The evening world. Newspaper, March 23, 1908, Page 12

The Evening Published Dally Dxoept Sunday by the Press Publishing Company, Noe. 58 to @ Park Row, New York FOORPH PULITEER, Proe., 1 East 184 Street, J. ANGUS AILAW, Bee Treas, 901 West 11th Stree Entered at the Post-Omice at New York as Second-Class Mat] Matter. Bngl vontinent and fon Rates to The Evening | For England and the Continent 4 anes orid for the United Staten All Countries in, the International and Canada. ostal Union. Que Year... SH) ne Month. $2.50 | “PRIVATE CAPITAL” ETER the Board of Estimate day defeated Mr. Coler’s motion to approve the Fourth avenue subway VOLUME on Fri- plans it appropriated $11,000,000 more for the Esopus water scheme Mayor MeCiei nd Comptroile: Metz voted for delay refused to hear a delegation of 300! citizens on the ground that no money was available, and at the same meeting voted a needless ex-j{ penditure sufficient to build the Brooklyn loop. The time is come when the people of t y must talk plain Mayor MzClellan, Comptrolier Metz, Patrick H. McCarren and Charles F, Murphy. This administration has no intention of building subways. 000,000 were to dese upon the ancient Israel he Board of Estimate would hurriedly squan- der it in order tha nioney might be available fc he reconciliation between Murphy and MeClellan was not brought about by Murphy, nor McClellan, nor McCarren, but by the ancial | Powers which are the real government of this city. | So long as Murphy and McClellan quarrelled over local patron the high financial powers of New York took no more interest than in a fight between two Broad street messenger boys over a piece of But when the unanimous public demand for more subw became insistent and persisted, on the need of harmony. If $100,- id into the city’s treasury over night as manna feil w subways. $ arose, | Ryan, Brady, Rogers and Morgan agrees) | Mr. Morgan has found revenue bonds most profitable. United States Treasury would loan without interest on 6 per cent. on $65,000,000 was profit, and the added $1,500,000 more. Mr. Ryan, having overcapitalized the Metropolitan, aga talized the Inter.-Met. merger and then unloaded on th ing public, including August Belmont, many Tar even some of the Metropolitan’s lawyers, is now looking tor a wa) it over again. Most people have forgotten that after once way road it was put in a receiver's hands, and after liti ducted by E the trifling sum of $25,000. Henry H. Rogers, who sunk a large sum of money in the 7 Railroad from the West Virginia coal regions to Norfolk, is seeking to} recuperate his fortune. Rogers for some time has had an interest in the B. R. T. with Anthony N. Brady and E. H. Harriman. Th t trol of McCarren and McCarren’s ownership of Comptro! became a factor. Since th e bonds, pregiation in pric | inves Haffen and Ahearn, who outvoted Coler and Cromwell on the ques- tion of building subways. Neither is the real government McCarren and Murphy, because it req other influences than Charles F. Murphy to control McClellar he real government of New as soon o! Go To THE PARK GENTLE SPRING 1 cei e) (Terms) oh . 1908. The Day of Rest. By Maurice Ketten. ——_—_——— O!COnE ON JOHN! BURSTING BUDS GRASS — LET NE) ) ALONE ‘| ¢ | UA NoT un! ( ] AWARE Se AYSELE JOHN , | want To L ) Jw { DON T LET \ 3 |e WEEP | (Ub HE WOODS -— AND THE SPROUTING Sat ea You KNow HAT" SPRING UNLOCKS THE FLOWERS To PAINT THE LAUGHING SOIL" 1 WANT To SEE THE —~ / folleTme ) sono) | Avone ! ( THE DOOR THIS IS MY. ( THERE 19 A (DAY oF REST DRAFT HERE 0 PisH Tush! O PIFFLE! O!Do ComE JOHN | DONT You LOve * THE CARESSING o WINDS oF SPRING ( O'SHUT uP | “THATS THE RADIATOR CLICKING DON'T You HEAR THE SONGS © Fuoge! O CHEESE IT) ( ( Boo- Hoo! 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VLL Go i is wate World Daily Magazine, Monday, March | es 2 “The Story of The Presidents By Albert Payson Ter! CQOSDODSSS No. 4—JOHN ADAMS. John Adams (1785-1826). Second President. medium height, large of nose, heavy of expreseion. Bull” in appearance. A dent of the United States. “If you hadnt kept your mouth ebut,” he roared, “they’dibave foum® out you're no wiser than I am!” The foregoing anecdote (which fe eid to be authentic except for tm Stout, florid, dalé, af The typtoas ‘Vokm® STOUT, red-faced man shook his fist wrathfully at a portrait Washington. The angry gestioulator was John Adama,.eecond.P: omission of a few rether violent expletives) shows how political criticism | affected a man less great than Washington. It is hard to be the of a popular idol. Adame’s best efforts were overshadowed by memories Washington's greatness. And while those eame efforts wers doubtless meant and honest enough, they were thought at the time to contain blunders then flashes of gentus. Here is --uams’e life story: He was the oldest eon of a Braintree, Masa, farmer. At atrteen went to Harvard, with the idea of later becoming a clergyman. In days students’ names were not listed alphabetically or by scholarship, by their parents’ social standing. Thus, John Adame stoou fourteenth in class of twenty-four at Harvard. Here it was that Adams, getting tangled @ confused web of religicus dogmas, gave up er An Unpopular Move thoughts of the ministry and took up lew as a pre fession. Excitable, eloquent, clever, he quickly won @ good practice, {f not much popularity. He was oust of the first to foresee the coming greatness of Ames! ica, and prophesied that inside of a century netthe {England nor au Europe combined could subdue us. |brought upon him the hatred of all patriots. |1770, fired on and kflled a number of Bostonians. \he “Boston Massacre.” s head off with his sx ast ling being led herself, set up a loud wall and demanded to ed with her, Mr Jarr got the doll and told the little boy to be quiet would have to| 0 to bed ry baby! Cry baby! Tell tale!" shouted the litte pey Whereat the little girl walled dolorousiy and Mr. Jarr told the boy tf he nit behave he'd have to go to bed too At her tness ese words the ittle girl coinmenced to ory tle girl now demanded that shing 40 go to sleep, please keep quiet.” sus!" atin ouder father come and Ile beside her bed with your sister, Willie!’ comn the boy commenced to cey and say h followed for awhie til Mr. Jarr heard both child: ach other. He rescurd them, changed thetr n and went to reading again ed me!” cried the | a scuffle and more separated the comhatants. He was no sooner settled again anded a drink of water, This she need t 7 This started the boy, who dema s mother, too sald Mr. Jarr, “and I'll girl comm they watled and orled: "Mama! I wan Jarr returned; with a s ved a spanking, than ever and demand and Mr, Jarr put down his han tae take you te Yet, in spite of this patriotic forecast, the first notable act of his A band of British sokifers, This event was known The soldiers were put on trial. Adams acted ag hetr lawyer, receiving a $96 fee for saving all but two of them from puns shment. In spite of this setback Adams was soon afterward in the from rank of the revolutionary movement. With pen and oratory he did sgTeet, ervice for liberty. As member of the Continental Congress he achieved @j masier stroke by way of reconciling the quarrelsome Virginia and New Engw and factions. Largely through hie efforts the 16,000 men collected far dew ense in New England in 1775 were formally selected as the recognized Cons inental army. He also proposed George Washington, of Virginia, for coma nander-in-chief. This momentarily quieted the factions, by throwing a soy ved pledge both North and South to the patriotic cause, Adams unwisely joined the throng who criticised Washington's coursp er, and seems to have been sorry he had named the tha’ office. Adams's services during the Revolution were notewo: fe became @ mishty power in Congress. Incidentally, his ready tongue ot temper sill continued to get him into trouble. On May 16, 17%, he ied through Congress a resolution inviting the colonies to declare inde lence. Next year he was sent as Congress's commiestoner to Franca, to interest that country further in the colonists’ cause. While he aa service during hie two official trips to France, he managed to quarrel with the powerful Count Vergennes and even with “ranklin, the man who had first interested the French ' Virginian for evertheless s. Matters became #0 unpleasant that Adams found {g. leave France. Sent to Holland to ratse a government Ss influence again opposing him. But, by sheer force ;, overrode the opposition and negotiated the desl satis. Going again to France to help !n the peace overtures there, he > more got the better of his old foe, Vergennes, in the treaty: ‘hour undue French interference. Later, in England, he sought to adfus§ estain commerc'al treaty squabbles, failed, and came back to America, 9, after ten years’ absence. In recognition of his services the Date s cnose him for {ts first Vice-Prosident—eomething of an boner = days. Adams was furiously jealous of President took no great pains to hide y aleputes The two great political parties of the time—Federal and RepubNean— syrang up while Washington was Proaldent. Adams was a etrong Federale is'| He won new unpopularity by speaking in com- his feelings. Thus his term of office was marred ——~~? placent praise of the “well born” and sneering Astothe Jefferson's {dea that all men are equal. He gical “Well Born.” “the masses” and desir da sem!-aristocratic (almost iical) government, This attitude did not tend e favor of the people at large. 4 of Washington's second term, in 1796, Adame ead, Jefferson, his defeated opponent, bee Hamilton, who had always echemed him, worked trickfly bu: In vain against his elect! ° qua:tel between Adams and Hamilton eplit and je) is on faa Adams's adminis‘ration was one long sof pall ‘ course of action he antag d his own party Angry EN eee na diemissed {! and formed a new one. He and Hamiiton continued to eeecl oe each ip highly undignified fashion. His policy !n the war gcare wit Franco, in 1798 aroused furloua debate. Altogeth he pertod add not ten@ to enhance Adams’a already shaky prestige. At the end of a alngle ta he wen? ou of effice, being benten for a second term by Thomas Jefferson, 8 at this defeat that he would not walt to at a'fon on March 4, 1801, ‘o attend his bur started before days d home. He lived a quarter of mself chiefly to literature: dy: a Iyeanianiee EDretdene re; dying the year after ave, brilliont, Irritable, imprudent bad tem 5 ident, bad tempered—suct » &@ man who deserved well of his country and who had iis Oa {nature to thank for most of his misfortunes, Mleeine Numbers et) this) sorlerimay be ohinined onl appicetion hy acnding @ one-cent stamp for each article ‘The World Circulation Department.” Just What Happened to Lot's Wife. By Chemist Lyell M. Rider. to Eventing what 3 ee I Auppe to Lot's wit Lot and Abraham were leaving: York is Ryan, Morgan, Brady and jered Mr J. 4 followed this up kissing ihe Ay ntie rising never to hor aby te) heir fate wet) wife turned back. Sb ie bese pa uy é . Pat teeniatanithey, @ asle ook back; she actually went back a distance in! Rogers. They are the Board of ee oral A anak att atnae ts COMMS lienGonaicaee ced Par Mrs. Jarr.’ said Mr. Jarr, solemnly, do you retain your blooming the zone of @ remarka‘le natural phenomenon which took place at Estimate. They are “private capi- Bea FRSA PENTA Rite: ii I CAACO GRO Tn Con Ren itgianalrcndexniytmeneri ‘he time, or perhaps her turning back was merely lagging, whioh aised Sita s a 3 = a i cos of nature there tal” who stand ready to build new 2 ; ees B F L Louls chemist, in the Post-Dispatch. subways provided they receive un- q C tshin \Y } LOVE'S YOUNG DRE } \e Vy i G. JONG Im o that a streak of fire passing rapidly through the alp limited fra hout cost, that free uvenl 6 our ’ Hi IN DARKTOWN i nen ny S| would acid. So would a bolt of Mghtning. A bolt of lightning towed a double fa fer « } the People. that Iam aware of, sm ae etters from Another, or Tt was p lt all kes of | cross the Rapida old cross! as thy on that who wer we an the} the| srand the word “fr Does ones, 4 win civii ET othe Halt: How glad I was tinues u wignment on taectior 'e out. N | Creator never designed t The “Thi tv be saved by To the through suoh br. r Replyin own pets were taken for such treat- the gallant ment, what 1 there wort! Clellan, B be Surely s deserve alt perimentes anyway @nd a great deal : we students can take the theo: @annot do too mu e de-| ranted. Are us worth oh fenders. nitty | price pald by helpless animals £ | daye in ° period prolonged existence? If kin | of the war (w e inv Pennsyl net de exalted, we were patie ead: | le vania) expects or lecks \o8 \4é CA. tt — [ SUSTOH CHOLMONDELY, \AH PeeKs DE_TICKLIN’S || TAKE 08 VES ER || SA/TCH OB OE, DELICACIES A LIL APPERTITE . '5 GO INTO DIS nf ILFY HN’ PAR- 4 > —~, [AH GUESS AHLL HAB SOME BISCUIT TORTONIC) = VAN? A LI'L WATAH MELON -AN? pe z (SOME AROON GLASSES) guttrty 4 AN? SOME PIGS FOOT) (AN SOME APPLE “PIE - AN? SOME ) SCH/CKOLT L1VAHCN (SAW TEE- PEALLY, (AAS NOT VER ONG, ( YOU DOES DE| ORDERIN'S. FAA'S NOT VER RON ER IE ‘(BUT AWD Lik B Lit LOBS7TAH ALL FOB PITTSBURG -5 OME, pL FILET OE ROAST (SOME MULLIGAN TAWNEY-AN SOME) PADDY DE FOY GRASS-AN’ SOME o LARCHIE CHOKES-AN SOME KAYMEM: | BER CHEESE-AN SOME OB DAT ance of 20 ( without the zigzag breaks in {te course would acid out of the alr for a territory a mile tn diameter. pose a volt of Ugh did dart through the alr in the immediate vietnity what {3 now the Dend Sea. Suppose that bolt to have traversed @ With {ts course unoroken by a common zigzag movement of 4eh nitric actd would be thrown down to change all the surface iiles around to nitrates. And, in my opinion, that ts exactly ‘pen, causing not only the transformation cf Lot's wite to « pillar of salt, but also causing the Dead Sea to become “dead,” + The Criticism That Helps. By Ellen Terry. ‘ WAS once asked, "Are you affected by adverse criticlem? I answered then, and I answer now, that legitimate adverse criticism has alwaye deen of use to me, !f only because it “gave me to think'—furlously. Seldom doe: the outsider, however talented as a writer and observer, recognize the actor's art, and often we are told that we are acting best when we are showing the works most plainly, and denied any special virtue when we are concealing our method. Professional criticism 1s helpful chiefly because t Induces one to criticise one's self. “Did I give that impression to any one? ‘Then there must have been something wrong somewhere.” ‘The ‘something’ ts often a perfectly different blemish from that to which the critic drew attention, Unprofessiona! criticism is often more helpful still, but, alas! one's friends are to one's faults more than a little Diind and to one's virtues very kind. It te through letters from people quite unknown to me thet I have sometimes learned valuable lessons. During the run of ‘Romeo and Jullet’ some one wrote and told me that if the dialogue at the ball could be taken In @ lighter and quicker ay it would better express the manner of a girl of Jullet’s age. The same unknown orttie pointed out that I was too slow and studied tn the balcony ecene. | A She—I think !t wes a woman—was perfectly right.—MoClure’s Magazine 4-2 Your Politico-Historical “If.” PIG, as the most veracious historians velate, really caused the war of 182 ‘A peaceably inclined Rhode Island farmer lost so much time in extricating the said pig from @ fence where it was caught on election day that the town chose a war representative to the Legislature by one vote. The Legislature in turn elected a war Senator by one vote. es arate tmarnseeee ee ¥ y