The evening world. Newspaper, December 26, 1916, Page 12

ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Pudlished Daily Except Sunday by the Pr Publishing Company, Nos. 3 to 63 1 New ¥ ork, RALPH PULIT: 3 Park Row, J, ANGUS $I ' JOSEPH PULITZ Entered at the Post-OMice at New York Bubsoription Rates to The Evening| For Engian ond-Class Matter. nd the Continent and World for the United States ‘All Countries in the International 4 4 and Canada. Postal Unioa, One Year. wee $3.50) One Year. cssaernes Bil sees BO/ON@ Month. ssasetecersarrensoom 085 One Month. VOLUME 57... .ccccccccscccceccseccceecsseeess NO, 20,216 WHY IS THE WICKS COMMITTEE? HE charge that the Wicks Legislative Investigating Committee T is consituting itself a wet blanket upon any progressive move- ment to better the conditions of food distribution in this city is brought by Commissioner of Foods and Markets Dillon. ner Dillon finds in the utterances of ex-Judge Ward, spokesman, indications only that the inquirers have discovered New York’s market facilities to be the best in the world, ite mik and food distributors too beneficent to be disturbed, and its hope of terminal markets too vain and unreasonable ever to be realized. “If Judge Ward finds the market system perfect, why in- vestigate further?” demands Mr. Dillon. “It would m toa lay mind that there was nothing left for him and the Wicks Committee to do but take their grips and go home. If present conditions are to be maintained, and the present chain of dealers and speculators are to be permitted to take their successive toll out of every pound of food coming to the city, the thirty-five cent dollar will never be increased and housewives may as well give up hope of a lower cost of living.” Commissioner Dillon has at least raised a pertinent question: Just what is the Wicks Committee doing and how much longer does! it mean to be about it? Like most legislative committees, this one is epending a certain amount of the public’s money. What are the services rendered? ———7-+—___ There ought to be room enough in civilization for Peace and the Monroe Doctrine without crowding. ——-+-—____. TAXICAB PROGRESS. MONG the things for which New York is being congratulated A this holiday season is a service of new taxicabs which are the cheapest and at the same timo the best the city has ever ween. Green flag taxicabs now carry one, two, three, four or five pereons at a rate of forty cents for the first mile and thirty cents for each additional mile. The vehicles themselves are as attractive, comfortable and up-to-date as any that have been offered to the public anywhere in the United States. The company which has begun to operate these taxicabs in New Work at fares well under the legal maximum rates is assuredly not @ojng so for sport or charity. It means to make muney. Its study of the recent development of taxicab operation in this city has con- winced it that it can make money by making the taxicab still more popular. Nearly five years ago, when The Evening World began its taxicab campaign which finally freed taxicab service in New York from the paralyzing grip of monopoly and graft and started it along tho line of progress under a new city ordinance, this newspaper expressed the following conviction: Nowhere do the taxi companies show more shortsightedness and ignorance than in their policy of ping the taxicab a luxury. Taxicab operators working with the city to devise well reg- ulated systems of cheap, popular taxis, public stands and stand- ard service may count with certainty upon rich returns. The big taxicab concerns of that day refused to believe it. Pri- vate stands, extortionate fares, privilege—hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of it bought from hotels—taxicabs only for the rich, were the only conditions of taxicab operation they could figure out. Their officers’ salaries, managing expenses and overhead charges were enormous and they hadn’t the sense to get rid of them. Where are these companies now? With lower fares, regulation, equal rights and competition, tax- icabs became popular. As they become more and more popular shrewd operators see increasing profit in bidding for wider public patronage at lower terms. The Evening World prodicted it, fought for it and finally opened the way for it. The proof of it may be found in the streets to-day. Twenty-five years ago, we read in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, it was reported that the supply of Christmas poultry in the market far exceeded the demand. Ducks sold at fourteen cents, turkeys at twelve and one-half cents and chick- ens from twelve to fifteen cents per pound. . Thirty-eight and forty cents a pound housewives paid for Christmas turkeys in this city Saturday and yesterday. Some going in a quarter century! Letters From the People Invitation to Musicians, To the Bditor of The Brening World There is an excellent opportunity for any girl over sixteen years of age to become familiar with the standard musical works by applying for admis- sion as a member of the choir at Grace Chapel, Fourteenth Street and First Avenue. No previous knowl. @dge of music is necessury—but each girl is expected to be able to sing the scale and to have a desire to learn music of a high order, Any Book Store, To the Editor of The Evening World: Please inform me if the story called “High Speed,” which you recently published, can be bought in book form. A RM. 91.75, To the Editor of The Evening World: What ts an 1855 gold dollar worth? BEL 20 Cents To the Editor of The Evening Ple Application may bo made to the| picontrogts? Value of @ one cent organist, George B. Loveday, at Grace » Q Chapel, East Thirteenth en Parts, 2,898,110; Berlin, 2,071,257, trance, on either Tuesday or Fridayy| T° & Editor of The Evening World evening, 7.30 k, this week or| To decide a bet, kindly publish t. ZORGE B." LOVEDAY, population of Berlin and’ Pari Li Organist and Choirmaster, | 8ity# Berlin has the largest population mcd Wisti Poae ah dee, and B says Paris has the largest, Po the "itor of The Evening World A DAILY READER, € a copy of the Sun, the first w 7 1 we, dated Sept, 3, 1833, Will you me know the value of it? To the Editor of Thi ing World; On what day did Sept, 26, 1900, tall? H. FY N. B.—We have no information as to fis value, but no doubt would com- |, 50 Cents to #1, 5 to 50 Cente, | To the Ratitor of The Evening World Pleas: ve me the value of one IIT cent piec 1878, one eagle cent, 1857, READER Evening World Daily Magazine By J. H. Cassel | “I've lost all interest in my work since | didn’t get a raise for Xmas.” —S 1ofa SUGGESTED BReewivn HM, Personality’s the Thing in Successful Selling | By James C. Young How docs the merchant regard the salesman? And what 4s the attitude Of the aaleaman toward the merchant? 667PHE merchant of to-day looks his principal sources of infor- mation and {deas,” ccording to Frank D, Bristley, manager of sales for tho Royal Baking — Powder Company, and one of the men who have holpedtogive the New York Salesmanship Club, newly or- excellent start. “He sees in the representative of the manufacturer or wholesah house a connecting link be- tween the production field and his own profits,” went on Mr, Bristley, “It is of first importance to him that he know what is being made, how It is gelling, and why. Upon that ‘knowl- edge depends in a large degree the suc- cess of his business, and the progres- ive merchant is more than ready to have a man who knows post him about trade conditions. “There is one indispensable require- ment in the relation of the salesman to the merchant, The salesman's customer must have confidence in him, Once that is established, their dealings reach a pleasant aud what HE GOT IT, SMALL boy appeared at back door of a 1 and said to opened the door: “Good morning: 00d morning,” the housewife re- d, somewhat curiously, ume over to tell you some- the hbor’s house the” matron who turn un | thing. | “Well, what Js 1t?" “Last’ evening Japa Was angry |decause the water boiled out of the | steamer under the rolled oats." 1s that so?” | "Yes And then he made up his |mind to fx the steamer so that it couldn't happen ¢ " “What did he do “He put some water in the steamer and then soldered it “Is that what you c up. ue over to tell | me Kindly let me know where I can ap | Mates, 47,292,122, Fem » 44,0), “Yes, and to borrow your step- y to join the American Ambulance | 640,144, ladder its roa, now serving. In France, Will| To ibe EAor et The tvecing Word agivhat do you want with the atep Passage be paid over iJ join with| A bets that there are mor males | 4 , ant It so fath A ‘ape Sides ot accapting noMecorpense| then temeica in cee teat ae ae rolled onta off the celling,'Philadels my services? uP | READER, phia Ledger, ganized, such an | ; Should be a mutually profitable st: ‘The successful salesman does business to-day on the basis of what he has to sell, and through his ability to present it in an attractive way, The time has passed, forever passed, when the salesman carried on his trade upon a social basis, | “Now 1t is @ question of personality, jnot one of good fellowship. Merchants are busy men, They have but a few minutes to grant callers and no inter- est whatever in the opinions of the salesmen, or whether it rained in the last town on his route. The old days of entertaining and liberal ordera to But Old Fashioned Hustle Will Work Wonders, Says Frank D. Bristiey, Sales Manager the fellow with the good stories are no more. Salesmanship has become science, a profession, an established entity in the scheme of trade. “Personality is the most valuable thing that a salesman can have and perhaps the most indefinable. But we never have any doubt aboutge man’s possessing {t when we meet one who really has an individualism of his own, It is something that reaches out and convinces the other fellow—the power to make men see things through his eyes. “Not all of us can be so endowed. But that does not mean that the man You C and strong, which has ail the | advantages and none of the defects of brittle, fragile window glass, has been invented by @ Phila- delphia genius, says Popular Science Monthly. A twenty-two calibre bullet cannot penetrate the new glass; a brick can- not shatter it; a heavy man thrown against it under all the terrific mo- mentum of @ collision would not go through it, but would be thrown back from It, uninjured by flying glass, be- cause none would fly, A stone thrown against it will bounce back like a golf ball. When struck a powerful blow, a8 with a hammer, for instance, it will | crack {nto hair Hnes, as shown in the | accompanying illustration, but there will be no shower of fying glass or splinters, Furthermore, these hair line cracks leave the surface abso- jutely smooth, ‘The secret of its strength Is a sheet! of white, transparent celluloid, twen- | ty-ono thousandths of an inch thick, annot Break This New Glass | A NEW glass, transparent, tuugh;Which 1s placed between two pleces of glass. The glass and simply welded celluloid are together under high temperature and tremendous pressure, the resultant being a solid sheet pos- sessing all the transparency of the} best plate glass, combined with the| strength of a sheet of metal _ Roumania’: HE City of Jassy, to which the Roumantan Government and| al advance on Bucharest, is a city of} about 150,000 population, and an im-) portant trade centre, It 1s situated tn the valley of the Bachui, a tributary of the Pruth, and only a few miles from the latter river, which forms the boundary } tween Roumanta and | the Russian Province of Bessarabia, | This is not Jassy's first expertence as a capital, as it was ‘New Capital government of Moldavia, when the Turks controlled | of the great area covered, due to the fact that most of the houses have large surrounding grounds, In the| old place, but in th st half century it has » than doub pulation, and has been complet nodernized. Jassy is celebrated for its) many churches and convents, the metropol- {tan church of St holas and the Church of the Three Saints being the most famous of these rejigious struc- | seat of! tures, ever | Royal Baking Powder Co. of intelligence and ambition who 1s without a specially marked character cannot become a salesman, He can. lard work will do it, and the harder he works the sooner he will begin to develop @ personality. The desire to do a thing 1s a long step toward the goal, and the man who gets himself to sell goods and who puts his whole be- ing into the Job must make progress. Jesmen are iearning more about ir business every day and are com- ing to occupy a position of constantly incroasing importance in the world of trade, The opportunities for the man Who can sell merchandise are draw- ing @ bigher type of men to the vo- cation, and tho salesman of to-; row 18 golng to be one of the best eculpped men tn a.y Ine of business, His ethics and methods are getting better all the time, and his profession hus assumed large significance in business affairs, “The New York Salesmanship Clu yey been started with the idea of drawing ‘Le men in the prof. 4 «toc ther, aid for the purpose of helping them to get ahead, Woe have a number of definite plans t»- Ward that end, and expect to soun have a membership running into the thousands, Every profession, men tn line Of Unde, bave organiza. tions to promote the interest of the members, ‘The New York Salesman- Club has been founded for the en of New York, and we intend to make it one of the biggest things | of its kind in the c Ii ‘The Meaicinal Lemon rus Chamber {8 given due consid. I’ the testimony of the Sicilian Cit. | eration In determining the status of a lemon it deserves an important| place in the list of first aids. Accord. ing to the authority mentioned the| lemon alds are chiefly medicinal and hygienic, says Popular — Science | Monthly, 1t# julce 1s of value in| treating diphtheria and gout, For It will cure slight wounds and chil- ‘ Roumania, From @ distance Jassy ig|blains. The juice of several lemons} diplomatic corps removed when | ay imposing city, and appears to have| taken every day will help to cure | the Teutons began their victorious) many umes its’ population, because rheumatism and prove an antidote for diabetes; small slices applied to| corns will ease the pain, | ‘As a cleansing agent and beautifier, | Turkish days {t was a squalid| the reputation of the lemon soars, having still hands, juice whitens improves the complexion helps, anything can, to remove freckles, In the culinary department it ranks with salt and sugar In gon. eral usefulness, and as a furniture polish its oil is beyond reproach, And yet to be dubbed “a lemon” is considered uncomplimentary, higher. The the it Sa Covyriaht, 1016, by The Prams Publ her soul and treasureth in the eternal feminine hear’ yings of Mrs. Solomon By Helen Rowland (The Now Yor Evenina World.) M’ Daughter, hear now the prayer which every woman chanteth in O, Providence! saith the Eterual Woman, in this the miracles and magic, of golden gifts and good will, of heart's desire and youth's delight, I pra; Send me LOVE! the love of man—and of woman; of little children and of dumb animais; of youths and damsels, and those who have passed into the after- glow of life’s sunset; of waiters and bellboys and clerks and chauffeurs, yea—and even of janitor The love of man—may he find in me the spirit of romance, the embodiment of his illusions, and the Thee Ideal Woman of his dreams, The love of Woman—may she find in me the Perfect Friend; yea, not Send me in vain, may she trust me! Thee: The love of little boys—may they discover in me the joyous spirit of childhood and adventure and camaraderie, And of little girls—may they recognize in me the yearning spirit of eternal motherhood, The love of old ladies—may I somehow bring to them the sweet echo of their lost youth, the glowing remembrance of their dim, dead dreams, the breath of romance long laid away in lavender. ‘The love of dumb animals—may they hear in my voice the tenderness of affection, and see in mine eyes the promise of protection. The love of poets and dreamers—may they find in me a singing heart —a spark of sympathy, wherewith to light the divine fire of their im- spiration. The love of damsels—may they delight to confide in me their hearts’ desires. And of youths—imay they come to me with their hopes and aspira / tions, their problems and their triumphs, Of the Of the Of the Of the Of the Of the For lo! good—may they love me for my weaknesses. wicked—may they cling to me for my strength. sud—may they smile at my nonsense, gay—may they be steadied by my philosophy. simple—may they look to me for wisdom. wise—may they delight in my folly and simplicity. IT am a WOMAN, and my brain ts, peradventure, small and holdeth but little, but my HEART hath capacity for all the world. Therefore, I pray Thee, whatsoever else Thou seest fit to bestow or to withhold, send me LOVE, and even I, a woman, shall be content! Selah. The Jarr Family _By Roy L. McCardell. Copyright, 1916, by The Press Publishing Co, 66] M glad Christmas is over, 60 I far as I'm concerned,” id Mrs, Jarr at breakfast the morning after Christmas; “every debt's paid.” “Every debt paid?” asked the as- tonished Mr, Jarr, “Come now, the news is too good to be true.” “I don’t think I've missed one,” re- plied Mrs, Jarr, “Not a one. Let me see,” here she began checking a list off her fingers from memory. “There's Clara Mudridge-Smith, Mrs, Stryver, Mrs. Rangle, Cora Hickett and ber mother"—— “How'd you come to owe these peo- ple?” asked Mr, Jarr, “Gee! I wish you wouldn't borrow. Do without things rather than do that. Or, if you must borrow, tell me about it, and I'll try to get the money for you.” “Money?” repeated Mrs, Jarr. “Do you think any of these women would lend me @ cent? Why, I don't know a soul who would lend me five dollars if 1 were starving to death, Why, if they pay a five-cent carfare for you they hold it as a grudge. No, | was speaking of Christmas debts—pres- ents.” “You regard them as debts, then?” asked Mr, Jarr, “What else are they?" retorted Mra, Jarr, “Clara Mudridge-Smith gives me a present, I give Clara Mudridge- Smith a present, If I don't she'll go around telling everybody about tt. It's the same with Mrs, Rangle and Cora Hickett and her mother, Oh, I wish nobody had sent me anything. “Why, Just the other day I heard you complain because you hadn't re- ceived any gifts from your friends,” remarked Mr, Jarr, “Well, now that I have received the gifts I complain worse than ever!” replied Mrs, Jarr, “Such gifts! Cora Hickett sends @ copy of selected poetry—89 cents, I saw them at the store, Her mother sends an art calendar, and I've a suspicion that it was a last year picture with fresh ribbon and just a new set of those tear-off months, You can get the months for next year in a bunch for 10 cents, 1 know I did and fixed over that art calendar I got last year and was going to send it to Mrs Hickett In case she sent me anything —and SHE gent (The New York Evening World.) Only that I didn’t want to lose her friendship—for good friends are few and far between—I'd have sent my made-over calendar to her after get- Ung the made-over calendar #he sent me. f retty bad picking this year, tt seems,” remarked Mr, Jarr, “You may well believe so, when I tell you that there wasn't a thing that IT got that was of enough value to make me wait till the week after Christmas to send anything in re turn,” said Mrs, Jarr, “The week AFTER Christmas?” re peated Mr. Jarr. “Yes, the week after Christmas,” was the reply, “The way to do when you get a handsome present you didn't expect from some one you never thought was going to eend you anything is to wait till the week after Christmas, when holiday goods are literally going for almost nothing in the stores. Then you buy something nice in return and send it by mall or express, with a fetter dated a few days before Christmas in the pack age. Then it ts delivered just about the time the person who sent you the nice gift is saying to herself, ‘Weil, how foolish I was to send HER anys thing! Never agat Having re- celved the nice gift you got at a bare gain a day or so after Christmas, even if the recipient suspects what you've done, she can’t prove it and will have to give you the benefit of the doubt that your gift was overlooked or de- layed in the great jam of goods that swamped the mail and the express companies, “Always with love and best wishes of the holiday season?” remarked Mr, Jarr, “Of course, even the costliest gift would be without value unless it was sent with love and good wishes,” sald Mrs. Jarr. “But, as I was saying, thank goodness all my Christmas gift debts are paid!” As though it were waiting for these words to be spoken as @ cue, the bell rang and Gertrude, the light running domestic, brought in a pack- age. “Oh, goodness gracious! A Christe mas gift!" cried Mrs. Jarr pettishly, “And you thought you hadn't am enemy left in the world,” remarked me a calendar}! Mr, Jarr; “it's another art calendarl"” HOMAS GRAY, author of “An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," was born in Corn- hil, London, 200 years ago to-day. The original manuscript is still in existence, although it has had a checkered existence, It was written in the principality of) ordinary colds it 18 a great specific.|q neat, legible hand, with a crow~- quill, on four sides of a doubled halt sheet of foolscap, now yellowed by age. A number of differences exist between the manuscript and the first printed copy, numerous alterations six of the original verses omitted, ray's father, Philip, the son of a wealthy merchant of London, but he squandered his tn- heritance In riotous living. Accord. ing to all biographers, Philip was an indolent, unprincipled man, and an Thomas as | To-Day’s Anniversary jof many ehildr unworthy husband and father, The poet was the only one of twelve chile dre. Who survived infancy, as he set forth in »4 for his mother's grave: reful, tender mother » one of whom alot had the misfortune to survive hen He commenced his “Bley” in 1% but did not complete it until 1749, Me showed the manuscript to man friends, but had no design of printing it until a copy fell into the hands of the edit rhe Magazine of Maga- alne i oh it first appeared, A ew the post's request, jthe poem was published in pamphlet been made, and as many as} form, price sixpence, with a title page With skull and crossbones, was immediately popus ma being led tor within # year, Later in life he wae offered the laureateship, but deglined, and he also refused a degreo from Aberdeen, He died in 177) and wae buried at Stoke Poges in the same tomb with his mother and an aunt. f