The evening world. Newspaper, June 24, 1904, Page 14

Pepa re tnt tec ceoner emerson sanin trom ee PeMlished by tho Press Publishing Company, No, 63 to @ + Wark Row, New York, Entered at the Post-Ofice at New York as Second-Class Mal] Matter, "\ OLUME BI cee e tresses NO, 18,648, POLICE CONTROL OF EXCURSIONS. The volice investigation of excursion boat conditions ls likely to yield gocd results from the correction of minor abuses wiich have come into existence through) laxity of inspection and been tolerated and continued un- checked. This exercice of the city’s power of control over excursion trafic Is timely and should be made as effective ae the circumstances and the authority warrant The reporis cf the police captains to the Commis- sioner chow the existence of many aspects of danger- narrow stairw: torerooms for oil and paint unpro- tected against fire, an inadequate equipment of life- boats, defective yuard-rails and piers unsuitable for the safe accommodation of crowds. The police find other boats besides the Slocum manned by inferior crews—a “‘shiftless lot,” in the words of Capt. Hussey, sure to prove ineMficient in emergency and through their in- capacity perniitting the care of passengers on the dock to devolve on the police. This reliance of the manage- ment on the police to remedy its own deficiency of pre- cautions has been a matter of frequent observation by passengers. The various captains’ reports contain suffclent recommendations for a very radical improvement of the, excursion boat seryice. Those of the changes suggested which some within the city’s jurisdiction should be im-_ mediately put Into effect, to the increased security of) passengers aud the lessened risk of another horror, THE NEED OF MORE SCHOOLS. Accommdations for the “rapidly augmenting echool population” are, as the Mayor emphatically says, “a matter which admits of no postponement,” and the! cumbn to the wielded brown handle, the Board of Education can most effectively silence the criticisms “rected against it by doing everything within {te power 17 hasten provision for school facilities for the thouras js who otherwise will lack them at the open- ing of the tal! term, This means a vacation season of considerable work for the buard; it is the best use to which the time can} be put. Since Jun. 1 contracts have been let which will! provide for 27,700 additional sittings. The Building Committee is reported to be ready to make contracts ie for other schools with a seating capacity of 29,860 “as soon as the sites have been selected.” Every week of delay in the selection of the sites will lay the board open to more “criticism” of the same character for the gchoolless chiidren for whom their present procrastina- tion will be largely responsible. Conviction of an “Ambalance Chaner.”—The conviction in General Sessions of an “ambulance chasing” attorney on charges of grand larceny in a damage sult, while tn- Gividually deserved, should serve ns a salutary rebuke for wider application to a most objectionable abuse of tue law. Tho exposure of the terms of the contract be- tween lawyer and client, by which the Intter was to re- ceive half of the $2,000 damages recovered, shows the profitable returns of this form of guerilla legal practice. BELATED MATRIMONY. . Some revolutionary remarks on marriage were made) to a graduating high school class at Wilmington, Del., by Gov. Warfield, of Maryland, who said: “Don't do the foolish thing of getting married early fn life. I have three daughters and will not give any of them my consent to marry before she ts twenty-eight.” Such a parental restriction should justify an elope- ment—an elopement such as Senator Benton's daughter made in her teens with the young Heutenant Fremont. It has not been proved with statistical authority that runaway matches turn out failures; while there is much testimony from Gretna Green parsons to the contrary. But it 1s a demonstrated fact that early marriages are more conducive to connublal happiness than late. It has been reported that this season’s brides, at least many of social prominence, have averaged younger than those of recent years, and this tendency away from be- lated matrimony must be regarded as a hopeful augury. The ‘njunction to wait till twenty-elght before marry- ing 1s an exhibition of parental authority which mar- riageable maidens wi] probably look upon as cruel in the extreme and deserving deflance. EARLY AT THE PUBLIC CRIB. The revelation that there were 1,200 applicants for the sixteen inspectorships in the Department of Licenses will excite the wonder even of those familiar with the ratio of demand to supply in government positions. The fact that more than one-half of the applicents were college graduates is still more surprising. A college graduate who begins life by seeking sus- tenance at the public crib fs surely not making the best use of his talents. Whether he ts jeopardizing his future Hisefulness to himself and the community depends on the stuff that {sin him. Acquaintance with active work of the kind for which the Inspectors are detailed would“doubt- Jess round out four years of theory with one of excellent practice by contact with elements of city life from which much improving knowledge may be acquired, But the danger lies in getting the habit—in looking to “government” for the livelihood which after a few years of experience will not equal what should be ex- pected of a college education. A year of struggle and self-dental would do as much. Wiser are they who let office alone, AGAIN THE GRADE CROSSING, Another life has been lost at a grade crossing, the fecldent occurring on the Long Island tracks at Sunny- tide. It was only a boy's life and worth only a para- Braph in the news. But it jogs a lapsing memory in which the details of the Van Cortlandt tragedy were growing dim, How long must the carnage continue before the con- itions of danger are done away with? A locomotive Picks off a victim here and runs down a vehicle there every few days the year through. “Minor news hap- penings” they are, but they make a formidable total at the year's end. How big and how Impressive must that total become before the grade crossings are abolished? Wotse and Street Cloning.—Borough P : ‘ough President Littleton’ act In closing a Brooklyn street to oblige a mother whose child's life was in danger from the nolse of traMc was prompted by considerations which do him Gredit. The extension of the order to every block tn tan on which noise is endangering an {nyg!'d’ fe would result in tying up m clty. pee w THE # EVENING # WORLD'S # HOME If a Woman Had Dug the Subway BY Nixola Grecley-Smith. | yesteri that Tammany tors, Jack Murphy und Jim Gaftney, begin digging tne ig tunnel on the anla xt wren thero will be $f additional men I‘ was stated 'n when the contrac- Haudiing them ro that there will be more unseemly dirt Jheaps tn our streets, more unwholesome halting of traffic and bankrt y of merchants who have the misfortune to live along Its devious « anore of the horror of dirt and id con- on that has marked the digging of Subway for the last two yeure- Why? For the simple reason that th tractors in charge of the great undor- taker rt and confusion are the enemies that man is poweriess are ie con, Witness the helplessness of the ordi nary man In the great household up- jwaval colloquially termed spring cloan- ing, his more than childish inability to cope with a disordered dressing table or a tumbled bureau drawer. a But though dirt conquers man, tt sue: brandished feather duster, the unpoetle pall and mop of woman. The average woman's horror of dirt Js only second to that she bears to snakes or mice or beetles. She would rather live tn clean cottage than a Meordered palace unless she were allowed the privilege of pytting things to rights, Why then, should man, who elther by cultivation 4s absolutely un- | norative monuments to it in rk streets and make mud ples in ts most beautiful thoroughfares? If a woman had had the Subway con- tract—and why not, since women are now delegates to national conventions, recelvers of corporations and architects of million doliar hotels?—do you think for a minute New York streets would be in the deplorable condition they are to-day? Not a bit of tt! She would have gone at the great work just as if it had bee one colossal spring cleaning, and a torn up street, a closed thoroughfare, would produced just euch anguish in chaos-hating soul as a dust speck he on the parlor mantle or @ scratch on the dining room mahogany. It has been the problem of this g eration to harness the unused to bring all wasted energies into the service of man. And yet all this chaos-hunting, dirt- obliterating power of womankind has been allowed to waste itself in one Httle annual spring splurge, instead of being systematically dedicated to re- generating and beautifying the world. John B. McDonald, as any other man contractor would, absorbed in the ultl- mate aim, tgnores the immediate dirt. Would a wqman contractor be so lost to aesthetic feeling and civic prite? No indeed, If her eyes once fell on the chaos of Long Acre Square, ghe would bend all the energies of her soul and of pick and shovellers ck and span, ‘To be sure, much sudden withdrawal of the working force might delay the completion of the road. Tut what then? John B, Parsons, Engineer of the Sub- way, 1s himself responsible for tho statement that by the time the Sub- way 1s completed New York trafic will have grown to such extent that no ma- terlal amelioration of its congested condition will be felt for over a few hours, So what would a little additional de- lay matter? And in the meantime New York would be clean, SE LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. Saturday. Saturday. To the Battor of The Evening World: 5, 1804, fant L. W. 8, What Should He Dot ‘To the Bdltor of The Evening World: Keaders, what should a man do about his wife, who keeps under the influence of Mquor almost every day in the woek and cares little or nothing for her home and children? K. ‘Tenoh Children to Swim, To the Editor of The Evening W I think tt would be much teachers would give swimming in tne schools instead of basket-t other such games which childre no practical need for, swim, and when such accidents ‘happen a# the Gen, Slocum disaster they will be capable of saving themsulves trom @ watery grave. THOMAS J Pronunciation Quertea, To the Editor of The Hv World How shovld I pronounce “eau de col- ase?” MAY D, The ds are pronounced “o-der-ko. lone," “day-cole-tay"” and “bla-zay,’ “Blase implies satiety or lack of tn- terest, Colors of the Colleges. To the Editor of The Evening World; What colors have Yale, and Harvard? P. J. F, Dark blue for Yale; orange and black | for Princeton, and crimson for Har- vard, Legal Aid Soctety, 139 Brondway. To the Euttor of The Evening Word: A person owes me some money in wages. What is the cheapest way to force tim to pay? I cannot afford to Day @ lawyer, word * y's papsr| 4 paper) 4 handling picks and] ¢ shovels in New! York andle dirt, be allowed to raise | $ On what days did Feb, 6 and March | « ogne” and “decollcte,” also what are! | tho menning and pronunciation of the! + Princeton | ¢> B9694O029-664 9O00O909O84OO046-2 ‘The Great American GOOK, Gook-a-d & ae ! » ws rd JARDING ONO usE 2540094260999 9OOOO9 04054640400OD0O6048 Oodle-d - & ro THE FOURTH WoUuLD BE yusTt AS GLEE- ORIoUS IF PEOPLE EXPLODED NOISELESS Now You SEE, tS THIS WAY — PEOPLE MAKE Too MucH NOISE ON THE FOURTH OF Jury—} GOSH DURN 1T I po BE A GITTIN? GooKEY, “GEEMUNY WHISKERS: GOSH HOOKEY! SIZ2LESS Im _GooKen!) 56122 ERS- AND fa) SKYLESS SKY- 2 ROCKETS— AND BUSTLESS Bomes-) ‘JOHNNY FOURFLUSH Takes Miss Toodles to Dinner vw: a (You RE VERY se ve) (vou AWFULLY we i + \ GENEROUS! aS — pes “CHERRIES ny J NEVER PAY THESE CHECKS WITHOUT ADDING THEM UP. HE'LL BE RICH SOME SD. 1€0999900000000990099000999600000000090000040000000@ HES THE x ANT @ iti) nm ° oe OF COURSE SII pimee AT Th (YESSIREG “SHORT CHANGED") _— 1 Sh wre? = “(ane ¢ Fo Gourt THE \CHANGE. OUT IN MY HAND $0 I CAN SEE 1T ste a) Cah lla... ai iid Gita we MAGAZINE FIRECRACKERS-ANDO- CIGOSGISRORRASIGODS And in Spite of Johnny's All-Round Cleverness the Crafty Waiter Gets $2 tha Bes} of Him? 90469S-O6589000" oo! He Has His Idea About the Fourth of July Combination of Noise and Patriotism’ @ By Martin Green. = Some of the Stunts the Bell-Girls May Be Called On to Do. 667 SBE.” sald the Cigar Store Man, “that they have ] given the bell-boys in the Martha Washington Hotel the razoo and put a lot of bell-girls on the works.” “It may go all right,” replied the Man Higher Up, “but if 1 was making hook on the proposition I'd lay long odds that it will turn ont to be a scream. The project of ha ized exclusively by women ought to scatter locks of hair and torn shirt waists all through the corridors of the tuilding, “Of course, | may he wrong. Perhaps they are mak- ing human nature over these times to fit conditions that men to have a hotel of thelr own. Anyhow, ager Is certainly a man of great bravery. Women gnests in a hotel exclu: y for women are sure to regard the hotel as their personal home. Each woman is just as certain that her room {s her castle as she Will see an envelope In the key In this she ts dead allow ¥ the she fs certain rack on the day her bill comes due. right. 5 “Women are more considerate of male servants than they are of female. They stand in more or lest awe of a hell-boy with an overture to a crop of whiskers and a neal voice, When they want anything they ring for the boy, and after ho delivers it they let him go ona straight business basis “They never think of asking 9 boy to sew buttons on thelr clothes, fix hooks and eyes in their shirt waists, put the trees in thelr shoes, wrap their hats tn tissue paper, pack their trunks, hang up their evening gowns, heat curling trons, clean jewelry, take spots out of gloves with benzine, mend stock! wash handkerchiefs. As sure as y fi is on straight, that is what any woman guest w k a bell-girl to do, and then is when the area of high pressure is due to call for storm sige nals.” “Why should a woman ask a female bell-hop to do things she wouldn't ask of a youth in uniform?” asked the Cigar Store Man. “A woman who lives in women's hotels generally hag no husband,” rephed the Man Higher Up. ‘’fhereforo she has no man to boss, Lecause women never try to boss men other thin husbands or. brothers or sons-in-law. The advent of bell-girls pives her an opening for her natural bossy bent as wide as Central Park.” 28 or Pg e oooex OO® “I say, won't they let you go into long trousers’—Lome don Punch, Dwarfs and Giants. From Bangkok comes the interesting news that a ne race of dwarfs has been discovered in Siam. They inhabt the Chaya province, on the Burmah frontier, and are a noe, mad raco, not even possessing tents, while all their dom utensils are of banrboo, Their numbers are estimated from 4,000 to 5,000. The “Fudge” Idiotortal. IDIOTORIAL PAGE OF THE EVENING FUDGE ve Butter Your Wifc’s Feet! Then She Will NEVER Run | WE Tried It on the caer Copyrot, 1904, by the Planet Pub. Co phated family of readers), gallops to the rescue with the » following SURE CURE for a runaway wife: PUT BUITER ON HER FEET! When cats are brought to strange homes thelr feet ! yare always buttered to prevent thelr running away, ; J THE EVENING FUDGE has tried this experiment and it) succeeded. THE CAT STAYED, Anda cat that would ' stay in THE EVENING FUDGE office would lnger lov. | i ingly ina BURNING TENEMENT. 1 BUTTER YOUR WIFE'S FEET every time she! shows sigus of deserting yout By the time site has | H] gnawed off all the butter she will have lost her desire to i desert. The only drawback to this plan Is that butter + i) costs 30 CENTS A POUND. Each pedal application ' ‘will cast not less than 8 cents, If you are SURE your ' i] wife Is worth 8 cents a week to you, and if you can H afford It, TRY this plan. Otherwise USE AXLE GREASE. {5 Dieomargarinc Is FORBIDDEN BY LAW. ' And even if (after ALL this), your wife INSISTS of 1 deserting you, remember the poet's deathless words: 1 “TIS BUTTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST THAN NEVER TO HAVE LOST AT ALL I" app ak Le ith ng girls to answer bells in a hotel patron-. ‘ 4 t ) |