The evening world. Newspaper, February 11, 1904, Page 15

oe pther; then she leant her face on Stuart , Lord Dewsbury, and you can pay it > SRR EE EERSTE = aw THE ah EVENING »# WORLD'S » HOME » MAGAZINE # — we ee HE EVENING WORLD offers A PRIZE OF $10 for the best story of an actual marriage Proposal furnish . for publication by the man who made it. A PRIZE OF $10 is offered for a woman’ proposal of marriage that she has ac- tually received. A PRIZE OF $5 for the accourt of the most romantic situation under which a proposal of marriage was really made, told by either party. Send letters, not over 150 words in length and written on one side of the paper'only, to Margaret Hubbard Ayer, Evening World. ea eiines By Margaret Hubbard Ayer, HERE may be a lack of romantia . situations nowadays in which a lover can offer his hand his heart to the maiden of his choice. For ell places have become so easily ac- cessible that one must nedds draw on ‘the tmaginatton for some extraordinary circumstance under which man has pro- posed and woman dispored. But tio one reading the letters coming @ally in this contest will belleve that the age of romance ts ‘past, The mod- ern knight may not be permitted to fight his gallant rival at the festive tournament, and accept the victor'n wreath from his lady love, But the hero of to-day has a more severe test of his Tove in the dafly fight to vrovide for her ‘wants and pieasures, and there {s Just as much chivalry in patiently plod- fing on with work that is not congen- fal, in order to build the future home, as in slaying a hast of rivals to the dear lady's hand, and boasting of it afterward, Of course, the Hast River ferry will pever sound as picturesque as a Vene- tian gondola, nor will Mount Morris Park ever suggest the romantic possi- bilities of the Fdrest of Arden, yet who ‘would say that the proposals\made at the ferries and in the parks are any tho less ardent and sincere or less in- teresting to the people concerned. Bverv one knows the supremo indif- ference of lovers to landscape and ography. Love on a Stormy Sea. Mise Ayer: T wag @ beautiful night when wo de- clded to.take @ sail. Five of us wan- dered from the hotel, down the si- Tent meadows, to the water's edgo, where we set sail, and amid much laughter we slowly drifted down the moonlit river. An hour passed by with * good, solid fun and story telling, when we became conscious of a dead calm, which foretold a storm. Before we were three-quarters back home a terrific thunderstorm struck us and overturned ccount of the most Inviting! Gir boat, upsetting us all in that angry The Springtime of Love. Gy Pereueston of George Munro'e Sons.) | qconyrienr 1902, by George Munro's Sons.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CuARTER: Ormsby beco Villiage. He. Perruades eater 1S cope ° nf pane in search ot & tharriiee “ucenae, ie 'felend Lan ie Dewsbury convincas o marry Joan that Vill foam th lars does not mean ti 8 runs awa: Joan goes on he stage, where she wins eat succom, an adyen- nt Joan Is ‘the Heiress of the ari ot tes Villlara has in- furer, | discow Gaughter ang Th vent i watlel4. whi rited. who belleves They fight a ‘duel, which fs is Ieprupeeds by @ woman, who throws her etween them. CHAPTER Iv. \@-Twixt the Cup and the Lip.” 6¢(7 RBAT HEAVEN! What Is it? What has happenod? Is she Idllea?”*” demanded Lord Fatr- ar 73 was Miss Mazurka! “Hush!” muttered Stuart YVilllars. “She is not dead!" And he pointed to the line of red trickling from under the sleeve of her dress, ‘The Count ripped up the sleeve with his actssors, laying bare the white arm, and-found the wound. After a moment's ‘examination he looked up with a quick ‘breath of reliet, “A miraculous escape!” he sald in a low voice. “The bullet his grazed the flesh, that ts all. Give me the brandy ste onl evebary, there is a pool im COO me nied trees. Wet this “Oh, what does it all mean?” she do- manded, plteously, looking from him to Bertie, who stood with folded arms and downcast face, Why did you do it? Why have you two quarrelied?" Bertie's face fuahed, “Lord Villiars can tell you,” he said, “Ho has cruelly wronged a lady whose pame"— ‘Is Ide Trevelyan, of whom I know nothing,” said Stuart Villars, with bit- ‘Ser _self-scorn. Miss Mazurka stared from one to the ‘Villlars's arm end orjed and Jeughed in breath, ‘Don't say a word more, Do you hear! You—you owe me something, that wey—by holding your tongue. There 1s @ mistake, do you heart’ mistake?” muttertd Bertie, + “There te," she said, quickly. ‘But I an fathom it, and I will—when I please, And I don't please now. I won't say another word. ‘There, you two make frlends, or—or''—sho burst Into a hys- terical laugh—‘or I shall faint again.” Why had Miss Mazurka returned to Monte Garlo,, and what mysterious @ommuntcation had she to make to Prizes for Stories 2 of Real Proposals. Ways of Popping the Question. we Margaret Hubbard Ayer. water, which wns Inshed into a fury by the high gales. I felt myascif slowly sinking, wonder- ing where I was, when I felt a strong arm of “My Summer Hero’ thrown around me, ‘Then, with the rain beating down on us, tossed hither and thither, T heard the words which deop in my heart I echoed: “Mae, If we drown we both go together, don't wer” I sald "Yes" “Mae, if we are saved wo will wall together down life's stream, will we not?" We have for nearly four years sailed together in life's canoe, brought by @ strange proposal in angry waters. B, MAB RBADE. Lost to Win. Dear Miss Ayer: ‘WAS betting with a gentleman on a | certain subject, and when {t came to the point to decide what should be given to the one winning the bet I gave him the privilege of naming the present, and he said he would take nothing but myself to keep for life. So you see I had to “lose to win" and “win to lose, and naturally I lost the bet and won my future husband. C. H. 8., Philadelphia, A Case of the Other Girl. Dear Miss Ayer: , stances. We met at a dance, both I Rar ner eet : Zz ~ ro — | nor and seated a terre — —_eo— Kimonos, Henna- Dyed Nails, Sandalwood, Ori- ental Incense, Japan- ese Poodles and Other * Things Picked Upfrom the Fascinating Wom- en of the East. . the Otiental fad das swept over, invaded and permeated all society, The woman whom you used to find at home 0° mornings clad In her silk pelg- fn a pink damask boudolr now receives you in a flowered crepe kimono straight from Japan, seat- Ls @ perfume from the far East, | ed cross-legged on a pillow In tha mid- | dlé of the foor, in a room that fs a cross between a joss house and an Egyptian harem. From the tlme she alips out of bed until @he time to dress for her morning walk or canter in the park, the “smart” girt lives th her kimono. Her kimono ‘must be the real thing, It comes straight from the {sland king- dom, packed tn a scented box, and never sees the light of cold America untll It te unrolled In her own room. It {s made of the richest silk crepe with the long box- like sleeves that fall simost to the’ ground. It is embroidered in chry- santheniums, or birds, or cherry’ blos- soms, or poppies of a thousand hues so perfectly blended that one cannot tell where one hue leaver off and the other begins, It is softly padded from throat to toe and lined with cherry, dove-col- ored or amber slik. It is as warm asa Santa Claus coat, as soft as a sealskin, and #0 light that almost a single breath would blow it out of the widow. And with It comes a broad, curious-looking ob!, or sash, which the Japanese girl ties in a funny little bundle at the Back, but which the American girl, resardlese of Japanese etiquette, more often tles In a flaring bow straight down the front. To make your kimono with your own hands get a pretty, gray-flowered crepo or something in white or cream with a big chrysanthemum pattern. Jtunt out some old picture book containing @ pho- tograph of a native Japanese woman | ‘tases under strange circum- very young, and courted for about a year. I was thrown out in the street by her parents (they had other view: But I had the girl with me, I wi smuggted into the house, besides meet- ing her outside three or four Umes a week. I was a great hand for amuse- ments, and I had another girl also, un- known to the other, and she suddenly sprang a proposal on me. I said, “I'l give an answer in a week.” Next night I visited my first girl and said: “Now or When. I explained she was dumfounded. I said, “I must have an angwer in three days,” I met her then and took her to a minister. She cried a little, E next saw her in two weeks. and cut your kimono by your eye. In- terline the whole with @ thin padding of soft raw cotton and then line with thin fose-colored or ohrysanthemum- yellow slik. ‘Stor Oriental teas are the chief @e- light of the up-to-date girl, To give a Japanese tea it is mecesnery to manufaature a “tea-room.” First clear the drawing-room completely of} all American furniture, except perhaps your rugs, which may be left lying About’ the polished floor, From tho very middle of the ceiling suspend a huge Japanese umbrella. allowing it to flare out in fantastic fashion, and trom its points let the prettiest Japanceo| I was @ good ‘son-in-law, and she a|lanterns you can find swing and bob; good wife for twenty-five years after, wy B Tt was from Miss Mazurka, "I am golng back to London by the next train, and you myst come with me, I've seen a doctor, and he says I am all right, I'm resting and too tired to talk,'* : oe Ghee Ve, fe aF tog e It was the evening before the wed- ding. Mordaunt Royce had dined with Joan, Evhily and Mr, Harwood. After dinner Joan, who had been pale and distrait during the meal, asked for a word in private with Mordaunt, He followed her, to the little drawing-room, With 9 violent start she looked up, sind he saw that her face waa pule and that her eyes were moist; a pang shot through bis heart, "My dearest!’ he, murmured re~ pronchfully, “why do you look #0 sad? Have you-you cannot have been crying on the eve of your wedding!" Pim? As he-reached the hotel « note ‘was handed to him, [RASTER ha pl ten Ae ume kay h Joan formed a smile. have pot been orying.” she voles. “I have only been babe Oh Twi fond nog — which come embroidered in golden dragons or butterfies, or funny little scenes of Oriental temples and splash- Ing waterfalls. A few bamboo bits here and thero and a lot of pillows scattered about the floor will complete your neces- sary furniture, while @ tall jar filled with artificial cherry blossoms’ stuck in a conspicuous corner will give a fin- {ishing touch. Recelve your + guests seated’ upon a pillow upon the floor, with your legs crossed under your ki- mono in Japanese fashion and your fan held In your hand ready to tap for your mafd, as does the little Japanese lady. The whole atmosphere of your house should be heavy with incense, and you should of course have your Japanese poodle on exhibition ‘for the occasion, It you aannot afford scented ten, which the smart girl usually buys at % the pound, scent your own tea by dropping a Uttle extract on the leaves before pouring on the boiling water. The aroma will- rival any incense ever burned, Serve tho tea without cream or sugar and be sure that you ‘have provided yourself with handleless Oriental cups, for the cup is half the becret of good or poor tea, ‘The climax of the Japanese tea should be the Geisha; that ts, somé weird Jap- to-thetr hearts’ content, Build up your] own walls ell the wax round with tall anes® dance performed by’ one or two of the guests to the tune of the samisen black or dark green Oriental screens,| aS am Cup. | the Place o Burt Dog. played elther by a guest or a hired pro- fessional. In New York there is a little native see THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1904, wm Her Japanese Peedie Takes Her English Japanese woman who has come to America solely for the purpose of teach- ing the arts of the Geisha to our Amer- She Pra s~wierd AP Foses be Receives Her Friends, jeated Crogs. ied On, The’ Ficor. % RA joan girl ing class among the most exclusive younger set. The oddest part of all, however, is the way In which the American girl per- | verts and combines her Oriental fads. | It would drive a patriotic Chinaman | in a} tn | mad, for instance, to see her Chinese coat giddily embroidered the national dragon right off his fiag, with two great golden chrysanthemums, joe flower of Japan, stuck gracefully either side of her ear; and it would (send Uttle Jap into m fine frenzy to MORDAUNT’S PLEA, “1 cannot give you up, dearest! “Never what?" he said, his voice quiy- ering a little. “Never promised to do this, almost inaudibly. she sali, He stood/for a moment, his Ips com-) twisting together, her lips quivering un- | pressed tightly. “You regret it-for your sake?" he) said, huskily. “No, but for yours,"" Joan replied, ‘:h ‘lo not think of myself, My happiness does not matter, IT ghould be happy) enough if I could feel that thee was! some chance of-my velug able to retura, Twill noti” all the wealth of love you havo lavish. upon me; but—byt"— “But what?" @e sad. “But I cannot!” she sald, her hands | der tho strain of her emotion, ‘I now it now—to-night—when it ix so ne | Oh, have pity on mo and on yourscit have pity before tt js too late and cast mie off as I deserve.’ Mordaunt Royee's face grew dark as night and an-‘ominous light glittered fn his eyes. j c By Charles Garvice. As he stood looking down at her his; hand wandered unconsciously towards his breast pocket, where lay the will, “Yes!” said Joan, feeling like a bird ‘|that has tried to free itself from the net and finds the meshes only the more tightly round its feet, ‘Yes! I do not— love you! I have tried—ah! if you knew how I havo tried! There {9 not an hour of the day that I have not told myself that I am cold, and wicked, and un- grateful; that I am unworthy the name of woman, go cold and heartless I seem to myself! But'—sadly, wistfully, de- spalringly—“love will not be forced. Ah! draw back while there ts time! Something tells me in words that burn into my brain that dnly misery can come of our marriage. To-night it seems as {f a voloe were saying to me, ‘Draw back while there is time! To- morrow will be too late! Draw back!’ He smiled sardonically, “And a voice says to me, @earest, ‘Seize the happiness that awaits you, and faar not!’ Shut your ears to the voice—a false voice—that haunts and laten to mine, Ida, you ask she sald, eagerly, sadly, her hands clasped. “And I answer ‘No!’" he sald in @ low, calm, set voice. Sho drew back from him, and his face set pale and cold. “T will save you against yourself, dearest,” he went om, ‘These fancies » unreal and unnatural; they are not worthy of you. You have been over- worked of Inte; you have studied too hard, dearest; and then there was that excitement and strain of the fire, Ah. Ida, trust yourself to me! I cannot give’ you up, dearest! I will not! See, T hold you to your promise!” And he grasped her hands tightly and kissed them. “Once you are my wife you -will learn to love me. I will be content to walt! I will be patient! You said just now that I wns patient, did you not? ‘Well, you shall all not be a whim of yours ungratified"— “An, there it ts still," murmured Joan, “You treat me es & as a Tama the sweetest, the dearest fn all the world!" he exclaimed, pas- signately, “Give you up! T would rather give up life itself, You have laid bare your heart to me; you have concealed nothing.” Joan hid her face. “You have nothing to reproach yourself for. My freedom is what you offered me, Is It not?" And he smiled tenderly, “Well, you sé@ I declined it. I prefer to re- main your alaye, to He in chains at your feet! No, I will not give you ‘up. dearest, because I cannot! As well asi me to give my life Itvelf, and K would sooner lose my life than you, my quecn— vice. | “Xen,” he said. his face cleating, “T nave decided. In the future, when I am Inclined to be cruel to I will recall these words of you we Will laugh at them together. Joan rose and looking at the fire, A dull apathy seemed to have fallen upon her, the apathy of the con- demned wretch who hag said his last word and recelyed his sentonce, und for whom there is no gleam of hope. jearest,”’ he said. “the beautiful bride’ to-mor- and look row." He held out bia hanf and drew her toward him; but at that moment the Sone jeeenee: and Emily came In, ‘Your pardon,” she sald, hasieaigs “but'"— She Danser, and Us ince went from red to whit Joan looked at her with « hajt-fearful Bhe was overstrung and ner- Emily?" she sai Don't be alarme Emily; here is somo 0 wants to see you on (nportanc: busi ness, i me?’ said Joan Then she sini Crete Me ottard with, our Rarocment about the new theatre, 1 x- ect. Why don’t you let him come in, Me ian't Mr, Gifrard,"" said glanéing at Mordaunt Boyes, who leane Against the mantel-shelf listening, w hfe calm, self{-possessed smile con Ing all traces of his racent agicatte said 'o. se0 4 ‘Tt is—da, dear, you'l never 4 ponte five her’ {hg trouble vole at Ene sour of w oh Noyes started forward 8 a, Miss Treva! va aes Meow pie Continued.) ———————_— SHIRKING RESPONSIBILITY. | Mother-Bobby, you musin’t run your | littie engine on Sunday. | Bobby—Oh, mother, people in the flat will think {t 1s you running the sewing | machine.—Detroft Free-Press. urease THE “OPEN DOOR.” ‘That the “open door” in China Is right is very clear, But in these months of winter We @o, not want it here! lew Orleans Times-Democrat. Amusements. 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