The evening world. Newspaper, May 27, 1903, Page 14

WEDNESDAY EVENING, ° MAY 27, 1903, Wublishea by the Press Publishing Company, No. 8 to 6 Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-OMce at New York as Second-Class Mail Matter. VOLUME 43. .NO, 16,284. PUNISHMENT TO FIT. “Honest Dick” Howell, who wrecked the Millville "Building and Loan Association nearly @ year ago, has heen discovered living in poverty in Hoboken. Officers ‘of the law have taken him back to the scene of his finan- _ @ial operations to face the depositors, nearly the entire comm _nity, who lost their savings in the crash which made Howell a fugitive. Howell's case is of especial interest in connection with the very recent discovery and arrest in New York of ‘Moody Merrill, who abeconded from Boston some years ‘ago under a cloud causod by the dissipation of estates in this charge. Merrill has grown rich in legitimate busi- ‘Bess ventures during his exile and is said to be able to repay the various deficits which led to his downfall. It will be instructive to observe how the law deals ‘with these captured fugitives. Howell being poor, shall ‘we look for his speedy conviction? But will that lqui- date his numerous debts to the townspeople who trusted him? Moody, better off financtally, is represented by ‘counsel of high standing. It is sought to be proved that he has all along been endeavoring to use his newly ac- quired wealth for the repayment of old scores 80 that he may ‘walk the streets of Boston without fear of molesta- tion.” ‘Will that be payment fn full for his victims? ‘Will it restore to life Mrs. Bogardus, one of his clients, who died _ im the poorhouse? Or Mrs. Atwood, the widow, who died Just after Mooiy's disappearance, her little fortune gone? Or the maiden sisters, daughters of a Boston judge, who died a few weeks after he fled, their fortune also dissi- pated? It ts difficult to make the punishment fit the crime ‘where an estate in trust is ruined; much of the difficulty Hes in proving speculative acts on the custodian’s part a “ THE BARON'S BRIDE. The Baron George Augustus de Focke, seeking a Bride in Now York, has chosen a dressmaker’s daughter. ‘This {6 the firet time, eo far as can be determined, that Lexington avenue has contributed 8 mistress to a Buropean baronial hall. The Baron, with a spirit of originality that does him credit, fared afield beyond the confines of Fifth avenue and the restricted patrician purlieus of Newport for a bride, and from all accounts he ts not likely to have octasion to regret his choice, Unlike miost international matches, in this one the wealth % fs on the bridegroom’s side; the bride's dower is her ‘beauty and her rare voice. Is there any limit to the opportunities of advancement for a New! Xork girl of humble birth? She may leave a Bowery home to become a popular actreas like Blanche 4 Walsh*or Jtilie Opp. She may shine in the law like | Miss Loéw, of in literature, or in art, or become a “Floro- “ dora” favorite and grow rich in Wall street. And by the feminine estimate of success Miss Anna - Cox, Baroness de Focke, has drawn a capital prize on ‘which we all congratulate her, knowing by our knowledge of the adaptability of the American girl that in the Baron’s halls she will show herself as much to the man- mer born and 2s well endowed with Vere-de-Vere attri- utes as if her blood were as blue as an empress’s, WALL STREET VALUES. An fnvestor who bought Chicago and Northwestern stock last year at $271 a share would have realized only $178 on it Monday if he had sold at the lowest quotation. ‘This would have involved a loss of $98 a share. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western he might have bought last year at 297 would have realized only 250, a decline of 47 points. Loutsville and Nashville at 159 now yields only 112, a decline of 47 points; New York Central and Pernsylvania have respectively declined from 168 ‘AHEM! GOOD THE NEW GIRL BRIDGET, { TOLD ABOUT NEW YORKERS. —— HH favorite amusement of the il Whitechapel Club, af Chicago, was to\ invite men of reputation as humorists to attend a meeting and then to make them jook like ‘ving-talled monkeys." It is reported that Chauncey Depew sat at the board one night and was requested to tell one af his famous stories. Before he had proceeded more and 170 to 125 and 126, a drop of 44 and 43. It rarely happens that the great game shows fluctua- tions so extreme; the range of prices 1s such as to make i the lamb wonder at the possibilities of fleecing here in- Micated. What a revelation it is of the power of a breath to make and unmake “values” in Wall street! Is any one of these roads a less substantial corporation than it was a year ago? Is not the Central's or the Pennsylvania's earning capacity as great and its traffic outlook as promising as a twelvemonth ago? What reason had a conservative investor to think last year that Northwestern would fall off nearly its full par value? What reason has he to believe that another twelvemonth may not see some of these paper losses ‘wiped out and high-water-mark values again attained? It is to be questioned whether a gambler risking his ‘wealth on the ‘‘wheel” is any more !n the dark as to his future profits than the Wall street plunger, PRIDE IN NEW YORK, An Evening World correspondent writes to ask: “Why @hould we be so proud of the city of New York? As an American, born in the city, I certainly am not proud of it.” Ti is a question characteristic as coming from the kind of New Yorker, the native born, who generally Speaking has coutributed least to the wonderful ma- ) terial prosperity on which the city’s greatness 1s based and very litte to its spiritual development and its New York's great bankers are not native born, nor “#08 great merchants, nor its shopkeepers of the first nk, nor its most noted musicians, nor its chief literary nor its preachers, nor its theatrical managers or ‘keepers, vor its world-famous restaurateurs. It “happen that the city’s foremost artist played in the /eobbler's shop on Fourth avenue and got a first poling irr art at Cooper Union, but the father was a yiy adopted citizen. most as a rule it has been the newcomer who has } the {deas, the spirit and the energy to achieve t# which to the unbiased view make New York be proud of. The native born has too often enn then four lines a sepulchra] chorus, from nowhere in particular, broke out: “In the days of old Rameses—ere you on? In the Gays of old Ramesese—are you displaying a pocket-handkerchief size “Umph!" grunted the President. “It tools like campaign promise and post-election performance." eee George Ade has spent so much time in New York eince the “Sultan of Sulu” run began that he seems to belong here. He has @ small, red automobile, in which the taloss Mttle journeys about the city. His machine tsn't fast and he runs it at & pony phaston pace. As the usual auto- mobilist only advertises his identity by an accident, most pgople do not know of Ade's cew possession. eee Weber and Fields were drawing $12 a week at the London Theatre in the Bowery. A Providence manager saw their turn and told the London's man- ager he wanted them for a week, The poys were told of this, ' “What'll we ask him for?’ they de- manded. The London's manager suggested $160 week, and when they came to talk of | ‘ terms Weber followed advice, The Provi- dence man was profane, “Hundred and fifty for two kids? You get $80 and that’s the limit,” he sald. G. B. Bunnel says the boys accepted| < 80 quickly he couldn't understand “why the man from Providence didn't get on." LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. ‘Tuesday. ‘To the Milltor of The Evening World: On what day of the week did March 10, 1874, tall? w. In 1889, To the Biittor of The Evening World: What year did the New York Baseball Club last win the pennant? LOUIS 5. Second Cousins Once Removed, ‘To the Bditor of The Evening World: A's grandmother and B's mother are first cousins, What relation is A to B? ic One Thousand Million. To the Editor of The Evening World! What {3 a billion? Is {t 1,000 times a million, or one million times a miillon? JACOB P. Jefferson, Not Lincoln, Said It, ‘To the Editor of The Evening World Did Lincaln si men are createa free and equal?’ D. 8 1900 Was Not a Leap Year, To the Editor of The Evening World Was 1900 a leap your? P. J.B, A “Growth” Query. To the Editor of The Evening World Tam twenty years of age. What Is the most I may yet grow before I stop «rowing, and at what age do males gen- erally attain thelr growth? What will G.A.J. inue growing until the ne. ‘The full height ts usually acquired by that time. It ts tm- possible to prophesy how tall you may become during the next year. Open-air exercise, plenty of sleep, whotesame food and abetinence from tea, coffee, liquor and tobacco are the best incentives to growth. f Born at Ajaccto, Corstea, Aug. 15, 1709, ¢ part of eupinely watching the prog- frensformed his farm into building lots L into a skyscraper. Perhaps’ his pride he greater 12 he were in larger Te the Exiitor of The Evening World: Kindly let me know where and when Napoleon Bonaparte was born, W. J. Black Silk Bow Tie, To the Editor of The Brening Weria: What is the proper kind and color of tle to wear 4 MORNING, YOU ARG Geet ny w Has yenver’y Now, BRIDGET, | Know WE ARE DESTINED TO GET ALONG AMICABLY. NONSENSE! WORLO “THAT THI KEEPING GOOD SERVANTS 1S ALL REPVIRES ONLY — ey OW ne Avene Bie a PLACE anipaol HOLD ON, I'm HERE LooKING FOR MY Folks who joy in the pursuing of all sorts of evil doing Now suddenly have hit upon the gem of all excuses, Ge w THE »# EVENING » WORLD'S »# HOME> DODLLOVYOD DUAVDOEDDOGUE VOU DD OOOODDG® ©0909 59006-04000 099999948 0O0OOO609OOF00F 990900009509 14000004 i? MR. CHESTY STRIVES TO SOLVE THE DOMESTIC PROBLEM—AND FAILS. 1 CBATAINLY piTtipuLl At several recent cnids @ large percentage of the people captured begged off with the excuse that y 4 $0 rHi3 13 WHERE lou MAA And where erstwhile they went “bumming,” now forsooth they’re merely “slumming,” And all combine to hail it as a “play” that never loses. dD GOO} CONUNDRUMS, Who can answer this: Why !s an ele- phant like a lady's veil? Who sits before the queen with his hat on? Her coachman, A litte before Eve fish), lettera? It begins all clamor. At what time of day was Adam born? Why is a fishmonger never generous? His business makes him selfish (sell | | Why ts the letter C the most noisy of Why is U the gayest letter in the al. Pphabet? Because it is always in fun, Why should a thirsty man always IN THE GARDEN. - It 1s not yet too late to sow seed out of doors. Sow very thinty, @o that the plants may have plenty of room to grow when they come up. If two or three come up close together leave the strongest, and if you have room elsewhere transplant the others. Tf you haven't room to do this, throw them away. Plants that are crowded together never grow well. Cotton wound backyard and forward from sticks set upright in the ground mill keop the birds away. Birds are very fond of sweet peas, ‘and unless they are protected in some way will cat off the seedlings as soon as they appear above ground. Keep snails away by sprinkling a nar-| row borier of soot or sait al! round the plants, Tiny seedlings need to be shaded from ‘the sun during the hottest part of the day. If the weather is dry and they have to be constantly watered remember the surface of the earth should be gently stirred every few daya or it will get hard and ovked and the roots will not Set enough alr, ways soa: ots in water and scrub clean ‘defore using them, A “CROSS” Cut these sections to form a cross. Volce, word.) {n to mar, — ANAGRAM STORY. Fill the blanks with the same aix letters, reversed in order, Don't you Hke the +++? To hear the birds chi--, -~- end trill is to lve again. The children bring home reading the hand, laughter and song, PUZZLE. out and then them together again in such a way as ——_—— HIDDEN TREES. (Example: Find a tree in a low, hoarse! Answer—Cr-oak. The tree és not always at the end of a word. atthe beginning or in the middle of a|!naton Star. HOME FUN FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS. fi fit It may be 1. Find a tree mentioned in the Bible 2. Find a graceful tree, common in the! Eastern States, in overpowered, 3. Find @ tropical tree in the solence of 7. Find a tree which bears 9 emat), Some of the Best Jokes of the Day. THE UP-TO-DATE AUTHOR. “Yes, air,” said the up-to-date author, 1 may say that I've been quite success- ful in a Iterary way. What do think my capital wes in starting out?” “Don't know,"* “And now?" hours a day! maill!""—Atlanta Constitution, AN ECONOMICAL KAISER. education wonderfully.” “In what way?" INCORRIGIBLE, “Don't you know that if you A RADICAL CHANGE, ming as postmaster? even read or white!’ “That's jew’ the p'int,” sald Farmor they had been. “slumming.” “A bottle of ink, @ couple of pens, ream of paper and a dosen stamps!” “I employ a secretary, two servants and keep ten typewriters busy eight Talk about ‘genius’—but I havent time to talk now—I must get off Q couple of new novels on the fast “It must be admitted,” sald the cour- ter, “that our Emperor has simplificd “In order to answer the questions, \Who 1s the greatest general, diplomet, ) critic, poet and playwright? it is neces- sary only to mention his pame,"—Wash- sfopped playing billdards apd amoking ;}ou could purchase a fine residence?" “Yes, But I shouldn't care for a ht&ive {that hadn't @ billiard room amd plenty 4, Find a tree which furnishes a tougn, | of olgars in it."" elastic wood In a beating. 6. Find @ coniferous tree in to murmur. 6. Find a fruit tree which has. very pone pies blossoms in the spring in ac- oust ‘i “What do you want with Seth Slim- Why, he can't MAGAZINE ws PDP 0000000000008 | Quit RSTAND O!LL NO. FAMBLY OERE'S A LUNY-Tic, RUNNIN: THE MAN AND THE SUBWAY. The Youth Who Stands and Watches for Eight Hours a Day. H= you seen him in Park Row opposite the Post-Ofilcel —« slight, straight young man, who stands upon @ high platform and directs the excavation for the sub- way. Eight hours each working day this young man occuples his pedestal, earnestly absorbed {n his work. He fs a human signal-box, a living semaphore. Down, below the street, at the level of the sub-celiars of the tall buildings, men are digging great burrows in the glacial Sand. A bidck-long ing of cables streton above the excavation ang are oper- ated by an engine at Beekman street. The engine Is ina house and the engineer looks through’a window. He has seen the alight young man on his pedestal; he sees nothing else for eight hours of each working day; he keeps his eyes fixed steadily on thls young man and obeys his orders im operating the cables. ‘The slight, straight young man pays not the slightest heed to the crowd flowing by his pedestal, sces nothing of the thougand incidents of the crowded street. His gray eyes keep track of the huge buekets on the cable and his arms wave signals for their lowering, radeing and moving on the pblock-long string of cables to the boxed-In engineer. He never loses intepest in his work, he never for en instant fore sete his duty or ceases to be watchful. Down below they unhook the huge bucket when it has de- scended into the excavation and wheel it on a tiny car along rails to the point where the diggers are actively cutting the glacial sand out of the walls, Shovels quickly load the ‘rucket and back {t is shunted to the hook end of the cable, Then the young man on the pedestal is given a signal, and ; with his right arm elevated he rotates his hand. The en- gineer touches a throttle and the huge bucket rises from the hole. There is a wagon waiting for the sand and at the young man's gesture the engineer moves another throttle, which moves the bucket along the string of cables to the waiting wagon. Every inch of the-way is indicated by the human signal-box, the living semaphore on the pedestal, Bight hours every working day the slight young man with gray eyes stands in Park Row a monument of concentration, earnestly absorbed in his duty, never forgetful, ever watonfyl. ODD WEDDING LUNCHEON. ‘New York soolety, tired of the samences provided ty Gotham caterers, may find interest in the menu that was werved to the hungry guests at a wedding in Michigan, From a letter written by a young woman of the Wolverige Btate to her sweetheart in New York it is evident that the prevailing custom at present is to display the tempting . morsels to the guests long before the dinner hour, She mwrote: “In the back yard hung two big kettles in which they were boiling the meat. Lizzie took us down cellar to sce all the eatables—twenty-one lemon pies, thirty-six cakes, six of a kind, a barrel and a clothes-basket of bread, ten gallons of cookies, a wash-tub of peeled potatoes, alx o¢ eight bolled hams, resides the beef they were boiling. “At noon we were, called to luncheon. First we had noodle soup, then ham, beef, mashed potatoes, boiled sauer- Kraut, beans, bread and butter, pickles, Jelly, pickled peaches, lemon ple, coffee, cake, salted nuts, apples, oranges and bananas, Under apple trees all in bloom was the bar, Thoy had beer for everybody and they wanted you to drink. every minute." The young woman added that she went home and took a hot- bath and did not wake up for several hours. It would not have been surprising if it had required the assistance of the family physician to bring aljout the resuscitation. you hed (Dr, Nicholas Mormay Dutler, President ot Columbla University, hg returns from a western trip with the announcement thet Roosevelt te tp ““logieal candidate? for 1904.) Children! See Dr. Butler stand Upon our Ped-es-tal! That leara-ed man who sways the fate. Of sophomores colleg-!-ate, for they | sour fri ns 4 Sle Mees ih elgg om tae Coe tr rar at] Re iy rom th Wi a nn ms are always at|-~ --eat yet in bie . H home? Those that arq hover found out] Bited anew for ine cpiaing mensan: * | aactare eolemply, pr niaarsercird cl don aad phish rhe pamsvere yh ae ee TE) PR esi MaKe UNC tate