Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
- ¢ \ “Rose of the Rancho” Has Lazy Charm, | hut Little Else, T Mis Prances Starr did not wake up to-day to find her head swollen ‘a size larger than her pillow, she js an even’ more unsual young) woman than she appeared to be last night ef the Belasco ‘Theatre, | afwhere an audience made a great fuss over her, and The Great Man} himself took her by the hand end sald : |. tL am proud of this Httle girl.” 3 t By this time—nearly 11 o'clock and only the ¢nd of the second act— Qrfes Starr had almost shattered herself against the “big scene” of “The Rose of the Rancho” ‘and lost her Spanisk-accent In tho shuffle, - But} ~~ her youthful cherm and -a,certaln amonnt of cleverness won thé night) “Kor sher. eee | ) It was a-shrewd move on Mr. Bolasco's part to offer nn actress as} Pyoung as—well, as Mrs, Carter is Not, Miss Starr was a refreshing change 1+): }ms Well as 4 pleasant surprise. ‘Not Jong ago she was dolng “two-a-day'’ 5 #% “sore experience than glory out gf tho job. Then she trotted out in ,"Gallops” at the Garrick and gave such a good account, of herself that “@ir. Belasco went to seo her and-carried her away in his eye, : Don't fmagine from all this that Miss, Qtarr ‘a extraordinary, for she asn't, But she has grown astonishingly under the Belasco ‘training and flescrves a great deal of praise. At the same time the applause she re- ‘ceived inst night was sib beyond her merits. This, no doubt, was due to the fact that Mr. Belasco had his usual trained audience on hand to pound ard yell {self hoarse from the back of the houss and to keep} “people in their seats until nearly “midnight. ‘ “The Rose of the Rancho’ peeped as shyly from the thicket of Belasco “cffects" as the half-author, Mr. Richard Walton Tully /peeped from be- hind. the black-frocked Belasco when, the tralued audience rose to the ‘ occasion. The play began withyawnS on the stage and ended with yawns ‘ off the stage. ltt was a beaytiful and alluring spectacle with a Inzy giam- ; pur that almost made oneforget there wasn't much of a play. a The hand of Belases was evident everywhere, but it 1s only fair to presume that Mr. Twily, a yotng Calffornian, {5 responsible for the story. Hoe goes back to the days when lower Callfornia had just been faken by the United States 1 the old Dlue-blooded Spanish families were being ousted from their estates, But the old mission garden that fwns revealed at the rising of the curtain hora the anmistakable Belasco imprint. It was lavishly picturesque, with geraniums and laziness every- wvhere. Don Luis de la Torre slept on a seat, an old priest dozed over his wine, and every one who happened along stretched and yawned. Don Luts was in love with Juanita Kenton, called “The Rosa df the Rancho,” Dut she, the daughter of a Spanish mother ond an American father who had died telling her nOt to marry u “‘coffee-colored galoot," felt the gringo blood In her yelns when a government agent named Kearney came long to keep his cye on the “land-Jjumpers _ It Kearney had got there about fifteen minutes sooner he would have | Been a great help to the play.As it was, Juanita had nptiing to do but sit around and tell the priest the story of hor life. Atlhough Miss Sterr twas at her best in the early scenes of the play, she talked too much and had too little to say,. At first she sald she would spit on tho hated gringo ‘and she almost sulted the action to the-word, But when Kearney kissed her there was a decided improvement in her manners. 1 Kinkald, a “Iand-jumper” from Nebraska, had planned to selze the | (Castro estate when Kearney got thé loundarles from Juanita and sent his enthusiastic young friend, Lieut. jarkin, to have the proper enrollment made at, Manterey. a} * . The second act, set In the patio of the Castro-Kenton rancho, gave a Wery good idea of what an old Span dance came.’ There was a perfect festival of color In the quaint courtyard when ‘the caballeros and senoritas bombarded one another with confettl and the M long, bright-hued, twirling strips shot up to the balcony. e nothing else in the play to equal this scene. The gay: of the crowd rang true, and the dark beauty of the women, set off Dy rich costumes, made a handsome picture, Then there was a dance by Miss Starr {n her very best Spanish, and a quaint ceremony of blessing candles to mark the be- frothai of Don Luls and Juanita, which ended by the girl using her breath tmbere ft did the most good, 5 & Meanwhile the play bad been lost.in the excitement. But the poor] a little plot plucked up courage ‘after the fireworks and beca:se quite war- Mike." Kinkald and his men burst into the courtyard to take possession, qwhile Kearney stood around unable to explain ‘before the “land jumper” that he had done everything tn his power to save the plaee, AS Caeith the stock company at.Proctor’s Fifth Avenue Theatre atid getting: : , : . Juanitn-sus- x pected him of having betrayed her trust, and this led to one of those char- 0 The Evening World's The Newlywed THE CAPTAN OF HS DISTAL THECAPTAN SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, ctntrh was like “before the gringoesy \«t sAvora the wult of Bis own, co There was | t04. e 7 Daily : y/ Magazine, Wednesday, OH. Lovey! Sy) / HES BEEN CRYING R TEN MINUTES} DON'T KNOW HATS THE MATTER: GENK | AY DON'T SHE GS aS LOOK LIKE fd SOMETHING | WAP FROM THE OLD WORLD! em a) V Bob -Purreat, Demepratic captain yt al Jove and ix loved by Lucy, dau Wilain Carleton, a Now tcrk i waite, Carleton forbids their mee! n Vincent tx candicat orreetR: pecronal, and polis on election day A bultet wound tx found In Tncent declares he saw Forrest WMonalze froth arr f feet. Forrest hen’ tel Ineent ad, ts thi rf ea: refuse let yonars. ‘ite’ plica are notified, march is fatile - CHAPTER VIII. The River’s Secret. the fifteenth floor. of ekyscraper was a door the words "J. upon which | Munson, of MY DIAGNOSIS WOULD BE “And 1 emugelers, the pler, who Were alwaya on the look-| of the woman, and Hayne could see jout ror ‘the river polk thres e | smuxglers, 1¢ knew thi fom In handouffs on them to prison. Zayno's a Broadway | was Collins's, "Stop!" orled Bayne, “or Ww A clrse and a laugh followed. fired | 2 By George M cManus s--Their Baby T 4IVE TILE mM - S0 Oe . TOODLEUMS BERN HES BY TELL PAPA ¢ Ma 2 EEC AESEA) APPENDICITIS! {2 ona fa - ai - WILL NE ey, EF DOCTOR SMITH, COME AT ONCES WE WANT A CONSULTATION IVE CALLED ON FIVE DOCTORS AND_NOT A BLAMED ONE OF ‘EM IN! - IT WAS JUST A PIN STICKING IN HIS LITTLE GACK AVERY AGGRAVATED CASE OF TWENTY DOLLARS, PLEASE! THAT WAS ALONG A Love Mystery: 2 By Seward W. Hopkins, | Is She Alive or Dead? H Author of “The Smoke Eater.” | ej near him. apparently wedged between | avenuo house when, about § o'clock, two piles. He grasped tt. there came most imperative ring at Good heaven? he cried. “This tx a/ die oll. AN In the house bad bean foman pers wince Luc moon fell upon the upturned face fel tandiraaty chen ball rough the still night everybody awoke ed from bed. * aad an offic. neasige Over the wire nine at once to tHe morgue * eald Vi nity, take these fellows to. ‘That's opium they'vo ot. boat ‘passeq a shorter pier, and ent swung inta the moon- ¢ quick eyes of the men on! discovered the | enough to know that she was young and had been beautiful. He managed tw get Into the boat, and, @ got the etuff. standiig Up, surveyed the pier. Could hear the Glscovered men|~ He sat the forms of men lying down, rH [and with a great effort he scrambled Sid pler was in a mad condition! to his feet. Going toward the scene of epair, Planking was loos*, anjl the last fighting “he discovered Collins ‘ies were ready to recelve the and Fisher, the other officer, and two of the men they had sought to intercept, “take the right Collins was conscious, Don't let any, “What's the matter, old man?” asked Bayno. ey gave us a good fight,” sald ~ ven "Y guess Fisher ia worse hit than I." there did they get yout “In the side. See to Fisher." ops! Send off the boat, saiq Bayn take the le La sudden rush, The they were emuggiers, they must elther gain fri ono grand dash, or go with not know. ‘ome down at once.’ “Perhips!'— {1 hope to Heaven 4t ts not,” he said, evolvar wee out, and eo}.,Bayne stepped to the other officer, Down tn her heart Marto sala: the bow oarsman. He was unconscious, but breathing. VAnd I hope to Heaven it ts. TP anoat.” |, He then looked at the other two pros- nat the grim. stona Beyne i A ndant adiitted ther. re Air. Vincent,” ho said. ‘*¥ order co VCS ney Were dead. Pherae wesian anewerd Raaing himaelf to an erect posttion | have an acteristically Belasco scenes of crude emotion wwhiels was alt uA Re y ogether too i \ Bayne atumbl 2 notify you of y Wayne! ey nGra thin Dieta he ne blew his police whistle warilly. But /women broukde in, and touch the: hou he nocd not have done thin, the | was bariy 1 thought you would pret much for Miss Starr's powers. Juanita called Kearney “Liar!” and other pleasant things in such a storm of excitement that he, in order to make himself heard, seized Ner and clapped his handover her mouth. A-screa‘n- ing girl held down by even,so gentlemanly a hero as My Charles Richman Isn'ta pleasant spectacle, and it wis & relief to have {t over, ems A Belasco dawn broke on the last act, and the soldiers camo just in time to-save the Women of the rancho from Kinkald and his drunken-men, who were howling for the attack. Tho property, too, was saved, but this Gla _not change the attitude of Juanita’s haughty mother toward Kearney. Bhe gave the girl her choice, and when Juanita-chose Kearney, her mother handed her a bundle and told her to go. Here, as elsewhere, Miss Starr failed to strike the womanly note., Her accent was anything but Spanish ‘at thmes, and her favorite exclamation was more suggestive of Jewish than of Cattilian blood. nd excellent cast Mr. Hamilton Revelle as Don DLuls and ‘ope a3 Rinkatdt-stood-out-for-theiparteeris eeed aver. CHARLES DARNTON. e _ Daily Knitting Chat S. By Laura La Rue, ‘OW frequently “have 1 gm : — pera talked with a woman y “who- bemoaned her Tale Hecause she longed for swenter and considered herself too stout to wear one! And just as often 1 have convinced her of her mifstave dnd afterward Known her. to delight in the ‘comfort and warmth of'hér new garment. Certainly there {a no Teason why a stout worn- en whould not wear a sweater, although, lke ev- evrything clse, it must be warefully relocted. man about 2 with a face that wa trregular of looked two eyes fly Munson of Wayne, exclitmed % friend, case. Supreme Court and precojents anc o those thingsued I suppose YON & enougs out of It to retire on: cane for Folk triotic, comfortably well that," | Not quite all. Ma trouble there 1s somo up tr his-affaieand he js almost pen | Titles, | derived from an estate Vv: beousin hes contro}, and Bol very lar -orank clauses—4n the trustees a kingly power, and all are| dead but this one, and no | “ected. He has chosen to interprec tho will aa cutting mita a crime, and bbs cousin elects to consider him guilty, | posited a long clear ash deviled cussidor, la Iittle money. the dosk etood a youns| ix feot high, loan, 1anky, | : x broad of smile. ‘out of which | body This wes Inside near feature, that describe. olasaliy OF entered, cier, old man, h 3 (unson on aight of Forres A-m “whi ald not know inet the fe and stasHern the broken. p gone out of sight | The plunge into the cold water re- called him fron had almost overcome him and he foun- | dered around for something to which | he might cling. Something was held fast in the water Vhat he had Intended to to be notified rat 3, Of 06) Thay wero conducted hay ond to a slab Which th unfortunate a: Vincent ghantiy face gazing dows Se renters shooting had been heanl, but by officers A ’ fo far away: they could not have Ing mon. Bayne, ntumbling acted the aoane earlier. s of the pler and had t Terese then cam cunning. Gown the f the pler. Hayne to Or: % the water below. |? Xna that tsmt-all, he added, “There of the grisly. mysveries. that fsa dead woman under the pier, KO to make up the datker sido of “he ‘The woman, -heving heen brought up | history.of a great oity.. How many as from the river, was taken with the dead j tho cau for much a aceno as this? smugeiera to the mongue. ne fuce was swollen, but it was young in appearance. in tho Fifth J; oD Upon the third finger of the right jer men wait," upon the fainting attack that Mr, Vincent was “Pine as silk. Saw how ca fhe atory of} Briefly he recow ‘arieton s murder, sopee: ‘orrest, the defendant, populdy, 9% to do, and all said Munson at the coneluston. | It seems that through | port of mix-| income=ts | which his pia’ share 1) But thereare cortuin clauses | the wil that give; Tt eeema thet bt others were | Forrest off If he com: | yery carefully de- in the be- Munson of Wayr We'll stick a pin in there,” he sald ve got a litte money and you've got | We'll seo Forrest, and Fontaine Binckley, and published by the Saalfield Publishing Company.) hand there was a ri: Ing In which th ai kind of a jewel, wns trembling, 1 unusual light in her Hips bares She was all he had lett. t fear the rival now. "can show you {i 51 ie attendant, Seat dekciltchpsteerl a “A Toast for the Times. (From "Toasts for the Times,” by John Willlany Sargent, pletured by Nellle | 2 She need “Marie, you Vincent. attend to that,’ sald ing, having lett orde: a re you sure? asked” V1 @gain he breathed the fresh peeratne alr and threw off n terrible Incubus, “loan Wdtind LN of atothing wa en. Evory article ee tom ~ 10 “Swed Liberty: es To the'two choicest blessings that come: from. above; The love of get liberty and the liberly of love. instru And no one a9 sho wore amond, ho furs nd bowed his head ve -ksigwn the fase," othes—end"—— jeanne | forbidding was th , rd the fan that the phi former patient wis ly November | mer nad come to ace her, | keep company with f | tumily. he (1906. BETTY°VI HERP are lots I go around thin know ‘It, ther T the enubs you ha h to get to work vere aré momenta of d the dependent wi y hat, who 41 6 me. sping company two xoars my Juntor acted yary cool to me thd last I asked her whnt the mattér was, and she raid that @ young man that sha) niet while away for a week Jost. sum- | Ha met her | and asked her to meet him on tha cor</ ner, that he had some very !mportant usinesa to talk about. She got ready met him, tte told her thet y het hers not welk to the corner with him. T have taken thin young lady to tho best theatres and had the -best of neats, has been too good to ic her, but stil she does not take uch {interest in me as she does 1 this other fPllow. P, BL she doesn't like man and nothing y reason to believe what she aa apa she is trying to make you jeal- I would not: worry if I were | Dear Betty: i |) AM a young man of twenty, and have ‘| Known a young lady about my own ‘| age. I have known her for shout | three years, and I viatt her three oc four tines a year, just because I know hor {parents and they know me well end my ‘When I vistt her I'know T am iaiwayn welcome. Her mother'and tather always say that I should call any time I feel ike it. The girl never-maya to cal) again. I don't krow what I should The Glory of Work. would’ give any no. matter o df ar 1 can envy 3h Lsiks jas I wouta much and would lke to] 4 She tella me | ime J har "Uke the fellow and would | ited by a not fo out with him you have | /Pet ee en ening they seem to! dB NCENTS © of gitis Who work for thelr 1 nking how thelr lot 1s. If ¢ ‘6 aro Women with millions 6: hing in world chang recnatr or; not the absolut I tt’ may be tha ‘discomfort o! jondener. now 5 ¥9. to ‘put up the ‘price you pay for 3 her, fier come, Mons S.° Men Will Not Farry.’ Dear Tetty: ‘ q AMay age, rather nico looking, bu! I cannot keep a y cmp lady nineteen yeate of str: ng man ku; ant pe —hame can Riy no! against friends, and am well: der people and my )Kithy friends. I wish fo know how I can. Keep a young man, Totront tient with? groat respect, and also. write them to come ani) ses mo with or without thelr friends, Although they call, It ts never more than once or twice, I am not what you could calla silly girl. (I try to interest them In every way and showing to bay, they many theni [speaking ebout interested {n, MAL Pertinps you make too great an ef fort to please. Try to be natural, look as pretty as you can, and somo man will surely love you. | She Merely Likes Him. |'Dear Bettys y ie a young lady seventecn years olfjjand I am liked by a man four years my senior; but I do not care very much for him. I do ke him a Uttle, but not enough to take to him. He {s a very dice young man, and T know he cares'a tot forme Ta 8. Do not marry the young man unless you loye him, But give him « fair charce to win your love. i HINTS FOR Steamed Chocolate Pudding. HALF cupful of sugar, one ext, vo teaspoonfula of putter, one iptut of flour, one teaspoonful ot powder, half « cuptul of milk, fa Hittle sat Bat. nodolate. Steam for two hours. 1 cream sauce. Gelatin and Prunes. UT a pound of prunes over the fre in a quart of water, adding Bes as 1t cooks away, Btew until ten- dor!, but not broken; take from the fire, drain and remove tha stones from the prunes, If there Is not # quart of the iquor in which the prunes were cooked, udd water to make up the deficiency. “eoten to taste, add the juice of three ranges, return the prunes and all to the fire and add half a box of gelatin that has been soaked two houm tn & fourth of @ pint of cold water; stir unttl the gelatin has dissolved, remove from THE HOME, the fire and pour into a dozen wee | plazses wet with cold water, Bet ‘on foe or in a cool place for several, hours. When ready to nerve turn out tp rattcers nnd pour plain or whipped cream over, one and a hait equares of Boston Brown Bread. cornmeal and rye meal, t one pint each and & with two level teaspoonfuls each) lana walt. Add one cupful (scant)! molasses and two oupfuls buttermliic nour milk, and stir until well amixqd | pour {na groased mould with @ tight cover and ateam three hours, never al- lowing the water to stop. bolling. | | $< before measuring sor ing powder cans will be found exc for the purpose. In. this case the steaming process will be much shortes Instead of boiling on top of the stove the moulds may be set in apah of hot water in the oven. A: cupful of sseded or halved reisins may be added to this batter {f desired. z \ Ts favorite amusements of Queen da devoted to jor,tho entmala tn her preserves being Elephant’s foot takes tonger to cook for thirty-six hours, #0 pounds. May Manton’s Some Curious Facts. Wilhelmina of Holland ere skating-and riding, but as a child her hobby was the keeping of poultry. Her Majesty animals, and is averse to sport, aa she-cannet-pear to chink slaughtered. than any other dish. It must bo haked ! The capacity of the reindeer for team work is remarkable, Eis hoofs ane very broad anil do not penetrate the snow crusts, His averago weisht is about Ho will swiftly draw a sled carrying 60 pounda, and with this load can cover thirty, fifty and even ninety miles a day. Reinéect terms now carry, the malls from Kotzebue to Paint Barrow, Alaska, @ distance of 60 miles—the most northerly post route in the world. No food ts oarrted for the deez, At the end of his Journey, or at any stopping place, he ts turned loose, and at once breaks through the snow to the white moss which serves as food. Dy Where small loeves are pistecat ae en Daily Fashions’ . HERD seams lite ally to be no limit _ tS the posatbiit ties _ of the plaited skirt. It {8 constantly appearing in some pow guise or other, and is seomingly always most attractive jm the latest. This one le perfectly smooth over the hipa, giving.somo- thing of a yoke effect at the same time that the nes are long, graceful and decom: In the fs made of broadoloth, tr with dius bands yely and {9 atitched tratios unless they've got a case that would prove invulnerable to # thirteen-inch “|| gun, Munson jot Wayne, will—wiil’— hod he waticad cent had been m4 went to tho My reason tor talking in thts way !s becausé tho sweater in’ our pletui -erdere OF out Wethy with atk, Dut trim @an be braid or really 1s ao suitable for He picked up the rent bill. P ‘she’ atout woman, To be- "Pay his rent,” he finished with, Winpent sat thero, deep tn. thougi thing that may job wish, rows are ens! Vingent: undoretcoa, coca Liked, or the a! can Seba lela ental The cold, pale moon of December | pasiblo 10 do} beh cate ee But ; Again, cives a =! forming & rib that gives a deAnite length Ine and has equally a contrasting influence upon the width, Deénel with Hear Brand yarns, ‘Nala iniienice! la even Long-Shouldered Sweater. ‘more accentuated by the use of two colors that contrast well, or two tones of the same color. They-are used alternately throughout. ” Another lengthentng influence in this sweater is the long shoulger. Here are mado'a tow rows that-reach from the neck to the wrist, taking away the upper rm seam and tho broadening fulness of. the sleeves, a Again, the V-neck and the flat hand fini take from the appearance of size, end #o doex the very tiny walstband, 4 But, laying aside ail there practical considerations, the sweater Js a rematk- Ably pretty one, standing unique and alone\in Its class. It 1s mado of Bpaniah JSarmiand hag therefore a fne,. close texture, It fs closéd {n an unusual way, with two, fows of soft Arwblan colored Battenberg rings. The ring at one side {Might vent tts gleams upon the turbu-| Net water of the Bast River. Crawling ‘along just outside of the Une of the longest plors was @ boat con- taining three men. “Nothing much doing to-night,” said one ina iow voice aa the epeakor bent to his oar, ‘I've seen tho time when : : : ce # t r four jobs by now,’* hte nase att ne Peligemas Bayne, who nad, arrested Forrest, He was nox Meancon to the river police. “{ reckon," sald the bow oarsmen, “that if you'd bean on the river in the old days you'd be better satisfied that They «wore past, ‘This is dead eay pacar 3 was It not? i sholce of rognd or alkting length | sc “Why, n 18 contested, a a) new. ofl : count has been ond No. Pattern, Fancy Plaited Skirt Tush ads of thi sald Bayne, peering past the | | twa oarsmen. “lt seems but pana e tee een Anew t, though his political o: a F Call or send by mail t THE ts pushed throysh the corresponding ring on the other, fastening the fronts, me I eee somebody out on that old ‘ f) * a at Forty-Ofth atreet,”) Suddenly through ithe, hushed Wow to 3 oN PASHION BUREAU, No. 21 Weat Tweaty-third street New wats ‘old eps ‘ane ene! aac y SDR Penh cr Heian OBESE, York. Send ten canta In coin or stampa for each pattern ordered, ae m. Kindly address ‘ Seernn ened no sympathetic: bend no heat of Ac Then IMPORTANT—Write your name and address piainty, and al} BONS PR Box iy +r row. Villlamsa, hime! In). te Patter Fy 0; Box 04 Nz. City, ‘t quite Razed to the door and opened tt rate ways apecity alse wanted: bs ‘ #0q Ra Continiedd 5