The mirror., 1916-11-02


Cleveland. Ohio. comes the information thai, owing
t" poor shipping facltles lack of material and
labor. we are soon to be confronted by a soap
famine.
To those of us who have advanced from the
delightfully."- unkempt and romantic days vf hoyhood,
into the aesthetic realm of maurer age this will
evil tidngs; but the ubiquitous urchn,
whose an,ipathy soap and water IS proverblal,
will hail 1t with glad acclaim.
Were it not for their aforementioned an,ipathy
to water, might designate this war baby.'
Henry Ford says that he will be able eventually
10 place upon the market a car at the low price of
$780,
When this time comes, it may be no uncommon
experience for the various members of the household
to find Christmas morning a "flvver' slowed
carefully down in the toes of their stockings.
Also, pride need more be clothed in sack
cloth and dignity prostraled, while Hiram Oates
exultingy draws the garage. We can
tuck it snugly under and proceed jauntily
way.
Possibly Woolworlh Kresge knox, ct al will
establish fivver IN their chain of stores.
Widely circulated and oft repeated has been the
news item apprising of the forfeiture of ten mil
lion dollars "a small portion Of her deceased hus
bands fortune) by woman on the occasion vf her
remarrage.
The phrasing of some of the accounts would
lead to believe that this sum represented the
entire legacy and that the event of his widows
remarrage the deceased had provided for her future
husband pennlless bride
From fuller accounts, however, we learn that
the of ten million dollars was reserved by
thoughtful father as wise provision for bis chill
dren--and hers slight detail which some of the
chr"nlcers have failed to note. Also, there
left to the widow sufficient number Of millions of
dollars, over and above the that because of
her remarriage she forfeited to the children to en-
nable her to journey home to 'ma-rnah''' first
class. in the event that the newly acquired hubby
should ,hough,lessly depart for bis flee some
morning without the usual farewell salutaton.
Mrs. Martha R. Cohen, a c"lored washer.
of Paeslac. New Jersey, died recently. leav-
ing of $25 900 he divided between her
children. her church $4,000 lquida,e its ndebt-
eduess) and the children Of some of her employers
There are two points in this news item which
are worthy of more than passing notice. First. is
the fact that should, by her labors over The
washub, not only supply the needs of herself and
children Chow many, not stated). but accumu.
late SO considerable an amount of money. Second,
that she should beaueath portion of her hard
earned wealth to her employers.
A third point worthy of mention is, that she
labored continually until short time before her
death, which occurred only few days after her
82nd birthday.
Often, but not cften enough to become com.
mon, employers have bequearhed to their faithful
servltors egacies of sufficient magnitude to MAN.
tain them in comfort during the closing years of
their lives. But this case is remarkable in that it
to the employer portion of the savings of life.
time.
If this habit should prevail extensively there
should be manifest impetus given to industry: for
the employer, feeling assured of the of
portion of the wage outlay, would feel inclined tc
employ many persons possible (instead of,
at presen+ as few as possibr) for the greater
Der employed. the larger would be the return in
legacies
Also. this should bring about a renewal OF ac-
tivy IN the ranks of the veteran employees who
have passed the Osrr milestone the industrial
highway: for, as the shadows of llfe's evening
eng hen, more imminent becomes the time when a
bequest would be of value the beneficiary
The world has waited losg for some provision
to be made for the dowb,rolden employer, and the
example of this benefaciress may have its ultimate
in widespread emulation.