The evening world. Newspaper, June 3, 1904, Page 14

smc’ THE » EVENING # WORLD'S # HOME w MAGAZINE. & | Published by the Press Publishing Company, No. 53 to 6) Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-OMfice at New York as Second-Class Mall Matter. The Perils of Too Much Affection. VCLUME 44 tas NO. 18,627. _ TRE RESTORATION OF ELM STREET. In The ccrrespondence between the Secretary of the _Rapi3-Transit Commission and the Borough President ~ Pegar-\ing the delay in restoring Eim street discloses an apparently inexcusable state of inaction on the part of the city authorities. The street was in part ready for paving more than a year ago. The subway contractor was entirely through _with it. except as a storage yard for litter, last March, €¥ Yet no attempt seems to have been made to compel him | to remove his rubbish. No effort was made to expedite “the work of paving the street and restoring it to traffic after its long disuse. In Elm street, as elsewhere throughout the city in a smaller degree on similar work, the convenience of the public has been a matter of least consideration. The history of the new Elm street 1s, Indeed, a record of bungling. The cutting through of the street was per- haps the least creditably executed work of public im- provement entered into by the city in recent times. Its juncture with Centre street was effected with the symmetry waich might be supposed to follow an artillery fire on the intervening buildings. Any expecta- tion that the street can be made more sightly or per- manently improved on artistic lines is futile. But if there !3 te be further delay in restoring !t the ‘only excuse which the city will heed is that the time to spent Is devoted to remedying previous blunders where possible. The break of sixty points In cotton following the crop estimate of Miss Kathryn Giles goes to show that a cotton “queen may have more power over the market than was exercised by {ts now deposed “king.” TO RIGHT THE WATER BILL WRONG. A three-days cutting off of the food supply of New York would have meant, twenty years ago, general suffering and a measure of starvation. Thanks to the development of the cold storage industry, a two-months allowance of provisions now stands constantly between the city and the famine possibility. Only in the {tem of fresh milk should we-suffer utter deprivation, In respect of its water supply New York desires to place itself for the coming years on terms equally sure with those affecting what it shall eat. Between the city and the realizution of this wish there stands interposed at the moment the iniquitous Dutchess County Water Dill of the late session at Albany—a measure beneficial solely to that “Ramapo” grab which should have found » burial or cremation long ago. For reasons which need not be discussed, the Logts- lature passed this bill. For reasons of rural politics, perhaps, the Governor signed it. Presumably the “Ramapo” clique thought this ended the matter and © that the city would remain subject to thelr merciless monopoly. It 1s gratifying to nate that the City Club and the By for damages for breaking his rib, That the dam- ge was inflicte [he course of an ec- static embrace and merely by way of expressing the | | fectlon doen not seem to have made any difference to the prosaic man, Apparently, he falled to realize how favored of the gods, how marked among his kind, 1s he who breaks a rib, or rather has It broken, in the cause of Cupid, It Is given to few men to feel ao sure of the affections of their dulcineas as thin unworthy citizen of Buffalo must be. But Instead of rejoicing in hin sweetheart’s reassuring demonatration! he turns around and sues her for dam- } ages, OOb4440040bb60%. « (By T, E. Powers. ixola Greeley-Smith. | BUFFALO man| ‘ Ay has sued a girl young woman's nf-| ? Which — proves— something which every man since Adam has proved--that ‘t doesn't pav to let any son of Adam be too sure of you. Let every engaged girl take warning by the sad fate of the young woman of Buffalo. Do not break any ribs, no indtler how much vou may feel Iike {t. It doesn’t pay. Indeed, you may have to pay for it. if you are as unlucky as the heroine of this aad history, There are few women who are nat- Urally aggressive in their love affair: Tho normal woman loves to be pett and softens and purrs under the pettji Process like a well-fed kitten. But she ‘a not apt to Indulge in any rib-breaking exercises, no matter what heights her affection reach, When she does, her victim ts apt to take It very unkindly. (Whether be- cause he regards it as an infringement of privilege, or because ne object having his ribs bro! on the Individual, The (passive pose 1s wo much the best for @ woman In love to take, so much the most natural to her, and the moat sereeablo to the man, that It ts a Wonder her com| ReFnast) ee Soraracnnen er admits Women are often led to st degree of affection they aor argent simply because they think {t ts expect- ed of them—and may be It ts—but the expectation is one which tt Is far bet- ter to disappoint than to realize For the moment a man substitu the fatuous reflection of “How much that Uttle girl loves him" fur the more wholesome one of how much he loves that Httlo girl, the reign of the little city experts on the water situation are urging an extra session to undo the mischief of the Smith measure. As their cause is the whole city's cause, it is for the whole city to give them earnest support. ‘The Evening World shares Mr. Deming’s confidence that the Smith bill can be repealed “if proper force from the public is brought into pla; That force has availed im the past to protect the city from iniquitous legisla- tion and it can be relied on to prove effective in the present emergency if properly organized. THE PLAYGROUND REMEDY, Plans for indicating and guarding special routes for automohilists entering and leaving the city by the ferries are still under discussion, the Automobile Club having taken the problem up officially. It remains true, of course, that as a matter of public interest and public pride all parts of the city should be equally safe for travellers by any lawful means. And this fact leads to the refiction that behind this issue of a new ruffianism looms the old problem of the playgrounds. ~» The young ecoundrels who assaulted the Gotshall perty—and who have similarly assaulted other parti are the products of a disorderly life in the streets. The pavements have been their recreation grounds and loafing places. Their possession of the street for ball-playing, race-running and rougher sports has been lawless and such, therefore, o3 to stimulate a lawless » Spirit, They have come to regard as trespassers all people—but especially automobilists—who have dis- turbed them by using the pavement for its legitimate purpose. And yet—if they were to be ordered from the street, where should they go? At the foot of East One Hundred and Twelfth street there is a recreation pier. From Righty-fourth to * Bighty-ninth street, east, there runs East River Park. From One Hundred and Eleventh street to One Hundred and Fourtcenth street, in the midst of ‘Little Italy,” ‘stretches one of the new smal! parks, with lawns and a symnasium, But the great, thickly populated district in which the Gotshal outrage occurred is barren of the big, well-equipped, attractive and intelligently directed play- grounds which might call its teeming youth out of the streets and into the pursuit of sane and orderly sport. Abundant and healthful playing spaces would more quickly obliterate “hoodlumism” and the “gang” than could whole squads of policemen picketing the pavo- ments. PS THE CHEAP CAB OUTLOOK. A cut of ten cents fn cab fares fs not much, but It is & significant entering wedge. The forty cents a mile may yet become twenty-five and reduce cab hire to a point where it will be in a less disproportionate ratio to car fare. On the theory of the superior advantages of the large teme of business with small profits, the greater number “fares” who would make use of the cabman’s services ight to yield iim a better return than the occasional paying the higher charge. This should especially true of motor cabs, in which the question of the 6 endurance does not enter. see) Js in fact no obvious reason why the electric hicles With their expenditure for motive power re- $0 economical basis, should not find a system ce girl 1a over—and she wi! sooner or later, ahs om Tt Is @ good rule tn love, as tn every- thing else, never to expre: you feel, Of course, this tea very hard Tule to follow for women whose ideals of love-making have been formed by the reading of romantio novels and who con- found making love with making Htera- ture. date girl, who ts accustomed to rival men in the work of their brain and hands, to play the role of Little Miss Muffett, “who sat on a tuffet,” when it comes to the gamo of love. But {tls #0 much the best role for her, and 80 much the role men ike the be: that she had much better become reco: clled to it at once and learn to play it as gracefully and easily as the great grandmother who created i. Of course, notwithstanding the timid Possibility of her pose, she can be just much a love as she likes. But she mustn't show It. A 4 Mt shy serves to be sued for the worse fate of specimen who legal redress , OF marryin| a would think of see! for his injured rib, SOME OF THE BEST JOKES OF THE DAY, AN APT PUPIL, “Our compotitor now has all his pack- ages marked. ‘Beware of imitations,’ * said the senior partner of the new firm “That's a slap at us." , we'll get ba him," f the junior partner; “we'll have ones packages marked ‘Beware of the genu- ine.’ "Philadelphia Press, ANOTHER “FAIR” JESTLET. Mr. Foster—Well, the bell ts woing + the St. Touln Fair, C understand, Mies Pechis—Yes, I'm going, but who told you? T only made up my mind to- day.—Philadelphia Ledger, ”-" ({NCURABLE, “Well,” said the tall agent, “aid vor find those two people who were aufter- Ing with loss of appetite?’ “Yes, responded the short agent, And did you sell them any of the remedy?" “It was no une. ‘They were on thel: honeymoon.""—-Chicago News, MORE IN HIS LINE, ‘The Farmer—1 want you to turn my grindstone, Gritty George—No. There'll be a bun, actor glong soon, ‘The Farmer—What of that? Gritty George~Why, he ts better abi. to do a turn than I am.—Chicago News WHY HE WAS SORE. Achilles was sulking in hin tent, ‘When he got out of bed this morn- explained the great man's bods servunt, ‘he stepped on a tack with his vulnerable heel," + Fortunately, however, he did not re- Peat the hasty remarks Ach Iles h. made.—Chicago Tribune, SUSPENDERS, pictures of the two sheriffs who na the country, Wagssby—Indeed! A famous pair oj suspenders, eh?—Pittsburg Dispatch, EOSSO-9-9-26-4-2' mugh as} 4 Tt Is aleo rather dimoult for the up-to- | © TELL WHAT LETS 00, LETUS GET UP AT § OcLocK TomoR ROW MORNING) AND Qo FoR A TROLLY RIDE IM THe COUNTRY HOME, =< Buzz- Buzz ry Ao by dey 2 | ZIP! SNACK! THOM Te GIVE UP SEATS ON SHADY SIDE* PPDDHD DH HPDODHHODOP-OHs dd 09 I999DS 39S 9904 Don’t Plan Your Trolley Rides Too Far Ahead. Open-Car Seat kaws to Suit All Sorts of Whims, lf There Must Be an End-Seat Law, Why Not Laws for the Other Seats, and a Coupon-Seat System for the More Fastidious? FDDDDHHOHG-HH99HGOHH.HHGHOHOHE $6F9GHHT-39-9 939004 D99DDDOHOOO IN COOL WEATHER COMPEL THEM GIVE UP SEATS ON SUNNY SIDE. AN WET WEATHER, <<" cOMPeL THEM TO MIDDLE SEATS. AWREK FROM NEXT TUESDAY, PLEASE, on THe ENO! B® 6929069004 bs SAWN RAT- CHECK SYSTEM with CONDUCTOR AS PEOPLE CROSSING PUT SODA WATER. FOUNTAINS on LS $F$O9OO90H9098 9000090009 0690906909000039O9 ¥ DEEPBDOHD-DFTHHHHHHDHHHHGHH HHH OF ©9-GHHOSFHHDHHHOHHHHHHOOHSE on the end seat. Naggesby—Hero in this magazine are | Who expectorite frequently he end seat. If pe hanged more men than any others ,,, | 4 certain street they must often de- vend on themselves to see when they sot there (if strangera), #0 naturally want to sit on the end, where read the corner signs. - One. The End-Seat Hog and the Folks Who Are Doing the Squealing “L. G. M." has a clever way of getting A Plea for Strangers. even with the hog. He'd jump on his 1 To the Editor of The Evening World This town dtrangers every elves ct hada a isis i i oe aOR Ubi rong only a few blocks, if he Is fh lde, will be Hkely told to “hump in “on arising to get off, end seas the first man to board] 43 the conayyuen would bardly feel it right but later comers We G. 14 blowing (o reach that very y rush for a car, to a fire, oF ia{ 4 tact to an: ould encounter have his face broken before he “Peter Claiveres, of Pomp- J.,° has a poetical way of haa- The man who in. poetry ‘be Zeta jov th & e On, day, and many of th lo thelr sightseeing ‘nd, of course, they want to sit Then there are people before themi th ery their luck, push and shove: anything to ge held the most ad do not reach thelt goal, n held hack or winde.to. crawl over. by t "hogs" who get there first. KND-SEATER. Hog's” Crition, ‘Ty the Editor of The Evening World: do put "om. the \pig.!’ Wt cloxe to her, In Defense of the “Hog ‘The Evening World: ts in @ car which the crowd has walted for are taken up by the ‘hogs’ whe were lucky enough to} got Who are they that ac- cuse their fellowe of being human hogs?) mot the very omep who. AS a Na ‘To the Editor 0 ns want to BO - _ By Martin Green. + | | WS ae British Fair Play, | With a Transatlantic Copper -on It. | SEE,” said The Cigar Store Man, “that Travis, j eli the American champion, has a chance to win the amateur golf championship of England in | the final match to-day.” N “T hope he dvesu't,” replied The Man Higher Up. “If he loses, he will be the most popular man in England; if he wins, they will call him a shine. . “They will aesert that he is not an American, anyhow, because he was born In Australia; that he plays machine golf; that he uses springs in his clubs, and that he doc- tored the stuffing in the balls; that he violated the rules of training by euting oggs for breakfast, instead of oat- meal, and thet he is no gentleman. “You know the love of fair play is the long suit of thé€nglish, but it is fair play with a copper on, Per- sonally, I have never heard of the English on the other side taking a beating In a sportsmanlike way. “When we sent our fighters over there to meet their, champions on the turf, they gave the Americans fair play with bottles and clubs. As science in boxing ad- vanced and our men licked the best boxers in England there was a yowi of foul after every battle. 5 “Young Ten Eyck went over to Henley and won the Diamond Sculls. He was investigated by the X-ray pro- cess before ho started froin home, but after he showed hé could outrow their champions the Englishmen raved that he was a professional. Our rifle team went over. there last summer, shot in open competition and won the Palma trophy. Now the English are screaming that the Américan marksmen didn't shoot through the right kind of barre!s, “Our American jockeys, with one or two exceptions, have been ruled off the English turf because they showed * 7 that they knew more about riding race horses than the English jockeys could ever learn.’ “How did the English get an idea that they were so stroug on the fair play things?” asked The Cigar Store ~{ Man. “They talked themselves into it,” answered The Man Higher Up. | Verestchagin. | a VV tve totter the great painter who went down with the battle-ship Petropavioysk, I never met, writes the Clubman in London Sketch, but his pictures I have countered pretty well all the world over, for no artist ever sent his works on more extended tours. They were at the Crystal Palace once, 1 remember, and T saw them at Chicago \ durki the jtime of the Great Exhibition. The last time that I saw the bulk of Verestchagin's earller works was during’ the autumn of last year, at Moscow, and I was struck with the stolid indifference with which the peasants who tramped round the galleries looked at the representation of the hor- rible side of war which the artist loved to paint. I can see now a group of three women and a man stand- ing in front of that most gruesome of all the pictures, the . corpses, row after row, lying lialf-buried in the light, sandy soll amidst the thorns, and a priest pronouncing the benedic~ tion over them, The peasants looked at this—a warning of+ what might be the fate of their sons—without emotion or comment, and then shuffled along to the next picture. Verest- chagin saw most of the Russian fighters in Northern Asia and In Turkey with hie own eyes, and, though painters may find ,_ fault with his coloring, he conveyed to soldiers a feeling that® what he pul on canvas was an exact representation of the action and feelings of the men at the moment he desoribed by hls brush, There ix one picture of the white-coated Rus- ian soldiers crowding up under a great wall just before the assault begins, and the various emotions which tug at the soldier's heart, from the pride which keeps the officer erect and away from cover to the feeling of self-preservation which causes the recruit to shoulder close up to Imaginary protec- tion, are all on the painter's canvas, Verestchagin was for a time In the Russian marines, and he was with Admiral Makaroff during the fighting on the Danube, Fewer Clocks in Japan. A Japanese newspaper says: ‘The home market for clocks is gradually becoming depressed, owing to the war, the high-, priced article suffering most. On the other hand the ex- portation of clocks to South China is increasing, The ex- ports amounted to 370.000 ven ($185,000) In value last veat, and will probably exceed that sum this year, These clocks are principally used by the Chinese for decorative purposes rather than for telling the tim A Burmese Sacred Bird ( 218 is a picture, Mlustrating the mythical “garuda,” the Sanakrit eagle which was always at war with the sna. The picture was taken near Mandalay during the recent Buddhist Lent, which 1s a season of great re-/\ Joleing among the Burmese. On the top of a ateep hill te a sacred pagoda, Figures of elephants—some carried on bamboo ; stands, some worked by two men Inside—are a consplouous. fenture of this carnival. Steps cut out of solld rock fea@ fight tothe summit of the hill, and the eldes of the are atudded with pagodas and tmages of perp Raa Cf