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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-27
What They Used to Be Paid
And What They Now Receive
oActors Whose Salaries Have Scared DIS,
By Robert Grau.

r. Keith. He signed her up for long
term ct q comparatively low hgure.
Mr.. Keith has accorded to Miss Keller
mann an honorarium far In excess Of
that which his contract stlpulates.
Vaudeville salaries have undergone
tho widest fuotuation OF any in tho
amusement fieid. Lew Dockstader was
paid $3.50 Q week when he appeared in
variety theatres throughout the eos.
Within the past year or two he returned
to the scene OF his former triumphs and
found 5000 In his pay envelope each
Saturday night.
Irene Franklin was . favorite In dear
old Tony Pastors Theatre almost up
| TO tho time Of Pastors death. He never
paid her more than yB q week. and shs
was just As clever. too. as she IL to-day.
when a. least $1,000 II offered and paid
to her for q similar period.
| In the strictly dramatic field change,
are not SO marked-but We md that n
the carly years OF this century-at the
Murray Hin Theatre at Forty-secont
street and Lexington avenue. q small
stock company was making a bid fol
public favor. In this organization Their,
were four young ladies--who had previ
ously bssn unknown TO tame. Thes.
were Frances Starr. Dorothy Donneiiy
Laura Hope Grows and Alice johnson
The combined salaries Of the four Will
a. this theatre did not amount to $50
week. and the largest portion Of thi
amount was paid 10 Miss johnson.
/ To-day Miss Starr 10 a David Beiasc
star" Miss Donnelly has scored
sensational hit In Madame X" an
!, other plays. Miss Crews was the dis
tinsu!shing feature at the Carrie
9 Theatre In the successful comedy
!. Her kusoand'e WIFE"
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-sual!' she snapped. 'But will go
along. It's evidence I'm afterv"
She thrust herself into the taxicab oe-
tween the two young women. And Mr..
Jarr. In sullen evaporation. crowded
inside on one OF the folding seats.
NOW. young women" said the agent
for the travellers society. drawing out
her notebook. this man gives the name
Of Jenkins Rsngle. That Is palpabiy an
alias. Your names, please"
Don't tell her blamed thing!" snort
ed Mr.. Jarr. Everything Is all right.
Do ! look like deluder and entrapper
OF innocence. She's an old busybody
Lot hsr stick along II she likes. She'll
soon md out!'
Tho young women giggled ana kept
silent.
And I take It that this taxicab driver
.. IL your confederate" said the stone
faced person. well. we'll bag you all
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-27
Letters From the PEOPLE

The "Insidc" wheels.
10 ~ Editor Of Tho Evening World;
which wheels OF an automobile going
around q curb at high speed leave the
ground firstf The outside or inside
whselsf J. SULLIVAN.
December al.
To the Editor Of The Evening World;
What was the date OF the last Sun.
day Of the year 1906? A. B. C.
The Difference.
To ts Editor Of The hening Word;
To satisfy the inquiry as TO the In
terest from banks and from insurance.
the sum OF S5L3l. deposited each year on
Jan. I. will. IN twenty years, at ~:
compound interest, amount to 1880
II your interrogation Is considering tn,
Availability OF taking out life insurance
these figures should In no way influence
HIM Life is entirely too uncertain tt
assurs twenty years longevity. and 4
to purpose 10 TO protect dependent
life insurance 10 the safer instrument
savage banks return only the amour
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Mr.. Jarr Has An Adventure
That Nearly Turns Him Gray


began to grin at the thought OF the dis
comnturs OF the stone-faced lady when
he arrived homo With the expected
guesta
The guests giEgled stili more. and 1t
was hard to tall whether they enjoyed
the ride or the row the most.
In duo time the taxicab stopped at the
Jarr residence in Harlem, and the youth
of the neighborhood gathered at the
somewhat unusual sight Of Mr.. Jarr
coming homo In . taxicab with q large.
strange woman holding him by the arm
and two giggling young women carrying
suit-cases.
Well. here we are!" said Mr.. Jar, as
the door OF his apartment was opened
and Mra. Jarr stood casing at the
strange group on the third-fioor landing.
, Yes. here you are"' repeated Mrs.
Jarr. And who are these peoplef The
poor Miss Cackelberrys took the east
side subway and went away uptown in
the wrong direction. They have Just got
here in highly nervous condition.
Look At MY nervous condition."
cried Mr. Jarr. Here I 60 down to a
depot to meet people don't know. COM
ing on q train I don't know when. and
am practically under arrest as q kid.
napperr'
"Oh. It - useless for you and your f.
male confederate TO try to hoodwink
mel" cried the society agent. giving Mrs
Jar An extra hard look to indicate tina,
I SHE was the female confederate, 81
have been watching this mans actions
at the depot for hours!'
"who are these personsf asked Mra
Jarr again.
Meaning usf" asked the elder OF the
two young women. Were Peaches ant
Cream-Ima Peach and sweetsie Cream
the Cabaret Coquettes.' We jus
closed . date in Philadelphia, and w
were expecting a manager to meet us q
the station who has booi'sd us at thu
swelIest eating cabin on Broadway! W.
thought he was taking US to q boarding
, house. Who this old turkey is who ha
sh,llsd in on US we don't know"
"Oid turkey" gasped the sooist'
agent. Nov. Just for that
But what would happen just for tina
will never be known, for with . how
q Mr.. Jarr broke away, ran up the stair
TO the roof, down through a neighbor
. ing scuttie. and never paused tn he wa
A safe In Gus's place.
, '.She'u never ind me here" he OK
, planned to Gus. II don't look like
a man who would go into a saloon!'
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A Day Too Late.
ANsAS CITY furnished u,

Y/ANsAs CITY furnished tho other
day one OF 'hfe's little ironiss''
~ that might have interested even
Mr.. Hardy. A business man made q
memorandum saying that he was to no.
tify . certain young woman from I'LL
nois to report for work as his stenogra-
pher. . lie allowed the matter to 30 over
until the next day. In the mornins
papers OF the next day he read Of the
girls suicide. She had been looking fol
work eee Q meath without suocsss.
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HAPPY THOUGHT that Of President Finley Of the COLLEGE
Of the City Of New York. who walked around the edge OF
Manhattan. Thirty miles foot along the shore line Of
thu busy Island bring food for thought than
similar distance world The lesson Of the situation
hs marvellous waterways make unique among the greatest
pcr-s enough repay the effort Casting inland from
time b time variety and wealth Of INTEREST," Dr. Nnleys
account his progress south through Little Africa and Little Italy
the provinces and the Orient Of the lower east side reads
like trip through foreign lands And took the Doctor only
hours and thirty-fve minutes.
It's wake famous walkone that New Yorker
with pleasure and profit At greater cost than few
molecules leather Put down the coming days
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stre. To-day he would refuse nifty times
as much.
The Four Cohans-who included tho
effervescent George. his sister Josephine
and their father and mother-ars said
to have been glad to revel In the bene-
dts which q salary of $50 a week az
fords a. recently a. 1907 To-day George
alone could obtain twenty times rs
much. while Josephine has repeatedly
been paid ten times as much. One could
only conjecture a. 20 what fec would
be melted out TO the -Four Cohans' to-
day.
Rose Stahi. who 10 now 4 shining ligh,
in tho best theatres, a very few years
| ago took a sketch. from which her play
"rhe Chorus Lady" was evolved. and
was glad to try Il out at Proctor,
Theatre on West Twenty-third street
without any compensation whatever
The same is true Of Victor Moore. who
a few years ago received $i3 . weel
for himself and his supporting com
psny.
These changes are demonstrated Il
every phase OF the stage. Eva Tsnsua!
several years ago was content to r.
ceivs ons-tenth OF the $500 which sh
finds IN her pay envelope at tho en-
OF every week. while Gertrude Hon
mann. who last year signed q conrac
by which she was 10 obtain $l05. 900 70
thirty weeks in the vaudeville theatres
was unable TO induce a manager to pa
her $50 a week few years ago.
Annette Kellcrmsnn. known as tn
beautiful aivsr, was discovered ~
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This will be Q great day for our society.
This will make . newspaper sensation
that will prove . warning to young
women going about alone. And It will
be the means OF showing the usefulness
OF our society and will bring In SUBJ
scriptions to its funds from the moral
element"
THE moral element be blowedr' re-
torted Mr.. Jarn I'm q respectable
citizen. and II your dog-gone old society
is incorporated and has any assets III
have a fne damage suit for this!'
The young women giggled again and
seemed TO enjoy the row. The stone
faced woman clutched Mr.. Jarr by the
arm and said:
You can't blum out of II. my finC
fellowi I heard the address you gave
the driver. You and your crew ars ruT
to earth at last"
! Mr.. Jarr felt his anger subside and HI
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-27

isitng Co. THE New York World.
an alloy Of copper and zinc. But tAs
name Is generally given to bronze aaA
copper leaf.
SS what L. the origin OF the tenn
proof sp!ritsT')-It comes from an ~
method OF testing spirits BY pourtnS
them over gunpowder and then setting
FIRE TO them. II the powder exploded.
the spirit was above proof" II TIE
powder did not explode. the spirit ~
below proof" 80
$50 why is dough placed near Z 1Es
to rise in cold weather O-Otherwiss he
cold condenses the air In the deuohs
causing the paste to fall and ma1dnS
the bread heavy. t
SO GLOW Is the speed of clouds asosrs
tainedO-By observing the sreed -
their shadows along the ground. Ins'o
high wind a cloud may travel -
twenty to sixty miles an hour. f
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-27

O0pyuSnt. lolZ. " Ihe frees tut
S7l-Whot countries are likely to be
most c'oudyf
S72-Why Is red and louertn0
sunrise q sign OF rdinS
S7S-Why Is a cloudy night GARNER
than q clear onef
S74-Whv can ducks dice under
vater ,otfhout soaking their fedthersf
375-Durino phat part Of the day
does most rain falls
HESE questions viii be answered
Monday. Here are replies to
4 Wednesdays:
$50 Cvhat's meant by spontaneous CON-
bustion 7)-Counbustion produced without
the applying OF flame.
81 Cwhat is Dutch goldO-It Is really
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The Papers Say
By John L. Hobble

s... The New York World.
did not receive St0addrd Oh Coz.
tribution, but II I did I did not kMosa
It, and " I knep IL I do not renew
Der it.
"Neuly discovered tribe has no
curiosity" II seems impossible thSt
a tribe could be composed wholly Of
men.
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"La,cyer arrested for killing eli.
ent." IL Is a pleasure to learn that
there 10 one thing an attorney con-
not lasctully do to his client.
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-Four prisoners escape jail" II
doesn't matter; they ,cere very undo
sirable people and not the kind that
respectable jdiler could care to
have about him.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-27

TRAVELLER FORSBREYS experience that the Bowery il
the ideal spot for Tombs tourists and weekendsrs.
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VxYITH prosperity the Germans getting sentimental than
w The Bavaran railways have had draw the line
conugal kisses because they narrowing the feelings
Of fellow passengers.
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nov WILSON'S reference to the Colonel "nderstdy to
" Providence good Sine any that will come over
the footlights this
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-27

AVID WAKEFIELD began a.
an usher in California the
atres. Eleven years ago he
was paid SIS q week at
Kat<Nta Yypfnn Q1ttavA The
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-27

* 1F suGraOettes in jail toiH not
eat let them stdrpe.' Ger.
Il tainIy not! Pardon them.
lot them fdtten, and then arrest
them on the charge Of attempting
suicide. Repeat and ditto.
"writes message Uhtle falling In
aeropldne." Can any one beat that
for having the last Uordf
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WHETHER the Mona Lisa hanging somewhere In Russia
w she continues be anywhere but she ought to be
and s enjoys her big joke the whole Can this be whs
hsf famous smile has meant all these yesrsp
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THE LUXURY OF TOWN..

TAs melancholy
re ssddsn Of Ne
WAsR W. 4 1ets tvrWIsws
Az
VxyHE you puzsue the sluvs moderate priced sroomwth-
w bsh and hhenss which you may have in this for
year lees listen for moment the misgivngs
distinguished chuEuhman who found himself modest
apartment heart Of London hundred and two wears AGO
todsv.
TAus Joushan Swift to Stsns;
September u,
6ps Bvry ssysst IT, susss Square, wAsrs I remorea
soesh Aovs the fkst floor, dining O bed
sAswosr q eight shHtnSs (too doNor) paovy
tss spsnd SotAtn0 tor soeta0,
seldom II . ooooA; vet ottr an n vtV b expensive
Avsys the same Whether b question Of odgings syerr
and coaches Queen Anne London aparmen grill snd
tso.bs in modern New York. Life loos paguy DEAR to man,
whose living must needs DO Gin town"
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SHE DANCES AT 81; THRlVES
ON 4 CUPS COFFEE A DAY,

The oldest resident of Corona, A
suburb of Long Island City. celebrat ed
her ninety-second birthday to-day. She
Is Mrs. Hannah Lang and she has lived
in Corona for fifty years.
There were SIXTY children. grandchi-
dren and great-grandchildren at re-
ception given this afternoon to Mrs.
Lang at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Emma Emery. No. 10 East Grand
avenue. Mrs. Lang. after waltzing sew
eral times with her daughter, gave a
nimple exhibition Of some oldfolk dances.
1t r. the proud boast of Mrs. Lang
that she has never been sick a day in
her life. She has never known the
pangs Of rheumatism, her eyesight Ia
good. she can hear perfectly and she
likes to see a theatrical performance or
n circus. About the only health rule she
follows Is to drink four cups OF strong
coffee every day,
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man pointed dramatically to the woman
ana children. who We're crying bitterly
and said with tears In his voice:
robbed for them--to keep bread in
their cnouths."
nut MS record prevented the Justices
from finding any pity. and he was sen.
fenced to year In the penitentiary. 1t
was thus i'e gained the sobriauet of
the Weeping Thief"
since Vogels release from prison on
mis- second term he has been assiduously
cultivating the acquaintance of younr
working girls in the foreign colonies
he was a fluent master Of Hungarian.
Polish and other Austrian dialects. a
nashy dresser and wearer of diamonds.
HIS method was to find some girl who
worked as a domestic. win her favor
with promises OF easy money" and
then sometimes by personal visits in
the guise OF a servant himself. to pick
out place for her to take service with
the purpose Of robbery.
In this way. so the detectives have
discovered. he accumulated an active
working STAFF OF more than forty girls.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-19
DEAD THIEF's REcofp TRACED
~ HIS FINGER PRINTS,

II was BY finger prints left on the mir
ror in the hotel room and on q drinking
glass that Inspector Faurot was able
to-day to link up the dead thief with
the criminal whose record is written
out in the Bertillon bureau at Head
quarters. Here Is the criminal story:
Joseph Won Plaszyusky arrived here
from Austria on March 15. 1901, and
took out first citizens papers Dec s.
1904. Before he had been here Ions
he embarked on q career Of crime. with
many handy aliases. Some OF these
we're Joseph Stiszanski, Therirdo Raz-
yesky. Sigmund Lehman and Sam Leh-
man.
On March I, 1906. the man knocked
down and robbed Rose Banks, a servant
in the home OF r. NJ. Turner at tho
Cambridge Hotel on Fifth avenue. in
broad daylight at the corner of For
tieth street and Sixth avenue. He was
sentenced to a year In the peniten-
tiary.
On March I, 1909. under the name of
Lehman. he was arrested for robbng
the home OF Arthur G. McGinord, No.
10 East Eighty first street. but when
brought for examination in the Magis-
trate's Court. Lehman grovelled and
cried so pteously that McGifford was
moved and refused to prosecute him
On April q, 1909. he called at the
home Of Mrs. Elaine Hale, No 20 Man
haitian avenue. in answer to an ad-
vertisement for 4 servant. When he
was being shown through the house he
knocked Mrs. Hale down. grabbed a
silver mesh bag and started to run.
Mrs. Hale chased him through Morn.
ngside Park and he was finally cap
tureu,
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day after she was hired, with nearly
1880 worth Of jewelry.
GIRL ALWAYS SUPPLIED WITH
GOOD "REFERENcEs.v
In every case the girl came supplied
with references seemingly genuine
she would explain that the lady
she formerly worked for was out
| OF town and she would not 90 back
for a few days. She never applied for
work through employment agencies, but
always answered Advertisements put IN
the newspapers by the persons having
the vacancies.
II am quite sure that vogei got UP
her references, probably he wrote them.
sophie worked longer with Mrs. Rich
ard Steinhart OF No. SiO Yves. Eightleth
street than elsewhere. She took this
general housework job Sept. % and 1t
was not until Sept. 2s that she got away
with $500 worth OF stick pins and small
articles OF jewelry. Mrs. Steinhart told
her story In front OF the girl. how Sophie
had never been left alone until the day
she left. She called her Agnes for
here sophie had given the name OF
Agnes Michaelson. " never phazed
Sophie. and she looked at me appealing
ly and repeated that she did not know
the woman.
The last place Sophie had that we
have q record of was with Mrs. Sol
CAM, of No. 251 West Eighty-nlnth
street. to whom she gave her name as
Nary Belinsky. and from whom she
stole $50 worth OF jewelry. She got
this position Sept ~ and left two days
later.
Assistant Distrct-Attorney Embrey
told her that evidence had gone to the
Grand Jury and that she surely would
be indicted and convicted.
Then for the first time she showed
evidence of alarm" he said. II no.
tced she was a DIT disturbed and she
said. Mrs. Nogel Is the only friend I
have in the world; II you get her down
here I will talk She denied that either
Mrs. Vogel or her husband had any
thing to do with her trouble, but add
mitted that they could advise her. She
told me that she was only seventeen
years old. She Is older. I am sure"
Mr.. Bmbrey says that 1t was the
girls admission that Mrs. vogei could
take the seal off her lips that aroused
the suspicious Of Detectives Fay, Allen
and Luisi. Up to that time they had
looked upon Mrs. Vogel as her landlady
only. She was arrested election day; II
was at the Vogel fiat. No. so West One
Hundred and Fifty-hourth street.
II am confident that If Detectives
Allen and Luisi and Detectives MELON
land and Quinn, who made the arrest.
had searched the Nogel fiat then much
OF the missing booty would have been
recovered" said Mr.. Embrey.
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Bchtnd In AlimOny Club Dues,

Theodore Roberts, an actor. must show
cause in the Supreme Court on Nov.
q why he should not be punished f,r
contempt in not paying his wife. Lucy
c. Roberts, $50 week alimony penllng
the trial OF her suit for a separat ton.
according to an order issued yesterday
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-19

CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-Brother Adjutor,
director Of schools in the Catholic taach-
Ing order known as the Christian Broth
ers. died last night after an illness OF
six months. He was s,xty-hvs years
old. He was born in Ireland. His name
before taking orders was Patrick Gosce-
lin. Brother Adtutor was founder OF the
De la Sale Institute In Chicago.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-19
WOMAN WITNESS
/ Of LAKE TRAGEDY
SURPRISES GIBSON
Watched Lawyer With Opera
Glasses Trained Upon
Upset Boat.
DISCARDED HIS SHIRT.
Garment Torn Of in Struggle
With Mrs. Szabo, He
Told ReScuerS.
DISCARDED HIS SHIRT.

,spsrial from . STAR Correspondent 81 The Eve
ming World)
GOSHEN. y. Y. Nov. ie-The state
struck a vital blow at tho defense OF
Burton W. Gibson. the New York CITY
lawyer, who II on trial before Justice
Tompkins and a jury. charged with to
murder OF his client Mrs Itosena
Menschlk Szabo. when woman was
placed on tho witness stand this aftoy-
noon. This witness swore that GlbHoh
still had on the upper garment OF hl-
Vathing suit when she. through opera
glasses, saw him cllngng 10 the bot
tom OF capsized rowboat on Green
wood Lake. July is last Gibson. when
brought ashore. was without this gar
nent, and explained that II had been
torn of his body while he struggled
under water to escape from Airs.
Sza bos frantic clutch.
The woman witnesses connection with
tho case had been kept from the news
papers, and when Tie court clerk called
''Mrs. Emma Bcnnlnger" to the stand
few knew she would have anything to
say Of greater importance than the cor
roboration of some minor points.
DID you see any occurrence out OF
the ordinary ON Greenwood Lake on
Juiy lG?' asked Lawyer Wasservogel
assistant to Prosecutor Rogers.
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voGEL SWEPT THE ROOM WITH
AUTOMATIC REVOLVER.

II was at the end OF the long taxi
caD chase that the diamond thief and
MS companion were brought suddenly
To bay After the detectives had left
their taxi at the corner they had Moni-
scaeim and the waiter conduct them to
the room occupied by the couple who
had registered two hours before.
When the door opened vogei was dis
closed IN his underclothes; the woman
Was half dressed After Detective Fay
had passed his hand about the waist OF
the mans underclothes, searching 10,
weapons, he ordered both to dress. VoRel
made movement toward the bed as
II To get his shirt, but instead he grabbed
the automatic revolver from under the
pillow.
Instantly he wh,rled and opened nre.
since his weapon Was an automatic re-
VoiFer one steady pressure OF the trigger
niger released AL elcyon shots ms
RAPIDLY AZ the mechanism would work
The man held the gun Al his hip and
aimed low. sweeping the .muzzie slowly
as ne would spray vita hose.
which OF the detectives was the first
to return the fire w;il never he known.
hut flashes began 10 answer the shots
trem Vogers gun and within q few