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The Evening World Daily Magazine, Monday, March 22, 1909, | sah saree —e A ant DAVDDODODIDODODODDDOODODIDOODGDOOOGGOGODIOODOTES A 4 ay cUByINe gh EarTION Y 15 } ~~ Fi The “eae Merld, e Day oi Kest pu if Published Daily Fxcopt Sunday by the Press Poblishtng Company By : 3 H t l M t i papper evanita ESLCEUNOTLETN urter me rege ee By Maurice Ketten. : TIstorica ysterites | Park Row 3 Park Row Pn I ‘3 ' fe) ( 4 he Vost-O8 ® “ 1 i Bubserovion Toes. to 8 By Albert Payson Terhune rid £ One Year § Winteaw } N), 13-GOFFE, THE “REGICIDE.” One Re MUST Be T was a Fast Day in the Puritan colony at Hadley, Mass. The colontats 7 VOLUME 49 ....04 ve eesee reser ees prpanounnbondoudNkeh MG Ek |] had long been exempt from attack by the hostile Indians, who lurked f pects in the nearby forests. So on this day in 1675 they went, fearlessly to 5 " 4 r church, many of them even neglecting tne reguiar custom of carrying thelr } SUBWAY PRINCIPLES. Sruskets thither, oy OUR subway proposals are now From the woodlands sharp eyes watched the unsuspecting Puritans as crn thre (htiray sine public author! they left their farms and homes unguarded and flocked to the meeting ‘ins sa house. The Pokanoket Indians, under their celebrated chieftain, Phillp, ye Sh = crouched behind tree trunks ready for the attack. t \ Mr. McAdoo wants to extend his Suddenly the minister's prayer was cut short by a chorus of war > Hudson River tunnel to a connc whoops. The Pokanokets were sweeping down upon the undefended settle- ) ment. ‘The colonists were panicstricken, and dumbly awaited their own ° rtain doom | Then it was that a stranger appeared in the centre of the stricken con- \ gregation, Whence he came none knew. He seemed to have dropped among them from the clouds, The stranger was an aged man of majestic bear- ing. His long hair and beard were snow white: his clothes were h, but of a quaint, cut-of-date fashion. In his hand he brandished a tion with the Grand Central Sta- tion and the Steinn Stirred to action by Mr. Me- Adoo’s proposal, the Interborough asks for a subway monopoly with ay tunnel, one east side extension uptown i th a BY orryagl ; = ; 4 from the Grand Central Station MR } at fae It was no time for asking or answaping questions, ‘The f A 7 5 i} p ery. stranger's manner was one of id. With th and a wost side extension downtown from West Forty-secoml street. tet Sonegooy’s ) “ 3 4> skill of a renin: in 6 quickly ue tisieenraa { There is pending the Public Service Commission's plan for the petty TRYING a ) eee ato map formation, and, a: their head, rushed ferth against the 7 : Eee qa sane 4 swarm of yelling Indians. So gallantly did he fight and so was his ability | ue avenue (Brooklyn) subway as the first link in the tri-borough ME \) e ‘in massing and manoeuvring his handful of followers, that he quickly turned the subway. \ threatened massacre into a victory. Sih. rata : anh Mean The savages were beaten off, with great slaughter, The town was saved. Now cones a combination of several big contracting firms offering | rhen the grateful Puritans sought for the mysterious stranger to thank ant 6 } to build the Broadway und Lexington avenue subway at their own A reward him, But he had disappeared. Nor from that ot them see at (/ him again, Because of his sudden arrival and unnoticed departure, the vil agers ay. a ‘i ; believed he was an angel sent from Heaven to rescue them fom the indian t, None of these subways can be built without a public franchise, foes. ‘ sing s property, withou aatrtty : tranger was in all probability some one far less without using the people's prope ty, without an exclusive grant of cer on to belleve he was William Goffe, the "I tain territory. Hvery public service corporation is necessarily to a gland, and who { greater or less extent a monopoly. 1603. He was one of Ollvey Cromwell's fe'low-soldiers in the war t the British monarchy and that led ta the execution of King Cua Cromwell and his fellows, backed by Parliament, ad overthrown the monareliy and made Charles I, a prisoner, a group of Judges ¢ unlucky, monarch to death. One of these Judges was Goffe, who was a} eneral, A | [ond perhaps the best soldier in all the Parliament army, Ano Judge was Gofte's father-in-law, Edward Whalley. Goffe enjoyed high renown for the next s, and Was even named as a suitable succ for Cromwell, as Lord or of England. But Charles I.’s sof, Charles IL, put d the Pare & - y after Cromwell's death, and was placed on his executed father's Gofte and Whalley knew the King would show scant merey to the man / who had condemned his father to death, So they fled to America, landing at \ | Boston in 1660, | But the King’s wrath followed them even there, They hastened by n New Haven and found a hiding place, according to the story, among the Weat ck caves there, Connecticut in those days, according to royal charter, retehed westward from the Atlantic to the Pacific. There were many clashes between the colonists there and the home go So Gotta probably fe't safer in Connecticut t asetts, Never= theless, constables, soldiers and eve: in search of him, For ared not stir out of doors by He managed to correspond regu- his wife, who had been forced to remain in England; but, knowing th letters might betray his whereabouts, he addressed her as his mother, calling her ‘Frances Gaidsmith.” She ane ‘ As a matter of fact, the \ remarkable. There ts every . cide" (king killer), one of the most famous men of his da ; eee eee eee) — re || was forced to flee for his to the American wilderness jemned t No! THis Window Nuts |MusT_STAY OPEN “a x| (T'S THe FIRST a DAY oF SPRING AND WE MUST LET IN THe BALMY AIR { CHoo! CHOO ! OH PirFrece! { WHAT: M——_> « Hidden In swered, writing to him as her son, “Wilkam Goldsmith,” n i) a Cave. + and sending the letters to a trusty friend's care, | The only lawful excuse for a monopoly is the public benefit. | Dat Goffe crept from cave to cave, and hid in mille, barne | and forests, ‘secretly fed by a few friends, Finally he drifted back to Masna- shusetts and found a hiding place near Iladley. It is said he lived concealed !n ise of the local clergyman there, and that the preacher's own family aid Profits to its promoters are no adequate reason. The desires of real estate owners are not alone sufficient. Unless the result is to he of general public bencfit there is no justice in taking public property for ed, The minister could not, of course, clear up the mystery without con- | it, whether the public property to be taken consists of space under| : ; s | roasting that he himself had been illegally harboring a fugitive from Justice, the streets, or exemption from taxation, or a bond guarantee, or : ———= Sea eee ae sater lite ls atill wrapped In mystery, He ts aid to have died at public loan such as built the present subway. the Hadley clergyman’s house, about 1680. : BRETT a cE GOs Uae ee Yo perform that public service which is the only excuse for ik \ Mr. Jarr in a T houghtless Moment Pays a Grocer’s Biil, may aes the hi know of the stranger's presence. This would have accounted for Gofft's sudden arance In the midst of the Indian scare and for the wonder his presence A ‘ : . ‘ A Missing numbers of th’ erles may be obtained by sending a one { ercation a railroad compan, must first of all give good service, and.! sevond, that good service musi be on reasenavte terms And Now What Is Mrs. Jarr Going to Do for an Easter Hat? | ‘tune'wouas “NT Eee ah : aa 7+ The difference between a comfortable seat and hanging to a strap, between rapid transit and delays, affects at least two-thirds of the) By Roy. McCardtel?. ce s : Reflections of a | yon have | They get after them if they simply owe there. Nobody but a few dollars, And I will say this, too, clerk of his, And I had to walt that when I do pay, L pay cash. Mrs. clerk could get somebody to go | ars. Oh, it's a good t ing and economic Now all T need fs « shapes and 8 mit he working population of this city. MW) you pa 8 PoP! 1 ya ; . oan) “DT a ¢ other tr Strvver lets her account run for a Muller It took them fifteen : Almost half of the population of Greater New York use daily Osis ; ve you for month and then only sends a check, 1 to find him. And yet, everyt ; some form of public eervice trans- me | fone ag at-yes, and for, would dle rather than owe anybody a passed his place and I hindn't the money B ac h el or G { rl e 1 in my clothes to ‘90, especially where |eent, but I jus: wish we tw f trimming a hat | I'd like to stick those people would be at the store have the! “They general a yon, and then as if I were robbing 1 when they are very ugly Mr. Jar it. His wite would 1 ing) “It they were ugly with me when they from inside the store, e mov ist now and set- tied it portation. A penny’s difference in g me the fare would mean a month's rent to a tenement house family he knew at me would 1g Sa ey to pay for the m By Helen Rowland. ® all of whose members work. To Wes peas id ostrich tips—E haven't did find me, then I Su wouldn't pay | be the delivery cut down the time of transporta- yey whol AEE Ge Cee aneieet ARRIAGE is “a voyage of discovery’—divorce tion fifteen minutes each way is Ten areaien “and if they didn't fnd y | pod and lens M the relief expedition. bas : equivalent to a 5 per cent. reduc Mr Ja ‘as long as they didn't find me thelr eves that Takiny the conceit out of @ man” is about as diffeult and unsatisfactory as taking the wag ont of a dog's tail; it leaves him so limp and pathetic looking, | EREeH Meayyeaaye ‘A man never wearics of a woman why can manage naw them, of course,” said |Popper could tak pay themes aid week if that. Mr, 1 them enough!” | put tion in working hours. To use a franchise as a means sald Mrs said Mr | sqeetd : a ; silt ‘ arr, V | of public revenue is in effect to im- } t “ ‘ Tou Th ua Wes sody : to appear a little weary of him now and then. ns i ee : ) | Marriage is the Marathon in which endurance wins the prize, and after pose a poll tax on half the p lation and to distribute t their wealth. neon about this old bill I) to st | won't you at ail, for spite!’ "” ie "Oh, of course, I might know you'd have sometiin nean to say about it!" ' know, I eathers that Thad + jahich you w onder if the prize, who is swearing at his razor in front of your Y ‘ | mirror, ig worth the endurance other § 0, f ing as’ well +s the rit of dis faction, npose, that makes little boy, Rundi ctioeedemattnd) years found sald Mrs. Jarr, “But you are away all) tain al It's the same spirit 6 Ke issatisfaction, I suppos at makes i 8 Eee aid Neen y summer t day, and Tam the one that has to mect always anzious to “swap” knives which make grown men so airious to Hence in awarding its subway franchises the Public Service Com- | were 11 took t his the bill collectors. You thave to put. “swap” wives in the divorce court nowadays 1 t : sith h . fssion should cons yoth first ¢ st the public necessity for| alt * wa § f up with the HUTA) EL The more tightly a man keeps his emotions bottled up during youth the mission should consider both first ar t the pu ne ty for) a SAULT EAA aR we : Did you pay Mr. Muller pergonall a The more tig ntly g 1 t ua oles r dy better service and lower fi ss thirtyety 1 1 { sure did, but that’s what kept me. | more likely he is to WF them out with a dangerous explosion after forty — — - vt Rave be W wit Mr, Jarr. <'I stopped in his store When a woman pins a towel around her head it is a sign of the coming on ye | uk pxstorops Coraiens EHeud ds aks nest. and his there, nor he wasn't) Mr. Jar day's business; when a man does it it is a sign of the past night's pleasure, os = — —— —- = Why all this discussion about “how to keep a husband?” Any woman | ee A ee) Ce a ETT 19 | tay do that nowadays who can AFFORD to keep such lururies fers From the People | —-~- SEEMS tS MUKOBLUIERESODN | aye You MER IOHNNTOUIZ) =e wt Bri Glens paws the exam: Amen pra | a A woman's heart usually has a Yale lock on it, to which only one man holds the key; a man's just an old-fashioned latch that can be picked with For Unemployed New Yorkers, To the Fal Wor As an American Nr ° ~@ | any girl's hairpin ath In Lent many a woman resists a tempting dish—because it doesn't agree a (NAY, 7155 RAPHAEL | (V0, Honey OER, 1 SAT ) (Did You SLIP} with the kind of figure she is cultivating; many a man because it doesn't = 00 rou Paint'|| DOWN) HERE To THINK aaa eas agree with the kind of drink he is ordering ue Weg Tee Alea e eo Marriage is the bitters in life's cocktail; divorce the cherry that takes F THING WE SEE CH ‘| the bad taste out of your mouth, No SUCH TH) SMARTY! Tie cisivG A RA) LCHoWoER ~~ LED UAT DP (as SEASICK?) WHEN WE_HAIENT GOT { \ | 4 GUN. a AAA RAR APPL PPRA DALE ' @ The Day’s Good Stories # | i"S, B. L at the Tallor’s,| Where Was the Deacon? ‘ ID you ever notice how the tall- EACON JONES, the great man of | D ors while measuring a man for D a little village of Massachuasetta, fa suit of clothes mix in a few whose outward plety was of the letters oceasionally among the num- | ciferous order, but whose charity to- bers?” asked a downtown lawyer rée- ALFRED YOUNG. Sept, 9, 1900 beau Vins ward his fellow men was not as abounde cently to a friend. ‘Whenever I have ing as it might have been, was danger a been measured for a sult of clothes the /ously Il, and his brother deacons, tm- yaw D4 TIN? | INTOEACH LIFE SOME RAIN tailor always sald 8 B. L. in @ sub- | Pressed with the custom of Isaulng bub PIECE ~LIX 15 = sts , 2 S ued yolee aa he took the theasure for |letina from the sick rooms of prominent SGUHEEE pit — ae LES Some —. | the init of my trousers, 1 often wons | individuals, decided to follow the fash- z D) ee eras dered what this secret signal meant, |fon, with the following result Nn | and on one occasion made so bold as to) "6 P. M. Deacon Jones is in @ serious Din SVE A Subway Grievance Apply to Your Congressman (ask, but was put aside in some cas condition." wav, whieh plainly showed me that the] ‘7 P. M. Dedcon Jones has rallied tallor did not wish me to know thé | sightiy.” meaning of the mysterious 8. B. Well, | never knew what @hese letters meant until on this winter, when T stumbled across the solution suse BY Deacon Jones has suffered, "~ accident. T was walting to hav Deacon Jones has departed ~4 measure taken while a strapping big for heaven." 4 fellow was on the rack. As he mea ‘Thus the bulletins read at midnight, ured the length of the trousers Jeg the | put early in the morning some unreged Baker fe reply (rt i wand erate mortal who did not love the dea- d— bow eats con evicontly passed thet way, for the of being Hght of ne’ day shoved curious hth 4 never towns cople t » .ater report. | caught on until I was practically told | “Heaven. 7 A. M. | the answer in) the, a ital way.”= | thon. La Deacon Philadelphia Record, rived."—Woman's Home i i Soldiers for F ged, to.’ Alb th en accusing me bow-legged, and I F { \