The evening world. Newspaper, December 4, 1919, Page 28

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1919 London Girl Is Mystified By the Super-Efficiency’ | Of the New York Hotels 7 "MAY CHRISTIE'S. KEEN OBS OBSERVATIONS. Laxury in a London Hotel Consists of a Scuttle of Coal in the Bedroom, at So Much the Scuttle In New York Even the Corridors Are Heated Press a Button in the Room and Have Every Wish Gratified. This article is the second of a scrics by Miss May Christie, an En glish authoress, who arrived here Nov, 12. She is considered the Laura ie Libby of the British Istes and often has had half a dozen of her wd running simultancously in the British papers, Her theories on e” and “Marriage” are entertaining and pique the curiosity of the inine reader. By May Christie Copyright, 1919. by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Eveniog World.) HE ‘efficiency’ of the New York hotel completely staggers me! cient to the nth degree! And it is WARM, too—gloriously warm! Oh, for this wonder- ‘steam heat’ in England—where one freezes in the best hotels, unless indulges in the high-priced luxury of ‘a real fire in one’s bedroom’ at so-thuch per scuttle-full of coals! bfti- Here in New York the very corridors and passages are heated! It is unbelievable. One can't get lost, too, in a New York ho- tel, as one perpetually does in a similar bos- telry in London, For small, electricaily. lighted signs are everywhere—“MAIL"— “CASHIER,” “INFORMATION,” “TELE GRAMS,” The New York mind is surely pigeonholed, The swift-moving, silent elevatore— “EXPRESS,” “LOCALS,” “SERVICE"—also stagger me. One is shot up to the twentieth floor, or higher, with the velocity of a six- ingh shell—but oh! so quietly! 4 In London one ascends laboriously by foot, or hangs around the entrance to the “lift’+the one and only “lift"—while, down in regions below, the ‘lift-man’ enjoys his cup of tea or cheery chat-all heedless of tmpa: tent button-pressing on the part of guests. Yes, we are very tolerant in London. , The New York bedroom is a shug domain. It may be perched sky-high, but it is compact. Bix electric lamps, a writing desk with every kind of paper, and a telephone— ob! its bathroom is quite beauliful—witlr real hot water at a notice! Burope never could produce hot water at a moment's it needs warning first. The quarter-in-the-slot beauty apparatus embedded coyly in the bath- oom wall also amazes me, I have popped in eight good quarterr just to gee the little doors fly open and the goods fly out! Talcum powders, beauty efeams and unguents—to the British mind this really is astounding. If I want anything on earth, I merely pick up the telephone in the New York hotel bedroom and state my wants. For instance—"Scrambled eggs, waffles and coffee,” I murmur archly into the tele- phone. (1 have never heard of waaffles, but they sound attractive.) Hi! Presto! Immediately appears a waiter, carrying a little table wrapped in linen and complete with everything I've or dered—waffies, eggs and all! Do I want a suit pressed? Or a mani- cure? Or hairpins? Or a shopping guide, a cbaperon or a stenographer? Do 1 wani anything that human ingenuity can produce? I merely say the word into that magic little ftistrument, and-hi! presto!--the desire is filled. This super-efficiency scoms a bit ex- traordinary to the British mind, In our hotels we do not telephone. We “rin nd ring-- and ‘ring—and pray for patience. Maybe a Maid will come. More likely she will not! A suit pressed takes two weeks before the; pressing’s done. For manicure er hair- pins we must wander out to the highways and do business there. I neve. heard of the hotel genus “shopping guide” or “chaperon” before, and stenog- raphers are found with difficulty. ut in the New York hotel everything is found—at once! This strange ‘ cy quite overwhelms me! OTHER ARTICLES TO FOLLOW BY MISS CHRISTIE ARE: THE NEW YORK GIRL—THE NEW YORK COURTSHIP—THE NE YORKER, AND NEW YORK. FIREMEN N IN72 B.C. lit IANY of the so-called “modern |of the very poor, were thus supplied, improvements” of civilization, |and some had nearly a score of fau- which so largely contribute to|cets, controlled by stopoocks that bomfort of living, are by no means | Were much like those that are in use recent in origin as we are disposed | to-day. imagine. As early as 72 B.C, a| At many street corners there were Fire Department served in! fountains with stone basins, the edges , according to the Youth's Com-|of which even now show depressions fon, and many other of our “mod- | Worn by the hands of the people who methods are ages old. leaned over to drink. ‘Those foun- tains were fed by tho city water, p accustomed to think of run- | jo,088 apous! which was brought by an aqueduct @ water in houses as a modern |? Ren oek, 08 AA ry. New York City did ot have) A distaat place go elevated thet ft} until 1776, when a reservoir was ad” was very powertul, ‘Thet Meucted eat ot ‘Broadway, tate | kind of engincering was highly de- g vel n those Switch water was raised by pumping | \1PCd Ip those tin Tao alte due ter the purtoee |Caesar first visited Alexandria 1p fro gypt he found there 90 complete an By Peggy Engelman. Courraty M10, Uy He swinnteg C0, 2 New York fomuning World.) AY not make your hrist- W mas presents and have attractive and useful gifts at small cost?! What will mother enjoy, and, oh, what can I make for father? zling two. What can I make for the children? What shall I or- der for Christmas dinner? decorate the table? do Christmas Eve?. May I offer a few suggestions? Every woman loves dainty, per- sonal decorations, and as they take a little longer to make, sup- pose we start with a boudoir cap. Cut a strip of dotted net or dotted Swiss six and a halt inches wide and thirty inches long. Gather top and fit to a round lace medallion, Face the bottom with a strip of the mate- rial used, thus forming a tubing for the ribbon that holds the cap in place. Trim in narrow ribbon ‘ny satin roses, A sachet is always welcomed, especially when made of biue taffeta or satin, and trimmed in silver ribbon and rose-colored satin roses. The larger layer of the sachet is 9 inches long and 6 inches wide. The top bag measures 7 inches long by 5 inches wide. Garters are a joy to the wom- an who occasionally enjoys the frewien, fal Bad boudolr uncor- GOING DOWN! i fooorrens amis by The Prem Publishing Co, DEAR FR York Evening World.) D: It you lost your job to-day you go? How What can we where would Father, and brother are the puz- * . A CHARMING GIRDLE FOR AN EVENING GOWN HERE 15 SHOWN ‘THE’ EVENING WORLD'S” SPECIAL MODEL - THE GARTERS ARE HERE SHOWIN [N PRACTICAL USE DAINT' ZZ GARTERS ARE.A JOY TO THE GIRL WHO ENJOYS “THE FREEDOM OF WER BOUDOIR UNCORSETED All of the articles shown above were designed specially for Evening World readers. another group of Homemade Gifts soon to appear. setted, For the average size two lengths of 1% inches wide ribbon 27 inches long are required for each garter and 14 inches of rub- ber for each. A frill of lace adds to their charm. Trim where the tubing is closed with four loops of No, 22 ribbon. Each loop requires six inches, Rosettes can be made of %-inch wide ribbon or strips of satin, Two shades of contrasting satin make an effective rosette, which | | Watch for looks much like a rose. Seven inches of the darker shade and 14 inches of the Nghter make one rosette, Pin-cushion forms of all shapes and sizes are to be had in the stores. Select a cushion to yourliking and cover with silk or satin, Trim the ends with loops of rib- bon and narrow fancy silk braid. A wreath of satin and gold roses and pins attractively By Herma by The Copprieht, "pene Publishing Co, (The New York | TWO MINUTES OF OPTIMISM | n J. Stich Se ru HY Rost Dainty Xmas Gifts for Women to Make Below Are Shown New and Original Designs for Evening] World Readers, Originated by Peggy peers i BOUDOIR CAP TO HI 1E ENDS OF HAIR IN Tie MORNING E MADE FROM RE INS operon stuck complete another gift that appeals. A charming girdle which will delight the eye of the woman who wears dainty evening gowns can be made of black maline. The amount of maline will natu- rally vary with the size of the walst line. The girdle should be about six inches high, with a few folds of the maline passing over the shoulders and meeting in a good-sized bow at the back, A | heavily beaded medallion a little to the right side tons a decided charm to this affair. A corsage rose {3s always in demand and can be made from odds and ends from the silk box. All shades of pink, rose and red can be used and give @ natural appearance if the darker shad are used for the inside petals. Use a circle of crinoline two inches in diameter for the foundation of the rose. For the centre of the rose twist a strip of satin 6 inches long by 1 inch wide and sew to the centre of the crinoline, Around this cen- tre sew the petals. Pctals are made of silk or satin cut in | squares and folded into triangles, | Gather from point to point. For | a medium size rose use twelve | 2-inch squares, six 3-inch, seven 3%, and five 4-inch squares, TO-DAY’S ||| ANNIVERSARY || Burning of a World- famous Book. | When Julius | ef Pompeii were pillars of masonry, turned ‘In ‘ang which ran lead pipes, and on top | d nergency fire ach pillar was @ tank, from which nonly kept Frequent mention lw made of them in ancient literature, but we vas distributed by pipes to the | Al a relliian 40 not know what they were like. it that was a very primitive ar-| underground water supply system t compared with the system) that the city seemed “hollow under- | ancient Rome, by which water was) neath.” ht from great distances inaque-| In the year B. ©. Julius Caesar that were marvels of engineer- | orgunized the ire Departinent of Sand that emptied through lead | Rome. 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[rita wide and it ts fumbling, Mill managed to tell { THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1919 \Clothes---And Other Things Clothes Make the Man and Also Make Him Go Broke—Nowadays a Swell Wren’s Got More on Her Back Than Barnum Ever Had in His Menagerie—When Mrs, Monkey Wanted to Show Off, It Didn’t Cost: Her Husband Anything Cept “a Anxiety, | Reason a Gal Can Blow $80 fcr a Chapeau Is Because She Saves the Coin on Little’ Things That Count—a Guy Won't Walk | Up a Flight of Stairs to Save $10 on a= | Suit of Clothes, but the Wife 2 | By Neal R. O'Hara (Tho New York Leen.ng World.) as LOTHES make the man and also make! him go broke--lls own clothes and his wife's. Darwin was probably right ~ x we are all descended from monkeys—but we've picked up % a lotta new s since then, Female monkeys of the old days were satisii But you can't | | | satisfy the modern dame with monkey fur alone with some monkey fur for trimming. she’s gotta have ostrich plumes and seal skins and squirrel linings and a dash a A swell wren’s got more on her back than Barnutm ever had in his menagerie. on When Mrs. Monkey wanted to show off it didn’t cost her husband anything except anxiety. Her way of showing off was to curl her tail around the limb of a te tree and dangle. The monkeys never > really got next to swell clothes till the hand-organ guys came along and spoiled ‘em. You will notice the monks are nowadays the same as all the women always grabbing for money, When a 1919 Jane wants to show off she don’t pull any mgnkey shines. She curls her right arm around her hus band’s neck till HE does the dangling And that consists of dangling the week's pay in front of her paw. The way a gal makes dough disappear you'd think she was descended from Ching Ling Foo, not monkeys. A’guy can Invest his cash in wild cat stock and he's a dub. But a woman can sink her savings in a lynx scarf and she's a dream! A male sap can gamble in petroleum and come out with ten cents on the dallar, That makes him a Goof. But a feinale fairy can invest in some perfume and come out with one scent for FIVE dollars and she’s a princess! Darwin was right, but so yas Lincoln—you can fool some folks all of the time. ‘The 1919 woman wears less clothes and gets more attention than a roan, Same thing was true of the 1918 women, also the 1917 women and all the way back to Eve. But it ain’t the girls’ fault at all, It’s us guys that give ‘em both the clothes and the atten- tion. That's the situation from A to Z, And the less clothes we guys give ‘em the better they look to us. And that’s the situation from Adam to Ziegfeld, ‘The Janes have got all the best of it. Rouge on a girl's cheek will make her blush less than powder on a guy's sleeve. A womai of mink besides. attracts more attention getting on a street car for a five cent ride And a wrinkle Mother than a man that’s starting on a tour of the world in a guy's trousers looks worse than one on a wren’s face. Nature has certainly been kind to her daughters! Us guys’ll have to wake up if we want to show class. Reason a gal can blow $80 for a_ chapeau is because she saves the coin on the little things that count A guy won't Walk up one flight to save $10 on @ suit of clothes. But his wife'll walk five miles to save a nickel on a can of stove polish, A male fish will sink $30 for a silver case-to hold 20 cents’ worth of cigarettes, But a wise jane wil trust a two-cent safety pin to hold up a season's supply of lingerie. ‘The master mind of the family will rent a $10 safe deposit vault to ghard fifty shares of Bunkum oil stock. But friend wife don't require any vault for the family bundle of Liberty bonds. HER safe deposit vault is a pair of sik stockings—with or without a combination- depending on the weather, We males waste a lotta swell opportunities. Look at the guy that spends ten bones for a silk shirt and then blows fifteen more for a vest to cover it up with. And he thinks he’s a SMART dresser. Taugh at him, girls, if yqu want to, but remember a swell dame will pay $6 for a pair of spats that'll hide a million dollars’ worth of ankles. Our leading Apollos have got to sink a small fortune with the | haberdagher to look decent around the neek—you kno’ im. ported collars and impossible neckties and imperfect diamond scarf pins, But it don’t cost a girl ANYTHING to look good around the neck. All she's gotta spend is ten minutes a day with soap and water and powder. Only thing that gives the guys a bulge on the girls is the Adam's apple. All ixf all the girls have got the best of it, East or West, sum HOW TO JOIN THE MYSTIC BOOK, ype ape | Cut out the picture on the four PILGRIMS PRocRESS!