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~ es It's che girl ne DOESN'T ad the Gr 10
an kNsd, an the girl 10 dldnt get who d always a mans Idol. II he
never narnes he carries heri image about in his heart nv Uses Il as a stand
ard with which to comrer all other women II ne does marry som me else
she becomes a sweet memory that rises every tme his wife burns M biscuits
orr rEes to take her hair out of curl papers
The Glsh he knows IN the girls he hMts with are-wen, Just girls He
"a 10 perspective on them. no opportunity to observe them from a distance He
~ where heir realfa destinations leave Of md where their arlfcautes
begin Just a he knows where their real hair leaves OF and where their pns
begin They are adorable perhaps. tut hey are human.
But the sl across the street is divine. She MAY h@ a vhc II silver
She A smell Mke a field OF Parma voets She MAY talk ike a n angel You
car oothe her n a thousand shining illusions ad they never will De shattered
Ao Ions ass he remains across the street
But let her. once cross over. let her once get too near, IN II Is Just a II yu
had turned tho ltmelght of the leading lady. Her Tiian hair becomes red;
your diamond dreams become PASTE; the stock market falls AND you are glad to
sell out you interest in he girl the kEest figure
II WON only knew this tut theyd don't! Why, nine iris out OF ten don
even walt for YOU TO Cross over" They meet yu half way-and then they
are no longer tn girl across the street" Their manhs of fascination falls
from them X . Eumm iud.
hut hero Is always se TENTH GIRL he rio of whom 70 are never rnte
sure; the girl who has hh~ yu "a yu not reconect. in your ane career
Old Chap. n charming woman who hs talked with o walked with you.
chummed with you, nhted with I. but whom you never have gotten really
near; wo las always made yu feel a though yu were standing a little way
OF; who as kept you fascinated simply because ss insisted on remaining
across the street. although The a tender ad frank ad ga, she
reserved a little bit OF her u and buita enos aroun her individuality that
n 70 nan dared break down?
II you ave then heaven hp you'll For he wrath Of her memory will
pursue % to the ends OF the world ad come between on ad every other
woman. Heaven help you I say unless you MARRY her.! For marriage 10 the
ony cure for that kind Of ntoxnaaon.
As Tor me, I d not nj to b Cured" I prefer % % IN all my Me seek-
ing tho girl across the street. waiting Tor her. watching for her pursuing her
Ind JUST missing q. a adorable. Intangible ideal. unattainabe girl arross
the street,!
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Mr.. Jar sroansd In wardly. Why had
no been SO foolish. why a ne not
thought OF this7 Easter not a danger
Gus TOPPER Well. Sc what was coming
OF nowl
He made a strong effort to blur II OUT.
He yawned and said:
"Oh, you women talk about Easter
hats. Easter hats. Easter hats. It's all
q habi like YOU talk Of fall STYLES In
autumn and winter styles in winter. It's
just talk. You couldn't tell me right
now. without looking in tho newspaper
advertisementA what kind OF a hat you
wanted for Easter"
'Oh. couldn't ~" aad Mrs. Jarr
~mochdngly.
mo. you couldnt!" was the reply.
Go ahead and try. and Il you can tell
me what you van TIL raise the money
somehow and see you get It,"
Then get me an Empire bonnet" said
| Mrs. JAM. That 10 the close fitting
style. a g~lorincation OF tho hoods worn
by aviators md automobile racers. Or
you IA get me a helmet hat. They are
all tho rage. Some call them beehive.
They are after the style OF hats worn
by London policemen.
"Oh, ho!'' said Mr.. Jarr. Girls will
be boys thA season. Ell? Not content
with the harem skirt, tho women are
taking up mems styles In hats. Any
thing In tho bsil-crowned silk topper in
z too7"
Not ~ YOU Except the usual silk ha'
-.. Af, a-.
I'm fact. the styles I have mentioned to
you ARE extreme. I'd rather have a
plain picture hat of erin with black
ostrich piumes with the new lobSnl
willow effect"
Lobster willow This Is indeed
strange ssid Mr.. Jarr.
They are very pretty" said Mrs
Jarr. "Ot course a big hat Is always II
style, but I'd take a Louis NJ. turban
which Is a draped hood in two styles
soft FOR dress and high and round o.
less clinging material for the street"
as that ail?' asked Mr.. Ja-r.
"I haven't begun" said Mrs. Jarr. ~
was going 10 say that q big hat Is
always IN style and is the most becom
ing to me. although little shapes are In
II you'll let me have my choice. though
I'll take one of the new classical Rem
brandts or the Louis XIV. shape. whicl
Is turned down In front and up behind
although tried several OF them on thu
other day and they are a little severe
for me. I liked the Sir Joshua Reynold'i
hat best. The Reynolds hat II q mod
fed sainsboroush. Of course"
"Ah." said Mr.. Jarr. Those are gen
eralities. How trimmed"
Ribbons and lace flowers have CONF
to stay" replied Mrs. Jarr quickly
The latter must be white. Among thu
flowers, roses, buttercups, daisies, dan
delions and sweet peas will predominant
Coronation color Will md favor thil
spring. there's the new coronation
shapes that
! That wiz DO said Mr., Jarr. "Yo'
win"
Now he's hustlins TO raise the none
tor AZ those Easter drssnis-
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iOISy-0o-iO una VI hL1hhli8 ptto SNc
morning and tho m~erry-go-round OF
sweeping and busting every day. and tho
msrry-po-round of three meals . a
with the attendant dishw ashins, and the
merry-go-round Of = to DO IN" work Of
Sl6-and that part Of II Is less merry and
yeta less around han all tho restr'
"Phew!" said Mr.. Jar "A little word
about the nearing OF the Joyous Easter
and of you got I thought Il would Be
a safe topic
Amy topic Is safe with mo" "a Mrs.
Jar. "and all on account OF the un-
merry = not = going . around Of q limited
amount OF money non an unlimited
lot of expenses"
Were doing pretty WELL" said Mr..
Jarr. when We were first married we
would have thought ourselves fortunate
TO know we'd be having what We now
have"
Son etimes ! think that nobody In this
world has enough money" said Mrs.
Jarr ~petulently. You should hear Mrs.
stryver bewailing the things she can't
AFFORD, and Mrs. Vanswine complaining
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10 hoculate the visiting pitcher with a
case OF rattles by hurling sarcasm.
ridicule. bogus advice and epithets at
him. DR.. Jordan opined that such
conduct wac ron He seems 10 think
that tho visiting pitcher should be al
lowed to strike out members Of the
home team with imptnity and fade
Always. or straight. fast ones, or what
ever else the uatcher has.
In thas the learned peda9oGue shows
himself lamentaSly ignorant OF the
FIRST principles OF college baseball.
Does he expect <hat h spectators will
be content to root by means OF picture
postcards or Cnautauqua salutes7 A
college professor u all right In MS place.
but when he ventures to interfere with
the privileges n humorous Chslp!
helpi) t~sndeocdss Of he baseball rooter
he % Of his class. The professor
ought to know that no pitcher Nsss 20
the supreme height Of s~stisfaotion until
he has the other team % buffalosd that
the audisnes tries to rattle him"
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Mr.. and Mrs. Jarr Discuss the Vital Topics
of Merry-Go-R ounds and 1911 Easter Hats

about hard times! Yet - We had the
money they nave we'd consider our
selves lucky
u don't know" aid Mr.. Jar. rive
come to the conclusion that a raise Of
salary only lasts about three wseks.
After that ones way OF living adjusts
itself TO ones income. And there we
arsl Just a. far behind in what We
want and can't get a. We were before.
Just ~ much in debt. just - greatly
longing for the things w can't AFFORD
now. ever while IN the possession o!
thinGv we used to wish for"
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tractors investing their money. giving
their talents and spending their time TO
make this city great and beautiful. And
what do they get? They get touched on
every hand. They can't turn round but
some paid vassal of a city department Is
there with his mitt, looking for his.
"Hounded n pursued as they are,
he builders and contractors manage to
keep fat and healthy and add TO their
bank accounts. unless they everyday
themselves and go broke. This is due to
a peculiar feature about the graft that
Is not generally understood.
When the rapacious inspector comes
along and approaches the vlrtuous
builder or contractor and seeks his bit
tho dough always has a paralyzing eff
feet on the eyesight of the recipient
For instance. the eagle lamp OF the In
spector has discovered that the contrac.
tor IL leaving out OF his building GER,
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tain improvements, specified by the
code. that cost money. 1t In not a dim
cult matter to figure what the saving
would be II those improvements were
omitted. Suppose such omission would
save the builder or contractor $500.
THE crafty inspector goes to the
builder or contractor and suggests that
$500 may be saved by certain omissions
or substitutions. Does the builder or
contractor slip the inspector 500 or
more? Not I'm these enlightened times.
The inspectors bit may be 20 per
cent. or less. II he gets his 20 per cent.
he is in 200 and goes temporarily blind
The builder or contractor is In siO0. The
tenants are out the protection lost by
the deal. but they don't know anything
about II and II is a business principle
that what people don't know don't hurt
them.
That Is why | am almost tempted 10
weep when a builder or contractor goes
on the witness stand and confesses In
trembling tones that he has paid graft
TO an inspector. He seldom fails TO add
that all his competitors pay graft, too,
and II he fails TO come across his means
OF livelihood will he ruthlessly torn from
his grasp and his innocent family will
be sent TO the Alrhshouse.
investigators, for some reason OF
another, do not focus the spotlight on
the proposition that no man ever has &c
paw for permission 20 do a lawful thing
in a lawful way, The CRATER collects
for Illegal acts, Builders complain thai
inspectors annoy them by insisting on
trivial and unnecessary matters II !,
strange that these butdAs and con
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Letters From the People

young man to take up1 7 am thinking
or taking 81 up. but am stll undecided
as 20 whether / Will do so or not ana
VIII wait NTH / hear from some o, the
readers before I make up my mind. !
would greatly appreciate any Ausw,r
20 this request and Il may interest
many other young men. sp
Yes.
To he Editor q The Evcline World.
Can q man legally serve three times
or more IN succession as President
OF tho United States7
RpSLYN.
F~ifty-st6.
II me Editor Of The Evening World
How many men signed the Declara-
ton Of Independence?
DAVE THOMAS.
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I'm sure m tastes are very simple"
said Mrs. Jarr. II on ask much. ia
DO contented with what Mrs. stryver or
Mira vAnswins would laugh At And.
oh. dear. at Easter. too. And they ARE
% oheapl Yes. you an . what you
please about things being desrer. but
THEY are cheap. and they are in better
taste han last year. too"
What are THEY. and what are you
taking about?" asked Mr.. Jarr.
Easter hatA'' said Mrs. Jarr. What
else IL there TO think of now that the
spring 10 really hersf"
The evening world., 1911-04-08
Found: One New Phrase.

C6NI o get hat new phrsse,
systematic muckerisn.' used
. by Prof. David Starr Jordan
IN his rule a~bolishlng baseball at the
leland Stanford University in Calitor-
MAJ the head polisher.
Hard as It II 10 follow the Intricate
evoiutions OF the up-to-date COLLEGE pro-
ressors mind responded the laundry
man Il find that by Systematic muck
eris. DR.. Jordan aims TO describe that
ian pastime known as roofing for the
home team.
1t appears that the learned doctor
ATTENDED a game where the crowd and
the home players made valiant attempts
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the evening paper.
The older We
grow the quicker
the y-g o.
round OF Tim Q
wh,rls with U.S.
I'm glad you
think Time Is .
merry ~oround,''
satd Mrs. Jarr.
"Its no mNry-go-
round for me. !
a assure you.
unless y o ar q
speaking OF the
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contractors are up
a against, being
shredded AL the
time for graft by
inspectors and ON
cials as shown by
Old Sleuth Fosdick.
Commissioner o I
Accounts"
IT'S enough 70
move one to tears
agreed the laundry
man. Here are the
builders and con-
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Piea for Starved Animals,

To the Editor o. Tie Evening World
Can nothing DE lone 20 help the stary-
ing dogs and cats that We see roaming
IN our city ~ plenty. being abused and
hungry Is there no human being kind
enough 10 establish a few shelters Sor
them in the Bronx and the lower east
side, where one or two are badly need
ed? The suffering OF these poor animals
In the poorer districts IS something ter
r.5le. Something more enecttvs should
be dom 20 take care OF these dogs ana
cats instead OF leaving them in.the
streets 10 starve and be IN treated.
Miss BESSIE 9.
ChemfStry's Chanoesf
To ne Editor q TIE ETeIns World
VIII some expert reader please tel me
u chemistry IL a good profession for =
The evening world., 1911-04-08

10 "V1eV " Jun " pUVuhY Tor The sa7ety
u wo1hs" In factories does not appear TO be that OF a deficiency
IN the number OF building inspectors. Factories are not 80 shv as
game birds, nor 90 evuhve Is poachers or pot hunters. There are
plenty OF men on the force. The lack is that Of a sufficient .or,s
in the men
AZ NJ mme conference Chief Croker suggested that II after
cue warning a factory was not properly safeguarded II should be
shut up and the sign nailed to the door: "-Danger-Cosed Nv Oraor
Of the Fire Department" Authority for that kind Of regulation
vested IN proper hands might do the business without tho need 4
increasing the number Of inspectors. It Is worth while to trv Il
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swish OF her skirts as she turns the corner, or that I smell
panshes after she has gone by.
Who is she? What is she? Waere does sine come from?
Where does she go7 don't know! That Is her wonderful
fascination. She Is just the girl across the street"
There IL not a man living who hasn't worshipped some
sil across the street. She is the most dangerous woman
in the world-unless. or until, you DO happen TO meet
her and CONS to KNOW her. After that she can only
marry you. or trife with your affections. at the worst. But
so long as she remains the intangible girl across the
street she trifes with your IMAGINATION. And the arec-
tons are puny. weak, mild little things beside the imas-
nation.
The evening world., 1911-04-08

ITO Italy" said Lserum. ito Sunny It. In time for
the finish OF the trial OF the merry Camorra villagers.
certainly would like TO be there when the jury ooane in
with their verdict. I wonder who'll DO the music scors?"
What nuuc7' inquired Hiram.
''Ths muno for the verdict. 10 be sure" sad Loerum
You don't suppose. DO you. in view of what's been happen
ing over there that the Jury would be content 10 merely
march IN and announce their findings by word of mouth
No. They'll probably render Il as a double sextet. witt
solo Interpretations by the Judge and tenor runs By the
clerks. The Carhinieri will run on in full unitorm-and
believe me. It's some uniform-to do the ohoruses. and nc
matter wNhether theyre guilty or acauitted. I've no doubt
The evening world., 1911-04-08
The Singing Attorney.

Il $50 saSd the head p0t1sh9. -shat
a lawyer In Fort Worth. Tex n an e.
fort 30 tree . lady oaAsnt wa had shot
I'D another lady. sang Home Sweet
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country n not moro civic responsibility among undergraduates, but
a more general disposition on the part Of tho people to confde poiti-
ei leadership and public offices exclusively to graduates.
0s Of tho scholars said college men should 20 into the political
maddnsa, tnstesd Of leaving them to the control Of "thups" An
o0n schola' s%d tho universities should maintain a steadfast hos
my 70 Tie machdnaL A third complained that the machines elect
NJ ono 10 The Legislature except those that can be counted n To
sey srdsA But al agreed that II only the college man could have
evuy&ns hin own WY the future would DO a. ROSY as the past is
dhmal
Nj 10 bssdded thst Immediately after listening to these speeches
Aedsasgs*~ started for Washington to see Taft.
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c6DELIEvE me-" said the head pol
isher. 81, certainly must be a
fierce game tho builders and
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ONE VIEW OF ",

what Is a Socialist. anyway"
IT'S a fellow thatll divide his thirs,
with YOU Il you'll divide your bear
1rovulnEs AaeAHnA
The evening world., 1911-04-08
MORE FIRE TALK.

URING a discussion Of the Washington Place fire
by tho Employer Welfare Section Of the National
Civic Federation A~semblyman Phillips said: "Thc
State Of New York has seventy-ave game protect
ors, but only fifty human protectors"
The statement Is striking, but not convincing
The evening world., 1911-04-08

Home TO the jury In q husky voice sD5
got AWAY with ~"
That's strange" unused the laundry
man. II thought everybody IN Texas
carried a gun
The evening world., 1911-04-08
UNIVERSITY POLITICIANS.

one hundred and twenty college men, repre-
senting forty-three universities, met at the Univer-
sity Club on Thursday as delegates Of a league
organized to develop a sense Of civic responsibility
In tho undergraduate world. All reports Of their
proceedings, however, disclose a conviction on the
part Of the sneakers that the pantinp need ~ the
The evening world., 1911-04-08

Of commercial enterprise that governmental command and supervision
should be necessary to assure tho adoption by steamship companies
Of such safeguards. 1t would seem that a mare instinct Of self
interest, r at least a reasonable care for their own property would
have prompted to the equipment, and that wireless telegraphy would
have been taken up at sea with a. much Of individual energy q tho
telephone on land.
But II was ever so. II required the power Of the Government
to make railroad companies adopt safety coupling appliances; to
make factories put in good machinery; to make housebulders use
freescapes. Provision for human safety is evidently the one thing
that commerce never thinks about.
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The BrOWe Brothers
Hiram and LOerum
BY Irwin S. Cobb.

Cuvhss in. ~ us Press Publishing o.. rs lew Yt wohO.
6ev r I thought I could get mere b6ors II ended ia start on the mel ship
said IOerum.
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tractors are never able to md Q tAs-
phone book containing the numbsr o:
Building Department"
The evening world., 1911-04-08
By Roy l.. MCC

C6VU ELI. hsre's another Easter
M soon coming around" said
w Mr.. Jarr, looking up from
The evening world., 1911-04-08
FOR HUMAN SAFETY.

ARRANGEMENTS are now being made t this
port for enforcing the law requiring . wireless
telegraph equipment upon every ship clearing from
United States ports carrying fifty or moro passen-
gers and plying between ports moro than two hum
dred miles apart
The evening world., 1911-04-08

A III. afternoon I ave been valnly watching for he gin across n stree
- hoping that her fluffy head would appear above the bowl OF jonquls
. . Ter window, or that might catch a neetng glimpse Of her bie-d clad hgur
as she nassed SnnetInes L fancrt that L can hear the fh
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The Weeks Wash.
BY Martin Green.

Copyright. 1911. b. the Pm. Pubushans %. Ins Nv Yrt World.
The evening world., 1911-04-08
THE PANAMA INQUIRY.

ONGRFSSMAN RAINEY'S resolutions calling for
an ofcial. inquiry into the circumstances attending
NYa the separation Of Panama from the Republic
kNEJo of Colombia ought not to be treated by Congress
~ TX * nor regarded by the public as a partisan Issue
Nd SS&- The subject involves questions of international
@>~ importance-of diplomacy in the highest and broad
est sense. Every phase Of tho investigation should be conducted
with a spirit and in q manner that will satisfy both the intelligence
and the conscience Of mankind.
The Republic Of Colombia asked that We agree to submit 10 srh
tr,tion her claims against rs; but the Roosevelt administration -
fused. Whyf
The Government Of the United States has repeatedly end IN
the mort solemn manner declared in favor Of the arbitration Of inter
national disputes. 1t has submitted its own claims against powerful
nations to such Judgment not once or twice only, but many times.
We should, therefore, continue to uphold that standard by both
precept and practice. To surrender it would be a sign Of weakness
To maintain it Is to advance not only the peace Of the world but the
glory Of the republic
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