The evening world. Newspaper, June 28, 1907, Page 16

Evening ; | PUbliehed by the Press Publishing Company, No. 6 to @ Park Row, New Tore few York as Second-Class Mat! Matter. NO. 16,747. fe PUBLIC SCHOOL ATHLETICS. ITH the closinfg of the public schools this week the second season of the, Sunday World’s athletic games i! over. During the past few weeks; 25,000 boys from 89 grammar, schools have competed for the two thousand Medals presented by the Sunday. World to the Public School Athletic League.* The ben- efit. of this competition to the health of the boys is incakulable. | discipline and in better scholarship is testified to by every one of the many teachers who have so effi- ciently aided In making these com- petitions successful. The rules for the contestants | were such as promoted scholarship and good deportment. In the games between the schools every | ’ ‘contestant had to have a mark of at least B for the month preceding the games. He had to bea pupil for twenty school weeks, and his scholar- | : ship had to be such as to warrant his advancement to the higher grades. Thus the emulation in ; physical exercises led to mental improvemerit; So Powerful was this incentive that in a majority of ‘ the schools fifty per cent. of the boys enrolled in | grades from 5 A to 8 B qualified in their conduct and ‘scholarship to compete. ‘In these athletic competitions the boys are classi- fied not by their age But by their weight. There ‘was an unlimited class for the larger and older boys, wand three smaller classes graded at 80 pounds, 95 ‘eypounds and 115 pounds. The 10Q-yard dash and the # 80-yard relay race were restricted to the larger boys. The smaller boys were confined to 50, 60 and 70 yard dashes and the broad and high jumps. There were also competitions for the larger boys zt ne in putting the shot, the 115-pound boys having an ¢ight-pound shot and the larger boys a twelve-pound shot. There were in this past season 89 separate grain)- mar school field days besides the inter-school con- tests, Most of these were held at the school recrea- tion grounds. Several of the largest were held at Seward Park, with hundreds of entries. Next fall there will be a grand final meet, open to the com- petitors at the spring meets. The winners will. re- ceive gold, silver and bronze medals. At every spring meet there were given a silver medal for first ‘winners, . In ihe process. of turning out American citizens, which is the greatest work of the public schools of New York, their physical development is no less im- , Portant than their mental instructiop. To teach boys to run, jump and put the shot develops their Tungs, their muscles and their digestive powers. It benefits their morals, A cigarette-smoking boy sees his fellows proudly wearing the Sunday. World's medals. He . finds that he can run faster if he stops smoking. lesson is concrete. If he spends his time train- his lack of scholarship disqualifies him. In fitting these boys to be future citizens of thi great cit) ¢ World desires to do all it can, and in acknowledging the favor and enthusiasm witl which the boys have entered into these athletic The good it has done in school 5 Fiibee inky. moe then wee for ates cose eh es ee The Girl and the Married Woman. « new thought, new doctrines, new the presence of a parent unti) invited to ait down doubtless was unnecespari!y' who ran give them good times."—Chicago Tribune. The Cheerful Tw heme neti a neeitanseeinewes na rid's Daily Magazine, Friday, The Old Way and The New. By Maurice Ketten. ee oa emengnanon ; 1907. ELETY HEROUVES ay Maer ooo toms. No. 8,—-CORNELIA, Mother of the Gracchi. REAT was thé senndal in Rome in 169 B.C. when {t became knows G that Seiplo ATricanus (mighty general, conqueror of Carthage and head of the city's highest Patrician famfly) had bestowed the hand of bis daughter Cornelia on a penniless Plebelan, Gracchus by name, | Rome had lohg since departed from the semi-socialistic simplicity that jhad once made it fit to rule the world. Now, the Patrieians (Senators, |landowners and other men of office and wealth) were yearly growing richer }and were absorbing to themoeMves the national prosperity that should have jbeen shared by the Plebelans, or poorer folk. The latter were in wretched | gtate. They fought Rome's battles, tilled Rome's fields, built Rome's } Yet their own condition was almost that of slaves. Thus It wan that Scipio's broadmindedness and lack of class prejndice | june 28, En Cee houses. in marrying his dauyhter to the best and most honorable of these Plebetana } set the whole city agog. But the couple thus strangely mated were very her. They had three children, two sons and a daughter. The as named Tiberius, for his father; the younger Caius, Cornelia j brought them up under her own personal care, fot leaving them to tutors and servants, as did most Patricians. Sho taught them statecraft, war; jand, Most of all, patriotism. For she wag a wonderful woman, and studied ; deep into affairs that were In those times usually Th left wholly to wiser men. A rich Roman lady one }¢ Showing of H day visited her and chattered boastfully of her jew- the “Jewels.” els and riches, describing each glittering beuble and iy » ending with a request to see Cornelia’s jewels, Her | hostess led Lhe visitor to a room where her two boys llay asleep. Pointing to the two lads, she sald simply “There are my jewels! I have none others so preciou Her husband died, and Cornella redoubled her efforts to bring up her boys as ideal citizens. So successful wes sh¢-that in a few sents Tiberius, the elder youth, had not only won for himself lasting fame as a soldier, but was elected Tribune. Now the teachings of Cornelia began to bear fruit. | She had explained to her sous how unjust it was that the rich should own jall the land and the poor have tone of it. S¢ Tiberius framed laws check- |ing the power of the Patrictans and enabling. the Plebelans to secure farms jot their own. The ill-gotten estates of many Patricians were divided up among the poor, and means were found whereby the latter could make a | good living off their newly acquired ground Naturally all the Patricia especially the rich Senators, hated Tiberius, for this and plotted his destruetion. The crisis came when King |Attalus of Pergamos died and bequeathed cértain vast estates to Rome. | The Patrictans saw in this legacy a fine chance for graft. They demanded Resort that the fortyne be parcelied out among them to maké up for the lands of advice, wilich they Tad been deprived. Tiberius, still acting on Cornelia claimed, the fortune far {air division among the plain people As he was making public request for this in the foram. Patricians rushed upon him, sweeping aside his followers him to death with such stools and bencbes as they could tear up. fight that ensued three hundred of his friends wore also killed. This was t blood € 1 at Rome in civil strife, Sad was the forerunner of of it tha to follow | iverius being safely out of the way, the Sex return to the old corrupt rule of oppression. 3 of Tibertus urged by Cornelia to take up his dead brother's task and fave the people. He became Tribune and at once sel to work continuing | ‘Tibertus's reforms, demanding cous) rights for the people, working ever | for progress, probity and freedom. Tite Mlebeians rallied about him with | enthusinsm. The Senate, ainrmed, began to seek | \ i tors began at once to Caius, younger brother Mammon for his destruction. This time they resorted first to The S!nying of guile instead of force. the Gre'hren, Preten ting ‘to agree with all his plans for re- > form, they managed to lure ay from Rome : on official business. In his noe they polsoned jthe minds the fickle populace against him, persuading the Plebeians that | it was the Se not Gracehus whe had their true taterests at heart. When rs came back he was declared a public enemy. jand of t hin S very people for whose welfare be was working sought to kill rounded by bis enemies, he escaped the fury of the mob by mimk- ing his Bvorite servant stab him to the beart. Cornelia did not mourn for her sons. Though secretly heartbroken, she openly rejoiced that they had done such grand service for their country and had suffered martyrdom for a holy cause. Many suitors sought her — ————-- | hand after her husband's death. Among these was no less a personage than Ptolemy, King of Egypt. For the fame of her wisdom an ay B i | Oldfi ld j were world-wide. But she refused every offer. Devoting herself to y Helen ICIG, | sons while they Mved and to thetr memory in after years, she temathed jmione and jn high honor until her death. By that time Rome had begun te T t# an old and well established maxim, the truth of severe, Sull, the free and easy treatment of fathers aud mothers 5 »wadays, | realize all it owed to her and to the two Gracchi. So at her death a bronze I Which none can gainsay, that « imes change man-| ra of parental authority, not to @ay the contempt of parental opinion, | statue in her memioty was set up in the Forum near the spot where Tiberius ners and customs change with them. scarcely tg be considered an improvement upon Gre-oft fagiionod stacc of \fell, Its only inscription was In nothing in the present era is the th of this maxim! affairs, and between the two extremes a golden mean surely ought to be easily “TO CORNELIA, MOTHER OF THE GRACCHI.” more clearly evidenced than In the of deference pon found. | he'part of the: youth of Recday Goward thelridléera. Weven No." says the indulgent fatner tn Punch, “I never have had the liver wing| we. Bs otras + garded as esséntial to ood breeding; now, alas! it Often. father, and now | give ft te my soa.” - World,’’ will appear in Monday’s Evening World, is accounted an ual Af not unnecessary courtesy. Even granting, which may or may not be the case, that the rising generation - Hae ia wiser than its forbearr, i must be con.essed that it loses a graceful Mt neglects the older, Neither ts such pestect altogetier prydent The older people still oste: y aré in command of most affairs. young man or woman who ts discourteous to them often, by reas Mmpoliteness, misses opportuntties which might have been well we Moreover, young people who are neglectful of or disrespectful to. thnir rarely appear dvantage In the mption of superiority. “He that would ft | have friends must show himself friendly Evpecially ts this the cane with giris teers dud inothers, in the days when penmanship among fine arts and the writing master was an Institution ip the land, used to write iu thelr copynooke, "Youth should pay reverence to old age,” alonk with other sentiments which are now regarded as old fogy and out of date, . The twenuets century has but EN SHOULD CHOOSE HUSBANDS AS THEY DO THEIR GOWNS. . , By Nixela Greeles-Smith, Ue use for anything old—it is a ce ury scove-vea, new ways Youth ts at the pro r than experince, and age is supposed Only the other day one of the leaders ing f ey ya ag 4 modern lewning ta more bic of society, commenting upon ® yours woman who Is unusually independent, | HE Young Ladies’ Protective ing for these competitions he has to drop his gammt| to weaken rather than to ripen one's braing sometimes even to disregerding all opinions save her own, said ' Be oe aa of ‘craps. He has to pay attention to hi {ji It wil may be argued that of ola the tendency: was to carry respect for age “Girls make & great mistake In not being polite to married women. For, | rae bas P ao 73 entjonto "his studies “0 \too far, The etiquette which dit not permit a son oF daughter to be seated in| after all, it ie the married women who have houses in which to entertain and stirred up @ tremendous de gree of interest in New York. Ever since that organization of practical Hoosier maidens announced that no young man not possessing $4,000 in cash and life insurance was eligible to Primer. 2 A mob of soldiers - STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE competitions The World desires also since ely to} acknowledge the efficient service of the public school teachers and principals, and to (hank them in behalt of the boys who are part of The World's con stituency. GREAT DESERT WITHOUT ANY GAS IN BALLOON I'M A GONER! ~——— IN TEN VOLUMES ..O BAL! OONIST SHOULD MOUT IT! INVALUABLE AS BALLAST A BALLOONS) AND WE CANT Escape Me! Letters from the People. Ap to Chvilior. yoMee. I bee to difter with her 1] Fo the Bititor of The Evening World worked in an office once, and no pro-| A correspondent complains of the in-|fane language was used there By be-| @ivility of b clerks. and “L"' and|ing in 4 with my employer | Puvway ciarde If all people treated | I was enabled to learn bus! ness ove! clerks and “J.” and Subway em-| qualities « prepare to earn| ployees a little re nan beings | the “* wh to-day and equate, they would pave leme cause 6 ys ly the lige tor} fe complain About treatment. The) a young man, and a mother should no! corre sent ue lack of n from & ercial educa knowledge the part cause he may hear profane] ot “hand Bu guards (waying “the! language. Perhope by. "L) and Buowa rds f course, OTe ignorant of what often rude, bul they know no better’). ) sounds lke, and if As a rule these and courteous » on are & very paltent tt up he will do so and they re he te in whether | YOU HEALTHIER WEALTHIER AND WISER uine ladies and gentiesnen at sigh! | theology WILL AMUSE THE CHILDREN AND CAN Sm ip thie city of ours It seems to be " 4. KRAMDR ma READY BE CXS the custom of @ certain ’clase to trew Vestibuled Care in Summer | “TURNED INTO) public servants as inferior beings In| To the Miiior of ‘The renin Werk The veeitvule for the protentio @etormen from the severe cold ! pier has been placed upon a lang aber of care Mm this borough W nome one Kindly explain the neces. | . sity for the continued use of many o > ne Ration of The Rvwning Wort the veetibules during the summer | Where ie the Boviety fcr the Preven: months? Ie it upon the principle the. ton of Crusity to Childedn? PARENT Office Bory’ Chances, the Kaiten of The Begin Wort “igum'e Mother™ rite sewing of the | Mie Bilt of Tee Preteg wor. pinnees pony tap poll oe b.. soe some of hospitals? MJom | “Ht te ® poor rule that dow wot wor: | pou weya}r’ A T Weeron In The World Almanac z that wranch of commercial employ tet me offer 4 fom sugerations M preme to me. Bam's mother te Apply to Your Conereseman, me Mallon of The Brening Worl ‘ Just what Hl © young man residing gone'-we ambit ber boy Ble 84)” Wy Now York city have to do in oder tM he Wil pick oP protene 6 Lecome » cadet at Weet Polae Siti Be ume to work We 82 ay aoagemyt Ma” a ts ada ANO NC See ae Ate sont eld ) HAVE HERE A WORK ON BALLOONS P i court its members, letters have been pouring in from young women read ers of The Evening World concern ing the momentous problem ef choosing a husband. “You say,” writes one girl, whe confesses to twenty-seven, “that the Indiana girls are wrong and that money should not be the ertteriom 4) selecting a husband Then should be the standard? “The woman who ts married to « men who cannot support her is @ pitiable object. To mé the idea! hus- band would be » man with a kind heart and a good income, I would gm afer jm man of fifty who fulfilled these requirements to an. impractical one of twenty-five who, no matter bow brilliant, could not talk away rent day and the buteher’s and baker's bills.” I don't think it is pomsible to say that in delecting a husband every wom lan should seek the same quality. Personally, | regard honesty and straight |forwardness in & man as most conductye to the happiness of @ woman Who Hove him. But there are other far showler qualities that appeal to some | women, and to them a buebend who was merely kind and capable and eoa- siderate would be far from ratisfying The teally surprising number of women (rhe prefer to be miserable are bored by husbands that try to make them happy. But the sensible girl chooses a husband as she does « gown—not for a passing fad, but for quall- ties that wear and that, If necessary, admit of mending apd making over, There are many more husbands and wives who are lovers than there are husbands amd wives who ard freinds For fridndship ts entirely an emotion of the mind and must be based on truth and mutual reapect. The man @ woman thinks ts really her friend, the man she knows will give ber a square deal, Is the man to marry. She may love a man without ba this have the feeling withrut loving him. In neither ‘at edgy. 9 | e choose him for her busband, | When @ woman goes to the altar Hope and Love should be ber brides. : ES E : 5 . F £ WAS IT NOT A CLEV-ER THOUGHT THAT GAME TO THE A-E-RO-NAUT?..