The evening world. Newspaper, November 14, 1906, Page 16

World Dail ¥ Magazine? Wedn esday,; Vovember 14, 1906: (Published py tne Proxs Entered at je Post-OM ——— —WVOLUME 47.. y Tax De-} pariment. real estate agents and nv r haye ied one another in sotsment s the basis of the L n Purdy, | tice of taxation, rnment is more important to tment has there, been more rtnient of the cits ry, business, food and ‘rent are all af- rile of taxation. Few people realize this be- cause of thé popular illusion that only those men pay taxes from ay Wages, €mploym _ fected by the inethod an xcs, The average: dweller or workman in New York knows noth- ing about the amount of taxes he pays, He may even think ‘that “he pays no taxes because he-is not as- sessed for taxation and the Tax. De- partment does not send him tax bills. 5 ; The landlord, the manyfacturer - and the store-keeper know. better. {The taxes ona factory are an important. matter jn determining its lo- i cation The taxes .on a store: must be reimbursed to the proprietor by The taxes on.a tenement-house r, the grocet, the baker and of the yoods he seas. What is meant by the incidence of taxation is that the final con- sumer ‘pays the tax, and not the iandlord or the store-keeper. The only tax that the landlord’ pays which he cannot shift to the tenant is the tax "on ground rents. , Every other tax is shifted and its burden falls on the ultimate consumer. SUBWAY ENTRANCE | PLO. mt Aor oun? AN 0 ROUND whom-the-Tax Department collects} 1 _ Mrs Purdy-has-it-in-his power-to-alter the infeidence of taxation so - that the mass of the people shall pay less and the great landlords shall Pay more, so that the small consumers shall be less heavily laden and the great corporations shall assume their rightful burden, Especially in real estate assessments should Mr. Purdy intelligent!) “obey the Jaw. The valur of real estate is based_on the income it woul: bring witen improved to the best advantage. For agricultural purposes tantinNew Yo ity_is not th as much an acre as a square foot of Broaviway or Wall street now sells for. high price ts not-basec “its vattte-unimproved_or with old buildings, but when utilized to the most profit. . —“Utitizit:g alt-of New York City to the best advantage would give eyery one a comfortable home, with ample space for all the office build oved factories that an intelligent system of taxatior 4ngs,-stores and imp) would permit profitably to be built, ; For the lots which Trinity Church owns on main west side thor oughfares tobe assessed at half_of an east side ment-house lot make east side rents higher and penalizes improvement. For the Fifth avenu alaces to be assessed at-609¢-of-thelr_watue-and-a-factory-to-be-ass Feat ts yalue, to that extent checks industry and diminishes em- meh — oe New York-has ne had the 4axtaws intelligently and fully en- “forced. Their fountain head has been muddled by assessors ignorant Pe best, subject to influence almost always and at times-venal. —Mr.-Pur =“ fas-a_great opportunity to -do-a_vast amount of -good_by exercising 11 the utmost with intelligent honesty the powers conferred upon him by the Tax law, - : How’d You Like to Live in Harlem? By J. Campbell Cory. ia ss ppattery=ta-had—prepared- TWENTY-FIVE | =f ROMANCES « PROGRESS By Albert Payron Terhune - No. 2,—BERNARD PALISSY—The Man Who Didn’t Kaow When He Was Beaten, CURIOUS crowd gathered outside a little house in the French town A of Saintes oue day in the middie of the Wixteenth ceutury. In the throng n wotnan wre weeping and rin nhow-and again to stare through the open doorway of the dwelling, “He is mad! Quite mad!" she walled. “To feed, that miserable fur- nace, what do you think he has done? He has spent.every penny of our savings and has solll the clothes olf his back to buy fuel. We are stary- ing, yét he pays no heed to my protests. He has ripped the palings from our fence, our door from {ts hinges, the boards‘from our floors. He has broken up every stick of our furniture. And all for what use? To feed his fure ng: her hands, stopping 3 |mace, that it may attain a greater heat and that his wretched bits of pot- tery may be glazed!” | 5 . And-as the potter's wife resumed her walling march the nelghbors mutamured thelr sympathy and!amaze. Meantime, within. the house, a jBollow-eyed; emaciated man wes crouched before a roaring furnace, into which hé Had just hurled the last: combustible fragments of his household goods. é ; : “This man whom his, wife and neighbors declared mad was Bernard Palissy, son of 2 French. glass painter.He had followed hia father's trade __ comfortably enough, in Salntea, where tie’ had settled down and married.» But One day he chanced uponan old earthenware cup of Moorish make. He noted that it was covered with a glazed or enameled substance that coi? : gave {ta rare ‘beauty. He made inqnities, but’ ~~~ @ could not learn the secret process whereby the Undaynted by Moors had produced this enamel, Then he began Three Hundred experimenting. It was quickly proven to the eat. Fallure isfaction: of his fellow-workers that he was on the @ Wrong track and that the art of enamelling coul a not be rediscovered by any of the methods he — employed. But Palissy alone could not realize that he was beaten. He figured out that soon or late he must come upon the correct chemical b mixture, to produce the white enamel he sought. Hq was utterly ignorant of the materials which g9 to mak up such enamel, yet’, for, years he labored ‘bn -theproblem, making no fewer than *hree hunderd mixtures, all of which turned out tp be rong. RTS, +AU Test -te-concoctert-one-final fotmtia, _reselving-that If it falled, he = would abandon ‘the quest which had already impoverished him and return to his old trade of glass painting. = With despair in Sis heart Pallssy paced in the furnace the pleces of After four hon he—dtrew- ort — Ther coated with the beautiful white enamel he bad so long and vainly stri to find. His discovery was made. Now all thet remained was to perfect it. Four more years tvere thus consumed. Every stick of furniture, every ~ wooden house-fixture went to the syper-heating of his furnace. He sold his clothes, starved his family, grew thin as a skeleton. But in the end suctess came! a: Designing colored plates and placques and coating them with his won- derful enamel, Palissy opened a shop in Paris. Sixteen years. he had labored to complete his inyentiongand now tardy triumph crowned {t “y His work became the rage at court. Catherine de Medici, the Queen- Mothey amd Henri Hi the King deelared—themsel vos his patrons, His wealth and fame waxed as great @s had been Nis poverty and reputation for insanity. The world of victory was in his grasp—and he let it go! y The Protestant religion, dczpite all. efforts of a Catholic King, wap sweeping France. Palissy,’ though-he well knew that such an act would wreck his court favor, became an open convert to a @ the new creed. He not only declared himself-a $ Imprisonment the Protestant, but also, to the surprise of every one, studied philosophy and natural history, excelling —exen the most learned men of Franoe on oth + } Reward of Service. JARR FAMIL mybreakiagt poad: our servants these days. men seem to be afraid of K , ‘Plensa do this <9 hear-you—# T notice you don to me as a gentleman y time you spcak ‘I'm glad tho children Dut you know as—wett And you know that your breakfast is a Pedae that Toa. “Nothing but ham and eggs! Ham-and} said Mrs, Jarr, triumphantly. “We Wwe had -bacon_and scrambled eggs!" j “Well, her know tha pSould be-diecour th: weem to cate fort* Y oA yy By Roy L. McCardell r.Jarr. __“'It's_a_wonder you aré not afraid of making me ti}, with such a com) enoutd -haye-said- that-you wanted It change of dict!" replied Mrs, Jarr, I-should have cooked tt, too!"’ exclaimed | Mr, Jarr, who was in a nice state of mind, tndsed— "T don't care what you do,” repked Mra. Jarr. Stostand for and that is_your_talking to We do the best we can. r breakfast is late {t's your own fault You ayy) biscults and th minute, and everything ia oold or burned | discourage ‘her * sneered sald Mrs. Jarr, Bnd griddis cakes, the girl makes lovely blscults but you never come down to the table till the last minute, and {f she cooks re -ceid-and soxey,-and tf she watts for yor And-that-sert-efthing. discay them beforehand they fio time to Walt for-Uie “Ob, it does, does it Lam get you have | t suppose you could let ghe Count go ated —with-her—tovely y would be ready by the timo I got downst How about me? Ham and eggs! aEd Jarr. “All you “You would de if you knew what they co: It) are 45 cents a dozen, and not very fresh at that, and gliced } pound; and if you buy a whole ham 7 ak to ME that w (gé0 phe burst into tears. should speak to a woman,’ replied his—wite, “but after a Jarr,- seeking. a-isophole_to_esc edhe thinks his wife Is a slave to be shouted and raggd-ett” Well, replied Mre. Jarr. “Fresh ig 18 or % cents, and half of it's wasted 9 breaking hy heart!" What did you start such m fuss about my sleeping a Iittle late fori asket “y don't have to be downtown earl) orning. It's all right Goe! you women make the bigcest fuss and fly off the handle about noth wt propin-showid her you-on thelr knees t0 | ing. Bo calm. Don't let little things worry you," and "Mr, Jarr tried to wiiatle dy at a reasonable hour, and try to half-way seo | a ng of running the streets, we'd get along git was his own fault that he was| with a sniff ng to blame #ome one else. swife, with fore! ca’ on of your te: as he-wdjusted-his-erayat— SURSeIE Mrs, Jarr wan taken somewhat a-back by this change of front and said] | never mind! Go down to your breakfast. That's all yor rr, ith a show of fecling. you smiling at me across the tablet’? “I only care for you,” replied Mr, J “Dry brea Water woutt seem-the-finest-fare a: Don't talk nonsense!’ eald his wife: “You know you don't mean [tl B they went-(o-toe-table amlable enough. Ee “What's for breakfast? asked Mrs. Jarm UGaives' Hverand bacon. mum," said the girl, “Great Scott!) exclaimed Mr. Why can’t you have ham and ¢ pad bacon day utter ony t for breakfast once (Word tor-the Snbwas. Jan area of two hu rite stonupeecinsallee @o ‘the PAltor of The Byvening World jLowrite-to urge Ina pre edltor cof E88 such plants be obta: ‘ow sub- | vf Dureau 1 a “plant in. New CREDO. y to find out ecrose) ting ought fat-and not se: us to Kk Problem, how long will ie foot?’ 1 come ¢ it will take a of a second to walk one hat 13, allowing 6,28 feet to one The Evening World: | man by waw born-on the Friday:)-foot; Thanksgtvit y, 1898, 1] mi 0 know what date of No: vember that Friday was. W, J. 8 4 Those 33 ¥ of Money. | been To the E ¢ c World: 1 jsome place ‘In answer to the. m about thai 6 poor people might go and have for them many ana ton. Ma scheme wave our fawe! money | thelr tocth filled and a Phe first | For dentistry {s #9 hi paid [cannot preserve their | Rood health by «| Let philanthropists wome day w thirty-three pleces racking up tens tio ehillings ack in pennte were i then. Mewltt, George and Rooreyelt. | "To the The Byenine Who we ¢ opposing ¢ Mayor of York in 1886? Perlis of the Stairs. a dts | To the E | When | tion year? co R | 1 tor of The Evening Wor! spondent mwrites about ‘dan- For a Weather Plant Dureas. fo the serous Subway stairs.” It ts time some 2 ore tiat a “weather ono made som remark about that It plant ecatorius nobilis) Dad iy qo yery dangerous #ta 5 been foond” fs a and Mexico p03" potion that t street_unchin If YOU a Wife Like This. Borit-You WONT! IT THINS { AND-ENTERTAIS | SN’T TOUR | SWENRY PECK! {You wil STAY AT Home Sy suR vite, As-you- SHouLD. | } HOME G00D ENOUGH FOR Ye Bibiana It was t = = ————— ETHINKING Swett HENRIETTA, L THINK | Sai JILL TAKE A tittie- STR OWN TO THE NR | DONT. SIT THERE [eee a eu MAKE ME | NERVOUS WHY DONT. Tou ERD AB: mn DOK OR0.0 SOMETHING: T THOUGHT so! I KNEW You WE! Thar wisT To MAKE ME ANO UN COMFORTABLE You AWKWARD FOOL! You ARE DOING THAT JUST ) seeging the poe: ct atmon é4 lead ont of the material + pherig and grismio disturvances tw] on xome Subway aaven @agi aliend of ruin and twen-" ¢-) ty Bke g guipo da PalYaue of sarnquakcs, oxer RE. TRYING TO PO t! ALL You ARE G00? | = : ET uP, Yay Goos pela Wie ae AROUND THIS House iS TO. HANG AND STUDY UP SOME NEW IRRITATING YOUR POOR Wi You CLUMSY. BRUTE! NERVOUS LIFE. ATS Be STAY AT HOME, AND You _& ByF. G. Long} NOW, WHAT ON EARTH ARE You GOING To Do W hex nar. I seat oy nies toa wo veom to-wee HIS is the week when ev'ry freak} What loads of g) ! “Who bet'on tho eleotion : Aa, past the wie CORE Ry of 4 Wir eat the coat because he lost | Tho: “winners? roll, ‘whfle “losars'” jot ‘e subjects, and, incidentally, winning mm this way. new enemies. zi 5 Para} All this combined to undermine his standing at court. Henri IIT. was. reluctantly coerced {nto signing a warrant committing him to the State prison_of Parts, the Bastile There, in hig cell, the King secretly visitea Pallssy, begzing him to recant Protestantism and promising him freedom. . “T pity you,” added the King, “but as long as you are astheretie I am compelled to consent to your tniprisonment.”” U “It is Your Majesty who deserves pity, not-T," refofted Palissy. “You say you are ‘compolled.'. You are less a king, then, than I; for no mat can compel ME! All the power of France cannot ‘compel’ this one potter. to how down to clay images! The King, too weak to &! his old friend, permitted tim to be con- — demned to death; but, fa 1588 before the sentence could be ¢ecuted, Pallasy _ dled in prison. He was seventy-nine at the time of his death. Nearly” fifty years he had Jabored in poverty: Then, when glory and worldly weaith at last were at his feet, he deliberately threw both away—for the sake of a princtple. aisha d a a = New York’s $150,000,000 of Gems -Not Needed by Its Pretty Women. ~ neg By Nixola Greeley-Smith. _CCORDING to an expert's estimate printed tn yester: | A day's Byenla World, “New “York wears” ¥150,000,000 | sworth of precious stones, Possibly « million or a0 of | this vast sum may represent the injudicfous efforts of a advised men to adotn themselves. But_practioally ! — rT vorn by a fow svomen, atid practically alr or it For the beautifying effect of diamonds and other pre! ‘ous stones 19 by no meatia commensurate with thelr value, What does tt for Instance, $10,000 orth of rings? If she hi y Kanda she doesn't nea ———— them; 1f abe has ugly hand» >4,.merely -caila attention to. | thom. A tiara may cover a multitude of “switches, “rate” d false curls, but fa Wonwn Nas A HiMEnINCENt teed ot attention from 1t a i t < are good to hide bones. I never see # woman , yelled dog-collar without thinking how awfully - neck wndermexth must be ———eEE 3 ‘retty women do not need Jewels. Morecver, the pretty women in New York lon't wear them. They cant afford to;-When the dressmaker and jeweller have. lone thelr best, when the society photograuprer ted his uttermost, an inspeo- fon of the portraits of alleged /soclety beauties’ reveals tho strange fact th spercentage-of- food looks grows inversoly aa the Income, and that, New York’ ¢ beauties are found amiong the poor and the modarately wellto-do,— hie orho sratk Fifth avenua In the early morning-on thelr way to work ter tooking tan those who drive slong it in the afternoon. When wey axe a pretty, qgletly dressed atenograpver, what we recall of her, % we remem ee her at all, 1s bright eyes or a primroso complexion or w charming wave tn frat-when-Mra.-Midas, fat_and overfed as her own horses or her own chmun, drives Along and some one polis her out to Us, What vislon "do we wry away with ust A jumbled tmpression of furs and feathers, and, uniese she — etter, diamonds in the afternoon. = ? jewellers’ advertisements, whore perhaps _a_hundred __ fa hundred-cltles on thetr necks and shoulders, looks | nnows_b: The cpera phalanx 0! women have the ransom 0} ike a show window. — 7 Sr ator rig : iereu tn admiring Mrs, Million's diamond stomachor, Mrs. Marlgold's tara, Go (i i we seo the women at allt CaN Apes of their jewels blinds us to thelr beauty when they possess ttrasta attention to thelr physical shortcomings when they do not, ‘ Net A vew York, spends $160,000.00 for jewela means that New York threcea $100,000,000 aways . ere) The Freak Bettors = By Walter A. Sinclair Upon the wrong selection. ‘The foolish bot, the worst one yet— ‘And rwhat could’ be more allly? They'll pay in way absurd, but “pay''-~ ‘Me ones who det.on Willie, Pugh humor this: This girl must Kise Bach man she meets, How jolly! ‘This follow, beat, must ramey eat Twelve Jemons for his folly, In kid porambulatars, ! bes rv. i Wlection'’s paat; Ma done at lant} ; | his froaie/bet's slave will never-shave / It's time now for forgetting, Until his pet ottnohifing Nh We can't escape the light-bretned Jape | Are long enough to musty stuff j “who's strong for froakiah betting, -| ‘Two tnoy scta pillews, H you're bound to meat hin on the atroct, | Tex fotiow's alr wih ot Bo CAFR, (he same Old stunt, you've soon ft; For two yeare he'll not trim ft, Jo. What @.lark to Watoh ¢he ‘mark’ | of all thingawalrd thatshowld he ape ‘Gown Broadway eo q peanut =” ihe rents hero oho {imi