The evening world. Newspaper, September 2, 1904, Page 12

by the Press Publishing Company, No, 6 to @ Park Row, New York. Entered at the Post-OMice at New York as Gecond-Class Mail Matter, "VOLUME 40... The Evening World First Number of columns of advertising in The Bvening World during first six months, 1904. Number of columns of advertising in The Bvening World during first six 7,700 months, 1903. . 6,019 UNORBASB..0.0.00000005 1,681 , THE “ve Man and the Maid By — ae | | | HPRE ap: peared in Wednes: | papers storiesot who had bi tled ro: the WHITE LIGHTS V8, RED, Light, of which the me‘ical profession has made @ffective use in the cure of disease, is now, it seems, to ‘be applied to dispel crime from the Tenderloin. As the result of a tour of that precinct, during which he yoticed a vice-fostering gloom in sharp contrast to - the radiance of Broadway, Police Commissioner McAdoo’ fs stported to have ordered the installation of additional, electric lampa in the bellef that their rays will effect iG ‘What police espionage does not appear able to accom-| ‘a ylish. “You can’t have too much light on crime,” the the Bowery gives the words force, In furtherance of his theory the Commissioner has made arrangements to have lights placed wherever possible before any house sus- Dected of being disorderly. A question may arise as to the fine line of distinction APE RES tye euch f &@ denignation of a house but yet insufficient to Justify raiding it. The protest of property owners Is Ukely to give much virtue to the saving clause “wher- ever possible.” Meantime, the progress of the contest 4 between white light and red will be watched with !n- ‘aed terest, and the further extension of the light cure THE VACATION SCHOOL CLOSING, Beptember brings with !t a commencement season in some respects more interesting than the regular college closing of two months ago, It shows the graduates ‘of the city vacation schools going through thelr paces in the presence of admiring audiences, ringing out a college » yell, giving exhibitions of track athletics, performing gymnasium feats, dancing in a way to recall a musical ballet, and giving general testimony. .to she uses to which the vacation season has been Jn school and on playground by children who might have been condemned to pase the time in or mischief. Buch is the fine realization of an experiment begun - fm a email way in 1894 by the Society for Improving tho is ’ Condition of the Poor, chiefly at its own expense and with the loan of tour school buildings by the Board of Education. The fame of the New York vacation schools has crossed the seas and become another “American dea” for London adoption. “An admirable dea,” says the British Medical Journal, which recalls for contrast ® with the improved lot of the street arab Tom Hood's * pathetic story of the child of the tenements whos only playthings were three bricks and a dead kitten, It may be doubted whether any ten years of routine educational development in the city have brought re- turns of instruction comparable {n importance with those resulting from the innovation of the vacation schools. How popular they have become with the class of pupils to whom they are designed to appeal is indicated by the fact that In spite of hampered facilities the attendance summer reached 103,000, a number exceeding that of % year by 8,000, The opportunities provided for the entertainment and inetruction of children who might otherwise havo had to depend on the streets have been ‘Of incalculable moral and mental advantage. In tho ‘Matter of physical benefit alone, what a legacy of good "to the children of the poor was that first playground laid out under Mies Lovell’s direction at Fiftieth street ‘and Eleventh avenue! | New York has reason to be proud of its vacation @ehools. The best way it can evidence this pride is to ‘make a secure and substantial provision for their further multiplication, which will remove them from the risk of deficient appropriations and economies effected at the _ expense of one of the school system's best features. Se Bet we i wv ’ Better Marksmanship Wanted—Again a policeman's bullet, going wide of its mark, has found lodgment in an $ fmnocent passer-by. In this case the viclim was seriously i and perhaps fatally wounded. While the practice of in- 2 discriminate shooting at fugitives obtains, it might be Z . well to open schools in the various precincts for the tmprovement of marksmanship in officers, MOUNTED POLICE AT THE BRIDGE. ‘The plan ot employing mounted police to disentangle the congestion of vehicles at the Brooklyn Bridge en- trance promises an {mprovement of condftione which ‘both in the matter of time lost and in risk of accident incurred have grown intolerable. ‘The plan is interesting as well as showing the exten- tlon of the practical methods adopted by the Low ~ administration for the handling of street traffic. We had “to go to London for the lessons, but that they have been well learned and advantageously applied is evident to - @ny one who cares to watch them in operation at Fifth " gvenue and Forty-second street and at various Broadway etossings. Rocalling the confusion of three years ago for contrast with the semblance of order and regulirtty | Bow is to realize the benefits which have resulted tram Capt. Piper's innovations. Tre problem at the bridge entrance is the most dim- 6f all and until the projected terminal improvements beer made its satisfactory solution must be red of. Meantime “here may be partial relies? & better control of the crush of vehicles and iY and thie « detail of mounted volice shou'* is Able to effect. A "GOOD LUCK.” ‘man who has always the very best luck. confess it would not be surprising (9004 Fuck” meant nothing but “good advertising.” nets ‘mistortune the lucky man daunts re 0 wee Sunday World Wants. * Commissioner is quoted as saying. The redemption ot | be drawn between a suspicion sufficient to warrant) “}combat with a hated rival. are two sorts of people: The man who gets “stuck” | ® between ‘one, ay encounter be. | tween two! maids at New-| over an ex - military \ , who Tet. nee 8 creed the bout Nixola Greeley-Smith. and ‘ook train out of town with the winner; the other & lively scrap between two married wom en over the husband of one of them. Time was when, following tne Jungic law, It was man who fought his tellow | for the possession of a fair lady, and tn ‘those days the victory and the girl were to the stronger of the two. But In these more progressive days, the damsvl is no longer content pas- jslvely to be fought over as if she were a place tn the betting ring Subur- or a strap in a Brooklyu ? at 6.90, Not in vain she 8 coat of Kharpest military cut perch a Napoleonte tricorne upon her bev. For adornments are but the outward and visible sign of the | « newly developed militant disposition which prompts her when she thinks her | ( etions are belng trifled with to leas] ntly tan" her brother man, gently sister woman, Surely no person of proper soul, n> 4 of that fine spirit of ag- that pervades equally the Presidential chair and the prize ring before a fight, will question the modern woman's right to indulge in personal But while admitting her right of eminent domain in the realm of a disputed heart over any other woman that she can “lick, the suggestion may be permitted that ‘her methods of warfare are frequently to be deplored. Halr pulling and soratching, both of which were promi- nent factors In the two battles recently chronicled, are not according to Queens- berry rules. And it ts in the Interests of all malds militant to discourage thelr use, The development of the maid mill- tant, by the way, is due to the extraor- dinary wariness and success in evading the most brililantly colored “fly” of the modern bachelor, Granted that he Is young and wholly eligible—that is to fay, that he can both pay the rent and “Ick” the jJanitor—how ia he to decide between the hosts of young women wo seek to annex him? Among the number there are sure to be at least two of such pleasing admiration, flattering stupidity and abounding charms as to make judicious choice between them imposrible. Now, the only way to get an admiring mo» to choose between alx candidates for wis heart and hand Is to jeliminate five of them, In matrimony, as in everytoing else the survival of the fittest still prevalis, Sometimes the elimination Is not of a fistic order, But whether it occurs In a Newport ball- room or a Bowery dance hall, the prin- |‘ ciple ts game. To the victor belongs the spo! glory, honor and gate re celpts—particularly gate receipts. It may occur to the old fashioned to cavil at the matrimonial methods of the woman militant; to regret the old days when Instead of carry! banner she was the banner, instead of delivering “right hooks” and “upper- cuts" for the matrimonial belt she was the belt 4 But there will always be croakers and vavillers, and why need the maid mill- tant concern hervelf with them? She has exchanged the girdle of Venus for the sword and aegis of Minerva, and though It may not #0 becoming |: is certainly more useful, And, after all, ours te pri ly © useful age. LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. || —_— Filthy Station-Houses, To the Editor of The Evening World The station-houses of Greater New York are in a filthy condition and a disgrace to our city, I asked several doormen the cause. They tel! me that they have too much work to do; they have to visit the prison where prisoners are confined every thirty minutes and eannot do any cleaning. There are 50” men on the police force and the ccarter calis for two doormen for every Atty men on the force, There are only resent. This doormen erisamiclent te do tne, Wk required of it. AJA. A Strauwe Expression, To the BAitor of The Evening World In the follo ving Is the expression “tell wp" correct? A boy's toy balloon flew away, with the string that held it, He followed it for an hour, on being told that It would eventually fall, as there no wind about, On his return he asked whether it had fatien, He “Yes, it fell-up.” The bal- ¢ straight on for a while, t {then up.” B No. 1 Humooldt street, I An Ideal Arrangement To the Editor of The Evening World | Much is being written o1 the subject ; jot marriage and divorce, My scheme} fs this: Make It the rule and the cus: | tom that rich men marry poor giris (like Millionaire Toleott. as ilustrated in the) Sunday World of Aug. 14), and rich | giris marry poor, deserving men with- out titles, By this arrangement, 1 think, there would be more satisfactory mar- riages and fewer divorces and a more satiatactory distribution of the wealth, which would otherwise remain In the hands of the few. % % No, 14 West One Hundred and Twenty- fifth street. ward, whic’ Peer rererrrererr ie tt es aah 6-3 ‘ 4 « 7 E Militant. : SPE PPD HI ESL FESS SPOS OE : 4 - 4 STUPID! "LL HAvE TO TEACH HIM. Mary Jang and Kickums Play “Port Arthur.” rd hugh? : BAN Uy Vy (ce iS alt LE VE 4406 : ZAI =a “)Banzal! in A NG 898900500080 4, 5 w# # He Gives Less Enlightened Youngsters a Lesson in Leap-Frog. iM GOING TO SHOW You HOw t's DONE. uw A Lively Mimic Siege in Which the Dead and Wounded Are the Best Volumes from Papa's Library, ey WHEN, SAY —_— . 6 F FIRIN?s COG Q\ bs pal ' HURRY |, | UP AN? NN USAY ITs cos I fF) ALL |L READY, w& MA drOOODOODOOLOCSDIOLDEOOEDIOS | WIbEIE WISE # w Gene Carr’s Megacephalic “Kid.” : OS & By Martin Green. SPOOSTOOOOe Se The Uplift Movement and Its Meaning to the Workingman, Whose Lot Is Already Tough. “é HAT 1s this Uplift Movement that I hear " W so much about?’ asked the Cigar Store Man. “It's a new gag,” responded the Man Higher Up, “Most of the details are beyond the break-' ers to me, but I was put hep to the scenario the other day by a friend of mine who has been engaged as the derrick in a big factory. He !s rehearsing the job him- self because previous to his present ait he was a book agent, | “The Uplift Movement ip engineered by philanthro= pists for the benefit of ‘king people, The idea is to make the toller contented with his lot by working the soft and beautiful into his surroundings. The Uplitt people have succeeded in showing a lot of emplgyers that thelr people will do more work and give bigger net returns if they are blown to refining influences, and ex- pert refiners are doing quite well pushing the good thing along. “Flowers are put in the workrooms, a place is set aside for intellectual bouts and organ recitals and leo- tures and moving-picture exhibits, girl employees are furnished with quiet places in which they can rest when they get tired and lunches are furnished at cost on one line of the movement. A man or woman who can frame up & new and delicate stunt for the laboring man of woman can draw down a premium from the "plft boosters any time, “This man I speak of put a lot of new ideas into effect in the factory and conned himself into the bellef that he could see the thing grow. He could detect a note of gentieness and kindness in the working people that had never been there before. In his reports he, announced that the men and women he was uplifting were neater and happier and that their homes were becoming abodes of sweetn: nd light. Oh, he got his hooks into the Uplift for fair, but he encountered a jar yesterday that set him back a few.” “What was it?” inquired the Cigar Store Man, “One of the hands maced him for ten tickets for the annual Sunday outing of the employees to a grove up the Hudson, informing him that booze was to be fea-, tured and that the motto of the excursion was to be ‘Go ‘ as far as you like,’” replied the Man Higher Up. { No Bonanza in Brazil. United States Consul Ayme at Para, Brazil sounds a note ot warning for the benefit of tho: ho think there gold. en field for exploitation in the Amazon region of South America, “I despair,” says Mr. Ayme, “of finding languagq strong enough to express the utter and absolute hopelessness of success that awaits any of th unhappy enough to at- tempt to make even a bare living on the banks of the mighty Amason, I do not say that the acquisition of a fortune or & competence is dificult, 4 ful or impossible; I say that such @ miserable existe would disgust a Digger | Indian would be hardly obtainable by one man in 10,000 of such as are thinking of coming here. It may be that there ‘are places in Brazil where colonists might do well, perhaps, j but I do not know of any such places,” Tho rubber trees, Mr. Ayme says, are widely separated and they can only be reached by forcing one's way through a thick-matted, almost impenetrable swamp forest which produces very little food for human beings, Officially Blind. Dr, Edward Waldo Emerson, of Concord, is fond of telling’ of an old servant whose heart was exceedingly kind and tn whom the qualities of pity and compassion were developed nearly to perfection. He was once driving his employer and Emerson through the country. As they approached a new house that the master was bullding they saw an old woman sneaking away with a bundle of wood, “Jabez, Jabes,” cried the owner, “do you see that old woman taking my’ wood?” Jabes looked with pity at the old woman, then with scorn at his employer. ‘'No, sir,” he said stoutly, “I don’t see her and what's more [ didn't think that you would see her, elther, . ‘Wheelbarrow Freight.” From time immemorial the Chinese have de draft animals and man power for trasepariatlon yy aaa The wheelbarrow and the clumsy bullock cart are still wed, and it fs no uncommon sight to see a “freight train” con. sisting of barrows, with men pushing at the heavy handieg and each man’s wife walking ahead, pulling bravely at the load. Railroads are coming in slowly, Between Canton and Fatshan are a number of the little old locomotives that aid good service for so many years on the elevated railway lines In New York City. These locomotives, by the way, are now pretty well scattered all over the habitable globe Gooking Beside the Sea. BD8 DF-E-B-99O4-5-999-0S-66-55O9-F5 96-54 $9-6-4-9-8-0-2-0-9-8660-9-09-0929068-9- 908 $90000-96-2- 0004 ¢ orher bercer thiges Ahan fellow men to- ditt But wher I sit beside the sea, Suet thoushrs are sare to rive deme Js then Swish that Seeld dea, = Al poet, thet,