The evening world. Newspaper, February 24, 1902, Page 8

Published by the I at New York as VOLUME a THE RESPONSIBILI u) Ys DODGOING The prefiminary inquiry to discov that the Park Avenue Hotel apparatus’ on !ts upper customary disposit the blame that manife tions vealeciiay Commissioner Superintendent « ment to make fixing of blame be made has reaches | matter will have quiry may be dropped. perhas impotent recommendati Much more to the purp houses and a etrict prietors and landlords who a nue neglect of pree: cnuse of a belief in the fir DRAWEACH ‘There are many worse disaster, and scores of boarnting-! fire in the basement or w& make death by suffocation Inevitable prevention in these houses will outweigh in usefulness & pound of post-mortem investigation ee 7 moat of of the storm, West. A Lost Opportunity.—King iHerial vinced by this tin in not arrang! CAUSE FOR PRIDE. Wrageies so st THE SNOW Every New Yorker who has 9 the slow, obstructive the snow by hand labor hi there no better way answer is that it Is sow A new system for this winter, becatuse then there is no snow PROBLEM. ched with impati attempt to remove | sked the question of doing this to think of nd we shall not think of | some a headache it in summer, This is turning Traveller” story community plan improved methods street-car tracks during the effective snow removal streets it might be j« chines in common use, which load wagons from a tray- elling dirt elevator into a painful But even in summer it might be possible to ble to use the | r more rapid and } It might be pc grading ma . : | | j | worth trying w ment is so much needed the Nova Geotta Hits Stone and Mme delivering the captives the aame time It is to be hoped that no after the rans cerning the Moer war ERMUND. one of the) wt Scandinavian divines, 1 ineident will under a strain WHAT WILL HE DO ABOLT IT? is fortunate tha! stampede from any cause during the Saturday hol The wilful and deli overcrowding and of the Sturgis was practically unanimous Opera-House escape in hopeless for the occupants of the fa It ig perhaps merely tations to danger ca disaster at the what is Fire Commissioner Sturg alarm of fire or) any of the crowded theatres Jay performan ate violation of the | would have Jo about it? IEEE ETION: THAT eons SOT | INSPECT. |! specting the Park Avent ‘The hotel had its violations of law had be The gubway explosic just a few minutes befe reached the spot. t since the beginn' of the Inspec THE CAPTUPE OF THE PL SHC happenings of ART MIAN, that Curam! Chambers at policemen of and three sta Under the direction « with military « tre of the inva the County Court-iior from Broadway, while tb engine hoase: invested the enem) Jed him captive to jal). It was a great personal Dailey, whose descent on this lone Mil @ Darius, and an equally great vindicat of the law, wover Commander heart it is possible to make an elevator shaft fren : kind of shaft should be permitted for u passenger ele- im Greater New York. I might get Betty, -Fellx Carmen, in Washington Times too! JOKES OF OUR OWN} Hag n ‘a ART. O, hap bo vent) in Hpo-| Aa he writing | | mays that the ay are Mar ted as Reare has receives! ver statuette Manapolls Wentyefirat tour Her da were Amert- | helped the Chillana win thetr now Mra a to make and pretty © queerer— ORLD: MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1yvz. & TES WW TEE INTIONI Gr SSYOIIL JSS THE W 26-4-6-04-4-0-6 63-4 Ghe F. unny TS ide o iF ‘Life. HOW SAMMY SUBURB GOT THROUGH THE STORM ee FOR THE UMDERTARER a é THE TALE TOLD BY HIMSELF. I pald a man 15 cents to pack me 05 limited trolley How did T get aeross the street on his back to a snow hummock, where I waited in vain for a into a passing milkman’s sleigh and got the drive M. elevated road Then I jumped y me over to a sub-sta- the sub-station there were a lot of people standing around on one foot waiting for the cold-storage comp said the inspector out of bis rubber a block of a trolley rtments to come b there never will This wouldn't ¢ “No car yet.” was pouring tea so T bundled We were within when the horse gave a lurch and I don't know me into a nest of Iive wires 1 suppose the ambulance SAMMY SUBURB. AN EXTINCT SPECIES. ATTER OF FACT. neton wus an ho NATURALLY. paid (making grand: ~ INTERESTING LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. fon to me it should AN OLD CUSTOM. itt) A: st. Paul's Cathedral, London "~ Day © of the | altar, where the head was cut off body sent to be baked and the head pole, was borne through the|tenarians. France, with 40,000,000, has 213. England has only ss ‘ fen’ they patent ateamboate thet would | does 0 . seer, 00) motte, Would Begin Early. [There ere peo! in the Brooklyn of respect | t in moth- | fixed to and dis | Cathedral, followed by the dean and] 16, and Scotland 6. Sw chapter in vestments decorated with 9 trmible them |e me sugarst that Ameri: ly to make children mi vapenking, Fale Sh ‘Why Gon't they dallt a board walk trom Bore to Drooktya, To the Bator of The Bvening World punlahment for It wireless telagraphy will work acrom 100 bring the most unruly to order, J BORROWED JOKES. THE RBASON. Judge—Yo with that of the last witness. Witness—That is easily accounted for Your Honor. He's a bigger Mar than am.—Chicago News. NEXT STEP. Judge—Have the letters been duly ex amined by the handwriting expert” Prosecutor—Yes, Your Honor. Judge—Vers expert.--Ohlo State Journal NOT ALL GONE. “You talk about natural resources cornfully exclaimed the Maine man. “Why t year the teh of loheter: our coast was over 7,000,000" “And your State ts full of ‘em yet fercely ejaculated the New Hampshire man. Chicago ‘Tribune » EXCUSE, stand why any wealt ker vox at the ofr yera for the accom necktie was on ight Tt does seem a | 1 his wife only that. Why should he neg pitabie, 4 T° —Washingten Star, COURT PROCEDURE. A Blagstun,” the young ™ said, “I respect and esteem you, b an never marry ye “Was and is that your fnal verd Miss Hage asked the young lawyer possessed. Chicago Tr grand oj {she walks on. vans two ¢ rea’ Chicago Tribune " UNDERATHE! ndt _ WARE Cay _ GLARE land and ts one of a fami children. Me ved a mi ing and began h India, but was afte: home. Later he decided reer and came to America, w a time he found or employment. Be his friends kno * serv Hlariem viaduct, he applied for work the spot, and for weeks cueried hie i ew his Wages wit however, did tr of the desper it# Into which he had fallen and es Frohman withdr eads a company of hie own and at.” oe 8 Hamilton Rey arid, Sp lis m father is an Engl ended for the arm fathers plans thia Ing away and going on t Hie first appear of Lyonm” At the age of alxteen came to New York and for six y was a member of Daly's stock comp apset Heerbohm Tree and sever with wh While playing Jean Gaussin tn with Mins Nethersole Mr. Ret placed under arrest with the s! y with Mrs. eLalie Carter. Tn the sluma of London there Narge only fift n, with medi dociors w for a consul) By using compre such as bath tubs and kettles. in ae particles of snow to the alr. a ——— olds former times on St. Patric buck was brought to the ate gwarjands of roses, statement doem't agree Ges ee sree. well, let the handwriting expert now be examined by the Insanity id object to giving up his dation ice Henry.” said Mr. Cumrox as he looked tn the glass to see tf his white such a splendid excuse for not going do love a girl Ill love the Peed be J bite of ruggery that trail fr | { Wautam Faversham was born tn Ene-| even arrer am a soldier tr nvallded | But soon the imaelf without mone ng too proud to let i one day the men at work on the inly a fellow, and h Empire ‘Theatr Mr. Faversham es n he ap- Ing ay Don Caesar in "A Royal ih officer in the Royal Horse Artillery. Young Revelle was in stage © wae in “The Lady Returning to England he appeared with| eading ¢ ¥nglish stage, including n ten years ¢ again to this country japho” lle was rand became codefendant tn the celebrated which followed in the courts. Mr now playing tn the “Du JANE GORDON. n Shte ed alr in the blow- ‘ing of glass a Drenden inventor hax dis- overed a method of manufacturing glass vessels of unusually large size, In the coldest parts of Siberia a rain- bow may sometioes be seen all day lon: diese sky. It Is supposed to b due to the reflection of the sun on fin iCUPID’ Ss RIDE. Courtship on the ‘ Any piacs will do to court: Lovers’ phrases may be short, Yet may serve to make a match. h your chance where you can cateh, ven in the city’s crowd— Love need never speak aloud. in Central Park, ring evening, growing dark); to reach the ferry lin ake the cars at Fifty-nin Off they go with amoke and whirl— Harlem fellow, Brookiyn girl ons come d shouts amain words in twain: the w —('Fitty-thin “Life with thee would discoun’ ven; I am only “Forty-seven!") “On thy love my heart has reckoned— Let me bet —("'Forty-second!"") “Aw the needle to the north Points my soul to (Thirty-fourth!"") “Let me, darling, know my fate; ames t “Dearest, Wilt thou be Must fo wait for’ — Tw -Ob ny love, my dove, my bird! iets heart in’ —(Twenty-third!"") lleart “Where, to-morrow, shall we meet? bs 4 Answer softly’ —( "Eighteenth street!” her swains may come between coal ne. and (it may be) vexed, th street next!) ast on my darling’——('Houston!") nee and me, perhaps Or De Thou’ For f rk bi nd me in"—( lute on you as “Let me take this little hand; ne shall be’—("Grand!") ed by you, f shall Seek a grave some" —C™anal!") On, Vin hang all ham! Change for C! Oh, our wed Hut, {¢ sco Hatt!) “Do x Soon we'll Da ‘ And time So his courtship's course rive me to despair (Franklin Square yes’ is short and sweet ses" — (Ful eet!) rken poken! D A. TAYLOR. Ferry reached a yet THE MINTYRE FLAT. The Tragedy of a Rag. RS. WIN 2 had a rich grandfather. He meant all for the at was tie Hereditary foe of the do- meatic peace ink account and the homelikeness he Melntyre flat pired The o'@ gentleman sent a Persian rug to beautify the McIntyre drawing-toom. It was One of those glad, weird Hokhara, Daghestan, Cash- sean, Hagdad (NJ), Damascus, Ketr-Hawra, place, and are worth from %# to $5,000 @ yard, 1 this is bow the tragedy trans- according to age and popularity with the moth tribe, When ered the MeIntyre flat lt was labelled: “Prayer Rug’ Ere long yed into a common, every-day Swear Rug) But all thi ft was joy. They wished the me later At the very first talment man could nee tt. ig began to get in Its home-wrecking work. s shimmering, glistening, $#-a-foot sheen made the rest of ie drawing-room (in Mra. Meintyre’s opinion) look Hke a quarter, and | fant nickel. In order to Save the room in keeping with such grindeur new furniture was absolwtely ors They t But the old ollve wallpaper and expensive pictures and $148 portieres (hitherto eo lovely in the MeIntyres’ eyes) were now pronounced cheap and tawdry in compar with ¢ t of the room, and | we 1 by better ones rep ‘Then, ted drawtng-room made tha rest of the sok ride pusly incongr us (f think tha’ | was what Mrs Metntyre called It) So the McIntyre bank ‘gain sent reeling, groggy and gasping, against with ail over except dividing the gate money, Kth Mr. Metnt 1 amidst the loveless glor- his home, and spake thus with words once had happy home. I had friends who loved to trop in for n smoke and a chat. I had a wife who bad | sweeter, gentler motives for living than to drag me awiftl toward the Home for Tm: ished, To-day T have a fiat hat looks like a cross between Araby the Blest and Imo- ne's Dream of Prosperity. My friends (when they do ven within its portals) sit on the nes of the chairs and word« Smoking ts a lost art. My wife talka In her apes and old oak dining-room tables, ft all? A Rug. You say thet len cuit off elghteen inches of tt nd ive tt the Instalment man. It may h him for while With the remaining six Inches 1 will buy @ firet- ayticket {0 the Foolish House, Now behold the last act his «ad drama.’ nurse, the rejuve ” vat Corot la nd what have I to show fe rug is worth $16) a foot? | And with tremulous hands he turned grandpa’s pteture toward the $2.39-a-yard walipap MODERN FABLES. THE POLITE “L’? GUARD. GUARD on the “L"" road once used his time while pass- tng between stations by doing some heavy-weight thinking. “Twill be polite in the future,” he mu: nd will anewer all questions that come my way cheerfully and explicitly. I will call the names of stations so that T will be understood and [ will shed information right and left like a Chautaaqua, vsnembly I will attract the attention of the boss and I may be pro- moted. | may some day pe a Division Superintendent, and then | can easily become the General Manager. “This will enable me to-marry the daughter of a director {the concern, or at least an hetress who rides on the ratl- way on stilts. Thereafter my life will be one of ease and en~ joyment Putting his ideas {nto execution the guard called ‘Four ) street’ so clearly that no one could be decetved. An lectic old gentieman heard the so’ and fell in @ faiat. ‘A countryman was told where the Eden Musee was before the query and a man who asked for an opin- @ question secured a courteous reply. Four A. P. TERHUNE te Ja non | women who were loaded with bundles were admitted to the | train and nothing was said about stepping with alacrity, The passengers looked, heard and wondered, Several of them went past thelr stations because of the surprise they felt, and only the use of smelling salts prevented numerous women from fainting. ‘At the end of the trip the guard was taken into custody, ‘Three days later he waa sent (o an insane asylum, and there he will end his days engaged In the cheerful task of counting nis fingers. Moral: No autopsy !s needed to show that thie ts @ fable, W. BOB HOLLAND, CENTENARIAN ° It te not surprising that more people live to be over 100 years old In warm climates than In the higher altitudes, The German Empire, with 55,000.09 inhabitants, hag 778 oen- jen has 10, Norway 23, Belgium 5, Denmark 2, Spain #1 and Switzerland none. Servia, with « population of 2,260,000, has 575 people over 100 years "eld,