + Uc the men, do not know it is to have the cares nd troubles of a worn, You know woexneting Mr, Jars ta, He ex ta everything to bt just ao, and thinks of the hundred-and- ves T have to look after," ery incon- Simerk, soothing! think how’ their dear ones around them may be suffering withou plaining, And then this wer is enough to cause any one to break down. It's the women who b ip the best, They never com- Just *4t, Dr, Smerk,” sald od a tonic," said Dr. Bmerk, 1 4 rest and.a ton mn you up @ tonie right now, But t m real do need ta to go to rome quiet place and rest." "T Inow (should, doctor,” replied Mov. Jarr, “But how can I get away from home when everything depends on me? Mra. Jarr came awny from the doo- tor's beaming with satisfaction “There, you see!" she sald to her- self, "Edward Jarr just imagines he ts sok. Dr. Smerk was only wor ried about me!” TUESDAY, JULY 27, Old “Stick in the Mud,’’ k Fish of Great Mystery, — 1920 ant Welcomes Pansy to His Domain: Lord of the Sacred Pool, He Talks Philosophy to thes Adventurers Into Fairyland, ov Another Episode of the Roumanian Queert’s Fascinating Fairy Series. Peeping Pansy’s Visit Is Interrupted by Sootypootypuff, . the Crow. & ue By Marie, Queen of Roumania ERE ¢ coment” erted the old woman suddenly, and Pansy, forgetting all else, leanet down as close to the water as she dared. Something shadowy and huge was Moving down there—a eort of fat mas: that terrified the little fishes awa: and with great jumps, all the frogs leaped into the water, where they re- mained @uspended with spmwting legs, thetr bulging eyes alone appear- ing above the surface, The tadpoles had quite disappeared, Something round and slimy looking rose from the water, and a deep voice satd: oe “Is It you, old friend?” “It's 1" answered Dame Dammy- dimmydoo, “How are to-day?” “The problem of roots.” “What's that?” whispered Panay. “Is there some one with you?” asked the votoe. “Yes,” replied the Dame, “T have a very young companion with me—an adventurous Httle muiden,” "I do not suppose whe cares much about reots?” ‘Fverything ‘nterests me," am- awered Panay eaverly, bending forward #0 that old Stick-In-the-Mud had a clear view of her facn, “Why is she so pink?” asked the muddy one. “It's my natural color,” Pansy, always ready answers, ' “It's not a bad color,” admitted that strange, round objeot that was protruding from the water. “May Task hin a question?" whiep- ered Pansy to her companion. “You can ask him whatever you Itke," sald the Damg. “But you'll see fram time to time fe draws his nose under weer or he cannot breathe ‘The round, slimy object reappeared ca, and Pansy quickly explained with her true that centuries have passed over your head?" “Sounds very heavy,” and Stick-Tn- the-Mud made a movement with his) ponderous body so that the surface of the water rippled Into a thousand rings. “T have not counted my centuries, he maid at Inst, “but T certainly do not remember my youth.” "Do you lke living down there tn the mud?" asked Pansy. “Tt 1s warm and cosy,” answered the fieh “T think {t must be muither dult,”" protes’sd Pansy. “That ia n mater of taste,” said the fish “Ta your family with you? asked Pansy, who was always interested In homely detatta. “T've bad eo many families,” said the old fellow, “that T realty do not know which famfly you are tallcing abit.” sk him what he thinks of the water Iillies?" whispered = Dame Dammydimmytoo “What do you think of the water Milles?" asked Paniry as #he had been told ‘“Thetr roota ara deep, and greedy; them.” "He dame “L wish T could aco him a ttle het- ter, but T only see his nose and mouth, and those are not particularly attractive." “There in a certain charm about only half-seen things,” chuckled Dame Dammydimmyloo; “old Stick- Tn-the-Mud is not particularly bee and strong {t's good to Ive amongst ts a ‘curtostty,” explained the tiful; but he's) mysterious, as all things mre that are very, very old Then, hecause of hia great are, he a so very large, and moss and slime grow on him as if he were an old stone; this makes htm att more In- visible.” The round slimy object reappeared, his Old Stick-In-the-Mud Likes it Dow® by the Roots of the Water Flowers. °° and the deep voice spoke again, | #0 “T suppose you like things that have bright colors,” said the water hermit “and that you chase butterflies an pick fading. flowers, and feed upom® honey and strawberries and al ‘i Dinan children care about, and if @ spot of mud fell upom ” your gaudy little dress you would 6e much annoyed?" ak “T am generally scolded tf 1 mre: my dresa muddy,” admitted Pansy, “But if you crowned your foolish," shining locks with red poppies oF blue forget-me nots, your parents would stund in ecstasy before you; that Is just the false human point of view; a good, honest splash of mud: {8 considered dint, and those tuwdtyy flimsy flowers that taco almost’ at! once are praised. No one remem bera: that without the good, honest mee there woutd be no flowers.” “You seem to be rather against flowora,” sald: Pansy; “do you aise" dislike the stars?’ “They also believe themselves mora important than they really are grumbled old Stick-In-the-Mud. “But what do you consider imy portant?" asked the Itttle trl bed “Eternal verities,” aatd the fah dwt solemn tones. also talks of wertties!” st; ind cid Dame Dummydimm: » Inurhed, Would vou Nike to hear a disdia?™ sion between Stick-In-the-Mud an@ Sootypootypuft?" asked the ofd lady: “Oh, yes! ‘That wouht be aplendid,, as long as T'm not obliged to argue with ttl old crow.” on, fear, They do all the euine! They are worthy oppe- nents” lnached the dame, “and 1 tening to; let's have a little private’ representation that will certainly be, musing.” And old Dammydimmydoe » Ave her tick, with the prompt ree) sult that from somewhere out of the ar the obfectionable black bird swooped down among the fongétt/ nota at their ade, Tust have a little talk with ob In-the-Mud," ordered ta rates ™ Ste trees. ’ ‘The crow put ta head on one side,, and the exnressen in hin eye Wam mom provoking than ever, Pansy could net hein faneyinig a winking at her. . he wag Monertdit, 1020, ty The RoW SenMieats, Tee.) Maxims ofaModern Maid By Martuarite Mooen Marshall “ Copyright, + 1920, Bs ‘The Presse Publishing Co. RUB love is that which can survive the disenchanting effect of @. bungalow apron or a #hirt without a collar, ‘ A man's idea of a quiet house tx to say everything that comes inte... | (The New York Evening World), tis head and then tell every one else that hea heard all he wants to on. the subject. Fast and West may meet some day, but the woman of the “yes, dear,” generation never will understand the modern wife, who argues with her husband exactly as long as he argues with her—and often one sentence longer. The young man with @ future: he who succeeds in convincing both hia stenographer and the boss's @aughter that is the only girl he has ever really loved. ul woman edition are the she A really and a usually to be valuable first for collected but not read. destined same fate You can always the bachelor from the su widower; the bachelor is 40 much more shy—and scared. One tell mmer powstble reason for the rarity of feminine friendships ts that. two women cannot swap tnsulty on politics, religion, clothes and sex attraction and REMAIN f just as if they were men! enda— The perfect wiumph of hope over experience is represented by the man mpetent stenographer by always hiring the one prettiest ankles, who tries to get a with the curliest hair and the The summer man looks as beautiful Fairbanks, as irresistible as Romeo desolate wastes of @ sum: one» PR r resort, Every woman cherishes the memory of ber first kias—even if she ¢ remember the name of the boy to whom @he gave it as Apollo, as muscular as when he can be seen at all in the