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The evening world., 1916-09-15
Rapid Fire Guns Which Save Lives.

feet in length Is used. The end, which
II inserted in the gun. is a cylindrical
piece of soft steel slightly smaller
than tho bore OF the gun and about n
foot in length. IL is tapered down to
a rod about a half inch in diameter
and five feet or more in length. There
Ii a forged eye at tho end OF tho rod
to which tho end Of tho limo is tied.
Tho line In a loosely-twisted hemp
rope about tho size OF a wash line.
About ono thousand five hundred feet
of II IL woven back and forth around
wooden pins set in a receptacle the
size Of a trunk, known as a taking
box" After this operation the box is
turned upside down and the frame
work holding the pins is withdraw
leaving tho line ready To he fed OUT
/! without becoming tangled. Prior to
the insertion OF tho projectile In the
gun. tho first twenty or thirty fee,
OF the line are dampened. SO as tc
/ give II more elasticity and lessen. the
danger of 1t parting. A cartridg,
containing about ten ounces of blacl
| powder is inserted in the breech o.
the gun, which is ten aimed anc
tired.
The evening world., 1916-09-15
Just a Wife-(Her Diary)
Edited By Janet Trcvor

q 20. CThc New York Evening World.
who smirked n made personal "a.
marks. ! had several Invitations "a
dinner, which I declined. In two or
three instances these invitations vers
overheard by one OF the other Rirls.
who thought : was putting on airs.
She told Madame. and there was a
fine fuss.
One man, who had something 10
do with the theatre. was unusually
persistent. After | had three times
refused TO 90 tut with him, he COM
planned to Madame that l was imper-
tinent. She came to me In a white
rage. I explained why the man was
put out with me. and I added that I
refused to know her customers ex-
cept in the way OF business. II was
In the height OF the season. and Mad
ame needed me. So she didn't dis
charge me or command me to accept
the attentions distasteful to me. md
fortunately for me-the man soon
became interested In another model.
who either didn't dare or didn't care
to repel HIM"
But I thought that oven mon about
town confined their advances to girls
willing to meet them half way" I
said to Mary Dunn-that Is her whole
name.
She laughed rather bitterly.
You've never worked for your liv-
ing or you'd know better" she OBJ
served. "Shyness. ever anita gontsm.
on the part of the girl Is a mere dllip
to the Imagination of the rake. He
becomes more determined. more I'M
scrupulous than ever. Be thankful,
Mrs. Houghton. that you've always
been sheltered and protected. Be
thankful that you rave q good hus-
band. a gentleman. Oh, one a stand
alone and stand upright. But Il 10
hard-hard-hard!"
She drew q breath that was like q
sob.
II only ] can put . little sunshine
into this child's Swallowed life!
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ETTERS are regarded as printed

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matter. mailable at third class
rates, IL produced by a mechani-
can C other than actual type
writing. provided twenty or moro
letters containing identical text are
mailed at m time.
Individual salutations may be filled
In with a typewriter. the letters may
be signed with pen and ink. and typo
grapnical errors may be corrected
with pen or pencil: but actual changes
In the text which would make indi-
yidual communications OF the letters
are not permissible. Whatever cor
rections are mad must be the same
In every letter. Otherwise the letter
would be classified as first-class mat
ter, and postage at the rate Of two
cents per ounce would have to DO
paid.
The rules OF tho Post-Office Depart
ment provide that advertising matter
may be mailed at third -class rates
only when 1t Is open TO inspection.
An ordinary envelope may no be
sealed Qf mailed under third-class
postage), because II would he mani
| testify impossible for a pcst-ottice EN-
| ployee to examine h contents with
out breaking the seal.
A circular or folder carrying Its own
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| not be unfolded without breaking the
seal, provided II is possible for a post
office inspector. by looking In at the
ends Of the folder or otherwise, to sat
! isfy himself that II contains no writ
, ing or Enclosures which would require
a higher classification.
Postage on direct advertising mat,
ter may DO prepaid by any n Of fouI
methods:
I. BY using Government-stampet
envelopes or wrappers.
2. By afnxing ordinary postage
stamps.
8. BY afnxing PRECANCELLEl
postage stamps
4. ny mailing under . "Specia
Permit"
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NOt Any Citizen IL Eligible.
- the Editor u The Evening wold
friend say that It is Impossible
for a Catholic or jew to become
President Of the United States. Is
this truef j. B.
Probably sent. 23.
To the Editor q The Evening World
VI y do the high schools OF New
Yor' -, c. s. Y.
Asainst the Law.
70 tv ~. rhs E'snins World:
A sayu fortune telling is not al
lowed in New York or Brooklyn.
l.. w,
Wins, by Al Means.
70 the Editor q Tie L,enins World;
A bets Il that the sentence. "He
do not know anything" is correct
whereas u contends that He does
not know anything" is grammati-
cal A CONSTANT READER.
The evening world., 1916-09-15

q Fer Cent.
To the Editor Of The Evening Word
IL ! buy an article for SO cents and
sell 1t for 81, what per cent. is prontf
STEADY READER.
Fiction.
To the Editor Of The Evening World
State whether the Count. of Monte
Cristo, by Dumas. is a real event or
fiction. o.. c.
Catholics Lead. I3.sa2.sI3t Bsptists
~e.i78.d22, M~ethodists. 7,37s.s2e.
To the tditof Of the k,ealns wuld.
A says Catholics prodominate In
the United States. Il says II is JUS
the reverse. Which is correct. anc
what are the approximate ngures3
II. +.
To the Editor ~ The Evening Word,
is there an. n PREMIUM on an ISL
The evening world., 1916-09-15
The History
of RaZOrS

HE nan OF modern times shiv-

IT HE nan OF modern times shiv-
eringly trying to shave him
self as he stands before the
mirror in the early hours of n Bit
ter winter morning nay find some
comfort in the reflection h IA he Is
graphing with a task which has
taxed the patience Of man for sew
eral centuries. In all ages men have
set high value on the razor as an
adjunct TO health n cleanliness.
Discoveries made at st. Achieul,
France. by ar~chaeologists as recently
as 1860 would indicate that prehis-
toric nan used razors Clipped out Of
pieces OF flint. The fint z may
well have been the precursor or an
cestor OF the razor body scratchcr."
the first record Of which is found
In the Book of Job.
Thence the use OF tho razor de-
veloped among the Egyptians in the
days OF the Pharaohs.
From the Egyptians the use OF the
flint razor or body scratcher gradu-
ally extended to the Greeks with
J HUH llt q ctthA - W
held in veneration. and in this connec-
ton we find C~tesippus In $50 B. c,
lecturing the young men OF Athena
for continuing to hide their manhood
behind a growth OF hair.
Rome, always in the vanguard OF
every social reform Of those days. wa
the next TO follow the example OF
shaving, the custom, even 300 years
before the Christian era, becoming
general among men OF rank and
wealth. Scipio A%fricanus himself sci
the fashion. to DO followed by every
soldier in his army.
Just when shaving became com
mon in Europe is u matter OF o
siderable doubt. In modern times
Europeans have left fashion to de
termina this question. as indeed
has that OF everything else connected
with mankind's appearance. II
France, for example, the custom o
shaving the chin dates from the ag'
of Louis XIII. and Louis XIV. Boil
these kings had come TO h thron'
as beardless children, their courtler'
being too polite to allow bemselve
, any luxury which the sovereigns die
not possess. Thus the well-trimme,
= boards beloved Of Henry III. an
! Henry OF Navarro gradually fell GU
: of grace, the smooth chn becoming
: the sign mark of a mar OF distinc
!. ton, From the courtiers the custom
: descended to the common people. I
a be taken up in England in the tim
of James ii. and William III. $
!, that the eighteenth century In bot
countries presents an unbroke
4 u.onotony OF cle~an-shaven faces.
A While the Egyptians n Roman
q used razors of flint and bronze. III
Q men of the middle ages depende
largely upon the cumbrous n slo'
q process OF trimming the skim" I
4. quote Pepys. with pumice stone.
:; was only in the early part Of III
O eighteenth century that the ste
razor, a cumbrous ~fiat-bladed ana
II with a heavy wooden handle. al
o into general use.
1t remained for American ~inventio
to revolutioniza the character OF IL
X razor and out of the torture-infictin
weapon of olden times gradual
ID evolve the finely tempered. hone
blade which w usA t0'dsy,t
The evening world., 1916-09-15
Facts Not Worth Knowing
BY Arthur Baer

Cayrsht 1918 by The Pr. Publishing Co. The New Y4 Evening World.
-LATIRONS can be prevented from fruyn0 at the edges and unropeuu.o
II by heating them in a cool place.
Bees arc only dangerous IN one end.
Wild 0ccse md stray sebrds a be kept out of "a hair M o,o~.
gearing a hat phIe getting your hair cut.
An electrically operated machine has been inrented for coumti~o ou~or.
on centipede.
Running through a long ndrrow pipe uiH not injure uater a. u resuu-
its normal shape after escaping from the pipe.
The difference betpeen a piano and a postage STAMP al be ea,uv, o.1
in the dark by their Wei0ht
BY putting the carpet on the ceiling it is possible to keen u Nr~
Wearino out.
FreckIes con Do removed With sandpaper. IL
The evening world., 1916-09-15
How w eapons
Began
No. I5-PiStOls.
Copyright. 1915. by The Prss Publishing C.
THE New York Evening World.l

VVyH1LE seeing the sights OF the
w Tower OF London nearly n
hundred years age. 20 the
story runs. an American was struck
by a specimen Of q very ancient
weapon-a revolving matchbox. II
was Col. Samuel Colt, and he put the
idea he got TO good use. In 1885 he
produced the Colt revolver, which be-
came famous throughout the world.
The principle wasn't a noveity-lt
dates back to the sixteenth century
but the old weapons. consisting Of
several barrels, all OF which revolved.
were clumsy and heavy. while In the
new Invention only the cylinder
turned.
The immediate predecessor OF the
Colt revolver was the pepper box"
huilt along the old lines with six or
eight barrels. The first Colt was a
muzzle loader. made possible by the
perfected percussion cap. but 1t was
easily adapted to the breech- loading
principle when that became estab-
lished. The Marietta" which had
from four to twenty.four barrels
bored in a solid piece OF metal. was
the frst revolving weapon to be-
come popular.
Caminelleo Vitelli Is said to have
originated the manufacture Of Dis.
tolls, about 1870. and they got theii
name from his home town. Pistoia
Italy. They were simply small edi
tons Of hand cannon. had shor,
barrels and were of doubtful value
The ancestor of the pistol was tn,
: demi hackbutt. hackbutt being tn,
name OF the arquebus. fitted with tn,
new curved stock. CAT the begin,
ming all stocks were straight.)
Pistols at first were 'concealed'
weapons. but q long -barrelled typ
was produced and became a popula
barrelled affairs became general afte
u period duriag which the ideas Q
the old gunmakers ran to odd com
hinations, such as firearms incorpor
q ated with daggers. swords and shield
The French duelllng pistol, at the clos
range for which II il intended, is tn
truest- shooting weapon ever mad
Derringer. an American. invented an
named for himself the short. large
q calibrc pistol that could be east,
IT carried in Il pocket and was so deadl
at close quarters.
The modern revolver. in spite Of n
~ serious defect-the loss OF for,
through the escape OF gas at d
point where cylinder and barrel me,
lis a highly effective weapon. but
II Is already being superseded. M II mi
M itary arm. at least. The automat
pistol. In which by merely pressir
the trigger all the cartridges can
fred in "A few seconds, is the hghtii
tool OF to-day. Our own army nj
navy are supplied with the Colt a
IL tomato. +5-calibre. with seven sho
N Its magaSipA .
The evening world., 1916-09-15

CHAPTER LYVI.


CToBER 22.-Ned has been
splendid about poor little Mary.
suppose II Is partly because
he Is a physician that physical suf-
fering makes a special appeal to him.
After he had seen Mary. and I had
told him her story, he said warmly.
'Of course we'll keep her until she
is ht. " will be time enough to talk
OF what she is to do when she loses
that starved look. She'd have gone
the way her mother did II she'd
stayed with that dressmaker much
longer. We know now that tubercu-
losis doesn't run IN a family; but n
predisposition to H.. a lack OF re-
sistance. often is inherited.
Mary must have good food and
plenty of milk. Keep her out In the
open air as much as you AN. Take
her for n walk in the park every af-
%ternoon. and gradually lengthen the
distance. In a month she should be
looking decidedly better"
To-day, as we strolled along, Jus'
above the big blue river. Mary looked
UP at me shyly.
your husband is wonderful. ISM
he?" she breathed.
81 think 80" l admitted with O
blush.
"Oh. he is" Mary repeated. with
conviction. For two years I've hated
men. They seemed to me nothing bu'
clothed beasts of prey"
But did you see many men a
Nine. Feiice's7" asked. g" sup
posed only women came there"
"A certain number Of men were al
ways present at tho big openings
she replied. "These and others alst
came to order costumes which the,
gave away. Some. Of course. neve'
noticed me. But there were other
The evening world., 1916-09-15
Hits From Sharp Wits

II 1t wasn't for having TO pay ones
debts and board and live. q nan could
save a lot OF money, Macon News.
Many men who have scruples
against gambling are not averss to
ordering cantaloupe time and again.
Pittsburg Times.
Sometimes when trying to smoke
some brands OF cigars we don't blame
mother for starting the kitchen FIRE
with kerosene. - Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
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, HE three and six Founders with
which all the seagoing cutters

|" HE three ana SIX pounders WIN
which all the seagoing cutters
of the service are armed now
are used to shoot lines to vessels In
distress, states the Popular Science
Monthly. For years they had served
as nothing more than ornaments on
the decks of the cutters; for 1t never
was necessary to use them In the en-
forcement Of customs and navigation
laws. They were carried mainly for
their moral effect.
These guns have been found Tar
more effective In line shooting than
the line guns formerly carried-small
brass cannons OF the type seen at
life saving stations along the coasts
Although the n were In use fol
many years, they were entirely
satisfactory. II was almost impos-
sible to aim them with any degree Of
accuracy, and accordingly line shoot.
ing with them was a h or miss
matter in the majority OF cases.
In line shooting with the modern
rApid.tEs guns. . pcojsouls about "
The evening world., 1916-09-15

A woman's ideal OF n perfect home
IN one with six closets in every
room.-Macon News.
On leaving their vodkaless country
and going to fight In France, II was
but natural that those Russian forces
at once headed for the Champagne
region.-Columbia Is. c. State.
Our notion of q satisfactory ar
rangement would be to wake up by
eastern time and get up by CENTRAL
Toledo Blade.
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Stories Of Stories
Ptss q immortai F,oioH Ms~erysscss.
By Albert Payson Tcrhune
TANMA. Translated ~ Neen Mnxa.l


- ALMA ht Hrt = asasbt . soldier . msfehsni saa half . dsssa
Sha minss, sne 40 had pfospsfsa Ia hshihs No 10 ,srsss
tramp Ia iaUah thfs as msHy ssch "assisfis~ @sn" .
- "foniha" sbo uwdss sinIesst sfouha the oouHtp ssa live -
Isl thp al % aomns . pear
Tan@s ous day ,ourhs,.d sons the Tolsiao- tho sr,s, bishro.s l~a
Inc pssi tho Es'isr Boa from kuo to Nsddo And there hs fai iste ,Ms
VITA . -andefihE priest ~o y as alec OF hs cay 90 isddo
The road ss ios. aud the 90 men enjoyed each ohsrs eompaniss
shp A. lsL o . mgmeui 81 confidence. TIE priest sald BE- he'd spent TIE
past yer % more In collecting aims ior The stseihs Of q ssissus TO NE
zoo hnadhA ~ had 1t iast - g"ai uoub' sofsped 'ossther 70" ounces
Of silver which 40 enough for the purpose And be q Jos On his sy
TO The 'ioy up to buy the statue The none, sss In HE shsps.es
IAhma -as n"' ~,s"d b nsiur' io, al be listened 10 the pr'sts
= EN- a~n' sg ,sar 90 yc am pnah..' ~anasrst, WITH I.
Is bsssins about l could n,e At eae tor he =. Of N, days"
. Presently they reached the port where they mus,
Aosss'' st .a.fths priest lad his snapsaes . N the dec. ana
'~~~~~~~~, joined him there when no ne vas iookns rs caught,
the unsuspcunG priest by the ankles and pitched him
The Victim Tihna shrehed aloud that his dear companion had ovsroaIaneed
a to awaken the sympathy of all ms fellow passengers Thee. when Inc al,
Two hundred ounces Of silver $ a tidy little for,uns' Ys, Tsym. No..
Owed to increase H. III wen to the capital and there became a merchant
enormous returns Within three years Tahma was a very rich man.
n buht a handsome house. HIS friends were many. His reputation a.
Then all at once Conscience awokc in him. And he began to reals. how
vile a ihing he had done vainiy he lonscd to undo his crime sleep fonsook
was going insane In dreams lie was haunted bxthe vision Of the murdered
His wife hearing that very holy mar VA passng through the city sent
.~~~~~~~a visitor rsjlma sereamea LAM "n "a ~ r. ign. OF us
! strange ordered every n else from the room. then turned to
Atonersnt the panic stricken TaJimn and said; gently;
- |Ihree' years ago you nuns me into the water. I
had learned, Is a boy. to swim. So reached shore
renn%, r '0' . a na",n'u f.u. nepsn n turn trom evil and shall feel
on in horror in the days OF prosperity"
as much money al he had stolen ron him. ~ M r smr me priest tou. times
stripped of mostof his wealth, knew true happiness for the nst time in ali
his he Fol lis vas oe peace Of forgiven sin.
-~--
To b a gentleman does not depend upon the tailor or the toilet. Good
manners count for more tha" good c'Othe'-BlsHop DoANE.
The evening world., 1916-09-15

Wall Street is enjoying itself with the same zest 1t dis
played during September last year, Which reminds US that
harvesting isn't all done In the fields.
The evening world., 1916-09-15

Publicity. as encouras ed by Warden Osborne. has done much
for Sing Sing. 1t can do much more In drawing attention to
needs whica call for legislation or the expenditure OF public
money.
But publicity which makes press agents Of prisoners does
harm. Here. we believe. Is where the zeal OF prison reformers
most needs restraint.
Prison reform has needed public interest and public SYM
patty. to the point Of overemphssis. TO get itself fairly started.
But we hope II will soon be able to 60 on alone. without appeal
ing Unfortunately to sentiment that only tends to make Its
methods fabby and its results confused.
There Is no reason why sc many eyes should be on Sing Sing.
The Evening World. April 20. 1916.
while this department would. under certain conditions.
be glad to let the public know Of the work being done In the
penal institutions. It is a fact. nevertheless, that publicity can
be overdone and to the disadvantage Of the prison system.
There is information which will get to the public and to
which the department does not object. But the practice Of fea-
turing convicts and indiscrtminatc prison Advertising cannot be
helpful"
Order to wardens and Agents issued by the New York State
Prison Department. Sept. IA, 1916.
The evening world., 1916-09-15

NN.E -N "L H"
uno, hg rss u, pne Of bread.
Flour sugar aud lard, % 10 claimed. rost te baker from 20 10
100 per cent more than "a month. ago incu be- eau sdi the same
sied Loaf 81 bi,al if more mour,, 700 give hs customers a smaller
loaf Tor the current price, h' 'cs nothing Tor It bot to ~ out u
business. AIead, right here 30 Nts lofk the fYcccnt loaf b one
ounce lighter and tc tcnaccni loaf tao ounce, lighter than they we're
a week ago. Rolls cot twelve cent. a dozen where a few days ago
they cost ten cents
Nobody need be- told that oil THE D., serious. - general advance
IN the price Of bread hus everybody more OF lees. And the hardest
hit are those Whose pockctbooks have been least able to stand the
drain already made upon them by the extraordinary and alarming Ia
crease in the cost not only Of meat. vegetables aud ioodstuffs gen
orally, but also Of shoes, clothes and II hundred and one articles Of
everyday need.
The public has no wish to ,c the baker, forced to shut up shop
Nor does ii mean in any way to PREJUDICE their case.
An the public asks Il "a he protected from Inscriptions prce-boos.
Ing which sehes spon rumor, paHkc or War 10 put extra profits ino some.
bsly's pocket. at the expense Of millions Of helpless. consumers.
"Some Of our bakers" says General Organizer Frankcl OF the
Master Bakers Association, favor organizing a parade to the City
Hall to ask the Mayor to urge the President to start an inquiry into
the juggling OF wheat prices
In the interest Of 10O,OOOOOO American consumers the Federal
Government could perform no better service.
Let the Federal Trade Commission make a thorough, impartial
investigation that shall show what is being done with the countrys
wheat and flour.
Let's hear the worst about The crops.
Let's hear what unfavorabc reports AND nimble spectators
have done to wheat prices.
Lets hear how much American wheat Is 70 be kept out Of reach
q American consumers and sold At huge profit In Europe and how much Of
buy-st war prices.
Let's hear how the big flour mills expect to protect themselves
from loss, and whether the Wholesale dealers plan to turn the situation
to account by exacting more from the retailer, leaving it to the latter
to pass on the aggregate burden-pus a little more for prolific
the consumer who must have bread.
These are some Of the things the public wants to know before it
accepts Q smaller loaf or pays more pennies for one OF present size.
Nobody will deny is right to know. Nor can Federal authority
nay be elsewhere. American consumers shall have first ean-at fair and
consistent pdces-on the food their country produces.
The evening world., 1916-09-15
FEED AMERICA FIRST.

YEW YORK bakers nov JOIN boz l' complaint heard r.
parts 81 iMe country that batrts ran DO longer maxi
unoss thoy rals, th, pucc Of bread.
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A Strange
Atonewent.

To b e a gentleman does not depend upon the tailor n the toilet Good
manners count for more than good ctothes-BISHOP DOANE.
The evening world., 1916-09-15

ALMA hst bet = stsasHt . sia.sf . msfohsnt sAa half . desc
OtAu thuss, se ss had pfospsfsd 10 aeihth. No no ,srs~
tramp th Japan tifs VI HsHy ssch "nastsftss msn" .
"fonihs" sbo uudss sinl.aIl sfouRd The oouhup ssa live Q
The evening world., 1916-09-15

'aks ship fur the rcEt %
srt sair the priest laid
stood hesid. the rail-. lou
joined him there when
the uuau.n,,tlua nrt..,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-06-01
THE .JEFFERSONIAN

erty to office, instead of giving all the pat
ronage to the Pope's Knights of Columbus.
The leaders of the party would do wise
thing if they restored to the platform the
Pu6hc Sohoo1 pza'oh, which the National
Democratic platform used to carry.
Ii the Democratic leaders have any judg-
ment remaining to them, they will cease their
trucl1lings to Rome, and qcM reject the 7ato-
less JUVENILE COURT BILL, cooked up
6y Congressman Ben johnson, of Louisville,
kentucky, and by the Roman Catholic lob
byist, O'Hem.
There will be rocky times in this land,
II the Juvenile Courts persist in violating the
highest law, and supplying Rome with slave
labor
Why doesn't the Democratic Committee on
Post offices report the Romaaeist press-gag
bills ADTERSELT?
Why IS no protest made against the
POPE'S POLITICAL AMBASSADOR?
Why is Tumulty retained in power2