The evening world. Newspaper, June 3, 1905, Page 8

‘The Evenin Yor by the Press Publishing Company, No. 58 to @ Park Row, New Tntered at the Post-Office at New York a Becond-Clase Mall Matter, DLUME 4B....csssscerssssece cose snes NO, 18,002. Phi ALA he plea cata SUPPRESSION IS VAIN. So much has already been disclosed that it Is useless to try to suppress ie remaining facts of Equitable corruption. Nothing but the destruction ¢ the concealment of the books and vouchers of the Equitable Life Assur- Soclety can prevent a detailed knowledge of the amounts diverted, ‘securities syndicated, the allowances and advances made and the assets “If any men high in politics have received Equitable money the amount the payment must some day appear, hidden though the items may be the advertising and legal accounts, Sums of such magnitude as have beén taken cannot be hid in a petty cash account like stolen postage stamps. The Equitable situation affects more people and involves larger sums money than the recent gas situation. It calls for similar treatment, There be a like legislative investigation, like publicity and like amend- to the law and enforcement of existing law. The iniquity of the Equitable matter will not down until full justice is done, “THE PEOPLE DON’T MIND,” Replying to complaints that the Subway air is Impure, Vice-President ‘Bryan, of the Interborough, say: : “Appear highly satisfied with the whole Subway. If they did not like the air, rush hours?” _ Logic ts logic. If the people objected to being packed like sardines fn surface cars, could they possibly be prevailed on to use that means of Aransit? If the bridge crush displeased them, would they be found en- guifed in it twice a day? Long acceptance of the alternative of putting up with discomforts they must endure or fly to worse has perhaps given them ‘reputation for contentment which misrepresents their true feelings. Undoubtedly the people like the Subway. But they are becom- We concerned about the effect on their health of the dead and stuffy under- dea atmosphere noticeable since the approach of warmer weather. It is hardly a sufficient answer to their complaints to say that the air has been p inced pure as the result of expert analysis, for that analysis was 5 under the most favorable winter conditions, A new oped ie _ ine the present ntage of oxygen in the air would be only a ae. eis fvararohuctinay be. prsmslaes The decision of the Rapid Commission to begin an investigation of Subway ventilation will popularly approved, "> ‘The President’s cholce of Charles J. Bonaparte to succeed Paul Mor- gn as Secretary of the Navy goes to show the importance of a college ication as a qualification for a place inthe Cabinet—provided that it Harvard College education. t INCREASING INSANITY. _* Insanity fs increasing rapidly. The State Commission in Lunacy re- ports that the total number of commitments last year was 26,861, an ) increase of 927, This increase is 20 per cent. more than the average for ithe past ten years. { _ For the great’ part of this increase allens are responsible. The State “Insane asylums have, among their Inmates an increasing ratio of imml- grants. It would seem from the State Commission's report that many ‘weak-minded and insane pass through Ellis Island to become State | At present, the insane asylums are crowded to overflowing, and two ‘mew asylums will be required to meet the present needs, In lo- ting these asylums the Lunacy Commission favors the selection of sites convenient to the relatives and friends of the Insane. The great part of ¥\ the increase comes from Greater New York, and it is favored that the next asylum should be located adjacent to New York. COMMENCEMENT GIFTS, New times which bring new manners have brought about an interest- {ng development of the commencement season as an occasion for gift giving. The sweet girl graduate, still “standing with reluctant feet where , i ness of her presents, as well as with her essay and the fit of her dress, hs and river meet,” is now concerned about’ the number and rich+| $ at the new order of things has done for the florist and the candy mer- 3 ‘chant at Easter, graduating day is doing for the jeweller. It has largely} ¢ Supplemented his sales of June wedding presents by increasing his trade in Bifts for an event now ranking next In importance in a girl's career to her | 3 “wedding itself, “The people don't seem to mind, They! would they patronize the road or submit to crowding in its cars in the | te TR | Oe A Capen Tee Ts World’s Home Magazine, Saturday Evening, June DOCDOEF9 940594105099 099HF D9 HGHHHPDOPSLOIEOEMDOSS OOP 9EOEEE-FHHGHEHO HF HOOF HEHHE HHH HOG HHS PHODHD OOH POS DOH car ME! FQuiTa® ARE CANT SHE,” said the Cigar Store Man, “that a widely quoted New York poet, in advertising the sale of his library, says that his feet are in America but his heart is in France.” : “That's an awful stretch,” commented the Man Higher Up, “even for a poet, although it is seldom that a poet’s heart is in the locality of his feet. In addition, I might add, there are times when a poet has his feet in one place and his bank roll in a vicinity extremely remote. The poet in question is coneldered a master mechanic, This must be a hard time for poets, “Ot late years there has grown up a new brand of poet—the home man- ufacture brand—that can turn out a sonnet on the budding leaves in the park or an ode to @ foodless food with equal facility and get paid for both. These poets ride in autombiles and buy editions de luxe, They have homes in the country and come to town only to cash checks, “We all love poetry but this is a material age, We have to be shown, 66 and @ code book in the other, There was a time when a poet could grind Buay people have no time to sit down with a volume of poetry in one hand | ee ee te A 8, 1905. . Johnny-on-the-Spot. By J. Campbell Cory. e _, wat 6AO THOSE D L AND Le DIRECTORS Zou SHAKE AR DER A Litre, Bey @ The Freak Committee Makes Report. A Lovely State of Affairs in the Inequitable Life In- surance Society Is Disclosed: O the Board of Directors of the Inequitable Life Insur- ance Soclety, Gents; As secretary of the Freak Committees now investigating the affairs of the Inequitable Society I have the honor to report: First—We find the engineer {n charge of the stnam. engines, motors dynamos in the Inequitable Building engine-room {fe charged with waste repeatedly in the maintenance vouchers. At least $1,000 has been charged “to waste,” Stop the waate, Second—The Medical Department is all right. It permits Mr. Alex- ander and Mr, Hyde to take the risks, We have carefully examined the medical examinations and do not find them doctored. It has especially marked all policyholders as “good livers.” This is as it should be, We need their money. We only want people who will live and pay their premiums. Third—We recommend thet the advertising account be cut $160,000, We are getting plenty of advertising now, and it is all free, Fourth—We find bills for travel- lng expenses: James H, Hyde, $40,000; Third Vice-President George T. Wil- son, $60,000. Mr. Wilson is to be rep- rimanded for spending more money than Mr. Hyde. Had Mr, Hyde spent $60,000 for travelling -expenses he might be still skidooing, Fifth—-We severely censure Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt for consulting with nine policy-holders in the In- equitable Building’ during a recent meeting of the board, for the follow- ing reasons, to wit: A. There is no precedent of any officer or director of the Inequi- table ever consulting with policys holders, The Man Higher Up. a & By Martin Green. out a job, have it printed, and be assured that societies would be organized to fight about what !t meamt. Nowadays this poetry of symboliem is print- ed in magazines read exclusively by people who wouldn't bet that they are alive unleas you gave them odds, “Wheat show has a poet got—a real poet—aguinst Thomas W. Lawson, ‘who writes about money? How can a real poet write about money? He can't get inspiration by looking in the windows of a bank, and the absinthe they sell in the average table d’hote camp ie something flerce, The commer- cfal poet gets his inspiration from high-balls. The poet's union table is 6 high-balls equals 60 lines, multiplied by 50 cents a line, equals $25. No Poet with a soul can join the poet’s union. There is an initiation fee, Sym- pathize with the poet whose feet are in America while his heart is in France, He {s handicapped against the poet whose feet and heart are in Indiana,” “I thought that all true poets were full of soul,” remarked the Cigar Store Man. “They are,” replied the Man Higher Up, ‘‘but when {t comes down to @ question of nourishment I'd rather be full of prunes,” Capt. Goddard's good work is to go on after him. The war against 4 the policy swindle to which he devoted his energy and his fortune is to be} 4, carried on as before by his lieutenants, and by the rank and file in his] ‘ ‘home district, of whom it is said: “It has become a sort of religion with | ‘ them that there shall be no more policy.” He could have ast-d no better| 2 ‘monument, D> legitimate field. [3ut the talent which engineered the Manhattan Bank robbery, the energy, alertness and cool-headedness displayed in all his & ls of master thievery, gave evitlence of the possession of executive bility of the kind which usually comes in for large rewards in business The fact that unlike most “successful” criminals he died in the ssion of a comfortable fortune lends point to conjectures of what “might have been,” he People’s Corner. Vetters from Evening World Readers Yfunday Baseball va. Gol Baitor of The Byening Wee! fuung boys and men cannot pla; unday, but golf ymmes and a t ther such games are allowed, “are wo not allowed to play ball? F, W. jatreet station, Sixth avenue "L" (down- town plde), an Inspector wfio mives sips or hangs a sign directing the train +) crews whet stations to pass without stopping, It is very nloe when you want to get off at @ certain street to wee your train passing without stopping and be compelled to Ko some blockt further, Bame conditions exist on the Ninth avenue Ine, BJ. R. Anti-Capital ment, To the Kditor of The Evening World: Although some people of depraved or deluded minds believe in killing thelr fellow-man, it 1s nevertheless not believed to be right by the advanced Midewalk Nowdlen, Baitor of Te Evening World: i 1t tho police cannot stop the Wiad amew of craps and insulting sage indulged in by a lot of loafers Baldowalk on the upper cast side? 49, oxpectally on Sunday, are Jor fit for women or children rough, If a few toughs wero it would. be an example to them. O..R, P. i \ Puniahment wilt some day give place bing Stations, to @ more humane method ef punish. ‘The Hrening World: ment by detentign. ‘This humane ‘trying to compel the method will 40) ‘ ‘1 It can only be a surmise what “Jimmy” Hope might have done in a GReered BY The Littie BLACK MAN, TSLes OF SAFETY ANO THE AUTOS « IN LONG ACRE SQUARE POSH ICD IDHDHDOPIDIGIIOS FH —_—_——— 9404409606: w CHOATE REDISCOVERS NEW York, AWEW Line 4 Fudge WITH irs WAR ‘ HEAD-Lines, thought of @ vast number, and capital | > CD 00 OO Oo Oo Co coon io NEW BRinge (LJ BRIDGE OF SIGHS Rom fo S| 8DDO8DLHDOOH900O0OO90GHGHHG | A : -~i:<- Choate’s Rediscovery of New York —::-—~ ‘, By E. F. Flinn, P| to the dance to-night, #o I'll make up B, Policy-holders have no busi- ness in the Inequitable Building, We need the money. ‘They must send in their money and keep away. This present investigation does not concern any one save Mr, Hyde, Mr, Alexander and Mr. Harriman, Bixth—We desire to go on record as being adverse to the present sys= tem in the Inequitable of keeping $10,000,000 to $20,000,000 on deposit in certain institutions for the personal use of various officers of the Inequl- table, We recommend that $9,000,000 to $19,000,0000 1s amply sufficient for pocket money for either Mr. Hyde, Mr. Alexander or Mr. Tarbell. Seventh—We findthat thepresent system of advancing 250 per cent. on salaries 1s somewhat extravagant, It makes talk. Two hundred per cent. should be the limit, In this connection we must gently chide Mr. ‘Tarbell for advancing large sums of money to agents on money they ex- pect. A better plan, in our judg- ment, would be to lend the Harri- man, Schiff and Gould bonds from jout of the vaults to the agents and thon advance cash upon these excel- lent securities. In conclusion, we desire to thank (Messrs. Hyde, Alexander, Tarbell for the readiness with which they gave all information and facts about each other to your committee, $19,000,000 is amply sufficient for Respectfully submitted, pocket money. The Freak Committee of Investigation Into the Inequitable Life Insur- ance Society's Affairs. By ROY L. M’CARDBLL, Secretary, ++ —____—_ Little Willie’s Guide to New York. Across the River. CKROST the eest rivver frum manhaten is brooklen and when you pass brooklen (if the b. r. t car hapens to be going that way) you come to plaices that are stil in nu yoark sitty but that wool have a hard time to proov it and they are bensenherst and bath beech and other neer-coney towns and peeple who want to endjoy summer solly- tood in the midst of a vast sitty infest them for 3 munths evvry yeer and then spend the next 9 munths trying to brake the habbit, those pleices are alleo full of nativ nu yoarkers who nevver saw brodway by ellecktrick lite or traveld ferther noarth than cannal streat. these grater nu yoarkers regard flatbush as the neerest and gratest pleshure-loving mettroppoljs and thay hoape to go thare when thay die or get daffy, in the instersticeea betwean theese towns are a fine colecktion of lots that get awctiond on leegle hollidays and the man who canot boast that he baut one of theeze lots for aty five dollers and soald it two hours later for haff a milyun is ostrasized ‘by the best foakle soasiety. this districkt is the garden spott of grater nu yoark and not evven a strainger frum manhaten coed mistailt it for a 2 epott, good oald garden epott. A, P, TERHUND, + +-_____. Enduring Love and Common Sense. By Helen Oldfield. OR every married couple the firm year of wedded tife practically settles the F question, Is marrikge @ faflure? ‘There must always be more or less readjustment of the relations between bride and bridegroom, and usually more or lean disillusionment accompanies such readjustment, The mental relations between man and wife necessarily differ from those between lovors, and chenivhed ‘hopes are often withered before they have had time for fulfilment, while husband or wife, possibly both, ask theme selves in deepair if uncongenial and disappointing association instead of ideal comradeship le what they niust endure for tho rest of their days. ‘An English novelist says: ‘How many {deals are ahattered by the Intimacy of marriyre aimply because the ante-nuptial love has been based upon fiction and misunderstanding.” Indeed, there need be no breaking of tdols in any case _where there js true love and trust coupled with common sense—that most useful of all virtues—a iittle good humor and @ full purposo to make the best of every« thing, and, above all, to think no evil, Those who mvelgh against so-called dos captions before marriage ae the chief cause of misery aiterwand are more than half wrong, The ‘deception” could do no ill {f it were continued between husband and wife; if both. made the same effort to seem and to be at their best with each other as when they wore merely lovers, saya Helon Oldficld in the Chkago Tribune. If love between man and wife ix to endure unfit death do them part Mt must be based upon stronger foundations than mere fascination or the fleeting. charm of beauty; than the easily sated satisfaction of eensc, It must go deeper than outward attraction or superficial success. It muat be strong enough to endure hardness, to face sorrow, sickness, and old age, with the gradual passing away of all that makes life peautifu: save its own abiding and eternal presence, ‘Phere are many excellent women who do not seem to reniize that fault. finding rarely does gond, Too much criticlem always is harmful; indeed, a little of tt ds often more than enough, A wife's influence and hir care are most effective when exercised in (he constant ‘and conscientious performance of her own duty without reference to what her husband may or may not do. nod In'the embodiment in herself of loving, pure and truthful womanhood. th er The Laughoscope J» Neli—George diin’t call to see me at) me how to square a straight policeman, ‘all last week, but he's going to take me/ Chicago own, org Teew—80 Grace de finatly marred, eh? Jevs—Gracious! No. Why, this le onty, her first, venture--Phlsdelpbia Preas,