The evening world. Newspaper, November 24, 1903, Page 12

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MOLUME 44.00.2400 ssseeseeeeeees NO, 15,434. —_____ ast at the opera-house last night the most Interesting! figure on the stage for several reasons was Enrico Caru- so, the tenor. | Not merely because he was making his debut, but be- leause this excellent singer was once hissed off the stage jof an Italian theatre by an audience which showed ftself ivery violently dissatisfied with his work, That inci- ‘dent, occurring several years ago at the opening of his feareer, becomes of especially timely {mportance in con-| nection with Caruso’s appearance with approval before | ithe nation’s wealthiest and most fashionable audience | last evening. ‘of less resolute spirit might have had his aspirations Ierever crushed by that ignominious expression of die-| pproval, the young tenor kept bravely on until he| triumphed over opposition and made a name for him- not only in Italy but on the Continent. The men who win the great successes of life are often led on to show this indomitable spirit. It 1s Web- Penushed vy the Press Publishing Company, No. 63 to @ P KEEPING AT IT. \4 Notwithstanding the fact that Sembrich was in the| ‘The point is that where a man of weaker purpose or| ¢) £446066660040080484-000G00028800 (OES OLHLODOOOFOOEHUHHOODLOPEDOOO DVO ILO PED HO DY HYD PIOVIOL OOD GOOF ot He Goes Gunning for Turkey s we w wt # But the Turkey Get illy Bowwow NAW, I WoNT Kin, EM ALL- SOOO OOOOE OOOOH OHO GOHTO ster, -breaking down in the schoolroom when attempt- ing to “recite.” It is Henry Clay, too timid to epeak before a classroom audience and nerving himself by re- ferns practice in the cornfields with only the cornstalks hear him, who rise by repeated failures “the applause Ustening senates to command.” It {s the persistent everlasting keeping at it that enables them in the d to overcome the defects of nature. * It was the physically feeble Cicero who developed into the robust master of the Roman Senate, and from Msping tongue of Demosthenes, who cured himself jby the historic device of talking against the noise of ‘the waves with pebbles in his mouth, came the full, round enunciation that charmed the Greeks, ‘This ability of persevering against adverse circum- ces seems to be one of the main attributes of suc- cess. Thiers had it. The French laughed at his first speech In the Chamber of Deputies, but learned to ad- ‘mifé his oratory. James Whitcomb Riley had it, as he showed by sending his verse to a magazine for nineteen years without result and in the twentieth securing ad- mission to its pages. 4 is and thoroughness—Carlyle going over the plans Cromwell bettle-field twenty times to get his facts { and Edison spending twenty hours a day on his iph—in these two traits of Persistence and Thor- 1es8 lies success. “ BRAINS OF THREE MURDERERS. Dr. Spitzka’s anatomical examination of the remains yy oe the Van Wormer boys after their execution at Dan- S| shows that their brains were normal in shape, “oy no defect or lesion present pointing to degenera- There was nothing to indicate a deficiency of the + moral faculties, The autopsy will carry no comfort to ‘those who feel confident of their ability to judge of a man’s character by the contour of his ear and estimate bis capacity for sin from the angle of his forehead. “ It will be noted with interest that the youngest of the murderers had the heaviest brain. The difference of years might naturally be thought to have given that dis- tinction to the eldest, and it may be inferred that the light welght of the brains of the older brothers was duo to a shrinkage resulting from non-use of the intellectual faculties, The average weight of a grown man’s brain tissue is just under fifty ounces, or a trifle more than three pounds. Its weight is, of course, not proportionate to its quality, and the phrenologists used to cite the case of a myurderer’s brain which weighed more than Daniel Web- ster’s. This distinction is well illustrated in the con- » trast between the brain of the eminent naturalist Cuvier, ‘which was sixty-five ounces, and that of the poet Schiller, which was fifty-five. Was Byron or Dante the greater poet? The former's brain weighed sixty-three ounces and the latter's fifty. “ Dante is scen to have had a brain of only normal size. There was many a mercenary soldier in the army of the Florentine republic who had a larger cranial de- velopment. But in the illustrious poet’s head there was something which the surgeon's scales could not weigh which gave it quality. The Van Wormers were all clover boys, gifted with many small talents and accomplishments that prepos- sessed them in their neighbors’ favor. An earnest pur- pose in life and a saving element of industry might have made them useful citizens. But the faculties permitted to lie fallow shrunk into smaller compass and invited the mora! deterioration which made their crime possible. They withered as the unused muscle withers, Had they been exercised in a vigorous effort to get on in the world by honorable achievement the brain would have grown with their exercise, acquired an added fulness and gained capacity for doing greater things, a mental development which largely helps to restrain a man from grime and keep him moral. EVERY-DAY HEROISM. On the same day with the publication of this year's roll of honor for the Fire Department the news is printed of an act of off-hand heroism by Dr. Krauskopf, who wied under the trucks of a trolley car to bind the fqunds and aillevinte the suffering of a man fatally . ed. On the day before Policeman Schuessler, of tha bicycle squad, was retired with a record of efficiency KH heroism during long service. Whether the hero is 4m-uniform or a plain clothes man the nature of his Gourage is the same, a first-rate article. _ The firemen’s honor roll contains the lst of those ygled out for the performance of “meritorious actions attended with personal risk,” which wo read annually (with pride, forgetting next day the individual names Je remembering the general high average of herole wement. It is probably because he is so near at that the community gives the fireman a smaller of .praise than the Inds khaki far off in the ppines. And a bolo battlefleld has elements of ro- led warercom. must eyer challenge our admiration, attaching to {t moro readily appreciated than a the plain, not to say humdrum, heroism of the It is } day's work and goes with the wages paid, but bove kaughs At bocksmiths, Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! By Nixola Greeley-Smith T {sa trite saying and one which | dates back to the days when the only obstacles between a maid and her true love were those which crue! ‘wers or etern parents or other similar vice regents of an adverse fate inter- oped. Now, however, when the ohlef barrier to the lovers’ happiness reste usually in the perversity of the fair maid her- longer. Gane are the times when once the moat was closed, the drawbridge low- ered, the castle warder sent cursing to this death, the young knight clanked vietorlously to the tower where the lovelorn dameel awaited him. For possibly because there are no longer any moats or drawbridges or castle guards ‘the damsel 1s not lovelorn any more, Beatles. she will not stay in the tower, this modern young person. For though @ tower commanis a most excellent Dirdseye view of what is going on be- of the procession than to sit passively stand, And down among the knights she sees the rusty serviceable coats of mail with which they front the world, but not at all lke the beautiful shining harness that she might have seen had she re- matnesl in the tower, ‘The knight {s not a wonderful person at all seen at such close range. His armor ts dented and speoked with rust instead of being polished so that one could seo one's ¢ace in the glittering surface, Bo the damsel locks her heart, little shallow modern heart, against him. cannot Inugh at locksmiths any more, Lovo taps at the heart, to be sure. keys he carries for just such emer gencles. It ts all to no purpose, What {s this modern young person's heart, anyway: a safe deposit vault, or a storage warehouse? Evidently {t has a combination lock, and what—oh what, fs the combination? If Love be In a patient mood, and he cannot get at the ‘heart in any other wiy, he will sometimes stand quietly before it, “nos ng that if he waits long enough and the damsel realizes that there !s positively no hope of his ever going away, she herself will tell him the combination to get rid of him—f she knows it—for very often the damse! doesn’t know {t. But sometimes realizing the treasures that await him {f once the magic words are said. and the heart opens like a thirsty flower at his touch, Love doer not care to linger over the puazling lock. He knows there are other ways of opening locks besides knowing the com- bination, hearth—in fact, he prefers the high way—and he has not been a gentleman of the road for nothing. It is a sad thing to think of Cupid turning cracksman. But after all is {t the best method for him to pursue? For really most of us nowadays don’t know and if it fs what are we to do? ¥ we really prefer who ask the combination ourselves, not blown out for us Because men who ask for things give one an unpleasant sense of respons! biity, and for that reagon, perhaps. don't get them, whereas blessed ts he who takes things for granted, for thus may they be granted to him, Nearly everybody knows, theoretical- ly, how to crack a safe, how one putties up the cracks to produce a vacuum tn- side and then fills the lock up with a jelly Ike substance that ts nitro- gle! © methods of the heart burglar are very almilar, and they are usually euc- cessful. Sometimes, of course, even the most enterprising cracksman is not quick enough, and In the language of @ re cently aspiring statesman, he is caught with the goods on. But then after all It {s his goods, or should be, anyway, and no court woud ventence him to“® gre his own self-Impoxed ong Tix vust LEAVE INE OR TWO ee ¢ AR self, love can laugh at lockamiths no! ‘ low she feels that she would rather be| ‘ and review it, even from the grand] 4 them with that everyday armor on and| { ner | § ‘And unti the key of {t ts found love | ¢ and finding tt barred against him tries | ( every one of the housewifely bunch of | « For love 1s of the highway as of the | ‘ Polly A Buss, OR, Tit ~ - A ee EGHI MAKE SAUSAGE MEAT OUT OF Ruqdoodle T no BE and HAND OVER THAT WINCHESTER RE- The Important Mr. Peewee, the Great Little Man. rd ed * HOW TO KEEP HUSBANDS AT HOME! BuT_ IN MANY CASES, IT WHY THATS AN EASY PROPOSITION. OF COURSE A GREAT DEAL DEPENDS ON THE MAN. co IF MORAL SUASION WILL CARRY YOUR Point, SO MUCH THE BETTER. MANY. MEN ARE. SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SOFT SOAP GAME KEEP A DISH OF FUDGE ON THE [4% TABLE. IF THE }{¥? 3 $ TO PHYSICAL FORCE A FEW HOURS BIN, MAY HAVE THE DESIRED EFFECT. TIE HIM UP. HIDE HIS HAT. ¢ USE THE ROLLING PIN PERSUADER: GET NExT TO HIS LONG GREEN. GIVE HIM PDEDRERIDRIDOIDIOSTOR BE Bud SHEDS! He Tells an Admiring Circle and One Married Man How to Keep Husbands Home at Night, \‘S NECESSARY To RESORT IN THE COAL WELL LADIES,1 MUST AWAY: BUT TAKE THIS GOING? FROM ME, Cu. OUTH iE You use” 2% —TWE PROPER { ¥% METHODS, THERE 1S NO REASON ON EARTH, WHY HUBBY SHOULD ew» WANDER FROMI) 4 ay. DS £$10 Will Be Awarded for th $ SEASONABLE. INCAPACITATED, AS A SUBSTITUTE. Hobo—Kind sir, kin youse 't spare a penny for a pore starvin’ man? Gent—Not me. But don't get discouraged; here comes a cop- per down the street. 09449000 © 2990090000006 Maud—Why did you discharge your chauffeur? Ethel—Why, he drinks! And he became so unsteady that he couldn't hit a pedestrian even In a crowded street x Kind Lady—Wot? Beggin’ right n top o’ your Thanksgivin' din- ner? Wot is it you want? Gorged George—A couple o* yspepsier tablets, please, mum. 8FOOHYOOHHHGG-DHODHOHOHHOD: Gyer—Yes. But I'll i} cats, just the same. e Best “Evening Fudge” Headline Sent This Week to “Mr. Peewee.” VERY LIKELY. It Shakespeare: hrow physic to the bet Bill threw the empty bottles at the $4.909949000O0O0000000 ed rd NEXT TIME \yvou GOA Cost ME E500" The Man Who Doesn’t Tip eT ay the Waiter, 66 Ff SHE,” sald the Cigar Store Man, “that a French: ~ I journalist who stopped at a hotel with John I Rockefeller expresses surprise because the Standard Oil boss failed to tip the waiter.” ‘ “He isn't as surprised as the waiter would have been if the tip had been handed out,” replied the Man Higher { Up. “John D. Rockefeller is one of the few men who don’t have to tip. The chances are that he never did, | even when he was poor, and that’s why he has got soi much of the mazuma that it keeps him trained down to; a shadow hunting places to put it. } “It's the poor slob who has no home or gets tired of+ | ' | home cooking once in a while that has to furnish the! walter with flat-house money. We don’t cough up be-| . | cause we want to; we are efraid that if we don’t tha. { waiter will think we are cheap. John D. Rockefeller don't care whether the waiter thinks he is cheap or not He has got his. “A man who would climb into a burning bufldingyte| rescue @ poodle dog, who would stop a runaway brewery; team or stand up and dodge bullets without experiencing | \ any quick motions of the heart will wilt like a womanis, | handkerchief at a melodrama in the presence of a waiten j { | with an ingrowing face and assorted samples of the ball of fare on his eshirt-front. There is something in a@ | walter’s open-faced suit and apron that makes the avep-| j age male restaurant guest feol as though he were f looked at through the big ends of a pair of opera glasses. “This subservience to the waiter has been drilled'into| \ us by the waiters themselves. They know full well that unless they want to make it pleasant for you a meal in a first-class place can be made an experience calculated to drive Carrie Nation to drink. Unless a man has a/ big voice and the nerve of a panhandler he cat't}got away with a bluff against a seasoned walter. Puy “I¢ you eat in the same place all the time it’s a case of tip or get treated like a coal-bin. There is always the haunting fear when the waiter brings in your soup with his thumb Inserted in the side of the dish that! perhaps he has put his feet in it on the way from the | Kitchen. If you don't tip you get the passe china and the buzz-saw-edge glasses, and your coffee is what the waiter pours into the pot out of cups discarded by other! guests. He deals you the stale bread, and if there is ia. hunk of athletic butter in the pantry it is surely yours. I've always had a suspicion that the waiters chip in and, buy a private stock of butter that would blow a safe for the exclusive use of non-tipping guests.” “It has always seemed to me,” remarked the Olgar Store man, “that tipping a waiter destroys his self- respect.” H f “The walter don’t care anything about that," said the | Man Higher Up. “You can't deposit self-respect tn w) | bank.” Unique Pension. i ‘All men who draw pensions are not veterans tn a milfteey, sense. The proprietor of one of Washington's leading tee taurants has provided for one of his ex-employees in @ ner most unique. The pension consisis of three equare| | meals a day and as many drinks. ‘fie olf man who draws this penston 1s an ex-bartender of the establishment, an@ was gut on the retired list some time ago. } ‘As the pensioner was Known to be fond of “the cup that cheers," the employer found it necessary to add one claus to the penston, viz.: “The drinks will be given at the ap- | pointed time, before breakfast, dinner and supper, pro | vided there are no signs of having indulged in intoxicants elsewhere.""—Washington Post. Costliest Knife in the World. ‘The most valuable knife in the world is to be seen in~ collection of a famous firm of cutlets in ShefMeld. It large enough to fit the pocket of none but a giant, and come: tains seventy-five blades, which close up Ike those of ordinary knife. Pach of the larger blades is elaborately ene) graved, and among the subjects of these strange pictues! kre views of Sheffield College, the, city of York, Windsor Castle, Arundel Castle and a score of other famous scenes. The hafts are of mother of pearl, carved with great On one side the artist has depicted a stag hunt, and on other a boar hunt. When asked as to the value of knife, the firm replied: ‘We calculated it up to £920, but thee 3 o o LETTERS, QUBRIES AND ANSWBRS. children's dispositions and when they | and the mother is the person. to do tt, 4 First Cousins Once Removed. To the Editor of The Evening World: say yes or no, stick to it and when they A MOTHER. jrule the world? A is firat cousin to B. What relation) promise, keep that promise, whether Yes. Spaln never conquered will A's children be to B? JOB: | good or bad, the mother's word would |To the Editor of The Evening World: world. ‘The King Is a black bow tle proper with a Tuxedo suit, and may a derby be worn ‘with the same, A. B.C. Olcott Was Born at Providence, R. 11 Mack at Boston, Mass, To the Editor of The Evening World: xoon be law and there would be no need of corporal puniahment in the home or elsewhere, Nor would there be a lot of unruly children between the ages of six and seven, turned loose on the poor School teachers, while the mother Was Legal Holiday In New York and Many Other States, To the Editor of The Evening World: Is Election Day @ legal holiday? R. Sunday. Friday, Evening World: France und ¢ No. Francis I Was John L, ‘To the Editor o K : ‘On what days of the week did Aug 15,| 8° lag SPARS solicel BAG Sommeneee Where was Chauncey Olcott born?| of the world? Is ad Dae 1b IST, tal? “Me de. | Because they could do nothing w Also, where was Andrew Mack born? children at home.” Many mothers ex- pect the teacher to spend her time teaching them obedience and manners, JOHN J, C. Spain's Power. To the Editor of The Evening World: Farthest. Home Trainiug for Children, Te the Editor of TI To the Editor of The Evening World: for life, or until she moy Sai ni EB si Dakota. t ° y A says that an easy vatl L swif' he © shou e teac e! if, when children are small, mothern| Niet she snould de teaching them tell | “Was Spain the leading power 90 or| {it turthost, “W would devote their time to atudying the! to be taught obedience und manners '400 yours ago? Had whe conquered all nn Se. the other nations and did she virtually of Spain was once Prince Consont of England, and Charles V. of Spain wos also Emperor of Ger- many, in. which capzelty he conquered Champion Only of Amerien, ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: Suliivan ever champion JA. F. A Strnight Fant Dall Can Be Battea Evening World: can be batted was before it was finished, and then we ceased to es what it had cost.” A Queer Trade. ‘The “hot-peprer” seller of Mexico is a merchant rives his {tvellhood from the fact that the Mexican must | fds peppers, whatever clse he may deny himself. are brought to his door by the countryman, or he may go. to the! market place and find them spread out for sale on matting, ‘The market man, while dressed inexpensively as far ea | bodily garb 1» concerned, wears in nearly overy instance a einborate hend covering. Some of these Mexicans own hate that cost as much as the rest of his wardrobe. The pride. white man in bis Panama hat is not to be com; ‘ hat of the Mexican In his sombrero. It is a racial cl fetic which finds Its counterpart in the apron of the Py guess onion seller. Her occupation may be lowly, wut J.D. M, the whole ball can be . ‘apron might be that of a woman of high degree; plush edged with fur is not uncommon,—Evorybody’s Sieh , . sa ov aRS