The evening world. Newspaper, June 24, 1918, Page 16

—- 0M EF YD aepore ee BP acan Pete ~<a 2S eepmeds ores e ‘ Ra eae te RT REET LS SUE Che frees. BSTABLISURD BY JOSEPH PULITZER, Sunday by the Press Publ c , Nom 63 t6 Published Daily Except naey by the Ereke Pubuching ‘ompany, RALPH PULITZER, Preaident, 63 Park Row. J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer, Park Row. 0S PIPULITZRE. Jey Bocretary, 63 Park How. as MEMERR OF THR ABBOCIATED PRESS, “Ve nel drs, res Sg, eae rte SALE —_ i VOLUME 58. e NO, 20,761 meena eemehiantd PROFITEERING AND PROGRESS. ALTY experts, 60 called, continue to find menace of disrup- point at which rent raising in this city ceases to be fair and becomes profiteering. * With property owners reducing their mortgage indebtedness from $300,000,000 to $500,000,000 ‘since the beginning of the war,| the suggestion of a legislative carb on rent boosting fills Secretary’ John L. Parish of the New*York Board of Title Underwriters with! alarm lest “the city’s credit be shattered” by a reduction in the market value of its total realty: ‘The more tmportant lending and investment interests would feel confident of carrying the market successfully through the war strain if the steadily growing demand for the use of real property could be allowed tindisturbed to regulate | rents in accordance with economic law. i} ‘Economic law” being, we dake it, for Mr. Parish, the special) jocal conditions with which realty operators in New York are familiar) and upon which they have based their methods. Would Mr. Parish maintain that the present status of realty in New York is so incapable of modification or better definition, either for its own interests or for those of the public, that therg's nothing! toglo but regard it as fixed and eternal? Would Mr. Parish maintain that the interest of his “important} lending and investment” agencies in having landlords left free to} raiso rents as much and ‘as often as they will, is forever paramount tothe interests of that 90 per cent. of a population of 5,500,000 which, it is estimated, pays rent2 . Would Mr. Parish maintain that the city’s credit cannot hope| to-survive the slightest change in the present attitude of the Govern- ment toward real estate unless such change tecognizes that landlords and realty middlemen mst be the last of all elements in the com- munity to make substantial sacrifices? If so, Mr. Parish must be singularly ignorant of the extent to ‘which London, Paris and Berlin long since tightened their hold on realty and rents withdwt thereby raining themselves, and also singu- - arly blind to what Government in the United States has been doing to regulate the price of food and other necessities—despite loud pro- tests—like those from Mr. Parish’s “important lending and invest- ment interests”—that economic law was being outraged. The war has shown New York what other big cities of the world began to see years before the war: That in congested centres private speculation and the law of eupply and demand cannot be left by themselves to solve the housing problem. In his book on “The Modern City and Its Problems” (1914) Dr. Frederic O. Howe states the casez Neither private capital nor philanthropy can be relied upon to provide a sufficient number of houses in a growing city. ‘The reason for this is that, generally speaking, there is more money to be made in holding Jand for speculation than there is in building houses. In growing cities land values increase at four or five per cent. per annum. This is the experience of Buropean and American cities. There is less risk, hazard and ‘rouble involved in keeping land out of use than in the building and management of tenements. In consequence, men specu- ate rather than build. In the City of New York at the préent time, out of 566,127 eeparately assessed parcels of real property, 193,634 are vacant—more han one third. : To meet a similar situation the city of Vancouver, B. C., abol- Iehed taxes on improvement values entirely, with the result that the following year the value of house permits increased by 100 per cent. “The economic motives operative in other businesses,” Dr. Howe points out, “do not apply with the samo force in the building of houses, becgiise of the identity of the housing problem with the land.” We now recognize that there can be no competition among gas, water, street ratlway and other natural monopolies, The traditional laws of competition do not operate in this field. ‘The same is true, although to a less degree, of house building, for the laws of supply and demand are not adequate in house building elther to erect a sufficient ber ef houses or to keep rents down to a reasonable figure, Nothing could be more false than the notion that New York must fly in the face of precedent, strike out on untrodden pi irretrievable financial loss in seekin; and housing problems. A thorough study of facts and figures in the rience of other cities may well lead to readjustment which will prove of untold future bene: aud Lo reni payers, In any case, the city’s crodit is far too soli ing by a showdown such as 'The Evening saan. inn te he eee Neither the credit of New York nor the wel its five and a half millions rest upon a guaran “important lending and investment interests” tions to which they have adapted themselves tioned, undisturbed, unchanged in perpetuity, Hits From Sharp Wits. ‘War mak Daker feel ar yphtts fitting ‘tron natter a man once reaches the top he flour to flour.—Philadelphia Record, | ih thugs about the surplus room le ae Pp there.-Chicago News, ° ° happy life ts to keep me aths and cauge g to get a firmer grip on realty light of the expe- 8 of taxation policy fit hoth to realty development Ifare and progress of tee that Mr. Parish’s and the realty condi- shall be left unques- What worries the average parent 8 not so much the self-determination f small nations as the self-determi-|0P Wanting |t after you've got it— tion of small daughters.—Colunbia | Biaghdmton Pres: 4 (8. C.) Blate, . . se It is easier to get the best of lee, po argument than it by prove er ae fa ha ore are ip bloom; ‘there right.—Ciicago News. Par ad | Tho secret of roses deck the room, Give us this day our winter coal ff tion and disaster in The Evening World’s demand for a full | and open discussion of facts and figures to establish the, Lift up your heart and sing with 8 reans enourh for you and me, and Baltimore Sun. | ‘Vy, al \ oN How I Pick a Young Man for Promotion| “It Is the Young Man Who Sees Through His Own Eyes, and Not the One Who Expects His Superiors to Do Most of the Seeing for Him, Who By Justus Ruperti President Amsinck Coprrigh|. 1918, by Toe Pre Pubtlehing Co, (The New York bvening World), WO qualities which I consider essential in a young man whom I pick Tor promotion are in- tegrity and reliability, However, in addition to these fun- damental ¢ ents of character, ob- servation is a very important asset for the employee who hopes to suc- ceed tn the export business, For without the faculty of keeping his eyes open and tho ability to profit by the result of his observa- tion @ young man cannot attain any degree of success, lt 1s tho one who sees through his own eyes, and not the one who cx- pects bis superiors to do most of th seeing for tim, who will advance rapidly. The export trade of our company is carried on with Central and South Ameria, Venezuela and Brazil being the countries with which we deal principally. An employee, {f ainbitious, will ac quire a technical knowledge of th: markets of the various countries te which we ell goods, Wo export everything trom ahoodle to @ locomotive. Our salesmen must keep themselves informed of the needs of particular localities, and they must alvo have an up to the minute acquaintance with the de mands of the merchants who buy through us. Wmployees are enabled to keep themselves informed of the require- sitions have no time to superintend this packing. ‘The employee in charge of shipping must use his discretion so that packages are lightly as well as durably packed, | It is without exception the young Will Advance Rapidly.” & Co, Exporters. ments of our South American cus- tomers by a careful study of the] without continual supervision who | I'v correspondence which we receive] will be considered worthy of promo- from them, tion. Of cou ft is necessary that a young man hay business connec- tions with the in countries shall acquire a knowledge of Spanish An employee who observes our cor- respondence intelligently will notice that here or there may be a falling off of orders of certain commodities on the part of certain customers, The observant young man who Is ALICE. conselentiously keeping track of our] Copyright, 1918. hy ‘The Prem Publiahing Co, (The New York Evening World), orders will try to ascertain why the orders have ceased. If possible, he will re-establish the orders, An employee who has nothing to do directly with our purchasing or selling department in walking by « shop may, for instance, notice that OST of the famous Alices are people who never really lived, but are women of fiction and song. ‘The most attractive Alice of all is tho little girl of ten, who was the hero- thero is a sale of oll stoves, It may|/ne of Lewis Carroll's in oceur to him that at the low figura] Wonderland” ‘and “Through the at which thi merchandise is being | LOoking-Glus: ‘While’ Alice was, sold it would be worth our while to| f course, not a real child, she was |named for Alice Liddell, the little for future South | Ho makes a point| daughter of Dean Liddell, to whom pureh. Americ ply n trade, vi lolling Ghe head of lie purehasin, ‘arroll used to tell fairy etories, department about the bargain in off| 4nd they amused her eo much that he slov | decided to put them into a book to No doubt that young man will be! amuse other children of the world. Je an assistant buyer or salesman | “Alice in Wonderland” is @ classte, | and in time he will be advanced to| Just as “Don Quixote" and “Robin the position of head salesman, Ifood" are classics, and 1t will last One of the most menial, at the game | through the generations, end Alice time one df the most important, tasks| Will always be one of the greatest in the export bu of merchandise ‘The mon who hold responsible po- heroines of childhood, Porhaps the second most famous Alice is the Alice of the old song—~ ness is the packing | Why Isn't It Hotter Neai HY is th W colder a mile above the than near the ground? air generally much the sun, but by a somewhat indirect process, expluins Popular Selense | Monthly. The incoming sunbeams are only slightly absorbed by the dry air at high levels, and so have little Toledo Blade, Many a sweet young t “ 8 temper fh’s casier to get a man and try to|'h? “uestion whether Jack looks best | lower regions of the atmosphere ther make a husband out of hin than to|!% ® Dlue sult or a white one—-| is alway & considerable amount of get a husband and try to make a mag | C¥&leston News and Courior, water vapor (Water in the forin of out of him, S @ The man who marries May the letters to our boys eoon| usually finds out that he is the suc: Binghamton Press, oe many.”-Nasbvillo Banner, Nows, widow eddrenved to “Somewhere in Ger-! cessor to her ideal husband —Cbleago was), and this substance hus a rela. tively large capacity for absorbing eat from sunshine, Lastly, the easth beorbs wll the beat that tally upow From It? Jor conduction to t} The | Thus heat of the atmosphere comes from | heated “Ob, don't you remember Sweet Alles, Ben Bolt, Sweet Alice, whose hair was no brown, Sho weot with delight when sou gave har @ smile, And trembled with fear at your frows. In George Du Mauriler's “Trilby," this is the song that Trilby sings rer the Sun Thas Away it and then gives it back by radiation air above it the atmosplero {8 mainly | when she has been mesmeriged by the from below and pot trom | dreadful Svengall, and it thrills every jabove. Air heated near the ground | neart in her audience. tends to rise, but it cools rapidly in Another popular ron- about Alice rising. As it reaches higher levels | jy “Alice, Where Art Thou?” (ho pressure Upon it is less; It ex-| Alice was the name of the girl tn | pands, pushing away the surrounding | jfa\:norne's “House of the Seven ir, and it uses up in this work some | Ga whom the peasant mesmer- f the enerey that it originally pos-| ized and kept in bis tolls, Mistress din the form of heat, ‘This! Atco is a character in “Master | proc ed to by scientists as Humphrey's Clock;" “Alice or the oy Mysteries” is one of Bulwer-Lytton's This capliins why the heat o! a mer often seem ta ont HORE OE Bs greatest novels; Alice, the sister of ground rather hao frou the broiling! Valentine is @ character in Beau- sup above mont and Fletcher's “Mousigus inan who keeps his eyes open and| who can be trusted to do his work | Mr. Jarr. kle Ky Helen Rowland : tight, 1918. by The Press Publishing Co, (The: New York Lig “Everything Was Changed, New, Unfamiliar, Fairy Had Waved a Wand Over the Whole. AS this ever happened to YOU? Yesterday I started blithely up the avenue, Never DREAMING of the ‘startling store for me Until, suddeniy, ‘f, realized that eves strange! Everything was CHANGBD, new, unfa It wus exactly as though a fairy had over the whole town ‘The same shops and buildings were,t But the shop windows were filled ¥ things! such as I had never seen the like of gowns of the quecrest cuts and colors, and wel wonderful garments of all sorts. And the WOMEN! I rubbed my eyes and pinched myself, And then, all at once, I knew that it was I, not they who was “queer. | For not a single blessed woman had on suede pumps; they all wore | shiny, coffee-colored oxfords! my I peeped at the reflection of my ancient jead-gear in a window mi and almost laughed out loud. It looked so funny in that vast forest of huge blue picture hats! | I shrank painfuily in my little khaki-colored suit, with the skort and sport-coat, | As I looked abont and perceived that every mortal woman was weariog a long hobble-skirt, with a voluminous cape, x Topped by a bright silk hood. I pulled my fox fur Ughtly about my bare throat As I suddenly realized that I was the only human being io a low ¢ollar, And that all the other women had their necks “fenced in” with epiked “Chokers.” And then I tricd to drop the fox fur down a coal hole, For, lo, there was not another fox fur in sight! | I felt just like MRS. RIP VAN WINKLE! Or like Cinderella, or Father Time, or Dame History! It was excruciating, inexplicable, unbelievable! . I hurried guiltily out of the sunlight into the first hotel I reached, And huddled down into an obscure chair to think {t over! * And THEN— A man sitting near me threw down a new aper ani | saw the Dat on it v And, all in a flash, the truth dawned on me! a I had been away from Fifth Avenue For a WHOLE WEEK! oo. Oh yes, 1 know that there is a war going on, » And that the submarines are at our shores, And that Uncle Sam has ordered MEN to give up their beloved | and relinquish the sacred cuffs on their trousers, and the funny Uttle they love so, | And all that— But, my DEAR! Like these, | When she is SO busy—changing from pumps to oxfords! And so, while the poppies of France are withering beneath “te How can a woman stop to think of little things The Jarr Coprright, 1918, by The Prew Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World), “ IERE you been so long? asked Gus sulkily, “Have you become a prohibition- er?” | ed ce “I've been busy, Gus,” exp “This 19 the first cha had to come around.” “You can't come around me," grumbled Gus. “When a feller stays Who Is Your Namesake? Famous Characters in History and Fiction Who Have Borne the Same Given Name as Yours. By Mary Ethel McAuley Copyright, 1018, by The Press Publishing Co, (The ‘ew York Evening World). Thomas” and Alice du Closby is in 4 poem by Coleridge. “Alice May” was the name of a drama by Edward Fitrball and it was played in London tn 1 ‘Alice- Sit-by-the-Fire’ was a comedy in which Ethel Barrymore starred a number of yedrs ago and mado a great success; “Alice Grey or the spected One" is the name of a do- estic drama, and there is an Alice in Shakespeare's “Henry V. Alice was the name of the sister of Robert the Devil; Alico Grey is in the “Bride of Lammermoor"; Alico was the daughter of Ip Var Winkle; Alice was the name of Tennyson's “May Quecu” and also of the “Miller's Daughter,” and Alico Fell is in @ poem by Wordsworth, Alice Roosevelt is tho daughter of ex-President Roosevelt, who married Congressman Nicholas Longworth at theo White House when her father was in office, Alice Neilvon is the comic opera star, who made her greatest success in tho “Fortune Teller,” and Alico Frenca wrote un- der the name of Octave Thanet, Sho came upon this strange pen name just by chance, When she went to school sho had a roommate by the name of Octava, familiarly known by the name Octave, The Thanet she saw by chance on a passing freight car, and the combination struck her fancy, and she used it, Some of her most popular ndveld are “Knitters in the Sun,” “Otto the Knight" and “Wo athe names of Alice and Phoobo Cary ure inseparable, ulthough Alice, the older of the two sisters, led in their work. When Alice died, Phoebe lived only six months after, and the two who had deen so united in life were united ti death, One of Alice's riot beautiful poems begins: 1) tiful pict and gas The orchids of Fifth Avenue continue to bloom—and to change | petals | Every seven ‘ays! . . Family By Roy L. McCardell away from my piace und don't come| Mr. Jurr laughed bitthely, The irae an tT gent want to never see}troubles of Herman Blots were mot. him when he does come in, I don’t |'n& to him, mean it only for business, but you It ain't something to laugh att needn’t never speak to me, and we'll 24 act as though it was funny Bko be fricnds with a grudge. I can't be |Semebody dying what don’t owe Sunken tha ant? nothing!” said Gus indignantlys yo “Tho word is ‘swank,’ not ‘swun! “And just for that,” he coni remurked Mr, Jarr, “It's Hngtish | “et us be mad at each other at sp 40: ak, though otherwise we won' eat each other, And tf we pallbearers or anything Mke win talk to each other so as 40 spoil other people's enjoyment f I wouldn't fight with my best frlen at 4 funeral. Anyway, your wif. was wlways sore at your coming { my place, I can sec her nose atlek! only thing imported since ng. TI war, “phe t war has got me noivous,” |“ complained Gus, “It has parted to- gether everybody but relations. Swartz, the brewery collector, just in and was tolling me that the distillers hag made millions because distilling was stopped and the hard stuff went up in price like jewelry, we was he enough hard feeling’ ta but the breweries can only make : beer mit 2 per cents. alkerball and it he ‘wo! rid without our @ won't keep, And the family growler|“U%" Said Mr. Jurr, “Besides, "my | trade {s gone to nothing, at 20 cents @ pint for beer, So the brewertes is closing down, and beer mit 2 per cents, of alkerhall won't keep like the hard stuff, which is 40 per cents, al- kerhuil, and bis brewery is laying off men,” ‘Let them enlist," Jarr. “If they are over age they can't,” wife knew I was going to drogin| to see you, and she asked’ méito find out from you what polish thalis your bartender, Elmer, shines ) brass signs with so brightly, te | wants to clean her silver,” us looked at Mr. Jarr “Any lie T will belleve from « if he comes in and says to me, Tam going to tell you a le, will believe 11?” he said, suggested Mr. | said Gus. “You remember Herman But what Blotz, what was so atrong that be | SY New is too much, T couldn’ could carry a barrel of ale? Weil, he | "eve It, unless T was swearing court for a friend, “Well, bere’s a bottle she gat to get some of the polish,” sald Jarr, “Now will you believe itt Gus looked at the wide bottle more wide mouthed than Will wongers never beging® sped. Fs off and ho Jolas w cir @ Hirkles, which is a strong man, no matter how much iron they put In @ barrel he can Lift it, Well, the cir- cus gocs to Canada and Herman gets adjourned.” “Interned, you «meun,” Jarr. “Serves him right, didn’t he become a citizen?” “He'was a citizen, and a good one. He woted three times ono Hlection whon Rafferty, the builder, ran for Alderman, But it was the cannons wot did it." “Cannons did what?" Jarr said Mr, Why | *° pace eS NEWEST THINGS IN Some sugar refineries af lmavo installed furnaces that herctofore waste molasses ag fuel, ashes being valuable as @ fertilize, Ventilators that can be atta any shoes, through which alr ts asked Mr. “Why, tho circus put on a military acting, and Herman used to come on after tho battle and carry off the cannon and chuggle the cannon balla. The show busted in Canada and Her- man didn’t get bis money, 80 he took the cannon und the cannon balls and started to walk home from Canada mit them, and ho got arrested when he couldn't tai much English, be cwuso he'd always worked brewery, So he got what you call it internally, and ho can't get out of Canada tll after the war. Such a country! When I get any Canada money I know I'm stuck unless [ can Puss it of on gomebudy else, for a| lated by the motions of walking, been patented by a New Jersey eee ‘To save time for ctrouses im @ wagon has been invented that ries a huge spool upon whtoh can be rolled, horses Providing: the power, ~ eee The world's shortest tree. ts Greenland birch, which grows. tliree inches in height, but covers @ Tadius of two or three oe An inventor in Now Jersey | brought out a sliding door far, biles that is opened when am button lv preswed and w clous® opring.