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New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Politics and Cake

tioneer tremblingly selected a cake
quite hidden beneath loaf of white
frosting and held it aloft. 1t glis-
tened under the light like a snow
drift in the winter sun. He eyed
it uncertainty, then cleared his
throat and began:
Ladies and gentlemen, who
who'll bid for this lovely snow cake,
this remarkable cake, this snow
cake. 1t isl
A woman behind him protested
probably the creator of the cake
But it's not snow cake. It's a.
81 don't care what it isl" cried the
impassioned youth. "There never
was another cake like this one, pure
as the shining snow"
The bids mounted until a mans
voice doomed authoritatively, "Nine-
ty-five cents"
"Sold for ninety-five CENTS"
shouted the perspiring boy.
The buyers little daughter
brought a dollar bill to the cake
table.
~ wouldn't insult him by giving
him back only five cents in change" !"
said the good woman treasurer Of
the cake sale, folding the bill away.
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locked the two candidates critically
up and down in a manner calculated
to make them feel privileged by be-
ing accepted. His approval fell first
OIL the e>sailor.
"Well, well, YOU look ready for
action,' he said breezily. "Now these
booklets here sell like ice cream cones
when the temperatures around 100.
You get out on the streets, in the
subways and on the 'busses, and the
people will just have to buy They'll
sec those two gold chevrons on your
sleeve, kid, and they'll know it's
coming to you"
"1'm not so hard up as all that"
the sailor objected. Owe a little
money left. Why, I'd rather dig
bitches than do that!"
"Dig bitches" echoed the other,
incredulously. "Did you hear that,
Izzy"
Just then one of their new sales
men, in soldiers uniform, came in.
The leading member of the firm
turned to him.
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the taunting irony of Dig bitches" ,"
the soldier 'guesscd he go home"
SO they parted.
AS he wandered over toward the
"L' station the sailor wondered
whether his lack Of moral support
hadn't really robbed the soldier of
SIS a day. Maybe they should have
tried it, after all.
AT the foot of the 81" steps he
paused and bought bag of peanuts
and an apple for lunch. In the street
gaAg of soiled foreigners were
picking and hacking away in a ditch
through some torn-up pavement. A
burly foreman sat on a pile of sand.
with a pipe in his mouth.
Dig ditchesv'
How ugly the workmen looked,
how dirty their job. The COB
looked at them, fascinated. So that
was civilian life.
Reaching under his blouse he
took out his worn money belt and
inspected its contents. Thirty dol
lals left-his bonus half gone al
ready.
With $50 he couldn't get much of
suit Of clothes, and then there
would have to be hat. collar and
tie, shirts, cuff buttons-everything.
in fact, except his navy shoes, which
would be good for some time. But
if he'd reenlist in the navy he could
have good time on that $50 and
get good reGnlistment bonus, too.
Out in the street the foreman
stirred from his sand pile.
"Get a move on there. YOU
hunks" he was saying to his crew.
"J'd t'ink this is an Old mans
home?"
"Dig ditches."
A street vender came bv.
Here you are, all about our
boys overseas. Latest book; all for
25 cents. You help a service man
every time you buy
That settled it. The COB straight
cned up, jammed his money belt
back into place, and pulled his hat
firmly down. Then he started over
to whero the foreman Of the street
gang sat. pulling at his pipe.
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"Joe, tell them straight just how
much YOU made yesterday. Tell
them just the straight goods. Don't
add anything on or take anything
off, Joe Just tell them what you
made for clear profit for yourself. "
Joe looked very casual and mat
ter-of-fact, and spoke the same way
ooh, 500"
"And haven't they asked to have
them in all the public schools, Joe?"
Joe paused dramatically, and
then nodded briefly, "Sure."
"Look there" and the salesman
pointed to a letter framed on the
wall, wherein a city commissioner
Of some sort commended their pub
lication for it's deft handling of
historical facts calculated to instil
love of country and awe of the flag
in the breasts of juveniles.
"What do you say?" asked the
soldier.
fsLet me out Of this" replied the
sailor.
On the street once more, beyond
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She had maintained that when a
man learned to love the city as he
had done he would never be content
in a place with less than three sep
arate subway systems.
"No, you are all off," he had re-
marked, with the familiarity of hus-
bands. "When l once Hit these wild
and wooded places l will have cards
printed, reading AT home because
/ naturally belong beside purling
brooks and on grass without Keep
Off signs. ] have been in the midst
Of the city's taxes, turmoil, Board of
Aldermen and ambitious landlords
long enough. / am going to ship me
scmewhercs north Of Bronx Park
His wife repeated that it wouldn't
be much use and that he should buy
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! MID that seemingly endless

4 MID that seemingly endless
"a expanse of flats, clotheslines
and pavement with occasional
weary trees tl...- is called Brooklyn
the Long Island commuter speeds
to his country home, little dreaming,
apparently, what romance he is
passing as his electric caravan
buzzes toward the woods. 1t ap-
pears an arid land for romance.
He does not seem to suspect that he
is rushing through an unsung land
Of neighborliness which is in many
respects moro like ~the old home
) town" than many places that better
look the part
For Brooklyn, be it known, is not
too large or too sophisticated to
have-and enjoy-cake sales.
Last week, for example, a cake
sale was given by a women's or
ganization of certain we'll known
political party of the 18th Assem-
bly, District for the benefit of
their campaign fund. 1t was an
event to make the women Of the
opposition party sit up, take notice
and do likewise.
Cant you just imagine "Boss"
Murphy of Tamnlany Hall instruct
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salary and during the winter months
Will more than double this amount
on the side.
I'm the days before prohibition
during the busy winter weeks I
have averaged 800 a week, which
is the top figure. The indications
this summer, or since prohibition
became effective, arc that this win
ter will be so per cont behind those
that have gone before. This holds
good all along the line. OF that so
per cent the Now Yorker, as usual,
Will contribute about 40, for he is
the best and sursst tippar Of the
lot"
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Besides, the addition of extra
nickels isn't a bad thing for any
campaign fund"
Home-baked bread and pies fol-
lowed the cakes. The room took on
the appearance Of a Harlem bake
shop at 9 o'clock Saturday night.
Little boys ran about the room drib-
bling fruit juice and pie crust i'm
partially on furniture and floors.
A local girl violinist played "Hearts
and Flowers"
A candidate for County Surrogate,
eager for the woman vote, had a
hot bidding contest with candidate
for municipal judge. They bought
cakes madly while the women
cheered them on and the campaign
fund mounted.
One Of the candidates had seen
service in France as a brigadier
general and in addition to that he
was an unusually good looking man.
When he arrived with his wife on
his arm there was visible flutter
among the other women.
And when he departed, this brig
adler general, in addition to his
wife on one arm, had a cake under
the other.
The next day the local papers an
nounced that a certain women's or
ganization Of the 11th Assembly
District had had highly successful
cake sale. The papers spoke truly.
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ing his henchmen how to make poll
tics mix with cake sale and music,
dancing, ice cream and-above all!
pretty girls with their mothers
and brothers, and fathers, of course,
also in attendance?
The cakes-let it never be said
that Brooklyn housewives must 20
to the bakery for cakes or anything
bakable-were assembled on centre
table like prizes at a. county fair.
All manner Of cakes-cakes with
nuts in them and on them; chocolate,
layer, pound, cocoanut, angel food;
cakes adorned with flags and cakes
it would take a woman to name cor
rectly, but all "the kind that mother
used to make"
Keeping them company ON a side
table were bulging leaves of home
made bread and pies that looked as
if their inwards were yearning to
escape.
AS the big event Of the evening
these products Of the culinary art
Of Canarsie, Flatbush and Bay
Ridge were auctioned off or sold by
shares to the highest bidder.
A boy Of high school age, prob
ably a member Of debating team,
slender, gawky, and eloquent with a
sort Of defiant self-assurance that
seemed to hide world Of shyness
was called upon to act as auctioneer
The salesroom became hushed with
An expectant silence as the auc.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

INTO the park to get wet in the foun-
tain and dry on the grass is heart
warming one, but it is not real. ANY
child who would run up from Third
Avenue and into the park would cut
and bruise himself severely on the
mute iron guardsmen of the delect-
able innards of the park. An iron
and picket fence many feet higher
than any kid from Third Avenue
could climb protects the park.
But it is not closed to all chill
dren. The sons and daughters of
the members of the Gramcrcv Park
Neighborhood Association carry
keys to the park. They fit these
"open sesames" into the locks. push
wide the door and slam it shut, to
be opened by some other members s
son or daughter.
OF course, even if a little guy
lives on Third Avenue and his father
doesn't belong to the association
there is nothing to keep him from
pccring through the ribs of the
fence into the park.
There have been instances Of dcs-
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

THERE are some New Workers
who are SO provincial that they
think the North Pole is jus.
above Yonkers. A few of them
have gone on dollar and a half ex-
cursions to Mauch Chunk, while
some, more widely travelled, have
gone on the boat to Keansburg.
In the hearts of some of these
who believe that New York's six
million are all the worlds civilized
population there exists, shoulder
ing but alive, a longing for the
open, green country. Sometimes,
when the city gets a tri1e more
rough than usual, or when autos
come uncomfortably close, this long
ing is accentuated.
One of these New Workers, after
spending four summer vacations at
Coney Island, weakened finally to
his rural craving and went off to the
Adirondacks. He went away with
his wife, who once lived in Meriden.
Conn.,, and knew the complaint Of
the rooster against the invasion Of
another days light.
In the privacy Of their apartment
the New Yorker and his wife had
often discussed the country urge.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

sssist ono New Yorker to his cab
or taxi than FIVE out-of-town
pArtieA
The idea Of tipping has become
'nxrafned with the New Yorker; It
suggests itself when anything is
dons for him. Tho man visiting
New York does not know when to
ZIP or how to tip and holds back
often because he thinks he NAV
give offence and again because he
,s accompanied by his wife. A man
always tips 1870 literally when he
- alone OF VIA ether men.
"Tjpplng IN our service is greater
~ night than by day. The night
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The lap Of real herbiagc for the first
time in his life.
His wife missed him one Afternoon
two days later. She searched for
him in all the coscy, outdoor nooks
which they had haunted, but failed
t. find him. While at the lake shore
she heard some scratchy music, like
that excited by an old phonograph,
coming from "A nearby bungalow.
She peered into the bungalow and
saw that it really was phonograph.
1t was rendering Give My Regards
to Broadway" Her husband SAT
close beside it, crying softly. O.
Henry's The -Four Million" lay
open in. his lap.
BY some speedy packing they
made the night train.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

tain, with his new and somewhat
soiled friend as . passenger
Mon" he said, this being tie
five-year-old for come on."
He inserted his key and opened
the door and started in with hS
friend. y stout lady with viii"
cap told the guest that h. could no.
come in. His chubby would-be ho''
locked up wondcringly at the ss0a'
lady. He WAS a spoiled child, hap
pily so. When the stout lady pe'
sisted in refusing 20 lev nm H.
he cried little and then kicked he'
in the shins. Ills substantial snOs'
made her jump about.
But it didn't matter. The chupO'
boy and his friend from Third ave,
nue went outside again. rode arou'''
the park and up and down forbidoe'
streets all afternoon.
The stout lady put in bad anu
sweaty afternoon trying TO ,'"'
the little boy TO return the NY
which he had thrown on the grass
saying that he wasn't coming INV
the old park any more.
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In Gramercy Park

@RAMERCY PARK is bit of
i green in a lot of brown and
gray. It's verdant growth is
interrupted only by few smooth
faced paths and frolicking foun-
tair.
Third Avenue is block away
from the easternmost end of Gra-
mercy Park. There is an elevated
railroad on Third Avenue and there
are some little stores, with warm in
sides and quite opaque windows.
People live over these stores, people
with many children, who have dirty
faces and get run over occasionally.
Nothing could be more as it should
be than the attraction of Gramercy
Park for the children who live over
the stores. 1t is only one block
away, it is grass paved, fountain
sprayed and smells nice.
The picture of these youngsters
rushing up from Third Avenue and
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Tips on Tipping

tips will more than double those of
the day.
"a rainy night marks a high
point in business. Then there are
more calls for taxis and the oppor-
tunity to preserve evening gowns
and dress suits from the wet is Of
fered. On rainy nights during the
dinner and theatre hours a starter
will make more tips than during a
half week Of pleasant weather, and
the New Yorker Of course leads in
the size and frequency Of the
gratuity.
"A starter averages $40 a week
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

THE testimony Of the waiter,
J. the barber and the hat check
er is that Of all those who tip
the New Yorker is king, both as to
lberality and frequency. Hence,
John, the taxicab starter at a West
Ffty-seventh Street hotel, does
nothing more than make the deci-
sion unanimous.
BY day or night, In season and
but" declares John, "the tipping
rec 's the New Yorker. So far as
Il IS concerned I would rather
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peratc Third Aycnucrs reaching
through the railing and prvnchlng
the key from some moro fortunate
youpgstcr. But these incidents have
merely meant that the Vcnturosoms
stranger departed homeward two
jumps ahead cf a gardener
\ chubby Cramcrcy rart youth
whose fathers chief worry is the
making out of his income Tax re
turn met a Third Avenue offspring
the other day while the former was
playing hockey from the inside Of
the park The GramercN Park boy
let the other stand on the rear axle
of his bicycle while he worked his
fat legs at the pedals until The H.
cycle flew along around the OUTSIDE
Of the park The boy, with the key
around his neck. finally decided TO
go inside and ride around the foun-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-16
WHAT AUTHORITY HAD
 MAYOR ID USE CITY'S
 MONEYF0R EXPENSES?
Irregularities Said To Exist in Mayors Office Order for Expenses to Mayors Convention Drawn Before Dec. 1 Signed Own Order.

Positive proof that Alder man Thomas Connor is selling sand through the Bridgeport Sand & Gravel company to the city as charged in the recent election campaign and that ir- regularities if nothing more exist in the mayors office to- day sprung out of the Common Council meeting last night.
 Just before the adjournment of the council meeting Alderman Edward Drew, Democrat, requested the chair to explain four items appearing in the report of the Finance Committee which credited Mayor Wilson with $225 for expenses, the Bridgeport Sand & Gravel Go. with $590; Helen Gaito, services, SIP, and Sylvia Ro- mano with $36 for services.
 Acting Mayor McManus was flust- cred by these questions and said that he could not explain them but that 8 detailed account could be found in the city auditors office.
 Today a Times representative vis- tied the auditors office. and was shown the four items and the war rants for their payment.
 tContfnued on Page Thirteen.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-16
BILL DEFINING
 RADICAL|SM
 BEFORE HOUSE
Designed to Force Depart
 ment of Labor to Deport Reds"

Washington, Dec. 16-A bill defin- ing radicalism and designed primar- fly, Chairman Johnson said, to force the Department of Labor to arres- and deport all alien members, of the l. W. W. and the kindred organiza- ttons was reported to the House to- day by the immigration committee.
 Under the bill any alien who is member, contributes to, loans money to or is affiliated with any organiza- tien preaching, advoca ting or forward ing the teaching of sabotage, the overthrow of organized government the killing of or assault upon any government official or the unlawful damage to or destruction of property will be liable to arrest and deporta ton.
 No overt act must be proven in or der to bring about deportation as the bill provides that mere membership in or any utilization with radical or ganizations shall be a deportable of- fense.
 Explaining that the purpose of the measure was to make the letter and intent of the law plain and unmis- takab1e Representative Johnson in- troduced letters and records to show that Secretary Wilson had ruled that under existing law mere membership in the I. w. W. did not constitute grounds for arrest and deportation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-16
vasiiOfl Of Safeguards
 Is Charged
Borland Alleges Rail roads Sacrifice Safety
 to Expediency.
LAWS PURPOSES
 ARE DEFEATED

Washington, Dec. 16-Eva- sion of laws to promote the safety of passengers and en- ployes was charged to the railroads of the United States today by W. P. BorIand, Chief of the Bureau of Safety of In terstate Commerce Commission in his annual report.
 In the case of the hours of the ser vice law, which prohibits train oper- atives from remaining on duty mora than 16 hours except in extraord din ary circumstances, MT Borland's re- port declared managing officers ap- parently had given their sanction to evasions ito such an extent as to de- feat the purposes of the law" He charged that safety had been sacri- feed to eXpediency.
 Railroad companies were said to have paid "comparativeIy little atten- ton" to the maximum requirement of the law regarding safety appIi- ances. They were said to have con tented themselves with meeting the minimum which orders that S5 per cent. of the cars in any train shall be equipped with power brakes, disre-
 CContinued on Page Thirteen.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-16
SALOON MEN
 NOT ARRESTED
 SAY OFFICIALS
Admit Arrests Up to 175 May Be Expected In
 Short Time.

Denial was made here today by In ternal Revenue officers that any ar rests of saloon keepers in the city had been made but they admitted that any number of arrests up to 175 might be expected within the next two weeks on charge of violating the wartime prohibition laws as the result of evi- dence gaained here yesterday by a corps of workers.
 It was admitted today that internal revenue men from New Haven and Hartford had visited practically every saloon in the city and many private clubs and taken evidence of the sale of liquors in these places.
 United States Commissioner Hugh J. Lavery said this morning that the dence and have it analysed and then if it was proven to be intoxicating they would make arrests of dealers who sold it at once
 The Internal Revenue men in Bridgeport this morning stated that they could not say just who had been supposedly caught with the goods" but admitted that large amount of evidence had been gathered. It is thought that go per cent. of the sa- looms in Bridgeport and about 25 per cent. of the clubs were caught selling liquors
 When the arrests are made the men will be arraigned before United States Commissioner Lavery and then held for the United States courts.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-16
ROTHWELL SAYS WIFE IDENTIFIED
 ACID THR0WER
Woman Corroborates His Testimony-Trial
 Continued.

Ths+ his wife identified Mrs. Annie Maxfeld as the woman who threw the acid in her face, was the testi- 1nony of William Rothwell in the criminal superior court this morning when he took the stand at the trial of Mrs. Maxfeld, who Is charged with attacking Mrs. Rothwell on a. Stam- ford street last May.
 The husband said he was summon ed to a paint store where his wife had been taken after the attack. He was there when Mrs. Maxfeld was brought in and questioned by a police officer. The officer pointed to Mrs. Maxfe1d and asked Mrs. Rothwell, ifs that the woman?' Mrs. Rothwell answered in the affirmative, the wit ness declared.
 Before this question was asked her Mrs. MaxheId exclaimed, T haven t seen Mrs. Rothweu today" the wit ness said He said Mrs. Maxheld de- clared, "I didn't do it. after she was Identified and thereupon Mrs. Roth well repeated that the accused was the woman. You'll have to prove 1t, Mrs. Maxfield is reported to have re- piled to that.
 Hannah Corenf1o of Stamford, who was also in the store when Mrs. Max field was brought there to be con fronted by Mrs Rothwell, testified to practically the same effect as William Boutwell, The trial was resumed this afternoon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-16
ASK PERMISSION ID IGNORE PUBLIC
 UTILITIES ORDER
Connecticut Go. Asks Court To Set Aside
 Decision.

Upon the ground that the removal of trolley tracks from the side to the center of Hope street, Stamford. would cost at least s5S, ,G0O and would not benefit nearby residents. the Connect icut Co. asked Judge Webb in the Su- perior court today to set aside the de- cision of the Public Utilities Commis- sion which ordered the company to move the tracks.
 The tracks in question run from Stamford to Springdale and at present are located at the side of the road The Town of Stamford filed a peti- ton with the Public Utilities Commits sion asking that the tracks be ordered moved to the center of the road.
 It was alleged that this change would make the highway safer and would be a public improvement Thereupon the commission ordered the removal of the tracks.
 Attorney Seth W. Baldwin, coun- sel for the Connecticut Co.,, told the court this morning that if the tracks were placed in the center the Con- necticut Go. would be compelled tc pay about sao, ,000 for paving and that the cost of moving the rails would be about s2S,000. The cour' reserved decision.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-16
SHEA IS STILL UNCONSCIOUS
 FROM INJURY
Mystery Surrounds Case of Man Found Lying on
 Sidewalk.

Cornelius Shea, formerly clerk at The Sratfeld, was found lying on the sidewalk at the corner of Arch street and Washington avenue in an unconscious condition shortly before o'clock last night by a pedestrian. The man was rushed to St. Vincent's hospital, where 1t was stated at 12:3O o'clock this afternoon. that he had not yet regained consciousness. It is believed he is suffering from a trac- tured skull.
 The police were notified of the mat ter this morning, and at once started & rigid investigation into the cir cumstances. It could not be learned whether Shea was the victim of foul play with robbery as it's purpose, or merely slipped and fell on the icy sidewalk. The man will undoubtedly be able to give some information on the happening when he regains his senses.
 No information could be obtained at The Stratfeld this morning, and it was stated at the hotel that Shea is no longer attached to the establish ment. The case has the police mysti. fled at the present time.