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. The Evening_ World Daily Magazine, Tuesday, April 21, Published Daily Except Sunday by the Preas Publishing Company, Nos. $3 to 5} Park Row, New York. JORKPH PULITEER, Pree, 1 Hast U4 Birevt. J, ANGUS AMLAW, Geo-Trese., 201 Wert 119% Bireet, Jew York as Second-Claas Mail For England and the © In the Int Entered at the Post-Ofice at tion Rates to The Evening ‘orld for the United Btates and Canada. $3.50 30 Sas Monti: VOLUME 48. CATSKILL LAND OPTIONS. T county fairs and country circuses | the shell game is one of the quickest | waysof getting other people’s mon- | ey. What is going on in the Catskills | is the most colossal shell game | ever known, with the 4,000,000 in-, hahitants of New Yorkas its victims. Mayor McClellan had the Cats-| kill Water Bill passed in 1905. On Oct, 9, 1905, the Board of Water supply adopted a map of the land to be taken for the Catskill reser-| volrs and aqueduct. Not only was the map officially given out and published, but application was made to} the State Water Commission for its sanction, which after public hear- | ings at Kingston was obtained. | Naturally the real estate owners of the Catskills and most people in| New York believed that this was the official route. | Certain lawyers and real estate agents must have known better a cause they spent the next year buying ninety-six farms and securing op-| tions and contracts on hundreds of parcels more. Then on June 25, 1907, this first line was “modified” and a new} Tine laid out which includes thousands of acres bought at low prices by men who must have had advance knowledge not only that the original route approved by both the Water Supply Board and the State Water Commission would be changed but where the new location would be. These wise men are now putting in claims at the rate of $150 an’ $200 an acre for land for which they paid $8 and $10 an acre. The Cit) of New York has already become the owner of over 900 parcels of demned property, and unless this Catskill water fraud is broken up i will become the owner of thousands of parcels more, for all of wh’ the taxpayers must pay. Who are these men who were so sure that they invested more tha $300,000 of their own money on the accuracy of their foreknowledge? They are not the little real estate agents who did the purchasing, the runners and lawyers’ clerks who secured the options, or the attorney who are appearing of record before the condemnation commissioners None of these men amounts to enough to secure a change of aqueduc route. None of them has $300,000 to risk on a guess. Who supplied the funds? The Evening World’s information is that the money came from certain capitalist in New York and from a certain trust company, wi will receive a share in the profit. aa Where does the lion’s share go? It must go to the men who gave the assurances and who have n appeared publicly in the matter, who sit in the background wai for their millions of dollars of profit to roll in. The news columns give details compiled from the records and re- produce a map published under the authority of the Board of Water Supply. The legal proof of who the real pa in the land option ting are stops short of the men higher up. The moral proof of who are the men higher up points to that small number of polit power to do what has been don Letters from the Peonls. the Where Woman Wins, To the Editor of Tie Evening V A reader asks; Is there an woman can hold ¢ man could, a answer to the tract from a V printed r an's superic wbility to sew with at the end of her threac BCONOM For Park Subway Station, Te the Edit of We Why dor senger st Fourth street I live 5 (hundred a: Bee it is a Broadway street. Let 0: yicinity discuss t Even Chances of Improvement. FAltor of the Eve Real Genuine Happiness, & nt 1B peop r t. # to be far n t Feallacs, tb 1 tainments, the husband bea a Bulldox, the departin ling a most of her time in and @ diveros i » to ‘ n aan ? for that, a course and drawing in some g. at. i 19087 ‘peowas 10) Curr ency Reform. Archbishop Ryan’s | Ready Vi it and Humor : Good Stories of the Philadelphia Prelate 8 2 wit and hun s prove of Archbishop His ready the assets of ‘on, in the n, retells Amer at him When asked If he aid he surprised ingulry. wey the calm response, he man w ssly drives the 3 and heaven.” . The pastar of a church in one of the mining towns was exainining a little boy. in the presence of the Archb!ehop, matrimony?’ he sald ee W's eyes bulged out : i the suddenness with = mechanical aad hh some souls are condemned te A Gooo je before they are considered good enough to @o to heaven.” Bic ONE. said the old priest impatiently, “that's the definition of purge- Say, Loon! . Sy ix THE . , a “Let the boy alono, fath said the Archbishop with a merry twinkle in his Pe PO re / eye; “he may be right. W do you or I know avout it, anyway? To SHINE! {In a lecture on crime in dhe told of a poor Irishman who poured Into his ears such a tale of ine as he had never before known te be crewded ito the Ife of any individual. After listening in amazement to the poor fellow's recital, Mather Ryan asked “We Hs Pat, in ali your troubles did you at any time think of committing suicide?’ Not upon myself, your reverence,” came the reply he was sitting next to a d inguished rabol of the Jewish At a banquet ths were 5 8 partic ralllery at the expense of each obsor, |Wurned to the rabbi and sald: “Rabbi, when can I help The rabbi never paused ¢ would not come eff: ersonally acquainted and had met in pubHa night they indulged in some good-natured Presently the Archbishop with a smile uu to @ piece of this delicious ham?” a moment, but said promptly and with a smile | t your wedding, Ar. hop."* 0-o G0 6 0 O, come On! AIN'T IT | Wayne MaoVeagh. counsel for President Roberts, of the Pennsylvania Raf. WE Don’ T NEEDIT AWFUL 9 road, laug! r. Roberts, who always travelled with his couneel, MABEL / could get Archbishop passes over all the raflroads in the United States {f EVERY MING. |!n return, he would give Mr. Roberts a pass to Paradiae, Instantly the Arch- IN THE GARDENS | bishop replied: “I would do so if it were not for eeparating him from his | counsel." 0000 60 At a dinner one of the speakers sald that in the part of Ireland trom whtom he came all of the Ryans were rogues Looking at the speaker, who ls a lawyer, the Archbishop said: nay Le possible that all of the Ryans @re rogues, but {t is certain that that on one occasien a well-known and esteemed eto ask for a vacation, on the ground thet his healt ed it As he was noted for his frequent absences from his parish, the Talbot led upon the prel: Smith say: Mrs. Jarr looked at ek and $10 next s at 90 and si I know it ts ates and pa: alice you?” Look Out for Skidmore! for bea d nothing so much as you do my keeping 1 ‘If I should die to-night you would th querted Mra, Jerr. hop could not forego the opportunity of @ good-natured dig: stclans say mthat you need a change of air, father?’ “How would {t 4d, can to try the air of your pagih for a month or 90 as @ | changev” o0 00 00 Once he remonstrated with a priest whoee silk hat hed seen its test days bev fore the war “T would not give up that old hat for twenty new ones,” sald the priest; “te Lelonged to my father, who fell tn the uprieing of '48,"" "And evidently fell on that hat," sald the Archbishop. Go G€ oppo O70 While he was a bishop In St. Leuls, Mgr. Ryan was approached by « frieng one day who came to him In great excitement, saying: Bishop, Aid you know that Smith had heen elected to Congress?” 5 said the prelate, encouragingly, ‘he's young and strong—meyee Who’s This Skidmore? Are YouInsured? __ Well, Skid. Marries Widows and Lives on Insurance Money. “To shelter and guard me from all delinquencies, to know that I was good be. uu were watching me, and, then, when Skidmore came"— asked Mrs. Jarr more," said Mr. Jarr. “Skidmore te the man who {s always so kind, sympathetic to the widow before and after the Insurance ts collected. He a! wants to know {f he can do something. He wants you to tell him what he do, just he says. The late departed, however, having never let his By Roy L. McCardell, J) OU'LL have to give me more money than this," | Reflections of a Bachelor Girl. By Helen Rowland. said Mrs. Jarr, looking dubtously at the roll: of bills Mr, Jarr handed ner. and I had to get the ci ‘ou forget it was I did Hast idren new things. without a new hat myself; my new hat's coming to-day—| ite insure 3 placed you in a position where you can't think of any ANSBRAD S CVGIO ER C2 Ma 3 #0 you I didn't spend anything on myself. ling that you need Skidmore to do for you, but you appreciate hia sympathy eee meme euaire romsn) Wath leh] deals aest| petacision Pas) your new hat’s coming to-day you're getting yours fatintaidenartcakwanlatdcarinutinahvemutr srr etic at {sn't the kind @ woman mit a to Introduce her husband tes it! ain't you?" asked Mr. Jarr. "My new hat isn't coming “What are you talking about?” "asiced At rayare! i] the kind with high heels and dimples. to-day.”" I didn't have {t for Easter; everybody else had a new hat for Paster," sald Mrs, Jarr. “When I saw it much a bad day, of course I didn’t care; but the principle's the same, and I hadn't enough to pay all my bill week, s0 you'll have to give me some more mone: is got to pay my Iife insurance this wee “it's overdue now. I rea’ bills and said: “C t is easier to mend a broken egg-shel!l than to restore a worem’® shattered faith When will men find something more interesting to talk about, read about am@ write ebout than ‘why a woman does things?” Marriage ts the black coffee that @ man takes to settle him efter the leva feast. Love 1s the feeling that makes @ man turn on the hot water ween he meant to ght the gas; go hunting for a collar when what he wanted was a paip ef focks; shave every day, and forget whether or not he has had any tunch. An intoxicated man will ery like a baby—and can be comforted, as easily eg @ baby, with a bottle. Happiness ts at high tide at the full of the honeymoon. After @ man has seen you cry two or three times ft ceases te move Mimo except to move him out of the house. An old bachelor’ looks may be well-preserved, but his heart io alunew. embalmed. Some wives who pride themselves on having made their husbends eves, must feel awful when they look at thelr handiwork. A man seldom marries when he loses his heart; he waits unt be loses tts head. It takes a flirt to fool a fitrt. It's a funny thing about being in leve, that the minute a man begins to get serious he begins to get foolish. “Vm talking ut Skidmore,” said Mr. Jarr. ‘The wortd ts full of Skid- res, and their chief aim in life is to fall heir to insurance money by marrying) widows.”” | u shouldn't talk thet way—about dying, ‘I mean,” said Mra, Jarr, “and 14 ar you were not Insured, I'm sure I don't want to gain by your death and, yway, you'll outlive me.” “But think of Skidmore!” sald Mr. Jarr, ‘Skidmore will stand tn the parlor ind look at my crayon portrait, 1 sigh and say ‘Ah, there wae a man’ And he'll be so interested In the children and thelr education, and how they should have a strong hand to guide them. But after Skidmore geta the widow ani he insurance money, which he needs in his business, the children go to publlr school only t!!l they are old enough to work; and he'll take the crayon portrait ” sr and hang it in the garret—face own on the floor—for six © for one of Archie Gunn's soubrettes, and if you Mr hin head gravely, h os Ute insurar he widow and the orphan the company at 140, n't do business on that ‘s way to buy a of goods for $20 in five | 20 on use the fra od covering the rest of h yand’s natura r dare mention my nam See ath Soin ie How can you talk s0, you're crazy)" said Mrs, Jarr. “No, I'm not. I'm the average husband who scrimps to leave his wife well off, only Skidmore won't let her stay well off. Look out for Skidmore!” So saying Mr. Jarr departed with the Insurance money and an adied $10 for imself that Mrs. Jarr did not notice tn the confusion of his remarks. “T wonder who he means by Skidmore," sald Mrs. Jarr, ‘I don't know any Skidmore. I wonder If he's a bachelor o- a widower!” “the great fiduciary buy modating,”’ ventured Mrs. Jarr. “I need s p my insurance,” replied hen have no need to police > OSE In Da rktown A husband always expects his wife to look up to him, even if she has to geg. we inoraneeneee down on her knees to do it. << He The Courtship of Cholmondeley Jones Araminta Beautiful S 4 and Montressor x | OMBRALL ER | . { Yaasi, AN? \ AHS RIGHT ON; | DE JoB WF MAM LiL How True Lovers Propose. By Helen Oldfield. Cts queer, come to think about It, but there are few things more terrifying to a modest and tender hearted young man than asking the girl of fim heart to wed him, excepting, indeed, the second part of the transaction, asking papa, which, by the way, It sald, the girl of the period does muoh to make easy. The undeniable fact {s that most men, when It comes te |the question, ‘Tell mo yea or nay,” have thelr normal courage taxed to the j utmost YOU SHELF/SH BRUTE! Hol OR: BRALLER OVAH MAH aiol aie You 0, Erreuers? Does You baie TOH <HOLMIONDELY, LAM SRECKONS, IT Art GOIN” has been said that as no two men eat alike so no two make love in pre= Usually man conforms to the disposition of the There is just one rule which all men should follow: Be n whom he i it cording to the love stories of the day there is a decided fancy for what je known ns the indetinite form of proposal, vaguely worded offers, whtch, when « woman says “No,” leave a man free to claim that ehe has mistaken his meaning. ‘The woman who loves will not need to be told how to answer her lovere request. Nature will teach her how best to say The vacillating woman ‘as no rigat to allow a man to propose to her and accept him temporarily bee anse she cannot male up her mind to tell him the truth, There, perhaps, may he casos where a woman Is justified In accepting a suitor for whom she only | provided she is frank with him and he ts cone Yes" merely because sho In tired of saying ‘No”* e, for which she is sure to pay dearly later on. “Let your for what 1s more than these cometh of evil." + | For Men to Remember. ait rl a chick and she smiles. ; ‘all a woman a hen and she howls, C, Call a young woman a witch and she ts pleased, 1 ‘all an old woman a witeh and she is indignant, | Galt a girl a kitten and she rather ikes tt | Call a woman a cat and she hates you. i | Women are queer If you call a men a gay dog, }! will flatter him, Cail him a pup, a hound, or a cur, and he will try to alter the map tace. He doesn't mind being called a bull oF a beta yet he will mentioned as @ calf er @ cub. a: loves. (GUUIE OAT OMBRALLER! HAN’ OVAH DAT PARA SOIL! AH WANTS SOME 7 Shen feels sincere Ikin | tent, but the woman ukes a grave mi yen be yea and your nay nay, | | —-—