The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-13

big papers showed the sentiment of
the public concerning the matter in
an extremely clever cartoon last Sun
day.
Analysed, the figures seem even less
creditable. Almost the only sort of
street accidents which cannot be pre-
vented, humanity speaking, are those
arising from runaways. OF such acct
dental deaths in this town last year
there We're only seven. Under the
head of accidents a large proportion
of which might be prevented would
naturally fall on those caused by
street cars, trucks and wagons. There
were 172 due to street cars and 146
due to trucks and wagons-31S for
both. This is appalling; it is more
than one for every working day in
the year. In other words, every man
goes out upon the streets of New York
In the morning with the knowledge
that some one of his fellow men is
going to be killed either by a wagon,
a truck or street car before the day
is over If he is at all nervous it may
not be easy for him to avoid asking
himself whether or not he is to be the
victim.
1t may not be quite fair to charge
the municipal administration with the
guilt of all these deaths. Some of
them, especially of the children, are
due to the perversity and carelessness
of the victims themselves, who dodge
out In front of heavy trucks and swift
~ moving cars in circumstances which
preclude the possibility of stopping in
time to avoid accident. But there is
nf oil
OF such accidents could be prevented
by properly devised and executed DO
lice rules regarding street traffic. The
incoming administration has a great
chance to work reform in this mat
ter.
1t is interesting, by the way, to note
that only nine deaths We're caused in
the year by automobiles in New York
streets, and two by bicycles. 1t might
be well for the public to transfer its
hatred of devil wagons to the street
cars.
There are sometimes pleasanter
things to contemplate in New York
than the daily killing of a citizen on
the street. On certain days one Of
these pleasanter things is Yale Dolan.
Yale Dolan is a rich young Philadel-
phian, the son of a multi-millionaire
trolley magnate. He separates his time
into three grand divisions; one of which
he spends in Philadelphia, one abroad"
and one here. When he was abroad
the last time he found himself in the
same railway compartment, travelling
from London to Liverpool to take ship
for home, with a naughty, waxed-
mustached Briton. possibly a duke on
his way TO America after an heiress.
Dolan sized UP his man, looked out of
the window, and then addressed the
Briton.
Funny thing out there" he said
genially. "All the GaZaboos seem to
have wings, and there are a good many
more Gazooks than 1 ever saw be-
FORE"
The Briton merely pulled his waxed
mustache and looked straight through
Dolan, without cracking a smile. That
was what Dolan expected, and he
promptly lapsed into silence. Half an
hour later he looked out of the win
dow.
Its different here" he said, look
ing straight through the Briton. Here
the Gazcoks are not so numerous. and
very few of the Gazaboos have wings"
This time the Briton couldn't quite
maintain his wooden demeanor, but,
as before. he remained silent. Dolan
subsidized again. lust before the train
drew into Liverpool he again essayed
to move his fellow passenger.
ITS all right here" said Dolan with
a sigh Of apparent relief. There are
no Gazaboos or Gazooks here at all. -"
This time the Brtton appeared dis
tinctly alarmed. When the train came
to a halt he FASTENED away from the
American as If he might be a dam
gerous lunatic. They met again on the
ship, however where they were prop
erly introduced" At first the Briton
fought shy, but later he became quite
companionable. On the second day he
said he wanted to speak to Dolan pri-
vately about something.
Fire ahead" cried Dolan.
What want to find out. don't cher
KNOW" said the Briton. lis this, What
is a Gazook?"
"A Gazook," answered Dolan, "Why,
a Gazook is a female Gazaboo."
"Ah, yes, quite So" returned the
Briton, pulling at his waxed mustache
but what in the name of heaven is a
Gazaboo?"
"a Gazaboo," replied Dolan, 'fs a
male Gazook."
Few young men in the writing busi-
ness have risen more rapidly or more
substantially than Ray Stannard Ba-
ker, the still youthful magazinist, who
has figured so prominently in the con-
troversy over Leonard Woods confir-
nation as major general by the Unit
ed States Senate.
When Coxey of good roads and
hobo crusaders memory got ready for
his memorable march to Washington,
some seven or eight years ago, Mr..
Baker was a reporter for one of the
Chicago papers. He had not been
connected with the paper very long,
and he was overioyed when assigned