The evening world. Newspaper, November 24, 1904, Page 8

ro. S Lea The Woes of the Published By the Press Pudlishing Company, No. & to 6 Park Row, New York. Entered at the Port-cftice | Restless. at New York as Second-Clasa Mail Matter, I epsilld phen ive mveeetnien = a _ VOLUME 4B....0..cceeee convene » 18,801 By NixolaGreeley-Smith, 0 ited our feminine aintanors , there je sure to numbered among them one of two ners vous. restlons, idle and un- happy crea- tures whose minds seem to bo affeoted with 1 sort of St Vitun's dance, and who make | themselyes amt thelr famiites | miseradle by ————= | their inability to keep etther mentally or physically still _ ARROGANCE AND ENVY, | They re the women whom tt is tm: | President Roosevelt on Tuesday night introduced toa possible to find In thelr own houses; nm at co Dr. Wagnor, who was f lecture on| Whe may be anywhere during the day Washington audten from a downtown salvage sale or @ hotel matter wvening World during the ft vine moathe 1904... -... 10,6823 of columns of advertising in Evening World during the nine months 1903 .......,_ 8,2853¢ -, morning ot evening, in New York ~h editions in nine consecutive months acy -3eeSe Nixola Greeley-Smith, IN THREE YEARS THE EVENING WORLD HAS MOVED TO THE FIRST PLACE. | | | “The Simple Life.” In his speech of introduction Mr. | tecrsom to a Harlem flat, which they e nepect without the alightest Intention Roosevelt said many true things, but the truest thing "V0" WilveNl ube ine aavie be abs othe eald was that “the brutal arrogance of a rich MAN chance at home, Perhaps they sleep ‘within the four walle hallowed by that Who looks down upon & poor man because he !s poor, ‘and the brutal envy and hatred felt by a poor man Roward a rich man merely because he 1s rich, are at bot- om twin manifestations of the same vies,” This vice at firat glance seems unfortunately wide- name, but, if they do. their one regret upon golng to bed le tor places unvintted turing the day, their one thought of fresh jaunts to be undertaken on the | morrow Pits state of restlessness in very (s young and unmarried women i# per " @pread among us. On the part of the poor It takes tWO haps pantonoble enough. Having no ‘ ‘@pposite but equally culpable forms—the “envy and por Menai shalt sttention, ; hatred” of which Mr. Roosevelt speaks and the offens!v@ wiiion thy myoterious future atill Inter- 5 ‘veneratfon for wealth of the syoophant, the toady and poses bewwoen thom and thelr ultimate the enod. | fata, ft ty not surprising that many of them should be restless. But there are many motiers of families, women forty and fifty years old, whose minds show the concentrated purpome of the @rass hopper, and whoae lives have apparent: ly no more serious intent, ‘There are women who would refuse a handout to @ tramp, having no sympathy with and ho underwtanding of the wandering apicit of worthlesaness that makes him the drifting derelict that he Is, who be- On the part of the rich “the brutal arrogance’ 1s Pound almost exclusively among the newly wealthy, As the new convert makes the flercest fanatic, as the re} formed rake makes the most tntolerant prig, so the ‘“‘nou- ‘yeau riche” makes the most tnsufferable scorner of the poverty from which he has just escaped, But those victims of the vice Mr. Roosevelt condemns ‘re in our country in a distinct minority, The great bulk of rich Americans and of poor Americans feel ne!- . " be ther contempt nor hatred for each other, If they lack 75% brenj™!) sumilar tendeneies la Sitle full sympathy for one another's interests and pursuits, It! other, thetr a! on vaciliations be. is merely because they lack the imagination to put them-| tween hait a do: clubs, their cease: selves in one another's shoes. }iens, senseless, wearisome migration a ‘Mary pt A gf Sf & Her Fond Papa Is Carving other the right time, giving each other a light, swapping |, newspapers, lending each other a hand with an overcoat, all quite spontaneously, all without a shade of the pat- ronizing on the one hand-or of either the servile or the, pretentious on the other, | fall unusual minds. But the restless } If the rich man smiles at the poor man's brass-band | payin’ poet erage eg ll % chowder party, if the poor man laughs at the rich man’s scarcely credible that the number of : You KEEP: polo or fox-hunting, tt {s not because they have "class women we «ee daily walking the social) « Quies! hatred,” but because they have not class tmagination, On ‘ream! are unhappy. As & Jule Very |g ‘ 3 any occasion whore they do share the same interests they Perr tise tobe. it i me theconn 3 3 will be found cheek by jow! on terme of perfect equality. trary, among the feminine possessors or | > ‘ At a baseball came, at a political meeting, at a fire, at a beneficiaries of great wealth that the » prize-fight, you will find them fraterntaing, telling each Seaunaraas tc cvs Mia coon $ > woman cannot excuse herself on this weore, for she is, save for her gad-about | § brvclivities, the most commonplace creas | g ture imaginable, Nearly eyery woman | has within her the possivtiity of deve i No; in the case of our so-called “classes” it 1s tn- oping this chronic restiowmess, but It is a familiarity that breeds contempt where there Is any con- | 4 \endency which s ould do her) } tempt, and an ounce of mutual acquaintance brings a | {™™#t to suppress 4 i, pound of mutual regard. All that je needed Is & “com-| = * munity of interests,” and the demagogue would join the/ LETTERS, : ‘ 4odo inthe realms of the exiinot. QUESTIONS, $ ; TESTIMONY OF DETECTIVES, ANSWERS. |! i At about the time Detective Jacobs was confessing” 4 x he had never entered Canfleld’s, and that the evi- « On Seventy-neventh Sirect, ‘TV_the Béitor of The Evening World On what street is the main entrance of the Museom of Natural History? LouB. Not Required by Law, ‘To the Editor of The Evening World A says that a married woman must have a wedding ring. B ways that It ia not absolutely necessary, Please de- clde, BL The Latter Is Correct. ‘To the Editor of The Byening World; A ways that the phraso "Sixty-five feet cut from a 200 feet length" ts cor- @ence which brought one prominent citizen before the | Grand Jury, exiled another and cost the county many thousands of dollars in legal expenses waa perjured, a detective was dragging to the police station, handcuffed | and charged with theft, a young man of good reputation nd wide acquaintance who seems to have been guilty of nothing worse than the suspicious conduct of running for a car. After a night In a station-house cell the pria- Oner’s Innocence was established and he was discharged. But let us suppose that the prisoner was poor and un- known, with no record of respectability in his favor and no friends to tesility to his good standing, Is it to be | thought that he would have got off ao easily? Though | rect, while B clalms that “Sixty-five there was no evidence of guilt and no complaint, yet the | feet cut from @ 20-feet length’ is cor- detective was sure the man was a thief, and the detec- | feet. Which te correct? tive is {ndorsed by Police Captain Cottrell as a ‘‘conscl- WM. DARCO, entious officer” iucapable of making such a “grievous Clatma a Record. ” ‘To the BéMor of The Evening World: peeiake. A.B, Who rays ho walked across the But tho grievous mistake was made, thereby calliog new Williamsburg Bridgo in 16 minutes, | attention anew to the slight thread on which a prisoner's | does not know how to walk. I walked Mberty may hang. Given an unscrupulous detective with | Scross the bridge at lest eight times faked evidence, it is obvious that any reputation may be, to-day in less than six minutes each | put in jeopardy by a lle well stuck to. time and Iam only a B, R. T, con: | ductor. JOHN J. KINN. SOME REASONS FOR THANKS. Concord Street, Near Bridge Street 5 Brooklyn, Turkeys may indeed be dearer than within the mem- Te the Balter ot The Brening Wortd Ory of man, and doubtless there are other files in the ointment of the housekeeper’s happiness because of the higher cost of living Nevertheless there are sufficiently | | | | 3 2 3 iF ] siT DOWN CAN § [T_HAve IT? T read in The World an artlole de- soribing the buliding of cement houses which Interested me very much. Whare SUNTEET sssias why tha average tition sould give pth such house in wen st thanks that he is alive in this year of grace. The Spectrum, | How much more of human knowledge he has, to begin | 7, tne mavor of ‘The Evening World: with, than his Puritan forefathera had! If Macaulay How many colors are there in the 0294 EO292995 292-29594 96 $5-22205566-24 could say that a nursemaid of the Victorian era knew ie am? RR, rm He ; here are seven cclora in the spec: More than a Justice of the Quorum in Shallow's time, cesm: vole, indigo Dive, Gree, Fallen, how vastly smarter js the New Yorker than his forebears orange and red who lived under the King! He likewise has better things At Cooper Unton, to eat and more of them than the richest of his ancestors | tT. the Mattior of The Evening World Bad; better books to read, better clothes to wear, a Where ls there a good architectural getter bed to weep In and more comfortable lodgings, | “°°! '# New York Ciiy? FRED B. | FAs life is securer, his liberty less trammelled, his par- At Any Large Book Store, | Bult of happiness more extensive, his creature comforts | 7°! Piltor of The Evening World Vive i Duy @ book that gives the, * | ¢ ’ ¢ oar be consumed with homesickness for the ¢ ty, With Neo. He ts Already a Cithen, “y's I got a turkey. I don't care family gathered at or house, rg it im . ., how dear they are. Thanks-| YOu could have heard the way they . smo 0 traney ne Ba {The Evening Wort coffee or tea to drink ” tobacco to smoke, no trolley | Tt tah ir Pig aie giving Day ten't Thanksgiving | quarre ind threw, up old scores at }¢ , / man, al enty bor = ie, “wo RO gas, no telegraph, no newspaper, no opera, no vor Untied tates foreign parente, Day to me unless I have turkey and thing to do with bringing | Ther 0 ‘worth the name, no club, no steambeat, not Vand w her, although a resident | RRDerry sauce. som Logg iy and bere's the oom. | 44 yom y i a) of th t “Mamma will be over to dinner | Hs bathtub, the citizen of the twerticth contury would feel of th Mates for about twenty: | aire. ‘Terwilliger and Mr. Smigcro ~ pany. Of course Mts. Terwilliger 4 he was back to the elemental conditions of life and | Sv" *. has not taken out his cltizen-| gee there won't be room at th | wouldn't come early so as to give mo “\y he table! hand with the thi the absence of which makes life in the more pro-| eal prover better worth living and justity- are ad they are to-day, / out papers to this effect, or is he a cit} own turkey for Thankagiving, ken and entitled to a vqte without tak+] ‘It is a lovely sight to see a happy Ing out any papers when be becomes of | family gathered the testa! " 4.0, Little Falls, MJ. Dance aad Won’, you look hi . Mae. him, Ag * brig Saki aat Maui than no | ! DEA EEODHES- 54 04099400145 14-06-5005.45 F654-04 DOOOTT DYDD ES 244649454098 F5O04OOT0054 95 59002 iThe Simple Life on Thanksgiving Day By T. E. Powers. Jane Breaks Up the Thanksgiving Dinner. SLAF PADIAGEDEIAIIT 1 1 DIDEREADT IT OEAGO4IDADIDIDIODOD 0046-6-96066604- 36 Mrs. Nagg and Mr.» Their Thanksgiving Dinner 3& the baby baa spilled the berry sauce on the table cloth. contac Yar ot et ee 7, ate Mer sgher Up &r MARTIN GREEN, ‘ — seevooervdssogoosey |! Turkey Is 40 Cents a Pound, ut Let's Give Thanks tor the Subway. SHE,” said the Cigar Store Man, “that turkey is 40 cents a pound,” “Turkey?” asked The Man Higher Up. “Ob, you menn one of those birds, Turkey had Jost its number with me; also with about everybody else who Is able to keep his salary only long enough to get casually acquainted with it. It's a case of ‘hello’ and ‘good-by’ to the envelope nowadays, and the average wage earnor {s playing liver all three ways, “There was a time when the prospect of paying 40 centa a pound for a Thanksgiving turkey would have Jarred up a tidal wave of consternation. It doesn’t bother PROS GSR P HOOT HESS SS Hebe 29 ~ ~ re ; i ; ° themselves from 40 cents for each pound of turkey wouldn't balk at a dollar, The people who can't afford {t haven't eaten turkey for so long that they wouldn't know gobbler flesh from a piece of sealskin sack. “T never did like turkey, anyhow. It makes my white kers grow crooked. The smell of roast turkey reminds me of a fire | saw once. It was in a cold storage ware- house. After I left the fire I knew I had been there for several days. It is better to feel that way about turkey if you haven't got it on Thanksgiving than to get spiflf- cated and fill up on free lunch ®| “Even i’ we can’t have turkey we have the Sabway, 3 Now York is thankful for that. Turkey meat ts poison, Ql anyhow, I read a speech to that olfect the other day, It biNiOns of cold storage turkeys, holding them for a raise, They put some kind of paint on a cold storage turkey to keep it from drying up and blowing away, It you eat it you feel as though you had been dining on an Irish ? frieze overcoat. Happy and healthy fs the man who can make his Thankegiving dinner out of a beef stew.” SSS WS SS marked the Cigar Store Man, “I was," confessed The Man Higher Up. tog to win a turkey at a raffle.” “T wae try Thanksgiving Day Only Rubs It In on Some Folks, By Alice Rohe. “F INE thing, this ‘Thanksgiving business,” said The Peasimist crabbediy, “What's the day for, anyway, except to rub It in @ little worse—all thie 'be joyful’ racket.” “Well, we ought to be thankful on Thanksgiving Day,” said ‘The Amateur Philosopher. “Surely you have something to be thankful for, haven't you?” “Yes, I have,” snapped The Pessimist, reluctantly, "What is it?’ queried The Amateur Philosopher with tm terest, “I'm thankful Thankegiving only comes once @ year,” | blurted out The Pessimist, “You seem unusualy depressed," said The Amateur Phik sopher. “Well, holidays are enough to make any one depressed,’ replied The Pessimist, “For a good doleful day of the dumps give in@ your happy holiday! Talk about your country, quietude! Why, a deserted villago Is a'diazy whirl compared | to gay New York on a holiday.” “Yea, but New York looks deserted because everybody Is off some place having a good time,” “Oh, d# that 40°" said The Pessimist, sarcastically, “I'll bet if you'd take a census of the people who are | having a good time you'd find 9% per cent, resorting to ar tiftcial means of raising their spirits from holiday gioom or atiding their lonesome watls in some hall bedroom or fur- nished flat.” “Yea, but there's plenty to do on Thanksgiving,” said The Amateur Philosopher, “There's football, you know, and all tho theatres,’ “Yes, sald The Pessimist, ‘That brings in another element who must love ‘Thanksgiving. To the weary thespian |it only means an extra matinee. No sir! I say there isn’t much to be thankful for, and Thanksgiving Day just throws the fact in your face. Thanksgiving has degenerated into ja day for gloom, football players, matinees and penny | Achers.” “Well, the kids seem to enjoy the day,” said The Amateur Philosopher cheerfully, “Yes, and they've got to take many a red-hot penny with thelr dough, too," sald The Pessimist, “You seem to have lost sight of the real significance of Thanksgiving,” dald The Amateur Philosopher, “Do you know what it means’ demanded The Possimist, | “Certainly,” said The Amateur Philosopher. “Tt's a day for offering thanksgiving ia church.” the Turkey When the Inevitable Catastrophe Occurs BPO POPES HOS EGS GSE POOLS LAP SSO POD €% signs—'Free list suspended,’ and ‘Standing room only!’ and y the football flends aro torn to pieces trying ¢o get @ seat in the grandstand, Don't talk to me about Thanks. giving'’ Kaiser’s Serious View. A revent French book on the Emperor of Germany gives frome amusing stories, All combine to emphasige the faot that humor is not Emperor William's strong point, One evening he wanted to cut the tip off a clgar, and could not fitd a knife, One of his sult thereupon handed him @ penknife. The Emperor took ft, cut his cigar, and returned the inyplement to its owner with the solemn remark: “Keep it; guard it well, One of these days {t will be historic.” On another oceasion he went to dine with the Prinoe of | Pleas, His first words on arrival were: “Pleas, do not forget that I put away my sceptre and my crown when I entered your door.” | | | COPS SO GODS He FROGST FE SHIOGHTOC HD CHWS OGHL- DHS 9404 | | Government Women, | More than §,000 women are employed in the various Gov- | ernment offices in Washington, 2,04 of whom have entered | che service after competitive examination. Nine hundred of them are pald esalirios ranging from $1.00 to $19 @ year, | the others beng paid the compensation of ordinary clerks— £400 to 1% 9 year. Child Weddings, ‘The custom of marrying girls when they are mere hil. dren of nine or ten years ts Increasing rather than de creasing in Bengal and other parts of India, The resulting racial degeneration is beeoming #0 obvious that pth have, been passed In several regtons forbidding the marriage of 2K 24-584000000000d ep greater. A New Yorker at the court of Henry VIII.,!houndaries of all the States in this "CARDELL | “Trankewiving Day home was the! Mre. Terwiliger, mamma? My friends you were, It istbad enough to be DTOW- V0). sinder fourteen with every luxury of the time at his command, would. cowntey BB BY ROY L. M'CARDELL, |, trvovewving year, the whole | 4f¢, good wah Cor, me, nd i275 beaten tr Mr, Name. 1 will not put vo batt vt ner Wille. th re are other ha, » thet a , 1 will not Keep quiet.| pie tobe ‘werved wich that tut tle Phankasivi n't liquid refreshment for you, lusively, as you seem to think! Tie | wp What makes you so slow, Mr. Nose: hy jaring at mother for ait an bringing her to the) Do her a, bite to eat? t mma, you alt down! No, ‘ Of course you didn't, What are you leaving | id, our Chetad Nags? | 1] Surin Watch in Shirt Stud. An English watenmaker bas just finished making a tiny 7} watch In the form of a shirt stud, Its dial te two-mxteenth Tl of an inch im diameter, and # ts to be worm with two other you | studs, By turning the upper stud the wateh is wound, while by turning the lower one the hande are adjusted, a hor the vavfe toe dir. sis! fur the comforts of his Harlem fat. D papers OF Made application for the for your friend Col. Witkin, He is| “You ait at the head of the table ang | chiki, “Well, hom ou like, vd ; ., ;teme, Is it necessary that this party id bachel He she @ the turkey, and don't you d enough to elt at the table! Su ‘Terwiliger, It you are here to-day it is Lea . Was romsnee enough to the “good old days,” |, 4i) declare his intentions of becoming | pick out come ince wegan te Sant Sefvbaile ‘business with it ike tie | Wider, 220 Best bet, coger bee ecu you hinted around for an in Galaxy of p Years, there was raueh dirt and discomfort and short-| 1 cliiaon of the United States and take |and hawe a home of hie own and his| Luankesiving dinuers Im the comle | MAST OM iter to have a yd Zoe 00h bow. It| 9 ne Sree Densihle somber Of leap yenre will cover te the pra foeer ie Pant 2 toe the every fourth year following up to and including soma century February three times will have five 10%, 168 and WR, en, ‘ beoa t t all go! varkey. o hat acu, soe ln a ase i d ee - |anybody now. The people who can afford to separate / made by a doctor, The Beef Trust has several , “You look as though you were up late last night,” tee * "T suppose that’s the reagon the thentres have to put up , x } | +y! ‘ \