The evening world. Newspaper, May 20, 1912, Page 14

——— é a. bs geht Tt fF { i [ Letters from the People ENGLEWOOD, N J. ¥EVENTNG WORTH READER in Englewood, ¥. J., in ity of 10,000. : } In defending the high taxi rates in New York the taxi companies made much of the argument thet the cost of cars, wages of If this be true, how do the taxi companies explain the fact thet Huropean automobile makers are worried over the invasion abroad ‘@ American low-priced cars? How do they explain the stelediint meade in a New York newspaper only yesterday thet “the American low-priced car fe making greet headway in England, Germany and where high-priced machines have ruled heretofore. An Amer- made car can be delivered to any European point for $1,000 or © © — as good as almost any foreign car costing more”? answer to the report of Borough i itt wee the taxicab MeAneny’s Fifth Avenue Commission that the present taxi city are “PREPOSTEROUS,” and thet in London, is cixteen conte per mile, “the chauffeurs are as well than here, while gasoline is more expensive there ry Ef i e here” How the tf do the cost of machines and maintenance in this city is so much in Buropean capitals thet tariffs here must be five and high? reason for the high-priced, totally inadequate taxicab few York is twofold: } F ¥ taf i® i ba by the municipelities of Europe—a great commun to be encouraged and regulated for the use of the whole The taxi companies have stuck to the, short-eighted polity taxis for the few instead of cheap taxis for the many. fe time to change all this. taxi companies are plainly beginning to suspect that their and profit lie in reducing rates+-in putting the taxi within ‘of the average citizen. Increase of business and competition their eyes. ‘| Kid Fegulation of care, meters and drivers, au ity to adjust disputes end the utmost possible encouragement of taxicab eervice are what the city expects from ita ft comes to e question of broed outlook, of foreseeing new conveniences, of mak- of older citics, we have a right to expect our Aldermen at least the sound good sense chown by the Coun- of Englewood. * ? ot ig CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, : Died May 20, 1506, Waen shall the worts forget Fhy glory end our dedt; Indowisadle sowvl, Immortal Genoese? —Witiiam Watson, taxi companies reconcile these facts with their claim |} he eity itself has never yet had the right idea of the taxicab | ” Sela nin WwW Somme eh ssn anae high a money cheaper,” sald Mr. Jart, looking up from his evening paper. ee “It wit be a great dey women makes money Aldermen ect to work. Fair rates, public stands, |ter | ‘would It @o one if one hadn't the money te buy itt’ KEnglion, all rigat,” said Mr, ‘And that reminds me of what Wilten Wise Commuter! “You cay you plamed your garden in Pevruary! Whyt” eee orld Daily Magazine, M Seesssesooessoees Mr. Jarr Learns Why Women Never _ Treat, But He Won’t Profit by It SSSSSSSSOPSOLESSS SENSOR OOD ONESO SES SSNNNTOSSSNRIONSS Personal. When an Englishman says) ‘But you were speaking of women not thas “one” drinks anything he means) trpating. Women do treat each other, it just «0. HB is the one, For an/ don't they?” Englishman never ¢reate.’” “Well, in a case o “Well, why should bet’ said Mrs.| lot of women a: lay why he preferred Amertcan, or rye, whiekey rather than Scotch. “Don't you know,’ sald the Engtishman, ‘that when one drinks Scotch one never gets © heed, ae one dese when he drinks rer “Clarence Harvey, who was sitting mear,” Mr. Jarr continued, “spoke and eaid: ‘How characterise of th English that impersonal pronoun ‘‘one’’ ist Now, an American would say “When| you drink Scotch whiskey you don’t get e head @e you do when you drink Lackaye eaid about it.” Seeing Mrs. Jarr was all attention, Mr. Jarr proceeded: try as you will to Ig you must go to clubs and/ f je, you sometimes have to get your t let other people treat,| handbag open firet. Then you take out same one who has| your pocketbook and open it and then ? Of Course, you| get your coin puree out of that. Some- reat. Mré.| times when you seo you have your coin finds that] purse out first, in spite of everything done to be last, you can drop it And while oar 'B: rege! I" tee cf psy my iain, boys! Well, I) “Mrs. Rangle had can 46 tt 4% run! Bo long!’ and he/ clasp that used to get out hurries away.” you touched !t @ certain wa; “Yes, I've soon him bb Feed eatch-| never pald fares 7. one — a Ne ea-e "regia Mr. Jarr./ that we went downtown shoj = oor ‘uae gether, That's why I gave her hand- bag as a Christmas present. If you no- tleed the one I gave had those little ‘But you are mistaken,’ said Lack- aye. ‘With an Dnglishman the wore ‘one” is not impersonal, it is strictly Reflections of a Bachelor Girl By Helen Rowland excuse not to pay fares that bandbag. And of course she had to carry it, out of compliment to me, when ‘We went out together after I gave it to ber, “Well, ‘women treat to soda water and Cong nt ts Pro Peng On ne Ror Hn We $uSh things don't they? asked Mr. Suffragette 's Number. “When they do they always say, ‘I'll Duy the ice cream You can pay FTER « woman hae worked ell day in o dingy| 0” ine iumch iter’ or the A oflce, ond stood up in front of o man all the Wey | lunch costs twice as much ea the ice home in the eubdwoy, you'll have to offer her|cream soda, But one can something stronger them those old, frassies arguments plywd pao edout “chivalry,” and “the sanctity of the home,” tm order to tear her away] tu» enamel!’ © ‘women don't let other Irom the suffrage question. ‘women get the best of them. But I think men only treat each other to show off. After all, perhope @ Preeiéent elected dy “instinct” ond the shape of |it'® & wasteful, silly, vulgar, showy Ma nose may prove just os satisfactory as one elected by machinery. pei Fm anle: seaening 96 it 8: eter? “I never saw any woman object to be- No doubt (f any woman ever should sell Rer vote some man would soy ing wenled by @ man,” remarked Mr. that she wae “taking the bread out of Ale mouth.” “Oh, {t's pertectiy proper and correct for @ women to secept al) such courte- Yea, dearie, voting will be perfectly easy; the men will show you how wes from gentlemen, of course,” said fo do tt, just as they cam show you how to de everything elec, aireaty. Mre. Jae. Men are 60 worried for fear women voters wight be jestied and shoved at the pola; but there, there! If they ore ony more jostled and shoved, and A’ inpe $r0d on at the polls than they are now in a subway rush, they will all go to) the hospitals, And the suffrage question will be settled forever, | puvite, and | North American The granting of the daliot won't solve eit woman's problems, by any | francs in ‘clo! and markings wae very means; there will still be the problem of how to werke her opring hat MM ine seine wise but the Bouth American over her taal fall's hair, and @ nearetib income cover om all-elik petticoat much like thos | If politics are to be exctuded from the home, for fear of desenctone be —_. py |toeen Rustend ond wife, why mot eactude religion, food, servants, hOls, ‘sire grayish nd the morning newepaper? Heaven bnows we don't need onythiag MOTE ont from the read bo quarrel about, if we want @ sorep | amorieae whides! Gouth Amerinan wildes! le not ao thivk “Go the ground would be frosen "lea "Phe Dues Geutiemenette ol the Lanes’ 00 thet of tie North American couse Dut the atine ofe 00/4 (© arom weil (000d cebes 006 rugs-— 1 1s T i 11 @ woman oheuld over breome Presiéend wuv'd ber bustend be bnowe onday, May 2 F H gr as E Ei z § | , Bevador has Degun paying off its acoumuiation of debt. At the cpening af March it began by transmitting §90,000 to English Noneonformists ere celebratin: Burope. ig their 20th anniversary this year. * Roller skates propelied by two-cylinder motors of one-quarter horee-power are @ French invention, ‘the fuel tank being worn on @ belt. A Frugal Method. An Irishman, just landed, wecured a position as freman in @ large factory. The chief engineer instructed him in Dis new duties, saying: “To run our engine we re- quire 166 pounds of steam; you can always tell how much steam you have by looking at this gauge.” Shortly afterward, says Evirybody’s Magasine, the engineer noticed that the en- gine was slowing up. Calling to the doller room, he in- quired of Pat how much steam he had on. “Ol have -a hundred and forty-foive pounds, sor,” an- swered the new fireman. “Why, man, I told you we had to have one hundred and sixty-five pounds to run.”; “Niver moing twas the cheerful answer. i: fe what ye have in" Mi that’s gone oes re fi . for ye.” If the rest of your body worked as hard as your eyes, you would be worn out in no time, our‘heart, it is true, keeps on the job twenty-four hours @ day, but aso rulesits labor is mechanical There is seldom very heavy strain put om it. But how about those eyes of yours? During every waking minute of the day they are at work. And at ac- tive work, at that. They are looking here, there and everywhere, constantly changing focus, censtantly receiving and recording new impressions. Their nor- mal labor is tremendous. Yet you add abmormat strain to them by reading be- fore breakfast or in a bad light or late at night or in jogsly cars. It ip @ ratio: About three-| law has been more Possible occupations their occupations as wave his calling as & eurveyor, then a Law leads to politi Mr, in the White House. | | ohaamye fo) eoab ‘ Taylor. Two more were listed as “statesmen.” Andrew Johnson and James Monroe. Theodore Roosevelt ‘This readtty accounts for the preponderance of bese whet IMYOUTANT AVIMs you ethos Posseree | aise verted Add two sents tw loner miracle the eyes stand it. The ears re , cord all sounds. But in the long silences they can rest. The Intervals of rest are given ‘to all the others of tir five senses, except aight alone. Ti+ eye's etrength is almost superbuman, }¢ gives out only under the mort terrifi: strain. And usually it repays a li: care in @ splendidly quick and efficent way. It is your best servant, and so treat ft abominably. Here |s you may not know: Eye Not always manifest itself in even in the head. Often while brain are seemingly in trouble ¢ distress which are due to eye-strain, The eye, apparently, rejects the suffer- ing and passes it on to*another and weaker organ. We have hed twenty-six Presidents. Roughly speaking, . they have been divided, as to occupation, in the following fourths have been lawyers. fully represented than have Dut together. Of the rest sokiiers. These were Ge! “public official.” Washington wae first militia officer, then @ planter. W. Harrison, another ex-fighter, described himeclf as 9 farmer. Practically none of our Presidents therefore have in the ordinary sense could be called a dew jos more than does any other May Manton Fashions made in this way the back of the en! ie mathered, Vor the women who ike mo. ° open necks the blovae ean be eut out ty fom @ square, and if sleeves are pref: they ean be usd ne