The evening world. Newspaper, May 23, 1912, Page 20

(-sfeehe ) $4 By Maurice Ketten MASSA CHUS ae haa enane IMATION . | ‘THE PIVOT STATE , Pivot sare Sees Cupyright, 1019, ty The Pres Pubttshing Oo, (The Now Tork Wostl), WHY NOT “GOOD BUSINESS”? Don'ts for the “Rib.” —— ee ree |e HEJIFTH AVENUE epecial “cop” end the Fifth avenue spe- dal letter box are theatty’s newest epring wrinkles. Judging ¥ by the way the public hes teken to them both are elected. de the fact that'these two novelties were designed and and good conse of the merchants who treffic on or near the Street. These level-headed men understand perfectly the value of the famous evenne es « show place whose appointments end con- veniences shalt allure apd dazsle visitore from all over this country rite, Association hes said in eo many words that it is too Inte to make the street it have beeyvthat private interests permitted to run riot have qpelied irrevocably theysky tine, that space for trees and monv- ments has been equecsed out by the came force, and thet the highway which leads to one of the finsst parks in the world oan never, suve at _— be madeithe magnificent avenue of spprosch ‘it to Sti the ofty tes chown ‘signs of wishing to save what is left Te fe exactly these advanced notions of public and private profit that The World believes can#be made to eclve the taxicab problem which confronts New ‘York. Everybody mist’ see thetplain busines value to the city of « evetem of cheap, attredtive, carefully reguiated, easily available taxts, such as this paper has again and again described and urged, es against the present high-priced, ragged, ‘irresponsible service which runs from the exorbitent hotel osb,on the one extreme, to the rickety, reck- lessly driven tremp car on the:other. What could make avbetter ‘impression upon visitors to thie city from other parte of the‘country’than the convenience of reasonable, comfortable taxis for dhopping, business or pleasure? What could be & greater attraction for dhoppers‘and sightecers from out of town than faxis at seventy-five cents or even one dollar an hour, with short stetions for a quarter? Could anything be more to common convenierice that he is used to at home? ‘ow soon, wilt somebody see this dollar-and-cent boom-the-town of the faxi question :in New York? How soon will some far- eeing taxicab: company seek the co-operation of the municipal gov- Shad tempt thometje toh ides sates boos resdeioane 2 ride a few ride now? anf A corresporident, in a Setter which we print eleewhere, noting this apis recent réparks andnt the opinion of Lord Montagu of Boau- Meu thet ange taxi fare from the Grand Central Station te the Bfts-Castten |e “exoessive,” hopes this is but “the begin- yn for the betterment of the taxi service.” Negen (tlie fight for chap taxicebe long since. It Davai ed pretended Copreight, of rates, [made by Mr. Jarr as that ‘The World is rigtt in holding that tho $6 Oe, taveer and carn rates and constantly |‘ither at the windows er éoore ‘Grivers and police will come to a better and the public wih be aN Beaters , | taoed youth, “New ‘taint, ite « drunken lady!” oried another hobdiedehoy. “Dey caught a deylight boigier,” ven- fared another late comer. rennin’ over de roots!” “aw, keep y’ shotr you {t's the Bihckhan ~| “1 hear you've hired an ebghty tione of the regulations, then taxica>| yeanoid veteran és office boy?” PAAAAAABAAAAAABDAAALAAABAAAABAABAD Mr. JarrComes Home to Find His Flat The Storm Centre of aHowling Crowd erererrererirerrererersrererrerene Deby,” piped o lsttle qtr. The crowd on the street to shove down toward Mr. Jarr, and he saw that two polleemen were endeavor ing to disperse it. St at Nien eg berry holding 2 “Cheer Up, Cuthbert!” What's the Use of Being Blue? There Is a Lot of Luck Left. By Clarence L. Cullen. - Copgeight, 1919, by The Press Publishing Oo, (The New York World), ‘VE Lost many s Game of Imagine that there is a Certain Cherm Caeckers through Fear of| attaching to the Double Life—until they Breaking Up our King Row! ‘Try Ct! — _ Whenever we] No Man te ever Denied « Chance to Meet Up with a| Bring Out « Revived and Corrected Bal- Zig who te Known | tion of Himeelif! ° ae a “8m ooth —_— reposition,” we're] A Flare-Up genereily ts a Prelude to Impatient ontfi he|« Fail-Down! ‘Tries — “Obey Orders if It Breaks Owners” ts another ‘of those Rules of the Gea that might well be Adopted on Land! Caution kills as ame many Cate as| If you Haven't Got a Reason, don't Curtosity! ‘Utter an Excuse! that be “Doeen't| The Zig who Says he ‘Tent in Tos with the Boss" | Thing for his Health” thereby Comvoys the Plain Meaning that he Isn't In It for Anybody Bilse's! ‘The Rolling Gtone knows thar there's Ro Moss in the Rut Somett of Seavity| Fortune may Play no Favorites—but lacs Dad os 0 Defctoncy of Diplomacy’! Neither does She Frivol Any Worth — Mentioning* with Long Shots! The Reputation of Being a “Good — ener” Dandy Emulate the Man you're Inclined fa we Agel! ito Envy and Watch Your Status ome of us when we Flatly Crawfish, Grow! Kid Ourselves ty Calling it ‘With- — drawing! We'd Hate to be. Adverted to ae the —_— “Rival” of some Fellow who Didn't “Ta Rether Wear Out than Rust| Have the Goods! . Out,” we heard « Man say the Other — Day—end-then he Showed hie Consis- Georetivencss tency by Taking Three Cocktails before|cese—but ite Possessor misses « Lot of Breskfast! Font and getting past the police by discios- tag his identity, Mr. Jerr forced his way up the steps and threugh the hall end up the staircase and through the crowd of neighbors and idlere who filled the flats and there were Mrs. Jarr, Mrs. Rangte, Mrs. Dusenberry and Mra, @itt, & young matron from next deor, and young Master Diggitt, aged egh- teen monthe—the eame who had deen hefd out of the window that the cheer- ing throng might eee him—and many other Sereons too numerous te mention. ‘What's the matter? What's the ex- citement?’ asked Me. Jarr. ‘Is this the young Dauphin of Harlem that he must be held out of the window of the pal- eee ¢o be cheered by his loyal eub- Jecte-to-ber” “Certainly he ain't ne dolphin, al- though it would have been better for the precious jamb if he was!" retorted 014 Mrs. Dugenberry, “Oh, my child! My chfid!” cried Mrs. ‘Digsitt, who was holiing the infant all the while, “Poor dear! The shook has been Greadfull” cried a neighbor. “And yet gome people eay Newfound- wagactous creatures!” “Tf you owe her anything don’t you ever pay her!" “Oh, to think of our innocent dears Deing at the mercy of euch creatures!” “I wouldn't give my children a cent te see ‘em after this! No, not for worlds!" “They shoul! all be shut up; they are worse than dime novels: ‘These and other confusing statements and ories, all being uttered in ome buss- ing tumult, had Mr. Jerr on the peint of going off his “dip himeelf, es he afterward eXpressed it. “Yer husband's home, Mrs, here he is!" cried several voices op! the etair, and amid more shouts and hys- terioal ories the throng that filled Mr. Jarr’s apartments seeped out, taking with it Mrs, Jarr, Master Jarr, little mma Jerr, Mrs. Rangle, Ors. Dusen- Derry, Mrs. Diggit and the Diggit in- fant, Mr, Jarr could see the mass play formation of friends and neighbors force its way into the Diggit flat, Then Mn Jarr slammed the door shut to his emp- tled apartments, climbed out of the kitchen window and down the fire e- cape and out.over the back fence into @ basement of a house on the ni street, and thyough it he fled and around the block into Gus’s place, Here there was tlemen of the ne! thirst, but no gteat excitement, “What's the news?” asked Mr. Jarr OWT marry in order to escape work. Working fora Hving fo a Don't pine eway decause your husdend “doesn't wnderatans” you. ton't what he understends that fascinates Mim. @ woman, but what he dosen't understand, etre i Don't feel ineulted of fhe Gecovery that he regerds you os « silly HMM) foot; that ts grodedly just why he married you. | ond everything; wait wast you Dagin to quarrel about nothing ot the verg eight of each other, Don't imagine youreetf the queen of martyrs because your hue! Range cround the clude ond cafes mighte, Woit wntit he begins to round the house mornings. Don't decide. that @ man has ceased to love you simply because $ell can't make Mim happy. Walt until you can't even make Mm miseradié. Don't get the s6ea that-you are a heart-breaker just decause your Rew dand te jealous of you. When a gon is inclined to be jealous ne tae going to de balked dy a Hftle thing Uke a lack of provocation. talke dady talk. Wait until he deging to pick fiqws in yousand the Righ cost of Uving. Don't conctude that o man is serious as long as he flatters oa #0 ‘ —_ t Don't forget that it tg easier for most men to go to the devil for you than to go to work for you. Tabloid Tales OF OLD NEW YORK: XII.—Saint Tammany’s Day. fe true thet there were times when St. Tammany’s was & Olgeer day in New York than the Fourth of July itself. The banging of big guns suluted the morning. Everybody/who hed 4) flag was expected to throw it to the reese. It was a time for af hands to celebrate. No Charies Francis Mur- phy, even by another name, sat in Fours teenth street to crots the wires of fee- tivity with those of personal politics. ‘The Tammany Society was then no wig, well-ordered machine, It had its Political convictions, which were demo- cratio and anti-Federal, but it was chiefly strong in social ways, with a leaning to charity, Washington em- ployed its members in paint and feath- ers, in 1790, to entertain @ visiting dele- gation of Creek Indians. But to returg to @t. Tammany’s Day. This anniversary fell upon the twelfth of May by our calender—the May Day of earlier reckoning. e oon after the cannon had welcomed the dawn the men of the Gociety would Vy HB white costume has always been @ favorite with eome women in ocean travelling, and now that this color is eo prominent ia the realm of fashion it will 6® the smart thing for deck wear this eummer, ‘The traveller will have no difficulty in finding a chic white serge or whipcord suit, and the shops are showing beau- tiful white steamer costs. The meck- inawe are new and very smart. In shoes there is an unusual line in doth buckskin and canvas, and whether you wear the buttom boot, Oxford tie or plain pump, you will be fashionable, ‘put they must be kept epotiess. The hoslery, too, should receive careful at- tention. It fe obvious thet this part of the travetler’s attire is more or less con- eplcucus on deck, whether walking or yeclining in the steamer chair, and should, therefore, not be etiglited in the least. ‘And right here I might mention thet women no longer think “any oid thing will do to wear on shipboard.’ They reatise that the strong light, the tantal- sing breeses and the immaculate sure roundings all combine to mos ingly emphasise any defects in Gress. And eo the wise traveller appears on deck in @ trim euit, new and well ft- ting footwear and a sensible ‘head-cov- ering. ‘The eoft, collapsible turbans are ideal. Picked Up From Nearly half of the fatal acciients in coal mines ere due to falling rock or coal and less then one-fourth to. ex- plosions or fires. To enadle two persons to use the same typewriter a table has been patented in which there is a turntable to hold the machine. : A museum of words is planned by « °H| Paris scientist, who hopes to collect phonograph records of all forme of . | speech. A veouum cleaner that can be placed upon and operated in connection with an ordinary carpet sweeper has been invented. To leapen the fire risk s German ogm- pany is making @ specialty of steel fury niture for ships, painted and grained to appear upon’ the streets in full Indiag garb. They made “s grotesque scete im the streets of New York,” as Gonates Maclay of Pennsyivania—one of Btate’s first Senstore—wrote in diary. “The expense of the dresssp must have been considerabie,” thi statement continued, ‘and the laid out on clothing might have some of their ragged beggars.” Following the parede, in which @% citfsens might join, wearing any cop tume, came @ picnic in some Grove. The evening witnessed entertainments. On one occasion,” play "Tammany, or the Indian Chief,’ ‘was given before an audience includiag ‘Washington and his Cabinet. Even in those days the Tiger was tp symbol of'Tammany. Not for his me» pacity, but, as Founder Wiliam Moga ey explained. for his agility, his quici> ness of sight, and his ceennoeee power in the dusk, which should you to be stirring and active in Tespeotive callings, to look sharp every engagement you enter into, ag to let nefther misty days nor stormy nighta make you lose sight of the wane thy object of your pursuit.” Steamer Clothes { They are dreesy and generally becems ing. They can be tied down with @ vell, and are comfortable when lounge ing in the steamer chair, Another ef vantage ie that they fit snugly over thg ‘hair, which 1s appreciated by the wom @n who cannot fuss with her colffags Decause she craves the air and cannes / spend much time in the stateroom. Ty / women will also find ¢! e-plece dream | ®@ comfort in steamer ing. It cam / quickly be adjusted without the assis / ance of the stewardess, since it bui ( in front, and, by providine herself wii several fancy adjustable collars fichus, she can make it sufficiently, dressy for a dinner gown. A fow silk dresees thus meade will net add materially to the bulk of . the’ eteamer trunk, and if worn with the” heavy steamer coat the several trips @ the stateroom, for which the in: traveller has go lttle inclination, will obviated. ° Of course, the boudoir gown {8 «fie cossity, and Dame Fashion has, thade vertently, dene the travelling pubiie & kindness by her disapproval of the large flowered kimono. The dressing rooms now display hands some soft robes in plain colorings that are a delight to the eye. For travelling the little, dark China silk bathgown’ te probably the most practical, and (t Gam be made very pretty with haadeame embroidery and a dainty tingerte collar, ;, Here and There. evcurity ts the Fea! estate m Babylon es long ago as four years, A luxuriously Atted private oar. ten the use of Dridal and theatre parties is maintained by the company which controls London's street railway 1@R , em, The largest number of people killeg in any year in the ten ending Juye 90, 1911, as a result of derailment from rail breakages was twenty-four in the year ended June 9, 1910, A Baltimorean hve invented an irewiig board tn which @<ric magnets’ 4 : having been loaned on land» lever, pull down @ light iron so do"tha. | eame work as a heavy one The Shangha! city wall is biting de moltshed, It 1s proposed 10 coned-wet « 2 current ie switched by