The evening world. Newspaper, July 18, 1905, Page 10

‘Giada _ The E vening World’s Home Magazin ' . ‘Obe. Published by the Preas Publishing Company, No, § to 63 Park Row, Brtered at the Post-OMmce at New York as Second-Class Mail Matter. VOLUME 46 een seossees NO. 16,087, THE HOLD ON LIFE, vad Harry Nowak, of No. 178 Chrystie street, lives with a bullet in his heart. The surgeons examined him with the X-rays and are certain of the location of the bullet. ‘were amputated, and who the doctors said would certainly die, is recover- neers tet st a emo aE ‘About the same time a young man on the east side who had lost his Capital of $75 by a bad investment in a street soda-water fountain com- mitted suicide because life had for him no more hope. Another man stum- Bled on the sidewalk and died in a few hours in the hospital. Another man ran for a street car, and after seating himself died of heart failure and exhaustion. cen) YOR la, ee 2 af AME Oe ‘The natural hold which an individual has upon life has more to do ‘with his recovery from sickness or from injury than the nature of the disease or the severity of the accident. All hospital experience proves the value of the disposition, temperament and will power of the patient. The inherent stamina is a great factor in longevity. RACE PROBLEMS, When Booker T. Washington visited Montclair a volunteer fire com- Pany refused to parade with him. Mr. Washington is a colored man of | high standing who has broken bread with President Roosevelt at the White House. The refusal of white men to parade with him can have had no| Personal ground and must have been induced solely by race prejudice. Manifestations of race prejudice are becoming more common in the North. In the South they are increasing rather than diminishing. The color line is stronger now than ever before, and the discrimination against men and women for no other reason than their color is becoming fixed in custom. While the Jim Crow cars are not seen in the North, restaurants, theatres and barrooms draw the color line almost as markedly in North- em as in Southern cities, bt Pot Toward whatever solution the race problem may he tending, its pres- ent direction is not toward equality or amalgamation, at MARRIAGE OF RELATIVES, It will be news to the majority of people that a nparriage between an uncle and his niece is valid in this State if it was contracted before 1893. Under the present marriage law blood relatives of a near de: consanguinity may not legally marry. In England the prohibit Marriage of relatives extends even to a deceased wife's there is in this case no blood kinship. i Even without the prohibition of the law there would be compar- | atively few cases where relatives would marr is not prohibited by law, but there are not m: es in which it occurs. | ‘As a rule men and women do not care to marry a member of i Posite sex with whom they have had such life-long acquaintance as comes from relationship or family as: 2 for ma arises within a reasonably short time after acquaintance, or at all. This is not a rule, but a tendency resulting Precautions to prevent in-breeding, It is a new defense in a breach of promise cas testify that if h2 proposed it was due to his habit of talk! If Peary finds the Ne erect it in Central Park. ree of m of the } sister, The marriage of cousins iage usually es not come} m aature’s wise in to ng in hould bring it back with 1 Pole he him and The new Secretary of the Navy declines to accept railroad pass ‘Our Ido New York. | Another hospital patient, both of whose legs, Is as Others See ferent, they tell us, from the 1 Hight word, a casual jest may lestroy, And yet, !f every man sould hear his best friend's de- seription of his new-made oride, his flancee or his best | girl, The test of masculine person, how long could half a two men fall in love with the same woman, dozen policemen to keep them from each other’s| actually men are not half so apt to quarrel when | they agree upon a lady's charms as when they throats? Se The question occurred to me the other day { differ. We laughed last when one man casually described his best friend's, He Lied to Her Husband” Mr. Bumpus resented wife, a lady of Junoesque proportions and a Juno-| the young man’s disclaimer of any save the cold- esque tendency to keep tabs on her lord, and est interest in his wife, and proudly asserted that within a week the second man with quite un-la distinguished diplomat had confessed to him! would be an end of masculine friendship if we did. Old Age and Senators. SER,” sald the Cigar 6tore Man, “that Sénator Platt says that {f he had to do it over again he would model his political life along different lines.” “Yes,” remarked the Man Higher Up, “and a little later In the samo statement he asserts that he never made a dollar out of politics. But, of course, we take a long chance if we infer that there {s any connection between the two birthday reveries of the aged senior Senator from New York. And, by the way, has it ever occurred to you that the combined ages of our representation in the United States Senate is 144, years? : Ap “Nearly a century and a half of experlence represented in the repre- sentation from New York and here {s the junior Senator with his fingers all sticky from dabbling in the Equitable muss anil the senior Senator lament- ing that his life has not been worth while! ‘Tis a hard world, Bill! the age of seventy-two Senator Platt ts inspired by his feelings on his birth- Vea ee My 44 Poison-Proof Man. T present thero ts in Glasgow one . HE game of billiards may de A Capt. Vetrlo, who styles himself The Squad Habit. . traced back to a period before the “polson-proof man.” siving N oalden times the sitty used to hire a buntch of husky xhibition of the places of men to put on dloo uniforms and go out to pattroal ty to swallow such aa now says the Med! are told he v ng glass and flower first public a brother in law ishner mackadoo ilend vodeveel sh unbroken line of ywed hylf ag and a hot alr skwad for the subbway acting {dotic ands and he was & tane law and order but thare wazzent ma oald mackadoo. The Second Avenue Rubies ad coming ont enough to start any » looked sleenl! his head began vily himself, then sank a HAPTER oft mptoy. over # Letters from Board Walk for Rockaway, | the People, To the Editor of The E ing World everything If the Roc y peone were to talld | and still we @ board w: about two mi along. The the beach it would be a great improve: jitetually na ment to the place. ys bua} you get y zs Mt close to the w ‘8 edge, @5 the] Treader would exp ocean is recedin Reehe| 8. G—David Ro: ‘ is away 1s par. of the ge nthe] President of the United States 1 United Sigtes and the’ bet city for|single day in isto most of us to live tn. Of course we all] H. MG fost 4s usuni want to see it improve | aud mae a| larger than t! id fs almost al great seaside resore and this board) ways the lected by ¢ walk would do tt IT. H. SMITIL in trying ¢ . | Weird B, RB, T. Transfer System, way Plan, To the EXitor of The Evening World: To the F = ec fi Passengers from M. tan can ride| To ve t Pinsent’ opens to Canarsie or Sheepshead Bay for a] jngs on de of tunnel; foury pen- five-cent fare, But transfers are not 13- ings no less than one foot in diameter Sued from the Greenpoint lines to the}on cach block, from one to two feet Hamburg avenue line, As a transfer| trom ty Restr 4s not given on @ transfer this com-| tie op fan Dels Greenpointers to pay two fares. | mage w P transfers to wa Jampost erected on each co Fn Lorimer street line e Bergen street Ine, wh to the Ocean avenue |: ich transfers! nor and two in centre of ea 1 diet h block to Sheepshead | nees apart; Bay, but transfers are refused street om t Mine to the Ocean aye npoint ts, 1n the bor, ough of is {t not entitled to as much consideration the B. R. T. as M Lorimer nue Ine. duce the hands of | | 4 JRELN POINTER, Westchester Dogs. To the Editor of ‘Th Through for: writer is obli Woopwar Nyack, of ctreur to live In | | OF Ls | IPT JOHNNIE han just found a Med's nest the tre the bigls flew away, ont thoy _ Of Queer hiding Places, hero are ceven ‘ When he began to Slob are walesing him from al birde to finds dropped . A Vision. r TON droy the Reyburn man nd ay the few old | dream now a dark figi ; Auehiae which sidy of the able? It all Raryrwhe to cry out, but ind was admitted to the 1 Re © to him. adow rose nox and. woman, still beautt/ul first yor 2 k tne jewel r pointing to the rcked book= r and a ivox of cigars bade him would return ying she vo ut the latest, had that d did he ghtened but ar j ne. © grate and 1 newt the table and began to on the mantelpiece. read done sa when a sound drew| He looked at himself in attention to window, He went over and and laughed feebly, The room was at the back of che house, | her fir I ought to aw @ enow-covered garden and a summer piece, be ashamed of myse sged bushes fringed the| He stepped over to the table again and poured him. ¥¢t Slipped tt out of elght when Mrs, Reyburn tapped sry scene lighted py an/ self out a generous glass of wine. Me was vom- pee Welsboulter: Well, I suppose I must get used in the neighboring +t | forted to see that he looked less pale after taking it life ese high-priced clgars {f I am to move in high \ m the house and down tre 4d Uhat his spirits also rose, Herd Babee. ers, It will soothe me on the way tn toward the end of the garden, Then it turnod,| “Twelve o'clock, eh?" as he dat his wate Te noe vA : ak | and he pse of a white face—a woman's. | “"Well I have snot much longer MMPS REY" saw that tt TOT ee ke REL damp ana a aus is as he stepped bee PUM keeps her word, But howgyare you golng to 8 Waa after 1 o'ciock in the morning, Mrs ped Pel count or % woman who ts giventto mysterious ex.| ‘POOF Alice! I can jut (magine her eeated at her hind as seals irae stig |CUPsOnA on the night she chooses to give a hall? Window, her sweet face pressed against the pane, star- vanished, and he heard the sound of @ door being | Hello! there ts one of those cigars she told we I ing out on tho street to see her recreant lover, Bless at the end uyned away from vhe window aid walked ec, Where he p 1 nimscif out a ad sipped It In # slow and mx | might help myself to." He took up the cigar when he went to sleep. New, what can this possibly mea he muttered | tore she comes. to himeelf. "It was Mra, Reyburn; thero 1 be} to be on time." mistake about that. But what js sie 4 He dropped back in his e rubles jn her sneaklag 4 ‘sway like @ thief In the night? We possession, delight, business. long he ‘had been reading ne took no heed, f the garden rried again f my How when @ sharp cry from the direction roused him out of his dreams, He to keep me supplied with eat ing’s entertainment, But over te the window and looked out. too much!" He saw a dark figure running toward the house, aod theugh he could not see the face, he felt sure | it critically, “Hum! this {t was Mrs, 2eyburn, he even caught sight of gicam of @ while dress beneath the dark cloak wore. At the sume time he observed @ disturbance among tong the wall thet skirted the garden. voice at his elbow, thy shadows A nan appeared suddenly on tae coping and then of sight beyond, 1 meanwhile disappeared, and must as he turned | She had entere out ha use. ‘The garden was now ag) 8) 1% 10 erted as before, and he heard no sound| 4 very pleas ‘ Hin 9 curd Caw itt of a distant trolley car, Hi ecae caer 1W Many more such antlcs T shall be | fF #ome ¥ compelled to witness before the evening Js over," he urned to his seat. "My nerves ean't be Pp away from such things In the all, don't concern me," ance in the garden, aid, @ the face, | Mrs. Reyburn, “Here are But, try as e would, he could not get interested tn the book again, The white face of Mrs. Reyburn| anced at her @ littl as hie saw It in the glow of the electric lamp ax she| 22¢ #lanced a i “Why?! he asked. "Oh, to be sure that you 2 warden and silently dls- stirred his imagination, Then the cry and of the man on the coping of the garden wat did it all mean, anyway? “If Uils is che @ort of experience 1 am to go through I really ought to turn story writer, though the deuce| aking. knows how I could ever explain to the reader the; "I'l take your word for meaning of such dramatic pantomime, I guess I'm! pu! the case in his pocket, too red (0 care to read much, A busy day, he ex-| ."'s don't think J ghall wouble you seein this woe," |< EN boast of the indis-; conscious retribution, had given a vivid descrip-| that he could not remain long In the presence of solubility of masculino| tion of the sinall, shrivelled and exceedingly dic- friendship. It {s go-dit- | tatorial spouse of the first critic. To each, doubtless, the presiding duty of his feeble feminine varlety, which | hearth seemed, or at least had seemed, a bound- less reservoir of charm and beauty. other woman appeared one an overgrown monu- ment of sodden flesh, the other an unattractive | waspish wisp of femininity. to a third disinterested been, according to the novellsts, {ts survival when it at ey Little Willie’s Guide to New York. the streats oud to arest anny eevil-doer who was not the rite ammount of cash to squair himself but com- this is an aige of speshulis : polleese department as many speshulties as a coany skwads and there {sa trafik sxwad and a vise skwad and a bicickle skwad and a shoofly skwad and a lisense skwad and a kort skwad and brodway skvad and a pedler skwad and a kew : skwad for the silly seezen and a hot frankfurter skwad for the dog-pound} a man for carrying a dog in the subw d blokking the dorewar he hes to frankfurter, hot air, kewpid, foolish and trafik g to form a skwad to pattroale the streats and mane- other skwads to join it so he reelucktently abbandoned the idea, he one snoozing.” to nod. |weary sigh, and was sound asleep, ery good of you to say so, You must di It was an uneasy sleep. ‘There were times wnen| Reyb e sikgented such «pe tle a elt consel Re was ry alone in the room.| pro : a a ; his chair, looking down at ofa ure crouched on the otaer re not married? ed so very this marries only @ miuifled sound es-| ,, I of that e noisy ticking of @ saucy clock ‘I declare 1 look as pale as a schoolgirl spe; though he could not remember haying seen {t there the smoke wreaths rise toward the celling with lazy| “An easy job, this, {f they will kindly continue! theh 86 he gathered up the reins, I wish luncheon had been included in the even- *¢ how fast you can get back to the shop, for we are He took the clgar out of his mouth and examined H@ving drawn the remains of the cigar from his suppose haying been brought up on cigars ‘at a Was well satisfied with his evening’s experience, He nickel I don't appreciate it at its true value, |the same, {t's mighty comforting," . “I am glad to find you enjoying yourself,” said q| ‘Hang that clear!" he exclaimed tn the midst of his Fenton jumped to his feet, muttering an apology nd saw that it was Mrs, perceived and was now smiling at him in the most friendly way. Wt lady she seemed to Fenton, It was absurd for him to think tat | there was any suspicious significance in her appear- He might have been mistaken in “And now I will not detain you any longer," sald to take a look at them wefore I close the cage?" Tt is well to be sure, you know," ‘Ho was a little astonished at this remark and ex he took he case from her he saw that her hand was Them. By Nixola Greeley-Smith. Mrs. Bumpus without feelings which he felt to be at varlance with his friendship for him. The sentiment inducing the protest of Mr. Bum- | pus ie as true as {it ts funny. For masculine friendship may survive a too-enthusiastic agree- | ment as to feminine loveliness, but never a dif- | ference of opinion. We may occasionally see ourselves as others | see us and retain a vestige of friendship for the others, But we can’t see our wives or husbands or sweethearts through other eyes than our own without wanting to blacken them—the eyes— (that Is, This {s truer of men than of women, perhaps. But it is a good thing that none of us are mean enough or have nerve enough to tell men what other men say of their feminine {dole. For there To each the friendship hitherto has But winter when in “How we & eo 2 . By Martin Green. day to knock himself and put a few verbal props under the tottering repu- tation of his colleague, {t seems to me that we ought to be charitable toward almost everybody. x “What's the matter with our aged distinguished men? Here’s John D. Rockefeller taking the count of nine about once a month, coming to and tossing a million dollars or so at the referee for the privilege of taking a rest. District-Attorney Jerome goes out to Kansas and bounces his O'Sulli- vans off the prostrate form of the revered Henry Cabot Lodge in a way that approached the inhuman. “All of the Equitable directors with the exception of James Hazen Hyde were in the greybeard class, Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, who has just been found guilty of grafting, is a man of ripe years and venerable appear- anca, decorated in front with a cataract of whiskers that would stop an In- shoot, The Jersey City co-respondent who blew his brains out the other was over sixty. Maybe it is true that the good die young.” “Some old men are honored and happ; asserted the Cigar Store Man, “Yes,” agreed the Man Higher Up, ‘‘but nobody knows them.” The Oldest Game. was tn- y to keep the game to the masheen or who diddent have} ¢_ played quite dit and French tis oombina. gemes of both played on a es that en the has chainged all that. he $8 sO has ¢ t he iow, he diddent Ike to look at an as in an ordinary bloo cotes go he broak them up Into Ints as scored tn games being and American balls upon out pockets on roma" are a the game of bt! pid skwad for mashers a foolish ;* and so now when he wants to arest ay and wit ata pretty girl and}* 1 out members of the 3 to enforse his com} American ast century the ed with four 8 upon a pool table more or less like the present English gaze, keting balls and anny poleesmen left oaver from the! out any pockets were counte od & wo By Ernest De Lancey Pierson a warm room— “Tam in poor ‘health just now, and go out she sj to the pleasant fire, and Once, twice he tried| back In his chair wiih al 3 hat I find the work very pleasant, if It can Indeed be called work,’ satd the young man rly and sald, as he stood with| dof cautious ‘i >, In a voice that expressed some it be pa madam, lstlessig, as if she hardly heard him, yburn she was stana.ng In| centre of the floor with her hands clasped and) eyes fixed on the carpet. It was some tune before the hall wa. Jostling crowd, und he could make his way into the Street, Fenton wrigsled his way through the surging mass of people and so came to the end of the street, “That must have been a terribly strong cigar I was smoking,” he muttered, for he felt very dizzy and sleepy, “By J making a movement toward the inner pocket of his coat. “I believe I have most of it its stooping position, prang cast a quick look abnit ng to be sven of the dark him in Not sleep. No crackling of sea ¢ free of tts the glass for a moment “TuesedeymEvenings July? 15) 1905: re ws More Seaside Letters from 3 the Whole Damm Family. + By Roy L. McCardell. From Papa Damm in the City To Mrs, Damm at the Shore, D From Mamma Damm . To Her Husband in the City. EAR HUSBAND: Yours received. What dark mystery is here? Are you drinking, John? All our married life I have unselfishly sacrifled myself. Here I am at the lonely seaside, where there {s so much bustle ahd annoyance, while you are having a good time in New York. But never mind, I shall not complain, Lulu gives me a great deal of trouble by receiving the at- tentions of a young man I do not approve of, She iw too young to marry, and, besides, he cannot support himself. This fs a terrible place for gossip, but now, as always, I mind my own affairs and the affairs of others do not interest me, And yet some of the women filrt outrageously. I brought my opera-glasses with me and I sit in my room— my lonely room—behind the mosquito netting—for hours watching the be- havior of that widow; she {s out till all hours. It is dreadful! Of course I take no Interest in such things, but when they are so obvious what can one do? The opera-glasses make my eyes ache terribly. I wish you would bring down a better pair, or your field glasses. At night the nois® of the surf fairly deafens one, and I cannot hear what the people on the veranda are saying. It is very annoying. I complained to the proprietor about the noise of the surf, and reminded him that his circulars sald this was a quiet place. The man was almost impudent. He sald he didn't have time to go out and pat the waves and tell them to lie down and play dead. Willie had a terrific combat with a soft-shell crab, but succeeded tn vanquishing dp I sometimes worry over the daring spirit of that boy. Some of the children down here are very noisy. One little girl got me very nervous by having a crying fit because Willle in playing Indians tried to scalp her with a clam shell. He didn’t hurt her very much, and yet her mother had the effrontery to threaten to chastise Willle. Some people are so inconsiderate! If you meet any of our friends say that we are in Newport. It sounds better. Do not waste any money, kecause it is quite expensive here. Try to amuse yourself, but don’t go to those horrid roof gardens, or do not have any of your dreadful men friends come to the flat. Ah, you men know how to en- Joy yourselves while we poor women have nothing but worry! Your loving wife. P. S.—You will have to send me more money. EAR WIFE: Inclceed please find check for your expenses. very hot in New York. Business is bad. you all are enjoying yourselves. Tt ts The flat is stifling. Hope Affectionately, JOHN DAMM. Lulu Damm to a Nice Young Man Who Is Pining for Her in the City. EAREST: I am so lonely here without you. Dozens of of then: millionaires, beg me to be- but my thoughts are only for you, my dear Arthur! Some of the girls here receive boxes of candy by mail, They must be bold enough to ask for it. I could never do that, and yet I am so fond of bonbons, This is a very convenient place, The express company delivers right to the hotel and the mall comes twice aday, I never expect anything. Nobody cares for me. I am so lonely, and the young men bother me so. They would send to the city for candy for me, but I am so haughty to them they dare not. Ever thine own, LULU. P. S—No one knows we are engaged, but if you want to send me the ring I will wear it in secret when mamma isn't looking. young men, come their From Willie Damm to Scotty Jones, His Little Friend in the City. EER SCOTTY: ime all bilstered frum the sun and I cat my tow on a peece of glass. i am the best swimmer ennyboddy ever seen and I kin stay under watir an ower, 1 meen to be a sayler wen | grow up and tern pirut and bery treshure in the sand. { dug upp ten milluns fn pirut gold yestidday and bought ice kreme sody with it. yu fhust sware an othe not to reveel this, send me sum dime noyils, thare is no plase heer to get dime novils, {1 1m the leader of a desprit band of kriminals heer and we sware to aveng our ronges. | am a life saver 2 { reskue peepul every day. { hav bin warned that the piruts hoos gold I found will cum at night to talk me 2 thare seckrit cavern and torchure me, but my gallunt band will defend me and enny way i have to zo bed at ate oklock. {s our enimy the Janiter still upon yore trale. willie damm, the avengir, May Manton’s Daily Fashions. The fancy Eton 1s one of the those attractive little wraps which gain added favor with each week of the season, It is 60 dainty, so generally becoming and ate tractive and fills so evident a need that her dear heart how a woman does love When she truly loves!" He hurried, on and found himself presently at tne |comer before Mr. Sutphen's coype, with the driver sit- which lay on the table, “I guess I'll haye a chance to enjoy a smoke be-| !N up stolid as an image on the box, Never knew @ society women yet “That you?" asked Fenton. ch, what's that?” stardng out of a naj chatr again and watched, Slert now. “Oh, you were asleep! Now, don't deny it,” “Ain't a goin’ to; I ain't no owl’ grumbled tho ‘Dut very good things to smoke ang ‘YU deserve credit for your honesty. And now just te." I suppose I'm expecting, !* | He ptepped into the carriage and banged the door, has @ pecullar aroma, 1 Pocket he lt tt and began to puff on it slowly, He Just Was quite ready now to laugh at the fears that icol- |1eh old Sutphen had expressed, castle building, as he flung the, offend'ng weed on Luc |floor, “I velleve ft 1s the cause of my feellng ao dizzy, After all, it 1s best to stick jp the nickel ones and not create an appetite for what is beyond my reach.” "After that he remembered nothing bu: the rattielot the wheels over the asphalt, the flash of the electric Ughts they were passing as the carriage aped on ity way downtown, ‘Then a jolt, followed by a crash and the sound uf splintering wood smote his ear, "Got there already, 1 wonder?’ without making any effort to rise and see. He could not, if he would, so oppressed was he with sleep. ‘The carriage seemed to ‘be toppling over, The door awung cpen, 6 he crashed forward on’the floor In % huddled heap, Half conszious, yet unable to move, it seemed that hands were feeling for him and that ho | was being lfted out, Some sort of @ Ught flashed, a lantern perhaps, he wanted to ary out, but something pressing down over his mouth prevented tim. Fle! would struggle to his fest and find out what this all meant—he—— ‘Then a dark curtain seemed to be let down and ho knew no more7 ~ 7 =, (8 Be Continued.) Reyburn, Tr, hey had known eaca oltre the Jewels, Do you want) puzzled, are getting the real thin, Mt," he sald, smiling, and ft can bo relied upon to be worn not alone during tho present season, bue for the earlier weeks of the aus tumn. Here is one that ‘s quite novel and that ts finished with a big collar which can be of the materlal, of the fa- vorlte embroidered muslin, af linen «e of pique. ‘The plait- a portions provide becoming tulngss while the losse sleeves do «way with all pessible anxiety as to the fate of those wor beneath, The quantity of material required for the medium aslaq 1s 87-8 yards 3, 8 yards 27 or 215 yards 44 Inches wide with 2 yard 37 inches wide for the er § collar and 1t€ ited Eton—Pattern No, 5094, yards of bar : Pattern 6004 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40-Inch bust m¢ re, How to Obtain These Patterns, Call or Send by Mail to the Evening World May Manton Fashion Bureau, 2) West 23d St, New York. Bend 10 Cents in Coin or Mumps for Each Pattern Ordered. IMPORTANT—Write your name and address plaioly, and always ~