The evening world. Newspaper, June 4, 1903, Page 14

THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 103. Rene - oi Aablished by the Preas Publishing Company, No. 8 to 63 Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-OMlce iy at New York as Second-Class Mali Matter. o! VOLUME 46 eeessteoe NO. 10/262, aa b THE ROBBER CABMAN. en At irregular intervals, but annually at least, and In» Sometimes even twice a year, a cab or carriage passen- ger, convinced that he has been overcharged, subjects himself to a torrent of profanity and abuse, submits to an arrest which it {s no part of a policeman’s duty to) make, and {ie carted off to court to plead his defense. | There the Magistrate compliments him on his per- eabman. The passenger gets an abundance of sympa- , thetic newspaper notice if, as occurred two years ago, ~v he happens to be a man of note like Mark Twain, or if the circumstances are exceptional as in the case of the young Englishman who lost his eteamer {n order that he might bring an extortionate cabby to justice. But there the incident {s usually closed. The swin- dled fare having performed his act of public service deed done end the cabby goes his, It 1s regrettably rare that the cabman’s license is taken from him, and very goon he Is back at his old tricks, and there {8 concurrent testimony that the predatory acts of the robber cabman are increasing. assumption of the cahman that his fare in resisting what be deems an overcharge is committing a criminal Offense and is to be dragged to the police station. In- stead, the remedy {is a civil sult. A flagrant case was that of Mrs, Jessie Plerson, who, on refusing payment of her fare, was arrested at the driver's instigation and arraigned in the West Side Court. Magistrate Flammer, in discharging her, properly characterized the arrest as Outrageous. It was obviously an invasion of personal rights, and it is small recompense for Mrs. Pierson’s ‘wounded feelings to have it judicially pronounced so. | From tbis humiliating experience of a lady there is Iikely to ensue an intelligent effort on the part of the proper authorities to put an end to the overcharge abuse. It is probable that the matter will be taken up by Deputy Mayor's Marshal Merriman and Assistant Cor- poration Couusel Cosby, and a series of prosecutions begun at the instance of complainants who have suf- fered extortion at a cabman's hands, It is their hope to get a ruling on the rights of citizens against cabmen in such cases, of which there are far too many, as the maumber of persons willing to undergo the ordeal of court proceedings to expose them and establish the fare’s rights are too few. There will be hearty and general encouragement for this movement. The predatory cabman is an anachron- ism in a modern city. His rates of fare are fixed by law for distances easily computed, and his rights are well defined. When he charges more for a mile than the 60 cents to which he {fs legally entitled or the carriage driver more than his just fare of a dollar, he is as much @ thief as a pickpocket, and he should be proceeded " against with os littlo consideration. we A Judge’s Working Day.—It 1s a general notion that Justice who opens court at 10.90 and leaves the bench fmt. 8 bas an easy working day. Presiding Justice Van Brunt,| of ef the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, makes ei & statement tending to dispel this {lusion. He says that| a his day begins at 6 in the morning and that neither he nor the other justices of the court have more than one ie ®unday a month that !s free ‘from work. Ps FIGHT FOR FREE TRANSFERS. fs the action of the Interurban Street Raflway in| abandoning its appeal cases in the trolley transfer litl- gation to be looked upon as significant of a recognition | of the passengers’ rights in the matter? It seems to be @o considered. At the time the suits were appealed The Evening ‘World pointed out the general tendency of the law to re- gard the granting by street railway corporations of s0-| called “‘privileges’’ such as transfers as really rights to! which the public !s entitied and not favors to be given| or withheld at the pleasure of the company. It recom-| ménded the free granting by the Interurban of transfers at all intersecting points as both a generous anticipation? of an inevitable court order and as a good business move of demonstrated value. Within the past year the city has witnessed a most interesting and suggestive antagonism of street corpora- 4 formance of a public service and inflicts a fine on the goes his way with the feeling inspired by a righteous) ¢ One of the worst features of cab quarrels 1s the| ‘ | tes DELIGHTED TO DO You A PAVOR © TOLD ABOUT NEW YORKERS. G edge of his interest tn yachting. For many seasons he cruised with his family in summer, going whither This season he will have a cottage at Narragansett. Ho 1s very fickle in his devotion to sports, save that he ts still @ persistent plo player. W. D. Moffatt Is responsible for this frightful pun: He was at a dinner and his neighbor was a girl who, knowing of his Mterary pursuita, tried to talk literature to hfm. Her frst question (and her last) was: “Which one of Hall Caines books do fer replied “Oh,” Caines look alike to me. Moatt, airily, “Hall Willlam Price Moultnier, whose a New York merchant, but esident of San Paulo, Brazil, tn the heroine of many stories told by Now York ladies who were recentiy her guests, It 4s not customary in south America for women to go to restaurants unaccompanted by male escorts. Mra, Moulinter and her New York friends re- cently went to Rio Janeiro on a shop- Ping expedition, and at noon found them- selves far from their hotel. Mra, Mou: Unter suggested that they go toe fa- mous restaurant near by for luncheon, but the New York ladies were shocked, stating that they had entered the place unattended” on one occasion and had scarcely been seated when, on looking around, they noticed two men staring | at them, ‘The ladies quickly turned | away, but a moment afterward two en- graved cards and two dainty glasses of wine were delivered at their table. The ladies {mmediately fled to thelr carriage, and that was thelr last venture in din- Ing alone. Mrs, Moutinler Ustened to the recital Waeching for “his own’ so crue, Archie wacched che baby oo. EORGE GOULD has ‘dst the keen | the wind listed or the ladies desired. | tA Govuo vez wind The DARLINT, WLILE Poon wow iT 6994999900609 64004-900000-4 8 she declared, to do just as we would “and I propos at Delmontco’ am not afraid the abtempt, but Mrs. Moutinier, her determination fully aroused, ventured | alone. She walked to the first vacant table and onlered her luncheon, at the | same time ordering a neat basket of | edibles to de taken to her friends out- side. looked to the right 1d enjoyed her repast without Interruption or annoyance We saw our mistake,‘ the Gotham ladies ‘ater. "We were | arlous and looked around, and our ac- ,; Uon encroachment by private citizens acting individually or in smal! bands. This fight for free transfers, now| " presumably won, was mainly the work of Pau! Blume and| yp Vasa E. Stollhand, who brought sult against the Inter-| urban when refused transfers at crossings where by) precedent they were logically demanded. Very recently! Y we bad Philip Miller and Samuel H. Adams (pat otic 7 fA (QPpocing a ‘‘car-ahead" order with dauntless| eat Ninth avenue and Fifty-ninth street. Not a/ month ago seven rebel passengers, six men and a pretty| "girl, rode for three hours down Broadway and back rathe: "than submit to another “car-ahead” order. It will be re- | », called that they won and were given a special car home. | ) Tats is the spirit of ‘76, tea episodes transferred from *’ the decks of merchantmen to the platforms of troliey cars—municipal Bunker Hills and Lexingtons fought to {a finish on car tracks, The quarrel ts a prett stands and the rebels seem to be getting the | y one as ft st of ft THE AMERICAN COLLEGE GIRL. Testimonials are not wanting to the college girl's in- ¢ellectual attainments, but it is rare that her scholar- » ¥ siiip' receives so emphutic an indorsement as that given it at the Boston University. At the elections to the Phi| Béta Kappe it was discovered that the prize of admission _ to this most scholarly of college societies had been won ~* by fifteen girl students and by only one man. As the y-eredentials for membership depend on the candidate's high standing in college studies, the feminine victory z “ais & notable one. American girl students have attained very high “honors at the German universities, where the standard “4g most rigorous and sex discrimination is also an ob- ict to be overcome. There was once a prevalent re belief that the girlish brain was not as ca- of absorbing classical lore as that of her brother. lusion is fast being dispelled. etos-—Mrs. James i, Kernochan refuses auto-| mittance to the grounds of her Hempstead es-| fear that they might run down and kill Ate the children tn Centra! Park hon what day did Nov. 10, 1869, fall tions were misunderstood, as probably they might have been even at home, pow that we come to think it over. Mrs, Moulinier, on the other hand, made it emphatically understood, merely by her aring, that she was following In quiet dignity the custom of her country, and no one dared attempt to break through her reserve.” LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. udalent Messenger Boys. To the Editor of The Eveaing World read that several mesenger boys ayed a scheme on people by deliver ag essages and collecting charges I beg to say that I am also f the sufferers. Last week a mes- y called with a message waich call to-morrow afternoon | Ith Headquarters," and | ted from me & cents. I still hold 1 would therefore like to punishd, that {t may serve 1 soo) example to the others J. SOPOYNECK. No. 18 Chrystie street Sand. To the Editor ot The Eveniag World day of the week did June 15, f JUNE S, District Court, P.-0. Ballding. | To the Editor of The Evening World Where can T get my first citizen! papers? BENJAMIN. One Thousand Millio To the Editor of The Evening Wor! A claims that one hundred thousand millions makes one billion. B claims one thousand miliion equals one billion. . a Correct, RK. On the Onter Side, To the Editor of The Evening World Which is the correct aide for a geatle-! man to walk while escorting a lady in| the streets? c.W.H, Wednesday. the EGitor of The Evening World: ara ht a ee in New York, and 1} The New York ladies would not make | sald one of | $ | trudes A candle must be placed in an ordl- Rary ‘candlestick, and this must be placed beforehand upon the table. Pre- Vious to golng before the audience | hand, so that GIMME OAT D> ( COAT To 1) Le Son? a youw' Se LREADY, WW. ° SLBBORG HT Six! Held dls darlin enderly, Guess te should be kissed “said he. Guess Ne SS GIMME OAT FEODER FE YER MATIC ie ORUV YER # BLOCK. an LITTLE INFANT CRIES ' 1 sHourd / DiAMOND~ ae, HARNESS He's DROPRIT DARLINT 00 BELIEVE ", TING rn ger Gour $634 i Compe, tl ro O/SPby a O'STANCE ANO TARIFF 51GW, EXTORTION MIGHT ge CUT Down For feats in buccaneering, overcharging, domineering, The Gotham cabby-pirate stands alone, in conscious pride, And the charge at Balaklava has a cheap and marked-down flavor Compared to that he makes for every fifteen-minute ride. Bue when his darling own’ be spied a Fergor che aby —che’ ix cried. ws Tas Guy JUS SO YER Try 280418 TOO THE w EVENING .« WORLD'S » HOME »# MAGAZINE INO HIS one. NO WONDER Some On THEN PRIVE WIGH STEPPING coas, | | THE TROUBLESOME CANDLE. Cut a piece, say an inch long, off the end of an ordinary wax candle, and into the bottom of this drive the blunt end of a fine needle. so that only about half an inch of the pointed end pro- palm the prepared candle and then enter the room. Borrow a tall hat, and, while walking toward the table, force the needle through the crown of the hi it, keeping the plece of » covered with the one can get a glimpse of ft. When vou are within a foot of the table pretend to stumble. and, as if by accident, sharply knock the hat over the candle v candlestick upon the tat It will now appear to the spectators as {f the candle has been forced through the crown of the hat. Light the ple € cande and bring forward the hat nd the candlestick to- gether, Tell the owner of the hat that you are very sorry {ndeed for the mis- hap, but that acctdents will happen, &c. Ask him whether he will take the hat home as it is. Naturally he objects. | Continue to argue with the owner of the hat as long as it seems to amuse the company, and then state that you will ty to repair the damaged hat, at the : same time blowing out the light of the candle rh to the table, and, while your back is turned, deftly take the prepared niece of candle out of the hat and piace it in your waistcoat pocket. You must now take care to keep the crown of the hat turned away from the audience, or {t will see that the candle no longer pro- trudes through !t All that now remains to be done onler t t to become perfect; lif off the candle and’return 4¢ to the owner, quite uninjured. —————— AN ALGEBRA PROBLEM. A farmer bought a goose, When asked its weight he did not know, so he took it to a professor of algebra, who ched it and handed it back with tho nt thme) rhs bind welghs ten pounds plus o 8 if of its own weighty What did the goose weigh? Bt HOME FUN FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.| 99% ° the Best CONUNDRUMS. What made the quail quail? For fear the woodpecker would peck her. What made the tart tart? Because | she didn't want to let the baker bake her What does a man take when he has a mean wite? He takes an elixir (he Necks her) Feet they have, but they walk not? Stoves. | Eyes they have, but they ses not? Potatoes, Teeth they have, but they chew not? Saws | Noses they have, but they emell not? Teapots Mouths they have. but they taste not? Rivers, Hands have they, but they aandle not? Clocks. Ears have they, but they hear not? Cornstalks. ‘Tongues have they, but they talk] ns. solar eclipse like a mother son? It is a-hiding of not? the son. Why ts Canada cause It borders on the Uhited States. Uke courtship? dde- | Why is a de2zd doctor like a dead duck? Because they both have done quacking. 1 Way js a dirty boy like flannel? Ber cause he chrinks from wae HID Why Is “I the luckiest of a. vowels: Because it is in the centre of bliss. Jokes of the Day. LIMERICK INTELLIGENCE. There was an old sailor of Crete, Whose peg legs propelled him quite nete. “Strong Uquor," he said, *° “Never goes to my haid, And T know it can't go to my fete." —Princeton Tiger. AND THE COUNTERFEIT? R. ¥. Morse~Marriages are made in heaven, they say. D. Vorse—Well, I've often thought this thing we call marriages wasn't the rea) article.—Pennsylvania Punch Bow! VERSES OF CHILDHOOD. “Oh, what a thrilling tail is this; How funnily I feel!’* Cried Tommy, as he monkeyed with A long electric eel. ~Yale Record. PRIDE IN A. D,, 1999. “I," said the President of the revo- lutionless South American Republic, ‘‘got my education through a college of cor- Tespondence."* “And I," retorted the Secretary of the Alrship Combine, ‘got mine by wireless telegraphy.""—Cincinnati Commercial, A FAT ONE, TOO, “How ace you getting up wor) sald ring ¢riend. course you are anxious to attain the roli statesman, atter ft fame" —— cvetne. rol}? . Y Tm a coll, all % the whats "Geo - Goo — unum ‘mche only sound Ye2u DROP THE DARLINT AGIN Wink Yer ? TAKE SHAT I PD2D OO4OSODOOOCOH \ IS LOVE. | Excepem a heavy pound— pound ~ bound, AND THAT AT THE TELEPHONE. And What Reggie Suffered There for Love. HERE are gie's office. ef the room, no ¥ound-proot telephone Only ‘open ‘t surrounded by was sume Fogarty said booths in Rege one Reggie 1 » liste d the Joy of knowing «», to the conversation, twenty pairs of cars we This is what they heard: “Hello! ¥ es. its Mr. Sapphedde.” (This tn a d, business-like tone, to deceive the oflice.) “Yes. Oh, yes, I thought I knew your votee. Delighted. What can I do for you?" “No, of course notilng’s the matter, What should the matter?" Ny “Coid? No, 1 haven't got Oh, you mean I tale that way. This is an open * (This In a sepulehrat whisper, which every one caught. It got past no one.) “Of course I'm glad." “Ixnow who It is? Certainly use of my saying the name? “Oh, don't be foolish. Wh3 here?" “Say” (so! hearing. “Can't hear me? Blankley, of course. Not in the that? Well, then, ‘Hildegarde,”* “Oh, blame it all, ‘Ioozsie,’ then! I do, Cc should What? What's the I say the mame voce), “ther ® bunch of people right Im r— Never mind. The name? Why, Miss habit of calling you c. Now are you satiae » I didn’t mean to be. I'm sorry. I'm not. really; Only there's a crowd here, and"— Of course, Can you doubt {tT It. Haven't I told you so oftem Bn?" . Say it now? I can't. This is a public ‘phone—~an opem There are persons" —— you know I do. Why, the thing you asked ma Why, I've just been saying ‘t, haven't I? Not vords, but you understand me ail right.” . 1 can't say ft over an open ‘phone!" "Well, then, I—say, there's twenty grinning, whiskey= sod outcasts Hsteaing to every word I say. I'l call early this evening and teil you then.” * (sternly), “I can't say it over the ‘phone. I tol@ you that before. What?" “Well, then” (grumbling unintelligibly) “I grghrgbrh’—, “Couldn't understand me? Well, enough? What, again? I can't: “Well, then—I—love—you—Tootsle! I said it, Isn't thet) Now are you satis hat howling nolse like a dipsomantac bafnyard? Oh, that was just the gentle comment of my kind essoclates, Queer you heard it all that distance. So did I.” “Yes, we're through, Central, you cut us off half an hour ago?" And the martyr who, tn Good Deacon Nero's days, braved the lions unfilnchingly was not one-half so brave as Regs Why the deuce A1an'e fp gle in turning to face that office as he bung up the ree, ceiver, AP. T. a ON THE EVENING WORLD PEDESTAL t p } mi (Joseph Choate, Ambassador to Bagland, who has returned to Mew Tas? to attend his son's wedding.) Children! See, on our Pedestal, The Knickerbockered Choate. ** He acted as our nation’s head Within the realms of royal Bd, But when he heard his son would wed, Back to old Gotham town he fled On the next west-bound boat f ‘,