The evening world. Newspaper, October 27, 1903, Page 12

‘Published by the Press Publishing Company, No. 53 to & Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-OMce @t New Yerk as Second-Class Mai! Matter. -NO. 16,407. THE CHRISTIAN BUSINESS MAN. Free speech in Mr. John D. Rockefeller, jr.’s, Bible lass has become rosponsible for the expression of opin- fons by the pupils antagonistic to those held by the teacher. “T believe,” said the rich young leader, “that a man ‘an be a good Christian and a successful business man.” “But how about the man in Wall street?" asked a pupil, /"When by torcing the market down he ruins the small holder he cannot be a good Christian. He injures others \. for his own selfish motives and is directly opposed to the ‘teachings of Christ.” 4n similar strain. | There is a jese majeste in such inquirles which seems Teprebensibie. It is probable that a census of New York pewholders would show a larger percentage of banking and broking representatives than of other trades of pro- easions and of real “pillars of the church,” metaphori- ally so calied, the financial district supplies the larger umber. Are not these gentlemen Christians? ‘When the Church calls for money who is it that writes the check which tidos over the prospective deficit? Is it Mot the senior member of the house which financed the malgamated Coal Corporation unlimited and received " @ $5,000.000 stock bonus for underwriting its bonds? aie Who elves the millions that make east side missions pos- “> gible and settlement houses? Is it not from the receipt © of the millionatre’s tithes that the Church 1s enabled to ‘Garry on its work of extensive philanthropy which other- wise would be beyond its scope? of mills whereby thousands of employees have been thrown out of work. or by reductions of force on the “Fallroads which the magnate controls. The gift out of Which the church's home for the elderly and the af- Micted was erected may be directly traceable to a corner in ¢otton or to the manipulation of steel stocks whereby ) thourands of small investors have had their home com- forts. cut off. "| But what then? If there is a fly in the ointment ot Teligious unction is the critic to see only the fly and ask irrelevant auestions? PUNISHMENT FOR WIFE-BEATERS. Judges have beer: fond of recommending the whipping | strate Steers, Judge Stubbs and Judge Fallon are on Tecord as advocatit.g it and Magistrate Brenner's at- Yempt to secure Albany legislation for the establishment | ofa whipping post in New York will be recalled, Deputy; ‘Commissioner of Corrections MeNulty sought to have} wife-beaters sentenced to the rock pilr. But their punishment remains as it was, with differ-| went to the Island and the wife left to fight poverty as ‘ well as she can for herself and for the baby. The injus- ~ tHee to the wife of this form of punishment led Magis- trate Breen, as was noted in this column, to advocate the establishment of a fund for the assistance of wives {hus deprived of support. Magistrate Ommen thinks that) ‘uch a fund would invite all sorts of abuses. Why not | parote the prisoner on his promise to pay over to his) wife all his wages earned during the period covered by the sentence? Wheat it means to a wife to have her husband In jail) ‘was shown by'the plea of Timothy Murray's wife after, the judge sent him up for a year for beating her while | drunk. “There are six of the children,” said she, “and they've never wanted for food or clothes before, I'd like) amy Tim beck. Now ! haven't got anything for the ftur- | niture man when he comes next week.” | Two years ago 5 per cent. of court cases in Philadel- phia were cases of wile-beating. If the average {s as high as that in New York, with its 95,000 annual of- fenders, the extent of household suffering entailed by the imprisonment of the offender may be inferred. wd * CHEAPER MEN" FOR THE '"*L"'? erate the electric trairs as well as they are now oper- eted and perhaps better.” If the motormen strike, it Is pointed out that “they will find a great many men equally skilled with themsclves and of larger and more varied experience in handling electric apparatus eager to take their places at lower wages.” This is not an argument that will carry weisht with the public. There is electric apparatus of somewhat com- Plicated design which “even a child can operate,” and ‘very likely in the emergency of a strike the places ot the motormen could be filled, as the road's general man- ager contends, very acceptably from among the trainmen ‘who could soon familiarize themselves with operative duties. But only experionced men are wanted at the “L" ‘motor boxes. Those at present employed are mainly graduates from locomotive throttles. They were trained in. school where conservatism and care count for much, ‘work a quality with which the cheaper man fs not usually endowed. For a quarter of a century the city looked to see an *L" accident of sericus kind, but none has occurred, and ‘ponfidence {mn the road’s immunity has grown strong. ‘This confidence ‘s not likely to last with cheaper men an cherze of trains. fice all worldly comfort and to endure poverty ly for their inventions seems to have found mt in the breast of August Greth, whose flying ine is said to be a success at San Francisco, Greth @ few friends, mechanics as poor as himself, have | years put their common savings into a meagre the inventor's use. Was the spirit of Goodyear and Palissy the ‘Tt was to en extent the spirit of the late Gor- by, lart of the great American inventors of the the century, When the crude original of Other members of the class spoke! as the best means of punishment for wife-beaters, || 4ng degrees of severity; but with the offending husband ‘ The argument is advanced to show the futility of a!) strike by the “L’’ mctormen that “cheaper men can op-} ard in return for their higher wages they put into their | od | 19B0OO00F9009D ©60600000000009 046 ® No. VII Oe e"-" 49OD2 960999998 60006 oOo C Conversations of a Chorus Girl She says the dollar dinner|” and dress suit Bohemia of the|. present cannot compare with $ real Bohemia of the good old days. By Roy L. McCardell. e sé] WAS at the Bohemian Club dinner | the other night,” sald the Chorus Girl, a Buch style, too! Why, even Charlie was wear- lng his white wall “Rohemtins in evening dress? Indeedy! Huh, think of the we used to romp every Saturday night tn |Maria’s restaurant in Itth street, Where a clean collar was remarked as a direct personality levelled at all the others present “Why, don't you remember Perey Sad- . an ablution agnostt Man's a Man for ‘That!’ and who got in so much trou- e ‘cause he was caught swiping over- ts? dod Mickey Doolittie? I wonder what he's doing now. Louls Zinshelmer wrote him a letier to the GrGlmes Cafe, wher M F hours than the wanted him to come up to a stag the White Goods Club was elving and «ing "8 Kindnoss,’ and that weeks ago and he ha: from him yet tlinks something's 1 5 tut Charley Yes, days when over cheard only place about the cafe that never sées Mickey “But I was telling you about the Bo hemian Club, An! it was nothing Mie them good old days down in Twelfth | Street when there was so much jealousy between Mickey and Grant: Leechild., “Phe Boo: J be toastms r not only who wrote who shou tonst r's Boast,’ as to er because the his dinner fo nothing, but he allowed $3 for drinks for himself friends, “Them was the times! Don't you re- member the big night we was all there when Amy de Branscombe's mother got insulted because Dopey McKnigh pulled down her false front, whioh wa» fastened on with an elastic band, Ul! came down under her chin and made her look Ike Mme, Rosa, the bearded lacy? there's no real bohemlans now- ada say at the Bo-| hemian Clu bohemian was \ fellow who felt at home wherever he hung up his hat. But don’t you bellev it, A real bohemian is one who feels at home wherever he hangs up his meals. He never takes off his hat, because he's afraid if he did t »me othor jolly ain woul e Boher | lot wine | woulda’t have stood ‘The old p anything the j the einn ‘the old X t of there was a old push r them a minute. wouldn't have stood for | especially the price ¢ » which was a dollar, W) nthony bunch would hav: cousidered a whole real dollar something in the nature of an annulty for life, “We had our cards of admission— fancy!—and we made a flying wedge for the toastmaster's table, because these| ¢ editions de jux bohemians Josh up eome| & wuy with nothing but to preside, and,! $ as 4@ return for the compliment, he stands for all the excise violationa at| ‘ his table. “The zonophone at the head of the Procession this night is a guy that] { pushes ‘Hoot Mon Scotch’ and he was wetting off a rave, as we came in, abdout| this being ‘a real Bohemian place where we can safely bring our wives.’ You know the yell? “That was his normal monologue, and he was right. I peeked around the place and saw a jot of fellows who found it safe ough to bring other people's wives, “Puss Mo: who boosts the Hootchy Kootehy pilan cigarette, was there, a celebrity suspected of mur- der and a lot of other artistic and lit- 9 ZA BEFORE | A\S THE S| WHERE THE FUDGE € Edyth—! hear that Miss Dash- ing is engaged to a man she met at the seashore. Mayme—So she has met her match at last? Edyth—Not necessarily. It's {doughnuts to fudge the poor duf- fer will find himself outclassed. SODOOCM STORES HI MONEY, OVER YONDER, iS THE STOCK EXCHANGE, WHERE THE BULLS, THE ey MUCH IN tHe PAPERS, WAS BORN, UB- TREASURY, UNCLE SAM % ju Fame Ep ANOTHER VICTIM, :The Importance of Mr. Peewee, the Great Little Man. cat He Pilots Miss Sigfoot Through Wall Street, E Quinn—How did you make out on that stock tip? | heard Booster say he was going to let you in cn the ground floor. have been way | fell De Fonte—It must the cellar from the throug t SEPOOOD DOOOM YOU RUN OVER TO CATCHUM FLEECUM'S OFFICE WITH THIS LETTER, - wilt HERE’S A NICKEL hen gt HOW HE FELL. The Lady—So your brother fell® at Vicksburg, my poor man. W. it a cruel bullet that did the “They say Belle’s husband is awfully bad at figure: Perhaps that Is why he married Belle for her looks.” SODOOOSD: work? erary yaks, “They had a lot of talent, including two throaty church tenors, and Maudie Mortimer, who used to think in rea Ughts in Rice's ‘Evangeline,’ but who's golng back on the stage to star, “She was the guest of honor for the evening, and everybody cheered for een minutes when she got up and sang ‘Come, Broken Heart, and Rest On Me!’ “Then the thing turned fato a money- spending contest, which was fine for mine, for I'm for wine, but it put the Bohemia end of the evening on ¢he tut, tu fothing Uke them dear old days in ‘Twelfth street, even if they did serve non-edible food, “Well, good-by! Don't packageel n't take no C. O. D, i€ Machine, fronr which he was to derive @ to his notice, he was ready to spend $6,000, in perfecting it, sof the inventor in his work ts not —————————_— HIS DEFINITION, Tommy Figejam—Paw, what is meant by begging the question? Paw Figgjam—When a girl ts doing tie : the mental acute- ap so ee power to get a fellow Into ake ee é ei Rear e4eF 4 a 4 ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: If a chidd is born of American parents while on a brief tour to Europe is te eligible to ¢he Prestdency of the United States? To the Editor of The Evening World: Dees Prof. Damrosch su tench vocal lessons at Cooper Institute? ‘To the Kaltor of The In a sireet o cort stood near talking to me, car became more crowded my escort went to the far end stand, giving his place and the strap which he was holding to ladies, strang- ers to both of us. toward me, or should he have continued standing near me and permitted the newoomers to shift for themselves? ~ He Is Eligible. D. B. Yeu. A. R. W. Street Car Etiquette, ning World ¢ 1 was seated, My es- As the of the car to Did he act properly front of you. from you, Yes. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: Can a child vote tf he To Ga’ Weight. HP. A, in the next two weeks? To the Editor of The Evening World: If one .dog is bitten by another whieh has hydrophobla, Is there danger of the first dog golng mad? J. To the Editor of The Evening World: How can I gain three pounds in weight c LETTERS, QUERIES AND ANSWERS. He was right to relin- ish the strap to one of the ladie but he should not have moved away dog any A Son Im American and Can Vote. born in this country and lives here until twenty-one years of age, and his father is not aat- urallzed? Is the son an American? 4H. B. HAYTER, No, 76 West Thirty-sixth street, To the Editor of the Evening World: or an Indian pringe? ‘Wao is the present To the Editor of the Evening World: ibis hat when he meets a lady ¢riend and stops to talk to her? ~ five times a day. eat heartily of pota- toes, rice and other starchy foods. Take moderate outdoor exercise. Don't worry. An Englishman. Lord Curzon. try. Is the Viceroy of Indi Englishman is the Viceroy of India an Engi ome " Mrs, Place, Mrs, Executed, To the EAltor of The Evening World: We Viceroy? 6. M. Yes, Ie it proper for a gentleman to raise A. 4 Open Seanon, Noy. 10 to Dee. 31. ‘To the Naitor of The Evening World: When ts the open season on quall, partridge and rabbits in New Jorsey? HUNTER, Oppones Capital Punishment. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: The recent execution of the three Van Wormer boys bringe to mind many of Time Difference. To the Editor of The Evening World: New York and Constantinople? New York. w THE » EVENING » WORLD'S .» HOME . MAGAZINE » 3 Tragedies Strikingly Told in Four Words. # 2 x & Xplains Its Mysteries and as Usual Comes to Grief. COLLECT ON Del) ‘2 ODER END TOO, MR.PEEWEE.)4 A ("A AY The Tramp—No'm, he fell off ag use of capital punishment in this coun- It is both cruel and non-effective. A man who commits a serious crime should suffer. The death penalty does not cause suffering to the culprit. imprisonment ts the only effective pun- KL, A. Nack Was No Mrs. Nack or Mrs. Place the first to be electrocuted in New York H. Wat Is the difference in time between B. P. Constantinople is six houra fifty-one minutes and nine seconds later than Tenney Was Sorrel, Not White, ‘To the Hdltor of The Bvening World: Was the ores by. the namno_ ot Life : © g 3 Happy Homes and Husband-Beaters, bs SEE that some woman over on the Baat I Side is accused of hiring a couple of thugs to do up her husband,” sald the Cigar Store Man. “Foolish woman!" ejaculated the Man Higher Up. “Why didn’t sho make an inside job of it and do her husband up at home? If the burlies who put men on the bum for pay were to depend on wives for a living, they é | would have to drain beer kegs and shoot cigarette butts, The wife of 1903 ix generally competent to do the punch- ing and gouging and general all-round wrecking work without assistance, “I remember the time when it was considered quite the proper thing for a man to beat his wife, and some husbands adhere to the rule to this day. A good soak on the jaw when a wife asks for a new dress takes the dress out of her mind and promotes domestic peace and quiet. But it is getting nowadays so that the beating up is done by the better half. “The time has gone by when wives sought to retain the love of their husbands by ‘being tender and shrinking and forgiving. It used to be that a man who came home with a souse in the cold gray dawn of Sunday with a story of losing all his money in a poker game in which one player ‘held up an ace and a tray and drew four aces found a sympathetic heart awaiting him. His wife took off his shoes, wrapped a wet rag around his block, fed him a powder from the sideboard decunter and put him to bed. In the afternoon she told callers about the cruelty of the bold, bad men who took hubby’s money away from him. “Never, never no more. The poker pipe don’t cut any more ice these times than a Chinaman’s affidavit, The best a ‘husband gets is a map of the Huckleberry street railroad system engraved on his features by the finger-nail method, which women know instinctively. Men are getting to be mice and women are getting to be sluggers. “Do you think that an old-time husband would have gone to the police and complained that his wife was hiring strong-arm persons to put nim out of busi- ness? Not on your mind. He would have gone to the partner of his joys and sorrows and bank-roll and given the neighbors something to talk about. Instead of that he does the Bill Bailey act. “I have a friend who is in the business of painting black eyes. He can take a shiner the size of a walnut and, by patience and science, so disguise it that you wouldn't know it from part of a real face. Now, he tells me that business is picking up to beat the band, “Never before have so many men sought his ser vices. Men get confidential when they are getting their black eye painted or their fingers manicured, and my friend, the face plain and fancy decorator, says that about half of them confess that their lamps have been punched by the lady of the house. Women are getting so proficient that they don’t even descend to the use of crockery or a club.” “I don't know what I'd do if my wife tried to beat me,” aaid the Cigar Store Man. “You'd do like all the rest,” advised the Man Higher Up. “You'd leave the house swearing you'd never go back, and in a few hours you'd show up with a bram- nigan and a box of candy.” 399OS9OOO9OO : i The Baby Turtle, Turtles lay their eggs in the sand and let the sun hatch {them out, They do not lay them all in one place, probably because they think it safer to scatter them. Then, even though one be stolen or broken, the others may escape, The mother turtle covers them all carefully up, one after an- other, with a thin sprinkling of sand, and then apparentiy never gives them another thought, considering her maternal duty done, Certain it is, that she has never been discovered going near these egg babies again, and when they hatch at Inst the tiny, woft-backed creatures at once begin crawling arognd in ireh of files and other food as independently as if there were no such thing as a mother In the world, > Peanut Trust at Work. Four students of Norwich University, three of whom are working thelr way through college, during the last three months of the college year saved an even $8) each by do- serting the fraternity “‘hash-house” and living on peanuts, Livery one of the quartet is in better health than when he started in on the strange diet. Increase in Drink. In sixty years the annual per capita consumption of whiskey has gradually decreased from two and a half to one and a fourth gallons, In forty years the consumption of beer has increased from Jess than two to more than sev: enteen gallons ger capita. Origin of Matter. 1 has deen suggested that, in view of recent develop: ments in fonio Investigation, alJ matter may be composed mbother-substan ot a athgle ce-protyle, ‘This protyle tn, “ro. aby cae Sears fe ms