The evening world. Newspaper, February 14, 1903, Page 8

by the Press Publishing Company, No. 63 to 8 Row, New York. Entered at the Port-Omce at New York as Second-Class Mail Matter. E 43, NiutiyENO 18;10 a CHILD SLAVERY. Investigation of the Child Labor Committee has ) Many pitiful instances of little ones who ought 6 know the name of work toiling from early in the till Jong past the hour when a man's workday y found a lad of thirteen sewing buttons on cards .80 in the morning till 7 at night, working six days ‘week, with only half an hour of intermission at h ® flax mill they found a girl of twelve, an orphan, mg @ full day along with the older employees; and A.M. to 6 P.M. ‘were New York cases, al] bad enough; but in nia, it appears, there are 17,000 girls between 19 Gges of thirteen and sixteen working in manufactur- i establishments. Of this number about 4,000 work all it the textile mills! By the testimony of the group ik-mill children before the Coal Strike Commission leveloped that these childish workers spent the long of the night from half-past 6 till half-past 6 in the at toll that not only robs ‘them of their child- but stunts and enfeebles them and makes them old they have entered upon their girlhood. possible to conceive of a more deplorable slavery is child servitude? trifling wages of a little worker, in some cases cents a day, are earned at the expense of parental lation. And also, it woul seem, at the expense of -respect of the commonwealth permitting this ly 4 rac si aT Th ‘movement begun by the Child Labor Bureau is ied to put an end to this slavery by changes in the regulating the employment of children. It is mt deserving the full sympathy and support of OVERPLAY AND OVERWORK. On Sof the best pieces of news for many a long day ton Lincoln's birthday from 120,000 to 135,000 per- 4 nded the theatres of New York. Puritans may at the idea of this graceless mob of pleasure “enjoying themselves instead of chastising them- @ for their unutterable sinfulncss. ful” men may frown at the thought of work- their leisure in forgetting the work of yes- instead of in planning the work of to-morrow. and foresighted men will rejoice that their fel- ns have found the just mean between overwork ry. dn this country there are three broad classes: the vyho spend their whole time in play; the men who their whole time in work, and the men who judi- lly combine the two, working while they work with- of play; playing while they play without of work! three classes produce three results. The first @ miserable fallure, who either loses the name bequeathed to him or else never makes ‘The second produces a miserable success, who | @ great name or a vast fortune and thereby loses ith with which to enjoy them, A member of the tnakes name enough to be respected by his and fortune enough to be ample for his family, health enough to thoroughly enjoy them both. iF people were made up of those who only play it ld soon become extinct. If it were made up of those ; work it would prosper hugely for a short while ‘become one vast national lunatic asylum. If of those who find the happy medium between af 2 play its growth will be slower but it will ulti- tely have fame and wealth and health undreamed of THE DOG SHOW. Dog Show, long ago an event of the year at the Square Garden, has grown to be an institution. ¥@ existence of this annual exhibition of the West- other factory a girl of thirteen trimming gowns] ‘ of “Strange.” scribe on his tombstone simply: farsa SRR HS OT THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1903. e 2 1, That's a good doggie! Bring 99982904-5-9-9000G0OO4O0.OH69H > THE OLD JOKES’ HOME. ] who crossed the road and Evo being made for Adams Express Company. Both these good old jokes are in the institution. They have been there since the institution was instituted. They were sitting on camp stools clamoring for admission all during the ceremonies attendant upon the laying of the corner-stone. They were given shelter’ before the mortar dried. have these two old restentors safe and sound, for by every mail we are re- quested to get them tn and hold them Ught, We must again ask our friends to be| ¢ brief in thelr commitment papers. Don't try to be funny. This is a seri- ous matter, ‘The © offer still holds, or, rather, we still hold the $5, the reward for the mem- ber of the Bociety for the Prevention of ‘Cruelty to Humor who sends us in the oldest joke. One of the patrons of the Home writes| « us that we should send him the prize because he fs a cripple, But this we deem to be a lame excuse. (Remember, we offer % just for a joke. Old Fellows with Diagrams. ‘We have receive the following batch of antiquated quips from one Albert ‘Acker, No, 1788 Gecond avenue. We do not know {f the number given ts his address or the date of the first launch- ing of these jokes. With each Mr. Acker kindly sends a diagram. Please take according to directions: Prof, Josh M, A. Long: \As no one has won the % I thinl: these stand a chance: § Did you ever eee a hat box? (hat-box). horse fly? (horse- Did you ever see fly). ‘Did you ever see a moon shine a (moonshiner) whiskey bottle? Did you ever gee a shoe fly? (shoo-fly). Did you ever eee a brown stone stoop? (brown-stone stoop). ALBERT ACKER, No, 1788 Second avenue. Some Dend Ones, Prof. Josh M. A. Long: ‘There was once a lawyer by the name last request was that they should in- le the remains of an honest lawyer When asked his reason why they $00494900O69O4O0000-09OO4.OO000% THE VENGEANCE TH T fs nip and tuck between the hen | ‘ we |< wish to emphasize the fact that we “ Just before he died his| “Here | ¢ asi Kennel Club was first justified by the incentive ment it gave to the improvement of canine , Bvery year that passes sees a larger representa- should not put his name on It, he replied that as soon as anybody read the in- scription they will say at once, "Why, he kennels with more numerous entries. The show- of 1,600 dogs is noteworthy both for num- Gand quality. It is noteworthy as well for its indica- of the larger property interests in dog breeding for h of which the credit must be given to the work of minster Association, y has granted a recognition to the Dog Show cordial as that accorded to the Horse Show. ys the development of women as dog fanciers and ion through the Ladies’ Kennel Associa- large part responsible for this. The success of it shows has been even more gratifying than the men’s, Where the Westminster Kennel Club ju of @ century of exhibition has 1,600 en- Ladies’ Kennel Association at {ts second annual lon last year had nearly 1,200 entries with prizes $10,000. have taken a very direct personal interest r kennels, following the example of Mrs, J. L. President of the Association, and Mrs. Clar- say. At its present rate of progress in popular- ts increase of membership how soon will the the Ladies’ Kennel Club become the main event bof the men a side show? ae | THE GET-RICH-QUICK FOLLY. 4s from St, Louis that we have a story of col- Ret-rich-quick concerns and a list of dupes ng Mor thelr money and venting their indignation ible promoter who promised wealth to all fendy cash, “may be changed ‘but never human guilibil- } same old game with the same class of worked by Miller in New York Investment Company, the International pany or the Syndicate Investment Com- e city, thet ure, “Syndicate” and “‘invest- ‘Mauch to the fool ready to part with p of having it made ten and cer- wt 4 stability because of its high-sound- mes to him when he reads that one 60,000 depositors to pay has not 2 pay them! it these failures is that the i with a St, Louls Grand ney whose work is favor~ Ay wd fo 6 on » gatas t Atto The Tombstone tha that’s Strange.” d Just Died Prof, Joab M. A. Long: ‘Three men were discussing what to put on a friend's tombstone that had just died. One said, ‘In loving mem- ory; the second sald, ‘Gone, forgotten; the thint one sald, will not do at all. ‘This ts on me.’ * but not “They We will just put JACK, Mr, Duffy's Dog Story. Prot. Jooh M. A. Long “Why fs a young dog in a refrigerator Uke @ vertical Ine?" “Besause it is’ purp-in-de-cooler.”’ (Perpendioular,) F. A. DUFFY, No, 116 Nassau stroet Mr, Gumberg's Candidates, Prof, Josh M, A. Long ‘What 1s the best way to get f "Go to a butcher store and buy “IT thought I Just heard a ni “Why that was, my bicycle spoke.” “What time is 4t when a clock strikes thirteen?" “Time to get it fixed," LOULS GUMBERG it From the Kirebaum Collection, Prof. Josh, M. A. Long How aibout these old-timers? When did Moses sleep five in a bed? When he slept with his forefathers (four.) What Is the longest word In the Eng be ause there is a mile be- the first and last letters at iy the difference between a ner and a burglar A teacher says “hands down,” and a burglar says “hands up’ PRANK KIRSBAUM Friends of Our Grand Char Thanks are duo the following friends and supporters of the Old Jokes’ Home for their efforts in the Outdoor Reker Department, All the poor old jokes they have called our attention to have been it here. 2. Hey! THE Bring it here, I sald. SAM AND SOME OF HIS NEPHEWS. COMMISSIONER GREENE 8. Here, you pesky curt! iy 1 1 NN oN S UNCLE SAM, WHO IS COMMITTING “RACIAL. SvVICIDE™ U ¥ ©9O99O9OOO5OO0G5050909995H15OOO59OF €00009600006 ‘A NEAT BOOMERANG SPECIALTY. AUR. Gom fee “FOR CAPT, O'REILLY,— Giva it to me. 4. > 7 ( si oat AN HONEST WARDMAN, anna won There, take that! ‘ THE “FLATIRON” WINDS, we tH Sone Siray Bits of Philosophy vt tt Whisked from Upper Broadwaye UOTH the big policeman who chases the rubber~ Q necks away from Twenty-third street and Broad- way: “I see the folks up at Watertown, N. Y., are havin’ a sorter country fair, at which the handsomest females in the section are goin’ to raffle off kisses at a dollar @ ticket to any and every fellow who has hard-earned graft to throw away. “Well?” said White Wings. “Well—nothin’. Excep’ that if I had more dough and philanthropy attached to my name; I should form a society for the Prevention of Promiscuous Osculation. Here we have the female population of Watertown, N, Y., selling tickets at a dollar each, entitling the holder to one kiss for every ticket. The names o’ the young females who are in this deal will be kept secret until the minute their numbers are called. “I was once young myself, and at one time I got mixed up in an affair of this kind. The girls sold tickets at two dollars each. (The price will get cheaper as the game grows popular.) Thjs was in my native town upstate. There was a girl up there that I was dead stuck on; in fact I had an idea that I would hitch up with her one of these days. I got wise to the fact that this girl was one of the mysterious bunch included in the raffle scheme. I made up my mind that if any one was to kiss that girl in public it was to be yours truly. I also got wise to it that Maggie’s—I mean her ticket number, was No, 183. I bought No, 133. “When the night came I didn't know whether I was pleased or riled at the prospect of kissin’ Maggle in public, for they all knew I was soft on that section. At last No. 133 was called. I walked onto the stage expectin’ to see. Maggie—well, we'll call her Maggie. “It wasn't her at all, but an old frost~bitten, mane forsaken, fossilized antiquity with a face that would” have contorted a skyscraper. “When Maggle did make an appearance it was for the holder of ticket No. 249. He was a young feller I'd often felt jealous over. Maggie and ‘he had fixed it up. He kissed her five times before seven hundred people, who hollered and cheered like a lot of savages. “I was more disappointed than mad—sore because a gir} that I was fond of ehould do a thing like that. Her old man, too, was wild with anger, and she left home in a huff, I didn’t see her again until a few days ago gust of wind whirled her ‘round the big building. She looked like Broadway after dark all over. I knew. She knew, too, that I knew. Not a word was exchanged. q a, 8 . r. She never cared for that fellow, and she only kissed him to tease me. The kissing bee gave her the opportunits, Such things should be put down.” fi if BOIS GHEOHGH99G-999909H909H-9-09H0-4-5-909O5900 A Reconstructed Valentine BY Kennett Harris. It Bridged the Years that Had Parted Two Lovers. (Copyright, 1903, by Dally Story Publishing Co.) HEY had been piloted to the cozy i corner by thelr hostess and left there. It was not a very well lighted nook, but the woman could neo a little amused sintle on the man's face, And she tapped her foot on the floor, tmpattently, “1 ought to know whnt that means," said the man, ‘That was a danger sig- nal long ago, and you are not changed much, that T oan gee. Do you want ime to find Esther for you?" “I'm really very glad to see you,” she answered, with evident sincerity, ‘1 have often thought of you, and I don't think you have a friend to whom your success has been a greater than it has to me." pleasure ‘So you have often thought of mi sald, reflectively, after an awkward K at this couple,’ she said, rather iy. “I think they want this cor- poor things!’* “They can't have aaid the man. the disconsolate pair those young idiots that they are in love—valen- provided for: c. V, Murphy, Atth street; " Tei) U. AsV. (Nit); No, 214 West Twenty Loulse,” Bensonhuret; M. Weiss, No, 123 Pitt street; M, B, Kane, Willis, Mich,; Edward Blake; F. Hyatt, No. 217 Third avenue; Theo, Spenge- mann, jr; BR, Canfleld, No. 102 West Beventy-ninth treet; Chester D. Cush- Teurunih gieets evoard Duwoon, 3. tines. arently,” she agreed. '"Dhey think that they have found happiness. Yes, valentines, Hearts and darts and doves and loves and—tiddiesticks,”’ "Madness and moonshine,” the man “BUI, If they think chey have found happiness, they have found . 1 suppose, condition, isn't it?’ “It tgn't a condition, it's @ theory,” whe repli ‘That bas been explained,” he eaid, with * bal-algh. ‘I am worry if it has been yours. It ie eeitied then that love monsenaey and happiness t9'-—me ppiness is @ mental d| To the Kditor of The Brening World “Something we are all hoping for and never quite getting. Here's another happy pair, I qvonder why Esther en- courages this sort of thing! red and violets bluo.’ 00's ownest own?’ "* “It ts awfully foollsh, ten’t it?” ‘Roses are ‘Does oo love “It ie strange to reflect that at one time you and I were like these absurd creatures, said the man. "Do you know I can recollect quite perfectly my first valentine to you—a gorgeous thing in lace papers, with a substratum of pink tkssue and with hearts on the “It scems so to Us—at our time of|/ corners and a fat pink Cupid in the Ute." their looks, ‘They laughed together again, and as| their eyes met there was kindness in centre? ‘Then the verses''— “I remetnber {t,'’ she sald softly, “And with what fears and trembling I approached your street door, and how Letters, Queries, Knswers| Apply to Superintendent of Inter= borough Company, To the EM\tor of The Evening World Where does one go to get @ job as conductor on the Subway? WwW. Cc. CURTIS. Monday. On what day did the 18th of February. 1889, fail? JULIUS IGEL. On Nov, 25, To the Editor of The Hventng World Upon what date did Thanksgiving Day fall in the year 1886? CHARLES R. SCLEDER. He Is Li To the Editor of The Evening W he uving? FW. E, Sunday. To the Editor of The Evening World: On what day will March 4, B. B. Maybe They Pity Bim, Is Sandow, the strong man, dead or is admiration, Perhaps if he should con- sult some one else about his good looks besides the looking-glass he might fwd out that these ladies who look at his face are simply wondering how much It hurts him to carry {t around with him. Taink it over. DISGUSTED, New System of Collecting Fares, ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: I would suggest, in lieu of the pres- ent system of collecting fares on surlace lines, that each car have two conduc- on the rear and one on the them collect senger alights. This would obviate the necessity of the conduotor forcing his way through the crowded cars to the great damage of the women passengers’ wearing apparel. EB, R. LOUIs. Cooper Institute, To the Editor of The Evening World: Will you kindly let kvow through the columns of The ning World whore the Cooper I scudded off after I had knocked until I could thide behind a sheltering post and watch! Then Mttle Mollie came out, with her brown hafr tumbling over her shoulders. Dainty Uttle Mollie! Do you remember the afternoon of that said the woman, faintly. “It was all nonsense and Idiocy, then and thereafter, wasn't It?" “Ot course ft was." ehe anewered. with an effort at lightness. ‘We were willy young people, and now we are sen- sible, middle-aged people,"’ ‘There was another time I @ent @ valentine—some years after that," he pursued. ‘It was a more modern effatr without the Cupids, but with some maudlin verse of'—— “Don't call it thet,” she broke tn, sharply, “you haven't any tight to—I ‘beg your pardon; only I didn’t think tt was maudlin then.” “That was because we were @illy young people, and not sensible and middle-aged. Don't go yet, pli After twelve years' absence you migh let me talk to you for five minutes." This thme there were tears on her lashes as she turned and looked at him, “I only wanted to speak of one other Valentine day, when I brought @ little gift, which I notice ts eUll—let me see your hand, Mollie, Yee, it's etijl there. Why did you wear the little ring to- night, Mollie?" "Tr have alwaye qvorn dt, Hulbert," #he said, brokenly, ‘Do, please, let me g0 to Kether, I did not know you were coming, indeed. If I had guessed it 1 Institute Is and If it and if it ie v “What would you suggest?” “Let some philanthropist form @ kissin’ trast. Let hiss buy up all the tickets and burn ’em. ANENT FEBRUARY 14 Wheg my short summers numbered nine, My’ heart still aching then because I'd learned there was no ante Claus, 1 turned then to that Saint benign, Love'a patron, good Baint Valentine, ‘And on the Fourteenth of February I bought a valentine for Mary, on. mith was her other neme, it had Some verses written ‘To Mty Love,” Borne by @ pretty snow-white dove, ‘With gilt and lace, Such wes the Gad In valentines, when I, ¢ ted, Bought one and thought to send i with A three-cent stamp to Mary Sustth, I picked her out ¢rom ell the crowd, When first we met; "twas at « party, » ehe sniffed and called me “Bamrty!’ ‘Turned up her nose, in ¢act, was prowa, Nor in the kiss games once allowed My near approach. In fact, di spam All kisses when {t came my ¢urn, ' Her father kept « Sener steve I longed to bes man, With jacket knit of cardigan, For this he in all seasons wore, And weighed three trundred pounds ev enere. Her brother {n his teens was callow, Unto th ‘The “comic” for the teacher ceant Unto the lass I wighed for went. Both knew from whom their mistives eaama, ‘The teacher emiled; but just the eame ‘That brather big caught me and whopped Me good and herd, straightaway forthwitt, Witle crue! and sooffing Mary Snjlth Stood by, nor stayed nor stopped Her brother till hie tired arm dropped, He ate beefsteak three times a day, 3 z