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ce B) " F / i. ‘ 2 4) be ( oe i BA: She LAS earl. * MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1900. eee VOL. 40.0013. = PUSH THEM OUT! sec once | MUST GO! THE NUISANCE OF BEGGING. 66 C) 'Y should I work as long as I keep my health?” demanded Thomas Kirk- wood, forty-five years old, in the Yorkville Court, “I made $1.25 « day Gr when I did work, but I quit when I found 1 could double that by begging.” ‘And there the ingenuous Mr. hirkwood put into & nutshell the pesciferousness of a great portion of the pablic bexsing nulsance. Why should any man taz his own energies in labor when he can tax the popular purse without police interference? Where is no excise for the tolerated continu- ‘ance of begging on the Kirkwood plan, Every public interest would be served by the suppressiop Of street begging of all kinds. To permit the solicitation of alms {s not the .ame thing as con- coding the right to carn an honest living, though ft seems sometimes to be regarded in that light. It fs an imposition upon the pr “le who have been once taxed already to provide public refuges for the really needy. No question of hurting « beggar's pride need be ‘considered. It isa feevie sort of pride which will hold out an appealing hand at a street corner and ‘Will refuss to turn to an authorized public bureau of relief. As far the unfortunate alms-seckers who make "| disagree sth you t THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1900, LAURA JEAN LIBBEY: ™* (Coprrigh, 1900, Wy the Prem “wilding Congany, New York Wertt.> HE following letter from « correspondent aign- Ing herself “A Puazied, Unhippy Wife” may nna ‘af echo in the hearts of many women who read Tho Evening World. Bhe says in part “Tam a constant reader of your goov advice In The Bvering World, dear madam, but tn some few points I “In a recent article, for tnstance, you say ‘A wife nd's home-coming with | 4 take the utmost paints way ic fault- should always greet A welcoming smile, and she pains to see affairs th: them to her, and on no ac ut in 4 few exceptio treated by chelr wives t dawn. 1 was in the way jus t “T have been marrted for ing upon me that 1 have dressmaker before ma and a misiake. tomers, and laid by a little After marriage | was foolish enough to continue to earn money, Weil, one day my bi J asked me to foun him what I had—and I did m that day to this he has not repaid me, ard bax even recently asked me for another joan of all that T have earned |. LAURA JEAN LIBBEY. since, { from thetr wives?* and give your valued opinion if you oBhall I give tt (him or refuse pilin? will." “If you would aid a greatly troibied woman kindly; 1 have always raid that wives should treat the hus- write an article on ‘Should husbands accept money | bands who love them and provid (From Ally Sloper) ‘am exhibition of personal deformities the special basis of their appeals, there are much stronger reasons than those of mere sentiment why their operations should be promptly stopped. LET STREET NAMES ALONE! IELDING to a foollsh idea of prejudice agaiust the historic name of Chatham street, an Aldermanic Board of years ago substituted for the old designation the utterly inappropriate one of Park Row. Obeying, presumably, the wishes of rea! @state operatore—tor nobody else could have ' gaged tor euch a change—the present City Fatbers fetve extended the name of Broedway to cover the ‘Western Boulevard. ‘These are two great blenders already on record. Di te proposed to add a third by changing the name @f Whitehall etrest to Seuth Broadway. Don't! JUST ONE EXCISE REMEDY. {a perfectly comprehensible that the patieace of a Court should be sorely tried over the proceedings in New York City excise trials. And the perplexity of a merely human jury over many of these curious cases is also easily taderstood, The real source of trouble) {a not ed when, ns im @ fust-resorded izstaace, the twelve suffering men in the box are scored for Teturming a peculiar verdict, As has been frequently petated out, the excise law under which we live and try to do business {s fearfully and woaderfully gotten up. It was framed primarily to supply fresh places and bring fresh tribute to the great moral party of Mr. Platt. Its secondary purpose was to please and placate the great and wholly conscientious rural vote. Bat to appease many people of the great cities of the State, wheee rightful privileges the statute would ruthiensly shut off, a certain amount of ‘winking at vivlations is necessary. And, besidvs, ‘there are locs! police interests and the pull of “:he Boys” to be considered. , Usder these circumstances discrimination inj ‘prrests and farcical proceedings in court are @earcely to he wondered at. ‘There is «me great remedy for the trouble, so far| ‘an New York {s concerned: Paro Local (ption; liberty to mind its own excise business without the aid of up-the-State ignorance. A SOLDIER'S READING MATTER. | SYREN our volunteers marched away to fight | the Spaniafds it is not recorded that the! Authorities at Washington prescribed any | fixed course of reading for their edifica- tion in camp. Alger overlooked it. No} book trust asked it,and If any one thought ABoet the subject at all it was with the uxpecta- ‘Pigm) that the soldier would exercise his sovereign right of reading what he pleased, pro- always that he kept mother's Bible handy Pocket as a bit of the urmor of the Lord! hostile bullets. But in Engtand, where| sentiment is first exploited tm the columns | ‘Times and then formulated in blue books, | are greatly exercised over this matter and| ~ Bare rande it of ax seomingly vital importance an| tH volumes muggester: by Lord Wolseley as fembraces the Bible, the book of Common » Thomas & Kemyls and the “Meditations —@ verious and sober enough | repare one for any method of | ee of the soldier's kit and rations. The! thé hereafter, whether by Boer ballet or ameral. the British; recruit would preter a litte) of Literary ontertainment—sometaing and rather nearer his environment, romance of the author's early Kind, or some Kipling verse of the stimu- 1) “Please, doctor, I've got a wore throat and Tcan't (2) Armed with the doctor's certificate off he goes play 14 the bandsman. for m week's rest THOMAS B. REED: HAT i the cause of civilization? Wha makes | sible by the world they Me cold and still. men a9 a race improve? Tho answer is knowledge, | The proposition is that Increase of knowledge {s in- and knowledge only. Knowledge of all atnds, of crease of ctvillxation. Some think that morailty and pleasure and of pain, physical and mental. Human |retigion play no small part in the progress of the minds are like solls, They rount grow something. If| workd, To me it seems that morality and religion are it ts net ebiving grain, then weeds, and weeds are themselves indebted to knowledge for thelr ripening. better than nothing, Weeds show that the toll can| When we speak of morality and rejigion we do not produce something. Fetishiem ts rudimentary religion. mean rules and tenets, comments and texts, but prac- It fo with iman minds of different axes us Ji is with [tical actions of men. Bo far os definition and exhorta- Vegetation which dourished In Guolugieal strate—the tlon go, morality and religion hnve been fixed for the Coal Périod cannet |! the Trinwsic. So ideas| many years. So far as their practical control over ed in human minds and seemed to be oncemed they vary from age to age. t one stage of knowledge perish in an- pws in knowledge, practical morality other, Zvery age of progress has to ‘vegin with the Ax the world softens, religion softens, burial of dead truths, or rather haif truths t have religion and morality done with war? for them with ~ THE BANDMAN FOOLS THE DOCTOR. IT IS KNOWLEDGE THAT WHO TAKE MONEY FROM THEIR WIVES, womanly eweetness and forbearance wherever it 19 possible. But this ts one of the instances where it is n hurband who would Mich (under the rame of borrowing) from his wife her paltry earnings deserves from her nelther respect nor kindly, considerate treat- ment. No man of principle would do it. thereby piacing himself in contempt, opening her eyes to the fact tet | instead of being at the head of the family he has crept to the foot of It. There aro but twa reasons where I would advise a wife loaning mon ver Husband, and these are con- | tinued sickness or death. | Refuse him courteausly but firmly, my dear. You would better live apart from bim than allow him |to control the fruits of your labors, Sivery woman rhould have judgment sufficient to control her own i i te earnings. Contemptible Indeed ts the man whe would sue for them. show: ‘ down, oven when | No wife could pe sweet, gentie and loving to a hus- gh peg Mell vin, Hod they reached the other aide ef the dyke Ang what band who envied her the little thite her labor gained done for her and Jatd plana to rob her of It Terai welk, ver tan sain Sea, oun A ‘couldn't walk, for her ankle was very, very painful. | ‘The husband who takes from your Iittle board ine He tet her gently down outeiée door, lifted stead of alding to {t does not love you for yourself ade Rigg att al Lo ne latch ond waited until her mother came to wele | you have my opinion and my advice, my dea res ce ae "a * | and I fee) sure every true thinking reader of The| ()N® wet Spring morning, for the first and inst time rain. | Evening World agree with me. in hie life, Farmer Hirst walked into Miss Ash-| The next day but one Kitty declared thet che was | LAURA JEAN LIBDEY. ley's millinery shop and left a trail of muddy quite ready to go to the shop agais. os ee prints on the linoleum. Kitty Regan waa gin-| She had reached the end of the lane before che lserly trying to crowd a big hat into a very small box. |heard wheels approaching-the herse stepped oubdem- “Good morning, vir,” said Kitty, “What may I have/ly, bee somebody—how well her heart told her wheb= Jum down. “Where aro you going?’ ested the farmer bresquiy. v I Mie liber rites for The Brening World exclestvely by ar- | rangenont with ue Pamfly Story Paper, mewn = the pleasure of showing you?’ “I want & yard of blue ribbon,” grunted the farmer. “You will find the ribbon counter next to the doer, ie. Walk straight down, and Mise Ashley will attend 0 you.” i! “@he won't.” sald Farmer Hirst, shortly. ‘Wet me my ribbon and let me go. It'l] be as good bought here as over there." “AS you wish, gir," eald Kitty. have It in half a minute.” Kitty came back very smartly, and he turned to |wateh her cut off the ribbon. He wasn't @ sentimental jman, but the one thing that dominated his mind just jthen was ® burning desire to aqueese those sweet heedle-pricked Angers. “I saw you in the lane on Sunday afternoon,” he eal, playing with his watch chain. “Indeed,” responded Kitty, in polite surprise. “You were talking to a feller, 1 remember.” “O—h!" exclaimed Kitty. “Sweetheart, eh? went on the farmer. of mine. Here ts your ribbon. Shall we send it up fer you?” Farmer Hiret gathered both ribten tight little bunch. Misa Ashley at closing time wish I could think your wages had been ‘Thie io & millinery shop—not a seheol it | (@) “By the way, what instrument do you play Mibs'tie. trem, On” A hot reply: rushed te Kitty's lips, but she restrained hervelf ta time. ‘“Bilence te golden,” snapped Mise Ashicy, annoyed by Kitty's self-control. “Don't be in a hurry to ge, Mise Regan. There ts a parcel which I want you to take up to Mrs. Kershaw's. I wouldn't trouble you, only P've sent the bey home.” WILL BANISH WAR. religion In the world then. Men bend séligion to their beliefs, not their beliefs to It was @ crue! errand on such a night, for Mre. Ker jsbaw's hovse was nearly two miles across country, religion, and high wind wee making havoc of the trees and What, then, has ameliorated wart Perhaps it win |Medees Bat Kitty went off without « word of pro- aid us to know how It has been ameliorated, War ne longer demolishes cittes. Private property is sacred. No pilinge is permitted. Interest and not morality seeme to act. War ts made more and more to respect material interests. Men have found by experience— 5 Weary with the unequal wind, not pay in the long run to destroy property, and here- Lame Dog Farm, ané after they will find out that it does not pay to destroy jsaw that Me. Hirst was busy fixing props against the Wi cowsbed in the yard. & cheery “Good ‘War fs dying out becnuse men have something cise to | night,” evidently not knowing who she was, do. They are engaged In trade, in enterprises which war! She answered rather shyly, and then blamed herself As forest sotle seem to be full of nem! ready to spring | War beastly barba ls only murder om &| interferes with. Lafe is getting every day to be better |for speaking at all, What if he should recognize her ug, only waiting for the forest to be ut down, wo the |large acale with ranked battallons and pomp and ctr-| worth living, Hence do not want to lose it. volce and want to escort her home? minis of the race seem to be full of cumstance. Eighteen Christian centuries have not) When the interests all nations get so univeraally | — Dioem and blessom when old superstition abolished it. The ra which ended in the Dutch Re- | interwoven with the warp and woof of trade that the cen are cut away by the axe of knowledie amid the | public were religious wars. Men fought for their re-| knowlodge of its devastations will be brought home to tears of consorvatism, Thoughts end argaments per: | ligions. When a town was taken the hor-ors were| all men, war will cease. But the proclamation that fected this century and given to the world may take |such that they cannot to-day be put on paper. To read | Ro reot until the next. They are as perfect now and | the detalls of the “Spanish fury” would be to send all | an reasonable as they ever can be, bu! until the slow | women out of the room. The Spanish fury happened | rise of human knowledge renders their reception pos- ‘omly three hundyed years ago. There was plenty of HARRIET HUBBARD AYE M* R.—The hair tonic you refor to 1 think ts! with a bit of clean sponge. t this one: 1f It irritates, apply a litt _ Cologne, § ounces; tincture of cantharider, 2 A Skin Whitener, ounces; spirits of camphiir, 2 cquncria Apply to the foots of the hair every ¢ther George B.—You can make the mtlky liquid you apeak You can make a ver; ch, and really, of for about & cents. 1 give you the formuls. Of better, {n my opinion, than the ore you refer 4, as! course, you understand this Ie only @ temporary skin follows: whitener Richloride of mercury in coarse powder, 12 grains;| Ono quart water (previously botled and strained), | distilled witchhagel, 2 ounces; nae water, 2 ounces. | alcohol, 3) drops; oxide of xine, Lounce; dlehioride of Agitate unti! a complete solution is obtained. Apply! mercury, § grains; glycerine, 20 drops. Take four THE POINT OF VIEW. by permiqwen of BH Rusmell, per Maher) ‘The Hen to the Frog—Humph! 80 you're the party whose legs the epicures say resemble mine. Weill, I'm blowed! . (Prom ‘Anima! Jokes,” AN BXPLANATION, — | “What are ail those fundy | Little steamboats?” asked the | St. Louig mri, pointing to the tune. “Oh,” replied her New York | countn, “they are the barks of the ocean greyhounds.’ | MENU CARDS (<omPeTa OF mPhe FOR uuNeHeON i ope ve wr ‘The girls who entertain are using tery effective liitle! Pare, core and cut i thea menu cards at their feminine luncheons apples. Take some wun vote Wee Juice, These carks come Im the form of exaggerated vege-| two eupfuls of amgar and two cupfuls of water fables and ‘rut aw ee made from heavy white! the rind and Juice of one lemon; rawing paper, cut to required shape. Ome side | and ad4 the apples; let them Of the paper tp coloted to represent the fruit and on) Cover the pan and stand phen nee hae ae the reverse side the menu te written, range tor ten minute Plerce them with a straw Or there may be two carts folded tigether to repre. | know if they are tender. If they are still hard Fent two rides of the fruit, with the list of dishes !n-| cook sereral minutes longer. Lift them out of tide and a pretty knot of ribbon as syrup with a skimmer and allow the syrup to until it thickens. Put the apples in a glass dish a2: pour the syrup over them. 1 id? Sgect i there rhall be no more war will come from the trades. man and not from the preacher.—From the Philadel- | phia Saturtay Evening Post. Copyright, 1900, by the Curtis Publishing Company, | JERSEY woman wes recently brought to trial on a charge of beating her husband. The husband's . BEAUTY HINTS s TO MANY READERS. | a! eg le tec oad I ee Ea | tury . I was told that a young wife d bent thee, bolting: i ye eg tee baer bas for a middle-aged man than ps gy ae giyeerine ionather in 1 | Woman nearer his own age. That is a mistake, pour the larger portion of the quart of water| “When my wife and 1 have even the mildest differ- then a Pe aeree Synlerioe of mercury | ence of opinion she boxes my ears. If I ventere to hn amalle soft velvct epoegee Te: | Protest she jumps on me and beats mo nearly te death, . ; “What can Ido? I cannot, as a man of honor, strike A Cora Remedy. * |back. Must I submit? Ie there no redress?” Now ail the innate chtv: i 1 think this fs the formula you wish: sidse to on ‘against the peste age ty hy wife. ounces of the water Mre Rorate of sodium, 1 dram; extract of cannabis, seruple; collodion, | ounce. Pajm over the i win & camel's hair british ofce a day for five or six days, Coffee and the Skin, BSophia—A great many persons insipt that coffee will have no bad effect upon the skin. But J am quite certain that it will, and if 1 were in your place f| would certainly give it up. Black coffee ts said to be! More readily digested, but {t would gtill have an un- desirable effect on the complexton. HERE'S THE WHOLE STORY. 1 was nineteen, she twenty-eight, When first | saw her lovely face, Her fairy form of lissome grace. 1 knew that 1 had met my fate ‘When, as I caw her golden hair, Mer carmine lip, her cobalt eye, 1 muttered, with a furnace sigh, Eyebrow Grower, Te seth, Wat the te ing fair!” Ruth F.—Following ‘* the eyebrow-grower formula: tincture cantharides, one- ‘When che arrived at her destination her breath was, “Tou're not.” He spoke firmly, and wo nearer. “You're going for a drive 4 mincte later they were bowling Gown the village jetreet, past Miss Ashley's, past into the green country lanes. For a long, long time neither epeke. Then, as on afterthought, Farmer passed hisarm completely around Kitty’s elim watat, “De you like it, Kitty?" he eald, simply. Ghe blushed « hot tiush, and for her life wondered what eyes spoke for her, and deed.—London But bow about the women whe etellme or tents hresbasd, sdther in augur or es a form ef pusehman, ta ihe is vexed bepend self-control to che to Dame for etriking him? If he ts recalaitrast, in punishing him? " eae leree Or, is It cowardly to etrize when she tows the re Ciplent cannot or will not sirike bash? Ie tt commtatent With womanliness, and with Punish a husband jn this manner? odin, ite beater hae reoetved ble just Gue of papeiar im an place in the scale of manhood since been decided. a babies Lat the husband-beater’s states, bs sereal ween, The Bvening World tnyttee the candle onteies Pak der, oi! of rosemary, 15 rors to tl yebrows with a tiny toothire n until Lhe growth is sufficiently stimulated. young lady whom I uch, and think that she eee TH