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w York Pudtianed by the! Presn Podiishing Company, No. Si to O.Park | © Balered at the Post-Office at New York Second-¢ d ———___- VOLUME 47..... Sealine KEEP ONE COURT OPE! INCE the jurisdiction of the Mur been increased their work has been ad a corresponding increase in the fo { the work. Last year there were cas pal Courts, besides over 00 1 { cases. With half the n times as many actual trials In besides the inquests and possess busit a It is 7 Borough of | Manhatt h. twent judges with fourteen | fidges, thereby permitting a trial-term t fo hear dispossess proceedings and wage ¢ Notwithstanding the recent great in mber of judges Of the Supreme Court. its trial work Is falling behind. The justices prefer to sit in spetiat'térm, which has the appointment of referees, feceivers and other ‘patronage, rather’ that in’ trial term, where there is another judge othing except judicial work, The City Court calendar is also crowded # takes two years in either of these courts before a negligence case can be reached. The Municipal Court has the smallest jurisdiction of any. for amounts less than $500 are brough Sholikd be clear in ord at least one court where jx + 4- — MODESTY. RS. JAMES, in addre 4b tut eth Century C ers g people the erred t Savage races as being y, which is a vice only of civilizat The Kaffir regarded himself as completely attired whe on his stovepipe hat was sound in his logic veiled women of Turkey are more. suggestive their languorous eyes looking through the film gauze than were the Japanese women when the bathed without ; “ bathing — suits. Modesty is an inherent, not an ex- temal quality. Women who would _ Tégard it as immodest to show their ankles in public have no hesitancy in omitting the upper part of their attire when they go to grand opera. The present day object of ‘most fashionable attire is to make Its = —sPOssessor more attractive. What is - concealed or what is revealed de- pends not on any absolute standard > ‘of morality, but on changing fashions, There can be hardly such chief ae a thing xs unconscious Immodesty, neither is there any outward meas- ure of modesty except custom, for otherwise scant evening dress would make cool summer attire, and bathing sults would be comfortable in a crowded ball-room. Simply from the standpoint of comfort and gracefulness, the gar- ments formerly wom by the Jap- anese and the clothing of the people of India and China are better a ans ing woria’s Waily Magazine, :oursaGay; April 187 Let Disarmament Begin at Home. By Maurice Ketten. hal SARNBGIB WALL PEACE CONGRESS, HAGE DISARMANENT o- RICHATEN ae re iil HHI I Halil tell Hal | City Regulation of Courtship. aad 1B bachelors of Danville, 1, in an endeavor to che-k-)sit with their sewing where now the city fathers chew cigars, municipal mateh- mate an effort ef the spinsters te get a7 | making will be merely a bachelor's bugbear or a sighing spinster’s dream. imposing « bachelor tax through the City Council, {a the impregnable conviction of mankind that all spinsters sigh for matri- have presented @ coumter-potition Yavoring the {mposition mc that all working women with good salaries seck ‘ceaselessly to marry | of a fine of $10 on any woman refusing an offer of mar | men who could not afford to give them one-quarter of the money they make By Nixola Greeley-Smith. ord! be on riage. They demand also that the spinsters be forced to themsewes. Therefore, to uphold this brave tradition, and for no better reason, meet the bach¢iors and give them an opportunity to propose. arte « re ‘ a be n take an interes: a I call the attention of the -Ranuitie Bolons to the Lonely thelr lovelorn inhabitants and legislate them {nto matrimony, they would tndi Cut New York, an institution recently organized here to rectly benefit by the progressive m ent among women. For match-making enable the lonesome and the lovelorn of the city, deprived. mammas who now fir too much trouble to formulate any views on any sub- of egch other's acquaintance by the rigid barriers of con he price thes and the eligibility of young men, but who allently | vention, to meet and find favor in each other's eyes. It to any movement tending to the advancement of thelr seems to me the neutral mee: ng Kround supplied by an or- by such a conf anization of thi adapted to the summer season than New York wear, ” Letters from the People. 7” Babte and Exercise. end dy, meet to apparel, « hustling anything that the ot er 0 overcome the ‘The Jury System, I will Grimiy state that | To the Btitor of The Drening World fe not The only way te over | Cannot farces like the Thaw mistria habits lke that ts to make up| be averted by enacting jaws wiping out EE ming to stop them immediately, | abgurd jury trials altogether by mubet! Wi eumgest that he take « course ef! touting « court of four Supreme Judges Wa whieh will not only 40 Bis! instead? Then our government c a good, but strengthen his mind 08 | really be the sort which Lincoln calle well. If he does that he wil e00n be | +4 government of the people, for th. ¥ come interested in his work a mare people end by the people” J. AB easier time breaking bimeelt | ey REARS ‘a - Ecanol no hott. ‘The * tte AP imistio Prophecy ; i, a enere yao chanae to | To the Béltor of The Evening World Y become an athlete as any one cise, pro-| The great “pence conferences” w 4 viding, of course, thet he overcomes his| Amount to naught These people a Es habit. That t» based upon personal ex ning at a gnet and swallowing perience LA REX came The first and vite) “peace An Unhappy Wife, be establiwhed ie that between capita and These peace To the Editor of The Bening Wortd Men enjoy sitting in saloons night after night, There is many ® poor wite|* Who would lke to know why, especially |* & when th pmfortable homes, pleasant wives and children, These men ° top of t have “How Many Miles t” To the Ba 7 Ke 11d stay single and spare the ¥ girls they marry @runkes wban’ @ disgrace of i and chi a bad exam early years. od may 5 i M “Hall to Vanity! io is en) good Misers at ears poltias be whi dial sw wor the , She pany Phe New ( Vanity, » i nerany of ‘ah an vow yj, 1 rovommend ood beta iM, lean ‘ou? ; Kind comes much nearer the real colu d effect. Present of the problem than eould be afforded by any arbitrary on t any woman tax on voluntary lonely states. In mall communities, how nid be #0 é san to seek to over. ver, the church Bunday-schools and soctables take the come that conilit c r ; 1, and a movement to xd there seems to be no reason why the spinsters lower it inaugurated, and the fg plood of the apathetic matron must | and ba uld not find ample opportunities of meeting each surely be aroused. | other from the eity fathers, Moreover, they will cal! in For this reason I am avor of the bachelor tax and any other municipa} vain, For until suffrage is untversally established and city mothers regulation ef the emotions that m ¢ formulated. The Cheerful Primer. By C, W. Kables, GET uP! IT FouR ocLock! ONLY THE EARLY BIRDS CATCH THE & Ve BEEN HUSTLING FOR FIVE HOURS AND HAVEN'T FOUND A SINGLE WORM, ¢ es, ne ‘ tu! 7/p \ Wi Wy, THIS EARLY BIRD BUSINESS '% HOT WHAT ITS CRACKEY (FISH ARE Pe 7 a {rave A WoRM) ] ON ME. \ / SK NOT BITING) SS THIS GQ MORAING | Bird CAUGHT it in the NECK. the case, tor - Kite tine the leather wears off the hand is rendered useless and remain® V4 tw ge | TE bp ew yeu i, toe punishment not often ie use, sometimes @ore 1oorv: ABOUT GIRLS. By Gertrude Barnum, National Organizer of the Woman's Trade Union League. No. 8—The “Pigheaded” Girl. an old ner stated to lead a ple to markey it the pig broke away and ran ahead down thé toward the village. y trying to eater called ou a 1 will havd t pix had a will of Its own and oourage to make @ r freedom. 1 more giles were “pleheaded’ thove respects, evage girl trots meekly and atupletl in leading whether or not she Is being led t¢ rl in a family of worktng people Sho tends babies, washes dishes doos her t a “chores besides, * + man of t but t elsure nurses A ninginary sents the fan’ at wakes and at 5 boxes at a milly neve aking home tiewt job." If she dreams of release from pasting labels om the daylight hours and pasting mustard plaeters 3 gD of night, her one hope of escape is through tho f she gete through that gato she setties down to, polish! and puiting pace pn, pantalo rest of her lite now @ Woman w d not be led Al her life sed her own w veh people th She has had ¥gtth jie n ideas even when people have In tact, Phq s been known as” ti ahe lifted up her heels in sheer delight and dashed | freed This was a good beginning, Then she we | Ebe emeye bed “the eddrems” and knew whe t tithis “plgheaded” gir) did a good 4 why shoul days in ma ined-at hours and improve to her In the shop an of t ‘Why should men stick to her job. bu Why not a rising y: In her er department she asked leaving each lowed to choose a sweetheart for this himseb en she married it was because she “had a mind to. own choice, She has several ohildren and she knows what sho wants for Their grandmothers are forb to give the baby “squills and pare Thetr Uncle In short, and she also has “gets there.” to control aselah ts not perm heir educatt nitted “the address.’ Gho knows where she wishes to go a + | | To Make a Woman Care for a | | By Margaret Rohe. ——— Ten Ways——— Man! | ae No. 2--Praise Other Girls to Her. her know you are observant mirable trait. Some men £ Don't e a bat nake a tissue ts for sing the pra If sho ts a blonde, ke this, F sisters. Sho pettes. ery & will alwa ey and always then, of course, that has And, as you say, hee 4 r © really can't help, I think ber eyes are the n soult Iam 50 glad you admire her,” Having thus hit upon @ subject which you can discu will please hee if you @o a bit further into the details of gir If you will’ shoot a quick glance at her, you wil be able to note w lw stiff nen collar, with one of those black t »xe collar made of the shirtwaist mate props ee cute Iittle k *. If eee wears the Is I her about Mins Mlanh t remark that thet |tady ex on over you because he always we na neat n of those things that stick thelr prongs in one's neck nd ke lguring red marks on the tender skin Its wearing a stif collar herself, you might »: y of your ob. tions to the we t such mannish garb by women, 1 | show her ‘you ave a mind of y ow Us tine of conversation unt!! you ¢ clearly #hown her how zea this, be tm. y wonder how it is you cape other girls are to her n whe your attentions and will hum of on another jo that even at thts stage of the proceedings s! \e correct estimate of mer own imperfections be duly er Truthless James on Peace. By Walter A. Sinclair. A ND my speech tt {s plain on how English ts wrote, way of the peace-maker # h same I'm tnolined to expre When I f the « at Mantiattan Camp em widely famed diggin's, renowned for thelr wealth, Acquired by pussons regardless of health. w Wren Twas Scolty who sarted the whole tloomtng muss— You know him—that rich, ttle armor-plate cuss, Who Lever scorned soldiers in good days of yore, But nowadays ts shocked at the mere thought of wan He smoothed all the cogs with the requist And called folks to order to talk about ‘The fost Cay went noble—except for @ word In praise Df some war, which some delegate heard. The next) day done fing, till @ feller named Ted Sent warlike regrets and his letter wa» And thore were squabbiew and q Some pusson spoke well of dewpieed Bunker Hil) Of al} of the hardships, that straw was the last, The cudgels came out and the blows follered fast The Chief Peace Exponent emitted « roar, And with @ meek warrior he went to the floor The whole thing wound up in @ hullaballoo, They a wanted peso, and would fight for i : Eos A Terrible Oriental Punishment. too! MAN suspected of treason in Morocco was punished by having the p in leat It is @ common bellef that thin pur { causes m » met In and that the hand decomposes, but such is not der it prevents hie evnmitiing the or eonnt way ‘ojuring. the second time or fen Aue. pet Cag NOs Mie ww 1;