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the evenings vv oria's mw arnry TT: door dell ad rung. Murmurs of greeting q colated from the hall to where Mr. Jarr lay at his | e in his room reading the Sunday papers in bed, A. M per It wae after 1 althoug Edwa Come here, qilick! called Mra. Jarr im peratively “What do you want?’ bawled Mr. Jarr ungracious “Well, you come and see!" was the anawe Lives there a man wh no brave who aares to dirobey the command to com 1 the boss of the house utters It? If a man im putting vp @ window shade or hanging # picture or ts in wome such eminent peril of breaking ck If some one doesn't hurry quick and hold the atepiadier, he has dropped the Lammer or tack, in short, ts In some dangerous ¢ situation that aid, dnd at.once, will his w mes come or, when No. the ioure, und he can fail oft Wovely funeral, put he gets no he But when sour wife entts you, ; ing gown around bim and shuffed in his slippers catia? ‘ The beat a man gete is a peevish busy!" from some other part of o iadder and break his neck and be given « you go! Why? Because you are a coward So/Mr. Jafr girded hia dre to whtre Mey. Jarr was. Lpok at tne lazy thing!” said Mra. Jarr, indicating the good man to a wisitoh, who hold a six-montha-old infant. “Here's Mrs. Kidley come to see us and brag he: dear iitle baby, and this man not out of bed yet, and’ me up @ince Paytreak almost! 10s /no wonder I Vt get to church any more, the way he keeps o her ‘Work Sunday mornings | end tfé/ way he keepm the gif back wit Wyat did you want, dear?” sad Mr. Jarre meekly. “Don't you see Mra, Kidley? sald Mra, Jarr, sharply. “Aren't you going to tk her its t alt down, when you se her standing taere holding that big, heavy daby? D you think Its the lving image of Mr, Kidley? on was face and smothered In velle and caps ft das ¥ never bad the pleasure of me h it was a most remarkable resemblance. e bal while you take off your th Ge: eweet us sald Jarr, the jast words being meant for the t You'd better hold the baby said Ja “I've got all I can do to keep sink gown around me. You never put cord on ft, doggone It rs, Kidley,” said Mra. Jarr, pe loves babies, but he's rous as a bear Sunday mornings.” Javr-Weli the tmby, although Mra, Kidley protested she had onl: She only wanted, take off her weaps ni @ she had shortened It with eager int a at seven months, > cause she was such a mite. three months, didn’t I, Edward? “How could you make him any shorter than ‘tor a moment and would ened but I shortened } Wilt “TGou't know.” said Mr. Jare be wits? > “stupid! You know when a‘ baby {s put into short dresses, don't you?” said | Mra. Sarr. And both she Mrs. Kidley regarded the unfortuhate man tm the dresring-gown will il-concealed contempt Mr, Jarr ehified uneasily Jn bis silppers, as Mra. Jarr took the baby to the window and exclaimed, in @ worried tone, “Dear me, how paie tt is an be, the fond mother tn quick “lie never cries. To disprove tus the baby at once set up an awful bawling “That's the worst sort of aign,” said Mrs, Jarr, making herrrif heart above the daby ce. “My sister's little boy never cried, but he didn't live through hia sdond rummer. Teething,” eddet Mre. Jarr. of his teeth in his second summenit’ exclaimed the alarmed Jd._nim. He isn’t used to company.” Yarr, audiously. “Don't you think that one of his eyes ts “Qh, he’s just as healthy as he “Hem,” said Mre & Little, just @ Itt “His eyes are perfeotly straight!" snapped Mrs. K idiey and intelligent, that’ “I think he's got a litt band off, have your” ‘The young mother looked elarmed abe faltered. k i “This weather?" exclaimed Mra. Jerr, as if astontshed, and with @ deft and experienced turn she put the baby across her knee face down and jolted him up and down, the while she patted his back, whereat he bawled louder than ever. "He doesn't Like to be laid on hfs face,” criet the now extremely wortied Mrs Kidley. “I'd better take him home anf put his band on.” ‘ "Give him three drops of paregoric," said Mre, Jarr as the visitor hurried ry. ‘Then Mra. Jarr rejoined Mr. Jarr, who had previously escaped “That woman bad # nerve, calling with that screaming baby at ths hour of the morning,” rhe sald, “and It was Uke you, you big gawk, to come and beg her to sit down and stay while E NEW P “Comtesse Coquette’ a . Little Bundle of Femi- nine Tricks. HOSE good people who haven't the courage to be wicked on thelr own I @ccount, but are always ready to dare almost eny old thing at the theatre, will doubtless be delighted with “Comtesse Coquette,” the saucy comedy for which Mme. Alla Nasimove has abandoned grim old Iysen at the Bijou, Uf an American actress had given us Robert Bracco's touch of Italian high iife, reformed into English by Dirce St. Cyr and Grace leabe) Caibron, we night take her more seriously and think that ehe wasn't--well, that she wasn't @ Working member of the Actors’ Church AlMance. But, happily, the national conscience has nothing to do with the case at the Bijou. A certain comedian now basking in the limelight of Broadway 1s said to have objected to m recent member of his company, @ Woman, because she was “too feminine.” He might find the same fault with N but in this very fact lies the joy and charm of “Comtesse Coquette." herself, "Com- Longe Coquette” in m bundle of feminine tricks ted with # red ribbon The Russion sctress, Whose Mirtation with English is gradually getting her on speak terme with the nguage, is completely and charmingly feminine, and therefore admirably sulted to the part of the Countess, She has been careful not tovoverlook the ylwatcal side of the role, The cut of her firsi gown gives ho quarter to "the Adjulder blade, the {ranslucent skirt of the salon and thi “They are just large coXo,” eald Mra. Jarr. “You haven't taken his flannel “Yes, when I shortened him yesterday,” t. “I short: | ALONG? SHES (omy doesn't \ swe wuRRY = | 3O MINUTES fMaapacine, Monaay, Ap ‘The Foolkiller sawed 22 g2 22 BYR. Taylor oRUGS $s ane te | | | | | } | } \ Foor t ; Novelized Jona iuraett hore, whose blocked many of sonemes, ine the Sirest movement jomemore and hi sland subure, $00, Jefferson, who hess career aad hai « LOVELY Day G0 ON! KNOCK MY Myger, MUlti-milionaire, pit ‘Taking ady ignorance of business, Kh Phe money = disapproves of his fathers methods that he has refused a busi instead become @ suc: pthers {s character! SN T AT, FITZ? HEAD OFF! from CHARLES KLEIN'S Great Play, By Arthur Hornblow! (Copyright, 1906, by G. W. Dilling-| ham Co.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. true magnate and to ruin Judge hunesty tage ofthe Jude tibie nie king y—-the clty which above « of the 4 cat ee | mafortun REAT CNS! THERE SHE GOES NOW WITH ANOTHER FELLOW ! wow! SUCK LIKE (Wat's WE eit ;AANCIN’ Pi) | WERE So LONG , FOR WAKE HIM. UP THEN! THIS {5 IMPORTANT! fo to help Judge Rossmore. talked mbout the case with “intePewts’* nee could hardly be in Goubt. | Ho had learned also of Was} reason for Shirley to @ Leng |Gock end her litte fb about summer- | & Prison has one }ing on Long Island marole edifici genius he was anxious to fulfil his promaie to | Silrley and Gnd what +4etather could He had, several men the previous evening at the club And the general impression seemed to be that, gullty or innocent, the Judge ‘would be driven off the bench. Tho! had forced the matter a ® party issue, and the Republicans be- tne in control in the Senate the out- the other where, which had befallen Judge Rossmore and he understood now the Krave face on the presented many of the cha The news had which ‘Deen & alock to him, for, apart from which took up the spac vension of tie subpoena server, ot that oe feared the law, only be usually found it inconvenient to ans ques ne in court under oath. The expiictt Instructions to the servants. therefore, Were to 4dmit no one unden any pretext whatever unless the visits had been pPProeched dy the Hon, Fitsroy Bagley. r. Ryders aristocratic private secre- tary, and to facilitate this preliminary Inspection there had been installed be- tween the library upstairs and Ube front posed one of those ingenious electric writing devices, such as are used iT vanks, on which # name is hasuly | @eriobied, instantly transmitted ¢ise- mediately answered, aad tne visitor uupily admitted or as quickly own the door, Indeed the house, from the street, trintion of Ith row of woul of attempted prove Invasion aa they were jer Diane to. marry, the fact that the Judge was Shirley's Lek ame and ,heovily barred \ ndows, on either mde of the arise Apuanies, Jitter (Mather, he admired him tmmeusely as | portico were great maruie columtis bul Shiriez. who, under an oooumned Roms nee @ man, Of his perfect innacence thera with chains and surmounted ype ot Koder'e " plot nat the Jude esate of course, be no question: these Spovel el DR cnr Jka ‘amen pe late th fey aes dee not ae ake. ra eaties | eereme Of bribery hed simply he summer, but Mr. Kyder was obliged gram calls Bhirivy’ home. Jeffersbn returns | FUmped up by his enemies to got him for busts us to be In New York him; "bat" receives en evanitn "realy. omhe| ae tne DORCH. Thar-weas-very evident. | doe of ‘ch Americas wives who woes to the Ji nd cottage, je “interesta” feared him and so had do not alwa wn Way, had Tit the’ cease furnishings,” Bot ia pet| sreribiced him without pity, and koml-naturedly acquicaced In the Wishes wn) room cane breaks Atwn. 8nd wet ToRereon-waikeaalong Central Park, |Myrer sere oe ane Then the, discovera oes: ail doubt thet she) past the rbwe of superb palaces which | p a) portal. T. ntiner within Biya eet od ite eastern wall, he wondered in Was at hip post approach which particular n f that door witout en and bis CHAPTER VIII. Retaned ta Pericles ns Pleat End apie cial i ut airs, But the en neaded The Other Girl, |Asalnet @ wholly blameless American | the lat of the priv et cilime out ado the smartly dressed WHIRLING maelstrom of) DU: | Jerrerson tur opened wide the doors and Jeff | ide activity and dynamic en < “ turned aoruptly and went up Under nin fathers roof. | ihe wide steps of ‘an imposing white is my father inf’ he demanded of | r,"' Was the respectful answer ; of halt w city block. e j negligee of Niga’s boudoir the Nasimova knees to speak for themaelyes : o~ | French ; & ne example of . Ryder has gone out driving, but when they find a restful position, and the anakish twists and (urna of the body | \"4 I" won Lap Roy oben pc wire Foote, twand corseio nase Mr.’ Bagley | upstairs.” Then after are consiantiy drawing attention from the actress to the woman. Under the cir- | *°™ ay ¥e ri slag Fs Ys windows dominating the new & brief pause he added: ‘Dire. Ryder cumstances, this is ax iit should be, and not for @ front seat at tha peace con.| Sit Population And teeming millions, | houses, this magnificent home of wort ed ts ONE th tends auld we have te athareiln. |{m assuredly one Of The'tnmiest, as it | pluloctal, wits dis furnishings and Be ee yr ges tea ry Ree poy oe The circumstances are quite simple—tor Italy, Nina loves to philander, and | '* OM Of the most strenuous and most bee a hed com vane saree i dyershadowed by the atronger person she and her husband, the Comte Silvio di Lorenso, agree to give each other | PAY PIAres On earth one of the show places of the tow Baty Of the Manion the latter's dears Gakorean cirained ‘ip (Witth avenue. | one . iw ery was A more Important personage plenty of rope in which there shall be no troublesome knots of jealousy. This is ne rapber whee wage to ‘the servalts than the unobtrusive All very pleasant for Nina, but it ts imposstble to see where the Count comes in| PONA for the Ryder realdence, the day | pivached the Hyder mi&naion and the | wife for any benefit from the arrangement, for in plain, common, every-day American | ‘H0W!NE his (arrival from Murope. Alv | iuaieg in awe-athioken tines a punmensen nectaa tay eresnh oxpivense he iss hopeless dub. At any rate, Mr. Arthur Forrest makes him one, He ie | ‘hOUs? he afi lived at his father's) external and otidem bemuties, there Was traits and race tapestries, hin foray sent away to an opera that ten't to be sung in order \nat his wife may hear what| boure. for at no thine had there been | #eneral cran of vertebrae mobo | f jeep in the Heh velvet arpet. On Gino Hiceardi, a chatty bachelor, has to say to her. Gino, in the best chosen #9 Open rupture often slept in his | stspae ol the woods of ihe richest mag | hie fem landing waa a | ort words of the play, tella her that as @ coquette she is an gmatour without nerve! *tucio, finding |t more convenient for| in the world. ij : sone ‘inthe eott warm lien “at aif enough to play au Interesting game, and dares her to viAt him at his home, |h!* Work. and there he had gone) Only a fox privileged ones we t piotor talmed-g Gino, at the plano, te singing & sentimental little song for the special benent stralgpt from the ship. Me felt, how. | Permitted to pensirate to th ad, the suvie ae ‘ef his expected guest_when he look® up to find the husband there, Awkward?|ever, at If WAS Dip duty to see hip cor ‘fond. of, ompeny he Roni Byer so. But the acting of Mr. Standing and Mr. Forrest is imexcusably| ether @# #00n 88 possible; besides. | Avengers and lived in continua at the top of a awkward. It causes one to regret that Mme, Nasimova did not keep,» few of ts the departed Russian actors with her and have them try to learn English too. ‘The situation becomes as irksome to the onlooker es It ls to Gino. In final di Peration the distressed bachelor admits he ts expecting another guest, aud tells the Count bas hesitated to explain be broken an engagement w his wifg es, goes on the clumsy Mar, be had promised to take her to « skating Fink oud give ber @ fret lesson ] “Ip the bope that she might fall?” queries the Count~and the Mauwig OB goes the Count, and in comes the Countess, chirping: ‘Here I am—now temp mie” Rather @ poser, even for @ bachelor, and it te only natural that poor Gino -Alovld be & bil self-conscious, hal he) After the mocking Nina has made Gino look ikem bad beginner, a vant Prine the that the Count te waiting at the garden gate Twenty three) The fy Countess must fee. Gino shows her @ key Une Of talk. The key will open # door leading to a side atrect. She reaches for it, NG@t.wo fast, milady. Gino isn’t giving @ souvenir matines to-day. But he will well te key. Nina calls*him' a wreteh and goes in for heroics. Nina. The worst jan't yet to come Nina bas missed her guess, Gind isn't play ing Searpla to her Torca. She may have the key for a kise—there now! N-n-no! Takethal from Ni Her spunk ie up. She orders the servan. to val) her hus: band. The Count stalks to the fropt and centre and te quite peevish. He look: GagBers at Gino, and Gino looks a few daggers fight back at him. There is no anew of & aged: net with Mr, Forrest and Mr, Standing ecting like # pal nd-rate comedians. Mime. Nagimoye puts on takes Forrest out for « wala. iis ashe atuadcdaaes The serpentine Nazimova is fascinating and clever, but she suggests only the fogusite ehe makes Ning a spoiled daring, with « high-pliched, monotonous voice POURGE scarcely one note of sincerity. For that matter, however, you t think of “ omesse Coquette” a sincerely : wicked mudience ‘This is where you come in with a merry ands her a new) Calm yourself, | Grouch!, eaenentr & APERERR IE a: CRRA 8B oe (TRE Foo. [KILLER CAN'T OSS (SEE YOU Now. WS HE'S ASLEEP | Ising to all with whom he eame (Cee! IVE WAITED’) | Two HOURS FOR) HER! FINE WAY | | a / To KEEP A DATE eed wes THIS MAKES 26,38) So FAR HIS. SEASON! aOR The Lion and the Mouse. ing to the library, was hung « fine full- length portrait of John Burkett Ryder The ceilings here aa in the lower hal) were richly gilt and adorned with Relntings by famous modern artists. hen hy reached this floor Jefferson was about to turn to the right and pro- ceed direct to his moth: sult in he heard a voloe near the library door, Tt was Mr. Bagley giving instouctions to the butler. The Hon. Fit oy Fiagiey, a younger son of a Hritish peer, had weft hie coan- try for hia country's good, and in o to turn an honest penny—which h never succeeded in doing at hom der had entered the service of Americ foremost financier, hoping to gather @ few .crumbe that’ fell from the rich table, and disguising the menial pature of his position under the high- sounding title of private secretary. © His job called for a spy and Conary, and he fille th: requirementa ad- mirably. £. Ung with his employer, of whom he atood in craven fear. hi anher wan condescendingly patron: in con: to impress * the slenal tact, as if he were af on these American. ple enor which a Fitard 1 of a British Id them in delaning to remain in larsted” country. In Mr, Ry absence. therefore, he ran the house to suit him: vants and not in suing or: that were t to thor already given by Mra Hyder, © Poe The latter offered no resistance, She knew was useful to her husband and, what to her mind ter reapon for letting } way, he bad always reverence for 1t would have of vulgarity to quem Any one who spoke wit an A stlil bet- | presence ful English accent Greased with trreproachable t wae an acknowledged authority on dinner menus and social functt and knew his Burke ther an comp! | person Jefte ould not bear the sight him; tn it was this man's contin the house that had driv [him te seek refuge elsewhere. He be- [lieved him to be # aco 1 as he cer | tatniy was a cad his estimate of the Eng far wre The t hin master, was a graft ular graft he wan afi er te make « marria ompromise her that the same end Wha —mepeen he bad het wanted in the pts raid and reatln get what atte By Pop. PAY YOU A DOLLAR \ ros ON MINUTE \ wive ‘At SRE vou} Lin valk RSTO / s “~p fii £5, Ese, . GEORGE M. COHAN * Has an Experience With F 4 The Small Town & ‘ we Funny Mant so the folks in town say th the dtfter A fun men who come there 1 x candle to the local ‘cut up. As & rule he's about twenty-three years of age. Wears loud, neckt wa gum and whistles at the same e. His ‘father is usually the jocal millionaire, and the old went must pave a Vandyke beard amount of efftrkescent humor wt the town clown could ever be man tor nobody with the dwells in the soul of son of a amooth shayen A short conversation with the hotet clerk ahd-he/wilt itch from any subject and. remark, “Say, we've gots ow here in town that's a funny cuss, all right,” you naturally quire who he ts, and before you know It you've heard the story of. the funny man’s life and the eletk had seventy odd laughs during ‘his de | natives: "I wns Just telling this gentlem the propristor of the hotel, who @ high forehead that extended to nee how things were golig | At the mention of the name the propr Moving his spectacies and drying What's Red been doin’ now? “Nothing in partioular,” the clerk rep! fag that-he thought Nat Goodwin was a f wants to laugh till he's tired of laughing, “Who are you talking about?’ ust emerge hevitable w op of how this comedian amyses the Red Cromwe! § neck wild the /clerk, as 4 Indtv/dual with ed at the register to the back of tor buret out laughing, and after re the jaugh tears from his eyes, he asked: 4, “only th any om here gentleman was say- nd bwas telling him if he to meet Red. inquired one of the steady boarders, who had from the dining-roors and strolied toward the desk. He had the pen toothpick in his mouth and the regulation wok of faction an ought which beams fr-m the brow of steady boarders at the finien of a meal We was tellin’ this here gentleman about Red Cromwell,’ answered the proprietor. hoarter put his hands on his hips, roared with laughter and fell © desk, Which he finally grabbed to keep from rolling on the floor. ased erk t 1 ster as he yetied with delight, prietor was once more forced to remove his spectacles and dry the briny from his optics. Two or three others who belonged in town strolled up and, Upon Giscovering the subject of our conversation, joined in the Inugh fest Im- diately, In the midst of thelr hilarity the front door opened. a flat-nosod youth entered, slid to the centre 0. the office, bowed most awkwardly and cried, Look who's here!” They al} fell to the fivor In convulsions, The steady boarder rolled the length | | of the office wits screams of delight. The other members of the “soft audience” kept getting up and falling down and shouting thelr glee at the top. of thelr voices ‘The funny man who #0 greatly amused them did two or three dancing steps on the office oor, juggled his hat four or five times, threw the gtri behind the belgar counter a couple of kisses and, making a lvely dash for the door, he | disappeared as quickly as he came. It was fcdy five minutes before the “noft audience” got so they could even peak pininiy; and finally the clerk, evidently noticing the look of wonderment on my face, whispered to me between giggles, “That was him.” “That was who?’ 1 asked. “Red Cromwell,” and as he spoke the name nother roar of laughter broke loose from the crowd. . * t a sample of his comedy?” I inquired. “Yen, he'a just full of talent. Doing things lke that all the time,” sald the proprietor, as he fell In a chair near by. “Does he live here in town? Is this his home?" I asked. Born and raised right here. His father’s the richest man in town,” bawled the steady boarder. “Yes, and we can thank his old gent for the public library, too,” sald the clerk. Yes, and he built the new depot himself and presented tt to the town with- out even asking thanks from the people, added the steady boarder, as he resumed his work with the toothpick “And what about the boy? What does ho do? Anything in particular?” “Not a dern thing,” said the clerk, “except to hang around town and make people laugh. It tickles his imther to pieces to hear of the funny things Red does.” . ‘In everybody 1n town as easily amused at Red as you folks seem to be?’ T inquired, % “Oh, no.” And the pPOprietor Informed me that there were certain ool@- Dlooded folxe that couldn't see anything funny in Red at all. He also ex- plained that Red's entire family refused to even notice anybody who didn't think thelr boy was just chuck full of talent, » to this moment I had often wondered why there were auch things as small town, comedians, But when I figured out the influence of Red's father, the public Mbrary and the new depot, I got the dope that instesd of being a “oft audience” for Red, the folks in town were strictly business, and did busl- neas on & business basis, into getting something for nothing a Sclence’s Newest Mosquito Discovery. a viack dog to @ white ts have been extended one, and a dark-colored resting place. Careful t in Kreat qumbers of anopheles, showing \nat they choose colors im th order of dark t dark red, brown, red, wack, gray ana violet.-and that eure ochre and white are distasteful and yellow extremely #0, Confirming these re- sults 0} mosquitoes, a Swiss malaria expert,tes found that three-fourths settle on dark colors. te “unqueation- end is equally in May Manton’s Daily Fashions 1: oy Jackel of the season ‘of piaue, Mnen and Ms: are found to prefer negroes to whites, the like end for those of sik and wool, Here i & model thet sulle one and all and that can be treated in As Wivstrated it is made of pongee in a vouy beautiful shade of blue and | trimmed with plain ta raid, vat te Orental but braid- ing executed over & amped design is lereatiy tn vogue nd the coat lends \igelf to such treat ment with singula scone Laoe weil liked inesner while the made of applique que te the oults, and « whole { braids and that ean Snes Pony Jacket-—Pattern No, 6651, y of material required for the m ni nine in 4 Geb Yarde TL, 8 4 § yards 44 4 2 yard of applique for the vest, 61-2 yards each of plain and a No. BOUL ts out 7 ; and 4 imch bust Call or send by mail t THE EVENING WORLD MAT MAN- TON FASHION BURBAU, No. o Weet Imeaty-shire sree. New York. Gend ten conte in avin or stamps for ehon paliere entered, DAPORTANT—Write your name e200 a@drese piaiuly, ead mpecity mise wanted even though they were forced to laugh themaecives f : . P