The evening world. Newspaper, February 15, 1907, Page 14

@ustianes by the Press Publishing Company, No. 6 to @ Park Row, New York. ‘> Batered at the Post-btics at New York as Second-Class Mutil Matter. nasae ocak NO18, 074; wiwendes _._ THE GORGEOUS. SEX. sessions this week at the Hotel Astor. Its proceedings are not receiving ic-attention-which-they deserve. Professors, the merchant tailors discuss their doings more as an art than ig Influences.” S-paper it was asserted that tailors are the men responsible for mm: shing clvilized_ conditions fromi primitive ‘savagery.” It was —-@lso- pleaded that-men-should dress ‘more in colors, that they should, allow ‘ance. of masculine dress would be greatly relieved and improved by the use of silks, pearl. and. brass buttons, variegated colors and scenic ‘effects, This. appeal: of the tailors is addressed to the wrong sex.—Not-men monotoiy of men's attire.’ The so- calls th nat of Neal TINGIN AW shirt ftont, the white lawn tie, the ‘unostentatious black and the rest of it, are the best foi! and setting for women’s evening g if men || were to wear plum-colored coats. |. Cerise shirts, rainbow neckties and trousers to match, what would be- come.of the effect of the expensive tostumes of the women with them? Perhaps the man might outshine ‘the woman. More likely ‘his attire would be discordant with hers. She match, like her lapdog, or there would ‘would either have to. dress him to It ts against the precedents of nature for both sexes to array them- selves gorgeously. Among the lower animals it is always the male who Is athe -subordinate“hen.— The* peacock wears the “plumage for the whole family, and the peahen is content to shine in his reflected glory. The male lion has the more luxuriant hair and the stronger voice. ; Only civilized man, of all forms of animal life, ts secon¢insplendor of {appearance and vocal powers to the female of his kind. Among savages : bedeck. themselyes-with:noserings, varrings,_gowgaws,-plug-hats and other articles of adornment. The male Indians wear feathers, while the women drudge. The tailors should point out the most marked proof of the outward changes wrought by mod- - ern Civilization is the universal mo- notonous conformity of men’s ap. “parel——As“late—as—the —elghteenth— men. sought to deck them: Fhey—had- hairdressers who platted their pig- tha of Vh K- ‘more com: monly by men than by women. Diamond. shoe buckles, gold buttons ~ © face and: jewelry were all fashionable with men. Instead of the stiff line: were made of ornamental velvet plush, such as dowagers wear to-day _The_important fact. which this ‘change of aftire_betokens_is the reversal of sex relations. In all the lower orders of animals the inale pursues the female, Tke males ficht among themselves for the females’ =favor.— Whether: in-a-herd_ of elephants or buffaloes or among: domestic “fowl, the most resplendent male found most favor with the other sex. So it was in the human race unti) the fast two centuries. “At the times of the Crusades the women walted | for the victor. In the times of the Georges women yielded tothe charms of the most=dazzling cour: tlerkses z < id \ The pursuit of women by men Ss began with the first forms of human Dy life. © The -reversal -of this until women fight among themselves for social distinction and men’s favor. Se SS when-the-match-making “has: come de-done-by-women-and_not-by-men,-when-the-woman-is-the-gorgeous yictor-and-the-man-the-humble-means-of paying for-her-adomment—alt =these things and more must be reversed and the-old sex attitude restored eneties Letters from the People. Sa Hy, Tas } Wg” : Olives pan ig ———Sereey Justice and New York's, Tendered_crosa-by delay. ‘That adds_to To the EAltor af ‘The Evening World: the bother, Express tmiina half on When John Jones, trutt_nedidler,.| hour Inte and people losing their jobs shoots or etaba Joe Smith. rag colleatar,| YY Coming Inte to thd office or store. he {a haled to coirt. gets a tair,| ANd We endure tt all, we sheep! straight, honest, swift trial. . If eutlty eA ROARINELY 7317 he diea, If innocent he goes free. If Brooklyn Hoodlams, wecond degree murder oan be proven he ‘To Gre Editer of The Prening World: goes to prison, In the Btate of New) I went to com at the Brook- Jersey: quick, sure Justice ts meted out. {lyn police. While pansing’ White Now, why in the case of Thaw cannot |ayenve, between Eixth and Seventh the plain facts, thelr justification or reots, yeutemiay morning I saw a Jack” thereof, the attendant eircum-' bunch of rowdles throwing big chunks stances, &c., be set forth briefly, honest-|of ico at every. passer-by, A pleco of. ly to both aides and a verdict rendered {ca atrick mo on the heal and I fell for or against th used? Justice throwing I was Meually typified ns folded. She | us by the first blow and —teema to have slipped tne bandage up |a kind person carrie’ me Into hts house, over one eye moré than once in dis-| It took over half an hour to get mo to eriminating between fruit peddler and| my senees, During all that time there man of Importance and given the latter| Was not a policeman in sight and the the benefit of a longer, more spectacu-| EANk Wes wt] Atty mean work, It Aer trial, Were Thaw on trial in my|happenod yesterday besween 10 and 12 mative State of New Jersey he would) A.M. BD. BURTE, 23 Seoond otreat, 1) Be free or convicted ere now The Four Weluhts, APN : POL ECON. -}o the Editor of ‘The Byening World: Subway Sheep. “Pp, ©, A." asks’ for four welghts Bator of The Wrening World; which together welsh 40 pounds and | Walle we writhe helpless under the | which will welgh any amount from 1 Pverovowding and under-speeding of |to @ pounds. They are 1, 3, 9 and 27 She shailic mubway,’ that road's pro-| pound weights and ary used in the fol- mioters_seam too busy coitnting and | jowing manner: ‘To, welgh 6 pounds, put iatneking our nickela to hoar or heed |y pounds on one allie of the ecales and our plaint. Yoo fow tloket agents, That | thy 3 and 1 (=4) on tho other side. This “Molaye us nt the'atart. ‘Too few trains. | makes a difference of & pounds, which lat .meains further delay. Bad ar-/ can then be weigh Or, to welgh 25 onta at the Grand Central sub. | Pounds, put 27 and 1 (=23) on. one sido ‘The-Merchant-Tailors'_Natlonal Convention hasbeen holding its! Like—philosophers- or college themselves fo be guided more by their tailors and that the sombre appear-| f= * but ‘women: are respansible for the| ‘called ‘full-dress suit, which Bernard} = nag -Mocracy, with its expanse _of white! | By Maurice Ketten, OH.BOSHI- E ou CHUrIP LISTER ToMEARS IAT" NOT TH! | SWEAT IT OUT QUT ANS bony SES, “STOP THAT., Di SToP THAT Low MY \ PRESCRIPTIONS ‘STHEONL) CURE) BUNDLE UP EITHER] The Evening World’s Daily Magazine, Friday, February 15, 1907. ~ How to Cure the Grip. YOOFOOLT- Fo reste ss ADVICE-GOano NWRAP_UP. tf you WANT To. CURE IT. ISTEN To ME, YOU SIMPLETON | Don'T BREATHE, O!SHUT UP? HES TORGOTES SIXTY HEROES WHO MADE HISTORY By Albert. Paysen. Terhune. No. 15—CHARLES MARTEL, the Ban Who Made Prence. | | YOUNG nobleman found himself, in 714, disinherited, shunned, sus- ie | pected of murder and with no prospects of future betterment. He j was Charles, son of Duke Pepin of Austrasia, Chancellor to the King j ,of France, A few years laten Charles was balled as ruler and preserver of | his—country, - s France (or Gaml) had had a turbulent history, Settled in cary days by savage Gallic tribes, {t hnd been conquered by Jullus Caesar and an- nexed to the Roman Empire. Until late !n the fourth century A. D It [remained a province of Rome, Then, made hold by the empire's growing | weakness, the Gauls sought to throw off the Roman yoke. Rebellions. sa¥- jage invasions, intrigues and violence filled ii, the next hundred years or jmore.. A confederacy of Teutonic tribés, known ag Free-Men (‘Frauks™) °, at last conquered most_of-Gan}-and founded a Frankish, or’ French king=~ dom. Their greatest chief, Clovis, in. 486 defeated the last Roman Gov~ ernor there, became converted to Christianity, won the sole rulership of {Gaul nnd founded the Merovingian Mno of ‘kings. B thin oen= \turies, the kingdom once moro d{spdlved into petty afd racked by leivil war. Out of those wars rose, s° conqueror and foremost fgure of. the ‘day, Pepin d’Horiatal, Duke of Aystrasia, Te 5 5 {The ‘Merovingian kings ‘still nominally governed Franco, tut they had; “hecome moro figure-heads, the real arnwent being in) the—hands of |.chancellors,-on ‘‘Mayors of the Palace,” as they ‘ere ‘called, Pepin, the i {Ohancellor,, had two sons, of whom Charles was the younger. Charles's youth: hi el his zu [demenulo Te ny and iis boyhood’s escapadss y ; ‘nssassination of his-elder, brother. This was not exactly the sort of record: pro guattty x-man-for governing 69 turbulent n-cntntry-or for: tollowing ous d’Heristal’s fe work. Pepin realized'this. On his death, in 714, he disin-: of his grandsons and the regency of the dukedom to his wife. Charles was an outcast. so ’ Then set in a wild period of andrchy. “Austras!a was one of the most. | _ hopes and ambitions. The people ross in rebellion, _ ; ‘Anarchy That fiercely refusing ta be governed b: ‘baby, ang 5 = ; Bi y a é tterly sot al On Mer Quelied, |. ROMAN. \Pepin's arrangeménta_were utterly | = _ montis of lawlessness and riot, Charles was chosem |Duke by popular. accluim. <= : i Now it was that the dissolute lad's trie character shone forth. Re Tin anda hero of tim. He became a warrior, and scarcely knew another ~~~ day of peace-from.then on- until his death, twenty-seven years later... The Duchy of Neustrin was Austrasta’s foremost rival. athong the French. states, dom. _He later. entered the Duchy of Aquitaine and subdued it He stretched the boundaries of his territory southward to the Loire and nortls ang cast “to tho Rhine: the--borderinnd—ot~his—reatm:—Charies-beat them back-and- foreed-many— of the German barbarians to embrace Christianity, .The Garncens. from northern Africa, had for many —yeara been hurling armies and_bodies of first ravaged and- Inter -ninde~ permanent settiements, Spain was- their headquarters, and, by force of arms and numbers they threatened to crush out Christianity and native European ruio.’ Of late, however, they “to make that-country a second Mahometan-Arab-province. —Thetr- prophet, Mahomet, had claimed to be God's representative on earth. His followers, Aled with fanatical zeal, had already conquered much of the Orient, and man Empire. In 732 a huge Saracen asmy crossed the Pyrenees. from Spain os an advance guard of this proposed wave of world conquest. They marched northward, spteading over the whole land, slaying, burning, con- _ force seemed strong enough to check the avalanche of {nvas{on. Progres@ and Christianity alike were about to bo forever swept from Buropo ana the banner of Mahomet to succeed that of the Or suspicion that directly responsible for thi herited tho, twenty-five-year-old Charles, leaving the Obancellorship to one Imo provinces’ in al! France, and around {t centred many national naught by the popular voice, and, after a few! “sponsibility and power, as has so often been the case In history, made Charles overeame the Neustrians and made himself Chancellor of the king~ The Bavarians, Saxons and other Teutonic tribes had begun to plunder colonists across the Straits of Gibraltar !nto Europe. There they had at had looked covetously on the fertile lands of southern France ond planned now had {deas of annexing Spain, France, Germany and Italy to the Otto- quering as they came. ‘Civilization looked on {n horror and despali Then {t was that Charles, the former outcast_ suspected murderer, —teared France and nll Europe for elyilizatton and for the Christian religion A pattic-on-—whose-resuitohung the fate of the -worid:~ j The Jarr Family’s Daily “What is {t you want to say?” “Oh, nothing—that 1s, er—well, never mind,” said Mr. Jarr feebly, legs. nce, “Haye you been ~ drinking — ae With that courage that bespeaks a clear conscience he defied the allegator. | —"Have—you~been betting on anything —and~tost~ your] money lke you-did-on the-electiont' gaked Mra. Jarr. -—-Mr, Jarr_hadn't been betting and losing his money, He reminded Mrs. Jarr that ho'd given her every cent he had except car fare this week Besides, he had won, not lost money on the late election. She should remember, as ho had turned over the winnings to he: Mrn. Jurr shook her head dubtousty. Out with 31. . Mr. Jarr smiled a sickly smile and said {t really was nothing, only— “Only what?’ echoed Mrs. Jarr. “Speak out, I'am prepared for the worst!" *Well;"-replied-Mr,-Jarz,—“"T_wasjust- gong to ask “you If you-would object to-my-golng’ to: the Bike banquet -at the Waldort Saturday night? “Why should I object?" aaked Mrs, Jarr. “Do I interfere with your going anywhers-or-dotng-anything “Why, No,” eaid-Mr.Jarr, “onty I thought if you'd prefer that I shouldn't go, you know wo, had an engagement to go to the McCutcheon’s Saturday night’?— Mrs, Jarr.gave him such a look! ‘What does any engagement you make with me-matter to youT’ she aaked. i “That's exactly why I asked-you,"-said-Mr, Jar. - : “And. you keep promises you make with your men frienda! snapped Mrs. “But ‘you WILT attend these banquets. “Well,\-whe- said, “what ts It, then7 atte “Do ns you please,” ‘Let mo a said Mrs. Jerr, carelessly. | Gummer G4 P PesG” said Mr. Jarr, dubjousiy, \Jarr, “There wasco need for you tostammer ahd stutter. What contro! have I ag sj “For goodness sake! Stop muttering and splut-| of your action? Nightafter night you go out leaving mo Alone in this house’— tering; you make me nervous!" said Mrs. Jarr.| “But I. won't’go if you would prefer 1 wouldo't,” anid Mr, Jarr. “Leaying me alone in this house!’’ continued Mrs. Jarr, paying no atten- tion to him—“leaving mo alone in this house, wondering whether you have been run over by a street’ car, or if you have fallen down and broken your “Mro—Dittwent out to “buy some ftower-pote—and what ho wanted With Nower-pots this time of year I don't know—and ankie,-and-how do-we know. whose turn next" Penal Rad MY. Jar, “TGon't Wet Ww gO to the ola banquet” tt watd Dire, Farr, dectsively, you stay away because you do not want to §0, Teetof my Gays that-I-objected-to your dinsipations: ‘What are you talking eo foolish for?’ asked Mr. Jarr. Re fell down and sprained his ‘Po you think T wiht tave you can twit me all the “I pee you only want to fuss with me, whether you do or whether you don't go, S0.I_fay_go, and then you Will enjoy quarrelling ai tue about {t."’ *T won't go, and you'll see!" said Mr. Jatt, ag he departed for his office, mused Mrs. Jprr, as the door closed behisi evening watntnoate: ere beck—from the Jaundry,.end ho’ new dress cacne yesterday, I do enjoy those Elk banquets!" If YOU Had a Wife Like This. HENRY PECK 1 YOWWE Gor THe rQST GELFISA EX= EVER SAWS reer pores ie THe ‘WOUSE-AND—You)- LEAVE ME NOTHING BUT. A STOMD INSIPID Z = NOVEL. ) THERE, HENRIETTA! WoW You CAN CHASE AWAY YOUR INTELLECTUAL BRAINSTORM S. es 8 wt & =@ ByF. G.Long yo SRO YOU CANT POOL ME!) GNIS TRASH GETS RS (ORSE AND. Wation Gil more delay. Insolent | Sr pounds, rd bo ome Umerence CHARLES J, MAMAGE, a You PARANOIACAL AOOLESCENT 10107! How. OARRE You /NSULT. ME BY BRINGING THiS AWFUL. FF INTO MY. SCHone! ee + prevlecersora.__ ~ =A lot of Indies The gndiery. ta full_of them. 1 can get—yoa-mbox-in the gallery and you oan enjoy the speeches.” "Hun!" said Mra Jarr, contemptuouely, ‘and lock down on you men feast- ing below, while we women are supposed to be grateful when, after watching you for over an hour, you bring us up a half-melted foe, and then wo have to lsten to a lot of specches, acd, anyway, I've nothing to wear, and I'm not going to be-mado-a-show of sitting up there tn my-oid- duds, white-alr around vine ate Women mith tamonds and find dresses.” = “Oh, well, I won't go, then,” sald Mr. Jarr, “If that's the way you look him. "His white | fortunate that my-- “tthe-roteked Ho ratsed-an—army,-promising riches! toni, teaders who —woutc fom him, and marched southward against the infidel, Christian and Mahometan forces met near-Tours,-and- one.of the groat-battles. of hlatory-waa-fourhe, rhes,tending ita army !n person, charged through the Saracen cranks, crushing helmeted heads Uke eggshells with his great battle-axe, and so inspiring his fallo arg that they beat-back the-tnracing Arabs with terri- — — dleslauchtor,ontirely routing the Saracen-host-and lending forever the Moslems’ chances of mastering Europe, For his valor jin this battle and for tho tremendous blows he struck Charles received i Wins Title of “The Hammer. | —— om, ee | the nickname of Martel (the Hammer). Soon after this Thierry IV., last of the Merovingian puppet kings, died. | But Charles, though he did not go through the form of appointing a suc-— cessor, refused to claim the throne, preferring his title of Duke and his nickname_of ‘the Hamme! And_so_he continued his career of warfnre. against frontier invaders unt!l his death, In 741. His son, Peptn, took the rank of king and his grandson, Charlemagne, eclipsed the fame of all hig |" Nevertheless, to Charles. Martel Prance owed (He formding of ite-reaY. |idngdom; to him Europe owed {ts freedom from Saracen conquest, and | onristianity perhaps owes to him the greatest debt of all. ta@- Time Yourself Reading This. _ MINUTES | Yo with MEDITATIONS OF MARCUS AURELIUS. GREAT MEN }§ cL {s a atruggle; be ever prepared for any event. Keflect on the ‘sources of peoplé’é opinions and feelings and you will expertence nelther_annoyance tchen they blame nor satisfaction ichen they protec. Whatever be your suffering, reflect thét-pain-impiies no:gcandal; nothing that need soil the soul. It cannot last and-at the some ttmo prove intoleradte, Remember, too, when annoyed dy other matters, not even painful, to rouse and prove yourself a man. Take heed then not to retort the sentiments of ‘Nature hes fremed-you.so.that you may discern your duty and perform it... Happiness Ties in narrow compass. You may fail as a naturaltst or} loplolan, but nothing necd-prevent you-from being modest, ree, obedient_to-f— God and sell disposed tocard man, -PolntedParagraphs...._—.____... cea IGH balls have tid many a man low. Wealth doesn't bring happiness—o mre have been told. Many a widow's Heart has been rewarmed by an old flame. Might doomn't alweye make right, but tt usually makes money, There are many men of many minds; some even mind their own business, When a man begins to sneer at everything he haa autllved his usefulness, Don't worry about what a man has done; get a lino on what he a going to do. He who does things may make mistakes, but he who does cothing makes @ big mistake, Some men never rise in the world because they are affitcted with chronte dizziness, ‘This jan't auch a bad old world after pen that never does. ‘And foctunate 1s the man who doesn't have to pay a dressmaker for re- covering hie missing rb. wale When ao man tolls you that all he eska is a chance {t's a safe bet thnt he tn looking for a lead-plpe cinch, Chicano News! all, Just think of what might hap- A Quartet of Odd Facts. ORWAY has a thoroughly democrato court with no hereditary distinctions N or titles, Queen Bfaud's mistress of the robes and ladies in waiting are ead> plain '"Mra."* Roughly epeaking, wheat Gas doubled in price since the year 18% This applies to the whole world. " In tho first eighty years of the last century the English Paritament mai F700 different tawa. rae About 1,500 whales are killed yemrly. Each yields on an average over.