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———— THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVE. ORY’S TIMELY CARTOON. I 0! OH, OH! FOR THE JOHNNIES’ DOUGH! « SOME DON'T LIKE IT. : By T. E. POWERS. SEPP EERE rie ininibiekh bist “ fieteininieletciebeteint Serer | Published by the Preas Publishing Company, 63 to @ PARK ROW, New York. Entered at the Post-Office at New York as Second-Class Mail Matter. NEW YORK CITY HAS PUT A PREMIUM ON KIDNAPPING. Here is a letter which must give a shock to every one who reads it: Now York, April 17, 1901. Notice to Whom it May Concern: ‘Yhia (4 to say that Lam empowered to pay $5,000 for Information that will re- | cuttin cestortng: Willie MeCormick to hla parents. I give my word of honor that ed as strictly confidential and In good falth, ally when [am enabled to deliver the shall be py. his end will tre: ney will be paid by me pers hoy. © aeespted this commission on the condition that no perso: harmed P. F. 8H delnicieicisieleieleleleleleieieeit-t What does this letter mean? + It is a confession hy this community that kidnapping can be jr a == ee carried on here as a suecessful business, that CONFESSION the authorities and the people combined are 3 THe £ unable to cope with this form of crime. | It is impossible to blene the relatives of the stolen boy. They waited upon the com- munity and the police for three weeks. Every one with a heart must appreciate what those three weeks meant to the mother of that stolen boy. And during those three weeks what was done? Well, the police elaborated and remained almost inactive un- der a baseless, absurd theory that the boy had run away. They even went so far as to insinuate that his parents had driven him from home. ot KIDNA or eee eee, € .- efefei-ielefelf-i-t at ici! a= And what did the other authorities do? Tt was a case calling . roe . 1 for action by the Mayor and the Municipal Assembly, since the | safety of every home in the city was involved. Yet nothing was done. — ivimint And at last the relatives of the stolen boy resorted to this most dangerous, most reprehensible means, for which it is at the same time impossible to condemn them. It is obviously easier to steal a child in New York City than anywhere else in the country. And now, thanks to our city govern- ment, it is made to appear perfeetly easy to escape without detec- A Volnter for the “Fiftee x To Ne Editar of The Evening World tion and to reap the reward without punishment. L wee seven more pool-rooms ha rafded by the Committees of Now,at worst, cambling Is merely a ¥ WHY JOHN BULL GROANS ALOUD hot acrime, Vico has been define © J something that harms only the trator, Crime, on the other hand. ern as weil. Now, as long as me exists praciically” unc! A deficit of $265,000,000, another war loan of $300,000,000, heavy taxes u iv 3 iti ow York, would not the vy pon such universal commodities as sugar, molasses| Xow Yor mould not te and glucose, a heavy increase of tho income | steal of wasting timo tn the us ‘ow, Mr. Com- ut 1,7 details w being Miler ' men, who have " ¢ nyears, Would \ the citizens of this Ly these young men rans? N | poor Capta [But in de punishment corruption aw well aw in th A mous “The higher And the very highest [not been 6 OSCAREBL ® No dit not be Objects to Being Guy ed. me to come. 1 ea one ewer” pr escapes seut-f ve Now, T hope you will look consider the rule in the do as you see ft with A VETERAN. Where Are the Smoking Carat To the Haitor of The Evening World: rmers to piel who hi, : DRITATNS : fort to abolish gambling? Crime im: May [ask why no open cars are (ap- + cri a tax—such is the news of the day from partially crushed. Vice never can parently) run on Broadway, althouga x PUNISHMENT Britain's war upon the South African repub- | "ever has been. ERIC F. PET Rejabavenhade manya Aneilwarm)idays ct PONTE 5 ; : psp TRE ‘As to Kidnapping. when {t would have been a delight to a hcahine lies, And to it thero is this climax: Sir Al-|., ine gattoc ot Te xvecing Weeld: much cars? Cannot the com- FRERDOM. fred Milner admits that “tho last half-year”| Ts talk of tamely paying huge ran- ai stick ton lts old iplanjand ‘ars flow and then? a joys, “and no ques: oma for kidnapped boys, “and ny ques: running on Hroaq- of the war “has been ono of retrogression.” | tone asked.” {s a bit of tmrbarity ite of e@ ons expendi 3, in spi cowardice tn no way worthy of th In spite normons expenditures, in spite of the huge army Se aeee TettRink chatter ine in South Africa, in spite of the arming of Kaffirs, the war upon old | dety taw and steal a child and th teeeeeen eee 1 Uve been on RALDHBAD ROW, A Wint Murphy. To the Palitor of The Hvevag Weeld: a, week. COSGROVE. Would Wint ' ; a A «|. | handsomely patt for thelr work I take the Mterty of informing M. J.|T> the bAin ! Father Knickerbocker applauds the action of the new Independent City Democ- men, women and children, tho policy of Weyler in Cuba—in spite} 1. funny, were it not all. w) hort! Murphy of one of the wrongs that are| WII! so get their ftacy. There are others who are not so enthisinst! of all the sacrifices aiid savagerics, “retrogression.” The Coxerranete should ene ne oO re-Jexisting in his department. 1 Judgment y state ty i atte ‘. ‘ ‘. ; , ward for tho capture of the ktdnappers|a great number of oN and fei me tf ‘Territle ‘ efebeieietninieeeebe eb l-felelelatefeletoi ‘ Oe ‘ouroulah, th 4 Feb bbicbiericicieiciet ree A : And the higher tho burden heaps up... Britain’s back and the| and then hang them every one, as a les-|men, wao ure wearing four and James J. Jeftries, heavy- | 5 eet ; kere thatnaron Pretieta | ihrer i . non to other flends who may think of|stripes, who have not compiled with, or] wcizht fiehter, should have an argument a UESTIONS OF ETI UETTE ANSWERED BY black« r the page in Britain’s history, the more awful will bo the tollowing ssen\aniceniels aaicwatinalt Hewelicunee Inttbatatreets Chey" got live heh HARRIET HUBBARD AYER, | warning to greedy and conscienceless might coveting the possessions = B.D. PERRY, JR. ment in seeking retirement the pete de Et eUUST 3 ew Who Smokes. — ss = Rules Concerning Fried Eaws. | receive one of hers in ret Woot! To were are any special points about] of a free people, however small. a Somme uta arent anaes 5 auien © Dear ora Ayer: It bo proper for me to write for Jony Gn Which yeu need in- sce ee ot prise Nera ait Seb eicitieirelt bin ieinicdeleleleisteleleieinfeiniolelnininininietnlefeleteisfeletetetah 3 ula y rina i bochapty to Y cople are raising hands in holy hor- | 9 . In eating a fried egg should a knife de ton Tshall be Nappy to nerve you. $ ‘ured to gulde tt to the mouth? If Tam UITE proper, To think yon ‘Gentlemen should Eacort Ladies, CROKER’S STRONGEST CARDS. oe Cpe SPRING FEVER AT OYSTER BAY. Sy not mistaken, 1 think it is improper, Ve é ewey = isan te but I may be wrong. Should the knit w met aitcatorltwentss Se G Barer cee Sun) Ren Buena une Netnd the Supposed Ruz nitions of Vice-President Roosevel ‘ ‘be used for the soft part that ts left, in er ty go to a bowling Two of the strongest cards which Croker & Co. have are: fend Fe ae ae Bae . Hee arce pi tisecraee dk i order to gulde ft into the mouth? ATAU PEEMGUETIIaEATa woukdl like pejtogcondemnsine thes simnleinctyotsal|s AM dryin’, Benny, aryin’ n Tim ins some excitement, ¥ RENE. Ys sWUirslcd wena enoniperntctes The pow of the police. woman's smoking a dainty clxa x Drytn’ up at Oynter Bay; Anal fantelineniatoldl yore A GE only a fork tn separating a fried told uni tocRo feel the: pince The pnaston of reformers for fatile raids. La eco Devin’ with the VP, fever Wht & egg, and also tn conveying the egg toworn with daric sek yay ; inno doing? Tt ia thigh time AVA His CALC iArallapeing fever] ivhavet pou . to the mouth @ Yot may trke a bit of bread tn your 4 left hand, and, Tom Platt estimates that Croker gets about £0,000 votes} cranks and Puritans take a half-ho May and let us up-to-date people live ttoo to go in swimmin’, Wish 1 was in Colorado, x} I'm ded up here with V.-P,, NgiecessaryMusetictal'eein cate , as apie peeeeeeeeeeeey through his control of the police foree. And [as we choose, MARY ter hole ts cotd: iMantine liotaimeyerhaee .. . , fT were tn RS . S es i ail t . Non © a nits Gh, this ennut of the VeP. “Ih the Se . CRG i Ea dean nitlt : ‘ your place Peertatnly should not] $ HOW XOn re the probabilities are that ‘Tom is pretty nearly rad bette Ute NiCr ca Ctl IR ECA) Ll eens Ap agin terion F ty fe in never used, excepting for red eony CH hembeiiine niles oemects hint ; ial N is ; 1 Ale the Taltor of The Evealng. W | wh th ‘ould sce a bear, ehetpurposé’of: cutting, ra ; Pal OnOKER «€ C0. right. No one can estimate the number of | Why should the raiding of pool-moms [JE Fishin’ fan't yet quite bully, | Witt ate tn goin’ to tte up , tant if you have nee cal A sible Mother. ere eene-e: ’ : by “Fifteen” lead to the poss Golf te i . our Wi i He Gave His Photograph. ibe een LB ScusihicgMothec: (RRO + votes that Croker gets through the raids of the | ¥ the “Fifteen lend to th S ie Is but a wnar | Things out West upon the siope— 4 fe Dear Mee Ayer clothes : ‘ =A b Shee breqking of aptains Ben, want to be a cowbos, I must stay and purse the VP. Some time azo “by request™ 1 gavey Ocriie ma reformers, but certainly it is a good many tens of thouinnds, Does any san the Cap: | Want to kill and skin a bear, | Whiten t Is only dk ‘ ph ton Indy friend of mina| EDIE EERRAT DEY G0): AIBA \ tains were the only NEE, F Rititiviebiicleleeieleicieieicieieler The futile raid gives the people the impression that the re-|5¢ the poot-rooms formers are a Pharisaieal, Puritanic lot, who want to reduce New | koats must tanding that I should Toum wafest az home. a } whould CoM 3 an ae : i Gitar ies PERS ie a S02 | will Save to eat ¥ eat advice to you ts to abey your] York to the condition of Medicine Lodge, Kan., with Carrie Nation = i - OR HOME ins anal M eee een oe we Tin charge. And the people of New York simply will not have it. TABLE LINENS DRESSMAKERS. ee pene ss | : MUS TY These being the faets, what could be more Indicrous than the ARE BEAUTIFUL. zie i | present situation—the reformers guaranteeing Croker the police ¥O RK TYPES force and creating issue of “wide-open” against “tight- \ . shut? —_-—_ hu Phe Evening World's Daily |——_ Fashion Hint. | | J MONG handsome tablecloths Ke those trimmed with that beaut | Ausirian embroul place of Re It ts as fine hary embroidery, and the Hnen of tho rhim the can neerne : cluth is exquisitely fine. Where aro iernaran]| [SOME OF THE FUN OF THE DAY. [et wna eae, og i ' ‘ eh, vit cl ps iT This is the flirt whose MORE SEDUCTIV ! THE MAGNET. anes : sea es tan, peta si Parisian gown “See here.” eiht the toot the! “Look here, Dunwell, how do you rted satin damasks the Aids the street clean- future, “Ewan ) to secure the vote, manage to Dring out all your apartment- of Mra, State r Jones, of the, h debtors? When Tring the bell crs of Gotham Steenth Distrtet ought to get It) no shows up."’ town, = for $100,"" “Its dead easy! 1 go down disguned he onty industrial "Oh, my!" elon female as- ass heakh-fool sample distributer. In consiat of heavily massed patterrs in the centre. Bunches roses, mignonette, narckssus, anstes and orchids are the flowers most favored. A round or oval space ts al- tshe'd prize , Slaten te. ing her two minutes every occupant of the house lowed for the centrepiece, with olusters Hl © manufacture of phat nifres- eileen Usains the hall gracefully uprtaching from the borders. yoo 20 eyes. Or EAGT en stoi sare spear Serre eee SD For tea tray, buffet and bureau many . tba hha ee more | ONE ON THE CouNT. prefer tho new Japanene embroidered jithe- view she "Oh, not VM offer her $98 “Mr, Dubrau, how did you avert a scarf, but the American embrotderies are is the a duel with the near-sighted count?" Kenerally considered prettier and moro w SNE ESCAPED mM. “Easy enough. 1 aent him a porous suitable, Drawn threadwork was never ssne meets Mr Morem—You haven‘t. peen at) Plaster with a note explaining that it handsomer, and lace-trimmed dollies chureh lately, have yout Ldidn'tace you! Was my practice target at Atty yards. hover daintler Nase Sanaa se Ne dtd not care to stand up betare such ae Misy Pepprey-Oh! 1 guerm you must) * deat shot.” 3 (MERE ERE have, If you aaw me at ———__— NEYEREEMERE HM Mr. Borern—I—er—deg pardon. T don't LUCK IN LUCK, : HER REVENGE. under— Do you believe there ts any luck tn HE Roy ho kissed aileag Fepprey= te say ICL yOUr saw me | DISCKE CALS In City Hall Park, The Little Girl, ‘ Sunday you must have seen me last, for re in luck in mine." ei ; ’ deh x, c : te This is the man who's Watch may er. 1 was careful to seo you firat. ‘Ah, Indeed! : | Pinuwesvanaitronsdiand (ture —==___ “Yes, he Just ate a rabbit's foot.” g holding down : A POOR EXIUBITION, ee $ The parks’ nest seatsin | And presently Btranger—Tho eftizens must have feit SIGNS) ONL STRING: . Cotnam town. Shejburst ere ‘i tum alze very bad when they discovered they had [T's #arely spring’ ‘The erteket brown ‘ { Alihough the heartless 8 SS eit & eerie, lynched the wrong man, Hops on hin sawlike legs: os : cop oft cops him, esis fe 8 yards 32 inches wide, or 21-4 yards Native—Torribie! Why, the man we] The wehlennan brush moves up and Naught from this seated “Some day,” she cried, Hi inches wide. To cut the three-piece strong up couldn't put up halt the! down : 9 Ansiitecdieauas 46-8 yards W inches wide or 8 light the real cuss could. And the kids are picking eggs, custom stopshim. ff © With you for doing that, is 53 ———— ¢ 3 Bt ds 32 Inches wide. ——<—<——__. : f Too poor to buy a Wal- 8o there." Jacket pattern (No. 11, sizes 22 Chl ited eel dorf dinner, jwill be sent for 10 cents. The JUST THE REVERSE. Rimer—Oh, pshaw! Does this line a ‘ U She calied him “James” pattern’ (No. 3585, wizen 22 Freeh—1 hear our ‘varsity team {# go-| sound all right to you, ‘Tis spring! He's still the foremost Instead of ‘Jim,” nt for 10 cents, Goth pa ing to play wth the Brooklyn Leaguers| The sweet anemone doth blow?” Is it = bench-show winner. And after awhile 4 a next week. right to use blow in that way? Soph—No, I'm afrad the leaguers are] (himer—Sure, The anemone’s the wind gong to play with our team flower, you know, "Cashier, The World, g New York City." i She married him. i