The evening world. Newspaper, April 29, 1901, Page 6

ome eee re rm el ar IE hae Nae THE WORLD HE CHICAGO ST. ANTHONY. | MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1901. By FERDINAND G. LONG. = | NO 16196, | Scieubiianed RK ROW, New York. x Ente st the Post-otice at NS 3 ‘ond -Clans Matl Matter - | ‘ ” \WHAT “POLICY” IS AND. WHY What is “pe * | It may be detine an industry to make thieves out of ehil- + dren and to tempt the poor to deeper poverty. j In every poor neighborhood in this city, * yeuse asp f Copecially where there are many ehildre £ svooe. $ either living or working, there are several) bo + ; , “policy shops’ —the back moms of sinall cigar + or stationery or confeetionery shops. + You can play “poliey” if you have only two cents. You can z stake an unlimited sam, Tt is a sort of continnous-performance lottery. You think up three numbers and vou take your two cents or two dollars, or what- | + ever sum you wish, and go into the “poliey shop” and buy those \ numbers. thes 3 There are two “drawings” a day—one in the morning to ¢: ined, x the laborers, the bovs and youths before they go into the oflic wt £ one in the afternoon te cateh them at the lunch hour. Varies “Drawing” is hardly the proper name for what happens. In / reality there is no “drawing.” The “policy writer” looks over his BY f lists and “dr: “those numbers on whieh the least amounts will £ have to be paid out, ui ¥ Phere are upward of 600 regular “poliey shops in New York 1pman: x J crartoenninlolmnoge = SOT uundred of what may be x MANY SHO ¢ called “curbstone writers.” The busines y roe $ H _ aay id Le uny z fo celfaulvertising, one customer telling others Wi, x where the game may be played. Wes Sd £ The average revenue from the 600 regular shops is about $20 a bY Nothing castempet Prof, Gi uv-—not less than 312.000 a day. “Poliey shops” in the Wall Dorothy—What'« the matter, Georgie? Neltharipunainiiltpssnar:q vce resin street district, where the young employe are thiek and where the Georgie—1 bought a ir ball and swallowed It ‘fore I had time to suck it. No kiss efer mnde his gob stir ¢} cambling fever is high, take inas much as S125 4 day, ar = SAS . RG See - > He quaffeth not the ruby ne t faci i f HE HAS A GOOD TRAINER. CREATUNDUCEMENT: a : ; at Yaxy! Vpon the surface lie the main sonrees of these great revenues-— Nor daliieth with the nicotine He's an laliipaloosa lobster! [the seant earnings of laborers, clerks, messengers, newsboys, We., “The Ci Girl &e.; petty thieving, till-tapping, stealing change from the change € telatotete de poe overcoats hung up in offices, pouncing on little sums left : ~ fabout the house by the parents; in brief, every form of sneaking. OF LOVERS ° SOLVED BY es ihe atts dre a playing. Que elk ina : re chile ret the habit of playing. ve aon HARRIET HUBBARD. AYER, ; q ; P A Mean-spirited Lover, 5S EVE STITT, 7 — | berhoed is permitted te win a few dolly nnd 1 was eng young jady ot mai i sufe te aay that at the pre Ls the same age, and 1 loved her with tm tal é it} whol frnstralaavensnet torn’ Wave walted vonng people in New York are “playing pol-| and tothe young Indy no wy offerm of marting a much that t and broke th ere constant And a very large pere ement. Butt 1 so muct are stealing mest of the little sims they phiy. pul tot stay awa eo . . c ‘ buck ty her, Of course sneha protitable industry LC serine this could not eseape the thrifty « f the Ket the day A in i ae ‘ = eal scat Ae Te 1. Clarence, ald chappie, fai ; be som Vie Wve Ininistration. The ww") business is concentrated writiag to father for that hy friends 5 the 7 to me and t» young young f ; vin the hands of a few men, one of them a near relative and constant, “Tully Gee! {fb keep up this tong UH be able to break de record. far Clarence—Yaas, old chappie, and tm HARA INSEE Oy Ine SLATS ates wae Loldes leraivare coneroiline “leompanion of a very high police official, As ne “poliey: shop” orf de 19-yard dash.” offering him a Mberal discount for cash. 4 E q ould neve ions, nS'ou hee ; i ; 5 oe eeetebeicietetit niebininhebebetebeletetebinieleietetebeincintiotetcicinbebebetst with her. . {, Write himsn seri y a Haman poliey writer” can exist: without police * perptesticn, ther feietint ma iebeicinieint 1 rry ty say [ fooltsn | wtinig that tne ‘1 of vital Hie nay tat ! don't basaiene|minute!in ipeonles in the Police Department. day that thin + and man fs ” { The Miracle Once More. ‘nd real cures or keep aslleat., ing. Would that all country vistors Rights 1 lost sleep on ac punt f te Sa ¢ thas been almost impossible to catch these “policy” men be-| SOR TR nese rel maketh the heart sick. {could be as sure of safe asylum from / te i : ke | cunse ee volice are so directly interested in shielding them and be-j Another alleged miraculous cure comes AN 1CO. he perils and pitfalls of Mttle ol New - THINK the young Indy ta to de cor i § Cs i : 2 , ‘ Rratulated In belng free from such a Feance there are ne tools of the trade except a peneil and a sheet of | {9m Eurere Gronsey Maina sins eee. The Arrest) of; the \Covws. ucla Gh tb Pike lind ohildren taught to see, Now, this ‘The Ocean and the Teaspoon, mean-apirit Pear to be. A man who has not got backbone enough to stand up for a woman ho| loves really does not deserve @ good) wife. I am certainly of the opt is better for you to suffer ais you ap-| paper with number gone inte effect which mukes the pose ine similar to the possession of burglar’s tool t should be. To attack the industry through the new law pt. our nothat tt] just dea been organized, with Goddard at ite deserts than for a good woman to have emerenwerereraey : : ailie her Ife spoiled by uniting tt with your AN OnGANIZE i head— Goddard, who knows what an infamy feeble character. 1 4 jexcharactor. ATTACK UPON “pol s, what a erime-breeder among the u IT OAT Las. Hiererenener eer eenn ents Mas Ils Love Grown Cold? | Dear Mra. Ayer \ I met a young man two and a hal years ago whom I kept company during his six months’ stay tn About two years ago home in Californ a desperately in In his powe not know ul he had at that time « Then I wrote for two years, wh to come back to > vonng, and who knows ail the workings of the business. The company hastens to assure the public that they are not And this, taken with their statement of what they approval, + heartier approval than reeven the most hardened ions of children into these re beeanse he has strict orders from } reformer ves them standing and pn » they I ts he sees the proce: purpose te Hie Probably from ne quarter « from the rank and tile of the y THE CLUBWOMAN. Queen of Clubs has won patrolman must ry | policy dens, vet dares not inter t. | his captain on the subj OR HOME Sox air SATs oie Si¢ 1 man’s rival she | If Murphy and Devery did nothing else in defiance of public DRESSMAKERS. cen pee eneneneenane deceney than tolerate these “policy mews ft i rh = Hees Reet CrnGe i the voung and poor, they would deserve the The Evening World's Daily p SAINTS. $ reputations they have with all intelligent: per- Fashion Hint. if leeks after the | troererererememenererere-@ Sonn rapab) ile of indignation | and disgust. To cut thin tucked blouse walet tr Be avemtaten 24 jyarda 2 tienen SOME OF THE FUN OF THE DAY. | A GARE RED. proceedings was what finally landed | | Since Gaybey'« dled and lett | um | A million for his share | | He's painting up the town. He ts Nor Too ASronlavermillionalre “Pray give me just one waliz, Mies 3 5 fe | Grayley,” begged the gallant WAS SURELY SCOUINTING, Wei tke aseietee DHE eeenare Yan it a real courtahip? I promive to let ic be very slow. | niewee, m ‘The threat of court} Um in mourning, you know.” arranged on it in aecertain way, But a law has | vil strike a chritt to every sion of these sheets a} false, the story should mentioned. ‘There hav company” has | has Ty the Ea Indi ferment cof The Erenng World Ime. If fam glad to see our vtetls had the coumge to arrest ‘To the Editor of The Evening World A Howery saloon ‘has been wrecked, and people are asking “Is Mra, Nation But let me say, to wreck sa- loons In the Idea of killing diquor trafls {ls lke trying to ball out the Ailantis Ocean with @ teaspoon. The only way fi to strike at the root of the matter. And even then It wiH do no gad. As long as men havo throats they are going to drink, ‘Tis true; ‘tie pity. Pity ‘tts; “tls true, c. M. B. Who Can Stop This Musto? To the Mittor of The Evening World Pleaso tell ma what 1s good to make a chronte mandolin ptayer om the floor above me take a rest and give me one, T could stand a little at a time, but a steady plink-plink for hours ate time every nleht In the week, with a few extra notes while walting for dimer on Surday, Ix too much, Could the Heaita Board stop !t?) CLIFF DWELLER. ‘The Low-Salaried Embers To the Editor of The Evening Wortd * Another puor §2%5-a-week Dookkeepey in accused of appropriating $80,000, end is arrested. As long as low-salarted maqn are put where they can steal large sums and as long as human nature remains what it is, so long will such thefts ac- cur, It ts shameful to put such dassiing temptations in the way of poor men, My only surprise ts that so few yleld. MARY J. HEENAN, Yonkers, BD x. t police earth, If it is true it ts ree two b alles: it es found for every 1M, and people N e thrilled at them. Itut dixease and th still etalk abread. Let doctors two beasts came me murderous purpe 2 Ox tes ere In letter most impassloned- This Is the answer that she 4 neni, Of doubtful phrases fashioned: | BARED riy heart unto my Love Dog Trainer (to conductor of orohestra)—A Ittle music to bring my dogs on | “My dancing eye hath taught you love? ‘Then say I without scruple, ce SS ENE ae eae Tae a ae ntlemen, play something by Bach. Conductor— ESE sige * # The apple of my eye you are, i A DAI Y I OVE STORY. aR Toe DANS: AUTHOR, 2A CORNER ON CABBAGE, | 5 fot rouine ts unt? . - COOLE Y- 3 nut yot believe rhe solemn E : 1, tintrty day {tening ear a graphite deacription of the) “And have you no compunction of phe bases his oft repeated assertion that truth 5 | he repu- | nie el a quiet tip from a broker | immense wealth which awalted the man| conscience, Higgins?” asked Richards. | Bennington tx both an {dfot and a fool. n {i Of this, my final answer— } te in Ythe fands in some se who had shrewdness enough to go Into] "Yes, | will admit I have,” replied he, | Bennington reached Milwaukee wit Unless you shall resort to arms, fin the ob ‘ hat took an upward leap, the country, Invest a thousand dellars| “Imagine Bennington confessing that/hix cargo on the very day that a local You ay T note havevinr? hese Hike 1 t Mixa Montgom ss than thirty daye had rout | tn cabbages at two or three cents p head | he invested Jn a perishably article, ship: |nyndicate had succeeded tn cornering all | iy sir!” js t res mitt sie tw profite bts ‘and ship them to Milwaukee, ped It to an already Mooded market and|the cabbagee in the city. fad mad r hurtin rw Hut that, however, has ttle te do, “And why to Milwaukee?" Bennington | was obliged to unload at a sacrifice. tt ix common report at the club that a Distraught, I hastened to her . t ot hie * b : WIth this wtory, which was intended to[isked innocently. {Mow deuced humiliating! Poor fellow! | the savage ferocity with which the Mil- | i aide, z ‘ « M he t be woven entirely around that idiot] ey hy, my dear young man,” raepandal Really, 1 am sorry.” waukee dealers clamored for Benning: % To mee what this queer page i wn int AMinaton and hie ridiculous Invest. | ed Higgins, “what is it that has made| Bur the appearance presented by Hig- | ton's 4,000 cubbages at 1) centn a head meant. : y this di H testing the bivdness Milwaukee famous? Beer, air, beer,| gins as he danced around the room did fairly took away the idiot's'breath and /5€ “To Arma!" I cried—and then n the M t enningtor | Bennington always wn idiot, ese! And teer calls for—what? Wiener-| not indicate that any great sort)» was | Bare him a snock that was hardly began towed > Wiesine | it wag rum that Papa Montgom- | he would net have kone to Higgins tort! wursts, And wienerwurats and kraut! erawing at his heart, Jrecompensed by his delight: in paying | A serious, engagement! " ed the phan [Aun that Mabel had commissioned hun | are Inge! le; and kraut—well, you that very moment Bennington | Mie Montgomery a dividend of 200 per | 3; j ary inseparadl y And at that very 6 Teecisoned hevleainiy wat euntngton’s courtenty D Monday evening, she | 8!¥0 to Invest a thousand for her an 1} Monigomery was treated ax a | y know that is made of cabbage? was Hikgins to a surprise that | asked his advice. However Henningt 1] He dropped tn ?2 Inches wit oo yards 44 to "Cashicr, Tho Worl, nington, on the other hand, held a|the money in her name eo that it would| Vory earnestly and persui tthe club and told] speeding toward Milwaukee and bearing, Of course Papa Montgomery looks @ wide will be reurircd. Joke |: 1 ulmost to a nervous shock, | had never felt the thrust of one of Hig-| us of the Joke. We all laughed heartily, |50,000 head of cabbages, which he had |U90n Bennington asa sort of a Napoleon t patcern (No. 3817, nize Ito] lisgins wan a shrewd business man! by placing a thousand dollars in hia| kines practical jokes, else this story] ang those who had placed thelr money| purchased with Miss Montgomery’s|0f Anance and, I understand, the wed- 0 cents. —wealthy, handsome and pollshed, Ben-| hands, and asking him to kindly invest | would not have been written, on Bennington tried to hedge. As for| money at 2 cents apiece, ding invitations have titer club suffers no ively Hig-| Higgins, his face was @ perfect study) Higgins maintains that none but idiot: 6: in « department store, was|realize the greatest possible returns in! gins poured into Bennington's eager, ls- | in ales, jand fools have Inc, and upon this theory eerste as pee by Sey re ee ae EOE Ee ad OTT! SMe T eA aeT ee t train | cent. all predad ale Meine With trlumph self-engendered; 1 caught her llps—and then her heart, ‘The citadel, surrendered! —Béna Kingsley Wallace, PSE Pe Tee te een Peer ee | ‘ %