The evening world. Newspaper, February 13, 1914, Page 20

; —e, ESTABLISHDD BY JOSHPH PULITZER. Daily Except apteny Pos JOSEPH PULITZER, Entered at the Post-Offic Rates to The i ‘World are United States Canada. . Year.. + $8.80] One Year. ‘Month 30 One Month —_—<——— ere ne ED THE MURPHY METHOD. « Rn: for anything, but not much excited about it, is eound ‘reasurer, » Secret: policy for a boss. All the situation elicits from the experienced Mr. Murphy @0ol acquiescence and « few chuckles: “Uplift’s the word, Gov. is the present State leader, William Church Osborn might as Wall be chairman of the Democratic State Committee as anybody else, [) Mele be comrades together—la.” ‘ What does Murphy care? He’s seen the like of it before. He ‘Rpews his following. He knows what he can rely on. He knows what most and what doesn’t matter so much. The Croker letter is ”” Lots of other things can be counted on to go the same way. This city has got to realize that up-State seal will never dislodge » Tammany is ready temporarily to unhook its lines from State Gffaire and sit down to work at home. The inmost citadel of Tam- ‘Maany, the rock that Tammany will finally put its back cgsinst, is York City. Right here the last, decisive battle must be fought. + Meanwhile—quiescence and acquiescence. Murphy is a master hand at meeting adverse circumstance with those two parries. hp Carnegio Library Burnea to a Shell by Suffragette.— Headline Sf. ag fast as Andy could Duild ‘em. —— BETTER BABIES. HE EVENING WORLD believes in babies. By organizing ite highly successful Baby Contests of last year in co-operation with the Babies’ Welfare Association, by |» ‘offering prizes for the best babies, by spreading practical information 5 = <about how to make sick babies strong and how to train well babies mpdo become hine-ribbon winners, itehas done ite best to boop the babies “of this town. Everybody is gratified to learn from the official reports of the Welfare Association that the death rate lew York in- has @ecreased during the past year, standing at 101.9 per births, as againat 105.3 for the year 1913. Besides aiming to test and encourage the improvement resulting B entighteyed cave on the part of mothers, The Evening World is w extending ite Baby Contests to new sections of the city. ‘Every mother can register het baby and become a contestant for ieee that bring with them priceless returns of health, happiness me de. Every mother can secure the benefit of Improvement byreé which will supply her with the professional and practical ad- ‘Vide ahe nevis to give her baby the best carc. Rew York is now the second city in the country for healthy Why not make it the first? @ Lincoin’s Birthday tends to become more and more a real Reliday—speaking from observation only. 4 —_—t———— NEVER SATISFIED, HE RACE BETTERERS having ssid their say and departed \ b Prene Publishing Company, Nos. 68 ev) NY thw. New Yo 4 AXE ne Tae A WIRES, | WAT TS CHOP THe ICICLES OFF “WE RADIATORS, { Cupid — By Elsa LL the joose sentiment fn town cannot be from Battle. Mich., the monument makers are now pS gathered there with one another and swap theories aie te why business is co dull. \ 7) Bome of them lament that the motor car is killing the monu- Wesiness. People nowadays would rather spend their money touring care to enjoy while they're alive and take their chances | Just as thore are steadies and un- sree en a vate mg enough to pay for a humble tombstone. Maybe it is so: From the point of view of flowers, trees and gardening, cemeteries are more beautiful than they, used Elaborate and pretentious monuments may be getting rarer. Vhe gendral type of stone seems to be neater and more sensible, Mt was never more possible for people of small means to erect tial memoriale,of simple and tasteful design at moderate cost. The monument men should not be unreasonable. Maybe folls Gave nowadays for motors instead of mauscleums. But nobody jeay that the automubile, as we worship it and Prostrate ourselves it, doesn’t turn good business in the direction of the tomb- a Letters From the People As O14 Song’s Start. Where be goes or whom he goes with Rainer of The Evening World: T'm ignored or politely told it's none Teader asks if any one cleo of wy business. Understand, on Goes nights that he is home hi pipe, newspaper couch are only chosen companions, Not ne ed] pleasant word has he for me I must ask for every cent I need and am expected to give an account of how it is apent. I do not know what money he has or hasn't got. 1 had Pe break up my home and go board. * ways affable and ready to 5 &m forced to go out and work now to clothe myself and have pin money, Tm alzwed #1 @ wook by my bus- WIFE OF A CITY RMPLoyYEY, To the Editor of The Krening World: AS one reader oxpresses probi it, the in your letter column ftur- time for thene with paper imitation Chantilly lace. Girle should bear this iwnind when they check up their invoices of valen- tines and guess and guess and guess again who of the well-known bunch of dears sent them. ‘There are valentines and valentines, lea. A mid-February offering showing a slim and soulful maiden in a cerise cheesecloth kimono leaning over a ing in bis cleeves and wearing neat Gtting knee-length hellotrope trous- ers, wino-colored stockings and danc- ing pumps with guld buckies, price two for five in lots, like as not may come from an unknown admirer wou will be ready to talk sériously after the first meeting. Like as not, too, hes the assistant bookaceper and in line for promotion and just dying to You go of this kind pot oun, are to be ignores. oad i nat are frequently prepared to compiete Hnal arrangements in time to mane reservutions for space in the Easter wedding parade. You simply cannot tell by the size or tint of the envelope or Alt of {the verses whether any particular valentine will be accepted ge @ cou- pon good for @ marriage certificate at aix months, regular discount. band cornor under the belfry the turtle doves are coolng can be Hits From Sharp Wits. Genius, says Edison, is 2 per cent. inspiration and vs per cent. perspira- Won, trom which one gathers that it depe.ids & good deal on the season.— Cleveland Plain Dealer. ee 8 Money is the chea,ysst thing beve.—J. Campbell White of York. Who are “wo?"--Indianapolls News, ees New Tf, a8 19 stated, Moston has 414 dif. forent kinds of religica, the “bub” of ‘the universe must also oe the hub-bub of religion, eee We hars hedra of many mea who | nave boasted that they “are the bosses in thelr own families,” but we bave yet to find one who is,— Philadelphia Inquirer, ee e Copyright, 1014, by The Pree Publishing Oo, (The New York Brening World), fashioned into 8) tudge purple gate with orange hinges ang |™° talking to @ young prince with ruch- Lid 4 DUE WIFEY, Fearne he HOT WATER. Signs Crosby — Domestic said to have | real meaning when the young man himself Tomato Bisque! few evenings later Geme: Tho Greens’ Viet ot 6.20 P, M. RS. G, (anxiously) —Oh, Henry! Few of our young men poetry. They simply think it. Ear ry bi on aisle to the right. ing On Li ga) edd af ‘Well, you know what a T’'vo gone to about this Senet, ene Led os are and how utches Hinkses Biutemr to make © hit with this meal, ut Mr. & (aneently)—Yes'm. a. it out)—Well, all yi Mie she—nothing’s % re an accordion, and ttle Cupid in the with a bow and a ty darts, a Ten Dramatic Chapters In the Story of New York Copyright, 1914, ty The Prew Publishing Co, (The New York Mvening World), ANU, vu—OVERTHROW OF THE TWEED RING. Hb most stupcuuous system aud caposure of yract in the entire his- tory of the Empire City was that organized under and by William Marcy Tweed, in bis day one of the most picturesque and un- scrupulous rascals that ever looted a city treasury, Tweed wus @ born politician of the baser sort. Beginning life in New York im 1843, be attended the common schools and learned his tath- er's trade, that of a chairmaker. As foreman of Americus Engine Company, | known 4s “Big Six” in the Voluntecr Fire Department, be was immensely ‘Lhe love sonnet in the upper left | yw popu.ar, and ftom this dated his power in local politica, He was Alderman, 1852-54; Congressmhn, 1853. Chairman of the city’s Board of Supervisors, 1866, Schooi Comission: 0, and State senator, 1367-71, (nm 1670 the Legislature enacted what was known as the “Tweed Charter.” whicn vonferred on Tweed and his benchmen complete control over the gov. ernment and revenues of New York. There ensued a wild orgy of extrava- ance and wholesale pecuiation—mainly connected with the erecting and furnishing of the new Court House. it was afterward shown that “the | Ring” stole upward of $6,000,000 on this building alone by virtue of crooxed or raived vouchers. This was only one item in the wholesale grafting. Tweed waxed rich and insolent. When confronted witb bis stealings he cynically inquired, “"Vbat are you going to do about it?” His downfall was brought about by a nowapuper exposure in 1873, backed Ly Samuel J, Tilden, the Democratic leader of the State, and b; Charles O'Conor, ond*of the foremost lawyers of that day. On Oct, 28, 1 ‘Tweed was arrested on a civil suit brought on behalf of the city by Mr, O'Conor. He gave ball in the sum of $1,000,000 and in November of that same yeur was elected to the State Senate, but did not tako his seat. Oa Dec, 16 he was arrested on a criminal charge of fraud, bai! bei: fixed at $5,000, In January, 1873, the jury to try the firat of the suits di: agreed, but on Nov. 10 Tweed was found guilty and sentenced by Judge Noch Davis to serve twelve years on Blackwell's Isiand and to pay a fine of $12,650, A ‘Than ensued a long legal battle. Pending the settlement of the atvil fined in Ludlow Street Jaii. Thence he escaped on Jan. 4, 1876, reached Cuba, and finally went to Vigo, Spain, where be was arrested by the Span- len Cavernmess, delivered to United States officers. brought back to New ICE BOX WHILE THis COLD SNAP LASTS — By Alma Woodward— Copgright, 1914, by The Pros Pratishias 07, (The New York Brening suits Tweed was required to furnish $3,000,000 bail aud tn default waa con-|~ WE JEED ICE TODAY JE ARE USING OUR ADIATOR FOR AN Arn i Thu “Tiger” Set Free. le Causes B® Of Big Wars OtSs@O No. 61—A Bribe That Led to the Seminole War. SCEOLA, “the Tiger of the Evergiades,” was in prison, Aad 68 Florida rejoiced. The half-breed Indian hed been @ aterm contre and while be had been at large there was 20 hope fer Frota the age of fourteen Osceola had been a war chiet of the Seminoles —the crafty snd bloodthirsty Indian “mation” that made its lair in the ia Denctrable Evergiade swamps and issued forth from time to time te carry Same and death to settlers, When Uncle Sam wanted to ship the Semineles to a Western reservation and to take over their Florida lands, Osceols Gew into @ rage and bellowed his refusal of the plan, even driving bis knife through the proffered treaty. Boon after this Osceola was caught and jailed. Without his Sery deaderehip the Seminoles were helpless. And the region grew safe aad Dreeperous. But Osceola had no intention of staying in prison. According te ene story he offered to sign away the laeds of his ancestors te the Government in return for hie freedom. Then, when force and guile failed to release him, he fell to studyisg be sought. oo soldier a Lipa to help hte eecape. soldier accepted e. Oaceola, freed trom prison, hurried from piace to place with incredibfe speed, gathering together the scattered Beminole bands. toon he was ready to Gus ony, first biow. ne early in 1836, he sent t hundred of his warriors to waylay Major Dade, who was marching as toe head of a body of United States troops along the military road near Tampa Bay. The Indians ambushed Dade’s men and slew 108 of them. . At the same time another detachment, led by Osceola, ravaged burned the settlement at Fort King, killing the Indian Agent (against the chief had sworn revenge for putting him in prison) and many o! In @ dozen places throughout Florida Osceola etruck with the swiftness and deadlines of en Evergiades rattlesnake, inflicting fearful damage an@ getting safely out of reach before punishment could follow. Gen. Clinch, with 1,000 regulars, blundered upon a much smaller forve ef Indiane under Osceola, at the ford of the Withlacoochee River. The United States troops, in the battle that followed, sustained fearful loss, Osceola boasted later that in this fight he himself killed no less than forty white men. When the Seminoles’ ammunition was gone they buried thems elves bodily upon the soldiers with knives and clubbed guns. Osceola found a foe who outgeneraled him. In the final and greatest battle of the Seminole war, Osceola made a gallant stand. The waters o€ the nearby river Captured by Treachery. i Battle after battle followed until, in Gen Tayler, ] ran blood red for days thereafter. Th& Seminoles were routed and scattered in panic flight. This time there was no leader to rally them again and inspire them te continue the war. For the Government authorities had invited Osceola te a conference; pledging their honor that be would not be molested. He _ accepted the invitation, and, the moment he was inside the fort wher the conference was to be beld, be was seized, fettered and hustied of to UL Thence wae sent in 1837 to the milit=ry prison tn Charleston barbor, Oscecta Realizing that here be could bave no hope of escape, be went os @ q “hunger strike” and died. Dialogues UL gust & ute Willd BE! woen Dea was tauwug down wae bouion cups one of ‘em came right in hands, and we doi iow ew to woe that cement pas "ve ul ul Sie: got to fix it, rey, UDy cooking? +» (ecetuticully)—Ob, we're Going to havea grand dinner! Every- 1s perfectly delicious! (enitting around)—Golly! tar and umbrowia, whatever that Mra. G. (exercising her eagie eye! Henry, take your band right off those Salted almonds! We didn't make any the ad many aod | hear the Hutches and Hinkses are very fond of them. Mr. G, (in disgust)—Aw, gee! Say, is thin soup goiug to be hot? Mrs. G. (scorntully)—Of courne it’s going to be bot. Who ever heard of werving coid soup in the middie of (firmly)—Well, the: 2 you ir, G. Ae RE ra. 1m duunay)—Why not? Mr. U.—Because that cement stuf bus to have several hours to dry, if you DX it and then put bot soup in it rygnt gway it'd come apart at the tans ive wome indy & soup bath. Mire, (Wulllng)—Ob dear, on dear! Mr, G. (lavonicaulys—Weil, woy gidn’t you get wore wis woen you were at itt G. (indignantly)—Didn't I win ‘em viaying Japanese roiling balls down ut Coney isiand iast summer, ud didn't 4 want to piay watil s gota guzen and didn't Daddy kick use a wleer becuuse we spent eight doliars and | turty conte yetting tnvse aul Mr. G. (squelched)—Well, anyway you camt use this cup to-night, Mire. G. (su ¥ inspired)—I teli you what, You wust say you're on a paaustion dict and you can't eag soup, See i Mee G, (warlly)--What kind of soup is it Mrs, G.—Tomato blaque, whipped cream, dar, G. (emphatically)——Not on your life! You can way YOU'RE on a! diet. Mra. G. (pititully)—Oh Henry, how can 1? I'm as thin as & match, Mr. G, (moaning)—Why should 1 be martyrized for the Hutcnes and Hinkses? 1 don’t owe ‘em any. thing. Well, then I'l) eat mine out bere, NOW. : Mra, G, (wildly)—But, Henry, you've wore wet greases and shav '. GU. wito ‘ed and— tween mouthfuls)—1 don't care it 1 do—I'll do it. Mra, G, (falteringly)—And,. Henry lissen: tf you refuse soup, I'm afraid you'll have to refuse potatoes and weets and everything that's (uttening hat we hav whout the meal. Mr. G. Gumping. to bis feet with o ‘m entice cannibal! Y'm as Busey. Delia (fervently)—Glory be! If the bad off as thot, yuh c’n take dies off uv this here ft onto one uv thim BUXOM—This is derived “bow-sume,” meaning something can easily be made to bow or yield. There is no excuse for the phrase to bust.” from, that] to dened imply “healthy” or SPIRE — Transpire means, to “breathe through” and fo leak out.” A secret thus| may “transpire” when it is betrayed. But an event c.innot “transpire.” “Transpire” and “happen” do mean the same thing. VERACITY—Veracity means “truth.” Nothing more; nothing less, “Veracity” should be applied to per- sons; “truth” to things, Thus, “The story is true and the man who tells it {fe veracious.” But to speak of some one as “a man of truth and veracity’ ly ‘Their are fonsb! me expresses D. the tion of persons wd Sone a eee man, for authority on “social” matters and mot] be “unsociable.” STATE.—To otate means to soe forth the exact condition La bos: nn as, nkrupt "makes a statement” -f Bim affairs at order of the court. Btt:te way le stated that he there,” or “It is as cold as you it would be,” is absurd. Favorite Recipes of Famous Women Reorinted f the Eros Administration jenough to d into trons; roll @e ree ese sr taaetak fae See [waters In wugar while bot A Susie ‘Rout Kuode and Greco) Ay pg, H oodbridge N. Ferrle Golden Dressing Mre. David E. Finley WO eggs. Sweet Wafcrs One-fourth cup of sugar. NB cup of sugar. One-fourth cup lemon juice. Qne-baif cup butter. One-fourth cup light color trate One-half t milk. juice (orange, apple or pineapple). man bent, the ees slightly and 04d the rul juice, lemon juice One teaspoon waking powder, Stir constantly ina double ‘Toles Flavor to taste. 11 the other | ntl, it begins. to thicken. | Coot ang ea! neparately serve wi e mi apples ingredients, ana have the batter soft! celery. = The May Manton Fashions a all things A . for the igs as well ry i elvisieitises sion of the combi atio charmin just Ite atterntoe Besides ae tremely frock ; simple. ie ‘he J jeeves de away all fitting, “Ta skirt and tunie q * - 7