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The evening world., 1894-05-26
SIMPSONS STORY.

a singular story was old yesterday
by Capt. Sampson before the Congress
sional Investigating Committee raised
to inquire into the Carnegie frauds. II
shows very clearly how necessary was
the investigation.
The frauds are admitted, II they are
not regarded by Capt. Sampson as
serious. But the singular part OF the
business is the conclusions the Captain
has reached after his very slight in
~vestigat!on while sojourning at the Car
negie Club. His opinion Is that the
workmen and superintendent, and es-
pecially General Superintendent schwab,
are responsible for the frauds, and that
the principles. Carnegie, Frick and the
rest. are entirely innocent and not re-
sponsible. He did not believe that Frick
visited the works once a month.
Innocent Sampson. II he really be-
lieves that a set of workmen and a few
s~ubordinates. having little or no interest
In the matter, swindled the Government
out OF large sums OF money by putting
deficient and often worthless armor In
our war vessels. and made all the ar
rangements n conspiracies for false
and fraudulent tests. he may not be
strong enough to demolish n heavy
temple, but his stupidity is certainly
powerful enough to pull down upon his
head the ridicule and contempt OF the
people.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Men Are Not Equal.

Whatever Walter Besant may think
about the equality Of the sexes. he boldly
himself on the inequality Of men.
Speaking of The so-called equality of
men," he says, ut is an excellent thing
to remind ourselves from time to time
that man is not equal to his brother man
and never will be; taking any one fac
~ulty-say intellectual vision. or breadth
Of reasoning power-no two men are
equal. Again. in physical power. no two
men are equal. One might as we'll claim
equal stature for men. And yet. in the
Republic. they carve Liberte. Egalite.
F%raternite,' on every church front. I
should like to strike out the first two
words and retain the third, which in
wolves the first and does not lay claim to
the second. Catch words are hard to kill.
and mostly nonsense"
The evening world., 1894-05-26
The sailor" Of To-u.x.

AS soon as the Summer girl appears the
sailor hat is sure to follow. Last years
sailor. with its simplicity of trimming IA
o~utrivalled this season by a smaller hat
which does not scorn a goodly proportion
Of u -to-date trimming. Among the new
sailors there is an odd little hat made Of
white leather. A band OF pale green
MORE ribbon encircles the rather fat
crown. while at either side punches Of
mignonette. lavishly sprayed with let.
are arranged. An extremely chic sailor
hat Is Of sunburnt straw, studded with
gilt. Loops Of pale magenta velvet and
clusters Of black violets are casght, their
long stems hanging over the hair.
The evening world., 1894-05-26

comnittee TO take up the charges OF
corrupt speculation In Sugar stock after
the Butts performance.
The appointment OF the Committee
was a blind. The best proof is the fact
that II has done nothing but apply a
daub Of whitewash to Senators Hunton
and Kyle. who were honest enough to
promptly expose the attempts to bride
them. n needed no committee kalso-
mining. The Committee was raised to
divert the attention Of the public from
the fact that the Senate's W acts'dur-
Ing the session had invited the bribery.
Who would nay approached Roscoe
Conkling. or Charles Sumner. or John C.
Calhoun, or william l.. Marcy, or Silas
Wright or william NJ. Evarts with a
money bride for his vote?
The evening world., 1894-05-26
BuRLEsQUE INVESTIGATORS.

The Senate bribery investigation is
the roaring farce OF a thoroughly dis
graceful session. The investigators
have discovered what they knew before
that Charles W. BUTTE. a lobbyist and
claim agent. formerly a member of Con-
gress. had attempted to bride two Sen
ators. Hunton and Kyle. TO vote against
sny tariff bill 30 As to preserve the Nc
Kinley law. But they failed to discover
Tor whom BUTTE acted. whose money
was 10 be used. what other Senators
were approached and whether any OF
them were OF the BarAis stripe.
The single discovery they did make
yas that BUTTE a n money Of his
own, q revelation which vas not en-
ttrely unexpected.
what q farce for the United States
Senate Of 1884 TO pretend TO make an in
xestigation Into the honesty Of Its own
ns1nbsrnL What q ~burlesqus for the
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Souvenir Pillows.

The craze for souvenir pillows is su-
perseding that Of souvenir spoons. They
are Of all shapes, sizes and materials,
from Bingham to costly brocade, and
they must nave a meaning. One young
woman has sofa pillows made from
pieces OF each dress in her wedding
trousseau. A romantic matron shows
one made from the dress which she wore
on her FIRST meeting with her "liege
lord" another Of the gown worn when
he asked the all-important question; a
third from a piece OF the wedding dress.
and the sweetest OF all from baby's
christening robe.
One collection In a city studio Is made
entierly OF ginghams and percales; the
handsomest being of percale. a white
ground with red popies scattered over
It, the material costing 10 cents a yard.
Many pillows are embroidered with the
The evening world., 1894-05-26
A Doctors Problem.

To the Editor:
Take an s-ounce bottle "a nuid drams) put into
It 800 grains flor this problem It matters not
what kind Of medicine so We will say $40
grains OF EPSON salts). nll bottle with water
we now have $50 grains EPSON salts dissolved
In q drains OF water. Now. take a s-ounce bottle
rs nuid drams), put into this say ia grains
Rochelle salts. hll with water and We have ia
grains Rochelle salts dissolved In Is drains OF
water. Now. take l dram out Of the S-ounee
bottle and replace with 1 dram from 6.ounee
bottle: continue this process. taking 1 dram from
s-ounce bottle and replacing with 1 dram from
6-ounce bottle until the IS drains have all gone
into the s-ounce bottle. It does not matter what
Is done with that taken out Of the s-ounce bot
,tie. lust throw II away. The questions arc
How much OF each medicine will be In the s.
uncs BOTTLE and In what proportion does the medi.
cine In the s-ounce bottle decrease! And In what
proportion does that In the s-ounce bottle In
crease from the beginning to end Of process!
1t is rather a difncult problem to make plain. but
l hope 1t will be understood.
E. A. sCAMMoN. NJ. D.. oiumbus Kan.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Worship on Sunday.

To the Editor:
Christian" nnds In the twen'y-second chapter
OF st. John something about the observance OF
Sunday Unfortunately. the gospel OF John con-
tains oaiy twen,y-one chapters. II Christian
means the Revelation OF st. John the Divine
there Is nothing In the twenty.second chapter re-
ferrng TO the observance OF any day. The re-
pudiation OF the ten commandments by Chris
tian'' borders ion blasphemy. The Lord himself
saws Matthew ". l7.l9) that he did not come
to destroy the law. A. TO the new commandment
Christian. mentions. I fail to ind It new. |
read the commandment. Thou shalt love thy
neishbor as. thyseir' nrst In Moses, book Ill.
chapter 10. verse IS, and only repeated by the
Lord tMatthev Xxx. 81. and Marks xii, 2s-3D.
I think tchristian'' ought to study the Bible
better before writing letters to a paper like
The Evening World" which is read by all
classes OF people and by those. too, who know
a little more tim they hear from their minister.
I would recommend him to read the transactions
OF the Council to Nicaea' In the year 325 P.
CHI. for better Information about the observance
OF Sunday. D.. T.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
sea-Net and Tortoise shell.

A hanging that smells Of the sea is a
large fsh-net to the meshes Of which
are fastened many light shells. A
fringe OF the small shells
lated in a Summer would be effective
for a curtain to be used In a seaside
cottage. A stun curtain Of quiet color
could be made very attractive II en-
broidered with an all-over pattern OF
seaweeds, with real shells judiciously
worked Into the design. A large polished
tortoise hung against the meshes Of a
nsh-net OF golden brown became more
beautiful than any one had imagined 1t
to be when II was hid in a cabinet.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
A Human Tomb,

The only cas- on record Of a discol
late widow swallowing the remains
her dead husband is that OF Artem
drinking a glass Of wine in which
ashes of Mausolus had been stirred
that purpose. The parties to this]
markable transaction were brotherA
sister, and also husband and wife.
solus a King Of Cara, and ref
about 800 hundred years before ca
After his death his remains were b
ana the ashes disposed of as relate N
The evening world., 1894-05-26
SUNDAY FEATUREf.

Scarcely anything can be more inter-
tSSuhg 10 the cpizens Of New York than
:. wing viii surcevd Richard
Croker as Boss OF Tammany Hall. For
IN the hands Of this new king rests the
government Of this big town for the
next few years at least. VIII this new
s0lctntor, this n.w Central Power"
continue the theory Of municipal govern
sment 81 pursued by Mr.. Croker? Has
Mr.. Croker sufficient influence In Tam
manysto name his successor? II so. the
transMr. Croker Will name will undoubt-
" be John j.. Scanneil. the President Of
the Board of Fire Commissioners.
As the possible successor Of Mr..
eCrpker as the great chief Of Tammany.
&c D. Interesting to know something
abont Mr.. Scannell. The Sunday World'
Stoifiorrow will publish a carefully pre-
4 Pared biography of. this gentleman, CIV
! inf his early history as a practical poll
,.ticisn.4 and telling the details Of his
u startling 'iurder of Thomas Donohue.
y N1rofn Mr.. Scanned shot and killed In a
: .reol-room some years ago, and the close
friendship which has existed between
Mr.. Croker and Mr.. Scannell since they
y became acquainted in Murderers' Row
IN the Tombs.
Miss Meg 'Merrilies has discovered a
physician uptown whose theory Of prac-
itice necessitates the starving OF his pa
TENTS on . hot-water diet untfl they be-
come = .holiow-eyed, walking skeletons.
The only other nourishment given is Pc
culiar meat cake. which the patients de-
vour along with their hot water. The
doctor gave THE World" reporter a
curious prescription. that called for
orange peel. snake root and other
strange ingredients. which a half dozen
leading druggists in New York laughed
at and said nobody ever used. Alto
gether. this doctor and his poor. emaci-
ated patients form q very queer nest OF
cranks.
Every woman and particularly every
mother. ought to read t~houghtfully DR..
Louis Fischer's article in to-morrow's
.'Cunday World" on Infant Opium
Drunkards." DR.. Fischer points out the
startling fact that thousands of babies
are dosed with soothing syrups which
are no more or less han compounds Of
opium. In this way the little ones are,
Of course. quieted and soothed. but they
acquire a taste for this dreadful drug
WHICH ocNciOpb III ditSt dhu hnh"o
morphine fiends Of them.
Davis, the leading batsman Of the New
York Baseball Club. writes a very In
tefesting article on the proper way to
pound the leather. He tells Of his ex-
perience with various pitchers. and ex-
plains the secret Of making safe hits.
Every baseball enthusiast will be inter-
ested in reading this article in the Sun
day World
Besides these features there will be a
most interesting assortment Of miscel-
laneous articles. including a short action
story by Thomas Wentworth Higginson,
the discovery of an English scientist
Of the fact that woman is, less like a
MONKEY than man; . a continuatlon OF
the discussion from all .standpoints of
the absorbing woman question, AN en-
tire supplement of original humor' and
coiored cartoons and a notable list OF
Illustrated miscellany. Don't miss to-
morrow's SUNDAY World"
The evening world., 1894-05-26
A New Name for America.

To the Editor:
| agree with "Facta Non verba." We have no
distinctive National name. There are half a
dozen United States in the two Americas, but
each one is designated by Its own proper name,
beside that of America. A Brazilian Is an
American. but he is also. and above all. a
brazilian. Shall I call myself always a New
Yorker? To be correct l must. as American
may mean one of 80 many Spanish American
Republics. Nor is Mr.. o'Brien correct In saying
American would be correct because custom and
usage make 1t So" &c Do they! Having been
a member OF the American 90 colony In
Paris for over six years, I have been often asked
u ! was not a Brazilian, or from the Argentine
by the Parisians. American may mean all. Ia
1t not time to adopt a name. and. perhaps. a
language! We are English now in speech-and
only the Indians have their own language In
these United States. However. as we are mix
lures Of all nations and all languages. how
would "cosmopolita" do? In any case. we are
a rank failure in anything but railroads.
UNITED STATES. ~
The evening world., 1894-05-26
The Teachers Value.

To the Editori,
l can nrd nd reason why a sensible young man
should be shy OF a sensible teacher. In a sense
we should all be teachers, and each-beginnine
with ourselves. Now. In my estimation. a
teacher stands higher than any other performer
OF workt be the teacher self-taught or a teacher
OF others: she the) can count on the highest re-
suits, always provided he she) cast good seed
on we'll prepared and fertile soil. The writer
is a Observation-Disclosures In housekeeping cook
ing, chamberwork. brushing, polishing tshoes,
door-knobs, lamp ehimneys. &C.. is his own
barber (save hair cutting, fond OF the hest
books. the best In current literature: can help
himself In every emergency, enjoys swimming
boating, fishing. caiisthenics. gymnastics. and
can turn q somersauit when occasion demands,
and l think such a bachelor wouldn't feel shy
on luckily meeting . spry schooimarm Of COM
patibie prcpensities. No. Teacher" the writer
is not shy Of the teacher.
EONn pACHFInR
The evening world., 1894-05-26

Miss I4ottie ellison, the little magnet
Of Tony Pastors Theatre. is going to
sing and dance and cut m~onkeyshines,
and Mr.. Weather-Maker Dunn promises
a starry night in East Sixty-seventh
street, with peony and sweet-briar
scented breezes from the park. Miss
ellison is one of the brightest stars Of
the variety stage. and she Is going to
shine for the sick babies and twinkle
her very best for the delight of their
patrons and patronesses. She has a
pretty little figure. big bright eyes,
baby feet, Just Quilt for dancing, a
voice that can talk Ms well as sing songs
and a repertoire as long as the lease Of
a four-story uptown house. She is such
a %favorite with Tony Pastor Theatre
goers that she has to sing and talk and
dance herself tired before they let her
go. 1t will be worth the price Of adj
mission Just to see her little feet do a
clog dance. There are other attractions,
dozens Of them. on the programme. The
young ladies' have arranged II so as to
give every ticket-buyer a full measure OF
sparkling fun. Handsome girls will be
on hand with flower rosettes on their
shoulders. to see that the guests are
the sick babies.
The generous little ladies' who are
giving the show to help the Sick Babies
Fund are the very best Of friends. and
each Is the idol OF a circle OF relatives
and admirers. They have been prepar-
irg for the benefit a long while. and
when II Is all over and the last number
On the programme Is finished the stage
will be cleared, the orchestra will play
Tho Invitation to the Dance" and Mss
Bertha Diamond, Miss Ida Elisberg. Miss
Emma Diamond. Miss Nathan and the
other pret'Y patrJnesses will take part
ners. Tickets are only rs cents for the
show. for Miss Lottie Gilson's inlmitable
performances and for the stage dance.
1t isn't once in a lifetime that such an
opportunity Is offered.
The Chill iren's Carnival. which Will be
he'd the very last evening In May, at
Prof. Steiringer's Dancing School. Is
something to live for. There arc thirty
six numbers or the programme. What
do you tn nix of that. now? Over one
hundred sweet little girls and bewitching
boys will step oul in the grand prone
made. There will be the Peasants Jubi-
lee." with thirty-four rustic mldgets In
costume. Beautiful Pauline Rosenber-
ger will be dressed in kits and quilts;
she will carry a bagpipe and play on II,
too.
Little Stella Rapp is down for a
Turkish tambourine solo: their gracious
h%ighnesses Hortense Davidson and
Fannie Turk. will dance La Cachucha,"
and now that their dainty fingers are all
we'll. snap their castinets with the vim
and assurance OF Spanish coquettes. Wee
Jessie Forst Is to dance the sailors horn
pipe, and there will be a gypsy ballet. a
love dance" a flag dance. and filings in
port and on shore. a serpentine dance
and scarf and angel ballots.
All this rallying OF pretty, girls and
| merry happy children TO the help OF the
poor sick bibles OF New York is delight
full,
The evening world., 1894-05-26
A New EnRlish HumOrist.

10 the Enltori
Hawi haw' ha~' This blsrsted country Of
yours Is all 40 blooming funny to me. II makes
me laush-ha~, hawl haw' l have been here a
month and q half and have made q close study
OF American institutions. and know whereof I
speak, Your country Ia going to the demnition
how vows, going fast. The only sensible Amer
lean I have met 10 George Francis Train. He told
me the country had quick consumption and would
-oon he out OF existence, and, furthermore. he
proved It This country properly belongs to Eng.
land she was stolen from her by force. Does
that make II right Why doesn't she belong to
England as mrch az Canada does What do the
signs portend put that before King Edward VII
dies. God bless him, this so-calisd Republic will
be part Of bis empire' What is the average
american bu, a regular stun What are your
lawmakers at Washington hut graduated ward
bums' Men Of no family. regular nobodies
Look al EnsiAnd's esislators-the upper house
composed exclusively n men Of noble birth.
whose ancestors have been lawmakers from the
time OF the conqusror. Look at the lower
house. gentlemen all. OF family connections. most
OF them younger sons Of noblsmen. who will in
time Aion the upper house. Look at the English
Parliament at ali times. at any moment. the
party In power represents the will Of the English
people, Who would for a moment claim that the
miserable dollar. grabbe- now at Washington.
elected In 1891 to accomplish wonders, represent
any person or any principle than their own selfish
desires' Consider English history. Every Amer
lean knows II by heart. What Englishmsn knows
anything OF American history, II Is mere trash.
all stun What was George Washington at nrst
but an English gentleman, and later a renegade
and a traitor 10 his King II we had caught
him We would have hanged him and drawn and
CHARTERED hin. and VEN properly too. sir. VIVA,
The evening world., 1894-05-26
That Proposed American Academy.
To the Editor

An American Academy on the same plan as
The lnmortais'' OF France. has been suggested.
tn. French Academy has for its membership the
forty most distinguished men OF letters In that
country. Have We forty literary men in the
United states'-forty men whose style is pure
and whose work Is on the highest plane OF let
,er.' We have 1000 men and women who make
money by writing books, but ! don't think We
have ten nrst.elass, scholarly iittsra,eurs. Instead
OF an academy I believe We would he more sue
cessfui In this country u we undertook to es-
,ahush . literary menagerie. What do Evening
Word'' readers think
WALT 6FN
The evening world., 1894-05-26
BELLS! Reus!! Bellsl,i

To the Editor:
| wish TO enter a protest against the bells on
ST Michaers Church. Ninety-ninth street and
Amsterdam avenue. Not only Sundays. but many
week days, are the residents for blocks In the
neighborAooi Of this church annoyed by these
chimes, sundays they are runs for fifteen min
utes at a time, Early In the morning and late
in the afternoon are m%ournful scales rung upon
them. II seems an injustice that non church
goers or people having some other faith should
be bored by the ringing OF these far from melo.
diouS bells. What would DR., Peters think were a
brass band to be located In his vicinity and al
lowed 70 play at why But a brass band would
be paradise tc those infernal bells. Stop IL.
Doctor. and YOU win gain the good viii Of many
present sufferers. EQUAL RIGHTS
The evening world., 1894-05-26
In h Face OF storm and Rain.

To the Editor:
on III. 2ls,. ga ard 2od Of this month a few
young ladies. styling themselves The Little Sill
yer Workers. aged from nine to sixteen years,
took II into their little heads to get up 4 fair
for the hsneht Of your Sick Babies Fund. at
81 Tenth street. South Brooklyn. y. Y. They
started on a collecting tour among the stores,
but as the storekeepers had been run to death
on this racket the little ones were almost dis.
couraged. for they had sold a number Of tickets
at s cents each. Their stock Of goods was very
limited, As a last resource, they heard that an
old gentleman. n, G. Valentine by name. was
maior-domo Of a big house in New York City.
for whom some Of the Young ladies worked. so
they. in their last hope, applied to him, telling
Of their dilemma Did he repulse them' Not he,
but with hardly time enough TO do ANYTHING, he
got to work. Not being a rich man himself,
he could not donate any cash, but he just sat
down and wrote a letter to the Philadelphia
house NJ Hance Brothers & white. asking for a
donation for The Evening Worlds' Sick Babies
Fund. when they responded In a very generous
manner, thereby enabling the Little Silver
Workers' to accomplish wonders against every
odds.
likewise the second, the rain came down in tor
rents, Now, they had only one more night to
DO aHy,nsTE ,h', MAS last H nlss, The weather Sons
Mr.. Valentine brought his baby organ to the
far the nT.t night and ksD, the crowd
tine ran the fair for the young ladies. Mr.,
Miller donated the nat and a lot Of fancy ART.
Giles MIR Valentine donated his time and 100
boxes ~ his celebrated Flash Healing Powdsf
The Metropolitan Gas Company donated the gas
The receipts amounted to 81 %, which will he
handed YOU by a committee from 'The Little
silver Workers" Please accept same, and may
It help the poor sufferers to regain their health,
as every little helps swell the fund. We are
very truly yourr to help the babies.
LITTLE SILVER WORKERS."
ELLA MILLER, JENNIE BILLINGS,
SUSIE WADE, NAY T.. VALENTINE.
RAG WADE, ETA COSKLIS,
DAISY WADE. Brooklyn. N. Y.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
THoRwALpsEN MGINNIss.
Dressmnkers, Don't Marry.

To the Editor:
I have read with 4 good deal OF interest all
letters answ erins the question. shall Men Marry
DressmakersT" I wish to take the other side
Of the question. Should dressmakers msrry.'
Nine out Of ten get lazy and worthless husbands.
az q rule. are proud and high
spirited; they must put up with much nonsense,
and the consequence is there is a separation or
frequent auareis. for there Is nothing so detesta-
bic as a man wanting his wife to support him,
There are plenty OF such men; their name Is
legion. Therefore. my advice TO dressmakers
Ia. stay single. D~REssMAKER. South Brooklyn.
The evening world., 1894-05-26
Dangerous Ball Playing.

TO the EdItor' III
You are so constant and unwearying In your
work for the public that We get the impression
YOUR patience is inexhaustible, Can you help
US now to deliverance from the deadly ball
players. ' live In one Hundred and Twenty
third street, between First and Second avenues.
THIS block. and all adjacent ones. are infested
by the dangerous plague. Any policeman whose
help you may invoke promptly informs you It Is
the other mans beat. and disclaims all
Jurisdiction in the matter. l have known a
policeman-not exactly in this locality-"tnke a
hand with :he boys at ball playing. A member
Of my family has nearly had an eye knocked
out, e~nacting the role OF the frog In this
pleasant psstime OF the boys" To you. now,
We turn, with the Macedonian cry: Come over
and help us!'' HOuSEEEEPER