The evening world. Newspaper, July 11, 1903, Page 6

‘ { | | ‘ ¥ lew, rakish form was discovered In close proximity to By ~ SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 1903. =F S| Yublished by the Press Publishing Company, No. & to 6 Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-Office at New York as Second-Cless Mali Matter. 4 VOLUME 44.. NO. 18,209, FOR BATHERS AND OARSMEN. No trace has Leen found of tie trio who hired a boat | several days ago for a short spin on the Sound. The ist of persons who have gone out for a brief row, swim "Gr gail and have never returned alive is appallingly long. Of water, above all other perils, {s it true that famil- ? whose | 4 jarity breede contempt, The friendly element _ purface secrets are so easily masterd by any good swim- | mer of oarsman quickly becomes regaried as harmless q ven as children, when they have discovered that the old family dog will not bite, take a joy in joundin E him, so the man who thinks he has mastered the mys: | | ceriee of orean. Inke or river often glories in prestvaing ‘be em bis new-found In this category P wamed the traditional “fool that rocks the bo: ‘athicte who “shows off” by swimming out far bey — raft and ropes, and the catboat owner who scorns to take Yn sail at the approach of a squall. qi Water, lik~ fire, is a docile servant, but a terrible master, It {s about as safe to take liberties with the/ © plaid deep as it is to play tag with a mad dog. To these who treat it sanely the occan is a blessing and a, delight in this weather. To those who take wilful risks] therewith it tco often means sure and sudden death. i » THAT “KEEP OFF THE GRASS” SIGN. ” The “K-ep Off the Grass” sign in the Park has been Felegated to the tool-shed. Whether or not it shall re- - main there indefinitely, depends largely upon the chil- dren for whose benefit it was removed from the lawns. ‘The patter of little feet, the pressure of rolling or re- clining little hodies will not materially injure the lawns, 9 It is for auch privileges that the youngxers’ taxpaying fathers support the Park. Lut wanton mischief, to which so many ohildren are prone, will quickly transform the velvety turf into an unsightly, ill-kept area of clay. The child who rejoices _ in iearing up grass by the double handful to hurl it at | his companions; the boy who delights to dig a stubby- > toed shoe through the soft roots of the turf; the little ® girl who likes to make miniature haymows of the grow- ' ing verdure—these are the most potent causes which "may lead to the re-enforcement of that “Keep Off the © Grass” order. ; Tet parents explain-to their little ones that by the = indulgence of such vandallem they are spoiling their " cwn sport and endangering the dearest summer privilege © that a townskpund child can have. power. may THE 1903 SEA SERPENT. Yhe sea serpent (vintage of 1903) is here. His long, » am excursion steamer. A man with more science than imagination labelled him a defunct python. But the principle remains the same. The sea serpent has lan- guished of late, but after this initial performance he|always follow one of lions? This geu- may be confidently expected to enliven proceedings at tees ba of lions. Great wars, Kdges, a developing of all powers any of a dozen seaside resorts. &o. Will the next generation follow as i The sea serpent of old was wont to appear in mid- ke ‘ocean to some skipper who had prefaced the vision by © @ discovery that alcohol is a food, The serpent at such times was often observed to be in ¢ompany with a cloud » of purple rats or a winged phosphorescent gow. | Of late years, however, ho has moved shoreward and gladdens the eye of the beach hotel proprietor. + To carping critics who complain that the sea serpent hag never deen verified, {t may he well to say in rebuttal: “Neither have the North Pole, the rumored transit {m- provements nor the theory that trusts benefit the cons Sumer.” JOHN DOE VERSUS JOHN SMITH. A loeal reformer is now seeking John Doe on the » race track. Jerome has sought Doe in the pool-rooms. © Justice Mayer is chasing him around the docks. Plen- » teous evidences were found of dough, but none of Doe. » ‘The man or group of men designated by this title can- not be cornered by ordinary methods, or else he is so high up that the pursuers may fear to find themselves in the uncaviadle position of the peasant who set a trap for a fox and caught a Lion. Jobn Dog is as hard to catch as John Smith is easy. Im each raid the former escapes. The latter, with his persistent ill-luck, is present !n large numbers in every - batch of prisoners. As long as John Doe constantly eucceeds in eluding » hie would-be captors the humiliating fact remains that there is at least one lawless power in Greater New York ©. forcerc of the law. Vovers, of good government. “THE LADY BEBIND THE GUN. Burglars will be doing themselves a great favor by - letting the door knob of a certain little Queen Anne . cottage in the Bronx alone. The lady behind the door tempt to intrude. The cottage was robbed a few days ~ says, not if she knows how to shoot, and she thinks she ~ dees. ‘The Indy behind the gun ts said to be exceedingly iful, It seems a shame that a pretty woman should compesled to resort to fircarms to protect herself even burglars, What has become of the vaunted po- y of female charms so long lauded by poets when al Bronxienne ‘has to carry a six-shooter in her d of a fan? Méavent of the “gentleman burglar,” however, bas il the old rules and traditions of orthodox cracks-| Where the Lombroso-eared second-story man Regime would have begged the lady's pardon amd gone away swagless, this “gentleman never gives a woman a seat in a car and pwifeimttend to the furnace and snow-shovelling by just as well that he be met at the & pretty woman with a more or less TOLD ABOUT NEW YORKERS. | JAMES BUCHANAN DUKE haa grown rich through the contri-| | butions eoul6 who Uterus | “had mi to burn,” and who burt [tt In the form of tobanwa He is dont of two tolneco companies and re- Jselves from each am annual salary. of | 50.000, In other words, the Presidency lof a totaceo ca y commends a salary as lirzo as docs the Presidency ot the United States One move € old mansions Is being demoi 1 jn its place will be e. ec hing lke 1 looking Lan up-to-date build and sub, lanat of street partiouiar bee are, tt is a dou- and looks as ry. To old New tloular peclal p of many great ht must be a sad ay OW LMCHNZ wilsiuca rere | am at 1 hotel, and my mine is full of ithe dear old boy slaving away in his stuffy little coop of an office in the sweltering clty. * home to-night tc the 6x8 hali bedroom you've taken during my abeence “i he a jey to you te think of the sensation my arrival caused among SEL fast ac this cooi, beauu- When you plod id homes haye » the tine homes B. Phelps house two other just © bY * In eprcaie [ex ane Pheips ake their day they were also jong the deat Ww known in town. |@ wy se i Tha late Rov. George Koenig. of | 2 if Brooklyn, « clergyman who waa rather! 4 Paritantcal his views, rebuked one of his parishione’s whom he saw with her hair profusely curled f the Lord in- tended your halr to curl," he said, “ile would have curled !t for you." V upon the young lady replied saucily: “He did when I was a baby, but now J am quite able to curl it myseif."" ee Suburbanites within a thirty-mile ra- dius of New York often turn to lonk at] ¢ @ tanned, powerfully-bullt, claan-shaven| ¢ the Kaus OM Wie “dW while for you to allow yo Valu, salary. 8BROO GIVe elf only $3.50 a week living expenses !1 order thet I might be se blissfully happy on the remaining $56.50 of you SHES From T sure youll sce HKLYN~ HERE BOOM PIE BROKE UP A HOME. The Butler Offered It as a Grand Surpriag ‘{] NEVER tried a Vutler but once,” said the weman whe | now lives In partment hotel, nccording to the Paila- delphia Record, and has oajy a maid to bother about. “It was shortly before I gave up housekeeping, and he was really the last utraw, “I had tried all sorts of combinations before that, and was ‘nally prevailed upon to engage him, on the recommenta- sion of an old friend of sine. “We don’t speak now. “Well, I was giving a dinner party, and it was all in thi! charge. He said he would give me @ surprise, and he quite lived up to his word. “I gat down to the table with my guests, and there, at cach plate, was a slab of apple ple. “Fancy tt! Apple plo as the fret course of « dings 8 I dfterward learned, that was his surprise, ‘0 one knew what to do, and as tactfully as I could I sald to him: “Thomas, you may remove the ple and-serve the oys- ters.’ So he took out the ple and brought in the blue points, hen, much to my chagrin, instead of serving the soup he ‘galn appearod with the ple, and had placed ¢wo or three of ‘e Plates before he understood my signals to take it away. ‘Te finally eubstituted the fish course, after which be again appeared with the ple, whiah 1 hadn't ordered at all. hen we ail laughed and made the best of it, but he ened quite hurt vhat his surprise was not more of @ suc- cess. T don't have these troubles any more I take my meals !n the cafo.”” A HUNTER’S REVENUE. Sportsmen returning from the Maine woods, says the Bos- on Herald, are much exercised over the movement toward xecting a fee from non-resident sportsmen. Most of the sion-residents of the better sort favor the proposal. The tall for the present {8 for a moderate fee from non-residents and ” nominal gun tux of residents of the State, which latter heed not exceed the cost of a guide's license, or about @. New Brunswick already charges $0 to non-residents who want to shoot, but that 18 felt to be too much for Maine, The need of a radical departure 1s strongly emphasized. ‘The reasons urged are found in the disappointing size of the game and the evidence of rapid extinction. following the slaughter by irresponsible and random shooting. Guns were never so cheap. Every boy has one, and farmers even, im districts a Mttle back from the railroad, do not venture far on a journey without a gun, ready for a chance shot at game. Moose with antlers measuring 60 Inches are exceed- Ingly scarce in Maine, 45 and 48 Inch antlers being con- stiered excellent.. In New Brunswick now, and formerly in : enough rest is being abused. Camols, pedestrian who @wings through their Villages at a four-mile gait. The walker ‘s Dr. John Girdner, Bryan's intimate friend and prominent tn local politics. One of the doctor's favorite pastimes ts a long cross-country tramp lasting usually from five to ten houre, eee Lawyer Arnon L. Squiers has a client whose marital trouvles are many. A friend, seeing the woman entor the of- Aloe with a most woe-begone expression, asked: “Is her husband dead?" wi than that," replixd Squiers, ‘He's a dead beat." LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. Sunday. Tuesda: To the Editor of The Evening Wond On what days of the week did Sept. 2, 1860, and Sept. 7, 1868, fall? Vv. L. B, | A “Fox and Lion Prophedy.” To the Editor of The Eveniag World Once more, does a generation of foxe, | formerly and live, like foxes, by trick and device? 1 must say tt looks tha’ way to me. They aay since the pyramids were built it has always been the case, LBC A Hint for the 8. P. ©. A, To the Editor of Tue Evening World: It is strange that the 8, P. C. A, does not look after the animala at some of the seaside resorts. There is plenty for them to do in their line, 1 think that an animal that 1a forced to carry} People around on its back aod not get donkeys, glephants and horses, to ride whioh a fee of from 10 to % cents ts asked, have often been worked beyond thelr Hmit. ‘The attendants often pull the poo: beasts around, never giving a thought that tho creatures need a rest. | I would like to see some manly person 2 1 came to breakfast lete this morning. In the first piace, the de- iclously bracing alr (so different from the het, malodorous city atmos- Sphere my darling Gustand is breathing) made me oversleep. In the > second place, I wanted to make a sensation. I succeeded. When you re eating vour morning ham and beans in that ten-cent restaurant I ) ending room on the jammed “L") I went for the charmingest row ‘ith a perfectly delightful man. We laughed heartily at the thought of ow wilted and bedragglecd you must de looking under the glare of the In the afternoon Thad a glories amim. i will resonefle vou advised you vo patronize in my absence how glad you will be to thin. of the attention I’m receiving and the lovely fare! By the way, if you COULD get on with 3 a week instead of $3.50 I could use that extra half-dollar tp advantage. Now, DON’T be selfish, dear! tor not being able to aflord @ run to the beach to know how I enjoyed {i You're a monument of husbandly goodness to work so hard while !'m having such a jolly time. Stick to your desk, sweetheart! THat’s the way to get a raise of ea‘ary. Mo5- QUITO NETTING OOHOO ere OOO Maine, 50-inch and over antlers were the standard, less being hardly thought worth shooting. A close season of several years for moose {3 strongly urged. Deer are killed indiscriminately, according to returning visitors, guides not only stootng ther own allotment, but keeping a supply of killed game, so that no patron goes out o of camp without trophies, Does and fawns are shot as freely as the bucks, and the absolute prohibition of their slaughter it 1s belleved, not only do much to weed out the gunners, who are responstole for gunning accidents, but would be of inestimable value for the species, and, of course, for the game of the future, WOMEN AS DRUMMERS. ‘There are more than half a hundred women In the United States who earn a living, and a good one at that, dy acting as “drummers,” or gommercial travellers. for business houses. One of the most successful of these saleswomen is not of the opinion that all members of her sex could do as well as she has e. ‘The women who have made a suc- cess on the road,” she sald recently, “are the women who / would have made a success tn any line of work they took } ug. There {9 the rank and file in every business, but I think ~ that fewer women go on the road now than did a ew years ago. ‘Mon do not regard the woman commercial traveller with favor, and many Houses employ them simply aa an advertise- ment to attract attention to their goods and make them talked about ty the small towns. Other houses refuse to have a woman represent them on the road, and there aro stilt others who find that the percentage of sales by thelr feminine representatives {s ae large, if not larger, than by the men who made the sumo territory. “The work is hard, but less hard than that of a clerk ! dIDDIOOLLD +5599O9O0O 645-1 who stands all day behind a counter, and the pay is better. Most travelling saleswomen can make et least $1,000 a year, and few clerks recelve more than $15 a weck. Some routes are pleasantor than others, and ¢t is not always agreabte to. make towns of less than 8,000 inhabitants, as the hotela are likely to be poor, and there 1s nothing to do for amusement after the day's work {s over.” A JEALOUS DUKE, Mme. Waddington's diary, which she kept while her hus band was French Ambessador in London, has been pub- Ushed recently. In it appears the following: “When Prince Alexander of Battenberg was at one of the court balls every one was talking atiout him and saying what a magnificent man he was. The Duke of Teck, who was dancing a quedrille with mo, was much put out and sald to me, ‘Do you really find Battenberg #o very hand- some? It is a pity you didnt know me when I was his age; Il was much handsomer,’ and appealed to the Austrian Am: bassador, an old friend, to support his statement, which I must say he did most warmly.” whieh is beyond the reach of the most strenuous er-| { It 1s not @ pleasant thought for} 7 - Of that cottage bas a revolver, and it 1s hor declared bs, fgtention to shoot down every stranger who dares at-| ’ ago. and it won't be robbed again, the fair custodian] tated the 1 Mpeote: ike regular etiquetie of crib-cracking, “I wasn't thinking of that," communicate with the managements | and see if they cannot better the treat- ment the playthinga of foolish crowds are at present receiving. EB. P. Vv. The Latter Is Correct. ‘To the Editor of Th eatng World Which is correct, “Joa and me aro going” or ‘Joe and I are going’? \ H. A. B, fo evOh. (Wau p vacation. 2the hop I retired to my larg ee OOOO Fs 4 Suppose you were gasp.ng for breath im that Uttle cell of a hall 100m) I went to the hotel hop. I didn’t have to eit Sout a single danc», It would have done your heart good to hear my | % partners’ clever comments on the way you're slaving to give me this I love you too wel: to unsettle your mind from work by com- ging home as soon as I at firet expected. e, four-windowed room, and {t wes so cool I T'll stay till September. After POPOSSO DD needed an extra bianket. 1 tel! aslee, procioys hueband roust be tossing restlessly about trying to get a mo- ment’s relief fro.) mosquitoes and pr! P, 8.—Un eTLond thought, der!t cost too much, and you know we must economize. and take a nice trolley ride instead. » smiling to think how my blessed, 20099 60000O ickly heat. It wil & run down here for Suaday. Send me the fare 3 YOUR EVER DEVOTED WIFE. 9OOOOOO SOOOD HER HEART’S DESIRE SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. Decima Deane ts loved by Lord Gaunt, man of unsavory repitation. Gaunt, years had, under an assumed name, “married her brother, jed her. Ui I've led the devil's own life for some “| tine past, and thet night in the fog off Mogador put the finishing touch." The next moraing Geunt gave him- self up. There were some weeks of weary waiting in jal, Dectma and Bobby and Bright buoyed him by their loving faith, and at last came tthe trial, with Ks almost tmevitable verdict of wuiity, ,| As the Attorney-General began his re- i ply to the defense Gaunt drew himsel! Seno with Laura, aunt goes] up and gripped the edge of the dock cut his ‘ona tuay key | ront ta mtained with blood. A) fmby, Influence Gaunt reforms, Realising that he cannot marry Dectma, ho leaves her and goes to London, where her brother Vouby haa fallen under the Infivence of Thorpe and hls slater promoter named Merion has a hold on Decimna’s fatber. To save her father Merston, She brother, who Lb Decima promiaes to Taney to \t ary a fer tawel Trevor euters, quacrela| The evidence against the prisoner 1s zsh somant ot fOVerwhelming. The unhappy woman ne ship ts wrecket’ | was stabbed in hie rooms, She was St aR? RE [found covered by his coat. ‘The weapon my 1 Anom lag bith ax Jack: | with whicd the deed was done waa his, Gauet falls ots eaarrest for murder! No one else, no ther man, entered thay ot awful room uhat night.” (By Permission of Geo, Munko's Sous) At this polnt of his terrible eloquence CHAPTER VI he had paused, for there had come Innocence ‘Triumphant. frcen the back of the court a hoarse ACKSCIN smiled; his back was to /®nd derisive laugh. Gaunt, A policeman, drewing a man with “It I'd been the detective in]him, pushed is way through the charge of the case T shokl have raked |crowd. up her past fe; I should have found| “Trevor!” out what friends she had; who she] is breath. quarretied with lately, They're fools “Jaoksor “Look here, Jackse 1 Gaunt, gone mad? exclaimed 'Phorpe under " thought Gaur. “Has he What with they do with must Insist upon your going to bed and| the poor devil?” having a dootor. You see, I somehow} But if Jackson were mad, he con- ing brought |cealed his insanity with admirable art. Of al present he was the most.calm, eaid Jackson. “You|saving perhaps the Judge and whe prts- you gave up your place | oner, in the boat"— -| “Why Gave you made this dieturb- said jance?’ asked the Judge. Trevor looked wp at the Dench and then wound the court. “T laughed," Gaunt quickly. “Don't trouble to send ¢or your doo- tor,” he aid, “He couldn't do any tone wes re~ of a kind of sullen contempt; he was breathing painfully, and his head was thrust forward as if he wore too weak to stand upright—"I laughed at the Attorney-General's speech,"" he con- tinued. ‘He said no other man be- sides Lord Gaunt went into the ream that night, and I happen to know that one did." “You eay," sald the Judge, “that a man other than the prisoner entered his rooms at Prince's Manaions the night of the murder. Tell us what you know of the cage, and remember that you are upon your oath.” “L say that a man entered Lord Gaunt'e rooms that night. ‘He oalied et the house in Cardigan Terrace and inquined for Mra. Dalton.” A ft ot hing checked ‘him for a time. When he had recovered from it he Te- avmed with dimeulty and still more hoarsely.’ “The man was told that Mrs. Dalton wag confined to her room with @ bad headache. He was turning the comer of the street, when he saw her leave the house and get into cad. He wanted to know where she was going, He called another cab and followed her. He saw her go into Prince's Mansions. He thought she had gone to visit a man who lived there —@ man he knew. He went into a pub- Ue house and got @ drink—several; then he went down to the Mansions, He meant to ring the bet, but he found the door ajar and he went in. There fves no one in the eorndor, He went Into the drawing-rocen. Mrs. Dalton wea Vp craned forward in his direction; every eye was fixed upon h’m. Trevor seemed utterly Indifferent etill. “She was alone. The man and she had some talk. He loved her; he was Jealous, A few nights before she had Prpomised to marry him. That night, in Lord Gaunt’s rooms, she laughed at the man. She told tim that she was married already; had been marvied al the tme, and had been fooling him. More than that, she had been helping her brother to rob him. The man went mad for a moment, and he stabbed her"—— A cry escaped the crowded court. Dectma's hands were etretched out toward Gaunt for an Instant, then unmoved by the excitement aurging around him, and he went on in @ holy low and fmoaasive voice: ‘ “There was a foolish kind of a dagger lying on the ground near him, and he caught it up and etabbed her with It, She was dead in an instant; !t must la!d ber on the sofa and covered her with a fur coat he found tying thers. Then he left the rooms, and by luck no one eaw him." A fit of coughing seized him again at this point, He went on after a “mo- ment or two, holding his blood-stained handkerchief in his wasted and twitch- ing hand. a “No one eww him, and he got away. ‘No one would ever have suspected him, ‘apd an dnpocent men vould havo sut- But certain things happened. [clasped on her bosom. Trevor was quite) have gone straight into her heart. He) By -charces carvice LOVE & SHIPWRECK.*« FORTUNE served him with the Nquor. They have not come forward before because the cabman thought the case was clear against Lord Gaunt and didn't want to be troubled, and the barmaid—wel!, she had mo reason to connect the man with the case." He paused, struggling for breath, Sir James rose, He was very pale, and his usually firm voke shovk, éuring the first few words. “All through ‘this statement you have azoken of ‘the man.' You hava ‘charged some one with the murder 1! Lady Gaunt. I ask you the name of the man you thus chargo?” Trevor put his handkerchief (to his mouth and wiped the blood-stained lips, | “Ralph Trevor,” he aald in @ holiow “Iam the man!” oe ee eo we | volce, No ona who was present in court has ever been able to give a clear and con- [nected account of whut followed |though every one has a confuse! Im- Pression of seeing and hearing several ‘witnesses in the box after Trevor had |been carried out. ‘But the impression la blurred by that which followed when the jury, without leaving their seats, | returned @ verdict of ‘tNot gulty!” and the Judge, in a few faltering words of sytnpathy, pronounced Lord Gaunt a free man. The oMolais found tt ubterly impossi- ble to check the roar of appausa with which the crowd recelved the verdict and ithe Judge's expression of eym- pathy. Gaunt found his greatest joy in the jeren-aione fered. At ‘tits peint the excitement in the}The cabman who drove him to thejembrace of Decima, whom all the) court became Go intense that a ay arose which rendered the voice of the 500d, I'm past tinkering; I know that, ‘spectiul enough, but tt waa suggesttye | witness almost inaudible, Heads werelthe etreet ‘court.’ toom, “Bo ig the barmaid who) ‘fm which the Mansions are is injcrowd could not check ¢rom this proof) “ He glanced toward the end of | of her devotion, [ oN THE EVENING WORLD PEDESTAL. , Te THe LOCALLY wLusTRious (Brough President Swanstrom, of Brooklyn, who ts maid to be an ardeall Ps ‘feherman.) Children! From off our Pedestal Watch Mister Swanstrom fish! / He's answering Izaak Walton's call, And, dears, what think you is the haul Ho'd ike to land the best of all ‘Think you ‘twould be a lobster small Or some soft snap political If he could have his wish?