The evening world. Newspaper, August 23, 1904, Page 10

of columns of advertising in Bvening World during first six 1904 Pr ee er of columns of advertising in Bvening World during first six THOS Srccccecccones . 6,019 E CARNIVAL OF BURGLARY. tery extraordinary complaint of police inefficiency de by Robert H. Ingersoll, a well-known dealer in goods. Twelve times within three years have entered his various stores, robbing him of ds of dollars’ worth of property. ‘The rob- continue,” says Mr. Ingersoll, “yet no one is We have complained to Police Headquariers il to the precinct station houses so often without re- its that it is becoming monotonous.” The looting of ngersoll store in Forty-sscond street last Thursday 4n act of sincular boldness, the thieves breaking through a heavy plate-glass window at a point iby pedestrians at all hours. 2 te tly and August have a well-established reputation Gime months. It is then that misdemeanors and mor forms of law-breaking are most frejuent, as a agistrate’s “fine table” will show, Thus, in the York- Court in July and August last the fines imposed ¢ greatly in excess of the monthly average, But Summer's abnormal conditions of serious crime, ot urder and highway robbery and burglary, are not Ht0 be accounted for by theories of crime periods, The pecific instances of burglary reported by Mr. Ingersoll onl £0 tP confirm the overwhelming testimony of the columns of ihe unusual prevalence of this form breaking during the present summer and of the lack of vigilance on the part of the police to a we ht te. The record of crimes of violence recently printed in World was sufficiently full in burglary items not need this addition to give it weight as an indictment jolice incompetency. That indictment is neverthe- gecentuated by this particular sowing of dis- laxity. “Where,” asks Mr. Ingersoll, “was the policeman on post?” Where, it may be asked with pertinence, is the Commissioner? Where Is Tw POOR CHINA, iat Cassini, the Russian Ambassador to the United declares without reserve that unless further steps by the powers Mr, Hay’s plan to insure the lity of China has gore to wreck. Whatever the of the Ambassador may have been in making & statement on the question, his assertion appeers ) aubstantially correct, ina is helploss between two fires, {n seizing the itolmi at Chefoo the Japanese outraged Chinese ity, and Kuvsia has formally protested to Peking. permitting the Ruselan cruiser Askold, with a tor- destroyer, to remain at Shanghal to make ms China seems to have violated her own neutrality, claims. “what can China do? She is powerless to protect and maintain hor rights in the face of Russian Japanese aggression. | Had Chefoo been a German port no Japanese Gestroyer would have dared to dash in and tow out the “Ryoohitelnt. Had a Japanese officer committed such an the Russian boat would have been re- farmed with profuse apologies to Germany. If Shanghal & British port no Russian erviser would presume make a repair station of it. Both belligerente are demanding that China maintain strict noutrality, and by implication threatening re- Neither the United States nor any European ie, | try will undertake to guarantee neutrality, and )) poor China is in the position of an unfortunats trian in the hands of rival footpads, ua, ia si | THE INQUISITIVE PASSENGER, Certain passengers on an East River excursion boat, ing it to be overcrowded, in violation of the law to their own common danger, held an impromptu ignation meeting, called the captain to account, and d a committee to count the passengers, and, If} fable, to report the unlawful circumstances to tho n Inspectors for action. En doing this these interfering passengers made them- highly obnoxious to the master and crew of the They Invited the {I!l-will of their fellow-paseengers, doubtless their ridicule, as did the Individual who ‘ly tore rotten Iife-preservers to pieces in the of an excursion party on a steamer In these ff it proves to have been a fact that the East Wer boat was overloaded, what seemed an officious ia In the nature of a public service too rarely per- ori The American public complains too infrequently he impositions put upon it. It “kicks” too little, and } One member of /t complains in a good cause he Is to the praise which should be accorded this self. investigating committee. THEN AND NOW, Beetle Pater sees It at His Fireside, times folks oft would roam im seareh of a new home; Mt might befall get Club Rates for Matrimony. — By Nixola Greeley-Smith.| Here te a chance that will help you wet the Post (a Pennsylvania paoer) a words chat will unite oF he bonds save he he fees he rece ya send to hin we will give a yeors® sudser.piion to each couple who will go to hun to tle the hnol, and also give a nce write-up of the wedding besides. nia my paper S Inunchea the latest boom of the time-honored instt- tution of = matri- mony, which perl- odically alarmiats of both sexes de- clare is fast falling into neglect. This inducement of club rates for the village nee. paper and the vil- lage parson is un- doubtedly @ great idea. It will at once present itself to the feminine mind with all the allurement of a Monday morn- {ng “special sale” or a Friday bargain rush, and since there seems to be @ very general conviction that it Is women who make marriages, It follows that the local press and pulpit ought to doe land office business and that there should be a boom In the stock of eligi- bit maidens greater than any since the days when Attila, the Hun, slew eleven thousand of them at ence and did just so much benefit to the matri- monial prospects of those he left alive. Who would not take a Jaunt into the Land of Heart's Desire, where the love that we all mistake momentarily for the light that never was on ce of land lures and leads us into matrntwony at such tempting excursion rates? In- deed, such is the universal love of a bargain that there are few of us who could resist an excursion trip to the infernal regions, even though, as in matrimony, there were no possibility of acalping the ticket, Nevertheless, there is a certain injus- tice In the enterprising Pennsylvania arrangement which cannot fail to pre- sent Itwelf to the analytical or the fear- ful mind, Editor and parson divite the few and thelr patrons. I had almost sald victims, Get @ year's subscription and a wodding certifie Let them therefore pause and refi For though the subseription runs ov the end of the year, the parson or his results, like the brook, go on forever, Why ts i that when @ man starts on @ perilous journey to the pole, or « woman errant traverses the wilds of | Alaska to attempt its topmost moun- | tain peak we applaud the courage of | the Journey even while the sense of the Inevitable dangers that will encompass them la us, and yet we see our best friends launched into the untried | ply Metabo ved without giving af ought to the perils of the un- dertaking? There seoms to me oe be somethin, tm the Inevitable, ev re told ts the cas of many marriages, it is merely inev- itable happine: Luckily the majority of persona who marry do not reflect. It is all over be- fore they have time, There is a story | told of @ headsman who became so ox- pert In wielding the decapitati Ing sword that his victims often iid nit realise when their heads were off, and upon | one occasion, when the trembling brit tired of waiting for the knif O & Pennsylva- three seconds!" and applying a pinch af snuff to the victim's nostrils, the head sure enough enetsed violently and rolled off the block. Even such dex- terity does the rages seem to possess, As the wind Is tempered to the shorn lamb, or the ocean on @ cold day to those brave enough to go into It up to thelr necks, so kindly circumstances seem to throw a protecting numbness over these about to plunge into mar- riage, ‘There Is no doubt, however, that in this age of rapld-traneit matrimony young men and women hover a little more uncertainly on the verge and take 4 little longer about the plunge, All inducements, therefore, which tend to help them make up their minds are in the interests of mankind in general and should be encouraged. But why @ little devices be confined department stores mendoua possibilitie Surely @ Word to them i# suimcient and we will soon be abie to acquire a y an Alderman with a $10 lergyman for a set of furni- so on, in ascending scele up cathedral wedding with @ grand EXCLUSIVENESS, “Did you see by the papers this morn- * asked Cholly, as they unfolded their napkins, “that’— “L nevah read the papans,” inter- rupted Fweddy, “Waitah, bring us an extra fine po'tahhouse steak fog two.” This is why be had to borrow @ dol- lar or two from Cholly when he came to seitle the bill for the dinner,—Ohi- vago Tribune, oo ————— DREAM AND DESPAIR. If I were only bold: To her I then an swear My dawn is her white shoulder, My dusk her ebon hair; My day, my night, My whole delight, My dream and my despair! So let my love be told her, And let my faith declare Dawn sparkles on her shoulder, Dusk hovers in her hair, And each lip shows LDDLOADDOEDESL E1494 4 9044056909466 006600015 000000009 ney Jane an » o © © A good brother duly author-| % d Tabby Have Fun with Nurse’s Beau. w# w} s A Stinging Surprise for the Policeman Who ls Telling His Love on a Park Bench. OH! see THB LIT- TLE PINCH IN' BUG! TA-TA: Honeysuckve! OH, RIVER! Vimo! SRESS2SSOS9SOO See ee SOSSSSE* 366208 a 3 0004494406, N° Go AWAY “TISN'T RIGHT. : PAPA” 48 iN FuR°PE ow MS FACATION ‘ISN'T GETTING 4AaTe> NW WERE ENGAGED , SHE SIMPLY SAYS “DON’T STOP AT AL oaeesess 1’ HA-HA! 2 o LETTERS, QUERIES AND ANSWERS 2 2 bieyole wnd automobile, At the present, “L” train; He rides down from Twenty- Not Unless They Were Horn in U.S. To the Bdltor of The Evening World: Does the fact that a man has hit naturalisadon papers entitle his ohil- Gren jp vote when they become of age, without taking out papers? AR. Thinks Miles Conld End War, | To the Editor of The Evening World: There is a lot of nard work but very hip on either side .a the present Russo-Japanese war. If Gen. Miles or same other American genera! were at the head of the Russians he would have amashed the Japs long ago or if at the head’ of the Japanese he would have entrapped the Russians be- tore now. WILLIAM D., East Orange, N. J. 4 nicely painted sign is not more pleas ing to the eye than a bare fence, wall, darn or roof that |e weather-beaten and In bed repair, oftentimes only in need of @ coat of paint, even though It does tell of the glory of Smith's soap or 8 our British friead He must remember that we are 1p or two ahead of Great srit- ain in advertising, as well as in many other things. 1: seems to me that If the Advertiser is satisfied to pay for the sign; If the propirty-owner gets his emtal regularly for the space, and if I or some other sign plunker get our sal- ary we should all be happy. time many owners of bicycles are not in possession of bells to warn pedes of thelr approach, nor a light for any one to know in which direction the is coming. And owing to the absence of the officer of the law the owners of bieycles do as they see fit, If the police authorities would give this matter more attention than it is at present giving to the push-cart queajjon they would do service that the people of this city are entitled No, Not Unconstitutional, To the Editor of The Evening World: Is there any law or any clause in the Constitution against a President serv- ing more than two terms in @uccession? A. ©. DAVIS, | third street on the Bixth avenue line to | Rector street, where he crosses the bridge to Ninth avenue, beating the company out of an extra fare, and then quietly sneaks into an express train, swings his canalboats out into the aisle and gayly rides home, He does this six days every week of his mean and wretched tife, GONZALES. Wedding Etiquette, To the Editor of The Evening World: Who pays for the various expenses {ncurred at the church im @ church Wedding? Who pays for the wine at a By Martin Green, a A Justification of the White | Satin Knee Breeches at Mrs. Oele ' richs’s Ball, ‘ ¢ SRE,” said the Cigar Store Man, “that the male society persona in Newport attended Mrs, Oele rich's ball wearing white satin knee pants.” “Fine for the limbs!" ejaculated the Man Higher Up ‘. “I'd be willing to bet my solled straw hat against @ ticket on a W, C, T. U. excursion that Harry Lebr was the Columbus who discovered the white pants innovae tion, It is a matter of common report in the Smayt Get that Mr. Lehr is equipped with a pair of prope that are all to the symmetry. His legs compose one of the sight# of the bathing beach at Newport. “Where Mr. Lehr leads the other society men must follow, no matter if their lower limbs are built on base- ball-bat lines, Some of the underpinning that showed ' at Mrs, Oelrichs’s ball would be barred out of the Metro politan Museum of Art by s committee of one-eyed true tees. “However, why shouldn't men wear white satin pants it they so desire? Shall women appropriate all the glad, picturesque rags? Is there any reason why a man with @ presentable pair of props should hide them in rolls of cloth? We have got too far away from the picturesque {n modern times. Women do not hesitate to ady that, man of to-day dresses to look a fright, while the coe tumes of one hundred years or more ago were beautiful and becoming. It seems that the time has come for tatin knickerbockera with ruffies, billowy bosom shirts and slippers wth silver buckles. It ts only a step from the openwork sock to the tight-fitting silk stocking.” “Knee breeches,” asserted the Cigar Store Man, “are all right in their place.” “Yes,” sald the Man Higher Up. “They look all right on @ baseball fleld, but the water wagon for artists would go out of business if the style became general on Park Row.” The Ivory Diggers, That the elephants annually slain in Africa and India could furnish half the ivory used in one year, those who are acquainted with elephant hunting, as well as with the quan- tity of tvory used annually in Europe, America and Asia, know very well to be impossible, The !vory diggers, there- fore, have to assist the elephant hunters. With the same seal with which the petroleum borers in America seek to discover new oll wells do the ivory diggers on the arctlo coasts search for mammoth's tusks. Every spring, when the ice begins to thaw, the marshy land of Eastern Siberia, reveals new mines of fossil ivory. The traders are very Jealous and allow no one else to work these mines on the coasts and islands under their control, They make every effort to send at least 50,00) pounds of fossil ivory a year westward along the great caravan road. Pointed Paragraphs. ‘The early patrol wagon catches the late luaher, Some men can’t head a procession even when they did, The bill collector {s usually the first to find a man out. Many a girl with teeth like pearls is as dumb as an oyster, \ Don't kick a yellow dog simply because he belongs to @ neighbor, ‘The man who bows to the inevitable seldom does i as @ matter of courtesy. ‘The queer actions of lovers may be due to the fact that Klases are intoxicating, ‘The girl who declares she can't sing is often guilty of unintentional truthfulness, Onions are recommended as a cure for indigestion, but as yet there has been no cure discovered for onloris.—Chicago News, 4 Newest, Hottest Fuel. A new fuel successfully tested at Muncie, Ind, has been invented by Jacob Smith, « glassblower. It is sald to possess more heat units per pound than elther coal or wood; it can be manufactured and sold at a profit for half the cost of coal, and it does not smoke except when a etrong draught is used. The fuel fe made largely from the refuse of pulp mills, A Unique Clock, The latest novelty in clocks has just made its appearance in France. It consists of a perfect representation, in an- tique silver, of an old church, transparent enamel forming the stained windows. The clock dial is one inch in diameter and Is placed in the belfry, where tiny bells chime every hour. The roof of the church proper can be raised, dis- closing @ gold-lined receptacle for matches. The “Fudge” Idiotorial, Read To-Merrow'efirst You Yr 4 by the Pianet Pu Co) ae Rath Sry SE = at tn ea St tle A A BM MS a - = weecoe on e-