The evening world. Newspaper, July 5, 1912, Page 4

BWAYS OF EUROPE GE LOW FARES TO WORKMEN: ~ PARISAN TUBES ARE BEST ening World Representative, Just Returned From Abroad, Makes Interesting Compari- son of Systems in Foreign Capital, but Finds New York Service Better. » New York has just bound its transit future over to the two private now enjoying the overhead and underground monopoly of our | , Without an apparent thought of securing a special reduced fare to | thousands Of working people in the largest city of the Western world. | No such oversight of the toflers was made by the municipal authorities of | the chief centres of population in France, Germany and England when they | passed out subway contracts to private corporations. Interesting facts concerning foreign subways were noted by an Evening World reporter | recently returned from abroad. "tm Paris workingmen riding in the subways get a special early- morning fare of ten centimes, or two cents, with the same low fare back during the day. four atations, and 20 pfennig, or 6 cents, for ten stations, In London a epecial fare concession of a penny, or two cents, for five miles is made to the toiling masses before 8 A. M., with the return portion of the ticket costing the same, good any hour of the day. | surface electric ratlk|in the transit business, operating 14 Trem lines oF miles of tramway and carrying each 1,000, municipal tram lines (there being 112 | miles of privately owned track carry- aiae “even have: On Cereey 163,000,000 persons @nnually) and ing ereby workingmen are carried | |, hh : are af the Gaye uses Ms @ transportation service see: Nowhere in London can one get a IN PARIS. ride of teen and a half miles t stance from Flatbush avenue sta- tion, Brooklyn, to Cortlandt via Interborough tube, for the sum of 5 cents in {te English equivalent. The New York Tubes. longest ride in the new London eub- has been so much adverse ariti-| Ways at any hour of the day ts nix the Paris subways by returned | les, from Charing Cross to Golder’ real facts are in-|GFeeM, for 8 pence, or 6 cents of our 1 SI Ehbbt, fretted (ries aa car ta one tires: el 0} ‘tw! far in one direc- idly equipped Nord-| tion for the same fare as is fixed for e underground system |~ journey in another direction, Only the native Londoner knows the fare knowledge is limited to his own par- tioular route One telle the ticket seller where one its to go and he says how much the fare is. In the “tuppenny tube,” a deep-down, ‘tfully ventilated tne, one can travel 'e@ stations for a penny, or two cents, for “tuppence” one can travel the entire distance of seven miles, Before 8 A. M, one can buy a return ticket on @ London iines at 9 low fare, good turn on all day, which {s the special nsideration for working people, wrung, by bd private corporations by the As in Paris, one opens the door of the ir when entering or ; 5. train. There is one guard to ‘He is kept busy closing doors, To ask him any questions t# foolish, for he is a full-grown man drawing doy’e wages, and has no general knowil- edge whatever as to the time of train departure, or stations, When the gong sounds, he jumps to close the side Goors. That lets him out. cater the tx on ite ¢ was Pipe’ are no stee! cars in London yet. Paris. This clearance of if anything. the ventilation ts better in the New York subway. No gageeers way, ie responsible for ir, IN BERLIN. They Sell Tickets for Dogs on the Subway of the German Capital, Where Zone System Prevails, No municipal credit was placed at the Gteposal of the Deutches Bank, which @nanced the Hochbahngesslischatt or Berlin eubway, ea was done in New York in the case of the present sub- way. Yet the Bertin subway company, last year, paid a dividend of 6% fent, upon an investment of $47,500,000. ‘The present Benin subway ie 18 Hee tong, 6% miles being upon an el- evated structure. Contracts have been let €or fourteen miles additional, 18 ‘miles of which are underground, This additional mileage will cost $80,000,000, or transfers can be the M ; have forty-four miles of roadway. f ‘ fare is 6 cents, or 25 the pecond class fare, 3 cents, ea, while working classes ® special rate of 3 cents, or 10 the eame|running under the palaces and parks of the olty. In Berlin the fares are reguiated upon rope it! the zon: for the num. and out of 1 of four atations, paying ten pfennin; eayahin. In speed New York| 2% cents for the ride, i " all foreign tubes, for they) Second and third clase tiokets are ut fee nes of tracks, and alll eold, There is no firet clase, American stations. But Europ-| touriete and rich Hons. But Burg o ich Germans patronize the for which the ¢arift 18 pfenning or 3% tations, 20 pfenning or 5 0: % ptenning or irtoom eta- ri * to the »"" tg the German defense to zono syatem, and the ofty points to fact that only Bfteen per cont. of inst traffic rode ten stations and paid A | IN LONDON. Peres Are Charged According to » Distance in the World's eg Greatest Metropolis, systems of the British metrop-|Th® care are of wood, firaproat it js "ifere is Une division of the Londen | ‘Tue, ‘Dut they woud be wmaso’ into | Pt tramfct kindling in a oollision, Traine move minute e@ehedut Hach operates the train from wen the curtains i non-burnadl llatigured hy af- 1” OWN, At regula: (fg much nearer the atreot fovea than the New York subway, and the venUlation te here are ne electriu fang | traing na hi Now York, which fail the aibwaye fr ei yd - ¥| of the world le feature @ pear, are 1 Dog tok md ti @ Borlin into the business of the independent | subway, It 19 No wnaommon wiht for Ciaran‘ foie |i Senin yt out ot! a fil lh we rate of fare, or a, om employ of thi loves a falta moat In Berlin « cheap ¢ioket te sold ell day, 10 pfennig, or 2% cents, for od) Grant Sartoris, who wai reatest z le | had been @ resident of Elisabeth for sixty years, THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1912. YOUNG ELOPERS WHO HOPE BRIDE’S MAMMA WILL FORGIVE. | | NEITHER BLESSING ‘NOR SCOLDING FAR PRETTY ELOPER In Fact Mamma Is So Angry That She’s Simply Ignoring Daughter’s Marriage. | Mr and MAS, CARL F. SIEBURG JR. y per- in @ certain | though she hoped, and Omy one thing wae Incking to Mitte Mrs, Mabel Sieburg’s Joy on the Fourth, She aid not get mamma's dlessing. She waited for it all Gay, She was otill waiting for tt this mornin Bho advertised for tt ¥: little over it in her disappointment es the hours went by, she had hardly thought it would come. For Mabel's advertinement was the public ennounce- ment of her marriage. Mabel and her hubby, Carl F. Sle- burg jr. ant in their handsome flat tn the Markeen at No, 670 West One Hun- dred and Fiftysixth street, and every time the telephone bell rang Mabel jumped. But the cing was not from mamma. “Oh, if she'd only phone end say something!" sobbed Mabel. “But you know she'd only say—* began Carl. “What would ft matter #0 long ae we could just get her to begin to epeak,” interposed Mabel. “It would only be fireworks," taughed family, her mother, Mra, Charles Woelsbecker, her sister Lily, and her brothers Arthur and Charfes, were spending the Fourth et their cottage at Belmar, N. J. “Perhaps they never saw the notice of our wedding,” @aid Carl. TMs bride sobbed an “On! that seemed to speak volumes. Mabel had relied on the great holiday to bring about @ reconciliation and the adver- tisement had been @ daring effort to obtain her mother's forgiveness for section. if @ height of all buildings to five stor: he municl- Dallty prevents such congestion as New York 4s burdened with in lower Broad- way. A German ww ie that 50 per cent, asin done at the lower end of Manhattan could just as well be done uptown. MRS. SARTORIS WEDS ON S7TH BIRTHDAY: SON GIVES HER AWAY Former Nellie Grant Had Been a Widow for Nine- teen Years, COBURG, Ont., July 6&—Mrs, Nellie the favorite child of Gen. U. 8. Grant, married yesterday to Frank H. Jones of Chicago at her fine summer home. Canon @prague officiated. Owing to the recent death of Major-Gen. Frederick Dent Grant t! ceremony was slmple and only mem! of the Gamily and close friends w: Present, The day of the Mra, Gartor! cond marriage of as been @ widow for ninet leo was her birth- day. She ts nti ven yeare old end the dridegroom about the same age, ‘Their wedding {s the culmination of a Jong courtship on the who met M 8 banker in Chicago. Aaa beautiful young woman Mra, Sar- toris shared the great populerity of her eoldier-fathor when he was eo high in wbiio favor, and Ufe of the ‘nite House dur! fetration as Prosident, mantic meeting with Frederic Sarto: ficer, on a steamer r rope, Although President Grant at firat opposed the match, the wedding was performed in the Iaet Room of the ‘White Howso on May 21, 1874, Capt, and Mra, Bartoris went to Binge land to live, ond three ohildren were born to them, They separated before the death of Bartorle in 1808, The bride wae given away by her eon, Capt, Algernon Sartorié, Ulysses Grant, her brother, came from California for the ceremony and was accompanied. by his eon, a Harvard student,, Other mem- nesday night after a long illness, H. He was at one time an 4 of Commodore Vander- esonted to Queen Vin- during @ visit to Bngland some Choice of Cholcest, Even in Ceylon teas there's a choice, The tip-' top of the crep, WhiteRose - | ing ekin health fleeing the parental home, dodging the Getectives hired to watch her, aod uniting herself with her husband in epite of mamma's opposition, MOTHER PAID NO HEEO,TO ANNOUNCEMENT. Mre. Wetsbecker is the witow of Charles Weisbecker, owner of a dig market in Harlem, who was killed in an automobile accident and left a large fortune to his wife, to go at her death to the five children. If she saw the notice she paid no heed, though It was the first word she had heard of her Gaughter in a week, Mat romance has been an exciting one and the excitement fs still on, The prety litle blonde, who ie seventeen and well known in Herlem eas @ lover of horses and automobiles, first met young Sieburg at a matinee party last Decem- ber, It was a case of love at sight, and when Mabel reached home that evening it was already too late to warn her that in her mother's opinion she was too young to marry. Finding her lovemak- ing opposed, Mabel set about eloping. ‘The first elopement took place in Jan- uary, when @ runaway wedding in Connesticut was to be followed by a ‘honeymoon in Paris, But cruel Connec- ticut laws balked them when they got to Greenwich, and Mabel had to return till single, When mamma learned which had been let out to Carl found himself in trouble brothers and was thrown out of the house, An automobile smash barred the next elopement, and again Mabel had to ce turn sorrowfully home while ft took Carl three weeks to recover from his in- POSLAM BRINGS SKIN HEALTH AND COMFORT Poslam and Poslam Soap mean last- nd comfort to all who are afflicted with any annoying or dis figuring skin disease, hese troubles cause acute distress, particularly in hot woathor, when bodily comfort ts difficult under best conditions, Itching stops when Poslam {« applied, Irritation te subdued, angry skin is comforted, Rest- ful sleep may be enjoyed, The complete cure of eczema, acne, all eruptions, Itoh- ing troubles, paler: ating: feta and every form of akin ailment ts easily ao- cormplaied by thls perfoot remedy, POSLAM SOAP, besides assisting in the work of healing, should be used dally for its many benefits to the akin, whethor or not disease Is present, Best for beer bath) absolutely pure; soothes tendor akin; never lrritates, All druggists sell Poslam (price, 80 gents) and Poslam Boap (pri cents), For free samples write to ihe timergeney Laboratories, 69 West 85th Btreet, New Shake a dash of this sauce over your meat or fish and enjoy the whole meal better, IT’S A GREAT RELISH. cand CEYLON TEA Pound, 14, tb, and 10¢, Packets, ILIA ALENT IEE White Rese Coffee, None Better a eae ee Uuce Fine for soups, Balads jurtes. we et meotings and more plrnnings. WEDDED AFTER MUCH TROUBLE ao ON APRIL 29, The memorable day was April 2% The young couple went by train to Port- eheater, Conn, and failed again to get A Jeenae. They motored to Harrison, N. ¥., declared themselves of age, xe thelr Heense and could not get a minis ter, They rushed to Rye. There thoy Were married by the Rey, A, Boynton and they hastened back to New York to take train to San Francisco, But Mrs. Biebur® had to telephone the Breat news to her dearest girl friend and the friend telephoned to Mrs. Weis- becker, Brothers Arthur and Charley Jumped into @ taxicab. All the baggage was on the Western trein. The train was about to start. Carl was sending @ porter for some buns for the wedding breakfast. Mra. Sieburg waa in @ stateroom that had been reserved. In burst brothere Ar- thur and Charley, Mabel made a rush to get to her husband, But Carl was butted aside and told to go where he pleased, and Mabel was taken home in the tazicab and teers. ‘Two Pinkertons were set to watch ‘her when the anguis! brid lowed to take her daily air! what are Pinkertons? Thr eso Mabel gave them the slip and joined her husband in @ suite at a hotel at Broadway and Bighty-sixth street. Their relatives hunted for in vain, but a week ago were in to call. Pape Sieburg did and set the young couple up in the flat they now ocoupy, Mra. Weiabecker still insisted She would have the marriage annulled. Cari is a son of Charles former manufacturer of ofc room fixtures, now proprietor of a After that there were more ~| had ben taken out. ‘FIRES AT “DIP.” BUT "JUDGE REFUSES T0 Anti-Pistol Law Not Invoked Against Man Who Protects His Own Property. ‘Tho Sullivan Anti-Weapon law was not invoked im the cara of Rosario Cas- tronovo, of No, 135 Cherry street, when that young man appeared before Magts- trate Corrigan in the Tombs Court to- day after he had shot at and captured &@ man who ds sald to have picked his pocket on the platform of the Chatham | HOLD WEAPON USER [srabbed the atlered ptoketpocket and the other Castronovo. Roth men were arraigned ‘before Magistrate Corrigan. The prisoner sald he was William Albert of No, 32 Mac- do street. He was charged with ari larceny and held for the Grand ‘Jury, Then the policeman wh rested Castronovo asked that hi on a charge of violating the St law. “I don't think ft fs the Intention of the law to hold a man in a case like this," eald Magistrate Corrigan. ‘This man used that weapon in defense of his property after he had been assaulted and robbed. The weapon does not look more dangerous than @ toy pistol. I will dismiss charge.” ne WHITE “BILLYCOCK” HAT SOLVES PUZZLE OF KING. Country Suit With It, When He Appears at Henley—Has Nu Precedent to Go By. LONDON, July 6—Just what attire Square “T/' station. Castronovo was jostied b ythree pick- Pockets on the platform, and one three “lifted” his wallet contain! A platform man pointed out to Castro- novo which of the three he said had stolen the purse and Castronovo pur- sued the alleged picketpocket to the street and grablyd hm. “Let me go and here's your wallet,” sald the man, and Castronovo let him go. But almost in the same Instant he looked in the purse and saw that $0; Then he raced after the pickpocket, yelling to him to stop. When he falled to do so Castro- ii Brooklyn. He aid to-day he hoped ie pretty daughter-in-law's folk would #00n come round. tm There’s a chiefest products. tion, our novo drew @ little .22 calibre revolver and fired two shots, The shooting brought two policemen, one of whom The Coffee Can Is Becoming: . the | the re 00.) the problem uppermost in the King’s he will appear in on the royal barge at tte at Henley on Saturday is mind to-day. His Majesty ts in @ seri- ous quandry, the o¢casion being with- | out @ precedent, aa the Btate barge has never been used since the Victoria era. “Nothing on earth,” said King George to Lord Desborough, “will make me wear a tall hat in these circumstances.” Lord Desborough suggested a naval uniform, but the King replied that a naval uniform on the river would make him look like @ ventriloquist. It {s understood that the diMculty wil! be solved by King George appearing in a country sult and a white “billycock” hat. A Sensitive Subject Reason’’ And eo Brazil determined to levy tribute upon rich and prosperous America, even as the British taxed our tea in olden days; only this modern type of piracy was engineered and executed in a kid glove way, Certain foreign capitalists (German, English and others) were called into consulta- devised a scheme called “valorization.” They started by Congress into removing the import tax on coffee, and that done, Brazil immediately transferred the income to its own treasury by imposing an export tax. This was followed by perfecting a system whereby the Brazilian gov- ernment could contro! the output and the price of coffee, The net result has been that Brazil for the last three years has sold just what grades of coffee it wanted to sell, at any price it chose to fix; and in consequence the Bra- A couple of years ago one could get a pound of fairly decent coffee for from 15 to 25 cts. Now that same coffee costs from 25 cts. to 45 cts. per pound and a further raise of ten cents is in prospect. Four years ago Brazil found that in spite of the fact that it was producing over | 90% of the coffee consumed in the United States, its rich planters were not squcez- ing as much money out of Americans as they could and the Brazilian government ‘was not receiving enough revenue from a product that was one of that country’s gilian government has shared with a syndicate of foreign money kings a profit of Hundreds of Millions of Dollars, every cent of which has come from the pockets of the American People, This Is Where YOU Come In The average co ffee drinker knows that coffee is a really harmful drink to most folks, Headache, biliousness, indigestion and other signs of an up-set liver, as well as heart irritation, nervousness and sleeplessness are too evident to most coffee drinkers to permit of their ignorance of that fact. Economy to Health and Purse, Suggests the new American Drink— INSTANT POSTUM made in the cup—no bolling required Made of American wheat and American sugar cane, processed and combined in an American factory by American citizens, this pure food product is roasted just like coffee and has a color and taste much resembling high-grade Java, | Antiseptic Powder, DON'T SCOLD AN IRRITABLE CHILD If Tongue Is Coated, Stu.e- ach Sour, Breath Fe- verish, Give “Syrup of Figs” to Clean the Bowels. Your child isn't na ritable and peevish, M the tongue; if coa it means the little one’s stomach js disordered, liver in- active and its thirty feet of bowels clogged with foul, decaying waste. Every mother reolizes after giving delicious “Syrup of Figs” i the ii ve ty si dren. 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