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The evening world., 1889-01-12
Stage-DOOr Washers.

From the chicago Herald.
The dudes who congregate at the stage door
in mobs and ogle the girls as they pass out of
the theatre, in the vain hope that they will
make a mash, are the bane of the average
managers life. In Chicago they have become
30 bold that it is necessary to protect the girls
by posting policemen where they can see
everything the fellows do, These mashers
are the ones who so frequently get their
hats smashed and their eyes BACKED by
large and vigorous chorus men. A rebuke,
no matter, how vigorous, however, does not
feaze them, and they can always be
found at the same stand any night within a
reasonable time after their mishap ogling and
staring as industriously as ever. BY a reason-
able time Is meant the time it requires them
to earn n new hat to replace the one that was
smashed. A week or ten days usually ~sufices.
Only last week one of the artists ut the Co.
lumbia had occasion to knock down a fellow
who i~mpudently took n chorus girls arm and
demanded that she accompany him to supper.
The masher was going to resent the artists
vigorous interference when the insulted girl
struck him in the face with n heavy umbrella
so hard that he couldn't have fought if he
wanted TO. People who saw him run down
Dearborn street pretend to believe that he is
still running.
The evening world., 1889-01-12
B~ROOKLYN'S OWN.

Thomas II. Troy il All earnest student of
Shakespeare. even so far as his clothes are con-
ccrncd, which, though rich, are never CANDY.
Walter l.. Sim il arranging a reunion and
dinner of the old POLY boys. Mr.. Sim is
very popular.
Doorkeeper Rocheford, of the Park Theatre,
is an expert telegrapher. He seems to be the
right man in the right place.
Manager Sherwood of the Lyceum Theatre,
was presented with a hat and hat-box a few days
ago by his staff of employees.
DR.. James l.. Watson, Of Elm place, is a
prominent member of the Society of Old Brook
%lynitcS.
Clerk Fred Post, of the Wall House, resembles
Gen. Boulanger, since he allowed his beard to
grow.
Assistant Treasurer Dave Robinson, of the
Park Theatre. has worked his wav to his present
position through sheer ability.
John Black and Joe Donald are the cleverest
whist players in the Amphion Club.
Treasurer Simpson. of the Amphion Academy,
can foot mp two columns of figures as quickly
aud easily AZ most people do one.
DR.. Paul II. Kretzschmar WINS a st. Bernard
that recently took a prize at the dog show.
Edward Cooper. advertising manager of the
Brooklyn CHi4n, is away up in Masonry.
Harry Lcohs. the Treasurer of Iipp's Casino,
is never seen un~aCcompanied by a smile.
Archie Sheffield has made his appearance in
the lightcst of light brown cape coats.
Herbert Broughton, who formerly played
quarterback on the Crescent football team. is
studying law.
Charlie Anderson, of the Brooklyn yarnish
Company. has started for California. He ex-
poets 10 Ice gone two wears, and will visit the
Sandwich Islands before his return.
The evening world., 1889-01-12
METROPOLITAN HAPPENINGS
PHASES or CITY LIPE PICTURED BY
EVENING WORLD" REPORTERS.
Male stenoRraphers No Longer Crowded by
Their Feminine Competitors.

Male stenoHraphers No Longer Crowded by
Their Feminine Competitors.
Are male or female stenographers most
porter nj a prominent typewriting Office the
other day.
" Male" replied the man in charge.
Aren't women driving men out of the
business 2"
Not much. know that is the popular
belief. but 1t is not true. For a short time,
II couple of years ago. there were about as
many calls for women AZ for men, but now 1t
has changed.
business do their work mechanically. They
can take routine letters and transcribe them
satisfactorily but the do not have as much
originality rs men, nor do they put as much
thought into their work.
or course. | am speaking now OF the
majority of the girls who fill shorthand posi-
tious. There are many girls who are fully as
eE ort ne any men and as competent for cor
lie DOndcnis.
Il suppose men have the call, because they
eau be employed at SO many other things
when not engaged in writing letters. such as
bookkeeping. collecting, &c.
q" a good many employers like to have a
girl around for the moral tone she gives the
Office. The male clerks don't swear and cut
mp il there is IA young woman present, as they
might il there were not.
Women do not receive MS good pay as
! men. As a rule. they can afford to work for
less money. Thu majority of typewriter
girls. ms they are called, live at home and
| spend their earnings for clothes and amuse-
ments. Oftentimes, however, one of these
girls IL the mainstay of the family.
II should say the average salary in this
city for an 8manuensis is S15 a week. We
fill more POSITIONS Mt that salary than at any
other. Twenty-Five dollars a week is about
ms high as is paid. except in special cases.
We don't bother filing places at less than
so n week, and there are but few calls at less.
We recently sent a young man to a piano
factory uptown at S35 a week. He thoroughly
understood German, however, which was
required.
The supply of so-called stenographers is
greatly in excess of the demand. A good
one. though. can always find a position. As
in everything else, there is lots of room at
the ton
The evening world., 1889-01-12
A YAQul LEGEND.
Ancient Arizonn Canals and the Fate Of
Their Builders.

From he Florence (Ari) Ent.rpri.eJ
In reference to the mysterious cause of the
sudden ~depopulation of the ella and Salt
River valleys in the prehistoric period when
fertile farms occupied the places now re-
garded as sterile deserts, an old Yaqui Indian
of this place, known by the sobriquct of
Juan tells substantially the following
legend as having been handed down
through many generations in his tribe
Four or five hundre years ago the Gila
Valley was peopled with n very bad peo-
pie who built log houses and titled the
ground, and used the waters of the river
in canals to irrigate their crops with. They
were n selfish people and refused TO permit
the Papagos and Yaquis and other tribes to
the south to dwell among them or to use the
water and feed the animals in their fields.
They were people of small size, with red skin
like the other Indians. but they did not know
how to fight battles and lived peacefully be-
cause they were too numerous for other tribes
to attack. But one time a long drought came
on. and far to the south the fields were dried
and the water was all exhausted. For three
or four years did the Yaquis and other tribes
suffer dire priyations from the drought, and
their horses were dying for want
be had excepting, along the Gila
and the Salt rivers. The various tribes held
a big consultation and decidedto exterminate
the bad people of these valleys and take pos
sobblOh VI JIG SlCSu htluo. . bhby lluTCHtu
northward for many days. and when they
reached the valley where Florence now
stands they began IA war of determination and
killed all the bad people excepting the very
small children. whom they reared as their
own. They passed down the valley. dealing
out death to all they met until they bad left
non to oppose their occupation of the
rich lands and fertile fields. Then
followed a luxurious season of plenty
and peace. until finally the canals
begun to fall into decay and ruin and no one
knew how to repair them. Gradually the
waters of the river returned to their old
channel and the lands became dry and bar
rem, and finally the several tribes returned to
their former homes to the southwark when
the drought had disappeared. The old In
dian always tells the tale in the same simple,
straightforward manner and claims that it
has been handed down among the members
of his tribe for many long generations. 1t is
certainly too ingenious for his uplmaginative
mind to have conceived unaided by tradition,
and the story is not an improbable one and
may easily account for the mysterious disap-
pearance of the people who dwelt in great
numbers in this valley at a time of which
history has no record.
The evening world., 1889-01-12
~ HEARD A BLAT md FELL A SHOCK"

HEARD A BLAT md FELT A SHOCK"
One day says l tn sile, says 1, This things
gone fur enough;
If you don't keep away from thar III use yer
mighty rough"
Says he, IF l ketch yer aroun' Clerindy any
more
I'll whale yer like a sack. likewise I'll kick YER
out o. door"
"Yer will says l. well, now, look here, yer
hain't no cause tn shout.
I'll meet yer in ther clearin' an we'll Jest hev this
thing out.
If yer licks me Clarindy's 'your'n. and vicy vercy
mine"
'.All right. says he. morn, ot
'zactly half past nine"
l was on hand nd SO was he; We was well
matched in size.
Nd you could tell we want in fun by lookin' in
our eyes.
We pulled our caps and jackets OFF and threw EN-
on the ground,
Then full o. grit and purity Md we stood .up fur
the round,i
Thar want much science in our style; twas give
nd take all through.
An both of us zee stars enough tn fill the
heavily blue.
4 Hot u tiath u Dilt IL lhhl anu caught MN on
the ear.
1t lifted him from off the groun' about six inches
clear.
Just then | stepped back in a hole and tumbled
on my back,
Nd Sile was OH me quicker'n scat, 80 mad his
face was black.
He he'd me by the throat before I'd hardly struck
the ground,
And rhnknd mo till tho tranS md eLI. bono, 90
whirl around.
"Give up Clarindy now % asked Sile, as soon as
he could speak.
| shook my head. and that was all. We zee l
couldn't squeak,
Fur Sile had shut my breath of so l hadn't none
to spare
Fur talkin', and l Just allowed Id die right then
and thar.
just then | looked behind Sile's back. an thar,
npon a rise,
l saw old Bic a-standin', with the devil in his
eyes;
tail mp straight.
An then | knew that all l had to du was inst tn
wait.
Though ! was choked almost tn death I snickered
then an thar,
An prayed the liOfu III let Oh Blge 1ust hlt MN
SONAR an fair;
l shut my eyes nd let Sile hev his way about a
minnit,
Because l knew the fight was mine, nd Bige
would help me win it.
| heard a blat nd felt a shock; / heard a yell
from Sile.
A minnit's silence. then a splash. Now stran-
ger. We may smile,
But it's ther truth; old Bige he'd struck him
solid, square 'nd'fair,
Nd knocked him twenty-seven feet straight
forard through the air. =
He landed head fust in ther pond, nd when he
struck fur shore
| TUX a pole nd showed him back nd down he
went once more.
Says l: who takes Clerindy, Sile ?" he
gasped nd looked at me,
IL amt a goin' tn drown fur her; i guess she's
yourn. " says he.
The evening world., 1889-01-12

c. II. Littlcton. of philadelphia, and G. Sey-
bolt, of Scranton, Pa. are at the Bartholdi.
Il. X. Hawley. of Clcvcland; J. I. William
son. of Minneapolis, and A. Van. Wagencu, of
Boston, are soiourning at the Fifth Avenue.
Registered at the Albeinarle are Walter V. r.
Berry, of Washington: A.: J. Conroy, of Cincin-
natl. and ii. II. Mann, of San Francisco.
Stopping at the Hoffman House Are Edward J.
Nickcrson. of Providence; Thomas Liggert, Of
Pittsburg. and IL. A. Soils. of Boston.
w. Fl. Pitts. of Washington; f.. Robbins
Morse. of Boston. and J. w. Rutherford. of Mar
ragansett Pier, are guests at the 81. James.
Prominent guests at the Brunswick are s. 7.
Ely. of Cleveland; James r. Gardiner, of Al
bany. and Erskine Miller, OF Virginia.
J. f.. Wembish. of Atlanta, Ga: +. g.. Paul-
son, of PittsburR, and Joseph A.. ltoSc, of Wash
ington. are at the Sturtcvant.
Col. W. p. Anderson, of Cincinnati; EFT. Gait.
of Montreal: Senator John Foley, of Saratoga ,
W. Howard Gibson, Treasurer Of the National
Association of Amateur Oarsmcn, Washington,
and Police Commissioner j. Crawford Greene,
of Troy, are at the Gilscy House.
Among the Grand Hotel guests are James
McKcen Arnold. of Philadelphia: T.. T.. de
Noyelles, of Albany, and 4. II, Virgil, of Troy.
The evening world., 1889-01-12
WORLDlINCS

Gen. Low WallRce'- venerable mother. Mrs.
Zarelda Wallace, has been speaking before large
and enthusiastic audiences in Arkansas in favor
Of woman's suffrage.
The first railroad successfully operated in this
country was constructed in lS@S, and extended
from Baltimore to a point called kliiott's Mills.
a distance of twelve miles.
Gen. Teran. the Mexican soldier who recently
visited Washington. is the intimate friend and
probable successor of Diaz, the Mexican Presi-
dent. He il a large-framed. kccn-eycd man,
with a strong face.
The eccentric London artist, Whistler, came
very near being n Chicago man. as his father
and grandfather lived IN the Windy City at the
tim the Indians roamed about. His grand
father was at one time commandant of Fort
Dearborn.
The evening world., 1889-01-12
LIKES THE STORIES.

A Word of Compliment from n Very Inter-
ested Reader.
10 he Editor NJ The ErshiHg Worid.
Being a constant reader of your valuable
journal. l feel in duty bound to drop you a
few lines complimenting you on the spicy
stories you have been publishing of late, and
hope you may continue to do so, ms no doubt
they are greatly appreciated. They are sto-
ries of the present day. and many q youth
may learn a lesson from some of them. | am
patiently waiting for Mondays copy to put
in an appearance. ms you are to publish a
story which I hope may be of longer dura-
ton, as one gets interested, and then 1t
comes to an end. however good. May sue
cess await you, and may you long prosper.
THO. BERG, in.
The evening world., 1889-01-12
The Kicking Club.

Iue itichiuG tIuDs
lFrom NE boston Trasscript.l
Oh. have You heard the latest scheme
just started at the Hnb
If not. You are behind the times;
It's called THE Kicking Club"
The president OF this concern
Is lust the public press;
The Listeners sarcastic pen
Will make it II success.
Its object IL to do away
With daily impositions;
The rich, the poor, a members be,
On II or two conditions.
The men who ioin-thc women, too
Must be both sly and quick
And ready when the signals given
In unison to kick.
For instance: if II certain car
Is scarce ls flur-leaycd clover.
Their business is to promptly kick
That corporation over.
Or il, as often is the case,
Our streets are looking mean.
The city fathers must be kicked
Until they are kept clean.
Oh. would | had the chance to-day
To run. that Kicking Club!
I'd set atlOat some few reforms
Much needed at the Hub.
I'd kick-good gracious! wouldn't /?
All tcn-ccnt schemes sky high;
I'D touch mp Robert Elsmere, TOO.
And tell him he must die.
I'd kick-but thereon after all.
cannot join the fight.
Twould keep me-positivoly. now
Just kicking day and night.
The evening world., 1889-01-12

The Central Labor Union meets tomorrow
afternoon. when the bribery charges will come
up for Il further airing.
The lockout in has factory, in Stanton street,
will probably be settled by Il Committcr Of the
Furniture Workers Section.
The New York District of the United Order of
American Carpenters has ordered a new election
OF officers tor, Lodge No. /, to be held Jan. ~.
e." one held Jan. : having been declared
Illegal.
The Furnimrc-W Workers Section has asked the
Central Labor Union Ia refrain from appointing
any NOR" committees for unions who object to
dctraylng the expenses of the same.
The Theatrical Progressive Union has been in
Stulctcd by the Buildiug Trades Section To rein
state, pendlng an investigation, Samuel era
ham, Il stage carpenter AT HarTigan'S Theatre.
who was expelled from that body.
At the meeting of the Building Trades Section
to the heirs of the Palmer estate and inform
them that uom-unlon mcu, with the exception of
stage carpenters, were employed in the construc-
tOn of the | mon square Theatre, which is said
to be contrary to their wishes.
The evening world., 1889-01-12
Election nj the Fordham Club.

The annual election for officers of the Ford
ham Club took place last evening. the regular
ticket beng elected. as follows:
President, John b. Gunn; Vice-Presidents.
Samuel f.. Dnhy and J. Thomas Stcarns;
Recording Secretary, Charles A. Berrian;
Corresponding Secretary, George II. Ham
ilton; Treasurer. Charles j., Keary; Exec
mtive Committee. Iii G. Boehme. D., y.
Lynch, NJ. !. McDermott; Inspectors OF Elec-
tion. 4. y. Ellison. j.. NJ. Frye, Charles Lynch.
At the installation of the new officers, on Mon
day night, the Club will keep open house for the
members and their friends.
The evening world., 1889-01-12
A victim Of the Almanac.

From he InnL,s Biade
o patent medicine almanac.
was a towering giant.
With a wealth Of health aud u vim of limb.
To ills and pills defiant!
BIT now | have the phthisic,
And take every kind of physic,
Have n touch of sharp bronchitis,
And a raging tonsilitis.
And l feel thy awful twinges, cercbro-spina
meningitis.
o patent medicine almanac!
read thy fearful pages
With tears and fears and groans and means
And shakes and aches of ages!
And now | have the vertigo
And tumbling in the dirt 60;
Have q general blood corruption,
Loss of yigor, lack of gumptiou,
And | feel that | am travelling down the las,
stage of consumption.
The evening world., 1889-01-12
Tying n Love Knot.

TTTVW TETUT TTFTVTTTTV8T
You ask why ] knelt at her feet last night,
And why for so long in that attitude bowed
Twas to fasten the tie of her slipper-that's
all.
And why should / blush when You question me
now?
Don't You think you.could guess if you really
tried?
For why should | blush, unless it's because
Twas a love knot that last night tied?
The evening world., 1889-01-12

lfron' ne I~TrsbUrg Hronicis.l
What are you doing with that big stock Of
skates this kind OF weather ~ asked a Pitts
burger of n hardware dealer.
That's what's worrying me. rhc weather
prophets said IT would be a cold Winter.
III tell You what you can do with them"
What 9"
I" Lei lhcm Hlile."
The evening world., 1889-01-12
Chinese Wedding Presents.

From NE NOrrttOrT Hsrdtd.1
The yonng Emperor of China, who is soon TO
he maj FRIED, will he presented with one principal,
wife, five subordinate9 aud seventy-f five concu-
bines on the. day of his marriage. Some persons
may, think that such wedding presents are much
preferable to the silver butter and pickle dishes,
on wedding occasions in this country, but Won
can't always tell. The bride might object to
them.
The evening world., 1889-01-12
The RetOrt Courteous.


Mrs. Mulligan-Yez may say what yez loikes
ahont me daughter Mary Ann goin' on the stage,
wild short skirts on, Mrs, Finncy, Oh know where
my husband spinds his nights.
Mrs, ,Finncy-Ycl may know, Mrs. Mulligan,
but we'd be ashamed to tell,
The evening world., 1889-01-12
THE FIGHT IN The WILDERNESS.

WRITTEN ExPREssIY ron THE EvIr1so WORLD
l hain't no greet of a master hand a talkin' about
myself.
But sin I've sorter got played out and laid up on
the shelf
With age and rheumatic and SIGH, I've pondered
more or iess
About that scrimmage o. mine I he'd down thar
in the wilderness.
It's a track o. woods and briers, with, plenty O.
rocks around,
The lonesomest place on the face Of airth that l
hev ever found.
But right in the middle's a ~clearin'. say an acre.
more or less.
A purity place. with it's grass nd pond. in the
heart o. the Wilderness.
We KEEP a drove o. sheep in thar, an Bige. our
cross old ram,
Was Grand Mogul, an strutted roun' b~eligger-
cnt and kan.
But let a Twin thing appear around thar but the
drove.
If Bige once saw it 'peared likes if a cyclone he'd
He'd butt a woodchuck or an OK, or anythin' be-
He was the strongest butter I think I've ever
1t didn't somehow seem tn make no dir tn him
at all,
He'd go fur anythin' but sheep like a woolly can
non-ball.
l was a young man and in luv with Ann Clerindy
Clark,
An suffcrin' from the same complaint was big
young Silas Park.
Clerindy kinder tlirted round an KEEP us on a
string,
Till we both got 80 jealous that we'd du most
ANYTHING.
The evening world., 1889-01-12
A Waste Of Money.

A New York man recently paid S25 for an al
mnnac 2Tj years old. II was n foolish waste of
money. He might have got into Niger min
sire! entertainment for half u dollar. aud some
OF the Jokes would antc-date his expensive alma
nae two or three hundred years.
The evening world., 1889-01-12

wv" TIT 'TTWVV IFTUWNF.T
Stern Fathcr-lt il useless. sir, to ask me for
any more help. ! have done all for you | shall
eyer do. Iou can 90 hang yourself if You
choose.
Scapegracc Son wildly)-Never! III marry
The evening world., 1889-01-12
Feet for X eIsO's shoes.

Prominent among the candidates for Collector
of City Revenue, the position made vacant by
The death of James ]. Kelso. is William +. Grotc,
Of the Twelfth Assembly District. EN-County
Clerk Patrick Keenan, is his hacker.
The evening world., 1889-01-12

IRON ne B"riingf,n free Pr,"
Mrs. Pa~rvenu-Thcy say that Miss Debut is
a beautiful amateur bareback rider. She never
uses a saddle.
Mrs. Bloodgood-Yes, and she is n beautiful
bareback walker. too. Did Won see her costume
at the ball. last night?
The evening world., 1889-01-12
The Reason why.

About the bar | wait. oh bitter fate,
And watch the laden schooncrs passing by,
The while. with happy micn and looks elatc,
The owners gaze with eyer-kindling eye.
Oh. helpless misery! no friend | see,
And still ! linger. Do Won question Z" Why 2
l wait because no ones iuvitch'mc.
I've not a nickel-and I'm awful dry.
The evening world., 1889-01-12
To Discuss the single Tax.

Louis +. Post will address the Manhattan Sim
gle Tax Club at & ST. Marks place, on the qucs-
ton of the Single Tax" Sunday. Jan. II.
After the speaker has finished a full discussion
OF the subject will take place.
The evening world., 1889-01-12
Unable to Kick.

from NE Ionksrs Statesman.
Crimsonbeak-So you clored with the Colonies
daughter. dill you
Bacon-Ycs.
Did hc raise any objection
- Well, You know the Colonel lost n leg in the
war. 70 that 1t IL impossible for him to kick.
The evening world., 1889-01-12

An Aged Guest Lost from the AstOr House.
An old gentleman who was stopping at the
Aston House with a friend named L. +. Beach
became separated from the latter while they
were riding in a Broadway car yesterday, and
nothing has been heard from him at the Astor
House. The clerk there did not know NJ noon
to-day that he had been reported missing.
The evening world., 1889-01-12
a Pleasant Time for the AIpincs.

The second annual reception of the Alpipn
Social Club, held at THE Lenox," in East
Seventy-sccond street, was pleasant affair, and
brought out a large gathering. There were
fourteen number on the order of dancing.
The evening world., 1889-01-12

A SAFE, sure cure for coughs and colds. ADAMsoS'f
BOTANIC BALsAN, KISsMAS, 25th st. and 4th ave. -
The evening world., 1889-01-12
MR.. TOM O'BRIEN OBJECTS.
THERE'S NO CHANCE IN THIS TOWN FOR A
SQUARE SPORT, HE SAYS.

Detective McMullen Points Him Out as n
Gamble. "a ?=s.!c, ==a Thea re !=
Arrested Because McMuIIen Was
Knocked Down by n Friend of His
Discharged at jefferson Market.
The evening world., 1889-01-12
SHE WANTS TO SEE HER BOY.
THAT REFORMATORY STANDS BETWEEN A
DYING MOTHER AND HER son.

Young David Mcnde- Must Return to the
Elmirn R~cfornntory because lie Failed
TO Report nj the Prison Association
~Omce-Justlce Duny says That the Power