The evening world. Newspaper, September 17, 1903, Page 12

Beart er Te Ey 7 we THE we EV a rere ENING w WORLD'S Published by the Press Publishing Company, No. 8 to 6 » Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-Office at New York as Second-Class Mall Matter. oe —$$_—_- ‘NMOLUME 44 NO. 15,367. GANG TERRORISM. +? © 4s-imvossible,” sald Inspector McClusky to a Sun- day Worid reporter recently, “for the police to suppress them under cover.” ‘The statement makes mournful reading in the light of last Saturday’ probably fatal outcome, and Tuesday night's encounter in Delancey street. A neighborhood terrified for five hours, curses, ribaldry, flying bullets, a grudge paid off with one dead and three wounded, one mortally! Ap- patently the gangs cannot even be “kept under cover.” In the rocent history of the city there is no page more @hkmeful than that chronicling gang outlawry. It 1s @ disgraceful record. Within the past ten years how many murdered men have been buried from Hamilton street alone, the victims of gang vengeance? Is not the number nearly a dozen? In terrorism of the weak, in thieving and debauchery and in felonious assaults this banded “Bowory chivalry” of drunken ruffianism has ‘been responsible for deeds that have left a lasting stain off the city’s fame und will long serve as a reproach to {tg police, “THE MAYOR'S SHORTCOMINGS. ‘The lack ot a sense of humor fs a serious defect in any man; how much more so in a public official? Mr, Jerome's allegation that Mayor Low possesses none of it—“not a scinti!la, not a spark'—is a grave charge in- ae Ag the testimony of an expert in humor it Is to Dé accepted as true. r Doubtless it is on the ground of thts constitutional @eficiuncy that many of the Mayor's shortcomings must be explained. Owing to his ignorance of humor the Mayor, #0 far as can be recalled, has never once gone sleuthing by night in the Tenderloin. He has never watched the glittering lights of dance halis and passed and out over forbidden thresholds incognito. He has never conducted an axe and battering ram, expedi- tHon against a gambling-house, or smashed a pool-room or led a paper chase aftér John Doe, or exploded cal cannon crackers at public dinners. In all he has proved the truth of the District-Attorney’s , He has not even changed his residence to an il@ home, where hé could be near the call of duty the red-light region. On the contrary, in his “egotism and self-com- sy" the Mayor has busied himself with his direct les. His “timidity” has kept him from making a of himself. His “unlovable personality” has led to seek seclusion from lme-light effects. He has once avalied himself of thg numerous opportunities ied him of playing to a galléty long ago a little of its regular performers. ' He seems, indeed, wholly to deserve Mr. Jerome's ignment, FASHION’S LAWS. ) That @rbiter of elegancies for all Newport, the “smart 's” glass of fashion and mould of form, Harry Lehr, said to have found himself unequal to the feat of the gangs. The best the department can do is to keep affray in Catharine street with its THE NOSE AND | GRINDSTONE | Conducted hy AMOS POSSELWIZZLE. Restrained in the house by hia cruel wif> and forced to do housework, instead of «.t- tending the primaries. ‘BUSE {s poor argument. All ¢ nawer the oppressive sex hi made to our efforta to free men from” marital tyranny Is vilification and vituperation. Read this: Uncle Peanutbrittie: You are an old villain that should have better sense than Inciting hus- bands to riot and rebellion. Some wives have hard work breaking their hua- band's spirits and taming them. After you Incite rebellion the work has to be done all over again, id a woman has hardly time to co st@ oping more than four Cava a week. The reason men are in the position they are is be- cause they deserve nothing else. Thore {s nothing In the world © woman cannot do ten times better than a man, Mrs. BERTHA BUCKSAUGH. We deny every statement made in Mra, Bucksaugh’ + especially ite closing paragraph, To prove our contention we offer the following prizes: First Prize—For the woman who gets off @ strect car in a sane.and safe man- ner, facing the front end.—A nobby eult of clothes consisting of coat, vest and trousers, of best material and work- manship. Second Prie—~For the woman who can throw a stone at a hen and who pro- pels the stone In the same portion of the compass In which the fowl Isx—A box of high grade Havana cigars. Third Prize—To the two women who can resist the temptation of saying something unkind of a third woman who has just quit thelr company.—A genuine Imitation nearsilk necktie. ‘There is our challenge! Let us hear from women with sense enough to get off @ car, with skill enough to throw a stone at a hen without the stone falling behind the thrower, with enough gen- erosity to speak kindly of the absent— if the absent is @ woman, We do not believe a woman lives challenge her to show herself. if such a one there be. Read our prize list! Heed our defiance! Come forward and prove your boasted superiority! lishing the lapel buttonhole in sack suits, Mr. Lehr contends that as the buttonhole bouquet is no longer worn with “business” suits the buttonhole has Outlived its usefulness. But so have the two buttons im the small of the back on frock coats, since sword- belts went out of style, So have the buttons on the ¢uffs since men ceased to wear gauntlets. And he would @ rash innovator who would seek to secure their «The sartorial and haberdashery experts prognosticate few changes In man’s attire for the fall and winter seasons, The new styles hinge on such details as larger Tipels and the braid with which cutaway coats are bound, whether it shall be broad or narrow. Moreover, “a gentleman no longer wears a butterfly bow with @y+Ding clothes.” The butterfly tle was, indeed, a de- erate descendant of the old neckcloth o; our grand- thers. It had no dignity; at its best it merited the jective “cute.” The “straight tie not squeezed in the middle” is to replace it, and advantageously ao. * More momentous news is the report that New York men are learning to wear “hats that are becoming to them,” adopting the style best adapted to their features nd retaining it in spite of the hatters’ yearly change of blocks, This is an important departure from the ld custom by which a man good looking in the style of ene year might the next year resemble a freak. AT THE WRONG SCHOOL. ‘The Mayor of Stamford, Conn., conscious that he oes not know as much us he ought about politics, has a ined to enter Yale College and begin a three ars’ course of instruction to fit himself for the duties Gf a higher office, He will study political economy and Kindred subjects. “© Why should he go to a university where the instruc- tion must necesearily be theoretical and so inferior to the practical, when by coming to New York he could Wecure the best tuition which the nation affords in ap- Bled polities? Here are professors than whom there are Bene more celebrated. Here are opportunities unsur- “passed for the acquisition of inside information from pmionstrators of acknowledged ability. ‘A'At Prof. Devery’s clinic in the Ninth he could be- well informed as to the uses and uselessness of je devices in politics—the empty-coal-bin-filling the free-drinks, free-music, free-rent methods, Tim” Sullivan could instruct him about chowder ‘ as an aid to elevating a man to a higher office, ind <zere are post-graduate schools in Fourteenth street lower Broadway where he would have much to 4 S elty, in fact, provides many finishing courses of “by comparison with which Yale's must be er.—Carwheels have been made of paper; now ibreliag and perhaps hats, The list of uses manufactured is long ana di- rie Address all entries to The Perfect Lady Prize Competition, Auspices of the Nose and Grindstone- Club. Uncle Peanutbrittle, Recording Angel. LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, Free Days at Museum. To the Editor of The Evening World: What days are free at the Metropoli- tan Museum in Central Park? ©. V. C., Hempstead. Free Tuesday, Wednesday, ‘Thursday and Saturday from 10 A. M. to 6.30 P. Mf, and on Monday and Friday from 8 P. M. to 10 P. M. Open on Sunday from 1 P. M. to half an hour betore sunset. Misleading Exprens Sig: To the Editor of The Evening Worl: On an uptown west side “L" station (whieh I will not spority ax I do not want to get the ticket chopper tired) I've been delay y ten minutes sion by taar same ticket chopper’s slowness in rend- Justing the express train schedulo after got to the station. said 8.49, ‘The clock wes several minutes slow, but I did not know that tll later. The station the time for the next express train A to catch the express. the ticket hop) dial sign over to 8.39, happened next day, BATE 'N) WORK. A minute later shovel the express Parent. To the Editor of The Evening World: Is it proper to wewr colors after 9 year of mourning for a parent? Mrs, J. W. ‘The America’s Cup Is of Silver. ie hyp the America's Cup is silver, ims it is le V ” At Fourteenth St. and First Ave. or Twenty-fo' sh St. Near Etghth Ave. To the Editor of The Evening World Where is the nearest gris’ nignt echool to Fifteenth street and Ninth avenue? KA It Is Not Truce, To the Editor of The Evening World: Please let me know if the story of “Frankenstein” 1s true—that he made a G. BK. man out of chemicals, &c.? Yes, ‘To the Biltor of The Evening World: Have such things as “trained fleas’ ever existed? AR Re ed in Roth ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: Is Rhode Island or Brspashugettal: 2 CLUB. who can fulfil these requirements. Wo| > the express had passed. For instance, I ‘The express schedule pointed to 8.3! as| ¢ Tenth avenue local was just ooming| ® into the station, but I let it go, maaning| ¢ The same thing| & One Year Is Period of Mourning for & marriage license required in| 94 | SPOLDOODE DOEOELSDDHHSF HHHHGHHHDS H994HHHOHHHIGDH DODITS 44OOHOHCEOO 2O9OO0HHFHHSHEHEOHESLHHOHS HOHE 9000099890 ‘The Importance of Mr. Peewee, the Great Little Man. #2 #& s wt He Essays to Pose as a G'ass of Fashion, but Is Betrayed by a “Hand-Me-Down” Tailor. YES, KING eowaRd wooel aye LIKED IT So WELL, Goop AFTER WONDAH ) WHERE HE CAUGHT THE SuaPe 245 4 5 > > » > ® 5 THAT WE IMMEDIATELY Obl sel ered ORDERED ONE FROM DRoP in AND SHow You THE SAME Ponren wn MY NEw SUIT HAD DONT 1 Look SWAGGE! \T MADE IN. LONDON, BRUNE coer BY THE KINGS TAILOR COVE ULIATAMOUNBLOT IT JUST ARRIVED PEEw WILL Now To- DAY = SPECIAL Li peleta Tt Need of a Humorist For the Mayoralty SEE the District-Attorney accuses the Mayor of being shy @ sense of humor,” sald the Cigar Btore Man. es," answered The Man Higher Up; “Mr. Jerome seems to be sore because the Mayor's lete ter of ucceptance to the fusion conferress didn't have a laugh in every line. But even if tt was a soggy come’ munication {t ranks up with the general run of letters of statesmen. The man in politics who gets a reputation for having a humor faucet in his {dea tank fs all to the fritm, Nobody tnkes him seriously. Probably the Mayor knows It, and {f he has a sense of humor he keeps it chloroformed, “Nevertheless, lots of people would like to see a comedian in the Mayor's chair. The District-Attorney isn't playing @ lone hand when he throws the harpoon at the Mayor's let~ ter because {t doesn't contain a scintilla of humor. Since reading his complaint I've been thinking of what sort of @ letter the Mayor might have written to please the Distget- Attorney, It might read lke this: “*My Dear Cutting—I got yours. Here's mine: “ ‘Since blowing back to Uttle old New York from the countryside, where the bees buzz and the cows low and the Mayoralty beo buzzed Seth Low, I have beon having long and earnest rag-chewing contests with somo of the alleged wise, They seem to agree that an independent Democrat would have a chance to bring home the goods. War be it from me to say that these hot-air merchants are not next to the sentiment of the community. If your conference wants to nominate an Independent Democrat, crack your whip. You'll fnd me fn line. “But I will insist that you nominate the man who {s most likely to be elected. A nod {s as good as @ wink tc a blind horse, or even an automobile, It is up to you. “*You will see very plainly that [ am not asking for anything. The office of Mayor of New York {s gilded with honor too much to allow me to take any other stand. Considering the fact that I have had the job once, !t might be considered porcine if I should show undue yearn- ing to be called ‘Your Honor" agajn. “On the other hand, as the manicure lady says, shoul® your conference decide that 1t 1s up to me to run egain and you don't feel in any way embarrassed about ft, you needn't be afraid to hire a messenger boy. You know where I live. And I am not at all shy in stating right here and now that I wouldn't hesitate a minute. In the words of the esteemed G. Washington, I think I could run our standard up the pole so high that no Tammany rocks could hit at “Do you want the grafters in again, or do you want an administration so cfean that you can sce your face in it? Do you want the city’s resources to be administered in the Interest of the public treasury. or exercised for the benefit of the few who can get their hooks in? Are wo going to have home rule, or are they golng to turn the United Stated into @ chess-board and yank the glorious, imperial city, around as @ mero pawn? “Don't forget that I was Mayor of Brooklyn twice an@ Mayor of Greater New York once. If any man can say that I used my place for partisan purposes or loaned the police force to any political boss, then I am willing to take mine on the solar plexus with all the force the conference can bring to bear. If I am renominated, I would like to have Grout an| Fournes on the ticket. You know what Grout dld two yea ago. Yours in hope, SETH Low.’ * “That tan't very dignified,” protested The Cigar-Store Man, “The Diatrict-Attorney doesn’t want dignity,” said The Man Higher Up. “He wants wit and humor and action. I wouldn't be surprised to find him proposing the following ticket: For Mayor, Lew Dockstader; for Comptroller, Clyde for President of the Board of “Aldermen, Mark Twaing _ for Sheriff, Bryan Hughes, the Joking box man, and for Borough President, Simeon Ford. With that administration the newspapers would pay for official documents at space rates.” SPWINGS In HIS. ) TWwouseRS. SET THE DELIVERY = ONLY STOOD ME iV FoR AgopT FASHIONS. “] coksers, DEUCED 1F + DONT THINK So Now GiRLS, THIS STEP WHICH 1AM Now SHOWING Meu, wits BE ALL THE RAGE,on, Ce, THE AVENUE, [<a [Bab l THIS COMING SEASON, | INVENTED I(T MYSELF, L TAUGHT THIS Te HARRY LEHR, . AWD HE SAID “UT WAS THE GEST EveR” Just roo SWEET FOR ANYTHING DPDSOOGOOOO99O9DGOOHHFDD PIGEDSGOBIGELD F$SHOOOSGHEHHGOHHGOCGO9OHH9GHH9H9HHS $F 99OSG9S90 A NARROW ESCAPE, Gen. Fox, a great connoisseur, one day called at the Brit ish Museum to examine the coins there, and when about to oP ~ leave was informed that a coin was missing and that ae OND cual > must allow himself to be searched before quitting the room, ORTENSEL, ‘This he refused to do and advised a careful examination of (> ‘the case in which the coin ‘had lain. His advice was acted upon by the attendant, There in the case, wedged between the velvet Hning and the woodwork, the fugitive plece was discovered. Vibration had caused it to slip from its place, “Now,” said the General, “I will show you why I refused to be searched." So saying, he produced from his pocket = cola exactly corresponding with the lost and found. There were, he said, #0 far as he knew, only these two tn existence, ang he had come specially to compare his own with that pos sessed by the museum authorities, THE EFFECTS OF EMOTION. Tie actor’s mouth is essentially facial, and aot infre- quently it exhibits a tendency to turn to one side or the other, says the London Tatler. This ts due, in part, to its being constantly used to express emotion and also to the peculiar but no less well-recognized fact that when the mouth is somewhat crooked a greater effect can be produced than when it és opened quite straight. Example after example could be cited, but for obvious reasons names may not be mentioned. At one time Jt was considered the mark of the low comedianj,for nearly every one of them had @ mouth twisted either@fo the right or left, as the result of “mugy ging.” Some bf the most serious actors—even those with « reputation for beauty—could, however, be pointéd to as pow sessing the same characteristic, which has also been obe served with not a few opera singers of the first rank, A HAPPY WOMAN— Ts eweeter than honey, Doesn't know anything about {ll omens, ‘Has no room for “bad luck’ in her vocabulary. Attracts unhappy people Hike bees around a flower. Has most lkely attained her serene happiness throught sorrow. ‘Binds sunshine on the darkest day, or, tf there isn't any, she makes some, says the Philadelphia Bulletin. Is the best argument for goodness, gladness and all that makes life worth living. Does people good without ever trying to, and isa and unconscious blessing. MISSISSIPPI HOUSEBOATS; There is an especial charm about life on a houseboat on the Mississippl. Unlike houseboats on most bodies of waten they can land whenever they will and enjoy any chanos pleasure by the way. Cities are in easy reach, and even @ theatre party can be indulged in at short notice. Between St, Paul and St, Louls seven magnificent rivers can be reached py boats passing through more than that number of States, Numerous houseboats are to lie used by their owners to vialt the St. Louls Exposition next year. HOW STATEROOMS WERE NAMED, When they first had steamboats on the Misslaaippl Rives they hud no sleeping rooms on board, but later a bright emp tain concelved ‘the {dea of having rooms named for the Btatea through which the boat passed. This proved such a success that travellers always made a rush for the rooms named for their own States and much consequent trouble aroge. Binally the State namep were discarded, but that was the beginning of stateroom. On some steamers to-day the name “Texas” clings to one room, but it 1s the room where the erew ent, and travellers are not particularly interested in it, THE LIMIT OF HEAT, Previour to the development of the electric furnace 8,600 degrees Fahrenhelt was the highest possible limit of Now electric furnaces produce artifelal temperat above this limit, which enable us to fuse and otherwise treat commercially such hitherto refractory suvstances a» chro« ‘mium, platinum, carbon, and it 1s even possible to fuse the once Indestructible cryétalline form of that clement, the digs $ 929090000860 00-96 1AM BREATHLESS WITH HURRY — st e — N A constant | SIEHSHDEOOHOHS HOGHOOH HHP HOF? OF-BIE 6 OLOSSHGHHHHSHOHOHHOHHHSSOHOHGHHCHH1HOGOOHOH60O6/H0OOD ‘I was perhaps but natural that so his friend for years sa: e thrift Stories Told About New Yorkers. xg 4 4 chronic a humorist a Marshall P. | which characterized the early days DEL DSTSOLHOHOOHHHS ° © \v ‘ou got only $3.50 at t! nd are getting only low could I spend it?" questioned young @chwab, seriously, ‘I buy a few books and put In so much every Bunday at church, What could I do with the inqui t | ig ‘mld the “madding crowd,” and who | did not evidently know the Senator, Wilder should make his own ‘recent | Charles M. Schwab was in marked co: “Can I ask you a fair question?” wedding the subject of so many wittl- | trast to his present prodigallty, Schwad Fire away,” sald the Senator, clsms, but the number of these jokes | was never a very poor boy. He drove a You'te the only man I've seen out seems to Increase as time goes on, ‘The | stage for his father at Loretto, but that to-day who has a high lat on, Will you latest laid to his credit-s this: A friend | was only during his vacations and was tell me why you're wearing one?’ who had been in Burope all summer re-|more for amusement than anything oixe. queried the stranger, turned the other day and, meeting the |One day when he was getting only. % little humorist, congratulated him on|a week he asked a prosperous citizen : appiness, ‘ als New, BADDIARR A cing ‘caremori ener in regard to Investing his inquired the friend, "No hitch, ” “Why! exclaimed the friend, in as- tonishment, “You haven't any money, you?” $100," replied Schwab, ‘But how did you save itt” came thy Stite Senator Plunkitt. was standing Inst evening at the northwest corner of Fittleth strest and Eighth avenue, chatting in his usual pleasant way with of friends, He had on a high "Certainly, with the greatest pleas- ure,’ replied Plunkitt; simply cause I cannot ‘wear two at the same ¥ far “* retorted Wilder, weartly, “dk ‘er hear of a wedding cerémon: ro it wasn't @ case of Alten ry “A man from Pittsburg who has been stutttered man didn't I think of that before I asked y the question,” and off he walked with pusuled look about bis face ny Ly ‘Beg your pardon, sir," said an old and highly respectable-looking gentle- “man who happened to be passing by