The evening world. Newspaper, January 22, 1895, Page 4

ty the Press Publishing Company, & to 63 PARK ROW, New York. TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1895. ee SUBSCRIPTIONS T0 THE EVENING WORLD (including postage): «No. 12,208 York as Batered at the Post-omce at aecond-claas ma’ BRANCH OFFICES: OFFICH—Sanotion of Broad- = WORLD UPTOWN way and Sixth ave. at 32d ot WORLD HARLEM OFFICH—126th st and Madi. on ave, BROOKLYN—209 Washineton -t. PHILADELPHIA, PA.—Inquirer Office, 110 Mar- ket ot WASHINGTON—T02 14th et. FOR DECEMBER, 486,104 Per Week Day. For December, 1893, 414,253 Per Week Day. Gain Over 1893, ‘WHY THE CARS DON'T RUN. Bo long an violence Is used to prevent the running of cara in Brooklyn, the managers of the lines have an excuse for falling to furnish the public ac- commodations their charters require. If the managers had deliberately set out to furnish themscives with this excuse they would have done exactly what they did, through bad judgment, it ts charitable to suppore, yesterday afternoon. First widely advertising their inten-| tlon to open a line through a part of the city kiown to be inhabited chiefly by | sympathisers with the strikers, and notoriously the resort of hard charac. ters, they postponed the actual attempt | until dusk of fogay evening, The Btreets at.that hour in that section were eure to be crowded with people, mort of | them honest workingmen and women, but the throng providing abundant op- portunity for rioters to throw stones or fire pistols and escape detection, The approaching night and the fog added to the dimculty of preventing violence or punishing the rioters. ‘With all these inducements to disorder the result could not have been other- wise, The prosress of the cars was a continual riot, soldiers and police were compelled to use their guns, many we wounded, the cars were wrecked and the attempt to run the line was aban- doned, Nothing of the sort would have hap- pened if the attempt had been made at @ proper and reasonable hour, and the vivlence in that case is no evidence that it the companles had the men all the dines In the city might not be running as usua’ The cold facts are, as revealed by | Yesterday's developments, that there are | 6,00 men on strike and the companies | have not over 50 men to tuke their places, ‘That tz wh; the cars don’t run, A PROPER PROTECTION. dice. | [ers a |realize that from projected entertainments anti en- Joyments they hastened at once to their armorles, slept on the hard floors and were ready for thelr march to the scene of fatigue and danger by daylight in the morning. It was no hollday excursion, but a duty threatening life and health as well a8 comfort and convenience, Yet no one faltered. And when at the scene of the lawlessness, it was made evident at once that they were present to perform thelr duty resolutely, fearlessly and without regard to consequences, All honor to the brave citizen soldiers ot New York, ‘The Sugar Trust wins a skirmish-ling vietory in the United States Supreme Court, and wins it on a quibble, It ts unfortunate that there Is not an Attor- ney-General at Washington with only the people for his ellents, ‘Then we might see a battle forced on the main issues against monopoly. And by so much en- right hand of “Strong censured by ministers." the Hietter New York Kered ‘The open fellowship in a general good cause ts what the times demand now. Not the clinched fist of narrow personal preju- A literary club up the State has been listening to a paper on ‘The Difference and the American Senate.” least, had brains to sell. “Investigation” 1s not a remedy for such bungling, as caused last evening's bridge aceldents, Nor does the adjec- tive “ miraculous” express the full qual- ity of the escape from more serious con- sequences. Bi-Partisan Platt can only be beaten by the people of New York City acting as one party. Those citizens who en- courage factio whatever {sau play Into the hands of the Boss, If the Brooklyn strikers will prove that they are peaceful, the police and soldiers wili soon take care of the toughe who commit acts of violence in the name of strikers, Are there enough Independent legis- lators at Albany to give New York City the legislation it demands? That ts the question in its simplest and plainest form, ‘The law should be no respecter of per- sons. Behind this truth les the reason why the present Sunday Excise law has | no respecter of Itself among fair-minded men. After a time honest temperance work- 4 sincere Sunday advocates may their interests are with Mayor Strong, and not against him. It Is still true that the Brooklyn strik- era can best get -ri@ of the roldiers by showing that mitttary force is unneces- sary, A striker may stand for a principle. | But tf he becomes a rioter, he volunta- rily gives up the shelter of his prine ple. Mayor Strong's declaration of Inde- pendence should win for him an up- holding with powerful citizenly hands, Did last evening's blockade prove the necessity for another downtown bridge aver the Hast River, or did it not? Lawyer Choate may not have Intended fo destroy Russell Sage, but he first made him mad, all right enough, It citizen soldier to load his gun with ball cartridge for a fellow-cltizen, It may now be regarded as a settled thing that Platt 4s not Mayor of New York. Mayor Strong would like to be as free of office-seekers as he 18 from the gout, ome of their hot-he Whatever may be the outcome of the Brook’yn troubles it is probable they | may in the end be the means of secur-| ing for the people of that city som much-needed protection from the peril of the murderous trolley system, T Dlood-stained record of the trolley lines 4s due in a great measure to the greed and carelessness of the companies in running an insufficient number of cars at a dangerously high rate of speed in order to keep down the number of em ployees and in engaging the services of incapable men as motormen The Biooklyn Aldermen a “Reform” Hourd, by the way—yesterday adopted two resolutions—one providing that mo tormen employed on the trolley lines | shall be not under twenty-one years of age, residents of the tSate for one year and of the city for four months, and hall have obtained Hcense from the Mayor. The other resolution Js of a sim- character, but requires that the companies shall procure and pay for the Men's licenses after they have passed a| Proper examination. These are good ant desirable move ments, and it is to be hoped for the Bafety of the lives of the people they Will be carried out, whatever the result @f the present strike may be NOW THE INCOME TAX. Th S fefeated the ob tive amen te the Income Tax Dill, and that just and equitable tax wi Dow be collected without further delay, It is expected to at once relieve the Treasury, 1d as it will do this while Hot oppressing the people with any un Just burden, and while bringing into tax &tion many thousands dodgers, it cannot fall whole country, It is significant that France and Aus- tralia are just adopting the of taxing incomes, of weal to yt benetit ound policy £OLDIER HEROES. The prompt and cheerful response of our New York regiments to the sumn to Brooklyn to help in sup) sing the isorder in that city 1s highly creditable to our citizen soldiery and a gratifyir z proof of the success of our National Guard system, On a Sunday night, in miserable weather, the members of the several egiments rushed at once to their ar- mories as soon as the order be officially notified. From their com- homes, from their family cir. De pmreninnshe, of lente, 4 became known, hundreds of them not waiting How can the Clty of Churches re- cognize itself as a City of War? Fogs were not the worst mists that | enshrouded Brooklyn yesterday, Fven the militia ean‘t suppress the Brooklyn Bridge bungling, Rayonets are pointed arguments; bul lets ure blunt, but telling. | = BY OT HR EDITO! | A Ne ruinintive Field. | Bilis to prevent strikes are every-day aftaire | now, tut no one has thought of introducing « bill | to compel people to be good.—Chicago Mail, In It So Bad as Thist It tw patent enough to everybody that the Pra: hibitionisty will mot take any part tn the bul ing of the cup-defendors.—Rochester Post-Expret Vanderbilt Peace, | William K. Vanderbilt proposes to have peace | in the family even If he to break up the | family to bave {Chicago Poot y As the frin a the Bakers Make Money. It of ad ead war ts In py gress there whole price to or — PARKHURST AND ALBANY, | (Air, oWhen Jotinny Com: hing Home) When Parklurat goca to Albany, Hurrah! Hurrah! When Parkburet goes The fur will f | That he’lb nee w Athany, Hurralit + and you and t tt get knocked be Bom fat Je Parkburat anarches on, When Parkhurst goes to Al Murra! Hurrah! | When Park to Albany, " Murrant He'll speak Lis piece on our po’ Beyond a doubt, they" he turmed out, Mr. yr | rule no more, White 1 v Hurrah But when the Doctor's back ageia, Hurrah! Murrah! Will he then fill the rest of the In finding a force to rank, of course, ‘As the finest in the land, As he goes marching on? THE =~ | lena be abie to meot the requi: i# not an agreeable duty for al" The trolley strikers need saving from | ott on an Indianapolis The rice has gone down to three centa @ loat THE WORLD: TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, sar eeeenen tienen is ae enmn ge 1 wets eerie [SALOON | The Two Powers That Keep Saloon Clone —_ = Tt In wonderful how much bet. Jan. 21, 189% ter even Hite fen. My man § to-day. All he what he haa ait before thi rong haa been he will new hope. oe days. ‘There te preparation among my people for mame meetings to address appeals and den to the Legislature, ‘That boty at Albany is treading a iow and doubtful path. Thera are whispers that It {a watting to mee if Piatt ta roaily so much of a controlling power in this city as he has met himself up to be. The Mayor's declaration ought to be a blow to hia dictatorship, It ought to strengthen the hands of doubtern wo that the one plow may be followed by another and another with finaily overwhelming effect. oe Tt would be eo eany to overthrow this Tioga Rosa! It te so easy to talk of doing ft! But it In no hart to get men to do it! Yet all that ts needed is one high-minded, courage netic Inader, right on the ground at Al ery: “Here is the way! Let ail fol dare There T Ko Into herotes. effect of watching my soldier boys marc into Brooklyn, aa they did to-day, The the grim touch o* real war in the eampaixn across the bridge to-night. Bhote have b | fred. Men have fallen, Ah, me! but lite does seem to grow weightier In problems and moro dire In crinea, even as we boast that civill- tation hurries on, —— THIS IS PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGY, Find Ont Your Mind a Nerve Colors and Cultivate Them, (From the London Lady's Pictorial.) te doing wonderful things for us nowa- Gays, It no longer stops at giving us marvellous inventions, but it has taken us personally in hand with @ view to forming our characters, tm- proving upon we where nature has failed, qulding our fate and fortune for us Kote more shall we be slaves of fortune, Procedure 1s simple enough. ‘Our plan the sclence of “*payoho-physlology. eee All one In required to do In to study the tn. fi flourish and act. oe of the Importance of payc! inte of the future will 4 With a knowled Physiology ho ore readily than at present. need to know the particular light of the distric to at once determing whether it will suit the ap plicanta they are endeavoring to pl eo 8 Te te not quite clear at prose arrange tor the different temperamenta of dit. ferent members of a family who have aarily to live under one root neces. color eultable to eral requirements Doubtless, too, coloe training tnstitutions. wt | meerschauma. Only think how glorious It w oat quiet oUF nerves at will by quarter's residence in a red of blue light. Tf w Want to write @ morbid novel, we shall on’ have to ud ourseves with yellow and Hy. | ow saffron and oranges; If wo yearn to produ Nile green at howe, a year or two at a Che matic College, ant the desired w Produced. Tom will take to com al pu with avidity, Dick will he a ready-ma | artist, and Angelina will take the Literary wor by storm with hor frst And of | manage When we find oursety g ted, Arita’ Fepaper of hang our rooms with a few yards art muatin of the hue that w ag un into better frame of mint. to Beck elsewhere hange of color and } Already the scien. ta belag cultivated in France and America paiferable extent, #9 we shall not have I to wait the result of experiments WORLDLINGS. beloved! Good night! Good night. 1 come to wateh o'er th Ty be near thee—to be near theet Alone 1s peace for me, ‘Thine eyes are stars of morning, ‘Thy Mpa are crimson fo Good night! Good night, Beloved, While I count th « A DAILY H'NT FROM MDOUGALL, FATHER KNICKERBOCK EUS DIARY. ngs will sometimes make us | talking again said wan to the name efterct as | fo ahead Retween the Hnglish Houne of Lords] on the lines of what he takes to bo his Presumably, | duty, the point was made that the Senate, at | (!0" 1c | sort of way that I could not help xathering some Tam driven to living a good deal on hope these Perhaps it te the and Tt has all been Inid | out for us by a French savant who bas invented | Fements of tenants They will only | t Heve tt. how we are to take a course of intellect, we must live amid rose-pink of Then again how great an aid will parent find | the atudy of thie tiew selene in answering that [Aimouie question, ‘What shall we do with our Jove and girls? All they have to do beforehand {a to discover tha Nent of thelr offapring's Renita, or to determine what work they would like thet | none or daughiera to undertake, and the rest * amparatively easy. A coat or two of » CISSIB LOFTU! Aa soon as Cixsle Loftus floated onto the stage of Koster and Bial's Music She wore a diffident look, that was devold of all xelf-consciousness, and you liked her After all, the expression of 4 face goos further than the face itself. Miss Loftus la not lovely, with a set of those violet eyes you read about or a Hall last night, you admired her, expression, hair, without which singe ¢ no lady of young, People In that av tus had “done her turn.” of irresistibly convincing caricature. fort. sented for what they were worth, attempted no touch of humor; simply an exhibition of perfectly legiti- is not necessarily funny, supposed to conceal beauties and ex- aggerate blemishes, and that is why we Texardiesa of lexisiatren and party far-/always laugh at it, We roar at John Nona. “When 1 come to shink of it, there ie | Russell's caricature of Surah Bernhardt, tie enough In such words, but the Mayor did net | which exawerates all the actreay's pec them out In sich a huff, wholesome, infepentent 4 rae ihises; wa cullarities to the verge of tdiocy; we admire Miss Cissle Loftus's Imitation of tho tragedienne, which neither conceals nor exaggerates, It is, in fact, a perfect picture of Sarah, in which the littl anglish lady has obtained the trage. dienne's trick of voice, the address of gesture and the intensity of dramatic foree, She showed us Sarah in the death scene of “Izehl," and it the best thing she did, althought it Is doubt- ful if It Is rightly placed in that big music hall. With the exception of the imi- tation of Mme. Bernhardt and another of Yvette Gullbert singing “A La Vil- lotte’—a most admirable plece of work— Miss Loftus was most tnjutiicious in her felections, and the best-tempered audl- ence In the world would not have per- sisted in applause if she had given more of them, Hayden Coffin may be an esti- mabie gentleman, but he did not dis- tinguish himself signally when he was with Lillian Russell, and Miss Loftus's Imitation of him singing “Tommy At- kins" was stupii, Of Eugene Stratton Americans know nothing; therefore her version of ‘The Dandy Colored Coon" fell flat. Miss Loftuy also introduced us to Miss Juliet Nesville singing “When Your Pride Has Had a Tumble," but she is comparatively unknown here. She gave us Letty Lind singing rather than dancing, and that was not our {dea of Letty at all. May Yohe was also por- trayed, but New Yorkers never knew the Yohe when she was worth portraying. She sang. hero at a time when she had no hope (no Lord Hope ether, he! he!) of ever reaching the imitation mark, and no feeling of patriotism prompte: the audience to applaud Miss Yohe. Then we had Marie Lioyd singing “The aughty Continong," which was not at all felicitous. Fortunately, Miss Loftus finished with Bernhardt and Guilbert. erything she did was clever, and on a Bijou stage would have been trresist- thle, But in @ large muste hall,where there 1s smoke, and where the brown October and February ale floweth, Miss Loftus | was like the proverbial hen discovering of color upon life, Light, we are told. a penknife, ‘The true diamond is not has @ pecullar influence upon the organiam, ant | always as effective on the stage as its according to the light we live under, and the glittering paste equivalent. This also color of our surroundings, #0, It seems, do holds good in real Ife, cecastonally, We felt hurt that Miss Loftus did not | give us an idea of Ada Rehan, whom we all know. ‘To be sure—as one gentle- man remarked—if she did, her husband might “lose his job," but T don't be- It 1s, after all, an honor to be worth Imitating. I would suggest to Miss Loftus that she show us Mrs. Ken- }dal, Ellen Terry, Vesta Tilley, Besste Rellwood, and a few of that ilk, - little woman is spontaneously mimetic, he: guile ular with understands gift. Her magnetism, and pretty WIL overcome thin diMeulty for us, and Invent kind of chromate machine by which we shall be able to turn on at will the Hight an 4 what New Yorkers are, And Messra, Koster & Hial can give her | a hint or two on that score. al ALAN DALE. | ———— AN ILLUMINATED SONG. | ‘ y . al “Alone, Yet Not Alon - | Stoping shoulders indleate insensibility, In neariy all the arid land regions artesian | Weakness and prostration, nella can be obtained at a depth of from Joo t If the shoulders are square they indl- 609 foot Ate strength of character. Rank holidays In Srotian’ are New Ye The ¢ w thrust out from the side, Christmas Day, Good Friday and the f While the wrist is towards the body, in- days in May and August Jicies coarseness, boldness, audacity Yor 100 years afier ite opening 000 was the | HT ve of self. Foe oe tare tt made te ele Caters the| When the forearm goes out with the taney caine trom Gov. Yale, the founder ot the|clbow t signifies love for the object " is which It moves, In the sugar corn the con fe auner’ tas how pressed against the sides in starch is arresiod ay ea Hicu.es humility, timidity and self-sup- growth; the grain does not f and {¢ conse. | Pression quently shriveled he wrist when straight expresses v M. E. King, of Charle Me. has two young | "er in Pe ye; when nearly strat Jaughtere, aged respectively ten and twelve years, | Normal statea condition of calm. who have broken & two-year-old colt to wagon| Tf @ person extends a hand towards and sleigh without the aid of any one. you without car with it the fore- —— arm and elbow you may be sure that Under Her Window, person loves himself and not you, STE And He Scooted, The Duke of Orion tenders, announced realy to restore a chiet of the French py from occupy throne of France, and then put Ris ear to the But the aves saying. ground at Dover to listen for an answ only reply came from the wild ‘"Bcoot, brother,""—Troy Butget. a a flower face, Not a bit of It. She has a wholesome face, typically English. She resembles a Dolly Dimple Christm: card, and she has the fluffy crown of the n hope to succeed in England. Miss Loftus, however, doesn’t look a bit like a lady of the stage, but she has lots of time In which to learn the tricks of the trade, and probably, alas!—she will learn ‘em, She is young, and very There were probably many disapointed Hence after Miss Lof- they expected to get a dose of broad burlesque, one Miss Loftus gave them nothing of the She indulged in a series of care- fully studied imitations, which she pre- Bhe it was mate mimetic art, and the mimetic art Caricature is belongs to the Thirteenth Regiment, by occupation, and lea part of the y% he was off duty for a little while this 18 no pienio,"* sald he, Ata depot, and the only places r kets to roll ourselves in. r fellows who get at the ends of the cars, near the doors, do some shiverinj hard to realize that there ts such a Just across the big bridge. Occasional reminders appear, however, in the sha tlamen who have obtained suffict of absence to attend to some pressing errand: ov cars you probably know that there is at times the pungent odor of the restaurant kitchen about tC aroma {a the strongest kind of testimony to the Jong hours put in by the motormen and con-| ductors, who warm their hasty lunches o cat on the carpet cushions of the tiv large hive of bees on an upper shelf. flower, for the m artificial mal judging from the way the customers dodge them. | To the Editor: remembs Col the best plece of newi much of such testimony and from too many streets, there cannot be, always providing that it is all true, THE GLEANER, to he Legislature authorizing bis Department to engineers. The nd there are no lmits to the extent of | whose duty it Is to keep order and who have # manners should make her pop- New Yorkers, as soon as she London that he was the monarehical one > tee ee TR “The vening Werld's” Gallery of Pletures, JOSEPH CHOATI This tm the picture of the lawyer who yesterday, in open court, called your Uncle Russell Sage a self-cdnvicted swindler and robber, ——_——_—_ THE GLEANER'S BUDGET. Gosnip He: t There and Trae Tales of City Life. Bome of the soldier boys who are young and enthusiastic and other things may like their emergency duty over in Brooklyn, But it's not © Joke for all of them. A friend of mine, who sa clerk n indoor lite the greater I happened to see him while “My! but " We are quartered /@ have to sleep jn are the cars, We just have our army bian- ‘The men who get the inside are fairly comfortable, but I tell you the f. these cold nights." . Hl these days that it ie it of war . New York ts 80 tran of hurrying mill- tly long leaves here. It you hi Jed much tn Brooklyn trolley 0 jor of this or that vehicle, ‘This culinary the Large grease spots sat are corrobora- labor-squeezing state of toves before ting. ce of this . An enterprising Broadway storekee rf has @ ‘The busy ttle bees tmprove each shining hour making which they don't gather from every litt! chant's store is entirely of th ‘The bees are genuine, however, eee An ‘oldest resident’ declared to me yeater- that never, In all the long years he could had First avenue been cleaned a Waring’s men cleaned it on Sunday, It was I heard all day. Too WRITTEN ABOUT THE STRIKE. Two Views of the Contest Now in Progress in Brooklyn. To the Réito I ser by your Friday night's {sue that Com- minsioner Welles ts going to recommend a bill license motormen, the same as now in use as to If this gentleman would attend to hie duties tn the carrying out of orders as they exist he would make some attempt to earn wages which the taxpayers are giving him, 1 assume he {6 catering to the popular vote, #0 ‘The writer has no interest im the trolley Im fact, 1s of the opinion that if the Al- dermen hed had the interest of the city at heart they would nuve exacted for the fran- chise that these trolley roads furnish, without coat to the city, electric lights on the streets through which their care run. My wife haa not be free w go out of the house since the mob hi had control of the clty; shame on those offic! the good name of the city to preserve agaiuat + mob of rioters, If you want to pass any laws, Mr. Commissioner, have one passed which will make .. imprisonment for life for any one to| Interfere with another in the discharge of his duties, Stop Mr. OMficers looking for political Duncombe, call out the troops, and deliver the respectable community from this lawlessne: and thine will be the glory. AN AMERICAN BY CHOICE, Brooklyn, N. ¥. The Strike: To the Editor: The inclosed clipping has impressed me very forcibly, as presenting the true conditions under which the striking railroad men of Brooklyn live, an well as other workers Knowing full well the kindly interest felt in the working people by “The Evening World,’* I forward the same to you, hoping you will give it @ prom- inent place im your valuable paper, DAVID 8. MALLOY, S91A Twelfth street, Brooklyn. THE WANTS OF THE PEOPLE. What do we want? Our daily bread; Leave to earn it by our akill; Leave to labor freely for tt, Leave to buy it where we will. For ‘tis hard upon the many, Hard, unpitied by the few, To starve and dle for want of work, Or live half starved with work to do, What do we want? Our dally bread; Fair reward for labor done; Daily bread for wives and childrem All our wants are mer When the ferce fend hun, Evil fanctes clog our bral Vengeance settles on our hearts, And frenay gallops through our veins, What do we want? Our daily bread Give ws chat; all else will come, Belf-respect and self-denial, And the happiness of home; Kindly feelings, education, Liberty for ect and thought; And surety that, whate'er befall, Our children shall be fed and taught, What do we want? Our daily bre Vo us that for willing to us sharers in the plenty God bas showered upon the soit; ‘And we'll nurse our Detter nature With bold Bearte and judgment stron, To do as much as men can do To keep the world from going wrong, Charles Mackay, — EMPIRE STATE ‘The truant officer is known as the “bogie m tu the country districts, SUll the golden wedding record growa Mr. and Mra Abram Hyce, of Port Ewen, are the latest on the Tat Dr, Darwin Colvin, of Clyde, celebrates this week three golden anniversaries, He has been in practice as @ physician for fifty years, has BITS. otherwise I would object to it, by 1805" SOME GIRLS AND OTHERS. To tha Béitor: 1 would say to ‘one of the noblest girls that eoncett and elt-will. — Conceit whole life, ‘She was too high for me." A com- \oner person was good enough for Thi ve my “lege well pulled’ by a frivolous dam- Gel who tickled my vanity, I had money and T thought ahe loved me. 1 was not married many weeks before I found I had my match. All she thought of was the money, and the admiration of other men. I ean only look back now and think how I lost one of the finest characters that ever existed, 1 drove her neatly to a mad-bouse, If It had not been for high Intellect she would have been in an asylum, When {t was too late I learned that she had brain fever, I thought Decause whe was poor she was like most of the lower classes, wanting in knowledge. But 1 know now she was high above my comprehension, I go through life « wiser and a sadder man. na ver lived through All Do Not Paint To the Editor: To “H. C. D.," of Brooklyn, T would like to say that he 1s greatly mistaken when he {nsinuates that all pretty girls are made up with paint and powder. All girls are not auch fools as those to which he (or Tefers, while, again, there are plenty who do not need it. If he does not bell this, let him come to Portchester, where seeing will be believing. From one who does not paint. ‘A PORTCHESTER GIRL, Portchester, N. Y. Powder. Marry Him? T am keeping company with a nice young man, who calls on me nearly every night. He is al- ways asking me to marry him. He ts twenty-five years olf, and very tall, while I am only seven- teen, and very short. Should I marry him or not? CAMP GROUND, Sing Bing, N. ¥. Give Him One Every Ti To the Editor: Tam going with » young man for @ short time. Do you think it proper for me to let him kiss mi when he proposes? He proposed once; I let him have It, I hope you will tell me, so I will know the next time what to do. I like him very well, means, BROOKLYN GIRL. Willing to Re Sisters to Somebody. To the Eéito In reply to “C. L.'s" vere, we have been try- ing for @ long while to find a young man whom we could have @ good time with, and who was ot conceited enough to think we were giving him anything more than a sister's love ‘MAMIE and MAGGIE, Brooklyn, N. T, Her Beau Loves Too. To the Editor: 1 kept company with « young man. He ts red. headed. He lives in Astoria and te a very nice fellow. But he rinks and gambles. 4 never him that he ts not intoxicated, Can you tell me how can I break him of that habit? =D. W. The Smiling Bye. ‘The bright Black ey the melting blue, T cannot choose between the two; But that 1m dearest, all the ile, “EVENING WORLD" GUIDE-ROOK. ef New York--XI. monte. ‘The Harmonte C!ub dislikes to become the sub- Ject of newspaper talk. Therefore, don't for the world mention that you ever saw anything about it here. But Just between the Guide-Book and its New York, members are privileged to bring thelr wives with them to the big and delightful house tn West Forty-second street. The Harmonte ts an old club, an aristocratic one and an exclusive one. bership 1@ almost exclusively German, and it rich In material resources as well aa in comfort and soclal features, — WITH THE WITS. A Half-Dosen Jokelets Borrowed Just for the Occasion She's a charming little maiden In every way but one: 1 was really captivated ‘Till I bad discovered that Bhe was the one who tortured ‘The plano in the flat. ‘Chicago Post. Political Item. tions France there were la waine?” “You don't tell me! The Influence of our Committ Sittings, A Star Engagemont. Baid she: “It's so romantio For lovers fond to plight ‘Their dilssful vows at evening When day bas taken Sight!"* Bald he: “And go dramatic, For when this time they take ‘To plight thelr troths the lovers ‘A Mar engagement make. Atlanta Journal, teaching my wife's parrot how to talk, I belie Bird Dealer—Yep. Customer-—Well, how much will Journal. Anomaly, In the hired girl's creation’s Anomaly wo # For neither maid to ordi Nor ready made 1p she, Detroit Tribune t Happily Taken. soclety paper that advanced wi AP a thelr letter writing.” been married fifty years and bas lived ia one house fitty years. ‘A Coraing man returned from a Keeley inetitute, © year age, eared of inebrity, A friend put whisky in bir lemensde, He became o maniec ead has just diet. igtiea women of the period.""—Detrolt Free Press, —_— Dreadful Though: She ts right, 1 tomt ruined my The Medicine Cabin: There should be a medicine cabinet In every home. In one like that here {l- | settled pour off as much as Is clear and lustrated piace a bottle of brandy in the | put In bottles; label and cork tightly. Jar containing lnseed | It should only be used when stains will meal, a roll of lint, @ spirit lamp and a|not yield to hot or cold water, and small kettle combined, a little cotton| should be thoroughly rinsed out after In| using. 2 division an embrocation for | to quick and easy ways in washing and should find a place, with | whitening whatever they wash that their of methylated | methods will bear frequent investigation, spirits for the lamp, a tiny quantity of|and it {s not well to tempt them by laudanum, a bottle Of sal volatile, most | leaving anything except plenty of water, ' useful for headacher or faintness, some; good soap, and perhaps borax in thei long cupboard, wool, and @ small piece of flannel. No. sprains, & arnica, a small bott! spirits of red lavender, which, when mixed with sal volitile, is excellent as a cure for indigestion, and a wee bottle of } spirits of camphor. Behind the curtain store such remedies as can safely be Intrusted to inexperienced hands without fear of consequences, such as cok cream, vasell sticking plaster, mustard leaves and the few other every-day requisites A wise precaution is to ob- tain one of those cards with printed directions to procedure in cases of emergency, such as how to dress a burn or bind a cut, or to stop bleeding from the nose, &c., and this card should be fixed to the inside of the cupboard, or if it be too large, copy it out on a smaller sheet of paper cut to fit the door. For the Sick Room. A convenient article for the sick room is a long, low shelf, supported at either end by broad stanchions. It spans the invalid’s lap without touching her, and enables her to eat when propped up in bed with the same convenience a: though she were not deprived of dining- room comforts. To Clean Clothes. A new method of cleaning cloth suggested: Dip the clothes brush in the yolk of an e so that the bristles are quite wet. Allow it to dry, and then use, This treatment has, it is said, the effect to make the brushing especially effective, is Javelle Water. Javelle water, used for removing stains from linen, 4 ily made at home at a fourth of the price charged by the drug- readers, let it be known that the Harmonte's so- clal circle 1s said to more nearly resemble that of happy home than does any other club circle in This 1s, of course, due to the fact that Its mem Mr. Lexow, id you notice at the recent elec- Republican ‘Well, I am not surprised. 1s not confined to New York by any manner of moans,""—Texas Customer—You are the man I paid $80 to for 2 you take to teach the blame bird to shut up?—Indlanapolie gists, It consists of washing soda and water and chloride of lime—a pound of the soda to a gallon of water and a pound of lime. Stir the soda into the water and boil ten minutes, then add the chloride of lime, When the fluid has Many laundresses are so prone way. Scart for the Stndy Table. A desirable scarf for the table in handsome library or sitting-room is breadth of golden brown furniture vel: vet, with an Empire wreath and bo’ knot in brown and gold on each end Plied with gold thread. The scarf is lined with pongee silk and interlined with Canton flannel, Such a scarf seen on a drawing-room table was of dark old rose, and had the ends trimmed with a narrow galloon of rose and gold. ‘This scarf should be made long enough to cover either the length or breadth of the table and hang at least half a yard over each end. It Il the cover necessary on @ table of handsomely pol- ished wood. Marriage Rales. Let her meet him with @ kiss—not @ frown, Let each realize the fact that they are one. Let the husband frequent his home— not the club. Let him assist her in beautifying the home. Let her not narrate Mra. Next Door’s gossip. Let her not worry him with pet troubles, Let him speak to his wife—not y” at her. Let her make home more pleasa: than the club, Let her sympathize with him in busi- ness cares. Let him be as courteous after mar- riage as before. Let his latchkey gather unto iteelf rust from disuse. Let her dress as tastefully for him for strangers, Let him confide in his wife; their in. terests are equal Let her not fret because Mrs. Neigh- bor has a rich dress. Let her home mean love and rest< not strife and noise, A Home-Made Velvet Brush. New manila rope makes an admire: ble velvet brush. Double about a yard and tie together in two knots three inches apart. Ravel below the lowest knot in a thick fringe, which the brush. Tie a half yard twisted twine through the upper and a narrow ribbon through LETTERS. [72m eshamn to open to overypody who has @ complaint to make, a grievance to ventilate, (nforma tien to give, @ subjat of general interest to discus ©” @ public servies to achnowlsige, and who can gd Ue tes into lees than 100 werda, Levy letters eannet be printed, } Richurd Roe's Flyer in Slaves. To the Editor: ‘This ts for Mr. ‘Tinsane and those who ha' read his {Wlustration of John Doe's land in ment, Some time ago Richard Roe invested his savings in slaves to work his Southern planta- tion, Slaves were legal property, with implied contract of protection by the Government, Never- theless this property was confiscated, leaving Richard Roe destitute—and who will now affirm that he should have been allowed to retain pos- swssion of them and their progeny? Now, land Is Just as necessary to the existence of man ir is, He cannot live without It, Consequently his atural right to it 1s exactly the same as his right to life. Men never had the right to rob future generations of thelr privilege of using the land, and all statutes and customs which do so are essentially and horribly unjust. But observe that John Doe will not suffer real loss if he has bought his land for actual use, The home he has purckased will have no less value to him as ® home, and his possession 1s secure. If he wishes to seall and live somewhere else, he will be able, for the price he receives, to get an g00d a home as the one he leaves, Where ts his real loss? EQUITY, Holding Back Employees’ Pa: To the Faitor: Can anything be done for poor working girls that do not get paid only once in every five or Aix weeks, sud when they ask for their money the answer they get {e, You ought to be glad {t's owed to you. Now, what a consolation ‘that 19 I know ome factory that owes some of ite employees over $150, and some of those are married men who mainly depend on what they ‘earn, I've seen some of the girls coming home one Saturday night after another without get- ting @ cent, and not having any money in their house for Sunday, not even church money. And it they demand .hetr money they get a check and are discharged. ACR, Mount Vernon, N. ¥, Teok Back All His Presen To the Editor: T have been keeping company with # young man for the last three years steady. I am cightesn years old now, He asked my father for my hand three years ago, and has come steady some times ‘ant then would stay away again for some time He gave me a ring and many other valuable pres- ents last year, He stayed away for a week or a0, then he came one day last Summer and took away all the things he had in my home. I was out at the time, He never left word or anything else, and T bave been waiting hie return all this time, Please advise me what satisfaction I can have, or must he marry me? EM. Notify the "irm that You Doi Want the Book: To the Editors Last week I signed @ contract to buy « set of books for $8, paying $14 month until the $5 wa paid. Since then I have thought that I was very foolish, as IT am poor and have to work for a living. Now how shall I get out of it? fuppose the man will let me break that contract? 2 have practically banished punctuation polute from ‘Perhaps they do not wish to be known as I will pot get the books for a few weeks yet, and I have pot paid any money yet. YONKERS, N. ¥, Give the Rou To the Editor: 1 was more than pleased when I read in “The Evening World” that the Police Commissioners ight reconsider the case of the four roundsmen of the Mercer street station, who were reduced to men a Chance, Perhaps Supt. Byrecs bas promised to let Mayor ‘Strong in om the Gould tips.—Loulaville Courier- Journal, Do yous themeelves, and from what I have heard I they can show very plainly that they are mot fault. I am informed that they didn't leave station-house until about 12.10, and were by the fly roundeman about ten minutes after going out, As the roundeman generally stays ten or fifteen minutes in the station-house after ‘turning out’ the men,, 1t was impossible to get from Mercer atreet to Thirteenth street and fin the men in the coffee saloon where the fy round man found them. I am glad to see, and I have always said, that ‘The Evening World" dose Justice to those who are entitied to i. In my mind, Supt, Byrnes made @ mistake 1m doing what he did, and I should think he ought to be the first to recommend the reinstatement of these roundsmen, TAXPAYER, A Soapy Lot of Agents. : To the Editor: i Agents are advertising @ certain soap Harlem by giving five and siz cakes for a quar ter and promising plates and cups to purchasers, I know of six or eight families who bought the soap, and had thelr orders taken in writing for the dishes, which were to be brought by @ second agent at noon on the same day. Three weeks have passed, and the dishes have failed to ma- teriatize. A short time after, I met another agent in a different house, and thoughtlessly asked him if he dishes, He was a one, aud said he didn't, I kindly told him te Feport to bis company that men whom they sent out were taking advantage of them, and offering the dishes as an inducement to buy the soap, He thanked me for the information, and promised te Teport the case. Going upstairs in the same house, he offered the dishes, the same as the others It may be that the soap company ts being victimized by the agente GooD CITIZEN, An Entailed Cook, To the Editor: My mother was married the beginning of the year 1847, In Jerseyville, Jersey County, Til. She took the daughter of the cook that was working for her mother at the time, and moved to Kase san City. After ten years’ residence in that city they moved to this city, After living here Atteem years, they went to Chicago, and have been live ing there ever since, This cook thinks she raised us two boys, but our mother did more for ua, ¥ think, for there never lived @ better, more low ing and affectiorate mother than ours he Kimed her boys, and her daughters later, Right and morning. ROB Whose “Spec” is Thist To the EAitor: ‘You will remember that some tt decided to bull «pare for the Benedt ot Ta Door, in Baster street. The necessary houses ‘were condemned many months ago, and the lang= lords had to sell out. Now, there is no park bee ing bullt, and yet those “‘condemned” houses are being rented. Now, who does the ranting—Tame many? They are being rented at half the months ly rent they used to oring, and thie hurts the real bout It, PICKCoP, Interested in Spiritualism, To the Editor: I would consider tt @ great favor if some @ your readers would kindly inform me what causes spiritual manifestations, auch as occur af feances, slate writing, bell tlnging, table tilting 4c, Alno where can I find @ good book on apise itintism, one that will teach development? CIRCLE, New Britain, Cong, Takes His Mother's Part, To the Editor: Can a teacher {m @ public school degrade mother's character because ho is bad? says if 8 boy ts bad in actiool his pa bring him ep right I can say my food as my teacher any day, D, East One Hundred and Eighteenth atreag, bor'e My teacher Fents 0 nob Mother is ap Should She Tip th, Boyat To the Editor: for @ ladies’ bowling ct b te i eam Band at (he business 1 doa’ ape