The evening world. Newspaper, September 23, 1907, Page 12

eae ed 4 Podlshet Dally except Sunday by the Press Foblishing Company, No. & to 6 Park Row, New Mork. $OFOBEEN PULITZER, Pree, THaet 104 Pree. J. ADAFUR SITATY, SeeTrons., 90) weet 132 Mireet. “Entered at the Post-Office'at New York as Second-Class Mall Matter Gubscription Rates to The Canada dand the Con- Evening World for the ‘All Countries United States national One year. One year..—...— 3.9] One mon! CLERKS’ SALARIES. RESIDENTS of banks and other big corporations fix the salaries of thousands: of clerks. After. a re- cent consolidation “of pyo large, banks the, question came before | the president of the consolidated bank as to what should be done with the old clerks. One man} who had been an assistant teller for more than twenty years re- the service of the consolidated __ bank at a salary of‘nine hundred dollars a year. He asked whether the president thought it was possible for a man sever forty years old with a wife and a-family of children to live decently on Manhattan Island, to clothe himself as the bank would require, to ‘educate his children, and to be an honest member of society on such a salary. : ‘The president replied, ‘Seventy-five dollars a month is enough for any clerk.” : Tens of thousands of-clerks get-less and would be glad to have such an increase of salary as an offer of seventy-five dollars a month would gmount to, Of all the many classes of working men and working “women in New York it is doubtful whether any has to keep up ap- ppearances and make a decent show:to the world on a smaller income than BERS “dhe average clerk. i Kae CK LAE nit WSLS ni a” Sy Seenseness O a ine t ma ili _.Take the affairs of this great tank, " for example._Its_ deposits amount to tens of millions of dollars, The securities on the collateral Joans in its vaults amount to tens of millions of dollars more. Hardly “a clerk in its employ could not in one moment of falling from strict Tectitude steal more than ten years’ salary. The ‘higher clerks could any “day steal more than 2 year's pay-roll. Every man should be willing to begin at the towest rung of the ~ fadder and work up., Every boy should expect to go through the routine of the lower steps of business in order to fit himself for higher positions. *But arbitrarily to fix the maximum of a clerk’s possible financial recom- pense at nine hundred dollars a year turns ambition into distorted channels and perverts a proper desire for business success into scheming fer unlawful gain. : It used to be that every clerk In a President's chair with the knowledge the._ablest, most industrious Sand-the most trustworthy. of _his associates himself would one . day occupy it. In a railroad every Bright young man could losk for- grard to promotion to the highest Places as a result of a thorough \ knowledge of railroading. So in a factory. the competition’ between different employers led to the pro- motion of the best men. ~\ That-ts-the greatest harm of trusts and -combinations—that they shut the door of opportunity. ° The door of opportunity should always be open. Napoleon's armies-were strong because every_private felt that-he carried-a_marshal’s {baton in his knapsack. American political life was virile so long as every T tow-boy, every rail splitter, every grocery-store clerk felt that the Presi- dency of the United States was within his grasp. "To limit a clerk or any one else in any honest employment ts a check “upon American spirit. Letters from the People. Fre Doesn't Want Much, to neat them acoorting to purzle, leay- To the Editor of The Evening World: ing an odd scholar each time. Three I am ® poor devil. Kindly Jet me | will go into 181 6) times. 1 over; 4 will SLMS SOXPy- ‘ Meee YOSK, | WK as TN bank could fix his eye upon the a. eel es SManow how I canifind/e. rich angel jo into Isl # times, 1 over; 6 will Bo } HENRY. | {nto 181 35 times, 1 over, s F. A. HOFMAN. Batson € Brsnina wore: No. 3 West Eleventh atreot, New, othe Billo of The Hanis Wong | Torx City ne Evening World has made a regu ears a é: alar Sober Sue lauighy when you ses ny; Cem Charwe What They Please, pop laghing you know It is worch | To the Edttor of The Brening World Yauehing at. Thanks to the expert| Have jut made my home In New York City, What tha charges at the surprised me were telligence offices M. K .RM + Cardell, R Rovers |Just think of 9 mission to furnish Edgren, the king of sp the ple-|@ servant Kil, where out of town the tures of Why Re ent price, I believe, ts $1. Isn't New Phyat a law prohibiting such commta- Yens Mra D. A. FENTON tures port mot tickle people, That's a Lawyer's Business, se decide the question tet Baye: to dave Wl activiars in order Aay~ealy, (Who ia right? 7. W. R .NO. 16,854, | ceived the offer of continuing in] | | BuT WE WiLL To DAY LATE oF VEGETABLE BROTH: 2) Meoney Tin SPM TS OM ‘OW Yes! LoTsoF DEAD TIRED . DE RI Mano DICK 104M To 1 PA WWE WENT So FAST THAT THE FIELDS of CARROTS BEANS,CORN, POTATOES, LTC LOOKED LIKE A Covent BEARS, HE KILLED THREE WITHONE / weit! SHOT... WELLS INO. w E DIDN'T, KEEP THE ICAUGH !OMoe SEPT-AT Lp FEET LONG-. SUNSET 1 CAUGHT A FISH 15 FEET CONG ES TES ON THE lo™or SEPT AT SUNSET 1 CAUGHT AFIOH SO FEET The Evening Woridad’s Daily Magazine, Monday, September 2 The Day of Rest. ” By Maurice Ketten. WELL! ON THE lO'GE SEPT-AT SUNSET TA FISH THETRAIN WAS GOING: IOFAST THE TELEGRA Pr} DO LIKE A ENCE AND THE MILES STONES LIKE AWALL « THE FISH WERE COMING SO FAST_THAT JOHN ON THe to™ OF SEPT AT SUNSET 1 CAUGHT A FISH 2QOFEET LONG HELLO, JOHN! WE CAME TOHEAR. ALL ABOUT YouR TRIP MBORS. loPh-4tg ZAM M for the visit fully without hirrs, honeymoon, fallure. swears and a cat that stays out late.” ¥et-Mre, Bowen -remained-away from-her new ford thres weeks, showing + total lack of that fervor of affection which makes the real bride count the min- utes when her husband steps out to get a peper and dectde tearfu'ly, nere_than three, that he doesn't love her any. She ts propably the fretbrida on record who voluntarily surrendered the society of her bridegroom and started Nellie Knowitall 700 eR LIKE DIS, OnE winnie ? RS. EDWARD J. BOWEN, of Chicago, h turned from a “maniesa honeymoon.’ Ly a fallure. She had oromined a girl friend to visit her for mx weeks, and married nuddenly before the date She had no invitation for her new husband, fo she kissed him good-by at the station and started cheer- She returned at the end of three weoks, and sald she advised future brides to take their husbands along on the as her manless-marriagd trip ——~The-tyntc, however, -may-obserye that Mra. Bowen itd hot-give-the venture x fair trial Inasmuch ne-she dit not take along mith her what the old maid said were her sud- stitutes for a hasband—‘a dog that growls, a parrot that B Nixola_Greeley-Smith. on a honeymoon trip alone. Persons parted at the altar we have certainly read about, but always {t has been a desp-dyed villainy that sundered thelr loving hearta—uever the yool delfberate fiat of the bride with a fancy for! sceing the world for hercelf. Woman, if we are to believe the fulminations on the subject that mont of us read and some of us write, Is becoming more independent of man every day. 1} there not danger that. drunk with success and dizzy with new-felt power, she may decide to dispense with jim altogether, ‘The experiment of Mra, Bowen looked like 1t, and those of us who are still willing to let the deposed lord vf creation occupy a humble cornet In his own household are glad that it dtd I wonder Jf she and women like her realize thar justas aoon ax man ty dengonatrated-to-be-siperfivousho-wil_become-extines His hanes aii hang in por-nitura! history muneume slong with the mighty msastodon and the mn Jointed ichthyosauras, mute testimonial of. Nature's Inevitatle remoyal of th creature that has survired-Hs usefulness. Large patties of Isdy gtantessex evolved full fledged from the head of Woman Triumphant will ho whown his chemicaily 4reated—remuine bya —epootacled lecturer, wii will toll them that ence, In prehistoric ages, that creature Mved and walked the earth, and actually tried to boss woman, Sic semper tyranniat If_we_o_not_want_thia to happen_we must leave to mana Mttle of his ancient prestige, !f only to prove he still hax a right to be alive She say had been a if they are WILLIE THATS ACL OUT or Focus LET ME OHow TT SISTER “You Don'T KKOW HOw TO |, TAKE picTURES I! Ww Oh Yes, She Knows All sv se By “Pop ’ DATS ALWATS DE WAT Wi CEN WISE | SmiRTS |! About Photography. # “YOU'D: THINK SHE-WAS GOINt TOFRY an Bool Boowy see NOTHIN’ BUT L Guess it ad, OF COURSE ITS ALL RIGHT Just Solhbail ee in which be had been married, Seiad es vase NaN To THINK OAT NB, CAPT oF OF LITTLE GIANTS" IS 30 DIS ERACED THE Captain — oy NELLIE | NO. 39.—MADAME ROLAND; Victimof Her Own Success. ERE fs the story-of 2 woman who was destroyed by the monster she had helped bring to life; a woman whose hand flung open: the flood- fates and who perished in the resulting torrent. The story of Mme, Manon Roland, literary genius, conspirator, patriot, heroine and victim. . She was the daughter of a poor French engraver, and was born in Paris 1n 1754. She was Intended for the convent, but soon made it clear she had no idea of thus burying her talents. From early childhood she showed in Europe. Falling under the influence of Rousseau’s writings and other idealistic works, she formed a wild plan for converting France from en aris- tocrat-ridden, monarchy Into an {deal republic. Individual effort counted ) for less in ‘those days than now, and the notion of one obscure girl helping to overthrow one of the mightiest kingdoms of the earth and re- constructing it on republican principles seamed) absurd. But like many @p- parent ebeurdfties {t was destined to startling ‘fulfilment. A woman's wit, enthusiasm and literary skill achieved what an army 100,000 strong could not have done. When she was twenty-seven she married Jean Roland, a fellow-revotu- Uonist, and together the couple laid their plans to work for liberty. Her husband was employed at Amiens and later at Lyons as Inspector of Manufactures. Like many another man he has been carried {nto fame on his brilliant wife's shoulders. All the subsequent deeds attributed to him were influenced by her, and in most of them he acted simply as her mouthpiece. Hers were the brain, the Invention, the enthusiasm that carrleil their schemes to success. Soon after their marriage the couple began to” publish articles, pamphlets and “other forms of literature, all containing strikingly revolutionary sentiments. So clear were thelr arguments, so eloquent their pleas, so brilliant the future they painted for France under A republican government, that the writings spread throughout the whole country, setting men to thinking, quickening half-dormant aspirations, fan- ning the tiny spark of freedom into a blaze that was one day to sweep all the land in a consuming fire. i ‘These works drew to the Rolands many other revolutionists, and soon Mme. Roland found herself the recognized leader of a dangerously powerful movement. 3 1 The spirit-of Mberty was awakening, and with it a furfous mob spirit nursed by centuries of oppression. a band of saner revolution!sts shook the monarchy to its foundations by de- stroying the Bastille, capturing the King and Queen and dictating public af. fairs more or less to sult themselves. In 1791 the Rolands came to Paris, where they speedily took the lead tm matters dealing with the possible republic, establishing a firebrand news. paper called “The Republican,” in which they daringly afred their radical views on government. Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette still made a feeble pretense of ruling, and Mme. Roland began a series of flerce and effective attacks on the luckless monarchs. These denunciations hastened their fall and paved the way to the popular clamor for the death of King and Queen. Meantime, early in 1792, Jean Roland (through his wife's planning) was ap- pointed Minister of the Interfor. His wife (acting always as his adviser and the author of most of his utterances} was the real Minister, and, thanks to her, Roland made a high record in his new position. The Minister published a letter, written by his wife, bitterly assailing the King, and managed to get it before the people. For this he was dismissed from office, but, owing to popular pressure, was soon reinstated. The letter did more perhaps than ~~ & A Marriage That Led to the Freedom of France. eee 1 Louts. . Now, all that Mme. Roland had schemed and worked for at last came to pass. The King and Queen were deposed, the cruel nobles killed or ban= Ished, the heavy taxes and other oppress{ons lifted ¢ ® from the people and the republic assured. She was *O Liberty! content. a What Crimes But {t {s easter to raise trouble than to quell {t. The Are Committed} Goddess of Liberty conjured up by hi ic pen had, for the time, turned into a bloodthi of destruction. Too late Mme. Roland realized this and tried to check the wave of murderous archy that en- gulfed France, But the only result was that the fanatics-turned on thelr former leader, accusing her vf treasonable loss of interest in the cause of. kreedom. Despite her pleas, Louls XVI. and Marie Antoinette were ex- ecuted. Then she herself was brought to trial. But so forcibly did she ad- dress the Court in her own defense that she was acquitted. Soon_she was again arrested and thrown into prison. There she wrote her famous “Memotrs,” and, on Noy. 8, 1793, was beheaded. On h to the scaffold she paused before a huge clay image of Liberty, and ¢ di: "O Liberty! What crimes are committed in thy nan Her husband had escaped. On receiving news of his wife's death he wrote a vehement denunciation of her murderers, pinned the paper to his breast, then fell upon his sword and died. “An Affinity Episode.” ' By Paul A. Passanante. in Thy Name!” ® Ay N 45 Ee. va a HILE standing on the corner of ( Eighteenth street one W I saw a mias who slyly winked at me. She came over in a hurry, and then I heard her say: “know you are my dear amnity.”* = 1 eatty “Begone, you silly wretch! How dare you speak that wes My wife at home {s waitihg patisntly.’* But she just kept on saying, as If T werd a fay? “I _know you are my dear amMnity.”’ I Journeyed to my little home, met wifey at the door— The maid was still behind me, don't you sec? My wife entd; “Who's the Tentate?™ and ttrembied at her: rox, “She says she is my dear affinity. Bhe grabbed that miss by her Jong hair and whirled Ner ali around. Then took a rolling pin and hammeredsme. The cure that she administered to both of us, I found, SumMiced for me and my amMnity. i ay HAR HARE HOE ERIE HE HOO HEE 8 Just One Minute, Sisters! : A Fashion Fable. By Helen Vail Wallace. Fd Ws Fashion recently decreed that hips were out of atyle—a decidedly cool and audacious mandate for Dame Fashion to !snuc—'‘there waa wailing in the-tenta of Japhet" among the fair sisters with beautifully rounded hips; for did they not know full well that this deformity (7) would , oatracize them from the fashionable ranks and consign them to ‘temporary and ignominious oblivion, or hibernation, till such time as straight lined thinness net In? > To be fashionable or annihilation, which? r { “Oh, that I had never been born!"? walled one rotund matron, and ‘Would that I had never lived to see this day!’ wajled another. Methor Neture hoard, and at first marvelled tiat tier dimpled darling daugh- ters should thus grieve because of the beauty rhe had bestowed upon them. ‘Then, ‘a sudden happy thought struck the wire old dame. Assuming the disrulse of an owl, phe flew to Damo Fashion's headquarters, and for a period of time “perotied and sat and nothing more.”” After a lttle of thin judtcloum silence on the part of Natu Dame Ias®tun began to fos! uneasy again, as ale a wont to do every and io, the following wise mandate was’ issued: "CORSETS MUST GO." Then av it seemad impending that there would again be heard wallingy and pitiful utterances from the lips of the plump and dimpled ones, Nature, having accomplished her mianton with Fashion, transformed” herself into a wandering We the Editor of The Evening rid the columns of your: paper: A Wey should @ lawyer who has been atid Hare employed in the name oftcr, | 7 mdmitted to the bar un they are supposed to work | { Beit il Peete EXPLAINED. fs port the laws of the Geturday. from)’ ASG) Nana de emer lag | Items Relating to Women. ALRISINAGA IE: mitted to practice in An order, wa tolewark liter tala) es HewlttDo you ever take pert in \ aaNet pe eae he TK) book? T can't shit tt up. HE Japanese people have awakened to the fect that their women are be-| amon of chance? i See necoree canou OAS OR ARO MN A ; y. IUs called “Woman'a| I hind the wamen of the Western werld In education and accomplishments | Jewett-—Well, 1 wan best man at my etiorney for enabling po eee nea X- | Talks '—Tit-Bits. j 1 have opened a woman's untverstty at Toldo. In Now Zealand the | ymther'a wedding.—lliustraged. Bits pas vointe Gets see REE PHN e — | Houre Representatives has just voted, 37 to 2%, in favor of making women we E r @s has our able Secretary of any. Sa Auge 2 as mombera of the upper house. In Australla women are already ellgl- 7, the Ryan-delmont Inter.-Met, Liat ah ce eas but 2 fi tt to all oMces, from Prime Minister down; but when New Zealand fourteen Beet Jett erecatarer iain ~ A LAYM Mogreedivia woineontineer: eo From | nearly |Yf8"* as0 gave women full muffrage It expressly dehurred them from Parita-| will have to de’ poatponed.” Tho (Wokeol Panik se Ma BU neon ree end)elnait |, swers. | ment. This restriction, 1t seoma, ts now to be removed. elm poraiple, garlneir wr. creqltors pS PO Pepa EE PPO aia Rtn ay Span aa akshade ———__ { AtXr baving worn male attire for forty years in an attempt to get other | 77 * sand Iv —Tilrated Bits Basa WSIS AGE HLA. ction’ stl Caen ek Pe are enone. GOOD) RECORD) j women soto keine, Mrs. ‘Thomas Rijon, of Jersey City, publicly admite that MANY REFUSALS, Sp Ra Cale had pa ela 4 30 on the| “80 your son made a fine record tn! her cartpaigh Js @ lamentable failure, and now, in hor sixtieth year, she résurios ra—You may not Delleve !t, Det 1 ning | otter, the company ewos hi | college?” i si qi Rea aga civesioes ou pee I one | eee bot your life. He had a batting | {2 COnventolal garb of her rex said "No" to seven different men’ during . Slate they owe him halt a| cess of "Chicago Hecord-Hes| At & recent golden wedding in England the aged bridegroom wore the auit | ‘he past winter, “What Mo- Up. sephyr and wlilepered into the ears of all the afflicted ones: "By, removing Your corssts, my dears, that obnoxious curve at the walat Hne which accentuates the hips, 12 almost eatirely If not quite obliterated, and bebold yourselves regal in the straight ines Fashion has decreed,” f Ia {t Darwin who eays: “Fashlon\is but temporary beauty, while Nature is beauty incarnate?” “Anyway, cheer up, statera, for, Allah be praiwed! Washion and Nature have st last Gobeptred, and gntrammelied bealth and parfect style aro togethes Das > ek +4 strong leanings toward literature, and-acquired an education second to none’ In 1789 the mob, the national guard and _ z : | ate’ *E any one other occurrence to lead the people (in August, 1792) to dethrone = Be