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at ; RSTABLISHED PULITERR., Pabtished Deity Brot Sundar by the Freee Foblianing Company, Nos, 64 40 eos St Cou he International an eek ie Tn $9.78 a5 . NO. 19,349 Bre, WANTED: A COMMISSION TO WATCH PRICES. Re HE “war price” carnival in this country is well under way. of very day dealors in some new commodity cheerfully inform us that their prices are bound to go a-soaring in a month or so. “| Automubile tires, champagnes, ostrich feathers and fancy dress Goods wil! increasé in cost »t the expense of consumers who can, stand the raise. But meat, butter, eggs, 12; and coffee are already up. Shoe leather is scheduled for a big advance. Hats, hair-brushes, tooth- _ brushes, clothing and all kinds of canned foods are on the list of Commen articles that everybody will have to pay more for. ; Who is to say when and how far the advance is necessary and just? That articles which have been coming from abroad must cost ‘More now that the supply is cut off anybody can see. But what is to _ Prevent wholesale, unwarranted marking up of prices in all lines by eontrolicrs of commodities who think they can get away with it on war pretext? What this country needs and needs Promptly is a Government com- g lesion to wateh and report on alleged war prices. Keep them within f. the bounds of economic reason and justice. ‘The wurst bas happened. Delicatessen prices are soaring! “THE B.'R. TK. CAN'T FOOL BROOKLYN. N a chaptered serial entitled “Why We Nea the Nickels,” the 2 | B. RK. T. hus been trying to coax the citizens of Brooklyn,to ¥ “co-operate'@with it for a few years to the tune of letting it take its own swect way. Y . “Co-operation” means patiently consenting to be straphangers andor the barbarous abuses of overcrowding and skimped service / which have made the B. R. T. notorious, “Complaint and opposition based upon discomforts,” warns the “B, &. T., will scare away that million additional population which lyn wazxits to attract to its midst. __ Did it ever occur to the B. R. T. that a little courageous outlay @@ up-to-date transportation facilities aya means of drawing peopie 3 te Brooklyn might succeed far better than desperate efforts to hush ‘Sp conditions'that now exist? ' That nobody proposes to ignore. the truth about strect tailway travel in Brooklyn the enthusiastic response of the people of that “Borough to The Evening World's efforts in their behalf bears eloquent estimony. We print elsewhere more letters on this subject which prove that it residents of Brooklyn are not deceived as to the attitude the B. R. T. or the complacence of the Public Service Commission. Brooklyn wants‘amillion more citizens, She knows she stands ® better chanoe to get them by transit advantages she can openly im than by any “co-operation” with the B. R. T. to conceal the P thocking state of inadequacy and noglect which its financial policies and escapades have brought about. : B. R. T. Permitted to lengthen the “rush ho gl) ges. as it pleases and with- be iy (nterference from the com. Ie the Public Service Commission true to its oath? Is it performing its fee Suz ta permitting the lyn br system to prol th ‘rush hour,” thi furnishing. th passengers with anything but “ser. vice that le safe and adequate?” Cornelius M. Sheehan, the eminent authority on transit and other public service corporations, on pase 7 of an address delivered by him, a copy whereof is in the library of the Pub. lc tBervice Commission, tilustrates how the company is permitted to pro- Jong the “rush more in detail than can be explained here. HOW THE COMMISSION Works. The Public Service Commissio wends to those interested "Weekly Calendars of Hearin, setting forth the time and object of ings. Many hearings are set for 10 o'clock: in the morning. The calendars are| sent out, according to the post-mar! at 8 o'clock the night preceding the | hearing, so that they arrive at the homes of the addressees after 9: o'clock. Who but a $15,000 commis- sonar, can watt for mall, which in rooklyn eliver main), meek ly after 9 Do not such high-handed tactics, as sending out notices at the last mo- ment so that few can attend hearings which to them may be of vital im- portance, and such other arbitrary of] Proceedings on the part of th com- miasion imply -that they prefer to hold secret sessions rather than to in- vite the fullest public discussion? LEO K. MAYER, Chairman, Brooklyn Civic Committee. No, 1307 Putnam avenue, Brooklyn, THE in a long time has a newspaper come forward in behalf of the people! ‘@f Brooklyn as The Evening World ‘efe in starting the agitation against Brooklyn Rapid (?) Transit sys- t and the Public Service (7) Com- Ba The Evening World of recent; I took notice of o letter signed |W. B." in which’ the writer com- of being “dumped” out at atreet, notwithstanding that| train was designated to go to upon the request of wis H. Whitney, Secretary to the furnished jssion it must ‘assu) ions every- t the Brooklyn Mepid Tran- system does—be it right or wrong. Ever since the 13th day of May, +¥ when the complaint was filed, i Brooklyn Civic Committee re- “What Is the P. a 4 the eons Bervice oA ton grant a on 's| I detail my trip to Rockawa ; ter—but nay, the com: has} 4.) Waid) matt coy besides loo! 'L” train, I got on the Myrtle street junction the conductor took 30 cents out of $1 for two fares, notwith. standing the published report that the Public Service Commission had or- dered them not to charge more than 10 cents from that point. 1 this fact to the conductor “on tra train and he replied: “What is the Public Service Commission and since when have they started to run this road?" That was the satisfaction I the| got for demanding my rights, and it 2% of Article 2 of the Public Commins reads: ~ n K,.) ment for future int ite] was a case of pay or get off. itted | the same as the fest had to do, Al@ u fare morand: tw ums, ia.| hares prmwnien Reeve. i ¢ World D The Road To Promotion The “Logical Candidate.” max yet, because Tom is not yet through getting promoted. Just now he's merely manager of a shoe store— one of a chain of several stores. Some day, in the near future, he's woing to be supervising all those stores. But this story, as far as it goes, is about how he won his pres- ent mani i "t like many shoe ‘ke who never look beyond the sale the; happen to be making. And he wasn’t of the stripe who exert all their good salesmanship when the boss is within hearing distance. He was only a clark, but he went ut his work i! as if the profits of the store were is own and depended wholly upon his own efforts, Some clerks, in all kinds of atores, don't think it's worth while feeling this way about their’ jobs. They let the managers worry about profits, They geil what's on the coun- ter in front of them, or on the behind them, in a perfunctory and let it go at that. Every time Tom sold a pair of shoes he had a vision of future gales. He made the sale and, what is more to the point, he made a steady cus- tomer—one who would come back to Tom for the next pair of shoes and for all futul ura of shoes. He felt that it was like makin, n invest- And he didn’t just well @ pair of shoes to each customer. He sold THE pair of shoes. There's a big difference. Other things he did that were not down on his list of actual duties, but his sales theories stuck out biggest of all, So, his manager “moved up" to a bigger was the logical candid vacancy? Tom, of course, And when the next vacancy comes “higher up" you can make up your mind Tom again will be the “logical candida “Hie Frei Sharp Wits. Men who really do things do not tell about them, before or afterward. oe Even mediocre accomplishment is infinitely better than good Intentions which remain only intentions.—Albany Journal. eee Even if the war should change the map of Europe it would not upset the information of some of us.—Nashville Banner, ee ‘ho sows wild oats & grass widow, The young does not always —Macon Telegraph, 8 8 No one has ever yet been able to tell what good It does to take time by the forelock. eee A allp of the tongue occasionally leta one down harder than the slip of a banana.—-Deseret News. ee troubles serve the good pur- trivial our emall ones are, A Whig JM ro. ne aily Magazin e: Wednesday: A ca er aa ‘| Poor Adams's pretensions. lo = mee td b eecor ert Ao al WELOR BAG GIRL. Coprright, 1914, by the Pree Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) HE end of the honeymoon {fs the point at which the average mar- ; riage ceases to be an Ideal, and begins to be an ordeal. At this time of the year the Recerding Angel must suffer from writer's cramp. In the pursuit of a woman, as in the pursuit of big game, a man doesn’t really WANT the object of the chase; he merely wants to test his fatal fascination+-or his fatal aim, as the case may be. A platonic friend is one who begins by being a man’s confidante in a hopeless love affair—and ends by being his consolation. The trouble with making over a husband is that you have to flatter him so much in the process that, by the time you have finished, he won- ders why such a combination of brains and beauty ever married « simple Uittle thing like you, Nothing shocks a man’s sensibilities like the naked truth from\a woman; but it rather amuses him to have her present it slightly decollete. When the headache has passed a man may want more wine, but not from the sanhe bottle. And when the heartache has passed, he may want more love—but not from the same girl. A husband should be my light of his wife's life—and most of them are, to judge by the way they go out at night. ‘You can't tell anything about a woman's age by the number of candles on her birthday cake, Betty Vincent’s Advice to Lovers I you think you) 4 Proper Invitation. are in love with two per-|, “H. F." writes: “I have been pay- sons at once the ba Mes it 2 a young lady fr two months, Proper for me to ace chances are that How to dine at ber you are in love with nobody. Real love, the) way gp» writes: 2 w sort on which|/to a young mi marriage should be | €£0 af a social gt based. 8 were pi omens a Bas taken ‘meout quite a number of your life will be! times, but has not yet introduced me unhappy and in;| to parents. If he cared for me complete if de: woulda’ he have done that before prived of the society of the one person, Not necessarily. He may even pro- I believe that no one can have that| pose before his parerits come to see particular feeling for more than one| you, person at the same time. introduced about five months “C. J." writes: ‘I am fitteen years old, and every day at noon I see a very nice boy. I do not know who he it I think I should like him ver: uch. How can I become acq! — orch Patter. By Alma Woodward. Tell Them About That! page: Pive Biutt Howe por, Time: 8 Set ES ett Ee nly with" tepture, RS. A.—There's nothing I like better than a congenial little dinner party of from four to eight covers. But when they get larger than that they're a positive burden. I loathe banquets—I abso- lutely loathe banquets! Mr, A. (yawning)—I sicken at the mention of the word “banquet.” have to attend so many. Mrs. A. (with pride)—You see, Mr. A. is such a wonderful after-dinner speaker that he is terribly in demand at banquets. Why, the poor man ts just crazy in the winter time prepar- ing speeches for the various affairs’ Mrs. B. (disparagingly)—Ohb, does he have to PREPARE them? I thought all adept after-dinner speak- ers were spontaneous. I hate to see peech from notes. C, (nterrupting)—I beg your notes at the Drew dinn Mrs. A. (coldly)—Mr. read from notes, memorizes. y A. doesn't He prepares and about George at the Blan! rec tion. You'll just HAVE to tell them about that afterward. Mr. A. rrying the thread with difficulty)—All good speakers pre- pare in advance. Take Frederick Blank, that king of after-dinner—— Mis. C. (gushingly)—-Fred Blan: Oh, Clarence, you remember the time we crossed with him, and what he did? You MUST give them that corking yarn! Mr, A. (considerably peeved at the though in his eightieth year— Mrs. C. (hysterically)—In hie eigh- tieth year! Clarence, turn your ring around, so you won't forget to tell them about that ty-year- old fisherman up at Gloucester, qi (inereasing volume of tone)—As I was saying—he has made @ reputation C. (wildly. grabbing her hus- rm)—Reputation! Tell them about that, Clarence. You know! Lady in_purple—Bar Harbor—repu- tation! You know! Mr. A. (rising—As I'm going fish- ‘A. M. 1 think I'd better B. (i ching)—Same here. all night, swatting mosqul- Mr. and Mre. C. (in wonder)—But it's only 8 o'clock! Mr. A. (significantly)—For does one come to Ay country what ? For worry, ot ugust 12° The Love Stories Of Great Americans By Albert Payson Terhune | Copyright, 1914, by the Pram Pubtishing Oo, (The New Yok Dresing Wesid.) No, 33.—JOHN ADAMS'S LOVE AFFAIR. ae YOUNG Braintree, Mass., lawyer fell in love with the Weymont®! minister's daughter. And trouble set in. * On the face of it the match seemed euitable enough. For John Adame was ‘earning a fair income and his prospects looked tolerably bright. Abigail was one of the Reverend William Smith's three daughters, and the Reverend William was not overblessed witli money. But those were the days of mental and family aristocracy—in New England at least. And a minister always ranked high. Is fact, aay minister was ever the most exalted personage in the parish. Bepecially, were he not only a godly and brilliant man bat of old family as well. So the Smiths considered themselves tmmeasurably superior tn way to John Adams, who was a poor farmer's son. And they took no pals to hide their opinion. . Abigail alone of all her family could not see the matter in that Nght, Bhe fell as completely in love with the lawyer as he with her. She promised to marry him. Her father vowed that she should not. 1] Smith's loyal congregation took up the quarrel and collectively. frowned ga. ee x Had Abigail Smith been like the Bverage “sheltered ‘life girl” of generation, she would have wept a littlé, read a few sentimental poenis | meekly bowed her will to the wishes of her father and his Abigail was an exception. She has been called “America’s First ‘New’ ‘Woman.'" Her early education had been neglected (partly because in-ohites hood she was always sick cnd partly because it was considered unsseaiy: for girls of good family to learn anything beyond reading, writing, arithmetio and music.) So she made up for these lacks by taking her education inte her own hands and teaching herself more any other eighteenth century damsel had to learn. Education gave her several of these ideas was tliat her father must serious objection than that of silly family Adams before she would consent to break her engagement. reverend parent her ultimatum, and he raged helplessly. that Adams had bewitched the girl. In his pulpit on the foll he glared Grst at Abigail) and then at Adams and proceed following text (Matthew xv., 22): “My daughter ts grievously vered of a devil.” e Every ‘one understood. And every one stared in cold rebuke at the young lovers. A Sunday or two after this Mr. Smith is sald to step further by announcing Ted his sermon's text a portion of second psalm’s twentjeth verse: “Deliver my darling from the power of the dog!” This kind of thing set John Adams's naturally hot temper te blasingy There were unpleasant scenes—any number of them. But Abigail etood firms his former opposition and of his quotation about devils, he replied by calliag their attention to John Adam: bstemtous habits and sobriety and preached &@ sermon whose text (Luke iv: 43) was: hath a devil!” temper, sharing his hardships, rejoicing in his triump}s. barrier of hatred England had rateed egainst anything over many @ rough place for him and did more than anything else to.etem [The Story of the Franco-Prussian War] John and Abagail were married Oct. 26, 1764. ‘When Adams, after the Revolution, went to England and anybody American. The English people, who at first sneered at her the tide of his growing unpopularity. No, 3.—The First Blow. troops; lest they Pe aoe think 1| called “For John came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye sey he helped her husband's career, advising, planning, curbing his unfortunate whose tact and cleverness helped to break down the ington as Prealdent of the United States, his wife's diplomacy again smi President and the wife of another. get its troops to the fron- tory was Balled with mad Jey fa twenty-eight. Their wedded life was perfect. At every turn Mrs, Adame as the first United States Ambassador, it was Abigail aa a provinolal, grew to love and admiré her. When Adams succeeded Wash- oothed Abigall Adams was the only American woman to be the mother ef ene T HOUGH France was first to| Pale with fea one petty the Germans were so ut behind them that the advantage availed nothii ‘The two nations’ fighting force in the fleld at that time, roughly, war: Germany, 477,000 men; Franc: 000, In killed and wounded Germai was to lose 180,000 of these 477,000. The French, Bo er al reached the Rhine. . eral fighting be, There, too, the French won their first, last and only victory of the whole tragic war. ‘The northern division of the French army (under Napoleon III. in p ttacked Saarbrucken and, afte! a hours of firing, dro small body. of Prussians. Th Emperor's little son, Louis, tl Imperial 'Lou-Lou, by the soldiers), was pi battle. his “baptism of fire.” Napoleon I by the way, was so pallid m iliness at this time that he rouged his cheeks before every inspection of the yeent France. It was the last chance for rejoicing that France wae to have for many w long day. In three separate armies (as in resent war) the Germans crossed ine. Each army was & fighting machine, made up of iron erans d men to whom mill trainii out tents travelling light and travelling Like a triple-headed sn the Semen wi cee, rg yee oa Le (as in the present war) by ui lans—light cavalry armed wh jances. Von Moltke, supreme strategist, had worked out the war beforehand like & problem in arithmetic. It was aim to send the Germans into France in three sections; to unite these tions In the valley of the al His parents called it| the Katser is now trying to carry out. ‘Two days t jon af- fair came the first great battle.of the Franco-Prussian war. (To Be Continued.) The May Manton Fashions Pattern No. 8372—Two-Plece Skirt, 24 te 34 Walet. Call at THE MVENING Sew {sBUREBAU, Donald Building, T really seems as tt ] there were no limit to be set to the varie ations of the two-plese ekirt. This one shews fulness at the upper edge arranged to give the effect of box plaits, while the shaped cireus lar flounce renders. it entirely new and ind vidual, Besides t and in every iat ‘able, the ekirt tose raple that r dressmaker an aa without difficulty, There are only two seams and the flared flounee ia are ranged on indieateg lines. In the pleture one material te wse@ throughout, but some. thing more of a tunle effect could be obtained by facing the skirt with ® contrasting matetial under and below the flounce and, if a bination is desirabte, such @ suggestion may prove helpful. Skirts of the kind will be with coate upes treet and also with blouses within For the medium else, the skirt will require ¢ yards of material #7, % vards 8, 4 or 50 inches wide. The width at the lower edge is 14 yards, Pattern No, 6372 in.eut in sizes trom 34 to. 94/4 inches waist measure. WORLD MAY MANTON F, 00 West