The evening world. Newspaper, April 24, 1903, Page 14

yee OMe acs 1 HOME | THAT'S THERE TO STAY.) EU Te eRe ES yy THE w EVENING w WORLD'S 2 THE GRIN NO. 16,221. DARN THIS THE LANDLORD'S GREED. ‘When the proposed full assessment taxation plan for Weal estate was under discussiog The Evening World out that the landlord would pass the burden of i taxes on to the tenant, who would ultimately ‘Dear it all. That condition has already arrived. With the plan etill in the air and atter Comptroller Grout has proved ‘to tho city’s entire satisfaction that for the near future | 2 St least taxes would be lower under the full assessment | ¢ ,plan than under the present method, the east side land- | $ have begun to put up rents. excuse was all they wanted, and having got iy have proceeded to put the screws on. It is not too tocharacterize their course as extortion pure and S } CF ‘Rents have deen raisea trom §1 to $3 2 month regard- | , of the number of rooms in an apartment. This in most cases a rent of $20 a month in place of =an increase of $24 a year, or 11 per cent. The fact “What Guring the first threo days of March one east side eourt, that In the Fourth District, issued 400 dispossess ‘Warrants gives us an idea of how it works, Tiiat this ‘Targe number was not exceptional is shown by the April Tecord of 450 dispossess warrants issued within three days by this same court. The numiber of such warrants from this court during the entire month of March was 1,000. That this large total will be exceeded in April is ~ ‘most probable. “With such figures as a basis for his ‘pebtimates can Commissioner Harburger be charged with : lon when he says that in this one city judicial strict “the record of all Ireland for evictions has been a4 bes AN FROM FLATBUSH, He Yearns for a Diet of Ham Subterfuge. HE Flatbush Family Man wandered into\the Coney Island qT Pavilion on Sunday afternoon and sat down at a table. The Consctentious Waiter observed him with attention. “Bring me a ham sandwich and a glass of beer,” said the Flatbush Family Man. The Conscientious Waiter jerked his thumt toward a sign attached to a post, which read: N. B. _ How entirely arbitrary the increase of rents has been HAM OR CORNED BEEF ($6 Tevealed by the fact that it has been most general SUBTERFUGES thé very tenement-houses on which, according to TEN CENTS. Grout's figures of recent date, the taxes this (year are lower than they were last. ‘It has been a discouraging year for the poor. The ‘bal operators have oppressed them. The gas companies ® plundered them, The O!l Trust has plucked them. comes the landlord exacting an 11 per cent. in- erease ef rent, Bxcept that the Beef Trust has slightly | rt you want a badge send 0 two-cent stamp “You don't say,” said the Flatbush Family Man cheg> prices housekeepers pay more for every article |‘ Prt Jom Of 4. Long. tully. “Well, bring me a ham subterfuge and a glass tf M necessity they buy. If their incomes have increased | An open letter to the Jokesmiths’ Union: to , G \ Relieapend tiey are lucky. Tine Manta, Wether Graaaleatee Pp : TS e ; “You havé failed to interpret the sign correctly,” observed pn “Yes, I see," said the Flatbush Family Man, with tnterest, “T'll try to tell you the answer when you bring the sand wich and beer.” “Justice Garretson, of the Supreme Court, in Brooklyn,” said the Conscientious Waiter, ‘has decided that a sand wich is a subterfuge when served on Sunday in connectiog, with ales, wines, beers or cigars.” rs Me) we , oy . rl¢ » . ‘ AN 2. the Conscientious Waiter. ‘’N. B.’ stands for ‘no beer, é ee Jokesmiths' Union, Balti i Ye — “But the law eays you may serve drinks with food om WOMAN'S ACHIEVEMENTS. LD DCTOR LEMONOSKY and my- L iy eer vi letentatey cried the Flatbush Famfly Man. “Get! f self are in receipt of your invita-| © t y Mae ea lone es cron Frees Ce Dees On the day cf the announcement of the death of 0 dian sova the Firet National| 4 is “a A “Yes, but @ subterfuge is not féod," returned the Com | Harvard's first woman student word comes of the award| convention of the United Order of ‘to & woman who {s assistant professor of anatomy at| Jokesmiths and Verseftters of America, ° Hopkins of a prize of $1,000 for “the best piece of|in Baltimore, Mey Wp next vores to i? perfo! ” the unsettled condition of the money é Foveereh rmed by a woman.” And an) ircet It may not be possible for us ‘woman, the associate professor of botany at Welles-|+, pe present. But we will be with gains a lucrative scholarship for scientific study at| you in spirit. i eae The greatest menace to the horny- q the same day also news of the work of women in| Handed, See rts tnaet poss Hines of endeavor includes the declaration of fen-|rollow the poet's irksome trade is the tor Hanna to the Ohio University students that “girl pain (os ercenemend jokes fee ‘Menographers , yy actora Wwapapers. Cross nurses “exhibiting bravery greater than that pad its place. This would mean pros-| @ of any OQfMicer” in attending soldiers aMicted with leprosy. | perity and the full Sion pet eg ie ° “Avery sholoe bouquet of compliments and apprecia- pene ue ie Serre wees |S ea Komen s work end worth! shopld be those of the Goclety for the) ¢ | Woman's sphere has now become so expanded as to| prevention of Cruelty to Humor: : facinde almost every activity in the world of business| Specials privileges to nol ol@\ Joke, no} ¢ A modern Dr. Johnson could correctly say Sree 1 jokes tn thelr old age.! Of her that there is almost nothing that she has not] protection to the American jokesmith | © ‘touched and nothing she has touched that rhe does not| from European pauper-made fun, -@Gorn. “Woman makes her own opportunities,” says| A nine-hour day for PO read 9 jor Hanna, and if you desire examples by way of|_ Te union label on ecientious Waiter. ‘It is intangible. It does not entisty hunger. You might be on a desert istand with a ship los‘ of subterfuges and yet starve to death. Clearly = subter-- tuge 1s not food; that is, not on Gunday, anyway. It does hot come within the learned Court's definition of a meal.” “But it may come within mine and it's up to me to my what and how much I want to eat,” expostulated the Flat- bush Family Man. ‘'Now I just dote on subterfuges, Tome they are the delicacy of the summer season on Sunday af ternoons. Suppose I bring a’ doctor's certificate saying he bas put me on a subterfuge diet. How about that? How @any courses has the Supreme Court fixed for e meal Sefore, it carries a coupon for a glass of tieer?"” “I don't think that point has Geen settied yet,” replied the Conscientious Waiter doubtfully, ‘Maybe two or thras —~ might do, and then {t might be five or efx. However, tf! _ NON-UNION’) | you'll order clam chowler and a hot frankfurter with your P f Ge 3 MONEY 4!) } | sudtertuge I will consider that your intentions toward the Tr RgeS Li Y meal are honorable and bring you a glass of beer,” “COLOWEL mazumay REPRE SENTING THE “But I don’t want a clam chowder and a hot franikfurter,” sald the Flatbush Family Man, “My delicate appetite Zag J QL CZ bi sf 7. yy : L WAY Wall, ee eran sald the Conscientious Walter. iene “The variety of subterfuges is greater behind the screen.” | THE KAISER’S PROPHECY, The Emperor William has been very anxious about the ae» erse and humor. Y cident to thé Empress, and any misfortune to the memtiers look about you. The'evidence is there in count- x PROF. JOSH M. A. LONG, Wy of his family always disturbs his peace of mind. It ts sald ing-room or chemical laboratory or locomotive works OLD DR. LEMONOSKY. Ws that the Emperor is very superstitious concerning an old @r butcher shop or astronomical observatory. In college Auivine aaanaten to this great con- prophesy which was delivered by a monk in the thirteentts @eholarship the highest honors of the University of vention will wear an Old Jokes’ Home Berlin have gone to her, and-her standard of intellectual] paage. Are you wearing one? If not “attainment has reached a higher plane, it Is not too|send a two-cent stamp to ,Prof. Josh = ‘ M. A. Long and one of the handsome . Tchad lial tiny badges, embossed in four colors, will century, to the effect that, in the years to come, the Germem Empire would be restored, but timt the revived Empire would come to an end with the third Emperor. The Kaiser is the third Emperor of his line, but some people dold that, as tho Emperor Frederick William reigned quoh a short period and was an invalid all the time he was on the throne, ¢or » Considering what she has accomplished in America be forwared to you. ‘ " Sn Peres ot the phophecy the present. K: must be her half-century of emancipation, what may woman Conundrums Caught im Canarsie, CEN A in Z| a red to be the necond. Anyhow, the Emperor achieve in the next? Prof, Josh Of, A, Long, Kindly send the Blue Ambulance after CHAMELEONS AND CONSUMPTION. thoes ortpplen, “wlan 7a wil fina] & » & learned professor showed a New York aydience the| What's the largest word in the \dlo- other day how blue light will turn a chameleon black,|tonary? Rubber. You can stretch tt and from this action of color on the animal's skin he de-|, 7" eee 8 eee Guced a theory about the curative qualities of ultra-violet| Was there? ~ Faye it applied to tuberculosis patients, It isa highly in-| Yes, a paper-hanger hung ® border. ‘teresting theory, and if a few connecting links are miss-| 1¢ must pare sean land Leer Bae ghall wo view it with undue scepticism? oe meatta't got_in New York® The * If so, we can turn as an alternative to the new heal-| other end of the Brooklyn Bridge. fag vapor extracted by a Berlin chomist from the euca-| What 1s the best way to get tee- Typtus. It is called sanosin, and warranted to cure by mmar for neta ing the bacilli of the disease. The claim is made by| ‘at onions, and that will make your Fo Sommerfeld, a German physician of. reputation, | eves water. that sixty out of one hundred tuberculosis patients| The” My corporations have no souls, Wiliam has a fine lot of stalwart sons, and he has done his dest to prevent the prophecy from coming true. } ON THE EVENING WORLD PEDESTAL, « How about the Shoe trust? a “gested by him were “oompletely cured,” Sixty per cent, PATRICK O'COHEN, BARS Abb ‘Successes does not quite make the vapor a panacea. Canarsie, N. Y¥. AROUND ME ‘The nation once heard a great deal about the reme- The Prey of Avery Grey, = dial virtues of the eucalyptus, and the sceptic will recall) | Pret. Jom M. A. Loox. Where is happiness always to be ‘What it is not unfamiliar with colored-light cures, blue| rmunat In the dictionary, 5 well as violet. Medical theorles come and go, and| Who is the man who Is allowed to sit] « b old is as the new. hat on? The ‘The wise patient taking these specifics will add to Cohort all the fresh air procurable and food, food, food— Sohlite Gite These Bits. are consumption’s worst foes, at once the simplest Prof, Josh M, A, Long. ithe best remedies for the worst of diseases. What is that which has neither flesh nor bone, yet hus four fingers and a| LETTERS, thumb? A soy QUESTIONS, What four letters would frighten o thief? O1C U. ANSWERS, Why are persons born blind unfit to #? Because they never saw. 004,514, New|To the Editor of The Evening World Alaska.| What is the population of the Russian Bmpire? Wi ANDI CAN. é AR ORINK LA When they stamp a Union Label on our pay, we'll be urlable To get rid of such non-union rolls as then upholster us. For figan-ci-al Napoleons will scorn unsere simoleons, zg While wailers, tramps and janitors wax still more rigorous. CPOPHOLEHGHIGG4GHGIGHS e 040OO% roo-4 re LS HOME FUN FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS. GAMES OF THIS AND THAT, ‘Two players agree what to do. One $0004264 et Borax.—Various inquirers are respectfully that while borax, because of fis soothing and qualities, is excellent for external application, use is not recommended. For sore eyes and )mouth it is remedial, and taken in moderate quan- in food that It has been used to preserve it will do ‘But it Je notin any way a specific, nor does It CHESTNU CONUNDRUMS, What New York river asks « question and a Vermont river answers it? Eoo- e om sewed te, taliag sck? Pa-aum-sick, will Delawi ? RUDOLPH SCHLITZ, WLIAM H, | wren ne says the word "that" the yo ee ay ‘When does the hotel boy become @ por- creetetel oe 06H or. toe Sreprovement of the Oxtord Club, New York, Twiee, Sixty-one Ronade right object wil be dadicated. Fanny] 9 gay pung ter? When he reaches the Jug-age. condition. 2 in To the Kéltor of The By World: peehabivelly are referred to Prof. Wiley for neem, on om in Hower "How many tines aid "Young Corbett” Pen ee sad aoa hla Hie b, peng ge ee a ei mtenaln! ‘ experiments for the Department of Agri-| Pret mi and Ter eGovern ant? iow many s. Cantela bebe bis. tate the ‘way ‘Adam's first day the longest? What is the difference between rounds did James J. Corbett and Peter | in the room and Fanny will tell us what) & yet babe COR was 0 ne ton wewarding the action on the buman emaet k aat hae ate ol Jackson fight? JOSEPH JACOB. Because it had no hive, Why didn't the dog want to go into the ark? Because he had & bark of bia Thureday. vel touches the sofa cushton, D To the Editor of The Evening World: Ada—Now call Fanny in, 4 What day of the week did April H, ters. eal Fain one wt Y. GNNOLy | \wanny on own, ryt Ko WY pol Cveveven, i Why is a Ike wheat? Apply to Syperti ‘ada asks Fanny if it ts thie book ott ike borough Company. . in rally ‘I “ 4 AE Heddy Saye i : voen, ener: Ws bid ie pve ‘ re What part of the face resembles a cruel schoolmaster? The eyelid, be- cause it alwaye Gas @ pupil under the $5 PS