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: ¥ a3 a b ie Yi _ @A condition. Only tfty cases awaited the attention) ' Desiness of the criminal courts was less than a month ~ ‘et which we are ever and justly proud Is quite too good | OF. The Evening World recently showed to what high Le doy Flutters | in the | Alimony Club.: by the Press Publishing Company, No. 4 to @ Vark Row, New York. Entered at the Post-Ofice 4 New Yor’ as Gecond-Clase Mal! Matter, UME AB....0 06 ceeeeeseeess NO, 16,689, ———" | sTHE GOODNESS OF NEW YORK. By © qweartug tn the July Grand Jury, yesterday, Judge! Nixola Greeley-Smith. ‘Gowing had occasion to felicttate the city on its generally | NDER « new! law which takes effect Sept 1 & divorced man need not con: tinue to support his who “tthe twenty-two chosen men, In the District-Attorney's| Mice were but 272 ball and prison cases. The public Pelind. Better conditions the Judge had not seen in quarter of @ century on the bench. Buch comment on affairs as this it ls good sometimes “to hear, We do not hear it too often, It must stir our (rantty as New Yorkers who believe in New York, even know that we must take the expressed we with a grain of salt. topping outside the serene atmosphere of Judge , 6 court-room, as it Is perhape ungracious to do,’ _Jwe recall the recent announcement of the lapse of justic®| actment into being the Darlington instance, Surely public business is| There ix ocrresponding gloom among There ia joy the Alimony Cub, and Mbations, con, colored and tinkling, are being poured tn honor of the Iegis- latare whiten brought the new en- to be true. THE DOUBLE FARE DISTURBANCES. The explanation of Prerident Heins, of the Coney foland and Brooklyn Ralirred, that his company ts “not required to make five cents the maximum fare to Coney Island” will not convince the public in view of the court's decision that this is the legal fare for a continu. ous ride on the road. But if the explanation {s accepted aa entistactory tt will gtill fail to excuse or justify the employment of the “bouncer” on the company's lines, The law gives tho eorporation none of the police powers It has assumed. It je not authorised to use force in ejecting a passenger @f to employ means to that end which will disturh the : J peace and provoke a riot. The conduct of the ro8d'#| Mier of the tavored aes ty memntals “tnapectors” on Monday in roughly handling pamengers) of the law's favoritiem nor to rejoice in ‘who refused payment of the extra fare was an direct a 26 Imninent lessening of the advan- violation of the law as was the forcible resistance of the ee ens passengers. Inasmuch as the use of force by elther party ob feb tl tothe dispuie vonatitutes a breach of the peace its use the feminine holders of interlocuto more than @ month behind here. Then we remember dastees whe bad lacked forward 16 6 ‘Mhat the pool-room lids are off all over town because the] iir6 of ease with the old income and ‘police hands have proven themeelves strong only in the} the new husband. Truly, what are they wrong way. Public business lagging again. And there; bP on shied man ited oe ba ‘ely declin: to supper 7m in Gre other things of which we might hear above the i. ianner to which they are accus ‘shouting and tumult from the Coney Island railroads. | tomed and the matrimony to which ) We are aware that the matters just referred to do not,| they are not? at the moment, concern Judge Cowing and his Grand Pviekesisif FP ssgosssainy tt dury. 80 the immediate point of the address from the alimony, eny men could be found Dench fs not dulled. It is well, however, to consider! brave enough to venture on the troubled ‘many affairs before making the assumption that the city, %" of matrimony. And yet we know | that thousands upon thousands of them 414 venture as carelessly and iightly as if they were going out for a day's pleasure on one of New York's cockle- shell excursion boats. Never since the world began hmve the conditions Aurrounding matrimony been so lax In the obligations they impose on women, #o shackiing In the restric tlona they place on men. There coulii not be a graver injustice than that of making one man continue to support a | Woman formerly his wite but now mar red to another. And there are hun | dreds of men in New York to-day bear ‘ing this heavy burden, An enactment that he should con- tinue to pay tenes on property which passed into other hands would be just day, marriage, con- anoial point of view Presumed to serve must appear to be a distinctly worse o ler and others of his ilk skinned to offense. | (enlously: war! t a i MUrlOUR Fates, Dil ocoae so) In following up ite contemptuous disregard of what | ‘ily, with the assurance of @ lurking ite believed to be the public's rights In the controversy ard _ @ polential six montne tn ‘with the adoption of the extreme measures resorted to ow Siren dail pape dlae lyoon Ghe road will appear to have deserved much of the ries in man, but @ certain ‘riticlem directed against it. a — income, the man that goee with it be: | } Ing more or lesa of an inconventence. | Once having cinobed the union ene need « ” SLOCUMISM” ON THE HIGH SEAS. [oi ee nit ton Alsagreeabie to | $e Except for the absence of the fire horror the fate of ‘ive wit, get a divorce, find a man| the Norge with her helpless human cargo brings to light Whom she can love for himself alone, marty, and ghare with him the weekly @onditions of incompetency and unpreparedness {OF aimmony er fine! husband labore by the emergencies closely paralleling those revealed In tha! «wea: 6 brow to produce Gen. Slocwm disaster | This is not to be taken In tlris case as in that most of the passengers were ha taduatios of ailmony. F hing limeny taf through the inadequacy of the live-saving equipment) jigs ay it ig oy santint ry} el and the Inefficiency of the crew. The same tales are) designed for the protection told of worthless life belts, defective gearing of life, tured wife and more particularly boats and of & lack of discipline due to the neglect of! MAlntenance of young children, and no 46 an investment for frivolous women Fesular drills. The good conduct of the ship's OMcers) nich makes United States gold bonds Stands out in relief as the sole palliating feature of th A ek Wke the proverbial thirty cants sen 7. 1) is diffeutt for the feminine mind! ~ Here again there are ugly reports of an inspection} |? oneal ss what the po mt a view at ithe cond hush ife con Which did not inspect. In due course of time WE MAY) tines to peroiy is But ap fook for a full disclosure in familinr detail before an) mrentiv he es In the mat favestigating board, The revelations so far made ara t nd ix more Impressed by the prow . : pec than any one else all the more discreditable and discouraging because (Hey ee ig a well authentieatad story ‘eoncern an ocean-going vessel, from which stricter pre- told downtuwn of two men employed in imply alwave al © DAW ve @sutions for safoty are expected jthe same office who occupied the pos! Ie a er story to come out of graft and greed at ton of firet and second husband to # vlady to whom the courts had awarded the expense of human life? The reappearance of Lund- berg’s naine fs ominous. The reports of the loss of the! ¢tunds before the lady came into the Norge so far received unfortunately only serve to con-) ‘age, and visitors to the office pay win frm the paluful suspicion of rottenness already aroused, (ow Witnessed woekly the allent tender weekly allmony, The two men had been THE “DEFEMINIZATION” OF WOMEN, » “women playing cricket {n Prospect Park, running aces in the Garden City gymkhana contests, leaving st Loula drawing-rooms to develop personally their mining 1s in Colorado, receiving diplomas as mining en- from the Montana School of Mines, engaging In/ the ruth for free lands {mn the Rosebud Reservation and ‘ing as land agents vi " vane conventions of the Rpublican and Socialist) of gue dupont ane eae Ub BD lore? Labor parties—to what lengths is the progress of the sex] ee ~ along masculine lines to go? “A large percentage of high) SOME OF THE girls actually wish they were boys,” said Presi- Hall, of Clark University, in his ee to the BEST JOKES : Convention. If examples are de- > Nations! Educattonal p OF THE DAY —— silent acceptance by husband No. 2 The second husband, was, however, of an miable nature, and afier he had com pelled his former friend to give up for ra year one day astonished him by {alapping him on the back and declaring that it was a dar a) jand that he needn't pay it However, men ike this are scare among the husbands of divorcees, an the fact that the law has now step; J in and sald it for them should be an there, serving as delegates to the occasion for general rejoicing, not only giréd they are sbundantly at hand tn the day's news. of responsibility woman has advanced in the ‘business world, and how substantial her attalnments are) the professions, notably In medicine. Is there any t of masculine activity which she has not in- , acquitting herself with credit, frequently with PAPA'S PAST. “Was papa ine cirous with tights on a tong time ago” No. Willie, your papa was never In acireus with tights on. Rut your papa tinction? | on when he was @ young man.”—Bal | President Hall fears for the “defeminization” of the| timore World which this progress would seem to imply | TOOK JUDGE'S ADVICE But is this substitution of ap nctive for a passive A syuire tn a certain town had just finished marrying a young couple and of ox Ww { 0 ty not a higher evolution f the as hich is pranasdsd Th 4 patra Wad % to her own and the world’s advantage’ Does 0t) tiem good. solid advice. Twrning triumph she wine in every avenue of new endeavor! the oridegriom he said make her @ more valuable member of tho, “Never spend your money extras Wty and © fitter companion for man? Is not) “Faniy. aid be saving Spat hy {s accomplishing for herself raising man also to! ‘ihe bridegroom ? Les ther remarked the American gir! removes herself from] .,,\V7!sJudee. ®* of sex servitude to which a leas civilized} ~ au listened reapecttully might as wail be and he proceeded to give for tying the anot weeent laws governing | “ had once been his but which had sines| « an investment for women that has| ¢ by a public nervice corporation against the public It is (M* Golconda echemes of Sper cent 1%, It not only promises the moat | * of alimony from husband No. 1 and Its] \ | made a show ef himself with tights! The Grea * FRPRERES EGOS DIO BRE Fs FORT SES HEEL EEHELE SEBS C4 SSGE SES IPISSOONSS? 12 O9 9 OOOO SISO AND THEN-SPRINK ON 'T AND GIVE IT |A FACE. MASSAGE- 7 {WIPE IT GOOD Ano ORY AND THEN~ PRAIRIE LDL —: WHGHT IN GOLD, DARLING, $ 4 t b 4 BREAK the ff SOR MENY . CRPRMRAI AED RO |\PF o@ Differ om This Question stats on the cars should be supplied) replied The Evening World \) all and a disagreeablp feature of the) (’haries y & contagious disease oF rush hours would be obviated. T. 8, | tified.” PEEP EDEEREDRAPRAE AI DDPEORODOEAD 1 BO1OO86O6 another: earing this th remand to vongested condi tion of the elevated and ‘surface rall- Deciaration of Independ., (hat without his spectacies,” PF. | gin on vou * her, the further she departs troa| pits, the finer will be the type of developed) siins—Wihat is oid Rude wo hot about® he will represent, “Something is wrong,”) Cyrus-Why, an artut asked : ith the girl who is not gushy and| Covld paint his cows. mi Yet gush ie a relatively poor| Siiae—Mhat didn’t hurt the cows, did alttdes which characterize the) '’ it im ite better sense no} Cyrus Tee by beck tt nel ® roadie of New York City during (he ruah onee—Adams and Jeferson—were astiil A Lieary Suggestion. hours, 1 suggest (lat t alive in 108 To the Biitor of The Bvening World houses be divided into th | Carrot, the | In some of the putiic Mbraries amd The business hous and, who died at ninety-etx in 1882?) reuding-roomm there is weer to no (40 called for explanation) wash open their places of business half drink, nor any place to t American GOOK. Isn’t He Wise? #& w& He Showers a Flatbush Garden-Sasser with Information About Chauffeuring a Lawn-Mower, — - THEN cody |] KNow How To | WK LITTLE BAY RUM SY ~ {po 17 FOR T READ) - { UF IN , FUDGE! /~ Qe, | ¢ + AGIRL THAT WEIGHS 600 POUNDS ? — NOT ONE THAT'S LIGHT AND AIRY. LETTERS, QUERIES AND ANSWERS 2 2 “there are sever™l) to epend Geir rrolls, and he cannot be iden-| Got Charles Carroll AG ‘Amelia, O. | (minediately added to hia signature “ot A Rash-Hour Suggestion Carroll the Last Servivor. | Carroliton,” the name of bis estate, re- Btitor of The & World To the Editor of The Evening World marking aa he did eo, "They caanot recently that only two (great! Mistake me now, John Bull oan read THEN-GET A PAIR of MAN- ICURE SCiS$- ORS AND TRIM IT OFp EVENLY By Martin Green. THE [ MP PPS BEG © PEE See L ED ESOS RSES POSES PHOTOSHOP SSE T SPY FOOOSO! : Murphy Wins a Leather Medal and Experience at St. Louis. (By Telegraph to The Brening World.) T. LOUIS, July 6.—"T see,” sald the Clear Store S Man, “that when they distributed medals for pree fictency tm national leadership Charles F. Murphs | acoumulated one made of leather.” | “Whenever Mr. Murphy looks at his leather medal | the future,” replied the Man Highar Up, “it wil be @ | 8,000-volt hunch to him that national leaders grow | slowly. There {s no boy-wonder class in the National Leadership Ptakes, About the only man who er@ jumped to the front in a hurry as the Big Finger of ¢ national party wae Mark Hanna, and he had been fa training for years. “In bucking the Parker movement Mr, Murphy Wad jup aguinet a stone wall painted to resemble canvas | There ia a great deal of difference between political manipulation in New York, where Tammany has thé ‘ votes in a safe and holds a patent on the time look, and the same game out through the great United States, where they grow men {n politics who can make the manipulations of Machiavell! look like the work of @ bass-drummer {n a Salvation Army band. A man cant get hep to the sentiment of the country by a few trige to Hot Springs or Mount Clemens for reat. “When Tammany Hall goes into national polities thi cards sre stacked against it Tammany has alway piayed the part of a come-on in that diversion. Thy hayseed politicians are afraid of Tammeny, and am deal they go into with the Wigwam is coppered.” “Ig there any chance that Murphy will ever be 4 national leader?” asked the Cigar Store Maa. FF to be a national leader,” replied the Man Higher Up, he {a wise enough not to try to lead.” Rules for Women Swimmers. brated Female Expert, Clara Dalten, HERE are a few rules whioh, in learning to swim, @ T woman espectally ought to observe, for she la the most | Wkely to violate them, writes Clara Dalton, the cele brated awimmer, in this month's Outing. These are the rulee: 1. She should never go in the water for swimming when she ts fatigued. Since the late afternoon hours are the popular time for bathing at the seaside resorts, a woman le ely to be fatigued by the golf or bicycle riding or walking that have made up her day, and she Ja then not in fit con ition for the exertion of ewimming, 2. She should never go dn ewireming within two hours after eating a heavy meal, This ia a rule never to be broken, and failing to observe which almost wholly takes away from swimming the benefita the exercise would otherwise give. DDG G-D9S0F-S4-5-92- 2-952 o3-96-0 | fatigue or chill 4 She should never allow herself to be “dared” to ewim further then she has ever swum, over-exertion in ewimming in extremely dangerous to her health, to say nothing of the peri! while in the water. 6. Bhe ought not to ewim away from the crowd unti! she ie an expert ewimmer 6. She should learn not to be frightened or lowe her head if a limb Decomes cramped. If it te raised from the water and rubbed for @ ménute the pain will cease, 7. It ahe ever has Occasion to save any one from drown- she con do #0, even !f she Is not an adept ewimmer, by ng not to come in front of the drowning persow in order to rescue her. She should approach her from the back and seize her firmiy by both arms near the biceps, {nj Ww ANY- THING SO SUDDEN. H Nursery Swindling. In Paris, where all things are possible, even the simile vocation of the nurse girl has been adapted to the pure | poses of robhery on the higher grade. The ingenious person who has accomplished this feat is a woman named Le Goff, who at twenty-five years of age ts described as an accom: 4 forged herself a number of testi- montala by means of which she secured a succession of posts as nurwe In well-to-do houses. Her conduct was irreproach- able and her attention to duty exemplary—until she had » | familiarized herself with the spots where the family valu- b | ables were Kept. Then she decamped with as nrany as she p | could secure, She has just been arrested with nine rob $| Jewels and $20,000 In art objects. re beries to her charge, Involving 9,000 in money, $3.90 (a Barometer Trees. Among the trees that are most sensitive to the wind are the cherry, the plum, the walnut, the black poplar, the ser- | vice tree, the ash and certain varieties of pine, Other pines, $ | eapeciaily the mountain varieties, and also certain fire an t | very realatant to wind The “Fudge” Idiotorlal. in reading of tn a To the Béttor of The Rvening World ABC D and E are playing & game of poker, all jark pots. A opens pot for ten canta and all the rest stay. A the duet A Aa Carrol) wrote his name io the Dee- n!iaration « fellow-signer remarked.) of the books from the § hour earlier and shall close half an! “There goes millions,” for Charles Car- y cry He) hour earlier. The business houses of roll by putting hig signature to that may the second class shall open and close | document rleked more wealth thas, si Gt the noua! time, Oo, By this method! pis fifty-four nF aed. “The leader of Tammany Hal! has always a chanos ' These Rules Are Laid Down by the Cele, 1. She must not stay in the water a minute after ehe feele |