The evening world. Newspaper, March 5, 1915, Page 18

Efe RE ar me Fee cee tna the, Continent and (All Countries In the International - COMMITTED. B “Artis es FORMALLY announcing its surrender to the public demand for lower telephone rates, following the long and victorious campaign Jed by The Evening World, the New York Telephone Company @ stress upon its conciliatory attitude, its desire to gain the good “will of telephone users in this city. * Publie opinion, voiced by Mis newspaper, has convinced one of most powerful public utilities corporations in the country that the it of its assets, the soundest of its‘investments, the foundation which its prosperity and even its existence rest, is the confidence " and support of the patrons who have built up its enormous business. ”) Other great corporations have tried the costly experiment of demand, only to bring upon themselves in the end t alone defeat but odium—the enmity and distrust of the public defied. The Consolidated Gas Company paid vast sums for ~~ that lesson The New York Telephone Company is wiser. It submits its new schédule to the Public Service Commission with a very special to those most interested—the great body of metropolitan tcle- ghone users. Details of the new schedule must be woPked out with the Com- wiesion. But the telephone company has definitely committed itself Mowerd the public. Upon the zeal with which it bears out ite protes- Aationis and. the completeness with which it fulfils its promises de- mee zl future. ‘The Sick Man of the Mast is sitting up for bis last dose. —— tp SPRY DETECTING. ‘NOTHER clean cut piece of detective work caught five men yesterday in the act of holding up and trying to rob a Bleecker Street jeweller. The police declare that detectives shad- the gang for three weeks and learned every detail of the plot. }» Clever detection of the criminal after he has committed his crime no doubt discouraging to wrongdogrs. But the discovery that the poli Fir ahideaatig pisticguto tx tee carets! planning of «robbery must wring the soul of even the nerviest thug. Following the capture of the bomb throwers at the Cathedral, the . job makes a neat record for the Detective Bureau 20 ‘wvtk. Long prowieed roundups of gunmen, gangsters and | Begin to seam. not inipossible future items in the police ‘The public is waiting. y oo ‘Health Department has ordered the B. R. T. to ato Sea cae he seen Oo 8 27 Tae B. Seevice Commission brand of orders. : / ‘WHY BE ASHAMED TO'BE PRUDENT? LITLE overeat and lok of caution in « party out for an » eveming’s pleesure caused the death of a young married » woman—crushed in an apartment house elevator whjeh, in ace of the elevator boy, somebody tried to start. ‘ead tragedy might have been averted if only these people had |’ | patience to wait, or had shown less temerity in tampering with ry they didn’t understand. How much of the same brand of overassurance constantly endangers life and limb in this 1; At the steering wheel of the automobile, on and ears, in elevators and amid speeding traffic, lack ‘eelt-control is forever plunging somebody into needless risks. Yorkers are scornful of prudence. Rather than be called y rush to the other extreme. They abandon caution for reek- 7 ‘eet up marvellously efficiept and diversified gear to J we hurry » poise and eelf-discipline enough to make sure the wheels are al- under proper control. Too many of us take chances. ‘Thanks to the court. the jitney bus rajs on. Maybe some Gay. the public will be permitted to climb aboard. Hits From Sharp Wits. delt Fe ones ith but o single thew he, sok uct oe rts the same trend ors p Soneetss, ty wot chat mighty dollar rt . Philadelphia ‘Telegraph. Some men somatentty atrive to i something; others are sa to do somebody.—Floi orida ‘Times-Union, The pers fs that if you are having a partioularly good time you won't make much money. e Bt cee done love 6 vat mam, be, never some quite eats . a pis ae the cirela--Mempnis meal at is si dia lie at. aen bo bse ne equar- knows two or three stories. After he to esty he knows only oné.—Topeka Lettets From the People ‘War and Women. Te Bridgeport by Trolley. To the Maitor of The Evening World: In answer to one of your readers ‘That in the past | (“How oan agit 3 oh Bayo to encouraged and incited | how pore fare?) m ‘Take og ee re "|New Rochelle. At New Rospaile yeu @ Wtamford car OP fs ore to Norgaity a yor a car ‘eat. then for Bridgeport. You can to New Ha- e@ back by boat. The by trolley” is 70 ‘cents. The time % hours. The distance eat peat Si. Aas) 50. ‘hurry about business and’ amusement. But too few of at Tuesvay LiauT WHY NoT 7 By Roy L. 667M not feeling so very well this *evening,”| anid Mr. Jarr. wonder what would make me feel better?” “Are you really feeling bad or are raging yourself to take & in the direction of the cor- ner, to your Gus's place?” asked Mrs, Jarr. if this last is the case, I can assure Jou that your friend Gus has nothing to sell or give you that will do you any good. You have tried it often enough without sucess to know it by this time.” “No ulterior motive actuates me,” Mr. Jarr. “I don't feel very that's all.” “It's your stomach,” said Mrs, Jarr. “You would stay out late last night; you were playing pinochle and ~ drank more beer than was good you enc short wi ur Jarr only sighed and said | nothing, What's the use to say any- thing? “Maybe if you take a little cooling soda—a teaspoonful in half a glass of water—you'll feel better,” suggested Mra. Jarr. “You'll find some in the kitchen.” Mr. Jarr went out to look for it, He found washing soda, but none of the edible variety. He returned and reported the fact. “Look in the medicine closet in the bathroom,” said Mra. Jarr. 80 Mr. Jarr looked and beheld an amasing collection of haif-filled, aticky bottles; small packages in white and blue paper, folded, but not tied, from #hich all sorts of white, gray and yylow powders were sifting out. There were also round wooden boxes and round milk-colored glass screw-top receptacles, holding salves, ointments and lotions of all kinds, ‘There were paper pill boxes, empty and half full; little square pink boxes with folded papers, containing pow- ders, and marked “Take One Every Two Hours,” and many other odd- looking and queer-amelling holders of pills, potions and compounds, name- less and mysterious, such as every good wife and mother hoards up throughout the years, to the great astonishment of thé male mind, “Darn it! I can't find any soda!” houted Mr. Jarr#as he knocked over and out on the floor a littl anche of bottjes, boxes and po “My goodness! Why are you 20 careless?" cried Mrs. Jarr, coming “and I just straightened up that medicine closet last Saturday.” “What's this?” asked Mr. Jarr, Seg a Sites Yrtle paper packet. WEONESDAY The Jarr Family ‘Copsright, 1918, by The Press Puvusting Co, (The New York Evening World), tic & awe, Si, THurspay . FRIDAY Saturoay CHANGE THE DESIGN oh gt EYELIDS AnD LIPS — ioe DUN. ety Less Couan Sey electelc, USE MORE 1 CAN'T PAINT Ta DAY (HANE NO INSPIRATION By Maurice Ketten EuTuRIST PAINTING MEN LIKE VARIETY ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT FRAnE Your owN PAINTI NGr ar Not 2 McCardell “You leave those things alone!” sald Mrs, Jarre sharply. “They are three grain quinine pis and I put them in that box for safekeeping. They were in a bottle, a hundred for twenty cents, and I needed the bottle to get paregoric in, because the drug- gist charges you five cents for a bot- tle when you want ten cents worth of bismuth, I think—or, it's powdered alum. ‘Maybe if I took some of this head- ache powder I'd feel all right,” sug- gested Mr. Jarr. “This is one of the few things that has any mark on it, saying what it is,” and he opened one of the pasteboard boxes. “Don't touch that!" said Mrs. Jarr. “That's foot powder to shake in your shoes. I remember I put it in there when Willie wanted the foot powder box because it was a pretty red color.” “What are these?” asked Mr. Jarr, box of pills, “The box says 1 Use Only!’ How can pills be taken externally?” the use keeping all this un- » these odds and ends un- named and unlabelled?” asked Mr. Jarr. “Because any of them may come in bandy when needed suddenly,” re- plied Mrs. Jarr. “You eee, if I had any cooking soda in here I wouldn't have to send out and buy some for you,” Why Your Clothes Are Not-Becoming By Andre Dupont Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Go, (The New York Kvening World), 1 The Touch of Color. ERHAPS that new frock you are so disappointed in needs but a littl P detail changed to make it becoming, Often a touch of color in costume will work wonders, or an alteration of the trimming, or, tapas, a alight adjustment of gathers eats to suit better the figure. Sometimes all that is needed is a soften- ing effect of white at the neck. A simple organdie collar laid over the high collar of the blouse might change a costume that makes you look your worst into one that brings out all your good points. Put on the dress that you think unbe- coming and stand before a long mirror and criticize yourself as you would a stranger. If your appearange does not Please you set to work sensibly to dis- cover what is wrong. Study the details of the frock. Experiment before ry net to ‘k seriously. If you decid touch of color is what is needed, or per- haps, hite lace veat or a high standing collar, hold the trimming or the lace or the net near your face before the mirror| "4! and see what it makes you look like, ‘A very fashionable way to give @ touch of color to a frock that is too pale or too dark ‘e to use colored embroidery. This| sai comes in heavy worsted and silk effects, in rough designs almost like crewel work and is very smart. And for evening frocks it is in beads, tinsels and spangies. ‘The illustration showa a new frock of pale gray voile brightened with color in the form of a band of roses and green ailk embroidered trimming around the tunic and of the same trim- ming at the waist and neck. Silver gray fa a very trying shade for a pale woman; but set off with touches of color in this way it can be worn becomingly by al- most any one, Another up-to-date way to give @ touch of color is by using the nen) ma- terial which comes in Roman stripes, three or four inches wide, set twice Tadao 7 gah aonerwaens ont vain, schataad pS ES Se ES ee FRASABAABABAALAABAIBAABRABAAAAABBA RA Mr. Jarr Discovers, in His Own Home, A Veritable Cabinet of Mysteries CO a dd And she pushed bim away from the cabinet of mysteries. Pop’s Mutual Motor By Alma Woodward One New York vesine Words 66 ELL, have you decided which you're going to do?” asked Ma testily. You must ‘re getting well into March, , Milton. ° “I'vg made up my mind,” said Pop, with & decision that precluded argu- ment. “I'm going to buy # second- band car instead of a new one.” “Oh, you are!” “I am an exgerienced automobile mechanic,” declared Pop, with dig- nity. “There's very little any one can tell me about a car.” r “I'll bet there's not a blamed thing any one can tell you about stalling an engine, or being called down by traffic cops!” hissed Ma. “You needn't think you're going to drive me into buying a new car by jutting sarcasm,” stated Pop, mildly. “Because sarcasm is cutting only when it. treats witn the truth, and, though | may have stalled a good deal when I first started running a ma- chine, 1 never do now—only when I try to turn on_a hill or when I get trafic, or when I'm going too fast and want to turn @ corner, or when”. gt"? "The tenseness of the Pllence that fol- lowed was electric. “I do things methodically and sc! tifically,” geod Pop, after bi a swallowed his goa got it all worked out, A ‘ehow down in @ gar- age in the Sixties bas his eye on a machine for me. Original cost $1,200. 2 Owe nee it ~ 600, and it's been “How man; it ng, ween ae inquired Ma yy. “Tt ain’ @ speedomete: took it off and threw it a: they, said! Oh, you perfect, long- sought-and-now-found vacuum! I¢ I had a couple of dollars I'd bave your dome gilded, to s! well solid ivory takes Eo likely that chassis @ milk-and-rolls route year! pale Ere it’s been hauling coal out to the suburbs for that ent Bronchp in & clrote Sstroust the; ogee and put a ta tare “be na on ts nt? Now, Iisten here, “witons Unless vou stop hat bum garages an it Prd sales in nuteenstlle "ea les, Tr to knit aire beste less ine with, bells one and rit sf f 1po oe, a@ nev Fifty Dates «| { | By Albert Payson Terhune Coprright, 1918, by The Press Pubtishing Oo, (The New York Brening Westlt), No. ‘37—MARCH 5, 1783; American Revolution’s Actual Chee. HEREFORE be {t resolved that all who the further prosecution of offensive wa: America shall be considered as enemies to His Majesty nd (9 the country.” Ths rection puted the Brien Houde of Commons wihoat oat tion 188 years ago to-day. And {t ended the Revolutionary War. it Gate as memorable as that of the Yorktown victory itself and it 1s one’ 20 American can afford to forget. Says Trevelyan: P| “No more important decision was ever deliberately and unenimotély . made by the House of Commons.” gis 1-4 For nearly eight years our new-born nation had been at death-@ripe with England. Many Americans have a false ides of the Revolution. They think of ft only as a struggle in which the under dog won SY fighting. It was much more than that. George Washington was not fighting British soldiers. He was fighting British pocketbooks, his onslaught upon the pocketbooks, even more than by his valor atrategy against the opposing redcoat troops, he us free. r ‘He reasoned that our handful of ill-equipped men and our empty ury had no chance against the mighty armies and bottomless war of Great Britain. So he hit upon the only possible way whereby 06 mendous a handicap could be overcome. It took him aight years to his wonderful plan to perfection. Instead of Petting our militiamen batter themselves to pieces the Briti#h hosts, he avoided pitched whenever he could,\ unless he -had the enemy into some position where the had a strong chance of success. He wore the British by keeping them ever harassed, ever on the march, ever forced to maintain @ goodly bog army here at heavy expense. For years the Revolution seemed etamped out. Yet, thanks to Washington, it would never wholly die, Always there was need for more and more English soldiers and more end more English money. ‘War is not « question of shot and shell: It {s a question of dollare.ant cents, The dollars and cents to keep the armies in the field are supplied by the people. And when the people, or their representatives, refuse..to Laci any more money the war must stop, That is just what ‘Washingian on. In England the public at large began to wonder why their treops ¢ not put down the Revolution. There was no glory, there was no in the war. And there was terrible expense. The Britieh Nation grew tired of paying the bills. neers Shot and Shells Vs. i Dollars and Cente. [eee a The Peeple Who Paid the Bille. ‘i BS (a at. agg fal i i sil ith Crazy old George HL and his Prime Minister, Lora North, vowed: headedly to fight on until the Colonies should be subdued if it took soldier and every gold piece Engiand could raise. But the people, their representatives in Parliament, grew more and more weary of vast expense that brought no results. After Cornwallis wae beat Yorktown they realized the war was lost. But the King and Lord obstinately kept on. Then at last came the rebellion of the bill- Lord North introduced a bidget in which he d ded loans to continue the war. Charles James Fox had long led the in the House of Commons against and his Prime Minister. He saw come to strike a decisive blow. His * arrived when the budget was taxes and loans were pressing People. The opposition attacked succeeded in defeating Lord North's proposition for a new ‘Then, on’ March 6, 1783, Gen. Conway (a bluff soldier-; never had favored the American war) offered the resolution all hostilities. Lord North and his Ministry were forced out the war was at an end. ° . ° Wit, Wisdom and Ehiooy A [ftriends. He that COUNSEL TO A SON. man’s debts seeketh Pn By Lord Burleigh. Neither HEIN it shall please God, my son, to bring thee to man’s | DAYins for It thou estate use great prudence| Toward thy ai (ve and circumspection in ee choosing thy wits, Yor fevlore Mehow much’ humanity 7 = thence will spring all thy future g00d | some familiarity, as to bow or evil. And it is an action of life Hiretoh bie tine eoouen ead, wi suc! ie Uke unto a stratagem of war where- | head, with such like Dol in @ man can go but once. If thy es-| tor advancement. ry tate be good, match near home and at| thee known for a man well leisure; if weak, far o! .| third gives a good report, wh! Inquire diligently of her ee Gt cen wan Wie and how her parents have been in-/|credit or estate, for it is mere y clined in their youth. »|for a man to enthral himself to:Ms (4 Bring ‘thy children up in learning! friend as though, occasion beingvef< and obedience, yet without out fered, he should not dare to become austerity. them openly, repre-| the enemy. hend them secretly. Give them Cire Be not scurrilous in conversation maintenance acpreine to thy abillyy,|nor satirical in thy jests. The one otherwise thy life shall seem t! will make thee unwelcome to all 3 and what portion thou shalt|pany, the other pull in quarrels feave them at thy get the hatred of thy best friends he Be not lacking in the true knowl. Let thy kindred and esi ‘be wel- edge and worship of thy Creator and come at thy house and table. Redeemer, without which all Beware of suretyship for thy best things are vain and ——— Hl tse Bae se ai ff gf £ z ges He th z § ‘ iH i i i i ils i? £f E 5. i r H i Fi r 5 4 | ! ii i iv cist ji s ‘rattleg JP re