The evening world. Newspaper, September 6, 1901, Page 6

CAREW ABROAD. A PERPLEXED STATESMAN. who passes as the leader of what was once the Libera! party. its leaders should drop their policy of evacuating Egypt. Derhaps, the perplexed air of “Sir ©. B." when I sketched him tn the House of Commons. WORKING HIS Bronco Pete—The brakemnn’s comin’ to put me cff, an” he's got a gun an’ I hain’t. “Hello! The couplin's busted!" amp, ye eritte REFRESHM ” “A peach cobbler," IPOSPRLOOORDEU EOS PIESPPTPIFPIDIE-DD-DTD9. Poor Sir Henry Campbe!l-Bannerman—"Sir C. B.,” as the English call him—s in no end of trouble, and Mr. Ceci! Rhodes ts at the bottom of it, “Sir C B.," you must know, 1s an amiable Nttle gentleman The Spectator came out with a story to the effect that Mr. Rhodies gave an election subscription of $25,000 to the Liberal party on condition that “Sir C. B.” branded the story as a lie, and now Mr. Rhodes has confirmed its trath and sent to South Africa for the correspondence on the subject. Hence, PAIS AODIDG-DOOEEE PPOGDLES FET TETEEDI EGRET DDS OOOE VOL. 4 sbished by the Press Publishing Company, 63 to PARK ROW, New York. Entered at the Post-Ofice at New York as Second-Class Mall Matter. DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT COLUMBIA IS A WONDER YACHT. It is a disappointment that a new yacht is nos to meet the new i|yacht from the other side. But it is not disheartening. It is not : |even discouraging. z Constitution isva better boat than Columbia was in 1899, there- fore a much better boat than Sir Thomas's Shamrock I. But Constitution is not a better boat than Columbia has become. She has improved with use. And to-day, in perfect trim, with a captain and a crew that understand her-every mood, she is a marvel, a fit defender for the America’s Cup. “JACK” COOKE, AND OTHER BOY WONDERS. “Jack” Cooke is fifteen years old, and he 1s the pulpit wonder of the day. Immense audiences have been flocking to hear him down at Ocean Grove. In the Metropolitan Temple in this city he drawing audiences of 2,000 people night after night and working them up to great pitches of enthusiasm by his remarkable power of public speech. He first developed this gift four years ago, when he wus only eleven years old. The papers, describing his performances, tell us that he comes onto the platform “wearing knickerbockers and looking like a school- boy,” but “speaks erith all the assurance of a pulpit orator of mature years.” What he is reported as saying, however, is not in itself extraor- ¢|dinary, either for the ideas expressed or the language employed to @|express them. It would be creditable preaching, however, for the @laverage forty or fifty year old pastor. And that explains the rush 2|to hear him and the enthusiasm he evokes. It is a tribute to his precocious talent as a talker. A philosopher being asked why crowds always gather to watch a bear danco in the street, considering how very poorly bears dance, replied: ‘Because, while a bear's dancing is not good, the fact that a bear should dance at all is wonderful.” Not improbably many who read this will go and hear this won- derful “boy orator.” If so, don’t judge his eloquence too critically. The wonderful thing is that 2 boy so young should be able to “elocute” at all, as Artemus Ward would say. More important still, don’t watch this “boy wonder” and wish | your boy was another wonder of some kind. Precocity is an afflic- tion, a nerve malady, a distemper of the brain, a morbid mental state. The “boy tragedian,” the “midget Patti,” the “boy poet” and the : “baby violinist” are all curiosities of more or ¢ less human interest—but they are not the boys and girls that you | want to have for your own. Not if you are wise. They are not the $ best kind. The abnormal is never the best “for human naturo’s $ daily food.” z Tf you have a natural, healthy, fairly bright and averagely slow boy or girl, be content and thank Heaven he or she is not en- dowed with the fatal gift of precocity. are not wonderful when they grow up. 3} THERE 1s yo { ¢ OCCASION FOR ¢ $ DiscounaGE- ¢ rf MENT. rg PP DIDRPTHRPPIS RPP DES 2|? ELEVEN YEARS Doceccccccceey 4/4 AN ORATOR AT OF AGE. PREP PPPS DPR D-D For as a rule boy wonders SOME OF THE FUN OF THE DAY. A MOSQUITO'S REVEN The Lady Skeeter—Do you aew that serious-looking old fellow on the bench over there? Her Hubby—Yes. What about him? “He's a Prohtbitionist and I'm down on him. He slapped at me in a real vicious manner, and I mean to get even with him." “How sy, A moment ago bit a fellow who In aMcted with a chronic jag. Now watch me tnoculate the teetotaler!”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. eS 5 neon A NEW PARTY. “What we want is a new political party,” said the man with gold spectacles ‘an't you find your principles properly represented in the old ones?” ‘Oh, yes, But, you seo, I'm a musician, The more political parties the more processions, and the more proccastona the more business for the band.” Washington Star. ———_—+4--_____. ADEPT. “He ts an adept at wolf, I presume.” "Oh, yes, Indeed!" “By the way, what constitutes an adept, if 1 may ask?" “Well, an adept at golf isa man who can swear Correct Scotch and get as much relief as if ho swore in American.”—Detrott Free Preas. GOOD ADVICE. “That's good counsel the new preacher gave us," sald the deacon. savhteh tars ORES, e481 notice you're always at home now when he calls, and yet you used to think him such a bore, t he's the least tiresome of all my admirers now. -Yes, all the othets have been to Buffalo.—Philadelphia Press, ——__++-__ WITHIN DOUND: you ever been so desperately In fove that you felt as if you Jens Chibberly—Hn n't contr astieton: well off.—Detro!t No. All the girls I've been in love with have been only moderately ree Dress, ——— THE ARMS AND THE MAN, Mrs. Jones, that your husband has two revolvers and a Winchester burglars who may’ cali.” but they came the other night and stole them.”—Tit-Bits, + -— REASONABLE GUESS, “Is Uhat Mra, Brown, of Boston?" “L dunno her name, but she's Boston bred." “Then she's brown, of course.""—Cleveland Plain Dealer. oo __—_—-_ ANOTHER'S C1IrOICcEe, ‘Tens—Mias Passay claims that #he ts an old mald from cho‘ce. Jeas—Doudtless, Every marrtageable man of her acquaintance has chosen ay one elve.—lhiladelphia Press. ——$—+¢- GOLDEN SILENCE, . you know," @aid the wa: said the diner, “and I'm going to give you a quiet tip. “1 he. ritle for a “He had. Yonkers Statesman, a AT DOESN'T FOLLOW, Marle B., of Wavesly—No, Marie, just becauaé the young man writes you a letter on fy-paper you need not Jump to the gunclusion that he ‘a atuclk on you. No, indeed.—Baltimore Amaricam . Let ‘ For an Olly Skin. Dear Stes. Ay I have a yellow and oly complexion. Kindly advise me what ts the beat | edy T could use Mrs. W. OW TO BECOME # & BEAUTIFUL. acangoeetonenviouorwan GUIDE TO GOOD LOOKS. By HARRIET HUBBARD AYER. , dications of Interna! disorder | descripiton, You might try this lotion for pimples. It may be helpful. But think you re quire a constitutional remedy as well, of some tincture cochineal, 1-8 ounce; distilled? } Water, 16 ounc -| Formuin tor Skin Whitener. "| Dear Mra. Ayer .| Kindly give me the recipe for a skin RY this lotion for olly skin: As-/Lotion for pimples—Carbolic actd. 25) watrener; something that will refine the tringent lotion—Rose water, 6/drops; borax, 6) grains; glycerine, 4) pores also, without Injury te the akin ounces; elder fuwer water, 2/drams; tannin, 30 grains; alcohol, 1) or health, ELLA. ounces; simple tincture of benzoin, 1-2/ ounce: rose water, ounces, Mix) HIS is a very nice itquid powder ) ounce; tannic acid. 10 grains. |thoroughly until dissvived and apply id positively harmless tf propariy y People Remark on Her Pallor. — | night and morning. appiled. All Mquil powder, or ary. Denrianevayer | Lotion for Olly Mair. |should be thoroughly washed ont of tho How can I get pimples off my nose, | | pores of the skin every night befure go- and also how can I get a good color in| Dear Mee Aver | ing to bed. TyRcheeKes cople always remark) Will you please print the recipe for! Liquid powder for whitening the skin— hee antes INPEREST sp, | ily hair? It was ta The Evening World pure oxide of xine, one ounce: glycer I~ HDRE ts something wrong with, 28t Week, but T lost it. There was ine, one dram: rose water, four ounces “cochineal” tn It, but [ cannot remem. { the circulation of your blood and with your digestive organs un-/ doubtedly, which causes the pimples. | You will not have-a good color tn your| cheeks until your stomach {sin a more healthy condition. Rosy cheeks are a| sgn of health and pimples are sure In-! MA ber the re jessence of rose, fifteen drops, Sift the |zinc, dissolving it in just enough of the rosewater to cover {t, then add the gly- v . | Rater, HIS ts the recipe you speak of: Powdered bicarbonate of soda, 1-4; Fine, next the remainder of the 1080 ounce; biborate of soda, also pow: dered, 1-4 ounce; eau de cologne, flu(d ounce; pure alcohol, 2 fluid qune Shake well and apply with a soft sponge or an antiseptic gauze. “Tho |face must be wiped off before th Mquid _ 's; ‘dries, or it will be streaked. TO-DAY’S LOVE STORY. (Copyright, 190}, by Dalir Story Pud. Co.) HIS Is the story the Post-Ofice | Inspector was telling. “It was at Smith's Hill," he said. “God, what a night tt was! Snow? I never saw such a bilzzard! “The postmaster wasn't much of a man tn size. He was a consumptive- looking chap and hadn’t an. oversup- ply of book learning. but say, boys, the heart hid under his Jeans naturally forced his ribs apart and thumped against his gingham shirt. He didn't seem to have any body—was just ail heart, “It didn't seem Ike any Mving crea- ture could survive in the face of that Dilzzard, and we were greatly startled when the door was suddenly pushed} open and a feeble old woman stumbled in. : “She was dressed tn a calico wrapper and had a thin, miserable Iittle shawl thrown over her head. That little con- sumptive postmaster took off his over- coat and wrapped It around her and to:d | her she should be more careful or she'd | catch a cold. He blushed when she thanked him, and fumbling among his} mail got her a letter. And when she! had gone he hesitated a moment and then sald: “That letter I gave.her, sir, ts from her won, and it’s a good one, too, for I wrote it myself. You see,’ he sald, ‘I'm a kind of private secretary to her son who's dead; he went down the river on a raft and was drowned,’ he continued. "But the poor olf woman has never been told of his death, and regularly once a week she writes him a letter, of coufse, looka for an answer. “ ‘For three yeara I have kept up this Uttle deceit. Why, air, sho writes tho tenderest letters—jest the kind that a mother only can write, you know—and addresses ‘em to "Billy, down the riv- er." Of course there !s no place to send them, and—my God, alr, I haven't the heart to undecelve her. And s0, na Billy's private secretary, I open his mall, Here is her lost letter, alr, read ft. BILLY “Dear Billy: getting along so nicely, Proud of you, my son. and care of yourself, for May died last June you one I have left. "Oh, Billy by that big city, down the river, do not forget your little mother, whose heart wherever fs always with you, my son, you may go. "Yesterday was your birthday, Billy, and I opened the old hair trunk and took out the first Ittle pair of trousera| Say. you 1 am so glad you are 1 am 30 But, Billy boy, you must be sure and take very good you know aince are the only . away off yonder in BOY CAME BACK. # BY EDGAR W. COOLEY. Billy bey? And do you remember how proud you were of them? I scemed to see you as 1 saw you then-with your Uttle curly head with the silken ring- lets down your neck and piling up in f 4 golden mass on your snoulders; your soft, red cheeks dimpling when you laughed and showing your pearly teeth; 44 your dark brown eyes that used to look {nto mine so mischtevously. ‘I try not to be zelfish. Billy. I try to believe that all ts for the best. In your last letter you sald you cannot # come home for some time yet, as you | have so much to do. So I will try to be content, trusting chat some, time’ "— But the inspector never finished read- ing the letter, for a stranger who was sittin, next to me staggered to hia feet] and laid his hand on. the trapector’s arm. Ils face was pale and his voice trembled as he spoke. “Good God, man," he said, “I'm the biggest wretch that ever Ived. Do you understand, sir? I'm Billy. It was my partner who was drowned down the river, But the papers stated !t was I, and as I had got into trouble, I changed my nam Med out for other parts, But luck "has been with me, sir, and here I am, for dear old mother’ sake | an hofest man from this day on. Boys," | he continued, turning to us, who sat with mouths agape, * Billy's got a lot of good old greenbacks, and, please God, I'm goin’ home to-morrow—gein’ == home to stay." Then the tnspector Jumped upon & chair and shouted, “Three cheers for Billy boy and mother!" * And we gave them with a will that shook the house. And the stranger sald: “It seems to me, fellers, that my pri- vate secretary, that Uttle consumptive postmaster, hasn't drawn his salary for a long time. But he'll get It, boys, he'll Ret it with compound Interest and a } sealskin overcoat thrown in."" should have heard us yell then! EVENING WORLD'S BIG LETTER CLUB. Mark [wain’s Wittictem. To the Editor of The Bvening World: Actress Ada Gray's vehement dental of her death reminds me of Mark Twain's words under similar circumstances. A report of his death reached this country, and inquiry was sent to his friends in Europe. He himself replied with a ca- blegram that read: “The rumor of my | death In Kreatly exaggerated.” H.C, PAINE. “Shake-Downs! Are Commo: To the Willto- af The Fvening World Allow me to compliment brave Foltce- man O'Neill for his good old Irish pluck, He wouldn't be an 0" or a Mac" if he lacked grit. A man, however, ix not taking the right course for advance-| ment tn the Police Department or any| other department when he undertakes to fight his aupertor officers, His ending! ix defeat. He ts not the first man to “puck” against “shake-downs.”” There are others outside of police circles. ‘There Is not a forge, factory, shop or ae SB OR HOME DRESSMAKERS, Evening World's Fashion Hint. The Dally To cut this misses’ sailor walst for a girl fourteen years of age 3 1-2 of material 21 Inches wide, 2 1-2 yards T inches wide, 21-4 yards 32 inches wide or 13-8 yards 44 inches wido will be required, with 3-4 yard for shield, steck collar, th) and cuffa, and one plece of velvet ¢ibbon to trim as illustrated, "The walst pattern (No, 3,021, 1%, 14 and 16 years) will be sent for 10 cent, . Bond money to “Cashier, The World, Pull Now, York City.’ LF i yards! portunity to learn lithograph engraving. you ever wore. Do you remember them, store In New York or elsewhere that has/fu:l of them. There; think the world of the bed. It was a not are to keep “solid woman. Even women workers thelr “'shake-downs." Don't fanna and other “big ones’ down" the bosses for camp: its perlodic “xhake-down: IRN pur. poses? Isn't tt a regular “glve-up, “shake-down,” “whack-up" and ke- off all ever the country In everything? What else can be expected under the always a few ‘suckers’ who want! w with the foreman or fore- have Murk| op, sakes SOME TIMELY IDEAS Ry Clever Readers, I am a poor woman and Jing precent. Will some kind reader please tell me how to rid the feathers of this pest? Mra, MAYER, . Kidnapping Epidemic, | To the Editor of The Evening World: A few years ago kidnapping was o most rare crime, Now it fs an epiderite, Why? Are the offenders no lightly pune Ishe® that {t seers worth while? If 80, Jet kidnapping be a crime punishable by Present’ nefarious socal system, any! death, and see If that won't hold them way? The bud example emanates from| 4 white, MOTHER. the upper circles and permeates the lower stratum of Ife everywhere. New Women, Don't Go Ht ae York Is all right. Tamman. all wrong. Away with. J. MCCORMACK, No, §9 West Eleventh street. As to Noy Felon To the Filltor of The Evening World: Every day we read of boy thieves, boy footpads, boy Incendlartes, &c. are usually shipped to some jail or re- formatory tlon where this grain of good may be fostered, not killed? It would be a ser- vice to posterity, founding of libraries for folk who cry for bread. ICONOCLAST. Is This a Good Trade? To the Eslltor of The Evening World: Tam a young man anxious to learn a good trade, I have been offered an op- Will yous or some of your readers tell me If lithograph engraving 1s a good trade for an ambitious young man to learn? CASPER GRABER. They Sought a Soft Spot. To the Editor of The Evening World: I lve In the country. I have a fine down bed which has become Infested with an Insect that looks like a worm. Its body tapers toward the tall and is brown and yellow striped. I had been living in a very damp hous: the car- pets became mouldy ‘These Insects eat through the bed cloth- ing, and I discovered the feathers were WONDER IF THIS Is TRUEE ALZAC once sald that the way to B gauge a woman's character was by her cholce of color, and that noth- ing expressed character @o much as clothes, And he advieed those in doubt as to how best they mtxht reveal their {nmost vouls by thelr cholce of garb what garments and tones they muat wear. For Instance, if a woman had a lively expression, pale cotoring, red Mpe and tawny halr ans a round, full neck, she should place In her hair a crimson flower, her dress should be of red tulle, cut low to show the dagaling whiteness of her shoulders, long, floating sleeves }» halt revea} her snowy arms, and o. belt of red iris her flexible but not toa fever, under any ciroum- utances, though, should a woman of of tulle, which should half con moire to slender watt quch ‘coloring wear biue or Ineifectiy is all right. | 7 It is the general soclal system that ts They where what little good there is In them Js promptly crushed out. Why uot let some Carnegie found an institu- Far better than the In a short time, the Editor of The Evening World: What js {t which causes most men to act ungentlemanly to women who should always make themselves respected? It 1s Immodesty in women—tmmodest be- havior—and the point I wish to make ts that women should wear thelr hats when they leave their houses to walk in the streets. It Is not necessary to go inte detall on this subject. It {= every~ where noticed that when a woman has no hat on when walking she subject to abuse and ridicule, and rightly so, Therefore, to avoid this, women should ; and !f they do ao they. | aro bound to be respected, a thing which every one should ovvet and hold dear, 2 ISIDOR 6TARK, No. 481 Rockaway avenue, Brooklyn, A Sportemaniike Suggestion, To the Editor of The Evening World: Should the Shamrock itft the cup, 168 us, next year, build @ boat by popular subscription that will be a boat of the people, each man's dime or dollar going into the building of a boat in which each subscriber may justly think he owns @ share, and for whose victory he is part- ly responstble. Name her The Popw lace.” YACHTSMAN, THE SAPLING. Ww I was tut @ sprig of May, With wonders to command, Above all else I loved most well Whar none could understand; And dear were things far off, far off, but nothing near at hand. Oh, now it was the sunset tsie Boyond the weather-vane; And now it was the chime I heard From the belfry-towere of Spain; But never yet the itttle leat that. tapped my window. pane. Hetgh-ho, the-wietful things un- ry eon, ‘That reach, as I did then, ‘To guess and wear the heart of youth With eager Why and Whent And never I takes heed of them, in all the world of men. Josephine Preston Peabody, tm Harper’a Magazine,