The evening world. Newspaper, March 5, 1900, Page 6

The Nimble Nickel, a cb Cn Pet-Olice ot How York an Genmne-Glase Matt Mattes. | (Capyetght, 190i by Ge Pram Pubtiching Corser), New York wet ID you ever consider, my dears, how much eri ‘te the way of spreading disease @ nimble nicke! ean 607 1000. —s MONDAY, MARCH 6, seats cosesees NO. 14,076] 0 Broa@way car the other day which should convey @ Hebtletiiteeiciet-lnieeiel-inteini- te ieteieininisto- THE ITALIAN 8 NICKEL wholesome lesson to not only women, but to all the readers of the Evening World. T had ridden scarcely half a block when the cer) stopped to admit a passenger, © colored man, the ador of wheas clothing bore evidence of his occupation—the | stable. | The conductor handed him the brand-new nickel | which I had pal to him but a few moments before, and, as I noted it the thought came idly to me what strange stories these nickels could tell, of the hands they hed passed through and the uses they had been put to, if they could but speak. ‘Will Ge Avch Look Mie chia before ¢ho Dewey Committee fille the basket? | Beeveows=: At that moment a colored acquaintance of the man | THE MIGHTY FEW. Boarded the ear and, amid expostulations, the bright HE Few have always fought the fight for |/new nickel was handed over to the conductor for the | fyestom againet the Tyramt Many. Lao- | newcomer's fare ‘The next to enter the car was an Italian. I reeol- aiden and the Spartan band were but three josey naving seen his face before, He was an organ- grinder who challenged double pity from the passers- by when plying his vocation by exhibiting to the pub- Me the sorest kind of a gore hand. From his face my eyes wandered down to the hand tm question, and as I gased I saw my bright, new nickel dropped into It and the fingers close about it, | Glasping it closely in that palm of raw gores. 1 felt like crying out against it. But on second | thought I realised that It would be a gigantic task to attempt to follow the tate of my nickel through Its HOUSING NEW YORK'S POOR. By George F. Shrady, A, M,, M, D., Editor of the Medical Record. * CHECK THE PLUNDERERS! ILLIOWS already extorted from the Third Avewne Railway Company by political bieckwmeailers. Plane well under way at Aleasy to edd $4,500,000 needlessly t the city’s N the buikting of dwellings for the poor we are fifty | years behind the age. There is no reason why there ghould not be wite stairways, plenty of air and light amd healthy surroundings in our tenement: houses. The architecture of our tenements could be made ornate with but little alWtonal expenditure of money, The solution of this problem will be found in the establishment of homes for the laboring classes on a vast co-operative plan, Take @ city block In New With one voice, press'and public demand the | york and utd on it modern tenement-howses with a Grad Jury'e serviows, And demand them NOW! |every tmptovement. Give the tenants tho rervice of ty ee Janiter@and every comfort which can be found in our 4 “ ‘+ \iarge apartment-houses for the wealthy Baths, ele SAY A TIMELY WORD TO-DAY. vators, @ large playground in the centre of the block { President McKinley has not lost the faculty of say-|_aj1 these comforts and luxuries could be provide! fingighe right thing at the right tme.—The Tribune. | economically with profit to the moneyed man and the ! Then why not say a “timely word” tenant to Great Britain and urge that great na- Fay gary tice tnrists on being eer aa tion to stop its slaughter tn the Trane erie ouiy ho adventurous chaps who me veal? The friendly offices of this mation out into the suburban districts, where there is pure ‘Would not be rejected. “Peace with honor” amd wholesome air, but the hushand gets out of bet fer the Boers and the British would come in the dark of the morning and arrives home in the $f 38r, Maiinley would only lend the way. |dark of nigtt. Sunday ts the only day he sees his home and family in the sunlight WHAT A PRESIDENT MUST BE. | If the workingmen tnist on living in the city and neer thetr work, then this condition must be me) and mastered the Interests of the wealthier cl O.freqnentiy has the question been put t0 | oreriy noe the poor af the city for in thee sh, ‘The Brening World of late, whether oF peaithy districts diseases grow and spread; and fithy mot a Catholic can be elected President of |tenemen:s endanger the heaith of the entire city Ube United States, that a general answer geome to be in place in this columa. The Comstuation of the United States cays: ‘The situation of the working classes of New York, eo far ae house accommodation is concerned, is sald to Bampen emeept @ Mature! born citizen, or o citizen jes at the time of the adoption of |be-by thase who have had experience in those mat- tere—much worse than in London. It is computed that the population of the tenement disirict of New York Stati fe twice a2 dense as in the most crowded part of the Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of 3 neither shall any person be eligible to that hall not have attained to the age of thirty- and been fourteen years a resident within ‘Britis® capital It fe aid that the cost of housing a family Is abo ® per cent. of the income—it ce y should not ceed that. With @ model block of houses for the poor there would be a large saving in the cost of food Light and heat would be supplied each tamfly, the same as in modern apartment-houses. The houses could be made attractive and healthful QUERIES S ANSWERS "3 as WERS ‘8 j THE 3 EVENING WORLD READERS, i Inquire Believee Neepital. How can I become o trained nurse? ‘The Latter Ie Correct. ‘Which one of these sentences ts correct: “Do you see any resemblance between he and 1." or “Do you see any resemblance between him ani me’" LAC. Sapreme Court; Ne. at Gest friend hes just died on Staten Isl-| Where must « person app'y for an tmetheds in piracy have been buried |Can a person apply for same in Ni ‘te looting in Mambattan. | grownds of non-support and desertion? Means Farmer. ‘What was the frst meaning of the name ‘Boer?’ Qravesend, L. 1. CLARENCE WHITWORTH. ite divorcee? York upon TB + GLAURA JEAN LIBBEY.2| 742 JOKERS FURNISH RELAXATION. Tet me tell you of « Iittle incident that happened tn | THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 5 1900 ANYTHING BUT JEALOUS Messenger of Disease. many Victesttuées—€0 the end of its career, So I held well nigh THE HIPPOPOTAMUS GLEE CLUB. for ehe was given my pretty nickel, Lat me tell you, reader mine, just what happened next. She put tt directly in her mouth, wemen faghten, to hold it while she made way for it, stopping to count the change which the white and gold monogrammed pocketbook contained. oe Se Cre be con ree ae ‘The reason ts because his wife ‘Makes him wear a home-maée ehirt, eceeeescesccossoccceesesesasesece, DORE TIO TROUBLES. Mistseas—Why 414 you got ctesk fer trealinst when I told you to order pork chops? Now Cosk-Ghure, ma'am, 01 siver ent perk ot ail, THE COIN PAS6ES INTO FAIR HANDS, wal / ercreroent nickel fast, and the sweet, red lips closed around it. 1 would have cried out to her, but I had reached my destination, and as the mervous trolley car would probably not have tarrie@ for me long enough to form het acquaintance and have an earnest little chat upon the folly of placing money tnto her mouth * BED FLAG. fhe-You say you have never been in love. Have sagan we gomeaioats juens it's to flag his train of thoughts eaten LETTERS cverac von He-I was married once.—Judy. 1 was obliged to leave the car and the charming Pipe Prebiems.. PULPIT DIFFICULTIES. young gtri to her fate. To the Béiter of The Evening World: 1 had learned & grave lesson: Never to put ectne—| Ay Rev. Newel! Dwight Hillis, D. D., Pestor of| nickels, or any of the money which te the cirowlating Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. ome pipe empties « cistern in one alaute, and empties it in two minutes, how beng would it medium of the public at large-in my mouth for any reason whatsoever, LAURA JBAN LUBBIBY. | deietetetetobetatoteteetetetetetetetetttttetotebtstototet> both pipes to empty it, both working at same CONSTANT. Laura Jeon Libbey writes Gor ‘Tee Evening World by parmiaton of the Family Story Paper. te WHY IT ISN'T LEAP YEAR, A Daily Question Answered Once and for All, 1 and fe HE following query in varying forms te re- winscen light on her face. ceived by The Mvening world several times @ day: h end friends on every Gnad, ted “Does not leap year oocur every fcur years? aa hip profession, ané wes new m™ the | The last leap yar wae 1888. Why le not 19 onet Why his fame, had not this past February twenty-nine daget” Irene Howard, was pesing fer ttm, bet ‘This question ie here answered once and fer all. lacked tip éelieate fesling whtch he cought, Julius Caesar's calendar made gach year contain Irene twas benutifal, offi, under preclesly 851-4 days, But in it be- exterior there turked o heart thet was, reality tween 11 and 12 minutes less, Thus legal year would have lost one day on By the time the Gregorian days had thus been lost. ‘To remedy this, October meade to follow directly after October 3, 1682 suoh another elimination of time, It was decreed thenceforth no centurial year not divisible by should be a loap year. By the present plan the |year loses a day on the solar year only once tn 3.00 years. ‘With comsusiing anriety Reiph waited. Way Gf the net come? Buti at inst tts impationce was so ston, and when we have performed t¢! to Join our maker again. ‘Kill all inels,”" says Dr. McKim. Is not @ others to murder as much of @ who does kill? We are not each brains as you, doctor, but the would never have entertained any ave no right to take the Ufe God ——— =——__—- LOVE UNCHANGING. Y ater oe to-day, tommorrow, All are one, since my heart knows, Steadfast, in all Joy or sorrow, Changeless love beside me goes. Steadfast, though my mood be changeful sea cloud-shadows sweep, this love unchanging stars that night ekies keep. What fs Best Werth Baviag? ‘To Ge Ritter of The Evening World: ‘What is best worth striving for tm life? Money, love, fame, happiness, reputation or—what? and I argue often about this, some eaying one thing, some another. I'd like opinions and reascas from others, DEBATER. GOLF OR RAINY-DAY SKIRT, BEV: NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIB. D. D REACHING te man-making, mas-mending and character-butlding. On the one hand it is & science, dealing with reason, affection, aspira- ton and conscience. On the other side preaching |s an art, and has to do with the probiems of right living. It teaches the art of so carrying reasea, ambition and ‘Suns may sink in storm clouds Greary, Buns may set with goiden skies; Daye may restful be, or weary Meet the nights when daylight dies; ‘Those beside me fall or falter, Friends prove fates, time drag or fy, Blossoms turn to fruit or flower, ‘Sced-time pass, and summers dle; | Youth may wane, and olf age creeping | Come to break or change old ties, ‘Stil Ite pristine glory keeping, TAves this love that never dies, Youth, or age, or joy, or sorrow, Storm or gunehine—all are one, | hi She was well loved ip the ways won her many 5 if i § > I know for me onchanging ° raise the ao the Goings went a, Aves this love, till Ilfe te done. t give we Fagifiy; se alec 14 the —Mary Devereex. frieadiiness Ralph sown foand a form of before, Gut, to i ieee heheh bb he eee eee THE PEDAL HOLDS CIGARS. | f i f 5 I be | 3 it ti { chy by ts ny? 88 Fil i i i tt fy i zis el f i 8 £ E i | § 8 Li