The evening world. Newspaper, December 9, 1902, Page 13

The *akie Line. re Se Perhaps a Little Bit Over It Seems to Be the Limit for / i Short Skirts, Which Are Now Threatened by (f Fashion’s New Long Skirts. { BY NiXGLA GREELEY SMITH. b o MISS NI Pros Miss But sin held t sald Mrs, a. wn, and The idea TOSS, Mrs Welby si siny day 1 of ploneers the Rainy Datsies, The ook up the name and made tt its elghty-seven members of the year of organization of 1896 have Increased to three hundred. of the originated with Mrs, Bertha Welby, an In Brooklyn. he is now on the road with a company e her views on the renalssance of this H might be presented. Beckwith was the first y Day Club, and her for a year. A. M. Palmer has the whose home jent of the Rat 1898 Mrs it exalted office, re always skirt and th Palmer. ‘ vt bdelleve mixing up the @ bicycle skirt,” @ Rainy Daisies In bieycle skirts sory Seabee Cen - HOME reve Ub Melee nt Bile Sra the! — aT 2 ABO Os 5 a I LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. Defends Tipping System. To the Editor of The Eventng World: complaint of ‘“Vic- As to the tipping system, | Ung" wish to @ay, first, take into cov sideration the wages of a waiter, the average of which 1s $6-$8 a week, for which he {s compelled to furnish fresh laundry every day in the shape of aprons, shirt, collars, cuffs and neck- tles, and some of these articles twice a . Then, in a busy time, ho to pay 2% to 50 cents to the “omnibus” for clearing off his tables every day. Often money is exacted from him from the dealers who have ‘sold’ him to the shead waiter. Figure out how much money there is left to support his fam- ‘ly. For their eupport he {s obliged to look to his customers for tips. JPAN D. Greater New York Does Not In. clnde All Long Island. To the Editon of The Erening World: Does Greater New York take in all ot Long Island? RICHARD HANSEN, Day Club for walking. They vy look very well on To Enter Annapolts wns the wheel but are kmnmodest fF) ny the waitor of The Rrening ar Wreiaiteets ays co not -allow Shem to) Delica rowican: Li Gkeranseearuialion ter i - n the club meetings. the naval service at Annapolis? { amie 1 1 have sean walking the “AN APPREN °D at (he strents in bicycle akirts, and they donot] yoy 1 yy, AN Nae: but the iene mleres. Phe short] APPIy to your Congressman for an { rogre skirt for the bicycle fy not worn in Eng- 7 Last sensidle, of TOV when It came too avestio ort y’ more. n for tt, ‘There {s really no good he proper rainy day skirt should ‘Two Dates. Te the Editor of The rening Wortd: ‘What days of the week were Sept. 10 in had weather, N ymanjclear the gro! than four! and Oct. 10 in 18927 QR om jhe streets y skirt [inches and not six, Only] sfonday and Wednesday. Bome cf t X tnehes Off [skirts coming within regulation . the ground. [may be worn by club members, Skirts Antony's Oratio: Some ¥ six Inches srort—if I may use that ex-| To the Editor of The Erening World: f T + FOUR INCHE:! Bote were hitahed un Mot t) Show clocked sto per duc fy tt has been nought that Ing the ¢ it, would ever > But long garni skirt ve MRS, A. M. PALMER. ent of the Rainy Day Club, Her kirt Wg six Inches off the ground.) seirt it must be, says Queen Fashion, and Jong skirt {t ts. Gracefully disposed skirts trailing in- efinitety in the back and with at least lgix inches of material on the ground in nt are pictured in the magazines dnted for the fair sex, and they are hown on the lay figures in shop win- dows. And these skirts are not to be held. vp, Think of that, ye Rainy Daisies! ‘Mie popularity of the short skirt was Pnot Basily established, Whon six years ago & little band of determined women who"'from the distress engendered by eoddén skirts and wet ankles in rainy weather, ‘had made up thelr minds to brave public criticism and public Fidicule by pearing in New York strests in! akirte’ clearing the ground, the hue and cry was tremendous, Nothing so ngreceful these short skirts and ommon-sense had ft was deo} boots e fuk e presston: had ¢ount. have a were EN INCHES. ally six Inche: “You know the important feature of a rainy day skirt especially for a woman inclined to be stout Is the flare about ‘There to look well there must be no suggestion of a stomach, and women that Is obviated by the flare. “Of course, rainy day skirts should be of water proof cloth, amd they should ‘be finished around the bottom with a band of this sort of leather that is used on men‘a trousers. Binck is the best culor and most of the majority of our members wear black skirts, never wear petticoats with my short skirts; I have a pair of bloomers which I slip on bad weather, ne feet. ersonally 1 ery large over everything and when the wind happens to blow my sxirts above my head, as it sometimes does in a storm, I am perfectly secure, for the bloomers are very full and look practically like another skirt. “1 really know very little about the history of the short skirt rainy day movement was inaugurated. The empire an@ directorate gowns were made short enough In front, you know. | from one end to the to show a neat pair of ankles, but they long trains or NOT RUSHED FOR TIME. In the days when the West was still wild and woolly and when Judge Lynch frequently sat in place of the properly constituted Solomons, were approached on the frontier acoused of the most unforgivable of crimes in that part of the world—horse-stealing— und sentenced to be hanged. They were courteously given thelr choice of trees, the presiding oMoer thinking they might sentimental preference in matter. Two of ‘the culprits sald they indifferent, pointed to a gooreberry busi “O1'll die th’ aysler uf Oi bes but hang ‘from that." “But that bush Is not strong enough protested the Judge. “Shure, Ol'm In no hurry!”* alrily re- plied the Celt. ‘Just let's wait, Your- Honor, ‘tll {t grows. to hang you on!’ a MOON ILLUSION. v1 in both cases, OVER THB LIMIT. re as a rule prettier. own rainy day skirt clears the ground three wanderers third, @ he moon appears to be much further away when It rises than {t does when overhead with nothing between, moon ts seen by the eye as the same but the moon near the horizon {s apparently longer because it seems further awa: ———————$$$ Where can I procure Mark Antony's oration? R. Cc. A. Tt is in Shakesptare's play “Jullus Cacea A Poker Query. To the Editor of The Evening World: A has a flush arranged like this: Ace, ten, five, four and eight. B has a flush beginning with a Jack, ten, en, five, four and two. Kindly decide which wins? A, and B, A‘s flush wins. Thirty Per C +} Batra om Exam; atl 8 In Allowed to Veterans. ‘To the Editor of The Bvening World: I want to go through olvil service examination for the Police Departmént| and would like to know If veteranb are entitind to any allowance’ JESSE B. Football Records, ‘To the Editor of The Bening Wond: A bets that Harvani won from Yale in thelr football gamies of 1900 and 1901, Please decide. LYDIA. Tn 1900 Yale defeated Harvard by «@ score of 28 to 0, In 1901 Harvard defeated Yale by 2 to 0. “Barom Trenck.’ To the Eiltor of The Evening World: ‘Where can I find ‘The Memoira of Baron Trenck?” JM. Ww. Almost any bookssller can order it for you. It may also be found in mos the public Ibrartes uC My Want Dogs er More Policemen. ‘To the Editor of the Evening World when I am out. The orles of my wife nor on the atreet If she were dn I live in a very nolsy street. The Js often at the cther end of his tee Why don't they have more policemen and shorter beats for them eo they can look over their whole: beat at a glance, before tho other, as parts of Europe? I for one ela mB to jail and pay a fine over and again be- fore I would submit to Alderman Gold- water's plan not to allow any one to Keep a dog in a house occupied by more than one family, Back to the Bronx! RA they don't Cigarettes ro ppitee piles ot The Evening World re beer and c! ‘the volce of a reread Raper Nelther cigarettes nor beer are good for tho votce, Clgureties are especially: harmful, through thelr direct effeot on the throat the For = “Consumers Trust. To the Editor of The Bre: ng World: Why can't landlords combine to lower Bas bills, by threatening to use elec. tricity for thelr buildings if the price of jsas Is not materially lowered. Every body seems to be forming a trust except jthe consumer, Isn't it about time for a "Consumers’ ‘Trust?” If consumers dared to form one the prices of gas, coal, food, &c. would tumble so quickly that It would sound Hke a landslide, J. B. VOORHYS. You Can Study It at Any Evening \ School, To the Piltor of The ‘Bvening World Iam a foreigner with fine education and want to ‘perfect myself in Engliah wrarmomar, Where can I learn it free? i 0, OLSEN, They Are Not Allowed to Do So, To the Editor of The Evening World; Ts a hight school teacher all Ait pupils with hts flet? Peers Celt, and said: The FG. 9 | “Peekaboo” Was Sung by scan DON'T mo Editor of The Bvening World: The world will find worth out, they | [gv"?_ S4® “Peekaboo,” Pmmet or ‘anian? say, GK, But don't you sit and wait, my boy; “Girle Named Kate,’ They say each dog will have his day, | | ths But don't yo! ‘The world's intentions may be kind, But don't you sit and wait, my boy, ‘or worth that watts is hard to find, So don’t you ait and wait, my boy. The world may turn, some day, in- F clined 8. BE. Herald. it and wait, m; y Some day when you are old and gray ‘The world may think ‘tis time to lay Rewards upon your plat But don’t you sit and wi it, my boy. cheer the worth that lags behind, at through long years has hoped and pined— But don't you sit and walt, my boy Kiser in- Chicago Record: | renee Spain Nov, 26, Ed.tor of Tae Eve: ¥ THINK Arthur Brows, Ie who says girls named Kate are scolds, ill-tem- perea &e. mua nave « grudge Agalnat some girl of thut name. 1 knew | | Younk Indy named Kate who ts neither wold nor Ul-tompered, but is meek and jmila. PRIEND OF KATE, . It Is Not 1 jemal. To te Aor of The Evening Word jena he | Inte deceamed wite'a aisters °° ATTY ANGLO-AMBRICAN, Whereabouts of the 1 imota, To the Editor of ‘The Ev og World Where le the battleship Ulnole sta- toned Just now? °. it may— She Loved Him. + & Stieving Romance in Which a Music Hall Singer and a Woman of Title Are Pitted Against Each Other in a Duel for One Man's }teart. RYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTHRS. Lord Cipde Leyton, @ young spendthritt tlee Hexsie Harewood, a music-hall artiste, Goon not know his true naine and rank loved by Lady Ethel Paulett, who resolves to from Sean's. ‘Throiigh the ald who hates Clyde. Lady Ethel Ww with Bonsie ing Clydee inar- ehe sades Weasia that Clyde’ felure dependa oo her giving him up. Urged hy Lady Ethel, Bemle leaves home « aK fe 06-0 ‘dent of whl a4 for vinit Ethel the muate tall cliarred. body, “On hie nt. th the Duchews invests ‘There Eihel triew in vain to ot Swarthmore, and manages loves him: to let him see how Condensed trom Charles Garvice's nove? “She Toved Him,” by permission of Geo, Manro's Sons. (Copyrighted, 1895. by George Munro’ CHAPTDR VI ‘The Victory of Gold. [T's following morning Clyde received ne) 8 letter that materially affected his Mfe. Though he had for the past yeor led @ quiet and exemplary life, yet in the old days his wild career had run him deep into dabt. So deeply, indeed, BY CHARLES GARVICE. hers, 8 | STO AC James H was five ye. TWO SHORT RIES ABOUT PEOPLE. ‘TOR STODDART. Stoddart, the veteran actor are old Ww ye made his Words to +-—_____—. jlt Takes Hold of @onceited Pen, Who Write Burning. at Brainless Girls and Wonder at « firat appearance as the child of Martin + * " Haywood in Jerroli's arama of The BreachrofsPromise Suits. letsala Rent Day." 11 es: In the last scene, where ( #4, played by my 1a father, weizes Martin goods and chat BY HARRIET HUBBARD AYER. Pd ; - tela t 1 him out of : praised his head, and with pale, set! aoors, irfully excited, and 2AR MRS. AYER; How is a young ) most trusted friend, Not because me on el low tones when Martin, my futher, began nan to know that the outpour. | Prete popeiuear ser are knows ney % “Ew! do It, alr, T will ask Ethel to ; sof wn honest tove may no j if garments with a sty IFAC RE Ronee Neen ‘tel yonating the veal author of my being Inge of un honest love may not /air, though she may combine beauty PORTE a I could stand tt longer, L ran from|icid to a breach-of-promige case in| amartness with the graces that are he carl ploumly cast hia eyes Up tO} startin and clutg wildly 1 Crumbs. the letters he has written from] werthy of a man's devotion. aes the ceiling and held out hia hand CT laaibean anon tae Stod. | M8 Inmowt heart will be sprend acroay |, /a¥e You selected the girl who woul haieatnank neavent® werbreathed r mounced er Stod p . be to you equally dear were she to lose’: ny Lee Glade eatiened 1a tatte Gee Wears ils tirst appen: dally papers, making him ap tho fresh beauty ¢hat now gladdeng sia Hext morning }Ciyde: retliened t0y) oe onan Whig » that my (en-|ferty times a fool? What do you advise | your eyes? : the Duchess‘ | house tity and my re ° mba w ma to do? Lam head over ears in love] .i* she the girl who would stil be fatto. An he had not telegraphed his return, " 7 i ; among women though she were.” LHaLaL ARE: HOC RO ILE Gremer barat de | CRON aniton Hen HUTT vidlence | with acgirl who seems to be everything | dressed plainly and unfastlonadly? atanin nd ho walked to Strathmore, |*¢led with delight and ision | a fellow could ask for, She ts pretty as} [8 she the girl of girls because Pag Sahel MR Ea om lof the act was, of completely {4 picture and a regular daisy of a] typifies not only youth and beauty, |leaving his portmanteau to be sent on, . ¥ ig | honor, virtue and all the womanly at} UNG AI! throleh that walle He schoolel (Upset My debut, th dresser, I don't see how a man could | tributes that men good and bad allleg himacit {nto redilsation and resignation, {Ushly Injurious to my pi help betag proud of such a wife. vow before? i BD asateinanbcus Ml some time afterward, when ) far us I can see, everything points] %0U cannot know anything about if it had been for his own tn he would have withstood his est alone were father's to omy appeal, But {tC was not of his own bene- ing “Th ft he thought. but of his father and | CMs “The | mother. “At least I can make her happy.” he HISTORIAN FISKE. girl's real character except upon an ex- requ Alexander to our lappy marriage, but 1 tended acquaintance. ‘That alone wilteaa father: ‘Stod tced lately @ good many x give you an opportuntty of judging. Jawaults, mostly breach of - promise | © ther x pane! Rent Day" boy aaron oh: alvereee enon (iin © have been noble and beautifal the letter-writing that verdict for the fali The late John Fiske, the histor! 5 sald to himself, smothering a sigh as he| qaqa Sb inca Lp elec © men feel ax 1 do, entered, hel drawing-room thatvavenibe| astreniely apusitive about aly Fererance suppose anything: and crossed the floor to where she sat. 1. 11, untwtial alze. On one occasion {Mii the girl should go Bhe looked up with a alight atart. and‘? M : ; jetouid go crazy it) m her face, which had been pale a mo. |We" he was visiting @ friend at his|printed-the way I've a s + |home tn a beautiful town In Connecti-|do you advise? |ment before, grew faintly rose-colored. | 0 houtess and hee d estan) 18s “Back? said, vited Mr. FY The Milinols was reported et Port of the past, to come between us to-niebt |}? Announces the presentation for—f Clyde, eveo if I t f a ten i #05 cannot say. Xe! Ye Varied, grey would of a beautiful and scone = , tcome. Ail my life’—sho drow a lit- tle glover nim, und lifted ier eyes] | IY Up-to-date assortment o| “ALL MY LIFE I THINK HAVE LOVED You." to nis, all giowlug with the passion whe | $ -————————— — jhad nu and hiddew within her WA ETHEL’S SURRENDER. mor foot of the n and walk a moment he to squeeze climb over Finally bis allenc of % The road was a one which winds along the river at the hostess suggested that the party alight turned to walt for | better continue our driv Some of the most | tons to the fterature of been the love-letters of (o thelr sweethearts and have noc been given through, breach-of=prom vorce courts, Almeat without excep! iske to drive with them one pleturesque mountains. At one point the short distance through the fleld to get a particularly, agtractive| (Mat have appeared as | ‘ de for or against | view. Around thls fleld was a high f-promine cases | fence, with no opening but a narrow ich It Were cour stile. The ladies passed through and arse and fatu y ignorant of Ing of the sentiment of I don't presume to inc! those men who are wri cheap and vutgar love-le thelr guest. For a contemplated the opening; through was imposstble; to wus gqually: impracticable. deep “baas volce broke the ladies, [think we would the writers long f Sooner or ‘Ii you tell me. that a money-lender held his notes for ten thousand pounds ($60,000). His letter was from this money-lender, demanding immediate and full payment. I depend on my dog to guard my wife|of the long-standing account. His only resource was to go to the would not be heard on the floor above| Parl, his father, and ask for the aum. He did so, but only to meet a second shock. The Earl informed him that he ‘was reduced, by the business panic, to the verge of bankruptcy. “Can nothing be done, Clyde, “Only by you.” replied the old man, after a pause. ‘You alone can save me from ruin. “T, al asked his son, in amaze. ‘The Earl nodded. “Only one man besides ourselves knoWs of—ot our peril, Ihave told Lord Pau- fete,’ “Lora Paulett! Why him, sirt’ “Because he—or, rather, his daughter Bthel-s the only one I know who could help ue. “Lady Eth voloe. ‘he Kan stretched out his hands to the fire. “Yea; shé) has her mother's money She has alwaya been rich. Some, months ago the Cornish mining property fell to her. Fifty thousand pounds would save me—us—and she would lend—sive it. “Great heaven, sir!” said Clyde, rising and walking up and down the room In great agitation. ‘You don’t mean that —that you wish me to ask her to— to!'— ‘The Earl shrugged his shoulders “I don't you to do #0. The affair is as important and serious to you as to me, I—well, my time ts almost run, and you will soon reign in my stead, It ts for you to decide whether you will rule over an impoverished estate, the shred and semblance of what'— His volee broke. ‘In the name of Heaven, Clyde, can you healtate? If you haye no regard for your cwn interests, can you not understand what I am suffer- ing? I, who made the great firm; I, who climbed the adder and snatched a peer's coronet; I, to—to come down and ile In the dust’— Hs voice broke and he covered his face with his hands, Clyde, white to the Ips, went and stood beside him, looking into the fire with eyes that saw—nothing bur the face of his dead darling; nothing else. "Eff you knew, air,’ he said almost inaudibly, The earl gave an impatient frown “{ dare say there may be some—some woman !n your past history—I dare air?” asked sald Clyde in a low say. But that is all over and done with, I praume, Yes? Well, I want to know no more, In short'’—he loaned forward and stretched out his hand— “the question Is thiswill you come to the ald of your fath®r, who until this yery hour has treated you with !'beral- Ity and kindness; or will you, for some foolish, senseless whim or fancy, refuee to do so, and let him sink, sink. and drag your mother and yourself down with him?" @lyde leaned his head upon his hand, 8 sti! gasing at the fire—if only Beast face would disappear—and for a minute there was @ profound silence; then be bosom until prosperous, I should have come to you spoke the tru “You would “No, Bthel; no deai “You do not know him, swiftly, almost fearfully, even if I cannot guess, 1 will not have No honest man should his honest love-letters. flung her money, every penny of t, at ‘4 |his feet, and he might have trampled pee plats savetar Gnher anit and writing love-ietters is Meals mip moe CY cheated of one of the mo cause'=—- Oho taltered; hi periences of happy love: with tears of wounded lo at “No, Ethel,” he sald, quiet! your own hands. A had not happened, if we had ‘But also it appears to ator,” and he thought he The girl a man loves than pretty and a good he breathed, melting. "Yes," he suld—"not yet, perhaps, be- : Berth Ha ato) ® She should first of all. be a_ man's happened, TOR ee thine maprene us| moat delightful companion, his dearest, my life nnd altered st. I will tell you ————__— everything—"" His volce grew husky One put her hand on “his arm, und |e 6 could feel tt quivering. “wPell me—nothing" she sak, quickly, breathlessly. "IL do. not,’ wish to know; perhaps I can guess—" yi He ‘shook fis head you cannot—" she interrupted “But, 8th Ave., Cor. I—want nothing, not even DIAMONDS, a few days ago—"all my & message of love every da: A LOVE-LETTER FIEND. beautiful years from now will, If published, mak: a hiding place far from the ts of men. It seems to me you have matters in very wrivial and most faulty estimate the qualities In womanhood that should ccumand the respect and love of a man. | ESTABLISHED 1860. women with a marvellouy gift for dresm pe fo Bete ( ing with taste and slegeiceced alto. * T cannot held | gether fascinating combination of worth?) © 1a and charm, But there are many. alll + {| dutterfiles of the Ferber sex, ‘who Es bretty and good dressers and noth 1 just tay should ha! back on me? The man who looks for the endurtite 3 y letters were | beauty of womanhood does not disdalg: ngome, What} physical attractions, but he does no write love-letters to a pretty face GM) smart clothes, af My recollection of the letters that ave figured in Dreach-of-proml at the writer has peen usuall 5 reelted man endeavoring to impress 0th rainiess or ignorant girl with his oWnle. powers of conquest. es) There would be no such exposure omdd man’s vanity and woman's lack of senrore bitty if the parties involved haqoue the writer In]! arned to regard a promise to marry ame have been ¢ A solemn contract between two thoughts, tony 40 fu; and honest persons, big re: ous drive If you were about to form any othe! the real mean.| partnership you weuld look for more tev enduring reasons for making « binding’ ude you among | agreement for daily amtociation than ting to-day the| personal appearance and smart cl tterg that a few] of the man under consideration. se half the thought and care In be lecting the girl who ts to receive #ouetee love-lettera you would exert In securingig? be ashamed of | business partner and you may mritee B the burning words of a manly, unselfisiaes 9 cely- | love to her with absolute confidence, ” 46 kitl) Such women are’ emsentially modest!) ex-]'They do not parade thelr love affairmge. * They do not print the letters of a é whom once they regarded with affectiony™ * no matter how {ll the course of It may have run. There is no money value for a brokew2e heart—I mean a heart really droken, ee Love and money are not synony! : should be more | terms, despite the worda of the cyniqags = dre Real no matter how grievous ti heart's #hipwreck, do not betray 3: r confidences. the wo! : celebrated men wives, but tt to the public ise cases or di- tion the letters convincing ev! without ost beautiful me you have a “4 Amusements. VISIT PROCTOR'S 22i%cn. oc eerved Ryaty_ At & veFUll_ Orel the Bicycling Sensat! Fisher + J J. (Carroll, Keogh&Ballerd, $5 Star Zi. BIN AVR, S3tsstetssite en” ai" Rasen i je Great Vaudeville, Press Bldric | 5 (Unele Tom's Cabin, Miss Crawsengiet” Sth SL Sees SS eee |IDGih St jst aes, (Sainte & Sinners, William Bram 4\st St. TCHES, | ‘He nodded. tte, T think I have—loved yout" BT STOCK COMPANIES IN NBW_Y0 “Yes, My-any business was soon com-| That same evening the engagement |} | JEWELRY, — SILVERWARE,) ¢ | je paip svawe ruearwe, a waye aun Oat ‘announced. As a “ ie pleted, and I hurried back to you, ike | @*f. awruily glad, Bthel, ‘of Every Description Sen teh iW aath. vas. 8. Slats Sat a @ bad penny. Why aren't you dancing?| squeezing her hand’ in his strong fst. y nae MANSFIBL d hwrullyt Its—it's what 1 looked for= ‘Wil you walk on the veranda with me His presence was almost a pain to her, seeing that she had lost him, for) got the best 4 DIAMONDS in all sho had not received any explanation. | awfully lucky, too. Dear old Chyd Brooshes, Pina, Necklace: She hed thrown her last card, and— SCapthin Borinesier was the last to ap- 1 9" Cif Buttons, Collar But lost! | PCAVAIl yor permit me to offer my con-| } WATCHES, Chains and “I asked you ta come out here with | eratulations, Lady eee Laat Pao silver or gold, and plated. me, Ethel. he said, after a pause, | iny cays of Lord Cly dee goo anina | {SER ARE, eter llog during which he wrought himself up to| Lady lthel held out her hand he took] Bresdirrays, to tell North- the plunge, “because I’ wanted you something of my visit ‘to feid. "Yes?" he said, leaning her head on her hand, and looking straight before her. “Are they all weil?’ "Yee," he said; “though my father te much ehaken and aged. Jie has had trouble and anxtety lately, as you’ may know; he Is in trouble stifl."* She turned her eyes upon him with a won!" more acute attention. “In great trouble," he went on. ‘T want to tell you about It," He looked at hor. “But this misfortune ts a monetary one, as you may have guessed. And it 1s @ heavier one than you can guess, It means ruin, I'm aftatd." Sho started, and iet her hand fall on the stone coping, where it tay clinched softly, “Why have you told me thls, Clyde?" she said. “Because’~the color rose to his face and left it pale—"because I want you to help him—us,"' he @aid, going direct to the point She started slightly, and her own color came and went “I—help you?" she breathed. “How— ah, I see! You want me to—to'"— He put his hand tn hers, “Bee, Ethel," he said, “I stand @ gup- rd to. ever 90 | Clyde! Gy George, thet, 1 think you've|~ | it and bowed over It an ment lifted his eyes to hers with a smile which sapmed to 8 (To Be Continued. THE OLD RELIABLE Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE long ago! Dear old man among us! And he's only for a mo- Toilet Seta, Carving Set “You see, we have pn erenenenene: FOR THE HOLIDAYS. | their Cuticle Knives, Cloth Brush: Artistic Merit, Combined With Lowest Prices for Equal Grades. Wedding Rings a Specialty. OPEN EVENINGS. In Shakespeare's Tragedy, JULIUS CAESAR PRINCESS, Sirus 'e Buea | Weedon Grommmith & Co., The Night of the Partetd |@HSNO "2 CHIMES HONETAOOIE® Next Sunday, SOUSA, * Manhattan Sei 0e se MRS. FISKE #/do.25 seRatra Mal Christmas and New Yoara.te ACADEMY OF MUSIC, 14:m 4. @ Irving | ADEN Or etC, 2a THE NINETY AND NINE, MATS. Wed. Sat.,2 B¥,8.10- Hr, splendor. , Kons, de Charms, in Bway, 29th St nd plated, Shoe Horns, &c. 14th St. Theatre, LAST 5. NIGHTS MR. CHAUNCBY | at Week—JOR WELCH in Un ‘To-Morrow Hvg., Dec. 10, at 8 Fri, Eve, Dec. 12, at 8 Bat, Atl, Dec. 13, at 2 Sat By. ‘Deo. 14, ac & Pop. pi Sumbay Eve, Dec. 14, at §.20 ——wan ANOS HuiThe Lex Murray i prtean Bbc. Bea Yr. LV, Donneliystock Mit. ORES TON CLARKE as Weber & Fields’ xsi" | Tite MUSICAL pliant before you. I am like a beggar ABSURDITY, he henge Who save ‘Give!’ ae If he had a right to ABEL BEE pease ESS ask. If tt were for myself alone I think saa yh ~ | EMPIRE THEATRE. I'm afraid—my pride would keep mo musements Ev'ge, $20. 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