The evening world. Newspaper, December 31, 1912, Page 8

‘i a T She eke world. ESTABLISHHD BY JOSEPH PULITZER. PWaWtished Daily Except su : 63 Park Row, New York, RALPH _PULATZDR, President, 63 Park Row, J. ANGUS SHA Treasurer, 65 Park Row, JOSHPH PULITZ! Jr, Secret 6 Park Row. ew York as Second-Class Matter. For England and the Continent and All Countries in the International Postal Union. . . » $9.75 oly Entered at the Post-Offico at N jon Rates to The bvening e World for the United States One Year... One Month and Canada » $2.50 30 Bet aE - VOLUME vase eee ii a enn amen vee FORWARD. EW YORK CITY is growing better,” Assistant District- N Attorney Moss told his audience at the People’s Forum. We hope that is the spirit and belief with which most Now Yorkers are beginning the New Year. This town has had some bad jolts during 1912. Its self-esteem fas been wounded, its pride brought low. Public attention is now sternly fixed upon biundering efforts to set things straight in a do- partment that lias brought disgrace upon us. And yet our very sensitiveness and shame are signs of progress end improvement. and officals. Never have they been more honestly eager to take hold @nd put matters right. Never have they 80 enthusiastically applauded and indorsed the swift and fearless carrying out of justice. Brazen Corruption and arrogance in the government of New York is as un- thinkable now as it was shamelessly apparent in earlier days, The worst elements of our municipal politics now find themselves hard , driven into narrowing corners. Already they have had to Jay down the old bludgeons of force dnd impudence and fight with the more elusive weapons of fincste and hypocrisy. Every year they are made to yield more ground, to retreat into darker hiding places. Our advance is slow and uneven—from “clean up” to “clean up.” {The fire of reform now flames, now smoulders. Yet it never goes ent. The dross is steadily consumed. a WHY NOT BE FAIR? FE ARE SORRY Bishop Doane had nothing but hard nfmer W for the suffragist pilgrims who plodded through the snows to Albany. After their long, brave march we should rather have scen everybody forget to blame in making them welcome. Never have the people of this city been more | ready to blush for their own misdoings or for those of their servants | jay by the Press Publishing Company, Nos, 53 to | r | FAMILY WATER WAGON Fam WATER “Their sole aim in making their pilgrimage, ae they are wont to call it, was to attract attention.” We would remind the good Bishop that spiritual movements of considerable moment in the world’s his- tory have rarely scorned to proselytize by the same means. One need not in the least believe in votes for women to see that woman suffrage in this country, yes, and in this State, has come to be too serious a matter to be waved aside as “silly excitement.” Whatever the final outcome, euffragiste hereabouts, by their numbers, tion, dignity and restraint—a restraint which deserves much more then the Bishop's grudging admission that “they are not so ill- behaved as their sisters in England”—have earned the right to be heard with courtesy and patience. Tt may be all most deplorable; a good many of us may find real ‘comfort in the thought that we shall be dead before the worst arrives ; Dut the simple fact remains that if women want tho vote and succeed in convincing men that they want it, we do not see, under the insli- | tutions of frce and enlightened government, what earthly power can stop them from getting it. Woman suffrage in this State is now a decent, orderly and ren- sonably intelligent portion of public sentiment and belief. We might a4 well make up our minds to treat it with consideration and respect. FRUSTRATING NATURE. PPLES—tine Baldwins—at five cents a quart” is a cheery New Year's cry, and the Housewives’ League ' deserves our thanks for raising it. Nineteen hundred ‘and twelve has been a great apple year. The trees hung so full this | " fail that most of them needed crutches and leaning poles. ! Simple, old-fashioned, honest economics of supply and demand * gould teach that when Nature has done her best and provided an extra supply of apples men, women and children may have them cheap and plenty. But not nowadays. Just as Mr. Morgan and his friends helped “valorize” coffee in Brazil when there was a lot of it by storing it up and holding it back so it wouldn’t get cheap and eommon, so the apple broker and storage man have learned to “valor- ize” apples by frustrating Nature’s good intentions. , Good apple years are no concern of the consumer, The retail price of apples | ™ rtayed this season at fifteen cents a quart until the Housewives’ _ + Zaague took a hand in tho game. Now the league will sell Baldwins * at five cents, the wholesale dealers promise al! the apples needed ¥o fill the demand, and there will be a fair profit at that. These “valorizers” are beginning to be found out. When the old storage men are made to disgorge their stores of eggs and the consumer ‘opens his eyes and sees the trick that has been played on him and his good friend Madame Nature. Why should gnybody be allowed to tamper with her generosity? —— Aad many of ‘em. $$ $$ $$ $< Letters From the People| ‘i A “Mix-Fitth” Cateh, of these municipal departments is such We the BAitor of The Evening World fa “trifle” as honoring the flag too pit- a aera a y The Press Publishing Co. New York Evening World), cried Mr. Jarr, fat 6é RE Gc ‘More calenders?” ! “Well, I think it real nice to be remembered for the New Year, even if it's Uncle Henry that sends you one," replied Mrs, Jarr, For Gertrude, the light running do- mestic, had brought the mail to the | head of the house and the mall was mostly calendars, “What did Uncle Henry send?” Jerr. “This year's or 1 this year or next's?” ‘It's next year's,” looking it over. “Well, Inst year he sent me last ye@’s, Or, rather, I mean this year he sent that year’s. Or, 1 mean—" Mrs. Jarr regarded him askance. So early in the morning with twisted tongue? No wonder you at moking room with the men at Mudridge-Smith's party last asked 21 said Mrs, night! “I'm alt right,” grumbled Mr, Jerr, “I wae just tr: to say that about thie time last year Uncle Henry sent me @ calendar of the same year, an old calendar that he had hanging in the harness room of the barn for about twelve months, till It smelt of harness soap and musty leather. And it was nothing but an advertisement for Tem- Derance Bitters.” “T suppose anything concerning tem- perance would be bitter to you," re- marked Mrs, Jarr, who was one of our best little twitters, ‘Well, It was to Several days ago I was given thl¥ aing por second thought? “If three-fifths of a piece of COMMON DECENCY, cost $1,200. how much will two pieces cost?” I anrwered $2,400.! 4 informed that I was wrons, $8 was a “catch” question and I did not ft, Can anyone tell me where the “catch” is if 1 am wrong? Me. 100 Hicks street. Gus. THAT FRESH GUY'S OOGLIN’ AT MY SKIRT! D io 09) remind you not to wait till the new year to ewear off old habits."’ cat ea lab ate a amines Ss Jarr, | Y What kind of a calendar does he send me thie year for next year asked _ Mr, Jarv, defautting in bis reply to her intimation, ‘The breakfast table was between them, and Mr, Jarr knew he was.to see none of the mvafl matter until it had been examined and censored. Espectally. was the case in the matter of household ‘bills. | ‘When current moneys are diverted from the household expenses by the lady ‘of the house the husband is not to know jof ft. And when he ts Informed by de- spairing tradesmen, he, the husband, had better mention the matter casually. ‘A wife does the best she can with what Uttle money she has to meet the bills with, and now that the children are getting bigger you'd be surprised to FAMILY WATER WAGON uy WAGON ~. December 31 1912 Compnight, 1912, by The Prom Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), ST men make New Year's resolutions for the same reason that @ small boy builds snow forts—just for the pleasure of smashing them, A man may save a girl's life fir hung nity's sake or chivairy's sake, Owt if he carries an wmbrelia to please her, it's for love's sake, Fatima was not the only tooman who has held the key to her huadand@’a firtations and been fool enough to open the door, thus wrecking her pemoe of mind forever. Why does on engaged girl always waste time worrying about the women her flance hae kissed, when it te only the women he has not yet kisted who should gwe her any real cause for worry? The franker and more natural a wontan is the more “mysterious” she acems toa men. Since the truth is the last thing he ever tells any women, it te the last thing which he expects frong her. A woman ts ahooys consumed with doubt as to whether or not she te loved, but the only thing about which a man has the slightest dowBt és whether or not he wants to be loved. ‘As far as a man is concerned, all women are divided into two classes: Those whom he takes seriously and those whom he takes automoditing, those whom he treats with reverence and those tchom he treats to cham- pagne, those to whom he loses his heart and those over whom he losce Me head. Don't fancy a man is in love with you because he makes himself avofully entertaining. The conversation of a ngin in love, dearie, is flatter thane Barcel toave on a damp morning. Happy New Year! And now tt comes—the magic day, When every man seems fearful, Leat he neglect a single way To put the “FULL” in “cheerful.” FAMILY WATER WAGON PERODERSEBE ESE LED DECREE SESLEOL OOD S BOOEAESOESEESEES Mr. Jarr Will Greet the New Year Under an Avalanche of Calendars $¥8SS9SSSSSSSSSSS 0999 99S989SSITSSTSIII9E900TSI=RSSD know what it costs for their clothes, Decause it’s the poorest kind of economy to buy cheap things for children. Be- sides, she doesn’t ask you whet you did with that four dollars you kept out of your pay Mast weck, @o there! “I pity Ps poor letter carriers," Mr. Jarre went on. ‘It's the last calendars that break the mall man's back, And what I want to know is how the Postal Department is going to take care of the new parcels post. It can't take care of the mail, as It is. If any public eervice corporation was to handle things the way the U. 8. mail does, well”— Mr. Jarr hushed hte heresy just in time. Suppose he were reported to the authorities amd denied the use of the mails? “You are alwave kicking about every- Copsrigh| IMMY MONKEY was sitting on the pantry shelf looking longingly at & plece of ple. A great struggle wes ‘Zoing on within him, @ struggle be- \tween hunger and duty, At tast Jimmy | reached over and grabbed the ple. ‘Then (ne jumped out of the kitchen window, cMmbed the bamboo tree and ate his pleco of pie. His mother would not be back for a long time, but he wondered what in the jworkd he could do to keep her from |spanking him when she got tome. While he was thinking about it Mr, Owl came and eat down near tim on the bamboo tree. “I say, Mr. Owl,” said Jimmy, t of trouble, Can't you help me out?” “What's the matter” émquired Mr, Owl, turning his eyes toward Jimmy slowly. “1 stole a plece of mother’s pie,” swered Jimmy. “Never mind,” aid Mr. Owl. “You go home and write a poem abt your mother, and when she finds that the plece of pte t@ gone arid etarts to scold you, Just read her the poem.” wai {9 wat the Fly! wv ZS } q 1 Q Jungle Tales for Children | | By Farmer Smith—— t, 1912, by The Prem Publishing © (The New York Krening World) “Bright idea! Bright (dea!" aald Jimmy, as he scampered up his mother's porch and into the house. He went into his room and began writ- ing a poem to his mother end singing to himself. Pretty eoon his mother came in, Amd the first thing she did was to 60 into the kitchen and then tnto the pantry. “Jimmy! Jimmy!" she shouted, ‘where are you, and what are you doing?” “Tm up here, writing @ plece of poetry, mother,” ceplied Jimmy. “Never mind the poetry,” sald nis mother, “Come right down here until T epank you.” Jimmy cushed downstairs and greeted hie mother with: “Just listen to the beautiful poem I've written about you: “I love my dearest mother, She is so very kind That when I take a piece of pie She really doesn't mind.” “You certainly are a bright boy,” said Mrs, Monkey, a¢ she grabbed Jimmy in her arms and gave him a bis! hus. & thing!" remerxed Mre. Jerr, shortly. ‘Tm going to let you #eve your own money after this and buy your owg| eifts. If I eet you @ necktte you aneer at it. And you have eidiculed me eo much about emoking sets and cigare that, just for that, I didn't @et you either this Christmas, although I saw lovely ones! You're getting to de a Tegular old crank!" “What's the calendar Uncle Henry sends me this year?” A horse liniment one or ® human patent medicine one again?” asked Mr. Grumble. “It's neither. Tt's one with views of Mud Creek near Hay Corners. Uncle Henry 1s bottling Mud Creek water for medicinal purposes, and ts getting out @n advertising calender. He has stuck a fetter in this one asking you if you can't get Jolin D. Rockefeller and An- drew Carnegie to send for « case of Mud Creek's Healing Waters, 2.60 a case, ¢. ©. b, ‘What's ¢, 0. b.? “And he also wants to know ff they won't write him letters éndorsing ft for all sufferers from gout, dyspepsia, rheu- matism and all the {lls flesh is heir to?” “Il slip @round :o Rockefeller’s to- night,” mumbled Mr. Jarr. ‘T'll bet the old man !s wondering why I haven't dropped in to see him lately. Andy Car- negie must be out of town. He hasn't called me up on the telephone recently @nd asked what's the matter thee I've Decome euch # stranger." “What does f. o. b. mean?” repeated Mra, Jarr, not ‘heeding these pleagan- tries. “Well, #0 far as Mud Creek's healing waters are concerned ft means ‘full of dullfrogs,” said Mr. Jarr. ‘““But Uncle Henry means he'll put the water on the cars and the consumer can pay the freight.” “And there's @ Poet's Calendar from Clara Mudridge-@mith, a Guffragette Calendar from Mrs, Gratch, and five or And Mr. Jarr said no more. iN {Just a Few Things You May Not Know About New Year’s BW YPAR'S DAY used to fall in March, not in January. And there was @ good deal of sense in this. Por even as the world’s first year was supposed to have begun in the sprouting of leaf and grass, so each New Year's Day was set for the season when nature degan to wake after her winter sleep, Jultus Caesar, not content with cutting ‘ap the earth to suit himself, decided to cut up the year in the same way. So in # B. C. he invented what was known as the Julian Calendar, and which eerved the world as a time measure for the nexf 1,600 years more, till the Gregorian Calendar took its place in 16M. Caesar put his trade mark on the job by changing the title of one of the months from “Quintilis” to “July,” in honor of his own first name. Up to then New Year's Day fell on March 1, As the people of early times lived in @ rather tropical climate March 1 was really the opening of spring, and {t was a good deal more like the real start of a fresh year than was the mid- winter date of Jen. 1, established by Julius Caesar. Gome of our months’ names date beck to that old style of time counting before Cassar got busy muddling it up. For in- stance, September, October, November and December start wit’: Sept, Oct, Nov and Dec, the first syllables of the Latin names for “seven,” “eight,” “nine” and “ten.” For when the mew year Degan on Maroh 1 they were respectively the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth months of the year. ‘The new year used to mean @oe of everything in nature and bumem Si Hence it was a time for festivals, sacred. As in our own Day, the sacred element at length @puit* was the start of our present New Eve revels, In the Bast originated going to visit one’s friends first day, to wish happinem for the coming months, And in time, Mike other Oriental custom, it found to America in the shape of | i j { aH id “New Year's cakes.” Also in the other re freshments served to New Yoar’s call- os. By the way, of course you know that there is now a difference of thireeen Gays between the Julian and the Gre- gorian calendary. The difference ie grow- ing greater right along. That moans we ‘woulki have celebrated New Year's Day on Dec. 19 if we had stuck to the el style of figuring our time. The differ- ence was only eleven days when Geosge ‘Washington was born. According to Bis reckoning, by the way, he was tera Feb, U, not Feb. 2. The Day’s Good Stories Caught on the Fly. WELL-KNOWN but broken down Detroit ‘ewapaper man, who had been a power fo goodity the other moming, and, would be home at 6 o'clock that qot into his auto and started for town, aubey had appeared and the ectved no intelligence of the missing man, dawn appeared, © form wagon containing farmer and the derelict husband drove up to @e house, while behind the wagon @ messenger boy with ea answer to one of Gclegvams, followed at intervals by five All of them read: . “Yes, Jobn is spending the night with ump,” IDetmootte, OYYY BU, Sambo," maid the colonel as te Grevted one of his’ old-time extaiame, “'T hope the world is tresting “1 suppose, ike all the rest of ts, yOu tering hard to get rich,” exid the colonel, “Waal, bow,” said Sambo, “Ab cyarat eh care much fo’ riches mabstf, sub, Oe height o my ambition am to become whes get might call @ watahmillionaire, mh," ‘4 ‘Whereupon the colonel sent him home ‘aii the foundation for such a fortune in the dpe of a watermelon that was just “‘a-ooslin' * with FARMER came to « small country @ige to consult with = Along the street looking fo at lest he saw the words, “Law Office,” ame ‘window thet was three stories high, ‘The eid farmer kept looking up at the window, amd walked backward and forth in front of the Guild. ing trying to se how to get to the Sewer office, ‘ In @ few minutes an old colored mam eae along and the farmer asked him how to get wp to the office, The negro looked up and saw @e fire eacape slong the front of the building ama maid: “Boss, there's the lay pect he has gone to dinner ty," pee es ra Twins! 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