The evening world. Newspaper, May 13, 1904, Page 14

No other New York paper equalled this showing. The increase over The Evening World's own record for the corresponding four months of 1903 was 1270% columns—more than twice the gain made by any THE MAYOR'S PLIGHT. We hasten to be among the first to condole with) Mayor McClellan. He presents a pathetic figure—a municipal Marius Sitting in solitary sorrow amid the ruins of his gas grab, When he signed the Remsen bill Mr. McClellan forfeited the confidence of New York in his indepénd- ence. But oe still retained the faith of many in his | : kad “Coney Island, \ Who has tried it, “Is a place where the most fastidious peuple can come and have a good time.” It should, indeed, be such a place. It should be the |! aim of the police, It is the interest of investors, to keep It and to make it fit for the fastidious, \ Coney island is the chief outlook to the sea of four Mfllion people. far visit it more rarely. It offers pure air, a fine surf, the sense of reet and change, “It is of incalculable Yhlue to the cliy dweller. It is the greatest popular pleasure resort in the world. ‘What an outrage, then, if corrupt and degrading spectacles should be per at Coney Island; if any This has been the case in some se Mr. McAdoo should see to it that every part of Coney Island is as free from objectionable features as the rigor of law wiil make it. hed by the Press Publishing Company, No. 03 to @ Wark Row, New York. Entered at the Post-Office at New York as Second-Class Mail Matter, — VOLUME 44.. Leads All the Rest. During January, February, March and April of this year The Evening World carried SO87 columns of paid dis- play advertising. «NG. 15,606, These many thought that the gas bill was a bi- partisan “grab;” that Mr. Odell’s signature would quickly folloy Mr. McClellan's; that a Republican Governor would thus share the odium with a Demo- tratic Mayor, and Republican business men divide the profits with Democrats; that Boss Murphy’s brother _ John would get the contract for the Gas Trust’s $:5,000,000 Astoria plant; that the whole affair, in fine, would be an ethical scandal which would soon blow ‘over, but » »rectical success which would long endure. Thus thought the many who believed in the Mayor's Bhrewdness; and thus, for no known reason, thought the poor deluded Mayor himself. But now the supposed side partner has gone back on the game; the sapient Governor has given the con- fiding Mayor what is known to “the boys’ as “the double cross.” sterling public service and an adroit _ political He has simultaneously performed a He has lain low while Mr. McClellan figned away Democratic prestige, and then with spectacular Republican rectitude he has vetoed this evil Whatever may be the wheels within wheels of the veto, New York should be profoundly thankful for it. Yet in its rejoicings it should not forget the plight of its chief executive. This unfortunate young 1 Smirched his own record without helping his’ friends’ bu ness; has clouded his own prospects without ‘Swelling their profits; has forfeited public confidence ewi:nout gaining private obligation; has not only played the part of a bad citizen but that of a poor politician; has made himself not only culpable but laughable, and has finally sunk from popular odium to public ridicule. « Yes, Mr. Mayor, we extend our sympathy, The Patrick murder case Is an inte 17,00 pages of it in the printed testimony for appeal, It does | 8 seom “over-written.” : i an has. ase te an in resting one, Still, at A CLEAN CONEY ISLAND. siys Police Commissioner McAdoo, Another inillion from towns near and ted; if youth were not safe art of it were,morally unclean! ons of the island. individually estimable but collectively eriminal directors of the Western Union C ‘company should make haste corporate connection with law-breaking. Pretty soon the summer vacation will come and it will be + “too late to do anything.” WHY ANY DEADHEADS? : theatre manager follows Mr. Corried's precept and example by putting a ten-cent tax on every “deadhead” tickct, the proceeds being devoted to the Actors’ Fund, Any plan {s bad that leaves a better plan untried Why not cut off the passes ultogether? Managers issue “paper” partly to get the alleged “influence” of an uninfluential social element, partly to provide audiences already under obligation before the gurtain rises, These demonstrative subsidized auditors are supposed to upsct the critic's judgment and to de- Inde the public as to the real popularity of a play, of course they do not; the dodge is too old, too thin. Why not drop it? Managers have the best encourage- mignt te do so, The Evening World has repeatedly motif 1 every thetre manager in New Yor that no perso:- having anj- connection with the paper |g per- Gmitted to request passes. One or two other important | pers have taken the same stand, but the suggestion not recommended itself to managers, and the Policy putting representatives or supposed representatives wspapers under obligation continues. nseleasness of this is apparent. In a reputa- newspaper office a dramatic reporter who should Tuptly mislead the public w asa financial ahaa en vibtaand represent an investment offered to the public, theatrical manager, instead of putti a5 ‘on “deadhead” tlekets, should, ‘ilke ‘tha “eut beyond the wound and make the ETT PRU REI VO SET New bight on the Ideal Wife. By Nixola Greeley-Smith. “My {deal of a woman ts one who can hake,.sew, make life pleas: a husband, one who can kee tongue, who is not fussy, one who does not care for fancy clothing, the dance but who Is willing to give up her whole Ife to her husband. oO the Rev. S George W. Brownbeck, a ‘lergvman of Penn- jsylvania, outlined tn \ newspaper inter- lew yesterday the trtnes of the tdeal wifo he had just succeeded in marry- ng, Indirectly through the inser- fon of n matrimo- ial advertisement, It will be seen that a for a spiritual pas- tor of souls the reverend gentleman's roquirements nre distinctly material, But they express the views of so many other men as to make the discussion of his fdcal worth while, Suppose a woman were to outline her {deal husband in similar fashion as a man who can plough, sow, reap, make life pleasant for a wife, one who can keep his tongue, is not fussy, does not care for fancy clothing, the dance and Is willing to glye up his whole life to bis wife! It would soynd Mke rather a Jarge order, wouldn't? And one which she would encounter exceeding difficulty in having filled? But women never do allow such prac- tical matters as ploughing, sowing, &c. —the equlyalent of the cooking, bak- Ing proposttion—to enter into the com- position of thelr ideals, A girl of six- teen to twenty desdribing her {deal will devote practically all her attention to telling you what he must look Ike. When she gets older ond wiser she dwells rather more on what he must bo ke—but she never reaches the deadly, commonplace level of the more practical male, ‘The 1deal wite described wy the Rev Mr. Lrownbeck is simply an tdead housekeeper—a marketable commodity to be had from any first-class intelli. Kenco office at so much a month, How any man who has ever been on a camping expedition where he has either dono the cooking himself or known other equally Inexpertenced men to do it and do it well can place so high an estimate on the ability to cook as to number it among the qualities of the {deal wife {t 14 diftieult to concetve, Anybody with normal intelligence can In two. wetks learn to cook well enough to met the reauirements of the ordinary household, ‘This is not an original atatemnt. One of the most prominent club women in Ni York. who is also famed among h friends Cor her excellent housekeep- ing, made it to me some tme ago when I was bowalling a personal tack of domestic accom plis “When Twas marti any more about house do," she sald, “I had ver cooked any- thing in my life. But my mother-in-law was a good, practical housekeeper. She taught me all I know In two weeks. 1 could texel It to you In that time. In- telligence counts In housekee az much as in anything ol gitl with brains enough to make a living can become a vod housekeeper 1f she her mind to it.” much for the virtue of cookitg and uppertains thereto, The woman is no woman at all. Tt de the first duty to be uttmective, and she needs oa to make her so al virtues mentioned in th minis category of witely charms are those of not boing fussy y m lif gee admis wlltes. Indeed, saint Includes al} aving mentionad | Muous and be rn all others are super LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, ng World Bymnasium shoes, JIMMI®, It In Pronounced “Rabbt ‘To the Editor of The Evening World What is the proper pronunciation of Welsh rareblt (or rabbit)? A claims tt showd be pronounced “rabbit. B. claims it ought to be pronounced “rare. bit.” FRED J, B, Moat Exprei ‘To the Editor of The Ey Here 1s something for ph readers ‘to discuss: Which 1s the most expressive part of the face — mouth, nose or eyes? LEO D, and also dumbbells, ‘To the Editor of The Is It legal to cha terest on a mort hing Wor e 12 per cent, In- MA Good for Both To the Editor of The Even Are The Evening Wo Tuna Park good for event Pon, he Evening World coupons will be accepted as admission tekets ut the main entrance to Tana Park at any hour of day or evening from the mo- ment the Kates are opened on Monday morning, Ma 16, unt the gates are closed Baturday ev ing, Mav 21, You Have Spelled It Correctly, To the Editor of The E ne World: How should one pell.the name of Felice (4 girl name)? ELL. ele FOR WINDOW BOXES, A list of flower seews which will male desirable plants for next winter's win- dow garden, and which from now on should be planted in succession to in- sure continuous blooming In the house, will undoubtedly prove useful to the beginner who is unable to find just the information she destres in her books on floriculture, ‘The following list has been tested and proved satisfactory: Mixed abutilun, agathae coelistis, begontia, browallla, belll# (dalsy), carnation, cineraria, impatiens, sultana, lobela, Ascablosa, petuna, Chinese primrose, baby prim. rose, mixed primrose and cyclamen y: ety clothing | DEAR THIS ISMY. Cousin HENRY Just uP FROM NORWALK Do HURRY Home, OcAR. My Young Cousins FRom KAN KAN KEE WILL ARRIVE HERE THs EVENING LY Qi | That Remsen Gas Bill as a Cushion? sitting along the road enjoying the sunshine.” \ and Mr. — By Roy L. McCardell. Ilustrated byy GENE CARR. (Copyright, 1904, by tle Press Publishirs Company, The New York World.) GEE! BuT THAT'S & HOT ONE. Uh ace “Delia has dropped the dishes. ee" do you always want frult for breakfast? Now don't in- terrupt me, don't say you were not asking for frult! “I can tell what you mean when you see the liver and bacon Is burned and your eggs are hard-bolled), and you! roan behind your newapaper, “T am to read a pauper at the House. wife's Club this afternoon on “Low to Make an Ideal Home,” and how can I be in @ proper state of mind to write Ait when 1 haye a husband who does not suit him? he “The girl 1s complaining about the looked in vour po: meals, Brother Willle doesn't come down till 11 o'clock for breakfast, Mam» ma wants her breakfast in bed and I am so worn out I have no appetite at “And yet you are downstairs at elght o'clock “and bothering ‘the girl about your breakfast. “Why can't, you walt and have your easiest with waar) family? -43g_\ It Is all your fault, Mr. Nagg. strive for higher ideals and who nets) Uko a bear because his breakfast doesn’t | How can | keep a girl when you interfere inthis mannér?” must put up with from sérvants, and “You should heve married rt put out because you who would not be sensitive about such, am seneltive and I can’t Delia was awful ‘ouldn't eAt the bacon and ere cooked Inst night because she ed some kerosene in it Mhroe nights in succession I have On. there Della kets and you have i mo the truth, are you our money by putting it in you think that 1 would take 0 made her nervous away after 8 simply sick of trying to ing face when you t ri pleasant, ike ax If you had enjgved your breakfast, becanse she told we | would not aut = Nl oN By Martin Green. Did Wise Gov. Odell Use SEE,” said the Cigar Store Man, “that Gov. Odell has vetoed the Remsen gas bil “He couldn't sidestep the chance,” an- swered the Man Higher Up. “There are some other bills awaiting his consideration that make the 'Remsen thing look like an overture to the conscience sign them all. The veto on the Remsen bill will serve | a8 a cushion. “A few days mor2 than a yegr ago Mayor Low vetoed the Remsen gas bill that had been passed by the Legislature. Mayor Low was against the bill for several reasone. Among his reasons was one of- great importance—that the gas companies, if they were hon- est in their desire to niave their plants to Long Island, q could get the assistance cf the city by direct: applica- tion to the proper authoritles and not by way of Albany. “After vetoing the bill the Mayor sent it to the } Governor. The Governor had no use for the Mayor in any direction. No diligent’ partisan Hke the Governor cares for a mugwump like Mayor Low. The Governor figured that he could sign the bill over the veto of the 4 Mayor, and he went co far as to get the opinion of the Attorney-General. This authority reported that the yeto of Mayor Low put the bill down and out and that the Governor couldn't revive it. “It was a wise move on the part of the Governor to put the kibozh on the Remsen bill yesterday, because the Gas Trust in this city is the most unpopular instl- tution collecting mazuma from the populace, jae of the men who protested to the Governor a few fay’ ago against the Remsen bill appedled to him last year to kill a bill designed to prevent the establishment of o camp forconsmptives in a healthy locality up in the mountains. The leading medical authorities and phi- lanthropists in New York were behind this consumptive camp bill.” “Did the Governor kiH the bill?” asked the Cigar. Store Man. i Z “Certainly net,” responded the Man Higher Up. “E. H. Harrimon has a country place a few miles anay, from the sito picked for the camp, and it is depressing to ride out in a four-in-hand and meet a lot of lungers fund, and it’s the longest kind of a price that he will , Fables, Far, Far from Gay. No. 7—The Man Who Let His Policy Lapse. HERE was once a Man who was Convinced that Honesty T was the Best Policy. He was so Sure he was Right that he Began at an Karly Age to Pay a Heavy Quarterly Premium, expecting to Come into his Endowment while still Young enough to Enjoy it. ‘Then his Father sct him up in Business with a Stock of Shop-worn Adages and Moral Canned Goods. They looked very Nice on the Shelves and he Rubbed his hands as he looked at them, bowing to his Customers with pardonable Pride and repeating over and over again: “Honest Goods, Ma’am,” or “Honest Goods, Sir,” and ‘Honesty's the Beat Policy—that's my Principle.” And at first ipis Ikea the: Neat Mottoes on their Packages and talked about Getting Insured in the Same Company. But by and by they began to Fidiget, for they could not find the Tiargain Counter; and when they asked him about It ho repeated one of his Wise Saws and declared that Ar ticles of Merit could be depended upon to Sell Themselves at an Honest Price. Many went away Dissatisfied, mur- muring. One day a Large Man begged for a Quick Talk with the Honest Tradesman and unfolded the Advantages he would Gain vy Joining a ‘Trust. He shook his head and began, as usual, to Remark that “Honest Prices,” &c., but the Large Man cut him short, saying: “You Shut Up, or we'll Shut you Down—see!” and left him standing at his Shelves of Shop: worn Adages and Moral Canned Goods, ‘hen he went lo tho Till and Looked in and shook hts head and Began Rending his Mail, ‘There was a letter from tht Insurance Company, saying he was Heavily Assessed. He examined his Bankbook and afterward called his Clerk, Next raorning a Customer called, and he went forward to ask: “What can I do for you to-day, ma'am? No, ma'am, we don't keep 1t, but {€ you'll wait a moment I'll show you Something Just as Good, Willlams, show this Indy a Cake of The Incorporate Universe Company's Soap."* ‘And he Ict his Policy Lapse. The Gook. IDIOTORIAL PAGE OF THE EVENING Fudge \ Here's a HOT one. Why Have Rear-End It Soak ws tw days and NECESSITATED Collisions When There ee eniny of aa Are Other Ends? # winter clothing to Copyret. WOH, by ihe Plans Pud.c% HH WORK It oul. a Why have reas end collisions? Why should trains or anything cise 5 slam-bang Into.cach otber when the Fudge can stop it? Her¢ Is it! ABOLISH the rule—a foolisy one—for- bidding passengers to ridt on the rear platforms of “L” Mitrains, (If they don’t we'll ‘CALL the Mayor's attention to tt) Fill the REAR platforms with @ bunch from our 3,800,000,002 readers, and the GLORIOUS red smudge Wiwill make an approaching train rear om {ts hind legs jand scampet off In another direction. This will also make the Russians THINK. Shove this under the sweatband In your hat and A THINK again, ai Alles Wouldn't lt make you bowl? Ob, Fromage de Bries "saa dropped the| T’0-Day’s Prise Fudge Idtotortal Was Written by Mr. Nagg. You y finding fault, a air) when you iirter- in tle manner? all right for you to run wublé, Dit {Theodore Bosshard, 211 Duffield Street, . Brooklyn. To-Morrow’s Idtotertal Gook Will. Be a Real Gladsome Scientific Gook—the Gookiest that Ever Game Out,of the Gookers,