The evening world. Newspaper, October 9, 1915, Page 8

——— ios 5 Sahel or The Eve STILL TIME. BGISTRATION figures picked up « trifle ie reason to fear this year’s tolal will be anwerrantably low Withost the preliminary noise of © city election it seme te be hard to persusde New York's citizens thot they have « duty bo Perform at the polle Yet there rests upon them this fall no leer a reeponsivility than that of Yoring the State from & proposed Constitution which * im no trme sende representative of the popular will or framed to meet popa | bar neods. | More than Women Suffrage or the choice of District Attorney for New York County—both to be voted on next month— proposed thanges in the organic law of the State challenge the thoughtful eon sideration of every citizen Largely the work of corporation lawyers, approved by epecial in-, terests, this document, from the point of view of the people of thie ity, shows its character in no way better than by its attempt to saddie tpon them for twenty years the $3,000,000-a-year Public Bere fhission which has proved itself notoriously the friend and protector! of corporations. | Whether easing pressure on the Interborough and other traction companies, neglecting the safety of subway construction in Manhattan, or holding up the 80-cent gas rate to which citizens of South Brookiyn| have long been entitled, this Commission is repeatedly found blocking the way to the realization of public demands | The Public Service Commission of this district fails utterly to do) the work it was created to do, Every eligible citizen in New York should vote against any Jaw tliat aims to perpetuate it in ite present form. | The chance comes Nov. 2 vote, one must register, To-day vis the last registration day. The books will be open until 10.30 P. M | If you haven’t registered, do it this evening and think the better) of yourself. vestorday, Wut there ¢ Com-! | ———- +4 A couple of generations ago, De Tocqueville, ae wise a Frenchman and as open-cyed a traveller as ever visited these shores, wrote: “To take part in the government of the country and to talk about it is the most important business and, as it were, the only pleasure that an American knows.” ‘We numbered only about 18,000,000 in De Tocqueville's day | Hae the American he describes held his own to date? | WAR ORDERS. RESIDENT WESTINGHOUSE of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company hands his stockholders some cold facts about war orders, His company holds contracts for shrapnel and cart- eps0es aggregating nearly $15,000,000. But, he points ont in ridge. his anivdel report, rm While the times are favorable, with ample guarantees contingencies, these orders have necessitated a heavy ture for special machinery and for ite installation in temporary though substantial buildings, to the end that the maximum output of the company’s regular product might not | be affected in case of a sudden revival of the railway supply | business. It is expected that when the value of this special machinery and ‘the buildings not available for future use shall have been charged off, the net result will represent a swostantial but not ‘| ‘unusual manufacturing profit on the amount involved. Wall Street has little ear just now for this sort of talk. Persons who discourse of permanent values waste their breath. War orders * mean for Wall Street excited rumors, crack-brained calculations, fabu- Jous guesses that send prices kiting and keep the orgy of buying ani * selling at its height. What does a man care about the dividend- paying value of a stock that he keeps only a few days or hours on his Dbroker’s books until he makes or loses? Values! Most of the present acceleration on the Stock Exchange about as much to do with real values as an extra twist imparted ‘by & croupier's hand to a roulette wheel. | ——————EE { ‘To-day is Fire Prevention Day. In this city, where careless. ness burns up millions of dollars, Fire Prevention Day ought to fall on three hundred and sixty-five@ates each year. Hits From Sharp Wits. does not depend ait as migeh on politics as on hustie.-Plor- ide Times-Union. i \* letter to a woman that is a jewel of| Uterary effort ie still a laugh when read in public. Philadelphia Inquirer, . i wee | Bmbarking on the sea of matrimony| Small town over in Jersey hay a| fa often easier if one has a raft of brass band, a glee club and a fire money. |whistle, and yet some people talk ° e ° about quiet country. in which ° ° e tation is one game My players frequently lose.—Albany|! You can never tell how big a ta bg by the size of its whistle. pat i Philadelphia T: legraph. newest thing in the fashi r Parise ie ‘surp: have to go some to aur- ty, e Recent court records show that a ———- . lading Uaht of 4 woman's sew- “=. iy ne plus ultra ¥ con- vii { i will gladly enlighten him upon the | subject, Mr, Martin asks Whother jt! in better to join the artillery or the cavalry division, Peraonatly, for in- structive reasons as well as for the enjoyment afforded, I consider the Heliday Shop: To the Mditor of The Evening W' Denefits to be derived from on holiday can hardly be over- ted, and it is a pity that holl- if days ave not more ier, Og A artillery superior ‘The present r served. The fact that tn Burope demonstrate? boyon due almost entirely to the thoughtless|. doubt that artillery is the back- | practice of deferring One ehovnins bone of au army and is of infinitely until Meese cacemone. | ence greater importance than any other bye ona Seite Sante pana 4 branch of the service. It Is, in addi- tion, the only branch in which horsc- manahip and gunnery are combined So much for artillery in generul. New men are taught, free of charge and under the very best tutors, to become expert riders; in fact, every man graduating from the ' riding squad must be able to ride bareback perfectly. Only after he is able to| do this {8 4 saddle used. Dues are| usually about §3 per month, every. thing included. In the cavalry t therefore, ask your to times other than Columbus ‘Tuesday, Oct. 127 Let the holi- be. fe all! INEGIDERATE SHOPPER. Artillery vs. Ca: ‘To the Betiter af The Drening World £ 3 notice @ letter from “Martin” New York National) dues are, I believe, $4 nonth, < a mamber of Battery A,|{t also conta $1 extra every tlie Artillery, N. G, N, ¥., T gporse is taken out, NB ! ng Wo } “Ive got a din cid Daily Magazine, Satur ner engagement. I'll attend to this first ‘thing Im the morning.” ——By Marti Coprngni, 116, by the Kress Mublishing Co, (The New York kveaing World) { ee ELL,” remarked the head polisher, “this excessive taxation doesn’t bother me. I have no real estate and uo personal property and can afford to give the tax hound the laugh,” “Your position,” said the laundry man, “is quote generally entertained by the poor boobs who pay the taxes and don't know it. When you come down to cases, it Is people like you who own no real estate and only enough personal property in the way of furniture to keep house on that pay the buik of the taxes in tus town. “The expenses of our city govern- ment are borne by real estate, The loudest cries about taxation come, naturally, from real estate owners. Where do the real catate owners get the money with which they liquidate their tax bills? From the peopis who pay rent. You will notice, spotted all over the city, ono and two-story | business buildings on extensive properties owned by the Astors und other largo real ostate holders, Th buildings are called real estate bust- neas ‘axpayers’ and the tern do- fines itwelf. “The Astors have a plot of ground on upper Broadway. [t is laying idle, but {s taxed, The surrounding terrl- tory builds up and the land becomes more and more valuable. At last its value as an asset is go high that tho Astore, not ready for & permanent improvement, can no longer afford to pay taxes on it with rents procured from improved propertius, So they fringe one or two sides of the piot with a little ‘taxpayer. “The stores are rented out for enough to pay interest on the improve- meat and tax a the whole property, Now, if # block front of little ono- story stores yleldw rovenue enough to ay taxes on a square biock In the Reart of the city, you can figura on what the tax revenue must be when the block iw built up with @ solid sky- scraper, rented from the cellar to the roof, rhe vou sostate people say the} hig! thoy have had to ta to such an altitude t lease their apartments. that the 1 noti¢ poowied ie cents « gallo atance of how works out Opoly has recently launched an ex- pensive advertising campaign. ‘The fonsumer pays for it In the shape of a big per cent, increase in the price of gasoline.” HAT do you think,” asked the head polisher, “of Gen. O'Ryan’s suggestion that the National Guard be careful about drinking?” “Highly commendable,” the taxation question The Standard Ol! mon- 66 said the The Week's n Green —— —By Roy L. laundry man, “Things haven't beenj quite fair in the National Guard. | Look at all the booze and beer that} Was hidden away in the armories. “The militiamen will not dare to jdrink in the armories now. There-! fore they will have to go to the licensed rumseller on the nearest corner; and in view of the recent | boost of $25 a month in his excise tax he needs the money. So the armories| Over that she might cause pangs of mt peop gerd er ae envy in the breast of her dearest [Sallie wil! be wetter, and things Work) friend by showing her some new {SAR I SIGSE Ai arpune Jdresses sho had recently gotten | | Phe Rangles arrived in due time, ; Safety First! } \and Mr. Kangle and Mr, Jarr went ‘ into the front room .to discuss poll- SEE,” sald the head polisher,| tics, the war, the Subway disaster, “that President Wilson an-/the lack of public interest in the | nounced his engagement to! coming world’s championship base: Mrs. Galt a few hours after he de- |clared himself in favor of votes tor | women.” The grateful Suffragists who are |talking about giving President Wil- \son a present should wait until they ifind if the prosent shouldn't really go {to Mrs, Galt,” suggested the laundry i man HE Jarrs were going away on i a belated ation and Mrs. Jarr had everything packed brt her own things, and she had invited the Rangles over to spend the last evening ere the departure for autumnal rustication on Uncle Henry's farm, oe cupy the male mind. Meanwhile, Mrs. Jarr and Mra. Rangle had resorted to the boudoir of the former to look over Mra, Jarr's wardrobe. Secret: dresses and Mrs. Jarr had several new two new hats. They Fables of Everyday Folks g i$ —== By Sophie Irene Loeb } Sn opyrgtt, 1419, by the Press Publisidag Co. (The New York Krosing World), An Old Man's Darling. |up all to get away—away from ease comfort that having meant the ae ‘ n| and comfort { INCE upon a time there was an | SP4 comet th old man's darling. He Was) The old mau died and she came tn very, very old. She was for a share fs a, money. agen ya had! “Ab, now I will live!” thoug very, very young: He Bd) sone’ grent feeling of freedom care money. She had youth | over her and she looked about hei They exchanked | And now, aa is often the cago in human or ac’ he had| perversity, she wanted the other ex- During her school days she had | Treme.-to be a young man's slave, heard much about the chotce of being | "TT as very simple to find the young a young man's slave or an old man’s! man, ‘There are so many looking for darling. She pondered over it much.|a young widow with money. Well, tt Iho loved all the good titngn of Nfe.|came to pass that husband No. Two i > : * lentered on the aeene. Ah, verily was Sho longed for luxuries that she Knew | sho his slave, He was master indeed, lier parents could not buy through her infatuation, her love for As many like her, she thought if she| him, She did everything he wanted, had a wonderful house With an auto | and when he knew he had her com- mobi utiful clothes and all the | pletely. cao aa on and « ro! over al nid man had left her. ‘To make a long fable short, he So when this old! squandered and speculated until one his money morning the receiver was summoned on her 18 to bi much as ved. e went on the luxuries bes money throur' love, She could { put up with the hushand who was stich | & fairy godfather man came along jingtt | bage and heaping prese | wax not lon before she Also, the man had tired of her, because no man can stand being plute master--not even the “ne’ | as this young man was. He tier of course and almost | likes be met with some spirit. The because the days were; game is not worth the candle when There was no Inspiration, no it is too easy. It made no difference what | So she could not even be slave. And she did~-always she had to come hack | she learned thiv moral: and cater to th man. He grew| In choosing « husband, neither older and more it and dependent |an old man's darling nor a young on her, until she almost hated the sight | man's slave, but the real partner of of him. equal responsibility and work, a posl- Finally she could bear tt no longer | tion which carries respect and a con- and whe left She was willing to give sequent chance for happiness {| The Jarr Family Copyright, 1015, by the Press Publishing Co, (The 5 Mrs. Jarr had invited the Rangles| ball games, and other topics that oc-! » became drunk with power | it) and the woman found she had nothing | be \ a ape ee = day. October 9. 1915 eee 08 we 'ASSING OF : It's not ew operations for appe for “The Other Woman’ W: {end militarism and feminism’ They with the black mustache, and |i storm of the kerowene days Hive imantic figure agreed the Bachelor the case may be” 4, “Or elee envied than tonmer auy triangle’ is « * put in the Widow, ed for * nated hi 6 bachelo Day rried man! Vive avery day |# Muchelor’ old-fashioned, everl the coathod agreed the Hachelo the in quaint lustp, make ap in allopathie dones.”” \“N | We are milllonaire--but just | "Amen!" éxclaimed the Bachelor. greatest delight to meet 2vee«a, af he y Rowland Prmemens e (Tee hee te bs ots “TMB ETERNAL TRIANGLE.” “B*. form,” correeted the Widow besiiatingiy ite They're WHO would shed tears over t 4 Zesne and Baybos and Du larry» ie usually fat and forty,” he isa sensible woman, whi owing’ THAT kind oF « of charm or novelty out-of-date and sordid and stupid and vulmar as arpets and toothpick holders and musta sare bored by the flowery banalities of the tn: nd--and all that sort of tht “Hear, hear!” cried the Bachelor, waving his handkerchief corrected the Widow ting inatitution, He never was a ‘thri it takes a wicked Wall Street m rook in evening clothes or a wholesale murderer of tho scientific thrilling to the up-to-date matinee girl re an stup — “Uhet © pinay like thet could ence hewe things are ee panete'” declared the Wide altering on the stage, ony more pontine shure it merely pute we They are + that's because every oun, Howedeys ‘@ because tie feel ions tr 1 Oftece O04 moreie keep chon@ing just as rapidiy as (he fashions ly bate and moter ten peers age le merely ‘wtupid’ ten yeare hence um evgmerted the Bachelor menkiy vulgar new, and what i* ‘The eternal triaagie “One accepts one's wives of bushands as one e their changes ) Dut it ie me lunger considered & mark of sociai distipe- de rigever Léetening to the laiee of other Imes as Loring and ti hearing al ui wo and in these days of real social probiew and Diatant as the villain uted heroine, and the paper mow the ‘erring husband’ ts co longer « ro “Hle's usually Just @ plain fool—or @ pla h wiseied the ls weually @ little eighteen-carat idiot, with an | ‘And the ‘fascinating tempiress | Widow. | “And the ‘abused wite acute case of clothesmania or tangoltia” more to be rt, ther ‘The eternal as flowered snd seashell ornaments ted firt and 4 busband the la SITUATION eo cups wn with Our day has come at Inst ‘He Ws just « » broom of the anyway.” Uke the kite produc ate or a brand to She wants her villane f The All-Around Man—a Novelty. i OT at all, Mr, Weatherby!” corrected the Widow gone around in @ circle and are getting back to old-fashioned prin- | just as we are going back to 1830 hats and hoopakirts again. of the erotic in life or In the drama, and the very newest, lates smartest and moat fascinating man in the world the one that lx moat ro- | treshing to meet in real life, and the most thrilling to watch upon the stags, not the erring husband, nor the skilful society burglar, nor the heartless the honest, perious-minded, id | devoted husband or lover—the all-around MAN! He's the novelty of the a “We have simply listic, human, tender, “And the woman that it gives US the in real life, and the biggest, choklest thrill to find upon the stage, is just the gentle, tender, high-minded, clear-eyed self. | sacrificing human all-around WOMAN—not the painted, patchoulled, palpita- \ {ren nor the violent vampir | tine temptresn nor the serpentine “In short,” akes You shiver 1 s0—80 panste' \ bit of work the What ‘religion “Gee whiz!" exc’ | “{f that Isn't the woman of it!" ighed the Widow, “It's becoming quite the fad to be GOOD: Mr. Weatherby” . groaned the Bachelor. ‘Lito in so dull,” said the Widow, irrelevantly. out of {t ls like taking the dragon out of the fairy tale, It leaves tt so—so unexciting!" imed the Bachelor, shaking his head “What makes you sigh?” “Taking all the villains or Satan out of in amazement, McCardeli —- # York bvening World), { HERE probably were displayed on the bed in her| | time when jewelry boudoir. She explained to Mrs, extensively worn than it j@ Rangle that she was not packing bh dresses till the last minute, so they! might not be crushed. As a matter| of fact, Mrs, Jarr was not going to take these costumes with her to | Uncle Henry's farm. “Even in a wardrobe trunk fine! taffeta gets crushed. Of course, in| the fasiionable resorts in the moun- tains—you know, the best people} come in October, when the summer rabble is gone—the maids will press | your dresses till they are as fresh as from the shop--but still | always wait fill the last moment to pack a} velvet or taffeta dress, even in @ wardrobe trunk.” now that really good looking jewelry cin be purchased at moderate prices. While this may be an advantage it makes posible adornments to a class of women who pay absolutely no heed to the suitability of their jewelry, to the times or places at which they sre worn. ‘The woman who knows will always select her adornments to harmonize with her attire and appropriate to the occasion. She would not wear (iumond necklace with « travelling costume nor expensive rings and Dracelets with @ sport #uit, She wears simple Jewelry with her morn- ing costume. Sho ver wears an over amount The wardrobe trunk stood on end | of segelry witha Clade comtumye, For Be 3H dressy afternaon occasions In the centre of the room. It was! i iomments in moderation, while with packed us to its compartments, but! jer evening gown sho is as lavish in {te hangera hung free and dressless.|the wearing of brilliant gema as her This wardrobe trunk, long desired by | purse and taste will permit, Some oF ri | Cur progressive jewel Mra. Jarr, waa anothor arrow in the ‘1, Fault into consideration and azo Reeom of har visitor, prepared to give advice in the matter “Taw ‘here waa a sale of ward-| of woating Jowelry, thus making it robe trunks at the big Bargain Ha-| possible for every woman to be proper zar," aaid Mrs, Rangle, acidly, “But|@t all times in the character of her we have @ friend who is a millionaire | * erent This will bea great aid in the selec: trunk manufacturer, and he says that| tion of jewelry and in time our sen: since the war some of the trunk man- of harmony will not receive so many ufucturers are making wardrobe About Your Jewelry. never waa a diamonds on a dark broadcloth dress. was more|She will know that these gems are only for dainty materials or evening dresses, With solid fabrics she will ‘This is largely due to the fact| wear the heavier stones such as lapis lazuli, torquoise or the various forms of matrix and the gem minerals and will reserve her snarkling brilltants and precious jewels of delicate shades for wear with har net, Ince, ehiffon, voile and evening gowns. We will no longer see the elderly woman in Jewels that make her pear ludicrous; for she will know that there are certain kinds of jewel designed and adapted only for th young girl, while there are many « tractive pieces which are especial! appropriate 0 herself. ach seaaon brings {te novelties tn Jewelry and, quite naturally, some of these now involve military designs. The popular bar brooches are being displayed as sworde, rifles, sabres and bugles, and come In ellver set with brilliants, in Frencli enamel and in cut Jet with pearls, In bracelets, the flexible links are present favorites and the old-time safety chain is being revived. With the revival of the black and white vogue it Is but natural that dlaok and white Jewelry should be prominent. There are brooches and pendants in black cameos surrounded by pearls or tiny brilllants and striking rings with French jet and brilliants. Pretty bracelets in German silver are inlaid with black enamel. The brace- let is a half inch wide and the designs are varied and attractive, jolts by seeing women with glittering | trunks out of pasteboard, and he ad- vised me not te get one, t fet tney|_ ralks With My Parents couldn't be any good when they were OTHER and I had a “scrap” sold 90 cheaply.” yesterday. I started it just to “But this is a genuine imported, seo whether I am losing out |"Kantkrash’ trunk,” ald Mrs, Jarr,|or not. I threw a apeon scree the E fan't one of those cheap imita-; rom and she told me to piek , ‘up. | Dear, tired, patient moth tione you were looking at, my dear,| 1 jove her with all the fervor of my ‘The salosman told me that since the| little heart, but once in # while eres wardrobe trunk was put o Inside me starte me to market over & thousand train baggage men have gone insane. They simply can't break it, no|Ject and to avold having to exam~- matter how they try. Why, ine closely the dresses on the bed that Mrs. Jarr was now turning her at- tention to, “On, we don't | pends,” said Mra, Jarr Imay go on @ motor trip thro | mauntaine—this is the most beantiful season of the year, you know--and we have quite a fashionable party. But while T and the children may stay a month or two touring with the Stryvera and Clara Mudridge-Smith and her husband, Mr, Jarr will have to return to attend the meeting of the board of directors, and, anyway, the business is practically in his charge half the time” Mrs. Rangle was ebout to remark |at New Rochelle, where for they have been throwing trunks from great heights out of the cars to the atone flagging of the depot, the New Heven Road hae: forbidden the ‘mon |te throw out a ‘Kantkrash’ trunk | because it doesn't hurt the trunk but destroys the concrete flagging.” “But the trainmen will insist on | putting wardrobe trunks wrong side up," sald Mrs, Rangle, “and that simply ruins the things in them.” “Not a ‘Kantkresh’,” said Mrs. Jarr. “It will stand only on one end, and If the trainmen endeavor to stand it on the wrong end, it falls over on them and breaks their legs. That's what drives the bags that a night watchman's wife could insane, the salesman told me. |say the same thing—that the entire “Do you expect to be away long?’ establichment was in his charge asked Mrs, Rangle, changing the sub- about half the time, But she reflected know, Tt By a Child _ Mother stood out and for two hours we had {t up and down, but finally her patience won out and I had t> pick up the spoon, Then I went up- ataire and when I came down I kissed my mother and I think she cried, t made me respect her to think hoe deld out for her rights, It's a great thing to hi Tespect you. ® people Don't you think so? that auch a remark would not be tactful. Yet she had to bite her lips to keep the words back. After the ladies had kissed goodby and had promised to write to each other--so Mre, Rangle could join her friend if the place was a nice ana ana after the Rangles had gone, both ladies freed their minds to thelr respective husbands. “She was that mad to see my new clothes and my new wardrobe trunk that she just sat there biting her lips,” sald Mrs. Jarr to Mr, Jar “Why does she tell flbs to me?" asked Mre. Rangle of Mr. Rangle, “Don't I know those dresses and that trunk were only there from the store on approval, and I will see them being called for and returned to-morrow, ‘The mountains? ‘The Jarrs are going to sponge off their poor country rela. tons this year again, es usuall” Per rl cane J