The evening world. Newspaper, December 17, 1907, Page 14

“Magazine, Tuesday, December 17, 1907. _' The Pacific Limited. / |ese@ater@neseaaeeeeteseeD ® - ® = ae ® ® : By. Albert Payson Terhune. & No. 4—MASCAGNI’S SAVALIAG ‘T was dawn or Faster Sunday In a Blcillan mountain villege,. Under the gray walls of a little stone louse stood a young man ainging a wild, pas- ,tlonate edrenade. He was ‘Turiddu, scapegrace son of “Mainma Lucia,” the Village tavern-keeper, The woman he Waa serenading was Lola, to whom he had once’ been betrothed, but who while Turjddu was away on the term Published Daily Except Sunday by the Press P: Row, New Y Sc ANGLM SLAW, SoasTreea, fe) Wet 111d Street, ye Rt New York as Second-Cia beer yi Canada. For England and the Con- Dring Wand for we td tinent aad All Countries +. United States. lonboyenr. 19 the International One year, at) Bien ‘One meath.... .30. | Mne month... RIA RUSTICANA.”” SANTA CLAUS’S MAIL. ANTA CLAUS will get his mail.this * year. It is high. time the Post- i ‘ 3 , y service that every Itallan 5 ; ae : - > must undergo) had Nghtly thrown him Office Department informed“ itself A SS i over for Alfio, * S BATTLESHIP CROSSING oxer for Aldo, a Jolly; prosperous cnr Turlidu had returned home to find fickle ‘Lol: married to Alfio, In rage 4 aweetheart’s faithlosanoss, Turld- Ju had transferred his affections to San- usa, a hot-headed, Impijisive village sirl, She and Turlddu’ were betrothed, tHe unlucky girl loving the/ young soldier * with all her heart and nbt at all real- , zing that she was morel¥ second choice, vith hir : ‘4 “But Lofa, observing her former Jover's SANTUZZA action, and ‘not at all approving of i another woman'a winning the man who had once been her sweetheart, began @ : desperate flirtation wita Turlddu in « spirit of mischiat, exerting all porere of coguetry to revive his old infatuation for her, She easily succeeded. San tuzza, who had few charms beyond her aiinple, adoring love for Turiddu, was powerless to hold ‘ta heart aguinat the lures of this accomplished firt. Day by day ahe saw his fondness for herself changing to cold Indifference. Bhe saw but could not break the wab Loin was weaving about him. On Easter eve ‘Turkid hud gone to the nelghboring town of Francofonte to buy wine for tis mother. Unknown, as he thought, to all, he had hurried back {n time to sing that eurly. serenade under Lola's window. Santuzza, however, with a jealous woman's curtosity, had ferreted out tho secret. Mamma Lucla's winestop mood across the little square from the village tiuroh, whither, in the giory of the Easter sunrise, the peasants flocked to mass, Santuzma was in the crowd, keeping a watchful eye on her recreant lover'e nother, Nor was her vigilance {n vain. For Aiflo, stopping before the tavern, anked fur a draught of some favorite wine. Lucia replied that Turiddu was Absent fetching It trom Francofonte, ‘0, he {a not!" bluffly anwwered the cart-man. “I saw him near my cottage aybreak.” A warning algn from Santuzza checked the puzzled mother’s reply, anid Alfio, insuepecting, passed on. Santuzza, too heartsick to fain the worshippers who 5 were eutering the church, turned away. Crossing the square she espled Turlddy | = on hls, way to masa and hurried to meet™Him, Somewhat tactlossly the love- j : : SS = . bruzal.girl at once began to overwhelm him with reproacties, pleas and threate At first ‘Furiddu sowsht to soothe Santuzzn's jysterical outburst, put soon, losing lis temper, broke into a torrent of anger against her. Thetr quarrel was at wh! heat wtien a woman's voice broxe in upon them. Isla, humming an idle Uttle song, was atroliing languidly across the square sn her way to church, a rose between her ‘nite teeth, a ovmplacent, maitcious ilo curving her red lips am she noted Santuzzd's grief, Like a dam of ico water in a hot face, her presence and song checked the furious dispute. Wit a laughing taunt to Santuzza and a mocking compliment to Turkidu on the wrt ot companionsllp In which dhe found him, Lola tossed the rose toward the young man and went demurely into church. Turlddu sprang forward to pick up the token. Santuzza crushed {t peneath her heel. Then she threw herself on her Knese boi re Turiddy and begged him to forgive acd love her. In blind anger the man «truck her to the cround and rusted into the church to seek Lola, Siowty, her face convulsed with insane rage, Santuzza staggered to her Set. r eye fell on Alto, pasalng through the square. 5 “God himaeif haa sent you here ag thie m-ment," ete cried, and brokeoly, hysterically: ahe pouree forth the whole atory of Lola, Turiddu and herself. As provéeded Alfo's jolly face set in grim lines. ‘As whe finished he said drieflyr Hefore sunset their blood shall flow!" When the villazera came out of ohurech Turkidu and Lola walked together, They Joined the knot of peasants who had paused at the wineshop €or a convivial kiass, Filljag aHagen, Turkddy, in a apirit of deviltry, called on Alfio to dring with hin. i “Lata afraid to, sneered Alfio; “you mignt polson me."" 1 There wes a gasp of surprise atuoag the men. ‘The women gathered about the frightened Lola and hurried ber away. Alflo'a words could mean but one ‘vung. Such an Insult could only be wiped out by blood. Season 5 ts 2 EBC ARTIC ICO CR EISy SIGHOE Ss SEMIS SESH | wurlddu understood, Seizing Alfio he aack ale teeth In the cart-nan’s ear ciiian form of Giallenge to mortal combat Alico, [ Sioghoes and clus and fo snd ihr malo Santa Cis woud make ote Poor Mir. Jarr! He Can Have Nothing to Himself in His Own House, [i 2 em ar wis aed, aly cepted Oe Stance ln fakes and perhaps deprive, the little Kringle and Nicholas children of But This Time It’s All Right, Because It’s the Children and Santa! awe understand each otter,” said he. “1 will wait tor you behind the ore pate hat was intended for them. a 1 a with ; "You idn’ lace a eh a posttios it he ldre! youl! bail F But Turlddu halted him. His own madness had suddenly died, and aa You wouldn't place me 3a such a position with the children, woul 1 yout’ | lu Had pScolien hosai iiss) CAMS about the address ofthis, essential ; aN i if ~ personage: i i ! : Every: year thousards of children write to’ Santa Claus, telling what th th y want for Christmas. ; Some them forget to .put postage Stamps on the letters, but Santa Claus ‘wouldcnot mind this if it had : z not been that-a stern Post-Office Depariment, botind by red| tape and consisting only of grown-up persons, some of whom do not believe in Santa Claus, had refused to deliver Santa Claus letters, whether they had postage stamps on them or not. Even when-children put a specific address like the North Pole, or Up in Heaven, or-In the Clouds in the Sky, or even such specific ‘instructions as “Mr, Santa Claus, Chimney Top'’—even in those cases the Post-Office refused to recognize that Santa Claus liked nothing better than to receive letters from little boys and gir! € There are so many littlé boys’and girls. .millions and millions of them, that it is quite a task even for. such an experienced old man as Santa us to keep from getting things mixed and to give some little boys and firls too many things and skip entirely the children who need his presents t and whom he is most anxious to vis That is where letters to ta Claus help so much, and because the Post-Office Department could | deliyer them there have been many mistakes and omissions which mild:have been avoided. This year Santa Claus is to get his mai! tt 1 of the United States, tens of thousands of them, that they must deliver all the Santa Claus letters. This does not apply to letters to. Kris Kringle | nor to St. Nicholas, because there are ordinary men whose names ari es Soall the chi who w 4 i > 5 t hildren ho want to write about Christmas presents must naked aire. darts if told them they might have the pen and ink and paper.’ |Incaah of horror and dredid he saw the fate. he De careful to address Santa Claus and to send it to the post-office. If By Roy L. McCardell. And I (old thei not to touch the things on my desk?” said Mr. Jarr, “and realization unnerved jim. PARGHCHEM ie gasae eutanie Beng a 5, is it . at st mere aac 4th I'm going to give them the best whipping they ever had, and nothing's gving to “1 deserve to die Hke a dog,” sa! je; "bu! nhas} me San' fy woenthey address the letters in any other way maybe Santa Claus will not} my pea and ink? Where's the writing 5 my knife tirougt your heart. coolly retorted Alfio, walking away, “Ill walt for you.” ed to hia mother. Con- z-room, and | "Just as you pleas fingers and | Turiddu, in a dazo, went to the tave! | sclcuce-somewhat beinted but none the I had him by the throat. | he murmured, * sald Mr, Jarr, in the severest The wine haa gone to my hea ‘and Iam solng for « etroit Befora I go give me your blessing. If I do not come back “ HERE ig itt W papery Doggone it! What's the use of my try-| "tp me: lomm, elt 2 Ee {ng to have anything of my own in this louse? Yeth, ‘p came Ure ‘volces of the children from the di Nobody in {t Bus any respect for me or my thingal’’ giouted it feet, and In came the children with ink Mr. Jarr ax ne f through hia desk. ie often told you that yeu should keep your desk | ret them, because they may be delivered by a letter-carrier to somebody | fet aawho is old and grouchy and who does not take any interest in Santa se Claus. 5 : hen the paitering of the aces, What were you doing with my pen and ink The other. important part of ‘said Mra. Jar, ‘“You.ere no better than I am,/ tones he could muster. [to cool my brain. “Howhis- ruli f the P ts : © to keep my bureau drawers locked all the tle, pupa, we wath writin’ letterth to Thanta Clauth,"" lsped the Ite girl 10 C001 my ere pe a mother fo Santuxza, Bhe was to have been my wife. Be a Ing of ‘ost-Office De- eT forget Mt most of the time: but the children are| j!And how do you spell wagon, papar’ eaked the Iltile boy, breathlesrly. | mutner to ier!”’ 4 wéman looking after him in amazement he hurried away to A woaeg-ine?” Leaving the ol UI the waippirgs I can give thom won't atop it. D SWoil, w boy of your age and not ksowiny how to apell wagon!" rald Mr. | mect bis foe, San) 1 wonder where they get it from? I never saw such Jarr. “What do they teach children in the schools these days? A fot of fol-der-| hurried in, while @ren! Never! Wut then,” and here Mra, Jarr smiled a tittle, ait? leoutd gasp out her r ¢ mame when | was thelr age.” “Here {th my letter, papa.” sald the little girl, handing over a smudged plece | Another and anothe:. Then a breathless nele “Weil, I'm ot going to lock things up in my OWN | of paper covered, with blots, crosa murks and shaky lines Witlle seth dat it ing: — house," sad Mr, Jarr, ‘I'd rather have things taken than | ain't wiln', ar’ it Ith w'ltin', coth T wrote it mythelft “Turiddu ta kile up overything as 1¢ 1 fearod thieves in, my Own family.” “Certainly it's writing, plain as day," rald Mr, Jarr in s softened tone, as Santuzza with a cry eank sens ama © eee) @artment, and to which The Even- be eee ng World would particularly calf © aueattention of its grown-up readers) is Fan teat Postmaster Morgan is the ¢ffi- saree hat age that they ike to k everythiry, and | “Alpt it eps wotppiras. ive tna wont atop te Dog tyzza, coneclence-omitten at what her jealousy had wrought, Amma Laicia etill stared wondoringly. But before the girl tory the whriek of a woman sounded from beyond the square, nbor ran toward the tavern shout- Turtddu ts killed!" leas at tho #tricken mother's feet. ial to receive the applications from |to go locking ied who desire to take their | ¢Thieves, indeed. eald Mrs, Jarr sharply.‘ : yw em, Indes Mra. Jarr sharply. ‘at's a pretty way to talk ee ea etrecte a mttNenlitle ¢ ae hare! i i yeereeert in the Christmas ¢ i | svout your omn family! 1 never touch your things fiysele except now ant then| "tr ‘he letiercromy theyllitie hinge SV Ay/ mete 7 au Say eOnLBN ALG eUS The story of Gounod'’s ‘Faust’ Will Me Published Thursday, ovis part le ristmas season by iteaiag Gortney cheaiste ferite EE eV e ee sai ia orenea ites ates +I want a nice dally all dree up wad a new Teddy bear ard candy and'— = | : Lad Aves eed whashte ra OWEN AAN CEES “Phere? now!"! said the lttle girl to her brother, “I desa J tan w'ite! Papa eS Rana a eam vver hata crest and #0 aaa Mrs. Kittingly, tatious refinement to have expensive cngraved | * **Phelping Santa Claus do his duty to - the children who will have no , {Eiuistmas presents untess the United iy thea *Siates Post-Office Department has the co-operation of charitable citi, but Hsia iene CaM eon |ionery. With a crest too! jend I'm always a siga.of udosten: I wanted « doll baby carriage,’ “Oh, I must have missed Mat piain as Yes, you wunta f said Mr. Jarr with a grin, “Yes, here tt 4s, ‘And a doll baby carriage!’ Let me aes your letter, Willle. Ah, engine and a train of cara and a policeman’s sult anl + By Herbert Corey. ences,” sald a Broadway rounder the other the ‘Afteen-cent man,’ who operaves bet: ing about!” said Mr, Jarr, “You got that, dexk for me, ybody uses {tt « s for stationery, get {tif you want alone, please!" VE had two recent exper! zens. T never touched then! thd a drum. 1 don't think Santa Claus can afford a)! those things this year, out | 66 Might. “The frat ta with y | “I'm not kioking sbout the old pen and snk," eaid Mr. Jarr, “but I do think; Well seo” 3 | Phitty-tourth and Forty-second streeta on the main stem. He's wel that much coislderation should be given me. Wimmlght Nave asked mettchere| “Wil eu madi the letters, to, Santa Clays: (Or) us papa?!) eked. the Wi(le | 1 ea snieitgent,, talks well, Ane looks like a good fellow who's been golng Mr. daria dadignation sot notter and hotter. “I've warned them a dozen times | hO¥- eer ite only. étighes 20 for fhteen cents, ‘i've simply Kol to Iiave a °| + ‘ ar | . Letters from the People. [rel to focch my things, and now I'm. going tuwtve them a good waltopivg!"” ‘phis yery day! sald Mr, Jarr, emphattcally, ‘Then he patted them on the |4inys ie hia declaration, and not one man In forty will say no to that plea on s : ct ead and save them a nickel each, and turned flercely on This’wife and to! rane Afe's been working the thoroughfare for ats knowledge, You sha}! do notaing,of the ki aid Mra). Jarr, 1d her ness for goo’ and all!” tho way she \raa spolling those dren wad a caution! Bee aioe Hee quiet tab I made of his takings one ahaha rauncinceraes yan + writes Herbert Corey, in the\Cinainnat! Times-Star, 2s | "sald Mr, Jar, haa a delightful climate. If you have T Be the Editor of The Evening World: money to go Into bustness, there Ix some lished by the sacrifice of Christian | stall wages, and they xet a fairly good on. Washington was often found onl sucation; make good clerks, uc. A sab his knees in prayer, and his success|Man from the United States who has | zs ile tohis forvent prayers, The; bmn ured to good Wages and good, ae fountry’s foundation was bullt on Chris- | living could not well afford to work for} : tlan princi and the men to whom! these low wages, PH. B. © E> o Fe owe our freedom did not wish to | 5 1-2 Miles in 70 .. @esecrate the Bavbath by amusements) To the Editor of ae ora nd open saloons, Almost all pe Ljwalked m the Ct Browpest | een dollars a day, Some Pointers From fone Ne to redeem » bit sy e ) ce with a pawnbrok { went in the ONG umpy Hubbies the Best ercisite eerste | By F.G.LOG (270° .r ete horse: on, and while as there a yDung follow pared / o af: Course, of Chicage, ) ~ of Junk T mehel threerpallint pried (open che ack cass and tuok! outa’ woman’ : > [8 Mate at nad been passed there, The yo ung fellow blushed. ‘Aw, tat It stay ee “TM be getting the clock out inside of a week.’ ‘Sill: not let it stay,! ‘You muy get it out .and-you may not. But no woman's ed to chance in my shop, Take out the picturé, or tuke or decency from one of the hard-hearted pro- itl Lees a a deme Teel {ho said. | cald the pawnbroker. | picture shall be exnoned [the watch away.’ How's that f feasionT’ Capturing a Husband. ~ | 1 | f. to fhe end of an attend the theatre six nights in t ti ; i path, a nrwesk, it/they. Wish, but Ist us keep the | cece’ five and one-half miles, tn ‘atdath! as any Christlan should. ,one hour And ten minutes, this a r ae rene iene thought and written years ago on how to choose a wife UCH wnat w was good enough for the time, but the recent reversal of the relative | wctitudes of sceker and sought renders it valueless. Nevertheless, de- | aplte of the fact that in considering the points to te heeded and the pre \Gnuttens to be observed hy womankind, we find ourselves In a fallow field, cers ‘al principles may be regarded as established, writes George Harvey fez Goats day, and those who keep ho! we Sabbath day wili have the blessing of wir tthe Lord. 8. F., |} The Latter tw Correct, Breast the Fatiton walk of flve miles. Can ur pedestrian among pileate this time on the cyc ROBBRT ELLIS. Eraphers and Smoke, «© World THIS LUMPY LOT W/Lh MAKE Amys : fe proper spell-| vot ‘The Bvenine World | tal ing in some cases, B rays it ‘must) ee comiiainlax G00D 4VSBANDS. HAVE A CARE ABOUT THE ign weNorth Ameri Keview. It la bert, for example, to capture a hueband MUSCULAR. MAN WITH A | - RTS OUD Ai young, docile and plastic, Proferably also. he should be In be written as two words, as js amokisig In offices In ce: Which 4s correct? AJR. Jail right. I have ¢ Tobacco va. Perfume. | Two young men in office are con- aeVibel eaboe aC aee en | inually smoking ev: ug from ‘cheap ‘A mtenogaisiher comp! aretien tO m j&pe. My mother and thevasteatwhers cat mis |*siere are always complalniag of the he emoke from a good elxar| tobacco smell about my clothes M8 not da offensive as the five-cont per-| ould J do, reuters? oftmen often ured by My platas °Ruden OPFICE MAN. Jove. He may then, be (rained after. the manner best calculated to serve the convenience of her for whom thenceforth he must and should toll. _ The Earliest Known Trousers. Be By Prof. Friedrich Deltzsch. : RIE head of the arcient Babylonian was carefully protected from the mun by various wruppings; !t wae efficient for the rest ef the-body to wear a. thin woollen-‘or linen garment bound at the hips with ® girdiv, Creahawi, over whioh sometimes another garment wus ploturesquely draped, writos Profi Friedrich Delitgsch in Harper's for December, In Babylonia and ‘Ansyrin also head and foot coverings were aubject.to fashien,.out the Joni clone-filting ‘garment fortunately neyerwent out of style, Trousere—the ume | nesthetical invention of the Medee—are first found on the Parthian stele of about’ the firat century 'B,-O,, whioh wad exoavated in Ansyria, me HIGHLY NERVOUS TEP1PER- AMENT, OLD ROLY- THE LIVE Bute” FEEL HIS HEAD IF NECESSARY, an on Cari or of The Pranine Vy 1 read the | hoes 1 sbave ne Anierican-bor ng ladies jump at suats ahead of as Well as wraycheaded women hardly had ptrength ip and then I bay also tmany times toa ¢ satand the Ty the Fi poy SHOW. WS PEERY) VS} 7 OU ¢ 100K) concerning fo to Jamaica, And aska about (chances there. re a poor min, 1 do not, advise yo «tt. go there, 1 tried Vatee perceatage oF Jamaica are necroey many of wa Br@onitions Gov Shisher rude, » DONT CRITICLTE "YOUR WIFE'S COOKING: #2 NAGA ROUND: FACED MAN, ON THE. SPOT ~ THEY. MAKE Oo’ the entire humgg rice tt ta eatimated that 600,000,000 live tn houses, Toe HUSBHNDS « (¥2,000 Se Crate and caves and 360,000,000 have virtually no sheltes, sont Gi : s ty ee < ss ainilboas.stihobacie REN SPSS Uaents Wate one Tike HNL ALN STO WA aaa Pane IO po ‘ 5 Sea How We All Live. at wed {t dens do way I wiote It. ‘Cep' he didn't wend where I told ‘Thanta Clauth New York Has a Heart of Its Own. oe |