The evening world. Newspaper, January 27, 1914, Page 16

‘@t Post- Offies ot New Tort as Beoond Clase Mavter, “Ser. Se Ten U Fare wes: a VOTAIME 64... ccccccccceesesssees eNO, 10,188 PUT IT UP TO THE PARENT. No. 1.—How New Ameterdam Became New York. LITTL® fringe of houses scattered through fifteen short and twisting streets and bounded om the north at Wall street by a twolve-feot stockade that ran from fiver to river, That was New Ameter- @am when, in 1666, it beoame New York City It was « thrifty community, which breakfi at dawn and was in bed by nine at night. There were no loafers, no unemployed. Incidentally, there WITS FIGHT to secure cheaper rates for telephone were no rugs or carpets, no stoves, practically no Every detiare worth of capital eteck In the New York Telephone Company le owned by the Amortean Telephone and Telegraph Company. | i g | efte ny | & 3 5 ill if f il it A i i L i ft + | 3f 3 i tf I i it | | | " Ff ii | i | i i 5 i : Hi rye ti. i i : i ‘ cL i r watches, Petrus Stuyvesant—“Old Silver as Governor of New Amsterdam town and w Netherlands Province, He spent his spard® time on his bouerte, or farm, far to the north of the ety (and bounded by what are now Sixth and | Reventeenth streets, Fourth avenue and the Hast | River), The lane connecting thie bouerte with | New Amsterdam was the “Beuerte Lane” and still lives as “The Bowery.” | Chartes II. ef Hogiand gave this Dutch ofty and Dutoh province to hie brother, the Duke of York. It did not belong to him, but to Helland, Yet he | generously gave it. And he enforced the gift by sending a etrong fleet to seise New Amsterdam. The Dutch could not protect either the tewn or the provines, So, in spite of the wild ravings ef Old Bilver Leg, New Amsterdam become New York. Mngtish rule brought English forme ef govern- | ment. And burgomasters were replaced by : New York's fret ten Mayors (their terms were one, year long) were Thomas Willett, Thomas Dela- | vall, Cornetie Steenwyok, Matthias Micoll, Jehn Lawrence, William Dervall, Nieholas ée Meyer, Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Francis Rombouts and William Dyre, Some of these served two or more terma, so the terms of the ten extended from 1665 to 1661. ‘Willett wae an Englishman whe had om! to New York by way of Massachusetts, where he | had for a time been a Puritan, He could make! mere money in New Amsterdam, se came hero a’ fow years later. He wan immensely popular, and was @ merchant of high rank. His great-great- grandson, Col. Marinus Willett, was Mayor of New York 148 years later. Delavell was on the first Board of Aldermen (there were five members). He ‘was an Baglish army captain the expedition against the Dutoh and became a merchant here. From hie cherry erchard Cherry atreet takes its name, . Steenwyek, whe served five terms as Mayor, wan ene of the city’s richest merchants and « Holland immigrant. Matthias Nicoll was a Northampton- shire (Bngiand) lawyer, a big landowner in Queens and afterward a Supreme Court Judge. hing. Dervall, the Willett, had come from England via Boston, His house and store were on the river front between Wall and Hanover astrects. He was Delavall'’s son-in-law. De Meyer was a Dutch trader who hed married a rich New Am- sterdam burghers daughter. Stephanus Van Cort- landt was a big landowner and son of the man for whom Cortlandt street was named. Rombouts was born tn France. He was several times Alderman and boasted that he was worth He ‘it One average-sized room, with Kitchenette folded up in pockets apace’! To make us they propose to : HH Gay we read of & new tenement millionaires where each flat has eighteen tt i Up-State graft hunters would ome another's fect! IT WOULD HELP, of Agriculture contributes a tint ing the cost of living which cities all country will do well to think about. trolleys converge in nine directions, toward utilising reduce of the. farms at aa of the con- | Hf i t fea fs i i Grows grapes within hington. The trolley through hie place, but they do not after 13 oclook at night until early The company operates but Gaily and this stops outside He therefore has to drive jn Perishable grapes fifteen miles to ‘Washington in order to sell them. service would land them about an howr practically at the market fe net peculiar to ak whe Was! riety é i ire car lines are every- For Need trolley | from carrying freight the reilroads do not go, products they are ideal carriers. who are| direct from to study this with asirrors—es they do to make res-' Dyre was English and, as captain in the Fn: Mish army, had harried the Dutch in an earlier effort of his fatherland to seize New Amsterdam. ‘He later become a merchant here. dilits From Sharp Wits] Bophie Irene Loeb ( ceiling women how to get on and off street oars. If she can get them to fol- low ber instructions she will have accomplished mere than man has ever been able to do, se “Bleep ta whoever he is. And maybe it is; but getting up 1 the merning is one of the sternest bits of realism that t# encountered during a whole day.—Toledo Blade. eo ee Is the truth immodest because ft happens to be naked ?—Milwaukee News. o 8 The tango ts blamed by an English publisher for the alleged decline in novel reading. If the pub- Usher had seen the tango danced he would realize his mistake. Nobody could accuse the dancers of being book lovers. oe 8 6 Horseshoeing is to be taught at Cornel! Univer- sity. It is to be hoped that there will be a post- sraduate course in auto repairing, for the villace paitey fa finding that side line more and more use- o 8 @ A German mathematician figures that a man sixty years old has spent three years buttoning hin collar. This cannot be true, for at this rate hin will have spent twice ns many yoars as she putting on her hat.—Cleveland Plain Doalor. oe 6 The Swiss have barred the tango from their country. They prefer the glacier giide,—ClovBland Plain Dealer, — — @ Weather Bureau, Brening World: Where oan | apply to ascertain the exact date of frosty weather and rainy days during certal montha? wv The “Race” Problem. ‘Fo the Editor of The Evening Word: The following problem appeared recently: gives B 100 yards start and overtakes him in minutes, A also gains 760 feet on B in running 9,000 feet. What is the rate at which each run Here is my solution: Assume that A and B start together, In 4 minutes A will hae gained 100 yards, or 300 fest, If in 4 minutes A gains 800 feet it is a simple matter to determine how long it will take to gain 160 feet—thum: 300 : 750 13 @2X, X equals 10, or it takes A 10 minutes to gain 750 feet in the run of 9,000 feet, The at which he runs ts a mile in 6 minutes 62 sec- onds, It is evi from the foregoing that while A runs 9,000 feet in 10 minutes B runs only 8,250 feet. To determine how long it will take B to run 9,000 fect we set out the following pro- portion: 8,250 ; 9,000 :; 10: X, X in this case | equals 1010-11, or it takes 13 1010-1} minutes, or 10 minutes 646-11 seconds, to run the 9,000 feet, | The rate at which B runs is @ mile in 6 minutes | 84 seconds, W.M.C, Feathore or Gold? ‘To the Paitor of The Eveuing World: May 1 submit a simple problem for Evening ‘World readers to solve and to show its operation? ‘Which is the heavier and by how muoh, if any, @ pound of gold or a pound of feathers? H.8,C, . How Much? To the Rititer of The Rrening World: T havo 3 jars, A, B and gallons respectively; A is ein, C full of wine; I all A trom holding 1, 8 and 6 ; B full of water; All up B from C nificance of the soul; for, peradventure, all his TERESTING” talk unto @ millionaire of poetry Judge upon his dancing and a fool wpon his judg- his grace and a genius upon his clothes. acuteness, crying in their hearts: UNDERSTANDETH me!” which he 16 and that which he THINKETH he fe. an illusion,” says Gabriele 4’Annunsio, | of« A SIEVE {sa very useful utensil when it is used ing water, tastes, powers and equipment have fitted you, or are you like a steve trying to carry water? 1 repeat YY DAUGHTDER, I charge thee, put act thy trust in SIGNS. For every man secketh to appear what he is not; and “respectability” 19, ofttimes, Sut @ false shirt bosom, which covereth @ multitude cf follies, Yea, verily, not EVERY good man fs dufl, nor every biack sheep fascinating, nor every high brow tedious, nor every shy maa dow. Judge mot a man’s morals by the temperance Dutton which adorneth his cont lapel, until thou hast searched his pookets to find whether or not an ELK PIN reposeth therein. HAM RAISING MY CHILO ACCORDING 16 EUGENIC PRINCIPLES, | WANT HIM ‘BREA SUPERMAN Neither gauge his bank sccount by the cut! of his coat nor the size of bis tip, for a great biuff worketh wonders. And not every man who weareth passionate waistooats and all-eilk hos- | fery payeth bis board bill. Lo! « debonair youth earneth thirty ehekels, Direth taxtoabe with a air and asketh nat the price thereof, but no one repbeth a trust, magnate, And @ Mttle militonatre is a thrifty (Bing. Before marriage a man putteth down the moneys he spendeth epon flowers and burnt offerings for thee to profit and loss, bet after marriage he writeth down the price of thy hats and gloves and slippers as “GRAF,." For @ sweetheart is an object of conquest, but ®@ wife fe an object of charity. Observe the lions at a pink tea, how they roar, Dut pick out the SHY man who eftteth in a far- off corner and closeth his mouth, if thou wouldst find a fascinating lover. A man that praiseth bis wife loudly and often fs as the shopkeeper who feeleth that he must ADVERTISE his wares, but he that mentioneth not her name in public fs a devoted husband. Tremble not when thou art introduced unto a highbrow lest he discourse upon the hiero- slyphics ef the anctent Egyptians or the sig- conversation shall be of the new TANGO STEPS and the significance of thy dimples. Yet @ football favorite shall babble Swinburne unto thee and torture thine ears with his singing. I charge thee, if thou wouldst be called “IN- and unto @ poet of high finance, compliment a ment, a preacher upon his jokes, a fat mam upon And, behold! they will all marvel at thine “At laet, at last, have I found a woman that For every man hath two ‘ities: that And which of these would ye flatter? Selah. Straight From The Shoulder Saccess-Talks to Young Men Coverite Hew YodE evening World). * No. 3—The Right Job. | to do the things for which it was intended. But nothing so useless us a means of carry- Aro you doing the things for which your natura DON'T BE ALARMED. HE Won'T LET You FALL HE (& EXERCISING THE scars or ne Don'T GET EXCITED! . HE ONLY WANTS SHOW ‘You How STRONG HE IS.HE ALWAYS Ooes THAT WHEN THAVE COMPANY Women Are Going Back to the Farm By Sophie dene Lo-b. Lovo i, yilia Hams Publishing Co, RE you tired of the city, and are you afraid to venture on the farm? Are your finances too low to risk it? Word comes from Presidpnt Wilson that he intends to fur- Onppright, 1014 by The Prem I / > The “right job” fits on the shoulders of the “right man” for it like the jacket on the esteemed potato. ny a bank president would have made a miser- able carpenter, many the efficient bookkeeper who would have turned out @ down-at-the-heels lawyer. You know it? Of course you do, But what are grou doing about it? 5 Be your own “efficiency engineer.” Look yourself over, See if what you are doing is what you ought to be doing. In cess leaking away from you because you are jeve, or are you filling up with it because you are a water-tight vessel? Find out. If you are on the right job, go to it all the harder, If you are on the wrong job, find the right one and get busy. You may not have the chance later, You will be too old to “begin over again” and you will have lost the climbing grip of youth, Most of us can do a number of things fairly well. ‘The few of us’ who can do one thing exceptionally well because we are the “right men on the right job" weldom find ourselves in the line outside the door when the “help wai " sign is hung out, It isn't @ matter of “a” job—it’s a case of “the” job, How about you? Slave Who Became Queen. FLIGIOUS houses in various cities and R towns of France celebrate the festival of their patron, St, Bathildes, the slave who became a queen, Bathildes was an Englishwoman ‘land lived in the seventh century, Asa girl she was captured by a band of French marauders, who carried her off to France and sold her as a slave, “at a very low price,” to Erkenwald, who was mayor of the palace under King Clo" When she had attained womanhood her master was so pleased with her that he placed her in charge of his household. There shi attention of the mayor's royal mas TI. fell no violently in love with the beautiful Eng- lish blave that he made her his spouse and queen, ‘This elevation from a position of servitude to that of a royal consort did not make Bathildes haughty and proud, Rather, it is related, she became more humble than before, She used her influence with the monarch to bring about the abolition of the enslavement of Christians. When the king died she became regent and filled France with religious houses and hospitals, When her son Clotaire be- came king she retired to a convent, and in her latter years wos remarkable for her devotion to the poor and the sick, Her memory is still per- petuated by many convents and churches in France. ! —~— AN IMPORTED ENEMY. The calosoma beetle, an imported natural enemy of the gypsy moth, is found to be multiplying very fast in the moth-infeated territory of Massachu- setts and seems likely to do much toward keeping thie pest in check. This is only one of a dosen or more species of insects that are being used in the 00 that the eutlook te aaadias hs Mihi’ = enereniet-re ther farm-credit bills this year, believing that the resources of this country are still untapped reser- voirs in the way of production. At the same time there are several groups of women being organized throughout the country in the hope of getting more women on tho farms, And you and I, who think there may not be much on farm, have but to learn the lesson of the Geauga County Tomato Club in Ohio, composed of young women. Four of them became ex and went to Washington as champions of Ohio, At the Capito! they were the guests of the Department of Agriculture and received diplomas from Secretary Houston. The club was organized by Mrs. J. T. Turner, @ society woman of Clev: land, who has immer home in the midst of the farm district, She wrote the Department of Agriculture, set and learned all about 161 LOEBS to forth her plan > 8) Ni together all th ©. youn, ‘women fr'me county and in the dead of winter delivered lectures at various achoolhouses throughout the districts growing and canning tomatoes, planting time cam rizen were offered for the beat pro- uction of tomatoes, Many festivities in the form of luncheons, parties and Maypole dances lent interest to the meetings of the club, and the work of raising tomatoes went on apace, In olive oil.” Pil:ows and HP pillow slip és again quite factor in the making up of th ded, and the shops are now show. ing exquisite effects in hand embroidery and lace insets, The general acceptance, some years ago, of the bolster roll, into which the pillows were thrust during the day, put ‘an end to the use of the fancy pillow, But the revival of hand embroidery bout two years ago soon created @ desire for embrotdered bed coverings, and what more natural than that thi Pillowa should match the Accordingly, ‘hand-embrotdered pillow became popular, and housewives have discarded the roll and repiaced it by ~|the words of Mrs. Turner: “And gradually, as the work of the club swung into action, the girls be- new light on the duties Koh monotony of life ddenly been din- pelled by a totally h and glorious point of view.” As many as thirty-six different jen of canned and preserved t matoes were presented by one you woman. These girln were all intelli- gent workers, many of them haying lived and worked in the city, Somo showed by illustration, in water-color, the tomato in every stage, from plant- ing to its final appearance in a Mason jar. And many of these jars are now ex: hibited in the Department of Agric ture at Washington as examples for other followers, 4, beat of all, a nice little net ‘ofit resulted for each of the girls. ides, the farmers, following ti their daughters, employed a toultural bed Le a them the best ways loing thin; and the mothers are going in for do- mestio economy and cook- Ings ta ‘e. manner that would ‘have and in thi way excessive laundering is avoided, becaume, of course, the day pillowa must de immaculate. By the way, mentioning the eiring of Make the Kitchen Your Drug Store By Andre Dupont. doth the health and complexion much setter duri ing to be taken in guch quantities during summ' 4s pure. Some of the very cheap vartetie: oll, which, while not injurious, taste very flat and are harder to Don't BE AFRAIDIITS MY EVELOPING THE MUSCLES OF HIS HE CAN Do THAT WiTw The SOFA PULL. PEOPLE Don'T HOWL. HE DOESN'T WANT “ou % GO Oe, Prblicbing Os, (The New York Brening Wort 3.—OLIVE OIL INSTEAD OF TONICS. BELIEVE I'll have to start taking tonic,” sata the Commuters Wife: _ felt the cold @o these last two or three days.’ ‘What do you use? asked her friend, the Club Weman, inquisi- tively. “T thought you Glsapproved of too much medécine.”” “This jen’t a medicine exactly. Ite Just olive ofl. A sort of kitchen tonto, I ih IG tf &. E & i # Z I 3g i fi ! Hy +e 4 i F] f Ei t f BE : 2 ii ; fs E : fi ? i ite an : rf Ht Hag i ll [ 1 i | 1 af i gar 3 Hk H! 7 8 Ky = 3 =]. in i | Pillow Slips | | | | ; ie j ti i ] | If this 1s her method she ‘Vitinted feathers inte the tevtert the alr cannot. penetrate, when she gt the pillows other shaking before putting them the bed, as she naturally will do, has, probably, driven these taint feathers to the surface again and night the sleeper may be inhaling purities that were lodged there ight, What she should do !s to place Pillows, without shaking, where the can play upon the upper surface, od | i 3 i | ji H 2! 3 | {t it i ' 2k? F) tf ail ¢ t a H : i ul il i 3 A tf; ! F | | to the sun in airing. inks down through feathere should be ones A feather pill good condition when | spring, Thie can ? arith 3 Fi [i ii if i] iu Pd if ifs 5 i bs ri | i f | [