The evening world. Newspaper, August 5, 1903, Page 8

t t } | j f i t b earry. away this refuse wood for fuel? WeONTABAY HV ENING, oo auauer « Wiorlo ~ VOLimn a a GEPOGBITION OF A ING & ie ’ ' presttent Now thie king @nd & breath onme ' ‘ ‘ - fonse of power than hae been ersnted What @ metmorte carene he BOW thronelewe at forty te ‘ EHlvorse Interoet ‘ Py grocer's clerk wit t ‘ . 6 wthke driver in the Carnegio cnminesrine ‘ Year after that commaniing salary of § Heve in good sniario " eave Carn tendent of the Home ‘ wor rodueing @00 tone of steel, Superintendent of other steel cor the Carnegie compan Then, as panies slworbed by fill reward of induetric 8 apprentl the greatest Industrial combination tha world haa ever geen, the bitllon-doliar Steet Trust An aatoniahing career of siccese! Rut now ensues) the period of the eye not single to the buainens ¢ but diverted to the stock | mak'ng and marketing stee! | The old seru- ticker. A dangerous obliquity of vision tiny relaxed and longer play spells, dashes across New Jersey in an automobile, record runs to Atlante City exprest-train time on the old Roman roads, private steamers on Lake Como—the king amuses himself royally. High play at Monte Carlo, thousands of dollars for spe- ial trains In Italy, ventures in stocks, a million-dollar mansion, a hundred private speculative interests and activities all attended to only by the abstraction of time and attention from the duties of his Steel Trust presi- dency. And now the enforced abdication. Among the careers of successful captains of industry Schwab's will ever remain one of the most interesting ‘and instructive, Its instrnetiveness lies in the moral, which those who read may readily apply. Its interest Hes in the speedy rise from humble place to high po- sition in the world of finance of one who to dash and Prilliancy of exploit did not join constancy and sobriety of judgment. What a genius of finance this bold An- thony Wayne might have been had he had a little of the Carnegie canniness! TROLLEY DEVELOPMENT. ‘The proposal of the Chicago Great Western Railway ‘to adopt a passenger rate of two cents a mile will reduce fits fares to nearly a trolley basis. This will mean an all-year-round excursion rate, the wisdom of granting hich will show itself in increased traffic. TOLD ABOUT NEW YORKERS ete ae Rve ant a Mre John Wo Mackay t New York: the Duke af Manchester, whose mother was Misa Conmusio Yranea, of New York, the young Marquis of Hian ford, whome mother was Mine Con@urlo Vandertiit, of New York, Prince Bran eaccio, of Rome. whose mother | Miss Elizabeth Field, of New York the two boya of the Comte Ron | Camtellane, whose mother was Miss Anna Gould Misa Roosavelt'e vacation life at Oys ter Bay in quieter than that Jed by the Average summer girl. Oyster Bay no large hotel, no cottage colony It] ie one of the centres of the naw sort | of summer living extolled by that lead-/ er of fashion, Mrs, Stuyvesant Fish Dwo or three days ago Mra rence | Mackay, who long ago adopted “new summer life, drove down from Harbor Hill, her country manor, to market in the north shore village of Roslyn, Her morning carriage dress was componed of a fine basket weave of white iinen. As she stood on the sidewalk, barganing for fruit with the one could see that her ekirt round by at least an inch. From waist to knee it wae laid in fine tucks; near the bottom it was caught up tn horizontal tuoka, perhaps an inch wide. The blouse was tucked and had @ point of Valenciennes lace let in both in front and behind. At the throat was & Uttle etanding collar of Th tucked sleeves opened wide at the @bows, then narrowed to lace cuffs. Mra, Mackay wore a flat lace straw hat trimmed with a white lace scarf. A friend who sat in the carriage wore no hat, but she shaded her head with a the There is no intimation that this concession was due to any pressure of trolley competition, actual or in prospect, though it indicates farsighted action which would tend to check the development of competing elec- tric lines. Tho managers of the Great Western doubt- less appreciate from the success of the Chicago, Aurora and Elgin trolley Hne what a menace to railroad mo- nopoly a well-equipped and substantial electric road may become. Locally, the approaching completion of the New Yonk and Stamford electric line 1s of interest because of its triumph over the opposition of the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford corporation and its addition of a link to the New York and Boston trolley trunk line. A greater importance attaches to the new ownership of the Queens County electric railway system. In spite of the denial that the Pennsylvania road is identified with this trolley amalgamation {s there no significance in the report that the new steel passenger cars building in the Altoona shops will be so constructed that “they @an be used not only on the Pennsylvania underground @ystem but on all other systems in New York?" Tt fs not an over-confident expectation that within a few years a trolley passenger may go by continuous transit from Philadelphia under New York City to any part of Long Island or New England. SCHOOL READERS. The new school reader is not what the olf was, it 4s alleged, in the satisfying nature of its contents. The mew slights the smooth-worn coin of the English Classics for the fresh and crisp currency of the modern @uthor, What are “Casablanca” and ‘‘The Breaking ‘Waves Dashed High” to “The Man with the Hoe?” ‘Whatever the merits of the controversy, it !s certain that the youthful pupil {s supplied in some of the new readers with too much dialgst verse. In one series which we have {n mind game Field and Whitcomb Riley stanzas are included, the effect of which on the childish mind cannot but be confusing. To read ‘Long afore I knew who Santer Claus was” and “Folks that's in love, I notice, gin'rally has their way” Is to encourage fanse grammar by the constant repetition of the plural moun with a singular verb and to cause uncertainty, as in the case of “afore,” as to whether the dialect term ts or is not the correct one. A child made to learn a Riley dialect “piece” by heart for schoolroom recitation has a distinct injury @one It. BONFIRES NOT GOOD TO SEE. ‘A correspondent of The Pyening World writes that fhe saw @ bonfire in the ruins of the Y. M. C. A, build- ing at Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue and w: He regards the ton burning of it as “a shameful waste." If thls correspondent could see the burning heaps of ded railroad ties on the Hackensack meadows he id be led to repeat his query with emphasis, On a Jaly or August day the Lackawanna's line and per- the adjoining Pennsylvania track is marked all ty to Newark by blazing pyres of Ofl-soaked oak, would warm many an humble home the winter wonder why the trouble and disfigurement thes¢ bonfires are not avoided by giving the white silk parasol. LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. Tt Is Hard to Owim in Shoes. ‘To the Biter of Tae Brening World: ‘When a person Is drowning, why dons the rescuer always take off his shoes before jumping In after him? C. J. G. A Room Problem. ‘To the Balter of The Evening World: Two rooms contain 6,400 people. There are three-sevenths more in one room than there are in the other. How many {n each room, readers? You oan- not divide @ person tn sections and you cannot have twice as many {n one room as there are in the other. GiEO. W. Yes, ‘lo the WAitor of The Brening World: Is it proper to wend invitation to a widow (without inviting an escort for her) toan afternoon marriage? C. M. Opal Superstition. To the WAttor of The Evening World: A correspondent asks to be enlightened in regard to whether the opal ts lucky or unlucky. This element of luck is said to be determined by the zodiacal signs rising at birth, To persons born when the algn Scorpio is rising the opal will prove to be a very fortunate gem, while to persons born under the flgn Taurus it will be decidedly un- fortunate, ag it attracts all the opposite elements of a ‘Taurus nature and will certainly produce discord, EGYPT. In 1886, To the Editor of The Evening World: A says it 1s over twenty-five years since John L. Sullivan beat Paddy Ryan In thelr last battle. PATRONS. Sulllvan and Ryan fought three times sain 1882, 1n 1886 and In 1884, In the firat fight Sullivan won in nine rounds; in the second fleht the police interfered; in the third Sullivan won in. three rounds, Father Italfan, Mother Irish, Born Bologna, Italy, Sept. 28, 1875. To the EAltor of The Evening World Of what nationality is Mareont. Where was he born? RD. Replies to “John Henry. To the Bxtitor of The Evening World Reading John Henry's claim that our nehing Is no better than the Kishinert massacre, and concerning our right to send a petition to Russia, let me say the Russian attack was against an dnnoceat, armless, law-abiding and peaceful peo. polloa and militia stood by, he slaughter, and ald not raise a hand tn defense of the poor vie- "ina. How can Mr, Henry compare thetr attacks ta thos of Southern and Western moba? How many times have we read that a Sheriff risks his Ife tn| ® a guilty man from a mob? Did any one, from the lowest to the highest, raiso a finger in defense of the Innocent ones In Russta? Our poople try to prevent such deeds, while in Rus- sa they seem to be encounged. Our nowspapers condemn lynohing; Russlan| newspapers seem to encourage religious| persecutions, Mr. Henry must not coa fuse the deeds of a mob with those of D00r. [SP oreanizea OSFFSO-F-9999999-5:9-0-03-9 064406946 DID IT EVER HAPPEN TO 5-955-699-0945 9-5595F 82 eese22s party afoot. Are you on?”"—— ee © 4 4 ERY DEADLY, o 3 : 3 © “1 eee some professor Ia think- Ing of going Into ‘Darkest Africa’ » with an automobile. “Good gracious! | thought there > were enough man-killers In Africa ready!” CLODDHOE LOL HHO HGDHLLHHHOHLHHOLOOOHOH! YOU Pe ee aw? t's Yael wat srt aaouT, 0BAR? a wife rin om the “ountey an a shopping tour and have ory , o* ; gay scott > H swes READING 7 3 * - IN Tre eMnoal z 4 aa : tt ik 2—And have your fellow grass-widower, Jack Gaybird, pass you this Mttle business note: “Anything on for to-night? Just a little pokes 50! YouRE = ML SLE 4DING My HusBANo! WR-R-RETCH! 3—And have your wife take the above mean advantage of the mirror behind you? BETWEEN FRIENDS. Helen—Then you think he wants to marry me for my money, do you? Julla—Undoubtedly, dear. What else could he possibly want tc marry you for? weit ay . ‘ ‘ n ’ i Gues asi! ‘ Lit7le gusinEsS NOTE, OEAR!, CLOSE SECOND. “sir Lipt telling his friends that he will surely lift the cup thie year.” “Hardly.” “Do you doubt the strength of the story?” “No; | doubt the strength of the Shamrock." DID IT EVER? Disgusted Resorter — Here, didn’t you advertise that there? were no mosquitoes in the countrys: around Kinklevil Landlord—Sure | did, and there: ither. They're all In town. doo. 4. aln’t, ESTE, | Changing 1s a game the solution of on a trick Needed are a plece of ca an oblong square with ven fleldy of tho same size and six chips, three cut of white and th lack paper. Place three bj mm flelds 1 to 3, three white ones on fields 5 to 7. The task is to change the chips in such a} way that the black chips take the place | of the white ones and reversed, without! siipping more t one field at a Ume and getting two chips on one feld, Solution: Pince white 6 on fleid 4 black 3 on 5, black 2 on 3, white 4 on 2, white 6 on 4, white 7 on 6, black 5 on ik black 3 on 3, black 1 on 3, ‘Then place white 2 on 1, white 4 on 2, white ¢ on 4, binck 5 on 6, black 3 on 5 and finally HIEROGLYPHICS. ‘Thta game, which ta really a trick, 1s played with a confederate, and if clev- erly done @ “goodiie compante'’ may be deceived. A showman, anmed with @ long, pointed atick, stays in the room and his confederate, the guesser, 1s shut out while the company thinks of a word. ‘The guesser ts called in and the show- man proceeds to spell out the word on the floor with sundry taps and strokes of his stiok. The solution {s simple enough. ‘The taps represent the vowels: one tap for "a," two taps for ‘e,"" three for "1," four for “o" and five for ‘‘u,"" and the | guesser need pay no attention to any other sound made by the stick, The rest 1s done by the showman’s clever talking. Suppose, for instance, the company selects the word “book.” ‘The cue Is given in the sentence walch the showman uses to call the guesser in, He say, in this case, “Better and the guesser will know at that the first letter of tha first in that sentence will be the first letter of the word to be guessed. The showman taps four times with his stick and makes a lot of misleading strokes and signs; then he taps four times more for the second “o," then he says, in an offhand way: "Kind of hard, isn't it?" or any other sentence introduced by the letter ' He finishes up with more signs and strokes, as if to puazle the guesser, who, of course, has already secured his word. The showman must be quick and clever in placing his consonants at the white 4 0n 3, which ends the game, beginning of spicy sentences, ot! the humor of’ the trick in lowes This ts eomething lke the once popu- lar “plgs in clover," but has two ad- vantages over that puzzle. It Is home- made and the trick, which s well nigh imposstble for those who do not know how to do it, 1s very easy for those who do, In the centre of a cardboard disk as big and thick as a half-dollar cut a round hole as big as a dime. Paste the cardboard ring so formed on the centro of a china plate and lay a small marble beside it. The trick is to hold the pk in your hand and make the marble roll up on the card, drop into the hole and gtay.there, Some of the Best Jokes of the Day. THE FIRST NIGHTER. “Your tickets were complimentary, Were they not?’ “Well,” replied the man, who had seen @ painfully amateur entertainment, ‘I thought they were until I saw the show." ~Tit-Bits. ON PRINCIPLE. “What makes her s0 solemn?’ ‘Well, you see, she's a temperance advocate, and some one told her that her smiles were perfectly intoxicating.” Philadelphia Bulletin. SOMETHING AWFUL. "Twas just to kill time that he wrote Hie poetry, he sald; Which fils us with surprise to note That time is not yet dead. —Piiladeiphia Ledger. AN OLD FRIEND. “Our sexton was married the other éay.” “I suppose he went and tolled the bell?" “Not exac He simply gave the belle a ring.""—Cleveland Plain Dealer, THE STAGE. First Manager—I've been thinking some of putting Miss Stryder on my list. What do you know of her? Is she much of an, actress? Second Ditto—You'll make no mistake Mf you engage her. To be o y about as bad on the etage as they 1aake ‘em, but she has a way of keeping her name before the public that is bettter enius. She's all the time visitin, ear ether at tite thd homestead, or goin; ag S MES martiod oF somethi 1 od Boston w& THE EVENING # WORLD'S HOME w& MAGAZINE » THE AMERICAN CHRL AND HER EUROPEAN SISTER, The fatter fe aneennnded he Mane Meotetes theme, While the Former fe Pre Ay Beta Auwatrian, ihe Ameren Qa Ue toon fopnige tented erate ane 1 RTP #Pe OW Be OOGH ‘+ opt an inettion one moe FAA e@ @mMD f not whe inaww @ 1 the pa at the young seat om together, " Na aneamement |e usally ewe nauncod Hawaver mur wn may rand In navete of the Preston arAHHA fe Reon eh meen fn France, and wepent AMONG Wefl-te-40 pe aid wtriotly. The vending @@ the catechion aod « French classtow are thete ohiet yeoupations Ariietios @ inoked apen as fraining that bee shoting ant Noreeback eiding are her, eave Della Avateian tn @ » and may not do a French git be poor {permitted to ee The progeamime of w marked with prem ne When ale ie fitter ew ina room on her mothera reception dag, wp the modest piace aweigned of pouting owe tea and handing ft to the mum Bhe ja not expected to ¢ swering when addressed the Invitations sent sonal ecards. Miia ieunlly she Ie about seventeen Invited An Italian piri of the upper clase han lees freedom then her French and German + Her parents’ words are law and all she has to do ist Her ae quaintance among men fa! ft Im time for her to marry; oftentimes she scarcely knows the man who becomes her husband The Engtleh girl haa ideas and opinions of her own. It tw not held a crime for her to enjoy the company of men. Her parents allow her to do pretty much as she pleases, and they approve of her living a free, out of door life. Living in the saddle, climbing mountains and tramping make hee strong and self-reliant But with sl! ahe has more restrictions put upon hee than the American girl. To ‘llustrate: A young English sir stopping in Lucerne one evening was Invited by two of her friends to go to seo a vaudeville performance. She said ahe would asx Ler mother to go along; soon she returned, saying her mother begged to be excused, and she could net go without her. Whatever Fiuropeans hold of America. they think Amerte can girls are tirribly spoiled and extravagant; that wealthy American parents worship at thelr shrine and gratify them in everything, even to buying them bankrupt noblemen @& fabuloun prices. They declare that in America girls have no rastrictions, and that even gambling and smoking are approved of in the amart set. Ths foreign women often talk and wonder at the privileges girls in America enjoy; they often wish they cou live in the States to share the privileges we know, use and try not to aouse ECONOMIZE IN READING. FRENCH doctor affirms that the human brain is over taxed by the professional writers, We have no com sideration for the poor reader, says the Illustrated London News, but force him to labor through involved sen+ Into conversation, onty ame Her name In always written om and she is never allowed pers makes her debut at a ball whem ) which none but young people are tences, intricate spelling, much repetition, and very long words. The doctor suggests that !f we must use a long word Uke “tuberculosis,” we should not inflict its appalling length upon the reader more than once, but indicate {t by the im {tial letter “‘t."" By this process an article might contain @ large number of initial letters, and the reader would be cone antly harking back to find what words begin with “'p" and * Economy of time, says the French reformer, is most essential in reading. When you can make your meaning plainer by a diagram, 4o not bother the public with the delle cactes of your prose. I read a book lately by a professor of Mterature who turned much of Shakespeare into triangles, and showed that one of his plots was a parallelogram. This waa one, no doubt, in the interests of simplification, although the “s* of the ‘'p’ could scarcely have been apparent to @ reader who chanced to be in a hurry. It you do not know what the "s" of the “p" means, you had better economis¢ your time by reading this paragraph all over again. STRAW HIGH HATs. Lionel Rothschild created mild excitement in the Brittsit Honse of Commons some years ago by appearing in a tall hat made of black straw. Its main recommendatjon probe ably was {ts lightness, It was not beautiful, and at @ dipe tance it gave one the Impression of a very seedy silk bet, such as miiiionaires can afford to wear. The latest tail straw hat of this description ts of a very different style. It is made for the wear of Uiveried coachmen and is of yellow straw, with @ low crown, a curly brim and a black band. —e ON THE EVENING WORLD PEDESTAL. (Dock Commissioner McDourall Hawkes, who ts pushing Che-gih for an improved Staten Island ferry terminal.) Next, Children, on our ‘Pedestal { Hawkes gares down at you! Beneath his high and shining tile He's hatched a new and ornate style Of terminal for Staten Isle; And, now the plans are on file, He's there to send them through.