The evening world. Newspaper, August 22, 1917, Page 12

i en rt ANGUF renee — Entered at the Poet top Katee te T ‘ered Por Vane ent Ter Month pt VOLUME bs EXTORTION THAT SHOULD BE STOPPED. HE EVENING WORLD continues to receive letters from the travelling public urgmg it to keep up ite fight agsinst cab extortion as now practiced at railroad terminals in this city Not « few of these letters come from persons whose homes are in Other parts of the country, but who retain « lively recollection of the @xeeetive cab rates they have paid to station oab-starters when they Plaited or passed through New York. To the executive heads of the New York Central and the Penn- @yivanio—railroads that profess untiring real for the greater comfort @nd convenience of the publico—The Evening World has put the direct question: Wherein are patrons of your ronds served by # policy which compels them, on arriving in this city, either to take the ua- metered, extra-fare cabs enjoying exclusive privileges on your terminal premises, or to make their way, no matter at what inconvenience, to outlying streets whero they can find licensed taxicabs that charge the legal rates! The question stands—unanswered, Here is another—for President Ralph Peters of the Long Island From the point of view of public service, Mr. Peters, do you approve au arrangement which prevails at Far Rockaway and other stations on the Long Island system, whereby the railroad stakes off space on its own property adjacent to its stations and sells stand permits for $10 each a season to un- Meonsed cab operators who charge the public what they pleace? Chief Drennan of the City Licerfte Bureau, who has done as much $s any one toward developing an efficient, popular taxicab service under the present ordinance, has repeatedly complained of conditions at these Jong Island stations. But the private property plea still protects the railroads in their partnership with privileged cab owners at small stations no less than at the big metropolitan terminal; The Public Service Commission claims jurisdiction over cab com- panies that hold contracts with railroad corporations to take passen- gers from railroad terminals. Public Service Commission, however, has so far seen fit to interests of the public and to curtail the benefits of the taxicab law by excluding station cabs from those operating Mcense and supervision, and by permitting these station cabs to charge “sone” rates in excess of the legal tax! schedules, Not only do the “zone” rates charged by the Westcott Express | Company, which now has exclusive cab privileges at the Pennsylvania : and Grand Central Stations, include an initial charge of FIFTY cents H for one or two persons, whereas the legal taxi rate is THIRTY cents, i but the zone system is manifestly unjust in that the passenger often has to pay a two-zone rate to a destination only a block or two beyond @ one-rone limit. As long as the railroad corporations hold to their present extraor- dinary policy of permitting a privileged cab company to overcharge persons taking cabs from their premises there can be only one effective remedy: The present taxicab ordinance must be amended that ft shall require all vehicles operating from rallroad terminals to be classified and licensed as public hacks, That is an amendment which, unless the railroads change their ettitude, the Board of Aldermen should pass at the earliest possible moment after it convenes. But is it conceivable that “model” railroad systems like the Ponn- syivania, the New York Central and the Long Island will walt to be coerced into performing » duty involving nothing wave obviously just and reasonable treatment of the travelling public! excckneermommnmendpepsesamenenscnene Send-Off Dinner, Wednesday, Aug. 29. Send-Off Parade, Thursday, Aug. 30, Nothing was lacking but the dates, New York will do the rest. ————_<+-___ IS IT TO BE THE REAL THING, GOVERNOR? ROM Food Administrator Hoover at Washington to Gov. Whit- man at Albany; From every point of view the adequate war regulation and \ permanent improvement of marketing conditions in New York needs efficient State legisiation. In the interest of that efficiency what sort of Food Bill is Gov. Whitman going to insist upon to enable the Empire State to do its part toward meeting the great emergency df war? ' Will he accept a measure so ticd up in tape that {t can take no grip? Or will he go back and stand squarely by his original programme of Food Control that controls? Food speculators prefer the compromise Food Bill now before the Legislature. The State of New York is entitled to w better Food Law than one that is only complicated and uncertain where it ought to be clear and compelling. Let the Governor step back to his earlier Food Control platform and stick to it. i i 8 —————_<-4-_______ Berlin has something beside Papal sent pts to ponder, Hits From Sharp Wits Andin ther like this the fat man learning to make Atel: bates bims Pittsburgh Gazette-[done but it ts Heharstyere su crer-43 Times. News, £16.09 rer The retail groceryman, drafted,| If his wife can't take the conceit ought to be pretty effective in the, Ut of a man, her mother generally ebarges.—Boston Transcript. | can.—Binghamton Pr . | ee | The . tombstone trust ‘s a monu- low's aim is splendid, but ville Banner, poor because his good in-| { peations jam at the breach.—Toledo N . mental outrage. . |, The fellow tn the next house says his wife seals is about ready to take his | vacation.—Pittsburgh Gazette. Times. : At present pric: a man has to cfs two days to earn his daily! If faith will move a mountain, that t New: shows the difference between @moun tain and an ol bamton Press, re ‘. Bek te ie inate woman.--Bing- 4 BOARD LAM RETECTED, CROOKED _ Now a ay LACKER HIDE BEHIND ry ‘Da Ter’ TAWwKE YouR COAT OFF | 1AM Be 00d! Do Your . ) SCRURBR tas s : ee 4 Fast Every Woman's Place By Helen Rowland te te SS ohdal foe Veen ag | oo ot teeny ® anl «om 3 We “toot on” an Bievetor Giri « foure And oh, the dife - De tore » Mewgnty ous of ae @m, obit. orn eule And od new Whe made you tee ke apoloetieing every Gee. you had to make one of run the car ap, And like crossing bie palm © liver every (me ene of them greeted you pleasan Abd Mike crawling sbjeotly twire Because he happened to be out ip the aresway or down im the cellar oking @ clgaretie the Great whenever you bed te rt, She te neal and quiet and odliging and plessant And she seems to regerd rw Not as ap act of charity! Isn't that funny! It took ber only @ single day to learn to stop the car plumb with the floor, And to start it without a jerk, And to say “Excuse ine!” when she failed to do either of these things! And, though my husband calls ber “The Debutante,” Afd pretends to be afraid of losing bis life when she takes bi or brings him up, I have noticed that be carefully removes bis hat when he gete in the car, And that he fe not at ALL ill-pleased to have something pretty te Jook at, And at not having to wait fifteen minutes in the morning tor HER to throw away & cigarette and lounge in from the cellar, And it makes me wonder if “Woman's place is in the HOME,” at this vital moment, after all! Nay, verily! With all the men going to the front to fight for the Home— And for the Woman, too—— Woman's place is tn the elevator! And in the munitious factory, and the potato fleld, and the earden, and the ambulance corps, and the hospital, and the carpenter shop, and the office, and the packing house, and the firing line, if need be, And EVERYWHERE that she can be of service and do a woman's work, Or a man's work, either! And you may not believe it, But {t hasn't “unsexed” our little Elevator Girl a bit, And I don’t think i will coarsen her, or harden her, or make her a less “womanly,” To tura the crank of that elevator_— Not @ bit more, in fact, Than {t would to wield a rolling-pin, or @ flatiron, or an electric washing machine, Or to go about dancing at tango teas all afternoon! Do you? “Woman's place?” Woman's place at this moment {3 wherever she {s needed—__ And it’s up to every woman To FIND her place! The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCardell polite, the elevator as @ BUSINESS down bit By James HOST of heroes hate gone trom America to the land of “out there,” where the world’s fate Is being settied. It 1s believed that no less than 1,000 of our own have been decorated by the Allles tor tide is just begin- bravery, And the ning to rise. This legion of 1,000 must forever hold a special place in the nation’s affection. They range from adven- turous younger sons to the men who have laid aside high position for the common cause. Distinction has sought them out after*brave deeds modestly done, It would not be po: sible to tell half their story in a dosen volumes... It is not even po: sible to name all of the men in this hono: legion. But representative cages reflect the glory of all, There was the man who won the Victoria Cross, most prized of British emblems given for valor, He was Alexander Granger McDanagh, and lived in Elizabeth, N. J. McDanagh was caught up by the swirl of war and went to France in the early days as a member of the Blackwater Bat- | talion, Indian Expedition Field Artil- lery, Almost single-handed, he saved ECENT excavations in Italy have, unearthed many toilet articles! used by ladies of the Etruscan| period, long before the Romans came | into power, Among tbese are yanity} boxes, very much like those of the present’time, These were carried on @ slender chain that fastene girdle of the Ktrurian belles and con- tuined sweet scented pomades and other “beautfiers” with which they were accustomed to dab their classical faces from time to time One of the most interesting relics of this far away day is @ hand mirror, haped exactly the same as those of our time. But instead of glass, the Etrurian ladies were compelled to de- pend upon @ surface of highly bur- pished copper for a glimpse of their U. S. Honor Legion Leads Way for Nation in Preserving World’s Liberty—Men of All Ranks and Degrees Win Dis- tinction on Many Fields. C. Young Copyrigit, 1017, by The Pree Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), @ couple of guns from the Germans’ clutch, King George pinned a V. C. upon him, One of the first Americans to win the Frenca Legion of Honor Cross was Lieut. Charles Sweeny, Spokane, Wash, He 1s now a Major in the United States Army. Before the war the Major had spent some time in Legion, and then joined the aerial branch, American flyers would seem to have a pecullar genius for their trade, Norman Prince, Clyde Baiely, Victor Chapman and Bert Hall are some of those whom the French singled out for honors. ‘After the opening day of the great offensive in Champagne, the men in French firing trench saw a weird y call night. bandaged figure hobbiing on two rifles used as crutches tolled up to It was trooke Bonnell of our own Brooklyn. He got the Mili- tary Medal. A French newspaper described him as “a man who had forced his way from between the clenched teeth of death.” American ambulance drivers have the trench, Centr ' America and Africa, seeking! had @ large share in the honors of adventure, Then he went to Part | this war, |men awarded the Military Cros: Here is a part jst of with and the great adventure claimed) special mention: B. J. Curley, Stephen him, He entered the Foreign Legion, was made Sergeant and next Lieuten- ant for holding a captured trench until reinforcements came up. In the first battle of Champagne he was hit just as his command reached the Ger- man entanglements, For four hours he lay in uw shell hole and directed operatrons nearby. They gave bim the Cross after that memorable da} The name of Lieut. William Thaw, originally of Pittsburgh and now in the French aerial service, is one of the most familiar that has come out of the*great war. He has won the French Military Medal, the Legion of Honor Cross and a half dozen other distinctions. Lieut. Thaw ts perhaps the most successful American air- man, Lieut. Elliot C, Cowdin, a New Yorker, Legion of Honor man and holder of the Military Cross, also won his way to fame through the French flying service, Sergt, Kiffin Yates Rockwell of AUanta, Ga, made som thing of a noise in the world by de- stroying the first enemy aeroplane that he encountered, Sergt. Rockwell rove from .he ranks in the Foreign sed in Days of Old, ew Excavations Show loveliness, Although glass was in fairly COMMON Use MisnY years ago, It was not until recent times that @ clever mind thought of painting one side of a glass with a preparation that would cause it to reflect what- ever came before it, So in ancient days milady was compelled to use some glassy pool or a bit of polished copper for her looking glass, And both seem to have served their pur- fully, it is from these mirrors of copper that we got the design for our modern creation of glass. Articles similar to those found tn the Etruscan tombs have beon dis- covered at various times in Egypt, Ansyria and elsewhere, but this re- cent find is notable one because of the excellent state of the articles, and thelr variety, GaJatti, Dudley Hale, Lovering Hill, Joseph Melien, J, R. McConnell, Durant Rice, Donald Walden, J, Mar- quand Walker, Jacob Wendell, W. H. Wolverton, all of New York; George Buswell, Waiter Lovell, Tracy J. Put- nam and Harold B. Willis, Boston; Graham Carey, Cambridge, Mass. David B, Doug! Newton, Mass.; Luke Doyle, Worcester, M: Henry M. Suckiey, Rhinebeck, N. Y.; Powel Fenton, Philadelphia; William T. Martin, Pittsburgh; Frederick Hol- lingshead, Sparta, N. J.; George Reeder, New Brunswick, N. J., and Richard M, Hall, Ann Arbor, Mich. Second Lieut, Arnold Whittridge is another New Yorker to win Brit- ish honors, He has been in the ar- Ulery for some time, and got the Military Cross for directing his bat- tery’s fire from a particularly peril- ous position. Tl are almost legion ip ican heroes. And after all names only names. ‘The men who bear them have helped to make that prouder name of Amer- fcan a title of honor the world over. Business Efficiency By H. J. Barrett _ Intensive Retail Selling LAKE had just dropped into @ B promiuent clothier’s and baber- dasher's to buy a few craval#.|t, day? He completed his purchase, and as he approached the door a man accosted him, remarking with a@ pleasant smile: “I gee you've just been buying some ties, They're holding a sale to- day of Gotham shirts with full 36- inch sleeve lengths. There they are, right over at that counter.” Blake looked in the direction indi- cated. Conspicuously displayed was an assortment of shirts with the pre- viows and present prices prominently featured: He was interested. ‘The fact that his arms were longer than the average meant that ordinarily he found difficulty in securing shirts the sleeves of which would fit him. He ‘walked over to the counter, inspected the line and finally, invested in a half dozen shirts. ‘As he once moré started to leave he thanked his informant and re- marked: “I note that you're wearing at hat. Are you a customer or one of the store's staff?" “I'm the assistant manager,” was the reply. “But I wear a hat be- cause & suggestion from one who y be an outsider carries more Weight than from a member of the organization. I'm working on a thoory which 1s ylelding splendid re sults. I am trying to sell the indi dual, not the sex--and it works, ‘ake your case, for instance, You are more than six feet In hetght, 1 noted Instantly that you must have trouble In securing shirts with sum clently long sleeves, Tho tnoment | spoke of long sleeved garmentg I had your attention, ¥Excuse me a moment,” and ho in tescepted another customer who was Just making bis exit, | He ‘L note that you've been buying some shirts, remarked, "I won- der if you've seen the tles on sale They're particularly stro on blues, And that is perhaps t color which would be of especial in- terest to a man of your coloring.” ‘The customer, a blond with blue eyes, looked surprised but stopped to Inspect the tles and finally pur- chased a few. ‘You see how it works,” said the speaker, resuming his interrupted conversation. “It's a case of sizing up your man and finding the vital point of contact.” “Intensive selling, I'd call it," re- plied Blake, “and #0 sound in theory that {t cannot help to work out ip practice.” o Copyright, 1017, by The Prewe Putliahing Co, (The New York Kvening World) ) POPPER! Izzy Blavin-| Mr. Jarr explained, “Tt 1s casting h ons! 66 sky says that his father) spell, It will knock at the right ry says that Charlie Muller's] ters and thus sive its message. father says that Gus's| “Maybe it's a eustomer in the back s'loon on the corner ts haunted with} room wants to be attended to?” re. ghosts!" marked Slavinsky, the glazier “It he did, wouldn't he holler “Hit |!€ he had any manners? asked Gua, “Besides, nobody ain't tn the back room, I looked." “Maybe it's down in the cellar, water hammer in the pipes?” sug. gested Rafferty, the builder. “Som “With bad spirits, I should ea: remarked Mrs. Jarr acidly. Mr, Jarr knew that Gus's cafe was not a popular topic with Mrs. Jarr at any time, 89 he only cautioned Master Jarr to keep quiet and behave himself at the dinner table, and the meal passed off in silence, times, 1 But after dinner was long over Mr.| the pip. Jarr got opportunity of ting the) “This ain't a new house,” reto haunted cafe. sd Gus. “Anyway, I looked down “What's this I am told about spirit- ual manifestations here?” asked Mr. Jarr, as he looked around at the full attendance, “I never heard of booze banshees before.” ‘Oh, maybe it ain't nothing but cellar folst, by the beer pumps and behind the case goods—everywhere,’ “Did you look under the bar: asked Mr. Jarr, “Sure, And I ain't been from hind the bar since Elmer, my rats, them queer noises,” remarked | tender, went off < . work. Do you thin Bepler, the butcher, he 1s committing suicide any plao At these words there came a ana wants to told me his life is in. sured for me? Every time I bay Elmer out when business is bad hb says he don't know whether he shou Kill himself with suicide or go for soldier, He would go for a soldier, says, but he is af; oye | raid of getting “Hardly that,” said Mr, Jarr, “m- mer never seemed very suicidal.” “You don't know him Itke I do,” ree marked Gus, “He says to me many @ time, ‘Some day I'll kill myself and give you the laugh yet!’ “He has @ peculiar idea of humor, but it sounds to me as if the nolse came from the ice box,” said Mr, Jarr, ‘ smothered sound of mocking laugh- ter, followed by a@ subterranean gurgle, All stirred uneasily, “Maybe It's mices," said Mr, Sla- vinsky. Several distinct rappings were now heard, coming, It seemed, from the wall, and Gus shuddered, “Those are surely manifestations of some unearthly visitant,” remarked Mr. Jarr. “We should notify the So- ciety of Psychic Research,” “We won't notify no society,” Gus declared. “I ain't a-going to lose my license for no reformers. More rappings were now heard. “Just as I thought,” said Mr, Jarr; spirit would communicate, A—B— c—D"-—— . “What are you saying them aferd- bets in my liquor store for?” asked Gus. “I won't have it!” “The spirit would fain commune,” “1 knowed a butcher once, what had @ big business, what stepped into his I ice box and killed himself,” said Bep- ler, with greedy relish, “He was out- ting a round steak for a lady and she says ‘My, ain't that knife sharpi’ And the butcher said ‘Yes, ain't it? Anniversary Oxcoose me a minute,’ and th stepped Into his ice box and aulelaae I know that lady, and nothing but chops will she order from you ever 1PTY-THREE years ago F the representatives, of twelve nations assembled Swituerland, and signed a convention which brought into existence one of the greatest humanitarian agencies the world has ever known—the Red Cross Society. This international so- clety for the relief of the wounded an sick in time of war was inspired by 4 Dunant. lorrors of the battlefield of Solferino n 1859, and his book made such a pro- sund ‘impression that in 1863 there was a meeting of delegates from the nations to consider a plan for the for- | mation of a relief society. Great Britain, France, Rus Italy and Austria were rep- to-day | resente | in Geneva, | book, “Un Souvenir de Solfer-| the flag of the society was recognized written by a Swiss gentleman, | neutral. He had witnessed the} ta,! fering, not only in war, but in pestil- and fire, since, Chops or kidneys feet, o Bae Having waited until Mr, Be; had finished reciting this draeoiee incident of the retail meat trade, Mr, Jarr stepped over to the ice box and threw open the door, and Mr. Dinke ston, who was huddled within out upon the floor, h vallng “Keep cool everybody!" ori “y know the bummer!” vale Keep cool!" “1 can do so without effort,” sald and It was agreed that an- other meeting should be held in 1864 to completo the organization. The congress was convened in Geneva Jearly in August, and on the twenty- |second of that month an international lcode received the signature of twelve delegates, ‘Tho soldiers enlisted under the Red Cross, soldiers of mercy, received their |baptism of fire in the war between |France and Germany in 1870, when Mr, Dinkston amiably, into the ice box, prompted. byt Prat and curiosity, and presume I fell For many years the United States|asieep. I am not superstitious, |held aloof from the movement, but|neither do I believe in’ premonit in 1882, through the efforts of Clara| tior o |Barton, the Washington Government| “Oh, shut up!" said Gus, “You are became a party to the treaty. The|a bum spook or pook bum, I don’t American Red Crogs has performed wonders in the amelioration of suf. know which. the cooler you are going to! And he stepped to the door and blew the police whistle, . ence, famine, flood