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—— ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. eel OLR Revert THEE i. ered at the Doet.c et Ni ning he United States ae “aad My Postal Union, MYSTERIES OF THE MUNICIPAL PAYROLL. feed” os in the Police or Fire ection. Bureau, amount to between $40,000,000 All Countries in the International veseseeeeNO, 18,907 The Evening W Publiohed Dally Except Supday by Pe ree Fudiiening Company, ‘Noa, 68 to) ASTE and injustice in the city salary list is again worrying the Bureau of Municipal Research, If the Bureau has its way municipal extravagance in this direction will figure laggely as an issue in the campaign next fall. A special committee ef which Comptroller Prendergast is the head hes been investigating for months the forty-five thousand city jobs which ere not “standard- There is no sign, how- wren, that the committee will have finished its work before the “Non-standardized salaries of city employees, according to the and $50,000,000 annually. “Boring in taxes and increased efficiency must come primarily from the use of the city’s payroll, approximately $96,000,000 annually. ‘When several hundred employees were studied it was found that of 1a twe men doing the same grade of work one gets $300 and the other Wwhher side it breeds jealousy, envy and inefflc 7 vacuum cleaner... i ‘The barbers’ strike lasted tong enough to show many a man that he can shave himself. ——_.4.-—— THE LAW AND THE AUTO DRIVER. Of taking on ind more gpt to leave us enough of our wits to note his number. _Fate of six miles an hour can be as “reckless” as another ; ——— “Negrold dagces” they call ‘een in Lunnon. a THE FARMER KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS. \ day ad extend his and ease his ne i i s { i I ft eg : v 2 the peak or half mast? Uncle Jeo always replies et je tater, the at get along by trading horses tn Connecticut gay when there ie going to be a Oyster Bay is out Perhaps this te why it te eo pleer impending in the edit: borhood! jundered it. Gets $1,800; in another class one gets $600 and the other $2,400.” No business man would run his business a week on such a system. ‘het it ie bed economy for the employer @ child can see. On the iency among employees. Bae fall the District-Attorney’s office reported that municipal em- make up the largest class of workers who borrow from monoy “Not lees than twenty thousand city employees are turning re Gree « portion of their wages to salary loan companies every pay ve day.” Where red tape and burenu-made law ate in authority, in- end extravagance are sure of steady jobs. Comptroller Pren- should stir up his committee. The city payroll needs « mobiles in the city which go into effect June 1. If no chauffeur turny a corner faster than four miles an hour life will be relieved of much unnecessary excitement and peril. If ‘avery euto driver keops eight feet away from a street car discharging nm hour, which is allowed in the city, is lep@ likely to kill ue outright, T= is plenty of good intent in the new speed lawe for auto- _ Still we hope he does not think the new regulations leave him bo further worry about us. We shall demand as much discretion on hie part as ever. The plain fact is that one chauffeur driving at a going aizty. Tia rate of apeed is only part of his responsibility. ‘We hope she will Temember this. Laws or no laws, we expect no less care from him. ? We do mot etop'at finding him gasoline hey cutters sutomodiles ét home. ‘We maintain for his benefit in Barope « corps of experts under the august title of American Coni- mision on Agricultural Organisation, Co-operation and Rural wab-committes is scouring Germany for idees to holp Another sub-committee ; DD hance es preptre tag open ates Joe Brugh to hotet the star] St S64 On & pirate ahi eay are you going to set it | SAY Write fiction,’ the peak. W. abould go to the top, Decoration Day being a Gay these natural liars to mostly the wild cherry other tree in the gusiness. It only takes @ few minutes ee eae euthor of “A Bed of Roses," ie in eym welpathy wit Viojent fraget' It shows a good deal of ability for gph oe Fag ‘ ce the dird'e neste last year 1s back again and| ne new ones, ‘e and vigtlent blackbirds are on guard against says, “that if the Pyramide oom there ts a fine fight in the ety with the ras-| tured upside down all of these wor- a— Out i ay Wo Tickers HOUGH: the bridal path may be strewn wit! roses, ‘tie the wise couple that guts, ite thorns, Piness,” he eeserts. 7 After going ovér the usual injunctions to forgive ané’ forget, give and take, Avoiding the fault of nagging, the keep- ing of trifling troubles to one’s self, the folly of jestousy, &e., he puts forth two Drescriptions of advice whigh certainly ception in a serial story written in ef conventional letters, to @ ‘on the spot, ———— NEG IF SHE REA site , Slop TH CAN'T HEA be gentle ‘to a pretty young wife. Re- member ‘that the test of your good breeding Nes in the after years, when Py) no hag the endearing charms youth. “That is the time for you to be the real bi y Just 00, Mr, Levy. If the history of the mad marriages and oad and bad marriages be written they might be summed up in the ceasing to be newlyweds, He, of the first part, gives all and forgives al in the BARLY stages; while she, who adores him then, over- looks many defects. And, therein lie the elements of the honeymoon. Yet after a while, when life assumes & GENERAL course and each musi adapt himself or heradif to the many AXings that make or mar marriage— REAL test, Bra should CONTINUE his att!- tud Gentlenems that he assumed rom the beginning Jt would “grow on No. 7—Salesmanship. Fa HE Ousiness of selling good: offers ready employment to thousands of men who have not een trained to spe cla! profession. ' Gycceas | in thie work ie due solely to the character and personality of the man oftener than to any epeciat training that he receive, A good salesman optimist, a ready, fluent tal the: truth ie unattractive,” Qfies Jordan, now Mrs. Vermilye, writes fiction, Witness “Dima, the Comedian,” "The Creep- ing Tides.” Incidentally she was bora ia_ Dublin. ‘W. L. George, the Engiteh novelist, mobhed and chased off the attest. Long Island is clearly visible over by Saga- talte Sumner Lincoln, author of etorm. Monday it neemed as If you could on ‘Trevor Case” pees Lest if your arm wes long enough. The papers Diepateh,” @ recene detective story, is West proving to an editor that when he & newspaper women in Washington. the worrles of 3 ver riee will be found neatly Bierogiyphed Way commissioner in place | on thelr under sides," the taw says, he “must possess technical quiliti Messrs, Wrong & nations convinced them theta rab soma teats, wise it was , Tack, lone" know what {fe called engineering. We can| says 4, 8. M. ‘right. our talented town counsel, ‘My sleter Vere ia my dest oritle’ HMutehineca, auth Mappy Warrior," Netate or use a typewriter wet be seated, pen in hand, ‘The oan tore logical. The editor of the Greenwich | fore Norgvetus as the Cinderella whe has discovered that pow. tone from Johony Maher which | Germans,” all from of view, weed fore he turned to editorial work and Spanish war. Eleanor H. Porter, anna," learns that caught the moral of the tale. Octave ‘Thanet was @ dering horse- Weet. not know how to make love, Pre- ench herp of hep forth- etudio, grimy and rat-haunted, at Thirty-eighth atreet and Tenth Avenue, New Fork, In Whigh place my werk of svene-painting eormpelied me to pase a great many. of my nighta and days, Por two years, very moment | eould enateh from ther wart 3% On the other theman" was written while the author Re ‘The ti AT Buz2iInG flected joy unto himself. ad Daily Magazine, Tuesd. him" and become a HABIT and a re- ANXIBTY for him, and a TOLERA- TION of him and a bearing WITH of the divorce courts| him that only a wife who loves him iG NUMBER. By Sophie Irene Lozb are embodied in this particular advice|may maintain to the end. that Mr. Levy sets forth. Continually do we hi spectacle of the indivi wite A longer “the endear: And sometimes he more alluring object. In many of these case; ome to the realization there was but the “one woman" for! your husband’ him, And had he kept up a kindly in-| Then your days will be happy and the terest in her AFTER her endearing| end of your life a glorious sunset.” charme had vanished hi found that she had OTHER attributes| how to be a so-called: “good fe! that were time-proven, charms While the pretty face and beautiful | accord gown and the aparkiing glance may at- tract FOR THE MOMENT, there ts an| opposes things he ‘oughtn't’ to do, undercurrent of being that every man needs from THE one, Tt is a BELIEF tn him and a indeed. the woman he eye has no charm of youth,” 1s turned to some he iran has after all, would have ENDURING Indeed, the wise bridegroom who the sorry) pute forth an effort to RETAIN this 1 who has| attitude for his weéfare that finally NOT continued his gentleness and kind-| wine out in the ga-ne of life and love. ness and appreciation has mad ‘Therefore, Mr. June Bridegroom, KEEP UP your first feeling of gentle- ness toward her, the bride. The other pi ition advocated by the wise magia! he gives bride and labels “tenth.” He “Lastly, be @ good fellow you chum and sweetheart. Ah, wise is the woman who know For, im th man's wi COMRADE hings he WANTS to do, and not be a continuous wall that ten auch a woman profession ‘While there are schools technique of gelling, the authorship. He served on ship in the | set must be in the man himeelf, other words, successful salesmen are not There woman in fer girlhood days in the! jine of w ry sonality, How to Choose Your Occupation The Duties, Chances and Salaries in Various Lines of Work By Celia K. Husik Copyright, 2918, ty ‘The Fram Publishing Co. (The New York svéning World), one who knows when to stop when he has able to mak success in tnese? clean without born. or commission ot nis Marie Van Voret saya American men earn an amount depending solely upon n ability to make other peopl: ealeamen do phenomenally | tain him while I told him my tro! fortuna taattul ® pleasant voice, good judg- ment and tact, and the ability to read triends readily, this wor! iness and actual practice. tual y to! In ‘The man with a in salary apacity of hag @ good understanding of people and & thorough knowledge nat only ef hig ral, wants his comp: of oat wile @ gai ef ion as his side in hie} ties, aaden too ‘Pere eeute op peo Kens read, loguze euscces, tation for fairness | "Finally I saw The Man on the Road By H.T. a Copyright, 1918 by ‘The Pres Publishing Co, (The Sew York Evening World), OUT IN THE COLD. ID you ever strike really cold weather on the road?” asked the cigar salesman of no one in particular. “The first time I made St. Paul I found it 4—below,” replied the needle drummer, "I had never been in that section before and did not know the 66 local custom of not talking on the the mercury is low, In was so dry. that I was not at it was unusually cold, “The cops all had whiskers to keep their ¢aces from freesing and wore ear- «wraps. I had @ome calls to make in the ty to sell will usually find | poorer section of the city, as our house in connecting himself with @!was keen on selling the emall stores as Qn enthusiastic Bookseller who ba8/ business house where ample opportunity | wel) as the-large ones. I got lost in tn thie ‘the Polish quarter and several people nin this | chat I addressed could not understand ma well enough. te direct,me properly, 9 intelligent looking nd I tried to de- man hurrying alot He refused to Ileten hogan to Finally I shouted t you, understand me? customers. These quall- | his hands te the folds ef his everesat,"' ‘Teli tne eiticer to eusy den at the top of the comfortable ‘and honesty in @ealing and reliability see & peliceman,” co . , ealomen, ingly paves the way to happl-| turned quickly and shrugged his ra, BIO Ws-the thme' of year when‘ the pring gives e.man' brain-fog,ené the eternel monotony of ony one girl appears -to-give him'heortfag. ; i A “wipe”te just the'“tnnocent dy-atonder” who Roppened'to-de-neeredt on thet particular epring doy when'e mon was scieed with' the marrying } fever. ’ * Aled, {t te 20 Gficult, nowadays, for an eligidie bachelor to 'ééclée whether he would rather bee poor girls slave or 6 rich girls gerter ment, That utterly irrestetibie impulec to firt with every pretty girl Re meete, - which attacks a man at this sedeon, te « disease which he con ne more RED: -. than aphasia, paranoia ork! 4 A teoman wilt spends her last conf and Aer last drop of energy trying.to preserve her compleston. But'a man'appeare to take almost os much erie \ in a ewh-durned nose as @ swiall doy doce in @ sore toe. Never strike a woman when she's down; walt until che attempts fe .._ mount @ street car, and then-tell Rer, eRe's getting fat. Tho femate of the epectes may 86 more deadly than the male,:dut net more deadly than some of'them one meecte-at-the summer resorts. - The happiest girt isthe one who regards a.man's love as she doce-@ summet moon—daske in ite Deama’ while it ‘Idate, knowing perfocsiy wel » RAE” that it le Bound to change. ry Bring Airtations, uke -epring ‘flowers, are always the most detightfar’ the most-erpensve and perishable. rd Uncle Sam Has Cats on Payroll at $18.25 a Year} other food the cats’ thé Cat now draws regular pay frdm the Government. some cats an,annual pay envelope of 1n.38. And, t the present high cost of moui apectable salary for any of Unde’ gam. Nor do’ Kitty's political ideas affect her job when there's a new deal in administration’, . Many, by the way, are. soldier cats. The Government maintains and pro- vides for numerous cats, says the Chi- cago Tribune. The army has its regular corps of them, kept at the commissary Gepote of the great cities, and each draws regular pay equal to $18. a year. . It. ts custemary for the officer in chargé of each depot te eubmit to the War Départment a request for an al- Jowancé for so many cats, and the regu- lations provide that meat shall be pur- chased for them at a price.not greater than five eenta a pound; these ra- tions a @tated amount of ca milk is added for variety. : It has been proved by experiment that| cold. The cold storage cats are short scgsv no: matter how good the cats are, as/talled, chubby, with long and heavy soje hunters, mor how abundant the fur, and their eyebrows and whtskere > of” mice, no cat thrives. properly on| are extraordinarily long and’ strong. »o¥" a diet of unmitigated mouse; nor’ It is sald that they do not thrive when’ or does it nePlect its duties when transferred to an ordinary temperature. 1 @ated and tn such quantities as may Og": ys required.” * Pr reete jore than 400 cats are in the employ ‘97° of the Post-Office Department, éle- a tributed among about Attn of vd largest office. The New York office “ expends something like $0 annually fr °" cate’ meat. ‘ eer ‘Most of the other large governmental buildings ere supplied with cate, ‘an immense cold storage depot. stad have been found to ve there were sent there some of mous cold storage breed ‘from qualifications > : What to Do When Lightning. ar ee ' «Or Live Wires Cause Shock}? ive ‘ a man has’ received and unless it Is done and the’ kept out, the victim can not be’ behind the head of thé wie tim, grasp his forearms just below the #9: elbows and draw the arme backward * tcf mett Campbell Hall in the Engineering Magazine, Remove the victim frem contact with electric wire and revive | him by getting him to breathe Great | emre should be exercised by'the rescuer not t hock himeelf.. If witch ded as far as possible Then slowly puen am ind downward to the pre them @rmly egatust hold them there for about “4 ‘These movements are to be kept ep” until the patient is revived—usualy the + ¢ shock can be mage hour, and the eests 4 remove the body from the -circult by sof a plece of dry wood, using it 40 push the body aside or to litt from the body whatever is carrying cur- rent to It. St a When the victim has been removed from contact with the-current, turn him ‘on his back, loosen the clathing about his neek, chi ind abdomen ’and place © email log or rolled up coat in such @ way. a8 to throw his head: back and cheat Up. Next, with of (ary 4 ‘The movements described must be gone through slowly and steadily. During thle time the victim should be Xept as warm,’ as possible, and after he teging. to’ M4 |} breathe his iMmbs, should be rubbed ‘wast! | cloth, take hold of ‘his draw | briskly, the rubbing belng toward: the it well out, This cleat windpipe ) Useful ‘Liza Jane. ‘Lisa Jane wos @ very ‘ueful) “You haven't got a daughter about Gfty, o4 woman chime) yout —Harper’s Basar, rt a =z. itsf 3 id & : £ i H $ i 1 Rave made considerable the giles won't go to thelr husband: tren, Mow, there's Melle, eid, 00 af the best shite 3 i 3 ¢ ithe,