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The evening world., 1916-08-03
Fables Of Everyday Folks
BY Sophie Irene Loeb.
Wire Tanning on Hearts.

others. In truth she loved the WIRE
sappihs game more than anything;
Ior she could amuse herself as much
as she pleased and then cut or with
OUT anybody knowing It.
Now II came to pass that this young
woman went to visit q school chum
that had been newly married, As
usual. she had her wires arranged and
oegan tapping at the heart OF the
husband very soon after her arrival.
Also be IL known that this hus-
band truly loved his wife, who was a
woman OF strength. Believing fully
In her husband, enc saw the situation
and determined to let II go ut full
swing.
Beatrice used to make suggestions
for the hubby TO 90 fishing, since the
wife dlsliked fishing, or to 70 out in
the garden while household matters
were being Strengthened out.
On one OF these twilight occasions.
Just as Beatrice was overlapping for
all she was worth Mt the heart OF this
man, tho wires got crossed and she
received a ~shock-the wife appeared
on the scene.
She spoke In a perfectly calm. sra-
clous voice. saying. "Now, Beatrice,
II you really want Charlie will make
II very easy for you. l shall 90 away
bilu VIA aN'Ss SV thNtu van 10
a divorce and he can marry you.
II have Just received this letter
telling about your former wire-tap-
| ping on the hearts'of John, William,
and Harry. In the last places you have
visited, and the wives have all formed
a club against you.
"You are not to be received, so you
will certainly need a protector. As
there can only be one private wire In
this house, l suggest that you get on
the end OF that n and quit WIRE
tapping"
The young saw the whole
thing with startling realization. and
also what II meant TO her future.
She was TO be ostracized, She who
valued her reputation so highly-who
loved the social game to be ~disgraced
! by the cold shoulder Of her former
| friends.
or course, there was no such idea
In the husbands mind as to his going
off the main line OF his journey. Sc
Beatrice took many sad reflections on
her homeward journey. Moral:
People who wire-tap IN hearts usu.
ally get short %circuited.
The evening world., 1916-08-03

|NNCE upon q time there was a
~ woman named Beatrice. When
she was n child she was much
spoiled. She was very pretty and
the Idol Of her parents. There was
hardly anything she wanted. and
usually the things she wanted were
the most difficult to obtain.
when . box Of candy came she
always insisted on the particular
piece that was forbidden: the others
had little or no appeal for her. once
she made up her mind.
She also coveted the clothes other
children wore. She would come home
and 60 into tantrums because her
dress was not like Dorothy Dimple's.
and generally such a dress was forth
coming.
So II was about that In all In
stances she preferred the thing that
belonged to some n else. When she
grew up she did not lose her beauty
nor this propensity. In fact 1t grew
with her.
At high school In the yer early
beau stages. let her best girl chum
become enamored Of a youth and his
attractions became enhanced In Bea-
trice's eyes. Secretly she would cast
coquettish glances at him and soon
had him won away from her friend.
She did not keep him long because
she only saw charm In hisn whom
some one else wanted. When she
made her debut into society 1t was
the same thing. Yet she was NO sly
and skillful In her methods that her
friends did not discover her.
This went along for some years
and her propensity assumed other
proportions. Thus II made no differ
ence whether her girl friends were
married or not. should their husbands
prove particularly attractive she
beamed on them and made life mIser-
able for the wife,
Thus for a long time she went wire
tapping on hearts that belonged to
The evening world., 1916-08-03
The Jarr Family
BY Roy l.. McCardell

ns Co. Crhs New York Evening worh.D
I'm going to call on tho Do Lannsys
TO hear more about the place MIRA d
Lanncy was telling me of. I want y0u
to come along"
Who. me?" asked Mr.. Jarr. why
am | pulled into this fightT' J
That's right! Put everything q
my shoulders" cried Mira Jar,
You see that I am positively . wrsch
from the heat You know on account
Of the children w must 20 to som
quiet summer place. And yet yo1
ance."
"Ill raise the money and pack the
trunks and carry tho bundles and get
the tickets and attend to the Children
and hire the taxis and take the blame.
But why do ! have to mingie with the
opulent and obese Just to get an ad-
dress?" asked Mr.. Jarr.
But there was no escape; ne had to
go. Never let a man have his way In
a little thing and he'll not expect Il in
a large one. The Jars arrived at the
handsome Riverside Drive mansion Of
the DE Lanneys In good time.
Mrs. De Lanney was somewhat
flustered at the butler bringing them
In the drawing room. for a smell Of
pipe smoke was In the air. I'm
coming in fist as | am" a mellow
voice was heard to protest. Sure, u
l don't know them I know him!"
Don't mind pawpaw." exclaimed
the thinnest Miss De Lanney. Hes
80 eccentric. Delving among antiques
all his days has made q recluss Of
him."
The recluse appeared at this In
slant, a jolly, red faced. red haired
old fellow In his shirt sleeves and
stocking feet. why. hello. Jarr, old
SPORT" he shouted. II thought maybe
1t was some OF the Willie boys or
La-de-dah people. III have some bot.
tied beer brought in. We're Just back
from Maine. Mind you. | was took
where you couldn't get y thing to
drink except patent medicine and
wood alcohol. They mako the wood
alcohol at the lumber mills from the
shavlngs. But only a native can drink
1t. Where's my piper
Mrs. De Lanney produced II and q
cigar was proffered to Mr.. Jarr.
As they came away Mrs. Jarr saids
II think Mr.. DE Lanney Ia a dear old
soul. So eccentric. 1 suppose Its
dealing in antiques?"
1T is dealing In junk. That's old
Jerry Delaney. the scrapiron king"
replied Mr.. Jarr. He's over to Gus's
nearly every evening"
Then we go to no resort he recom>
'mends!" was the verdict Of Mrs. JarN
The evening world., 1916-08-03
MORE DEADLY THAN EVER.

2 HE deadly work Of the automobile in the streets Of New York
City q breaking all records this summer.
Thiry-six persons were killed by motor vehicles in the
city last month, % against twenty-four in july 1918. The increase
u 10 Per cent. More than half tho victims this season have been
children under sixteen.
Already the auto death toll In New York has climbed above an
svsass Of one for every %twsntyfour hours. 1t is still rising at an
sppdlins rate. Neither laws nor the vigilance Of the police have SO
f1 checked II.
One cause Of the continued increase in automobile killings remains
unrsmsdisd. There 10 still no law in New York City or State com.
Psning owners a. well % professional drivers to prove themselves com.
pstsnt to handle . motor car.
A. Secretary Cornell Of tho National Highways Protective So.
esty nv:
IA the law now stands. anybody may 20 to q dealer buv
any kind Of an auto. new or old. drive II out Of the place and
30 away With the machine. no matter how little he knows
about driving. He 10 free to roam the city at will. Thss.
people are . constant and growing menace.
mo number Of rules or police can prevent an inexp.-
rsnced OF incompetent owner of . private automobile from
running down somebody"
The Evening World has repeatedly pointed out: The only effec-
tive way to put q stop to reckless motoring is to make it possible for
the State to say that il the owner Of an automobile is unfit to drive il
properly he shant drive it at all.
So far no uniform license law for motorists has Not ss far n
the statute books in the State of New York because upstate l.giss
tors, while willing to apply : it to this city, have refused to place them
selves or their families under it's provisions.
The late Legislature bungled a motorists license bill which II
Il had not been rendered hopelessy discriminatory and unsoupd befor,
it went to the Governor, might have become law and done much =
check automobile slaughter.
Will the next Legislature make an honest effort 70 lessen tM
needless sacrifice Of life in city and state'
The evening world., 1916-08-03
,Snails as Cleaners

livery N who Keeps an aquar.
r. ium knows that 1t IL advisable
to place a few snails In the
tank not only because snails are In
teresting in themselves. but because
they are good cleaners. says the Pop.
ular Science Monthly for August, II
the keeper OF the aquarium knows
that too much sunlight will produce
too much plant growth, and has
placed the vessel In a partly shaded
place where the proportion of iirht
and shade Is about right, the snailx
II they are numerous enough, can thsn
control the growth.
Nature has provided them with
peculiar anatomical structure resem.
bllns a narrow ribbon, which i'm d.
tail Is like tho band of teeth on
carpenters rasp. Under the micro-
scope these so called 'linRuaI r,S-
hons or tongues are seen -
thlckly set with rows OF sharn AGO.
teeth which are themselves tootSsSs
and which rasp OF microscopic nism,a
ana carry them into the mouth.
The evening world., 1916-08-03


1910 YOU remember these nice
people, tho De Lanneys, We
met last winter at Mrs. Stry-
ver's?" asked Mrs. Jars. You re-
member the very handsomely sowned
woman, tho one who had the large
diamonds, and tho beautiful aigrette
and the large r%hinestones on her slip
pers? She talked with me for such
a long time. You know the one with
tho fine figure. although Inclined TO
embonpoint7 She had her two daush-
tiers with her; they only c~onversed
with each other In French?"
IL don't get you." said Mr.. Jarr
with Q puzzled air. unless you mean
that fst old dame trimmed up like a
Christmas tree that kept rapping a
skinny, stoop-shouldered girl, who
looked ready to jump opt Of a low
necked gown, over the knuckles be-
cause she was biting her nails. ]
don't blame her for biting her nails
though. That's about all one gets &c
eat at those little social functions al
Mrs. %Stryver's."
II wish you wouldn't talk that way
said Mrs. Jarr peevishly. Tho chill
dren hear you. and 1t doesn't incul'
cato a proper respect for the refining
influences In life. Mrs. Stryver serve.
delightful watercress wafer sand
witches, and there would be plenty |
a lot Of poets and painters she In
vites. so the affair shall have al
| ethical and artistic tone, didn't &c
at them first and eat them all. An,
you will admit there's always plent!
Of tea"
"Irl admit II. I don't lessen tn
quantity any," replied Mr.. Jarr.
Not you!" said Mrs. Jarr. You
rather be IN q tap rooml"
"Sure!" replied Mr.. Jarr. with tina
ready confession that lightens offense
But what about those DE Boobs. {
whatever their names are?'
"Their are De Lanney an
| they are very rich; the elder Mr.. ID
Lanney was u noted dealer In an
tlquities right here In New York 70
years. and they are very exclusive
l met Mrs. DE Lanney shopping; sh
has charge accounts everywhere. Sh
was telling me about a quiet, nice plac
out in the country where they used t
summer because Mr.. DE Lanney ha
such simple tastes that he cannot bea
the gay whirl OF fashionable resorts
lie detests the nouveau richie"
but what have l got to do wit
this bunch OF the nobility and gentr
you're talking about?'
The evening world., 1916-08-03
How Weapons
Began
Copyrsht, 1918. BY The Prsss Pubiishins %.
THE New York Eyepina WorldD

Ma. 80 Part NY
k1APoLEON originated the ar
tillery battle.
"wber ono. N. mc,ee ha.
be,,,n. h, 90 ",h. - - 4.
800 "e s"'u' '"e """ ~ :"
eie'er enough TO bring up an unex-
pected force Of artillery without the
enemy Lnovipv a, T.. .ur. IN carrv
,ha a." ~
'"o oaS'
lie vas quite clever enough to al
vear bo smashed onno.tr. ru,o. b.,
$500" oppo''"s I"''e ny
m"ssihB MS guns on them. one hun
dred cannon pounded the centre at
WaRram before the Anal charp. MN.
ordered, "
The fighting at Waterloo started nj
1,2OO yards and not much dsmage
was done until the armies closed To
less than a quarter OF this distance
Nelson sailed his shins nionrside The
enesny and fought his battles within
mailing distance tbousand vard.
| thew Thought wa. tha ionvc., atsao'
tive range
Case shot. an iran cv,inder or hav
of bullets. was tSa hiv rei,a no. iSS
NapoIeon's dav' Efr.S into n crou,d
Of man in the onan tha ras,,it NO
0eHuIX. ('hnln ahnt UNA n NnnnlA
Of cnnnon Nails ,.srsu ,"aohar w,,h
a chair rrhev uair,aJ aremna ,ha
air md wera syca,icnt Sor 20 ~ no
niacas iba rixsnn 90 ~ .bin
sho, anJ ME- S,1,aJ .,,h w ~
r,are also mmch ,hnr ~ "'"
SbaIls ara aver zoe vsar. o,a Il,
was hard to get the fuses iirhtsa at
AT 80 tbs vnnnar nod H. ~ y,
,nasst 90 'me sJnn' nau 'ne p,easah
snd ,oon,hima rs ,h uo" ~. ,he
H. Wa araa 'I1. eioI9 .nv
Oh 80 ,ha ,i,.h ' ~
vantaa n.orlv nars a,"s 900
~ shar ~; No.. ~. /" .
onu shra, nna 10. ga S ~, VIZ.
ana ,h.p"en u,' %.
aoo v ssrroon' ~ Ivm Inap. nan,
NV V 'a,uS hhaou n ~ pus'ans p J,
ha a ~ - ~. lbs
rTrha aaa ~ Man I.
A. the vsry %oeS,nninS cannon Were
The evening world., 1916-08-03
Roadside Map Shows Best Motor Routes.

A n example of an unusually effec-
~ tive method OF marking high
ways IL found In the sign
erected by the Automobile Club OF
southern California near Roscoe. Cal,
says Popular Mechanics. On a large
slgnboard. such as Is used for road
side advertising. a map has been
painted outlining the good roads to
various points within a radius Of
seventeen miles from Roscoe. The
location Of all the towns il shown on
these routes and in addition the
principal reigboring communities are
again named In two columns, beside
each OF which Ii an arrow showing
tho direction in which tho towns lie.
A red disc marks the name Roscoe
The evening world., 1916-08-03
Lucille t h e
w ~aitress
BY Bide Dudley


Copyright, 1919. by Ihe Press Publlsh,,s %.
,Ths New York Evening wordJ
SS WlSHT you'd a'been in here
a while sgo KID" said Lucille,
the waitress. TO the newspaper
man. as he unfolded his napkin. I'VE
had a poet as q victim. You know
n Of those dreamy kind. who think
barber shops arc merely hanging out
places for guitar and m%andoleen
players"
"A regular poet. chr"
Sure! He takes a seat on n stool
and. after tossing back his hair, says
TO me:
bowe tee without dress.
Tao slicra OF toast
hear that ,pn boast
hcps that's the case.
sssa': :so Sai't sS,r, !;S...
"Thero I stand. kid. taking It all Ia.
When he finishes I'm sore. My age.
you know. hasn't got no naturaiiza-
ton with my Job. nor does It make
any difference In the price OF bean
soup. 30 l give him one look and
answer like this:
That hair. TO be plain.
mss Affected your brain,
There's nobody home
10 your mop looking done:
I'm Iust twenty eight.
Yo1'r'' !. iesG sort q dab.
Now III gt Joa your srub.'
Say. kid. You should a'seen him.
First he looks scared and then he
grins. so you're a bard yourself,
chr he says.
Just about that time Lizzie, the
tow head at the pie counter. chirps.
I think the two OF youse ought 10
DO barred
I'm at her In u minute. like an
infrustrated tigress, Listen. you OF
the hopeless hair | says You ain't
10 much OF AN Ellis Wheeler Wilson
yourself. ! amt forgot the poem you
wrote 10 Jep. the new dish wrangler
Back TO the pastry patch for YOU
We'll, sir. II closed her face and
clamped IL. At that the poet speaks
up again. My dear Miss he saw
to me, you should write poetry fol
"A living
Yes says. that would be fine
| can just see the picture In tho
pa pers with the cross-mark show
Ing where the enmancipated. fam.
shed body was found
mo he says, 1 mean II. There
v contest being conducted by tn,
Boola Magazine FOR the best poem OF
love. Why not try for the prize
It's twenty Ave dollars
Listen, Mistcr!' | SAYS, N yo'
don't be more safe and sanl.sr
around here I'll sic a mock OF barber
onto you, You write the poetry
I'll shoot The biscuits. Farley VOC,
Eranchay?' Now, what do 70
: think OF that guy. kld?"
, HE was n dreamer, wasn't he?"
- dreamer? Say. that mar wa
a Might. marer. DO ms \ favor. wi
you. kidY"
"Sure' what Is ~"
& Next time YOU come In bring m
q q copy OF the Boola Magazine. I wan
: To get the address OF the poetry con
test editorial"
The evening world., 1916-08-03
THE EDITORIAL OF THE DAY.

20 as Esiies - Tue D. .sn,ns westsi
have e~es . rsife.s ess fT over thtrt yssrs
sss On . stfits mis- ~ . tossh yssp ago several buR-
ssss nee psis thsir due. 10 the shloa sas thea -shi os
suits After ssssrsi days the msn found thsy ssrs s,ths 10
seed ioes enc tried 10 90, hses Ma, Of the youhssr ons'
ca. Older ns sss beyond the sss limit
hsny Of them died llsessbiy without . roof ever their
hssss Many .sss Into other lobe that paid sbos, hsf vbsl
the siresS paid
The ssios leaders sssi tate business While the poor sstsa
nee vevs left on the s,fssts
Mss Of the rsl~sys Of ss- rort. 10 q, worth ~ You
bsvs jobs. Mold % 70 tkso.
You ere on the ragged edge Of novhss DO not lot these
ssitsp talk you out Of . Job the, hes been father snd mother
v you
90 back to work. The public has faith In you The rHl-
road has faith In you.
n you have . job In prospsc, tina, gives you more money.
90 taks H. ~ not. set back on your job aud sdsiss your
brothers 10 DO lks~ise.
The public 10 not with you IN this.
90 back while the Job 10 sWll open TO you DO not be led
sstray by false promises.
You Won't be happy until you get back a, that controller
or tina, register. and you know H. 90 back, and the Lord be
With you.
Listen to q railroad man OF over trisht In this town.
THIRTY YEARS RAILROAD EXPERIENCE.
The evening world., 1916-08-03

ID. Alt Your father became a nat
uraiized citizen OF tho United States
before YOU were twenty-one. YOU are
a citizen. Otherwise you must take
out citizenship papers.
A, T.-United States large copper
cents 1877 sell for from Is cents to rs
cents each. Otner coins mentioned
! have no excess value
The evening world., 1916-08-03
$Origin of Gas Jets

A wOMAN'S thimble Is said -
~ have been the means of sug-
costing the first gas burner,
says the Popular Science Monthly.
william Murdoch, the inventor. first
burned the gas simply as a flame
from the end of a pipe. one day in
an emergency he wished to stop the
illumination. Hurrledly looking
around for something. Murdoch seized
his wife's thimble and thrust it over
the light, which was Immediately ex-
tinguished. There was a strong odor
OF gas, however. and the experimentor
applied a light to the thimble. dis
covering that 1t was full of holes,
through which tiny Jets OF flame APP
peared. The importance OF the re-
suit was tina the illumination from
those two or three tiny jets was much
brighter than had been given by the
great fare from the n OF the pipe.
Acting on the principle which this
chance discovery revealed. he con
structed what was known as the
Cockspur burner.
The evening world., 1916-08-03
Questions and Answers.

MILDRED ]. SUPPLEMENTARY
United States Civil Service Bureau.
Custom House. New York.
l.. A. S.-Inquire any city free bath
az Borough Presidents office.
A. l.. Woo per cent.
ETHEL BROWN-Either form may
10 used. but courtesy usually requires
ladies first
The evening world., 1916-08-03

The tersest. most comprehensive summary We have see,
OF the course OF the great conflict to date is Gen. Jonr.,
order published In the official journal Of the Army OF France
on the second anniversary OF the outbreak OF the war. Look
Il up.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-03-17
MASTER COMMISSIONERS SALE

Ohio Circuit Court, Kentucky.
]. H. Ridgeway, Plaintiff,
VS..
c. M. Barnett, Admir-, ct al, Defend
ants.
BY virtue of judgment and order
of sale of the Ohio Circuit Court,
rendered at the February Term,
1916, in the above cause for the sum
OF $446.01, with interest at the rate
Of per cent per annum from the
9Th day of October, 1915, until paid,
and the further sum of $--with
like interest from the--day Of
191--, subject to tie following cred
its: None. and all costs herein, will
offer for sale by Public Auction at the
Court House door in Hartford, on
Monday, the 3rd day of April, 1916,
about one O'Clock p. m, upon a
credit OF three months, the following
described property, to-wit: -
An undivided $40 interest in the
following described land:
Beginning at a stake with an ash
pointer corner to John King; thence
N. SO E. $3.50 gunter chains to an
oak stump, thence with j. v. Dod-
sons line N. so E. 11.94 chains to
a rock, corner to said Dodson in ].
Kings line; thence with his line N.
! 8 w. 1925 chains to stake or stone
in Dodson's line and southeast cor
ner of A. l.. and Katie Mayfield's
tract; thence with the south line OF
same S. S3 w. 47.67 chains to their
southwest corner, stake or stone in
the center of the road; thence with
said road S. 8 e. 24.25 chains to the
beginning. Containing 107h acres,
more or less, but out of which is ex-
cepted and not conveyed a certain
two acre tract conveyed out of the
| southwest corner of the above boun-
Diary by Eli Dodson to John T. King,
by deed dated January 8, 1895, and
of record in the Ohio County Clerks
ONCE in deed book Is, page AZ, and
except also about one acre used as
e. burying ground marked and en-
| closed by fence and right of way
! to same, leaving 104h acres, more
! or less, in which the parties of the
first part convey all their interest.
The same being the remainder of
the tract of land conveyed to the said
Julia A. Mayfield by Roy p. Stateler
and wife, by the deed above set out,
left after conveying out of it the 40
acre tract, to the said A. L. and Ka-
| tie Mayfield as above stated.
Being part Of the land sold and
conveyed to decedent by Roy p.
Stateler on November 13, 1908. and
which deed is of record in deed book
SO, page 1873, Ohio County Court
Clerks Office, or sufficient thereof to
produce the sums Of money ordered
| to be made.
The purchaser will be required to
execute bond with approved security
Immediately after sale.
This eth day of March. 1915.
OTTO C. MARTIN,
| 36t3 Master Commissioners.
Heavrin & Kirk, Attorneys.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-03-17

street: thence North with Main street
12S feet; thence East with the line
of the McHepry Deposit Bank rs feet
to the beginning on Howard street,
being q portion Of the land conveyed
to s. J. Tichenor and Il. B. Tichenor
on March the 22nd, 1904, by e. F.
Render, which deed Is of record In
deed book IS. folio 342, Ohio Coun-
ty Court Clerks Office.
Lot No. 2. A lot In McHeury,
Ohio county, KY, and bounded as fol-
lows:
beginning at a stake on Howard
street, running South Is feet; thence
West 40 feet: thence north IS feet;
thence east 40 feet to the beginning,
Eeing a portion of the land decided to
s. J. Iichepcr by E. F. Render and
wife. March 29th. 1902, recorded in
Coed book "a, page 251, Ohio Coun-
ty Court Clerks Office, or sufficlen-
CIV thereof TO produce the sums CT
money ordered to be made.
The purchaser will be required to
execute bond with approved security
Immediately after sale and a lien
will be retained as further security
This eth day of March. 1916
OTTO c. MARTIN.
36t3 Master Commissioner.
H. p. Taylor. Attorney.