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| The Rventag World Daily Magazine. Why Not? (Hat orld. BATABLISHED BY JOsEPH PUIATZER. 7 t Sunda: ing Company, Nos. 53 to Dally Become Sane RALPH PULITZ: Jonuit PULITEOR, 3 Entered ‘York @ nator *to tie ivening| For i} World for the United States is amd Canada, |-Clasa Matter, bay) ‘the Continent and ‘All Countries tn the International Poata) Un! WHY A DIMINISHING FORCE? HEN Police Commissioner Woods admits that in abolishing the fixed post he deprived the city of the best system of : police patrol it ever had, New York emphatically agrees. did ecores of business centres in this town enjoy more peace and ty than when citizens in these sections knew cxactly where to for « policeman when they needed him. i > a With interest and hope New Yorkers watched this new Commis- ara, take up the work of restoring police prestige. Nothing that @ver did caused the surprise and misgiving aroused by his action withdrawing the fixed post patrol. ; © . Are his repsone—-lack of men and money—reassuring? A grow- tag shortage in the working force of the Police Department is > etange reflection upon the Mitchel edministration which pledged A to build ap this branch of the municipal service. We have not heard thet the city has stopped growing. Nor doos time when bomb-throwers and contract-murderers continually defy a8 outwit the police seem the moment to pare down the efficiency f the force. ‘ The Mitchel edministration was expected to strengthen the peice. To tt, after all, only to apologise for their increasing weakness? — * NOT TO THE STRONGEST. HE most formidable battleship line in the world vigilantly guarding the cossts of Great Britain fafled to prevent the enemy's cruisers from bresking through and denting the jbecred home shore with shells. _ A gigantic fleet seems to prove no certain assurance for England. | Daring and enterprise defy the utmost precantions. Germany has |) Sevemplished at least the feat of throwing steel on English soil. Who | kmowe what deeper plan may be behind this sally? Who knows how ’ the German fleet may upset the calm complacency with which Britain holde open the paths of the North Atlantic to her ? ’ «NO. 19,476 The idea that “they are always strongest who seem strongest” — schoolboy learns it from the Latin poet—must be speedily pried ef the British mind.” The fortunes of this wer, on ea at 1 initiative, agility and lightning epeed. . A COMPLETE VICTORY. GQUABE DEAL for every taxicab proprietor, big or small, is new essured. By a vote of 44 to 8 the Board of Aldermen has adopted to the Taxicab Ordinance compelling every vehicle in y which carries a taximeter to take out a city license and operate he direction of the Department of Licensee. Mayor Mitchel the amendment. means that the Taxicab Trust must quit hiding in vacant come out into the open. It must make up its mind either to law or to go out of business. Present attempts to fool the ‘by means of unlicensed, motre-bearing taxis called “private,” steal fares from legitimate cabs operating at legal rates, end. When The Evening World began its long fight to free taxicab in New York from the extortion, graft and privilege upon r 8 tow older taxicab companies waxed fat, it aimed to secure Dif every taxicab doing business in the public streets a fair and equal That alm is now completely realized. Taxicab users will profit ‘aniiorm, regulated service, free from overcharge and confusion. law-abiding taxicab operator will profit from the fact that no . or can take away his business except through fair, straight for public favor. ° —_—_—_—_— The Fire Department presents its compliments and bogs to be aMowed a quiet Christmas. Have @ tree, but don't let it catch fire. Hits From Sharp Wits ef young fellows approach the ist ee when they) # right to expect st eympathy. é ° its 8 woman rt Ing to bo disappolsted h Sai | over.—Detroit Free Press, ee are against a man wants to get i wi even with gome complaints to LN Ledger Dispatch, make.—Norfolk ASections that are lost, strayed or alway! mo. to increase in Byes over which the wool pulled never see Clearly saywayee » Much of what we regard as pieas- ure is work that com ONE PENNY ADAY WILL BUY A LUNCH FOR A HUNGRY CHILD AT | ScHOOL The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCardell Compstat, 1014, by The Buen Publishing Co, (The New Tort Dreing World), 66] WANT only eensible presente thie Christmas," sald Mre. Jast, “in fect, as you know, 3 have glways been | Spus, friends are @puge—or they abould be.” “Bome of them are Bugs,” mur- mured Mr. Jerr. “What 4i@ you say?” asked Mre. Jarre sharply, a9 she looked up from her handiwork—for Mre. Jarr, like all kind hearts, since goctety leaders have eet the pace—was knitting eocks for soldiers. “I eald it was a goo. thing your friends wore Spuge,” replied Mr. Jarr. “and where are you going now?” asked Mrs. Jarr, as friend husband made a flank movement for the door. “I'm going out and join the brave lads manning the trenches along the Harlem,” eal afrdid you are going out to help man that dreadful Gte's place at the cor- ner.” “No canteen for me!" cried Mr, Jarr. “We man the trenches. Raagle and I, devoted soldiers of the Harlem Landwehr, will man the trenches, And then maybe somebody will knit socks for udi" But again hia courage fatied him, and he mumbled his last words. “What do you mean?” asked Mre. Jarr. “Speak up, please.” “Well, all I meant was that knitting should begin at home,” grumbled Mr. “1 think If you ladies of Har- lem are kuittin. socks for soldiers you might darn a few for husbands, And John W. Rangle aays"-—— “Oh, tbat man!" int speaking that way of your wife? Well you had better be doing somethi: moré worth while than jistening te So Wags the World 'T takes @ lot of self-control to leten he turgid tergiversations of it’ et where the going to get the chance if the young the man who tells yor ‘Treaty of Peace is going aligned what effect upon civilisation the ta going to have after it's all over, A man can feel comfortably warm on the street In his topcoat and then when he meets a wearing those flesh-colored a 4 meant | leaving for arme begin to shiv men ike that Rangie criticising other men’s wives.’ . “Gee! I was fust joking!” faltered Mr. Jarr. “Don't jump all over a fellow. “Well, please don’t quote the Ran- gles to me!” eniffed Mrs. Jarr. “With the children writing let.cre to Santa meen cyanea! mse : Thursday: De #4 = By Maurice Ketten ON Your WAY To ScHoot AND BE A Good Girt ‘S Your PENNY EU Sone n Would Rather Claus and writing them out loud in @y presence, as actors write letters on the etage—asking for $20 toys, such electrical engines and speaking dolls —when they'll be lucky if I can get them some nice new clothes" —— “But the children believe in Santa Claus, don't they?” asked Mr. Jarr. “I suppote they do,” whimpered Mrs. Jerr. “But they remember they r The Christmas Spirit And How to Acquire It By Sophie Irene Loeb. Coppright, 1016, by She Pree l'ubtishing Co. (Tee New York Evening World), RE you getting the Christmas epirit? Like apring, it gets Into the air, an least you are in touch with it, it 18 good to get it to te full be- cause it ie a period of gladness. No matter if you are a hardened old bachelor, or a misunderstood hus- floptod’wife, and you think there lant wife, and you ere anything on earth to be glad about, like Pollyanpa, just turn the grouches and, as she says, “Find oul : ty else glad, and ‘then YOU will have caught the Christmas spirit. It smoothes wrinkles and makes you feel, no matter how black things look, that Old Sol is boynd to shine > the rain. * reason the people lose the Christmas spirit almost before the: got it Ia because they gallop th You Gon’t get it by endless shopping ‘Ito the wearying point, i wondering how much your frie going to our Christmas it, and ages bi ing of the tae. i on the morn oon don't get it by spending all your savings of the winter eo you wa ohe's a dead-sure sign that ehe's never fellows she meots up with know thelr becoming preternaturally wise, | ymeneally speaking! A man who has been through it sald ‘to us yesterday: “A fellow never |plumes the abyat depth of humili- | ation aah te home gas Become, tJ every morning w ‘e (Sree nd deeaneaeas m two 5 coe for and to get his Cepuright, 1914, by The Press Publishing Os, (The New York Brening Wertd), mever going ‘» get married’ hi will have to WORRY as to how you ‘will get your spring clothes. But here are a few ways you can imbibe the gladsome Chrgtmas spirit that watts ita _sweetn hrough the year: Find the poor family that you know Just goat get any Christmas, and sive them some. Send a cheerful letter to @ etck lend. Take joy into the home of the w! owed mother and her little childen. Make some little kiddie happy in some way. Remember your Jonely Aunt Mary im the country and what a joyful sur- prise a little token will bring to her. Be considerate of the people who work for you and do not overburde! them just because you cuse of “holiday season.’ Adjust the quarrel you have had with some on love, even if it is necessary to lo’ your pride, Contribute to the School Children’s Penny Lunch Fund, for there are over 60,000 suffpring for want of food, rk by knowing what tisfied with your gifte, no matter how immaterial they may be; it ta the giver and not the gift that “et be by ygones sones,” In a word, create a chime for the cheerless one. . toe And, abave all, amile! 8 me sees the car to throw rocks at her. “With Europe prostrate for a cen- tury to come after this war, watch South America's smok: pant. ed a man in our ear yesterday. W. tried to tell him that we couldn't help it, and that we didn't expect to be to young fello for another century anyhow, but ge | Mt to see what test hear Lyd Ro who ‘ay ene never body em- welven, maybe you've ‘noticed. Yoo, tt was ction in pugs in Decembe COCO OOOO OO, wanted expensive toys last Christmas and didn’t get them. You know I always put off getting them new coats full late in December, ao they can be Biven useful gifts; and you should see the letter Willie and our little Emma wrote to Santa Claus and left on my bureau to-day.” t “On your bureau? What would Senta Claus be doing in our room?” asked Mr. Jarr, “That what puszies me,” re- marked Mrs. Jarr. “The children pro- fess the greatest faith in Santa Claus, and yet they meke sure I not only hear what they write him, but they put the letter, unsealed, where I oan see it, and you, too. Look at this!” And Mrs, Jarr produced a soiled ani blotted note in ink from her wor! basket, on which was written in childish scrawl: “Banty Claws: Bewair wot you Gidd last cristmus. We want no oloze for chrismus this yére, 1 want a magik lantura, and a ten doller set of bilding steal things, and a lectrick engin with trax run by reel lectricity. And emmy wants a tawikin doll and a babie caridge fer it, and a doll house eligunt and a toy planner, and 1 want a nair gunn fer cats, and a moving pickcher mashine, and if we dont get them we will do somethin despirit for we do not feer ennything, and bein goode dont get childrun things ao be- wair ower revenge, WILLY JARR AND EMMY JARR.” “Why, that isn't an epiatie to Santa Claus,” remarked Mr. Jerr. “It's a Black Hand letter!" “They wrote nice, polite letters last Christmas, too,” said Mrs. Jarr. “Hem!" remarked Mr. Jarr. “Eyi- dently our darlings would rather be ‘Thugs than Spugs!” By Clarence L. Cullen|t" car through the coun- ‘ell of ferocity every em and jumps out of that ho still wus wearing th mer knee. , kind, Therefore it couldn't 10 oft and takes to the chi corner isn't very convincing when he nares the ee of it all o're just start! they can see, _ Simt er. ve: 191TF Reflections of ) a Bachelor Girl last of all, bis heart. eo will a man. By Helen Rowland i Ouprrighe, 1914, by ‘The Prem Prtthshing Oo. (Tho New York Bventng World), Pe the men fiirt with you—love, and you tove alone! ‘With @ bachelor your flattery may have to be laid on skilfully and detleatety; but you can just fling it at a married man with « trowel end, Ro matter where it hits, it is bound to stick. a Tn love, a man loses frat his head, then his vanity, then Gis polse—and, ‘The more one sees of cats the better one understands men. For in- stance, a cat will sit contentedly for hours and listen w its head, enumerate ite virtues and call it “Boo'tuls” or “Angel-face’—and you stroke Meany © man calls in o specialist to sive his wife o dietlist end a dose of medicine, when all she needs % a kiss and © dose of flattery. Christmas shopping goss to @ woman's head, and gives her ouch = mental “jag” that ft sometimes takes until after New Year for her to sober up and discover whet she hes done with her money. & man’s beart fs like the moon;: and the happy {s to bask ts the radiance of bi Perfectly well that it is bound to One might fancy that a dachelor would have a special reason for only way for s girt tee is adoration while it lasts, yoowins being very good in this life, considering that Heaven is the only place which helde out the inducement of “no marrying or giving in marriage.” — Propose in jest—and repent in “harness.” Everyday Perplexities Coporight, 1914, ty The Pres Publishing Oo. (The New York Evening World), Pointe That Pussle Men. IETY looks on all young men with a partial eye; but ft Ikes to eee them mindful of certain emall courtesies. To make a mistake in a point of etiquette :ay be a trifle, but ft 1# certainty one that causes the average man much embarrassment and discomfort. Yet it is so easy for a busy person to forget these things that it may be of service to refresh the memory by recapitulating a few important pointe. In walking with ladies a man almost invariably takes the side of the walk nearest the street, although there is So very strict rule about this. It is not considered good fv... for a man to walk between two lagies or to turn and look after a lady who has passed bim. The lady always bows first, and {t 1s almost unnecessary to say that on receipt of her salutation a gentle- man at once politely removes his hat. No man who Is well bred ever smokes in the presence of ladies, without first asking if they object to it. A map who goes out at all in fash- jonable society never thinks of call- ing upon a woman, in the evening, with the possible tion of a rela- tive or old: friend, un! he puts on evening dress (that is, the conven- tional dress suit with long tailed coat, low cut vest and white tie). On being informed that the ladies are at home he removes his overcoat, hat and gtoves and leaves them in the hall. When he has finished his call he says farewell to bis hostess at the parlor door, gets unassisted into his overcoat and lets himself out at the street door. It is not consid: ered in good taste for a man to pro- long an evening call much after 10 or half past at the latest. When he calls upon a feminine friend who happens to be visiting another lady who may be an entire stranger to him he must not, nevertheless, for- get to ask for the hostess as well ax for his especial friend, if he wishes to be considered well bred. The hostess can see him or not as ehe likes. It is perfectly permissible fot her to excuse herself. At dinner parties a man should of- fer his right arm to the lady whom he has been asked to take in to din- ner. He must make bimself agree- able to her throughout the meal. He 1s also privileged to talk to his neigh- bor on the left, even if his hostess has had no opportunity of introduc- ing them, A gentleman rarely offers bis arm to a lady when walking with ber on the street in the daytime unless she is very old or feeble from sickness or in some way in need of his support. It ta considered very. rude by well- bred people for a man to take hold of a lady’s arm when he is walking with her. A gentleman scrupulously lifts bis hat whenever a lady bows to him, whenever he meets a male acquaint- ance who is accompanying a Cu Aa even when he is himself with a iy and meets a man friend. If a lady who is a complete stranger to him should stop him in the street and ask some information or request a direc- tion he should raise his hat as he re- plie# A man lifts his hat also when any lady with whom he has been talk- ing leaves his company. Chapters from a Woman’s Life By Dale Drummond Quprright, 1016, by The Prew Publishing Co, (The New Yors Evening Work). CHAPTER OXX. HE last year had been won- derful in many ways. It had taught me among other things to leave the old Busas behind, to be willing ‘Not my will, but Thine.” Often as I thought of my life, what. I in my ignorance had intended {t should be and what it was, I won- dered at my DARING to plan for such a selfish existence. My dreams of wealth, of pleasure, were all over. Work for those I loved filled my |} nd my fee nl es in I was bappy; fp shennan aD” ay us in prison: oeerea awal * My little hoard in nk increased slowly ‘used to gloat over each it as bringing wearer the I fairly ached to Peanees; igion had never mean me Anan I felt the NEED of God, t wanted now to know Him, At firet wanted Him to know my sorrows and easier for me, But oae veayen ae to realize that I ne o! that created only for good. Ml I did it of myself. irs, Carmen, more than any other Hon. eee her faith’ that “Ail Fiore i 10" essed to faith. my mind at this time to ae Tack, again. I epoke to Mr. Flam stout Ik, you think best, Susan,” he it Lam afraid it will make You remember the laut leved ee oe an: ) help 4 object.” “T can PPY i om in my lanning la Tor qhen I can tell him all about the children. 1 had a long letter from mother this morning in which sho tells me of them go fully that I know pefwill be delighted. And she in- closed @ letter from Emelic—she prince quite well-4a which the child wants mam Da Bhe thinks we know, 9 for bad! plished fact. Jack was so glad to see me! He seemed very lovable in his new man- ner, an appealing oeling oF humil- ity and dignity. He lool too, than on my former was not so thin, although pallor had increased. Hi jaa de- Nehted to hear of the children, and begged for Emelie's letter. Of course T left it with him. He asked me about my work, and I told him of Mrs. Car- men, and that she wanted to be his friend as well aa mine. He was pleased that I had found such a friend in an employer. I never thought of her as such, save when talking of er. I found Jack had quite outstrip! me in our reading. had ad, Sue, that you haven't kept up. You know I have more time than my busy Uttle wife.” Oh, how I wanted to past those and put my ms around id tell him of my k my trust! But I know my visit mac him happier, and it also made me trangely silent about with Jack and when compelled a question he ed of business, led into his paper lon of myster; Ho was doing something for us, for Jack, and as was his did not want to talk about se, I ‘suspected what it was I should Bave been impatient of the hours, yc, the minutes, until it was an acesm. Knowing me, Mr. Flag: Feqlized this and so kept bis ewn counsel. For several d after our return I noticed ir Of expectancy about Mr, Fi ‘Then there were etrenge visitors, visitors I knew had no inter. est In Wall Street. mall, too, came in for an unusual amount of attention. He tool to putting jetters in bis pocket after paving read them; and to sending Into the outer ef- fice when the strange men were shown in. I unconsciously excited thi After the departure of bi Mr. Fan at times would At, 4 i ep me in ‘er would he tell mh gah Megas ae ommatalt ate I was positive, bard lessona 5 my. dear,” -“P r, ; ~ P a AOE ISE =