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A LUMBERMEN'S AMENDMENT.
TO ONK ominous change in lh 8UU liw proposed la the nrv
Cowtitutlon The Kvrnlng World list more than ue drawn
attention.
The attempt to put the forritt of the State at the mere of
ulue-hradcd commuitou filled 1 the Governor with tiivmbcrt holding
eiiee or sine years is a scheme that bean the flnger-marki of poll,
tleiam and lumber ijfldiratei. Jloardt of such unwieldy alia readily
trade responsibility. They are easily packed. In the pait they hare
time asd again sanctioned timber cutting raidi which, if blocked at all,
were blocked with the greatest difficulty.
The Author of the amendment, the New York State Fih, Oatno
end Foreit League polnU out, ia the President of a big lumber com
pany which it now being aued by the Conservation Commiiiion for
damage of not leu than 9120,000 for timber removed from land
claimed by the State. Lumbermen hare (tripped hundred of thou
(anda of acre in the Adirondack of every (tick of valuable timber.
Do they now, aiks the Icague, by mean of a politically controlled
commission, hope to sell these bare Innda to the Stnte at fancy pricc(?
Why should it tako nine commissioners to conserve tho Slate
forests? The way to keep forct con(crvatIon olear of politic la, oi
,we hare aid before, to put it in tho bonds of ono responsible com
missioner to whom no legislative or other clique can dictate and who
will not be a figurohend while secretaries run his department.
Tho proposed nmondmcnt is littlo better thou a lumbermen' plot.
It should bo voted into limbo.
- 4.
An loqueit on eighteen Zeppelin victim in London showed
that half of them, mostly women, died of "heart failure or shook
resulting from the terrifying effect of the exploding bombs."
Frightening women to death is star brand "schreckllchelt."
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THE BARALONG.
COUNT VON BERNSTORFF'S version of tho Ikruloug incident,
tho first story of'which appeared in Tho World Oct. 7, differs
in an Important particular from tho earlier accounts of
what happened. ;j ' " '
Tho statement filed by tho German Ambassador implies that the
British patrol boat was still flying tho American flag (which she had
used as a disguise) when alio began firing on tho German submarine
Tho American sailors on tho Nicosian before told a story plainly indi
cating that tho Baralong had dropped her side scroens (on which
American flags wcro painted), lowered tho American flag and run up
the British, colors beforo her guns actually opened fire.
Tho rules of warfare on sea permit a belligerent ship to fly any
flag up to tho moment when sho begins to fire. When and as long
ns sho is in action sho must show her own flag. It is not yet cloar
' that tho Baralong carried her ruso beyond permissible limits. -
On tho other hand, if tho officers and crew of the Baralong shot
and killed helpless Germans 'in tho water after the latter had mado
every signal of surrender, then British seamen wore guilty of acts for
which any civilized nation would formerly have blushed. In the pres
ent war retaliation and reprisal are fast depressing all standards.
To-morrow New Jersey answer the Question.
THE POLICE REPORT.
CLOSE to eleven thousand policoracn costing city taxpayers about
$34 a minuto managed to copo with lawlessness last year by
arresting on an average ono New Yorker out of ovory thirty.
The total number of arrests and summonses in 1014 was 190,184,
M increase of more than 8,000 over tho figures for 1913. Arrests
for felonies showed an incrc&so of 22.5 per cent, and convictions in
this class increased 24 per cent. Burglars wero rounded up and con-
,victd in numbers about one-third ahead of the preceding year.
JFbiee times as many drug vendors were caught. Ono thousand soven
hundred and twenty-threo persons were arrested for carrying danger
ous weapons, an increase of 341 over tho figures for tho year before.
While it is true that murderers get away with amazing frequency,
there is no reason to belittle a creditable year of police work in other
direotions. Seven policemen gavo their lives last year in tho scrvico
of the city. The general condition of tho force is hotter thin it htp
' ever been. There arc more good men and bravo men ready on all
occasions to be a credit to it. Department reports show that New
York policemen are healthier than London policemen, healthier than
the soldiers in tho United States Army.
"It is necessary to givo to polico officers adequate power, full
responsibility, and then to demand from tljcm results," says Commis
sioner Woods.
Taxpayers do their part to tho tunc of nearly $18,000,000 a year,
Wo aro anxious to believe tho city grows better. Wo have a right to
deinnnd that it shall grow safer.
am i (j ii II i i i ii hi 'i I imi 'i i ;v ,i
Reasoa 6. FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHIL
DREN'S BUDGET.
By Kute Dcvcrcux Blake.
BlICAl'HH It is Ume for Mother Knickerbocker to bavt Kite
thing to say about the wiy her children are to 1 brought f.
Father Knickerbocker u a bit of a (pendthrift. lie has bar
row cd until he spends t'i'i nut of rrrry $100 that he gathers each year
for iiitcrt'ft on hii dibit. 'Thii li just oi much a he upends for edu
cation not merely education for the children, but for the grown peo
ple iti the evening chools and the public lectures; and it includes the
libraries as well and the recreation centres. And then he grumbles
and sayi, "The children cost too much."
Grumbles, although he spendi a dollar leis in every hundred dol-r
lars that he has than the average amount spent by his brothers la the
other cities and towns of the State.
Grumbles, though he spends six dollars a year less out of every
hundred of his income than tho average amount spent in the whole
United Statcsl
Grumbles, though he spends almost thrco-rjuarlcrs as much for
police, courts and prisons to punish offenders for wrongdoing as he
is willing to spend for the Department of Education.
Grumbles and says that the education of tho children will force
him into bankruptcy if it is continued at its present rate.
Grumbles and tries to savo out of tho women and tho children.
And tho children, where may they play? He cannot afford play
grounds. Really, Mother Knickerbocker must havo a voico in tho govern
ment. VOTE FOR THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT NOV. 2.
Arguments Against Suffrage
By the Opposition Leaders
Reason I-
CoPTrijfat, 1015. by th I'm. Iubllriitt( Co. (Tin New York Errata! World).
MR. J Aim set down the dress 'children. It was Just like you to fro
suit esses and fumbled In his tn the milk atoro and not think of It.
pocket for the latchkey as the If you had gono Into tho saloon you
Jsrr family reached the top landing wouldn't have forgotten to bring homo
Hits From Sharp Wits.
It's a mansion when you are boast
Ins to & friend and a shanty when
the assessor comes along. I'hlladel
pbU Telrsraph.
.
When a wlft really enjoys going
about the lioun "ridding up" after
an untidy husband that Is love.
Toledo DUde.
...
Msn wonders what Is going to hap-lU'-fUr
v'iiiii, nut about tho only
thing he knowa for sure Is that nomo
body will get his job, and perhaps
do the ork better. Toledo Illade.
A fiachtlor has lust wedded a wom
an' with eighteen chlldroi.. I'eaco hath
ita heroes no less than war. Haiti
morn American.
...
Idle talk sometimes manages to
muke somebody uuiy. Norfolk Led
ger-uupatcn,
...
The ono time an old man never
fools anybody Is when he tries to be
young. Norfolk IxJser-Dlipatch.
...
Yhat res! satisfaction doss &nv uiiu
get nut of talking 111 about others?
Albany Journal.
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Borne persons arejlko phonograph
except In that they Tlever run down
AiDuny Journal.
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Letters From the People
"siiivvv,vvru'vrurtjuxAiv
A Hall-Fur gn-jceaf Ion,
To Ua Edltot U Tit Ernroi Wwld :
I wish root power could urge tho
railroad companion of Ureater New
Ofork to carry school children for half
fare, I bars In mind a friend who on
vary sssagrs salary is sending three
The Jarr Family
By Roy L.
McCardell
MVMMWAAMAf
The Jarrs Are Back From Vacation;
Now They Can All Get a Good Rest
some beor."
Mr. Jarr went moro or less Bayly
upon the errands and roturned wltb
cnnuren to nitrn school at a mii n
11.60 per week enrfare, which you can
readily appreciate Is qulto an Item,
As a rule, school children travel whori
traffic U lightest. And I think the
companies could well afford to mako
a half rats far. J, C. W.
at the door of their domicile. Theirs
had been a belated vacation.
I can't nnd the key," said Mr.
Jarr. "Hhall I try to break in tho
doorr"
"PJease don't, for I'll be afraid of
burglars till It's nxed again," said
Mrs. Jarr. "Knock at Mrs. Wilkin
son's door and ask her to let you
cross the fire escapo to our kitchen
window, for it is safe to say ou
didn't fasten the window when wo
left, although I told you to."
Mr. Jarr did as he was told, and
welt pleased was he to And that Mrs.
Jarr was correct In her aurmlse. He
raised the untastenod kitchen window
and came Inside to the door and
opened It, Just as Mrs. Jarr found tho
key In her pocketbook.
"Be It ever so humble, there's no
place like the old flat," remarked Mr.
Jarr as he made a bee line for the
couch In the front room and throw
his weary bones upon it. He had
been away two weeks to rest, but
had had no place to do It in that
time.
"Now, please don't lie there," said
Mrs. Jarr. "You should bo ashamoa
of yourself whon tho children aro
more of a help to mo than you are.
Willie and Emma havo carried tho
ultcases to my room. Oo to the tel
ephone and call up Gertrude's married
slater and tell her wo are home, it
will be Just my luck to And aer-
trudo has taken another place and
won't come back to us,"
Mr. Jarr went to tho telephone, but
it had been discontinued for non-pay
ment of the current bill, so far as
outgoing service was concerned, He
was sent out to a telephone In good
standing. He saw Mrs. Jarr watch
Ine hlra from the window, so no
did not go Into Qus's place on tho
corner, but In a fit of moral upright-
eouanos telephoned from the milk
store.
He could have spared himself both
trouble and morality. The telephone
of the married sister of Uertrudc, the
Jarre' erstwhile light running domes,
tic, had been discontinued out and
In and all togothcr.
Mr. Jarr returned and so reported
and again flung him down to rest upon
tho sofa.
"Now, don't do thatl" whimpered
Mrs. Jarr. "Do you expect mo to
come back and look after everything,
when I have had no mat at all the
last two weeks? Oo out to tho dell
catcssen store and get something for
upper. Urine la soms milk for the
his purchases, which he placed on the
dining room table and then attempted
to lie down on the sofa ho had been
banished from for a long fortnight.
Hut Mrs. Jarr, who had been looking
In tho closets for moths and mildew
nnd hadn't bcon disappointed, camo
to him and gazed reproachfully.
"If I wcro on my dying bed," she
remarked pathetically, "you would
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Reflections -of
a Bachelor Girl
By Helen Rowland
(Jwjrtltit. 1913. b; tlw I'm. 1'ublliWni Co. (Tht .New York Bitplng Wotl'll
HE follies which a man regrets most, In this life, are those which
be didn't commit when he had tho opportunity.
In tho average man's opinion tho command, "Thou ahalt not
steal," does not apply to a kiss, a heart, an umbrella, a hotel towel or
an atter-dtnner story.
When a woman dresses In a way to make a rainbow look like a
mourning band, you may know that her husband has chosen her clothes uc
cording to tho taste acquired during a youth devoted to musical comedies.
Why docs a young girl always fancy that she must bo scintillating,
or Intellectual, or brilliant, or spicy, or something startling Just as
though every man were a- "sleeping beauty" who must be waked up by
an alarm clock?
leavo my sldo and go llo on that old
sofa. Can't you see I'm all tired out?
Vou might, for once, mako tho tea
and set the table and sco the children
havo a bite."
And as Mr. Jarr got up Mrs. Jarr
lay down on the sofa and- fell asleep.
It was not till nearly midnight, when
all wau calm and still, that Mr. Jarr
got tho lay-off he had longed for.
Ho It over so humble, a sofa ia
home, sweot homo.
Tho lost way on earth In which a man ever thinks of trying to find
out whether or not n girl loves him Is to ask her.
Onco upon a time tho first symptom of "lovo" was a girl's nblllty
to recognize a man's step upon" tho path; but, nowadays, her heart doesn't
begin palpitating until she discovers that sho can recognlzo the toot
of his motor horn a block away.
To a woman the first kiss Is Just tho end of the beginning; to a
man, It Is the beginning of the end.
A man is such a timid creature that ho has to havo a written guar
antee of safety before ho will allow himself to become Interested In a
woman; but once Interested, he Is afraid of nothing on earth except that
he may not get the woman.
Sometimes a man's luclc consists In never getting "all that Is coming
to him."
$5 FOR YOUR LOVE STORY!
Do you Itnow any good love storlns?
Not Imaginary lovo stories, but true ones?
Your own lovo story or some friend's?
If so, you con sell It.
Tho Kvenlnir World will print Truo Ixivo Htorlea sr-nt In by rpadcrn
"d will pay (S for every one published.
Tho conditions are simple. Tlioy aro;
The story must be told In 350 words or loss.
It mtlt tin tTllf In lvnrv tlntntl
It must bo written or typed on only one slilo of thu paper,
Tell tho story simply. Don't aim nt so-called "linn wrltlnif."
Kiill name nnd address must accompany each munuocrlpt.
Address "Truo Lovo Story Kdltor, livening World, New York City."
The Kvenlng World will not return unused stories.
Dollars and Sense,
by Ii. J. Barrett.
Copyriilit. 1015. hT Tti. ! IhiblUhlnf Co.
(Ti ,tw York Kirolnj World.)
This Dent lt Sells UU Services C.O.D.
EVERY professional man has his
tale of woo to tell regarding bad
bills. One man, a doctor, claims
that during forty years' practice he
lost over 1100,000 In this way. As a
rulo the professional man Is paid last.
Every one comes before him. And
oiicn no is never paid. Here is a
man who had the courage of his con
vlctlons. Head Jils solution of this
ever present problem.
"Yes, it required a good deal of
sheer moral strength to put my prac
tice, upon a cash baslii," said a sue
ceesful dentist recently. "Hut with
mo It was simply a easo of adopting
this plan or of going out of business.
"One day I went over my books and
found over 111,000 In accounts six
months pas tdue. And a substantial
portion of that $11,000 represented an
actuul outlay on my part for gold
and other supplies. Woll, I saw red
for a minute. And It was my Indigna
tion that gavo me tho courago to take
the crucial stop.
"A now patient entered a few mo
mcnts later. I looked over his teeth,
told him that It would cost at least
ICS to havo the work done and calmly
Informed him that I operated on a
cush basis, I'd havo to rgcclvo S25
on tho spot ana tne naiancu in insiai
mcnts at each visit. The final pay
ment would be mado on tho last visit.
"Iln promptly drew his check for
J23 without a murmur. Next day I
coiihiiIhsIuiiuiI tit pl'intui' tu lun uff
sovurul hundred announcements out
lining my now cash policy. These
were worded as tactfully as possible
nnii vet weru firm and unequivocal
t mulled them to my list of patients.
"I lost a tow paiionis, oi course,
but tlioy wcro of a typ that I was
glad to lose. Most of my cllentclo
offered no objection.
"Milieu that time I havo not lost a
dollar in bad accounts. And that's
nuinii rorord for a dentist handling
my grndn of patronage Furthermore,
I havo told many or my colleagues of.
my l.olley and they, too, have udoptod
It.
"J estimate that my average annual
net Incoino was Increased at least count of my movements
3,000 by this step.
Because Voting It Not a Right, but a Retpon$i-
bility With a Heavy Obligation.
By Alice Hill Chittenden.
S there any such thing as a natural right to vote? All tho legal'."
authorities say NO. Tho Supremo Court of tho United States
says NO. Common sense says NO.
"Suffrage," said Judge Coolcy, in his work on tho Principles of
Constitutional Law, "cannot bo tho right of tho individual, becauso
it docs not exist for the benefit of tho individual, but for tho benefit
of tho statu itself."
Tho Cyclopedia of American Government says: "That the suf
frage cannot be a natural right is obvious from the fact that no com
munity can ever enfranchise all its citizens."
The United States Cyclopedia of Law says: "The right of suf
frage can be regulated, modified or withdrawn by tho authority which
conferred it. It is not a natural right of which a person cannot bo
deprived, but a privilege which may bo granted or denied by tho peo
ple or by the department of government to which they have delegated
the power in the mutter as general policy may require."
The franchise is a function of government carrying with It a
leavy responsibility, and it is granted only to those to whom tho Gov
ernment, for what it conceives to be its own highest interest, sees fit
to grant it.
In the case of women it is a question solely of how they can best
servo tho state and it is still held by all who oppose Woman Suffrago
that women can best servo tho state outside the realm of po4tical
contention. 6
VOTE "NO," ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE NOV. 2.
The Woman Who Dared
A Married Lite Series of Utmost Interest
- By Dale Drummond
Copjriiht. 1015, br Ui Prm l'ubli.Wnf Co, (Th Nn York ETnU World).
CHAPTER IV.
EOPLE should keep such
things to themselves, and
Inside four walls," I i'e-
member hearing my
father say onco when dis
cussing some scandal.
So that when I recklessly asked
Haskall why he didn't divorce me, I
really meant nothing. He had simply
goaded mo Into replying as I did. To
me, at that time, a divorced man or
woman was in a way boyond tho pale
of good society. Now after four
years, nolther Haskall nor love for
htm filled more than the smallest
nlcho of ray heart.
.Several duys had elapsod since our
dinner party. I had given up the
Idea of seeing Erlo Lucknow again,
when ono day upon my return from a
shopping expedition 1 fuund Haskall
waiting for mo. His scowling fuce
was not reassuring, and whon he
angrily waved a calling card before
mo and thundered "How many times
havo you received Lucknow?" I un
derstood his black looks. Hut I was
so elated that Eric Lucknow had not
forgotten to call that his tlrado wont
almost unheard, and for n moment I
could not collect my wits sufficiently
to reply, ,
"Answer met" Haskall stormed.
"How many times have you received
this man?"
"1 have never seen mm save the
onco when you Invited him to dln
nor," I ropllod, calmly, although my
heart was beating fast.
"Not hlii fault, evidently," Haskall
sneered, tearing the card across,
"It certainly Ih not mine," I replied,
"I should havo enjoyed meeting him
aguln. He Is vory clover." I then
went on to my room, happy that I had
not been forgotten and nmased at my
tomerlty.
It is not wonderful that I should
havo felt flattered by the attentions
of a man like Eric Lucknow, traveller,
dilettante and IKihomlnn, I -was littlo
less than a prisoner In my husband's
house. I coutdn't go out nor come In
wiinoui giving tne most elaborate ac
count of my movements. At first
ya, for ytare this did not trouble
me; I had no wish to go out without
Haskall; no desire to bide anything
from him. Hut as tlmo went on, and
he took, no pains to make himself
companionable, I chafed under the
restraint ne put upon me.
I know now that his type of man
never Is a companion to a woman,
and Haskall was no exception to the
rule. He had the limited vision that
was bounded by his own personality,
lila own desires.
When we were Hrst married Hask
all could have mado of me absolutely
what he willed. Ho could have
moulded and fashioned mo after any
pattern ho admired had he only
cared enough to have taken the tlmo
and the pains. Ilut he even then wan
ben vlvant tho good follow among
a certain set. Droadway, the gay
ntfrht life nt Hi thuntM .
rants ciaimeu much of his ttmo.tj
Sometimes he took mo with him; but TP
I was not naturally gay; the people
I met were not of a class I carod to
associate with, so he oftener went
alone.
I wonder how many men know that
they aro or COULD I1E all In all to
the women they marry If they so
willed?
Three months after we married my
father died. Mother followed blm In
Just six weeks. So, as I had neither
brothers nor sisters, Haskall mode up
my world. Tor weeks I cared for
nothing, scarcely knew when Haskall
came nnd went. I was numb with my
sudden overwhelming sorrow. When
at last my youth and natural buoy
ancy triumphed and I again began to
take an Interest In the things around
me I found that naskall taking ad
vantage of my Indifference, caused by
my grief had been amusing himself
In his own way, that now he had no
time for me.
"Will you take me for Hrlv t
unnuu nun ono mie arternoon.
"I Can'tl I havo an innnm.ul
with Merton,'' naming a man who was
prominently known as a leader In a
fast sot of both men and women.
"Aren't you afraid people will talk
If you are seen so frequently with
that crowd?" I asked.
"No! As long as a man's wife be
naves, no one cares what he doe," hn
replied as he left me to dress.
(To B Cootlnusd.)
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