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J. ANOUH ."HAW. Tniiiurrr, S I'&rk How.
JOSEPH PULIT.IJIt Jr. Hfcretarv. fil I'nrk How. -
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VOLUME 58 Ka"20Tr'
IF FOOD, WHY NOT RENT?
M M OHK thnn six months ago, when fond' administrators new nl
IVI ",c J0' wcru "'''"'"'"g
price boosting among retail food dealers in this city, Tha
Evening World urged a practical plnn of art ion a follows:
l'rlat Huts of fair current prices for common articles of
foot) anil post regularly where ull may read.
DlicJplIno the retail price booster br onlerfnir wholesale
dealers to itop hit supplies.
rillory thn food profiteer with publicity, that the politic
Bar amid him and honest dealers nit In judgment on him.
The Evening World did more.
It offered n concrete demonstration of what such a progrntnmo
could accomplish by ilnnlf pnblinliing a tri weekly tnble of fnir curro:it
prices which rnlnil food dcnlcr in New York should ho expected to
charge for different grades nnd cuts of onnd ment and for nmo
twenty other common food products.
The Evening World nUo showed Federal, Slntn nnd IocrI foi-1
boards the subhtnp'isl help Hnd eo-operntion they could count on from
organizations like its own Housewives' Protective Association in keep
ing watch on retail food price nnd visiting with publicity and pun
ishment any dealer found to lw deliberately overcharging his eus
tumors. t
Friday of Inst week the. Federal Food Administration at Wash
ing officially announced Us "definite measures to limit retail foo-1
prices" by nation-wide action along the following linns:
"Throuch the mnlliim of stnnrtarillrcd 'fair price lists,' fo
be published In practically every bnrnlet, town and city In the
country. Food Administration odlclnln expect to protect the
( consumer from unreasonable price odvnners.
"In every community the Flood Administration will estab
lish prlco Interpreting committers composed of reprosrutatlvcs
of the wholesalers, retailers and consumers. This Inter
preting board will ascertain fair retail prices on the basic
commodities that comprise a largo part of the people's diet.
The final fair prices will bo widely published. Nows
' papers In every city and county will bo asked to co-operate,
setting asldo a particular position In a prominent pluco on the
same, day each week, running the lists with cousplcuous
headlines.
"Consumers will be asked to report to their Food Admin
istrator any stores charging morn than thn announced prices.
Investigation of these reports will glvo the Food Administra
tion a basis upon which to work In separating tho patriotic
dealer from the profiteer. An Indirect control over tho
retail stores may bo exercised by cutting off supplies nt the
source Instructing licensed wholesale dealers to sever busi
ness relations with tho firms which exact more than a reason
able charge."
After six months, then, the programme advocated by The
Evening World for New York becomes, in ita every feature, the
programme by which Federal authority will protect American
consumers throughout the country from the rapacity of retail
food profiteers.
What haB been accomplished toward curbing one form of prof
peering can be thn more confidently undertaken in the cbjo of
another.
liven more formidablo thnn I he item of food in miiny New York
family budgets', as Tho Evening World has pointed out, has beconw
he item of rent.
In thia city landlord profiteers are showing themselves n'
ruthless as food profiteers toward incomes already heavily taxed
by war demands.
Against rent profiteering, m against food profiteering, The Eve
ning VorId is prepared to fight until it wins. Against tho landbrd
profiteer it urges nlso its programme of defense:
First, a prompt and open showdown of facts aSid figures
bearing on rents, taxes nnd realty conditions in this city,
with a view to determining at whnt point the raising of rents
ceases to be fair and equitable nnd becomes profiteering.
Since rents depend upon local causes and conditions, let
municipal authority come forward and seek for just stand
ards by which advance of rents can be measured and con
trolled. What Congress has sought to do toward regulating
rents in war time in the District of Columbia, let the Board
of Aldermen set about doing for the rcnt-pnycra of New
York who, with their families, comprise tome 90 per cent,
of the city's population.
If food, why not rent?
Hits Krom
"Chicken feed conius high, com
plain tnu rainier. upi feeuinK
on chlckuiin coined ivun a llttlo moi
altltudliiuuxly. MunpliU Cummer-clal-Apii'Ul.
If a lot easier for you to woishli;
your anclorn llian It ever wouM
have beun for you to llvu with tlu-m.
UlnKtiamtou 1'itMs.
When a man loses contldence In
hlraieir ho muken the vote unani
mous. Chicago News. i
rv hui- while the sun shims, or
nui w(,n'l tie able to utloid an u.n
breJla when It laliis. Philadelphia
utcoro. ....
Wouldn't It be nice If we could
huv like tho Government, name our
price and have the dealer gluu lo .
accept III--amwttuivee
Doing without would be easier If
wo didn't have to pay Just aa much
for what Is left. Albany Journal,
Envr Is the vinegar In the milk of
human klndness. limuhamton Press.
Procraatlnatlon Is tho thief of time,
and the plunder can never bo recov
ered. CklcuEo
The people who broo1 over their
troubles must be anxious to hatch out
more. Philadelphia llecord.
you oould not net beyon tho bottom
rotisd. Memphis CommelKlal-Appcal.
JOSEPH PULITZER.
tn1 failure of their ullorts to curt)
Sharp Wits
TIib sluirwrd muy Ko to tlx ant.
uui niv uiuaiuiiu win mem Mm more
' " 'vuy. -rminileipnin Heron,
Many u fellow nnver makea ui hli
inliiil what to .let nil it u too lulu to
uv i.. -jiiiaucimu itororil.
utry man smmiii huvo ambition
enouKh lo gut out of tho ton
kliocKa.-Tole.io HliiUe.
Some men fall because they waote
too much tune m foolinK cvir tun
that they c.ul.1 hilt- a boy to attoi
to lor 11 a week.-ChlcHgo N'ewa.
ItInK thn belli for rhulnri. l.
Mlliu
ttoiu
Itlng thn N:ll-i for rhubarb t.io- hnll
,ilio bright mm In the tky; K tbi hull
an. rig the Wt. a...! waBhShc f el !
us'.r "' V"Ur '""'"-"altlmoi-o
; aim.
Mont men tet about as much from
Chan iik suci-ru uh n ,ur does r01
PrcM1" "u,"mol",;,-"J,lnK''amtin
It's hard for a man to talU with a
Pretty i?lrl and not think hur Mind
Press "nU a" 1'af',nlVfc'hanton
Oh. yes. Married peopin Talk nlo.it
Love; line H'h KiMienilly to Momebudj
lse.- Hmithumr n Prei.i,
t
If he pnys ciimIi at the driitr store
she c'lintK hy hn complexion honmt
iy.Philadilphla Itecord.
.
Keen faith and you'll koen your
friends. Memphis Commcrcl
i ii o - a. v no" inn ,."i,. t-uiii , j
I T - ,,
My Matrimonial Chances
By Wilma Pollock
Urcordhiff the Experiences in Pursuit of Love
ol a Young Girl of Thirty
IWrliM. 181 tr Tkr I'm I'ubUthlni Co. (Tti New Vuik Eienlri Wll.)
Goodby
HAD wished more
for u husluiu.l
than for anythlns
elsi) in tho whole
world. And 1 had
wnMo t many n
Ioi.k notir In pln
Iti T for tho devo
tion of my re
culcllrnnt HwaliiH,
After Inniimer
ahl) dlsnpHilnt
nenin on tho roiul
to lovo and hap-
plnrss, X concluded that It wna my
ilettltr. t llvo a llfu lf ',1"'',0
hltsnodneiui, and 1 uly had not one
rtx-ot .bout any tho men who
for viirliiua reumiin did not marry
e.
HHvlnr alwaya found consolation
It. thn companionship of books, on a
beautiful day after klndea-arten. a
few weeks ntro, I carried tho latert
war trutlso to my favorite place In
Central I'nrk. Here ii bench nestled
In a romiintln wind hb p.ith. over
UnnKl tho lake.
Although I bad renounced all hope
of -murriaee. I fat for n moment
drenmli.it f how sweet It mlRht have
been. Thnn I been. no aba rled In my
book.
I hod been rendli.K for a few min
utes when I looked up and saw
man who suddenly stood silll hin
he ruconnUod me. to my ..io.....,.
mont It was l-arry Osborne whom I
md not seen In twelve years.
Conntnncc," ho cried, "somethlnR
.... i .htiuld llnd you In this spot.
iti. a ins -
Oiat we loveu so inueii -
MiiMren. lJu yul1 reincmoor. i-on-.
t.lave.1 li.in.llf in the
Jrrotto down theio. and how wo stole
uwny f""-"" oUV ","'tt!i 10 wn'11' th
Iake7 And t"r" " i-wmnv,
Alum you w,, uu'cn' beun
to udmlio youth who iero much
ildor than , who was only eighteen.
How I K'liBcd t" bo as old ns Mcthu
mlah, o that you would notice mo
Then' 1 went W'mt. Who was the
lucky man wh0,n 'ou "larrled, Con-
"'llold Irry that I w.m slnKlo and
that 1 never expected to be muriied.
OIL FROM nUDBER TREES.
Tho uRrlcultuial uuihorliliti of the
Koderatc.l Malai titntch are carry uu;
nn exteiiiiivo experiments with Hie u,l
obtained from rubber tico seeds to
tutcertain in coiuaiercw vaiuo.
Constance !
Hut thn rnncmbrance of Larry's boy
hood adoration rushed over me. Ho
hod never nirted with me or Jollied
mo aa nil those others had. There
never was any ono as splendid as
Lurry. How could I have forgotten
h'm these many years! And to think
that ho was married to some othor
v.-omnnl
Wo want on remlnlBclnr nnd I fin
ally sold to him. "Tell mo about your
wife, Larry. I nm euro you must he
very happy Indeed."
Hut my loyal Larrv said: "Connie,
I haven't married either You alwaya
were and always shnll bo tho only
Klrl for mo. Will you marry me. dear
llttlo plnymato7?"
What had I ever done tn decrve a
mnn llko Utrry? My one thought wlm
that 1 If o wns very wonderful.
Larry nnd I wended our way down
the rustic path. In tho road Larry'
chauffeur was wnltlni; beside a luxu
rious limousine. While fate had been
kind In prcvcnllnir my marrying- thn
iv ron ir man. Larry hnd been nmasi
Im; a fortune In AUtkan coal minis.
Wo stepped Into the car anil Iarry
ordered "Down to Cltv Hall ns quick
ly as possible, Charley."
To mo hu (Mid: "We'll get tho
license Immediately. I Mni ri,k
your osciiplmr mu this tu.iu, Connlo."
And now I nm Mrs. Larry, having
had just the sort of church woddliiR
I had always dreamed nhout, with
oraiiKo bli).is(MiiB, brldi.l veil, attend
ants und everyihlmr.
(The Hnd.)
NO JOD FOR A MORTAL.
A MAN advertised tor a hostlur,
and mentioned that a roturnr.d
soldier would he preferable.
"Do you smoke?" asked thn man of
the first applicant.
"No," v.u! the reply.
"SwearT"
"No."
"Are you n member of tho Church
of HnnlandT"
HeelitB that an nnswrr In the affir
mative was required the (,ttior said ho
was.
Hut when the man asked "re j
a total abstainer?" It wm toj close
iiuartrrs for the returned hero.
"Uok 'ere, mister,' ho tald, 'VtrHto
me If er know what ,- want. You
hativertlscd tor nn 'ustlnr. i.tt ion
t.'orutn' well w.iiuh a hurl:., in--?!.
I llillt Ul.HI Vi'r Willlll" MM, I In, w.lko.l
I awu in disgust. PitUbuiuh Ohion-
Iclo TelCKrapu,
i i i i i
I i n e arr r
By Roy L.
CopwtfM. 101S. bj Tin l'r l'ublt'tiin
I (I GI'KSS you're ifliut tho summer
J Is hero at last," said Mr. Jarr.
"Well, I don't know wo,
hhould bo Kind. It only means mm.
work for me," replied Mrs. Jarr. "J'vo
K"t lo take down all tho curtains am.
hanglne, and wo need new screen.;
for tho windows, but I've put o:'
KOttlnt: tho screens until tho weather
Is more settled, nnd maybe I'll covn
the pictures with fly Letting."
"Just llko a saloon," i.aul .Mr. Jan,
unguardedly.
"Why, yon; thoro Isn't nnythlni; 1
wouldn't do to maka your homo
tractive for you,; remutked Mrs. Jarr
sweetly.
Mr. Jnrr thousht It best to rofraii.
from .llscusslni; thu matter alon
this line.
"While you'ro about It," bo mild
taking another tack, "let n little ;nm
IlKht Into tho houso. As soon aa you
tako the curtains and hangtiiss and
shades on the windows you'll lv
puttlni; up awnlni,-!. and closing t)r
shutters, 1 don't see what tiso tner.
Is In h.iviiik windows In a house. A
window, to a woman's eye, is a pl.ve
to rmnc a dozen different kinds Jt
curtains, shades and Minds."
"Do you think I'm solnu to lot the
sun In to fade all my rues' And do
you think I'm Kolnj- to keep tho win.
dows wido open e that dust of tho
streets can pour In and rum every
thing" uske.l Mrs. .larr with some
asperity. "Anyway you're not In tho
housa Ions enough to bother whtthus
tho windows nru open or not. Only
you Just want somethlni; to tus
about and that's tho llrst thing you
happen to think of!"
Mr. Jnrr saw ho had gone too far to
retreat, so ho rushed In where nnsels
fear to tread.
"That Isn't tho only thing," ho said.
I'm coming homo some of these dajs
and I'm going to tear all those foJ..e.
nu o ho beds. A bod is a ,IK lc
Hn on and not a parlor ornament, f
Newest Things in Science
Thn Siamese Government has con
solldated a civil service college and
u medical school Into a university to
provide instruction In all tho higher
branches of education.
A method for rebuilding worn out
nutomobllo tires mid making them
puncture proof with a fabric woven
from thread nnd a vegetable n i,t-o h.14
been invented hj n Californium
Oils obtained
v'l'.t.. ftl.
from Antaii'lte ea
.tiu b0oiiin lio
ecu tested by scientists lu Louduu
By J. H. Cassell
a mi i y
McCardclI
Co. nil, St Vork Ktrolof Wolll )
have to wait till the docoratlons arc
removed If I ever want lo lie down
when I'm tired."
The decorations have been removed
for some hours hy the time you get
home," replied Mrs. Jarr, icily. "And
I must say that I get a great deal of
.ncouragement for trying to keep the
houso looking nice! You ought to
hae a wifo llko somo I know, women
who never turn their hands to do a
hlng, who are always running the
streets, or clubs, or bridge parties,
and then you would nee!"
"Oh, can't a man make a little crit
icism without you dying all up in the
air?" asked Mr. Jarr, taken somewhat
aback.
"I don't mind a little crltlclwn,";
said Mrs. Jarr, "but to be abused llks '
t am from morning until night Is
mom than a saint could stand!"
"Why, I never snld a 'word," re
plied Mr. Jarr. "I only asked you if
Ii wouldn't bo lienlthler to Jet a little
more sunlight Into tho house,"
"YOU try letting a llttlo morn sun
shine Into tho house," said Mrs. Jarr,
"by censing to ahusn me becauso
am foolish enough to try to keep the
homo looking nice I"
"Hut. really, I never said a word.
I was Just telling you a fow thlnas
I didn't llko," replied Mr. Jarr.
"1 could tell you u lot of things I
dnn't like," said Mrs. Jnrr. "I cHu't
like your Interfering with the w.iy J
run the irouRo; J don't like your find
ing fault nnd grumbling becnuse I tiy
to have things look nice; I don't like
YOl'lt faults, although I never say a
word about them, and surely whim
you try to quarrel with mo becatuo
I'm doing my best you are going a
little too far!"
"Why, I novar said a word!" re
plied Mr. Jarr. "I was Just going to
say that if you wanted to get a now
lancy bed cover or somo new curtains
01' something llko that, why I'd ta
J WWr!'
tactful deceiver!
and found useful for soup and leather
making and for heating purposes.
Pressing n bulb on the handle, ejects
ammonia or any other desired llqu'd
from a canu that has been Invented
to enablo persons to protect them
selves from highwaymen or ntilmals.
lly using two slightly separate,'
lufes nnd passing a current of air
between them a French scientist hus
ftioceedcd in freeing tho high puwjr
iigut 01 ii.oiioi. iKtuic praJCwtrjra
I from heat,
The Woman of It
By Helen Rowland
OtvirUM. llS.-bj T Pr IMoU.hlns Co. ITbt Se Tori Kls WotK.I '
" Want to Be a Man Whenever I Read of Home Lucky Bof
Going Over the Top, and Returning With Halt a Ou:en
Captured Germans, and a Lot of Gum
and Uclmcls and Giorgi"
VERY now and then
Homebody accuses mo
Of encouraglnt women to
iwk rr"
uji7cA)- J more are 'ume.3 wucn oerj vuiu iul.,.
a man
Above all the other sexeal
For Instance,
I long to be a MAN
When the spring cleaatng week comes 'round
And HU goes blltboly off to a nlco cool office utter a nice cool shower
bath cvory morning,
And comas home nt the end of a perfectly maddening day
To a nice, cool, orderly, soul-soothing. comforUblo house,
Never dreaming of tho pandemonium that bus reigned In his absence,
And asks casually, "Wholly been doing wth your little self all dayr
1 loog to be & man
When It Is time; to put away the winter furs and rugs and woollens.
And 1 havo to open that old trunk with the .broken lid, which always
threatens tn decapitate mo,
And 'beat and shako and dus( and pack and wrap things lo camphor
balls, Until I'm almost glad there'll be no WOOL neit year! f
1 want to be a man ;
Kvcry time I go for a dip In the ocean (
And have to go back Into that stifling llttlo cubby of a bath house,
And spend nearly an hour getting Into steels and trills and fol-de-reli,
And powdering my nose, and making my hair look nice and cuts and
"crully" In splto of the humidity.
While UK has slipped into his clothes In ten mlntttea
And Is back on the beach lolling dcllctously In his steamer chair.
I want to bo a man
Whonever I read of some lucky boy going "over the top"
And returning with linlf a dozrn captured Germane and a lot of guns
nnd helmets and gloryt
I want to bo a man
Whenever I sec somo blj. Insolent "Impressionist"
Trying to annoy a patient, hard-worklnjr, little conductoreUe
Who has etiough troubles of her own, heaven unoxs,
To drlvo her to nervous projtratlon.
I want to be a man
Whenever I havo to sit through a dove-luncheon
And listen to fourteen women chattering
All at ONCE!
And I want to bo a man every morning
Whon I havn to sit around and wait, nnd wait and WAIT tor tBjr
breakfast
I'ntll Ho leisurely finishes singing tho score of "La Doherae" under
the shower,
And humming "Butterfly" through his shaving lather,
And whistling "Over There" while hn cleans his safty ratnr'
Oh yos.
It hurts my feelings terribly
To be thousht nn advocato of "mannlshnMs"
Hut there ARE times
7ben every woman long to be a MAN
Above nil the other bcxm!
And shp won't dtny It!
Who Is Your Namesake?
ramou Character! in lllttnri and Fiction Who nace Barn the Same
Clrcn .Vamo ns Youri.
Bv Marv Ethel McAulev
Cornish- '91, Th' lTrt ''"ttuWri
PAUL.
HOW thrilling It Is to read of the
Tldo of Paul Itrvere. who rode
hmmrh thi. (streets of Con
cord at night warning the Inhabitants
that the Urltlsh were coming. m'
wn
A hurry of hoofs In n vlUsse street.
A shano In the moonllKhts a bulk In
the dark.
And bensth from the pebbles. In
cussing, n spirit
Struck out by the steed min fearlers
snd fleet.
When the English leader, IMtcnlrn.
nrrlved he found much to his sur
.hit eight armed minute men,
were waiting to oppose him. This
was the first bloodshed ot tne invo
lution. As a rule PauU havn never been
Matcnmen. kings or wnrrtors-raul
Hlndenburs. tho airman donera!.
being tho one big exception to this
rule-hut most ot them naye been
writers, poets and painters.
mi, n,t of Pauls of France that
havo become famous In art Is n long
nne- Paul Delarocnc, raui i'
... ' -,1 .m Abadle. Paul Ulawnnd
Paul na'udry; til Paul Gaugln and
Paul Cesanne, two tenners 01 u "
movement In art, nnd by some Co
ranne Is considered thn greatest of nil
modern and among the French
etchers wo have the great names of
Paul Totter. Paul Itnjon and Paul
Holleu. llclleu's otchlnga are famous
the world over, nnd he Is noted for
his dollcato linos nn.t tho beautiful
women bo pictures. Among win iw
. ..irra we havo Paut Veronese
In Germany wo havo Paul Itolth ot
,,i.n,i" fame, and hero In America
we bava Paul Dougherty, who paints
HWlshlng kens.
Among the Pauls In French litera
ture wo havo Paul do Musaet, tho
brother of Alfred. C-corgo Sand
wroto her novel, "She and Ho,"
which was based on thn trip she and
Alfred took to Italy; after Alfred's
death, Paul wrote a book In answer
. it .mil In defense of his brother
i and hn culled his book "He and Bhe."
Paul do Koch wrote "A Good-natured
1 Ulue Duchcsb" and "A Woman's
Imluto MEN,
Or to b "mannUh," or something hideous
tbsL
And It hurts my feeltncs
Terrlulyl
13 oca use,
As I have s&ld t least a hundred times,
Thor are lots of lovely thufllB that a wotaaa
MIGHT yearn to rcecmblo
Out a Man Isn't one of thorn!
Tea, It hurt my fecllncs terribly
1 Hi. w
. k-
Co, (Tli Now Tort Ercelnf World.)
Heart." Paul I.Ittre was the compiler
nf the best dlotlontry known; and
mi-., uirrn wnn rnui venatne, hy
many critics considered the greatest
poet of Francs. He is classed with
mi pyinoonsin, ono wno mixed his
worship of God with the worship of
the nesh.
Faul Scnrrnn, sJiothrr French poet,
wns not only famous for himself, but
for his wife, p.tul had a bigoted
father and a cruel stepmothor. The
ono induced hlnl tn -I
"a.. unurca
orders, nnd the other cheated him
out of his inheritance. Althouai. h.
was educated for the church he had
a very gay time In Paris, nnd he
decided to stay there nnd write plays
Things were not going Holl. and he
packed up to come to America, when
Mile, tiv.ublgr.o appeared on the
scene and said she would marry the
unfortunate poet. Ho nve4 nnd,r
her caro for eight years, when ,hs
won thn love of Louis XIV. as
Madame de Mnlntenon.
Five Popes were named Paul; pani
I, of Russia was assassinated In 1891.
Paul Ileyes Is a noted German writer
Paul Cams Is . .
"" (imencna
writer and editor; and Paul Leicester
Ford wns a fnraous American nnt...
in Action wo have Paul Domboy in
Dickens's stor, Paul 0f Ht.-Plerre'
story "aul nnd Virginia." and p.J,
Patort in tho story by F. Marlon
Crawford.
In nil It Is a name of those who
have had a great love of the beauti
ful rather than Kreat stre-.tfth.
TRUE Tarvr
rpHE heroism of France has mBJi.
I me french language popular
On this hRrt w
..u,u B stor
llhutrntlnr th Ihm '
. " : "t Juseoraad.
the French Ambassador.
L UitnnlA. n . n I.... 1
Jussernnd:
"Tal:eer ;b1u. voo voo-ly-r m,n
er passy.mnl, sin Voo play er-.
M. Jtiserand laid hla hand on the
Senator',, shoulder and n umU
Ungllsb said: w
"My dear Mr, my very dear air.
lease, mod unuvin. . '
prase, stop speaking French 4- '
accent Is so Parisian that .Ur
Hulletlo. 1 ""adelphls,
i
m """