The evening world. Newspaper, July 20, 1903, Page 8

MONDAY EVENING, ' JULY 20, 1903, Published by the Press Publishing Company, No. & to @ Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-Offlce at New York as Second-Class Mall Matter. VOLUME 44. -NO. 16,808. THE DEATH OF THE POPE. It seems impossible that any Vicar of Christ in st Peter's seat should ever be endowed, as none hae ever been endowed before, with qualities of holiness sur- jeening those for which the entire Christian world, the Protestant only in less degree than the Catholic, revered Leo XIII. In him #0 complete became the dominance of the soul that the body served but as a transparent cloak for his saintly epirfaality. The twenty-five years of his pontificate have seen an extraordinary al- laying of old ecclesiastical animosities and the growth of a feeling of toleration of the great Roman Church in quarters once most puritanically inimical to it, the source and origin of which must be looked for largely in the personality of the Pope. The period of mourning observances which Leo's death will inaugurate will be unique in church history. When McKinley died the world witnessed the most fmpressive act of nationa] mourning of which there is record, The recollection nearly two years later of the solemn moment when all business activity closed in a simultaneous tribute of respect from the Atlantic to the Pacific brings even now its awe-inspiring memory. Yet for the death of the Pope the world will see such expressions of forma! grief as it has never before known. For to nearly a quarter of a billion of worshippers, ao great is the Roman Church population, the Pope's death will come as a personal loss. In more than 100,000 churches and convents and monasteries purple- robed priests will chant the pontifical mass of requiem While 19,000,000 trained voices unite in the solemn Miserere. Krom the Philippines around the world to the ancient abbeys of Ireland, from Alaska to Patagonia, the same sacred words of sorrow for the departed will be sung, and the same psalms of absolution repeated. No other mortuary pageant ever seen is comparable with this. One feature of noveliy will be the larger participation of the Catholic Church In America, ‘the church’s youngest and fairest daughter,” as the Pope fg known to have called her As a result of the great Growth of Catholicism here in the quarter of a century since the death of Pope Pius IX. there are now in the {United States nearly 10,000,000 Catholics, and in all ‘America nearly 60,000,000, In no other way than by this world-gindling funeral ehant is the wonderful centralization of Romanism so strikingly exhibited. The Robber Cabman Cru —A very fine fruit of ‘The Evening World's crusade against the robber cabman ig to be found in the present activity of the Merchants’ Association in causing the arrest and prosecution of drivers guilty of overcharging. ‘The agents stationed by the atso- ¢lation at the ferries and park entrances and at downtown ¢ab stands have been able in many tnstances to secure the infliction of a fine or the revoking of the offender's license. The opinion given by Corporation Counsel Rives regarding overcharge on pleasure drives Is of timely importance, He finds that there is ‘no statute or ordinance which gives the Wight to a public hackman to refuse to carry an orderly Person by time charge at the rate of $1 per hour.” The fndications are that the pirate cabman’s occupation will goon be gone, He will find it necessary to establish an Ronest status for himself or throw down his reins. SOME MARVELS OF SCIENCE. ‘The men of science amaze ns by the statement that the tail of Borrelli’s comet is 3,000,000 miles long. Is there a reader of this paragraph with a mind capable of grasping the Idea of distance therein conveyed? A Paris scientific investigator suggests the possi- bility of using a metal mirror to defeat any enemy, however formidable. His idea is to have the mirror @irect an invisible Herzian ray right through a war- gbip's armored sides into the magazine and explode It. A London doctor is making use of radium to cure cancer. A particle of this substance inclosed in a dead box an inch thick emits rays that are as percep- tible as a flash of light on the retina. Tesla’s neighbors on Long Island are awe-struck by the hing emanations from a tall pole which is the vehicle of the tnventor’s new experiments with wireless telograrhy. Blinding streaks of light come and g° from this pole, electrical pyrotechnics such as have made Tesla the Pain of inventors. The townspeople Gre both amazed and mystified. In ail these experiments there are intimations of Marvelious effects to be produced before the century Is over from the familiar elements of light and air and electricity. If we are tempted to suppose that some of ttiese men of scienco are hugging delusions we have the wonderful reality of the Marconi wireless telegraph to rectrain our scoffing. The Campania reaches port with the proofs of daily communication with the tand ‘and with other vessels during her voyage across tha sea. The news of the afternoon extra, damp from the press, has been transmitted within a moment to read- ers in midocean. Ir the face of that extraordinary fact We must listen rolemniy to what scem the wildest fights of the inventor's fancy. A GANG THAT SHOULD GO. » A new gang of ruffians with a rendezvous in the ighborhood of Columbus avenue and One Hundred‘h street, ard with Central Park as a base of retreat, {9 beginning to figtre in criminal annals. Its members re credited with varions hold-ups, and most recently ‘with the assault and attempted robbery of F. D, Hurtt and F. F, Bigelow. They infest a region which until recently had a reputation for orderliness which is Mkely to become clouded because of their depredations, Within a few blocks of their rendezvous occurred the assault upon the young woman who was draggea1 into ® coal yard last winter, It is within the province of the captain of the West One Hundredth Street Police Station to suppress his band of toughs. Its predatory work bas beer largely mre git ibe growing frecuency of hold-ups there hs: xtension toward the wealthy residence dis- the eact and wes: calls for urgent police action it, rt of this action a !arger detail of park police- walled for. Thore are those who would regard Central Parly'after nightiall as a pertlous The juggzesyion that the park has become base of onerations for a gang will serve to 0 thelr fears, [TOLD ABOUT — | NEW YORKERS. W \them lis a ILLIAM B. Corey, the Steel Trust, may future triumphs, He will to offset one humiliation. rabid football “fan.” Before came to New York he wae a fervid sup- porter of the famous Homestead eleven One day a visiting team was to play \the Homest MoUilicuddy, the visitors’ manager, held up the contest until $1,000 should be guaranteed. Corey, jnooner chan jose the fun of seeing a game, came forward with the offer of a certified check as guarantee. | “I 4on't know you,” objected Mac, stubbornly, even after he had heard the millionalre’s name and office, |"You'll have to get some reputable per- |son to guarantee your good faith. How do I know you ain't buncoin’ wi Things were at a standstill until along wandered « carta’n sporting writer | whom Mac knew. The writer was worth jar less than a million cents, but his neo Corey | guarantee proved quite suMctent to per-| 4, suade the manager to accept the mil. Honalre steel man’s $1,000 check. oe e EAitor C. P. Townsley, who is visiting New York, writes to his paper in Kan- sas as follows: “We had the pleasure lof calling on Mr. Vanderbilt a few days ago, but eegretted to find him out of (own, #0 the distinguished looking gen- tleman at the gate Informed us. 1 thought he was a fresh duke Just ar rived, but on asking his name he said it was James Thomperg), the man who was in change of the premises during Mr. Vanderbilt's absence. 1 find it Is almost impossible to catch any one of the 409 at home at this season. They are either at eome summer resort oF In Europe. The next time I come to New York [ shall try the winter, so as to find people at home. oe . Shirley B. Johnson, sleek, dapper, well groomed, is one of the very few travelling men tm the world whose line 4s stocks an bonds. He travels for a New York banking concern and deals al- most exclusively with smaller banks through the country In listed rafiroad securities, stocks and bonds, . . One may see mingling with the crowds, sitting in grand-stand boxes or loitering around the paddock of the track mill- fonaires and multi-millionaires by the rcore, This taste fUr racing among tiie moneyed class seems to be on tue fn- crease, for each year adds new recrults to the Jong list, William W. Whitney heads the lst by all odds, and wherever there is a race Mr. Whitney 1s seldom absent. J. B, Haggin is also greatly Interested In turf affairs—a veteran, one might ray, mnce his colors have been seen on the track for the past quarter of a century, Jullus Fleischmann has followed the footsteps of his father in patronizing the turf; he was once the owner of Africander. James R. Keene and his son, Foxhall Keene, maintain enormous stables. John A, Drake and W. B. Leeds, two Westerners, are prom- inent on Eastern and Western tracks, and the Balmonts, Perry and August, gach have some of the best norsefesh on American tracks. Indeed, there {s a long lst of militon- aires who might be named, among whom are Richard T. Wilson, jr., 8. 8. Brow, J. G. Follansbeo, J. E. Widener, F. Am- brose Clark, Frederick Gebhard, P. J. Dwyer, David Gideon, F. R. and Thomas Hitchcock and W. 8. Fanshaw. LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. Yen, if Blected, To the Editor of The Evening World Can a Catholle be President of the Tinited Btates? WwW. FLH Governed by Board of Education. To the Editor of The Evening World Under what directorship la the school- ship St. Mary's? NAUTICAL, San Francisco In 3 Hours Barlier, To the Editor of The Evening World: What Is the difference in time between New York and San Francisco? H. B. AL Bar Association Query, To the Editor of The Evening World: Who Is the Secretary of the New York Bar Association and what Is his | addrene? c. B. T. Recording Secretary, 8. B. Brownell; | Corresponding Secretary, B. A, Sands. jA letter addressed to No. 42 West Forty. fourth street will reach either. As to that Kishinef Petition. | To the Kalior of The Evening World: | What right have we to send a petition to Russia about the Kishineff outrage? Are we a law-abiding people? When we stop whitecaps from committing so |many crimes; when we stop burning ne- sroes and learn to be a law-abiding people and practice a little of what we preach, then we may begin to catacise Russia, Dut for us in our half state of civillzation, or present etate, if you lke to call It, to send a letter to Russia about her home and local affairs is all wrong. At the end of this year the Good people of the United States will have shot, lynched and burned alm a® many men as all that were killed In Russia. When we live in such a big |miass house we should not begin to throw stones, JOHN HENRY, No, To the Editor of The Evening World Is it possible to make a triangle with the sides one, two and three inches re- spectively? nIVE. Complain to 8. To the Editor Is there ar he Evening World way of puntshing a per- @oufined to raids uzon small storekeepers on Columbus| Wak over to a third-story window and son who deliberately throws @ cat out| te begin of the window? While siting at the eseaaae ee Irear window of my flat last night I saw WORD SQUARES. a woman take a half-grown cat and 1 I. MI. eal Ah lo9000 008000 009000 t ae ftout, The erles of the cat were;QgGuco OC0000 00000 pitifut to hear, AW. lGan00 00000 00000 To Cure Stuttering. ov00ae C0000 00000 ‘ening World ONO090G C0000 00000 I am a young man, twenty-one years “1, A ttle, 2 An open apace for Of age, looking for a elty position. Tae bats 2. To condescend, 4. A mhi only fault, 1 think, fs that I stutter altering spirit. 5. Brave Nttle, Kindly let me know of some! Jp—t, dix y fa x | etn eee sone . Excessively fat, 2 ‘To com- | Way. to r y th! B defect C.K. | mener 3. The lesser white Ah | ering is usually a nervous affec-| act of beactting a fortitied pla two tiva do cured by sirength- | Kk In. t and bulldvng up th j A visitor. 2 Subordinate. 3. general condition, Force yourseit ty| ro draw ou. 4. Kellgious denomina- speak with great slowness aid delidera-)uyons or schools, 5A braid, Kaot ur |Uon ana avold excitement, rl of Bair, age 4 new head of| have many he} A FEW $ 4 ® 4 | peeeeess 3 &® o | PHEPHG-OSS-HNISOES dS YADLAPNDAAD YD OVOULEDOVOUE ODOT LOY OOYD DOOONGADO 9499900000 SIGHTS WE MIGHT SHOW THAT COMMISSION. } THE PIRATE CAA-MAN 97 Tv@ DOCK SEEING THe OR10GE CRUSH Vag (On SR, ONLY REMEDY, “Doctor, | feel wretched all the ime, nothing interests me, have Sino appetite and can't sleep. What would you advise me to do?" “Propose to the girl. sir; pro- \ UNIQUE BOOK-MARKER. Very few book-markers will perform the double duty of marking the line and page which the reader paused and cloard the book, ‘This ts the object at- tained by marker In the picture, and It should be the means of saving fo small amount of time to the reader who Ia compelled to lay down and take up a bovk many times before the con- tents are completely digested, This Httle marker Is preferably of celiulold, though metal or cardboard may answer the purpose, and has a substantially T-shaved body, on which is a sliding momber, having a straight edge, By lapping the bent portion of the head * the edge of the leaves and silding the marker along the stem It made to indicate any Ine on th showing the reader at a glince where an be | Shall we flash Of streets turn: ~ THE Qa UNEXPLAINED MURDER WYSTERIES Se A Royal Commission is coming here from London to study onr transit system, on that Commission a pretty Gotham vision ed into canyons by the gentle subway’s power; And the game of “‘car ahead,” too, and the third rail’s list of dead, too, And the cabman, whe will take you ‘round for twenty plunks an hour? THE MO who has one “The idea! him the frosty “Indeed | didn't do anything of Just to punish him for the kind. his audacity, | worth at least “That horrid old man Blinks, actually had the nerve to propose to me last night.” a DERN WAY. WISE COUNSEL, Cf Gertrude—Uncle, what would you advise me to do to find a husband? Uncle Gayboy—Let the hus- bands alone, my dear. Go for a single man. foot in the grave, Of course you gave digit?” accepted him. He's half a million,’ HOCOHHOHOHOO DOCOEE EE O88OdO On'rMe way Te | THe MoTEL- ALONG re Svaway aoura DIDEDBODOM ry ° ® BS | vivacity with which the story is recounted and you are é =~ ogTecTive ® » aS QUITE THE REVERSE. 22ODIOD29D OEGOHNT9.9OH FOTOHSSSD9 YOUR CAT’S LANGUAGE. — A French Profeasor Has Learned Many Words of It, A Frenoh professor has become the Columbus of Catland, He has learned the language of cats. The yocabulary is 80. e@mall that it is more a matter of wonder that the world waited so long for a man versed in it than that the pro~ fessor has put {¢ among the things any one may know. Here are some of the cat words he has learned: ello" is a request for food. 0" is a request for water. expresses a desire for milk. “BI is a demand for red meat. \ "Bleeme-bi" means Kitty wants cooked meat “Ptiee-bi" in mouse meat and ts applied to any food which Kitty fondlen before devour'ng, “Meouw,’ uttered simply, is a greeting; uttered fiercely and with accent on the “Me” is an expression of hatred and ow, vow, wow. yelowoyow, tow, ys-ss-nyow" Ie the In battle and {s variously accented to tell of yss-8-s-s-8-ywow" being the | ery of utter battle madness. | “Yew' signifies that the cat ix In distress and needs It is uttered very softly. is a request to open a door. Is the T-love-you of catland, and when uttere¢ with rolling “‘r’ and a rise on the last syilable Is a call froiw a mother to Its kitten. HOW TO FURNISH A ROOM. | | | 64 AP EN'S rooms—I mean rooms furnished by men—are as M a rule more satisfactory than those furnished by | women," declared the art decorator who has beau- tified many homes in her brief career, “It 1s the popular no~ tion that men go In for comfort and conven!en ¢ and solidity and that women aim at mere prettiness and succeed In make ing things unilvable. Both ideas are incorrect. Men give @ comfortable effect, but they are apt to forget the con+ veniences, They overlook cioseta and forget to place mirrors low and windows deep. “Women never forget these things. Thep there Is the other side of th® question—the overdone and overrated ‘woman'e touch.’ We ail suffer more or less from what the Freach cail ihe defects of our qualities, and the deft ‘woman's touc also Its weak points, We overdo our effects. We want to Improve upon {t, and in this way the inessentials get too much emphasized. It 1s so often our cushions, our lamp chades and our flowers that attract the lon's share of atten- }Uon, and {t seema to me, especially on the subject of cush fons, that our ‘touch’ gets most out of hand. Cushions are’ { \ > such beguiling things. “One should avold having many different patterns, however’ } Ipretty they may individually be. ‘They give a speckled lin- , SAROINE~ preasion which at once robs any room of repose. Then I PACKED ihink that frills (except on white embroidered muslin covers) area mistake. They have a floppy, unsin< jPearance. and, lastly, it is most tmportant that—small detafl though cushions be—they should harmonize in material, pat- tern and color with the rest of the room.” TWICE-TOLD TALES. © ry ! OME people have a deligatful little tick of telling you most interesting Httle tale and then repeating it in th course of the next hour or so. They are totally unconscious that you have played the part of patient listener once and are not desirous of repeating the experience. It really {s amusing, however, to note the interest and sometimes quite wiling to be bored for a few mom 4s,, merely for the sake of watching the raconteur as he pro-’ ceeds with his tale. Of course, you are forced to be politety interested, even though you are longing to tell him that ne finished telling you the same thing only a short time ago, says Susan Bimple in the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegrapn. The strange part of it 1s, that the story seldom varieg, which is decidedly unusual, as twice-told tales always collect more spice and interest ax the number of times they are told n-reases, m ‘This may be due to the fact that onty one person tells them and not a number of ones who are interested !n gossip. But when one person repeats his little fable it {s usually word for word, yes, even pause for pause, {dentically the samo as the firat version. ‘The world is full of people who are i the habit of re 3 Singleton—I say, old man, doesn’t your spending so much? time at the club get you in trouble: at home? © Wederly—On the contrary, dears boy, it keeps me out of it. DDOOGHDHGOHOHOHHS OOD | Cut out these phncke xeetions and. pir ‘tu form te letter CAN YOU MAKE THIS ‘*Z?” SHAPE WHEN a= > them together agatr. in such a way ag as tn the upper righ: lard corner of the picture, |Some of the Best Jokes of the Day. SUCCESS. Mrs, Motherly—So you have just graduated from college, dear? I hope you got the valedictory, ‘ Ethel—No, I didn't But I was on the basketball team the lat three y Somerville Journal. WHERE THE BOY IS TRAINED. “Yes,” said the father, “we are thor- oughly up to date.” Then he led the visitor to the wood- shed. “This,” he explained, “is our trein- ing school. As long as I have a shingle left I intend to see that Willie is prop- erly trained."—Chicago Post, i NOT UNEXPECTED, “Hear about Jenkins? He's dead. Shot in a row with a cowboy out In Colorado."? “Well, that'a not surprising.” “What? Why, It's shocking!” “Oh, I don't know! I was prepared to hear of his death any day. Ho waa a very sick man when he left he: Philadetpiia Press, EXPLAINING HER DROWSINESS “The hot weather affects Mrs, Blodgers D droadfully. you notice how sleepy it makes her early every evening?" “Yes, I have noticed tt, I believe it's partly acrounted for by the fact that whe never fails to wake her husband up at 4 o'clock In the morning to ask him if he thinks it will be a hot day,"— ICleveland Plain Dealer, peating stories time after timo and even to the same persons. Whether it is merely a habit or the result of absent-mind- eanens has not been determined. and all that we know ts that | the gentle habit. | RANDOM SHOTS. A human kind, Sometimes we crave love, elther as a desirable bless ing or an Inevitable evil. charge It to family coercion. Do not talk too glibly about your own affairs; you may be pronounced a poor conversationalist, says the Philadel- In a small nest be careful to agreo with the inmates, lest you all fall out. Fa Prejudice reminds one of a stained glass window; it sube \ The woman hater {x always open to the suspleion that the fair sex has either flouted him or else he has falled te meet the right kind of women. we still continue to suffer in silence from those affected by FTER all, the human heart finds its best shelter im When a woman makes an unhappy marriage she Is apt to phia Inquirer, dues the light and colors the rays It allows to enter. ‘ (Ingpector Titus, former Chiet of Detectives, but now stationed fm Gu Bronx.) See, Children, on our Pedestal, The bold Inspector Titus! They say his memory still gloata O'er thoughts of downtown table-d'hotes, 4 But now, fine flocks of geese and goats ft And chin-tuft farmers sowing oats i ore a