The evening world. Newspaper, March 5, 1914, Page 7

"ONE SER BY GOVERNMENT -TSAGREAT NE Woreign Examples a Warning to Advocates of the Sys- tem in America. CABS BEAT THE PHONE. Plan a Failure in London, Ger- many, Switzerland, France and Scotland. By Sophie Irene Loeb. LONDON, Feb, 26.—Following ts aj @onversation J had which is typical ut! the servico here: Gentrul—Number, please. 8971 Sictoria, (A watt of two minutes.) Contral—Are you there? | Yea. i Central—The number ta engaged. WU you call me, Central? Central—Right-o. (A walt of five minutes.) TU the receiver. H Central—-Number, please. Cam you ge: inc $971 Victoria? (Another wait.) Central—Are you calling? Yea, I asked for $971 Victoria. Central—Right-o. (Another wait.) Ceontral—Are you there? Yea Central--Hang up and 1 will calt! I did hang up as I was told and| promptly called a taxi, at § penco a| mile (16 cents), and drove to the telephone | was trying to rench, And, | after visiting Germany, Denmark, | Gwitserland, France and Scotland, Similar or worse acrvice is expert- enced under government ownership | ‘and operation. CABS ARE QUICKER THAN THE TELEPHONE. In Germany, if you can manage to | get the system of numbers, the ser- | vice is perhaps next best to that of; @ngiand, but in Paris it ts impos- @ible, Several business men explained to me that it ts much easier and eheaper to go out into the street and hail one of the 13.000 caba to take A Common commercial mensage rather: than to use a telephone. Ané In Switzerland, ihe very finest, Rewly equipped, miition-dollar hotel, ‘with telephones in ail the rooms, has only six telephonos in communication with the town, and if you want to telephone for anything but hotel ner- | vice you have to go to one of the aix Boothe, ‘ The genera! fau!t scema to be tn Jack of responsibility. You cannot Place the blame. It is much easier to, trace a letter that has gone wrong than a telephone call, And as to! dizctp!! it 19 practically unknown. | That is to say that here if central ‘wishes to call you down in good old, cockney she seems at liberty to do ®0, and unless you want to go to the trouble of writing to the Government authorities there you are, and there ahe is. ‘With government ownership of tel- egraphe it is a different matter and in this country {it is a finely de- veloped system. This is perhaps duc tO the fact that a messaoye 1a written and sent with government equipment @nd precision and !f ts is wrong it fe easily amd quickly traced. But when the human equation, such as, conversations thet must concern cen- tral and two other persons, enters fato the scheme, then the problem Of redress in case of inadequate acr- vice must, of necessity, be more dif- feult. Thet the practical Britisher ts ware of this is evidenced by the telephone figures. The numter of telephones in all of England, Ireland, Gootland and Wales is only 406, Mince the first year of the transfer o! Nattonal Telephone Company world, the number of telephones is 944,820, with an Increase of 66-10 pe cent after the first year of the tra fer, TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION EASIER AND CHEAPER, But the telegram figures are enor- mous, which shows that the telegram for com@unication {fe easier and more econoralcal. Exchanges equipped with automatio t cally in thetr infancy, and the work of installing them proceeds slowly, Guch enormous sume were paid to the companies on the acquisition of telephone properties that the reduc- fag of rates must necessarily be st: @lace it must affect the taxpayer, In the words of the Postmaster-General: “Active consideration has been Given to the question of the settlement @f @ propor scale of telephone charges. A careful investigation of the present | @osts of the telephone pervice ta neo- essary. This inquiry ie taking place, but it 1a not yet practicable to make any dofinite pronouncement, It te @learly better to continue for a short time longer the present tariff rather than to put forward without thorough ‘Ynvestigation of ite Anancial effect a mew tariif which might make (be tel- aft jephone service a burden on the tax- payer.” inge ecoupied ihe Raliway and Canal Commission in the purchase ‘of the ‘National Telephone Company system in the arbitration proceedings. post-offices ag a result of govern- ment ownership has made it neces- eary to reduce the call offices, and wi company call office and post-office call office, now there is only one, LONG DISTANCE CALL® ARE in extreme cages, One Bnglishman telephone, at intervals when the co: nections were made, had commun! cated with several large cities of the {hours @ business doal fons had been consummated. | of govern | ing open to objection from an on {neering point o ime by tes {made ‘stance, and Beven y-four days of legal proceed- Also, the placiug of telephones in here formerly there was both « ONLY RARELY MADE. Long distance calls are used only when I told him how Capitalists, eitting at in a New York hotel, by boy call them to a long distance volving mill- \ That the slow-moving machinery nt ownership, of politics ind red tape seemingly enters into; tional scheme ts also evi- recent complaint of tl ‘u! jter-Genernl, who said: “Wa; leave difficulties have continued involve serious delay in the pro- viaton and improvement of telephonic legraphic services, partly owing to the demands on the part of loc wuthorities for underground construc. tion or for special and expensive forms of ovorhead construction, such as iron poles, and partly owing to the failu it ae. local authorities gate reasonable powers to their to deal with applications for sent under the Telegraph acts. Jnderground construction involves r larger capital outlay than head lines, and iron poles, besides view, cost about five It is | times much as ordinary poles. hardl ds constantly pressed on 3 uthorities and other bodies for the development of the telephone service at reduced charges. DELAYS ARE IN EXC or WHAT I6 EXPECTED. the delays which have occurred in the past frequently extended to months and aro far in excess of what in contemplated. It is a matter of gret to mo that should come into conflict with local authorities, but I cannot acquicsce in such retardation of the development! of the telephone and telegraph ser.! vicea of the country, and I have felt obliged to give instructions that all} japplications for consent should be, in due legal form in the first in- if ppli- cation should be m | after twenty-one days. State owned Atlantic cables are b ing agitated tn a petition of the Ei pire Press Unton to the Dominion Royal Commission. They are anxious to complete the Inst link in the chain’ of telesraphic communication under the control of the British Dominton's; quired by the! to the courts gxovernments, which ts highest necessitier of the empire for the !nterchange and dissemination of | news through the medium of the press | to theese communities. 1 ‘They quote as ap example of low- ato sorvios the result of the pur- tione are entirely different. Sere by Whictioe Fetch Good | the Post-omice | Sue Atfantic cable under British control, and operated by the British and Co- lonial Governments, that the lowest rates compatible with a fair comm otal return will be obtained, e id the f news fi led, hold good with tele / ar jes, but with telephones wee | eo $1,190 PAID FOR ETCHING. | Prices at Auction. ‘Whistler's etching “Weary” was sold for $1,190 Inet night at the auetion of prints collected by H. C. Hoskier of South Orange in the American Art Gal- “Draped Model Standing, . The purchases the other buyera were Max Keppel & Co., Knoedler & Co., and Kennedy & Co, Sales for the night brought § ind in nights rints have sold for $26,905. CHILDREN HATE OW, CALOMEL AND PILLS “California Syrup of Figs” best for tender stomach, liver, bowels. Look bac! Rem.mber t! on—castor oil, calomel, cathartics. Tow you hated them, how you fought against taking them. With our children it's different. Mothers who cling to the old form of Bhysic simply don't realize what they do. | Am ‘Williams, ¢ children’s revolt is well founded. Their tender little “insides” are injured by them. If your child's stomach, liver and wels need ni i mothers keep this harmless “frui laxative” handy. They know children that it never fails to ver and bowels and the stomach, and that a teaspoonful given to-day saves a sick child to-mor- tow. cent bottle * which has ages and for grown-ups plainly on each hottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. See that it is made b; rup Company.” bind with contempt. “California Fig efuse any other OPENS TO-DAY 3 P. M. TRAVEL AND SPORTSMAN’S SHOW junt GRAND CENTRAL PALACE hase about two years ago of the two British owned cables by the American owned cable trust urge thet it 1s only by means of an They further | MAR. 5-14 Admission 50 Cents SHOE 1180 PAIRS OF Women’s With Cuba’ Shaped Leather Heels 4.65 6.65 172 Pairs $7.00 Shoes NOW 165 Peire $10.00 Shoes Now ALFRED FIFTH AVE. At 42d St. i ones are practi: | Imparte the finishing touch of elegance to the correctly cerved meal, 1s -Closing Day OF SMART SHOES FOR MEN AND WOMEN Shoes nor Milftary— All leathers and sizes—plain to LATEST styles, the stocks of | Women’s Evening Slippers and Low Shoes CLOSING OUT AT SMART SHOES Mm ITT VA. of the SEMI- ANNUAL SALE at VU, otf , fancy tops, season's TH stores included: etm 4.00 5.35 8.00 290 Pairs $8.00 Shoes NOW 235 Paire $12.00 Shoes NOW 1,95¢ 2.95 A.KOHN BROADWAY At 30th St. | HI} “@)° » | il ie , i\ 4 ra’ } VENING WORLD, THURADAY, oe hark fall I == ALL CARS TRANSFER TO 59th te 60th Street Lexington to3d Ave. Monufacturing Retailers of Pianos and Player Pianos Neg eee—a_ Sees pred We lavite a Most Critical Inspection of Our New and Perfect 1914 Style WALTERS 88-NOTE PLAYER PIANO On Terms of $2 a Week Woinen’s Neckwear Price includes Bench, Cover, Music Roll Cabinet, 12 Rolls of Music and Free Delivery. For Spring: . A = New Organdie Neckwear, including the Gladstone collar, collar and cuff De to “1.98 § juimpes, of net shadow lace, batiste, arid hand-embroidered 48: 10 °3.80 THIS TRA SPECIAL: 25c Shadow Plain Net and 19 a t BLOOMINGDALES’, Long Silk Gloves, 44¢ These mousquetaire gloves are 20 inches bien have double. fin- gers and will be supplied in izes in white and black. Washable Gloves, in white natural, with corded backs or embroidery, all sizes. Ic jain Floor, BLOOMINGDA: Children’s Socks, 7¢ Plain white or white grounds, with variety of striped tops. Sold at 19¢ pair elsewhere, All sizes, Girls’ and Boys’ Fine Ribbed Cot- ton School Hose, in blac; in all sizes, at small price ey c oor, BLOOMINGDALES'. Women’s 39e Union Suits at 2ic Seconds of 39c quality; made of fine combed yarn, tucked and . Low neck style; tight at the knees or with umbrella flare. All sizes, Women's Extra Size Vests, white ribbed, in all sises. BLOOMINGDALES' The new and perfect Walters 88-Note Player Piano is a combination of a specially designed Walters Piano, an instrument of known reliability, and a player mechanism of unusual excellence, em! every modern improvement known in Player Piano construction. It is a deitinctly inal creation, representing in its high standard of excellence realization of an ideal brought to a successful issue after many years of conscientious study and close application. . The or quality of materials used in construction and the perfection of workmanship em; are responsible for the enviable reputation the Walters er Pianos now enjoy throughout the country. The tone is rich, brilliant and of exquisite singing quality. The touch is light and easy, the result of perfect regulation, of an action of the highest standard. The case work ‘and finish are unexcelled. Every style is carefully desigtied along perfect architectural lines. The Player mechanism is simple and effective—a master- piece of the mechanical mind. It contains a double system of valvee—each and every one of the 88 notes of the key- board being operated by a primary and secondary valve. The tracking device is a self-adjusting pneumatic one. Without it it is impossible to make the music track uniformly while playing. The working of this device is really mar- vellous. Its very simplicity appeals to every one. The expression devices are operated by the use of buttons and levers, making it possible for the performer to produce any desired expression. The motor works with the utmost ease and precision. No energy whatever is required to pedal it. The tubings are of metal, which is more durable than rubber and noc affected by extreme climatic conditions. Bloomingdale Brothers, as the sole owners of the Walters Piano Co., Nave bent their energies to perfecting the Walters Player Piano, and how well they have succeeded is best demonstrated by the testimony of thousands of satisfied owners of Walters Player Pianos. EXTRA SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK ONLY ! Regular Value 5150 200 Price includes stvol, cover and free delivery, TERMS OF $1 A WEEK Our Factory-to-Home Method of Selling Pianos and Player Pianos appeals to that large clase of purchasers who are looking for insiruments of recognized merit at prices which eliminate the middleman's profit. This picfit consists of the dealer's, the agent’s or the teacher's commission, keeper, hotel proprietor, rooming house agers of institutions, Every pill in the bent inches, 54x36 inches. i id. embroit gs cane pil the materiel. On Sale Friday Only. A Sale of 500 Dozen Bed best known brands of bleached sheeting. splendidly made, hand-torn and ironed. buying perfect sheets at such little prices, soft finish, for underwear, sheets, pillow eral family ure. 144 yerds wide at loc, Dwight Anchor sheetings are the be: market, They are heavy, firm quai weave and free from any starch or fiilir opportunity for economical housckeepers, Mi ‘BL.OOMI tomorrow at 5c ited quanti bargain; 5 Regulariy sold at 15, plaids; suitable for children’s school frock fast color, Values up to 25c. silk mixed fabrics, printed voile color crepes. mercerized poplins, various other desirable material: yarde. No mail or phone orders filled. EXCHANGE Your Old Piano for Send bur latest illustrated aw beatiful new Walters Piano or catalogue, containing photcgraphs Player Piano. We will make youjof our new and hecutiful 1914 Pure hilt ble cil]. ‘The. nuine 2 a Tibstol, allowance end tet you |atylea of Plance and Player ficating an’ (ates, snl Diet mentee tl {ee pay t+ Lelauce at the rate of $1 | Piance, ibs ols titer gual, soap ma with \ ay @ werk ons Piano or $2 a week} Upon request i represeniative han you usually pay % ft ver’ trade mark; tne Player Plano. wit! call, Srletrooms, Thisg Fioos, To-iiarraw, 3 cakes for Ge, | auatR ees ay Clee chentall pare, “iti 4° BLOOMINGDALES’ 1, COth St. 3d Ave. aa ALL CARS TRANSFER 06 59th to 60th Street To-Morrow (Friday) a Great Clearance of 40 to 54-In. All-Wool Dress Goods In Skirt, Suit and Dress Regularly 95c to $3.00 a ya The assortment comprises some of the biggest values we have offered in many a season, including 50 and 54-inch dress goods worth four and five times this special sale price. A few of the many weaves involved in this sale are here enumerated: Serges Poplins Mohairs Voiles ’ Panamas Novelties Suitings Caraculs Mixtures Brocades Coatings Prunellas Whipcords Diagonale Hairlines Henriettas Broadcloths French Serges Astrachans Shepherd Checks Also various novelty fabrics, ranging in width from 40 to 54 inches; a great variety of color- ings and plenty of black and blues; MINGDALES’ into 4 new Spring styles for women and misses Checks, fine quality Worsteds, French Fancy Mixtures. All sizes for women and. 1,000 Dozen Pillow Cases at 9c, 12:¢, 15¢ and 18¢ This sale of pillow cases should interest every house- case in the lot is made manner, of bleached muslins, in every wanted size: 42x36 inches, 45x36 inches, 45x38!4 inches, 50x36 Some are plain hemmed, others are hematitched, scal- idered. low cases in this sale as you will need for a long while, because they are much less than the cost of al 33c, ddc, 49¢, 59¢ and 69¢ Here you will find bed sheets for single, three-quarter and for full size and extra large beds, made of Yard-Wide Bleached Muslins, Yard, Se On account of the exceptionally low price, no mail or phone orders will be filled. Splendid bleached muslins, Dwight Anchor Bleached Sheetings 1% yards wide pillow ceees they are unexcelled, This offers an unusiai Sale of Dress Ginghams In a good variety of secrsucker stripes, checks and plaids, also apron check ginghems. There is only @ lim- y and early comers will secure an exceptional jor 32-Inch Dress Ginghams Fine qualizy, ina splendid assortment of neat stripes. dainty checks and handsome dresses and also for men's shirts and pajamas; guaranteed ide Yard for Remaants of Wash Goods This lot includes various kinde cf ind crepes, also plein latea, chambraye and in lengths of 2 to 10 * tht Ps BLOOMINGDALES’ ba Ave: , Y Seere - Sours O90, Am, VO, . Lexington to 3d Ave. ¢*.™ 99C a da alla’ ls ‘Main leer, Freat, Crate, ‘+ 50th te Goth Bt, Len. te Bd Ave, An Interesting Offering of 500 New Skirts A maker's surplus stock of fine materials converted At $2.95 BS We Intend To Le All-Wool Serges, 150 Extra Size Skirts; waist bands. to 37; lengths to 44; made of all-wool serges navy and black only. . tytn BLOOMINGDALEY’, 58th te G0th Bt, Lez. te 84. Ave, ———————" Table Linens, Towels . and Towelings: Remnants of Bieached Table Damask, Yé., 18¢ 2,"ahf and S'yerd tengthe, "Lint 10 yercs, to mall or phone orders. Odd Table Cloths to Clese Gut af The and man- some of the E sheet is very Just think of ling . towels; white with fast red borders. No mail ar phone known on the} orders. 3 fine and even 1] For sheets enc hartge Hy 4 Turkish selling; heavy, spongy and absorbent: all white or tre, | coloréi border. 1 GUth to GOR Bt., Lex. to 34 Ave, Men’s 59¢ Underwear In This Sale at 29e- Included are che following desirable styles: Men’sOtis Balbriggan Shirteand Drawers. Ribbed Union Suits, athletic style. Union Suits of white checked madras. Heavy Derby Ribbed Shirts and Drawers, Men's $1 Root’s Underwear, 69c¢ Strletly first quality shirts and drawers Of heavy wool, regulany a limited quantity . None to dealers. Lal AD. Yard 8, women's tub None G.O, None by m: BLOOMINGDALES', 50th to GOth Mt, Lex, to Bd Ave. Re White Rose Soap, 3 for 10¢ 41e and 48e Sauce Pans, 24c & 29¢ ¢— > i Ow) t