The evening world. Newspaper, January 17, 1900, Page 6

| ae ty the Pree Publishing Compons, #8 te @ PARK ROW, &8 the Peat-Ofice ot Now York ao 11 Matter. "WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1900. BO cessor seresesssseeceeereesNO, 14,080 © BOXING VS. PRIZE-FIGHTING. ee EPBAL the Horton law!” is 9 cry which a 66 has gone up. Under the circumstances E. which have caused it it is not strange that such a demand has arisen. Tho law has been abused. In place of box- matches we have had slugging contests. In yi of skill, wrath and brutality. But the good intent of the law has never been @eeBted. Suppose, then, instead of shouting “Re- peal!” the indignant forces of order were to cry (Winforce!" And, pending the test of enforce- Seent’s efficiency, to hold the possible wiping-out DGB the act a0 a legitimate weapon of decency’s de- ys R e e e _ _ Eat ws own the truth, that the fighting spirit to the air, Events have combined to spread it 3 ‘We fought the Spaniards, We are fight- 7 the Filipinos. Onur eyes are on the combat Our British cousins are waging in South ‘We ave talking of strength—the strength of as- and of men. We are diseussing measures of | @@eage end of defense We are feeling the muscle: world and of ourselves. We are restices, @lert, full of energies which must, to a SKIRT DANCING AND SONGS BY BRITISH BEAUTIES. MRS. ARTHUR PAGETS “MASQUE OF PEACE AND WAR.” | Lapr Jan 11 -Mrs Peace and Wer,” to be Wales's Theatro for the ber Is The most-talked-of tople in Laos Tre Quer has given her consent to skirt dancing by British beauties and drawing-ropm songs by ladles of the highest rank. The Queen has taken twelve stale at 98 each for the performance I box has been gold at 80 aplece The seats th the pulery the’ war fund, ery E GREATEST BY HENR RDO O00 OOOO DOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOO WO men rule Russia. One ts the Czar, the ¥ be pent up. | | While we are in such 0 frame of being the ring threes Gpectators of @ kind generally foreign to ty. Interest in the clash of two individ- fo tatensified by the refiex action of interests centred where armics meet. ‘That to ene phase of the situation, but it fe mot i that fe to be considered. i e ° e 4 Always in the human mind, up to tts present " tage of development, is the impulse to self-de- femes. It ie the relic of very ancient animal in- | (leat. 18 ina later reminder of times when fewer men thas now dwelt together in penes, and every f@iin’s arm had to be ready to strike for himesit ~ ‘qi Bie own at an instant’s notion ‘Teday we may not so much fear attack. We (@me glad, nevertheless, to feel that we are ready te mest {t. Preparation for self-defense te a great @eutributor to a sense of self-reliance, which every @apable man should have. Gyeet privilege. Tu be able to take care of one's eelf fm an industrial or social esergency ts a great Power. It te hardly lees destrable that @ man should have his strength so trained that ft may be hale dependence in an emergency of force. e e e By gymnastics strength te developed. By such @fercises an femeing ané boxing strength 1s trained. With bis eye and fiste well taught, o ‘man is able very often to hold at his advantage Qesailants of number and of far superior brute force. It is in such circumstances that “putting up the hands” becomes “the noble art of self-de- fense.” And the sharp but good-natured practice, ‘Among well-disposed men of the science of boring, ie almost invariably an excellent thing for the tempers, minds and physiques of those engaged fa it, The Horton law got its supporting strength largely from the considerations just put in form. Tf it fe to live reputably {t must live by these ideas. If it 1s to die, it will be through the stabs of men who had every reason to sustain the law by obeying it. To skilful boxing in legitimate clubs and sehools there is no objection in healthy minds. To brutal slugging and battering and bloodshed. @ing, in which science and good temper give way th the baseat passion for punishment, there is the “objection which civilization must always oppose to whatever perves to hinder its onward march. ‘The early strawberry begins to cast a grem eye on the Trust king's millions, | Mr. Payn must be made to understand that party expediency is not the State's best insurance policy. ‘Though the Pacific continues to wash the shores of the Philippines, nothing seems ifkely to wash our hands of them Under-trolley and over-apeod are fetlow-features of the new power system on the Third Avenue Com- Dany's street-car lines. Aprepee of the offs: to make Fifth avenue a show plese ft may be anid thet the truckmen and delivery Deve even now make It « sight. Mighty hush which is notice? against the and clash 19 the present-day manifesta- Naval Areh agitation. obey" sald Wauchore in Bouth Africa Bo Boer, eventually. And civilisation will give But British blood. FOR (LEFT HANDS ONLY. Left-Hand Party, and the tnvitations must 80 hint of the ceremonies to be observed during Anew om To earn one's living and place in the werld ls a other fs M. de Witte. But as the latter holds the Durse strings of the Empire, there ts really only one man who rules in Husela—the omnipresent, all pervading De Witte. It 1 to-day in the great white Czar’s domain as it was in France in the days of Richelieu. Only Instead of “the Cardinal's order” {t is “the Minister of ifi- nance orders it,” or “Count de Witte says so.” For TNMUMGEGOOOOOGLE OVE OOOO 664 ns. he te @ Count now who started in the ranks and rose tn a country of autocrats and aristocrats to the high- eat Donors tn the land. Sergius Witte was born of the people. He te of German origin and saw the light first in 16. When he left the Untversity of Odessa he had made no record and was giad to take @ minor place on the State railways. Itut Witte wae no mere machina Ie was a thinker, and he thought for othera as well aa himeetf. He rapidly butlt up @ reputation as an organiser, and was promote! untll he became stationmaster In @ way depot, which he made a motel for the dls- trict. It was here his good star shone brightly, Out of an act of disobedience he made his mark War had broken out with Turkey Thousands of troope were being hurried to Bulgaria. Strict orders to stattonmastern had been Issued by the Minister of War, Obedience to these orders meant destruction to @ large body of troops, Witte disobeyed the orders but saved the troops. Siberia loomed up ahead of the Gartng man, but the facta leaked out and the Car made him a director of the Imperial Railw: Me 1, Inmpector—Wotter ye borin’ chat truncheon for? PC. t's a light wan, sorr, I itkes ‘em loaded. ‘AFTER THE QUARREL. each guest arrives he is welcomed at the door jens, who offers her left hand He te then by & committee and his right arm bound up e waged with contest © specimens of chirography for a number of these contests, Provide a Priges, and your evening cannot fall to be succens |) JUST LAKE A Woman, Fecelved a birthday present, he her friends said was nice. “0 she wae awfully disapp>inted— \¢ ‘couldn't learn the price. —— oe Fan MIGHEST PRaAton. & Mr. Choker give you a good sermon es fat to be dramaticel.” | din this way the which is sure to) aie e ~ . er “head oe (018) © 1816191616) YOLK 18) 6; oveVereyerorey Witey—fo you have come hash to me, never THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY ! 7, 1900. MURIEL WILSON. » prograrsmer also seM at $ each. Eve y and .ame in London is engaged making the affair q success. Ladies Hamilton, Harte bardine are to sell programme: ad charge of the pictures and has arranged for # Venottin scene with three by fea having natural hair-Ladies Anglesey, Stolswold and Edmond- The pleture will represent a company of indies Castlereagh and Tull) Princess Loulee har MAN IN RUSSI Y VARIAN. OOO OOOO OO OOMOO | soon became Minister of Railways and reformed the system. He was accused by Jealous officials of stealing pub- |Ite moneys An Inqulry made him stronger than ever, an! when Mo Wyschnegradskt broke down he |appotnted Minister of Finance. Then began his work. He found Russian credit a by-word. He made it strong, He found the department a chaes; he made it am orderly as a bank. He outwitted the Berlin *peculatora in Russian paper, forced economy on every department of the Government and became the most cordially hated man tn Russie. His reform of 1883, now slowly working out, has put gold im the Treasury and enabled the Czar to borrow in the capitals of the world. Ho added to his power by marrying a beautiful and Drilliant woman, who wields tremendous social tn- fluence through her galons. In fact, every one who le any one atterids the Countess de Witte’s receptions. As an example of M. de Writes influence, It ts re- Muravied?, the terrible exponent of Musco- vite world power, at a critical pertod wished to de- clare war upon England. He laid his plane before the Caar. Alexander \istened attentively. Then he sald: “Go and gee M. de Witte, If he sare war, war it shall be." ANUT SANDWICHES % THE VOGUE. * by iwiches for | ut dinner can be made in eons or the galad course at vartety of ways of ether brown or white brea’, The thin slices of buttered bread may be spread with cream cheese, with grated American or Bwise cheese, |or with a mayonnaise dressing and sprinkled with Excellent eandwiches are alee spread- he gro- the powdered nuts. made by sprinkling the finely chopped nuts er ing the peanut butter, which is to be had {a ti cery stores, on buttered slices of bread. palatable sandwiches. Nut wafer may be made by creaming a tablespoenful of butter with one-half cup- ful of sugar and mizing them with a cupful of chopped almonds, pecans, walnuts or peanuts, two ergs, one tablespoonful of milk and a saltepoontul of salt. The yolks and whites of the eggs eheuld be) | beaten separately and the latter should not be added | until the mimtare has been thickened with enough flour to n@rke a soft dough. Roll the paste thin and | cut tt into of! oven. Peanuts are especially good in these wafers, —-—» A PERTINENT INQUIRY. tribution plate last Bunday. | Jack Potto-What was the matter with it? THE LOADING OF T G@rem Aliy Siepe.) 2 Voice from side deer—Hl, constable! If yer wants 8 “There yrare, che's tended ath a pint o the 4 P. C. Good tick to everybody. After all a _8 drop o' somethin’ shert, jist look siippy. “THAT HORRID SPOT.” By HARRIET HUBBARD AY»®8. ‘T some time in her life every woman ts afflicted, by what we are pleased to term, in a general way, “a horrid spot on the skin” For with ue any Tlemish, great or small, is “horrid.” If you want to look particularly well for any one or several important functions keep away from extremes of temperature, and particu’ ' beve the season | The cold of the polar regions; |ot chem the aa brews or tanned shin ‘There are t#o {rather ameliorating, this condition. | The first is to deprive the akin for several days of | the action of light and to Keep the subject during the ‘same period from extremes of heat of cold, while the j saturated jh moisture by keeping it con- emoliient poultien, which Begins to 5 Pecan outs and walnuts with grated chesse make | said Tem Geode—I dropped a $10 gold plece em the con- | childhood. My mother was sawittiagty days before you appear in your prettiest and) Venice, where the beaut! perhaps most trying totlet for the ball or the dinner of | belles of the city of the ‘The radiating heat of @ fiercely burning fire in a| paste take— All give men and women expored to one or another |the conslete:cy of homey. AGG @ little orange Sewer ‘ s MAS. ARTHUR PAGHT. . LADY maRToPr. 4 Venetian cay half reclining around a ben- eting table, with leashed dogs. On this table will ° displayed nome magnificent old Italian plate loaned y the Duke of Portland, In the “Masque of Peace and War’ Mise Muriel Wilson, whom New Yorkers saw inst Fall, will have 4 leading part representing War and afterward Peace. There will be several songs and dances, and both Mise re] Bs VIIIL—TERENCE M’GOVERN. BVER having met a real fighting man—with the one exception of Wittlam McKinley—tt was with much trepidation that I sent in my card to ‘erence McGovern, the latest pugilistic champion and successor as the nation's idol to George Dewey. My questions had been carefully typewritten lest. in & moment of enthusiasm, 1 might put te the small Gladiator @ query which would win for mea “left-hand Jab in the ride or a “straight awing to the point of the daw.” Only that meraing @ four-column article paper had described the new champion as “a perfect Uttle gentleman who never chews, drinks nor swears.” ‘This etatement did not altogether reassure me. A friend of mine once interviewed a Prohibitiontet cand!- Gate for public office in Kansas, and for making as of- fensive remark was hit over the head with a gallon Gemijonn. Had the demijohn not been broken by the contact, and had not the tiquor flowed in between his parted lips and revived him, he would never have re- Ported next day to the city editor. ‘Therefore 1 followed the butler into Ldeut. [ Dom | Me. { i LADY ANGLESEY. Mise Sheelah West, future Duchess of Westminster, and Mrs, Tony Dresel, of Philadel;bia, will take part. It is the greatest social event of the year. The Princess of Wales and all the members of the royal pet are bending every energy to make it a great suc: coms, It te the only rift in the war cloud. And the 004 to come from it Is that the money that will be raised will go toward relieving the condition ~* the nick and wounded in the ‘Transvaul. CHODAGGOG CHOOS « INTERVIEWS with PEOPLE have NEVER M “If you will be so kind, Colonel.” 1 said. “Weill,” he went on dreamily, “once when | wai ad Attending the parish school in Brooklyn. 1 came home early and knocked on my mother's door.” “Who is there? she called. ‘s me, mommer,’ I respond: “Don't say that, Terry,’ she some, ‘say “Hit hia eye. “Those words of my good mother clung to after, and—well, with the exception of an oc: punch in the direction of the brend-basket, I ha ways followed her advice. In all my ring encounters that has been my motto. ‘Ilit his eye.” “A beggar te eee you, aif,” announced the butler. “Tell him 1 am busy.” sald Gen. McGovern, “But etay, fellow! Ere you dismiss him hand him this paltry gum," and reaching into his Russian blouse he ex- tracted twenty bank notes of $10,000 each, and threw them on the floor. When the vases! had departed I said: “Admiral MeGevern, may I ask how you happened to defeat George Dizon 90 easily?" muted over the tran- @overn's presence with some hesitation. He received @e cordially. Tossing aside a rare bit of Sevres ware which he had bees regarding intently and remartting ¢0 Iie valet: “Jenkin remeve the day-bris,” he a@vanced ané “Well, sir, what can I 60 for yout’ “Please, Capt, McGovern,” 1 anewered, “T want to ask you o few—e very fow—questions, and if I give offense {t will be from ignerance and net from the heart.” "Go on.” he answered. emflingly. Seating bimeeif gracefully on a rich Turkish @ivan he picked up a tired cockroach and gently stroked it on the back until ite ‘soft purrings made pleasant muste in his great audiefiss or strips and bake in @ moderate | chamber. “Then tell me, Major,” I ventured, “how you hap- pened to embrace pugilism as & profession” “Ah,” he made anewer, “that brings me beck to my reapenstble for ™y conspicuous success tn life. Shall I tell you the story?” HE TRUNCH dest.’ in my opinion, detrimental te the skin, becsese sweats the face, causing the pelgonous secretions be thrown out and reabeorted, when they om de great mischief. ‘The mask | refer to te ome application only, ané i i aus ‘This same paste is even no: used in each day in the mysteries of t! Barley flour, five ounces; white white of egg. one-eighth ounce. Beat the whole together so as to form a paste about beney, ene ounces; water. by the ald he answered slowly. “For some Wrbiopeans have been doing the major por- It ts weil known cur negro the fighting to do on the alkall ne can galnaay but that those the White Man's Burden up San had been struggling under a load fer a decade. It was time a pale-face epped in and relieved him.” “Quite so, Mr. Secretary,” I said. “And what ‘to think of the legislative efforts to repeal the Horton Bering law?" “Without wishing to be quoted,” he replied, ‘I think @ case of ‘hold-up’ by Republican states- have not as yet had any financia! interests the athletic clubs. If a few of Mr. Platt’s frienis become stockholders in these clubs I dare sny the law ll not be repealed. But you will pardon me now, as em compelled to leave for Albany on the 7.20 to teach : i j | & 4 4 g i I i # i i | Fy s 9904 enough to order the brougham WILLIAM RAYMOND SILL. eS eae H? NOT BAD, E ET. # i WOMAN'SEYES} | And a Man's Memory of Old Folly. as a busy day in the police court. The Magis- e was in a bad humor. Drunks, disorderiies, mn crowded the long line that renched from the * to the prisoners’ pen in @ Rumen chain of misery and vice, Case after case was dispored of and heavy wae @e hand of t ‘ In the tottering beggars, « frightened Italian, young rules? with turned up coliars and grimy fete. “Thirty days," gritted the Magistrate savagely to the man who cad beaten his wife. “You ought to gst thirty years. Next!" . ‘The swaggering shoulders and the mean little eyes disappeared. ‘A woman stood in the rufflan's place. A dapper young officer explained her offense. ‘The Magistrate, bury with some papers on his desk, yet Iistening to the recital =*h { ed attention, Gid not raise his eyes. “Mary Smith, thirty years old, no regular home, ald the officer ‘ve been trying to a common nuisance. aon the street at all noure of the day been warned repeatedly and arrested @ t times, drunk" — uy? «aid the Magitrate, ¢ looked up, 89 did the woman, Then something etrange happened. There was & moment of interest so tense at the bar that It trick! Gut among the spectators and the prisoners and the policemen and made them keep quiet without knowing why Tae murmur of whisgered conversation ceased, Shet- filng feet wore petrified. The room was sti! as death. Your Honor, get rid of he NOTHING! + Al: eyes were turned on the Magistrate and the wome® at the bar. She stood, pale, thin, Grooping. She was net ed, ut on her face was the seal of age The tawéry gf For two brief seconds, or it may her eyes filled him. ‘Those eyes—the Magistrate had not seen them for had forgotten them, folly. He was sowing And the girl—ah, well! forgotten, toe. But again the head of the room was bussing and shuffiiag a now that anything unusual had happened. “What have you got to say?’ ‘The prisoner's head drooped unt! the tawdry het face. The gay roses that surmounted ft were “Nothing.” But the Magistrate was a man. He fined her @0 PERLEY POORD SHEEHAN. “WHY I HAVE FAILED.” Tell It in 300 Words and Get a Prize from The Evening World. UCCESSFUL men often write about themesives and ‘ell others how to succeed in Mfe, but the real cause of their success is not known te Trany of the most successful men. If some of the men and women who think they heve failed In life will tet! frankly what were the reaseas for their failure, their letters might de an immense The letters should be short—not over 9 words— and frank. Should tell actual humen experiences and F LETTERS ress ian