The evening world. Newspaper, July 17, 1903, Page 8

EE omrr ow «THE .» EVENING # WORLD'S 2 HOME # MAGAZINE #& kal 4 by the Press Publishing Company, No. 53 to & Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-Oflice at New York as Second-Class Mali Matter. ‘OLUME 44. .NO, 16,805. SIGHTS AS WELL LEFT UNSEEN. ex-Secret»ry of the Municipal Art Society re- from a visit to French and German cities with ) consideration they give to artistic detail in the con- on Of public buildings and railway depots. He that even the trolley transfer stations were archi- pleasing. He was especially impressed by the it handling of the strect-car trafic. “abe fare soon to have visitors from London, a royal to study our street-railway system. What ll we show them first? After they have been con- d in closed carriages from the ferry and their at- diverted from the holes and ruts in the asphalt sweeping policemen off their feet, breaking down railings and trampling on women? L Shall we show them our packed open cars, with pas- stending between the seats, and for the next give them a glimpse of the mechanic throwing his Sols at a motorman to stop an empty “no passengers” Shall we show them the only remaining American ears? Shall we let them see tho streaks of rust h still werve for rails on roads where the obsolete atrty bobtafl cars continue to run? Shall we direct sir attention to the engineering methods responsible ‘the ruin of business along miles of subway construc and still s danger and an eyesore on upper = Bhall we admit them into the inner of street railway financiering and explain to how ratiway companies are absorbed by securities ni and these in turn by holding companies? all we tale them across the East River and reveal p their astonished eyes the spectacle of Flatbush pas- forcibly crowding a parlor car in a desperate to secure sents? We have much to erhibit to the visitors in the way k o eights, But it is doubtful if they will y away with them an appreciation of our methods je with that witch the Muntcipal Art Society brought home from Germany. THE WALL STREET SLUMP. report of the Illinois Centra! Railroad shows.an im net earnings for the year of $600,000. Yet 8 stock is 48 points lower than it was last fall. Louis- and Nashville is 50 points lower, Pennsylvania 61, re, Lackawanna and Western 46. The slump all the line has reduced prices almost to a panic level. nwhile the actual value of these great railroads not diminished. Their equipment is in as good order their assets are as largo and their expectation in as promising. Is not the decline in market ities new evidence, if any such were needed, of the in- i of Wall street prices and new proof of the mbling nature of the game that goes on there? | The investor who purchased a share of Ilinois Central t last fall at 173 has not lost 48 dollars, His divi- have not decreased and the whirligig of quotations probably again restore the stock to its old high But the speculator, ttle or big, who ‘‘bought” nois Central on a margin has been “cleaned out” five over. He “invested” in a lottery and the drawing against him. He is as badly off as if he had fol- 4 “Davy” Johneon at the race track and shared in plunger’s loss of $125,000. He is probably worse olf at he had played roulette or faro in a Tenderloin a ng-house. “Gamblor's luck” there 1s not so en- in favor of the house as it is in Wall street margins, all STATESMEN’S WIDOWS. ‘Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Fremont died last year nt an ad- d age. Mrs. Blaine is now dead at seventy-three. Logan and Mrs. Jefferson Davis survive among the widows of American statesmen of national promi- “To dwell upon the careers of these womon, to recall large a part they played !n their husband’s oficial and to remember what important figures they have m even in their widow's weeds 1s to appreciate the sty*they showed in developing evenly with their nds’ intellectual development. or the girlish do of a young lieutenant to rise to the larger respyn- } of the Presidency or of other high office is a mare test of womanhood, "These celebrated wives all married young, Mrs, Fre- was a schoolgirl. Mrs. Blaine had just turned How much the destiny of the others was deter- d by the choice of a wife we may not know. But in the case of Mr. Blaine was it not his wife's influence in nr ding him to leave his Kentucky schoolroom and Mfe anew in Maine that made him Speaker aud » ALL IN THE TONE OF THE VOICE. nteresting addition to the tweedle-dum and edie’ Bi-the law is made by the decision of the poklyn Court of Special Sessions regarding the play- ; of baseball on Sunday. @ Vacant lot. In announcing the Court's decision Jus- # Courtney said that if the game is to be piayed on “there must be no loud coaching, nor must the give his decisions in a loud tone.” As the de- had used their lungs vociferously they guilty of disturbing the peace, notwithstan ling (mission of the Justice that he “personally could} ne any one for cheering.” thus, by inference, permissible for leaf mutes to on Sunday, but illegal for boys with normal x to do so. It is not the gamn, but Its nolse that ind Jaw. All depends on the tone of voice. {Dangers —The renew: ‘are in avoiding infection while on their outings Well and the woodland spring are favorite for the germs, and poor plumbing and tary appliances invite their presence. Tho figure in health-board statistics in the late J When the disease is most prevalent, ction. Wherever you go, bove suspicion aud look of the typaota scare at nen ork that would drive a village street com-| oner ont of office, shall we give them a view of the| <towd with a kinetoscopic representation of the| On the complaint of the} Mr, Stair two amateur nines were arrested on the} wee of disturbing a church congregation while playing | wero | TOLD ABOUT | NEW YORKERS. | | | Worcs ©. WHITNEY has aban- | doned his efforts to rid Sheeps- | that he ts willing to kill his own mos- head Bay of mosquitoes, He says | Quitoss, but he does not propose to kill) rightfully belong to hin} those which nelghbors. It appears that after he,had | practically exterminated the nest on his own preserves the mosquitoes on ad-| Jacent farms heard about tt and came over in force, Next summer, if Mr. of high praise for their cleanliness and order and whitney can secure concerted action of | | the powers of Long Island, he will again | holst his battle fag. . While Presioent A J. Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad rarely talks for publication. he never avoids an inter- viewer's approach {n an ungracious manner. A certain rafiroad offical told & story the other day which indicates that he,ts thoroughly altve to the im- portance of the small amenities, Mr. Cassatt was engaged with a high oM- cial of his company one day when the | representative of a New York newa- paper called for routine information. ‘The offictal was rather brusque with the scribe, and thet Mr, Cassatt noticed It was shown @ few days later, when some friend presented him with @ new hat. The raflroad president tried |1t on and then, turning to his secre- tary, remarked: ‘This is too big for me. Send it to Mr. —,” mentioning the high official's name, “Even to this day," said Chris Haw- thorne yesterday, “the Western man wears his hair longer than the New Yorker. Visitors trom Chicago, St. Louls, Cincinnat! and even Pittsburg frequently complain that when they get into a chatr the barber shears them like sheep, and, on the other hand, the barbers claim that they merely give the hatr-cut a la mode. Western men also seem ¢o stick tenactously to the soft hat, an article of apparel which cannoy be bought for gold in New York." ee 8 H4ward L. Henry, the academician, is eonsiderably over sixty yeara of age, but his youthful, amooth face, aside from his gray hair, has deceived many persons, He is an inveterate joker and also exceedingly absent-minded. This 4s an actual experience he bad at the Century Clb not long ago. It was a reception and Mr. Henry was very busy talking to @ tellow-artist. when some- thing irritated his ankle, He stooped down, Mfted the edge of the bottom of one of the other man’s trouser legs, calmly scratched the other man's ankles just above the patent tie and, replacing the garment, went on talking, wholly oblivious of his ection and apparently perfectly satiated. When W. K. ‘Vanderoiit ‘was married in Durope about two months ego It was stated that he and his bride would travel ‘on the Continent until late in October. Recent advices indicate @ change of plan, and it is now believed thet Mr, and Mra. Vanderbilt will arrive in New York soon and spend the reat of the summer et the Idle Hour mansion, which is being thoroughly renovated. . J. Goulés marble an bronze court and electric fountain at Georgian Court, in Lakewood, have excited the emulation of royaity. The King of Slam has requested the firm which furnished them to give an estimate on similar work five times as large for the court- yard of his palace. The probable figures ‘will be about $200,000, LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. Why the Coin Does Not Slide. ‘To the Editor of The Pvening World: For answer to "P. A. B's.” query as to why e coin tossed in a car traveling at a speed of aixty miles an hour, falls back to the same spot to which It started, he must remember that owing to the fact of the car having a roof and sides the alr in the interior ts moving at the same rate of speed as the car itself. Let him toss a penny in the air frum a car with no sides or roof, moving at a high rate of speed, and be will seo that the car will then slide from under the coin. aj L. Yes. ‘To the Edler of The Evening World: Was Lou!s Napoleon (Napoleon III.) @ resident of this country previous to being Emperor of France? M. M.D, A Literary Query, ‘To the Ediitor of The Eveaing World; In Hall Caine'’s novel ‘The Eternal City” does not the time of action lle in the future? Is the papal authority vested in Pope Leo XIII. or tn a sup- posed successor of his? MABEL. future. The Pope, who ts one of the charagte:s, & supposed to be eome future Fontift, The Former Is Correct. To the Editor of The Evening World Which is correct? A says, "I thought it was he.” B says, “I thought It was hin Please give reasons. Ww. 8. | “I thought it was he" Is correct, ‘The verb two does not govern the ob j Jective c: ©. Bank?) In in Better orm, Te the Editor of The Evening World On meeting a man and referring to his wife whish query ts. proper: your wife?’ or “How ls Mrs, | bY Hayti Consuls, To the Editor of ThesEvening World Can you tell me the name of the JAmerican Consul to Hayéi?_R. D. H, ‘There are several United States Con- suls 10 Hayt!. HH. E, Roberts, Consular Agent at Aux Cayes; L. W. Livingston, Consul at Cape Haytlen; Hugo Jensen, at Jacmel, and J, B, Terres, Vice-Con- sul General at Port au Prince. Monday, [How Ia unk? z } am the Editor of The we On what day of the week did May 1, 1882, fall? B.A. K, ¥ To the Editor of The Evening World: Did Ameila Bingham ever play in “Hearty Are Trumps? “OLLIE, Apply at Lenox Library. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World ‘The action of the book im laid in the| 2 “How is OLB ORLA ORILAOBGDPADGD VODA VYODUDOUVLY LETTERS FROM A SELFISH WIFE TO HER HUSBAND- No. 6: | Ts there a law library in Manhattan where @ young lawyer can read? BRIEFLESS. bustle, Backwoods, everything pawned; not a soul in town who'll lend a cent.” Mrs. Goodun—tI hope that you will abandon crime as soon as you are discharged from jail. William Sikes—Dat's what I'\I CROSS AND CIRCLE PUZZLE. Describe three circles inside the one ol shown in the diagram in such @ way) \t Waesine to beart ee. leave wach Uoy in @ seuiivn Ww ai Ste Fs tell Seat be ay operas inert turn He Mo tat iG RUSHED- — Tie wAlt Fo THE ANSWER! Telegram from Hot Times House, Backwoods, Me. to H. Ard- New York: ‘Have you sent the money?” MAYSIB.” Telegram from New York to Mrs, H. Ardhustle, Hot Times House, Me.; “Bank account overdrawn; salary overdrawn; “HUBBY.” Telegram from Hot Times House, Backwoods, Me., to H. Ard- <= onr CRY, DEARIE! es A ROLL ly} E A WHOLE pet ME Give You 4 FEW pons! Special delivery fetter: “I don't know what to think of your con- @uct, You have subjected me to the most terrible humiliauon a man can put upon a woman. While you have been enjoying yourself in the city, living a regular lite and attending to your business, having no anxieties or worries, I have been left away off up here surrounded by HOW CANT EVER, wenn’ SHE MANES “I told you my automobile was broken; that I gave a pink tea; that my board was overdue; that I lost my outing hat; that the ex- orbitant livery man was annoying me with his bill, and that I had not one cent left of the trifling sums you have doled out to me. to borrow $10 of the dirt hauler’s vulgar wife to pay the entrance fee Thad A WISE PROVIDER. DIDN'T WASTE IT. that is offered to me. do, mum. 1 got enough o’ de it? swag planted to keep me In com- Giles—Oh, | distribute fort de rest o’ me days. among my frdiends and enemies. SODOOMN1DOHTH Giles—t! always take the advice Milesa—What do you do with It DO 1d 400% (AOD GEDY4OH husfle, New York: three hundred.” hustle, New York: I get the money? you never going to send the money? Maysie.” $ 4 ® Pe $O99OS-99H9 DOO g THE WIRES 3 aRE OP 3 o 4 “Don’t waste telegraph tolls on jokes. Wire me bY “MAYSIE.” Telegrams from Hot Times House, Backwoods, Me., to H. Ard- % “Have you sent the money? Maysie.” “When do Maysie.” “I must have money, Maysie.” “Are © © 2 3 3 > 3 2 women who are not fit to tie my shoes and yet have three dresses to my one, and when I ask you for a little money you send me a filppant answor or ignore my telegrams, I had to spend $8 on telegrams to- day and got no reply worthy to be called such. “pooR LITTLE $L08,-WHY VN8 HOTEL MELP IN SESSION, in the Beauty Club and I owe $12 in dues, and the servants are actually impudent because I have not tipped them since the first week, If you don't send me $500 immediately I'll get a divorce.” o> © “MAYSIE ARDHUSTLE.” 8 ANTI-CRY WANTED. Druggist—-Children cry for it. Poppsley—Then gimme some- thing that children won't cry for. They cry too much already. THE WRONG TRAIL. Tom—My tallor called with his. little bill yesterday. man. You have my sympathy. Tom—Oh, don't waste your® sympathy on me. Sympathiz with the tailor, S000 DOOD SOME ODD QUERIES. can wrestle with: but did you ever see a white colt? | are they good fort phia “nquirer. |and a bean vine the other? Where should a chimney be thi at the top or bottom, and why? josie knot? If you are good at guessing or an- swering, here are a few questions you You can see any day a white norse, How many different kinds of trees | | grow tn your neighborhood and what| | Why does a horse eat grass backward and a cow forward? asks the Matiadel- Why does a hop vine wind one way ‘argor, Can you tell why a horse when teth- ered with a rope always unravels it, while a cow always twists it into a id must a grapevine be before CAN YOU DO IT? Can you draw this figure without litt- ing your pencil from the paper, without @olng over the same line twice and without, allowing any line to cross an- other? | gome of the Best Jokes of the Day. MORE ELOQUENT. “I don't preach no long sermons in de summer time,” said the colored brother; “{ des calls de ‘tention er de sinners ter de state er de thermomete: God, dey knows what's c-comin'!""—At- lanta Constitution, A WASTE OF TIME. Finnegan—Don't be so lazy an’ dls- couraged about it. ‘The -est way to fies out what ye kin do fs to tr. Flanegan—Ay! But tha the worst way to foind out what ye can’t do.— Philadelphia Public Ledger. PROOF POSITIVE. Hicks—Tompkins 1s a fearfully con- oetted fellow, isn't he? Wicks—Why, no, I heard him say him- self that h®, Isn't concelted at all.— [Somerville Journal, , ‘WOMAN’S DRESS. Feminine Fashions Are the Most Changeable dtems in a Changeable Universe. | BY MARCEL PREVOST. * N this world of changing things nothing, perhaps, te o¢ changeable as the style of women's clothes. One cas soarcely believe that such accessories as crinolines were once indispensable, or that the bustle was universally adopted | some twenty yeurs ago by all wishing to be considerq@l | fashionable. It is impomalble to daretell to-morrow's style ‘by Judging from that which prevailed yesterday, yet there is a sort of an e: for.the style of to-any. Insinuate that a certain fad now dear to the Semntotae heart will be discarded or radically changed, and list to the protests and Jeers of its devotees! One of my friends, a weiter, experienced this recently, In a book which ap- peared last year he devoted a chapter to a modest prophecy of this kind, concluding with the prediction that a simpler and more uniform style of dress would soon come into use. Letters came thick and fast, telling him his forecast whe absurd. Scarcely twelve months have passed, and we learn @ change is about to take place, says Marcel Prevost in the Tribune. Se slnat my object to describe what might be called a dress reform. I shall note the causes bringing about the se- form and the probable chances of its success. The first cat fs the position of doctors on feminine hygiene. “Our cpg sets," spys Mme. de Broutelles, “compress the stomach, liver, { heart and lungs. Our skirts sweep thé streets and raise the { | duet, and with {t the microbes. They prevent free move j ment. The women who wear corsets experience a depressias { feoling after their day's work. Obliged to gather up their \ skirts, they are embarassed by the smallest package which they may have to carry, and soon tire from walking a shart | distance. Our present costume ‘s so complicated that too much time Is required at the tollet.”” ‘These are the words of one influential. Part of the mqf- ern woman's dress is condemned, the most menacing of all— the corset. Dress reformers favor suppression of the corset. Even {f the revolution of woman's dress should be delayed, {t 1s unlikely the present style of corset will survive much longer. It will be made on a more humane principle, inore supple and yielding, and no longer a straitjacket. The peint of support of the clothing should be the shoulders, not tpe walst. The first article in the reformers’ creed contempla! liberation of the feminine waist. For whom do you dress yourself? If women answer by saying it {s for themselves, or because they do not care to Invite criticism of other women, one may be sure they are not sincere or have not properly analyzed their motives. In the majority the real motive of woman's dress {s to attract attention to the opposite sex, and for this all artifices of the tollet are employed. The opponents of the reform move- ment object on the ground that a woman thus plainly dressed will be deserted by her male admirers, who, they argue, will show a preference for the woman who follows the old mode, ‘This fear seems chimerical. If men have any preferenc it 1s for the tasteful gown of a simple design. The moral beneftt derived from the uniformity of m Gress is that the sult costing $20 ts not totally eclipsed one of two or three times that price. The cheaper one may look as well as the other. The same result might be reached with women, What a blessing that would be! How many bitter pangs it would save the feminine heart spored typ sight of these accessories of dress inaccessible to hee, but whioh torture her mind when they adorn the form or he more fortunate sister! THE AGE OF CATs, ‘Herr Pohl, President of the German Society for the Pre- teotion of Cats, has just published: the results of his ine vestigations in regard to the age which it is possible for these animals to attain. Cats, he seys, are like human be- ings in one respect—the more peaceful and better regulated thelr lives are the longer they are likely to live, As a proof he points out that a favorite cat in the royal palace of Nymphenburg has lived to be forty-two years old, and conse- quently may fairly claim to Ge considered the dean of cats in Germany, [..THEBROOD. BROOD. te hones URSES, like chickens, come home, they eay, To roost when the day is done, And all of our deeds must journey that way, As they have since the world begun. You may, drive them away while the And think you've escaped them quite, But the good and bad ever hover near, Returning with shades of night. Oh, a motley crew, they return to you With the falling shades of the night. And ye'll need be wise to control the brood That snall come at the close of day, That will jostle and crowd, the bad and the good, Exact as you gave them sway. Whatever you give to this world so wise, Be sure she will always match, And you better be careful the breed and the sizo Of the brood you are going to hatcn— Aye, careful, indeed, of the size and the breed Of the brood you are certain to haten. ‘ —CORA M. W. GREENLEAF. ; a ON THE EVENING WORLD PEDESTAL. y is clean, (ockey Odom, who rode three winners tn @ single afternoon) Children, upon our Pedestal Odom invites your cheers, ‘The little man who now can say |- He won three races in a day. Dears, if we'd only thought to play Ids mounts in fifty plunk par-lay, We needn't work for yeara, -