The evening world. Newspaper, February 2, 1911, Page 3

SHOW GOOD NERVE AT $100,000 FRE "Smoke Pours Into “John” and| “Beekman” Exchange, but They Stick to Posts. “NEIGHBOR GAVE ALARM. -Young Woman Has Discov- | ered Several Blazes in the Vicinity Recently. | Residents in the neighborhood of Nos. John and Beekman telephone exchange at Nos. 9 and % Gold street were | Uwown into excitement early this morn: fag by & fire that started in the cellar | Of Mos. 4-42, a five-story building, and A444 $100,000 damage before tt was under control, three hours later. ‘The blase was discovered by Miss Meta Van Axen, nineteen years old, « @aughter of Frederick Van Axen, who has @ saloon on the ground floor of 'No. 4 and lives on the second floor. ‘Miss Van Axon, by a lucky coincidence, has discovered several fires in her neighborhood, and a few months ago turned in an alarm herself at Fulton and Gold streets. Awakened by Smoke. | Whe and her sister sleep in a rear reom. She was aroused by smoke this morning and, looking out the window, saw the reflection of the fire next door. She awoke her father and mother and four brothers and sisters, and, running to the front window. @houted “Fire!” A street sweeper heard her and sent in an alarm. Two of the first to reach the street were George Van Axen, fifteen, and Eberhardt, thirteen, who had for- gotten everything except their school books. They wore overcoats over thelr nightclothes and slippers. As r00n as the firemen came a second alarm was turned in. This brought Fire Chief Croker. Park Row was soon cleared of its loungers, who ran to the acene. Reserves from the Oak and John street precincts were’ called out to keep the crowd in order. Phone Giris Display Nerve. Gmoke from the burning building got inte the telephone exchange, but the 250 operators kept busy throughout with # their Other em- ployees closed the windows, The pullding was occupied on the ground floor by the Vulcan Asbest: Company. The second and fourth floors (rere whoccupied, while the taird wi ‘oecupied by Edgar L. Scillitoe, mode} Any Law to Abolish It Would Be a Failure” ae & BNlaY 250 PHONE GIRLS ‘ |““Kissing Is Not Dangerous Except for Babies; an Wubsy ) °y SHUBBLAY New York Physician Doesn't Agree With Baltimore Woman That “There's Nothing to It but Mere Maudlin Sentiment.” Education, Not Law, Must Be Relied On to Protect the Infants, and Perhaps Abolish the “Meaning- less Kiss” of Custom. BY NIXOLA GREELEY-SMITH. Should kissing be abolished? Mes. Calvin Academically, formance should N. Gabriel, of Baltimore, takes the affirmative side in the discussion of a problem which may interest many persons, and Dr. Anna G. Freedman, of New York, holds the negative view. Medically and as an all-around intell!- gent human being, Dr. Freedman, when I saw her yesterday in ber Madison avenue office, expressed the opinion that the time-honored custom of kissing stil! has meening and usefulness. Dr. Freedman ts: well known as © guffragist, and Mre. Gabriel, who takes the sterner view that “the utter meaninglessness of the per have killed the kies jong ago,” 1s aleo @n advoonte of votes for women, and @ member of the Just Goverament League of Baittmore, It may be news to school girls, lovers, afternoon-tes girls and other, devotees of the ancient and honorable practice of kissing that their favorite pastime is on trial for its life, but if they hearken to the harsh words of the Prosecutor they will be in Missful, or Stern words! What would Cyrano de Bergerac say to them? I wondered. Seeking a Kise Defender. Surely the singer of the kiss praises must turn over in his coffin at the gross bel upon the kiss—“the rose dot on the ‘l' of adoration,” “brush of a bees- wing that makes time eternal,” or any- thing elee you and the quotation dic- tionary please. Not teing able to summon Cyrano from the dead or to visit the shrine of his modern interpreter, Rostand, I had to content myself with Anne Freed- man'a ign, I'm gure Mall tikke it. “Do. wish the’ tod! m kiss from a medical or a human standpoint?” inquired Dr. Freedman, with delightful seriousness, “Both,” 1. said. § “Discussion from a medical standpoint would be much too long and compli- maybe kiseful, ignorance no longer. predicts he tattle ett 4 GARFELD HELD UP TAREE DAYS ONA TRAN BY REBELS Ex-Secretary of the Interior Marooned in Mexico With Other Passengers. EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 2.—James R. Garfield, former Secretary of the In- terfor, was a Passenger on the train which was marooned when insurgents tore yp the track Sunday and for three days was held up with other passengers by the insurgents. He arrived last night with the train, which was allowed to come into Juarez after the rebels had disembarked thirty miles east of Juarez and had begun preparations to attack the border town this morning. «While the trains were marooned south of. Juarez vetween Sunday and Wednesday the food supply of the pas- Mrs. Powell’s Trouserettes Inspected by Experts of the Rainy Daisy Club | | & t | 2a ae Revelation Was Interesting and a Close Examir.ation Was Made. ‘There’ were two revelations equally startling, for wholly different. reasons, atsthe-reception to Club Presidents by the Rainy Daisies yesterday afternoon at the Hotel Astor. The first was, Mrs. Mrs POWELL x NEW STYLE DRESS.. YOUNG RIDDER TO WED. L. nH. Helde Al Ceremony Same Day. Joseph Edward Ridder, years old, of No. 2 West Seventy-fourth street, a son of Herman Ridder, pub- lster and proprietor of the Staats-Zet- tung, fs to wed Miss Hedwig Schneider, twenty-one years of No, 34% West One Hundred and Eighth street, On the same date Herman Louis Heide, twen- iBRUAKY 2 Geta License for twenty-four 1911 the Blame, Comptroller Writes. While approving an expenditure of) of Brooklyn has discharged thirty-one | sorubwomen in the “interests of economy.” Although his budget allowance was reduced only $60 from a total of $275,000 for salaries and wages of employees in the Bureau of Public Buildings and Offices, where the women were am- Pioyed, President Steers sought to trench by making the wholesale dis- missais of the wom-n cleaners, ho are, paid only $i a day and many of whom have been in the service of the city for | a jong term of years. | This action on the part of President | Steers has brought forth a sharp letter from Comptroller Prendergast, who has recently received many letters from | Brooklyn residents and others complain- the action of the Borow ‘The Comptroller's letter forwanted to Borough President Steers to-day is as follows: Alfred E. Steers, President of the | Borough of Brooklyn: My Dear Mr, Steers—During the last few daya d have been in receipt | of a number of letters from Brook- lyn people complaining of the dis- oharge of scrubwomen in the Brook- | lyn Department of Publtc Buildings. ! | | ‘The writers of these letters all seem to think that I am responsible for the discharge of these women. | | I have no more control over them than I have over you, | It is @ fact that as a member of the Board of Estimate I pass upon | appropriations. S80 do you, The Budgetary mmittee gave a hearing upon the estimates presented by your department and decided that the De- | partment of Buildings could be main- talned for less money than you were asking for. ‘The committee's poaltion was that not one dollar more should be appropriated for this purpose than the actual necessities of the work re- quired, Consequently when the com- mittee submitted Its recommend passed upon by the entire board, every member, including your- self, voting for them. The distribu- WOMEN WERE NOT /DECIES AND BRIDE DISCHARGED BY ME,| 10 G0 10 EGYPT SAYSPRENDERGAST FOR HONEYMOON | Steers Did It, Let Him Bear| Couple Will Sail on the Car- 4,000 for one year's maintenance of a| Lord and Lady Decies, city owned automobile, President Steers | Miss Vivien Gould, and ried on Feb. 7, will leave this on Feb. 18 by the Cunard mania, Capt. David Dow, to honeymoon in Egypt. The B occupy suite A 10-14, on the upper Geck of the liner, which has been reserved by Lord Decies for several weeks, and is one of the finest suites on the a&lp. Madefra, The Carmania will call at Gibraltar, Algiers, Villefranche (for Nice and Napies), and then steam across to Alexandria, where she is @ue to arrive on March §, After spending a few days in Cairo, at Shepheard’s Hotel, and being enter tained by his military friends, Lerd Decies and his bride will start for Up per Egypt and visit Lu: ‘Thebes, Assouan and the island of Philee, 62 Cook's new tourtst steamer Egypt. If the weather is not too hot ft 1* probable that Lord and Lady Dectes will continue the journey up the Mile from Philae as far as Wadi Halfa, on the Second Cataract, and from there © take the sleeping car express train ua mania Feb. 18 for Alexandria. became known yesterday that who t now to be mar. to Siosm FU TO-MORROW Friday, Feb. 3rd. Spring Suits | 28 Actual $17.50 Value Although balmy Spring seems a far cry from early February, it will be here before you know it, so why notsettle the suit question now when bargains like these are here available. One Medel Like Picture aig imple but dashing “tailormades” Vi huss of elegant storm serge besides the piquant model illustrated, a fine French Serge fashioned with the new sailor collar, prettily trimmed with bias satin bands and enamel buttons. The graceful narrow skirt also the latest style. Special Sale price $12.98 Alterations FREE SALE AT ALL THREE STORES across the desert to Khartoum, on fas White Nile, £ N 14-16 West léth Street—New York 40 and 42 Pulton Street—Brook! tion of the amount cleaning of public Brooklyn is withia entire! proble: very truly, It js your administrative and nobody else's. WILLIAM A. PRENDPRGAST, allowed for the buildings in your discretion You Comptroller, 46-651 Broad Street—Newark, ie “TAS 2S maker, and the fifth by the Lugge| cated," Dr. Freedman answered, “and|gengers ran out and. lmsurrecre Alma Webster Powell's now famous | ty-three years old, of No, 21 West Sixty- a \ Metal Art Company and M, Brand &|such things are not always for the|them from their iscmrslibary Cal fers trouserettes, the second was the $700| minth street, and Gertrude Theresa BARREL A BEE HIVE. Co., gold and silver platers, The build-| public. The kiss has a phystological|beeves slaughtered on the apot. The| diamond badge designed for Mrs. Belle} Amend, niece of Justice Hdward B, ing was an old structure and burned Gercely. basis, or excuse, or whatever you choose to call it, but I would have to explain insurrectos had a number of wounded | De Rivera when she bids farewell to Amend, of No. 3 West Seventy-fourth and these were treated by passengers, | the presidency of the New York City street, are to wed. that is, if she refers to the kiss as the expression of an overwhelming senti- ment between adulte. | eer taiagge « araaapaes the whole nervous system to you} Sheets being torn up for bandages. | Federation to-morrow before the general| The Amends and the Ridders are re- Made in Our Own Shope. why. Many kisses are meaningless and | Po'mer Secretary Garfleld election. lated oy marriage, Judge Amend mar- Guetsi:ts the Teme Walls, to #ome unresponsive persons al! kissea | ** Wor: Bach exhtbit was a fleeting vision. | ried a sister of Herman Ridder, and the| yftMpDLETOWN, N.Y. Feb. 2—When | may be. i Mra, sorte bagel denen atter married a sister of Judge Amend. | yonn R. Hayes of Monroe discovered a 4 concealed beneath @ skirt, but @ twitch Gabriel must be one of these, |PINNED IN WRECK oo tas potent and uae aniten wee.aut beos crawling about t.e floor of his inal Reductions —_—_—_—.——— BROKER LEFT $775,239. She just simply had to tell and being firmly convinced that everybody knew je@bout it Mrs. Powell sang. i furnace room he Investigated and saw they were coming from the bunghole of @ supposed empty cider barrel, Hayes OF EMPTY TRAIN. AT GRAND CENTRAL We find, on taking , that II on hand beautiful Sets in afl Furs, and hancsome, stylish Fur Conte These Must Be Sold ‘Uriah Herrman Reqneathes $15,750 “ 7) With the badge tt was @ different af- joked a stick into the barrel, which Wrong to Kies Baby. sbi & be gh yom Dead’ fair. Dr. Adelaide Wallerstein, the | to Cause of Charity. 1 Bie covered with honey when with. r rs Cho] chairman of the eommittec who ar-! 1, drawn. Hayes plugged the hole, roll acai Fag ona by iis ranged the surprise for Mra. De Rivera, || Uriah Herrman, broker and member) ti) ' iro gut to the yard, left it there of the Cotton and Produce Exchanges, who died Aug. 7 last at his home, No. 46 Central Park West, left an estato | erybody save the intended recip: | A blaze of jewels and je result, tween women who care nothing for each other. and chilled the bees. Then he knocked in the barrel and found 20 pounds of Claud Smith, thirty-five years old, of sentiment wa: } power of Pintsch gas would be made] It you kiss a person, man or woman, |ot the wreckage. He had a broken leg, |Synmgon Steel Company, now the La. REDUCTION OF 334% j J Before the jury. ‘The machine to be used | with indifference in your heart, you have| soalp wounds and a few ribs inay D8 | rane Steel Company, one of the subside is Shaw's Standard ‘Vest, usually em-| given a Judas kiss, Don't you think so? eee. a u enn to Harlem |fary concerns of the United States 1 aay Notes ployed for detecting the presence of] “Many women exchange this type of | Hospital by cl Coeporesion, 1h Ime He. we nt abroad or . French Seal Coats ; oa $120.60 $75.60 | : . pl ——<__— a was for fo «| Seal Coats, 45 in. long... 200.00 134,00 | gas in mines. kiss more from @ senseless and mi i beth Hudson Seal Coats, 45 in, long Wiliam A. Withall, roreman in charge | ingless custom than gnything else. Tais}NQ GROUND HOG SHADOW its London representative. Ho entered | | Fiimee esl Gants aan inne, ou tt+ 3ys.00 13800 # ' ~ the United States Steel Products Com A ; of @he gas pipes and tanks in the yard, | practice should be abolished, Dut laws EAST OF MISSISSIPPI, | pany in 1900. @e | Crapal dye only, Handsome models. i resumed the witness stand to-day. With-| cannot do it, only improved education p a \ } all maid there was 4 pressure of about! jn ethics and hygiene could accomplish | — i | tim ees - 18 pounds to the square inch on the| such a reform. Weaiher Bureau Says Burrowing| SAYS HE SUBSTITUTED GEMS | NEED Hasilan Coat. $6 (h. lone 21000 pay Jmut aft 8 o'clock on : 5 Thi. SSS | ‘sia a . +4 A Mcieaioe cr ihs exoein, ‘eave, Beyond Law's Reach. Prognosticator Found Things James D. Hallen, a salesman, was ar- Persian Coat, 49 in. tong. : 215 00 194.00 age yaual pressure on the pipes, he said. | “Te would not be possible to frame a Favoring Early Spring rested yerterday on an order signed by | Good Digestion Persian Coat, 21m. longa. sas 4804 . wae from 160 to 1 pounds. It was|iaw making kissing in public plac WASHINGTON, Feb: 2,—If the grouna| Justice Kapper of the Supreme Court, eipzig dyed skins only. never allowed t» go above 18) pounds. | ii6 railway stations or steamship piers, | , Me tia eae tt not ba | Brooklyn, issued in a sult brought by | The average consumption of gas in the | 0 TAlWay stations or via ana ar: [20K tells the truth there will no Nelieon of No. M4 South Port | oun eep buy Fur Seta, Fur C yarde in 24 hours was about 60,000 cubic | msde: y @ny more winter east of the Mississippi enue, Brooklyn, to recover $500, | This is your opportunity to buy Fur Sets, Fur Coats, ot: fees rested subject to a fini he | River, according to the Weather Bureau 0 of two diamonds and a ring. in the very latest styles, at lower prices than ever bef —— ‘Thove very persons might be the/ i aay, which figured out thatthe entire| Miss Neilson alleges that she gave| Steady erves Every piece of Fur now in our store will be sold BOARD OF EDUCATION BALL. | "es, WP? could Kiss with Perfect Im-| cistern section of the country was too|the diamonds and ring to Hallen to be pl i ag el hoe * | munity. ‘: oe aaa hake cloudy to permit the casting of even a sold. Later he yeturaed the Ping with | If cof f hitd ith m “Ef there co a law forbid- | faint shadow of a ground hog’s head. wo stones in w she eclares, co! ‘ —and it with a great man’ Once a year the forces of the Board of] ging the kissing of defenseless The ground hogs inhabitating that! paste Hallen gave ball and was ee interferes—an joes . y : ° ON " Edvostion join in a merry affair that] papies upon the mouth it would |section lying between the Mississippl . Idn’t it c j t to quit the coffee anc {8 practically an annual reunion of all| ge an excellent thing. But you |and the Rocky Mountains got the fright Reenere aceon wouldn't it be good judgment to q' a MAKERS OF FINE FURS | Poenigh y < however, fo! rrespondenc eee, separiments To-night | they | anseestans on well aut do tanh fo | 98 Shee lien antad with, most termi | tn tree te woman Genie Buse’ well-made | 290 FIFTH AVENUE > rden on Filty-e! : : ! strest, ast pe of Reinet, ups Se sence 4OR 6 Vey, WoUls Ye. tm fying dark shadows and ducked back) Queen Alexandra's correspondence ts, | | Between 30th: & 31st: St's atte: Highcalaas. vaadevuie| fenee ugy| into their holes to quake with fear for| of course, not mo large as Was that i where, ” 8 vs "No," Dr. Freedman concluded. Tt) six weks, West of the Rockies, cloudi-| King isawanda” Her Majesty recedy Brogramme is presented, there will be }\, impossible to legislate against in-| ness prevailed as in the East. While; from 100 to 180 letters daily, and has | & Feception, then dancing, The Com- | sigcriminate kissing. One can only edu-|tho Weather Bureau officials deny that| not, in the atrict meaning of the word, | missioners of Education, pedagogical | ate against it.” the ground hog has any Inside informa-| any oMfctal correspondence to attend to, | heads, members of the Teachers’ AS80-| Herhang Chicago University will take| tion on the subject of the weather, they| aj) letters not marked priv are glation, School Building Bureau and]. i int trom Dr, Freedman’s conclusions | mitted to-day that they wached with | opened by her private secretary, and| Primary Councii will be among the | Min , great interest for his shadow. Mati with tava dd tha ana Way Ae THEY Cc 4 re SIREN 8 AmceanITEDA: te a the King’s correspondence, the name of ‘On the committee that has worked to| lighten the p hae eiites sna tha Gatien ae the cont ; F wit ; R LT make the affair a memorable one are: | danger of meaning! tenis ce can’ loiter valne entered ink Quite a number—yes, thousands—of keen business holson, Frank Daly, Will-| Or may be the One night when leaving Covent Gar-| letter book. When she was at Buck- | ! ALD ‘an, Joseph Donahue, Will-} schools might add the subject to their/den after having, in my own opinion, |ingham Palace Queen Alexandra umu-|{ men have found from experience Havi circulation in’ New Work Ci fam Casson, Thomas J. Bussey and] \.. o¢ studi sung vilely—1 wenerally dissatisfied | ally devoted two hours every morning aving a rculation or ity William J. Guy, sais oe eeeReeee with myself—T said to my husband as/to going through her correspondence, . | - |e met me at the stage door: "Ugh, I|4n which work she was always assisted “Th °’s a Reason.” greater than obtainable through any other < Pleasures of Travel. | r * mAs he er ° . ve'n Favors , 4 i like the devil to-night by Miss Knollys. When the Queen !s Sunday Newspape (From the Washington Star.) (From the Washington War.) ‘youth in the crowd overhearing me | out of Lon: letters are forwarded to y jpaper— “Your remarks don't read, ag well as I suppose your extensive motoring | immediately called out: her twice a day from Buckingham Pa those of your political rival.” ax enabled you to see the points of| “well, madam, if you aang like the usual mail servics, and | Postum Cereal Company, Ltd., Battle Creek, Michigan. SUNDAY WORLD ADVERTISEMENTS. “No,” answered Senator Sorghum, “he | historte Interest {n all tl evil, I hope I shall go to ‘h-ll.’" Gay when Her Majesty ts abroad. 5 has more luck than I havo in getting o,"" repled Mr, Chugst I think this ts the emcerest compli-| King's measen ¢ never employed EXPLOSIONINQUEST Foreman Testifies That 50,000 burger. | atreet station of the Second avenue “L."' |dates for the Federation chair with the Mr. Hi b 4 4 We Now, and fathe: ‘any one else. . c hed $16, a Fi Ow: ‘Cubic Feet a Day W. Used eae aes Coes be con- Smith was motorman on a train that |exception of MM: Augustine | Witsun, shanty, ‘¥7,600 0 thi aa ye My Anthort Sy er =e 4 Carecul Coats, trimmed with Black Fox, strictly y ‘eet a Day Were Use eget 0 intante by a rien on ano |"A4 ditcharged its passengers at the {WhO WAR detained, were on hand, 1 ee seih daraal teat ree Works at the Waldorf. ect ks 3 75.00 $137.80 . ne Pompital, |, made who loves |station, and he was taking it toward lthe estate was tet to the testator’ The Mary Fisher Home for worn out and Pressure 180 Pounds, | mouth, and no monet ree we tc [Ono Hundred and ‘Twenty-ninth street |NEW STEEL PRODUCTS HEAD. |:°,,0°"*'¢,," je tentator's | children and other rejatives get the|the large ball room of the Waldorf The inquest into the explosion on Dec. “Z do not think kissing between ‘The switch is believed to have been Farrell Vacated, | residue, Astoria at 2.15 to-morrow afternoon. We the yards of the New York Central] pegithy adults is attended by the | frozen, and instead of going into the Eu P. T™ a haar haai. lasted —_— 2 ‘The programme will consist of original at Fiftieth street and Lexing- southbound track his train went at 7 hyald nee cena hee His Finteh, * |itterary and musical compositions ren- Black Wolf Sets........ t same danger. President of the United States st | | i ton avenue, causing the loss of thirteen| “I think kissing between women who| 00d speed into a “dead” train on 8! progucts Company, to. stlcceed vey, {From the Chicago Tribune.) dered by their authors, Among the well- Fine Hudson Seal Sets. y re tterly indifferent to each other|middle track, The front of Smith’s| \ whrrell, who became Presid | ou speak of Grindleigh as @ man of | known writers and musicians who will Handsome Skunk Sets. Uves, was continued to-day before Cor-|are utterly train was partly wrecked and he was|4\’ 4 dee \'muoh Mterary finish.’ What do you/|take part in the benefit are Will Carle Stylish Pointed Fox Set ner Holtzhauser and a jury, should be abolished. pinned in the moter bor, the United States Steel Cor mean by that?” hes Jona Wendriok Benes, Marion Sar- op he White Fox Sets | Assistant District-Attorney Lavelle, | ‘There is really no such thing as a1) Policeman Krik of the East One Hun-|"Stte"ivomas has heen chief as “Well, he once wrote a book of mora |iand. Charles Battell Loomis, N. C. de anesone mae | who is conducting the prosecution, said | indifferent kiss. There 1s the kiss of 7 a j that © demonstration of the explosive smart fellows to interview him,” ° honey, There was a decided flavor of The earliest selections will necessaril “Is te wrong for eny person, | NO. 122 Edgecombe avenue, was sert- |" residents were regaled first in|amounting to $176,289, aooording to the| ger to the honey. ly be the best. under any ctroumstances, to Riss [OUsly hurt at 6.15 o'clock this morning /the ballroom where Mri @ child on the mouth. This applics just as much to the baby's mother possible contagion by Kissing its month. love and the kiss of hate, or Judas kiss. seen all the garages.” | when switching an elevated train near |the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh to be switched to the downtown tracks for the return trip. dred and Twenty-sixth street station, and several rafiroad men dug him out meat I ever received, A. M, Palmer | dispensed civilities, and later in the quet room. All the contending candi- | E. P, Thomas coeds to Pont) to Mr. Farrell for several years. tered the steel business in 1892 with bo carry the Queen's letters, transfer tax ap lay by Deputy family. two daughter than 700 pages. | quit writing.” raisal made public to- mptroler Julius Har- and son each receive $194,340, while his grand- It fell dead, and he! Mille, BRAIN WORKERS’ BENEFIT. brain-workers in all professions will hold {ts annual benent performance tn Homer N. Bartlett and Florence + Incobus REDUCTION OF 50% wi collars. wi collars. Stylish Mink Sets