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

ae by the Press Publishing Company, No. 8% to © Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-oMmce at New York as Second-Class Mati Matter. OLUME 43.. NEEDED GAS LEGISLATION. As the Finance Committee of the Board of Aldermen; Anclined to grant Commissioner Monroe's request for ropriation which the Board of Estimate and Ap- ament refused him, and as a contingent fund of $1,000,000 exists to meet emergency expenses of ture, there is no reason why the Commissioner's Je photometric stations on wagons” should ‘not edlly be at work testing the quality of the gas in ous quarters, as demanded. ‘¢s) "Tho Commissioner, since he was aroused by the com- Blatnts of overcharge printed in The Evening World, @hown an energy and celerity of action as com- Mendadle as it is in direct contrast to the dilatory course ‘of the Stato Inspector of Gas Meters, Jastrow Alexander. _ With Mr. Alexander delay and postponement are the ~ # gormal order of the day's work. But granting that Commissioner Monroe immediately sovers, in the “three consecutive Inspections” called by the charter, that the gas {s not up to the “reason- 2 and proper standard of purity,” what then? Simply @ fine of $100 ‘‘to bo paid by the company to the city"— ae i pén ty most ridiculously inadequate and one justi- ze sseeNO. 18,178 the company, as far as any consideration of profit ‘and loss goes, in repeated and continuous violations ct e law. It would be remunerative at the price. ‘Beyond this, as The Evening World has previously Sinted out in almost the very words used by the Com- I loner in yesterday‘s interview, he Is “powerless to @o anything.” If the gas companies had had this para- “Graph in the charter submitted to them for indorsement Pefore its adoption they could hardly have asked for “gielation more lenient and favorable to their interest. i 4 ithout wishing to embarrass the Corporation Coun- " @el in his expressed intention of preparing an amend- "Ment to the charter granting the Gas Commlasioner ater powers The Evening World desires to suggest the poration in the amendment of these provisions: |, 4. The insertion of a clause providing for the estab- Mishment of a Bureau of Complaints. #2. A clause requiring the company's inspector to — #24eave with the consumer an itemized reading of the Meter as a voucher for purposes of comparison, 3. The elimination of the phrase ‘three consecutive "pa Inspections” and the substitution therefor of the words _ “after inspection.” | 6 © 4, The elimination of the phrase “not oftener than - once a week” and the substitution of the words “at ‘the Commissioner’s option.” 5. Provision for a cumulative penalty to replace the ‘ine of $100—as, the present fine for a first offense, for the second, $10,000 for the third, >. Only by granting him additional powors such 2s these ~@here suggested can the Commissioner be enabled to pro- @eec against an offending company with any show of oe ypauthority. In the state of his present helplessness his th gealous activity is rendered impotent to accomplish definite good. JEROME'S GAMBLING RAIDS. ‘Once more the axe is brought into requisition and a ‘GeBambling-house door is battered in. And following the gg Smashing process a search of the premises and the dis- ry of abundant gambling paraphernal! but no _ gamblers. It is the old story with a new chapter added, And probably with more to follow, for did not Mr. Jerome assure us on a memorable occasion that he was 5 gprrelisted for a three years’ war on the gamblers?” jo) “After the grand climax of last October, when the / *Ibouses of “the four John Does,” Kelly, Betts, Kenney Bes “pid: Draper , Were simultaneously broken into, an episode “se like the raid.on “French Louis's” place is mild and Yoworthy of note here only because it gives the little sPeterkirs another chance to ask, What good comes of itr OY 'Aw @ result of these spectacular raids has a single y * ibler been sent to jail? Has a single gambling-house “Been put permanently out of business? With all the |» Mipposediy rich find of incriminating check stubs in y's place and “Shang” Draper's has {t been definite- ir sins that any policeman or other official con- “ with the city government has been in receipt of @n income from the gambling-houses? In all the numer- ~@us gambling raids for which Mr. Jerome has been he ible we fall to recall any benefit to the city be- md the infliction of small fines on a few gamb) % 4 oo Raat of Canfield, still pending, and the demo- > Hitition of roulette and taro furniture worth Perhaps ard replaced as desired from the factory, . WT hp wnswer to the question, Does it pay? must de- on the point of view. vom 5" may recall to Commissioner Partridge's credit that when he took office he began an energetic cam- m, and one successful to the extent of thirty-two ar- within two months, against the smaller gamblers, Yeasoned that it was better to save the office boy and @lerk and the players who could nat afford to lose rathor ‘han men to whom the loss ef $1,000 t8 only an episod a night's play. 4 Bueh /a course naturally provoked char, nation on the Commissioner's part ner was, to be raided why not th hy interfere with the poor man's game ionaire's? 11 was a perfectly ‘ust met os i Mi . Lay restrained bis Commissioner, k »*. But in view he futility of the subs 1 h establishments is it incorrect nonce ior Mriridge plau bad more to commend {+ than Jerome's? thé one there was the accomplishment of Bome di- od, insufficient as it was. With the Other there Strenuousness, nolse and nothing else, " wy ‘Bes of dis- sett i Mf the tin-horn e larger games? mee—A carnage, mn, drawn by # pair of fine h ftasblonably dreesed women, ran dows a and Twenty-third street, breaking hoary Sta sign from the occupants, the anit, aes on WHHOUL stopping. A singul with coachman ang orses 4nd containing eS ei es C6606 £906-00060008008080846000009 THE OLD JOKES’ HOME, By Roy L. McCardell. HE above pleture hardly does the 8. P. C. H. badges justice, T! ndsomely embossed in four colori Those desiring badges must inclose a two-cent stamp. Address Prof. Josh M. A. Long, the Old Jokes’ Home. x For they hear the warning shout: ‘The 8. F.C. H. will git you r You Don't Watou Our’ AVE you @ badge M not, why not? ‘The supply is running low, and you Will only have yourself to blame if you are not enrolled as a vigilant and eMctent ofMfcer of the 8. P. C. H, em- Dowered to enter theatres, public places and private homes and drag forth the old, overworked jokes and send them to Prof. Josh M. A. Long's incomparable institution, the Old Jokes’ Home, where they will be placed under kindly restraint and provided for in their old age. The old chestnut ‘horse In the busy blue ambulance worked overtime yester- day, for all over town the oMoers of the Boclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Humor were flashing their badges and taking weary old witticlams into cus tody, Thi ia the Way They Ca As Advertis Prot. Josh M. A. Long: Please find a home for these: For Sale—A bulldog for sale, Bets anything. Very fond of children, For Sale—A feather bed by a young lady full of feathers, She must have been a bird! Why is the Statue of Liberty's hand only eleven inches? If {t had been made twelve inches it would have been a foot, PEGGY. Papa's Pets Taken. Prof. Josh M. A. Long: Being a friend of the Old Jokes’ Home I take the pleasure of sending two that papa has worked for years: Two young men were walking along when one said to the other Jack—I have more money in my pocket than you have, Charlie—I get you, you ain't. Jack—How much have you? Charlle—Half a dollar, Jack—-Now, look here, Charlie; you have no more money in my pocket than 1 have in yours, What has four eyes, yet can't see, but always keeps on running? The Mitstesipp! River. M, NEUMANN. Caught on Rivington street, Prot, Joeh M.A. Lo Jail to be used until the ne Dleted. y ls Ireland the richest of coun- se its capital ts always Dublin, GUS JACOBS, No. 222 Rivington stree: Some qe Old as the Prop Prt, Josh M.A. Long Will you kindly place the jnclosed jokes in your home and be eure to handie them with great care, as they are very fweble: Why wes Pharaoh's daughter lke broker? Because sho father the regulation procedure {ny Hie oender 14 WMoycitst, automubilist or hore’ thing a do te get out of the way and get crowd, leaving the victim to care for ; if himseit = S 4 n old newewoman, who pear the City Hall, dies leaving an had long sold fatate of $4,000, {@.ewn Cherry HiIl prop- came from Bier. strent | Saal iF a lite pegener (oro) from the Tushes on the an les does it take to Philade)- use a How many your to reach from N phia? t tales \s id Ad fur (bare) akin, ry Wh Boar ifference between PELDOHSL9S-9SHES-9-9-9-0996-0_ ADO3-90 PHIPISOOS A FORM OF JAR TOWHICH NEW\YORKERS ARE ACCUSTOMED BUT NOT RECONCILED. A professor says that people whose work constantly shakes them up live much longer than those who hold smoother positions, New York at that rate should win the longevity record in a canter. THE WORLD: THURSDAY ‘EVENING, MA yy ly a, WELL! Wou, THAT, BUMP You BSG OOH C\ BE ONT ww. reat Ca , t g GY, aa Mer Rie IM A-GOIN TER 4IVE ANYHOW YNTIL © pie}! Y Z jg ir 1y WOULG ae re Bur you KNow San JARS PROLONG ‘your LiFe! en) i OOO CH 19, POLICEMEN MIGHT 4IVE FOREVER OW "SHAKE Se tne pe ate ie oy ee te ee EVE ~ererrorene emer tere cert eee tear ane 3 eT 2e OED eg he OODLE 066 A RE TNA i Minill ii XI _GEF SHOOK UP ABOUT ENCE A MONTH, Now!) SY \ WSS Some of he Best “It never pays to hurt remarked the Huma I don’t know ings,” Jokes of the Day. SURE ENOUGH, Kindly put thease jokes Into the Home:|! “I've got a story.” sald the new re- CHANGE THE BKYLIONTS Porter, “about a thief who pretended to Mike, there is a custom » the/Ge a lodger in a hotel and so gained tore who wants a blue #1 the}access to the other guests’ rooms skylights, where ho gathere: The following Js a resolution of an| oye ps Irish corporation: “That a new jail] “Head it ‘False Roomer Gains Cur- should be bull. ‘Phat it be built out of | noy, Suggested the snake editor.— the material of the old one, and the old| Philadelphia Press. one is com- THE DIFFERENCE, Downtown ts the pl man escapes from the dren, . and home is escapes the © pl where a wo- re of her chil- where a he met down- HAS A STRONG PULL, ple's feol- ap. replied the Wise “Friend of mine makes a prot good living at it.” Commercial yho iw he?! A dentist.”"—Cincinnal Tribune. OBLIGING, "Is Tragedicus obliging toward his au. dion at met cost” Bota: nat Af Seas an | sponse to encores,” —Tit-Bi THE LAST STRAW, ter « feliow tas Walked about four. Sta ait aa bri woe » wOKe my A 1 saw him play Brutus onoe and he killed himself three times in pe. ts, Ul Can you find your way to the centre Without crossing line? SHADOW BUFF, This game, if well played, is great fun, A large white ie fret hung we eurely on one 6 of the room, and on table, some distance behind, a very ht lamp must be placed, on the players lake it in turn to sit stool facing the sheet, walle fpe rest pass bebind, between him and the ‘As the shadows are thrown on lamp, cet the sitter eas wl Re shadow Fa exer 5 big @ per and fold the paper over it from tiv top to within one inch of the bottom Then fold the right-hand aslde of the paper under the cent and the left-hand peide in the same way, Don't forget that these folds must be under the cent. Then fold the bottom inch of the pa- per under the cent also, and It will seem that you ha cent up, whereas it will and will readily slip out into either of your hands at your Allow the specta through the from Sour le let the cent slip out into your left hand 4x you do go. siy, 80 that no one may see the act. ira the paper, and the cont will povket, | mystifying, Take a plece of paper four |!nches one way by five Inches the other Put the coin—a cent will do—on the pa BURNING A COIN. Here Js a little plece of parlor magi? very simple, eawily performed, yet very SNOW PLOUGH, wecurely wrapped the ye In @ sort of pleasure. ‘ors to feel the coln| / aper; then take the paper hand into your right, and FT, APART Two boards 31-2 feet long, 6 inches wide, 7-8 or 1 inoh thick, bevelled at Joining point; @ board puc across, sta: ing edwewise and then strips or a boa Frame, this to the point so as to form a floor 10a three-cornered pox, in which put (wo or thiee bricks to welght it. Then bore a hole on wach side for a rope to drag it by. ‘CONUNDRU! Why je a mouse Jike @ hayrick?—Be- cause the cat'll eat it. lf you wished to buy & white horse, al “Se d4 by. A | Sater would you go for itfTo the Tals you’ must do dex- 8989O9994O94-D95-99-9O66O984H9H9' HH $O90O0900006$O! LVING STORM DOOR. a Ime WHY WOMEN F Hints on How to Seize Opportunities, By Harriet Hubbard Ayer. VERY day some woman télls me or writes me thet shé .18 discouraged because, no matter how hard she tries, she cannot succeed. But, candidly, while there may be exceptions to the rule, I am obliged to think that the woman in New York City who will concentrate her abilities and her brains can find some work and can keep her place as long as she performe her labor as well as it can be done, A great many women appear to think because they are Women they should receive favora and concessions sot ranted to men. ‘This {s all wrong. The woman who wins out expects nothing, will accept nothing, but fair money compensation for her work. 1 It all les in the woman. Among those whose business efforts are fallures are: The woman with a grievance which she aira on every Possible occasion. The women with pessimistic ideas pro- mulgated in a business ofice whenever a chance a given. ‘The woman with advanced ideas which are aired and am sued until they are a nuisance. The woman who overdresses and comes to her task in garments sultable for a social function. The woman who is not loyal to her employer's jnterests—talks about his private matters and criticises him behind his back. ‘The woman who ds her nights at balls and parties and comes to her office weary and unfit for mental or physical exertion. The woman who watches the clock lest she may inadvertently give her employer an extra moment's service. The woman who makes a pretense of work for the purpose only of getting money enough to dress herself like a society belle. The woman who fs net willing to compete with a man in the quality and quantity of her work from every point of view, but, depends upoa. favoritism for permanency or advancement. The woman ‘Who expects to carry on a fiirtation or two coincitentally with ner work. The woman who expects the entire business of an offiés to be conducted to sult her personal convenience. The woman who {s not willing to make many concessions of time and pleasure when business renders them necessary. The woman who {s not, in fact, in business to do her very sclentlous best for her employer and who does not abeo- lutely sink her identity in the interests of her work during office hours. It seems cruel to say so, but my own experience ie ay excuse. 1 have never eeen a sober, good-tempered, capable, honest, clean cook or domestic servant out of a place. I have never known a pkilful typewriter, an speller, turning out first-class work, neat, pelt- and accommodating, who did not earn @ good living, and so on throughout the long lst of women's professions. The trouble is that many men and women do not give their best energies and capacities to their employers. When it comes to influence, no one can deny that friends are very useful and often secure positions for thelr prow teges. But all the influence in the world cannot make « Teal/ success of an incompetent workmen. Influence may help to seoure @ position. Ability alone will keep the woman who secures @ place by favoritism from one day sooner er later expertencing the bitterness of failure. VA “GRINNER OR GROWLER?” Which of the Two Are You? Try to Be the Former. By Robert Webster Jones, YOUNG woman recently applying for a Position as Ge mestic in a Western family, after en exhaustive em-~ amination by her prospective mistress as to qualifi« cations, sald: “Now, ma'am, let mo ask you one question befote I aay, T'll work for you. Are you a grinner or a growler?* ‘Why, what do you mean?” ¢ “Do you try to make the best of things as they come do you make the worst of them?’ Lg “Why, I try to make the best of things, I believe. Inever gave much thought to the matter before.” “Then I'll work for you. I never could work fer @ srowler, but I'd work day and night, too, for a grinner, Growlers are so plenty now ‘tain't easy to Gnd an out-end~ 7 out grinner.” & It {» a question every housewife might well agk herself: ‘Am 1 grinner or @ growler?’ eaye Robert Webster Joned in the Housekeeper, It is @ question upon which depends the happiness ef every household, : No other department of life affords grander opportunities for the exercise of optimism than the home. f Pessimism is creeping into every comer of the seals fabric, It permeates business and society and edmentiongd ' institutions, “What's the use?” te the ory. wer’ | Keep this mournful, nerve-destroying, s0ul-Centroying qa out of the home, which should be the brightest, cheeviest spot on earth. Z IW Every time a growler is changed ® erinner wet becomes @ ttle brighter, me. * “Grin and bear it” was the old advice, 2nd {t's good toning, Cheerfulneas makes for long lives, good digestions, ly success. Cheerfulness {s the most contagious of ell Let's catch it ourselves, and then do all we can to to others. Let all who are grinners continue to ure growlere turn grinnere, ove erin and af whe -THE AGE OF THE BARTH. Bir Edward Fry writes in the ‘Phe Age of the Inhabited World,” The ‘thé problem, he says, lies in the fact that ogiste on the one band and physicists on the ? of evolution, erosion and raloiete