The evening world. Newspaper, January 12, 1903, Page 10

ey RC ORKENY Beit) “yall CGN | , by the Press Publishing Company, No. 63 to © Row, New York. Entered at the Post-Ofice New York as Second-Class Mal] Matter. BAB. o sc iieseseeeeeeeereeessNO. 18,119. MILLIONAIRES’ CHARITIES. elub-house which John D. Rockefeller, jr., is to ‘for his Sunday-schoo) class will cost $350,000. “nominal dues it will provide all the essential club- features, including a dining-room and living its for the club members. These now number ‘and the membership is constantly increasing. It /Most Iaudable use of the young millionaire's money. But in Philadelphia Mr. Carpegie's former partner, Phipps, is preparing to spend $1,000,000 to much or purpose. It is not that his investment will be times as great as Mr, Rockefeller’s, but that it ‘be devoted to the establishment of an institution the study, treatment and prevention of consump- This institution “will be located in the centre of @ity, among the poor, where it will be easily acces- and the best scientific talent will be obtained | Now it is a very excellent thing to give poor boys a taste of club life, There is something about the associa- | tons of a club that stimulates to higher endeavor and ops the real worth of the one frequenting it and with his fellows better than any other form of contact. A club is one of the best institutions of But what Mr. Phipps purposes to do is to take as as he can of those on whom that awful plague, il named the white scourge, has fastened itself and to ‘to save them by the best remedial means of science, 8 is the most beneficent of charities. @f the 1,030,004 deaths from all causes in the States during the year ending May 31, 1900, $0 were from consumption! ‘Tt is an awful record. In more than a hundred he nd families there was the pitiful sight of a loved @ wasting away, the color fading from the cheeks, | the strength from the votee, the life visibly ebbing. “Wo check this scourge and to rescue the afflicted [from death ts « noble project. Without disparagement sae vee “Mr. Rockefeller’s club-house, we must regard {t as nitely superior use of a well-spent fortune. Mor when all is said. our lives are of more im- to us than our morals. >» THE NEW SOUTH’S NEW WORK. Th is occurring in the South almost unknown to # | here in the North a remarkable educational evolu- - Hon It is in effect a combined and general industrial 2 | social uplifting of the entire mass of the common “People of the South by the simultaneous bettering of common schoolse—by the consolidation of old i districts, the creation of new ones and the im- oT ement and systematization of the instruction given ‘the raising of larger school funds. In the words of , Sadler, an eminent British man of solence, it is a “not of local or merely of national, but of importance.” At the dinner which Mr. Robert C. Ogden gave at ‘Waldorf to the Southern Education Board and the fal Hducation Board, and at the Carnegie Hall Be on the following night, the purpose and progress {movement were explained very lucidly by South- and educators. | it was a eurprising thing to a Northern audience to war the Governor of Virginia say that educational ples now transcend politics in interest and importance a Dominion. equally surprising to hear that when Gov. of North Carolina made his latest canvass, erowds gathered to hear him discuss education ‘to hear his political speeches. @ives one an idea of the sincerity and earnestness ) movement to hear of a school superintendent icing a salary of $2,000 a year for a pittance of fm his chosen field of work. And an {dea of the concern in it is to hear of the old people lying f@, quite in the old Western log cabin way, to con- Means to send the children to school for the full mew South indeed! In the old, as President Al- of Tulane, put it, the centre and focus of the! life was the court-house. In the new it is ‘@ehool-house. And by that token there is the pre- ge of an eventual industrial rivalry with the North ‘the former political. This is the work which | Boards of Education have undertaken and which) ‘@ey are forwarding so energetically and so successfully, A MAN'S ANCESTORS. Hamilton W. Mabie, speaking before the Colonial ps Society on ancestry hunting. paid his respects to} of manufactured pedigree. This individual is of course, a new product of society, Samuel Rogers ‘of @ very fine family tree that had its roots in a mug purchased at an auction and {nseribed with beautiful coat of arms. to Indulge in pride of ancestry, The family wonderfully as we trace {t back. By our parents ‘kin with two families, by our grandparents with . by great-grandparents with eight. Each genera- the number until, a few centuries back, wo find traces of drops of blood derived from Alexau- Caligula or William the Conqueror, The ances- I Mr not royal or princely that extends further back | PMiad & thousand years 1s rare, but where a claim ts set ther fu at least no proof to demolish it, He take as an illustrative example a member of Win- fps colony in the settlement of Dedham in 1636; came in the same ship with him. His son's ight a strain of Plymouth Pilgrim blood into Kis grandson's a strain of Holland Dutch we trom New York, and his great-grandson’s a not ancestry, By the time the blood of “he tuab le ith the blood of king-makers, regicides, oats, highwaymen, possibly with that of an Em- | tithests of man, says the Public Ledger. the present day of grace it may have be-} THE —=EVENING= ig {JOKES OF THE DAV “Riches take wings,” the proverb says. Perhaps thin fact may be ‘The reason why an oagle’s stamped On all our currenoy."* “In old times, in England, when a man was to be hanged, a woman could save his life by marrying him.” “So, even In those days the dropped the letter th,’ did they?" “What's that got to do with it? “Why, you sald e@he could substitute ‘alter’ for ‘halter.’ " inglish “My dear, 14 the young husband, “did you ever epeak to the milkman about there belng no cream bn the roilk?"* “Yes; I told him about ft this morn- ing, and he has explained it satistac- torly, and I think {t 1s quite a credit to him, too." “What did he say?" “He said that he always filled the bottles so full that there was no room on the top for the cream,"’—Kansas City Star, ‘Boston Girl—The subject of "The Ad- visability of Long Engagements’ ts dis- cussed a good deal in Beacon street, Just now. ‘Chicago Matron—Prairie avenue's just been discussing something of that sort: “The Advisabdility of Long Marriages.” “Did your father never advise you to try to rise tn life, my Uttle man?” “Naw. Th’ old geezer says chatn- cltppint 1s a lot better business than Second-story work."” ‘T hear he's got money to burn,” “Well, he's got anthracite, and that. amounts to about the same thing.” A youth who was strong on finesse Used chotce words his thoughts to ex- presse, When of clothing bereft, TiN he'd Just one suit teft, He observed: ‘No, I have no re-drease."" “Would you marry a man whose wife had secured a divorce from him for cruelty?" “I could tell better after I saw the woman."—Chicago Record-Herald. “He lost $60,000 on a promissory note." “How did it happen?’ “It was the note he sent Miss Sore-| ; leaf, promfaing to marry her, The fury gave hor all the damages she asked."’ {SOmMERopies. CHAMBERLAIN, MRS, JOBEFH—will ‘be entertained by the American women of Johannesburg while she and the Colonial Gecretary are in that city. DEVANDRE, MAJOR H. G.—who has Just died at Vienna, was the only American serving in the Austrian army. He was formerly a Yankeo diplomat. BOOTT, W, T.-1s President of Frank- Un College. W. H. McCoy, jJanttor of thet {netitution, was one of Scott's classmates in college. In those days McCoy was honor man of his class, while Scott was far behind him in all studies SIPIAGOIN, M.—ex-Minister of the In- terlor for Ruasia, bantehed, without trial, 61,000 persons. VILAU, PETER—1s the oldest native- born resident of Milwaukee, He cole- brated his elghty-third birthday last | ¢ week. WIECK, MISS MARIE—sister-in-law of the great composer, Schumann, is court pianist at Dresden. She is sey- enty years old. ae WOMEN AND ODD PENNIES, A business woman who prides herself | ® that she combines qualltfes of both sexes sufficiently to observe each im- partially declares that she finds woman in almost all her habits the direct an- “Take thelr use of pennies,” she sald. “In the department stores, where prices are always In odd pennies, a woman seldom hands out the exact price of her purchases, She Ikea to get change, so 1f she ts buying an article for 39 cents she will almost invariably hand the salesgirl half a dollar, though she may have the exact sum in her hand. But the man will fish around tn his pockets and try to find enough small coins to make up the exact price. “Whon they get on a street car, how. » with truly human Inconsistency the man pays his rare with the first coin ho strikes when he puts his hand in thia pocket > Algie—Miss Wose, | don't know > where your maid put my hat, but >| suppose | can get you to help Rose—Why, certainly! ® would give me greater pleasure. DPIPHHHPPI HUGG} BOPD®PDDOODIOOTDMDI-DAIODIADDDDOGIDOIDIDDDAR OOS THESEARE STRENUOUS DAYSFOR COAL CONSUMERS 8B $9494400006100 09000000 Mr. Hardluck’s Hair-Breadth Escape from Securing a Bargain. pa Le tt fs the woman who kceps the conduc- tor watung while she hunts up her pen- P y' nfes and counts out five of them, while| @ "find It—when 1 go Nothing 9S9OLDHIODDT OCS COAL? COAL? WHERE DO} EVER HEAR THAT WoRD? ANO ONLY #6 A TON Too Kind Lady—Then when you promised before | fed you that you'd work you were deceiving me, eh? Hobo Hank—Lady, | wouldn't tetl yer no lle—! wuz. dO OOH On ware rae VU GE INE TEEN OR TWENTY TONS, | WE KNockeo/ Ove Sad 2 THAT FELLER FER FaiR Sz Y ZACH WeLe THOUGHT Sot! NO HARM DONE] ISTHERE? HAD A GOOD TIME ANYWwA | | Thisun—Because of this Insult Jones—Yes, my second shall call upon you to- morrow! Thatte—Well, lemme warn you right, now, | won't tip him! PTDHDHDSODIDEDOOGDGO: usually, Smith—Do you know Short? yy Smith—What sort of a fellow is he? How does he strike you? Jones—He strikes me for $5 % “Then, again, in buyIng a newspaper the man hunts for the little copper coin, but the woman almost ipvariably re- quires the newsboy to make change, probably saving ‘her pennies for the overworked street-oar conductor, —— WORK, Let me but do my work from day wo In fle or forest, at the desk or loom, In roaring market-place, or tran- 11 room; whom of this Dedham couple in question has of thousands. Cities and counties are avenues and public buildings. Some res, others have perforce remained d into all forms of human ac- intance with one’s own gaat ay This work can be best done, in the right way," pill box? ‘Then shall I see 1 not too great, nor small, To suit my spirit and to prove my were; shall I cheerful greet the aboring houra, And cheerful turn when the long shadows fall At eventide, to play and love aad se | for me ray work 1 TAiasiy Van Dove color of the Inside y Now dro) face up. a. Let me but find tt In my heart to aay, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray: nis 18 my wore; my blessing, not ‘There's something good to eat in this my doom; pot and the name of the article is on It, Of all who live, I am the one by §| What 4s ‘2? A MAGIC PILL BOX, Do you know how to make the magic Wi ell, ; round pill box and @ jetty fits into tt. ot the coin with paper of exactly the the bo; . velnt the face that 1s not cov- pM into the box with the “put the co. th this ts the Cover one side Show the careful to WINTER EVENING AMUSEMENT IN THE HOME. A HAIRPIN WATER JILL, Fasten two hairpins together with « ttle wax or by tying at several points with thread go that they look like one broad hairpin with a groove running atong it, Bend the ends of the com- pound hairpin at right angles, but in opposite directions, so thut as the pin Hes on the table one end points up and ‘the other down, Spread the legs of the pin and balance i on the point of a jead pencil stuck on a saucer with wax , groove between the Individual pins makes It easy to balance the apparatus and also affords a channel for a few a of water which you pour gently on the top with @ apoon. The water fol- lows the bent ends and escapes as two horizontal jets in opposite directions, while the Httle mill turns swiftly on its pivot, the motion of each end being op- posite to that of the Jet on that side The motion may be kept up indefinitely by adding @ drop or two of water. whea- ever the mill slows up. oe A FEW CONUNDRUMS, What color is the grass when cov- Pel ered with snow? Iavistble green, “aay [822 At what time of day was Adam porn? A litte bofore Eve, What letier ta beet tor & | wm > 2D 999099999 G909H996. oo oe 4 countries they will represent. may be used: A girl who rep For her turban she may uw A German lady should with her feet on the stove. er, be knees. A Bypey'e tent contrived with a shawl of chairs, A German stu @ turndown collar and @ tree? It is furthest from the bark. Why do black sheep eat less than white ones? Because there ane teas of them. Wiy 49 9 tad ploture tke week ton] 2: 0. #8. for 18 4a poorly drawn. re } lowers earryl ‘Other countt THE TRAVELLER GAME, The traveller leaves the room, The rest of the company decide on the These are some of the representations which nite ‘Turkish lady may recline upon @ sofa. a twist- ed handkerchief, and she may emoke a pipe made from an ordinary stick. Ienitt)) can eta THE FLOWER GAME, ‘There is @ cand for each guest, with the name of @ flower written this way; rose, and ao on, (Roe a A Lapland- warmly wrapped, should be shown driving reindeers, which may be repre- sented by turned over chairs, The Lap should have a rug over his may be easily nd @ couple ent shown singing a Rhine song, wearing @ Knap- riot pay be $| Mitchell to commit suicide. | States. THE MAN HIGHER UP, On Platt Going Back to the Senate, “6 I SEE Tom Platt is going back to the Genate,” ree marked the Olgar-Store Man. i “Yes,” replied The Man Higher Up, “and¢you see the yellow cars running up and down Broadway. There is nothing more unusual in that than there is in Plat going back to the Genate. ‘Who dif you think they, were going to send to Washington? ibe Gruber some other politician who fs always putting sand the bearings of the machine? } “Of course, Platt goes back to the)Senate. Somd People thought he was down and.out, ut he was only) taking the count. As soon as he heard the refered count nine ‘he jumped to his feet and went toa ol! to save his wind. When it comes up for final ronné the Legislature he will be dancing all around the with his guard up and hie Jeft-searching for-the- plexus of the opposition. 1 “Tt isn't the first time the: ol man has taken ety count. He has taken smashes on the political jaw that would have made the elephant) of the G. 0. P. hear > {Sound of chiming bells. But all ho did was lay om floor and breathe hard, wo or thee times he-has soaked hard and lost the decision, but he wwas-out challenge the next day and he continues: to -hold- championship. 4 “May be it would have beensdifferent ifthis opponent had been able to run in a performer sound in wind limb and with a record opposite his mame. But the man had a field of skates against him. When doped it out the best they could figure was a di and: Platt will get his franks on; the telegraph panies in the same old way. “There was a whole lot of brass<band ‘business this opposition to Platt, anyhow, A few cogs of the, chine went wrong up-State, anditwo or three-rural; ticlans tried to take the lever-away from the old and run it to sult themselves. Brackett, the Senator, who was in the scheme, overplayed hi This Brackett is @ wise guy in Saratoga, but when/ comes to spreading himself from Montank Point Niagara Falls he makes anyexceedingly- thin co for the ground. “Brackett is the man who has‘ the.gambling si in Saratoga in the palm of his hand—or he has had to this time. He is the man who froze out every! but Canfield and a few others and caused old Cal¢ ‘When Brackett framed ug his scheme the idea was that nothing should go in Sara toga but high-class, square gambling, but he allowed ¢ joint to run there last summer, a block away from Broadway, that was about the-rawest in the Unit “It is only in highly moral communities Hke toga that they can elect a man like Brackett. The who is directly associated with gambling in this towg shuts himeelf out of all chances for a finger in the litical pie, unless he inserts it on the quiet. If Pra ett’s record hadn't been against him he might hay scared up enough opposition to-'down the old man, “The main parts of the Republican machine are. State. Down here there are only a few pulleys hangers. Platt, Odell, Low and a few others are scheme to move the flywheel of the machine below Harlem River, but they haven't got enough hands» the work. They may Republicanize the police force the Fire Department and other city departments, . bag about the time they begin to. get up steam will tamper with the water; gauge and blow up botler.” “Platt 1s a good Senator,” said the.Cigar-Store ? “He gets jobs for his men,” agreed The Man Hi, Up, “but he is about as much use to the State of Ne York in the Senate as a statue of Roscoe Con! would be.” ‘The governments of the countries bordering on the (Noi Sea (France excepted) are engaged in @ joint exami: of the decline of flehertes. A picked number of fish brass or tin buttons attached to their fing, and thus ia! are put back to the sea. The tlustration shows one these tagged fish, | e ‘The old contention that breakfast is a mistake fias been vived by a professor of what is called physical health ture, eays the London Globe. The world has ecoustomed welf to think that it 1s hungry on rising, and #0 for the jority of Englishmen the first meal is « fine, hearty beeeking] of the longest fast in the twenty-four hours, But we asked to persuade ourselves that we are not hungry; after the rest of the night our bodies are fitted for a spell of work without any stimulus from nouriehment; short, that we can go from last night's dinner to to- luncheon without bite or up. It is @ matter of mind “Morning hunger 4s morbid hunger, and thoses who feel most hunger tn the morning are really in most need of We doubt very much !f medica! scfewos would lotum, and we are very certain that it will not to the laity. One can dogmatize on food leas factorily than on any other subject tn the world, for all long ago agreed Mterally that what 1s one man's another man's poison. Nevertheless, we are disposed BREAKFAST IS A MISTAKE, rule of so many people in England that it needs no ‘To wboligh the breakfast altogether will be found as as to abolish the House of Lords or the custom of hands |