The evening world. Newspaper, May 13, 1905, Page 22

The Even Che by the Press Publishing Company, No, 53 to ( Park Row, Now York. Bntered at the Post-Ofice at New York as Second-Class Mall Matter. UME 46.... / THE LITTLE PHILOSOPHIES OF LIFE, XINI.—Moderation. secreeeeessNQ, 18,071, LAMPE ERE RESUS ha Bm i aid: ‘Moderation is the noblest gift of Heaven.” And Bishop Hall, writ- ‘ing 2,000 years later—now 300 years ago—expressed the same thought with the fancifulness of his time: ‘Moderation is the silken string running BS thipugh the pearl chain of all the virtues.” rine: ° . s “As a state of mind moderation implies calmness, equanimity, As a “Tule of action it forbids whatever is excessive or violent, In the conduct 5) Of life it imposes temperance and frugality. In the formation of opinions Or beliefs it guards against extremes, \ The Injunction, “Let your moderation be seen !n all things,” {s, how- yer, somewhat easier to give than to take in all cases, Some men are ' born moderate, and some cannot have moderation hammered into them €ven by the heaviest blows of circumstance and experience, Perhaps it is better so, Many of the greatest deeds done inthe world Could never have been accomplished by men of moderation, Fancy a moderate Luther, Napoleon, Bismarck, Garrison, Phil Sheridan or Paul Uones! The progress of the world seems to require the constant recur- rence of men who are not temperamentally or by training limited in the degree of enorgy, activity, excitement or passion which they can display {when the occasion calls, elles |‘ Butsfor the mass of men the middle course—the moderate way—is | Woubtiess best. This is the law of nature. The trees do not blossom as ‘ong tums on an electric-light. The beautiful and ever-wonderful trans- formation scene now unfolding in all the glory of mid-May in park and field and country ts an illustration of Nature's way of doing things) How slow, how patient, yet how certain and perfect is her method of everlast- fag moderation! *. Sometimes the elemental forces break forth in fury. The soft winds Become a tornado; the invisible and mysterious “electricity,” which per- ‘vades the earth and envelopes the universe, takes on the terrifying form _ of lightning, with its “thunder crash;” the peaceful river becomes a de- ve torrent; the softly rhythmical tides of the ocean rise In awful 4 might and sweep away the puny obstructions raised by presumptuous fan, Hy y "These are variations of Nature, And they furnish a kind of Titanic > -pirallel to the ebullition of man when he “breaks loose” in some extrava- gate of temper—some abnormality of mood. . e * The rule of moderation applies most uniformly and helpfully to the ordinary affairs of life, « The man who has learned to be moderate in his eating, his drinking, his work and his pleasures has mastered the chief art of right Hving and long lasting. The persons who are “digging their graves with their teeth’ through over-eating probably outnumber those who are courting prema- ture death through over-drinking. “Nothing in- excess” {s as wise a rule now as when the Greek philosopher Fem it. s s _ If the movement for an “eight-flour day” and the rush for “easy Places” are to continue there would not seem to be much need for preach- ing moderation in work. Yet those who join In these movements are in “a’small minority, and they seam to be unaware of the fact that no great "success was ever won in this world by a man who was limited to eight hours’ work in a day, nor by one whose first desire was for-an easy job. © ‘There is such a thing as too much moderation. > 4+ It 4s still true, in spite of these tendencies, that the men who are D> working for themselves—in the professions, in business, in arts or trades— b too generally work immoderately. They are in too great a hurry to get © yich or famous, They exhaust their capacity for enjoyment before they ere Teady to seek It, Of all the Dead Sea fruit in this world that Is the bit- terest which takes the form of a “success” that comes to a phystcal or mervous-wreck who never practised the Wieaem of moderation, * s Ia ‘As modteratton !s another name for temperance, so It fs for frugality. {To be moderate in expenditures {s the first determination that a young couple should make. "Stick to one thing, spend less than you earn"—was the motto which 2 business man, successful after many vicissitudes, had printed on aicard to give to every office or errand boy who came under his notice, x “Resolve to spend no more than half of any increase of yearty in- wome; Invest the rest or put ft in a savings bank and leave It there,” was ‘another piece of advice to young men, which many of them, looking hack after-many years, will wish they had followed, * * * 5 1° Mo-moderate oun ambitions by our abilities; to moderate our desires > twith sanity; to moderate our work with wisdom; to moderate our opin- fons with charity; to bear adversity with fortitude, and to look out that 4 snecess shall not make us one of “fortune’s fools”—this !s the sum of a | philosophy to live by and die by. { The People’s Corner. Letters from Evening World Readers Apply to Pension Commissioner, Washington, D, 0. Mo the BAltor of The Bvening World! My father dled in 1867 through stok- hess contracted while serving with a New Jorsey regiment during the ctvil My war, Have never bothered about get- ‘ing pension, I would lke to know if I could get tt now, and to whom I should apply. c. MN, A Nine-Yeonr-O1d's Ennay, o the HAltor of The Evening World The cowslip ts one of the finst spring flower, Tt ts to be found in the mead- Owa. The green leaves are vory near ) the @round. The plant has only one > wate, on witch, ure set about four to Bix Httle blossome of different colors, mostly fair yellow. In the middle hey aro a ldtle darker, Bach blossom five leaves, The cowslip in bloom- Pion Mash till May, and often the newdo look quite yellow trom this NOHMI TOWNSEND, Nine years old, pint d 50,889 Sy, M, Ireland 52,583 Waltor of The Evening World; Sh has the more square miles, ways, belleving that even under the control of the polfticians mattens could not be much worse on our “rapid tran- ait’ lines than they are now, Last evening I climbed the stairs to the Forty-second street uptown station of the Seoond avenue “L." I waited twelve minutes by bhe clock before a train appeared, and then {t was only a three-car train, crowded to the doors, compelling me to stand on the piat- form, At One Hundred and Forty-ninth street I transferred to a Third avenue train, but before that came along I had to wait alx minutes, All this time was between 10 and 11 o'clock, when traffic was quite heavy and when care should have been run accordingly, and would be so run under proper management. FORDHAM. Hot Weather Suggestions, To the Hdjtor of The Rventng World: pier that hot weather ie at hand, have some suggestions the benefit of Weryieay| nat hoe be open cars this sum Sixth and Ninth avenue “L,'' 4a on the Third. Let the Fifty-ninth street orosstown trolley line put on open cars, Bro! the” public every” day. “Let ef a arrange’ tor and not clove ut 7 P. Workers are JAMDS M'CAFFREY, “Rap! ‘Transit. to ve ‘AN the philosophies, anclent and modern, seek to inculcate the virtue Moderation, Solon’s rule of life was: ‘Nothing in excess.” Euripides A ple a ing *World’ DmeyMagazine, 0060060000605860¢000d6TO0504094-0900099-295000005000 6. iii Rough Rider | | | | | s SSOOOD NT NET eT ET Te a ROT ce Te LT RP eT AMO mY ere von wr ane tyme Ne Meee SatundayAEvening, fa) (ine x The Day’s Doings in the District-Attorney’s Office # HE District-Attorney and his staff met as usual to-day for cigarettes and consultation. Deputy Assistant Dis- trict-Attorney Charles Chadwick sat quietly in a corner biting himself hoarsely, Here it was almost 10 A. M. and he hadn’t licked @ catman for hours! It was really too bad, don't you know! Mr, Chadwick had lived in New Jersey so long thing that soothed him, H Ten o'clock! It was really too bad! And Charles Chadwick thought bitterly of his lost opportunities, He gazed down In the street at a Mounted McAdoo and for a moment he thought of going down and pulling him off his high horse, The voice of his chief recalled him. | Oe ie a Meas are butea tow and ine SDOLLCDDEFOO10-4-0O4O4599 $-0O46-669010O04690O 6060000 _ PICKING INE Oran (SOP AT BALmonr PARK May He took a policeman’s There was a kid) Nan Patterson was I have u whole lot of things to say about myself, and, besides, how lovely I was when I was crushing Abe Levy.” “Ah,” replied the District-Attorney, “but remember what England's Laureate, Alfred Austin, sald about he'd rather have something or other) ‘than tho crushings of all the Rand!'” “Nobody remembers anything Alfred Austin said,” muttered Rand,/ PEODG POODSHDHOH The ‘‘Open Shop” at theRace Track # By T. E. Powers Moi wed adel) uganda ai ae a3, O84 O4O9O8$0-94- 5060004000000 to the Rescue—3y J. Campbell Cory. rs o b | $200 for lickin, >| got hunk,” ) @ | other,” >| ‘if you have the habit.” p | sald > | against her,” a ie aa elt aad 1905. +h The Man : By Martin Green. $ $67 SHE,” sald the Cigar Store 2 Man, “that Distriot-Attorney, & Jerome says the fewspapers $ [are responsible for a miscarriage of ® | justice in the Nan Patterson ease.” “He must have changed his brand,” replied the Man Higher Up “It there was any miscarriage of justice, {t fe up to the District-Attorney and hip wise young men who engincered the case. The law provides that the question of the guilt or innocence uf & person accused of murder shall be left to a jury of twelve men, ; “There were two juries in the Nan » | Patterson case, Both disagreed, Of »| the total of twenty-four men who were given the evidence against Nan Patterson and asked ¢o assay it fourteen decided that it was bogus, The District-Attorney didn’t make out his case. It Is doubtful {f any other District-Attorney could havo done better, at that. “There is a whole lot of sentiment 4 against the District-Attorney's office , on the strength of the Nan Patter- son case, and Mr, Jerome knows it, Probably he has a tew epistles from Indignamt taxpayers on file in asbes- tos envelopes. He promised, through his main squeeze, Mr. Rand, to prove that Nan Patterson killed Caesar Young, And he says he proved it. Some men can con themselves easier than they can con anybody else, “The last Nan Patterson trial] wes run like a circus, and the Distriet- Attorney's assistants played the leading parts, They catered to the slushy sentimentality that always surrounds the trial of a woman for murder in this town. New York feeds on sensations. The people here lve at forced draught. If the Dis- trict-Attorney’s offica had been spe cially engaged to furnish sensations in the Nan Patterson trial it couldn't have made a heavier stagger, No- ‘ody knows the appetite of New Yorkers for strong situations better than Mr, Jerome. He dealt them out when he was running for District-At- torney and has been dealing thom out ever since, If he hus overplayed his public he ought to be wise as to where the blame Lies,” i} “Ot course,” remarked the Cigar Store Man, “it wouid have been a DDD LODVDXR FHCE YTED PORGOTH ISOC 3O00O4E | convicted Nam Patterson.” “Yes,” agreed the Man Higher Up. ‘There appears to be an impreseion in sore quarters that the city pays fat salaries to young Assistant Dis- trict-Autormeys for booceting own game.” their ; : i ; By Roy L. McCardell. “Rand,” sald the District-aAttorney, “don't take it po ham, old fellow. “and anyway he'd no business to talk that way about me,” We may get hold of an actor next time and what we will de to him will will uggregate immensely, After ail, Nan Patterson was only a chorus alrl. Suppose we should get held of Ostar Hammerstein! overcont by mistake from the cloakroom of his theatre. glove in one of its pockets, Why, we can arrest him for kidnapping, can’t} wo? Let's get busy!" “T think you might let me have another trial. that ¢t wes getting upon his nerves. Trouncing cabmen was the only; only in the Tombs a year. At this instant there wes @ loud detonation that brought all present to their feet, An investigation showed that it was Chief Clerk Henneberry's Annual report that he was very anxious for everybody to listen to. A glance at It showed that {t was full of etatistics and all the trials were classified Into tables, Giving one look at the gambling tables in the report, the District-Attorney seized an axe from among his stationery and smashed them to pieces. ®& “To return to the Nan Patterson case,” sald the District-Attorney, after the dust died down, “It was toe bad we had to turn her loose, We might have made A continuous performance of trying her, for, as you know, 'If al. first you don't succeed, why, try, try again!’ We are young, Nan Patter- son ja young, and Young was young, and the whale business was so de- lightgully expensive,” “Personally,” sald Mr. “there was nothing against her but the indictment,” “We Must Get Busy.” “We made a big mistake all through the whole case,” sald Mr, Chadwick, gloomily, “We should have tried the qubman. I was fined one, and I want to’ “Get a hunk of money and lick an- said the District-Attorney, “Tt, was just as well to release her,” Assistant District-Attorney The District-Attorney Selzed an Axe, ‘Townsend, “we can’t prove anything ones ’ “We can prove she wan riding In a cab,” said Mr, Chadwick, “and thet always leadu to violence, 1 know it does in my case, why not in Nan Pat- y true, Mr, Chadwick!" satd the District-Attorney, "You shall have P| charge of the case the next trial, and as I have a staff of very handsome young men, I want you all to have a tnrn at it, # you can get your Plotures’ in the papers, too.” . “And don’t forget,” ‘interpoged Mr, Ohadwick, ‘that the tragedy Lad curred in @ hansom cab, And, in my opinion, the man who drives a hansom. cab is the real Higher Up’ a ‘ great boost for Mr. Rand if he had © Rand, ; pS ee Higher Up. 4 — = Sa OLE EEE