The evening world. Newspaper, September 16, 1903, Page 10

we AY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1903. = w THE » EVENING w# WORLD'S » HO Pudlishea by the Press Publishing Company, No. 8 to © 5 Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-OfMflce at New York as Second-Class Mail Matter. ——__. VOLUME 44...0.0005 sereereeeseeesNO. 15,366. TRACTION TAX-DODGING. eity of the traction companies make a most remarkable ghowing in tax-dodging. In unpaid taxes on personal Property the delinquent corporations owe $2,000,000; $12,183,805. Altogether the amount in arrears reaches the colossal total of nearly $19,000,000! @pecial franchise tax. Tefused pending the review by the United States Su- Preme Court of the decision of the Court of Appeals sus- taining the constitutionality of the law. In view of the ‘fact that a unanimous decision of the State Court has “Mever been reversed by the Federal Court, the postpone- ment of payment is in the nature of an obstructive : expedient. 9 | By the passage of the Franchise Tax law, for the first time in dte history the city was given power to @ fair return from the street-car companies and ether public service corporations for the valuable rights and privileges it has bartered away. ‘With the bill grown to its present enormous propor- tons it is high time to take measures to compel payment. MOVING DAY’S APPROACH. ‘The house-hunter this fell is offered a larger supply of apartments to choose from than ever before, But he discovers no reduction of rentals to correspond. <Endeed, he finds some of the accustomed concess{ons withdrawn and the “month off’ not so frequently granted as before. The prospective tenant learns some- ‘what to his surprise that the demand, also, has increased ‘with the supply. _ In some cases he is confronted by an increase of rents where their height seemed already excessive. This 4g noticeable particularly in apartment hotels, where ccommodations are now offered on a general basis of from $300 to $400 a year per room. Two rooms and bath for $750, a comparatively moderate figure as rents OW go, means a rent of nearly @ dollar a year per @augre foot. Not many years have passed since the ground on which the tall building stands was for sale et that price. _ he hope is indulged by tenants of moderate means ‘that the near future will bring an era of cheap epart- ment hotels of high class. It is a fond hope that de- @ays with every October moving day. Yet unquestion- ably there is money in cheap houses of good character simply built and architecturally pleasing, but lacking ‘the over-ornate finish which to some tenants is objec- onable. Erected on side streets adjacent to desirable residence @ections and economically managed they ought to as- sure their owners a handsome return on the investment. And Incidentally they would solve the probiem of living for ‘those who under present conditions fall between the ‘two extremes of the undesirable boarding-house and the choice but expensive apartm-nt hotel. “HOLY MATRIMONY !” “Do you call that huly matrimony?" asked a lawyer fm Magistrate Crane's Court. “There is very little of that nowadays,” said the Magistrate, A case within the Magistrate's meaning has attained @ome publicity in Chicago. A man of many physical attractions, once petted by society and not yet old, having died in an asylum there, the duty devolved on is three widows of burying him. To discharge this obligation conjointly might, it must be admitted, have Produced a comic-opera situation at the side of an open grave. Three weeping women in weeds attending to the obsequies of the dear departed whom they had each sev- erally sworn to love cherish and (presumably) obey ‘until death should them part! And all three with di- Yorce court decrees safe in their keeping at home! It ‘was Gilbertian and not to be risked. So the performance of the pious duty was delegated to widow No. 1. It is the marriage partnership of this sort that lends point to the Masistrate’s criticism—the limited partner- whip, terminable at the pleasure of husband or wife be- fore a complaisant Justice. Each of these wives had eecured her decree within a year or co of the marriage. A few months of honeymoon, a few days of pouting, SQuatrel, “incompatibility of temper” and judicial sanc- tion to try it again. It is a mockery of marriage. TO WHAT BASE USES! ‘We were led to believe from the laboratory experi- ment of a Newark physician last month that the X-ray ig ‘mould prove uniformly fatal to mosquitoes. Corral the pernicious insects in a room, turn the deadly ray upon ‘them and await results, serene in your confidence of soon mecing the floor strewn with their corpses, That was the promiac given; but in Sunday's papers came word from anéther man of science declaring that the pests act under ‘the ray as if stimulated by a tonic. As they fattened on kerosene so they grow strong on the Roentgen ray. But yesterday assuagement for our disappointment ame from Dr. K. D. Hawley, of Columbus, Ind, The X-ray will turn white hair black again! Ales! that the therapeutic marvel that held the @elentific world in awe should now rank with the bottled ‘hair restorer! As late as 1901 the X-ray was curing can- cer (see Journal of the American Medical Association of September of that year). It was of great value in the treatment of all skin diseases. And in 1902 Dr, Pusey © wae giving it a certificate of character for destroying ) ‘Alacased tissue and replacing it with sound flesh, But within a month have come Edison's warning of its dan- f In destroying healthy tissue and the further warn- of French and Enélish men of eclence that it does jot cure cancer. : 7 But at least we are promised that it will restore our Jocks to their prietine color, To such base but ble uses has it come at last! | Seller's Profts.—Out of the suit of Ticket Specu. his allegedly defaulting clerk dis- 6 Processes of general public in- ly to come. This clerk Is charged with ap- $20,000 during a period of fifteen years, That unt th question could have been annually fiom the employer's receipts without detection ates the extent of the profit accruing to) ‘The World's distlosures of the indebtedness to the @n real estate an amount approximating $5,000,000, ‘@nd in special taxes and license fees the great sum of in this total the item of $9,000,000 is due under the Payment of this tax has been THE NOSE AND GRINDSTONE CbUB. Condueted by UNCLE PEANUTBRITTLE (ROY L. M’CARDELL). TWO MEMBERS OF THE CLUB. HAT can we do to arouse the mar- W rled men of America from their present condition of apathy and despair? Almost every letter he receives breathe such a spirit of hopelessness that Uncle Pennutbrittle has haf a mind to abandon his efforts to free mankind and go into the underiak’ng business, and there bury any hopes he might have of emanctpating mankind, The letters we receive are anonymous, or if the writers givé their names the; beg it be not printed. It looks as if our Emancipation Day parade must be called off, as married men are afraid to let their wives see them in Une, fearing reprisals, Hight or ten cases of husband-beating have been brought to our attention, but ‘husbands who are vicitms of wifely wrath fear to prosecute, less they be persecuted. ‘The treasury of the Nose and Grind- stone Club Is depleted because members are not permitted to have any money, not pay thelr dues, ‘A powerful opposition has developed In the shape of all women’s clubs, the Tidy Workers of America, the Lady Boller- makers and the Brooklyn Rubber Plant Association, ‘To-day's correspondence speaks for Itself. Letters from the Downtrodden. Unclo Peanutbrittle: You might as well give up the fig ‘The women alway: vet the best of us. 1 have one satisfac‘, however. I stand in front of the Fiatiron Building every day und I am in a@ position to know that the women of America have in their hands, but in their stockings. Monoy 1g the modern power. Riches In hose days haven't wings—they Mave lega, OBSERVER. Uncle Peanuthrittle: I wish to announce to the members of the Nose and Grindstone Club an excel- lent method of self-protection. When a member has spent more of his salary ays than he can account for, when he out Jate talking over the days w was free, he can hands of his wife when he returns to his domicile by taking home with him a fierce mouse. As soon as the angry wife approaches a man with Intention to do him ylolence let him be sure the door is closed and then liberate the mouse, His wife will immediately climb on a chair and beg for mercy. A man, saved for the tlme being, can take ad- in the room and dictate terms before he opens the door and shoos tt out, Be gure to get the cat out of the way be- fore trying this plan, SMART ALEX. Uncle Peanutbrittle: 1 am a poor hackman and I have in- vented a combination haneom cab and hook and ladder truck. I can bring a man home from lodge and turn the crank until the extension ladder ts at his upstairs window, when he can climb in undetected, Can I get funds from your club to assist in taking out my patents and building a rig of this kind? NIGHTHAWK HARRY, We cannot see the utility of this pat- ent. In the first place, a man coming home from lodge 1s too overcome by excitement to climb a ladder; and. sec- ondly, the tyrant wife !y generally on Proposition aubmitted by. our first correspondent strike: ela more practicable, oe: —_— LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. me from Chicago To the Editor of The Breaing World: I read recently In an artiele on chorus girls: "A pecullar fact about the slender cborus girl is that it ts more or Jess local to New York." The facts of the matter are, Chicago Introduced the slen- der chorus girl, or “broiler,” to the ada miring world before New York woke up to the fact and was ready to accept Chicago's O K us to this type of girl, When it was realized that there could even be wisdom in Chicago, New York comes forward with the statement that this type of chorus girl Is entirely toc, to New York. H. D, BAWYER, It Is Pronounced “Grenniteh.” To the Editor of The Evening World: How {s Greenwich, Conn, usually Pronounced? A gays tt {s pronounced "Grennitch,” B says it is not. A. JONES. Norn tn Glasgow of Irish Parentage To the Editor of The Fvenine World | Where was Sir Thomas Lipton born? | ROBERT M'CABE. It In Pronounced «¢; To the Faltor of The Evening World; What ts the pronunciation of ais,” the French seaport town? W. al | at & profit which the puby Im The World Almana ‘To the BAltor of The Evening World Where can I find a list of free evening be thelr wives taking it all, and hence can-|* all the money in the land not exactly} vantage of the presence of the rodent] ¢ ¢ one aa iMrs. Waitami Dd POIHDOHHOOS: FHSS PS OHOSS OO: 4900009 0O00 00009080000 90O® ad * ad ow Just war Wie you APINUTE TLL GaT A rove Z Burton ow? Wate These SSS THAT TRain? ex’ oe Bt OOS SO a Hi w th w a in New York Cityt a, ‘been his victim once. DOIDIGP FOTOS DITHIGSIIISSEN this clty on the present Railroad Com- mission, OM, GEORGE, I RORGOT To LOCK THE OINING-ROO17 Window}! | | F Pow! wy THATS NOTHING - DID You HEAR How | STOPPED THR ARDSLEY COACH IN A RUNAWAY ON GiETH AVENUE THE OTHER Day ~ CAUGHT {T! JUST IN TIME. ONE SECOND MOR, AND THE OCCUPANTS WOULD HAVE BEEN DASHED INTO THE SUBWAY, THAT REMINDS ME OF THE TIME WHEN | BATTLED WitH FOUR BLOOD-HOUNDS= | ScoRNED To Kikt THEM WITH WEAPONS; WHY THE MERE PoweR OF MY EVE SUBDVED THEM- A PERSON ONLY NEEDS To KEEP HIS HEA AND WEREN'T uTH Stories Told About New Yorkers. OL. ASHLEY W. COLE, formerly) “Nice thing for me to talk about,” re- President of the State Railroad | marked the ex-President of the cammis- was a newapaper|sion; “you've got a nerve. However, © before he became! being It's you, I'll jot a few things down “public official,” as the saying !s.| myself on et © was ambushed recently by a reporter| ‘The newspaper man was in a great friend and who| hurry and he grabbed the paper hastily ‘anted the Colonel's views concerning | when the Colonel handed it to him. he attack made by an association in| Wihen he reached his office he ex- olatmed: “Here's a corker! It is written by Ashloy W. Cole himself. It's ell in That reporter in his younger days.| shorthand. I’m not a stenographer, #0 hen he and Cole worked together, was| hand it over to a shorthand man, quick." great practical joker, and Ashley had) That practical foker is now looking for ‘Col. Cole with something up his sleeve. \ nnit--the Woman Who ‘Is Ai Few Liftle Things to Be Attended to Before Train Time Sp oil a Sund ay Outing. > Le ae a Giqnreen MINUTES © AND OW-H-H! GEORGE I'VE FORGOTTEN To LEAVE sone SLK FOR THATS £°°R OGAR id SPEAKING OF HEROSM, DID EVER TELL You ABovT my FIGHY WITH A GRIZZLY BEAR. WHY 6 EVEN) THREW AWAY MY GUN AND STRANGLED HIM wiTH MY BARE HANDS. 'T WAS NOTHING , WHERE DID HE GeT NExT To DE PURTY GURLS. PF wow MR, Peewee Go To??? HEADS» COVER LitThE NEWs, Nv ‘What the ex-President of the State allroad Commission had jotted dewn in shorthand was ‘The Star-Spangled Banner” in its entirety. tg extra. 4 are the exception, not the rule. ee @ ‘There are three restaurant keepers in the nelghborhood of the Tombs who hang out signs announcing that they will send meals over to the prisoners “without extra charge.” Prices charged by these Tombs caterers, as they call themselves, ate about the same,’ For 25 cents a ateak, fried potatoes, bread and) ie coftes can be sent over to a prisoner, he has calmly abandoned ‘Plo pnd atelier, # cost & centa|the ofloe 6 i Little Lord honors with Elsie Lesile In the aie a ways Late. <6 Cigars are allowed, but no Mquora, Meals that cost $1 or upward ew would recognize in a certain well- groomed insurance man of Gotham the ntleroy of @ftesn years ago, Yet the man !s no other than Tommy Russell, who shared Fauntleroy He is a brother of Annie Russell, and thus might de supposed to have e double Uheatrical inclination, In porte of this lThe Evening World’s School of Real Lessons from Life. 4 « eo ‘VIIL—ETIQVETTE. It your restaurant check over % the waiter will not seq you steal @ spoon. ‘When a lady enters the pay lor a gentl should risa unless she is his wite. Deference should always be shown to old men, except Wy their employers. A dress sult should never: be worn before 6 P. M eam cept at an east side wedding. It is not proper for a young women to write first to @ young man unless she is stenographer. pipe in pubic conveyaness No gentleman ever smokes except just before pay-dey. It {8 not good form to call unless afraid your opponent | holds better cards. It {s not customary for a married woman to be seen muc in public with her own husband, Questions. Should a young woman invite to her wedding the othe men she has been engaged to? ‘What is the proper thing to do when a women entering @ restaurant with a gentleman friend @nds ‘her husband dining there with his stenographer? When a rich godmother senis a 6%-cent tidy as a birthday gift what is the proper form of acknowledging it? A Thank Offering. King Edward and Queen Alexandra during thelr recent visit to Ireland, were shown at Moynooth College a ailver tuette of St. George and the Dragon, and rich church: vestments presented to the college by the late Empress oi! Austria. There is a curious story regarding the pregenta- tion in question. Caught in heavy rain one day while hunt- ing in Kildare, the Empress sought refuge at Maynooth, and grateful for her kindly reception there, the president having wrapped her in his own simarra while her drenched gar- ments drying, began to think how to reyuite the hos- pitality she had recetved. Her gratitude took the form of a silver statuette, which duly reached the college autHori- ties. Great, however, was their consternation when it turned out to be a statue of the patron saint of -Hngiand. What was St. George to Maynooth, or Maynooth to 6t. George? The poor saint was promptly bundled into a cup- board, when he was extracted the other day for the in- spection of England's king. The Empress, apprised of the mistake she had made, considered how to make amends, ang, the vestments, embroidered with golden shamrocks, were afterward sen* from Vienna as a peace offering. 100-Year-Old Whiskey. A Trimble County woman has e jar of gooseberry preserves in perfect condition put up forty-one years ago. Our olf: friend Col. Dick Alexander, of Bell's Ford, on Galt River, ® | says the Harrodsburg (Ky.) Herald, can ley over the Trimbie ‘| Indy, He has ten jars of peach preserves that were put if . Still better, he has @ three- . ba Afstitied Sept. 6, 1908. It the jug and sealed and dated on thet day, handed down with the understanding that it opened uptil 100 years had passed., Brom handling ing the jug one would judgo that about helf of ‘evaporated, leaving the remainder about as thick trop molasses. Uncle Dick will open the jug The Real Sea Serpent. Charies ¥. Holder, the naturalist, believes that wha people seo In the ocean and mistake for sea serpents are really ribbon fish. This curious deep-sea Mah often grows to @ large sise. Dr. Andrew Wilson, of the University of Glasgow, chronicles that Lord Norbury, while trawling in the Firth of Forth one day, hauled up a ribbon fish which, when stretched upon the deck of the ship, which was of forty tons burden, was longer than the vessel, or sixty feet in length. Says Mr, Holder: ‘The fish ts literally. like a ribbon, Those handled by the writer were beamtiful Giaphanous creatures, clear and jellylike. ‘The color was silver, tinted with dlue and splashed with black, tiger-itke stripes. Tho forehead ts very high and from the top of the head rice a series of dorsal spines, eight in number, @ vivid coral in color, which when erect resemble pom- pons or a red mane, giving the flesh a most fantastic ap- pearance.” Value of Borax Product, Borax, which ts largely used In the arts, and for household purposes as well, {s found in many parts of the world in a more or less pure state, says the Iron Age, and the process of separating it from the crude mineral ts very simple. A rst operation is that of grinding the material in boiling water containing a small portion of calcined carbonate of soda, The clear solution thus obtained is run into tanks and ton; the value is now but « fraction of that. Advance in [licroscopy. Inoreased iimit of visfbiity én microscopy seema ¢o be am aurea by a new principle of dark field Mlumination dis- covered by Profs. Siedentopt and Zstgmondy, of Jena, Helmholtz had estimated that the limit of mloroscopte viel- bility was 0.0001 millimetre, or 0,000003997 inch. By the new method of illumination the limit {s extended to from 0.000004 to 0.000007 millimetre. The report and description is Mshed in volume 10, 1908, of the Annalen der Physik, principle of the improvement consists in eliminating Ught reflected from the surfaces of the condensing the microscoplo objective whereby the ifluminating lsh tera the line of vision, so that the object becomes vistbie by {ts reflested Nght alone. : Progress of the Negro, ° Forty years ago the negro had not @ foot of & roof over his head. Now there are 190,000 farms Negroes valued st $350,000,000; 150,000 homes outsi ownership valued at $265,000,000 and personal, prope: at $165,000,000. So, startIng from nothing, here is an Intion of nearty $30,000,000. When the work begun, per cent: of the negro adults of the Gouth coud write. To-day 40 per cent, can do ao, Fifty the children are attending achool, and with more more would attend, ‘There are £0 colored physicians in practic, 300 lawyers and 20,000 school teachers. There are 900,000 books In the homes of colored people, and they own and publish 450 newspapers and magazines, 2 i $ Hl ei i E Paint from Mummies, Graund-up mummy makes a brown of a certain rare colo? that nothing else can give. It is on account of the asphal- tum in the mummy that this Je s9.. The Egyptians wrapped thelr dead in garments coated with asphaltum of an In- comparably fine and pure quality, This asphaltum, as thé impregnated the tissues of the dead