The evening world. Newspaper, May 18, 1904, Page 14

_ WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1906. sé w THE »# EVENING »# WORLD'S # HOM . i fF by the Press Publishing Company, No, 68 to 63 : Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-Office af : at New York as Second-Class Mail Matt * VOLUME 44. Leads All the: Rest. 18,611. During January, February, March and April of this year The Evening World carried 5087 columns of paid dis- play advertising. 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% ‘eolumns—more than twice the gain made by any other paper. > MUST THE PLAY SCHOOLS CLOSE? Unless the Legislature is called in special session to i pass once more a bill which Gov. Odell has vetoed, the Yacation schools and playgrounds of New York must & apparently be closed this summer. ¢ ‘The bill merely provided that New York might Issue | $2,000,000 of special revenue bonds. No one in the city Opposed to it. Every one understoo@ that it was made Becessary by an emergency in which the Board of Eduva- tion had become involved, to prevent these very vital activities from ceasing. ©. But “Butt-In Ben” politics,” vetoed the bill gant, he said. * of Albany, thinking to “play New York was too extrava- ; * * * * Too extravagant? Newturg doesn’t foot the bills. In Newburg a boy need not go far to find green flelds @md runping brooks and space and sunshine. In New street, where the automobile, and the Icecart, and the butcher’s wagon take their toll of young life and where Moral pitfalls lurk on every block. Extravagant? The Board of Education had appro- | priated $881,000 for the work. ‘They did not dream that ; Governor would veto the bill. The Department !s very cheaply. Good! citizens give the free use of Yacant l0ts. The teachers, mainly students on vacation et get but $1.50 a day. \ * * * * * _, Extravagant? The vacation schools and playgrounds _ wosldhost each one of us ten cents—the price of a cigar. “Gov. Odell says we must “be good" and keep our dimes But what could we get for them? The downfall of _ the “gang!” Nothing less! In one of the twenty-three recreation centres which i ‘peored lust year 1,154,829 attendances a boy said to the >. Say, 1 want to tell you something—but don't tell the | fest of the fellows—you have broken up @ gang of thieves [by Keeping and interesting us fellows. | | Learning to swim instead of steal, organizing debating _ clubs instead of “gangs,” getting shower baths instead of eee tee are some activities of these schools centres. * * * . * places? One *s What isn't done {in these wonderful AT *gehool had a garden on the roof all last summer. Some 2 teachers take groups of children into the country. Th . gil build and care for their own swings, benches, i theiters. They learn the precious Yankee knack of ving. stead of throwing stones at windows and street y lamps, ipstead of associating with young toughs, Instead i of gpeaking into low dance hells or taking lessons in petty thievery, children here undertake nature study, , basket making, scroll iron work, carpentry, needlework, : > millinery. instead of cultivating yellowed fingers and “tobacco liearts” they seek strength and health in gymnasium nd swimming pool. Extravagant? Nearly, two. hundred different centres ‘this useful activity—schools, playgrounds, baths, , plers—are under the supervision of the board. The * average attendance on one single roof “playground"— “you have to cal! \t that—was nearly 6,000. Altogether, these places had an average duily attendance of nearly 4 Phe hundred typucand. j be ‘Not always the same children. The real number rit ed, helped, interested, was far greater. gs * * * * * Fue ‘What is to be done? Shall Public Opinion demand an extra session, compel the Legislature to repass the Dill, compel the Governor to sign it? That is not impossible. The Board of Education cannot now appropriate the { money. Shall the people who have already aided this work put freely at its disposal the moderate sum neces- sary to carry it on? \ Or cannot some plan be devised by which the money for vacation schools and play centres shall be loaned to » the board without security except the faith and the honor f bf the city that i: shall be repaid? A former Governor of New York, Mr, Flower, set a precedent when he himself in a Legislative recess ad- vanced money for a cholera quarantine, and was after- ward repaid by the State. Who wil! quarantine New York against child idleness and “gang” rule? STREET ACCIDENTS. . In yesterday's news appeared the story of a sister of charity who was run over and painfully injured by a hansom cad, and of an old lady who was run over and Perhaps fatally injured by an automobile. A day never passes without producing several such ac- Uist of dead and wounded of a great battle. ~ These casualties may be divided into three classes 1, Accidents due to no carelessness on the part of {dents tor which the driv sare to blame, Fe responsibl: In no city can the first of these classes he lessened. the choice of all drivers and their consequent skill. Bin Paris the third class is minimized by fining the pperse Wrun over instead of the driver. sus Tn New York the only wonder is that street accidents ten-foid more numerous. For here we have on erratic, panicky of pedestrianism. ie people who (rove along the streets and the peo- 9 walked across them would follow the simplest mon sense and of presence of mind, Provi- York he must this year take his chances in the stifling _. eidents. By the end of a year they mount up into the t 3 Accidents for whicn the pedestrians and victims alone Tn Londen the second rlass !s minimized by the cdre one hand the most reckless, inconsiderate and in-| ble of driving, while on the other we have the most | The Feuds | Without Words of Women. | Se | By |Nixola Greeley- Smith. F the comic papers of the last hun o be hrough’ — heaven forefend that you or I should do it ver—{t would liscovered that scarcely an issue In iny language had appeared in that ime without con- aining some ex- To change of repartee between women of |the atyle now generally printed under the head of “Feminine Amenities.” | But though the kind of sugar-coated | | sarcasm which women occasionally In- | | cerchange fn their datly speech Its) | often quoted and written about, Uttle | Js said of the more frequent, deadiler feuds without words that arise between | those who do not know cach other but who from some chance contact Iny shop or street car assume a hostile attitude toward each other. | Generally these silent feuds have their | origin in “elothes. A well-dressed gir watohes another girl, perhaps a sha better dressed, enter a car. Immedi- | jately she begins to look her over, not jas a man might, for good points, but |rather for vulnerable ones, Her eyes | | travel from the tips of her boots to her fower-crowned hat, taking in her gloves her bet, the Joining of her collar, and, | \f any of these things ts not just exact- | it should be, there the eyes remain helr expression superctiioug, critical, perhaps a trifle amused ‘The girl opposite vecomes aware of the paintul scrutiny. Immediately her | hand travels furtively to her belt, which {8 apparently intact, rises tc her collar and tilts her hat a little forward. What can be the matter sho wonders, But as the ateady gaze continues her wonder ; changes to resentment, She, too, can fniiiet the Inquisition torture of that X-ray stare, Gradually, carelessly sh. lets her eyes drop from tho colored ad- |vertising prints above her adversary's head to her face. And the battle t¢ on, Hardly an elev: or surface cir koes up or down town all day that does not witness one of these bloodless ducls —Which supply much scornful emotion | the two participants and much mild Jamusement to the lookers-on, Wom- en of @ yielding nature who have beou |nadvertently dragged into one of these fouds have been known to beat an {gnominious retreat from the car long before their, stations were rencned, While others ‘of more aggressive tem- perament throw appointments, deslna- Hoos to the winds and stanchly stand Weleverouna until the enemy has been 1 went up on an “L" train the othe: day in which a three-cornered baitiecee this kind was going on. It was opened two exuberant young women, who ‘or some reason selected a girl on the opposite side of the car for inaudible but obvious comment. The third girl, who had been quietly reading a maga- zine, Was soon aware of thelr attention ‘and naturally rather resentful of It But she took her time and began i ul observation of the enemy. two weak ts ins the essive girl's armor; one, ber . which were both large and sha) and the other, a somewhat promi- collarbone, “Vhleh Fin infudicious ke had bared for eritic ing Insuinct the reador od her eyes upon it and for twenty blocks made it the object of casual, in- termittent but extremely interested serutiny. “She owner of the collarbone winced, fidgetted, begun to pat the floor with both fogt, | Finally, at hird street, she could stand it solutely goaded bh looked she sald, rising and talking q ly in her end of the cat a girl o yi ring at me ever ms lo be perfectly ny Appearance!” ‘ And, having sped ‘this Parthian ar- row, She left the tleld of war. Hive you ever watened one of these litle e? They w he aun, Ju ity int teresting to An Appreciation of an Evening World Writer, lo the Editor of The Evening World: | | ANE reason why T write this fetter, 0 and a most comprehensive one, ts that I am an !dle man, having no resource save my books, my land musings. Tam an ‘therefore greatly given to admiration lof great marit, and I find much pleas- | ure In the expression of such admira- tion, I want to say that as I read the; papers of Miss Nixola Gr Smith 1! am lost in wonder at the wonderful | vhich has xumples of eminence. | 3! f produced so many and wisdom Intellects grasp that 1 rried eariter readings when in a little, mehire hamlet Thai my solitude The Life of ot Burns| nd His Poetry.” | It was a marvel to me then how Ad- | dison, with all his genius, could give the public each day his outpourings of | wisdom, And here lady, though in a lghter wet theines of more general inte Dears the entire burden he: Have T wearled you by this long eulogy jolleve me, it Is stncere an HOLE, a IDEAL EXPLOSION, | Bella—What's the matter, dear? You | took blue, a—I am, run a My husband h ‘ot a bit a 4 t's just the trouble. He only laughed, and said he didn't. see how 1 could possibly ‘admire fich an ordinary type. In fact, he's been patting himself on the vack ever and I don't see h sense they display--or, rather, let me (|i use a higher word, wisdom— which | |! would be remarkable even in one who | |li! had looked much longer on life I can only account for it by supposing ave an inex. | fl now. this | The Great and Only Mr. Peewee. <ressngeene: FERRO IT OE TENE PPT meen E w MAGAZINE. eM an Mr. Pewee, Like Jesse Lewisohn, Refuse s to Answer Questions. su 3 MISTER PEEWEE! ARE You ACQUAINTED WITH MR, is A man came into the FUDGE gookery yesterday, on the run, and asked breathlessly if we had Jost anything. as he dragged us into the street }} Sfone, “ THERE It Is.” There Is a deep and ablding LESSON In this. The Solldungulated Equus Asinus, which is all ears and tall, 4s the steadiest THINKER in the business, and if he should SIT at our desk and goozle out a gook YOU Couldn't tell his work from ours or the two of us APART. Thls RESEMBLANCE, no doubt, inspired the press agent of the lost Jassack, The WISE Professor Walleye, In his learned work entitled “Man's Place in a Five-Room Fiat,” says {t is BETTER to be a full-fledged Equus Asinus and wear ALL your ears on the OUTSIDE of your head than to be a measly hemionus and have NO four-hoofed genealogical tree to tle to, 1 The MORAL of this Is: Don't be a MULE, which mercly hee-haws, but be a jasper-legged JASSACK, lke us, that GOOKS, > Just a Description of a Jejune Jassack, Lend Vou Our Ears? Never! Gepyrot. 1904. by the Planet Pub. Co. PRIZE PEEWEE HEADLINES for to-day, $1 paid for eac! No. 1, J. E. DRAKE, No. 355 East Sixty-second street, New York City; No. 2—WILL- 1AM PLESS, No. 326 Eightleth street, New York City; No. 3—JOSEPH WHITE, No. 438 Broome street, New York City. To-Morrow’s Prize ‘‘Fudge’’ Idiotorial Gook Will Re a Poetic Warble by the Head Gooker. How the Ghost Walked for Willie, the Super. Still Posing as a Matinee Ido! a WAIT FOR ME GIRLS - "| HAVE A FEELING ‘FOR YOU" 1DO BELIEVE WILDE IS IN BOT HIS INTELITIONS 1 He “Blows Himself’’ at a Lobster Emporium and the Blow Nearly Kills Him. VERY WELL) WILLIE WE. WILL DINE WITH YOU How MANY THINGS DID WILKE mit BETORE. HE HiT THE DOOR 7 Higher By Martin Green. A Bunch of One Best Bets —_ That Beat Western Union’s Play. ct SHH," said the Cigar Store Man, “that the Western Union has cut off racing information from the pool-rooms of Greater New York.” “Well,” replied the Man Higher Up, “here is some more info, hot from the broiler. It is our guaranteed special one best bet, and you can hock your little chil- dren's choes on it: “Father Bill’ Daly has withdrawn ple from the bill of fare of his race-horses. Play this across the board. “Rummies drinking in Park Row morgues will no& be given water unless they ask for {t. This is a cinch “Hetty Green has decided to feed no more fish to het’ canary bird. Hypothecate your life insurance on this. “The Commissioner of Charities ‘will not serve straw- berry shortcake and ice cream at the same meal to tho paupers in the Aimshouse. ‘Nevertheless ‘Pa’ Daly's gee-gees will continue t¢ eat and run races, the Park Row soaks will continue ty take their booze straight, Hetty Green's canary bird will continue to warble, ang the paupers in the Alms- house will trail along on the same old grub. Also the pool-rooms will keep right on doing business, and i? won't take them long to he getting their stuff from: the track as fresh as it was when the Western Union handed It wut to them from the building at Broadway and Dey street and the branches around town. “The Western Minion made a play like you see some- times in a poker game, when a man under the gun with a pat straight opens for a white chip to dis- arm suspicion and drag the rest in. President Clowry has dono everything the District-Attorney and Capt. Goddard axked him to do. “He has done more, for he has not only rendered tho pool-room wires useless, but he has sbut off the racing information bureau so far as this city is concerned.” “But what if they continue to serve pool-rcoms Iv New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tlinois, Missourt, ang all the other States in the Union?" asked the Cigar Store Man “What business is that of the District-Attorney of thy county of New York and the police authorities of the city ot New York?" asked the Man Higher Up. Fables, Far, Far from Gay. No. 10—The Man with the Coat-of-Arms, Ton was once a Man who began cultivating a Family ‘Tree as a Fine Art. He would pull aside a Portlere and and point to the Umbrageous Arborescence of a Cherry ‘Vree, on which the Cherrics were represented by dises print- ed with the names of lis Bears and Forbears. But, as Luck would have it, one of his Disciples was a very Georg@ Washington for tactless Truth, and he produced the Hatchet of Higher Criticism and began Chopping at the roots of the Tree, Stay!" ried the Fine-artist, I stay tll £ get through," retorted the anachronistic Father, and when ho was through the Stem had been severed and the Tree fell, and Great was the Fall thereof, “Texplain yourself!” demanded the Fine-artist “Marry, that will J, ne the answer in purest Chippen- nie Colonial Cockney. “Your Hancestors were harboreat and migratory in their 'Abits and Mved in thelr Trunks, Hence, by Hopening the Trunks, they are Discovered,” “And what have you discovered in the Trunk of my Cherry ‘Tree, Noble Boy?"" “The Deuce!” quoth George, and vanished. After that the Fine-artist abandoned that Branch and had made a Coat-of-Arms, which he kept in his Sacro-Sanctum, revealing its Egoteric Symbolism only to Past Masters of the High-Ro!ling Fraternity. But one day an admiring Delegation of eight Tatlors 7" upon him, asking to be admitted to the Sacro-Sanctum; and, noting that they lacked One of the fatal Number, he con- gente without, Fear and brought them before the Coat-of- Arms. “Why, it's all Arme and no Coat!” exclaimed the first. “Shoddy!" grunted the second, “Sweat-shop job--where's de label?" inquired the third. “Made to sell! commented the fourth, “Misfit!” snapped the fifth, “Mate in Chairmany,” snickered the sixth, Schweizer kaso!” Wot's dot 4t says on top?’ demanded the seventh, “No Trust?” “Put no Trust in Prince Alberts widout you go to a goot tailor, anyvays,” said the eighth. “Kift us de orter de next time, poss—nine tailors like us voot already make von man petter dan dot. Goot day!" And the Man with the Coat-of- Arms bowed them cut. e He does his Work In his Shirtsleeves now. “E schmell dot Pointed Paragraphs. | A man’s tongue usually outlasts his brains, ‘rrue love seldom finds it necessary to express itself tn It is better to live tn the foggy predent than In the misty! past. Some women find it necessary to kis: main unkissed. ‘A bacholor would rather hold # 150-pound girl than a ten-: || pound baby. Crumbs of conifort are usually missing from a woman's first loaf of bread. ‘A poetic genius 1s one who ts able to convert his stuff into real money. ‘Kivery woman has a tender spot; it may be her heart or it may be only a corn. ,. Some politicians think they are honest tf they pay spot cash for the votes they buy. Sometimes the gitl's father strikes a young man favor ably and sometimes he merely kicks him out—Chicago News. oh other or re Biggest’ Landowner. ‘phere are a number of famous estates in England, but the man who probably owns more land than any other one’ inhabitant of that country ts the Duke of Sutherland, who is now in Canada and will make a tour throughout the Brjt- ish Northwest. The Duke ts said to be the largest land holder in the British Islands, owning about 1,358,000 acres, What Proverb Is This? Saturday. To the Fultor of the Evening World i Gn what day of the week did July 2, 186t, fall? 8. W. ‘al practice of firing pistols, crackers and torpedoes during months of May and June? A Dally Perth. Fourth no one will object, To the Editor of The Evening World. ng down Wost Bighty-fourth street | a few days ago I saw a boy with # PN cpr amntely; pease: cap-pisiol deilberately clap the pistol Aes Hea et RO AY OT AR to the face of a little child and fire.|cun'be done with neliee ade ‘The paper from the cap struck the child In the eye, causing great pain, and Answer to Grain Problem, {narrowly escaped blinding the child, | to the Kaltor of the Evening World; Cannot the Mayor thus early in the! In reply ¢o W. G. 8.'a-grain will say $1690.10 to buy grain witatmust pay. 60 {eents a dust On July jsion, he will but kt is | of ainst the law to allow such explo- |hushel ons to keep on for months before the sleep and id Mo- % {i {Must Take Out : v | Season call a halt to this perilous anc 7,900 as the number of bushels bought. MARCIA I. HEWITT. [go the Waltor of the Evening World: A 1s a British subject born, but now a naturalized American. ' While lving in problem !Canada he had @ gon (born before he be- @ LETTERS, QUERIES AND ANSWERS. ¥ ¥ that if the and 3 per cent. comm wus soventeen, Ile now is Ay v0 cots plus 8 per cent, ! cents for each bushel, or $0.618 per out naturalization papers? Dividing $4,810.40 by 618 gives Dress towne rot The Eventing What is the correct suit, SAMUEL L, A. Papers. Cannot "te om Father supper? day. "ro the Editor of The Bvening On what day did Dec, ° dcaler who has came anaturailecd American). has I:ved in the United States since he Can he vote. or does he have to take JOUN JOHNSTON, it, White Tle, White Vent. for a gentleman to wear at a wed ‘The boy twenty-two. World: tle and vest ding A. 1 ae