The evening world. Newspaper, January 22, 1901, Page 10

HE LITTLE OLD NEW YORKER. HRERRKMEME RRR MR GR We IO eR By T. E. POWERS. “Yes! A COUNTRY | HOUSE MAY BE.THE THING FOR SOME PEOPLE, BuT FOR ME™GIVE ME A NICE,COSY, FLAT, IN LITTLE OLD NEWYORK? THe Kine He could be happler and much more comfortable elsewhere than {na 2 he puts up with narrow, ill-ventilated and worse-lighted quarters and despatic would not be life to him if he did not live in “little old New York.” BS SE bec sas HC HI HE new century should be char- = terized, in ‘ta earilest sods. 2 [ by the passage of rm and Just! i divorce Inwa by the + 1 Btates: Whether Congress has power {0 preserfbing ‘pass a constituional law ; AS the same conditions for obtaining Yorce in all the States ts an open au ion, Eminent authoritles do not agree upon the subject. Commissions of law- “s.yers have been appolrved at different timer to urge untformity of action by the various State Legislatures. Little, hovever, han thus far been accom- £7 plished toward that end in any Btare. In all the States except South Caro- lina, which has no div la the violation of the marriage vow ts an ab- solute cause for divorce. In nearly all the States physical Inca- >> pacity 1s a cause, fo is wilful desertion. ‘<The time of such wilful desertion varies fiom six months In Arizona to one year in twenty Stat to two years In ten States, to three years In eleven States <- and to five years tn three other States. Habitual drunkenness Js @ cause tn all but ten States. “Imprisonment for fel- ony" or “conviction for felony” ts a cause In all the States and Territories except alx. = OMT 30 SMI MT Ha aA aH NEW DIVORCE LAWS NEEDED, SAYS BISHOP SAMUEL FALLOWS. RECKLESS MARRIAGES. $ D8 BISHOP FALLOWS. 24494 ne 844-3402 Cruel, abuatve treatment, intolerable cruelty, extreme cruelty, repeated cruol- ty are causen tn all the States except en ‘allure to provide by the husband tsa caure, the time varying from six months tn Arizona to one year tn ax States, ¢ two years tn Indiana a tn Delaware, No time ts specttied tn the remainder of the States . Ato three yearn | 2 Amsterdam avenue flat, but Janitors because life Tha ratio of from on divorces to jor fourteen tn oth | ‘Thres thousats: courts, nto ; I | tho atatintt xrant- {of charity enterprises, &e. But he has had a good deal of leisure United States. A surta ciseatved the {2nd a little freedom, as freedom goes among the unfortunates eom- 0 nanes, 6 divorces affected wT. ber. @ churchman, 1 cause only for fdelity. tract se well The Btate has the right Jother causes, But they ought |of a grave and serious character. Chrintt Jess ma might divorce—marttal tages, en Se Dr ratitas wininistre- eating will be the air of his splendid but stifling prison, jan aly of f spe) having n wife in Sra aad REDAA ANN ae Se a AO TS Ee ye Only two of England's thirty-eight sovereigns since the Nor- Reformed Chureh, The Intended's Costume. Dear Mre. Ayer Kindly let me know the proper att for an intended to wear on recel aa Ps CANNOT tell by your letter whether the “intended” referred to Is a gent If a Rentieman he tloman or lady. should wear a frock coat, ight trousers white rearf, white pique or fancy waist- coat. ‘Twill not be necessary to wear gloves. The lady should wear a hand- some afternoon gown if, as I assume, the reception i» to take place during the day. If in the evening both should wear the conventional e A Dangerous EF: ‘Dear Mra. Ayer: Is it right for a married man to call upon an unmarried woman a ° an evening, just with music and cards, unless he ts accompanied by his wife OF some member of his family Dave been frienda for years. Woull never be tn the room alone. man is forty-five and the woman They every day life it would n sidered proper. There course, exceptions, where tirely correct that a man Léecappen to be an unmarried woman. But a married man !s ned confine hts attentions to his wife n YOUR A Word for the Wile. (oe the Esiter of The Breaing World expenditures. thave saving, econcmical wives? ‘every ten-dollar bill she receiv Ley % ‘ ‘dear, good friends, Ah, {gi buat . inces! ELA Women Who Smoke. ior ofthe Kvening World: home of her widowed sister to spend} They The t's -| ding. are, of Pen old friend, even though she should bETTER IS PRINTED HERE. often to blame | ‘any. man who cannot control his wife's) But how about men who with a vol-| Of questions as to how ehe spent the| Sree anahe. Rqowerie lai neryens (ne wane , and butcher, baker, HARRIET HUBBARD AYER, tlona of a married man to an unmarried woman. And the woman invariably ou fers no matter how Innocent she may be. Sultable Drsea for Wedding. My Dear Mra Ayer: Kindly let me know whether 1 wenr a chailie dreas A challte gown will do perfect! Do Opale Bring Ward 1. Dear Mra Ayer I made # pre: lady 1 am keeping comp fee ring with flve ovale tn tt mhowed them to her girl friends and they sald it would bring hard luck okt the wor ly, not and first place men Ive reasons why, like anything of- about a woman, fre about the mont offensive things er a servant have to be ‘of this, whereas he is known to wy saloon on his way home, but) travel for blocks ve! Complains of sman ‘To the Faltor of The Will some one + Numbern, MW ening W et let. @ to tell her: “No! Dectd- | men: be ae h In the} a and clyarettes lus why we have to fore finding the name of a street upon the lamppost, and why fae numbers (especially upon the new jamps) are eo high and emull in figures “te inquiry made by “‘Daugh-|thac few can read. Is the cily orBece women should smoke |¢hat 4{\ cannot afford large, dix: wid, man of) cering, Let the manager of this depart-| or not. The opal ts nald to bring Muck. If your sweetheart tn fearful, the o: 1 think symbolize only good fortune. RPEW SONG. red and gold; nigat | behold The heaped-up a es white, rte ag H she comes to brush then e wind shat and gain waken Into flame. snk Dempster Sherman lisp her name. these dead | der TAS the olty way. It matters not will this order be changed? POH 2 HOH IESE ae BY BH HE HI 3 marriages in some of the ne to thirteen Fr , according to the re- Multitudes of other children were not included in this num- ‘The lawn whould be uniform through- out the country, aa I have stated. As Insist on one tn- But marriage ta a civil con- asa religious ceremony. to preacribs to be » must alm ¢o prevent reck- They must help devise CONCERNING ETIQUETTE. Now I wish you could tell me tf tt will WoL HERB fs a superstition concern-| tng the sider that tt ts only a supe: or at presn@d by the legend concerning it would be Just as Well to defer to this apprehension anit to exohange the opals for stones that TIED are the fires of W falls the year's long world's wide hearth Yet, underneath, the embers bide, chird once shall call, and flowers an Eighth avenue car hor one lamppost num- PAYEI the Speedway, wreater part of the water frontage of how closed in by the ad- if you rile a wheel and are able to keep pace with|our soldiers can't carry a tin vessel of any of the exclusive riders there. When| whiskey about with them any more, I WIVE FREEDOM. Ithem a good tin cup to take its place.” 'grouble aid res ( THE WORLD: ‘TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1901. Published by the Preas Publishing Company, 63 to (3 PARK ROW, New York x Entered at the Post-Office at New York ond-Class Mall Matter. #|' THE GREATEST SUFFERER BY :| THE DEATH OF VICTORIA. Hl About fifty-five years ago Queen Victoria was laying a corner- x| stone in the presence of a vast assembly of her “subjects.” All of | It was one of his “naughty days.” and he was “acting up” with supreme indifference to the occasion and to the fact that his mamma, the Queen, was the central figure. Ler EDWARD ¢ “capers” with severe frown for some time. Finding that her tor felt perfeetly secure in the presence of xo many people, | she resolved to give him and her other subjects a good lesson. Making a sudden dive, she caught “Bertie” by the scruff of the neck and laid him across her knee. And then and there, with the palm of her hand, she gave him “something to think about.” Such was the beginning of the fame and popularity of Albert Mamma watched his a | | br % E x 3 x ‘dward. And popular he has been ever since—popular even with the His escapades—“Bertie” {rank and file of the “non-conformists.”’ | was not completely enred by that public spanking—have “greatly grieved” them, but—well, very few Englishmen are proof against the faseinations of a streak of devilishness. And the best of them have a way of mourning over the Prince of Wales’s lapses that gj etrongly suggests a certain pride. Then, too, he has never heen a hypocrite. No matter how fiercely the storm raged, he kept straight on, leading the life of the average rich English gentleman. The only class with which he has been unpopular is the exclusive, conservative old nobility. They have deplored his democratic ten- deneies, his disregard of rank and birth in the selection of his per- sonal friends, his open contempt for etiquette and the eagerness with whieh he escaped from it at every opportunity, Ile was never more popular than pow. And he has never courted popularity. lis public manners—the perfection of cour- teous indifference, no matter how frantically the crowd is cheering —add to his popularity. For years he has done the most of the hard work of the Crown —the listening to tedious speeches, the learning and delivery of speeches prepared by his secretaries on the principle of saying noth- ing us cleverly as possible, the laying of corner-stones, the opening n y EVEN WIS APADES Dro HIS AnITY. (anee-e-en-enenono-9-e- 0-003 is 7 prising a court. Now all this is over for the rest of his life. « ia ee A trusty,” as it were, and becomes a fast-hound royal prisoner, londed A A with ¢! ins, every moment of his time absorbed “pays opr J by a tedious routine, even his body free from by Tle ceases to bea ORACE THE HOG. © By FERDINAND G. LONG. If the Human Pcrker write to The Evening World about ft, you see‘a new specimen of Wh NTINA Hi IOC en ahd er Pe 3) eT IID PS BLA, PTT AT ST The women's cabins in ferry-boats were devised specially for his use, and woe betide the foolhaniy females who are in the human porker’s way when he is hurrying forward during the rush hours to pick out the best two or three seats In the cabin to fill with his carcass and his bundles. HE ORD warzone HBS HCH g Ie PELE BAL BOE BE eH gE tHE EN BO eR ITH oe I BSB 9 OS NOTHING SERIOUS. A Little Fvangeline—Why doesn’t the crippled gentleman use his big cane, mamma? Mother—It's only his mind that's sow the discomforts of stiff clothing for the few hours of sleep only. He will have to pay dearly for his liberal education and his many years of comparative liberty. Tt is difficult to conceive any life more repellent to an independent man than his And the more he has enjoyed his free air, the more suffo- will be. man Conquest have been so old as he at the time of their accession These two—James II. and William TV.—were five But he springs from a long-lived race. Of the six sovereigns whom his house of Hanover has given to England—he is the seventh—the shortest lived was George I., who died at sixty- |seven, and the longest lived was George ITI., who died at eighty-two. ‘There is no reason in the premises why this latest Hanover, or Guelph, or Azon, should not live to be very near the century mark. to the throne, years older. It would be absurd to speak of him as having power. His} mother had practically none, though, if she had been a woman of | extraordinary intellect combined with extraordinary good sense, she | might have had a great deal, For example, she could have pre- vented the war in South Africa, which has disgraced the end of her reign and has exploded the fiction that she was a stanch and resolute friend of peace and not the mere helpless instrument of the min- isters. x But the British would not tolerate any eee iy MosT exercise of power in a malo monarch. While | TE ALeE : P |} POWERLESS OF 3 : HNITISH the lower middle and a large part of the ignor- ant and mentally degraded lower classes would \ approve almost anything done by the monarch, ithe nobility and gentry and upper middle class are bitterly hostile to the idea of encroachment upon the present upper-class rule. So Abert Edward, or Edward, will be the most powerless monarch that MONARO, 9 cnene-e- e-beam enen tats? Jever sat upon the British throne. And ho will accept the situation. | He never had any ambition, and he is not likely to develop it at sixty, The presence of a man on the throne will reduce the theoreti- cally absurd British fiction of monarchy to an obvious absurdity. The British people can no longer pretend to t once taet themselves that they are giving fictitious al- i mt a mas. $ legiance to a monarch, naturally entitled to 13 ‘ soeeeeee deference because of sex and goodness. NO WISH TO PROSECUTE: THEM. | NOT LOADED FOR BEAR. temperance reformer, “so that | stumbled over a big black bear.” “T know what you are going to say," ed the , abe wes beuintnns nt oe young lam decidedly in favor of furnishing what | evenings ‘would. love to converse with) crippled, dear. ———>—_ DECORATIV DIFFICULTIES, “This newspaper sayn it ian't possibie for a well-dressed woman to wear to» many rings.”” “Of course not; the impossibility ts for a well-dresned woman to get as many Ting# as she wants.” In Winter Bijones would be satisfied th thks, HEAT EXPANDS, COLD CONTRACTS. In Summer this is Bijones's dream an ideal residence. | DOUBTFUL, t “IT see that a German army officer wa! almost asphyxiated by a Chinese porce! lain stove. 4 “Great Caesar! Can a Chinese ston) be more aaphyxiating than a cake ol! unmasked Limburger?” F THE EDWARDS | 8 the Prince of Wales has been elected to reign as Edward VII. it {s Interesting to note that he goes back to the House of IMantagenet for his ttle, OF ENGLAND. Edward 1, tL, the eldest son of Henry ended the throne in 1772. Edward IL. followed htm in 197%, and he was) sce hy Edward HL tn 1327, Upon} hin death he was succeeded by Richard I, the son of the Black Prince, who was deposed in 126 and the Hogse of Lancaster Instailed, The Lancasterlan House ended with the deposition of Henry VIL, the only sonjof Henry V., In M61, and the House} of York was instituted with Edward IV rene. He relgned twenty-two was eied by Edward is too well known, for no sooner had he been raised to the throne —he wan only thirteen years of age— than his uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, mplished his death and retgned ns Etichard HI, With the death of this desisning hunchback, in 1455, the | House of York passed out of existence fe ~ CALLING COSTUME. ot Where Wales Gets j His Kingly Title, Edward VI, the last Edward, ascended the throne in 17, He was the son of Henry VII. by Jane Seymour and he dled In 1863. The Scottish House of Stuart followed the death of Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry VII. by Anne Boleyn, tn 1693, Cromwell was respcnalble for the fall of the Btuarts, and the Commonwealth wan declared on May 19, 1619 Oliver Cromwell was mae Lord Protector tn 163, and upon his death tn 1635 his soa Richard took his place. He resigned In 1659 and the House of Stuart was re- stored. With the death of Queen Anne tn 1714 the restored House of Stuart ended, and the present Hanoverian House in- stalled, with George I. on the thron He was the son of the Elector of Hano- ver, by Sophia, the daughter of Eliza- beth, who was the daughter of James IV. of Scotland. le the House of ‘Tudor was Installed. OUR teaspoontuls of Hquid make one tablespoontul. Four tableapoonfuls of Iquid, one gill or a quarter of a cup. | espoonfut of Hquid, halg an ounce. | nt of Hquld welghs a pouzd, r kitchen cupfuls of flour, pound. ‘Three kitchen cupfuls of cornmeal, one pound. one| KITCHEN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. A quart of sifted flour, one pound. One cup of butter, half a pound, A solld pint of chopped meat, pound, ‘Ten eggs. one pound, A dash of pepper, an elxhth of a tea- spoonful, A pint of brown sugar, thirteen ounces, ‘Two cupfuls and a half of powdered wugur, one pound. AS SHE REMEMNERED HIM. Mr. Skimmerhorn (as the participants A dark brown gown trimmed with|in the debate became personal)—I was a black velvet, has a vest of dark tan| thundering fool when I asked you ¢ color, closed with brown frogs. ‘The | marry me! 1 stripe of cloth under the velvet are of | Mrs. Skimmerhorn—Well, light tan. it, dear, you looked; ALMOST AN ANGEL. lost ingratiating man I ever knew,” sald the former acquaintance of the de- used. “Why, that fellow could wheel a baby bugsy along the sidewalk during fa street parade and get nothing but smiles. OR YOUR kETTER MAY BE HERE. noctety. He takes no pains to make my life pleazant, but takes mo for a house- hold drudge. I tell him he only comes home to think over what to say to peo- ple when he goes out; his tongue ts never still then. He is so agreeable that no An Iden for n Prise. To the Pillter of The Evening World: Do you not think {t would be wise to offer a prize to the best motorman? One who can start his car the smooth- ated. Again true woman can af. The bventag We And {t witkout throwing pas- of The bventag World nd lest and stop it witout throwing p a ford to the subject of ¢ r 5 ottgi ; A OW shaken] one will belleve how he acts at home, je RET ee eNNe eaten ees abate NY the new monarch ean be relied upon to make the pretenses of ane tees eo New York| When I tell him, he calls that nagging. % i * pia er eople . eas, : . ‘, 4 a ” [Nomen are 1 have talked with many abject to tether gecfinonarchy as little irritating as possible, all his tact and all his|cars. 1 have reen women with bables| When we walk tn the street he walks men in many places and many climes, on Wh E hon il frome ‘ j 18 tin arma thrown to the floor, through|” step or two whead, Al consensus of opinion t4) most pleturesque section of notes villingness to sink his individuality will hardly combat the rising | nothing but carelessness on the part) Would. fenders please eet eat that no lady will sinoke y time or| the Speedway. Most peoph ase | es: rey A ¢ motorme: d conductor if he owes nothing to a faithful wife, ° away, Most peopl it 2 ec of motormen ani ctore. at aay. place Ty RTH Gapanrine Taisne enarea meatier eae earls ——— See ee a ae saa aienral, herve’ orinot? small attentions when- me o} A Silent Husband. To the Faltor of The Evening World: DISHEARTENED. vance of commerce. And yet, if you] ‘Now that we've got the army can-| “Once when I was out for rabbits ang| We are married seventeen years, very Don't Run After Him. do not happen to have a horse and|teen abolished," magnanimously ob-| not prepared for anything bigger," said | Young looking, no children, lve in algo the BAltor of The Evening World: carringe, you cannot traverse the Bpaed-|nerved Mixa Vera Goodwin, the ardent) the talkative eportsman, “I almost | fat of eight rooms and bath, doing the] “scdith B." wishes to know if “run- ning after’ © man she wants to marry will win him, . My advice to her ts ‘to keep away from him as much aa pos. sible. | Treat. him coolly< whenever you ‘see)him, but not too coolly. But don’ housework myself; am not fond or gad- ding from house to house, love to read, and when my ‘husband comes home me know him, knowing bow congenial be is in ‘ i run after him, If there fs anythi: man hates it is a gir: at hit the time. Don't be foulish, Edith; bee cause if you want to win him you surely won't do it by tagging after him wherever he goes. if MARION DE LA RAY. Lasy Yaa Wan 5 To The Biltor of The Evening Warsv Can any of your readers give me @ cure for ‘laziness? Although I am ashamed to own up to it, I betieve lam the fazlest young fellow in the world I generally retire at 9 P.M. (never lateg than 10 P, M.) and cannot get up arg morning tll 11 A. M. at the earileat. It takes me about two hours to drers, and then I go around and get breakfast, After tHat maybe I go to some nearby theatre, get supper, and go to bed again, Tam young, strong and healthy, but seem to have no ambition. \ =