The evening world. Newspaper, February 2, 1900, Page 6

- THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2% 1900. gneS Memors. See iLAURA .’. JEAN *.” LIBBEY.|THE WOMEN WHO SPEND MONEY TOO FREELY. LOVE STORY. A REGOLAR PROPOSAL. to be the wife of @ wage-carner. ELL,” Tom Averill remarked smilingly to his The young husband commences married life by shaving mirror, “the Uptons came and to-mor- proudly handing over to the young girl whe has row night I shat! ov! on her brother. Now cae enough to marry him all of his how shall I manage it?" he mused. “Make @ clean breast of what If and al) about me and wind u ‘This te noble and praiseworthy if she ts the with w declaration of love? ‘Tell Dick first, I papoose wife that she should be; but heaven pity him tf and get him to ask her downstairs and ‘eave us alone. 8 Be a eee not realise the value of his ‘Then when we're alone—h'—uess I'l! get up a reg- Ular proposal and see how it sounds.” ‘The wise little woman will never take @ woman He examined the doorg to make sure they were friend shopping with fer, for she te invariably drawn both shut and locked, sat down and addressed an tim- aginary person by his side, ‘Dear Miss Upton (guess I won't eay Marguerite), T want to tell you al! about my life, if you care to Mi 1 was born thirty-two years ago, and as near- ly ag I can guess no one was giad to see me. My mother died at my birth, and 1 am told that my father would not even see me tit I was six months old, “From boarding-school 1 went to college, where 1 wmyed three years, Near the end of my junior year T received @ telegram saying my father was dying. 1 went home at once, but too late to find him alive. As I looked on his dead face I realized for the first time | drap de satin, set off that T had utterly missed being a son. with = turned-down ‘Well, I went abroad soon after that and lived a| collar, revers, cuffs and hem band in chinchilla, Tabs in green velvet, each (Cupriight, 1908, 07 Ge Prem Puviching Company, Wow York Wert.) T to @ ond thing when & woman whe dew net Fealise the value of hard-earned money happens (ho Poca Pabreing Company, Uw @ Fane Row, the Pest-Offiee ot New York 04 Gecend-Ciase Mal! Matter —————— FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1900, ++eNO, 14,048 = NO PALL OVER NEW YORK. NN ® note to the editor, a man entering The Evening World's “Why I Have Failed" competition writes: “Of course I know that I stand no chance of winning one of the prizes.” In that sentence lies the spirit and essence “@t the unsuceces of whole regiments of men, He ©) . Who starts out with the assurance that he ts going to fail will most probably do so. We want to parallel that writer's sentence of @espair with the remark dropped by a speaker at 7 @ recent ministerial conference for the betterment | at New York. Said the preacher: “vere tee {x at a loss to know what to recom- ae er tbe ‘ralet of such trlehttal ignorance and THs IS THE sTorY © epravity right in the heart of our boasted Christian OF FRANKENSTEIN. civilization. © © © But it ts profoundly convinced) when wr Osborne opened the case for tie prosecu To-Day Usually Te at To-Morrow. jah Victory Out to Be a D | that something more ought to be done by somebody |eion in the Molineux trial he called the defendant a Seammeanrer Ave vel that: Mange ever ws, Frughenstvin tet et Mprenel. Peters |. Now the reformer woo spends his moments! afk. OABORNE fell Into a « in retor-| Py the front of the looking for awful palls tuat hang over New York ring to the monster in Mary Wollstencraft Shel-|into buying many a thing, oven Spetnst, tee dei! be you have not an actual use and « pressing need coat. High vest and v head. iey's novel as a “Frankenstein,” Frankenstein | judgment, which she knows she ought to do without, |for, collar in white Bae, ‘= IE gli dee Se in the romance of that name was a German medical|to show ber friend that she carries the family purse! Whenever you eee anything that foes not come un- broadeloth and silk student who constructed from churchyard bones and) and can do exactly what she pleases with it. der this category, even though you could spare the waist scarf com- Bow dark it {s as to light up the city by com-| dissecting-room 1) a monster which he sucs| gh» juys things on the bargain counter because her|money to make the purchase, go home quietly and plete the gown. The muff and toque are both of ohie- think the matter carefully over for a day or two, then ten to one you will come te the conclusion that you can get along splendidly without it. Put hy all such money that you would spend for jugeless, eatravagant things, to tide your husband __/ Biaining of its gloomy places. condied In end with life _—|triond goes wild with delight over this or that, when ; It fe a fact that New York's plague spots are cere s x ane on He parsy 1 his luckioss | oo. would be sure to pass these needless little ex- rose of pink panne. fewer than ever before, and are lessening in num-invrgering hie s wees heart and at tent « travaganges by If she were alone. Can you wonder that It soon dawns upon the sensible ber day. It is a fact it bite t ‘* ee q Peni dgtiore ual tane re hin| Young husband that tf there is any money in that wn aibeline. a loved Fronker 3 “fe Fagphersthet ay te lected wet, Ppp oh Al or other. |hourghold to be saved he must be the one to inau-joyer ® talny day, my dear. -_——.e— . y y 6 — wise, which u'thmate'y bela ywn ruin, is 'kurate the eye of saving? tes tor The Evening World by arrangement with P0982 9000004000008 a ‘There fan’t any heavy pall in sight. There's an Paper, | Uplifting curtain. Get hold of the ralsing-cord * -Ratasrs, Reformers, reverend and otherwise, Give o helpful pull in place of the pessimist's own, from thi ry, aaa nken ‘Mise Libbey wrt From the moment he begins to keep back part Of] ine Family story A“YELLOW” PREACHER REAIRES. HE Rev. Len G. Broughton, of Gorgia, is a y “yellow” preacher, It is annSunced that ; he will preach no more fh Brooklyn. He has gone back home. dood! We do not need him in this part Of the country. One reads his Brooklyn revivél harangues in wait for healthful, helpful wordsto and for the men and women who are eaihestly striving to make the world better. a Intolerance of other ereedé than his own, de- Runelation of pastimes in wich millions of people i innocently indulge, baselAs insults to men and » —- Women who work for horAat livings—all these are found tn the Broughton Aiscourses, A “yellow” preacheg spreads himself after a fashion to appeal to “yellow” minds among his hearers, There is noginspiration to nobler living ia Ris words. A Little Girl's Name. The aie of The Eventi outa Long 188 VIOLET WILLING, alster of Mrs. John J Astor, has introdyced a new colffure, the Gismonda, to Philadelphia, Sarah Bernhardt wears her hair In this style when playing Gismonda, ‘The front hair is divided off into three, as {f for a pompadour, All is waved, and the middle part te roiled likewise around the finger and then caught Into Ith fine hairpins, ‘The front part is flattened | nm the forehead and patted into a careless roll rather than @ formal puff, Something of the same shape te given it as an old- nurse gives the “roach'’ on the top of a baby's head. | ‘The sides are rolled back and caught with side comb, as usual, ‘The knot is rolled rather well up on the head, but is not pulled to stand up high, The ornaments are of ribbon, velvet or fowers—the latter preferred, Wide velvet ribbon—say three inches—is made into a huge rosette of loops, and one rosette is placed on either side of the knot, quite flat and spreading out over (he temples, Or flowers are made into a bread bunch and pinned low orPeither side, with a little plece of fine vine es- caping. A large butterfly is sometimes used Instead of flowers or ritbon ‘These butterffies are of gauge, with sequins of gold 1 want your advice on vis “HELLO, DEAR,” SHE WHISPERED. to use money and 1 wasted a good deal ‘learning,’ but there was so much it hardly mattered clde some important business, and asked me to din- ner at his home. It was that night that I found my lawyer was your father and that you were, well, what you are, and that I liked to be as near you as possible. “I don't think I reaily fel in love with you that night, but I was anxious to see you again soon, | de- cided to live in New York and fitted up bachelor apartments and settled down, I had no idea that I ever should tell you I toved you, but I wanted to be near at hand. go I cultivated Dick's acquaintance. You needn't tell Dick I made use of him, because his {friendship is one of the best things in my iife. “I suppose | should have let things silp along this way forever if you hadn't gone West, but when Dick told me you and he and your mother were going West for the winter I knew that I must act some time, I must have you for my own, so that people couldn't iE VIEW OF COIFFURE. carry you off whenever and wherever they pleased. “I finatly let you go with that one whisper at the ation, ‘Good-by, dear.’ You blushed, but you didn't ke your hand away, and though your lips sald good-by to all the littte group that came to see you off, your eyes sald good-by to me alone, So now I have come to claim you, dear, and ask you to be my wife.” And Tom fef into a haze of dreaming till Martin umidty announced dinner The next evening Tom dressed carefully and walked slowly to the Uptons.. The man ushered him in and he asked for Miss Upton. He walked restiessly up end down the little recep- tion room, conning his speech, till a rustle of skirts quickly becomes tiresome flattery, To Would-Be Reporters, ‘Te the Eéiter of Brea! ; to pursue in order to become * POLITICS AND RIVER TUNNELS. a ON'T shalie your head because the East River tAnnels have got into polities, It's BS one of Ahe good signs of the times. Yi Polfticians only take to those things) a whidh are worth while. They have found the tunnel! projects to be of that kind. Therefo: we may cdnsider that we are much nearer to get- ting rapif transit under the East River than we should he if the politicians were letting the a sehemoy severely alone. Tt i ‘usually an il] wind, even In party affairs, that Moesn't blow to som. public good. asks the same question. —=--==-=—3| @ THE SILK-STOCKING GIRL. # MY LADY'S MOTHER f | ¢ ck my birthday stockings,” sald the girtat- pear me! I al ‘ : pe ! imply couldn't wear anything ese. I ! jome to the girl-who-called. sticking forward | don't see how you can bear the feeting of any other | a ailk-ciad instep as who spoke. kind." | “aren't they beauties? 1 told mother 1 wanted a! swe, 1 have to, and the wonder ts to me’how a | | Y Lady has» mother, Who is charming and sedate; Bho is witty, she ix wise She has mischief in her eyes, | pair every birthday and in that way I could get @) girl dares be 80 extravagant as to use silk hostery | exclusively.” “Tne doctor started this extravagance In my case. Several years ago when I gave my ankle that twist in skating he sald I must wear some port of silk band And I hardly know another Whom I'd rather contemplate, imples in her cheeks A VAIN SPLENDOR OF MEN. Fort hat Cupld seeks Are the { the hunting. a 1 2, . When , at TTT bot ” i UT of South Africa have come these mes- fet wet phe Me sis as ae ‘WA | | } Say euat ins el thtog ana (hen a oak henge made him stop ubruptly in the middle of the room — sages, along with the tidings of British ] | Ing, 1€ it fitted snugty, would do. @o that started the| With his eyes fixed on the floor. It opencd in an In- (FONTS .. Wiss Oe tid H siik-stocking habit wiih me. Blace then,” she added, {stant and a dainty tittle maid stood framed tn the wr} ETI JE E i oo Her brown eyes met Tom's bravely and|{ ABOUT | | i — R. itly.—WIN. The men are splendid. RULE: ‘The troops bear the worst cheer! t STON CHURCHILL B “It Ac one thing to be brave in battle. It is an-) other thing to preserve the stitf upper lip in the | fnee of successive and terrible reverses. The fel- | Jows who possess a combination of these two sorts @f courage are splendid typés of soldierly ‘man- hood, whatever uniform they wear. ‘a ‘What a pity that the “splendid” men of Her Majesty's corps are daring and suffering and wast- "© {mg their superb qualities in a war which Ss not for humanity, nor « great principle, nor sacred) >, rights, nor even their common country ‘What a pity that out of the head of the,wreatest happily, and before he knew what he was doing he had opened bis arms and rhe had come straight to Hello, Gear,” she Whispered, laughing sauct!: hat all the love-making you know? Just on Gear. And you never wrote even that one Is It “Proper!” Ie it for @ man, either marri 1, | otter a iad protection under his retiae patterns and when I see one that pleases me, that's the stocking I choose, But it is funny how sensitive it makes your skin, The mere feeling of lisle or cot- ton hose irritates me now and I try to ease my con- aclence with the reflection that for durability nothing Like the sunlight to the rose; Like « lamb led to th ‘ : ! But My Lady's mother knows b i \ ‘That at times my fancy goes , { NAN with a twinkle in her eye, ‘“L must confess I haven In Uptoing haste to daughter, i | \ | been particular about the snug fit. I just look at the | iH | \ i she has neither umbrella nor mack! | | Is this dainty Lady Minet So the mother—heaven keep herl= Lingers Ike a “seventh sleeper,” Like the » When M As I've said, + Is the mot But 1 thi That #h all you had sald about me, and of course I knew.” je by the reaper Duty or Nett iy and I meet beautifully darned they are, it's almost ag preity as embroidery and the finest, softest things, with a| Norway basa law dealing with cremation. Accord-| ings for over « year, but have never been in| h he knows my name and I his, If honeycomb pattern all over. I've been sat them, | ing to the set, every person over fifteen years of age | tho z hoping one tay long elbow mitts would por peck |can be cremated after death if he or she has made a| 0" the street 1s tt my duty 10 recognize ou into fashion. If ever they de those stockings are | declaration In the presence of (wo witnesses, For going to be made into a pair. They're too pretty to | those under fifteen a Gectaration on the part of the wear any other way. + [parents ts gecessary. HERE WAS A WISE CHILD # wise and witty, Vt less dixereet Suite How 1 would like to wear them wake your acquaintance. 200 DRESSES. Is tt geod stitehed 5 : UP TO DATE. bloodshed Imer on! Tired Thompson—l go % Baseball i H i ®& square meal to-day, fe getting to be like comis opera,” says | bu: they made me work G Hast, of Chicago. All gag and no tema Be| no hard for it | didn't gee GOOOOUCOOOS f | ‘Mr. Hanna agrees with Mr. Bryan that the fight ts aii my affection, Be on silver. “Bays the rpider to the fly.” And COLD FEET, | Every man who loves must face thie situation for PETS AND of it te that the fy appears eo willing. | himself The best way, It deems to me, te always the PET NAMES. “ | De ely ae a Pa Reh nere ts noghing In the © gcradhgarlared age a abccage Bi asvamea of ‘hut, on the contrary, if the ttt ts, cat, while the mest awk- ; fi Included in the count am sure, a sweet young woman, and you believe ward bird is the duck,’ . e | have won her heart, there ts everything to says an observer of na- | of. ‘The fact that she ts @ Uttle older than yourself tere; but it won’: lo of no great Importance, tise these facts a | basis if you want Levers at Seventeen. z z I @ long time we were too euperficial about rapid | 4 Now that we're to get unger the surface of | ft will be all right. | - —---=- 7 ¢ tady’ seventeen years of and have : } \ eae hia can't raise funds for the Mepublican | Tone. th ‘a foreigner, objects %6 JUST LIKE HIM, Visitor (viewing the now Convention how can the delegates be ex-| baby)—He's the very tm-) raise the roof? that the successful pugilist encounters | compliments than right-hand swings. “Yes, im engaged by a | ™ firm as jady traveller now |=t travel | Greendhory shadow day. The atadow | “Ahem! i showd hepe|™iseen to call upon Foad bog we have always with us, 60. It would be rather fully understands he awkward travelling with. te Bave an opinion. Senator Pettigrew | o*t ‘em thie cold weth jaty te quig making the most of it, j APT COMPARISON, | You think you coud win your father of the matter? The safest place in firl to receive @ young Ynevector. Suppese I lest your father 41 tn Gorey month, bow mech would be owe me ot tho You ant ho promised to dat 610 00 the 1st ot ore piace upline dared pounds, oir. Inapector— Toure @ vary Bette DAY’S .¢ _| NOVEL SKATING COSTUMES A skating comume, witeh 1s probably more emma- mental than useful amd sultable only for tnéeor rinks and carnivala is made in malachite grees chilla, and under the brim of the toque there nestles a The other costume ts of sibeline, with garniture of black panne. The petticoat flounce ‘s of cloth, with raised flowers in relief, Toque and muff are both of QUERIES «% ANSWERS fe EVENING WORLD READERS, Sresigiccsemek N NEW COIFFURE----THE GISMONDA.G% Be rome ton maoos. § World: wants to call our little Fi Miss Helen and City GEORGE ©, At the final roll-call of ¢his generation the girls whe wil! answer to the name of Helen Gould Something- or-Other will be fearful and wenderful, In every ta- stance the name will have been given as an benest tribute to a woman worthy of all honer. Yet we say to each parent intending ta add to the list of Helen wandering life for ten years, I bad not learned how | cous jnd.so-Forths, Don't! Give your child her own identity in name, as she has it tn soul. If you ike to 1 call her Helen, all right. But let her be her own sort ‘Two yeara ago my lawyer called me home to 4¢-| 7, Helen, ‘The naming of children after netable peo- ple ts a peestiferous idea and not infrequestly tums out an uncomfortable one for the victims, There are plenty of simple and pretty olf names to go around without resorting to a species of imitation whieh ™ Wert: ‘Would you Kindly Inform me what ( course of stulty LAWRENCE A, Jn, A letter from a young High Schoo! girl in Rahway Now, the only course of study to follow tm ender te become « reporter is that found in experience Mot high schools, nor colleges, nor “schools of Journalism’ will turn out reporters except from the right mate- rial, and the test of material ts in the wear, To any Inquirer as above we can only say, if you know what news is and what Interests people; {f you area keen observer, have common sense and a sense of hureer; if you can tell with your pencil interesting stories ef the things you see and hear—then you have in you the stuff of which good reporters are made. To get expert- ence try your hand at writing, and then try an edl- tor's Judgment with the results. There are many thousands doting the same thing, and your patience and courage may be much tried. Yet good style (which ts simple style) and ren! talent for reporting are more often recognized than not. Certainly the business will not hunt you out if you do not any ef cae ‘wm equainted and it is raining quite 5 ‘intosh ? word— © 1 — INQUIRER. he. How do you expect « girl to you love) It is always proper for a gentleman ¢o offer a woman ber when you act so? I shouldn't have if I hadn't) such @ civility, It is understood, however, ‘ut the read all Dick's letters. Dear ol Dick! He told me/ man takes no advant = of the arcident and should not expect the incident to serve as an introduction, CREMATION IN NORWAY. Thave met a young man at parties and social It ts not only not your duty to recognize the gentle. man, but it would be quite improper. It is his place to ask permission to be presented if he wishes te eehediy means. Less chin music and a goodly rattie| half a chance to loaf. =| @iereet costumes, anf @f base hits would indeed be o lovely change ta the| eripatetic Feters—Well| Ge hese goverel ‘bun- - Rational game, Da at We veer than| 1 am very much tm Jove wit oy malts to wat wea} = NOT REALISTIC ENOUGH. een SE