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; rp eR IE TEE IEICE GS EE SSI SLRS LT REET STR CO A ere tt & | ‘oar seeeee 68.50 e Month ) VOLUME ——— THE DEAD iy] hamper the Building Department in seeing that structures are honestly ed. Neither is the Police Department debarred me or preventing disorder. and sanitarily er from detecting ¢ Highways can still fix the holes in van even be rapid transit. All th men who deign to hold city offices shall exert themselves diligently This can be done without any legislation of any kind. | and efficiently. It is a pity that some of them do come would surely be pleasing to honor to the official who broke down precedents and ran his depart- ment without waiting for Murphy. iintiensiipidsaaascctisianatistns EDUCATION OUTSIDE OF BOOKS. CTUAL trav that is not offering inducements to tions. The teachers are not slow in taking the opportunity, and the galleries become a place of recreation and painless instruction for the children. It is the tendency of the age, At Columbia University a course in Domestie Arts devotes to the practical preparation of edible food a great deal of time that used to be wasted on abstract physics and chemistry. At Cornell the agricultural students run a dairy supply the market with some gilt-edged standard products. At Harvard the class in dramatic literature writes and stages original | plays, insead of writing theses on Sophocles and Shakespeare. Man- ual training and cookery are begi middle grades of the public schools that the kindergarten does in the infant classes. Dr. Charles F. Thwing, in his survey of the world’s great edu- cational centres, cites the Chinese ef unreasoning book-learning—“i' precedents, devoid of originality, absorbing fact, fable and fancy as readily as truth through a retentive memory.” In Italy university education is unproductive of practical results, because “technique has taken the place of life.” There is a reaction against t peoples nowadays. We are beginning to conceive of the “higher edu- cation” as doing things tirst and formulating theories afterward, in- stead of vice versa. It may even be that the haleyon time is coming when the average voting citizen will actually attend some purpose there, instead of sputtering sbout ineffectually just be- fore and after the elections. ++ “BEAUTIFUL I epeak by throw Sunday school methods of te ng. | What the Governor objects to—in the Sunday school lessons, at least, if not in politics—-is vague sounding sophistry that means noth- ing in the interpretation of the real text. He ia for direct teaching from the Bible, and the singing of the old Psalms, As for “Beauti- ful Isle of Somey at is it driving at, anyway? ‘Tho “somo- | where” in the hymn may presumably mean heaven, but it doosn't any | 80, and such u 4 very demoralizing to the young idea just learning how to s Maybe so—and yot, with a Presidential campaign impending, this lit cal attitude of mind has {ts perils, From “knocking” | popular hymns it Is only a step further to pleking flaws In campaign songs, party platforms and nominating speeches, You must not look for either logic or literary merit in such effusions, It {a the owing and the spirit that count, The proverbial error of looking a gift horse jn the mouth may | “And #0 he repeated in scanning a joy-song for horse sense, More than likely oop lay SLE OF SOMEWHERE.” out a few destructive criticisms on prosent-day One Year one Month NO, 18,305 a new Democrati eted this fall, no Charter legislation, such as was aimed at in the deceased docu ment, is likely to come to an issue. It is quite probable that the exist ing laws for the government of New York City, which are sum- marized as a Charter, could be im- proved. Almost anything can be. But there is nothing in the old lawa to prevent cleaning the streets properly, or which will The Department of the pavements—if it will. There at is necessary is that the gentle- | The out the community and a source of not try the experiment and the seeing of rare objects in nature and art, are | gradually taking the place of hook study,” declares a prominent offi- cial of the Metropolitan Museum | of Art, in pointing out the impor- tant part which that institution | plays in the school life of the com- munity. The Brooklyn Institute bulletins tell the same story. In) fact, there is not to-day a museum of any importance, cither of art or of science, in all the country, teachers to make use of its collec- in all directions. farm, with a chicken annex, and nning to occupy the place in the mind as the product of centuries t is given to forms, subject to his academic attitude among live er ae “Requests our presenta," repeated the primaries and talk politica to| ntre. J “P-r-e-s-e-n-c-e," replied Mra. Jar, spelling out the word “It 18 all the same," salt Mr, Jarr, have « sen , "COON A Cea Rae Any presenta. Becais OV. WOODROW WILSON of |cartare down to an New larsay i > pay | back We will not » any money to ersey is o daring, not to say vring any presents, especially gold 4 reckless, man, Heo attended ajones, still, we could hardly go down public meeting of the Sunday School Superintendents’ Associa- tion at Trenton last Sabbath and | heard six thousand persons sing “Boautiful Tt was a day of rest politically, Islo of Somowhore. but the Governor's analytic and controversial mind could not fore- | Qo its customary exorcise, so he| took advantage of the invitation to these will be a kick coming, somewhere, and have sent us 4 dnvitaties request- (moved STESTERDAY ren World Daily Magazine, Tuesday, October 4 Ae inc en ew SS Sein potcpeanepnee a 3. 1917 4 ° NeW RULES To BRUTALITY IN HANDS TiEO BEHIND THE Bactt Did (Seu9 ) C By all. Copyright, 1911, by ‘The Press Publishing Co. New York World) The r NOLE HieNiRY and Aunt Hetty are going to celebrate thelr golden wedding next month ing our presence?" said Mra, Jarr when Mr. Jarr came home the r evening. wearily. Mrs, Jarr rubbed her chin reflecttvely. “Well,” there without bringing something, and if we stay away it will be all the more roason we'll have to s That's always the way. TI wonder !f Uncle Henry would pay car far down and back? And then we could get them something nice, and it wouldn't cost ua anything. Oh, dear! I suppose wo'll HAVE to send something or pring something. There goes the little! The Inevitable, By a (LP Busy money I had saved to have a velvet dre “Maybe we have something around the house of gold we could send. Haven't you @ gold thimble you do not asked Mr. Jarr. “Of course I don't use 1t—tt's too nice to use!” sald Mrs. Jarr. i By Maurice Ketten.. PREVENT PRIZE FIGHTS ROUND SutP- SLAP SuP- SLAP They Turned THE STEAM on tN OUR FLAT To DAY THANKING You FoR Your KIND ATTENTION | REMAIN FAITHFuUy ours MASA ASA ngneyNeNNeN Neg SESAME 9 VSUAMMEMAESAESASUR MESS BASEMAN APU UNMPNAESNOAPUAPUANNESAPN APN Mr. Jarr Gets Into a Golden Wedding Row “I want to give it to little Emma when she grows up. If you are 80 anxious to give them something of gold that’s around the house why don’t you let them have your gold watch?” Mr. Jarr thought a moment. “I saw a nice gold-plated watch for seven dol- lars.” By Alma My First Dance. ROM the day I had attained the dignity o ses halfway between knee and anise the boys stood rather aloof, ‘They stopped whistling fo when assed the house, end when they'd meet me on the street they'd Mft thelr | ‘one of the boys ever hung around to walk home with me after school, and I began to realize that there 1s no medium class, You had to be elther a tomboy or an inctplent belle to make any aort fa hit with the boys. When I was sixteen I recelved an in- vitation to my had been to many children’s affairs, but the o' were tn first evening party. I in y memories of white hair rib- sufficient quantity, m which we drew per caps. ate? quite a flutter because tt was from one of the richest fa Hes in town ople who were sup- posed to be very ‘exclusive.’ My mother decided that on the party | night I was to leave behind all instgnia | of little girlhood, as befitted a young lady of sixteen, My hair was to be piled up on my head and my skirt was going to "touch!" I went with a young Doy cousin of | the afternoons, they had left bons, !ce-cream and “snappers,” the gay colored p The invitation in our household, the daughter of mine, We arrived rather late and J was gown to the girl's dros room by a black robed ma he removed my | evening cape and | bed, thon asked if vices for anything furt Mmbarrassed at th st carefully on @ required her aer- er, unwonted atten ton, I anawored "No," hurrtediy-—and | she left the room to awalt the next | comer, you want to heoome my But | don't see hew | ean aveld it if | marry your saughion” Alone, in my new and gorgeous rat. | mont, with a full length mirror before it was only natural that 1 should * to wtudy my own me, ‘The dagsiing slory of {t stunned me for @ moment, and in my eager scrutiny 1 forget to look for my face, but, even when 1 did, that, t asomed te be wansirwsed, Adventures of an Unattractive Girl Copyright, 1911, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World), Woodward I drifted, rather than walked, down- maitre, intoxicated with the conviction that I was beautiful that night! I found my cousin “‘watting for me at the foot of the stairs, and together we) entered the crowded rooms, I was Introduced to one, 1 ould an unusual color flaming in my cheeks and, for the first time since| Thad stopped jumping fences, I moved | without seeming to have lead welghts in my feet. In a few moments the rooms were cleared for dancing. A dance card flut- tered from my wrist, but {t wae blank! The second dance started, No one ap- proached me! All the other girls seemed to have partners. I studied their faces they were all pretty They all had hair that curled, pink and white skins and tiny, rosebud mouths, The radiance of the reflection I had looked upon in the dressing room just short time before faded into a drab insignificance that made a atinging moisture gather in my eyes and hid the gayety before me. ‘Then I resolved to appear indifferent. T can still feel the forced, unnatural mmile I put on and held so steadily that I finally seemed to clamp my lips into @ hideous, strained line! I eat through five dances alone—ab- solutely alone! Onoe the mother of my | hostess passed and nald sweetly, in her | best soctety accents, ‘Res and then fitted on, cold, Mtter hatred that heart! | At the ond of the sixth dance I looked for my cousin and with the plea of hav« ing @ violent hoadache persuaded him to take me home, T crept into the house aw quietly as possi Ones tn my room the fury broke, And standing before my own mirror 1 tore my Maht, wmimmering | dress from my body and the flowers from my hair, Then, with the rulns of my finery at my feet, I faced my familiar UNAT- RACTIVID self tn the giaew end burst inte bitter, unoontyellable teare! Be Be Continued.) every BORAT ROR RAROI NAGAR RR RR HORROR ARB RRTRG NURIA NARA “Seven dollars!" cried Mra, Jarr. “It you have any seven dollars to throw away on relations that never give us anything, let ME have the money! I Suppose we'll have to send something, though. They've got lots of money and 1f we remembered them nioely they'd be sure to leave something handsome to the children when they died." ‘Their crayon portraits?" suggested Mr. Jarr, That reminds me. Couldn't we send them a pleture in a golf frame? There {s a special sale of framed pictures at one of the bix stores to-day—Mone Lisas for $2.98," ventured Mre, Jar, “If we could make him belteve tt was the one stolen from the Louvre,” eald Mr. Jarr, “But do you think Uncle Henry and Aunt Hetty would be enraptured by Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile?” “Or her astigmatic glance?" replied Mrs, Jarr, ‘For if she tan't cross-eyed I never saw such a thing.” “Cross-eyes aren't astigmatiam. The precise name for that affliction ts stra- dismus, I belleve,’ sald Mr. Jarr. “Oh, tt doesn't matter,” ventured Mrs Jarr with a sigh, ‘We can’t satisfy them with a pict ire in @ gold frame, I know, Clara Mudridge Smith 1s always leaving her gold mesh purse around eo carelessly. Suppose she should lose it 4nd I should send it to Aunt Hetty? It cost several hundred dollars, But no. ‘What would Aunt Hetty do with a gold purse in Swope Corners, especially when Uncle Henry takes even her butter and ¢g% money from her? Besides, {f Clara was to lose her gold mesh purse and I should find it, tt would be better if I kept 1t. I might give it back to her if I ever was able to afford to buy one myself, That would be the only honest thing to do, wouldn't it?” ‘It tt were done in haste, yes," re-|y piled Mr, Jarr. “Oh, you needn't grin at mel" oried Mrs. Jarr. her gold pura loaves the careless way she {t around, and her rings, too, She never washes her hands but what ane leaves that beautiful big emerald and diamond ring on the wash stand! Why is {t people who have euch Deautiful things are @o careless of them?" Mr, Jarre couldn't say. "L wish [ knew what T could get for the golden wedding that would be | gold and wouldn't be expenaty "TL have it!" exe cont stores “De you think ¢ asked Mra, Jarr, "Well," @ald Mr, Jarr, tlon, I am inolined to Unole Henry, fisn were unproductive live would Jet them starve to death.” and ten “upon refien~ took, “What would you suggest for them, |” then?" "é gel aid My, ary with iked Mra, Jarr, . arp and & goldes erewal” Grves, | “he really deserves to lose| Imad Mr. Jar. “Tet | us send or bring them a bow! of gold fish, ‘They are selling them tn the five| vid ike thatr believe that! when he found the gold Fiddlesticks! If that were @ green-eyed fever just twenty-one. little about anything under the aun, smoke, begun to shave, met one chorus girl. and been rejected by a widow. He has temporary palsy of the soul—and oh, how he enjoys it! the malady has passed, however, and interest in life again, he grows rapidly younger, day by day, until at stzt; the same man is sometimes as frisky and skittish as a spring lamb tit mint sauce. Neither can you judge a man's age by his loc of the proverb still holds good with regard to womer men of fifty, in these days, who have more vitality, more interest in fe, more ability, more energy, and more attrection for women, than many men of twenty-five or thirty. These, of course, do not inciude t the masseurs by day and the gilded restaurants on A man is old, indeed, when he begins to man lose: sionatiy in some woma but when je starts in ¢ of his granddaughter's playmates, he has lost his grip o: He should know by the ever-inere that he is growing old gracefully, learn new tricks, but an ol! fool hasn't # You may say, then, that a wise many men are wise? The fact is that there is @ day on woman, wales xp to find himself OLD, over in the cold gray dain, looks life in the face and deci that there ig “nothing in it,” that love {s a delusion, that success ts an empty bubble, that ambition ts foolish and futile, and that women are thre- some—in short, that all the things of hoped, and worked, and lved, are Dead Sea Fruit. It 1s that day when he concludes sadly that the cocktail of life has not been worth the headache, nor the kisa to have faith in (deals, happiness and women, or an interest in anything but his meals. In brief, @ man is old, not when loses his teeth, not when he loses ILLUSIONS. of backward, can and unselfishly, he ia young with the Query, ‘‘At HERE seem to be as meny opin- I fons as replies to The Evening World's query “At what age ts a man ol4 Readers are requested to send their ideas on this question to the “OM Age Editor, Evening World.” Here are a few of the replies already received: RUB loving, right living, the TT pleasure of giving first ald to the needy, have magical power to gladden the hours with sympathy’s smile, for self-pride 1# a tonic to strengthen your spine, if with eyes of compassion you subtly combine th few common things with the easence of truth, No man can be old with the spirit of youth, W. J. O'RPARDON. n te old when he ceases to be can @, WILBON. I would state that a man te old at about the age of seventy-five years. The average men I see at that age are start- ing to grow feeble. We will take @ re- cent case in the news for exampl man who is said to have proposed mar- riage to a girl when he was eseventy- four, Do you think ‘he {s old !f he oan propose to a young lady when at the age of about seventy-four? I say no. ‘Andrew Carnegie, too, seems to be very young at the age he {s now. gM.G. A men is not ol@ until the birth of his first son, After which he is only 6 olf man. ialiabad RICHARD W,. JONBS. As @ single man in the fifties I be- An Average. ‘tive in Congress wae A Smee borat that body, Ym not eahamned of it,” eal be. ‘'I think tne done rary, wal, ob the wool Wneo 1 re reminded of an epitaph that Couldn’t Classify Her. TRAT Village Clobwomsn--What sort of « person ia inte new Mrw Hart? ‘Hecond Village Ciubwaman——Well, the ladies oan't just make out whether she's @ nobody firing high pre somebody lying low,-JApptucott’s, Pre Alderman of the University of speeches to the alumnt sssociations of Lie mila of @ ing tribute to the —_—-_-_--- The Time for Violent Hands, of the university are dear to my heart, Aither thay commuter me oe sbie me, 1 am like the Irishman who Lined up hie family of geven igianiliho sons, and Anvited ie to take Copyright, 1911, by The Prews Pub HEN is a man old? “When he can no longer make a woman jealous?" selahs; for there ARE men who, in spite of their eez, have never been able, from the cradle to the grave, to inspire a woman with any emotion whatcver, much lege to make one jealous. In Milan, a woman may be able to work herself into! he wears a mustache; but not in America. Neither is a man “as old as he feels,” although has long cajoled himself with this fallacy. If 4t were true, however, the oldest man in the world would Nobody on earth t# 80 blase, so cynical, so erudéte. 80 world-weary; nobody knows so much and cares go! +t look forward As long as a man can dream day-dreams, can hope inatead of regretting, and can love a tooman tenderly ———— Answers to The Evening World ishing Go, (The New York World) true, some men would be born Methu~ over a comic postcard, simply beca asa youth who has just learned to Onc he ts forced to begin to take a casuat! for while this pari there ere white-hatres ie decadent old hears, who patronize green-rooms by night. Occa- m over and to seal the company his faculties. sing expensivencss of his flirtattons}g t he never does. An old dog can't » enough not to try. old, True! naice a fool of himself. » genera L man is never But how. which the unwise man, like the unwise That is the day on which he turn des in his heart which he dreamed, and for which he worth the heartache; when he ceases he loses his front hair, not when hi his figure—t.. when he Tosca Rte instecd eternal youth of the gods. What Age Is a Man Old?” Meve that in the eye of the feminine wex we are never oki if we retain eur respectability and have a wad of the long green. ™M, FLW. A men ‘e never old until he's dead, M, R. KINOX, Tt eeems to me that a man is olf trem tthe time he is born, because people ayy “How OLD are youl” “How OLD f& the boy?" and ‘Tow OLD is the baby?” MANUEL D. CHRISTIN, At what ago is a man old? 1, When he knows he {s old. 3 When he ts wk ing to have ladies call him “Papal” & When ho is ‘old enough to know better,” WILLIAM BEROL, Pittefleld, Mass, A man becomes old at mostly any age, when he comes a grouch and aside hi best friends, and te displ with everything and every one, endl breaks the heart of hia loving wit who was to have been his compantem| and his happiness and joy through Ife, bt A man is getting old when he has ne more strength of will to realist a wome| an’s wiles where his reason tells him to do eo, J, BAGH, A man fe old when he says eo him Yours truly, VINCENT VON DP FENECK, j Orange, N. 3, The DAVS G2OA Hitories, A man degins to age when he maki @ fool of himself over a woman wit fo brains and a pretty face, JAMES MACMICHAMIy one of ‘em except in allfdefinse!' "Popular, auine, | The Feminine Jury. ME beautiful young prisoner entered the in her own behalf. “What ts your age, Miss?’ asked yer, “Forty-eight,”’ was the steady reply, ‘The feminine jury caught ita breath with qwattble Letlo gasp, and eat there rigid, “How much did you pay for the hat you " wears “Ninety-elght cents," “Are yon guilty of the crime thet ts asainas your” ‘Thus did the wily prisoner attempt to her veracity and then fury of wome wes drought 1 err Recovered. R,_PAUL RURNMAST! {ng ie mult for $8,000 eppontator, [ST apeoulators of this tyne," said Dr, master, “are so wedkled to gambling thet fee no harm in the practice, They deem pernicious doings to be work, work helpful to community, Hike baking bread or batlding ln thelr blindness to thelr own shorteominge Hillings, wed uj) by ® bitexard th @ R, president of Ne, was at id vettaurant ook here, waiter, I've Just found thie button in my soup,!