The evening world. Newspaper, February 12, 1904, Page 15

l Choosing a Silk Dress. Degr Mme. Judice: 0" gun-metal or Iiterty satin or pew ser- de cygne, which is the im viceable and stylish? I would like) something that woud be stylish and pretty. I am twenty-nine, have light brown hair, a 3 bust and 35 waist measure. Mrs, McC. Gun metal is a shade, not a material. Any cloth or silk in dark gray shaded Anto steel color is “gun metal.” Of the two muterials you mention peau di cygne is the better for wear, and in gun metal shade you have a pretty sown and not too gay. Cream lace as a band trimming, with a little dark gray velvet and a touch of turquoise blue, coral pink or burnt orange, will make an extremely ehic gown for dressy occasions. A Remodelled Waist. Dear Mme. Judice: HAVE a walst like inclosed sample J which hag become too tight. it 1s ere also too tight. With what kind of silk or lace (also what color) could 1 remodel the entire waist? I have a 3 (inch bust and inclined to be short waisted. F. M. Cream all-over lace !s about the only thing I can suggest, as the mixed ef- fect of your blue, brown and green silk will not permit black as a combi- made with two-pleced sleeves, which| amie Dreseniaking, By Mme. Judice. How to Make Ower Gowns. | nation, Make a vest with a small yoke effect, ending in a V-point in centre of front and back of the cream lace and en the back of the sleeve al the elbow, slope off toward front and in- bert a, put of the ince, This will modernize its style as well as give you required width. A Tan Pongee Dress. Dear Mrve. Judice: HAVE an accordion-plaited tan pon- | gee dress and ¢he plaiting has come out of the skirt, The skirt has a ke of fagoting, and, as I am rather aiim, I could easily wear a box-piaited or side-plaited skirt. What shall I do? Rockaway Beach, H. H. Dampen and press your pongee on the wrong éide and box plait in triple effect According to a good pattern. Stitch to the knees and set on to your fagoted yoke. You will have plenty of material for this design and it Is quite new. To Remove Stains. Dear Mme, Judice: INDLY give me a recipe for remov- ing stains fmom a pearl-gray coat. Mrs. C.F. ‘The remedy for removing stalns de- pends on what has caused the stain. Gasoline or naphtha for anything con- taining grease, and cold water for spots from print, &¢. Do not use naphtha or gasoline In the aame room with a fire or lighted gas. Be careful of the 4 ry, in color, as it is ve either instanee, “°” “*sily colo The Correct Waistcoat. set waistcoat ts reproduced here, not because {t is worth Sober discussion, but merely to show to what Preposterous lengths the combined ignorance and bad taste of the lower. class tailor drive him in an effort to ape his betters of the craft, writes Beannash in the February Haberdashe: “T lack the statistics to indicate just what pro- portion of men uso cor- sets, but I venture to say that agy man who wears such a dress enormity as is pictured here {sa witless, sexless Person who deserves the application of a muscu- lar arm and a sinewy toot. It is just such un- natural ideas as this that bring discredit on fashion and grieve the judictous, sincerely striv- ty fo toned a io subject is very near my heart, ani I doubt if any writer on this topic has advo- cated manliness and g 004 taste in men's dress more stoutly and untemittingly than I have. As far as the wearing of corsets is oe |" so-called cor- © trudi ~ yan,” said the visitor. ,% heard that you were going to be * gomserned. ‘there is much causeless prejudice against tt. Mon do not wear corsets br waistbands, as they are correctly known, from dandified and effeminate mo- bBves, but simply because the pressure against the stomach prevents or retards ambonpoint. “T know a statesman of high repute and most engaging personality who is wtiiged to appear in public and who wears a waistband, because encroaching gears and frequent dining out have made him inconveniently fleshy. He {s not gecretive about the matter, and the men in his set no more think it a subject for Geer and jest than if he should use glasses to ald his sight.” 66 ATOW.” sald Mrs. rags, “don't you see you are mussing my hair? Of course, I want you to kiss me, if I could think it wasn't only pretense. How can you tell these days, after all that you see in the papers, whether your husband {s leading a double life or not? “No, I am not unjust. You hardly spend an evening at home any more, and I sit here waiting and watching for you, Hvery married man in the neighborhood seems to care for his wife and home but you. You were not home last night till 8 o'clock. “How do I know where you were? What becomes of your salary? There was ten dollars in your pocket this morning, Yes, of course I took eight dollars of it, but my new dress was coming home and, of course, you wouldn't care if I was in rags. Iam sure I turn over and make over all my old dresses till they go to raga. I stmply had to have a new dress, Only a cheap little thing, because you spend all, your salary, I don't know where, and I've too much respect for myself to ask “But you can't mislead me much longer, and I tell you that you are breaking my heart, While I am home here worrying to try to make a few dollors go a long way you are gallivanting around town. I don't know where, and with whom I don't know. “That's right, start to swear! It's so edifying for the children. Of course you'll go out if I don’t stop. You cume home and intentionally start a quarrel so you can flounce out and leave me alone, while you have a good time. “I am a foolish woman to put up with it, but my patience is about exhausted nyid you ere just worrying me into a decline. The doctor says my nervous system is all run down an¢—— What, you haven't sald a word? Well, goodness gracious, T'4 rather you would come out with it like a man than to ait there scowling at me. “T am sure I do everything in the world to keep the house and to be saving and economical and to make a dollar go where I should have two. But what thanks doI get? You come home and find fault with me, and then run out and leave me all alon “I know I am a fool to put up with it, everybody tells me Iam, But if you forget yourself and your home, I won't. “A man is downtown among his friends and in his office having no worrles and nothing to bother htm, while his wife stays home working like a slave and trying to save ten cents while you deny yourself nothing and spend ten dollars! ‘Well, you di have ten dollars, didn't yous Suppose I splurged Iike you do and wasted ten dollars since this morning? “IT took elght dollars of it for a dregs? That's right; throw my poor little dress up to me! It was a plece of goods I have had here In the house for a year Roi MRS. NAGG-— -She Is Mock asa Kitten and Lives Only to Make Her Husband Happy. Cz yard you You ARB). BA-REAKING>) 6 uP Be ee: My HEART Zz wire THES no LONGER! ING ine Uae dR winitn GP ft OE tal : Fre. COUCH. IN. THE HALL r fis and I hadn't money enough to go to a ood dressmanersand so get It botched cheaply, and you come home and swear at me and say I waste your money. “You WERE going to swear, You know you were. If a woman ts meek and will endure Insults hnd slights this is the way she is treated. You could come home earlier, you know you could, You never take me anywhere. Other married women vo to the theatre with thelr husbands and are treated with kindness, but look at me! Are you ashamed to be seen with me “Suppose I was like some women that scold and worry their husbands! But 1 am méek asa kitten and have sacrificed my life for you. You know I could have married Mr, Terwilliger, who now has his own real estate office, I don't belleva that he ts a bluff and {sn’t making a cent. Doesn't he always have the nicest ways with hin? Look how nice he was about it when he refused to return the de- posit I paid on that apartment and then didn't take it! Didn't he act lke @ gentleman, while you were a perfect rufflan and said a kick him? “Of course, there you start! I ait home here waiting for you and you are no sooner in the house when you commence to quarrel and find fault and 1 sit with my mouth closed and never say a word, because I have too much pride to let the world know I am unhappy. “No, I haven't wen about supper. I just sat down a morient to look at a tnok—I never have a moment to myself nowadays to even read the papers— when Delia went out to the store and the steak burned to a crisp. “Of course you don't care, but I.baven't the heart to do anything but work and worry, while you never think of coming home. “No, I don’t belleve you were detained on business, theatre tickets, You take all the pleasure out of everything. headache and you come home and quarrel with me. “No, I won't shut up. I may be your wife, but Iam not a slave altogehter and I have stood this sort of cruelty from you for years and never complained. “Oh, you are going out, are you? I knew you would. I saw it from the first, when you came home and began to quarrel. But I won't quarrel. Be a man, and say what you mean. You cargo If you want to. Never mind me sitting here alone. yo I don't care tf you have I have a sick done nothing to en own supper! All right, then, go out! My heart ts breaking!” “There you go! What's the use of my being kind and patient? This is want I get for putting up wkh slights and insults! No I won't kiss and make up. 1 you to bully and swear around. ‘No, your staying at home doesn't prove anythin, would sooner quarrel when I am nervous “That's right, slam the door! Now he's gone, but I see through his scheme. | The Springtime of Love. @y Permission of George Mifnro's Sons.) (opyright, 1902, wy Gears George Munro’s Sons.) 8 OF PRECEDING CHAPTER. pe 8 See him. ‘Thero, whil ‘of Arrowfield’s will estate to Joan, | 10 rd nges Villars, who believes er dends they flene aval. whieh is ‘by a woman, who throws her- "The. woman is Miss Mazurka, who. has Ned of Hoyce's plot and of the strange: t between Joan and Villiars. On the eve Youn's wedding to. Royce, Mise Mazurka an Interview with Joan. CHAPTER V, Strange Revelations. 18S MAZURKA entered and stood regarding Mordaunt Royce with & bland smile. “I humbly bi your pardon for In- at this late hour, Miss Trevel- “I know it is almost unpardonable, but I wanted to ee you on important business, and as married to-morrow—you are, your” -* “Yes,” aid Joan in a low voice and without a change of color, “Now, Miss Trevelyan, will you an- @wer this? Is it your wish to marry Mr. Royce to-morrow?" “My dearest,” murmured Royce, as Joan, pale and troubled, looked from one to theother. “You need not answer,” sald Miss Ma- “Your silence is quite enough for me.” | “T will go," said Joan, rising. ‘Miss Mazurka put out her hand plead- aren't back of a chair, overcome for a mo- ment. Mordaunt Royce sprang upright, his face ablaze, then it went pale again and he laughed harshly, ingly. ‘ “You wish proofst’ queried Miss - ‘ Magurka, ‘No, no! Don't! Listen to me for ®! dhe went swiftly to the door and Nttle while. For your own sake, If/you knew what I knew"=— Then sho arose and pointed her finger at Mordaunt Royce. Do you know what that man 4s, the man you are going to marry to- morrow morning? ‘Joan, pale and trembling, looked from her to Mordqunt Royce, whose face, set and calm, smiled sardonically at the opened it, und Lord Bertie entered, pushing old Craddock by the shoulders in front of him. Old Craddock looked around stealthily, moistened his trembling lps, and stesu fed himself against the wall with his claw-like hands. “Mordaunt knows me,” he foaked, “Ho knows me, 1 brought bim up fro. “1 will explain everything! Ah,com !” and he held out his arms, THE LAST APPEAL. Mordaynt Royce. “Royce, it's no uses|deny all knowledge of this lady's real name and position, and of Lord Arrow- fleld's will. Are you mad? Do, you for- found that willt” e bit his ips, “This is a conspiracy," he sald, “I re- fuse to remain here to be baited by an old madman and a pair of vindictive he ced scornfully at Bertie and Miss Mazurka, “Ida,” and he turned swiftly to her with a sudden despairing, pleading tone and gesture, “for Heaven's sake, send them away or found it out—the Lord knows how! They | came and seized me at my office and dragged me here against my Will “You see,” said Miss Mazurka, “Mr. Royce knows nothing of all this, Mr. Craddock. He never heard of Miss Ormuby,: this respected granddaughter of Lord Asrowfield. He knows nothing of a will which you and he have been looking for—nothing at all!" come with me. I will explain every- Royce forced a smile to his white lips, | thing. Ah, come!”’ And he held out hig hands. “For the first time during this strange She shrank back, her hand on Bertie’s By Charles Garvice. i convince her, With a sigh that was al- most @ groan she held up her hand as if to put him from her, and turned her head away. With a cry. low and flerce and full of Infinite despair, he put his hand before Us eyes as if to shut out her gase, then | staggered unsteadily to the door. “Quick!” cried Miss Mazurka, And as | she spoke Bertie rushed forward, selzed the retreating man by the arm and swung him round against the wall. “Give me the will!” he said in a yolco, + Mordaunt Royce looked at him with a world of hate and malice. “You fool!" he hissed, never see it! I have burned it! ern “You will Let mo pai ) And as he spoke he drew @ paper from his pocket and dropped it into the fire, “He's clever! He's clever, is Royce!’ croaked old Craddock, who was cower- ing in a corner of the room, forgotten by all, but watching the scene with ghoul-like interest. Joan glided forward and lald her hand tremblingly on Bertie’s arm. him go, for my sake,” mured, "Ah, let him go!" Bertie bit ‘his lips and led her baek a ently. yee. she mur- For your aake, then,’ he sald, Then he turned to Mordaunt Mordaunt Royce sneered. “Miss Mazurka,” he said, “honestly, 1 cannot congratulat® you,’ You were too eager to obtain a reputation for cleverness, Miss Mazurka. Amateur de- is ctives aeliom succeed, You are stu- vite: strats 018 As he did go Miss Mazurka sald, soft- ty"and’ amiably: Sh, let him. walt @ minute, please. Reyce, you were Kind enough to taunt nme just now with my stupid: ity Oh, pardon me? It wan rude, 1 ad- mit but f'm afraid it ts tru torted, returning her smile with a ear. iit ate A clever man, she replica, a) Aeey, the will wai clever ke. It you had done It.’ ‘Thank you so much.” “Wait a minute, please. I sald ft would have been clever if you had done it; but you haven't! ‘Indeed!’ he said, and pointed to the hea of ashes In the fireplace. Pen, J know—I see," sakt Miss Ma- wurka, “TL saw you draw the paper trom your pocket and throw ft on the fire: but I don’t think {t was the stolen will, i oy by x ee ad he sald, with a sneer. “Indeed! If not—I admit nothing—but, If all that Mr, Masurka speaks the truth,” arm and her eyes fixed on Mordaunt accusing finger. a boy. I taught him everything. He's “You don't? Well, I'll tell you. He's) clever, but I’made him, I made him ® pwindler and a card-sharper!”’ what he is. I picked him out of the Joan Lawirgnd back and taught at the gutter.” Then he <aPaTe. Ae: may have had dealings with 1 Berose face as if she would read his Ppt read there in hie ree encuah té of the will is not there, where to eyes wore turned upen Miss Mf ‘All. ey niirka Ae she drew from her ura Sed carefully f paper, to me, except that you nd have a sick headache, Cook your eae she said, sweetly, and held be His lips twitched, and he shook his Siam clever’ enough, at any rate, to doubt that!"’ he sald, “You are a for said Miss Masurks, with sublime simplicity. thy wil? Take it, Lord Be! Lord Bertie took it and opened it ly silent amazement “This this $s the will I found!’ he said, bewilders "Tf you've any doubts, compare the piece of paper clever Mr. Royce tore off in your chambers with the torn part of the will itself!" she said. Rertle took from his pocketbook the corner of the will which Mordaunt Royce had po. carefully prepared, and red it. ed PJ Oba EVENING WORLD offers A PRIZE OF $10 for the best story of an actual Proposal furnish. . for publication by the man who made it. A PRIZE OF $10 is offered for a proposal of marriage that she has ac- tually received. A PRIZE OF $5 for the account of the most romantic situation under which a-proposal of marriage was really made, told by elther party. Send letters, not over 150 words in length and written on one side of the paper only, to Margaret Hubbard Ayer, Evening World. ng Teacher, | was a clerk In the same office where I held the position as steoog- pher, On coming back from his Vacation he found me there. He Promptly took charge of the corres- Pondence, and so we became better ac- quainted. In every act he showed his admiration, and I showed cold indiffer- ence, It seemed most strange that my car should be his also, my lunch hour and his the same, and so Cupid watched developments over the keys of the typewriter, One day I was writing on the machine} an he dlcjated, and in the letter bis name appeared. T pelt it, and while correcting It he sai¢ long as 1 expect you to take that name for life, don't vou think vou should spell ‘t| correctly?" It took me some weeks to get used to the name, but it ma y HAPPY @ Pennies for a H Year Mina Ayer: HAD asked a young woman to} marry me, but for a week she would not say “Yes” or "No." So at last I suggested tossing up a penny to decide what the answer should be. and she agrecd to that. I won both! the toss and the girl and never had cause to regret either. My wife has beon accused of gambling for a hus- band, but that seems to be stretching the defnition of gambling to the Hmit and a little more. HEADS. ‘The Bashful Lover. Dear Miss Ayér: THINK the most romantic proposal ] of marriage I ever received was made one moonlight night on the Prizes {oF Stories 2 of Real Proposals, Ways of Popping the Question. marriage: woman's account ofthe most inviting) j one else, tI of ¢ piazza of a hotel, which was practically? FRIDAY EVENING, } FEBRUARY 12, 1904, ae Margaret Hubbard Ayer. — Sanaa RCM ~ deserted, the hour being rather late. . was At 0 seaside resort this naeakt, and being entirely unexpected, left ms speechless, ‘The gentleman was very bashful, and “we were standing at the water, when he surprised me! telling me he loved me, and asked to marry him. At first { was tob si prised to answer as I thought of him chly ax a friend, but when he looked &o sorlous and said he'd never marty any I began to think differengly about It. Then he sald he would ge away if I couldn't love him; so f began to Be- lent, and finally begged him not tango, as 1 wns lonely, and wished ‘im to So he stayed. A BACHELOR ua : A Turkey and a Raffle, Dear Mins Ayer ‘ Ts years ago I took a chance tn u raffle on a turkey. In @ hotel. The appointed night around. Before leaving home this night a friend of my sister's called. T this friend what 1 was about to do, She anked mo to take a chance for her. e said yes, and jollyingly f I win on your chance,’ She smiled, and sald, way to tty asked: * you marry me?” “yer!” So T went on my my luck, throwing my chance: first, which was 38, Then her chance 46. the cha following ail’ being low this made me winner of the turkey, and I went on my way home, remindis her of her promise and asking her it she d keen, it. It proved O, = ceks later we were wed and # Amusements- may, de 40th st — TO-DAY & SAT. a** The Other Girl che ay Raat st Bway. He OUNTAIN OF FUN "THE GIRL jose 5.000, FROM KAY'S ‘TR! mh HlaRiap che wo Light That Lies in Woman's tes, Tr HEATRE, 5 Bway ot ate rs ober Hilliard Mi 44" LYCEUM; 45th st Away! 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How did I' get it?” she added, quickly, turning to Bertie, who stood ‘regurdinis her In a. state of con- bewilderment and admiration, | AWvhy, easily enough! 1 sax through chink In his ceiling that he always ki a finger on Sprang, to her feet. her self the first time. in your boasted * simpleton, rried It In his breast-pocket saw what {t was like, and IT made up a ‘property'—a dummy will—like it, and one night, when the gentleman’ was | sleeping the sleep of the innocent and | the Just, I took the liberty of exchani ing my. dummy for the real will, and it fs the dummy he has burnt in hts clev- erness—the will is there! Now, Mr, “BABESTOVLAND ©. g KENNEL CLUB, 28th 1 WES THINSTER KENNEL CLUB 281 ear | FEB. 10, 11. at ware can GOTHAM } uy yisQuEnADER, GRAND CONCERT SUNDAY AFT, & EVG. THE} Matinee To-Day. eles PARISIAN WIDOWS ND. N SUN AT, Grand Concert, 2he., 50e. WALLACK'S way & 9 vgs, 8.20 GEO, ADE'S QUAIN COUNTY CHAIRMAN. MAJESTICE way doy. evs a Matinee MUKHAY ENS Henry-V. Donne! 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