The evening world. Newspaper, September 30, 1912, Page 18

The Day of Rest # }-exe.;: Jonn,, PLease Tane THe CAT To THE JANt j NEW FLAT ITS Oncy TwENTy BLoces j ER’ ) FRom HERE. THAT S ALL THE 1D Ce ESTABLISHED BY JOSPPH PULITZER, Published Daily Except Monsey by the Press Publishing Company, Nos, 63 to 63 Park Row, New York. RALPH PULITZOR, President, 63 Park Row, J. ANGUS RHAW, Treasurer, 63 Park Row, JOSHAH PULITZHR,'Jr., Secretary, 63 Park Row. Entered at the Post-Office at New York as Second4 ‘la Subscription Rat 1o Tl 2 For England and th World for the United State and Canada. Copyright, 1912, by The Brees Publishing Co, (The New Yor World), HANDFUL of rough French soldiers of fortuna. headed by the explorer Bionville, burst through a hostile soufiern wiklerness in 1702 and built a fort on the Mobile River's bat is. ‘ They were not the first white men to face vgild beasts and wilder savages there. De Soto in 1539 had fought his hopeles#® way Loci i ‘that region on his journey to the Mississipp!. England and Laon doth |elatmed the tract. But Might meant Right in those days, arti while the powers were snarling over the choice morsel Hienville setzed it\in France's name, And tho second of his two forts was the germ of dhe city of Mobile, ‘. For the next century the whole surrounding country was a weene of strife. There were Indian wars as the redskins fought desperately \to stom the spread of civilization, European nations, too, squabbled for the pos- session of the rich territory. France in 1763 lost all her American qQosses- sions as a result of the French and Indian war. And in 1779 the Isn@ con- quered by Blenville was aplit oy between Spain and the Tintted Sirtes. Spain and the Indians were at last bought off or outmanoeuvred, and it at Be- jcame United States soil | The tract had been part of Loulstana (in fact, Mobile was Toutsiana’s fret capital), next It was incorporated with Georgta, and in 1708 it was Included @n | @ portion of the “Territory of Missiesipp! Then, in 1 it was reapportioned & | “Alabama Territory." Tae name was derived from the “ALA-DA-MO" tribe of | Creek Indians and is said to mean: “Here We Rest"=a motto which Alabama has taken for her own. One Year One Month, VOLUME 58. ....cccccccsssscccesersesceceessesNO, 18,666 VALUES—REALTY AND REAL. | ae a $300,000,000 lift in assessments on real estate or a raise of the tax rate is reported to be inevitable if the ci is to take care of the various increased demands of ite depart- ments. Nobody knows where the $300,000,000 increase comes from, and it will be recalled that the city had to reduce this year’s assess. ment some $60,000,000 owing to over-valuations in various places. ‘Phe Tax Department seems to have adopted the policy of the wily) |Oriental, who always states @ figure so high that it can stand a lot | ‘of beating down and still show profit. Property owners are not pleased. Nor are consolations likely to’ prove consoling. Some consolations there are, however. Indeed te the average man the development of New York realty, especially | in Manhattan, will always be the unfolding of rosy dreams of marble | . “Alabama Territory’ became Uie State of Alabama in 181%, being admitted and magnificence. Only last week the Superintendeut of the Bureau | te tie Ulin ae 8 ave tate 10 pelt of with Maine. whieh was agaiadl os of Buildings, in his report for the year 1911, analyzed the 611,000,000 | | "free" at the same time For the next forty years the story of of the Whole South. Then came the runs bama was one of the first States to » sion receive more ardent support worth of building operations in New York for that twelvemonth. For the previous decade the yearly average of building amounted to $108,000,000. According to last year's figures the total building jabama was more or loss the story of the approaching civil war. Ala- de from the Union, Nowhere did secea- Yet there were many Alabamans of note who did not wish to leave the Union, operations of Manhattan glone now oxceed those of Chicago by & q And when they found geceseion could not be avolded they strained every nerve | ’ per cent., are three times those of Philadelphia and more than five! nie Oo Late in ac separate and neutral State under the name ‘ me ‘i o JACK, The plan fi times those of any other city. While only 6 per cent. of rae bo 5 : When the Souti seceded Alabama's capital, Montgomery, wae chosen as the erected ii: ity were in Manhattan, the cos! [first capital of the Cont There Jefferton Davis was tna tags to be ribet ae nt otha NY s \ dent. Alabama sent pra ly all her able bodied male popula | of this 6 per cent. is more than that of the other four boroughs put| Wh.” (¢\ war, And no fess than thirty-nine Confederate generals together. New buildings are less in number than in past years, but . = : note sib GREG ARE eRe ENiOls 1h dhe dowrdte SP aaiEs the average cost is much greater, having been through the last four fats Invasion, stees and battle were heru Not onee, but again and spain” Ned years about double that of the five years preceding. Fireproof build- HE IS BACK Rin We unt April, 188, was th , by the Union, | * *) followed ee bi tor tod," when .) bam was Ont; Sings increased 25 per cont. ve ae Aa Hanae Drage sb bw HE BEAT You Roui more Heol anundes and wee and bankrupted, ‘Tho dreaded ‘ea “number of buildings proposed for places of amusement, w a Home wreased from 49 in 1910 to 72 in 1911, while the number of private ne from that single bag” regime exacted from her a toll aly as terrible as had the war itself. (BOUT So HE e ings decreased. % By ‘ ate was ra abana I nike the } cog besides a fairly healthy growth of building, the past year or y BACKWARDS , . pian two has shown two other great and hopeful advances. Ti the (AY ' a he widening of Fifth avenue has demonstrated that the civic spirit is T-\ j “sufficiently awake to guard and protect for the future the beauty and convenience of New York’s finest street-—an improvement beside which temporary private interests are already seen to be insignificant. Second, the building of the new subways has lately shown poseibili- ties of mpid and effective work without undue disturbance of streets and traffic—possibilities that promise much for the future peace of 4 mind of merchants and tenants along projected routes. The Public is Service Commission has just announced that the Centre street loop and the Brooklyn Fourth avenue section will be ready for operation te early next year. Henceforth the building of new subways need call forth none of the terrors inspired by memories of upheavals previous i to 1904. New York may not ‘have builded 800,000,000 more into its| _, U f@ @OrP See ee sae ne Cae ene eee ee ness” claimed by three nations stated by war aiter w has outlived its countless misfortunes ant has risen through t to greatm Oopsright. 1912. by The tress Publishing Co, (Tho New Yor World). fabric. But it is no emall thing to have learned how to put through ill Mr. Jarr Has to Pay the Bill for veniriie Pree Ui getters hag toe eae om ae < rf s, Ns it, . big, far-sighted undertakings like remodelling avenues and adding ; 11) i E: ° subways with » min! of temporary inconventence and a masi- a se of Chr onic Telephonitis Hang on a man's words if you want to flatier him, but don't hang om mum of ultimate benefit, HELE EK EEK ELK KEKE KEK O KEL KEKE KEEL Ew | ris neck unless you want to frighten him «ne plays that were “selling out" were Caokelberry giris. 7 f ciation : ey do use the tela+| “They want to ask her if she will send putea 4 Mean ke ore ey, eelred to witness. (plone a great deal.” them two pleces of wedding cake th Coquettes are made, not born; a girl seliom thinks of playing false n> LAW IS LAW. ir. Jarr had spoken of current) ‘They must board with it," growle4| forgot to bring with them, They w the love 1 Ua Me a ie han hte Be e theatrical attractions to which onelMr. Jarr, to dream on wedding cake in Now Yora | #€ love game until some man hus taught her how, could purchase tickets without being told “All-sold-out-maybe-you + can. t= them-by-paying-double-prices to a spec- ulator,"’ the Mise Cackelberrys had sald, “Oh, we only want to see a GOOD show,” When he got home that evening, Mr. Europe $1,100 worth of dutiable articles which he did not declare is entitled to no sympathy. Misguided women are continually doing this sort of thing—often from nothing worve than T* Harvard professor who is accused cf bringing back from I'm sure I don't know what to do @bour it!” whimpered Mrs, Jarr, “But I do wish company would be @ Iittle considerate about the telephone. Thos girls are hanging on it all day lon They called up their mother in Phfla- delphia this morning and found she had in the hopes they will dream theyll marry a millionaire while they're here. “Hee that they get the wedding cake said Mr. Jarr, “I want that marry. millionaire-dream to come true. We’ need him to pay the long distance teie- phone charges.” himself to a woman if he didn't havc I! Pierre Loti could make harems fashionable in America it would do away with all the superfluous bachelors; no man would object to tying to separate himself from ail the the feminine instinct to protest against what looks like a silly and ‘unjust law by breaking it. Because they are women we are glad to see them treated with such consideration as may be found possible. But a highly educated male citizen, an instructor of college youth. certainly knows better. Whatever he may have thought. of the _ law, still he knew it was the law and as such to be observed—par- ‘tloularly by those whose example might influence others. While the * United States Government, in the carrying out of a heaven-sent tariff policy, goes down to the dock in all its power and dignity to Doprright, 1912, by The Les Publishing Co Corrs TONS Nat York Wen. R. JARR was trying to get his home on the telephone, “Wire's busy, alr,” said Central. “Busy? — Nonse retorted Mr. Jarr, heatedly, ‘Here I've been trying to get my number all day. And the answer is ‘Busy! Busy! Busy!’ Now get busy yourself and get that number!” Whereat the gentle lasate at the Cen- tral switchboard spilled into his ear @ Jarr began upbralding his wife, right ‘s the matter with you folke up here?” ho asked straight off. “Do you off the hook when I T've been trying take the telephon: leave the house? jay to wet you. terday and the day before! gone to Atlantic City. Then they callet] “They called up @ young man they up Atlantic City and were told thelr} knew in Cincinnat! yi mother had just gone back to Philadel- phia. Then they called Philadelpnia s sister that lasted half an again and were told thelr mother was in moaned Mrs, Jarr. Batlimore, Since then they have been] “Where elae did they calling up everybody they know in Bul- timore—and they know everybody in Baltimore—to get their mothor, "t in, but they asked Mr. Jarr, In cold, measured tones. “That's all except some local call belleve—except to a cousin In Camde! to tell her what @ lovely time thi we terday, He d aviolent quarrel telephone?” having in New York. They did this to make her sick with spite, they As long as a wife can keep the wrinkles out of her disposition the wrinkles in her face won't be seen; as long as she can keep her temper sunny she can persuade her hushand that the “silver threads among the gold” in her hair are pure platinum, Marricd men get so nervous about avoiding the appearance of evit that they almost have a fit of prostration if a drug store demonstrator hap- pens to squirt lilac perfume on their coat lapels, A prety woman's age can usually be gauged at about half way between greet its returning citizens with threats and search warrants and in-| succession of the mont diabolical me- f :, ne ln edki in| tallic clackings, suffictent to eplit his _ Spections and imposts and impositions, the returning citizens are in fan onan duty bound to submit and suffer to the greater glory of the land.| “vou can hear for yourself,” sald the HB “hoodoo” theatre has beon in evidence for generations, There has always been at least one theatre tn nearly every city which for reasons ee, makes that sound the wire 18 bu Salt “Well, it's mighty funny!" sald Mr, ARCUS AURELIUS and Epictetus may have counselled the] garr. “avgry day for the Mayor to “forgive everybody every morning” and so “live | 1m cut off trom all telephone communi- “ae * 4 ‘ ry cation with the dear ones at home!" - without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men,” but what about| and he hung ver, [inexplicable haa falied to pay any Seneca, who comes out flat-footed with: “It is not right to show pro- Tek Saree 8 Hees yaa He manager vod enough to tempt fate miscuous and general clemency, and to forgive every one is as much] theatre tlegets for the Mlas Cackel- me big oes eras cant i 4 rie - berrys, who were visiting him, For nearly a quarter o y erucliy as to forgive no one”? How's 1 man to know? ears nant ieee ra heen very|there was a little theatre at Astor + Je particular about what shows they |place and Broadway. It was called the ; ; ' would see while In New York, It was}New York Theatre and was opposl.o JOB may be a jester, but he is not a joke! | the big hits only that appeated to them. | the famous hotel of that namie, Once It had been a church, ‘This house used to change managers so often that actually became known as Morgue.” And thia too despite tho fact that some important theatrical history resulted from = what was achieved within its walls Hero the famous Worrell Slatera hell sway for more than a decade, but even —_ eae GR. £7 A POCKET VYECLOP Coprriah: 119 ; 76—Why do smoke and steam curl tho heat from radiating fr - eb As aa # (vnceateaceies shan ta they failed to profit from thelr efforts Ay Fhey. 00 epMect apa.) Sit Why can ducks dive Harrigan and Hart resorted to the li- S17—What causes the “Wilbo'the| gouicing thoir foathera?)—Their feathe | Qe theatre when th ¢ burned out Wisp?” are covered with an olly secretion Phas’ Cantata Pation Tieit eee S18 Hew doce, wind ary damp| which repels wa they could not entice thelr tremendous Unselfish Wife! Hoodoo. Playhouses That Were Haunted by Mysiertous Baa Luck. By Robert Grau. Theatres even in an era of real estate pros- portty. But there was one theatre that was Teally cailed the “Jonah Theatre,” and for a term was operated under that name tn the hope that the very frank- ness of tio manager would turn the tide, This was the little Auditorium, which stood for a generation at Twen- ty-ninth street and Broadway, imme- diately adjoining the Fifth Avenue Theatre. It belonged to the Gilsey estate and was ohlefly famous for tr fact that the San Francisco Minstrels reigned there for a long time. Ite title changed at many as a dozen times in @ single season, During thirty years of life the house scarcely knew a pay- Ing season, Richard Mansfeld played an engnge- ment there at the hetght of his carcer, And whiin he was able to draw a falre sized audience he lost money. Severs} managers made Herculean off make the front of the house at and to conceal deftly the auditorium was up two flights, Prof. Alexander Herrmann took a toni lease of the theatre and «pent @ fortune on |said, because really, they sald, things had been very dull, Germantown is ayer than “I should snorted Mr. Jarr. “This town isn't very gay to me when T think of that telephone bill, Didn't they call up Chicago, Tacoma or 8t. Louis? “Why, they did call up some friends on Delmar Boulevard, St. Loula, yester- day, come to think of !t, but the people had moved to Sandusky, 0., and they wouldn't bother to try: to get them there.”* “How kind of them!" cried Mr. Jur, “What are they doing now, these telo- phone teasers?" "They aro calling up some friends in Yonkers, 1 believe,” replied Mra. Jarr. Mr, Jarr clutefted at his pocketbook, but said nothing. From the front room he could hear: "Oh, YOU don't MBAN 11? “Guess again! “No, I WON'T!" “Wait, Irene wants to talk to you, Charley! And Mr. Jarr knew the Miss Cackoi- were stil! hard at It they are real up-to-date gi They've got telephontiie in it's most virulent form!’ pista EN 41,000 Managers. y think," Little bridegrooms should be heard and not seen. what the men think it is and what the women say it ia. The May Manton Fashions IGH turned over H collars in Di- Tectolre style and revers that widen ss they approach the waist line are two tm- portant features of the season, and this waist includes them both. ‘The tucks at the shoul- ders provide pretty fullness in the fronts and the little vest ef- feot can be utilized for contrasting material if iked, In this case the collar Je lett open, and open necks of the kind will be much worn, but there Is @ little chem!- net! can be made © of lace or net adjusted under {he louse and attached te the collar that many women will be sure to , foliowing Into “The Morgue,” HIE management of the entire hos- (During wha of the twenty ff Maen? sala dae eae aie Gai Augustin Daly, once in desperation It, but not even when the great ma- I pital vervice of the Missour-Pa- Aull at Gieht than th the sastna after the old Fitth Avenue Theatre wis{siclan himse'f played there was he oifc-Iron Mountain system has \o0 et i agony ac destyoyed by Are, leased the house | 19 to conjure the publle into Its walle. | been turned over to the more than ehill of might condensing the air fand spent a fortune in beautifying it, | Herrmann lost Uke. ‘There is an um- ubted tendency to- ward long sleeves, but fashoin atlows those of \ | tc 379—~Why ere some objects Ulack?) vy 880—What causes echovs? Beaty greater part of his|forty-one thousand emplo: of those almost any length thet Pe be 1 lease iter capacity for holding But though nia company included Clara | *4vings in the enterprise, companies. Haravahiee "the hospitals 1s Incoming, ONE cea i a vtutton, a Morris and Fanny Davenport, in their| Finally the iate Sam 8. Shubert, when |have been operated ea part of the rail- Wm the we tee T Wednesday. Fere are replies to BAD BREAK prime, he could not mak- a Ko of tt, |he caine to New York with the vowed|way system. In order to establish the \i i Aa i M% yards materiel af Thana’ gt ie acne a : | After all efforts to made It pay as a) PUrpoRe of leasing anything that hd/ hospitals and to obtain for them the Pattern No, 7599— Fancy Waist with Ves 2 yards 36, 1% vane 4M (Wet countites.are tikely to. bel of iTat, Weekend Guest-Would you ask regular playhouse were found impos: |four walls, took a chance. He mado| needed credit for thelr proper conduct 1: 34 to 42 Bust. 44 inches wide with % mat cloudy ?)—Those where there are! gesond Week-End Guest ne © & corporation took hold, further extensive alterations, renamed |was necessary fot the Missouri-Pacific- | yard 21 for the collar and revers, 1% yards of lace for the sleeve frills, moat variable winds; En. ample. a2 (Why ts a red and lowering sun- rie a sign of rain?)-The alr's higher fons ure laden with condensing Mar lducing a famous English amusement | the house the Princess, and it is fair|iron Mounta!n syatem to advance funds Pattern Mo, 7599 is cut in sizes from 24 to 42 inches bust measure, enterprise caited "Ye London Streete,"|to state that the theatre did have one land take charge of operating the inat!- ‘ |vwhten Was so colossal a flasco that the |feally profitable tenancy—that of Mar-ltutions. All of the em property Iny dormant tn that condition|maret Angin and Henry Miller—wholctais have been pay naieenion WEIGHT FOR AGE. for years before any one could be found] With “ira” and “The Great Divide" : > fore any ony could be found 1% f ¢ Grea ‘i hw In that the colt you got wisn| “Does yqur wife object to your bes! \ 1.) cn “aan ' mghh obeh DORI, ban and, for exe!no! 1'd as soon think of askihg her for a _plece of Life, Call at THE EVENING WORLD MAY MANTON FASHION BUREAU, Donald Bullding, 100 West ‘Thirty-second street (opper on the amount site Gimbel Bros.), corner Sixth avenue and Thirty-second street, Ny temerity to tr new. were able to sell ont the capacity of]of their salaries, Now that the hospital New York, or gent by mati on receipt of Vapor which the rising gun canno, dis- 300,00 coupons? Ie looks o!) |!99 a clubMman? Ite last use was for fistls nally |the little theatre. However, it was #|gervice has become self-sustaining the stamps for each ,attern ordered, i Pei Da i imartin He is, He was born the year! “Oh, no, Why, before we'd been | ihe owners of the prop tore down | diftioult to find any att jon capadte pairoad company has decided to turn IMPORTANT—Write your address plainiy and always specity , t a udy night warmer began saving the coupons.—LAppin- married a aenth had me en: the building and erected a igh wall, of repeating this result that the Gilsey jts management over to the gmpio; ted, Acd two cents for ' thas a clear pne?)—The clouds prevent cott's, . Polled in the Ananiae Clubi” peiailey siti “ wre Eaaaa Ut 8 bir and in this condition the property stood, Eatatp summed the Weatre into offices, who contribute phe funds, U Si nee actin te Diino Oo ag A sip Pees Pa ks Ope re