The evening world. Newspaper, July 15, 1919, Page 18

EUs Taki VOLUME 60. NO, 21,147 THE TELEPHONE DRAG. ; UST telephone service in New York be as bad as it is? A convincing answer is due hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who are trying to speed up business and accelerate general prosperity, but who find themselves daily and hourly impeded by the most harassing incompetence ever encoun- tered at the telephone switchboards of this city. The Merchants’ Association started a campaign a while ago to find out what is being done to better the telephone service. To its ‘members, who continue to complain bitterly of that service, the Mer- | @hants’ Association now offers only the cold comfort of the telephone _ @ompeny’s explanation that “the brief excursion of these important | public utilities into the realm of Government operation has proved so @isastrous that probably months must pass after the restoration of _ the lines tp their owners before normal service can be expected.” ' Does that satisfy telephone users? Having swallowed the earlicr | exouses of pressing war demands and the ravages of influenza, are © telephone subscribers now meekly to content themselves with the Dianket excuse of Government control for as long a period of demoral- eed service as the New York Telephone Company finds it financially @avantageous to foist on the public? er As one complainant, the United Real Estate Owners’ Association, -wemiarks: é aa “an the girls they employ can’t be stupid, and they can’t x all give wrong stations and numbers. These mistakes are either made by the girls because they don’t care or because they are instructed to make the service as bad as it can be made for the company’s own purpose.” _' Here is no poverty-stricken public service corporation unable _ to pay salaries adequate to secure competent, conscientious operators. _/ @he New York Telephone Company has a $12,000,000 surplus accu- _ mulated out of profits in past fat years. Did it spread its gains for _ the fat years over the leaner times of the war? It did rot. On the contrary, when it felt the war pinch it even got Mr. Burleson to authorize it to charge $10 for installing’new telephones in this city— _ a charge of which it never dreamt itself entitled to mulct the sub- scriber before. From 4 financial point of view, Government control coddled the | New York Telephone Company. Yet Government control now serves * ‘as 9 handy excuse for letting telephone service slump to a low leve! ' and continue there until the company can see substantial profit in| There is no question of averaging good years with bad and giving ; helped to pile up.. At the:same time there is no question of lowering “wharges or of requiring subscribers to’ pay any less promptly for tele- | phone service which they now contract for but do not get. | ‘The’ gains of prosperous times go to the telephone company.|! Diminished profits during war are to be made good by the public ‘@uring the period of reconstruction. _ It is not fair. The present deplorably bad telephone service in - city is a handicap which New York business men should not to, struggle against at a time when every familiar instrument ‘means for the furthering of business ought to be working at high r and efficiency. . How long is the New York Telephone Company to be a daily drag tin Every time Hizsoner is caught in @ traffic Jam it means another letter! New York begins to realize at last what an awful thing it is to have overcrowded streets. DAYLIGHT SAVING SAVED. Tiss to the President’s veto, the rider repealing the Day- propriation Bill. he House failed to provide the two-thirds vote needed to pass the measure, rider and all, over the Presidential daylight saving by the unworthy legislative trick of tacking the repeal eg , to an appropriation bill. It is not likely that Congress will make any further effort to do _ tion of the proved advantages of daylight saving is assured. practice was discouraged. ———_<4¢ 2 —_____ ¢ ; By all means exile the ex-Kaiser to Java, Just the right habitat for him. There are more earthquakes in Java than in any other place on the globe. CLAIM. To the Editor of The Evening World: | Be the Editor of The Evening World: WI you please settle the following assist in ne At s dispute through the columns of your B bets that we didn't r until after they left. nited States 4 G ny Aprile, | neither 1 its spiciness confined to red io. t Dating, ont “th Tuesday, July 15, No Ch he public the benetit of some of the extra telophone profits it hw] SAYENGS Of Mrs. Solomon By Helen Rowland ; Coprright, L918, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World) Verily, the Mysteries of the Summer Hotel Are Not All.in the Hash; Neither Is Its Spiciness Con- fined to the Pudding; and the “Chicken Cro- ‘quettes”’ Is Not Its Only Bluff! ONSIDER the comedy of the summer hotel, my daughter, for it 1g4‘°™#Ue# are losing the sting, better than refined vaudeville and more spicy than a roof gardea ;. Behold, the young man arriveth on Monday. The damsels take notice, but are not excited, His motor car arriveth on Wednesday, sels are WILD to meet him! ‘The nice-looking youth cometh, towing a matron beside him. The damsels yawn mightily, saying, “Ou, The clerk cheereth them, saying: “Go to! It is) only his sister.” The damsels grasp their powder puffs and depart in search of their curling tongs. The tennis champion appeareth, wearing white flannels. A poodle that hath just been washed were re dazsling, The damsels whisper among themselves, saying, “Ob, 4 _ not how The clerk dasheth their hopes, saying, “He is married.” ‘ he next approacheth them the damsels are exceeding bored. One bellboy cometh and another goeth, and al 6 after the Saturday light Saving Law will i | tpt sh “ me Praehed drome the Agricultural Ap One waiter departeth and another appeareth in his place, and to re- member their names leadeth unto brain fag. One man cometh and another goeth, but the Eligible Thing despaireth veto. The country, therefore, will not be deprived of the benefit of | always on the Monday morning train. The college boy cometh, and his ways are fredher than asparagus and harder to endure than a new towel, The seugoned bachelor cometh, and his compliments are staler than " . ; ‘ last year's song and | way with daylight saving. But in any case a full and fair presenta-|than canned vegetables. Sunburn = shall The United States has seen of late alarming instances of the way | frecktes ; @etermined and militant minorities can put through legislation cur-| Juice, but how shall the piazza bore \ i ji Tts of the jority. 7 ol} » tho | be pried away from his ‘ tailing the liberties or benefits of tl majority, It was hgh time the the beante-and. the, Titien widow? The new damsel arriveth, and she is fairer than a face powder adver- ‘et the other damsels shy not, neither do they tremble. when the GRASS WIDOW appeareth . ‘i the piazza chairs are pulled away i Queries From’/Our Readers. and the hammers come forth from THIS SHOULD GETTLE THE “A” 18 RIGHT. their hiding places. One week day is like unto another week day, but Saturday arriveth and date | valuable paper? A claims that | husband cometh down and the America entered the war with Ger-|coquettish matron putteth om her aany before Mr. Joftre and Mr. Bal- | wedding ring and aitteth beside him. 1 Verily, verily, the mysterjes of the 'W, New York City. | gummer hotel are not all-in the hash; pass away and be removed with Yet it is not what it ts probably accepted to be by those who stop to think about it at all—a survi- val of some ancient barbel’s trans- gressions in the realm of art or a lure for unsuspecting little boys to go in and be shorn of their locks. But wound in its folds is a most interest- ing revelation of former ages. centuries ago, Dloodletting was the cure for all ils, the barber was also the sur- eon, and in the pole before his shop to-day is bound up the story of this, to our mind, dual vocaUon, During the process of bloodletting, patients used to.tightly grasp a pold inorder to make their veins swell {the blood flow soe gage gos She tisement. 1919 PALIN co. joni.) By Sophie Copyright, 1919, by the Press Pubi Let the Spirit of the LL HAIL! They are with us once more—the summer porch bri- wade and the whispering gossip. Like the-brook they go on forever. But fast, very fast, their wagging A very interest- ing incident has come to my no- tice, A young woman was away at a little summer re- sort for her vaca- tion, She ts an 4 orphan and works 4 very hard, having “made her Way in the world tor many years, She went with & girl friend to spend the fow recrea- tion days that are allotted to her in the year, Now, there were three women at this hotel whose one joy in life was to get together on a corner of the veranda and whisper bitter nothings about other, people, i When these two girls came, un- chaperoned, these women were “shocked,” and the girls became the target” of their trouble - making tongues. ' If their gossiping had only ex- tended to the three it would not have Seowta mena ret How It Started By Hermine Neustadtl Why the Barber’s Pole? MOST ordinary object to-day ts not in use hung outside the door, wound spirally with a white linen band to represent the bandage used to tie up the wound. Happy thought for prospective victims! One day an enterprising tonsorial artist concelved the idea of a sub- man was being shaved, The Summer Gossip’ spirally painted red and ‘and permanently before his establishment. And the pole has stood. The addition of the gilt bali was to represent the brass basin which, with the notchlike cavity on one side fitted around the throat, was used to catch the lather when a This ts one of the many enigmatical rematns of former times which gur- round us on all sides and which by their very commonplaceness preclude ) By J. H. Cassel | Irene Loeb ing Co. (The New York Evening World). Golden Rule Sink In. mattered 9 much, but their “casual |remark” was spread .to other ao- quaintances in the place. After the girls had been there @ few days, one moonlight Thursday they came in a little late from a drive. |It happened their companions were @ |brother of-one of, the girls and @ triend—a perfectly harmless party. One of the gossipers happened to be sitting up when they arrived. And as the young men were strangers, they left and returned to town. of this mole-hill and even went so far as to speak to the hotel proprietor about it and threatened to leave if “such conduct” was allowed in this hotel. The proprietor, who happened to know all about the girls, spoke to the woman gossip something like this: “These young ladies aro guests of this hotel and they should be treated with the respect that is due them. “I hope they will have the best time of their lives. While you and your partners are ‘wasting your lives in idleness, these girls are out helping in the world's work, “They are making an honest living and these vacation days are worth their weight in gold to them, It be- hooves you and me to help them rather than hurt them, “Now I am sick to death of people who have nothing better to do in life than to find fault with others, espe- cially during the hot season when they are away from the grind to get @ little pleasure, “I ‘wish you three women to pack your trunks and go somewhere else. This is no place for gossips.” The result of this was that the throe and everybody knew about it, will prove a lesson to them, _ It only more per='> would take it wpon themselves to act as this wood would be saved! slanderous tongue is passing, Peo. the tattler to heart, rule spirit sinking in, ‘it is 80 easy to reason, “If this person ready. to” say D ay Po ated talks this way about another, le | - 2 iaae ~~ The gossiper made a mountain out | women had to go, and the reason of taeir leaving sifted through the place There were several people there whe knew them and the whole matter will follow them to the city. I hope it man has done, what a lot of misery At any rate, the day of the low, ple are getting a broader vision of things. They do not take the tale of Faster than we think is the golden When listening to an unkind‘ story NGGAZ Nex How They Made Good ‘ By Albert Payson Terhune---- ~ Copyright, 1919, by The Prees Publishing Co. (The New Yor: renting Worl) No. 60—Theodoric, the “ Civilizer’’ of Burope. © Was a barbarian, a savage Ostrogoth chief, And he redeemed the bulk of Europe from savagery and =i it @ civilized continent, He made good in this "i ‘and won immortality thereby., His name was Theo ~ doric, Rome for many .centuries had guled the world. | ‘Then, through sheer wealth and luxury,-the mighty, Roman Empire’ began to decay. And tha flerce of Teutons and Franks and other races which 7 been held in sulky bondago by the awe of Rome be gan jo rebel. One after another, or in combination, they cast off the Roman yoke. ,Not only did: they declare themselves free but they turned on their former tyrant, raiding {aly and the other centres of Rome's power. Yet up to the time of Theodorie these insurgents were merely replace ing tyranny with barbarism. Theodorio began his career by putting himself at the head of 10,00 Picked men and conquering Greece, which was one of Rome's most im- portant possessions, ‘Theh for the next few years he captured more af@ more Roman territory and amused himself between times by annexing forcibly the lands and power of other savage tribes, * Then a Goth General, Odoacer by name, raised an army, invaded Italy, ovr elzed the City of Rome itself and declared himself King. TURNED 3 While Odoacer was still in the final stages of this conquest, ON threw him. FORMER ‘Then Theodoric proclaimed himself King of Italy and TYRANT. 3 master of the best part of Rome's ancient dominions. Thus eons far he had meftly done on ¢ larger scalc what dozens of other barbarians had done before him. But, having won his bloadstained throne, he now proceeded to make good along lines no’ ohne had expected. Germany, France and) Italy had relapsed ir was warswept, poor, lawless, savage. The hills were full of bandits, who preyed on the poor and who defied all authority. The Mediterranean other waters swarmed with pirates. Progress, education, industry—all were at a standstill, Wars and raids and devastation bad plunged civilization into a quicksand, wherein it sank deeper and more hopelessly every day. Theodoric proceeded to change all that. If he had been a mere cons queror his name would be almost forgotten. It was as a civilizer that he made. good. He not only reigned in Italy, but the scope of his mighty influence spread all through Europe. He cleaned out the strong bandit nests. He swept the swarms of pirates from the seas. He encouraged all forms of industry, gave the people protection and new rights and replaced savagery with progress. j By the beginning of the sixth century he had turned Italy from a’ de+ spoiled wilderness into a prosperous country and was extending his reforms > Aarne through other lands. He thrashed and subdued warlike, . the plain people. ae TRIBES. Not content with making his people better off, he phos “> nw ceeded next to improve the land itself. He drained poison- ous marahes, built prosperous cities and developed agriculture to 4) higher point than it ever before had reached, \ He encouraged all forms of education and progress and the arts, upheld Christianity as the state religion and forced it on his heathen neigh bors, His genius for diplomacy welded together scores of scattered into a compact and progressive and happy nation. And he was also a trys” disciple of preparedness. } His motto, writes one chronicler, was “that the armed Goth’ was) the!) natural protector of the thrifty Italian, and that the two, in right tion, formed the ideal commonwealth.” d + om Thus, for a reign of thirty-three prosperous years, did Theodoric, ‘i barbarian, civilize Europe. Thus did he make good on one of the im stupehdous tasks ever set before one man, bi - The Jarr Family = - By Roy L. McCardell hit Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) 7D 990 Mr. Jarr Gets Inside Information as to the Value of :* Yesterday’s Newspapers. “Gg AY, paw, did you bring homey children are not reading the the evening papers?” asked| They only hoard them,” said Mrs: Jarf. = Mr. Jarr’s little boy the other] “And 1 wish you wouldn't: spégt fof? evening. murderers to the children, either: AR ¥ “Yes, two of them,” sald the fond| for the ‘Library of Canned Education « father. “Want to see the funny pict-|for Children,’ as soon as I told ou® ~, ree Willie and Emma how useful those) “Now if there is any more of those| books were and how much good it prize fight pictures, I want you to tear| would do them to read them, they lost’ them out!” said Mrs, Jarr. “Let me] all interest in them, but what do they see!” want those old newspapers for?!” * “Aw, I don't want to see any more} “Oh, don't worry, it's only some fight pictures, Willard is a big/harmless collection fad of the éhil+ cheese!” cried Master Jarr. dren's. Don't let's bother about uty “Listen to that!” exclaimed Mrs,|-sald Mr, Jarr, : Jarr. “Where do they pice up such} Just then the doorbell rang. And I expressions?” Mrs. Jarr opening the door, Master “Give the papers to me, Papa! Don't| Izzy Slavinsky was discovered-on the. give ‘em-to Willie,” interposed the Lit- threshold. Master Slavinsky was hte tte dase gists tired in @ somewhat battered Boy.” “Girls can’t use ‘em,” sald Master) Scout costume, leggings, hat and all. Jarr. “Here, leggo!” He stood at attention and gave the But little Miss Jarr had held tight to| scout’s salute, ro & the papers and tugged till she tore] “I'm corporal of the Boys’; them. And Mrs. Jarr had to use force| Sanitary Squad of District No. 28," ~ to quiet the altercation. nounced Master Slavinsky, “and I'm, / “There now!” bawled the boy. “I0ok | looking out to keep the streets clean. whatcha done!. They ain't no goot| I will take away rubbish mit neatieag now!" and despatch.’ “] don't care!” declared the little] “Well, there's a lot of old bandboxés girl. “I got more'n you. Olga Swan-| and rubber overshoes and some other son, the janitor’s little girl, gets a lot/ trash J just cleaned out of the choos ‘ for me out of the ash barrels,” to-day, You can take those away, “Naw she don’t, Little Oscar Swan-| Said Mrs, Jarr. son is to get ‘em for me!” cried Master| Master Slavinsky’s face fell, uh ff Jarr. “Ain't you got no old newspapers “Great Scott! What's the trouble| that makes an awful trash in the now? What are you children quarrel-| streets?” asked Master Slavinsky, “4 ling about the newspapers for?" asked| “They fall off the gargage carts an@” Mr. Jarr. blow out of the rubbish cans when But in the child world there are cor-| Sends them down to the janitor.”.21.1 1 tain secrets that it is deemed not fitting| “There's a pile of them under Wittieté” for grown-ups to know. Master Jarr| bed,” began Mrs. Jarr, wos only mumbled that he wanted to see) “Izay Slavinsky, you can't have my" | the pictures and Miss Jarr said there| newspapers!” cried Master Jare in were doll patterns in some papers, alarm, “Anyway, it ain't going 40! “They have my heart broke with the | rain!” see way they fight over all the old news-| “It 18 going to rain!” replied Masti” papers, I wonder if the papers print | Slavinsky, stoutly, “And newspapers that dreadful slang, and that's what|is now worth a cigarette coupon they want them for!" whimpered Mrs. | apiece!” n Jarr, “Willie has his bureau drawer| “What is going on? What mystery full of them and a big stack under his | is here?" asked Mr, Jarr, bed, and little Emma has almost as| But all the children were mute as many that she's had me lock up for| clams. And Master Slavinsky, gt her in my closet.” the scout salute again, tuned on Wil” “1 don't think they should read the hes} and deparied, = newspapers 80 much,” said Mr, Jarr.| yolmes in private Weer gular Shectedee “Why don’t they read thelr books?| the Adventure of the Old Neweasng ‘There's that ‘Library of Canned 2odu-| He encountered Master Slav inayat Ee cation’ I got them. And that reminds | §¢") r @ great puck of esters me I'm three months behind in the faye ae enaheets. Mr. Jarr got right payments, and you should see the tone| “I'll give you a nickel if yo : of follow-up-form-letter No. 27 I just| What the children are collecting the oh ‘J got to-day. If I sent some of those Mame coniea aes | is aa letters to Hamby, the boy murderer] “When it rains in the day their @ with the tron nerve, in his prison eel | benches ja, wet at, the opeehiin sho we get in for ; he'd hroak. down and tall bin right Bing bape 18 eit ove Ie Ton ME i? Sh ea which left his army exhausted, Theodoric attacked and overs (jf THRASHED § tribes and forced them to become lawabiding. He lowered |" WARLIKE taxes. He stripped the tyrant nobles of thelr power over "| )