The evening world. Newspaper, July 26, 1907, Page 8

The Ev Park Row, OBERT PULCTZER, Pen, 1 Fact 7H) pireat Entered at the Post-Ofice at New Y bacription Hates t Byening World United 5 New York FIEVEMENTS. + The Evenitig World: ber, which i. a proof.of the prospéri THREE This is a successful su has grown‘tens of thousan. y increased,. wi | The Evening World's readers, because an Wess constituency is fruitless, and the advertisers is convincing evid judiciously But the business Of The: Evening World’s readers have money’ ta expend spaper, necessary of.an end © -Furid or 4 subsidy, is not the feature of its prot entitled to take public credit. Its a "Its achievements for the public ‘welfare, its influence exerted’ through its hundreds of thousands of feaders for te " Three of the public matters which The Evening World has heartily advocated are now almost simultaneously to become realities. * Of these three the one affecting the greatest number of people is © the tmprovement of transportation. “has taken hold of this important question in a practical way, beginning ‘pt the right end by investigating the facts, taking advantage, for that Ss s¢, of the data furnished by The Evening World, in which the reports of the investigators of such civic organizations as the City ‘Club concur. : for ely ah pena riesrent te eoaey is The fundamental proposition of this reform Is that, without building a mile of additional track or going to any considerable expense, tran- The Public Utilities Commission; ening World's Daily Magazine, Friday, | Publishes Dally excep: Sunday by. the Press Publishing Coinpany, No, 3 to SD ess upon which it is most) smplishments for the public benetit, | public’ good are matters of far, more tangible public interest than the balances on the books in its), An Unwelcome Passenger. c By Maurice Ketten. art of the fifteenth century, became use of the had luck that attended her she was to have many a more vital the: world bh poafaira Le her the exes of cr The princess was John IL, jKing of the Spanish Kingdoms of Castile se nd Leon. en yh Spain was made up of several little de- nid been edueated tu. privacy, ant, on coming thee t her eked mone 1 court, proceeded to ty and sedateness. f Aragon. vhen only ¢ chasolute fellow courtiers an example of» When orily ten she wos betrothed to Prince Carlos, , ‘ore the da} fixed for the marriage Carlos died. In 1463, Alfonso of. Portugal. But” ize the court, she refused, 1-to the Marquis of Villena. elve, she owas aftidneed to Ki vith an obstinacy nheard |bf as to iO marry -him. At en shi teas ile fell dend on his way te the weddi ard I. of England then ried for her hand dnd.was rejected. Atl: n 1409, when she was elghteen, he married young Ferdinand, King of Aragon, brother of her former lover, Cartos. , Five years later her brother Henry Isabella ged to have herse band thus fdrrifed cher £0 tt King of, Castile and Leon, died, ared his heir. She and her> / {nearly all Spzin, Isabella had ub idea whate of letting She {nsised on hay- ng a voice in ail matters 6f e, and on signing every public document! ‘'n fact. of the two, she was by far the more prominent. fortugal de- ad lared war. She ended the confict with rare diplomacy and strengthened ser own throne. She end Ferdinand, wishing to. add -to thelr porsesstons A » snd to rid Spain of infidels, now made war im the nada. tory pelled. This wes but one of many ways in which Isabella nought to ahow her zeal for religion. icing to Spain in 1480 a custom known as the Moors, who held ‘%he province of After-a desperate fight thfs rioh was annexed and the Moora ex- The Inquisition and the Flight of the "Moors. Another method was by Inquisition. By this holy office, as {t wis called, here! » Jews and Moors, n thousands. were tortured and burned alive. The Jews were driven out of the country and their estates; con ed, The remaining Moors were Iso routed out.’ ‘Man Christians ands. In seventy years, er the ell from 10,000,000 to 6,000,000; Isabella ed _complace. otto, fron y enough, wad elf-contentm “In the loye of ave depopulated towns, oy of a harsh sanctimony surveyed her work of foing her high duty, Nor brought ,puritantcal strictne ommufmty and dealt Justic of misdeeds, from smugeify quisition's scant mercies. It is pleasan? to turn fam ch matters to what was perhrps the best. ind surely the most notewyrthy act in all isabe' hard, narrow Ife. A Genoese mariner .ame to thr court of Spain to ask aid in a scheme he had for reaching India by sailing west. He was laughed at and his !deas ridiculed. But Isabeils. sent; for him as he turned away In despair, and jnestioned him more closely.| Feminine {ntuition led her to put trust In the Genoese whose theorles all (ie wise men of Spain had apparently proven to be wrong. vias a . She offered to finance the expediiion, declaring that {f there were not enough money for the purpoee in the royal treasury, she would pawn her own jéwels to make up, the amount. The mariner whom she thus aided (thereby making him and herself’ immortal) was Christopher Columbus, their lives to more tolerant jon, the population of Spafa the dire work of the Holy Omce, whose Mercy and Justice.” She wrote in pious religion I have caused great misery and provinces and kiugdoms." With the fanatical ened by womanly or even hunian pity, i on. confident in the belief that she waa; vhd she loss rigid in secular matters. She lo bear in the formerly jolly, easy-going: slth iron hand. Persons accused of all sorts to witchcraft, were turned over to the In- sit facilities can be greatly im- proved. and their loading, unloading and operation can be made more expe- ditious: The bridge cars canbe handled to give seats to a third more people. The subway service can be increased 50 per cent. New f] York can run at least as many sur- a face cars as Boston, ies These things the Public Utilities Commission has the power to order, and it promises to exercise that power. My Li A second achievement Is the BG / Municipal Buildings bill, which -|-was conceived —by —The—Evening World. Instead of using the Rew,;—Centre—and—Duane— streets merely--fer—bridge— terminal... pur-. poses, there will be erected over the tracks a colossal municipal building, which will save the city over half a million of dollars in rents a year without additional ex- pense for land. : third-achievement_is-the night police court whi This shouid-abotish:-the-bondsman's graft, mail from street women, the needless impr ‘and women overnight in” station houses and the more speedy dis- posal of minor cases. It should lead “to the abolition of cells in connec- --tion with station houses “and the better administration ‘of criminal justice. For all of which every re of Greater York and ‘taxpayer, whi des every- vbody who does business. here” as “well as everybody who lives here, “sshould be reasonably g Ui ysirayoa bib by ch-opension Aug. 4. ting of police black. ment of innocent men + Letters from the People. 6 Had Work for the Foolktier, |) Tp the Extitor of The Even id Hore are | foolkiller wou! hy gently era fool who ragksthe boat, th plays practical jokes, the foo! “Help! for fun while {a the fooli who tries to a =thirat with Jthat rine ring whould be. panic, ‘ of ever window and 1 her case at tn Theology. Snolusion is, to myn wrong rate i § J. SHAPIRO. f 0 of the “At Annapolis, Md, pmey. Copp tothe effect, tat Hades 18) 7. we patio of Bresinx World: Ban the oun. He eayn that after much| | Where | of John Paul Jones }nhas reached the conclusion’! buried? ot The Eve te the More trains can be run). -$8,000,000__blocks between Park | -FLORENCE L, BOISE | Neither he nor she had the slightest idea that a new country. was to be; discovered. All they hoped was to find @ whstern passage to India. Neither of them ever knew that the land which Columbus sighted in October, 1492, was not India. Ite natives were therefore called “Indians,” 9, naine they retain to this day. ‘To tsabella tndtrectty this country owes” {ta discovery. Yet, before expresting overmuch gratitude to the cruel, thins Upped queen, 1t must be remembered she raised money for the expedition: out of no apparent love of discovery nor pity for Columbus. She advanced the expenses merely as a gamble,|\ knowing that {f Columbus succeeded, she would be enriched thereby. She and Ferdinand later treated the gallant dis- coverer with the blackest ingratitude and after winning for them a new rene Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of America. Kee What Constitutes True Success? . By John A. Howland. NV these times of success worship the person writing for the attentions of the menity. Because of this, however, I doubt if one person in ten who reads thia I young man along lines of his life work must keep in general to the topic of knows that few of the famous surgeons of Burope visit America without taking ways and means to a worldly success. This comparative and superlative a pilgrim tour to the little town of Rochester, Minn. degree of success must be the theme to attract all attentions of all readera) You don't know anything about the Mayo brothers at this little town—no. b “Successful” in its simple degree is overlooked entirely. |But you know of Harriman and Hill and Morgan. You have read columns and| world he diea in yaverty and disgrace. Tt 1s the fundamental weakness of the whole system of education and of colugins of the richea of Rockefeller, of the Vanderbilts and of the Goulds. And Isabella lived for twelve years after Columbus's first voyage, dying in the whole hothouse growth of ambition that only after the matriculant has as between some man who had mede $10,000,00) in a soap works, to retire to the|1504 at the age of tifty-three. She left Spain torn by religious strife, de- come to the graduate stage of his ambition dees the world attempt to prove him juririousness of great wealth, and theso surgeon brothers who have to fight| vastated by torture.and oppression, and stained by a reputation for brutal capable, In the university's athletic field the trainer dectdes—perheps in « mo- for the time necessary for sleep—you would be the soap manufacturer, wouldn't] cruelty that was to endure for centuries. : ment—that Jones cannot begin to train, even.es a ponaibuity, But for all or your es any of the untversity echools Jones's possible pinhead was never measured for & — on't read beyond this question unless in your heart you have reiterated Bitiot; directing} good advices on. impossibility of his attainment in his chosen “xo: No! No! For this article !s not for you unless you have said it. The professional feld. A most brilliant candidate for the naval academy et Annap- whole purpose that I have in mind {s that a new perspective should be estab- olis may fall merely because he {8 one inch under the regulation stature; but aliisneq with regard to the word ‘“success."” the schools and in the eld of personal ambition Jones ja encouraged to go atead,| what ts succes? while every adviser spurring him away may feel that only failure can be the! 1 gamit that ‘success ja ossential as a word and an an attainment Its one end of the atrugg) antithesis {a that woful word, “failure.” Yet even ‘failure’ may. be softened made worthy now and then when the cause of failure Is worthy, ju J juccess” is prostitution when thé Meats to tare criminal, Butwe-aretnetined- ament of ambition is divided and subdivided Into the moat Infinite segments |to worship the success of the unprincipled “success” and {0 scom at the Tanur representing apectalized endeavor... = lof the idealiat *‘fallure."* John, ‘the waterman, hitched his wagon to the star of the watermen's segment Think these things over a little, young man, They will suggest a hundred and is a success. Roskefelier hitched his wagon to the star of industrialiem,jsthér thoughts to your better understanding.—Chicago Tribune, and {x the richest man in America. Yet Rockefeller, half frenzied on a dict @& imposed milk, offered a miliion dollars a few years ago for the merely normal | Ns - stomach which John unconsciously -has enjoyed for forty years, A Corner in Bison. Ea Minute, Sisters! Briefs for the Pretty Girl. Just f : By Helen Vall Wallace. ORGET That-youere_prety;—- (if yau exe mange rever—to-finet-tt-ewts philosophy unless it Is explained and understood that the firm- much the better.) lastofully, and rememiber yourself no more tll next groom Dress neatly and ing time. Be aincere and kind as you ere fair. Two of the simplest, greatest surgeons in the world are buried in a little HREE hundred bison have arrived at Calgary, Canada, by. special trains 0 country town in Minnesota, operating year after year upon an average of 100 I from Montana, where the entire herd of &) has been purchased by! yeugn @ jot, or be nober a lot. Be yourrelt. the Dominion government for the new national park Canadians thus hath patients a day, Nobody knows what these simple minded brothers mre “worth.” It never has occurred to either of them to make the estimate. Their own mea of their own worth Ss the measure of their skill in helping suffering hu- 1 Harlem, £2 &2 2 ByH. Methfessel. : ee el come 1 fon of more than half the living bison in North Amer- ercias In the open alr. cient iotal possession) oCzinicren tian 5 er. Take plenty of exercise open alr. toa. E Ay, and masticate. your food thoroughly, Bill Hustle, of Frat_ al Let no eeltan or unbeautiful.thought enter. your brain. Keep your meted. _ cool, sweet and_serene, aay j In tha way you will remain not only beautiful, but loved, admtred, rever hipped, to the end of the last chapter, enced—aay, Kids worshipped, . & Ss BRING ME THE REST OF MY TACKLE! : HURRY | P..B—Dort wear one of those allly hats with a wide brim at the beck, @ . gangiing to your waist line, and @ general appestanes of Bhool Bull, \f you must, you, myx’ It ts comforting that a sweet face cam % v5 receam even the moat villainous millinery extant, ie sD) Science Plans a Wonderlful Telescope. OS) N the summit of Mount Wilron, a peak tn southern California, is a solag = = observatory which will outclass any other. The intention is to spend ie es $200,000 upon Its equipment. Mount Wilson was selected as the site because the atmosphere there was clear and tranquil for a greater number of days than at any other place tested. The gréatest reflecting telesoope {n the world {s-to be the climax-of the equipmom of this observatory. © Al huge lens five feet in diameter, efght Inches thick and welghing a fal ton {a being perfected at the Mount Wilson Inboratory tn Pasadena. To sesh nicety maint Ita surface be ground and polished it will require three years to complete it ready for mounting. The glass in the rough costs $1 a pound, ways the Ohlo Magazine, With great patience and the—highest mechantoal nk] it la being fitted for {ts momentous work. When eompléted it will be transported by an auto truck Up the narrow trall of the observatory anf there r = ted under a rotating dome filty feet in diameter, With this men JUST ON TIME : \\ HOPE \YELWONT. SAY, MA HUSTLE NEVER MIND, vi ee ait will be possible to penetrate further into the depths of mpace: than ” BY JIMINY) BA THe FISH! You 401 A SONNY! IVE OT by amy instrument ever before designed by man. os AA “ae : BITE ON SOMETHING GErTER - - Wea tes THA - ; SRA Perpetual Motion Found at Last? & = AVID UNIAPON, « full-fledged native of the northern territory, Australia, 'D who combines a genius for mathematics with a passion for music, claims 1 to have Invented a machine which will secure perpetual motion. He ts now [jm Adela{de, the capital of South Australia, seeking the means of testing the \geantbility of his mechanism. Ho explains that the forces which he proposes to ree ae ee gravitation and momentum and he had come to Adelatte to seek the aa- Z ‘oo I) Peery [ee nee of the Aborigines Department in procuring four bevelled wheels, ly F > \eindle, a cub) and 80 on. He Js confident that when he geta those requisites he i | ea } Be put together a machine which will bring perpetual motion appreciably nearer, i | fs | Taney: +s ” } : } iS ( German “Scotch hisky. | UCH of the so-catled “Scotch” whiskey sold on the continent of Kurop, ~ 1s jn reality cheap potato spiril, made and bottled in Hampurg. ‘There M {s now @ flourishing open market in’ that city where empty whisky pottles, with the labels Intact. and hearing well-known names, are bought af J | trom # cents to 12 centa each to be refilled, )——-__ = ll ipo le gem