The evening world. Newspaper, May 12, 1903, Page 10

{ ‘TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1903. ser remem iene - ‘Published by tho Press Publishing Company, Park Row, New York, Entered at the Po! at New York as Second-Class Mali Matter, _ VOLUME 43 .NO} 16,289. a THE 3UBWAY LITTER. | President Cantor, asked about the prospects of clear- ing the streets of the subway litter, says that he has been iuiadle of June something may be done.” He ts “trying to have the blockades removed from Broadway between Ninety-first and Ninety-seventh streets.” Mr. Cantor “used some vigorous language.” Mr. Par- gons, “admitting that the situation called for summary “action” “promised to admonish the contractors,” and be- _tween the urbane promises of the one and the vigorous language of the otuer the conditions grow worse, Neither soft words nor swear words avail. The helplessness of the officials would be ridiculous if its effect were not so @erious. Merchani and pedestrian have both been put to inconvenience and discomfort and loss of trade to a de- @ree undrenmed of before the subway was begun. It ‘was incenccivable that the work of construction could involve so arbitrary an invasion of private rights. It contract carried with it a condition of utter impotence on ‘the part of the city authorities. ‘Tho upper Rrondway blockade referred to by Mr. Can- ‘tor isa crowning disgrace. Not only has the entire street Deen seized upun by the contractors but the sidewalks as well. The delay of the ongines in reaching the Nine- ty-fifth street apartment-house fire was largely due to his cause. For a year or more there has practically, been no thoroughfare through this part of Broadway. ‘Many a emall dealer has gone into bankruptcy by reason of it. Ts there no relfef? Are the obstructive conditions to continue at the pleasure of the contractor until he sees fit end them? MR. SULLY’S GREAT FEAT. Are we called on to admire Mr. Daniel J. Sully for his Great gambling fent of raising the price of cotton two $5,000.000 for himself within a few months? Mr. Sully is, of course, entitled to the praise to be mecorded to the “nervy plunger,” the “daring operator,” ‘the “clear-headed financier” who has excelled all the other produce gamblers of the present moment by suc- cessfully engineering a corner. It is the same kind of praise young Joseph Leiter got before his wheat deal eollapsed, It is praise the relish of which has been en- Joyed by Keene and Cudahy and many another specu- Jntor in grain or other necessities. The difference is that in Mr. Sully’s case ho continues to deserve the praise by holding on jong past the time when the crash was due. Yet, to call things by their right names, is not Mr. Sully one of the class who are enemies of society in the ‘worst sense because they exemplify the spirit of monopoly in its most objectionable form? He has produced nothing; he hes given the world no invention which, as an exhibition of his talent, should entitle him to an un- disturbed enjoyment of the revenue accruing to him from fts sale. He has simply made an entire nation pay him tribute by charging more for a staple article; which mvans that every cotton garment will be dearer to the ‘poor man who has to purchase !t for clothing. The speculator has deliberately without any compensatory re- turn +o the people imposed a tax upon them even more arbitrary than that of the extra cent a gallon for oil exacted by Mr. Rockefeller last winter. It 's an achievement to be ¢pkmmpated rather than praised, > z SOCIETY GIRLS CN TKE STAGE, One day’s news contains reports of three young ‘women prominent in society life who have determined to “go on the stage.” The niece of the late President Mc- Kinley, the daughter of ex-Gov. Brown, of Maryland, and the niece of I. Q. C. Lamar, President Cleveland's Sec- retary of the Interior, are the ladies in question. Youth ; nd personal beauty and a consuming desire to act are ia their qualifications. Miss McKinley, who possesses in ae addition a cultivated voice, 1s reported as having been offered a President's salary, $1,000 a week, to appear In vaudeville , There is no line of feminine endeavor where there is _ More room at the top, or rather in the centre of the etage, than in the dramatic profession. Both England and the United Siates are sadly in need of an actress gteat in tragic rules; there are places for others in the emotional or so-called ‘society’ drama, well or better? Stage favorites too infrequent! them readily cnough, but to continue it is not easy names fall trippingly from the tongue—Adelaide Neilson, the gypsy girl; Bernhardt; Rachel, Have not the stroll- Se much more, then, the need of one from among s0- clety’s own. in the femiuine breast. of Ristrionic debutantes! “SMUGGLING AND THE CONSCIENCE, n constience is somewhat callous? es ery he bearts of the most u “trying hard since the beginning of last year to remedy dhe disgraceful conditions in Elm street’ and “by the also ' cents a pound while coincidentally making a profit of| was not believable then nor is it credible now that tha| 4 | |Teport in the morning, A4DPDIANDAADIDDDOODODIAD DOL DDDOUMDUADDOORG ADT DOOD 29904 THE SCRAPPIE 38-35 core ® Oy TAL 14) jp LEU Hh 200 TOLD ABOUT i NEW YORKERS. |? ae HSN George Gould plays he plays hard. When he works—. He en- gngod a stenographer and said nothing about the time the man was to, so he strolled | in at 10 o'clock and found Mr. Gould! at work. The next morning the young man was in the office at 9. Mr, Gould Was there but made no remark. The third morning the stenographer, deter- mined to show hig willingness to work, got to his desk at 8 Mr. Gould looked | up from his desk to remark: ‘Young, % man, I should lke to know what you! do with your forenoons.”" | ry Borough President Cantor says he! @oesn't ke to Interfere when persona! | difficulties threaten, but he almast go. merchant called another a ‘mum. | “What's (hat mean?" Mr, Can- tor asked a friend. “It's a bad name,” | the friend replied. ‘The merchants were very much exelted and a crowd was wathering. “‘Scmebody ought to sepa ate them,” suggested Mr. Cantor “What was that? Another bad name? “Well, yes, He say ‘bonetta.’ It means he's another." The merchants were! mhaking levn, long fingers {n each other's faces. Mr. Cantor saw no policeman the crowd was growing. “Sherl mo lochum:" shrieked one of the mer-| 4 chants. The crowd roared. Mr. Cantor | decided to interfere. “No, don't you, his gulde said. “He say ‘sher! mo| 4 jochum.’ That means peace be with you.’ It's all over.’ | ese Edward Lauterbach had a pet bull t rler of which he was very fond, Not! & long ago, while the lawyer and his dog) ¢ were walking near Larchmont, an odor! % of gasoline filled the alr; a scarlet, snort-| ing demon whizzed past and the poor! iiitle bull terrier lay a mangled heap on| the | “That was Van Blank's $7,000 auto,"’| ander | echoed Lau- teroach, “and guided by Van Blank!) What an unduly aristocratic death for) A mere dog!” le o 8 8 When Brander Matthews took a liter-| ature chair at Columbia he did not take Kindly to the usually coveted title of “Professor.” the club soon after said: T'm to call vs ‘Professor’ now? “Tf you do," was the reply, ‘it will cost you a bottle of wine for each of-| fense." | SNS £405-90-094-002, a Hedees e AND THI3 13 {WHEN Wilt 1T BE COMPLETED? IN ABOUT TEN YEARS —~ YounNOW THEY (AUST FIGURE ON STRIKES IN A friend meeting him at ‘1 guppose | © soe “Flats have taken possession of Pro pect Park slope,” sald President Cas-! 4 sidy, Of Queens. “A few years ago to say | Is there another | 5 Margaret Anglin up in the gallery hanging on the words! + of @ Viola Allen, studying how to act the same part as} omne from the draw-! {ng-room. To name Mrs. Potter Is to begin the list Of 7, ihe saitor of Tho Evening World While of those who have come up from the ranks many) favor of being married by a minister ing players contributed most great actresses to the stage? peing married by a Justice. To be a great actress is a hope that springs eternal May {t be realized by this trlo| pistric + | Some very remarkable allegations regurding the prev- ) Mence of smuggling at this port are credited to a former * Bpecia! Treasury Agent, W. H. Theobald. It is distinctly ssjmaserted by him that four pearly necklaces ranging in, many candidate, against John W. Gof, | falue from $30,000 to $50,000 recently brought in without m of duty are now worn by women in Newport, : | We are not rermitted to surmise that the jewelled | bidty Women were cognizant of the evasion of duty. | "e## of the husband or the wife to start! ub ja it not truc that in the matter of smuggling the, er Are there 10); mt of ocean travellers who declare all their dutiable swith ebeolyte honesty? The cigars that your| re m with the quiet and somewhat proud ad- it his friend the purser brought them in; the) ‘that reach your maiden aunt from Paris| ~ on; that frock coat of Algie's that} Of his own wardrobe—there is, {t DFight of | person, shoul receiver, Me coasts Weta pes you lived on the Slope meant that you were wealthy, but it may now mean that you occupy a room opening on an alr shaft, And there are more fats up every day in that section, It 13 a great transformation. $$ $< LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. POODEGHOLO6OX O66 HOME FUN FOR T EDUCATED ELEPHANT, Clergyman or Juatice of Peacet Can readers give any argument in CONUNDRUMS, rather than @ Justice of the Peace? A| | Who steps in after tea? U. near relative, who 1s oon to be married, despite protest of friends, insiste on What two letters make a species L. B. pepper? Ie De Lancey Nicoll. pnvhen 18 @ bottle wick? When it lue. To the Edtior of The Evening World Please settle a wager, It is argued | that De Lancey Nicoll was not elected Atornew of New York County, | but merely filled the unexpirea term of his predecessor. Is this correct? | INQUIRER, for? What we can't have, | both need bread first thing to do? Get up. | Mr. Nicoll, with the Republican and : " i dependent @upport, ran against John met three lving people; they were R, Fellows, the Tammany nominee, In not three men, they were not three 1890 ar. | Women or three children, A. One man, and was defeated. In 1887, | one woman and one child, Z coll ran again, this time as the Tam- use theirs Is all net profit What is that move withont, but yet Is of no use it? Nolse. hat 1s and he wes elected and served a three- |THE BUAPHANT I8 FORMED BY TWO Boys year berm Two boys are required to personate A Day Off op Sunday. our od friend the elephant—one repre- To the Hitltor of The Evening World Isents hts fore and the other his hind | A reader asks whether It {s the bus!- {fess the difference between Kevees, the second boy stoaping also (| what he sows. the same level, with his hands on the! \ohton is the kitchen fire in the morning. It is j the wife's duty to start the kitchen fire! form the back of the elephant. A large | brought the green back to’ Noah. blanket or shawl Js then thrown over| "Wit nuh ip the most valoed. by them, one end of which Is twisted t0| loving wite? Hpr-r! represent the trunk of the animal, the Apologies and Latin. other end serving in a similar manner 2 Ht To the dltor of The ng Works: to reoreaent hie tail, ‘Two paper cones |“ iy Tene moe When one writes an apology to a|form. the tusks, and the elephant is nowledge | complete, Ay tand witty boy should ne Geter ae ecg | Tobe Rditer of The Rvenlie: World On what day of the week did Nov. 9, 148, fall? LC. What with? An old pack of ONE OF OUR $$ 367,000,000 SKY-ScRAPERS /” Se What is it that we should never ask Why is a beggar like a baker? They | When any one falls down, waat is the -As I was going up the church ateeple y ought flshermen to be wealthy? which a cart cannot The first boy stoops, steadying farmer and a dressmaker? One sews himself by placing -his hands on hls! what she gathers and the other gathers the debtor's favorite tree? the morning six days of the week.| frat boy's thighs. A quilt, doublet | aye wiklow (will owe) it Bune: 4 y prac cs . helio should start iS, carat ie three.or four times, is now piaced on| Aynen was peper money first men- Tharsday. the backs of the boys. which serves tO! Woned in the Bible? When the dove | What did Adam first set in the Gar- t is the thardest thing to deal cards. ITP ICE URS A TRINOMRUCNIEETET RT FY = "i "“ANo Tu STRIKE LIGHT-WEI GH? UNIFOR Ay” ° 4 ‘ THOUGHT XO Sow You THE CITY§ SWELLEST EATING PLACK BUT You KNQW THE HELP /$ ALL OUT ON ot to Ales? together “against them, } litt this, the three, ®|X number of chil h « Nght Ee As. * sa JB I OONT GET my o4) sTRine!” When, from far-away rusticity, to Gotham’s electricity The visiting sightseer circumnavigates the pike, He will deem New York’s reverted to some ancient town deserted 2 THE EVENING 2 WORLD'S w HOME “# MAGAZINE 1 ° ; = THIS 1$ OUR WONDERFUL SUBWAY-/T WiLL BE RUNNING SEVENTEEN YEARS "ROM NEXT TANVARY IF Tie MEN ’ DONT REMAIN ON STRIKE Foo Long! “a When he sees how every work’s tied up by endless chains of Strike. PPODD OE6O9G94HOOOHOHLOOOSOOO6-90090909H9GH5GOHOHEHGOO4'5OOOO To lift three matches with one you should, with a slit in one end, fasten and place forming a pyramid. To tilt the wedged matches up until the third falls within the joint. You then raise your match, which lifts ——__—— THE GAME OF BUZZ. dren stand up in & row and the first one begins to. count, one, then the next one says two, and the third oo % - } tas 94 6404 SISTERS THIS TIME LEND, A. . i Jig THE ALLURING “DANGER” SIGN. And the Charm It Seems to Exert Over Some People. “If you are walking along the street and come to a red sign which reads ‘Danger,’ and yet are tempted to get as close to it as posetble in order to see how great the danger 4s,” ald the policeman, “you are no different from ninety nine out of every hundred persons who see the sign. ‘Danger’ signs don't do the slightest bit of good,” continued the policeman. ‘They may be in compliance with the law to prevent a sult for damages in case any person who dise regards the sign is hurt, but as for preventing accidents they are no good. “How many people do'you see stopping at raflroad cross- UJ ings when the gates are down? Probably one person out of twenty will do so, The other nineteen will craw! under ‘the gates and get into a network of tracks. Many times you wil see the driver of a wagon whip up bts horses in order to get under a gate and thus save delay by the passing train. The secret of this whole business is the van'ty of the person braving the danger signal. He thinks that those people who have been killed or injured under the same con- ditions were not quick enough or not smart enough, but he 4s all right, and can show the people a thing or two. “You watch for a fire some of these days, and you will find the foolhardy crowding as close to the lines and as close to the burning building as {s possible. In fact, they will dodge the policeman on duty and get tn as close prox- imtty as possible to the burning building, notwithstanding the fact that the walls are liable to fall in at any moment and cause untold damage to life and limp. . “Why, in the streets most any day," continued the police- man, according to the Washington Star, “with a two-ton safe being holsted to a fourth or fifth story window, no danger signs keep people from walking uncer it. Nurhber- less large buildings are being erected, and the heavy pleces of stee! and stone are being hoisted high in the air, but people crowd as close as they can possibly get to see the operation, notwithstanding one of them might drop from any height. have seen men pass across a five-hunared-foot rafiroad ‘ridge with not the slightest {dea of when the next train would pass and despite the fact that at each end of the bridge there is @ sign bearing in large letters the word ‘Danger.’ I don't know why {t is, but ‘danger’ signs are never regarded, or seldom are. It must be for the same reason you go Up to,a wall that has the sgn ‘Fresh Paint’ on {t and put your ‘hand on the wall to see if the paint is. wet." A BUNCH OF APHORISI/IS. ‘The oyster has shut up shop. Revenge may de sweet, but it {s apt to curdle. The brass drum may be a delusion, but it is never a snare, The worm will sometimes turn without waiting to be trod- den upon. The man who has nothing to lose can afford to gamble with destiny, says the Philadelphia Record. ‘A self-made man is one who has taken advantage of self- ‘made opportunities. The fellow who claims that he was driven to drink gener- ally ‘handles the reins. A woman will face the world without fear if she but knows that her hat is on straight. When you throw dull care to the wind be sure it is blow- ing strongly away from you. It ts all right to respect old age, provided it doesn't take the form of an egg at breakfast. It sometimes happens that the man who buys a pig in a poke doesn't even get a meal of pork chops. ON THE EVENING WORLD PEDESTAL. “(THIS 18 WHERE I'M GETTING MY New 600 GOWN BUT You SEE THE - E “ORESS- MAKERS ARE ON STRIKES? UNIS-LYOHF9OGSG-O-9-99-9999-H99-9899999999909-9G0-000O 9 699-96100-09-90-009 609-0090 || Some of the Best | Jokes of the Day. BORROWED IDEAS. “Some folks’ ideas," said Uncle Eben, “4s Jes’ like an ostrich's feathers. Dey doesn’ ‘mount to nuffin’ in partickler til! dey gets into de possession o' somebody else.""—Washington Star. PROFESSIONAL, The Allen—Don't you like to stand in a great city street and feel the great pulse of humanity? The Citizen—Yes; but I'm a physictan, anywey.—Detrolt Free Press, WANTED MONEY’S WORTH. Host—That confounded doctor charged five guineas for telling me there was nothing wrong with me, ‘i Visitor—Ovtrageous! Host—Yes; {f he had discovered dan- gerous symptoms I shouldn't have minded {t—Illustrated Bits, THE ONE EXCEPTION. “Well, Adam, I'll give you credit for one thing.” sald Eve, ‘m surpriseq that you'll give me credit for anything. What is it?’ ou never sald r ponan Ce as TC THE 1o we! as your mother |.""—-Yonkers LOCA fi Rr tl vonetionaily, tyr NLLUSTRIOUS Tramp—t don't ask assistance fur me- | selfs air, but fur me wife an' family, PL cherie (handing him # shilting)— of n Children! Upon our Pedestal See Woodbury standout, ‘Who hints that he's performed or ing each