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¥ ve . h i fhe Evening Worlds Home Maga “AND THE PLATT CAME BACK: THE THRFE TERRORS “tha Triumph of Virtue.” A Political Problem Play. In Two Act we Cis By Roy L. McCardell. | ? OT 1.—Tha Grocery Store at Newbury, orowded with Assemblyman stopping | Off on route to Albany, EGISLATOR (nippang at the orackers and cheese) Any orders today, Boss? Odell—Yeu; introduce a bill taking away the charter of the Mercantile Trust Company. But don't do anything until you hear from me, All—Aye, aye, sir! Odell—And Chauncey Depaw tan't to go back to the] & United States Senate unless— All—Uniess what? Otell--How dare you ask any questions? You @o as you are told! (Aside) How dare the promoters of the Ship Building Trust try to chegt an honest tredemman! mm get my money ‘back or put ‘am out of business! (Enter T, C.. Platt.) ‘ aa em “s rel ferred to, the State charitanle y—All applicants for relief are refer: A goon i we dally supply with the cholosat groctries— ‘Platt-Don't talk shop! I put you into polities, I made, you Governor, ‘Why ungrate’ undermining me? , ’ ; TP Seavaseues yor are olf and only in the way, Resides, business te busi- wees, and co's politics, axd I'm in neither for my health! PlesK—Do not be too sure! (angrfly)—Curse you! Out of my way! (Offers to strike.) pga of Albany (interposing)—If you dare! (Loud appmuse from the Mace (eudtenty)—Back to 4 Broadway end express « tow opinions, old man! Platt—Remember! An ld man's curse! Odell iftoantly)— “ Crackers and cheese: Crackers and cheese! I'm the real Boss and I'll do as I please! Yj SS S S MOT II-—The Fifth Avenue Hotel by moonlight, Puett (rubbing his bands)—What's this?~"Ben Odell Meets His Political Death as Result of Exposure!” Ha! ha! At fast! At lest! (Bnter Bill Barnes, of Albany)—Say, Boss, I always wtood by you, adn't 17 {never let nobody knock you to mo, I was always your frtend| (@Dnter Halpin)—@ee, here 1 @ bouquet I have brought you, master! (> Platt (grimly)—To signify I'm @ dead onet + Halpin (uneasfly)—Oh, no, sir! How oan you think of such @ thing, sir! (Minter Bithu Root)—You are to have ail the Federal patronage. AllThree cheers for Platt! Be Hop—There's a guy downstairs wants to Imow if you please won't pee fim? ays his name's Odell! ; Platt (icily)—/Tell him to go ‘round to the tradesmen’s entrance! (To others) | {The Sunday-school ‘will meet again as if nothing had happened, but et the Hotei Gotham. Wo will now join in winging “The Platt Came Back!" {Distribution of Ohriatmas gifte by Platt aa Banta Claus, Ourtain,) . The Girl from Kansas. By Alice Rohe, BS, i'w ail about @| that purple symphony ts to purge uit,” wad | Put Up v | ICG, A é WY) Y L tyr je wy) start tn and (a recede to == stock Borge in Reabaed m Ct “T don't ba Til ever go back to br noe I sont back the pur- ——— mt Puzzle:—Find the Man That Happens Around. b ‘The lists of the Unicnown. On mystery’s vitagraph a new Large question mark is thrown. Folks whisper: “Say, who CAN he be, ‘That personage of mysteree, ‘The gruesome ‘Man who usualee Hare and Hounds in Bearville_ a WEKL, MAYBE I'M set NOT COOD-LUCK ad ——F THIS. AFTERNOON ! #E 4 | i JUST WHEN T RUN OuT'QF CHOPPED f= PAPER % FIND THiS ose BaLLor- BOX ! 8 [ Can he be Billy Patterson? Or long-lost Johnny Doe? * | Man-Higher-Up? Perhaps the one Who “gets it?" Who can know? sey gern ye Mis names and face we may nck seo— © aprang her purple hat with a We only know of him that he on it half of the women in | (BY force of habit) “usualles 7 to her. Gets pround bere with Marie when she ‘This time of yeart” A lot of men “get ‘eound” just now— ‘The Coal Man, Rent Man, and Tnstalment Men (who radee a row When we've no cash In hand). Bo make your bets: Which one is ho, That man who turns up ftfulles And times his datea so “usualles He ¢vta ‘round here ‘This time of year?” But the ‘Four M'e” and poor Depew ‘tive ferretea } . EAA UR if = ib} i A ¢ e : i i in Weubunses a womah's stand- ts measured by the number of jars preserves and pickles she can stack _BETTY'S BALM FOR LOVERS, Willing, Dt ehe pute you off again rilight toll ther it enuat be. row er never, T think you are foolish to allow other People to tease you about It, Seventeen Sues Sixteen, Dear Betty; ’ wa rma HOME HINTS. Shepherd's Ple, NE cup chopped meat, one-half tea ®poon galt, one teaspoon lemon Juloo or a little table sauce, a little pepper and one cup boiling water. But- the aise of ® walnut, Stir all to- savin ft ange “ol thas A doom, which begins thus: § ut the “wous tao j@ether and putin a frying pan and jh inst, and have carefully noted the contents, I say wel- Cis me to make her my Cook unt! tt looks dark, on the back come, and. this ‘will doubtless surprise you, Strange as \t do of the stove, where it will not burn, [i may eeem, I believe your action clears the way for @ con- Pe ait | Heat two cups of mashed potatoes fesston that I often wished to make, Though I thought 1 with half @ coup of milk and a little loved you at the time of our engagement I was Boon en- g BEzF 3 = Now, whe author of this l 4 z pe 3 H i t i Hh i i i te ' be wor men who don't, » hotrepay the latter Hf It were real, | | zine, Monday Evening, N ae They Fail to Meet the Mavor, but Are ‘Treated Like Perfect Ladies.” Ff Z| | WELL, 1F THATS AS.LoUD AS YOU CAN YELL. TGUESS TEL STEAL A BAL: LOT Box you MySI By Nixola Greeley-Smith, YOUNG man in St; Louis sends me copies of two let ters which, he says, terminated an /‘affair,” of these fs from « young woman breaking her en- wagement on the plea that she no longer loved him, ‘The other is the young man’s acknowledgment of his “My Dear Jane—I have your weloome fetter of the 6th Nghtened by my error, and regretted that I had spoken, bu felt m honor bound to remain silent and be true, I cou! not bring myself to the polnt of making this heartless declaration after our understandings—I had taken the atep and walked into the thing with my eyes open, and was to abide by the consequences, Yours, letter thinks he samt to me for my advice and, ‘Mo didn't, Ho was really vo vastly taken with the cleverness of his componition that he wanted to see it im print-and I herewith oblige hk. Frankly, however, I do not admire the letter, nor the motive behind Ht, Jovers’ quarrel @ woman i allowed, by the code which no man may , all the honors of war, Thies young man tries to snaten me he 1 am sure his performance must seem to her as smail and) '°'* every day, grateful to the women who marry them, but all men) , ovem at by T. 0. McGill ALONG ASE A Mea ALWAYS LIKES EE $ id 70 HARLEM Ay} OURS" NOW 1 DON'T WANT, TO INS FLUENCE YOu IN ANy WAY, Bur You SEE THIS sTOUT CUDGEL, I PRE SUME 2 FR y ‘OM hd, a om TIT 2 nN BEAUTY HINTS, By Margaret HubbardAyer One / A Good Hair Grower. OHN A—The tonic I give you {8 @ good stimu. lant to growth i the obeulation of he skin of the Pajecalp is active. 1f ot, Massage of the scalp will be neces. ary. Quinthe Hair Conte.—Sulphate of duinine, 1 dram; “i water,8 ounces; i. luce sulphurto JOHN, sold, 15 minima; reotified spirits, 2 ‘ounces; mix, then ¢urther add glycerine, 14 ounce; essence royale or exsence musk, 5 or 6 minims, Agitate until solution is complete Apply to the _|To Restore the Color of the Halr, B, C.—-Here ts the recipe you ask for; Buger lead, 1-2 ounce; lac sulphur, 13 gunce; essence of Sergumot, 1-2 ounce; aloohol, 1-2 gill; undotibted obligation te not by a faunted S!ce"tne, § ounces; tino:ure of canthar- one ‘would not tale the trouble to write| Mes 1:2 ounce; ammonia, 1-2 ounce. Mix Ml Ie one ping of watt water, Apply Jotter hae the weight and the potnt, and the calm, aie-| 9 the moots of the hutr, which must bé “go: thera!”—a means of retaliation whton tt) “lean, ette things of iite,| Massage Treatment, R—It you will write to me, in- worth while it) dlosing stamped envelope, I will i fougtt tor Js ‘el! you where you may find the . Tn the old-time Qwten of Love and, Massage cup of which you write, |Where to Learn Dressmaking. iy A. B—You will have this oppor- tunity by applying to the Young + Women's Christian Association, ber 20, of the T an | tall form OF 1 example at the Metropolitan |in the for u which |® letter in: tlt BRR CONRIDD will set H Opera-House to-night theatre managers might’ follow with pleasure to thelr patrons, Saturday #aid, ‘when attemoon's drese rehearsal of ‘The | Quorn of Aheba," attended by an in-|, vited audience of several hundred per- fons, offered no greater surprise than | the screened ofchestra, Rose-colored ourtaine—everything ls rose-colored at the beginning of the opera season— shut off the mustolans completely, Even the anms of Conductor Herts could not be seen “waving in alr.” The | + effoot was most satisfying, This Bay- ruth Idea might be introduced in our theatres with food results, If a play has any illusion, there {s nothing that destroys that ‘iluston #0 quickly as the sight of fiddles sawing away at the union scale, or a man with a horn blowing himself red in the face, Let the curtain, rose-colored or otherwise, be drawa on Mustelana, valle, childrens shoud ba heard and not seen, ee 8 T was an unusually Interesting re- I hearsal, as Interesting on one side of the footlighte as on the other, The audience was peculiarly oritleal The Metropolitan's famous songbirds were perched here and there—Atme, Nordica eat as high as the price she pays for her parterre box, while Frem- stad was another who took a lofty view ot the proceedings. But the centre of attraction was Bembrich, who sat mod- ie iM on one aide nan Ont ty) fe Tus be ther, both wearing derby hats tor fear | o of a vagrant draught, Between te Sembrioh held court, the dosens a ng 0 ber side all to shake her foeh Conrled to kiss it and bow low to queen, With every fair comer, Caruso’s and Plancon's hats oame off, only to be clapped on again with a haste as ridionlous as tt Was-well, to be mild, un-American, A ot "The College Widow" tw ito smoke a cigar. Mr. Holt does not smoke cigars off the stage, and on the stage he does not smoke them with pleasure of underekanding. The olger, being ® “prop,” is furnished by the Property-man, Who és also a non-smok- or and no judge. Here {a Mr, Hoft's Xestimony on the subject: “The first olgare I got were #o dry thet on re moving the end the substance ran into my mouth Mke loose ttebacoo from & T ventured to correct this, and PART of Edwin Holt's busines 4s Hiram Bolton in the first act didn’ any more suggee- tlona and took (them as they eame. I guess they must have been pretty bad, According to the standard of by rey cated smoket. I hanied one to a end of mine the other day. le looked over critically, then handed it back, saying, ‘I could be arrested for arson Tented thatr’'" wrmnnns [itt By Rob Thompson. ee BORGH ADH revolves many Iet- G ters from strangers and makes it a point to acknowledge thom all. His letters have covered the range tthat (9 usual—requests for autographs, for engugements, for advice, &o,, but never did he strike auch a mine of cor- respontience as one mean in Birming- ‘ham, Ala, represents, The Birming- ham writer began @ year ago by oon- | sratulating Ade on the success of The | Sultan of Sulu," with the preamble that he had followed hig success in Wtera- ture and wus to see that he was promised far greater rewards as a play-| wright. Ade replied, thanking bim In| @ pertundiory way, and that started ft. | Letters came from Birmingham at in- tervals, and although (they were never ‘ered they grew more and more fa. jmy tillar in tone. The came when so haave the ‘lark hand lintels mie Dieminghast, Alm, Oot. & One? Stet in ha Pla | night. D, a ee B WOLF HOPPERS gratification | at the fact that he probably will | remain in New York for the rest of the season has not caused him ‘to | forget the disagreeable features of his | first season in ‘Wang. Abe Thal- | helmer booked thi# route, and dt ts not | Mkely that all the success of ‘“Happy- | jana” will incline the comedian lentently | toward him, The other night, while the | stage of the Lyrio was filed with girls bowing for flashlight photographs, the May Manton's Daily Fashions, vanced to Ulm, Minnie re sear Chap" at Joo’ \ & surprise . performance by | her with « kitten’ in her “4 my" ” bp her operon, ONE te te “Ot course you 0; but where aH wot that kitten?” asked Mr, Boot, dering what the ohtd would ready of courte to help ter out tt mamma, ‘Well, just and I will p until after 1 you, and then back to you," kitten. from outside the door f th tage mi with | the ehildat Ae te ect, ak threatened all sorta of dire it she , ever again took Ibert! y “tals harm,” she : T just thought #t would look pretty carry 0 kitten on dn my arms," + .8cce T) knife?” is the awfal which Miss Maude ine, The wonder im that Mr, Calne was able to ent at f during his recent unhappy vielt, wit ‘ provincial, ¢he talkative Shaw erty that our hat ie the wrong Ladi tit ‘Well, at any rate, it's the right aise logue of the pl ‘ idn't mean any OWS Fiall Caine eat with hie threatens to answer affirmatively in article she is writing for the mumber of @ in * . [src te Saati haw CHARLES DARNTON, OUT OF THE THRONG. UT of wange of the gaslight’s| O glare, r Away from the madding crowd; Out on the prairie, bleak and bare, Canopy of sun and cloud; Longing for you with all my Holding myself to blame For keeping you and me apart Loving you just the same, wires; Away from the thron street; Away from epires, With never & soul to greet Through the hot end dreary mor's day Save perhaps a man or twor Eyes growing dim, the mind away, Thinking, deat one, of you. MA Out of the land of sighs and pain; | Away from revel and fun; a Out on the lonely, erass-grown plain, ‘Under the scorohing sun, i Yet bearing my hardwhips Mke @ man— Playing life's Mttul game, With aching heart ‘neath summer's f ‘tan Loving you just ithe same, ~Harry Van Demark in Sunset, the citys Sreatly in Vie oon And are to 3 attractive lustrated te one im much to be deuirad, both for the omplete which aitewsrae variations galore, Ag Muetrated It is of plaid silk tucked front, vest and cuffs of plain, bat harmonizing calor finished with plain but handgome Baad> ing. Any contrasting materials could, howe —— ever, be used with Suceéas, and again the watst of ‘ color can be bined with plata with the same mate trimmed, or again fetle vest might of velvet with tucked front of p allk, The q ity: terial requ! medium alae yards 2, 3 98 2 or 2 yard 46 41 wide, with 44 any width for onmiy front, veat ‘and and 7 roar, banding) Cajl or send by mail to TH! Obtain These Pattern: TON FASHION BURBAU, No, f West York, Send ten cents tn colo or stamps for ERTORE RPT eht reer, samme apt ioe