The evening world. Newspaper, July 7, 1913, Page 12

The Evening World Daily Magazine, Cre NE cow, 3 Peeiahed Dally Euevt Sunder by the Frese Publishing Company, Nos. $3 to SANGO MIAW. Kroes Park Row, . ANG IAW, rer, JOSEPH PU! Jt. Becre! os b¢ aC ster, tice farce ter The evening Tor “Hngiand and the, Inent and Werld for the Unite: States All Countries in the International * and Canad: Postal Union The Day of Rest #4 «2: By Maucce Keven | The Stories of - oy | Famous Novels By Albert Payson Terhune Coprright. 1918, by ‘The Pree Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World. No. 44—THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP, by Charles Dickens. N ELL TRENT was an orphan. She had always lived with her St BhkTey be OVEN) WHILE 1 DRESS }f! | JOHN, INAVE A PE IN THe OVEN tant } You ToWATCH IT | ———_ Year rr One Year. oo Month. seen eeeoeroee a VOLUME 54......cssecccceseesssesccscecsccsesNO, 18,048 TRIUMPH FOR THE TAXPAYER, TOO? FTER coquetting for months with the problem of restoring A the disgracefully neglected roadway of the West Drive in Central Park, Commissioner Stover at last announces that the contract has been awarded and the work will begin. According to — the Commissioner his analytical chemists have distinguished them- selves by exacting from the contractors a masterpiece of fine paving. "The surface of the road will be of rock asphalt resting on a six-inch v BS foundation of concrete. The job will cost $96,000. ce While his experts are in the mood Mr. Stover might remind him- % eelf that the East Drive is also in shocking condition. Just inside grandfather, a feeble old man,¢who kept a curiosity shop im poor quarter of London. She and the old man had only each | other to love. And, with a crazy idea of winning « fortune for | Nell, the grandfather used to squander every penny of the shop’s profits at @ gambling house. ' At last he had no more money and was forced to borrow from & m@ \Helous dwarf named Quilp. He could not pay, and Quilp seized the shop ‘for his debt. K Homeless, the old man and Nell wandered forth from Loadon—two | helpless children, she the older in all save years—in the hope of makiag a living in the country. There they fell in with a couple of men who owsed ® Punch and Judy show and who took the wanderers along with them tor a time. Fey The showmen had an Idea that Nell and her companion had run away fret rioh friends and that @ reward might be offered for their return. So they JOHN, them clonely. Nell became worried at this, and she and her grandfather tria the main entrance to the Park at Fifth avenue and Fifty-ninth street Don't You aged one day to escape ays Lolli [deh Sempra » tes, ¥) er mi ja Oo ramping ‘ough the fre ie 4 the roadway is incredibly bad. HEAR NE \itul country, 90 different from the smoky Londen’ thr 5 Another $100,000 is to be spent in repaving Riverside Drive from WHEN | CALL had quitted, they Joined a travelling wax-worke show fia” | _ Beventy-second street to One Hundred and Tenth street. As every- ‘You 2 Giedty cave tees t080 ane Wattle sh chen MOL gladly gave them food and shelter in return for such It work as they could do. + There, for a time, Nell's life was happy. But soon a horrible discovery nearly broke her heart. She found that her grandfather wan plotting to induige nis mania for gambling by stealing money from Mrs. Jarley. body knows, automobiles and particularly the heavy auto buses have rediiced that gravel thoroughfare to a sorry state. Nothing but its ete renewal will serve. The Commissioner promises that the F mew Drive shall have a concrete foundation with « three-inch Dituminous surface capable of standing the wear and tear of the To prevent him from committing such @ crime and to eave their benefactres@ from betng robbed the onild persuaded the old man to leave the wax-works caravan and to begin again their alnices wanderings, And in time they came to safe anchorage. An elderly echoolmaster in a diss tant village gave them a home én his cottage, and he found employment for Nell as pew opener in @ nearby church, and there, for a space, the two untor- bus traffic. Last week the Borough President sent out advance notices that Fifth avenue will shortly be reasphalted from Washington Square to ee ha Cansay: gortresy dgeigres tadany the, hy seal had employed & boy Forty-second street. At the same time widening operations below 5 4 named Kit who was devoted to Nell. Kit tad made fun of Quilp's hideous 3 Twenty-third street will be completed. Forty-third street and Forty- E fourth street west of Sixth avenue are nay torn up and ready for fe new asphalt. ¥ All this means much work, much inconvenience and no little ex- y pense. That Manhattan has had a permanent change of heart and ie will never again let its pavements, at least in its show sections, become % oleh K eas Wall eae & aan a disgrace may be taken for granted. The past two years have seen " atts, ORTH WAS Atoet Cor Nell) and ‘Her grandiather, Ths otf Stee a marked advance in this respect. Fifteen eats ago a Committee | Goes peat, eoent be Glaviate: gall iatiel aaiatnetarinnsd a b Bee a8 epvetated by Mayor Gaynor summed up conditions here- After a Jong hunt aaa tor @rueatsinas: lobed. “pu ne wus toe Gig ne tha hat) found vg old on seated in front of the fire, a a If the condition of s city’s pavements is a fair gauge of Hs w. Late. peers sy Pgdes a ; Bad was Mores Tn anoth f pt ¢tvilization, as has been maintained by high authorities, New York ? it was her last sleep. Hi outta, pte oft must rank low in the scale. That its pavements are an unmistak- guardianship was forever ended; the burden, too heavy for her frail shoulders,’ able evidence of provincialism there can be no doubt. The pave- was at last naira aie on Leggo plea) cdhade pr Niaslinaycbennode Gente: : ments of the clty are and probably always have been very inferior : ‘Dear, gentle, Jent, nol was . Her little bird—e poor, . a to those of first-class cities of the old world. There !s no city on Seer ee rere ce Ruait a6 40 cutincomren wea catte cea otertD earth which stands in greater need of good pavements than Man- ul hattan Borough. If the same committee were to report to-day it would be forced in fairness to point out that something has been accomplished. An immense amount remains to be done, but the pavements of the shop- ping districts and the so-called hotel and theatre settion of Manhattan a HE tremp* looked shrewdly at Miso Wary. were never in better shape than they are to-day. In no way has neta New Sevesien tar ha seins a fs President McAneny left a more lasting stamp upon his borough than 3 by smoothing its streets and reclaiming them for the fullest use and enjoyment of the public. Z f First-class paving is costly. Taxpayers are not urging the city to look for ways to apend money. Yet the average citizen will admit that smooth, enduring pavements are about the first self-indulgence face and figure and thereby had won the dwvarf's hatred. Quilp vowed to culay the lad’s career. He and an accomplice, a rascally lawyer named Sampson Brags,” @aused Kit's arrest on @ false charge of theft. The boy was sent to prison. But Dick Swiveller, Brass's discharged clérk,. learned from the lawyer's little maid-of-all-work, ‘the Marchioness,” what ‘iad’ befallen Kit. Kind-hearted Dick soon proved the poor boy’s innocence and o® cured his release. " Quilp, his plots exposed, fled from justice. But, falling into the river on « dark night, he was drowned. DOHDDOHOODHHOODOOOO y $100 “In fact, it is a new idea with| “Mra, Blotch sald it was enough to)the four rear seats they should ignore a big city can rightly afford. Nothing adds more to comfort and con- : » Mrs, Blotch, She it had just oc-| take the heart out of one who was|the ees which te if they do not hres , t 2. curred to her and of course she put our | working for any cause; but most women | smoking they 101 take seats fu: or wenience, whether for business or pleasure. Nothing makes so imme- patuen Gown an Pounders” would NOT pay more than 2 @ year to | up.” diate and favorable an impression on visitors. Nothing discredits a} city more promptly than rough streets. 8 Founders?’ asked Mr. Jarr. | belong to any club. And sometimes shi ‘They do that already,” suggested Founders pay $100 and their | had to dun them shamefully to even get Jarr. Zs names aro inscribed on a bronse tablet | the $2." 1 “Well, then, members of the Society But there is every reacon why money spent on paving should be on the cornerstone of the Temple of| “But what is this Society to Ignore |to Ignore the Obvious must not make wieely and economical! t. And thei " h Rav E Reason, when funds have been raised to| the Obvious?” asked Mr, Jarr. marks such as ‘How stout you are ba y apent, eit experience has made New bulld the Temple of Reason, Life mem-| “Well, primarily, Mrs. Blotch says, see you are not touching Yorkers cynical. They have seen so much newly-laid asphalt after afew ths in rolls, ridges and cracks requiring incessant repair. ‘They have'seen streets freshly laid down only to be torn up the next a week at the whim of some gas or telephone company that ought to! r |. 1913, by The Pres Publisting CO | bers pay 960. Patrons pay $8. Charter few York hres Wort members pay #10 and ordinary members 66 RS, Josephine Bleesingto” | pay annual dues of $2 open atreet cara and find they are on |says, social questions are more to the M Blotch was in to see me to- | —__ nde, than sociological ones, so to a 4 Mrs, Jarr w speak.” me home the other “I know what she means,” sald Mr, it 1# to inculcate savoir faire and tact. y more!’ and things like To instance, when women get on the 3 4 have'been compelled to make its repairs before the work of paving in ail this heat, too, and Sarre SW FOR mee 8 slend ae >was started. They have seen avenues lying for weeks in ruin and|a edule as fey The ‘Home i pei one tine pelt Lela ion awaiting the convenie: “What did she want? Q ‘How's your wife?’ He is apt to reply esdlation awaiting the convenience of a contractor. They have seen| Gaal ie. ba as and’ iataetus ‘Haven't you heard? It is = matter of within the last week or two brand new wooden block pavement, sup-| but knowing the visit Copyright, 1918, by ‘The Pres Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World). which I cannot speak!’ And then he posedly first class, become a nuisance through oozing creosote. What | "anted someth! 7 6 LL th’ feelin’ uy patriotism);ago a 1 dubbed him th’ ‘home-town| takes you aside tells you all about “Wall,” sald arr, “she was very A what may have grew in my|turnip.’ He wus always blowin’ about|it for two hours.” wonder that for the average New Yorker “paving contract” spells dis- | sweet about | did mention that breast, befor he wus born in an’ where bis} “You shouldn't know such people, in henest material and half-done work! We were in arrears for our dues to the tin lived. Th’ air wuz purer an'| the first place!” said Mrs, Jarr sharply. The M or’ Pi i Ce itt t i . Soctety for Ignoring the Obvious. Juice this Fourth/ th’ grass longer an’ th’ people honester| ‘And I sume you are making an in- : a ‘8 Paving Committee found that such conditions have : shat new one sat oar pa hcl | of July,” Con-|than any place else on earth. There Crest renastion on Mrs, Blessington 4 jarr, ‘I don't remem ving Joined. mance moaned! wuzn't @ thing that feller seen, except|Blotch. She has been very good to her been due ignorance of approved modern methods of Paving as car-) gut maybe that'n part of Mes. Blotch's | Grearlly,“While| th’ subway an’ a couple uv akyscrapere,| husbands, ‘The last time ahe married It ried on in places outside of the United States, restrictive specifications | plan for ignoring the obvious—collecting | 1g everybody wus off| that had him feared fer findin’ a sister| Was to @ very young man and she sent which gave all asphalt contracts to one monopoly, too much license | {ue%, from, People who never heard of havin’ a jubilee,| attraction up in Valencia, Vermont,|ti!m through college on her salary as the organization before. ‘ th’ substitute what Fi ipecretary and treasurer of the Goclety to contractors to block and cumber the streets and a lack of co-opera-| “! think {t's « mplendi@ idea, though, T had counted on aye ni oe OP caadint me alto Encourage Deep Breathing. 9 \ | uw @ to 1 tion between the city and public service companies maintaining under- | ra: ere, Diath paid. she really | to take my place| polled New England dinner in th’ ‘%6o| “Indeed vou think Mrs. Blotch has : j . Speen odes Gabacaee |) | d wires and conduits. lect! : went an’ got reck-| fer perfectly good dinner’ places he'd | 8" easy time of It, but she wae very i i who find ft , groun: i. er collections, less with a aged|;, lin’ me "bout th’ elegant perserves depressed to-day and toki me her life o to dispense vin a Fs Remembering the committoe’s findings, taxpayers will watch with TL aka lobster anlad an'| hie eletere put up an’ bout ti’ cola| Fk had gone for naught, and the { bulk "ma strain of organizing the general welfare was breaking her didn't @o a thing societies for but nearly have to chicken what wuz always In th’ icebox, a interest these three big paving jobs which the next few months may | Me Se J am concerned 7 sev ‘ ' ; y aaéh eoolaty, and if i an’ th’ corn pulled fresh from th’ field P see completed. Tt ought to be possible for this great city, with an any with foolaty, me Hagel NAe summon a mortuary assistant! It wuza@lan: pred into th’ boiling pot, to be ate down. . N Pee A Z om Di h turd plaster saved her, she informed | ,, r di nr) “In summer, she said, there was a 1 ‘ an f; ; intelligent and consciencious staff of public servants, to get the best y ae eae ne rad Mea at toem'y |Seneral looseness of the sharply drawn | phoning [without be- " ~ work, the best prices and the best resulta, id Mra, Premises! Yep, he had fits of mem'ry .. “And you had to work on the Fourth social unities—Mri 1 | i pee ee jotch thinks it due | i. suc ; deceit ie lal made “from : a .-“A triumph for the analytical chemists,” Commissioner Stover a ( oer eyi eine 9o| “TIL at lant th’ Inward gnawin' uy my | summer—until, really, } ' terial that’ will tai calls his new driveway contract, H h tri ; ; Perfectly Natural. use there's usually such mobe|™Asination, doin’ team work with my|iecture on ‘Engenics Among tl ’ folds, "Wine ths "were, “ y + How much triumph is there in loose on the Fourth), onty it ag|stomach, got th’ better uv my wiseijynestanw would draw only a season looming uj 3 it for the taxpayer? pense ion On ay euecinng guyery, what kep’ tellin’ me that he wus and half of those = the near future, t ; tn ed no baad bale th hot air artist beyond compare, So who got complimentary tick- ren one dey I consented to go up an’ pay & . | Visit to his sisters, to anmple th’ grub tT an’ meet some uv them )oor-but-honert| “You sadden me," replied Mr. Jarr. . p 1 wus on th’ job wus beci ‘The Canadian patriots in Winnipeg and Moosejaw who became uv Mine wugn't up on th’ pu: excited over the appearance of the American flag in those progres- ie they lent their names as : neighbors. ‘How many years has Mrs, Josephine sive towns should cool off. Besides, there are a good many Ameri- BY th’ magnet| “Well, uv all th’ dumps! Yuh couldn't | Blessington Blotch worked for all these ans up their way who may not like such demonstrations, When seo th’ house fer patches uv anythin’ | causes?” frum tin down to a portion uv a palr uv] “Well, she has been ardent for Suffra- fl ; i ‘ally no & Western American \s displeased the results are apt to be numerous. blue overails what wuz doin’ service in| gism, for Higher Thought, for the Mod- H i the skirt, the coverin’ a space where they had forgot|ern Mothers, for the Propagunda of Un- 1 | of the two “But th’ other promised to to put lumber over a window! An‘ feed ,cooked Food, ever since I knew her, and sort uv a a ia carte thing, with no|-#h' most princely repast I set my| tow she will devote hernelf to the So- basket party or cheesy ‘special’ holiday Pearly food-fretters Into while 1 wus] ciety for Ignoring the Obvious.” dinner at th’ end uv it, Yuh never|UP there wuz beet tops boiled with aj ‘'!’m for this last with great enthusi- know what might ‘a’ happened. Ij lump of salt pork, an’ coffee th’ con-| asm, said Mr, might ‘a’ come back with a dimond | sistency uv well-seasoned mud. Jarr. the obvi- solitaire lingerin' on my person, An'] “‘A® for honesty, well, say, I had pi-|ous, do you realize tT ded buttons then, lookin’ at it frum another way,|omenes beat to a souffle when I went|seWed on my shirts, and’ Prompt attention soon brought relief, A| 1 might ‘a’ been killed in a railroad|around lookin’ fer my beat bandker-| But Mra. Jarr walked out with stately few hours later an excited stab! accident on th’ home trip, T guess chief, my Irish lace collar an’ my three-|*tep and affected not to hi She representing the owner, found the miss- Jthat’s th’ sensible way uv lookin’ at{dollar perfume when it wuz time to go| ad not paid dues, but she w ing animal after a long search. At 7 it, she meditated solemnly. “Anyhow | home! —— A. M. T saw the aforesaid horse, well ana! = aa IT worked, an’ it's goin’ to be a dent in! “Bay 'R only one thing worse PECULIAR. , tale Ing the suffering animal to his own stacle| and infirmary, a few doora away, where Call at THE EVENING WORLD MAY MANTON FASHION BUREAU, Donaid Building, 100 Weet Thirty-second etreet happy, just starting homeward. Thin ree my memory uv th’ day, An’ akin’ {than a ube who boasts farm cook-| “Women are pecullar, aren't they?” te Li Gimbel Bros.), corner @izth avenue and pad | markable incident of animal intelligence uy dents, 1 awess 1 got th’ classiest | ing, an’ that's th’ Profession«! Southen-| yjow Is that?” ovr New York, or sent Oy mail on receipt of ten cente in cote 1 and appreciation of humane treatment hy | brothers. He must have been guy-|iitte wide line uv them commodities in er, who's still Aghtin’ the civil war in} “Mrs, Wright said ahe had plain red jam} camps for each zatterm ordered, + violently | the veterinary seems to show that even| ing me!" my past life ever, @ gooseneck base voice because heo!hair and then got mad becau. 1 These IMPORTANT—Write your eG4rem pisiniy ané always op » and kept hovees, like human heings,have a tavers| tell guh about one uy ‘em +) bedn't landed in America yet when the |agreed that it waa plain. @-Buifelo| § Patterns. § ise wanted. 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