The evening world. Newspaper, October 3, 1913, Page 26

The Evenin She Me aBiorid. ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER, VOLUME 54......0.cccccevewoeoes on THE LAW AND THE LOCKED DOOR. eeeccceeesNO, 19,086 FTER imposing the marimum penalty upon two men convicted | A of violating the law against locking factory doors while em- ployees are working within, Justice Collins expressed regret | that he had not authority to inflict heavier punishment. Other Jus-| tices in discussing the subject approved the remark, one of them adding: “The present law does not come up to the requirements. I think if we start now stirring up the proper sentiment we will be able to get the necessary change.” When one recalls the tremendous outburst and outpouring of pop- ular sentiment following the awful disclosures of the locked doors in the Asch Building at the time of the fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, this suggestion that we start in now to stir up proper senti- ment sounds almost like irony. So contemptible is the law to many factory owners or managers they not only evade it but defy it. In one case it was shown that a door leading to a stairway from a factory on a fifth floor was fastened aot merely with a lock that might have been burst open in emergency, but by an iron bar across the entire width of the door. Within that barred loft were sixty girls at work. Proper sentiment on the issue exists already. What fe needed is @ resolute impression of thet sentiment upon legislators too busy with party politics to attend to public welfare. po Owing to the recent demonstrations in the Tennessee Legisia- ture, some of our contemporaries are condoling with the State be- cause her Legisiators are more prompt io draw guns than to draw laws, but Judging from the record of most laws drawn by Legis- lators, Tennessee is to be congratulated. -_ rH WHERE COMPROMISE IS POSSIBLE. LTHOUGH the Court House Board has approved the plans for a circular building submitted by Mr. Guy Lowell, and al- though foreign architects of eminence have applauded it as a new triumph of American talent, the Justices of the Supreme Court. who have also a say in the matter, refuse to consent to it. They con- demn the method of lighting, scoff at it as a roundhouse, and refuse to accept it even if ite curves be flattened in four places, Rejecting with obstinacy either a circle or an oblate spheroid, they demand “a dentated rectangular structure.” As the deadlock cannot be broken by any initiative, referendum or recall, there is seemingly no recourse but the usual one of a conati- tutional amendment. The suggestion, however, of Borough President McAneny that the site of the proposed building be changed from that selected to one that will give it a more advantageous position, offers opportunity for compromise and decision. It is not easy to maintain a deadlock where there are two issues at stake. Men of the character of yaecped serve on the board and on the bench ought to be able to reach agreement without lon, wran, » We building, we need it now. _— sa sii _—_— The personal tax finds few miftionatres in New York, but the income tax will restore our reputation. _ eH NO RATIFICATION NEEDED. notification or ratification mecting in honor of its candidate for Mayor is explained by tha candidate in the statement: “There is no need for notification for the reason that unless the candidates send their declinations to the Board of Elections they are presumed to have accepted the nomination for which they were se- f NNOUNCEMENT that Tammany will this year forego any lected on primary day.” That is excellently well reasoned. Since Mr. McCall did not refuse the nomination “with a pistol at his head,” as he said he would, it is hardly necessary to notify him that he has it. However, if Mr. McCall wishes to eliminate Tammany from the campaign and get the taint off his candidacy, he must explain to a waiting city why Mr. Murphy was eo emphatic in telling a committee of the City Economy League: “This year we are going to put nobody om the ticket but organization men.” As tho matter stands now the public will believe that no ratification of his candidacy is necessary on the part of Tammany, not only because of what he knows, but because of what the public also knows. —_— eH ‘We are to have no more dark cells at Sing Sing or Auburn, and some bright day we shall have no more dark sells at Albany, ————_<¢ = ______ WHY SIR ALMROTH IS WROTH. Y WAY of refuting Sir Almroth Wright’s book, “The Unexpur- gated Case Against Woman Suffrage,” a well posted suf- fragette says Sir Almroth’s wife is a liberal contributor to suffragette work in England, and that to every girl that graduates from a British university she gives a copy of Mill’s work on “The Subjection of Women.” While this does not refute the arguments of Sir Almroth it dis- eredits the title of his book. It is surely not unexpurgated if a suf- fragette wife supervises the author. Perhaps when the cry passes it will be found quite harmless, a companion piece for Mill. Moreover, as it does not appear that the Knight intends to make a gratuitous distribution of it as his Lady does of Mill’s work, advantage rests with the champions ofthe canst, eR I enema World Daily Magazine, Friday, October 3, 1913 “And the Cat Came Back” j.x277tva.} By Maurice Ketten | Bediioned Daily Kfcept Sunday by ts, Freee Publishing Company, Nos, 63 to OUCH! WHo's SCRATCHING ME ¢ SARAAAALABALABBABABAABAAASABRABABASD Mr. Jarr Has Found Jamaica Fairly Up to Specifications AAABASABAASABABIAIDRIABABAASABALBIS in the English language Almost all the 6 small groggeries on the island are con- trolied and run by Chinamen. Carriage ind fruit are the principal com- Mmodities, but the former is seldom ex- Ported. In fact, carriage fares are 80 heap—sixpence @ trip to any point in town, or 7% cents an hour for hauling three people—that one loses money by @ator would care for them, It would be no trouble to me to tell you how many inhabitants there are in Kingston, but I don't suppose you'd The police, the clerks, the lawyers, the do druggists, cash gir'', barbers, tailors, carpenters, soldiers, blacksmiths, in fact, almost everybody you meet, except the tourtets, are largely colored people They are slender, solemn, dignified in- many colored people in ica is also noted for its f olicious tropical which are good to eat. bananas, pineapples and alligator pears and apartment house elevator boys from Jamaica. Alligator | dividuals, who have high voices and peare are eo called because only an alll |given to the use of the largest w. Will Women Ever Rule the United States? By Nixola Greeley-Smith Coperight, 1918 by The Pram Pubtishing Co, (The Now York Evening Worlt). LYRED LORD NORTHCLIFFE has just made himself extremely unpopular by telling them that there fe a feminine In England, Scotland and Ireland, and that ever consent to give the franchise to 0 self-Tespecting man is willing to Dave the empire dominated by @ feminine majority. In other words, the free-born forever to minority rule, Must remain forever unexpressed if t! to be feminina Whether or not England's two miliio eurplus Maggies constitute legitimate argument against giving women the vote must depend, of course, upon whether one believes with republicans that the majority ght, or with Ibsen that the majority ts ‘he population of Jamaica {a orderly ‘and law-abiding for the most part, and the slightest offense is punished by im- prisonment at hard labor, the convicted men being put to work on the roads and the banana plantations and farms longing to the Government. One who would a-sightseeing go Cowra et York Boecinn Worle sO plate 5—From Edward Jorr, Late Of Harlem, to Alfred B. Jenkine, Bookkeeper, Smith 4 Oo, New around the town. The streets are wide ‘and the buildings mairly concrete with corrugated iron roofs, The roads and streets are kept in Ame condition, and, aside from the streets having the ap- pearance of the funeral cortege of a Prominent colored citizen being about to pass all given points, the town has Bo especially foreign or tropical aspect. The convicts—and those fined heavily for small offenses— colored man five months &0-cent pipe) and who are working out their fines—wesr canvas two-piece pajamas of a dirty white ,color, and little, round, dark cloth, pill- box caps, In the plantations the con- victs can be seen cutting down guinea Off Jamaica, W. 1. My Dear Jenkina: have just left Jamaica and are Now en route for Panama, We Ki anna belt, drove up into Briton is committed ulation ts 90 per cent. negroes, majority happens money is taken in the Hits From Sharp Wits. 5 Mr, E4@ison seems to be no different from the common olay of other mortals. After taking an extended vacation, his doctor saya he must now spend a week ‘t any rave Lord Northeliffe's appea! to mas ity must fail in this coun’ million more men than women in the United urplue rises every year and will continue to Fine until immigration ceases altogether, ight percentage of eurplus males which Nature provides ould give man the determining opinion for some time to no longer frequent enough to consume the excess male: from the States that they | \y invariably exclaim. went them attacking that solitary guard, hacking him to with chose dreadful big knives mn of the complimentary Salutation “Dear Sir,” and the polite conclusion “Yours very truly” will not make much headway in letters written they shy off when- they see visitors approach, How- At the last census there were just exactly 2,691,978 more men than women COMBINED STENOGRAPHY WITH + ¥ really do earn 0, although SWEEPING. Tam wetting only $6." Monday night Upon teaving business cotlese T in my envelope was 9% tion with a machinery FRANCIS GOODRICH, coneera th eae city, T was employed No, $7 Washington avenue, Brons. as & stenographer, but as Tt theught A QUEER RAISE AFTER 19 nothing of cat hold of a broom and sweeping up, keeping things in & nice, neat condition and making myself generally useful, 1 soon won MONTHS’ WORK, T was employed in @ busy law office, Every minute was work, the admiration of my employers and Work. work: often to late at might. within three weeks’ time was re After a year and a half my warded with 9 dollar ralse. thanked me for my faithfutness, 4 GEORGE J. KNELL. after much hemming and ha‘ @ Thomas etreet, New York City. | decided = would reward me wi * rales, Instead of 1 per week THIS ELEVATOR TOY CAPTURED) iin cing be M0 m monte A BURGLAR. Uke a plutocrat. Tf tmparted the T am an elevator operator. In Jovful tidings to my mother, ex- the place I work we are not ex- Plaining to her that my denevolent pected to get raises, but I got my employer had raised my salary to raise just the same I was work- $0 per month. Not being of « ing on Sunday, Feb. 3, 1 happened mathematical turn of mind I coulin't to be near the front door of the Perceive, till she explained, that my building when I heard @ noise, and, ‘Din raive was a bare 75 cent Increase I went back to impestigate and saw @ome one walking up the staira, I went up after him and asked him what he wanted. He gave me no anewer, but kept going up. I chased him to the top of the building, where I caught him and turned him evdr to the superintendent of the IN MINOR DETAILS REWARDED. building, whe had him arrested end convicted as an old offender. ‘The superintendent told 1 haa made a great catch, and he would eee that I got @ raise in salary. When the owner of the building heard what I bad done be had my pay raised. New York City, DARED TO ACT ON HIS OWN INI TIATIVE. ‘On Feb. 19, 1918, I hired out to work in one of the departments of @ large poultry farm for 880 per month, with room, board and wash- ing. On April 4 the manager was thrown from bis horse and frac- tured his ekull; he died nine days later. When the newa of the acci- Gent reached the farm everybody was at a lose what to do, I called all the men and told them to con- tinue their work as if nothing hap- pened. In the mean time I would telegraph to the headquarters, and if the general manager of the com- pany 414 not approve of my action I would pay all the men out of my own funds. And I backed my atatement with a certified check for $100 Mr, Phillips, the gen- eral manager of the company, came out, and, after investigation of what I had done, called me in the office and said: “Sam, you have handled the situation in a most excellent manner, You will get $40 per month instead of $30, On June 15 I was promoted to the position of superintendent of the | !"- I took it home with the in- | tention to return it to yf all the de- farm in full eharge 0! department” the next 4 next morning somehow @ day, making 10 cents, A. RAUCH. 13 West Seventeenth street. CHECK GIRL IN STORE R&- TURNED LO6T ‘AEDAL. ents. SOLOMON YADLOVKER. Esopus, N. ¥, reot (By the lunchroom Friday noon DIFFERENCE IN TWO WORDB | “igcy, “WS notice which read: Hor CAUSED THIS RAISE. found return to Mr. Blank. ature \ \ | 1 was employed in @ soap factory | day I returned and had occasion to go to the of- half an hour I called to the of- fice one day. A strange man was fice, I had to fm my check talking to the superintendent. He for the moment I thought I was later asked me how much I earned. 1 told him 9% @ week. The next day the superintendent asked me why I packer with higher wages, had sald that, as T getting only AUGUSTE AHSENMACHER, % per week, I said: “I didn’t tell a 9% Washington st, Hoboken, N. J. The May Manton Fashions L ing % lowe my job But r wae raised for honesty and made a one at the back Tne skirt and body portions are in one, but « belt te “rranged at the low Wwalst Hine and ts held in place by means of strapa, It to 9 emart little frock, siving becoming lines te childish Agures, and wite Just that aimplicity thas 4s found tn the beat mode els, It would be pretey made from serge, « Would be charming ¢), linen oF pique, ani, 5 the earlier season, / 't would be pretty ute from singham, fn this country—that is, 108 men for every 100 women, These figures were In 1900 there were only 104.4 males for by @ debtor to a creditor asking for an jextension of time If women voted solidly as a aex, which experience hae demonstrated they never do, there would be only aiz places in the United States where their wishes would constitute the majority's i. ‘These are Massachui Bome one saye Roosevelt is not wor- rying about the great decline in the Now, I know you are going to ask me | if I got any cocoanuts off the trees, and | they not delicious when eaten m exceed’men by 66,000; Rhode South Carolina and the District of Columbia, however, is easily avcounted foi. Colonel isn't running for anything just at present.—Philadelphia Inquirer, ee Ieland, Maryland, North € in Massachusetts the excess fominine population is not more than a In New York City, according to figures furnished tn 1911 to the Bureau of eee (s miok Gia inere tae Conger ‘Vital Statistics by the Federal authorities, there were 1919 more females than of abe early. vote Doing erewden ent ty only cocoanut At to eat (and that isn't) So, whether man or woman will rule New York, when women vote depends on |is the early fat Duteh, or drumh @recisely the same factor which has almost always controlled New York eleo- tions, the majority brought down to the Harlem River, In the New England States the proportion of males to females is 9.8, In the eluding New York, of course, there are 10.8 males to every 100 females. Ali the other sections show @ marked predominance of males, | Pacific States to 128 males to every 100 females. es mean the domination of men | Inited States. Restricted to the Bven if the hump cut is illegal, there {a consolation im knowing thet it cannot Middle Aflantic States, “Wizard” Edison got sick because he: rising in the mountains a took a vacation, No more of it for him. | oe 8 Altogether, the argument that feminin by women ts laughably absurd if appited to t! ‘ai The frock made one Of these with and cuffs from yards 44 inches with 5-1 i 8 yard 27 inches the collar, -utfe jo, RUST ip lla’ cut in sizes for ririe Pattern No, ae One-Piece Oress, from two to six years of age at THE EVENING WORLD MAY MANTON FASITION | Donald Building, 100 West Thirty-second atreet (opp tite Gimbel Bros), corper Sixth avenue and Thirty-second sireé, New York, or sent by mail on receipt of ten cents in coin or ttampe for each pattern ordered, The voter who ts qualified will put on | British Isles, where women are in # majority, the finishing touch to-morrow.—Pitts- je never consent to a genuine government by consent of the governed, 3 Foo Lona Northelife hep Uvaled Englishmen, 2 ©}. aeree = it means merely that Englishmen Lah us Ropged veleve-shag LE RY SESE, onc ora ime deal — +2 LS Se pcg ire singel BMPORTANT—Write your address plainly and always specify sige wanted, Add two cents for fetter postage if in hurry.