The evening world. Newspaper, August 27, 1913, Page 12

eer Peatiches Dally Eacept Gunter by the Prove Publishing Company, Mon 00 to RALPR President. 62 Park Row, J. ANGU! Ll r A oT AA tree rer, Sind the Continent and DRINKING-WATER IN THE STREETS. HE STRANGER who complained of the difficulty of getting « T glass of cold water in this city outside of a restaurant hit on ‘a weak spot in our code of every-day convenience. Advanced Botions of what is sanitary have made people fearful of public drink- ing places. The same notions have almost banished drinking-water from railway cars where it is sorely needed. Ewen individual drink- ing cups have not solved the problem. Though it has been proved that most typhoid is brought into the city from the country, many people cistrust the water offered in public places in town. Why shouldn’t there be aome systematic way of providing filtered drinking water in the streete—water that everybody could drink with eafety and confidence? European cities maintain two sete of street taps or fountains, one labelled plainly “drinkable water,” the other “non-drinkable”; so that no one need feel he is taking riske. New York ought to provide far more chances for people to get a drink of good water without buying it over s counter. A ee Norman Hapgood announces that “confusion has passed its cll- max.” Confusion hasn't corroborated the news. epee eee THE STRAIGHT ROAD. R. MITCHEI/S downright refusal to let his name remain on the Independence League ticket unless the names of Mr. McAneny and Mr. Prendergast appear there too is wholly to his credit. The statement of the Fusion candidate is firm, digni- fied and final. He shows himself to be a man ready to stand or fall with the associates he has accepted. In resolutely resisting all efforts to beguile him upon false trails by appealing to his well known views on the subway question, in insisting that the one issue “is, and must remain, the defeat of Murphy and Tammany Hall,” Mr. Mitchel proves himeelf @ true, single-minded Fusionist leader whose hopes and whose sacrifices alike must entitle him to respect. OOH Thaw recrudesces Jerome, When sorrows come they come not single aples But in battalions. 8 —<-}= -____. MISUSING THE FLAG. lr RESTORING to his place in a regiment of Canadian fusiliers a bugler who had been dismissed for snatching a small American flag from the hands of a girl who waved it in his face on parade, the Minister of Militia takes the ground that “the flag should not have been flaunted in the face of a soldier, and that when put to such uses it loses its distinetion as a national emblem.” True lovers of the American flag can never feel anything but pain when they see the emblem used either for silly and thoughtless insult or for the deliberate exploitation of cheap excitement. Already far too many theatrical managers in this country have definitely adopted the flag as a recognized stage “effect” to be dragged in to bolster up & poor “show” or get a burst of applause when all else fails. Pro- miscuous use of the flag on the stage and eleewhore is becoming a serious menace to its dignity as « national emblem. Waving the flag over the footlights neither enhances its distinction nor stirs any feel- ings eave sorrow and regret in the hearts of those who love it best. oH 2 ‘The Clerk of the Domestic Relations Court ts being sued by his ‘wife for s divorce. Shoomakers were ever the worst shod. —_———-4 - GREAT PLACE FOR CUT-UPS, ERHAPS they do these things even better in Europe, but any- way Mr. Waldo, who has just returned from there, will admit that flim-flamming the Police Commissioner out of $140 right im Police Headquarters isn’t 0 bad for New York. The money— peeled from the Commissioner’s private roll and marked—was to be used in trapping @ Police Pension Bureau clerk charged with offering, for s consideration, to get a retired policeman’s pension raised. Two sleuths in charge of the trap “detected” for all they were worth, not a soul concerned left the building, yet all except $10 of the $150 van- ished into thin sir, and the ten was found on the decoy and not on the suspected man! . Not long ago a sprightly youth, afterward convicted of one of the biggest jewel robberies in years, was being questioned by a Dep- uty Commissioner—also at Headquarters. Finding the questions a bore, the young man jumped out of the window and refused to have anything to do with the police for several days, In the whole town the safest Place for cut-ups is Police Head- quarters, ot —_____. The Colonel! is home agein with “nothing to say.” Be patient, Letters From the People justice, but — never ry come to like preferment.’” aw. @outh Norwalk, Cons. She Ie Nine Yoars Old, ‘To the Miitor of The Rrening World, In anawer to the “How Old Is Ann?’ pussie, I would say thet Ann's present age ts nine years, as any one famiMar with algebra will agree with me by Bo the Batter of The Evening World: 1 was interested to read tm a recent Bawspaper an anecdote called “The following this method, vis; Mary's prea- ent age is 9 and Ann's present age eought is x years, At eome past time, according to the condition of the prob- Jem, Ann was 1-5 of Mary's present age (thirty), or six years old; while Mary was three payed Ann's present age (of x years), or 8x, years. (Jow, then, a cer- Mr. Peters! tain and Uke Ume has passed between the then sage of Mary of tx, and her Present age of thirty. And the same interval of time has also passed be- tween the then age of Ann (six years) Present age of x years, x= BW which solves inte,é Ann's age ls equal te JOSEPH 2d | pays: Rov overwork!" gineer. hime “Water! Keeper faintly. “No, no!" said Mr, Dinkston testily. the office! bookkeeper, who Overwrought. ‘T don't want “We see the pernicious effects of said Mr, Michael Angelo | Dinkston, the new office efficiency en- “Sit Bim in @ chair end fan “A firat-ald kit! “Got any banknotes with your” “Yes, one that arrived today. account le Correa Nite York bres Worth 66] DON'T wanta wear a uniform in I naa ‘Water! mumbled the book- Here, give the offic lar quick and let him run ol Isr ai) employer boast he has men who work that way? We see the effect—a collapse, and the man loses more time from ner- ‘yous breakdown in one stretch than con- stant holidays at regular intervals would kins, the by The Pree Publish ereatly | ¢ ¢yF peop! me, t ep their feet off'n in’ me how to dress an’ wi kind uv tooth powder to use, I'm goin’ to exercise @ few portions uy my vocabulary in their direction,” expostulated Con- stance, acratching of—oh, any good brand will do has worked every & holiday? Why ‘Your Tr) for @ atimulent in sudden collapses of thie kind, and then after the patient re- vives a course of syste @ny good imported ale A . refrigerator and tnetal @ first-aid kit at |Manded, “and there aren't any explan- muess it was the excitement.” “It was the lack of excitement; tt ts the constant grind of that ts marked ‘Bottled expressly for household and medicinal purposes.’ always keep it handy after this, This And Gler—enpecially one beri Uv them ¢our-eyed ere. rath “You're talking at random,” I repri- tout, Geta atory notes. I object to being made the target for @ volley of growis as soon as 1 heave in sight, when I'm utterly blameless. Who's been reviling yout’ ‘The sleek golden head perked impu- ntly to the side righted itself. The “Bay, yuh ain't ¢0 worse in elingin’ Choctaw yerself," she admired, ‘Yuh inly c'n mention more words what remind 1 ain't had @ college educe- wus tryin’ to tell yuh that one uv them charitably inclined dames has spotted me again, with the aid of her gold @ee no one what's spendin’ lees’n a million @ y jus’ with their plain eyes they always gotta use them window panee—an’ It gets my goat. rpentine up to th’ board an’ number, then all uv @ sud- raise their soul- “why, you would let me Just once I could make you quite stun- ning, 1 wager.” “Then I say: ‘Blot it fram yer mem- ‘ry,’ an’ I take It out on Central, Yuh ‘ove, two things get my goat in that ree- mark, One te that y eay ‘let ‘TRL you how to dr ad uy you.’ An’ th’ other te in’ to make me etunnin’, m led to bellevin' that th ! Ing wonderfully attractive about 't' me already, Bee? Goo, as they stand ever they got more sunken investment on | neeean oe Sele Reshte T6 ose ie © couple ur POCOOEEEESESSERERSESSEDEOEREDOOELS OEREEESEESESEEOES Mr. Jarr Wallows In an Ocea. of ‘‘Efficiency’’ Jerome » 4 « [xeeehe] » Hy % By Robert Minor Joyously Copyriens, 1018, ‘by Tho Prem Putiiuhing On (ie Hew Tah Sates No. 66.—HENRIETTA TEMPLE; By Benjamin /ERDINAND ARMINE was a young Britich eijeer wheve to distinction lay in the fact that he was the favestte the rich Earl of Grandison. On the strength of tte greet tions as the Barl's heir he was not caly enabled to out a gure i the gay army society he affected but was allowed by complacent arediiers to run into debt to an alarming degree. ‘Then the Earl died, lewving his whole fortune to bis. ateca, gen! Katherine Grandison. There seemed but one course for Ferdinand if he weuld save from ruin and get share in his dead uncle's estate. And thet course proceeded to adopt. He laid ardent siege to Katherine's heart and ceeded in making her fall genuinely in love with him. On his part be more or less fond of her, in his indolent way. And he sincerely ulated himself on his good luck when Katherine consented to be his wife. Business called Ferdinand from Bath, where Katherine was He went for a visit to a friend who lived in the country, While Feniina was shooting in the woods there one day he chanced to meet an elderly man and a young girl who. Engaged to strolling through the forest. They were e Mr. Tomply. Two Girls, and hla daughter, Henrietta, who had lately renipd a cottage in the neighborhood, ‘ At first eight Ferdinand fell utterly and hopelessly in love with He easily formed an <cquaintanceship with her and with her father. of hia duty to Katherine, he began a “whirlwind courtship.” For the fret in his gay life Ferdinand was wholly, honestly in love. tr After a few golden weeks of wooing he proposed to Henrietta “and! accepted him. Ferdinand persuaded her to keep their engagement & until the young lover could return from Bath, whither he eald he mupt once to arrange “some weighty affairs.” Henrietta consented, bade het farewell and fell to counting the days until he could come back to her. % One evening soon afterward she learned from the idle chatter of people with whom she was dining that Ferdinand was about to ve to Katherine Grandison. Mr. Temple, hoping to Neal his daughter's erwened heart by travel, left England and took Henrietta to Italy for the winter. Ferdinand meantime had honestly intended to break his engagement to and to hurry back to Henrietta. But on hia arrival in Bath he was with arrest for debt and could escape prison only by gnnouliéiig) that he was about to marry a girl of great wealth. Then, as Henrietta euddenly ceased writing to him, love again o1 prudence and he hastened back to the Temple cottage—to find Henrietta | her father gone. The shock threw Ferdinand into a dangerous illness, hia recovery he confensed everything to Katherine, She released him from engagement and promised to do all in her power to help him find But for a year Ferdinand could glean no news concerning the girl he Then the Temples returned to England. Through the death of a relative, Henrietta had recently become one of the richest women in Europe, - She was reported engaged to the Marquis of Montfort, She and Katherine met @ close friends, But Ferdinand and Henrietta remained began to force matters. On learning that the young maa was got going to marry Katherine his creditors had him thrown into prison. Henrietta, moved, by tidings of his plight, sent Lord Montfort (who had mean- time become engaged to Katherine) to pay his debts and set him free. Ferdinand was released from prison. Mr. Temple's reluctant consent wae obtained to his marriage with Henrietta, and the long-parted lovers were reunited. As a reward for inconstancy and all-around worthlessness Ferdin- and Armine found himself the husband of the woman he adored and the Possessor of an immense fortune. Worthlessness. ‘An Alibi. Mado," eld 1 te « stranew tao chy “your unfestened.” i LY Nai lig lr cag tb eg “That,” anawored the lady, “te the tay 1° Jonest”" asked en Avkanens Juige of | "™" * € bl : x & mesktooking prisoner. Yea, dr; and I can prove it,” No Piker. “How oar you prove tt!” “1 can prove that I didn't eteeal Mr, Jones's Uae poosasy ot ie estore Longe rooster, Judge, because I etole two hens from Mr, prom ano me Graston the same night, and Jones lives five miles white glores for « Christmas gift. ‘ PSPSSSSSSOSSITSSS BSITSIOSIIOSISSSS OSSSSSESESIOISESD have given him.” ‘The boss cleared his throat, as though Prepared to rally to the of standard and conservative busin ditions, “I have tried to do the work of t men; I have done the werk of two me! murmured the aterical bookkeep- er, “and now to @ uniform and a Dadge itke “I should think a man would be proud to know he has done the Work of two nd the allusions to a unt- form, but thought to say thing en- couraging to his old emplo; from Graston's,”” 9 proof is conclusive,” sald the Judge, wharge he prisoner,"—National Food Muza. “ah want @ pair ob gloves,” ‘dusinesslibe clerk, ————___—_ Non-Feaze-Able. AM coasing (0 exttictee—I use the word in {te present degenerate esnse of feult-finding— because my complaints have not been pro- Guctive of one fota of good, Moreover, they have always been ungraciously received either by the pereon whoee good I sought or by the person upon na. ‘whose sympathy I was depending, fo’ to buy ‘em, replied the Harper's Magazine, fia'« tere Spaces sae to os a Gee counter where these goods were Glsp'ayed, end, approsching rather besitatingly, remarked? “How long do you want’ themt” inquired. the 2 ‘hb doren't want fo' to rent ‘om; Ab wate other, tndignantly,- espe A Prophecy. SHIMMERPOTS wes curprieed cine | lorgnettes, Yuh know they never o'n |“ (mg Co, (The New Yosk Evening World). years’ wardrobe, an’ yet I bet I could make @ flossy John turn an’ look at me Qret, even if we wus walkin’ side by side, They ain't got no snap, no diableary to ‘em." “It's the fashion to look three quar- tera head and loose at the joints,” J re minded her. “Yeh, I know,” she answered scorn- fully, tf I ever tried to keep up that fluted attitude I'd sure develop chronic indispepsia, or a slow deecline; th’ bentness uv it'd prey on my mind eo! Yuh can't imagine how sensitive T am to Inflocence, Lots uv times I'm mortified to death y things that wouldn't affect me ene with a callous disposition. “Once I wus in @ car with a guy what'd jus’ shed his face coverings. I Sot mushy on him when I fret met him on account uv his whiskere—nev- er been shaved, yuh know, an’ all soft an’ glossy like cornsilk, Then all uv a sudden he gets ty idea that he's too old-lookin' to be goin’ ‘round with yours truly, an’ he decides to cast off his @isguise an expose his features to th’ world, ‘Well, aay, when first laid eyes on him that might I got th’ shook uv my Mite, X felt like tellin’ him to keep out uw ughts an’ things, Such @ ex- panse uy new mown ¢erritory I never geen on @ face, Why, there wus such ract up upper itp that he could ‘a’ et io *thout lettin’ his nose know what his mouth wus doin’, “But tt wus @ date fer a show, eo T tried to drown my (istaste, an’ we started uptown on @ Broadway car. "Bout Forty-second street @ souse gets in—some hobo what'd picked up a ¢rans- fer on th’ corner, ‘cause there wusn't no #pace in his clothing intact enourh to lurch an’ ™my encort. eyein’ him up an’ jearnin’ to take shay, are you Tom Gharkey? “ th’ fel havin’ had enough guyin’ that evenin', wanted to quiet matters, Bo he answered “That'll be all right, Governor,’ “At which th ked gent leans for- ward an’ with th’ punch ‘u outing district-attorney yells: “ ‘uv’ jee, If I was th’ Gov’nor, T'4 pardon yuh!’ yuh know, it affected me awful! On Geren consistvet® & prone. said Dinkston. ‘Has the firet ald Kit) sone mouth open?” arrived yet? If 80, where is the offlow| “yim angered Minnle etolidly, “I opened corkacrew? What, no office corkscrew? 1,” What eort of a benighted back-in-the- 1 have been rudely treated when my motive wre rut establishment is this? Mr. Johnson, | purely unselfish, make out @ requisition in duplicate for & good, etrong cérkacrew; also a patent stopper puller. Keep them with the fret ald kit on suitable hooks. “Gash! Not a word about the en!- forms; you will betray me!” whispered Mr. Jarr to Jenkins, the attention of the others being for a moment distracted by the arrival of the boy with a firet ald kit and the cork drawn. “GH hie boy an increase of ‘wages for eo- Dinkston. “And now we eee the results af @ too constant application. Here in| , his misguiied efforte te work long hours every day, we see our bookkeeper col- lapse. The whole establishment comes to a etandstil! Is this efficiency? Is co-operation?” = won't do it again, 'm better now,” murmured Jenkins. “Do you feel: well enough and trong enough to come out im the fresh eirt” asked the efficiency engineer. Mr. Jenkins looked at the bos, but the bose was wholly hypnotised by the lency engineer, The boss only looked to the latter for guidance. “Call the taxicabs!” sald Mr. Dinke- . “We will all take jay Off in the Mr. Jenkine {e suffering from Fish, aa the efficient Japanese inate efficiency,” eald Mr. fish inner at a celebrated in Gheepehead Bay, a dinner rich tn phospho: a dinner patd for by Mr, Smith, our employer, who, to make a pun in the English manner, is the boss the pun pleased him, but the taxte were announced, office dorce went forth A representative of the Weekly Wool Trade News eaw the entourage move out, That day it was known in the business ‘world that Smith & Co, had euch a pre ponderance of orders that the office stat te Jersey in automobiles mew tract of Innd for taotory ry mping of ordere resuited, onees of Dinkston, effictency engi- the talk of the woollen trade, ‘Fueee A dozen leading firma wired him to (tie cnoviess, ‘I've generally noticed tl ‘Those whose good I sought have mot ietened cain frtend be yt} the et ome a ut 0 me ‘ a ” Mn Looks had become a tril to be endured no Yoaser | In the course of the convemetion the fetead two men worth @ dollar @ day each’) 1. uence, ‘do yon know thet you go about with | inquired yo" pat wp smuch fruit thie ssaseat® With © glance about the room Mr, Abimmer. Cali at THE EVENING WORLD MAY MANTON BUREAU, Donald Bullding, 100 Weet te Gimbel Bros), corner Gixth avenue and vere ecasen. aeyres qan be abet, and the Gock can de made Bish. For the ewilvevenr Geo Wi be meshes yeréa, ef motertel fT | laches wike, Mi parte or M4 verte th ween | | 1 yerd & teaches wide for tho guimpe portion, Pattern We, (80 is oot tr cece fer site as yeare.e8 /e