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CORY’S TIMELY CARTOON. DAVID! DON’T BE ALARMED, 1 AFRAID To “2oax AT THE RAPERS Now.A.OAYS POR FEAR OF SEENG, | ev WANE MENTION £ AS A PResIOENTIAL, PROBABILITY 4 SV 10 OST RESS INE) y PRiDAY Mv bininG, MAY 4, 1SUI. vw Oilbias peeaey Published by the Press TAU RRE LG Company, $3 to 63 PARK ROW, New York. Entered at the J d-Class Mal MR. MORGAN UP TO DATE AND OTHER MATTERS OF NEWS. Mr. Morgan has raised steel rails $2 a ton and coal $1 a ton. He formed his concentrations to make money by stopping wa: But his irst move is to raise prices; that is, to excite and consolidations © and increasing sales—so he said. public anger and suspicion. Is not this very near-sighted of Mr. Mor- gan?) Is it not another illustration of the old proverb that it takes a wise man to do thoroughly foolish act? Or is Mr. Morgan right in thinking that in this land of the free a man is free to do what he wills if only he is Hoe erenreneneno-e- ene a bold and strong; that the people can do nothing because they are not orgenized and because the agents they elect are apparently easily “influenced ?”” Coal. Tron. Think what this proposition means. Railways. And now steamships. It means that the energies which are to civilization what the muscles and arteries are to the human body are now, so far as our country is concerned, under the control of a little group of men who are themselves direct- ed by the brain that resides in the skull of J. Pierpont Morgan, mas complete for industries as any poli al. Po eS A MIGHTY C CENTRATION Grenereneneneneen tne OF POWE eal Tt means a despot despotism ever was for matterz politi It is not an absolute despotisi Such a condition a3 absolute despotism is impossible either politically or industrially. The fact that the Czar of Russia has the power to exterminate all his sub- jects or to enslave them does not mean that he would dare to exer- cise that power. But the Czar is a despot none the lese, and so is Mr. Morgan. What Legislature, what management of a political party could resist the blundishments Mr. Morgan's despotism could use if it wished ¢ i JURIES “AND JILTED MAIDS. id he could not understand—the way of Four things Solomon s a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship upon the sea, the way of an eagle through the air, and the way of a man eereenen eee 8 ee with a maid. If he were living to-day he eb iii biibiebiebiebieiitteletebelsteinbininteints THE PERPLEXITIES OF LOVER The Dear Mrs. Ayer Tam twenty years of age and I have A cousin who te twenty and who has a Perfect disposition. [am very much tn love with her and have asked her to marry me. Although she loves: me above any one else, she Ina little relic- tant about anying "yen" becnuse we are cousins, «What would you do tf you were {n my place? GEORGE A. 8. SOLVED BY HARRIET HUBBARD “AYER s “call me her an opportunity to 4 second time. she “Warn Ju we of Firet Cousina. | Mnking Love.’ Dear Mra Ayer rton nd sweet that I Hked me, but he never uM, him, One 1 told me he had left \ Y personal opinion is that frat Aled at his house, M cousins should not marry. vefind him) A man ts go- I happen to know of some cance iS and would tt where the results of such marriage: tl was asking M. : have been most pitiab! | for him ; I refer, of course, ti SOM are very but you mental health of the ¢ should know. th: unions A great many very views walt for a young man to erence for her, and that do not us you eall it, fo their mate f€ unwise for cot: ‘Why do your physician—some ng to marry. to consult your family] knows kindness, Sf y woman tn the if you Wish to De respected me wish to anid 5 i mental and me: shi Ve }and finally loved by nome sides, and who would % 1 onus ultivate the char- able to Judge than a stranger? ' that will command these purse, nderstand y¥ mental wea ah Men yond admire what ts physteal t which both happen to “1 na vn tn womant Possess would Kive proper caus “tess 7 y not value Brave apprehensions as to the well-te favors women whi ing of the next tia Fans ee ah fter t man evidently She “Gave Him the How." en pie Sk tres t you. Do be ad- Dear Mra. Ayer 15 aire ¢ 5 Mae and i to find him. T used to love a girl that was very ew low up your ne fond of me, but one night I called on} pp y were in your piaee ace certainly know DELIC lous C UC UMBER_ SALADS. Sor poets! OR HOME Steen eo at cims, Site , DRESSMAKERS. For White Hey ANN GD) » covers by pulling out the ¥ LS | Salad. bw . a 7 wt, Cutt cure The Evening World's Daily! PMR SATS { For G elimGera lens! Fashion Hint. anakcavers Rion } fetal) wise, scoop ——-— mixed with one ot t Salad, tha centres, To out this fancy sdirt watst In me- | Thena may he ished with: real poses, ee leaving them dium alze 4 yards of materini 21 inches | it fnoh thick. Put there wide, 25-$ yards 2% inches wide, 31-2} ' water, Kejeot needa yards 3 inches wile or 21-8 yarde 44/ m1) not from t ng cucumber and mix ty inohes wide wil be required, with 11-2/{ To Make { h Cid cy elery dice, chopped S rhaivethem, chives, tho Nard parte. of tomatoen Cucumbs) of 8 at ‘ye chopped and a capers and a very ttle minced parsley Add a highly sea- soned French a this, AI the ) doats, be wiped dry, and n mit one one rash with tan ses made at of round ret radishes, WILL HI EVER BREAK ‘ING City I rtising to bre Into the Cavear paused on the brink of Hit? the Ruttcon. Will Jerome pause nen A LAW THAT { Is A LOTTERY. + ys would calmly name a fifth thing utterly be- yond his wisdom—the way of a jury with a jilted maid. The way, for example. of the jury that gave Mi wooed, won and disappointed by the aged, ardent, but elusive Mr. Compton, of Newark, $7,500 as balm for her presumably broken heart. Tda S:nith, Waiving the old question whether failure to fulfil a promise to marry is a fit subject for a suit to recover money damage, there should at least be some uniform standard of measuring the amount of compensation. do justice to all citizens alike by the unvarying application of fixed principles ? Yet look at he way in whieh the jury in Smith vs. Compton What are laws and courts for, anyway, unless to arrived at their $7,500 verdict. They took a vote and found that 30,000 was the proper tigure, four jury- wht $15,000 was right, and one that one juryman considered § men favored $25,000, $1,000 was enongh. 3 six tho} Then they diseussed the matter from early afternoon till mid- | night. 1.000 was ve: suys he w: The man whe bid stubborn—Miss Smith | an olf] bachel vers In the morning they all wanted to tall the different verdicts voted for would Bur the $1,000 juryman was obstinate and geeeeeeeeeees ST was the highest figure the other eleven AVPHOAISING Tend could bring D to. 2 DAMAGE el W % UU pi have been $18,416.06, get home, Hence the verdict. st that “we live under a govern: mentoof laws, net men.” But do we not, in fact, live largely under a govermnent of obstinate jurymen, with the di nd obstinate ¢welfth man holding the veto power ¢ The assessment of damages by juries is as much a matter of “playing the races” or spinning a roulette wheel. Should law be a lottery and justice a faro game? “RESPECTABILITY.” now making in Wall street at Pete e-erenenenenenenenen luck 7 selling? Probably not a very large part. The most of them are gambling pure and simple— one side betting upon a rise, the other side betting upon a fall, Just as much gambling are these transactions as anything that is done in these gambling-houses that are being Carrie-Nationized. The 3 What is known asa ‘hand book” game, as distinguished from one with apparatus that the police ean sei: But there is a vast difference. That difference is summed up in the great and glorious word “respectability.” Tt is “respectable” to gamble in Wall street. It is “shady” to participate in the games whereof Murphy and Devery are the patron saints. The eleventh commandment is not, as has been erroneously | reported, “Thou shalt not get found out.” It is “Thou shalt not fail to be respectable.’ ELEVENTIO COMMANDMENT, } Pree eeanenereen ee > DAILY LOVE STORY. the ground. Ile had the eager, ee { Donald and the same tight from t towar wagon moving and he watele Hamilton. How's my bis nome. nearer girl.” anid Powell, He turned half round to lst at the young man) ravings Falks about @ tow he had! wretch ° nick man was now moaning and indistinctly, Suddenly als ca ane out clear and ton. “You ‘of Jace innertion and 1-2 yard of over lace to trim. houre and had made hi: is partner. |are a disgrace to the family. You have (The pattern (No, 3,82), sizes 32 to 42)|The youth, who was named Donald | dishonored yourself and me. I hope it ‘beeent for 10 cante. Hamilton, now lay 111. may be a comfort to you to know that money: te Cashier, The Wortd, The clatter of a horse's hoofs maile Powell look up, A young man spran ‘our mother and your elsters must bear wwe ‘our shame.” rand Margaret. | we were little fellow 2 TO-DAY’ Vase M’LEOD RAINE. When he awoke Donald lay in that emi-conscious, dreamy state which di ngulahes voices but not persons. He hought he heard his brother John's volce singing softly, Don opened his eyes to prove to himself he had been and thero was his brother in He looked at him for awhile, They were his father's words, had been apoken ta uncontroilable “AM right," the votee trailed on, ko away where I will not disgrace yo again, ‘Lochaber No More,’ you know." “Our family came from Scotland whi expiatned the | dream “Ry the way, how did you find the flesh, andy captakn, the address?” doubiing him eyes, signaiures from rere. Perham you had | An I ride home 1 seem to hear oH ‘A ” = Loree y, Jack, hat you?" 1 petter open them." ** * Howell ted tim over to where a ple | a may, Jack, ts that you?” he asked! hetter open theme’ iy in parson ‘The angels ev'rywhere ture ‘rom a magazine hung oa the wail.;at last. out of shee n phys! Awe very much want you. tte A-singing low, a-singing slow ton dimself, and| "Oh, it's I fast enough, Don. I came to stated below that he had recentty been | take you home." promoted for distingulshed gallantry| ‘But how did you know where I was uring the charge up San Juan Iifil. “Your partner, Powell, wrote to us." “He stuck it up here and said you] Donald reflected for a moment in wore his brother. The reading told/atlence, ‘It's good of you, Jack, but where the fandly lived,’ answered|ynu'd better not have come, I'm auch PoweD a rip they don’t want me at home. How iit THE EVENING Tothe natton, are they all?” to sea you. IOGENES IN NEW YORK. By FRANK PARKER. > ¥ | e . Lo JOKING x OR A Gamatine) . MAN. yer a4 cleleeteiefeleietetelelsietefeleleieitefeleieet-d-triebeletebeberleteieieiebteiebteteiebe ob ~ By the gleam of his lantern he sees folks to fall, 34 " And quaffs mighty beakers of 4 o'clock ale. 4 Diogenes sought he n with HIS light; 4) B y the ci 20k ean delight Jerome's sight. S Cribinishiiciisiet I WORLD’ S BIG: ty ‘LETTER CLUB. & sign our race januffed, but has all | Neither The Warlike Amerteno, nor chewed, nor kissed a girth There ts a ae tleor of differ. tings, gs for us to | greatest Is | There are be proud of, Gen. Wilson's compl American soldier ts th earth, We are ape untrained fn war HERACLIDES. ser and A PROF The Luckie! SSOR WHO HAS lery Gods, . saying the Pi. tighter on | ul, ir " hat that I have pltyingtly uker throng that collects Jing to the gallery of the theatre, It ts ct expertenced by all that whenev number of people gathe er for some purpose tnere 1s bound to some impatience and disturbance, ts espe noticeable on an occas n like that mentioned above. Each fi fous for his own self and and regardiess of and others’ comfort. w the at the door te: some theatres do them Noor of seats Is ree ry. If only the ery seat in the house to be ree © would srowd outsidey n throughout. LK. A ¢ for “Red-Hatred Kate.” tor of The Evening Worlt Ay poor, red-halred Kate seems to be deepondent about her auburn hair, asks if she i ser bat order would relx el th be no atred youn more intelligent 4 ers, So the re plains that her lerror-striking may. ue ake evr CHARLES K The Reformer and the Cantecn, To the Elitor of The Evening World: Dr. Parkhurst has now tackled the army canteen problem. I grant he may. be "up" in focal vice, for ho has lived here and had a chan to study ft. But why should he xo a0 far afleld as the army canteen when his primary object, pamely.,to purity York, js still une fulfiiied? Fintsh “one Job ‘before you tackle another, Dominte: PAUL HERRICK, peb tebe PAPA’S: LITTLE GELL. man ‘That I did ever nee; And ev'ry day I tal his lunch, A long ride I know well, He aces me coming an’ he says, “God bless my little gel.” ‘Mt papa’a bestest little Rell. ‘Cause he ain't got but me, An’ I think he’s the nicest T sit beside him while he ea| ‘The good things that I tote, ‘An’ watch the raindrops po'rin’ out His forehead and his front; An’ when he's done he kisses me— I feel my heart Just swell; Ie smiles and says, “Be careful, pet; God bless my Ittle gett,” @ THE epee SON “They are all weil, but very anxtou the sobs he They wanted to come with every ‘one You must toes cil wan riding well in a hurry he fon, which rile wan reading iter from Doraltea mothers us of thi many, many kind- how yuat patched ptain laughed. “f can't see the ne the, He will add a postscript Sincerely ant pratetully, MAILY HAMILTON, And filling all the atr; And still they sing, and etill sing: on ent out ty | at 2 for | concerning ‘Tacre was filso_n characteristle post- jeeript from his former, partner, The words T love so well | Nev | him" strongly Se When papa Kisses me and saya, reckon “God bless my little gell."”