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The evening herald., 1918-01-24

The greatest advantage ana u tS
% Vcr, important advantage iudepd-
which Mr. NcAduu win have over the
railroads war honrd In directing the
operation OF th" railways VIII con-
siet lu his opportunity to act without
amy ur those numerous restrictions
which tho national and state govern
urUts bN legislation and orders of
tho commissions. Imposed au the pri-
,ltc mauagomonts of the railways
Nclthcr the sherman ant-trust law
NOR th" anti pooling law. nor the law
giving tho shippcr power to route mis-
freight nor the requirements uf the
Interstate ana tntc commissions rc-
rardiur minimum carload weights.
nor state laws prescribing the NUM-
bcr ut pcu that shall %, employed in
train crews. need Gee regarded hN
him. tie does not have 90 think ~
tho financial effect of dlvcrtug traf-
fc from one railway tn another since
th" not return of each railway rs
tu Doe Guaranteed. and be- can therefore
cause AN traffic to ho routed over tho
l.-s cuueestod lines and through the
most open lutcwi,y-
He ,tu y.t uddIJuuti locomotives
arl cars whi,h thn railways thoW-
SELVES have been unable 90 get hp-
cause uo governmental authoriN can
prevent hm rum g"tti-r thcm us.
,o,rruu.ut authority has prevented
the railways There is uothinr ho cant
du rNrrrt that hr can discharge rJiI-|
W., officers or employees which the
railroads war hoard could NOT aud|
would not hny, dome f tnc law made
D. "a hIIIlFlI
The evening herald., 1918-01-24
AZ AMERICAN IL ONE

who pursues e practical, not pas
siVe. democracy.
Who not only likes to thrive with
his country but b. ready 20 die with
H.
who is chtldlikr with YOU In sue
coss ana siHunch ip adversely.
Who loves one wuhn.I.. ana honors
all
Who is mild with the simple hut
"a rocl, with the sophisticated.
who can pat @ puppy that hcspat-
tered his trousers.
who is square with himself and
leniput toward ignorance.
who is fair 20 labor. and lahors
flirls.
who iS humble in his achievements.
and generous with his praise.
who ruu Ice il stalwart champion ~
wen as an innocent hvstandcr.
who observes the intent. not the
letter. of the law
who can bc gallant "a scrub
woman and indifferent to the
haurhty Nrw York sun
The evening herald., 1918-01-24
FAITH or Ann,nlu LINCOLN.

There is e f1Niliar story uf Ahr1-
ham Lincoln 20 the effect that dele
cation of clorgymeu once called ON
him one OF whom said "l hope Mr..
President that the Lord is on our
side To- whom Lincoln replied, THAT
does not concern uic, what concerns
nae IS that W. should bo on the Lord's =
side
Christmas mornings papers pub
lishcd u speech. delivered hy the kais-
or to his trooBs. containing tho fol
lowing two sentences The GEAR teti.
with its great utttles. has proved that
the German uroplc has in the lord
Of Creation obovc an unconditional
ana a.owed aIIy on whom it can nh-
solutcly rey without him AN would
have h"cn BOO vain
The difference between Abraham
Lincoln ana the kaiser is the differ
enco hetw""u true Hud false religion.
true ,.nd false faith
False religion Is the religion uf self
viii False lth has ms own phns
formed and claims God ps silent
partner l'uluR the capital a. his
The evening herald., 1918-01-24
CONGRATULATIONS!

The merchants of Alhupuerque, or
those who have signed the agreement
20 become parties to IN" cooperative
delivery system. are 10 hc c"ngraiv-
lated for the wisdom they have shown
in deciding lo adopt this plan for de-
liNcIing goods and thus reducing "X-
pcnscs The only rcgrc3aplc thing
about the whole business i- hat they
did not have the foresight to put th's
plan into effect years ago.
We suppose the delivers uf goods,
especially groceries, cannot b" avoided
entirely Many housewives ar" SIT
uatcd So tha, they are unable I" make
trips 20 stores and carry their par
chu-cs home. The deliver, plan can-
not be abandoned ontrc.y. IL ia per-
maucni nxturr la our system of do
ing business. tu, this Is no r""s"n
why 10 should hc abused, as nas bc"n
dome for loug tiluo.
Housewives are largely tu h.an."
tor the growth oi the idea which im-
posed additional burdens uu retailers
aud cycu,uauy nu consumers. N"mrH
were su cugfo-sed iu social afiairs and
other matters Not pertaining N'ictS
lu housekeeping ;htt thol ctusrd tns'
present system to ne uuii up Instead
Of watching their supply uf r1iitol'7
THEN. mind Wg,S cputercd uu something
else Then when thcy cam" I" get %
meal Jhcy discovered "a -h"riag" "i
sum,thIug which was needed rlEh'
away \ trp tu the Telephone. "'
order tu the grocer and the article 'n
question was hurried a" the home
from whence the app'al had come
Maybe before the meal was ready .'
serve - .horugc ut something else
was dis, uycrvd and th" sr"cer was
compelled go make SECOND "'p'
PROBABLY the ARTICLES delivered un ihe
Two trips AID mot amount Co more man
nny cents hul muady never si"pp''
to slider that feature of the ease.
-h. needed lh, guod- aud that wa
enough
II is now up to the h"usowii" u" r"-
p,rntc aud hoip make the new p''n
IL success. Deliveries viii b" cW'nI"d
and made at stated hours, ana COOKS
Abn have heen iu the habit of -cndiuF
hurry 40 orders to th" grocers arr
going ro hc disappointed The method
being contemplation VIII work y"
The evening herald., 1918-01-24
THE NEW NJ A N

lie stepped So silently into the room,
advanced so silently 20 his place ut the
table that for the moment not all turned
10 look go him. lie had not been inSit.
od. was not uoW announced. But he
seemed assured of welcome.
lie seemed ht for Welcome here. Tie
Wo. tall hardy iu Ggurr and m face.
with deep lines showing effect of body
and of mind. Ia. hair was not gray.
hut there WAS steel in 1t even now,
Though b, was yct young.
His attitude was easy, simple, not as
Stunning, carrying NOT the icas' trace OF
hruagudocio, as he stood before this
rompuuy whore he had not been asked,
and took that place which to himself
seemed TT TOR him.
Iii, figure was that of "a young man.
III, .kiu, smooth and hutd.draWu. WAS
that ot Young man. But his eye,
clear. deep and bright, bespoke the man
who had thought and who held himself
competent to think.
'l,. face, ustunishiuply high bred and
lofty. attracted the attention Of vv.
cryuny ut th, grcut table. Men turned
one 90 unuthcr, whispering:
" he lonk- like my grandfather cx-
claimed one.
- wa, about to say the same of my
own, was the reply They both had
ccu~cd tn laugh aud jest.
II seemed ~ others that the eyes of
ihr Young man h,usclf turned nov and
again 20 IA, pictures that hung upon
the wall pictures of mon ~ another
generation Rat hi, own ewes passed
oE aud beyond the wall "a, though no
looked ir.o another day.
''Nho j. hos asked one man ot an
pc seemed not arrogant save ms youth
and ability always ATE arrogant. But
what did he hcr,i
strangely men began tn look into the
great mirrors ~ each .idr uf the ban.
qurt tohlo. Yet more strangely the eyes
ut the young muu ESQ turned 10 them
somherlN qu'-tiouiagly, us though ho
saw himself
lir dld NOT speak NJ FIRST, had dh
been asked 10 speak None ihe less n
seemed that, wncn finally he raised his
hand tu command attention. an were
waiting for his voice. he raised ms
glass, empty. Bur, as though it had
been full 90 some stroug w.nc. some.
thing was giving his voice cnry aud
clcurness, his brain dircctuess and com.
posure.
~ have Just eomc from another conn.
try - suid be- simpiy "Ouce lived
ui cusc us you do. I played with life.
/ 'alacd not the gcut things Of life.
The evening herald., 1918-01-24

almighty power tu enable SELF win to
carry out us piuns True religion H.
the roliriuu az conservation True
tuith u,li,ycs that God has plans ana
pnNs thp rHlmjsts prayer show
mo thy paths. % i.urd.' and dcvotes
itself Go discovering Gods paths and
wortug with God to accomplish
them
IN, kusoIs fAith wants God for his
ally liuyoln's faith wants To- bee the
ALLY of cod
Nt th" beginning of e new year it
were we'll fur each one 81 Us to ask
himself whether his faith is that of
the kaiser or that of Ahraham I.ir-
coin Lyman Abbott in the outlook
The evening herald., 1918-01-24
"A SPLENDID TONIC I"
Says Hi1son Lady Who, On Doc
tors Advice, Took Cardui
And Is Now Well.

HlNson. Tenn About 10 years ago
| was. says Mrs. J. Il. Gadd, OF
this place. ! suffered with pain In
my left side, could not sleep at night
with this pain. always in the left
side.
My doctor told me to use Cardul
took one bottle, which helped me aud
after nay baby came, was stronger
aud better, but the pain was still
there.
at first let IL 80, but began 10 get
weak and IN rundown condition,
so decided to try some more Cardui,
which | did
This last Cardui which took made
me much better, in fact, cured me II
has been number OF years, stlll |
have no return Of this trouble.
feel II was Cardni that cured me,
and commend II as a splendid fe-
male tonlc'
Don't allow yourself tC become
weak aud rundown from womanly
troubles Take CArdul. II should sure.
ly help you, as Il has 20 many thou
sands OF other women In the past 40
years. Headache, backache, sldeache.
nervousness, sleeplessnesa, tired-out
feeling. are all signs OF womanly trou.
bic. Other women set relief by taking
Cardui. Why not YOU? AL druggists.
NCl32
The evening herald., 1918-01-24
S\w \ COssNCh INnrWL.II.-

u was In the uur. ut Yurievets
ton the Volgal tHtt one of those
tragic fragments which life casts up
like driftwood ". ruur at our fcot
\ Cussuck's leav, uI,ug Of his mate
that was an. a million times repeat
"d VA e million di'farrnt izhas IN that
one summer Bui t was more SYM
hol of womnn's ancient and inarticu-
late grief
These shawled tnI booted women
Of the north are tro burdcned with
earth's sorrow to weep. they are like
dump cattle IN their woe The sol
dier himself wus openly wiping his
ewes on his coarse dusty hroNn sleeve
while under both trms ho clutchcd
Hhsurdly two euorm0us ioavcs uf
black bread \ dupy little child in
It's mothers arms futcrod uncom-
pretending hRnd- in the direction of
the steamer bur from the Mour"l
checked, gray eyed woman there was
no sign
She neither touched her man in
farewell, nor offered any uf those
small caressps b, which We seek to
mitigate our grief Tho ~uiien silence
of the north had laid 10. finger upon
her but her cyc- tuluWol hcr mate
with the wild. uur,1sonmg grief uf
the forest sprung She stood stll star
ing. unaware 81 the baby boz ner arms.
while the stcam,r moved slowly out
into the gray ml-f- Long after dusk
had closed down could ~,o hcr face
struiniuE in the cleaning ik" % muSs
uf despair ulh. Guur,l'u m tho
The evening herald., 1918-01-24
The Scrap Book
run TROOPERS on THE oIoUD.

TIIE TROOPERS on THE tI.OtD
Served with no .udffc ur strrup.
hearing no sabre or lance,
Led by NO banner ur bugic sounding
retreat or advance,
Far from the thunder of hoof beats.
In the silence Of suu-frcttcd plains,
Boldly they ride To- the battle or buffet
the mist ana the rains
skirmishing high and lonely. swift To
pursue and attack
sure setting out I'm the sunlight OF
cropping their blind way back.
Lurking alert la the purple. ashinr
down through the blue.
Stealing abroad in the gray --
swift to attack and pursue.
stride for stride with the foeman. rib
to rib with the guic,
Treading the earth -mists under as the
troop horse trends the vale
ClimbinE the cloudy cliff paths whore
the wascs of the blue begin.
Chasing the dawnlisht outward. rae
ing the darkness IN.
Sto0pinr to challenge the cannon,
where only the bravest ride
UDoad that swing In the saddles. and
Honor that sits hesideJ
Dcrelici steeds and drifting. stabbed
10y the steel and lame,
Flung to the earth ana foundcred
stripped aud out of the game.
wind of the north for ruwel wind OF
the west for whip.
Never bird OF the morning hut these
their stecds uutstrip.
Just for the plume of their helmet
youth for ia" sword at their slide.
Never u Zoe they meet vi hut their
rowing ranks uutride
Westminster Gazette.
The evening herald., 1918-01-24

Sboli bc 20. you ought to bc aud are not
now
"I am the new man in ;hc world 7
come to your phlc-nnd I came from
your table come 10 your family
nrd ramc nt your family What was
my country wa, yours or is YOURS now.
As mN vision b.. so yours mast hc. As
my history has been. sp must yours be
you must ru' away the little things. yor
must soc the truth and meet it us
have dome
You ask Whut is my country You
ash. Where is tine country 10 which
Summon you' louk about you That
country Is Amcriru'
- myself um born uut of u om
~, no,, man the American,
They looked aud he Wns gone.
Does that be- said remain'
The evening herald., 1918-01-24
rnE rno,nin wlrm ,Mrnlc,.


Under the heading "Thc Troublc
with America the Memphis Cou-
mcrcial Appeal says
The trouble with the countr, is thal
Congress until q year ard hnIf ago
was pacifistic. 1t enjoyed cursng out
the gold braid gang In the war de-
partment Il enjoyed browbcuting an
army cfii~ar II enjoyed having au
army expert ask for ! million dollar
appropriation and then cat it down ;o
- million dollars. It destroyed initm-
tiyc In soldiers In charge uf depart
ments.
For six years previous to the dec
laration war our American Congress
was q body dominated 10, asininity ana
ignorance. The leaders were whey
braired
The world was set uu fire in 1919.
The danger OF the conragutiun
spreading all over the world was jus,
as great az !, was when Congress de-
citrcd war against Germany
congress then should have begun
To prepare the country to defend it-
self
some men talked of universal mili-
tary service aud were denounced us|
imperlalists. \ few men who hup-
peued to nc bankers ur manufacturers.
ana who urged IN" country to bee pre-
pared, were denounced a. stock iob.
hers and money lenders who sought To
coin the blood ana sweat OF the Amen.
can common people into gold
Leading statesmen, whose tongues
wagged like the flappcrs of seal ran
up and down the country In 1915 pro.
claiming the beauties uf peace ana de-
nouncIng any man as an mperialist
who was found cleaning sinslc barrel
shotgun
w" had peace congresses and eu-
Iouic congresses. Ne had upiitt cuu-
crosses aud sociological cuugrrsscr,
and statements came from an of thcs"
which declared that the United states
wa, ou IL plau.' far above nations who
fought one another
congress WAS the biggest uffcnd"f
i,ut after war was declared the p"is"r
OF these doctrines was hard tu elm
mate, and 1t H. not yet cutii"N elin-
mated Thes. poispns have interf"rel
with quickl, and differently urganizins
m" army
IN, Commercial Appeal iS corr"et.
Congress l.. largely to- blame Tor our
hack ~ preparedness Then whrr war
was declared congress thought we
could marshal an army Of a mi'''"
uud a half men and train and cqui?
them 300 a fcw months Perhaps ms
takes have been made since Npril o.
,u~f Il would not hc surpriSinr II
such WAS the case Hut congress c7n.
cscnp, the fact that conditions mitht
have been heticr if it had not been =
body of "asiuinity and ignorance
The evening herald., 1918-01-24
LOYALTY TESTS NEXT WEAR.

Next wear will be political wear.
MANY thousands uf offices are tu he
filled II viii itc dangerous year
I'm some respects unless We al keep
our heads How many candidates
for office nest year, Ia bc reelected.
will Ice found making uupatriotic pro-
German pledges In order tu sccur"
the votes ut those who are less than
halfway lnyul' How many caudi-
dates Tor county offices will keep
their mouths closed being afruit 70
talk In favor of their own country
lest they sacrifice pru-Gorman votes %
Whom men are candidates they uatur-
ally wish To- be elected and II has
been the American political way 10
give out whispered pledges and enter
into secret combinations or treaties
which may ac necessary 20 secure
votes As We have suid. next year
viii hc q st:ouuuu~ year FOR plt:iot
ism We suggest that putriouc SOC
cictics with or without name hc ur-
sanlaed whore there may not hc amy
TODAY tu oppose treason and to line
up traitu'S wherever they may h"
found Before the year 'FlN b. closed
there ought 10 hc thousands uf dis
loyal or Scmi-disloyal men put into
siorkade. uutii the war is over ncs
Muincs OlHJ capital
The evening herald., 1918-01-24

as there are misfits In any other line
uf business
u q man or a woman can work ui
- speed OF i5d words per minute. sp,I
correctly (which many or them ca t
do) and use little common sena.
about his work hc viii have uu troupte
fillins any ordinary posiion these
days.
The evening herald., 1918-01-24
MORE FUNNY ~. ANSWERS.

The following "huu:ui@tI," ur-
swot7s Go examination questions come
troin Now York .uf tum Nrw NoNi
GO. The errors ,u this group seem
tu grow out Of the u-e uf wrong
\ ord which Is similar boo -uuuH 90 the
',"rr that should o., used. However.
here seems To D.. . complete h,k of
clcarncSs of Understanding con tn,
part of the pupils And thc-, mis-
takes show ON tno part uf teachers
insu ficicnt tests iu the ,yrr dn,
No-k uf pupils
\ blizzard H. tho inside nf % hru.
when cicero delivered hi- uuuuu
r' was 20 profiN
-Nty gallons make ouo h.Jpohor
when the BRITISH rot up m tu"
morning and =pv 'hu Americans uu
th" "ppoSiU. hlll th,. threw ur th"r
breakfast ,hrea~'wurksb.
\ pormHnont s.. nf teeth consists ug
eight o,riues eU.ut cu-pi. two uu.
lars aud eight cu.piduIs
Climate BE- CAUSED h th" r.uiiuu
Of the earth around the suu
Putnpcii was destroyed uy Hu vrup-
'iun of uliyu nom thr Vatican
The government of ENGLAND - q
limited mo,korN.
Georgia was rounacJ uy poopl. who
had nccn executed.
oioomctIN teaches us how to hi-ost
angels.
Achilles was dipped u an" river
StyN To- make nim immurl "a school
boy once wrote that NchIuc- mother
dipped him Boo the river Siuk~ and be-
became intolorlble Tho University
News
The evening herald., 1918-01-24
WHO GNssrn RIM PUBLISHERS

The astonishing thing about tho
revelation "f the varied nature of
the absolute and unhlushing pro-
German propaganda in the standard
icXt-Louks prepared for use in the
Gernian courses in the public schools
of the country is that the books con-
tanning the peculiarly offensive mat
ter, which Is absolutely without any
special training value ns AN exercise
In language, have been published and
are today published hy host % re-
spectacle firms supposedly wholly
American These books. which are
now being either rejected IN cases
where they have not hoen officially
adopted hy the school boards or
howdlerized and cleaned Of their in-
sidlous poison, must have passed the
regular readers ana the editors as
wcn as the managers 90 tho various
publishing houses before they could
be printe' and listed and Set these
people seem to have been hypnoti2ed,
"eassed" BY the smooth writers who
prepared them flllod to the hrim with
the fol-dc-rol uf kaiser worship and
% farrnEo Of prose Hnd verse forms
intended to Vaunt Germany above an
other nations in the face of The truth
and the facts Of national advance.
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The evening herald., 1918-01-24
oUT on THEIR OWN MouTII,

We shah arrive at an un.
derstanding with Engla
which IL desirable from every
point of view, only after We
have crossed swords with her
A. long az Germany does not
consider this necessity a.
leading fsctnr la her foreiSn
policy We shall be condemned
to failure In an important mat
ters of foreign policy
Of course We need not pro.
claim these views tu an the
world for the benefit uf our up-
ponents. We may even earnest
Is cndeaNur e. work Tor our
purposes by peaceful means.
. However. We must never allow
ourselves to enter upon
course which hampers our ulti-
mate aim. and We must uncens-
ipgiy keep before our ewes our
true purpose We must. there
fore. politically ana miiiiarilN
prepare ourselves for the
struggle which iS probably uu-
nvoidablc. Then nnN can We
hope for success. + won
= Bernhardi Britain ~ l23A'6
Bcrnhardi. Britain ~ Ger
? many's Nnssal. bal21. trans"
. l9l4. PIP 2oa-2l"
The evening herald., 1918-01-24
SOME SPEED.

In view uf the fact that there IL an
argent demand for stenusraphcr-
these DAYS causing many young people
10 become imbucd with an ambition to
become ra,hupk artists. j., Is interest
ing e. note sum, of tn tests to which
steuographers are put \ few days
$50 Biny sunday, the famous r'angci-
ist. made he opeuiug prayer 900 tn"
house uf representatives al Washing
ton There were 6l0 words m the
prayer aud he uttered them IN two and
one-haIf minutes. which is at th' rat"
~ slightly over 241 Wurd- per minute.
Yet not single word WAS missed by
the house stcuographrr John u.
Dremcr. VINO took down the words ia
shorthand us they rushed from Hiliy q
lips MIR sunday complmcntcd MIR.
Cremer afterwards saying II - ID"
first absolutely accurate report can
ever remember being made. and /
know sou have to 'gs some.
Speaking of his -hor,hand career.
MI Crcmcr said
MIR sunday l. a fast mIker, but
he Is not tho most rapid speaker TO
ldh from the floor Of The House IN
my experience here which covers
twenty y.scyrn years Taking them all
as thcy come. he House corps cau re-.
port the speeches 40 fast a. they ot1
mas, them.
Thc worst man to report in ny
experience was Henr, g. Johnson, ut
Indiana Ne used To talk q, the RAJ"
Of .8o words a. minute and Keep il up
for nouns. Aud he spoke trcuurnth,
too
The greatest speed thai rce'"
WAS attained by congressman Meta
uf Sew Work. lie delivered go words
minute, but his speeches were rare
b over n,c minutes In length. and
he did not speak often
THE average rate of the ii"us" 10
about $50 wurds q minute, when
means that the speerhos vul var.
frum 100 up To- 22s words % minute.
Ana ~ cour~r. the rate OF a given
man. delivery VIII vars with the tu-
teu-i'y ur his thousht.
'Prcsldeu, Wilson talks al an"'t
Iia vords , minute. lir cnuu'"u"n
is clear and his deliver, s'cnd> .
speaker clark is H denb'raic udNr.
az was the ut, senator Reed
The organization of lhr stew"
graphite corps nf the Cuurrc-s uf the
United states ha- been tho mod, uf
Legislative bodies all u,or the world.
Mr. tremcr said liut while the H"urr
Of Commons iu England uses t""iN"
men and the French tnmup'r uf Dep
uties twcnty.foui the iiou-c gots al"ut
with siN stcnugraphors Each man at
The capitol takes a uru ~ i.aou word
Embryo stenographer- however
should not ho dishrarlcnod u th"'
are unable IA reach % speed II goo
words minute. 10 Keep the peueh
n,ing over the paper th"l fast REQUIRES
vosrs of experiencc. somc stcunpraph.
,.rs never attain that speed or any
where near II, because there are m'r-
,,,s writing shorthand just the same
The evening herald., 1918-01-24
GInMA< "oIIICERS' MESS"

Iiugh Gibson. who Was secretary to-
the American legation in belgium
when the war broke out can p1rk wit,
mmor aud irony into q single parao
graph aud still keep t short He
visited % Belgian house that some
German officers had occupied ana
later evacuated when their army re-
The evening herald., 1918-01-24

THE trouble with you is that YOU
don't seize your opportunities
"Oh grab at oUi fast enough.
hut darn 'cm they're creased Co., Hos
ton Transcript
The evening herald., 1918-01-24

hurdohips con the women All ih'>
VIII hay" 90 do u To- use q little vs-
tenn u keeping the family lardr's
stocked
The evening herald., 1918-01-24

Ever eat sraghct3 uu chimes" rcs-
tHurant' The temptation Is 60 take
II up with the chuu-r.k- ana Knit "a
sock Chicago NyVs
The evening herald., 1918-01-24
spnI,r Inn nMNnItLss.

Congress a. u i, .tN wuou its
iuvc~tigatu' instead .. lrgislltiu' --
baltimore sun.