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The Evening World Dally Magazine, Monday, June -3, 19 12
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The Day of Rest
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.VOLUME 08 , NO. 18,548
UP TO THE ALDERMEN.
THE New York taxi ii on the witness stand.
Tha Aldermen dctorre credit for what seems to bo
an honwt wish to dig into ths taxicab question and turn
j tome faota.
They have fond a few.
At the hearing which the Aldermen's special committoa la hold
fag taxi owners talk freely of their trade.
For swreral month past The Evening World has been declaring
'bat tancwb oonrJrtkaavJn this cfty axe a shame and a dfograca.
It haa pro-red tha taxi rata m New York are five and tlx tfxnea
at high aa in Emropaan eilaaa.
It haa shown that taxi oowrfcwt in New York is aftwrt ona-flfth or
stttMh thai of London er Berlin.
It haa shown that "gieater-coBtKrf-wagead-inaintenance-in-ttbaeajaftrr"
arguuraut fc a my tin.
It haa described tfas amocrth, well nphohHered, adtalraWy ap
yatated taxfaabs of Bnglaod and Germany in which one may rid five
salsa for wbat it oaata hare to rido one.
JTWBrwning World haa ateadfly rnarntainad;
L That ss far from eig rtno$ to Me tawi oomaartti,
Mr rssa tmd Ireadar terate are bound to proas to 1M
tttatt ssat ? tafettt poWoy.
IT. That Ms eptekitty privileged taxi companies who pay
1 saaaa to aefato for eisnA rightt would rather seres a fern
rmt-morhttmt$ imtu thorn cerry many of rsasonasls until
HI. That rasfio stands and tha regulation and eaeounge-
at taai waW'uw y the city would qatohty retutt in
a, saWar tarvioe and cheaper service.
IT. Thatthit etty matt treat tht toxica as Bvnpean ottiu
I tt-a praat popular convenience toAoss cAsopnsst
am aaaoamtf far mutant and viHtort tnafcs it a valuable
Vaarrkat-eae eeaa er'A faaaa which the AMermen have heard
M. tba laat law daya frcaa the opantera of New York taxis ?
X. A. mW TOUT TAXIO AM BA.RNB AT PREBENT FVLhY
If ran unrr. mr rttorrr waoh team
ML tadapamtamt taai owners who pay no hotel privilege
latHa ratmad their rata sear one-third, tince when THEY
MATM MADM MOMM MONMTI
. nr. m trALixntr-AMTORiA hotel oetb tsofioo a
YMAB Toft ITS TAXI MTAXD KTQHTBt
PaMis swats with free competition tooald reduce taxi rata '
stW frnthtr. Batd erne of the indapndente: -If tha oUy would
laWta sfaadt fprlsasaj or raaaos tht nwmaer so there would
ss a few saeils ytasss where independent ownere might go
WB OOVZB JtmUOM THE MATBB OONBIDBHABLT more
and $HTt atafcs aaaa living."
. v Tha facta ttraa far prove The JSrening World entirely right in its
aaetention that the jpnaent high taxi tariffs are not necessary for fair
prefiavaod aaat eauy fair oompetition and the co-operation of the
aity sge-cecasaaryip bring Iowst taxi faros nnd better, more responsi
MaarTiee. That taxi ewnan for their own profit stand eager to com
ftto, and that tha bigger oonxpaniea who now monopolize the hotel
aaaVflagaa am ba taaSm ohacge their policy and seek a wider pa-
i, is 'Certain.
It la we to tba 'ASdermenl
fncafy at last they cannot fail to sec that the taxicab has high
at to -lannicrpal care-, that rates, stands, licenses ajid responsibility
Uba moat oarafnDy regulated, that the police should hare knowl-
tttbarijyerjoiigh to atttla disputes, and that this whole tnxi
iBTotrea ha matter of a publio convenience and utility as
La ma nWaera of pnvam operators.
aaaaa. glery and fame will aocrna to any Board of Aldermen
i to New York cheap, uniform popular taxicab service
rehaMrtaaa the city m the ayes of disgusted foreigners,
i of ia beat and mode! conveniences, and tncronGo its attract-
kejasjtMposia aad magnet for travellers.
t '
shown by statistics of the Department of Oommerco
and Labor that while meat prices are the highest over, there
at to plenty and cattle receipts for the first four months of this
are the biggest in a decade, fail to surprise us so very much,
erer supposed there was only one game of "valorization" going
the back room?
Sti'
TV I 0N ? ONC HOUR
. C - C TfiAT 537A.M. I AJ-
i ' ) Y Jfilb r 1 C TPAIN Due HERE TtH
mmW 1
Mr. Jarr Tries to Be a Rounder,
But Fate Bars His Mad Gayety
as
"ATT. KOSTEON ia getting a good deal of praise, petting and
V ice ozeam. But aomehow wo dont worry about hie being
apefled. life aad Wbor at aea In the great open spaces of tho
world is pretty good far the soul. Big head among son captains is
a rare deformity.
111 "Whu are north wind generally drvt
lttWhot oeaefloial uses do clouds eervet
ITS Why it therm usually Jut rain from. March to September than from
Baptember to March t
lt "Why does a sudden Mass of tight hurt the eyef
't lt5yvhy dote a wet tponge twtllt
BICEBB quertes -wlU te answered WeJnMday. Here aro the rniltee to the
piwotflec aet of queattoni:
1W (Wliy do w prplre when we are warm?) The porta aerve ai
afetr valve. Wbcn the heat 1 creat they open and civ torth a
mouuir to cool the body.
U7-rvyjy ax w D1 to taatoT)-Tho "papillao" of the tonme una palate are
"in -wneu 100a coucnea mem ana tney communicate to the brain the aenan
oon Known aa -laaia.- ujnerent looaa proauce varying effeota upon thce
pamuae.
(Why does aOApy irator form ft lathor?)-aoap prevrnti the bubble of air
m tn water from buratlng-. lAther la only an accumulatiJii of thousand of 1m.
prleoned air bubble.
U3 (Wliy I there sometime a aensa of oreasura In tht,
, Tl. Ur It mrtlJlclally, forced la. It tbui asxerti srwiter preUT than 3oei the
sws aarSM uuiaUOV niVt
Wky.ese eaUar. ( at enirf)-Tb eutalds air Oisa aot are aoeeaa to
1
..' it ..: 'i... - .. ,.J
r. ftw.t-Sate- -aaawu.--.y t-..i - -' 1t ij.au i nun r l r 'i M i t--nlreUr . L
Oowiftit, lUla, bj Tli llm fuUlihlui Co.
ITIw .Nu York Wurld).
HKlli: (O the Itangleat" atd
Ifri. Jarr. turnlns In from
iooklnc out and iDeaklnc to
Mr. Jarr, that good man and true, who
wai Jiut entering the front room of his
homo after tho toll of the day,
'And 'pop Koei the waelt' " repllod
Mr. Jarr. "Why io excited about UT"
"You've Jutt mled them I" said Mrs.
Jarr. "My! The air they nro putting
on since their aunt died In Indlsnapo
lis and left them a little money and a
VCKY little money toot They pretend.
of eouno, It was an estate. Hut old
31 r. Dusenberry, who has a stepsister
In Indianapolis who has a son who
holds a very tmportnnt legal position
there, a procesioi. t think It's
called"
"Prooees server," corrected Mr. Jarr.
"Well, he knows all about how much
people owe and who Is being sued for
breach of promlie before everybody
else does, Mr. Dusenberry saya. 80 h
must be very lmportantl Well, he found
out for Mrs. Dusenberry, when sh
wrote htm, that Mrs. nangle's aunt was
In the Junk biutnoss at least that her
husband had been. And, mind you, Mrs.
Untitle pretends hn was an nntlquarlan!
fihs used to be nlwuys bragging about
Play It Either Way.
Good clothes often help a man to
Business suocast."
mi
rare old article her uncle picked
the
up.
"Why, he used to go around the streets
In a wagon, I suppose, buying old stoves
and lead pipe, nd have cowbells on
the wagon and make everybody think It
was a herd of cows coming around tho
corner. Uut It was only three hundred
dollars, after all."
"First time I aver heard of three
hundred dollars making a notse like a
herd of cows coming around the cor
ner," said Mr. Jarr.
"You know what X mean," replied
Mrs. Jarr. "All the money Mrs. nangle
Inherited I three hundred dollars. And,
Just Ilk 'poor whit trah,' aa they say
down South, they are rushing to spent,
ltt Good by, dear! Hop you nJoy
yourself!"
This last was shouted out to the
Bangle family as It sped by below In
n taxicab.
"If I hadn't called down to her It
would have been a good excuse for Mrs.
Itangle to think I was envtou. Then,
of course, she'd never oom near u
while the money lasted. And aha knows
I never ilk to ahout down the atreet
It'a ao typical of popl who Uv ta
Harlem flats!"
"Ah! ahoutlns down to Uw trt
.
W 1 1 1 ill H'lll
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aaiimi
OoprrtgM. 18 U. by Hie Tnm PuMatam Co. (The New Tort World),
T it unfair to toy that marriage it a lattery; there it alwayt a ohance
of wfnnlno a PRIZE in a lottery: lut the marriage market nowa
day holdt nothing out correlation pritet.
Hoto can the trxes ever expect to understand one another to long as
plrlt continue to rouge facet and men to whitewaih their etiaractert right
up to the day of the wedding t
So girl who it going to marry need lother to win a college degree; the
lutt naturally Become a "Matter of Artt" and a "Doctor of Philotophy"
after catering to an ordinary man for a few yean.
Borne husoandt ore to materia that a oeauHfut tmnset remind them of
nothing lut Neapolitan loe-cream, and the call of a cuofcoo merely tuggettt
that it it time for dinner.
Bo tutlime it human faith that a man never givct up hope that hie wife
WILL keep a ttcrct and a woman that her husband will tome day mail a
letter.
t
That would 6c a 101(4110 and original novel in which the hero wat made
a plain, everyday man, who pays his rent, hat hit hair cut, doet hit work,
enjoys his weals and Jove his own wife.
It's an ill letnd that Mow nobody pood. Xow that the cynics and joke
writers have tha suffragette to harp on, the spinster and the mother-Maw
are getting a little rest.
Love may make a world go 'round. But in these dayt of taxicabt,
"Not half aa aftsa as twalnes .U"" Beauties and the A Meff Uu.Ua, ml.- Mi
would never do for us, residing aa we
do here In our own double-breasted
mansion on IUverslde Drive!" ventured
Mr. Jarr.
"Oh! don't try to be sarcastic!" cried
Mrs. Jarr. "You know what I mean.
And, what do you thlnkT Mrs. nangle
had one of the children's coats hung
over the taximeter so people would
think It was their private auto! They'll
never rest now rill they spend every
cent of that money, Instead of putting
it In bank. And then some people won
der why they are always poor and in
debtl They can't stand prosperity,
that's whyl"
"ThHf Just what I was thtnRlng,"
said Mr. Jarr. "That business I attend
ed to In Philadelphia for the boss has
turned out frne and be slipped me a
check for 150 a a present. We'll put It
In "bank, eh?"
"Why,,, certainly," said Mrs. Jarr; but
he aald it colorlessly, "Of course I do
need a lot of things," she added, "and
tt does m too bad, living as we do
with very little pleasures of any kind,
that wo can't.'have a little enjoyment, as
other people have."
VHuppoie we go on a little epreo?"
eugsejted Mr. Jarr. "Let's go out to
dinner at a small hotel and have a good
timet"
"Oh! I hate to spend the money," said
Mr. Jarr." 'It'a Oertrude'a evening out,
though, and I don't feel like getting
dinner. But there' the children to
think of."
"We'll et old Mr. Iusenberry to
come ovr and look after them," ald
Mr. Jarr. 'Conn on; let's have an eve
ning of It!"
Mr. Jarr held back a little, 10 rte
could blame Mr. Jarr for the extrava
gance of the deed afterward, if need be.
And then, attiring themselves in thMr
best, the Jam sallied forth.
"It's no use talking." said Mr. Jarr,
en hour afterward, aa ha spread h.s
nanMn over tri knees in the gilded re,
taurant, "only the wealthy enjoy t9vl
We I Now, dont let us stint oureeWe.
The beat to nona too good for usf
Well, I euppoao wa ahouldn't do th1,"
replied Mrs. Jarr. "Wo could have or
dered a less expensive dinner."
"We're on Broadway now. And, any
way, Tm tired of doing things on the
cheap," said Mr. Jarr, igTandly. '3ool
old Broadway) flood old N'ew York!
You can get anything you want here It
you have the price!"
"It must be fine to be able to do this
every night," said Mrs. Jarr.
"We'll do It to-night, anynay," ho
replied.
But he erred In this.
A shrill whistle, was heard, and tho
waiter as ho noared them with his trav
dropped it with a crash, The Jarrs had
caught the waiters' strlko at high tide.
They tried four other glided but waiter.
I place, and then ate In a beajiery.
a lCr, Jarr said this) rightly
bojenl
, 1
CbrrnsM. 11, by The Vnm roHlsMaj O. (Ta Hew York WariS).
No. 5-NINON DE V EN CLOS Queen of Heart breakers.
N seed French nobleman lay on his deatHbed. Beside him knell
the loveliest girl in all Europe; bis daughter, Nlnoa as l'JSBOte
With his last breath the dying man aaspsd:
"Daughter, at the end of my days I have only oearettaC I rear at
that I did not get more fun out of life. Don't make the sane mistake Z have
made. Live so that you will, not have tho same cause for sorrow'
And Ninon took her father's shrewd If not very- adlfjrlac adrJas.
Already she had had at least one lovs affair. As a mere ashoolglrl eha haa
won the heart of the youthful Prince de Marelllae. The young couple had
eloped, had been pursued by their angry parents, had beea caught aae
brought back home.
Now, at her father's death, Ninon (whose real name, by tba way, wat
not "Ninon" but "Anne") found herself rich, and free to follow the dictates
of her own will. She went to Paris. At once she became the most famous
beauty of the metropolis. It was at this time that according to hOT ewatf
statement a strange adventure befell her. Returning horn on vnlnT fream
a court ball, she waa confronted by a mysterious "Man tn Blaek," who war 4
her that beauty 1 fleeting and that admiration grow Indifferent at the first atsst
of old age. He offered her a pblal full of rose-colored liquid, l'lng hr ttoat eas
drop of It a day m her bath would Insure perpetual ytouth.
"You ahall see ma once again," he added. "Three day before your death
The story sounds absurd to modern esrs. But those wen the day kf us9jt
sorcerers and of Satanic bargains. Whether or not Ninon thought sh iwea ansj
the truth In circulating thl tale. It is certain that every on believed It NeJV.if'
Indeed, It seemed though the etory had some foundation. For, up to td naiaff
ninety, Ninon de I'Enclos retained her dazzling beauty and her aspeot of bueyaav
girlhood. In appearanca she was plump, a little above the middle height, WH'i
dark eyes, a peaohblow complexion and a wealth of shining brown hair.
II r hair p!ayd Its part in a lover's spat The Ctarat de Fteaque, on ec tap
adorer, quarrelled fiercely with Ninon and left her. She out off all tier wouar--
ful hair that he had so loved and sent It to him. Touched by Ma vtdnot
devotion and sacrifice, do I'lcsque rushed back to her, fun of rerooa
listened calmly to his abject apologies and to hi renewed Ion rows.
calmly ordered him out of tho house, fihs had ucd the hair merely as a hare to,
bring him repentant to her feet that sh might have the pleasure oc cUsBBBssr
him Instead of being dropped.
The Duko of St. Kvremonde, Hn of the foremost nobles tn Fraxtoe. salt ate.
heart and fortune before her. Ninon daintily aocepted the heart, but toM ate
he bad money enough of her own and wanted no gift from Mm or any ataer
man. Whereat .St. Evremonde mad the quaint historic speech:
"Ninon, 'ou are an honest man!"
When she was nearly sixty, Ninon wo horrified to find a tiny wrinkle be
tween her brows, she hurried to St. Bvremond for consolation In till teuSNo
calamity. He laughingly reassured her:
"That is no wrinkle. Love placed It there to nestle ta." i
The grim Cardinal Blchelleu, cold and hard aa chilled steel to most people,'
waa as wax In Nlnjon's white hands. And she Used her power over dim est tks
side of mercy; to save from death many unfortunate Who bad fallen uodtr.Bjis
displeasure. Ann of Austria (Queen of France) wee so Jealous of Nlnsoli
beauty and power that she ordered her to retire to a convent, Ninon paid a,
heed ta tho royal command. And auoh was her popularity that Cae Queen dares
not enforce It. f
Years and deoades rolled by. The men who had once loved Ninon grew old assfL
died. But sho lived and her beauty did not wane. Always there were new suttera
to take tho plxce of the dead. Then Into ber life cam a tragedy one bt th mest-
borrlble In history. It cannot be described here. But tt broke her health '
almost 'wrecked her mind. Yet at last sh rallied and waa ono mors the
lenged sovereign of heart.
Ninon do I'Enclos died in 1709, at th ago of ninety; atHl beautlfcl, etfll 1
Immediately before her death, according to a story of th period, ah wrote at
terror t a friend:
"I havo Just seen the TMan In Blaok again!"
The Day's Good Stories
Won the Bet.
IT mu tt country Uwm wtirrt newlj urttM
coeunerriil Uttellcr boidlcf !"".
(M'm . . ... ... tit K, aiirl fchll I'm
mat tht hirdot cum of W one in tfcU room."
Ad old firmer lu th Uoacroond sttfud hit
fet to a wirmtr ptt of tho trader.
"Ve will, "lu Tr at amwiw. -ntu,
n I'M bM ao asiloat toot (Iro tbtt
mj nst'U ttt jouro."
"Ilontr crlM tut oommtrau. in sol uw
hsrdtit uiun in U cowitrj. It it Stout."
Tno oiu nun iook a piui n nu vvtr.
Miu. u jurucr. iukmu.
be
Lincoln's Potato Cure.
AVOTEU.UV IiUtdl4ils toiilltr, spropot of
LUKoIn't fcVrt)3i7. tald it tbt Union
"tlDcoln uitd to Jokt mt tbout tar mm
itttlou. 1 ourltd, you know, nWt's foot for
'"'''look st ttJi.' ht Kid out 0j, end be took
from hit docket potato.
" nvhtt't tast fort' I uktd.
"yor rtmiBMilsm,' b rtnlitd. 1 BttsnH
ksd twlnfo at ikeuBisUasi tlno 1 brc carry.
U it.'
" 'Wandcrtidl
" 'Xm.' uM Uacoln, ntth hU vtilmalrtl
imtlf. 'ind ttdl rnor; vnudprfiil.U.Uit fwt t'jtt
It't rttroictlte, too; for I ntrer hut a twtnc l.
tvrt I brttn itrnitu II, tltbvr,' "Uit Augtlt
Tlmrt, i
Education a Failure.
SES'ATOlt ItOHEUT U OWEM of OkUhomt,
1om mutluT iu s Clierolu Indian,
lirrtd up aoma ritltrnHint down OUaboma
j In out of tir tint lamnitt .bo nr W(d, idi
tbo WMhiEitnn Ilctald.
Tbt oii.tnf counsel w fit to call Onra s
liar.
Ontn got u? and dJnteI Wmiflf to tbt Court
In atvut this lwiutxt!
"ltmtdi ta (lie Court dort nolldn: to
mainttiu ita own dieillr, and ai 1 am ami'lr abl
to tako (art i mjiclf, I iball tako Dili ttfalr Into
rojr own liawlt,"
Then lit turnfi to tho lurrer tttmt (lie tablt
and rtmarstd t hint lu a loud rolco (bat lit vat
both liar and blackguard, and that, further
more, be could Juit takt iluit, and thai, and thatl
Wlitraupoa tbt opinttn rouutl fell ta rlie floor
stan, oa wt utta oaiy us iiai, cut
sTTbi Sis ssestnw fist, jot fcaowHs
ia M i , tM
A fur ths affair wai ortr tarr was S'
railed Oirro a Uar ttood on tha frost aterj of Ss
oouivnouia ana onerrta to ooapu oc crtsods!
t iu nertr tnaca a uror ec i
CBeroMt Don, anynowl"
A Mercenary Man.
SPBAKUI OAKltON, at s taciiat. had best
criUdilnc pollUoa awcoeot, says Ska
Washington SeraU.
"Hit adroeacy of tkno mtsnns si ootr Bset.
brarted, anywar," the ClpMksr said. "It is Sa
hair-hearted aa (Tacit 11 llaxttr'a affection for kla
wife.
"Undt Kll'kept a crab sad oyttar emporium I
tht Tlllaro of Dot run. lit was rich, sooordlng to
Dot run atandarda, and the rulac ntsrps said that
nil wife, a 7oun aad zsttty woman, bed sussel
him for his money,
"A friend, droppta ta ft a eald boflad esab
one morning, nottoad chat Oast S4 lesM ve.
bexont. t
" 'Wlutt'a eh mate, aasM atfaak as
maUi agalnf
" 'Wot'a rbeoraaata,' Daola XsL sbbsSM
"Tbt TUrttor. in amaaasSBB. Sana rrrrk
mum urn uaa vasn tncams.
" 'Impoaalblal' ha cried.
" 'Imnoaalblt Bothln' tale) TJnot mi,
I leen btr do it.'
"Tho Toto. of tht trab-aatar QtSTertd with ai
ana iniomt.
" 'Ttven what art son mata.' ea da aimiA m
Unci XUV ha used. f
" 'Dot' aald tba old nan. soortj. "What eaa I
do! If I let tlit cat out of . tha bag that 1'rt loal
wnfidenca In Larryer Shrttar tWa liable to rbio)
IU catln' bouao.' "
1
Sophisticated.
i
ATOU.NO man and saatdtn were ba,
toothed.
"Drareit one," itld tht jouag mn. t
lore thee. Co great Ii mj dtrotion that tf'
another ahould but cut loiiog glavta at tht
a feanome thing wonld happen."
"What might It ba!" quoth th. maiden.
"Kren that I nould kill him. Doit ballne,
mt now!" c
"Nar," Quoth tht maldtn.
"cw. what meanest thou! Whr
BUKtuii i wouu wi th digtud tltalaf'
mi
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