The evening world. Newspaper, September 4, 1915, Page 5

Ald. Curran Will Fight Usurpation of City’s Right Acting Mayor Denounces Pub-) '6 mode eesinet wubiie Neones « “1 am alse informed that when the fic § ice Commission ene of Aldermen was discussing Present taricab ordinance the for Rate Fixing. Public Bervice Commission law was amended by chapter 84 of the Loews of 1918, the same bee: ing 6 lew on April 0%, 1918; the present taxicab ordinance being passed by the Board [of Aldermen on May 2, 1918, It Zones Wonderfully Made to | appears tnat tne Puniic Bervice Cor mission has assumed to regulate Give Money to Favored tazicad fares from the points above Vehicle Company. HOW PUBLIC IS TRICKED. | Mentioned under this set of 1918, | which, being @ general law, was not [sent to the elty for approval. 1 am @urprised that the Wublic Service Commission should take this step under & statute passed rigbt io the middie of the agitation, “The Hoard of Aldermen only lately found it necessary to amend original tanicab ordinance by pre eer that any vehicle on which & taximeter was affixed must licensed, thus making the taxime the badge of a public, Ucensed and regulated vehicle. The larger compan- fea fought the Hoard of Aldermen from the etart and carried the validity of the original ordinance to the Court of Appoals, but were finally defeated in Waldorf Astoria Hotel Company ve. The City (212 N. Y, 97), “Tho last amendment to the taxicab ordinance, made by the Board in reference to the meters above referred to, was also taken to the courts, and it was only lately that the Appellate Divial firmed the Justice presiding Special Te id held that the Algormen, wou d establish *the ta, By Sophie Irene Loeb. Acting Mayor Menry Curran 4i4 Rot mince words in Me criticiem of the Public Hervice Commiasion for heir “wanotion” of the rates for taxicabs announced by the Westoott Expross Company this week. Aldermar. Curran, who ts one of the @taunch supporters of the present or- dinance, for which The Evening World carried on a vikorous campatmen, has Grmiy declared that all vehicles for | hire ip this city must be under the supervision of the city authorities and that the power cannot be divided be- tween the Public Service Commission and the city if the public good ts to be properly conserved, the foundation for which conservation i» now firmly established by the present ordinance. Furthor, the Alderman means to act and w'll bring the matter up at the very first meeting of the board this| meter as the badge of a public vehicle month. He makes the following atate-| "Il have looked over the districts ment: and rates of fares to be charged ents therein handed to me, and it looks on "It is with regret and astonish-| its face as if the Public Service Com- mont that I find the Public Service| mission has been too credulous in Commission, without consultation] #ccepting the districts suggested to ‘any of the city officials, taking|{M*™, I find, for example, that the first district runs in a southerly di- rection from the Grand Central Sta ton to ‘Thirty- fourth perry and fr Mpon itself the right to establish taxicab rates in the city. For over one hundred years the Boar: of Al- dermen of the City of New York have regulated cab fares in this city. The first draft for hackney coach rates Was ordered on June 2, 1812. Since that time to the present day this power has alwfys been exercised by the Board of Aldermen, under the supervision of ¢ity officials, After much discussion’ and great opposition from the owner. of the taxicab com- panies, an ordinance was passed by the Board on May 27,/-1918, which be- came operative on the first of August of the same year. “Under this last ordinance over eix thousand taxicab drivers have been licensed and are being con- stantly watched by the city offi- cials, This care and attention by the city have resulted in such efficient service that the Chief of the Bureau of Licensed Vehicles informs me that although many complaints have been made againgt unlicensed. taxicabs for overcharging, hardly one a week ‘ECZEMA ON FACE BURNED TERRIBLY Spread All Over Child’s Hands and Arms. Would Cry For Hours. Could Not Sleep. HEALED BY CUTICURA SOAP AND OINTMENT Pais Wein Kay Sad ton on Os tnd {8 began to spread all over his hands end arms, It itched all the timo and whon be scratched it turned into pimples, then into a kind of rash and in thie resh wae Grand Central Station to the Pennay vania Railroad Stat Hiotel, a few yards district, and that b fourth to Thirty-third Street, on Sev- enth Avenue, carries with it an in- crease in fare charge of 50 per cent., 25 cents being charged the passenger for that one block alone, “Take, for instance, another #x- ample in this first district: And that is the situation of the Vanderbilt Hotel, afew yards outside of the first district, with a charge of 25 cents from the corner of Thirty-fourth Street and Park Avenue to the Park Avenue entrance of the Vanderbilt Hotel, @ distance of twenty or thirty yards. “The Waldorf-Astoria seems also to be in @ peculiar position, If a pas- senger should drive from the Grand Central Station to the Thirty-fourth Street side he would be charged the first district rate, but if he happened to instruct the driver to go to the ‘Tiirty-third Street aide it would cost him twenty-five cents more, because that would be in the second district. The same situation occurs at the Me- Alpin Hotel, where it costs the pas- wenger 25 cents more to enter the hotel by* one door than by the other. “It might also be pointed out that the ferries on Twenty-third Street have been carefully placed tn the Third District, as the Second Dis- triet only and the ri “The regulating of fares for taxicabs by districts or zones will always lead to just such discrimi- nations, and that-is the reason that the Board of Aldermen hae from time out of mind prescribed fares dependent. upon distance travelled by the hackneyed coach in modern tim the taxi- hen the Board of Aldermen sto Twenty-sixth Street made, to that one rate of fare will be charged throughout the city for the genoral taxicab business and the public have the security that comes from official inspection and regulation of the cabs and the drivers. ance calling for the regulating of all venues of the city, possibly excepting vehicles contracted for for hours, It was very red) i, writing for @ period of o ay and inflamed, and be did) day or more, would meet this =a y) 2 sleep at night or rest) situation and place the control of SSN ovat this large and growing busirress “An goon aa Theard of Out | where it belongs, in the hands of the city authoriti might add that the euper- ity officials is the foty velling public can have, and fine, suspension of licens I I bashed the eruption with Cutioura Soap and then applied the Ointment, and they com- pletely healed him in less than @ week." @ignes) Mrs. M. Nowellas, 489 South 16th &t,, Newark, N, J., March 31, 1015, Sample Each Free by Mail With 32-p. Skin Book on request, Ad- Gress post-card *Caticara, Dept. T, Bea~ tem." Bold throughout the world. For 50 Years the World’s Perfect Liver and Bowel Regulator If you want to feel young and full of “vigor, be sure and keep your Liver and Bowels in good condition. othing so safe, so certain or so ntiy satisiying u» Carter's Litthe Liver of a licen authorities, is th way ing with taxicab drivers who their power and defraud His. Purely v state 7 dl LITTLE Millions of people, old, young an middle age, take ior for biliousness, LIVER dizziness, sick headache, upset stomach and a sallow, pimply and blotchy skin. Small Pil, Samii Dose, Small Price THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1915. HOME GYMNASIUM FOR WOMEN Mo cus 10 no 5 To Preserve Health, merenate. and elesre Equipped Teaching Games and Exercises Which Promote | Excellent Physical Condition. The Bvening World's Authority on not weak. method of bring! through the rope. heat or cold ting the body tn a way, INE WUE of the #kin be thrown off, or we cannot live Therefore 1 would advise you to encourage perspiration, and by natu- Tal means, when it is possible for you to do ao, ‘The average woman of thirty-fiv empecially if sho i» married and bh several growing children, feele that she is too old to start the exercises, when, as a matter of fact, she ts Just starting to live Nevertheless, if you have not indulged in any outdoor games or exercises for some years, you will surely find yourself the victim of shortness of breath, heart palpi- tation and poor circulation when you do start. This condition is responsible for the thought that you are growing old, when in reality it is mot age but absolute indifference to your health that has brought this about. If you are short of breath, you are not taking enough oxygen into your body, and without it and pure fresh air you cannot live and be healthy. My readers who are brain workers and never take the exercises are con- tinually sending the blood to the head, where it ts most needed, at the ex- pense of the rest of the body. DO NOT OVERDO EXERCISE: 1 have tried, in the past lessons, to show you the danger of overdoing the exercises when you first start them, and you must take them very gently in the beginning until you have be- ome accustomed to the unusual strain and have the ability to master the physical work. If you do not take this precaution the result will be @ rush of blood to the head, followed by a severe headache, and probably total disgust for some really beneficial and healthful exercises, The rope skipping. shown to-day, 1» a splendid exercise for the arms, shoulders, legs, thighs, and In fact most every muscle of the whole body It is one of the best for constipation and torpid liver and will banish slight rheumatic pains in very short order. My regular followers should be able to skip the rope at least fifty times with- out feeling particularly fatigued. Raise each knee high as you jump. After this exercise take a Turkish towel rub and @ quick massage with alcohol. Monday | will show you how or- dinary potato mashers can be utilized | fas Indian clubs in taking some highly | beneficial exerc| Letters From Evening World Readers Following Miss Furlong’s Lessons. A. D. 8. (Denver, Col.) writes: “I want to take ten pounds off my hips and thighs. What shall I do? I do not sleep much, but I eat well and a great deal of white bread, Does this keep me fat?” Practice rolling and leg circling and you will reduce the hips and thighs, Leg swinging ts also good, Follow the diet and omit white bread and you will easily lose only ten pounds. 8. LT. writes: “Have missed the test exercises and would like to have |them, Will you please tell me how to get them?” Send 1 cent for each back number you desire and postage to cover same, Please mention the DATES you want, J. B, writes: “How much should a man five feet seven inches tall weigh?” From 140 to 147 pounda, L. G. writes: “I want all of the back numbers of the swimming les- sons. Please tell me how to obtain them." These appeared Aug. 5 and 6, 1 cent for each and postage. KE, M’'B, writer “In reading your answer to Mra, T. 8. C. in regard to exercises to overcome constipation, you recommend trunk raising, body bending and squatting, Would you kindly advise me how to get these numbers? I am 6 feet 8, what should 1 weigh?” ‘The exercises you desire were {lus trated on July %, Aug. 2 and Aug, 9. Several good ones were also shown | Sept, 1, Send me 1 | number you desire and postage. | tlon dates when you write welgh and measure Woight, 166; neck, chest, 33%: waist, 29; hips, 40; thighs, 26445 calf, 16; upper arm, 124; forearm, 9%. LOST WEIGHT—FEELS BETTER BK. L. writes: “Wards cannot ex- ) Send Men- You should bout as folluwa: through exercise, The buman body contains millions of little | open at the surface and empty the impurities and w This fluid from the canals of the inner part of the body must NO. 5—ROPE SKIPPING WITH CLOTHESLINE. By Pauline Furlong. AN Qucetions of Women's Physical Well Beg To-day's ‘liuetrations take you back to the sl rope skipping, which te the most beneficial one to stir wp the overcome indigestion end bring color to the sallow complexvn excellent exercine for women of all je choo! xereive epi it ts on #, if the beart te) “§ } 1 have told you repeatedly that perspiration te one | of the most essential things in t ous forh, and 1 know of no easier of more economical reduction of supertiu: | 5 it on profusely than fifty jumps) Perspiration Is very necessary to Rood profuse pe in iration, always to be recommended. Headers of Miss Furlong’s arti cles are invited to write to her, in care of The Evening World, re questing information that will ata them tm following her tin lessons. = press how grateful 1 am to you for your valuable advice in ‘The Evening trated World, and I have lost ton pounds in four weeks both look and feel much better. On what } give the exercise for r d thighs and how Rolling and } nee the hips an: Jucing thi I wet t winging thighs. 18 and for ei nd postage and I wil send them to you, Please mention the dates. 1 thank you for vour kind remarks and hope you continue to improve in health. r shown on Aug. C. 8. writes: “I am roading your articles each evening with much in- terest and will therefore subj measurements, [ am 5 ft weigh 152 pounds. My walst is 26%, hips 40, bust 48, I want to reduce my hips four or five ini Will wea about i baths redu 5 tent mo” inches r shoal weigh 132 pounds; neck 12%, tall you! chest (not bust) 80%, waist 26, hips, 7, thighs 23, calf 14, upper arm 1, forearm 9% Leg circling will reduce the thighs and is not ae strenuous, as rolling, which quickly reduces the | cent for each | hips, The baths will not reduce you, ' Mrs. M. W. (Tucson, Ariz.) writes: am 5 feet 4 and only weigh pounds. How can I gain weight, Will exercises make me thinner?" Send 10 cents for the articles which appeared the entire week of July 19, These were for developing and con- tained diet and exercises for same, Mild exercises will build you up. Drink exe malted milk, eat bananas, grapes, potatoes, macaroni and all’ starchy vegetables, eweots, olive oll and drink plenty of water, Breathe deeply and get much sleep at night and a nap tn the afternoon, {f possible, MABEL K. (Cleveland) asks: “What will I use for enlarged pores” Alcohol is very good for them. Ap- ply it on a puff of cotton often. —_—_—- ‘Lionof Belgium’ Ina Bronze Bust A 5th Ave. Show A new portrait bust of King Albert of Belgium as executed by Mary | naives Winfield Mason of Mason's School, Tarrytowh, N. Y., han just been ced on exhibition at the Knoedler Gallery, Fifth Avenuo and Forty- sixth Street The King {8 referred to in this bunt an "The Lion of Belgium.” He ts rep- resented as wearing his military cloak. The epaulet upon his left shoulder, with its depending tassels, and three stars, 1s shown tn detail. The com- panion, ranking mark, on his right shoulder 1s partly covered by the wreatcoat, Three buttons nestle upon the King’s manly bosom, which is also ornamented by a baldric, Upon his breast also shines the elght- pointed star decoration, with its radi- ating linea, The King 1s represented as wear- ing a high military collar that is closely buttoned, His mustache ts] cropped closely, Hix nose is large and well treatment of the King in the bronze Miss Mason has been skilful and her menipulation of the plastic metal has been characterized by much ver- satility, She has even introduced a dimple into the kingly chin, The auterity of militariam, however, dominates the King’s character ay it is reflected in the metal ‘The base of the bust is ornamented with the rampant Belgian lon, with his bifurcated tail and protruding tongue The portrait of the King shows him In repose. —————E McCormack at Ocean Grove. When John MeCormack, the popu- jlar tren tenor, appears for tne second time this season at the great Audi- torlum, Ocean Grove, on the night of Labor Day, he will offer one of the York and Newark Festival who took part in the presentation of “The Messiah" about a week going to the concert in @ body, but the natural | cells that! te of the system out} health, and those who perspire freely seidom puffer from | There are many artificial means of get SYNOPSIS OF PHPCEDING CHAPTERS, | Uhe shrewduoss of Sachio's reply 10 dy. “ties 38 68 Lol ae ee ae et evo | q At least guard her, then,” said he t habe at. the hidiog. V1 @l dryly. “Aho aball be our quest until | Cornwall, ny, Uroken, cn am bt vat: | we learn more of what #he knows. It OneDey Suton! mwarcuiog for we tree | means too much to forego the full Tater, “Gretender to the. th , ora (Sunt wrederick | Poading yof that comm these days. rei, i fh takes Kitty's alt coin fr y fores, = mean to have | aay ant ther half, King Michael kno" ta hea a na serine of bl rate in ‘otha ity ‘before a RUDE ovalaiaw of tirahotien 1915, by Wright A. Pattermon.) GHAPTER XXX. (Contioned,) HP king looked (Copsright, intently at something he held in his hand, Kitty caught sight of it-it was the half coin which she had once pos- sessed, which had been taken from! her but Iately by these men, Evi- dently Count Sachis had turned it over forthwith to its royal possessor. “Mademoiselle,” said he, “tell me |uible for me. oe it say The inscription is roken, I wish to know it all, Lam eas that you have seen both of this coin, and therefor know the entire message, Read it to me at once.” Kitty took the coin in her hand as though to study it, but swiftly put her own hand behind her back as she clutched it, “It is my property,” said she etour- ly, “Not even a king can take away property without course of law.” Even a king was astonisbed at tha effrontery of the young girl—who held her possession until two sturdy guards forced the coin from her hand, The King smiled at ber, a » ewhat tooth: jess sinile “So you value it? Many do. We are willing to pay for what we have, ma demoisello~and the & ee of this coin We mean to have. ve it to us, and you shall be set fr “Your majesty {8 liberal--you offer what is already mine~—the right to liberty, Hut what you ask is impos- True, I have seen each half of the coin—even L£ saw both halves at one time—but never have J read the entire inserlption.” “But you have seen both halves,” tislaw ime, Ww) ther halt,’ Majesty, 1 cannot—I do no, ( “By the saints of our fathers," ex claimed Cortislaw, “if this were in tho olden days the torture chamber should show you sum bing. tut now" “Phe torture could wring only ception from me, your majesty, a that deception would be of no serv to you. L have and that alone my liberty aguit t rh more of the other the coin, girl argues well,” said Cortis- | Jaw, “lam not suse whether or not she speaks truth, but her goes to the same thing in either case. Let her go under guard; perhaps something may arise to give us fur- argument ther insight to this “As for you, Count Sachlo, you have not yet succeeded in what was asked of you-you have not yet lies the hidden treas- taught us he finest popular programmes he has given in years, It will include such beautiful selections as “Ah! Moon of My Delight," "The Snowy Breasted | | Pearl," “Kathleen Mayourneen," Ti Lost Chor (with organ obligato), an Indian just written for him’ by Charles Waketield Cadman, and other jnumbers. The members of tha New Chorus, [that may r PRODUCED BY THE UNIVERSAL FILM MANUF, |G COMPANY wn'G MOVING GREATER i OF CLotwestine / EMERSON HOUGH I trust all my om- nat fact.” said Sachio to Kit- ty, later, when she had been with- drawn to quarters which virtually were to prove a prison to her, “You have heard what the king ha» sald— he will allow you to return to your own country unharmed if you but help him to the meaning of that In- scription. What is it to you? It is cers will realix “Mademoisell only idle curiosity brings you hither. us With de It may mean the life or country ean much to mo," broke out Kitty suddenly. “Listen, ‘This coin is not the property of your king or of that other king, It is the prop- erty of the people of these countries, It a oks to tell them tts story—not to y king for his selfiah purposes—but seeks to make known its appeal for justice and Hberty. What, think you the people will forever be content to remain a shuttlecock between you moment later and he had left her once more to her own devices, Meantime in Gr town the people remained ute, uncertain, making no further overt attempt at the long-pending revolution, And an they waited thelr king amused him- self after such fashions as had long been his own, Continually he changed, sometimes hoping, again dreading; and aa often as he changed sent for Count Frederick, on whom he leaned ta fatuous confi- dence. (To Bo Continued.) ————— FORMER HELEN GOULD, COSTUMED, TAKES PART |)’ IN HISTORICAL PAGEANT ROXBURY, N, » Sept. 4.—Three yusand persons applauded an his- ical pageant that was presented on th the grounds of Kirkside Park, the summer residence of Mr. and Mra, Finley J. Shepard, who waa Helen Gould, Mr. and Mrs, Shepard, Mr. and Mra Louls Shepard and the daughters, Dorothy and Helen Gould, of tho elder Gould, appeared as Highland peuple of 150 years ago. was born in ts place Me Treo hundred Ape ple cast of the pageant yes- morial Chureh. were in thi tordey, given hy the eltizens of Rox. bury to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the John Moir Anso- ciation, of whieh Mrs, Shepard ts Second Vice President, Joun Moir, «a sturdy Scotchman, with his familys sottled among the Indiana tn this! in h % uid cama te | ure of Gretaboften “Your maenty * replied the count, | nadvertence e amended, In my val [1 fancied y¢ uy majesty Ww " \have this you nt the other coin {more tim The king fixed on him the cold to dread, yet he could not tah “> a00 icut ana settled there John Moir was an aacestor of Mra | Hel jen Gould Shepard. Ono of the most interested specta- tors was John Burroughs, the famous naturalist, Whose éunmer bome, Woodchuck Lodge, overlooks the 0, are smile which his courtiers had learned Gould estate, where the pageant was sroduced, an BEST PROOF TAMMARY JUBILEE. Donte wt thy etegee the ndtlne ond they soon clear sway he Winners the mm No wther © Hearty Comiskey the thon now before the pubtie com O'Crns John Kennedy Humbert Fumorey, Jone a Matioy, | euch «record of wh Tomapuie tol Olotment aad EXCURSIONS. EXCURSIONS SUNDAY AND LABOR DAY TRIPS STEAMER CITY OF LOWELL SUNDAY, SEPT. 5 MONDAY, SEPT. 6 TO | BRIDGEPORT OUT ON LONG ISLAND SOUND — he ge n iP per 40 NR, Ot Mowsted Mt, wT 't, ae Mo. Pier 14, 8. Rt, Palton ¥? o, oA. M. Met, Nv 8 M ” STEAMER RICHARD PECK Tickeis, $1.00; chides, 60 conte, AND MONDAY, SEPT. 6 EW HAVEN FR a atte ea RP an ey A DELIGHTFUL SAIL ON i haya SOUND OCK ISLAN Ll B EVERY SUNDAY AND LABOR — Special tale, SUNDAY, SEPT. 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