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Sa -- ° girl working a 4 stenographer in a fama wo? een 8 OO HS wan m offen My @ oy is one of the owed, Pete ot ow Tore 0 Gommah-has al! Mater awelle of the Four Hundred, but he is quite old ESS |About a month ago he gave im iilace and eased, and wh p he saw how ¢ sald he would hat | had flowers 1 was very | pleased Iw THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1900. — n my kk every day, and so he has one day pinks VOL. 40. NO. 14,184 and the next rosea, but he ever sald anything wrong A week age | had to stay late some im portant letters, which I did, and my wer took me toa by restau | 1 maid first 1 gould not 11 woul! make him very uncomfortable if ' dig not. eo 1 wen! While | we were eating he sald he war glad not £0 home. as his home was a wretched place, with no peace in FIRST FLOWERS. phe could trust 1 know all hie private affaire, and I would cut my tongue out before | would tell them, and [ en!4 #0 Now, since that night he asks me to be his rea! friend, and yesterday he told me that he could » raise my pay as every one would know It, tur | ou come to him every turday and he would give me whatever I wanted to use for anything I thet b| Yesterday he asked me tf i would like him to take me to Coney Inland next Sunday. Now, | don't think 1 ought to go, but fam afraid tf T don't I wil) imax him angry and lose my place. 1 am nineteen yen ‘ ‘id next September and an orphan I aly T will really do as you say TROUBLED BELLA me ILL you, my dear, will you really I ay? ‘Then let me assure you that you have reached « point in your young life where the two roads meet. One of these roads you must take middle course On one site there Is pleasure in the present and in anticipation, and in the end bitterness Looking with the eye of youth, who can wonder that the best and eweetest little girl in thi should be tempted by the fragrance of flow APOTHEOSIS OF THE EASY BOSS. RBATER than McKinley, who stands solely for his party-—— Greater than Roosevelt, who mingles with his partisanship a dash of that per sone! courage and impetuosity which go to make up the popular hero-——- Greater than Hanna, who has posed for four years as a successful President-maker- n Greater than all ‘hese in the things that con- @itute modern political power is the aged Boss whe came back from Philadelphia yesterday, physically broken but politically triumphant. * Dwenty years ago Thomas C. Platt wae the “Me, to,” to the flamboyant "I am’ of (onkling. ‘To-day he ts at a height of politica! boss.eam suoh @@ was never attained by the hyperton-curled Genator from pent-up Utica Platt did not waste the period of his subser- weney to Conkling. He learned then the tricks @f an carly master, Subsequently he added a few @f bis own. His power expanded so quietly that te first great manifestations came with some thing of the nature of a politica! curprive. But tt expanded surely and constantly and presently the wmboasting expressman ‘ga clinging @tendfeatly to private life, was discovered to be the arbiter of his party's destiny in the Empire @ate. He had his reverses. More than once his @memies loudly proclaimed him beaten. But he foEe oFer opposition as a lifeboat rises over ocean ‘Waves, and to-day his dictatorship loaves tts Mark ppp tatatetatataletetelotetntateintatetolntala-ieiieteinik _~ a an t COME, TELL ME, SWEET MAID reat convention 4 11h talks with he & te & far ory, indeed, fiom "Me, too,” to the 3 4 oe oo Platt of to-day. If the Tiogan really wished to re “Sunshine of There te no Here is a drawing which shows at a glance the | Taking the nations given in the order of increase p Germany, America, England (which runs America v way behind the others. eyes a nder or amiien tire from the agena in which be hes battled so long + ter pathway for miles @81 Wonderfully he could do it at no fitter mo- saiaiheasigialbeed a Aces Ment for the leaving of a name cf success In a) ome, tell me, oweet mak thousand years of miraculously prolonged life he In the aun oF might not equal that consummation of hie des Sa And make ita Which he has just brought about at Philadelphia For a love yor Tt has taken a tremendous and exceptional As soldiers lo’ J. t @quipment to make this career of Tom Platt. All 4 bem PMRCHILS en must acknowledge that aud ust marvel at . ‘ njntnfelaleietnieleininimistetetetet the Rasy Boss's genius for leadership. Put at the . —— ame time al! most earnest men must regret the fact that the leadership demonstrated ha Uittle that of the highest type for the Re DUST AT SEA. MYSTERY with whieh ev ailor is f sean with sal * know t Platt has not been dishonest in direction of Gilling hie private pocket at the public expense, matter how fully ss : But he has oeen rankly dish n hls practic rg : gested of trading principles for power He has led not .. enuf enorm Py dn promulgating or enforcing grea. national travhs but im twisting and bending mon and factions to sf pa aR Ee bis selfieh purposes. fils leadership has been ad GETS ITS SHARE i0l H Mirable for its strength. deplorabie as to ite in ii . @piration, unfortunate as to many of \ts accom T: vy plishments and inigu «to the exampleinthe |S ' “ unscrupulous tise of po hich nas wet before me ble y the amtious young » ans of the Nation —— Great is Use Boss! Mut not with the greatness A Substitute for Sugar, fa which shines even the reflected glory of &@ gyeon mater 5 wabetitute f @ighty people governing itself under worthy lead- sogar. Its sweetening power s creater t @fs to Its own just purpores suger ee THE LADYSMITH HAT « FAITH CURE AND INSURANCE, geteteteistetoteinintetotatetetnintntninininiotetninetetniniett ‘T has not infrequently been the case that or ganizations formed on religious bases have been able to prof by a form of opposition which they were able to construe as perse cution. It may so come about with the Selentists, who by recent action of the ‘Pupreme Lodge at Buffalo are to be shut ovt from | Phe membersb!p and deneiits of the Knights of , one of the largest mutual insurance or- @@ the land. The grounds on whieh this ac fe taken is that the Scientists make them @angerous risks, from an insurance stand by their retusa! to accept established med- end to disregaxt ordinary scientific advice oubjects. many times been CWypeted that some as this would comA There will be in the question whether or not organizations and regular insurance ‘will follow in any measure the prece- } the Knigh!s of Honor. certainly comes from a direction importance, as faith, however, Mt may be, does not yet de etetetetebbteilnimimteinimintetetlalmininininleieintefelntot- imeuramce consideration of ali| Tio Ladysmith Hat, which hae eprung into sudden Can the Scientists give an | popularity, is usually trimmed with a white-dotted \* r outside A variation of this trimming is now rs working, It consists of a white chiffon searf cov- vw THE WORLD'S CROP OF BABIES LAST YEAR. RRR RRR IRE BY HARRIET HUBBARD AYER, a) the pleasures and@ pretty finery an@ ease that) Ne man has a right to tell any girt in his empley ome with an abundance of money? No one can blame you for being pleased to find thes fret buneh of fragrant iileeca on your deem All of us who spend our lives mostly within the for walls of an office know just how Geliclous the odor of the fret Ith and how these early tee some bring an atimosphe: Spring and IM ap our hearts for an entire day aa. look apon the purple fragrance (hat beautifies our sober surroundings I know just the little thrill of pleasure thet came over you that day every time your eyes rested on your flowers You had no idea that those simple blooms marked an epooh tn your jtfe They were the fret glimpse to your pure young of the flowery path that has been innocently by thousands of gentle, good girts, and that if f not always destruction, unfall- yiter regret and to certain hamiltation, I sa thousand pitles that the beat of wage-@arn- heinereeeieiriettiein? lit, and that I was about the only woman he ever saw SECOND—LUNCH. tng girls should be placed tn @ position such as you tescrihe, and a cause for pride and congratulation ‘ our ase, MANY young creatures scarcely more th Diltren so innately pure and goo¢ t they ask and wit clr welfare and happiness. 1 am speaking perhaps strongiy but not unadvisediy jwhen I tell you that the girl who wishes to maintain | ber self-respect and command the respect of all who come tn contact with her in her business life must positively dealine al! social relations with her em- ployer ‘The very tnetant your employer began to supply you with flowers because he knew euch @ delicate tribute to your femininity would Matter and please you he, as @ man of the world, knew that he took advice they realise ts for the frst gtep toward destroying the proper and safe barrier Uween employer and employee, and he knew « that be established « new relation between you on an entirely different footing. ae —4— RICA 1526000 rease of the lifferent nations by births last year the er ery ourand of Ita tlon, It ts as follows and France, the latter @ long WOMAN'S HOPES OF MATRIMONY. LAURA JEAN BY Orrigh!, 1900 by ihe Prees Publiahing Company, NT. World) My T what age soe a regariing r chance a Most wome ave jas upon this subject, which grow more pre ed with every year nat ie added to their age. and which Im some tn mances would be vastly amusing were they not pathetle The young girl of twenty rarely weighs her ¢ of matrimony, for the world Is before her, tehert alm ts having a Jolly time in the eprin or existence hent ts she on pleasure she yeed the jeless foot o , THE eee MAID OF THREE antom-pleasure-until the marrying of all her mirers. jms brings her to the realtmation that tt ts quite time that the Prince Charming intended for! F should put tn an appearance. m the wet 4 (0 suddenly change for her This ts probadiy | Ortoft. one how pas ¢ and twenty and finde herself ad he fullblown rose about | > eur etween twenty-five aod thirty seem to almoe ' ed. and it is when this virthday dawns that che brings herself face to tece with the problem of her chances of marrying at all. | Adj another year or two to this and the ettuation appyars to her somewhat alarming It ts (hen that women often commit the folly of thety ves by marrying any object in the shape of a man w sents himerlf Inetead of growing sensible upon the marriage sab s* ene'® Women grow obfer they seem to grow sore foolleh, Neadetrong and lens able to judge rightly and with caution In the generality of cases, 4 Ther one idea te Lf 1 let this man’s offer of mar riage mo by | may never get another opportunity to wed” and with his setlon shackled about them they jump from the fryingpan into the fire. A Holland Custom. | than thirty when she ens ARR ED EAD PEEP Oe ace with her, nor does she bait in her pursult of with Buckingham and Richelieu as her jealous ad- onyiction dawne upon her life! Empire of Russia and captivated the dashing Gen. THE PRETTY TYPEWRITER AND HER EMPLOYER. [WIT AND HUMOR OF THE DAY MISUNDERSTOOD, of his domestic difficulties and his heartaches. Tt was @ cruel advantage to take of you tn your case. You have your own world, your own people, your own society. You and@ I have nothing sociaily in common with meombere of the Four Hundred employer knows that he cannot offer you @r luncheons without injuring you in the eyes companions ouM know that to suggest your receiving which you have not earned is ap insult to you you on @ par with women for whom men he Knows that for you to be seen with him on & pleasure excursion or at a place of amusement would be to cast @ doubt upon your purity in the mind of any one who km either of both of you and whom you might chance to meet It is cruel, I repeat, that a man with money and social standing should not have some little pity in his heart for a woman-child so in his power that her very means of earning her bread and butter he con- trols. You must not go with your employer to Coney Islind You must not accept anything from him in any way besides the salary you earn. And you must make him understand that you fully realize the pertl to your good name which his present attitude places you in, and that, come what may, you injfi | pit 3 : i New Arrival at Summer Kesort-1 would ike & room, if you please. How often do the matle arrive? Clerk—Why, (he men come st only on Saturday nights, rs GOOD DEFINITION. Little Willie—What is a hypocrite Pa—A hypoerite, my son, Is @ man who always acts differently when he knows some one is watching him, A DISCRIMINATING NOSE THE BRST THING TO DO. will protect your honor and preserve your self-re- opect. Let me beg you, as yout own mother would do were the here to counsel you, not to hesitate in the matter, Right |e right, my little girl; there te no compro- mise between it and wrong. ‘There is no middle ground for the working-girl whe wishes to preserve her own dignity and self-respect. Tell your employer that you know what your duty to yourself ts, and, at the risk of his unjust displeas- Ure, you must dectine his invitations even though ft nest you your position. Tommy—I smell apples. © Mamma—I guess you smell those appie parings on Tormmy—No, ‘taint that. I smell whole apples IN THE CASE. Btubb—Young Stillman sald (hat his girl always kept him waitt Penn—So I heard Btubb—Weil, he has had her picture reproduced on qbis wateh so that she will always be on time IN THE PARK BIRTHDAY LUCK. Friday, June 22. I’ your birthday falle on to-morrow this is the luck the year has ip store for you. The year and hour of your birth make no dif- y ference It te an excellent day. Be up and doing, Journey, remove, sak favors, seek employment and hustle generally Your coming year promises an improvement over the past one, and as It advances business will increase and favors will be shown you. Fores everything, acting on your judgment in such matters that may appeal to you, and while enjoying the good things occasionally help those not « rtunate.Copyrighted by Sphing Magasine Boston, A Sun Motor Next An inventor claims to have discovered a method of The Cart oheck rein? The Trotter—No. What ts it high collar of my owner? Horse—Don't you object to that awful obtaining motive power from sunlight ompared with the BXPRAT & LIBBE “What fs a phenomenon. “A phenomenon ts @ man who can carry an um T should not fear the inaiden of seventern making 4 Tupeiig over a woman without poking her eyes out or foolleh marriage half ae mich as f would the oller ) ouning her hat off.” matden of three and thirty, for she would then take the man she would not have considered even for a ———— AMBITION DEFERRED. Edith—Oh, mamma, may I stand on my head, teg like Willie? Mamma- Why, little girls don’t stand on their Reade, Edith (resignedly)—Then | suppose I must walg ume tl I'm bigger. ad A MEDIUM RAP, ‘The medium stood behind the black curtals, Sede dently there sounded a loud rapping. “Ie that dear Charles rapping?” inquired the lady who was there to Interview her deceased husband. “No'm!" spoke up the medium’s son, “that's the tee man at the front door” RUINED COMPLEXION. ’ Mr. Carrot-Say, old man, have you any cold cream” Mr. Turnip—I guess so. Why? Mr. Carrot Some chump of a boy Just pulled me out ‘of bed by the Wir and scraped all my complexion off. QUALIFIED ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Pr What experience have you had as @ walter | Applicant—The best in the world. 1 have luneched @@ caf for 4 whole mont Proprietor—The job is yours we eecececce moment in her earlier years . iT My dears, do you not know that a ihtee and thirty PARIS FOUNTAINS Fs ioltntataintntetatatetntetatatatatatotetatotata’a'atatetolatel woman Is at the height of her charms? History 1s HE fountains of Parts are among the most|* TO THE full of accounts of the faxcinations of women who Interesting features of the city, and the auithort. |" . a were no longer young, tles are careful to increase their attr - | EVENING WORLD I Helen of Troy was over forty when she startled pegs whenever an opportunity arises. An experiment diivrivivini Sittin ini Pricrirr errr the world by her love vades, Cleopatra Was More has been’ tried by which the waters will become luml-’ A red Mark Antony by her nous, A sort of golden yellow will be em. hirty-elaht when #he ployed; but the Wil! aseume the appearance of woman in Europe, cascades of diamonds and topares The effect will be attained by means of electric Mehts and colored charms; Anne of Austria w was described s* the hand bee eee * beeetee * the beauty @f the fountain will J | when seen by daylight . LUMINUM has just been employed for the com | struction of a new fi »| not be —d oe © | feat” inh, ts composed of aluminum sheets one- twelfth of an inch thick, and weighs 4,000 pounds eg oe WOMANOCRACY IN JAVA. 3} pa Louis XIV. wedded Mme. de Maintenon when she forty-three years of age; Catherine II. of Russia was thirty-three years of age when she selsed the There are more middle-aged men of forty or there- ud vuppose, men who have made a goodly fortune with | which to endow the woman whom they take for a) «+ ‘Klassen placed around the basin in such q way that} diminished | , ALUMIKUM STAGE CURTAINS 82, ' ro: at wo me yroof curtain to be used) in theatres, The curtain is @ feet wide bY 64! 9 the gritor of The Evening Worl! To the Matitor of The F | employ a serva every morning. Then the hur work, gets through with junch and a® then sits down and reads novels iged to woke her at 7 ea up with the little about 3 o’cloek; When I spoke her tit she flew into « temper sod said ty | were allowed to read after their work was done.” She [has every evening free stays out til after 10, edom for a giri? Advise Ime, readers. Mee, HOWL RL Te Get Rid of Motes, | One of your readers writes that he is troubled with dermining his garies. Take a medium-sized | sweet potato, cut tt full of notche t rat potson In | the notches, piace it in the mole tren ven carefully | : and cover the hole where you put it In, so It will be 4/9 N Java a small State exists which ts entirely! dark. Put several pleces in their trenches tn different controlled by women, with the single exception ports of the garden, This Ie a sure cure. J tried it Pa of the sovereign, who Is a man. He is, however, and {t killed every mole on my lawn entirely dependent on the three women who form bis) Preehold, N. J JAMES MURPHY. * ) State Council | H a a + A Hasband'’s Bitter Let. ‘CHILD OR PARCEL CARRIER, | "irate temas 8 | "| Would readers kindly advise me what to do with @ | PO900F0CCFOFerrOEF Heer +OO ee Hs | drunkard of « wife? The language she uses is ab- horrent to listen to. Now what I want advice on to | ‘whic would be the proper course for me to pursue I have two little girls and they are badly neglected. z TTD AND THIRTY ACCEPTS ANY SORT OF MAN. e CE Pepe Price of the Silk, ‘To the Rtitor of The Evening Worlds My answer to the question, "A woman buys of silk for which she pays $11.76, how much did she pay if she paid as much per yard bought yards?” is $242 per yard and 34 31-0 yards (Mies) HEDWIG Hints Wanted for Self-Edueation, | To the Matton of The Evening World: What sort of literature would readers advise for @ person of very limited means tn order to become Ge quainted with the art of talking properly or gram matically? What reading would they recommend to Improve one who went not beyond an advanced graée in ® public grammar school? Also how would one train himself to acquire a retentive memory? J. ML Here's Where We're Asked to Smile, To the BAitor of The Rvening Worl! 1 will now try and make you ie. When my ahees are in need of a shine I set them on the roof and let the sun-shine them, While crossing the Twenty-third Street Ferry the other day I noticed the shine boys yelling “Shine-a-boss” to every Individual A man with a Dinck eye sat in the gents" cabin opposite me and one of the boys yelled “shine-a-boss” to the man. ‘The man got up and exclaimed, “I know that Yor don’t have to remind me of it." yp OTTO T. La f