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Ph s ‘Evening World Daily Magazin We e. Mond _ Fifty Dates - You Should Remember By Albert Payson Terhune and the Continent ; Copyright, 1915, by The Press Publishing Oo, (The New York Evening World), ee" No. 38—MAY 14, 1796; The First Vaccination. | LOUCESTERSHIRE milkmaid, in 1770, came for treatment to & physician named Hunter. She had a slight rash on her face atid chest, caused by indigestion. Hunter called in one or two Other doctors and several of his pupils, or apprentices, to atudy» her case, He suggested she might be in the early stages of smallpox. | Now, the word “smallpox” tn the eighteenth century carried with & horror that present day readers cannot understand. It was by far the most deadly and most dreaded ratca'le known, Epidemics of it had wiped out whole villages and depopulated Miles of country. . The victims were far more likely todie than to get well. And those who happened to recover were always hideously disfigured for life. Doctors. knew of no prevention for the malady and did not have any very clear ideas as to its treatment. Nations cringed helpless before its on~ slanght; and it stalked unchecked through every lend, slaying its millions, marring tho faces and bodies of those who were not slain outright. (George Washington, for example, was heavily pitted by smallpox, YBUDY knows what wireless can do for a ship in poril at $ea, Tho case of the Touraine is only one more on the list. wl But why such meagre reports of a mishap that might have pee disaster?. No doubt wireless stations are being worked to the of thzir capacity owing to the demands of the war. But the F of big passenger steamers between the United States and Ku- oi just now a matter of special anxiety. Thousands of people in P Gqys your i await news of safe arrivals and departures with poignant EN -f though no artist ventured to show this disfigurement tn his Portralte.) gest,’ Every possible facility should be accorded captains who seek WHATS A. pepremernere, Sty yy rastwated thet the, iiteaias the progress of their ships. $ 1 H ¢o break into a paroxysm of terror. Instead, shw is getting few favors. Surely it is entitled to wireless inspiration. eaid, with perfect calmness: m its citizens on the high sess. ‘There was a general Inugh at the ignorance—a laugh in which all but one of her hearers joined. It was an age when the country people had all sorts of idiotic superstitions. They thought the touch of a King’s hand would cure scrofula; that certain kinds of beeties, swallowed alive, would —_————_- ¢ —————— . “I can't have smallpox, because I've had cowpos.” | Mexieo feels {t coming on agatn. cure dyspepsia; that a red string worn around the neck would avert nose- ; bleed, &c. And Hunter supposed the dalrymaid was voicing a similar fool~ ——— | {sh superstition. : . Only one person in all the group thought otherwise. He was an OBEYING ORDERS. ‘ prentice pupil of Hunter, a boy of twenty-one, Edward Jenner by name, The words that made older and more learned men laugh set him to think- ou G and protesting, the B, R. T. will, nevertheless obey ing. From that hour he made a etudy of the milkma! The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCardell ‘Copyright, 1916, by The srese /@vustuag Uo, (The New-York rening World). » the order issued by the Health Commissioner and take steps | He found by much questionin to t overcrowding on ite Graham Avenue line. - jepent years in work! \t with vaccine virus was a preventive of smallpox. Hija claims were derided Avenye Railway called forth exclamations of pained sur- | by other doctors. He branded asa crank. Again and again his experi- rom President F. W. Whitridge. We note, however, a distinct ments showed he had blundered in some minor particular. But he kept on. aed in the n r of cars on -ninth and Mr. Whit- i He vaccinated an eight-year-old boy with cowpox virus, Six weeks» umbe: Fitty Street, | eed a Hienen es ny ph Lest Fh Raden atl pate ee ive isease to any normal person. ¢ germs had no effec! iv bar idea of bilities and of your aims, which are the same ear idea aratdin ees Aa pons ivaor hat) ip f % | Jenner had triumphed. He had freed the world from the scourge of own, . UR WIFE smallpox. Even then he found that most doctors opposed him and calleé . of which is significant. After years uf experience with shilly- Tou tS SPOILUNG le ilway com, find themselves actually receiving—and obey- ra age One department of the municipal administra- them. Fame and latte, goon n oa nlx ‘But he ‘aoa pond te ee ccna = set out to secure definite relief for a long-suffering public. ibs poont Fetuatug 0 take kay ae eee ae pt ato work in Trafalgar Square, London. ooo, Snow removal is a cinch. So Wags the World 5 By Clarence L. Cullen “Ye-eh, A s because of the trig uniform and,0f our ven ee aeatiion® “thelr eity cuts @ poor figure when it joins the Public Service Cor- the cunnin’ little cap perched | reaths?") poration of New Jersey in.an effort to retain the present ex- in love with trained » It is fi cessive fares on the Fort Lee ferry. mote Seonlise the trained murahsbowalimsyis belieces ease ta dea atta “Fichi Mayors of Eastern Rergen County, the Bergea County SPPIAAABAIBIBAABIAAAAAAAIBABABAARA |tDO man, who is familiar only with | Prosperous, olde a is auch thing feminine compe. ordered a three-cent rate. In securing a temporery in- leche pao Pa ae ay 4 Woman discussing a Man. | She wad ee areas ne yao Byeviee Soe- In P; ayment for Voice Culture | revetation knocks him into « hetpless, sleeplly reading novel, ‘main @ box da theref< A; od, heap. ea on a oure’ side her. a three-cent ferry fare the city stands to lose a few thou- SISBABBIIISSIBIABIBBBIDBIABIIA BABS AAAS |OE DOTOters OUTY oe lad IG ear lars of the rental which it now collects for dock children are getting bigger and areless| “That's so!” said Mrs. Jarr. “OB,! good many thousands of folks from, ‘0lence. Her hair and finger-nalls What are these few thousands compared’ with the big OOK at thin advertisement,” | “I suppose you think you are| singing again, but the charges are so | ===: | West by going to the Panama fairs, Hor house was untidy. Aud’ hor eyes sald Mre. Jerr, as she @m-/emart,” said Mrs, Jarr. “You should| excessive. But here is a chance in 1 tremely small drag the fact. that/®blaze with righteous wrath and a4 it from cheaper ferriage at this point? tended the evening paper t0|have a wife that scolds like Mre.| the advertisement of these people next! } How to Make a Hit they're from Noo Yawk ts going tol vole suident,, thle ta what ahe sald © Public opinion in New Jersey, voiced by the Bergen County Free- By Alma Wooward confer upon them when they get in . demands the three-cent rate. Harlem merchants and prop- ‘ i applied to the Fitty-ninth 8 cate At length he became convinced that the inoculation of human deinge At last, on May 14, 1796, Jenner performed his firet regular vaccination, idee now writes to Commissioner, Goldwater: “T think I have a very remained well. Nor did nineteen leter inoculations affect his health. SOP him a quack. He was branded by narrow minded , “reminders” from the Public Service Commission, these) ASCrae Fame That Was § People as “diabolical and bestial.” "And amasing. Hes’, Overdue, But, as before, he kept on. And little by Mttle his a tone, S. A quarter century after his death a statue to his memory was erected A : 5 N THE WRONG SIDE, q R ; Copyright, 1918, by The Pres Publishing Oo, (The New York Evening World), CITY fe) SALVOLITA, it is not solely fiends: atop of their marcela that men fall A friend of ours who dislikes the the\campaign carried on by The Evening World and é feminine inefficiency, that there really ’ Mrs. Jarr Wants to Teach Washing Pari eipteeter eg eka nese on tries to enlist the City of New York in its cause. ‘This ts going to be the year when a|°Verweight, manifestly from sheer in- trouble I think I should take up my | dear, there's always something.” this parish, making their firat trip! Were untidy. So were her slippers ‘Harlem, business men and Harlem property values which ont the | Ra ve " o her husband. “It's somebody in ingle. it it from morning till | door. the region where people are judged |!'m tellin’ you, 1a lasinose—just sheer, ARARAAAROARD : next house advertising they will give | night. I'm sure I never aay a word| “Why, surely you are not going over| § UY Zuma UT downright, ornery, no-account lagi- vocal lessons in exchange for wash-|to you, although the way you act|to do washing and ironing for people Corrie, 1828, yy Thy, Pree Cyblighing Co, Diane tae cee rather than By | necal” f favor it. New York should make haste |!ng and ironing.” would drive a saint out of all pa-|in exchange for singing lessons, are , y © “What asked Mr. Jarr.|tience. And yet,” here Mrs. Jarr| you?” inquired Mr. Jarr. 7 Maybe the in why married] The most bleakly, unconsciously the real lower ferry rates will bring to-business and} what of Mr ‘advertisements | knit her brow, “T think I could do it."| “Certainly not,” sald Mre, Jerr. “I airy fuga be ag men think hat cigarette smokiag by ironical remark in the, language, i The city be'on the people's side of this fight. Uke that—'Piano lessons in exchange} “Certainly you think you can do !t,| was going to discharge Gertrude for! pieces of chalk and tell them to| thing has been brought home to their|guent the blear-eyed bum applies to : ———-4 > —___—_—__ for ladies’ and gents’ cast-off gar- | and certainly you do it,” replied Mr.| ruining all my table linen. But 40: / go across the street (where the jan- own fireaide, Oy know what, the ee case whe a taileta about Drink, f ments’ or ‘Widow lady hus purrot she | Jarr. “If you think you do not I'll re-| stead of that I could send her over|itor ig a deadly enemy of your ws Citoares keene at le Ses py ig 5 00d man's he’ Phe ellen clause of the labor law is a mistake and « would I pag ler pda rare 108 OF 32 Os0,beme ame TOR mart to cep yy andoa es dar do. See {tor’s), and play hopscotch. Brase tt irons.’ why sadirons raking over.’ washing ‘Tha Second—When you get nim alons| "Th g May Manton Fashions run down all the clevator boys in the house, Tell him, you can’t understand HIS blouse cam . how he can manage such a bunch of thugs so cleverly. Assure him that all elevator boya are the curse of civ- ization and that all janitors are martyrs. Third—Tie your waste paper in tissue and baby ribbon and sprinkle rose leaves over the garbuge before you e#end it down on the dumbwaiter. F h—Have him clean your win- least once a week—fourteen rter per—and be @ bottle of old rye Place in each room. I guess it’s because she's a widow are YOU talking about?"| cost me part of Gertrude’s wages by and wants everything around her to | asked Mrs. Jarr. the week and as you can't get a vocal be sad. The parrot is biithe and| “I'm talking about your talking,| lesson under $2 I could save a lot of gay, perchance, and it does not ac-| What are you talking about?” asked| money.” cord with her unavailing grief.” Mr. Jarr in turn. “And if Gertrude ruins their clothes “Nonsense!” said Mrs. Jarr, “A| “I was talking about the vocal les-| they'll turn around and ruin your sadiron is an iron with a removable | sons,” said Mrs. Jarr. “Now that the| voice,” suggested Mr. Jarr. If you don't amile resist the tempta-| wooden handle. The handle is al- tion to scowl. ways cool, because you slip the han- bd ee? le off when you put the iron on the ‘That te right, “beauty is more than | stove to heat, it. And that reminds shin deep,” if the paint and powder|me: Did you know that Gertrude are measured. —Milwauke Sentinel. used two of my best sheets to cover Le di the ironing board?” “No, did she?” asked Mr, Jare, dut he was not much impressed. “Yes, she did, and she’s ruined half the clothes by using too much wash- ng fluid, It's eaten them all up. She was too lazy to rub things out and so she’s just ruined my things, and I can’t find but two of thosé new napkins I bought before I went to ple shirt waist, er an elaborate bodice adapted to dressy af- ternoon wear, as the over-portion is used or omitted, and the neck finished in one way or the other. The | plain one with high neck. The over-pors tion costs bolero idea that especially adapted lace or other bordered materiale The of this over-portion can be sewed ine with the blouse to make one garment, or the over Portion can be finished put his feet on a ehell pink dam: drapery slip him @ dollar extra as ai Reflections of _ a Bachelor Girl By Helen Rowland : A eters be anes your Lbs Phage 4 the ostensible purpose of beating Copyright, 1918, by The Press Puttishing Oo, (The New York Dvening World), them) slip him & two-spot, send bis iT takes an awfully little sentiment between a man and a woman to| wife a Georgette crepe shirtw: destroy an awfully big friendship. brosent Bim with a box for a good ta 4 m the People 4 a ~ Letters Fro Ow, eral veasels| Atlantic City. And yet they seem Sixth—If the steam is dimdent, separately and wi 8 MB os ‘vp vent pgp is br semen corer sont | like nice people; they are all eo dark, Love ie what makes @ woman emfle sweetly when a man {s/ don't phone down about it. Don your omitted as occasion | requires. Tho turned-over collar a V-shaped neck is : sentially smart in com, ip out by the Confederates, J. D.G. although the children 979 ST standing with both feet on the traf] of her gown, and a man appear Dilesfully G and have nice manners, they | happy when a woman is mussing up the wisp of hair across his bald spot. that you can't water your plants ‘The Ladders Agata. must be Bpaniards.” sad because the water freezes as voure “What ARE you talking about? When love ceases to “make the world go round” it gives you that same | Pouring Hons (2 she Bren one | . deadly sickening sensation as being in an elevator that stops with a sud-| wn: e engaged him in den jolt, pleasant conversation about the peo- lessons for a hard day's wash, and ple on the, fourth floor, whe rent out | then a that eadirons are at rooms and say they have relatives all fe ented) even when a wido 4 “good man” is one who manages to. be occasionally what a goed citing [oy a Bite, 6 ly, tt wants them, and on top of that you| Woman succeeds in being all of the time. Taree itl) take a couple me hubby's say Gertrude has burned two sheets — perfectos and a Tom Collins to make and lost your napkins, and then you All a woman needs im order to be happy with the average man is to be| the cold penetrate—but it’s cheap at say they are nice people and evi- | miracle worker, with seven pairs of hands, the patience of Job, the nervas | *"Y PGe wien you require a real, dently foreigners.” of @ clam, the cunning of Ariel, the wisdom of Minerva, and the second | little service of him, such as stopplas “Well, could anything be plainer?” sight of Palladino. a leak in the tubs, that threatens to replied Mrs, Jarr. “I was reminded inundate yor old English dining room. will be néeded' tor Re of the way Gertrude has ruined my ee oa folie hens ties fe Coies eo eho blouse sig yde, St oe Once in a while a girl fondly wonders if she ever e love to ‘eo may terial 27 in. wide, 2! by peaking of eadii Nh id to a a eee ee catroms | by just one man tn a way that will neither shock her illusions with ite sud-| te, S&B, comes, SnOOnUs Aromnt iG | Pattern Ne. 8585—Blouse With or Without Bolero yds. 34, 1% yas, 44, was the people next door, who have @eapess nor starve out her sentiment with its inertia. but words of highest praise for his Over-Portion, 34 to 44 Bust. for the HH re 3 advertised they will give vocal les- bination with the i sleeves. In the tration, the blouse made of crepe de chine and tho over-portion is of lace, but plain ma- terial could be used for + the over-portion with the edges finished with picot or hematitching * or trimmed to guit the fancy, and there are other bordered muffs \ a8 suitable as lace. For tuy medium gise geese ith i i za g i ist ereces + 83 yds. of lace 15 ia, Corte Fh Bet é goodnses Noows or 2% yds. of plain material 27 in. wide, 1% yds. 26, 1% yds, 44, +g fons in exchange for washing and It te far easter to adore o man than to admire him; because you can|in this city to with authentic Pattern No. 8585 ia cut in sizes from 34 to 44 bust. Ironing, 1 used to bave a nice volos, | adore him blindly, but you must admire him with your eyes wide open, | Knowledge of Janitors and that you Cail at THR EVENING WORLD MAY MANTON FASHION but of course I've neglected it since — ton. + I've been married. I've neglected my| 4 wise woman carefully vells her regard for mep for feat {t may| Eighth—When you go away for the pm prey shirts cusent Serenk ‘aaa praca. toe,” eitner wane Bim evel! with vanlty or ghriax with fright summer tell him that instead of cov socond street, “You haven't neglected your voice, " peas Sarees ney tures 103 og oe, : Love without faith, tItusione and trast te—Lord torsive. us—cindere, | be to give « sdiree a " A i vperars a : ah a are evap 8

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