The evening world. Newspaper, May 23, 1919, Page 24

FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1919 y i Time! ‘There are Aquarium, the City @mbling, rambling, years previously, Hansom cath were + moving product, @ cautious second gape. th floor. cloud-piercing it or not. een converted fing or something; have risen around it. % yy a profound success. mot blind. tts course over a broad fea- Fityocreper epidemic that hit York «ince last I was here is the things that made a big tm- indeed ‘ks that connect up the past ‘the present. Away down town, Hall, building, the Brooklyn Bridge, ity and St. Paul's Churches and other landmarks remain, con- links of Auld Lang Syne. teen years ago, if I am not but one bridge spanned the River, the one made famous by Brodie. I understand there are @dditional bridges now, if they Duild one or two before I leave many The ‘were breaking ground at that for the subway and the metro- looked like a strafed section of I recall that many people complaining of the untidy con- of the strects and the general nience occasioned by digging the thoroughfares. The methods M transportation then were the ele- v roads, the surface trolleys and | Jangling, cross town horse cars. I re- ‘when I saw the horse cars I} im some acorn, as the town of | on had discarded horse cars the gilded from place to and if memory serves me cor- Corse Peyton; the actor, an had one of the obiles in New York at that The passage of a one-lunger h Avenue in those days the most blase New Yorker ‘o few used Waldorf-Astoria was apparent- main tavern. I notice it still @ prestige, but the other which they tell me mushroom existence almost overnight, are d source of wonder to me. instance, I am comfortably quar bred at the Commodore Hotel on the From my window I a bird's-eye view of a flock of caravansarics ‘would house every man, woman ehfid in my native town with a bath for each whether they I was here seventeen*years the Gilsey House, at 29th BStrect Broadway, was my haven, and it counted pretty good. I see it into an office lost in the movement of the hotels and | ®ho Flatiron Building was getting Ms finishing touches and the Missus . myself took a trip to the roof, Shere a fine view of the city was © @tainable, which view is broken now the numerous higher structures ‘There al- was a group of middle-aged tors holding reserved seats in front windows of the old Fifth Hotel, who surveyed interest the efforts of the ladies MG navigate the point of the Flatiron As a method of getting from one Wixed place to another I find the sub- with As a of seeing the town the sub- fa not @ success, The lavish ef- of the subway management to the uninformed public from get- lost is appreciated by people who I will say the eign did nobly in their rainbow You locate an arrow and fol- ne and on. I have found, however, it is not the most informative jure to depend upon the station cing of the guards) What is badly 1s @ pronouncing dic- of street nomenclature as per- en the Locusts Come--- fly! How They'll Find N. Y. Has Changed in 17 Years tor Tom Green Came With Them the Last Time and He’s Here Again to Welcome Them Back— And Meanwhile’ a Lot of Things Have Hap- pened---They’ll Find It a Dryer Summer This By Tom Green Editor Burlington, lowa, Gazette. HIS is the year of the visitation of the seventeen-year locusts, Far be it to accuse myself of being a locust, but the last time these ancient cicada committed an invasion of the country marked Anitial appearance in New York. Be it unblushingly known, we were ‘@ur honeymoon. When a honeymoon functions properly and happily, Principals can count on being busy with matrimonial affairs to the Betriment of self-conducted travelogues. Anstitution known as the family is not conducive of seeing the coun- iy. Tempus fugits like a shooting star, and the first thing you know Peventeen years between visits to New York, which New Yorkers will r @ capital offense, but which is llable to happen in the best regu- families in the provinces, as we are called by the managers of the might stand show troupes. who have been part of the Ufe of New York for the past yoars have perhaps not greatly impressed by the won- transformation that has been place. To the rank outsider, , the evidences of the changes ‘8 apparent as having one’ violently frescoed with a cus- In other words, building up And the theatres, it's almost like discussing the component parts of a haystack. The theatres follow the hotels, ‘The more hotels there are, the more theatres you will need, be- cause the people from Iowa and the other parts of the United States and the world who occupy the hotels are seeking what the theatres provide, Seventeen years ago a rubber neck ‘bus, drawn by four percherons nego- tiated Fifth Avenue, Central Park, Riverside Drive, thence downtown. A gifted announcer loudly pointed out the various places of interest to the Passengers. Two horses were de- tached from the bus when It reached Central Park, for some reason. It cost 60 conts to make the trip, To- day you o twice as far on a motor bus for a dime, Which I will eay is about the only thing in New York that [ find cheaper, Out where I come from the town has been dry for four years and July 1 holds no terrors. Bartenders have merged themselves into so-caltod use- ful pursuits, Fortunes have been made by bootleggers, and one of the most popular indoor sports Is try- ing out now recipes for making beer at home, Nauvoo, Ill, the nearest 8. O. L. (source of liquor), ts forty miles away, and the man who has a car or the man who has a friend who has a car, or the individual who has 4 friend who has a friend who owns & car, manages to get along nicely. Otifers who can “drink It or leave it atone,” while thelr thirst has long Since healed, are wont to discuss the subject from a personal liberty »stand- point. Which leads me to believe that the changes in New York in the next sev- enteen montha, if this Prohibition thing comes to pass, and out West we believe It will, despite the 100 per cent. Manhattan brand of optimism, will be more revolutionary than the few that I have enumerated in the past seventeen years, 5 In conclusion, I will say that I note & marked decrease in the English Sparrow population in New York. The June Bride’ Th =) OIC GOLFING skirt OF KELLY GREEN FLAN~ sk THIRD OF Her s Tro A SERIES 3 Sport Costumes For Bathing, Golf, Tennis and The Summer OI tat HEME BLOOMERS FASHIONED AFTER RIDING BREECHES. Day’s Outing - IOAOI000Ce ATTRACTIV EOC ED> BATHING suIT BLACK VERSIBLE WRAP hi NEL, FASTENED AT THE BACK, TENNIS COS iTUME CONSIST-* ‘ING OF BLUE AND BROWN PLAID woouL|s SKIRT AND TUR- QUOISE -BLUE SWEATER WITH) WHITE VESTEE,’ Or er eee ene, Cel TWO MINUTES OF | CSBBy Herman J. Stich OPTIMISM Copyright, 1919, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), The New Aristocracy HEN, standing alongside of President Lincoln, Andrew John- W son was inaugurated Vice President of the United States, he stood up in the Senate Chamber and throwing his voice in the dense throngs who came to hear and cheer, roared in accents that reverberated from wall to wall: “Oh, you cockadoodles! Go back to your royal masters and tell them that in the Land of the Setting Sun you saw a tailor and a rail splitter rise to the highest peaks of human power!" Andrew Jackson was taught the alphabet by his wife. Chancellor Kent, author of “Kent's Commentaries,” did not learn to read till after he had married. and Greek, learned most of the modern He and his wife mastered Latin languages and together wrote and revised the greatest and most authoritative work on law ever produced. An English dung cart driver poked his fingers into some re- pulsive rags and was fired with the idea which js now transforming rubbish into the dazzling silks and satins which embellish the charms of twentieth century femininity. It {8 quite possible that your father bought vegetables from Charles Schwab—when Schwab was a green grocer’s clerk in @ down- -the-heela, soot-coated mining town, Schwab didn't take to selling soda crackers and such. So he got a job as an unskilled laborer, studied as hard as he labored, became gang foreman, then construction foreman and eventually chief of the greatest business organization on the face of the globe—and President of the United States Emergency Fleet Corporation. All over the world there is a new aristocracy in the breed—the Aristocracy of Intellect—the Aristocracy of Men who fertilize ap- parently sterile fields with brain phosphates—who coax barren ex- Panses and sand and sagebrush into pay dirt and luxuriant produc- tiveness—-whose outlooks were as small as acorns which they tena clously nursed into oaks, Royalty “by divine right” has had its day. It never could com- pare with our modern caste of industrial leaders who are adding justre to their name far beyond the ephemeral fame of diadem or pedigres, Ee ee aS ee Oa a a ne ae eee $ SPORT COSTUME FOR THE DAY'S! OUTING SMART- LY CHECKED IN BROWN AND BLUE AND SIMPLY CUT, WITH THE INVE British engineers he the River Tigris, at Bi to withstand the heaviest traffic, which automatical meets the ris and fall of the river and can with- stand severe floods. cs 6 For polishing metal a machine has been invented that does the work with a belt which passes at high speed over @ pulley made up of an iron hub fitted with 225 leather blades built over ad, a bridge to give it a cushion effect, os 6 To keep the feet of outdoor work- ers wanm electrically wired insoles have been patented, which can be placed in any shoes into which sock- ets for connecting with sources of electric current have been installed. ote A new form letter printing ma- chine cuts paper fed from rolls into the proper sizes, uses three colors of ink when desired and automatically changes the names and addresses for . plow is featured by a wooden pin that breaks and re- leases the share when it strikes im- movable objects, eee To enable an automobdilist to steer @ car with his knees an teungiisnman has patented a rod to be clamped to the steering wheel. eee To keep garments clean a woman has invented a device to cover a clothesline with light material trom @ deel Juat befoxe Lt 1a to be used, AND WHITE a SICO0F0K AI usseau ya Ve ue) SOG Or FRIDAY, M AY 23, 1919 Illustrations by now? Well, Im writin you as The way I happened to think I cant afford to go with them like I used to. Why, Maggie Sams has most got to be the kind that frizzes her hair out on the side like baked potatoes an looks in N quit goin with her an the rest is just as bad. The way Nellie does for a married woman js scandalous. So not bein able to go with them any things concernin you an me after the war. So what you think I done now? {ve started a war chest! I aint goin to call it a hope chest cause Nellie would be sure to say I ought to call It a hopeless chest, never missin the| chance to say something hateful. I reckon if youve got seven dollars ($7) saved up toward them green| shutters for our white house, I orter begin to think about some curtins to go behind them, so I went down town the other day an got some swell goods to make them out of, payin| twenty-five cents (25c) a yard for it. [ts got yellow cupids on it, holdin lavender flowers in there hands. Theres purple ribbon tied to their) wings thats flyin an flutterin while theyre scatterin the flowers. They ought to brighten the dining room up some. Ive took flower sacks an hemmed us enough dish rags to last till old man Gabriel blows the last time. Im tryin to work the practical in with the ornamental. Maybe Ill get along faster on {t next week, as ba’s got a liver attack an m got the flue. I reckon youve heard about the epidemick. Somebody sneezes with- out their handkerchief up an it} spreads. Your mothers been wearin 3 flue mask sos she wont get it, an it improves her looks mightily. I got a date tonight—reckon I dont | have to tell you its with Roy. Were goin to prayer meetin. He always| asks me for a date prayer meetin | night, cause he knows'pa says I got | to go an it wont cost him nothin. I| eure do miss you, Rill. I aint seen the inside of a picture show since my ticket to the Happyhour punched out. a ae What mud!" I heard him say as I got off the train and looked for the car, which I expected. “You a ‘Y' girl? Want |a Jift over?” All this came in one breath, “Don't bother, I will walt, Some one's supposed to meet me. “They forgot, most likely! Now listen, Miss," he began, planting him- self squarely upon two serviceable- looking feet, “When the American girl is the propostion, the word ‘bother’ isn't in the dictionary Sure you mean American I asked, half smiling. He wheeled and looked me straight in the eyes, “Say, | Sister, there's nothing to this Mada«n- oiselle business, nothing at all! So come on, please!" The young chap grabbed my baggage, threw it into the back of the car while I climbed up on the front seat beside him, I waited for him to carry on the con- versation, but the muddy road oc- cupied his attention, so I ventured to speak again, “I am going to do can- teen work here.” “That's good. They are more than busy right now. The girl who used to wait on us was always 90 pleasant. She's been trgmsferred along to Tuurs, “Look, fellows! | got a real New Yorker heret We miss her, lots! Where you from?” “New York,” I answered, “And you?” “Same town, bless it." He grinned at the thought and then resumed, “My | buddy's from there, too, Both from Broadway and Bighty-first street, el you like to slip this minute into ® drug store for & marshmallow sun- The Girls From “God’s Own Country’’ dae? Oh, boy! tempt me!” We slowed up turning the corner and he called out, “Look fellows! got a real New Yorker here. Lives When They Went Along Behind the Battle Lines These “Girls From Home’ Drew the Doughboys’ Eyes From the French Ma’m’selles and Kept America Safe for Romance. Don't you try to girl from my home town in IMnots has just arrived here and I'm crazy to have a promenade and talk with I}her. Gee, it seems too good to be true’— here!” I laughed and nodded a! 4 grutt voice broke in and I looked greeting to the lads as we went On| and saw six fect one of khaki next to headquarters. in order. “Lady, we're just havin’ “See you later on, I hope,” sald) an argument and you are the one to he as he rolled away | settle it.” He pointed to his comrade When I opened the door of the “Y| close by. “He says you must be an | Kasterner, and I says you look to me like you belonged to God's own country, How about it?” trouble. Hut” a busy sight met me. wero filled with soldiers. writing letters, others smoking talking in low ‘tones, up friendly, but shyly, as I pas along to the upper end of the build- ing where the canteen was located. The rush hour was on s0 I hastily donned my apron to serve the long queue, waiting. “Donnez-moi un sandwich de from- my first customer grinned as Picking out the fattest one on the plate, in appreciation of his likable French, I handed it over. He counted out the exact change and said, “I always do this for the Yankee Let the franc A general laugh greeted this he said this. girls, to save them trouble. bankers take my thousand hotes!” sally. A fair-haired boy about etghteen shoved forward impatiently, “Give me He waited served and I said as I passed him his plate,| French dollies important date pretty French girl, you're a ham and egg, please?” eagerly for his order to be You must have with some in such a rush.” “No, you have i all wrong! an Tables plates and cups, when I saw my and|frieng the sergeant driver coming toward me. d Hello there! I called, “I see a They glanced “He is right born and bre “New Yorker? You don't say so! Well, it’s a nice burg—a darned busy little village, all the time!” 1 am a New Yorker, Eleven o'clock struck and the crowd began to thin ‘The heavy bar- had once more been put over successfully, judging from the empty out rage hungry expression in your face, What can I get for you?” Without paying any heed to my question he leaned over and whispered, “Anybody taking you home? Our bunch has been lone- some as the dickens, the last two weeks (sometimes we get that way) and four of us had picked out little “Anybody taking you home?" to you've walk with come, they've but now that all changed their minds and are waitin’ to see if they can't escort you, Reg- the barber shop an| reads near Beer signs. | So of course I had to! more I get more time to think of} ‘Dore GOL MABLE’S LOVE LETTERS TO HER ROOKIE. By Florence Elizabeth Summers Natalie Stokes. ERB BILL: Your all the time writin me askin me what I think you done kin you what you think I done now? of it was this. Since so many of the felos joined the home guard an got uniforms, the girls have got so flirty | | “YOUR MOTHERS WEARIN A FLUE MASK.” The man that preaches tonight has’ got a B, V. D. or somethin tacked on to the hind part of his name. I guess he didnt study out of one of them little Bibles like your mother give you to carry in your pocket when you went to war. I bet he knows the big one plum through. I got them white carnations you sent me for Thanksgivin, but there must a been some mistake. The card says “Rest in Peace.” I guess the florist got things mixed with the ep demick. Hoping you are the same, MABLE P.S.—Ma says keep your feet dry. Anybody can get it. (Copyright, 1919, by Frederick A. Stotes Co.) ‘The complete series of “DERE BILL" Lettem fe pubtibed i took form, Sy NEW SAFETY VAULT OW INSTALLED IN IST NATIONAL BANK OMPTHING new in the way of a combination pocketbook and garter is the latest fad for ladies, It docs away with placing the money inside of the stocking and lessens the chance of losing it, The pocketbook is fastened to a piece of elastic that acts as a garter, ~_ HE WAS A PRIVATE, NE of the best storic 1 returning soldiers is { letter received by a Ohio lad from his parent on @ farm and knew little service. According to the father wrote the ashamed of the fact private, that he ha and the Pri evidently he had “private” printed on h And the storyteller add smile that the letter said, I went to Columbus I door of Gov. Cox t sign * te,’ |so he must have been one too."”—Co- | lumbus (0.) Dispatch, » Who lived f rank in boy not that 1 been dent of the r lay, for s door, without a ‘And when found on the m. Hurry and choose me, will thi you I only live next door so you an can walk with me, Next wed two workers come from Ne Yat this hut.” w Som, TWO more You don't mean it? When we get a chance to parlez with an American girl, the Frenchies haven't the Khost of a show to even look in! I tell you. I wish an the other girls at home could understand 4 ular quartette bodyguard, I call that’ ind