The evening world. Newspaper, March 24, 1903, Page 12

THE WORLD: TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1903. by the Press Publishing Company, No. 63 to © Row, New York. Entered at the Post-Omce at New York as Second-Class Mall Matter. BHL-9H00-900004 HdD99OH 60004 800$2956000: OO GAS OVERCHARGE ENDED. uw THE SCRAPPIE SISTERS WELCOME A CALLER —BUT H Fedued March bills. ° HE SAID | Beta ee EAVE GO _ Letters from consumers indicate an appreciable de- © COULD HELP )) TAM TAKING ‘prease all along the line. In Individual instances a horizontal reduction is reported, as in the case! Of Miss A. Goodman, whose February bill of $32.40 has ‘shrunk to $18.90, Cuts of from 10 to 20 per cent. are the ule throughout the city. The agitation is thus made notable for its double @uccess. It both aroused the city authorities to action ‘to effect changes in the loose legislation which has coun- Pemanced the long continuance of the abuses proved egainst the trust and to seek to put an end to the light- ing motopoly, in so far as it affects the city as a cor- poration, by the installation of a municipal plant. And tt also brought about this juster accounting with the private consumer by which his bills ere materially reduced. — In the latter achievement lies the greater victory. Mhe expected saving of $300,000 by the city is a great gain and the possibility of municipal ownership will Berve to check further encroachments by the companies. But it is in the dimes and dollars actually saved for _ the réople individually by reduced bills that the great @uocess of the fight becomes manifest. : THE RACING SEASON. > = ‘The Wastern turf season opened at Bennings, the | ©&00066406000000006000004 Washington Jockey Club's track, yesterday, It is sched- uled to wind up there at about the time snow Is due to THE OLD fall, in early December. The promise is given that the ‘mine months of racing to come will eclipse the glories of & $LELGFOSHESSO5900-0-9009-000: $ Hh OP He Relates the Fate of a Spring Poem. % Jast season, itself the greatest in history. HOME. C6 QUAY, Perce,” said Maggie Mulligan to her counter mate, Loose statistics represented the nation as paying —_— S eercy Pericles Thimbleton, ‘why don't yez perch?” $30,000,000 last year for its interest in horse racing. Sta-| °-" By Roy L. McCardell. “Why, what do you mean, Margaret?” asked Perey, holsting his eyebrows as he turned from his cutely arranged row of glove boxes, Maggie finished coiling a chewing-gum serpent and then rattled off: “Times 1s, Perce, when you ts a thick bazoo, ‘Why don't yez loosen up in th’ centre fer a sitzenfest. You've been side- steppin’ all day's if yer had a spike in your spine. What does der firm pervide dese swivel stools fer?" “Ah,” replied Percy, sighing softly, “I perceive. But Go try not to be eo coarse. Why have I not taken e few min- utes: luxurious relaxation? I fear that it will be several days before I can dispose myself with grace and comfort again. “As I have told you before, Margaret, I am a poet at heart, From my earjiest days my soul has been imbued with poetia fervor, and as. I ripened Into young manhood I dreamed many dreams of the glorious fame that would come to me, and heard in the rapturous future the name of Percy Pericles Thimbleton trembie on the lips of thousands who adored’ my verse. “Mother's real fashionable boarding-house was in the blos- som of its prosperity then, and all day long 1 revelled among % | the masterpieces of genius. I had not the courage then for © |My maiden effort, but watted—waited for e divine inspira- ® | tion.” qj “Djer have a thirst fer tt?" queried Maggie. “Ab, yes, Margaret, I was consumed by an unquenchable thirst and an insatiable hunger for but one inspired idea.” . j “Gee! an’ Clancy's booze only ten cents a dip at th’ Cae narste Crossroads!” chortled Maggie breathlessly, Unheeding, Perey fowed on: - ¢ é “But then the crash cam Mother's most genteel boarder, Mr. Montmorency F. Hammer, suddenly left ami, pe- cullarly, valuables disappeared. Mother pined away after that and'——- here the Thimbleton started an exhaust eizh, but suddenly caught at his spine and winced. Continuing in broken sen+ tences: “Tragic necessity—brought, yes forced me—to this vulgar drudgery. But—my ambition—it still burned. Poetic fire still coursed through my veins and—dulcet moment—my inspira- tion came. It came with the first blush of spring last Dhurs- day.at danwn;-and eating my roll and sipping my tea I wrote down my wonderful verses on my dainty lttle paper napkin. ‘They began: tistics comparatively accurate show that in the metro- he witey district spectators paid $2,880,000 to see the races.| see total income of the six New York racing associa- < Mons is put at $3,263,000, with a net income of more than $2,000,000. Tt may be said that the racegoer gets his money's ‘worth; is there any other form of expenditure of equal mount so remunerative in excitement? A mimic “sub- urban” on the stage stirs and stimulates with its kineto- Scopic effects. In electric thrill it 1s to the original out- “@oor event with its 40,000 spectators, Its crowded pad- ook,’ its cosmopolis of horses, bookmakers, jockeys, ‘touts, stable boys, and millionaires, high society and hot Polloi in one mad medley blent as @ one-cell battery to a dynamo. Probably no HE above picture hardly does the 2 ly racing event of the ancient or modern P. C,H, badges justice, They are world ever approached in excitement or in spectacu- handsomely embossed {n four colors, Qar interest a “Suburban” or “Futurity” as at present run, | Those desiring badges must inclose © ~ An Ascot coming-in or a Derby finish as viewed In the old- |tWo-cent stamp. Address Prof. Josh M. : , the Old Jokes’ Home. time sporting prints was as a county racing meeting by ts aoe st pee ai omparison. In the amount of money invested in tracks Mh news that Prof, Josh M. A. nd in stakes, and in stables, and in the extent of the T Long had a new supply of 8. P. ~. Stgwds attracted, as well as in the number of persons C. H. badges and was distributing dependent on it for a living, the present development of ne ieee ipene Seer davon cua Facing surpasses all precedent. In no other country, it is enty was the talk of the town yes- believed, has a stable equalled Haggin's last year’s record | terday. Of 150 two-year-olds, Everybody wants to become a memb*r ‘ of the 8. P, C, H. and be empowered to Anterest last year centred on Mr. Whitney's attempted suppress, capture and confine old and Festoration of Saratoga's ancient glories. The old-time tiresome jokes. The only way to be of- resort took on new life as a Newmarket with Monte|cially authorizea to capture old jokes Carlo characteristics and gaye indications of a European-|%4 summon the busy blue ambulance 4zing of manners and morals quite scandalous, Its further em nere nel aan eee Oighzanas development along similar lines during the coming sum-| Have you a badge? : Mer will be watched with keen attention. If not send for one before the present iy ee Sean supply ls exhausted. M'CLUSKY'S WHISPER, 2 MORE COMEDIANS CONFESS! “A night tour of the Tenderloin by Inspector McClusky #owed no gambling-house open. And from a gambler of | The Vaudeville Team of Brady & Prominence comes the corroborative statement that Mahoney Surrender Three Old "from the Battery north on Manhattan Island there is Bond-Slaves of Badinage. Rot a gambling-house of any account which {s doing | prot, joa M.A Long: Dusiness."” It Is said that more gamblers have “quit the| The inclosed Invallds sorely need your fame” for McClusky than for any other police officer |attention. For years we have put them since Byrnes's time. through various surgical eperetions) ana are ‘This is a remaikable situation from various points of Mi ig Em aS eae AeA i nes Wire L view, Proving as it does the possibility not only of put-| Having finally succumbed to their \ tng an end to gambling, but also of accomplishing the hear cendlay sercea) ikon te Ea?) we @esired end easily, quietly and expeditiously, The old |!” So Jena? © tactioa of ralding and of toor-smashing ee at To make amends for our crime we * BACK HUBRING WORLDS f LES o® oe ooo FHIS 15.WHY SHE 48 4 SUCCESS. C0000 I Going TO STRIKE FOR A HORSE AWD WAGON PSS $60 9900055090600 HOE Budding spring, bud oft” Bloom with the bloom of blossomsf Sigh with the sigh-of song! The daisies play at ‘possums, ‘The rose puts forth its thorm ‘The crue] band to warn, “The wonderful words seemed to ripple from my penctl. And when it was done in {ts wondrous completion I was, actually so exhausted that I drank a whole cup of coffee to stimulate the delicate fibres of my nerves. ‘Then I went right to Elizabeth Cassidy's typewriting office and hati tt all made wonderfully cloar in big blue letters, for I meant to eell it and gain wealth and fame. “I will riot dwell on what followed, Margaret. I turned my verses Into a neat ttle roll and tied them up with @ plece of pink baby ribbon, I went to the office of the Burn ¢ and Scorchem Fortnightly. I was ushered Into the editors room. Here my memory grows a little hazy. I think he made some strange sound ike ‘whatchergot? and enatched my poem. Then I remember falling, falling, bumping, bump- RESULTS lory A OAYS WwoRK— ” x 4 we maee | COLLECTO, WHEN WIFEY, BUTTS IN, THINKING 175 @ OATEs CAN EQUAL 99296-99-490-0HH900O 9H 0000000000000 WHEN YovR EMPLOYER SPOTS HER WAITING FOR YouTo 3 faithfully promise our assistance tn the with. ‘There was not even the formal notice by the |creation of a new xeneration for the “captain's man" as of yore. Simply a quiet tip which to |Joke World. POOLHOHOS Si tiear wan t6 obey. Every one may in the future rely upon RETURN FROM joe Gums eoany Blais of stairs. Why, the brute might have 9 Ithy yo nes x F)-) . The trumpet tones that prevailed against Jericho |fram BRADY & MAHONEY, Maggie chewed furlously fore fow minutes end then Were as nothing in force to the whispered word of warn- No. 95 South 2d street, Brooklyn. asked slowly: tpg, which, echoing through cl bai loors, ha P. 5.—This {» the result of a threaten- “Bay, Perce, what's homerside?” sovped the rrclititas of i pint ably sony Ing oMcer of your institution, We felt fom: , Margaret, 4s the act of slaying your fellow- undred roulette wheels. h that we ought not to have the disgrace of arrest fall upon such faithful sub- BROOKLYN EUCHRE PARTIES, serial isn ee embrage esgeriy thie Renate : raat. |e Broad is the way that leads to the Brooklyn euchre | Surrendered by Brady & Masoney. 3 party and many there be who go in thereat, It is the | Teacher—Johnnie, what {s the world? | facile descent to the avernus of the gaming table, the| J0B"n!e—One cent on week days and 6 MER ENORMOUS COMMISSIONS ENABLE ‘'anks, Perce; ¥ often eead in th’ papers o' justified hom- MER TO ENTOY BVYERY LUXURY. erside, but I never got no one till now to put me wise," A half hour later a @udden light gleamed in Percy's eyes, and turning to Mies Mulligan, he almost hissed between his teeth: “Margaret, if 1t wasn't for my chivalrous mature I coud actually slap you on the back: of the hand.” A loan firm has employed a staff of pretty girls to collect bills, They lure the coveted settlement from the most chronic debtor and win admis-. Gaston to offices where a man bent on the same errand would be dropped down the elevator shaft. Main-travelied road to perdition, and there are those who |°"'* °" S¥"a™* PEEPELESHGDGSOHGOHHHHOHH GS HOHOH HHHHVOHOHHEHHHGHUGD LOD 00OOO BARTON CURRIB, will support Capt. Miles O'Reilly in his efforts to re- What's the difterence between « pilot strain and Bowdlerize the game. Among them {s the|on a boat and a shipping clerk In a man who has personally thanked the captain because his store? One sails the ship and the other Some of the Best LETTERS, QUERIES AND ANSWERS, Wile “attends as weny as six cuchre parties a day,” ships the sales, In this {s @ hint of the demoralizing and corrupting | ‘Pat. do you like books?” Jokes of the Day. FE Complain to Board of Health, re of the game. It is to Brooklyn wives that the PURGES, 7 omnivore ‘never | Community looks to offset the “race suicide” Prevailing Where, and it 1s obvious that “six euchres a day” we no time for attention to the perambulator, © Buch @ devotion to the game means not only the| Pf ,| Whom he ‘had not seen for several days, BeBlect of domestic duties; it invites the acquirement of Kindly retire these to the Old Jokes'/and inadvertently stepping on his ten- Home to await tae day of resurrection. | derest corn. what year did the @reat Chicago fire ooour? ling habits that are to be deplored. What Woman} What part of speech ia a kiss? A/ “My friend,” groaned the vrofessor, 1, 2, 1 18 an animal known for its appe- JULIA ROACH, mind fixed on six prizes in twenty-four h conjunetion, “you give me th N ou: @ glad hand and the tite, My 7, 5.1 us old woman, me regain the equipoise necessary to a Fa If Mississippi! wears Missouri's New|sorry foot."—Chicago Tribune, ¥ 4 * “Of am O44 Disposition.” ' To the Biitor of The Mrening World: the do." at have you rea 1 have red suspenders THE PROFESSOR, By the Blue Ambulance, “Hello, professor!" exclaimed the doctor, hastening to greet his 014 friend, WNUMPRAL ENIGMA. Tam composed of seven letters and spell the name of a Biblical character, noted for his size and strength. My | “Say Ohteago Fire, Oot, 8-11, 1974, Ballor of The Brentag World: on of beets Jersey, what will Delaware? ot teak and roast? In @ housewife R. BEBARFALD, vl THE SAFER COURSE, ‘,Zranaiale Se prarasy ito Bagilab: pled no time remains even to see that Johnny is No, 662 East 14th street, ‘astleton—Here comes my tailor, old mane beb ush, 9. echo] with @ clean face. Another Harry Call, Clubberly—Shall we walk across the BEEADINGS, if Boon or late each man finds bis proper Sphere in | prot, Joon M. A. Long street? Behead @ diMculty and leave a kind \O' Reilly's, we fancy, is the Ralph Avenue Precinct,| Please send the blue ambulance with| Castleton—No; let's run.—Tit-Bits, of material used in mourning, Of the morals of @ euchre-playing populace, |'8¢ chestnut horse for these old worn OBJECTIVELY, Behead @ kind of stone and leave station was rather strong meat for him, | "Yt {tle Joke": tivon terri Daten the latter and leave ‘Translate this proverb into English: ‘The Old Squirrel Query, the EdMor of The Evening World: ¥ me hunter sees a squirrel on the ¢runk of a tree re of gloom this ih vi © ve which no other om was “high.” Bac! What docs a cat have whi morniog, Colo: What is (7 it . an! be and tries ce mocomplishing a crane Dative Heath he | animals have?—Kisteus yout” aaa cae! Behoad delicate end leave a bar of | oved by laying @ rule along each aide| to shoot it. AA fast se he moves around to get a shot the Bccomp! RE & Breat good, Teacher~-1f some one gave y oMarten” wood or fron; behead the latter and | Prose oy ie eauirrel moves around also, and always keeps tha tree be- | mother a $10 bill and your father 4g Poverty? Why, everybody knows leave sicknoss, rent curvature of the ales! i ween mimself and the hunter. Finally the hunter notioss! her another $10 bill, what would Phe nd leave a you are worth half a mililon.” A spiral of fine wire will float if it da 8 division Toe ap| Mule oa Waele au to the circles. that he bes walked all the way eround the trea Did he go : " t Mu sort, alarming As le charwed shat the elevated ip re.[ave? “Not my own poverty, look you. That | Mirtate oF ata hen ets stop ‘ot latter and leave | .o° find rad (produced ‘at the] ground the squirrel? care on its City Hull night trains. iF of my friends."-Chicago Tribune. @ strong solution of soup is applied to recent Ogaicasion of +1 Furnishing the Fiat. 4 014 conditions is more than tem Which is the heavier, the full or the the centre the spiral wil make severall Behead to avander id leave a ‘Square pillars d |, Certainly on its weet rig hat new moon? DISGUSTED, the direction shown, by the) watter; behead the latter and leave a ie ed ‘ ding & Greatly improved service, It 1s} THE eH Moon, because the full moon Said the old lady, “I am quite) a! Fe Ae ee RD eee | beam. ina pecullar tone] Who stands to get home in rush hours, but in| (4, reat deal ligh consumed with thirst, Can you direct y hen motion has} Behead pardon and leave @ contest in , | married to i) ME your nel fe mot your aunt, | ™¢ ' & soda water fountain in this gases apencarion of af 4700! running; behead the latter and leave a 4 \* Jl renew it and PPR, bro telation you? Your mies, | SOL ahe to ; HENRY PREIBURGER, ha Rag toe haat ie No. Us Kat 108d street, * J ey OE Ge