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The evening world., 1894-02-21
THE PASSING OF BRoCKwAY.

nat Robertson introduced a bill
yesterday to put the Elmira Reforma-
tory under n superintendent appointed
by the Governor and senate and to abol-
ish the Board OF Managers.
Ex-Speaker Sulzer had already an
nounce his intention to intro
duce a similar bin as soon as
the Committee OF the State Chart
ties Aid Society reports the result
Of the investigation of Brockway's H.
legal and brutal management OF the
institution. Mr.. Suffers measure con-
templates abolishing the office of Super
intendent and the Board of Managers,
putting the R~eformatory under the same
control as the State prisons and provid-
Ing for the appointment of a warden as
all other wardens are appointed.
1t is well known that Influences are at
work to save the managers and superin-
tendent, and to seek to satisfy public
opinion by the strict prohibition of cor
poral punishment at the Reformatory.
The managers are prominent politicians
OF Elmira, n they are bound by self
interest to protect Brockway. But there
are plenty OF reasons why the entire
system should be changed. The transfer
of prisoners to State prisons should be
stopped or the transferred prisoners
should be allowed the time they have
served at the ~Reformatory. The parole
abuse should be abolished. When q
prisoner has served u stated term at the
Reformatory he should be free and no,
at the mercy OF the institution to seize
upon him again for no new o~ffense, but
merely at the within of the managers.
Besides. any bill that keeps Brockway
In power a single day or that fails L
put the Superintendent or Warden un
der the direct authority OF the Cover
nor will be condemned by the people
Gov. Flower cannot be ignorant OF wha
the people demand in this matter. II,
certainly will not favor any pretended
reform that disgraces the State b!
keeping Brockway in the service OF tn,
State In m position.
The evening world., 1894-02-21
STONE THROWING HIS MANIA.
Willie Lennon Takes Revenge on
Trains Which Crippled Him.
Storskeepcrs Also Suffered and the
Boy Is Under Arrest.

William Lennon, n cripple, fifteen
years old. OF Gil West Forty-sixth street,
was arraigned in Yorkvllle Court to-day
charged with breaking windows. Len
non said he was to receive to-day one
half OF s25, 900 that had beer awarded to
him by the courts for the loss OF his
right leg.
The boy said that when he was seven
vuears old he had been sent on an errand
Dy his mother, and in crossing the
tracks at Eleventh avenue and Forty
seventh street a train of cars passed
over his right leg. lie added that Law
yer Prcspich began a suit against the
Company for $4,000 damage and got
judgment, and that the suit was carried
from one court to another.
The boy ever since he lost his leg has
had q maniu for stoning trains. and got
the other boys In his n~cighborhood tc
help him. In this manner the railroad
company has lost considerable money by
the glass breaking.
The police were frequently called upor
to make a raid on the glass breakers
who generally were discharged after the
payment of a small fine. The boys re.
Gently not alone broke the windows OF
trains, but smashed windows Of stores
in the neighborhood.
Yesterday a crowd of boys gathered
on Eleventh avenue, and started stonini
the different storekeepers. They shat,
tered the window OF Hirsch Bros.
butcher shop at $40. and also that oil
Blet2's lager beer saloon, a few door:
away.
When they saw Policeman Sweeney, o
the West Forty-seventh street station
approaching them on a run, the boy.
scattered in every direction, and all es
capped with the exception of Lennon. tn,
crippled boy Sweeney arrested Lennon
and kept him for the night at the polio,
station.
care OF MIR. Gerry's society, to enabl,
Agent Barley to make an investigation
The evening world., 1894-02-21
STOP THE EVIL

There Is some prospect that the padrone
evil Is approaching it's end. Public senti-
ment will no longer tolerate the rob-
berry of the city and the abuse OF the
poor w%orkingman by sanctionlng the en-
ployment Of the padrone gangs In any
OF the public departments. Steps have
already been taken by good and rcputa-
BILE citizens, fellow-countrymen Of the
p%adrones, to cal those slave-drivers to
account for their Illegal and sascally
plumber of the labores.
The %pretense was made by the Street
Cleaning Commissioner that 1t was i'm
possible to obtain a number OF these men
on al emergency without going to the
~padrones. The Evening World shows
that hundreds of them were offered to
Commissioner Andrews without the In
PREVENTION OF the p%adrones; that he prom
iscd TO employ them. but ignored them
and broke his word.
The claim that the Intervention OF the
padrone 10 necessary is.' therefore. n false
pretense. There Is every reason to be-
lleve that the contracts with the
%padrones cover a larger and more ex.
tended Job than has yet been developed.
The evening world., 1894-02-21
Caro- of the Skin.

There are 80 many directions and
directions that 1t is hard to know
whether n Is acquiring a lovely pink
and white exterior or sowing a crop Of
pimples and shallowness by mes efforts
towards beauty. One authority declares
hot water to be the ruin of an already
fine complexion, another proclaims 1t the
salvation of a bad one, and cold water
Is equally lauded n condemned, while
yet another recommends a combination Of
the two, that is a Russian bath for the
face, first using as hot water as can be
borne, followed by a very cold dash.
after which a brisk rubbing with q towel
Is in order. This treatment certainly
imparts a charmingly rosy glow for the
time. NJ skin may be gradually and
imperceptibly renewed by wearing .
quilted cotton wadding mask at night
with holes for the eyes and nostrils. The
mask should be wet In lukewarm water
or milk, its efficacy depending upon It's
warmth and moisture. which acts az q
mild blister, removing the old cuticls
and leaving the new tender kin be-
meath.
The evening world., 1894-02-21
TECHNICALITIEs

Edward NJ Field, son OF the late Cyrus
Field, was released from Ludlow Street
Jail yesterday on a Judges order. More
forgery and other felonies and pleaded
insanity. After nearly two years con
finement IL the State Hospital for the
Insane az Buffalo he was pronounced
cured and brought to this city for
trial. put under 81. 900 bonds. arrested
and lodged in Ludlow Street Jail. His
release yesterday was on a te~Chnica.ity.
The late President of the Madison
Square Bank is on trial for perjury. He
Is charged with having signed and sworn
to Il false report OF the banks condition.
OF the bank swore that President Blaut
sigred the report In blank before the
schedule was inserted. II Is claimed that
II he did so the charge OF perjury must
fall TO the ground. Thus a bank-wrecker
would escape on a t~echnicality.
1t Is not yet certain that John Y. Nc
Kane will not avoi going to Jail on
some technically. He has already been
granted a stay until Friday next, TO give
him an opportunity 10 hunt up a con-
venient Judge who will keep him out
Of prison pending an appeal. which his
money may delay until his crime In for
gotten
A crime Is q crime. n on proof ought
to be surely and swiftly punished a
The evening world., 1894-02-21
MULTIPLYING THE LOST POCKET.

Woman wants more pockets in her
dress. So said one OF the sisters at the
Congress OF Women for Improved Dress
yesterday. I'm this one respect" the
pocket-promoter insisted. I'VE are not
the equals OF men. who have dozens OF
pockets"
Well. II she wants them. she wants
them. and she will have them-that's all
hut what In the name OF pe~ptonized
chewing gum and heliacal hairplns she
wants dozens OF pockets for, we can't
understand. Doesn't she waste time
enough now with the solitary pocket she
has? Isn't 1t in a VIGOROUSLY chronic
state OF lostness all the time? Why,
there hasn't been one-tenth the hunting
and searching and skirmishing for the
famous missing Pegleg mine that there
has been for this lone pocket. forever
losing itself in woman's dress.
Heaven help the poor street-car con-
ductor II woman increases the number
OF her pockets! Won't he have n tim
OF It prancing up and down the cal
waiting for his fare? And mercy on
those of us that have to stand In line
behind her at Il ticket window on the
~ road! Besides, consider how many
more pockets we men will have to put
into our clothes to carry the money she
will want to fill hers.
The evening world., 1894-02-21
BOSS NUMBER TWO.

Coriey Island has disposed OF It's boss
and stands a nance Of being a free and
independent community for some little
time to come. Its %neighbor. New Utrecht.
encouraged by Coney Islands example.
Is preparing to throw off its chains and
make an effort to win It's own freedom.
Forty years ago, n male Malaprop, A.
b. Dickinson. commonly called Bray"
OF Steuben, was n factor In pol
tiles in the State. In 1854 he
was in the Senate, and was not
noted for scrupulousness In political and
legislative matters. One day he was
using his best efforts to secure the APP
pointment of n man to a public office,
whose integrity had been called In ques-
ton. and whose character he was de-
Tending. II know him." said Bray. "He
has lived contagious to me for five
years, and he ought to be honest
Boss Cornelius Furgueson. Of New
Utrecht, has lived contagious to Boss
McKane, of Coney Island. for SO long
a time that 1t is not surprising he has
grown to consider the town as his
satrnpy. and TO believe that Cornelius
Furgueson is all there is of New Utrecht,
Fort Hamilton, Bay Ridge and Benson
hurst. In fact. "Corny'' Is as much OF
a Car as John Y. was before he discov-
cred that Supreme Court processes go
In Coney Island.
Boss Furgueson Is more Of a Pooh
Bah h was the retired Gravesender
himself. He Is State Shore Inspector,
Supervisor. Chief of Police. President OF
the Boards OF Health and mproyement
The evening world., 1894-02-21
When Smiles Are Impossible.

The utter absence of a sense Of humor
from the average feminine composition
Is never more clearly visible than In q
busy thoroughfare on a wet and windy
day. A woman may be a philosopher,
she may have original ideas and brill
liant theories on the fundamental ques-
tions OF morality and ethics, but she
rarely rises superior to a muddy boot or
a draggled p%etticoat. The woman is an
exception indeed who manages to pre-
serve a smiling face In the teeth Of an
east wind which plays shuttlecock with
her umbrella nj q dreary sleet which
bespatters her clothes and freezes her
fingers. Young or old. fair or plain
scarcely one OF them who does not
frown ominously as she hurries along.
forgetful of other peoples feelings and
umbrellas and toes. hustllng n jost-
ling, with never a glance for the alb
surdity OF the situation. For there Is
something unmitlgatingly ridiculous
about pedestrians on q really bad day;
nobody wants to walk IN The outside OF
the pavement because Of the splashing
omnibuses and cabs; everybody wants
20 pAss everybody elsa. REGARDLESS Of
the limited spacs aftordsd by the con
E~ioneration " pmbrslissi everybody
The evening world., 1894-02-21
Crayatn for Ladies'.

The advent OF voluminous cravats Is q
matter which seems to be Of very sec
ondary Importance. and yet 1t may be a
telling object in the general aspect OF a
toilet. For SO long a time a straight
band about the throat has been the only
acceptable style that the new cravats
take us by surprise. all the more 30 h a
they are excessively wide, and when tied
in a big bow will cover the greater part
of the bust, the loops reaching to the
curve of the shoulders and the ends fall
ing nearly to the waist. Some of these
cravats. which we owe to the favor in
which vests and Louis XVI. Jackets are
held, are made of a breadth Of mousse
laine de sole, bordered with three or four
bands of satin OF different colors. Sup
posing the muslin to be of pale green,
the bands may be sky-blue, tan, moss
and cerise bands Of copper color. old
gold, pink and crimson being woven
around cream or saffron centres. Tinted
as we'll as white mousselalne de sole are
also made up into cravats, with deep
frills of lace at the ends. India muslin
being treated In the same a The
greater novelty, however, Is the watered
silk cravat, more often black than col.
ored, Hounced with corn or cream lace.
Ten-inch-wide ribbon, without an edge,
and sometimes piece silk, Is used for the
purpose. Frequently the lace used fol
the Hounce is rather coarse net, with ap'
plications OF guipure on the edge.
The evening world., 1894-02-21
ANOTHER HITCH IN THE SALE.
Arguments Called For in the staten
Island Lease Affair.

There is another hitch over the sale Of
the Staten Island ferry lease. The mat
ter had been tied up In the courts by
legal proceedings. and no sooner was the
legal s%quabble ended and the way to the
sale of the franchise cleared. when a
fresh obstacle appeared. The persons
interested in the sale of the lease de-
clared that their opponents were using
fraudulent means to secure the ferry
privilege.
at appeared to me- said the Comp
troller this morning. that there were so
many conflicting interests that 1t was
necessary for me to take some ormal
action to determine the case properly.
So l notified the representatives Of the
different interests to file their arguments
in writing.
The representatives who have been
to see me are Mr.. Cannon, OF the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad: Mr.. Mann, of
the Sea Beach road; Gen. Daniel But
terfeld,. Erastus Wiman and John II.
Starin."
1t IL likely that there will be more de-
lay now. The Staten Island ferry lease
expired last May. The Bay Ridge ferry
lease has also run out, but cannot be
sold until the other lease is disposed of,
as one company operates both ferries.
The evening world., 1894-02-21

pushes and elbows and shoulders, ana
when an umbrella appears IN sight ak
considerations of %gallantry or politencsk
or sex or 8 are forgotten-it bel.
comes an object lesson in 1.-THE survival
OF the %fttest," and Il free fight or somie-
thing near 1t ensues in which the fir
sex undoubtedly manage to bear them
part with more than n tolerable grace,
How to Make Cold Cream
Tit basis Of cold cream is always NUT
ton tallow. You can get this aft the
butchers, and IL you tell him what
It is for he will select some very nns
taIlow. Cut the tallow into bits and
put 1t into n saucepan without any
water. Set the saucepan into n jar OF
boiling water, and let all remain untfl
the fat is thoroughly tried out OF tho
tallow. Strain through a fine sieve.
and. while 1t is still warm, stir in a
~teaspoonful OF the essence Of camphor
to every cup Of tallow. Next. a table,
spoonful of your favorite perfume, and
stir until all is a sweet-smelling liquid.
Before 1t has had time to cool pour in
q little toilet jar and set upon the
Ice over night. 1t will keep indefinitely,
and will be found one of the best rem
edies in the world for skin that gets
rough and "winter-sore."
The evening world., 1894-02-21
AGAINST THEIR FATHER.
N~eisner's Nieccs Testified for Hin
Regarding Their Chains.

Ma Klelnman has been denied judg-
ment in the Fourth District Court
against Max Ncisner for $l25, the value
OF two gold chains. Neisner retained
Lawyer Alfred Is. Jaworower. Of the
Pulitzer Building. and told him that
some six or seven years ago his aunt
died and left one of the gold chains
with his sister, who Is Kleinman's wife,
I'M told her to keep 1t and give it to the
children when they grew up.
Soon after the death Of her aunt, Mrs.
Kleinman died. She tool the chain
which she received from her aunt, tor
gether with one of her own chains, and
gave them to her husband, instructing
him to give them to the two daughters
when they grew up. Five years ago
Neisner. the defendant. gave him the
two chains and asked him to keep them
for his (kleinman's) children.
In the mean time NeiSner loaned
Kleinman several hundred dollars, and
when Neisner asked fo- the money
Klelnman got ngr and brought the
action. Lawyer Jaworower told this
story to Civil Justice Roesch yesterday
and produced the daughters in court.
who testified that since their mothers
death their father had married again
thai. they were living by themselves and
didn't wan to have anything to do with
their father, and that their uncle was
very good to them. and gave them the
chains in November last.
Justice Roesch gave judgment for the
defendant.
The evening world., 1894-02-21
SAVED FROMAPAUPER'S GRAVE
Ada Travis, the Ballet Dancer,
Will Be Buried in Evergreen.
Undertakers Leonard & Son Come
to Her Friends Assistance.

The body OF Ada Travis, a ballet
Company, and wlo died last Friday Of
pneumonia at her home, b37 West Fifty
second street, VIII be buried in Ever
green Cemetery to-day.
1t IL due to two kind friends OF the
late actress and to Messrs. owen Leon
arr & Son. undcrtakers, OF 100 Green
wich avenue that she was not Inferred
In Potter's Field.
Ada Travis was the dancers stage
name. In real life she was known as
Mrs. n O'Brien. She lived with her
husband at 537 West Fifty-second street.
and was regarded by all who knew her
as u good, refined and lovable little
Her husband, Clarence O'Brien, is
working In IA box factory on Eleventh
avenue near Thirty-seventh street. He
was formerly a Post-Omce clerk, His
his wife's death he had not enough
saved to afford her body a decent burial.
During her last Illness the poor woman
had net even a gown to wear, and, had
her friends Mrs l.. Lewis, OF 253 West
Melburn,. OF 25l West, Thlrty:second
nately during. the husbands absence
from home, Ada would literally have
had nothing to cover herself with.
After Ada's death Mrs. Lewis started
out to make n collection for the burial
but succeeded in getting together only
about So. and until Undertakers Leonard
Il Scr volunteered to bury the woman
for next to nothing, It looked as IL the
dead ballet dancer. who had often de-
lighted crowds by her beauty and skill,
would have to be borne to a pauper's
grave.
Ada's maiden name was Ellis. She was
an English woman well connected. She
came to this country eight years q and
had been married just two years when
she died
The evening world., 1894-02-21

The whole expense of THE Evening
World" Free Food Commission thus far
has been borne exclusively by the few
generous merchants. who have given
their time, their thought and their infiu-
ence. as well as their means, to this
efficient charity. 1t is not right TO ask
them to bear the whole burden. and, as
they are in moderate circumstances, It
would not be possible for them TO con-
inue It indefinitely on the scale II has
reached. The charity, however. Is one
which should be kept up, at least until
the cold weather has passed away and the
prospect OF work has improved. For this
purpose "The Evening World" to-day
opens a subscription, and II any Of our
readers are disposed TO help their con-
tributions will be gratefully acknowl-
edged.
The evening world., 1894-02-21
Oyster

Drain and plump and rufle twenty
five oysters. Skim them out and chop
fine. To n gill OF liquor that exuded
from the oysters add an equal amount
of cream, and when 1t boils thicken with
two t~ablespoonfuls Of flour rubbed into
a heaping one of butter and stir con-
stantly until It is smooth. Add the we'll
beaten yolks of two eggs; let boil UP
once and remove from the fire. Add
a t%easpoonful Of celery salt, a table
spoonful Of chopped parsley, a bit Of
cayenne n a palatable seasoning Of
white pepper and salt and return the
oysters. When cold form into oval or
round croquettes, dip in beaten egg, then
into bread crumbs inc fry in smoking
hot fat composed Of n part butter to
two Of lard.
The evening world., 1894-02-21
soft-Fini.hed Laundry Work.

Starch is out of fashion. Not q grain
Is used in women's and children's work.
Everything in this section Of the modern
laundry IL done up with a soft finish.
It is q fact. perhaps not generally
known, that muslin IL as vulgar as fus-
tian. There Is not a scrap of that COM
mon cotton stun in the layette Of a we'll
born baby; every white thing Is made
of English or French nainsook; even
bands Of the flannel petticoat are made
Of nainsook. The gentlewoman's body
garments are finer or coarser. according
to her means. but there is not a shred
Of muslin. Every article is handmade
and %laundered az soft as a pocket
handkerchief.
The evening world., 1894-02-21
Lunch for Nerve-Rasped Teachers
Care of Velvets.

It 10 ruinous to velvet to brush 1t with
anything a v the softest surface. Yet
velvet catches dust and all flying par
ticles with such wonderful tenacity that
It really 10 quite q problem to keep It
in wearing order. Some careful women
make their own whlsks which they m
ploy for nothing else, and which are
constructed of a very tight roll Of n
soft-threaded cloth frayed out for two
or three II ches. A perfectly new hare's
foot, such as Is sold for the applica-
ton Of face-powder. ought to serve the
same purpose. as 1t Is very stout and
still very soft In touch.
The evening world., 1894-02-21
Coming Events.
CHARITY masquerade and civic ball at Renwici
HILL Saturday evening.

Charity masquerade and civic ball at Renwick
Hall Saturday evening.
A regular meeting OF the Harlem Democratic
Club Will be held In the Club hall this evening.
Annual reception Of tas Tidal Wave Fishing
Club this evening at Wcbsr's Excelsior Hall. Isi
Brook avenue.
Annual ball OF the Washington Social clrcls to-
morrow evening at Arlington Hall. 1928 S,
Marks place.
Annual package party OF the Lady Washington
Social Club at Turn Hail, Ge and Us East Fourth
street, tomorrow afternoon.
Entertainment and reception OF the Rerwick
Social Circle o-morrow evening at Maennerchor
Hall. eO3-sOs East Fitty'siKth street.
Public installation and reception OF Sioux Lodge,
No. S57, X. OF p, to-morrow evening at Renwick
Hall. Eighty-siSth street and Third avenue.
The Spartacus Club, OF Harlem, will hold Its
second monthly reception at Columbia Hall, l5N
West one Hundred and Twenty-nfth street. this
evening,
Prohibition conference and ma s. meeting to- NOR
row afternoon and evening at Union Assembly
Rooms, Bedford avenue and South Third street,
Brooklyn.
ingtou Lodge, t02T. Independent order Of odd
Fellows. Manchester Unity, this evening, at Abel
phi Hall. Fifty second street and broadway,
A free lecture will he delivered In the lecture
hall OF the School Of Social Economics, 81 Union
square, this evening. at S O'Clock. by Prof. Van
Buren, DensloW, IL. d.. on "L-aborers and Mill
ionaires.'
Kuickerbocker Pride Circle. No. so, c. o. f.,
will give a Martha Washington reception and tea
Monday evening at Adelphi Hall, \ feature viii
be the fancy dances OF little ton year'old ollIe
Blondheim.
Rev. Arson r. Atterbuy, n, n. will preach a
sermon On Friendship, Charity and Benevolence''
to the members OF the order OF Knights OF Py thias
and the order Of Pythisl Sisters In general. and
the Uniform Rank Of the knights Of PythIas In
particular. Sunday evening. March 4 at Park
Presbyterian Church. Amsterdam avenue and
Eighty-sixth street, The New York and New Jer.
sey regiments will be ordered to attend In fatisas
uniform. with swords. and will assemble with IN,
knights OF the lodges Of New York, Brooklyn and
vicinity a the ArnorY OF Metropolitan Division
ElshtA av.sas gRiehnoaa HaiD. =. I O'clock. ane
knishtt er kaights and nsr friends are en-
The evening world., 1894-02-21

II Shore Inspector F%urgueson, Of New
Utrecht. will devote some attention to
certain c%lose-lying shores Of time. he
will discover the footprints which 1.-THE
Evening World' cartoonist graphically
depicts to-day. Following them with his
eyes, rather than with his feet, he will
observe that they lead to a distinctly
unattractive terminal station. A word
is sometimes sufficient to the wise. FIRE.
quently It may be the case that a pic
ture IL better. There is no excuse for
the New Utrecht Pooh-Bah II he does not
succeed in reaching the conclusion to
which the artist has so clearly pointed
the way.