The evening world. Newspaper, April 18, 1903, Page 6

Basi ties HU RA te eee Wark Row, New Entered at the Post-Office so &*_ Now York as Seoond-Clane Mat! Matter. «NO. 15,218, THE MAFIA IN AMERICA. Tf the barrel murder proves to have been ths work @ the Mafia this free country will again have been af- by the evil deeds of the secret criminal society thet i the blight and bane of Italy. ‘The Italian Mafia, a surviving mediaeval band of oath- ‘ound freebogters, derives its power from the toll of Nga it levies, the refusal to pay which means It is @ goolety of human leeches fattening on the _ thrift of the industrious, perpetuating feuds and making’ _ the will of its leader above the Jaw of the land. To in- troduce i into America is to make a poor retum for the hospitality of freedom so generously offered the immt- Brant. The Italien colony here owes jt to its good name to repress this evil socioty. It is a plant of noxious : , Hot to be propagated in free soll. Ae the experience of New Orleans with the Mafia for-] 2? May it not be recalled for profitable considera- at this moment? ( “Im that Southern city the Mafa, taking advantage of AB apparent municipal laxity which was mistakenly upon ap tolerance, grew strong and insolent. It Plundered the fruit dealers and other small merchants, extorting its burdeneome tithe and punishing non-com- _ Pliance with its demands with death.: It made its leaders _ More feared by the victims of its oppression than the In response to complaints Chief of Police Hennessey began a course of clever detective work by which he secured admission into the society's councils and ob- tained evidence of importance against its leaders. Then ‘ame the dramatic moment when the discovery of the Chief's body riddied with buckshot roused the com- Tiunit? to action, The arrest of the perpetrators of the deed; their trial; the early miscarriage of justice, and the execution of the culprits at the hands of Judge Lynch, are matters of record, ‘It was 4 summary and vindictive remedy, but it put an end to the malevolence of the Mafia in New Orleans, Men who were its members still live there. They know ‘Who oxeouted their comrades. They pass on the streets one pale-faced citizen of high standing whom they know to have been responsible for the death of three of the fated pine. But no hand is lifted to harm him. The tisk 18 too great and the penalty too sure, It was thus that the Mafia’s claws were drawn in New Orleans. It was a rude and lawless proceeding, but it served the purpose designed. | SUNDAY BASEBALL. _ Whether or not,the public will support Magistrate Deuel in’ his decision that amateur games of baseball ‘may be played on Sunday, provided that they are played without disorder, the Magistrate can at least be com- Mended for his avoidance of hypocrisy and his evident @esire to interpret the law fairly and without regard to Sabbatarian prejudice. If the golfer or the tennis player may pursue his par- tcular form of sport on Sunday without legal hindrance, why not the ball player? It is an old and hackneyed query. The/ merit and the novelty of the Magistrate's decision is that it does not discriminate, but pronounces all snch forms of Sunday sport as “equally within the ~ law with baseball.” } TWO MARRIAGES. i Yesterday's news contained a fresh instalment inthe sft-told tale of a “Florodora” divorce. The names were changed, but fn its main features the abruptly ended romance resembled other stage attachments from which relief is sought in the courts. Calcium-glare charms fade in the soberer light of day. In the same columns there was the saddening news of the end by death of a matrimonial partnership of quite another It 18 possible to realize and tq sym- Fitzsimmons's grief at the loss of ® happily wedded pair; the wife pugilist ever had” and the husband 4 sort, “Bob” married Ufe was wholly without storms; it not keyed up to a drawing-room pitch of consiMera- for each other's feelings. But that they fondly Joved each other and were proud of each other's attain- there is abundant evidence. ‘Taken tn connection with this depth of affection, the elgcumstances of the pugilist’s affliction, the sudden fatal fesue of his wife's illness, and hie unavailing efforts to Secure professional ald to arrest its progress, make the end one of peculiar pathos. - The world will eympathize with “Bob.” And in re- flecting on bis griet, if it chooses to compare with this © substantial marringe union that so kghtly entered into id lightly ended by the footlight favorite, it cannot ) feel for the one contempt corresponding'to tlie ROMANCE OF A POOR YOUNG MAN. “A youth of the type known as @ “good young man” to marry one of the richest of New York heir- @ charming and pretty girl who has had many PE wooed her at dances and et dinners. He been her companion on coaching trips or at parties, He was not in her “set,” nor could he to be. He hes won her in the so-called slum re- the east side, where he was a voluntary miasion- ‘with the work uf making the lives of the hum- Jess sordid, It wee not 4 romantic environment, of if has come a most interesting “romance of ‘Mr, Hunter ts a wecent graduate of the Indiana He left it poor in money, but with a Sineetity and saraestness which had brought, THE OLD JOKES". HOME, Tt you want a badge send “® two-eent stamp to Prof. Jouh Of, A. Long. THD WHEK'S WORK. TE past week thas been @ great one tor ‘The Old Jokes' Home, Nine hundred new old inmates have been recelved. Four hundred, made over and renovated, have been discharged cured. O14 Dr. Lemonosky has removed the plaster cast from seven hundred ol jokes treated for dislocation of the humorous bone and has pronounced them as good as they ever were, whieh ie not saying much. The Busy Blue Ambulance has mace seven hundred hurry calls, eight thou- sand new members of the Gocisty for the Prevention of Cruelty to Humor have received badges and are carrying on the g00d work. Prof. Josh M, A. Long has been deo- orated with the Order of the Double Cross for his labors in behalf of humor and humanity. The application of Senator Bracket that T. C. Platt be admitted to the Olt Jokes’ Home has been denied, oldy!t- Lemonosky having given his opinion that while Eve may have been made for Adams Bxpress Company, 1, 0. Platt is allied with the United States Express Company, and that there is no connection between the two save @ community of interest. It has been a great week for the Old Jokes’ Home and the 6. P. C.H. If you want to send old jokes to the home and be taken in by us in the 8. P. C, H. send @ two-cent stamp for a badge. Arrested by Officer Smith, Prof. Joah 4. A. Long: I received your badge O. K., and send you some old foes that need watching and are to be well guarded. Whet is it that occurs twice in a moment aud not once in @ thousand years? Letter ‘M."" If a trolley car ran over @ dog what would stop @ wagon? (wagging) | His tail. It Is In the church, but not in the steeple; It ts in the priest, but not in the people; It 1a in the bolster, but not in the bed, It 1s in the brain, but not in the head. Letter “R." Why do we go to bed? Because the bed won't come to us. OFFICER WM. SMITH, 6. P.c. H. Has Whosts, Prof. Jou M. A. Long: Kindly give this worn out joke a soft bed in your home and nurwe it well, aa it 1s very weak. ‘Tom—Have you heard the song of Mrs. Murphy's carriage? Will-No; how does i got Tom—On wheels. HA. RB. Can't See These, i Prot, Jogh a. A, Long: Crack this with a bunch of keys: Two blind men were welking through @ street one day, when they both met) one stepped on the other's toe and he said; “Can't you see where you are golng’ To which the other replied: “Don't you see I am blind?’ JULIUS MARKS, No, 0 Best Eighty-seventh street, Perey Popover’s Candidate, Prot. Jods Of. A. Long: “Bay, do you know thet I walk in my. stoop? “I wish my brother could. He/d be on the force yet." PERCY POPOVER. LETTERS, . , QUESTIONS,’ ANSWERS. A Navy-Yara Query. To the Editor of The Drening World: How can I obtain @ position in the Nevy-Yard?t 3.3.0. Apply 0 the commending officer at the Navy-Yard, Apply to Oivil Service Commission, To the Balter of The Brening World: Where can @ young man apply cor partoulars for application in the sull@ Ing Department tn the Bronx? L, SMLTH, German Royse! Family, ‘To'the titer of The Wveatag Worl, What relation is the present Kaiser of Germany to Emperor Vrederick, who died of throat trouble? What relation is Prince Henry, who recently visited us, to the pr lation is the The Kalser i» Eamperor Frederick's won. Prince Henry is the Kaiser's brother, The Katser ts Edward VII's nephow., For Mvesaing Wear. ‘To the Bdlior of The Evening World Is a Tuxedo coat the proper garment in the evening, or should evening “dress be worn instead of Tuxedo? J. J, F. Except for very informal evening calls & dress sult should be worn. ) tallings, he may prove & most Came Before War Was Declared. To the MAker of The Mvewtng World: A. mays that the Spanish battleship ‘Viscaya came into New York Harbor after hed been dectared with Spain, B, the stip came to thls harbor 4 end B, Pucaday. To he Biter of The Breaing World: On whet day 4id March 8, 1861, fall? Tr 2.8 A Wark Query, psepeival sk FY to wear jn maidng calls efter 6 o'clock | MEN OF TO-DAY WHO MAKE THE WORLD -LAUGH,|°" Te ™apison avenue CAR. The Story of a Wild ‘Hunt for Money, Interviews with Famous Hlumovists—Writien by Roy L, McCardell and Illustrated FAP eae estat ct tetrnrctoerts sever The gloom that belongs to a day of For the passengers saw at a glance that he was very and it, amused them, 6—CHAUNCEY OEPEW. aa he drew a two-dollar bill from his pocket to pay his fare, “You'd: better get off! This is @ downtown carl” ex ad eeckit cS fc Sera deeee The conductor shrugged his shoul ere emt countea @ dottar and ninety-five cents into the man's hand, He G4 net eou+ he was in no humor for putting any one off the car. f As he walked back to the platform a middleegea an Girl glanced disapprovingly at.the drunken man end aata addressing space: E boarded a downtown Fourth avenue car as it ewant by the Cavricaturist, Gene Carr, monts and dripping umbrellas left the car ap mene « Fifty-ninth street transfer,” he eald, thtcnty, claimed the guard. “Gimme a Fitty-ninth street transfer!" sider the question of direction worth further argument, amt very austere deacon who waa on the other alde of the pretty roing down to the Bridge, You hed better gat off. Startled at the voice from an unexpected quarter, the man turned, and in doing so dropped the-handful of change he still held to the floor, + , Pocketing the duliar bill, he leaned forward and began with thick, uncertain fingers to reach for the money. It seemed that everybody was interested in ‘his efforts to re cover the three quiirters and the small change, and several persons laughed at the helpless drooping of the heavy workke ing hands in their search over the rubber matting. Mn flye minutes he had secured all but one glittering twenty-five cent piece. f All the passengers watched, but nobody offered to help js his bleared eyes looked uncertainty over the floor and | his hands fluttered helplessly about seeking lt. A man laughed at a particularly ludicrous attempt to dta- cover the quarter. Then his shallow eyes turned to the pretty girl, seeking to sitare therein emusement with ber ind also perhaps a fetation. : She was a very7pretty girl, who was returning to Brook- iyn from an uptown reception, and she had worn her best slothes in spite of the rain. To the young men's surprise she was not emiling, Fer face wore a bright flush, and the expresston as she caught ‘Ms eye wa not pleasing, Suddenly she dropped her sani- "IT REPRESENTS THE ANCIENT see pea her whjte-gloved hands into her lap end leamed \ cin uf ‘orward. The deacon on the other eide, divining ber inten- THE SENATOR Car caps re ton, put forward a restraining hand. iia s WAS COURTESY ITSeve* “You shoulldn't help a drunken man, lady,” & said, reprovingly, f - But the gir! shook off his tentative claep of her erm, and the next minute her slender fingers had secured the quarter on the muddy floor and dropped it in the drunkard’s hand, . Then the sense of humor left the passengers as euddenty am it had entered them, Hyerybody else looked uncomfortable except the who continued to look disapprovingly. fee THE MAN FROM THE WEST. He Criticises the Exteriors of Gotham Homes. “I've smelled fish ever since I got within of New York,’ said the Governor from Saint "They tell ee (t's the salt smell of the sea. Maybe. You don't notice it? Well, sir, when you come grom the free afr of Went and strike this ‘salt smell of the sea’ you oe Market out in Saint Lewis, where they have tons of.casp out on Inclined planes with ice. 4 “Which reminds me,.young man, that I can't New York water. It isn't oatistying; if X drunk of it to quench my thirst I'd be so swelled ra all over the West we have water with body to hae food value. Why. atr, {t wouldn't be anything to live forty days exclusive diet water, Captions folk say they can't stand To my mind the color ts attractive your nigger mammy' 1 i 4 i i ta “STARTED PROUDLY | HOME with HIM iH Uke Seoteh forme. I want a Bourbon hue “No, alr, I never saw a blanket Indian in my Aatnt Lewis thirty hours nearer to the Indlan than New York, but there's @\blamed long Journey bey: ‘We've got a tribe of Indiana of your Tammany sort, tut don't let them mingie with the white folks. There’s no s0e-and-hovel business in Saint Lewls; no Vitth evemure the rich and a background of ten te for these wie can afford to Hve In New York. The ‘of peoplé supply our Indians live so far away from Westmoreland place they have to take a day off when they and see the fine houses our rich live in. “And, sir, a rich man in Saint Lewts don't ving’ a home that is all inside and no outalde, & tthe front whi down, brown-stone, with a high stoop and an hasemant satisfies him. He hires an architect an much about making a beautiful pleture in and iron as a dressmaker knows about wril silks and satins. He buys a big enough piece put a house and bemn on and have a little lawn before and behind and on both aldes, sir, in a section where there are other bear the architeots are bent on doing something ‘houses shine out individually on the darkest night end er gets his key in the wrong door. | sir, when I look down a vista of New York of the wealthy I am shocked to seo the gulvantzed tron awn. ing of a saloon at the other end. Yet I avust say the entoon is acetic. It helps eome to relieve the impression of awit, gf ugly monotony, ON THE EVENING WORLD PEDESTAL. if 7 tak a . f \ At this point we pressed Senator Depew to tell us @ funny story. He was taken somewhat ebuck and hesitated a moment. \ “I haven't had time to think up any new ones recently,” he eaid. “Tuesday 1 was in Newport, Wednesday I was in Atbeny and to-day I start for Biltmore, N.C, But I will tell you an old one, It tf» the only olf one I know or tell, de- spite reports to the contrary, It is @ rainy-day story. “When I was a boy in Poughkeepele the coach dog (the white dos with black polka-dot spots) was all the rage, and all my boyish soul’ yearned for one. ‘T heard a man in town had one which he would sell for %, Five dollars wig 4 bot of money in those days, but I geri it together and bought the dog. “He was a handsome fellow, spot as blackly and neatly as heart could wish, and I, with my purchase on @ leash, started proudly home with him. ‘t was just such weather as we have had this week, I was half way home With the coach dog when we were caught in @ Meroe downpour of rain. The dow stopped afi! and the spots commenced te run, He had been painted, and mot with waterproof paint at that, “Ir ten minutes the dog was white ef! over, and eo was I—he with rain and I with rage, “T lustened back to the ibuneo man. cheated me! “Now hay ‘ou that th The Senator, Beneath a Dado of Heiroglyphic Chestnuts, Tells a Story Purporting to Date from His Own Youth, and Thus Almost Proves Himself a Contemporary of Rameses Ill, ‘Oheuncey M. Depew's handsome home on West Fifty-fourth street the Sen- ator received us, according to appointment, ‘The Genator was courtesy itself, It was a wet, drisaly day, and before | could introduce Carr, the Child Wonder, the Senator waa assisting thet diminu- tive indtvidual to divest himself of his Maniia wrapper (the famous Wion over- coat!). ‘ ; “It's @ shame to take your deng old grandpa out in this weather,)’ sald the Senator. “Bring him to the library Gre aud let him warm himself right away."’ Now, what I want to know js, what 19 che matter with this diminutive Dore Tie is ® very chameleon of caricaturists, Simeon Ford took him to be a Jockey; Ople Read thought he was my son, and Senator Depow thought aim my grandfathert - ° If these interviews are not what they should be I wamt (he @faine placed on Gene Gare, He queers the game. Senator Depew was profuse in his apologies when both Carr and the writer indignantly repudiated the grandfather Mea, and the incident caused some con- straint. I told the Senator that Carr was the LAttle Lord Fauntleroy of odmie-supple- ment art. "Weill," said the Genator, “he has played a great dea! of poker then, and has aged considerably.” Carr Gushed at this, but Gkin't chip in, Around Senator Depew's library wall wae a dado representing a procession of anciem Egyptians. The Senator noticed ott ‘Look at this dog!' I aried. ‘You've 't, Chauncey,’ was thé fellow's reply, ‘but I did forget to tell 4s an umbrella goes with that dog.’ ”’ ROY L. WOARDELA. WHAT MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP’ HAS SAVED A CITY GOVERNMENT, Macon, Mo, @ city of before war wes declared, Which is househola| **? ‘That story bad paresis’ — “No pe end to decipher the