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by the Press Publishing Company, No. & to ® New York, Eutered at the Poat-Osice York ap Secoia-C! {) Matter, -NO. 18,674, . HE DEFECTIVE MOTOR-BOX. i Within two weeks six accidents to.trolley cars due the blowing out of a fuse or the explosion of a con box have ostyared in New York City or its im: vicinity. The accidents were all of a serious five resulting in paitic and'the injury’ of péssen- ‘The list in detail is as follows: July & at West Hoboken, Twelve passengers thrown to street and many Injured. Two ambulances summoned the fire department called upon to put out the flames. July # at Grand street and Driggs avenue, Brooklyn policemen on the front platform burned and the ‘passénigers tn panic. J@ly son Myrtle avenue, Three women passengers i rome on Madison avenue at Forty-eighth street. persons hurt, one woman passenger suffering a frac- of the skull. _- duly 19, on the Jerome avenue line, A stampede In which Seteral “wero injured, the arms of three women Deing broken. The accident attributed to the rocking of the car re, July 19, at Fighth avenue and Ninetieth street, Motor- slightly burned and the passengers driven to the streey ~ After the West Hoboken accident the trolley officials ‘were reported as saying that “the passengers were in no and would not have been hurt if they had not their heads.” If trolley cars are to carry only Such passengers’as have proved their capacity for, self- grt the Presence of danger the theory may hold, a Joses its force in the face of the actual hospital Tegord of fractured skulls, broken arms, bruises and burns The aggregate yearly casualties point to the de-| @Rtive “motor-box’ as a very real menace to public ~ safety which cannot too soon be made the subject of 4: inquiry,’ Howelong, indeed, is the public to remain exposed fo this grave risk before official action is taken to © rads it? We have recently become feverishly active ihe application of safeguards after the length of the of the dead has brought a belated realization of the __ Bfavity of the peri) The lessons of the Darlington, © fhe droquois and ,the Slocum have crowded into a a lf year the reforms which should have been in- long ago. The deadly Van Cortlandt crossing / # going at, last, after the loss of another life has > demonstrated anew the dangers which were for years > ** When is the defective controller-box inthe flaming ¢ to have its turn? Is not the catalogue of - Gis alseady of sufficient length to demand the bs juling of antiquated cars to prevent this imminent > wource of danger? bre errr POLICE AND MAGISTRATES. ‘Guibmissioner McAdoo yolces anew, in a public Hatement, the complaint of a lack of understanding.and WAR PAANY'60 the City Magietrates” part with the efforts / pt the polige for law and order. The statement is the| Of a fresh controversy over the arrests for which Magistrates censure the officers either directly by word, | oF ly by discharging the prisoners, ‘ Uk; doubt, the judges of the lower bench, ~to avoid an appearance of police bias, do “stand so atraight as to lean backward.” But together a misfortune, notwjthstanding that it results occasionally in the setting free of Rogues’ Gallery*inen picked up by detectives with intentions | p08 Wit with, cases only, of “gerieral suspicion.” The power Mt iarbitrary arrest becomes easily danger | Now what could thi The Alfierman * and the Right to Spoon. By T last the lovers A champion has arinen, And ine above the haren clamor of this pro- 0 apnan ueationed by the unfeeling and denied alto- wether by the cynl> eal hi glorious vindleation, pe? A valiant Alderman City Council was successfully defied in its defensy. It all happened in this Way, according to a story telegraphed from Janesville, Win, this week At the last meeting of the City Coun- cll @ harsh, unsentimental City Father arose and introduced an ordinance re- quiring that electric lghis be near all th red corne: Janeaville pi prevent lovers from spooning ‘Then up rose Alderman Connell, lone bachelor of the Counctl, and in a lengthy speech pleaded the cause of (ie specning lovers so well. go elo: quently that to a qian the City Fath- era lald the unfeeling resolution upon the table, ‘ Needless to say the brave Alderman's mail was straightway flo thanks and conrretuedst’ Kea prectative lovers the country But it ts not alone the lassen of Wisconsin that owe him grat- ‘tude, Wherever “soft eyes look love to eyes that speak again’ the man that hgs asserted their right to do so should be honored and the name of Alderman Connell handed down as a rich legacy to later generations. The attegpt of tbe Janesville Coun- cll, #0 nobly folled, Is not the fret at- taok that haa been made on the tn- allemablo right to spoon, Lees than two yearm ago the unfeeling septua- genarian Judge Sohalck, of Newark, fined a couple $19 each who hed been arrested by an overzealous policeman for Kissing in @ public park. His action brought storm of threatening and abusive letters about his head, but oven in the fage of these he persisted 1g defending his attitude in priyate and publlo utterance, verthelem, the right to spoon is one guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, specifically upheld by the Decinration of Independence “We hold these truths to be self-eyi- Gent, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that Among these are life, Mberty and the pureuR of happines: jursult of neas mean except spooning? “Noth! wise,” echoes from the dim recesete of mooniit hotel plassas, the shaded nooks of park end countryside, the buddied, spooning sand men and women of the And does not the Constitution guar- antes the night the Deala: a claimed? sie Ma Any attempt to suppress spooning ts therefore wnoonstitutional, and it is to be sumpected that Wall street te at the bottom of it, Let old fogles get together if they like and by the combined influence of power and money push a seventeenth amend. ment, rescinding the right to spoon, through the House and Senate. But us, despite its limitations, and it is well to have a 7) sharp curb id ‘the’ prefitinary court. The Magistrate * deat ddifitubnt {s performing his duty no ¢han the arresting’ officer. Certainly policemen are harassed into unnecessary %® citizens with grievances and by others with Overkeennéss for reform. This happens when the members of u boy baseball team are haled Into court bf Playing on Sunday. Harassment hes to do also th the spectacular and {neffective raid—whon it {a pot a bit of “higher up” playing to the reform gallery, ‘The policeman {s called very frequently to think quickly gad act almost while he thinks. He always has time, » to avoid the mistake of arresting on a ting charge a woman walking the street on her rightful business; and it is gratifying to note loner. McAd assurance, on his own in- vestigation, that in the case which has aroused the present discussion this blunder waa probably not 2 polite . - RELEASE OF MRS, MAYBRICK. | @hThe zelease,from prison of Mrs. Maybrick after a fourteen years’ fight for justice ends favorably what Mast be regarded as in many respects the most _@etreesdinary case in the history of modern criminal interest in connection with the successful prolonged agitation to secure the freedom of the convicted woman to quote from an interview in ‘Ake London Mail of July 8 with Mr. Theodore Lumley, BM dace the death of Sir Charles Russell has con- » Maued the efforts of that eminent counsel to obtain jastice for the accused. “Great praise,” says Mr, “ta due the proprietor of The New York World im’ 1892 cpened tte columns to the American public *ralse a fund for collating the facts and to prepare & case before counsel with a view of ascertain- their opinion As to the possibility of a new trial.” i Maybrfok’s final vindication over great legal is a happy outcome at which the thousands can who Interested themselves in her behalf b JE CITY AND THE BILLBOARD. can be only one point of view from which to Commissjouer Best's refusal of an offer of & year for advertising space on the Williams. f Though the amount Involved was a greater than that which brought re- n er Pallas for the desecration of the decisiun was in that propor. tw teach. — being now well established that city Rot he permitted to sufter detraction is prohibi tom realization of ity beet ors BT tee ‘Uses, when is that principle to be ex- to city mites and prospects the beauty oh rey of the. billposter? posting ng advertisem i r en A enta in ited the they would have to have a two-thirds majority to do it, and it 1s doubtful it even In these august, unsentimental dodies such @ number of statesmen who had forgot thelr romantic youth, and incidentally not reached their romantic Age, could be found. Until then the right, to 4 not be questioned, and cag? man he shits in suggesta stringing electric the ica 8 should Sentenced to sit under Rem an} spoon indefinitely with the Meat old maid of his acquaintance, Mt honos to Alderman Conne!l, ‘how- ever, and aaa rd for his efforts in the cause of lovers may he forever re- main the happy, care-free bachelor he 1 to-day, em SOME OF THE BEST JOKES OF THE DAY, — RETURN TRIPS. Biobbe—fo you patronize the races, eh? Did you ever go broket Slothe-4Mo, but Tye come tome that wey-Puiledelphia Record. OUT POR DUET, “It Senator Goodley votes for that @ooked bill he'll be humbling his name to the dust, ‘That's what! The lobbyists who are working for that bill certainly have the dust."—Philadelphia Ledger. STRATEGY, “So you are going away?’ “Yes,” answered the young house- keeper. “You see we ischarged the cook and she's $0 cross about it that we've decided to live somewhere else until she gets good natured or goce away herself.”—Washington Star, NEXT BEST THING, “Haven't you anything like chicken here?’ asked the hungry traveller, “Well, air." replied the poor farmer, “two of the children have chickenpox. ‘That's the nearest we've got to ."~ Philadelphia Press, NO INVITATION. Young Bridegroom—I had hoped your father would forgive me by this thie for taking you away from your luxuris ous home. ‘ Young Bride—Why, Clarence, he for- gave you long ago, What made you think he hadnt , Young Bridegroom — Why — er — he hasn't asked us to go and live with ore EVENING w WORLD'S w HOME w MA Nixola Greeley-Smith,| voles af love may, ance more be heard! i} | salc age. The rigot) received aj has stood for it A} him.—Chicago Tribune, NEW HOTBED, from, @outh America?’ “No, sit; Leader, . * yt “So you are an insurrectionist, are|wife and mother? I have a husband your’ we exclaimed. ''Waere are you] who does not come neat his home from Colorade.” Cleveland | from # to 11 o'clock at night. He is tis +. | Old bove ketters—No. 6. ebb Rib iriebiericbicinicr: The GOOK Poses as “Guide to Pedestrians.” w ut } He Proves Conclusively to the Timid Old Gentleman that Automobile Fear Is All indlismat \From a Young New York Merchant ‘ $ to a Widow in Boston, t Edited by Aunt Bila tm the Boston Globe, rs T" Widow replied thus to her New York sultor's pleas t [A Goo KY-— WOOKky FEEL ING IS STEAL iw THE PROPER ING FOR You To +TO KEEP FRom WELL, WELL WELL IF Dear Friend-1 was rather surprised on reading yout ir AINT BUMPING INTO A Ina: letter tu hear that I had been cold or formal 3 THE OLD FORTY HORSE-POWER thought 1 was writing Just as | ought, A woman, you know, + GooK! { ee oy must be very caretul not to throw her heart at a man's t . THe PAINT OFF. bend. And widows, you know, are proverbially sald to take 1 - wdvantage and almost propose to men. Perhaps it wase de sire to avoid so unwomanly a course that I attempted to write » reply in terms of the head rather than of the heart, ! SUM, Ido net coink I was cold. Do you honestly think so? Well, if 1 was, T never shall be again, If the embers on love's altar ever # ed extinguished, they now are, at least, gleamingsfor your dear words have filled me with new hope and new faith, Tam no school girl and, as you know, have {had some experience; out when I had read your letter J could see a new world springing up around me, All the Goubts and fears of past days vanished, 1 had something te live for, Some one to think of—yes, some one to love. There, I have sald it, How sweet to think that all men and women are created equal in love at least. Far from money being able to buy love it is too often 4 hindrance to true love. The rich some= | Uimes are taught to think only of their riches, and the young Birl {s (rained to veileve that every man who seeks her hand in marringe is after her money. But all the world could not make me belleve that you could Rave sny such base motive, Love has mute me see clearly. Love has given me faith, 1 will believe in you as you belleve in me. Let the little gloomy world talk about riches and the difference In ages. Let us talk only of love, For years I have longed for this hour, this hovr whea I could speak my heart's emotions, And that I am able to speak them to a man worthy of any wom- s love Is to me a source of inexpressible joy and pride. es, you may say “dear Ruth.” RUTH. RATE OF SPE AND KEEPIN THE MIDDLE I$: To Move ALONG AT A~ “i Pilly writes to the New Yorker twenty years later es fol- lows: Dear Frank—Emma and T were might fellow, of Lucile's engagement. The cards came yesterday, closely followed by your letter, Lucile is a lovely girl and deserves, a good fellow and I think she tz getting one, The engagement has set Emma and me talking over old times. You remember, when I first hvard of your Intended mar- riage, haw I wrote you an awful “roast.” Well, T take it all back, Frank. Emma, you know, is very fond of your wite, and when I told her the other night about my prediction she gave mea terrible going-over. Then you should have heard her eulogize your wife, Sha says she dosn't look a year older Syn the day she was married, She is o stunner, Frank, and I guess the poet was right when he said that time Isn't reckoned by years, I see by the papers that Wells Is to be on the crew next year. Thats a smart boy, Frank. You must be proud of him. Oh, speaking of old times, I met Joe — at Alken, 8. C., last week. We spoke about that famous anonymous letter, He said {t never made any difference to his sister; that abe came Pretty near knowing who wrote !t, and that envy and Jealous¥ were the cause of it. He reminded me that I sald somethihg to that effect one day I was at his office when he was writing to his sister about you, With Tove from Dm o Mrs, ——, and from thetr children to Thelf “Aunt Ruth,” as they call her, I remain, old man, yours aa ever, BILLY. ‘THONK-HONK A-Honi ING - STEER THE OTHER WAY ANO I KNow Att ABouT IT/AFOR T ne EL. glad to hear, old One on Eugene Field. * Some’ one has dug up & story. about Eugene Field which fa too Food to escape repetition. One of his favorite jokes | was to enter a bookshop where he was not known and ask in the solemnest manner for an expyrgated edition of Mra Hemans’s poems, One day in Milwaukee he was walking along the street with his friend, George Yenowine, wham the latter halted tu front of a bookshop and said; "'Gena, the proprietor of this place ia the mostyserious man I ever knew. He never saw a joke in his life, Wouldn't tt be @ food cance to try again for that expurgated Mrs, Ned ‘Withoug a word Fleld entered, asked for the proprietor ai then mAde the usual request, ‘That is a rather scarce book,” came the reply. “Are you prepared to pay a fair price for itt For just a second Held was taken aback; then he sald: “CertaMiy, certainly; II know It's rare.” The man stepped to a case, teok o heaply bound volume and handed !t to Fiel#, saying price Is $5." Field took {t nervously, opened, to the title page and read in correct print: “The Poems of Mrs. Felicia Lemons. Selected and Arranged with All Objectionable Passages Excised by George Yenowine, Ed- {tor of ‘Isaac Watts for the Home,’ ‘The Fireside Hannah More,'sete.,"' with the usual publisher's name and date at the bottom, Field glanced up at the bookweller. He stood there the very picture of sad solemnity, “I'll take it,” sald Feld faintly, producing the money. Outside Yenowine was miss- ing. At his oMfce the boy sald that he had just left, saying that he was going to Standing Rock, Dak, to keep an ap pointment with Sitting Bull, SHES VERY QUIET / GuUeS3S SAE 18 THINKING A107 SHE Witt, PROPOg ee. TH/S , A Benedict’s Musings, The married man und his money are soon parted. If off wives were mind readers the average husband would have tp do taost of his thinking downtown, It will always be a@ source of speculation whether Adam left tHe dishes to be dane up untli Eve came, An sohi-married man can generally predict rain by his rheumatism; but he can never tell when there Is going to be @ storm at home. An &ld maid in & person who's afraid she won't ever be marri@d An old bachelor is a pe Women are pessimists, men optinists, When a woman feels Blue she sits Gown and has “a good cry,” but @ mag goes around fhe corner and takes a “smile,” No use talking, a fellow will get spells when he's aorry he evér was invited to his wife's wedding. The “Fudge” Idiotorial — IPIOTORIAL PAGE OF THe EVENING FUDGE Ply COQUBTTISH SHE WW ABUT 17, OF COURSR, f seace SAY g2i, sso Ea Fiaa i i i | bly watch the seal-brown Croton Bug’s playful ¢! gt i ? - i i i hi af 3 ~ g 3 Fy g 5 EF | if 5 i E it The Breaing Fudge, Croton Bugs if they were , appealed to Mayor McCleflan and rmen. This paper was referred by them to \borities at Bloomingdale De yeu know WHY the officials that the ig¢ clected to safeguard the rights of the People refused to interest themselves tn behalf ofthe | Bug? IT WAS BECAUSE THB CROTON BUG HAS NOT; ' ! i = ls Senin ed Sew em nw on aE HR OREAMY LYES ARZ DREAMY Ieetnbeleetnetetoeteeteltetneteteteeb ineteebeeteb ete i E s g bd ‘ eeleleleinbeinietebeivinieoiticttivicieeierr 2 o LETTERS, QUERIES AND ANSWERS 2 2 A Wedding Lavitation, fi minutes. I have the whole care of the his family out, If he had not the means for T cannot afford to pay for tt out of To the Editor o Evening World: ehild and when I have cause to {1 would not complain. But he has. He | the money he gives me. I am not strong VOTE! When the invitation to a wedding | pain of themto him hepays no attention | Never converses with me on any topic. |or robust, I am treated more like a dog reads “Kindly respond,” what Is the] tome. Hence they are worse than bet nor does he want to speak to me, 1 do|than a human being, a wife or mother. Let the Commen Peopie of Greater Rew York com-:) Proper manner of accepting the SAME! Tt ig only once in a great while he takes ‘all my housework, Including washing, | Again, 1 ask readers, especially wives f}Diae next fail to see that the Croton Bug bod he) Mra. G., eben’ sl Marcie hile and mothers, to advise mi: Then there will be no more danger of his freezing tm Rot’ | If the invitation le informal an tn- } HEART-BROKEN WIFE. | He Is Living, Yea. To the Editor of The Evening World Is Denman Thompeon, the actor, alive? Has hed son? WILLIAM BOWER. No. To the Editor of The Evening World: Is there any clause In the Constitution of the United tes that restricts the rehgion or race of a candidate tor Pres- ident of the United States? N. H. W. Saturday. To the Editor of Vhe Ey ening World: On what day was Sept, 7, 1967? formal note of acceptance will suMee. tf It is tn the third person your ac- coptance may read. weather, This paper (which champtons the Common ., People and the Croton Bug) will see (hat hot-weather.: { lng ts stopped | Hb, WHEN GEORGE lll, RELEASBD THIS NATION, | & » WHO COINED HOT-AIR CIRCULATION ? ' EVENING Qut of the Mouths of Babes. Now, Elsie,” sald the teacher, “can you tell ine what a panther is?” Yeth, mam,’ Hsped Elsie, “He {th a man that makths panths,” Mra. —— w attend their Wedding on (da An Errant Husban To the Editor of The Evening World: WI readers advise a heart-broken Small Harry—Oh, dear! 1 wish T hadn't eaten so much tce-cream Mamma~Why? Do you feel sick? Small Harry—No; but I'd like to cat some more, and I haven't room for tt. | Little Dot—Let's play keeping “vouse. Little May—All right. Yon pretend you are a lady, and Ill pretend I'm an- other lady calling on you Little Dot—Yes, and you start me to telling. my troubles by asking how I uke my new airL—Chicago News. the time he leaves in the morning untit Gwe bone, de could got home im Afteen « ai a 4 |