The evening world. Newspaper, September 12, 1902, Page 8

shed by the Press Publishing Company, No. 63 to 6° Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-OMce at New York as Second-Class Mall Matter. VOLUME 43... iiuiiiaiNO) 14,097. A THE CROKER CHAROES. ‘The burden of Chief Croker’s dereliction seems to be “tht as the executive head of the department, a thor- _ pughly capable fireman, he has run foul of office regula. tons and exhibited an independence of attitude toward hls superior which that official interprets as insubordina- tion. It is well to be thoroughly competent in the practi- eal handling of fires, but not wise to become neglectful of departmental etiquette or contemptuous of bureau work. > ‘These are offenses which there is no desire to palliate, ~ but at least they do not implicate the Chief in the “ir- Be) Yegularities far reaching and serious” which have en- Es gaged the Commissioner's attention for so long a time. ‘What the breaking open of desks and seizure of letter- ‘books had to do with “insubordination” fs not clear. If the charges are sustained at the trial which the Commissioner asks for the value of the Chief's services to the city as a fireman will be weighed in the balance ‘with his conduct toward his official superior, It will be & disagreeable alternative. MR. CANTOR’S POSITION, Mr. Cantor was represented as saying yesterday that he would no longer block the passage of the Pennsyl- vania tunnel franchise. And if other members of the Board of Aldermen continued to hold out against it he ‘would exert himself to persuade them of the error of their ways. Ho had obstructed the measure solely from @ eense of duty to his constituents. He had no personal antipathy in the matter. He regarded It as a good thing _ for the city and for labor and he warted to make the terms as advantageous as possible. Now, having secured " gomie concessions from the roatl, not all that were de- manded, but the half loaf that is better than no bread, ference on Sept. 17. Which was most gratifying reading for a public that ie has Jong since grown {mpatient of Aldermanic opposi- ~~ tion. But alas! to-day he “deniges of it.” The yielding Ra moment is over and he {s again a rock in the path of BS corporate encroachment on popular rights, And yet he gould have done nothing better designed to make him- self solid with his constitutents, whose rights he ts so Jealous of, than to voice the sentiments attributed to Alm in his repudiated interview. A YOUNG MAN'S MIL A young man whose main occupation tn life hitherto thas been to be “up” in the Jatest styles of automobiles, to look ovt for a racing stable and to maintain a good appearance in society as the son of a social “queen” and - husband of a beautiful girl of Vere de Vere ancestry (as 4, of the millions that constitute the paternal estate. There Are only twenty-five of these, to be sure, and many a 4 child of wealth has more, but they are Invested In cor- N porations which require a more direct personal attention than is necessary for bonds and stable railway stocks. So Mr. Clarence Mackay will have to buckle down to "work. He 1s only thirty, an age of very keen zest in jocial pleasures, and it is rather rough on him, But It “fs tobe said to his credit that he will probably rise to the occasion... As young millionaires go, he is an un- usually desirable specimen—unusually staid for an heir of great wealth. The prediction {s even made that in- stead of dissipating the paternal millions he will mul- tply them as George Gould has done. WOMAN’S DRESS. i Miss Elizabeth White, a fashionable modiste, in a most interesting dialogue with Harriet Hubbard Ayer, of The Evening World, published in yesterday's Even- ing World, told women how they could dress econom- ically without bankrupting their husbands. Miss White cave some very instructive information on this subject and there is no reason why a woman who fs able to follow her advice suould not dress well without making the ‘old man’s” life a nightmare of end- less and stupendous dressmakers’ and m'''Iners’ bills. But will any woman follow her advice? Will any fair creature within reach of The Evening World's wide cir- culation pin herself down to the economical—but {t must ‘be admitted quite ample—wardrobe which Miss White “ deseribes? With the profoundest respect for Miss White's ex- perience as a dress builder and successful adorner of the female form divine, we are bound to tell her that the ‘woman who cares for dress at all does her own thinking ‘when it comes to spring or fall shopping, and that no "matter whether her husband is a $12-a-week man or a $10,000-a-year man she feels herself perfectly competent to spend his money in the dry-goods district without the advice of any other woman. KRAUSS FIGHT WITH FAT, After a fight of several years’ duration against fat, Henry Kraus, a restaurant chef, committed suicide yes- terday. He weighed neurly 350 pounds, In his youth Kraus was a slender man with a trim figure. The increase of flesh inseparable with his pro- fession was a source of pride to him at first. It brought __ & pleasing rotundity of person, curved Hogarthian lines ") of beauty that won favor in the eyes of the fair and warmed his heart with self-esteem. But pretty soon the danger line was neared; the scales showed 200 pounds. Then the too, too solid corporeal increment made almost visible additions to his figure. It girt his lungs about in Ivers. His abdomen attained Gam- ) prinean proportions, His ‘waistband expanded with "> every breath. When he passed 300 poands Kraus knew his case was helpless. Abstention from food, acid “Arinks. sweating, exercise, medicine, nothing could stay fhe encroachment of the fatal fat, and so in despair he drank poison and died, If Kraus had been a philosopher he id have joined the Connecticut Fat Men’s Associa- | dnd viewed life through a less gloomy perspective. ‘Members of this interesting organization, three p 400-pounders, had a clambake at Gregory's ef at which each participant took on new No thought of suicide there! ’ such ancestry is in New York) is now obliged hy his}! father’s death to concern himself with the management | ‘ Lougt ‘Mr, Richard Croker is snid to be home. A moated grange and the placid joys gharm, but at the fall opening of the friend Rockefeller has shown himself I in extle may conceive of greater than Shakespeare Jn the alvorp-|rtations be established at a safo dis- lo the Rattor of The Breoiag ‘World: ry currency ideas, Mam-jtances apart holding some wear-| 1, Kindly inform me what was the last TH JOKES OF OUR OWN. QUITE THE REVERSE. He never wears a brililant tle, His vest !s no aggressor; Yet when his collar-button breake He's not a quiet dresser. QUITE 80. Mr et! “Oh, I see. ate husband.” She's mourning for her 00 UNRECORDED HISTORY. Nesmis, the Centaur, Iny stricken with ® ptomaine poisoning, on a bed of thyme, along the banks of the Maeander. Hercules, passing by, noted his plight Sand sent Omphale post haste for a Zdoctor. (This, it 1s needless to say, was before the polsoned shirt episode.) © “Why healtatest thou?’ he queried, noticing that she toltered. “Get a @ hustle on thee!” © Well," she replied, reluctantly, @ eee that Nessus, being a Centaur, ts @ half horse and half man; so I'm in © doubt whether to summon an allopath or a veterinary ‘ ‘This puzzle passed Hercules up, and even Nessus allowed a horse-laugh to ay SOOSSo: RR eee eee { BORROWED JOKES. j ‘s) AS INDICATED. 2) “Why is the man in the case said to @have assumed the matrimonial har- ness?" asked the {nquisitive boarder. ) “Because,” replied the old bachelor at She foot of the table, “it is a bridal affair in which the calico part of the combination has a bit of a cinch.”"—Chi- ®engo Dally News & DANGEROUS, ®) bottle of sarsapariiia I jes’ S found," sald Weary Willie; “reckon I'll @) try It. It mieht do me some goof,” ®) “Don't do it!” almost screamed Tat- “Don't you kno S tering Tad. Weary, dat stuff Is fer ‘dat tlred feeling?!" 8 Baltimore Herald ONE WAS MAD. Police Cuptain—S0 you shot the dog. Was he mad? OMcer Grogan—No, sor thot owned him was. Presa. Hut th’ teddy Detroit Free | i eeceteeneaennenn na SOPIEBODIES. { BULLOCK, DR, LILGIAN—of Man- chester, N, H,, who has just been made President of the Massachusetts Eclectic Medical Soctety, Js sald to be | ‘ the first woman president of any New England medical association CASTELLANE, COUNT BONI—has, with his father and two brothers, Joined the “Franch League to Re- fuse to Pay Taxes." And this in spite of the fact that his children are not crowded out of the schools. EDWARD VII.—used during his late Miness a 20-year-old cane cut from the oak in which Charles IT. hid from his pursuers GOULD, GDORGE—has gone to Utah on a hunting trip. HARRIS, SHNATOR—of Kansas, will try to induce Edward VII. to ex- hibit cattle at the St, Louls Hxpo- sition, HARTMAN, FATHPR—an Austrian monk, composed tn his cell an oratorio that has delighted European critics, MULLINS, CAPT. J. R.—of Detroit, makes @ living by catching sea longs. He has just sold forty in Burope. MATTHEWS, DR. JOHN—the famous ‘Tennessee preacher, has just taken his first vacation in fifty-seven years. THOMBURG, MRS. L. W.—wife of Iowa's first settler, was the first white child born in that State. ——— JOY OF THE MORNING. I hear you, ittle bird, Shouting aswing above the broken wall, Bhout louder yet; no song can tell tt all Bing to my soul in the deep, still wood; ‘Tis wonderful beyond the wildest word, I'd tell it, too, 12 1 could. Oft when the white, still dawn Lifted the skies and pushed the hille art, I've felt it like # glory in my heart— (The world’s mystertoun stir) But bad no throat like yours, my bird, Nor such a listener, Edwin Markham, e y does Mrs. Longwate look so uongwate promited to meet her & bere an hour ago and he hasn't showed MOOQOBDOA® DEDOOGOOGDES Z FUNNY SIDE 4 ay 7, a WHERE IT STOPS. @ the Mterary profession being Poet—Of course. Why, it's Kreatest appetite producer in world. Author—Am1 that's as far as I used to Durzie Knowlt—Oh, 1 see! didn't want to get Into bad habits! eS ae A Bae i G fl WALL STREET APPETITES. Miuy A little peach of saffron hue And a cantaloupe made trouble brew In Russell Sage’s tummy tum, And near put Wall street “on the bum.” Author—This ts all nonsense about un- the the it wet You y But all the frult that ever grew, Cantaloupe and peaches, too, Could not jar the gastric organ Of Deacon Baer or J. P. Morgan. AN EXCEPTION. NEARING THE AGE LIMIT- Miss Firetnight—Mile, De Rigair ts billed as having appeared before many of the crowned heads of Eu- rope. I wonder who they were? Mr. Frontrow—Al those who reigned previous to the beginning of the nineteenth century, I imagine. A SKEETER SOUVENIR. Coalton—Remember, carry no tales. Flatte—How about the among the family upstairs. Mr .Pelican—Whore did you spend your vacation? Mr, Camel—I spent six months in New Jersey, Pellcan—No wonder you have your back up. Mrs. we know how much harmony exists WHERE HE FELT IT. Za SNA AVES Orful Goode—And wouldn't you Ike to go away from here? Fancy Sam the Sneak—Well, I am boddered a good deal here by ole TIMELY Would Haye Cured Roosevelt, To the Editor of The Fvening World: | I would have gone and fixed up Presl- dent Roosevelt's face after his accident, so ho would not have to Ko around with it swollen and discolored, YF Wealth and Its Owners, To the Raltor of The Evening World; Public ownership of the surplus wealth, &¢,, {9 not very far distant, owing to the luminous fact that our [tion of so and the world breathte: LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. eee healthy, thank you. ciples eo to avoid plague in Chinat mon has captivated the whole world] ing apparel and all necessary articles, ly awaits the|and that poyty or partles leaving sta Carnegie's phenom- Jenal success in toying with the jong | Journey allow the rope to trail on the) green necessitates a mew set of prin-|@round so tn case of accldont or thelr own, famine in Indla and surfeit in England. DIOGENES 4, SMITH. As to the North Pole, . To the Editor of The Evening World: It js suggested for the discovery of what ts called the North Pole that theatre to establish next station . 5 eee © law to pay ton should | ty-fifth street theatre, now called ‘Apply to hard knocks and. brutses|R¢cessity that knows no law to pay its 5 tre, now calle Beltetoe mackerel’ and raw grates pota-|Tnsom to set it free as in the days of |curry a small wire rope, the rope to be Garrick, || LULU R. OUWATER, toes. If I was able to go around on cars |@nbarism, when the race was quite] at.ached to the station from which the : Det DIRK, Nowa Fork Cl start {8 made, and on the exploring [Po the PAitor of The Evening World getting lost they could be found or! apply to make the clyil-service examina- could return to station. It 1s evident| tons?” Mie. JR GENSKA, from this plan that there Is no bar to} No. 148 Went Ninety-eighth street. the discovery of what is called the) As to “Gentlemen's C; North Pole except hardship. |To the Editor of The Evening Wor! THOMAS SMITH, A says that the gentleme: Nyeck, N.Y. ja ferry-boat is the 1, Theatre Comique; 2, No. 8 Apply at No. 346 Broadway, the dumb dumb- Harrigan and Hart played in, and, 2, if Hart ever played In the Thir- the ye Will you kindly inform me where to cabin on Place for smokers only ahd that any gentleman of higher instinct will always ho found tn“ the cabin. B it isn’t wi @isconst 7" ara, Me OCOODDWODEGOWDOGODOOS 22005) ~~? itude? ‘These thre: out the vases oDp!TY cORNER. THE UNCLE SAM PUZZLE. e vases can be joined together in such a way as to form the outline of Uncle Sam's head, as pictured in the smaller {Ilustration. Cat on the outlines and keep joining them together until the ow lines of the vases form the head of Uncle Sam. A FEW RETIARKS. } ‘Will Success Lake prove a Vanderbilt Failure? The big chief gave a chowder ‘To all the voting group. ‘Will they pay him at election By immersion in the soup? At this rate a revolveriess love affair will soon be one of the crying needs of the day. Is the oft-repeated prophecy that the strike is nearing an end a mere Pilatt- The cood old Hall of Records Jars the luckless subway maker, For it may prevent his finish time From being a record-breaker. Perhaps Tim Sullivan refuses to w “Dwenty Years in Albany” because he afraid it might be followed by twenty years in coventry. ‘The germ of the summer complaint Is pursued by bold Johnny Rockefeller. From each house he'll remove its least taint, Srom third-story attic to cellar, But the summer complaint most alarm~ ing Is the piteous cry: for cheap coal. Let him crush * and make it cease harming If he'd win the philanthropist's goal. The Count of Castellane has joined a league whose members refuse to pay taxes. Maybe the other leaguesmen have American brothers-in-law, too, who will receipt thelr tax bills. May Yohe and her “captain” are at Buenos Ayres. That's quite as near New York as any one need care to have them. STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE, Herrmann and Kellar. ‘The late Prof. Herrmann, the magi- clan, ‘was possessed not only of great strength in his hands, but of such skill fas would enable him to perform appar- ent feats of strength which would be Smpossible to a far stronger man. His greatest feat along this Une wi to place two packs of cards together and tear them across. ‘A friend of his, going into a cafe with Herrmann, met another friend who was accompanied by a quiet-looking man with a big mustache. ‘The four sat down together and Herr- mann was at length induced to tear two packs of cards in half. That," said his admiring friend, is something no other man alive can do.” The quiet man with the mut he coolly picked up the torn packs gnd tore the halved sections into quarter sections. ‘Then, as the rest glared amazedly at him remarked: “I forgot to mention, Kellar.” It was Herrmann’s foremost rival in the sleight-of-hand business. Dr. Pentecost’s Roll. ‘The Rev. Dr. George Pentecost ts built on somewhat ample and obese lines. He was crossing to Bngland some time ago, when the ship rau into a storm which nvade it rock so violently that no one could sleep. Luckless pa sengers were rolled helplessly from side to side of thelr berths, Some were hurled clear across their staterooms. Next morning the writer said to Dr, Pentecost: “I suppose you filled your berth so completely that you didn't roll about @s we slender men did,"’ Glancitig down at his rotund figure Dr. Pentecost rpiled: "Oh, 1 rolled, roo, You forget that & eS my name Is AN AFRICAN BOY KING. The Latest Portrait of the King of Uganda. This little African chieftain, whose territory 1s now part of a British protectorate, {9 a grandson of the celebrated Mutessa, and descendant of a long line of kings. He ts about seven years of age, and has never been far away from Meme go, the native capital of Uganda, where he was born. The territory over which the King, or “Kabaka,” rules is nearly 20,000 miles square in extent, and possesses a native populae tion (now mostly Christian) of between one and two million! people. IRONAND STEEL “ON THE SQUARE." ‘The manufacture of iron and steel stands second of the nation’s lead- Ing industries, with an aggregate product of $825,759,- 4. More than half the entire values, $134,445,200, are produced In the single Stato of Pennsylvania. VERDURE, By sowing ni- trate of soda in small quantities inshowery weather under trees a most beautiful verdure will bo obtained. ‘This cut shows how the “On the Square’ puzzle printed tn yesterday's Evening World !s done. ‘The figures are placed around the square in the manner indicated, SOME QUERIES ANSWERED. These are puns, to be sure, but the editor thinks them worth publishing, says the Little Chronicle. How many of you know anything about the writings of the authors whose mes are so cleverly used? The queries are us by Mary ‘ott, Eldora, Ia. What does Anthony Hope? To Marietta Holley. What happens when John Kendrick Bangs? Samuel Smiles, When {s Marian Evans Cross? When William Dean Howells, When did Thomas Buchanan Read? Just after Winthrop Mackworth Praed. How long will Samuel Lover? Until Justin Winsor. What gives John Howard Payne? ‘When Robert Burns Augustus Etare, When did Mary Mapes Dodge Whon George W. Cutter. ‘Where did Henry Cabot Lodge? In Mungo Park, on Thomas Hill. Why ts George Canning? To teach Julia Ward Howe. NAPOLEON AND HIS BELIEF, Napoleon, man of tron though he was, gave great eredienes | to the tales of the supernatural, and was very superstitions, He placed great faith in an amulet charm, whioh he always carried about with him. Another of his superstitions was hum the fumous air, “Marlbrough s'en va-t'-en guerre,” whenever he mounted his charger for battle, B enough, at the hour of his great conflict, M. de Las Cady” tells us that the dying man hummed the old air. The Bm~ press Josephine shared her husband's pellet in magic, all the