The evening world. Newspaper, December 12, 1904, Page 14

q Matrimony Che BlFcarono | and Local PMlished by the Press Publishing Company, No. @ to @ Fark Row, New York. Entered at the Post-Office Color. «& Mow York as Second-Class Mail Matter, “VOLUME 48.. . 18, GYOLUME 48... o-_18,819 _' By Nixola Greeley-Smith. dial “W aut ty them all’ asked a New York doctor ar- rested recently n Laporte, Ind., for taking four wives within @ weelt. “Have you seen the four Mra Lanes? I just H Y¥ The Evening World. during the fit nine months 1904... 5... 10,6523 morning ‘or evening, in New York editions in nine consecutive months og baa Evening World Boaid My writing « novel on matrimony, Nixola Greeley-Smith, *™4 wanted | y-Saalth, Hite lonal ol- | or, There le nothing like experience t?, + ain that, you know." | __A ROMANCE OF ASH BARRELS. ("We rv ai amar wih te eer a . . the Greek painter Parrhasius, w ; ' The great possibilities of “made” land are well under-| oes erpiace, reocssenting Mood, The choicest residential section of Boston stands! Prometheus, might be properly reallatts) | and that he might perpetuate a dying @m what was once a bog. In tho New York of & century! pioan purchased a slave and tortured go the North River overflowed what is now the most | him. But this cde Hore Serattt of, 4 (to-day is the first disciple of realism waluable part of the city's westward water front. Th® heroic eno gh to experiment upon hint-| OM stone light-house still standing at Vesey and Green- a yepe a0 caeiag Nerlebag eeriny ‘wich streets was in {ts days of usefulness surrounded by hy Gham “4 et perry one wife! ‘This week the notable work begun by Col. Waring to) color for a Carnegia library on the eub- | @xtand the area of Riker’s Island approaches completion. Heat. Abd {t ts Rot conagivante thas day By the use of that site as a dump for the collected ashes end earth formerly disposed of by the Street-Cleaning Department elsewhere at large expense tue area of the {sland has been increased by sixty-three acres, Its total Grea is at present 151 acres, Not only has there been an * tmmense saving of expense by the department through the economies of distribution, but there has been the per- "manent gain of reclaimed land which the Herald values at $2,635,000. From the ash barrel in the areaway to land worth $10,000 an acre is a romance of real estate even more in- teresting than the current boom etorles from the Bronx. One of the best things about !t ts the proposed continu- nce of the plan until by the addition of 200 acres more & convenient area of 351 acres will became available as a @avors ce trechness and t ‘ aite for the correctional aud charitable institutions now [your souls are tinted +4 eos ultra on Blackwell's Island, together with a new Kings County | modern psychologists would have us be- fail to replace the structure periodically condemned by! Neve, there would necessarily be a dif- Prison Boars at wasaatay and ame. eh ea With Blackwell's Island thus cleared, what thent| venture would doncnd von whore | Shall it not become the desirable river park which The| mot the shades of the inflividual con-| Evening World has long advocated? Through « bumani-|‘**#et!ng souls would admit of harmon- farlan policy against which there has been no complaint ee ane: “the city originally assigned its most favorable site to the ielinquent and the diseased. The great congestion Leberg 2c fp the first impulse of | ¢ population on the east side has now made it obligatory) °” woman, when she hes upon the city to provide tenement-dwellere there with pian x hearcareching.haitenn ts | n accessible recreation ground and breathing space such| word picture of her Incerated soul, in| 45 Blackwell's Island would best furnish. | gilah she tella the publie all about ie Ita ure for that purpose has only awaited tts vacation | re ro, ee ee by the present tenants, With that definitely near, the "Dela Hermsar tote ene | time has arrived to plan for its transformation into the| attempt to work out the matrimonial Deautiful river park it is designed by situation and mant-/Pussie 2s a document having the fest destiny to become. |#tamp and finality of expelrence. But pico ndl lied ig Aededgereagh pied | vellst had even met the Amert-| A Thiet’s Punishment—A convicted criminal has few! sn 7’ Fights soolety 1s bound to respect. Yet when the Mayor 0s" fir! who ls now hie wife, thie iden Of Wilkesbarre ordered an incorrigible woman culprit to| perception da ta However, observations when given to mankind may justify his prolonged research, and {t Is to be hoped the Indiana courte will give him ample lesure and board and lodging while he ts confiding his concluslons to paper. Tt seems. nevertheless, that those with- out the charmeyl circle of matrimonial bondage are far more anxious to write about {€ than those made captive. And & good, frank, Interesting document {9 to necessitate taking | four separate ladies, sido must certainly be Interesting, mony, and how? Not rome color, for| courtship days. Nor green, for that Will have to be given up—anyway, all atand In the pubile square bearing « placard which raad,| ver Wt Tope proves at the end of his “T am a thief,” he esems to have pamsed the Sounds of prs the universal poet rl Merge Judicial brutality. The appearance of the woman !n OOUrt, wno assume double harness is, in one again charged with larceny, shows the cruel and unusual| ‘ | way or another, to kick over the traces. Punishment inflicted to have been as futile as gentler Ang ft dosen't take « alx weeks’ beld methods to reform her. Sima to tose ak 4 | Notwithstanding the reticence which WHERE WINTER |8 CRUEL. [those tn a position to know anything ‘Winter's touch, which in the great city brings out) shout marriake gwnerally observa » the sense of comfort to snug homes and the spirit of glee | aoctor-nusband of four wives, & genu- to well-clad children who vaink only of their sleds and ine martyr to the advancement of social Ghates, carries « sharp sting into the tenement quarters. seca it bee ever was one, into jali. ‘And out of the sting como suffering, sickness and death. an ‘sosuved Peg eM paged Byen now, with December still in its fret half and with with the least possible formality to an Bo epidemic disease in evidence, the free hospitals are “avium for the insane and tenderly @owded and the charity organizations are called upon eben ae tai ae pesergenr Betty almost to the extent of their powers, |stones, however decorative, about his Guch conditions are inevitable where a population is |neck, as & careless savage might dis- | large, mixed and congested as in New York. There ts | Pove Ad Pog antslir roe ae ced n naible, wi Attle reason to doubt, however, that they would be Much jot pe lone entertained, And it te to! ‘Worse than they are to-day, with the city’s growth taken be hoped that th: rprising New into account, but for the great works {n tenement reform York doctor will be able to write bis and neighborhood betterment which have gone on during | potobhle peste bis afh exhilarating the years recently past. The sickness which even now | cell, BE ESN Ss ee oe Prevails among the poor, places, therefore, the urgent Lea or caer neeit @ark for continuation and expansion upon every move- A CHAIR TRICK. S, @ent for the better housing and better living and more) | 3 heertul surrounding of humble tenants in the ctty, re a irige ge Boag shows “4 4 . ie | = In this Christmas period the general thought {s natu- | I eels tail tk als te rally one of kindness and benevolence. There will be} on the floor, front downward, in suoh : Fithin the fortnight givings in all directlons—some for|® Way that the legs are horisontal and love, some for vanity, some for real beneficence. But the|‘h* ck !# uppermost, f finest gifts in all the year, whether from public or private wa sources, are those ranging from small parks and free ‘baths up to “new law” tenements and making for the permanent health and happiness of thousands, If, pend- ing the matertalization of many more of these blessings, | there shall be men and women moved to put Nberal | Christmas offerings {nto the form of great hospital en-| vA (Y dowments, it will be exceedingly well, THE ROBBER AND THE GOLF GIRL, | _ “Don't make any noise!” sald the highwayman. And Miss Mary Cannon, of Sea Cilff, L. L, obeyed, Quietly -&4 even he could desire she platted her good right fat |. tae robber’s jaw. He went down, and on coming up o )) ‘wet @ stiff crack on the head with a niblick. For Miss | Cannon iss golf girl and had the sticks with her, Tho | | Get one of wour boy friends to kneel n the lower back bar of the chalr and take up with bis lips a piece of candy | Dinced on the back of the top bar. The! tobber fled. pleture shows you his position, just as } jhe Is about to make the attemp’ This little episode of last Priday evening {s worth! tr is not unlikely thas the doy will icling for mote reasons than the rendering of just to the heroine, Like every story of a woman i to an emergency calling for strenuous action, it 48 & moral which it {s weil to spread. The idea is is becoming more end more unsafe for any cow- ‘ny woman whom he happens to meet this fact has been effectively impressed, op the cowards will dle off for lack of sustaining think you have trap for him; that you want to give him a “header to the floor, but you can overcome his! reluctance by first doing the thing| yourself, | All chat {9 necessary Is for you to} keep the centre of aravky back of the chair seat, and this you can do by! crouching very carefully. Perhaps it | might be as well for you to practice pe Ag ae tie ) and you might glee a0 advan' a pil. come i one to golf and ail things that give fem- Sore te so owe w THE « EVENING WORL ton of Adam fs go altogether lacking “ the result of the doctor's | « dealing with the subject from the tn- | 4 Kut what ts the local color of matri- | that we Imnow belongs exclustvely to | “ Men do nat often give the pubtte the, “ Teault of their personal experiences in | | | €9SOOOG6 £4089-05:588954 6091899 099 9F-9FOODSEDEO1 OO O41 1-9 45094996 FO4-O8-9-60-644-44-5-5692-99808 DO4999980000000006) Jane and Kickums Enjoy the Snow ww They Have a Chance to Coast, but Nobody That Comes in Their Path Has Any Chance : ‘Mary 29 008-0-2205200-205-8 SPSOS FESS] Ht 2-22-9990 930-4- LAN’ SAKES H hf Ki ¥ a a The O™ UGHT UGHII UGHII) LIDLECSOO44E2441$409-99-8-666060600 D'S w HOME Uncle Mose Finds the Second Shot Is Always Best SDD GEAGEA DMARD OD DES G4 DDEIDDO DS DDDIDOIDODDOGSDDDGOOO-D? ME ot +a | » @ > } « 2 o LET Envelope Should Not Be Sealed. To the Baitor of The Rvening World \8 we are constantly reminded by for- minutes left to eat thelr dinners, Those eigners, {a « nation of dyspeptics. The who stand weil in their classes would In requesting a friend to deliver a| fo0d-boiting habit has been formed In| rather forego that meal, while the poor! fea] the envelope?! ehil@hood. Our children are given an| little ones who take time to satisty WALTER R. | peda for dinner; one hour to goto and, their hunger naturaliy reach their rom school, and take thelr meals. schools late and are punished. Childre: Need Not Mave Held Any Office. punished. ” m Editor of The Brenag World Many children live far from thelr echools| {n Germany are given two full hours, roaims tha: a mane before he 19/474 Feach home with only a few) from 12 to 2P, M. (school closing at 4 nominated for Presidenj, must be a/ cameeaicuaeelll former Goveenor of aoine State, Baays he need not hold any office whatsvever to become President, Which {9 ¢or- rect? 1B. note le it improper to Out of the Mouths of Babes. They were at “Uncle Tom's Cabin" matings, “Mamma,” sald Bessle, “are there any men angels?” “I'm afraid not,” was the reply. “Then what becomes of the men when they die?” asked the little Inquisitor. “Oh,” answered her mother, “1 suppose they go out and a man’" A ourly-haired chap, aged five, confided to some visitors in an aggrieved tone: "It's enough to drive a man crazy to have his mamma get up in the middie of the night end spank him ‘cause he wants to talk.” “Mamma, js that all the ple I ean have?” “Yes, dear. It te quite a large plece for such a amall boy.” “Then, mamma, please cut it in two pleces and give me one piece at & Ume.” A little girl was trying to make her doll sit up straight at the table, but she was meeting with diMeulty, Finally she gave it @ vigorous shake and mit up there, young lady, or not a aingle step shall vou go next of $15,000 a Year. To the Eaitor of The Evening World: What is Mayor McClellan's salary? Cc R Robtason Crusoe. To the Editor of The Evening World: Of what nationality was Robinson ruse? BA. He was a fictional character. Defoo, author of the book, depicta Crusos 2: an Bnglishman, A Seheol-Lanch Reform, To the Editor of The Evening World: A Tefsiis in regard to the school- etidren’s lunch hour ts C S, QUERIES AND ANSWERS 2 2 P.M.) Most Germans are not troubled wits dyspepala, 8, H. R., City Island. People's Choi Cooper Union, To the Editor of Evening World Where is there a place that one can | for & small sum? j Monday. | To the Buiter of The Hvenine World: On what day did Nov, 12, 1868, fall? 8L A World’s Falr in 19101 To the Editor of Th World: | The people of this country and of |many of the progressive countri | vend tho sea will be in readiness | World's Pair tn 1910. T refer, of course, 5 aa the city of New York , & fale of transcending Will not the development of 1 the departments of civic life in ix years to come be such that a» hibition of the wor! produc resources could be made to exvel amplitude a! line? RH. B. J 1 in ite this td i previous efforts ry Amsterdam, Jefirien Is Tweets-wizs, ‘To the POTPP®PDOOSE POPLLHSSODSIGOD HI HPID HPO ISS SHEP PPL IDPH PHOS 90+ wet the voice cultivated for nothing or! a a | The Lesson Mrs. Chadwick 4 | i Has Taught to the Men She Stung SEE,” said the Cigar Store Man, “that they, have gut Mrs, Chadwick with the goods on.” “She had a good time, anyhow,” answored the Man Higher Up. “It » & case of easy come easy go with Mrs. Chadwick. The cola she gathered she kept well exercised, which waa more than the men she got it from would have done, Probe ably she has a little tankroll sailed that will come in handy later on when {t comes to a case of putting up for eminent legal lights. “The Chadwick case brings out the old, old story. The { | mea the stung were men of unimpeachable Integrity. ~ They had faces like affidavits. They had front pews im church, Some of them passed ‘he collection tox. Whea t their names wore mentioned in the communities in whit é they lived, everybody associated (he sound with assets, 4 “But they fell to Mrs. Chadwick, and now everybody {e jumping on them and cailing them chumps. They are getting what is coming, but when you come to figure {t out the poor men have some claim to sympathy. “They lived narrow lives. They were aucated ine ° school of straight lines, Their knowledge of the world was Iimited to knowledge of the li(tle ruts in which they moved, They were truly good men, Not one of them | ever felt an inclination to go out end puta carmine coas on the town, Not one of them held in his breast a feeling | of sympathy for the erring. They were hard, uncome | promising representatives of the better element. “Men of that class are the greatest ignoramuses im the world. They get a reputation for business wisdoas because they deal only with honest people. As soon as | they get into relations with a crook they are like papemt dolls in the hands of a child. They are entitled to the same degree of consideration that Is accorded to ® man who gets drunk, goes to sleep in a hallway and loses Ris watch,” “A man must be pretty wise to be on officer of @ / | bank,” ventured the r Store Man. “May be,” said the Man Higher Up, | notice that they are all under bonds,” | A A tN i CR EO s. Nagg and Mr. — McCardell, ser By Roy L. 667) Me Nowe, this little bit of money woart | O enough for me this week. I don’t know whetiay: | mentianed {t to you or not, but I have my mas shopping to do, On, Mr, Nagg, the joyous de has no meaning for you, but my poor, dear you know he got his Christmas-tide, you my? “Mr. Nagg, what hidden sneer was there? I é: at derstand your vuiger allusions, so laugh if you «Reap | would not pretend I understood you! “I only know that Christmas is « time of happy although, goodness knows, with everybody expecting thing from me and I with not enough money for mag wants, I am sick of it all, I wish there was no such “Of course you do not care, Mr. Nagg. There ie no but I look back at the happy Christ but a child. Brotner Willle used soream and break his things because he didn't get & and scorned the jumping jack and tin goat thit was gives him, and poor mumma used to declare that she hated te see Christmas come around because the children used to fight so from the moment they got up at 5 o'clock Christe | mas morning to ace what Santa Claus brought them, that it i © | gave her a terrible headache; and papa used to make the day an excuso for being led into Intemperate habite an@ causing a scandal by attempting to disrobe on the front door step under the delusion that he was in the privacy of his chamber. “Then at night the children would Insist on lighting ap the tree and generally setting fire to the parlor, and whet wasn't burned up was spoiled by the water hed on it, If we went to a Christmas (ree celebration at the Sunday> | school the assistant superintendent, who safd such funay things, when, dressed up as Santa Claus he distributed the presents, and he always set his cotton-wool whiskers on fire and caused a panic and had to be taken to the hospital in an awful singed condition, and all the hard feelings {t made between people who gave more expensive gifts than they received. Still, 1t was @ happy time! And ft makes my heart ache, Mr. Naj o think that those happy days are fled! “The Skinner-Skinners have solved the Christmas probe lem. They always have some beautiful toys and a lovely tree for their children, but they never let them touch thelr toys, and Mrs. #kinner-Skinner puts them away after New Year and tho children forget about them and when thelr mother takes the saine presents out next year it makes the children so happy. “On Christmas Day all the presents are put out on the grand piano and all the Skinner-Skinner children in thelr best clothes sit around the parlor and thetr little friends and playmates are allowed to come In, If they don't stay too long or make any noise, and look at the pretty tree and the beautiful presents, and the Skinner-Skinner children are nog allowed to get off their chairs and touch anything, and at? o'clock In the evening they are given a health supper of cereals and vegetables only and are put to bed, because Mrs. Skinner-Skinner does not belleve meat or candy are healthy except for adults, “Oh, Mr. Nagg, whi see the Christmas thing it “But you don't care, you have no sentiment mm youl* The “Fudge” Idiotorial, The wasen of d SNIFPS and SNEEZES has er I hear the Christmas bells, ow in the stores I long to be @ chtl@ 4 | || Keep the Feet Wet and the Head Dry! Copyrot, 1904, by the Planet Pub. it will be pom J* »| sible to keep well and strong! KEEP YOUR FEET WET AND YOUR HEAD DRY! This is easy to do! * Walk along Park Row any time of the day and your feet will get WET! Keep away from saloons and your HEAD will be DRY! Thesefare SIMPLE RULES, All you have to do Is to LINE UP to them! The TROUBLE with most people is that they will NOT pay any aitention to The Fudge!