The evening world. Newspaper, September 1, 1908, Page 12

| i \ pamremonenparan ssi he The Evening World Daily We | | Notified. By M. Oe Zayas. Pabtiehed Dally Hxcept Sunday by the Press Publishing Company, Nos, 63 te 6 Park Row, New York. | QOAEPH PULITZER, Pree, 1 East 184 Street, Je ANGUS SHAW, Bee. Trous,, 01 West 117th Street, | Entered at the Post-OMice at New York as Second-Class Mat] Matter. | @ubscription Rates to The Evening | For England and the Continent and | World for the United States ‘All Countries in the International Postal Union. nee Year. @ Mont! — — VOLUME 49... THE MONEY WASTERS. ETTY GREEN, in a striklag tnter- view in The World, puts a large part of the blame for the hard! times on the women of America, | “All they live for,” says Mrs. Green, ‘is clothes, the latest shape ~~ By Nixola Greeley-Smith. RAAARAA AL ARDS No, 3.—The “I'll Never Do It Again,” ii: fo a question whether the third He in our series of and Canada, #250 | One Year. 30 One Qfonth. 9.75 oo NO. 17,78, domestic fairy tales 1s not the most popular of them all, Certainly, 11s only possidle rival for extensive popularity is the “first and only girl” fiction, Which We have already considered The peculiarity of this third le is that It Is always told by a hustand who believes It to be the truth, In the cold gray dawn of the morning after, when the cup of coffee tendered by a sileatly reproachful wife brings balm and healing and remorse at tie eame time, {t has all the solemnity of a vow “I'll never @o tt again!” registers the newest Phaeton ken and his brow ‘ of the water wagon. ‘Then his eyes in hats, the newest fangled skirts. Snor ate lowers with indignation at the faint smile of derision his ‘Sreze0 Wife strives unsuccess: to. suppress, The modern mother {s raising a na- tion of spendthrifts. More men are driven to dishonesty by the white hand of woman stuck all over with jewels than by thelr own love of horses, rich food and good times.” The women of America five for other things besides money and luxury. Moralists and sensational novelists to the contrary, they still cultivate a number of old fashioned virtues. They are unquestion ably extravagant as compared with the women of other nations. But! with what other women may they properly be compared? Where else! in the world do women have so much money to spend as in the United States? Where else do husbands and fathers provide so bountifully? It is only natural that the unexampled prosperity of the nation should be reflected in an increase of household expenditure, in costlier clothes, jewels and articles of personal luxury. Women have taken thelr cue from the men, The clerk's wife who has seen her husband become a bank president or develop a retail business into a wholesale has adapt- ed her wants to her new means, The plumber's wife makes the clothes she wears correspond to the union's higher wage scale, Extravagance is our national sin, and it must be admitted that wom-| en aid and abet it. la all ranks of society a passion exists for display! and for rivalry in dress and in the pursuit of pleasure. The wife of the| clerk strives to outdo his employer's wife, and the result is too often dis- astrous, Prudence and thrift give way to the whim of the moment, the small margin of savings is wiped out and with the first breath of re-! verses comes bankruptcy or defalcation. Somewhat depressed by the con- dec such marked Sclousness of his brand new virtue, he| vehemence that his better half almost goes downtown, All day his gloom| suspects that his malady may be thickens tll what had been a mild | rabies grouch at 9 A. M. ripens into a seeth-| All in vain, however, Is her Ing, tempestuous rage. He goes home, | solicitude till with the Inspiration of Momentarily appeased by his dinner, he| genius she coos persuasively: “Dear, confides to his spouse that he !s not| don't you think a tiny little drink will one of those foo! men that belleve In do you good? Of course, If you take ft swearing off forever. No, he is mod-|@s medicine, it's dite Let mo fix erate. He undertakes only what he/{t for you.” can perform, Therefore he has decided | Of course, the stem prohibitionist jnot to take another drink for five | ylelds, and life becomes once more years, Mving By ¢ next day he has TRY TO DRINK THIS NEVER, NEVE COFFEE , DEAR | IT ee 5 WILL I SEND FOR i | THE DoeTOR ? His Wife, Silently Reproachtul, Brings Him a Cup of Coffee, Perhaps his wife again ventures to , joined the ranks of those who don't smile at this commutation of sentence believe he has allowed himself. Woe to her) “know whi {f she does! ‘This—this ta the sy The next—well, pei pathy he gets when, tired and worn dition to swear off o out and {ll-long pause while the news| And he always vel: But the of his indisposition sinks in—he seek8 | husband who will “never do it again’ the haven of his home—thie-—‘‘What's |does not always drink. His favorite the matter, dearest?’ his wife ca) sin may be ga gor flirting with ‘ fj / / f; // y] i lates, laying a fond hand on his fevered | other women. Whatever it 1s, he avails RB brow—"can I do anything for you?'’ | himself with equal efficacy of hie i fj ¢ de Jaya, “No, thank you,” he Jeers. "T don't | s / yf ff] want to be fanned. I don't want &| And believes that he !s going to | drink of water!" He makes the latter | keep !t—till the next b ; q $ ° Gus Takes a Short Day Off in Hoboken From His Saloon, Gos Gab Natlite Not and Comes Back to New York Strongly Opposed to Vacations. } Mrs, Green’s rebuke is timely. If our spendthrift habits are to be} By Roy L. McCardell political times, and in Hoboken they want to holler for some reform they al- 4 ORSHNECK (which is called Greenwich on the time table) is plan- corrected, women, who have done most to encourage them, should begin) NM Ni : 0 Feady have got to kesp from getting some refo yoe they don't want” ning @n automobile carnival for next month, the great featum of the reform. It is not to be expected of them that they will imitate the “ny” seu Neys) af eordytimel mtiliol you yaa) ear}! ewes: oan oc ca Nelmsccre.ty) cue Decicis| Tubsre (otros mea) Hopes. which will be a procession headed by Our Rulers In the following . ane niet ty a asked Gus, the proprietor ef the corner cate |srrypome hme otis ead ; aT ‘ | Dazzling Array: frugality . the a eed or develop the thrift of the French ‘gure! sald Mr, Jarr, lying stanchly to Easl Ieee eala esse Bartenders’ Union is getting influwentchual. d site (DRG CORPS, women wI rainy day hoards pay 13 emmities. Tt e imself with the thought of how muc! ney his dismal | ! etre 5 t n whose rainy day hoards pay off war indemnities, The example Peale ain the eh eee ey aera TRA entainial urencee tea Guat tyine viiituat sl al oral oniat meena) vou Permanent Selsctman, County Judge, state of the wife of the American multi-millionaire who wore a hat four sea- ad cost him, = |are on the chob and fellers better do what you say or they got @ permit re- Large Hon. James F " h t hb | ree AU r Sons is not recommended to them. “This thing of th tions | ‘ WE Co? ConCaNh ryt cae SURE eR ; Peay ee a aa Ne eee eter oa “Oh, I see,” sald Mr, Jarr. ‘Let us then to Hoboken!” Permanent Select Judge, Town Coun But between rigid economy and wild extravagance there is a golden Gthee dial onistel oc elves, ans Cotmates eee Tay ee t| srWell, we can't stay long,” eald Gus. "I got a new bartender, and he hears resentative. Hon, 'R dty Salen mean of mod. ition which they may follow not only to the advantage get a drink on Sunday, Ike Atlantic City, and ft makes | me Insult my customers because I'm an old friend, and he thinks he can do it Jnl tare auepet ae of their hushands’ business but to the inestimable benefit of the natio.. To pay more attention to the home bank account and less to bonnets will ‘ Permanent Selectman, Padrone and Genera! yusiness bad for me. Ain't I here? Do I go away on such | t00. Cont wilt a sa? ‘Then why should my customers go away| Arriving at the Turnhalle In Hoboken, Mr. Jarr was introduced to Gus'e eatin four aucamoblion st” ke bad buelnsss for me, | father-in-law, @ jolly old German, who proceeded to climb on @ table and make (Philip Finnegan ry ing on behind.) uarantee agains ies and sud ext ine had nothing to say In self-defense, except to Ns speech: Assistant Permanent Selectman, Town Judge bea better guarantee against panics and sudden reversals than gold im: RAIVRUAATH Gls. aRgUldl URES GRETANTHT oe “Ladies undt chentlemen, citizens of Hoboken and thelr friends," he began. end Assemblyman Hon, 'b, Burnas, portations and an emergency currency. They have no panics in France.! Gus ateg n of doing this, and he Mkewtss turned arouna| "He's a@ foxy old feller,” sald Gus admiringly, ‘and knows how to please ler Back of the nation’s credit. and the foundation on which it rests, are the| and picked ancent vintage 6 back of the bar, | everybody with words.” ites A x Vhere * asked Mr, Jatr, sulkily, for he was beginning to! ‘“Idt aln't no use to talk about this,” continued the orator, ‘because you small savings of the people accu- resent Gus fons that customers of the cafe were guilty of lese majeste all know afout !t, and Fritz Kaogel !s wot is with the new brewery and Teraporary | celecimaa 6 Pein « mulated through frugal manage- in taking a vacation, says you shall all have a drink mi Hose Company 2 by th vomen “I'm going by Hoboken," sald Gus; ‘I'm taking a day off. You better come | “Now we'll get back to New York," tT they had sampled several, tn two automobiles, ment by the women, slong and get teached some g. “and you can see that while Hoboken Is for reform, ft ain't going to vote for The rest of us will be on the sidswalk wondering how they got It. To provide a similar margin “What will I be taught?” asked Mr. Jarr. Hughes tor Governor.” Gus Scott says he wishes we would send some more of them fish into the her-in-lanr js going to| Mr, Jarr eaid he felt sure Hughes wouldn't get a vote at the terminal town! river, We should lke to oblige Gus, Priva of the MoAdoo tunnels. and the put-put boats scare them away. T! classic Hoboken?" asked When they arrived at : window and a large crowd hy “It's a good town,’ “There you seal” said Gu hat has a German tlons! That new bartender has of safety for this country would re- quire only a tithe of the self-denial practised in French homes. Ameri- can women have had their full share of American prosperity. No we think the oyetar dredges n the Temporary Selectmen put 's place somebody had thrown a rock through the so much of neighbor Rockefeller’s of! on the roads that {t runs off and scums d collected. tne water, You can't make a fish take kerosene Instead of sandworms. We can despairingly, “this !s why I don't take no vaca- remember the time when Bill Peck thought nothing of going out and ketoh~ ted a stranger a! winder {s busted in. ing twenty weakilsh two fect long, while Judge Brush regarded a seventeen- re having a ref peech a 1t ‘op the bar mi I wish I could get one of them bar maids, yes?’ pound bass as a plaything. Now a six-inch flounder ‘s considered great sport, appeal they have made to their he a of the past in Hol "said Mr. Jarr, “Why don't you?" said Mr. Jarr as they hurried Into the disordered establish: | Tne grocery cellar got full of water In the last etorm. It took the hoys two Fore Face sl 5 a cunning look, ‘there ain't any bar maids any ment jaya to ball it out. The water was so high {t nearly ran into Toby's saloon. bands’ purses has heen refused. As e lady there will help her husband on a “My vite and your vite wouldn't let me," sald Gus. Then he kicked out the nes Sah | Lots of us hope Johnny Tyson is pinched for good. He has given the neigh the chief beneficiaries of t borhood nervous prostration for a year. perity they should do their part Letters from the People. | By William Coifin. | HE tribulations and experiences of an American householder in Arabia T are amusingly descrited by William Coffin, He says: By the time our More “Walks for Work.” ous conscler an Lloyd has paid off. But it {s now new bartender and sent around for the glazier, at pros- house was ready we had acquired our brigade of servants, “Retinue’ seems an inadequate word to describe the assortment. We had nine ta bed minister to two people. Various other functionaries were j and even pressed upon us, but we stood firm at nine. The force consisted of the cook and butler, wages each $10 a month; Al-bin- Ibrahim and Juma-bin-Shuma, puttiewallahs, each $5 a month; Murad the chokra or butler’s assistant, $2.68; the cook's Mate, $12; the dhoble, $5; che {sweeper and the bhistie, $3 each, Salvador Rosa, the Genoese cook, turned up trumps. He never “did @ dead drunk" and used to put up astonishingly good meals, considering the material furnished him, But J. Dedcllo was a failure. He demanded an asmlatant as S80m as we got Into the house, and thereafter his labor consisted of waiting at For some months the household moved on ball-bearings. Then J. Fev thought {t time to make his importance felt. He accused the chokra of steasing a silver fork and attempting to sell {tin the bazaar. He was so indignant end earnest that he fooled us, and we were on the point of decapitating the unéor tunate Murad, Al rescued him with proof that J. Debello had Med malictousty, | and had eecreted the fork himself.—Harper's Weekly. fearch of a job haven't disc: ers kind! caused § ee ee ———) THE DAY’S GOOD STORIES. LOUIS FITZSIMMONS. A Right and Wrong. How He Reached. reat did he reach the back of his " He stood o7 too},!'—) HREE-YEAR-OLD MAY had 8 pen-' pnia'Butlie hedger. ©? Philadel ae ine \ chant for cutting everything in satan, Int ‘ Ar 8 | sight when she could get a pair of pe Bree : at A ‘ors. One day, being left alone with A Wise Scheme. bis Mycheaded baby: brother, she asked the young or & s a bears an a p ly cut every curl from the back ‘why do you always wi 2 arius la t nf his head anipagne for every new and { A t My fathe en ter de Keely cure more times dan Boohoo! Ter think my own mother 'd go an’ play me such a low-down, en the nurse discovered the dam- patient that comes to you?" contusivn % founded. In the varius’? Almost any tT tell ye 1 ak yer In de Jaw if yer didn’t stor «abe easly trick ge she said Because, my boy," replied the wise ‘ * a Pe a fatee ’ yer old iF yy ella?’ a out vig old medical man, “I can judge by what eqns of | . . store ca: er you c yer old tal What she done, Arabella?” be | "Om May, how dare you cut daby's he sivy whether or ‘nat ‘he ean’ amor RO dictates of nis et * will examine and appraise the or | Made me take care of de kids while she chased off to a Mother's | curls off? It. “That “helps when I come to make fe doing «> at ma: t an erroce: you i Meetin'1* i | “He out them himself.” out my bill. Philadelphia Preag, ‘ \