The evening world. Newspaper, January 28, 1914, Page 16

* ¥ a % . “* The Evening World Dail ESTABLISHDD BY JOSHPH PULITZER. a by bah in| ob. — Dafly Broept Sunday y ie Fyase Punts \¢ Company, Peart ths President, 68 new. . Hn TZER," Row. 1 EOE iterated Pout Office low York an Second-Clasa 0 1 Matter. he Evening) For England and Continent and | tort + One Month. VOLUME 54.........00005 19,153 TAKE OUT THE POLITICS. DAY passes without fresh evidence of Tammany’s gigantic swindling of the State through the debasement of its highways. | Yet we are told that Legislative and other reformers “cannot agree on a plan of action.” | Yesterday the senior partner of a Hudson Falls contracting com- | pany testified that lest year $4,000 clipped to Tammany secured for his firm $76,000 worth of contracts without competition. Commissioner Osborne gave to The Evening World a etatement | évery word of which supports this newspaper's repeated assertion that in no way hes Tammany committed worse outrage against the | credit and good name of the State than in building sham end rotten- name inte the roads that ought to mark the high standard of its civil- imation end progress. Bvery mile of Righway, every county through whkh (paases, is @ mire of political incompetency and petty corruption. ‘The dighways are the Gumping ground for political imcompe teats and the recruiting ground for votes. Bat not antil you take politicos out of pubiie works cam you Gxt vesulta, and not until you put politicians off the highways an you otep the eraft. . (With the facts before it, is the public in a mood to watch with patience the bickerings by which Legislative committees and graft- vantore at Albany hold up justice and delay remedies? What kind of clean-up can be conducted by men treading on one emother’s toco—refermers fidgeting with party jealousy and suspicion? Bafere 1 cam take oteck in any offert te take politics out of the ‘Migtrways Department the public demands that the investigators be- Ge Ghede work in the right way: Let Geom take polities cet of tnvestigation, —— ‘Wherever New York's future Police Commissioner may be Mugertng, the Department manages to do ts work mesawhile ‘with cepalarity end credh. ——————————— THE RIGHT WAY. E it was propesed to establish the parcel pest ¢o eave , W money for the average citisen, plenty of people predicted that the average citisen would never take te it. Thereupon “the average citisen” got busy and took to ft to the extent of over-taxing ite facilities the first year. The Department of Agricultare is now experimenting with cen- tainers for butter, eggs, vegetables and other farm produce te the end and the housewife, thereby saving the costly exactio-e of broker and middleman. Consumers in all localities will be kept informed by the Department from what nearby point they can most easily have their needs supplied. Surely there is little reason to doubt that the public will heartily ‘ ‘welcome this extension of » system which it ilready uses with enthu- (FWHE Anti-Seloon League wants the Legislature te pass « lew sins. The way to cut the cost of living for “the average citison” is @e wrart him with practical conveniences—not promising theories. “Curly Joe” formed to trial! ‘The lew must feel pretty faeaithy to lny bands on a real boss! PUT UP THE DANGER SIGN. flat the parcel post may establish direct dealing between the farmer | — Caperight. 1914, by The Pras Pubiithing Oo, (The Now Yor Brening World), LARTATION is the subtle ert of charming a man without alarming him—ef flattering him without frightening him. Of course ive listened to the serpent when he flattered her! Hadn't she requiring every bottle of whiskey, beer, champagne and ether | ™*** ber ¢iss7? rc end ceeesbenes. More than that, it must inscribe upon itself else where: “This preparetion eentains aloohol, which is habit-ferming » fevitemt, narcotic poison.” been married long enough for a thing like that to go te her head and alesholic thrid to be marked “Poison!” with the usual ekull Every woman possesses three personalities—the person she is, the person she pretends to be and the person she thinks she is, “Men's hearts are made of stouter stuff than women’s"—Inéia rubber, te Judge from the wear and tear they will etand and bound right back inte shape again, y Magazine, Ww v PIBAAADAADAABDABBDAADBDBBSDABABSAAARAS “Coquettes Are All Made in Heaven; Kissed by Angels, Then by Satan” rererrrrrerrrrerr errr rrr rrr errr rr ree Success consists not in “catching on” but in “holding on;” and the came principle’ holds whether {t's a bulldog holding onto a bone, a man holding onto a job, a genius holding onte an ideal or a woman holding onto @ man. ‘The things o man admires in a sweetheart are no more like the qualitjes be requires in @ wife than what he wants for luncheon is like what he wants for dinner; but, somehow, he never despairs of making the light/menu cerve for the cubstantial meal. There are no self-made coquettes; they are all made in heaven, and kissed first by the angels and then by Satan on their way to earth. Gone are the days when a lover stood beneath bis inamorata’s window end sang love songs until she Gung him a rese; now he just sits in front of her door and toots an automobile hora until she comes down to find eat what Be wante og | ra You can never be sure that 6 women hes enjoyed & good play unless the has soaked three pocket handkerchiefs with tears, Favorite Recipes ednesday, January 28, 1914 Little Causes Of Big Wars. By Albert Payson Terhune ~ Cupyright, 1014, by The Pras Putting Os, (The Hee Tort Brame Well, No. 44.—A Petty Theft That Led to New YorK’e Foret, indian War. : by laying the blame on a party chanced to cress the farm on the way te the Efi) Manhattan's first and bloodiest Indian war. - The “Dutch Governor” of New York at that time ‘elshman who had been burned in effigy in Holland and ull, had been made Governor of the New Netherlands. Kieft bated man in the New World. He wase tyrant anda fool. During bia tetet rulership (before a wholesale petition caused his recall) he mage have et New Amsterdam's fortufes. ‘ Me quarrelied with every one. For example, because of @ good old Dominie Everardus Bogardus, Kieft not enly Dominie’s church, but had the fire cannon all during the hours Is. ordered the town to go to tain given hours, and made trade the Indians. He is Hquor-st for his own profit. according to a seventeenth century chronicler, “one quarter New Amsterdam consisted of grogshops or of houses where A Midnight Massacre. be got hut tobacco and beer.” When Kieft learned of the Staten Island theft he sent a pedition against the Rarita: hat killed many of the Indi: their crops. The Raritans avenged themselves by a bloody Island. Kieft waited his time for retaliation. The time soon came. Hudson River Indians fied southward from their Iroquois foes les not dare venture eo near to New Amsterdam. They their supposed protector, was a deadlier enemy to them combined. At night, as they he sent the Dutch trusting fugitives and massacred nfore than a hundred This outrage sent all the neighboring Indians on t! the Dutch. Eleven tribes attacked New Amsterdam. Wi merthernmost boundary of New vengeful Indians forced the fighting. New city had to begin over again. Klett lacked sense. [We rd No. 3. APTION—We speak of @ story's title as its “Caption.” There is ‘isused no excuse whatever for this|(in contrast to PM roe Pr blunder. A “caption” means a eeizure | &c.), it is often applied in some such or the act of taking. It is derived | “Several citizens helped from the Latin “captum,” meaning seized. It has nothing whatever to do with the Latin “caput” (a head), from which “captain” and “capital” |}! are derived. Hence its use to describe @ title or headline is a gross error, CATCH—This does not mean overe take or ch or get to. You cannot “catch” @ car. You can overtake it, perhaps, and then catch some one who is in it. But the car itself you do not catch... You merely overtake it. be oe Gabe posi ae word is lewd many people as @ synonym “reputation.” An enemy's slanders may rob you of your reputation. They | co! cannot rob you of your character. | an: Character fo your ity; it is the sum of the ite that make up that personality. Your character is what you are. Your tation ie merely what yor, are believed by others to be. aliens cts or others to whom the rights of citizenship are dented. CONSIDER— “Consider” means to ponder, Syceseet Hogg lence, when we say “I consider him a genius” we ae the same ludicrous Hits From Sharp Wits. AB exact ecience—a woman's meth- 04 of sising up the cost of another woman's clothes. night « playwright of this city broke his leg dancing aitignal dance. A St. Louis youth collapsed in the treet car after 5-Minute Fights With “Fate” of Famous Women: ee ‘The irreducible mintmum—the epin- to of out of one’s ink ‘arms ‘oith roubie, a Missourt man advertises for a 200-pound wife. wi the Col, Goethals ie named. The President took first ¢ura, Letters From the People A Trisugelar Field. ve thirty-one eggs want to Po the EaAitor of The Evening World: Mary an odd number every day Here is « problem which may tn- aix days. How many should f give * terest. your readers:@1t te simpler |e on each gay ™ Jooks. “There is « triangular HENRY FORD, Troy, N. Y. at one corner, Im The Werld Alma: Yoned 88 | To the Raitor of The Evening World. Where can I learn the speed fastest sbip in the U. 8. Navy? N. ‘ A Werd of Prats, ‘To the Réttor of The Evening World: hone charges which you won the blic of this most importan of the weatern hemilaphere. jdheid EX-TELEPHONE EMPLOYEE. Both Dates Fell on Friday, ‘To the Bélter of The Brening World: Sept. 14, 1888, and March . wil you kindly'tnform meee ts wedi days correspond with the Tae po! above 8 Tho Vormer ls Covreet, 4) Sin ana’ cannot. potat And they who panera": A wine and considerate wife tp one who never makes suggestions while we husband is putting up @ stove pe. eo 8 6 A Chicago church has arranged to turn its pews into bunks for the homeless to sleep in at night. On hey the con, fn| the brave" is it. immigrante steams past the Statue of Lib- erty there are a rf : tion will sleep} buked, take sin read'ng up on the manufacture of bombs and other utensils of peace. whi If ever there was an establishment that didn’t live up to its orp this “land of the free and home of . To save your own skin and to preserve the well being of your family you Bave to down the other fellow and rise victorious al One mean fellow wants to know why | ~ earn learn golf and ten- ofall bow to ‘toes. —Knoxville Journal and|!? jbune. PARADOXICAL. boasted that she always sald otly what she thought, heard \ * her all agreed uld think with lightning keep your head abo: ~ by i ve water you've got to plough through the ho) 4 ambitions of others. You's be batted around and be heavy more often But if you've get hah & (ls eae waa ih five sel 3] E 8 i 1 A stee i z ae 4 ty Za. abeeit i “es if! tt it = i Hae i i Bg 3 Hi gh is 3 al rye ? 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