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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-25
TANGO AND BRIDGE.
TOOSW|FT FOR HIM
AND WIFE QUITS
Guy Van Amringe Blames So
cial Whirl for His Domes-
tic Troubles.

New York's social whiri. with its
tango teas. gay dinners and bridge
whist parties. has brought about .
separation between Guy Van Am
ringc, lawyer and clubman, and
his wife. Mrs. Martha Bowers Van
Amringe. according to . statement
by the husband.
Mr.. Van Amrings II the son Of DR..
J. Howard Van Amringc. for nifty
years dean Of Columbia University.
His wife n the daughter Of John M.
Bowers. Three weeks ago she closed
her town house at No. 6ss Park ave-
nue.. and sailed for Paris. Her
friends believe she viii begin suit for
divorce there. the Mackays having
shown the easy way TO divorce under
French Jaw.
Van Amringe. now living at the
Netherland Club. No. . Gramercy Park
West, and seemingly crushed by the
storm which Is buffeting his matri-
monial ship, said he didn't know
whether his wife would sue him or
not.
Mr.. Van Amringe said he had been
told OF all sorts of stories afioat al
to the cause Of hts separation from
his wife. These stories hadn't gone
to the extent Of accusing him Of hav-
ing beaten her. he explained. but he
had been accused Of being q drunk
ard and of permitting his father.in-
law to buy all his clothes. Then he
went on to blame It all ON New
York's social whirl."
The social whirl Of New York II
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-25

really responsible. added to the fact
that the society women of to-day
have no responsibilities. They have
little to occupy themselves with but
dinners, bridge and tango parties. It
Is very difficult for a busy man, worn
out with the exertions Of the day, to
approach these things in the evenings
with the enthusiasm felt by his wife,
WHO counts on them as filling such a
prominent place in her life.
why, 1 have reached my home at
twenty minutes to 8 o'clock on an eve
sitting down at a dinner party in
another house.
Among the clubs to which Van Am
ringe belongs are the Metropolitan,
University and Republican. Ho was
graduated from Columbia University
in 1883.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-25
USE POSLAm
IF YOUR SKIN
IS broken OUT

II your skin Is not in the perfect con-
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ing diseased conditions. Itching stops.
Your druggist sells Poslsm. For free
sample. write to Emergency Labora.
tories. Sc West s5th Street. New York.
Poslam Soap 10 the best soap for your
skin. Improves. Beauties. New Toile,
Size Is Cents.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-25
R.1Altnt;1lt1l & On,
Attractive Novelties i'm Imported
Darn cole
ParasOls

now being displayed, erbody the latest ideas
of the leading European designers and will
make a direct appeal to the fashionable
woman. Shapes, materials and handles are
alike new and distinctive, and the color tones
and combinations represented are in accord
with the newest mode. Parasols i'm puffed,
frilled and s1irred effects strike new note,
but the display includes many plain Parasols,
dignifed. Lingerie Parasols are shown i'm
attractive variety, and there are also black
and-white Parasols i'm taffeta and chiffon,
which will complete the mourning costume
ms effectively as the crepe-trimnled Parasols
in black.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-25
Cleanliness
COunts-BUT

It's really only the degiN-
sssngofteeth preservation.
You've often wondered
why it is that tiny cavities
scarcely bigger than a pin
head appear frequently in
your teeth. And this in
spite Of the fact that your
teeth aiaouys look immac-
ulately clean and white.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-25
Ensiish Classic Won BY 10 to 1 SHOT

LONDON. March 2s.-The Lincoln
shire Handicap. the first feature event
OF the English flat racing season. was
won to-day by Outram. p. N. Elke's
and Shortgrass, entered by r. II. Hertz
third. Twenty-Five horses started.
Outram was q to I shot In the bet
ting. Cuthbut was placed at 8 to I. and
Shortgrass 10 to 1.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-25
PebecO
Tooth Paste

Here's the point: You
have "acid-mouth." Your
salivary and mouth juices
are unusually acid. They
work" upon the hard
outside enamel. They
weaken 1t. A cavity ap-
pears. Had you but
known the fact that
Pebeco overcomes "acid-
mouth" you could easily
havepreserved your teeth
free from cavities.
Tss.D4y Trial 7sbs and AGd 7As
Paper 10 TsH Yesr NORTH
for AGd-Ssns Fire
LTHN & FINK
40 William Street New York
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he had been reaching for.
do YOU eaVesdrop much?' he asked.
The telephone girl looked at him with
panied surprise.
.-Of course We do she replied.
Then a happy smile came over her face,
the kind of "a smile that goes with great
knowledge.
IF we telephone girls wanted to GO
out tomorrow and call bluffs, We could
establish ourselves as The greatest little
murbrakers since the DAYS of the Magma
Charta. As Macaulay says
You leave Macaulay alone and
We'll went On this rena rkaple girl.
There is a Young man III this apart
ment house who comes swelling out at
4 o'clock in the afternoon in the finest
looking morning coat and gray trousers
you ever saw. Every night he puts on
and worst of all. he calls me my dear
girl.
THE other morning he asked me for
a number and I got it for him. Some
thing in the nervousness of his tone led
me to suppose that something had gone
wrong I listened.
lis this the Gmpsttch tailor shop?
asked the young man. pompously.
-. 'Diss ISIS replied n heavy voice.
well continued the young man, witt
magnificent imperiouSneSs, I desire you
10 send my trousers around at once
Veil replied the tailor, 'und l de
sire to ged my money for dem pants ant
dem odder two suids before ! send any
thing
Now, my good man. explained the
young man, GROSSLY.
~ ain'd your good man nor anybody
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else's good man. snapped the heavy
voice I'm a honest tailor, dots vat l
am. INT you don't sed no pants until
ged my money
There were tears in the young man
voice as he pleaded.
".G;reat Scott he protested, you
| can't do anything like that.
Cant T. responded the tailor. "Vell,
YOU just watch me-.
- But what1l / wear?'
Ware your pajamas for all l care,
retorted the tailor. and hung up.
"Of course. the young man dldn
know 1 had heard him. So he braced
up and in moment called me again.
~ want to talk to the manager, he
said, pompously,
II gave him the manager.
You ought to have heard him. lie
got money for those trousers and 4
request from the manager to call for
! more whenever he wanted it, And he
sent the elevator boy out to get the
garments
The telephone operator paused a mo-
ment. There came buzZ1nS sound
| and one of the little black covers
| dropped.
ri call and see she said.
She connected with one of the apart
ments and pressed the button that rang
| the bell upstairs. After half min
| ute she replied:
They're out
| A hoarse voice could be heard argu-
5All right" said the operator. re-
signedly. TN try again
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08

The same result followed. Even to
the Observer it was evident that If the
persons living in the apartment were
not out it was time for somebody to
call the coroner.
Again the hoarse mutterins could be
heard over the phone.
I'm sure they're out" said the tele-
phone girl but if you'll leave your
| number FL have them call you when
! they come in.
| More mutterine.
.-Ali right. I WILL concluded the girl,
| and she drew out the plugs
Its funny" she remarked. that you
can never convince any person that the
party he is calling isn't in. 1 don't sup
pose there ever was man or woman yet
who failed to get a number and was sat
isfied. They always believe they're
cheated.
The telephone girl plugged in party
| who was flashing madly. All telephone
| movements, to her, appeared purely auto
matte. She didn't even interrupt her con-
versation as she put in the call.
Speaking of requests she said, Il
sometimes think that people have more
| confidence in telephone girls than they
| have in the Constitution.
| Every third person who uses tele-
| phone calls us up to learn what time
Correct time. Central" they call
| and when we tell them they set their
watches. ] don't know why telephone
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Offices should have more perfect clocks
than drug stores. but people seem to
think so.
Then there is the stranger in wash
ington who calls up Central and asks
her the nearest way to the Co.coran
Gallery of Art. Chances are that Cen
trail never saw the art gallery in her
life. But that doesn't worry her. She
knows how to get there. And she directs
the weary pilgrim with the accuracy OF
a crossing policeman.
People don't realize what We hear.
remember once when | was on a gen
eral exchange-that was before 1 got a
private exchange in this apartment
house-a woman called up one night.
telephone fall on the floor. tipped of
the police and they got there in time to
prevent a woman from being badly
beaten by her husband.
Another time a man called Central
i'll a wildly excited voice. Send the en-
sines to 1117.' he shouted
What street? l asked.
Don't argue with me- he shouted
Send the engines right away
What street% I repeated
" This house is on fire. he yelled
Why don't you hurry
1T was useless to argue with him. Sc
I simply turned the alarm over to infor-
| nation. who located the street in a mo-
| ment. Then we sent the engines there
| The fire consisted of some excelsior
which was burning in the basement,
| learned afterward."
A tiff-hacked, military-lo mar
came over to the booth. bowed courte-
| ously. paid ) cents and requested tele-
phone number. The operator got it fol
| him.
Through the booth door you could hear
| him talking.
But. my love-" he insisted. II must at,
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Act Ostracised Him.
the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
who is this Dean Swift they are talk
ing about" a parvenu once said TO Lady
Bulwer: Il should like to invite him 10
my receptions.
Alas, madam" replied Lady Bulwer.
1.-THE Dean has done something that has
shut him out of society
Dear me, what was that"
well, about a hundred years ago he
died
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tend to this case. 1t is most important
that visit the conference"
There was weighty pause.
No" protested the militarN-lookinG
man. Il am not going to pay cards. This
is business.
Talking 10 his wife whispered tire
telephone operator lie and several
other men visit a club near here and
play cards every little while. lie always
tells the same story-an important Law
case.
The military man was developing
most beautifully pathetic tone But il
didn't seem to be helping him much.
"All right. my dove" he continued.
sadly. Il will come home, but ] warn
you this will interfere with my bust
ness"
THE old buffer" whispered the tels-
phone girl.
The military man came out Of the
booth and walked sadly away.
II guess said the Observer. that he
isn't the only buffer who uses tele-
phone
No" admitted the telephone girl, II
guess most people do all their bluffing
on the telephone nowadays.
BoBBIE HILL.
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ephone girl. The Observer eavesdropped
a moment and this is what he got:
Jaw, chaw-chaw. chumpchump-
1t was one of those high Enslisn voices
that take seventeen or eighteen voweis
and conso2ants and run them together
ike telescoped train.
''Ya-as. deah." resumed the languid
woman in the booth. But all you shuah
you'd rawther go than
Heavens moaned the Observer, "let s
get out Of here"
Family from the other end of the wire
came the voice:
..Chum, chum a-a-aw um-chum.'
The Observer bowed his head in silent
sorrow.
you say he said, that he calls on
herr
He does" replied the telephone girl.
And he always talks like that"
You ought to hear him trying to get
a ride in the elevator when that Louisi-
ana darby is on
TIN cured said the Observer
The 1anguid lady arose like deli
cate cloud from her seat. produced q
nickel and haughtily Tipped it in the
direction of the telephone girl Then
she waited away to meet "Chaw-chaw.
That is a case" said the telephone
girl. where eavesdropping didn't hurt
a bit. Anybody who can understand
him can get a job as International In
terpreter at the State Department to
morrow"
This brought the Observer to a point
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X
You don't talk at all like the tele-
phone girls I've read about said the
Observer.
And you don't act like the reporters
I've read about, replied the telephone
girl. "All reporters / have read of went
, out and found things themselves instead
of having to get other people to tell
them"
BY this time the bald-headed man had
gotten his number finished his converse
ton and come forth to pay his little
| nickel. He was still fine brick red. but
YOU could see his temperature had gone
down considerably.
Sorry l yelled at YOU said he, gruff-
| ly.
The telephone girl smiled sweetly.
"oh, that's all right she replied. I'VE
all get aggravated at times"
Say said the bald man. you re
there. got daughter as old as YOU. SO
YOU needn't mind me. But I'm going to
slide you box of candy.
The telephone girl thanked him, and
the bald man. still f,,mbling for words,
disappeared through the revolving doors.
Il told you he was all right said the
telephone girl 81 can tell in minute
She had hardly finished talking when
. f1abby- JoWled. weak chinned animal
came walking in through the front door.
started toward the elevator, hesitated.
looked toward her. turred away again and
seemed undecided what to do :
He was one of those fellows you may
see any afternoon hanging over the ends
of bars with other animals of their type
and discussing indecencies. His very ex-
preston itself was an insult to Self-re-
spect.
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OPERATOR r-r-
roperator. \ u M
IN e r? hummer q
insisted Central,
monotonously.
IL want" 9 a i d
the Observer, ito
talk to YOU
Instantly Cen
tral' left off being
Central and be-
came a very hu-
man and indignant
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Slfi
Freshly, she replied, over the phone.
Don't start that with me or I'll switch
yeu on to the manager.
''Eut | am in earnest" pleaded the
Observer. Il want to talk to YOU in the
interests Of
Central had evidently been reading
the reports Of sundry civic commissioners.
~ know you" she snapped You re
one of those fellows that have invitations
for taNicab rides and theater parties.
None of them in mine.
The observer broke in feverishlN.
Let us talk sense" he pleaded l
couldn't hire you taxicab to take you
from where you are sitting to the front
door of tile exchange. And as for thea
ters-why, | haven't been able to drag a
pass out of dramatic editor for SIN
months.
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Tire caimness of the girl was remark
able; she looked at him coolly. apprais-
mgly-as you would look at prize guinea
animal flushed, and started toward the
elevator.
IF you hadn't been here, said the tele-
phone Airl, he'd probably have come over
and I'd had TO squelch him.
What would YOU have done?' asked
the Observer.
Hit him in the vanity" replied the
telephone girl. succinctly.
She resumed the thought.
IF you get mad with man he has
always an advantage. He can laugh at
you. If you try to get humorous or sar-
castle you are open to his retorts. But
there's one thing a man can't stand.
and that is a direct assault on his
vanity. For instance. a few brutal per-
sonalities-rather rough oneS-Would
have had that man crawling away in
less time than it would have taken a
policeman to remove him.
"AIl men, and especially his kind. are
susceptible to hattery and destroyed
by vanity. In fact, as Plato says
I'VE will call Plato off and start
again." insisted the Observer. Where
in blazes did you pick up this Plato
STUFF
studied" the telephone girl replied.
At that moment finely dressed,
heavily scented, rather pale and slen-
der woman came out of the elevator
like somebody who is moving in a
trance. She had rather striking fea-
lures in an oddly foreign way. IT was
sixty to one with no takers that she
smoked cigarettes and had been on the
Riviera.
She's going to call Tootsie," con-
fded the telephone girl
WHO is Tootsie?"
"Blest IL ! know. A friend of hers.
Yon ought 10 hear his voice
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cillatcd
"Whatldye want she inquired.
Il have said three times, replied the
Observer. Grossly that ! want to talk to
you. II you won't talk I'll have to hunt
somebody else
The Observer was getting desperate. 1t
is a good deal of a chance when you get
a strange girl over the phone to appease
the whiuI of an editor. suppose this girl
should get somebody else to call cop
aud send him to the office of the OBJ
server. OR suppose
Talk for WHAT" demanded Central
For a newspaper responded the OBJ
server, eagerly. The people Of Wash
iuytou want to know some of the things
you know :.
suppose YOU come to my exchange
said Central Modified. III do "hat
I can.
Undoubtedly you're waiting for the ad-
dress OF this exchange. Well. YOU don I
get it, This particular Contra runs a
telephone exchange in an apartment hotsi
which is filled with everything from re-
tired brewers who are trying to break INTO
society to bored debutantes who are trN-
ing to break out For spicy conversation
for all varieties of persiflage Grafton,
protest and pyrotechnlcs-you can pea
this apartment house.
Come in around about ., invited
Central.
When o'clock arrived the Observer
wandered into the little cuobyhcIe to lhe
right OF the elevator, a place that nine
people out ofSteu would never notice In
\ distant ballroom an orchestra was play
ing and the sliding. scraping sound OF
myriad feet proclaimed a dance IN prog
rcss.
In the front hall a fat and ficrid man,
who evidently had been dining since about
:, clock in the afternoon. was trying 70
tell the time by the circular register
above the elevator shaft which was whiri-
ing dizzily as the elevator shot from floor
to floor.
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The marvellous creation drifted over
to the telephone booth without SO much
as noticing the telephone girl, gave
herself a sort of anaconda yank and
coiled seventeen or eighteen yards of
dress around her. Then she lifted the
receiver and gave her number. And the
booth door open, mind you.
She finally got her number.
.'Aw deah." she began, and it sounded
as though she were beefing about the
telephone system.
Now listen to Tootsie,' urged the tel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08

for months. OF course. they have to
take their chances with spoplexy. But
then life is all chance"
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The telephone exchange. Il mysterious
compound of green-covered wires. black
buttons and bronze colored plunSers. rest
ed fiat against the wall and before II sat
:: trim young woman with receiver fast
cned TO her ear. She was reading flu-
tarch-s Lives" and she was not-was not
chewing gum. This was the first dis
covery.
Il thought. said the Observer. that
all telephone girls chewod gum. They
do on the stage
II thought" replied the telephone oper-
ator "tnat all reporters carried pads and
pencils They do on the stage"
At this moment there a violent
conimotion in nearby booth--a great
waving Of arms and kicking of legs; and
i'll a moment rcd-faced. bald-headed
man stuck his head ont of the half-open
ed glass door and rcared.
II sounded like prominent Turk ASK
ing his wife for dinner. One wouldn
suppose that any civilized human could
develop = tone of such concentrated
hatred on ten minutes notice.
Why" demanded the bald man, can I
] get the right number here? Three
times ] have tried to get the pastor OF
my church and twice gotten the morgue
The third time | got upholstery shop
What do want with an upholstery shop.
Are YOU people trying 10 be funny Win
me-
Tho bald man glared ferociously
through Il pair Of those tortoise-shelled
spectacles which can make a rabbit look
like a rnan-eating tiger. Then he disap-
peared into the booth like a jack-in-the-
box and began frantically wagglnS the
receiver hook up and down.
The Observer turned his face aside
Tragedy, 10 one who believed IN the
scale of ratios, seemed absolutely certain
II the telephone girl would give the CD
server a gri,ing for trying to be pleasant
didn't il logically follow that she WOULD
90 gei an ak and have that fat man out
Of the booth and ready for burial:
She merely shifted her book Iansuidy
plugged in again and said softly TO som.
other girl:
You gave this party the wrong mum
Der. He wants Columbia 4laS3
You bet ] do, came in muffied tone!
from the booth land, what is more.
want it quick"
The Observer was unable to restrain hi
astoushmeut
Would YOU mind telling me- he asked
why YOU didn't go into that booth ant
kill him.
Why should kill him?'' interrosatet
the telephone girl. mildly.
For that talk of his.
Bless YOU. said the telephone girl. :
don't mind that bit You know, il 20,
work in a boiler factory you can Sc
used 10 ii in 4 little while. And thes'
men who roar are perfectly harmless
They're not the kind who sneak around
10 the manager ard try TO get You dis
missed
'.Rut-but-
You see continued the telephone girl
every one gets a little bit crazy whel
lie gets on the telephone. He seems [,
think that telephonins is his private in
Albuquerque morning journal., 1914-11-27
BEING A REFUGEE
DOES NOT ALWAYS
MEAN BEING POOR
Poverty and Distress Unknown
to Many Thousands Of BEL
gian and French Families
Now CHARTERED in London.

London, NOV. l5.--The word re-
fugee has taken on a new meaning In
London where the presence of many
thousand Belgian and French fami-
lies OF means has given to the city q
cosmopolitan aspect which II never
wore before. Many Of the continen-
tai visitors are here because their
homes have been destroyed .or oecu-
pied by the Germans. and there are
thousands Of refugees who know
neither poverty or real distress. All
the better class hotels In the West
End are filled with Belgian families.
the restaurants are crowded with
them, and they throng the haunts Of
sight-seers.
Advertise for Relatives.
The portly. father Of family, with
the mother and three or four chill
drcn. are the most familiar figures
on the London streets. There Is no
mistaking their nationality because
Albuquerque morning journal., 1914-11-27
AMERICAN SHOE MEN
ARE INVADING ENGLAND


Manchester Nov iS.--Thc Guard.
ian calls attention 10 the fact that
agents for American shoe manufact.
nreIs are already In England study
Ing the situation brought about the
extraordinary demand for shoes To
supply the troops. and the paper pre-
diets there VIII be another invasion
OF American shoes unless English
firms keep their prices low and make
unusual efforts 10 meet the imincdl.
ate demand for marching boots OF all
sorts.
So far The British government has
been forced TO take almost any sort
of boots II could obtain for It's troops.
II was impossible at the outset to
stick to reHulation service boots and
conditions do not improve to mark
ed degree IN spite of the fact that
most manufacturers are working extra
time.
As much of the best box calf used
In high-grudc mems shoes came from
Germany. there is dearth Of this
sort of material 'I<ips" the leather
from which the uppers OF standard
army boots are made, are double the
price they were before the war.