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THE EYENIES _wor.p, SATURDAY, DECEMBER is, ‘198 : 3 F 4 si) ew lucrative om of producing “old masters” t sale fo credulous odllectors, * | Second thought suggests thal it merely enlivens B y Jo h n Cc asse¢ 1 | aed cok - oe €. W. Osborn. In course of time the spurious “old masters” | ‘ by ‘The Press Publishing Co. already in the hands of collectors will be exposed. ; The Sew York Rreaing World.) " The collectors will need other canvases to fill the OOKING closely at the glass wine spaces made vacant by the discarded fakes. ‘a dois of my shop. This will afford opportunity for the super-faker T see in them Rite hole « who can analyze the chemical composition of the’old | RAT atin " metalic paints and reproduce them, thus gaining the ivan 4 { * the street, THE I. R. T. CLIMBS DOWN. Proper X-ray reaction for his bogus goods. | \ * Uy ee i) i ; ‘ uh § ee Pog als + 1 sce in them the life of the strat ty current issue of the Subway Sun marks so Whatever its wonders, Science can never hope to ‘ \ ; a f ‘ ; a se saves we ' great an improvement over any previous ian more than one jump ahead of the swindlers lesa rentals “rep number that it is well worth study. It reads: is | ind I see clearly through it to the things beyond. rs? WANTED: A FLEXIBLE FARE. . ,° Some papers say, and some folks think, REMOVE ENRIGH i that the Interborough wants a Perpetual & OV. SMITH should at once remove Richard E. Scent fare, TH1IS IS A MISTAKE ere shee Ades We hgld that the fare should be flexible Enright from the office of Police Commis- sufficient at all times to furnish the best of sioner of the Ci service and restore credit to provide growth right has proved he is no fit man to direct the and expansion of facilities. . A ‘. " 7 If, in the future, the 5-cent fare or even police of this metropolis at a time when its citizens the 3-cent fare will do these things, the Inter need protection from one of the worst crime orgies Dorough will be for it. in its history, {A Letter to Gov. Smith! pokiig at my windows Closely rows |1/ £ look with close visio |fhto the hearts of men [1 see my own smalt'heard vesiecteds Twill try henceforth not to look a@ them too closely. y of New York, | A little | {itation on life's shop | window. Song Book of Quong Lew ehouse’ (Henry Holt & Co.) as transerived by Thomas Burke. | A Saying Less True Than Smart--« This statement from the Interkorough is strikingly New York has had enough and too much of | : ty flung frome different from anything that has gone before. Enright. | | Sr fun, prea \ day greasy ‘The flexible fare originated in Cleveland, where | 4 has had enough and too much of a Police Gom- Mayor Tom Johnson fought the local traction in- | inissioner who belittles the state of terrorism created terests to a finish, The flexible-tare plan has spread | by robbers, thugs and highwaymen, and who—awhile all through the West, where it is known as the “cost | New Yorkers were being robbed and killed on the salne way the It ts also the ot Smart, but only partly trac ~» of service franchise” plan. | streets, in hotels and in their own offices—could find | UaoCne WHat Gael ae Ws Cost of service franchises have been negotiated at | nothing better for the police to do than to beg money | #0 far 1 Pur lanisin the expiration of old franchises or as substitutes for | ¢gy g pet hospital project. { eee eat ve ae them. The Cleveland franchise proved as satisfac- It has had enough and: too much of a Police ment comple i tory to the investors as it did to the patrons of he ines. Cost of service in its best development com- bifes many of the advantages of Government own- ership and private operation. Investors gain the Commissioner whose mysterious policies require the shelving of tried and trusted police officers. It has lad enough and too much of a Police nese-Japanese vil lers: His Five De Adventure” (Harpers) Fre prs, urtist and correspondent, seourity of guaranteed retum. The company's Commissioner under whom honest licutenants find | heavily credit is as good as that of the municipality, There themselves unable to serve. | Chinese ‘commander, ve ordered all the umbrella shops-4it | the town to be mansacked, and y ployed to 1 umbrella over bis two coms It has had enough and too much of a Police agement. Commissioner who acts on the cynical theory that Ten months ago The Evening World said: ia Slees the sublets told ibbut climes it will If the 1. R. T. were ready to dehydrate its Tess the public is told abut crimes the less #¢ wil have to worry over. securities, the city might find it advantageous e » . ae 2 i s [3 oe =} g <= = n over and of Uae umbrellas, ort y decurated nterlor ‘of my studio #1, Lap: accept a “cost of service” substitute for the A Police Commissioner of this stamp would be a | juauece Waa ob pean present contracts, even though it entailed a handicap to New York at any time. fan to the immovable, slight increas¢ in fare for the moment, for the He is nothing short of an intolerable affliction Oriental history have ien chanel ‘sake of a possible decrease in fare when prices when bandits and gunmen in unprecedented numbers | ihe parasol’ bad nsciceusheaa get D ten ach oie not charity, are making the city a playground for lawlessness. "The current Subway Sun is the first suggestion of From its present Mayor, New York expats iv anything of the sort from the Imterborough. neither the courage nor pre will to rid it of Enright. | a Ay "The Evening World asked last month: Hylan and Enright are hyphenated in an Adminis- weapo with the petuosity of @ rainy day crowd in Park Row. The Aura Over the Finger-Printe-= ys Walter J. Kilner, British selentist, in his book “The Human Atmosphere," soon to be brought ous ai If the traction companies want a modification tration the city is now suffering for its sins. Vee |e eceenien eens y of seqing of their contracts; what are they prepared to But there is hope in the Governor, EE meray = a a nw in or refu= Tats tien wine: Saeaicn change, In Chapter VIII, of the Greater New York Ohatr- From Evening \ World Readers § ‘ UNCOMMON SENSE. tation, Gaeta ile : SoS the present t the always been looked up Since this has been the It must bea business proposition. It must give seh perevony 27} cealing witha Mie SUiee EL BUNS : alt SB eee: Commissioner, contains the foflowing: What kind of a letter do you find most readabic? Isn't it the onc pe emvetiting in return Rate opencee suenan Le , | that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? 2 By John Blake Hate bers, de not mors, chats Ua ian » mare on a basis of public knowledge of ALL the ‘The sald Commissioner mey, whenever {o There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction én trying hing microbes. by: ihe eid oF | facts. It must be desirable enough {fo merit ap- the judgment of the Mayor of said city or the | to say much in a few words. Tuke time to be brief. nag tial vac aaisteey | “Pner the A / proval of the publlic. Governor the publfe interests shall go require, | IF ABILITY IS IN YOU, GET IT OUT. | of the roality of the cxistetew of an i ust not be an appeal for charity, but a business be removed from office by either, and shall be |, Semtn at Phe lt he “public servants know tat, tou: The young man looks at his more successful fellows 3) (ives e ina iphert time ‘bes | weProposyion under which both the city and the com- [ ineligible for re-appointment thereto. | As a theatre manager and producer, able to buy their own homes a and wonde rs why they succeed. | When the aura takes its assured cape the savage landlord: place a fil | print What | fag I “L have more ability than they have,” he tells himself. eily } “Yet they are drawing good salaries, and I ha above the demoted finger= _\—-pany will stand to. gai, | The successor in office of the said Commis. jhe has adhered to the strict build-| / the Kings el a sioner shall {also be appointed by the Mayor (| '2& Bnd fire laws as applied to tbe ing Company fo , f Fisch : ade, Williats Secv ings ryan: it is anndlnced, GeaUG cig wibin stan, dive ERAS rtoa es theatre, I feel compelled to voice my gas? At : he present time the ngs to hold a job, This is a mighty unfair world. jfesentment igainst tho dangerous| County | Tis Ber obo Male test ot pus It very often happens that this contention is perfectly ena thotuctertinats newecomersiare §true., Oflen-anen of yery considerable ability fail where till autterine: I pelea for sas in 3 those with less ability Succeed. y and gave a doposit but no me- te hae Geen (ReelIeG: But they fail because they do not use their great ability e hard work failure to clad w day for-the ed writers of detective tales! i t us reflect, nevertheless, upon |tne sad plight of the fugitive erode who inay change his hair and his habit, but not his halo. . * has been designated for membership in the shall occur, and shall be removed by either | seating conditions which—a cownriaD: Best Mind Club of Marion. H imposition that no th min the Mayor or Governor whenever the public Radteccoarked: the Goodness! Goodness! How things have LLG erarabei chaned since 1896, | Aneatcnte sn ReguITe, | As & spectator nS I paid $27.50 for a seat, [7,980 : ~ Where yaa Agee 2 . ; Ae einne 5 July I complained to our Public 3 at all, while the others use their little ability to the vers ere Men and Equality Parte. : The Governor's power of removal is clear, Gov, |™hich Fil swear wasn't more than 1 | Service Commissioners and tam still § limit, From "The Wisdom of the Chie wet *. mn a eo s low e waiting to hear fmm em. — a nese” (Brentan TIO W. SEYMOUR. Smith should at once exercise it. ee ee ees Wace (1 Oe are IE Commissioner, Cope- There are many actors and writers and painters of 3] brian sneiae ee HORA’ a et bie ae tet ante the nie ‘ack | 1and took some interest in the Brook- small ability wh scome ‘ pees in whiot ae The removal of Enright should be the Governor’s |Pecket But that isn't the hale of it.) ivy cag situation thousands of fam all’ ability who become regl succesges merely because, 3 |'n pinch the : clus diaouaes HE sudden death of Horatio W. Seymour takes money B The rows of seats were packed 80] iin. Would not only be relieved from recognizing that their talent is not great, they determine to 3 | jjh65 as we select these first answer to citizens of Greater New York who |lesely together that to allow a per-| sie suffering of doing without gas make the best of it. Nine tN another great editor out of American jour- i son to pass me, I was forced to stahd| ,ne Suttering of doing weno Fay inv arolanyled’angahatad\ be t paroees cate 5,700 pursued: | “An m ; appeal to him, over the head of the Mayor, for |0™ my seat. As a climax +o an ap-| somes for themselves. T personally ; ey are envied and hated by men of more ability, who part of thamselves which te ere’ ~ — nalism. e3 Pot He ayer parentiy open defiance of ali buildin:| “y"hot wavising my friends te buy ¢ think the mere possession of ability ought to count. But part which te e was born in Cayuga County; N. Y. protection against crime now rampant in this city. and fire regulations, not only wis the | yomes in the sections covered by the the possession of ability w . . 5 Yugi ys , Nh -between tows almost miner uum ermine naman ang F ill no more make a man success the biggest part’ of Mr. Seymour’s newspaper career 't should make no difference to Gov. Smith that cheap fold gery fb el he same is Arun ef the thansande’ of a eeu ines Breas nee of Pant be miled will make the Agate | do not Pak rie ‘ i anavine edi Pe ? ‘4 tively inter-locked between rows 3 3 | c e i vhere, aa ae Os another, ® Chicago Times, editor and managing editar of the Every day more citizens of New York-are held ap, [aking ‘navigation a vaucossaton "oi| Brooklyn, Dec. 18,°19 it is available. he wena alae © Chicago Herald and editor and publisher of th P| Nop, aetp and Jum Bote ining a c . ‘J laakt hop, skip and Ds. . ‘ ? £ a 2 Cin : erald and edito pu r ot the | blackjacked and shot by desperadoes whose boli | "RSP 8 Tne such a Ddlatant | ny the ney tri tata If you think you have ability you have ten times as gets the right ¢ a iiNet Qhicago Chronicle, he covered more than thirty | ness increases. violation “obtaining even. in 'a cheap, | Ube Pater of The Bieting Wort tete{ $ much incentive for hard work as the man who hasn't any. Rexlecting to think, Te falls to % g rar id vali i A 5 e | backwoods nickelodeon ae very nto - a from ia a 907, in ee es In this crisis the city needs an immediate and TIT TAMAMERSTREN, |e! nebo : bi Sea is wot i Re HE EIR aa Ee pee moray thencalmins | pagnnisin rerolsin #71. ©, with news, politics and progress. For the last ei; ij ahanoa't iractt sia fs w York, Dec 15, 1120. equire much persuasion to aceapt an| at c ) | How across the centuries he got his oe ; a voiay | summary change in the directing force at the head | | nvitation ta'lone of those old fash- The people who have made themselves the great figures $|{(¢-4P of the American Congress ag years he had been a valued writer for the editorial of its polic \ terrible alternative to th Fost of its police. 1s Dae at tarts: ned Southern suppers and think|% in the world are people who have not only had talent, but }/ part of the matory or goUeBt, 38 “ee | To the lor of "The By gy Worl "I @ page of The World. ; | Remove Enright, (be pao he Bing Worl [there are a lot of other fellows who] $ the industry to develop their talent. | Hast. g's With broad intellectual range, highly developed | aoa |the following from the editorial + who would misg it? | If you have any ability in you, get it out. Bring it to | Mr. Adams, the Col : judicial sense, wide knowledge of men and move- | ROM THE CITY OF HI LAN }*Satan finds work for idle hands, RE a er the surface where others can sce it. Use it for the benefit pes je Cobra and an Bde ments in the last half century, and a matured faculty Va the Heaven-Born Mayor of Pekin, China Lies SIR eae OF Re : * |} af others, Punae the -¢ A measuring currents and meanings in contempo- Wise indeed were you to send your servan), |tton was made a clear mori issup <A eereecianel Gary ¥ Until you do that you can never convince them that 3] Adams's “Letts to NLeMy by \ ; hy the unbroken: f ip | 0 She Baltor of you have it. The way to find out whethe h bil | (Houghton. Mirf fi rary American life, Mr. Seymour combined a dry Hi a Hong, to thts great city of high Tl eecleben at caclinly te, favor ue the | A letter signed “Puzzled” evidently permet a nana doit oniod t sip ie ie ee a oes \r raphe in a enttia fy ee ee LN : buildings und higher taxes, to learn some of Tig bit was pos, | Was written by an exceptiong! gir! 0 ind out what you like to do, and 3) Rea sea vicinity. September ty humor, a direct, sure-footed syle and G0 CxITROre the methods by which the city is governed. Be ear relnaane Hs ta {ler kind are, very rare sa ada try to do it. It won’t be easy at first, but it will come easiey 3) Some ce eae et 7 dinary power of plain man’s logic. | that they may be recommended for. the guv lait! We were always told by the | Not_many girls are particulasly as you go along. Then if you find that there are some things Ceiviaty Oe Minas nenekes_ an His editorial probity was of the stanchest, His érning of Pekin, Hlobe and other papers with a Pro | inxious to have their masculine |} you can do better than others, put in all your time and all | what he wan'to the. Brahmin end J é She vibitich lear hat the 18th Amer ‘ F $s i clearly ene, Brahmin . judgment was singularly, just and sound. Sincerity | Great thought has come to me from the ad mont was enacted ag a reault of the | tend op friends epend s quit eve. /§ your e ffort doing them, | when hie tangs ip and. fattane Mae strengthened arid siraigitforwardness claritied every mirable Hi Lan, Mayor of this place. He hath rere ot these noliticians, °°" | ngist. on thelr malo acquaintances __Make every atom of talent count, Many men who their neck and aways about. -he Inokslte Be ote ) decrecd that feman ght operate ihe mo eye these “relikious, societies would | Reeting, thelr parents if it were noi |§ friends believed to be very ordinary,, by sheer hard work $| tovcivilize Irons and Aine asOR she wrote, a | chines to clean the atrects of anovand thar [only mind their-own business, that ia, {onventional to do #o, T have foun’ | # have put themselves high in the ranks of the useful and suc- {| rat, mete wile one, and Pemerce ss (0 Fie dome of the Pulitzer Bullding the police shall collect the money to build a | Way it should be done, and let the [2nd unsettled, caring for nothing, ap | Seastnl people in she cguniry... Dany sbeiealaus of thom, ¢| 7 the hare have lost one of the ablest and kindliest of tellow- hospitat |politicians look after the wolidiy at. |Parently, exespt to have what, In|} Don't think it fs luck that has raised them while it has kept neh ti eatiute Rumerous and workers. A wider public will miss his sane, shrewd | These things we might do in Pekin, if it be jfaire, Rs gee Bee Naturally, a man would not expect Ne ig aan Bs 1 i ; Sisleauatitiens attr to comment on evenis, But his name will remain als decreed that the street cleaners, relieved of jand advocating blue laws to Nein Me Ar ataa at oct aes, nee ne tale mi 2D) i bet eh will ability out, of hiding, if 1 seiaaea” ae y arte cour iawn written firm and large in thé records of American | their work by the firemen, shalt put out the j that. lance once or twice a week, But|$ 1. iS wlere se it, and you will prosper too, And even worship him myself rather thee vs ee sicat araedae ite fon a ‘ for one, am strongly in favor of | here are times when a quiet, peace- |} if you find you have no sp ability you will have lost $| he ny misuaderstanding with newspaper making. 8 so leave the firemen free from inter r, Brady using the screen at jonce, } mil Me RT iia Ute oais erence hi 1 nt swith | ruption while cleaning the streets, Further, jand combat any chance of this\idea |hn appreciated eS Ha ne Sous nothing, For even mediocrity which is industrious and am I don't fee! so about the elephant, — + the doctors and nurses from the hospitals can [taking root anywhere; they. are Iyble | ose bitious will get a man a pretty good rating in this world, who od fellow, and s | order, 8o the policemen are left free to collect { |eould be appreciated a thousandfold _ oa mS ; ienti C 7 le . : 5 ourselves a ‘1 mae, T never. FRENCH scientist announces that by means of }* jor the hospitals. In time the police mignt ee jy one who hasn't nad a home-cooked | Words From the Wise. | {) rctes and ines to to find nn’ doles “a the Xatay he can distinguish modern fake “old learn to entirely take over the duties of the Commissioner of he |'case, except on very few occasions A man is wise only on condi- To do great thing#a spade but th : masters” from enuine article. ’ hospital people, 80 that these latter might de- Health Department, and othew ciity| when visiting my mother, If put to| tion of living in a world full o Agden nt igh one pura ts anot gi . oT and has ah eine tra | BE aT UA En dice te et and State officials, are backers af|the test, very few of our present-day 4 " as though he had never to die, condensed’ venom and po Early painters used metalic paints. “The modern vatg all their time te poliee word, | the housing Chaat they © the | otha ee ced how to prepare or | fools, Schopenhauer., Vauvenargues, aa" would “make the fortune ofa aie ten the ey. . , r fame grow in the City of Pekin, even as eve this critical situation. cM eilt abpresies girl who loves home| of # discharge. — Buripedes, wife all he knows. Fuller. word (6 eeeha ee this omnises.4o-eut off ih at HS, Lae aenanaih hin i CIERS, With. tes ceaatoue oftiowelat |ifo and knowa How te fun. 8 hears. |... Teppinese:ts ne caay matter: Necessity t@ the mother of ine | What an editor had done to Mr. a Process pr HONG, COMMISSIONER. — tha Shee nguuld Joe buat, but much in New Fork | ste very’ hard to find it within” vention, @ Farquhar, | Agtms to make im write all eis