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Upon his inauguration as President of the Republic of Cuba, Senor T. Estrada Palma outlined his policy in THE WORLD for the information of the American people.

Like an appeal was the message sent to the American people through THE WORLD by the venerable Danish Senator Thygeson, who, at nienty-seven years of age, was making his last fight against parting with the Danish Indies to the United States: "Tell the people of America the United States is grand and big enough without those small islands, but Denmark is small, and cannot afford to get any smaller."

The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, Gladstone, Lord Rosebery, Cardinals Logue and Vaughan, Archbishops, Bishops, and other dignitaries of church and state in Great Britain, who responded to THE WORLD'S request for a Christmas sentiment at the time of the Venezuela war excitement, and thus helped to allay that excitement, set the example and made a precedent for other public personages in Europe to speak to the great people through the press, according to the American method. They set the fashion of publicity. During the same week in which King Oscar addressed himself to America and the universe through THE WORLD, views and statements from Prince Bismarck, President Cleveland, General Gomez and Marshal Campos were given publicity through the same medium.

William O'Brien's manifesto, published in THE WORLD, was accepted on both sides of the Atlantic as the first authoritative declaration of the policy of the Irish party in the new Parliament.

Richard Olney, President Cleveland's great Secretary of State, addressed the people of the country on the issues of the 1900 campaign by the medium of a letter published exclusively in THE WORLD.

Dato Mandi, a famous Sulu chief, sent a message to the American people through THE WORLD that "You have displaced Spain in my affections, and I am a loyal American citizen."

In 1893 the vital question in European politics early in June was the result of the German elections and the attitude toward the subject of the Army bill of the leaders on both sides. The position of Kaiser Wilhelm II. was first known in an authoritative statement of his favorite minister, Dr. Miquel, made through THE WORLD. The following day, June 18, Wilhelm Liebknecht, the leader of the German Socialists, replied in a remarkable statement. He voiced the Socialist hatred of Bismarck, said anarchy was nonsense, predicted that the Kaiser's Army bill would be defeated, and that a series of great political battles was inevitable.

It was in 1893, too, when the personality and policy of Mgr. Satoll the Apostolic Delegate and head of the Catholic Church in this country, were shrouded in mystery, that THE WORLD interviewed him and sketched from life his various attitudes. It broke through his European conservatism, and made him quick to appreciate THE WORLD and its position as a public institution. As head of the Catholic Church in America he spoke through THE WORLD to the millions of the faithful regarding his mission and work. At the same time was depicted Satolli, the man, in a series of instantaneous sketches from life. The great ecclesiastic, wielding the power of a Richelieu, was seen to be a man of simple habits and austere tastes. The interview was widely copied and commented upon, and public curiosity as to the new figure in American public life was satisfied.

Gov. Joseph D. Sayers, of Texas, communicated his thanks to the American people for their aid to stricken Galveston through THE WORLD.

United States Minister Conger, imprisoned in Peking, and in hourly peril of becoming a victim to the Boxer assassins, cabled to THE WORLD the first message that had escaped the Chinese censor in ten days. It was addressed to his fellow-countrymen, an appeal to "Save us or avenge us."

When Admiral Dewey, told by thousands of his admirers that the people wanted him for their President, and urged to say he would accept a nomination if tendered, decided to state his position to his countrymen, he selected THE WORLD as the medium through which he would most surely reach them all, saying, "If the American people want me for the high office of President, I shall be only too happy to serve them. It is the highest honor in the gift of the nation; what citizen would refuse?"

M. Emile Loubet, President of the French Republic, addressed a "greeting to the American people," through THE WORLD of April 15, 1900, on the opening of the Universal Exposition at Paris. It was full of high, good sense, simple cordiality, and generous enthusiasm for "the great Republic across the ocean, whose glorious past and wonderful present contain so much that challenges France's special regard.' Next day M. Cambon, French Ambassador to Washington, epitomized the reason for the natural affection of the

peoples of the two republics in the epigram, "French blood drenched the Revolutionary battlefields."

Prince Henry greeted the American people through THE WORLD; and the Kaiser, through THE WORLD, thanked the American people for their welcome to his brother.

When every newspaper in the land had published General Wheaton's criticism of President Schurman's Philippine speech, saying "Men have been sent to prison in the Philippines for talking like that," Dr. Schurman chose THE WORLD as the medium through which to address the American people in reply.

Nicholas, Czar of all the Russias, thanked America for kindly interest through THE WORLD.

Queen Wilhelmina cabled to THE WORLD her thanks to America for interest in her

illness.

John C. Dimsdale, Lord Mayor of London, sent a message to America through THE WORLD regarding the King's illness.

General Botha cabled to THE WORLD a final statement of the position and policy of the Boers.

Mayor Low and every head of department of the Reform Administration made their first report to the people through THE WORLD of the work of their departments for the first six months. Comptroller Grout had given an exclusive report to THE WORLD earlier. It was through the columns of THE WORLD that Gov.-Gen. Leonard Wood presented his report of his stewardship on the eve of his surrendering the Government of Cuba to President Palma, of the new republic.

When the scattered and demoralized hosts of Democracy, apparently arrived at the turning point, cast about for a leader and guidance, and Grover Cleveland, that sturdy leader to victory in the past, recognizing that the time had come for him to break the silence of six years, chose THE WORLD as the medium through which to address his penitent party on "The Future of Democracy." He knew that through it he could most surely reach the masses, and delivered the summons to Democrats to return again to Democratic principles, which carried courage to every Democrat in the country.

Mr. Addicks, the man who, at an expense of $20,000 a year, kept Delaware without representation in the United States Senate because of his ambition to be a Senator, and the corruption of the Legislature, "expressed his grief" through THE WORLD because of the bad reputation the newspapers have given him in the land. He knew he could make his "grief" known to everybody through THE WORLD.

Andrew Carnegie told the people of America through THE WORLD that he had offered to President McKinley to pay $20,000,000 for the Philippine Islands, and set the "little brown men free." Said he to the people in May, 1903: "I would gladly pay twenty millions to-day to restore our Republic to its first principles."

It was to the columns of THE WORLD that M. Serge De Witte, the great Russian diplomat, trusted his parting message of friendship to the Jews of America and the promise of his protection for their brethren in Russia:

"Tell the Russian Jews through THE WORLD that I am greatly delighted at their behavior in this country. I am much pleased at the way they are building themselves up. Tell them that, with the help of God, if there happen to be any more disturbances and misunderstandings in Russia, they will soon pass away. Tell them this is my greeting on the e of my departure to the Russian Jews of this country."

A little later Lamsdorf, the Czar's Chancellor, cabled to THE WORLD his message to the American people, saying that their President had earned a clear title to the $40,000 peace prize bequeathed by the late Alfred Nobel, a Russian, to be given to him who had rendered the most eminent services to humanity and for the promotion of peace between Russia and Japan having been largely the result of the President's efforts.

Premier Fejervary presented the defence of the interim ministry in Hungary and advocated universal suffrage for the Hungarians in a signed statement in THE WORLD. A Prime Minister's signed statement about a grave crisis involving possible revolution in a great European power was certainly a remarkable newspaper feature. But this was followed by the statement of the appeals of Francis Kossuth, leader of the Independence party, and Count Apponyi, and thus THE WORLD became the forum for a full discussion of the political situation and crisis in Hungary.

Emile Combes, late Premier of France, wishing to speak his gratitude to, and admiration for, President Roosevelt for his part in bringing about peace between Russia and Japan to the American people, addressed them in a long cabled message through the customary medium of communication with them. Prince Louis of Battenberg wrote his com

pliments to America for the hospitality of her people on his sailing for Europe to THE WORLD, and "the divine Sarah" Bernhardt sent her greetings to America on ahead by wireless telegraph to THE WORLD while her ship was yet two days out at sea.

· Postmaster-General Gary, when he desired to inform the people of the United States that he was preparing to introduce a national scheme for postal saving banks, selected THE WORLD, which first proposed, and has strongly advocated, the project as the medium through which to address the people.

THE WORLD AND GOVERNOR HUGHES.

THE WORLD was the firt paper to urge the Republicans of New York State to nominate Charles Evans Hughes for Governor, which it did on March 19, 1906, when it said in a leading editorial:

"The insurance question makes Charles E. Hughes the logical candidate of his party for Governor, for he is the very personification of the issue. Moreover, his monumental work as counsel for the Armstrong Committee has earned for him any office within the gift of the people of New York."

Daily, until the Republican convention at Saratoga heeded its advice, THE WORLD pleaded with the delegates to lift their party, by the nomination of Hughes, above the levels to which it had been dragged by unscrupulous machine politicians. It threw the limelight of publicity on the coquetting of "Boss" Murphy and William R. Hearst, and warned the Republicans that Hearst, as an independent nominee, would not be a weak candidate, as the Republican leaders believed. It showed, however, that if Hearst carried Tammany on his back Hughes could beat him. The Murphy-Hearst deal went through at the Buffalo convention, which nominated Hearst. Governor Higgins, frightened, declined a renomination at Saratoga, and Hughes consented to head a weak ticket-and alone the day after election he towered above its wreck. So ardently did THE WORLD support Hughes during the campaign that Harper's Weekly said: "With the exception of Mr. Hughes himself, the most able and zealous supporter of the Republican ticket in the State of New York is THE NEW YORK WORLD." To which THE WORLD replied: "Not the Republican ticket in the State;' by no means! THE WORLD asks independent voters to make Hughes Governor for his record, for his character, for his ability, for his manly pledges of energetic action. It asks no man to vote for such Republicans as Merton Lewis."

A careful canvass of the voters of the city was made by THE WORLD, and a painstaking survey of the situation in the rural counties, and upon the results obtained, THE WORLD boldly predicted three days before the election that Hughes would be elected. On November 4 it said: "Many thousands of Democrats will vote for Hughes. The upState Democratic organization has gone out of business. The Brooklyn organization has repudiated Hearst. Tammany is split. Croker has denounced Murphy's deal with Hearst as un-Democratic, and unless many thousands of Republicans vote for Murphy's candidate, Hearst has not a ghost of a chance of election."

"TO HARLEM IN FIFTEEN MINUTES!"

Greatest of its accomplishments in its many efforts for a betterment of passenger transit conditions in Greater New York is THE WORLD'S securing of fast trains to Harlem. On April 8, 1893, it said in an editorial:

"To Harlem in Fifteen Minutes! That and nothing less is rapid transit. That is what the city needs, and the elevated road can never give. That is what the city will get unless Impatience surrenders the prospect to the greed of the elevated monopoly. To Harlem in

Fifteen Minutes!"

On October 27, 1904, after eleven and a half years' persistent fight by THE WORLD, the great $40,000,000 subway and viaduct rapid transit railroad from end to end of the "old" City of New York, now the Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, was opened with appropriate ceremonies at the City Hall, and Mayor McClellan's hand on the electrical controller in the motorman's box of the first train over the line Thirty thousand people thronged City Hall Park, making a gala day of it, and shouting their approval of the new road, and 100,000 others massed themselves about the stations along the line. Their rallying cry was "To Harlem in Fifteen Minutes," and nearly all the accounts of the occasion began with these words. Fourteen minutes is schedule time for express train runs from City Hall Station to Ninety-sixth Street, Harlem.

At the opening day celebration credit was freely given to THE WORLD. John H. Starin, the Nestor of rapid transit, who was a member of the original Rapid Transit Commission, appointed by Mayor Grant in 1890, and who is still a member, said:

"This should be a day of special satisfaction to THE WORLD. It was THE WORLD

that started agitation for rapid transit fully fifteen years ago. It has never flagged in its zeal for the project. Early and late, it has kept up its cry for rapid transit. It secured and published a vast amount of information concerning underground roads throughout the world and made the idea familiar to its readers.

"THE WORLD has advocated and helped to secure the passage of every law which has been secured to advance the project. Its enterprise in sending a trainload of people to Albany on one occasion prevented the passage of a bill that would have been harmful.

"THE WORLD advocated the lending of the city's credit to the enterprise when the idea of municipal ownership was a novelty, and it was THE WORLD, after consolidation, helped to secure constitutional amendments that made possible the selling of the necessary bonds to proceed with the construction of the road. For these reasons I say THE WORLD has special reason for congratulating itself and for being congratulated.

"Back in those days," continued General Starin, "THE WORLD was our one support among the newspapers. It was always aggressively optimistic, while certain others were caricaturing us as guests of Barbarossa's table, fast asleep, and our beards taking root in the table-top, and the big hole still not dug. The work of THE WORLD for rapid transit has been magnificent, and its importance can hardly be overestimated. In fact, I have sometimes wondered whether we could have been successful without it."

President Alexander E. Orr, of the Rapid Transit Commission, said: "THE WORLD'S slogan, "To Harlem in Fifteen Minutes,' was adopted as a pledge. It is now fulfilled. THE WORLD has reason to feel proud of the course it has pursued in this

matter."

William Barclay Parsons, Chief Engineer of the Rapid Transit Commission: "It is an admitted fact that THE WORLD has stood by the Commission and fought for the subway from the start. It has been the one unfailing friend of rapid transit among the newspapers of New York. THE WORLD'S cry: "To Harlem in Fifteen Minutes,' is now possible with a completed subway."

No public service in the long list of those performed by THE WORLD affords it more satisfaction or has brought to it more commendation than its fifteen-year fight, most of the time single handed, for real rapid transit for the Metropolis, brought to a complete successful issue on October 27, 1904.

THE WORLD'S RECOGNITION OF WOMEN.

In the work of uplifting woman THE WORLD has long been without a peer among newspapers. In its championship of woman's advance toward that higher life which is the ideal of the sociologist it has been splendidly aided by the pens of many eminent and progressive women, as well as by thoughtful contributions from thousands of women in the more retired walks of life. THE WORLD'S views of woman's proper place are exalted ones; and especially do THE EVENING WORLD and THE SUNDAY WORLD teem with the news, gossip, helpful hints and other subjects dear to the feminine heart. THE WORLD believes in the power of the hand that rocks the cradle, and it applauds and assists every well-directed effort to broaden woman's sphere of influence, recognizing in every self-respecting, useful woman a queen of the earth, whether she actually sits upon a throne or rules in her domestic palace, the home.

In the long list of women whose articles or other expressions in THE WORLD have attracted widespread attention are found the names of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Queen Victoria, Adelina Patti, Sarah Bernhardt, Rejane Emma Nevada, "Jennie June" (Mrs. J. C. Croley), Mrs. Russell Sage, Mrs. Harriet Hubbard Ayer, Maude Adams, Marie Corelli, Julia Marlowe, Mrs. John Gilbert, Lady Drummond, Mrs. Burton Harrison, Beatrice Harraden, Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Hetty Green, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Countess de St. Maurice, Mrs. Leonard Wood, Mrs. Frederick Funston, Miss Clara Morris, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Mrs. John A. Logan, Mrs. Eliza Rogers Sigsbee, Julia Ward Howe, Helen H. Gardener, Mme. Calve, Miss Jane Priscilla Sousa, Miss Helen Gould, Mary Baker Eddy, Lady Jeune, Mrs. Emily Crawford. Lady Colin Campbell, Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, Flora Annie Steel, Fanny J. Crosby, Maude Gonne McBride, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Grannis, Mrs. John Sherman, Mrs. Russell A. Alger, Clara Lipman, May Irwin, Lillian Russell, Fanny Davenport, Amelia E. Barr, May E. Wilson, Mrs. Mary E. Lease, Miss Frances Willard, Jeanette L. Gilder, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett Townsend, Hallie Erminie Rives, Mrs. William Tod Helmuth, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, and many others.

THE WORLD AND FREE EDUCATION.

Since "THE WORLD'S Free Lecture Bill" was passed twenty years ago, emphasizing

the logic of THE WORLD'S contention that the public school rooms of New York City belonged to all the people, a conservative estimate shows that 25,000,000 people have heard lectures by eminent men in the People's University course. What brighter jewe! could shine in THE WORLD'S diadem of accomplishments? Five thousands lectures each season to an average now of a million and a half auditors from October to May in nearly 150 auditoriums of the metropolis! Surely that is touching the brow of the masses with the ennobling wand of education!

The subjects of the lectures are such as will promote the purpose of the system, which is summarized by Dr. Henry M. Leipziger, the conductor of the courses from the beginning: "To afford to as many as possible the fruits of a liberal education; to make education a life purpose, and to apply the best methods of study to the problems of daily life, so as to create in our citizens a sound public opinion."

Among the general subjects discussed in the lectures are physiology, hygiene, natural science, astronomy, biology, anthropology, physics, electricity, chemistry, metallurgy, domestic sciences, household art, modern industries, history, biography, sociology, geography, commercial, physical, political and descriptive literature, music, art, American citizenship. The lectures are delivered in English, Yiddish, and Italian, and many of them are illustrated by lantern slides, each lecture centre being equipped with a stereopticon.

Among those who have delivered lectures in the People's University courses are President Roosevelt, ex-Mayor Low, ex-Postmaster-General Thomas L. James, Dr. Rossiter Johnson, and Presidents Wilson, of Princeton; Harper, of Chicago University; Taylor, of Vassar; Hall, of Clark, and McAllister, of Drexel Institute; Felix Adler, Charles Sprague Smith, Garrett P. Serviss, and Dr. Draper, State Superintendent of Instruction, and many others of equally distinguished reputation.

Mention may also be made, with propriety, of the free scholarships founded by Mr. Joseph Pulitzer for boys who would otherwise be unable to enjoy the benefits of a college education, the far-reaching effects of which splendid benefaction cannot even be conjured. It can only be abstrusely measured by the possibilities of the influence of educated men in the wonderful years of development in the future.

THE SUNDAY WORLD.

While the news sections of THE SUNDAY WORLD preserve the continuity of the record of happenings everywhere, and form by themselves a complete newspaper, giving all the news of the civilized world, gathered by the Associated Press and an army of its own special correspondence, its additional sections make it the greatest Sunday journal ever conceived. The editorial section is a remarkable symposium of news and comment. The metropolitan section, fully illustrated, pictures all the lights and shadows of life in America's greatest city. The funny section, four pages of comics in colors, intended especially for the little folk, pleases thousands of children of a larger growth as well. The magazine, a costly twelve-page in color and half-tone, in which the work of many of the best known artists and writers appear, is a fascinating instructor for all the family. For fresh, original material for the magazine section THE SUNDAY WORLD invades the realms of invention, art, science, travel, romance, literature, and discovery. The society pages, pages for women, weekly reviews of finance and the markets, cable pages of news and discussion from the capitals of the old world, resort pages, and other special departments add to the sum total of newspaper completeness every Sunday.

THE EVENING WORLD AND ITS INFLUENCE.

AS THE WORLD towers above its competitors in the morning newspaper field, so THE EVENING WORLD is the giant of the Evening city dailies. Its growth and power have been remarkable, due to its observance of the same principles upon which THE WORLD has been reared. It was first issued on October 10, 1887, and quickly found favor with the public. When it was barely out of its cradle its power was recognized by all who believed in publicity or who feared it. Its staff is distinct, in all departments, from that of the morning WORLD, and while, like its big father, it regards newsgathering as paramount in importance, it is distinctively a home newspaper. There is daily in THE EVENING WORLD something of interest for every member of the family-for the child who likes funny pictures, for the mother and daughter who study the fashions or read helpful words by brainy women, and for the father and sons who are interested in its news stories, terse editorials, sporting pages, and other features. Like the morning WORLD, it daily "beats" its contemporaries, sparing neither effort nor expense to be first with the news,

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