The evening world. Newspaper, February 11, 1907, Page 12

eine ‘veni ng Worl dad’s Daily M 5 gazine = February 11, a The Foolish Lie £2 ¢.2 £2 G2 &2 WRI SIXTY HEROES — . Rear KO MAS) Go0D, KID! exe —3 WHO MADE HISTORY: ; Bae “§ = . @utianed by the Press Publishing Company, No. 5% to © Park Row, New Tork Uy J Batered atthe Post-Omice at New York as Second-Class Mail Matter. TALENT ie ene eur wis NiNE—} [ME US ou win KID! By Albert Payson Terhune. . : Ze »f TOURE THES ALFRED THE GREAT, the Man Who Made England. . NO, 16,610. : IMA WONDER: 7 : Ao : CH Amp ! : ZO YELLOW-HAIRED Saxon boy—Alfred, youngest son of. 8 Wessex f : BACHELORS... : WS Ses Hooray! 1 king—hugt been sent to Rome wnd- Paris to be educated. For tn the - © An epidemic of bills to tax bachelors has. broken-out-in the legis- st t eS \ middle of the ninth century there was practically no such thing as A na teobusa ie? 4 L education In Bhgiind, Alfred, at the ace of tvenks, 15 gagged without atures -of the Western-States: <Fhe-Hlinois bilt provides that all bachelors warning from the studious qulet of the seats of learning- where he had - ove: irty-shall pay $5-a year, ~Fhe Missouri bill makes the annual tax spent lis youth,and-was plunged into the rigors and ERE ie ‘i 3 warfare, The res se ie of life saved Eng- 40 and the maximum age of exemption' twenty-five. years. Widov pyar Tecan Se fnisiaudilen ichange/ otis mods 2 : are'exempt. The Iowa bill provides for a sliding scale beginning at the : After King Arthur's death tne Danes and other Soandinayinny swoaped f tre —every-five-ves heFexas bit thet | down unopposed on-the rich but almost defenseless island of Britain, 80 gée-of forty and-increasing-every five eats: Phe-Fexas-bitt makes the (did the Saxons, The Jatter conquered the Britons and divided up their tax $5 a year between twenty-five and thirty, $10 between thirty and | Islaud into a number of petty Saxon Kingdonis, often at war with each forty and exempts bachelors over forty. In Wisconsin there is:to be an} simaaitax-of-$40-on-alt- bachelors of thirty or over. The Indiana propo- other, and oftener at war with the marauding Danes. The Scandinavians [lived In impoverjshodnon-produetive_eountvies——Henee—they: cord 9 rRCe ‘ition is for a sliding scale beginning at $2.50 at the age of twenty-five Fntreasing t0-S7.a-year-al forly. = | of sailors and made their way by ravaging riober, jess warlike tan. —At- linst; no longer content with mere plunder, i large number of them resolved {io settle _pormarentiy in -lngland-and te drive ont the Saxons, cyen as the Saxons had driven out the original British. So, for years, the two rival : J -nations. warred for supremacy. So great was the tertor inspired by- the —~ marauding Norse invaders’ that this clause Inserted In. the church eS enc a ea a | “These are. only..a few of the many: pending ‘legislative attempts Se Y ¢ Lal fie Put £20,000 — | litany! “From the {ury-of-the Northmon good J.ord.deliver‘ust f to cOmpel men-to' marry. Even in ) By) y p = o r t Alfred was born at Wantage, 894. His father’s petty. kingdom Was) '¢ 's) ai 2 ; : ON COME-ON Tnown as Wert Saxony or Wessex (East Saxony being similarly, shortened = ID pho Essex). On the King's death Alfred's eldest brother, Ethelred, came to- Massachusetts there’ ‘is a petition signed—by—a—number of unmarried women for the imposition of a -stid- ing scale tax ‘upon ‘bachelors. The-mullitude” of Theye: Wills “is the-expression-of-a- popu lar Welief that every man. should be married, and that it is his own fault - if he is not. 4 Both these assumptions are erroneous; The great number of ‘divorce es proves that there are hundreds 4f- thousands-of men—whese-mar- riages were a mistake, and that their wives and ‘presumably. the men themselyes would be happier had they never married. < z Still more mistaken is the assumption that a man is a bachelor be- “he deliberately refuses to marry. Every man, ninety-nine in one dred-at-least, has some time or other wanted to be married, and the| j- nity reason th didnot marry was that the girl would-not-have-him; usually because she preferred {0 marry some one else. Or if she did not fefer_some other man, she or her mother and father decided that the was not large enough to support a family. of all Ob is the delu: ion that all women want to.marry, ind that if a4 man is not married it is because of his stubborn and hard- -to-plea --nature.-This is akin to’ another fallacy that marriages ‘are brought about by men proposing-to women and inducing reluctant girls Marriages are made by women, not by men. ‘When a woman de-| |” s : KNOCKED OUT. cides to. marry.a-man-she succeeds-nine times out of-ten, unless some} -the.throne, Almost at once the, Dales, who had nd more of: England, * . j ——~ gradually: conquered tore j pote REE {nvaded Wessex. Alfred. was summoned home ‘to his brother's ald. ‘Tosether they fought many” e battles, with ryIng suc 5 the. Danes, | “| Imuluating in 871 Iria dec: victory at Asbdowns Though ; this conflict, Isthetred was stain onthe field and Alfred, 3 King. Bat a month late sne-year-Old MOT} » with the Danish sar indemnity, the Danes evto‘theis own stronghold the’ campaign the Saxons sol ceeded: him: 1 was dete leader, Guthrum, whereby, on pa } consented to lciive Wessex_in peace and jo ret of London, } . y ‘Though: pence was momentarily restored, —Alfcesl wretched condition, Farmers and ‘merchants bad not for to-piy-theirtrades.—-Fhe-country was chit witterness, devoid of indnstry. and swarming with robber, bands, Scarcely any ono: could read or write, Poverty was almost universal, “Famine and pestilence swept unchecked. through the stricken towns, - But, worst menace of all, plete fed Re whole coast, crush ng conrerce and keeping the pop fii mortal terror. | _sAlfred,-out-of-pltlfaliy-seanty—matertalitil-and- manned atest | first _real_nayy England had ever owned. With nd sa flotilla ef seven pirate galleys ins This wap the first of E victories. ‘The nation whose na he terror of the world owes the beginnings of her maritime tut Gurhrim toolt tha raisean-army- Sseeretly-an march pprepared; tanto: DAT a tear | forced Alfred to fly for his Hfe. . The beaten King hid in the marshes while his Danish foes-sco country jn search of him. This bitter tlme marked the lowestehb of his. fortunes and those of England. He was the only gressive Feader in tha ljand, the one remaining bulwark against the {ncursions_of the heathen — Norsemen. Natlonal fe, Christianity, progress, patriotism—im fact, Eni. jand’s whole future—centred about this one miserable fugitive, Had. he, FINISH. then died or given up {n despair the words “England” and “Englishman” [ een dropped from the Isaneuage. In Alfred's hands lay his country’s future,-to save or to wreck. inducing those who more skilful woman has made a like determination or the man escapes! pay . E eee y é iD 2 ’ . = , He set to work at once, rallying his broken army ee ce a anmaealthe Jar Family’S-Daily Jars vx sx se 3< x BY Roy Lp McCardell saci it Goatees Ate aii rica tia (eens to sn i A . { ‘ x ~ _—_— for one last forlorn hope. Then, hay!ng ralsed what troops he could, h formula known as proposing, which forms the sequel of so many popular] - i eiaetaliatratgaset ia | itiery andveot che shouted C fell upon the Danes, his sudden attack throwing them into confusion. He t & won a great victory, drove the enemy out of 4“ AVE you the evening pap> H a whisper, as she met Mr. Jarr at the door. “Oh, what I'd-hear wouldn't hurt me, after Itving with you all these years!” “Sure, all of them," was tho anawer, replied Mrs, Jarr, sharply, “When you are angry, and you fly up at the least ‘ Wessex (later capturing London 1f), and because you know 1 our poor ‘ot a wife and have to put up Conquers Danes, } forced Guthrum to agree to humillating peace our langunge Isn't vory refined, Edward Jar!" Rebuilds Kingdom. + terms. By these terms the Danes were hence- ‘This was a poser for the head of the house, and he only grumbled that 1f she forth to be cooped up in & small corner of the ed to hear that sort of stuff why did: e go and hear tt. fsland and were to accept Christianity, Eden t—want-to-henr th reniied Stee sertrest “$¢—pouwrtit remember sa that -iis-battered fatheriand —was-at-tastresity— ago with one, and what she said waa in t! anked you not to bring the papers tr-thehduse, at ones beran to lft it from the mire of ‘barbarism 4 | evidence in that case I couldn't belleve, and. furthermoy | 1-can throw them in the stove !f you thi }ie_impraved_the nary, enlisted the first regular I don't want the children. to sce. tt," Sou MracJarn. = ‘ 1the.national defenses agai: uiretavasion: = he—children- can’t read," said Mr, Jar, "Md YOU MIG, es yo Nave DIOURNT And made hhinealt sirtually-sole ruler. atthe ide ha-aieared==— knows theyx)Xe} Coplooks atte; fusinys picluret dart); taking the ipapers.) Then sheiaddedt the forests of the robber hands, enforced tmpart{al justice, compiled new “You take the responsibittty then,” aid Sirs. Jarr, “op full accounts” and fair laws to replace the old era of corruption, and encouraged com-— 1 * you want to set them that kind of nn example, If you) Mt datr sald they wire. ‘ sree, But his chlo energies were directed toward uplifting the cause of i have —tt—rour | A1t's (dleguating// sald! Mra. Jare, Secor ing, the, cross-examinallene “tion, He encouraged fainous scholars to come'to his court from Paris Yy oN 77a z i them to read that sort of thlr : Gah own way." oa “Which paper has the best account? ‘I 7 ng throughout the kingdom, and in-n- 3 Weve | tNonsenets™ sata Mr, dare. E Tuarciaben ihe same uianla oir elain nd Rome, founded seats of learning t , =jom, and In-n ve revly dar earning nnd paved the ws “fm glad you think it's nonsense; bu: 1 must ray ff you Co Your inarals Ts atupld, Just wien tte s revived the dead nrt of learning and paved the way re a 2 is so much more on knowledge than on h. + Do! Y ¢,”* sal 4 entre aid Mre. Jarr. ‘Do you thir ‘s for the future greatness that depend F ereesus what I slways supposed they were,” sald Mrs. Jarr gloomily. “You are aaa neenneltng Pn ea amc palvatearee for tore. For fifteen yéars he ruled thus. more wisely and jnstly than x, sald Mrs. Jarr, “Jfow can you tell by a phyto-| any sovereign who preceded bim, and—considering the material be had to ea sOBe svork on—perhaps more beneficially than any king who followed him, we won't have Mac ussion He found England wwitderness, beater to earth by oppression, misrute; and {gnorance. He left it, on bis death In S01, a country well started on me," said |the road that was one day to lead to the highest climax of national glory. . Well, just step down thero and put them In the ash barrel.” eaid Mrs. Jarr; “don't bring them In this house.” ny not?" asked the amazed Mr. Jit Because I don't want thom brought Jarry — “that's whey Me Kinet eam omiese “Ate these SN OMAN x 2 aE a SANONY SS A =< SS hundred-other shy loolts I) exid Mr, Jarr. “I notice that whe r ‘a en-that flock tot lilce buzzards. :. nd-of women y_awked_Mrs,Javr- Swarbakanere ce_women,"_said-Mr,-JarT, "" repiled ‘Cause the girl they wanted to marry would not marry them. To tax}, neenneutaa ae “for this would be only to add to their misfortunes. Just _as-unsuc-}— ‘cessful matrimony is the most miserable form of human existence, so a and congenial marriage is the most serene-and contented .way to : -of-these-matters-are beyond legislative control. = aN RATE - : aaa Ee these feels tates vealty-want-to Televe the siaievof luchelorhood. [mack ceaect aor sanvatcrecpiow ner ecamoter wmrouir- Jers (a ines to aucn tage y must start before the age of thirty and require that every-girl must peandwrered Mey Tere ith a:alehs at mood-cfothes. Ars “dare shook hin head accept a “proposal. from the man whose earnings are as large as her|1 had something decent ane 1 SCA Gee aaa Te The next moramig Mrs. Kittingly dropped tn and:whensies exultantty that a ifather’s were af lits.age and who. can. pass.an.2xaminatio! z nis. TE etots @s to his religious and social standing. Even then many men would perforce continue forlorn, Seen = = Letters from the People. ERBIpSOn Ss Nigh SOue You sust DO WHAT AND BE SURE YOURE| ~ ¥ 0 BE SURE YouURE WHY, PEAR (TELL You AND ! ca [READY WHEN You'Re f WHAT HAVE “ot TRS rene TW orat= iW Ger you our Te-Nict CALuEO BY TELE You Gor? Kf Thirty thousand dollars seems a Ko0d. | RACE RIGHT, tyswam for us to pay forte remors Seach_of-theseverat_inches of anow about that case. e I don't want to discuss It; you brought the papers “And as you have done so I might as qwell_look at then" — = jodiad al Nels Me evaning- And owhen MS was through sheput them “contempt excaMMeL "How can women crowd In ~ MINUTES aa —_-— : 2 GREAT MEN &> GD GD GD By W. J. Steinigans “APHORISMS BY MARCUS AURELIUS. ar made up of Poy and -soul,-nnd-since-neither-arose:trom:nothing:-#0 “neither to nothing can return, When the last change comcs the cle- (4 of my frame are converlatinta soncthing in-the-outerscorla, saa throuphont—elenetty ee : dthin dtself and gocs straight to tts te-auficient-to it4elf, works 10 . amed the path of reeritide (or Uirectnesa) weariit to such @ place.’ _ lawyer dried Breall Mat keep ¥ x puy youracl? some eriminal trial ORAHAT I PooR MAN! THOUGHT You'n||!> NT THERE LIKE AND A ANN THING 1 FEW TRINKETS |CAN DO FOR OH, ITS MUCK ,| Worse! TELE- ROHS TO ‘eontracto! ‘Reason 7 i object, Therefore ts our path n | possi = when iets guidéd 6 ad truth. = =e : chen it ig guided by honesty: anit 4 Beste Rte a aie Vend of a-whtp aye ee bus the: BE Eaten tani aie er na —Liprloe.-and- promise \n return te-remey | amon thesley i ie sand patton others; -ond-we(Qar-Usraugh-fortitcde-or~_igneranee-taey Rave a c =o ‘ acithatood the shock. Were tt not shame, then, that ignorance or hardihood should surpass prudence and principle? Tiphien tt can-be proven that tio contrac. ; The Girl at the Candy. Counter. do. Femove the snow as quickly By Margaret Rohe. they might, the contract ts vo bb WV: I want you tovtell me,” sald the Girl at the seity e-not-ferced to-pay. thie price 5 Shge othe city once stood on. thie ioral y words in our sandy Counter grouchlly, ‘is this—only tia and ore—ls a Woman aliuman being} -chearlly tba! ran perfect hit t Saal fa “Yeo- ‘ers, I think in future snow would be | “tremendous”: “hazardous and Femoved more rapidly. In it worth a | Pardous Heavens! Wh oy? , POL. ECON. | come SSgeh rare felt out on the snow remove by. -eiting“st tomer annwered An Answer and a Query, oe. the Eatiter of ‘Tire dvening World: In response to the aueston 7 jn_n_month irl ico ha, t would ever day?! I wish to say he 4h x month of thirty-one da $0147, or in thirty days, $10,7 ‘Now, 1 would Iike some reader meive this problem. Can anybody give me fi | that will welsh anything from one to forty pounds? The four welghts mu @mount to forty pounds. P.C, A. 484,703 in 1000. "Ty. the Fattor of The Evening World: How mgny Italians are there estimated to’'be in the Untied States that we Dorn In Fyrope? i AO COSTA, 2 ‘Crnetty to Worses tn Winter, Wo dhe Editor of The Evening World: {During the recent “heayy snows 1} teams offen unible to draw | » “Eye been Minner of the Vassar graduates," said the Girl. "To my way of thinking, they were the foollebest speeches that grown srapna ever got off. One delightful old, pereon euled Dr, Strong, President of the Rochester Theological School, got Hght up in micoting and said twas wonderful, ladles, yap it really ‘was wonderful, how the women Were retting Why, ao many of them were going to college they. avre x actually taxing the capacity of Vassar, They mero baring, | =? lndeedy, They could reid 0nd, write, and-do-piain-elthmetio, Shane &——— A RY: ey ime of them -could even understand things that some wen | | could understand. Did you ever hear anything Mko it In all your born? f jyes, ladles, there was dntelligence- among tho femalo sex. And then thie wpe ver entigman rat down entiafiod he had old the hiichest: kind ot a complimegt | Ore amen. Now -here'a-what I want you to point out to all the olf Dr. Strange | |(o warfent the eerth—the woman fas got Just as inuch gray matter under the j | will a_man_s ae = 2 Suits with a cent and doubles tt COMMER ATIONCE, NUL HAVE To LooK i save! ener HimMlovm RAT THe ‘ make any of tho pex feel any bette red as ; : about the speeches at tha” annual ; THIS PAIN Somereins: TERRIBLE ‘cate’ and, Her Temper. entne Wortd: weights | ple posses with hii name, I have ¢ study of 8 Cedar’ stree top of her head asa man has, Sho ta teaching man and she has heen tea | him since Eve kept school in the big garden. Who makes the children say i we c's? Is tt popsy? Wall, no. ‘Then {t must be mamma. How tri j aie Keeps on teaching for the span of her natural life. Piok wp the boo! i Inagazines, and st you want to 899) who iu doing the braio work of, the world, | vee at the names of the\authora. Tho wemen have got the men Doaten to%s NATURAL QUERY. Woe nat De. Strong sald was complimentary," sald:the Resular-Customen ¢ “ would have you understand, elr,"| 7. it yomon like praise?! jrald tho slender young man with dio) "DONt Ve ort answered tho Girl at the Candy Counter, It Dr. Strong ahiny coat collar, “that the true post] 4 gaiqq almian apo or @ Gila monster was showing signs of’ intelllgence. aj [eRvorny * gaep.| Sdvancement, his talk might have been Interesting. But ‘when fe-concedex tpat “Well, What of er asked the beart-) onan has a he gets on nerves. Next thing he'll bo discovering ia i a Teale lain wratoar irr sit fe Gewmers often load ‘as much on a wagon AN FAIRANT, Aignow time aa they woul ring Which Firemen Are Dent? pe If a spor a on | + ad WHY SHE SMILED, ' JUST SO. my| ‘Your wife wlways wears such. a ‘an—Oh, I see,, You want happy expression, Mr, Wilkins; She}n man on this paper who will callia ulways seems to be Hing.’ spade.n spade. i “Yes, ‘she didn't have to earn the| Thefiditor—Cartainly not. We want neventeen pounds’ worth of gold that|a maR who can call a spade an tne you} she wears In her front tcoth."-Smith’s | dispensable tmplement of primitive agrl- Weeldts 4, E oytyre.Pick-bfe-Uy i? 2 To the Editer of Th Wil some 5 | Purope ki your pap the best and, qu! | nlso the ono wt REASON FOR D! Won't } on shak department? He ft SAGORS'— Department compar sirects. 1 New York? succes