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The evening world., 1921-07-11

Street Extension. They meant this
latter school, and the inspector who
made his report for Mr.. Prall must
have known this.
When The Evening World investi-
gator went to the present L. $. No. 80
he found the old annex greatly in
need of paint-as the inspector re-
ported-but otherwise in fair condi-
ton and used chiefly for shops and
for the District Attendance official.
Upon investigation The Evening
World man learned from Oswald
Schlockow, principal of the school,
that the women who made the survey
had confused the two schools and
meant the other one half mile away.
The details in the survey show he
was correct.
Not only could the schol inspector
who made his report to Mr.. Prall
have found this out. just as did The
Evening World investigator but he
must have known il. for in his report
he deliberately confused the two
schools. In denying charges in the
survey the annex to the new Il. :. No
80 on Driggs Avenue was used fol
confirmation. Then he added n note;
New 1921 programme provided foI
the purchase of the Long Island
Business College at an estimated cost
OF $4,000 TO relieve this school"
The 1921 building programme spe-
cifcally called for the $4,000 to re-
place p. s. No. 1G6, the old No. 5(
at Havemeyer Street. II is to be
used-if the $4,000 is ever author.
lied and the owner consents to sell
as an opportunity school, such as No
l65 now is, and not as an ordinary
public school. u. s. No. l66 is a fir,
trap and one of the most disgracefu
sights in the entire City of New York
II surely is no monument to the
Hylan Administration that the ole
+. S. No. 50-now l66--is still in use
and that the $4,000 was never
voted to obtain the Long Island Busi.
ness College Building
The evening world., 1921-07-11
MAYOR CHARGES
CRITICS SEEK TO
HALT NEW SCHOOLS

In a letter commencing Aiming s,
PralI. President OF the Board of Edu-
cation, for his defense Of the public
schools under the management of the
present administration, Mayor Hylan
attacks those who have called attcn-
ton to the lack OF school repairs
The Mayors letter, in part, follows:
Many OF these old schools have
been in existence for from fifty ia
seventy years, and no restrooms and
playrooms were provided, Nudd's
report complains principally about
this lack, There are many children
on part time and we need more class
rooms. why take away classrooms
in these old buildings and remodel
them into teachers rcstrooms and
Chlldrcn's playrOOms? In now build
,ngs such accommodations are bcng
provided.
"The whole desire Of THIS Gary
school crowd is to stop the con
struction OF new schools, 10 close up
old schools and to change the present
classrooms into rcstguOms and play
rooms, and dClve into all sorts Of
fads and fancieS, in fact. do every
thing but give the children the proper
school accommodations and proper
elementary training, all OF which
tend to fit the child for tha mill and
factory, the programme Of the Rockc-
feIler-Gary educational propagandists.
"Thc people know that iur'ng the
first year o, this Administered on, duo
to war conditions, school cCnStulction
was impossible, but shat We ave u
schoo programme costing S7j, ,oGO. 90,
and over, which. lS necessary - pro
vide for the neglect ol past admin
tratlons.
''Thcro are now thirty-'our new
schools and large additions undo con,
tract. and seventeen, possibly DVuntS
Two new STOOLS, So. 30" ur,ppa fo'
she rdN terms, aGo'I.Js eating roi
10000 additional chlidren."
The evening world., 1921-07-11

Thus it viii be seen that out of a
total of ninety-tive charges consid-
cred, fifty-Seven were fully con-
firmed, fourteen partially confirmed
and only twenty-four were abso-
lutely denied In compiling the fore
going tables several schools were left
out where the inspecto. dismissed all
charges by saying a new school was
being built or was authorized. and a
few were left out as being so abso-
sutely untrue to fact they could not
be considered. But those schools
upon which there were no reports
from inspectors more than make ny
for the two or three left out for the
other reason
The evening world., 1921-07-11

Her tall, turbaned. handsome son
acting as her interpreter, but her
black eyes shining with happy ex-
citement and her plump face wreathed
in smiles, the Princess Fatima. Sui
tana OF Kabul, Afghanistan, who has
Just arrived in New York by way OF
San Francisco, thus expressed In
words and looks her complete satis-
faction with the strange western
World she has invaded for the first
time. She and the three sons are en-
route for England. where the boys
will be educated.
Nothing has shocked the Princess
not even the things which so appal
our local crusaders. She Is as splen-
didly tolerant OF new Impressions as
any New Yorker whose motto in life
is, "Tll try anything once"
The evening world., 1921-07-11

long contemplated the abandonment
of this building for school purposes,
and therefore no attempt mas been
made to rehabilitate it," or, "A new
school building =, is included in the
programme recently approved and
adopted by the Boards of Education
and Estimate"
In both cases the facts remain the
schools are being used. And the FUR
ther fact remains, as has been
pointed out frequently in The Eve
ming World, that the authorization oi
the general building programme
means absolutely nothing. Schools
"authorized" in 1918 are still waiting
to be built, and of those in the 1921
programme" only few have been
put under way. The inspectors
knew this. and so did Mr.. Prall,
The evening world., 1921-07-11
CONFUSION AIDS IN A DlSHON
EST ANSWER HERE.

1t will be noticed that with the
exception OF teachers room and light
and ventilaton-a total of two
charges-the Brooklyn report shows
more denials than verifications. II
must be said that the Brooklyn re-
ports are downright dishonest-eithCr
in absolute contradiction of fact or in
the statement of partial truths. 4
striking example OF the attitIde OF
the Brooklyn persons responsible Is
seen in the consideration of Public
School No. 80.
When the survey was made the OF.
ganizations confused new T. s. No so
on briggs Avenue and South Third
Street with the old i. S. No 80 now
called p. S. No. 166 at Havemeyer
Street, South Third Street and Grand
The evening world., 1921-07-11
SEEK THREE YOUNG WOMEN
SHOPLIFTERS De LUKE
We'll Dressed Trio Travel In Fine
Touring Car.

Detectives OF the ParSvile station in
Brooklyn to-day were looking for three
well dressed young women who have
been shopifting in Brooklyn stores,
travelling about in an expensive touring
ear.
The three entered the womcn's dress
store OF Morris Solomon at 18th Avenue
and 54th Street. Brooklyn. Saturday al
ternoon. The proprietors wife, Mrs.
May Solomon. wanted on them, One
bought a light summer dress while the
other two wandered around the store.
They wore long coats. When they left
Mrs SoIomon's attention was called 10
their strange actions by "A customer:
and she discovered fourteen dresses had
been stolen.
The evening world., 1921-07-11
LONG LINES WAIT AT
MUNICIPAL BAhS.

The only bathing establishment at
Conev Island where there were many
persons on line was the Municipal
Baths, which was built by the city
largely at the instance of The Eve
ming World and which is now in IT'S
eleventh year OF operation. There
we're two lines. one of men and one
Of women. Four times as many
women and children were in line as
men, but the lines kept moving along
with steady regularity, as fast as the
attendants inside the building could
take in the money and pass out the
keys ,
there is an initial charge OF % cents,
The patron receives card stamped
the hour he or she enters and they
receive a rebate of 10 cents II they
leave the building within three hours
On other days only 10 cents Is col
lectcd. and the bather may use the
accommodations as long as ne may
desire, No towels or bathing suits are
furnished by the city, but yaluables
are checked free of charge. The pres
ent building will take care of about
o 600 persons at one time, An appro-
priation has been made for an eXten-
sion 10 accommodate 1000 more w0m-
en-. and work on it's construction Will
begin soon
"Some of the prices charged down
the line are pretty steep compared
with our schedule" said an attache
| of the Municipal Baths, but they
could hardly be expected to meet our
price"
"In days gone by some Of the
Coney Island bath house keepers be-
lieved in getting all they could, and
there is no doubt the public was
done good and proper. They not
only soaked their patrons unreason
BILE prices, sometimes as high as -
Der. but frequently crowded three OF
more into a room. The week-d1N
crowd paid all actual expenses: the
Saturday, Sunday and holiday crowds
q yielded pure velvet.
since those days many additional
bathing paVilions have been erected
and this Municipal Bath has beer
built. We frequently accommodate
1000, or 1900 and more in a single
day and on Sunday last oar number
nan to almost 10000 This establish
ment has cut into the patronage o
the privately owned bathhOuses TO 1
very great extent With the city anC
so many new bathing estaolishmC MT
IN the field as competitors togethe
with the big Increase in rents, hire
suits, they have got TO change more
than we do to make it worth con,
timing business
Added TO this they are required tt
take out city license and to obey al
regulations that have been issued, on,
Of which requires them to post theil
scale OF prices, And they have tC
live up to them, If they violate then
somebody ~ likely to make com
plaint which might result in their Ii
cense being revoked. Then the pO
lice are kepeing an eye open for VIC
lators, SO taking il all in all the pub
lie is getting a better break than il
the old days when the sky was tn
limit and bathers at Coney Islant
we're soaked for all the traffic Woult
bear won't say, howevc" tina
n"'c,s IN some OF the places are no
too high.
The evening world., 1921-07-11
STEEPLECHASE PARK FENCE
STILL CUTS OFF BEACH,.


, Steeplechase Park is fenced in clear
down to the water, in spite of all
efforts made by city authorities to
open up the beach it's entire length.
To pass beyond 1t, a long detour is
necessary. At the entrances signs
are posted announcing it as the only
strictly private bathing beach on the
island" For one or two in a room the
charge is 81 each. Nothing addi-
tional is demanded for the use of a
bathing suit. While there were a
considerable number of persons in the
water and on the beach, the crowd
was nowhere nearly as great as at
some of the other places which
charged higher prices.
Ravenhalls, which has always
catered to the patronage of persons
who are well-to-do financially, posted
its rates as follows: Saturday and
Sunday two in room, 81 each, lockers
81. on other days two in room, so
cents each, children half price; suits
Is cents extra every day, towels 10
cents. The locker rooms, it is said,
contain forty to fifty lockers.
"In spite OF what some people may
say, we are not trying to grab every
cent we can get from the public"
said the clerk. People come here
quite often and ask for individual
rooms. We suggest that they take
room together and save the differ
ence.'
At the Washington Baths the big
gest difference was seen in the sun
day rate and that charged on Monday
and the four days following. On Sun
days and holidays there is minimum
charge of 81 for a room whether oc-
cupied by one or two persons. On
Saturdays one person may get a room
for rs cents, and on other days there
is a charge of only 80 cents.
The evening world., 1921-07-11
PRICES POSTED, BUT NOT AL.
WAYS CONSPICUOUS.

II is only fair to state that at every
place visited scale Of prices was
posted conveniently near, or just in
side the cashiers window. which was
temiZed down to the last detail II
is true that in many places the scale
was typewritten, and might escape
the notice OF an individual who was
bent on getting into rho water in a
hurry, but it was there, nevertheless,
and If he thought the price too high,
he could go further along the shore
front and perhaps ind better luck.
Leaving the Culver depot, the re-
porter struck over 10 the shore At
the Atlantic Baths. foot of West 9th
Street, there was a big crowd in the
water At the cashiers window here
were just four persons in line. This
was one of the cheaper places. the
card calling for 10 cents for tie Use
Of a room without a bathing suit
and 81 if the bather used one sup
piled by the house. This rate was
based on "one or two in a room. ''
At Taunton's. next door lhe rate va;
20 cents each, without suits, one or
two in room
The Giant Coaster Baths. foot Of
West 10th Street announced it's
charges for adults or children, room
without suit 81 each; extra, for use
of wool suits 35 cents. cotton suit 25
cents. Locker accommodations could
be had for 50 cents. Suits were
charged extra.
just below West 10th Street. Peter
sens Pavilion announced it's charges
as 81 for room for one or two, with
out suits: children in room with par
cnts 25 cents; suits % cents each.
One Of the biggest crowds was OF
the beach and in the water m Wards
Baths. Here all corners were being
aiken care of without much delay A
room, with or without suit could be
had for 81; two or more in ROOM sc
cents each. Lockers We're so cents
and there was an extra charge of
-nnts fnr tnMnl
The evening world., 1921-07-11
s15o FOR CHANCE AT SEA, SUIT
EXTRA

Further along, at the 'Iccan .3aths
room for one, either ldult or chil'.
wa $3.50, with "A slight reduction
Nhcrc more than one person Iccu.
pied room. Lockers we're 81. There
wa, an extra charge Of % cent, Tor q
bathing suit but no charge .or towel ;.
Martino's, the next place listed,
charged sl,50, with an extra cnargc
Of - cents for IA suit Lockers re
ST. No charge for towels.
At Stauch's the rate Tor Etturday
end sunday was $50 FOR one in /
room, or 81 for locker, 'or ne ilt -
ter price the use of suit Wis Included
II .uu wished IT.
Checking up on the price list ="
said the alert cashier, BE sure YOU
make no mistakes in the figures. We
arc living up to our schedule" he
added.
TnC Sircna Bathing Room, accord
uC to it's posted schedule, charged
.or "A room - cents for an adult, -
cents tor child; suits we're 25 cents
and 80 cents extra, according 70
whether customers chose cotton OF
wool. on other days the rates rOI
adults are 80. 10 cents and 81.
big difference in price, accord ing
ia the day one wished to go bathing
Na. noted at Buschman's. With your
,u.n suit the rate was 80 cents on
week daNs, 20 cents on saturday and
sI.95 ON sunday, Lockers are 3j, 81
and - cents. \ quarter additional is
charged for the use of suit,
I'VE don't believe in robbing the
pcopIc," the cashier said.
better not try" said a pretty bru,
ncttc who was one Of couple who
stood by the window waiting for keys
u passed ouI.
"Nv siS 'em good sccommoda'
The evening world., 1921-07-11
EVENING WORLD REPORT:

- nave been he"" 20 years"
said Miss Knox tthe pI!ncipaD
"and the school has not been
painted. We manage tu ~:
certain amount OF creature
comfort,
There are SIX room, in which
We must burn the lights con-
tinually. Miss Knox.
June /, 1921, Abbcy Porter
Leland, principal, sent out report
over her signature. "Thrlp are
no toilet facilities for women.
The yard toilets, though recently
repaired, not satisfactory. A
modern toilet iJ needed"
Same report Of Miss leland
said only six rooms adequately
ightcd, Miss Lcland's report .Iso
contradicts inspector on fire pro-
lection and teachers YES. room.
Walls are hlrhy, paint dis
Colorcd from lack II painting
over Ions period If years. Ncunn
found u hruB~ stored r,opu.
D.D-c... Plaster out VI .IaAs .or
years.
The evening world., 1921-07-11
VETERAN SCHOOL TEACHER
ADMITS SHE'S SHOPLIFTER.
Pleads for Mercy on Ground She
May Lose Pension.

Rose Gulnan, who pleaded guilty to-
day in Special Sessions to the theft
Of beaded bag from the McCrecry
store on May 25, was said by Proba-
ton Officer Mary Mangin to be a
teacher In Public School No. 4. Park
Avenue, Hoboken, who recently sold a
house she owned at No. 710 bloomfield
Street, Hobokcn, and has been living
since then in New York hotels.
She had in her possession a number
of letters written to prominent wall
street men, asking for aid for sick
Hobokcn teacher. She sad she had
sent several such letters. but had re-
ceived no answers. The probation
officer said she had been arrested be-
/ fore for shoplifting.
The prisoner pleaded for clemcncy,
saving conviction would mean discharge
from school and loss OF a pension for
twenty years ~er ice to which she
| would become eligible next year. She
was remanded for Investigation OF her
story.
The evening world., 1921-07-11
new YORK MILLIONS
CUT OFF FROM SEA
BY TAX At CONEY
Private BathhouSe Owners
Boost Prices Beyond Reach
of the Crowd.
TIME FOR CITY TO ACT.
Long Lines at Municipal Baths
Show Urgent Need for In
creased Facilities.
TINE FOR CITY TO ACT.

Hard times have come upon the
Coney Island bathhouse bdronS, ac-
cording to the stories they themselves
tell, but the average man who carries
his bathing suit to the beach md is
forced to separate himself from 81 70
90 for the privilege Of hanging mis-
garments on peg in stuffy littlo
compartment while ne takes a plunge
among the waves will swallow their
claims with very large grain of salt.
There was big crowd IN the water
and on the beach on Saturday: in
fact to a casual visitor TO "the island"
1t looked as If everybody who could
get away from the sweltering Gi'y lad
gone straight to the seasnore 20 take
a dip.
In spite OF all appearances, how
ever, there apparently was no sea rcity
of accommodations :or all VINO wanted
TO 90 into the water.
An Evening World reporter and a
photographer reached the seashore
resort after o'clock in the afternoon
and made a canvass OF the bathing
resorts for the purpose OF discover
ing just how much justification ex-
sted for the complaints which have
come in lately from those who
claimed to have been "stung."
The Evening World men found that
no combination existed apparently to
fix prices at a certain figure. In the
course of their walk they found that
nearly every bath house on Saturday
and sunday charged an increased
price over the preceding days OF the
week and in a few Instances the
amount demanded for accommoda- =
lions on Sunday was in excess of
that charged the day before. The
price OF a dip ranged from so cents
n a locker" to $50 for a room.
Usually there was an extra charge
or the use of bathing suit 35 cents
'or a woollen one, % cents for suit
made of cotton. A few places tackled
on an extra nickel for the use of a
:owel
The evening world., 1921-07-11

~''~ 49, 49,
+. s. Is, Manhattan Just reno
waited from top to bottom and is
in good condition.
Blames Department Of water
Supply, Gas and Electricity for
charge of insufficient light"
r. S. /, Bronx-No complaints
whatever received from principal
and teachers that the nNLIres are
not adequate and sanitary.
Cnobstructcd daylight is re-
ceived upon three sides
p. S. 2s, Queens M reply to
general statement sarJary condi-
ton is very bad This failure to
reply to every charge ndd" marks
reports on all bun low schools
and those whCre' survey was not
severely critical
The evening world., 1921-07-11
Notice to Advertisers

Display advertising type copy and release orders
for either the week day Morning World or The
h,vHiug World II received AFTER L. NJ. the day
p,.crding publication can be inserted only n
space may permit aud In order OF receipt t The
World office. & ~ containing engrAvings to ba
made by The World must be received by p. N.
Display Advertising type copy for the suppls-
mrnt sections Of The sunday World must bs
received by | p. " Thursday preceding publica-
tion and release must be received by p, N.
Frda,. Copy cuutaiuns rngrayingS 10 be made
% Tho World must be received by Thursday noon.
sunday Main Sheet copy. type copy which has
graylns copy witch has not been received in tbs
publication office by 1 +, VI, Friday, and positvs
nSrrtion orders not received BY p, NJ FridAv.
yin be omitted a conditions require, nEidy In
order " lates receipt and positive release
ofd'r
Dl,plal cory or orders released later than
provided above when omitted will not serVe 10
arm discounts OF any character contract Or othss-
wise.
THE WORLD
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IN INTERESTED IN EDUCATION
OE WOMEN.

II am going 10 the theatre too"
the Princess answered another qucs-
tion. IL went to theatre in san
Francisco and | enjoyed 1t, though /
could not understand what was being
said one night there We dined in Il
restaurant where there was dancing
and liked II 50 much. | think Amer
lean women are beautiful, hosp!tablc
and kind. think It is 'onderful that
they are free to work with men out
IN the world, and l am very much in
The evening world., 1921-07-11
FATlMA,
SULTANA
OF KABUL.
FINDS
THESE
THINGS
INTERESTING
By Marguerite MOOers Marshall.


young
nothing
me nd that &c like!"
The evening world., 1921-07-11
HOW BOARD OF EDUCATION
INSPECTORS EliNIMIZED BAD
CONDITIONS In SOME SCHOOLS
Contrast Between Their Reports and Proofs
Gathered by Evening World
Investigator.

TERE pardcl coIunns what the of
ddtc Of July j.
10 schools condemned
Word ud 0
The evening world., 1921-07-11
NO OLD MAIDS WHO HAVE TO
EARN OWN WAY THERE.

There are no old maids In AZ
ghanistan," he replied to another
query. Most OF the women marry
early-at about twenty-and IL they
do not their fathers. brothers or
other relatives take care OF them and
do not permit them to go out and
work. Personally, l think all women
should have the chance to stay in
their homes, where they are hap
piest."
"A woman" Princess Fatima an
swered the question suggested by the
fact that she ~as made this long
Journey across Iv,lf the world to ac-
company her three sons. "is always
| happiest when she is "a happy wife
and a mother. Mother love is the
' most beautiful thing in the world.
! But | am sure that women in America
feel that. as much as women in Az
ghanistan."
| 1--WE treat our women with more
Difference" the son explained again,
than women receive in the West"
but you don't give them a chance
to marry the men they love" / sug-
gested. Are not all your marriages
arranged by the parents?"
! "Yes. and | think that Is RESPONSE
! BILE for much unhappiness and many
/ troubles gravely replied the young
| Prince. 81 believe in your Western
/ marriage for love"
/ "Are you going to make that kind? ?'
/ asked audaciously. You are a
Prince, and you should set the ex-
! ample to your subjects"
II might" he admitted. in an un-
drrtone. And, really. girls, he's ex-
ceedingly good-lookng!
! Doesn't all this hustle and ron
| fusion in New York tire YOU" l
! turned to the visitor from behind the
veil for a final word. "You couldn't
live here for very long. could you?"
'She says she could" translated her
son with another broad smile. She
says she isn't tired. and she likes IL
ali so much. She doesn't mind the
| rush."