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The Evening World’s Daily Magazine, Tuesday, Novembe: 27, 1906: fe Bt a Ee Naughty Nightingales! — ___|NEW YORK ene hae oe Ge HC etia | New | { y By Maurice Ketten. y OD —Sanny GLA Entered at the Post-Ofich at Now York as Second-Clase Mail Matter 000 | pr i VOLUME rears vee NO, 16,534, 17] Jpvin At Cobb . ae A Jolly Evening at the Olub Smoker, — OVERCRDWDED TENEMENTS. ap HE main excuse for the club smoker 1s that every aa Neay Yor growing in density faster than in numbers. | oxen f tt cer ts that erery fty: He y reen Twelve: blocks have le to the acre and fifty-ons ouariniNen Ee etty Biocks'! t t} apiece. There's’ the International Brotherhood of svoluntess i f s been publi y the Federati Irlehmen, headed by StiteH MoCamhy and Paul kelley; has been published by the Federation the Alumni Soclety of Yale Locks, made up’of blithe young graduates who might have clalmed New Haven ag thelr dear old alma mater i? the committing Justices hadn't decided on Elmira; the Ladles’ Auxillary of the Yeggmen’s Indoor Club; the Fraternal, Agsoctation of Painless’ Dentists, who have a splendid class yell, the wame belng achieved by putting one thumb, four small steel drills and a. section of rubber tubing ‘in: the mouth and then, trying to’ utter the word. “Ouch.” There is even talk of establishing a Soclety of the Survivors < of the Monkey Cage, 15. Caruso président, J. Kriocko, vice-president; Magistrate Baker, recordifg secretary; Mrs. Hannah Grae | ham, walking delegate. : y ; Naturally, under the circumstances, there must de a good many chub lsmokers. Ant certainly di club smoker {s ‘all tothe merry-morry, if you are eareless-about-what you say. The members, being properly primed with conyersatidnal waters, seat thomselyes in front of a small pratform, like pIriday-afternoon at the Httle red school-house. ‘The ofictal-eut-up_of the ‘| elub, who. 1s a salesman for the,Coilin Trust, acts as master of ceremonies, His frolicsome demeanor {s all one could expect as 9, guarantee of a truly tropical session. The programme is opened with a captivating turn dy the Musical Mumms —Minnia and Maxie. This team lead off by putting rosin on their fingers and rubbing the ‘tops of a double row of dinner gublets. The result is a clover !mitation of the sound produced by rubbing a double row of dinnes goblets with fingers that have rosiu on thet As an encore, the lady mem- ber passes out “The Mocking Bird,’ on that splenddid instrument which looks so much Hke a wooden wash Soard, and thy gentleman gelk close up behind a cornet and makes faces at the audience. Then we have sad-eyed 1 @, the serfo-comie songster, with a front tooth gone, thus.giving a siphon effect to the labial notes, ond her hhaln worn in ‘tayo colors, We forget those slight binmishes, howerer, while “| Matening to her rendition of “The Bermuda Love Song,” starting as follows: en’ 1900-and 1905 the popuiation of the } 14 per-cent., the population in the | t dertse tenement-house blocks reased 34 per cent. Fhe-block with the niost people; in it is'on San Juan ‘Hill, bounded | hy West Sixty-first and Stxty-sec-/ ond’ streets, ‘Amsterdam and West End avenues. : This block shelters 6,173 people, a more numerous pop- ulation ‘than that of many county seats in this State, as many people as there are voters in Putham Coun- ty, all living on less than six acres of land: i The second most: poptiloiy iblock is-on the east side, bounded by Sec- ond and Third streets, Avenues{B- and C. In 1900 it was the most popu- | +Yous block, but since the croveilag pf the negro population on San Juan Hill this east-side block has dxoj sped to second place, though its popula- 'flon has increased from 4,105 #4) 5,036. * The third most populous ape is in Little Italy on the east side of }Marlem, bounded by One Hunrl-ed and Twelfth and One Hundred and (Whirteenth streets, First and Secmmadiarenues. It has grown from 882 in- habitants In 4900 to-4,325+in 1 Pos. But these mostipopulous blocks, though densely overcrowded, are not the worst. The lower east-: ¥de-old-style tenement-houses are packed with people more than either Sap Juan Hill or Little Italy, and. notwith- standing all the new tenement avs the overcrowding is increasing. _ The two densest blacks are pn Cherry street and Monroe, Rutgers and Clinton. They haveiover 4,400 people to the acre. The next most crowded blocks are-on Stanion ad Rivington streets, with the Halian “block at Elizabeth and' East !Housto: streets not fdr behind. 1 ——__It Isdifficult to figuresout how this excessive overcrowding can take place if. the Tenement-House law is enforced. There are 43,560 square | feet Iran acre. If the beds\for 1,400 \people were put side by side on an acre tHey would coyer allithe surfaceVand not leave room for passage- ways. ~ These most overcrowded! tenementHhouses are not five and six-story buildings, but small old-styie-houses, cowezing only part of the ground and with back yards and areawaysenecessarity free from buildings. The cen- sus _fieures must-mean the crowding! of families into one or two Tooms, and the taking of lodgers. in, addition ‘to that, because there are not ag] many rooms in these houses las-there-are-inhabitants. | The Tenement law requires that there shall be 400 cubic fest of Space-to each adult and’ 200) to each child under twelve years of age.| Taking the ceilings-as eightitfeet high in the clear, the minimum of |: ful floor space would be 7x!7 on 6 x 8 forveach adult. For a family of poy o. s me two parents and four chNdren there wonld haye to be three times I HB E JA R R FA MHE Y = 24 aS UU ees: ers,” sald Mr. Jarr, “that a 1 | + ¥ s love | { | “He lost lus bride because he wouldst eat onfons— When he tried to breathe his love she turnt away.” Responding to terrific applause, she effects a quick change of costume | by slipping on a feather boa and a bead bracelet and passes out the newest ‘Indfan melody, “My Eczema Matd."* The next turn the gentlemanly prestidigitator in the roomy dress sult with the kimona sleeves and the = front which {s under sligh- sus- . picion of having o: been we es the parlor tricks that came into popubarity at the thne fited wp the fore part of his cave with the first set of mission furnituy and called it a parlor,” The work of this talented performer is characterized by all the smodthness and finish of a-member of the Housesmiths’s Union opening a soft-bolled egg With an ax._ | And now comes the finishing touch—th Pthing by a truco Parisian frog Paris, fi Tht: | froliesome olf of 198 pounds, in a spangled 5 When she promenades across the front the ge effect {s that of a run- fway Mardi Gras float. This {8 always a cue for some elderly-male dodo Bird to blow Kisses at the passing pageant and be slapped on the back by + his admiring fellow-members, Curtain. pet eer ee THE FUNNY PART: If they tried to pass {t out to us at a vodyveel we'd wreck the place, a What! The Elimination of Lovel — : The Motive and the Joy of Living! By Nixola Greeley-Smith. Sberitts haltecination catied love must go. Young people should choose mates as stockmen select thelr horaes and co! Such ds the remarkab! WHAT IScoRDS! ssy, naughty French r Tady ist Nght ame t frock and a tamborine, i Xo rE H jon of Dr, Julfus Grinker, = nervous diveare export of Post-Graduate Medle —————~rrrrrrrrreeeeeeeee i Mate sehooliteniolcicehermorai ones enmiritiavenneinod ¥ SES] _ abolisned, the next generation will < andl By Roy L. McCardell or 5 Truly m ead state of aft. ts absolute Copelossness—that warld who agreed ¥ But the majority ¢ i Mrs. Jarr, ‘They might be the aime people | all! My mothera brother married a girl is “Well, it doesn't matter,” ‘a horrible haljuctnation." ed to got his name in the jeonmpacentty, : heat ti jong Ago. n tact, I think werwout on’ al! fours with a neat i dileotion for aco ton there now! ‘ou women are certainly sitting | body pronounced .it “Tolliver.” OW exasperated Mr, Jarr. W, you are always jumping on me for nev down and“discussing the toples of the day with you. This tn why I don't ‘Why, are not discussing {t all tight? asked Mrs. Jarr, with surpriso. Dr. Grinker's-proposed {nnov: ese, and a man “No, we are { you ten dollars you can’t tell me what I'm talking |tgh clase-retorm. It is absolu igcienit he aslects QUCuG corsa How could a man choore ! he bit a thread and put_her-work-own-t orosen Tor erent MInge, BOM TOK Nee, Fo & around cheerfully. in our tally and a pre the logien! * asked Mrs. Jar, looking up . however, the qualification of = apracticndle any avay ook at tt we as a wtockm: eu Min F 7 Horses are nCe, MOTs fot tret=———$ — Tes nottins who sald in Chicago that women | ters, some as pacers. Others becauen they drive welt tn doubio harnoss, = ! Since some fami not have n faratly we used 40. a—dFese,—and—smon—should_choosa Of-course,-the laat qualification 7 sirable in a wife, but tt + e ce. some fam it have x ved out West 5 i |! | He ‘ move: Mrs. Herbert Parsons’s {dea of trial oral yorue, {t ‘wall must be all the more ov x of the A tO) BO to for once, yo * eald Mr, Jarr, as he regarded his wife | continue to be impossible to learn a ladys q cas until after the Evidently the building of additional b Fala, but her swith a purzled lool. ‘What do you think of 1tt"* ceremony. : 4 % - . ; nber her aa well as if | siily, ko all the reat of the m replied Mrs. Jarr. ‘Women t often know what aallties he would prefer in a keep pace wit increase in populati: thelr husbands It pick thefr dresses, Some women know how | acientif i fo: Speed ts not generatly Mked, Enturance ts generally, \WDhe evil of tenement-house overcroy renter every year, | Is RONG to pick Rood fos, dresses that look well and wear well. And some get toud) ested si: te quarrets-of the first year, ESS Jana Grimblo, Mra. J and vulgar patterns, and shoddy ¢ iods and'— . It woutd be a great day for the marriage brokers, however. hee * asked Mr, Jarr, with peedy public ex-} quitea way east fr >, and on of Churches! “Obv well, I never had any head for geograph jnotived tat the girls a igh school that were eo ‘ot one of them married well, and two of them never married at ell. Soy |marry Goctile, eruc! driver does hi “Oh, come now,.' eald Mr. Jarr, interrupting, “you don't mean to say men choose a wife an they plot a horrot” =, jon't.@don't they? replied Mfrs. Jarr. ‘Well, joo at the men that honl-working women that they swear at and abuse, just lke a uithful horse. Look at the men who think they are smart “Bargains in Extra Superfine Dispositions." UPhe Tenement-House\Dep E i {planation of how these figures compiled i are possibte without flagrant violation ofthe daw, | : mink of the advertisements! replied Mra. J by tthe Federat ¢ i mart in 4t never amoutnted to "Oh, t 2 “Complete Assortment of Finely Selected Wires, Cheapest {n the Clty.” | + Ree epee ees pn | ‘And so 1 nos, do It roared Mr.-Jarr. “And do you think your gatbling in picking a smart and they get s hieh strung critter all nerves, and shies “Out Prices. in Brunettes.” S 1 Qnya ts any anwwer to this erent sootological sug- off and mins away, And some are handsome and look fine tn fine rigs and"— Ree ‘for To-Day Only!" x €é 6IS- rom G cop 6 | Seat : Naver hid the realy Fale MN Tarr. “Tt aea what -you mean, It jan't every “Blondes, Half Price ‘for To-Day: Only! i u H ad off." responded Mrs. Jarr, “I would tell yu one that’s! smart enough or fortunato efough to pick, what's Best for them, |} "00 UU ee as efther, fn husbands or wives or hordes ant tresses. I won't forget It." & vee pining bachelors sitting around walling for the wa aioe aa Wr aera ome "Xnd-don't Lorget you owe me ton aon: ‘suid Mrs. Jarr, tn-her sweetest} — Think of-all_the poor, a T 4 Se aay. a The Irish Tongzne. jae Into him or bo eked py a b sald Mr, Jarr, teatily epetiing the name, mannery mates Doubtless, the suggested arrangement would be fine for the comic wweeldies, fae the EAttor ot the Brentne W: Of! « lyotanders. After all Q i hut awhat would become of the novelists and posts for whom the delineation of A correspondent (“H. His) the most musical = “there {a one Innguasy 7_feunoors tg tO Teooe Te Before the Britian Hetiee ence publ ove has mado a comfortable living for ef 7 bs We were ‘such a thing. possibles” tse tease a pigath a aa q ; ; j ; erfously co! , the elimination of love weawenen’ Mr, and Mrs. Cantfooler. &.2 &.2 2 G2 G2 C.2 BYE Fe Mmm se, te mie sad th hy oe ir oe wrorcly We munt carry {t In our hearts forever and pags: {t- ony Of, yittch= haa wi aah ¥ coma man to anuff it out, ; and that is the Int eure '§ ae T'LL GIVE You THAT NEW SUITS Yeo sia rr wine How WERE SQUARE: whether we will or 1 jan unchallecged 5 THEt Sore E eases THE ®'50 beFone To BE READY TH G9 OUT On THE MO THOUGHT ; ————— FIRST OELiveRy | You LEAVE FoR | INTHE MORNING Y) THE OFFICE. EVENING, DEAR; ~ BErTER LeT NAVE THe Fir TO PAY FoR iT. elcal is well sires tNone other can equa’ none other its 1 wauee of every ¥ or studecit of BE READY Dress, Dress, Dress. By Walter A. Sinclair, HE Horse Show pretext's over and the opera's came ‘round ‘To call together women who are wonderfully gowned. ae = And now the sdclal climbers, every female fat and thin, |Is in the social struggle or will try to’ ‘shoulde>” tn, ‘The rules of gentle foothill make the rowdy players chop. PB ‘They don't apply to dressing, and where will the “full-back” stop? Oh, dt 4s drese! dress! dress! : ‘Well, we can fuet guess yea, When you fight each night i needful no loses and corroborate. PATRICK J Meckleas Chiutte To he © Towne t cor oat w big “kiing ped and I tried to cross Football, Ping-Pou« me 14 a“ 4 she " For aoctal success-cess-cess, “Ves, t 4s gown! gown! goon! 3 Rashi <= ; To win the smart set crown, | (eae ON, Bote, SENO FOUR BOXES OF SEE THAT TAG? $ 12.98 !- CURSES!-7 YI And 1we confess : I'M BUTING THOSE 25¢ PERFECTOS v WHERE'S THE BALANCE FORGOT THaT They should sch less . \ By dress! dress! dress! “It's not the clothes that makes the man,” once sang an anctent.-pard, Ho never saw the “Horseshoe” or he'd think {t over hard, What of the art of Vog-ner, Blzzy, Goono and that crowd? ‘The art of Worth gnd Redfern makes a Holse tHiat’a twico as loud, The singing sinks to nothing and the high-class, acting fades 1 When looking ‘round the ‘Horseshoe’ «t our foremost shoulder blades, Now Yori | protanted »cuoUs rank of r MG my office! OF THE BLAMED price Wee ) Riel None Universally Obsery ° To. thé waiter of The F ts r been ain. h i sf And IT 4s dress! dress! dress "i ir and by similar t In the World Almanac, Although you do not seem to guess So when it's less! leas! lesal Difehed: now That the nobbier tt da 1 ( 1 wustigh met nervou 5 Tas : And from tha fig-tree leaves a : a to aire mes Eats A a abe ues peat { That made up Mother Eve's, ref fi Dr 6 or Sub wa wh Now York City a Necinity and such ; ; périectly innocent man jesties them 4 take In ged) men free or by aye ia hie aha, ‘ ) @ecident he is likely te gota hatpin “*?t Of & certain amount? Who's str 0 Seep Sul , e \ gota hetpin NTS ©. Vo Btaten Lntahg, JFho's strong for @resst: i treset ” Mi *