The evening world. Newspaper, February 15, 1915, Page 14

D and its cost will be much discussed in the city this week. y The Commissioner of Weights and Measures promises to ™ get after the baking companics that have begun to sell under- loaves at advanced prices. The Mayor’s Food Committee 1% LIke A _CYCLON! HAD STRUCK IT \ You Should Remember. By Albert Payson Terhune Copyright, 1015, by The Press Publidhing Co, (The New York Brening Wortd), No. 39—MAY 6, 1840; Postage Stamps Firat Used. LL England on May 6, 1840, set to Work writing letters. Nat because postage rates had all at once become unbelievably cheap but because every one wanted to test “Mr. Rowland Hill's sew: fangled notion of pasting stamped labels on letters.” Postage stamps are such an old story that it is hard to realize, at once, epoch-making event is connected with that date. ing: There had been a postage system as far back as the third A. D. But even in the first third of the nineteenth century it was bad. For one thing, there were no envelopes. A letter was simply. and sealed and then addressed on the back of its last sheet. Aleo, the maui’ who received the letter was supposed to pay the postage fee, net the mews who wrote it. : eae Also, postage was not charged according to the weight of the fetter... but by the number of pages it contained and the distance it was to ga A single sheet of paper maijed from London to Edinburgh covt ‘its recipigat’ 27 cents; a two-page letter cost 64 cents, and three sheets 81 cents... writ was a luxury; to wel ad as Pansat ofa ae aaa The fee for delivering a & fifteen-mile radius; with a cents for 300 miles. inquiry into how much it coste the baker, large or small, to ‘@ loaf of bread. The National Housewives’ Lesgue an- pes prize contests in practical breadmaking. The Attorney Gen-' "at the State has already subpoensed some fifty bakers, millers | flour merchants to appear before a referee and tell what they # of present conditions. Bo far, good. But not until Joseph Ieiter, James A. Patten, J. on Armour and grain speculators of like calibre go on the stand public begin to learn what it really is that boosts the price Monte Crieto Letter Rates. ‘™ . Talies or less; 12% cents up up to 400 miles and 25 cents for everything over that. sift A British schoolmaster, Rowland Hill, stirred Burope to laughtar: saying that he and James Chalmers had figured out a system two-sheet could be sent from London to Edinburgh for two stead of 54 Re) GG vs tre Net CoC ieeen® a tee Brenan ee ling in grain creates fictitious values. Fictitious values soaring prices. Soaring prices cause agitation among dealers j the'line. Every dealer passes on his burden—plus a little for safety—to the consumer. the consumer finally makes up his mind to get at causes go to the beginning. Summon the gamblers. po Hill did not mind the ridicule. He had worked out his system,- each letter averaged only a small fraction proved that the cost of hiring men to Sgure out . postal basis of distance and the number of letter sheets wae greater gained, and he suggested a flat rate for all letters under & matter how short or how long @ journey they were to pasting @ label on every letter (to guarantee it had been the cost and the time of collecting at the other end. we At last the people at large eaw the advantage of Hill’s idea and the Government to adopt it. On May 6, 1840, postage stamps (or “stamped labels,” as many them), were used for the first time. On the stamp was a profile picture’ the young Queen Victoria. There was no doubt, ‘from the start, as to” success of the system. Within two years (panic years, at that) the office's business nearly trebled. ‘The United States took up Hill's idea in 1847, issuing « series of and ten cent stamps, adorned respectively with the heade of Frankiia Wastington. Four years later we lowered ular letter rate to three cents and, in 1688, cents. : x Stamped envelopes came in in 1853 registered letter system in 1864. At first the registering letters was five cents; then 30 Boss Barnes has kissed himself goodby. Next! ny. ’ KEEP THE BENEFITS AT HOME. ELEPHONE BATES which the New York Telephone Company im- “+ poses upon ite New York City subseribers could be reduced 17.7 per > cent. and still leave the company on an 8 per cont, basis. “Ohe of the experts who has investigated telephone service in this % for the Legislative Committee on Telephone Rates reported his ge Saturday in positive terms and figures: “In order to allow the New York Telephone Company an 8 De) per dent. income on capital invested, a reduction of ) $8,000,000 in annual rates could be given to the phone users in ‘Greater New York, and this without the slightest increase in » apitate rates.” F a3 s 4 The Reward Idea. 7 ue a it began its fight for « five-cent phone rate thoughout this i Evening World has never ceased to contend that Greater y York has for years been the rich ground from which the Ameri- N and Telegraph Company has harvested funds for fresh im other parts of the country. Every scrap of evidence bears contention. , time has come to give New York subseribers a fair share of bone- the enermons telephone business which they have built up. ) Me York Telephone Company is owned down to its lest share jek by the Amexican Telephone and Telegraph Company. ‘ It is parent corporation to lay out « new policy for its New York Ce eel Neutrality neds all ite nerve. a TOP BUGGY STILL WITH US. [B automobile fe everywhere, but—common belief notwith- standing—qhat hes it “crowded out”? .. Not the bores. Throughout the country at large he is fentifal as ever—just ee chesp when you have to sell him, just as when you are out to buy. Not even the tep buggy. For it aceording to « report of the Western Retail Implement, Ve- Hardware Dealers’ Association, that 9,900,000 buggiee—the feet number on record—were made and sold in the United States “esterday’s luxuries are to-day’s necessities. Has electricity put igre companies out of business? On the gontrary, more'gas than ei ; which means that millions now enjey ass matter of po light thet their fethere could with afford. A newer tien rardy crowds out on elder. It only epreade the latter over the world. 1 ———— to Secretary Deaiels and the Navy. Pine- regeish drink. ‘Hits From Sharp Wits. bs Ry lyn pe enemy to the world Columbia State, sastinn thave: ‘The eoncelted fe the Boasting ancesters doesn't help posterity. Sain some people get feet . 3 Congratulations - . aggle ater! Ieee Any time , peat fete 9 we begia ve ood—Foleds lade.” ial You can hear a whole lot of men talking about their will power, but you will notice that they never talk this way when their wives\are about, —M Commercial Appeal. rom the People jant to be well must sovnearty en nature’ produces, It juces ter‘or ventilation y ven! dinary value. The Jarr Family | By Roy L. McCardell ‘Copevight, 1918, by The Pres Publishing Uo, (Tue Mew Yor Breniag World), mn MED bos wants me te go to the Panama Mxposition aad look after our firm's exhibit there,” Mrs. Jarr ebrilly. “And the children? Does he think I can pack up @ tele- powder my nose and start for Call- fornia on a moment's notice?” "He said to me ‘That ought to give you plenty of time,” mumbled Mr. Jarr. orled Mrs, Jarr. “Does he.think I'm bis wife, with no children?. Does he think I can be telephoned to and tolé ‘Pack your trunk; we etart for Asia Minor or Reno’—and I see that @vorces can now be gotten in Reno inside six months again, which, as Clara Mudridge-8mith sald to me, makes it convenient for everybody again. And that reminds me, did you ever notice that no matter what place you see a copy of The World Almanae in, you will always find the pages headed ‘Divorce Laws of All the States’ are always marked by the cor- ners of the pages turned down, and "| those pages are always well thumbed? “In Pennsylvania it's only one year, in California it’s only one year, too, But in Seuth Carolina you can never get a divorce, while in North Caro- Una you can get one in two years.” “ahal” said Mr, Jarr. “Now ean correct bistery' “Give me plenty of time, indeed!” | divorcee!’ * “But not in North Carolina,” re- marked Jerr quickly. ‘There it's two “Yeo,” Mrs. Jarr went on, after & moment's reflection. “Of course, lam not thinking of euch a thing, and I wouldn't on accoust of our children, anyway. Yet ten weeks out of a year leaves how many weekst— I never was good at arithmetic. How many weeks are there in a year,andare more in leap year or less? Clara, Mudridge-Smith says she is only « HLAASAAAABAAAAGAIARAASAAABAAIA AAAS Mr. Jarr Is Going to California, But His Wife Talks More of Reno PAAABIDBBABIABBBIABABAAAAAA ABABA AS Dird in a gilded cage; but every woman ghould know what her rights are. But still, as I said, ‘No; let him treat me as he wants to. On ac- count of our children I would bear with much.’ “But gee whiz!" cried Mr. Jarr, “I'm talking about going to the Exposition on dusiness, and you're talking about getting a divorce!” “Well, Clara Mudridge-Smith says it’s well to be prepared for the best; but I think you'd better call your em- ployer up on the telephone and say to him thet, if your wife and children have to go ‘way out to San Francieco Reflections of a Bachelor Girl By Helen Rowland 1B, by The Prem Pubtiching On, (The New York Rveniag World). Reno, to Reno, to buy a decree! Home again, home again, happy and free! To Reno, to Reno—oh, this is immense! For Hubby said “Hurry! And spare no expense.” To Reno, to Reno! It's really quite “class,” And very much nicer than eating ground glase— Nicer than cyanide, acid or lead; wishing each other were dead. a to Nevada, wherever we roam, the Free and the Grave of the Home! to Reno, ob, clappity-clap! ‘Thank Heaven that Reno is back on the map! Divorce is the clash of the discord that follows, when “Love's Sweet It's a clever bachelor who can trolley along the seaside of matrimony without being tempted te embark on the billows. "A man is like a baby; he can think of only one thing at a time. Dangle a sugar-coated compliment before him he'll forget the pin of Teproof you are sticking in his back. A husband is like an umbrella; nobody ever hesitates to borrow him, nor feels any conscientious scruples about returning him. at a moment's notice in two weeks, ready-made clothing will do, and I'll let him know how much money I need. Did he say anything about it?” “Not at the time,” replied Mr. Jarr. “But I think he imagines you'll take ‘me with you as well as the children.” Pop’s Mutual Motor By Alma Woodward Corres Nes York Breaioa Worlds 67 TLLUm e-feel better about ownin, car,” said Pop con- acientiously. “My goodness, when I read the other day that there ‘were two hundred and sixty-five thou- sand people unemployed and remem- bered that I had a car it made me feel criminal, I’m going to deliver bun- dies.” “Aw, you needn't feel criminal about owning the kind of car you own!” observed Ma caustically. “Well, I'm going to offer my ser- vices anyway. And I consider it noth- ing more nor less than your duty to e and di share.” uting them," objected Ma. “They are giving out the bundles at headquar- ters.” t ‘liv won't hurt us to do our little shar: ee © © & 8 ‘The tonneau was & study in bundles ber t couldn't “Now, ‘e gent you to?” catechised Ma. “How do you get there? I never heard of the Weer “Neither did I. But I've got a in ead; I can ask. I can ask a cop, can’t I?” ‘They got into a jam of traffic ina remote and overpopulated easp side be mene ry pares: orse gate a ciel blue eiderdown bathrobe that confined one of the bundles, His investigations satisfactory, he started to feed, cautiously at firat. “Bay, can't you make your horse atop? Pop hollered at the dosing driver, There Was no response. The greatest treasure which a bachelor lays up in Heaven is the| cached for the nearest weapon, which and in Illinois it’s only one year, and| treasured thought that there will be no wedding at which he will have to weher up there. happened to be the tire iron, and fey poked the horse in the nose. immediately, if not sooner, he was surrounded b; Jeting then eight cents. Hill reaped a goodly reward. for his work. A very few. years stopped laughing at him he secured a fat was made a Knight and received a gift of $45,000 raised by public Europe had ecription. Why 6o Many Men Are Bald. NE of the things which gcience has failed to ascertain is why the hair falls; neither that he Governmeat nor a positive cure has yet been| tem found. What has been learned is that men seem to lose their hair very early in life, while women very rarely are found bald, and that of these cases one-third can be.cured, one- ted from becoming worse, rd seems unaffected by In savage tribes continuously ex- posed to the elements the hair served @ protection and it lasted well. e idea that baldness is more com- in workers is with- that outdoor than o1 indoor workers. [ The May Pattern No. 8671—Boy’s Suit, 4,te 8 Years, Pattern No. 8571 is cut in sizes for boys from 4.to & New York, or sent by stampe for each pattern IMPORTANT—Write you : The hair gets its, of fat lying between’ the skull. 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