Arizona republican., 1912-04-26
LIFE |S CHEAP
 IN METROPOLIS
There is One Murder or Sui eide i'll New York Every
 Eight Hours
FIGURES SHOW
 GRAVE CONDITION
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 NEW YORK. April 25-That one homicide and nearly three suicides occurred in this city for each work ing day last year is the startling condition of affairs revealed by the report of the department of health covering tte vital statistics of Greater New York for the past year which has just been made pub lie here The totll number of homicidcs was 2S1 while suicides to- tailed 7SS. showing that one or the other of such killings took place about every eight hours the year round Many other figures concern ing the probabilities of life in this city were made public. The stork had a busy year as is indicated by the recording of 135.542 births as against 75.423 deaths from all causes. There were 4S.165 marriages, by no means a record figure. As might be expected. the greatest single cause of death was tuberculosis with S,700 victims Heart disease made Il close second with 1865. But probably the Strangest feature of the report is that which shows that the deaths aC- counted for under the heads of ViO- lCnce and accidents made up d total practically equal tO that attributed to the great white plague. No less than 1896 persons came to violent ends, and accidents accounted for 41I4 more. showing that life in this city is besot with many dangers. Curi0usly enough too measles out stripped all other contagious dis cases in the number of cases re ported with 2j,j41. exceeding even tuberculosis with 24.513. Scarlet fever was q poor third with I5.793 while only fifteen cases of smallpox were recorded It has also been unkindly pointed out that nine persons died of violence or accident for each one dying from brain trouble, the total for the latter group being only 96O.
 The most severe jolt which the pride of the theatrical profession has ever received has just been handed out in the form of a revolutionary announcement by a prominent local producer and manager. as a result of which Broadway is full of i'm promptu indignation meetings of deeply offended thespians, who in dignantly deny that they are to be Classed with cooks and coachmen as help and advertised for in the help wanted" columns of the metropolitan dailies Nevertheless that is cN- actly what the manager in question. who is known throughout the coun- try, has done by inserting a modest want ad for young men of good edu- cation who are desirOus of entering the theatrical profession, and stating frankly that those aVerse to hard work need not apply. Such appli- cants as fill the bill he proposes to train for the stage. The last sent cnce in the advertisement referring to aversion to hard work is voted particularly obnoxious, although it expresses the real reason for the advertisement, for the manager does not hesitate to characterize the younger men of the stage today as idlers without ambition who spend most of their time in their clubs. Oi course there are exceptions but the condition applies so generally that il has led to the advertisement in ques- tlon, ana the consequent resentment and wounded pride among the many near actors along the Great White Way While it remains to be seer what will come of the plan itself, il is certain that the manager in ques- tion cOu;d not be elected to any Of flee higher than that of dog catcher so far as the wounded theatrical vote is concerned
 In spite of the fact that the re- port that Postmaster Genera