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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01
The Know-It-AIl
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

1.-THE only people who are deluded
into the belief that they know
il all are those who know very
little, The only people who learn
nothing as they proceed onward
through life are those who are sure
that they have nothing TO learn. II
8Iichaelangelo were TO come back to
earth. he would be willing to learn a
bit about color from a poster artist
and a bit about sculpture from
modeller in the sand at the seashore
and a bit about line from a newspaper
cartoontst But If all three Of these
knew little enough they would know
also too little to learn anything from
1Iichaelangelo,
When Courage Il Needed.
The courage to say. Il don't know"
or Il never heard of that" or 7 don't
understand that never brought down
scorn upon your head il It was
addressed to intelligent people. Chill
dreu learn by asking questions. Edu-
cation is more than drawing out what
you have it in you to become. It is
giving you knowledge and informa-
ton on which to react. And education
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01
4 Serial EOery One Should Read
A NJ an and His Wife
Isabel Ruins Her Gown and Sprans Her Wrist on the
Way to Mrs Simmons.
BY VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN DE WATER.

Are you hurt:r he inquired anx-
iously.
a little, and fearfulIy Wet she
shivered. She had fallen upon the hand
With which she was holding up her
train. and it hurt her cruelty. "Oh."
she moaned. how silly to try to walk
on such a nightlv
Johns muttered fmpreca+io, r,,.,.
nave been addressed to his umb-e1Ta
which, at this juncture. blow acroee
Lne sldeWalk into the street. or TO his
nat which followed the umbrella Tas,--
ing his wife standing i'm the DouTirq-
ram, he gave chase to both re-urrli-7al
IN very bad humor
1t is disagreeable enough TO have
an experience like this he COM
plalnea' without your taking that q
~ you 50 tone Now Try not to fail
again. IF YOU had taken nv ann Won
would not have slipped"
an take your arm and hold ND
my dress, she objected ssAud suroIi-
Gid not fan down for amusement
no only TO prove that we ought
70 have taken a taxir' he rcrorte5
As If we were millionaire
am suffering too much with nv
lahQ, John, she remarked tre-1u-
lously, TO care 10 be scolded"
our handT' he asked. What's
Il hurt II when I fell
It's too bad" he said perfunctorfv-
it's warm" mere
When Isabel reached the dressing
room at Mrs Simmons she for1ud fi-sr
one glove was split and than her b5-{
showed red and swollen through tie
rent Her pretty pale blue train was
wet through on one side. her coar
was soaked, and the scarf which had
.' IoNeIeo her mead was plentifully
spattered with the rain thar had
fallen upon IL while John had been
pursuing his truant umbrella Tho
maid who assisted her to remove her
wraps looked at her pityingIv.
Insists on IsabeFs Going in
It's too bad" the girl symDathized
And such a nice dress, too"
simply cannot go into company
looking like this" lamented TsabeT
as she arranged her dfsheveTed locke
on you ask Mrs. Simmons to come
mere Tor moment that NAV ex-
plain2"
Any irrational hope that isabel
may nave mad that her hostess would
thlhk her TOO wet and shaken to
come into the drawing room ms
speedily dispelled by Adelaide's as
surances that she looked all right"
Marie will wipe off that side of
your gown" she said. Poor child
you hurt your hand, too-didn't voug
W ny u4uA YOU come IN cab2'
John thought it unnecessarv." Tsa-
bel explained. Men don't wear trains
you see" with an attempt at a Iaugb,
Jack ought TO be more sensible %
declared Adelaide. Il must ten him
to take better care Of YOU. Won are
too easy, my dear. But never mind
II you are a bit damaged-Tm glad
you're here, and you'll soon be dry
Come in now and meet the crowd
As Mrs. Simmons swept Isabel to-
ward the drawing room whence pro-
ceeded loud laughter. the wife found
herself flushing with ANNOYANCE al
the manner in which this woman had
dared to speak Of John Hamilton. Isa-
bells own especial property.
(TO Be COnfsnuedl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01
additions to War Office
Buildings Made oOer Night
VIII House 1000 Clerks

London, Eng, May Along the
peaceful green slopes Of St Jamess
park. which marks the center Of fash
ionable life in London. there have
sprung up almost over night host Of
temporary buildings. TO be used as an
emergency extension OF the war office.
They viii house a staff Of a thousand
clerks, representing the accounting de-
partment
So rapidly has the work OF this sec
ton Of the government grown that the
huge war building in Whitehall is badly
OvercrOW-ded. Early in the war an ex-
ira story was built up on the roof to
house part OF the emergency staff
The new buildings in the park are
solidly constructed, with foundation
walls Of brick four feet high, concrete
floors and walls Of carefully selected
timber, asbestos lined. The buildings
are only temporary, Of course, but pro-
vision was made when they were
planned. for a war that might last sew
eral years
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01
CHAPTER XVII

2
TT was evident Isabel Hamilton de-
cided, that if she would keep her
husbands confidence she must not
show her distrust Of Mrs. Simmons,
but must submit to his plans for go
ing to this woman's house on Thursday
evening
She had been so harsssed by her
doubts and suspicious that she almost
welcomed the opportunity for prac-
Using self deceit Yet even her assur-
ance to herself that the friendship be-
tween Mrs. Simmons and John had al
ways been and always would be harm
less, failed to reconcile her to the pros
pect Of the party"
When Thursday arrived. atrocious
weather came with Il. First it showed.
then rained, then the rain changed to
sleet and froze. This last was the con-
dition Of affairs when John reached
home at dinner time. Isabel watched
the storm with the hope that her hus-
band would find it too severe for her
TO face IN her best evening gown. But
this hope was dissipated soon after
John had seated himself at dinner that
evening.
IT'S very cold and very slippery" he
announced BE sure to wear a heavy
coat that will cover your dress. and
don't forget 10 put on storm rubbersfr
Oh Isabel said family, then you
are going in spite Of the weather, are
you?"
Certainly" he said. when an in
vitation is accepted one cannot back
out at the last minute"
"Of course not" she rejoined. A
spirit OF opposition made her add: But
since it's such a bad night I think I'll
wear a palmer gown than the one I
of wearing. That one has a
train, you know"
Her husband looked his disapproval
Of this suggestion. AS the affair is
given in your honor, Isabel" he pro-
tested, you must dress handsomely.
y on can surely pin up your train"
Yes. I can" she said, repenting OF
her mOmentary perversity. But, dear
really We ought to have a taxi"
~ on must think I'm made Of money!
he laughed IF you wear a warm cloak
and rubbers you will not need a cab"
He repeated this assertion even
when, as they looked out Of the win
COW Just before starting. they saw that
the rain was descending in torrents
Think They Should Have Cab.
oh, john" Isabel expostulated, we
must have a cab"
Nonsense ne returned. q tell YOU
a cab is too expensive, and it is not FAR,
anyway. Come along"
Mrs. Simmons lived on Riverside
Drive, not Tar from 106th street
Though they took a surface car, three
cross-town blocks must be traversed
before the Hamiltons reached their
destination. The wind blew and the
rain swept in under the umbrella that
J John carried low over their heads. The
pavements were coated with ice under I
the water which covered them IsabeFs
hands were numb from holding Up her I
dress Just as they turned into the 4
drive, she slipped, caught at John, I
missed his arm and fell full length. ]
to her feet !
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01
Prominent EngLishnen
UnUittingLy Buy Bonds
of the German Va Loan

Amsterdam. Holland. May IA num-
Der Of prominent Englishmen, includ-
ing Sir Edward Goschen. former Brit
ish ambassador to Berlin. have unwit-
tingly become purchasers Of some Of
the latest German war loan bonds.
The men in question were members
Of the Berlin Golf club. which just be-
fore the war raised by subscription
among its members a cash fund Of
about sos. 900. for constructing and
equipping a splendid new course near
POtsdam. Pending the beginning Of
operations. the fund was on deposit
with the Dresdener bank Of Berlin
when war was declared. The money
was sequestrated and now has been in
vested by order Of its trustees in Ger
man war loan securities.
Sir Edward Goschen was honorary
president Of the club. Many of its
English members are now in the civil
ian interment CAMP at Ruhleben.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01

does not stop with school or book
training. Every day OF life ought TO
educate you and leave you wiser than
yesterday found you.
Know-it-au people, who sit back
with an air Of profound wisdom and
smile superiority upon the QuestiOninEs
and quc5tings Of other folks are sooner
or later revealed as the bluffs they are
in truth.
Knowing it all is one Of the many
forms Of ignorant self-satisfaction
that is so maddeuinE TO the nervous.
and so pathetic TO the sane. 1t shuts
the door OF wisdom fairly in the face
Of its sad and foolish possessOr- It is
that is satisfied with its own short
comings, one part foolish pride that
can not bring itself 10 confess TO any
lack Of knowledge and Ole part fear Of
ridicule.
VIII Win Respect.
Now truly wise and well-educated
people VIII only respect your desire to
know They know that when YOU COW
fess Il don't know" you fairly request
Inform me- They know that in
acknowledging your lack OF infOrma-
ton on a subject You are on the road
won't patrOnize you4they will tell YOU
what thev can and feel that the thing
about which you ask enlightenment is
simply ont Of your line and chat YOU
nave probably the habit of collecting
useful information and so may be we'll
versed IN other departments OF life
Of all the absurd Weaknesses or
human nature none seems to me more
patheucally lneNcusable than pretend
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Hall to the Battery a. well as several
tiers OF subway ~leveis?"
VERY likely we shall" answered
Mr.. Maltbie. 1T may be that one
street level will be for pedestrian use
alone. The crowds on lower Broad
way and Nassau street during the
business hours OF the present business
day would have no more than q COM
Portable amount Of room II vehicles
were not permitted on the streets.
These t~horoughfares will. Of course,
become more damned as the city
grows.
when it will be next to impossible for
people to pass back and forth on these
already overcrowded streets with the
present system OF travel prevailing.
4 W TERED stree would therefore,
appear inevitable. I have no partic-
u!ar plan for it. I merely say that
without much doubt such a two level
street arrangement win DO made"
But why will not the business man
while waiting for this rather linden.
mite relief prefer to solve the problem
by moving up town. where the streets
are broader and where the jam is not
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BUILDERS
TO SPEND A MILLION

A three story theatre building TO cost
100000 boosted the total cost Of new
construction IN Brooklyn last week .
the million dollar mark. Plans were
filed for lie new buildings; nineteen
tenements to cost $4,000; seventy-two
small dwellings to cost Sss0.s0o, and
twenty-five miscellaneous structures. to
cost S3a7.4o0. . total OF Si,o2S.Soo.
The theatre Is to be built by the Bay
Ridge Theatre Corporation on the north
west corner Of Third ven and sev-
enty-second street on a plot So by 100
feet. II will be three stories high and
Of brick construction. Another public
building to be erected In the southern
section Of Brooklyn 10 a two story post
office TO cost $4,000. 1t will be built
on the north side Of Eighth street. 200
feet east OF Fifth avenue. by the T. A.
Clarke Company, on q plot sc by SO
feet. The Saniis Realty Company will
build . $4,000 four story brick factory
on the northwest corner Of Atlantic ave-
u and Elton street. Of . plot 1T by
106 feet.
The more prominent Of the small
dwelling operations include . row Of
nine two story brick residences on the
west side Of Dast Thirty-seventh street,
south Of Avenue L. BY the Reinhard
Hail Realty Company Q row Of sever
similar buildings On he south side Of
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so great as a subway stations in the
vicinity Of City Hall?"
Because he wants to b near his
kind" said Mr.. Maltbie. 1T Il true
that he Is telephonically next door TO
everybody in the city, but 1t is never-
theless a fact that he wants to be able
to throw on hN coat and run vel to
the ONCE OF Brown or Jones in person
whenever he thinks II necessary. He
may not run over once a month. but
IL a business deal should come up
requiring talk face to face in a hurry
he wants to feel and to know that his
ONCE 10 situated where he can do II.
Five minutes count very often. They
count more than the Inconvenience Of
q jam In the subway morning or eve
Ming"
But II these lawyers were located
uptown, Mr.. Msltbie. couldn't they in
most instances attend "a their busi-
ness just 10 we'll a they do At pres
snt. meeting one another In court %
usual and very likely going to lunch
In restaurants near the court for n
long talk that might seem necessary"
NO" replied Mr.. Maltbie. there
would still come the important &C.
casioD every now and then when .
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NEWARK HONE COLONY GROWS.
r~.edo Park. Opened = Year Ago.
Has Many Houses.

The Tuxedo Park tract on South
Orange avenue. part in Newark and part
in South Orange, presents a different
appearance to-day than II did one year
ago. The Crowley-O'Brien Company
secured this development one year ago
last February. At that time there was
but one house on the property. Since
then q large amount Of ground has been
disposed Of and man Of the purchasers
have already buiit their homes or are
planning TO build this year. The prop
on South Orange avsnus 1000 feet and
10 east Of the grounds Of Seton Han
College.
A Colonial house has been erected By
8. Willard Coleman. on . plot o0x1eo.
on Centre street. Another house Of
original issAgn has been built BY A. n.
Huehler on the corner Of Dyer place and
Cameron road. n. n. Fox has COM
pleted . nine dwelling on . plot
Colonial house 10 nearing completion on
a plot 60xl0o on Synott place.
Among the resent building operations
10 the house for Emil E.. Jost, ground
for which was broken IN Kingman road
during the Last week. This house will
stand on a plot s0xls0. Ground was
broken last week for a hollow tile house
IN a plot soxi5o on Stanley Dad for
Harry White. Excavation will be made
during this week on Centre street for
q home 70 be erected by John NJ. Sturm
for his o~n uSe. This dwelling will
stand on . plot soxl5o. It 10 expected
that ground will also be broken during
the week for an eight room one family
dwelling on . plot 5Sxl1s on Reynolds
place for Ira 4. Heller. Between now
and the elst Of June Walter stacpole
will excavate for q n family dwelling
TO be erected for his own use on Centre
street on a plot 60xI60.
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Four TERED Subway Urged for Lower Manhattan

Mr.. Maltbic disagreed at the outset
with the contention that business will
eventually have TO move north OF the
Chambers street-Battery section be-
cause Of the ever growing congestion
problem transportation systems must
solve. In his opinion every increase
In office building population at the
southern tip OF Manhattan will be &C
commodated through additional tran
sit Levels. 1t resolves itself into fig-
uring out the capacity Of transporta-
ton on one level, and the use of an
other level TO carry what the first level
cannot. And the third level II the
FIRST two are at their limit. And so
on.
This solution OF New York's trans
%portation problem. while now and then
spoken Of. has always been deemed
more or less OF a theoretical solution
something possible but hardly likely
to DO brought about in a systematic
way.
Within nifty years there has been
no increase in the street area of New
York from City Hail SOUTH" began
Mr.. Maltbie, There cannot very well
be an increase. Yet 1t Is through the
streets that transit lines must pass.
You cannot run tracks under build
ings on private property. You know
the owners own down to-down a. far
a. there Is any money value in own
Ing. Even though the city acquired
by condemnatory proceedings the right
to buy q right Of way, the cost would
be prohibitive.
Now increase tho height Of sky
skyscrapers Of tho height now allow
able BY law and you bring to these
already damned streets thousands
more who mus use them daily and
simultaneously. These Chambers
street-Battery thoroughfares are In
width and direction about a. print
lively commodious as when they
evolved from COW and wagon paths
They cannot now be made wider.
80. aside from the question of
bringing by train into this business
section every day the hundred,
Of thousands who must carry on
their vacations there, you have
the problem Of providing suficient
sidewalk and middle street room for
pedestrian and vehicular transit. 1t
Is a task requiring the fullest consid-
GRAFTON and comprehensive planning
Of the municipal engineer.
But l do not agree with your
transportation students and analysts
who think because the job Ia a mighty
big n that the only way out Is for the
Office building man to move up town
by the thousands and tens of thou
@nds and take his clerks and stsnog-
raphers with him. There will DO no
need Of this. Within tho next few
decades the lower end Of Manhattan
will be traversed by several levels OF
subway. Therein lies the solution OF
the problem SO far as train trans
p%ortation Ia concerned. In q modified
way, but still through tho adoption of
the different level scheme. the pedes-
trian and vehicular congestion will be
overcome"
"You mean. Mr.. Maltbie, that We
shall have two TERED streets from City
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oughs in order to ascertain whether II
would be profitable n practicable to
alter or remodel these houses So as TO
make them accommodate two three or
four families.
\ number OF reasons have been as
signed for the declin: In the erection OF
three family houses which are economic.
social and legal. In the latter respect
1t has been constantly asserted hat GER
tain provisions OF the tenement house
law might be modified SO as to decrease
the cost Of construction OF these houses.
From general observation there would
aeem to be no difficulty In making "A
three family house pay where the lot
values are from $500 TO 81 ,OoU. hut the
question Is n much closer one where lot
values are from $1,000 to $500. From
$1,000 to $500 IL is hardly possible to
make them pay, and f'om So 500 VI IL
seems TO be impossible.
The advisory council and the nemer
house committee of the Charities Organ
ization Society will consider the subject
very thoroughly during the summer
months. and in the fall legislation may
be asked to mitigate the severe condi-
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THREE FAMILY HOUSE
HAS MANY FRIENDS

many sections such . Transformation IA
to be seen al occurred In Harlem and
The Bronx following the construction
Of the present subway system.
Nowhere is this activity more apparent
than in Borough Park, along the line Of
the New Utrecht avenue subway extern
sion to Coney Island. Much OF the avail
able land along the avenue already has
been taken by builders for four story
apartment house improvement, with
stores on the street floor. while on the
side streets apartment houses without
stores are being erected In the heart Of
what for years has beer considered one
Of B~rooklyn's hnst single family house
sections.
In Borough Park there were originally
about 1000 lots now about $50 lots are
all that remain unsold. The owners. in
stead OF selling these lots one by one,
have decided to dispose OF them all at
ono big auction sale.
II was announced yesterday that a
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minute would mean so much TO n
man that ne would wish a thousand
times that his ONCE were located near
to where other lawyers oonHegats
1t is that one important time that will
count in the selection Of once loca-
ton. He 10 bound TO stay At. the
lower end Of Manhattan. Yes, he's
bound to stay there despite conses-
ton OF travel and despite uncomfort-
able Jams. OF course the court loca-
ton more or less determines the rally
ing spot Of the lawyers. II you moved
the courts 1t would perhaps influence
removal Of lawyers to other locations.
But l do not know Of such a court
shift being even remotely contsm-
plated.
Take the case Of bankers and brok-
ers. The exchanges arbitrarily fx
their location. A few seconds delay in
personal contact or personal delivery
may mean ruin. or at least great loss.
The Thousands who are employed BY
bankers and brokers must therefore
remain IN the congested district. They
simply can't 60 up town.
"I've watched q number Of business
shifts that have been made In Now
York during the last few years. The
reasons for them do not seem to me TO
indicate that the Office building popu-
lation Of the Chambers street-Battery
district will likewise shift, or that 1t
can AFFORD to shift. I think the classes
Of men and classes Of business In this
district represent a larger and 4 Diff
fArAnt eraIn ~ thSnus than rh> ,~s,
and businesses located elsewhere In
tho city. ! do not think they can az
ford to leave tho section. no matter
what the Inconvenience. They want
to DO face to face As near a may be.
1T Is true that tho great depart
ment stores Of the city have trans
ferred their business up town. First
one and then the other have made the
move. But you note they are all to-
gether again. or nearly % a. e result
Of this move. The shopping
has shifted. but the big stores with
n Or two exceptions are all In the
new centre. The wholesalers have
moved a little In the last few years.
The clothing places have also moved.
And Of course so have the theatres.
luls uiuhcD HIuCl HIOTo bHOTt TIOln8
by shoppsrs from one Of these new
centres to another than used to DO
necessary. It crowds the subway more
with shoppers than formerly because
they could walk from one sort Of store
to another In the past"
well, II these big businesses could
AFFORD to move on up town. could not q
number OF others reniove from the
Chambers street. Battery section with
u injury?"
mo, because. as ! have said, people
Of the kind now located at the south
end Of Manhattan like to huddls to-
gether. 1t IL possible that one or two
we'll known business men Of this dis
trict might decide to shift their once
location, but I doubt It very much, II
they did, without q doubt Il would In
fuence their associates to follow their
example. But I doubt that the con-