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—— Panered ot the Pest-Otiee ot Now Yort as Bevent-Clese Ma!! Metter. —————————— THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1900. —————— TOL. 40 veeceerecrres sess severees NO, 14, PERSECUTION —NOT PROSECU- TION. 1 state of affairs of which prophetic ap- prehension wes exprensed ia yesterday's a en ore ime te New Prosecution ef resents hes bem ¢is- Pereecution of the people. m {s no Jaw under which the police raid pom orderly hotels and restaurants where music patrons can be justified. raid was eo planned and carried out | Blu A BETWEEN-SEASONS HAT. OOS COE E hie Meee D 4 BESSESLERARR ee for wear at this time of biue taffeta with stitched brim and oon- roses formed of folis of stitched taffeta ffon drapes the front and top. ——— LAURA JEAN LIBBEY. Young Girls Should Avoid Secret Correspondence, (Cuprright. 1900, by the Prem Publidring Company, New Tork Workd.) L@TTWR reaches me to-day which contains but ‘one sentence, and that as follows “For God's sake write a let through The Evening World on respondence A BROKEN-HEA) aD MC To this young girl, aye! and to all oth lending themselves to the folly of a » respondence, | would say, my dears, you have taken the first step in a path that leads in the end to ruin, 1 wish I could make it a prayer to all young girls never to write to or receive a letter from @ man which they cannot or dare not show to the mother Who joves them as no one olse on this earth can love them, and who has their welfare closest to her heat The girl who writes to a young man and receiv letters from him under an assumed name has grasped a two-edged sword in her hand which will wound her keenly ere she loosens her hiold of It Concealment is the fret step to gullt, sorrow and shame. Never permit any man to write you a letter, my dears, that you would fear to have fail by chance into the hands of relatives or friends, or that would make you uneasy if your mother asked to peruse jt Bueh men may have handsome faces, be dressed tn the height of fashion, be smoot! ue, but, my dears, the moment a man sugg @ secret corre *pondence, which in the end means secret meetings. truet him not. He 1s not worthy of one earnest thought, one scratch of the pen. Not worth the heart pangs he brings to those near and dear to you; not worth the tears of anguish he brings to the eyes of the mother who prayed for you in your cradle; not worth the throb he brings to the bosom that beats With love, true love for her child, T have received hundreds of letters from women who have written me that thetr life's sorrow came about from secret correspondence, and in every case I noted with sorrow that it always ended in shame and desertion—a wrecked life and ruined home, in which a broken-hearte? mother sat waiting, waiting, waiting for the return of her tol, which had turned to clay. Not the earth's clay, but the gay world’s, of then for orime—protection bought and paid for— teas revealed « fearfully weak place in his admin- fetration of police affairs. With that fatality so often attending the performances of a man in des- erate straits, he has procesded in the worst pos- gible way to meet the array of circumstances marvhalied against him. Instead of aligning himself with the forces ‘Which had set out with the object merely of break- {Sup the alliance between criminals and their paid officiel protectors, he has gone off at a tan- Byerybody, even the zealous Parkhurst, has ad- mitted the impossibility of turning New York into ® Puritanic city. The lberality of the age and a Just consideration for great popular rights and jn- @ividual liberty are against such a conversion. But while holding liberal ideas on the subject @f individual freedom and while they are far re- moved from a desire to make this a biue-law city, the people of New York share humanity's com- fan aversion to real crime. And they regard With peculiar horror that alliance to which refer- clals who act as their paid Under the revealed system of protection, men presumed to be servants of the city have been try- ing to serve two masters. They cannot do it. ‘They shall not do it. That is the point of the Present crusade. A victory on the right side will be s substantial triumph against crime in gen- @ral, a well as on this particular point which ined @ soul, but no heart Oh, young girls! Oh, careless, lot me take you in my arms and al my heart in my prayer, if you have drifted intoe secret correspondence to go straightway to your dear mother, !f God has spared her to you, and confess your folly to her. Keep nothing from her, and abide by her wire counsel Ab! what a wonderful! toad you will find lifted from your mind! How sweetly you will sleep that night. for your feet will be gently, lovingly turned into the right path. Your first duty ts to your mother. Next to Goa her will be done. AVOoId secret correspondence, secret meetings, secret love affairs if you would have a happy, peaceful fu- ture, and a good, honest, true husband to walk hand in hand with you over life's rugged path, my dear girls. That you will heed my warning, listen to my earnest prayer, is my hope. LAURA JBAN LIBREY. Laura Jean Libbey writes for ‘The Rvening World by per mission of the Family Story Paper $< THE WORLD'S LA GRIPPE CURE. 3 evecy hour take one every two or three ‘This dove in for an adult, Any drag- aiet will put 11 ep for you. Scientific Housekeeping, HB ooctentific aspect of housekeeping 1 at- tracting @ great deal of attention just pow from thinkers. The problems of the chemistry And that victory will be won. Chief Devery can- ‘Bot prevent it by perversion of lew and misdirec- @en of energy. His course will but further the case for his already threatened in- it by the awakened Grand Jury. Windy March. TB tree, juniper. Ite stone, bloodstone Ite motto, courage and strength in time of danger. March is noted as a dry month. Ite dust is for and become: subject of congratuiation, Secount of the importance of dry weather at this time for sowing an? planting. The idea ‘as Ms bread.” Blustering winds usually pre: of lees throughout a considerable part of ¢ Hebce the proverb “March comes in like and girl whore birthday falls in March should wea It will bring her courage 1nd wiedom } BIOGRAPHY OF A FOOL. B didn't have time to chew food, of securing the most mourishing for the least correct methods of sanitation, the most conclusive way of deaung with the all-pervad- ing mécrove, are subjects with which the students are Gealing, and the results of their investigations are being taught in schools and colleges along with Latin, Greek and other matters which seem to relate less directly to the safety and comfort of life. Sain anne A HINT FOR BACHELORS. How to walk the streets in broad daylight and net be recogni AN EARLY LESSON. Mother—Children! What a noise you are making! What fs it all about? Bobble (playing parson)—I've just married to Bertie and she wants to be unmarried already! HE KEPT IT DARK. ‘= good for a cola?” you the price of two hot whiskeys?* . T haven't."* “Then it's no good my telling you. MATERIALISM. Fair Chatterer—They say, Captain, that you don't care for flowers, children or books. What do you care for? Captain—Dinner! eocoeee-s 0 HOW i iit? My ii | ruin PHILANTHROPY HARMFUL. By Chauncey M. Depew. THE DAY’S LOVE STORY. . B| By Sidney H, Aarons, 180 East Seventy-sixth i Guest—-Why 4o you bave in your smal! 8 Feonch bill of fare? Landlord—In the first place, my guests feel flat- teved to think that I assume they can read it, and, im the second place, I can serve them what I please, for they don't know what they’va ordered! A CORRECT DEFINITION. i ty ‘H es i ? if i i if i t i ! LETTERS evenne worto i a Ye Gtre—A pessimist, my son, expecting bad luck, and who {1 It comes. REVENGE. s8y Ets rasta Hit j i z i i ! E 4 I & ° i Ay 55 bad | e338 53 i : i 38 § 2 3 ¥ z 4 “Oh, play some more, professor!" “But, madam, It's already 11 o'clock, and might a as annoy the family next door.” ¥ ‘t mind them. They poisoned {of her superior "Yes, but you needn't t aes cle age Sat tbe Gaily bother? our dog lately!” one 0 Street, New York city. cS FE? cerely” or “Yours with lo latter, 00 he blushed ve: the subject to avoid his own fi st Finalty he swung from his horse and made his way to the commandant’s tent. But war is war, 80 once more ad a 1 s'pose?” one fellow ventured. too much, 80 he stood for @ mo- flashing eyes and lipe apart, trying to think a oF) 335 i We il | ii ef deqic