The evening world. Newspaper, July 14, 1904, Page 12

SY 2 i . fi ’ a 4 rt g "| eps compare only to their disadvantage. a. ‘eve Sk Deaiono Published by the Press Publishing Company, No. # to @ ' 4 Park Row, New York, Entered at the Post-Ofice 4 at New York as Becond-Class Mail Matter, — VOLUME 48....0.05 seeeeeeeese-NO, 18,687. A cha cat ae RRR S IRSA nT eect tack Daten THE ERIE INVESTIGATION. The Erie officials have acted with commendable Promptness in discharging the signal operator and the brakeman through whose neglect of duty the Midvale wreck became possible, and in suspending the conductor of the special train for contributory negligence. Some part of the biame clearly attached to each of these em~- Dloyees, and their retention in the road's service would obviously have been against {ts best interest. It is a good beginning. But how much further {s the Poad’s aelf-investigation to extend? Is it to continue up the division officials to the general management? it to include a thorough overhauling and improvement of what was demonstrated by the circumstances of the ‘accident to be a lax system of operation” If the negligent ‘ flagman was what the easy-going conductor made him, fid not the conductor's disregard of the strict letter of safety for hic train have its origin in an Impaired dis- ‘ tipline higher up? One outcome of the Inquiry Into the causes of this isaster should be a fuller recognition of the responsl- bility of the rear brakeman and the imposition of a severe penalty for default of duty on his part. It is “manifestly on him that the train's safety directly de- pends when an unscheduled stop is made, Yet all passengers know how wide a margin of difference exists between the alertness of one crew and its conspicucus lack in others where discipline 1s relaxed, Nor js It only on the Erlo that the conditions of dilatoriness responsible! for the Midvale collision prevail. * A LAW LACKING IN JERSEY. Tt appears that at most the black brutes who attacked Mrs. Biddle at Mount Holly, N, J, are liable for a _bentence of forty-nine years, and that only on a triple Indictment for felonious assault, assault with intent to » kill and breaking and entering. Through a defect in the code their atrocious crime is not punishable by death or g Protracted imprisonment, as it should be and as the Grand Jury in making its presentments recommended. It should be a duty of the State Legislature at its emext session to provide the proper penalty for this crime, ft is a duty owed to the women of the State, and one due gifncidentally to the Mount Holly populace for thedr self- ¢ restraint in the face of extreme provocation, Their ex- Dibition of orderliness and moral courage of Itself de- ” yerves the reward of the new law proposed as a tribute | bo the respect for the other laws thus shown. » FREE LECTURES SUFFER BY '‘PARING.” Figures showing the growth !n popularity for another pipear of the educational free lecture system in New York Indicate also how a stroke of municipal “economy” bas je wrong. Between Oct. 1, 1908, and April 26, 1904, there were Ps given 4,665 lectures, which wers delivered by 468 lecturers and attended by 1,185,000 persons, It was the “~gixteenth year of the system, and the growth of popular (nterest, forcing extensions of the lecture courses and “me opening annually of many new centres, has been ‘)onstant and marvellous, Yet because of reduced appro- » Otiations it was necessary in the year just past to close a flozen lecture centres before the season was over. The Evening World, as the originator and successful ’ 4 THE w The kady, the Tiger and Broom. —_-.— By Nixola Greeley-Smith. OWINGSVILLE, Ky. —Mre. Luela Morris, aged twenty-three, yesterday killed the largest tiger ever known in the Kentucky mountain: Mrs. Morris heard the big cag growl, and, seizing @ broom, struck it a blow across the head, breaking the broom and causing the tiger. to spring, The brave woman then struck the benat ‘gain and It sprang a Becuring her busband’s rifle, ahe two miles into the forest and put a bul- let in its head.—Yesterday’s Paper, ET the comte L artiate put wway thelr pencils, the would-be humorists cease thelr wi-less sibes, For t broom, woman universal weapon of Offense and defense, baa vindicated it. self, and henesfortn may bang on ite wall along with the Bunker Hill oay- onet of one's Revo- lutionary ancestor and the more recent machetes and bolos brought by one's brothers trom Cuba and the Philippines. It may hang there, but notwithstanding tts sudden glorif- cation the wise housewife will probably prefer to keep tt in the accustomed corner, where It may be reached at once In the pursuit of her morning duly or her evening husband Long have the broom, the rolling-pin and the potato-masher suffered from the shameless Jeers of masculine ertt- les, The rolling-pin, however, received & magnificent vindicatlon somu years ago when the wife of an unconquered heavy-weight champion of the world knocked him out with it, That put tt up to the broom, and right nobly has {t vindicated tts right to be the chosen weapon of all womanktnd. Mon, with all the resources of modern firearms and modern cutlery—c must be taken as meaning knives and spears and that sort of thing—has met the tiger, missed him and been eaten vp, But woman, armed only with a broom handle, has beaten him into flight and then followed him to his forest lair and put a bullet in his hei Whatever the development of the car- pet-sweeper may be, the broom need fear !t no longer—for it stands pre- eminently first in war, firet In peace and first In the hearts of ite country- wom For the mere purpose of picking up dust the carpet-aweeper may be well enough—Dut what @ emall part in the life of the ordinary broom ita mere usefulness as @ household implement plays, And what an unwieldy, inade- quate, practically Impowestble instrument of domestic vengeance the patented sweeper, with its varnished pole ending in a heavyweight box, would be, Whereas she is twice armed who pos- seanes in the simple broom of dally lite something that will sweep her home clean of dust, of canvassers, of hus- bands, or of tigers, just wh wr it first advocate of tho free lectures, feels a special interest *Yfm the system. But, apart from any consideration of » foundation, and in view only of the splendid, interested pad greatly benefited constituencies which have been built up, it urges upon the city financial authorities the most liberal treatment, always, for the lecture bureau, aMoney saved at this municipal point may too easlly be- @ome opportunity lost. A STRONGHOLD IN HONESTY, & was not Shakespeare who discovered that “No *” peacy is so rich as honesty,” though {t was he who put » the thovght Into its quoted form. “Golden Rule” Jones, of Toledo, was by no means the » Only man of these days who was able to die and lea’ such 4 legacy to his sons and the world. But his lite ‘was an example in {ntegrity to which it 1s worth while ¢ to devote a thoughtful moment. Mr. Jones had been called “Golden Rule” so long that Many people had never heard that his name was Samuel, ’ The nickname was pat. It expressed exactly his line of conduct toward those about him, even particularly to- ward those who worked for him. People might disagree with him on questions of social science and nomy, ‘Very many did, even in Toledo. Many called him “crank.” But {t wac not given to any who knew him to foubt his eincerity in the purpose to be fatr and true, Said the despatch announcing his death: “His one great stronghold with the people of Toledo was his ponesty.” That isa tribute worth any man’s living for. DETERIORATION IN DANCING, # is reassuring to hear from the Vice-President of * fhe International Association of Masters of Danciug ¢ that the purposes of that body are to “put a stop to all € the inartistic horrors perpetrated in the name of the waits,” and to return to that rhythmical dancing move- ment, never to depart from it. Prof. Forst attributes Ul the present modifications of the waltz to the cako » walk. If to the rag-time sins for which the plantation » bas been held responsible in music those of the de- # terloration of graco {n dancing are to be added its » burden of guilt 1s great. q Certainly the present athletic vogue on the dancing “foor leaves much to be desired in the matter of elegance. gg The “poetry of motion” has declined into @ form ot ovement !n which nearly everything that made danc-| Bag 2 delight to the eye has been sacrificed to speed and épility in manifestations verging on the grotesque. The " made ‘n novelty has been achieved at the @eripense of the old-time statpliness with which the new Prof. Forat deeribes a Coney Island origin to some popular dances; ‘Wid, faith, they look it the Law. —'Tenement-House Com n ise Commissioner Crain laid down a sound principle for the conduct of heads of city departments when he told the com: Bronx builders and property owners that it was Auty t “enforce the law without regard to seeming nents upon it” In the plans submitted to him ie through the “motitcations” of the Iaw asked for, # Sometimes, as related by the spokesman of the Cominlesion, complaisantly grauted, that its Ampotred and its purpose defeated HB are. agaumed to be its defects is tu be found at yin the inner offices of Commissioners, re g Fae wt bappens to light. In this connection (t ie summasted that the proverb about new broome that sweep clean is truer of office-holders than of brooms, So far as the domes- tleation of the young husband ‘Is con cerned an old broom ts reputed decid- edly better, I¢ fs hand broken and anewers to the lightest touch of its owner's hand, whether directed at an obstinate eobweb on the parlor cornice or on one's husband's think- ing apparatus, Some women, T am told, have breom- holders, fancy, useless coverings in which the broom when not in use, is Immeshed. ‘The futility of this pro- ceeding ahould bo patent to every one, for the advantage it has over the gun is that tt doesn’t have to be cocked and over the sword that tt does not have to be unsheathed, deliberately wraps her broom up when not in use destroys its superiority. and diminishes its value for the supreme moment when demolish @ man, tiger, SOME OF THE BEST JOKES OF THE DAY, _—_—_— ,ODE TO THE Cos, The glutton's heart begins to throd ‘With summer pleasure dear, He eateth corn upon the cod Ard amiles from ear to ear. —Philadeiphia Press, NEW VERBION, il you marry met” he asked. ,’" ahe replied, And they lived happy ever a(te ~—Smart Bet. rman UP TO DATE. Old Mother Hubbard She went out and rubbered, New neighbors were just moving in. “TM just tako a peep, My! thelr furnttur \ She said, with a ¢d grin. ~Chicago Tribune LONG-RANGE AS6AULT, “He writes that I am @ cad," “Tell him you will Pull his nose.” “I will—where's your telephone?’— —Glasaow ‘Tomes ALL HE HAD, “Then you haye no Sympathy for the deserving poor?’ said the charity work: another lady of a er. “Me?” retorted the self-made man. “Wh ir, 1 have nothing but sym- pathy.""—Chicago Journal A POSER. "On what do you base your theory that a man's head is always more use- ful to him than his legs? “Because & man can get along with The remedy | out his legs, but not without his head.” | S0" countless epochs for condensa- “How would you apply your theory Ito the Russlans?’"—Detrolt Free Press. ed the beast | Bhe who| ‘ she reaches for tt to| ‘ €44440449004444-4440046-006040404 0499944064400 0008908 66000000600000000 000440 FO 004. ‘iMarg Jang and Her Tabby Show More Genius # wt ‘Sh ot ot oot They Invent a New Cuckoo Clock with Which They Surprise Grandpa and Others. ¢ * x. so Now I SAY JOHN, WHAT Dip YoU DO with THAT OLD FAm’LY SAY! MAYBE | You THINK THIS WONT BEAT A CUCKOO (LOK i 4 very ~a-e- ° ? sea aA % ie 5) +9 - “+ “ oie” te + 9949O644-00800800000 90 N 1 Old Love Letters.—No. 1. From a Young Merchant in New York to a Widow in Boston. Faited by Aunt Ella in the Boston Globe. EAR MADAM—Ever since I saw you at Newport D where I passed such @ delightful season, my mind has been continualiy ruminating on your many @0 complishments, And although it Js possible this letter may be spurned by you, I can no longer conceal the feelings which have been preying upon my spirits for more than aia weeks, IT have been settled in business about three years; my success has deen equal to my expectations and ts like wise increasing. My family is respectable though not riehj and as to the differeuce in our ages, a few years will make no difference, especially when my affections are concen trated on so lovely an object l can only say, madam, that I prefer you to every woman I have ever seen, and if my business continues to increas¢ I shall be greatly in need of a woman of your prudence to manage my domestic affairs, But be assured, madam, that T shall not always “talk shop.’ Whatever time I can spare from the necessary duties of my business shall be devoted to you and every endeavor shall be used to make your life truly happy. As to your relations in New York, they will give you every nec y Information concerning my char+ acter and circum: although I have not the pleasure of being known to them, If you will favor me with an answer to this T shall es teem it as a particular favor, With sincere respect. Your admirer. ——S The widow's letter to her brother, a lawyer, concerning the above Dear Brother—You know that tn all affairs of importanct I have constantly acted on your advice, as | am still de termined to do; and, therefore, have sent you inclosed 4@ copy of a letter received from a gentleman in New York whom I met at Newport, His behavior was polite, without affectation, and an air of sincerity appeared in everything a said, With respect to the subject he writes of I will give you my own thoughts and delay sending him an ane awer until I have had your opinion UST A Tam at least a dozen years older than he, and It Is pos sible that love, contracted where there is such difference in the ages of the parties, may terminate in want of respect MINUTE AND HEAR IT CHIME: on one side and § y on the other, At present I am so pestered with suitors who are after my money , that T would almost willingly give my hand to the first worthy person who offers. | have another reason for en tering Into the marriage state, and that Is I would choos as I advance in years to have a friend to whom I might WELL IF at all times be able to open my mind with freedom and wht would treat me with that tenderness to which my sex enw ey Utles me. I have heen a widow six years, and whatever Same others may say, I have found it attended with many ine OLD CLOCK do IT STRIKE Reciar’ conventences and far from the pleasing life many are ready to Imagine it. But, after all, 1 will be directed by you as the only real friend to whom I may apply; if you think proper you may inquire about him, and when I hear from you I will send him an answer. Your affectionate sister, The brother's answer to the above and the rest of thie correspondence will be continued to-morrow. Odd British Incidents. It required six years to bore the deepest artesian well t@ England. This well, which suppites Gainsborough with war ter, was recently formally opened. The Black Bull Tavern, London, nursed Mr, Lewsome in "Martin Chuzglewit, down to make way for a business building. “Pounds sterling’ and “sterling” originated in the fours teenth century when Lubec, a Baltte city, made the best money. Residents of Lubec were known as “Mastertings,” and thelr money soon came to be known as that, Payment in commerce was demanded in “Easteriings,” and from that it has come down to “sterling.” ‘ English newspapers are printing a story, without toundas tion, that a number of American women who had dined wita King Edward scrambled for the pits of cherries he jeft on nia plate, It was reported they wanted them for souvenirs, London habit-makers report an avalanche of orders from society equeatriennes for ride-astride skirts. ‘hey take it to indicate that there will be much less side-saddie riding, A factory in Liverpool has erected a steel smokestack ao feet high and only three feet in diameter. It Is protected from the wind by anchor wires stretching out over nearly @ half square mile of ground, A Marriage Market. Lately we have heard so much about the Independence and emancipation of the Russian women, says a writer in London Opinion, that it fs curlous to find, even as late as the last century, a public marriage market was held every Whitsunday in the Summer Garden In St. Petersburg. To ft flocked the bachelors and maidens, the latter being sup- ported by their relations, Each girl held in her hand sew eral silver spoons, thereby indicating that she could bring something of value to her husband. Meanwhile the men, having made their selections, approached the relations witt offers of marriage. If the settlements were satisfactory the marriage was celebrated the same evening, Otherwise the girls returned home and walted husbandiess until the fol lowing Whitsuntide, A Queer Round-Up. A jack-rabbit round-up In the West is full of interest. A huge circle of hunters is formed, miles In circumference, and aa inclosure, bylt of woven wire, so high that no jack-rab- bit could jump over, is the objective point of the hunt, From the entrance to this inclosure extend two fences, broadening out as they leave the corral. Into this wedge- like space the rabbits are to be driven, after which (hey will naturally run Into the corral as the only exit in sin. SPER Sr LEE RES aP HES DOSE LERAESP ISLES ERSTE COSEEEEOEETIDESRIDDOREERED EEE DEERE RR OEE SERED OD IGE SESE SES SOD DIE DTESEF FE SPRLE DOPTOSDP 30 £-969004088SRG2006.26.- in whieh Mrs, Gamg is to be tora > 4 $ i 5 It Often Happens—Just in This Way #& #& & w& bbb doo G-o-F8-P9S9-9-5-2 555339592 0-38633563856313.000 330008 © o Ps | MADN’T NOTICED iT -5-5260953-9-59-55-005000-00-0-065-556-5-0-05-6-08606- Thea the Common People Can Gof Says (hat WAR IS ‘and Wateh (t on Sundays, =f A LIBERAL EDU- {Geprre, 1004, by the Planet Om. co) Hi CATION, Therefore the Resslans and thelr war oa the MMON PEOPLE of Watching it! EVENING FUDGE, in behalf of the COMMON cablegrams te BY STEAMER. IF YOU DO NOT, THIS WILL SBE THAT THE WAR IS STOP?! The next mail brought this message from the which (as we have bad ge chance to get ne era qriginal Russian, it $ “DONOTSKY BEA FOOLOVITCH!” This we interpret a3 a RAPTUROUS suggestion. The Russo-Jap war will therefore acted in Hobeken on and after July 25, where witnessed by THE COMMON PBOPLBat half From an Evolutionist. could have been present at the creation for the red-capped porters are far \09 Klite near Foggy Sound. the north| |(g ay Mlterneses. To the Editor of The Evening World of the word, GEO. 1. B. i tew to carry all bundies, &c. On other |POnt of Morso Mand, Denmark. ‘There This plan will Dave the ADDED ADVANTAGE of per- To convince Pauline G., who says she] A Grand Central Restrtetion. | roads decent | people are al- |! ¥et a place of Fexgyaburg, with rows mitting THE EVENING FUDGE to supply lis fooltsh doubts evolution and delleves man has! to ine Kditor of The Evening World oto the. train, (20 DIS hills, &e. Hamlet at Helsingnre| [i tumuy of readers with REAL war news At prescat thé been on earth since the earth's creation, | I waited for my tied atl ~ ; i '. ot Kronborg Siot 4s most probably bos t ¥ train to be catled at! way must this one rond made a fool: | PAUL P. HARRING, war is so far away that ALL oar news of it would be rather a dificult matter in] tne Grand Central siation yestaday ish, cruel, arbitrary rule? | of Morso. Denmark. be @f THE BEST HOMS-MADE VARIBTY. this short apace. The new telescopes, and noted a queer rule: Persons es- ANDREW JAMES BALLARD. v's Speed IN THE DAYS OF OLD XANTIP! alded by photog! y, have brought tO) corting prospective passengers ure not Springfield. Mass. min wena ; our knowledge great numbers of neb-! permicted to accompany the latter to Where Hamlet ‘Came Fron, to the question of L. & ulae in all stages of development, from | the train, but must leave them at the To the Ealior of Tr Evening World . who asks what Is t! be cloud-like forms to bes) spiral, SOW | outer gate, While there I saw one Having seen and heard ch tn leat ed by a stenograph: bad Reg the «ae al feeble old woman escorted by her big this country about Hamlet's ani |tlenced stenographer, wish to say that fon, who carried her two heavy «ao! els by H rector,” a. jence that man ‘he long grave in Helsingare, Denmark, 1 shall 10, Ket out letter, In perfect condition At the gate he was turned back! geate if any qne wants to see the place |fact euervihing casencia ne the officious, white-mustached Bhat | where Hamlet and his family lived and jthe dictator), t verage rate and sho had to stagger dowa) where probably Hamist and his family |A>Out thirt moras Pas platform lugging both satones,|are buried, the place ia at Nesey lvery fan nebular theory to be trie, we must tion to the molten state, molten state to the solid it de ily impossl 4 from the) wis ee Bde bd. 3,