The evening world. Newspaper, March 16, 1906, Page 14

The Evening World’s Home Magazine, @weMened vy the Press Publishing Company, No. & to @ Park Row, New Tort Entered at the Post-Office at New York as Seccnd-Class Mall Matter. VOLUME i300, sccccsccssss oosseccesssccscecensse NO, 16,278. A GOOD RAPID-TRANSIT BILL. The favorable action of the Sen- ate Cities Committee on the Elsberg bill raises hopes of the speedy passage of that measure as amended. Is the vexed question of future subways solved at last? If so, some share of the credit must go to Will- iam M. Ivins as the author of the amendments, The bill as modified is designed to quiet the objections of its oppon- ents as originally drawn, while yet safeguarding the public interest. It provides that contracts for construc- tion, equipment and operation must be let separately by the Rapid-Tran- sit Commission unless the Board of Estimate and Apportionment shall also decide that public Policy will be better served by combining them, limits the term of the operating lease to twenty years; authorizes the construction of pipe galleries and em- powers the Mayor to fill vacancies in the Board, as he has himself sug- gested that his successor might do. Thus the occasion for criticism of the Commission as a self-perpetu- ating b is removed, two vital mistakes of the city’s first subway ven- ture are corrected, and the problem of separate or joint construction and operation is left to the adjudication of a board well constituted to guard the city’s interest. The bill, indeed, appears to meet all rational objections and to pro- vide a satisfactory basis of agreement which distinctly brightens the out- look for rapid transit. The City Club, of course, remains to be heard from. Will it con- sent to the sacrifice of its pet Page bill which the acceptance of this compromise measure makes necessary? On its attitude toward the new Ekberg bill will depend the construction to be put on its motives in op- posing the bill as originally framed with a measure which had the outward aspect of legislation drawn for the benefit of special interests, TOU MANY WATER COMMISSIONS. Senator Gardner, of Brooklyn, has introduced a bill to abolish tha City Water Commission. There are now four bodies which have to dq with New York City’s water supply, not including either the Legislature or the Board of Estimate. These four are Commissioner Ellison, who looks after the old water system; the bi-partisan Aqueduct Commission, which draws salaries for prolonging the construction of the Croton storage reservoirs; the new City Water Commission, which has charge of the Esopus scheme, ang the State Water Commission, with supervisory powers. This complicated subdivision of responsibility is absurd and expen- ‘: sive. There should be only one Water Department in New York, and the man at the head of that should be in charge. If he is faithless or in ; competent it is the Mayor's duty to remove him and appoint a better is man. The subdivision of power greatly accounts for the enormous water : waste and the failure to utilize the watersheds which the city already owns. “CHILDREN OFF THE STREET.” A speaker at the Mayor's hearing on the bill to remove the tracks 4 from Death avenue said that the children killed by the trains there were | f those who tried to steal rides on the moving cars or to pilfer from then. He added: Let the men who are protesting so loudly against the tracks on Elev- r children off Eleventh avenue, d, being drowned in a roar of on was typical of the attitude of many enth angry remonstrance. elements in the communi It is ihe attitude of the automob' : hour through a country vi ‘ ; off the street if they d ‘ant them to be killed.’ ‘ It is the atlitude of the trolley-ca ho orders a speed to be - maintained through crowded streets that endangers life. It is the attitude . of the care‘ess contractor who makes the street dangerous with heavy blasts. who dashes at forty miles ar Let them keep their children| It is about time for a revival and better enforcement of the good old, styts common-law view of the go upon his lawful oce: eets as public highways where any man may ns and where even a child is safe. Mr stiitistetttetteieeetetttiteent teste AAA eee tTtEetttety WIGHTSTICK. and NOZZLE- A Romence of Manheiten by S But there ts a silence of about a min- sald Garvin XI. A Visitin the N HE nels iz ! of nan fs up ominss yi on the post for He looked sh Lenox." Phat you en to hive a sun bath?" be a mean But } w hain dh 1 block t was no auth i Vaey asked Garvin, in that vicin proauly here for eult. f r ziti > fanc ab ie In a cor. (1% Poby. Possibly she has deter. q nar oe aE the vellow | Mined not to return to-night, and hus Lior yaa re: whieh the two {Seat them for clothing or something from nthe two tehers obtained a complete view of front of the residence of the well An Early Plant. _By J. Campbell Cory. Friday Evening, Inave my | |I embrotder, and ca: Hwaiste, Lam not the oly one out 4 ‘This Can Cook. |To the Falter of The Evening Worl young) girls for & t ud as if makin her. ‘The othe: with the a out w loots they want," sald thelr hidine plane ana as © two men disappeared the house. | apidly Garvin could hobble! et, and ascended Aa a8 the stepped through the hall more y than Garvin, Garvin went. slow- \ it at 1e deep shadow © two thieves hraceets, rin that is loot Fe to x heard one of couldn't make a ti avenue you, @yenue seema ko come here?’ They oad with them , which they Proceeded with professional coolness to tain and the plekpocket, | 1 thief. my acquaintances Can Any One So! One of ‘th “] mation vin anox's shoulder, 1 the dark lantern made ching fienres seein wee Lenox. There was ro Garkensse replied ‘the other Ing gloam of the “when all the stuf In oss| ue mad to «| {s too lazy even to dane Lenox had his revciver In hand again. suables, (viet, Mrs. 0 here was practical keaping up her old that reached iV n nudged nse, ‘treat ie 8C ed us it cou. ne Would To thy Editor of The Evening World: 1 ced the following example: “One hour after a train left a cer- the engine broke down | don't leave their ha then proceeded at three-fifths its! tn them. CVRVRWUWUVE VETOED VETTE TO TETIVEOTOD q Foby had been @& ten property. But ely: had ahe was such no root asl ta side and lookid Ud be on the stage make a hit. The police. Lranan, both tfured, : the two burglars In thé waver- lantern, and the bag le a remarkable scene. the of i itu original speed, arriving at {ts destina- tion two hours late, If the train had run fifty miles further before break- jag de tt would ‘ved st Its destination forty minutes sooner. Whst was the distance between the ‘stotions?” Will readers work out the |answer to this? | ROBERT P. THRONE, Sayre, Pa. Manners and Thermometers, hese ate | To the Editor of The Evening Wor | 1 read the letter of the Viginian who ‘complains of New |and says men her don't tuike off their | hats when entering hotel lobtdes ard | when meeting ladies on tha street and s off while talking be well enough for it mist “Lats get what we caa and clear out," ng some hard thinking. said the other. Lenox took & match from hts pocket. In an Instant the scene changed. Knowing Ju where the gas jet was located, Lénox, by a quick and certain motion, had struck the match, and the two astonlehed burg! the ‘flame of the gas, an] under It a man with one lame arm,’ but holding a revolver fn hie sound hand, “Daye T.enox!" gasped one, There was an ugly look on both faces, “T am gorry to intrude,” said Lenox, caunly, “but T hapnened to have a litte ‘business here myself to-night, and now that we are together, perhaps it." be in order for me to tell you that ya are ee iy, prisoners y 1,”* of ‘ala damtance seemed 10" json! ot by the two, People to do that In warm Virginia, but for New York pevpie to do that when the thermometer registers twenty or more below zero it wouldu't do very well, c. H. Overcrowded Car Platforms. To the Eultor of The Evening World: seatiment of Magistrate Poole in regard to the street railroad company allowing the rear platform to be crowded when there are plenty of seats in the car. stand outside when there are seats In- side. Many times you will see both women and men left standing on the, It t p’haps they'd holler: “D’Je ever see th’ beat!” yt 3) Areal reps ey ia | board, the platform Being crowded, and But, no. One says: “Oh, really!” Another says: “How sweet!" os no effort made by the conductor to An’ then they took t’ gassin’ about th’ styles in clo‘es, ar lclear it. J.B. 8. Quite frequently rovertin’ t' them fool Broadway shows. ) ui f > W'y, dang me, in th' kentry w'en we set down t eat | “t don't Gate to ahoot unions T ney Gora We talk o' somethin’ serlous—th’ crops, th’ price o’ wheat, | pelled to do so, You know me. and, of Er ‘bout th’ preacher's sermon, er politics, b’gosh, Hi FAC Bi 8 pepueh ro Narn A cell Not foolish schoolgirl topics an’ soft dressmakin’ bogh. Sui vou. Kili © = i . . other man looking at you who knows | ‘Th’ elty fellers guy us an’ call us rub-s an’ yapa; } vou, and who would have you in the | They say we've got no oulohure—th’t may be true, p’haps. hands of abe police in two houras*, As he spoke he was 9 pis- tol.canelessiy, "They put theirs Dac in their pockets, Then he did the same. “What are you going to do?’ asked ‘one, Joi. Soins to take you to the sta- Can't we fix up some way?” “Not wkh me." | look “Now, re, Lenox. You know this Uulhe mea: long time dor us.” “{ should thinie so. “What's the u: You don't gain anything by running ns in. Why not come to some agreament? We'll, act fair, You don’t want this stuff. I have + oa hundred with me." “I don't want it,” sadd Lenox. along and be ‘ulet. Where {8 your other man?" nh," sald Lenox, “he'll arrive.’ The’ burglar who had sald nothing about coming to terms, leaped at Lenox and struck him, “You won't take me,"* he sald. Lenox, slizhtly staggered by the viow, fell backward, but reached for his revolver again, whe burglar dashed for the door, There wis a pecudar swishing sound and the noxt moment the cross-arm of the crutch landed on his head, He fell flat and unconscious, and Garvin hobbied into the, room, “Just in time," he sald. “A crutch is a tough thing to run up against.” The remaining burglar fi Garvin to Lenox. ‘had hs revolver 4 “It's up to you,” sald the | you can'k make @ teal | you. please,” “Garvin,” sald Lenox, this fellow covered. Garvin had never been in the house before, But he made about three hob: bles toward the kitchen door and re: turned thereform with a clothesline. “You don't need that," said the bur- glar who was conscious, “I won’ “I can't trust the other fellow,” said Lenox. Both were bound, water was used to revive the victim of Garvin's crutch, and jn ten minutes a most pecullar pro- cession lef: the vellow brick house and headed for the precinct station-house. The, officer on post met them and stored, “Ig that your sun bath?" he gasped, “Keep your eye on the yellow hous said Lenox. “Somebody may go, there. ung “Come Slanced from By thls time Lenox in, hand again. ‘burglar, do what ‘T can hold You get some The man on post aw la night- stick and tried to find a rift in the bank of clouds, manera ams Mh’ er March 16, 1906. NEW YORK THRO’ FUNNY GLASSES. By Irvin S. Cobb. | E have here a practical working model of the old-style, flat-tire fable W equipped with electricity and other modern improvements. Once upon a time—that’s the way they always start—the Hare and the Tortoise ran a go-as-you-please race from the Battery to One Hun- dred and Twenty-fifth street. “This,” sald the Hare to himself after watching the Tortolse climb aboard an uptown trolley car, “is going to be like hypothecating the glue cose gumdrops from Baby Gladys, I'll leave the opposition so far behind at the finish that parties in the grand-stand won’t be able to tell whether Br'er Terrapin is running last in to-day’s race or first in to-morrow's. We come of a mighty fast stock any way you take us, Look at the Belglum ‘ranch of the family—four sets of babes every year—sometimes five, The grip microbes don’t make a much better showing than that. Sometimes 1 think the President makes a mistake in not adopting one of our follas for an emblem instead of a stork. But, speaking now of this speed contest, presently I'll hop out and catch the Through Red-Lamp Limited on My, Ryan’s Road and I'll be hitting the homestretch while my hardzhei] Bap- tist friend is admiring the legs on the Seward statue sing Union Square, But {n the mean time I think I might as well enjoy a nap.” So he lit a frosh cigarette and eaced his eyeglasses off the bridge of his nose and put his feet up on the desk and drifted off into a Willlam Travers Jerome that lasted thirty minutes. Then he put on his hat and dropped down into the subway. On the platform two ambulance surgeons were assaying a ticket-chopper for pot-metal. With thousands of others I voice the) No one should be permitted to’ | very few words. “What is that?” asked one of them, a nugget?” * “No,” said the other, “it’s a lung. Hold his legs a minute until I gett the granulated T-rails out of the aesophagus. His wind-pipe leoks lilus rf right-of-way.” But mere steel particles, even !n bulk, couldn't bluff J. Henry Hara He climbed aboard a northbound express, found his favorite strap aud pres pared to do the Harlem hike in record time. Put the regular fast schedule had been lald up for repains ever since the day the road was finished; tha trip was thickly punctuated with ful!lstops and semicolons, For all the harrowing details see any regular patron of the line. Meanwhile the Tortolse was progressing toward the far distant dees tination In a conservative but cunsistent manner. The trip was enlivened by pauses when the motorman, leaning over the dashboard, plucked par Ucles of pedestrians in the past tense out of the fender, or the conductom administered the Mrs. Minor Morris treatment to lady passengers who ha& falled to ask for transfers when they first got aboard, or th crew Uned up on the platform to salute one of the Metropolitan jury-fixers On, on they journeyed, past bird-box apartment-houses and squirrel-ecee hot-ls they neared the goal. It was near night. The official lar p-linhter of the Up- per West Side was turning on ths gas in ihe only street light that burns regularly north of Filty-ninth street. Five hours later the Subway express, direct from the Batt ithout change of cars, rolled into the station at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. But Aloysius Tortoise, wearied of waiting, had the amount of the wager and gone to bed. THE FUNNY PART: The “fifteen-minutes-to-Harlem” slogan needs revising a heap more than Aesop does. collected +-——___. City Table Talk. By Charles R. Barnes. I. HESB city folks ts queertsh—I never seen th’ beat Th’ way they mumbles nonsense w'en they set down t! eat! Young Tom, th’ son I visit, brought out th’ queerest chat Last evenin’ at a dluner he give here in his fat. A lady says: “Caruso, ain't he th’ cunnin’ dear!” My ‘Tom allowed th’t poker git played more ev'ry year; | Another feller murmured: “I do adore this town! j An’ Tom's wife says: “Ob, Mamie, ain't that @ lovely gown!” i IL Sich babblin’ nn’ sich chatter fr growed-up folles Ike themt I kinder plans t' stop !t, an’ says: ‘‘A-hem, e-bemt I been a-readin’ lately some solentifik man Has figgered out f'r certain jes’ w'en th' world began.” j But in th’ rooral deestricts all decent folks ‘ud bale in At anythin’ approachin’ this city table talk. THE MOCK ORANGE BRIDGE WHIST CLUB. a By Grinnan Barrett. ES, they've taken poor Mrs. Gabalong to the sanitarium,”. said Mrmy Oliver Quiver, Vice-Prosident of the Mock Orange (N. J.) Bridgo Cluby “and now her husband is going around everywhere saying that it waa ell brought on by bridge, Dk? you ever hear of such a thing! “If you really would Ike to know, I can tell you exactly what's given Mrm Gabalong the nervous prostration, It wes the new rule the club pa: D ing conversation during play. Now, Mri, Gabalong’s iden of a glort tality would be to have a jawbone that never got tired. I ven tats 66 boteve her conception of heaven ts a place where you have your cholve between a pulr af wings and another tongue! And yet sho's forever saying tha That may be true, but as she uses all of t again @ great many times, !t amounts to the same thing in she's ® pers 91 a! “Yes, indeed, I'm quite certain In my own mind It wees th talking that sent the woman off to the sanitarlum. Of course, from very ber ootng we Aecided that talking at the table would be disconraged, but natural: noboly pata any attention to that—that fr, af courro, nobxiy who had sense enough carry the run of the cards in her head and tall at the camo time pid any it—but there were a few one-sided creatures who insisted that tnlitieg minds off their game. And, finally, Mra, Colefect lost a prize bocause got so Interested hearing Mrs, Actdlook tell about her symptoms that sho foinot to xcur@ herself, She promptly raised a fuss, So they paneed te rule, AN} nev whem amybody starts to say anything at the table the other three say © that, and then, of course, when they do you that way you are loving for 4 © dsce 1° get even. And at yesterday's meeting It sounded sometimes as It aone'y thooing a lot of hens out of a flower hed, { : “Well, it was just simply too much fhe Mra. Gatelorg, Ard now she's in af place where the nurses zo around witi rubber-soled shoes on, and the Crors all padded, and the doors swing on leather hinges, and nolady «penks a word owe loud, and they whn’t let you eat popcorn because It mates a orleo when yom chew It. I guess Mrs, Gabelong will go crasy there in earitst. If thoy really want her to got well It's my private opinion they had bet:cr send her to a phos: graph factory. “Dear me! I know I hay cman alive, The béligg from the caterer and the ov and the povltryer—hat doen't sound exact right somehow, but, of cow coutsn't cull him a chickenes—all came i tip gether, and now Mr, Quiver is cus'ing my extrivegunce Js gting to drive him the poorhouse, He never stops to think about all the beautiful prizes I've He just puts his head in his hands and groans jn a very depressing way and “ "The man who eald two could live av cheaply a8 one meant they could more troubles than any