The evening world. Newspaper, March 11, 1895, Page 4

x ¥ a ¥ Wabitehed by the Preas Publishing Company, (3 te @ PARK ROW, New York. MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1695. Per Day, 565,996. ‘The Greatest Daily Ciroule- en Ever Attained by Tho THE GBOOND ECLIPSE OF PLATT. A certain melancholy must have interest in last might’s eclipse. There was a suggestive- nese ebout it that must have been ‘unpleasant to a man who has shone #0 Jong and so brilliantly in the political shy, but who feels that a dark shadow ‘mingled with Mr. Platt’ fe now sweeping over him. "Marly persons, including, doubtless, ‘Mr. Platt himself, have supposed that he shone with his own light, serene and eelf-sustaining in the political heavens. People used to think that the moon was Eclipses in the eourwe of time proved that the moon's Nght was merely a reflection. An eclipse Platt has @hone, not with his own light, but @ self-radiant body. ‘fs now proving that Mr. ‘*merety by reflection. It has not been the glow of Mr. Platt's ‘Intelligence, wisdom and statesmanship _ that we have enjoyed, but the reflection ‘upon bis polished surface from the sun ‘of patronage, official and corporate, Which he controlled. Events show that Mr. Platt's power not in himself, but in the place While he could eontrol the patronage of office and direct » the corruption funds of the corporations he was a great man. The Governor was his private property, he had a mortgage os where he happened to be. on the Mayor, and the legislative cham. Ders were his slave quarters. Now that a shadow hes come between fhim and the power of patronage he Is ‘The the Mayor legislators are nobody—his light has vanished. Governor is independent, defies him, and even hii grumbling ard threatening to break thei bonds. light proved to be but @ “Me, too,” re flection, whioh disappeared when Roscoe Conkling’s light went out. After a time ‘Mr. Platt swung around in his orbit to a spot where the Hght of Tammany, cor- poration and other corrupt deals shon upon him, with the phosphorescent glow of rotten wood. He reflected it duly, and in time the public was deluded into delieving that there really was a new light in the political sky. ment. A HORRIBLE CRIME The vurming of No. in the city. er disgui acter. struction of the building by the flame: ould have covered up the murderou act. ‘There was no concealment! ‘The elevator shaft had been crowded im the basement with pieces of carpe! and rags soaked in kerosene. Stairs and at the stair landings, at th @}of honors, It turns out that Mr. Wol ‘very doors of the apartments had been | cott, of Colorado, was able to draw a placed rage on which kerosene had been | seven-spot of hearts just when he/ Uberally poured. The building was an| needed It most in a quiet Httle game | epartment-house, occupied by several| towards the end of the session. families, and that no lives were lost wa: simply miraculous. due to the fact that the falling of th elevator from the top floor to the bot- tom, through burning through o} the rope, aroused to @ick child. It would be @ terrible shock to th g@ommunity if the police should fail t discover the perpetrators of this horrtbi: act, They cannot well escape detection. ‘They must not be suffered to escape. ‘WAS IT A CONSPIRACY! President Barker, of the Tax Depart. in the fictitious esse: ple and deceiving them as to the rat of the tax levy. Mr. Barker does not Geny his full knowledge of the fact th the act of the Board wi duty, but claims that he sanctioned | because the Mapor wished it and th @ustaining it. Indeed, so well satisfied was Presiden ‘This is the second eclipse of Platt in * politics. Many years ago his political But the light ts going out again, end ‘this time the eclipse should be perma- 1436 Lexington @venue at an early hour yesterday morning was one of the boldest and most diabolical crimes ever committed about tts incendiary char- Nothing but the complete de On the This was mainiv the danger a ‘woman who had been kept awake by a ment, makes ao unfortunate failure of bis attempted explanation of his share ments designed for the purpose of hoodwinking the peo- a dereliction of | Corporation Counsel gave an opinion iMegaltty and impropriety eonduct that he insisted on «| for New York. | from the Corporation be satisfied with wrongful act? Is a public officer who is capable of being coerced or persuaded into wilfully doing an injustice to the public fit to be intrusted with office un- @er a reform administration? President Barker, in his plea, has tor- gotten the French proverb. In excus- ing himeelf he has accused himself. LET THERE BE PEACE. ‘This will never do. A quarrel be- tween two such old-established and pop- ular citizens as Frank Work and John Daniel! becomes not only a city, but & State affair—not only a State, but a National affair—and must be settled at all hazards, even if it requires the united efforts of Gov. Morton, Mayor Strong, Boss Platt and Dr. Parkhurst to make peace, or if President Cleveland should have to abandon duck shooting and re- turn to Washington to conduct the diplo- matic negotiations. Why should these distinguished New York gallanta fall to quarre:ling over their reminiscences of the celebration of the Erie Canal opening, the murder of Helen Jewett, whether the great New York fire commenced in Merchant street or another thoroughfare, or some other event of their younger days? Why should they make matches with each other to run around Fleetwood Park for @ thousand dollars a side? Why should the community be agitated by the blood-curdling rumor of a duel be- tween them? ‘What would the trotting world of the metropolis do without John Daniell? ‘What would recompense the society ladies of the Four Hundred, now poor McAllister is gone, for the loss of the amusing performances of Frank Work's famous canine? No; there must be no deadly quarrel, no vindictive vendetta between these distinguished citizens, growing out of the pretty cigar girl's murder or any of the other local events they used to dis- cuss in thelr younger days during the ball game on the St. John’s Church ball ground, Let there be peace! GEN. HARRISON'S ILLNESS. Ex-President Harrison's {liness seems to have assumed a very serious charac- ter, ‘The reports from Indianapolis are that hie condition has slightly improved; but he Is suffering from the worst fea- tures of the grip, including congestion of the lungs and head trouble, and these at Mr. Harrison's age are alarming enough. He is said to be very feeble. It ts to be hoped the ex-President may fully recover and may be spared for many more years to his family and to the country he has always honored and faithfully served. His ateence from the canvass of 189% would intensify the struggle for the Republican nomination. With a free field, what a battle there would be between Maine and Ohio, be- tween Reed and McKinley, with Platt ready to slip Gov. Morton or ex-Becre- tary Tracy in as @ compromise candi- , | date, LET YOUR HUSBANDS’ POCKETS ALONE. A Fall River (Masa) man went to bed Saturday night with a half dollar, a quarter dollar and a nickel in his mouth, and was found dead yesterday morning. He had swallowed the coins in his sleep. ‘The facts in the case show that the poor man was not to blame. His wife was in the habit of searching his pockets on Saturday nights and taking all his loose change. It was to avold Sunday morning bankruptcy that when he sought his couch on the fatal occasion he made a safe doposit vault of his mouth. ‘Whether or not this will be a warning to wives we do not know, but it should be. The habit of going through the lord and master's pockets while he sleeps, particularly if he has been out a little late with the boys, is @ mean and dis- heartening one. A man ts all unnerved and life loses ite charm for him when -| he wakes up in the morning and finds that ho has not the price of a shave or of bromo-seltzer in his pockets. Now that the Fall River victim has shown them a new hiding place for thetr money, the probability is that many of them will adopt it and take chances on choking to death, If wives wish to save thelr husbands from dying in this way they will let the poor fel- lows’ pockets alone, ir A Brooklyn trolley president ees only one way to reduce trolley slaughter, and that is to have policemen keep children off the streets through which | the trolleys run. But how about the grown people the trolleys kill and the vehicles they smash? Why not keep everything but trolleys ¢f the Brooklyn streets? A whale captured off Nahant, so saith the presumably veracious chronicler, bore in his back a harpoon with the date of 1853, He had been kept on file, as it were, for forty-two years. There still remains to capture the leviathan bearing the certificate that he ts the sole, only and original swallower of one Monsieur Jonah. Two teams of Gtants gave Jacksonville & rattling baseball game the other day. And that’s all right for now. But there's to be no team divided against itself a little later, boys, “All together” 4g the word for the coming season's @ | work. _ ‘The Senate did not retire quite barren it Mayor Strong's most valuable power @ | didn't come to him by act of Senate and Assembly, He brought it with him into fl office. It's his will power, Continued strength to It! Tt Ie mi fs with ° 0 le trong Saxton has 5 erybody who favors a fair and honest government is with the present Mayor of New York. se. Ey Perhapa it is not true that on sud denty noticing the eclipse Warner Miler exclaimed: “Heavens! Has Tom Platt's head grown to that size since lunch?" Platt’s satellites should be warned by last night's lunar umbration, When an ¢| eclipse is announced these days, it gen- erally takes place as per schedule, } f osstts lt remains true, as in the days of t| Tweed, that It is dangerous to ask the | aroused people what they are going to do about it, it] Yesterday was a rare Sunday for early March. But it wasn't @ bit too good | or Bchleren, of Brooklyn, has big ideas for the embellishment ement of bis town, but if he will give Brooklyn clean street: Portrait of a man about to take the D., L. and W., or Erte, terry- boat to cross er. He has made a will, entd farewell to friends and ready to start. thing it has not had within the memory of the present race of politicians. ‘The Japano-Chinese war will wind up in good time to make room tn the news- papers for two or three South American revolutions. eo Foraker, of Ohio, is in town, but there will be no fireworks in consequenc: The days of political “Me Toos” are gone. The Rev. Tom Dixon said nothing about robin-shooting in his letter of res- ignation. If legislators will be clams they. can't complain on finding themselves in the chowd ‘This week should see the fixing of the doom of New York's present police bench. New York City proves a dangerous “come back” to legislative green-goods men. Three more men of the Andrews stamp, Mr. Mayor, for the Police Board. Police Department reorganization must begin with Poitce Board reconstruction, ‘There ts a noticeable shrinkage in the Platt collar, It begine to choke. Senator Lexow has not yet advanced the olea of hypnotic suggestion. ‘The Assembly revoked Mr. license. Now to reject his bill. Gerry's Mr. Platt might as well ring for the political ambulance, ‘The men in the moon was one in the dark last night. Lat the Ridiculous Boss go to join the Racing Ex-Boas. Japan has brought about @ great re- duction in China It tn a long time between black eyes for Divver. — od FATHER KNICKERHOCKER’S DIARY March 10, 1895.—I have just bees looking at the ecllpse of the moon. It In not a perfect spec- tacle, as dashes of cloud vapor are continually paming acroas the darkening face of Luna, hiding it completely from view. The eclipse and the clouds tomether seem to me to symbolize the tical conditions existing about my big city, here. The shadow of Plattism for the time ob- acures the full moon of reform. Clouds of doubt tn the legislative atmosphere at times hide both the moon and the encroaching shadow. But even ta we know, that the orb of night I feel sure that the Habt temporarily shaded by Bosaism and curtained off by doubt will got shine In all {te possible lustre. ‘The earti adow will pass from the moon In ‘a couple of hours, The shadow of Piattism will pass, aleo—le passing 01 Piatt legislators, lexisiatora, anxious ialatore and pronounced ant bine legisla. tore have beon In (own since Friday evening, one fort as eager as another sort to know Just how things stand. Out of all the confusion but ene thing [9 certain—that my good Mayor stands where he haa sto unmoved by threat or appeal. The . then, for men who belteve that Platt can do anything at all ta: What will the Boss dot oe Frankly, I chink he will do what the coon 4i@ when he qaw a real loaded gun pointed at him. ‘A conventent, anonymous authority, the fa- millar ‘‘man-who-stands-clone-do-the-throne,"* ts quoted {n an afternoon flat that per of yesterday to the “we will not give Me Mayor any more power than we have lw," and that "Mayor | Strong t not to be allowed to disrupt the pany n the State” [am out of patience with euch idiocy, There exists no surer way to disrupt a party tham to bring defeat with discredit, as the policy sugmemted by this nameless one would do, ~~ REAT MEN OF OUR OWN TIME, e 0 r to him to Ho is one of the younger men that Ta has been pushing to the front for the last three or four years, Although seldom hear, rer foretble and polished speaker. Mr. La Fetra was born in Jersey, but has lived in the district of New York City which he now represents neasly All is life. He ts a City College man aud about dwenty-eight years old ¢ lewal ad- | to Re Starred by Stetson. Miss Cissy Fitegerald's winks are to be investigated by no lese an authority than one of the constables of Newburg. It appears that thousands of posters bear- Ing the legend, ‘Cissy winked at me. Go to Hoyt's and get winked at," have been printed and scattered over New York, and Its surroundings. The bill poster went to Newburg the other day and made that pleasing little town Hvely with announcements of Cisay's winkoma- nia. Before he had finished his work, a highly respectable constable approached him, and regarded the job with saturnine interest. “fdon't know what this his winking,” he said gravely, wit the “merry twinkle in his eye,” of which we read so much, “It may be proper, and then again, it may be very improper. I really must ask you to en- Ughten me." ‘The bill-poster was vei much embarrassed. He is married, an has seven oilve branches, but he Plucked up courage, and gave the constable of Newburg a lecture on the| harmiesness—the almost, morality: winkomania. ‘Well, said that gentle- man, as he seemed to weigh the | pros end cons in bis mind, “I'll let these ers go, undel est under protests Pina you. I muse, however, ask you—! do it purely from'a xense of duty that Lowe to Newburg—for three seats for night. I shall undertake a jour- ney to New York to investigate th matter, and if I find that the winks are harmful, the posters will come down. The indications are that they'll # up. What say you? wiket who went and got one of Cissy’s iia oter highe on yon Guees. "He didi You'll be aston- for of course you le EY 't Cy poster an or- ana seat—oh, no! They are so dreadfully conspicuous, He went up into the gallery, to which altitude the winke Get wafted like the airy, diaphanous, winged things that they are. He was discovered with the upstairs folks by sr the? pass “ei id Bie name Marr wo give It away? But perhaps ‘tis best—Marshall Mallory. ‘ The latest about Uttle Louise Beaudet is that she Is to be starred by John Stet- min a musical comedy called ‘Miss inson,” of which we heard @ good deal a couple asons ago. The Amer- aes Dy pase der i When that gentieman ere some talk 0} producing { immediately, and then {t apparently dropped into oblivion. It is sald to be in the style of ‘Miss Helyett,” to which most musical comedy owners hasten to compare their works. Yet Miss Helyett” was not an iridescent success in this country, During one of the most stirring epl- godes in "Madame Sans-Gene” at Ab- bey's Theatre Baturday afternoon, while the once washerwomin was indulging in her airy persifiage with the august Emperor, a whistled tune from sunitt Broadway smote the ears of the audi- ence, and Into the Napoleonic atmos- phere of the comedy was introduced that Jaintive, fin de siecle ditty, “I Don't vant to Play in Your Yard.” It was almost pathetic, . Mrs. Potter is resting this week. She broke the records of the Harlem Opera. House recently with good business, and has just smashed those of the Columbia Theatre, Boston, with bad business. It wus no use playing axainst fate there. Boston ts pecullar, One never knows how a play or a star will be received ere, eo 8 8 “Trilby” to-night In Boston, and then —thank goodness—we shall ‘know | the worst. dreadful suspense has been simply maddening. The Hub, is, dell- clously Trilby-mad, but then that's so like the Hub, A burlesque on the craze has been introduced into ‘The Twen- tleth Century Girl,” and it ts called “Little Billee, or the Trials of Trilby,”” Mr. Potter's adaptation !s positively to succeed Mrs, Langtry at Palmer's Thi tre, ‘This ts official, ject only to Mr, Palmer's revolvit nd. ‘ Messrs, Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau have again arranged with Harry Askin for a anon of comic opera at the Tremont ‘Theatre, Boston. Mr. Askin, who is now in’ Newark, says that the season will cover a perlod of three months, beginning May 27. A number of popular comic operas wili be revived, and two or t new ones will be produced. ‘This starts the ball rolling for the usual summer music. ‘There Is a. tradition ‘among theatrical people that as soon as ever the thermometer reaches for the nineties, it Is time to begin comic haat +6 . Broadway will come between Gilbert. and Sullivan next season, The cable cars and the usual throngs of men and women’ will separate the former col- Iaborateurs Francis Wilson will pro- duce Sir Arthur Sullivan's work, “The rehash of the old’ "Con- at Abbey's, and Charles Frohman will present Gilbert's effort, “His Excellency,” at the Broadway, And only a year ago had Gilbert a: Sullivan together In “Utopia, Limited. George Alexander hi Wilde the cash sum of In the American interest of ‘The Im- portance of Being Earnest.” Tt has not yet been decided when the farce will be Dresented. Mr. Wilde ts anxious that it shall be done at once. In this farce Oscar 1s sald to have entirely smashed the tradition that sets forth the ne- cessity of a climax before each curtain, At the end of one act the curtain falls, upon this startling effect: “Why don't you go away?” ays one of the charac- tera.” “Because I have not finished my tea,” is the answer, | Olga Nethersole has received two offers from London managers to play leading | Dut non-rtellar roles in London produc- tions, She declined them with thanks, for she 1s still bent upon star. ting She will begin a four weeks’ en- Kagement in Boston March 18. At the expiration of thie engagement she will come to New York, .stuy here two days and. then aail for e Wednesday steamer. ix delighted at the results of her Ameri- can season, She conquered New York and Chicago In spite of many obstacles with which she had to contend, And now there is Boston to vanquish before she says au revoir to America, ir TO THE LEGISLATURE, (From This Morning's Tribune.) Gentlemen at Albany! Make no mistake, The issues at stake In this town which depend pon | your action are not p the femuea of mall polith: lawant of ely local. nor are they Wrapped up in the | Mces, dlstritvution of patronage and promotion of personal ambitions They Involve the question—the agitation of which {now Reneral throughout the ountry=whether — mentcipal government — by men for honest’ «omen is attains Je. or whether all large communities must be content with government by lawbreakers for breakers, and make the best of it car) The Republican party ls on (rial, It mage pram: tags before election, Will it redeem them? Pending AMituted the majority in November are held ts | pwine. 18 Ht a0 hand, agntiemen, to be Bona Ming over triviatlties and techalcalition at. the *'Weapolters mmany Hall” have > mith the Police Department which has. bees 9 Pollve Commins and bink you ean trifle with and deceive 154,000 Voters In a matter in which they are more ti Aensely earnest than they have been in any por | Ncteal question alnce the vlvil wart These 164.000 voters mean busiuess, They want the reforms they voted for in November. They want them without conditions—and without bar- gains With Bosses, If you do not give them what ey want, they cam afford to wail But youl Can you afford to cheat them? Plotuges. REV. W. 8. RAINSFORD. ‘This is a picture of a New York clergy- man who believes that the easiest road to Bunday observance Is the best, and is willing to see how much good in that direction can be accomplished by letting the saloons open during certain hours on the Lord's Day. ——— THE GLEANER' Gossip Here, a Hint There and True Tales of City Life. ‘When the bridge trustees awarded the contract for overbead trofley lighting of the cars It was declared that the bright light should be tn op- eration Feb. 1. ‘Then came an extension to March, the extreme iimit of the contract before penalties were imposed. But the old ol! lamps ‘ill pertorm all the lighting functions on the care, eee Tn o Fourteenth etreet restaurant, deat out butter-cakes of that which you will hear spoken of as Li-digesti- bles," oF “‘sinkers,", @ sign advertising these Articles hangs directly beneath a frame inclos- ing the scriptural quotation, “Prepare to meet thy God." The aptness of this suggestion, in connection with the thought of a too indiscreet indulgence tm the “ainkers,"" has been pointed out by more than one joker, A young dweller tn Bohemia who entered the place the other even- fhg looked long and thoughtfully at the ti signa Finally he ordered bis plate of ci and heaved « sig! |) 1 ate in @ good cause,” he murmured, “and for my stomach’s ake. where are ular fort eee An acquaintance spoke te me, recently, of the florta to cure himself of the that he bad even thought of eulolde as a means of bantehing hi troubles, He sata: ‘01 Thad ten absinthes In my stomach one day and @ 38-calibre revolver tn my hand. 1 looked into the muzzle for a mo- ment an then said to myself: ‘—, you're a fool, hock your gun and buy yourself @ drink,’ and that's what I did." . . T was very much Interested a few days ago, at one of the Bast River docks watching a number of urching fishing for cocoanuta which had fallen tmto the water from a vessel during the process of ugloading. The youngsters had provided them- selves, with a long piece of wire, One end was fashioned Into @ loop amall enough to prevent the eocoanuts from slipping through. This loop was lowered into the water, slipped under the nut, and the prize safely drawn up on the pier. The boys told me that they could make good hauls after the unloading of almost any ship from the cocoanut regions, . A well-known novelist and editorial writer a1 peared a few days ago, minus what had been @ Particularly desirable mustache. To a friend who Offered condolences he responds . T lost it on @ wager with my brother. In a moment of recklessness I bet my mustache against hie that he wouldn't get a certain contract. He got It, and—well, the berber got my mustache. eee ‘What I object to." aald the particular man, talking about the help-yourself-quick-lunch the fellow who uses the counter for his lunch table, and does hie biting-off and chewing-up right over the supplies from which other customers mum make thelr selections If decency won't keep @ man from doing this, the proprietor of the place ought to make and enforce a rule to heep ‘the counter clear of him.’ THE GLEANER. eee ee JESTS READY-! You Have Only to R Grow Fat. ‘Twas wondrous strange—the bright lamps shone On all the mplendor of the town And every woman in that throng Was glorious in costly gown. And yet amid that show of: wealth ‘That hed a whole dress to her back, —Hoston Budget, Brother Didn't Help. A story of Scotch honesty comes from Dundes. ‘A small boy had taken the prise for an ex- ceptionaily well-drawn map. After the examina- tino the teacher, a Mttle doubtful, asked the lad: “Who helped you with this map, James? toll me the truth. Didn't your brother help you?” fo, wir, he did it all.""—Milwaukee Wiscon- A Modern Knight. He never won no battles, And he never twanged no lyre; But he got up fust an’ never camed “Bout makin’ the kitchen fire, —Washington Star, jettled That Question, “Boys,” ead a teacher in a Sunday school, “oan any of you quote @ verge from Scripture to prove that It 1s wromg for a man to have two Wiveut’ He paused, and after a moment or two & bright boy raised his hand. "Well, Thomas, sald the teacher, encourag- stood up and eald: “No man can serve two mastere."* The question ended there.— Boston Home Journal, . Lent. It means the loss of Joys galore, Like brilliant bubbles rising, And cke the chance that's needed sore For mild economizing, —w An Apparent Shor Rank Prewtert—You'd better investigate the thind assistant paying-telter, Cashior—Have you any reason to suspect him? Dank President—It may be only my imagina- tion, but when I spoke to him this morning he secmed short in hie repites —Detroit Tribune. WORLDLINGS, ‘An Adjrondack tran killed three deer in one bunch one night during the blizzard ‘The tather of DM. Faure, the new President of the French Republic, was a manutacturer of arm chaire Gov. 0. Vincent Con, of Connecticut, Is maid to be the best dressed Executive that the State has had for many years, Ry brushing shoes with a soft brush, rubbing a Mitele al ing with a very clean, soft brush, mo blacking Will bo required In a district school near Moi Atty-five pupils are enrolied. Ei lated elther by consanguinity or marriage to every other child im the school. One or the other of the parenta of each of the Afty-f children was either a pupil or schoolmate with he present teacher. fall back upon for the commission of a|A DAILY BINT FROM woveaLn. DRAMATIONEWS AND NOTES Bvening Wertd’s Gallery of Living QUESTIONS OF ETIQUETTE. | THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1808! Some of the Rules of Best Behavior Seciety. Te it proper for a young iady to answer a young man when invited to the theatre to say: my parents’ consen EDWARD BASSETT. Tt would be better for her to ask her Parents’ consent before replying to your invitation, and then answer accordingly. eee Should & young lady thank a young gentieman for escorting her home? Also should the young lady shake hands? If 80, 1s it proper for her to offer her band first? BLANCHE M., Brooklyn. 1, It la unnecessary. She is supposed to have granted him a favor by accept- ing his escort, and therefore owes him no thanks. 2 It is correct to shake hands at parting, If you wish to do so. There is no law among acquaintances as to which shall first offer the hand. ee ta ts proper for a girl, sixteen, to take « gen- tleman's arm when she walks with him either in the afternoon of night? Ie tinted writing paper ‘good form?" UPSTART. 1. It ts correct to take his arm when walking with him in the evening, but never in the daytime. 2 It is in better form to use plain white writing paper. eee Te {t proper to ask @ young lady to have lunch after coming from a theatre? it proper for & gentleman to ask & young 1a F.0. M. 1. Yes. 2. Yes, if he is waiking with her in the evening. o 8 Would it be proper for @ gentleman to write to @ young lady whom he has known for quite while, asking her to go to an entertainment? How can thelr acquaintance be mate more firmly (when they go as far as nodding and speaking to each other when passing)? SAPPHO. 1. Yes. 2 Ask him to call, if your Parents will allow it. ee ‘The following differencen as to the way of ad- dressing @ party consisting of latie men in three of the European countrie left to “The Evening World to decide in order to settle a bet: For instance, if you enter a hall consisting of both, the Irishman says, you say, “Ladies and gentiemen;"' the German says in bis language {t's ‘Gentlemen and ladies,” and the Frenchman says the came. Who ts right? PADDY FROM CONG. “Ladies and gentlemen” is correct. If addressing a regular meeting, presided over by a chairman, begin the addret “Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentleme or simply “Mr. Chairman, Is it considered good form for @ young lady to wear rings over her gloves at @ reception? In Mt proper to wear them at any time or place? MISS GOTHAM, 1. Rings should never, under any cir- cumetunces, be worn over the gloves. 2 It 1s perfectly good form to wear them at teas or under the gloves a! evening affairs. Too many rings, how- ever, are apt to disfigure rather than te ornament the hand What Kind of a tle ts more appropriate to wear with a Prince Albert coat at a wedding, a bow oe & four-in-hand? B. J. HARLEM. A four-in-hand, oe In In proper for @ young man to pay for the costume of a young lady he intends to take to @ masquerade ball? aK. It is not customary. Te Im proper for a Indy, escorted by a gen! man to chureh, to place money on the collection pate? INNOCENT. The escort is supposed to place the con- tributions of both in the plate. If, how- ever, she wishes to give something on her own account there is nothing out of the way in her doing so. Are gloves usually worn by gentlemen at parties where dancing {8 the principal amusement and “full dress’ rule? 17 Ww. Yee. eee What ts the correct dress a bridegroom should wear at a wedding, the bride wearing « deep cream China silk, gloves to match and satin slip- vere? D. J. 8., Ellenville, N. ¥. At an evening wedding @ dress sult. If the ceremony takes place before 6 P, M. he should wear a frock coat. In t proper for a married man to go to a re ception with a single young lady, she being’s friend of the family, without asking his wife consent? LLIB P. He would better, if possible, consult his wife on the Should the bride or bridegroom be congratulated atter marriage? 1a. Why not congratulate both? Correspondents Suggest Serious Subjects for Discussio To the Editor: Ihave been « reader of “The Evening World" for the past five years and highly appreciate the free columns tm your paper, but I hate to see people using them for bad advantage. Why dis- cuss nonsense as ‘‘Fat Wives’ and other ‘love stuff?” Why not @iscuss @ more worthy aubject—something interesting to every working- m Why ie tt the rich are getting richer every ay and the poor man poorer every day ‘Are machinery and ether inventions the true ‘suse of so many unemployed? A FRIEND OF LABOR. How About Evolution, To the Editor: T think @ many of your readers would be deeply interested and perhal lightened by opinions on the theory of evolution that is be- ginning to be so much accepted, ci b —__ “EVENING WORLD" GUIDE-BOOK, the Guide Book reader may see the whole front of the Young Men's Inetitute, at 222 Bowery, the artist has cut out a whole section of the Third road, His efforts ourht to be ap- preciated. ‘The Institute certainly 18. ‘The build ing contains a library, reading-room, class-rooms, fan entertainment roo, a gymnasium, bowling Alleys, baths and all the other appurtenances of « club-house and educational resort for young men, About 600 members enjoy Its advantages, coming under the heed of a branch organization of the Y. MC. A. The Institute bullding cost $460,000, and was erected in 1886. to take his erm? ‘This hat is of fine black chip, with a full Tam o'Shanter crown of “vioietta’”’ velvet; a huge rosette of the same is placed on the right side quite at the back; on the left side are four black feathers, one stands upright, two fall slightly over the brim in front, and one curls over the Orange Jelly. Dissolve half a box of gelatine in halt & cupful of cold water. Cut six oranges in halves, remove the pulp carefully and lay the skina in cold water. Add to this pulp the juice of two lemons, one cupful of sugar and one cupful of boll: ing water. Add gelatine, stir all to- gether and strain. Dry the insides of the skins, notch the edges, fill with the Jelly and set in a cold place. When stiff, serve with white cake or kisses. This is as delicious as it is pretty. Mustard Foot-Bath. ‘This is made by the addition of a tablespoontul of mustard to every gal- Jon of hot water. The water should reach to the knee, and both the tub and patient should be well covered with a blanket. The immersion should last from five to ten minutes, according to the effects desired. When the necessary time has elapsed, withdraw one foot, dry it and envelop it in a dry blanket, then treat the other in the same way. Next, replace the clothing. wrap the child in @ blanket and put him to bed. Russian Women. The Russian ladies experience little of the rigor of their long Winter. The fashionable lady rises late and does not appear In her salon before 2 or 3 o'clock. If it is sunny, and the temperature is not too low, she will generally take an hour's drive in her sleigh, On her re- turn she will find her salon lighted and the curtains drawn, and she will then be Prepared to receive her visitors, whom she regales with tea. If going to the opera she dines early and returns at labout 10 o'clock. If going to a ball or ‘party afterwards, she reste ti tt t time to dress, so as to appear at the ball or party at 12, from which she does not get home till between 3 and 4. sap | pers are the great fashion at St. Peters- burg. They continue till an early hour in the morning. How to Spoil Thin, To spoil a wife—Find fault. To spoli tea or coftee—Boll it. To spoil custard—Bake It too long. To spoil house plante—Water them tee much. To spoil butter—Do not work out all the milk. sttf?, To spoil a carpet—Sweep it with a half-worn broom. To spoil children—Humor them tm everything they happen to think they want. To spoil scissors—Cut everything, from a sheet of paper to a bar of cast-iron. To spoll a school—Change teachers every time some one in the district finds fault. To spoil garments in the making—Cut them out carelessly, and run all the seam Where It Is Much Needed, This {s called the woman's era. God grant that {t may be an era of commen sense in the kitchen—that we who bave charge of homes may awaken and re alize that we are often to blame Yor many of our most dread diseases, espe- cially typhoid fever, and that if we know how to cook and cook well there would be far less inti ce among owr men. Bome of our so-called “economy” must have been inspired by the devil, and the sooner we give it the better off we will b The Origin of Point Lace. A little known example of inventive genius in woman is that afforded by Barbara Uttman, of Saxony, and her point lace, so long in fashionable use all over the world, She invented the pro- cess and apparatus for manufacturing |this beautiful handiwork, which hae since given employment to millions éf operators, and which, in tts line, had |never been excelled. Miss Uttman founded schools where thousands learned {t. Since her time, when in- |ventive ability was rare, even among |men, her ideas have been incorporated |in the construction of machinery by |which lace is produced at wonderfully lower rates, and yet Barbara Uttman’s lace still surpasses all. Rub the inside of the frying-pan with a slice of onion. Pare one tomato and cut it into bits. Put it Into the frying- pan with a tablespoonful of butter and cook for five minutes. Beat six exe well, and at the end of five minutes put them in the pan with a level tekspoom- ful of salt and one-fourth of a tea- spoonful of pepper. Stir constantly until the eggs begin to thicken. Then pour into a hot dish and serve at once. LETTERS (This column ts open fo everybody w'o has a complaint to make, a crievance to ventilate, in- formation to give, a subject of general intereat 1» iecuse or @ public service to acknowledge, and who can put the idea into less than 100 words, Long letters cannot be printed. } Glimpse Into Another Broken Home To the Bitter: In reply to "One of the Suffering Ones: Never mind about being called a grase widow. ‘That is no diagrace, as long as he haa not left yu through any cause of yours, There are jarder lota in life to bear than that. It is bet- ter to be @ ‘‘grass widow" than an abused wife and know thet your husband spends his days and nights and his money and neglect: busl- ees and his hesith for one who calls herself a hard-working grass widow, and leaves the whole Peeponeibility of @ very young family of children with his wife. He was a loving and kind hus- band and father until whe cromed his path. I have been both » loving and devoted wife and ‘mother; always trying to make home pleasant and agreeable; careful and saving. To what en As I have found out, that he might have all the more to spend and lavish on her and her com- panions, I sometimes feel discouraged, but try to be brave for my littie darlings, as I must be both father and mother to them now, hoping and praying the end may come soon, end that he may eve his folly. A HEARTBROKEN WIFE. In Gerry a Bonet To the Editor: ‘Who !8 this feHow Gerry anyway that was put off the floor of the Assembly yesterday for tres- passing thereon? Is he another ‘mysterious bows’ that be is able to hang up Lesislatures and bid them dance to the crack of his whip? When ‘The Evening World" gets through kill- ing thet Whipping Post bill, far more berbarous ‘and revolting than tho worst of the unspeakable crimes {t 1s designed to reach, won't ft please take a crack at the trolley killemw over Greater New York way? There isn't much left for the doctors to “arbitrate” after the trolleys get through with thelr dafly victim. ALLYN HOLLISTER, Brookiya. A Few Remarks to Husbands, To the FAltor: Husbands who cannot afford to hire servants should lighten the burdens of their wives by making themselves agreeable. Sit down at night and read the news to your wife while she ts youngster of yours. Remem- and needs a little recrea- tion and mental food after the cares of the day. He whe gives of his time grudgingly te selfish, and ts often the direct cause of much misery and perhaps suicide or murder. ONE WHO KNOWS. ber ahe ts not How the Monitor Gets Even, To the Editor: Ie tt the custom in every school tor teachers to believe whatever the monitor tells them? I have three boys in the Seventy-fith street school, and they all make the same complaint. They fay they are always punished on account of the monitor. He never telis on his friends, but tella untruths about boys they do not like ‘ MOTHER, How to Get Rich, To the EAltor: Having read the article by 8. H, B,, who wants to know how to get rich, I take pleasure in telling him the only way to do it is to work like # slave and never spend a cent. HARLES W. CARY. A Compliment to America To the Editor 1 read with contempt Evening World” writ and “John Henr; Gould wedding, Both articles were tainted with 0 much Jealousy and sarcasin that 1 hesitated from taking any particular notice of them, but Girls, ie art “Americ [rater than 10: the dear girl and “Jobo Henry” fave {t all to themselves I thought I would put in ard myself. It seema to have treabled some people greatly why & ‘foreigner’ should marry “one of our girla'’ It appears to me this ts conferring @ great compliment om ‘“‘our ar! It certainly shows the: American girls are appreciated the world over. ‘American Girl" aska If Archbishop Corrigan would grant a éte- pensation were the bride other than a Protestant heiress. My dear girl—excuse me—never cross @ bridge till you come to it. If you contemplale marrying @ Count and require a dlepenestion, then ask for it, If you have as suflctently goed reasons as Mise Gould had, I don't think you will be refused. 1 he greatest confdence im Archbishop Corrigan's diplomacy to deckie im all such cases. ‘John Henry's’ argument that it was love for gold and title {s quite silly. Nese of us, outside the “happy pair,” know how great & part love played. Perhaps time may shew. Really, ‘American Girl's" show of jealouy ts not @ feature of the true American girl, Ap revoir, ‘ROCKS Legislature and Si ‘To the EXitor: lay, Again. quote the words of W. H. Horner ‘Evening World” (Feb. 1), and @ paraphrase the vorse appended thereto, “As your columns are generously open to the people to state their grievances, apprehensions, &c., will you kindly Insert the following lines, which in brief exprem the sentiment of then sands of our best altisens, including many of your readers, as referring to our Legislature?” ‘Yo men at Albany take heed! Nor darg to be governed by creed; Rise in your might; to all declare ‘You are disposed to what te fair. Proclaim the fact this land te free For crank, for saint, for you and me; And please don't let the bigots think ‘That they shall toll us when to Grink. JOHN HODG! A Fond To the Editor: While walking up Bros@way thie morning 3 noticed » man who carried on his back what seemed to me to be a pair of felt slippers of wuch a prodigious size that, thinking that a gem- ulne old-fashioned Chicago girl had come to tows, I stopped the man and inquired of him where the fair owner of those slippers could be seen, ‘Them in't no slippers," answered the man, wiping the perspiration of his brow Good gracious! Has any of the tral Park taken cold in his head again claimed, “Elephants! Central Park! what vin’ wat? ‘And, Mr. Editor, 1 am willing to bet a Gel lar to the next Democratic Presidential nominee tion that “them earmuffs" will be busted before Mr. 3. can squeeze his ears into th Ask the Gerry Society. To the Editor: I have before me your article York." On reading it I though better my condition? I am @ widow in stam ened circumstances. I have a daughter in Rew thirteenth year. Her face is exquisite, her @gure perfect and her hair golden, 1 should like te have her an artist's model. How can I manage to bring her within the notice of the profession? MRS. @ “Trilby of New ‘Why cannes, ® Send in Hin Name, To the Faitor: If there is a man in the Democratic party that is any smarter or as smart as Mr. Platt, please publish his name in large black letters in “The Evening World," so we may all know him, A REPUBLICAN, Try the Pratt 1 To the Editor: Is there @ place In Brooklyn where I may learn designing free of charge? I have bees told by an export that I Rave very good ideas of designing. MABEL, themes . 4 . | « , cy ° 9 a ‘ ,| = . ‘ 1 4 | | | ‘