The evening world. Newspaper, October 17, 1907, Page 16

fublished Dally Excopt Sunday by the Press Fublishing Company, Nos @ to ©) Park Row, New York. SERED FULITIER, Presa 1 Wort 124 Street, 2, AXGUO BMAW, SoecTresa., 11 Wee Lint. Otrevt Entered at the Post-Office at New York as Seoond-Clase Mall apart a Subscription Rates to Arad For England and the Con- Evenit World for tinent and’ All Countries rd ean TICKET SPECULATORS. SENS can exist only by, connivance of the management. The decision of the Court of Ap-| peals in the Metcalfe case, that. al \ theatre ticket is a revocable license, + enables the managers of theatres to exclude. all purchasers of tickets from: speculators: on: the- refund: of} the box-office price. t © This would wipe.out the specu: lators’ profits. Without profits ticket specula-| tors would op. » doing usiness, and ‘the, public would not b¢ subjected to sidewalk extortion. The four theatres which are worst in this respect are “Hammerstein S| the Hippodrome, Lew Fields' and the Astor. While these public places of amusement advertise seats at a price in no case in excess of $2, there nightly auction, running the prices up to $5 and $6. ___If_the facts were plainly stated, the public + would have no-cause to complain. If, instead of advertising low prices as an inducement for peo- | fle to come to the box-office, and then, after the arrangements for an ¢vening at the theatre had been made, to find out that the official box- sefictas-onlya-pretense, and_that-the real-box-office was at “double. price out on the sidewalk, only theatre-goers who are willing to put up ‘with both extortion and ticket speculators would attend, and the general “public would be freed from this kind of deception. What the-public should plainly understand is that ticket speculators can exist only by the protection, favor or partnership of the manage- “ment. The most gullible cannot believe that the management of theatres are-not in Partnership with speculators when unsold tickets are taker back late comers can get good seats at = the most grievous-oifenders-are— printes that the public may: beware o: ___|The More Than ‘“‘Three-In-One’’ ‘Hat ‘< te An milena was made at the last Legislature to pass a bill prohibiting ticket speculators. This bill was defeated. It is possible that -if it d_been passed it woutd have béen _ declared unconstitutional by the courts on the ground-that a com- ‘of the managers of the theatres and _-of the public, and that the ticket _speculator_eould_not-thus _be_de- prived of an opportunity to conduct Ebusiness-which-exists-onty: through the greed: -of the managers and the gullibility of tt of the public. =since the greed of the managers cannot be otherwise cured, t the gulli == “Pility of the public must be enlightened, for which reason the names 0 ~ Letters. from t t Manhatt Iry. ‘To the Editor of The Byening World: The other day I waa in a crowded Subway train, A seat was yaoited at —Feurteentr street, ‘The man who stood tr peckoad a red Woman | tnke {{ As she was about to do pressed man. srtriy—e—torelgn he People. horse ts put thto harneas and attached toa wagon, does the horse phil the Wakon or push it, or does the Tory, Push the collur and pull the waxon? D WILLIAMS. WO" Trains To the Editor of ‘The Rvening Waorla: _ Wil no one tend a helping hand to the Wntortunstesierixs wise have:itetrave xo —»-no—gich—word_as_woe__wi: The (Gasndl Old Elears flican Pa arty. By Maurice Ketten. i AVE you gor $0r’ asked Mre, Jarr, returning from. the, door, ware she had been in whispered oomversation with the driver oe 8 tearm ‘ore ‘delivery wagon. No, ¢!"* growled Mr. Jarr, “Why are you always coming, money?” Because you ara the only person I have to come to,"sald Mra. Sarr. be s_—] || different trom some others.” #3 ‘The man's waiting,” aald Mra, Jarr. “Let blm -waltt* aald Mr, Jarr, ‘I don't see why you @o buy these things when you haven't the money to pay for themtt “Because I'm foolish; thet's why!’ sald Mrz, Jarr, now foused to mmjured: tes Ugnation. “Because I'm foolish! I never think of. getting anytling for myself. It wus something I got for you. I wanted to surprise you. It's something I've wanted to-Ret_you for a long Unie, and this ta the thanks t-recetre!—T-esight-— haya known {t., It's always the way when I pinch and save end spend money’ on’ otherr’and go without things I-am in need of. I always think of store rt Geny myscif. and this js the thanks [ x ~ “Oh,-what Is (t?* asked Mr. Jarr ax ho began‘ digging Gown. “It's a dask!a lovely ,{ittie’ desk. “Thera was m‘salo of them. .They've —— reduced from $15 fo $10, ‘Bp I gat it for you, [got It for you when 1 rilgh have bought some rile stockings {dr 'mynelt, and I haven't a.derent pair, Whet - sk: stockings I have I"ys had for years. and Wo Ye such terribte runs in them -— that I can't ‘take them up any. more. seeeialieeke a What do you mean by ‘runa” ‘asked Mr. Jarr. “And how could you. Dave. gotten wilk stockings foc yquraeif instead of unselfishly eetting « ‘Grek toe me w yon you Madn't the money?’ eh i | jand convenient for? T thought, you'd give !t to me," faltered Mrs, Sarr, "Wen, et least,-t 39 ;- something" foryourself.But I know_you_won't belleve nw when_I-eay_that.T- more hurt In being dented the pleasure of buying you a desk than I er ae HT had to do without stockings. dH ‘Oh, here's $10. Get the stockings; hut T don't noed a desk jee . {Your papers are all acatte ore! he house: and, besides. It ls maplo and just matches the things in the spare F me ihe $10 then. ‘Tho man‘a waiting, and {t's taking up _h Mra, Jarr, *T just gave you the $10,” onid Mr. Jerr, “Oh,” weld Mrs, Jarr in surprise, “I thought you gave ine this $19 to oof some allk stockings?” j Mr. Jarr maxtered something under his breath and dug down egain. | “There, now! saki Mrs. Jarr, as the desk was Instaited inthe spare “There's a lovely little deak for you. Now, don't complain any more that} you haven't a place to keep your papers or that you have to write all your office; 1 break that rickety little thing,” | dublous internat. “I might haye known that's how you'd appreciate my eetnng anything fer your cried -Mre.Jarr.-“‘After—this,-take your cwn: moneyseng day chee retes Tcoult have spent that s10-—— nald Mr Jarr, regarding the desk fie id Mr Jarr hurriedly, sald Mra. Jarr, “this Geek is yours and you've got to | jinkDlotters, and I wuppose At will be very handy and convenicnt for me” “Why. of course,” eald Mrs. Jarr. 1 “Who alee do you think it will be ee any-dining-roon: tabt you 60 -nnw, “It was the only place I had to write on,’ ralé Mr, Jarr. “And thate-why 1-got_you_this desk, alj_tor-yourselt,""- gata 2tre,Jarr, “ame — Fou didn't seem to appreciate my rhougtitfutness.” That night Mr. Jarr came home DFIngIng #ome papers with him to go even, but he found Mrs. Jarr at the desk, writing to all her relatives. After that the ctildren, Talded It and took all the pens and Pencils off er school, Mr. Jarr objected strongly and Strn, Jarr Jo-ked the Cenk eo the ehiidrea sould not got atit Then she hid the key wo tho children couldn't fina It They _ never did. Neither did any one elne. obae Finally in looking for eome old receipts one day Mra. Jarr discovered tae desk could be opened with a hairpin When-Mr, Jarr got home that evening Mrs. Jarr was at the donk, trying @ find how she stood with the gax company and the milkman. “ah,” sald Mr. Jarr, “glad you got the desk open. I want to write come | Yetters.** HEN two:young people-who are in love vith one andtuf have told that love, and received assurance that it 1s mutual, they are, or ought to be, as well satisfied with themselves and all eles as st {a posnible for human beings to be. Murriage may bring fuller joys, but it alao entails greater responsibilities; moreover, it alwaya hes been an open question whether the delight of anticipation do excel thnt of -fruition.—It-te-more unalloyed-than-the latter ‘ever can be There is much sad-truth in the wall worn eaying that “Man never {e but always to be blest.”’ od girl_who_ aged. to be married, for thi upon hia mettle to prove his worthiness of her acceptance; ahe Ja an object of new Interest to all of her friends and relatives, and {s placed upon a pedertal, s0 as leges, white | still free) from all! the duties ofa ‘wife, In short, he for the man inthe case, has he not succeeded? What ts more self-natin- “sing” than-wuccses?.Has not. the dearest-girl.in the world pramiaed to. be his tor_wral or for woe? That is the phrase, but in their case it Js sure that there ka_of poemibility, On the contrary, fe joth boy and girl, life all fa rose color and {ts sky without a cloud to dim i wrightness, Of course; they are happy! They ought to be, and if they were not, then the engagement should be broken at once. The couple who do not rejoice make himself agreeable tothe reat of her guests.—Chicago Tribune, in their engagement cad haVe no reasonable. SXpSECRUOH oi Ute, But, while this devotion is qneet, right, and thetr bounden duty to each other, | the couple who forget to remember that It is @ personal and private affair of | thelr own, and who parade {t openly in public, offend against all the canons of | good taste and good breeding. Love between man and woman should be a private, not a public, matter. There should be nothing in the conduct of an engaged couple in-public to indicate that they are more than ‘good friends. It te_ only natural that whenever the lovera are together’ they shall be vividly con-| scious of each other’a presence, but that consclousness need not be openly pro- claimed to all others who are preacnt,; neither should it cause them to ignore the polite attentions which they are In duty bound to pay to other people, A—well- bred-wemen;-for example, will-not, when. conversingwith other men.and-women. allow her eyes to follow her lover around the room or lose the thread of co! Versation in endéavoring to hear what he Is saying to some one else. Such Inat- tention may be the proof of her-affection for-her lover, but It {= aleo a strona Indication of _a-Iack-ot-self-contro!-whtch argues badly-for her-plece-of mind in after life. = A well bred man will be on the alert to provide for hia flancee’s comfort upon all occasions, never will neglect her for any one, but yet will not monopolize; her. and ignore all other women at private functions. On the contrary, for sal that be Caesar's, and to discharge his duty to his hostess by endeavoring ts — CONVERTED INTO. A SEAT AND RUG, : happened? ‘The Simple Life. Ty the Editor of The Evening World: 1 Will rural readers tell me this? Can & young man with a wife and two children make a living off of twenty or acres of Jand on Long Island or In Connecticut, “and how? The rea: | fon for asking is that in busy thes [| work mxteen to eixhtern hours a day | for mont a time, and when 1 get | too old Pent quick as—™ alls on the Sixth avenue The first man took bim gently by the same old system [nadgurated yours ey a Nietin Sst serrate tes o—atopm'at-all-stations down the Tink kiving the lady the seat, ‘The forelener| the dooea eee aera Hoek full sputtered, but Jt did no good. Last | hund: the train leaves the One Hindres rh Ured woman atood tn front and Sixteenth street station; at One SORE OH” SOUWEY tr sopygrtlundred-and Fourth #trest: stope,-epanet f Kates; closes them again; nobody can yout rome. A man silpped into the get on—no room, The same thing sil the seat, The youth seized him and re ne noney. popu) kive is els aragged hm up. I looked for a repet!- tral can be done, tion of theiifirst-scpne..But no. The | 1) CANE to have been ee ee Re youth, said: ‘Let me get my paper out Lebanon i ofthat feat frat!” ‘That was all. Man- | 7, tne pastor of ‘The Evecina World | HEL OPER Ma ane Avetorys ii nayevsisureadiisentioas?stl ni STRAP-CLING massacre In recent Umes of the Chris-| The Pulltxer Scholarships. | tans in Damascus by the Mohamnie- To the Editor of The Brening World; ren Thi | Where ean t obtain full Information IRVING M. BLOOM, reganiing the Pulitzer Free Scholarsiip Roard of Edncatio Pane To the Faltor of The Bvening World; ‘Apnly iby letter to Pulit-| What's the simplest way of finding yer Scholarship Pulitzer | OU schools that teach courses In. the Bullding, New York City, { graden of tho sprimaty: shone due “What Is the Good Word!" | the day? Thare are a number of people | | seeking Information on thia mame it About every third acquaintance | fect. Whers shall weapplyte Ww meet hails me with "What's the good | word?? I feel like a fool, for 1 don't} know the answer. So f wish readers | Would put-thelr bralns and memori to work tr z me want the ex- pretnion re: na, and what the| Borrent 1 irfed to find out by asking the suet myself one day, I) sald ta a “What's the good wordt! fie replied: _ “Slathera!!? 1 fear he was Joking. But I ark in all farnerivess the or answer, This) shouta tent on of people who and ongase Bont know + jin vo ; ea Bos, orto Ce RMAN-AMERIOAN, || (iting oni eenineer ton Hane Teor (Pam or Wealtt Eoine thai. TT know Rowing aabent | Ae the Billion of The Evening World: farming, a¢ Yam & bookkeeper, | Wi) senders decide thin puzsie? If a 2. : axeres = | brother “Ne By E.G. Long. i | they rwallow in = da: | consume the-great Muir glacier inelde of two weeks. are of their soda-water prowess. They bonst or thetr capacities as gamblers @8:/ | | replies tiie dining-room table," said Mrs, Jarr. “Why do you want to take MW See coe se oF : a Mauric De Perig Writes About the American —Girls’Soda__\Water Habit, ~ CFORE a big marble fountain with many--eo many—Aifferent tauce =men-are-rushing—from one ta another pouring soda.water.{nto-lomg,. thin-staeses._ All Kinds-of colors, wtl-xinds-ot favors. Quickly they — hand the foaming glasses-to-charming, thirsty girls standing there “In radiant rows. —Eageris—for the girlz are-guite thirsty, you know Wey put thelr-rosy faces-in- the +parkling- water-or draw the icy spe freahment.through long atravs cr fp the tempting cream from long. There is @ large crowd befors Uicke Tduntalry at every nour or the day; eo. in and uut all tha time. In Eurove sirla go to—a—“sateeserie” and ete] down Ww enjoy quietly u-cup-of hot cherdint= with-adriot "har to'clock or in the afternoon.’ That Is of courxe only for those of the better clams teas | fo -those-coming-from-e-musto-lecsonor.4-lecture-ascoried by. thelr mansinas. 1 thelr governessen. Here they all go to the soda fountnins, They riish in aud regale themecives with orange phosphate or chocolate sundas or multi-colored tce-crenin. ‘How n0r~ Rroualy thirsty they all are! How Gelighted with the popular and tvertoue necturt— How enthusiastic and happy over it all! It nakes one feel as If ho would Uke "ts bethe man behind the fountain handing out the liquid Joy to these fair customer What a warm place New York must be! These foumains aro alwayn crowded, not only with girls, but with big husky men also. How many millions of oe@ It aeemna aa thouxn New York soda drinkers Alone cowd And how proud the gitte of their winniftgs or fencere do of thelr victims with the foils, I don't thinlg there is any prettier sight or any ter music than to see and hear a tiny, dolle _ like, Httle. Oufty-haired girlette crowing over her bib! tain way, girlish gasconadery declering: “Ob. say! I had twenty | ‘The Affinity Bug---A_ Report. _ By Charles R. Barnes. verwe-Long-Iniand-sectore-say: they-have- found. the-aftinity., ¢efmeltem.3-.. WwW’ beg to report that we pried and dug and hunted around till we foun the bus: Its hair ts the batedealta curly kind and |ta efee are the come-on- vere we find, We offered it lobeter aia es tuff, and, honest, the germ couldn't get POG Andtone-of the funny things, obief “elights, te sneaking away from its cage af nights, To-day we caught That buglet's double; They make a nolse REVERSED ONE ON THE CHAUFFEUR. { Did you notice about th' joke mo! Tim played on wan ay beB! chauffeurs?" iim. Poor Tim "Poor Tim’ th’ He lind a shtick av dinnamite In hie pocket whin he wor run over,” —Judge, ‘nel to the ear, the mierophon fied, reaches the auditory nerves, Science’s Newést Aid to the Deaf. a German Inventor there his dcen the necessity of Axing tudes In the carsof the deat. parte—n highly <ensitiye microphone “t Nenrd a tucrible thing happened tol wiisoh the user can nfMx to a button on : electric battery and a sinall apparatus aimiar to a telephone recet Through the Increas¢d force g a sound curnynt which {* not only concentrates, but alo intenal- A RARE TRAIT. “Bhe's the most accomplished woman I ever met.’ “Muaical “Not # bit,” “TAterar “Knows ‘What. then “She knows how lesz ® street Cire devised an apparatus to do away with It consists of three about the size of the palm of the hand, hix coat or claewhure: a small pocket r, which in} en fo the Foun: by mean at} thing about it!" to “properly alight cur, Milwaukee Bei Recs ae RGR PAN TCS) ‘The gentleman bug haa the habit, see, of butting in places he shoul a 11, Y '¢ be’ He spenda all his moments, the foolish pest, In hunting around for ‘nother bug . nest, And, queerly enough, he has endl hia mate. In all of hia actions he seems to aay, hate for bug number two, which we think’a “It's none of your business, anywaet () Whene'er we hear A tap, tap, tapping, My partner says: ‘Those bugs are ecrapping!” . mL LG: Yes, these are the Duglets we hunted down—the bugs we are ‘going to nosh oe drown— Fecause of their hablts and modes of life—just think of a bug that wil vate hin wife! Imagine a bugette hating her man and gad@ing about whenever she inher 86 ‘now that we're through with this bug report, we'll hunt for } AN Upright ort. “< Affinity tugs ‘Are moet unruly— We beg to aign X're very truly,