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fi, ul I{ Pree Compeny, 69 to @ PARE ROW, | (Copyright, 1900, by the Prose Publishing Company, New York) @OdPGeeHG HO ‘Pest-Ofiee of Kew Tort os Secon’ -Ciese dai! Master. [' i! ppeenenierieieeses ere ec ceeees seseeseeee soos NO, 14,107] Th an th daxal and fi A FEW LUXURIES. | heart Jand h M " kind: money AND DIAMOoNoSs Lut K The price of coal aud Ice keeps on rie~ fimg. Some day we may expeet thts, INVESTIGATE THIS “ TIP.” Tesponse to a gontle “tip” from Muiberry | P @treet yeoterday something more than two! @ hundred policy shops were closed in New York. i> It was stated that the doors would stay) @ shut till after the adjournment of the Legis- } Jatare. z ‘The general closing was referred to ns an act of “eomplimentary deference to the power of the The attention of the April Grand Jury is re-| © ) gpestially called to the “tip,” its source and Its ‘Samak. New York desires to change the form of Bat deference from one of compliment to one of |+ Gempolsion, and there is no better way then by|* Me manipulation of a very sharp probe “higher 3 WR" where the danger tips come from HER divorce suit in Now York 1s to be| iriotic conducted in sccrocy and all the main young men do not want poor young girls for] 4 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1900. Our good, brave-hearted American heroes expect to! # make the fortune of the girls who trust them suffl- | 4 clently When a young man sees a women whom he feels drawn toward by love's magic spell it matters little to Im whether she be princess or peasant, rich or | @ pass them by. | A beauty or the homeliest girl on earth—his |? ‘This ts not right, however, for these young men tn warms toward her and his arms open io her, | % question were destined for other girls, and the pa e never rests until he has won her for his Lride | jMeular one who is to make YOU happy has not can never buy a im. love. ; LAURA ._.... i sBEY. | probe * rs There are women who van buy «a husband's name) 0640s s@| i" Your direction, and you will be sure to meet hit, thelr gold, but (hey can never purehase the soos bre reerrrsys ++¢ | soon or late, vis heart, pay what price they may. T and pleasing hes as good a chunce of winning ary} Rest arsvred, my dear girl, from the moment you During the siege of Kimberley by the Boers, when own and 4 thelr al the natives had to live on locusts’ lege and Ceci! besiegers. The picture tx from a photograph taken in armed with modern rifles to pit against the 29,000) Prisoner—1 confess, Your Honor, that I forged the Rhodes dined in evening dress off horefesh at his Kimber'ey | ANOTHER CLOSET DIVORCE, |e), the citizens formed themselves tnto a corps rorve the « }ealled the Kimberley Buffs. Not to be outdone the pa- soldier with the rev facts buried from the public eye because) WHAT ONE WOMAN THIN KS, POOO424-0-0 Se ceesy Tes: 1ntg2n9, Ranges of Guns, | deen fired tion. _ |THE POOR YOUNG WOMAN'S CHANCES OF MARRYING, BY LAURA JEAN LIBBEY. THE COMIC SIDE OF LIFE OUT OF CURIOSITY. SURE TO BE UP TO DATE. b-e8O9OSG<j and surround her with all the luxuries that his wealth can afford her. ‘The young man who |s making his own way in the world feels more confident of future happiness with 4 poor young sirl for a wife, knowing se will bo satisfied with less tha: a rich 's daughter wauld expect; that she will + helpmeet to him Instead of a drawback, hampering iis every effort, ‘The Ist of great men and wealthy men, ambitious ®)and worthy men who have chosen thelr wives from. Plamong the poorest ot women would fill three-fourthe » | of the world’s volumes, $ Poor girls are iS to feel discowwaged when one World.) a sa grave mistake, my dei *, to Imaging, that | > ives—a very grave mistake, \* to marry them. \* are a few money-seekers here and there, just | P ere are a fow blots of imperfection on the great, | @ ing tun, but, Tam glad to repeat, they are few | P far between. | re | arciageatto young man after another appears to! nusbands are the biemishes on imanktad, the | man's eekers mentioned above: they count for but} ‘The vo a8 a milllonalre’s dainty daughter, were born ihe hero whom God he rd has eirange ways of bringing taose to-| ws been appr ned for you hing you, and when you come face! 1 the great army of men gether whom He intends for eneh other Let ri/to face you will read life's meaning in each other's “Naturally, if you've been discharged from two er my dea t le fen't every young man who lowe heart over the delusion tha: #he no eyes at the first glance three places for listening at the keyhole, including & for the rich wife, for the sensivic man Knows | of winning a lover because some da + of wealthy | Ile will not ask you If you are rich or poo my friend Frau Scher!'s, | can't engage you,” ge with @ girl he can adore and | parents looks with faver upon him joet eare, You are hie mate; he recognises “Yes; but you've no idea, ma'am, what interestiag 1 thousand times bettes than a he right kind of inen are very independent crea-| but that—aye, end that you are the other half of his things I've heard!" m with a quarrelsom: suspl- [tures and will marry the etel whoa they fall ta love| soul, part of his being; that he loves you and will “Well, on the whole, I think I'll tale you!" ‘ossed your path, but his footsteps are : in ft who pald for with thwu ihe & ‘ Her poverty | win you and make you happy, - a hie wt n her shining go! makes her 1 the inex and theref a laura Joan Libory writes fot The Evening World by permis- SMOTTING TM OFF. r girl who is bright, & ured, winsome! deurer in’his eyes, and he longs ty take fier from Mtl aon of the amity Story Paper, A Cure for Alcohol! Craving. cout meeting of the Academie Jy Medecine, MM. fapeller, Broca and Theraut eed a new serum obtatned from with alcohol, whieh hae the p er of curing a “Karl, I'm actu ashamed to go out with my old hat 0 out of style!" A PLEA FOR WAR. ‘Mas the cook the afternoon out to-day?" * Col, domes G. U, Lea, Assistant Quartermas- shal ter-General, U. 8, A, AR ts work, hardshtj “Which way do the sia:rs run in the defendant's v) house™’ asked the smart lawyer. “That,” replied the witness, “depends entirely on one's potnt of view. One way they run up end the other way they run down weccwccecccccccss Historic Sieges, nm why don't you borrow hers?” atiia fon Ate it pesadus acd als Wh vina * healthful growth; peace — S. Hori es ae ene: Tha Abas Pleton, 3 Maye eke. Pep emir ect cao adv pes THEY ARE ALL PAINTED—MORE OR LESS nation but rather disgust for alcohol, | ‘That of Axoth, according to Merouct Unued for such 4 marvellous factor in the development of j ar cure was proposed in thie ta | twenty-nine years, and the wlege of Troy pled ten; Mations as has war power. Our own position was y Dr. Evelyn, of Ban Francisco. ‘years elevated {mmeasurably by the atrength and resources we displayed In the war of. the rebel gn and our inte that the nine- BOYS PLAY SOLDIER IN A BESIEGED TOWN. (conch century hts been the tot advasted, tne tron 3 4 enlightened, the most CXristian of all the centuries, ©44-8-6 4-06-PO-0-00-0-6-56-4-6-646-4061-6-6- St etoe jand yet during this century there have been the most Bj cnormous wars of all history. + The United States hag strangely failed to recognize |the military factor tn ite development, has neglected jo foster and nourish its war power as the strong | right arm of its support and defense. In the hours of y | peril there has been nothing too good or bounteous to eyerent, but in, the years of seeming security there was »|Ho extreme of neglect and pinching untouched. We ) | have always been {il-prepared for war--the revolu- jn the war of i812, the Mexican war, the rebeilion JUSTICE TEMPERED WITH MITIGATION. ¥ (Ye: al Bhe—How did you Itke the prima donna yesterday? He-Oh, she's as charming as an angel. She (ealous)—But did you notice how she was painted? He—Yes, but did you ever se an angel that wasn't painted?—Heltere Welt. and the war with Spain all found us un dy. As Mustrative of this, it will be hard for the present |Reneration of Americans to realise that only thirty. elght years ago this natton sent soidiers forth to do battle with fitnt-lock muskets, ; What has been the result of such lack of prepara- tion? ‘The wars h all been longer, more eostly, more disastrous, more destructive of life and property in every way more distressing. War establishments jare necessarily expensive, but the burden is more lightly borne amid the joys and blessings of pea 3 4 |than amid the horrors and sorrows of confilct. W jit hot worth many years of patient preparation, the Pj annual expenditure of @ few millions, to have averted jhe Sreat calamity of the civil war, with its terribie | lone of life and treasure on both sides? To the North alone the price was 366496 men killed in action or dying of wounds and distase, 246.712 wounded sertous- ly, 600,000 cases of iliness, 9,000,000,000 expended in carrying on the war, besides another $1,000,000,00 paid kb in pensions alnce—enough to sustain the force a | Which would have prevented the struggle for several 2000040! centuries... The same. condition of unpreparedne fe rifles with effeet @n the | marked the outbreak of the Spanish war—25,000 men Judge-Have you anything to say, prisoner? company of the Corps. Ob-/ Spain could muster; 50,000 obsolete Springfelds tofnote, but I'd give five years of my life if I hada’t the castle eye of the boy | arm the flower of our young manhood called Into the jallowed myseif to be tempted to do such a thing! r. Woe to the Boer head whieh | voluntecr service, Judge—Oh, you're téo severe on yourself! I'll send sons of patriot fathers formed @ corps of thetr showed when he was around —— —— you to the House of Correction for only three years! A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING, Barber (to rural customer)—Would you like « little sa few yards over fifteen miles, which was the range of Krupp's 13-ton steel gun, firing «a ; a “aren n whee ” —s j shot weighing 269 pounds. ‘The ill-ton Armstrong BY ral C alt “Naw, I don't keer fer sich intoxt- one keene we eee * . EVENING WORLD READERS, fun has an extreme range of fourteen milea, fring| Mural Cusiomer—Naw, ” 4 Se ' Love's grand eweet song sounds best arranged as 0 ENING H * eatin’ Ikkers, but ef you hed a leetle hard cider 1 es, but I shall go as the Queen of Night."— Bo It has to be again polated out that secrecy |auet. a bogies. -<adl peggy ManarNB aod Muy HOOOR PT atc RON In Heltere Welt! @04 mystery in such a case are in dircet oppos!- te tae he ad eo ee +YOPHEOO4 | Pounds of powder. The 2-ton Armstrong gun huria| VOUldn't mind takin’ @ swig. N $4 " @ solid shot for a distance of twet ies, and the ee eee ee =e owt dks waschors tenes ss om to all steps for better gafoguariing the mar-| T° ®44 to the happiness of others is to increase | You Ave Correct. Alocbintige oF: ea pringroetey ee oad toe place; Flage institution and for raising the standard of Ur O*™ | weeaeeeaeiie eae eel eae eo send oe | Shere the Dall strikes. From twelve to eecnt| oft T H E DA Y'S | OV E STO R Y wt domestic parity. The obvious inference Is when! A man can enjoy no batter gift than the lore of a! the West Indies A. wren cies “aman teland of peered sca <A ghia apogee. ! 4 @ @ivorce scandal can be smothered because the|f0od woman. landed at some port in South Caroting U. 8 A! tion of nearly 45 degrees is found. to be necessary, _-> Browning watched the guy scene of the ballroes tm ue parties are rich that the social sin is a full-fledged are. | Which ts correct? BROOKLYN. 2 om HE HARITY BALL. silence &@ moment. Then he said: . | THEC ea oaly when the ne affected It seems a pity that the bridegroom ts never the T “Mildred, shall I tell you why I never marrie®f™ persons affected ate too NOOT! nes man at his own wedding. | About £7,000,000, he Longest Human Hair. HY, Mr. Browning, you at anything eo gay} 10th tte ier tace asain in the 4 |e pay the price for suppressing the facts, Jus- —— How many people are there in the United states! The longest recorded hair growing on a female bya oe charity ball?" Your sho call ny | thee and the public morals suffer accordingly, Accomiing to the Iatest discovery of solence you and Its colonies? FLUSHING BAY, | Was clght feet, ‘The longest recorded beard was twelve nd you, my dear Mise Erickson, Ot @8Y-| ne suse I never thought you would haveme te@ | Ae important stage in divorce reform will be niga ce Rade eelcad a Lalla ly | Not Take Moat at Narce oMice. oe Me MA ots cor aban ie the folds ot her |*ere #0 bright and gay, and ten years young feached when the secrot divorce is mauc impas-|™ ee aye Ta Mt necessary to secure a pase ty viel! Governor's | hi dtbtfetteleiteaiatatetaintetnioieiteotet= lace. than 1." {Island Whe nL find the dock? J. TURPIB, misty pink dancing skirt, with ite ruffes end 5 ALL MEN LIKE SHARKS. ORE than one hundred and twenty-five Witnesses will testify against M er, of Per quick wealth will be furnishing rich pickings ‘te Wall street, to the pool-room and policy sharks, teevery fleecing game, old and new (even that of the aucient gold brick), which clever men have @¥er Gevieed. One almost doubts the wisdom of to protect those who are £0 willing to be BMight it not be a quicker finish to the whole! to let the sharpers first clean out every- @lee and then perish in a sort of Kilkenny @truggie for each other's gains? TWO POETS OF SCOTLAND. READER wants ‘The Evening World to decide a controversy between two friends @s to whether Burns or Scott is “the Fecognized Scottish poet.” If by “recognized” is meant the poet ‘whose verses ure best known, best quoted lowed by the sons of Scotia everywhere, Seems little diffeulty in dociding this ques- » of Bobbie Burns. jie was and is the the people. His verses to Mary are the 2 8 ar ere Se eee ee ah. seh 5 Ward in a prison cell fresh victims of the mania| deteerietlte! deel ] . Mildred leaned forward until he felt her breath @@ Bee game dunes lefts a schettinghe. BHAI) 5 cheek’ She spoke rapidly, for she saw Mr, Bisby “It you wil so honor me, But as T can't dance any- | °CVnine ‘0 mate Ps wane ere thing but the waks I am going to ask you to. come “Yea.” married, Paut | with me to that little alcove retreat over thes, where : > “Bec: er we can talk and watch the figures.” eae trite ant mie wines BIRTHDAY LUCK A dete that David Belasco wrote “The Girl 1 Left! The Girl | Lett Behiid Me’ | For April by Franklyn Fyles and David Belasco, M. COREAH. Satisfied. OVE wore a threadbare dress of gray, And tolled upon the road all day, ied me." Lave wielded pick and carrted pack, F you were born on April 6 this {s the mean- For answer Mildred Erickson laid her gloved fingers Franklin Syndicate swindling fame, If And bent to heavy loads the back a cull ing of the day for you: on his arm and raised her brown eyes to his face as| Browning. sprang forward from the silken cushions all bis victims were brongi ; Gl What is the meaning of » Vincest With care you can attend to ondlnary TP! they walked away from the group of dancers now |*"d caueht her band. But she withdrew tt hurriedly, s yromht to tell thelr Whctafh meagredted and nordty, inset, GRATEFUL, bsdea! tik 108s nae | Yentaaee and with her face all wreathed in smiles caught wp stories !n court the trial would Last all y malvere, promising, | forming for the schottische. seh a: bicuspid asia Roman Cenbolte, quiet, though unfavorable year before you. £) “Every one seems to be here to-night,” eho sald. Summer. A child's white face to kiss at night, What is Richard Croker’s religion? A. J. OWEN. Look to all changes, making no additions, lest “Yer. Even 1.” ‘But of every duy that this swindler etands at A woman's smile by candle light sieiaie: misfortune attend the same. Sickness may T) There ix Maud Jones now, in that pale blue chiffon. ‘the bar and on every day tha: he lingers after-| [—Marsaret E. Sangster, Lippincott's Magarine SANSA, 9,00,c000, enter your abode and possibly loss of triends— FE! 1. you know she is to be married next week to Jack What t* the population of Greater New York? What Copyrighted by the Sphing Magazine, Bostea. ts the population of Chicago? 8 HL K. | Marshall?” - sa licens ‘Gho?’ This !s only her second season, isn't ttf" HE . T “Second! No, only her frat.” Mildred sald with laugh and shrug of her plump, white oI jers. T. BUSY LITTLE HOUSEKEEP ER, “Her first? You are imore sensible, Miss Erickson. Why, this is your tenth season. Don't you remember 1 was at your coming-out tea?” THURSDAY—MENDING DAY. "ean you were ld then_twont leh: Jt ma 7 picked bouquet and buried have a flat patch, be {t on muslin or flannel undér-| oldest, but ma we pink wicesome. bo | rong ge whem I innings Pree# @ batch on the ever been written “And you were in white and carried pink roses, just Tong side when it is finished. oS | Use linen thread for mending me ghey @ bunch,” and she began pulling jing, OF sewing their buttons on. 1 _ sewing It down on all sid “COME TO ME TO-MORROW AFTERNOON on again. AT 3, MR. BROWNING.” When a dress tears it Is nine times out of ae Sigsag line that is made to try the mender, Baste “ 9 under this a plece of the new goods, pulling the ragged married. 1 am go used to you sttgis, you know.” her fowers and fan and tace handketchicg and aaa edges close together, running a line of | like women. a8 she walked away: Stitches clove to the tear and a second one two ine! | “Come to me to-morrow afternoon at 3, Mr. Brows: 2) 33 Fy { it z ! f; beyont. Ravel long threads from a bit of thé goode—|derma serricorne), who not only Whee tobacco, bu ing.” i if you have none, use fine sewing silk—end @aro with [extends hts appetite to cayenne pepper, singer, rhu- , And a moment later Browning saw her floating sf them over the unsightly gap, making even stitches | bere, rice, figs, yeast and prepared fish food, ‘hrough the steps of the waltz on the arm of George over and under the work, running them certainiy half |and is also partial to oné turmeric. Can you ‘ OME very helpful suggestions on the art of |to an inch beyond the hole. When done, apply a damp| wonder at o bug with wide-ranging gastro- mending are given by Emma M. Hooper in the /cloth to the wrong side and press with a warm iron, |momical teste being a cigarette fend? The picture Ladies’ Home Journal. firet pulling out the basting threads, or the marks will |shows three stages In life of the beetle. . lever put new, stiff muslin with old, she advises, as | be pressed in the goods, SRR. eye a sheer perverseness the old will tear around the| If the tear takes a piece out of the cashmere, or The "City of Champagne.” / edge of the new. Buy several yards of light-weight | Whatever It may be, then baste a before, HE town fm France, ts a muslin, ‘wash and boil It soft, and iron out. Hn (kt pt oft i