The evening world. Newspaper, October 8, 1921, Page 11

THE EVENING WORLD SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 Bronx % 2% 3 aie. | The Mainland Borough Of Parks and Parkways | New York’s Fastest Growing Unit Has 20 Marriages, 43 Births Every Day Has Population Twice That of Vermont; in Area Twice That of Manhattan. : . By Major Joseph Caccavajo, C. E., D. Sc. Consulting Engineer and Expert on Population and Statistics of the City of New York. Constant, 1921, bs the Preas Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) 'H OF BRONX enjoys the distinction of being the only HE BOROU' oue of the five boroughs of the City of New York which is directiy at- tached to the mainland of the U Manhattan covers nited States. nhattan Island, Brooklyn and Queens are on Lon Island and Richmond Borough {s Staten Island. The ‘Bronx, though on three side by navigable waters, may truthfully be said to be tt punded only part of the City of New York connected with the United States, geograph.- cally speaking, The Borough of Bronx enjoys an- other unique distinction. It is the city’s most rapidly growing borough. During the past twenty years, the period which witneswed the building and completion of the present sub- way and rapid transit lines, the Bronx has increased 265 per cent. in popula- tion, from 200,507 in 1900 to 732,016 in 1920. During the same period, Brook- lyn, with nearly twice the area of the Bronx, increased 73 per cent. and Queens, with more than three times the area, increased £05 per cent. If a city by itself Bronx Borough would rank among the first cities of the land, having nearly as many rest- dente as the city of Boston, leading Pittsburgh by over 150,000 and having more than five times the population of Bridgeport, Conn. Bronx Boroug’, which formerly was included with Manhattan in New York County, 16 now a separate county and is the third largest county in the State of New York, being exceeded In papula- tion only by New York County (Bor- ough of Manhattan), and Kings County (Borough of Brooklyn). Bronx has close to 100,000 more resi- dents than Erie County, in which is the City of Buffalo. It has 91% times the population of the State of Nevada, more than twice that of Vermont or New Mexico, and nearly as many res\- dents as the State of Maine. In fact thirteen States of the Union havo fewer residents than live in the Bronx. ‘Tho Bronx has an area of 26,vi7 actes, equal to 41 square miles, or mearly twice the area of Manhattan. Manhattan has a population of 162 to the acre, Bronx has but 28, which may give some idea of the possibilities for a continuance of the rapid devel- opment which has marked the past two decades in the porough across the Harlem River. The Bronx is especially favored in the area and extent of its many parks and parkways, as more than 18 per cent. of its entire area is included in its parks and it has the most elabor- ate and extensive system of boule- vards and parkways of any of the boroughs, Brooklyn has less than 2% per cent. of its area in parks and Queens only a little over 1% per cent. Manhattan, which has many small parks all over the borough as well as Central Park, Riverside Park and Riverside Drive Extension, Fort Washington Paik, Highbridge Park and Morningside Park, has only 10% per cent. of its urea under the juris- diction of the Park Department Bronx Park is nearly as large as Central Park. .’elham Bay Park, also 4 Bronx Borougii, covers more than twice the area of Central Park, and Van Cortlandt Park is nearly as large as Central and Prospect Parks com- bined. The New York Zoological Garden, which covers 264 acres tn Bronx Park and is in the exact geographical centre of the borough, is the lurgest park of {ts kind in the world. It also leads the world in number and riety, with some 1,200 different species and 5,000 different animals, birds and reptiles. The Zoological Garden, as well as the Botanical Gardens, which contain many acres of greenhouses, planta- ions and a large museum collection, {brary and laboratory, situated at the northern end of ronx Park, are most interesting and highly instructive to both children and grown-ups. Every citizen of the clty should make a pilgrimage to Bronx Park ut least once a year. No true realization of what Noah had to contend with dur- ing his memorable fc days and forty nights can be had until one has inspected the Bronx Zoo. ‘Crotona Parkway, Spuyten Duyvily Mosholu, Bronx and Pelham Park ways are as fine as can be found anywhere in the country, and cover nearly ten miles of picturesque and historical sections of the borough The fifty-eight public schools and three high schools of Bronx Borough have close to 120,000 pupils, consid- erably more than the entire popula tion of Albany. In addition the! are nearly 9,000 pupils in eleven Parochial schools, and New York University and Fordham University, both of which are in the Bronx, have nearly 14,000 students. The Bronx, beiny +89: dence borough, is thi perous churches of a he Roman Catholics have 49, Jewish 29, Protestant Episcopal 23, Methodist 92, Lutheran 22, Presbyterian 18 and Baptist 14, Other denominations range from one to ten each The a\:rage of births is about 800 each weck, The deaths approximate only half as many. There were 7,50) wnarriage licenses {ssucd 1; the Bronx @uring 1920, which means that more tlyan twenty marriages were con- summated on an everage during each cf the 366 days of tho year. ‘The Bronx has 86 theatres and amusement places; 48 theatres are devoted to motion pictures. There is & high class vaudeville house, five Vaudeville and motion picture houses, two theatres where regular plays are produced and a burlesque theatre. eee cent. af the residents ¢ the Bronx live in tenements and dur- ntially a resi- ome of pros- denominations. Bo rough of Bronx Is Larger in Population Than 1% States of the Union, Is 41 Square Miles tn Area, 18 Per Cent. of Which Is Park Land. Has an Assessed Real Estate Valuation of $758,808,264, Orr ing the past ten yoars the size of the buildings has increased to such ap extent that to-day the average num- ber of apartments to the building is practically the same as that of Man- hattan Of course, Mannattan still nds of vlu type tene- menis, while those in the Bronx are practically all new law teneme still the average number of apart ments per building increased from 10 to 13.4 in the Bronx in ten years, and from 12.3 to 13.4 in Manhattan, During the same period the number of apartment and tenement houses in the Bronx increased from®8,165, with 83,934 apartments, to 10,632, with 14 161 apartments, while in Manhattan due to the large number of old law tenements demolished and the many buildings which made way for busi- ness buildings, the number of ten2 ments actually decreased from 41, to 40,084 in ten years, though the num- ber of apartments Increased from 516,068 to 537,320 during the decade. While the Bronx was increasing 301,. 036 in population from 1910 to 1920 Manhattan decreased 47,439, More than 260,000 residents of the district below 69th Street in Manhattan moved away and the Bronx got con. siderably more than its share of those who left Munhattan for tess congested and more mode crate dern residence ‘here are vast areas of yor ough yet to be developed, Aa Woe total Of 69,214 parcels of land on the Assessment rolls of the borough, 504, or over 40 per cent vord= enee vacant. - Bi aus ‘The total assessed value of ate in the Bronx was $ 08 384 year, ‘The vacant land wi : B aeons ae $135,000, 000, pce Fo-day, in spite of its undey areas, the Bronx has a greater mites age of streets than Manhattan, with 487 miles, sufficient to reach’ more than fifty miles beyond Pittsburgh The borough has 379 miles of sewers nd the highest point of land in the borough, 284 feet and 6 inches above mean high water, is In the block bounded by Iselin’ Avenue, Highland Avenue, and West 250th Street. The highest point of land in Manhattan, near the site of Old Fort Washington, north of West 18Ist Street, is 267 feet 9 inches above sea level. According to figures recently given out by the United States Cen: Bureau the Bronx had 266,971 foreign born residents when the ecnsus w taken last year. This amounts to about 26% per cent. of the entire po} ulation of the borou By far the largest number of fo. born came trom Russia, 87,116, or 12 per cent, of the population. Italy w 39,413; Germa third with Austria, 23,60' 608; Ireland sixth, with 18, gary had 10,644;) Roumania, 8,619 England, 8,024; Sweden, 3,108; Scot- land, 2,611; France, 2,121, and Canada, 2,084. The next Federal census will no Goubt find the Bronx far above the million mark. The effects of the ex- tension of the Jerome Avenue subway and the other subways and rapid transit lines into the Bronx have not had thetr full force because of the many handicaps suffered by the building trades, but with a renewal of building activities the Bronx {s more than likely to maintain its lead in percentage of increase in popula- tion over all the other boroughs for ¢ another decade at least NENT WiFeEy ! PHONE TO THE PREACHER AND TELL HIN HIS HOME BREW 'S A GREAT SUCCESS ! 6s ET'S see, Business Week’? asked Mrs. “There ain't been no such animal replied Mr. Jarr morosely. aw something in the news- papers about !t, but I did not notice that things Everybody was asked to could to make business But I am sure I do that any- so far as I can see, judging from home the same salary every week, it doesn't make business any better for buy all the “[ don't know that it will do any good, no matter how much the turns, except if it’s a good turn and that starts something; saying that turn deserves another.’ where that applie: at a vaudeville show > have @ rival big-time vaudeville Conor “D EAR MISS“VINCENT: | am twenty-five yeare of age, a professional man and earning a high salary. About four months ago | met a young woman of nineteen and we fell deeply in love. Her parents have shown great interest in me and we finally came to an under- standing that we would become engaged by Christmas, Whenever 1 asked the young woman to meet my folks she always said she felt shy, but last Sunday | rather surprised at her con- When | escorted her home ra day we both enjoyed she said that she wanted to see me only once or twice a week and as a friend only. The excuse is that she could not see herelf tied down to any one. Shall | write or go to see her parents? | feel that | ought to square myself, G. M. 8." Since the parents have been #0 kind your life. Courtship and Marriage By Betty Vincent 1921, by the Preae Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) nan said to y of nineteen is frequently unable to mi up her mind parents so they think you are the r Miss Vincent—Am going with a young man who has the All my friends keep say- ing, ‘Change the name and not change for worse and know the way you feel WORRIED.” is a silly superstition, The Jarr Family By Roy L. McCardell 1921, by the Prees Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) organization, and if I go to see any ot their shows I hope one good turn wil] deserve another. Y come to think of it, the boll weevil" —— “Wor goodness sake! What are u raving about?” Mrs Jarr inter- rupted to ask. ‘I was speaking about ‘Better Business Week,’ and you com- menced to rave about worms turning and boll weevils. Ugh! I hate’ worms and weevils; and that reminds me | must get some roach powder, for the kitchen is overrun with ‘archies,’ as ; and. Mr. Dinkston says they should not bx killed because a cockroach may be 4 poet in an insect incarnation, But Mr. Dinkston is a poet that I'd rather not have around, any more than I would have cockroaches! He's just as much of a pest and he eats more than all the cockroaches do, although he doesn't scurry around like they do and when you step on him he "t crunch ——. »w may I ask you what you are raving about?” interjected Mr. Jarr. “Virst {t's cockroaches and then it's poor old Michael Angelo. Dinkston, writer and radical, poet and peasant.” “There is just as much sense in what I way saying as there was in what you were saying,” snapped Mrs. Jarr, “Il was talk about ‘Better Business Week,’ although I don't know whether it Is past or to come— for we em not to have any better business—and you commenced to talk about worms and weevils! There, now! “Well, silk worms make better business in Japan,” said Mr, Jarr. “And the boll weevil certainly made cotton prices rise up because they destroyed 80 much of the cotton In t South—so it’s a evil weevil that ten't a good bug.” “Id tt see how the boll weevil, whate that Is, made times better in the South by destroying the cot ton crop, If a thing is destroyed — “But. you see, the boll weevil ate the cotton and made !t scarce, so everybody had to buy cotton ‘and that sent up the prices,” Mr. Jarr explained “Do you mean to tell me that when bugs eat things times get better?” a the incredulous Mrs. Jarr. T certainly do,” replied Mr. Jar the boll weevil—" “Oh, bother your old boll weevi erled Mrs, Jarr. “Here I have been worrying because the moths got into our winter clothes, and yet if they got Into our winter clothes they must have got into the wint lott f thousands other families—so people will h to buy new clothes and that will make times better and everybody will have money. I never thought of that. Anyway, one thing fs sure, TN have to have new winter clothes!” Test HOW Can a MAN 4 ; 1 A WOMAN’S LOVE 1 Here Are the Secrets, as Revealed by Alfred Edye, British Philospher, and Andre’ Tridon, Psychoanalyst By Fay Stevenson. Coprti 181, by the Press Publishing Oo. (The New York Evening World.) OMEN—muny of them—are such superb actresses and can felgt so many foclings and emotions that a question arises how “mere man” ta to tell whether he le loved for himself, his chattels o1 simply because he is a “minute man” and comes along at the right time. Are there any infallible signs or tokens which reveal the true feminine love from the false? + Helps for the Mother By Emilie Hoffman Copyright, 1021, by the Press Publishing Od (Tae New York Bening World.) HIB appetite of a child is often so completely destroyed by emotions during a meal that cating is impossible, Forcing @ hild to eat under such conditions is absolute cruelty. It is far better to avoid the situa- tions, To do this, all conversation during meals should be of a pleasant nature. A threat of punishment may instil fear, teasing may arouse anger, scolding may produce grief and hold- ing the child up to ridicule ts natur- ally followed by embarrassment. Any of these emotions may cause loss of appetite and may seriously interfere with digestion, There should be an absolute absence of all excitement during meals and the wise mother will not permit her young children to be disturbed by anything that will distract the mind from the business at hand while eating. During these beautiful autumn days fa child should be out of doors most of the dey. Fresh air 1s quite ae es- sential to the health and growth of the child as proper food. At this sea- son of the year a child may be out- doors at any time be'ween eight in the morning and sunset. If the ehild is in the perambulator be sure its face is protected against wind and the sun does not shine directly ,in its eyes. Mothers are beginning to realizo the dangers of kissing children on. the mouth They know that grave diseases are often communicated tn this way, therefore no mother who has the welfare of her child at heart will ever implant a Kiss directly on the mouth. And she will teach her child to offer the cheek for oxculation and to resent any kissing upon the mouth, Too much kissing, even on the cheek or forehead, 1s objection- able and should be discouraged How to Reduce Your Weight Copyright, 1921, by the Press Pubitehing Co. (me New York Evening World.) N any talk on diet the first thing ty consider is the staff of life, and this is usually thought to be bread, which has eeeee)| Often been men- tioned as such. But tn reality the staff of life is air Air is the ever insistent essential of Ife. Withouc YJ money life loses its rosy hue; but remember without food man may sur- v.ve for fifty days and may even live five days without water, but without air not for five minutes, Consequent- ly, eternal vigilance in regard to how much alr we have should be the first consideration of life. It should influ- «nce our choosing an occupation, it should be cons.dered when we pick aunusements, in all situations in lif it is the one big indisputable fact a is the background of our very existence on this planet If this is all true you can ver readily see why ex » and diet, im portant as they are, must be of sec. ondary consideration when we think of air, At this season of the year more than any other I feel the neces sity of calling your attention to this tact All of outdoors calls us te adapt ourselves at this season that we may be ready for the winter that follows, and by being ready I mean not so much planning for the adop:- ing of vier garments to keep the hody warm as ‘by the method of deep breathing, of expanding the lungs t their fulles! pacity so that we shall be able to resist the first cold blast of winter. It is inconceivable that you should neglect the taking of proper breathing exercises when you know that life and health ave dependent entirely upon the amount of oxyg fed Into the lung which again purifies the blood and this rejuvenates the body. The lungs, the moat marvellous organ possible tn the human body, !f arranged ne a plane surface, its area would be from 100 to 200 square yards, #o you ses that the proper functioning of this organ 1s really the foundation of good health, The fact that we hb ath: through all of the pores of the sk as well as through the no is @ should n be forgotten, and more exposure we have t rays of the sun the het ter, It ls far more beneficial to keep the body warm through exereise than by applying heavy clothing. ‘0 the person who is reducing ther» is an added necessity for learning t> fill the lungs to thelr fullest capacity By Doris Doscher taking deep breathing exercises and also through the bodily exercises to stimulate the blood #0 as to raise the temperature that had been main- tained by the old surplus weight, This matter of feeding the body eufficlent the lungs and keeping the pores open and stimu sun's penetration the body as readily as re sorting to a heavier diet. ginning of this course mention made of the necessity of keeping the during the taking of exercise, and I want to say now that having the body sufficiently fed with oxygen is an es- matter of diet because the digestive organs can only work when properly supplied by good The Hungry Heart By Sophie Irene Loeb. by the Freee Publidaing Co. (The Now York Brenias Wortd.) WOMAN gat in the evening glow, A bit of fabric tn her lap, on which And as the shining needle flew, the tears dropped almost as fast. And two yisitors came—the Spirit of Sadness and the Spirit of Peace. “Why does she weep?" asked the Spirit of Peace. “There seema# no reason—no turmoi] have I seen In this house ‘o trouble, or trial—why then the tears? ‘She has a husband who loves her and children dee “And Plenty there is of material things. “Why does she weep?” And the Spirit of Sadness answered “True, all that you say. ‘I love you.’ blood and this in turn is secured from the oxygen in the body. Those who are troubled with tndi- gestion and those who find that they can only be satisfled by @ heavy starchy diet, which fs rapidly placing them in the obese class, will find by walking in the open air and at the same time taking deep breathing ex- ercisos that indigestion will be un- known and the appetite more quickly appeased by the proper kinds of food. This also is true with persona whose occupation necessitates their being confined indoors. They will find that they will not eo readily gain weight if they learn to take these deep breathing exercises, for nature her- self will attend to the adjusting of the distribution of weight. stitched and stitched, “Her children she adores, and comfort comes to her from them moves and has her being in everything the!ne And he whom she has sworn to love, honor and obey, ‘He provides ali—a lovely home with all that tt implies “He is growing as men do, In his labora, “And laying by a store of this world’s goods, “Laying by for the rainy day, that she and they will not suffe “There is nothing needed that he does not provide, “And thus mects his full responaibility—as a man.” does the woman weep? And the Spirit of Sadness continued: he has a heart of gold, “Full of love and sweetness and sentiment and sympath “Yet it remains hidden, unsatiefied “She longs for the kias of the lover; “The clasp of a strong hand, the word that reassures ‘The tender look, the gentle touch, “And the words: ‘The things that all women orave in the fulfilment of happiness “She has none of these—he haw forgotten the great need of them. ‘and her heart nungers for the solace and Joy “That comes with these amal! but momentous acte “That {¢ woman's prime existence” ed the Spirit of Peace “I think there are,” says Alfred Edye, a British philosopher, in the London Mail. “In love it is the little things that coum “Neither demonstrativeness nor honeyed words are a sure proof of affection. But you can tell a wom- an's love by the look in her eyes when she does not know she ts being watched. If she really cares, if she 1s made happy by your presence and nearness, there is something in her eyes which Is quite unmistakable. Though her lips remain silent, her eyes tell their own story. ‘And every woman Is intensely watchful of the man she loves. If you have had your hair cut she r marks on the fact. She bothers about your buttons and personal appear- ance, the size of your collars, the shape of your hat, the texture of your tles and cut of your cloth She remembers your preferences in the colors of the frocks she wears and your favorite foods. “Then @ true-blue woman ts a ways thinking of her beloved, and she mothers you in a hundred ways. She \s concerned about your health, and if you look pale or ‘off color’ she wants to wend for the doctor at once or put you to bed and nurse you, She purrs over your successes and bucks you up over your failures, I you discover a few of these sigr/ in the woman you love take my wo¢ for \t you are loved.” And yet when I asked Andre Tri don, the well-known psychoanalyst, author and lecturer, to elabdrate upon these “signs” which man might use in testing the love of his sweet- heart, flancee or wife, he wisely shook his head and sad: “You would have to have an indi- vidual test for every woman. Only a very stupid man will say ‘Just like a woman,’ because, you know, no twe women are alike. Then, pushing aside some partty finished manuscript on a new book called “Love," Mr. Tridon_ settied back in his studio at No. 121 Madi- son Avenue and proceeded to discuss that most important of subjects. And although we followed up the subject of “how 4 man can test a woman's love,” no direct test was mentioned, since, according to the psychoanalyst, we can only generalize when dealing along this line. 0 you don't agree with the Brit- ish philosopher that the woman who is interested in a man’s clothes, his haircuts and how many lumps of sugar he takes in his coffee nec sarily loves him?” I asked. “she might be merely acting @ part—a natural diplomat—or simply possess the qualities of a good waiter,” smiled my host. “And you don't think that the ‘woman who fusses about the texture of a man’s ties and worries over his health {s especially true-blue or sin- cere?” I persisted. “She might be just a Becky Sharp,” declared Tridon. “Little things like that would be no test at all; besides, thore tsn't anything in all this world @ man 50 detests as to be mothered to death and fussed over, He doesn’t want his tles selected or arranged and he doesn’t want to be told to carry an umbrella or wear rubbers. “No doubt there are certain mother types of wives who possess these very qualities, but there is no rea- eon in the world why women who ore not sincere or true in their love could not feign those same traits. Probably the only test a man can ap- ply to any woman would be this: If she does fifty-five kind things for him and only asks ten favors from him, that might be true love. But if sho does fifty-five things for him and euks forty-five favors I should think he might form his own opinion in re. gard to her love for him.” “What do you think of the affeo- tionate woman; ts she sincere?” [ asked. ‘Sometimes the most affectiona’ women are the most reserved, pointed out Mr. Tridon, “because they do not wish to display their true nature Many times these women 4 ¢ restrained moods while the vivacious woman who will kiss a man impulsively or grasp his hand most cordially means nothing at all. Some of the coldest, most heartless women are the very on who are apparently most affection- ate.” Concerning the woman who is tn- tensely interested in every detail about @ man and can listen without boredom to long descriptions of @ ound of golf or some new business venture, Andre Tridon again said that this might be merely woman's desire to entertain a man rather than deep devotion itself. “For man to plan a test for a woman's love ts about futile as to try to cage a butterfly, play with the sunbeams or clip a rose petal to pieces and then mount it on card- hoard,” concluded the psychoanalys' “It can't be done, Love ts too del sate and non-transparent to tent.’ fo, after all, “the eternal question” s not solved. Thank goodness thes are as many varieties of women ay there are cigarettes, pickles and per- fumes!