The evening world. Newspaper, May 21, 1903, Page 14

Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-OMoe at New York as Second-Class Mali Matter, .NO. 18,248 VOLUME 48,........, 40000 MAKING CONEY MORAL. Mech progress has been made in the suppression of “Meoruer at Coney Island that on last Sunday, by all ac-| counts, this popular pleasure resort came near achieving | the unwonted distinction of being a model of decorum. | The improvement is a great gain, most conspicuously In} .the banishment of the Indecency that once dofiled some} concert halls and vaudeville shows there. | But the good accomplished is likely to be nulll- fled if Commissioner Greene's new excise order for} , Coney Island and other nearby beach resorts is strictly ‘interpreted. By the provisions of this order the pre-| Mminaries for procuring a drink will hereafter {nvolve ‘registry at a hotel as a guest and the ordering and serv-| ing of a bona-fide meal. Is not this asking “the Island” «to be too good, while discriminating against it? Thus, while in the city it will presumably still be possible on| Sunday as of old to get a drink by simply ordering it in a cafe and disregarding the property sandwich supplied, for which there Js no charge, the pleasure-seoker at Coney will be obliged to pay dearly for his drink in ad- dition to going through irksome formalities to procure {t, This wil) in offect amount to a contradictory enforce- ment of the Excise law in different boroughs of the same city. It will obviously work a great injustice to thou- sands of frequenters of the nearby seaside resorts, par- ticularly to the basket parties which provide thelr own luich and look to the friendly ministrations of a beer pavilion for the fluid accompaniment. The very kind of guests who least provoke disorder at the beaches on the Sabbath will be subjected to the severest appll- cation of the Jaw. It seems hardly a fair deal. MORE OPEN ‘L" CARS. As The Evening World has previously pointed out, ene Third avenue “L" passengers have a great advaitage over the patrons of the west side elevated lines in the open cars afforded them. To ride in one of these com- modious and conifortable cars is a joy the absence of which the west sido passenger hardly appreciates because he is given no chance to experience it. They are none too numerous and they are quickly filled, the lucky seat holder congratulating himself as {f he were riding In a parlor car while his fellow-passengers are in day coaches; and the difference in comfort and exclusiveness 1s rela- tively as great. The besl substitute for this luxury of travel offered the west side passenger is a cross seat by a window way from the sun. Such seats are few and soon occu- ied. ' Why does not the “L's new management provide open cars for the Sixth and Ninth avenue lines? They are a demonstrated success; they furnish the most agrec- gble form of transportation. To run them in warm weather would be a boon, for which the travelling pub- Me would not soon cease to be grateful. The arrest at the instance of the Health Board of twenty-five violators of the smoke ordinance was an 6x- cellent day’s campaign against the betouling of the at- "mosphere. The officers of the law do not appear to have had great success in gathering in principals in thelr drag net, managers and proprietors eluded them and they were obliged to content themselves with bookkeep- vers and minor employees. But these will serve. * Cannot the Board's activity be extended to Include , the river craft, many of which remain persistent vio- lators of the Jaw? Tugs and steamers belch forth clouds of thick smoke, which in the heavy atmcsphere of the warin week have been most objectionable. They add their noxxiousness to the acid aud acrid fumes borne across the river from the Jersey shore. Another of the Health Board’s commendable accom- plishments has been the recent sortes of Sunday raids on milk dealers who were suspected of adulterating thelr product on that day of the week, taking advantage of the practise which had allowed {t to become a day of nou-examination hy the Inspectors. Out of 286 samples taken for analysis only 66 were found to be sufficlently Pure to auswer the legal requirements. It is conceivable that so many dealers could use the Opportunity of a momentary relaxat.on of official vigil- ance to perpetuate a petty swindle of this nature? Dr. Lederle's work deserves much praise. Next to the city’s water supply the purity of the m iit furnished {it should be most jealously guarded, THE COWARDICE OF SUICIDE. In reading the details of the first crop of hot-weather suicides the wonder excited is that so many of those destroying their lives wantonly were persons In a social Sphere where the incentive to live might rationally be Presumed to be strong enough to overcome any desire to make*way with one's self. Among those who killed themselves on Tuesday were Miss Ada Imhauser, young, beautiful and independently rich; Harry Schwartz, a student, supported in comfort by his parents; and Cath- erlne Germaine, a former star {nu comic opera and mar- rled to a well-to-do business man, Miss Imhauser’s motive has not yet been determined. but the boy had failed in his examinations and the actress nad had a spat with her husband. Is there so little 1n Ite that a disappointment or a fit of temper is thought excuse enough to warrant one In shuffling off and taking the plunge into eternity? When life ts held 80 lightly, to be continued or ended as the whim moves, can the person s0 disposing of himself be considered worthy ever to have enjoyed the boon of existence? The poor, the tolling, the wretched hold on, estimat- ing the gift of life ata higher value, They fight adver- aity year atfer year, never yielding until a natural death conquers them. They are philosophers with whom the Might-of-life, discouraged by their first defeat and de- spondent, do not deserve comparison for dignity of char- geter and true worth, i vig 4 #2 AN $ ~ 044400040-1006624006 94640040 4 TOLD ABOUT ; NEW YORKERS.|: (6] HAVE @ double somewnere in| 2 | tonne said Henry W. Unger) 2 yesterday. ‘He docan't get drunk | % and go to jail for thrashing his land- lord, but he borrows quarterd and even dimes from frienda of mine. Every week! @ or so I meet some one or other who thinks I owe him 2 cents I nevee| borrowed, I make good, and tals mysterious double costs me about $1 a] « woek. I auppose I ought to be grateful that he doesn't borrow $0 at a time or sive my name at the police station when he is arrested for sleeping on a park bench.” | | A patrolman attached to the West One| Hundred ang Twenty-fifth street station | > years ago. He was bathing at Rock-) away, and, having a few drinks of Rock- | away rye aboard, thought it would be! about the cleverest joke imaginable to| duck @ certain stout man who was! > swimming far out. He made for his vic- tim and was Just about to seize and {m- merse him when the stout man turned his head and addressed him by name, With horror the patrolman recognized William 68. Devery, then Chief of Gotham's police. oe “A woman wrote to me the other day.” sald Dr. C. M. Hawes, “asking me how long badlen should be allowed to sleep. I saw at once she was ono of the noble atmy who try to get medical ad- vice for nothing. 80 I calmly answered her: ‘In just the same way aa short bables should be allowed to sleep.’ ” eee RK. Munkittrick, the humorist, was asked recently what was his favorite line of all his nonsen: “When I feel convivial," he replied, “I regard my line, ‘Music fringed with drinks,’ as the most inspired tn all the anthology of true poetry.” aS Tom Sharkey, the fighter, bears on bia mighty chest a tattoord full-rigged ship, He was asked once why he had not had a ploture of two men sparring tattooed there instead “The ship's spars are good enough for| % me," he growled. 56 6 Lawyer “Abe” Levy ts pleased with | { more brains thas hair, In fact, the top | ¢ of bis head would serve as a free pass | to the front row of aay musical comedy. When he was shaved a fow days ago. | the absent-minded barber remarked: “Bay rum on the hair, alr?” “Thanks,” answered the lawyer, “but | you'd only be ‘wasting Ite sweotncas on desert hair.’ > LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. Baseball or Football? To the Editor of The Evening Word Will readgs decide whether or not basebal {s a more popular game than football? AW. OW. Straight Flosh Beats Four Ace To the Biaor of The Bveainy World A says a straight flush (in poker) beats four aces. Is he right? W. A. OH, The Amazon. To the Fdltor of The Evening Word: Which ws the longest river in the world? JE MURRAY Is Eligible to Presidency. To the EAitor ot Tue eveang Word A says that a Roman Catholic can't be | Piewideat of the United States, B says he can? HORACE G, B. “whore is Harlem!? To the Wditor of The Evening World: Wheee ts aHriem Is it phe bourne; from which no traveiler returna? Wili readers kindly enilghten an inquirer, who can never find any one who |.ves, or hus Lived, in Harlem? Give its geographical ‘and physical Iecatlon, SEEKER FOR HOME Apply to Your Congr To tae bi tor of The Kyening World To wnom should [ app.y for admission asa cadet at Annapo.is? HARRY C D Was Superiutendent of Police, To the Re wy of Yre Eveuing Worid A mys Thomas F. Byrnes was never Cmet of Police of New York, and B saya he was. T. and G. What In the Saddeat Worat —The celobration of Manhat- fan's 260th birthday 1s signalized in a uniquely appre ) priate manner by the Times vy an offer of prizes for -e@mmaye on the citys bis written by school ehildeon | ‘The essays are to be based on a series of ardcles by wmumas A. Janvier, which the Times will pulish next Sweek. on epochs of the history of New York. They will Be judged on the qualities of neatness, good penman- and grammsiicul accuracy displayed and on thelr ty to the facts as set forth in Mr. Janvier's arti- ‘The liberal allowance of prizes will enable 100 HN eavayints to participate, while other contostanta rewarded with souvenir medals, Additional AD be awarded teachers, A great merit of the ts eduoational value, as providing an incentive alty’ 4 Alstory | ; What 2 perfectly rot) | Exquisite Toad. Hiss 3 ; i qh ar rae CROSSING COPS wow FOR ak Z| Be MI , | cl Q) tome Hh) an aurea squAo WITH CHAFFEUR UNIFORMS QF ROYAL PYRPLE 004014400 HOTBLOOD, THE BEAR-SLAYER, RESCU ‘BAILEY, FO fa Auk RIGHT, ALL Ceatgnre A yfeay not ts uh 4 pick Hot blood SURE PARRSOLS fence’) RAGE! SS MERE 15°) TH)3 Pave Room OW Kees Post?) CONGO STYLE FOR Since edicts dictatorial now govern the sartorial Equipment of the men who come ‘neath Piper's stringent sway, Here’s just a stray design or so to give folks just a line or so On what they may expect to see on beat now any day. HOM OHIHOOPIHY® 620869484 94 HE PHHOODOODO DOD LO ODED OHOTO OU G9 HOHOOOD To the kditor of The Even ng Word u Will readers give opinions ae to whieh | % is the saddest word in vhe English} ©" language? G. COLE. | Wire, Drops of wax fa! candle on cold water assume the form of litte cups of the v, ts pler pushed to tl and all the which &. mg from a lighted closely resem\y.e ff cach cup as it @ centre by a thn ie other end of the little wires attuched 110,050 (Cenuun of 1000), to a stouter one with the smallest Howers at one end, you have a {a'r imt- To We Editor of ‘we Eveaog World: tation of aM wering #:ack of the lily at What Is the Ch.nese population of the| ihe vacley, which has a rea ‘atic eect United States? © TREBING A Hair Query. To the £4 tor of The Evening World Tioes the hair grow when people are deo: WM, BRANDT. | Nov ordinarily, although there have been cases where It has done so, To the Miter of The Rveuing World: On what day of the week did 1080, faut when is she Alea put in a vase with po.nted leave of green paper Soren eae a CONUNDRUMS, When ts a gir: anal When she ts attached to a buoy and when @he anchors after a swell, What Ie the most dangerous tme to go into the country? When the trees Ang. 1s, |*@,hooting end ue Lull ‘HARLEM. Fis Cy 72 20 fin romintially in love fovilehly in love? rushes out. ey Whe saw A CLEVER TRICK. OW many brothers have you living? KH Take the number and douole it. Add 3, Multiply the result by 5. How many living steters have you? Add this number to your last result. Now multiply your whole by 10, How many drovhers and sieters are ded? Add this number to your Inst result. Now subtract 150 from the resulting number and you will find this to be true: 1, The left-hand figure of the result will give the number of your living brothers, 2.The middie figure will number of your living elsters. 3. The righi-hand —fig.re wil show the number of dead brothers and sisters, show the ——— THE HA-GOO GAME. | A game popular among the Trinktts, @ tribe of Indians in southern Alaska, {e aren range themselves In two parallel lines, In the centre of one line Jie a player wo holds aloft a pole with [a brightly colored plece of cloth doating |trom It, Thea, from the opposite Hne, jadvances a litte girl wh hand tor the ‘a.ed, ber compantons make f trings and “cut cupers'’ laud, i. che smiles, ever sy sighuy, she b oul of the game; but if she can keep Solemn face aue takes the stick and goer back to her own line, while one of thr opposing players moves acroas the opes envee and tries in turn to keep a strigh 08, Cig goes on until there 3 ‘one player. ‘who ‘has: not Seied, and rin one wins 4 the game for the side, etibatiA tale wkd PROBLEM IN CHECKERS, ‘Without looking at the fllustration ar- range elght counters on a checkerboard oe that there will be but-one counter on each Ine, horizontal, perpendicular or diagonal. TRICK WITH FIGURES. Here 1s a good mind-reading puzzle. Write a figure on a piece of paper and fold ft wp so that It is concoaled. Ask \ member of the home circie to keep this tl you call for It. Then ask an- other member to write three separate xures on @ plece of paper while you are blindfolded or remoyed w a point where you cannot posibly ece the fig- res. The pergon writes, say 164. You ask mum to reverse the figures thus, | 467. 2ou ash bem to rect them ths, 1. Then you ask to reverse these at ory ‘ne to add thes thne, on, you are im to add thea the, aiwage ; ES FOR THR SUMMER, THOS OBLIGNTAULLY CooL, LO0S8B-F/TTING KIMONAS w# THE »# EVENING »# WORLD'S # HOME MAGAZINE 2 2ODZLODBDDDD DOOD 09909990 0OOOOO BEAUTY IN DISTRESS. ex 23499963 DOO DOOSZOEr ARMOA SUITS FOR SsuBway DISTURBANCES DODD29DY99O0OT9OHFGIOHIG-H9HHO HF 2 3 y » {afterward decided to try It on his little girl. w lj iBOTHGATES AND THE ACTRESSES. One Arouses His Ire, but the Other Wins Hie Devotion, OTHGATES slammed them hard. “Wex-twen-thle,” be B sald savegaly. “You neem disturbed." “Did you see her? No? Well, I ain't a peach as @ dew scriber, but she's one of them giddy things they call chorus girls, or I don't belong. Flossie? Well, maybe that's her name. Gets on at Sixty-sixth. They's @ crowd there, I get the bell and ste's coming on slow and lofty. ‘All aboard,’ I say. ‘S-ur!’ she says, and, oh, my, what an eye she gives me. Cur's so full she just can squeeze in, Pretty soon she rdisos a row. ‘Me purse,’ she says, ‘Whe stole me jooks in and s: ‘What's the trouble, lady?’ stole me purse!’ she yells, ‘Beg your pardon, ett with you when you get Perhaps {ts on tne pee-nnnie at home.’ Then she re- members where {t is, and say, tt wasn't in her hand, but she ain't glad a Ittle bit, ‘You're an imperint wretch.’ she say and she just keeps up that line of talk for five stations, and now she's going down to see the boss and get me fired. “Say, if I was tirel every time one of them says I'm going to be we wouldn't pay Baer a cent for coal. Some of the same kind want me to back up the train and get Willle, who'g left at tho station, and they's others can't see why I make a Fiftieth train out of one they thought was Har- lem. But they’s others." Bothgates 1s naturally sunny, and he smiled as he thought of the others. “Nice little gal used to ride with me often. Bhe was #0 reg'lar that we say ‘good morning.’ Neat little thing with big eyes and a voice just like singing. Sometimes they'’s a woman who has a little gray In her hair comes with hei and she gives me a nod, too. I size her up for the mother They always read books on the trip, and one day they leave a book in the seat. It's a queer kind of thing, full of type- writing, reads like a play, but ail the words ain't there. The lines break off right in the middle sometimes. I save it and the next day I give It to her. ‘Oh, thank you, Mr, Both- gates.’ she says, as if I give her diamonds. ‘I couldn't think where I left St." And her and her mother talk all the way down, Icoking at me a good lot. I see the old lady has a bill in her hand and I says ‘Not for Bothgates.’ But the gal makes the old lady put {t av and when she come: out she gives {t to me. What y’ think? Tt's a pass to the show for two, and it's signed ‘Miss Adams.’ You could a just dropped me into the subway. I couldn't size her wp acting on a stage to save my Ufe. But you bet I chase red-hot down to the show and see her do It all right, and I tell you it's fine, “Taat's a long ago. Never see her in the train nowadays, Maybe shoe's got an auto or lives over at the Waldorf. She's got the stuff now and don't have to get crowded, but I bet if I see her and say ‘good morning,’ I'll get a mile and a ‘Howdy do, Mr. Bothgates? back. Funny, ain't it? I talk a lot about her to red-head, and the old gal never gets Jealous," JANE HADING’S EYES. It Is sald that Mme, Jane Hading has the loveliest eyes in the world, They are of the clearest and purest brown, Uke that of mountain brooks or wave-washed onyx, and velled with a thick fringe of black and silky lashes. When toure fag in Turkey Mr, Hading learned of the national Turkish custom of lengthening the elliptical space between the upper and lower lids by slitting the outer canthus about @ tenth of an inch and stretching the lids as the wound heals, and ‘The result has THE DOG DAYS ER Some of the Best Jokes of the Day. WHEN BABY'S BAD. A baby gets all Its bad traits from its father! If you don’t belleve It, ask the mother.—Washington (1a.) Democrat. THE IGNORANCE OF MEN. Little Dot--Mamma, I don't think Un- cle George ts haif as smart as he tries to make people beileve he Is. Mamma—Why do you think dear? ttle Dot—Because he claims to u derstand five or six different languages and yestenlay I had to tell him what the baby was saying.—Chicago News. PLAIN TALK. ‘"“@have," said the crusty patron, la- contcally. “Close?” inquired the ‘barber. “No, I'm not close, but I'm not tn the habit of giving Ups, if that's what you are driving at."—Philudelphia Press. SWEATING OVER THEM, “How is your husband geting along with his Mterary work?" was asked of Mra, Partington s married daughter. “Splendidly, He has two books ready for the publishers and three others in course of — perspiration,""—Baiusnore American, A NEW ONE ON HER. Hnpeck—Meeker is certainly a lucky individual. that, Blowun—What’s the explanation? Enpeck—Last fail he tumbled into an open sewer and recovered $5,000 damages from the city and yesterday he fell out ot ¢ third-gory window and lit on his mother-in-law--<Jh'cago Daily News. made Jane Hading's optics famous, TO THE LOCALLY ILLUSTRIOUS (8x-Wardman Bdward Glernon, former police ruler of the Tenderlete, under Devery.) Our Pedestal, oh, Children dear, Bears “Wardman” Glennon’s weight. Swayed Gotham by his “System’ ‘Then Glennon’s star was at its height, Alan! the “System” caught @ blight. _ And left bim to his fate; ae and she writes on a card, »