The evening world. Newspaper, January 2, 1905, Page 10

we WwW ty ‘ . by the Press Publishing ! nh New York. Hntered at the Post-OMmce Mt New York as Gecond-Clans Mall Matter, NO. 18,840 CHEAPNESS OF HUMAN LIFE. ve note of the New Year's prophecies is Beene, Rverything is going on as possibly could, Crops are bountiful, business gountry blessed with peace and prosperity, the right with promise, Altogether we have every granting the wonderful material progress and ty and indulging our pride in it, there are some War—of the carnage on Manchurian battle- @ in Thibet, the sacrifice of 3,000 human beings in ines. We cannot feel proud of our 7,600 hom- disasters, or the black record of lynching. the $81 deaths by violence in the Boroughs of ind the Bronx. ‘ ly the revelation of the cheapness of hu- ‘the time of highest civilization must excite ta which it'ts mot pessimism to express, All of good cheer and good fortune cannot cries of this unexampled year's sacrifice of RAINES LAW ABDUCTION. t abduction of a young girl for Raines law In Elizabeth street. Rescue and arrests ‘promptly on the not of crime, The police are censured on that line, of the nifair rests upon the law—and upon ‘of the law—under which the vile resort was which wad the scene of the violent selzure, Company, No, 63 to 63 @ massacres in Armenia, the massacres in all f | be something stronger than » fecling of || { Jiu-Jitsu for the Masher. The one problem? question is en have asked themselves ever since he first raised his venom- ous head, which Is ms r ‘merely poetic Il- Ib ¥ cense for unrecog- | ys nized hat, on ee Broadway and on Twenty-third street, And, of all places, the answer comes from old Japan, and following ‘the route of geography and commerce, yla San Francisco. It is contained in those words of hyphonated magic, Jiu-Jitsu, 1t wns one day last week that a pretty young woman jailing from the Pacific eourt proceedings brought out the story of | Slope, having heen accosted by a New) ‘York masher as she was walting for 0 car, laid a fair hand upon him, seeming- ly In the way of playfulness, and knock- where clanging trolley gongs and awear- Ing | truck-drivers drove all lingerng thoughts of conquest from his damaged head, ‘Just a few wrestling lessons 1 learned in the High School in San Fran- led him into the middle of te street, | By Nixola Greeley-Smith HAT ts the the masher which young wom- | % Little Jimmy Jiggs Resolves to Steal No More Jam, HDDOOS 3 Mary Jane and Kickums Help Their Dads Swear Off. 94O9OO4600040444054-004009OHHO68O5H0009H9H0000009 HO0.90 5% SOME" NEW s YEA The Janitor Resolves to Give Mr. Secondflat More Heat. Mr. Crimsonbeak Resolves to Quit Drinking. &* & w& They Do It So Effectually that When the Dads Wish to Swear On Again They Can't, LETS SWEAR YOURSELF, OLb MAN, KicKUM $= OUR POPS! SWORE OFF DRINKIN’ AND SMOKIN’ = Ler’s HELP 'E NAW- THEY'LL 1 DRINK WATER, ‘esolves to Stop Quar- relling with His Mother-in-Law, eg &Y MARTIN GREEN, Just What Part the People Don't Take in Naming Senators. SEB,” said the Cigar Store Man, “that Lou bh Payn says that if Black can't go to the Senate the next beat man is Depew.” “Lou Payn {ya fine mouthpiece for the peo~ Ple of the State of New York,” answered the Man Higher Up, “but as long as the people are willing § | to stand for a political system that allows four or five: ?| wire-pullers to swing them they will have to stand for the impression that Lou Payn and his bunch gives to %| the rest of the country, This recent Senatorial contro- ' Nem, g $? HERE'S A NEW YEARS PRESENT FOR : ; | didn’t make the promise, Versy 1s the most illuminating lesson of the folly of al- lowing Senators to be chosen by Legislatures that the country has witnessed for years, . “The promise was made to Frank 8, Black long ago that he should succeed Chaunosy M, Depew. The people It was negotiated by Mr, Black's law partner, Abe Gruber. For a time after the election there were aigns that Abe Gruber had hogged the whole local situation, | “Did the people of the great State of New York arise in their might and demand that their favorite humorist and after-dinner speaker be returned to the United States Yenate? Not on your life, In fact, the sovereign people pald more attention to the six-day bicycle race, the operations of Cassie Chadwick and similar matters ble liself, the statute goes over the heads Of cisco,” she explained modestly.to admir- ‘and makes the Raines Inw hotel the castle as’ ing bystanders; but all Nba ss eae breeding-place of crime, Officers may break the incident declared that the Jiu-Jitsu when thore is actual evidence of something “Tt Of self-defense had never had a Aner of ‘moment than they did to the United States Senator- ship, “But there were interests alive to the chances of Sen- ig. Put “behind the’ scenes,” out of sight, constantly going on which lead to such out- in point, detective wns getting into the Elisabeth he fuund locked portals, a steel door and a Warm in his way, Unmentionable crime ts itpelf, it appears, as the rich gambler does. Senator from Canandaigua Ike all this? able in the beliot that it is better to end his law of reform-for-politics-only?. DECLINE OF ORUNKENNESS. : to Lecky, in his “History of European virtue of veracity attains its highest de- among commercial nations.” Is it also bes jaro growing grenter in business lines that Mrunkenners at Christmas as well as mora all the time? A long memory {s not needed “prevalence of Yuletide indulgence. in strong hich now appears lacking. Hollday drinking fnheritanve’ from Anglo-Saxon ancestors, But iw the egg-nogg and mulled wine of the of yesteryear? ‘The modern sideboard ts for thelr absence and the saloon trade has |The reeling round of New Year's calls ts a past. "Falmouth has been saying in England that she ok during her recent visit to the United Staton standard of sobriety prevailing here. She tal absence of the poor, drink-sodden-!ooking frequently seen in England,” Bookmakers iggeative decrease of drunkenness at the race- pay and it ts dangerous,” says the book- The clork and his employer find {t so and ab- i, the practical gain ts to be commended | the cause is self-interest or a higher spiritual itary tournament, its dog show—all these but ine Madison Square Garden attractively decor- @riay of pictures and garments showing the p of the centuries in children’s clothes, The Cen- Muagigine tor December just past had illustrated Which will be of assistance here. In other places ‘exhibits of childhood, ull dear and all appealing, ‘ is had sich a show as this not so many months ©, and it was a genuine success. For Now York the jen ie commented to the enterprising members of the Women’s clubs, who do things oxcellently when ot to do them in union, It io suggested that GF the Kaster holldays would be a fine time tor Tr, Then can the children all be thero to make | ; exemplification, ; We have had in the past numerous instances of young women who avenged themrelves for the masher’s insult by the unscientific but effective use of ao strong right arm, But the feminine Might arm strong enough to administer Netic punishment is the exceptivn, and ‘only the Japanese art of jlu-jitsu seems to meet the requirements of strong and Weak allke, For proficiency is al- together a matter of dexterity and leverage, which the 110-pound woman ean attain as well as the football giant, It 1s such a universal complaint among young women that they are the constant victims of unsought attentions: from uhknown men that it would seem they should now organize themselves Into one gigantlo jlu-jiteu club for the prompt extermination of the offender, Nevertheless, they will do nothing of the kind, For if young women realiy rosented the masher's attentions with half the seriousness they would have us believe the number of that despisod class would be radically diminished. Ot course it is foollsh to contend, as some women and more men do, that a gir; who attends strictly to her own busi- ness and does nothing to challenge at- tention will always escape the masher, For she will not. The main thing in dealing with the jasher, as with any other lower an- imal, 1s not to seem afraid of him, For if you do he Js very apt to continue his perseotition just to frighten when he sces that he cannot Impress, But there \s @ Ju-Jitsu manner that any young will often unconsciously find hersvif Acquiring and thgt ts usually entirely adequate to managing any little “"mash- ing’ dnetdent that may arise without ‘bilging her to have recourse to actual hy violence, lonable schools and colleges for woinen. Arithmetic ‘tis well to shun, Woman accustomed to going about alone} ¢ ‘theless, the example of the Sun| © 2 GS-HSSSSS-9HOHOOH9HO6SOO: $59b0O56606650506 S SESS LSOS. Old Time, as fast the seasons flow, Worked on me with his leaven; T felt the welght of thirty-two When Madge was twenty-seven, The marvel grew to huge estate, Madge proved to time so thrifty, Remaining simple thirty-eight Long after I'd turn fitiy, |] My brain Js plunged in awful whirts By mathematics’ rigors, And who shall now maintain that girls Have no control of figures? London Punch, cemenna uence ener mer ee | Bisa heart) tr Uno erte y “Paw, Mr, Johnsing sent sue bis pliowgra mao in ) i New Yeah’s cawd,”" 6 “Deughtah, doan' yo’ jeab no jew'lry lyin’ roun’ loose w'en dat gemman calls, He sent his photo to de wrong address, He shud hab % }tennan ip @ de Rogues’ Gallery.” 9O0344OH400900007" ~PNOAO rag geneoooroorooeneooooooeosoroocoooeogeqonones.ogooseses | ROCKEFELLER GET IT! ae ae pe DPDDODOHGGDDHD HHI GOSIETGOHOOGIOGH ator Depew. Le {a a director in a atring of corporations as long as your arm. He ts on the board of nearly every railroad in this State. Corporations never sleep.” “Then the corporations must be stronger than the people,” remarked the Cigar Store Man, “Well,” replied the Man Higher Up, “when Senator Depew eaw that he was up against it you didn't hear bit making any frantic appeals for help to the people, you?” They Date Ahead. In the new crop of diaries for 1905 now blossoming on every side, those intended for dramatic agents, managers and actors put forth by the theatrical printers are especially coms plete and compact. ‘Dates ahead’ are the most Important consideration in the theatrical business, 90, besides the blank pages for 1905 and columns for the receipts and expenses of each performance, the theatrical diaries are arranged to shaw the bookings for from three ito five years ahead, “Prison of 10,000.” The Prigon of Ten Thousand is the name given by the wandering Arabs of the districts across Jordan to the fortress monastery of Mar Baba, on the Dead Sea. Not many yeara ago there were actually 10,000 monks living fn this grim and mournful retreat, and even to-day there are more than L600 left, The monastery jy one of the oldest in the world, hay. Ing been founded some 1,900 years ago by Euthymius, and the monks pass thelr lives in everlasting penance. No woman is permitted to oome within Mar Saba, Queer Figures. Bt, Poter's at Rome ls In the form of @ cross 686 feet Jong and 480 feet wide lta helght is only two feet less than ite width, . e The number of silk hate made annually in the Untieg Kingdom {9 abort 18,000,000, eo e ‘The average depth of the Atlantic # estimated to be about 16,000 feet. The “Fudge” Idiotorial, OF ADVICE for ite passing show. ——- (Copyrot, 1004, Planet Pub, Co.) bard Mee . yet there Is room for something new. Why not |; |, ave a few dren's Exposition? FEMININE FIGURES, warm words of our own, WE do NOT advise you to get on the WATER BUT—always a but, and often a BUTT-IN—we DO + advise you to SPEND YOUR MONEY FASTER! ta wan * REAL! THEN you will get some GOOD out of It, What is the use of money if it is not BUSY ? A lump of silver~a bit of rag! But a meal, a drink, a jewel—THAT'S something Besides, If you do NOT spend your coin quickly Rockefeller will TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU, Spend your money faster next year. DO NOT LET é ‘ v ; The WISE GUYS F beauty ought e ite NOT THIS CHILDREN’S SHOW? ‘. FINES GC SNGILAN baBurto aaa anTG IE Spend Your are handing out) York has its horse show ay regularly as {ts| suggest the advisabfity of introducing | “ » It has its food show, Its automobile show, |* Compulsory sista cove, in toate Money Faster. SOLEWN SLABS most Interestingly outfitted ior such an occasion, || “Gr nurzion it has plenty; ® | WAGON. 1} cpanel se an AAW past and or tnatsnee I wan twenty-one WE do not advise you to stop swearing | » showin: ¢ progress of years, special ex- hen Madge was sweet and @ MOSS he Aslly Of al) oice ped Wee |] steve WE do not advise you to QUIT KICKING YOUR DOG}