The evening world. Newspaper, January 21, 1919, Page 16

[N TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1919 bor New York's Crosstown Subway No waiting for the Shuttle; the Three-Speed Plat- 2 form Will Be Always Ready, With Shops Along the Way and Exits at Every Avenue. UBWAY commuters and others who use New York's underground trans- portation systems daily have been much provoked and harassed In the past several months by the various difficulties occasioned by the @hange in the two principal north and south arteries of subway travel> “For several reasons,” Mr, H. Winfield Secor says in the Electrical perimentor for February, “the shuttle train service seems apparently not to be the best solution of the problem confronting the subway engineers tI smoothly and quickly transferring the cross current of traffle between these| two stations, and therefore Public Service Commissioner Travis H. teescoe | has proposed that a continuous moving platform be Installed in the preeed mow occupied by two of the four shuttle tracks. “In a recent interview with Mr. M.} Bverhart Smith, consulting engineer |length. Visitors to that fair will un- 5 of the construction concern which | doubtedly remember the great attrac- will, build this gigantic moving plat-|tlon, the platform of which was op-! form, 6,000 fect in length and capable | erated by electric motors to the total of carrying 10,000 people at one time, | of 150 horse power, which had @ car- | rying capacity of 6,000 passengers. On Moving Platform | ‘Tulare ow wioe Guioe Rail As Danas racers om Compton CERTAIN SEONG OF ALES. MOTOR DRIVEN le Pies W A) TAT Te AU) \\ AN Pen \ \ AW oy i ANY) . . NY yy $: \ i \ ithe. 2 te td TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, A Fairy fare * Of Some Time In the Futur The Stories of the Two Impostors Who Hoodwink Miss Liberty With the New Clothes That Did Exist, and Why. the Statesman Brought Ba the False Report. By Nixola Greeley-Smith 1919, by ‘The Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Evening W many persons believe that Miss Liberty is a solemn fem in her lighter moments, likes to hear the Constitution who, aload, and to whom life presents itself as an unending succes of Fourth of July, with Bourke Cockran and Albe' Beveridge delivering orations about the flag. Bui am certain that Miss Liberty never could have inspii so many millions of men to die for ber if she had beon a regular woman, fond of amusement, eager, . flattery and passionately devoted to clothes. Rha When I gay that Miss Liberty’s familiar garmen’ red, white and blue make quite the most beau costume ever worn by mortal woman, every reader weimerent suggestion was m: Asti A Dae iin agree with me, I am sure. But he will not be in cerning the location of this proposed | Chicago Day 185,000 passengers—} A pocthnge ‘ j “ east astonished to learn that a time came when MI continuous moving platform, Instead | twice the daily traffic of the Brooklyn. @hocstanmney ISahY: Gacldad haw ENE Gd eaalOnedca Ae vi having it occupy the space over | Bridge— were carried without any in baat tive pai oh y old-fashioned and that which the two northerly tracks now | convenience. | FOAM a BM diag at once. run, Mr Smith pointed out that it ts “The matter of seats on the third or nd while she was in this state of discontent two impostors, who gat much m feasible and pr al in | high peed platform is a very flexible themselves out as weavers, came to - every way to have it occupy the /one, and at first most probably but ifs . and of her birth and said they] have got on with my new dreamy present position of the extreme north- | one row of seats will be Installed, as knew poe to man re the most| thought Miss Liberty, but vhe re erly and southerly tracks, leaving | tho illustration shows, but more seats Beautiful cloth imaginable and to| membered whoever was stupl two tracks in the centre for emer- | can readily be added ne. It jon it Into the most charming]or unfit fdr office would not be | gency shuttle train service or for the | Will only require a few minutes to go mice elds eehacavar ee So she d to have extension of the Queensboro system | from nd Central to the Times pe i As os , Wetors ‘ s Liberty a a0 one ¢ ok for And to Times Square. This modification | Square Station cr vice versa on the there i: edge oben ; A her dese ah A sng recnde Come! of the design and layout of the mov- | moving platform, and the seats would : 5 nh mo ne} mittee on Moreign Affair : ; J \ first impost n, “but we do not} find out how my new ing platform system is a very im-| probably only be used by women, as thin wi becoming your t i Portant one and practically necessi-|Mr. Smith pointed out, Another fe ol a Wath Saseay CHAEIY Oe) : ie Want iy Gin sae tated, for (he reason that if the re-|ture at this point is that those in al sant Ay | 7 uke you look older than you are.” | vo imposters were sitti turn loop of the platform passed along | hurry can walk along any one of the; PPANA ib: AWAyIP. WESIRIRIGO Atlbb tareh in the position now occupied by one | moving platforms and gain time; for | Tikaey, Wilh: WEP) dace) hat lane meio penta Saea of the inside tracks, then passengers | instance, if a man walks at the rato fown has not a single feature that! statesman, “E can see nothing!” B could not alight at any point desired, |of four miles per hour on tho nine was not old 200 years ago. Why, the|ne aia not say so. excepting at the terminal stations at per hour platform, he will ac- Milage’ Tia: Weaclug: OW HAYS MUIENT” One ne tie texture ob: tnle either Grand Central or Times Square. | tually be moving in that particular its Bde BOURNE (hee | (eich gual che aoe wae tiunia em “As is pointed out, there should be | direction at the rate of thirteen miles if Sn a baaiunnl eeAe TEMA Ee not less than three moving platforms | per hour, In addition to the “What do you think of this Mttle| rst impostor, 11 4h 4 ; > : bes x ~ S ‘st impostor, impudently pointing any case, each moving vanta, of constantly moving p' y , 7 2 7 vay S t , S , Fre design?” asked the second| ; ac ke id le th ts for shuttle trains now lng ne uticullty o 1€ OU ) 1 Vi a} e solve ooms which had nothing on then @nt speed, the outer on fi pi bie ‘ sp at fer poh hta dese New York will soon have something new to interest out-of-town visitors if this recently proposed moving platform is installed under Forty-second co” Mies Liberty | "0% Ht 48 lovely, most lovely! e erme e \¢ ith e 1c a e nore like * Miss Libe y miles, the int 2 és : os an a ieee eeeaeraeh as at Madison, Fitth) Street to connect the Grand Central and Times Square subway stations. There are three moving platfotms, the one carrying the seats travelling at q be *t¥ | politician exelaimed hurriedly, for Des si alae. cit ae aa end Sixth Avenues, an immense in-| ine miles per hour aid the other two at three and six miles per hour, respectively. The platform required would measure 6,000 feet or about 1.1 | rite with seagate lon} was afraid bis constituents mig t nine miles per ho eres [and Sixth Ave . . late h an eager ai pte eta: hha are sae i. rie Mr, smith Hiei 1 In dine | come gould be derived from the storen| Miles, have @ carrying capacity of 10,000 passengers, and be propelled by a total of 250 horsepower in electric motors, The shuttle trains may be | pit extreme. 1 don't believe Amer-| \\y ie ie nae jeoieel a cussing Mr, Whitney's original Idea, and aree advertising spaces along the] retained for emergency use. fe oe eet +f poMeac nae Se Se (arse iH ica would stand for seeing me B0t-| 11, very much.” And so he did. it would not be possible for passen- | platforms 7 . aiee » like that, and th ah et ec eal Po gers travelling east to attempt to] “Referring once more to the plat- | eo, is : » Suppression of Vice might have| peste Be ae Sd cross a high speed (nine mile por] form and its operation, it will be seen y) | 2 A eroplanes 1n t A ir at my picture taken off the gold and] 00°! Bt a . hour) platform moving we ‘o give |how the motor-driven wheels under silver if I wore su ha thi dremeec atl en hoe the atest service and to enable |the rails of the platform secuions will She put th design away | jail ffici passengers to alight from or board | c#use sections to be prop tat tt ‘from her with a e si Show] Oe sor the moving platform at any point|forward in a direction de something el she said tn al tho ravmantaiers (inten ‘ _ | upon the rotation of the wheels, ‘The ng the entire route, the moving | Upon s weavers t nt them Bester system should occupy the ]endwise juncture between tho sec- something that is ex- b hs who w ) we 7 th Space now ‘used by the two centre or [tong and the moving platforms |s on actly suited to you,” first weaver | ( first time that day in a “aaggd ‘outside tracks. In other]4M even level, and they are closely “put it is new that no/ imei Edadedlidebets i curved the order of a knuckle- | of it has reached this countr lotic processi fr words the two moving platforms ‘ an *| “Here is the skirt,” said the Soud have to have adjacent to them [int #0 that no gap occurs between Ml be the second woman In the] jy oostor, “4s not the drapery of " we babe TN H pal Jol wo t wea The desi . apres @istationary platform provided with|them. The rulls of each section are world to wear it. The design 18) blouse charming?” the second impd 4 ) designed as to correspond both at Russian," he added, hesitatin be See Beene esith AAG satranc front and t nd thus this unique Weverything’s Russian thie aeasont? [hor eee amee parerning the initial f this | scsign permits of the section moving “Ry Baks' interrupted Miss], “Ad Just loolmat this cloak great moving platform it Is estimate AURORE GURW aR | SSBntT |r inariy Nae’ evan aiinnt | the st weaver, that it would approximate $1,000,000, |" bine Ae 10GR) OUFY OR IB 6: Ome H MBahet?. No indeed! Takst is| Miss Liberty rubbed her eyen and that it would take six months to Dina CHL Weatini air hie Onae Vaecnarutis: old the impostor|,“4%@ I stupid?" sho asked herse ce ‘puild and install . . wered, “What we wish to make] OF can it be that | am unfit for of; wee |. |tunnel, Mr. Smith has suggested that an Wecer une locked aheceinar ae am “The moving platt ea is NOT SO) Ol bing severe cold weather the tunn: for you is a costume Bolshevist Sait iy 4 asked eatirely new and wi Pas ltiiehtlcoies if hiss. ee movie B a rapidly, and Miss Liberty, } £a¢e8 of the, riends she hed as x appear at first, They have been built ror waa installed, could be steam who tad neglected the study of/ 0M) 90 Alu mie ine eels LA and used ut different times quite 4 yeaa at regular intervals, and a languages, did not realize that he oe UMiheinaba beh lnc. | number of years ago, both abroad and! special ventilating fans and baffle, was using French, as every one does, | {70 1 Teen ee aate alg in the United 5: Tho same con-| walls ovuld provided at thel is what he dared not say in} “705 afiss Liberty went out cern which is now designing the one | various well as at the eh ea ‘oth whien | Jeined the procession, walking und ™“ for installation under 42d St had | terminal ax to insure the proper SRO MEAT AY etoth whic) 4 splendid canopy, and all the peopl one in successful operation at the|ventiiation and heating of the pas can be used only In this costume’) | i) trects ne windows * " ow) fe w wa i tl second impostor, “is. tha aici - be: World's Fair in Chicago 4,400 fect in| y bi 4 ae hraperty of mak-| “How becoming are Miss Libe — ese Tg inents invisible to. ail those| NeW clothes. How beautiful hor yho are stupid or unfit for office,” | The Man Who Taught Our Navy to Shoot | who aro stupid or untt for ottice | Mrer a. one wished to admit ie, al he cou see nuthin N the early days of our navy it wos] and is now, Impossible to have much troubles of he had arisen from] "° ¢ p : fd | impossible for the officers |target practice with the big guns, ne fact that the 1 and unfit} But suddenly a little child stare ' In comand of the vessels to get] But Sins drilled his crew day after eres y for of-|@t Miss Liberty with great, ro 5 , 1 1 it ome time, appropriations for target pract day’ with hiy tube attachimer ir eee eet ae Congress failed to see t need of) le saw r naval cer ile at Le 10 cloth bel a A thing on,” he said. expert marksmanship and it way only | his experiment, he paid no attention ' ry at once she com glanced ut cuch other and 1 after a long fight that they were|And when general target practice 1 rae en 5 of the mens ‘ t he t co impostors set to work on] “Listen to the innocent chi brought to the views of the men } Was next held the crews that Sims Laie exclaime too late hind tho guns, Foremost among] had patiently and tirelessly drilled s Liberty's new garments, putting ee a ent i tag ole these iuen Rear Admiral Sims, | outshot the whole fleet up two looms ind appearing to be} wnteseees alta neue oF who, back Jn 1901, was a young Licu-| “After that Sims had but one idea; busy at them day and night, They | AG bese Chea Aa aoe t n tho] th ery ¢ demanded fine and the best| wrapped it around Mis Th tenant attached to a w hip in t that every gun crew in th navy demi if J Asiatic F 1. He studied gunnery hould be drilled in the new way, hie 1, ed in thetr | proce 7 ag Went ORs ig men few morning, noon and night and caine |wtote a long letter to Was ud not the least) oie clothes, and’ she knew fore to the belfef that when a sh But the Navy Department was busy after that they we the m beaw a or . He knew | With a th nd and one routine ow how far they tiful costume in the world red it should hit so rtiago, iv | duties: and be new idea al that in Bantiago, 1) | ways has had to | etm . ; the Sp rican War, the} oust the old and the NEW YORK WAR BABIES lap ey ssh pe orem |way to, months and he ¢o W ho will Have to Be Introduced to Their Fathers ' inued to mail his letters. Finally ° / eit Pegi oe Stee aid Minas, Any *Delier , DAPRIAN: | wroje to Theodore Rogserelts then A Most Remarkable Feat Was Accomplished at San Diego, When 212 Acroplanes Rose graph er of New Yor! i ship; neverthel those ninety-nine | President of the United State ‘ o nha ° 7" . \ Wa c d whose fathers ; F mmiases worried him, came ® cablearam ordering bin to Over thé Ciiy and, Manoeuvring for Two Hours, Landed Without a Mishap All the Ra ets al big ae % In the Decemt Boy Mr ere the ormined young Lieu ® > " > ante ‘ William Heyliger gives 4 Bae ldachee ene created Go lata teetert Aviators in the Machines Shown in This Photograph Were Trained at Rockwell Field, Ho is George Porsning Hussey, re- | 7 the battle Kean Admiral Sims had for| the President. Yn those days it was| ——— eo beds eee se eliueee ie heinitth Saad viable ae a ling at No, 409 Lenox Avenue, and wi 3 target practice in th y, and goes geen ak oe nese oF ae The i ri h B ; F h I t N B k he was b hin aK a ? on ty «i anywhere Near a target, Sims argued he ened iction of the Beasts rom the Inventor’s Note Boo birt’ ay, Sept. 1 nae e 2 , } officar w ) had ideas about! Ships were wasted. He asked for a NE of the strangest rites of mod-| tection of St. Anthony, and the To detect gas in 4 there has felt d, while it ts pra n th 4 " | a @ hb 7 a real target and a count. If ern ¢ ndom known | cents contributed to those who ofti-| been 1 t wheroin &|possible to tire out a fat person in} yfis I ey, | , , r gunner he Brit was ¢ 4 were being Ww something the “Benediction ot the} ciate at the ceremony is considered @| rat operates a treadmill to furnish | good health, Sed run saa desla : =p NS operimenting with a tube that when at-! Should be done. And somethin : a NiswAssp ets wise investment, as a-wort of powe : ndescent lamp, | re is enlisted, when war was declared: In) Uf tached to # big gun fired a very small] to the dogged mind ms, wins the | et - hey ee law Ate pltwac alae ih it indicating | A recently pa ge gotsemnon | th ers, now the 102d En- wha cai as the) method he had proven when his gun)! > lee y . : an age eR hal eors, and went to }rance last May shell, The ty ait actl eee rea actaice tha Aplatt: week Anthony's Day ith J wey. | Py at thy a 1 by ga works woh iki Vv clippers, | rs, and went to Ir t May | gur was po 1, By mi ou Arte the weary months he was] ‘phis quaint ” per-|t i 8 Lue the blade four months before his baby was} calculation the 4 f a en his chance. The target formed at chu 4 (nar A few mir 4 day in an electric | back @ toothed, opne-where he has been ever since.| / gun could be determine t a] pene Teta crac Was 22) Anthony. One of these ancient edi-|! + ’ ; os b get ee Ase vos eva The I s World will be pleased | gmail tube at 4 miniatu rege rey a Wit : fee in Rome, and here every year] jiouures, th 1 iT aBADeUIR th a ASHE BOIANTIAS | an has } ht cut alto print pictures o er New York Sims was quick rg th beatin ¢ Bin ‘ wat By fl ) is of owners of horses, a u Wh, eXce ade | ma in thirty-two inter. | babies whose fatt went to France | r y bilities of the idea. He mude one of | appre and fire salvo after salvo} cattic, dogs, cats and even hogs bring | mM 4 1 ‘ saatlonh ax f which|too soon to meet them when they] t When the last gun had ke 79 Phicxodhg " J Sg FT 4) rding to the French inventor | chd eetions, any of which] te | the thew and attnehed it te the cunt Lhasa He. ARs U8, ‘ules ag E. Mleheir animals to be blessed and/ pole ts bod to measure fatigue 95 | can be removed to add to the comfort| were born, Send photographs and| ath 4 é he himself commanded, Because of! Hag reached its mark, Sima tad|sprinkled, It ts believed that tnis ser-| some sort have snon, | per cent, of corpulent persons arc of users or replaced for sanitary rea-| brief particulars to the War Huby! Ge Se eS eae ‘We great cost of shale & was ther, proved his case." 4 vice places the beasts under the pro-poth im their diet and their lodging! [wbcuuse they have given in when they sons, } Editor, New York Evening World J en | ; ' ”