The evening world. Newspaper, March 7, 1907, Page 18

@he Published by the Prars Publishing Company, No. 63 to ®& park Now, New Tork Entered at the Post-OMlce at New York ay Socond-Class Mall Matter, NO. 16,634. “VOLUME 47....., PUBLIC WEL FARE FIRST. PSHONTS~ on” assum= few self-evident things. One is} that. the public are not. properly | transported. Another is that if the traction merger was allowed to. third-track the Second Ave- que Elevatéd tt-could carry more~ people, and that if more fran- chises are given. the traction S merger they can carry more peo- = ple still. Of course they can. But what does the traction merger propose to give In return for these valuable franchises? It costs less than two cents a passenger to - operate the Second and Ninth Avenue Elevated. If Mr. Shonts were to estore-commission hours on these noads-at a three-cent fare he would still make 50 per cent: on his express track service and the people would be inclined to let him have it. Also’ why does not Mr. Shonts give universal free transfers, and | watve the evasion of the railroad law resulting from the traction merger | _ Incorporating under the business corporations act instead of the railroad ate ' =) The people of —givé-him something -he_must offer_an_ equivalent in return. The Inter- Met. incorporated New York's last gift, the subway lease, at $70,000,000 four and.one-half per cent. bonds and. half as much more stock. , ——The-peopte trave: wearied of waiting for the men who controt the “public franchises to remedy the evils of their own creation. Behind President Shonts are Ryan and Belmont. ‘They hired him. They can = discharge him. He can do for the public good only what they allow. a The public welfare should not depend on any such slim -reliance. The rights of the people should be protected by law and enforced by the peopie’s servants, not by Ryan and-Belmont_ employees.—-Forthis-one+ “great_reason_the -Page-Merritt-Public_Service -bill-should—become-2-taw: should hereafier be put foremost and prevail over the stock ticker and the promoters’ printing press. i A HORRIBLE EXAMPLE. Le _ABINET Officials should be. careful of the examples they set their countrymen. Living at Washing- light of continental publicity, ‘¥ official duties! They should also take heed of their err through following them. Especially to ambi- tious young men is the example baneful of such goings-on as the Wash- ington despatches attribute to George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of the “Treasury. ~ n-a- tongs officiat-career-Mr.-Cortelyou has: things, Of his ability there can be no question. “Senographer to the President, to privatesecretary, to Postmaster-Gen: eral; and this week he took charge of the management of the finances of the United’ States. He was also Chairman of the National Republi-- can Committee, whose treasurer Mr. Cornelius N. Bliss received the in- surance contributions. = “Vr | —. Whelher-or-not-Mr--Gortelyou-was-coknizant-at-the time-of their} Teceipl OF the Source’ of these contributions, no Ignorance on his part |] could be pleaded after the public testimony taken before the Armstrong } —Committee,-and-his_duty16-return to. ‘the--poliey-hokters-the-tmoney, —whicht-was Hegally taken from them, is stilt unperformed. Numerous as these policy-holders are, over two million in all to the total population of the Unifed Stat But what-Mr. Cortelyou did “his first day in office concems everybody. When it came lunch time __he went out to a quick-lunch counter and ate a hot minée pie and a cold salmon_sandwich and drank a mug of half milk and half-cream What a_mess for any man-to-take-into his system. —A-more-con- ficting mixture could not well be imagined. Hot mince pie is:a meal —{n-iiself--One-piece-will-keep-the-average-man's-digestive capacity ac- tively employed until the next meal time. Cheese taken at the-same} Toate (erts-toameliorate the internal struggle, but cream-and milk never, | anid cold salmon, horrible! “Any board of health would prohibit such an-abomination within its jutisdiction. ~-And then to-add cream and milk to this physiological insult! There must be something inherently wrong In Mr, .Cortelyou, He yas'a good clerk. He was an efficient stenographer, He closed his ad-| “ministration of the Post-Office Department better than he began. -But now a Secretary of the Treasury and in irect line to the Presidential: succession, he has treated the great American mince pie with contempt, and he has set a horrible example to the youtH of the United States, Letters from the People. To the Futtoe ne the waiter whay I considered a prover! “4.4, ‘ Up, He took tle money, turned to a] 70 Sltcunting the wall Rroup of wattery standing: TISEISR RINGS nes la sete aD cient “procesded to maka! a notse closely re ymet’ Tam very sorry to say I think eembling a hiss, this noise being made)! WHL Woy. should New York build a ‘so loudly that ft was audible half way|hew Customs House costing about $1,- across the dining-room: ‘Now, I think|5%i00 when we could get one for halt when respectable womed, are subjected th: sum? The. same with the new Hall Yo mich gross insult tt ty time tipping! Of Records, &c. Now, tf ‘the United Was abolished. ETTA FOSTER. | States wastes all that money for costly Ree ittekiet butlaings, what would it do in case of 4 with all the inoney tn the Treasury [Te the altar of 7 ine World: spent {97 marblo buildings? I muat ‘ Wi nome wite kindly tell-me what Tena: tne young 4 * gan’ do in’ case like this? My busband | brought up thin « complain fed of being sick for tha sible person, in the Inter-Met. sdys a7 New York-are fair, and if Mr. Shonts wants them to) -appetites-and-habits, that -none-may be induced-to}- Jacking other than -his-own-vahye. he-rose—from-departmental-clerk to 1 Protest Againat ‘Tips “ypast five years, “Mf ys ho cannot med ea prune ea SE aE rg }work. T have taken him toaevera} doc: | aiiiwanwithicmusheiaterevt 1 tors, but they don't seem to make any read your editorlal on the evillof “Tip- change in hin case. Ho sayx he hax no Siig tat PPPSULO, but he cun eat-and drink mare this and) injurfony custom, than Tc nd T have atmotite Lan other lady t Hie can eat, sleep, drink ko frou to » water, We New York and Anelent Home, board and paste ‘ Lower fares, better service, decent treatment and the public welfare) | | | | | | | put any halr on his Jrut_not-ro-in-dear New York. Here; fn-order to get the proper-action, tt 1s} qecenmary for the Inuy te Nest RY see Ee BOstMty tor the Prevention of Cruelty’ | ‘Animals, and the Society for thy Prevention of Cruelty vo Animals tan't at to nd by the time she finds {t and fills out the paper form and gives her home, a Mr. and Mrs: Pinch. Daily Magazine, Oh, Slush! > ' By Maurice Ketten. | mind, I don't wish to think of tt, jishment tf he didn't drink {t right down, and the usual distre: JUN But t any torKe ‘The junkman tn reply uss a worsted motto for the living-room of a here else she cou cides to punish bh Any pextidny the Magtettate iow i head tn tho -& pleasant dream re hie ribs standing out prominently rests his happy and contented head on a nice, soft cobble and proceeds to try to get the taste of food In his mouth by means pf visions, the same being quite-a favorite -pas- thme with the anal. friends of junkmen 1¢ kindly Junkman dingnoses it ax an attack of d as he lias not brought along the horse bian- 1 reasons, one of them oeing that he haen’t! AUKOL, He procesds to reatore warmth and cir-| he aid of a ixt, coldness, ket for sev DBALHR'S ddle of cwintion to the frame of the siceper with Along comes a lady, who halts and protests to the junk- an that a scantiing with a spike tn it Is not the proper ‘ ff Bn os hing with which to tan a norse-hide when tho horse hap- whom this money should be returned, they are Not a large fraction Of | jens to be stil inside the hide, or mostly wyvan tn this case, i has’a Weep Jovo for dumb creatures, around her neck and the feathers of sevecal In her hat. Blie chides him. would not look well If worked In Innguage wh eR Se! She proves {t by busy thorot ting to oats, So he tntlan household. So the Petersit ee cstieniy aetr as thoroughfare and_ jen down, with in a ‘xylophone effect, She In a woman who | earing the pelt of one| havo a| somewhere, ani him wand The _Noclety j persists In depredator, him? for the formatory? ind: Soctoty. lady de.} wouldn't | Hug Moctety that could pe and decide whether to the atta For the-truth is, brethren, 2 whistle up a policeman and the! proceeda to make set pleces of alep Hghtin- and Teer of Mie he shall be handeda modal as a publichenefactorar shipped official-squirrel cage, with the privilege of running around the ite tin whee} all diy-und “having three cracked “hickory nuts de night H THE FUNNY Yet the Bug Soclety 1s the one we need the most. thful Horse decides to-fafl asleep] name, uge, Kddress and how msny husbands, tho horse has found @ vite of hay as_enten it and died of the shock, andthe junkman—haa—got vier scantling; and all is weil, are mainly ruled by soctetles an expensive and luxurious Legislature of up-State dairymen and horse doctor¥ to pass for us laws that would be exactly sulted to our need If w tion of about 306, and then we genuy but Nrmly put th Jet-a bunch of socletios run this largaand somewhat well-to.ao town. If an intellectual gentleman whose eyebrows merge into his scalp ts seized with a conception that it ix better to rear a child on a trunk-strap than a pubilc school, who is it that takes him by the surpluaage of the pants and argues with Prevention, of Cruelty to Children: ks upon the Itulilan, or push-cart division, “of te fruit trust, wao halts him {n,hts mad career and gets him an Inside Job tn a re- ‘Lhe Children's Society. tive souvenir post-cards without any clothes on ‘em, who confiscates the edition pauses tle art dealer to-laap through a -hoop-papered- wha Grand Jury in- Alctments?. The Anti-Yice poclety, Just one bet has been overlooked. When the almost human scion of a rich and-influential family hikes foreh to-public places with a largé wad of shooting tron tn his flank pocket_and ® few passing acauaintanc We maintain had a popu! discard and min’ thi Tt alan boy. If an art dealer pute our an issue of attrac. There is an. aching demand for a Bug tere.ought.to bea Seute Where-lite Dudppe shanld ART: 7 HERES $18, MINNIE ,- You. MONTH'S WAGES! 4 ITSALUCKY THING FER You You PAID ME MY WAGES, AINT IT SIR? 13,50~ YOURE A GOOD Girt! THATS 1, MINNIE, ALITTLE BALANCE [AT THE FLORISTS. MINNIE,-COULD You LOAN ME $250 ? MY HAIRDRESSER HAS r | we MINNIE, HAVE YOU 61.70 7 TO CATCH A TRAIN-- a (THE BOSS SAID TO TELL YOU THAT IF YOUDON'T PAY. THIS $13.50 WINE BILL, HE'LL SUE You! .@ °GOGD BYE, SIR,-THERE'S ) THEM. 39 CENTS THATS, LEFT EROM MY WAGES! You'L NEED IT! ‘Presidents’ Sons—and What- we By EE Flim.) ILLIE. mim down to the door and see it that was the mafl man’s ring,” said Mr. Jarr to. the Ittte boy the other morning. ; don't send that child down to the door! ea “He's just washed his face and neck, ‘ormy this morning.”* “It Isn't mtormy. It's.a rather nlce morning for this time of year," said Mr. Jarr. “Why do you contradict me in front of the ohildren so?’ asked Mrs, Jarr, peovishly. “How can I get any good out of them, and ow can they have any respect for me If you do?" - “W "Now, they. have any respect far yeu_forbla them..to.4e es every little thing I ask them sald Mr. Jarr, “It isn't so much what you sa, although at times your-language—but never said Mra, Jarry “But I will say that If you Were a little more dignified around tha house xou'a command more, respeot!”* “I'd look nice trying to ctand on my dignity when al! you do ts to belittle me in front of the children!’ shouted Mr. Jarr, Wille, go down to the door this fhstant and seo It ther ny. mail!”* e “You stay where you' are id Mra, Jarr, sharply, to the ehild. “And drink that hot milk and castor oll!" Here her voice turned to the accents of plaintive despair. a “Whit. good does it dot for me to keep the children home from school so they, won't get fresh colds; when you insist on sending them out on the chilly doorway without a¥en a cap,.on a chilly, windy morning: ike this?‘ she added, = “Can't he put on his cap then? growled Mr, Jarr. No, he cant!" sald Jarr, ‘he's just taken cagthr ofl, and-he's to stay nightIn_this room -all_da “Yes taken his castor oll!" sald Mr. Jarr, sardontcally. ' “Well, he ts going to take it!" snapped Mra. Jarr. : Here followed a half hour of offering ofbribes, of promises to be taken to the circus when It came to town, condign threats of all forma of horrible pun= ing wails of pro- test and tnsistent commands that mark the administering: of this ~holesomo but extremely unpleasant remedy In all well reculated families. : "Heret’ sald Mra. Jarr in a. firmtone, as she held ha hand and a hatr-brasth-in-the otter, “ariik It right do orange, or I'll give tt to you GOOD!" "T don't Want to! I can't!" shouted Willie, doing a patter dance !n protest. never saw such children!" exclaimed Mrs, Jarr in an aggravated tone, “You've got to take it, Willie! Then seeing Mr. darr standing Idle in the background #he added plaintively, “And your father stands there and never offers 40 #i¥@ mea hand!" “What can I do?’ sald Mr. Jarr hopelessly, “You hold thls nose, that's what!’ sald Mra. Jarr, ‘and his legs to keep hing from Jicking, and, grimly, “T'll eee he takes it and no more fooling!” By force of might this programme was carried out. And Willle got half of the castor of down hia throat, the other all over Mr. Jarr’a clothes, ‘Gost cast: exciaimed “Mr Jarry an orange:tn one: now and take thie IUNAVe te give Tiles ass hes ‘Oh, he always spills it ¢ ip a double dose for hi 5 Feeling an if he had Ween victtmtzed more than the child in the matter Mr. Jarr withdrew to put on another coat and vest. He also took occasion to go Gown to the door to get the morning mafl. : ‘The mall brought (e-wame deep and Imsting Joy It always brings’ to average householder. It waa a notice of the gas company Sf the bill wasn't pata in two days the eupply would be discontinued. form of legal-torture from a judgment to the garnisheting of bis wages, & Pam= ple of pure food headache powders and four circulars. x z Mr. Jarr returned, tearing his hair and his correspondence, ‘{Where's Wr “he-eeked— - — “I sent him to the ite? ald Mrs. Jarr, grocer’s for a loat of bread, ——_—_—_- ++ They Have Made of Themselves. *TRICTLY spenking, only twenty-one Presidents’ sons, concerning whom thi -are aration recoris; have grown -to-MARBOod-—- E = ‘Six Preaidents~Washington, Madison, Jackson, Polk, Buchanan (a bach- and McKtinley—lett ‘no children. ferson an “President Johnson had two rons, but both died before 1 so do not count. The sons of thirteen Prexidents—John Adams, John Harrison, Txler, ‘tf ident, — Quincy and ylor, -Eillmore, Lincoln, Adams, Yan Buren, William Henry rant, Heyes, diapielt; Ashu tate, The sons of CI Of the twenty-one. Presld bulked large In the public eye, say! 6 been olld, substantial citizens, ; ‘The prominent nine are John Quincy Adams, Presttent, diplomatist and Rep- qerentative; Charies Francis Adams, publicivt and statesman; Robert Tyler, Neg ister of the Confederate Treasury; Richard Taylor, who served with distinguished _ callantry on the Confederate aide of the civil war; John Van Buren, prominent. tn State politics and Just entering national politics when he died; Robert Toda Lincoln, Cabinet minister, diplomatist and president of a famous corporations cached manhood nine have the Ohio Magazine, and all but one or two jawyer, banker aid professor of politica In a great university, and James R-Gar field, State Senator and Untted States Civil-Servico Commissioner, Commisatener, of Corporations in the Department of Commerce and Labor, now In the Cabinet, Besides the nine who have climbed so high, there is John Scott Harrison, who had the unique distinetion-of being the-ron-ef-one-President and the father of another, He was a man of force and of great influence In his own State, though he was not a prominent figure in a national sense. Counting him in (and he wurely “nride ood,” ag the saying ts), ten, or one less than half the Prestdents* tona who have reached manhood, are entitled to be named on the roll of honor, Practicaily all.of the Presidents’. sons who have stown to man‘a.eataty: have peen good MBAMA: thar hvex have ern clean, wholesome and a credit allhe:$o thelr parentage and their country, while ten of the twenty have won unusual dis. tinction. It would be hard to find any other class of prominent Americans whose. sons have dolié ax well as thowe of the Presidents, = ee By. Walter A. -Siaclatre 66 HY do men drink?” On, why? Oh, whye > 4 W Mayhap someone sald-he would-"buy,> ‘And resolutions quickly melt “ When others say they will unbelt. ‘The gang all pollshing the dar? = whit wit youthevet—and there you ure, = That 1s one answer, don't you think, 2 ate ~f your demand! “Why éo men drink? - Why-do-men-drink?-Well,-anewer-firet——= EHould be because he has @ thirst: = But men have crooked the elbow arch ‘Whe-never felt the throat's @ry-parch. =~ Perhaps within the poczetbook Perhaps the druggist thinks you wink Another reason frhy men drink, "Why do. men drink?” In ev'ry place The waiter will with little grace } Reply to this with freesing ¢; | Unless with constant shout you buy. Your half-drained ginss he'll grab, and sisp =, | His sloppy towel ‘cross Your lap To show you must not sit and think. Don't ask us then: “Why do men drink?” } You ask ‘Why do men drink?’ Read these / Qne reason more; Because they please, ot ot g -Pointed Paragraphs. Boe a good enemy than a bad friend, 5 ‘Uneasy Js tho tooth that wears a misfit crown. ’ When courtship ends In matrimony a man’s troubles begin, “Words seldom fall a woman—unlesa she {s at her own funeral. Bome men marry widows #0 they won't have to buy new furniture, ‘At least the man who saya witty things gets a lot of self-approval. Even when a woman does trust her husband she doesn't:let him know ft. Dead men toll_no tales, but the anecdotes thelr) friends tell about them more than make up for it. nat y= The recording angel doubtless has to keep @ apecial set of books tn which to record secrets women do not keep, Seaham se Think twice before you epeak; and if you think three times the chariots are you will not think it necessary to speak at all, When a yolng widow begins to take the advico of a man seriously it's @ pure sigh that-eshe Ja willing to‘lot him Mil the ances of tho late lamented. PW 3h. Bee i —Chitago, News, Do Men Drink?” = “Ant-hew-canT-get-any-good-out-of them and-how cam ‘There was alao a dun from the instalment plan. book people threatening. every— Two—Jefferson and Monroe—left daughters wdarick Dent-Grant, dipiomatist-and-general_in-the army; —Henry A, Garnet,