The evening world. Newspaper, April 4, 1914, Page 5

GREENYICH RING UNDER HOT FIRE OF THE TANPAYERS Gharged by Opposition With Spending Public Funds Like a Drunken Sailor. ‘Special to The rening World.) GREENWICH, Conn., April 4—The @@orts to break ring government in Greenwich will be renewed at the Berough election to be held on Mon- Gay. Two tickets are in the field— e@fe headed by H. B. Marshall, who fhe boon Warden 00 long that no- | bédy can remember when he first) teok office, and the other by Will 8. Green. This is the second time in| tte Ristory of the borough that an a itionpticket has been put in the a. year, when the old guard won by five votes. ‘The excitemont this year is created | charges made by William 8. » long associated with Commo- E. C. Benedict, who is running fer Borough Treasurer on the Green ticket. In a-public statement he a “FOR THE PAST SEVEN “YEARS THIS BOROUGH HAS BEEN SPENDING MONEY LIKE A DRUNKEN, SAILOR ON WEST STREET, and it is absolutely nec- essary now that a halt be called, for a community, like an individ- . ual, whieh continues to spend more than it receives will even- tually go bankrupt. The individ- ual, however, may hide his assets from the creditora, but we cannot run away with our property. “This is the appalling record for e past seven years: April 1, 1907, Floating debt. $52,000 “ “7g 1908, 500 «= # 1909, “ 113,500 = “1910, “ 118,500 em, “ “ 143,500 e “1912, “ “ 148,000 “= # 1913, e “ 208,000 - 194 “ 224,000 “IN SEVEN YEARS YOUR PRESENT ADMINISTRATION HAS INCREASED THE FLOAT- ING INDEBTEDNESS OF THE BOROUGH $172,000, OR OVER 380 PER CENT, You who have Hroperty in the borough ask your- eelves if your property has in- creased 380 per cent.? And the higher the debt, the less will be your equity in your property. In addition to the above floating debt, there is a bonded debt of 000, “In 1907 the intereat on the total Gebt was a little over $8,000; to- Gay it is ovor $18,000. How many years more before it will equal the whole amount received from taxes?) Then what?” This debt has been created, 1 feems, by unchecked borrowing « filgh interest to make up for lack of revenue from taxatian, This sys: ‘The first fight was made last | Braquart had dwelt. of the French—heiping one one another with a thousand little ‘quart and Roger Rougot walked and | with jon their dignity. | EFORE th@ coming of the B ant, the households of Fen- elon Rougot and Theophile in neighborly peace and amity—the fraternal amity in @ hundred small services, rejoicing gifts and remembrances. Was Mme.; Braquart Ill, Mme, Rougot flew to the bedside, closed all the windows and administered “twane” of herbs. Did Mme. Rougot upset the ink bottle on the beast tablecloth, Mme. Braquart arrived simultaneously with salts-of- lemon and absorbent rags. Fenelon and Theophile played checkers together, and halved the subscription to the “Llustration” and ‘Journal des Debata.” Celestine Bra- talked and aug. sea together as young people will, when the two families {eat on the stoop and chatted of an j evening. Roger was more often on the steps of the Braquart house than on his own, They lived on a wide, old-fashioned street where once the elite of New York had teetered crin- olines and sported stocks and bell crowned hats. Each of the double row of brick dwellings boasted a front sats where flowors or gr: were tended varying result A quiet, pleasant neighborhood, through whieh a small electric train ambled, making Whole east and west, the French Colony had made {ts own. Here one might dine luxuriously at small expense in on of the many little table d'hote rei taurants and drink excellent Call- fornia wines and chicory infected coffee. Into this peaceful, happy district came Aristide Brutant. He was a He was reputed wi hy. He dealt in wines, particularly the French. Hoe cailed.on Fénélon, dia- after expressing himself delighted with the surroundings, proposed him- In appearance Aristide was gro- teaque. His huge body appeared to balance with difficulty upon his short, round legs. H head wi pear shaped, with the stem, a fine uprising “roach” of hair at the apex, and double chins in abundance that bulged as enthustastically above his collar at the back as under his deep- ly cleft chin, When he shed, which was almost continuously, shook all over, and he eyed the world quizically from many pouches, Hi took up his abode with the Rougo! Braquat He wi chuckling fatly—at what, quite knew, but they felt a reflection ‘Children’s games” he called the simple recreation of the two husbands--amiably he sald it, ith the sup There rity of a Man-of-the- fter checkers ceased y_ programme. ‘Tlustration” t t ft tem keeps down the tax rate and fools the votera. .Mr. Meany charges turtber: “There is absolutely no check on expense in the borough. The Board are constantly exceeding ‘their appropriations. They ap- pear to have the power to do it. Some of the Burgesses do work for the borough, send bills to the Borough, and as the committee in charge of that particular work ©. K. their own bills for pay- ment; and then, to cap the max, the Board selects an audit ing committee of two mong ita six members to i ita own bill $10,000 WORTH OF PALMS HERE FOR TO-MORRO Supply for Churches Comes From trom men! Florida and Is Large This Year. Unusuaily \ Local dealers estimated to-day that | lM about $10,000 worth of palins wiil be distributed among the communicant of New York churches Palm Sunday, The dealers make provision for supply! peraons in the city. | young people, and then produced ine | tense sel | longer |tation In Rougot's household, stide, smiling from ear to ear, led French to-morrow, | w y 000 | While the greatest number of palma are bought by Roman Catholic ort them is estant churches. use | 4. to be growing in Prot. | fore ‘The palms are brought from Flor- ida and are handled by half a doze: f the dealer other about *eo.000, churches, but many are made Most go directly t int fancy forma by women and resol for the benefit of charities. Blaborate preparations are bein; 's » An- 00,000 and others average 0 o id made for Easter church decorations, About $25,000 ts spent for altar pur- poses alone at Easter, though most of the Bowers are donated, oe ae SCHOOL ART LEAGUE SHOW. Reception and Ten eGt Attende by 23,000 Pera: @ School Art League had @ benefit jon and tea yesterday in the gal- leries of the Fine Arts Building, No. 218 West Fifty-seventh street. ‘The benefit | was arranged through the Academy of | and the proceeds were given to) Troubles use raons visited the ex- usand luring the afternoon and e' tee we. of oe aairenenses Ly Beaks 2 eras ae ag Yensreh| | dow j to the othe | Mr. ld Ey brotherly estine and Rt thing to allow between grown en and girls,” produced sudden re- raints that at first bewildered the onsclousness. Roger no tight the neighboring stoop. Slowly, by steps so gradual that ey could not be traced, 1ations of the Rougot-Braquart af- filiation faded, At th fahip, tt hee a magnificent white | poodle, which he forthwith presente ‘not to his Hostess, but to Mine, Bra- quart The Rougots were astounded. vaey of thelr room they sat cago of swelling eide comforts reps dray and diget | It bed greed that tast jne | able aque mitted # certain be dignified. {"ahe dor atte ‘rion to his new at minded devotion, lon, as re Kindly disposed c to visit his former frie} j phile’ nd tally He took no sides, hy amusement One bul silent now, and looking stra them, sat on. their respe: From the head of the ht be stoops. Roger, Tt was smile.” it that quickened Roger's pulses. took the blew th ment was a caress. Romance budded, came Aristide, smoke at hi Celestine blush: Down “Ah, ha! my friendy” he opened the little iron gat a little present for you From the tail of her ¢ The Lover in the aS PILLS GET A BOX TO-NIGHT lodger, Mr. Aristide Brut- is this odd corner of old Chelsea acces- | at friend of a cousin of Mme. Ropgot in|" | Marseilles. translating of California vintages Into tf turbing a tense game of checkers, and | ™' he and at once fraternized with the forever observing the two families as they foregathered, and nobody the cordial a suspense A open iret. when In AS ristide had shown bad ¥ t had inconesiv- olness on their part would | ed himself with pas- masters, with auch ment, but his many chins shook with vening, the two families, tve steps Celestine looked across and smiled at not like the same old There was a new element in Ho cigarette from his lips and The move- the street In his huge hand, that resembled nothing so much as a bunch of bananas, he carned a wicker basket he cried, as a have Mine. Bra- Husband May Be Lost! | For Nervousness, Sick Head- | ‘ache, Biliousness and Stomach | THE. EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1914. Novelettes of New York Streets No. 18—The Mephistopheles of the French Quarter (eiten Bxpremiy tor Tee Evening World By Ethel Watts Mumford Oupyright, 1914, by The Prew Publishing Co. (The Now York Brening Werld). = quart that moment, full of \ dignity. | delight. | wt go-by to any other in th ; quarter. Never was there such a won: Fénélon gazed enraptured and set {the cat down before him on Sed walk, where stretched, shook and waved a tail as glorious c brush, ‘There was as | of white from ‘The poodle she yawned = ai cleared usly on the nuse, rolled in fury on the ground. Aristide la: shook and t pect the combatants. battled, secured unjust. on the shin. Mme. Fénélon called “heaven to wit. an evil dispoxitioned do authorities clared it a shar permitted to by keeping cious as lion The combatants Théophile inoy thelr neigh! Y mewhat guiltily € tine and Roi part in the hosttlities, parents from the direction of th back yards. A momentary truce w: But not for long. the cat, and “Didt," She knew no fear. |was to occupy t fence rail and le Into hysteria just ‘Théophiie threw hot water on Fiffin endeavor to strike Didi, became the scandal ‘nborhood, scandal of the two front yards. gates and placed bet ps on the front sills of the win th tw yard fights. directed thom, lady ina | behind, | you such an anin r" \ ask you A litth ent upon my Persian! You, wit! Ntence, “A disgr watched as Aristide lifted from the basket a Persian cat of formidable proportions—black, wild cyed and, insulted Mme. Rougot exclaimed with The resplendent feline could displeased paw iden the adjacent the lighted bristling before r. The cat slapped him and for a int a whirl of black and white his fat sides He made not the silantent effort to ca. falling alike upon the just and the Fénélon rapped Yhéophile emartly Fénélon got it on the knuckles as he reached for his cat. ness that never had there been such certainly she would complain to the Mi de- as large and fero- were separated, bleeding and bristling. The families recriminating. cked with glee. les who had taken no joined their h the Poodle, had declared war to the death, Fifine was in truth a wonder of a cat. Her Joy in life top of the back Didi bark himself) ut of reach. Mine. Mme. Fénélon broke her neighbor's window with a broom handle in a vain ‘The two back of the equalled only by the Ragamuffin hopped about before the | « of marbles and | The owe at the back of house were warmed dally by spec- ra, either annoyed or interested, | all allke partivans, as their taste in| pe What a brute of a cat!” called a ue wrapper from the house Name of a name! how can |‘ Mme. | dame. Yow to ome IMANACEA WATER Com B. Altman & Cu. TELEPHONE 7000 MURRAY HILL ‘The vaudeville actor In the house “Go to it," he jeered. ‘That fire- eater can lick that L waite penwiper dog with one paw tle “She cannot!” shrieked Mme, Féné- fon. “My poodle ts better bred than you, nd more often scrubbed, 1 “Atagrace, it to! Mme. Favart |exclaimed, her face rising like a full horizon line of e! This ive has got to stop. I keep a respectable boardingyhoure, My clients like to dine here in comfort In the open air under my trellin. Name of a name! can [ ask them to listen to d fights and screams and awearings?’ ih! go along, Mothe: matinee idol t will g someihing else to complain about except your food jted moon above face her new antagonist oraplaia, io it! where it will do some good. We will gee if people have no rights here. | 1 petition the Sta 1 condemn these mad animals to * ory You will see! Mme. "Théophiile oe t fray. “You will see, will you!” she vo- babagchar “Try it, Mma. Favart, I , t implore, I pray you, to try it. “name of a pipe! two can play at tga hen you pay your Hquor He Mme. Favart, you who eell wines, liquors and @t your table d’hote! When you PAY it, [ , you will perhaps be il & position invoke the t State. + my advice sing very small and devote your ai tention to your kitchen, where it rudely needed. Mme. Fi cat Ryan housed and distracted = partios — Celestine Roger. access to the roof. He wi Boer for light and telephone. tine had discovered much cleaner and drying than the old line oh, ny of the parenta. fectually occupied their whole neighbo: ment. sweeping, yet even from defeat Ari: i oe snatched another apple of ¢ cord, arm-in-arm on the sidewalks. it must be confeased, began it. from nowh as he repose whe it on Didi elaborate nail - studded Fiffine, preceded. fur eluded all pursuers, r ed rolled out on to the pavemen the path of an oncoming motor. was all over in a twinkling. about to condole and exclaim a leoring aye. “My friends, do n will have other in these are gone to bo sure, Jead you some life, b worry eats now Ing themselves to be married the tablecloth Roger kisses ¢ estured at FiMne the street, ahaking with laughter, be able to est intron? Ruy a case of ‘The Natural Miveral Spring Water (Not w Laxastve) and SIP & eines or two with your menin a wi f | 7eue money: fend for Tooker Phowe oughly cleansed fore being stored. prompt A cen heat ahachad The Fur Storage Vaults located in the establishment are effi- ciently equipped for the safe storage + of Furs and Fur Garments, Rugs, Portieres and Lace Curtains. Furs accepted for storage are thor- treatment (without extra charge) be- Mail or Telephone Orders will receive MODERATE PRICES. THIATY-FOURTH OTREBT THIATY-FIPFTH STREET All by compressed air attention. joining leaned from his window. | called the | the clients | she shrieked, turning | 1 will complain | that they | turn to ia you ts to 's face disappeared as id @ roar of laughter greeted jofeat Grumbling and defiant, the dog and comparative But the yards had be- ble for two of the neh Aa an clectrician Roger had forever ing there to tinker with the wires Celea- he roof to be a innier an ba LY nd below. She did not mind the cline In the evening under the flapping wash the Franco-American Romeo and Juliette cooed and billed in se- cret. No suspicion entered the minds Fiffine and Didi ef- | ntion, The rhood was now em- broiled and Aristide was in his ele- There came a sudden and traic conclusion to the war, unforeseen and It was evening, a balmy night in June, when the whole quarter was an- sembled on ita front stoop or walking Fiffine, Drop. ping unseen in the dusk, sapercntly hea¢ at his master's feet, secured by a leash fastened to an harness adorned by a blue bow. It may have been envy of the bow that excited At any rate, the fight that enaued far eurpadsed any that had A ball of biting, scratching, tearing and into | the gutter, on the cobbles, directly in Two bereaved families stood aghust at the curb. Partinans and friends crowded There waa a hush as Aristide ad- vanced, shrugged his vast shoulders, spread his huge bands and squinted You that A cat ant dog can, 1D | jon the reof your children are onanae Behin stine: ot grieve for a little thing like and Dtat,! united in doath, and walked off down What Would You Pay 4 good dinner _ ¥ naif-galion hotties of MAN-A-CEA WATER tone St. NW, CO ESE We Give Surety Coupons Free with Purchases and Redeem Them in Our Own Merchandise New York's Shopping Centre Co ‘ Sixth Avenue. 20th to 22d Street Monday Morning Specials Values of the Most Extraordinary Character Open this Great Easter Week Sale No Mail, Telephone or C. O. D. Orders can be filled on these items. Double Printed Silk Mixed a At.) £7.40 to 88.50 These Monday Morning Specials Are On Sale from 8.30 to 12 Noon Only Surety Coupons Free With All Forenoon Purchases Trimmed Hats| Women’s Bal- Besides those adver- tised here there will be many other spe- cials in the Bargain Plaza all day. Corsets Values $1.00 to 81.50 On Sale macaan Coats Values to $6.08 On sale Monday | noon, at, nday_jrom 430 00 Te pw 7 65e Crepe de Chine Tow a det from 8.30 to 1? noon, “Made of fi “ jue. On Sale Mor quali ia rae 4) oie ere aa 29¢ jal... $3. 98 medium bust; extreme pooper hips; day \ haar. 6 Is. Rain. |ho#e supporters attached, lace A beautiful: cotton sed ae s. mat § ring mode | tfitamed. Sizes 18 to 96 inches. choice bes Coats, wo Trimmed Hats |i seavertad ctor “Ait rise Values 85.00 and #3.40. — On sale aig —e Brassieres Monday jrom 8.30 to Storm Serge [jem gen "$1 50 Women’s |, tte 20m Sale _Mondey Sale Mon: Smart, ready-to-wear hats; newest : : rem to 12 won aaa 49 site wo |Walking Skirts} = 18c 5 spongt "Neill Main Atore—Atreet Floor. y Made of good quali uslit Valu ‘u ja wuslia; ad black. jo man aif ae sate Mondoy | embroidery and riven rtanmea! ate. Dent's Silk $2.50\"0u Gloves —_| trsapeesine tet cd for Women Value 21.00. from le... Dresden Rib- bons Un sale Monday Trom 8:30 10 a ind ’ noes wi: Damask Table Cloths Waists Values to $1.00, On Sale @ S4c ~ New Spring and ae models. Made of fine quality _ voile. Surplice necks; trimmed with laces others with embroidery S34 to 42. Morning Value 25 On Sale Monday how, *59c 16-button mousquetaire, double tipped fingers, in black, white and pongee Silk Petticoats xu ta Women’s and |: Small Women’s|?::.! Dresses Values to 815.00. On aqlg Monday if On tale Momtay fas 80 C9, Sale Mandup from $1.48) ram sth to 12 noon, $8.98 Dresses to Le noon . Heavy, round. scal- ; In:poultig ek Value 8te. On sale Monda Pibae 5 a ee Boke (fl doval i jen "meteor ha mealies Learn &:30 to 12 noon a 59¢ nifle. Shxo8; abo heavy Damask ‘Table ngeubleand Cloths, hemstitehed; size 56x64, AliSilk Printed Bulgarian | Pongee Values 8100 ad ruffles. De- All sizes A colors. Women’s Tn pretty assortment of percale; low neck, th uarter sleeve; girdle top akiet finished with piping to match. Young Men’s Trousers Values to $8.00, Infants’ Long & Stockings | On_Sate| Short Slips to_ fe, “i Value 20c!, [pipetted eed Amerionn einda, _Monitaw | "39e} On Sole __On sale Monday from 8:30_to 12” noon, siete 39c \Liale, cotton liste; full a : ri $1.00 fashioned leg, rarter welt.| Of nainsook, with hand : ee « ees = mbr ary Uaets wde, The fers mins Minsk, white tah and! colors, “Nott esed yokes; oeck and sleeves with] antl siexer! Canim, wd signs in a elusive anys ut the f jdainty luce edges. Sizes up to! belt loops; good cut; some cuff bot- ;2 » montly 30 to 34 waist, O'Neill Men's Store—Street Bless. colorings. Boys’ All Wool Navy Blue phates ed On| | Le and 8150. Marabou Capes italia Men’s “ 1.50)" blak eather incu in the Serge i; Suits Raincoats apatennel Muck, Natural and| 1a ee vite BC aut snes: | Valve 80.0. On Sale Monday} Value #10.00._On On Sale Mondeo eal Minizes in the lot from Pty te 5, |frem X00 to | * “Tz noon, Women’s | ame ped 1 Sees ’ Coats regulation Norfolk Made of fine do Women’s rit’ with voile tnt nov pet Made, ol tne dub, wrt Neckwear te ta He made single breasted. Two pair {large roomy hodies; vertical sli of full cut knickers with belt loop. pockets; military collar; ventilated Sizes 7 to 18 years. arm pits; all seams strapped and O'Neill Men's Store——Street Flour, | ceinented; warranted waterproof, O'Neill Ben's Mere—ttvest Fleer, | Union Suits Valu Nionduy On vin “Atl the newest and latest models | Mf B ? Sh woNet and Orgndie, Pique sets, Vine Hole thread or cotton, Lew) OVS Phan and Hand Binb ead et chy al as; head crochet yok y oes . low ne ie . [fitting knee of lace trimued; une from Nt to leon ry * Value #1.40. On Sale Monday {hee Ha model, Regular and extea | q, 5 2 19 irom “a0 to ap al Ty Cera im - Edges and \ : Button and mit styles. Sizes e- dave ti hi 79c ° » D and E widths. Made of very fine white cotton baie Aone Women’s Hand! seis iene sare—siseet ricer, jloth, Hanley, tailored: good ; ‘iS iu: Sole Mh ali attacked ail Winans il Bags | $ . haya ui ad Ntore—Mireet le fe "106 auction on ate Monin iom White Sanitary et ren Mi tinen Cluny Bulges and f 0 o dt noon, | ctl Tine Cluny es and to na up ¢ "BQ. Enamel Bed | Men's ok Genuine Leather Hand Bags,| Value 49.00. On sale Monday from| é Ar silk juste moire lined; purse and uirror) 830. late. to te noon, ‘Support Shoes Handkerchiefs $5.00) Value $0.00, On_sale Monday On vat Value Sve i * Rus I y-inch coutinuous post; | from 9.00 to 7 Monday tt 15¢ Clark’s O.N.T, | tive fiints tiling comin pt ei * $4.00 moons “jor vottom rod; bead 35 inches bigh, i Cotton | fout-bourd 38 inches high, iehe| A scien ally constructed Shoe, Pi | im all sizes and finished in the best | {hat will support the arch, no ma@ stitehed Swiss Value iis dos. On sale Monday baked enamel | ter how: hale fallen, without dis- ce as wn joa Erna as ae] ORT Serpe we | ai ee ie ce dos ward to give the proper support. The heavy steel pron embeded in the shack biokds the shes tir. O'Neill Mea’s Store—Street Vises. All sizes; black and white.” Li | @ dozen to customer, | \ | Munyon’s Witch Hazel | Cut Glass talue #).00. On sale Monday from | ry Damask vy to 12 noon wes ini Soap Napki a * =~ "" $2.98 Dining Room Value (da (tn annie Monday ap Ins | 12 J 1 oe ge an 10 tm ody Ci ties de: Domes Hoon, a rom 8.30 te , od " bi { enue tor DG fren “ 69, it ail in rich, deep cuttings, li ale Munday quantities Coliapsible white Diwesk: Naphion| heavy and very werviceable. A, complete range of pretty patterns, prize bbxid inches, pnow Ceiling Domes fitted for en 2 tay & panel domes with tube ; finished with scroll brass, Amber or davk green. O'Neill Housefarn-bing Stare— Basement, Inlaid ( Linoleum =" Go-Cart i I, On sale Mond i tenn Anmmiurter Daas le Hove iRoncg * $1.98 ' at A ' Lrg 49c Monday from a sale Monday from C) ! Chair style, with leatherette from wet * $12. 95) invleums, with Egg Poachers bond. The product of one of the - | colors going clear through to back _On Sal Dest manufacturnes in the United Smith's All-Woo! Axminstgr| ® yards wick shown in granite pat- ue ite. On Sale Mon States, Never before in the history | Rugs, aizes Ox1¥ feet, and 8.3x10.6/ terns; colory blue, tan wad iat rom 8.301012 noon, al” of the trade h cart of such high| feet. High na hb Oriental and Late yard is perfect and cut from ¢ Buffalo steam quality bocn offered at such an ex-| floral patterns, Slight impertect lull rolls. Not more than one roll to| will poach 5 eggs at one tremely low price. bardly noticeable. a customer. ‘Omen ‘O'Neill Mat Biore—Fitth Weer, "Neill Main Weer, | O'Neill Moin Meore—Fearth Fleer, ee ° O'NEILL-ADAMS. CO., Sixth Avenue, 20th to22dStreet, New York City