The chronicle=news., 1914-08-03

ITHIt 10 0O-oeVenty Ter Cent OF
More Than coo, 900 New York
School Children Have Physical
Defects-Novel Test Shows Cops
Are Good Samaritans.
New York, Aug. 3.-One of the
most remarkable expeditions which
ever left New York harbor sailed
this week on board schooner with
the avowed intention of capturing
Latin America. The expedition, how
ever, instead of being warlike. is
peaceful and the IA members which
organized 1t instead of being armed
with the newest high-powered rifles.
are armed with nothing more dam
gerous than exhibits of the dry goods
industry of the United States. The
sole purpose OF their trip is to spread
the gospel of this trade through Cen
trail and South American countries.
| This really is voyage of discovery
of larger markets for American dry
goods manufacturers and the schoon-
er will be the first floating show
| room to carry American merchandise
into the export field. The idea OF
the promoters is that through this
| means the Latin American mer-
| chants can be brought into direct
contact with the goods which they
need. BY sending out this vessel
and using her deck as floating
show room proceeding from port to
Fort inviting the merchants to come
on board and buy. all lost time in
| waiting for steamer connections and
of tariff charges will be eliminated,
since no goods will be landed at any
port and the expense will be kept at
minimum. Before this peaceful
filibustering expedition returns 1t
will have visited 40 ports in the
West Indies and the northern tier of
South America, passed through the
Panama canal, and exhibited sam
pies to the shopkeepers of terri
tory whose population totals 2O,0Oo.-
900 AS an important step in the
development of Latin American mar
kets this first floating exhibit will be
watched with much interest, not only
by merchants in this city. but in all
parts of the country as well.
That good stomach and good
Wife are two essentials to happiness
| is the opinion OF Johnny Flanagan.
New York's veteran elevator hoy,
| who has been operating elevators In
this city for Al years. Which of the
| two should come first seems to be a
matter Of doubt, for while Johnny
| insists that he had rather have a
| good wife than a good stomach, he
nevertheless maintains that good
stomach is necessary for the happi-
ness of both the wife and himself.
| While Johnny did not operate the
first elevator installed in this city.
which was the one in the old Fifth
Avenue hotel, torn down some years
ago, he has been operating elevators
longer than anyone else in the city.
During his Al years of service, as
suming that he made an average OF
500 round trips to the 10-hour day
for 800 days year, he has risen
from the earth no less than 6,l5U,-
900 times. In the early days of ele-
vator service the trips of course were
not as long as they are now, with
buildings towering many hundred
feet into the air. But assuming that
each trip in his long career extended
$50 feet skyward with similar re-
turn to earth, Flanagan has estab-
lished a record OF elevator travel OF
2,245, 100000 feet, or 425,OO0 miles
his journeys away from the earth
thus totaling almost the distance oi
the moon. During his ups and downs
lJohnny has carried and become ac.
blquainted with many prominent mer
including President Grant. Richard
lkGrocker, Senator Platt. President
IiTaft, Prince Henry OF Prussia, Ad-
miral Dewey and many others. l,
was only recently that he advised
the admiral that the latter was not
too old to learn the new dances. AS
the man who has established
worlds record for vertical travel is
! still close to the 60-year mark he be
| lieves that as result of the advent
of thousand-foot buildings he may
vet bring his total of ups and downs
] to one million miles before he retires
b| One form of graft concerning
which there has been much contro
iyersy in New York of late wears 1;