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‘ ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER ‘i Bedtished Daity Except Sunday by RALPH Owbecription Rates to . and Canada ‘Year. ‘Month VOLUME 52...... @marketing. if leve true. But everybody doesn’t! Ns \ for the sake of getting the day’s supply of beef and cabbage seven | a its cheaper than the butcher around the corner sells them? The | coats ten cents anyhow, and what about the time and the wer, ‘tear? If meat and butter will bring’ better prices at the end of | ‘telephone with a delivery wagon close by, most of the best is going | ‘to find ite way there. If everybody in the city had plenty of time’ {to be thrifty and go marketing life might be cheaper. But in this town, of all places on earth, people have the habit of paying high ‘for convenience—when they get it, and even when they only think A] “ethey get it. ud “the future in danger. fragiste? Entered at the Post-O1 “Woman industry,” Tn. gh The the Prese Publishing Company, Nos. 63 to Row, New York. JOSEPH PULITZER, Jr., Secretary, 63 Park Row. it, ‘er, 63 Park Row. Mion at New York Evening | For ‘World for the United Staten That everybody pays much too much for everything, food in- @luded, is a good, safe, popular proposition. That if everybody bought his butter and eggs and pound of cheese in open market! bargained for the best terms, the prices would be lowered is doubt- , Also, everybody never will! i 2 How many of those who have grown used to ordering meat and ies by telephone, and expecting to have a quarter of a pound of | Malt or a couple of sausages delivered at the basement door, will ever | jibe induced to teke a market basket and journey seventy blocks or —_—_—-+-- __—— A VOTE FOR POSTERITY. ILE the women suffragists are beating tom-toms and! trying to kil time until their grand parade on May 4 they ; might well take note of the remarks of Mrs. John Martin, | who has not only views but a knack of expressing them. » Mrs. Martin is old-fashioned and unwomanly, enough to believe te that “the future should lie in ladies’ laps.” So long as the ladies are <4m counting house, factory and polling booth the laps are empty and jares Mre. Martin, “means the destruc- ™Yion of the race. As thevstrongest and most efficient women go to salary earning in place of child rearing the generations decay. A high salary for men means carly marriage, fine families and domestic morality. High salaries for women mean deferred marriages, womon « politics, empty homes and race suicde.” ~ "No doubt Mrs. Martin is all wrong, Anded sisters have been before her. No doubt thero $s little or} “Spothing in what she says. What's the race, anyhow, among sui- 2 the road before the parade starts ang the noise becomes too loud for | x Matter, athe Continent and the International Tinton, All Countries In Postal +++ NO, 18,510 THE COST OF CONVENIENCE. IGHTY MILLION DOLLARS saved every year to consumers | E of food in this city! How nice it sounds! ‘Testimony before | the Market Committee of the State Food Investigation Com- | aaission maintains that auction sales of food instead of the present | syetem wotld take this tidy sum off the cost of living. | is laid on local cartage charges and the whole commissi»n | plan is condemned as obéclete. All this follows closely the recent attempt to arouse New York to a sense of its thrifty duty to go so many of her poor, de-: Evening World Daily Magazine, MISS DARNTING SUGGESTS, | ) THAT WE ALL HAT whe r AL whe SUPPAAGeT @® aE Atl the Imousine and had viewed her reflec- Thu code He DR 1EST HAT You HAVE FAAAAAAAIAAPAAAAAAAIAAAAAIAASAAABAS Willie Jarr ‘Starts Something.’ The ‘Something’ Is a Big Automobile Ot And 40, to the great delight of the by the lady who owned the automobile Actress. She was the eldest of children of Roger manager of a company of | strolling and was born in Shoulder of Mutton” | public house at Brecon. Her mother was 6arah Ward, through whose special care in sending her to schools In the towns where the com- Dany played Sarah received a splendid jeducation, although she was accus- tomed to make her appearance in her in the production assigned to the | character of the Princess Elizabeth. At seventeen she formed an attach- ment to William Siddons, an actor of the company. He was promptly dis- | miseed by her father and Sara wa: mt | to @ situation as lady's maid. But |ty, after all opposition from the paren: proved in vain, she was married to Sid- dons Nov. 26, 1773, and the following year she met with the earliest decided {recognition of her great powers as an actress in her representation of Beivi- dera in “Venice Preserved.” Garrick, hearing of this achievement through the Earl of Ailesbury, sent his deputy to Cheltenham to report regarding her abil The result wa: n engage- ment Drury Lane, where sho made herifirst appear as Portia at a sal- ary of five pounds a week. | JOSEPH 0’ DWYER, Who Cut Down the Diphtheria Death Rate. N the year 1872, when diph- theria antitoxin was unknown and when epidemics of the dis- ease were of frequent occur- rence, there was appointed to the foundling asylum of New York City @ young physician named Joseph O'Dwyer. It was in this institution that he was destined to bring to perfection his new invention for the treatment of diph- “intuba- the throat become filled up and the 1! tle patient, !f unrelieved, slowly chokes to death, Intubation since its invention has saved thousands of lives of little ones all over the world and has done away with an untold amount of suffer- ing and agony. Even to-day, whén epl- In those days when diphtheria ep!- The World’s # # w# # Great Women By Madison C. Peters. | JARAH SIDDONS, the world’s|date for fame,” Greatest tragic actress, was)sho played in the provinces wi i] the child of theatrical par-| success that she was again In’ | inlequalled in the history of the { | Her appearances were unfortunate, |tloned queen of the ; Que mainly to her inexperience. Her June 8 1831. H Epoch Makers IN MEDICINE By j, A. Hasih, M. D, Copyright, 1912, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New Yors World), ’ Copyright, 1912, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World), SARAH SIDDONS—Greatest ,*"\'1<cs were discontinued, To words, she was “banished” Drury Lane as a worthless and for six.) Drury, making her reappearance bella in “The Fatal Marriage,” § was one continued triumph, | e by Garrick's first night al Lane and that of Edmund Kean, In Lady Macbeth, Mrs, Siddons the highest and best scope for her Judging from recorded criticisms, the role of Lady Macbeth Mted her a 18 never fitted another actress since. Her mental gifts, her extraordinary phyaiea) endowments, her gloriously expressive eyes, her (ful face, her queeniy figure, her voice of richest power and her golemn dignity of demeanor were qualities which, by assiduous labors, ste brought to « height of perfection which has perhaps never been surpassed by any player of any age or land, 69 thas common consent. Mrs. Siddons After Lady Macbeth, she played with success DesdemoMa, Rosalind and But it was as Queen Catherine discovered @ part almost as well adapted to her peculiar powers a0 that of Lady Macbeth. Her only rival was Rachel, celled her in intensity and the of fierce passion, but was a lee Anished artist and lacked Mrs. Siddons'’s dignity, pathos, rage, despair, suffering and grief, which were as perfect in empres- sion as convincing in naturalness, Mre, Siddons retired June 29, 1812, the unques- tage. Bhe dled It was left to Joseph O'Dwyer to bring great blessing which has been led in recent years only by the discovery of antitoxin itself. t Joseph O'Dwyer was born in Cleves land, O., In 181, His boyhood and yout. ‘he spent in Canada, whither his parents went to live. Here he also obtained preliminary education. At the age twenty-one he came to New York Cky and matriculated in the medical achoot of Columbia University. He was gre@s uated in 1848, and was then appointed superintendent of the charity hospital on Blackwell's Island. Here he tracted cholera, but fortunately for manity he recovered. A Uttle later, wha &@ second epidemio of cholera broke et on Hart's Island Joseph O'Dwyer was among the first volunteers. Here he once more fell a victim to this dreaéful scourge, but was again spared for the good of mankind, ’ Some years later while engaged in eee tive service at the foundling asylum tm a “a ter Slavinsky and employed force to my hair.” Ittle Slavinsky girl began with that | demice of the disease are rare and anti-| New York City he was confronted with The ladies who want votes have knock -down answers for every prove who: whe’ In\’charee of to mar] le Slavinsky girl looked ask-| eager inte 11 Ilttle girls have to ‘‘do| toxin has robsed diphtheria of its chlef| the problem of diphtheria. It was hete ‘hing when a lull in demonstrating gives time to recall them. We chine by right. ance at this, and Miss Jarr stamped|up” each other's heir, to arrange the|te'ror, the little instrument mi by | that he was forced to witn q ‘ Meanwhilo little Miss Jarr had taken |her foot and cried: imperious little Miss Jarr’s colffure over | O'Dwyer 1s still occasionally used to re-jof the littl Phould suggest that Mrs. Martin be duly withered and ewept out of the small mirror out of the toilet case in] “Do you hear me? Fix up my turls!"| her ears and after the manner affected | lieve misety and save life. he saw ¢ here that The shy ear of intelligence. tion In it with some slight dissatisfac- |little girls in the neighborhood and the| they were sitting in, demics were common, the number of| alleviate the torment of these helpless nes \ Then she turned to the iittle|open volced scorn of the boys, Miss| By this time the cluster of children, | deaths fram the disease was appallingly | beings. r Jarr sat bolt uprigh:, pinehing her|from nondescript toddlers just learning |1@P3e- About one-half of those affiicted) After many trials and disappointments ied, some in agony too awful to be recounted, Death was really a merciful ending, for some of the patients were slowly suffocated, dying in a fearful To the murses and at- this strusell and in spite of discouragement om the part of his fellow phyetcians, he finally perfected his simple but great {nvention—a tube for intubation, means of this Ittle tube, properly ine rted into the alr cheeks to make them red, as she had seen Mrs. Mudridge-Smith do, and the , Ik to the girls and boys Wy The Press jew York Worl OW that the newspapers and others have finished celebrating, Shakespeare’s birthday on April 23, it may be pointed out that there is no evidence to show he was born on that day. 5 ‘"Thie most we know is that he was baptized on April 26. What we | —s *o“kmow about April 23, however, is that it was undoubtedly the day #08 Shakespeare’s death in the year 1616. Copyright, 1912, Puiishing Co. im. D a, thelr care, had gathered around the automobile like files around ® molasses barrel, “oy amused themselves flattening thelr noses againet the plate glass, in drawing numerals and letters of the al- phabet with dirty fingers on the var- mobile had stood before the door of th irre reali sions of her calls of until this time had its chauffeur 1 it, even to go back to ¢ M'= MUDRIDGH-SMITH'S auto- Domestic Dialogues. By Alma Woodward, of the deal, They did not fear infection for jemselves. They cheerfully face dis- and death. But their effo1 ‘deen saved through the genius x é Seren te mcnaes he had explained, for a left handed , nished panels and pl easo the agonies of their little cha this man. Bb, , | Monkey wrench. ! Copyright, 1012, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New Yar World), to stfok pins in cetinikeid endeavoring | were only those of sympathy, as thera| O'Dwyer died in 108 at the age of HE price of meat is going a way, way up. Tt is announced in| Tsay Siavineky, who had been told to! HE WEDDING PRESENT. | ™*. B. (viclously)—Ie thie a corre-| “No, you can't elt up here,” Master | #2 0 means to abate the suffering of /Afty-seven, a great American phyalelan, watch the machine, was doing #0 from the foint of vantage of the driver's seat. When the Jarr children came downstairs it was with some dismay they beheld their playmate thus exalted, while his little sister Becky sat within, ‘a jady.' mith, wot owns this car, told the children or in any way ease thelr death, @ benefactor of the human race en@ @ spondence school for imbeciles or a fur- rue preserver of the little children, f niture department? Mrs. B (mildly)}—What ugly dis- position you've got, Oswald. You never to hear any one well Slavinsky was saying, as Pushed Master Jarr off the running board, “the ebay ter is going to learn me how to run 8 Chicago that housewives probably will pay more a pound for meat within the next couple of months than was ever "Paid in this generation. Well, does this generation think that shows like “Acquitting the Beef Packers” can be put on for nothing? ° —— A depactment store, ie He ‘bes looked four minutes, on his Jaat he catches aight of Mrs, M The Day’s Good Storie ) | at at . RR. B, (watch in hand)—You're fourteen minut Mrs. B (out of breath)—I am not! Your watch ig never way ‘learn.’ You say aid Master Jerr, who had Deen recently corrected on this gram- matical question. tt 5 (sternly, to ealesman)—I want to see some Morris chairs, I want to i as a The eomething could ij Erte Commeter. Brening World: be done to R, R. terminal within inute walk, 7 often. ferry goes slowly And to reach it or run, up an the Chambers street care ntly by truckage, fm reference to ¥. H.'s letter regarding fel wife's family, couple to have no We have had our families for long “their home. I am speaking from ex- to advise t! one else live members of visits, and we ‘svere happy when they left, and while We love our people, we could not be 40 have any of them constantly No young wife whn loves she should would even five po marry his wite's with them. A point out her whole family; ‘A tale should be judiotous, clear, succinct, The language plain, and incidents well linked; Tell not ce new what everybody knows, And, new or old, stilt hasten to a close, WILLIAM COWPER, Died April 25, 1800, may eventually |’ man is nor sup: | did Laster Sunday fait oa A taln his love, to keep all outsiders out of her home, except for short visits. I am speaking from bitter experience, and under no circumstances shall it happen again with me. If she feels she must help her people, it's far better to Give them money and let them live else- whe bimn Ne. To the Editor of The Evening World: A woman i# dorn in the United 5 alos and marries a foreign born man in the ‘United @tates and they have a couple of us to come down and chi Mastor Jarr. od Master @la nh other when parents policemen are not present. ‘Gwan, git out tha machine “Gwan yerself Blavineky. in, Me ftadder's goin’ to buy It. This last you kids the matter witcha?” ky in that gentle tone with which dear little children ‘The chowfer told me to git atement caused Master | garr to pause ere he clashed with Mas- tight, anyway, Mr. B. (sternly)—I set my watch by the time all at noon, and I just paid seven dollars last week to have it fixed —#0 It's right. Mrs. B.—Well, the subway got stuck an¢—* or Mr. B, (vind{etively)—It's the last time you get me to you at this kind Joint. All the women thought Iw thi Mrs. B (sweetly)—Why? Just because they looked at you? You must remem- @ masher, hanging around like The Difference. children born in the United States, Thi man dies without declaring himsett an American citizen. Can the United Siates Government forctbly deport the woman and children to bis native coun- try? ORS, P, Im the World Almanac. tor of The Fvening World: the dimensions of the Olympic and other ocean Hners? FRANK H, To the pre 33? war. “What' an aria?” the difference between @/ nore aay more ber they don't see specimens like you every day, Bo lenient with the B. gives her a suspicio but decides that | p quiet. They enter thi Mrs. B. (to flodrwal the furniture on, pt Mr. B. (querulously)—Say, don't you know where the things are in this store yet? You LIVE here mont of the time! Mra, B.—I thought the furniture wae on the sixth floor, but I wasn't eure. Mr. B. (snorting)—You were sure, right, You just wanted an exc talk to a man! aide best to ore.) ‘What floor te ® feather in the hat of # woman in front of him.) Mra, B, (as they arrive)—Is that sales- man here yet? You know, the one with the curly mustache and the dimple in hie chin, He waited on me six years ago when I Dought @ footstool here, and he was eo nice! Mr. B. (in an eside)— — —1 1 Galesman—iaherty? No, A Mra. B. (fatuously)—Well, he WAS a i! You see, I remember him all dn front of his name and the other |these| years, and all he sold me was 8 Uy by ‘Signor’ Somebody.” oot send @ poor victim who's going to take the jump in @ day or two an article of furniture that he can sit in and put his feet on and burn with his cigarette nds if he wants to, and— Mrs. B. (horrified)—No such thing! We want something in a nice, highly Pollghed mahogany, with velour cush- fons, ¥ Mr. B. (obstinately, to sman)— Show me something in a dark unpol- ished wood with leather cushions, This Poor dub who's going tp be jailed is MY friend, madam, and I am going to alleviate his future purgatory as much as it les within my power to do. They inspect a@ full line of Morris chairs amid many comments from Mrs. B,) Mr, B. (decistvely)—T guess this one'l! do, It's big and comfortable looking, to start with, and the leather looks a: though it'! wear. Mrs, B. (euddenly)—Oh, that one wwuld never do, Oswald! Mr. B, (showing his teeth)—Why not? Mrs. B. (with @ loving look)—But, Os- wald, just look at how narrow the arms ! And you KNOW a bride ALLWAYS sits on the arm of her husband's chair when he reads the paper! ‘Mr. B, (shouting)—Send the chair! Send the chair! To think of being able to give a man @ chair his wife CAN'T sit on! Gee! I can still feel the way you used to choke the breath out of me every time I sat down to read when we re iret married. Say, I'm saving that a@imp's tife—an’ he don’t know it! Mrs. B. (coldly, as they walk to ele vator)-I should think you'd have some pride! Letting an ordinary furniture salesman see what a brute you really ‘are at heart! Mr. B. (meditatively)—Say, that chalr’s ‘an invention! Do you know it?—an in- vention! “Taint You say ‘learn’ about awtermadiles, Dontcha, Gussie?” ge. ter Slavinsky. @aid the butcher's overgrown, slow-witted son. “Got any money?” asked Iszy Slavin- sky, seeing sooner or later hi hed. ‘The chowfer and me bout this cai Anybody got a cent kin git it, Nobody that ain't got a cent can't.” There seemed to be a dearth of cur- rency among the juvenile population, with the exception of Master Bepler, who had some that he had found on dumbwaiter, He paid his penny and was accorded a seat beside Mas cried Master sive him @ cent. Don't be * chimed in Master Slavineky, replied Master Bepler. Where- upon Willie Jarr and some of the bolder spirits seized Master Bepler’s meat and threa! coathole he pald Master Glavinsky for arts mit this button,” Master Slavinsky. To prove he was right he touched the button, and the engine began purring. Master Bepler, wildly alarmed, at- tempted to get out; but in so doing pressed the startti pedal. The ma. chine glided gracefully across the street and inte a lamp post, shattering the ra- Aiator and the lamps. Mrs, Mudridge-Smith | ed out Jarre’ front window and ehrieked. The chauffeur came ning from Gu: “I'm glad of it!" sald Mrs. Jarr, “That fe, {¢ the children aren't hurt!" And they weren't, The O al. ventor, “made iret talk “No,” Mr, Kdlson replied; “the first one was made long before my time—out of @ rib,”"—-Na- tional Monthly, _ Sada i Natural History. DON'T supp,” loway, grinning ruefully, the “What “ law. Equality exists only In theory. ‘The man adjusts himself to his uni- form, The heart of a statesman should be in his head, If perfection were not chimeric it would not be such a success, it are wrong on high, they are right here below. ‘Man has mever a friend; it ts his hap- Diness which has them. ‘There are knaves cumMiciently knave to pass themselves off for honest men. ‘The Geet womae of the world, be she ° 1 1 1 “It was this way, We were invited the |hid“exidtited ‘his ‘Wort, Table mansana eet Jeaned over to him and we) srhisper—You're a litle pig! he i . ‘Do you hear!’ I hissed, ‘You are fig}, Be you Rave sense encugh to knew seas le pig fist” 3 “Yes, papa,’ answered the child, tylag eo Jeok innocent, a ‘ell thee, whet fe un 2 “' pig is @ dog's little boy!’ "—Cendiens Plato Dealer, iid ——_—. Punctuation. G6TDATHER,” asked eight-year-old Altes Ticats ren Oe Tes, eee * replied the father, tell_me, please, how would wind blew a $3. bill make Monthly, Some of Napoleon’s Cleverest Maxims. #20 saves his country violates no alive or dead, is she who brings or Whe brought the most babies into the wontdy Tt is necessary to save people tn agit of themselves, Popular authors are drivelere agpees clated. It ts not necessary that the ohlet of state be chief of party. A revolution {s an opinion with Sepee nets, The worst politics 1s politics witheu$ fixed precepts, to be free, the gov. and the govemers It the people erned must be gods, ‘The best way to keep your went never to give it " ; ata