The evening world. Newspaper, August 10, 1914, Page 10

PULITZER, biiehion Company, hte 58 ne al "how, softies ot Tork as Class Matter, , Second. For fs eniand and the Continent ané All Countries in the International Postal Union eo i A REPLY FROM THE P. S. C. AST (WEEK The Evening World asserted the right of New York telephone users to know how the up-State Public Ser- vice Commission proposes to treat the evasive and dilatory | ape employed by the New York Telephone Company to stave off the property appraisal which is to lead to lower telephone rates. Chairman Van Santvoord, of the up-State Commission, wisely fedognises this right and makes plain answer to the question! He warns the Telephone Company that the work of valuation ‘de completed so that a final decision can be given on or betoro 1, 1918. “According to the Telephone Company's plan,” he de- G@ares, “it woyld be approximately Jan. 1, 1916, before we might expect to complete the evidence dn this case and without that date.” might not Become possible before 1917. ‘The plan involves such an elaborate inquiry into unit costs, gach an extended investigation of the accounts of the company from the very beginning of the telephone business, and {s, on the whole, so complex and extensive as to make the outcome ‘very uncertain in point of time.” “Representatives of the telephone company have from time to time volunteered to co-operate with the Commission in every proper way to facilitate the progress of this work. The Commission will accept these o: so far as they will facili- tate progress with full confidence in the good faith in which they have been tendered.” Bat don’t let the New York Telephone Company retain for one testant the idea that it is managing the inquiry and the Public Ser- vice Commission at the same time. In its long fight for cheaper telephone tariffs throughout Great- “@e New York this newspaper has repeatedly warned public and Com- _— againet the suave and sweeping assurances of telephone com- j >a "The valuation of telephone property is being conducted for the ‘amediate relief of telephone users in this city. Lat the Public Service Comfhiesion never for a moment lose sight ) that nor permit the’ New York Telephone Company to it, @errounding the Place de la Concorde, the finest square seated female figures superb in stone, represent- by the French movements, in Alsace, oie that crepe and replpce it with EE A GREAT PITY. ‘OW deeply it is to be regretted that even making due allow- ance for distortion of despatches there seems to be cumulative evidence of German bad manners and lack of self-control! _ Detailed, first-hand accounts of the mis-handling of British and ploan newspaper correspondents in Berlin can hardly be doubted. y story of the arrest and ill treatment of Archer M. Huntington ‘this wife is too much like others that have gone before not to he d as only too likely to be true. What are the Germans thinking of? Essentially a genial, big- people, even where they lack the tact and graces of the the world is loath to see them deliberately discrediting them- ‘They profess to be deeply wounded when Americans misundor- their national motives. Yet Berlin seems to have gone mad th to bite all foreigners, . a Ghall we ever get used to this war? Perish the thought that it should last that long! pees he ST 7 aa | TO THE STRICT‘LETTER. CLYDE LINE steamer, flying the American flag, tried to slip down the bay Saturday night with her lighte extinguished. ‘The ‘vigilant coast patrol Florida, which is helping to pre- neutrality in American waters, promptly spotted the sneak, sent ple of blank shots after her and started a destroyer in swift When summarily rounded up and escorted back the vessel seemed ‘be innocent enough and her skipper guilty only of too much sur- and haste. He was made to understand that when ‘Sam demands that every departing vessel give strict account that demand means busine Americans cannot fail to feel pride and satisfaction at evidence their Government is too alert to its responsibilities to permit RY easy-going interpretations of neutrality, etters From the People * masband's Grievance. ¢f Tho Brening World ‘wise readers kindly let me ‘(tle opinion on this subject? man and at from the People,” writes in def of metal and slate in place of wood peingiog as preventives of fire. Hav- ing been connected with the potas eas for some years, and being acquainted with tne nature of ali a t Beer License for Bank MPLOYBES of the Bank of Eng- land had an extra holiday a few days ago for the 210th birthday of the work greatest banking insti- “The Old Lady of Thread- | The Love Stories Of Great Americans By Albert Payson Terhune a rage, se, se Fem Taman Ce Ta Sat reas Wey 4 No. 3I—JOHNSTON BLAKELEY’S ROMANCE. LONELY little boy was sent, all by himself, from North Carolina to New York. This was in 1704. The journey in those days was far longer and more perilous than ‘would be « trip to Gout America to-day. ‘The boy was Johnston Blakely. His father, merchant, had lett Tye land when the son was only two. Since then the family had lived in we mington, N. ©, When Johnston was twelve—a nervous, thin, shy litte fellow—his father for some reason decided to send him to New York to be educat So, like a dale of goods, the sickly youngster wae shipped North to one of his father’s colleagues, a fellow merchant named Hoope. bg The lad became a member of Mr. Hoope’s New York household, goin’ afly to school in Brooklyn. He was desperately homesick. The other boys laughed at his Southern accent and his old-fashioned ways. His one solace during the five miserable years of exile was the close friendship of Mr. Hoope’s only daughter Jane, a child a few months younger than Blakeley, Jane and the Southern boy were both lonely, both different from thelr echobimates. Instinctively they were drawn together by — mutual lome- liness. And as the years went on the childish friendship merged bate a boy and Qe, ‘Bir! love affair. Mr. Hoope was not averse to the match. For he had grown fond of the boy, a@ A Future Hero's Blakeley’s father was well to do. Courtship. But just before Blakeley was eighteen the in- cipient romance was cut short by his retura te ® North Carolina, whither his father summoned him to atudy law. He bade farewe! to Jane, promising to come back as soon a8 he should have the right to claim her. Then he went South—to trouble, He had scarce begun his law course when his father died. And the supposedly rich merchant diod insolvent. Penniless and without prospects, Blakeley left the study of law and became a midshipman in the navy. His chances of claiming Jane Hoope for a wife seemed very remote. ‘We had not much of a navy in those days, nor did the service offer much hope of advancement. Yet young Blakeley plugged away doggedly at his chosen career. By 1807—seven years after he had joined the navy—he was a lieutenant. In 1812 war broke out between the United States and Great Britain, a war to be fought largely on sea, and offering quick tion to brave naval officers. Blakeley rose to the rank of lieutenant-commander. His pay was now sufficient for ¢wo to live on in strict economy. And at the first opportunity he went to New York, where Jane still loyally awaited him. There he and she were married in December, 1818, after an engagement of fourteen years. The honeymoon was brief. Blakeley, who had already won fame during the first two years of the war, was put in command of the war sloop Wi and ordered again into active service. For the next few months he and ship were the wonder of two continents. One British man-of-war after another he sought out, fought and captured. From an obscure sub-officer Blakeley sprang within a year into @ national hero. Then, in the autumn of 1814, he ranged the southern At- lantic in search of the enemy. A ship that he captured in late September came into Savannah harbor with news of bim. | Another vessel, on Oct. 9, sighted the Wasp under clue to their fate. full sail. And from that moment—a century ago—noth- ing was ever heard of Blakeley nor of the Wasp nor of any of the crew. They vanished, leaving ap Blakeley was promoted to a captaincy, but he n knew of his pro- motion. The North Carolina Legislature voted him a sword. The sword was reverently laid by the presentation committee on the cradle of thé new- born baby daughter whom the hero father had never seen. And the Legis- lature further voted unanimously “that Capt. Johnston Blakeley’s child be educated at the expense of this State.” A Mysterious Vanishing. [The Story of the Franco-Prussian War| No. I—The Quarrel. as she used her husband) or as the famous old bank | © is properly called, was projected by William Paterson and was incorpor- ated 1694. It was constituted as a Joint stock association, with a capital of $6,000,000, In return for the loan of its entire capital to the government, it received the Fight to tasue notes and a monopoly of corporate banking in England. It was not until early tn the nineteenth ¢entury that this monopoly was broken down. In its early days the Bank of Eng- land was a servant to the Govern- ment and in a lesser or greater de- gree it has enjoyed this character through all the stages of its subse- quent history. At first the charter of the pees was for eleven na years only, jt in consequence great ser- cos of the institution to ti to the Govern ment its charter bAs been at various times renewed. Every one knows that the Bank of bey Cred suing bank notes tnd’ eeting Matter of the national debt bul fey are that it has bind “Ot charter of incorporation great seal, dated July 37, 1694, and the bank, if it liked, could open a public house in Threadneedle street or could send its drays around and deliver its beer. What a sale Bank of England beer would have, with the chief cashier's signature on iad label of each bottle as guarantee! Hits From Sharp Wits. Many men say they can-drink or let it alone, but they prove only the frat ee of the proposition.—Mem- phis ommercial Al Appeal. Now and then a te away with a lot of dishonesty, ui only he refrains from stealing something com- mercially vi faluable, Too many naan never have an opinion on any subject until they have had opportunity to SBproRriAtS opinions of others.—Albany Journal, Usually dirty nen that ie washed in public and is hung out where all can see it still holds its dirtiness,— Milwaukee Sentinel. r3 The get busy Ansar worthy di- rections—never swells the ranks of Anarchists, the I. W. W., Socialists and other discontented and mischiev- ous Clasees.—Milwaukee Sentinel. The wa fhe ‘trabssressor to ox- pensive.—! caton ‘Transcript. with may, wife's peopl g my w *| roofing materials, he does there her father, the subject as thoroughly asthe show ‘and myself. Whea we have done. Coarse “and Sela les are not the best roofs. Sven in case heated, have behind you, Bome people, ant as if they thought the motto read: “Be ate u're right A vacation mi sother bad thing to ° (Covreght, 1916, by the Prem Puttishing Oo, (The New York Ereaing World PO~ Y daughters, who is THIS that cometh arrayed like unto Solomon, in M white flannel and » yachting capt Behold how his hair shineth as the morning sun. His finger nails are glowing incandescents; his cigarettes are MONO- GRAMMED, How beautiful are FEET in shoes of white doe-skin! La, he is the glass of fashion and the mould of good form, and he in vadeth the Summer Resort in search of Girle—and diversion, How tender are his ways, and his voice how persuasive! He atrolleth beside the damsels on the golden sands and sitteth more near in the silver moonlight. His breath is sweet with cloves and cinnamon and his handkerchief pleasant with sundry sachets. He feedeth the dameecls with sweet nothings—and all his words are wiser than a politician's and more careful than a divorce lawyer's, He poseth on the piazza railing, and the damsels flutter with delight at the vision thereof. He chatteth of “Wall Street” and “High Finance;” he talketh of yachts and Burope and motor care. But he seeth NOT the Ice Cream signs, and the Soda W: - tains are unknown to him, 2 Tos She said, indifferently. 1914, ©. iis New York™zvectas’ World® RS, LEWIS phoned this morning,” Ma informed “and asked if we'd down to Epinard, in the car, so's she can get some peaches right off a peach farm, “And another thing—we pass the Country Club on the way heme, so I want you to put on your white flannels and your new white buck- skins and your yachting cap, : eee They were the tallest peach trees T'd ever seen. Pop said he bet they were sycamores originally. “Look!” squealed Mtyun kia have ‘em if yuh pick “Yul ve ‘em ‘em,” Tht, "help wis all German and they've gone home to ene oS ain't sellin’ ems. ane weeps te Pick ‘em owe al sokes, at “Gimme @ basket,” he moaned. He bringeth the maidens cushions for thelr heads and footstools for], "We ain't got So basketa” | the their feet but NO bonbons for their palates, He BORROWETH other men’s vances a: pleasant streams in the jong, sweet Anon” Saneih tha! Apaaeeth oases He is BO devoted. He sitteth beside the prettiest girls in OTHER men's motor boats, He danceth with OTHER men's sweethearts in the ballroom. He fiirteth with OTHER men's wives upon the dim Piazza, He repeateth OTHER men’s witticisms and telleth their jokes and re- ceiveth great applause, / Yea, even his tender sentimentalisms and all ‘his words of love are BORROWED from the latest novels. Yet the Daughters of Babylon adore him, and he is the Hotel Pet, And when he departeth he shall send them each—a POSTCARD, But when violets are high and the cabarets are open in the autumn he shall meet them upon the High Street and shall not SEE them! For verily, verily, he is the SENTIMENTAL GRAFTER, and his art ts the art of FORGETTING. Selah. The Orientals. By Eugene Geary. Copyright, 1014, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World,) i! lia Orient merchants on lower | The Broadway shone, Down the sidewalk marched| quae Scien rats beholder. together, And each had ekin, ‘tis but fair to say, About three, shades darker than/ The little fellow, with shifting | leather,” sing For buyers was eagerly strainin, While hie partner Tarobed "lik Bash! Bazouk, A tes crowned short man’s kinky ta Contented and uncomplaining. ‘The tall chap sported a turban, “Dia pessnene ine modéings to-day, | pris mein friendt,” one to his taller = ae And they offered gems made in far Te thekle the Gweller suburban. trays they carried with trinkets re in Derby Hung gracefully from each shoulder. & a satlar broader | wo ald the other, their ore brings kin "h # sive yub a barr’ against the trunk. “Oh, Waldo!” exclaimed May . dest look at the way you're dressed! “Well, who's fault is it the way I'm dressed the branch,” directed Mrs. t's just bending with fruit. You only have to pick them and throw them down to us and we'll put them in the barrel.” Pop's yachting cap had long aince fallen from his head and was being trampled under foot in th ment of catching the peaches white flannels took on new tinges of green and black each time he alld, and his seven-dollar white buckskins M Lewis, “and, you'll be ‘able to reach that awfully tempting cluster at the very end.” “They don't tempt me!” murmured Pop, cold-feetedly. “Just one more itty-bitty move!” wang the siren, And Pop moved! It was a fatal move! With an ominous, cracking sound the laden limb tore itself from its mother trunk and precipitated the spot. And Pop, when he struok it, doubled up like a jackknife and squeezed five or ax dozen we'd you IRANCE owed the Franco- Prussian war, partly, to one mother’s love for her boy. The mother was Eugvnle, Empress of the French, wite of Napoleon III. The Emperor, her husband, was looked on by many @s a mere charlatan and political trickster. His popularity in France was fast on the wane. There were prospects that the Empire would some day be overthrown and a re- public formed. In that case Eugentie's and Napo- leon’s only gon, Louis, the Prince Im- Pacis (whom the people nicknamed ‘Lou-Lou") would never be Emperor. Bugente’s advisers told her that a successful war against Prussia would rouse the French to a frenzy of loy- alty toward Napoleon and herself, Bhe believed it. And she declared: “If there is no war my son will ni er _be Emperor!" So there was a war. Eugenio saw to that. As her advisers intended she should. Her influence with the Emperor was all powerful, And her advisers (who urged her on dnd used her as @ puppet for their plans, even may may not have been bribed to their work by Bismarck. It, js believed, but it cannot be proven. . Prugsia was the foremost of Ger many’s independent states. Biemery was Prussia’s guiding mind, He already made it ful, and now he wished to make it far more #0, The first and Rreatost step in that direction was to humble France, Prussia’s ancient foe. For years Prus- sia had secretly been preparing for just such a war. Everything was ready. France, strangled by grafting poll- ticlans and swayed by a vain ec: was anything but prepared. when war came, the Ministry formed the Emperor that over thing was in readiness “down to the button on the last gaiter of the be soldier’—a stupendous lie, told to man who, himself a prince of “3 believed it. Asa matter of fact, French army liste were peat coreraenry graft-ridden, the Incompetent ‘The time was rtpe for war. All that was needed now was to pick a q that should serve as an excuse start hostilities, And this quarrel, the wife-blinded eeccwen IIL prompt, ly proceeded to pick. The msy Mapton Fashions .,_ HERE are may practical as well as smart fea- tures to be found’ im this blouse, It is’ ee ceedingly easy to make and requires a9 fitting. White seems the netural color for the chemisette, but: {it can be of organdie, handkerchief lawn or Pique and, for the blouse itself, silk, ‘woo! and cotton are equally appropei+ ate. The new taffetas are quite soft enough to be made in ¢hifp way, we are wearing charmeuse satin this season, crepe do is always pretty there are silke that make ems ceedingly quaint and attractive effects. Une doubtedly 1 sleeves are the preferred for the autuma, there are ay ened length Br and these can ee ane finished re the mediu the blouse will’ will ree in. wide for misette and Pattern No, 8371 is cut in sizes from Pra to 44 inches bust measure,