The evening world. Newspaper, September 6, 1912, Page 18

QIONOIOOO LOOIHL} bh She Aee> saiorld. ‘ABLISHHD BY JOSEPH PULITZER. low, New RALPH _PULITZ) President, 63 Tow. J, ANGUS SHAW, rer, 63 Pare Rom JOsHRH PI ZER,' It tary, 6 Park Row. ar cea te latter, and the Continent and ries in the International Postal Union VOLUME 53.......ssescscscsncccececssseseeses NOs 18,6468 TEN TAXICAB TESTS. 1 EVENING WORLD recommends to the people of New York and to the Aldermen now considering the matter, the following ten requirements for a good taxicab system fa-this city. There is not one of these requirements that cannot be found et+this moment in operation in the popular taxicab systems of other capitals—not one that has not proved by experience perfectly oom- patible with fair profits to the taxicab companies. These requirements presuppose only three things. But those G@aree things are indispensable: tm, Taxicabs must be: Regulated by the city government for the ser- vice of the people. Inspected by the city government for the safety of the people. Encouraged by the city government for the com- fort of the people, 1. All properly Hcensed taxicabs should have equal rights. No hotel should he allowed to sell to a taxicab company special street privileges which belong to the people. No taxicab company uld be permitted to charge the public exorbitant fares om the ground that it must pay a hotel for such privileges. 2. All Heensed taxicabs should be equally safe. No hotel should be allowed to plead that ft must favor certain cabs for the safety of its patrons. Luxurious cabs with extra rates for hotel guests ‘are, of course, permissible. But every Meensed taxicab doing ‘business in the public streets should be safe and should have access to any hotel. 8, Taxicabs should be held to specified standards ef con- ffl tf / 9 A book of rules and regulations should be carried by every chauffeur. He should be familiar with the contents. A digest of these rules and a schedule of distances and fares should be displayed inside the cab In plain view ef the pas. * eenger. 8 The city should insist upon the adoption by the com- panies within reasonable time of devices for the convenience and comfort of taxfeab passengers. Bvery cab should be re- quired to carry | rug tm cold weather. The front window should have in the glace behind the chauffeur’s head a shutter through which the passenger may speak without opening 4 eer or window. Invention of similar convenionces should be ig eacouraged. ® Fares of New York taxicabs should be red Rot fmmediately to the low Buropean scale, but to a pofnt which shall at once encourage the general public to regard and use the taxicab as a convenience for the many and not as a luxury for the few. Particularly should the tariff for short 3 i z g i : i F and ten cents for each additional quarter mile would soon stimulate a confidence fn taxicabs and lead to further more consistent reductions. 10, The efty should estadlish maintain a special traffic bureau for the regulation of taxicabs, examination of taxicab drivers at supervis! and study of the taxicab system as might further th extension and cheapening of the service, If necessary fifty taxicab inspectors should be put in the streets. Taxicab rules and tariffs should be so laid down as to be absolutely clear to the companies and to the police, In any difficulty appeal to a policeman should be final. Taxicabs in public streets are for the use of the public. The public every right to demand that they be safe, cheap and accessible 4 Letters from the People Le eememeanael vs Office Department may cause a little _ Tothe Editor of The Evening Word cations (due to custom, mainly), work on| Jury upon the public tn general, Sunday ts compu SUlLT believe that c. Wi even among these there ts room for reform, since really very few of our! institutions, with the possible exception | give up active wo! ef the railroads, are an absolute neces-| tain a permit to open qty om that day, I think that the alm) the foot of some “L’ of the public ought to be In the direc-| whom should I apply for ten ef abolishing unnecessary evil| agent at one of the statlo ¢ Owing to paraly ing World: 1 am obliged to How may I ob- bah 5 venin EST. 1 Sund he Pre biiehing C Mos, 69 wished Daily Except rand ay, by e Press Feuie ing Company, Mos, 68 to wocee 89.78 6 above questions will de } @wered Monday. Here are the re | OO TS ou Biel Weaken 800. Why dose a hettle cing more when 4 40 placed on the side of the fire than when tt te placed directly upon the Niro? 807, Why te water used in the running ef eutomodiiee? Mit. What to the wee of the tin coreen or veflecter weed in roasting? In eMosiling a hole into rook, why | @ Water poured inte the hole very fre- quently? a WMch of the metale te capable of resteting ewidation altogether? piles to Wednesday's question: | 8&1 (Why does money feel hot when | we stand in front of « fire?)—Metal ls a very good conductor of heat and be- comes rapidly heated. ‘8. (How does the oxygen of the alr make any fuel burnt)—Fuel is decom- posed by heat into hydaggen and car- bon, and these elements, combining wit!: the oxygen of the alr, produce combys Tu v. & lot of poor letter carriers th I} To the Raitor of Ths Evening World: vet pets rain sau ot Tue Reening Worlds se aay | day of rest which they can apend with BE. A.B, | their families. The action of the Post- convenience to certain interests, but 2 ‘While it is true that, at certain vo-| fall to see where it tends to work any de, ‘Where such exists, and aot to begrudge pusrrious, ‘ tion. $98, (Why does @ crowded room pro- duce @ headache?)—We he the air vitiated by the crowd. 94. (Why does the flame of @ candle point upward?)—It heats the surround- ing alr, which rapidly ascends, driving the flame upward at the same time. 4%, (What substances go to make up common glass?)—White sand ailica soda ash, lime hydrate, @ little mony, arsenic, Mooings of a Belle Moose. By John L. Hobble. Copyright, 1012, by The Press Publishing Go, ' (The! New York World), who were just crazy to marry him, If women will take th tions, ano! woman, when there ts no danger, weats @ sew drese HE Rubberneck usually hes an | elastio comscienes. ‘When & man oan think of nothing of real importance to tell about nimaelf ne falls back on the large number of girls vice of their husbands in voting it will double the O8¢ thousand elk are to be imported! proken f earning capacity of the family at elec-|{'0™ the Hole in the Wall region in] plumbing, building, masonry and other milar traQes will be taught. ‘There will han already been en- Adam was probably the only man who/ ul Was never accused of going out with pleted herds. There Easy lies the woman, and often, wne ing Copyright. 1912, by The Press Publishing Oo, (The New York World). DAUTY may be bought by the doz, und charm by the bottle; but com mon sense, like radium, is dealt out by the grain to those whom the Aigh gods love, The modern idea of a “perfectly devoted husband” is one who gives ma! wife everything in the world she wante—ezcept hie attention, 4s long as there are spots on the aun, thorns amid roses, and flaws in diamonds, tt docan't seem quite fair of a man to expect a woman to be @ plwperfect combination of a saint, a Solon, a Mving picture and a cook— but he does. “Half an inch on the end of Cleopatra's nose” wouldn't have altered the Aistory of the world in the slightest; it wasn't her nose but her novelty that fascinated Antony. She was “something different"—that was att, A man isn't the least sensitive at being told of Ale sins or his vices; but, unless you want to incur his undying hatred, beware of reminding him of hia fool mistakes. The test of true love ts not absence, but propinquity; tt te easy enough to muse on an absent face forever; but to muse on the present one morning and evening without being bored is a feat of genuine devotion, Every man has several stock attitudes toward a woman; the “I-wonder- if-you'll-do” attitude; the “You-stay-there-'til-I-come-back” attitude; the “You- don't-trust-me" attitude; the “Aren't-you-ashamed-to-treat-me-like-this” at- titude, and the “There-there-now!" attitude, A normal woman hasn't the slightest desire in the world to de loved by more than one man; but that doesn't prevent her from having a violent desire to be admired by all the rest of them, Picked Up Here and There. Some day the mighty hunter will stroll twenty-three knots speed, They will Humboltt counties, as he did twenty-| 4nd four twenty-one-inch torpedo tubes, r fifty years ago, to slay the ant-| 4nd they will have a normal coal supp lered elk, but that day ts yot distant,| 9% $600 tons, with 4% tons of oil fuel although one thousand head of the for- est monaroah will soon be grazing in the game preserves surrounding, The the longest battleships in existence. Wyoming, where State and Gov ment have large preserves. Thoy to be taken upon application of ti room for 150 stude! half that number ha » | rolled, t Ss d_ mot |State of Callfornia to restock its 126 head ed to be under prot {elk now eat! | very powerful, ‘wo battleships now be-| fire} i Gad, OF vine Keernd, Wine 4 ARH day, September 6 | thelt confidence, as is the case in many another swindle. Lists of clergymen are | to look im the directory, copy the nam Cheer Up, Cuthbert! By Clarence L. Cullen Oo} Ca mre A Rt ee YBODY can Spot the Whale of a| occupies the centre of the park, In the | ‘The Custom H Liar, but the Little Liar gets bis “Jes Tol'adle” Ain't No Way to When Initiative is Backed Up by Tobody has Need to Complain that] or ¢he frst Am. there isn't Plenty | Frequently we've Had Urgent Reason | for Kicking Ourselv« Truthfully State that we'va ever Found | jany Compensation in that Stuff! but we can't; If you Get Your Number FIRST, {t tan't Liable that Anybody Else wils Wise Up to It! The Zig who Does a Lot of Thunder- Ing in the Index has to Pull @ Lot of Explaining tn the Appendix! The Winner 1: “The Best He Can’ the Gook who, when " isn't Good Enough, still Knows How to Let Out Another Bitten Off More than you Can Chew, it's Generally a Sign that you've “Them” to the Goody! Playing "Em Safe generally Means a Mediocre Score! There's a Heap More Motive Power in| histle than in a Whimper, We Like to Make Ourselves Belleve that we "Yielded to Temptation" when, las & Matter of Fact, we Bullied Tempta- tion into Taking Us On! into the woods of Shasta, Trinity and) Carry ten fourteen-inch guns in turrets ‘Thelr length of 426 feet will render them} os pecsive “Hard Luck, O14 Man" is Another Perfectly Good Rea-} At Winfield, L. I. ground has deen |#on for not Pulling a Tale of Woel schoo) for women, in which A Certain Shoe Clerk who, adout @ Dozen Years Ago, Credit his Mate's Belief that he had a Natural Genius for Picking the Ponies, now is the Manager of the Biggest Shoe House in New York— but hie Little Maties are still Jes’ Shoe Clerks! They are making the floors of biz jtlon in northern California,—Redding! ottice buildings in Germany of a mixture Men have the reputation of being) °!Tespondence Btockton (Cal) Mail | o¢ magnesium chloride, pulverized mag- braver than women because with their! Seeee ynosta and Bawdust, laid from two to experience they are better able to tell, Navies of the South American repu®-| four inches thick, Cons General Rob- Mca are not large, but the individual) ert P, Skinner reports from Hamburg unite, at least of the newer ships, are| that augh floors are waterproof, almost oof, erack free, warm under foot, ar Bnsiang for Chil! will be| elastic, sound proof and eheaper than dlayiacemon: The Man who Backs his Judgment may Occasionally Land on je, but he Has the Fun of Dein! Ma Own PMemin'? 1912 TRECREMTED | TIES STHYSO'NIEY AR ay : DETECTIVE WRC272°*) SHERI A Series of Articles Fxposing the Every-Day Deceptions of the Powers That Prey. (“Camera-Eye" Sheridan is regarded‘as onevof the detectives that ever existed oXtside of fiction. The feate of memory which gave him his nickname, when he wag o head of the Bureau of Identification of the New Yor® | Police Department, are proverbial. It has becn said there is no man Om the United States with so thorough a knowledge of criminals and their ways 68 Detective Sheridan. In this series he gives the public:many valuable;pointer@ haus to save them loss by swindling.) | | (Copyright, 1912, by W. Autick,) ra f. NO. 11—“ BEATING THE CLERGYMEN. . 4 pretty mean sort of thief who will go after clergymen. But every this® ] js mean in some partic’ and there aro « lot of crooks who would rod niintster without a twinge of consclence—or rob a@ Silud man's*tincup oF church collection box, for the matter of tnat. | Men and women who are engaged in fleecing the churchmen have an almost inexhaustible fleld to work in. Their “leads” are ever at hand, and they are } not put to the inconvenience of searching up possible “marks and winning easily obtained in every city or town visited, All the achemers have to do 0® and addresses of the preachers an@ y places to be visited in a partioulam both young and apparently in love< etart out on their rounds. If the: locality, the couple—a man and take a cab. At the house of the first minister found at home the man explains that the | Call tg of the, sort most welcome. They have come to be married. The young man appears happy and proud of hia position and the young woman ‘s blushing prettily. ‘The minister smiles as most ministers do on such occasions, aske 1# | there ig @ loense, and being shown one by the prospective groom, cheerfully sets about performing the ceremony, which the man has requested to be made, @s short as possible, in view of the fact that there is a train to catch and mine utes are few. At the conclusion of the service the minister wishes his visitors all sorte of health, wealth and happ! nd the young man takes him aside a minute for the arrangement of the commercial side of the transaction. The groom takes from his pocket @ check for $20, $% or whatever amount he thas decided upom, | made out to himself and drawn by John Smith on a New York National Bank: ‘Then the newlywed explains with the appropriate degree of hesitation that ais Pecuniary condition ts not such as to justify him tn paying more than $10 as @ wedding fee. In most cases the minister readily accepts this suggestion, takes the cteclt which the young man indorses over to him, and returns the $10 or $13 change to the grafter, Then there are further exchanges of good wishes, the couple de’ part in their cab and make a cali on the next clerical victim, and the comedy, te repeated. The swindle, if swiftly worked, and with proper care, is good for @ very fair income. ~ \ 4 Latterly the marriage game haf been in more than ordinary favor amo the confidence crowds, because of the agitation in many quarters regarding, acceptance of a fee by the minister ‘performing the ceremony. A great, yy persons have argued that a fee to a minister is parallel to @ tip to @ taurant waiter, On the other hand, those who defend the practice have, argued that the time and service of a minister are worthy of reward, and that, persons who are in a position to marry at all should be in a position to an offering at the same time 4o the representative of the church which them. . However this may be, the condition has been eagerly grasped by the graftera, for the reason that now there is less chance than ever before of a complatng) being made by the victimized. The thieves feel reasonably assured that the! clergyman will pocket his loss rather than bring upon himself the unpleasant) public notice which would to him if he made @ complaint to the authorities, So the workers of this meanest of grafts tolerably eafe, as a general, thing. They do get caught up with now and then, however, and when they da, {t goes hard with them, for the gcheme they work with euch perfect confidence involves charges against them of forgery and bigamy im eddttion to the charge of swindling—and this ought to be sufficient to deter any but the dollest from: entering upon this dangerous form of thieving. New York City’s Public Buildings 50 Years Ago IFTY years ago the following | street ts built in the most durable mane F facts might truthfully have) ‘er of Quincy ite and is fire-proof, been cited as of New York’s|"0 Wood having been used in {ts cons | struction, except for the doors and wins dow frames. It is erected on the alt, ity Hall {s an imposin 'e ee Pidehald putty a mn nie | occupted by the Exchange Butlding, de> . stroyed by the great fire of 1833. Tha marble, and the rear, on the north side, | scent one, however, covers the ent of Nyack free-stone. It was constructed stock, Its entire c between the years 183 and 1810. It! ground, was over $1,800,000, public building: lower part of the city, and 1s surrounded | corner of Wall and Nassau stre by other city ofc In this building | {s butlt of white marble, tn Dorle ordi are twenty-eight offices and other pubile | similar in model to the Parthenon apartments, the principal of which 1s! Athens. It ts over 200 fect long, 90 feet the Governor's room, propriated to/ wide and 80 feet in diameter, sure» the use of that functionary on his visit-| mounted by a dome, supported by sx: ing the clty, and occasionally to that of/tcen Corinthian columns, thirty fee! other distinguished Individuals, The! high, and having a sky-light through walls of this room are embellished with which the hall ts lighted. & fine collection of portraits of men) The Post-Office {s in Nassau street, celebrated in the civil, military or naval! between Cedar and Liberty streets. The \ history of the country, In the Common | bullding 1s in no way remarkable for Council Room 1s the identical chatr|any architectural beauty, but mei occupled by Washington when President | being one of the remnants of the p lean Congress. | having been formerly used as a church Exchange in Wall) by one of the old Dutch congregations, LAIN blouses are being much worn by the Attle girls this season and this ed euch © model 1yshown ¢ andthe mas 48 @ guimpe and material ts used y. Round Duteh neck Led “Sein much’ worn “anda Pretty and. the can "be fnlshea ote either wi stand! Sleeves y e the ones 4s armholes, The bh ° itself ine! ' | shoulder ange ye arm seams. 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