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a iprn mas enes. qth «But, taken practically, we soo ‘The Kvening World Daily Magazine, Monday, August 5, 1912 {Discarding the Ace 2% sstnturt i By Robert Minor) Che Mager World. ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER bt 58 to Pebtiehed Except Sunday by the Pross Publishing Company, Nos. Dally Except Sunark How, New York RALPH PULITZER, President, 62 Park Row. J 8 SITAW, T J. A 63 Park Row. JOSEPH F 63 Park Row. eter Entered nd-ClA we Oveecr! na the Continet and World for the "All Countries {n the International ba and C Postal Union. One Year + $2.80] One Year. One Month «801 One Mont | THE TAXI TERROR. Giese OF STATE LAZANSKY declares that he will ask Copyright 1912, by The Press Publishing ( New York World), Y Daughters, hear now the “Maiden's Prayer, without variations,” hh which the Wise Virgin chanteth in her heart: Oh, Providence, in Thy mercy, 1 beseech Thee, grant me these three: A level head, @ soft tongue, and a sense of humor! And the greatest of these is a SUNSE OF HUMOR. . Lo, I do not ask for wealth, nor for beauty, nor for love; for, having @ level head, and a soft tongue, all these things shail be added unto me, A crooked nose line, I can bear it. And curling hair I shall not creve. 1 sigh not for the charms of an houri; and though ONE husband bel all that is granted unto me in this day of Progressive Matrimony, I shall not murmur, Though my waist line increaseth, year by ycar, and my teeth deport jone by one, I shall not be cast down. For, @ cheerful disposition shall sustain me, and the smile that comet not off shall keep me charming. Though chorus girls marry above me; thous. I never build mine ow bungalow; though my frocks be made over, and my complezion made up I shall not repine, the State Legislature for a law to prevent thugs and criminals from acting as chauffeurs of public licensed taxicabs. The police have done little to chuck this evil. The Aldermen have done less. At the time of the Montani taxicab robbery the police them- selves estimated that two hundred ex-convicts were driving taxicabs | in this city. The Rosenthal murder has been only the most conspicu- ous of many bold and daring crimes that have shown how readily thieves and murderers can find accomplices among taxicab drivers to take them to the scene of their dirty work and contrive a quick getaway. The citizen who takes a taxicab ist the mercy of any | crook or criminal who happens to sit in the chauffeur’s seat. The situation is scandalous. Are there then no city ordinances ?| Are there no Aldermen to make them? Since the beginning of the For, behold, I shalt not take myself SERIOUSLY, nor be filled wis year the Aldermen have promised at intervals to take up the question < ‘ g : FALSE ILLUSIONS concerning MEN. of taxicab licenses and taxicab fares. They have done nothing. Do| age) <i: ji F z ‘| 4 . E Gian What GEIL CUR Gains es Lan tt a ane they mean to let the New York taxicab go on its own lawless, reck-| i abe tha eth rw! 5 Jess course until it becomes even more notoriously bandit, robber and | LiL isclentsi Monat aN hide Though my cooking be deadly, and my chocs “number sevens,” T shalt outlaw? Are they not content to have it already a byword—an ob- not despair, for a sense of humor sha!! cover me as a mackintosh, of jeet of amazement and contempt to visitors? which the lemons, that Fate casteth at shail roll, as water, Verily, verily, @ woman WITHOUT a scnse of humor is as one that gyoeth into New Jersey clad in open works. She layeth herself bare ‘9 DOUGH BAG DIPLOMATS. constant STINGS; she suffercth untold pangs. T*: report that an Ambassador from the United States to an A ; |) BREE FT aeS TGA ere ec important European court was forced to retire to make room q : , 3 5 | not ua ong EE ET Gt re Ce et aera for a rich friend of the President who had contributed | ‘ 3 ! That I may not tremble at their wrath, nor wither under their au $26,000 to that President’s campaign fund has never made pleasant COEM, Ror Pepin at ther Prowonen: reeding. Nor does the explanation that public criticism changed And that, ail the “ays of my youth, I shall dwell in the enjoyment P i the plan and sent the rich man to a lesser post make it less dis- Pas . I | lebih sds onion eet agreeable. j a | This man seems in any case to have been the most generous r € of several contributing diplomats. A published list of friends of the A POCKET Ws ENCYCLOPEDIA President now holding the highest diplomatic positions abroad, to- gether with the sums which they individually contributed to cam- psign funds, challenges the instant criticism that several of these 5 — Whe i it We Tue Frese Uabiiuhing Os, (The New Yeek Weed), gentlemen are neither by training, character nor achievement us tere earars ye Gane CORN eGR rene worthy to represent this country in the highest foreign circles os | daa SDseietten pada, fe nuded many men more acute, more scholarly, more distinguished, whose 259. Why do grapes never ferment tohile on the vine? pocketbooks could not, however, open so widely before election time. 260. What makes unripe apples sour? It is e pity that this criticism is just. It is a pity that we cannot ver point to more names of highest distinction among our Ambassadors fiance ee, en et eo aa and Ministers. ‘It is far worse than a pity that the presence of any representative of the United States in the capital of a foreign gov- the square and short bones are for both motion and strength. ernment should have to be explained or excused either by his check- le prope teld are three gilt bails used for pawnbrokers’ sign: ‘ raeN - — — amily of Florence w Their coat of book or by his campaign contribution. ONHONNMNDENRRMRONNDDINNE NDE N Nom UMENMnon NEE | 253.—(Why are w tien follow ea SAviCy ald winters Tbe Brea: . evaporation that has continued through the summer reduces the temperature A CASE FOR THE KNIFE. Orr e) Mr. Jarr Learns How Popular a ee MESCITAY Oss baatt cg metal?)—It forces the metal's solla particles S IT has come. A call for a mass meeting at Cooper Union tw 0 Man C Be—With ils Creditors asunder unt je panes of cohesion {s suMclently overcome to change the soil signed by Jaccb H. Schiff and others reads: “Protection of life 265.—(What {s the origin of the word and property is a basic duty of government. Recent develop- ments show a degree of lawlessness that vitally threatens the com- munity. It is necessary for private citizens to act. A mass meeting will be held at Cooper Union soon to adopt a suitable programme, including the support of such effective efforts as are put forth ne public authorities to reassure our citizens and to eliminate law. lessness.” Those who have started the movement say they will spare no expense to induce the best lawyers obtainable “to devote all their 251.—(Why are the body's bones so different in shape?)+The long bones are used for motion; the broad and flat bones for protection Turrah?")—It comes from the Slavonic This was @ battle cry among the MENON ORONO IONE HEE NE eee ne wee mene ri : ave, L esinisttntnitsicis nid sald Mr. | Boing to be no fighting here,” said Gus. U all going to nave?" “Hu-ray,” meaning “To Parad! ae Such a sum is proiliga' s and holder of ai! records a8 Y°*)" lDinkston, “Thank you indeed, and when | "What yo weight champion of the Engiis er the present diMculties that beset ™@/ They m, entioned th en ge, laid @ ‘gentle hand upon have passed, when my exchequer 1#/4nd then Gus sa:a, be tpeclbebal nae’ } Ra arm. a | *641n replete, when the House of Dink- ‘ord bum he treats, I ey on, a es Oo “I deprecate, naturally, the crass 824 }ston flourishes once more, and the ¢s- too," Mid inconsiderate commercial trend the 0O tates of whioh we have been wrongfully, “True tem, versation has assumed,” said he: _ , 4 Perance consists of modera- f H WRONGFULLY, deprived, sirall| tion,” said Mr. Dinkst WY y H once more revert trom the distaft slde— Be eat Bets ver a - OLKS H ‘And,"" he bowed to the others, “I aa! Your proffer of unex pected hos} int your forbearance in extricating ©4F|T aljude to a maternal aunt who has/a hostage against future fone eel B» Sophie ren» Loeh friend from the unfortunate embarr®S#| our two.family dwelling on Joralemon| “Ww! . ment that your untimely loquacity must hat are you talking about?” askea | “~~~ ee tr rou ooklyn—then | Gu . er i i Copyright, 1912, by The Pres Publishing Of entail upon him, I crave the indulgen’ elder palgeeatia dn 4 fall" ‘ epee ! Copyright, 1012, by The Press Publishirg Co. (The New Yo:k World). time to severing the alliance between the police and the underworld.” Sane Bien "ey Wome of those present for a brief spece that!” 's, Saving ‘he ted Me, Jare back intolagain in juer Moone mal ee nea THE REAL THING, It is the only hope. Cool, expert dias . 5 ; : F Mrs. Jarr could have seen th@/1 may confer with Mr. Jarr, in camer®| iy, nar and cried merrily: Mr. Dinkston. “Save ie ante oe ‘CE upon a time there was a mar-/t© Get the bread and water and all tha: hi . or ‘agnosis and ‘operation by an ] “Welcome, Stranger!” greeting her)as one might say, We seek the privacy) sang now with wassall Jet us acclaim | would give me now till parla ile O ried man. When you use the|0es with it, while she was to be honest, disinterested surgeon is the only thing that will remove the |, usband received In Gi and seclusion of the rear apartment fF) 947 strephon returned to untess I mistake, Mr. brea sadelie! term “married inan” immediately eral utility: tety ugly growth that weakens and poisons authority in this city. ey chy! Sea Pile yo Ee ee 4 Me. dare de the Dect | at CUE’? Jot Bim Onl mae th & Ubation” alled home-sweet-home, ji ‘ Gus darkly. ‘That fellow has a way of a Es course Cupt: The patient must go under the knife. No more delay and gelf-|calumnies that be constantly frequented | room and whispered, “I take CbronoS| inguiting you and you don't know It." GOLDSMITH’S CHARITY. stratgne,| “Will you be my w treatment. the place. by the forelock, so to speak. May 1 ask) ste is aii right.’ sald Mr, Jarr gentally, Ped in on the scene, But, gor 4 Among doctors und ae dy, down - to- after, Ife assumed a continuous “Why, hello! Ie it you, atn't itt” erled that the ebullient greetings, the fellcita-|..pinxston rejoices that Tam with you|has a place Tindeetnnn so tagmuth " i] the - grindstone -| croove, as it does in 1. ny, many eager, Gus. "My, my! The sight of you !8/ tions upon your return, the acclamations Hl once again. He wi 1 conclusions thai] One Gay the man went to the home of OSE negro delegates are going to have a hard good for blind and salutations may not wholly obviate 4 7 ny som times made the exami: | go with the “mar. on business, The friend was Bull M look like Maree job making a| “You needn't stayed away Decatuse!n matter extremely necesstious? While) ants to aet ee aa Aidinle Bil ere ee he eee Hed man” tht | detained a ilttie and the wite chatted oose look like Marse Linkum, you don't want to see me abou! | 1am not avid of being under pecuniary exclaimed Gus. “HIM set/heart made him careless of bis fees in throw your] with er hus -~ sete teresa cevsse to count of that balance what l@ owed) op m up? Let me see his money first!"|the face of poverty, and It is recorded |) mind. 3 yoman belonged to the “new Srumbled the butcher, ee ene| “andor compels me to state that my! afr, Dinkston, a lofty air, threw] that he occasionally left money in a pill [i This man was no movement Me, neither,” volunteered Muller, the/ aguciary condition 1s calamitous, May T/aown the fitty cent plece he had bor-|box labelled, “To be taken as required,’ |} st exception. He mar- & smattering of things that grocer. “Let bygones be bygon nds | request financial assistance’ y rowed from Mr, Jarr. . eetnepeaneeeree Letters From the People | Bagman We sepa Bare 86 pleasure, not! «How much?” asked Mr. Jarr, putting |" 419, Jandiord, behold the trinkgeld!” business. I could sue you in the munt- hy 0 9 1s hand into bis trousers pocket and|,,, cried, “A stoup of your best Py hide ah El ; a ente of scuren | Ao. ane tauchad cipal court for them twenty-seven dol- pulating the money {t contained a0| Nore, ue of his Southwark pa- | needed a firestt?| fund of KNOW m lara what i8 owed ma get dudgment mall roll of bills stayed hidden| “+7 don't pandie that brow, and there's|tiente—e Journeyman printer—that he when he judged such to be the really |[ 4 ried very much as} “so” in the world at large, needful medicine. It was in Southwark P jy]. & matter of course.) So she touched upon this idem and DGE and DB} '. stati LIGHT th » In her easy ¢ 1 For instance, take the hands of a « companion to keep up the dignity of a Rs er von rer s |against you, and yet I wouldn't be mad silver coins ‘ ha: a general party | which he dhe Ree ime ee think out Tae irae ears eer trsive ‘times at you about it even 16 you Dad me oped ee oe te . be. Sra fat eeep: 7 ORE aay 8 | Be eens i he pe iad Hs ie poe a ee atest “in| Interested Aa He thine beet an answer to this, “Why ts it that iang at io the mina Im AOGE | SOUrh MER We eet Nee “My request {s but for currency sum-| sq vetl, let us assuage our thirst, Wbat | London Chronici e the beginning, now and ever shail be| What a bright woman, he though: when we walk we swing our right 894 § aimorence of ten eer ine: winder tl cient to preserve the amenities of con-| says the Hungarian poet of an“eldcr ey world without end." | Tow he ENVIED the other man! Wha Jett arms opposite to the direction We iy. we iiew tn the} ting We two winker ta|viviality,” sald Mr, Dinkston, day? id GENERAL, He looked around him and saw some|a COMFORT tt would bo to be in CON move our right and left legs?” JAB. J. Wi oy. or that the minute hand woulda’ mention (t here to Gus'h) anid | viVINIY, m2" aid Mr.| “PIN up the can, keep out the cola, | “What's your idea of prosperity?” | one that he thought would make bim @/STANT company of such a companion nustecmrene” ures say it ie Impossibid eat now f wouldn't be ineuited.”” | Jerr. ake beer. A halt} righting men make thirsty cattle!" “Always @ little more than I have, 4 wife (whatever that he tem Le | aiter the business was over the wife T have read a letter of & “Downt: R. DEGHUER. — Mr. Dinkston, formerly of Brooklym, dollar wil! do, what?” ‘The weather ain't cold, and th . . and joined tn t! Detroit Free Press. general talk, Merchant" who he gives his cine pettiietdatin - Se RE Snare nrenpientie ws seacenecitats prerer ocean ye = : gees ow e On way hom eeeicttac he reflected, ® PS SUE vonde| it wasn't a MISTAKB to ni dele: ai 4 i ieee Bags —$<—<$<<—< marty a woman who did aot ime ( : q . 3 > T things. The next day he reflected Lat me tell him that if he pays his ate G t I d ‘ ; Toprright, 1072, ty The Pres Publishing On, ; ext day he reflected more, ployees fair wages and treats them Fi ad re ate ea err y ’ es ; Ee Now Fork World) ———— nd so for several da:'s to come, until fairly he is doing the right thing, He fern he began to pity himself every time he ht of the lucky man—his friend. will have the good wishes of his em ee Now !t ca c rT Ployeess and will get more work and . ef _——— [A WOncERFoL SIRT IN THE GENIUS ts i and hls wite were Seige entertalmeate faithfulness ia return. He, no doub DOGGONE !! { Now! isn DER —~! tweet] | Making oF your IN A SINGLE NOT APPRECIATE! a large company of THINKING peepte gete many little overt and o ‘ “ . CHEESE You NiGHt ——— By @ usuai clreumstence th , helpful acts which are never paid for THERE'S MY THERE SOME | GO To me Swiss PR ad eel CONSIDER “THEN feparated in the party. But the Saf Fe eee ee ieee ete ee | | Ges PANTS WAY Our GHERSE reuse HOLES — Now WAT 10-000 Vite whose Calkins amare Rees Ployees @ vacation with pay and does RUINED BY 4 OF THAT Looks At THESE coup DC TO, ae ot | mat, . plo- t mee why he should even give hi co ‘ Ft +4 ANTS — TWO 3 | He ec not delfev, n Wite and daushtere & vacation. ‘This te \ Those MOTA> DIFFICULTY ; YOUR CHEESE y at wit {aud not Delteve his earat ame trulp typical of many men, They lay a fects and displayed a ete know! of things of whieh wequently have a jot of dircontented | On ployees, who work because they > simi! to who care Little rms Nae interests. Achilles and the Turtle, Fo the Béitor of The Evening World fT reply to Zeno's paradox of “Aghi@les and the Turtle,” 1 wou Mike to say that !t would be impossio! for Achilles to catch the turtle figures on paper). For he would be uo able to run or move in such short 95 as figures would require of him. He would to al! appearances be standin | He was surprised to find that tn the averyday, when he was not about she had not been lacking In looking up the jMfe about her, and had absorbed many jthings tn HER studiou-, quiet way that jhe had not thought sie possessed, be- | he had nover assumed that sha wa able of any more than bal resati wife he he MORAL: IN LOOKING OVER Sarr RBAL THING DON'T OVBRLOOK WHAT 18 AT YOUR Doom; gee that he would bales the turtie 2a