The evening world. Newspaper, May 25, 1914, Page 16

ESTABLISHED BY JOSHPH PULITZER, Exoep' Prose Publ Company, Nos. 58 to Dally Hxoept SGT dow. New Yoru. " President, Rew. soot OER Peta WheT her, avered ot Bat ig UR w York as Second-Class Matter. For England and the Continent and for the United States All Countries in the International and Canada. ‘Postal U: WORKING FOR PLAYGROUNDS. HE plan urged by The Evening World to convert all available echool premises and vacant lots into playgrounds that ehall protect the city’s children by removing them from the dangers Pet the etreets has won the co-operation of Police Commissioner Woods. | He has directed his captains to report all vacant lote and aress be turned into play centres. He is also considering how could we streets traffic in certain thor- BURGLARY LOSSES. NE burglary every bour is a startling averege for New York. According to figures furnished The World by the bur- @iery expert of « British guarantee and accident company “fi maintains « branch here, there were 9,000 burglaries in the city lest year. In the same period, the same authority asserts, burglars a clean getaway with $2,000,000 worth of New Yorkers’ prop- Bees oe ch wes ever soonest This is why the burglar companies advanced their rates 20 per cent. last December. ‘The “green list,” @ daily builetin describing stolen property, and “pawnshop equad,” through which the Detective Bureau kept daily on property brought to the pawnshops, have always been, as English critic points out, the most effective helps in tracing stolen For a time the pawnshop equad was ebolished and Waldo, he was Police Commissioner, altered the rule of leaving the list with the pawnbrokers “because he feared newspayer men Se pht eee it.” ‘The “pawnshop squad” hes been restored and the preserit police inistration has already made progress in cutting down @wp bur- lary loss figures which have risen to uch heights in recent years. next record should be in the other direction. nr Cleanup week is hard work. Clean up week by weet is easy, , ————_+4 -——___ _ WHERE MUSIC GETS ITS CHANCE. O JOIN an open-air audience of east side children—one that overflows the sidewalks and fills every window and fire-esca) in the block—applauding excellent ensls oms an ESTEE up of their older brothers and sisters fiddling behind music im the middle of the street, is mighty good entertainment for t night in crowded New York. ©) Bobody who heard the third annual out-of-door concert given ‘the Music School Settlement in East Third street Sai under festoons of electric lights, with the Stars and Stripes high over all, will have any fear that musical talent is going out heresbouts. When the youngsters of the neighborhood in with “The Star-Spangled Banner” the effect was inspiring, children were part of the programme had reason of them. Mothers whe came with their little ones in arms to Heten must have resolved, every one, thet their babies, j@, shall later have euch a chance. The Music School Settlement - have to hustle to keep pace with its own popularity. . . ——$_<4 = ——______ Gpain dreads the wedding guest. etters From the People thirty cigarettes a day. 1 to get out of the habit, as Tand Pry headaches and I think ete due smoking so much, reader will advise to stop smoking eo much? “Geilty.” To to Biter of She Brening Wortd: says that when guilty to murder in the ‘frat etd he doesn’t go to the electric ch: ur, but gets a life sentence, beca: the State the cost of a trial, rants {t makes no difference, and that if hee murderer he gets the chair, who Ne je pleads guilty or not. Which Is right? FE. H. 8. jelther, ; prisoner to plead the first degree. ¥ ‘To the Bitter of The Rrening World: Can a President of thi eun for three ‘ome in ‘sucouaslont ort CI At Onetle Garaen. To the Bilitor of The Brenig ‘Where did Jenny Lind her arrival in America?’ E00 12 M, ‘To the Riitor of The Evening World: ‘Which is the proper term in Gr clones noon?” Is it “12 Nor th ty te. Bi as eres gullty to murder in Eee Ei 5 g Wanted: “A Short Method.” ‘To the Editor of The Brening World: Readers, I am anxious to learn short method of finding the selling price of an article, to gain a certain tage on the sale (not cost) when com and rate of Sav eo asars The law does not permit a| | Aa First New York Printer. HE fret printer in New York and Philadelphia was William Bred- ford, who was born in Letesster, England, May 20, 1663. He was a about 1682. He set up bis press in Philadelphia and in 1687 printed an He fell under the dis- Pleasure of Philadelphia, and, after being avvuitted of a charge of sedi- tious libel, he removed to New York, where in 1698 he became the frst printer in the American metropolis, His first shop w.. at 81 Pearl street, but later be removed to Hanover ‘Square, where in 1735 he issued the first newspaper printed in New York —the New York Gazette. Bradford died in New York in 1 a ing survived “his paper” yaaa years, and was buried in Trinity churchyard. His tombstone has been removed to the rooms of the New York Historica) Society but an exact copy of the original be visitors to old Trinity. wey a The Legion of Honor, civi! officers who had dist themselves under the Consulate. The order was founded May 19, 1903, by Napoleon when he was First Consul. It consisted of various grades, as grand crosses, grand officers, com- manders, officers and legionaries, and was a reward for services or merit. ‘The order was confirmed by Louis XVIII. when the Bourbons were re- turned to the throne a cent ARO, and it bas been continued, with n d|essary changes in the constitution, through the reigns of Charies X., Louls PI decorations of Hits From Sharp Too many peopl Wits. re motabed with om and for, at the top. Mason . For the office boy, “Grandmother's Day” is any afternoon the team plays at hom: Pires tal Appeal, If any one offers to let you in the ground floor,” beware of trap doors.--Albany Journal. ee A woman will tell her busband not to worry, and then worry because he seera’s take ber advice.—Toledo Blade. eee You can never tell by appearance. man who looks run down at el is very often mighty well- heeled.—Philadelphia Inquirer, ee The man who gives himself y rarely is @ valuable gift.—Deseret News. 5 * ° ‘When « man etruts, don't him to do mush ef anything eines Aibany Journal, ihe SOHN, Sone CHICKENS ARE PICKING THe SEEDS OUT oF OUR GARDEN IT'S So PEACEFUL IN THE COUNTRY GET OF Usted Fay $108 | They Are! Te MEAN THINGS | 0, Pirece | Just ONE DARN THING AFTER ANOTHER Wit, Wisdom and Philosophy « By Famous Authors ee GDFGHOHOHOHHHHHGOHODHDHHHHOHDHHHOHGHHHHHHHHHOHHHHHHGOH9H9HOW) No. 14.—THE AMERICAN IN EUROPE. By Sarah Margaret Miller. HEF are three species, First the servile American, a being utterly shallow, thoughtless and worthless, He goes about to pend his mo: and indulge his tastes, His object in Europe fa to have fashionable clothes, queer foreign cookery, to know some titled persons and furnish himself with gossip by relating which, among those leas travelled and as uninformed as himeelf, he can win importance at home. I look with unspeakable contempt on this clams—e class which has all the ¢houghtlessness and partiality of the exclusive clases in Europe, with- out any of their refinement or the chivalrous feeling which still sparkles among them here and there, However, though these willing serfs in a free age do some little hurt, and cause some annoyance at Present, they cannot contiane | woe: al country is fated to a grand independent exist- ence and, as we develop, these parasites of a bygone period wither Les Manag ping ina ‘Then conceited American, ashamed of nothing of he knows not what. He does NOT eee, not he. With his hae dct Front Steps | “Etiquette” By Elsa Crosby Corte Rew York Wrealng World} to N return for the |h courtesy of a reserved seat in the front’ row of the front stoop, with a comfortable braided straw pancake cush- fon such as they bave in Brooklyn, Newark, Harlem and Syracuse, not to mention the large palm-leaf fan and the short selections of hums from the latest song bite and must- cal comedy misses—in return for |” these evidences of good faith, a young fellow need not expect tha’ ttle cigarette smoke, some warmed-over jokes and « few ba-has are all that 1s expected of him. ‘When the parlor begins to get at] stuffy like an indoor moving picture him the etiquette of courts, the ritual of the church seem pte edlll as and no wonder, profoundly ignorant as he is of their origin and mesalan. Just eo the legends which are the subjects of pictures; the Profo' tl myths which are represented in the antique marbles amaze and poe It him; as indeed such things need to be judged of by another etandara tha: t jonnecticut Blue Lawes. He criticises severely pictures, feeling ve eure that hie natural senses are better ans of judgment than the we of connoisseurs—not feeling that, to see euch objects, mental vision as ait aa fleshly eyes are needed and that something is aimed at beyond the iin {tation of the commonest forms of nature. ie Thie ie the American in the sprawly state, aspiring enough to be a good schoolboy. There is now the thinking American—a man who, menee advantage of being born in a new world and does not wish one seed from the past to be lost. and carry back with him every plant that will be: new culture. He wishes to gather them clean, and to give them a fair trial in his new world. condition under which he may best plant them not neglect to study their history in this. admiration. the booby truant not yet recognizing the im- on @ virgin eoll, yet He ts anxious to gather ‘ar a new climate and a free from noxious insec: And that he may know th in that new world, he doer Such men are Worthy of all es Betty Vincent’s Advice to Lovers O many ques-| and woman may me tions come to Be teeny on tn a public pleat ae me tn regard) properly introduced, 'e” SAV bean to what may be called street eti- quette that T think it best to put forward a few simple rules. When a lady meets a gentle- man of her ac-| quaintance she ts the first to bow, to show that she wishes to recognize him. A gentleman walking with two or more ladies takes the position next the curb, A gentleman does not take a lady's arm except to help ber across the atreet or over some obstacle. Me matter hew often “T. M." writes: ‘F paid attention to a T have returned the pres me, but ahe ati Keepe ming qyeaye eri jor ae, oe me to ask her for It would be a bit awkward, I'm afraid, although she co 0 not to keep your gitts, “uy Cusht “M. H." writes: “T am © jtention to @ young lady nd when i her to the theatre she often sug- ets it in the lobby, this correct? Tam perfect! - tng to call at her house.” yl nothing wrong it the theatre if d the evening's entertain- ee ie ferred to airdome on the stoop, porch or veranda, the price of admission remains the same. Something is expected of the young fellow. Along about if he is talking his head off about the pippin two-base hits in the after ame, and shows no indication that intends to put something over in the interest of the player of home nin itting near, all modern authorities agree that it is time to drop the first narrow hint, to be followed by @ broader one with an inshoot if the first doesn’t get over the plat ‘After this matters may be per- mitted to take their natural course for not to exceed ten minutes. This will give the holder of the reserved neat coupon time to wa it he's asleep ahd opportunity to recall his absent mind and concentrate it on the coins in his trousers pocket or the bills strapped to bis waist like a life-preserver. ‘At this point an experienced girl will cleverly turn the conversation to far away Sabara where the sands of the Desert never grow cold, and say that some people she knows must imagine that the female of the species is like the camel, able to go fuven days without so much as a soda or something with ferer from chronic cash drawer, with nerve as & complicat will be compelled to rise to his natural obli- gation about this time. It may give bim a terrible ache to do it, but he will take his two-story straw hat and guide the way to the |{fce-cream parlor in the next block, | or, maybe, volunteer to fetch a pint of mixed vanilla and chocolate while the girl 1s getting the saucers and spoons ready. "When a nice girl runs @ front stoop accommodation every evening at way-below-commutation-rates, le least a half pound box of assor pets oe ul is'net oominn bis tare” Copyright, 1914, by The Press Publish ing Co, (The New York Erening World), H, MAN, how wonderful are thy ways, and thy judgments how O Lo! as a Coney Ieland amusement park, so is a wo! Gurprises, and utterly without reason. But all the ways of a man are CONSISTENT. How marvellous is his CALMNESS in the face of danger, when the house catcheth fire; and, when the motor-car explodeth, he is net moved to folly but keepeth his head. Yet, when his Sunday morning newspaper cometh not or his collar button snappeth apart his roarings cap be heard to the uttermost parts of the attic. How wondrous is his PATIENCE! With what joy he walketh tweaty miles and waiteth for seven hours in a cold stream, that he may slay @ duck or catch an unnecessary fish. Yet, {f his wife keepeth him waiting for seven minutes, while ee putteth the finishing touches upon her complexion, he raveth as one pes- sessed of demons. How admirable is his INGENUITY! Lo, he tnventeth aeroplanes asd telephones; he taketh his motor-car apart, and putteth it together agaim, pin for pin and nut for nut. Yet, when he seeketh the hook which matcheth the eye upon the beck of his wife's dress he {s lost; and the air {s filled with his mutterings aad cursings. How glorious is his COURAGE, when he climbeth the Alps, leaping from crag to crag! Yet, when he danceth the one-step his FEET are forever in the way; and if he but followeth his wife from the hall unto the dining-room he rideth all the way upon the train of her skirt. How astonishing is his STRENGTH, when he swingeth the Indisa clubs, and performeth feats upon the golf links How beautiful are his | muscles! Yet, when his wife requesteth him to take down the portieres he de cometh suddenly weak and languid withal. How profound {s his ASTUTENESS! For as the fox avoldeth the trap with exceeding cunning, he avoideth the damsel that seeketb to enanare his heart. Yet, in the end he is led unto the altar by a fluffy Thing whe hat succeeded in turning his head. How mighty is his WILL! For, when his wife beseecheth him fer moneys wherewith to purchase new raiment, he {s adamant. Yet, when a WAITER smileth cynically upon him, he quaileth as a guilty schoolboy before the lash, and layeth his last shekel meekly upom the altar of graft, at the feet of the great god, “TIP.” Verily, verily, “Consistency is a jewel,” and MAN fs the Shining Light thereof. Selah! The Man Who Changed the Telephone From a “Toy” to a Great invention machine” is based. It was while engaged on experiments for totally different end that Edison hit 'HE history of those two wonder- ful inventions, the telephone and the talking machine, cannot be each | jenger ought to be good for | written without mention of the gr achievements of Emile Berlin He was born in Hanover, Germany, sixty- three years ago and graduated from & technical institute, Sampaon School, Wolfenbuttel, when only fourteen years of age. At nineteen he came to America, and early became interested in the telephone, which was then oo- cupying the attention of Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas A. Edison, Elisha Gra: other scientists on both sides of the Atlantic. Young Berliner had great ,@|confidence in the future of Bell’ crude instrument—e faith which wa: r) ul by very few others—and the otchman had no sooner exhibited is lever scientific toy" at the Philadelphia exhibition in 1876 than Berliner began to study means for improving it. first practical result of his thought was the “loos contact” transmitter, or microphone, which he produced in 1877, shortly after Bell's experiments with a tele- phone line between ton and Salem. In April of the same year Berliner discovered that a “loose contact” will act as a telephone receiver. A little later he was the firat to use an induc- tion coll in connection with transamit- ters. ‘As early as 1877 Thomas A. Edison Ascovered the principles on which the HE SIMPLE, T plain kimono 1s after all one of the best. It is casy to slip on and there is no unnecessa~ ry fullness. It can be run up in no time 60 that it is easy to have a variety. This one means only two seams, but in epite of that fact it represents three such distinctly different possibilities as practi- cally to represent three different garments. The plain long kimono is a most comfortable and satisfactory negli- gee. The plain sacque makes @ good dressing jacket. If either the jong kimono or the | jacket is made with the shirrings, it becomes | slightly more formal and can be used for the home breakfast and occasions of the sort, For the medium size, the long kimono will require 4% yds. of ma- terial 27, 3% yds. 36 or 44 in, wide, with 1% yde, any width or 4% yds. of ribbon 6 in, wide for the bands; the sacque 2 yds. 27, 1% yds, 36 or 44 in. wide, | With % yd, of material | or 8 yds. of ribbon 6 tn. | wide for the band: | _ Pattern No, large 42 inches bust measure. BUREAU, Donald Butidin te Gimbdel Bros. New York, stampa Pattern 8286 Long or Short Kimo 36, Medium 38 or 40, Large 42 or 44 buat. Call at THE EVENING WORLD upon the phonograph. His early ine struments had numerous defects and @ decade passed after the ort revelation before Edison took u| invention again and, in 1889, pi the modern phonograph. In the meas time Berliner had been working on @ somewhat aslmilar invention, and 1887 he Invented the gramophone. This was the first talking machine utilizes a groove of even depth varying direction, and in which record groove not only vibrates, but also propels the stylus across the record, While Bell invented the tele and Edison, Berliner, } many others have {mpr true Inventor and discove principles of telephony was a German scientist to whom too little credit has | been given—Philip Reis. In 1861 Rete hibited a partially articulate electrie telegraph at Frankfort and showed that variations in an electric curreat caused by a vibrating membrane could reproduce the necessary vibras tions. Reis transmitted ‘musical sounds and even words. 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