The evening world. Newspaper, January 30, 1908, Page 14

Nos. §8 to © fT sesrrn rut Tas ANGLS AW, Seen T ons, SoU ee Entered at ¢ -ofice Bubscription Ra e | Evening W | United State. (ent SEES One year.. One meath... month. 62 NOMUNIEWAS Siicscscetessescees: Shou BRING OUT REAL FACTS. AYOR M'CLELLAN’S investigators I t have almost com- inquiry into the Parker In fac y have not and there was not enough water Pressure. Every newspaper in New York Everybody knew it. No one dis- 1aving it testified to? ire a tabulation of the hose 2 of this when t which in accuracy, full- printed this the morning after the fire. puted it. What occ The in bought and the leng the fire u ness and ter What should Everybody knows it | and why was the water Mayor McCl O'Brien and Lantry. Pliance Company, a ion was there to s nder iy the hose burst. why was it rotten vas re en, but Commissioner, did no’ fies that he notified and would not stand a ¢ ERMA oF Oo Ad fi The only man who admits that he was in the Windsor Fire Appl- ance Company is M. Francis Loughman. He says that he bought the hose from a Trenton company and sold it to the Fire Department at a Profit. After he had been paid by y the Windsor Fire Appliance Company vanishes. | Commissioner O'Brien, who had in the meantime transferred from the Fire to the Water Department, then appointed M. Francis Lough- | man his deputy. The man who sold the rotten hose and row owes the city for 116 lengths which burst is by appointment of Commissioner O'Brien drawing a salary from the city. O'Brien could do burst hose. Did nobody except M. Francis Loughman profit from the hose sale? Who were the other people? It is easy to tind out how much Loughman paid the Trenton Company, and the city’s records show what he received. Why do not Mayor McClellan's investigators call M. Francis Lough- | t yould be )» hold Loughman’s salary to pay for the The Evening World Daily Magazin Well! Well! Something for Nothin By ijot expect to excel? | | | Fire Commissioners—Hayes, ht hose from the Windsor Fire Ap- test, and in view of the “peculiar 1 O'Brien, who was then ent. Fire Chief Croker tes missioners that the hose was rotten The least thing Commissioner | f) man and inquire into the Win nce Company and make him account for its pre Why do they not subpoet dummy Catskill water option own- ers amd find out who the real par- ties in interest there are? Suppose that by any chance some of the men behind the Co kill dummies were interested 1 Windsor Fire Appliance Company. A bad water supply would | a short-sighted politician's justifying the Esopus water Also the lower the water’ the less hose will burst. Here r h vay some details of which nied, nis should bring out Mayor ts. these ee Letters fi om the People. To the Eititor © hue rourteen feet tall Btammering ean us weneral exercise gymnastui all diss au Prisco” Versus San Hard High School Srodies . To the Bi 20OMA The corresy Villiom Knes 6 W thelr work anxious ov the exams question: 1 riod one is exp 4 be loyal to fm ethietics or |trated on troubles of her own lcabs always did seem a sengeless extravagance to me Of cor lon a street that had a car line or was near the subway I'm so afraid of the children getting run over. e » Thursday, January 30, 1908. PE ESETE THK GEE E 4 EEC CECLSETMM ® The Story of the Operas & ES | y! ¢ S° Meurice Ketten. By Albert Payson Terhune. her charms, he remained there a whole year, forgetting in dissipation the high resolves and noble Hfe of former days. { Se ] \V To BE Up Z f 1) | NO. 23—WAGNER’S ‘‘TANNHAEUSER.”’ i are ] I LA Z & | HE German minstre) knight Tann- | 1\N CAPTAIN / | I haeuser, in a moment of tempta i\\\\ iy Uon, left th ie-lovi \\V : ' 5 je musie-loving court as \ ( wooF | of his lord, the Landgrave of Thurin- | > s eaves and sought the mount rot \\N\ > rani: Hust: the mountain grotto ——) \ é of the enchantress Venus. Allured by /fow, 00 \} | At last, wearying of the enchantress, [Nou Line |) | aus better nature assenced ttself. He | | | declared his intent to return to the j outer world, Venus pleaded in val i and exerted all her magic wiles to de taln him. But the knight tn despair cried aloud on the name ef the Virgin = for ald. Az he spoke whe holy name the grotto vanished and Tanmhaeuser found himeel: kneeling in @ beautiful valley, wih spring sunlight pouring down upon him. As he atill knelt, thanking God for his elegcrance, the Landgrave and a party of "Ws minstrel knights drew near on the way home from e@ hunting trip. of these knights, Wolfram ven Essinbach, an old and dear friend of the wanel derer, recognized Tannhaeuser. The others crowded about him in warm greetet ing. To thelr inquiries he replied that he had been upon a long journey. The; Landgrave begged him to return to court, but Tannhaeuser, deeming himself unworthy, refused. Wolfram drew him astde and whes: that the absentee’ former sweetheart, zabeth, beautiful dau of the Landgrave, was sti® grieving for him, These tidings revived the old love for Elimbeth in Tannhaewe ser's heart and he gladly consented to join and to become - one of his knights. ° In honor of Tarmhneuser’s return a gre =i} he La planned, the prize¢ viet being Elizabeth's | marrl: oyed at seeing hep | lover ones more, eagerly « 3 certads me chosen for thes contest wus “Love.” Wolfram was fir ed of pure affect omg, | ohtvalrous adora: ser sneered at its Ic nts. newly retu: spel , Smote his harp and burst into a wild, imp: | lifts bts possessor to t ut that which The knights ar xtolling not the love thate degrades to the dust. He ended witimd an ardent appeal to Venus the enchantress. ‘The horrified spectators cried out tat he t at Venus's grotto anatt t that the half-swoone r threatening swords, till her viotim. The knights wou! ing Elizabeth threw herself between Tannhacus Her heart-broken appeal to the indignant minstrels naeuser back te j his senses. He realized too late the fearful adm had made and the | Wealth of pure love he had ecorned. Madly he prayed to Heaven for pardony | EXtzabeth joining in his prayer The Landgrave, quieting the tumult, sternly banished Tannhaeuser from court and tude him seek divine forgiveness by makingt | a penitential pilgrimage to Rome, there to implore the Pope to absolve himmy from his black sin. ° © * A year passed. As each party of pilgrims returning from Rome passe@+ through her father’s domain Elizadath scanned them closely tn hope of seeing hes’ lost lover. Her days and nights were spent in prayer for the sinning wanderer'@4 soul. Little by little she pined away until she was ey re than a shadow. } Wolfram, who loved her with silent, unselfish devotion, watched in anguish hel steady decline. One evening, as he stood near the shrine where Elizabeth wai wont to pray, astranger in pligrim robe accosted Wolfram. It was Tannhaeuser. { In despair the pilgrim told how he had !mplored the Pope for pardon, a] how His Holiness declared go great a sin could no more be forgiven than coul the papal staff of office put forth green leaves. Hopeless, the accursed knight had come back to Germany, planning to return forevermore to Venus's grotto, - there to scek forgetfulness, sinve all earthly im. Despite Wolfrem's remonstrances, Tan ence of the enchantress. In answer to erer in al! her allurement, summoning him once more to As Tannhaeuser rushed forward to embrace the enchantmss the sound of irge fell upon his ear. A funeral procession was approaching. In ita midst was borne the body of Elizabeth. Tann trickan. Just then a band of pilgrims pa chanting of a miracle which had $ deen wrought In Rome. The Pope rren staff had blossomed forth into luxwed | riant leafage. Tannheeuser heart ami knew he was forgiven For had not His Holiness sat@{’ pardon for j..m was as imposs.b!> as that the orth leaves? Venus in vain sought now to lure him to her e cry of “Holy elec Barber of Seville’ will be published Satardaye. and heavenly hope was barred ted invoked the preae¢ = —— — ae = AGT Those Patent Leather Shoes With Corduroy Tops to Match Gowns Are Quite De Rigueur; and It’s So Easy to Keep ’Em Clean—Take a Cab!) polled, and dt coate ad much to renew them as getting @ new pair almost.’’ pray for me! the repentant and redeemed knight fell dead acrogm the bier ‘Are you talking about your new shoes?’ asked Mr. Jarr, the woman who had died for him “Yes, I am," the good Indy. ‘You didn't notice them, you never | notice anything I but they area pair of the very latest fad—patent to mateh my ‘London fog’ velour. ted plaintively, “and the children are growing up, and in a n't be money enough to dress them well and dress me well essed well now, and not that tt doesn’t take eyery cent I L. McCardell, with rep! set or wel By Roy “W asked Mr. Jarry the matter you?" The atory of Ronint Tehaduannice)| =e Romantic Crystal-Gazing. By Andrew Lang. tsfled mysei some people anxiously, An expression of deep anxiety upon Mrs. Jarr’s classic brow. er and anon she started nervously and clutched Mr. Jarr's arm as they walked aloug, Her step was halting and peculiar. Now and then she took a long stride, but for the most part sne minced siong like ow can vague eaid Mr. Jarr, “that | tous lest you spoll a now would see ha AVING 5: a geisha girl in a musical comedy sou babies: Tell, & n@w. pedr of shoes pictures in a gin~s ball, or in water, 1 e 1 the ethno “There's nothing the matter!" answered Mrs, Jarr, costs more than hiring a cab, so what care you? | the question. I found by atudy Sach ‘I'm all right!’ And just then Mr. Jarr stepped into @ ‘Om, they don’t, don't they?" said Mra. Jarr, ‘‘Well, I'd have you know that | many savage and barbarous races gaze these shoes with the corduroy tops cost #12! small puddle of slush and Mrs, Jarr screamed. w, don't you go saying a word ,, als and so on for the purpose of se once Reade BF ry! ng di ts something wrong!" sald Mr, Jazr, coming to er! It ten't often T indulge mysel!, but I did want @ pair of shoes! ture, detecting criminals and so forth " cred i ; ARG anne i my Dest dress, and n wy this hateful old snow and slveh comes along, } many and so widely separated peoples should nt Greeks and "Ou," moaned Mrs. Jarr, “It's all right for the rich, pwatneyiere)uatirulnes , dear, (what shail I do? |the races of Western Europe in staring away if t hallucinatory y didn’t you say somet! to make you happy.” t's easy enough for you to «ay, antd Mra. Jurr, “but 1 fee! as if I who hate accounts and don't mind how they run them u nev" asked Mr. Jarr, “I'd have gotten a cab. | pictures. So I believe that some peo, eful and extravagant, or who have thelr own carriages or electrio | by professors of psychology. nor Is this fact now denie@* ms, but for people as poor us we are !t’s a sin and a shan ‘ = oes - I have never been adie to foresee from character, complexion, habit of mings look here" said Mr. Jarr, “I haven't done a single thing, ang don’t had spent fo much money on the #hoes—thut's how I am, worrying over every and other indications what persons would prove capable of deserying e y cent I spend on myself—-that I coulem't think of a cmb!" Jarr paid little or no attention to his remarks, her mind being ooncen-| You've been thinking of one ever since we've started out,’ eaid Mr, Jarr, | | “That's because you've been leading me right through every mud puddle | we've come to,” sai Mrs. Jarr, peevishly. “But that's always the way; every. thing happens Just to worry me! Here was the weather jum beautiful til 1 bought the shoes, and now look how ft is!" By thts time they reaohed the subway, and when they got out at their sta- tion downtown Mr. Jarr hatled! a cab and Mrs. Jarr and he arrived in state at the mustcale. Mr. Jarr also arranged for a cab the whole way back, despite pictures in a glass ball. The best gazers of my acquaintance (those who hi pictures coincidental with actual events unknown to . thoughts of @ companion) are both of the: not unfamili oxperiences, But I have tried with the glass ball two or three other who have seen what are vulgarly called “ghosts in haunted glass ball they can see nothing, whtle people who never saw gho oincidental” pictures in a giass ball If any readers care to make experiments they can begin ball, or, of course, a glass jug of water will do, or even me of anything, eit “\faybe it would have been cheaper to call a cad." she said. “but riding tn urse, we could live elevated road, but And, anyway, I'm sure I don’t indu’ge myself, and I did so want them. Every other woman I know has inchasing @ of In. ™ a What ARE you t about?” asked Mr. Jarr, “Here I come home and! Mrs. Jart’s protests, and they arrived home with the shoes unapotted. some cases, but both are inconvenient and may spill. Having ot the hall. t | ce you out toa m nd goodness knows I didn't want to go, and you I tell you what it 1s," sold Mra, Jarr, half regretfully, “one extrava.,hest to go alone into a room, sit down with the tack to the light, place the seemed 8 sed, and now you are walking lke a lady with wooden legs and sance only lendw to another. T suppose I'll have to haye a cab every time I ball at a just focus in the lap on a dark dress or n dark plece of cloth. try sos ing. fa raving wear these shoes now; and that $6 {t cost us vould havé pala half for another “IT am not raving,” said Mrs, Jarr, “but {f the tops get spotty they ai pair I'@ lke to have to match my Dresden blue!” By F. G. Long. | eee | Miss Lonely Picks a Po‘iceman for Her Mr. Man. HAVE You EVER THOUGHT How) >y0/| exclude reflections, think of anything you please, and stare for 3 © for five minutes, » at the ball. That is all. If after two or three trials you see n Mitt nah way of pictures in the ball you will probably never succeed cin Jomakt warnotiplovures y never succeed. Cincinnati Comed’ ———- ++ __ London the Place to Dine. —_——_—. - : >| [AREN'T You AFRAID —— CTL HELP You ACROSS) », (160K, ) (ow THANK OTHE STREET. BoL) if ley) | You'Le GET IY, SS Sie Ay eee You COULD BE IF By fhomasvae Tanvicn You! YouRE —~ — | | You OUGH7 To = D> \\you #0 A a is 2 (Suen A NICE MAN ys HAVE SOME GOOD vl eS LE ic ia JONIY for money, London is far ahead of New York (it is out of ghee SUCH A NI Ay) ( || Woman 10 Look Say = RWWHEE 8S & ahead of Paris) as a middle-class dining-place. With the halt-guinea — ed | Apree dep OSE ordinaries no paratie! can bo instituted; our prices do not go that high. he Seven-and-aix ordinuries we can meet on even terms— give them odds, writes Thomas A. Janvier, in Harper" But lesa deere a restaurant in New York where for seventy-five cents (the test 1s not quite ace curate) can foe had a dinfer fairly comparable in quality with the three-and-six J dinners which may be had at a round score of restaurants in London; and } even In our dreams of avarice we never get nlong here to anything that wilb! clase with the dinners to be had at half a dozen queer little cribs in Soho fow eighteen pence—though I will admit that !f you are a lusty eater you may have* to eat two of those elhteen-pence dinners at one sitting really to get your’) fill. Wine te not Included in these lower prices—in the higher prices it sometimes ‘8, and you drink ft at your peril!—but even in Soho, {f you are careful, and ats | pretty much all the three-and-six ordinartes, by exercising no more than @ reas , Sonable discretion, you can get an unpretentious sound wine for a price in keeps\* ie with the price of the food. to oe ( It'S SUCH A PLEASURE »TO TAKE TOUR ARM + King Alfonso’s Love Poem. ULON'T. WE Go AIRM- TAN COULDNT, WE CO TIROUGH (Sieg? a) DC ead ERE fs a love pocm by no less a person than King Alfonso XIII, of (ise f {LIFES AND CROSS oo TP F y| Spain. According to the Spantsh source from which {t was proanred, {t was composed some years ago, previous to the time when Princess [2na consented to become Mrs, Alfonso, It is printed in the current Harper's Yet in my sorrow feel the faith Weekly: S Which tells me I can mount the sky. Reck I lttle of the smile that It Upon thy lips, nor th’ enslaving glance Within thy black resplendent eyes! ‘Triumph shall come! Who cares If fate Has carpeted the way with bombs And growa her thistles et my gate? Ena, for thee alone doth beat My heart; and if I may not be Thy Faus. bo thou my Marguerite, > EE TRICKEN by thy disdain am I, S ae