The evening world. Newspaper, January 1, 1907, Page 8

@udlished by the Press Publishing Company,'No. 53 to @ Park Row, New York Entered at the Post-Oftice at New York as Second-Class Mail Matter. TWoLu ME 47 «NO, 16,569. — NEW RESOLUTIONS. —New- Year's Day is the customary {ime for making good resolutions. {This custom should not be confined to private citizens. Turning over a > new leaf is even more needed in public than in private life. The most an ordinary citizen can do'by reforming himself is slight compared with the great benefits in the power of men of prominence and influence. ——. The following-resolutions are, respectfully submitted by The Eyen- ing World to the distinguished citizens whose names precede them, It is to he hoped that all these resolutions will _be made, and that some of them at least will be carried out. By Goy, Hughes: Resolyed, That 1 will be the Governor of all the people, that I will purge every State department under my, control, that 1_will- reorganize them_with honest, competent and intelligent men, be- ginning, with the Railroad Commis: sion and the Insurance Department. Boys Mayor McClellan: Resotved; eres hereby-admit my failuresas a. politician, that 1 will drop poli- tics, and during the remainder of -my-administration-set-solelyin-the interest of the people of this great dity. 1 will cast out Mugghy, Me- Carren and all the other office- mongers high and low. By Attorney-General Resolved, That 1 ‘will break up every trust_doing business in this s nt. Jackson: |° ‘Daily State. By District-Attorney.. Jerome: Resolved, That 1 will not take an- other vacation or another nap until | have indicted and tried everybody “in the Perkins-Fairchild class who has violated the penal code. By Comptroller: Metz: “Resolved, That T will treat’ the big” tax- | ke the litile taxpayers, and that Twill sell at public auction the == property of the Metropolitan Street Railway-Company, the Consolidated |. T. and every other corporation ‘that is indebted to the - city of New York. _ ~~ By Corporation Counsel Ellison: Resolved, That I will promptly enforce the forfeiture of every void or voidable franchise and of every il- ‘legal assumption of franchise rights-within the city of New York. By. Police Commissioner Bingham: ‘Resolved, That if any member of the police force does not -do faithful-police-duty_I-will_find-a way to get rid of him. ——By-Charles-F Murphy=-Resolved- That.1-will-confine-the activities —ef-Tammany to-the-patriotic, benevolent and-fraternal-purposes-of the. ancient charter of the Society of Tammany or the Columbian Order. - By Patrick H. McCarren: Resolved, That henceforth I will stick to the race-track and let-Brooklyn nominate and elect its own officials, ~ By Lawson Purdy, Président of the-Tax Department: Resolved, That 1 will make a new assessment of the taxable property of New York and compel the corporations arid the landed-estates to bear their just shares of the burden of taxation. ; _ By the Rapid Transit_Commission and the Board of. Estimate: ___ By John'D. Rockefeller: Resolved, That so long as crude petroleum costs two cents i gallon the Standard Oil will sell kerosene for five cents y J. Plerpont Morgan-and George F. Baer: Resolved, That the price of anthracite coal Is hereby reduced to what ft was before the “Anthracite Coal Trust was formed. By the Armour, Swift, Morris and Cudahy Companies: Resolved; +—fFhat-we-wilt enable consumers to buy. meat that costs us six cents a for_ten cents, — ID_Eve hand Adama jemon? This atmple— question which I propounded to the readers of The Evening World some_tima'ago, has) grown to the dimensions “ot a scientific discovery, and was discussed Saturday: before the National American Language Association by Protessor Oliver Johnson, of Californie, who lent to my feeble theory the welght of his Sieoloaate learning and a profes ta the Tree of Knowledge incident, us fruit which hes been mistranslated into apple. Bl Devery, Pat MoCarren and other leading sdienttats of- our_elty. ferk= up-Mr.—-Holland's— statement, Aectaring | furthermore that he lemon varinty, “Kneditithou the land where the lemon trees bloom? asked Alignon, dreaming undeubtedly of Paradise Los possessing a subtle womanly desire to band some Avtam the Kruit of the lemon tree, ‘Where the citron and-olive are-fairest-of fruit, E And the voice of the nightingale never is mute," sang Byron of Abydos, in ancient geography a town tn Agila Minor not too far (rom Usa penuted wite of the Garden of Eden to lend color to the lemon. theory, _At any rate, if Eve did not hand Adam @ tenon, she made the mistake of her caresr, and one for which ber daughters munt. suffer till the least last lomon has been served with the final fish. And by tho way, If the. serpent w a soaly serpent—and he-certainly—pleyed our first. mother a_ , scaly. trick—the = Suppose that-everybody resolved to try | to do what Is right “instead ‘of what they think will make the most money for themselves, how much ~better-off_and-how much happier the world would be, ___ Letters from the Pedple. Praise for Mra. Booth, xd the Editor of The Evening World: I wi#h to Inform thos of your read- ers. who may not know of the good done by Mrs. Mayd Booth, of the Vol~ ontéedra of America. on Christmas Day. | very tew men do take the required care. | I was one of the lucky people to re-| What Ja the result? Ofttimes !!] health colye a fine box of clothes and toys for) “Ant-Osler* writes that a beard ty a Amy. ‘two children rrthing. waa vse- | source of proteation-to-the_tnroat-dnd ful ‘wnd brand new. I-saw boxes Ktven| ty also becom. i Vaerslh DF other Kood people, but none seemed py ple maa Ee, mustaches and beards, I want to may that It Js another aid toward health and cleantiners; How many men take mifficiint time to clean their mustaches and—dearde properly? I observe that i ‘ ie jfers heulth and cleanliness to becoin- Vahl ieee Savon jer protect his throat than a-pbeard. AK. DEBS To Regulate Cost of Living, The Evening World: that many postal employees are Hoot! every country and in doing man, | | for! to the Editor of I se the Bor peor nry .unerty throwing over thelr employment be- | case wagea aro low and the price of piving 1s daily growing higher, Mow oe [about the many others equally {l-pald, AG God express service | wha can't chango thelr jc thilke, Tcntered wy Maaneaes at Seventy- Sa thes employees go to Ket other work} ater for our Prestdent t0| PED board it, g, nearly morning tw without tor on tt #ireet a OL off aN sirect food, ] wulated. Big Stick? M, O'LL 'w Record ‘Mime, could where's uit We're victi Beards ‘To the F a Ab tot tor of The Eve c-gtadush—deapperranse Of It’s a Foolish World, After All! = « “Ring Out the Old.” By J. Campbell Cory. Taesder Electrical Engineer x * Chef * * Broker * * Locomotive Engineer | x & Plumber Stenographer x. * * Chauffeur « * « Arlist * * % Music Teacher A Series of Authentic Guides to Those Who Wish to Select a Career, Glying Information Concerning Qualificaifous, Cpportunities, Earnings, &c., in the Different Trades and Professions. By T. oO. McGill. THE ‘DETECTIVE. DONT WORRY ABOUT ME KID - I'YE HAD_A Goop mnteameae between fish and lemon, which’ all_cheta_ Perea en and all palates affirm, 's thereby exnlained. Waat is an apple but a rather tasteless musky suMfclenty aweet but exreperat- ingly Mayorless mouthful, which, tf Eve really handot {t {9 her defenseless husband, should have entitled him to a divorce.- But {¢ she handed a jemon, sour, pungent, delightfully fragrant, bitter sweet, could not our first father have fashioned for himself-a gin ricky, a whiskey sour, or any one of a hundred Geloctadle mixtures by which the soul of man ts elevated and his heart made Bad? Hebe was cup bearer, to the Gods until Ganymede did he rout of her Job. It ia not to de mupposed thst the Goda drank sarsaparilia, Why was she oloctedt Because Jove kney woman had a right to the office, having produced tie frat er,''. our_good noble Mother Eve, who handed Adam a iemon—or may be it a imo—and thén Jet tim do the rest. é +4 House Heating in 100 A. D. : N unusual tyze of Roman Sees been unearthed on the alte of the A ancient Roman encampnient tn Britaty ut-Cacrwent. ‘Tre-remains have beon found to be in an excellent state of pretervation. A departure from tho conventional practice of the Romans In the designs oir realdonces, ax revealed by previous excavations In that country, is the provision of extra rooms ‘abutting on the four sides of the courtyard. In the basements two Completely pérfect=heating devices or Hypocausts were found, together with the peculiar blue tiles utilized by the owners for conducting the heat from the stove in the bascinent Ed FAGAN Jt MrouRN (we Upper rooms of the dwelling. “In the basement some exquisite specimens of Raman paying were unearthed, By ‘R.W. Taylor.) “SITTING UP* TO WELCOME THE NEW YEAR! jibes ‘@ dotective on sure pay aro rare. ETECTIVE.—One who engages in the pursuit of dew D tecting the wrong in that which may affect one or more people; applied to ona engaged in the detection — of crime and criminals; one who follows po set rules oc routine in makinx known to one or more persons the ucte and movements ‘of human pees whose actions are of in- terest to-others; = ~ —“Batary: an day to $20.0 day. ; : : <Hours’ of Labor.—A detective has no’ set ‘hours of _lubor other than thone prescribed by hia employer or supe rior officer. when engaged in routine work, or when on & caso where reiular hours for reporting are consistent. A ry detective may be on his feet for thirty and, forty’ hours of @ stretch, and again hare no more than an hour's work @ day, : Dutles of a Detective—A detective's duties nie to gain information about Anything he Js at work on that will stand as indisputadle evidence “before @ court. The work of “shadowing” men, and women {s one of the first dutiescas, for instance, the head of a bureau tells a detective that John Doe ts under wus- picton of being In collusion with men who get from him tnformation concerting his employer's business; the detect! ta to “shadow John Doe and report [tla avery movemant.skhom ha meets, where he goes da¥or night, what money he spends, how he Iives.and with what firins ho deals, upon to take up and finish an unsolved criminal case, (ollowing every scrap of detail that involves the person or persons connected with the crime. ‘The duties of a detective are nover Axed except as to the absolute orders from his superior, but the man with Initiative never needa to haye his dutlag defined. Age of Detectives.—A man may bo an efficient detective from ‘the age of twenty yours up to whatever age he retaing his physical-vigor-and-mental.facul— Lies, —Cool_-and-sober-Sudament ta raqutrad-of tha m5si Qamble detective, and therefore the best age for @ deteviive young men are apt to act on tmpulse; et Again, -he-may be called — Inspector Willlam McLaughlin, of the New York police and In charge of The Detective Bureau ofthe city, has-tiia to say to men who aspire to be Getectives: S “Detectives are made as well as born, and some of the moan who have done big and valuable work in the detection of crime have plodded along to tt. “Unusually brillant work asa detective seldom comes from a man who has nut the proper enthusiasm. and there 1a no rule Absolutely to_sukde one. jn describing tho man who makes the best detetive, “Some young men go tnto {t-and forse right-to the front, and other mer— ve-to-work slowly along certain tines before achieving any result worth noting — “A ito man with a pug nose and-crooked oArn and splay feet may at? twenty-one xo out and work all around the man who stands perfect an wr speckmen-b- manhood,—with-Uve same-sise head-as the othor fellow." e: *T would not discourage any man who wanted to become a detective from olig—e0,—Therets—aninie reward for theme who-eare for the work enough to take {t up as a life work, but.tt fe a hard life, and a man cught to be aanear perfect physically ax possible to go at it. "It nduiits of Uttie home comfort, even for a man who has a adap, A man who loves a domestic fireside and si!ppers ought not to think of entering It Notwithstanding the fokea made about them, I haye meon some of tho deteo- Uves tn the city’s employ werk weeks at a time ona case without Inying slept in the saine bed twice in-a month, and who lost fron ten to twenty pounds: of weight while on a case PEC: “The man who has the right moral balance and can clearly see wrong from right, und hax tie spirit to punish the wrongdoer, soon Onds a higher reward than money in detective work. A man who ts not properly balancéa morally cught never to go Into detective work. A crovked detective x us soon detected™ as "Any other wrongiloer, and ke has a hard time If he wants to follow the life.” The way to becdme a dctoctive In the Polite Department of New York City fa (0 follow the usual routine of becoriing a policeman, which necessitates piss 4, ing a_civil nervicn examination and waiting for appotate Ment ax. patrolman. After a man hne-decome a patrol- | _man he must #how adantedllity for “det may ‘How to Become { a Detective. c) tment who are anxtoua to “mak shows thia adaptability he ts taken to Headquarters 0 felning and given 9 chance. If he makes good be can. stay there and- get Slory and as high as $2,000 a year. The custom Is for the man who tsi charge of the Detective Burcau from time to time to watch the work of policemen who have to bring prisoneré to Headquarters, and many a good detectlve has been picked up fromthe ranks whose handling of cases has brought him to the. Notice of the olief in charge. The Pinkerton Detective Agency, which Is the standard by which all detective organizations outside of municipal bureaus are operated, ernnsoy a Us a Bands-of men and js taking on young-mei"dit-the-time, The Pinkertons have a Civil /service examination of thelr own which ls a easy matter to pass, but they have grades and classes that a beginner ma: onter, If he-is physically ft, where he may earn five dollars a day for what 19 termed “night shadowing’ and making reports on -the movements of Individuals who are of interest to dix employera of labor, A-man who works for the Pinkertons who {a honest with them and does hig plan duty t= taken caro of till be dies, If he wishes cto stay In the wervice. ‘Tue-offices of the Pinkértons in the pleasant climates have Atty per cent, of & staff made up of men who have broke down in. the work In more trytig quarters, There are hundreds of smal} detective ageactes that amploy young men, and some of them afford fine opportunities to a man who wants to be a detective, where all one-needs-to-recure employment-is-to-be-ahln to rénd-end write and have use of all his faculties, The detective agenclex of New York are liable to the State, and the Sta! Comptroliera office hae-nn-agent in Now York who does nothing elec but wate Rood: detectives. If he Don’t Become. a “Fake” Detective the detective agencies :here. FROST ENS ers ATE “oatitutions that-adyertise—to” make anyone detective for a small fee, but ther aro tlons and-are supprensed from’ time to me by the Post Office Department. In Now York City there aro fout or five responsiblé, F detective agenctes besides the Pinkertohs, who are @td> ploying men all the tine. Their addresses may bo obtained from the my: business directory, Anidq\from these and the city police force the chances, td TAT ant ae reantred— ot aman to become a and write, have good health and some common sense. Genluses ike Allan Pinkerton and Inspector McLaughlin and the once famous Thoma Byrnes bre scarce, but fow capable detectives evar fulled in obtaining glory and money who went at the work in earnest. Old Dr. Time’s Reflections, ' By Walter A. Sinclair. BEFORE the fire Dootor Time wat hvark’ning to the midnight chime, “A When o'er the telephone was borne to him this message mo forlornt "Old Nineteen Six Jn dying fast, and ev’ry second ascems bis last; He offers all his vaunted wealth to be restored to life and health, Oh, ‘Doctor, come upon-the run. No, stay! Too late! I seg ho's done.” ‘Time hung the ‘phone upon the hook; a leat turned in his ledger book. ‘Then loud beside the telephone Its bell rang with a-joyous tone, | Time pressed the tube sgalnst his ear, and heard. the messago glad and clear Heard about the latest birth? A brand New Year to Mother Earth, “Sa aeived ‘one hour past eleven, and they have named it Nineteen Seven. You muat have known when he was born, for everybody blew a horn, ‘All right, Old Grouch. Just don't enthuse. I'd treat, but know you would refuse’ Onoe more Time. hooked the tolophone. At last he had been left alone, ~ Ho emiled a smile behind his beard, theoush mblch the wind played muslo welds He wiped his scalpel, sharp and bright, and held !t up agaiat the light; _ 4 He took his pipo, the bow! he stuffed, and murmured as Me gently puffed; ~ “Old Nineteen Six was rich and fat, and shirked a lot of work at that; ‘sYoung Nineteen Beven'a bound to find a lot the other left behind, “The Subway problem must be kolved..Kome Bridge relief must be evolved. ‘The high court ought to haste and paxo upon the case of high-priced gan. mo A‘way to act must yot be found to run inburance thleven to ground, rYerome musi catoh the Yellow Pup; Wkewlee the Person Higher Up. With Cuba, Brownsville, Trusts and Japs, the year will start quite dull perhaps With so much left, It's hard to #ea how New Year's e'er ‘can happy he" <4 ‘ spans ene uamanruautats Card Playing Taught in Schools. = ARD playing {s sald to have become so general_among- German: upper classea th: regular lessons In playing are now teen Jn all fashii boarding schools for girls. The education of a German girl fs not complete unless she has learned how to take a linnd at bridge, ecarte oF the other gauies now in vosue, + ; “Will bring him to the attention of the -men-in-the-diepart- Phe —pay—for—deteciive work ranges from _ a> | f etimes very soon after-— » i