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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

syrlnga bushes in the gardens, that
you couldn't see the boys at all
only the gleari and swing Of the
girls white skirts as they walked
along or leaned over tire high gates
We always wore white ia those days
and mother used to starch nay petit
coats till they'd stand alone-th~t
was before crinolinc ccme in. Now
they wear inky sk!rts-indcceat
call it--and smocks that they dye
such cOlors as never was meant l.
be-colors that amt in nature" the
little old lady declared, severely
"Milligan Place" she continued. a
note of adorable scorn 4 the thin,
sweet voice, you new Villagers ell
go crazy over Milllgan Place. MILF
gan Pond it was in my time. and
we brought the COWS down there TO
water them every ght~ I've heard
say, too, that there was dead dogs
thrown in. and cats. but don't
know that's true. Still, it was moth
'ng but a cow pond with black
tramplcd mud on one side and a rie
of rocks on the other. They bull.
Patchin Place on the rocks-that'~
why one side & It's so much dryer
than the other. Nothing but cow
pond. the whole of it-and there's
waiting list to get apartments there,
"Oh, yes. it's fifty or sixty years
ago. I'm eighty-hve, so mebbe it's
even longer, but wouldn't like to
live there myself -there'd always
be sort Of feeling-but Of course
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
The Man. From Martinique

as the days went by. His COM
panions said afterward that it was
only through occasional short SEN
-ences that they learned Of his
mysterious fear.
Then one day at dawn che fire
that destroyed her broke out on the
Venezia. In the confusion there
came moment when the tense arm
of the young negro, clutching his
fiddle" convulsively. was needed to
aid O nic-stricken woman who
faltered and walled that she could
not go into the lifeboat. There was
baby and quick action was neces-
sa~y-. Carlos was closest to her; it
was tire baby or the "fdd'e."
Afterward, after the Chicago
had picked up the survivors and
brought them into New York, where
they are still held pending their
transportation to the countries for
which they were bound at the time
of the disaster; after Carlos had
spent days hatlnA the horrible Incl
dents in this nightma in which he
could make no music; after all that
ne came face to face. one morning,
with the Red Cross Lady.
Carlos smiled little, and the Red
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

md custard in glasses with dabs %
'ed Jelly on TOP, and for three cents
more you could go out in the boat
and float around the axe Oh, yes.
here vas lake there-veyy small
+ course, but such pretty banks. al
rceds and water liles-and a tiny
-rcen Island in the midd that was
ust covered with purpe ans yellow
ags in springtime. II WAS cool IN
there and sort Of misty, even or
unny days. and the water was very
b ack and thick-looking. like velvet
/ never liked 10 put my hands in /,
Washington square, No. I've
never cared much fer Wash ngtor
Square. Potter's Field il was IN my
day, and there wasn't any grand
houses facing it and there wasn't
any arches or thought Of arches.
Potter's Field--it was fenced m.
with gates - my husbands IA her
was superintendent there We chill
dren used 10 peek between the bars
at The buryirgs Many Il poor soul
I've seen LAID away, sometimes an
old drunken tramp, sometimes
woman with baby. sometimes some
poor young glrl-Walter used To get
the key now and again IF an eve
mig and we'd walk IN there. there
was nice bg trecs-bu, never
fancied it much Somehow even
now | don't care aooa' waking
through it ard il gives me a turn,
ckli e, seeing it so filed with little
children"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

Cross Lady (she said afterward) had
exactly the same feeling in her
throat that comes when you see 4
very small kiddie get hurt. The ne
gro explained nobody could do any
thing-his fiddle was floating some
where on the Atlantic. The lady was
kind, he thanked her, but-there
was nothing that could change the
facts.
The Red Cross Lady thought a
moment She had funds to help
these people-the Red Cross was
spending a great deal for Their re-
lief. But could she honestly use
such money to buy violin because
desolate and unhappy negro boy
had touched her with his story?
Could she, when there were warm
clothes needed for cold, childish lege
and warm food needed for whlmper
ing babies and undernourished
mothers?
Then Carlos spoke. He had 81 il
American money Could the lad,
tell him if the whole 81 would bu.-
another fiddle?
1t seemed preposterous-a violir
for 81. But she was warm hearted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

Der of employees and decrease the
salaries Of others. Efficiency got
another severe setback when the
Germans took it up and used it for
a creed.
The latest city news on efficiency
IS that some expert at it has been
tamper.ng with the Fifth Avenue
buses. He IS either a very much
married man, or 4 considerably I'M
MARI cd one To him goes the credi.
Of adding another dimes worth to
the carrying capacity Of each bus
Before he &c, in his efficient work
there were seats for eleven couples
on the top Of the average bus. On
one side we're FIVE two-passenger
.eats. while on t B other were six.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Eating on Your Honor
THE honor system having proved

THE honor system having proved
fairly successful in some of
our best nearby prisons,
ynebody tried it out in a humble,
ii restaurants sprinkled through
bis large city,
Perhaps the pioneer in the trust
|hl feeding felt that by putting his
st0ns on their honor he could
|wef their number, or maybe he
!ssed his chances Of success on rich
rec pudding and low prices. Whether
I was the trust in his guests or the
aeam in his rice pudding, there is
10 doubt as to his dividends. His
places are crowded With good smells
bid good people and rumor SAYS
bat he IS so successful that he eats
|nmewhere else himself.
To the visitors from distant
points the system is a matter for
cushing and marveling.
ITO think said stranger from
1. louisville. N. Y, as he took
|sndwich from a shelf in one of
hese restaurants. that this man
conducting he establishment has
mch divine faith in human nature.
One would think that such thing
10 great city would be unprofit-
able, yes. unheard of and impos-
ible Il warns me. 1t thrills me"
OF course, Ne had no way of tell
ing that small dark man was do
ing some men al arithmetic on his
repast. He didn't know that he was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Quoth til e Raven

they cleaned it all up. Sixty years
Gems long 10 you? can remem-
Der it all
Sheridan Square was green then,
nice short smooth grass; the young
men used TO play games there of an
evening Ny uncle lived IN one Of
the houses on the north side Sea-
faring man he was. full Of tales.
One of these new Villagers bad
tearoom in Tie basement 49, sncb5e
YOU rememher-caled It the Pirates
Den. looked in one night. they
had it fixed real pretty. but it va Mt
ike il used to be There was real
pirates there once. at least we chill
dren used TO think they was My
uncle had casks Of liquor down in
that room. and a FIRE. and they used
to sit there and talk. him and his
'ailor friends-long pipes some Of
en- had, and rings. Srcak'nr %
tearooms," the little old lady went
on after a pause. "we had q tea
room along about the tire was
cventeeu that guess none Of YOU
rave ever heard tell e. Il was IN
about where Greerhut's store is-
or was. for lis gone, too. now. iusS
Ike everything else-~and kept by Q
friend of mothers.
I'll was little place. Ike q dolls
house; you went down steps GU, in
the rocks and there was funny Oh
cottage and Q summerhouse about's
big az d beehive She served cakes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

5ens ~alely imprinted Oh he mind
Of this small dark man, imprinted
aext to The mental portrait of one
IAN sandwich. g.ass Of milk and
plate Of ice cream.
he had no idea at all that he was
being checked off by he small dark
man, not tc be recalled TO mind
until ne stood before the lea her
hinged little boy who sat at a funny
Kind Of machine and ground out
tickets. shouting something unintel-
dgible rs he did so.
The man from St. louisville went
up to The boy as part of "a long line
Of men. The man in front of HIM
said, quietly and calmly to the boy,
Forty cents For apparently no
reason to the St louisville mans
way of thinking, the boy screamed,
fO-o-ty cents " BY some quick de-
duction the visitor decided hat the
man ahead Of him had owned up to
'he retail cost Of the victuals he had
consumed. 1t flashed in the stran-
gers mind that ne had eaten three
inngs-at > cents each maybe, he
didn't know-'hat would be Is
cents. He said so The boy adj
vertls0d his economy and it came
between the 40 cents of the man
before HIM and so of the man be-
a'nd. The visitor mopped his brow
and felt as though d heavy hand
was to be clapped TO his shoulder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
girl, this Red Cross Lady, and she
said she'd try.

girl, this Red Cross Lady, and she
said she'd try.
For two days the Red Cross Lady
and another girl haunted the second
hand shops Of Sixth Avenue, along
the Bowery and in Allen Street, and
under the Williamsburg Bridge and
at the end of the second afternoon
they found it---a decent instrument,
with strings intact and a fair tone.
1t was toward sunset when they
got back to the Chicago. and Carlos
vas still looking over the ships rail.
He turned at the footsteps behind
him and saw, under the Red Cross
|ady's arm, disreputable looking
violin case.
When she told the other workers
about it the Red Cross lady said
II hate to sound silly and SEN
mental, you know, but if you could
1ave seen the look on that mans
ace! never saw anybody have
lch an expression off the stage. 1t
aade me feel queer all over. |
ont remember what he said--it
rasn't much, and he dodged right
way as soon as he had mumbled
:. Afterward they went to find
m and make him play. And what
10 you think? He had gone inside
nd was sitting in a corner Of that
ark, smelly place where they all
cep, with the thing in his arms
nd his face pressed against it. The
AN who found him said that when
re looked up there were deep marks
cross his cheek, where the strings
aad cRM-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

He liked that air outside when ha
finally paid the cashier and left a
white slip which the boy had thrust
INTO his molstening fingers. 1t WAS
an experience worth talking about
in any country drugstore.
A regular patron, who knew the
small dark man and his blotter-like
memory, observed that the lank guy
N the 1914 model hat had gotten
away with thirty cents worth of
Frovender for fifteen cents worth of
money. The small dark man smiled
Don't get US wrcng," he said.
THAT fellow probably grows most
u his stuff and hasn't heard much
@bout the awaiting movements Of the
ugh cost of living. When he said
fifteen cents he thought that he had
eaten fifteen cents worth. He
meant to be honest. He was too
struck with the idea Of this place to
look at the price.
We go after the guys who eat
Fere only when they're broke. They
think they can do the camel act and
collect enough for three or four
meals and then confide in our in
nocent little check boy that the,
spent two hours eating twenty cent
worth. We tell those boys to b
careful and not to come here ar.
more. don't forget EN-. W.
usually make noise when we tel
them so that they don't come back
Il am getting SO that don't pay
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
ANk and tall and disconso-
late, he leaned against the
4 dock rail, aloof from the


other steerage passengers,
and watched the skyline over lower
Manhattan as the Chicago made
slowly for her pier.
He did not want to see New York !;
its gayety, its stimulation, the adj
venture Of its life, the color of its
streets meant nothing 20 him. He
had heard only vaguely OF great
cities, and he had not liked what
he heard. Carlos Nichols, born on
the island of Martinique, g French
negro lad who had grown up in
country places, away from people
with only his violin for companion
ship. It was an old fiddle" COM
mon enough in make and we'll worn
BY careless treatment before it came
to Carlos. But the boy had found
opportunity to express all the pent-
up emotion of his reticent, vehement
nature through its medium.
Night and day It had been within
his reach since at ten he had &C.
CURED 1t. When he set out for
France last month he had little lug
gage and small funds. but the rusty
case Of his fiddle" was under his
arm. On board the Venezia his
haunting, throbbing music had fasci-
mated his fellow passengers in the
Storage. Through most of the day
he played, talking little to the other
passengers-he was shy and sensi-
tive and superstitious. A queer dread
of impending evil haunted him. and
he kept moro and more 70 himself
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

ventures upon it he feels as If he
were trespassing, and momentar.ly
expects to be ordered off by traf-
fic cop. One can walk from the
Times Building to Longacre Square
and hardly meet single person,
never inhale motor car fumes and
make his theater five minutes ahead
of a sidewalk rival.
About the center of this prom
enade the Broadway surface car
lire is crossed by the Seventh Ave
nue. line. Usually a lonesome look
ing switch tender is to be found
there, pulling on pipe and looking
with curiosity at the currents and
eddes Of humanity or the walks.
He glances at the mob and then at
that four-block stretch Of pavement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

mucn attention 20 wnat d fellow
eats. watch the man. The guilt
look on the map of the guy tryi'
20 get away with several cent
worth Of unpaidfor food is as pie
as q Castora adver .isement on
de of house.
THE fellows who pay US di
don't last long. The nervous stra
is too much for their kind of very
petty criminal They wilt in about
" week and, if we dent stop them,
they imagine that cop is trailing
them every time they go out in the
street. 1t gets some Of them so badly
that they come IN later and eat
about fifteen cents worth and stand
up to the check boy and yell for
fifty-cent check We come out
pretty even or better We don't add
more links to this chain because we
lose money"
He said that he has witnessed
more strugg' es between conscience
and gain in the breasts of men than
any reviewer Of moving pictures.
He said that he has been the de-
Gliding factor in many of these
struggles
He added that. equipped with his
experience rs aid to honor, he could
probably get job as teacher of
psychology In some college He
would take 1t, zoo, he said, only it
didn't pay enough.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

'"eA ta4A.hs OASlANss, O. no omen
talking hats would happen 10 seize
on this seat Tbs would be gem
IRA sign for the couples to look at
the inter.opers with "wa4t~srs-
5ou-doiEg there?" expression.
Then along came the efficiency
expert He found that the top of
he stairs did no. quite take up half
OF the width of the rear of the roof,
and that room for 4 third person
could be made there by simply max
ing the seat wider. This was done
and no bus escaped its ravage. The
hack seat is no longer a goal 10 be
ba.tled for. 1t is something to be
regarded coldly by lovers, jusA a.
other crowded places are.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Three On q Seat

~ Efficiency EXPERTS became
H. unpopular in this city during
an epidemic Of them several
years ago. They we're known as
people who skipped from one branch
of industry to another, staying at
each only 'ong enough TO tell d man
~ho had been in it all his lie The
proper way to run it. This way.
according to some victims Of the
epidemic, was to fire large num-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

One set was cu' off on the first side
by the top OF the iaddoriike steps.
The SIKH set Of seats, on The long
SIDE, was for years the goal o.
lovers.
The couples sitting UP front kept
a wary eye out for the rear seat. and
\ hen its occupants left there would
be a general scramble for the only
location worth having OCCASION
ally long married couples, or two
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

wide enough to take a dozen people
abreast ard doubtless muses. that
Broadway is a funny place.
Occasionally seedy looking
stranger may be seen on this no
mans sidewalk. gazing undisturbed
at the lofty chewing gum soldiers
doing their setting up exercises or
noting that sign advertising a fire
brand of underwear is spelling the
| ght of the North Star.
Possibly the city could relieve the
theater hour jam by rqping off no
mans walk and charging admission.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

MO LATE arrival who has tried
~ to hurry north from Times
Square to u theater at S 20
al night can forget or ignore the
crowds he must push. elbow and
aodge through. Ald once he is out
VI the mol he meets automobiles
acres of them. hub to hub. fender
"uchng rear guard, manned by
aard-faced chauffeurs. who seem
WHY waiting TO crush one down.
0foadway's two sidewalks mean
While emit humanity - powdered
and rouged, evening dressed, debon-
aalr and dIssipated, in an unend-
"g stream. 1t is a situation where
'ae would welcome some additional
u OF aerial or subway sidewalk.
let In the midst of all this chaos,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

lux nftv feet away. straight down
'''e center of the street, utterly un-
''cuIicd, there stretches, broad,
vel lighted pavement where it is
''Ss and safe to walk and yet where
10 one walks.
FROM the Times Building to the
s0hgacre Square clock, four Broad
say blocks, it stretches barren as
" estern desert just when the the
WEI crowd is the thickcst. Traffic
yosts flank it, streetcar tracks Dor
|sss It, automobiles are barred from
u u 10 unused that when one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
EI~ REENWICH VILLAGE!"
~ said the little old lady,


Greenwich Village these days, but
they'll never make It what 1t used
TO be, not with all their tearooms
and theaters and grand apartment
houses. don't say they're not I'M
proving it, fixing up the old build
ings, and all, though ! wish they
wouldn't paint so many Of them PINK
anL green and Yellow don't see
how people sleep quiet inside Of EN-
still, they're trying to make il
nice again, but they shouldn't have
let it 60 that way-they shouldn't
have lost Hleecker Street.
"Oh. it was beautiful Red houses
and white. with balconies all covered
with vines and gardens in front. and
the street always filed with gentle
mems carrlages-little victoras and
basket phaetons- and ladies' with
frilly dresses tluffed right out over
the vince guards. And in winter It
was sloighs and fur robes and scarlet
plumcs en- the hcrscs-and bells,
They'll never get it back again.
and pretty soon there won't be any
ne left who remembers. When
think Of it now, and Of Grove Street,
where The trees met overhead, and
such q place for young sweethearts
in the evenings. 1t was so dark, what
with the trees and the lilac and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

u HAYBE You can't euen see it, but there is
WI aPark occupying the entire foreground
o}this photograph Sherman Square, at
Broad,cay, Sepentieth Street and Amsterdam
Arenne, is the city's TIMES, park, area one-tcn.
housandih Of an acre. The Park Board found
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

that if they should attempt to lay ont the tiny
triangle into regulation uidihs OF parking and
s!deacalks there teouidn't be any space left
in the center. So they pared the entire area
aci:hin The curb tines
Photograph and tert By Charles Phelps Cushing
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-08-22

pieces of cheesecloth in two quarts Of
warm water to which one-half cup of
kerosene has been added. These cloths
should be kept away from the stove
or lighted lamp, as they are inflam-
mable.
A blackboard eraser covered with
flannelette for stove polishing.
An oiled floor mop to use on oiled or
polished floors. Several makes can be
found on the market, or one may be
made of old stockings or any discard
ed wooden or flannelette material. The
material is cut into one-inch strips
and sewed across the middle to a
foundation of heavy cloth. This is
fastened to an old broom handle or
used in a clamp mop handle. The
mop is dipped into a solution made of
one-half cup melted paraffin and one
cup kerosene, and allowed to dry. To
keep it moist, it is rolled tight and
kept in a paper bag. away from stove
or lamp.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-08-22

prepared by the United States Depart
ment or Agriculture)
Beans, plenty of them at prices
much lower than last year. are ready
to replace higher-priced foods in Amer
ica's meals. Only last year the car
toonists were having fun with the
humble bean, for it, too, was skyrock-
citing in price, but today it's down
way down below last years prices,
and there's joy in other places than
Boston.
Reports on bean prices from the
bureau of markets. department of ag-
ricuIture, show that beans have drop
ped 3 to cents pound at wholesale
since March last year. and in Califor-
MIA growers are saying that they will
not sell If beans 90 any lower at ship
ping points. Plentiful supplies are re-
ported ia producing sections, and re-
tailers are already selling beans at re-
iuced prices in many cities.
Swat Old Man n. c. L.
If folks are really going to swat Old
Man III. c. L. with low-priced beans,
officials say, it will result in the use
OF more catsup and chill sauce, which
means more tomatoes and peppers, al
though some prefer 'em with molasses
and others with vinegar. OF course.
Boston baked" will come into its own.
1t is always possible to arouse dis
tussion over baked beans, for some
IKE them cooked fairly dry, while 9TH
ers like them moist; some like mo-
lasses III them and some do not. Each
fsmiiy Should try different kinds and
then stick to the one 1t likes best. To
most New Englanders Boston Baked
Beans" means beans cooked in a COW
cred bean pot for a long time, which
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-08-22

are very moist when done and which
have been seasoned with a little mo-
lasses.
Here is a recipe which is such an
old favorite that it needs no recon.
mendation.
Boston Baked Beans.
Soak one quart beans and cook until
tender, but not so soft that they will
fall apart. If desired, one-fourtL
pound of salt pork may be cooked
with them. When tender, add one
half teaspoonful mustard, one table
spoonful sugar or two tablespoonfuls
molasses, and one Tablespoonful salt.
Bake in q covered dish for one and
one-half hours, leaving them uncoy-
cred for the last 10 minutes.
If you have any beans left over why
not make a loaf that you can serve
for dinner in place of meat?
Instead of Meat Loaf.
Two cupfuls cooked beans.
One cupful cooked rice.
One cupful bread crumbs.
One egg.
One tablespoonful fat.
Half teaspoonful salt or one tea
spoonful if the rice Is unsaltec.
Eighth teaspoonful paprika.
Put the beans through sieve or
grind in a meat grinder. Mix all the
ingredients well. Form into a loaf
and bake until brown. Or croquettes
may be formed, rolled in bread crumbs
and Drowned in the oven. Basic fire.
quently with small amounts of liquid
containing a tablespoonful of fat to
a cupful of hot water.
If you don't ''know BEANS" try these
recipes and find out how good they are.