The evening world. Newspaper, September 24, 1921, Page 11

T im to comprehend them. Bince the signing of the armistice wb Nov. 11, 1918, the newspapers have made a few billion dollars, pounds, francs, marks and other monetary units almost as familiar to the eye of the average reader as the proverbial <thirty cents, and a few ciphers more do not feaze the average New Yorker, except when they happen to be added to his bill for rent or gro- cortes. The surface, elevated and subway Mmes of the City of New York oper- ating in an area of about 800 square miles within the five boroughs carried 3,864,765,067 passengers last year, ai- most one and a half times the entire Population of the earth, five times the Population of all Europe, nearly two and three-quarters times that of Asia and twenty-two times that of the United States, Several times as Many people are carried on the cars in New York City every yeur as are car- ried on all the steam railroads of the eountry combined. ‘The Increase in number of passen- @ers carried is greater than the in+ crease of population would seem to warrant. The figtres for years back, however, snow a steady Increase in the number of rides per capita, and last year the fares covected per capita was 431. In other words, every man, woman and child rode sixty-six tim more than once a day. Of course t » per capita is figured on the to! lation of the city, which was 5,620,048 in 1920. If those under fare age were omitted the numbee of rides per capita would be considerably increased, There is no place on earth where a son can travel so far and so rapidly r five cents as can be done in t City of New York. Some {dea of the use to which the transit fagilities are put may be had from the fact that th nickels expended for street car rides in the city last year would pave a street 30 feet in width for a distance of eighty miles or fll Bowling Green @t the foot of Broadway to a depth of about 38 feet. If laid out on the ground as close as they could be ) Backed the five-cent pieces collected for fares last year in New York would cover an aren ¢f 13,000,000 aquace fret. In a small community the homes of ite citizens and workers are within a few minutes’ walk of the main street where the business of the town Is transacted. In large cites the resl- dential and business districts are often miles apart, for that reason one of the most Important and puzzling problems confronting the officials and gitizens of most big citles—New York robably more so than any other—is That of providing proper tranait facili tes to keep pace with the Increase in population. The transit probiem of the City of New York, on account of its peculiar geography, is atiended by dfficulties greater by far than of any other of the large cities. Most cities of any size are so situ- ated that they have grown up around a central point, and it is possible to extend the transit tines in all dire tions from that point A study of the map of New York City will show that the objective point on Lower Manhattan, where are situated the principal busine financial and amusement centres of the city, instead of being in or near the centre of the city is located at the extreme corner London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Chi- eago and Roston are cities where the business centres are at points from which radii extend in every ¢.rec- tion, and for that reason the so ution of their transit difficult.es ts a simple matter 1s compared to that which has caused fy many heartaches to the citi- zens of New York ‘New York, however, has acquired the habit of solving difficult problems, and while the transit problem has. yoxed the keenest minds and taxed the ingenuity of the greatest engi- neers and transit experts for many years, the building of these great subways and rapid transit lines al- ready completed and the extension of these factlities to all sections of the city as planned will co far toward a happy solution of the transit problem Improved transit ities In them- selves do not increase population, but merely relocate it. During the progress of the wonderful growth which the City of New York has ex perienced the population has moved about and its development to the north, south, east and west has been regulated to the greatest extent by the evelopment of different modes of ” vel, f "The decade from 1870 to 1880 wit- nessed the building of the wonderfu Manhattan Elevated system. The years 1880 to 1890 marked the com- pletion and successful operation of the great Brooklyn Bridge over the Fast River, and its effects are shown by the remarkable growth of Brook- lyn during that period and since Batween 1880 and 1900 the slow mov- fmm horse cars and unsatisfactory eavie cars gave way to the more modern trolley car, and the steam ¢ars on the elevated roads in Man hattan and Brooklyn were replaced ‘ey the rapid moving electrically pro Hed trains. Penne period between 1900 and 191° witnessed the successful completion and operation of one great subway jystem and the beginning of other ystems since extended to many rts of Manhatt Bronx, Brooklyn Baa Queens. It was during this period that the great tunnels of the ennsylvar Rallroad were — con structed under Manhattan and th: Hudson and East Rivers. The Me- Adoo tubes were also completed from Jersey to Manhattan While 1900-1910 may well be con sidered the subway and tunnel de cade, 1910-1920 unquestionably won the right to be called the real era of rapid transit extension and de- velopment. The first subway, designed to carry Ride 431 Times Each a Year on City Transit Lines The Nickels Collected for Fares Would Pave a Street 30 Feet Wide Extending More Than 80 Miles. es By Major Joseph Caccavajo, C. E., D. Sc. Consulting Engineer and Expert on Population and Statistics of the City of New York Copyright, 1971, by the Prem Publishing Co. HINKING, talking or writing about thousand stretch of the linagination far beyond the elastic limits, but in dealing with realty vulues, transportation, finance, commerce, manu fretures and any number of other facts about the City of New York one is Compelied to resort to ten figure statistics, even though few people can even (The New York Evening World.) of millions calls for a 364,775,067, 2 Giiecteo MS CITY 1,702, 520,366. PopucaTion: OF Tem EARTH: Comparison of the Earth's Population and the Number of Persone Garried in the Sulways a Year. 400,000 passengers a day, was com- felled to carry turec Umes that nui ber before a Ijtional facilitics were provided. When this subway was started in 1900 the per capita rides per nnum of the New Yorker was 246. To-day it is over 421, With increase in population and rease in transit cilities the rides per cc p ta have in Creased trom 43 per anni in Iss. tr 103 in 1 52 im 1880, 218 in 18 in 1900 in 1910 nl 21 in Last year the increase o pas- sengers over 119 284,820,770. The city has 40 companies operating the transit f , With 880 miles of line and a total length af track of 1,945 miles, more than enough to reach to yenver, Col. are 1se, re employed by nd nearly 13,100. passenger ears in than 43,000 persons are the transit companies, 000,000 is paid out Mm wages to*those who operate the cars The city has titty it street and electric ay tes. eleven steam railroads, two basgage 4 transfer companies and two stage coach compani The total capitall zation of the transit companies is $1,285,086, 868, Plans are now being prepared by the transit engineers tension of the present rapid transit facilities. These plans provide for 830 miles of single track to be added r further ex- to the pre 616 miles of subway and ele: d tines. The plans, as out- ned, contemplate a capacity of ap- proximate thousand million pas sengers Yr, Or something over double that of the present facilities Just where the money is coming from to pay for the new rapid transi: facilities is much a problem a but New York usually finds a way to eecomplish its desircs and the transit Provlem is sure of a timely and prac. Om, ~ ___THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, Can Beat It! LOTS oF MEN OUT oF WORK Now THe Paper SAYS SO WHAT Do You WANT A MAN FoR SEPTENBE NF THERE R 24, 1921, ARE IDLIKe Te SEE | HAVE TRIED HARD To GET A MAN BuT THEY WON'T STA To TRY MY Home BREW On the Way to By Dr. Frederic Editor Medical Review of Reviews, ¢ Copyright, 1921. by the Press Pubitaking Keeping Well H. Kobinson, Co., (The New York Evening World.) What Damaging Effects Upon the Skin Are Produced by the Frequent Use of Face Powder? is not this or that brand of tace if powder that the skin velvety, soft to the touch and as smooth makes as cream, It is abstinence from its use, It 1s much more pleasant to see a healthy, tanned fresh with warmly pulsating life than look ata fal complextoned” cheek wit rose flush of rouge and with skin drawn by Once powder for any of time and sain to taut powder, use length it will be necessary ward, forever after- It 18 a habit that cleaves with strange tenacity After a few applications of powder the face loses its former healthy > Ve Going Down! BAR GROUCH—This is a D good time to learn a few ‘ Jokes. If we are to use our wits, we must learn a joke or two for all occasions. Talleyrand’s ways tinged When a friend of his was taken Il and declared he felt the pains of hell, Talleyrand ex- claimed: “What? Already!" A witty story told at the right moment will often ous situation agreeable humor with was al- sulphur turn a serl- into one that is I trust the world wil) never lose {ts sense of humor. W highly efficient have to account f every second, it vail towns stories our alesmen, who may happen that wil the mers” to tell. The average serious our lose good (now whieh “drum. “salesmen") used person you meet Let's more is too start a for a hearty Yours truly ALFALFA SMITH A rrrrrrrrrrrrrre trive few laurhs, sheen, the pores are enlarged, the skin is denied its proper allotment of fresh air and the upper layers of cuticle dry up and shrivel, leaving a sort of scaly surface which peels oft. In order to conceal the widened and deepened pores, it is necessary to use more powder on the fourth oc- casion than on the first, and in no time at all the victim of the habit has. assumed that pasty-white color which is ordinarily associated with clowns or plerrots, It is not always possible to wash the fac three or four times a day, especially if one ts in business, and 48 NO one cares to see enlarged pores and the blackheads which in short time fill them, the powder user dusts over them her ever handy puff. But 41 she had never acquired the powder habit she would ficted with bl ver have been af- jeads or skin erup- the texture of her cheek so radically have changed, Unwise as it dry powder, it Is dangerous to beauty to employ a powder wash, as so many women do. tions. Nor wo is to use There is nothing more pernicious as an agent for clogging the pores and for permanently ruin the skin fle the liquid is performing its tion It draws the n tightly, tching it out of its natural places and holding it fast. But when ts mission is over it ceases to hold the skin fast in an even manner. wer upper hocomes relaxed here there Skin And as of cuticie and contracted It tbe wager pecling follows this, scales and the face assumes a ba cy not mn the ai ct of the powder wears off face needs cleanliness, f, se Which a g It wi w expres nent entle exe! massag the tas Avaunt ava gives e of the e powders, In sary then pl really ¢ avaunt mnt rouse, words artificiality in to sweet avaunt unnece order to give naturalness, a welcome ¢ |There’s a Good TimeComing. 3 By Sophie Irene Loeb. Copyright, by the Pres 1921 een ‘ + Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) OR thousands of years the world has moved on apace F In dark days as black us night But always there was a good time coming ‘The sun shines, no matter how dark the night. The moon 1s somewhere behind the horizon, Even though you cannot see your hand before you, And the good time comes, In the room of the sick, when life seems at lowest ebb. ‘The dawn bringn new hope. For as the wise old Socrates has sald: “With every despair 9 new hope is born,” If you are weak and weary and the world seems against you, y to yourself there's a good time coming. or if your faith is strong, the cockles of your heart will warm To the tune. there's a good time coming. And the very thought will speed it toward you. But when the spirit 1s low and refuses to rise, When sadness or sorrow sets the pa And you won't let a single ray enter to dispel the gloom Yet still there's a good time coming. Por eve y beginning has an end. And “nothing is permanent but change;" “Tis world-worn philosophy. He is poor indeed who cannot recall an hour of misery And the following time of gladness, Jt is the law of balances that cannot be broken He He } He He » who was who was we who was sick has become well; who was poor has been made rich; ad has come to be glad; has heén refre: who was bad has turned to good. hed; There can be no loss without a gain; There can be no lane without a turn, All, « That there's There are those 1 but age-worn simple proofs a good time coming, who refuse to see The silver lining behind the cloud, But And it ig still there, to whom will come the good time that is forever coming To him who is in sympathy with the faith of it, To him who never falls to sing the hymn of hope— Th a good time coming ¢. ne | What Would YOU Have Done? febanees U Coprright, 1921, by the Frew Publuhiag Co (The New Yorh Evening World} By Richard Uhrbrock and that the best > were on their Bide rt ence 5 Ss be HE Browns have a large cherry plained ¢ FOnee Jaa rene tree i one-fourth of Its jo © t Brow And that the many branches stretch over the fru left James fence and x of Smiths who Nard a, Map any It wos the jawithat live next door This summer the tree Mi fOUyt hes inait Ye aronenen is full of br red cherries Last What would you have done? week little James Smith came into 1 1 ai) the cherries that: hang the house they were ge He told her the ked bis moth & to have a cherry ple cherrl hes ran rowhen aide to spoil unless it were ripe The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCardell, > Copy athe. wa (The Nev by the Trees Pubiimting Co, York Brening World.) 66] 7 was only a couple of days, but it was real restful, and | know it has done me a world of good!” said Mrs. Jarr, when Mr. Jacr met her ut the depot and kissed het 50 enthusiastically that several of his kisses fell upon the shear of asters, dahlias and golden rod that she cac ried. So fervent were his kisses that the ‘oiden pod scatter d pollen and started an earnest little band of huy fever suffere who were taking a train to the mountains, to strident stuenutations—sternutation is high- browese for sneezin its The hay feverites cast malignant aces upon Mr. and Mrs, Jarr and the golden rod between their par- s but the xysms the The there in the Jarr. Oh, Mrs, won of ; 1 Ace Mr. cared not a wh Mtryvees got a nice mounting?" asked wonderful Stryver was ¢ tain me Jarre in charge replied a seltish ting her beautiful, Jace “Mrs. but as Eto ente yes,” M rrupted to ba “the overhead would been about the same whetuer she lad a guest or not.” “And 5 walk to reduce as Tum fond of walking we « the hills and we gathered goldea- re - es, it's not to be sneezed at, al- thougi those nay teve < jed away from here w F) that.” interjected Mr. J "Well, Mrs. Jar Stryver bas Stryver t eau inrise tr yet tins from p hom udinitted, veed t rain Ww n in nper tid woman hining as in a dark closet fear both “LE don't like and Ue ning either, but, then, I'm not afraia Out to Be —= John anc Two Good Guys That Started | a6 = Salesmen Pete Cou'd Sell Car Tracks in Venice—He Founded an Indian Medicine Lodge. By Neal R. O’Hara. Copyrtant, 1921, by the Prese Publishing Co, ETE FUSH was always that way. Pete was what you'd call @ natural-born salesman— Suave, polite, correct. He was one of those guys that would rather have double pneumonia, with complica- tions, than such a thing as a dissat- isfied customer. That is, to let Pete tell it. In other words, our hero had plenty of grease when talking tur- key. He was a grizzly for slapping the back, pumping the handshake and getting signatures on the dotted line. That boy could sell car tracks in Venice, Old John J. Lummus lacked the spark of snappy salesmanship. He was a nice old bird and that sort of thing, but decidedly minus those nippy virtues that are designated as Pep and Vim. John also clung to the fogy idea that sixteen ounces constitute a pound and that six and six equal a dozen. In fact, John was a guy that would rather sell a tub of butter than a ton of oleomarga- rine In order to keep his conscience cream-colored. He was one of those [WHATIoxe? Know = Copyright, 1921, by the Pres Publishing Oo. (Tae New York Brening World.) QUESTIONS. 1. Which two States lead in corn production in the United States? 2. What country ranks next to the United States in corn production? 3. What name was originally aiven to all the descendants of spaniards or Frenchmen born in the Southern part of the United States? 4. Which chirps, the male or female cricket? ' 5. What is the name of the Russian peninsula between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea? 6 By what other name is purple grackle known? 7. What color is the triangular field of the Cuban flag? 8. How many cubic feet are there in a cubic yard? 9. To what fruit is the cucumber most closely related? 10. For what goddess of marriage was Friday named? ANSWERS. }, I'nols and Towa, 2, Argentina; 8. creole: 40 ; 6, Crimea; 6, crow blackbird; red; §, twenty -seve! 9% (Thr New York Rrentng World.) chaps that you wonder how they get along—the correct answer being that they don’t. Let us shadow the careers of Péte and John. They form what lawyers call a deadly parallel. When Pete grabbed his first job peddling nut- meg gratera, did he rate himself as a back-door drummer? He did not! Pete got a ream of trick business cards which neatly described him as district sales manager to all who cared to read. He also had a line of drool that would enrapture any tired housewife into buying graters in plural lots. While he was vamping the yokel trade, Pete was a large- sized thorn in the side of those mafl order works in Chicago. They rarely got a pink order-slip from any territory where Pete was loose. A chap Iike that was much too good for a permanent niche vending nutmeg tools. We next find Pete sell- ing shares in oll wells that were kushing 60,000 barrels per day. That 1s, 50,000 barrels of unrefined salt water. It was easier for Pete to sell stock in these oj] wells than to retail shares in the Pacific Ocean. Of course the results figured up the same, but calling It of] and ineor- porafing in Delaware made the thing look 1,000 per cent. niftier or more. When the ofl venture died from lack of additional sucker lists, Pete vimbly stepped to the next attrac- tion. He doped out a secret society and gave it a moniker that sounds like Indlan medicine, All the breth- ren wore get-ups that made ‘em lock like ghosts, which get-ups were on sale at the box office at the usual rates. Pete's sanctum was In the box office, In vase you want to know. There was hokus-pokus and rigma- role that went with every member- ship, and altogether it may be said that Pete's latest racket has got over great. The returns are still coming in from the far counties. “ To-day Pete can afford to have eggs for breakfast, which ts one of the earmarks of a prosperous ca- reer. As for our old friend, John J. Lummus, John doesn't know that the war has been settled and that 1.200 pounds now make a ton. Every night in his mortgaged cottage he studies the lyrics of the Poor Debt- or's Oath. uskmelon; 10, Frigga (wife of Odin) e ry How to Reduce ¢ Right in Your. By Doris Doscher. Miss Doscher: Would you kind enough to advise me your column {f there vent the ankles from swelling? The heart and kidneys have been exam- ined and found to be all right. EAR be through ts anything to RLM So many rdad- ers have written me the same re quest as R. Le My perhaps a word of counsel on this subject would be appreciated. At this seasan of the thun at‘any other many anxious readers are troubled over the condition of the swollen ankles, Only in a few cases can this condi Hon be attributed to + serious dis- year mor the majority of cases are due to fact that during the summer months we are in the habit,of wear- ing low shoey for both Indoor and out- r exercise, and as the weather ts so ulluring we are bound to walk more at thls season than any other, and the anice is put to an added strain because of ¢ ther, w, if It was something dangerous, ke a dog k of un d not spe founded fears," Me. Jarr interrupted, "Dogs wont bite you if you face m."* 1 don't care to face the terrible creatures," sald) Mrs. rowith a der ut T want to tell you how lily M vbout thunder and ightning We were walking over h ‘nd she was carrying a steed vandied umbrella. [t started to rain indo we turned around to come home ind, just as we neared a farmhouse, . low rumble of t was beard nda int of lightning was ent r the valley Ss ply thrust the -t op me and Well, that wasn't hard to do.” Mr Ju ked 1? asked) Mrs. Jarr most terr t log came ru out of the farmyard, barking tht you run” ked Mr. Jarr. “Twas too fr ned to," said Mev Jarr “Sof juniped behind Mrs ner right at the isn't silly te fa litte thun- “And not of dog Mr. Jari replied. * yo Mewmoaperd wo-aat ~~ ~ a Tey araramane ross name we Ter ' Own Home anne, KELUCING DIET BREAKFAST. One-half muskmelon. Two egg whites and one yolk poached, One slice of toast. One glass of milk or cup of ce- real coffee, LUNCHEON, Calves’ brains with tomato sauce, One slice gluten bread, Lettuce salad, Sliced peache: DINNER, Bolled corned beef, with new vbbage, onions and carro: ‘wo bran muffins, A disb of junket or a dish of huckleberries, i nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnanm, it Ia not properly supported p; shoes that are laced or paliened “aE he an’ Then, again, many of you are return- ing home from your vacation, and the strain of beimg many consecutive hours on your feet in your occupation causes a pressure and consequent swelling around the ankle, Whereas the awell- ing in Itself is not a serious eondi- Uon, th pressure put on the delicate arch of the foot and the Important arteries at the ankle often causes ; cl Jus condition of the nerves tha we attribute to everything but to th. correct cause, We try to doctor by drugs and other means when it can be com- pletely overcome by the proper treat- ment of the feet. We have been too gent in the education of . the er care of th. te Industrial enployers have found that it so un- fits the worker for his highest ef- fiiency that many of them are in- sisting on an examination and rec- fication of the slightest deformities made oy pressure on the foot. The first thing to watch out for ta that the feet are properly shod and that when long hours of walking cr standing are necessary the shoe iy saced just tight eu.ugh to support the weight. Every night the feet vhould have special attention. ‘They should be bathed ina salt bath fol lowed by a massage until a healthy glow is felt throush the whole foot, releving the tension of the tight shoe i and the pressur in the weight of the body. Finally dusting the feet with a soothing powder, the ef- fect will be restfu’ feeling that t . paratin for a go night's y of the wrinkles Prat am and sear your faces can be traced to the pan caused by am ill Kept and ill-shod foot a ecteene A tee wne retusen tS aT; hat he wagte other men to drink, { > a) i } i 7 * j ; i nl Tl tl Se 2a ame anes ee aww 2-5 ence