The evening world. Newspaper, February 16, 1905, Page 14

Rie, " oy eebnansa ] to the financial management to the relations of certain groups of H1,250,000,000, At know?—what does it conceal? uestions, Will they get it? ANOTHER uy the Iroquois Theatre. And every world. i fort, Master grace "Helped 8 ¢ cities. ‘att thp Press Publishing Compuny, No, §3 to 6 Vark Row, New Tork. _ {Entered at the Post-Oftice at New York as Second-Class Mali Matter: iors severe NO, 16,885, ; WHAT ANSWER? ‘The Evening World yesterday asked five very simple questions re- of three of the great life insurance ‘companies of this city. These ~uestions sought to elicit information as high financiers to the enormous sur- ‘plus funds of these companies, whose aggregate assets foot up more than The perfect solvency of these companies and the entire security of ‘all their policy-holders is not questioned, The law and the management in guaranteeing the absolute safety of the insured, But (he question remains and will persist: Who handles the surplus? What schemes of ‘Pieantic speculation are fostered by these funds? What monopolizing of ca utilities is not possible to the men who can swing these millions? ‘what does the State Superintendence superintend?—how much does ~The policy-holders and the public have a right to an answer to these WARNING, Twice within a week New York has narrowly escaped a terrible dis- aster through fire. On Saturday the Casino Theatre was burnt out two ‘hours before an audience of 1,400 would have filled its seating space, ° It is'a “‘tinder-box,” said ‘Chief Croker. Its stairways were narrow and On Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, shortly after 1,400 children had dismissed for the day, a fire broke out in the old Public School No. 2, Grove and Hudson streets, Before the fire engines had reached the lace “the interior of the building had become a furnace.” ned like tinder.” Principal Jenkins thinks the children could have ed out safely under their fire drill, Perhaps—but what a risk! The moral of both these providential escapes is the same: Unsleep- vigilance is the price of safety! It is not enough that our theatres are bly safe.” Every place of public assemblage can be and should /made absolutely safe against such a holocaust as was the burning of It, too, school-house, old-time or modern, ould be incessantly watched and guarded, IN DARKENED RUSSIA, never. could believe that Providence has sent a few men into the ready booted and spurred to ride and millions ready saddled arid to be ridden” So said Richard Rumbold on the scaffold in 1685. Said on sul the Side. SOCIAL “season” in New York A which up to date has i cluded entertainments repro- ducing Japanese rdens, tropical forests with gardens of Versaatles with variegated olghteenth-century coptumes, faney dress party with peacock head- Gear may be sald to be conventionally brilliant. Wut it leaves something lack- ing of that originality which monkey dinners and vegetable fetes supply, St. Louis has had a pink pig and perform- ing bear party, tise to thy occasion and prevent the westward course of social folly? a ee “Bridge whist,’ says Mra, J. Blien Foster, ‘adds nothing to woman,” It has been known to add, and also to subtract, As to the balance of profit or loss at the end of the season, ex- erts differ, eee It is @ considerate fire which visits a theatre before the matinee begins and & school-house after school has been dismissed, But this consideration is not always to be relied on, eee Father—I am ery shocked! Your mother telle me that you are engaged to three young men, ' Daughter—Oh, well, pa! They are all football piayers and when the season closes I can marry the eurvivor.—Judy, o 7 8 ‘Fire trap,” says Chiet Croker of the Grove street school, Perhaps merely “reasonably eafe,'’ Opportune time to @iscover In which category the un- burned others come. see Biome of the olty’s ‘“breakfastless school obildren,” It is painfully appar- ent, are on the streets eelling new: papers to support etarving mothers, oe 8 In essaying ‘Hamlet’ Shem ven- tured in where many a “Ham” had mone before eee It was, of course, a New Yorker who tipped @ motorman to stop his car after five had whizved by. Strangers who come to the metropolim under the im- Pression that they know something about tipping speedily discover that they are. ignorant of the first rules of the game, J eee London burglar left his thumb print on @ tumbler and was caught. Youth in Newcastle, Pa., has dome to grief because of a thumb print on a rifled more than two hundred years the Russian people have been sad- diéd'and ridden'as by one man, Truth has there been longer on old and wrohg longer on the throne than in any nation in the rec- ‘the shackles are breaking under the strain. Industrial discontent ‘more potent in effecting changes than political dissatisfaction. lan despots never dared to disturbindustrial rightsno matter what tyranny might prevail, ‘The blood of the workingmen in St, Pe- in it more potency for reform than the cries of all the politi- 1} ,” cried Latimer, amid the crack- “Play the man! We shall this day light such a candle, by ; ih England as | trust shall never be put out!” =” by the enlightened bayonets of Japan, day is dawning in dark- "Russia, and the doomed Autocrats know it in their souls, It is not orrow, nor the next day perhaps, but it is coming. The very city accorded the great events must bring justice and reforms which n early time reach down to the lowest rank in Russia, “Things are saddle,” said Emerson, “and ride mankind.” They do indeed, and are riding more and more to a purpose. When things ride other may well get out of the way. Truly, as Walt Whitman chanted: r the undiscouraged, resolute struggling soul of man: former armies failed? then we send fresh armles—and fresh again) ° ° ° uggling to-day the same—battling the same.” ‘ PLAY FAIR, MR. FARMER! ‘The farmers of New York pay no State tax. The cost of the State ent is paid from license fees and special taxes collected mainly \ = i) ©) Cannot the legislative representatives of the farmers be as merciful savings banks? s polls In the next election. \ ay cases? within a man’s soul.” Tuxedo Query. @o the Editor of The Evening World: Ia it pernvitted to wear a Tuxedo at ® theatry or a ball? Am a short man ‘and full dress is very unbecoming to me, ac, A Tuxedo (or dinner jacket) should Never be worn at a ball nor at the the- tre when you are there with a lady. Panama Health and Climate. the Mditor of The Evening World: In reply to “Father's inquiry re- ing the climate and health condi- of the Panama territory: 1 in Colon and Panama long before Incle Bam ever thought of digging \he Waterway. The days are uncom iY, i Tt seems Incredible that within easy reach of public and private chari- $a young newsboy should actually starve to death, Yet the facts of death of the Koudos lad stare New Yorkers in the face, Poor neigh: rs helped the boy's family, but one charity organization to which appeal made is sald to have got tangled up in its own red tape, Is it not rely, possible that “system” sometimes defeats its own ends in emer. —————- ‘There are plenty of substitutes for any article of food that is notori- s fy adulterated, There is no substitute for milk. The big milk-dealers im” their surplus and sell it to the retailers, “Catch the big fish U if President Roosevelt could not have touched the heart of the east side ore surely than by saying, “Americanism is a matter of the spirit that The People’s Corner. a Letters from Evening World Readers ithe thrifty poor of the cities as the State is to them? Ought they not To redeem the pledge of both parties in their State platforms and of ‘Gov, Higgins to repeal the tax on the surplus and undivided profits of ‘party which levies taxes upon “the pittances of the poor rather ‘the superfluities of the rich,” and that allows farms to escape tax- on while taking ‘toil from the savings of the thrifty, will be remembered fortably warm and the mornings and evenings are pleasantly cool, Malarial fever can be had for the asking, What else can be expected in a city where they have to depend on the ralny sea- son for thelr drinking and cooking water, the sald water received into the cisterns from the corrugated metal roof tops? Regarding yellow fever, there ‘was none of it there in my time and J don't know of any being there now, Colon is @ shanty town and a very dirty one, Panama ditto, What both palaces need Is rigid sanitary regulations express package, It is a wise thief who lets his right hand know what his left hand is doing. oe e “Congressman fined §2 in Washington for not removing Wwe from his side- walk.'’ Ought to come to New York and enjoy the superior privileges of plain American citizens, eee A writer on the Czar cays that; “Like most little men, he {s highjy endowed ‘with self-importance,’ It was sald of old-time thet the costilest things are done up in mall packages, and tuerc 13) 0 reason why the package should not be consotous of the distinction, eee Urs, Winks—How much better off @ man would be if he would take his wife's advice! Mrs, Binks—Yes. I've advised Charlie time and again not to bet on horses that don't twin, but he wll do {.—New Yorker. see Chicago women who were requested to remove their hats at a symphony concert refused on the ground that they moss and budding trees and limpid streams and cascades; the and a Cannot Fitth avenue | iA New # # §Comic Series $By Gene Carr. & 4 DSSOEVOSHSHOIGOOS were there to hear and not to see. It} ¢ seems that the city ordinances provide ® penalty for such a refusal. But an ordinance regulating feminine fashions very properly comes in for the con tempt of a constitution between friend: ee “Rigors of winter in Iowa.’ Commis- eration in this cage, like charity, must begin at home. see ‘The poorly dressed young man who recelved five offers of work in two days already had a job as @ reporter, The man without @ job is not usually} ¢ go lucky, ite Further complaint that the salaries of college professors have not inereased to keep pace with tthe times, "Professors" of mass plays and inshoots are not complaining, however, ° . Police raid of Bowery resorts after @ Jong interval puts an end to the cur- rent belief that the patrol wagon was never to go there any more, oe e "Girl her own detective,” ‘Wom: beats hold-up men in Fifth avenui In “making ‘the pistol-carrying habst costly" reduced rates might be offered the weaker sex,'’ eee: “What does ‘second mourning’ meant" “Well, that usually means she's looking for a second.”—Catholic Standard, * . Board of Educasion now asking for “more.” What about more economy? The wasted $500,000 would have provided for a dozen new fads, oe A concert which Paderewsk! had ad- yertised at Auckland, New Zealand, during ‘his recent tour having been ab- ruptly abandoned, thirty persons who had travelled long distances went to the planist's hotel to protest, He treat- ed them first to a private recital and then entertained them at supper. ed . May be something in a name after all, Mf the Equitable gives its policy-hoders an equitable representatiop in the com- pany's proceedings. oo * “Russian newspaper makes fun of our diplomacy.” Interesting to note that Russia is still able to look pleasant wn Ny An Instance of the perpetual state of anxiety In which Nicholas is given in "The Truth About the r!' "On one occasion, when he was driving through the streets In an open carriage, a ttle 1, bravely decked out in all her b thes, threw a bouquet of flowers Into the carriage. A certain general officer, who was seated by him, and good drainage, Whiskey drinkers should nover go to this isthmus. Their first offense there 1s tHkely to be their last, JAMS. BONNER, had to fish Nicholas up from the bot- tom of the curriage, but not before he Mrs. Nagg and Mr. 5 (its All the Comf Billiards May Be I n icing—for ‘the Boys’’—but Not for the Wise Mr, Smith. SS ILL BET THE MINT HES HAVING ABETTER Time! ta a ‘SMITH, WITH ALL. THE. COMFORTS OF A HOME — AND WHAT HAVE Sparking Versus Mending By Nixola Greeley-Smith, ATRICK PO- LAND, Kingston, r for threatening to Kil them, he explained that the latter had de- clined to mend his with her young man, But, on hear- ing that Patrick had an extra pair in the house, the Judge held him {n $5,000 bonds to keep the peace and rebuked him thus: “Patrick, you threatened to take hu- man life, evgn though you had an extra pair of overalls in your house and there was no immediate need of mending the burned pair, You should let your daugh- ter ‘spark,’ and not intermpt her to mend overalls that cowld wait until the next day. Patrick, you are guilty,” Oh, honorable Judge! man!—or old man, as the case may be, Only this decision was needed to com- plete the thorough emancipation of woman, What Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony began this nameless Daniel has fliished, The father of old days required his daughter to ‘mend,’ but frowned on “sparking.” But as civilization ad- vanced his intolerance of the latter oc- eupation dwindled tll to-day he Is generally willing to admit that though | mending may be the first duty of wom- an It Is not her whole duty, and so long as sparking does not Interfere with It ft Is all right, Now, however, thls easy theory has been demolished by the Kingston jurist whose decision gives to the “sparking” {vilege the priority which all loves thad convinced him that they were Mod ‘ine ayes persons know rightfully be- fine flowers Indeed and quite harmlragy” §) odes te it, In court) Oh, wise young | It never occurred to Edwin monop- ot} olizing Angelina's time while a fretful N. | parent goes overalless to his work that Y., was arrested on/the time may come when securely wed- complaint of his|ded to the maiden of his chotce he will wite and daughter|echo her father's request while she, fortified by a judicial decision, elects to go on “sparking.” Whether Edwin goes to his work {n overalls or a fur- ned overcoat—the comparison contains (no commendation of the latter horror— overalls because she/he may ultimately reach an under- was ‘'sparking’ standing of the parental preference | for mending and may even try to im- press It upon his spouse, But the last Unk $8 broken which bound her to | that slavish task, and if Angelina has a constitutional aversion to It she ought now to be ablo to get out a perma- |nent injunction agalast Edwin restrain- ing him from requiring her to do any- thing but "spark" forever and ever, If she is wise she won't, however, [or she will find that as a steady thing mendiig is the more exhilarating of he two, eee Vegetable Diet. W|sterargins Vegetarian Crow—You bet I wouldn't drink this If # were uw, made of corn and barley, «+ »eBy Roy L. IW that we Neer over to A Brooklyn to se grandma, children Mr, Nagg, lend your yandkerchlef to lit- tle Albertus! Look at Imogene rubbing her ciean mittens on that dirty car wine dow! Oh, Mr. Nags, why did you come McCardoll tons if you are not going to give me a Roy L. h niidren? Why did you off aaa gay PyoctLint the. ST nt thelr POkIng vour. little buy chocolate for them? Loo! new dresses! And Albertus has swal-\you bring the children, Mr. Nage! lowed his chewing gum and {8 choking to death before your very eyes! “If I could go away somewhere for a couple of days-say, to California or Europe—and get rested up, I would better, But I suppose I have to {stuck én the house and never get out {Just to look after the children, You have got them spoiled, Mr. Nagz; actually don't want to go to see t fear grandma, That is your teaching! And yet mamma puts herself out for them, She makes them sit In her high- back chaira and talks to them for hours r, Kind gr ‘or an hour from Baxter's ‘Saints’ Rest? ‘rotten!’ Where does he plek up such expressions, Mr, Nagg? Oh, don't say |from Brother Willie! Brother Wille ts never in the house now, except for his meals, Since he has jolned the Jolly Pallbearers he Js so much In society that I would not be surprised if some millionaire, noting his refined ways, did mot adopt him, You may sneer, Mr, Nagg, but stranger things have hap- pened. Mrs, Dubb was an adopted child, She was taken from an institu- tion by some people who guaranteed to givo her a good home, and they abused her —. that thav were arrested A ab Wain gig aa | the theatre dma | He sald It was} f Home. $O0OOOO0$9400O0OGOOOOOO0 McCardell.... jn aba jo iil eh aii Ai a vas A CRU aa Dao Higher Up By Martin Green. 6 SEB,” said the Cigar Store (66 9 Man, “that mre, Vance Cheney advises those who wish to be beautiful, and happy to nail an tdea! and concentrate the mind upon {t,’" “Mra, Cheney’s dope {8 18-karag” Woe POOL LOCO ® g agreed the Man Higher Up, “Hee $ one best bet 1s all to the candy, AM that is needed {s some infallible method of dealing the ideals, People who choose thelr own ideals have all the qualifications of @ blind man it an art museum, x “The scenario of Mrs, Cheney's plan for the acquirement of hap- piness and beauty includes the choice of a beautiful ideal: As W matter of fact nearly everybody has an ideal but few of them are beau tiful, If Mrs, Cheney's information was played consistently by every> body in town, 90 per cent, of the men would have faces like dollar signs, aud the visages of 98 pen cent. of the women would gradually acquire marks like those on a tape used for measuring gowns, “Your true poet has his ideal, He thinks continually of the good, the true and the beautiful, and what te the result? His thoughts materiale ize in hair, As he accumulates years, but not experience, close obe servers are able to distinguish in ‘his pathetic orbs the outlines of # doughnut or a slab of ple, He cons centrates his mind upon his ideal, but the material jumps in’ every once in a while and makes the ideal ® | shriek for mercy. | “Whenever you see & Woman $| with a smiling, beautiful face, who professes to play an ideal straight, place and to show, you will find upon investigation that she has nothing else to do, Her husband, i she,has one, pursues the mazuma alk the time he is awake and passes what he corrals over to her, She © |has nothing to worry about, She can do as she pleases, But the woman who has household or busily ness troubles finds that closely as ®|she may cherish her {deal, cireum= ® | stances are always turning the hose on tt.” “They say that you will be happy if you are good,” remarked the Cigar Store Man. “T can't see {t,” replied the Man H{gher Up. “Every truly profes © | sionally good person I know of ig § td because everybody else 1s Little Willie's >| Guide to New York. MUNICIPAL ART. once a lot of men got together an@; thay sald nu Yoark Is go uggly ite enuff to malk @ bralve man weep and then thay weppt. when thare teers dride thay foarmed themselys into & munissiple art commishun and showted Reporters doo you dooty and the re» porters done ao and nu yoarkers awoal, next moarning to reed the glad net that thare sityy was soon to be 80 bus tfle that thay would hay to wipe thare feet befoar walking on It. and eeoh moarning as soon as thay wook up. thay would rush to the windo in wild halste to see if the sitty had yet beg, gun to gro butifle but all thay saw was the same old ash kans and slushy, streats and uggly sine bords so thay,’ sat down to brekfust and red In thare © |paipers what the munissiple art come mishun was going to do next. the mud nissiple art commishun 1s going to; malk nu Yoark the ddeel Sitty. Butifie ; but thay have spent moast of thare munny so far in staishenery for letters to the mayor and on fotograts for the » | palpers and maby thats why the siti still looks !lke all othor asltties inst of Ike a langorous roase garden, but! the commishun has been kept too biaay , to weep any more and thats one poln®, | ganed, good oald commishun! ' | A. P, TERHUND, ||! anibeciligascnriaiien A Hint to Migrate. oe DO DSS O@ 'M NOT FLIRTING) \'M WATING FOR MY wWiFe POOHO And Mrs, Dubb {3 @ perfect Indy, even f she does keep boarders and has bad nanners, “Not that Mr, Dubb isn't kinder than ou are, and he a\ways speaks nicely f his wife. AK at Albertus putting ne'’s hair! I do not bo- ey aro children; they are little . They get their manners from No, Albertus, we are not going to 10 i We're going to grandma's, What ts tho c'X) csyines for? "T won't kee, quiet, They are my ehildr shall chastise them If I de- sire ere, Albertus, If you don't love your grandma T will give you the aw- uliest: Whipping y ¥ e they ar fh you, Well, here we are at Brooklyn P | "Sho gay \ ge | birthday pr The ‘‘Fudge” Idiotorial We have been COMPELLED to pay some attention to a man} named Sullivan who ts tn Cons gress and who helped to KILb.; ONE MAN twenty years ago, (Copyrot, 1906, Planet Pub, co.) ff THIS Was before he was elected to Congress, { TRG RRL EE “We do this because we despisd petty retall mur“erers, This man Sullivan ought to remember that WE KILLED 18 people the night AFTER we were elect:d to Congress and WOUNDED 200 more, and WE have never even been indicted! | We wish to tell thls man that WHOLESALING Is the ONL! way to do things. | How can we expect a country to progress when a Congress: man Kills but ONE man In twenty years ? 1 How can we expect to dominate and destroy the Trusts with such PUNY performances ? \ We have set the EXAMPLE! Let others FOLLOWI t We Despise Puny Man Killers. Minidisc. \ n Ww rs