The evening world. Newspaper, February 4, 1915, Page 3

« THE RE RR 06 ARRAN TR) ry i ny Maids and Youngsters MWhio” Were in Besieged own, On Way Home. Phew, On Way +AS:GUNS BOOMED. pote Ones Are in Arms Mothers on the ems "'Valerland, Talkie Poses a) % the second time in six silent os the Hamburg-American pliers Mohoken were bubbling with ex- ,te-day and, throaty cheers pander the red, white and black p@m-the stern of the giant Vater- " across the river to mock of St, George on the staffs ‘she.Cunard end White Star fleet. Meaieixty-six fraus and kinder from Shaw, who had seen the flag go jpemtadm glory before the Japanese hide Sum, came as guests to take orary abode aboard the Hem- ican steamship President pending their sailing for ‘& folly, rosy-cheeked party It ever dark the memories left im the fallen fortress city of five of them were twenty-five were Qnd three were in arms— these born when the sound of Yering guns made a bed- Kiauehau. the fall of the city these end children had to see all | thet?’ men ¥olks of gun-carrying age led up by the polite little sol- ef Nippon and herded on trans- | pomtm headed for prison in Japan. ‘Then ‘the conquerors started the non- tants on their long trip for Fatherland. This was the sec- contingent to arrive in New York; others are on the way. ‘There wes ene man in the party— Dr. Kari Faber of Shanghai, who was h" n by the Japanese to pilot the Way.around the world. He Rid that when their ship stoppel at j Japanese ports of Kobe and Yo- none of the refugees was ul- ashore and no communication Kin who were prisoners near was permitted. But Dr. all a s other poke Jn the tars 1e jurtesy of ve] eaptors, who had done goasible for the comfort " and non-combatants the fall of the German city. 4 Elsie Welks, a Red Cross ‘who worked in the forts and ord ing the entire siege, told jc al tory of the fall of Kiau » bo yh a “All the Kaiser's brave soldiers ienow that defense was hopeless," shi "Their only effort was to make Sey and megane, trons pe possible for the city. if small—180 dead 350 woul Japanese ad- ~“ 000 in killed and "4 ojty was surrendered heny aa nt that fur- bthe allied troops—Japanese a ndi Se gg “nf a ed looting wo 0 Be) Jupencse were held in hand offic but the Indians sim- wild and looted right and white officers elther could lid not care to restrain them. day conditions wete very bad. ja) finally imposed order ir treatment of all Germans Indly aed courteous. ®@ German man, woman or (eremaing in Kiaochau now. All then.been sent to Japan as senere of are, like us. on the Way bape Vo vie Fatherland.” One contingent of the refugees will for Europe on the Italian liner re Gaturday, the rest following waste of he Post- pened. ‘opening Performance of William 8 production, “The White 5 ” scheduled for to-night at the postponed to Theatre, has been ‘a further increase in es. The highest quota- marks ($26) per 110 pounds. —— » AOXER, MERRALL & CONDIT vast COMPANY +220. Woes *Phin-sh ed Florida Oranges ‘Fine favored and juicy e2le“ as ‘Quality at lowest cost” Nec. O. D. deliveries made "aT ALL OUR’ STORES fake Marriage h riage License Bureau Should Keep Open Eve- nings and Doctors and Ministers Should Be Allowed to Issue Licenses So Would-Be Bride- groom Won’t Have to Lose Day’s Pay or More in Going Through Formalities. By Marguerite Mooers Marshall. “New York makes it too hard for folks to get married. Marriage is growing altogether too dificult and expensive an operation in this city.” After ten years of careful obeervation that is the conclusion reached by Walter T. Diack, Secretary of the West Side Young Men's Christian Association. As Mr. Diack sees it, when Father Knickerbocker isn’t tying up Cupid with many yards and intricate knots of red tape, he is plunging the poor little chap into a mase of frenzied finance. The course of true love never did run @®mooth, to. be sure, but modern New York seems de termined to turn it into an obstacle race, There are some of us who feel that marriage ought to be made more difficult, that if the front door Ut into the House of Matrimony did not swing open so easily at the touch of the curious, or the thoughtless, or the young, the rear exit, by way of ‘the Divorce Court, would be used less frequently. But Mr, Diack believes in booming the marriage market, He has listened to the confessions of scores of invol- untary bachelors. Some of them couldn’t get acquainted with any nice girls in this big, busy town, Some met the girls and then struggled to keep pace with the high cost of met- ropolitan courtship. Finally, many) complained of losing money and time olerke, When a man wishes to ried why should he have to be in a certain spot at a cer- tain hour to auit the whim of a clerk whom he, as one of the pub- lic, helps to pay? 1! think that churches, associations and settle ment houses ought to allowed te give out marriage licenses to - Cupid Tangled in City Hall’s Red Tape PHOSOF AFINIY a Ay THE VACA MEUPOD Our THe VW.CA. AT DANGNG @ A number of times we have taken groups of lonely young men to dances and parties given by the Y. W. C. A., and the experiment has been most ceastul. CANNOT CONFIRM SALE OF MORGAN PORCELAIN Art Circles Hear That Duveen Brothers Have Bought the Famous Collection. ° No confirmation was obtainable to- day of @ report that the great Morgan must spent ey o1 ° nere and presents, because the ot age eal pleasure % fe faen. almot le for im eave ahead Yor marria and, moreover, he says te himesif, wooan | marry when | can arely support ene person?” ‘Don’ think that a girl's extravagant wedding plans frighten a young mi who originally formed the follection, which the late J. P. Morgan bought to often. prevent its being sold in London. Mr, I suggested, | Morgan added. to It materially. “Undoubtedly that is true,” he ad-| Estimates of the yalue of the collec- mitted. “He realizes, for example, ! tion, which is now on exhibition in the that he cannot hope to dreas her up| Metropolitan Museum of Art, vary from to the mark set by her trousseay,|one, to six, million dollars, = The cele- collection of Chinese porcelains, includ. | N' ing some of the rarest specimens tn the world, had been sold to Duveen Brothers, 1 | ® More potent objection. they could ili afford in the effort to comply with the city’s red tape mar- rage regulations, WOULD KEEP MARRIAGE LI- CENSE BUREAU OPEN EVENINGS. Therefore Mr. Diack proposes the following plan: “Let us have the M: conse Bureau kept - two or three nights during the week until 11 o'clock. At present it opens after many young men and girls have gone to work closes before their working day ever. To procure a marriage cer- tifioate they must lose half a day's wages or more. Why should the Municipal Government penalize them for the innocent able desire to get ma 1 “Couldn't they go the bureau during the noon hour?” I suggested te Mr. Diack, who sat facing me across a smooth, golden oak table in the administra office of the big Y¥. M. C. A. branch on Fifty-seventh Street, just off Eighth Avenue. The secretary is a slender, ulert, young- looking man, with brown, bright eyes, a rather dry smile and a manner of restrained earnestness, ‘When would they get their lunch?” he counter queried. And before I could hint that possibly lunch might be a willing sacrifice to such an im- portant errand, he brought forward “Even if they gave their whole noon hour to it, there are many working men and women who could not go from their place of labor to City Hall, Procure and fill out a license blank and return to their job in a period of sixty minutes, They muy not be waited on as soon as they reach the bureau. If they are foreign-born they may find diMculty in writing ansWers to all the questions, There are likely to be delays in transportation during the noon ru The private savings bank keeps open after working hours. Why not the public marriage bureau? WHY NOT HAVE DOCTORS GIVE THE CERTIFICATES? “Men engaged in manual labor don't want to appear at City Hall in their working clothes, particularly in com- pany with their best girls, Yet, as [ said, a man loses half a day's wages, at least, if he goes home and changes, goes to his girl's home and reaches the bureau in morging or afternvon. The girl, too, if she works in shop or factory, is docked for every minute of absence, Just before marriage most young persona need all their pennies. “The city depactments are su; to be run Yor the cenven- lence of citizens rather than of citizens they know to be repu- table. Indeed, why shouldn't There is an increasing. belief that marriage is @ matter to settled by the individual in conjunction with the State. Even if the latter isn't co- operating as efficiently as it might, I do not think its importance as a fac- tor in the negotiations should be slurred or obscured by ever so well- intentioned a private substitute, But Mr. Diack is apparently of a different opinion, WE WOULD HAVE MARRIAGE BROUGHT CLOSER TO CHURCH. “I believe,” he said gravely, “that the church, any church, exercises a beneficia! Influence upon the home, There are too many forces drawing family life away from the church, Why should it not at least begin under church protection? Why should not a young man and woman Be per- | Go! mitted to go to their minister, whom they know and trust, and ask him for the papers which they need before they become man and wife?" “You have known of definite cases in which the present arrangements for getting married have worked hara- ships?” I asked, “Just the other day such a case was brought to my attention,” he replied. “I know both the young man and the young woman. He is a carpenter and she is in service, They live far up- town. He left work at noon and with her started for the License Bureau. By the time they reached it the doors were locked, Two days later they ied again, starting even earlier, but a subway tie-up so delayed them that again the clerks had all gone home when they arrived at City Hall. They tried on # third occasion and did man. age to get to the bureau before clos. ing time. But on the way home began to pour rain and the girl's dress was ruined. “The man lost a day and a half's wages, the girl's mistress ispleased ai ee continued re: to get comes high summed up, dryly. “Don't you think that things are rather diMcult for young love and ung lovers in New York?" I asked, “For example. I often receive letters from men and women who say t they are unable even to form aunintances among the opposite nex.’ LIVED HERE 17 MONTHS AND NEVER SPOKE TO A GIRL, “That situation is too common,” he replied. “I have had young men tell me that they “have lived for en months in New York with. peaking to a lady. And It's e for the girls, because they have less freedom, I know that girl after girl goes home at the end of her day's work with nothing ahead of her but a lonely evening in a hall bed- room, “That's not natural and it's not right. I had three sisters and I know how much they went around and 1 enjoyed around mysell. And then there is. the wrong idea held by #0 many in this city that young married folks ought to begin where their fathers left off, that they ought to live on the sam u that to which thelr parents hi tt. tained after twenty or thirty years tof effort. \ “It's even hard for many a New York girl to find @ place where she can see her young man. If uy ing away from home she frequently does not have the use of a parlor, and in many overcrowded homes there ia little chance for privacy. That's one reason why the young man has to bagel 80 much money, why he seeks the too expensive restaurant where he brated red hawthorne vase alone is valued at $100,000. The collection num- bers more thi 1,200 pk Ineparate gallery {n the north wini the Museum, In art circles it “gerted positively the collection has n sold, but no information was obtainable at the Morgan offices, and Henry Du- ia: id: vera Twill say te that I wish very ‘much the rumor wege true, ' | Germans Turning in G LEIPSIC, Germany, via London, Feb. 4.—In response to an appeal made by tho Leipaic Tageblatt, a total of 19,197 persons have brought 1,033,010 marks 6 i id that newspaper to ieerehanged for blake motes a can obtain at least the semblance of intimac: The whole situation is Lik gl mgbed Mr. piers, } nd as through a bloc! partorieas, furnished rome hoatex of the wa: my car, there recurred to me one of T, L, Masson's “Songs of itham"™: “Don't love in Gotham; The no place to go; You can’t hide in the subway Or on the roofs, you know. There's not one t to practise ‘Without they're seeing you, Don't love in Gotham— They will jug you if you do.” has been turned over to the bank. WASHINGTON, State Bryan left last evening for Indian apolis, where he will make fore tho Legislature, the Indiana cratic editors, a transportation assocla- ion and a Democratic rally, ——— Boer Rebels Surrender. CAPETOWN, Feb, 4.—It is officially his commando of Boer rebels have sur- rendered to the British forces, Oddities in the War News All stray cats in Lebanon and Damascus have been commandecred by the Turks to protect army stores from rats. All French soldiers are being inoculatedwith lockjaw serum. It is estimated Germany's aerial flect has cost her $32,000,000, and has killed sixty persons, making the cost per person about half @ million dollars. While Russia is going to treat captured airmen who shell unfortified towns as pirates, England announces that such men act under orders from military authorities, and it would be Impossible for a court to fix responsl- bility, hence they will not be “pirates” in England, Russia has notified the United States that foreign relief expeditions for the benefit of German and Austrian prisoners will not be permitted, but distributions may be made through the Ruasian military authorities. Germany bas a new war biplane which can remain in ir ten hours, carries a ton of @xplosives and four passengers, and has 236-horsepower engines Baby Sayre, grandson of President Wilson, has through his aunt, Mias Blanche Nevin, contributed $10 to the Belgian relief fund in Lancaster, Pa, Miss Nevin's home, Olga Krasilnikoff, a nineteen-year-old girl, fought in nineteen battles in Poland before she was wounded in the foot and her sex was discovered. A fourth degree St, George's Cross has been awarded her in jhe Moscow Hospital. ving Salonika was still in Turkey, the Canadian authorities held contraband seven carloads of ilour shipped from Kenora, Ont., to that place, which has been in Gree ince the last Balkan war. l-official announcement is made that Switzerland will fight if her food is stopped, neutrality or no neutrality. A blind Frenchman named Chopard, of Chauffet, who sent his seven eons to the war last August, has been notified all have been killed in action, ‘announced that Lieut. Col. Kemp and ear se a SHOCK THE UGE Takes One Look and Promptly Orders Them Sealed and Laid Away. . WIFE WINS@ George W. Thompson Is One dered to Pay His Wife $100 a Month. BROKER'S Justice Davis of the Supreme Court and @ number of women waiting In hie court room to become divorcees Metened to-day to Ben A. Mathews, an Assistant United States District Attorney end former secretary to United States District Judge Hunt, tell how he became a detective for one day that Mrs, Hilvabeth Hunt Thomp- fon, daughter of Judge Hunt, might get a divorce from George W. Thomp- son, Wall Street broker, Harvard gradu and olubman. ‘Mrs. Thompson was awarded the divorce, the custody of her boy and girl and $100 a month after posed photographs of Miss Sibyl Bernhard in the role of “Beptember Morn” were introduced in evidence. Judge Davis lifted his eyebrows as he glanced at the nude pictures and then ordered them forever sealed. Mr. Mathews had nothing to do with getting th photographs. They were found, Mt) agement of Charies was explained, on Miss Bernhard’ dresses, by whom it was not dis- closed, Early in 1914, after Mr, and Mra, Thompson had disagreed and there seemed no likelihood of them patch. ing up their diffs received a letter tél Street, and expla: called at her apartment and name of “Mr, Jack” he serie al ve the given rook! Air. lyn, said he followed Mr. from the Union Club one January sie year to Mra, n sie, a negro maid, who in the apartment at | No, 4 it Fifty-second Street, ; where Miss Bhs BF said she jsaw the “September Morn” pictures on the dresser. Justice Davis held that the charges concerning Mr. Thompson's visits to the Sawyer apartment had proved nothing and the testimony concern- not defend himself Agaust ihe accusations of unfalth. fulness, but took the stand to testify as to his ability to pay alimony. T realize,” said Justice Davis, “that business on Wall Street is bad and I will order this man to pay only $100 & mopth, subject-to a change te bis business Improve! SPERRY IN FAST FLIGHT ABOVE RIVER AND BAY In Curtiss Flying Boat, Equipped With Stabilizer, Aviator Skims Through Sky in Another Test. Lawrence Sperry, who is sho Government officials how easy it le keep right aide up while flying, bel the Brooklyn Navy Yard before noon to-day, in his Curtiss flying equipped with his own stabilizer. On other trips he has car- ried Lieut. Baufley, U. 8. N., as an ob» server, but he has had.a little engine trouble since last Saturday, so to-day he flew alone. “I'm just going to take a few short hops,” Sperry sald, as he climbed into his perch. “Just down around Gover- nor's Island, the Statue of Liberty and back.” Two minutes after he uttered the word “back,” Sperry’s flying boat was a@ rectangular blur against the gray southern sky, and soon he vanished in the pearly mist over the Upper Bay of New York Harbor. A few minutes later his boat was visible again, @ tiny blur over Red Hook, i Returning, the aeroplane passed over the Brooklyn Bridge, and then, in @ long, sweeping dive downward, al- most at an angle of forty-five degrees,; lit on the East River near Cob Docks. Pane bie ules TWO ADMIT TAKING AUTO. ” Their Re- ‘Two young men went into an aute- mobile store at’ Fifty-sixth Streot and Broadway lant evening and offered to sell a runabout machine. “Where did you get it?” asked the dealer ‘Stole it, you fool. Where'd you we Kal it?” one of the pair re- The dealer quictly telephoned to Salvi admitted |Salvi and Geor | way Reformatory i ry in Ava robbing his mother o! ing hor tn. thy 4h the Tombs to await ext New Jersey. iil Pe ES mosielass usta fareet" tnd iunee—-Aévt, 99% Mss BILLIE BURKE Billie Burke, the actress, in life Mra. F. Ziegfeld jr. is comfortably to-day after having Gergone an operation performed yesterday afternoon by Dr. Biseell at the Sani 208 Weat Beventicth Street. Burke rallied from its effects nicely, and ts now reported as bél entirely out of danger, Mr. Ziegfeld brought from Boston in a private day afternoon gnd hurried hospital. The operation formed at 6 o'clock. Miss starring in “Jerry” under the Fron roan, wot been well for several Her lines caused hor to miss formance in Washi recently. At the Hollis 81 ton, Monday Hl c. 5 HEH ‘Abii ed that if a person | opera’ no time in with his “Mi She expects next Monday and resume her work. BOMB FOLLOWS THREATS. Taller Refuses Money and Exple- ston Is Penalty. ‘The entrance to the home of Nicholas Derosa, a tailor, who lives at No. 460 Béventeenth Avenue, Astorie, and has a shop at No, 482, ie a wreck, to-day, from an explosion which wey, Oe the ate aster from ti Po hgh @ third Jereey City, Metuc! our fetter hind ra phen wit eestmitar. Te ummer and two £f the tallors 2 Unters Grande, are ‘in Biatee ¥y for sending It ts tee. Hosve build % curative elements of the ties of tonic fron contained in Vinol, #0 successful in ballding wr Keo delicate children and stores, and at all At Riker & H \drug stores that di y this sigan ——— Seutetett os A. McCabe of No. 514 Jersey Avenue, Déakeman on the