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The evening world., 1912-07-23
LITTLE FRANK IN BAD;
WHILE TAKING DIP He
LOSES TOCS AND HOME
Kind Doctors Daughter Gives
Him Dinner and He Pays
Her With Yarns.

Ten-year- old Frank I,oray was not
wearing barrel when an agent of the
Children's Society led him around East
seventy-third street to-day. hut he
might have been. Another boy says
tho real reason Master Loray didn't 20
homo was because somebody stole his
clothes while he was swimming In the
East River.
Miss Edith Purdy. daughter of Dr. IL.
l.. Purdy. OF No. 9Gs Lexington avenue.
found the youngster. wearing a tattered
black shirt and overalls. crouchins In
side tho area-raillng Of her home.
I'm hungry" he said.
When questioned by DR.. Purdy the
lad said his parents were dead and
that he was homeless.
After being n guest at dinner In tho
Purdy home the boy was given to the
police. and Patrolman william Green
lay later In the evening took Frank
to the Children's Society. Hero he re-
psated the tale that his parents had
been dead three months and that he had
since lived with 4 woman near Avenue
A. who had turned him out. -
When Frank was brought before
Justice Hoyt In the Children's Court
yesterday he further complicated mat
tiers by saying that his father. John
Loray. was . painter. and that his
mother worked In . cigar factory. HI
said that his home was at No. Sea Easl
Seventy third street
Altar HEARING Tho ~ tAvuAnk ~ Atss
Purdy. Justice Hoyt rsmanded the boy
to the Children's Society while his
family 10 being traced. a. Il II thought
that the boy has confused his address.
II the lads parents are not traced be-
fore July "a Justice Hoyt will commit
the boy to some institution.
The evening world., 1912-07-23

pulled around her ana was sitting up In
the bed. Only her head could be seen"
O'Leary testified that the woman was
not Mrs. Becker.
BECKER HAS A scUFFLe WITH
THE DETECTIVE.
The private detective and Becker
had conversation" o'Leary went on.
Tho detective asked me II knew the
woman and said didn't Becker
and the detective had . scuffle. Becker
trying 10 push him out OF the room.
Becker said he knew he was caught.
but would get even with him. We were
eventually pushed out NJ the room"
Mr.. O'Leary then told OF serving
papers on Becker At the Charles street
station and OF saying the policeman had
lost his mustache. Becker wanted to
know how O'Leary know that. and was
told that O'Leary had seen him at the
Eagle Hotel
Why" said Becker. the witness as
sorted. were you therc?"
Detective Schneider followed on the
stand with corroboratlns testimony.
Then Becker was called as a witness.
lie named his position and gave the
figures Of his pay. lie said that he and
one of his brothers practically supported
his mother. a widow.
Justice Fitzgerald. on the referees re-
port. granted the decree to Mrs Becker
and fixed alimony at - week.
The evening world., 1912-07-23

sion brings mo into contact with
different classes OF people. There Is
a large number OF young men who
despise 10 be classified with John
MES and corner losfers. The miser-
able "msshcr' or Johnny" infests
the dance halls Ny own personal
experience has shown mo that many
a poor girl is a prey to the Hastily
dressed "m!llionalren SON" A very
' wise man said IN an article in The
World concerning Ten Command
ments for men" Every woman Il
some mothers daughter; the white
lie you expect from your mothers
daughter you have no right TO take
away from the daughter OF another"
Any man who puts the blame on the
girls or women only shows that he
himself Is irresponsible.
GABRIEL y.
The evening world., 1912-07-23

Evening World on the actions of
some OF the people who claim to be
men ana women are quite true, ana
the letters from the discouraged
ones are pathetic. There ought 70
Dc remedy. or some way by which
young people that care for oongen!al
company could meet. Suppose . club
De FORMED!
FOR the last twelve years have
hhocheu around these United states
ana the last -FOUR have been in New
YORK. and / know that the hardest
The evening world., 1912-07-23
HE THINKS NEW YORK CHAPS
MUST BE JoHNNIEs.

Dear Madam-By your definition OF
New York Johnny I am one OF
them; but believe me. there are lots
OF others, How can a young chap
IN New York keep from being a
johnny? lie fnds himself constantly
being smiled upon by painted girls,
many OF whom are pretty. Most
young men are human. ! have never
spoken to a girl first without rece.v-
ing much encouragement. l should
not think Of forcing my attention. for
I consider myself gentleman
might cite this incident as a typical
example: on recent Saturday eve
ming, after having dined at a restau-
rant, strolled down Broadway. A
soung lady had never seen before
dashed UP to me and said (as II |
were an old Acquaintance. Hello.
Ed, where have you been for the asst
two weeks" / said Greetings.
Kid. Now that the ice Is broken can
the old friend stun and We will get
acquainted right over bottle Of
something"
experience. 1t Is now as Il was IN
the acknowledgements Eve gave
Adam the apple.
a FRANK JOHNNY.
4 far better excuse for the
mashsr or Johnny than any he has
furnished Tor himself 10 con-
tanned In the simple, strsightfor-
ward iottsr which follows. Loneli-
moss does indeed account for much
OF tho unconventional conduct Of
both men ana women. a young
mao seldom hASvAss tAs Wssss
vemas whss hs has the eppeytun.
The evening world., 1912-07-23
sas. 900 GIFT FROM A. o. II.
a-~swssatson stsvts Fund coz
Catholic Church Extensson.

CHICAGO. July "a gift OF So,W0
was made to the Catholic Church En-
tension Society here last night By the
Ancient order OF Hlbernians and Ladies'
Auxiliary. The women contributed
80. 900 OF the amount.
The gift will be used to establish a
permanent fund. known ~ the Hiber-
MAN Fund. to which will be added tie
Individual gifts by members from tims
TO time. Interest from the fund VIII be
used to establish chapels and ANAL
churches throughout America from time
10 time.
The evening world., 1912-07-23

client.
1t 10 needless to say that many
young men have written me defend
Ing or excusing the practices Of the
masher who speaks to women on the
street. Other less sophisticated cor
respondents deny that the mashsr ex-
lists. Among these are some women
who declare with moro vehemsncs than
truth that no woman who dresses
modestly and attends strictly 10 her own
business Is ever insulted In New York.
But to-day this discussion 10 strictly
. stag" No women will be quoted.
Tomorrow will be Ladies' Day.
30 many men have declared that the
case Of the New York Johnny has been
prejudged. that share the oynicism
and unbelief Of the majority of the
women corresp onde nts. that I am will
ing to lot the young men try their own
case.
can't print all their letters nor the
hftieth part Of them. But I have So
lected such arguments as seem typical
| OF the views Of tho majority. Let US
consider first the communication Of the
man who signs '-rhirty-Two." He says:
RATHER HARSH CRITICISM OF
THE NEW YORK GIRLS.
| Dear Nadam-Thts Is only the
squeak . worm makes when II
| turns would like to say at tho
start to those poor. dear. discour-
aged girls Of yours that I think they
arc Just the same As about ninety
per cent. OF tho New York girls I
have meta bunch OF p!kers. Their
letters DO not ring true. It would
make interesting and instructive
| reading should they tell where and
under what circumstances they met
these men who without exception
proved to be wolves clothed as sheep.
That 10 why I say they are p!kers:
they invite q certain sort of conduct
from a certain sort OF man and then.
when the inevitable happens. thsy
crawl and bemoan the fact that
there are no decent men left. I have
lived In New York ten years and
have yet to meet one | would take
a chance on. As far as obtaining and
keeping the respect OF men goes, the
young women have known were
handicapped first by their dress,
second by their department and third
because they were a crowd OF climb
ers and female snobs. II Is their In
satiable desire to got out OF their
own class that gains for them by
unconventional means the acqus'nt-
ancs OF those men Of low principle
who look for the big return, II they
do happen to meet decent. clean
minded young man he rarely sur
wives the first call Is the young
lady at the ribbon, counter satisfied
with the attentions OF the young
man who works beside her even
though he be honest. Industrious and
promising? Not she. She has her
lines all set for bigger fish Is the
pretty manicure girl hoping that the
young foot doctor VINO works at the
same Establishment will some day
pop the question: Let him try ~
The biggest glme that comes In is
none too good for her to take shot
at. And go on, up the social scale.
In their attempt to land something
big they 60 10 extremes In dress,
manners and conduct defy some or
all OF tho conyentions-and then
whine when they come croppsr.
Back ~ tbs ssantrv for N, ~bsu !
again think II marriage The New
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the niasher think II worth while to
hunt her. but he has to b wise"
and hnd her out. Here 10 whore all
the trouble comes in: Innocent girls
are annoyed in the search.
Join in with the man or woman
who condemns the Johnny. because
he Is q nuisance to society and bane-
full to female innocenos. but not with
those who complain simply because
they do not know what II 10 to feel
themselves and are only inspired by
repugnancc for that passion which.
looked at from another viewpoint. Is
considered the holiest OF emotions
Love. Most Of your correspondents.
dear madam Il do not say alb, are
from this latter class-human Ice
bergs Chronic Johnnles are that
species OF human being who. II they
combined an honest nature with their
violent emotions. would become tho
most ardent and devoted lovers-the
kind that the poets rave about;
while. II their natures are very de-
PRAYED, they become monsters OF tho
Swartz type. Being ordinary. partly
good and partly bad they arc what
We call Johnnies. H. w. II.
Another young man rsoounts an
adventure with female Johnny"
though why the existence OF such
. type should be taken ~ . war;
rant for the tndisortminats insults
NJ tina s<rsot tim ahsri' fail IN
see.
The evening world., 1912-07-23
By NixO!a Greeley-Sn,ith.
FROM al FRANZ JOHNNY"

This 10 the
Johnny's day In
court. He ap-
pears as his own
lawyer, and I
shall leave II On
tirely to the
readers Of The
Evening World a.
to whether he
has . fool or .
wise man for q
The evening world., 1912-07-23
WORLD FOUND HER DOG.
Lost" Al. Brings Back Hotel
Guests Terrier immediately.

The manager of the Hotel Maryland.
In West Forty-ninth street. thanked
Tho World yesterday for the return Of
a pet belonging to u guest Of the hotel.
which was lost and recovered through
an advertisement In tho Lost and Found
columns Of Ths World.
The manager said he thought At nrst
that the pet. a fine Maltese terrier, had
been stolen. The dogs owner was much
The evening world., 1912-07-23
EXPRESSION OF CONTEMPT
FOR THE WASHER.

Dear Madam-PermIt me to say a
few words with regard to that de-
testable SKUNK, the New York mash.
err In my travels over the city for
over nifty years. both on .rolley and on
tho public streets. | have seen these
pests-mostly OF well-kept and re-
spectacle appearance-tryins IN every
possible way 20 attract the attention
of women and young girls. A number
OF times l have personally called a
halt by my stern observation OF the
wretch until his bold effrontery van
!shed, These so-called men are OF
every age the very young learn
from their elders and the latter are
OF all ages. Each and every one
seem 10 have forgotten they ever
knew mother or sister and seem lost
10 common decency / agree with
your recent correspondent as 10 the
hickory stick remedy. only there
should be no soft side TO II. and
would add that II our Magistrates
would give thirty days on BlacHaelrs
Island instead of IA paltry fne they
vo' III find Themselves called blessed.
As to the way ladies dress. or paint
or powder-bosh' Such things do
not tempt any man who has tho
slightest self-respect or the proper
regard for Gods best gift 70 the
world-Woman,
a TRAVELLER IN MANHATTAN.
OBSERVATIONS OF A WAITER on
THE GENUS JOHNNY.
Dear Aadam--I am Q youns man
ainstssn, ana . walter, Ny profss.
The evening world., 1912-07-23

distressed and. according 10 the 80
ger. spent q whole day ana 49,
looking for the dog before ~
finally appealed to him to hsfV ~
ind him. He sent an advGtise0NoA
10 The World at once. and the nsxt a.
the terrier was brought into the hid
by q woman. who said she had fguE1
him wandering In Bryant Park and haA
taken care Of him. expecting to see hin
advertised for In The World.
The evening world., 1912-07-23

y ANALYSIS OF THE NEW YORK JOHNNY
~ xxsxxx
Like Adam, the Washer Blames Woman
And Cries Out Aloud: ",She TEMPTED Me-
There IL the Female Johnny, the Chief Instigaton
of the Male Glass;" Writes II. W. NJ, "AndH
Is the Female Johnny Who Causes
Annoyance to Innocent Girls"

OF social order. which must be main
taincd. There IL the female Johnny.
and here we have tho chief instiga-
ton OF the male class. The female
Johnny 10 common enough to make
The evening world., 1912-07-23
JoHNNiEs OUGHT TO BE KICKED
GOOD AND HARD.

Dear Madam-Nature prompts us.
after a certain stage OF life. to mate
to love" and this desire Ia indie
pendent OF the will. and In varying
degrees ungovernable, far more so
In the male than In the female sex
But when this Nature-prompted
license Is INDUCED In 10 a small en-
tent. TO wit. coquetry. Johnny!sm.
f!rtatlon-the offender. even then, Is
liable TO public contempt, such as
your present discussion has brought
forth. The Johnny is only SHINING
against convention. that is all,
This Is not a defense OF the Johnny;
It Is simply an elucldation OF his
origin. lie should be kicked-good
and HARD, toe not because he nAss
ura4y deserves It. but for the sake
The evening world., 1912-07-23
Trapped Him in Hotel Seven
Years Ago and Got Goods
OH Him.
HE PAYS SO ALIMONY.
Second Wife, He Asserts, Has
Helped Him Save for
81 $4,000 House.

In his effort 20 dlscredit Herman
Rosenthal and tho gamblers charges
against him Lieut. Charles Becker sent
his press agent to Rosenthais Grs. wife.
Dora Gilbert If No. 1871 Eas. Twenty
seventh street. TO obtain from her an
AFFIDAVIT concerning her life with Rosen-
thai II was apparent that Beckcr's
Intention was to have 6Jsenthal's
crcdib!lity discounted by facts In his
private life.
As for Becker himself. the records OF
the Supreme Court would do little In
constructing him into church pillar.
His hrst wife obtained a divorce from
him In 1906 on evidence that hc and
another woman haa peen found to-
gether In room at the Eagle Hotel.
No. 30 Cooper square. Mrs. Becker got
the custody OF their boy. then Ave years
old.
In view Of Decker's building opera.
tions his testimony during the trial ~
also interesting. lie now receives 80
a year. about 3i3 a week. lilo Is building
an expensive home at No. 3eii Oiinvillc
avenue. tho Bronx. Explaining how 10
could do this and support himself ana
| his second wife. no said few days ago
that the second Mrs. Becker has been
saving money for many years as a
school teacher. a position she now holds.
ALiMONY AND MOTHERS Al
LoWANcE LEAVE $32.75 WEEK.
During the trial OF the divorce suit he
was a roundsman-a grade now known
as scrgeant-and received $1,000 a year.
He said from this he paid his mother $40
a month. The Court ordered him to pay
IS week to his FIRST wife. Counting
the allmony and tho money to his
mother. he Is left with but So. 76 q week
with which to run his house. feed and
clothe himself and build . new house
with the assistance Of his wife. But
long training had made him 90 thrifty
no and his wife have been able to ex-
pend 5000 on their new Bronx home.
stead and environs.
Becker's hrst wife was Mrs. Letitis
Becker. On Nov. 4. 1904. she insti.
tuted proceedings for divorce Hsl
attorney was Robert v. Hubbard OF
No. 220 Broadway. the lawyer who
Rosenthai said. acted for Becker IN
negotiations for the alleged loan of
$1,000 by Becker to the gambler. for
which the policeman was to receive 20
per cent. OF .he Rosenthai gambling
profts. Archibald Van Ness of Van
Ness q Van Ness. No. 3:o Broadway,
was Beckers counsel.
The divorce action was tried before
s. Morrill, Banner. appointed referee by
Justice Leventritt The frst referee
named. Warren Leslie. resigned because
he knew the defendant.
Mrs. Letitia Becker testified tho po-
licemAn had married her on April q.
1898
The evening world., 1912-07-23
York young woman I have known 10
the original lemon.

York young woman have known 10
the original lemon.
THIRTY-TwO.
The part OF this letter that 10 merely
denunciation OF New York women as
whole does not seem to me worth
answering. No one has said. no one be-
lisves. that all or even half OF the men
In New York are OF the Objectionable
type described by the word Johnny"
man VINO GLASSES all the
women OF . great city In one
weeping anathema has much to
learn OF Temperance and modsra-
taon and common sense. But there
II one observation Of Thirty.
Two" which deserves serious
thought, l. O., his comment ON
the snobbish desire OF the aver
aSs New York girl to marry ont
OF her own GLASS.
Ambition II a splendid thing. The
ambition Of mothers for their sons has
produced nearly al'the worlds greatest
men. The ambition OF wives for their
husbands IL one OF tho highest incent-
ives to achievement. But to-day the
young woman's ambition IL becoming
moro and more self centred. AZ The
Evening World reader says. she does
not want TO marry tho man OF modest
income. But. A. have said before,
this 10 . national. not q sex. character
istic.
AMERICANS LOOK FOR RESULTS
AND DISLIKE DETAIL.
A. Americans We want results and
are impatient OF methods and detail.
We are enthusiasts OF tho ready made.
The girl at the ribbon counter does
not regard the young man across the
aisle as raw material, to be fashioned
by love and care and Imagination into
a fairy prince. She wants her fairy
prince ready made. She seeks the
mail order millionaire She Is wrong.
but she Is excusable. for do We not all
carry within US this Same aversion to
patient constructive processes. this same
| eagerness for results?
Several young men call attention to
what they term "the female johnny
a polite euphemism for type that
all decent women pity and deplore,
one half-hsarted denunciat!on Of the
| "masher' says that he Is actuated by
that 'grandest OF all passions-Love."
| Even "A masher would hesitate to mako
| this claim. Here Is the argument
The evening world., 1912-07-23
NO POLICE ON HAND.
GANGS FLEE AFTER
SHOOTING CHILDREN
First Bluecoat Arrives Half an
h Hour After East Twelfth
r. Street Battle.
VICTIMS NEAR DEATH.
Oangsters Left a Red Trail, but
Witnesses Say 1t Was
] Not Followed.
VICTIMS NEAR DEATH.

While nlne-year.old Tess.c Blerbauer
and Vincenzo Mazarello. thirteen years
Old. lie in Bellevue Hospital with yelled
death drawing nearer their cots each
hour' mothers and fathers along East
Twelfth street are asking themselves
how !: could be chat after the fur.ladc
OF shots between ganisters in the
crowded tho-ougifare walsh gave mortal
wounds to these Two OF the scores OF
children on the block last night. not a
policeman appeared until half an hour
af,cr tie last pistol was empt,ei.
salvatore La Manta. an intelligent
young drug Clerk In the drug store OF
Michael SS!nccl on the north west corner
OF Twelfth street and Avenua A, who
gave frs; aid to l!ti.c Tess!e Blorbauer
pending the arrival of the ambulan %
fror, Bellevue. told an Evening World
reporter to-day that just thirty min
utes elapsed between the time OF the
shooting and the appearance OF tho
first policeman
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-25
Vote by States on the
ChairmanShip Fightat
Baltimore Convention
Georgia Gives Parker Solid %
Votes; Nebraska Gives Bryan
10 and Parker 8.

Alabama Bryan 11-2, Parker % q.
Arizona Bryan 4. Parker 2.
Arkansas-P Parker IS.
California Bryan I. Parker is.
Kern l.
Colirado Bryan 8. Parker 6.
Connecticut-Par 10. Bryan 2.
Delaware-Bryan s.
Bdyan ]. Parker H.
Georgia-Parker %.
Idaho1Bryan 8.
Tllinois-Parker IS (under unit rule)
Naturalization 81, Bryan 8, absent l.
Iowa-Bryan 49, Parker g.
Kansas-Bryan 20.
Kentucky Parker HIP. Bryan
HIP, absent l.
northumberland 10, Bryan 10
Maine-Bryan !, Parker H.
Maryland-Parker 141-2. Bryan 11-2.
Massachusetts-Bry 10, Parker Is.
O'Gorman 3.
Mathematician ., Parker 20, not
voting l.
Minnesota-Bryan "a.
ssissippi-Parker 90.
Missouri-Parker %. Bryan IA.
Montana Bryan Z, Parker /.
Nebraska-Bryan 13. Parker 3.
Nevada-Bryan s.
New Hampshire Parker 3 Bryan 3.
New Jersey-Bryan "a, Parker T.
New Mexico-Bryan 3.
New York-Parker 30
North Carolina Bryan 9. Parker IS.
North Dakota-Bryan TO-
Ohio-Parker 20, Bryan 10.
oklahoma-Brysn 90 (under unit
rue)
oregon-B Bryan o. Parker !
Pennsylvania Bryan 81. Parker ?.
Rhode Island Parker 10.
South arolina-Bryan IS.
South Dakota Bryan 10.
Tennessee Bryan 7, Parker IL,
Texas Bryan 40
Utah-Bryan 4, Parker 4.
Vermont Parker s.
Virginia-Bryan 10, Parker a.
Washngton-Bryan H.
West Virgina-Bryan 61-2, Parker
91-2.
Wisconsin-Bryan rs
Wyoming Bryan 6.
Alaska Parker 4, Bryan ,
District Of Columbia Parker 6.
awaii-Parker 4. Bryan 2.
Philippines-Pa Parker 4, Bryan @
Porto Rico-Bryan 4, Parker 2.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-25
Urges Business
Men to Revolt.

What the city needs" he goes on
is immediate relief from these open
sewers, but it will take meeting OF
the progressive business men OF At
lanta, acting either through the Cham
Der of Commerce or otherwise. to do it.
Nearly half a million dollars is being
spent this year in street work and vet
the streets are in such condition that
the health of the city is shamefully
neglected.
Let the Chamber of Commerce OF
the business men get together and Sc
lect ticket for council and officers to
be elected this year, composed of good
business men. who viii run the city
government on business basis Let
us have competent engineer to get
away from the makeshift system we
have been following for years"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-25

out serious opposition when backed by
their local delegations
There isn't much excitement SEIZED :
uled this session. There are no officers
to elect, for the president of the senate,
the speaker Of the. house and all other
officials were elected last year and hold
over through this summer There may
be a few vacancies to be filled on ac-
count of deaths or designations, and a
few new members to be sworn in for
the same cause. There will be the
usual flood of new bills on the first day.
ranging from an act to amend an act
regulating a foot bridge across Goose
creek to an act to prohibit running troll
ley cars on Sundays. But all the mem
bers have been seasoned by a years
experience and fewer freak" bills are
expected than are the rule at first ses-
sions
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-25
ON CITY
POLITICIANS
URGED BY
ANSLEY

Edwin P Ansley. prominent real es-
tate man. in letter to the Chamber
of Commerce made public today. calls
upon the citizens of Atlanta to revolt
against the politicians and put a
Business Mems Ticket in the field at
the city election This year Mr.. Ansiey
declares that the city is in the grasp of
politicians who run it for their own
benefit and violate all their pledges Of
public Improvement
He charges that there is today an
epidemic of typhoid fever in Atlanta,
and lays the fault upon the open sew
ers. Never before in the history were
the streets in such frightful condition
as at present.