The evening world. Newspaper, November 26, 1902, Page 8

ed at the Post-Office s Mail Matter. ..NO. 15,072. Park Row, New York. Ente: at New York as Second- VOLUME 43. AN END PUT TO EXTORTION. | An investigator for the morning World points the changed conditions at Ellis Island. Formerly half-a-million immigrants arriving there annually ran a ' gantlet of extortion: they were legitimate prey for ) userer and blackmailer and petty swindler, It was as if all the inhabitants of a large city, a Baltimore, compelled io pay toll as they passed through the narrow gates to the promised land. Commissioner Williams bas done away these abuses. The incoming foreigner plucked and plundered. He is now treated with a con- out the were with most of is no longer #ideration that gives him a first taste of the blessings of Mberty. It is a fine fruit of reform, deserving of the Highest praise. The regret js that It has been so long delayed. FATHER OF THE FLAT. Where or when the flat-house originated no man| Khoweth. The Aztecs had it and the Babylonians also, pled Frank- furter structures in the Middle Ages which served its uses without bearing its name. But for America and for New York it originated in 1853 in a house put up in Thirtieth strect, near Lexington avenue, by Thomas Kil- patrick, just dead at the age of eighty-one. fipatrick builded better than he knew, and a land- thark-preservation soci @ bronze tablet to commemorate the epoch-making He had come to New York from Ireland, a youth of twenty-six, and he was under thirty when he erected i f /end there were Italian palazzl and high~ : A 3 7 y will some day fix on the watls become historic. It was a house with such unpi p= dented innovations as a separate kitchen for each fam- fly, a separate bathtub and an individual water supp! What that bathtub meant can ly zed in recalling | vita absence from the pretentious homes of well-to-do} merchants of that time. Kilpatrick lived to see his firm erect 3,000 buildings, a t large proportion of them apartment-houses. He saw the red their time, and he lived to inspect the great and palatial | Ansonia, all but finished. He may well have doubted! as he died if there could be any further progress in apartment-house luxury and clegance. How great the impress of Kilpatrick's idea has been fs indicated by the fact that of the Greater New York 522,222 are occupied by more than three families. In Manhattan Borough there are now twenty persons to a dwelling, where in 1880 there were only sixteen. A penny from each family would erect a - handsome monument for him. On it might be inscribed: Rest Mghtly on him, Earth, though he Laid many a heavy load on thee. ({t is an epitaph the sentiment of which every house- wife could indorse. For in creating a new kind of home Kilpatrick transformed home life. He lifted from the housekeepers’ shoulders some of the most exacting cares of housekeeping and banished most of its drudgery. He “detit a hard blow to the home-making spirit, but pro- vided by way of compensation an ampler leisure for r matinees and afternoon teas. Whether the change was '@ for the better it is not the province of this article to discuss. AN OPERA SEAT. A good thing for a good price is not dear, and an opera seat in the orchestra at $5 may be sald to return the possessor’s money's worth in things seen and heard. It represents, it is true, a visit to “Du Barry” and “‘Irls,” and perhaps a glimpse on one's feet of “A Chinese Honeymoon.” But for this piecemeal expenditure there are subsequent vain regrete, where the memory of the night at the opera may be cherished as a possession g forever. Will it be more profitable in after years to re- : member the red-haired milliner’s apprentice on her way to the guillotine and the bestial exhibition of furniture. throwing fury or to recall Eames in Verdi's masterpiece and High Society in its best clothes? Even if you dream all through the music, wholly ob- livious of Eames or Iago, is it not worth the price to behold the smart set at close range? To see the world's fastest automobile amateur and the fleetest feminine fox- hunter? To see the host of the monkey dinner party, and the cleverest ringmaster of society circuses, and the * face that added a new divorce suit to the Newport| docket? BEugenie’s jewels on fairer breasts, Worth dresses on ample figures, Poole’s clothes on legs that left the polo field to climb San Juan hill? And you may reflect that your five-dollar bill has purchased one stone at least of Calve's castle in the Gouth of France and provided pfennigs for Schumann- Heink’s little ones to buy Nuremberg toys with in some dorf in the Vaterland, It may have left Melba’s hand to help a beggar in Melbourne, or represented Nordica’s contribution to the plate in a Maine meeting-house, ‘You retain a personal interest in your mongy thus spent, even after it leaves your possession, and there's recom- pense in that. SCHMITTBERGER'S SIEGE. Capt. Schmittberger must be credited with the adop- tion of new offensive tactics against houses suspected of being gambling resorts. Instead of the sledge-ham- mer and the battering-ram he is making use of the quieter methods of the siege, Yesterday, as a beginning, he invested a suspected house in West Forty-fourth _ street, drew a cordon of patrolmen about {t and refused ingress to all comers. The beleaguered proprietor /pought to parley with the besieging commander, but) without aval). When the gambling fraternity adopted the mediaeval ile style of fortification it became evident that the ke Had become obsolete as an effective implement of against bronze doors and steel gratings. In the stion of the siege and the Fabian policy of tiring ny out there are glimpses of military genius, selected by Schmittberger for his initial cam- 4 only an unfortified outpost, but the lessons in rae g y to be learned in the operations against it will ble when the occasion arrives for investing wily fortified castle, aS FO Pie Up to Date—Theatrical realism is to give us phell, and os it is the handiwork of Sardou it on the humble and inornate building that was designed to, 2 Navarro flats built, a remarkable real-estate venture for | 070 homes in| + ep If the Czar’s Hypnotizer Were t Artist Powers Shows What Would Happen to Philipp. Prof. Philipp, out of our Chief Executive. would he? Oh, no, not at al! ® the bottom of them she stops. 2O9O70U GOH HHH.DH$E GREAT SCOTTSKY HES GoT Me BUG HousEOvitcn the hypnotist, who cast ONE MAN’S EXPERIENCE. 4404 0% A SURE SIGN. Singleton—Ie {t true that married women go through thelr husbands’ pockets? Wederly—Mine doesn’t Cholly—Do Jack and Mabel love each 2 Bingleton—Is that 80? other? > Wederly-It is, When she gets to Ebhel—1 should think so, ‘They're al- 8 quarrelling. 2DDOD “LIGHT-TED To MEET You ) his magic spell upon the Czar of Russia and had that delightful despot under his thumb for a while, would not have such a picnic were he to try to take a hypnotic fall or two “Teddy” wouldn't do a thing to the professor, Philipp would make a few passes at the Come THE WORLD: WEDN ip i oo Bl), ESDAY EVEN G, NO EMBER 26, 19U2, BOW EON T NRG == 2bO0044 o Tackle “Teddy.”’ S8O9OOO900O960000006O0O8 ie . | 80 graphically depicts. THERE ARE OTH Swiggs—Somehow I have failed to meet da with any suceess in my un Briggs—That's easily « Swiggs—Well, what's the Briggs—Too many bars in HHO HYG OOo President, as if he were wigwagging lodge signals, and then {it would all be over. That is all the hypnotizing Philipp would do, Teddy would do the rest in his strenuous, slam-bang way, which The Evening World artist Whatever of Philipp was left would ‘be glad to get back again to the snow-steeped steppes of Russia. Y MESMERIZED A MESMERIST" BY THE AUTHOR OF How To SLAY “ A BOBCAT TOO MUCH FOR HIM, ERS. aking, uinted for. Larry—I used to play poker wid Path- nae rick, but he was too much for me, ANS EF Deénny—In phwat way? your way. Larry—I couldn't “stand Pat.” $-9989960009. 200990009909 >P-DOGOHO9OS Mme. Judice, who is connected with one of the leading drese- making establishments of thie city, has been secured by The Evening World, and will con+ duct this department, In which home dressmakere will be given helpful advics Questions relat- Ing to dressmaking will be an- awersi by Mme. Judice, Deat Mme. Judtos: S this material suitable for a plain waist with short sleeves, and how can it be made so as ¢o have long sleeves, but plain? I have tan cloth for pale blue velvet and a yard of very handsome ecru lace, about three Inches wide, having a fine zig-zag top and heavy edge. Would Ike to wear this waist with black skirts, Kindly suggest some pretty way, also some pretty ways of making fancy stocks. Am H bust, not tall but lone waisted. bd. B I would suggest matohing the dark shade in your brown brocaded velvet, in either velvet or bengaline silk, and making full puffs below the elbow on the sleeves, with Vandyke shaped col- ar In (he plain bodige front Fasten t in the front way to utilize walst, The ilustration is a pretty your materials for tan The zig-zag lace works tn nicely over the box-plaited tan across the bust. The three tiny revers opening over a white chiffon vest, the cuffs and girdie and lacings are all of pale-blue velvet. On Oct, 26 I gave several illus. trations of fancy stocks on this page. FORA FANCY-DRESS BALL. Deat Mme. Judioe: Kindly design a costume for a fancy. dress ball, something inexpensive, as I cannot spend very much. I would like something odd {f posstble. I am twenty- strong. Considering the number of interest- 4 to have quarters there the scene ee four and marrie/. Mrs, F. H. R. Why not represent “Night” or ‘“Morn- ing” at your ¢ancy-dress ball? Wither costume can be made easily and at small cost. Black or white cheese-cloth at three cents a yard will be a very good material, made In any becoming style, with silver paper stars and cres- cents sewed all over the Ddlack for “Night and the same desi; in gold on the white for “Morning.” A large war in the hair and @ wand with a FOR D, E. DESIONED Diue velvet and cream lace com- ‘Tan cloth, bination, crescent on the end to correspond with the costume adds a pretty touch, PRUSSIAN BLUE CORD. Doat Mme. Judics: 1 have six and a half yards of in- closed sample forty-three inches wide, would Uke yoke of tucked chiffon, Could you suggest some style: that could be worn on different ocoasions—something simple but stylish? I am twenty-alx years old, short, yery slim and fair, N. G. M. Brooklyn. Your sample of Prussian blue whip- cord will make up prettily in @ platted or tucked skint into a yoke of same material, or atitched flat to the knees and then, allowed to flare, This is a wery becoming style to slender figures, A aimple platted or tucked blouse fast ening behind or under the arm, with a white chiffon yoke appliqued with pale- ‘blue grapes in clusters and vine effects, is very dainty and ds suitable for many different occasions, The sleeves, made fn bishop style, are pretty with chiffon Grooping puffs at the waist and ap- pliqued to matoh the yoke. CARE OF JEWELRY, To keep Jewelry looking well it must be kept clean and fresh, All articles should be wrapped in separate papers and not thrown higgledy-piggledly in a box, which is the habit of so many women. Gold jewelry should be washed occa- sionally in @ soap suds lather with a drop or two of sal volatile and dried with a chamois, Silver ornaments should be treated the same way, but !f very dirty rub with a paste made of powdered whiting and ammonia, Artificlal diamonds should never be moistened. Clean with whiting powder and a clean soft brush. Genutne diamonds, on the other hand, are much improved by a bath in am- monta. Turquoises should not be washed, and they should be exposed to the air as much as possible to keep their beautiful color, Pearls should pe treated with care. Any external stains may be removed by rubbing gently with ground rice and salt or pumice stone, dut it is impossible to remove marks that reach into the substance of the pearl. They should never be dampened, Imitation pearls should have same treetment. Opals should be Bags: from any heat, as they are Hable to contract, and then split and fall ¢rom their settings, FOR A THANKSGIVING BALL, Deaf Mma, Judioe: Woyld a fine batiste linen color ee proper to wear at a ball on Thanksgiy- ing eve? AGNES B. Your linen datiste will be quite proper for a ball gown, and it can be made very drevsy by adding neck and sash ribbon of some dainty color, with a large bunch of ribbon roses at the corsage and one in the hair ¢o correspond, K Few Remarks. Mostly on Topics of the Day. To-morrow's the day! ‘The turksy is about to learn that the verb “to gobble” has @ passive as well as an active form. ‘While 1,061,687 persons still draw money for war injuries, who can doubt the Pension'’s Mightler than the Sword? If Morgan's going to live abroad, As London papers urged, ‘Twill doubtless be because he has Left nothing here unmerged. “Your youngest child ie a boy, fen’ “No, He used to be; but now th he?" ‘one of the boys,’ If it becomes a case of abdication for the Czar it will be a gase of “Hus-gah!" for the Nihilists, . “Wille, you promised me you'd never play a game of chance, amd yet I find you matching pennies with little Fritz Bertholf!"" “Well, ma, if you knowed Fritz Bertholf as well as I do you'd see there wasn’t no game of chance about !t."” There was a young man of Gascogne, Who was always requesting a logne. But this friends sald: ‘Not much!" When he planned for a tuch; i And wouldn't shell out one plugged cogne. | en Sante, | Dr. Lorenz's cure for wry necks will in no way clash with the got cure for rye necks, Pity that all the soft coal smoke fidn't take advantage of Evacuation Day to leave town! Alfred the Great had just won the battle of Ashdown, and ordered it commemorated by carving @ colossal horse on the lofty side of a neighboring chalk cliff, “That may be high art,’ complained his troops, “but what's the matter with each man chalking up a little pony #* Seeing this was a horse on him, the Monarch gracefully stood treat, If it takes a “Committee of 77" to tar and feather a man, “up-6tate,"” bow many “Fifteens’ will it take to reform Manhattan? “The great majority of the public doesn't know tts own strength, If ft did, #& would place one of ite own men in power by combining.”” “Well, what makes you think it doesn't?’ “Becetas there's aever yet been a President named @mith.” » | serving in the National Guards. Letters, Queries, Knswers $ Many Questions on All Sorts of Subjects Answered for Evening World Readers by Experts. Chilly Walting Rooms. To the Editor of The Evening World: HAT the public would like to know 1s this: Why have fires not been started in the walting roome of all the “L" stations? It cannot be that the company expects the ticket men on the stations to buy coal for the waiting rooms, to enable them to keep warm while serving the poor corpora- tlon, I hope the road will take this to heart. ANDREW J. t Steamboat. The F To the Editor of The Evening World: Who devised the first steamboat? My friend sald Fulton. I claim Symington. Which is right? G. RASCH. ‘The first practically successful steam- boat was constructed by Symington In 1802 and used on the Forth and Clyde Canal. Fulton perfected the steamboat a few years later and brought tt into general use here before it was put to general use in England. Alfred Ayrea’s Birthplace, ‘To the Editor of The Bventng World: Can you give me (1) the exact date and place of birth of Thomas Embley Osmun, better known under his pen name of Alfred Ayres? Who were his parents? Dr. T. W. B. He was born at Montrose, Summit County, Ohio, Feb. 26, 1834. His parents were George and Mildred Osmun. A Line of Beauty, To the Edltor of The Evening World: Every place has a certain number of pretty girls, and people living in these places can see only the pretty. gitls there, But take a walk through Four- tesath or Twenty-third street on a >| Saturday afternoon and {f you don't see pretty girls enough to dazzle your eyes I'll stand treat. F. W. W. The Relationship Practically Ceanen. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: Suppore a man’s wife died and her father was still living. I think that her father would cease to be the father- in-law to the man whose wife died. My opponent says he would still be the father-in-law. What {s your opinion? WESTCHESTER Rc ADPR. In such a oase the father-In-law's re- lationship toward the man technically ceases with the death of the latter's wife. Sentimental reasons, however, may lead to the relatlonship's nominal continuance, Some N To the Editor of ‘The Eveulng World: In answer to “Young American,” who asks what benefit @ man gets from He de- rives the pleasure of serving his coun- try. His company has receptions every month, and you could not have a better tlme anywhere. He learns to be a marksman and sharpshooter, which every ‘Young American" ought to know. The reviews and drills which his regiment hes are very interesting. JOHN JOSHPH MORRIS. A Pathetic Plea for the Dos. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: AM fast going blind, I write through ] a mist of tears and feelings at the thought of being deprived of the company of my little, inoffensive dog, He disturbs no one and but for his com- pany (I have no children) the troubles of my life would be almost unendurable, ‘This is one case on) Mrs, ¥. A.M. ' A &Dancing” Query. To the Editor of The Evening World: Is it proper for two gentlemen to separate two ladies. when the fatter are dancing together, or should they ask them to dance while they are seated? A. B. hey should not interrupt the two @ancers, but should walt until they re- turn to their seats. Both Words Spelled Correctly, To the Baltor of The Evening World: Kindly tell me the correct spelling the words “using” and usable." AUGUSTA LENZ. Jerome Lives at S Rutgers St. To the Editor of The Bening World: Where does District-Attorney Jerome live? 8. L, and 8, 8. Auk Perminnion to Call, To the Editor of The Wvening World: The young lady I have been keeping company with for over a year has just returned to her home in another city, Now I wish to call on her at her home. Is it proper for me to ask her permés- sion to call or should she invite me first? 8. L, STOWE, Rahway, N. J. George Law: No author's name “Guy Livingstone?" appeara‘in my copy of it. F, ROBINSON, JR. Horse-Power. To the Filtor of The Evening World: What is the exact meaning of the term “‘horse-power," or is it only used as a vague term meaning great strength? BORN NEW YORKER, Horse-power is a standard theoretical unit of the rate of work, equal to 33,000 pounds Ifted one foot high in one minute. The Average In 165 Pounds, To the Editor of The Ivening World: What is the average welght of men six feet tall, amd twenty-two years old? ATHLETE. Correct Costume for Weddl ‘To the @Altor of The Evening World: Can a bridegroom wear a frock coat and light trousers at a wedding, or what costume 1s proper? E. H. If the wedding occurs before 6 P. M, a frock sult ts correct; after 6 P, M. evening dress is required. The Treatment of Dogs, To the @iltor of The Evening World: : As a friend of the dog I believe if dogs are treated right they will prove their friencship to man. If doge cry they are only asking for what they need, just the same as 4 baby cries be- fore it can talk. Give them something to eat or a drink when they need it and mith @ littte ind treatment you will have a good, true friend In the dog. Treat a person meanly and he will not jforget it; neither will ¢he dog. { M. KELLY. . Would Abolish Jury Law, To the Editor of The Evening World: Why don't some of our Assemblymep in Albany present a bifl to abolish this wretched jury law which makes a clti- zen serve on a jury without compensa- tion? I happened to be served with a jury notice some time ago, and having @ business and nobody to attend to #ame but myself I asked to be excused. “L cannot do it,” answered the Judge. By delays, &c., I stayed there a week, an| the jurymen on that case earned $1 for a whole week's work and the jurymen not on the case lost a whole week time. ROBERT BROWN, No. 902 East Twelfth street. Strike Was in 1895, To the Editor of The Evening World: In what year was the grea& (Brooklyn. City railroad strike? PL: Holds It for All Oistances vrom 80 Miles to 100 Miles, To the Editor of The Bvening World: Did Joe Donohue ever hold the skat-. ing record? c. W. THOMAS, _ Roosevelt Waa Never Mayor, To the EAitor of The Bvening World: Was President Roosevelt ever Mayor) of thin clty? Was he ever nombigated for Mayor? IM. He was nominated, but not eleoted. * It In Spelt “Neighbor.” " To the Editor of The Brening World: q Which spelling is correct in this country: ‘tNelghbor’ or “neighbour? vr. Nature’s Distribution, To the Editor of The ventng World: : To the correspondents who insist upon disputing where Nature has deposited all her pretty women, permit me to #py that they all ehow Jack of common sense. Pretty women are distributed throughout the world. No one olty can alone lay claim to them. tion was, woman, the girl with all the up~to-d. requirements, both socially and as education?” why, that would be « thing to appeal to discussion. ‘Th; truly, would I answer: “New holds the palm! A New York girl! MABE. Abraham Lincoln Said It. To the Editor of The Evening Word: Where did the saying, ‘You can foo! all of the people some of the time,” 40, originate? A Question of Precedence. To the Editor of The Bvening World: Which {s correct when a lady and @ gentleman are going, up or down stairs. Bhould the Jady or gentleman precede? In ascending the stairs the man should lead, In descending he should follow. The Gas Man and the Landlord. To the FAitor ot The Evening World: ‘T SHEMS IMPOSSIBLE to get fair ] play. The gus compantes are in a combine with landlords of flat-houses who advertise steam heat and hot water which the landlords do not al- ficiently furnish, thereby oom- pelling us aforesaid poor fools to pay for gas to enablo us to get hot water and, heat. I speak for the large population of middle-class people that are not atarv- ing to death, but which nevertheless can be bled to death by extortion, W, H. 8. A Warning Against Olled Bricks, ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: Let me speak of the use of olled/ bricks. While they might pantly reduce: the cold and be a substitute for ‘coal, am afraid the risk {s too much, There can be no doubt that through their use: lives would be lost and a great deal of, property destroyed. What @ grand ex- cuse for people that are over and above, insured to fall back on! D. 8. JONES. 4 Ruasia’s Creed, ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: What 1s the religion of Russia, Greek Catholic or Roman Catholic? JOHN FREEM. Russia follows the Greek Catholia Chureh, Four States Have No Death Pe: ‘To the EdKor of The Evening World: What is the number of States in; which capital punishment hes been abolished? ANTI C. P. In four States the death penalty is for. bidden by law. They are Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Michigan and Matne. A Soldior Testifies. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: Lam a soldier stationed at Fort Hamti- ton. There are a lot of people who think that all a regular soldier hae got to do is to get drunk and raise all kinde of disturbances, Perhaps they are right in regard to a certain small percentage’ of the enlisted men; but in regard to” the whole command thelr opinion is very” ‘erroneous and should be modified to meet! the existing conditions of the soldiers’ who are in the right and are hurt be their Impartial prejudice to one and ¢ll, i DENI ‘ Thanksgiving im 1887, ‘To the Editor of The Bvening World: What date did Thanksgiving fall on im the year of 18877 MAY Momrz On Noy, 24. Yes, Both Were Members of Ly= ceum Stock Company, To the Kdltor ‘of The Evening World: Did Mary Mannering and James Ky Hackett ever play in the same company, and If 60, where? INQUIRER, The Light Obsteuctor, ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: There are thousands of people wh@ ride on “L" trains daily who may by termed “light obstructors.” Forced t stand, they open wide their newspapers, never pausing to think how many sitters they are shutting off the Nght from. It would be every bit as easy for the to fold their papers into smaller mace and at the same time see that they don’t stand or hold their papers in suc a way as to cast a dark on a ‘ity, those sitting. For sitters have as much right to read ag have stander. Also jet ue heve the car lights lit these darig moroings, WEST SIDH SUSTHRUR.. \ \