The evening world. Newspaper, September 25, 1907, Page 12

Gublishes Dally except Bunday dy the Press Publishing Company, No. & to @ Park Row, New York. BE ZOREPH PULITTER, Pree, 1Haet 14 Brees. 4, AXGUA AILAW, fee. Tr Entered at the Post-Oficet at New York as Second-C) Budscription Rates to The Canada. | For 4 Evening World for the tinent and All Countries United States. One year....... in the International Union. 3 NO. 16, BOSS OR NO BOSS. D . HAT yesterday’s primary contests _/ (3 were between different bosses and k op ¢ not between the rank and file of ni i ie either party and its present boss is SARA 3 gainst the official pill il Hl IN no argument against the officid primary law. It is a great step for-| | ward that anybody who wants to eject the boss can have the .votes honestly counted, In any process of evolution the steps are successive and gradual.| , The human race did not reach its ~~ present state. of intelligence over night or as the result of legislative en-~ i ment of patriotism. é There is no reason to be grieved because political reform has not been more speedy than social, industrial and economic réform. On the tontrary, reform is not a special but a general effort of thé human race. Whether a city, or State, or county, or ward has one boss or two! bi-partisan bosses or no boss at all depends entirely upon the nature of its Citizenship. If the business men of that locality take part in politics as a means of special privileges, of obtaining one-sided ‘franchises, of real estate speculition at the public’s expense, of- purchased favor and of tmmunity from the ordinary penalties of the law, then the business com- munity lends its power, its intelligence and its wealth to the bosses. SS: No. 40- CHARLOTTE CORDAY, the ‘‘Joan of Aro’! of the | French Revolution. ARIE ANNE-CHARLOTTE CORDAY D'ARMANS—better known a8 M Charlotte Corday—has been variously denounced as a fanatical assae- sin and praised as the Joan of Are of the French Revolution. That she was more or less crazed there is strong reason to belleve. That she in directly did a great service to.France and to humanity there can be no | doubt. Here is her story: i H Charlotte was born in 1768. She was the daughter. of a’ noble Nor | mandy family in reduced circumstances. She lived with an aunt at Caen | and had a passion for reading Roman history. From such books she gleaned \@ sort of exalted patriotism, an admiration and envy for those who flung | away their lives in sensational fashion for their country, anda hatred for | tyranny, Her favorite hero was Marcus Brutus, who, for the good of Rome, | Slew Caesar, his dearest friend. = The French Revolution had begun and was assuming such proportions ~ | that favored moderation—were driven out of power and forced to flee from Paris. Then arose a sinister and horrible Belng who for a time dominated | France's destinies in a way to make his name forever abhorred. This was | Marat, formerly a humble physician whose chief exploit up to the beginning | of the revolution had been the theft of certain valuable medals from an Eng- lish museum. With the start of the first revolt against the aristocracy Marat changed {n a moment from a quiet, dishonest doctor into a shrieking,- tnalevolent fanatic. He incited the downfall of tho nobles and screamed aloud for the death of the King and Queen. To further his purpose he pub- Mshed a newspaper, The Journal of the French Republic, in which he fe- ©. vs, y attacked wealth and rank, preached dis- 1 content, anarchy and murder, accused of treason LP UT ea) r those who did not agree with him in politics, de Reign of Terror. manded idjotic “reforms” and used all the flery, cheap eloquence of a half-crazed demagogue to In- flame the passions of the mob. Sensible people shunned him, but the rabble ° hatled htm-ns their hero and reseuer and-cagerly perpetrated the atrocities his paper suggested. - Hideously diseased, almost deformed, grotesque and fantastic'in aspect, he typified all that was worst in t era of crime and violence. “France's body politic had been sick. The Reign of Terror, which was in time to help | cleanse; purtfy-and strengthen-the effete mon to a mighty republic, | was the “delirium phase” of that sickness. And Marat was the vilest, blood- | {est, most inhuman figure in all that nad gelirlum. The rabid foe to all | moderation, he marked the Giroud! | countless members of this p: young man whom Charlotte Corday loved. The Girondists, many of them, fled to Caen in the spring of 1793 and | there held meetings to plan Marat's overthrow. Charlotte attended these | meetings and daily imbibed a deeper detestation of the flend who was re- | sponsible for such wholesale murder and oppression. She pondered over | the matter, read more about Brutus’s deeds and at last procured @ passport } to Paris, In this passport she is described as “twenty-four years old, 5 feet 1 inch tall, with chestnut hair, gray eyes, high forehead, long nose and oval | tace." Apparently she confided to no one the true reason of her Journey to lo to death is said to have been a i If the wage-earning classes are blinded to their common interest by specious or demagogic appeals, their misguided action in like manner their welfare as citizens is superior to any temporar: mmancial_ profit. The wage-earning classes should learn that in tie long run costly and renls\ and Jéssened opportunity-for legitimate employment, On a direct vote as to whether the great city of New York should “~be-osséd by Murphy or Feather... 5 son, Parsons or Odell, Woodruff or =~ McCarren, the mass of the people would not take the trouble to-go to the polls. That is the reason why yesterday’s vote was not heavier. Now that there is an official primary the field is ready for the planting of sound. political seed. The opportunity for reform within -~party organizations inthe power of every citizen. From yesterday’s “primary—fighis will -develop_every— fyear more primary fights until the primary becomes in this city as it is fm many Southern States, the real contest to decide who shall contro. helps to create a boss. eae _ {n-such-a-community_the business men forget that in the iong run} |Z a -wasteful government) by a boss bears most heavily upon them in higher) |= \ plete indifference, newsparer or his after-dinnr nap with will tease him about being a slave for a day or two. may- rry him is having to listen politely when ear and nis sporting page. COHWOMAN, after a recent visit to this coun- has contri>uted some Ideas to the Paris Matin “I used to believe that slav- “but T have learned in New Slaves still exist Inthe this ridiculous thing!’ matter that wlll he would much rather be left to hl y the American man. a of American hush c is a despot and man { simply pera: st form of tortur {said to me in-deep, coamincrating tones Jubave the strcngth of mind tame You poor girl, 1 don’t ry forelgner,, skirted or otherwise, oT Te tat twenty + Peve. womon 3 thelr work as you de. re years nes: nerican man goes ing his country. great, himself rich nr! the belleve yo ination than time to correct the foollon ps iver for three ne traveller Aid but what he thinks has become a matter of com- m is not unlike what I e: fordyn traveller often Incomprehengible to him. ‘called w playe in the face of Europe for his self indulgence rrorg of the visitor, wi Senrsion Gye proceeds think about hin omex over for thre: his —“dmprezatons the government. 3 i not Are American Husbands Slaves? & & By Nixola Greeley-Smith. His wife will buy: the book, whetey: Some thn ago I deciined various focta) invitations on the plea ot “work” ena and similar functions represent to me the suprem- ie Hy dismay when one of my would-be hostesses ce hels-DicAsuEst- {0 A Random. Dictionary. e been to a single tea ° [otancy the fe-ving of the American man when he reads what a slave ic need then, As a rule, he takes OVE—An elusive re whose whole petnt of view 1s different amd [EE it speedily becom. So he “sidesteps’’ on the plea of work and Ir tt saya, will Interrupt “My dear, just listen to SS fact that not one passenger-has heen killed on its system since Feb. 20 4905... The Interstate Commerce Commission’s report that 10,681. pe: sons weg, killed by all the railroads ‘of the United States last year in “cludes employees, trespassers and accidents at crossings as well as { Passengers, The passengers were a small percentage of the total, Thi: =fuller-statement-is-made-that-none-of-cur-readers-maytnisunderstand th reference to the Erie in a recent editorial, headed ‘(Needless Murders The Evening World had no intention of intimating that the Erie Aa road was. responsible for-killing-40,634.-persons,-and there -wasno ale _ Reflection on the personal character of its officers. Letters from the People. _ The “Face on the Coin.” {and also stops for drinks, &. I hope Pee Ah Nat ah others will continue this direuse’« Me the BAltor of The Byenins World HENRY Wo MILLE Without destring in any way to criti- U. 8. Civil Service Commisnte tse the taste or judg t the artist * th his ideal of ¢ loveliness, yet Sento He mee, as a Joyal American girl, 1 wish to] 74, Lorne} of The Evegige World most heartily Senaere nal bas) hould apply ponition Sisk Ame. Fovernment em jas ploy, and oblige, Try Thin Health Bread, new Ame woman long. de Teputution, and | been PS alsa crowned by her Hero One n of Love Beaut pint h therefore, and “Yo no other, by right} one cup Perils le hp belongs the honor of having her’ fair | midk, one {Ons Up mweet face placed on” otir American con. |in the moi Seon PRISCILLA. | thorougnly; bake very « elictous health broad. Anak at Police Headquarters, Mra, JOHN DUGAN. No, Ut Went Twenty-cighth Sie Bt street Vunama Canal Commiaaion, Wash- To the Diltor of The Evening World Having heard a short time ago that the Commissioner of Police had jxsued @ pamphlet of information in regard the rixhts of oltizens in case of I would lke to find out if I ure a copy, and If so, where. ington, D, ©. JM. Another Newark Pedestrian, tof ‘The Eye one intie long / ne mile a minute standing on the ear sho fe away) alno.trave! tales yn hour, Acconting tn UP ently Not Oficial, tor of Th " arg has been at Coney * the @Seration the bills and poor @mbounters ou K Walk of thls HER FRAN 1 {The Erie Railroad calls the attention of The Evening World to the Reddy the Rooter YEP.DAT WUS A- GREAT KETCH! A SLUGGER AT O& BAT-HE LAMS OE | SPHERE A Sock RIGHT ON THE STITCHES ~1T | LooxS LiKE A SURE UNOFE FOUR = SACKER — iN_ CENTRE HADES HIS EYES, JUDGES DE BULB - ‘the capital. —* Early in July, 1793, Charlotte reached Parls. She wrote to Marat, ask- | ing for an interview and intimating that she could give him secret Infor ‘nation about his foes, the Girondixts. Marat made no reviy, She called | twice to soe Alm, but was refused admittsnce. The third time she called, ! July 13, Marat heard hier yoice in the ante-room and shouted to her to come lin. The sight that met her gaze was enourh to haye daunted a less brave pirit. Z y ; The man who for the moment swayed all France and was daily con- | demning hundreds of innocent pvonle to death or prison lay in a bathtub, 4 4 his twisted, diseased body swathed from head to De a; foot in wet cloths, his distorted face staring wild- ie Woman's Scheme} 1, a+ nis pretty. visitor. for Vengeance. 3» Without delay Charlotte began a false recital ——————~-—> of the Girondists’ plans. At every name she mentioned Marzt croaked: “He shall die!” Little by little, as she talked, the girl edged nearer to the tyrant. At last she thrust her hand into the front of her bodice, pretending to draw forth «Hat of “tealtors'* names, In- stedd, she pulled out a table knife (that she had bought the previous day for 40 cents) and plunged the weapon into Marat’s heart. : Charlotte made no attempt to escape. Four days later she was tried and condemned to death. When asked if she had anything to say in her own defense she answered simply: “Nothing, except that I have succeeded.” Her beauty, her courage and her proud, exalted bearing bad a profound effect on all in the crowded court-room. She wrote a fond, tender letter of farewell to her family, sent word to the Glrondists that she was about to “Join Brutus in Paradise” and was guillotined on July 17, 1793. At the scaffold she knelt unaided and placed her neck beneath the knife, The ex- utioner, lifting the severed head for the crowd to see, struck it a savage low with his fist. A gasp ran through the mob. For (as eye-witnesses later declared) the dead girl's white face flushed a vivid crimson under the insult. By Helen Vail Wallace. (At Is WY evanescent as intangible. When ansiysed nothing. but If let alone remains elusively intangible, HATE—Repadient human chemicats, RUST—The nuclous of heaven. SALOUSY—A polsonous outgrowth of dear, FEAR—The germinating plant for all human {ils By George Hopf} fi2rn cows of the tat mam DEN HIKES BACK = STICKS OUT HIS BARE HANO AN —— TAKE A LEAD, OLMAN TAKE A LEAD! THAT Boy with THE WILLOW WILL BRING ACROSS THE RUBBER if} ae Loaded Ivory Tusks. IVORY dealer uttered # cry of rage And he laid aside one of the tusks from the great heap that he ballasted with lead,” When be eta & good big tusk of elghty or Mfteen pounds of Jead and pours it ¢ 3 ho Lo speak, ax a dentiat Olle a tooth, trader, and not 1/ will have to stand the loss,” he suid TRUE GENEROSITY. had been examining. Detroit Free Press. DEFINED, » what ia an optimint?” “Oh, moat @hy man on his way to ¢ horaerace.” Houston Post, a antisense WHERE HE GOT IT. Wike—What a red nose Guzzler has. Wags-Yer, hin hose probably blushes \ tix Ug0th ascent, and his note book does not record m single socident Vitor the sing of his mouth ieee jadelphia DOWN—The up of the short man. ; DISAGREEMENT—The result of two persona looking In opposite direetions;- poth right as they see It. AGRBEM. {Bama polnt of view: MATRIMONY—Sweet mutual tyranny, WIFE=A vague identity; «submerged Individual, 1LUSBAND—Sometimes the same as the foregoing HOMB—Woherever the heart is, Here’s a Laugh for You! iddy<8o you'rs goin’ to Piannigan's funeral? Mikey cours Ol ain. {i ye don't go (6 folk’ funerats Tj ah “ye ctu 0 come to yours?—Ally Sloper's Half-Holiday, ae i acer g te eee He hitched his wagon to a star, ‘And for a while lif seemed but play; Bhe recently divorced him, though, ‘And he {s back at work to day!—Chicago Record-Herald, He-Mabel, you grow more beautiful every day, She (pleased)—Oh, Jack, you do exaggeraite! He—Well, then, every other day.—Punoh, Flla-—Ghe is a decided blonde. Isn't she? Dora—Yes, but she only decided recently,—Allly Sloper. Cauttous Coatomer: (in drug tore) —Hbw much do you charge for a aimee worth of tooth powder? renta.—Chicago Daily News ‘ : Radium and Spiritualism: { HEN 6ir William Ramecy began his investigation ‘into the properties ° W of radium bis letter box was filled almost to the Bursting potnt with warnings from Spiritualists, assuring him that the newly discovered metal is an active agent of the supernatural. "Leave radium absolutely alone,” they implored him; “It 1s too potent a force of nature for you to tamper. with." He disregarded the warnings, and only the Spiritualists, and not the spirits themselves, continued afterward to assatl him. ‘ —+ +o * ’ : American's View. of a King. D. HOWELLS, who saw King Exeward YL. at Doncaster, on St, Leger WV Day, records In Harper's this impression; "Probably no man’ in hie © kingdom understands better than Edward VII. that he is largely @ form, and that the more @ form he ts the more comfortable he is to the Eng~ li#h ideal of a monarch. But no Englishinan apparently knows better ¢han he when to leave off belng a formiand become a man, and he has endeared \ himself to his people trom time to time by euch tnspiration.* 5 Sciences’s Newest Aerial Feat. APTAIN Spelterni, the Swiss seronaut, baa just finished a wonderful achievement, namely the crossing of the Alps In a balloon This waa tn any of them as to frighten the more moderate, saner element. The Girondists—a party © ~ sts as lls special focs. Among the C+)