The evening world. Newspaper, May 1, 1903, Page 14

iblished by the Press Publishing Company, No, 58 to & Pask Row, New York, Entered at the Post-Office at New York as Second-Class Mali Matter. «NO. 18,228. THE UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT. Harmony existing only'in heaven, it is not entirely | Warprising that dissension should arise even in an or- bization of such high ideals as the University Gettle- ‘Ment Society. Concord has happily been restored by ‘the act of Robert Hunter, head worker, in reconsidering “his resignation offered ax the result of criticisms of his Work by his predecessor. The burden of the charge seems to have grown out ‘of the endeavor of the new management to make the ~Settlement work unpartisan as it had previously been Made unrectarian. [t was sought to add to the gain of Teligious freedum that of political freedom. This com- “Mendable object seems to have been attained. There is to be less work for good government and more for “permanent social betterment,” to quote the phrase of Mr. J. G. Phelps-Stokes. How great a goo:l work the University Settlement is ‘ecomplishing is not always realized by the genera! pub- fe, willing as it is to accord it full praise for the par- Acular iustances of reform that come to its notice, such 23 the society's very noble effort to secure improved Child-lator jegisiation. Nor is the public familiar with the Settlement’s great growth and expansion from smal} beginnings. * It is Just seventeen years since its modest establish-! “ment by Dr. Stanton Coit in living quarters back of an ast side kosher butcher shop. Now it is in its third néw home in Rivington street, with accommodations relatively palatial, Among the members of its council @re such men as Danie! C. Gilman, Carl Schurz, W. 1. Baldwin, jr., and Francis Lynde Stetson, It has sixty- Bight workers in the main east side field, with many others in eubsidiary houses. To reach the people it designs to serve it has estab- Ushec or instituted kindergartens, libraries, lectures, | Jorn agencies, a legal ald society, study clubs, boys'| clubs (19!), boys' camps, playrooms, playgrounds, gym- Masiuins, public baths, concerts and guild sociables. It has left almost no legitimate expedient untried to at- tract persons in lowly station, to remove them from an environment of gloom into an atmosphere of cheerful- ness and aspiration, to stimulate !n them a desire for higher and better things and to accustom them to moral | and mental self-reliance. | It is a very great work, very ably prosecuted. Somo of its visible fruits are seen in the attendance last year im the various departments of 332,641 persons. Of this fine showing the admirable feature is the gain of nearly *80,000 over the previous year. | | ‘ SCHOOL-GIRL MASHERS. \ The Evening World bas had occasion previously to re- buke the prevalence of familiarity approaching libertin- ism in the conduct of a certain class of young men to- ward young women in cars and on the street. Aggra- vated instances of this insulting license of behavior are reported from the vicinity of the Wadleigh High School, “the girl pupils of which have been subjected to familar advances by street idlera. Resentment of such liberties has in many cases emboldened the mashers to resort to forcible caresses. Specific cases are reported of boys putting their arms around girls and attempting to kiss them. This is disgraceful. How does it happen that the police of the precinct have tolerated these insults? Tho complaints are not of one instance of forcible familiarity, but of many. and these long continued. The young rut. | fians responsible for the outrages should be arrested and the gangs to which they belong dispersed. : VANDERBILT CHILDREN. bi The arrival of a new Vanderbilt grandchlid points again to the prolific record of this dynasty of great wealth. With the Vanderbilts, at least, there is no hint of the race suicide charged generally against the rich, It is a family notable for early and fruitful marriages. Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, who died in 1877, left twelve children. Hie eldest son, Willlam H., dying in 1885, left eight, and the eldest grandson, Cornelius, who died in 1899, six. The old Commodore has had forty great-grandchildren and twenty-three great-great- grandchildren. They form a genealogical exhibit which may be compared for fecundity with that of the early Dutch and Puritan colonists, whose large broods furnish frequent texts for homilies on race degeneration. This newcomer, an Elliot F. Shepard granddaughter, is born to a double heritage of wealth and brains, her mother having gained fame as the prize essayist of the ‘woman's law class of the University of New York. Is there any Vanderbilt child who is not born to at least moderate wealth? A casual examination of the family tree shows none. It is a rare distinction for a family of such size. | i CITY SUICIDES. * ‘The first hot wave makes the customary additions to the list of suicides. Of those reported yesterday that of Policeman Clark by jumping from the Washington Bridge and that of Rosle Goldberg, who swallowed carbolic acid while on the Brooklyn Bridge, are noteworthy, the firat because suicide by leaping so far from being rare is the ‘method of self-destruction chosen by fully 5 per cent. of those seeking to end their lives. _ Is it the fascination of the high place, the slight @iddiness induced by the unusual elevation that impels ‘ to the sudden and only half resolved rash act? ‘Was that the reason of Adolphe Openhym's fall or leap x from High Bridge? Here was a man in the very primo ~ Of his years, with much to live for if the laudatory testi- of hie friends and associates is not colored by af- fection. ‘The uncertainty of the fate of one so leaping, tie possibility of escape with broken limbs but with life, yoru! | seem to bid the calculating sutoide to pause before ‘this form of exit. Was {t not for that reason the public was largely incredulous of suicidal im- om Pennell’s part when he went over the cliff in by means of carbolic acid poison {s the fa- » Sdopted as it is by one-third of New York’s Of the 351 cases of suicide in the greater city Year from April 1 to Sapt. 30, 1902, 126 were id. The explanation of the fact that this of eelf-slaughter js also the most painful envy work of moving LAWYER E. M. FRIEND, Counsel for the 8. P. C. H. E present herewith the protr: W the celebrated Inwyer. M. Friend, who is the duly ac- credited, appointed and selected counsel for the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Humor, To-morrow the Old 1—Mr. Newlywed ts left to do all the ing with a friend downstairs ererees O9-3-0-94-O-O $ 3 Jokes’ Home will be closed for the sum- mer for repairs on account of {IIness. A few simple, yet Impressive cere- monies will mark the closing of the ‘Home. Read Mr. Friend's letter: Prof. Josh M. A. Long. I have recelved notice from you that the Old Jokes’ Home will be closed for the summer for repairs on account of sickness. You may rest assured that I will guard the legal interests of the Bociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Humor, the Old Jokes’ Home and Its inmates, Every case of habeas corpus will be bitterly contested by me, It will be useless for persons who have thetr own Interests at etake to endeavor to secure immunity and liberty for their old jokes that have been taken from them by duly appointed officers of the 8. P. C. H. and sent to the Old Jokes’ Home. It will be in vain for their friends and taskmasters to endeavor to secure their releane while I am on guard. In conclusion allow me to congratu- late you for your labors in behalf of humor and humanity, E. M. FRIEND, Counsel for the 8. P. C. H. and at- torney for The Old Jokes’ Home A Batch of Incarables, Prof, Jovh M. A. Long Kindly send your 8. P. for these cripples and have Dr. Le- monsky treat them accordingly MANUEL M. HARRISON 0, %6 South Mirst streot, Hrooklyn love to marry a typewriter.” Wh, “So T could dictate to her.” Long—When are you going to pay me that ten dollars you owe me? Gr What do you take me for. fortune-teller? Mr, Chesty—You must be very rich. Mr. Bluff—I should say so. I've got a frog pond full of green backs, ‘I took a tramp down Eighth avenue and left him there." “1 was sun-struck last night at o'clock. My son struck me for $1.99."" “Dear Doctor: Regarding your cough medicine, | wish to say that I used one bottle of your cure for my doy. Now the bottle is gone and so Is my oy." “Dear Doctor: My wife is at death: door, Kindly call and pull her through.” “My wife is so thin she can ge: around the gas pipe. I think 1 can ge! around and meet her (meter).” A Harry Cau, Prof. Josh M. A. Long Chatned to their respective cots are the following jokes awaiting the arrival of the ambulance, which please hurry forward with all possible speed: 1, Tim—Have you heard the song o! the Flatiron Bullding? Sim—No, I haven't got wind of it ye 2. He—Did you ever hear the story of the Hudson River? Bhe—That ts too deep tor me 3 y is {t we don’t hear any news from Washington?” “Kes dead.” 4. “Tommy, what is the coldest coun try in the world?” asked the teacher Tommy—Why, Chill, 5. Why {ett dangerous to “snooze” a car, Because trains run over sleepers WILLIAM H Another Mother-in-Law Sent In, Cc. H. wagon] « os & iA see, Prof, Jom M. A. Long The other day my mother-in-law was sick and I called in the doctor, He said “You must send her to a warmer climate.” I went out and got an axe and handed !t to him and satd, ‘You hit her, Doc. I ‘haven't the nerve W. ALEX ANDERSON, No, 8% Pearl street, Brooklyn. No. % Burger avenue, 3. 1 This Should Be Hung, Prof. Josh M. A. Loog Kindly provide a chair in your: home for this old joke, so that ft can go wway back and sit down: A shutter fell down one day ang struck a passerby on the head. He brought the case into court and after both sides of the case were heard ‘the Judge decided that the shutter should be hung. ISIDOR COHN, No, 100 Kast Ninetieth street, city. Too. Se NE ta pee ate Se ey 0099 64440690067 MR, NEWLYWED SOLVES THE PRCBLEM OF “MOVING MADE EASY.” 2—While his wife discusses dressmak- THE P0OL-RoOoMS CELEBRATE MAY- DAY, NOW 'S THE- TIME FOR THE MOSQUITO STENT REP Toa ‘And a\ baal 3—Suddenly Mr. Newlywed sees a great light in the darkness of hard labor. too fire flend alone. MAY-DAY FINDS -WEW YORK ALL ABSORBED 'n BASE-BALL Lo a ra vicrimg To USE HIS INSECT POWDER, 2DO00® 4—-The two ladien realize that he is red to assist, 20 they elude the HOW NEW YORK IS CELEBRATING THE GLAD FIRST OF MAY, ? = THE POLICE PARADE COMES OFF T0-r70RROW —— THE SANITOR,-~VOF QUEEN, BUT KING OF THE MAY- Through e. Or behol ry Gotham bosom as we gambol on the green, i, with gaze approving, our perspiring neighbors moving ; BOOK OF CONFESSIONS. A “Book of Confessions is popular among young folks who care to set down, !n black and white, their vartous tastes, &c., for reference in future Here is the form for such a musical celor, flower instrument. song. poet and poem, ‘avorite amusement. 10—Favorite book, Fill a round tin box (a shoe polish box will do) with sawdust and bits of thick blotting paper. Close the box as tighty as possible and introduce into the Id a small metal or glass tubo, let- ting it penetrate into the box a dis- tance of one-third height about the latter's Seal the juncture with putty. Then place the box upon two supports and dolow it light a candle, Soon the sawdust and dlotting paper, being over- heated, will liberate alcoholic and combustible gases, vapors Hold a lightea match to the top of the tube and you will see the gas ignite and contin’ ura, ig \ a ah ditece s U—Favorite gem 12—Favorite gKume. 13-Favorite beverage. M—Fayorlte moatn, 16—Favorite study. Iw-Study you dislike most 1i—Favorite frult 18—Favorite college. | with very iittle trouble, ‘The upper and 194Favorite author. |lower part of the wheelbarrow are to! Hevavorite anliaal: be formed in separate pleces and then Se glued together. The annexed diagrams CHARACTER GAME. In this game some well-known noveist solected—Dickens, for instance—and each player chooses one of his characters to personate, ¢elling no one the choice. Then one of the players relates the life as though it were her own, and por- trays with voice and gesture the ohar- acter she has assumed, Of course no names must be mentioned. have a peg of wood passed its centre to serve as an axle, grams A and B, — CONUNDRUM. ing a shadow? The wind. will prove to be very entertain if each player does her art and makes her|like a drunkard? rrative as amusing and interesting as! satisfied with o use of the ete ie interesting ‘ be ed with moderate 4 . vee aes i) Reena Saree ee lh show how they may be cut out. circle of card forming the wheel may 5—They collapse; but ni have mived every valuab! ra @ ONCE MORE, AIOVING PAY, A toy wheelbarrow may be constructed The through See dia- What can pass the sun without mak- Why {3 @ guide book ike @ pair of is a 4 M1 ledy Wy 9 on ad Yo Pog La dhe es LETTERS, _ QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. Board of Education, To the Bdltor of The Hvening World: 1 have a son sixteen years old, He won't work. T have lots of trouole witn him, [| don't know what to do with him, Some friends told me to send him away. They tod me of a sciiool- ship. Now, where can I find this school- ship and what {s its name? Mr. B. M. Authors’ Names. To the Edtior of The Evening World: ‘The names of what authors are asso- clated with the following: “'K bocker History of Last of the Mohicans.” “Old Ironsides,” jarbara Frietchie," * Cabin," “Sheridan's Ride" Revere's Ride?" EDWARD MITCHELL Washington Irving, J. Fenimore Coop- and er, Longfellow, O. W. Holmes, James Russell Lowell, J. G, Whittler, Harriet Beecher Stowe, J. Buchanan Read. Lonatellow. As to the “Interest Problem." To the BAltor of The Evening World: "G. B. A.’ asks how to divide $2,000 between two brothers, aged sixteen and nineteen respectively, so that when each arrives at twenty-one years of age they will have equal amounts. Give to the elder brother $1,074.98, which with two ot before they le out of doors. BOYdbO% .3 , 4&—-Then Mr. Newlywed confesses the fire was a base figment of his own, scheming brain, A PLEA FOR THE FAT MAN. Why He Should Not Be a Mere Cushion to Cateh 1 Ridicule’s Shafts. HE time has arrived," said the Fat Man, “when some attempt should be made to disabuse the public mind that the fat man has no rights. The effort along that ne by Edmund Russell, who gave use fat Ham. | let, is a move in the right direction, But Mr. Russell was not the right fat man. A fat Hamlet {s not inconsistent with Shakespeare. There ts nothing in the writings of Wiitem 8. to show that Hamlet had to be thin. The only thing to base it on is the fact that the Dane was melancholy. There are more melancholy fat men, proportionately, than there are thin ones. A fat man, left to himself, broke and out of work, can get a bottle of carbolic acid with as much oslerity and annex the same effects from it as a man who welghs ~ less than a prize Jockey. The time will come when the fat man will take his proper Place on the stage, and the dramatist will learn that his Sorrows are not to be made light of; that instead of falling on hin stomach and rebounding to the ceiling he will fall and stay down and take the count until some one picks him ; up, and then he will need the services of an ambulance sur- | eon just as he does in real life. “The fat man as a rule is fous. He goes in for serious things. He doesn't get a hoe or a pick and shovel. He is a battle-ship, not a cruiser. than that of a thin man. He absorbs it. His capacity for trouble ts greater Because of tha” fact that his face can be twisted by a few Hnes he becomes a mark for the cartoonist and is made to resemble an ele- phant or a hog or any old thing that strikes the eye of the man with the pencil, whose particular gift {s the result of @ disordered mind which contains photographic distortions. These he puts on paper and the face of the fat man is con= tinuously before the public in a false light. “The dramatist never puts the fat man in the heart in- terest of his story. He goes through the drama being hit on the head with a stuffed club, rejected when he endeavors to make love and winds up by being paired with the cook fm the tableaux of the last act. ‘But In real life the fat man does things. He gets a good seat In the elevated and uses the space reserved for a person and a half, Mine. He continually does monopoly tn the transit | He refuses to move faster than he wants to and no man passes him in line at the ticket office anywhere. The cartoonist who must use him for the funny page has to turn to him in despair when he needs a’ picture of prosperity. . When he wants to show the regal expression (tne real article with the kingly face), It {s to the fat man the cartoonist must bow. “The tllustrator, who outranks the cartoonist (because he can draw), who has ideals and who detests angles, finds tn the man with the full face the material for sertous consid- eration. He shows him in the places of power in the halls of legislation; leading, not being led. He shows him a well- roomed article in a dressing gown, smoking a cigar that would make a thin man sick. In time the cartoonist will see the error of his ways. and the dramatist, forced by pub- lic opinion, will give to the man with weight the place he deserves in the play-house. He will come on in the firet act, start the show going, rescue the girl In the second act and furnish bond for her father; In the third engage a law- er to prosecute the villain that forged her father's name, and then marry her in the last act, while the young man who now tfirls a cane and looks pretty in the successes of the present day will go to work for him as a travelling salesman on a smail sala WHY THEY WERE ROUTED. Scots’ chard Harding regiment while he was in South Arica. The regi- Davis telis of the ludicrous rout of @ ment was noted for its gallantry In acuon, but one day in the heat of engagement broke and scattered, offlcers and men. After the battle Lord Roberts sent for the Colonel and denanded to know what he and his men meant. Well, General," said the regimental commander, “not @ man of us {s afraid of the Boer bullets, but we were sta- tloned in a field Infested with wasps, and as we were all in Kilts, why"'--— A roar of laughter from "Bobs" and some others present showed + at the explanation was all sufficient. “ON THE EVENING WORLD PEDESTAL, years’ simole inte’ at 6 per cent gives him approximately $1,203.30; to the handcuffs? Because tt is made for tour-| other give $3925.62, which with five ‘The person who fi t . pvaresian te personated has the priviiese fats (two wrists), simple interest at 6 per cent. giv of deciding who shall be the next to tell] How docs a stove feel when full of] approximately $1,203.20, A. K. B. her atory. coal? Grateful. This game of “assumed characters” Yeu, if Elected. Can a Roman Catholic be President of the United States? Mise M, B. Children! 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