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The evening world., 1916-11-17
SSV IAS your king any gold?'
This was the first questlo

This was the flrSt question
asked by Cortez OF the am .
bassadors sent to him by MonteZuma,
the ruler OF the powerful Mexican
Empire, when the Spanish adventurer
landed on the shores Of Mexico nearly
four centuries ago. Receiving an af-
firmative reply. Cortez said. with
grim humor:
Let him send it 10 me at once, for
I and my companions have Il COM
plaint. "A disease Of tho heart which is
cured By gold"
Tho Spaniard spoke truth in jest,
for his heart was hardened and cor
roded with the lust for gold. At San
tiago, In Cuba. he had Employed large
numbers of Indians in getting gold
for him. How many of whom died in
Extracting this gold for him God will
have kept a better account than /
have" wrote Las Casas.
fernando Cortez. the conquCror of
Mexico, was beyond doubt the most
remarkable OF the many remarkable
men the discovery of tho new world
brought out from o|bscurity. \ sickly
youth, he was many times at the
point OF death during his childhood.
At nineteen he left Spain inc went to
san Domingo. He was then well ed
ucated. Of graceful address. amiable
manners and great skill in military
exercises. In San Domingo and later
in Cuba he developed that coolness
and solf-command which stamped
him a leader of men, and by his ahil-
ity aroused the enmitY OF his superior
"a -w. aAN do
hanging.
II was in 1913, when Cortcz was
ihirty-threc, that he was placed in
command of an expedition to Mexico,
and he set out from Santiago with
ten ships, $50 Spaniards. about 300
Indians, a few negroes, "A dozen
horses. ten brass guns and some
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Being n OF those New Workers.
whose business necessitates travelling
on one OF the busiest streets In this
city between the hours OF ~ and 2
T.. NJ, namely Fifth Avenue, allow me
10 call attention TO the deplorable
condition on this nee beautiful thor
Oughfare.
II remember correctly a law went
into effect some years ago, especially
directed against the occupants Of the
nearby loft buildings. This law spe-
officially stated that but one side OF
the avenue was TO be opened to prom
enaders. namely the west side, leav-
ing me east side free for pedestrians
on business bent. Furthermore. that
there was to be no lettering on the
corners
For a time this law was adhered 10,
with an occasional prod from the po-
lice, but as things stand 10 a stranger
looking south from Thirty fourth
street, Fifth Avenue seems to be the
gathering place for the business world
OF this city. II is pity enough that
n side OF this avenue should be
hopelessly closed To the busy man,
but for the last tsY weeks the other
The evening world., 1916-11-17
To-Day's Anniversary.
HE nrst Englishman to visit the
Far East and write an account

OF his travels In the English
language a Sir John Vaudeville.
whose adventurous career came to an
end ut Ldege ga years ago to-day,
Nov. II. 1872. Sir Johns account of
HIS journey into unknown lands
sounds very much like Baron Mum
chausen. Tor ne apparently accepted
as sober truth all the legends and
wonders which were poured into his
credulous ears.
Seemingly he was roady 10 believe
anything. and tho Chinese and Tar
tars must have had a lot Of fun
"%spoonng' the traveller from thc
West, For two centuries after Sir
Johns death his work was ~rcco-u,zod
az an authority on all questions OF
Oriental geography; but. 1t Sir John
confined himself TO truth, the East
has changed a lot since he wandered
over II, and he would never know the
old place now.
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' N'eAtNhy NiAANiih lhNo
the same condition. Football tactics
Is the most practicable and success
full method used In pEying ones way
through these crowds.
"Obiivious" and "Fors~tfuI."
To tht Editor = Tnr Evening World;
a and Is mad an argument about the
word obliviOus, \ SAYS II means for
getiulncss, hut Is argues II cannot
he used in this sense; Il am obllv-
ious," meaning Il am forgctful."
which A says II can. Il says II should
be used In this sense; Il was OBJ
liyious TO everything around me-"
Please explain the meaning and the
correct way TO use It. T.. II.
n. B.-Oblivion means mucn more
than mere forgetfulness. Il was OBJ
livious TO everything around me-
would be correct n the PERSON so
described was unconscious or so lost
In thought that ne had no under
standing ~ what took place nearby.
Il am obllyious," would be- very bad
form and literally impossible, as a
person in an ohliyious state would
pass out of IL the moment that he
undertook 10 make comment upon IL.
Oblivion also has a broader meaning.
We would say that a nation. a states
man. passed into oblivion
The evening world., 1916-11-17
Article No. 1
I ET US talk about you and your
Job 1t may help you TO get on

- Us thih hpoht you anu youi
Job. IL may help you TO get on
faster.
Success is an interlocking thing.
You can't get on In your Job unless
YOU help others 20 get on in theirs.
The sheep raiser depends on tho
wpollen manufacturer; the monutae-
furcr, ON the iunhcr; tho jobbcr, ON
the retailer; the retailer. on his com.
munity. Tho success OF each depends
on the prosperity OF all.
And this works both going and COM
ing, The community needs the re-
taller inc must help him In order to
keep him on his Job. The retailer
needs the jobber and must help him
20 make a profit, And so ON back to
The farmer. who needs the man that
shears the sheep,
II YOU imagine hat YOU can got on
10y thinking only Of how much you
can grab OFF for yourself, you ought
to go and live alone Oh some unchart-
ed island until you can see what
general prosperity means 10 you
Let us "a 1t again: You can't get
on in your job unless YOU help others
10 get on I'm theirs.
That Is the basic principle OF all
success.
Napoleon said: Get your priuci-
Piles rAt, and tho TEST Is a mere
matterWf detail.
Napoleon was tho most magnificent
failure OF his time, because a wrons
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d C C a m e
around the wom-
an fumbled in her
purse for her
ticket. She could
not find II. She
looked about the
floor and | arose
10 SEQ II the tick
ct was on the
seat.
Fin y. sho
looked again in
her purse and
The evening world., 1916-11-17
HER LOVE-POTION.

YOUNG woman who thought
"A she was losing her husbands
affection went to a seventh
daughter OF a seventh daughter for
n love-powder. The mystery woman
told her;
Get a raw piece Of beef, cut rat,
about an inch thick. Slice an onion
IN two, and rub the meat on both
SIDES with il. Put on pepper and
salt. and toast 1t on each side over
a red coal fire. Drop on IT three
Jumps of butter and two sprigs OF
parsley, and get him to eat it,"
The young wife did so, and her
husband loved her ever after.-Tit-
The evening world., 1916-11-17
BY Sophie Irene Loeb

'"pJngh. loi6. hy The Press Publishing CO.
THE New York Evening worhi)
TIE other day | was on a railroad
train and n mn sat in the
q u beside me. When the con-
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The Zest for


learned how to endure hardship ana to oe out a living from among desolate
on the way home, too, his ship was drawn into Il hot fight with a French
squadron. And DOR arorward he fought gulknty in the battle of Trafal
gir-the battle that made England thc ruler OF tho sea. incidentally, the
Ceasclcss caunonading that day lct Franklin partly deaf for life.
When peace came his mind returned to the joys of exploring. The Brit
ish Government had offered S25OOOO to the mariner who could ind ~ North
west Passage. and $4,000 TO any ore VINO could con within onc degree OF
the North Pole. These offers started John Franklin OF the Voyagaa thai
brought him immoraIty-andd death!
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A Boys One
Ambition.

to follow the sea for a livelihood. His father gave u p the struggle and
secured 70 him a berth IS first class volunteer" aboard the warship Poly
'phemus.
England was at val just thon and Johns Imagination va fired by
prospect OF adventure and conflict. lie dreamed OF warnke honors and OF
deVoting his life to martial deeds.
Three weeks later the Ioyphcmus took part in the battle of Copen.
The horror and carnage OF war were brought hdcously close to the lad
VINO u hitherto thought only Of It's glory. And he profted by the lesson
Nhie 10 acquitted himself allanty in that and other battles, yet he began
to look for a career that did not hirge upon the slaughter OF his fellow men
And presently his chance came. He was assigned o a midshipman berth
N the Government vessel Investigation. which had first been ordered ia
Australia on al exploring trip \ party Of Government scientists were 70
maps and survey of the Australian coast
Franklin "a detached % help in this work. For the first time he tasted
the joys OF an explorer. For the first time, too. he had a glimpse of the
mysterious wordo science. His Imagination u aroused rs it had never
been " mere warfare. Honceforth, at heart, he was an explorer.
Hell proved useful O when n detachment II scientists vas Obliged a
consult with som French savants. None OF thesc scientists CHANGED to speak
The evening world., 1916-11-17
Fifty Boys and Girls
Famous in History
Copyright. 1915 by The Pre-. Publishing Go Tine New York Evening World.
NO. B.-SIR John FRANKLIN: The Boz Explorer.
BY Albert PaySon Terhune

GROUP of English Boys were chatting in a corner of a scho
yard, planning what they should do to make themselves fanot
One declared he was going to DC a great soldier; another a rrir
- Minister, and so on.
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~~ Minister, and so on.
At last the smallest lad in the group was asked to name his life M
billion. He was a spindlng, dreamycyed child of nne-Jo John Franklin,
youngest son of a Lincolnshire family Of twelve children. With no hest
tauon at all, he made answer: -.
when grow up I'm going TO build a ladder that al climb to heaven
on"
He as not In the least shamed by the ycns of laughter that greeted
his words. Already, he had made mp his mind to be great, although he had
not yet worked out the ways and means
His father, from the first, wanted to make "a clergyman of him. john
was willing enough until, at the age of ten. he happened to spend a day
at the seashore. The magic of the sea got into his brain. He went home
and announced that he as going to be a sailor instead of a clergyman.
His father tried to argue this idea out of him. but with no effect Next
he tried threats, and ven whipping. The lad remained hrm 50 his father
packed him off to boarding school, to drive ut sea -yearnings with over
doses of Latin.
For two years John remained at school But never oc did he farer lin
his resolve to be a sailor. At last his father tried to crc him Of the fancy
by sending him rs cabin boy on a long merchant cruise,
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French. Neither DID Franklin, for that matter.
conversed with the learned frcnchmcn in Latin,
as efficient Interpreter for his companions.
on the way back 20 England. Franklin was
Mrccknd Hnl LLNnd for MAnks ON II nnral rc.f L
New Britain herald., 1916-09-12
The Suffrage Amendment.
(New Haven Journal-Courier)

(New Haven Journal-Courier).
 The attitude of the leading suffrag' ists of the country like pr. Anna How ard Shaw towards MT. Wilson's as- surances of sympathy with their cau-' gives fresh evidence of their politic' sagacity. Dr. Shaw says: If tfe president had come out for the federal amendment as many perhaps ex- pected he would, we would have known that it was play for votes He promised everything that he could carry out"
 Not all of the male supporters o1 equal suffrage believe by any manner of means that the vote should be granted to the women by the process of amending the federal constitution, The argument advanced by MT Hughes, that equal suffrage is inevit- able and that therefore the sooner Il is disposed of the better, is a sur prisingly fiippant view for former judge to take. In the first place, there is no precedent for discovering a way of giving the women the vote which has never been practiced In making men voters. Men gain their right to vote from their state, and they cling to that method of making voters in order that they may retain their control of their own sovereign | household. The inevitability of na' tion-wide movement is not a sufficient reason for breaking the power of sovereign state in a matter of this inn portance, for once let this precedent be established and it will be frequently resorted to-
 It Is inevitable that Connecticut will sooner or later confer the vote upon women. It is inevitable because 1t IS right, but Connecticut does not want the state of Georgia or any other state to settle this question for her, nor does she in turn want to settle this question for other states. ono of the great dangers facing the coan- try Is the gradual weakening of state authority and the excessive strength ening of federal authority. This has been so clearly pointed out by Flihu Root in Q series of thoughtful speech es that a general heed should be-, given the warning. Let the states ar range their own households.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-12

the American Commission for Keller in Poland to deliver a series of lec- tures But lest anybody should im- agine that this is a mere matter of feeding the hungry, as the name might suggest the Baroness makes haste to ada
 Our society, although relieving inn mediate suffering whenever possible, is working for the future rehabilita- ton of Poland. Each town in Ger many is godparent to a destroyed town in Poland and has complete con- trol of all the reconstruction and re- lief work conducted there"
 Just think of the completeness, the efficiency of the plan. The German government is fairly busy at the mo- ment. Of course 1t is perfectly com potent to make over a Polish town in the true fashion. But the work must be attended to at once. Some un- Teutonic heresy, some lese-majeste of shape, color or custom might flood in on the tide of reasserted life.
 The new method In operation Is not unlike the Big Brother movement. A mature, settled, perfect German town becomes responsible for a poor little Wa1f of a polish hamlet. Presto the thing is done. Why, the mere con- sc1ousness that the "godparent" has complete control of all reconstuc- ton and relief work" must be worth everything in restoring the Polish towns shattered boise and creating a feeling of self-respect.
 With the facts clearly in mind we are prepared to accept at their true value the reassuring words of the lec- turer, T come not to stir up con troversy." How could any one fail to accept without question the beauty of this "complete control' so touchingly described?
New Britain herald., 1916-09-12
The Correction" of History.

History should be rewritten from beginning to end for the benefit of persons who are not satisfied until they have found that the man who got the credit for particular deed did not deserve it, but that it was due to some obscure individual who waited in vain for recognition. At present, we have the truth about iso- lated incidents only.
 It has taken us fifty years, for ex- ample, to find out that woman came to the rescue in 1862 with the cap- ture of Forts Donelson and Henry. Lincoln sent her-her name was Anna Ella Carroll-to St. Louis, to write about an expedition preparing to descend the Mississippi by gunboat. She reported that the river was frown- ing with Qualifications and that the tides were unfavorable. Lincoln and the cabinet were worried. Then Miss Carroll Suggested that the true strat- egic line was the Tennessee, which had not been fortifed,' and to make it plain to the stupid men in charge of the operations, drew maps and sub mitted a written plan of campaign Lincoln-but anyone would know the rest. Did not Grant capture Forts Donelson and Henry? Then came the tragedy "Discussions were held in the senate and house to try to dis cover how this brilliant plan originat- | ed. Miss Carroll sat in the gallery, l quietly listening. The cabinet had de- 1 cided it would antagonize army lead CTS If they knew they were following
 the direction of a civilian and a wom-
 an." Undaunted, she showed how to l take Vicksburg and Island Mo- 10. If Lincoln had not died so suddenly, she would have had her reward and our history books would read very differ ently-and our newspapers could print other versions of the events. just as pretty
New Britain herald., 1916-09-12
As To "War."
(BOStOn POst).

One of the silliest Of Colonel Roose- velt's recent utterances is his asser- ton that the United States has had war" with Mexico under President Wilson's administration.
 This country has engaged in many punitive expeditions on this continent and others, and not been at war. A very lively instance of this was fur nished in McKinley's time, when United States troops, along with oth- CTS, invaded China, and seized it's capital after a march attended by bloody fighting. Nothing that we have done in Mexico can compare for a moment in severity and military re- prisals with that affair and yet this government denied that 1t was at war with China-and we have never heard that Colonel Roosevelt claimed it.
 Being at war is a pretty we'll un- derstood state of affairs What citi- zen, not possessed by partisan bile, believes that we have been or are at war with Mexico?
New Britain herald., 1916-09-12
Origin of Electrified Forest"

The "Petrifled Forest" of Arizona, really series of petrifed forests, lies short distance south of Ada mana, on the line of the Santa Fe Railway. There are four forests" included in government reservation called "Petrifed Forest National Monument" created by presidential proclamation in 1906. The name
 forest is not strictly appropriate, for the petrlf1ed tree trunks are all pros trate and are broken into sections The logs are the remains of giant trees that grew in Triasstc time the age of reptiles. The trees were of several kinds, but most of them were related to the Norfolk Island pine, now used for indoor decoration. Douptless they grew in a nearby re- zion and, after falling, drifted down a Watercourse and lodged in some eddy Or a sand bank. Later they were buried by sand and clay, finally to depth of several thousand feet The conversion to stone was effected by gradual replacement of the woody material by silica in the form called chalcedony, deposited by underground water. A small amount of iron OK 1des deposited at the same time has given the brilliant and beautiful brown, yellow, and red tints which ap- pear in much of the material
 Some of the tree trunks are 6 feet in diameter and more than 100 feet in length. In the first forest there Is @ fine trunk that forms a natural bridge over a small ravine the water having just washed away the over lying clay and sand and then, follow ing 8 crevice, worked out the channel underneath. The length of this log is 110 Neet, and the diameter 4 feet at tie butt and F feet at the top. The petrif1ed woods are beautiful objects for study. When thin slices are carefully ground down to a thick ness of 0.0O3 inch or less and placed under the microscope they show per fectly the original wood structure all the cells being distinct, though now they are replaced by chalcedonv. Bv studying the sections F. H. Knowlton. of the United States Geological Sur- Vey, Department of the Interior has found that most of these araucarian trees were of the species Araucar rioyxr- lon arizonicun a tree now extinct. It IS Known to have lived at the same geologic tune also in the east-centraI part of the United States. where the remains of some df it's associates have also been found. These included oth- CT cone-bearing trees, tree ferns. ov- ads, and gigantic horsetails. which 1n- dlcate that at that time. the rainfall was abundant.-U. s. Geological Su,
 vey.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-12
Words, Words, Words.
(HartfOrd Post. )

<.The elaborate. bill which has been drawn to make it possible for sol diers on the border to vote, con- taining probably close to 5000 words, is a reminder in it's verbosity of the college boys directions as to the manner of sucking an egg-"Make an incision at the apex and an aper- ture at the base, then, by forming a vacuum with the tongue and pal ate, suffer the contents to be pro- truded into the mouth by atmos- pheric pressure"
 To which his aged grandmother re- piled: La, do you have to go to all that trouble? When Was a girl we'd just make a hole in each end and then suck it."
 Such a verbosity may be necessary to satisfy the legal requiremets of the situation, but it cerainly clutters up the document with mere words.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-12
Remarkable Remarks.
tlndependent)
 Senator TiI1m r-Tbo n;+oleo~,,

Senator Tlllman-The pitchfork is buried.
 David Lloyd George-The ntppers are gripping.
 Pr1ncess Troubetzkoy-Why not have trial engagement?
 Dr. sun Yat-Sen-Japan is now su- preme in the Pacific.
 John DeWey-In times of peace it is possible to idealize war.
 Charles E. Hughes-We are all workingmen in this country.
 Annette kellermann-Do not go out into the water too far.
 Prof. Irving Fisher-Any study of health is a study of wealth.
 Francis A. Kellor-We are the great adventure of the twentieth cen- tury:
 Mrs. Charles E. Hughes-I accept MT. Hughes opinion as my own.
 Romain Rolland-Whoever may be the victor, Europe will be the victim
 Cardinal Gibbons-I have an abid- ing faith in the endurance of the re- public.
 Gen. Pershing-Vil1a can never again become a serious factor in Mex iCan affairs.
 Lady ff-GOrdOn-YO may wear a four cornered hat with entire pro- priety this autumn.
 Gen. Haig-Those who have looked to us for victory will have their pa tience rewarded. Admiral Dewey-Those who make the charge that the navy is demoral- ized are guilty of falsehood.
 Gen. Joffre-The moment is ap- preaching when the military power of Germany will crumble.
 David Jayne Hill-Our first line of defence is not, as we are sometimes told, our navy; it is our diplomacy
 Admiral FisSe-The dangerous ene- my of the United States is not Ger many or Japan; it is the American politician.
 . Cardinal Farley-It is very doubt full if the description of crime in mi mute and suggestive detail has any so- cia1 ValnA. --....-.----.---.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-12

they please and there should be noth- ing said. For, is that not the specific use for neutrals, to be pushed and showed around to the advantage of belligerents? In this instance, how ever, the crowding became too intol- erable: Uncle Sam grew weary of the efforts of England to back him into a corner and jostle him as it pleased So he placed in the hands of the Chief Executive of the nation a very effective and formidable weapon, although peaceful one, for the purpose of holding England in her place. If the blacklisting continues the President Is authorized to refuse clearance papers to all those foreign blacklisted firms back to the ports of the old world or any other open mar ket. The only reasonable excuse for such action on the part of the ships owners Is a lack of freight facilities. One such order from the President would cut off supplies for England, a thing that England herself will take good care to forestaIl however it may serve to aid her enemies.
 Nor is this the only gripping provi- sion which will be objected to in the new revenue bill. There is another feature that demands the attention of the warning nations and which, while it may not be brought to bear at any present day, can always be fallen back upon at some future time In case of emergency. This provides that any nation which prohibits the importa- tion of American goods not injurious to health or morals into its own or into any other country, colony or dependency shall not enjoy the right to dispose of any of its wares in the United States. If our goods cannot go into those countries their goods have no rightful place within the confines of these United States. This is fair. Any nation that might, for one req son or another, consider putting a stop to importation of American goods into it's land will now look we'll before 1t takes a leap that would close to it's merchants the richest market in the world. England, too, will learn that her high-handed methods do not go when she is dealing with a nation that severed itself from her more than one hundred years ago.