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eee ad The. Evening V World’s =~ A Wall Street Romance By the Author of ~~ “Frenzied Finance.’ (Copyrient. 1907, (Copyrin: iny Page & Co. Pub: 1907.) or r BYNoPsIs and Jim Rai chums. ust fonds Cs recoup the lo Ho! in love with each other. comes a atenoatapwer at Handolphes of aeanwaten the sock merce tod by Barry Conant, Of Tehinenart, the “Aystem CHAPTER V. The Day of Battle, HIGRSDAY, Nov. '12, Was mem- i orable day in Wall street, Sugar advanced with record-breaking total sales to 207 142, and in the final our carried the whole lat, of atocks Bp with tt, In that tmo same of the railroads jumped 10 points, Sugar closed at the vel top, amjd great excitement. *ith Barry Conant taking all offered. During the last thirty minutes it had © evidert to all that the board~ iraders and plungers, together swith many of the aeml.profeastonal. gat blers, who Aperated through commissidn ouses, were selling out thelr long. stock and going short over the opening by Me Riteway — the Waltcatréet hoodop day, Friday the thirteenth of the month, fod Hrowniny tiad_clung-close to. the |Sugar-pole all day, but when the clos. jihad come and gone without nis haying anything to do with the Sugar sky- kets, ho dropped out of fis fellow- brokers’ minds. Friday, the 13th of November, dritted over Manhattan Inland in a drear driz- sle of marrow-chilling haze, which Juat minasd being rain. Rob hed not been near the office the —lafternoon before, and am he had not come in by five minutes to ten I de- clded to go over to the Exchange and noe if he were golng to mix up In the ‘*|baiting of the Sugar bears. On that day a few weeks before tho crowd wes-et- the Suger-pole, but ite alignment waa different. There in the centre ware Barry Conant and nia trusted Meutenants, but no opposing taval. The first price on Sugar aras 1 for 2,000—sharea,_Bome —one sold tt—in=-n} block. Barry Conant bought It It did not require three eyes to seo thet the seller was-one-of his lleutenants,. This meant what {s known as a “wash” sale, a fictitious one arranged in nd- ance betwean two brokers to establish the basis for the trades that are to fol- low—one of those mindr frauds of stool gambling by which the public Is de~ colved and the traders and plungers ‘are handicapped with Wedded dice. I was not surprised to see Bob's tall form wedged inthe crowd about two- thirds of the way from the ceniré. ‘I sald to myself: “Ho js trying to fathom Barry Conant’s..movements,” but for what purpose puzzled me. Conant's yolce had just rung out “26 for any part of: 6,000 when, Ike an echo, sounded ** Widowers’. Houses,’ An Unpleasant Play - For Landlords. HILE « small gathering of rent-payers wiio saw ‘'Widowers’ Houscs” at the Herald Square Theatre yesterday afternoon were interneted end _emused by ‘Rernan Shaw's arguments and kean wit, the success-of the ——pomedy ts a matter of serious doubt + @dod chance of winning out nglishmen who finally get together and If New York, instead‘of London, had happened to be the battleground of Shaw's war against slum tandioniiam, the fighting Irishman might have had a] Suppose, for instance, he had taken a certain corporation bythe collar_and_held_it up-to-show that-white salvation f@ free, Mielter tan't, and never. will be, forever and ever, amen. It een good Grama (and for that matter “Widowers’ houses” isn't), but !{ would have Deen good fun. Suppose he had shown us a recognisable Hoard of directors dis- @ussing wayn and means of making tencoments pay, in place of that quartet of smooth out matters to the satis‘actton | @f the British consotence, Would the play be In for @ “runt We think it t not have proulé@. Or suppose he had taken our transportation question and given it the @tep-lively treatment. Or again, if he ~ $a meiting. Gon. It might be called an unplessant p! ~—Wery @00d performanoa All the charact: Rot the mow problem? He would have plenty of tima.to do this while the snow “Widowers’ Houses’ {s little more than a dramatisation of the rent ques- Wo be given & spectal performance of “Mre. Warren's Professton, the _landioris «dose of “Whilowers' Houses? —it would do them no hann and $& might do the rest of us some good One thing de certatn—thay would pee a | ean Gramatie the reat question, why may for iandlorda If tho clergymen aro why not give jee are unusually well drawn and just Me eort to sive intelligent actors fine Reet nce was espectally notable for the work of Mr. Herbert Keloey, as the tactful | intelligence, (Ookane, and of Mr. Ferdinand Gottschalk as @ poor, shabty rent collector, first eringing, then. furious, and finally prosperous and eeif-sattefed. In the pence was as delicious as Lickcheese’ “ithe young doctor, Henry Tyarob, for his “oghanning self, end-ty thet same token tempered pruety pletely. by ‘Toe wood atend 93 a2 young Trench, who ta hi french was the nephew of Lady Roxdaie. Miss Mffle Shannon was her own Syrivere Lickcheese 4a- given the “sack after yearw of airty work for: Bactorius, | he wealthy tenement owner, Mr. Gottschalk cut a sorry, hopeless figure that Met one with pity for humanlty, And when he came beck in the leat act with | —firntined-orercent,en—tmposing ‘corporation;""-and- other wigtis “<6t prosperity, | suggestion, “Why not bare « bit of romance | (i business when {t costs nothingT’ This little actor added ebreral tnchos to | “Big artistic stature by hla performance of yesterday, He reised_e small 4 ny. patil It towered over all the others fn the play. Mr, Keloey, while he is not bullt ecoording to the specifications est down by ‘Shaw, gave a Anished, whimstoal performance of Cokane that contained the true essence ct comedy, Me. Willem F,-Hewtrey-eleo waa expeitent, though a bit too | and obvious, as the hypocritical Bartortus, who wae ready to enap up. daughter as eoon as he discovered that | the wis not the wtrong-minded, fory- Aaughter-of- the landiont, She dressed- the part beaiititulty, but” ai co cannot be said for her acting, Ste mlased the vulgarity of Blanche com- | ‘There was nothing about her to frightetn the enivelling maid, cleverly | - Miss -Adelyn- Wesley, norte make ‘Trench feet that ahs was dangerous. | coneelt that Mr, Henty Kolker betrays in ‘The Three of Us" atood him orrifind when he dacovers that-the Bar ~ tumbie-down tenements, and refures to take on Bartorius'a property, © Trench’s to go in with the others for that the rotten row of houses iganice way for a new street makes him avound to hers and puta her arms ebout his nenk, Js the any te in omer to guard hie intérests, Blanche,..whe eemea in.end finds Yooling at her photograph, and after taunting and nagging htm, pulls hie jancia,. tharsby: osuning..the: match: tobe > off) Iniapite of the fact that he was hopelessly Amerfcan, Mr. Kolkor | ve w good performance. He appeared to best advantage in the last act, when, | @tter having learned that he is Wving on ‘the interest of-s mortgage—hs hows: principles begin to” weaken and he! “compensation” from the municipality. may- be condemned end pulled down to ‘willing to enter into e echeme for {m= taaine of hie oom- ly out of the closst, but ready business 42 summed up by the rent collestor when he sayst jet from week to week by .the coom—aye, or quarter. room. pays when-you know how to work ft. air. Nothing-tllcs ¢t.— It's been-catquiated + fie cublé foot Of space, wir, that you can get Gigher rents letting by the room | Dear Betty: fhan you can for a mansion in Park lane.” ‘And the only one to fight the landlord ta a clergyman who doesn't appear in| the play. Trench, In the end, reaches out for a share ‘of the plunder, and the | true -blveBriton, Cokane, finally eats out-of-Licloheese's-dirty hand as- tis Maeklcotary, HE Wall Btreet Wiz, the Boss of Bi Bu Cap the: galns? GS jAh met ah my!) wish 'twere I, Excuse Reapress your, siee. Hard tires I pee for ) ©The future train that spans the plain is “On wider tracks these Jumping-Jacks will ‘Aewider road, a wider loa © Siwith all of these, then heay | An cars-of stool quite safe you'll f es }Yith billtona two or three, hurrooh we'l! please! a. "Oh, ship of dreams! in tip | of echemes, Took one near peer at coming year, just one peer ‘gin't, -and-eald: be dreams? No, truth {t seems. Good-by to steams. Electrié-trains [Will crosa the Jand, swift, safe and grand. wider rolling tock au well. wider stocking roll, who'll tell? | as on you reel In state so grand. Shaw puts the whole greedy crowd under the same roof. CHARLES DARNTON, is, 4 Harriman, the Man Who Is, jeo whiz! whose large hand will cop the. this tear, I'll tell you why: some one coming by and by, one I fain would now. forecast. carry packs both date and fast. irrigate the desert land. X acorn thee-for To-morraw’s Road! _® Mhrough lifted veil I see Its trajl and bank-note bale for” stn Se-ataa + 2 Away we'll dart on works of art—that ts, on free-trade rafla he No, no. Not ‘sted! * I wish you'd feel I'm thiniing of the common ‘Weal, “ sefthey"h ligk to West Ught tomy yest ang e&s.my steel-bound title ches’ i A pretty, Sud tana 9 ‘And. etiliy Hike oe aia ree am E throvgty Whether {t was that for the'frst time in all hia Wondorful career he reallzed re hall Sold." ed hit way and s It was Bob. to the contre fe hud of the ere stood {n front of Barry | that the “System war to its Honnnt tis-was-not-the: Hoty who-nad| Nemesloe or Wha Lhe caumy, RONG. CONTE taken Berry Conant’s guff, that atter- | tell, perhaps not é¢ven Barry Conant Tnoon @ few weeks before, T never saw (himself, but nome emotion chused his him ego calmer, more. self- “3. lollve face for un instant to turn pale, nil gaye his yoloe a tell- Once more peuled: forth "5 That Bob saw. the le quiver. for 5,(10."" that he Beulah Sands‘a hopes “Take it” had linked to. tt "2 hat the floor of the Me i rt-of-10,000." a as quiet —mn—eimost for any | fully. been ck. Foxe! unheard-of thing in Uke circumstances, | lips when jjob'a deep voice rang out wgain—BarryConanta” vole, (26 for old." "ANY part of 2,00 mt 19, 18, 15, B,000."" 1d." it 19." Hell wis now loose, Tack and forth, up against tho rali, around the ‘The-bid-was yet-on his} Daily “Magazine, THOMAS W. LAWSON’S STORY OF AGREAT AND PASSIONATE LOVE. = IDAY, the 13st Were raised aloft He seemed to-tower- a i ad above the mob. jear-and-unimparey nh of the Pate mob jt must have sounded room and back and around again, 1 for fitteen of crowd ‘surk Aslent mninutes pleto Myth veoonde oF sya and. giving orders Friday, March &, 190 e Widest, history of thi yh NTLOFY wild and crazy “ten minutes had. ¢ him fe had evident by | } the moro than four militon dollars. Woul ho resume selling or was he throus Waa it short stock, which must - be aught back, or long stock; and if lons, Were the insiders sellin nother, and under cover 0! Conant! moyer “and * thelr be rn contingent? b's’ Was the only that throng that showed what waa going on behind) jantly—de- } of the Wr Indeed, fo force. cautiously of “tor 0, another OT Hob had nat yet shown h & Wave of hia! hand as “though ing a benediction, he xwent t ia with A 40d -ploodes " x it “the. dfop from ve the one thoyend and dollar a share in Barry Conant’s bids ut Any part of 10.00 at Oi 8K, 62, 60." The a now AK i hoping short Yt w hankine on to thelr took, ANd those weno wet ren Wndedis hold and his like snowflakes at anes secstie, opening: Sective tone sae econds Doe war hes been ea! uy {e. pollera persveny His voice was by the past two hot ae rt_of %, PTnatantly Sugar ras hurled from all fides eer) the only by peared Conn aides of the crow ant who ‘had ap> ‘ar broke 12. Barry. feutenants had disap- ie gee tbe had fs Lents” tar cel = et. momentarily ea Bob mtrht He hesitated fusyaat the fraction of. |chuEht the mutver, Ident. to all i rroond, ‘while he waved with lghtning- for tanowed It with ue when the t lke rapidity a set of signals to | Ne, followed h the stock Had his Noutsnaats. 1 ey sageared, dab} 2- either Darcy Conant nor ‘any of C0: self tor_ths:-ancauntec for -,000. | bis Weutenanta got ino Tale it Cold, cold an the jthough whether they wanted to or notes Jad: rang Bas was 4n open question until Bob al- “Sold.” 6G ¥ if jlowed his Voice to dwell just 9 pendu-| lis Ieutena eyes wer Axed upon each other, In|lum swing of time on the 2%. ft wan] celyod relnforcem: | Darry’a In Bob's |ae df he wera tantalizing them Into minglod The rest | sticking by thelr gunk | Of 3hB- bTOR eT TERA Melt own bids By the time Tie paused, Barry Co- wand offers until {t could have truth-/|nant’s nerve Dav, fOr Me piercing | uct titted red to the v: Rice ses ompital pillows, others ge of apoplexyaall strain! ing the coming of Aon life or death. verdt : Hob had sold more | anh handred thenahd shares-of Sil-} bean toxaini nial’ coin to, decide rye ar {he had sold Ine up the He nn: mutnute no! of Sugar stock Int) Of Washtngton novices, at 6p at ley nna turned! j courage mt-the report the Bi thelr forces and bi on—+ ho tha roony, 3 a tho othor polen—" and taking f renewed t rst Tinv'e seamed Ike an are. ..Then, nr upon which the profits must he! different stocks, -w! acto bareomitne ich @ moment bee NOW-GET THE DISGUISE ANO BE ON HAND a ca en) + By W. 4 Steinigans |: and of others ‘who had bo Sand the panic was ispreai Inge to he other poles, fis 1s alwaynr tho case, for when there aro sudden largo losses josera-munt— throw or the othe and umblea a just bang ‘qf the presiden’ through the room A Mlence an of at All: knew the meanini the most ominous ever heard in a stock exchange, calling for the temporary suspension of business while the présl, ent announces.-the— failure —of— some er or how PERANS, BLANCHARD & COMPANY Announce Mat They Cannot Mect Their Obligations. t ‘Thin statement that one of tho oldent | houres had been awamped I the erush | Dg} had started caus further Hing, and, haf employed the lull to refill his lungs, @ howl arose that pealed and walled to the dome. Tp whenithe loud 1 resourided: yotantiy there was qroered of the sound, announcement of 4 again by blood-curdiing follo When Sugar struck §6—not 1h), but plain Bt seemed that the lant day o¢ stock: speculntion-was-nt. hand: An: enta were heing } | | den sage, & ounces. psiminer—tintithe—quantity= fow minutes of the fatlare of this anki the-closing—-of-the—doore—of—tirat—triat company, Where would ttend? Wat | power could stop thiy Niagura of mi ten dollars ini ddenly above the tumult rose Tob He muyt have boon Brownley's voice. standing on hls t{ptoes.— His. hands, ihinuter: centre and bought 11,000 shares more; “ote Randolph. alm m. Ragdolph, sl have Wall street an bye] of itx own polson. a good They planned by harvest fresh crop of human hearte and tm the Hos ult Y, is ir, Saint's T maintaining old tradt harvested thelr nearts Instead, nile | Randolph ne though every member} & fore It had_aeemed. that No One wamed At _any price. vy no Chip ne changed; there was almoatian ante on the up aide us there on the down, a bust bf of a minute the Bob Brownley if Sugar untit-he had . He then Went: a) At the end trades. At the culation he returned ¢© the his eyo caught mine, Its hell ‘System’ dose | 4 thil+measufe: ret sid te honatitg. heaate eed 13th, is bear, A strong seven mi! for myself." 4 He almost yelled tt as he rash Hand tand latte Again and—wenin—the—qernt_te + Ewacians to follow him. Something urged me (To Be Continued.) For Darkening Hair. AHere |r —t-he_formtis: + for sage tea lotion for darken- ing the hatr: Alco- hol, 2 ounces; green tea, 2 ounces; 5am Put in an fron ket: tle whilch esan be | closely covered anc pour over the herb: 3 quarta of bolliny water, preferably soft, and let it ta—reducet | one-third. Then take off the fire and Ieave for twenty-four hours, strain and bottle for use, This will stain the pll- Jows.tf the hatr te not. perfects drs be- HE GIRL WHO WON’T TALE. F_Cupld has one worse enemy. than the chattering, .nover= if allent girl, it 4s the girl who won't talk. ‘Tho girl trom whom even.“Yee'" end “ing must be-drageed. rith all-the labor of digging ore from a mine, and whoad last original remark was volunteered so long ago that !t has passed into dustory. Thera {ea trhdition that men—like sflent= girl They don't. They like a girl-who- will, 1f necessary, let then do the Mon's share of tho talking; bUt not the “girl who thrown the entire burden of it on them. The-girl whose silence 1a the silence of apparent interest in what « man‘ Is saying, and who Miles to the roscue with juat the right words when the conversation ball threatens to céasy rolling, this is the {deal companion, this Is the™gtrl whose wocloty men seck. ifnere is a world of difference betwee a chatterbox ae & clam. Strike a happy medium between the two, came to the conclusion that the fret waa the beat Now, would “you ad. }-viso me to try and win her love back AM @ young man of seventeen and/ again, and if wo, would a letter to her love a qirl ono year my junior. 1| be proper? A. G, ¥. had been going with her twice be-| You are too young and changeable. | gore;-but changed over to anothér gti T advise you to give up all girls for « | Whom 1 thought I loved better, but year or so until you know your own eee ne Saas Which-Girl.to Choose. better. erat HIL® T was ina was just served ond walt unt ahead with my. lunich? ‘The y¥ te wo eh Dear | Betty! friend. come his avite. There ‘would be no im-|ie sult propriety tn i respectful letter, | When His Lunch Grew Cold, restaurant and with lunch @ lady fritnd df mine—catne—watk- ing-tn-and-seated herself right next to me and we began talidng’ over matters. Now,-1would -Itie -to-ask Droped: tor: meslo-tet:myztood- vt eels she was was tt] ASAE pea yianes God Lae told you He Could Not Be Tr Troe Wid Yor the Tast tro yates have had & young man several, not too many, years my senior as my only gentleman Tie has tol me repeatedly that he loyed me, but never maka mo to be- When sqmething occurs that causes him to do 60, he eaya that | ‘AM a young lady twenty years of ase loves me, -but {f married he could not be true to a wife, I think more-of-him-thact-any other feHlow= I [enow,— Sbalt Tpit Lea friend—to—htm | on let hint gocentirelys out oF wir ster | Ft 1 wontd lot 60 and try to forget | tim If T were you. Foot: They Quarrel All the Time. Dear Tet: HAVE Ges woltg with a foung man} for nine months nnd we have alwayy! been qimrrelling over a few other: young men who pay me g great deal of) Attention. I have been trying my best) to get rid of them, but I can't. Now, I| do not like the {dea of quarrelling with the young —man-f~keap- company Witt, and I would be greatly indebted to you if you could let me know ‘how to get rid of these young SES without Aurea their feet: citelt them_you-are—ensnmed ands teat! you cannot recelvo their attentions any Jonger, ‘That is the only way, He can do you no} A Few More Lemons at a Cent Apiece. C2 LP By F. G Long) ape 7A LUSCIOUS PRE REL AIE, ER : SAUER ROUT FOR OROER? pce FEET. sea: r JEPtENTIAPA A PLEADS 0 SOFR AND, Pk iT TaRTorr Nits, THE 72 coox UP A DOZEN “FUDGE RABBITS? OR ‘ may BE i Enimacuinte cleantinexs tetas Mat essential to beautiful hands. + Never wazh your handa— xu) | ts the one that_ts | tor : 1 peettior, Diustrated | ttve and graceful Hoes retiring. | To Soften the Hands, fictally, but- always thoroughty, using the nall brush and a good bland soap) frocly, A Ittle lemon futes, or, ff neces- y, w ittle pumice stone, will remove all staina and grime. While the hands: are sUIl wet pour Into the palm of one [rub t dry with @ soft towel, anybody's hands soft if they - follow the rule carefully; that ts &l- using jbands have been wet. But for_those aking are too tender for glyser- ine—and glycerine does not Xpree with all skins—here ts @ good ftormiffa ‘to | gene.—Add. nearly cold. not create a_xrowth of ‘superfiuous!betr ‘This wi keep @ the glycerine after tha White petfolmturm, Wax, 1-4 oUnod; eed | lanoline, 1 ounce; water, 1 1-3 oumeea: Mconol, 1-2. dram. was, add the pe- { crotetuny= and Tanornne, BUF oo owaler 4a, durng the ae the—-oft- and—ateohot A cream of this sort will of the skin every morning. Freckles. ROR. —Tarnon — false wt pote times efface mild freckles, I send here a lotion which will reniové tne mors opatinate ones? Lane elght~ ounces; alec Sutce, ounces; jTemon, CWeity-tour drops; oll of Javen- twenty-four dropa; glycerin’, two Mix the rose water and Julco and add about half of the alcohol, Agitate well and let stand ebout twen- tyfour hours. + pder fand a few drops of pure glyosrine anid | mixinen. ic into both hands. ‘Then thoroughly | ever _requlceil, j der, } ounces. Toss Wiklée four nol. tive: ounces; oll of. i Dissolve the oll in the re- of the altdhol and add the Sret_ ‘To be used daily or whea- ‘May Manton’s Daily Fashions © — HB girl's dress that.can_ be worn with or aerthout ance AERDE, certain to be liked the warm ty a very charming itttle model ‘thet can be utilired in Just. this wey and that {9 as attrac- awed can be. The half low neck Is always protty when worn dy little gins, and the short steeves show -@im- plod arma to per- feotion, yet on coo) Gays tho frock can be-alipped over eny eulmpe” that may be. found tn the wardrobe. In tho Mustration tt ts mado of white In- en and the trim- ming band and the sleeves are em- bro{dered by hand, but golored — ma~ torials| are oqually attractive, and any little embroidered banding can bo used in place of the hand |work if « simpler effect 11. de- aired. Indeed, this season ts so prolific of attractive ma- torinls that the only « Aimculty _ becomes that of selection. moscity size wanted. 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