The chronicle=news., 1913-03-20

ata ndinK that all singing and talk
Ing acts, provided the performers
did their acts in ordinary costume.
would bc psrnitted aud only COS
tVme plays dancing and acrobat les
would DO barred on sundays. II
ix not quite clear upon what rcas-
onablc ground this distinction is
made. but II " made and the var
ious vaudeville houses are finding II
quito difficult to find enough sing
Ing performers for their regular
Sunday hills.
New York March lV.-ln IL little
yellow front building In upper broad
way the Suffrage Pure Food Stores
company tiuc.D opened Its first
'.Votcs for Women" store tho other
morning. Tho company has been
formed by number Of suffrascttcs
wealthy enough TO finance the enter
prise and everything In ana about
the store will be done by women OF
the suffrage persuasion. Four Of the
IncOrpOratorx haV" arranged to tax.
turns mt conducting the store and
Judging from tho business don. dur
Ing the first week Of It's existence tlI,
store gives prOnis" OF becoming n
financial success. The object OF the
women who organized the company
aud who Intend TO establish d num-
bcr of similar stores In different
parts Of city Ia twofold. They wikl,
10 give the women of New York an
opportunity 10 buy frcsl, ana wohlc.
some vegetables. eggs aud other gro
ecriCs ut reasonable prices and. ut
III. same tImc To make propuran,lu
for wnman's suffrage. The latter oh.
jcct will he achieved by tho liberal
stribution OF suffrage literature. bv
Votes for Women and hy dcvotipe
'hr profits from, I'll. enterprise
, there In nny--tO the Fuf.rnec Gauge
The first Of the stores. which Wa
opening tho other morning. presents
neat and attractive appearance. Il
Is strictly an Aiam,css institution
liver the Koods purchased. are wo-
men and sufffnKc'i"s In the blrsnIn.
The delivering II don" with u little
pushcart. decorated with a conspicu-
GUS "Voics for Women" banner aud
not nn egg went on, OF the store
| during the wcok that did not have
rtIuipVu upou u INV fS'N' IIulSluf
| war cry Of the sut!ragcttcs,
+. Ever since District Attorney Whit
man hogan with his Investigation of
! the police grsft!n. scandal after the
ls0acnthal murder every movement
OF lila has bee1 carefully watched BY
detectives supS,0scd To b" In the en-
ploy Of the Krsftcrs and outside oi
III" police depastncnt. Tie WAS fol.
lowed 'whcrcvoe he went and every
person who called nj his office or ia
whom he spoke on the street or IN
any public place was closely scrutID.
lied and followed with u view ol
learning tho purport OF hi~ cOnvcrsa
tiOn with the district attorney. Per
sons who were ssspcctcd Of KNOWN,
s0Mcthlnx abOx4 the grating wer
approached by the detectives Of tn
kraftera and warned not to give an
damn &in< Information. After tho triu
Of the ROscnthal murdercrs Dtstric
Attorney Whltnan hoped that IN,
watchers would l,c withdrawn. bu
this expectation wss not realized
Tho watchers continued to shadow
him until their persistence gOt oi
Mr.. Whitman's nerves. lie has deter
mined TO put nm end tO this cspion
age and Oi find out by whom the mcr
watching and shad0winE him are en-
p'oycd.
4 Tho management Of the Hotel Ire,
lin bclicrrs IL has discovered a sOlu.
ttOn OF tho apparently hopeless tn
problem. After u test Of the system
for one week Manager Mulllgan cX.
pressed the conviction that the plan
would do away with the tipping evil
10 the satisfaction Of the guests ms
wcll as OF the walters. In accordance
with n notice printed on the bill OF
fare and upon the pay checks the ho-
tel management allowed to every
guest n reduction of 10 per cent on
every check for more than 80 cents.
II is estimated that tho average tin
equals about ten per cent Of the bill
and IN the future guests NAV indulge
in giving tips without paying twice
for service received.
| Tho annual report for 1912 OF tho
! New York public library contains
highly interesting figures which
prove that the institution Is not mere
Is all ornament. but exceedingly use
ful. Nearly eight million books were
circulated from tho library and
| its branches during the past year.
The heaviest otal circulation was at
the Steward park branch. in the heart
Of the East Side. while the largest in
crcascs were noted Mt the MorrIsania
fremont aud Ninety-siNth stree;
branches. Only ~ per cent of the
readers ca lied for fiction. an unusual
~ low perceutas" for-publie libraries.
Literature showed 13 per cent. the
arts 6 per cent. and biography 6 per
cent. st. Rnpllaers branch handled
the most Fiction. 60 per cent. but a.
the same time led in the calls for re
! ligious books. The greatest demand
for books OF a sociological character
was at the Harlem and One Hundred
aud Twenty-fiftl street branches.
while Tompkins Square readers call
ed for the greatest number of works