The evening world. Newspaper, July 10, 1903, Page 8

t { } i } = \ aE “FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1903, a ARI? Published by tho Press Publishing Company, No. 53 to @ Park Row, New York. Entored at the Post-OMlce at New York as Second-Class Mali Mat VOLUME GA. e ec eceee seeceseenevees NO. 16,298. THE HOT-WEATHER TEST. “Scratch a Russian,” says the French proverb, “and you will find a Tartar.’ Scratch away the veneer of conyentionality and you will find the true man. And old Sol is a past master in the art of scratching away such veneer, The man who at ordinary times Is mod- erately well behaved often emerges, under the Influ- ence of a wilted collar, a sleepless night and a perspir- ing face, into a monument of selfishness and Irritability. Of all the touchstones to gauge human character few excel in potency the hot-weather test th personal discomfort, many a man, by crossness, ¢ ‘k of consideration and general unpleasantness, adds generously to the sufferings of those about him. A little philosophy, if not altruism, will show the vast advantages of a good temper, a pleasant word, an effort to add to the comfort of others. The hot spell will not last forever. When it is over there will be in- finitely more satisfaction in recalling that one bore it like a man than that one behaved in a way that would have disgraced a fractious child. GOTHAM’S NEW FAMINE. Sable clouds of woe o'ershadow Gotham. The bitter news has gone forth that there is a serious shortage— in fact, a famine—in the supply of Georgia's State em- Dlem, the watermelon. Divers causes are named. But Gothamites are not intorested in them. The New Yorker only realizes that he and the refrigerated, green-clad spheroid of cerise delights are ruthlessly separated, But even as the traditional cloud is tastefully pro- vided with an ornate and commodious silver lining, so the pall of watermelonless gloom which overhangs Man- hattan !s rent by one bright rift. The watermelon’s ab- gence means fewer joys, but /t also means much less {ll- ness, especially among children, The fresh, water- melon is delicious, The stale watermelon {s deadly. Families who can afford to buy but a section of a melon have no means of knowing (until too late) how long the fruit has been exposed to air, germs and files, And countless city children may this summer owe Increased health, even life itself, to the very “famine” which they now so deeply deplore. FORTUNES MADE WHILE YQU WAIT. The get-rich-quick arrest 1s again to the fore. Once more big-hearted men have allegedly offered to pay fnhuleus Interest on every investment. The worker who hjtierto had been content to wring 4, 5 or 6 per cent. from adamantine banks, mortgages, &c., was to be wweite happy by garnering veritable hatr-raising per- ntages. To arr men against whom the promoting of such emes can be proved is an excellent thing. But for y man arrested amother seems to spring into the lets, Nor do the examples of Miller and Ammon ap- Pear to have any wholesomely deterrent effect. The get-rich-quick swindle has been exposed a hun- @red times. Yet people who have read these exposures lamer for the privilege of “Investing” money in the very next frand of the sort that happens along. Until human nature can be cleaneed of this particular line of iClocy a thousand arrests a day will not wholly eradi- eate the “get-rich-quick” evil. THE INEXPERT ‘‘EXPERT.” Four noted alienists declare Murderer Spencer In- ~@ane. Two alienists, presumably of equal note and ex- Perience, declare him “sane In every respect.” Mea! Hme the wheels of justice are clogged. The “expert! who give this widely divergent testimony have spent | Years in acquiring a full knowledge of their life study. Yet they cannot agree as to the sanity of one negro. In msny a murder trial everything has been kept at ®@ standstill while “experts” in mental disorders, in toxicology or in chirography bave wrangled. The old Query, “Who shell decide when doctors disagree?” now hes two answers: “The jury” and “the Coroner.” While.a man should be given every fair chance for is life, is it not odd, even inexplicable, that in this of advanced science his fate cannot be decided on Some true standard of “expert” testimony? MUSIC AND THE MOSQUITO. Massachusetts bacteriologist says that a certain | Of musical vibrations will paralyze mosquitoes. In ‘Brookline—in full view, forsooth, of the intellectual hub of the universe—eaperiments to that end are in full Should the plan prove feasible no camping or summer - hotel outfit will be complete without a mosquitophone. _ The new instrument's dulcet notes will blend harmont- | ously with the ululation of the pessimistic bullfrog and _ will swell the combined chant of nightingale and tom | cat Into one grond harmonious threnody. And, hearing it, the mosquito will gasp: “Whence this strange weak- > leas?’ and stagger paralytically earthward in family The prospect is magnificent, and the schoolboy of the » future wil! bless bacteriology as he laboriously traces in his Ink-smeared copybook the immortal theme: “The Mosquitophone is mightier than New Jersey's national bird.” Meantime the mosquito continues to do a land- ‘Mice buciness at tho eld stand, and (like many another Public nuisance threatened by reformers, {s losing neither Bleep nor graft in worrying over the countless new ns for his extermination, 4 THE “ OPEN" BATHING SEASON. ith the onrash of heat has come the Gothamite for an ocean bath. : 1d, with the sudden filling of the beaches arises ial complaint of the thousands, who, unable to before 6 P. M., rush down to the shore to only to find that nearly every bath-house has sat 7. bathing under electric light has been tried i beaches and has been found profitable in : Terns not grant a priceless favor to swelter- red) Keeping all the sea baths open unti) at 4 xtra. cash outlay will be “made busy folic will be benefited, Not satisfied | TOLD ABOUT NEW YORKERS. —_— artist, who recently’ won the $2,000 commission Jtountain for the St made her firet niodels and m Ieee WARD, the yeung New York Louis World's Fatr, 4 ples trom | water and clay on her father's Missourt| { faren. | os 6 - | “There tm a very pleasant family in | the house across the way from us," sald lawyer Leon Stielp the other day, “whore adoration and joy In life contre | around one unusually pretty, attractive, | Muffy baby. We took to guessing wiat the buby'n name might be. Several trierds and myself at last got up a pool on the child's probable name, Among [tho Utes sugested in the pool were Algernon, Reginald, Charles, Whittier, Adolphus, Bertram, Clwude, Harold and Ethelred. At last one of us plucked up courage to ask the nurse on the dpor- one day what baby’s real name She answered: don't know what they're going ¢ Just now we call hin 16 pool has been disbanded." "The Gould family," says an uptown milliner, “will dserve the lion's share of the credit if the bonnet becomes fash- fonable aguin. Miss Helen Gould has taken to wearing one, as has Mrs. George Gould; and I hear the idea has spread to Mrs. Edwin Gould, too. They are becoming, you see, a bonnet- crowned family at a rapid rate. And their example is pretty aure to spread. The picture hat may be discarded ere jong, thanks to the Goulds, for the close- jfitung headgear of a quarter century ago. Borough President Swanstrom, of Brooklyn, is an ardent fisherman and hunter. While other civic dignitaries rush to summer resorts, yachts or Europe, he calmly packs his fishing tackle and, accompanied by his sec retary, makes a bee-line for some quiet piscatorial region, where borough cares are quickly forgotten in a fervent pur- suance of the doctrines of Izaak Walton. Tho sister of the late Gen. Custer has just been married, She and the General's widow ‘have long lived togeth- er in this clty, The bride of last week, | Mrs. Maugham, ts a handsome, stately womom, reserved and dignified, but [those who know her best know her lovely character, Mrs. Custer makes her own personality known through her | bright and happy style of writing. Her |books and numerous short stories of army and garrison life are sparkling j With interest and wit. ‘The fact that the late Paul R. Du Chalilu left an estate valued at not} more than $500 is very much of a aur-| |priso to his friends and those whe knew | jof his extensive explorations and writ- lings. This Is exp.ained partly, however, bythe fact that because of Du Chauliu’s lack of facilities for taking care of the collections he made from time to time lon his own account he gave them to histenical and geographical aocleties, jand that the royalties Ye recelved from | the sale of his writings were immedi- ately turned to uses for exploration and investigations. | The property of the late explorer is | sald to consist of only a few boxes of |peraonal beongings. S> far as known, he had no living relative, and by his to make a drinking) 4 O4OO-4-002-40O044 SISA THE OMy S$TocKks ANYTHING “Dera” In. oo 90099 £92 ¢: ANYTAING TO TURN AN HONGST PENNY, re POE 626 968-38 > THE ORCKMBEA RRvEITs MELT IM THR SuLy Maat ANO DULLNESS, will Henry R. Hoyt, of this clty, 1a the | beneficiary of the litte estate. LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. Aska for a Week's Vacation, To the Editor of The Evening World As a mam in sympathy with men these hot summer days I want to ask the Intercession of the public with the Street railway companies to grant their |employees all one week's rest. ‘ney | will work more satisfactorily, will guard the public safety better because | they shave been treated like men, and it won't cost the companies more than they oan richly afford. A. Of. M. No. A Fictitious Character. ‘To the Editor ef The Evening World Was there a rea! Sherlock Halmes? If 80, where did he live R. 0. Horve-Power Defined, To the BAltor of The Evening World Please explain the exact meaning and strength of a “horse-power,”’ HLA. J.W. Horse-power is the power that must be exerted In lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute. Apply to Collector of Port. To tho Editor of The Evening World Could I board down the bay an ocean steamer that {s coming here? If 20 please tell me how. EB. J. Monday. Monday. To the Editor of Tuo Evening World On what days of the week did the fol- lowing dates occur; April 19,9 1862, and Sept. 27, 18887 Mrs, E. EB. Noun. Subject of Sentence, Ty the Editor of The Eventng World: Ploase parse the word “partner tn |the following sentence: “My partner | left me and went to Burope.” A says “partner is a noun and B says “part- ner" ts @ pronoun, FRANK. Population Queries, ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: 4-4 TIME TO NAP. Quinn—fverything closes now at_midnight. De Fonte—Yes, even tho eyes of »the policemen. SHPSSOOOS 8GBED1G OPOOROCROOSEDRIEE EG EHG1ZODREROLDIEDEESES oi A SELF-FLYING There is a kind of kite which any boy who 1s clever can easily make, and it comes from China. It may be called the f-flying kite," and ts made by culling fairly stiff paper—not too stiff, for that would make It too heavy—into auch shape that when the two long edges are gummed together the paper will form a cylinder, much larger at one end than at the other, Both ends should be left oven, and In the larger What is the population of the United States? How many Are there in the United States? Ww. J.¢. The powilation of the United Stat by 1900 census was 76,903,387. There were 9,188,741 Roman Catholics. A Domestic Query. To the Editor of The Evening World I would like to have the following query discussed by your readers: wien is more often to blame for the breaking lp of a home, the husband or the witet Also, in @ majority of cases, wnica Proves more loyal, the husband or witey @, G, sr, Pronounced ‘‘Dute.! ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: A claims. that “Butte,” Mont., 1s pro. nounced as ‘beaut.’ B says it Je pronounced as “Dut.” Which ts right? * RUSEMAN, Roman Catholtes | © of the two apertures two very light ross-sticks should be placed In X form in order to be certain that it will stay open, eays the Philadelphia Inquirer, CAN YOU DO IT? Can you draw this figure without lift- ing your pencil from the paper and without golng over the same line twice? THERE'S SiR TARE aad E w EVENING # WORLD'S During the hot spell many brokers are net making office rent. The public is showing LOVPOLD DOOM? THESE ARE LAMBLESS DAYS | T WondeR Of excitement there’s no flicker, dust lies thick upon the ticker And the cobwebs are a-forming on the banker's clearance sheet; Where the rush once made folks dizzy no one’s able to “get busy,” And you'd think you were parading Philadelphia, not the Street. “PUSH” NEEDED. Jigge—Everybody In this coun- ‘ey, more or less, Is pushing our goods, Diggs—What's your line? Jigge—Baby carriag HPODOD CHINESE KITE. A pleve of light rattan bent into @ circle and pasted tightly in the larger operture is even better than the cross- sticks, Four short “guystrings’ should cennect the rattan hoop or the cross pieces with the main flying line. This kite is not a high flyer, but it may be inate to gO Up some distance by arrans- ing it so that the upper guystring 1s @ Witte shorter than the lower and by placing a steel wire along the bottom of the cylfder. The Chinese often make these kites most elaborate in appearance by paint- ing them so that they look like a fish or dragon. On feast days they tle them to the wps of long pamboo poles stuck in the ground, and thus produce the effect of fishes or dragons flying through the alr. Newspaper or other brittle paper is bud material to use in these kites. The paper should be Nght but tough. If you live near a paper mill where they make “lnen'’ paper, such as is used for writ- ing paper, you can get it in large sheets, You will find it ideal, although a little expensive. So-called “paper cambric''— a light cloth glazed on one side—ts aot a bad covering for these kites, or, indeed, for any kites of a large size. ‘The stationary kite will not fly very high; but if you tle a flying string from four to wix feet long to the top of a fag. pole and put a “atat! kite” at the other end of it, @ curious spectacle wil) ‘be presented every time a breeze stirs, a —— ‘ $ $ musually Uttle interest in speculating. > o| ° FUTURE ANTICIPAT “Helen le a pretty bright girl.” “In what way?” “Why, last night | told her had her head on my shoulde “What did she say, old man? “Why, she sald that was noth- Ing to what | would have on my shoulders when | got married.” Find the enemy of the Turks. seach i CONUNDRUMS. Why ts a game of cards 1 yard? Because there are al many dea’s In it. (Why are people who stutter not to be relied on? Because they are always breaking their word. In what part of the church do they ring the bells (belles)? At the altar, e a timber Why is the letter ‘‘k" like flour? Be- cause you can’t make cake without It, What flower grows under the nose? Tulip (two Lip). WAITING FOR A GALE , EVERY Ong IN BILL FAMILY ANS THE CAT. | Some of the Best ‘Sa great) ERM SP OREM IO EI UTT TOE TPE NIIT PILE BEEBE Y ic / OUT OF Town SIGN OF WEALTH. i “Did Seumble aucesed as an artist?” “Did he succeed? Well, | should sa; Why, ones hi the gout!" Jokes of the Day. STERLY, “Is this very clever Anna Smartleigh @ popular girl? “No, indeed. Everybody hates her— except the teachers and the boys,"— Cleveland Plain Dealer, LABORIOUS. Hungry Higgins—She gimme a pile she had just made, but I had ter work before 1 got a chanst to eat it, Weary Walker—Git out! Hungry Higgins—Sure. I had ter pry de top crust off megelf.—Philedelphis Press. JUNE BRIDES. Each returning June reminds us That the flowers are summer's pride, And that chief among the blossoms Is the blushing, blooming bride. —Pitteburg Gazette. TRUTH COMES OUT. “Are you blind by nature?” asked the charitably Inclined citizen, “No, alr," candidly replied the beggar; “I'm bind by profession.''—Chicago. Daily News. HIS NARROW LOGIC, “Ig I had my way,” said the man of high principles, “there would be no money in poilt! ‘But,” said Senator Sorghum, “If you @idn't put any money in politics It ien't likely you could have your way." ‘Washington Stap - 3 w HOME # MAGAZINE rr INCOMPATIBLE LOVERS, The One Insurmountable Bar to Happiness, By Paolo Mantegazzo. HERE may be happiness between a rich husband and @ Door wife, between a rich wife and a poor husbemd, tee tween an elderly husband and a young wife, between two persons of differing intelligence and diverse cultures, but is Incompatibility o¢ te:nperament, relinquish every hope. Despair will be the habitual etate of the come mon existence, Insompatibility does not signity disparity of tastes, of sym- Dathies, of aspirations, because diversity 1s necessary to per- fect harmony, and tue more dissimilar they are the more @ man and a’woman love each other. For inoompatibility of temperament I can think of no come parison eo just as that of a bird and a fisn obliged to live together, eave that in the instance of the fish and bird ong or the obher must soon while with the man and woman they lve, feeling in life only pain and disgust, says Paola Mantegaszz0 In the Chicago Tribune. This is why incompatibliity is regardec vy the legislators Ss sufficient cause for divorce. It ia, and it ought to 6% 4 more important reason for separation than any other. The discord of “eeling takes many and most vartable forms, but at the bottom we always find this: “What pleases me displeases you; what makes me happy makes you unhappy.” How can they live together? He 19 frank, tmpulsive to wrath, expansive to the degree of imprudence. He speaks brutally what ne thinks and in @ loud volee, to regret all an hour later, She is close, timid, defiant, never expresees the tenth part of what she feels, uncommunicative, sensitively feeling with | shock whatever touches her. In everything she sees an affront and suspects evil in everything. And can they live happlly together? Can these two persons find good In a common life? In the majority of instances you will fina neither complete discord nor perfect harmony, but a partial accord which t- te by little through your goo! wil will be transformed into fawleas harmony. But persuade yourse’t that this harmony must not de the price of a resigned victim or a submissive flave. That would be artificial and of brief duration. It should be intelligent and affectionate acclimatization of tastes and habits to their surroundings. Happiness is a frult which requires knowing and loving culture, whe finds you handsome, esteems you, and !s proud to bear your name. ‘ ‘Then you may be almost certain that the small discords of temperament will be removed; and in the patient indulgence wherewith your companion will suffer your shortcomings, every day and every hour you will recognize the marks of a love which will end only with your last breath. WITH VARIATIONS, The way of the philanthropist seems unduly hard. The philanthropist, who was a gentle old lady of Exeter, England, got hold of a maimed sailor, who moved her to great pity, says the Youth's Companion. To help him along she purchased a tray on which he was to expose ginger- bread for sale. She gave him a start in gingerbread, also the privilege of standing before her most respectable resi- dence to cry his wares. In addition she composed and taught him the following words to repeat at Intervals: “Will any good, kind Christian buy some fine, spicy gingerbread of u poor, afiicted old man?” The firat morning the sallor sold a shilling's worth of jgingerbread in a short time, and his success went to his head. Pretty scun, from his station on the pavement in | front of the gentle old lady's house his voice floyted in to S| her in this appeal: | “Will any poor, affiicted Christian buy some good, kind gingerbread of a flne, spicy old man!” Despite this sadly mixed cry trade became very good— | 80 good, indeed, that when the philanthropist again heard | her words they ran: “Will any tine, spicy Christian buy some poor, aMicted | gingerbread of « good, kind, old man?” POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Btarched goods don't always command a stiff price. Character writes its name on a man's face in indelible ink. No man oun gucceed unless she has falth in bis own ability, ‘A women never ‘eels dressed up unless sne feels uncom: fortabdle. It seems queer that contractors should be employed to widen streets, says the Chicago News. Even the pessimist sometimes laughs at the troubles of others. 2 Ita easter to get the best of an argument than it fs to prove that you are right. Love that nas nothing but beauty to keep it alive ts apt to be short lived. It is easier to be & Ifttle man in a big town than It ie to be a big man in a little town. A eclentist has discovered that hens lay eg¢ga in the daytime because at night they are roosters. Never stop to emplain your actions. People prefer te form thelr own opinions, and besides they wouldn't believe you, enyway. Of THE EVENING WORLD PEDESTAL. (Judge Iulive M. Mayer, who ts cordueting Children! See Justice Mayer stand Upon our Pedes-tal! To ease the gudden alvic shock ‘They've : him please to “dock the dock;'’ To him the witnesses now flock ‘Who (some folks think) may one day lock Up Fobn Doe et ab r ‘ aes a ah whos ab Above all, marry @ good woman who loves you because ~ weaceret