The evening world. Newspaper, September 6, 1902, Page 6

Publistiea by the Press Publishing» Company, No. 53 to a Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-Office at New York as Second-1 i] Matter, ———————— — = =) VOLUME 48.......0.0.:cceeceserees NO. 14,991. OVER-STRENUOU ‘ ‘With one cheek swollen and one eye nearly closed, President Roosevelt has started on his Southern trip re- £ardless of the risks of cold or other complications re- ‘guiting from his Pittsfleld experience. It {s now stated that he expects to go to Colorado to repeat his lion-hunting adventures in the mountains, and the people are beginning to wonder whether the % ation at large has any vested rights in the question of F —_ taking care of the President's life, Hy ‘The President is certainly something more than an {ndividual citizen. THis office carrics with ft the gravest a responsibilities. He cannot tsnore the public interests which depend on his welfare and safety. In necepting the Presidency he accepted the responsibility of avoiding < every unnecessary risk to his life, If lion-hunting is at all danagerous President Roosevelt has no right to ex- pose himself to its dangers. q cruel and barbarous sport and not without a slight flavor of the ridiculous. y We may add that !t is a common remark that the people would like to have the President show more dig- ie * nity. Jolvea at Last.—The oli provlem as to the result of an Agresistible body meeting an Impenetrable body has at last been solved by the encounter between our fleets and end our forts, Both won A PROPHET WITHOUT HONOR. ‘Undismayed by the absence of any signs supporting Bis prediction of the ending of the strike, Senator Platt * Gontinues to predict it. We believe that the prophets © who fix a date for the ending of the world are never dis- ‘eoncerted by the proof of an error in their calculations. ee On the other hand, the oflicials of the coal-carrying roads, who are better hands than Mr. Platt in the prophecy business, op the principle “never prophesy on- ¥) less ye know,” repudiate the Platt prediction, declare ‘ that he has prolonged the strike by etarting false hopes | of a aettlement, and assert that there will be no settle- ment “because there is nothing to settle.” The opinion of the operators is entitled to weight.) © j ‘They have defied the miners and the public, have sl- Jenced the Civic Federation, have called the bluff of the Governor and Senators of Pennsylvania; they have the backing of Morgan and have nothing to fear from Roose- velt. They know whether there will be a settlement or " not, It has settled down to a test of endurance between the strikers anc the operators with the heaviest conse- ~~ quences falling on the public. If it is not dangerous it Isa FO, Oe @head and a beard?’ @door of the barber shop. ereat head for business." “THE WORLD? SATURDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 6, 1902. JOKES OF OUR OWN UNRECORDED HISTORY. Hannibal reached the top of the far- amed mountains, Btand!ng on the loft- Sieat peak, he contemptuously exciatmed: ‘Ales? Thee are no Alps, We'll just place Hannibal's Golf Grounds,” ‘orthwith he stationed several cad- RIVALS. Cholly (newly arrived at Newport)— Hello, Algy. 1 hear you are the great- ent blackguard in Newport. if Well, Cholly, I hope you haven't come to take my character away. ® 0! FOR THE EXECUTIONER! % Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. were having thelr first quarrel. “You seem to think you own the ;house,"” sneered the King. “Well, I know T can have the block henever I want St,” retorted the Queen. © Hereupon Henry declared he would Jaxe her pardon, and matters were for tho time being smoothed over. BORROWED JOKES. fs) & APPROPRIATE. Mrs, Sharpe—They call the bell boy tn “the hotel “Buttons,” I believe, I won- (oder why. y un e's al- Hadelphia Press BUSINESS, ) “See that man going along with a bald id the man In the “He's got a ) “It's a mighty poor one tor my biwi- yhead.”” replied the tonsorial artist.— 8 Yonkers Statesman. (Qdererves a lot of credit, but there's an- MORE CREDIT FOR HIM. “Of course, the man who can say ‘no’ other who deserves still more.” | tea and Performance.—The people of New York|@ ‘Who is he?" (ee “+ must not be asked to believe that the trimsfer of flve | Byqnogte lt earn oan say TE donit ce captains “for the good of the service” is intended | @ : oe @s a fulfilment of all campaign promises, , THE CHILDREN’S COURT. Whe lUtile procession across “the bridge” before the} Magistrate in the Children’s Court is pathetic. Boys of ten piping up in childish treble to confess to men’s sins, f@ girl of eleven relating how she stobbed her juvenile! rival, little Oliver Twists telling of troubles that to them geem persecution. It is the old drama on a new stage, a|” ) replica in miniature of other police courts, gm experienced judge. Many of the children brought be- \ fore him have just taken the easy but costly first step in “| erime. Punishment is not the main thing, To have the oy on the right road at twenty who sins at ten is the ‘problem, and a great one. We have made a great nd- vance over other generations in dealing with it—a tre- mendous advance beyond the barharities of the work- houses and prison-like homes for delinquent children which disgraced England when Dickens wrote. The -new court in the old Charities Building is the best muni- > cipal institution of the year in New York. Prath at Last.—For once the public believes that the rival | MORSE, DR. N. C.—President of the apouters in the Ninth District toil the truth—in] Towa Association of Railway Surgeons, * speaking of each other. is the heaviest physielan in America, ; ‘ reer oe welghing 325 pounds, THE BATTLE OF NEWPORT. ' = Grim war has neve: in the battle of Newport. No wrinkled front there, but | @ look such as Mars w have put on in contemplating | Venus. A beautiful pyrotechnic spectacle, a Pain’s bom- | bardment, guns roaring, ships like sheets of flame—-and soclety looking on from a parquet circle, “Among those, | present,” we read, “at the afternoon battle were Mr. and| Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mr, and Mrs, Cornelius Vander- Dilt, the Duchess of Marlborough, Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont, Grand Duke Boris, Elbritige T. ¢ , Count De La Borde, Mrs. James P. Kernochan, Count Cassini, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lehr and many othe! topol or Alexandria was as nothing to it. There must have been @ smile on the bronze face of the @ld hero of the batile| of Lake Erie in the Newport Sq To do their deeds of valor under society's very eyes Yas been an eminent piece of good fortune for the naval officers. No lights hid under a bushel there, but spect: Jar publicity. It has been social Santiago with glory and invitations enough to go around and recognition from the smiling eyes of wealth’s fairest daughters, | qmeed enough for any vallont sallorman. WOMEN’S RACINO STABLES, Following the successful example of “Mr. Roslyn" “Mr. Avondale” has started a racing stable. “Mr Avondale” is Mrs. Fleischmann, wife of the Mayor of ! innati. She has begun with two fillies, which “atter a winter's training, will be entered at Morris Park. A modest beginning. But if a colt like Irish Lad could ‘win the Saratoga Special and a colt like Savable the Fu- fiirity it 1s not unreasunable, she thinks, to expect a good performance by a filly. This is the feminine era. "Phe advent of women on the turf ts interesting. It assumed so agreeable a mien as re Tt is a court that more than others of its rank needs aR yqry, HOURIET, JENKS, PROF, REMEDY FOR WRINKLES, Managing Editor—Well, what's the trouble? ) Assistant—Tho beauty editor 1s away 4nd a woman writes to know what to do vith a Wrinklo in her forahead s) Managing Editor—Tell her to uD a get It,-Detrolt Free Press’ iG SOCGO000} { somepopies. i ANDREW-haw purchased from the Duke of Westminster a bulld- ing site in London, on Park Lane, where he will erect a $5,000,000 house. HENRI—a Swiss watch- maker, has recently completed a watch made entirely out of the Ivory taken from @ billiard bali—works and caso complete, It keeps good time. vho was sent to the Orient by the Secretary of War to in- vestigate the question of currency, &., in the Philippines, says he ix con- vinced that tho use of go'd as a stand- ard of value ts the only solution. MY PROMPTER. “Now sing,’ commands my little son, As he creeps up tn my lap And nestles his head upon breast, repared for a ‘\lood, long nap. ow sing me sumfin nice, ho pleads, As his rosy lips meet mine, “What shall I sing, my laa?” “Oh, talls ina waggin ahine,”* my Nettle “Little Ho Peep has sheep," So oft the tale I've told. I can but wish those erstwhile jambs Had never left the fold. My thoughts go straying as the sheep, I merely hum the line; My little son as prompter says, “Wit tails in a waggin’ ahi, lost her Over again I sing the words Of the sheep from Bo Peep fleeting; Drooping lids close softly down As sho “dreamt whe heard them dleating.” Kiss the eyes as I Jay him down, my precious boy, #0 fine; The white Mds quiver-he mur- murs low, “Wiv—tails—waggin’—'hine.” ~—Marle Nelaon Lee, ® © @ retcome a wandering minstrel? Sold chapple? doesn't seo mo at all when I pass Shim with my head down, old bo: CODDODHOOOOOOS PQOQO@VDOPOGINOWOOOS Ghe Funny Side of Life. TAE LOBSTER TURNS AT LAST. “A lobster” in Virginia Is a term of detestation, Down there they put a man In Jail Who hurls the appellation HE LEFT. The Roamer—Would this town Amber Pete—Well, that would de- pend on how soon he wandered. USEFUL. Alay—Aki't these big panamas fine, Bertie—Yes, indeed! My tallor Which makes the Northern homarus To feel a solemn sob stir Because so many times he's heard Himself declared “a lobster.” DISCOVERED. ed ‘Can you tell cards?" she asked. Mr, Chatterly—Mayn't I help you feed peanuts to the monkeys? Elsie—No, thank you. I'm afrald you'd eat the peanuts all up yourself. FIRST LESSONS. Tam and'— round your neck? Mies Mooly—Oh, 1 Fond Mother—Yes, Giovanna will moon be big enough to go out with the organ. wearing now. 4s not wholly a novelty. Sporting duchesses and ac- tresses have tried it as they have tried cigarettes, But 0 t American larties it is a hazard of new fortunes. Is it ~@ @amel poking a nose under the tent? If the practice © @evelops into a fad and the fair ones go the whole gait we may look for them in the paddock and betting ring WS Well as in the stable. Who will be the first feminino | Phil?” f the bookmakers to the tune of a quarter of a mill- Who will be the Joe Ullman of feminine book- m? The vossibilities are immense. If another 688 full evolution and extension of woman's BI intorest in horse racing we may see a horsy HY howehotd sige ¥ rt .. Who will be the John W. Gates to! You Have It All To the Editor of Tho Evening World You published a conundrum last win- ter; “What Is it that won't go up a chimney up, but will go down a chimney lost from work ($2 or more), $1 for doc- heirs, payablé through the Public Ad- tor's examination, 2% cents for notary | ministrator? I know the interest ceases. fee, and this is a free country, rise up and down this civil service trust! Let us SAMUEL MARKS, down?” Answer, “Umbrella.” Were No. 42 Catharine street. there any more words {n the conun- Eight to Ten drum? PUNO . Frechala Meg, [72 th Ealtor ot Tae Cvening World shold, NJ. | How many hours should a person The Civil Ser To the Editor of The Evening World Have we in the United States a civil vervice organization supported by ofice- holders to retain them !n positions for life? If so let the American people wake up and abolish it, for it 1s a sham and 14& humbug, The cost of a civil service examination to a poor man Is one day ce Trunt, sleep? N Still Held by Bank for Claim To the Editor of The Evening World: Will you be good enough to Inform me what becomes of a savings bank account whereon no deposit or dra¥ has been made fi uously and whe Doe it go to the , twenty years contio- there Is no claimant? ate in default of w TIMELY LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. vt EDWARD W. BABCOCK. Who Can Answert ‘To the Biltor of The Bvening Worht: ‘A finds $5 in B's store on the floor. A says if the owner ts not found tt belongs. to him. B says it belongs to him, as he trouble of carrying it. what anybody says, gir! Panama hats. A Fent Yet Onacco: To the Editor of The Evenln WHAT HE COULD TELL. fortunes with "No," he ceplted, “put if you will let me hold your hand a minute I @ can tell you whether you ere about to recelve a proposal of marriage 6) from a man who és about as tall es @ “Oh, how jotly. There it is.” ALL THE GO. Wriend—Say, whet fe that thing one of those @ fasblonable stocks ¢he girls are all ® e) PDDDDODQODODQOOOGOGHODHHHODOGE a hot Sunday afternoon on Riverside Drive one would save girls the expense of @ parasol and her young man the I don't care 1s ought to wear KID! Wort A bet B that a person by the name of IoDpITY CORNER. THE HAIRPIN AS A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT. serious article on “The Surgical Uses of the Hairpin," Dr J. 2 0 2 ad Philadelphia, shows In yy F) American Medicine that rn Gi inine tollet may in an emergency be of great 4 4 ing pain or even saving Ufe. Dr, Rugh writes: tA “Becuuse of its almost 1 small article lends Itself to many purposes, and of the practical ones will not infrequently have at hand the means of dealing with an emergency Torrance Rugh, of this article of the fem- aid to the surgeon, eas- universal presence this | ° teens 6 J 6 he who remembers somo be which otherwise might result disastrously. In a and, finally, as a stbetitute for calipers. Straightened out, the in may be used as @ probe (in which manner it has probably been em= household one has but to ask for a hairpin and | ployed in surgical cmergencles more frequently he 1s supplied with {t; still, 1t will be fou ad-| than in any other way); to wire bones together = ¢ vantageous to carry some of them in one's pocket | in fracture; in actual cautery, when heated to red- or instrument case at all times, Its chief points | ness in a flame, and in mafy other ways. of usefulness are: Its almost universal presence, Bent or twisted in the various ways shown in ‘eas a nasal the Illustration, {t also does s speculum (1), a dle (3), In tr an until the proper tained, Instead of a drainage tube the edges of a wound together In v Dr. Rugh closes by saying: “It is not to be expected that any one surgeon will ever employ the hairpin in all the ways men- tloned, but If he bears in mind its omnipresence and the range of its utility he will find himpelt better equiyped to deal with accidents and emer- gencles of various kinds than he would other wise be." its ease of sterilization, conventence of size, adapt- ability to any desired shape by bending or twist- tng, and its cheapness. After being once used, espectally {f used in an infectious or contagious case, It may be thrown away, or by being passed through a flame {t may be rendered safely sterile. ‘Tho hairpin, Dr. Rugh says, may be used either in {ts natural shape or bent into special forms, In the former condition’it may serve to pin on bandages, to remove foreign bodies from any natural passage, as a curette for scraping away soft material, to compress a blood vessel {n controlling hemorrhage, as shown tn the figure, or to close a wound, as illustrated in the same; TRY THIS—WITH TWO PENCILS. TART BIG BALLOON. ‘The biggest bal- loon ever made was by a German named Ganswendt, about twenty years ago. Its ca- pacity was 20,000 cuble yards. It weighed 21 1-2 tons and would raise 31-2 tons into the air. THE RHONE. In its upper reaches the River Rhone has risen a yard In one day. In the Vaud can- ton the enakes which have been driven from their holes by the floods are so numerous as to constitute a plague. SNAILS. Great numbers of anails invaded the railway at Lau- riers - Rosas, and made the lines 60 slippery as to stop a train, the wheels of the engine be- ing unable fo bite the metals. ODD FIRM. A firm is doing business in Wash- ington street, But- falo, under the name of English & Irish. still more odd is the: fact that English {s an Irishman and Irish 1s of English parentage, THE RIGHT KIND OF GENTLEMAN. She really intended paying her fare when sho boarded the ‘bus, for she had a threepenny bit saved from the bargain sale scrimmage, says the Scotsman, but the conductor hap- pened to be @ gentleman, and by paying the fare himself oqved her a weary walk to the family residence. She had the threepenny bit with her when she boarded the car, and she still had the money when the conductor came through on his trip for fares, but she did not pay the conductor. It was all the driver's fault, With her arms full of bun- dles, ehe was compelled to hold the threepenny dit between her teeth. The horses started suddenly, the car gave a jerk, and she gave a start. Have you ever noticed that !f you take a pencil in each hand and start to Grgw with both pencils that the left hand will unconsciously duplicate the moves | ments of the right hand. Try It. The scroll work in the above ilustration was exe ecuted in this way. With a little practice beautiful designs can be drawn fn } this manner. { —— eee A NECKLACE OF MONEY. @ @ @) nductor, and she turned pale. I can't pay you,’ fammered, going from white to red and from red back to white. “But I can't carry you for nothing," remonstrated the con- ductor. “I know it, but J can't help it. got on the car, but I swallowed it.” A rough on the other side of the car @norted a rude laugh, but the conductor was a gentleman, and without an- other word he rang ‘his bell for another fare and passed on. I had the money when I BUMBO—GAEKWAR OF BARODA. Our London correspondent notes that the Gaekwar of Baroda has a sword whose jewelled ornaments ere worth $1,100,000, It is not more glorious than the Iiting music of the Gaekwar's high name, however.—From the Morning World, i You have heard of the Katmur of Ghosh, ‘With his villa up on the Nosh; Of the versatila Akhound of Swat, And of the terrible troubles of Lot; Of Rhoda—eweet Rhoda in her pagoda; In New Pomeranla shells and dried | analls are used instead of money, and those natives who are fortunate, enough to have a suffictent quantity string them together and wear them around their necks. The more shells and snails @ per- son has the longer the necklace Is, and @ necklace of this kind is a rather strik- ing ornament. It naturally follows that the wealthlest natives have the longest @ @ @) @ @ ) @ © @) @ @) @) @ @ 0} @) @) @ Q © @) @ @ @) @) The fell in th But never of Bumbo, Gaekwar of Baroda! es i palbt ahd mad ate Now Bumbo rules a country, way up in Hindostan, \ ‘Where sapphires gpow upon the trees, TWO AUTOGRAPHS Where rubles floatin every breeze, : A . ‘And diamonds are as plentiful as plains chockful of sand. 7 a Becewn orn, ¥ WILL. b plished. ‘Ts there that Bumbo, Gaekwar of Baroda, be 2 ‘Has built himself A gorgeous new pagoda, YT ctrcey Its walls blaze forth with every sort of gem pays rent for the store Which is right? | Campbell swam the upper rapids at "That's fit to top an emperor's diadem; ; JB, STEPHENS, | Niagara and came cut ailve, about 1590 \And in {ts central court there is a soda : Praise of the Panama, OF Cieneabout, Cc. W. Fountain, that Bumbo says 1s his own *Hoda.” Autograph of King Edward, as he To the Editor of The Evening Wor! A New Prayer. wrote it when Prince of Wales. Kindly tell me why there ie such a kick being ‘raised by silly peopte about the Panama hat, I know a young man who looks just beautiful In a Panama hat. Why don't girls wear Panama hats? They would look @ne in them. Op Wi eel: \ Rad les aver ao wee To tne Editor of The Evenntg Worl: Oh, Lord, when after a day of atrife, As we are beginning to tire of life, tle. praner | Pasty Now a “Hoda" is a soda-water bound to e’en corrode a Liver of a prince great as Bumbo of Baroda And so frhen Bumbo, with load, a soda sees in his pagoda, He knows a "Hoda" is the essence for the Boss of all WILLIAM T. MACINTYRE. itwer, i es loving oare iy agter that