The evening world. Newspaper, August 25, 1904, Page 12

Wey rf by the Press Publishing Company, No. #2 to @ ), Wark Row, New York, Entered at the Post-Oflee @t New York as Becond-Class Mall Matter, i OLUME 4B......++ 00 «NO. 18,710, he Evening World First of columns of advertising In The Bvening World during first six fonths, 1904. Number of columns of advertising in The Bvening World during first six Months, 1903. ..ccccsesessees INCREASE... COMMUTERS IN REVOLT, @e-wutiny against company oxactions and shortcomings, | ‘and, carrying his point, bringing an aroused public Wieentiment to bear to abolish the “car ahead” and) gh “double-fare” wrongs, and to secure the reform of other} © Empositions. Last winter it saw the Erle commuters i $;{ protecting in mass-meeting against’ an unsatisfactory _Maburban service, Last weok it was Mount Vernon) against the Consolidated in a fight to abate the smoke Apuisance, which was successfully achieved. Now it is) , } commuters of New Rochelle preferring charges! against the same corporation of invaded rights and Gqmied privileges and furnishing the State Railroad) od Bommission with a very full bill of particulars thereof, if ‘These instances of popular uprisings on the part of a service corporation's patrons to effect reforms are "y the highest degree interesting as pointing to a new @ Gttitude of the people toward the carrying compantes + fwich derive their existence from its favor. They {n-| @icate a more jealous regard by the public of what is “due tt trom the railways to which {t has granted cbarters| ‘hy 4 © — nd evidence @ disposition to exact a larger return of, i Gervice as deferred compensation for valuable franchises | - @ttginally given away. This new view was well expressed fi the statement of Frank M. Baker, one of the Commts- sloneres, that “you can't expect to take off trains or shift Your time-tables to sult your profits while causing) @bousands of people great inconvenience by doing #9," _, *) The remark was most pertinent as applied to @ corm poration whose long enjoyment of a transportation _ Meonopoly has nearly doubled the par value of its stock, THE LACK OF SCHOOL SEATS, Tt is to be hoped that Acting Mayor Fornes is not un- uty optimistic in his prediction that “within a year there will be schoo! accommodations in this city which . give every child a full day.” The sixty-five school Be noW {in course of construction will provide *) 120,000 additional sittings, and Mr. Fornes thinks they will be finished within tho time set, More to the point just now than long-rango Promises is the diMcult problem which will confront the @chool authorities on Sept. 12, now less than three fweeks away. Mr. Fornes thinks that 27,000 new sittings fwill then be available. At the close of the achools in 675,000 pupils were enrolled. When the fall term it is expected that those applying for admisstca © * Bill exceed this number by 60,000. For nearly halt of these newcomers there will be no seats. Recalling that "teat fall there were 90,000 children in part-time classes, , the situation promises to be distinctly worse than it was - © + Aletions of what it will be a year hence grow dim. What- © ever boon may be in store for the school children of another year, the painful reality for this year’s pupils » ts @ deprivation of school facilities for which promises NAD not compensate. In the light of that disappointing fact roseate pre- Bye: 7 THE GROWTH OF GOLF, S$ It appears that thero are in tho United States 1,162 golf clubs of all descriptions, public and private, an | ,.@xcees of more than 100 over the number in Great! > Britain and Ireland. Considering that the United States ‘J ‘@olt Convention this yoar celebrates the tenth anni- ‘versary of its organization and 4nat twenty years ago +, the nation had heard of the game only Incidentally, the Sudden and substantial popularity of the sport must seem extraordinary, Whether viewed with regard to its largo ‘ property interests in links and club-houses, or the hosts “of players, or the commercial value of the game to! Manufacturers of sporting goods, {ts development is M maryellous even for this land of large contracts and . thirty-day delivery, > Byven @ rough estimate of the financial importance of {the game is impracticable, suggesting figures that @tagger. An Investment of $100,000 in a course and i <j Club-house 1s not oxcessive, and the receipts of more than $9,000 at a local club-house for one month bint at Surprising totals, Our debt to England for games {s large. It has given! us football, tennis, golf, cricket (which {s fast be- NG _,,¢oming domesticeted), and “bridge.” In return we have > Sotfered it baseball, for which it has shown no liking, Wand poker, which the celebrity of Minister Schenck gave a temporary voguo, There still In spite of rivalry re. “qmain our “national games,’ though the pressure of] “Opposition brought to bear on them by the Imported games grows yeerly stronger. A GRADE CROSSING TO GO. © 4, The smashing of an automobile by a train at the Van Mortianat crossing on the Putnam division of the New ts a 64 now by the official order of the State Railroad Commission abolishing the danger spot. The estimated > coat of making the crossing safe 18 $31,000, of which ne will pay one-half and the State and the elty " ter each, The action of the board is due largely, d not entirely, to the newspaper agitation following the * Pigedy. 1t \s takon after an interval relatively briof as @fficial proceedi 8 RO, and deci s0 by comparison Sprith the long con nuance of dar titions there. ' The, gain for <afety will ppreciated. What ‘ous crossing is neat to e the board's atten- ? The Merrick Road and Kings Highway crossings, each lured an automobile party to death, still re- ithe danger spots they were. flow soon is similar it or roparation to be made for thelr victime? N STANDING PAT. ™ The landlord hes let every fat; there’s nothing so etrange aboy — that year the city saw the trolley passenger Haing somewhat epicurean views of The Even- |be ted, | It was Mary MacLane, the young Western woman who pined to domesti- | | York Central road on June 12, with loss of life, Is fol-} \ her A Question of kove and Beefsteak, By Nixola Greeley -Smith. ack me at what time a man should mar- ry,” writes @ corre- spondent, “1 would gay not until he can find a wife who can makes loet of bread and cook a beetateak," Tt ts sald that the a you should Greeks believed the | ‘ seat of the human as the masculine soul ts concerned there is & good deal to back up the theory. However, I am inclined to sustain the ing World reader, at least in so far as and as cheap bread from a bakery ae Was ever made at home; #0 that seems yather an unnecessary requyement. I once ventured the assertion in this| 2 column that an Intelligent person would | learn to prepare simple food In two weeks, and was immediately swamped| / with flery letters of protest from indig-| « There was not a let-| { nant young men! ter from & woman among them, Bo it is really not so essential that the wife of a poor man should know how to cook ag that she should be ca- gin, Dy all means, with beofsteak, Love is not an air plant—not even a “hot-air” plant, although the avera; man seems to think so—and the pos than fine, brolled steak to feed it on. cate the devil, who celebrated fine rare beefsteak from Omaha and fresh young onions from California—and It was the moat senalble thing she ever did. This never infilcted upon the public, Whether from @ acant appreciation of love or an over appreciation of steak, I fully sympathize with the young man ‘Who makes the steak stipulation. I read somewhere the other dey that if a young man in Tunis has the combined iratiecretion and bad taste to fall in love with @ girl weighing lesa than 200 pounds, he |e not permitted marry der until by @ process of a) Hal fat- tening in @ dark room she has made establish @ bdeefsteak standard, no young man will be allowed to take any her culinary ability on @ carefully ee- lected porterhouse, Marriage comes, but beefwteak Mngers. Yet, and here we encounter a serious diMoulty, suppose after being duly Wedded to a lady who could tefl her love In & smoking sirloin one should encounter @ more accomplished siren! who could express her affections a ja| dearnalse, @ In bordelaise or maitre (hotel? Man és prone unto evil—and to beatetenk—as sparks fly upward, A new order of divorce and breach of Promise humor would aries and “chops And tomato sauce” would be relegated to the dead past, Seriously, however, I often pity the Poor men who from the incapacity of wives, Very often they are neither pretty nor clever nor charming, and tt {s, therefore, their first duty to be use ful. ‘Gut are they? Not a bit it. The uabond of the dulleat, meliest woman I ever knew nightly washed nis six little children and put them into bed, because his wife was too lazy to do Wt, and too disagreeable to keep a nurse girl twenty-four hours, What do women like thia think th arg for? What reagon or excuse ha they for being alive? But, you ask. why did their husbands marry the every marriage suggests. of paying 10 cents and groping in a big sack for & surprise package, until I dis- covered that the predominating asur- prises were one-cent clay pipes, Then I gave i up. ‘ But, after all, we can't give up get- Ung married, es ——— SOME OF THE BEST JOKES OF THE DAY, — THE SUIT DIDN'T suit, “Are you sire that my daughter favors your ault? “Well, no, ahe doesn't. But I prom ised I'd go to another tailor as soon as 1 fixed things with you,"—Cleveland Viain Dealer, NUMEROUS, I understand the rela- ting over the will, What rincipal bone of contention? Friend of the Fumily-—-Bone? Great Scott, mis He lett 200,000 of ‘em!— Chteago Trimine FORCE OF HABIT, 1 bought some dog biscuit for pants valuable St. Bernard, hope they will please you," she Shi | sald, They are not Mke mother used to make,” he sighed.—Chicago News, SUMMER TRIALS, Three things there are in summertime the beefateak half of the proposition ia! « concerned. We can buy as good bread| 4 pable of learning, And she should be-| { matrimonial variety particularly has to| | And there ts nothing better! ‘ of course applies only to the praise of| steak, For one's views on onions, like | « the onlons themselves, should be shared | “ only with one's Immediate family and | ‘ > $26-6-2-2-2-2 5-9-20- food the deficit in avoirdupota, It we | | sm to wife who has not demonstrated | ‘ thelr wives are obliged to apend their |? lives In boarding-houses, I look at these | fhat is the new Sphinx’s riddle that | When I was a little girl I used to be| 4 an enthusiastic patron of that form of | « entertainment common to church fairs| 4 That make one fret and stew; A smart mosquito bite is one; Tight shoes the other two, Buffalo Expreas, HIS HOPE, “What do you think of the situation with referenge to meat?” “I'm not worried,” agswered the > feure. “If they make ordinary food as expensive as terrapin, mushrooms and Through his Sunday World “Ad.” ihe best tenants were had, 7 fhe “stands pat.” truffies there will be no further excuse for my denying myseif,’—~Washington pe. A tneccbethdliems “7 oe —. w& EVENING ‘Mary Jane, — 34-03 -2-2-S2-33-8 Qe BoR HER / TAIS 18 Tee y A106 6-2-2904 2 £-0- 2900 w TIN TOO FREQUENT! ROUND THIS House! ey OP Gg Pay ae 5 Lee ae Oey Oe Pee a eee & Her Tabby and Sister’s “Best” #& # George Declared His Love Was Unquenchable, but He Didn't Know What Was Coming, ay!’ Bur WHAT W9ULD GEERGE say (AE Cound SEE 1 ve, 1M ANSTHERS DONT GO, GEORGE IT WAS ONKY BFPO PR SRPE Pr rere He PE-F-o-* 3-3-F-39 FFT DSSS TODS FID CCOTOS OS a Come AGAIN | GEORGE! ut SOS -Se-30Eo% > ox BRE “Vn G° A STBALIN! my Love 4S THE UNDYING KIND, OFBARIE- (Gee! TAS 48 GREAT ) ee Bk ian Ne HAD DIED FIR, HER 1m NE SVER MARRIES } DWT THRW A FIT LIKE THIS, BUT SAY YOUR WeVES THE UNDYING KIND, boeanesennernesernenesenesa P4ONN940004OI49000 HOOOH L4G EROOGEENE DOES LES 4EEE44-49 500 as yg Yes, To the Baitor of The Evening World: 1 was born in this country, On Sept, 1 I shall be twenty-one years old, Shall I be eligible to vote at the coming elec- tion? AG ‘The “Day” Problem, To the Editor of The Evening World: In the problem by J. D. (If to-morrow is yesterday {t will be as far from the beginning of the week as it {9 from the end, What dey fs itt) 1 say it te Wednesday. FJ. Monday, To the Editor of the Evening World: On what day of the week was July 3, 18767 8. kK To Get Rid of Ante, To the Editor of The Evening World: In reply to EB, C.'s letter requesting formation as to exterminating ants. Feet clean partries and sideboard cup- board thoroughly, leaving no crumbs In corners. Sprinkle lowest shelf and floor with a mixture of borax and Persian leave any food in jars or boxes on the floor. Hang bread, cake or cracker boxes on hooks under shelves, Wasa the floor of kitchen and dinipg-room with water that has @ small quantity’ of carbolle acid in It. When dry sprin- ile the borax and Persian powder over the floors, in cracks and under aur- base. Allow it to @main for several days, and then renew if necessary. 4. A. M, Richmond Hill, L, L No. To the Editor of The Evening World: Has the America’s Cup ever been won by the English since the America’s vic- tory? AMIC, Free Tuition, ening World: & young, bright lad can work his way through and what are the arrangements? N.C. M. In several of the out-of-town colleges arrangements can be made whereby a student can “work his way through.” In most of the large universities « cer- insect powder in equal parts, Do agtitain number of students receive free ¢ul- SBIR wean Re tll de in NPR eR a. aa as 5 aaa 1 2 LETTERS, QUERIES AND ANSWERS 2 2 tion, being merely required to pass an lution: Let X equal number of quarters eapecially high examination, No, To the Editor of The Evening World: Is there a constitutional provision pro- hiditing a President from serving three terms in succession? M. B.C, Newark, N. J. Both Are Territories. The Evening World: and Oklahoma deen to the Union as new States? F. & Vital Statiation, of The Evening World: are marriages recorded? A. B. Solves “Newsboy Sam.” To the Editor of The Evening World: “C. B." submitted the following prod- Jem to readers; A newsboy, counting his week's earnings, found that he had twice as many dimes as quarters and three times as many nickels as dimes, and in all had $7.0. How many pieces To the Whe he had; 2x equal number of dimes he had, and 6x equal number of nickels he had, % x X=2x. 10 x 2x=2 x. Sx 6x—90x, Thus 7ox~$7.00. x=10 quar- ters, 2x=20 dimes. x=) aeeet Yes. To the Editor of The ening World: Can a person born in New York City, | of fore rentage, become President of the United States If elected? MIKE W. Side Nearest Carb. To the Editor of The Evening World: In escorting two young ladies should gentleman be in the centre or should he walk on the side nearest the curo’ LW. “Between Yo a Me” Ie Correct, To the Editor vening World: Ir, @ heated shop argument, in which I claimed that “Between you and me” was correct and the others sald “Be- tween you ot each Kind tad bat Slere is the ae-|{p Ieareik vo yee we Seale RD MAGAZINE. The Sort of Husband thata‘ Woman Nearly Always Loves and Cherishes, | SEE,” sald the Cigar-Store Man, “that a woman rg out West has sued her husband for divorce because he was too good to her.” “Many a woman has left her husband,” age 7 serted The Man Higher Up, “because living with him grow monotonous. Most women nowadays want excitement at home and abroad. The peaceful household of our ancestors, in which the wife and mother was content to take the old man’s salary and give him 10 cents a day to spend, 1s giving way to the happy home in which the wife and mother wants not only the salary but a set-to, “There are women who have no respect for a husband unless he is competent to hand them a black eye or knock out a couple of teeth, Other women will stick their heads out of the air-shaft window and call for as- sistance if the head of the houseold makes @ pase at them with a plate. A man marrying a sweet young thing nowadays doosn’t know whether to qualify fom boxing lessons or sprinting. “One woman will show her love for her husband by advertising it. She generally drives him to drink, Ane other woman manifests her affection by calling her mea} ticket names and aesuring him that he isa slob. A m is a fool on the woman thing, anyhow. He picks out @ helpmeet with a slim waist, soft white hands and eyes 4s soft and wondering as a baby's and in six months shows himself with a map of the United States drawn on his countenance with fingernails, He chooses a fairy who has lived on corned beef and cabbage all her life | and discovers that if she can’t have all the delicactes of the season at every meal she 1s liable to go into court and try to push him out of the state of matrimony on tha , ground that he feeds her sawdust, “Look over the woman's pages in the newspapers and ( | you can’t miss an article by an alleged export telling women how to make their husbands happy, The advice | :s hammered into them year in and year out, but it 1s never followed. Every woman has her own way to make her husband happy and the system ¢ aliy Ine corporates trying to get him to do everyth tle wants !t done.” | “Why fs ft," asked tho Clgar-Store Man, “t , banquet the men stand up and drink a toast t fie women, God bless ‘em?'" | “Because,” answered The Man Higher Up, “by (09 time that toast gets around the banqueters are pry well dampened and feel like thiowing a con into thew. selves,” | A Much-Needed Rest, In Cuba one night during the Fi Carey affair Ge jton was watching a lot of his soitiers Me past, a them be noticed a burly negro cory iin addition to two gut 1 two f arrying @ dog. The soldier to longed was limping a side his ¢ halted the over! ched all night, fou ‘es, sah,” responded yhy on earth are you ¢ sald the negro, with a ¢ German Pro-Boers, An English student tells that when he was attending chool at Leipzig the feeling regarding the Boer war ran he Germans eagerly exulting over any newa of British, One of the university professors was the most rnbid pro-Boer. One day he posted a notice announcing that there | Would ba a meeting of the professors to protest against the action of England in South Africa and that the meeting « would be held in the zoological gardens, An English student was bold enough to write under the notive, “And a very cod place, too,” but he had to leave the university on age count of his wit, Biggest Watch on Earth. The largest watch In the world has just been made at the Waltham watch factory and shipped to England, The case {s aluminum finished with gold, and !s 5 feet in diameter, The two dials, one on elther side of the watch, are each ¢ fect in diameter, The numerals on one of the dials are Roman and on the other Arable. , —_—_—_—_— | Mother and Son, Son. ‘OTHER cf mine, fs that a smile * M You wear, asthore? Have you no fear of fraud or gulle? Tell me, asthore, Flas your long night come to a close? Has freedom’s sun upon you rose? Have you outlived her tyrant blows? Tell me, asthore, Mother. The tyrant’s sword has lost its edge; It's dull, asthore, The wind that sweeps my every hedge iJ Sings hope, asthore, My night has passed, my dawn ts here; ‘The fos that caused my every tear Is battle sore and filled with fear; She's chilled, asthore, Her fraud-bullt power ts in the dust; It's dead, asthore, She pays the debt of broken trust; It's fate, asthore, My blood she shed through all the years To her fear-stricken soul appears, 1 Now mine the smile and hers the tears And pangs, asthore, Bhe robbed my children of thetr crust, How long asthore. Grim hunger forced the to her tust Too long, asthore My soldier ona who won her wars No more shall bear her bat+! My Emmet smiling mid the stars Thanks God, asthore, Son.,. Even the waves that wash thy shore I love, Thy loyal dead Rejoice, asthore, ‘ Tho! far away, a volce from home Oft says to me across the foar, Avie machree, no lenger roa Come back, asthore, / J.C, ROACH.