The evening world. Newspaper, March 30, 1900, Page 6

* + 2), Mlorid. SS————————— FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1900. The Albany jamaler he te Hable to get | eat If be fe not careful. 4 POOF 29 0-ted-j--8- Mat bh other BRACE UP! VIGNED “Discontent,” this appealing note comes to the editor of The Evening World For the Inet fow weeks I've been wo terribi, | ‘worrled that 1 really do not know my own ming. Every unktnd word spoken to m throws me Into such @ plich of excitement tha 1 know not at times what I'm dotng. 1 am twenty-six years of age, married, earning @ poor salary and feel Yery much discouraged. In my own mind I know I possess ordinary Intelligence, yet when I’m toll I lack Common sense (which 1 n told me through dfffer- @nt people) I get down-hearted and worry why I do no Gequire more brains. I feel myself very unlucky and YW think It's fate that makes me a0, I sometimes try to forget my troubles, but It's of no use, Try ae I will Tm otill haunted with that feeling that I lack sense. “Pmployment, sir, and hardships prevent melan- eholy,” wrote old Samuel Johnson. You, Mr. “Dis- content,” already have employment, and we are tempted to declare that you need a real hardsh!p Or two to convince you that you have only present troubles of your own making. ‘The best of men have had periods when they doubted themselves. Bren the tron-heeled Crom- Well fluttered im some of his last hours over the prospect of entering the presence of the living God. Washington knew the heaviness of unjust censure and consequent despair. Lincoln, despite bis rugged humor and grim determination, had a bad quaster of an hour with the faint heart. Napolees know what was lonely gloom before be found ft om Gt. Helena. Carlyle had the “bines” @f Gyepepsia. In abort, life {s not a glowing whiri @f gelf-agpreciation to any man, grest or small, and what makes the great ones !s the factity of gheddtng, whbn occasion demands it, the weakness a @f pereonal despa!r. Your melancholy seems to be of that particular @vality cansed,as Robert Burton analyped it nearly od three munéred years ago, by “scoffs, calumnies and y fete.” You are also such o melancholy man es he, Geseribed by ancther writer, who “weeps the ‘Worst company in the world—that is, his own.” Get out of yourself, Mr. “Discontent.” Bat an @vange before breakfast, rife the bicycle tn cheer. ful companionship, give jest for jest and learn to laugh “wholly and heartily,” as even the dyspeptic puts it. Don't try to forget your worry, {t a chance to forget you. , Pretty good doctors now eay thet tnecumia cas ‘ Be cared by not trying to go to sleep By this gmeens the strain of conecious effort is taken from © the miné and the individual drifts easily into , Bo you may drift into diversion by avoid- effort to dodge worry, oon wrote this when the nineteenth q@uatury wee very young: ‘J ence gave o lady two-ené-twenty ressipte against z One wae o bright fire, ancther to re the pleasant things esid about her, an- ent too much or walk too little, or mind the er think whet you would do tf you were (Cratinas bey the Teen Fabizesing, Coeenr, «9 to @ PARE ROW, ‘Gatwad of the Pest-Ofise ot New York oo Sessnd-Clane Mel] Metter, — NO. 14,101 ——~ tind that t # [nature LAURA JEAN LIBBEY! 777 HUMOR OF THE DAY HERE FINDS EXPRESSION|" The Writers of Anonymous Letters. (Copyright, 1909, by the Pree i'ub w ’ says: “I am employed very once in a cards addressed to when they jown to me, flous over the “he Bvening World » never did any mortal one reason. 4 post man but for while I receive letters the firm, whieh “T | matter, and comfort © good woman w soul the least harm, and greaily oblige "A CONSTANT RBADER." 1 say frankly, my dear, your griev ¢ is most an- ying, as looked at through your eyes. ois a grave penalty attached to the offense of the United States malis for such a purpose, sa heavy onment or both. It thorities to prosecute h vigor, king such Government ser among thone whore » your business and a r the matter, let me assure is miseives do not do you the #0 fondly pe tor. In al © women are employed the ) employees, telegated to “” n kes in at @ rapid glance th " those not atrictly upon bust signed urread to the waste vs for whom they mbers ¢ firm. ters come in to large concerns tleropenem are too brain-weary ‘ Important letera, let effusions, and (hey munt often work he rapidity to dispose of and clas: acks of mail which are plied up be! meh tbe p a word 0! Joke, notain using connected with and ink, and the 1 jepaper men, into whoee hands they ultimate re quite as obtuse, | would seen Therefore ) ti! see, my dear, the poteoned arrow of te mo urrit r instead ting the mark toward whieh tt was aimed—to wound and perhaps to kill- sveunly Into space and does no harm, Ark that your lettere be destroyed in the letter- ning department If they are found to be of an ob- vn soyance as we And, m, fali wil have loo much to do to waste thelr } upon LAURA JBAN LITBEY Laure Jann Ladh@p writen for The Bvening World by permis jon of the Vam!iy Story Peper toleieleletetetolo! A Winsome Little Girl. KNOW a winsome little girl As thistie-down that breeses whit ‘To float in sunshine brig’ A ilttle girl with witehing eyes ‘That smile like sunny summer skies | | | nat them A haopy heart that singing goes To mate with Ganping feet; A gulleless heart that only knows Wha th A dainty Capricious as a fairy sprite, That could not Itve without sunlight And careless love would blight. "Tie oad to think that years may feet And bring @ woman's dower To atill those happy dancing feet With sorrow's heavy power; But love, that watched the bicssem rare Will ourely keep the ripe fruit fatr, And teach the woman's heart to bear Whate'er may come of care. Mary Devereux. Dee eA EEE —_——— One-Button Gloves. IB one-button glove is the very newest thing in gtoves this seagon. It ts shown tn this style both for eweryday and for evening, the long sloevea coming well down over the hand being raison Getre, Buede is alamo the popular glove of t spring, and gtace is relegated to the bargain table ‘The pastel colors are to be found tn the gloves, and some of the most delicate tints. White ts etill a favertte for evening, though some time ago !t waa said that ft wae to be supplanted. | degrees, the Detling potnt of water, because the skin is a bad condnetor, and because the perspiration cools the body, Mon have withstood without injury a heat of 300 degrees for several minutes. STYLISH TAILOR-MADES. Mustrations show the dressier of the tatlor- styles of cloth gowns The one to the right has fa litUe coat with eilk revers opening over @ lace vest and is trimmed with corde and buttons as well as with bands of self color. The other, which te a trifie! more severe in design, has light revers ené light- colored bands on the plain cloth, The straw toques are trimmed with chiffon ang flowers. hing Company, New York World.) te ROUBLED PMMA the head of a department In one of the | largest stores in New York, and I id bea a warning fy one's figure if @ woman wil! but think #0 woman who seta out, for example, to have what | te calle, for want of a better can get It be one of the happy throng of girls and matrone who appear to have been suddenly flattened out from the) waist tne to the knees, and quite as miraculously ex-| ¥ panded about the diaphragm and shoulders? defects? I mus know your good and bed points be- stout? Embenpotat tee difficulty easily met and con- quereé provided you are willing to make the persenal | cige and diet. Give up sweet and starchy foods, iste | suppers and eweet drinks, and take good gymnastic | leeeons. Re persistent and the fat will go. exerciee. Tuke deep breathing lessons, Oxygen is re- MARCH 30; 1900, Alack! Alas! HE maid sits dreaming of knights of old (iter mother at the washboard rubs.) I. ¢ dream A MERCENARY SPIRIT malts with lovers so bold, * with millions untold, bout her he would enfold, And pr be a prince among hube, The maid «ite dreaming of knights of old, (Her mother at the washboard rubs.) HE TOOK IT. And tongs fo Whose a! ieee —- Auntle-And do you Mke 3 new dolls house, Mabel—Ob, pretty well, tank ished to Mary for three hut ea week, Ive let tt wero ooo ro ewe conn ener en een wee eee SUPERSTITIOUS. aivack- Weil, wailer, how Much shall I have 7 Ont T leave that to you, alt. allback—Thanks, awfully--It'll elp te pay my ry eee cece ces en ee cone eee epee eeeee. AS IE UNDERSTOOD rT, I'm afraid my wife's eyesight fe failing, " “ os =) He- You acknowledge that you~erlike me, yet yout ous refune my offer? She (delle of the season)— Yes, fT mut. an unlucky number, He—Eh? She-You are the thirteenth man who has propose fo me, and If we should become engaged I'm afraid ymething dreadful would happen He-You are foolishly superstttious. sappen? She-I might marry you Thirteen ts Jagnaby Doctor I'm sorry to hear thet. What makes you ink suen case? exit) 1 went home he Weil last night about 10 ous, Jaggaby, this What could can't be you a THE DOG SIGN WAS WORSE THA 7 jo slow, now. I see the dog-house. any! AIDS a) eA AAA AAA AAA AAR ARRAS A Good Shampoo. ONSTANT -Shampoo your halr thoroughly a! least or eek, which will remove all super 1 use anthar' Mra Weakheart— That Sog may eat all four of up, Augustus. That he who accepts many gifts pays dearly for them? ‘To defer the discussion of vital questions untf! after breakfast? To make the best of the dreary weather, the brown landscape and gray sky? That to get something for nothing Je contrary to the lawe of nature and mankind? A few, important jesson from the books you read. the work you do or people you meet? WOMAN CAN HAVE A FRENCH FIGURE. BY HARRIET HUBBARD AYER. HERE ts nothing intricate in the modeling of The Have You Learned— | HAT many people are better than they seem? | this ton Cologne, elght . two ounces, spirits of "t Take Medicine for Fat. 6 POMNDS -1 cannot possibly ad- ne for the reduction of ken In thinking that I method for reducing fat. my opinion, the only health. ANY mea, the French figure De you desire, my dear Evening World readera, to ‘Well, nothing ie tmpler. First of all, what ere your fore I ean efvise yeu. Are you inclined te be tee You can only fight fat er @ tendency to fat by exer- If you are too thin ft is again @ question of diet and | gymnastics. This time you are to eat cereals, drink milk and genern'ly reverse the system advised for obesity, 90 far as eating ts concerned. But you must quired women. ‘Thin and nervous equally for beauty building in thin and fat women should join a Don't Worry | Keour_ o# ETIQUETTE. | Tee Barty tn the Day, Ie ft proper for a young man eighteen years of age to wear @ Tuxedo sult at @ close relative’s wedding which takes place at 5 P. M.? I would rather wear that than full @rese if It be proper. CHARLES. A Tuxedo should not be worn before @ o'clock, at which time evening clothes ere also proper. A young man of eighteen might wear @ Tuxedo coat at the I if \§ | N HIS BITE. GAUTY. all ALWAYS “GOING UP ALOFT’ Gardener (explaining the new weathercock) only brother Juck, sir feels more in simperty wiv Tom Bowling, up there!—London Sketch DOUBTFUL COMPLIMENT. Old Matd unmasaing) costume He—Ah, ths mask looked? very pretty on you. Well, how do you like my All the Weakheart yout BIRTHDAY LUCK. For March 30, F you were born on March % this !s the ] meaning of the day for you It ts a favorable day You bave some advantage as the year is passing, and there will be some favors shown you in both bual- @ ness and social ways. You must guard against sickness, hy ver, and look carefully to home matters. It wil! be an eventful year in rome @ respects.—Copyrighted by the Sphinx Maga- m zine, Boston, 4 GOEGOCCOSOHSODGOOHOCHOHOSSOO0GON0 QUERIES ss ANSWERS ‘we EVENING WORLD READERS, C0040 0SOOO4-0-1-2O0-1-14 090100000000 C. Clive, 17 State Street, sul for New York? What fs his JAMES MORRIBON, Chatham, N J. Cooper U ‘Where can I lenrn stenography free of charge? MAX SHAPIRO. Yeo. Many Military Authorities Think Net. Was Napoleon married to Maria Loutea of Austria? Would Wellington have defeated Napoleon at Water- Joo without the aid of Bincher? M. J. CLUNB. Yes. Te the Third Avenue Railroad goin: run electric mail cars? INQUIBSITIVE. ‘Warm the Shoes Before Potting On. Please tell me a way to keep patent leather shoes from cracking. Cc DM What is the highest point of this State (New York), and how high ts it? EOLOGIST. Four Per Cent. ‘What te the approximate percentage of alcoho! in @ bottle of beer? LP. kK. “ai Ipet One Cent. Thave an old white cent coined in the year 1858 with an eagle on one side and a wreath on other. Is it worth anything? J. PUTZ. (8 583,886. ‘What ts the popujation of Greater New York? ; RP. Ves, 1 Bleeted, Can a men who was born in the Urited States be- come President of the United States if the sald man's father by birth eo foreigner? R. HOPPE. ‘Third Fieger, Lett Hand. ‘What te the proper hand and the proper finger for a lady to wear an engagement ring on? J. J. MABON. 3,880 Feet 10 Inches. About how many feet long is the French Mest Re Twenty-one. Is St'necessary to be twenty-one years old to vote tm American, kilometre? ANGLO. HE DAY’S . A SNAPBHOT-—AND AFTER. ACK 8ST. AUBYN, attired in a faultiess and spot. at Newport, pingza watching the people, “Good morning, Miss Van Net have you any plans for this mornin “Yea, sir! snapped the daughter could reply. "My d: for the morning. She Intend: spend itn @ boat, And with # graceful bow and a hal questioning glance at the your the following night Papa Va element. He had arranged a litt) the hot m for the benetlt of the family f »whed in the surf. All i into service, The Was to ineiide yocal and {nstrumental . recitations, legerdemain and what not? he last number on the programme promised te Be the most {nteresting and amusing, for Mr. Van Ness was to show a series of lantern slides, wi an electrical stereopticon, of instanianeous photo Rraphs which he had taken, Me postures,” and all were to be | ‘The first view showed a well-k ing on the sea-wall, apparently 'n deep Jesect his colossal wife was ostensibly chasttsing him with an umbrelia. In the distance two young girls were laughingly gazing on the spectacle. The second picture was that of the Interior of @ typical Newport cottage, evidently taken through @ window, and revealed a prominent! clergyman tn the act of petting his dog. The thir! represented @ New York belle in her bathing sult, beng carried out of the surf in an exhausted condition by two male bathers, “Hore ts one,” eal Mr. Van > , as he aAfusted the next view, “of a couple of turtle doves I caught epoen- ing In @ boat on the harbor yesterday. The distanes from shore was so great that ‘he figures came out wey sma on the plates, but the magnifying lens may matters.” The picture was foctised on the screen, and presently’ a storm of applaure burst from the audience. With a aap of horror ond dismay Mr. Van Ness turned off the electric current and fled from the scene. . e . . . . ‘ainment in al hite villager, etand- . "You see," aald Jack St. Aubyn to a friend the newt ay, “the old fellow took that way of announcing my engagement to his daughter, Coretta, Rather am e@@ idea, wasn't it?'—Chicago News, Testing a Watch. T the Meteorological Observatory at Kew, Sage land, a watch Is tested In every position ané ite rate measured and recorded by the hour. Yt fe hung upside down, hung from each side, placed @ial down and back down and at any number of angie, and to finish it fs baked in an oven and frosen f @ pall of ice, When ft Is considered that 18,00 vibrations an hour occur in a watch and it must net vary @ 68@ ond a week, it is easy to see why no watch has Gree been perfect. — Living Without Water, Some animals can live many years without water, Paroquet lived fifty-two years in the Lonéon Seo without taking a drop of water. A number of reptiles live and prosper in places where there is no waten A NECKTIE MENU. ‘There is an organization in Philadelphia known ao the Necktie Club, the members of which have werted thetr intention not to marry. Recently one of the members announced bis engagement and wes fined a supper by his fellows. He spread a fine re past for thei it which the menus were printed om White sfk neckties, in small gilt letters. A pin, come Posed of a miniature sliver spoon, knife and fort, adorned the centre, while a portrait of the Bee rye nds 4 ony Ness was in hie 1 the ald of alled them “unique |, while LOVE STORY. teps of the Casing nd approached a charming-Visaged frl and her father, who were seated on the broad exclaimed the young man, airtly, by way of greeting. “Miss Coretta, n, before tite ghter nas made plans —_— = |