The evening world. Newspaper, March 19, 1907, Page 14

The Evening “World’s Daily Magazine, _ 1 @uptisnea by the Press Publishing Company, No. 83 to 6 Parx Tow, New York CNEewW York us Socond-Cinss- Mail Matter. » NO18,646.— | NEW YORK’S MASTERS. HE Senate Committee on Gities will give a hearing day on thé Bingham. Police bill, All this bill does is to make inspectors and detectives details instead of permanent rank. It changes no man’s salary or pen- sion. It makes the Police Commissioner responsible for the discipline and efficiency of the department and gives him the power without which his responsbility would be futile. No open argument has been presented against this bill except that with it a bad Police Commis- sloner would do more: harm than if his power were E ti Of course. vith the power vested in one kad man than in 4; 1 dozen bad men? Ifa Police Commissioner is corrupt he can be re- _moved without proof. If an inspector is cormipt he should be. protected, no more than a corrupt Commissioner. The teal argument against the Bingham bill is not open but hidden. -* It is money. A fund estimated to amount already. to $120,000 has' been raised to defeat the bill. i Why was it raised? Why are inspectors-and detectives Willing “to pay thousands of dollars to pre- —vent-being-transferred?. ~ Not because there is a ‘differ- ence in salary, Their'pay from the cily treasury will continue the same, Si Not because there .is 4 difference in But would more hirm be} The Foolish Life QOKN, WE MUST SEND HARGLD To EW YORK! EVERT GRE SAYS HE HAS GREAT TALENT FOR ART!, SEND HIM To _ “ART SCHOOL. 1 CAN GIT A PAINTIN’ TWICE AS BIG FoR TRE SAME MONEY! PAINTED iy ‘pension.- That, too, will’ be the same. ‘The only monetary difference Is in the opportunities: for graft. Police graft is theft. Much of it‘is worse than bribe money. It is black- a Every dollar represents an alliance with crime, partnership with An executive clerk of Gen. Bingham’s appointment found: no dif- ficulty in borrowing thousands of ‘dollars from inspectors and captains. =. Where-did they-get-it?—The-salary-of -an-inspector-is-$3,500°a-year, of a captain $2,750 and of a detective-sergeant $2,000. Out of these sala- ries how is it possible:to buy brown-stone houses, to keep horses and yachts and to have money to lend without sewurity?. “This clerk was enabled to bdrrow this money because he was sup- Dosed to be in a position to influence details and transfers. Some Polizs hot So very long-ago must have had clerks who promises / Pr. .otions and transfers fora consideration and who delivered the goods, There was no rehuctance on ‘the: part of the inspectors to buy whenever they could find a Commissibner|or élerk who was willing to sell. And what was there to sell? - Only the privilege of preying on New ‘ork, of licensing gambling houses and: disorderly resorts, of pean ars_to-steal,__For_all-of this-city-pa! 1 rectly asdf the money came from the city treasury. zi fallen women. and brace gambling games it will, continue until: the people of New York who have never been willing to’ be governed by: gamblers and-harlots-refuse any longer {o-tolerate Senators whom-gamblers’-and harlots’ money can buy. Policeman and Subway. of an hour or more Cun't this delay To the Realtor of The Evening World: be stopped? Let me-hear from some Last evening about 615 the Subway |more Long Islandora on’ this matter. (uptown) express was delayed at Se FRANK PRICE, Corona, N.Y: ‘enty-seocond treet because one platfarm Good Health Rules. ‘was so crowded that several mon st00d | ty the Heitor of The Evening World: . The te-pyeumonin—wea ther. 1tits-ars a few rules for avoiding terrible. malady. Keep the feet dry, keep out of draughts, leave booze alone;, don't Bet overtirod, keep the digestion per- fect, don't leave off thick clothing, of outdoor exercine, breath- Ing through the nose and keeping the mouth shut. Try these rules, readers” Not. cna of thom —sen—herm-—ree--amkt they may saye you an ilinesa. HI Sigkcatx a Marking System. © the Eiitor of The Evening World: I read that puplls in & public schoo} went on atrike because of an obnoxio system of imarking. I would augs that a fortnightly average be mnde anc those having more than a certain. pe cent. be iiven a mark of crédit whi would count when f guard expostulated. So did a station attendant. The men, hulf in, half out ~ Of the doorway, refused to move. Guard and attendant were purzlod and help- less. Meantime the tmin stood atill, ‘Golaying hundreds of passengers, One man with whiskers shouted to a big Policemen (who had stood indifferently Interfere?" ‘cop'' lounged mover. toward the spot, and “tie cbstructing; men“at-onte cicared =the doorway, allowing the door to close and the train to start, Good management. good ‘‘cop,"" eh? N, J. PARLEW. Pretty Stenographers. To the Editor of Tne Evening World: At noon today I took time to notice that out of 10 working girls in’ the Ainancial district there were atJeant % good-looking ones, Now, I would like ether readers to discus this @nd tell me if there is an trict In New York that fo many beautiful girls, She financial district and ite girla! Hos. A Veteran's Complaint. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: | mornin Tam a laborer tn tho Department of| tn th Parks, also.a veteran of the civil war, |her a sea Ya It just, readers, to compel a man to! but work only four days a week and make! Rim try to exist on $$ or $9 per week | and support a family of four and five ‘To the £ People on that sum, when It fs almost 1 woukl impossible to live on the full week's, He ach galery with living expenses can T find a Hat high rate they are to-day? their locadona? thought the veterans were supposed tol have a preference... ANXIOUS. you boards she can atand ti}! to dafore «ny I've noticed th explain st What rea der \un? CARRIE N, F. Dirty Streets, Clean Skies, Yen. — fAND THIS, Is ART! Tuceday. Ma nehe By R. W. Taylor’ eof eety7 what kept you till thir hour?™ W Jarr in a tone that evinced more surprise than anger, ‘An a matter of fact, It was paly a little after 11 P. M., which was early for Sr, Jarr when on pleasure he was bent. But-there was-a_reason.—Mr,Jare-had-beon-to-Brookiyn. He had had to go to take dinner with his fellow lodge mem- ber, Mr. Gote, an Invitation from which there was no escapo forhim, although Mrs. Jarr, who wastocluded in the in tation, had conjured up a sudden headache, backache, ear- ache, hheartaohe and a few other acute and alarming com- plaints that saved her from going to Brooklyn, but there had been no escape for Mr. Jarr. ook OM Tile Tabbe ‘such a )wn; excuse me from Brooklyn!" “Well, what kept you till this time?" again asked Mrs, Jarr. ‘‘That man Gote Isa tresome_bore, and his blond-headed bride 1 mo affected and deceitful, Ike all uiondesT You must-have enjoyed thetr-sectety-more-than-I-do, or Brooklyn more than 1 do, to haye stayed there tll this hour 3 i “It yor give me a chance T'll tell you," sald Mr, Jarr, “I know Gote Is a nice fellow, aid he ts’ High-Worthy Exalted Guardian of the Postern Keep in our 4jodge,-but-he-surely ta the tiresome duffer: and as noon as dinner was over Mra Gote sald, “Well, as Mrs, Jarr didn't come with you=t'm so worry she's t= leave you two men to have .. good time together and run acros: the street to a wuchre.’ = “Think of spending an evening with that fellow Gote and him telling you about -hiy wholesale ple business, and the xmart things hin Httle boy says,and not a drop to drink in the house, because his wife knowa he enjoys his liquor, and nothing to emoke becauso she knows he likes to smoke, and so she won't let him. “T'd been hedging aince 1 frat came In," contlnel Mr, Jarr, “told Gote there was a mecting of the Board of Directore of our firm that night and T had-to bring the books before Uiem, So 1 escaped and got out on & avenue, Brooklyn, suyay-fresidantatrectcnt-So'riock-ami-f determined to-walk-arcund WO Wid BES the habits nnd customs of the -amates of Brookly ‘Mr, Jarr heayed a sigh upon being so questioned and | asked Mrs. — Mr. Jarr went on, “I determined to look up my old friend, Peter J. Skelley, who ved somewhere In Brooklyn, and talk ovgr:old-times with him. For he .noved to Brooviyn years ago and has been as one dead. "Of course he hadn't a telephone.’ Nobody in Brookiyn has—except “corner drug-stores-and_tho undertaking establishments. Thon 1 loukei “him up In the | directory. I-got-the location, then Ident out and tried to tind tt Iwas told tt] wasn't far away, so I walked. 4 “Say, that Erooklyn Is a gre: town! But what I can't understand ts that thera {a-a.rush hor getting bacx to Jt I can underatand the rush _haur getting away from k., but why any onc should hurry i ot ash unless from habit, I don't sec. : “Brooklyn coes in for gentility. Why, I noticed, in the more fashionable dis- tricts, the head of the house wouldn't think of going out to get a pint of seer unless he has on a Tuxedo. a : ‘The Bropkiyn departm stores sell small dress sult cases, lined with ‘tin, as growlers. The middié classes chase the reepectadl paper sack. They wear smoking jackets and carpet slippers while chopping for thelr hops. “The newspapers have posters out announcing full accounts of revival méet- tngs,-and in the street cara the Brookjynites turn down the head..ne= of the Thaw examinations. “The store windows placard the entertainments that appeal to Brooklyn: ‘A Mannah‘’s Quilting arty,’ ‘Old Folks Concert,’ ‘Swlas Bell Ringers,’ ‘The CAntata of Queen Bataer and soon, bi as prizes. < Lapeteacn aan andleay st illetay: home! with the kidsy, Sit soantes hele wives ‘are out; they tip the Swede servant girl a quarter and hike off to seo."Rose Hill'd English Folly Company’ at Hyde and Behman’s. “Thé cara run every twenty minutes, but thank goodnes New: York and”— Yiere Mr. Jarr paused to note that Mrs, Jarr was white with anger, “How tare-yot sit:there. saying mean things juat to hurt-my. feelings, because in the direction of Lcome from Brooklyn!" she cried. Mr. and Mrs. Pinch. Now TUST HOLD | YOUR HORSES | TILL FRIDAY? YouR& WAY BEHIND MITH YOUR FURNITURE, THSTALEMENTS t =nOW, =| THE VAN WILL BE HERE PRE Oey Reed L “ SAY, NEWHUBBY, HAVE You. BOVGHT. THAT. FURNITURE YET FOR NOUR NEW FLAT P= I_CAM. TAKE You WHERE You'Lt GET THE BIGGEST BARGAINS “THAT GOLDEN OAK SIDEBOARD. COSTS S25 MORE, I DONT KNOW BUT MAHA“ YouRE RigHe PUTS THIS. ONE IN THE SHADE! THRE QILL RGOTS P UST $580, Yes sini HOW CAN YOU CONSIDER THAT TURKISH CHAIR ALTER SEEING THIS ONE® TRUS ITS $30 MORE, BUT— GUESS You RE RIGHT!=T'LL TAKE THAT one! our “fo the Editor of The Evening World: letreete: In poker, foes a straight Mush bea’ four of a kind?) D. A. GREENBERG, Trolley Delays. them 4 n the full story of the sno fo Um Esitor of The Evening Worl: contracting 4s told, 1f jE read abont the bai service of the | make mighty, inte esting readin, j Lone Island Railroad. 1 think the com-| used to be, plaint ts Just right; but 1 would tke to| and dirty skies and New Vork had a) ‘ [ee more about the New-York and|mreets ani clean skies. Brandes Sty Queens County trolley lines, All my} (hews wrote that in ono of tls ‘stories Je orth tha young Iadioe who York fe ality both ine paatoyeer, contractor | an off the rnow and 4 wings" have to h aid London had clean creeta | GOSH!=THAT S, CHEAP FOR THAT BILL OF SWELL Gooos! THERE WILL BE NO VAN AROUND FRIDAY, EH? YOUR 10% COMMISSION ON FR, Hee eee BILL JUST CAN- i nave all read with pleasure and satisfaction af the rectnt dolnga of one of our popular ‘actors #ho distinction of not having nacendediff by way of the prize-ring although richly quaitf ¥¥ nature to do #0, From the papera we learn, that this: ented. star becamé somewhat piqued becdupe his hig woman (welght 94 pounds) was heartily appléuded’ by’ lady friends In the second balcony, although the ushers re peatedly warned the disturbera of the consequences of sucht behaviot. For awhile he sought to ease his feeling of nata'| Fal indignation by repeatedly biting a scene shifter_on ear. Howaver, he failed to find the desired rellef, the eo shifter being annem’c and his ear but poorly nourished, “He now felt’conatrainéd to do his ¢ull duty. ‘Taking the leeding! woman by’ the forepart of the thorax, he fed her portions of} & back drop. Then, with the firm yet graceful touch that) Nas ever distinguished him both on and off, he booted her through a garden s¢ and returned to the front in ample time to respond to the Jemands of the delight Kudlence for a curtain call by coming out'and calling them a few namés. ‘These tidings-have been halled sith much gratification because they confirm the. belief that he tx « genius and of & temperamental nature. We had heard, of f course, that his recent tout through the Western provinces was marked by an um ending round of success and mayhem. Press, public and the’ hospital serricg walted upon him. Tributes and surgical calls were his meed. Before the ete | with Gathering at the stage door and watching jthe ambulancgs drive away with the stage hands, knowing by. these signs, that the hand of of yore. At Fort Wayne the local’ band serenaded great man until he came to nis window and with a gesture betakening deep Preciation dropped a china wash-stand set upon the tubs player, At Texarka thousands assembled to see him Jeave hia hotel, and one especially favored su; -was in th casualy ward for nearly threo weeks, But it was not until he tel scoped his leading lady against a property rock that we caine to have a full reall | zatlon of the dent) and scope of his temperamental powers. When etched) Mansfield, manly and true, .oves the nose of a walter up on top of thel walters head, like a perforated wen, we know that It 1s merely mante festation of genus. When the walter with an indignant sniff that takes effect tm (fl his own back hair, counters with a left to the Mansfield jaw he is an !gnoble brute @ deserving of heavy punishment. % if if the temperamental emergency demands that Mansfeld should throttle «| atriggiing actress we are pleased that our judgment of his genlus haa been yindle cated and buy tickets two weeks ahead. Butifa delicatessen dealer feela it Incum= bent ‘Upon himi to correct his wife with a bratwurst we know he was merely sordid, unemotional, callous creature who ought to have about six months on the island for cruelty. It couldn't have been temperament in‘his case because be 4 wears woo! socks ind welghs over 20 pounds. THE FUNNY PART. if there 1s any, the walter, the delicatessen dealer and can't see It. the leading wor The Fascinating Stranger By Nixola Greeley-Smith. I Amerika met two fascinating men and the voyage to New. York was thereafter a Pleasant spring idyl” they reached New York. As:the quartet were taking a f1 well drink in ship's cafe before landing there .afipaing toms inspecto: and fell upon the two men, many thousand ollars’ worth of stolen jJowelry on ti sons, arrested them. Also they arrested the women 1ea_bocause of y kept The of one of the women, anxiously awalling “his Fe cota women were completely exonerdted aud feased. I wonder If they will hereafter be as easily led Into acquaintance with fascinating strangers and whether any] women reading about them will profit by thelr experience. Weare tso-apt to consider the forms that hedge conventional acquaintance very necessary for other people, but altogether stupid when :anplita ss: Hontyodire-expertenoe-stch-as-met-the-ladies-arrantI-have- mehiioned_at trial and let the revival headings show, while they are doping up on the cross- The woinien pretend they are going to those delightful aftaira, but akio-to the | euchra. games,paying [cents each. And sompeting for near-sut Alass molad bowel teaches us otherwise, Strange fascinating If only because they are strangers, Tvery man is 8 poselble hero of dreams till we meet him. But the convention of introduction dased on-—the-truth that we had better stick to the commonplace person that ‘voliched for than: attempt the gilttering utranger we know nothing al the Introduction ts more Ukely to be walved on steamships and_rallwa: anywhere tise. A fellow-passenger makes Us wondrous unies that, aking advantage of the social laxity of ocean travel, he ts probably « dia- gulsed crook-atalitax victima where they most abound and are least on guard, We rarely Yeates anytinng trom te experiences of otners, 10 n the sublime optimism of womankind that even the two victims of the Amerika le cident may think the next fascinating stranger they meet as worthy of thelr ao-! quaintance whether he ‘is vouched for or not. } Hut other women likely to take a chance on an unconventiona. acquaintance may reaitee-from thle {ithe episode (hat the partie of nre far greater than its imaginary Interests, Of real interests it has none.’ Ten Famous Women-in Make-Believe His No. 10—Maud Muller. =. -By-Margaret-Rohe. ear was that Sid-party:I/saw you with atthe rE boa fic the hill?" waked “Ma~ Statler, Axliig SMUT wig ‘ A steelly eyc. “Oh, nm cousin- of mine—just—a cousin of mine," "If you'd pay less attention to them penny arcades with thelr low comle songs, and more to your householidl duties you'd be a whole lot more popular with mie,"* aaa) Ma Muller rebukingly. “Don't you sass your ma, mts," wald- TR “fercely, “Answer -her-preper_ when she asks youn gu tion, Who wag that old dub you was talking with?” a Judse—sald Maud sulklly: | “D wast going to tell you all about It {f you'd given’ me ha chance. He's a summer boarder, staying over to ithe, Cita! weit sos to-got scenes ied tS asked Ma Muller, “Well,” anid Maud, Crane Was ee tt Sercoeid-tell-me-tive-tteee, node ithe- ahead te: Tight out to me, He told me a lot of things besides the time. ‘Ile asked mo ho wos t-couldrr make-my-eyes behave, and I told, bim.to. 40.2 ay and. roll, hoop. Then he said-he could-get-me-in-a Broadway. muilcal alow. tf 1.wauld to New York." “1 hope you called him down?’ sald Pappy Muller. — “Di IT? eald Maud. ‘Well, you ought to have heard me, In a Droadway if show! Tho idea! I told him it waa me at the head of my own mualcal comedy) or nothing.” ss Hl i !@ Ma Muller. te “He got real mushy as we walked along," sald: Maud. sate telat to saucers 19 my hund-and he kept repeating 4 lot of poetry and soft atuft like that. He sald! he'd Mke to wander always down the lane of life with me, and I promised romember Jt. He asked whether Pappy ‘a Democrat or a Itepublicat,> he wanted to know what church Ma attended. Ho's coming, over to-night! to pay) nk: I'l be out. I don't love these old men." oh heh i ance of the sort," sald Pappy Muller, who didn't-have @ bit mote tense than a fox. “When Judge comes over you pin a rose on’ him tell him he doesn’t look x day ite thirty-five." f 'a the Ideat"/ asked Maud. jeWelle" aad Pappy thoughtfully, “It loolas like Judge could bem heap aight more comfortable in this cottage than he ts over to the Culpepper's, We tightly as well get connected with that $8 a week board money."| t And so Judge came to board with Maud's folks and hung-pround all summer! ‘Any other Version of the affair ts false end misleading (ead pnutled to no co: sideration at the hands of Intellfgent readers. z Sentence Sermons for Busy Readers. ONVINGE nien of the love of men atid they will belleve the love of ‘ C You dy not have much faith, in your Father unless you have eotié In his family, © Is it atratige that tho heart. 1s starved when we give it natin Ha no mealtim« Yn due time Misa Haley will (ntroduce the two-platoon system iblic schools, PivNo man can have 4 place in the Kingdom of heayen who ia coxa to) the Ills of earth, vei Thinga\ do not prove themselves sacred by pecestien themselves ‘fro x secular concern Heaven intrua’ wind that blows, ‘When a man {a getting fat out of the fall of others he is wore. to be om