The evening world. Newspaper, January 20, 1916, Page 14

JOSEPH PULITZER, ishing Company, Nos. 68 to i. ESTARBLIGHED BY Publishes Datty texcept Sunday by the Pre rk Row, 1, ANGUS SHAW JOSEPH PULITZE Entorod at the Post-Office at New Yorn as Second-Clase Matter. Budseription Rates to The Evening |For Engiana and the Continent and World for the United States irk Row. All Countrie# in the International Postal Union. 4 weeeeees $3.60/One Year.. + 80 One Month $9.75 56 —_— VOLUME 56.. ——---. . 19,875 ITH demands for intervention agitating the Senate Commit tee on Foreign Relations, and a certain amount of hair trigger talk exciting the country, reports of border fighting along the line between Mexico and New Mexivo are sure to be dis eussed for all the facts are worth and probably more. In some quarters the possibility of the nation’s going to war with somebody seems to have been contemplated of late with such intensity that the idea has become an obsession. It would be mighty healthful exercise for the country to practice @umming up the Mexican situation with a sane regard for facte and values, Outrages perpetrated by bandite are shocking. Any Government that cannot in the long run punish and bring to an end such crimes is not a safe Government. apd factional ferocities, the indiscriminate lawlessness and fight ng that have been tearing Mexico to pieces for the Jast six years, who can| ay the Carranza Government is not entitled to further demonstration | of its abilty to establish order? | Violence and lawless passion have been known to defy authority! even in this well-balanced country. Not long ago the State of Georgia was the scene of one of the most dastardly éutrages against law an” order that even scandalized the nation, Murder was done by an or-! ganized body of citizen slayers. And not one of the guilty has ever} been punished. Is it fair to expect too much of Mexico? CONVINCED AT LAST. HE EVENING WORLD notes with satisfaction that the Mason- Seaman Taxicab Company at last sees the wisdom of following the advice so often urged upon it by this newspaper. After a long and losing fight against the taxicab ordinance the Mason-Seaman corporation has decided to take out licenses for its o-called private taxicabs and do business at legal rates under the law. Three years ago, when The Evening World began ite successful campaign to give New York a new and cheaper taxicab service under municipal regulation, it predicted that lower rates and fa! competition | would immensely extend the use of laxicabs in this city. The prediction has been fulfilled. Chief Drennan, of the T:- cense Bureau, says of progress in taxicab service: “It was set moving when the ordinance advocated by The Evening World was passed, and never before in the history of the city has there been such @ steady growth and better devel- ‘opment of a common carrier.” “Where, before, less than a hundred cabs were added an- nually, there are now over a thousand more cabs on the streets in two years’ time.” What is more, Chief Drennan points out, from all sides come as- @urances that “the hackmen are doing a good business.” Long ago The Evening World warned the reluctant remnants of fhe taxi trust that patronage and profit would come only to those taxicab proprietors who hastened to operate under the law. ‘The Mason-Seaman Company has no doubt paid heavily for its lesron. But there is still plenty of business for clean, up-to-date tax- icabs that go after it the right way. IT PAYS TO BE A SPECIALIST. WN THP prosperous ante-bellum days at Monte Carlo not a few per- sons enjoyed modest incomes from the sale of “systems” guaran- teed (more or less) to beat the roulette wheels. But the most successful of these “green table” coaches were pikers compared with the bridge whist expert who has taught society in this city and at Newport to handle cards with skill and profit.| ' Whis king of bridge, his wife alleges, often made as much as $30,000 in one evening, thanks to his proficiency, and has a fortune of half 4 million acquired directly or indirectly from his profound knowledge | of society’s favorte game, | The claime of the roulette instructors always went to pieces at one simple test: If their systems were so wonderful why didn’t their owners themselves use them to make millions instead of offering them} for a few francs to the first comer? There are no masters of roule Remembering, however, the poked everything and everybody. kind look at bis disposal wi his middle name. tered a room all laughter died out. The Evening World Daily IE Mr. Disagreeable. NCE upon a time there wos a disagreeable man. think he was born that way, He was reared in a largé family, but was generally avoided by the members of it. His poor mother charitably sald it was the fault of his digestion, But {t wasn't. It was his disposition. Dispositions are cultivated and not inherited. They are also self-made. Doctors try to tell you that it may be the fault of the liver; but with this man it was different. He bad con- siderable gall, Ho just assumed right of way over He never gracious word or a Everybody his adversary, and “fight” was Whenever he en- seemed to have On every festive oceasion, around the family board, he was the death- head at the feast. 4d He was the “kill- joy" of the crowd, And yet be con- Th Wy al | tinued to mingle among men. er layer it w » into| tis alm was to accumulate coin, e are only players who approach it with superstitions done into gtrange to way, Be succeeded; but formulae more or less complicated. Intellect counts for naught, | But with bridge it is different. Bridge is scientific. It encour- ages its devotees to study and become specialists. And why shouldn't Science and specialization have their rewards at the card table as well as elsewhere? Hits From Sharp Wits There is no quicker way to sort out|to live their lives over the cheerful givers to pass|chances are they would ate @round the hat.—Philadelphia Tele-|same foolish things they have out. gragh. lived.—Toledo Blade, <6, 8 Sine aa Do you find it more difficult to], It is quite Mlogical to expect praise think up something to think about|for doing those things which are in- than uu do to think about it after| cluded in one's duty, you have thought it up?—Macon ee a Telegraph. || The more seriously a man takes a: |himself the more he excites the rist- A woman can ly manage a| bill 8 of others.—-Albany Journal, man, provided th e does not let hd ° Rim know she !s doing it.—Memphis Commercial Appeal, -'¢ Another path ie little feature of everyday life tu circumstance that so many people think they can play the cornet, but can't,—Columpbi, Why do men say they would like! State, 2 -_— —_—____ Letters From the People Woman's Inver Bo the Etitor of The Evening World nen. jof this machine lachlevement of which all women : : op Should be proud, and demonstrates fo a recent edition of your paper ithe fact that she was not lacking in Prot, Joseph Kren by a woman is Johnson, Dean of! initiative n : rin inventive genius f Yhe School of Commerce, Accounts|now find that the servant problem ts and b.nance, New York University, | practically solved in my home, and War quoted saying, “It is too bad) when I cannot get competent help I Wormer basn't m nitiatve, And/do not feel the weight nor care of why, ob why, doesn't she invent | keeping house with a large family, as gate: dishwas: dean Johnson || consider the most tedious part of May ve sierwnied to know that in my | the work ellminated, Not only iw this home + have an electric dish-washing| machine successfully used in hom Mavnine which was invented by a|but in hundreds of the largest hot Woman, the late Mrs, Garis Cochrane. | hospitals and other institutions in this T cup vouch for tne machine's efti- | country. | his bullets withow ore money be made tho ‘more »y he made those about him, He became unmereifully independent and it was almost impossible to live with him, “The mother used to say: “L don't know what gets into him. He doesn’t seem like one of my own. But we must bear with bin.” Now, it came to pass that a distant relative of this family died, leaving an only daughter alone in the world, ‘The girl caine to live with this fain- lly. It happened she was the very opposite of the disagreeable man. She Was the most agreeable creature in the world. Everybody loved her and lcnged to have her about, Mr. Dis- agreeable resented her coming, but he could not stop it, So he attempted to make HER life miserable also, Yet he did not succved. The young woman Was @ rare character, saw through him at once and realized that the unhappy family suit of this on fellow jong before sh of action with which t bers of the family wer Her one injunction wa: eave him alone.” Thus, when Mr. Disagreeable came home from work the meul was over as quickly and quietly as possible, Every time he wanted to start ua argument he could not find anybody to argue With. ‘They let him shoot returning the at- tack, Afterward the family congre- gated in the girl's own sitting room ‘and there spent the evening in merry- making. The Divagreeable man was never invited. Being “independent” he restrained bimseif from seeking their society. | Little Lheatre parties were plannod, |as were other outside amusements: but HE was never included in the arrangements. He sought the solace | of his own room, ‘This continued for a considerable period, Many a time, as he thus sat alone, trying hard to It was not decided on a course in accord, eiency, and | have found it a time, MRS. LOUIS B.KLEBAN, labor and dish-saver, ‘Spe tavention Park, N, ¥, } ’ Snowed In! Everyday Fables — By Sophie Irene Loeb —— Oovrright, 1916, by The Press Publishing Oo, (The New York Evening World). 1) came sullen and hi Magazine, Thursda iat 16, The ites ~, (ihe New York Eroning World } AAA B Ann By J. H. Cassel \ | \ | him from the girl's rooms; yet the doors were closed against him. He grew very heey Later he be- lly spoke to any one, He realized he was “out of it.” He could not provoke anything dis- agreeable to 6 bis life. When he assumed such silent moods the others indulged in happy repartee. At such times he listened and realized what fun they were having. Also he saw | who had accomplished all t! ane | irl, sAamiration for her power struggled | in his disagreéable breast. Later there came admiration for her wit and wisdom, which he could not! down, no matter how resentful he) was. By and by he was wholly miser- | able and began to feel very, very sorry for himself. He believed nobody in the world cared for him and began to long that they would. He also began to long that one would—the irl. pretty soon love came to him— | against himself. And then he was| very unhappy indeed. He summed up some courage and attempted to meet | the others on their own ground. Oc- casionally he laughed with them, He strove to suppress his disagree- able inclinations in order to gain the girl's approbation. At last he suc- cooded. He actually made himself agreeable, because to be agreeable | meant to be within the fold. Soon) it became easy. | To make a long fable short, Mr. | Disagreeable and Miss Agreeable be- came one. Moral: If you want to cure the dis- agreeable man, give him absent | treatment. ‘who owns real estate to vouch for —— By Roy L. Copyright, 1916, by The Pres Publishing Co, (The New York Prening World). T was getting dark in the Police Court and everything was at @ standstill, except that the Judge, the policemen, the clerks and the rep- resentatives of the variouscrimhinal 80- cleties and municipal efficiency bu" reaus were making out more cards. Mr. Jarr, who had been arrested for sneezing, was still waiting in line with other hardened coughers and sneezers, A kind-hearted murderer, noting Mr. Jarr’s plight, had volunteered to help him by telephoning to his friends. The kind-hearted murderer had kept his word, and in due time Gus, the proprietor of the popular cafe in Mr. Jarr’s neighborhood, arrived and bus- tled through the gate. Gus made out a card applying for a bail card, and received the bail card and filled it out. But a perspiring man with a close-cropped Van Dyke whisker and gold-rimmed glasses pre- sented a yellow card to the Judge. “T am an officer of the Society for the Prevention of Persons in the Liq- uor Business from Going Ball, Here fs a card I have made out,” he satd. ‘The Judge took the yellow card and glanced at it wearily, thon he turned to Gus and said: “If you wish to go ball for your friend you will have to get some disinterested business man How Men’s C Coprriat No, 13,—Clothes and Climate. 66 J JUST had to go out and have a good cr’ said the Cannibal Chief, as he wrung bis hands and wiped away the tears “Il was never so embarrassed in all my life; they made me wear a suit of clothes.” Poor fellow! It was the first time he had ever worn anything at all and it was mighty unpleasant, Naked and comfortable, he could look any man in the eye; he would have had nerve enough to try and sell electric fans to the Eskimos. But when they put clothes on him hey couldn't stand the strain, | All of which brings us to the very) painful admission that there is no such thing as natural modesty. At| the beginning, so it Is claimed, men| lived in a hot climate and by all ac. counts they were too darned lazy to do any dressing, As has been men- tioned before, it was only when some | Forty-sec Street Boy of a few) hundred th ears ago got the idea that up a bit he'd have a bett to cop out the village queen that clothes got their star sa matter of fact, men never wore used of having too much modesty. get interested in a book, the strains of song or laughter would come to When doing his Parlor tricks a Beau Brummel puts on as many clothes as will atick, but at Coney on @ hot day 1016, by The Pree Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World). lothes Began | he wears as few as the stand for, Whenever anybody thinks he's got up something entirely new, some cops will grouch comes to bat and claims the Chinese invented it 9043 years ago, and then forgot about it. They didn't invent our modesty stuff, but they have some ideas of their own on the subject, If you're planning to go into Chinese society please don't speak of the ladies’ feet. It is estimated that three minutes elapse between the} starting of this line of conversation| and the time one lands on one's ear on the car tracks outside. This thing of clothes ts a cinch down in the Tonga Lsland yourself prettily tattooed onc you're fixed for life. It's full dress for any occasion. It's not quite so easy for a Carib girl; if the day ts hot she can leave her duds at home and take stroll up the avenue, but peo- ple just will talk if her paint isn't on straight, | Up in Alaska, In the olden days, a mother used to tell her daughter that | clothes didn't matter, but that one must always have one's ilp-plug in nicely. i We're elvilized and advanced and look down on the poor heathen, and all that sort of thing, but {t certainly would save @ lot of time and money If a string of beads and a cigarette were the proper morning dress on @ The Jarr Family McCardell — | you. Get @ purple card from the clerk and send for such @ party who will vouch for you after you make out the purple card. If the disinterested Party comes to court to vouch for) you the clerk will give him a pink | h cand to make out.” “Is this a pinochle game,or is it a Police Court?” asked Gus. “Already I have melded sixty queens and forty Jacks making out cards,” “If the cards showing court is ad- Journed are made out, we will ad- journ,” said the Magistrate. “Take the prisoner away!” The officer slapped Mr. Jarr on the shoulder, a cloud of sneeze powder arose where Jenkins, the bookkeeper, had placed it under his collar, Every- body began to sneeze, and in an In- stant the whole place was in an up- roar. The clerk dropped several thou- sand colored cards which flew all over the place, and for ten minutes the entire attention of the Court was given to collecting the cards and sneezing. After the cards had all been col- lected and sorted, and the sneezing had quieted down, the Magistrate de- manded that @ blue and white card of disorderly conduct be made out against Mr, Jarr. This was done, ana Mr, Jarr wus arraigned, charged, by the card, with disorderly conduct, Everybody in court, including Gus, had to make out white witness cards against Mr Jarr, charging him with disorderly conduct In carrying con- cealed sneezing powder, “I thought you were a hardened of- fender, a chronic sneezer,” said the Magistrate severely to Mr, Jarr, “but 1 find that you are only a car rowdy, that you carried sneeze powder into a public conveyance and made a nui- vf urself.” “ven be turned to the complaining officer, “Did be terrify the passengers, break windows and use bad language in the presence of ladies and chil- dren?” asked the Magistrate, ‘The officer said Mr. Jarr had done nothing of the sort. “It is too bad Uhat he didn't,” eaid the Magistrate. “I could have made an example of him 1p that case, and have discharged him with a repri- mand. However, I can fine him a dollar for disorderly conduct, and 1 do! Let him make out a card and pay his fine and go about his busi- ness!" As they went sadly homeward, Gus wiped his eyes, “Let this be a lesson to us, Ed Charr,” he said feelingly, “From this on let us be real ori inals and never play cards or beha ourselves again.” Aud ‘Mr, Jerr promised, poner y. January 20. 1916 Sayings of Mrs. Solomon By Helen Rowland Copyright, 1916, by The Brees Poblishing Co, (The New York Evening World) Daughter, consider the way of a man who knoweth HOW to order a dinner. For by this sign shalt thou know a Woman Charmer, Verily, verily, in the Gentle Art of Dining a Connoisseur is the Matder Delight and the Widow's Joy, and his price is above War Stock. Lo, the Amateur considereth the Menu and valueth the dinner socord- ing to its expensiveness But the Artist considereth the WOMAN, and before she knoweth her own desires he hath uttered them. | For he hath studied the sex and he percelveth that what 1s one woman's Piece de resistance {s another women’s poison Behold, how he seeketh to dazzle the Debutaute with his prodigality and his savoir-faire. He leadeth her unto a CONSPICUOUS place in the centre of the room, where ehe may display her New Frock. He adorneth the table with orchids. He regaleth her with lobster and with partridge and with frogs’ legs end Punch and champagne and salads of alligator pear and ices and pastries and caviare. Yea, it {8 all so saccharine end 60 conventional! But the Sophisticated Woman he guideth AWAY from the multitude unto a dim and dusky corner far from the Madding Music. He offereth her a simple squab and Green Asparagus in January, He | springeth a NEW cocktail upon her; he ordereth a SPECIAL salad dress ing and vintage wine. He delighteth her soul with novelty and Fresh Surprises. He ts SO | “thoughtful!” Lo, the Fluffy Thing, who appeareth so ethereal is FED, from hors d'oeuvres to nuts. Yea, with beetsteak and potatoes and fried egg plant — and chicken a la King is the Chorus Girl regaled. , For he knoweth that beneath a pink tulle gown and a halo hat there ofttimes dwelleth a ravenous appetite and a desire for EVERYTHING, whether she wanteth {t or not. His Country Cousin and his Maiden Aunt he leadeth yinto the brightest, | 4nd notsiest of Cabarets, and lobster and sweet champagne are laid before them that they may receive a Thrill and go home and rave about it forever afterward, But his Society Queen 1s guided through mysterious ways unto dingy “Bohemian Cafes,” where she is filled with rapture and ideas and spag- hetti and garlic and illusions, Verily, verily, among twenty men that know how to make money and ten that know how to make love thou shalt find but ONE that knoweth how to order a dinner so that it seemeth a compliment and not an insult unto @ dameel’s delicate palate. Therefore, let us praise him with the words of our mouth and sive him the fruit of his labors, whioh {ts the everlasting gratitude of the femf- nine heart. For He understandeth us! Selah, Odd Facts About City Hall Park F many familiar parks tn the City of New York the most thoroughly well known ts the Uttle spot of green know as City Hall Park. Among old New Yorkers this park was held in the same reverence as was the Common in Boston. In our ancestors’ time Wall Street was the city’s northern boundary line and it was then that Otty Hall Park was used as a cattle walk. Under Gov. Dongan’s rule it was set apart for public use, and for a century and @ half thereafter it was the favorite mecting place on occasions of public| 4 jail was added to the interest, It was in November, 1765,|the home. ‘Then the whipping post, that the first popular assembly was| Stocks, cage and piilory were added held here in opposition to the Stamp set up before the almshouse, Act. On June 4, 1766, tho people gallows was built a trifle to the again assembled to celebrate, with the nd this was in aid of roasted ox, We are told by his- nt demand torians of that time that “a hog In 1775 @ lottery was started, and ead of Rum Punch and 2% barrels of| this stood between the almshouse and Ale” helped the celebration along. | Broadway (called at that time Great Upon this latter occasion a flag| George Street), Later this building staff was erected, which later became | Was used as a prison, and when the the rallying point for the patriot sol-|city demolished it in 1838 thé stones diers and citizens of that time. On| were again used for the erection of four separate instances the flagstaft|the Tombs, was torn down by the English sol-| In 1800 the “Poor House” was final. diers, but it was immediately replaced ly torn down, and the present City by its defenders, ¢ Hall came to light; but it was not ‘The most consequential meeting! until 1875 that City Hall Park was held was when the park was called given its present shape and size, “the Commons,” and this was on July 6, 1774. it was then that the People desired to show publicly their Ideas of opposition to the passage of the Boston Port Act. At this meeting? Alexander Hamilton, who was just seventeen years of age, made his first peech in’ public, the Declaration of Independence was read to the Revolutionary troops at this spot. Fefore the Revolution the elty bufit {ts first charitable home. This “Poor House,” as it was called, was erected upon the site occupied by the present City Hall. It stood here trom 1736 to 1797. Some time between 17 Wit, Wisdom and Philosophy MAXIMS. By Mary Queen of Scots, HE best inheritance that can be For those who have kept themselves bequeathed to the children of Chaste and upright and who have in virtuous parents 1s the under- (‘Pelt tmmortal bodies emulated the lives of the gods return: gtanding 66 vite, them, while those who have collea a. 3 themselves with vices find them- Do not glorify yourself on account) selves upon "a circuitous route, far of any virtue, wisdom or learning|from the presence of the gods. . 8 which you may happen to possess:| 7.1104, vai in ch: but rather give the glory of it to God, | the ability of woman fo eouurn ae who alone i# tho cause of thie pre-' Mr, I would cite the cxaimphe nat eminence. Show scorn to no man, Beswee, of Thebes who wrote five but reflect that what may happen to!) 0.04 of epigrams; Erinna who com- " & poem of three hundred verses one may also befall another. And in the Doric language; Polla the nage as I have already told you, return of Lucan, who helped her husband to thanks to the all-powerful God for! correct the first three books of the having shielded you trom so sad a! py. alia, and Aspasia who taught fate and pray that such misfortune rhetorle and was the instructoi r u | finally the wife of Pericles, bets may not come upon you, | 28 Nothing wins friendship and tion more readily than se sroulty, iat the young man ignorant of © true majesty of @ prince con- aan neither In dignity, gold, Frags recious stones nor in things believes that ereate preclommps of fortune, but in prudence, {ivy tn ownine ater hi virtue, wisdom and knowledge. And. ing friends. just as the prince will wish to differ and matte from his subjects in his habits and! who when his fashions of Uving #0 also he! fore him should be elevated above them in'On being asked why he did so heme: being superior to the prejudices of the | plied, "I reserve the other ¢ ntirely for vee the benefit of the aceused.” : i riches than in possess, Let us avoid talebearere ers and imitate Alexander, any one was accused bet stopped up one of his ears, . . rates said that there are two ware Things born easily perish suddei dl nly, and those which are slowly « endure for a long time.” “berated either of which the spirit can take when it has quitted the body. Thrift we By Samuel Smiles (By Permimion of Harper & Brothers.) x a {Ject of political ec y No. 4—Private Economy. ot of Di cal economy to create and Ts began with clvilization,|!nerease the wealth of nations, ‘ Private and public wealti It began when mef found It) same origin, Wealth ie nays the : 7 = atare d by necessary to provide for to-/labor; it is preserved by savinnetany inorrow as well as for to-day, It be-| accumulations, and it is Increased by diligence and perseverance, t gan long before money was tavented,| ns the savings of ‘Thrift means private economy. It|which compose ti wealthy uals includes domestic economy, as well as words, ont nee NR—of every na- _ | Hon. n the other hand, the order and management of @ fam-| W104) cuinony a thahtdeaat! {a he fly. occasions the impoverishr states, So that every thritty person may be regarded as a public benefae tor and every thriftless person public enemy, tie While it Is the object of private economy to create and promote the well-being of individuals, ét is the ob-