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' n u- ii x i u il r-fii" ii A i r 'i iii' i m n a v n p n w m d n 1 o i n o i X. AJ. U CI f .iJ U Jl M VI f U U XI U xu v xi w n x i x u u XI xu XI XI xv x. v , JL J 4 A Chauncey M. Depew Says We Are Telling the Old Jokes and Proves It 1 Jbvenmg World Ten-Second Movie of Big People in Action V cmhmi hpi nnii iwi wi nrji ijji yKtirjJs UHffi HBiii nma rawn ranum mm mm i mrM vh "There aren't any new stories. Men tell mo 'the latest,' nnd It's something' I roys tohi fifty years afro.' ARRIVE ATI A J. 10 First of 600 on Hand for Free Clinic, at Which 110 Are ' Given Care. At 1 o'clock this morning, with n cold, northwest wind blowing almost n pale, two cripples hobbled to the vestibule of the Department of Health Building, No. 505 Pearl Street. t wait for Dr. Lorenz's clinic to ope-n nine hours Inter. They wero the first of moro than COO who kept arriving until the doors wore opened at 9 o'clock. Only seventy-five cards hail been issued but some fifty more i had made appointments for examlna- tions nnd wero admitted. Tho re mnlnlng 600, most of them children, wero sent away. This was the second of the series of clinics Dr. Lorenz has been hold ing under the plan suggested by The livening World. This provides for free clinics at the Board of Health Building In Manhattan Monday mornings and In Brooklyn "Wednes days. Tho patients came In all kinds of vehicles; some In their private auto mobiles, others In taxis, the majority by subway, while many walked. forae wero wheeled In baby carriages mt wneei-cnairs. wnuo in not a lew pases mothers literally carried Grown-up children upon their backs. (The crowd became so large that thlrty-tfrve Department of Health po licemen, under Lieut. Gleaaon, were called to keep order. Dr. Liorenz was assisted by Dr. ilncob Sobel, Assistant Director of the Bureau of Child Hygiene, and Dr. Franklin B. Van Wart of the ortho paedic division of Kings County Hos pital. , Dr. Loronn was almost exhausted when he had finished the examination Of 110 patients. There were still many left, but the aged Viennese surgeon found It impossible to con tinue. Dr. Royal S. Copeland, Commis sioner of Health, and Dr. Sobel an nounced afterward that hereafter tho vulo that only seventy-five patients -would be examined would be adhered to strictly. "Dr. Lorenz will break down under tho strain of Buch largo clinics," said Dr. Sobel, "and although he Is will ing, to examine 100 each day we do not bellovo he can do It without Im pairing his health. Therefore wo Hhall not permit more than seventy rive aftor this to be presented to him. Those who were disappointed to-day will too seen Friday." Dr. Lorenz will hold his next clinic at Brooklyn Wednesday. 'HOUSE BLOWN BY GALE INTO CREEK, INJURING SLEEPING FAMILY Habf) I,ent llnrt of All At Another Jersey Town a Newly Completed Home Is Toppled Over. Three peror!a were injured when tho four-room framo house of Samuel Edgar In Edgar Road, Linden, N. J., u suburb of Elizabeth, was blown off IU concrete foundation by the wind into Linden Creok early to-day. Edgar, his wife Elizabeth and their two-year-old son, Edgar Edgar, were thrown out of lied and covered with plaster. Water came in from tne creek. sa the Elizabeth General Hospital it was found tho father received a fracture of tho rlgnt tnign, nis wue a fracture of the right forearm and tho child suffered from shock. At Nutley the wind blew the two-imd-a-half-story framo house under -. .-tructlon at NO. 131 Bloomfleld Avo- Its three-foot stone foundation, kkusft was completed all but the II decorations, which were to have (tmmenced to-day. No one wm CRIPPLES IN GALE AWAIT OR LORENZ The pnn Trent ont of fashion as a popular American Joke be- canso peoplo made such bad Joke Styles Never Change, Says Dr. Depew, Admitting He Tells Old "3p Humorist, 87 Years Old, Says, Concerning Jokes Still Older: "3p "There's joke as out I deny humor." Marguerite Mooers Marshall. Some things aro not what they used to be. But tho trouble with our Jokes. In Phm , lhftt thcy ARB wJmt be Just the same old jokes and not a really new ono among 'em! To ask Mr. Depow, ono of tho few survivors of our Lost Legion of after dinner wits and story-tellers, to dis cuss the humor of the generations, I Invaded tho office where, at a broad shouldered, rosy checked eighty- seven, he still does a full day's work as Chairman of tho Board of Directors of the New York Central Railroad. with v. .,. j high backed desk chair, sitting more erect than many a man of half his years. "Is the humor of to-day oqual to the humor of yesterday?" I began. 'You have heard--and told at least three generations of good stories. Are the new ones wo exchange In 1921 as good as tho old?" Chauncey Depew shook his head sadiy. "There aren't any new ones," ho sighed. "That's Juat the trouble. Men come to mo with their hands over their mouths" he illustrated the con fidential pose assumed by the racon teur about to "spring something" "and thoy whisper, 'Havo you heard tho latest?' And then" resignation lay heavy on Mr. Depew's brow "and then thcy tell me something I told myself fifty years ago!" "But you'vo told so many, Mr. De pow," I protested. "To find a story you haven't used must bo almost as difficult as to find a political trick Lloyd George hasn't turned. Ana your memory goes baok bo far. You heard Lincoln tell stories. By the way, can't you recall a vintage story of tho sixties tho kind of thing that made peoplo laugh in those days?" "Lincoln told a great many such stories, but most of them are unprint able," frankly admitted 'tho octogena rian, who was "a young man In poll tics" in Lincoln's day. "You see," ho continued, Lincoln hated to argue. Ho always knew why a thing should be done, but he hated tho troublo of ex plaining to those who couldn't see the right course as quickly as he did. So, Instead, ho made his point through a funny story. "I do recall one which he told to the group of New York bankers who visi ted him in Washington at a time dur ing tho Civil War when it took three paper dollars to equal ono gold dollar. They wanted him to let some of tho gold out of tho Treasury In order to stabilize tho currency, but ho felt tho remedy would bo only temporary nnd then conditions would grow even worse. " 'You remind me,' he said, 'of something that happened out In my country, in Illinois much of the wealth of the farmers Is In pigs. Ono year a terrible disease broko out among them, from which many died, nnd tho farmers wero greatly put out. Then a smart fellow came along and said, "I'll tell you how to get rid of that disease. Cut off the talis of your pigs." " "Tho farmers did it, and, sure enough tha dlseaso disappeared. But next year It came back worso than ever. And the pigs hadn't any tails!' " I laughed and Mr. Depew smiled like every story-teller of tho first class, he never smiles until the Joko Is out. Then 1 nsked him If ho could supply a specimen of the humor of the next decade, the soventlea. "I do recall one ratner amualne lib- tion put people out of tho mood for funny stories. You can't Joke at a funeral." Ones Himself "New jokes are scarce because mod ern conditions are nothing to joke about." "Prohibition has done much to injure humor. Wit and wine have always gone together." as much in the telling of a in the joke itself." "The feminization of our life has cut the vulgar joke. Nevertheless that women have no sense of tie incident during the Grant admin istration," he observed. "Thore was a man named Bedell, who wrote a solemn, highly laudatory history of Grant's career. One, night ho went, with tho President, to Billy Birch's m nstrel show, In ono of the Wash ington theatres. As end man, Billy XurtoaMtlXZtoit r.... r.ii ,i.,i "Billy Birch tiptoed down to tho alumni respectively of Yale and Har footllghts, cocked his head on one vard. Choate brought Evarts to an s de and looked directly nt tho White I alumni banquet, and when he rase to House party. Then he turned to the Introduce his guest ho said that he nudlenrfi nn,l remarked. 'Ah! I sco we I had never believed his old friend, it have a hlss-torlan among us this evo nlng!' "That was tho Age of the Pun," added Mr. Depew. "Tho pun, along with other heavv things, was a prod Grant epoch, xh0 pu'n flnany went out of fashion, as it popular Ameri can joke, becauso people mane such bad ones." When wo come to the next decade, tho eighties, Mr. Depew declared at first that ho couldn't think of a typi cal witticism. "I can't Just sit down and spin off stories, one after the other," ho complained, whimsically. "There must bo some incaaoni iu suggest them to me." Since we had had a Lincoln story and a Grant story, I mentioned Cleveland as tho possible source of some humorous yarn. "I never heard him tell a funny story," de clared Mr. Depow. "He was Just tho opposite from Lincoln ho'd rather arguo than make a Joko." Then o, glint came Into the frostily blue eyes. "I remember a etory I used to tell myself, about that time," he admit ted, "although I also told It earlier and I'vo heard It later. About every dozen years this story wakes up and takes a new lease of life. "It's tho story of tho fisherman who was drowned, and whose Welifleet mates wanted to break tho nows gently to tho widow. They came to her and explained that her husband was no moro. adding that thev had Tocoverod the body but feared sho wouldn't get any great satisfaction from it. You see, ma'am,' thoy added, apologetically, 'he's all cov ered with eels!' "And then the widow kind of woko up, and sho said to t.hosj fishermen: Is that so? Set him again!'" T. R.'s favorite story was another of what might bo called tho mortuary Jokes. Mr. Depow repeated It when 1 asked him for a sample of tho humor of tho nineties. "McKlnley," he prefaced, "never told a funny story In bis life. Ho hadn't got It in him. But Roosevelt had a number. The ono ho liked best of all camo from his ranch days. "A lot of cowboys got together and hung ono of their number for horsn stealing. Then, after tho affair was rill over, thoy found that tho victim was Innocent and another man had taken tho horses. Thcy had to break tho nows to the wlfo of the man thcy had strung up mil they delegated to the Job their greatest diplomat. "lie rodo up and knocked on the dcor with his whip handle. When sbo opened he said, 'Who are you?'" " 'I'm Mrs. Brown,' sho answered. " 'No, you're not, you're tho Widow Brown,' he returned. Sho started to expostulate. " 'Yes, ma'am. It's true, ho went on earnestly. 'Wo hung your husband for horso stealing just u few houri ago. nut ho was innocent. lie didu t de It after all. And. ma'am, Hie joke's on us.' " I asked Mr. Depew what ho thought of the limerick, which flourished so abundantly lu tho lata nineUt and 'I can't remember tho Jokes based on rrohibition. The subject is so painful that the mind dis- ' misses It ns soon as possible." the caily years of tho twentieth cen tury. Tho limerick was once a popular fashion in American humor," he re plied. "Its passing was due, I think, to the fact that It was so easy to make. I soon found out that after I got tho hang of it I could make a limerick as easy as 1 could think. Then I lost interest in it. No. I can t even re member any of those I made." One of his own bon mots which Mr. Depow did recall concerned a widow who came to his office to get his advice on the sale of a piece of ic-al estate. "I've been olTered a wonderful price for It," she told him. "Then, my dcar-rnadam, I should ndvlso you to sell," ho replied. "But if I hold it, everybody says I'll get twice as much," she argued. "Why, then, hold It," advised Mr. Depew. "But I've got to sell it, because I need the money!" she exclaimed. "Then I said." Mr. Depew told me. 'my dear madam, you'vo made mo chanea mv mind twice within three minutes, and I don't like to change mv mind. I am afraid you cannot. ei any advice from me, for you hau stiffened a conviction I nlrcady held, that there aro two subjects about i which I know absolutely nothing. One of them is real estate tho other is widows!' " I Another modern story of which Mr. ' 'Derjow is fond is tho repartee ex- changed by two old Wend- of his, William M. Evarts and Joseph Choate, niH, Yalo man, would risk tho coats of his stomach at a Harvard dinner. "Evarts got up," Mr. Depew re called, "and remarked that his friend Choato was perfectly right n his sup position. 'I wouldn't,' ho continued, 'risk tho coats of my stomach at a Harvard dinner. When I go to a Har vard dinner I leavo the coats of my stomach at home.' " "Why," I asked, "Is humor of tho present day bo scarco an article lis you say It is?" "Tho times don't parmlt It," ho an swered. 'Tho war, the intensity of tho business struggle, high taxes. Pro hibition all theso thlng3 put peoplo out of the mood for funny stoned. You can't Joko at a funeral unless," added Mr. Depow, with a twinkle, "the transaction Is approved by tho majority of those p'eseiit." "Prohibition has done much to in Juro humor, although I do not think It springs from the heavy drinks, such as whiskey and brandy. But wit and wino have always gono together. Of course, thero is a wholo new collection of 1okes based on Prohibition. But I can't remember any of them. The subject Is so painful that the mind dismisses It as soon as possioie: "You spoke of high taxes as a deter rent to huu.ir," I observed. "Yot ever so many Jokes havo been founded on the making out of the income tux." "Those aren't Jokes," denied Mr. Depew. "Those are shrieks of pain and rage!" "How do you deflno a really good loke?" I asked of tho man who has made so many. I "A Joke," he replied, "must be ab- solutcly natural, must spring out of, tho Immediate circumstances but it must have a snapper. There's as much In tho telling of a Joke as In tho Joke Itself. Some peoplo don't prepare for It properly; on tho other hand, I'vo seen many a good Joko lost In Its scenery. "As to the best subjects for Jokes, so.x is eternally fitting. Then come nny subjects of Interest at tho mo ment at this moment, for example, Prohibition and high taxes. In pol itics, a good Joko is ono which deals with tho personality of your opponent or with tho weakness of his politics. A good Joke Is never unkind. "Ilumor has not only grown less in modern times," summed up Mr. Di -pew, "it has grown less broad. The vulgar joke has gone out. This chango Is due to the feminization of our life; tho presence of women In nolitics nnd on so many occasions which formerly knew them not. Novnrthele.ss. I deny tho charge that women havo no hoiihu of humor." I l mi you ueiiru U.UI, an wuriu conditions Improve and wn can take lifi- less seriously, humor onee moru will come hack to us?" 1 asked Mr. lifpfw hopefully, as 1 rose to go I He thought for a moment. Then lie answered with a smile and a shako of the head, "It'll all depend on the Ani'ci Gabriel." . "Jokes an the milking out of the incomo tnx arc not jokes nt all but shrieks of pain and rage.' ILIVES IN STABLE, SAFETY PIN BANK Ozone Park Recluse Forced in Court to Reveal Secret Deeds and Money. William G. Mohmian, thirty-live, a recluse of Ozone Park, was taken to the Supremo Court to-day under es cort of Deputy Sheriff Jacob Haas, after hnvlng refused to respond to an order to be examined In supplementary proceedings In two actions agalnnt him. Compelled to answer questions, be testified to tho ownership of two pieces of property at Hackaway Road and Martin Street, valued nt $11,G00, to having $4,000 In one bank, nearly $100 In another and $300 worth of Liberty bonds, to collecting $98 a month In rentals and to getting $1C0 year from his father's estate. Then he said that he lived In a stable on his property. It being too expensive to llvo In one of his houses, for which he gets $22 a month, and that his living cost him in tho neigh borhood of $1 a month. When or dered to gtvo tho location of his property, ho removed three big safety p!ns which held closed a Melton over coat, which onco had been a fine gar ment, then detached six moro safely pins, opened a capacious pocket and pulled out a bundlo tied with a news paper. Removing seven rubber bands from the package and approximately ten yards of string from tho newspaper, he brought to view tho deeds and papers required, together with his Liberty bonds. The open coat re vealed a thin summer suit of olive green, surmounted by a heavy woolen scarf. He wore a pair of army shoes which had seen better days and at his feet reclined a battered old camp, ing hat. Tho actions agatnBt him wero brought by John 11. Offenfort and his wife, Christine. The claim sot up by them was that they entered into nn agreement with Mohrman last March to buy his two pieces of property at Ozone Park, ono for $6,500 and tho other for $0,000, and had bound tho bargain with a deposit of $250 on each parcel. This money and all expenses thoy were put to ho was to return to them In tho event that his wife, from whom he was separ ated, rofuso to sign deeds to tho projerty. She refused, and then, it was brought out in tho suits, he re fused to turn back tho money. "You llvo in a stablo.' Moorman I was asked. "I llvo in a stall," ho responded. "Sometimes I rent the rest of tho stable as a garago or a plumber shop for seven dollars a month. Some times they call It tho garago and sometimes the plumber shop." When he was tying up his bundle of deeds and bonds, Mohrman grum bled: "Now that thoy know where I keep my stuff, I hope thoy won't steal It from me." When asked If he had a wlfo, he said ho wont through a ceremony of marriage but had repudiated It a 'ong tlmo ago. MRS. RAIZEN WILLING TO COMMIT SUICIDE Snyn slir.'ll l?nl Own Mfc If Vlo- llin'n Wliluw Wlaliea. Mrs. Lillian Itaizen, slayer of Dr. Abraham OUckciteln, has begun to uhniv slrns of remorse, keepers at Hay- mon(j street Jail said yesterday. She ha)1 tolll warden Honeck she Is ready . . ... . Daymen, for the-OnO nho took, and tf tho physician's wife Is willing to commit snys so she ulcltlu. The woman 10 tiao mid tl" warden shu Is expei icnciug a feeling of freedom from Dr. CJIickMeln's power for tho first time, one nf nam nis voice over ma telenhone rcenesented an lrresltlble power that held her completely. H UES HIS ROLL IN "A pood Joke must bo abso- lutcly natural, but It m.hayo a snapper and It mnstn't bo lost In Its scenery." "NO SANTA CLAUS," SAY BANDITS WHO TAKE $490 FOR POOR Waylay Christmas Worker Who Had Raised Fund to Buy Coal and Food. CHICAGO, Dec. la. Two Chicago bandits who don't bolievo In Santa Claus to-day havo In their possession $490 that had been raised to provide Chrintmas cheer for needy families of South Chicago. Patrick H. Moynlhan, member of tho Illinois commerce Cortimls sion, who for tho last ten years lias taken up a collection to buy coal nnd fosd for tho poor of that quar ter of tho city, attended a meeting lost night at which $490 was raised. Whllo en routo homo ho was ac costed by two men who demanded tho 'money. "You don't want this money," argued Mr. Moynlhan. "It's a col lection for tho poor kids out hero who aro hungry nnd cold. I'm South Chicago's Santa Claus." "We don't believe in Santa Claus," said tho robbers. v Moynlhan handed over tho money. CIGAR STORE ROBBED AS CROWDS PASS Bandits Force Clerk Into Rear Room and Steel 215 Overlook $200. Whllo hundreds passed and a groun of men stood talking in front two bandits armed with revolvers en tered tho United Cigar Company's store at No, 440 Amstordam Avenuo at 81st Street last night and after forcing Louis Coleman of No. 1829 Seventh Avenue, tho clerk. Into a rear room, took $215 from tho safe and en. cnpjd. Coleman was alono when the ban dits, whom ho described as young men, cmcrea, ana drawing revolvers ordered him not to mako an outcry and to keep his hands up. Whllo ono rooDcr watcnoa tho door the other backed Coleman Into a rear room and kept him covered. One bandit opened tho safe under the counter and took $215 from a drawer, overlooking $200 In a cigar dox in a corner or tno safe. Warn ing Coleman' to "keep quiet for five minutes," tho bandits walked out tho front door, mingled with tho throng and disappeared before tho clerk's cries attracted a crowd. WOMAN FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING GRANDCHILD ADRIAN, Mich., Deo. 19. Mrs. Matle Kirby, prominent State temper ance workor, accused of manslaugh ter In connection with tho disappear ance of her nameless grandchild, was convicted In Circuit Court here to-day. The Jury reached its verdict early Saturday evening, but upon Instruc tion ,of Judgo Burton L. Hart, tho finding was sealed and withheld until court opened this morning. STALLED TRAINS MADE BROOKLYNITES LATE Thousands of Drooklynltcs were de layed In reaching tholr Munhattan ottl ces this morning becauso ot a stalled uptown train at the Bowling Green sta tion Just before 8 o'clock. Motor trou ble was the cause, and the stalled train had to bo pushed uptown to the barnj. lntcrboroiiKh officials said the train was stopped only six minutes, but trains behind were moving slowly after the stalled train had been started, so the ' delay to some inun umni passonsers I was as much as twnty minute. TII1U3I3 1IHI-D IN niUKT OP AITO. Thomas Moyna of No. S73 Columbus Avenue. Martin Burke of No. 77 We.tt 101st Street, George 'ands of No. 45 J Ht. Nicholas Avenue and John D7T of No. 2076 Eighth Avenue wero held In $1,500 ball until Dec. SI by Magistrate ; Ivinc in w-si hmc coun lo-uay on uio charge of Detective O'I.eary of Chief In spector T.ahc n stalT 'hit they kne r.rnethlnK "f Ihr thuft nt his 13, Mm fti.tntiiiibllc fii.in in front uf No 4'JS 'riti.il I'ark Vi.i I'Mnn i nlmh'Vv ,i)'lary saw i, 'n ti K- l into the ur and drive awuv with it and ho ques- Itionfd Uio four young men who wore standing acrais tho street, apparently IwatchlnE the house. "Tho best subjects for Jokes aro sex and any topics of popular in. tc rest nt the moment. A good v joko Is never unkind." Utica Corporation Counsel Makes Sensational Charge Re fore Conference of Mayors. William R. Goldbas, Corporation Counsel of Utica, who is a Republican serving under a Republican Mayor of that city, sprang a sensation nt the opening session to-day of the conference of Mayors and Corpora tion Counsels In City Hall, when ho charged that Republican Stato Chair man Gcorgo A. Clij;nn and the Repub lican Stato Committee aro working In tho Interests of tho telephone com pany. Tho stenographic report of Mr. Qoldbas's charges Ms, in part, as follows: "In connection with tho present tel ephone rato caso now before the Pub lic Service Commission I say that the commission Is aiming to help Gov. Miller in his next candidacy. I say tho Republican Stato Committee Is endeavoring to Influenco men who are representing their constituents before the I'ubllc Service Commission, and I say that Chairman Glynn of tho com mittee Is in attendanco at times In ante-rooms at hearings boforo tho Public Service Commission In an en deavor to Influence some of tho Cor-, poratlon Counsel of tho stato in nn endeavor to help, the public to bo mulcted and assess rates that arc be yond tho actual returns that should bo given by tho telephone company on Its property used and useful In the public servlco In tho State. Tho conference was called for the purpose of forming a home rule lenguo for protection against mandatory legislation and bosslsm by the so called "Xarmcr legislators." It was called to order toy Mayor Hylan, who read a long speech. One of tho salient features of the Mayor's address was his suggestion that ho "would recommend the adop tion of a constitutional amendment granting the cities tho right to own, operate and control their public util ities and to purchase or take ovor by condemnation existing valuable util ities." Tho Mayor declared with emphasis that the Public Servlco Commission and similar regulatory Stato bodies "should bo put out of office immedi ately." Other Important points made by tho Mayor wero: That responsible local officials In each city bo vested with power to de termine what Is a fair and reasona ble rato for a public utility for that community. This would apply to tel ephone, gas and eloctrlc rates and, of course, car faros. That tho question of teachers' sal aries be decided by tho cities paying those salaries, and that salaries should not be mandatorily Imposed by State Legislatures. That a constitutional amendment bo adopted making It necessary to trans mit to the Mayor any legislative bill affecting ono or moro counties Includ ed within the boundaries of tho city. That there is Justification for "in si -.ting upon the Legislature reducing tut- State's expenditures so as either to eliminate the direct tax or by get ting revenue elsewhere to cover the expenditures." The Mayor smazed his audience when ho launched a vitriolic attack upon what he tcrmod "an educational ring within the school s!cm of hi -clt ' The Mayor d! 1 not rcwu. i'u ,i riine' iTf th'3 "ring," lea. Ing his hearers to speculate for them selves. Ho said: "An educational ring within tho GLYNN ACCUSED OF LOBBYING FOR 'PHONE COMPANY "Humor has grown less broad In modern times. The Tul&nr Jokri hag gone out, owing to tho -) Influence of women." school system of this city Is cora-3 posed of a group of llourbons, super,, unnuatod Individuals who aro de termined to force the educational de partment to travel with blinders on' Its eyes along tho samo old rut of years gone by, and any suggestions, for improvements aro sternly re pressed. Some new nlcod, abreast or ' tho times and with modern Ideas", s . badly needed If our school system la to be placed on n healthy basis." Concerning his proposed ousting of Public Service Sommlsslons, ttiA-' Mayor said: i. "Tho rates for services of public , utilities should bo controlled by local ' conditions. For Instance, a rnte fo'l"" telephone servlco which might be np pllcnblo to tho City of New Yorls might be totally unfitted for Olean and vice versa. Therefore, let the r1-" sponsible local officials in cncli city bo vested with tho solo powqr to de- tcrmlno what Is a fair and reasonab'.o rato for a public utility for that con -muhlty." In touohlng upon education, tie -said 1 Tho present system of dlvldcil power nna responaimuty ror cauca- tlotMl expenditures ten us to extrava gance and is both unsound and un.j workable. This Is a complaint coin-. mon to a mujorlty-of tho cities of, our State. "One possible solution would bo o ' place In tho hands of those held it-H sponsible for tho raising of funds for educational purposes the full control ovqr. tho schools and school appro- prln'tlons. "If the tax Imposed for pulillc school purposes were mado ar sepnrato tax. then tho taxpayers would know how much Is being con-1-trlbuted unnually for educational par poses." Vrr.0 Mayor argued that one of lh greatest problems was whether tho peoplo or tho public utilities nnd thV' railroad. and their political agents In bjth parties shall run tho State. He said thero have been indications dur: Ing tho past year that homo ruld In' cities wlU bo completely wiped out'un-" less preventive measures are takm. The Mayor compared Increases in." city budgets with thoso In State bud-.. gets in 1914 nnd 1921. He said in" 1914 tho State's appropriation was $17,899,527 und in 1921 $U5,79i? 09J. -uij Increaso of 204 per cont., wlisn'n' tho city's budget was $192,995,55 In 1914 and roso to $345,530,039 In 1921. nn Increase of only 79 per cpnt. th6 " Mayor argued. ' joiii.i:ss, ami, kills sklf. . Miss Nessle Mussa, twenty years old.", killed herself with gas to-day In fief" room at No. 101 West 4Sth Street. Shy was despondent becauso sho had been out of work for three weeks. She ha l ' been discharged as an embrodered in a nhop at Fifth Avenuo and 17th Street.. The girl had been In this country for two years, coming here with her father, v.-KV' had been a telegraph operator In th-' palace of the Sultan nt Constantinople until the end of the war. INSPIRATION Voltaire, the great philoso pher.and Buffon.the eminent naturalist, drank a great deal of coffee, '"' r To which habit is ascribed 1 the wonderful clearness ia everything the former wrote, As well as the harmony and warmth which pervade the. " style of the latter. Clearness, harmony and warmth they still are found " in the mellow coffee served at CHILDS, ,; And Its Issmiai frxraato till intpU M lh mind to rsoaU ' thought. All "Lost and Found- artlelwi' earortlsml In Tho world or Mporte.t to "Loat and Found Bureau. Room 103. World Dulldlnr. Kill ba listed for thirty days. These lists can tx n at any of Tno worm's Offloos. , "Lost ana round" advertisements can be left at any ot Tho Word's Anvertlslne Arenclcj. or can DJ telephoned directly to The World. Call 4000 Heekman. New York. er,. 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