The evening world. Newspaper, February 5, 1913, Page 20

TAXICAB DRIVER FROM LONDON IS LEASED HERE Doesn't Have to Know the Streets of New York if. He Has $2. “IT’S A JOKE,” HE SAYS. At “Home” It Takes a Year of Training to Get Permis- sion to Drive. BY SOPHIE IRENE LOEB. Here 1a the experience of a London “cabbie” who is now a full-fledged taxi- cab driver of New York City: Arrived in Now York nine weeks age. Declared his intention of becom- ing @ cttisen of the United States, Procured State's License 44,963. Immediately received lMoense 4,980 for tantoad. The laxity of our laws for granting Heenses in comparison with Europe was evidenced this week in the case of a London cabman obtaining a license to carry passengers through the streets of New York. He came here nine weeks ago from London, where he has been driving for the last fou ars. ‘@ @ Jol when I talked with him about en I first came to this city I got acquainted with some rivers and asked them how 1 must Proceed to get an examination as « driver, “‘Just go down to City Hall, show your two dollars and you can get away with {t, all right,’ they said, “and, strange to say, I did," added the cab- bie. “It is certainly amasing. Over in London 1 was six months getting my license, s0 strict are they about every point In connection with It. HI® SEVERE EXAMINATION IN LONDON. ie of my driver friends over jf several trials, have been pase the examination in a year’s time. When I firet tried for a license at home I had to drive the in- spector through London wherever he told me to drive. I had to learn how to turn at a moment's notice in the various sections, and you know how London is cut up into squares and cir- clea, and the enormous traffic there. “It I went down hills and did n x on the necessary brakes, or in the mer which he thought was just Haht, it was @ demerit for me and agains! my procuring a license. Besides an- swering many personal questions, 1 had to be able, in oral examination, to tell how to drive from Point to another in the nearest way, avoiding dead mile- «se, tell itt “And “If you do not satisfactorily answer afl the questions and do not 4: the ekill they require, the exa: with it's @ ati! performance, before he is a rea! driver, ‘But here, as they say,” ‘it 1s a cinch.’ Most any man who knows how to turn @ wheel or put on « brake becomes a driver. It is astonishing that the Gov- ¢rament allows a mén to get through 1 am quite sure that many driv. #0 egaily. of my friends would be over hi ing care gf they knew the ease which they would be allowed to op on the streets, “As to wages, I have driven several kinds of cars in London, and I cannot ny different here eee that the pay 1 from there. Howe’ I hear the tips are higher here. The last job I had in| Tendon was with the London Motor Cab Company. My wages were about $17.62 @ week, which are, I understand, th ‘wages your taxicab drivers receiv: | “The rents for Hving seem higher here, | —EEE but otherwise foodstuffs and consider- | Ang. the conveniences that you get pig other living expenses do not seem any | A Len-| don cabby cannot get a suMcient meal | different from those at home. Over there that satisfies for less than shilling (3 cents), and I do not thin’ ,the drivers pay very much more here. “Ba that ‘all around, considering: the New ny better off than the rates charged, I do not think the York driver is European driver.” LONDON DRIVERS MANAGE TO, GAVE MONEY. 50, a wife and bee le to support them comfortably, an we have come to this co tainly the steamship companies are no going to bring us over here for nothi #0 I have no reason to complain, “Many of my friends wno run tax cabs in London have very nice little bank accounts and others are building i Uttle homes in the country, So the taxl- Dr. Pierce says: “This tonic contains no alcohol t tink up the wab business in London, for the drivers red blood corpuscles; but, on the other hand, it incre: their number at least, is not so bad a proposition as non-informed drivers here I do not see, ‘you have anything some of the Would seem to wugKest. ‘8 you put It here, on us. “But I do think more money and than the passengers in London, wh! might make 4 little difference to a energetic man, which was partly my in centive for coming here. “ve there not many more a how they can heip getting tlonable people for drive 80 easy to obtain a license to d fe most remarkable to vay the least.” nd woe to the driver who can't er will tell you to come back in two or three months and you go away less wise than you ever thought you were. Oh, \bat on the other side, You have to give your whole Pedigree over there, and the fines are 00 heavy for every slight offense that a mag bas (o know all about the business v d him about the average driver friends at home, y and cer- ¢ Americans spend such higher tps tian, wile or antawer suoel bate fe remedy, and re {just as good’ medici 4 6 medicines. Nothing but Dr. i Seoratare in ine Us Wane as rrornge Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will do you half as much good.” on the whole, | do not see why Idents and any objecs it | When 1 asked Chici Byenuon as to SHE'S TO BE BRIDE OF “HONEY” HAWE’S FORMER & HUSBAND. News Oddilies A fed, white and blue quilt containing 5,98 separate pieces has been sent to President Taft by 8. H. Read, a civil war veteran of Meria, Neb. Mra, Frank Law, widow of @ Chinathan, whom she “married for spite when her Parents in Brooklyn insisted on picking out @ husband for her,” has put her three children in a home at Hackensack, Miss Margaret Cummings of Bristol, Conn, was scolded by her flance, jilted him and married another. “I want a husband, not a boss,” ehe explains. Lieut.-Gov, 0" post for “white slavers."’ ff Tiltnois ie urging a law establishing the whipping — Commissioner Stover has ordered the high hedge of Stuyvesant Square Park ut down because “spoonere” ruin the lawn dragging benches into the shadows. A Missouri legisiator hae introduced @ bill wear 4 dollar. roviding s that button up the back unless tHe button: married man. fine for women who as large as silver Nyack hi to harvest th an ice pond, bought at tax eale, and the trustees have decided joe and sell it at cost to villagers this summer. Three sleeping cars were missing when « B; & O. express reached St. Louts yesterday, They were found an hour later in the tunnel that runs under the business section of the city. The entire English Cabinet sneezed for the suffragettes yesterday. containing red pepper were delivered simultaneously to every Minister. Letters Pinochle at five cents a game of 1,000 points ten't gambling, according to Mag- {etrate O'Connor, who discharged three men arraigned before him as “common wamblers.” ‘Mise Alice Lahey of the National Consumers’ Lea; e yal on beer.” The league is @ pure food advocate, not an anti-temperance organisation, Hees MABEL MOREDOCK Twenty-one-yeat-old Miss Mabel More- dock, who |s to be the third wife of Josiah Vankirk Thompson, the miilion- aire coal operator of Uniontown, Pa., ts accounted one of the prettiest brunettes in Pennsylvania. She comes of an old Greene Cou » family. ‘Thompson's first wife died in 18%, leaving him two sons, His second wite was the widow of a well known race- track man named Hawes, She was known in sporting, circles as Mrs. “Honey” Hawes, On her he says he spent a million dollars before their divoree. cannellini 5 DAYS OLD, ENGAGED TO WED | Parents Auree, and Wedding Will | Take Place Many Years Heneo. Lena M. Bates of Athol, M won @ $1,460 verdict In a breach of promt sult againt Leroy White, but 1s ordered to pay him §2% for work on her mother's farm during their love-making days, All the Chinese of New York are celebrating Ash Wednesday to-day. It happens to be the Chinese New Year, Business men of Paterson, N. J., have made up @ ‘dead beat” list of 300 and combined to sue them ali for unpaid bille, Employees of the Pennsytvania Ratiroag@ must address patrons as “Madam” and “Sir,” and a new rule bare “friend,” “stranger,” “sister,” “brother” and “neighbor.” Gink, boob, wop and similar names are not mentioned, Harry LApechits of No. 78 East One Hundredth street, a roofer, was killed to-day in a fall from the roof of the new Bt. John's Roman Catholic Church, Vanderbilt and Lafayette avenues, Brooklyn, to the eldewalk, forty. fect below.” CLLEGE GIS PLA 10 RABE $1,000,000 mre seemed 40 ° children in the knowledge that they ‘were engaged to each other. poacalacdea'Sckh CROWN PRINCE IMPROVES. YALTA, Crimea, Russla, Feb. 6—The i +7 Imperial Crown Prince Alexis is still un- aries at Smith. Jable to straighten his left leg at the! knee, owing to the injury he sustained recently, but according to the physician in attendance, Dr. Derevenio, this is this case he anewered: “Tt is quite true, We have little or no means at our dis- posal for proper examination. There ar only even men in this office, whose time fe fully taken up examining vehicles and attending to the clerical work here, having little opportunity to go into the examination of taxicab drivers. CHIEF DRENNON DEPLORES THE CONDITIONS. “It is deplorable, indeed, to say the least, and while Chief Wallace is doing all in his power to relieve this condition, yet the present ordinance does not ad- mit of strict examination in the choice of Grivers. Ard until things are prop- Sacer ‘We cannot hope for better Condit! “For example, in order to obtain a license a man must have two citisens to vouch for him. ‘These citizene sign their names to the vouchers. But bi ino syst@m at our disposal by wh! vouchers could i their reliability. ter, born in the same fiat pene Ge The Money Is to Be Used to Increase Faculty and Sal- The alumnae of Smith College are try- ing to ralee $1,000,000 for th ment of the co! nod increased commander of the | garrison of Y: the Prince is as full of spirits and as happy as ever he amount through the collection of nick-! was. He has grown considerably tulle The country has been divid and more muscular since last spring. sections, and on the New York drive dally elther in a car- haa fallen the responsibility of raisin; leigh? $200,000. Mrs. William J. Baldwin | No, 14 East Fifty-sixth street, tx cha! | man of the local campaign committe: Bmith College graduates, hundreds in nvaswed the city yesterday rips of cardboard with their Each strip is ten many nickels. strip in labelled up “T trust the Aldermen will ove the nevessity of a more complete Inspection ernie ma: en C4 uthentic proote of @ man’ id passa Ay thoreugaly looked into, We are practically powerless in the matter of enforcing "tae Present iow the magistrates of the city are ‘t variance in the interpre- tation of the same.” I asked Mr. Drennon concerning the decision of Magistrate Paul Krotel of the Fifth District who had discharged Annie Mc burned to death and her daughter, Mrs | Annie Murphy, was severely injured yesterday afternoon in the kitchen) of their home, No. 444 East Eighty- seventh street. Mrs, McGra: dress THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1918. BOY ON SLED SEES COMRADE DRIVE 10 DEATH UNDER AUTO} Coasting on Holliswood Hill, Hollis, BRADFORD'S L, L, last night, Clinton Wilcox, fifteen years old, and Adolph Dich’, ran under Pgee: Bo, cee Hy? Lt @n auto of the Standard Bithulithi) pa A® orcellent correc! sat ene Company, No. 9 Church street, Man- ae seat wri foation. the wx hattan, operated by John Kohiass of|ff without or No, 82% North Main street, Hempstead. | *" sient Hl ah not badly hurt, but Wilcox fell under the machine and @ rear wheel crushed his head, had just turned out for Diehi's brother, Andrew, who was on a sled some dis- tance ahead, but he aid no see the a ond sled, which ran betw ef and rear wheels as th chine wes crossing the slope thr Hillside ave- nue on {ts way to the garage. The Wilcox boy w son of pact Wilcox, telephone operator in Jamal Police Headau Are YouRunDown?: The gone Light, eg, Moet Then Take 1 Dieh! was knocked clear and was At alt drug stores ‘or by matt, BRADFORD MEDICINE 00. 400 West 284 8t, N. ¥. killing him instantly. Kohlass PENWOOD THE NEV! RED-MAN 2 FOR 25 CENT COLLAR IN ALL GOOD STORES TO-DAY EARL & WILSON, MAKERS. James McCreary & Co. Announce An Unprecedented Sale dames McCreery & Co. Séth Street 23rd Street On Sale Thursday, February 6th. FUR COATS, MUFFS & SCARES. Hudson Seal Coats, full length.........125.00 formerly 175.00 formerly 75.00 Caracul Coats,—45 or 52 inches long.....55.00 formerly 72.50 Ponyskin Coats......... formerly 70.00, 52.50 Persian Lamb Coats, 36 inches long....135.00 formerly 175.00 Fur Lined Coats of Mixed or Black Fabrics.29,.50 formerly 42.50 Pointed Fox Mtffs......formerly 42.50, 32.50 French Seal Coats, 52 inches long. . Pointed Fox Scarfs....:. “° 34.80, 24.50 Black Fox Muffs........ “ 22.80, 17.50 Black Fox Scarfs........ “ 2280, 17.50 Silver Kitt Fox Muffs.... “ 47.80, 37.50 Silver Kitt Scarfs....... “ 47.80, 37.50 Cross Fox Muffs......... “ 45.00, 35.00 25.00 12.50 10.50 6.95 2.75 Cross Fox Scarfs. . ee 35.00, Natural Raccoon Muffs.. « 16.50, Natural Raccoon Scarfs. “ 14.50, . Persian Paw Muffs...........:.seeeseee Persian Paw Scarfs...........sseseeee8 Oriental Rugs. During February Complete Range of Sizes, Qualities and Weaves, at Remarkable Reductions 34th Street . 23rd Street a driver, Joseph Lebost, yesterday, who had been arraigned for operating with- out a license and wilfully taking off his taximeter. Mr, Drennon answered, other example. If all vehicl o pelled to have taximeters such con+ ditions could not arrise. For, when @ in opera! without a taximeter his cl hack and when he puts a , ‘on it becomes a taxicab. The at cross-purposes with the fo that it Je with diMculty me may be interpreted, and ferences of opinions among caught fire from the stove and Mrs. her, was “Nickel-Plate-Road to the Million Dol- 4 strip is filled rent to Antoin- 322 Lawrence the originator | S.A Jury toe day held that the A Express Com- | pany was Mable for the death of a show dog, Prince Regent, which was being shipped from Braintree, Mass. to ‘ts owner in this city, and awarded $1,500 damages. “This is @ regular railroad scheme,” said Mrs. Barrett Hanson Witherbeo, Chairman of the Collection Committee of the class of 1906, O’Ryan, ALBANY, Feb. 5.—The enactment ot rep Wil be meade en officer, The per. tion to provide an annual salary the greatest number of | of $7,500 for Major-Gen. John F. 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Undoubtedly the sin of gluttony rested on the King and not onthe Bishop; but just imagine the grief of the most noted Chef of hie time when he found the dish he had prepared at such pains eo shockingly misused, It would have cost many thousands of dol- _lare to get a recipe from that Imperial cook, but the Sunday World Magazine presents brand new recipes from no less than seven famous chefs now in New York, all of which the readers of ‘The World can have FREE by simply getting their Sunday Magazine, Think of a dinner prepared on the recipes of seven of the Greatest Masters of the Culinary Art in the world! These seven incomparable artists tell you how to prepare a dish of succo- tash that would make, simply on mentioning it, a gastronome’s mouth water. And those “olives surprises” you love so well—not to speak of that delicious spaghetti upon which Oliver of the Beaux Arts stakes his professional reputation. Then to our sweetbreads with mushrooms, those marvels of the Gotham menu, not to speak of the ‘mousse of chicken ala Virginienne,” in which Rene Anyard of the Waldorf-Astoria reveals the sensi- bilities of your true artist. Hardly have we discussed that dish, when along comes a recipe for “minced chicken a la King,” which Chef Ballard of Louis Martin's got in a moment of in- spiration, and should have been written In golden letters, so as never to be lost. ish’ did you say? Well, there’sa new way of preparing bluefish—‘fisherman’s way"—which that veri- table genius of the Hotel Plaza, Nestor Lathard, guarantees to make all other ways look like that famous road paved with good intentions which leads to—well, never mind about that, but get busy with the “oyster croutons” from the Ritz-Carlton; and by that time, you will be like that mediaeval prince who after one good dinner asked that he might die then, as he could not be sure of getting anything quite so good again here or hereafter. Certainly you must not miss that greatest of pages in the Sunday Magazine, that most delicious, appetizing, soul-satisfying, stomach-titillating, mouth-watering, mind-resting, eye-entrancing page of golden recipes specially prepared by seven of the greatest wonders of the modern world, the seven greatest Chefs of New York, By All Means Get Next Sunday’s World “McCREERY SILKS.” Famous Over Half A Century. 10,000 yards of Black Dress Silks in this season’s most fashionable weaves. value 1.25t03.00, 75c to 1.85 yd. 6,000 yards, Double Width Lyons Broche Silk Voile in the latest Parisian colors, also White or Black. value1.so, 1.00 yd. COTTON DRESS FABRICS. For Spring, 1913. 150 Pieces French Ratine Suiting in all the new shades, also White or Black. 46 inches wide. value 1.75, Q5Scyd. Woven Striped Wash Crepe,— White and colored grounds. value 25c, 15cyd. IMPORTANT SALE For the remainder of the week. ICH CUT GLASS. ‘Brilliant Cut Glass, including all the new pat- terns of deep, floral and combination cuttings, ‘Comports, Jugs, Orange Bowls, Vases, Baskets, Ice Tubs, Fern Dishes, Celery Dishes, a ae Mayonnaise Sets and numerous other i value 3.60t0 8.00, 2.50 each Ice Cream Trays, Water Sets, Footed Punch Bowla; Cabarets, Whiskey Jugs, Claret Jugs, Vases, Fern Dishes, Cheese and Cracker Plates, Sandwich Plates, etc. value 7.000 10.00, 5.00 each DINNER SERVICES. Exceptionally Low Prices, Limoges China, — natural floral design, 101 pieces. formerly 27.50, 20.00 Limoges or Austrian China,—green or pink floral border, 101 pieces. formerly 38.00, 25.00 Limoges China,—border decoration with coin gold handles. formerly 39.00, 29.00 Limoges China,—green and pink border design witkeoin gold handles. formerly 68.00, 52.50 34th Street 23rd Street ———eEeEeeeeeeeeeeeeaeaaeaeaaEeEq>q>=-—=xqXX]xq]TT=ET=TlTlyEES IT MAKES LITTLE DIFFERENCE WHAT YOU NEED— | A WORLD “WANT” AD. WILL GO GET IT. f