The evening world. Newspaper, July 17, 1919, Page 18

Cena eR mR ED _ THURSDAY, JULY 17 How the Baroness Mackay Took Job as Parlor Maid To Learn ‘‘How to Serve” THURSDAY, JULY 17, Be a Better Stenographer' And Earn Bigger Pay HOW TO SPEED UP YOUR SHORTHAND, fe INSURE ACCURACY, INCREASE EFFICIENCY \\ { 1919 New. Thrills in Flying Over Cloudland Remarkable Pictures Taken at High Altitude by Air Service Photographers at Hazelhurst Field Show Squadron of Planes Gliding Over a Cloudbank and Flying in Formation Over Green ,Fields Far Below—Aerial Photographers Whose Cameras Have Found New Beauty in “‘Airscapes.”’ Eleventh of a series of twelve articles written especially for stenog- rapher readers of The Evening World by Court Reporter Hermon J. Stich, world’s champion high speed shorthand writer and international Quthority on the subject. By Herman J. Stich 9, by The Press Pubtishing Co, (The New York Evening World). The Home Stretch W Copyrignt, Dae Had Many Servants, Whose Viewpoint She Wanted to Understand and Whose Work She. j Wanted to Learn. How Her Chance Came, How. Her Plan Worked Qut, She Tells in This Interview, Given as She Sailed for Home After Her Unusual Ex- perience. By Zoe Beckley ‘Covstight, 2019, by The Press Publishing Co, (The Now Tork Wrentng Wort.) NN the passenger list of the steamship Noordam, sailing yesterday, appeared the name Baroness H. Mackay. Behind that simple entry Jooms @ story that pales yotr average novel and makes your erdone. A woman born to wealth, married to a man wo beautiful children, mistress of town houses and ‘try estates, free to help humanity in a hundred goes as a servant into an American home lesson of human love and service.” life,” the Baroness told me as we stood of the Noordam as it made ready to » “I have felt that only through real toil vice be rendered. been wrongly reported that I entered the . 8, Overton of San Francisco to life from behind the scenes, so to it solely because I wanted to learn how id how best to understand my fol- whom spend their lives in labor.” able to help people. And you've been a OB HE TE R maid. They never knew that “Ella Hommell" was applying to her work the intelligence and culture of the truly “high-born lady,” and the seal of the earnest humanitarian who has courage as well as convictions. For four months Wa dusted the drawing-rooms, answered the doorbell, waited on the ladies of the family, It ts eagy to give when you | and made herself the most nearly in- have money. It is easy to be a mother dispensable maid the Overtons ever Jong for children. It is easy |bad. ‘Then she politely gave notica when you have love and |#@ying she was obliged to visit her, ‘end plenty of tun. people in Holland, aN T can never give an order to a| Tho rest of the story ts told tn the} Sesrvant without an apology in my soul. |Dile of luggage in the Noordam's A- ; forget that they are as|Deck cabin, and in the slim, unobtru- entitled to comforts and happi-|#ive figure of the Baroness in her ‘as I—more, because they earn )44rk blue rainmoat, standing by the way through life by the hardest |"DpY Tail, saying earnestly: earvies there is” “But it is nothing—really. Please | “Phe hardest service?” I echoed, not |4° not think mo a heroine, or a seeker das ene a after praise, Just the contrary. It is ‘The » plainly dressed little because I am not satisfied with 'my- a ‘© hand on my arm in |*elf that I tried thus to fit myself to soe mand be @ better woman.” mga dest thing in the world,” she| “And you have learned—how to Fania slowly, “is to obey the will of |*rve™ > a have to take orders from| 5b¢ save smile for smile, her deli- Pe ee cate features lighting up with eager- Wilf, to depend for your livelihood upon |"*S* to be understood. ‘the will or the whim of some one who “Not yet. I learned much, But, ‘has more wealth and more power than after all, I only scratched the surface. you. “That is why I chose to be a servant I bonfirmed at least one belief of minoe— that we cannot judge others so long ay “4m the house of Capt. Overton. I wistiea | ¥° lve in separate worlds, Tito learn bow to serve, I wished “It 1s 0 easy to criticise and to con- © to give the actual toll of my heart and|@e™2 without really understanding. Panda 1 did nothing wonderful, noth. | W® “Fe hard on our servants becauss ing to praise. 1 love humanity, and to | ® 4° not comprehendtheir problem: ‘This remarkable little woman was tm Switzerland, of wealthy par- 5 Maer Was Ella Hogamell, [220 008 else's eye while we overlook Mackay, her peents © Hol- ‘clans’ and ‘caste’ and ‘ A on’ and ® merchant with large |iprecding’ and ‘ethics,’ utterly forget- in the Dutch West + rate from the Orient, ip Ragen x ae have definite dreams. 1 hope for them little Baroness sud. |£"°** a things, But I have as t of sight. Evidently|?*t 2° P and thelr dreams, We are hard upon our enemies—because we do not under- stand them either, “We try to extract the mote from the beam within our own. We talk of ting that we'are all one great family, with common feelings and common dreams.” 1 asked the Baroness Mackay whether she had dreams of toll for her chil- dren, based on an education of univer- sal brotherhood, “Ab!” They are too young yet to except that they shall be useful and know how to work.” They were beginning to draw up the 1 asked the Baroness breath- ssly If she had any further plans for Sot @ | incognito roles of "; house,” to Wealth, ‘Married to Titled Hollander, AERS PLANES REMARKABLE BICTURE TAKEN OVER SHEEPSHEAD BAY. HE observers on the R-34—bdoth trips—were so impressed by the wonderful cloud-scapes spreading out in-creamy mountains and val- leys between their ship and the invisible earth that they devoted large sections of their official lo; to essays at description. The camera might give a hint of this unheard of beauty, they agreed. Words could not. Hére are two photographs taken in the sky, one with. the earth in sight, the other away up beyond the clouds. These are not scenes photo- graphed from the R34 They are from pictures taken by the United States bgys of the air service, the Photographic Department, Hazelhurst Field, | The Story of New York By Eleanor Clapp N 1661 this busy section of New York City was a clearing in the wilderness where the Dutch inhab- itants of the tiny city at the tip of the island pasture: thetr cattle. They called it the “Viacte,” which means a level piece of ground, what we some- times refer to as a flat; Inter it was known as the “ields," and under the English the name was changed to “the Commons,” and it was called this until the City Hall was built in 1803, Here in Colonial days was a gal- lows on which criminals were hanged. and there wax a Potter's Field, or pauper burying ground, and at the upper end of the ‘ark, extending over what 1s now Chambers Street, a sec- tion for the bodies of negro. slaves. In 1135 the Poorhouse was built on the Commons, and a little more than a quarter of a century later @ now Jail was erected, which was long con- sidered the most beautiful building Revolution as a military prison by the English who occupied New York. In later years it served as a place to BOVE THE CiouUDs __ Sliding above a cloud. PHOTOGRAPHIC DERT HAZELHURSYT FIELD. ard they are taken to show the earth people what fun can be had in TECHNICAL WORK. 'F ydu are asked to.report a subject which you know is going fo be technical or unfamiliar get out your encyclapedia and read up on what you will report. At some time or another this has*to be done by all of us We're not ashamed to con- fess that there are some subjects under the #un about which the en- cyclopedia can enlighten us. THE TALKING MACHINE. » Owing to the speed with which transcripts are needed the talking machine, which was intended to sup- plant the shorthand writer, now finds him a grateful patron, As‘fast as he can read his notes the shorthand re- porter dictates them to cylinders, which are transcribed by operators, A® soon as he is finished dictating his notes to the machine tho short- hand reporter is free for‘another en- gagement. The working of the machine is simple and can be learned in tive minutes. There is no need to go into it here. When you will have occasion to use it there will be no’ difficulty. ‘The manufacturers of theimachine will also ‘help you out. WRITING INSTRUMENTS. Whether the pen or pencil is su- perior in fast shorthand work is a matter of personal choice..I have used oth in very high speed work and I know that the fastest shorthand writers in the country use both with equal facility. If anything, they lean toward the pencil. But don't worry about it and don't blame either one or the other if you don't write as faust as you might, Choose your love, then love your choice! ‘The advantages of the pen are that it makes reading easier for the eyes, especially if the reading is done under artificial light, Also the notes are more permanent and not so apt to slur. On the other hand it is a very difficult thing to get a fountain pen just suited to your hand and one which is at all times reliable. I once had severa) “beauties,” which I lost. But I had such a hard time breaking them in that I haven't tackled the job again. Tf you use a pencil get a No. 3 soft. ; There are several excellont makes on | the market. f Experiment to find whether vous pfefer a pen or pencil. i Use a good quality of paper, net | too highiy glazed, yet not so rough | that it quickly wears down your |* pencil or interferes with smooth * writing with pen, ; Don't bear down on your writing * instrument. Hold it firmly, When the speed rises try to think iore! quickly and to move your fingers } more rapidly. Be sure you have* selected a good location where you j can hear everything that is satd, | Don't let anybody give you a “back~ seat.” Keep your head and keep your, hand under control. Self-possession | is the first step to speed-possession, + HEALTH AND HABITS. Your health has an important bear- ing on your speed. If you don't} smoke or drink don’t acquire either | habit. Exercise regularly. Eat nour- { ‘ishing food, Get a good night's rest | regularly—if possible “eight hours’ sleep. Bad nerves slow you up. Keep cheerful. Be optimistic. Be! prolific with your smiles—they'll dis- | sipate many trials. Grin and bear’ everything. Stand by your programme of pras- tice, Make it a part of your re{ ligion, Never neglect it ‘Theatres : and dances and parties are all very} well—occasionally, But defer, the; dude duds till later in lite. Many; men who have donned the dress gait! too early now wear it permanently —serving soup and grabbing grgtul-' ties. 2 Your education is never ended. / Keep learning. Continue studying + and assimilating. Get a smattering‘ or surface knowledge of the im-. portant arts and sciences. Read liberally layman's treatises on law and medicine, Own a good un< abridged dictionary and a complete encyclopedia, Refer to them fre«' quently, Read the good standard magazines and also the shorthand magazines. Absorb informing books. ; Make It your business to be abreast of the times, Keep smiling. ——) A Little Lightning It Doesn’t Strike in the Same Spot Twice, but It Lands a Couple of Times in Coney Island and Several Times Along Broadway. By Neal R. O'Hara Copyright, 1919, by Tho Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) NE-PIECE bathing suits O at Coney Island fit the girls so tight they were pinched. But the Judge let ‘em off easy —they weren't concealing any- thing. Only lines permitted at Coney ere the B. R. T, And they're in terrible shape. Police see harm in one-piece suits. So do we C-harm in them too. Eleven airplanes can be seen in the cloud photograph. Just a little imagination will picture them as seaplanes, skimming above tumbling surf. In the other elght planes may be seen drilling as neatly in the upper air as a group of chorus girls on a Broadway stage. These were furnished to The Evening World by the Air Service recruiting campaign department. They show a bit of the life that the air recruit may expect to enjoy as soon as he grows his, wings. Squares: :: the Colonies to be free and inde- pendent, a horseman was sent off post haste to bring the great news. imprison debtors, and afterward, as’) When he arrived the soldiers of the has been already said, became the|new American Army then recruiting Hall of Records, were drawn up at attention on the {n Colonial days the Commons was|Commons and a great crowd of ctvil- the outdoor meeting place for the in- |1ans assembled, and here, in the pres- habitants of the town. It was a long|ence of Gen. George Washington, the and rather narrow field that extended |Commander in Chief, the most fa- below where the old Post Office now|mous document of our history was is ‘This hideous and inconvenient |read aloud to the people. ullding was not placed across the In 1800 the old Federal Hall had lower end of the park and the street|sTown #o shabby that there began to back of it cut through until 1870, On|be talk about a new City Hall, and this Commons were held some of the|® prize was offered for the best archi- most important of the mass meetings | tectufal design. The competition was that preceded the outbreak of the| won by the firm of Mangin & Mc- Revolution, On Nov. 1, 1766, there|Comb, @ Frenchman and a Scotch- was @ great public demonstration|man. Mangin undoubtedly made the here aguinst the hated Stamp Act| original drawings that won the prize, that did so much to bring on the|for the design of the building is war against England, and night after| French, and it is considered by ex- night in the month preceding its re- | perts to be one of the finest examples peal speakers harangued the popu-|of Colonial architecture in the coun- iace against taxation without repre-|try. Mangin, however, retired from in the city. ‘This was afterward turned into the old Hall of Records, }which was pulled down only a fow sentation, Hore also, on July 9, 1776, , | the firm before even the cornerstone the Declaration of Independence was|was laid, probably because the com- first read to citizens of New York.’ As scop us the Cyatinental Co jttee in obi ingisted on altering pases Comb really built CITY HALL’ PARK to use brownstone for the structure. and a quarry in Newark was bought for the purpose, but the committee finally yielded to the eloquence of the architect, who declared that a public building “intended to endure for ages” should be of marble, So the brown- stone quarry was sold and a marble quarry purchased in the Berkshire Hills, and the whole of the marble used was slowly trucked down by great teams of oxen and horses on a journey that took weeks 1> accom- plish, McComb himself supervised the building of roads and the strengthen- ing of bridges to héld the weight of his teams, and he frequently made the trip on horseback from New York to West Stockbridge to supervise. the work at the quarries. He kept a :rec- ord of his proceedings in what he called his “Marble Book,” To save money the back and bese of the building were made of brown- stone painted white to match the marble, because it was thought that the City Hall was so far from the eentre of the town that the back would always be flanked by flelds, To. day the city stretches, solidly built, sixteen miles north of this, far as ne wos i i Wine, women and song have all got to go. Cops have landed on one-piece bathing suits. One piece orchestras and 1 per cent, beer may be next. Jazz bables are getting the razz too, Prohibition throws three hundred cabaret girls oft of a job. Cabarets hard hit. Patronage falls off 33 per cent, which is 20.25 per cent. worse than the beer they serve. Seems as if T. B. M. mu have meant Thirsty Businei Man. ri Water. It used to be a drink on the morning after, a chaser the night before. ‘Trouble is, there hasn't been any Night Before since June 30, Have you noticed the big ad- vertisements for soft drinks? Drieds. “Labor must have its day,” says A_F. of L, official, Sure— Labor Day. We thought EVERY day was Labor’s—with Saturday after: noén and Sunday off. Dollar-a-year men are still in Washington. ‘They're working for Clark Griffith, Cleveland fans figure the In- dians have their chance of a lifetime. The same as Hinden- Producers’ dope on the coming dig season, we expect to see the sextet from “Lu expanded to an octet and Ten Nights in a Barroom stretched to fifteen. Pennant race is now half over, *! It's all over for the Philadelphia teams, Dempsey not only stopped Wil- lard. He stopped those patent medicine ads. that told how Jess Decame @ superman. Only it’s just another case of “The champ is K. 0.—long live the champ.” Now Dempsey’s telling what a great thing you can buy at the corner drug store. Broadway ticket speculator dumps $25,000 worth of paste boards in his window as evi dence of past losses. Display excites @ lot of pity, Famous joint for curing the drink habit closes in Philly. No need of it now—2.75 per cent habit cures itself, Wise guys in jazzland say there's a revival of old songs due, “Pop Goes the Weasel” ought to go well. Only thing ‘that’s left that will pop. Anti-treating law just abol- ished in England. Lotta guys we know thought the law was in force here too, Broadway barkeeps no longer treat. Only thing that’s “on the house” now is the TO LET sign, “None but the brave deserve the fare,” said the conductor ag he failed to ring up a nickel, pe Ms = “sect NEW INVENTIONS, i A Seattle inventor has patented §} newspaper stuffing machine that does the work of fourteen men in plac sections of Papers together, { A patent has been granted for ni etabhable rifle sight coatediwith «| th rr 1 light vadiating pigment so it/cam eq}