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Re) eHeaiorld by the Press Publishing Company, No. & to 6 Row, New York, Entered at the Post-Office at New York as Second-Class Mail Matter, ! ing. World. dur eee eee 904 40,6521 of columns of advertising in ing World during the ee 3 5298 SORE EODE 045604466 6-4 66-000008 04 08-0206-8-0-4-04 2% Fi “SAFETY” MADE A JEST. _ ‘The authorization which the little joker in the autoy law gives the Nassau Supervisors to set aside ‘the light of the fatal accident to the chauffeur + Which occurred under ordinary road conditions while he was travelling at a rate of speed nominally | fe by comparison with racing recklessness, are the prepared to eay that they have imposed | restrictions" for Ssturday’s contests? Such a| _> term becomes an absurd misnomer as applied to a race " tm which the must daring speed maniacs of two conti- fents wil! strain every nerve to win at the risk of their lives on machinos in which a hidden mechanical defect ‘ an unsteady hand on the steering wheel may precip- 4 ‘a catastropne worse than those which have marred international races. Taking advantage of the law's phrasing which “does jot prevent” their subservient action, the Supervisors, bidding of a few automobile speed enthusiasts, in deliberately seck to tmperil the public safety the law expressly provides, as a condition to the tuse of the roads, that they shall make secure. of human foresight, no slowing down of railroad at grade-croasings, or olled roads or any doubling guard of special officers can reduce to @ negligible | tity the risk to which the action of the Supervisors thousands. races have already claimed one victim. Another petition bearing more than 200 signatures will be sent ‘to Commissioner McAdoo asking for additional police pro- Gang depredations which call for such action on be part of citizens point to a censurable laxity of con- the police. The records of the foroe show that it é been able to subdue gang violence in the past, and it “would appear to be an opportune occasion for It to make another gemonstration of that ability. vs & THAT ARE FIFIE-TR4PS. day after the Attorney street fire tragedy In- berger was reported as miking energetic ‘a stop to the practice of placing encum- * Of this spasm«dic precaution- ) tn force when the next tentment-héuse fire » The question, after the Inpse of a month, ‘Of timely interost by the pyblished statement “many of the east side fire-escypes are boarded | 0 hat children may have a playground away from) t * while others are used as places “for the| of tower-pots, ice-cream frvezers, baby-car-| se, trunks and fitewood."” The momentary reform| being over, there has been spvedy return to the conditions. are liable to a fine of $1/) for encumbering _ Firemen may warn them of their violation of , and are detailed to do so; their warning unsup- by power to arrest fails of effuct. The police are| ‘with the duty of making arrests for such vicla- "But it in the direct province of the Tenement- ; Commission to prosecute offenders, and with Fagents the responsibility of removing this menace | ty mainly lies. At the offices of the commias! prter was informed that “if a tenement-house In- is rounde happens on a flagrant violation ft and action is taken,” but that “no special Deer issued as a result of the Attorney, A nothing more to be done in the Interest of safety? Is tho nullification of the law's provis- g for the security of tenants to continue, subject only enforcement due to the chance vi-'* of an pens on" a violation? -, MILLIONS FOR THE PARKS, twelve million dollars which Engineer Lewls! to be needed to complete the city’s echeme estabilsnment represents only about 4 per cent. Approximate lend vzlue of all the parks now fig- gon the cliy map. To such great values have the Playerousyls rison as the city has grown, The ele ix several times repeated of Unicn, Madizon. \ a At intervals from 1827 to 1847. coat } aad are now estimated to be worth §: yening World of the importance of being fore- the purchase of park lands. Prices go up city walte; thorefcre waiting fo now! must eventually be done. ey Ges out In large amounts upon p Bald that few investments yield so n return: ma if peuple, and th; breathing-spots fer jhe city. ix ‘des whict r tie taxuble a id. Of hov i 45 a hint in the s ‘the tax value of a lot are @ great many w laviow than e # tweiva millions of ¢ ae when re also ¢ wabsey rs © you may, t Ads to the tect. it end the best, highways for private races is contingent on the Mag? of such tests “under proper restrictions for the A Time Limit By Nixola Greeley -Smith, she or her parents should dismiss him. a serious burden of blame on those who have gins se tie clas wat yee | summer vacatiou t 5 of the young , @ thelr legitimate functions to sanction Sat-| vine over the grave problem as to Just | “You hear some people lament that winter ts app May's apecd madness, what agent 06 Ses [agescd ged | Ing because the weather 1s going to be cold and th . ‘and the Oni “ ia at nai serene pro nando regret re best will have to buy coal. It's a stand-off. In the summ “ue = men wus called to onsen the growth ot facta, Win has been lavieh | we have to buy kee and pay fare to Coney Island, Ni quarter . Now, because with pobre a ‘and not ungenerous York in the autumn to! 1 ‘Many robberies and assaults committed by & 68g | with flowers and candy. he has not pect, ee eee bh ‘ts headquarters in East Seventy-elghth street, “s,oken the fatal words, and no new can- # | “In the firet place the schools are open. This takeai didate has vresented himself, shall An- from? New suitors don’t come around ‘every six months Mke the equinoxes, | and the young woman with an eye to) the main chance ts never off with the | old aspirant until she is pretty solid with the new, Intentions, but can one imagine afy girt Or any parent actually doing \t? It wis once credibly reported in a small tows | the Evening World was moved to ask, “Will) * and Washington Square parks, which, pur- ' i facta emphasize again the point dwelt upon by Heaith, strength and joy flow , INTEL ae WORLD'S w HOME w MAGAZINE. » parece: S| THE » BVENING » ‘WILLIE WISE Gene Carr's Brainy Kid as an Amateur Ball Player # # o-e2- WHAT A STUPID WAY ‘To CATCH ABALLS VLL TEACH iM. | 3 gegvecegonceyeses i" 2 SPST OO aE RETRO ~ |iMary Jane and the Organ Grinder’s Monk # # -}) | ry 2 A & & She and Kickums Give the Simian a Hot Surprise and He Returns the Compliment 3) ° for Slow Suitors, | 26 e | HE Rev.| T Father Alexis, of the Passion Order, ac) cording to a) story in yes- terday’s pa- vers, is re sponsible for the statement Autumn Is Not Really the Sad Sea son It Is Doped Out to Be. 4 that no girl coaiap een iy HE melancholy days have come, the saf- her longer $6 dest of the year,” quoted the Cigar Store than six Man, {n tones meant to be pathetic, hen bdon | “I never could see anything melane © te ee bet | choly in the moth-ball season,” sald The that If» afle- Man Higher Up, “You'd have to carry an indicator to Nu Greeley-Smith. tory suitor keep tab on all the joyous brannigans that are wanders gly 4 Ing around town these cool, fresh days, People wall ie faster and breathe harder than they did a month agoy Here surely {a balm for the troubled | The community at large {s just recovering from DPODOOD 2 GEE OE-D6-SG8-9-8-V ISSO] 1-249 P DS OOSEOS HOHE SD children away from the house the biggest part of the; working day, blese their little hearts. The more they! are away from home the less damage they do around the house. They are learning the ways of the world sa, (‘hat they may soon go to work and support their te thers in luxurious idleness, It will be necessary for all! fathers to he suyported by their children pretty soon, because a man over forty years old will be parred from uny job but working as a messenger boy, “The theatres are open and the best actors in the world are performing for our benefit and paying up the board bills they ran through the summer. From melot drama to Lew Dockstader, from grand opera to vatde- ville is on tap at ftom two bits to #2 a seat. The odor of roasting chestnuts {s in the air and soon we will hear the pancake sizzle on the criddle, “The free lectures for the people, established through the efforts of The Eveuing World, have been started for the season, and the women who own fur coats that were new last season are trying to pass thelr husbands the con that the styles have changed, And, best of all, th? felina summarily forfeit the advan- tages of Wokets, candy, &c., without knowing where any more are to come, ARE THESE) YOUR KIDS. One often hears sage reflections as to the necessity of asking a young man's where I happened to be sojourning that eathy father of a great, big, | raw-boned Scotch girl of thirty nad| asked a poor, little, puny bank clerk, | Bearcely past hic majority, his “Inteu-| tions.” And the poor young man was| 80 frightened he never went back to| the house, . | The whole idea seems to belong to) European countries, where the young woman's only legitimate interest in life is to get band and the sole dut of oll otal ce somee Ape ber. "| lordly janitor, who has spent the long, hot days sitting That idea doesn't admit the possibility | 3 on the basement steps drinking beer our of a can, is getting out his shovel and repairing the furnace for of a mere friendly acquaintance be-| @ steam heat.” tween young men and women, and when | 2 an unmarried man enters a cant “It 1s sad to see the leaves die and the grass wither,” complained the Cigar Store Man. where there is an unmarried woman he ‘Oh, I don't know," replied The Man Higher Up.’ does 50 avowedly on a tour of mat monial inspection. If he likes the girl. PSOE DEDS DE OS4OS SO) £9:0690-0586-0400000 std ‘satisfactory financial arrange 7 e. ae » | “While the lesves die and the grass withers the fall ments can be made, he promptly pro- h E bl f Soci bilit i D kt © | overcoat blossoms, millinery bl : "13 | me 4 ‘ s y blooms and the thoughts poses marriage to her parents, It le e m em 0 a NA n ar OW n . ue » | of man turn to corned beef and cabbage,” e docsn't like her he simply doesn't g9) 4 4 raed | : : ck, and she enjoys the cheerful » » | EEA is Wa balanes end. thena |S $ The First Lights. wantien P4 | From: the fnt of stain animals, the resinous products of the But in America a man doesn't expect @ | forest (rees and the wax of the wild bee came those lights® it to be taken for granted that just be- ® which gleamed upon fair women and brave men at Belshas- cause he likes to call on a girl occaston-| @ | tar's feasts, From Rome the oll lamp passed successively ally be te Inevitadly bound to lead her| 2 ¢ into Germany, Gaul and Britain, In these countries torches, ; to the altur, And she in her turn would) rushes dipped in reuse and a very odorous fish oll were the: be very inuch chagrined if he wore to| ® ® methods of artificial lighting until the Roman conquest, The take it for granted that he is the chosen 3 3 rush light of that day consisted of a ne d wooden stick of all others Lecuuse she wears as many | 4 @ | ret to @ wooden bare. Stalks of the rush were peeled to tho) bunches of violets as he is willing & } > pith save for one strand of husk and pa: hrough how send her. | rs hog! shige or more were tw ther and ‘The Rev. Father ‘Alexis {s right In when cold were placed in a notch of the standard, to b | pushed up when thy fire neared the wood. ‘Thes sie tiette foe two yet $ | emitted a strong fiame ond a similar odor, You may makeq riinds an $ | one of these and enjoy f hour the ancient light of Brite matrimonially s @ | ain and that which to th ¥ dispels the gloom of night in, suppose taey ‘ @ remote Irish ca The candle of the common people wa for thelr not being {riendi $ the rush light of our ancestors, Tt burned where candies | ve existence of nat very fried } jergs ver Wax were too dear and hefore Chevreul and othe } | ers found a ‘vay to refine a cheap candic grease from the fi ® of animals, i nar A Solilier « 4 fnbemiecintnie rv yr | 4 The Forbidden City. d bachelor v ere were ( . f 64 t shmen whe bots lowe > e in » { And that 19 true H * 9 correspondent, | mn is the life ot " we emerged, h . . ‘ f us wos dirtior H w irein of the | 4 1 in the open squareq A 4 ck pigs | ; houses of a few . ‘ be e L. yed by the; . bai i ‘ 1 hos falled to Pr i night of ¢ all ded one of hcths . Kae and distrte ' ‘ MOSE Lan’ sakes, Zip, what; ° Wheat Burned Seven Morth fur yo’ got dat weepon in yo zi 2 ue Sere nS. e|, ot huteigh ¢ 1 8 reporte necktie? Sl tr Shaltioec Dae Z\|P—Dat’s ouah club pin, It's Sl plied f ¢ that w ie —exnetly ’ rs ven f w . ot,” sald a social club—jes’ so-cial, noth- ® Mr. Thomas, "tha: 9 nd We has to let & in’ moah. ® cool off before we could F 1 e work. The wheat i was in soild chunks, but the grains wore distinctly visible \ LBBRVALERDE 1-9-4499-944-455464904004 96 06 0040004000000 0008 144 O904'OOO96946-4400000000 It was one of the most remarkable things I ever saw.” + saecieeatatn: llea s- senate Rar aetna