The evening world. Newspaper, February 16, 1909, Page 12

So Published Dally Except Sunday by the Prose Park Row, New ¥ shing Comp: reas., 03 Park Row, Matter, Bubscripii om Rates to The » Continent and World for the United State tional r spe anies 2.50 | One Year 9975 One Mon NIL "(80 Fone Month. poe Ld A DOUBLE SWINDLE, ei ERE is a picture of a kerosene can which Inspector =, : Mills, of the Bureau of We Outsi mae ts and Me: seized the other d it a five-gallon can. In as to hold only three gal bought kerosene on the basis of its non city was swindled out of two gallons from e five, The Sugar Trust is now on defrauding the Government o of keales, According to the United States District-Attorney’s charge the Sugar Trust had one set of weights when it paid the duty to the gar plus Government and another set of weights when it sold the s the duty. Another picture is of a weight with holes bored jn the metal and t would not detect the le in which this weight was used gave the swindling filled with wax. A casual look at this we fraud. Every dealer a profit of the difference between the weight of metal and the weight of wax. Chief Patrick Derry, of the Bureau of Weights and Measures, has a large collection of frands upon purchasers. One ice scales was out of balance forty pounds in every one hundred, Junk scales were | the difference was the opposite, the s junkman received more than he paid for. In the scales of coal alone 150 violations of short weight were detected. Ton lots ran 300 pounds short and two-ton loads failed to be honest by half a ton, rticularly bad, although there es being loaded so that the Thirty-eight ice seales were found to be short. Meat scales, coffee, flour weights and mi ures of all kinds proved to be fraudulent. One of the com- monest forms of shoriage was in pacl where not onl uge goods, priceof lard, pasteboard and paper at the price of coffee and wooden boxes at the price of butter, but there were additional shortages which the weight of the package would not account for. Big purchasers are ecldom swindled by chort weights, They| | | have scales of their own. The smaller the consumer the more he and his family suffer| from short weights. Short weights and measures are a double fraud. They swindle the 6mall consumer and they make un- fair competition with the honest dealer, Honest dealers themselves should do their utmost to prevent fraudulent compe- tition and to aid Chief Derry, Meanwhile every cor for hims | Letters From the People | “Table Tipping. For Instance, the French are the best To the Eallt I would ear n of readers ¥ 1 ave & table (° Ir a tried it several times, and on each occa flon the ft the table | tt tipped ex toot As to Long Names, quest E Bood many ¢ fi v will not be convin that the t hange ubje that it Is due to for e I 5) gome one holding it Tand many others would t , MINZ interested to hear or this s Apply to Sapreme Court, Ject. \ R t rome % Cruelty to Animals, How ean 8 (man have hie) name e ed? Mrs, A. C. s people A Ditch Problem, ain su B took a to dig a dltct the poor horses do not sufter y from the icy streets ast lash of t fly be a Nos. 63 to 63 as large as partitioned off so sbody who | duties by manipulating its scales. When the sugar was sold to the consumers it was weighed on another set tin sold at the | 5 have to be nice to her 4 |? sa yard more.” This was agroed The Evening World Daily | Magazine, A Modern Paradox. By Maurice Ketten, DING SED ae onal” SB 7 Tuesday, February 16, 1909. VOID pny? nN MOKELESS Gun . fo) | alwa: ao Aunt Prudence, From Philadelphia, Visits the Jarrs, By Roy L. McCardell. and worried look when Mr, Jarr we AU ACARD Ee Prudence Looie, the Bowler whip as a play ro pull a : on, 4} much did each dig for his constantly, Th animals ar to receive $02 This has) | « ahle to piste selves, There ¢ How many yards for fe no other ar that works as ¥ how much for each yard, or is treated as cruelly as the readers R. HAYES. There ought to bes sever ‘ World Almanac for 1909, Page 419, positively ; ( not . Gone for horses + t LG. Mt aut Sees ts Vinten oF ae ot , Nov. 42 an a are gutting very scares New ; t what date did the et they are r rity, Tete leo Thanksgiving fall { fing every nationality beay them out my birthday, dA | sho won't leave anything in her will to! the children.” than greet him Mr. r said: "What's do die they leave their money to the Gertrude back?” “LT don't see why she couldn't stop at ‘said Mrs. Jarr fretfully, “But them, Tit your relatives | opinion and those that can afford to pay thelr board bills won't and those that can’t don’t.” Nevertheless, the Jarr, “only I wish I had a girl; even rtrude would be better than none, and Iam cure’ Jarrs went to the depot to meet the train from Philadel- old, sour. She bore with her her y bird and sund expressed much Jarr took the check the trunk be secur nd all her belon; Jarr ride all togethe from Piiladclphia {8 coming This ts a nice and suggested th just like your Aunt and he and Mrs in a taxicab to the J The aunt demurre Jarr would not be d realizing that Jarr, “she's no knew she was you write and tell r When she dies d its cage. elf they The trunk being brought the trunk con and: * gald the maiden lady, of Neori flower; they ca 8 sweet to ta at = othe larm as gee my ration! trunk and bro rattle, "Oh, goody!” cried ttle Willle Jarr, | at first, but Mr, | “that's for me!” "No, It 1s not!" exclaimed the aunt, him across the knuckles with ft. "t to be touched by you chil- I keep th urglars. that promptly scratched them; and the canary, that fluttered at the top bars, e won't anyway!" sald Mr. Jarr. to the great alarm of the aunt from “People put In all thelr lves truckling | Philadelph to their rich relatives and the rich reia- approa , every time the children diverted attention from the cat and the Home for Friendless Cats or something canary, and the aunt, producing her vs, led the children to the wild belief tained presents for ly expressed pped thetr hands in ex- believe in pampering children, some cough medicine and It's asses, tar and may- e some of that, it will do them good, it what I want my trunk open fop ts So saying the old lady delved Into the ht forth a large wooden: LOOIE-Youv \ HEARD OF Hira! AM SHOWING LOOIE'S SIGNATURE MASSE BALL Watch Him Roll! He’s a Wonder! Dor PARASHOor) By Ferd G. Long Bringing Strange News, a Magazine anda ‘“Busybody” 9 Jes for burglars—that {s,” she corrects ed, “anybody who {s anybody "Is de lookin’ dlasses for me?" asked the little girl, pointing to a curfous ar- rarizement of mirrors at the top of the tru No, you're not to touch that, elther, said the aunt from Philadelphia, “that's my ‘busybody.’ That's to be put up at the window, and you can seo who's coming up and down the street or who {s at the door w t looking out. It must be put up the first thing tn the morning.” “T'll go out and borrow a screw- ‘ver,” sald Mr. Jarr, who wanted to ape, You sit right down there, Edward Sarr,’ 1 the aunt severely, something very Important to tell you. Mrs, Jarr nudged Mr, Jarr and held back the children, thinking that the relative would make some announce- ment regarding her testamentary tn- tentions, “Do you know the custom {n Phila- delphia of tying the shutters with crap there was a death {n the family?” asked the maiden aunt. Mr. Jarr said he had often remarked It, “Well,” sald the visiting relative, Im- pressively, “they don’t do It any more, phin has one of these watchman’s rat-| What's this world coming to, anyway?" 3 Bose a Oe ° uy) be) Oo BO 3 Remini OSE How | Azministered a Knock- out fo the Widow Squeese- | penny. to do a little talking and writing [' seems to be the fashion for fighters and, | about themselves these da championships at all weights In the ring of love, I've decided to let the public hear a few things I have to tell about myself and my victories. The penis might- fer than the box- ing glove among modern gladiators, I'm told, which we! mH leads me to remark that those artists who go on picturing me with a bow and | arrow after these reminiscences have! i, appeared, will be very likely to find out what @ splendid boxer Iam. I guess 4 well planted heart blow would teach any one of them that archery went out of fashion hundreds of years ago, and that any one who has met me these last few centuries has had to put on the gloves. Everybody knows, of course, that I'm the unbeaten champion of the world. There's no man or woman all who hasn't had a little go with me at one time or another, and, of course, 1° gotten the best of It. Maybe T’ve lost a few decisions in my long and triumphant career, but {n most Instances I was eiways fouled and the referee bought up by my opponent. The worst I ever got was a draw, and that was with a New York broker, with a solar plexus y could use for a punching bag without Knocking him out. I've en- | gaged !n 60 many battles In my time that any other fighter’s record compared with mine reads like the roll call of @ Methodist Sunday School, And I'm still willing to meet all comers—bar none. Perhaps the hardest fought battle of my career was @ six-round bout I pulled off with Mrs, Samuel Squeezepenny, for the toughest opponents I’ve ever had to encounter have been misers and widow! and I don't mind saying that Mrs, Squeezepenny was the finest specimen of both varieties I have ever met. For | sho held on to a dollar with the confld- ‘ing grip of a bride leading the bride- groom away from the altar and cruel | words he can’t forget, and she was twice a widow. by an elderly lawyer who needed the of the Widow Squeezepenny’s fortune of $500,000, He was a dashing old blade, who had missed several excellent fortunes when they were fairly within his grasp, and I knew he would make any woman over forty a good husband. o'clock, shortly after the lawyer had | taken a flat In the big apartment-house, |one of many valuable properties which | resided, | The widow had been anxious to meet me for a long time, The only diMfculty was about terms. Like all women, she belleved that though age might have set a limit to her physical charms, her ‘fatal fascinations must endure forever. She wanted to be loved for herself alone, she sald. Cupid might play upon her heartstrings, but her pursestrings she would look after herself, thank you, When It came to a question of money she wanted tho stakes, the side bets and the gate receipts. I was game for even that, because I'm In the ring for glory, but I had to think of my side partner and his unpaid bills, So I held off for a ttling Cupid’s , scences His Career th the Ring OF Love By Nixola Greeley-Smith as the holder of all’ The match between us was arranged | purse, which on this occasion consisted | The gong sounded one evening after 8 the widow owned, and in which she; iS; | while, and finally she agreed to meet me on my own terms—the winner take (OUND T=I danced around the ring ing and running away from the widow, all the tine she trying to land a body blow, All the time I was sizing {her up and trying to find out her weale spot. It's always a good plan to think up he deadilest, tnsult you can and on your opponent. So I handed widow this between the o too old to love,” I said. “Am answered, with a@ vicious left swing that went wild, “Yes,” I replied, eading again for Vanity and landing vould marry you,’? ly. “No man dn't he indeed!" sho retorted. “E Know one that would, a fine man too, @ handsome man.” Then I saw that I bad her going, when song soundsd, ROUND I.—The widow came up strong | at the opening of the second round, “I'm the equal of any man without my | mea s!"" she declared, knocking the Wind out of me. But before she could | |follow up her advantage I countered | with ¢ There's only one man that you hurt him so with your base suspiclons that he'll never, | tell you." She smiled weakly at thie! speech and I caught her off her guar! jand swung for the solar plexus. But | he danced away from me and the ref. jeree called Tine | ROUND IIL—Netther of us} ; jin this round, The widow was rae | Very suspicious, and edged away trom; me all the time. I knew that if it! ;came to a clinch the decision was mine, | but she'd paid her year's taxes the: day before, and was thinking #o hat of the value of her coin that I couldn't \ | eet any where near her, 4 ROUND IV.—This timo I led for her | Jealousy. saw a friend of yours | walking with @ young lady this after. noon,” I sald. "A very protty girly.’ young enouch to be your ‘ daughter.” “I'm glad of it," she answered, “though I feel sorry for | ny Poor young girl that old rake is ‘seen with.” "Old rake!" I repeated, |Upper-cutting for her vanity again, \"The man is eating his heart out for love of you. He doesn’t care what he does, You've made him desperate.” j Nonsense!” was her rejoinder, but her eyes flashed and I saw by the way she breathed that she was getting | winded. The gong saved her egain. ROUND V.—I decided the fight haa lasted long enough, so I waltzed right efter the widow and rushed her to the |Topes, swinging right and lett for her. |Teputation, ‘People are talking about you and a certain party," I sald. “They |say you're making a strong drive for. him, but that he's tired of you and |running after @ younger women. They any he might have married you {ft he [could have done 60 with self-respect, but you refused to make him inde pendent, and now he'll quit you." “Zr could whistle him back to-morrow!" the widow shrieked, but she dropped the deeds to some very fine Brooklyn real e: ROUND VI.—The deeds were still. on the floor when the round was called, It was evident the widow had forgotten: all about them. If I wasn’t speaking, of a lady I'd say she was groggy by this time, “It you make @ man the. price of your love,” I said, leading fo1 her vanity again, “why hold out on fow hundred thousand dollars?” ‘The widow went to the floor from the sheer? shock of this proposition, She knew 2° had her this time, but as the referee’! | counted seven She managed to scramble |to one knee, “Elght, nine,” he called, ¢ and I began to think she was goo for another round. Just then caught sight of the deeds. “Ten called the referee, but Instead of g ting to her feet she reached for th precious papers, missed them and wae’ counted out. 0 } In my nest I shall tell how 8 nearly lost to Sweet Sixteen, oi i e, | Cos Cob Nature Notes. i manifest signs of spring. He { watermelon In his gooseberry i] the time to think of Planting garden gass and read seed catalogue: We notice that ne takes great Pride In having accidentally raised a ie nelghbor, H. B. Fullerton, over at Huntington, L. I, is beginning tos {9 restive and utters advice that now ls patch as big ag a flour barrel, Maybe he did and maybe he didn’t, cs he used to be an advertising agent. But if he! did {t was ralsed on Connectieut soll. We have previously shown that all the soll on Long Island came from Connecticut, being scraped off and pushed over during the glacial period before the rest of Connecticut fell Into the hands of the New Haven Ra sonally we never sa berries and mel smaller and prickly. We a waterniel road, which now lets none of {t get away anywhere, Pere ~ ralsed on a gooseberry bush, Though stoosa. 1s look a Ittle alike, having stripes and the same sha: otice he uses the phrase, ‘'a tiller of the soll.’ | here In Cos Cob a “tiller” 1s a thing used to steer a boat. So we do not see how ft could be called an agricultural instrument, un! but” Over 3s, perhaps, for oyster plante \ ing, which !s not what Neighbor Fullerton was talking about, | Our Temporary Selectmen have discovered the Constitution of the State of ; | Connecticut for the first time and are much pleased to find they cannot bo * ‘abolished by law. y figure | will still run the roads and bridge , the even !f the town becomes a burrow they | hospital and the poor-nouse, The latter | {4 Important because If the burrow plan goes through a good many of us taxe’ | payers will land there. Dr. St. Clair MeKelway, who edits the Eagle, an Interesting paper called \ after the bird of that name, published in Brooklyn, one of the numerous towns i |on Long Island opposite here, lectured the Connecticut editors at the Tontine © | Hotel, New Haven, yesterday, There hasn't been so much language in the State before since Noah Webster built his dictionary, | Romeo, the Lincoln Steffens cat, has left Poet's Corner, where he has been | sojourning since the autumn, and gone to dwell at Wild Acres, where he will be ~ | closer to nature, The editor of the Horseneck News Is distraught. He cannot rest nights. His ; vittles hurt him. His collar chokes him as he gurgles that the leading men Se yee who have done so much for (to?) Greenwich are belng persecuted. The thought . | aches his head and wrings his heart. Over our way Wy think they ought to be | prosecuted Instead of belng persecuted, and they would be If there was five | leenke worth of law in Connecticut—which there Isn't, P, 8.-Later—The Greenwich Graphic has captured the town printing, Outlanders in New York and other places seem to think that Connecticut te ‘ a grim and bare New England State. On the contrary, !t !s a land of frult and flowera—owned by @ Mellen and governed by @ Lilley, _