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

at New York as Seoond-Class Mail Matter. OLUME 43 NO. 15,176, "THE GAS TRUST’S CONCESSIONS. dent, whose January bill of $6.40 1s followed by one $8.40 for February? Here, ds in other instances to which correspondents ‘gall attention, there was a decrease as arbitrary as the 7 of previous months, Many reductions of from to 50 per cent. are reported by consumers who used same number of burners for practically the same h of days. What is the explanation? Is it not that the Gas > Trust in deference to the popular protest against over- | gharge and extortion voiced by The Evening World has ‘Made this concession to the plundered public? ) Granting the reason to be as supposed we have the ) @onsumer treated with the same lack of business con- sideration as in the overcharge. If his bills were right the higher figure they are wrong at the lower. A “Guseling of meter readings is not justice, even when it in the benefit of lower bills. What the com- > pany’s customers want is the same accuracy in accounts ‘that they are accustomed to get in purchases made from ‘other corporations; not an uncertain bill depending on ts size upon the company’s policy of the mome.t qwhether it is to be an over or an undercharge. Very substantial progress toward the relief of the umer will be made by the adoption of the ordinance d by President Fornes, of the Board of Aldermen, ding for the appointment of city inspectors of fe and the establishment of a bureau where cus- “tomers may lodge complaints of overcharges. "This ordinance expressly prohibits the company from jutting off the complainant's gas while his bill ts In ‘process of adjustment. If found not to be in conflict the charter it will do more to secure a just ac- “eounting with the consumer and a recognition of his mights than all previous legislation. And it will be a v fine first fruit of The Evening World's exposure of ‘Trust abuses. SCHMITTBERGER'S CRUSADE, Inspector Schmittberger’s activity in suppressing ‘the “fake” Raines law hotels, which are the city’s worst Moral plague spots, is beyond praise. As he says, and > ap we all know. these irregular rezorts are worse than > he regular disorderly houses because they admit of easy ‘entrance by boys and girls into vicious associations. Za thom the girl who is encountering her first tempta- to a downward career meets the woman who has all but the last step. Regarding the relative “@ebauching possibilities of these and other Illegal laces of resort in the city we might rejoice to have gambling going on openly everywhere and saloons do- 1g @ land-office business on Sunday afternoons if the tive could be the suppression of these infamous bear the name of hotels. ‘The Schmittberger who has begun this cleaning up the redeemed Schmittberger certificated by Dr. Park- “burst and judged worthy of a handshake and a whis- @ word in the ear by the President. The com- nity will be willing to share this confidence in him forget Mr. Jerome's aspersions if he successfully ‘out his most commendable crusade, OUR MORALS. - With the Burdick case as a text a minister of the | Persons in the higher circles is often worse than in the | slums of the city.” ~ Our data about the prevalence of viclousness in ‘the =‘ @igher circles” are largely based on hearsay and incom- “plete; in the Buffalo tragedy, if we are to jndge by the Jodging-house element represented, scctety was not con- cerned. But it isn’t true that we are going the way of the Womans into degnneracy. It isn't true that we are Worse as a nation now than in the early days of the > Republic. The city of New York to-day is distinctly a moral community than it was a century ago, are more of us now and crimes are more numer- as drinking and gambling are more general, But ni dually considered we are an improvement morally our ancestors. R What 1» true about ministerial reproof of this sort J that it indulges too frequently in broad and sweeping mations from isolated particular instances, the pulpit point of view we were just as godless )> am colonial days, when Cotton Mather was preaching, bs but two centuries later we find the dread denouement our degeneracy as far remote as then. An occasional ly Sheep of the Burdick kind does not corrupt the flock, nor sicken all the rest, THE HOTEL CHAPLAIN. The Rev. Dr. Warren's work in his new field as 0 chaplain” will be watched with interest, From the hotels on Sundays the congregations of churches have been recruited in part. Was there #® guest of the Astor in its old days who did not the bridge to hear Beecher? ‘The lesser Jum{naries days attract a contingent from the hotels. But has never before been a clergyman who has inade duty to minister especially to this great floating in which there are marriages and deaths al- and births not infrequently. le representative from each of the elty’s 2,500 Would give Mr. Warren a congregation onviabie clergymen for its size, The employees \ alone would require a seating capacity | the guests would flod another cuthedral neces- for their accommodation. A Sunday morning ‘ hotel guests would show enough transient ) pe @ clty of the third rank. Hitherto d only printed notices to call their atton- in An official chaplain among them “February, with its twenty-eight days, might be ex- d to bring a smaller gas bill than January. But & normal decrease of 10 per cent. is looked for it is to be said of a reduction of nearly 50 per cent., > as in the case of “W. 1D. R.,’ an Evening World corres-| ‘ ON THE. ry Ait oo DOS Gx HE above picture hardly does the 8. P. C. H, badges justice. They are handsomely embossed in four colors, ‘Those desiring badges must Inclose a two-cent stamp. Address Prof. Josh M A, Long, the Old Jokes’ Home. © not send me any money. The Old Jokes’ Home is amply endowed. T am in this business for my health and your happiness, Our Institution guarantees to cure tn- Krowing humor, old and chronic jokes, aenemic wit, feedle fun and mirth marasmus, T have ten thousand testimonials on Sond the blue ai knite ile on interest in churchgoing not hitherto are Ukely to find bis servis ‘ pire the biaton of the Mle, demonstrating the eMcacy of my metaod. son of the year old St. Pat- jokes make their appearance, OMcers of the 8. P. C, H. are requested to be vigilant. Be sure you have your badge hefore attempting to take any Into custody. Meanwhile our friends are advined that due credit will be given them in turn. If you do not see your old joke printed here, remember it 1s safo in the Old Jokes’ Home waiting its turn. Send them in, we shall shelter and Isolate them all. 4 Send for a badge before the supply gives ont. Old and One-Eyed. Prof. Jogh M.A, Long I have this one chained in the cellar bulance: Cohn (playing cards with three of his {rlends; one had only one oye)—Gentle- men, there 1s some one cheating in the fame. I will not mention his name, but Mf he does it again I will knock out his other eye. A.M. SAMUEL, No. 412 West Morty-sixth street, Just from Jersey, Prof. Josh M. A, Long Here are a few olf jokes: Why 4 a pig's ‘tail like a carving Because it is flourished over « ham. Why {6 a vine ike a soldier? Heomuse it is Hated and trained, has ten drills and shoots, Woy 4 a coach? Its best articles are put inside and it can't get along without dts leader, Wihat two sclences are employed by teamsters in driving thelr oxen? Hawtioulture and gevology What flower most resomblos a bull's mouth? A cowsllp. J, 8. CONN Madison avenue, Elizabeth, N. J. Au Old Family Retainer. Prof. Josh M. A. Long; Inclosed please find a m joke which ought to have been retired on a pension quite some time ago, “Who was that lady I saw you walk- Ing with?” “That was no Indy. That was my MORRIS SWETT, No, 712 Broadway. From Avenue A. Prof. Jus, M.A, Lang What in the best way to get fat? Go to ehe butcher and buy some CHARLES HARM, 1679 Avenue A wife," Prot. Josh M. A. Long: I saw a broken-down wagon the other day and a deaf and dumb man picked up @ hub and spoke, Getilng Restive. Prof. Josh M. A. Long 1 send you a couple of old jokes which I had stored away for eome time, They ane getting restiess of late, and 1 have made up my mind that the Old Jokes’ Home is the best place for them, 80 here they are for you: Did you see the express coming tn through the rain?’ “Yes; the bell was ringing wet.” P ts oy ian, Baie rey? whe spins Retest Jee 9, Seasursion nsec! are ENING=& DODBDED 89OO890-44-H000909O9O0.9OOOO MORE HOLDS FORTH--WITH THE USUAL RE AN HONEST Man 1S THE NOBLEST F GOD, REMEM- BER THAT, GENTLEMEN ALWAYS PAY AS ‘YOU =E POLDADOD®IIADDDDSEODOIOHOOIGHD. PDPLOLOLOR DED ODN NOAA LOO BOWE DIG ‘MR. CHESTY ONCE HISCUSSING HONESTY, ARE You, GENTLEMEN? ALLOW ME To SAY A WORD BHRBDO HEMI $OODD9OOS-50H ©EHOSHSOHLSIOOO, SULTS. HEY! IM LooKine FOR You! How ABOUT THAT $25 6 “LOOK THE WHOLE WORLD IN THE FACE AND OWE, NOT ANY MAN, SUBJECT WHAT IS A GENTLEMAN GENERAL VIEW. He Is Not the Mere Product of Rank OF THE “HOME”? or Wealth. By Dean Farrar. HB wor! gentleman has two wholly distinct exeantngm In the sense, in accorfance with éts derivation ¢rom the Latin gentilis, it means a man who has some die nity of birth, one who belongs to # “gens” or olan. mn this meaning a gentleman is @ person of ramk between the mo- ‘bility and the commonalty; as when we say of @ person, “He was born a gentleman.” Every nobleman, ef course, ranks as @ gentleman, but all gentlemen ere not of noble The other meaning of the word gentleman is far more complex and difficult ‘to define. In common parlance e gea- QUMMY SONS-IN-LAW UA-BAG EH APART HENT. Re AFFORD THEM man?’ and the line of Dryden—''His ¢ribe were God Al- mighty's gentlemen.” Blustering self-assertion and insolent pride of rank at taTk 1s almost exclusively oocupfed with ‘himself and his own doings, he shows at once that, in the true sense of the word, he is not e gentleman If, again, he shows no cop- alderation for the feelings of others; if he ignores their aus- ceptibilities; 1f his conversation has no delicacy or reserve tm it, he will at once be recognized by all present es lacking {n the qualities of a gentleman. “A gentleman's first characteristic ts fineness of nature,” says Mr. Ruskin. Hence Steele says: “Men of courage, men of eense and men of letters exe frequent; but a true gentleman fs what one seldom sees.” A delicate sympathy, a refined deaize to give no necilems pain by heedless remarks, a fine regard for the feelings of others, a bearing full of courtesy which has not tm ét the least touch of condescension—all these are marks of @ true mwa wd « eS It must not for a moment be supposed, however, that ¢he detioate considerateness of a gentleman will ever prevent him from the strongest denunciations of every form of fla- grant iniquity. To be a gentleman does not mean to be timid, or to ailow the prevalence of glaring evils to go unrebuked. Care for the feslings of others in all ordinary mattens does nat tmply the timidity and nonchalance of those who ere content ¢e see iniquity abounding on every side of them, and yet who do not care to raise a votce for dts exposure and suppremston, ‘The sacred scriptures give us not a few pictures of* those high virtues which mark the true gentleman. In every Mne of the Ppistles of St. Paul—tn the delicacy. and sensitivencss of his feelings; in this exculsite suscepti- bility which he shows toward the views and wishes of others » we see how near #¢ the character of @ perfect gentienam to that of @ perfect Christian, nay more, we may even: » venture to quote the lines of the English dramatist, and ¢o y 8a 4° ese@eectecane « THE ONLY WAY T° 8U80UE HER hewepaper Ike a stage! % but died before he could complete it. Here are some useful suggestions for any phil- nthropist whe may care to take up the grand work where the Russian left off, “The firet of men r wore earth about him was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, trangul) eptrit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed.” ome of the 1 Best Jokes of the Day.| HIS PRIVATE OPINION, Don't you think there should be a tax on old bachelors? Mr. Wederiy—Sure. The Cosmetics of Our Grandmothers, One great reason why the women of fifty or sixty years ago had smoother sins and fairer complexions than the women of to-day is because they used fewer cosmetics and face bleaches. And what they did use was free frog Berous chemicals of the nostrum beautifiers, to which thom sands of women daliy flock in the vain hope of securing « lovely complexion. ‘The women of the past were not afraid of the use of animal ols amd fats on thelr faces, says the HOW TO MAKE A PAIR OF SCALES. HOUGH a pair of sciles is a very y “ee gah 5 sudewaeepehesa ¢ ing around {ts centre. The eage of the Un should be a half inch beyond the nd of the pointer, while the other end of the tin is just long enough to be fastened to the plece (C), ‘The, bottom edie of the dial iw bent at right angles and nailed to the baseboam as shown in the small left-hand sketch, ‘Tne scale pan (A) Is @ plece of tin four Inches square with the two oppo- site odges turned up for an eighth of an inch the whole length of the side as This to the (8) with @ emall flat-headed wood screw, And now for the epring. If the scales are to play store then by. driving ‘= ama) ‘tack bottom eanitre oe. the pl ot the The aticks (C and tn nen thus connected so aa to always The plece (©) is now| fy fastened to @ baseboard as shown, thie board being about seven inches long| te! and four inches square. This piece (C) 'g fastened croswways about one inch from the end of the board by driving smell nails up trough the baseboard] [mM Into its end or by veing emall screws. It should be set solidly on the boam, A din) @) le now cut of Miss Elderieigh Td gladly pay for nt of the first cost, tor are expensive, sa Minneapolis Times, to make scales. es proceed as followss First out the pieces € and B of quar ter-inch wood three inches long aud an 1a half wide, ces of Un, or better, sheet Iron, er of an inch wid an inch long, #ay And rounded at eaoh end, as These pleoces may be cut with an old pair of shears or with an the edkes beng afterward HIS ANCESTOR. “Didn't Unink 1 could speak, did you, said Rrage exultantly, ‘tempt at post-prandial oratory. “Well, 1 confess I can't imagine any- t thing © marvellous that has happened | | Toronto Mali and Exnpire, One old-time famous beauty, who at the age of eighty hed the complexion of @ blush tose, never used anything but / fresh lard on her face, She used to bathe her face, eames and neck in hot water and elderflower soap every night before going to bed, and then with the tips of her fingers rub fresh . ” lard thoroughly over the surface and into the pores of few To make the ses Next cut out stick (the upper end), ‘ins, Including the one with the pointer, re fastened to the stick (C) one inch from Its lower end as shown. The two sticks with thelr ting are now fastened together by nailing the remaining ends of the Uns to the ex stioks, the tins brads (T) as before, The other two “Nothing Mike tt in @ century, eh?” “Oh, longer than that. Not since Ba- ‘Two young and beautiful girls who had lovely complexiona, fair as lilies, always washed thelr faces in hot mi: Another, wien she was past elghty years of age, and whe” © ness had a remarkebly beautiful complexion, vold me she Ker fmr win clear and smooth by bathing In hot rain water and by the ac =~ sipnle pomae tum made of fresh lard and rore water. The universal face and hand bleach with the wives Gaugiters of the farmers throughout ‘the country forty It removed ail tan and freckles “A LITTLE SUTHIN',” The Paris Figaro is advocating the ‘This means ab- stention from fuids of all kinds for a This, however, will not | 9 sales of the old reliable cough | When these e with @ litle lemon added.—Pittsburg Dispaton. ANSWERED AT LAS’ “What le home without a mother?’ “An inoubator, 1 guess."’ me ende of the to the 4ay of her last sic harpened handle ed Punch two holes in each piece holes being one inch apart. pleces are done a fourth ly similar and with move parallel. a dew! with jal to correspon: ure one is made ex: the holes the # with @ pointer P projecting out from one end, a8 shown, This pointer should be woout six inehes long. We are now Jornell Wid-| ready to fasten the uns N to the atichs WHY THEY COME, nit fw aad that ie h as potalo or ap sausage, migh' ago was sour mili. the skin soft and rosy, One important factor in the tollet of our mothers lard | grandmothers was rain water, No wouran would wash face in hard water or water with @ taint of lime in it, TARE are, | mao