The evening world. Newspaper, December 8, 1902, Page 10

Published by the Press Publishing Company, No. 5% to 6 Park Row, New York, Entered at the Post-OMco at New York as Second-Class Mail Matter. <a : VOLUME 43..... «NO, 15,084. THE OLD MAN ACTIVE. Tt must have been an inspiring sight to see gray- haired Inspector Thompson turning flip-flaps and “skinning the cat” to demonstrate that he is not old yenough to be retired from the police force. Th nian jury to prove his sanity has been correct and if the “hot rebellious blood” hes mot been permitted to mutiny. Gladstone at eighty felling trees with his axe, William Cullen Bryant at eighty spending an hour with the dumb-bells before breakfast and walking to and from his offer, six miles —up at five in the morning and ignorant of fatigue ft could not be said that these veterans were lagging superfluous on the stage. Instances of this prolongation of physica) activity Feadlly occur. Two other old boys whose octogenarian Vigor may be compared with Gladstone's and Bryant's wera Ericsson, giving proof at eighty of his soundness of mind and limb by pulling against two younger men in a tug-of-war and dragging them off thelr feet; and * taking an oar in a boat with other veteran oarsmen on the Thames and outrowing a younger crew. Plato, an athlete before he became a philosopher, is gaid ‘to have wrestled at eighty-three. Jem Mace was sparring at seventy-six. Blondin was active and ath-| etic at seventy. Two of England's great cricketers, | Belden and Boyer, the former living to ninety and| the latter to ninety, were credited with participation in matches long after the age when most athletes, if alive, are on the shelf with rheumatism. There is no @ge limit for such men. Nor for a man like Capt! Diamond, whom the Sunday World of recent date ete sparring and doing tricks on the parallel bars to} keep his muscles elastic. Such men are not subject to ordinary laws and Iimita-| tions of life. For them senility is a meaningless term. | MASQUERADING AS MEN. The latest instance of a woman showing an inclina- tion to masquerade as a man is that of Eva Henderson, of Kingston, whose career of deception has been brought | to a close by a policeman’s bullet, . Some mystery of sex which science does not explain has led women in all Jands and ages to seek adventures under the protecting disguise of men’s attire. Rather oddly, the preference of such masqueraders has been for the career of a soldier. There have been many cases | in the British army, among them those of— “Dr. James Barry,” who gained a wide reputation as @ surgeon, fought a duel, served with distinction in the ‘West Indies and died at the age of seventy-one in 1865; _ Hannah Snell, whose courage was unquestioned and who was wounded twelve times at the battle of Pondi- | sherry; | Mrs. Christian Davis, an Irish girl, who enlisted to find her husband, who had been carried off by a press gang. Sho won a reputation for bravery, outlived her first and two other husbands and died at an old age. _ The stories told of these British women-soldiers relate ‘that they became very much addicted to the manly vices of drink and gambling and the telling of “good stories.” » Women also served in the American armies in dis- during the civil war, and when the Spanish war out there were numerous instances of women Beeking enlistment as men. One notable case was hat of Jessie Sherwood, of Waukegan. | , But the most renowned of all women soldiers is WNadejda Dourovna, who fonght in the Russian cavalry | @uring the Napoleon campaign of 18 She was deco-, ated with the cross of St. George for bravery on the -‘pattlefield, and when she dicd at the age of elghty-three | was buried in the uniform of a captain of dragoons. » Instances of the assumption of male attire by women fm this country are numerous. Recent notable cases a Kept her secret undisclosed for a generation; Tharles Hall,” otherwise Caroline Hall, whose de ‘an ocean steamer in September, 1901, betrayed he - for the first time; “Ellis Glenn,” who exchanged p with an imprisoned brother In a West Virginia Jail; “George Green,” of Petersburg, and “W. C. Howard,” of | Canandaigua, who furthered their deception by taking ‘wives and living for years as model husbands until the | accident of death revealed their sex. BLONDE AND BRUNETTE. ‘ A correspondent of The Evening World, “F. W. W., ‘writes to say: Take a walk through Fourteenth or Twenty-third street om a Saturday afternoon and !f you don't see pretty girlie “enough to dazzle your eyes I'll stand treat : No one will contradict the assertion, not even Man-} ager Brady, recently alleging that there were not 3,000 | Pretty women in New York. But why does “F. W. W.” ‘limft his observations to the shopping district solely? | Do not euch sights greet his eyes where'er he takes his walks abroad? On First avenue as well as Fifth, at the | Bridge entrance or in Harlem, or among the vast tides | of femininity that flow west and ebb east across the | Bowery in the morning and early evening? A cursory glance at this stream of humanity as it surges through Grand and Cana! and Houston streets shows the great prevalence of the little brunette type of woman. Nearly a generation ago a British man of -getence, Dr. Beddoes advanced the theory that the /Yales because of the preponderance of the brunette in for her as a marriage partner. Hed that in England there was an ayerage of four “brunette brides to three blondes, ) No American investigator has taken up this Ine of and theories with a basis of statistical fact are for us. But a superficial view leads to the in- tha. what marriage is doing for England in this immigration {s likely to a2complish here. In @ distinctly blond countries—Germany, Norway, and Scotland—sent us 59,306 new members of ‘while Italy alone of the brunette countries sent | ‘The proportion is more than two to one and fo We, estimate ® matrimonial preference for n to anything like that indicated ete it! were physical feats comparable with the mental one of! old Sophocles in reading his new play before the Athe-| Age need not impair the physical powers if the life) F. J. Furnivall, famous English Shakespearian scholar, | her income {numbers and the preference men were inclined to show} He proved by his statis- | | \JOKES OF THE DAY “What plaster can patch wounde hearts?" the earnest pastor, nuit sighed, cardia smarts Are heated best by ‘court’ plaster."* do you ebeh say ‘ nv . bruddan, ah do not," satd Deaco} “Ef ah told Satan to ‘alt be he might stick me when @ “1 me hind wa'n't lookin, I front whah ah kin see him,"—Chicag: News. { L “This thermometer {s wearing out.” | “Why, it looks all right." | “Well, It ain't. When we bought It tase It used to register §0 and 9% every day, and now the pesky (is thi don't seem able to creep any "RIP VAN > higher'n t#."" j WINKLE ae WAS AS Timkins—Miss Biffkins ts certainly a LUCY aan) fuct young lady She certainly matter Simkins refused me When sh n't suMetent to eupper us both.—Philadelphia Inquirer, ‘Phere wana young man from Milwaukee manner was awkward and gaw kee. When he rode on a horse 8 @ matter of corse ne animal always was taukee, Whose “T don't quite understand that fellow. Foodte,” sald Poison. uiong swimmingly in soct ure he doesn't know much." “That may be partly true," Tolbut, ety “He had three days of grace left in | whieh to the note, and he moved at once to the Aretic regions. 1 wonder why? “Well, you know the days there are six months long." “My aid the prim in- dividua good man,’ 1, but remember To-day 1s ours, tovmorrow may be others’ wan!" responded Plodiding Pete de- ly, “Ain't to-morrow hours, too?" hiladelphia Record. rist “A number of her old flames have com- bined to present her father with a fire badg: “Why? “Because of the speed and complete- ness with which he put them all out.” "So again? “Not for a long time," answered Mra. Sumrox, “It is our Intention to live tn America, thereby calling attention to the fact that we can afford to pay the highest prices for everything.""—Wash- ington ou are not going to Europe “Mootball ts game of the lot “No such luck ner in my life. cert. the a Do you play it?" Never played a win- winning “You were talking just now about the ‘Inttlative and referendum,'" sald the man tn the tweed sult. “Have you any idea what that means?” “You must think I'm a darn fool," re- | torted the man with the retreating chin, “It means that you can't be initlated un- less you can give good references,”— Chteago Tribune, } “SOMERODIES, BRADBUR ® { one of the chlef owners of Lande: Mm fa fn this coun- try ona trip around the world KIDD, RENJAMIN—the economist, thinks South Africa is richer coun try than the western United States, Patriotle Americans may accuse him of “kidd TART, GO working hard to de velop Phillppine muste and recently Inetituted a series of symphony con certs at Manila. Si of the style of “Ma Filipino” Babe are probably barred WALGM, THOMAS P—tha Colorado millionalre, Is causing to be bullt, in| Washington, a fully equipped theatr: in miniatur in order to develop his son's dramatic talents. BR. F.-of Baltimore, ts lving past grand master the oldest of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, He is in his elghty-fourth year, and has been a member of the organt- mation for the past sixty years, ———— MILLIONS OF DYES, The number of artifictal coloring mat- ters prepared since Perkin's discovery nearly fifty years ago of the prepam- tion of aniline dyes from coal tar has ‘been enormous. It is estimated that at the present day over 8,000,000 different Individual dye stuffs are eqsily accessi- ble to our Industries, while at least 25,- 000 form the subject of patent specifica tions, The number of coloring matters furnished by natural agencies ss com- paratively small, and those that do ex- ist threaten soon to be ignored in favor of coal tar derivatives. eee ——— ' _* | WALKED WITH HER A LIT.) TLE WAY. | 1 walked with her a little way, And sidowise saw the rise and fall Of lace upon her parasol, And that was all I saw that day. | 1 could not speak, and what she-sald Meant anything to me. In ecatasy without a head, T heard And tn @ moment she was gone! The music ¢eased, then 1 dreamed Her hand in mine—ané straight she ecemed A yiston floating on the lawn. Sometimes, when the summer comes, a day Seems different from the rest, and I Remember to forget to sigh, the chances are good for an | And walk with her a little way. Harper's Magazine, * began the old colored par- behind me, Ah Keep him right In d she did it because “He seems to get but 1 am replie! | “but he has a liberal education , % showed hale and vigorous at 106, a centenarian ath-| in what not to do."—Indianapolls News, “why do you idle your time THR WORLD: MONDAY EVE: “Fa ry pe NING, DECEMBER 8, 1902, ~~ G { a $O00O4 $08OOOOO0007 OF G Dr. the Agricultural Department Hed the of Georgia, the ple on earth. He says it is germ of uncinariasis, the fancy worm disease, Charles specific germ of laziness. ackers n h ° t THE UNCINARIASI OR GERM OF LAZINESS RESPONSIBLE (FoR “THE FOLLOWING PHRASES. "NOTHING DOING” “THAT TIRED FEELING “WHATS THE USE” "DEAD Te THE WORLD’ THE SLEEPY EYE CAUSEO BY THE UNCINARIASIS PAD. Ro “Ir isnt UNCINARIASIS THAT MAKES me Treo Irs Jerome!” “Seno vr my PACK. | Ages) ee) —_ (seg WAS THE H “CME Coa.) YYUNARIASIS Biggs—It strikes me that the fool-killer is neglecting his busi- n Digge—H: kept pretty busy, I Suppose, but you might send him your address, Wardwell Stiles, as Zoologist of has discovered the Our artist has located a lot of THE Janiron e046 eval loval cire bartment. to w iscovered it among a few strenunt | laziest white, peo- | identical with the name of the hook- bend or break. Ss DYs CHES THIS 15 SLEEPY. HoLLow THE GERM WORKS OVER TIME | THE HEAP To PBDOSOGS 29 GOTO 00999060906 990H THE GERM GHAT MAKES US GIRED} Artist Powers’s Impressions of the Laziness Bug. the uncinariasis germs gn Broadway and in sev- cles, especially in the detective de- which District-Attorney Jerome paid 18 left-handed compliments the other day, and where the hooks used by the germs never There js a big job waiting here tor the enterprising inoculator who comes along with a stock of antl-uncinariasis fluid. HAS (Uncinvaniasis — THAT BOY HAS THEM een WE Wiel HIT HIM AF THe UNCINARIASS eB ARE PREVALENT ON BROAD WAY NEAR, 4-2. ST. H. a | getting a cigar-stor The Man enough imagina sleuth you have up situations lik steam coming ov this boiled by store man. “There are so longer you boil Higher Up ‘England dinner “When checks I thought alr. began to tall. a bat at him.” “Don't you th “Well,” said dreamed I was brands they are put himself alm “Of course I'm route. I wouldn Th the Man i) SE ananEEEeEeennne 'M thinking of going down to Jerome and “You'd be a shine Jerome detective,” sald Higher out of a silk hat. Jacobs's gray matter boils so when he is mak- ing his reports to Jerome that you can see the “Y should think his brain would be hard- “Many a man has carried a New and nobody ever got next to it. easiest town to do it in that ever was, too. Jerome first claimed that one of his detectives had broke into Canfleld and fingered the 89-cent ivory I thought-that maybe {it wag on the level, This feeling nestled in my bosom until Jacobs Then I coppered it, and now I'm playing Jerome to lose when Canfield’s manager stands up in court to let the law take Canfield’s?” asked the cigar-store man. trates his mind and can roll a big pill started out for Oanfield’s he went by the dope the pipe unless I had a photograph of him in his bunk. And some people wouldn't have to | igher U?. KE DISCUSSES’ JEROME'S DETECTIVE, JACOBS, job as a detective,” said the ‘e man. Up. ‘“You haven't got tion, To be @ good Jerome to have a brain that conjures € a magician conjures rabbits They tell me this man at ot his ears,” time,” remarked the cigar- methings that get softer the 1 them,” replied The Man back of his forehead for years This ts the came out and pro- it was an emission of normal ink that Jacobs was ever In The Man Higher Up, “I in heaven once. With the turning out now a man can jost any place if he concen- not saying that when Jacobs ‘t accuse any man of hitting if they were given a bank-rell to do something |_ plunks shy f “As I sald before, I thought Jerome was Jacobs began to talk. As soon as a man lets | the reporters get at him he has to be clamped for truth and veracity running for Sweeney; + “From the conversation of this Jacobs ef play he ever made was in a ping-pong parlor. I don’t think he'd know a faro layout from al “4 to a faro game he wouldn't know how to play it unless he followed somebody else's bets. whiskers on he might as well try to go in! | wearing rubber boots and carrying a can of) masquerade ball, but how he got Jerome to stand for the belief is more than I can see, be- knows the masquerade ball season don't opem for a month. be disguising himself as an automobile and! going out to hunt up cops who don't enforce about everything else. They tell me that when he goes to a grocery to buy a loaf of there won't be any suspicion as to where he got his money. If it is true that he got into to the number of turns he can do for the Re= form Vaudeville Association.” houses his occupation will be gone,” protested the cigar-store man. stripes,” said The Man Higher Up. “He ean) disguise himself as a street sweeper then and@ . with and came to the finish seventy-five handing out spirit-level information until! to his position or it's a case of his reputation| have come:to the conclusion that the heavit comic supplement, and if he should stagger up “As for going into Canfleld’s with falsa/ beer. Jacobs seems to think New York is aj cause Jerome has liyed here all his life and he} “The next thing. we know of Jacobs he will! the speed ordinances. He has thought up bread he disguises himself as a capitalist so’ Canfleld’s with a make-up on thete's no limit “But when he closes up all the gambling= “Not on your green vest with the reds follow the horses.”” letters were ente far, from men ani and were express! passion, there was difficult you, dear, how sweet confession }| | with God's help ani more worthy of your shield between you and the cold, —_ uns with all my heart HOW TO ™ie water tration 4s easy less a very amusi Hundreds of them were very SECOND PRIZE. f My Dear Sweetheart: t were possible for me to tell made me. Sweetheart, I mean, ers and encouragement, to be and protector against all danger; world, when sorrows and fll- ness overtake you; that love pure for your dear a eo HOME FUN FOR WINTER EVENINGS. Wis shown Mm eur fl as make, but neverths- | HE EVENING WORLD offered prizes of) ‘The three letters to which the awards were made | 20, $10 and $5 for the three best love-letters| are here printed. The writers and prize-winnerd ritten by any of Its readers, Thousands of | are: red in this competition which First Prize, #20-Miss H. I. Conrod, No. 23 Mo | closed Saturday, Noy. 29; they came from near and | Kinley avenue, Brooklyn, «1 women, from young and old, | ons of all phases of the tender fine, and y In selecting the prize-winners, Second Prize, $10—J. A. Nebgen, Fifty-fourth street, New York City, Third Prize, %—L. M. Wynne, 28 Bloomfield avenue, Passaic, N. J. i 0, 428 Weal es FIRST PRIZE. My Darling Ned: The beautiful flowers you sent nod their pretty heads to me every time I raise my eyes, as though they had overheard your tender words last night. The birds sing of you. ‘The quiver. ing leaves whisper love messages Into THIRD PRIZE, My Dear One: Whenever: have tried to approach the subject of my love for you you have succeeded always in wit —Against which I wear a armor—in driving me from your presence, hardly knowl whether to laugh or be m fled by my defeat. I am tq I wisn happy your of love has d your pray- you; to be to stand the position of a general whoj 4 the world, | ™Y Cas: ‘The sun and moon and stars) 1 oving iaid stege toe fortresy | ympathiaing | @re typleal of the immensity of my| at tength {s assured of victory love for you. You are my sun, my stur, my universe, Wonderfully sweet “as Mfe has become to me, to increase your happiness I would gladly give| ‘by the submission of the ene emy, but finds that capitule: tion does not mean the sur render of the object of the ats to love you and to keep { sake. May God bless you and | tack. Iam still gazing vainly keep you ever, as you are to | my Iife-nay, even more, my very) upon what I had deemed con+ me, the purest, the noblest, | soul, Yours forever, | quered, and sigh in vain fot vhe dearest woman tn all the MURIEL, | What I thought was my own, # world. With love, JOB. (gee Sceaaee LOUIS, MAKE A CORNUCOPIA WATER WHEE te ine plaything, The princ- ipal feature of it an octagonal wooden wheel, whi first, and draw side to side; cross with nother perpendicular to Divide the four right angles and draw the the lin through we have to prepare Take the top of a cigar box and draw @ circle with the help of @ com- pass, Take a rule ine through the centre of the circle from line thin ich it centre of the circle. Connect the points with straight and the octagon Poet—Yes, | went out to the park and climbed up in a beauti- ful willow to write a poem. Friend—Did, the spirit move you? Mistress (to new cook)—And remember, Jane, we breakfast every morning at 7 o'clock. Jane—All right, ma'am, An’ if I'm not down in time you needn’t with. the Cut @ round opent ready to be cut oilt bow-saw lines ng through the centre of the octagon anid dnsert a cork through which stuck you a have Ienitting- needle as axle. Two are inserted in the axle of wheel. Fasten wl the help of tacks on each of tl elght sides of ¢ cornucoplas out of NOTHING BUT PRAIS! “That Mr, Squeezem had noth‘ng but erect pieces of wire block of wood and provided with a loop ‘at thelr ends to hold the Httle wooden wheel a cornucopia made of cardboard, with cheir openings All to one mde, as shown in| illustration, ‘The wheel is set in motion with the help of water, which we aither pour down upon the witn the kitchen water faucet and fastening the tube somehow over one of the cornucopias. a th he he: @ glass or pitcher, or, if we want a constant motion, by connecting a rubber ube WRONG. THE ERECHTHEION, It i intimated] The Greek Archaeological Con praise for your sermon to-day,” sald the | that the Japanese| has decided’ to restore the Hrecht! minister's wife after church. “Yea,'T noticed national anthem} The greater part of the famous it present} the Acropolis te still ding, ein that when the plate|as —