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The evening world., 1911-07-22

Boo" TO a goose. Especially II It Is a
manageable. respectable young girl,
Now if it-but never mind"
Il hope you do not think I would
countenance him in being bold or for
ward. Mrs. Rangle?" asked Miss Mud
ridge in hurt tones.
why, la me- Is there any harm in
a little love makinG?" replied that good
lady. when I was n girl wouldn't
nave = IL drivtng-we didn't have any
automobiles ~then-with a young man
who wouldn't try to hold me in. AMI
yet l was never forward or bold, like
girls these days"
q" wouldn't like TO lose Mr.. Silver's
respect, You know" Miss
Mudrldge.
Respect? Fiddlestlcks.' said Mrs.
iianglc, who began to fear she had
put herself out to come over only TO
hear the details OF a tepld evening.
How is there to be any progress In
a love afair unless a young man shows
some INTEREST,""
II think Clara did perfectly right"
said Mrs. Jarr.
She said this in order 10 encourage
Miss MudridGe TO tell what DID hap
pen. IL anything, and also to retain her
own reputation of being a dragon for
circumspection with Mr.. Jarr. CFor he
MIGHT he oYerhearing what was said
what did YOU talk about. YOU and
that Jack silver? And ! must say right
here. | never liked the man asked
Mrs. Ranglc.
"Oh, We talked about the play. re
had seen and who We're our ~favorit,
actors and actresses" said Miss Mud.
ridge.
"Bosh" cried Mrs. Rangle. ~ there
; IN anything IA drives me wild It 1;
to hear people sit around and tall
about plays and actors"
, 'Oh, l guess there were persona
topics discussed of more interest, wer,
t there not. Clara" asked Mrs. Jar
a, slyly.
s why, really you could not expec-
me to tell you EVERYTHING that wa,
= ssid?" asked Miss Mudridge coyly.
THAT was lust exactly what the.
HAD expected. And Mrs. Rangle sniffet
o sarcastically. Just then the door bel
rang,
Go see who II isl said Mrs, Jarr L
her husband. "If It's anybody with
@ rlll. tell them to come tomorrow"
But the caller was Mr.. silver.
: You're Just In time" whispered Mr.
- Jarr TO the caller. She's here"
Who's here" asked Mr., Silver.
Your girl, Clara Mudridge," reptile,
Mr.. Jarr.
GOOD NIGHT"' said Mr.. silver AM
fed precipitately.
d who was it," asked Mrs. Jarr.
$ 1T was Jack Silver. hut he though
q We had company and wouldn't come in,
Z replied Mr.. Jarr, softening the blow,
"What!' cried all the ladies In unison
land you let him go? Run after him.
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NUPID has forced himself into the
consideration OF employers on the

~UPID has forced himself into the
consideration OF employers on the
girl side Of the labor market.
The summer harvest Of hearts an
nually pu. to the employers the prob
lem Of replacing the girls who have
gone ont from their work AT the call of
the little god.
Marriage? Shopgir,s?" The mar
who hires the clerks for one OF the
great shops almost screamed when the
question was Offered.
They are quitting in nocks those
days-lots OF the best girls I had. too.
Quitting good Jobs to he married. Prob
ably to live on the wife's half OF sB a
week for the rest OF their lives. Such
foolishness! But It's no use 20 advise.
! quit that long ago
But in the telephone exchange the
matrimonial exodus Is felt perhaps the
heaviest.
There's n reason remarked the tele-
phone company official. Operators are
the mosts susceptible OF girls TO the
wiles of Cupid.
The 400 operators employed in tcle-
fltllt . iA'F'f So $500
ance with certain requirements that
make them desirable alike as workers
and wives"
Crafty the telephone man calcu-
latcs tina only through the voice OF
the operator does the company come
into contact with the public; thai
therefore, must be a pleasing contact
Just so truly as the voice is an index
OF character and disposition. so GER
ta!nly Is the telephone girl likely &c
he attractive and capable OF domes'
ticity.
So It Is that the telephone girl II
talking the company into the good
graces OF the public also talks hersel
into the heart OF man.
Exact statistics in the matrimonial
mortality of the telephone girl are no
available. 4 conservative estimate
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THEATRICAL LANDMARKS.

the passing OF The
Madison Square colosseum,
the Garden Theatre rings
down its final curtain and
puts out the lights for
good and all. In less than
a generation it had been
left downtown" by the
northward rolling tide OF
theatrical and amusement
sites. Also, it was the last
theatre Of f~rst-class pre-
tensions trying to do bust
ness east Of Fifth avenue.
The house was never pop
ular nor prosperous for
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only a degree more exorbitant than the people are sup against no.
on the part of the B. r. T. Even if Mayor Gaynor puts his threat
ened veto on this award, such action cannot affect the important line
already legaized, such as The Lexington avenue route of the TT
borough system, and the subway extension in Fourth avenue, Brood
lyn, already under construction.
Anyway, there is now 10 be some considerable new subway d,
gng done without further delay. That is something tangible to
on with, and the peoples official representatives will have time
least to think over what they have done, if not clearly what they Al
going to DO in the future. Meanwhile the marlborough owns ar
runs The existing transportation in Manhattan. and to that very col
siderable extent still holds the key to the situation. The optimist
suggestion that the lnterborough may yet come around with nc
proposals for extensions of its lines does not strike is as particular
inspiring at the present moment-though possibly the competition
the new lines may stir things up a bit.
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The BusybOdy at
the Resort

otherwise successful recreation. And
/ regret to say that there was q wOm-
an al the bottom OF II. THE woman
who might have helped to drive duh
carc away. but rather was a hindrance,
perhaps thoughtlessly bur certainly Tor
love of gossip.
And. he It known, the night with !ts
thousand yes cannot hold "A candle to
the woman who IS seeking 10 find
something to talk about.
Oh, I say, sister. It Isn't FAIR. Char
ity OF words may begin at home. but It
should not end there. The best place
for charity Is at the summer resort,
where 1t can In truth be most resource
full.
For here is the place that Is looked
FORWARD TO, p~erchance, by the
, work-a-dsy Individual (as IN the case
OF the young woman mentioned as the
ONLY Joyous time OF the year. she
having hut a little TO spend and a 1T
tie while TO stay.
At least you and | need not he THE.
thorn in the long-looked-for rose. Sup
pose things do not just exactly meet
with our approval; viii the cold glance,
the touch-ma-not attitude, the ~tattlins
word make Il any better?
Rather give the word, the encour,
agement of cheer, the G~raciousness
which Is perhaps the SUREST method
OF showing the way the erring one
should go. than any other. Aloofness
NEVER created anything ~ MISERY
and unbelief in the heart OF the human
And so the little Japanese. whose
wondrous motto OF a thousand years
the symbols of which are before II,
often. might stand us in good stead
especially during the whiling-a-waN
por!od of the summer season-''SEF
NOT, HEAR NOT, SPEAK NOT EVIL
OF ANY ONE"
The truth Is that a thing. as \ rule
Is never repeated as II Is started. AnC
the most powerful magnifying glass 1
hut a match compared TO SOM OF tn
stretching" processes in the course OF
conversation.
or course they will talk, anyway.
But Il is JUST as a To say tn
NICE thine, No good ever came o
the ~tattler, the gossiper. She Is tol
= Grated at the time. but avoided later.
I Forget tho problems OF others. W
each can keep OUR OWN adding ma
> him on tho move
a RATHER BE A BUSY BDE THAI
n BUSYBODY, FOR THE ON,
MAKES SWEET THINGS Will
THE OTHER Is EVER A LEMON.
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Letters From the PEOPLE

piness? Aren't the studying and solving
Of problems which daily occur In any
home sum lent to warrant a little time
spent In rest and In cooperation?
In looking at the latter from another
standpoint, | think that a vacation for
the family might he also considered AZ
an investment which brings its returns
not alone In dollars and cents, but In
the making OF a happy family and a r
American home. c, NJ.
4 summer Drink.
TO the Editor q The Evening World
\ nice summer drink can he made
with r%huharb, a pretty pink drink. Boil
SIX or eight stalks in a quart OF water,
strain the lauor into a pitcher with some
lemon and sugar. lot It stand on the
cellar floor untiI cold don't like ice,
!. Is otter no. elean. We have done
without It tJr five years, \ potful of
| weak Ccyion tea with a love or two Is
safe ana healthful, served in glasses. II
looks tempting. BETTY BOYER,
water for city Horses.
To the Editor u The Evening World
More than loo horses died in tn
city OF New York during the re
cent hot spell Why? Many hors'
trouGhs had their water supply shut OF
citizens are furnishing water to horse
where they can do 50. Lawn tennis
courts are spriuflcd with water daily
SpriaSlcrs are being used on the street
daily, hut the horses must fall, and tn
blame be put up TO the s. l.. G, A.. Al
low the horse troughs TO furnish waite
TO the horses instead of the taxpaye
paying twice for II thrqkyh the waite
meterA IL, Nee.
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OF our prominent dressmakers was OF
Permo cnepe in an exquisite shade of
lavender blue. The adjustment Of the
fringe trimming was novel.
II had two rows OF the platn I'M
knotted fringe starting at the left stde
waist line n extending downward
daagonally across the skirt about nine
Inches apart and ended at the bottom
side opening, for II was "A slashed skirt.
The quaint bodice was covered with a
white chiffon fchu edged with tho
fringe, and the chiffon undersleeyes
had the honing to produce the nav
balloon shape at the elbow.
Many OF the new midsummer hats ar,
OF the picture type, One handsome
type displayed Is in the fashionable
poke effect, The upper part of the hat
was OF shdrred lace with the edge droop-
Ing over the edge of tho brim The
under brim was of bright blue. and \
wide blue velvet crush band was draped
about the crown, from the top Of which
a mass Of white rncurled ostrich plumes
hung over the sides. The blue ana
white combination IL a prominent style
feature in millinery ~ in dress.
! In hata. whether Args or smsrl thx
hAGA esssaA ~ Oe6ne tsSsstsaA
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fery sure thai he ability to swear picuresnuiy n a effectively has many
times saved ne from committing murdo, from striking dcWa od men an
fhnging helpless babes intot the fire.; from administering ground gLHs or cold
poison to the office force; even from INDIGESTION.
have become overcharge1 1t prevent Inc poison OF mis- anger iron
going into his system, fostering. nd perhaps developing into u clrenc crouch
or chronic dyspepsia When a man doesn't smoke or svcir always try to
discover what worse crimes he commits in heir places tc mas got to let his
brute nature out in som wa. Women can slk or cry or ng or rUnt but a
man can only swear.
You 10 how IT Is nncr 4 hard hot day at tho office vrea everything has
gone wrong. and the office boy comes In waEung- " IusTLING, mind you-to
ask for a half day off because his grandmother is dead ard ne wants to 20 70
baseball game to celebrate.
You rise to throttle hin-hut you don't You merely say, GET OUT OF
HERE, ou-sNeet dear, little mother angel You a1o"l c cicruh-YOr!"-or
words to that effect and instantly YOU feel better. Tho tension ,s been re
the atmosphere has cleared. md by he time YOU nave finished our
cigar the rest OF our grudge against tho world has gne M IN smoke
O course know hat the 'sweetestg girl Toes not really WANT me to Gye
up swearing. y o wants a man to stop swearing onh~y She olv thinks
tina it Is her" duty" to Make him stop. But she car help adming him for
doing 1t ever while she is snubbIng hm about it,
Nothing relieves her feelings like hearing a ma swear roundy when things
~ wrong about the house 1t is a vca1ous ray OF citing OFF steam. And n
in addition he bgs her pardon well, WHAT could make her feel her lofty
superiority. her proximity to the angels. more keny thar having a man beg
her PARDON for acting human In HER presence?
A woman CAN'T swear-ou loud-poor thing! She can omy bal the dos
or throw something W q the floors hard that 1t sounds lust Ike a damn.
or tear her handkerchief or hr bouquet to pieces 50 nat 1t looks like an suu.
tratei swear"
But have seen wives swear at their husbands across the table at a dinner
party with their EYES until the air vas blue oh, yes. swearing Is an art /"
II you on believe it, listen to an amateur in the rhapsuies of his first swear.
some lint His inaccuracies will amaze you. ny dear fellow.
Ah' Wen why these fnd reflections a gomg to give II all u Nr 0s
sake Of the sweetest srl-this summer" an going to learn to say. oh,
DEAR" he the waiter spills a plate OF hot soup o. ~ trousers: 'Tu. tut.
when TIT Office boy Fps wei the ink. and "Shucks:' n "Jehoshaphat- On
all other exciting occasions
That / am going to TRI-Tout II will be a awful strain N m rood nnsurs
l shall be grouchy for hours at a time just for the want of a good. strong word
I've give m word. And ri keep It, so help me-Jehoshapha,,
Oh the deucer
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Drinking Fountains for Horses.

Drinking Fountains for Horses.
10 the Editor Of The Erening World
read that a philanthropist Is in favor
Of having drinking water supplied for
the horses. / will certainly sing his
praise, and hope he will have n great
success. | would like to impress on
some ice-iearted drivers how important
. matter It Is TO be kind to the horses.
Miss NJ. X. C., Hohoken, n. j.
Rest as mn Investment
N the Editor Of The Evening World:
A merchant writes that he sees no
reason for giving his employees a vaca-
tlon. He says he pays his clerks only
for the work they do. ! wonder II
they do anything for him they are not
paid TO do? Very unlikely, when en-
ployed by such IA man. | wonder how
many are really looking out for his N.
terests. trying to get more business fol
him, or are willing to work overtime
so that he might make money enough
10 e his wife and daughters &c
whom he says he owes nothing. on 4
vacation?
Most successful business men DO no
look upon money paid TO an employe,
for time spent on a vacation as none
lost. or us a g,ft, but rather as some
thing they " the employee for faith
full work. or perhaps even as al
Investment. rightly expecting that ia
employees viii repay him ny the re
nswed strength n energy they deriv
from II. As to whether a wife an
daughters are entitled to II vacation o
not 4 would ask how can a man expeC
HE family to love o3.honor MIN II h
b~egyudgos a penny s6ent for their saI
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veranda Of an inn
at a summer re-
sort n e a New
York. II IL n hint
that to the wise
is an ~encyclopae-
dia.
Some of US are
BORN with Wis
d o IN 8 o IN Q
ACHIEVE wis
dom and o m q
have " | 8 d o N
THRUST upon us
And thus has the
" y q propri.siO OF
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thrust his wisdom IN the passerby chat
'he who runs may read"
The history OF the summer resort. II
c~hronicled. would bid fair to rival any
history Of any war that was ever
fought. The summer resort Is the bat
Ito ground of men II women on which
]perchance, IL It were not civilized, 10
tho victor would belong the coils. That
there are spoils to be divided seems
evident. Just what form they take Is.
as Mr.. Kipling says. another story"
But one thing ~ certain, and that is
the fact which we MUST recognize
after long experience ne popular SUM
mer resort Is certainly q busy. hustling
hive,
1t is supposedly tr'o HAPPY HUNT
, ING GROUND OF t"e tired. the weary.
the seeker OF recreation. But often,
very often, sorry to say. the specu-
la,or who has east his bread on the
water LOOKING FOR RETURNS
GENERALLY RETURNS STILL
LOOKING.
Which, as you and and all OF II,
know, is NOT as II should be. There
are gracious souls who 10 and come
home refreshed, ready to pick up thu
threads OF things where they left on
which is the ~way--the ONLY way.
But before me Is q letter written h!
a girl who came home SAD, spiritless
detected. And BETWEEN the page
one might read: Il wish / had no
gone"'
why? Because some mkind crea
ture has chosen TO make the girl
life miserable by building n mounta
out of a molehlli that spread 4
burning lava so that II scared !
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Copyright. 1911. By Tho Pres Pal
most unkind!' cried Miss MudridSe. II
hope you don't a mo with those
bold persons"
"Oh. certainly not" said Mrs. Rangie
quickly. She really meant 'oh. GER
tainly. yes" But she hadn't heard
as yet how Miss Mudridge had man
aged tho wary bachelor. md she was
tactful.
II know II was only torgctfuiness."
Miss Mudridge continued. for when ]
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thing she makes You Wear rUbDers, or 1aTt your ~ "
the middle. or read improving literature.
A woman MUST reform a man in some way; ana II
she can't find anything the matter with his moralH she
turns on his clothes. The dear things DO so fove to "rpthsr'
us! one way or another. a fellow has got TO do 1enance
for the privilege OF loving them.
In the Middle Ages they tied a ribbon round his arm,
and ordered him to go out and chop off somebody's head
nowadays they merely tie a plaid neckte round his throat
and order him TO go out and chop off his mustachs or
his pet haots.
Just why the sweetest girl should nave selected this
particular crime of mine for the OBJECT Of her reform move
ment / don't know. unless 1t Is because It Is my most cen
spicuous fault. ! have concentrated all my other sinful
traifs infn IL [ TN tLnra -nn. = 1 m @
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Mrs. knnRle u" low
tones. Those ladies'
drew their chairs
cl e r. d
their tea cups on
their knees, .Rnd
both directed a
glance at Mr.. Jarr.
Men are such
tattlers. The n
thing they Q a
no matter II In
confidence. I h g y
blurt IL right out.
But Mr.. Jarr
u.au 1aap IN "A
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OUT OF THE FIRE, INTO THE FRYINC.phN.

die is cast, s2,d the
Brooklyn Rnpid Transit
Company gets the entire
new subway system, in
stead Of dividing with the
Intcrborough of Manhat.
tan. 1t seems impossible
TO congratulate the city
upon any essential gain
through the Board Of Es.
Inmates award to the
Brooklyn outfit Of approx.
imately the same lines tina,
were refused the Inter.
borough on account OF
stock-jobbing d m d {
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[Nin8 %. VThe New fork NuIU'
looked hard at his arm and said how
rough the road was and how | was al
ways afraid when riding over rough
roads In an automobile that the door
might open and Ia be bounced out. he
took his arm away"
Here Miss Mudridge sighed ~ though
she wished he had not,
MY gracious cried Mrs, Rangle,
What Is the matter with the men
these days? They seem afraid to say
The evening world., 1911-07-22
By Sophie Irene Loeb.

<s-HEY WILL TALK ANYWAY"
This Is a sign that grcets
the visitor as he stops on the
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By Roy L. Me- dell.

<xN 7 Ow. you won't tell a soul3'
mi Miss Clara Mudridge asked
tho question OF Mrs. Jar and
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THE GREAT DIVIDE.

The harem skirt.
The tariff wall,
The fool and HE money.
The pearly gates,
Mason and Dixon's line.
Jim Crow laws.
And
The Rio erande'-Fors worth Rec
crd,
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Confessions
OF a Mere Man
Transcribed By Helen RoWiand
Tie Ungenfie Art of SWearine.

= HAVE promised to give up swearing for the sake Of the
i the world"-by that. l mean, Of course, the sweetest girl
= summer. ] have noticed that II a girl doesn't make you "
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Extra! A Perfectly Good Bachelor Has Escaped
From the Jarr Flat! And He Is Still at Large

ing o.. Crhs New York World.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-03-03

The Canary's Claws.

1T You nave Il canary or other cage
bird look to its claws from time to
time. for i'll Il state of captivity the
birds nails grow so long that they
need cutting. If this he neglected the
bird IS in danger Of getting its nails
caught in the cage and hanging there
till it dies. Use Il sharp pair of nail
scissors and take care not To cut more
than just the tips Of the nails. If you
hold the bird in il good light you will
see little rcd thread in each nail.
This You must avoid. or you " i'll draw
blood and hurt Your little pet.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-03-03
A slump Short" Pie.

\ clergyman in Lincolnshire entered
4 parishioner's cottage the other day
about dinner time and was invited to
share the family meal. which consisted
Of Il pie Of slyory oder. This is IL
very nice pie" said the visitor. what
do you call it, I'VE call it Jump
short pie. sir" but it tastes very
much like lamb. Why do You give it
such an odd Mame:' well, sir" said
the host. lit is lamb. You see. sir, the
young lambs in the marshes try to
jump over the bitches. and some Of
them jump short and tumble In and
get drowned. Then we fish them out,
and my old woman puts them into a
pie. May l give you another helping.
sir:"-Dumtlee Advertiser.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-03-03
Advertised Letters.

Letters remaining uncallpd for. at
this office March list. 1911.
MIR. John Burke. Mrs. Harvey
King. and Mr.. Louis Ileur.
t;torge :. Haynes. Postmaster.
An inference.
"Illal man doesn't own an auto and
has no ch;'n" IF over ln.yiny one
What makes yuu say th,t:"
"ll's easy I" tell. Didn't You see
how heartily h., laughed when he saw
ms friends auto stalled in the nuui"
detroit Free Press
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-03-03
Enough to kill=lo.

The Greek room is usually not
place for hunlor. nor is the profess
sOr of Greek at the College Of the
City of New York a very humorous
person. Nevertheless the following
joke WAS sprung on him. The class
had just returned from the chemistry
room. where they had br'vely listened
to IL discourse on the elements. The
Greek lesson was commenced with
history Of 10 and her endless wander.
ings. Finally Professor Tisdall ask
ed. "What did 10 die OFF, 4 student
who had been awakened by the lues.
ton replied. "!oGi,lc of potassium"