The evening world. Newspaper, November 25, 1902, Page 12

tba Published by the Press Publishing Company, No. 5% to 9 Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-Ofice | at New York as svcond-Class Mall Matter. | VOLUME 45... “NO. 16,071. | A TRIBUTE TO MR. STURGIS. | The utter hopelessness of striving for the good of| New York is sadly illustrated in the present martyrdom of our noble Fire Commissioner Sturgis. This devoted man saw our Fire Department going to wack and ruin; he saw the inspiring force of politics being insfdiously sapped from it, saw it becoming a flabby mugwump body. He saw supplanted one by one old members of the department who may not have had the sordid qualification of usefulness nor even the merely aesthetic justification of being ornamental, but who could proudly boast of being the proteges of by- gone commissioners. He knew who the miscreant was who had brought all this evil about. That miecreant ‘was Fire Chief Croker. So at great personal incon- venience the public-spirited Mr. Sturgis constituted him- self plaintiff, prosecuting attorney, judge and jury—a Veritable legal Pooh Bah—in order to eradicate from his beloved department the pernicious influence of Croker. And then what happened? Did the Fire Department €s one man rise and thank our illustrious Commissioner, rejoicing at their impending regeneration? Did the Fire Underwriters come bearing him floral tributes as tokens of their glad relief? Did the press beshower him with thetorical ivy wreaths? Did the Mayor overwhelm him with grateful thanks? No! A thousand times No! The besotted Fire Department, through their organ the Chief, supported the miserable Croker. The short- sighted Fire Underwriters through their organ also indorsed him. The benighted press not only defended the vicious Fire Chief but scurrilously attacked the vir- tuous Commissioner. And—as the last stgaw—the mis- guided Mayor is actually supposed to have threatened to demand Mr. Sturgis’s resignation if he removed Croker. ‘What, O ye gods! can a good and enlightened Fire Commissioner achieve for the public welfare in such a community of ignorance and sin? THE DYING GASTRONOME. Down in a Virgina health resort a “good fellow" is dying, may even now be dead, and he complains that mone of his boon companions of last year's banquets has ome to see him in his afiliction. A little strychnine, a few drops of diluted poison have kept his roomy heart fm action for a month and when its powers fall Thomas P. Ochiltree will cease to be. ‘What a gastronomic career has been his! Is there ny edible daintv that has not passed the portals of his teeth to tickle the palate beyond? Is there any vintage of which he was not a connoisseur? Any dinner table ®t which his presence was not desired? He was a mas- ter of menu cards. He may not have lived to eat, but regarding the act of eating as one of the main occupa- tions of man he gave it assiduous and unremitting at- tention. But for a month it has been milk and vichy and little of that. Where be now the birds and bottles, the souf- flees and salmis of old? A man of genius in gastronomy reduced to the pittance of a few ounces of fluld food. It fs a hard fate that condemns the epicure to a death by starvation. Ochiltree 1s the last of a trio of celebrated gastro- nomes of recent times of whom Chamberlin and Moses P. Handy have been for some years dead. He was an authority on cuisine, a Lucullus financially limited, Texas considered him worthy to represent her in Con- gress and he might with ambition have made a name as ® legislator. But it is as n bon vivant that he will be remembered. THE NEWEST TRUST. To our list of trusts a new one has just been added— ne not fostered by tariff. whose invested capital is small but which pays splendid dividends. This is the recently incorporated Harlem Burglar Trust. This enterprising corporation by following the best trust traditions, by Operating in the dark and taking the public unawares, has in one month made seventy-five coups which have netted Its shareholders $20,000. Considering that its capital consists merely of a few masks, dark lanterns and jimmies this {s indeed a princely return for the monvy invested. Moreover, its stock is not wetered and it needs but fow » rmanent improvements. Those adroit minds whieh guide its policy and direct | fts manipuletions should have little diMfeulty in obtain- ing promotion to posts of dignity and power in Wall Street, where they can find broader scope for their un- doubted abilitie: his promotion may entail for them a certain subtle loss of self-respect, but they should not hesitate to accept it, remembering the good work that they may accomplish in elevating the ethics of the street to their own burglarious level. A DREADFUL PRECEDENT. We think without a shock of a Bernhardt sitting by| @ hospital cot to study consumption and “Camille;" It} was preparation for the realism that we look for on! the staze. But there is likely to be grave disapprovel of the course of the young Chicago novelist in appro- priating a horse and buggy not her own and driving for dear life to escape from a pursuing policeman. It, also, was in the interests of realism. The villain of the young author's nove) “pursued by the minions of the Jaw crosses the border and makes his escape,” and she} “wanted to know just how the villain fecls while he | is making his escape.” To grasp the fuli meaning of the precedent, conceive of Marie Coreill undergoing in real life the fictitious ad- ventures of her morbid characters. Fancy D'Annunzio's preliminary work in this line before sitting down to} write the “Citta Morta,” or Richard Harding Davis in the lighter and more conventional investigations for Van | _ Bibber.” If the bolief were to become general that| | some of the most thrilling episodes in current fiction are autobiographical should we care to meet the authors | pelally? The world has become accustomed to believe ot the fiction writers’ mind's eye in a fine frenzy roll-| ing sets his imagination to work on the frequently mor-| {ncidents that his pen bodies forth. It forgives th s| ital exploration of the erotic or the indecent, But! eforth we are to know that these are transcripts experience some favorite authors will have to! ed with tongs, thé Bare Against Art.—If Congress listen ft the artists ana repeals the tariff on works méstic musterpleces will be ieft to the mercy. 4 re from abroad. This will be an- fact that mn speaks laws. The fUESDAY EVEN OVEMBER 25, 1902. ARR = EVENING OOD ROOECHOIBAGI9699DTH9H9 Nore Al, COHOLIC ,MicRoBES: Yq Gone OUT WITHTHE Boys To NIGHT, COM! SEE The WTTLE BurTER— FuEs? ANTIrALCOMOLIC Micrope Tafouals oe2 Jones—"Green sent a dollar to a who than two minutes,” sired Information?” Jones—"He certainly did, The two halves.” &® GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEME, advertised a plan for making a quarter yleld 200 per cent, profit in less Brown—"So? And did he get the de- wrote and told him to take a quarter and cut it In two, then he would have As Artist A French scientist named I'itoy thinks he has discovered a microbe which, placed in liquor, will painlessly extract all alcoholic qualities there- from. Whether he will name this microbe the Boozeless Bacillus, or will fly to such Latin epithets as Spirogyllus Nonjagibus is not known. But when the microbe {!s thoroughly trained, a handful of him in a three-finger “Can you tell me where a fire insurance office?” Tom: has threatened to fire me, and to see If I can't get some kind tection." man PE DHHGHHGHHEHHOGHOHEHHOHHOOGHHH9H0-0-99H) $4O0O004 a Mme. Judice, who Is connect:d with one of the leading dress- making establishments of this city, has been secured by The Evening World. and will con- duct this department, In which home dressmakers will be given helpful advice. Questions relat- ing to dressmaking will be an- swered by Mme. Judice. Dear Mine, Judice: AM in need of two or flannel! waists for day wear, but want them a little different from the ordinary shirt-walst style. Could you make a few sketches for me wth some Ideas of color for durability, and yet not too ordinary, IRENE Vv. M. The accompanying sketches are quite three plain out of the ordinary shirt-waist design and strictly up-to-date, Contrasting col- ors, or materials, are used on the turn over collar, cuffs and yoke, The tiny vest and standing collar on each is of white wool goods, albatross or brillian- tine laid In small tucks, Fancy buttons add to the appearance. Tan, red, and soft shades of green are good for dura. Dility In walsts. THE FLARE FLOUNCE. Dear Mme. Judice Im the flare tlounce or the flare skirt golng to be fashionable? for I have a cloth skirt to make and I would like to know, for I have to wear it a long time. Should I have lapped seams, and what style of trimming would you ad- vise? Is it black cloth? > Mrs, C, COTTER, You are quite safe in making your irt the flare flounce design ay it ie (he most fashlonable made this year and | Vromises to remain so indefinitely, If you make your skirt in a “tallor de- sign.” Jap your seams and machine stitch In two or three rowe, but omit it if you trim-tt with fancy mohair braid, which comes tn varied patterns and ta a splendid trimming for a cloth skirt. USE FOR TRIMMING, Dear Mme. Judice Inclosed find sample trimming which too dark, and your skin js clear enough I would suggest the pale blue material as the dressiest for an evening waist. TUCKS, BANDS AND BRAIDS. Tucka are quite as much in evidence as ever, but as far as heard from stitched bands seam to be on the wane and silk braids are filling thelr place. | Yet they are still In sight on some of the new models, and so useful in reno- KNEW WHAT HE WANTED, Jack—"Right over there on the cor- ner, Going to insure your property?" “Well, not exactly; but my boss BQO? HK : Some Paves. of the Non. Alcoholic Microbe Era. Powers Foresees It. Juoge - How iD You COME To GET IN THIS. IN Tox CATED Con Dimon? Finest THING IN THE WORLD 7 Ger You Home Ale. there ts “Thanksgivin's comin’, 1 want got to be thankful fur?” of pro- DOROODOOG HOHE glass of the Stuff that Killed Father will make the beverage as innocuous @s new-mown milk. Free lunch signs, too, will be replaced by the notice: “An Anti-Jag Microbe Served with Every Ten-Cent Drink.” as extinct as the Icthyosaurus, The Microbe's Mightier than the Mixed THANKSGIVING. What have we “That the more others can be worked the leas workin’ we have ter do.” PE OS585OOFHOOO The MICROBES , GAVE our Ri mabe AM ANY DEAR, wire [ve BEEN WORKING ON THE BOOKS ALL AiyHT! The jag will be A CRITERION, She—How long had he been in New York? He—I don't know. I only saw the out- side of his pocketbook; not the inside. 9 a | Mme. Judice Helps Home Dressmakers. | flounce. Panne velvet 1s also good to use in same disk trimming, but taffeta 1s better if you contemplate using the sown for summer, To shrink flannel properly it should be laid flat and folded evenly between dampened sheets for twenty-four hours. Then pressed on wrong side under a thin cloth, NEW DRESS DECORATIONS, A fashion that was popuar all summer (Designed to> TWO DAY WAIsTs, Irene V. M.) vating, &c., that they may hold on for some time tr come. DISK TRIMMING. Dear Mme. Judice My skirt is box-plaited. ‘The plaits graduate toward the back, Now, I thought a disk of silk at the termination of h plalt (same color as sample), fagoted with silk same color or white and two rows above hem would look} well. My yoke i¢ a drop yoke tucked in diamond shape. I thought of putting disks In equares also, with circular ruf- the dresa next summer. Also tell me how to shrink’ flannel before making up A.M. V Your sample of blue etamine will make I wonkt tee. use for an Kindiy teu me what to get, that ja inedim durk--tweuty four years obit, BLE. Your trimming of ecru lace embroid- ered In pale blue flowers will go beau- tifully qith elther shade of crepe de Chine of aun’: yi up very prettily as you describe, My only suggestions would be to cut your taffeta slik divks diamond shaped 10 carry out same idea throughout the dress, and to do your fagoting in self- colored silk, A whawl-shaped or three- pascgay pery at edge of your bodice tae + flo at edge of yoke. I will have to wear| and which ts to be revived for soft material gowns thia winter ts the lace or embroidered medallions Inserted into the material of the skirt and bodice. |The medallions may be procured sepa- rate, but it Is less expensive, however, | to buy insertion by the yard which has a pattern in oblong or square medallion designs, and separate em and then apply Into the matetrial, which is cut | away underneath. It makes an effective decoration In the nun's velung, alba- (ross and erepe de Chine materials, TO HIDE TRE STAINS. Dear sme, Judice How can I fix over a tan poplin skirt? Ty Das a Kraduated founce, scalloped at the top, and I have pande of stitched taffeta golng around the scallops. The front o: skirt has three spots about 4n Inch apart which [ cannot get out, How shall I trim the top of the skirt #0 a8 not to slow the stains? ELIZABETH L. B. Cannot you match the taffeta sili ta Dias bands to cover the at. adero or down, midi palit al a? one, teer narra: overcome your * Sia * the scallops of your skirt trim in is? Bith ition of the spots. Boat We the "Team K& Few Remarks. Mostly on Topics of the Day. Just one month from to-day Santa Claus will learn the difference between soft and hard coal chimneys. Sooner than try to pay his “political debt" Sturgis might better make an assignment. A “dummy” bridegroom, made of straw, A Jersey girl did show. The average girl would much prefer A bridegroom made of ‘dough." Meanwhile the merging of “L" passengers continues to Suggest the canned sardine Industry. Who said, ‘Who steals my purse steals trash?!" ‘Probably some worthy cs zen who carried his roll in his bootleg." Lilllan—"I’m going to make a name for myself." Anice—"I'd rather acquire a ready-made one from some Why don't all the men to wham Hill offered the Guber- natorial nomination get together and organize the “Might- havebeen Club"? Yellowstone tourists have been feeding béars On ple. You wonder why? P'raps ‘cause bears can't ‘icorne back" with that old fake, And, with a sigh, Compare the ple With the back-number brand that ‘mother used to make.” Frick seems to think competition is the Life of unlv ties. - The turkey, lke the voter, now begins to realize why such pains were taken to fatten him, “I got a $200 verdict from the raflroad just in time ,to replenish my winter's wardrobe."’ “Then, I supposé that's a damage sult you're wearing now?" “When the frost is on the pumpkin and the fodter's in the shock," Folks wish they'd bought, stock. at 9, a block of “L" road “He saya my talk is as invigorating as rare old shert “And has the same fine ‘nutty’ flavor, I suppose," Now that she has walked the railway ties, Duse can truth- fully say @he has trodden in the footsteps of many of America’s great actors, There was a young man from Duquesne Who gave folks a terrible puesne. He was such a big. stuff, ‘That hyena knew enuft Letters, Queries, Answers Many Questions on All Sorts of Subjects Answered for Evening World Readers by Experts. Enough Namen for Two Famt To the Editor of The Evening World: | KNOW a man in Northern New York whose full name 1s as fol- Peter Joseph Robert Blair Brewster.” lows: “John David Henry Curtis I'd lke to know if any reader ever heard of any one with half so long a name, I doubt 1t. This js no silly Joke, elther. Testify, readers! F. G. TOWSON, Tully, N. Y¥. “Thin In 1,” In Correct, To the Editor of The Evening World: K sald: “This ts me." G sald: “This is I." Which {s correct? K. and G. A “Hotel” Query. To the Editor of The Evening World: Which term is better: ‘A hotel,” or “an hotel?” F. A. F. Most English writers vee the term “an hotel." In this country the form, ‘8 hotel," Is more generally used. Another Victim to Writing Hab: To the Editor of The Evening Worl How shall I go about sending articles to the magazines? M. C. H. Have your manuscript typewritten. Be sure the magazine you select to send {t to 1s the sort which publishes arti- cles along the line of the one you have written, For instance, don't send an article on steamiitting to an art Journal Inclose stamped and self-addressed envelope with each manuscript. Legal Holidays. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World You say that there is no universal legal holiday observed in all the States and Territories of this country, I have looked this up and can find no &tate nor Territory in which July 44s not ob- served as a national legal holiday. Kindly enlighten me. L, M, GUITERMAN, Arizona, the District of Columbia and New Mexico are the only Territories which observe July 4 as a legal holiday. It 18 not observed as a legal holiday in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Alaska and Hawai, A Plucky Rescue. To the Editor of The Evening World: I happened to be a witness to an act of herolsm at One Hundred and Six- teenth atreet and Lenox avenue re- cently. A young girl was about to cross the avenue when a heavy truck came tearing up the avenue. The young gir] did not take notice of {t until It was close upon her, when suddenly a young man leaped to her side and lifted her out of the way just in time to save her life. She was unhurt, but badly scared. The hero was slightly brulsed, but was able to get home unalded. GEO. Ww. + Football Versus Pugilism, To the Editor of The Evening World: F the good people of New York drove | out prize-fighting, I fail to see why they allow, and even encourage, the far more deadly game of football. Tals seems more hypocrisy than Puritanism, DISGUSTED PUG. Palpitation of the Heart, ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: I am troubled greatly with palpita- tion of the heart and would like ‘to Know If it Is dangerous and what is g00d to do for It, CONSTANT. You would better consult some re- Mable physician, Days of the Week. To the Editor of The Evening World: What days of the week were June 30, 1864, Dec. 18, 1891, Jan. 2, 1890, Sept. 24, 1858, and Feb, 15, 1896? Miss MARION PECK, Sea Cliff, L. I. Thursday, Wednesday, ‘Thursday, Friday, Saturday. He Mas Received His Degree, To the Editor of The Evening World; Was his degree ever grented to Regi- nald Vanderbilt? E. D. R. An Anti-(Cenaus” Plea. To the Editor of The Evening World: Are we golng to allow such an Injury to owners of dogs? Are our hames to be entered In search of our dogs? Have the police of New York so little to: do for thelr salaries that they must take a dog census? What security and pri- vacy have New Yorkers? Bah! what is New York coming to? Mra, M. L. R. Lawn in South Caro- Mn ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: Is desertion a cause for divorce in the State of South Carolina or not? Mrs. I, 8. Fits Was Born in England June 4, 1862, ‘To the Editor ot The Evening World: When and where was Robert Fits simmons, the fighter, born? * WALTER R. BPARD. Whitney Was Never Nominated, To the Ealitor of The Evening Worl Was Whitney ever nominated for President? GA As to Circumstantial Evidence, To the Editor of The Evening World: Can a man be convicted and put to death on circumstantial evidence in the State of New York? A. DREW. Many men have been convicted and executed in this State on clroumstantial evidence. Evening School for ¥ To the Editor of The Evening World: Where can I find a free evening school (for males) in the nelghborhood of Eigh- ¢y-fourth street and Amsterdam avenue? D. J. School No. 58, on Fifty-secomd street near Kighth avenue; School No. 70, at No, 20) East Seventy-fifth street, and School No. 77, at Highty-fifth street and First avenue, are the nearest. Rouget de Vislé Wrote « laise,”? To the Editor of The Even! Who wrote the French hymn, the ‘Marseillaise?” Who was the French revolutlonist they nick-named “Incor- ruptible”’ and what did he ever do after, the revolution. DEBATING CLUB. ‘Rouget de 1 wrote the ‘*Marsoll- No Divorce tempted suicide, but succeeded only in shattering his jaw with the plstol-bul- let, afte* which he was guillotined. Some “State Flowers.” To the Editor of The Evening World: What are the State flowers of Mils- siesipp!, New York, North Carolina and Rhode Island? SCHOOLGIRL. Mississippi—Magnolia, New York— Rose. North Carolina—Chrysanthe- mum. Rhode Island—Violet. To the Editor of The Evening World: Was Recorder Goff ever an Assistant District-Attorney In this county? R. B. Yes. Under District-Attorney Fellows. 4/ Does Not Apply to Domestic Labon To the Editor of The Evening World: Does New York's eight-hour a day labor law apply also to domestic labor? B, O'F. It does not apply to domestic or farm labor. Began Ji 8, 1870; Opened May @4, 1883, To the Editor of The Evening World: When was Brooklyn Bridge begun and when opened to traffic? GRAMMAR SCHOOL NO. & New York’s Perlis, To the Editor of The Evening World: AM # visitor to your city and I new | yet saw such a place for perils, 1 ‘wonder that so few people are kt! ‘crossing your streets where autos, ibe and wagons seem to vie with each other to Kill pedestrians. Also I hear of 80 many footpads and collapsing buildings that It turns me sick. The country for me! RUSTICUS. A Record of the Gridiron. To the Edttor of The Evening World: Why was prize-fighting prohibited in the State of New York while af the same time the nonsensical game of football 1s permitted to continue? It it because one is for money and th other for glory? Or Is it neglect on th part of the State to forbid it? Within /* two weeks more men have been killed “ than prize-fighting can show a record of for a much longer period. If som one will kindly explain the matter t me I am sure that I shall be gratefw to him. JOHN 8. DUFFORD. Jay Gould's Southern Tour, ‘To the Eilitor of The Evening World: Did the late Jay Gould vist the Sout! in the early nineties or not? =A. Re Yes. He made a partial tour of the South shortly before his death. A “‘Lomg-Needed Reform,” To the Editor of The Evening World: In your editorial on ‘Better ‘L' Gerviec in the Rush Hours," it seems to me that you are taking up a long-needed reform, To-day the elevated service & a disgrace to civilization. Why only this cry about the relleving the rush on the New York side of the bridge when no attempt fs being made to re Neve it on the Brooklyn side? WM. JOHNSTON, e of Rag-Time, , In Defe: To the Editor of The Evening World: It Is fashionable to sneer at rag-time music, but I am eure most audiences prefer a rag-time planist to a large orchestra of music. Any one who Hstens to good rag-time music feels as if be had awakened after a tong gloomy day, TEN-TWENT'-THIRT.’ Three Presidential Queries, To the Editor ot The Evening Werld: 1, A. says @ man of other than Chris tlan religion cannot be President of the United States, B. says the opposite, ‘Which is right? 2 A. says a President cannot serve more than two terms, oF elght years. B. says the opposite Which !s right? 3 George Waahingtor was inaugurated In 1789, an "odd" year. How and when was this change mad: since every President following wat inaugurated on “even"’ years.’ I. G A man's creed does not disqualify his from the Presidency. There is no claus: in the Constitution forbidding a Prest- dent from serving as long as the peopl: continue to elect him. Every Presiden! (unless filling out another’a unexpirec term) has been inaugurated In an "oda" year. Another “Walker” Testifies, To the Editor of the Evening World: RDAD a letter written by "A. J Heatty” about wailing from Nine- teenth street and Broadway down te Clty ‘Hall in half an hour. T am th person who walked that distance in the time he quotes, I also walked from” Nineteenth street and 6ixth avenus down to Fulton street fn haif an hour I think I could have walked the distana he claims in twenty-five minutes. L. SCHMID, « Wants Opinions as to “Omen,” To the Editor of The Evening World: Can any readers tell me if there @ny superstitious omen or significano: in the fact of a eparrow getting ints one's room and (while I was endeavon ing to capture the bird, so it could by put in the outer alr again) to have u alight upon my head and again upos my shoulder 4n its mad effort to eacap, from the room?’ There were other peo ple in the room, but it only flew upor me, CURIOUS. Mark Twain Is Very Much Alive, To the Editor of The Evening Worl Is Sam C. Clemens (Mark Twata) living pr dead? MAURICE M, GROS& Again the Luckless Dogt | To the Editor of The Evening World: If consideration of humanity should supersede the lberty of dog®pthen le those who oppose the driving of dog: from flatg read the accouat of a littl girl being ghased to her death by one of those precious pets, This could have been avoided by keeping the dogs of ‘The pet that revelves the ‘