The evening world. Newspaper, January 11, 1905, Page 12

5 foe by e Man Hi je Grasping West re Actually t Seate in Cars. ” ald the Cigar Store n, “that the people of the Side are kicking be- use the ‘L’ road service Teduced, | those west siders the ‘ejaculated the Man High- they hollered for the Now they've got the Sub- d they are producing doe- for seats on the ‘L.’ Tho thing they'll be wanting Mr, to give them money, those west siders think ir. Belmont bought the ‘L’ be- ‘he wanted to make a story for papers, Perhaps they have @ the idea to sink into their that Mr. Belmont, foresee- orimp that the Subway, would Mato the ‘L’s' business, bought d road because he was ‘George Gould and Russell id suffer an attack of of the dividends. to the people of the wost wise to the fact that for the smoothest transpor- men in the business have been ‘them to stand up in street the Press Publishing Company, No. 63 to 63 Park Row, New York, at the Post-Ofice at New York as Second-Class Mall Matter. ++. By Martin Green.... eter ei enna see orld’s NO, 15,849 _ igher Up. ¥ gers who have seats, They pay the running expenses. The strap-hang- ers pay the interest on the watered stock, i “Mr, Belmont, when he took charge of the road that was built with the people's money, realizeu that the ‘L' people would immedi- ately begin to improve the servive in order to hold the patronage. The better the aervice on the ‘L’ the few- er the passengera who would be driven to the Subway. So he goes; to the ‘L’ people and shows them thet by shifting the road to him ona Guaranteed dividend basis they will save the improvement expenditure, “Do they hesitate? Not any long- er than {t takes to draw up the pa- pers, I¢ was one of the wisest busi- ness deals ever pulled off. Now Mr. Belmont knows just exactly how much the Subway traffic has shad- ed traffic on the 'L’ and he is run- ning his trains accordingly. I de- mand to be shown where anybody has a kick against this eminently characteristic piece of up-to-date enterprise, What right have the elt. izens of New York to demand com- tort in travel, anyhow?” “Supt, Hedley dentes that the 'L' Toad service has oeon curtailed,’ protested the Cigar Store Man, “Say,” asked the Man Higher Up, “have you heard anybody say that Mr, Hedley {8 writing for timetables and is content. ij GO profit in. passen- HB doctors of, Parts, ac- coming toa gable in yester- day's papers, are now engaged In a j] Weangle relative to = majority, being doubtless _middie- aged dry-aa-dusts py with neither. in- clination not op portunity to be+ Pehieve otherwise, that it is @ most repre- tending to the dissem- ; mecrobes, But one whose pulses must still thful impulses and emo- ‘admitting that the soft lips 's responsible for the of microbes ag well as declares that many mt- with the kiss are distinct on.| lly the greatest blow C of the world hay . For who, no matt ‘dyspeptic condition, would me to pills end potions, Defore and after each prove an eMcacieis and de- pmedy? But is any kiss good or only (fall | a it of beloved * Women this phafe of the ques- fully before they socept the n theory, which at firet buns altogether pleasing, wife whose shopping downtown as ‘Pwenty- ‘up her mind to drop ttle further down him by taking him out th her. Suppose instead she | exchanging a hygienic, 1904 stands out in history of) of fatalities. Taki it of war's carnage ani @ocldents, however tragio, brought five deaths, the | accidents rises to 6,442, tera alone furnish more They are as king of the sinking of the bursting dam at China, 828; collapsed pier, tala, 200; cloudburst near Man- tornado over Central and » 1%; Harwick mine ex- ania, 178; capsized ter- Russia, 100; ratlrond A, Cal., 116; hurricane, Ba. 4 btin Demand, si issing Is Healthy. yy Nixola Greeley-Smith. doubt that the practice of Kissing would Gand advocate * ea an ald to digestion. Disasters of 1904; ®howlng the quickest route to the foolish house?” this invasion. before-luncheon klas with the type- weiter? He may meet her reproaches with a doctor's certificate, or silence ber tears with a prescription, ‘Then, too, we @ll know frum wad ex- perience. that the moment we become thoroughly assured that a particuler thing 1a good for us, we promptly lose ail: interest in it, Mand there ts no probably has more sens receive a grewter stimulua if all tho Agctors in the world were to put a ban on it than if they were all to join lasue with the author of the Parislan theory | || a A ‘s But tf kissing Js good for digestion It may also be beneficial to other maladies, | + One palr of lips mi#ht furnish on anti- ote for dyspepsia, another for grip and etill others for pneumonia, typhold fover and tuberculosis, In that case what Could the conscientious eufferer trom @ Complication of diseases do? Pocket his scruples and embark on a career of pro- miscuous kissing in the interests of hy- glene, or perish a martyr to the single standard of osoulation? What he should Go is doubtiess a question for moralists &nd philosophers to settle, As to what he would do there fs, alas! not the shadow of a doubt, Tt 1s too bed, however, that the French physician should have selected as a malady to be cured by kissing the very one that most disinclines one to that delectable practice, Sufferers trom indigestion are proverbially cross and ill-tempered, and not in the mood for @entiment, Still, if the kissing cure really, be a.cure they will no doubt over- come thelr reluctance and try It, even as ‘they have tried pills, potions and dys- Depsia tabléts in years gone by, nN #8 afflicted general public may be tempted to estay the when they have not the dis ‘en ‘the crustiest old bachelor 4 will be led first of all to the practical pitoation of the oli " I. alan, cure fhyacie es neem “Phys IM GETTING Too OLD FOR THOSE TRICKS Cochin China, 107; steamer sunic off Australia, 104; fire eae , i; Glrode-Schlano collision, 10; The Slocum disaster atands | horror in all history, A wine century ago, in the Hnglen River Thames, near Woolwich, the Princess Alice was rim into and sunk by the By- well Castle, with loss of lite reaching nearly to 700, That, until the appalling news of the Slocum's ening came out of New York last June, was the worst river, accident on record, Following on habe Slocum disaster with its 088 Of 1,081 lives, comes t) AuNcree ‘he sinking of The Blocum and Norge disasters and the Russian tornado combined to make June by far the most fatal of the months; even the wholesale loss of lifo, oharacteristlc to aocidents in the East, at the bursting dam in China and on Aroft's collapsai pler could ralse Fab-| {i ruary's total to but 839. ‘Nhe others fol- low in order; January, August, July, | % April, March, November, December | September, May and October, with the | least to lier discredit, 144, Dhe Slocum, again, has made the 18th of the month the day most fatal to life; | 1,068 all told. ‘Tho Sist was least fatal,| seeing but 21 killed during its seven ap. Paarances, In the number of acotdent rather vhan in the number of lives rost, the 4th was most fata! with a tota! o: thirtoenth; the 19th 48 the date of only two mishappenings, The death roll of 1204 shows an in- teresting classification, Maritime dis- asters head the lst with 2710 lives | ig fatalities are the les deaths re: 8 | The Latter In Correct. | TO the Falitor ening World | Which quotation Is ty ;| minds with but a single -| "Two souls with but a single thou | A, 0 wo \at in lives w und one of these—the cloudbu Manila ponsible £ e at figure, the | To the Druarye<t day that only is A Stammering Boy. Editor of ‘Phe Evenng World: IT am 4 boy of fourteen years and due once ur y i tho death tate fr Mk ee Ae {M20 1| tamer considerably at times, Can don tenement claimed 7, another tire} you kindly advise any cure? E. M, land of St, Feliclan carried the collapse of the Hotel ke put any Idlewild, N. ¥, Brace up the general system by out- door exercise, plenty of sleep and whole- | dn New Yor! nd tO Home delight the mind and eye. It is doubtful if this Tortoise does much thinking. He'munches his daily meal of lettuce His shell is very But he cannot do much less thinking or have a thicker shell than the Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners who deliberately propose to build an elevated railroad through this piece of public property. The mania for accomplishment is a good thing, It has done much for mankind. But it is positively harmful unless accompanied by good sense and good judgment. Perhaps the city must be permanently ugly. It was begun that way. But we hope not. At any rate the environs can be preserved and beautified. Public sentiment will ‘not tolerate e, ately, On The The Evening an £ditorial om Same Important Magazine, cy we GALAPA@04 Mary Jane Tries to Develop Muscle. Following Her Dad’s Calisthenic Lead She Does a Stunt with Flatirons. noleinisteleteinialelatoloololalelotelotoleiateloleieieleileleotelteisteleieiicletoloieielelots slot ‘g¢ “& Letters from the People < & | some food, ” Speak. slowly and dellber- | water pipes? Tho pipes burst very eas: |rect expression 1s, “I went rowing,” or Ayold excitement, speak {n a hurry, To the Editor of The Evening World: On what day of the week did May 19, 1860, fall? People's Choras, Cooper Union, ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: Where can I have my volce culti+ vated? Apply to Board of Health, ‘To the Editor of The Bvening World: Saturday, thick. veatn i Will Print Here Every. Need £ No Stilts in the Bronx Park! HE picture presented herewith is that of one of the oldest citizens in the world, He is a splendid specimen of the Testudo Galapagit and he was born about the year 1700, if the scientific folks are correct, and they usually are. There is no living and moving thing of more than half his years on earth. ‘With many more rare and beautiful specimens of the earth’s wild inhabitants he is a dweller in Bronx Park, the finest pleasure ground New York has, The Zoological Garden there is simply magnificent. In the same preserve the rare and curious plants of the universe Since the Subway has shown what it can do there has become evident a strong desire to do away with the unsightly ‘‘L’’ roads, Certainly there shall be no more of them, The Tortoise from the Galapagos is just as modern as the Rapid Transit Commission. it y a Be J 00 IT THEN™ BuT DONT NiO Me ABOUT IT WE'RE GOIN? TO OEVELOPE OUR CHESTS AN’ LIMBER, OUR'SPINES MY + TOES CA, ALL RIGHT) y) ebhrbbh rk heheeehr rir eilts Never try to fly an4 the airshaft {9 very emall and|"'l went boating.” |narrow, The snow and the Ice and the English, |water are bid enough to Freene people To tho Editor of ‘Iie Evening World: |*e death, L, M. K Which {s the more generally spoken ie Universally Observed, language, English or German? 8, R, JH. HL, Actronsen, Not Opera Singers, tet MERe Ap Mational holiday ip the lin, the slltor of Th Hvening World: “1 Went Rowing’ te Better than| Are Eleanor Duse and Sara Bernhardt actresses or opera singers? R, RK, K, ¢ Evening World! In ‘The World Almanac, F to ay: NT WADE TOW: lo the BAltor of The Evening World: ies \ ‘Where can I get a copy of the Con- Bither, J, G, S| To the Battor of niet) {8 pr boning? of" How can | make tho landlord Aix the| Neither fg ie customary, Me dots stitution of the United States? A, R o’s Service 4 yy HARLBES,” sald the professor's C wife, “have you noticed baby's oy “No—why—what's tho matter with, them?" asked the professor, looking up from his “Lavaterlan Philosophy” with a Atart, “Nothing's the matter with them.” sald the professor's wife, with atonch of asperity; "I wanted you to notice how intelligent they were, ‘that’s all, Everybody says s0," ! we that all?” ‘said the professor. ‘Why, now that you mentiog it, his eyes are unusually bright, aa you say. Yes, But talking of eyea generally, do you know that the reflection of an object upon the retina of the eye starts @ mental impression to the brain through the optic nerves, IC you havo never bofore heard of the optic nerve you may regard it as that frequently displayed by an eye doctor when ho charges $10 for a consultation lasting three minvtes, Never \mind that, though, A picture of the gas flame at which our promising Infant ie staring ts being formed upon the rotina of iis eye (reversed by the way) and carried thence to his bradn ‘through the optic nerve, which ts practioally a con- tinuation of the ‘retina,” “You say the ploture on the retina ds Teversed?” asked the professor's wife, “Yes,” said the professor, “But we don't sve things upside down," eaid the professor's wite, “Oh, yes, we do,” sald ‘the professor, “tn more ways than one, and {t often requires much time and experience to readjust our points of view, However, take next the mouth,” “Baby has such a sweet mouth,” eald the professor's wife, “Unquestionably,” said the professor, “especially at the present moment, when there are visible traces upon Mts lips of ‘the lump of @ugar you gave him with which to play, The human mouth and lips are very susceptible to emotions and are often shaped In beautiful ourves, And then thre’ the nose.” “Baby's |s like yours,” eald the pro- feasor's wife. “I feel flattered," eald the professor, “unless I look it at it differently, in which case 1 must congratulate baby, But when I speak of the nose I am reminded of an erroneous reference I made just now.” “You erroneous?’ sald the profes- sor’s wife, looking up in affected sur prise, electrical current “becomes fatal {s one of the mysteries of this re- markable force which has remained un- solved. Usually above 60) volte is sup- posed to be more than human life can support, but there have been many cases in which 100 volts and even under have killed. India rubber gloves are only a preventive up to a certain recognized point. Herr Nicholas Artemleff, professor of the Electrical Institute of Kiev, has invented a costume whose security de- pends on the well-known fact that metal is 9 better conductor than the human body, He envelops his person fh a dress made of woven metal—a fine wire gaure in fact—strong and durable, but so fine and supple that it will allow ot any work belng carned on while wearing it. Tt can be worm ether under or over the olothing as our photograph shows, and, which will also prove that the inventor has an absolute confidence in Ts question at what strength an H ome Education.: A Lesson in Physiognomy, Anti-Electric Armor. his own {nvention, at his demonstration he received @ shook of 150,000 volts with- out feeling any inconvenience what- ever, the shock passing through the has bee ant ont fe aa i as mn firmly the ‘works of Siemens & Halse, Char- Jottenburg, any, and it will soon be put on the mari MAN AND WOMAN, Man tells his fishing tales; and he Is prone to let his fanol Unt!l he almost makes u/ The mammoth ones tha: And woman, reminiscent, too, ‘Will often shake her pretty head, And tell of how they came to woo— Phe countless men she did not wed. —Colliors Weekly, erent can emmemmere seamen reeanarce effect that “You must suffer to be beautiful.” Its truth has been strikingly shown by a lady's maid in Paris who has just revealed the secret of her mistress's beauty, To attain It she endured martyrdom for a year, During the mornings she tay flat on her back on the floor, This was to im- prove her figure, ‘The afternoons she spent on a high stool, swaying her body mbout from the hips, hig treatment waa supposed to make her graceful and liesome and beautify the contour of her walst and Te {a @ Frenoh saying to the Once in a while,” sald the profes. sor, “strange as it may weem, I tt cently nopke of the mobility of the “i tures of the face, Of course, with te ard to the noso, that /Is not one qe {ta beauties, ‘Tho most moveable nose, 1s not usually regarded ag the mous beautiful one, No,” ie “Bridget's nose twitches when bends over the hot stove,” sald Professor's wife, it “That may be duo more to the pine gent steams arising fromthe o foods than to, the hent,"’ sald the pros fessor, “but I wai speaking of nose which moved In a wider ciroumferenae’ — than that desoribed by a more twitohy You remember Cyrano de Bergerac’a nose, He was sald to be able to move at will, and this manifestation of muscular will doubtlessly caused antagonists with whom he fought dusla to become as much confused as did hie remarkable sword-play.” ‘ “Bome people can move thelr eamy® ‘the professor's wife, It la a great acoymplishment,” mald the professor, ‘J.Incoln’once Donated to a visitor that he could move his eare whenever he wanted to, and’ when the ~ i ested him to do so then the id that he didn't want to.” “Can Mr. Roosevelt move his earet* asked the professor's wife, “IT havo never heard go," said the professor, ‘his most mobile features #bem to be his lips, but ho 1s such an Aooomplished gentleman that tt ought not to bo diMcult for him to acquire the art {f ho feels the need of It,” ” “Ho is not going to run for Presideng again,” said the professor's wife “Then, of course, he need not Jearn,'* ald tho professor. ihe “You can always tell a person's chat. eoter by the face,” sald the profemgor’a wife, “ ‘Always’ is a lange order,” eatd the professor, ‘and I don't agree with you, anyway, But you were thinking of some one in particular—otherwise you vould not have generalized so vehemently. Who is itr” ‘Well, gAid the professor's wife, " was, It was thot Mis, Coller, who tried to get Bridget away from us by offers ing her $3 more a month, One glance at her face tells vod the kind of pere gon she {s, in a minute,” ‘ “Ah,'' sald the professor, turning again to his Lavaterlan Philosophy,” ‘The New Electriolty-Resisting Sutt . at Beauty-Torture., Nature has bestowed on her @ altye Ulted nose, It was made Grecian by the eppiication of @ spring bandage to i night and day for months, One nostril was larger than anothes, ‘The constant uso of a pad inoreased the size of tho smaller one until they were | &@ well-matched palr, } Her cheeks, which were too thin, were | filled out by injeotions of paraffin, Her ears were compressed againat the side of her head by springs until thee , batwing tondencies had been overcome, Heavy welghts were attached to the Io Ta to produce the desired elongated eh, she 18 considered a pretty , And she considers {t well worth the throat, price #he has pald for it, No Tax on the Yellow Dog! (Copyright, 1905, Planet Pub. Co.) noblest friend, exclusive, But what of the YELLOW DOG? The promoters of this measure boldly announce thelr PURPOSE. |in the interest of ARISTOCRATIC DOGS. The kennels of Hempstead and J, Pierpont Morgan are to be made more The ‘‘Fudge’’ Idiotorial | Reports from Albany Indicate that purse-plutocracy Is planning another PUSH at the PEOPLE! A bill has been prepared to place a TAX ON DOGS! This is a direst drive at man's It ls | The Yellow Dog is the close companion of the Common Peoplet ls HE to be taxed OUT OF EXISTENCE | We denounc? this INFAMOUS PLOT! We demand that the talons of the Tax Collector be kepf OFF the Yellow Dog! We demand thatithe frlend and companion of the Common People he left FREE and UNCOLLARED, If this thing Keeps.on they will TAX US NEXT}