The evening world. Newspaper, July 10, 1913, Page 16

| demnation of the Mellen theory ef railroading. emmennn ‘Tear. eewces cess. 60.78 Pa ercetercrcren at |GuyMenticoramesscetissenrere. 06 “VOLUME 64....2..00s.esecescercceccscseresces MO, 18,951 THE SLUMP IN MELLEN METHODS. t HE FIRST DUTY of a rafireed fe te be a raflroad. The New York, New Haven and Hartford hee squandered {ts substance and betrayed its stockholders by trying te be something eles. edhe a inal die aga lied giving credit where credit fe due gives added forve to its evathing con- | | t a i; et e sf i E Pa 3 if I, Z i : i f : g i i dure of « monopoly. If the New Haven hed been content te be a Sallvond and hed not epent $204,000,000 in nine years on operations eutteide ite railroad ephere, the Commission asserts “it could have paid @ dividend of 8 per cent. for the fiscal year 1912 and carried to ' garplus eocount $1,794,000, insteadof showing a deficit of $930,000. * ‘The stockholders of this great road are learning what their ! brilliant president has cost them. They are to be pitied, although, as the Gommission points out, they are in theory responsible for the f which their ection or possibly their failure to act has “If the stockholders of these properties, instead of vili- fying the critics of the New Haven, hed given some attention to the charges made, their property would to-day be of greater value.” > Almont coincident with the Commission's report Mr. Mellen re- signed from the presidency of the Boston and Maine. He admitted » (that in an executive sense he had bitten of? more than he could chew. _ His rood now finds itself ataggering under the load of his inordinate of railroad president who looks upon his office t for vast manipulation and high finance is too . ‘Seetly a Maxury for most The business of a rallrogd ie + t6 do the work the pablic has a right to expect of it. The business of / plockhelders is to see that thelr exesutives hold to that view of their qwelession. The Mellen theory of railroading is exploded. ee A NOTORIOUS SPENDER. I8 ADDED to Collector Mitohel’s proposal for a city t staff” to check up expenditures by the figures with which the Bureau of Municipal Research shows how far esti- » Mates for public work fall short of the ultimate outlay. : The Gea View Hospital was planned to cost $2,000,000. Three ‘million cix hundred and twenty-seven thousand dollars have already _ Beem opent on it, and before it fe finished it will have cost 64,000,000, i as much as estimated. The original estimate on the Hall of 9 was $3,509,000. It cost $5,970,000, Manhattan Bridge was @lipected to cost $15,800,000. It actually ran to $26,500,000. Eight Aandted thousand dollars was thought enough to build the Bronx tee Up to date jt has cost $1,086,000. The Bureau of Research urges that contracts be standardized and investi- gated, and that any adiitions to the original estimate be published ‘with ful) reasons and itemized costs, Between, $75,000,000 and $100,000,000 of the city’s money is it every year for public works. Any private corporation spending ith part as much on contracts would have long ago devised east iron system of scrutiny and checking. Tha present Board of Metimate and Apportionment have worked out a method of proced- > wie for handling contracts, but there 1s no legislation to make it per- » fest or permanent. Why must 5,000,000 people see their money spent year after year with a wastofulness that not one of them would tol- @tate for s day in his private business? be ARRAGH . GO. CHEESE 2 Datly Meg eosiit ly ~ buttoning im the back are going out.” “Women are going out of the Gresess, eummer?’ apked Mre. Jarr, who wes trying to lead Mr. Jarr aloni the ne of least resistance in the mat- ter of augmenting her wardrobe. “What do I think?” replied Mr, Jarr, “Well, I can’t tell you what I think, there being a lady present; but I will aay that I wouldn't call them éressee— T'é call them weather strips." "Ob, you think you're smart, don't you?” said Mra, Jarr, "I think they are Synonymous of the emancipation of our ‘hen Fashion baa put the sin in M Pe @ynonymous,” retorted Mr, Jai ‘It looks to me ‘Nothing of the kind,” declared Mra. you mean,” returned Mr. J “And the pumps that new in ." Mrs. Jarr continued, not mind- ing his remark. “What woman needs ® man to tle her ties now?” ‘ ‘Women who are not engaged,” eaid Mr. Jarr, ‘Whoe laces were also to be Included in the ties that bind.” “They are not wearing laced oxfords this summer, I tell you," retorted-Mrs. Jerr. ‘And tt will be many year. before the big sleeve comes in again.” “Well, what of it?” asked Mr, Jarr. “Women do not need the confidential attentions of men in tucking in the big eeves of their Greases when they put On o1 wraps,” explained Mre. Jarr. "Ne whoes to te, no backs to hook or button, no sleeves to tuck in, well, I Learn One Thing Every Day How to Gain a und of General Information Coprright, 1918, by The Prem Puntiabing Oo, (The New York Brening World). 26.—THE VOICE. OICE {s produced by currents of V alr vibrating through the vocal cords that are stretched across our “volce-box” or larynz. The vocal Jerr. ‘Tho present trend of fashion, “°Tds are made of elastic tissue, so shows, as I sald, the growth of woman's eelf-reliance.”” wonderfully fine and durable that it puts any man-made elastic to shame, "I don get you, I mean comprehend| The cords tighten and relax automat you,” end friend husband. ‘‘Sptil #, I mean elucidate.” “Far from dressing to attract atten- the day are illustrative of woman's sel! reliance, aa I eally, When they are tight, the current of atr that strikes them makes them vi- | This is why an “ ~ NO THANKS . INEveREAT ] ARRAGH GQ; CHEESE BETWEEN MEALS CHEESE ¢ PPPAAADADAAAAAAAIABAADAAASABAASSAAAD Mr. Jarr Adds to His Ignorance Concerning Feminine Fashions FKEK KKK KK KEK EK KEKE KC should Seoome Gepressed,” eaid Mr. that I've got my summer dresses to €0 Jarr. “4 away with, but"— “But what?’ complained when you had to hook Gress in the back—eapecially my poor old black lace dress you used to mak such @ fuse over. Well, you diin'¢ any more tired of that dress then I ai TI turned it and made i over, I put new chiffon with it, “Yea, yes, go rupting. You have fi axes to grind, no fish to fry, no um- brellas ¢o mend, no backs to button— male emancipation has come at last.” “Go I was saying,” Mrs. Jarr went on calmly, “as it is now the dull season with dréssmakere, I'm thinking of getting & couple of dresses for fall, now “Anything ¢o make you happy. I'm atisfied to stay in town. Get your Mr. Jarr inter- 4 your slave, no this fall an@ winter,” sadly, said Mre. Jarr ind what will people say?” scratched his head. ‘Better reases,” he declared. “If ls away but us, how'll they know we didn't go to the seashore or the mountains too, But if yeu don’t get |dresaes they'l notice that, and they'll j sy youcan’t afford new toilette” “Yea, hat's just what they will say,” whimpered Mrs. Jarr. “Ob, Gear! I wish I know what to do.” “Don't worry,” advised Mr, Jarr. “AS the prevent rate the styles are drifting, perhaps, I say this guardedly, however, fe called “A perhaps ladies will attire themesives in larynx te the Orimitive Greek simplicity by autumn. which leads to t! ‘ danger Towelling dresses were in etyle this of having food or liquid enter the larynx gpring, if I remember; why not sheet instead of the gullet Je admirably taken and pillow case costumes this fall? You care of by nature. The larynx hae a you will not only de independent of Uttle hinged cover also of cartilag ere man in matters of dress, but the It ts called the epigiottis, Bvery time)iady that has the most sheets and pillow we swallow the epigiottie closes over the larynx. In old age the cartilages i contains the vocal corde ts made of cartilage and lies in the forward part of the throat. It jometimes visible and cases will have the finest wardrobe” But somehow thie prospect didn't appeal to Mra. Jarr. Ghe only com- plained he wouldnt care no matter Gistinguishabdle fro: what happened, tne. Tha Feday. July 107 f ry Coprright, 1918, by The Prue Puttidhing Co, (The Mew Tec Brentag World, T 1on't a man’s voluntary gallantry to a pretty woman, Gut chat I1ttlé I involuntary glint in his eye’at the eight of one, that gets on hie wits nerves, \ To @ well-trained husband life at # summer resort is just one hookke and-eye after another. . No man was ever so bald that a woman couldn’t make him blush with pleasure by remarking what a pretty color his hair must have been, After seeing the “Boston” or the “One-Step” one concludes that the turkey-4rot by any other name would be just as sweet. “Te only way to keep a husband as devoted as a poodle and as meek as minced lamb on toast is to convince him that he is an adored luxury, but mot a real, vital necessity. ‘When men gaze at a girl in a slashed skirt ft is usually with amuse ment, because no man ever took any real interest in looking at ankles thas were meant to be seen, After a few years of marriage a man gets such @ case of myopia that” he can look straight at his wife for ten solid minutes without seeing hee. ‘The way to man’s heart is through digestion; and the real secret ef domestic bliss lies in knowing when to administer a dose of pepsin and - when to keep out of his way, Don’t try to impress your husband by introducing him to your old sweethearts, because to him they will never appear anything but “good- natured boobies” and “easy marks.” A Plea for Children On Summer Streets By Sophie Irene Loeb. Copyright, 1918, by ‘The Pree Publish ing Co, (The New York Evening World), WOMAN signing herself “Mra, Seymour” writes to The Evening World as follows: “Now that the echools are closing & huge army o¢ children are thrown into the city etreets, with no etudying or work to do, and with inadequate means of health- ful aamrusement. This {9 a 6rave Tesponsibility, not only for parents = but for the efty Gtate ae well. When a visiting Prove tien: here we spend a fortune to entertain the aaflors. What do we do to entertain, instruct and make healthier and happier our city's own children? This ts @ reepon- sibility the oity and the heme muet divide. Neither has a right te shirt ft. It 49 eolemn duty.” It 1s so, The streets are full of ttle tots; especially during the summer eea- @on, when they fairly swarm there. For eummer time, and play, end children, all go together, Tt 19 @ responsibility, not enty for the oity and the home, dut for YOU and ME, . While the etatistician says we! do not have enough playgrounds and most of these few playgrounds are so far removed from the needy precincts that {t le a problem indeed to get the children there, yet there are many things in the immediate present that can be done. ‘What te to be done? If they are talking playgrounds in your community, talk along. Use your eivio voice in the interest of more places of pleasure for the little ones, DRE ts @ charm- H ing Mttle frock that includes all the newest features and at the eame time ts quite simple and easy to make. It con- aiste of @ blouse in the Balkan style and @ three-piece ekirt. ‘The blouse can be-made with or without the peglum, which ts joined to it at the lower edae when used, and can be closed on the diasonal iine shown in the front view or on e etraiat® oven Catia a pecially pretty fea. Ciren The eaaee of the peplum and the edges of the ekirt can be finished with round- corners uked watine with collar and eufte of white and the reoult {9 very charm- / 2 yards 4 inches wide, with 6-8 yard 2 sizes for eins 2 and 14 yeare Tt ts part of your oltizen epirit, and the more you are interested in further- Ing the needa of the children the sooner better conditions will come, and the better citizen stuff will result later. Even if YOU do not have a child of your own, your wishes will have weight in your community as well ae will these ©f the parent, If you, driver men, find your way obstructed by children at play, give them the chime of cheer rather than the how! of ceneure. If you ere @ woman of leisure and your neighbors’ chfldren ere at pisy, hetp the good work along—teach them HOW to play. If you have eome extra money to epend, take @ few children down to the beach and give them a day's outing. The Joy of it will act like @ rubber tall and rebound to you. And you, Mr. Policeman, in the park, M & boy throws a ball in the air when you tell him net to, don’t put bie in Jan for it. You would not Itke to be there your. self, as Dig as you are; and even if you mwust enforce the law and see that the “keep off the erass” sign ts obeyed, the Recording Angel won't hold it againet you & you do NOT scare the wits out of @ Mttle, rolling, wee tot on the green—though, in the main, law and order must reign. Ghrubs and trees go on forever, but the children of man have only a little while to stay, and a VERY LATTLE while to play. And there are many waye and means to help the children Get what le just coming to them in the way of play. Tt 1s €or you and me to be glad of any chance to help the ohildren get most out of these heydays while their “readin', writin’ and ‘rithmetic” time fs suepended, The May Manton Fashions * . Pattern No, 7929—Giri's Dress in Balkan Style, 8 to 14 Years, Call ef THE EVENING WORLD MAY MANTON F, BUREAU, Donald Building, 100 West Thirty-second tite Gtmbe Bres.), commer @ixth avenue and street, New York, or sent Gy mali on receipt of ten cents m eatin op. stempe ¢or each pattern ordered, ‘ANT=Write your address plainly and elwaye specify time wanted, Add two conte for letter pestace tf in o hurry,