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5 Wor Vd'’s Puzzle - The Evening Campbell 3 to @ Park Kow, Now Yorn ew York aa Second-Class Mall Matter, * Published by the Press Publishing Company, No. Entered at the Port-Omece at } The -Tenants* fais evening. favors the passage: brokers.and'to limit thei The grievance w cular which they have, sent out the landtords to-raise irtremedy would-fail- rents by, law, and the courts would interferes with the freedom of con: stitutional for the Legis upset the law on the, ground that tract and is confiscatory of property rights. But assuming that the bs H : ye constitution were amended and that rent were fixed by law, this would apply only to existing bul unless new buildings are erected the present overcrowding will not only continue, but becorhe worse. : ‘Anracre-contains-sixteen-lats-25%100-f the size for a model fenenient-iouse meeting the new sanitary require: -ments._ Allowing a quarter-of-the land area for streets, a square mil. = would give ample room tor 3,840-maxiemn tenements- Four—famitiesj abundant space. A. five: thus contain-twenty families, and a square mile would give ample ac commodations for 76,800 families. Manhattan Island has an area of twenty-two square miles. ance has already been made for the streets. office buildings, school-houses, stores, factories, single dwellings an¢ parks, and Manhattan Island would still amply accommodate 850,001 every one of them having more room, better yentilation an? “more healthy surroundings than nine-tenths of the dwellings now provits- If the area of the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Richmond were in cluded, every family could have a single dwelling-house with a yard ar a garden, 5 ee : i 4 er-eight SQ-foot lots, of on a floor would have Story tenement woul | Deduct a further half f E —— Daily Magazine, Tuesday? October 23; 19067 — Find the Champion of “Independence.” = By Je Cory. Hnvested 2h eeite—-¢ n of Greater New York could find comfort of Manhatts houses, the whole populatiot «able and sanitary habitation there. za s that Manhattan is not built up. Part is noth: In the older neighborhoods the greater area is coy single-family houses-and-ancient-tenements, ‘te-third street down to Canal street, has had ‘its improvement obstn by unprogressive ownership, of which the Trinity Church Corporati stands -as-guiliv-as any other landlord. “Fhevest-side,-from-T (THE JARR FAMILY 34" Ww By Roy L. McCardell Betty VincentS . and when -ye Not-new laws, but-the exact enforcement of the present tax law The law reqlires the separate as-| J would go far as.an effective remedy. sessment_of, land “and_ buildin, i shows undérvaluation of unimproved property v ssment-of improved property, which in effect penali: the-otd- bite ~ The way to-compel speculative or torpid landlords to-Impray “col pmperty dé to assess their-greed- at doe perc: (area-buntaup-asatshontd te: woof-supply_and-demand: {fa man buys land Was growing nt mht put sae Bre saee_returned. this family was daffy on bri ory ‘Do You Love This Old Many” Jarr, “the old layed bridge whist died, and-the o_mind to take you_acro: Jarr et the chil “atory coma what mish! ge games by saying tars asthe Htde bey Ts By e-arnioat——Tn. tls ‘ child was soothed tnd the oldest son hold- 1 make some fresh gat exclaimed “Mrs, has been going two-ho LE know-the kettle fas & te wife in the herve been nwhamed of themselves playing whist-with the (ferent ond ist \enore:disturbal death besides, 0 ro 0 : * to tule be idea of, H. EB. RICKDL, Ir, —Boston ‘Transcript, NEW YORK THROUGH CC FUNNY GLASSES 49 Ipyin S-Cobh The Transformation of the T. Wad, HERE {s @ disease, common among the Manhate tanese, which almost always attacks the stranger from the intérfor. Itis oheracterized by a sudden r bands on the bankroll, a viovent t hand to the trousers. pocket and a mental confusion regardingtise-yalieof tones: tom fn many. {ustances 13 an | looseness of ru rush of the stran An accompanying sym) Et ation to he -ate anything and should atonce-be given é Old Mr. Tight Wad's favorite son strikes the {sland, dresses to kit k dlagonal,effect with. brald on the seams the floor manager at a brakemen’s ball always wears, He lias one ot sthooth-surfaced neckties with an elastic on {t and a steel buckle in the back. Should oocasfon requine him to break a $2 bill he has to aindress, owlng to his forethought In havin, sewed his soft mo. into h erclothes. : (He figures ‘on a jolly week the grent city ata maximum. or We. quote from his diary; { Sunday—Arrived on day coz se of wisdom In bringing tood cents for meals (sandwiches) Secured room at a large hotel Supper, $0.13. Hn, Stories dn regard to ycunfounded>hougnt satistacs al. snag little plage on water y hotel of Roach & Bugg, near "3 (75 cents a day), but might cards of Flat!ron. Gave train-porter five ( Mrs, MI nt cook .coflee and to move to fai lye than Mr. a few s0 spent JO venta for bee w the enthy rides, By always asking for xpenses down'yo 60 cents. To-night attended curio hall on ased witta work of Bosco. Have seen several: Boscos at fairs and Elks' carnivals, Out never one who ate them alive In more | accompll and fintshed Recc ed Bearded Lady as gentleman |whom I once met as de ist State Conventiom Got excel- chant Gleaner (eith oe ent —at French table <‘hote restayraw. il cents, Up Wednesday—Sfoved again. Have nice room, but rather sm land House (rates $2 a day >| forenoon: arrived too early jind had to walt one hourun fuser well worth ‘the money. 4 dy enteyed visit y—raudevities-on—Stxth — ; ind hedtig pioioghipl hiusic, scclig moving pictures, &c. Evon- freon Eighth avenue; was in hopes of seeing “Hazel Kirke, {great favorite of mine, but am informed it {s not playing here this season | for some reason. Lxeellent melodrama & Thursday—Now ha nt room and bath at the Coughman. Can get very ale at Scanloy’s—at average cost of $1.50 each. Chartered hansom cab and spent pon riding up And down Broadway; cabman’s charges very able co} there are no hansoma/fat hom: would like to own one or ¢ ar cast In the new society drama, Ute, T think. By paying ticke& man a bit nolsy, transferred my bags to the nie suite on second Moor with private parlor Gotdecont-enoveh Kinch at Wreeker's; wine Bs led, but chartre: to be commended to discriminating pal- Met delightful girl (Western heiress) while dining at Walledoff-Pas- ; took her to the Metropolitan to-night; managed by rare good luck burg ‘Trost man tor 7 boy-tn-the-Herseahos,_Caruso__ although T never carcd personally for igor on account in sayings bank at Spinachville tor NOl_-amnonet— y except auto spin with lady | spectal decorations for tbl: Gave lady tr at friend ar head w: | remem? Lot Bifrar order t sharp. Huve engaged drawing-room section on | THE FUNNY PART The cure for the disease-Is-golng-home, ter very att dopartment p Limited. _ a we. Advice to Lovers & married sister who Yo and whom he Mkes a _| very: When he_comeste-set are, | AMCengneed)t0'814¢ she is not-at -home-he wants to go, To Marry -or Wait?. Dear Betty: young penn rth ane 4f she Is at home, why, whom P—)8V@/ always with” her, speaking. been keoping com: land Kissing her, Is this right, torte pany +) for several] leaves me out in the cold? yeers. He ts always! Tam not Jeatons, but th { . Dut tho prefe Haitan oa Gis #e tell me what to peatediy asked him) Should F trust etthor of them, or marry townlt, owingeo the! EM? For I ear for my married life fact that he la nat} Matnly would not ae earning a very large|-weru you, inlass “he gives Up att tanh tis PRTyEAUR hemprees|l your slater. “You would (ime. Tle gaye] Oren be very unhappy it you aie siwasa She Cannot. Watt for Him ut a Dear ‘Hetty; q a__aror | AME a_young- girl, I have -made-the if we: were once | acqualnta f Emcee eres nee of a young man about my Age who has asked mo to marry him, But IT cannot watt eo long aa he yRaks:-for “Tam strictly Kept and not ;Batmittel to—nesoctato with ether boy Se eeanl orselitatrh Z ght Inti 5 ‘everything yan 1 be fignt led, att Corrected tor_svarything I do even in the way-of dressing my halr, If father or mother Mkes tt my broth- vers have something to say about it. Were you In my place would you marry. tho frat_opportunity you could get porowatt-tor-the boy I joys dearly? IE would break my heart to leave him, for | know he Joves me. Bul 1 eannat Heipit—tar-at times 7 feet-ay tt f could — it suicide if T only had the aoth would Leable to Now, 1 dearly am with =a matter. Do you think tt wo: for moto marry him now, or do you ink -Ht-would bo better for us to walt? eee _ KITTY. The time to walt iy two years. Dear Dutt : 30H ar, AM migirl of elghtoon and have been{ “You aro a vory foollah girl. If you going with ag © I was | ore dissatisfied a€ home try tocget work ai eh of some Kind and become se! ihe en fa Uitte girl. wid ace ongared [nent py sree pecome, sal muzmort: and_aro_golng to be myprled very {can ceriainiy walt for film two yours, Wireless Telephoning.. , oe s} no, a woll-known Inv lor, has made a r of wireless tolophony, Ills now epparntus ats of & telophone, a battery, a spectal form of Induction. coll and a& frame which Js formed of a serles of tnsulited wirgs. One post js placed {n tho sarden and a second one in a room tn the bullding some distance off, about 10 snd several walls, doors and windows come between the posts. saya the r vi Conversation can be carriod on easily, and the sound Is clear, Tho Inventor began five yearn a of Marchais, belonging to t) © of Monaco, he made experiments, using tho | nih conductor, and those w succerksful at a stance of miles One year afterward he was ablo to cogtmuntcate between Toulon and Ajaccio, in | Corsica, over the eea, at 180 miles distant, using tho sea as A conductor for the 2 to work on. io problem, -At the Chaleau waves, e An the new apparatus works without the use of ground, the ‘results are con= dered to be mdre important. M. Malche expecta to Increase the distance In definitely by ¢!ving more power to the apparatus, which tw only in ity first stages, Submarine boats could uso the system to ood advantage, ptt er Foreign Peculiarities. Very common In Japan is the custom of adopting ohildren to keep a family name from becoming extinct. There ts scarcely a femtly in which it has not” At yome Ume or other edn observed. A person who has no malo issue adopts, A son und, {fhe has A daughter, often gives her to the adopted aon in marriage, A youth, or even a child, who may be the head of a family, occasionally adopts, on the point of dy!sg, a son older than himsel€ to succeed him, f * . ° A quaint superstition Is prevalent tn many Engish villages. When a | 9 going to be married: every effort s made to prevent her trom seotny wodding ring before tho caremony, as itis considered thet a sight of it except-a% the altar iv bound ¢o bring bad buck, »~ 25 SUMP RESR Tne er pasta bon, Sat