The evening world. Newspaper, December 20, 1904, Page 14

by tho Press Publishing Company, ‘No, 8 0 @ rk Row, New York, Entered at the Post-Ofice at New York as Second-Class Mall Matter, > ot CASE OF THE GLEN ISLAND. . “ha Aisastors go the Gien Island's roster of victims 1s all death list is to the Gen. Slocum's as less than hundred, ‘ome particulars the fate of this old and filmsy it furnishes greater provocation for public in- than the East River horror. The Slooum dis- a8 the result of years of laxity and {ncompe- steamboat Inspection; it was the happening of ‘The burning of the Glen Island follows at interval after the humiliating exposures of erim- f and in the very wake of indignation ne Investigations and memorials to Congress. It us Quite true « reinspection of the boat would not have 4 the defective wire which was to cause its de- ( t The question of apportioning the blame for F hat oversight is not material But the point brought home fo the public by the of the Glen Island {s that in spite of resolutions NO. 18,827 Nee ae ee ehh, dasthoe. 1 2saeeeieaeeie Caaenenmnl Wicd) dees Y 4 oe Jal ae ee bss sa. “y THE w EVENING # WORLD'S w H — ‘oi 22. a coe - ‘The Cost to One Man By Nixola Greeley-Smith A from mond, Ham- Ind, a prosperous shop keeper of that town has been forced to go into bank- ruptey asa di- rect result of kiss which he bestowed upon he unwilling Gj lips of a young woman ¢us tomer. The young sirl had enter- | ed the Ham- |mnond emportum to make a small pur- chase, but such was the effect her vivacity and charm made upon its pro- | prietor that she was not allowed to leave without an altogether gratuitous | Kies ag well, Apparently she was not @rateful, for by the time her tearful atory of the incident had been duly cir oulated among the matrons of Ham mond eral boycott was declared, and he t rapidly Into bankruptey. Nixola Greeley-Smith, Yet such ts the difference between 4 man's professed {deals and his actual convictions that the Hammond \ehant Is doubtless bewailing his tl! luck. | It js all very well for moonstruck poets |to write that “A man would give his heavenly bliss, And all his worldly worth for this: To waste his whole heart in one kiss Upon her perfect lips."* And, indeed, many of them would and ? do make the sacrifice of their “heaven- | J ly bites’ dally; but worldly worth is, oh, #0 different! from the masculine | 4 point of view, and it ts women, mainly, | ‘ that love inspires to a frenaied indit- | ference to financial consequences. A Woman very much of the world, | th at least a bowing acquaintance with the other two members of the of a Kiss. | cc ORD. j ING toa story mer: | § indignation and official censure the floating tinder- gyi) trindty that prudence calls upon us may still ply the neighboring waters, its inflam- to renounce, once made the remark that rt “ Inviting the fatal spark. In spite ot Roe Yr eae har as they do race.) wees, by what they cost them,” regulations the law may still be evaded, and not- poring to this theory the Tonnes ding the most terrible of warnings there MAY merchant ought to number himeelt the dangers #0 recently the subject of public among those mortals most favored of | the gods, few in this prosaic age are privileged to sacrifice their entire business careers to @ single kiss, It ts cortainly 9 discouraging showing. THE DECEMBER SNOWFALL. Obviously this is not a winter for picking dandeliona | ‘* Mouth, Dut we all do nevertheless, > $m Central Park during the holidays or for discussions of jumber of his gold Allings, | which after infinite striving wo a Innumerable attempts have been made the unhealthfulness of a green Christmas, Twenty-two in kisses, 00, we are apt to be hyper: 4 ‘1 y ‘of snow by the middle of December points to an critical, allke in considering those 4 return visit of last year's “ This heavy snowfall is by no means unprecedented. | to establish the legal value of stole the sixty-two hours during which the blizzard of 1888 oy Sg such hips the Pile, ~ @ of juries an @ uncertain pul-» ‘twerity-one inches of snow fell. The three ub | chntude of fair prosecutors that all Dilazards of 1898, 1899 and 1902 deposited MOF® sorts of estiniates, ranging from 20 ‘thirty-three inches, But twenty-two inches with (cents to $10,000, have been aed to it. the Winter only begun and in a locality having an aver-| TB question really does not seem to r bebe be one which the } ly 4 7 (yearly snowfall of thirty-five inches may well exclto jocins” yor, ot cosvae che value of 4 even in the optimist who foresees an early | ise 4epends upon the value of the gir and ea no girl has exactly the sam ‘The city in two weeks of January of this year paid in for snow removed; the bill for the entire win- ‘Was $775,000, Saturday's storm wi!l cost about $380, At best the department’s work of cleaning the city that kisses, like everything else, are unaided by rain or a thaw must always be In-| 1) actly the least we have to pay | Major Woodbury has estimated that to re) tor them. And the Hammond man whe cannot hope to get discriminating Justice from a dosen level-headed olti- wena she has not previously met, Asa it have been worth his fortune or it in freesing temperature would cost $9,000,000 |roula not have cost it. Metropolitan Railroad $75,000 to clear Ita —_———- t ion of the snow which fell in the bilsard of Fed SOME OF THE For that purpose the rond had to hire 2,500 men, BEST JOKES ; heat -storm the Btreet-Cleaning Depart- n eee ahoct 4,600 an mea. t: tae emer. OF THE DAY. |gency employment of unskilled labor iles the storm- ——- ‘ yud's silver lining. REVENGE. om A HIGHER POLICE EDUCATION. thia morning and T had to get dinner yee! a “Pia police science, In {t will be taught everything from fe it tense to “criminal anthropology”—this latter be- ‘ven. © fing definable ass rogues’ gallery reduced to scientific Eee Bieeetret 7 |dine with us.—Chicago News NOT CRITICAL, your husband's condition ert ¢ ‘When the course ts in full working the lite of the " \@isorderly will take on now phases in Ferrara. But f ‘qwhether there will be an added pleasure to the proc- i ¥ “Vesses of arrest as carried on by college bred hands will epend’ upon various clroumstances — among others ‘whether or not the police students ure put to work fwith a university football team. | Presdmably the scientific instruction of the “cop,” starting in the old Italian city but liable to spread any- SPotae: che te alos Liat Sess there, will make for an advanced civilization @nd no, They are wlus at it when 1 coom in courtesies of the jail. But for a long time there the marain’—london Telegraph be points not covered in the higher education to be A SECRET. from chance debates betweon strenuous New) First Giraffe—During a Iittle conver- woman, “That's what makes me think he must be sick, He doesn’t find any fault mt all."—Washington Star HADN'T DISCOVERED, MasterDo you know what time we We ars cautioned by the ancient) ‘ Proverb mot to look a gift horse in | 4 are generily disappointed in the old-fashioned” Woh come to us unsought and those 3 fa ten-inch fall of snow trom the 1,076 miles of | ought to realize that the Kise he atole| { Mra. Biffkins—Oh, John, the cook bett | « LN te myeelt, oy ‘The University of Ferrara has established a course) jimkine—That's tough. But if she | « were here now you could get good and | § " answered the pattent-looking | « | DOBRO AAA DEAE DDD DD VE P4464 EDI4 DED DEDEDE DD BOO4 FPA DED O69400066L-55-04-000 50000-140791006900F iMary Jane Proves Too Wide Awake for Santa Claus te pe Away Ahead of His Regular Visiting Day She Scents His Gilt Afar Olf and She 4 ee eos wt eas te 2 © , He Utilizes Them value even for any two men, she knows) » eral thing, it may be eald| Biffkins—By Inviting her to stay ana|? drivers and the members of “the finest” traffic sation I had with the lion to-day T As President Wilson of Princeton says, it is the out of the class-room which count most In stu- he made me solemnly promise not to | tell hie wife he maid so.—Chieago News HRISTMAS AND THE HOSPITALS, ~ Asa general rule Christmas in the great city hospt- “Gala cannot be merry. It may readily be made brighter other days. This year there is a special oppor- ity to make things brighter for the various boards ment, Saturday and Sunday are right at hand— 24 and Christmas Day. The annual appeal of ion directing the special gifts of these days been issued. It shows an urgency of need based b& present pressure of patients and the fact that years the hospitals have been running with aggregating half a million dollars. endowment fund of $10,000,000 Is suk- ° rate, there should be tmmediate aid tor || Break Many $10 Bills homes of the sick. So a Christmas by selling your feathers or furniture to the deaters who make this elas nao hele epecie) hutines, who advertiee their “WU! every day in the “Purchase and Columns of Second Giraffe—And what did he say? First Giraffe—-He said he was, but How Far Will a Feather Have to Fall to Break a $10 Bill? Quite a Distance— But if you want to sell ALL the ‘i t t mored away in ¢ of the entire vm aparkuent, you oar Exc THE WORLD. asked him if he was the king of beasts, |” TN DEE ELT EEL REERE RDO SEDI DEDAGIODOD EDIT DDD ODGDD MDEGEG4 IEF EEIODE DIRE DUDES In Mourning. To the Exiitor of The lam 4 young girl nO my father, WI you let me know tf lean wear my black velvet hat with a plume on it? SARAH & CROWDER Noither black velvet nor plumes are mourning. Fair Readers of The Evening World who wish information upon household matters, shopping, dress or any other question of special interest to the sex can obtain the same by addressing their re- |quesisto CWOOMEN’S QUESTIONS, Evening World, N. ¥. City. Ks to Kissing. > the Kultor of The Evening World: ' I say it et for a couple iss before they is not pro pany to will receive a Christmas present way to have @ quantity of white says it is Please from him, do you think it proj for ? », ER. 1 Cc. R me to give him a couple of neckties wee Gree S06 slic acco ¢ with the strict rules of! on Christmas? vo M. 8. You can do tt yourself by coloring the etiquette and conventionality the en-| The exchange of \tesenta between | water with coffee. Tea is used to give gagement Is senled with the fret kiss, people who are not engaged is not/a yellowish-green tint. ee | proper, but if the gentieman is an old “ee f | friend and there is no sentiment at- Presents. tached to Car Etiquette. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Worldt To the Réitor of ‘The Byentng World: PW ty Jerr oat 3 Prof. Johnsing Invents a Christmas Airship w we |bim. Send the hat to @ professional cleaner, | To the Edltor of The Evening World: pial OME w MAGAZINE w Frenzied # # Letter Writing!!! More Examples of the New School of Business Corre- spondence That Can Be Cone ducted Only Among the Best of Friends. ow 3 From a District-Attorney in’ New York to an Art Lover in Trouble, Richard Canfeel. IR: | made up my mind that you should not escape S me! Sleuth Jacobs has been on your trail aad he has always treated you first class! He has always notified you whem we intended to raid you, and In ogn- Sequence you have never been embarrassed by _ extra company unexpectedly!! You are a crook I | Will never rest until I see you behind the bars!!! I have | had @ special law passed, I have spared no expense im | getting disguises for old Sleuth Jacobs and cigarettes for myself! You are up against it! You might as ell go right up to Sing Sing and pick out a nice room with @ southern exposure for yourself for the next couple of years! You have robbed a drunken kid of a hundred thousand dollars! You are a millionaire and would only | laugh at a fine, no matter how heavy! So I intend to | send you up the river for a long trip!! It is useless to | try to escape me! Nothing will save you! The longer | you fight the case the worse it will be for you!! I never | fall! Ialways make good! I never brag! 1 never four | flush! You must do time! I have + | nolty-tolty boys in town and they will have to testify P| against you!!! Sing Sing for yours, and there 1s nothing to Jc! All your money wil: not save you from prison!tit This is final. THE DPMON DISTRICT-ATTORNEY!!! | P, §—Let’s compromise. Pay a thousand dollary’ | fine, won't you, old man? THE D. D. A and Kickums Surprise Him, oe . . ;| ‘From an Art Lover in Trouble to a District-Attorney in New York. My Dear District-Attorney: SN’'T it funny about Sleuth Jacobe? He is going to prison!! The Strenuous Life was too much for him!! Come around to the house some evening, but do not knock at the door with an axe! It Is very rude of youll I hear that a lot of nice young men have been put to a great deal of trouble lately, Reggie V. had to keep out of New York for a year! Jesse L. wes put to great trouble and expense in lawsuits, and poor old Jacobs goes up the river! I have been travelling in Europe, but have been in New York for some months past and have had a pleasant time of it! You must not get so excited! It makes you feverish and you have a rush of words to the mouth!! Keep calm and cool! Interest yourself in travel and art, as I do! Perhaps you would be more of a success as a humorous writer! You do say the funniest things and act real ridiculous!! I want to thank you for the Interest you have taken in me, and if you will tell me what is your favorite brand of cigarettes I will send you a box for Christmas! Come up and look | at my portrait, painted by Whistler! He did not have | to whistle for his money!!! I have a lot of new clothes made by Poole, of London, and hence cannot avail my- self of your kind offer of a suit of clothes, Anyway, I do not like elther cut or pattern you propose! I prefer checks to stripes! | Too bad about Jacobs, wasn't itt And poor Reggle and Jesse, too! Jesse is a nice boy! It was real mean 4 | ot you to worry them go! Smoke up, old man! 3 Never yours, RICHARD CANFEBL, to Get Home in Safety P. 8—A thousand, did you say? Oh, very ve et | Rewards for Courage. In the last haifyearly account of the Industrial Bank of Japan, after providing dividend and bonus for shareholders, appears the item: “Rewards to officers, 1,000 yen.” It is thet spirit of reward, private and national, for deserving service, which inspires the Japanese to efforts extraordinary in the work or onvse in whicl he is engaged. A $750 Suit. A tallor named Gullding died in Dublin the other day, It was he who made the sult of clothes for William O'Brien when O'Brien was in Tullamore jall, O'Brien refused te wear 0 prison sult and remained unclothed in his cell for several days, One nzorning his keepers were surprived to find him wearing a sult of tweed, It had cost $700 to get the suit to hint, however, “Front Room ’’ Crusade. An English educational society which declares that people ought tolive inand use their front rooms” has createda sen- gation. The London Express remarks: ‘Buch a reckless sug> gestion Is calculated to undermine the very foundations of lower middle-class home life in this country,” the front room being sacred to “company’' over there. Old Maids’ Paradise. ‘The disproportion of the sexes is still very great In some parts of Australia, In West Australia, for example, there are only 54,0 women in a population of 168,000, The “Fudge” Idiotoriai, A '| How to Lie Paka gy 8 , | Truthfully, tor HELP! He wants to Copyrot, 1904, by Planet Pub, Co. i knew HOW he can ’ En, | ‘(New Department for The Evening World’s Women Readers. | neers vew aoe. ve toe tng | struggled with it ourselves, We think the BEST RULE Is to TELL SOMETHING YOU DO NOT KNOW In this way you will avold responsibility and al the | same time make an impression! WE do it! Napoleon Bonaparte TRIED to do TOO much and DID it! Mf we cannot ALL be Napoleons in DEEDS we CAN be in WORDS! We ARE! We TRY to say too much and DO ITI Be at rest, troubled soul | THE FUDGE will keep up the visible supply of TRUTH. PUL UNTRUTHS! PLEDGE cursive to heep up the MARKET SUP ry i bi ts gS ie f + is a seat vacant? Also, tell me how Tcan clean a white felt hat. F. BOND. If your friendly relations with the | wentieman justify ft 4. le perfectly proper for you to take the seat beside Tt is not expensive, . . . Send Regrets. Should [ send regrets to an out of town bride sroee 2 ent attend the