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33 to & y by k Row, New ¥ ANGUS SILAW, fee Published Daily Except Su ke JOSEPM PULITZER,» Went /1th Street Tress, Entered at the Post-Office at New Yo G-Class Mail Matter, Budecription Rates to The Evening ; For England and the Continent and World for the United States ‘All Countries in the International Postal Union. v Cc di eat tnt $50 | One Year. on 7 Mont! 30 One Month. By oe MEN a Se GU SEL bh VOLUME 48 . 17,049, —— LABOR AND LOAFING CROSS from The World Building thirty-two men were at work terday tearing down the old Staats- ‘ Zeitung Building to make more room for the Brooklyn Bridge ter- i At no were more ing. Only part twen more than ployees, because of the building is a private contractor's job, and it i the work done as expeditiously and economically as possible. if he could have his employees work better and faster he w At one corner one man with a crowbar would be sloy off bricks which another man would pick up. Then the brick pry would stop awhile and the other man would stop, and when the other man desired to converse both would stop awhile. This was the ca in several groups. A foreman would bustle around from one group to the other with @ temporary spurt of energy following his exhortations. A superin- tendent looked on rather hopelessly, as if # were useless to expect more than two-thirds of the men to work simultaneously. Somehow or other tthe idea exists among many employees that the less work they do the better off they and their fellows are, that idleness or shirking is at the expense only of their employer, and that it is his business to look out for himself. The employer does look out for himself. In every contract he takes he allows for indolence and shirking. The man who is tearing down the Staats-Zeitung Building will make a profit on his Every em- ployer mus!t make a profit or go out of business. | Then who pays for idleness and shirking? | The men themselves. woria wally aturday, April 25, taagazine, 9 lubes DIVGOHAOS Instructing the Delegate By Maurice Ketten. XQOONS ¢ « ( AR aan of New York Life NDS To DO \ : SomeETHING | SWIFEY Se By O Henry olf b = The Greatest Short Story Writer of All DOOGGHOES yr ad A Madison Square me Arabian Night. eutes ates “PR almera, fn his Pair ‘ OMISE aquare)) (Phillipa : (ME youre eee s A Lost Genius. the same Ors ee ringing out in f the Incoming parce Suet den . woman 1 CEG ‘ abie 1 I pa hated z, at Lin ne of my ng, abso ng time. letter was from an. e sed and er womar it contained polsoned ed the : 1 popular barbs, sw pped in hone. cnsoense | feathered snuendoes conce : me the photogra ce, and the next Chalmers tor r into a thou altoeee sand bits and began wear out One lGaaelOflaturornl nant expensive rug t ing back an r who sat t While I had his forth upon it nus an animal from portra{t on exhib my studio an | Jungle acts when it Is caged, and | acquaintance of painetonlooelar thus a caged man acts when he 18/ it. ‘Bless does he fi look like that? I told him {t was con- ed in a jungle of doubt. 1 | sidered a fait never and by the restless mood was ‘ overcome. The rug was not an en-| noticed that expressic 3 eyes chanted one. For sixteen feet he could) before.’ said} Vl drop LOOW ME 1N THE travel along 1t; three) thousand miles Cs BA Chl) change my bank = ; 5 Y ni pwer to ald, did drop do’ EYE AND SAY TEDDY Le) beyond sta bank account Was gone and so was Mr, s The Geni Banker. ES HE Loves e Genie. via = nS 1 4. He tered; M ng till they put me Phillips appeare never entered: | ¢ jy,.yeant Jane * pat me out UTTLE MOTHERS he invariably appeared, lke a weil- Secret meannesses s oiled genie. “will you dine here, sir, or out?’ he| ‘Ure; They can thetr own faces and deceive you, but the plo ture can't I couldn't get an order for sold Chalmers, “and in halt! He listened glumly to the lary blaste making an Aeolian | bone of the empty street. Wait,” he said to the disappearing gente. “As I came home across the | of the square I saw many men) ding there in rows, There was one! Ant expression | nted upon something, talking. Wry | ‘ and why | 9 original, a another picture, and I had to give up. I worked as a newspap If 1 my drawing show and expression t dre sts too much for the it is twice as expensive he greatest increase has been One reason a Inuse f average man to own fis that the building o s it was fifteen or twenty years ago, and t By cost of w labor are very diff If as two $2.a day men, the better paid man is The limit of wages \ labor is meant st of wages and ce as much work things. hich workmen can never exceed is the value of what they produce. Wages can he raised « by men doing more work. ‘My papa hasn't worke os, and and foremost boosting th K road races wherever they may be. When! on the half hour Phillips had finished | That: is the reason I: saving machinery f Series pent in A nall towns hold up the contests until bigger bonds ts put UP. 21 hig duties as slave of the lamp. The |All right the pictures were all right. ie faey PST HSE © be asked to act as y sues for damage whatsoever to I!fe, limb or property, Old Man) Watters he restaurant below } ta|I sata. Td in it, but Pr the community. If all labor saving nt enough to be ele hereberith crabeidentedand’ Casialtitnine iH he aa ee i F eemaienestliveautwats machinery were abolished wages me 2 me that he w ne could ge on @ live one spread the salve for him as ‘that staunch and gon- |e dining table, lafd for two, glowed | On Chalmers's writing- Iny the ? ae ‘a Thy onct In a while. | erous friend of the sport, whose generous impulses is always devote peli cpesety low he pink-shaded| photograph that he had received that would fall to next to nothing be- “Oh, well, spr Pnabaavae! alicia an tcin’|| tiierovertenchetk ieinescalack nateutserc Gils iiaie . ree sheer uy fey (ep Gin ID Fo |day in the foreign mati. Ten min cause the fund available to pay Rov © Me Canotie cee! ¥ meee us E ay snag lea aniaht coment ‘Then Old Man Moneyton gives hisself a @ly bite in the back to keep from! ang now Phillips, as theugh he|later he had Plumer at work making " ‘ i Mamma De Branscomie’s again; but he ain't taking) oursting out laftin.’ i= 14 In charge @|@ sketch from {t in pastels, At the end q be cut dows ne- 5 ‘a ro a i . hered a cardinal—or he! meets would be cut down nine (rend tear fo its alice) maa (hs pat Gi > iret tn Bec Hien VOMATAnEMchaytGne shown nisin lone mwihatanenlikesamostainmene| Seoeieeeeatiat tn the shivering ser ca Co aE the artist rose and stretched h SONG seca Io thiOking ot SOnae Ta a tOviIG Dae he dae thee he nabe | summertime, he saya, 18 to get out with his trotters and clock thelr galt on| who had been hailed from the line of| weartly. Idleness neeeeandethe Ma rbeet ines rer eta ataa Ena eaters » Spee M eras ant® them good Westclester roads around hia estate. What ts his portion? It'n| mendicant lodgers. “It's done,” he yawned. ‘You'll ex- at . ng a 185 a © vaudeville peor per is golng to come) ‘Honk; Honk!’ and gray streaks go burning up the pike, leaving his eyes and! ‘My name 1s Plumer," said the hish-|cuse me for being so long. I got inter- like make more work, but they do eas Ms whiskers full of flying roadbed, while his trotters is climbing trees, and what| way gu in harsh and aggressive ested in the Job. Lordy! but I'm tired. not make more \ Nativark Py “It all started when Reoksand Fulton began to bill themselves with twenty-| remains of his rubber-tired speed-wagon with ball bearings 1s picked up off| tones, ‘If you're like me, you like to/ No bed last night, you know, Guess teh " ur sheet stands and Houd! it the landscape by inquiring friends. {now the name of the party you're| it'll nave to be good night now, O Com- but the profit of work makes wages. “Up to this time any ex y the house manager “So this year Old Man Moneyton makes a secret campaign for peace, safety! dining with.” | mander of the Faithful!" Few men want work. Most sipegialigenci the) pentr Hing, an here Rock and and no dust by boosting them auto racers all he can | nT waa going on to eay,” continued! Chaimera went as far as the door i Work ‘on comes along with t won before “He gives prizes for different divisions, and, as T sali, the Undertaker's) Chalmers somewhat hastily, “that mine| with him and si!pped some bills inte men would rather be idle. When performers will have to pay the hev're Cup for AN Comers. Of course, ft ain't billed as the Undertaker's Cup for All| {s Chalmers. Will you alt opposite?” | his hand. men say they want vork, it is not 3 E P raya a oy of course, when Hi: Aner f ut thelr big bills Comers, but that’s what Old Man Moneyton calls !t to a few friends In conf- | plumer, of the ruffled plumes, bent) “Oh, I'll take ‘em," sald Plumer. “All PRPS eo ; c Le wages. When eltanames inp lerterees ous to let dence. | nis knees for Phillips to slide the chatr/ that's included in the fall. Thanks. it is said that so many thousand men are ou ir sufferine lic think this featuring ts at ‘Then this generous, enthusiastic friend of the speedy motor helps lay out beneath him, He hed an air of having) And for very good dinner. IT ehall i eens at, but certain parti ling, or half course, He asks points from the village sextons and the local bone-etters, and | sat at attended boards before. Phillips) sleep on feathers to-night and drexm of a. comes not because there is not plenty of \ is paying them é Work ar without work. lower wages as a re: ‘aus? no one i Noith Letisrs irom the People. ar A Wife's G To the Editor « Readers, wha had a husband against hy made no en schemes and lies? he elther swears for three or f my house aimos: what little things en the next time tells him stocking some fevance, 1 ng Wo e spr Wear is as ro Pauls time the wommer vantages, for wh 1 the subway trains | the crow! size. B th x ter cars their hats at the t f" were to wear s ‘ would be all sorts of 1 Z the women R Y Back to Nate Bo the Eaitor of k : ‘ This is the time ur Ww Nature dons her veautl : When vegetation, gradually assumes an a 1 ae @epect glorious and maguiticent, when say tha: it is purtculurly dangenn the trees and plants begin to sprout to a thief. MAHL BONww are they there : ; ii and I never could hold a 1 ° ey srenhorle pica a I began to rest my we ead uopn the Miips, “The mi e | breast of Old Booze for And Gis (BED A Ge ee ceo a pretty soon I was in ee-bed line he night Ri, ee and doing ora! fict hand-outs aes : = aes listen and give them money. Then hej too Dessuithe 5 —= ends ag many as the money will pay | tone | OU rr | to lodging house, ‘That !s| 7-0 hel) e orus Girl Tells out the Un ; ain rows: they AOE AED) Slater atop He pos pater” at fat Fe Tr Ss up they stand in: roy Gisaster stop !f prefer, but that re- bed in order as they come. @ dinner 1s served,”” sald Ca Go Cet 3s ahs quires a tear, . the Gal inGn elon atieeh eat aooaaLaR TD Old Man Moneyton Puts Up as Prize for Auto Racers. 222 sore Ba hrs oe see om em te e | nere He will dine with me.’ aa | The Test, kid, they got the performers all stirred up now and paying for half their) “W-w-which bemnc ip Seti erie Oo eet Gre ee) and before the cruel war 1s over the managers will be letting them pay! ee GuenGy RCE Oo eau a ate Shara Dia ail of By Roy L. McCardell, for ft all “Was you your portraits reveal some unpleasant trait. or were there some that 4/4 not ‘Choose one at random," said Chal- hester County “You might see that he ts rea- to the automobile races? It was up In West up GO t 07 “es Fe a a a a Man Moneyton’s country place. Why, it was Ol? mers. he Chorus Giri. oat of the expenses, and was one of the donators of sonably sober—and a certain amount avffe: from the ordeal of your peculiar te or er eeenuse, £0 ms Cup for All Comers, cf oleantiness will not De held against | brush?” aa antawarahe ul pecial ca: zea for professional drivers, for amateur! him That i all.” “Some? Yes.” sald Plumer. ‘Ohtidren and at meal gratify cars, for dealers, for chauffeurs and owners. He's an en-| Guest generally a good many women and a but pap. that t old stew about automodiie road racing, and you'll always find nim) A Queer Guest. sumo! numiber/)0f/ meniay All people When they werd aren't bad, you know. 8. I hope it won't turn Cag to be Bagd eir own particular p: See that only one thing mars his lappiness, and that 1s that he ain't got time to paint set out the anchovies and o st and In letters for elxe’s a road down a precipice and into the lordly Hudson “Good! barked Plumer; “going to be! a dream in the gnorning. arowell, , iT iv goes over to Is 1 parties Wha Then the race is pulled off and t ers, amateur and profes- in courses, {8 It? All right, my Jovial| most excellent Cail vt ’ is int ell, you know si nat ain't dead n Moneyton can take out ruler of Bagdad, I'm your Schehere-| Again Chalmers paced restlesal', upon nod a positively his trotters withcut bein hour lads, because ne's! ade all the way to the toothpicks. /hts rug. But his beat was as fa ~fzom first Caliph with a genutne|the table whereon lay the pastel shistth You're the would permit. » Oriental flavor I've struck since frost./as the room What luok! And I was forty-third In|thrice he tried to approach 11, b * tne, I finished counting just a@ your failed. He could see the dun and ,0la welcome emissary arrived to bid me te/and brown of the colors, but there wax I had about as much chance! g wall about it built by his fears that Kept him at a distance. He sat dowa and tried to calm himself. He sprang up and rang for Phillips. “One of God's Own Angels,” “There Is a young artist In this build- Reineman—do em whe: » wants them for awhile ‘ay, I saw Harry Trimmers at the auto races cause I wou! tn't speak to him."” xot He apologized te me be an ell By George Hopf the feast. of getting @ bed to-night as I have of being the next President How will you ve the sad story of my life, Mr. Al Raschid—a chapter with each course or the whole edition with the cigars ani coffe r. GOSH HANG THAT] [ee IPPERY SOAP! How’ 01S FER ACROBATICS! [GEE, DAT SOAP | |||GIVES ME AN IDEA |TO GIT To THE BALL CAME-ILL JES'SLIP he «ituation does not seem a novel 280 NElilpaca one to you,” said Chalmers, with aling,” he sald, “—a Mr. mile. you know which ts his apartment?” a ‘Top floor, front, sir.” said Phillips, “Go up and ask him to favor me with minute: Chalmers ine Hard-Luck Stories. “By the chin whiskers of no! answered the guest as full of cheap Haroun a gdad 1s of fleas. I’ "my story with a loaded meal pointed head twenty times. Catch any- his presence here for a few Reineman came at once, Haschidg as | troduced himself, been held up| ‘Mr. Relneman," said he, “there taye ‘i1ttle pastel skotoh on yonder table, I would be glad if you will give me your prophet | ew York's at my body In New York giving you some-|opinion of it as to tts artistic merite hing for nothing! They spell curio: and as a picture.” nd charity with the same set of build- | ‘The young artist advanced to the table ng sks, Lots of ‘em whl play Ca-|and took up the eketch, Chalmers hatt bh to the tune of a top sirloip; but |vurned away, leaning upon the back of @ —— > SETS wae ery time one of ‘em will stand over | chair. UL SORRY, SON-| |) as [Come Now, ver Gor on tint ew your autobiography | “How-do—you—find it?" he asied ; {Hi AKE A HOLIOA EINES SEWED UP INA Sack}! vat of von with foot notes, appendix | slowly. | We! fates 1 ry SASS npuolished ¢ nent t lease ra g,'? sale 6 leToneo | le Boss ‘| SOUSE SEM IN DE writt and unpu My ae Ont kp | “as a drawing, anid th artist, a t TEO. i BIWASH Poot Aare to do when I see vic % jcan't praise It enough. It's the work e@1 ] (fe A oe OT ward mein old Bagdad-on-the | 4 jnaster—bold and fino and true, It i T way. oT strike t sphalt three | juzzies me a ttle! I haven't seen any an i ready | jastel work near as good in years. : BET 8 I claim} \e fact, man—the subject—the ortge scent from the Duck What would you say of that? Ne pre LOU Se Mae: face,” said) Reineman, an ; Nie : of one of God's own angels, Mag, and spo ophit HDT es EO ABA toate tt oyted Chalmers, wheels dden Wh end : t es i ue ee GUGEE EGE vand and pounding (ssure you you will not suffer through | #!* back Jevteavelllng tn) BUreps teh, boy, and paint the life from it and leave that sk 2 of your Take dny curlosity of mini | Am hour iater the Arabian guest lay | plctu - Lack with # sigh of satisfaction while | the price to me.