Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-05

nipples on the Current Of Life In the
M~etronoIIs.

Metropolis.
Does education pay? Some frivolous
people contribute to the galety Of readers
by arguing on the negative side Of the
question. Fearing lest some thoughtless
people might be impressed. a doctor Of
some distinction in sociological research
hastens to assert, in the New York Herald.
that education does pay. and pay we'll.
when supported with moderate energy, In
the big city. In one particular line COM
ing under the observation OF the doctor.
college men forge to the front. leaving
the illiterate tied at the post" college
men," he asserts, ARE the most expert
and successful mendicsnts in New York
City. There are not a great many Of them.
The class is small and select. They are
absolutely unorganized, but they are new
ertheless a distinct problem in the reckon
ing OF charitable institutions. The ques-
ton of dealing with them is serious. be-
cause II is surprisingly difficult. and these
men are clever beyond the capacities of
any ordinary bum. They are usually, II
must be admitted, what they claim to be-
college graduates-and only a few weeks
ago I had one ragged specimen rise from
his seat during one Of my religious meet
ings and set me right on the accent of a
word in a Greek passage | had quoted.
He even went further and gave the whole
laSSheVf anu = "ANNA oiN hNo'hNH NH4N
he was a graduate OF the University OF
London. The whole class is an anomaly
among beggars. and they make their liv-
ing by virtue of that fact.
The public service commission of New
York is in danger of involving itself in
complications OF a domestic and highly
unpleasant sort. The wife of a husband
who did not get home to dinner punctu-
ally called up the office Of the commission
to learn IL there had been an accident,
blocakde or delay of any sort on the ele-
waited roads. The husband had not at this
time reached home and given defects OF
the transportation system as his excuse
for being late. But II a man who gives
the obstruction of the subway or the ele-
waited as his reason for not getting home
to dinner is going to have his explanation
subject to an official test, there IL danger
of unhappiness in families. Is a free Amer
lean citizen to be deprived of his tradi-
tional privileges by danger OF being con-
fronted with a certificate under the seal
Of the Public Service commission that there
was nothing In the operations of the in
terboroush to explain his failure to dine
at home?
When George w. Field, a letter carrier
in the Wall street branch postoffice, was
arraigned before Judge Mulqueen in Gen.
eraI Sessions to explain his failure to
support his aged mother he said that his
salary was too small, and that he would
rather go to Jail than give up money for
her support.
You will give your mother 50 a month
or go to jail" said Judge MuloAeen.
Field persisted that he would rather go
to iail, and Judge Mulaueen committed
" - - 1rz-Io na,v{ognn him IN NhQnRa
his mind.
According to a report OF Corporation
Counsel Pendleton. Fields mother, who
lives at Se East 1880 street, is old and in
firm.
Women who delve into their husbands
pockets while the husbands are sleeping
had better have a care. IL a decision oN
MAGISTRATE Manner in the Myrtle avenue
police court. Brooklyn, holds good in the
higher courts. A woman who takes
things from her husband is amenable I'M
der the civil law the same as any other
person who commits theft, according TO
the magistrate. Long lines of husbands
may appear in court daily hereafter.
Arthur Mason of 80 Prospect park west
had his wife, Charlotte, peiore
Magistrate Manner several weeks ago 10
explain why she was withholding jeweiry
belonging to him. MIR. Mason asked for a
warrant, as he said his wife had contls-
Gated his personal property. Magistrate
Manner reserved his decision at that time
and when he made 1t public he said:
"1 think the complainant in this pro-
ceeding has not shown any criminal intent
on the part Of the respondent to appropriate
property. Merely Withholding property
without using It in any way does not
evince that criminal intent which is the
element in a crime of this kind. People
cannot be prosecuted as criminals because
they are guilty of pure cussedness, how
ever irritating their conduct is. l think the
complainant here must seek his remedy In
the civil courts. Application, therefore, tor
a warrant is denied"
, Plans of a comprehensive scheme OF
> sewage disposal for New York City that
will cost about $32, 600, 900 to install ana
. equip have been submitted to Mayor Nc
a Clellan by Edward Hatch. tr., j. Pierpont
Morgan and other members OF the COM
mittee from the Merchants association Ap-
pointed to take up the matter.
The object Of the proposed system Is TO
do away with the worst features OF the
water front pollution that marks the
. method now in use.
e The committee proposes two plans one
S for cross streets and the other for mar
: ginal streets. providing for placing the
. disposal works or tanks for the cross
I streets in and beneath the streets and those
I for the marginal streets extending from the
e. street line to the dock sheds with th'
tanks beneath the surface of an oper
s plaza.
a Both plans provide a screening and SEQ
imentation process that will remove a.
least 65 per cent of the solid material II
suspension. The screenings will be re-
movd by laborers and incinerated, and the
= sludge sent by steamer to sea to be dumped
Each cross street plant will serve 1900
people. and each marginal plant a popula'
ton of 100. 900. The plan provides for j"
sewer ~outfalls, each the final discharge Oh
a group Of sewers. The cost of equippins
these is estimated at 1872, 900, and to this
! maintenance expense will be added.
{ Brief Tenure of once.
e Boston Transcript.
e Robert Bacon, whose nomination as sec