The evening world. Newspaper, December 30, 1902, Page 8

sire Gloria. Sag hed by the Presa Publishing Company, No, 53 to 63 ar Magi sie York. Entered at the Post-Office ‘at New York as Second-Class fai) Muaitter. E 48.. NO, 18,106. BLE STANDARD OF MANNERS. Lorena says that we are a notebly polite city; j echoes his praise faintly. Is it necessary to feel by im accepting their commendation? Tae Yorker after business hours makes it a ‘bo courteous to the fair sex and considerate of ‘When he {s on his way to tho theatre in the ‘with his wife he never permits a lady to stand. wever pushes before her on entering a car nor jostles ‘a8 he Ieaves it. Ho lives up to his opera hat and ‘a Chesterfleldian courtesy wherever he goes. But in journeying to and from his place of ‘business my does he allow women to stand while ho is seated, © does habitually in the elevated trains as a matter course? does he crowd in to get a seat ahead of a as he does without the slightest scruple in jevated trains. | Why does he so often take o seat as it is vacated thout giving the woman passenger a few feet away fie refusal of It? Why is he eo brusque to the invalid ‘er the cripple who momentarily blocks his way? Why, fs the Chesterfield of the tall hat not a Bayard ‘when in a business suit? ‘Apparently we have a double standard of manners— ne of drawing-room deportment for adoption in the ‘evening, the other a rude assertiveness and lack of con- giferation for use in business hours—altogether a Jekyll- “Hipte arrangement. In our Dr. Jekyll moments we may jmocept Lorenz's enconiums as deserved. When our man- ‘not on duty we must feel some sense of shame ted praise. THE LIFE OF A PLAY. ) Obinese Honeymoon” having had its 250th per- formance at tho Casino, is now well along toward the ) front rank of stage successes. As the seating capacity _ of the Casino is 1,500, it is a fair estimate that at least ‘quarter of @ million persons have listened to “Mr. " Dooley” and heard the matd’s aspirations to be a lady. *Morodora,” with its 547 representations, still has the fecord for recent years, though this is beaten by the MAdonis” recor of 1884-1885 with 603 performances, or | Phat of “A Trip to Chinatown” with 656 in 1891-1892. It yould be interesting to know the effect on the fctor’s mind of a long run—the “demned iteration,” as ‘Mr. Mantalini would call it, of speaking the same lines “and singing the samo songs night after night. The | game stage “business,” the same puns, the same forced to provoke a laugh, One might reasonably infer " that after eight months of {t the mere mechanical effort of’ the “Ooley-ooley-oo” of Mr. Seabrooke’s song {6 a ‘weariness to his vocal chords, It may be recalled that at the time of “Erminte’s” long run at the Casino, in the jate eighties, 2 number of the actors entirely Jost the memory of some of their most familiar lines as a Tesult of the long-continued repetition. ' For some years past The World Almanuc has printed } an annual record of dramatic performances In New York, with the date of the play’s first representation, the length of its run, &c. An analysis of the data thero given shows the unquestioned popularity of the musical comedy over other forms of stage entertainment and the near approach to it of the idyllic drama of rural life, These figures merely confirm a general impression, | iit they are important further as showing also how emphatically’ the public preference is for the “clean” ‘Grama as oppose to the tmmoral. In the parallel “golumms below the length of run of the two kinds of 41 times + 67 times 107 times ‘Tenty- ‘When Wo Were ODO veeseeee ‘The Unweloome Mrs, Hateh 68 times ‘The Joy of biving. + 16 times ‘Git and the Joty..127 times | Irie. » 80 times Th these date are not included “Zaza,” which, though ® pornographic hit of one season, has not recently been mcr “The Second Mrs. Tanqueray,” nor “The Hows Mrs. Hbbsmith.”” Public curiosity in them not long-lived. It is not long-lived in any im- ‘moral play. It may tolerate “Camille” through succes- ; in “Camille” author, playwright and ‘Gotress reach a high standard of excellence, But how many go to “Camille” as compared with the thousands ‘who still crowd to see “The Old Homestead?” Here is “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” perennially vital, revived last year Could “Camille” have had Play the stage has ever known had one-tenth of tho “Charley's Aunt” had during its wonder- ‘ful five years’ rum? THE HUMBLE TOMATO. ‘There's nothing either good or bad but thinking makes It Obt grandmothers would not touch tomatoes; they them only as “love apples,” a rather rank garden pduct. Yet last year, according to figures collected he American Grocer, 240,000,000 cans of them were umed in American households. How many were raw with oll and vinegar and how many served @ decorative effect to lunch or dinner tables as Nested red and appetizing on a foundation of green leaves with the yellow of the mayonnaise blend- moniously in the color scheme, is a matter of The figures about the canned consumption ™ ere sufficiently impressive. ‘Bpaniards found the tomato growing along with © in South America and took it to Burope, but ) slow in gaining popular favor, Now one year's of the canning factories, estimated as worth 10 ‘ean, represents more wealth than the Spaniards af thelr new Eldorado, DS hardly a moro interesting romance of in- that of the once despised “love apple” be- rner-stone, so to speak, of hundreds of employment to thousands of men, sup- mulls and distributing annually an im- money through new channels, The joved the old ban from the to- ition of many zi vail {JOKES OF THE DAY! “He won his fortune at poker.” “Grew rich through high-handed methods, eh” “I hear you're expecting @ raise of pay." “I was, but the boss cocked my salary 50 per cent.” "Oh, gave you @ raze of pay instead.’ “What became of your dest girl?” swear I'll never take ‘Topp—Why don't you Nodd—Because every home I vow I'M never Brooklyn Life. another, stick to it? time I stay do it again.— “Are broiled lobsters really so very un- heatthy?"" Asked the man with the curious, ‘weird disposition. tend one, And 60 I can't say,” enid the weary physician. “What's the differance between wages and salary?" “The one is what a man receives and the other Is what his wife telle her fam- ly he recoiyes."* “Yes, the shipwrecked eallors actually had to boll sawdust and eat it.” "And I suppose the poor creature never thought to call {t breakfast food!" Enthusiast—If I had my way I'd give the young men hustle for themselyes, ‘Cynical Young Woman—That would ‘compel every girl to marry beneath her or go without a husband.—Chtoago ‘Tribune. “He stole all my best ideas” “Well, it was only a caso of petit lar- cony. On a dlet.of pickles and gherkine Lived a billows young person named Pheriins, And yinegar, too, ‘Was this favorite brew, Tl St pickled his internal wherkin’s, “T hear Boaqwer made the shortest but Nodd—Every time I go on a vacation | %. EHS SEALE SP. RLY PETTITT LOE DOES, “I becamo her bridegroom's best man,” | So every girl a classical education and tot | ‘ most wildly applauded speech of the evening, What did he say?" “To eald, “Koya, all this ts on me’ " { sOMeBoDIES, | MINTO, COUNTESS OFUwife of the Canadian Governor-General, has start- ed a acheme to mark suitably the graves of Canadian soldiers who fell in the Per war. MILBURN, DR.—the blind Chaplain of the Senate, who has resigned in his eleiticth year, firmly belleves the Til- ‘MoLauren row resulted from the that the Senatortal session that morning was opened without prayer, PHNNYPACKHR, 8. W.—Governor- elect of Pennsylvania, haa one of the most curlous and valuable Ifbraries in tho world, REED, THOMAS B.—used to deny that he welghed more than 20 pounds, al- though apparently much heavier. “No gentleman welghs more than 200 pounds," was an expression of his, England's appointed poct-laureate, has been ernor-General of Aus resigned > $100,000 a he post becau@e It cost him ir beyond his $50,000 salary, eo WHAT COLORS SIGNIFY, White i the emblem of truth, faith, Joy, religious purity and life. In the fudge {t Indicates tntogrity; tn the woman, chastity. Blue, or the sapphire, expresves heaven, truth from a colestinl ortein, fidelity, loyalty and constanoy. Red, the ruby, symbolizes passion, fire and divine love. Green, the emerald, is the color of spring, of hope—particulacly of the hope of victory, fame and of \mmortallty, aa the color of the Jaurel and palm, Violet, the amethyst, emblamatizes love and trath, passion and suffering. Purple t# the color of royalty, Black symbolizes grief, mourning, despair, darknpss, carthlinoss, nega- tion, sin and death. ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE, In @ circus in Paris a lion was given some meat shut up in a box with a ld to St, ami the &pectators watched to eee whether the Hon would open the ld or crack the box. He did the former, much to the gratification of the company, In the London Zoo a large African ele- phant restores to his would-be enter- talners all the biscuits, whole or broken, which strike the bars and fall alike out of his reach and theirs In the space be- tween the barrier and his cage, He pointe ‘his trunk straight at the biscuits and dlows them hard along the floor to the feet of the persons who have thrown thin, He clearly knows what he Is doing, because If tho biscuit does not travel well he gives ita hanter blow. —————— THE SOYND OF THE AXE. The young moose thought this alten sound Meant some new breed of wolf or hound— But the bull who led them under- stood., made for the wilder wood. And North and a ‘The lynx-cat snarled his hate and tear, - Shorted shrill the listening deer— A figah of gray, a flash of red, Showed where lynx and red deer fled, Out from his lalr the black bear flung, Left his mate to carry her young, Headlong fled to a distant den— He knew this round was a sound of men! “I've never yet been called upon to at- _ HIGH PRICES Y FoR EVERYTHING, g — |TRANSIT Trust 4 ‘oop VS Bo [RRR Trae 2S90SS- 209 > HOD © PIDSO9DO90* TENNYSON, HALLAM—eldest son of |‘ tralia, His predecessor te eald to have | ¢ “Do you believe that It Is bet- $ter to be born lucky than rich?” asked the person with the ques- in habit. “1 certainly do,” sadly replied Bthe old millionaire whose wife © had taken him for hie col 999909004 HERES WHERE T HAND ye \ HIM A Cron ~_ <> BRICK! CHARITABLE SEX. He—Miss Thirtyodd must be a Jolly sort of person. She smiles continually. She—Oh, she does that so peo- ple will think the wrinkles be- Kuecked Br Tie CLOCK ‘TRusT, B' Gee} are \ \ SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT. X¢ AA t Sab ' eee NV “Any chance for a paperhanger in this town?” asked a stranger of the landlord in a Wyoming village. “! reckon not, mister,” was thé answer. “The boys don't waste no time on the paper In this neck o' the woods. They hang the editor.” SONOS at? Ge NOTHING IN A NAME. Mr. Stubb—I never heard such > a noise in all my life. Where does it come from, Maria? Mrs, Stubb—The waiter that runs down to the kitchen. Mr. Stubb—H’'m; and yet they< call It a dumb walter. $9900 OOOO DDHDLLOOOHOHHSHOSHOHOO A GOOD CARD TRICK. Get a pack of playing cards, Old Maid cards or visiting cards, take off about a dozen of them and fasten the rest to- gether by gluing around the ends. Then with @ sharp pointed penknife hollow out the centre, On the top of your cart-box thus mado five one card, all the way round, and on the bottom attach another card, out onty give one of the ends, Now, get a chocolate meuse or some- thing similar, and put Into the hollow part of the pack, Take the loose canis and put some on the bottom and some on top of the pack and it will look ike an ordinary pack of cards, ‘Take off some of the loose cards and show to the audience, stating that you have an ordinary pack of cards. Now, take all the loose cards off the bottom and ask some one to hold the pack for you. Mumble a few words, seeming to put a spell on the pack, and lift it quickly from your subjec hands, The bottom card, being only fastened at the Boon but faint, receding tracks Romain to a forest plagued by the axel end, will drop and permit your candy mouse to eacape into the holder's hands. wait for an explanation, but if you are ‘quick no one will wee the lid open, but think that his mouseship came from some myatertous source, > Here aro two tricks with a glans of water. ‘The ret is to swing a glassful of water with a string, “Attach a string to the centre of a square of cardboard by of a knot and geal t hole with wax. Grease tho rim of the glass and m prose the cardboard so closely to it that not a bubble of air remains, The glass 14 1 who may thon be suspended by the string and ewung. bi toateel tion, Gist st powane| TB¢ second trick ia to ralse 8 glass with the palm of the hand. Place your glass of water on the table and put the palm of the hand over ft with the fingers ata right angle, Press down hard, then suddenty stretch out your fingers. This crestes @ Yaouum, and you can then raige the glass, . A MiwD-READING TRICK, In this trick we have two magicians, Your accomplice wil ask anybody In the audience to whisper something in his ear, the name of an animal or something etmilar. You will be in an- other room, #0 cannot posalbly heer what ts sald. Then your eccomplice will call you out and name over a list of articles and animals, asking you which ft was that was named. Yoo will say ‘no’ to everything until the right thing ts named, and will then ey “yes,” The way to manage this trick ts that when your, accomplice gives the name of some animal walking upon ¢our legs you will know that the next thing pamed Stter this ah fe the one that fou can “change, ‘thi by “having the fool or anvihing a to precede the A long tape with @ ring strung on it 1s ‘held by all the players as they stand in a circle with one in the middle. They pass the ring rapidly from hand to hand, and {t is the business of the player in the middle to hunt the ring and to try and selze the hands that hold it, while the other players on thelr part make his task more difficult by pretending to her, wh :s animal mahal | i femoy THE MAN HIGHER OP. ON BROOKLYN “I’ TROUBLES. @©D the Railroad Commissioners are over in Brooklyn hearing wild cries for help from peo- ple twho ide on street cars,” remarked the Cigar-Store Man. “So they tell me,” said the Man Higher Up. “Per- sonally, I have no sympathy for anybolly who lives in Brooklyn; but I suppose that a man who has a bug that he ought to have a home across the ‘bridge is as much to be pitied as the occupants of the batty ward at Bellevue. That the Brooklyn people have framed up ® scheme to tell their troubles to the Railroad Com- mission proves to me that anybody living there has a brain composed of one of the fifty-seven variotles, “They might just as well tell thelr troubles to a committee consisting of the town marshal of 'Wap- Pingers Falls, the County Clerk of Chemung and the dockmaster at White Plains. The Railroad Commission is just ag likely to give Brooklyn people seats on street cars as Hetty Green Ja likely to give away money. The only good it will do will be cashed in by the man with the funny name who runs the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. After the indignant citizens have blown off their indignation the Railroad Commission will go back to Albany, wrap itself In cobwebs and enjoy the prelude to a long snooze, “This Greatsinger 1s @ package of the real goods. Ho has got the system of making nickels spell dollars to a ( point so fine that you could put a monogram on a dia- mond with {t. From what I read of the proceedings, / before the Railroad Commission yesterday they showed that the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company has solved the problem of gotting it all in without paying anything out.” “It costs money to run cars,” expostulated the Cigar- Store Man. “Of course it does, now,” agreed the Man Higher Up, “but it won't when the man with the billboard name gets his system worked out. He has been piking along over there in Brooklyn and people haven't been next to him. Look what he has done! “In five months of this year he carried more than 6,000,000 people on his cars ‘more than he carried in the same five months of 1901, In the same period he cut down the expenses 9285,096—about equal to five cents from each of the passengers figured in the increaso. “There is the basjs of the system. For every addl- tional passenger carried he gets five cents from the pas- senger and he saves five cents for the company. This saving js made by taking off cars. The more passengers he gets the more cars he will take off. After awhil; there won't be any street-car running in Brooklyn all and everybody walking in the streets will have 4 drop nickels in boxes furnished by the Brooklyn Rapij Transit Company, Say, his system has got the Harl Rosslyn’s system of beating the bank looking like newsboy's game of matching pennies. j “As I said before,” continued the Man Higher Uj “I have no sympathy with a man who lives in Brool lyn. “They're a strange aggregation over there. friend of mine was riding down to Fort Hamil on a crowded car after the theatre a few nights He had a lady with him. Right across the aisle we two drunken soldiers {n uniform. They wero usin, language that would make a policeman want to go ti confession for listening to it, and one of them wa: emoking a cigar that smelled like a dinner burning the stove in an Armenian restaurant. “My friend asked the conductor to disinfect the language of the soldiers and extinguish the cigar. The conductor refused. In this ho was backed up by all the rest of the passengers. They were natives, and one pappy guy with a growth on his face that looked like it had been cultivated in a hot-house remarked tnat dt was funny that dudes should come over from New York and try to run things in Brooklyn.” “Do you think they will get any relief?” asked the Cigar-Store Man. “If they do,” replied the Man Higher Up, “they, won't know what it 1s.” NATURE’S BOTCHWORK. Just now, when most of mankind is ready to belleve that perfection has been reached in physical humanity, along comes a Belgian professor to take the conceit out of us and prove that even a gelf-made man has a score of flaws in his make-up. Wo are, to begin with, provided with eight eur- plus teeth. If we had elght less we could chew our beefsteak and gum just as well, and the chances of toothache would be largely reduced, ‘Then there are four fingers where but three are required to count our cash, button our collars or use the buckeaw and axe. It ig the same with the toes. The third ono could have been left off the foot without the slightest detri- ment to man or woman, and the saving in corn cures would have been a pretty penny by this date. Nature made whi to grow on ‘the faces of at least three-fourths of the male population of the wor. The Bel- glan professor defies any one of us to beautify or benefit, while he can name evils rising from them. We have more ribs than n¢eded by two. He proves this by counting the hoops on a barrel. As a rule ail duman noses are made on too large a scale, and the consequence ts that a cold in the head takes hold of @ per- son with extra severity, The ear of a whale, the professor says, is relatively only half the alze of that of a man, while hie bulk ts more tna * hundred times greater. It was suspected that most men had tao much cheek, but now we know that all men have too auch ear. : As the menkey has no use for a forehead, why should it have been given to a man? Had the ex to bis neck every man could have worn without suwing his chin. It is further asserted by the professor that nineteen out of twenty people squint, and that ninety out of every 100 have off-colored eyes. One eye in the centre of the forehead would have answered all demangs and been a decided blue or black, he professor has taken the statues of Venus, Apovio, Heroules and other famous modeis, and with a two- foot rule and a bit of chalk has figured out that each has a score of tmperfections. We are none of us all right—not even the professor himself—and we can't expect to be for at Jenst 500 years to come. By that time Dame Nature wit have served her apprenticeship, and man will be created on solentifo nea and with due reference to art and canyame lence. ANIMAL INSTINCT IN WINTER, ~ With many forms of life the reatliness for winter ts not to gecure @ place to protect them from cold or even from fi , but for security against sudden changes of condl- tion and of temperature, says St, Nicholes. It is a proteq- tion in some casen similar to that of the plants on the iawn that were covered with straw by the gardener when he made them ready for wii In some pi of the kind, for~ Instance, In’ the squirrel'é neat, thore is amdoubtedly reat ‘warmth and coiness. Fish acck the deepest part of 4 if