The evening world. Newspaper, August 18, 1913, Page 10

T % @he GEE carorio. ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER Published Dally Except Sunday by the Prexs ishing Company, Nos. 68 to , 8 ait jew York 68 Park Row, 2 Park Row. 63 Park Row, Entered at the Post-Omice at New York mn Rates to The Kvening|Wor England and ¢ ‘World for the United States 50'One ¥ 80 |One Month, —— ee DOES STATEN ISLAND NEED BOOSTING? A MONG the 15,000 voters of Richmond a considerable number 0. 18,990 feel that the city is not making as much fuss as it ought to about their borough, and that, to use the words of George von Kromer, who stands always ready to save Staten Island, the Crom- well regime has, 60 far as eubstantial improvements go, brought the people of Richmond only s “beautiful crop of lemons.” Mr. von Kromer, patiently recurring candidate for the nomina- tion for Borough President on the Democratic ticket, has just got 3,600 Richmond voters to sign his petition for “a square deal for Richmond Borough and « common sense edministration for its people.” Specifically, what he wante is more real ferries and a tunnel under the Narrows to connect Staten Irland with the eubway system of the city. The ambitions of Staten Telanders, according to Mr. von Kromer, have been lulled with vain delights and empty showa. “We have had given us a cake of beauty at St. George, now let us get the needed bread of prosperity throughout the entire borough.” * Mr. von Kromer is calling no hard names. As he says, abuse is no argument. But he does epoak ft from fhe heart out when he holds that since Mr. Cromwell] has proved to be nothing but “a euave inter- * mediary between the political powers and our trusting selves,” it is) somebody’s duty to save the Borough of Richmond from einking to | the ignominious position of “a non-growing locality within the second largest, richest and fastest-growing city in the world.” And since somebody must do {t, Mr. von Kromer will stick around in case the job should come looking for him. ee ‘This State hes {ts troubles and a hard task ahead dealing with them, but @& emphatically does not want the help of any heavy- ooted, blood-and4hunder Boston finanoler who thinks he can in- Joct money into the situation ¢o “raise Mell.” et THE ESCAPE OF THAW. OMING at @ moment when the government at Albany ie so Gemorslized that the simplest legal machinery is seriously out of gear, the escape from Matteawan of a dangerous man, whom the State has spent enormous eums to keep where he could do no harm, is bound to appear in some degree a result of the present con- fusion. That at least it was timed with a view to taking full advan- tage of current discord it is impossible not to believe. " Another esptot of the occurrence is, however, far more deplor- able, The hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by Thaw to obtain his Uberty through legal efforts have for years been notorious. That he bes lavished money to buy freedom by other means no one can dowbt. A grave shock to public confidence and self-respect is an event which seems to support the conclusion of cynics that in the lang run wealth can outwit justice. ey POOR MAN’S JUSTICE. HE ten commissioners appointed to see what can be done T toward making the Municipal Court a place where the poor man can get justice without the present discouraging delay and forbidding expense, invite suggestions on the gnbject. As only too meny small litigants have found to their sorrow, in this court, where despatch, convenience and cheapness ought to be mest in evidence, methods are more cumbersome and fees more irk- seme than in higher courts, where corporations and millionaires settle their differences. The chief trouble seems to be that the Municipal Court ect lays down « hard and fast scheme of elaborate procedure uader which technicalities thrive and multiply until the court is choked with its own business. Far better results could be obtained The Eveni ng World Daily Magazine, Monday, August 18, 1913 © ae though to indicate that although his desk might have been closed when the boes came como. YD, sahne O was outside, shin- The Mlustrator. from « brief general act defining merely the scope of the court’s jurisdiction and encouraging it to develop out of its own experience rales that will best help it to get through its work. The commissioners are sure to have plenty of advice from law- yer. In their efforts to improve a court which is now eo far from Ddaing what it was meant to be—a people's court—can they not hope to find help also in practical experiences and common sense sugges- tions from the public? —_——-4 = —_—__—_ Inspector Dwyer testifies that he doesn't know the names of ‘amy of the men in the squad that threw the diners out of Healy's, and counsel for the police holds that {dentification by shield num- dere ts iegel. Go & was Just @ sort of “white cap” party with police badges instead of masks. io WHY NOT TRY IT? OHIOAGO JUDGE with a turn for practical psychology refuses to sit any longer in his dark, dingy court room and insists that the walls shall be ‘painted light cream color. | 5, Sombre, emoke-stained walls or rooms painted red, brown or black are incentives to crime, he declares. On the other hand white, cream, light yellow and green make for uplift, and unless something is done to brighten his judicial premises he threatens to hold court in the street. The idea of color as an influence on mind and health is an old one. We recall that some years ago a German scientist persuaded dozens of staid Bostonians on Beacon Hill to put sky-blue window panes in their houses to cure themselves of something or other. If the theory is to be tested anew we can afford to try eome experiments right here in New York. Who knows what pink-lined police stations and pea-green court rooms might do toward discouraging crime, or . what bright rays of charity and goodwill might beam from the City Hall if we were to splash around a little yellow paint inside? ——_—_ +4 = _ -——_ — Could it have been recent shocks and explosions that Jarred open the doors at Matteawan? [ Letters From the People | “Whyte V1-gh. If 11 of 4, the first reau t number= 8 of 7, the mber, te second result, and product of these results rellef, He was in good time! one drama The ordinary observer would have seen little connection between the office Porter polishing the brass eigne and Mr. Jarr rejoicing he was not late to Gaily toll. But Mr. Jerr was experi enced tn the tense efficiency of commer- Glal Ufe in a great city. ci aunen here Anybody around the office ent {ty to onder the porter to shine the gor about & week. b Jus’ at th’ break- rasa work, but there was only one per- fast hour this tubby Mttle study in under- was th and by the way t) . " rubbed and scoured Mr. Jarr knew the|!!? whiskers comes dashin’ out uy th’ boss was back from his vacation and|@levatore, doin’ @ nervous achottieche was also inaugurating some tusiness re-|#tep an’ grabbin' th’ air every few forms, jumps. Well, uv course, th’ fire, thought Johneon, the cashier, looked leq aleveryone had wus that his epaghetts ecared rabbit and then made 6 J had fermented on him or somethin’! eorambte for the yawning safe. Jen-| “But he slams right up to th’ cash- kina, bookkeeper, was already hardliere desk an’ tesues a little equeak like at work preparing statements and mei-/a fishman's horn with th’ pip, and tries ing the loose-leaf ledgers rattle. to convey to th’ cashier (who, by th’ Mr. Jarr threw up his desk 114 with| way, te a beautifully curried an’ calm & business-like bang and upeet the ink} young man) that he is frightful put out over eome sales slips; when euddenly|about @omethin’. Nobody'd have to he heard « burzer sounding and @ flat/ understand Byetallan to gather that th’ mering in the boss's private oMee| gink wus havin’ a reg'lar Roman epasm, and bie name being roared from behind} “Well, th’ interpreter’d just been sent the partition of the same lair. downtown fer a batch uv Russian cigar- Mr, Jare sipped into his office coat | ettes what nobody else in th’ place could Pronounce, So they had to call a boot black in off'n th’ street to translate feller’s At into pidgeon English. Whi he wus eo unnerved about wus that he No Chance for Record. Mt kind uv necet So they sent bath trunk an' his An’ all th’ time ttle macaroni teaser wus playin’ leapfrog over their backs an’ table d’h didn't find it, lerk he wus jus’ Be- ginnin’ to thi at th’ guy wuz puttin’ one over on ‘em when all uv a sudden one uy th’ boys finds a whole lot uv long things what look |ike oldfashioned, twisted, paper apiils fer lightin' a pipe in th' waste basket. An’ on unrollin’ ‘em he discovers m to be shreds uv th’ letter uv credit, What do yuh sup- pose th’ Tony had used 'em fer? Curle: fer his spinach goatee! C'n yuh distance it? “Well, uv course when he discovered what'd been did he wus naturally a he threw a fit in th’ “Why are you getting a new JA.the pumerater and 28 the| {hair product 48-262, Can any reader ax of @ traction, ep4 we have! plain why, & is eo? CURIOUS, 4 P auto?" “The neighbors hi all got e0jan’ on his rights, until) at last th’ head they can dodge my, eld one.” Ooprei 1913, ot by the resn Pun iehtae 0, ae (The New Yort a World), PRPOEESEESES ESE SED SELESEOOEESEE SESS CEOEEEESSESOSOSEE Mr. Jarr’s Boss Comes Back to Work Incidentally, So Does His Grouch POSSSSSSISISISISSS SOSSSSSOSSSOSIISS SISSIIISSSSTIIIOD Copyright, 1918, by The Pres Publishing Oo, (The New York Evening World), E HAD|An’ finally they a! tn, he might have been out in the ehip- ping department. “ah, there you are, at last!” roared calm, the boss, as Mr. Jarr glided in, et It together with fronin’ an’ flour paste. “Say, did I ever tell ywh ‘bout th’ Illustrator?” she rattled on, breathless but enthusiastic, ‘Th’ reason I think ed} uv him is because he had whiskers, | too, But they showed better team- work. Yuh know there ain't a deme born ut what'd be flattered to have some dreamy-eyed John, with lon fingernails an' @ velvet vest come an’ ast her to pose fer a picturébook, So I fell fer it, “Gee, it wuz @ punk lookin’ studio! None uv them velvet rugs an’ purple @lllows an’ mcense what yuh :ead about, An’ when I ast him about it he sed it wus only th’ fake artists what had them ecanery. He eed a ree! artist {a ‘oblivious to all ‘cept his mode! an’ I wus (t! Th’ Gret picture he made uv me didn't look mothin’ like me, But he eed it wus th’ way H even me—He eed he (decliszed me. Well, gee, if that wus th’ way he seen me, all I got to eay ia that he wus certainly google-eyed tn one lamp, an’ euffern’ with dim vision in th’ o' one! “Then one day when he had went downstairs fer @ pint uv buttermilk 1 Degtn to nosey around, an’ I come on stacks uv pictures all uv ekirte an’ none bdearin’ a etrikin' resemblance to th’ others. An’ when he come up, I ses to him: ‘Norman, who ie them panateline? I ses. “Yuh never tntro- duced me to none uv ‘em.’ An‘he put excuse "bout their But one day, when te it thought uv hii An’ ehe tol’ ft on th’ other aide uv @ acreen made uv bamboo an’ eilkoline, so yuh c'n imagine there wusn't much concealed frum me, It seems he had went up to her one day, too, an’ raved about her eyes an’ ast her to pose. An’ she slid for it, jus’ ke me. An’ then ehe found out that th’ union rate fer that posin’ stuff wuz cents a hour; an’ she got wise to th’ skate an’ come back to read him his horoecope! “What do yuh think uv that fer small potatoes? To make a perfession uv goin’ ‘round an’ gettin’ giris crazy about theirselves, jus’ to save 60 cents our, Well, after th’ interview with her wuz over, I sex to him: “Yuh overripe string bean,’ I sex, 'T het yuh'd make @ watch charm out uv a peach pit rather'n see it go to waste!" I sex, an’ with a patient chuckle I y down th’ etaircase, out jeved slow plop cals pyaribe th’ shat could Gx it | into th’ etree” cs By Robert Minor The Stories of Famous Novels By Albert Payson Terhune Copyright, 101%, by The Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Ereving Work). 62—“ THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON,” by Dr. Wyss and {Baroness de Montolieu. EAR the New Guinea coast an Australia-bound ship was wrecked, Her crew fled in the boats, deserting the passengers. These passengers—a Swiss clergyman, his wife and four sons—were left to shift for themselves, ‘The wrecked ship was stranded off an unknown island. And to this island the deserted family made their way on a roughly constructed raft. The ship had been headed for Australia, where the clergyman had intended to settle on a farm. 80, aboard the ship they had far implements and live stock. These they ‘transported to the shore. After thanking Providence devoutly for sparing their lives the refugees set about making thelr new abode habitable. They were familiar with” “Robinson Crusoe” and, from comparing their lot with Crusoe’s, they came to call themselves “The Swiss Family Robinson.” Thetr island was fruitful. The “Robinsons” explored it, finding no sign of human life. Then they prepared the ground for crops and set tu work building @ house. Timbers from the wreck helped greatly in the making of this home, and the father was fairly skilful as o e Cast ca:penter, He not only built a habitable cottage, but ie aways’ $ knocked together a serviceable boat as well. Adventure, ‘The boys trained thetr cow and a donkey to draw nnn rude carte ther father bullt to plough the rich sou. There were plenty of game and seafood and vegetabies and frult. Ine dustry and ingenuity combined to make the island blossom like the rose. Four years were passed there in happy work. The boys crew to strong young men. The invalid mother waxed well and robust. Europe and civilisa- tion were half forgotten. ‘Then one day the British manof-war Adventurer cast anchor off the lend. The clergyman went aboard, carrying along the diary he had kept Of the four years’ happenings. Leaving the diary on board for the captain to read he returaed to shore to help make ready for his family’s departure for Burope on the following day. For the captain had offered to carry the cast- aways to England. ‘Then, al] at once, the “Robinsons” realized how happy and peaceful had been their stay on their island. They were loath to leave so lovely a spot and te take up the, burden of Mfe egain in the great nolsy, wicked outer world. But they felt it wae their duty) and that their boys ought to have the benefits of civilisation. Yet they all hated to go. ‘The matter was taken out of their hands. In the night @ storm arose and Grove the warship far from the island. Nor could she make her way back through those uncharted seas. Once more the Swiss Family Robinson were alone in their earthly paradise and cut off trom the rest of mankind. They were not sorry. Goon afterward their ideai life was rudely interrupted by a war party of savages from another island thet swooped down on them and carried away the mother and her youngest eon. The clergyman and the other boys gave chase and came at last to the home of the savages whose chief they per uaded to give back their loved anes. ‘The chief was partly civilised and had Guests a missionar: ertel, & young French widow, and the latter's two daughters, “etna ese ghipwrecked near there. The French women returned with the “Robinsons” to thelr island, where not long afterward three happy marriages were cele- brated; Qime, Hertel marrying the clergyman’s eldest 201 4 marrying two of the youn: bo. wuaiapieuns ye. leanwhile, the Britfh ship had returned to Eng Kidnapped by land bearing the clergyman’s diary. ‘Another ship the Gavanen: came to the teland. But by this time the inhabitant. a! had resolved to live and dle there. So they refused to leave so blissful a epot for the pov: bardsh! that must have been theirs tn the civilized world, saci Se ba Belittling the Job. FARMER in great need of extra hands af Raying tlme finally asked Gi Warreo, Wee eccounted the town feal, tf be would help him out, “What'll yo pay?" asked 8, “T'll pay what you're worth,” suewered the farmer, ‘Bi scratched bie head « minute, theu announced eclatvely 1 “12 be dammed (f 171 work for that"—Bvery- must have had warning I was coming] body's Magasize, this morning. Everybody ie bere on time!" vryae, ete, 1 mean no, str, not et at,| She Had Competition. ari” HEY were talking about the conversations! “Do you know how our business com- Kiceithedligeg ‘oe = in le Were te ae Ro doubt a0 to her ability to win the first prize, going to land unless there| a: ihe phitsdetphia Telegrach, are eome live methods inaugurated | gome time back, according to the Congressman, here? Do you know we can't keep UD |. friend of bis visited Niegara Falls, taking with If business is neglected in this way, if | him hie wife and his wife's sister, Immediately Gales fall off as they are falling?” on arriving and escuring hotel quarters, the rarty “But they are 20 per cent. better than | set out to see the wonderful sight, wifey and last year, sir,” said Mr. Jarr, rig thelbagd walked along om 4 “Yes, but that was one of ‘the worst 4 years we ever had. We need some ays- math wiley, arming te tee. olf tem here. We need some guard against the leaks. We must have cost-and-efti- ciency reports! I tell you, sir, I'm going to have better business methods is this taiblishment!* The boss's face was purple with grouch, sunburn and (Mr. Jarr suapect- e4) apt alcohol's artful ald. “Y ‘There 1a gol upheaval in this firm!” clared, ‘I return unexpected, 60 1 find? What do I find, Mr, Jarr could have eaié the boss had found everybody on the job and ahead of tame, He suspected that was what made the boss eo mad; because there was oo little he could vent his anger “I Gnd, sir, the brass signe on the front of thie establishment in a dis- graceful condition, That is fair warning to the business world of neglect. Neg- lect means inefficiency. Inefficiency means waste, And waste means dank- ruptey!"" “Oh, I know what you are going to say’ thundered the boss, ‘You are going to say that the porter was orm Gered repeatedly to ehine the brasses. Johneon has tod me that; Jenkins hes told me thi nd the porter’s excuse fe that he ‘s @ poor man with @ large family, “what right he to have @ large famfy? T ha @ large family, What ‘wa want here {# more efficiency and lees families, Why didn't somebody else shine thove brasses? I etarted my busl- ness career shining the brass for thie firm. And now the concern {fs going to ruin, sir, and just because the brass ian't shined!" Mr. Jarre thought of the ink-stained papers on his desk, and hoped the boss would keep @o angry he wouldn't sak to see them. “I can't fire the porter because he has a larze family, An employer is helpless these days, But I tell you what, sir, d am going to have jentifics efficiency engineer take charge of this alert, businesslike. “I guess this office | uotes Bpicurus, sir! Not Epictetus but eal Mr, Jarr. “Will he be in full charge?" | “Certainly, sir! Part of "The Swiss Paaly Wre, « ot philosophy, wrot pte et) i fore Be cou complete, the tale. Tt fatsbed by the mt a 0: es Serene tate Sana Bea eats sci . The Day’s Good Stories man after they bad gone quite « distance, We getting sese tho falls,” . ig Yes,’ was the prompt repty of Joba. “If yeu stop talking © minute you will bear the thundet of the water quite plainly, * —___ The Wrong Term. BRE fo one that was told by Genat iam — of New Jere peg One Sunday morning come time ago, Css | to the Senator, the paron of @ small church conclusion of the service the parmen was of proached by one of the deacons, “I have been thinking abous the you made, parson,” asid the deacon, ‘Ape’ t! thoughtfully returned the deacon, “but Im makisl the announcement you didn't use the right term ‘That ian't @ ‘call,’ tt’e @ ‘reise.’ "—Philadelpai: ofticel A very remarkable man! 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