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TAXIORDINANCE AND THE PUBLIC _ They Insist on Retaining the Private Hackstand in - almost at one8. 0 that reasons that have been mi ay career eet once and para ees I am confident that the Mayor’ us in adjusting the same I for one wil PROMPT ACTION. i ‘one way or the othe: } ALDERMEN WANT TO ACT \evet AL! MEN IN FAVOR OF | Several Pavor the Marks- Meagher Ordinance, Which Would Lower Rates. counts for anythink at all.” BY SOPHIE IRENE LOEB, | »reviown'y deen advanced. ‘The principal fight in the Marke- cha Meagher ordinance, which practically in- @eses all the recommendations made by MMe Evening World for the lowering of @M® rates and measures for the public @onvenience, is centered on retaining the Private hack stands. The hote! men ad- vance the theory that they should have the right to have the private etand in #r@t of thetr piaces of business and that Qny change in the present aystem would people Yor® City, and the hack atand o'clock at City Hi fident that our committee has the ge: eral public's interest uppermost tn justing this measure. Thambse Themselves, Revealed a Lost Youngster. five yeara, of te: the fact that If indced irresponsible ‘de granted licenses to operate Competition with the cab companies, their persistence ¢o keop private hack they are continually tlooking only the public's but their own welfare in the procuring of « ul i i rellable public conveyance 1s enjoyed all through Europe. of protecting their guests: ls the seeming reason of their they are, in truth, setting forth the | she by their action that New York GMP Grants licknece to unscrupulous cad- | “Rg, tW° on, tle except those who operate in front Bee toms coors, ‘ey their continuous opposition to- @ny measure that will alleviate @istress and abolish the private hack Monopoly system they are h ie nt.” iceman counted his thumbs. “Threo,” sald the lieutenant. him away. He's yours.” -_—— Dice Colebratiog Birthdaay. it ! ees I have been on this committee and (8® constant Gostponements, many the express purpote of doing something. “It would sem to mé, now that we have the Markse-Meagher ordinance be- fore us with @ few chan&es that could easily be made by this committee, it might be made ready for the board eome action might be taken on tt at least. I would like to ese this Gone and put an end to holding (t up any Jonger for the various anifested, “It ts a public measure that has been up for years ana the public clamor for action as eftvocated by The Evining | Advices Markets and Stalls Be * committee will find this ordinance pro- | vides for the public's good im avery | Partictiar, and if they will work with ‘Alderman Marke eatd: “We have triea | {08 for Its solution has completed tts to put in this ordinance everything that |i®bore and made ite report. The com- the public has demanded, and I can-| Mittee consists of R. A, C. Smith, Louts not see any reason why it ought not to| F. Miller, Morris D. Waldman, Michael @o through if the public welfare ac- | Furst and Wiliam A. Cok Alderman Nicoll of the Mayor's com- jthat the pushcart in ite present forin mittee stated that his committes wor! should be done considering the Marka-Meagher orain- ance together with his own that had Next Monday at 3) large number of pushcarta in many © will consider | streets are a menace to life in that they oth of these ordinances and #0 Over | block the etreets to thé Fite Depart- suggestions toward @ final fecommenda- M tion to offer to the Mayor. I am con- io mentur | DIDN'T NEED THUMB PRINTS. tas Three, | the south by East Broadw As three thumbs adorn Harry Rosen, jo, 181 East New York avenue, Brooklyn, it was easy to find him after he had got lost yesterday. His elder sister had taken him to the Bronz and while she was visiting friends he ‘wandered from the house. Henry Brown found him orying at Willis avenue and One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street and took him to the Alexander avenue Police station. iar missed Harry wan trotted out of a rear room “Take eB BVENING WORLD, MONDAY, BM A ABOLISH PUSHCARTS AS MENACE TO LIFE, GAYNOR BOARD URGES mittee, 1 j some. carts ai Substituted—Praises Quality of Food Sold. shelter | The committee appointed by Mayor Gaynor Iaat December to study the push- |cdrt problem and make recommenda- weated tween | The gist of the cummittce's findings @ with and that Gre being operated tn population of the district b “It hae been found," sa | peddiera is nearly uniformly whol then obtains 11 the peddlers have become an important economic factor to the looalities in which they oon Under the Williamsburg Bri fre 222,000 square feet of space, of which 18,000 aquare feet are now used by pu! Proponed to rearrange this space #0 71,- 000 square feet should Under the Manhattan Bridge # is eug- suggested are: The olf market tn Grand street be ROW 81, 1918. Point, 1. 1, by the Cornet tnouity. “that the foodstuffs sold by senior, Won ‘he Morfison of $100, Tl and other commodities conaiderably Ne of the e there 1 nd 18,000 as a fish devoted to markets with 1,200 staile, and to rea of the fish market to Jeet. that space could be provided for ©,000 aquare feet mad Playeround, Other a1 money, said Mra. Henrotin. “The mania for spending ry day. Eesex and ladiow strests, the a@acent unocoupled school bulldings and the alley between them, a part of Hamilton Fish Park, @ limited epace in Tompkins Park with « similar structure, a United apage in Mulberry Bend Park, the narrow strip between the sidewalk and park waik from One Hundred and Bleventh to One Hundred and Six- teenth atreets of Thomas Jefferson Park. In the opinion of the committee the | ment, and @ menace to health. An ofM- cial count made by the Police Depart- ment showed 6,634 pushcarts in opera- on, while theer are only 2,800 licenses, | The greatest pushcart congestion is in | the district bounded o | Fourteenth street, on thi | Bowery, on the east by the river and on and Grand treet. Approximately 2,600 pushcarts Millions of women in Millions of homes will participate. of retailers, grocers, jobbers and manufacturers in almost every cit: ruit, vegetables, fish, milk and meats their sal The Highest. Authorities I had written for: perhaps ten years warning American women against canned foods. 1 said, put them up at home or go without them. I beg them now to use canned foods, We are proud to have them on our table. goods ere not available, the canned goods fill a most important place in the modorn dietary, and the wholesomeness, palatability and convenience of the prod- ucte are in most instances unquestion- able and under modern conditions of life thoy are filling @ larger and larger need. DR. HARVEY W. WILEY. ‘These canned Is were essential to the subsistence of the troops in the Philippines who were scattered through ‘the islands and subjected to unsanitary conditions énd surroundings. But the general good health of the army there, especially during cholera and pleque epidemics, when canned goods wero principally used. wae primarily duc to the variety and wholesomoncss of the canned foods. . BRIG.-GEN. HENRY G. SHARPE, Commissary Department, U. 8. A. , Canning is the art of preserving a food product tn @ hermetically sealed con- tniner, the preservation being accom- plished through sterilization by moans ie « liquid finish for floors, wood-work and furniture which combines the beauty of wax, the Garebiter of varnish and the case of ap- plication of furniture polish. Applied with @rag, it instantly gives a beautiful, wax-like fick that will outlast wax—that will not only outlast it, but will remain free from streake, scratches, and that dgngerous clipperiness which renders waxed floors so un- eatisfactory. ANVAR is on sale at leading hard- paint and household of heat. In its highest sonse the object i¢ to retain the food in as nearly a frean con- ditign as possible as to appearance, pal- atability and nutritive quality, or in the condition in which it is usually consumed. It affords the means of having whole- some, ent vegetables or other producth at all times and in places where otherwise the cost or tho labor of prep- aration would be prohibitive. DR. A. W. BITTING, Food ‘Technolo- gist, U. 8. Burcau of Chemistry. 6 mind oc Brescia ryarte dap ee oe sre Going prepared for the mur- ot the product In-actually cleaner ‘when prepared in the ordinary home ey 0 ‘f Foffaiversity of litinols, <n Oe +, The discovery of canning by heat and development of the danning industry Nature to constant!; ber f4 her lenty into the periods and places of destitution, and puts the June ger- den into the January, pantry. Dae. Leggett’s Premier Pure Food Creed is formulated after Dr. Wiley's stand- ards and scrupulously followed in the preparation of every article | bearing the Premier label. Under ithis label and over the signature jof \Francis H. Leggett & Co. no ‘article of food is packed which | violates in any way the most ex- jacting standards of purity and quality. \ | are from March 3ist to ‘The floor of the peddlers’ shefter reo ommended Ip to be Cour feet below grade and the playground on the roof 10 fest above grade. It ie proposed to build the walls of cement on dréck, with steel cotumne, the floors to be of concrete. The committee recommends the care and control of the shelters be pinced in the hands of the Comptroller or the Park Department. =< ——_—— ‘Win Prises at Corn awarded to Francis Harper of College He ta a member of the juntor class in the College of Arts and Scl- Morris 4. Bishop of Yonkers, a} ————— WIVES “MONEY CRAZED.” ntly in grilled her wenlthy asters at a meeting of the Forum yenterday, The Forum 18 made up of delegates from tragedy to the earning husband and father.” She has eriorated in a few decades to prof- mere spending of It le wasted on elaborate » Woman has much to learn from n: } University poetry prize can be seen woman who the friend- LL the HIGHER ATTRIBUTES of musical art—all the requisites of playerspiano encellence—these and more, are all possessions of the ‘mth the tone you can’t forget.” Proof outweighs claims. So then, the Behning has much the advantage by ‘evidence,” and it’s to your advantage to Anoto Behning truths before you buy a player-piano. Let's show you the “evidence.” “ FIFTH AVENUE Tat, 38th 8t., N.Y. “Eat them for Goodness Sake” Scokies'on nsquent 425 R.H. Macy & Co.'s Attractions Are Their Low Prices ae Herald Squere, g = €€ SUITS for CHAUFFE URS —That have a quality, dur- ability and appearance justifying prices considerably higher than those here quoted. Instances here of Macy's undisputed claim to lowest-in-the-city prices. In the new and much enlarged quarters of the Department of Automobile Supplies, on the Fifth Floor, 34th St. side. Macy's is, to the best of our knowledge, the only Store in the City featuring Auto- mobile Clothing and Accessories that does April Sth. Thousands of women who now use Canned Foods will buy their supplies this week. Thousands who've tired of canning their own foods will take advantage of it. This week is a climax of the great modern demand for pure food and economy. In Canned Foods today is the realization of this nation-wide demand. In Canned Foods Week is the proof,of purity. And the proof that the cost of the best of these foods is within every housewife’s reach. What Dr. Wiley Says Dr. Wiley, Marion Harland, and others are printing their ideas in the newspapers Foods sold in cans are picket! or procured close to the canneries. Usually not more than four or five hours pass from the time these foods are taken from their natural surroundings until they are sealed in the cans, sterlized at 250 degrees and ready for the market. They retain all their flavor, their natural freshness, their purity and food valueintact. You open them inyour kitchen as good as the day the containers were filled at the cannerics. From the solid foods to the fanciest dainties at any one can pay—at prices that keep down th of living. Get an assortment and try Canned Foods. pared with Canned Foods, économies can be effected them regularly. Take advantage of National Canned Foods You don’t until you have what this saving is. has in Canned Foods now. YOU WILL FIND PREMIER PURE FOODS AT ANY STORE WHICH DISPLAYS THE PREMIER STAR. See Your Dealer This Week See what he has—fruits, vegetables, fish, milk and meats of the most tempting kinds and varieties. how many different and delicious dishes can be pre- know that Then serve them in some form every day, Keep ac- count of your bills at the end of each week and see Go toyour dealer. See what he « | And Now, Madam, Comes National Canned Foods Week! Hundreds of thousands and town features —their cleanliness, See what th these Cann ey say. A Week of Pure Food the Country Over in regard to Canned Foods and their benefits urity, and food value. k for reci versity Instructors in Domestic Science. See | what the Food Technologist of the United States Bureau of Chemistry says about Canned Foods, of which there are sold in this country $80,000,000 worthy yearly. Get | ple’s ideas on the goodness of |© Foods, the flavor, the methods of |@ preparation and their health-giving qualities. See then, if you don’t want to US: CANNED FOODS THAN YOU EVER HAVE USED BEFORE. These are the world’s finest lpw-cost foods. Food can’t be prepared any better today. great hotels. white and inviting. You Will serve Canned Foods daily, as millions now do when you fully realize| these facts. prices e cost Learn used Week. White Ar Sliced B Whole Apricots Small Lima Beans Stringless Beans Fancy Maine Corn Extra Spinach ‘omatoes hite Cherries Smoked Beet Plum Pudding Ox Tongue Tunny ‘ish Cooked in the Containers at 250 Degrees And most of these foods are canned by| 5 machinery kept immaculately clean. These |Z canneries are like modern kitchens in the}Y Even the walls and ceilings are washed and thousands of gallons of hot water are daily used to scour and clean every part of the factory. They are spotless and Maine Blueberries in Sugar Preserved Red Rasp! jes jian Pineapple Bartlett Pears Run of the Garden a California Columbia River Salmon English Channel Mackere! Pine Red Cherries ol Pumpkin and Squash, ig Peaches Plums not give either dis- counts or commissions to chauffeurs, All the other stores do one or the other. The savings possible by Macy's one-price-torall sys lem to go straight to you. Norfolk Models at $18.74 No. 1. Either with full bell, Noe2+ Full Norfolk in made or with stitched pleats and “‘Oxford’’ gray, smooth- half-belt. Of a hard fin- finish cravenetted mate- ished, strong-wearing, rial. Well tailored and fin- cn aay fabric, in a fine ished and of unusual dura- ribbed serge effect. Sizes bility. Sizes 36 to 44. 36 to 44. Some Knickers, Most with long trousers, some long trousers. but a few with Knickers, by Uni-| € Norfolk Whipcord Suits, $19.74 Two pairs of long trousers with these. Full or half Norfolk models, in strong harsh finished whipcord of . dark “Oxford” gray. All sizes from 38 to 44. Norfolk Suits at $24.74; No. 1. Full or half-velled Noe 2. Full belted Norfolks models, in dark gray whip- or Norfolks with stitched cord effect, heavy and leats and half belt. arsh finished, narrow strong. Long trousers. All ribbed serge effects. Long sizes from 36 to 44, trousers. Sizes 36 to 44. Full Norfolk Whipcord Suits Special at $29.74 Very fine quality, narrow ribbed, light-weight fabric, of great durability. With long trousers. Sizes 36 to 44, Chauffeurs’ Regulation Caps Fitted with MORE|Q° —To match the Suits mentioned above. visor of patent leather. Caps at $1.89 Caps at $2.49 To match the Suits at To match the suit at $18.71, $19.74, $24.74, $29.74. Goggles in 36 different Styles Macy's stock of Goggles consists. of almost 3,000 pairs. White and Amber and Smoked lenses to be had in almost every style. Most of the models come in materials of several different colors, so that you have a choice of over a hundred distinct types of Gog- gles in Macy's Department, a selection probably not excelled in the city. There are eight different styles at $1.24, There are five different styles at 89c. Children’s and Misses’ Goggles in a wde selection of styles and colors at 69, The World is the Best Paper for ‘‘Boarders Wanted” Advertisements 160 West 122d Street, New York City, March Sth, 1912, New York World: 4 1 want to thank you very much for the seven time advertisement you inserted for me as it was a grat heip in getting boarders. i find the Morning World fs the best paper *o advertise ir. Yours truty, , CHARLES E. GARBY. Every “Boarders Wanted" printed in The World receives a circulation in New York City larger than that of the Herald, Times, Sun and Press combined.