The evening world. Newspaper, December 21, 1915, Page 16

Ae neem Sb Van b nsacRe co ie ie ii Bas 5 " by The Prema F (The New York By J. H. Cassel neds, oi J Entered at the Post-Omice at Now York as Second-Class Matter. the Continent ahd All Countries In the International Postal Uniom Subscription Rates to The Evening) For England and ‘World for the United States Canada: $8.60/One Year. NEARER THE REAL VALUES. Pra utility corporations deriving millions in profits from the right to use the city streets are a little nearer the day when they must realize they cannot evade their fair share of the bur- den of city taxes. 5 The Evening World hae long maintained that the outrageous re- 5 ductions of special franchise assessmente secured by compromise with The Evening World Daily Magazine, Tuesday, December 21. 191 $ : | i TA Gentle Hi Reflections of RSTANLIGHED BY JOSEPH PULITZMR, G € nt € 1 n t J Published Daily Except Sunday by the Press Publishing Company, Nos. 8¢ to RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Row, J, ANGUS SHAW, ‘Treasurer, 63 Park Row, SSN ae ae By Helen Rowland Copyright, 1015, tr the Prom Publishing Co, (The New York Drening World), HERD are the presents of yesteryear— The presents I sent to Flora and Fay; Gone—with the kisses of yesterday— Into the junk heap, and cast away! Through my fagged-out brain cells, night and day, What shall I buy for this year’s Girl? “Orchids, or books, or a pendant pearl?” I groan, as shopward I wend my way— Che bs tends e ithe A Bachelor Girl : JOSEPH PULITZMR, Jr, Secretary, 63 Park Row. BALLADE OF A BACHELOR, W ‘The trinkets and trifles? Alas! I fear, But this {s the question that seems to whirl Lady, the problem will turn me ¢ray! WHAT ghall I buy for THIS year’s Gin? municipal officials through the ceaseless efforts of well-paid corpora- tion lawyers have been one of the biggest and most unwarranted losses to the city’s revenue, The present State Board of Tax Commissioners sees a light which politics hid from its predecessors. It sees that taxpayers gen- erally have become better informed as to methods by which public) service companies scalo down their taxes and shift their burdens. It sees that the city is impatient with a system which has constantly tended to ease off the taxes of corporations which pile up huge earn- ings from their enjoyment of privileges they owe to the publio. Special franchise tax assessments in this city for 1916 as fixed by the State Board show an increase of $62,482,400, upon which the city should receive $1,321,000 more than it got from the franchise holders this year, A non-political board of State Tax Commissioners has used new methods of valuation based upon official figures and court decisions. This ought to leave less chance for corporation attorneys to frighten easy-going city officials into compromise and inaction. NS It was the late Artemas Ward who denied that the leopard } couldn't change his spots. It could be done and fixed with a paint brush, said Artemas, when animals weren't spotted the a right way. Still another philosopher refuted the leopard prop- osition by pointing out that the beast could do it himself— when he got tired of one spot he coukl move to another, Tho Colonel fits both methods, A NEW STANDARD. HE Board of Aldermen that goes out of office to-day began work T a Fusion Board in 1914 with the avowed purpose of show- ing the city that the old type of New York Alderman is not the only one and that the body can still be a useful part of the munici- pal government. It has made good. From the start, when its members divested _ themselves of the old petty license privileges which had grown into a disreputable traffic, the Aldermen of the retiring Board have made eonsistent efforts to simplify their procedure, speed up their cqmmittee work and turn their energies to useful, constructive legislatidn. The enforcement of new standards of safety and decency in moving picture houses, the strengthening of the taxicab ordinance to a point where it has met all teste—both measures first urged by The Bening World; regulation of electric and other advertising signs; the establishment of a Municipal Pmployment Office; the uncovering of frauds in the constitutional election of April, 1914, and the draft- ing of a new building code—these are a few of the things for which .the Board deserves credit. Just before it was elected the cry came from many quarters: Abolish the Aldermen! It has occurred to nobody for nearly two} years to revive the demand. This Board goes out with a clean calen- dar, 1,600 reports received and disposed of and a good word from everybody. , It is not too much to say that it has rehabilitated the Aldermen sin the esteem of the city and set a standard which it should be the first concern of the next Board to maintain. COL ee a aa Anyhow, Mexioo is hard pressed by peace. fabs sari cakiiataaecaaaea NO PAUSE FOR WINTER. B HE withdrawal of 100,000 British troops from the Gallipoli T Peninsula, restless movements around Salonica and rumors of a projected German invasion of Egypt from Syria might seem signs that the war was about to concentrate in the East. At the same time, however, the Germans on the western front are shouting | louder than ever “On to Paris!” and rushing up men and munitions for new attacks in Belgium and France. One thing seems certain. This time there is to be little slowing down for winter in any quarter. All the nations involved have made full use of the summer in turning out cold weather equipment for their armies. Nature may, of course, make conditions too severe for even the most thoroughly thought out winter campaigns. Still, we note it is not as it was last year. There is no talk of the struggle hibernating or marking time until spring. On the con- trary, on all fronts the word is “Forward”—which despite all the extra exposure and suffering it means, the world cannot but welcome if it brings conclusions nearer. Hits From Sharp Wits Pessimism may be defined as that ntal vision that Many a man wastes as much energy on trying to get an easy living as would gain conspicuous success for him if it were rightly applied—Al- bany Journal, . form of restricted m concludes his re- The trouble with some fellows is that they knock opportunity first, ‘Whenever a ma: ae marks with “and so forth” he wants to believe he knows a lot more An affable fellow 1s one who can| YOU b laugh ot the same Joke twice.—Nash-| Rbout the subject than he reully does ville Banner, 7. g aa: ag Husbands always tell their wives When a man makes ostentatious] that they positively should not gossip display of money that he ca in| with other women, but if wifle knows his pocket, it may be inferred that] anything hubby can’t sit still until he that is about all that he has. hears it all.—Mac In the World Almanac, Foner {Te Beeming World can | find an account of the recent wealth of the various nations and Ti aeas uttese aa ate we y ‘the rank of each in tho matter of na-| time, any place, dhore power to him) 11 M Titer of Ke ear bathiub" tonal wealth? TH SEI fr URE so LN Ot ae ee Sp yePB a’ — By Roy L. OME business for*the boss, his employer, had taken Mr, Jarr early in the afternoon to a manufacturing district of the east side, The busi- ness consummated, Mr. Jarr deter- mined to call it a day and surprise his wife by returning home early. So he idly strolled westward through the ‘busy, unfamiliar streets in which he found himself. ‘One lateral street, in particular, was most busy and most unfamiliar in its business. Nondescript and vagrom types of men {dled in and out with harness and currycombs. Sharp featured men in horsy smartness of attire, and given to heavy jewelry in the way of rings and watch chains, stood at the curb edges, holding carriage whips and giving critical observation to sundry horses that were being trotted to and fro in the street by active white and colored hostlers. Kt brought back to Mr. Jarr mem- ortes of the delectable days of his boyhood, when livery stables and) blacksmith shops were loafing places, of delight far above all others. As he passed one of the newer edi- fices given over to the barter in horses he was aware by the throng within and the sounds that emanated that a horse auction was In progress, Like many others Mr. Jarr had come to the belief that with the present popularity and widespread use of the automobile the function of the horse had passed and that noble anima! was becoming as extinct as the dodo, But here was proof to the contrary, and Mr, Jarr idied into the horse auction. Here, in a great arena with a gal- lery around three sides of it and a tanbark floor-—-a place suitable for a horse show—the auction was well under way, A throng of several hun- dred mer, equally divided into the horsy smart and the horsy shaggy and shabby types, formed a narrow buman lane all down the centre of the horse mart, Through the narrow pas- sageway hostlers were trotting va- rious specimens of horses of all ages and kinds, From a rostrum, rudely pulpit-like, at the side near the centre, the auctionver, a ferret-faced man of forty, beld forth, using & two-foot length of heavy trace leather as a gavel, Lower down and at 4 portable desk was the clerk of the sale, with the catalogue and book records, “How much am I offered for this - 2 peel Pe The Jarr Family ade tb ore 6, jin b LEGS McCardell — Copyright, 1915, by the Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), leather gavel with a whack upon the pulpit, Mr, Jarr was beginning to notice things in the semt-darkness of the horse mart. He noticed first that any horses which had tails had these tails tied up in an absurd resemblance to the manner in which schoolgirls of his scholastic days had worn their hair. He also noticed that each horse had a small number printed on paper and pasted on its back. His further in- vestigations were interrupted by a hand betng laid upon his shoulder and @ famiNar voice saying in his ear: “Whatcha doing here? Going to buy a horse for the holidays?” Mr. Jarr turned to behold his friend and fellow member of the Uptown Business Men's Association, which met at Gus's, Mr, Rafferty, the con- tractor. Mr, Jarr immediately asked what Mr, Rafferty was doing here, Mr. Rafferty replied that he was looking for a span of mules to use in resounding his business, And just then a pair of handsome dark gray dappled horses —— By Sophie Everyda Fables Done Loeb —— Copyright, 1015, by the Prem Publishing Oo, (The New York Dvening World), The Spilled Milk. doctrine for direction in everyday af- NCE upon a time there was a| fairs. man who belleved he had found the true philosophy of life, It is a well known one —"Never cry over spilled milk.” He deemed this the greatest were led out. They were perfectly matched and appeared, as the auc- ttoneer vouched, “kind and intel- ligent."" Mr, Rafferty had come for mules, but the action of this pair of hand- some horses impressed him, as it did Mr. Jarr. And as it was not money out of his pocket, Mr. Jarr advised Rafferty to buy the pair. Mr. Rafferty bid. There was little competition, and the horses were knocked down to the contractor re- markably cheap, Mr, Jarr congratulated the pur chaser, but little did Mr, Jarr realise what the contractor's purchase would mean to him. For horses, like Mes and chickens, ofttimes come home to roost. AE, } How Men’s Clothes Began | Copyright, 1015, by the Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Byentng World), No, 8—Jewelry. HEN you see a fellow with a diamond in his scarf, ame- thyst buttons on his fancy vest, a gold haweer holding each hand, don’t say too many harsh things about him, It may not have been so many hundred years ago that his ancestors painted themselves blue and wore heavy circlets of gold around their necks and arms, 60 be may have come naturally by his taste, Theso fancy boys were the Britons whom the Romans found when they came over and cleaned up the island, ‘The same thing that makes a man carry a rabbit's foot is one of the reasons that started the jewelers to work. At the beginning men used to hang shells, tigers’ claws and junk of that sort around their necks to bring good luck, ‘Then they began to imi- tate them in metal ‘The ot on is the old, old at- tempt te themselves look pretty up his watch, and rings on | j, uk so that the girls would take notice as they passed by. At first the Romans wére only an iron signet ring, but this later became a marriage token, Ww the craze for silks and satins pair of coach horses—the pair, mind you n years old, warranted kind The bidding wa nd the au tioneer also, “Sold to Mr. B., one hundred eignty tor the pair.” And down came she. i la | broke out in the fourteenth century, Kings and the boys with the big bank roll oldered all over thems A hundred years later it w inuning the jewels ern thes Wi Diamonds w always the “big ow" in jewelry, When you get to about them you recall one of [two and @ balt those creepy stories about a couple of hard individuals blackjacking their way into a Hindu temple, gouging out the big sparkler from the idol's eye and spending the rest of their lives dodging a crew of revengeful priests. They turned out some classy ry in India, and the idle rich there were keen on big diamonds. ‘The “Kohinoor’ is the best prese agented of all stones. It came trom India, and people there have fought about it for 600 years, N. h, licked Mohammed Shah. When they dragged Mohammed up after the scrap, Nadir was tipped off that he bad the “ico” hidden in his turban, So he politely offered to swap hats. Under the rules, Mo- hammed had thirty seconds to come across or bid a hasty farewell to his ad. He didn't hesitate. Nadir's es popped out of his head when he w the stone, “Kohinoor” (Mountain of Light”), he gasped, and that fixed its name ‘The English removed further tempta- tion from the Hindus by having the sparkler presented to the Queen when they annexed the Pubjab in 1849, ‘The father of all diamonds was the “Cullinan,” found in South Africa, Tho Colony bought it for $750,000 and phesented tt to King Edward, It ighed 3,025% carats, uncut, but de- veloped a flaw, and the best stone they got out of It only scaled 616% carats! Don't let anybody tell you that Pittshurgh millionaires are the only fellows Who will give up double fuls of real money f ul diam The Duke of Oreans, 1717 $648,000 for the “Regent. some fellow has valued it miliions. U In his early days he was a hail-fel- Jow-well-met sort of human. It was said he never worried or brooded over anything. Having to make his way in the world, he began with a small Job, His cheerful mien won for him ‘many friends, and after awhile he was given @ place of merit and re- sponsibility, On various occasiona ho made minor mistakes in his work, but his philosophy came to the rescue and he would go away and just let that spilled milk dry up and blow away— and with it his care of it, The principle of throwing things oft his shoulder, when they were done, however, grew upon him. Therefore, this man was always happy. This State of being, of course, is regarded as desirable. While he laughed the World laughed along. The firm with which this man worked was successful, and he was given more responsibility. ls oft: thi Leet 4 often the case, was with the tide of success, Pere te bis associat ‘some fellow.” He did not aves bea opinion of himself, either. Now it cam to pass that @ big deal came ne, 3 vee in bis He was working diligent sum mate it. Lah ee ‘ Being @ jovial fellow, he always had many comrades. In moments of good fellowship, he told of this important business proposition, and the story was carried to a competitor, who promptly used the information to his advantage. The young man's firm lost Pa ie about it onted him facts, but he proceeded to show thane that, altho he was sorry, it was ng use “orying over apilled madi,” ‘Whereupon thoug! chagrined at thelr loss, ht mn matter go by in peek to i Se one the hope that the trusted empl would profit by bis mistake and ‘that it would not occur again. The young man smiled and “patted himself on the back" as to having instilled his great philosophy into his superiors, Therefore, as alwaya, he smiled at the ik and fonges, it. course of events a larger piece of work came into hie hands, Having schooled himself easily to forget things he made the same bhun- der again, This time he not only spilled the milk but “spilled the beans," which always concerns the other fellow as well. Again he pro- pounded his philosophy, but this time H fp Smeal Was treated as the spilled milk, The firm took the stand tf had cried a little over the ie spilled milk—-enough to REMEMBER: it—the mistake might not have oo- curred again. Otherwise he would forever keep “spilling” smile such mistakes aw: whole business with it ross Wa © learned So hin day of with that company, ral Sinco People who never ery over spilled | go, at close to|milk usually cry when there is no|”” milk to api, =, _ wife can make of the same man, prospect for him. wits, Every woman is beautiful while Glasses of romance; and every day ts HBRE did good old Santa Claus W come from, and St, Nicholas and Kris Kringle? In the very earliest days of Chris- tiantty there lived in that part of the world near Germany a good man, Nicholas by name, He loved all children, the poorest and hungriest and dirtiest as well as richest, and at every winter festival he gathered all the children that he could find to his home, and there was something for all—no one was forgot- ten. The children loved him dearly, and when he died he was called St Nicholas, the children’s patron saint, Santa Claus is the Dutch name for Bt. Nicholas, made a saint Deo. 6 was the day ect aside in his honor, but gradually his day became merged into Xmas Day or gift day, From the Dutch also comes the {dea of hanging the stockings on Christ- mas Eve. While we in America hang stockings, the Dutch people leave their wooden shoes by the chimney piece for Santa Claus to fill, Not feeling our gaces to be “large enough to hold all we want, we invite the good saint to fill our stockings, In Germany all Christmas joy comes A diamond and a lump of coal are merely two varieties of carbon; Gut they are as different as the two things which the right wife and the wremg No man is ever “old” so long as he can look upon life as a Christngs tree and still believe in his heart that tt holds some bright and glittering Many a man who has brilliant letters of recommendation as to charac ter and steadiness from @ dozen business firms couldn't get one from his the love-light is turned on her; every man is @ hero as long as a girl looks at him through the rosecolored “Ohristmas Day” to a lover. When @ woman breaks anything she {s always cheered up by the thought that now she has an excuse to go out and buy something she likes etter. And yet men say that women have no fortitude! A girl may succeed in convincing a man that she can’t be kissed, Gut she can never persuade him that she doesn't WANT to be. a arn Where Santa Claus Came From Copyright, 1918, te the Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), not from Santa Claus, as in He and with us, but from @ little called the Christ Child, who bi all the gifts, He is also called Kringle. About two weeks before Christmas, on St, Nichoias'a Day (Dec, 6), each little one in writes to the Christ Child and lays the letters outside the window. The German children never see the Christ Child as we see our Santa Claus, but {t is he, they think, whe brings the Christmas tree and and they leave on Chris! lighted candle in iow t ” the wi mide Bea them. ee jose children know noth: delight of hanging their p74 tan ‘mortlog te fed st Balen orning to 4 treasures, nor do they Save “any equivalent in their language ‘te ‘or . #o “Merry Christmas," which gheery from all lips on that oor lay. One Iittle knows how that 1s missed in that faraway by those accustomed to its eound. Christmas Day in other lands has {te Pleasures, but I fancy that every American boy and girl, while echoing the German greeting, “God bleas the Christ Child!” will, In thelr hearts, cling to thetr childhood’s idol, Santa. ch and cry “Merry Christmas to Dollars and Sense 66 GREAT many merchants, particularly in the less pro- Rressive sections of the country, actually don't know what it costs them to operate their stores,” remarked @ prosperous grocer. “Overhead in the average retail store ranges as high as 25 per cent, of the sales. “Here is the way I figure that ex- pense factors should be itemized: Rent (or, if the building is owned, depreciation)—Here is the rate of annual depreciation adopted by the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges: “Steel and reinforced con- crete buildings five years old or less, 1 ; more than five years, 2 per cent. “Mill constructed buildings and fireproof apartment buildings, 2 per cent. on bulldings five years ‘old or | 3 per cent. on build- ings more than five years old. “Brick and lath bulldings, in- cluding old flat buildings, 8 to 4 Der cent. "Old frame and nearly obsolete buildings, 6 per cent, and up.” Belary—All employees, including the manager, Delivery Charges—Repatrs to wag- Betty Vincent’s HP girl who marries a man be- cause he ts earning a good sal- ary, or because he has a steady position, or because his family ts well. to-do, and not because she loves him, makes one of the most serious mis- takes possible. The mistake is dupli- cated by the young man who selects a ife because her social position is superior to his, or because he is tired of boarding and wants a home and an unpaid housekeeper of his own, rather than because he has deeply and seriously in love. The m: riage that beg! with love begins fairly, at any re whereas the mi riage of convenience is almost des- tined to fail. “A, 3." writes: "Do you think It In proper for my fiance to oall on other girls, particularly on one whom he greatly admired at one time, and who, I feel sure, is doing her best to regain his affections?” After a young man {s engaged he is supposed to devote all bis attention to the young lady of his choice, “A. R." writes: “I have known a young man for over two years, and he 1s constant visitor at my home, and merely | We are very fond of each other, but ‘ay—and the! his mother objects to his paying at- tention to any girl, Should I sena| him away on that account?” I see no reason why you should do! “BL Ad’ writes: “I am in love with se By H. J. Barrett ong or autos, harness, shoeing of Berves, Rrease, feed, rent,. lepreciation on autos and stock, &e. oe id Light—Including light in barna, gar- —Coal, fireman, &o. Refrigerators, drinking foun- 8, Soda fountains, &o, Advertising — Newspapers, otrou- ‘ ne mane, campaigns, &c, -rinting—Statione: Gitts—Bonations, © *t sorts. ‘Telephone and telegraph. Insurance—Stock, fixtures, insur- ance, &c, Taxes—On stock, fixtures, &c, Interest, Paper Bags — W: paper, twine, &e. venetian 4 Breakage and 6 of Repairs—On atures he, eee Depreciation on merchandise, Goods stolen from stock. Shrinkage—Of merchandise, Bad accounts, Depreciation—From cost price be- cause of change of style and pur- chase of slow moving stock ne- cessitates reduction of prices Miscellaneous—All other {tema “Freight and cartage should ~ pear on this list. They should be fe: ured as part of the initial cost of the stock and charged accordingly.” Advice to Lovers a girl and know my love is What ‘troubles mo. Is that "ait ats thinks about is pleasure and that she is @ little extravagant and thought- less. She buys a thing whether she on agora Js or not and lets her '# pay for it. If this Nike that after marriage "here cam ‘be po happiness. Shall I tell her how I T advise you to have @ sensible talk with her, the sooner the better.» Difference in Age. “P. D." writes: “I am twenty-etx years old, but I have always been considered rather youthful for my ago. I am in love with a young man of twenty-one who loves me and wishes to marry me. Do you think the disparity in our ages wil unhappiness in the tuvuret™ beaihid Not necessarily, although a women always runs an additional risk when she marries a man several years younger than herself, “N. O." writes: “A young man who. has @ good position wants me to marry him. I am el of working, But t ve has three moge years in college before he can think of maria » and fis 30 } I hesitate about waiting for long, as he doesn't want to bind him self absolutely so far ahead, What shall I do?” You are not justified in marrying a man you do not love, especially there bs @ man whom “4 you do low You can judge enough about a man’s character, for all domestic ga 4 poses, simply by watching him put up a Christmas tree. \ »