The evening world. Newspaper, May 4, 1904, Page 14

eh Baba spe sates pode EDNESDAY .EVENING, MAY 4, 1904, “iy THE ee pee pa oo To nme w WORLD'S w HOME » MAGAZINE. orld AS if Published by the Press Publishing Company, No. & to @ Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-Office ' at New York as Second-Class Mall Matter. VOLUME 44@......... vesieeseseesNO. 18,807. Leads All the Rest. During January, February, March and April of this year The Evening World | carried 5087 columns of paid ¢is- play advertising. No other New York raper equalled this showing. The increas: over The Evening World's own record for the corresponding four months of 15903 was 1270% columns—more than twice the gain made by any other paper. THE LOST ART OF MARVELLING. Fifty years ago the tidings’ of nev things were luxuries. They were tardily obtained and infrequently Circulated. Men looked forward to them with avidity, and treasured them with tenacity. They were the material for weeks of conversation and tor months of correspondence. Enthusiasm for the news in those days was still keen and ur | Now new’s is gathered with automatic instantaneous- ness, and is distributed with lavish prodigality. Men | are deluged with news in eight editions a day. Their minds are glutted with its superabundance. Satiety has jaded \eir anticipation and cloyed their apprecia- tion. They have become incredibly blase. Fifty years ago there were certain vision . Projects for mankind's future accomplishment which a few audacious imaginations had conjured up, with which all men’s fancies loved to play. Among these miraculous projects was the invention of a ship that should fly through the air, of a ship that should sail under the sea, and the discovery of the North Pole. Men marvelled as they realized that in some far} future day their children’s children might possibly re-d } of the actual accomplishment of these well-nigh incon- |The Match- | Making Instinct ii | in Man. ; | é \Nixola Greeley-Smith. | i: { 9 every man breathes that eve unmarried wants hap in her appear, he she If after a breakfast table his wife her mil glancen from his mo wire he reads infellcity aired courts to the ¢ befrilled and ra that accom dow nts ri mind 6 filled with vague qupstions as 0 the renson of ther detached cond ton and his heart with genuine {f some- | what ni is the gnawing canker of Ibacy, a c. even tf un 8 longing for love ina cottage, # hopeles* husband Tf tht a matehmaker, happens to tive single woman well ion her an to the mot ymarried state, he will do #o in the! nalve beliof that ahe may possibly tate) him Into her confidence and teil him the| ‘yp truth. 3 ceivable wonders, and live to tell the tale, They pictured to themselves the awe with which their descendants would come to know these prodigies. t They were half grateful that they themselves woutd not be called upon to realize that these staggering possibilities had been transformed into fact. But that was fifty vears ago. Since then men have Yost their sense of the marvellous. They have forfeited their capacity for amazement. To them miracles are but commonplaces and prodigies but matters of course, Thus maimed, with wonder atrophied by surfeit, they have greeted with an unbelievable indifference thy recent cataclysms in the life about them. \ They have read of ships manoeuvring in the air. They have read of ships cruising beneath the sea. Thsy &ve read of messages sent thousands of miles th'n+/i space, They have read of rays that tum solid mustter into transparency. They have read of travelling at one hundred and twenty-five miles an a hour. They have read of the human heart lifted from the body and massaged back into life and health. ( These and many more unheard-of things have been i ‘vouchsafed to them to read and know. These they have noted with a certain passing interest and a swiftly following languor. Nothing can happen that will shake them into marvelling and awe. The North Pole will be reached; the power to tender things invisible may be attained; the secret of } life itself may be discovered, and many other wonders as yet undreamed of. And man in his new attitude of taking the impossible for granted will greet these things with stolid satisfaction and equanimity. } LAW AND THE AUTOMOBILE. | A young man of New York, visiting his tancee near Philadelphia, was thrice arrested within twenty-tour hours for intractions of the vennsyivania taws, Merrily enough he paid $10 for the first breaking of the speed rule; when a $25 fine was imposed for the Second offense and ne was heid under bona tor running without a Icense he became irritable and failed to appreciate the courtesy of the Justice in straining a point to admit him to bail. Jt seemed to this young mgn that ne was deing un- + necessarily “hothered’’ in his favorite sport. * » On the contrary, he was being treated with forbear- ance after having wilfully broken the law and en- dangered buman life, Tne young man wno runs an automooile at itlegat Speed is as reckless as the one who fires a iong-range rifle at random tn a populous community, ither may escape, but both invite, manslaughter, si Vhis reckless disregard of public rights in the high-| way can never be stopped py nnes. it wil! de stopped! or greatly lessenod as soon as second offenders are con- fined in jazi, and not untii then And of course people who iiegaily annoy or insult Or assault automobilists should oecupy adjoining cells. A “LONG WAY TO THE BOWERY.” The steamer Kanawha has been chartered in Chicago to bring /5,0v0 busheis of corn to New York without « breaking bulk, Hers will be a strange voyage. ‘'hreading the cratt- fotted lakes; passing near the “Soo” canals, on wien floats, between Lakes Superior and tiuron, more tnan twice the tonnage which the Suez Canal conveys hetween Europe and Asia, the Welland Canal, almost within ~ Bound of Niagara; the St. Lawrence and Montreal—1,400 Miles tous far, inen on the dented lower St. Lawrence, @ vast iniand sea, 600 lonely miles to Gaspe May; miles more to Cape Canso in va Scotia; #00 miles at #ea ina bee-line to Sandy Hook—%.100 miles or so In alt, su Why gat marcied 7" arks. ng. pretty. cha ine, You have everything to make nan happy. Why t vou do ft? ow, the Phaaannl for nal | have nor ne |4 Rut, at any rate, ahe dors not share! @ the average man’s belief that—for | Ronen any marriage {¥ better than Rone at ail Tefore she exchanges the! certain content of her font Uaehelorhond for the uncertain appl depend matrimony she wants to be very sure of her emotions he knows that lore, a little word of one syllable, cannot always he stretched throuch the experience of polvsriinbic mat and she would like to be sure Uefore sentencing hereelf for life, that she feels an enduring affection and not one born of propinqulty and the aymipathy ef a momert. In brief, sho asks ton many questions of an emotion which Insts longest when no| ations are asked | Recause women ony. nowadaye are not apt te take their emotions for granted which after all ts the only way ta take them-they are slower to marry, Put once married, they av sationed with thetr eee mreiapeite Pe pi We look for the man. nowand ‘or aman, as our erandmot ‘ware to do, and even the matehmatine euline person who asks qurations qupht to realign that he ls harier tn and grant te 6 re time make un our mings ie mor time to peas LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. Drean Suit and White Gloves, To the Editor of The Evening World What Is the proper way to dresa for n wedding reception where 1,000 guests are Invited? Can 1 wear a Tuxedo? Should T wear gloves? 1¢ ao, what color? GUEST. A Moral team (Mee, Nags." To the Faftor of The Evening World T have enjoyed reading about , Mr Nagg and moro i \ because T have a des ¥ loved reintive who has auveren th same experience (the wife's brother and all. Her husband ts wonderfull: successful in his business affairs, bur has no courage in hin home. 1 do how these * Nage” sketches will helr some husbands (and kind ones. at that) to be more brave and maniy, though al ways kind, as they certainly should be. master at home, and be treated with respect ADMIRER, Liberty and the Angels. To the Editor of The Evening World: Can readers give any reason for the following: Why is the statue of Liberty a woman? Why are angels represented in femate form? JANET. Tn 1n00, To the Féltor of The Evening Wortd: On what year did Palm Sunday last fall on April $7 Mrs. C. An OL Suggestion, To the Féitor of The Evening World Hiow would It do for the elevated road to run a few more trains? ‘Then they would not need twenty-five, fourteen or aven of those “special policemen and the shameful conditions of crow and rush would uot occur, We. 6. “An Wells Not « To the Kditor of The Is it incorrect Enalish to say “I can speak French ‘as good’ as any one in America?” If incorrect, what is correct form? T. BO. one SUCCESS! “IF you wish success in life make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counsellor, cau- | 44680440468. ‘s | eee ee ERT DAY? THE EVENING FUDG (cit > WHERE 010 You qo ADELAALDADODLALDDODDE2E4GDGOBDDE BADDIDHDY 854184 D64654H8D24HOO4E1-60O97244D48EODPEOEOEMO ATED ITOH ! (By T, E. Powers.) ; WHERE DID DINE? SrEREOPTiCon) oe Bach Ow Give AE CATCH A ORINK BARTENDER “Ta PowERS She Never Touched Him! The Great and Only Mr. Peewee. Mr. Peewee Shows Miss Sixfoot How to Get Rich Quick. = LRT /NOW THERES SOMETHING {THar HAS THE TRUE RING pToait! THATS THE < ( B&s7 Sitt-eDcEO SE- Cuaity tTHaT T HAVE 7 SEEN POR YEARS AND KNOW SOMETHING ~ ABOUT FINANCE! PAY EX Apy Toorsie AN Ew VEST Youn ~ SAvInGs IN) <yrnése C. SAWDUST SECURITIES WAITER QuITs His vor =/ 1 wal ef woe [Suv AFUBCE G tren ecom en » SURE! WE PAY THE EVENING FUBG wane’ face pecs gS A (a A minute! Come , : Around EARLY = TOMORROW AND GET IN LINE FoR YouR Div= 1DENO! BRING A BASKET! | eae ——~ iI FEEL So /PRouD The Greatness of America. Caused by ‘*Siokers,” A Great Gook on Cauee and Effect. people inthe United States cat “sink. ers" every day in get - full - quick lunch rooms. That's why we're GREAT! Follow our chain of reasoning, dear, foolish reader: Alexander, Caesat, Napoleon—were ALL great men. . They were also RESTLESS, DISCONTENTED men: That's WHY they were great! Now take a good hard think! and hold on to the chair. ‘Stnkers” cause INDIGESTION! Indigestion causes restlessness and discontent! The 999,999,99914 people who stow away “sinkers” are therefore restless and discontented. No people NOT discontented ever accomplished anything! Therefore these people do accomplish things and are go-aheadative and great. And they OWE it to “‘sinkers."* We don’t expect YOUto understand this, YOU are nol cducatedenough YET. The only intellects that can and do undersiand it rub RED SMUDGE on their break- fast food to make them THINK they know as much as the editor of Fudge. o AG C9 79 = Higher By Martin Green. : Enraged Critics Gnaw : Hat Rims When They Can’t ‘‘Roast’’ SEP," said the Cigar Store Man, “that Henry Miller says that tne New york dramaue critics sre shines, and that nothing gets « he footlights to them but a funny het.” “There is a whole lot in Hank’s few remarks that will stand the acid test ied the Man Higher Up. | “Having once been the purchasing agent for a dog-and- pony circus, | am a close stucont of dramatic criticism, and have 1ead provaply ‘y scream tnat the critics * | have uncorked in the season just drawing to a fade, Un that account 1 nave sidestepped every time 1 saw , | the lights in front of a theatre, although | am naturally “| a conscientious patron of tne drama. ¢ | “If We areto belteve what the critics nave told us, | not tive per ccat, ot the plays that nave been pro- duced this season were worth throwing passe eggs at fhe hundreds ct thousands of dollars that the mane agers have expended might Just as weil nave been put into a temperance-vegetarian restaurant at Coney lisiand. According to the critics, tne New York stage is on the hog. tors and actresses have been buried im an avalanche of sarcasm. 10 put on a show that Will suit the critics these days you nave to throw @ ine and spin a little hypnotism on tne a eve thrill into ver side. veral pieces, the history of which I am hep to, were put on in New York last winter, and the way , the critics threw the boots into them made the batue 'of the Yaiu River look like a game ot checkers. These shows were taken out on the road, and they have been sending the mazuma home every week. Utner pleces have been sawed into bits and pickied down in the brine of critica irony, but they nave gone along with every chair occupied every night right nere in Little Vid New York, with the ghost walking enthusiastically. The influence ot a couple of star critics who Know how : to handle the English language in a way to make it smoke, has made most of the New York critics kid- ders. If they can't josh a piece, they gnaw the rims otf thelr opera hats in yexation.” “What's eatung the critics!” asked the Cigar Store Man. “The microbe of ambition,” replied the Man Higher Up. “A prominent publisher said recently that thera was a scarcity of humorous Writers, and toe critics aro trying to butt in.” 4 | | Curious Corean Customs. Coreans marry when very young. A London paper pub lished pictures of a nine-year-old bridegroom and a sevea year-old bride. A creditor may imprison a debtor in his house and use hin as a slave until the debt is satisfied. Until a few years ago it was the custom to bury widow! alive with thoir husbands. “Graft” has been the all-pervading influence in official air cles. No Corean official would perform the most ordinary ofe Nelal act unless bribed to do so by the persons whom 1¥ would benefit, Corean women are the drudges. They do the work. They are not considered of sufficient social standing to eat wit their husbands. It was the custom of husbands to trads wives, bribing the recorder to make the necessary change on the books. Many Corean girl bables are drowned as soon as born, 4 beng considered no crime. One girl ts all a family cares te have. Married men in Corea wear a high, cone-shaped hat of white mull, The unmarried go bareheaded or wear capal Bachelors are compelled to pay a heavy tax to support “Ungong” district. ‘his 1s an inclosure where all womey who have reached the age of thirty years and who have nal married are segregated, A Few Riddles. Why docs a cat look first on one side and then on the other when she comes into a room? Because she cant look both ways at once, oe 8 When does bread resemble the sun? When it rises from the yeast, see ‘What {Is there you cannot take with a kodak? A hint. e ee ‘Two ducks before a duck and two ducks behind a duck an® duck in the middle: How many ducks in all? Three. a Why {s Richmond Ike the letter RP Becauso it 1s next to Kew. see ‘What antmals, when beheaded, become very cold? ' Mice. eee Why are well-darned socks Ike dead men. Because they are mended. Stubborn Paper Wad, TD vou ever see a paper wad that Is so stubborn that ®& D will dy in the face of one who tries to compel it to ga ‘ into the neck of a bottle? ‘The more you try to blow it In, the more it leaves the bottle. You can try this with any large bottle and a paper wad ot cork small enough to fit very loosely in its neck. Holding thy bottle xo thit it points directly at your mouth, and placing the cork in the neck, the harder you blow on the cork for tht purpose of driving it into the bottle, the more foretbly wil the cork rush from its place in the neck. What Five Boys’ Names? , tion your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.” * * we * And then use ‘Thus, by traveiling perforce through Canadian canais | | *@id toe Canadian portion of the St. Lawrence, tilted! conteraglatively toward the North Pole, the Kanawha| Must taverse almost four times tne pec-ine distance | Detween Varter Harrison and the Howery. _ Her cargo could ba carried on two 1,000-ton barges 1 ne, © }To-Day's $5 Prise ‘‘Fudge"’ Idiotorial Was Written by W. A. Ehrgott, 45 Wyckoff Ave., Brooklyn Hills, L. 1? City, No. 2— L PRIZE PEEWEE HEADLINES for to-day, $1 paid for each: No, 1—JOHN DUNN. No. 418 East Sixteenth street, New York boys’ names that are represented in this picture? pemconiernsd Eric ‘ a) ah the State of New York The World SF. M. HADSELL, No, 145 High etreet, Brooklyn, No, 3—C, R. CRAM, No. 253 West Twenty-second street, New York City. & proving, with a saving of 1,500 miles. 2 ¥ “boon to the commerce ot Huttaio and ot aew |? |’ Want’? 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