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The Evening World Daily Magazine, Pitted Dafiy Except Sunday, by ft, Pees Rubtahing Company, Nos. 63 to @ & ANGUS SHAW, Pree. and Treas, JOSEPH PULITZER Junlor, Sec’y. 63 Park’ Row. 63 Park How. Entered at the Post-Ofice at New York as Second-Closs M ion Rates to The Evening |For England and t ‘orld for Cr] Qaned States i) Countee 4 t ad , Post ne , $3.50] One Year. 7 32 Konia: O1One Monti nd VOLUME 51. SOME FOOLISH FEARS. 5 ‘@) NE of the most notable features of Democratic gath- erings in these days is the evident fear that some. thing is going to happen to the party. Even on such a festal occasion as that of the banquet given at the Waldorf to Democratic Governors-elect the speeches were full of warnings and of exhortations. There seems to have been in the brilliantly lighted hall some spec- tral Banquo visible to every Macbeth at the speakers’ table. Bach of them cried, “Avaunt!” The people voted the Democratic ticket on a very simple issue— that of opposition to the alliance of the Aldrich tariff with Rooee- | vait dictatorship. It was a vote for economy and constitutional gov- ernment. If the Democratic House will vote fairly and squarely to take the | taxes off food and clothing, if it votes for retrenchment and reform, the next President will be a Democrat. There is no need to be frightened. All that is needed is to be honest. os A HINT TO MR. CARNEGIE. OWN in Brazil all the men of the navy that took part in the recent mutiny have been sent into the interior of the country, where they will be set to work constructing railways and highways. heir labor will be profitable both to themselves and to their country, and the evil of the mutiny may thus be converted into something of good. Beneficial as this movement is, it would never have been made in Brazil had it been beneficial merely. The government has ordered it, not to reduce naval expenses, nor to improve highways, nor yet to benefit sailors. The primary object is to punish somebody. Every great naval power on earth could improve its finances, lessen its taxes, better its conditions and benefit its people if it would put its naval force to some useful work. But none will ever do so except as a means of punishment. Might not Mr. Carnegie’s peace fund be well employed in pro- ‘moting mutinies? Cina rE Meek +. aerate NOT A PUBLIC APATHY. R. ALBERT SUDEKUM, one of the most noted mu- D nicipal experts of Germany, says: “Among all municipal duties, street cleaning should come first.” In an interview he added: “I do not understand the apathy of your public which allows dirty and un- healthful street conditions to exist without general protest. Our German cities would not tolerate it.” Doubtless this criticism is in a measure well founded. Our streets just at this time, even the most important of them, are very tloppy and dirty. And the side streets in some localities are ankle deep in a grime of soot and mud and slush and snow. Can You Beat It? By Maurice Ketten. yyright, 1910, by the Press Publishing Co. Curtin The’ New York Word.) | By Roy L. McCardell. Saturd GET OUT Our Saturday Man’s Fashion, Home, Economic and Social Notes for Benedicts and Bachelors, | awful old gossip, ‘Mr. Jones, will be- A gift of money, though your janitor Meve there is a real bird in the bag!may not be en rapport with the and can't say to their wives, when the thought, may only be demoralizing in jatter come home to dinner: |{ts effect. The money intelligently ‘Oh, what do you think? The Smiths ay. December 17, The Wee SEE no rash tmpetuosity on the part of men controlling millions of simoleons to rush in and bulla) or operate the new | ml subway,'' ree marked the head polisher. “Anybody famil- far with finance will tell you," anid the laundryman “that the big money will not go! in until the men; who mut It in see) it coming back amd carrying something, Then, you ask, why are the big men with the big money not willing to go Into the stibway business In the fastest growing large city in the world, with a normat increase In travel ev year to keep a moderately expensive trans- portation system running at a profit? “Your anxiety for information on this | point becomes more acute when you! ] | consider that despite the timidity of| ; capital tt does not hesttate to invade | the wilds of China to stake a railroad where the natives wouldn't ride on a railroad {f they had the money and the! possibilities of freight are as remot | the final ¢arewell tour of Sarah Rern- hardt. In the pioneer days of this coun. AY Buco Suswars! Give us | try, when solomn-visaged old statesmen prociaimed in the halls of Congress that the United States would never extend west of the Missourt River, capital was found to construct railroads deserts and mountains, chasing trails of the noble red man and the! shaggy buffalo, They tell us that | capital ts timid, but it seems to depend on how capital {s trained, | “AN! over this country there are men | with plenty of coin and expe ought to be glad to jump York, equip the Triborough subway system and run {t on @ cinch prospect of profit. These men know that sub- way ration in New York on a cap- {talization based on actual Investment will hake returns from a gold mino| look like th bankroll of a man who} has passed through the bazaar of the Professional Women's League. They are wise to the situation, “Then, you ask, why don’t they kick in? Is it possible that while they have one eye on the big profits of the subway they have another eye on wh: might emanate from the south-east corner of Broad and Wall street? Is it possible, you repeat? Well, keep on repeating | and you may get the answer." across the) ino New HOW IN aaa mM coutaR BUTTON ? i When Is a Grass Widow? j | 66 NYHOW," sald the head pol-| A ish 's lucky that we have lal opinion on the dif- a jud ference between a grass widow and fork at your suggestion fo: sticking himself in the face, in the use of at ‘his meals, 1910. By Martin Green. Metent k’s Wash. 4 #04 widow. Justice Guy cays o @ress widow {s one who hae @ husband om her hands but cannot put sald hands an him.” “No," replied the laundrymen, “Bet she can put sai@ hands on hte eltmony all right. And if he fails to pre@uce the alimony she can invoke the hands of the law to hurl him into the inactive but scarcely enjoyable confines of Lad- low Street Jail. “Funny about grass widows! A gress widow carrying enough looks and etyle to prevent her from soaring horwes never need be shy of male sympathy and companionship. She is especially strong in snagging grass widowers. You would naturally think that @& grass widower meeting ‘ass widow would take a quick flash at his experience dope and hurl himself over the nearest cliff, On the contrary, So if a grass widower falls #0 easily, what chance with the grass widow has the male who has not entered the matnimontal stakes?” 6c] SPE." said the head polisher, | “that Representative Tawney, the watchdog of the Treasury, whose honest bark will not be heard in that capacity after March 4, 1911, says, comparing himself with the United States in opposing a report that our mas tional defenses are on the ink, that while he might feel confident that other man's physical powers were perlor to his own, it would be cowardly in him to proclaim it from the touse- tops.”* “Quite so," said the leundryman., “Instead of proclaiming his inability to take care of himself in @ fight Mr. ‘Tawney would allow everybody to find | tt out by taking @ licking. Maybe his experience with the voters laat election makes him fee! that wa: plotted Pale A No Cause ior Anxiety. N_ Irithman had taken lodgings t house which wae built io an exposed uation and which did not stand very securely, Fearing that it might be Blown down once when « terrific storm wes maging ene of the servants ro lodger. “What's the matter! he asked es he subbed hia eyes. “Don't you hear the wind!" asked the esrvant, adding, “we're afraid the house will be btews down.”” ‘Sure, then,” mid Pet, tuming over hs drawing the clothes more tightly round him, “Go and tell the landlord; the house doem't belong to ane," — News. The Hedgeville Editor spent in his ethical development will| safety razor for his use at the table Still the American public is not apathetic. There are many Ger- stinted in thelr pin money, and| |. mans among us and they prefer to live here rather than in a German city. They do not find New York more apathetic than Berlin. We have not solved the street cleaning problem. But neither are we under bureaucratic control. Meantime the protest againet the bad condition of the streets goes vigorously on. The apathy is not on the side of the public. ho THE PULLMAN PORTER. ULLMAN porters have petitioned the general man- ager of the company for an increase of wages. If the petition be not granted the Interstate Commerce Commission should compel the company to reduce rates so that travellers can pay the porters. That the workman is worthy of his hire is a rule laid down in the Bible, and even if it were not it would still be tran Most workmen have their wages adjusted with the employer | and are paid by him, but there are some forms of service where the employer can shift the payment upon the patron, and when that is done the workman has to get what he can in the way of tips and so- called “gratuities.” Waiters and portere and others of a like service are unfairly treat- ed in that respect. The employer underpays them, and the public resents the tip system. The evil is an imposition upon both the porter and the patron. If the Pullman Company can eettle the matter satis- factorily it will merit a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Yea Martine for Free Silver. ‘To the Baitor of The Evening World: Tam as much an admirer of the many excellent qualities of Dr. Woodrow | for good. In the early days there wer | about fifty men selling tickets. would stand at the curb tn an ord manner and a customer was tre Wilson as The World, but I must ques- | spectfully and fairly, and should the tion hie wisdom in promoting the candl-| customer be not satisfied with his seat dacy of James Martine for the United | ase money we be cheerfully State Senate. May 1 ask The World if Old-time speculators are dis- It will support for this big office a rabid gusted with the present system. Let Bryanite and a free silver man? Does! any person stand before a the an the oll and the at work and see the dif. Respectfully, JOUN 8. of Brand New Words, 7 Faitor of ‘The Bvening World Since a female suffragist ts “suffragert The World or Dr. Wilson imacgt a man, If elected, will reflect th: - ment of New Jersey? FAIR PLAY, Red Bank, Dec, 15. The Speculator Nutsan To the Editor of The Evening World There were many efforts to abolish the sidewalk theatre ticket speculators, | but conditions seem to me worse than ever, Had the Aldermen raised the li @ lady so¢ comme $200 or $9" per annum there might cal not now be any complaints from the|A she pill theatregoing public, for the Commis-| pette: sioner of Lic would have had the! power to break the Mcense of any specu. Jators who broke the rules, I have bes & ticket mpeculator for the past tw Years. It has n omy Hving < have supported a family by it, but the conditions prevailing to-day that Iwould rather the leense be raised to $00 or have the business abolished wher | new ference. they A Galaxy called a Let @ woman anarchist become an “an- archette,’ And lalist be termed @ athropist Is And woman deatist a “dentette,” old tobacconist's “tobacconette woman of course, ts The ung wife ts A be archaeologist an “archaeolo- wise readers, suggest any are such Mrs. VIRA (i mean SUEGRIST “Suewrette,") . a “90- 4 “philanthro- | He many husband's at home are; must face @ querulous woman | coming from her! work, fault-finding because the amuse- ment-loving —hus- | band has deflected | part of the house- | hold expenses to) worship at the) shrine of hiss fa-| vorite ‘heroic a tres at matinees! | How constant} upon the home! husband's ear} must fall the plaints of vueuess women wives anent “the high cost of living’ and the fact that they have married, as they say, @ silly, chattering man who, as a house- worker and helpmeet, is wasteful and ‘unthinking! Yet," the loving husband will re- ply, “my wife wants a good meal when she comes hot tired, from the office or the shop. When I bring this to her attention she will say: ‘Oh, I don't care for these fancy dishes. Cook me a plain, substantial meal!’ To such husbands asx do thelr own housework and marketing, and who cannot afford to keep a servant man, I would say that a graceful way out of the dilemma would be to s the woman breadwinner with mock-turkey upon holiday occasions—' anksgiving, Christmas and New Ye: Let us be frank and admit that tho marketing husband often buys real ve | | THE | MOCK ~ TURKEY t afford turkey this year! I saw Mr, Smith buying corned beef and cabe bage!"” Directions for Mock-Turkey Outfit— Go to an out of the way butcher and | green grocer and buy a head of cab- ‘bage and five pounds of corned beef. Ask for the legs and head of « turkey he has dressed for some wealthier house-husband. Fasten the turkey legs securely at the top of the parcel con- taining the cabbage and corned beef and the ‘head at the bottom. Every marketing man you meet will think you have a plump twenty-pound bint at thirty-five cente a pound. (See {Mus- trations of mock-turkey outfit and gec- tlonal view of same.) Encouraging Your Janitor. M*« of family should ask them- selves ‘What am I doing to en- courage our janitor?" Ie it enough to tip him heavily at holiday time and then neglect him during the in the end be of more value to him. A|may te a pleasing compromise all volume of Swinburne, a set of Schopen- | around, hauer or a vellum volume of Niet-| If the janitor ts addicted to beer, the sche's “Superman” will afd in his in-| suggestion that the working classes on tellectual development. the Continent are given to the use of | An inculcation of personal refinement | light wines at thelr meals may have in the Janitor {s also worthy of the ef- fort. A volume on Esperanto, !f his memory is good, may give him a dic- tion he will find satisfying such times as the dumbwalter rope breaks and @rops a cake of !ce upon him, or when the coalman ‘has started seven tons of anthracite through the coalhole ere the Janitor has gotten from under. As the janitor's duties necessitate his handling coal, ashes and rubbish in quantities constantly, I would sugmest. that the present of a pretty and sub- ‘antial manicure set would be a hint for more constant attention to Uttle | personal refinements on his part. | Domiciliary visits and a quiet but careful observation of the janitor will soon show the man interested in his foctal welfare if the caretaker of the | apartments has the unpleasant havit of | the desired effect of making him cease IG By John L. Hobble RANK CROUT says that {f he has to swear off any more of his enfoyments, he is going to stop his wife's subscription to the Woman's Home Journal. EORGE DROLL sold out his undertaking establishment and collection agency because he dopsn't itke to deal with that class of people. RS, HETTIF TELLINGS says that the new-fangled talking machines might be all right, but they require a lot of ietenin’, RS, JANGLINGS, who says that she treats her pet dog just like one of the family, has been arrested by the Humane Soctety, DREW GEORGE claims that every young man should be required to serve N A three years in the regular army or spend a month in Kentucky, HE little @rese made in one ty at | beyond the re moderate bands out mar ey times as the price is 1 of working wives of other hus- eting for MIEIR wives because mock-turke [rest or tne that snoopy e-husband will secure @ outfit he may shop the day happy in the thought Mr, Tompkina, or thag rest of the year? What are we doing for his ethical uplifting? ewting with his knife. Modern Mythology By Barrett Hanson Witherbee Copyright, 1010, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). No. XI.—Daedalus. APDALUS was one of those Inventive Geniuses who can take a Hatr- pin, a Plece of Thread and the Vital Organs of a One Simoleum Watch and make a Sewing Machine or a Mouse Trap without thinking any- thing about It. He inyented the Axe, the Gimlet and the Level before he turned his Attention to Aviation and became the first Manbird or Birdman—whichever you want to call it. With a Couple of Feather Dusters and some Sealing Wax, he fashioned the first Lighter-Than-Air machine and began Practising short filghts in his Back Yara. He soon Solved the Problem of Flying, which Merely lantly smoking an Inevitable Cigarette and Kicking Rules of the Exhtbition Committee, Having mastered these Fundamentals, Daedalus opened a School for Skim- mers, with his son Icarus as the first pupil. Then some Olymplan newspaper offered a Prize for a Flight from Crete to Sicily. ‘This prize was a Lifelong Subsertption to the Paper, no small thing in those days of double Centenarians, But Izay didn't want to Compete, because, besides the Hunch that Something Terrible was about to Happen, he didn't know how to read. Nevertheless, his father Inststed, and after watting three years, two months and twenty-eight days for the Weather Conditions to be just Right, they fas- tened their Wings to thelr Shoulder-Blades, stuffed a Couple of Carrier Pigeons tn their Pockets (wireless not yet havink been discovered), sald Goodby to the Publishers and off they Flew. Old man Daedalus made a Bee Line midway between the Sea Consists in Noncha- continually against the and the heavens, but Izzy forgot that wax would Melt, and went out after tho Altitude | Record, He broke it all right, but by the time ne stopped Falling hts father had arrived in Siclly and was Negotiating with the Express Companies for Bringing home the Bacon, A few feathers floating on the water told Daedalus that his son had fanen the first Victim to the Interests of Science; 90 of course there was nothing left to do but to Name the place where he Disappeared “the Icarian Sea’ in mem- ory of the unfortunate lad, and sell the feathers as Souvenirs. Then the grandfather of Aviation toured the Country for a tow weeks, carr; ing Passengers for short fights and Long Green, ant ‘retired to live on his Income, Should ‘he be afraid of substituting a | é a . aia | going constantly to the corner cafe | with @ conspicuous tin pail—a constant { itineracy that keeps him away from his work. \Notes of Interest to Men. OMEN on the raliroads of Aus- | There |s continual ¢ ‘their part, they claiming the amount not [sufficient to sustain a husband, And in quence many of the sturdiest sec- women are doomed to single essed: | neers. “How Old Should Our Boys Re Be- fore They Take Music Lessons?” Is @ | subject often debated by fathers, The protiem is an important one, for, say | what you will, the most complex of mechanical piano players can never be ‘the pride to the tired business woman of to-day that the simplest melody played ‘at evensong by son or father ts. A boy's plano lessons should always be consid- ered when old-fashioned women rela- |tives dogmatically insist that young men should be wage earnens—4f but for pin money. ‘The proposition made tn some quarters | that boys should no longer be taught to ‘sew in the public schools of New York is one that shoul arouse every modern man to indignant protest. If our boys are no longer taught to sew in the pub- | Me schools, where can they be taught? Father nas his housework to do, mother 1s busted all day in factory or office. Who wil! sew the button on sister's tall- or-made business suit {f brother is no | longer | competent needieman? : N.Y, IMPORTANT—Write specify size wanted. Add hurry. Girl's Drese—Pattern No, 6,879. with the Meeves ts one of the later developments of childish fashions. This mode! 1s closed over the shoulders by means of buttons and buttonholes, It !s adapted to all childish matertals. In the {ilustration the edges are sca}- loped, but they ean be finished — with Plain banding tf preferred, ‘The dress is made with front and back portions, ‘There are Panels inserted in the skirt at the un- derarm edges, and these panels are @r- ranged under the , front and back por- tions to give a trimming effect. The sleeves also @re trimmed with sheped portions, For size will be required 3 yards of matertal or 27 inches wie, / 21-2 yards 36 or 2 | yards 44 Inches wide: | Pattern No, 6,07 x cut in sizes ¢¥- sirls of 4, 6 ana’? years of ave, Call at THE EVENING WORLD MAY MANTON FASHION BUREAU, Lexington avenue and Twenty-third street, or send by mail to MAY MANTON PATTERN CO., 132 BE. Twenty-third street, Send ten cents in coin or stamps for each pattern ordered, your address plainly and always two cents for letter postage if in « the year (4 \