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The evening world., 1911-10-18

To- uhen q ddmseI greeteth him uh laughter and rejoicing, crying
Hoo GLAD am I to see theer" q Fooi congratulated himself, saying, BE.
hold, ! hare made a HIT"
Yet observe his folly! For uere this so, then poud she hare met him
coyIy and uuh assumed surprise, saying, "Oh! Is it YOU"
When she be0uHeth him 10Th songs and entertainment him toh chatter
and gossip and differs STUNTS, he ercldimeth in his heart, HOW she er
ereh herself to please me. Lo ! haze gotten her going"
Yet a Wise Man knoceth that When a ddmSel is SMITTEN, laughter
and chatter dre hateful unto her, and she can think OF ndught to SAY. She
pareth dreamy and distract, and all her stunts fail from her. Yea, she Is
fatter than a Marcel mdpe on a Wet morning.
When she agreeth readily uth all his opinions and appropeth oil his
Uavs, a Fool rejoiceth secretly saying, "Hop she ddmireth me!'
But alas! he hath been decetred By false signs, For, only ~hen a dam
sci seeketh to REFORM him; phen she ddmonisheth him concerning his
habits; chen she critidseth his mGys and his neckties: phen she ur0eth
him to give up smoking; Ohen she commdndeth him to wed rubbers and
sIVE. and becometh exceeding PUSSY, cn a man say, "She Is INTER
ESTED"
When he seeth his photograph displayed upon her piano frankly and
w1h open design, the Fool Is muchIy fancred. "Lo," he ercldtmeth. u
an 1T"
Yet, I say unto thee he Is only a DECOY. For the portrait Of him thai
ruleth her heart reposeh not In the sight Of the vulgar, but in q dark
corner OF her most secret cabinet.
Go to! A man seeth only the OBVIOUS thing, but a uomdn doeth
aluuys the DEVIOUS thing
Thus, all the days Of her NNe shall she keep him GUESSING.
And u 70 WELL SeNh
The evening world., 1911-10-18
THE HOUSE WITHOUT A CELLAR.

MAN built . house without a cellar and without any means OF
~ getting to one whenever he should dig it. fe had an or
4 = chard and a potato field and wanted to store their products
in a cool place. Every time he picked a barrel Of apples he tore up
the flooring of his house and made a hole in the earth under it big
enough to Sc. the barrel in. Then he nailed down the flooring. Every
time he dug a barrel of potatoes he repeated the process. What he
did not do was to repair his first mhtakc-to dig a cellar when he
found he needed il, and make a door and stairway to it.
So far as we know, this man never really existed. We have
imagined him for purposes of anegory,, and as such his name is Father
Knickerbocker. New York has been laying its pipes and mains and
conduits underground and providing no access TO them. Every time
there is a leak anywhere, every time n new public service is installed
underground, the flooring has to be ripped up-strccts are torn up,
and stay sup a long time, to the detriment of business and health and
traffic. That is the main reason why a merchants committee which
reported to the Mayor the other day called our paving "worse than
the paving in any great city in the world" The bestlaid street can
not keep a good rcpute when it is constantly dug up and patched.
Why not dig the cellar and provide the cellar doors? Why not
make a beginning on pipe galleries? What is the point in spending
millions in laying the perfect pavements which Mr.. McAneny prom
Uses and not putting anything under them. In Paris mains and con-
duits are laid in the sewers and are accessible without digging. In
Paris md Berlin pipes are laid under sidewalks and are accessible from
building easements. The only reason ever advanced why this city
could not do likewise was the opposition of the Consolidated Gas Com
pany, which feared that rival companies might get an opening if pipe
galleries were laid along the first subway. If there is a better reason
we should like to hear it.
The evening world., 1911-10-18

There Is Tr i'm the .Jarr
Home, Sc Worth Of 1T. i'm All


interrupted Mrs, Jarr. why are you
SO n%ervous? Why do you get 30 angry
and swear and rave just because your
wife opens a letter by mistaken"
I wasn't swearing or rav!ng. ! Just
protested" replied Mr.. Jarr. 1T isn't
that l wouldn't let you see any letter
that I receive. but
But" interrupted Mrs. Jarr again.
but you are fearful I might discover
something. Oh. ont be afraid! You
are too careful for anything like that.
II you get any letters I shouldn't see
they go to that old office. I'll be bound
And am I not your wife: haven't I the
right to see any letters you get7 And
l want to tell o that I am not blind.
I was Gown at that old office one day
you were out and / saw mall come
In addressed to you. and that impudent
J office boy wouldn't let me look at it!'
"Tney were business letters. II was
against the rules OF the Arm to permit
any person on the outside, an en-
ployee's wife. his mother or his grand
mother to see them. But. dog gone IL
I hope you will open a letter some time
that you'll be sorry you DID see! ]
swear II you ever DO I'll laugh At you
II you say anything to ma about III"
o course you Will! You are laugh
ing at me now!' cried Mrs. Jarr. ~
am only a Joke to you. You a no
respect for me! Oh, that I should live
to see the day hat I'd be tainted about
IT, And a handkerchief not being
handy. Mrs. Jarr wept ~coplously into q
table napkin and aroee TO totter from
the table with a broken heart.
Hold on a minute!' said Mr.. Jarr,
Kindly give me back hat check. II Ii
one ] sent last week to buy tickets to
the nrst Of the worlds series ball games
before the tickets were delivered to the
New York Club. But. unfortunately
the management thought II best not &c
let old patrons have them ahead Of the
s%peculstors, and now my check. . certi'
fed check. comes back. whereat I an
lucky. Some OF them didn't come back
understand"
well. isn't II for eight dollars' Sc
you are eight dollars to the good" said
Mrs. Jarr. forgetting her injured feel
ings: and I might as well have IT,"
~ am not eight dollars to the GOOD
said Mr.. Jarr. II waited at the clut
ofices till a Spectator came out with AZ
armfuL and I bought four At six dollars
apiece"
80 you paid six dollars apiece FOL
tickets to an old ball game and begrudg'
me this check for eight dollars, do your
asked Mrs. Jarr. We'll. Just for tina
I'll keep ~"
you can't cash II. It's made out 4
the National Baseball Committee" sale
Mr.. Jarr.
Don't YOU mind that" remarked Mrs
Jarr. I'm got the money all right from
that old bank! And the next time yo'
pay for tickets for n ball game you 10
ME- 20 get them. ! wouldn't let thos'
people make q fool Of me. But mel
have no spirit. anyway"
And Mr.. Jarr agreed with her and 10
Der have the ohsok.
The evening world., 1911-10-18

VI YoU want to be safe during a tl'un-
der storm. avoid trees. buildings. and
h~aystacks. Telegraph and telephone
poles also are dangerous. as are rain
ventiiatins and other pipes. Motor cars
and bicycles are also to be avoided. the
safest place to be Is inside the house
Trees appear to be the most danger
ous. Do not take shelter under . tree
Do not stand even under the tip OF the
outer branches. for II even a small por
ton Of q naeh should travel out over the
wet leaves the person standing below
would be In direct line to receive the
shock. The danger in standing beside q
house or q haystack Is in the dripping
rain. which may lead the lightning down
to the person taking shelter In is path
Wet scafold poles in unfinished houses
have caused reveral accidents In thi'
way. The wires on the telegraph polei
The evening world., 1911-10-18
Letters From the People

enough TO swear allegiance to. As for
the stand taken by the English Girl
in the Perth Amboy school, she is get
ting a free education In our American
schools and the protection OF our flag
and therefore at the least might
recite the Flag Pledge In return for
J.. CHRISTENSEN.
IOOI.
To the Editor Of The Evening World:
When was the beginning of the TWEEN.
tieth century. New Years Day OF 1900
or Of 1901? w. f L.
"whnt Are n wife's Rights"
To the Editor Of The Evening World;
VIII some wise reader advise me-
II a wife takes one or W boarders and
clothes herself entirely from that m
come and also helps clothe one or two
children and pays for all the furniture.
what are her rights. and what could
she claim? The husband claims he
clothes the children because she keeps
the board money from one or two
boarders. II he II right. what are o
wife's rights? ANXIOUS.
"Whnt VIII u Amount ToV"
To the Editor Of The Evening World,
II deposit In "A savings bank every
month SlS.75 for forty years. and interes,
Ia compounded annually at 6 per cent.
oAat WI It amount to, readers?
"MATHEMATICa"
November 30.
To the Editor 81 The Evening World;
Is Thanksgiving Day on Nov. % o
~ this year? NJ. @. & s.
The Former II Preferable.
To tho Editor Of The Evening World;
Which rs correct or preferable: "some
body's else" or somebody else's?"
\ a
The evening world., 1911-10-18
LANGUAGE.

A RNOLD BENNETT, the English writer, has discovered some
~ thing new-the American baseball vernacular. 81 was read
= ing MI. Irwin s. Cobb's story of the ball game in The Even
ing World" he said, "and he used forty words I never saw before.
l didn't understand all Of them"
Baseball English, like West Point French, is something different.
Like all successful literature, it embodies the attempt Of the intellect
to surmount obstacles. In poetry the obstacle is rhyme and rhythm
in drama it is the "unitics," the principle Of suspended interest, the
need to tell a complete story in less than three hours. In baseball
writing the obstacle is the fact that there are only two things in the
game, batting and fielding; that in each Of the two big leagues there
are about one hundred and fifty games to be reported, one very like
another, and that the sapience Of "fandom" is such that its men,
bers by scanning the scoring tables can visualize a game as completely
a. the broker can visualize a scene on change from his ticker.
The problem of the sporting column is to tell the reader some
thing he cannot get from the score, and so to report day after day
for six months the interplay Of batting and fielding, that one days
story shall be unlike another's. Hence the flights Of fancy which turn
a ball into q "pin," a pitchers arm into a SALARY whip" and his
"fast one" into his Smoke" Hence the conception Of an emergency
pitcher as at once "the wrecking crew" and "Old Doc Crandal."
The evening world., 1911-10-18
What to Do in a Thunder Storm.

often receive discharges. and when the
poles are wet these may travel down to
the ground and any one near by would
be injured. 1t - also dangerous to use
the telephone during n storm. for the
protectors supplied may prove made.
auate to protect the user. says the Chi.
cago Tribune.
To carry any metal object OF be nsnr
any such object out in the rain Is DAN
gerous. The discharge of lightning
sends out many smaller bolts. and these
are attracted 20 the metals or to any
thing projecting into the air. BY carry
ing a gun. a fishing pole. or n other
UGH object, one may attract the light
ming 10 ones self. In the same "a any
such object as a bicycle, motor car or
carria8e Is dangerous. II Is to be Re-
membered that a shock which would
prove harmless were the clothing dry
may prove fatal when one 10 wet.
The evening world., 1911-10-18
THE RIGHTS OF MAN..

@NE TALESMAN in a breach Of promise suit brought BY a
man against q woman said he would not declare for the
plaintiff under any circumstances. The state Of mind be-
tnyed By THE unworthy person ought to be ~reprobated with all Sc.
verify. In matters Of the heart, il anywhere, men ought to stand
together, OF at least show no partially to the woman in the case.
II women will persist in dangling our grand young men at the
end Of . string, wasting their time and substance in improbable
courtahip, they should be made to pay dearly for it. 1t has been
called womans privilege to change her mind, but the law recognizes
no privileges, only rights, and one Of these i, q suitor's right to his
day in court
The evening world., 1911-10-18
Frensied ''ran" Finance.

ruu8uCes
10 u Editor Of The Evening World.
VIII you kindly submit the folk wins
simple but catchy problem to your read
ers? A tan wanted to buy a ticket for
one OF the worlds championship base
ball games at the Polo Grounds. lie
only had e. The tickets cost 81 apiece.
However. on the day before the game
he met a pawnbroker and pawnei the
q bill for $3.50. Shortly after he met
a friend from the Philadelphia team
and SOLD him the pawnticket for $3.50.
That gave him 50. Now. who was out
that dollar? Is this a good scheme for
some busted" fans TO try?
EDWARD Il. OIL.
A Gas Compiairt,
To the Editor OF The Evening Void:
wonder who can explain why II Is
have to pay more for gas than ! used 70
twelve months ago. | burn less gas
now than I ever d!d yet my bills are
nov more. No use complaining about It
All they 90 is to send a man to see IN,
meter. Bvt the bills are the same
There IL only myself to use II, so | know
no gas 10 wasted. With big rents anC
other items CT the high cost OF living
suppose we ought to he glad we manas,
TO exist. BLANCHE H.
"WhRt IL the Vpkcep"
To the Editorof The Es'nirg Mold
VIII some one who has had oxperienc,
with motorcycles please tell me wha
the 'upkeep cost would be OF such
machine providing ! kept il myself ar'
attended to all repairs? II. Il. W,
The Flag Pledge.
To the Editor Of The Evening World;
In nsweT to Fair Play" I worl
Ike TO say that the flag ! am maxim
my bread and butter under 10 goo
The evening world., 1911-10-18
dy&%g2S5m

can read a woman's letters any more
than no could And a woman's pocket.
Women are SO prodigai of words and
Ink. and SO sparins of their crested and
engraved paper that they write tho frst
page. skip to the last page. 60 back to
tho wrong inside page and then start at
the bottom of the last page and write
around the edges Of all pages n per-
haps across h lines that run east and
west with other lines. over all the
pages. In . direction generally north to
south, and a few PISS here and there.
The evening world., 1911-10-18

~ can at TIE EVENfSG WORLD MAY MANToN FASHIONS
$sUREAU. Greeley Square .corne Sixth avenue and Thirty-second
{ " },reet. New York, or sci by mail to MAY MANToN PATTERN}
! Obtain Geo, at h above address SEM ten cents in coin or stamps for
! rh... }sach pattern ordered.
IMPORTANT-write o. address plainly and always specify
'"tt'rn' }ae wanted. Add two mt Tor isstsr postage II In a hurry
The evening world., 1911-10-18

~ Mrs. Jarr. as she opened the
family mar. "Goodl ] Just
need a little extra money"
That's MY check" said Mr.. Jar
from the head Of the table. 80 please
let me a IT,"
TITS only for eight dollars. and you
have no need for eight dollars and !
have. Yes. n for eight times eight
d~ol:ars," replied the lady.
You are a perfect specimen Of lovely
femininity. from the purely physical
point OF view said Mr.. Jarr. with
measured calmness. I'm your social re-
lations you possess all tho tact and
charm expected OF gracious womanhood.
but IN u domestic functions-well. to
put It mildly, you've got a nerve!"
why, what do you mean?" asked
Mrs. Jarr. Sharply.
DO you think It's the proper thing to
open my personal mail. wife or nc
wife," replied Mr.. Jarr.
"Oh, that's what's the matter, IL N7'
remarked Mrs. Jarr. You must have
some fine correspondents II o are
afraid for me to see YOU letters. You
can see mine. I'm neither ashamed noI
afraid OF those who write to me. nor 4
what they wrlte!'
II am not interested In your GORE.
spondents nor the epistles they indlte,'
said Mr.. Jarr, Besides. no human man
The evening world., 1911-10-18

"Oh. Is that so?" asked Mrs. Jarr.
We'll, anyway. women do not pay very
fresh young girls big alaries to eat
candy and be impudent over the tele-
phone and occasionally condescend to
pound on a typewriter Yours OF recent
date to hand and contents noted So
there!'
We'll. we arc away from the main
ISSUE" said Mr.. Jarr. kindly unbelt
that check. 1t isn't a check to me, II
,Ou'n look closely
I'VE WILL return TO the main issue.''
The evening world., 1911-10-18
The Tide Of
Disaster.

ing for Great Britain besides here own troops. Against this mas of veteran
dtery Washington could never at my n time during the Revolution count
nor than 1900 men-most of whom had 10 experience Is soldiers.
The British defeated Gen. Putnam In The battle of Lon Island n drove
patriots u Of New York. Washington, with only 300 lefto his beaten arr
vas pursued across New Jersey, constantly reueaing and losing men at ev
step In Virginia. too. and elsewhere. the British Vol signal victories All
red tide of disaster.
A. length, by December, lWs, the patriot ~ seemed wholly stamped
There was. seemingly, no nor resistance left in the ragged. haf-starved Re
lutioniss. Small wonder the British believed the a a at a n end. Co
wallis himself turned his pack on New Jersey and returned % New York. whe
he prepared to sail for England. thinking his work in America was accomphshs
At this moment, when everything vas darkest and hope seemed dead. Wa
inston planned n of the darngly brilliant moves hat HI aone could devise
Revolution a new ease of life
The town If Trenton was held by a powerful body of Eesshns. II was
bountrly stocked with provisions. clothing, arms n ammunition. 5 % stron
were he Hessansi ntrenched here that they had no fear o attack rom Wa
inrons rm On Christmas they held high reveL drinking deep N caro-
The evening world., 1911-10-18

Ing until late into the night. That same n
with all the men he could collect from his
crossed the ice-clogged Delaware River 70
sault upon the unprepared Hessians.
painting. which depicts 'washington Cr'
The evening world., 1911-10-18
The May Manton Fashions

THIS tucked
/ blouse in a
ant style - Q
Pretty one. avail
aole for many ma.
terials. There are
only tho under-arm
seams to be- sowed
up, yet a dressy Of.
feet Is obtained, II
narrow material n
used the ~joininxs
a n DO made be-
meath the tucks, 90
that such a model
as this one becomes
available for fabrics
OF all widths. Tho
yoke Is a novel and
pretty one and Oan
be made from all.
over lace, fancy SILK
or from any con-
trast!ng material. In
one illustration the
blouse II finished
without the collAS
a d under-
In the other both
are shown. The two
styles are equally
correct.
The blouse II made
In one piece . n 4
closed at the back.
The yoke with the
extension at tn Q
'front.' Is JOINED
tho upper edge. The
under-sleeves. when
used. are nttaohed
beneath the trim.
ming OF the sleeveA.
For the medium
eizo will be required
~ yards Of mater
'ai n. ~ yardA =
or ~ yards " inches
vide. with Y yard q
Inches wide for yoke
and sleeve Trim.
collar and under.
sleeves.
PattePn No. nN
Is cut In sizes for q
~. "a. SO and 70 tnoh
l,.. -. -..
The evening world., 1911-10-18
Crossing the
Delaware.

ware" shows the Father Of HIS Country standing up in n o. TIT oo%s WIN
an Americana nag yer his head. The American flag vas lot adopted Or evsn 10
signed until the following year,
One delay after another checked the advance Of tho little patriot IN
sead of arriving at midnight they I'd not reach Trenton ut daylight OF .
&C. Then they threw. themselves with the fury of wild beasts upon tn haf-stups-
fled Hessians After a fierce. brief combat. the Americans routed their foss
md ware in possession Of III town The Hessans- hitherto dreaded unoeafeu
we in wild retreat. Their leader was slain and nor thar ne thoussnd of
them were taken prisoners The patriots also seized the rih British dnoeT3
stores at Trenton. which proved . vertable gdsend Ito h starving heesnS
American army.
The tide IA turned-urned by n great deed Of the Master warHor- n ne
dying Revolution leaped back int life. Other dark days were TO fohow' ~
Liberty was n longer a mere dream.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-08-29
Weiopotamien.

Den bergmte engelife 8anobpg-
ningsinaenisr Sir 8iuiam @ia-
cocfs bar / oisie Gage al Selbrebs'
benipn ~fratraaot lin Soit iom ierite
&aaoeiper / oct tprfiife arbeibsmtni-
iterium efter at babe uofsrt tit iioite
Sporag: vi iremlGgge Ell fuloIi9n'
Dig Glan for @eiopotamiens 9nna,
Iiiering, ct grbeioe, ban bar boloi
paa meo | ire aor.
Heoliiationen al bans Ilan bereg'
mes of bile foite benimoo t25 Wil'
Iioner Collars; meu oa ifaloe ogiao
oen itsrite Gel al 2anoet meaem GU
frat og Sigris oGre Ell eneite Sape,
Der fom til of gipe langt mere emo
babe Hente og amortiiering al Den
ublagte aapital. 90 ban er ooerbe-
pitt ON, at oeu tprfiife Hegierina
fommer til at giennemfsre BIanen,
bare man giper Den Sio BERTH.
s bet p9ientlise ifuI6e man islge
oe fcrrigc Snbbpeseres itorarteoe
ganbingsipitem, iom man enonu ier
mango Spor ai. Reiopotamien blir
Do, flyer @iaeocfs, otter, bpao bet
foroum bar p9ret = ct 1araois, ct
ubpre Goen.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-08-29

en- Spgope, Rutioen / inge op.
Detne Gpgope ntaa bort Golf iarnIes
ON. 1ioen err ret gunitig MI for
3anneIien Of ct Veroensfnmfuno, o.
Der er allereoe orbeioet meo Sdnfen
ct Bar aars Tio. s Den efter Sore
oroget fsleenbe Sorbanoling oeItos
Ts. 6raenefeI. 29rer aoloine, ga.
itor 8eitergaaro al girring, 29rer
gpfbsi, Grofesior aarl 2arien NJ.
Il. Sm eftermiooagen bolot St9u.
nets Bert, SsiffoIeforitdnoer @rsr-
alo.Rielien, Goreorag ON ltngooms-
oporageliens a~i9rnepunft, Iom ban
beitemte no fra Dc to Orb: 8egei.
firing og Siemislelie. Ierefter Int.
teoe Yaitor Aug. ariitenien meo 10
reSraa ON @runotpigs Salmer, gaa.
enoe no ira: "Meo Straalefrans IN
Sinoe".
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1911-08-29
Uorlfe
6runoIopsfori1ae

Spert Gar, naar bet norife Stor.
thing omiiber n9rmer Jig lin Slut.
ming, fremfommer Der reeeIm9siig
fra bets 4onititutionsfomite en-
Heffe Snbitiainser ON oiperie
8runbIopsforilag, booraf De oaerae-
ite reeeImasiis f%orfaites eaer bog life
iaar bet til geotoselie Of @runSlops.
forilag n~oopenoige GIertal,. "a Of
Stemmerne. SaaIeoes oeiaa ioar.
Sort og fremit maa incomes BET peb-
tasne 5orilas ON Rorees &eierpe-
fono.
5 neutrality-suspicious. aar
1905 optog ben norife @egiering
meo Stortbinsets Samtpffe ct Sor.
iparsIaan paa so Mia. Str. Seraf
ios man / 1906 10 Minioner til of
orffe BET foreaaaenbe gars ertra.
orSinrre Soriparsubgiiter og en-
Gel andre @ebiIgninger. Ge reite.
renoe 40 Minioner er itaoig | ge.
bold. S 1908 bar Der Gale ON
erunoGopsm0sfis at faitlaa, at oisie
40 TiIliomer ituIoe uoaisre ct ursr.
Iist Soriparsfono. Der aIene maatte
anuenoes ] arig. Sorilaset tit imio.
lertib life bet ~nsopenbise SIertaI, os
Statsminiiter @unnar &nuoien gap
bI. a. anpisnins paa, of mnn funoe
BRUCE en- Gel Of Tensene til Sern.
banebpgnins, bpis I. Or. aoniunfti,.
rerne ifilIoe bic fig ubeloise for Op.
taselien at Sernboneloon. 9ette
fremiottes bog fin iom en- 5rem.
tibstanfe, os Der bar life bibtiI Dor.
ret nosen meteorological ior at tase
op at Pensene