The evening world. Newspaper, February 17, 1900, Page 4

a Peatadhes by the Prom Publishing Company, 61 to «2 PARK ROW, Gatered ot the Pest-Ofbce at Now Tork as Beoond-Ciass Mail Matior. | —— SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1900. ——— SS TP WOL. 40...cccssereescesee cerereee NO, ‘apeal DAILY HINT FROM M'DOUGALL ‘all the fair is she. Her mission is to cover the earth! throw, as do some in every community whose pride @oors, to balaam all the wounds, to moss all the| Commandments which it thunders, and the Sermon THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, Talmage sd me se that) OTHING can be more beautiful than the figures of smoke on & clear sky You can see what you t my once look- b will in th le vapor, now or n the level, take me to some or tower and I will tetl you the proportion of @ul- of murders, of thefts ches are umerous h n, now enchanted castles now bannered procession, now winged couriers, now a cli unde’ of wrath spear of sunshine of black angel turned to an angel are the 1 now from hort to hortwon the air is a picture gallery filled with|erimes few. According as the churches are few masterpieces of which God is the artist, morning | crimes are numerous. clouds of smoke born in the sunrise, and evening) Men may desecrate the church, ae Cromwell when clouds of smoke laid in the burnished sepulchres of | he stabled his cavalry horses in St, Paul's Cathedral, the sunset. of break off the image of Christ, as did the Icono- ‘The beauty of the transfigured smoke ts a divine|clast in Yorkminster, or hurl against the august symbol of the beauty of the Church, The fairest of | literary antipathies, aa did Gibbon; of plot ite over- with a supernatural giadnesa, to open all the prison | and hate and debauchery are reproved by the Ten graves, to burn up the night in the fireplace of a wreat|on the Mount which It breathes, But {t will stand as morning, to change tron handcuffs into diamonded | long as the earth stands, the same unique and wonder- wristiets, to turn the whole race around, and, whereas | working and beatific and miraculous thing for which It faced death, commanding it “Right about face for | God decreed It. heaven!” Small wits tax their brain to say things that will ‘According to the number of spires of the churches | put her at a disadvantage, but many of them will fn all our cities, towns and neighborhoods are the | send for its condolence when dying, and their children good homes, the worldly prosperitien and the pure) will be gathered up under its benedictions after the or ever dreamed of, ‘The highest honor 1 ever had and the highest honor T ahall ever receive and the highest honor I ever want ja to have my name on her records as a member. her altars I repented. At her sacraments | believed. ’s 0 Saturday 4 Sermon. SMOKE PICTURES AND THE CHURCH OF GOD. tone, FEBRUARY 17, they are the noblest t men and women of the ages You lying and hypocritical world, stop those slan- and let me see the tops of the ders about the Church of Christ, an institution which, far from being what ft ought to be and never pre- tending to be perfect, is five hundred times better than any other institution that the world ever saw PARIS PUNERALS. All the funerals in Paris ‘e conducted by a single syndicate, which has a Heensed monopoly of the business, There is a ree- ular tariff of rates, « first-class funeral costing $2.0, and a cheap, or grandest, kindest, | i, clans $5. WARMING LONDON. london annually con- fumes ubout seven and « | half million tons of coal. PUTTING IT BY. | “What can I do for you * to-day?’ asked the pawnbroker. “Weil,” said Harduppe, producing his umbrella, “perbaps you oan help me to lay by something for rainy day. What'll you | wive me on this” DiPLomacy. “Huh! exclatmed Gro- well as he glanced & bill from his w dressmaker. ‘Here's an | item of 88 for that little border of fur around the em of your skirt. Now Td ike to know what deneMt that jet “It's a good advertise- ment for you, my dear,” responded his better haif. “Your creditors nee it and take ft for granted that you are prospering 4nd oan afford it, so they don't press thetr claims. | Seer" The Day's Lobe Story. at AT THR OPERA. Cost from $10.60 to $0. The newest headg mer of 190 is shown in the second picture. muslin lace insertion and even ribbon mode! having a crown of alternate rows of Valenciennes lgce and pink ribbon, strings of soft muslin with lace frills on the edge, and a coquettish bunch of pink flowers on one side of the crown, near the face. The elaborate white bonnets with color combinations appear to be going to lead in the coming Summer modes. FOR THB GOLF GIRL. HE picture on the left shows one of the most charming of the pretty conceits devised ys a cover- ing for milady's tresses when she at- tends the opera. It is a long, graceful scarf of clinging crepe de chine edged with marabout feathers. They are own in all colors in the shops, and 1 devised for the golf girl of the Sum- It Is a festive little bonnet of tucked With a plain stiffened brim there ts one “You lied to me that night whon you satd you loved me,"" he cried, the bitterness of his disappointment making him cruel. “No,” ghe said, “T loved you, and I shal! always love jyou. It tm Just for that reason that you must continue morals and the happy souls. Fe ee ampannnne Gemething Certainly Retiing Our Water Meet me at any depot the world over, and with my| ship as a mass, not speaking of the acknowledged GRANDMOTHER'S ROMANCE \dead to me. I cannot trust myself with you.” And he left her, . . . . . . parental curse has been removed. Take her member-| In her service jet me die. buried. From her doors let me be These Days. ‘DID WEEKS MAKE A BLUNDER? ROLAND B. MOLINEUX'S speech in Re- corder Goff's court yesterday was delivered with fine effect. It undoubtedly made a strong impression upon those in court. It has made an equally strong impression Epon newspaper readers everywhere. But, unfortunately, thove in court yesterday and genders of newspapers had no voice in the jury- oom. Mr. Osborne is right in declaring that Mol- (meus made his defense at the wrong time and In the wrong way. Is Molineur innocent or guilty? A representa- tive jury has already decided that he {s guilty. But there ts a very large doubt in the pablic mind _ @blefly because he made no defense and no one ' Kmowe what defense he could make, If any, to the charge brought against him. * Did Weeks, his lawyer, make a colossal blunder f not calling the defendant to the stand and the the other witnesses he might have had? An in- focent man is not afraid to face an inquiry, no matter how searching. No cross-ezaminer could have tangled Molineas im a net of contradictions if he was telling the truth. The prisoner is unquestionably a man of ‘brains. His speech in court yesterday would seem to ahow chat he would have made a splendid wit- perfectly natura] and graceful, and the lines of the neck. In old ofl paintings the pose of the head is neck are round and {n graceful curves. In modern studies of woman's figure the curves of the neck and ahoulders @ almost disappeared It ts asserted, furthermore, that the tall, stiff linen collar which holds the neck as in a vise, and the ‘ness. Is his ‘Tife to be forfeited because of # legal Diunder? HURRY THE PUBLIC BATHS. fs nothing expertmental about pub- fancy chokers with two high points, which keep up a| DON’T WEAR HIGH COBbARS, GIRbS! Artists assert Mat the high collars now worn by | constant tickling of the ears, are altering women's ex- women, says a writer in the Philadelphia Press, are | Pression. perfectly neturel and graceful, and the lines of the/neck tends to strain the muscles and, incidentally, ‘This was the story of grandmother's life ns I read from her old diary. I remembered an old man, whe Sived in the neighborhood, and whom we children called “the chevalier.’ I identified him with Horace. When —_—S> T was in the month of June, 1812, on a beautiful evening, when even the flowers exhale more strong- ~alataetnlointt-'eeiatn!! MINSTREL AND THE MAID. E stood before her window; his breast was ly thetr subtle perfumes, and the human heart has grandmother became a widow, and when she full of love; & desire to open. Here in the twilight of the old war !Sia tady to us, he came to live ete er aud thep ‘ And this is what he warbled to the maid {/4en grandmother heard the firet words of love, spent many long hours together in the sweetest an& who stood abov: Beneath the deeper shadow of the trees, wrapped in Purest ccmpanionship. 1 understood that the two old friends were dear to one another because their affec tion had been founded upon something more thas friendship.—From the French. ——a—— : LETTERS evens vara oeeedereeedbedeeeeeerebieerieiis! ; A Dreamer ef Dreams. ‘To the Better of The Rrentng World: Would some kind reader who understands the tm terpretation of dreams kindly tell me the meaning of § this one? I dreamed that | was strolling in some vast and barren woods. The trees were very bare, in apite of the fact that the grass was green. Not far from me I espied a group of about twenty or mere immense snakes. «ait colors were 96 bright and numerous thag I was quite dazsied. I began to shriek and a frien@ came to the rescue. She killed all of them by strang- ling them. This made me shudder. I was so horrified that I awoke from thie frightful dream. I know it has some meaning and I will fait anxiously for some one to volunteer and tell it to me. 1am a girl and of course curtous. ANXIOUS. the sweet ofor of the flowers, two figures, a young gin ang a young man, walked side by side with slow steps. ‘Yes, Clariese, I am going,” said the young man. “And what difference docs |t make? Suppose | never return from the war. Who would care? 1 am alone in "Ah! must I say good-by, good-by? Is this to be the end? To meet in future and to greet Hach other but as ‘friend? “Ah! must I say good-by, good-by? And must I haste away, Nor come again to claim your heart— Your heart and hand some day? “Ah! must I eay good-by, good-by? And must I leave you here, And wander far from where you are Bo dear, sweetheart, a0 dear? “Ah! must I say good-by, good-by? Ere you have learned to know ‘The secret that 1 long to tell, Dear heart, before I go” He fell below her window—he sang no more of love— Some brute had hurled « pitcher down from the flat above! ‘ IR PRessURE : HoLDs. DOWN RUGS. disagreeable it of PF sin rugs have at times a hadi There was a long silence The gravel sounded be neath their tread. The nigtt fell iittle by Inte Horace heard a atified sound and turned. fou are erying, Clarisse!” | And now come the doctors, who assert that the et- fect of the high collar is frequently hurtful from the health point of view. A very high band about the slipping along the ground and getting out out of thelr proper position, as well as turning up at the corners as if in disgust at the use There Are Others, ‘To the Metter of The Evening World: How is it that while comic paper and divorce an@ police courts are howling at the “mother-in-law” no word is said of the father-in-law or brother-in-law? Yet both these persons can make life almost as un- pleasant for the luckiess young husband as can his mother-in-law. I have known many such a case, but the cords of the neck and shoulders. If the collar be very high in front it will impede the circulation, and|to which they are put. To make them behave prop- in time result in headaches and nervous strain. It is[eriy some Ingentous Individual has produced a rug also thought that high and sttff neckbanda are re-|wkh rubber suckers at the comers; when they are sponsible, by tinpeding circulation, for much of the|ptaced against the floor the alr is expelled. the euck~ bad sight of the present day. ere grip firmly, and the rug remains in poston. lie baths in cities, Cleanliness being an eatablished virtue of long standing, It has é remained only to prove the willingness of the right people to be benefited by popu- jar soap-and-water institutions. Tm the Public Baths bill presented by Assembly- @en Sanders ot Albany are embodied provisions carefully covering the ness of New York, and thowing close study of the merits of the Boston gyetem. The Pvening World advocates the pas- gage of this measure with much carnestitis, be- cause the bil) is s0 evidently one to greatly pro- mete happiness and health among the city’s plain peaple, There should be the least possible delay fm transferring thie piece of legislation from the Ust of things pending to that of acts accomplished. WHAT'S THAT? A SWEATSHOP? standing aghast at the discovery of FIRST AID TO Wounded Hearts. Which Sheulé ‘Make Up?" I was engaged to a man and then we quarrelied and have not spoken since. As I like him very much | asic you if you will kindly tell me how to be friends with him egain. It was 1 who quarroiied with him fret SYLVIA. Bince you were at fault you should be the one to seek forgiveness. Write the young man a nice ttle note, I trust the icy stare will give way under its tender Influence. He Won't Call. 1 was keeping company with a young man for about two years, when we quarrelied, Recently we made up again, but he refuses to come to the house. He says he does not wish to see my folks, As they had noth- ing to do with the quarrel kindly advise me what to Giphtheria in a Brooklyn sweatshop, let | do. VIVIAN, ws not forget to be astounded at the; The young man should have better sense I don't Of the sweatshop itself. think T should bother with him. A Pickle fatlerman. T met a naval officer. He seemed to think a good deal of me. Then he deft the olty, but before he went he gave me his ploture and promised to write to me T have never heard from him. Now would you advise me to write to him? ALLEN Why, yes, I think you might write him. Baltlors are proverblally fickle, but it ts only fair to consider the possibility of the letter going astray. — oo CONSIDERATE OF HER fe such an institution doing the boundaries of this consoli- Gated ty? Haven't it and its kind been long ebeliched by law? And haven't we a whole corps @€ faapectores te eve that they stay abolished’ A few more discover'es, and we shall be forced “George, dear, you will have to tend to the front @enl to be low while the Trust goase| Soor to-night. : “Por Liberty's sake! what's the matter with the ‘butier?” “The butter, George, as aothms and can't steed tn & drnngit. —Paiebeightia Prose Ot @ Gp m to have seen none in print. Who is brave enough te testify? ANDREW C. PHELPS. Serape ef Counsel. To the Mfitor of The Evening World: q A little common sense would put an end to a great many public evile. Though a woman, I always get @ seat in the street cars, because I won't pay my fare untl Ido, All seem to acknowledge that the Chinese only attend Sunday-school to learn English. Let the Chinese then pay secular teachers to teach them the A WOMAN'S CHANCE TO BECOME A WIFE. ae Prospect of marriage is distinctly affected by axe. The statistics of all countries show that the great majority of women marry between the ages of twenty and thirty, efore reaching twenty a woman has, of cowres, a chance of matrimony, but the objections raised by parents or friends to marriage at a tender age frequently outweigh the desire of the young woman to acquire a husband and lrad her to defer the Wedding day. HE BXPLAINED HI8 LONG ABSENCE. Bhe faltered and his arms caught her and held her | to; 1 carry all our cos! up four flights of stairs. All statiatics that have been gathered bear out the statement that a woman's best chance to marry ts at the age of twenty-five 4 Over atx-tentha of the marriages take place between twenty and thirty, and consequently woman's chance increases up to twenty-five and steadfly decreases after that age until !t reaches the vanish- Ing potmt somewhere about sixty, Out of 1,00 married women 149 marry before the age of (wenty, R 6 between twenty and thirty, 111 between thirty and forty. English language. If the public school teachers both male and female, had two votes apiece, their salaries wouldn't be held up. Not much. a. W. against his beating heart. Unrewisting, she raised her face to his and their lips met in a long kiss—the first. . . ° . . ‘ DEOPOPOHOHOHOHO It was ten years since the kiss given beneath the trees. She was sitting on « bench in the garden, when a stranger approached her along the path. As he neared she recognised him. He came toward her with outstretched arms, then stopped, as though surprised at the coldness of her qreeting. “It Is too late,” she said. “Iam already married.” He explained the reason of his long absence. Cap- eel Uivity, Biherta, the mines, all the frightful sufferings] "n° Sun And but little time te lect tor wotas he had gcne through, sustained alwayn by his belief in her love and her loyalty to the unspoken vow made in the twilight of the garden. Never had he lost the hope vhat he would some day return to find her waiting for Ament Weman’s Rights. To the Biter of the Evening World: 1 read the opinion of Cardinal Gibbons es to wome ANOTHER VIEW OF IT. “Marriages,” quoted the moraliser, “are made in heaven.” “Perhape they are planned there,” remarked the @emoraliser, ‘but the ceremonies are performed at a safe distance.” On AN EDGS., Bandy Pikes—Yesterday I went in an office to eek fer a dime. Refore 1 cud say & wurd dey grabbed me en’ chucked me fro do window, glass and all. Whea I looked in a mirror I didn't know meseif. Billy Coalgate—How wus dat? Randy Pikes—De glass had give me a clean shave, — MERBLY A SUGOBSTTON. PRACTIOAL TRAINENG, Husbané—What's the matter with the biseults this | him; that their lives, so long divided, would be at last Bmith—Your muscles have developed wonderfully ef | morning? united forever. late. Do you practise with health lifts? Wite—It'e the fault of the yeast. It fatied te make | — = Husband—Why don't you use an alarm clock? TORT COURTEOUS. “ON THE GOLF LINKS—THE RE SE - Hy 2 5 i $ 5 ty a | ir H i if HI il ii Z i ' i i H 5 | The Sanpor-rverel <aeinD: te oles teen eneeytag aly, we thecen Sie eae ey et BEY Se plesoa, baby. Gut—Gara! Baby yerselt, playing ot ball there te your kaicherbockers an ‘alll-Pum = « i P tone