The evening world. Newspaper, March 14, 1904, Page 12

MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1904, og 4 2 * i 3 Bord | Pudlished by the Press Publishing Company, No. to a Park Row, New York. Sntered at the Post-Office at New Yo as Second-~lass Mail Mutter. | §_YOLUME 44.0.0... 00 vaeeseeiNO. 18,846, é yl { The Evening World First. ; Number of columns of advertising in The Evening World for 12 months, ending February 29, 1904. ............... 12,5186 } Number of columns of advertising in The | Evening World for 12 rhonths, erdirg February 28, 1903. 8.25734 4,261% INCREASE. THEN VANISH BRIDGE LIMITAND CRUSH | For nearly three months the new Williamsburg Bridge has been open to drivers, a few daring pe-, re destrians and discussion. It is the Williamsburg Bridge, | __, limited—a great deal more of the limit than ofthe } bridge, so far as the public is concerned. The limit is due to be lifted. / >> It is practically decided that the new river-crossing i Shall be connected with the old Brooklyn span by sub- "way. This is a common-sense plan and, as The World © Said editorially on Saturday, there should be an immedi- _ ate beginning of the work. But this will solve only a * portion of the problem of the bridges—of the two now in place and the great Manhattan Bridge to come. ; Speaking of the Williamsburg and Manhattan struc- _ tures, Mayor McClellan says: “There is no reason why ‘the Brooklyn Rapid Transit, the Metropolitan and the Belmont people should not all be able to extend their - lines across.” There begins the suggestion of the perfect end. No single-line monopoly of a public thoroughfare. The most comprehensive service for the greatest possible good of the greatest number of Greater New Yorkers. There will be tracks enough for the cars. There must be sufficient foresight and firmness on the part of the city powers to secure adequate rights and privileges for the passenge: ‘ >. An everyday five-cent fare “from the Brooklyn home to the Manhattan Job.”* Five cents from the Bronx “Zoo” to Fort Hamilton. Five cents from Fort George to Coney Island. Five cents from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to| “wrospect Tark Slope. Five cents from Anywhere to Somewhere over Bridgp. either way. These conditions will take off the bridge limit, wipe «out the bridge “crush” and never break a company. the A preacher in Fivanaton, Til, offers prizes of books to) children. {or the best outlines of his Sunday morning fermons. Which will the Mttle ones remember beat—the Iesson of the’ sermon, or that they are remembering for vrize? : A BURGLAR AND NO GENTLEMAN. Tivo young ladies of the Bronx caught a burglar, or ~ atleast caught him brecling. Each had @ pistol. In fones Jadylike to sternness they called his attention to ‘the circumstance that both weapons were pointed at vital parts of him. Under the circumstances the duty of the burgler was plain. ‘Tt was to throw down his booty, throw up his hands, and throw himself upon the mercy of his fair captors. Then, in acordance with prevailing fiction, he _ should have won their sympathy and been dismissed with all the honors of war. But this burglar was a coarse and unappreciative fellow, and no gentleman. He walked out between the weapons, chuckling as he went a sinister, insinuating chuckle. ‘t was one of the advantages mean men take in an age not yet turned back to chivalry by its romantic story-writers. Gen. Greene says our police wink at “graft.” Did he, then, merely transfer the wink to the other eye? ASKING HER SONS TO STAY AT HOME. Italy sent us 32,159 immigrants in 1882; 201,266 in 1902; 233,417 in 1903. Word comes that the sunny land wants her children to stay at home and grow up with her. She is enforcing special laws of inspection and other laws which prevent steamship companies from offering inducements publicly for emigrants to quit the kingdom. “In certain provinces,” says a representative of Italy| now in New York, “the great outflow is becoming a “positive harm to us, because, despite the increase in “Wages, there is a scarcity in the local supply of labor.” Restriction of emigration by ratione! means is in ‘every way a more grateful proposition than restriction of immigration by any means. Happy the land whose t people find such opportunity at home as to suggest no thought of betterment in leaving. > America owes an incalculable debt to her immigrants * She bas still the open door for fresh workers from ‘abroad; the closing portal only for criminals and the | ‘iff-raff. But even where the other land's gain is her ) own Joss in citizen recruits, she has the haad of selicitation for the nation growing in prosperous chances its own folk. ». THE "GOO-GOO EYE’’ UNDIMMED ‘Certsinly legisiat/on aimed st the practice of flirting be regarded as purely of local interest. /Rews of general concern that the Mississippi Legislature 3 1a just retreated from an assault upon the “gvo-goo e re a thrown back, defeated and distraught. > A measure had been introduced to stop flirtations of The subject was too vast, What is a y goes a-wooing with a club, and carries bride whom he has knocked senseless. uty of civilization employs a fan, a smile, a mocked silly. It is}! How D’y’do; Rub Noses.) —_.——- BY Nixola Greeley-Smith. f\ NEW fection t sf ing inte among Eng tomobilisi«, ing to the Fattier cam gue ord Londo. Mut like att fositons it ly ie res ething « met » cust rubbing noses token of friendly salutation ian existed from time im- memorial. But though English trav- ollers have often mentioned it of the most peculiar features of fe, It never seemed to recommend {t+ self to them for adoption until the In- troduction of the automobile, Now, howe the begrimed motorist, who owing to the condition of his hands has been forced to forego the Saxon handshake as a man's friendly greeting! to chance acquaintances encountered by the way, in thinking seriously of taking !t up. Indeed, many adven- turgus pioneers have already done so. Anf it ts no unusual sight along the wide Kentish roads main-travelled yy the London motorist to see two be furred and begogeled automobilists gravely rubbing noses after the cordial manner of Maortiand it is one ative AS_IN MAORILAND, ENGLISH AUTO- I8TS SALUTH IN THI8 WAY WHEN THE MEFT. _ The fashion has not yet reached the United States, But who can doubt that with the August {nflux of Americans returning from a London season there will be A horde of Anglomaniacs ready to mive it enthusiastic trial and that Fifth avenue and Central Park will ‘soon show {t In ftw full glory. To the anti-microbe flends, as well as the Anglomaniacs, the pleasing Maort custom ought ts recommend itself. For the man or woman who shys at being kissed because of possible bactiM lurking on the proffered lips may adopt the nose-rubbing salute with impunity, Good, ordinary, senatble people are apt to doubt the existence of sich extreme anti-microbe cranks, but they do oxiat There is a well-known doctor Hving In Brooklyn who declares seriously that he has never kissed his wife and chil- dren on the Ups, because he believes the custom to be unhygtenic and lable to spread contagion. ‘To him and others like him the Maori custom of, rubbing noses will fill a long-felt want. For the nose !s in {ts Interior passages naturally protected from discase germs and contact with another nose, and even that of a disensed person would not necessarily be dangerous unless through some surface abrasion, which, of course, should be guarded agansi To he sure, It might not be particu- larly exhilarating, or even satisfying. to persons accustomed to the kiss of affection or the hand-clasp of friend- ship. But it would be a guarantee against microbes, and what more could ne ask? Though adopted for the benefit of the automobliist, whoso hands are sald not to be In fit condition to shake, the nose- rubbing révival would certainly not be long confined to that privileged and rather liretted class. Like the gauntlet glove and the mul- ua fipating veils, and even the AAD under the chin, it will ably be taken up dy the horde of persons who, even though they canno have the luxury of a mutor car, bravely sport its sartorial accessories in ferry boats and troll: > that we may som see the shop the matinee giri and thy chorus § nd all the other kinds of girl, ruby noses like two cheerful Maoris, Olt or Kittens for that matter SOME O ano ——- F THE BEST JOKES OF THE DAY, ee | HARDEST WORK. ! Well sald Borroughs, “thet The hardest work I know | "What is? t } Work.” Philadelphia Leder NATURAL MISTAKE. Mr, Grouch—Can't vou stop that kld's | howling? What's the matter with i rse Girl—Well, sir, he was jby a crazy man wonst. an’ h you're him.—Chicago Daily News, NOT IN COLD WEATHER. Bridget—The butcher's wagon js at the | door, mum. Mrs. Housekeep—Ah, has he got pigs | fee Hridget—H1ow kin Ol tell, mum? Sure, i i |'Us Loo cold Cur to be goin’ barefooted this weather,-—Philadelphia Press. USED MORE LIKE OARs, Teacher--All birds are bipeds—tlj verted, but the fair flirtationer, ‘he impertinence of the d; but the honest| “et: yst is, they have two fect. Tommy—The duck ain't, Teacher-Oh, yes, tne duck has two Mt ber: they're | 4 rs oe o roe Use OUR U 59" REGII OING - Pur IN SOME} ee x |SHORT ENING, Ow, TOOTSIE, PROPOSE To )) [wees ( Grow YouTHow 16° Baie : ie a \ Biscuits THE KIND THAT ( . AOTHER USED TO MA \ HE BN Func 7- y Mr. Peewee. THE MOST IMPORTANT LITTLE MAN ON EAPTH. Lestgn Copyrighted, 1903, by The Evening World. Mr. Peewee Shows Tootsie How to Bake Biscuits. INS MINY Now,] HAVE PLACED THEM er emer tte CaS ee ont he eRe : EXACTLY 15 MINUTES, SECONDS ANO THACE QUARTERS! WATCH Mel ¢ AREFULLY = ON: EEE On OF AN 1OTA THEIR SISTENCY - A Cook BEA THIN READ THE JDIOTORIALS org AT Ss KER HE MUST THINK ON OUR RED FUDGEST AVAAN RIDES PROM THE BRON TO BAT. py IM ACAR THAT DOESNT GO IES t nce f = on, FY | Dp NY (G. SEND FOR THe STE et TRUST, PA} DING MusT HAVE A HARD TIME OF 1 =DONG vt! THOSE JAPS 'f you owe yourself a grudg Read th If yau think you need =) =: eS St., Brooklyn. Hill, N. J. To-Day's $5 Prise “Evening Fudge’’ Idiotorial Was Written by PRIZE PEEWEE HEADLINES for to-day, $1 paid for each: No. 2—H. N. OLIPHANT, Tappan, N. Y. ‘No. 3-PETER BYRNES, Schuetzen Hall, Union? No, To the of The Evening World: When a gentleman es Indy to a fe it proj hand for RAY Rowdles Annin, To the Editor of The Eveninse World For a loag Une people of retneme have be Diected tog ts a young ur while travelling on °L young toughs whe seem to take a pasl- tive delight in indulging in rowdy ac tions. The Kings County Division seems: 40 be favored most by these E oughs, and they seem t Wha . city line trains of that bra : fe the railroad company going to do out 1? It was rooklyn Judge who recently said n the bench, in effect, that rowdyliem in public places must stop, Wl the B. oR. ‘t do tts share toward stopping tho praotice on the trains of that company KIN No Seats for W ‘To the Editor of 1 have not Jived in New York very long, but. have been much finpressed by iain the n to) Hbout 9 ofa on t bal an the rudeness of the average man, On the street be why dened Fateh in of an ©: er. he can ‘ Es the tw! Dossibty é vetual collision, cf mén-erea hissel€ an’ ain't afraid courage,” OHREOOD4 7 EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE EVENIN FUDGE ff | Don't Abolish the “L” Crush. } romestretytes You Areas Good ana Rich Man's jf to abolish the “L” in Every Time. crush. THIS PAPER WILL NOTALLOW THIS TO BE DONE. Why? Because it promotes the CLOSER ASSOCIATION OF THE HUMAN RACE. Did you ever think of this? No. You didn’t go to college. The RICH MAN'S SON goes to college to get into cltse Contact with bis fellow-students by playing FOOT- Why don't you stand up for your right to come into Close contact with other people on the “L?* This paper WILL PRINT THE NAME of every man and woman who wants to abolish the “L” crush as AN ENEMY to the progress OF THE HUMAN RACE. If this won't convert you, we don’t know what will. If your cranium bulges out too much after reading this editorial, rub {t with the RED INK on our first page. and WRITE US THE RESULT. — i To-Morrow’s Prize “ Fudge’ Idiotorial Gook (by a Woman): “ Why Do Women Peel Potatoes?” Pas li —lhhy) Y \ ~~ CONSLEQUENC ee ® Ps ® a ® $ ; Newspapers, % Crime, and Wise ‘ ¢ President Hopkins, : bb SER,” said the Cigar Store Man, “that the Presi- H dent of Williams College, Mr. Henry Hopkins, é says that crime is growing through the in- : fluence of the public press.” + “He makes that the main reason,” replied the Man «| Higher Up, “but he admits that one reason why there ts 2 | more crime is because there are more people.. He blames the newspapers for publishing news of crime, and says jthat ordinarily mild-mannered persons, by constant reading of crime stories, become criminals. Confession of convicted criminals, he says, will prove this, and he makes the statement that he has some of these confes- stons,,but he didn’t spring any. “My experience with convicted criminals is that they will confess anything to anybody they think can do them seme good. If*a theorist like Mr. Hopkins will vist Sing Sing, dig out a liter who can’t read and ask him if he didn’t get his first hunch for crime from reading the newspapers, the lifer will answer yes if he thinka there is anything in it. Convicts are great stringers. “Mr. Hopkins blames not only the newspapers, but the novels of the day for the spread of crime. He ought to swing back and read some of the newspaper and periodical literature current in this comtry and Eng lend less than a hundred years ago. As a matter of fact the newspaper to-day is clean from the first page to the last. If Mr. Hopkins would spend a few days in & newspaper office he would learn that more care is exe ercised to keep out offensive news than in any othes direction. If he would take the pains ‘to get wise to the amount of news that is thrown away every day in a big newspaper office because it is not clean news he would read closo proof op his future addresses about the de- basing influence of the modern newspaper, The hews- Paper men of to-day are working along the lines followed by the greatest journalists in the history of the world, the chroniclers of the events constituting the story told in the Bible, And there is a lot of Bible copy that no newspiper in the United States would dare print to-day.” “Tt is natural rede rs GOO DOSIDIDF9S3.29:0-6-9009959050050 to suppose that newspaper accounts jof crimes should spread some demoralization f the Cigar Store Man. “Sure,” agreed the Man Higher Up. “but think what a paradise the world would be for crooks and criminals if the newspapers didn’t keep showing them up.” Mrs. Nagg and Mr. — B. F. Black, 97 1-2 East 7th St., N. Y. City.+ No. 1--WILLIAM WOOLSEY, 277A 17th UI SDDDILCOHLDDESHOHONDS-$-90O0604. eae rrees By Roy L. McCardell, 95605 Everybody Imposes on Him and He Taa Good Thing for All His Friends, but if She Dares to Advise Him He Car- ries On Something Terrible! . don't Billings pay y: Tt is: no wonder you com: vou act like a softy a be v that 3400 he owes you? Plain of hard times when Heth nd let everybody Umposa “A business man! A fine business man Billings rob you of $40! “He hasn't robbed you, you say? man you are to let that 1 Well, T say he has y |man who won't pay his honest debts is worse than a thee Because we have not trusted the thief and we have the man who won't pay us. Walt here T want Mary to tell him I'm , | Where else becuuse he used awful langua 4 f f E ge. the brute! wi T didn't pay my bill last week because T had to get a fe spring cloak, and you won't give mea cent. An him for five weeks. SPH Yan “But, then, you don't mind how you while you your friends rob you! "Yes, tell the butcher T will pay him “at a minute; there's the butchér, out. Tam going to deal some- pinch me for money abba But T won't pay him a cent, even on account, until IT good and ready just for the way he's acted, Did you tell hi I was out, Mary? Thank you. “But, as 1 was caylig to you, Mr. Nagg, when that nasty old butcher Interrupted with I, It isn’t bad enough for you, like a weakling, to let every dishonest man tn town cheat you, as Hillings has been cheatin, vi ‘bu them fool you tiy: their Iles Hie eee “Hasn't Billings put you off for a week? Didn't he write you a letter asking you to watt until this week and for you not to press him? “And you, Iike a ninny, said you'd wait. “You aro always doing tavors for People, and look how they treat you. “Billings went on your note when you started In busine: ou say? “Well, why shouldn't he? Who are the Billingses, any way Mrs. Jillings dresses like a fright, and, mind you, she tried to impose on me by saying she wasn't wolng to get a new spring outfit this year because business had been so bad with her husband. “T saw through it; though. It was all a part of the plot, Billings !s an emopezzier. Hoe is going to run away with your $400. “If T was running your business, I'll wager I wouldn't have any Billingses impose on me! He helped you once? No doubt, It was all part of a plot. He knew he would win your confidence und rob you Inter, “He Ient you thousands where you have only lent him OOS ‘O92-d3 HH O>DS bebe WSOTDIRROD DIO > while on the "1" biquitous creature, Kes possession of of one hundred remain standing. ‘obably been hashed Tam going to rehash | ¢ re seems scarcely a ghost | chance for a woman to get a seat he express trains during busin It is not unusual to see a w | T strong men, who look ay f while ubj OUT OF at did. George Washingt ce gaye it un extra holtd the class, . “Why, Freddie!’ exclaimed the exet “Tecause,” answered Freddie, <i 1 wanted to see him bounce “Moral courage,” Bald the teacher, afidressing the juvenile class, “makes one do what he thinks is right, regardless of the jeers of his companions. Now, Johnny, can you give me an illustration?” “Yes, ma’‘a} answered Johnny. IR, As if thoy might be able to take a out! of John 1. HE MOUTHS OF BABES. do for his country?” promptly answered the boy at the foot of ‘grandma said he was a bouncing baby # @ LETTERS, QUERIES AND ANSWERS. ¥ # round, Water changes color in different while! peratures’ and sometimes Is very stop." neing says yean right? e coach reserved | Black and white are not colors, cabins on the] water lias no color, H.W. EB. Sullivan—sitting, nestand the jar rail women water has no color, ‘or wome) the ferry-boats ? Color Queries fo the Filitor of The Evening World: Are white and blick colors? A say's r of The Evening The :| were indispensable, devoted to these subjects now 1s [to get in their fine work. asked the teacher, &e. ted muther, “what did you drop the and then reviewed. he can sew fairly well. position he will be able to fill at teen. Ir a feller hag candy an’ of ve other kids callin’ ng Ca MP etae and sometimes a dark bluish color, Which is RUDOLPH. , * was a time when the schools graduated children fit to hold a position whore arithmetic, writing and spelling ‘The time that was over largely to enable special teachers T have a boy|* ‘just eleven years, who ts now taking up algebra, geometry, English history, His arithmetic, the little the may know, 1s to be lald aside fot one year His writing (except- Ing his copy book) I cannot read, but I wonder what PARENT. hundreds, you say? Well, all the more fool he, . I-would sooner deal with a knaye than a fool, any way. *You dare not let me go down and look over your books! T could run your business. You are like a child in business matters, You are the Inughing stock of everybody you deat with, and I know it, x “You never take me into your confidence. You never tell me your business affairs. But some day T am coming down- town and look over the books, I WILL know what fs going on down in your office. : “You sit down and scowl at me when I tell you for your own good that Lillings has robbed you! For he has robbed tem- Nght B Pure q What, he came and pald you with interest to-day? Well, if it hadn't been for ne you would have never got a’bent, for, Mrs, Gassaway went right to his wife and told /hér that ¥ her husband was cheating my husband, Billings felt hurt, did he? Anti I must not dare de such given This is the thanks T renestvet This is how I ain repaid, simply because I am tender-hearted, simply because T try to keep my husband's affairs iy order! “Don't speak to me, Mr. Nagg! Don’t speak to met" A Loving Cup from the Messrs. Nagg. fo the Editor of Thu Evening Work ? . ‘he husbands of Greater Now, York should, get together and present a solid silver loving cup, sixteen hands high and weighing a tun, 10 the author of the Mrs, Nagg articles now brightest of all of New York's evening pepers, ‘orld, Hur for Mrs, Nagg. Itis four: