The evening world. Newspaper, September 15, 1908, Page 14

Te aula aaa The Evening World Daily | And th ‘ By Published Daily xcept Sunday by the Press Publishing Company, Now, 08 te Park Row, New York | | OBRPH PULITZER, Pree, 1 East 13d Aire. 4, ANGUS BILAW, fee. Tresa, 001 ‘Weat 111th Stree _— Cat Came Back de Zayas. mM, ew York ws Second-Class Mall Matter, iven Por England and the Continent and fied Stacee | PAu Countries fa the, International Postal Union, Bubscription Rates orld for the Unitea States and Canada. ne Year. 8 Ohe stonth Hee | ee Mon a RJocUMELoI nin ini NO. 17,102, | a = eae s . POLITICAL SCARES. The long-heralded political scare {3 supposed to be here. There {ts a@ ebaking of heads and there {s an appeal for money, become empty and plutocratic check books ¢ @care is on. If there !s to be a genuine Bryan scare (hls year {t will have to be Dased upon the terrors of long ago. Mr. B @ good many people iu i896, but many Wall street pockets ow thin when an olection ‘an and his party did frighten g3 have happened since then Not the least uoteworthy of these fs the fact that we have had a Republican President who, tn office, has been quite as violent as Mr. Bryan ever was ut of office. He has made us familiar with disquiet and alarm, For some years past we have breakfasted upon arbitrary deeds, dined upon the men- @ce of revolution and supped upon favoritlam It would hardly be worth while to go back many years for the pur-| ose of raising up the Bryan ghosts when the chances are that we should | be frightened out of our wits by the nearer and more horrifying shapes | of Rooseveltism. XK NS ZZ A Bryan scare and a Roosevelt scare together would be tivre than the country could stand this year. Mr, Bryan {s not running for the Presidency on the old issues, but Mr. | Roosevelt bas an amiable Proxy In the field’ who indorses everything that the present Executive has done, the bad as well as the good, and the false @s well as the true, (1) Mr, Roosevelt ta the only President who ever gor!- ously proposed to the courts that the judi al and executive departments | doin hands for the overthrow of the Legislature. (2) He !s the only Presi- dent who ever sald to Congress that If {t passed certaln laws he would | fgnore them, and that If {t refused to pass other laws he would do as he Pleased anyhow. (3) He 1s the only President who ever made a practice of condemning people without trial or who ever denounced the courts for | upholding the law. (4) He {!s the only President who ever sent for a Har. riman to raise campaign funds or who ever rewarded a Cortelyou with a| Cabinet office, (5) He is the only President who ever assumed to give | Powerful men like Gary and Frick of the Steel Trust permission to violat: Jaw, as they did when they took over the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail toad Company. 8 SONS vi N y ci 7 y Gubernatorial — 7 — = = <a Ne pa est EON << — SG <f) ——— If we are to have a political scare let It be based upon our detestation of wrong and violence and injustice of every description, and not upon a! few manifestations of these evils, —_—_—_—_—_-4-+—_____.. WORTH MORE THAN MONEY. A correspondent of an esteemed contemporary complains bitterly of the | Great cost of agitation. Contested elections, the recounting of ballots Ansurance investigations, inquiries into the mismanagement of banks ani| trust companies, the overhauling of Jerome and such matters certainly do tall for the expengitur® of considerable money, Even the administration } of justice in the courts is expensive. But who shall say that the mone) ’ fs wasted? i j f f ' | : ft H | | Mafazine; Tuesday, September 15, iaendicilielieains i intieeilil M)deZauas There is a crusty conservatism {n this new country which would maki @ome of the ancient Tories of England feel like radicals, Where did i come from? How did & get here? It {s always well satisfied with things as they are, The most that {t can ever be persuaded to concede to progress 4s to admit that reform might be desirable if !t were only worth the money. . 2 fe in crosses the street, But being sp: 1 be of rs 4iow ) you know I don't care, I ask it again at you were wishing school would begin agaln 77 patreet But Y Will be of no use wit) MaeraRRS 1 | sald Mr. Jarr, be it would get the children out of your way for Having @ fat man | ke Charles A. Moore come flopping Ch rouglvinaaienl a ut Once upon a time a representative of this class was moved by some| By Roy L. mcwardell. | 4 don't say you don't, and I don't say you do.” 4 while every d uggested Mr. Jarr ae pad one the R, Jay Walsh drop down the chimney Scraping oft OEE mysterious dispensation of Providence to make a handsome contribution t ELL, how are you feel- | rufd Mrs. Jarr. “All 1 know {s that you can’t trust 4 T never said thing of the kind,” sald Mrs. Jarr. abel lies r having Johnny Tyson take off the roof with an Isotta alr- : ; “W ing this evening?” | man nowadays.” ies thevalwarn noting, these | caveat jechol | ey er iat ta carla Pi aTea eRe fon ua fol Keurhol hav) rlchP nate hea i @ worthy object. The man who passed the subscription paper was tellin asked Mr. Jarr, |e \yell, you shouiu know about this man in thls bad manners.”” | y STnt Rat fe arte Hee something, , } of his success. “I raised the money easily,” he sald; “everybody was gen- “Oh, much you care,” sald time, these ways or any days,’ said Mr Jarr, “We've m sorry they worry you,” sald Mr. Jarr. “Where ) ott ihe Dep of & era ete a Ea » the Hou. James F, Walsh has con- s i i Mrs. Jarr dolefully, been married long enough. Why talk to rie as if T wt? Dany (hing Glen thean Keene ent Selectman, County Judge, State Senator, and k erous. Jones gave $50, Smith $25, Robinson $20 and so on, and even olc “Would I nave asked if I| Were a total stranger?” “A Mttle girl next door has a birthday, and after ung re a handy man ts needed. | Crow gave me $100. What do you think of that?” didnt care?" eald Mr. Jarr, | “Huh!” said Mrs "You're al- Jarr significantly “Oh, 1 don't know,” sald Mrs. | most a total stranger. I see very little of you. But back yet.” } The thing to think of conservatiam when {t runs {nto mossbackism {2 Jarr, “It's easy enough for you|!f you are trying to pien a quarrel wit!) me, wnen | : 1 ; to come home and ask me care- | you sce I'm all neryous and upset, you do so, sald oi Pr oeree ee onn gvench 2) coated ai lauslng stock rot ltzelt; 1 lessly how I am, but that! but I wisn you wouldnt, for I have a te head- loses most of the pleasure of life. It gets itself hated. It usually gett fun over. If by accident or mistake it ever does belle itself and perform | @ noble deed {t recelves no credit. doesn't mean eny thing.” | acne.” “Tt means I asked, any way,”| Mrs. Jarr really did not have a headache. said Mr, varr, somewhat indig-|the first explanation of wives who are cra: This is don't know the nantly. “If I came tn and didn't | out knowing why a ve t! ‘led jay |, then you might have some occasion for) "I'm sorry you hi a Shall 1 get you Agitation in worthy causes leads to truth and knowledge and justice, Bae a then y laments aciity Sages an caee Bes va pilates @nd these things are worth more than all the money in the world. “lm Gt complaining. I never complain, .oucan| “Oh, you neeuu. put yourself to any Lower, xpect.!" =ERRS do as you xe. I have given up asking any ques-| Mrs. Jarr mournfully, ‘Til .ave > cup o. tea suc tlons,” eald Mrs. Jarr, Jand then mayve «ll be all rigst, and {f 1 am not, another gril, ar BREAKING WINDOWS. “Gee, you are in a nice, cheerful state of mind!” | well, never mind!" Rovecnociiandis af . “C et off to school all rigit?” asked Mr. Mv. Jarr xed New York what ht of t Hhin exclatmed air, Jarr. Children get o Asked In New York what he thought of the recent mobbing of the “T am—I am In a decidedly cheerful state of mind!” | Jarr to change the subject : Dake of Connaught in Glasgow, Kelr Hardie, the English labor leader | sald Mrs, varr quickly, “But if you had been) “Oh, I suppose so,” said Mrs, Jarr, “hut I wa 1 don't h yy ja n They avent g °O and ‘SS @asy gald; “I think it was necessary to call the attention of Government to| ‘Tous with what I have been through this day you | ashamed to sena them. ‘Tvey havent a thin mati rics 43 to come home! wear, and how I'm to get them sc! would not be. }) a very easy for y and J the neglect of the unemployed.” from we ow... Wuere every.uing is made easy for| school shoes . do not know, sur phone, and tol i b itl (iene ‘ok ; : you, and you .aven't any cares or worries, and start| “were they glad to start to school again: asked, ruined a ares This is a phase of British politics with which Americans happily are | nat me because you are In a bad humor about | M i i vou eye unfamiliar. Mr, Hardie is not alone among conspicuous public men in that | uothing.” | ‘No, they were neh ald Mrs. Jar and the way | plained a 4 ri | “TL never sala a wor. except to ask y how you] Willle carried on and F erying e*ting so,|M darr as Kingdom In justifying disorder. Gladstone and Disraell did the same | were,” sald Mr. Jarr with co} davle patience. | it's no wonder I'm all upset. I wi S| gaat (URN! i fwhen it was enlisted In their behalf, “And 1 sald, ‘Much you care,’” replied Mrs, Jar. such thing as school.’ that Mr. Jarr Goes Home and Finds Mrs. Jarr in a State of Mind; He Tries to Cheer Her, but She Refuses to Be an Optimist. patting her on the back, t then Mrs came home they went there, and haven't come they couldn't have been much trouble to you ar. Jarr, Jarr gave him a look as {f to imply that he in't know what he was talking about, “Maybe you sirl ts going to leave?” she asked. t alk, ri “On, that's what's the matter {8 It?” asked Mr, |‘ Walks has been renewed, and a big splinter “Oh, {t doesn't make any difference to me,” sald | “It's just one of the things one has to Well, to-morrow !s another day, and you can get nd the children will get used to going headache will pass away!" said “Come, be an ave the worry of {t," said Mrs, Jarr, 1 to talk!" Rangle called her up on the tele- d her that her new dressmaker had r her. r hear a woman who fussed and com- yout every little thing Ike she does?” said she came away from the telephone, t would you do if you had a peevish wife like | The British theory seems to be that when poor men have a grievance | tie most eloquent expression that can be given to it ls to break all the show windows In the Strand, to upset some noble Jon's carriage, to cave | {n the front door of some honorabl® member's house; or, a8 in the Glasgow | case, to hoot some member of the royal family. A Story With Quick Action In this country the press and innumerable politicians may he depended , ‘upon to voice the complaints of any element, and no American Government | ds ao infatuated with itself or 80 befogged {n its own stupidity and reserve @2 to ask for an Suciplent revolution before {t gives heed to popular wrongs. There {s not much more demagogy nere than there {s in England, either. Letters from the People. Nes. Inquire of City Comptroller, | no room for others to get into the seats. To the Editor of The Evening Warld, | Do they shift the sult-cases? Not they. Is it true that the city {ts to bring It's none of thelr business that other ‘water through an aqueduct from Queeng passengers are inconvenienced by thelr @nd Long Island to supply Brooklyn| Parcels and packages. Yet hear thein just the same as the one that ts under | Holler at the men hoga GO. M. construction from the Catskills at pres- First Citizen Papers. ent? Als 7 {s it true that the city has to the Baltor of The Bening World, : condemned property for the same? If 1 am fourteen years in thls country. i 0, when 1s work likely to start on {t? I wae born in Ireland. never got my | M, CAHILL. citizenship papers. Would you state in Wi East 1024 street, N. Y. City. your vi ble paper the beet way and 4 Redyard Kipling, whortest time J can get them tn? To the EAitor of The Evening World: | You must be eighteen years old to get Who is the author of “Gunga Din?” | rst papers and ia walt two yeures RICHARD BUNNER. | ren Wo ¢ Subwa J "Fo the Editor of The Bvenine World | Te the Edttor of The Brenina World. Of all the moan patrons of the eub-| Where can I prep, ¢ the axamina- ‘wey women are the meanest. They give ton of Custom House Inspector, and Bobody quarter. One of them or two Where can I obtain sprllestion Giagks for same? BAMU NUSBAU | @f them cooupy cross seats and place | idarees U, Civil Bervice Commie: Weele dreno-ouit coses oo thet ta! een, Quaten ayn \ By George Hopf TWELVE PET LIES OF HUSBANDS TO WIVES. By Nixola Greeley-Smith. No- Vil—I Was Kept Late at the Office. ANY persons have pondered the question as to why Eye ate the apple, It doesn't seem to have occurred one that {t was to provide her husband with @ decent excuse for staying away from her, * For until man was compelled to earn hie living by the Sweat of his brow he had no office, And until an office was granted him, he had no apology for remaining away from home that a self-respecting wife could accept, With the nstitution of the working day came his emancipation, HoWe ever, Ouco permitted to wander from his own fireside, be was able to exercise all the ingenious resources of M6 orain to delay the hour of his return. Now, date he ques rel with the hour in which his favorite flotion was born? — “Iwas kept late at the office.” Even the telephone 90 NIXOIA CRUELEFSMITH songor delleves it. Yet how confidently he murmure ® . tuto the helpless mouthpicce, 60, She knows {t blamed for the ver, he ‘s perfectly favorite fairy He knows !t More telling of this, bie tale, There are wives, aware of her incredulity, And just as men contend, to whom !t {s impossible utterly undeterred by {t, he truth. And they are amply The fatality saying so, which upsets her to call him u i ! the office boy th day, and not blame severely @ husbend t he has gone for the a harmless untruth rather which does not add to the y of the tale of “extra work’ who tells than submit to the wifely third de- gree which some mortals have to meet he talephones at 7, doas not worry y evening after they go home. him, elther. Why should !t? Just let ¥ 7 y : f t let © you been?” ‘WwW him catch het catching htm in a Me, and Cena fees th whom did you lunch? nm woat did you do?” &e, wetter to wait and let him he'll assume a three days’ attitude of righteous tn. ion, 4 forgiveness, little excuses, primed eb for the amiable 1 d nded 3 oWn accord, she knew of yore, and be duly g 0 tain when she gets him back, Tiare more hothan all the damaging ad+ v8 to be | miss that can be wrung from him Yet the husband is not alwa DOCOUCORU OOOO: OOOO) Refiections of a Bechelor Cirl 3 By Helen Rowland most fascinating wo: hom he hag a! COUCUTOOUG jan in the world te host, but not quite, Kissed, nfs never so dou reciprocate its her to, eT or not a woman his love as he is about whetner er hot he A woman ney Michael Angel the thrill) band who } as aughty as th A modest but ‘oman knows 4 plag nterestedly, bea A man can persuade a woman to think he thinks she wouldn't Real love may thnes just ay eft do almost any ake @ husband devoted and @ in thal direction A little nagging ts a dangerous thing. ee Cos Cob Nature Notes. ag) SOPLE around here are beginning to wore have been pushed off the road | stopped with dust, as Omar gay i 4 @ new nulsance, It ts possible, of cou F— automobile if you are quick enough, spryer than formerly tn consequ y about flying machines We the au ‘obiles and our mouths we are all sore, and now comen to keep out of the and we b Even Bill Peck But 14 delegates sym a Pathized with A man hamed John Quincy Tilson will have to mouth {n Washington, unless the Democrats the effort to take him from us. face the sulphurous Cannon's wallop him The Republicans are beginning to rehearse th “We Love ths Gentle Liliey,"’ President Mellen has Just completec some 1 | Cob depot. The planking between the tracks, ne pleasant song, which begins: mportant {mprovements at the Cos Where passenngers are not allowed has peen cut ' | ‘ve are all grateful for the attention, out of the plattorm. On Sundays the autorobiles scoot past on the Post road at the ft minute from nine A. M. to seven P. M, ‘This makes » rakes day. We figure that eachshas an average value of $3, ent to having $1,800,00 worth of machines going thro We have had a good deal of morn lately, and thi can't be speared when the moon is around. Eel « i depths with lanterns, so that on bright nights there Genes ey The Temporary Selectmen, who always take an interest in Goatees | fore town election, have covered the sidewalk to the station with enue ant Be | The citizens are expected to pack {t down with thelr feet, Franklin cine Asalatant Secretary of the City Club in New York, refuses to help we cane, feet and walks out In the road. ‘That Is the way with Mugwumps, Ty ee one a 1x hundred going by tn one (0, which would be equival- ugh our midst every Sunda 1s ha® spolled the eeling, Eels | want smooth going. aineye | 5 Re | : A “/—D Cit %o” Wi ivorce City’s” Woes, By George Fitch, Sa matter of fact, Sioux Falls ts Betting pretty tired of the div: business, anyway. There was a time whe Hee n It was the pri city, and practically the only money seen in Peet) cl) A wds brought there by divorsays with freckled pat futures. They were welcome then. They rade tht a igo ek Sloux Falls, being glad of the noise, wasn't particular about the tune, Wat ina city has grown up In the past few years. There are other bulldings now, taller than the Cataract Hotel, saya George Itch, in the American Magasine. There are citizens richer than the divorsays, who have automobiles of thelr own and who spend money which isn't so odorous. There are other ways of getting ricn and other sights more instructive than naughty fragments of busted families. | The dlvorsay Is still a eight and a diversion, but he Is also a Insist_upon Anding out all about him Instead of learning the more permanent resources of the great northland., Envbarrassing mistakes are made and dis agreeable jokes are related with gusto by careless visitors. It { irritating tv | the Sloux Falls promoter who wants to tell his customer all about the new | million-dollar packing house, the great water power and the {nexhaustible quar ries of pink granite from which all Sioux Falls {s bullt, to have to stop and ex plain that the nice-looking wontan across the street {s not a divorsay from thy East, but hls own daughter, and that he himself has never been divorced. No, sir, Not once! These things fill Sioux Falls with the same kind of humflatiog that the rich man feels when some one alludes to the beautiful pawnshop sigv which was once his pride before he graduated into banking. that wind-swept section fsance. Strangers aaa nnn | Little Items of Big Interest s Dean Russell, of the University ofjin Holland than almost anywhere else, Wisconsin, has selected Mrs, Scott Du-| because there are so few cities In rand to lead the movement for effect-| which Dutoh ts understood. 1 eae Me a England owns 6 per cent. of the mileage of gubmarine cables, the The deepenine and lengthening of the Anntsquam River has made an toland | United States coming next with 18 per cent., and France next with 9 per cent. out of Cape Cod, nets bs ‘The annual amount pald In Interest to depositors in Australian Government banks In 1906-1907 was 96,108,104, against 14,266,346 in 1902-1908. | Tt tw said that the use of an of! or gas engine on the farm results in a faving of from 20 to § per cont. as compared with norees. eee eh sy ‘