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an Beconé—Class Matter. Fasten ‘and the Continent aaé Countries in the Interna: Pics sae Unien. ER PHONE RATES ARE FOR ALL. HE New York Telephone Company is distributing this week * 9,000 tons of new telephone books—one for each instrument in the city. The company claims if costs $1,500 « day thus ‘supply metropolitan telephone users with necessary information. > Lat the telephone company ask itself how many thousands of its | ge to tenants of hotels and apartment houses—people who, | not eubscribers themselves, contribute an enormous volume of I ‘bosiness. Lat tho company ask itself whether the extent to which these use the telephone is not influenced by the telephone charges | have to pay landlord or hotel management—whether the business y furnish would not increase with a lower cost of telephoning un- the conditions amid which they live. Lat the telephone company ask itself whether any genuine down- revision of rates can ignore this class of telephone users, | yy © The up-State Public Service Commission finds that apartment rates in the new schedule offered by the telephone company little promise of securing a five-cent-message charge for apart- oma tenants. Complaining of this part of the submitted le, prominent real estate firms write: It-fe our earnest desire to furnish service to our tenants at five cents per message If It be possible to do so without loss. ‘The charge now made for extension telephones is double what it ghould be. The company, on the basis of 4% per cent. paid ‘to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company for use of instruments, is charging us for service double the amount it should be allowed to charge. Public demand upon this point is clear. Unless the telephone y is prepared to meet that demand its professions of good will This is not a lowering of rates for big patrons only. users of gll classes are to be benefited. The Public Service is bound to insist with special force upon the right of of thousands of hotel and apartment house dwellers to « it phone charge. / Back to Vera Crus! ——_ +4 CROWDING NOT A CRAZE. HE dire prediction of the B. R. T. that it would take platoons of police to keep the public from jamming iteelf into cars al- Teady crowded has not been realized. + On the Graham Avenue line, where the Health Department has fifty-four. passengers es the maximum number to be carried on » even the rush hour at Brooklyn Bridge finds little disorder iat. People cannot always get on the firet car. But neither they when they were packed aboard like herring. A wait of ‘than five minutes is rare, Both those who get seats and those 0 stand find welcome relief in the increased comfort of space and | the homeward trip after a hard day’s work. ly on the Fifty-ninth ‘Street crosstown line in Manhattan, also under orders from the Health Department, passengers pmot mobbing the care, but thankfully accepting the better con- Af the street railway companies ‘do their part and run more cars d of grinding the last possible nickel out of the medgrest pos- Fedrvtos, there will be no lasting disorder or dissatisfaction. “If the public recognizes its own interest it is not going to be —— pe A clean cut of 20 per cent. in the cost of electric current ar ee the Public Service Commission goes into action. But it looks ITFIVE CENTS WORTH OF BREAD OW thet the six-cent bread raid has been effectually routed in this town, it remains to keep vigilant watch upon the retalia- “tory tactics of bakers who cheat the public with short- loaves. > The law says that a baker must label each loaf with its weight B ounces, If he puts a 14-ounce label on a 12-ounce loaf he can be e But—the law does not fix the weight of the ordinary ‘that is sold at five cents. Poor people who understand little weights and labels are easily fooled. bill has been introduced at Albany which sets a standard for the five-cent loaf. This measure should be ptomptly and made effective in order that the smallest buyer of bread be sure of fair value for his money. aid *T have come to the conclusion,” says Commissioner of Weights Measures Hartigan, “that the only way a good many bakers in this can be brought around to a sense of honesty and decency is to d law enough fo clap them in jail.” ly. And in the present era of price boosting we cannot lt too promptly any unscrupulous food dealer who flimflams the 2 Sategoers the loaf with a law that leaves no loopholes. ee . ‘The Mayor wants to crowd New Yorkers and Prohibition ea Hits From Sharp Wits. gimey, save the |thoughts than their handwriting.— and geniuses | Desere: News, | Sted ye vi . Public ceeiioe ie one of the least oe rer 4 things with which we have 4) Pittsburgh om. PROFESSION PLEASE NAME and PROFESSION PROFESSION The Jarr Family By Roy L. MY NAME I Lm. ane INVENTOR AR “TONICS Nave GUagness Sov Joy, AND PROFESSION i) BASEBALL UMPIRE Bouncer ww CABARETS! ME Sweu ‘ TAILOR ‘OR _FASHIONA Pearle om Nane PROFESSION McCardell Copyright, 1015, by The I’rem Mubusuing Uo, (‘Tee New York Evening World), HERE'S my blue suit? asked Mr. Jarr, “What blue suit?” asked Mrs. Jarr. “You have no blue suit.” “It doesn't look as if I have,” said Mr. Jarr, who was rummaging through the mutual closet; “but here's where T hung it last fall.” Oh, that threadbare old blue se that was all shiny at the sleeves, and the trousers too short for you, any- way?" asked Mra, Jarr, “Oh, I put them somewhere.” Mr, Jarr departed oMoceward, but twice between his home and the sub- way he was halted by individuals shouting, “I Cash Clo'!” Sevora! of these followed by his aide and asked him if he had any second-class gar- ments at home to sell. “What would you give for @ blue serge suit in pretty fair condition?” asked Mr, Jarr of one of these itine erant dealers. ‘The man shrugged his shoulders and said he'd g! he highest price, “Well, I haven't time to attend to it now,” said Mr, Jarr, “but I have a suit I think I'll sell if you'll be around this way about 8 o'clock to-morrow.” But the dealer in cast-off garments would not put off 1 to-morrow what could be done to-day. He clung to Mr. Jarr closer than a brother, and even rode down the subway for several stations with him, insisting that the embarrassed Jarr should re- turn with him forthwith and be en- tiched beyond the dreams of avarice by selling his old clothes for sums of money that would astonish the mind, What these sums were and bew much Mr, Jarr’e mind would be astonished he did not say. However, it gave Mr. Jarr an idea. “Doggone it!” he thought to him- self, “Why shouldn't I have a new suit? And if these chaps"—this was after the merchant of second-hand apparel had departed from him—“if these chaps will give big money for pne old suit, why mot sell them all my old clothes, all my old hats, all my old overcoats, and take the money and buy a couple of good spring wuite?”* ‘The idea eo appealed to him that when he reached the office he tele- phoned Mrs. Jarr to get out all his old things and to prepare for the selling of a lot of old clothes cheap to buy one or two new guits. “While you are getting out that mine, get out all ay old but we'll look them over, and if there {s anything fit to wear I'll wear them. But I think we'd better throw away moat of them, especially my old win- ter overcoat and clothes. They'll only make moth food if we put them away.” Mrs, Jarr, who felt in a rummaging) mood, agreed to this, When Mr. Jarr returned Mrs, Jarr was all smiles, “That was a good idea of yours,” she said. “You do need some new clothes. I was looking at the blue serge suit, and it isn’t ft to wear; and I found a whole lot of old things of yours that are about worn out.” “Sure,” eald Mr. Jarr. “And that reminds mo that I talked with one of those old clothes men”—— “Oh, don't talk to me about those: old clothes men, One of them got all the old clv:nes I had last year, and all he would vive me was an agate-ware bucket, and all the enamel came off ier “But this one offered me cash”—— began Mr. Jarr. “I won't have one of those men come to my door,” said Mrs. Jarr, “besides, I gave all your old things and a lot of the children’s to the janitor, He is a worthy man if it wasn't that he drank, but when he doesn’t drink he'e very nice.” Just then little Willie Jarr came swaggering in wearing « battered red hat. “Look, Maw!" he cried, “the janitor gimme this nice red hat. His little boy won't wear it any mors.” “The idea!” cried Mrs, Jarr, snatch- ing the old red hat from the young- ster’a head, “What did the janitor Go with those clothes I sent down to Reflections of a Bachelor Girl By Helen Rowland ~ Caprright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World), OWADAYS @ man never falls on his knees to a woman until he has lost his mental balance. Trying to revive a dead flirtation is about as satisfying and practicable as trying to put the sparkle back into a bottle of stale champagne. “Woman is the Sunday of man,” says Michelet; yes, and when he has gotten over loving one of them he feels exactly like s dark brown Monday morning: No man ever yet saw the incongruity of @ woman having “pure, noble, exalted ideals” and at the same time deing in love with an unethereal creature like himeelf. It takes a woman longer to recover from a@ love affair than it does a man; but once her heart has healed the stitches never tear again in the same piace. ual love” may be more beautiful and noble, but somehow it always ends in oxactly the same place on girl's lips as any othor kind. One malicious woman can spoil more love affairs, break up more en- gagements and wreck more marriages than all the egnios and eugenics in Christendom. No matter how anxious a woman may be to break off a love affair she can't help crying @ litle at the autopey—while « man always feels more like singing. Love kills time geichiy and: plessaatir—ené then ‘Time returas the by patting MY NAME IS LONGLEGS — PRoFESSOR OF TA CHAMPION SPRINTER MY NAME IS, Wi LI W HITE-WASH eR EEE EEHE EEE EE EERE EEE EE HEHEHE Mr. Jarr Is Saving for a Spring Suit, but Just Now His Score Is «$¢2‘Minus” aim?” “He sold them to a nice gentleman for two dollars,” aaid the little boy. Warologues By Alma Woodward wat Peags i R B. dete ees ate eaiee: » allow me to present Mr. Regnier of Paris, whose playing I know will entrance you. Mr. F. (enthusiastically)—Now we can play quartets again, Burt, here's where you go back to viola. Ha! This is something like! Whet shall we play? - Mr. B. (proud of his friend's ver- satility}—Oh, Regnier can play any- thing. Reade like a streak! Mr. F. (getting the stands, etc. ready)—How about Schumann? an R. (very politely)—I don't play See akon Ce B. ‘You don't? ‘ioe. Beethoven, ier R it more politely) pia} ate Politely)—I don't weds Se La NS" SOD yt: ir. F. (with a forced smile)—! be you prefer the simple purity of a 4 (coldly courteous)—Have xe no Massenst? No Chopin? No Mr. Fr (apologetically) — chaps didn’t write much chamber music, Germans and Austrians daneomfortably)—Ir'm, well, Mr. R. (auddenly)—V« well, I will i (aur j—" uate Schumann, Realy? Ir. one-two—attack! ther” play “four ) Retreat! (three more bars) Avance ws R. gets very excited) Ready! ur rv eto is @hort)—For the love of Mike at fe this—a quartet ora field encounter? Remember Luxemburg! Reletum! wal inset Mrs. F. (very much excited)—Rose, put on your guinea. right away end claret and—— Oh, my! what a nar- row spsape! I had Biamarck her- thet Uttle supner! Mr. R. Fifty Dates You Should Remembe: By Albert Payson Terhune Copyright, 1918, by The Press Pubitshing Oo, (The New York Evening Wertd). No. 89—MAY 30, 1775; The First Declaration of Independence. HI ts the story of the first Declaration of Independence, a dedierey tion adopted more than « year before that of July 4, 1776. It had its birth in the queer old County of Mecklenburg, in Southeast eee ones 0 (Se Re Cre a ee ; Andrew Jackson was born. For years the American clones bad been at ot, ien Deed senting the mother country’s oppreesions, the gross unfairness of j without representation” and a multitude of other wrongs. In setts and in Virginia the flames of resentment burned hottest. detween England and America daily grew more strained. The Revolution | was at hand. Then, while the thirteen colonies waited breathless, the first blow we struck. On April 19, 1776, & body of British troops stationed at Bosto were sent inland to seize a quantity of weapons and ammunition stored by the patriots. At the Lexington bridge a handful of Massachusetts bd itiamen opposed their march. The redooate cleared the way with a mus! volley and passed on. j The Fight at | Lexington, regulars were to learn that day. When the tried to turn back toward Boston they found that every tree and every stone wail along the road sheltered armed farmers who poured death volleys into the redcoat ranks. The return march be- ;came a run and the run became a rabble-rout. Nothing but the arriyal ‘ of reinforce: ita saved the British column from utter destruction at the ; hands of the Yankees whom they had despised as harmless clodhoppera. The Revolution was on. The news of the fight at Lexington spread throughout the colonies, Everywhere men rushed to arms, Old 5 Putnam jumped on a plough horse and galloped to the front. Benedii Arnold at the head of a band of New Haven patriots captured the local British arsenal. From farm, from shop, from counting-house, the Coloti- ists flocked to join the newborn army. Even then many of the leading spirits had no idea of breaking free from England, but only of resisting oppression. George Washington, for example, said later: “At first the idea of independence was abhorrent to me.” But in Mecklenburg County there was no hesitance. A call was issued by Col. Adam Alexander for delegates to meet in convention “to devise ways and means to assist our brethren in Boston.” On May 19, 1775—just one month after the Lexington fight—the con- vention met. The very act of meeting was high treason. Each delegate took his life in his hand. Yet, while elsewhere people were speaking 61 compromise or of the chance for reconciliation, the Mecklenburg Convens tion wasted no time in talk of that sort. It drew up a Declaration of Independence on its own account. 2 A, M. on May 20 the declaration was unanimously adopted. Here is a condensation of Its text: “We © © © do hereby dissolve the political bonds which have eon: nected us to the mother coun! ind hereby absolve ourselves trom sony giance to the British crown. We do hereby declare ourselves*@ free and independent people, * under the control of no power other _ than that of our God and the general government of the Congress; to But it ts one thing to walk into a trap ahd @ another to walk out again, as many a maf many @ mouse has discovered, and as the And at) maintenance of which independence we solemnly pledge to each other, motual co-operation, our lives, our fortunes and our most sacred ho A copy of Kae rrarded ae wan sent, post-' to Congress. to the waiting Meckienbu The Meokienburd $ came the reply thet the individual members ‘ot invention. Congress “approved the proceedings, but it wae deemed premature to lay them before the House.” less than fourteen months later, Congress followed the lead of ttle Mecklenburg Convention. Though the fame of the second Declaration of Independence foreshadowed that of the fret, yet the Mecklenborg document; - should never be forgotten. Its anniversary is treasured as « legal holiday in only one State tat the Union—North Caroline. Betty ‘Vincent's Advice to Lovers NE of the unwritten but binding vane A” eee ree five monthe'@ man cal on me régul: talon ke the ame of otsrection | Tra cold cee that he loved me. F ‘# that the young woman shall) | ooy, parted the best make no open move in the direction | friends and ‘since then I have not of the young man. If he stops cailing| heard from him or seen him. Wi she must not write and ask the rea- ‘ould it de all right £0 Siar? S86, <a eae son, or, worse yet, beg him to come and see her. If does not keep an why he doesn’t call?” ‘hens © that, But tf you have no appointme: mit her to On the the first moves. If you try to play out of turn, girls, you lose. There's a lot in knowing how to wait for “J, F." writes: “What ee the res position for a young to while walking with two ‘ic thends?* ¢ rae |e ‘be on the outside, nearest reet, heart: about him f+ may ae writs ec ly note asking if he “A. 8." writes: “I am in love with @ young man and he has told me that bid es me. But he is sivers mak- offensive remarks when we out with frien: This makes me feel embarrassed. Do you think that he cares for me? If he does he must be a rude person to hurt your frequently. The May Manton Fashions Pattern 86596—Girl's Dress, 10 to 14 Years. 3% yards of ma! Th to form a © cotton crepe frock shows spe sleeves tong and neck with a slight only; in soe aa the neck ped neck and the collar Ie maee of lace & dvekirt, tion an a addi to bein ingly ptable e) it is @ very sim: and the as it can be, ver She Treive-y -year material 37 inches wide, 3% yards 36, a varda 44, with 1 yards 27, 1 yard 36 or 44, for the basque overblouse, collar and cuffs, rarda e as shown on the figure, or 1% yards of Sognaing 22 inches wide, 1 flouncing 11 inches wide and % yard o! all-over material for the 36 or 44 inches wide for the basque overblouse to make @hown in the back view. Pattern 8598 is cut in sizes from ten to fourteen years. the sleeves | y wy at ae |