The evening world. Newspaper, September 23, 1913, Page 16

* Mo the Béteor of Tie Evening World: 5 Tem invited to an informal stag to be| Can any of your readers give me in| Se RO eee ae The Evening World ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. RR ce es Se es, ed Pent on ten te Park Row, Pgs oat FULITER, ire decors, 62 Park how, Becont: Matter, Stentor The’ Krenine |For Magiand and the comineet and neer national or the United States All Countries in the Ii end Canada, Postal Union ex; eccescownes 08.60/One Fear. coresessess osreev 60: secceerssovcsccesses § -S0/On® Month...erscsereceoveeveoes SD VOLUME 64... THE NEEDLESSNESS OF IT. ~~ TS the needlessness of most noises that renders them insuf- i ferable,” declares W. D. Howells. | When a street car sets @ brake or rounds a curve with) metal grinding against metal in « screech that cuts the nerves like a busz-saw everybody knows that in nine cases out of ten, wi adjustment and a ewab of grease, there would be no need torture. The public must go on suffering the wear and tear of resisting these ceaseless attacks on the nervous system merely be- cause the street railway companies will not remove their cause. Wheel wear produces flatness with consequent grinding and ehrieking on the rails. Every wheel on subway, surface and elevated systems onght to be tested and trued up at regular intervals. By inspecting their wheels and brakes and by using graphite on ewitches and curves the companies could easily eliminate 90 per cent. of the| present nerve-racking noises, ‘We have a Public Service Commission one of whose chief duties it is to see that the city railway companies keep their equipment in proper order. Five years ago the Commission insisted that it could and would compel the railways to suppress these very noises. Why, then, are they to-day worse than ever? It is the needlessness of this particular nuisance that makes it intolerable. DOES ANYBODY WANT DISCIPLINE? AD mnt of cadets at West Point is reported, due to a marked falling off in the number of nominations. There is a disinclination on the part of boys to try the stiff en- trance examinations and undergo the strict life of the Academy. West Point’ training has always been considered a first-class boon for eny young man lucky enough to get it, even though he meant ultimately to go into business. The mental and physical discipline of this famous echool turns out strong, self-reliant men for any walk in life. ‘ Are we getting to @ point where nobody wants an education with discipline? Is it to be significant commentary on our new- fangled educational theories that bring up a boy on the “unfolding plant,” never-give-him-anything-but-pleasant-taske system, that when he gets older he will shrink from anything as strenuous es a military academy? ( eEEEEREEEEEEE nemmemmeemememend A MURPHY AMONG THE MOHAWKS. MAN, always woman! The Southern Workman, s maga- zine published by the Hampton Institute, reports a strong raovement in the St. Regis Indian Reservation of St. Law- rence Connty, N. Y., to restore to the women of the tribe the right to vote. The St. Regis Indians are Mohawks, and for years the women lways had equal say with the men in reservation matters. Under this system all went serenely until the Legislature for some reason or other took away the powers of the women, Since then corruption and machine politics have grown like itchgrass. One of the chiefs has become an out and out “bose” mith s shrewd eye to the “wampum.” The reservation is ashamed of iteelf and wants a change. Last season eom body petitioned the Lagislature to give back votes to the women, ‘\ the petition got lost in the shuffle and nothing was done, “ Here is an argument for the euffragists and something that can (Ge used to pester the lawmakers at Albany, Only votes for the Mohawk women will get rid of the Mohawk Murphy. ———$——— Letters From the Peopl Mirthdey Presents, Sclentifie Fa: ‘To the BAltor of The Rvs piven to « frien’ in honor of his tw: ‘ation about the opportunities tn evfiret birthday. Ie it proper to give a |e leatific farming, cost of atudy, etc.? Bresent or not? 2 Tam @ young man with @ good educa- It ts dest form to give a gift but, Hon, at present » clerk. iMG Of course not nacansery, sae rea beeerment of Agricul. | <a net neenorer? tare, Washington Cos Cob Nature Notes R. MELLEN, now on ¢h Sometimes it was Ne retired list, was @lways in trouble about water ' in the stock of his R. R. and sometimes the supply for the power house. ‘The latter drinks up about 3,000,000 gallons a @ay, and thy ts more than the Putnam Inkes can afford and lave enough toe the rest of us First, Mr, Mellon dammed the Anderson brook at the place goes under tho track. ‘This was a failure, so he bought a wet place on Nelson Lockwood's farm and dug some welle to pump from them into the #0 ite flow, Then somebody bullt a dam across the brook be- | ella, and Mr, Mellen pumped all summer to fill a nice new lake. No| by for the power house, The Jast Legislature gave him the Mianus River, and Mr. Elliott, his successor, te having @ busy! time to know what to do with ft, Hideeend for the seventh time this summer, cold and stiff on neighbor Sperkoe's iawn, “He touched the jul ath foreman by way of an obituary, The power house killed ao arian, under Mr, Mellen's management as the R. R. did passengers, but the authorities have always been considerate ubout 1, Cunnecticut coroners Keem to feel that only victims ure responsible. Tho grapes are ripe and the little boys show stains in the corners of their mouths, There ts a big crop of frost grapes by the roadaldes this year. The | frost grape is easily picked, hanking thickly) in large bunches, and makes nice jelly, Nature provides many delicacies for man if women would take the trouble to fix them up instead of subsisting on bread, tea and coffee to the injury of their nervous systems. We see @ doctor has sald people should eat mussels here as they do in Europe, but will not because they are ignorantly fastidious, There are mil- lions on our flats which would be eligibie for food tf the water was not so! Polluted by the woolen mill and ca . A man we know once patd 75 # place tn N. ¥, @ Uneman wan laid eel He said it wax] worth it Scollops are £0 cents a quart, This is an increase of 200 per cent, In a fow years. We can remember when Greenwich Cove was covered with acollops, and some of our citizens declined to eat thei as being too darned common, preferring to «et something 1u @ can from @ store, The election comes on Monday, Oct, 6 There are five tickets in the field, including the Bocialist. Jim did not dare to hold a caucus, but had a primary, + with one ticket in the field. He thinks he has fixed it so that Mossre, W & Wright will be kept as town counsel, All the other things hi been taken away except Norgustus Nap, our highwayman, who Is fs Ji The Cos Cob depot is the most burgled station on the road, One night last week ome professional cut « hole in the east window, leaving a nent orifice, but apparently did not go in. OF HOLDING YOUTH” Can You Beat proper f such | yy; \D Acquire the “Youth Habit’? (+ 22 9.7. rm panne o % that ame up from day to day. 7 | joined in with the prattle and laughter ‘hildren. of ny little ‘The that showed a marvellous knowl- edge in the affairs of every Bo that I covld not help aski "Won't you pleane tell me the eecret of your great interest in everything at your age?” She answered: ‘There is no secret. 1 a matter of habit~THE HABIT salary. “And how do you do it?” T queried, “In this way I did not always ac- Yes, Dear! HENRY, T wAnr You To STAY AT HOME AnD MIND THE HOUSE TONIGHT-IM GOING TO A CLUB MEETING - DON'T You LEAVE THE CANT COME -WIFES GONE OUT! I GOTTA STAY HERE AND MIND THE House, Daily Magazine, live tn their and think their thought “Their very expr ———$——— The Evening World will pay a cash prize of $25 for the best account of “How 1 Got My First Raise. The story must be true in every detat! and subject to confirmation. It must give the writer's actual experience in obtaining his first increase of For what servi cumstances caused it? aggerations or attempts at fine writ: Confine your narrative to 250 words or less—preferably only one side of the paper. Addi Box 1354, New York City.” 2 wd It? @ xxzith:, @ By Maurice Ketten IMPORTEN HATS he EY ee ARAISS OL { ' ———— By Sophie Irene Loeb. seeming unimportance of the little rows that to them seem weighty are|that T REFLECTIONS in ive with youth. ir lessons and knew And as they loved keeping the spirit them, I was not alone. “For there we round about; NEWER 80 it las continued to t! Much wisdom in thi woman. only pi mother is @ fine thing! When mes. for @ few minutes every lane of living | something of their or I grew WIT: them, ‘All this time T kept in touch with the Problems of the day and the world’s f delight and | work generally, finding something of in- NE interests. An resent day children, and the Charities Department its compelled to knitting needles. To-day she ts in the commit them to institutions~more expense to the taxpayer. HOW I GOT MY FIRST RAISE _ | ‘eres:ona ot activrry, ienitting the Blackwell's Island would have many more men emontil | threads of the li She seeks the confiden: | who comes home trom the party wil all the attending little ills and fril She does not live, move and have hi being in one little circie—the tami leirele. She seeks to know and play hi part as a unit in the scheme, She does not remain in one corne or serles of services was the raise awarded? What clr- Tell the story briefly, simply, naturally, without ex- less. Write on ress “First Raise Editor, Evening World. P. O. listen, such interested activitt spirit alive and the heart young, So that In the summing up he Piven Fabllslag Go, New York Ereaing Wort.) | HELLO HENRY! SAY-MY WIFES GOING OUT TO THE CLUB THIS EVE- NING-COME OVER: AND LETS AAVE ( A QUIET GAME OF PINOCHLE. _U ee aeiel ~ (SOS MINE!-BUT MY WIFE WELL- I Guess You'LL STAY NY STRING RIGHT AERE AND NOT STIR. reg fm reg TNEO Dow) UNTIL, 1 LIKE. You= I'LL COME OVER. WE fOU~ = To Your House! Tuesday, September 23, 1913 t | terest iu all. So chat when the children | ad left for thelr own hearthstones and I waa left WITHOUT | OTHER children | parlor with the 8 of those about her, of the gir but Is often out in the open to look and she keeps the | and the money earned by: him ts turned over to the wife Copyright, 1919, ty The Pree Publisning Co, (The Now York Trestag Well EARKEN, my Daughter, unto the parable of the Reformed Brige- H groom, and the Honeymoon which went under @ cloud: | Now, in the month of June, I betook me unto @ Great Tavern, | where the young and the old, the dull and the sprightly were gathered together to feast, not wisely, but too well. Among the multitude I observed many who seemed to know not what they afe, neither to care; but feasted upon one another's faces and drank sweet draughts of Lethe from one another's eyes. For this was the Honeymoon Season. ' And lo, there entered a Radiant Young Thing, wearing a shining slew’ | wedding-ring, who saw not whither she went, but kept her eyes constaatly upon her Beloved. } And, in her abstraction, she tripped and stumbled upon the rug at the portal, and would have fallen had not her Beloved caught her in bis | arms, crying: | “Alas, alack, my DARLING! Hast thou HURT thyself? “Great Heavens! What a place is this, that is strewn with pitfalls {and death-raps for a woman's feet! | “WAITER! I command thee, see to it that this vile rug be removed jat once; for my WIFE hath fallen upon it. “Lo, if she hath been injured, I shall bring diggster and law-utte |upon the whole House. “Moreover, I shall break SOMEBODY'S head!” And he guided her tenderly unto a chair and made moan over her, And she was perfectly happy. Now, it chanced that in January I again went unto the Tavern, search of food and diversion. And, behold, what was mine astonishment to see the same man ané the same women enter by the self-same portal. But this time the MAN preceded the woman. And in her haste to follow him she again tripped and stumbled and would have fallen had not a nearby slave caught her in his arms. Then the Bridegroom turned upon his Beloved, and WAS wroth, | His eyes blazed fire and his lips breathed scorn and he opened his mouth and delivered himself, saying: “GREAT SCOTT! Why dost thou not LOOK where thou art going’ “Hast thou NO command of thy feet? “Lo, thou mightest have broken thine ankle—and thou KNOWES& \ |have no money for doctor's bills. “Pour l'amour de Michael, be CAREFUL!” And she answered, wearily: “Oh, KEEP quiet!” Then I turned unto the slave who had brought my wine and my partridge and questioned him, saying: | “Is it always thus with them?" And he nodded and answered sadly: “Yea, verily! Even by the way in which they enter the portal ca 1 jaiscern unto a day and an hour now LONG they have been married. “For the June Honeymoon {s the cocktail which precedeth the Jan- uary headache!” Selah. New York Judges Are Baffled By the Husband Who Has Quit By Nixola Greeley-Smith Copsright, 1913, ty The Press Pudlisniag Co, (The New York Erening World). HERE are three principal winter resorts in the neighborhood of Lakewood and Atlantic City you know perhaps. The third—! Island—is just about getting ready for the annual tnflux of masculing who find it easier and pleasanter to spend the winter at the expense of the city than to stay out in the cold world and work for the support of their wives and families. Meantime, while the husband takes his ease on the tax- payer's money, knowing not nor caring for the price of coal, his family faces starvation, It is seldom that mother can undertake successfully to support the di w York. nd ita winter colo trates of New York realize mother of children to guarantee winter to the husband who has abandoned her. “Te tt were not for this fact T would send a more men to the Island.” Judge Charles N. Harris informed “Very often I send the fal way because the Department] abandoned so long New York ni ia, where the man ts put to wor! the fact that the Magis ith Is. er OLA GRRELEY-SWITH ly er ‘me the other day, of Charities will not care for the chiliren he a chance of holding lim responsible for their support, er of lke that in force in the District of Colum “We got the Legislature to pass such a@ bill some time ago, but Gov. Sal - vetved It on the ground thet it interfered with the Board of Estimate and Appor- tiopment, which, of course, would have to appropriate the inoney to make the: scheme operative. | esuch a law {s favored by all persons who know the diMculties which con- front New York's Magistrates who have to deal with domestic relation eases, Tt ia the only thing which will meet the situation, “B ad to work at his trade for 61 reallze that he would be better off outside earning his regular wages of $8 | $3.0 a day and supporting his wife and family.” Not long ago [ discussed this same problem with Magistrate Frederick and he, too, ured ensity of a law which should put New York's wint enefit of thelr wives and the children, who must other the taxpayer to do to insure Himself food, shelter and leisure for, the winter months 1 of the vity<is to cease giving hit wite any done: | This situa has existed In New York for years, It js the Sphinx‘e radi of the Domestic Relations Court Tt seems ridiculous that the only solution which has been found for 1 perfect solution from the point ew both of the city and the tidividual- should fail in its effect through quibble about money, Hits From Sharp Wits | op, Richard Harding Davis's new ten years ago after a fight that l play seems to be suffering from the Iatkyonly five minutes and remarried @ 4 Jof the usual Charles Dana Gibson Illus-, or two ago, evidently divorced tm heat \trations.—Roaton Transerint and remasried at leieure. cle oe Sometimes tho ilie is merely bucaing! No vital question was ever sattled 4 when the operator saya it's busy @ “problem” piaS.—Philadeiphia Ing ee | quiver. ‘The figures which apparently show} eo ee that insanity is increasing may mean! About this time it appears that @ only that more insane persons are be-| wideawake booking ag ing found out jup Wildam ‘“Travesty" bj iJ | Naukee Sentinel, Since humanity has become expert in . dodging automobties, announcement of| An Ohio woman wants © divorce te the approach of & comet, even at tre-!cause her husband {9 not the modest mendous specd, has no terrors. —Albany| man he represented himself to be detero Journal ‘The court will eetablish @ Wao tow Jersey cowie whe separated — > t should “sign Jeome.~—Mi). ee