The evening world. Newspaper, December 27, 1907, Page 13

Maxine Ellliott’s “Greenwood Tree”’ Is “*Folly Rotten,” 6T NDER THE GREHNWOOD TREE” ts a nice little outing for Miss | U Maxine Elliott. It gives her rest and recreation, and it in to be/ hoped * “does her good,” for ét certainly should bring hor eome | eetorn for the enthusiasm she expends -upon it. “Get excited atiout it!" she cried.as abe arranged for her littlo outing at the 4 last night—but for the slowly ebbihg liseof.us we coulin'’t Neither’ es, Ge sensible little secretary, who couldn't sce “the simple life" | eae Mary Hamfiton pictured in glowing colors, ‘When asked for her opinion, Peery paid tt was “Jolly rotten.” We shared her opinion, “Under tie Green: | wood Tree” was just that. As it branched ont, 26° to speak, it became-the sill play of the eeason. Oh, “for an outing as far away from the Garrick as pos-| emo! | It wes diftoult to beifeve that Mr. | to his name, had prepared this sentimental | @masined it was fantastic, perhaps iio thought of Harrie and eal to himsel{, “I pall go and d Ukewise.” But he didn't | | HH. V. Fymond, who bas several good plays} Picnic for Miss Elitott. -Perbaps > Ho gave Miss Elliott nothing €0 do but look beautiful. Looking beautiful nas wot to be such an old, old story with the Midnight Maxine that it's remarkadle be can find x new why of doing the same olf thing. But she does it pith the/ @Teatest of caso in “Under the Greenwood Tree.” Mhe does it in @ bathing suit.) jameng other things, and when whe cries, “Come and see me dive!’ you feul Ike | eorambling over the orchestra chairs and taking her at her wort, You would mmuch rather seo her dive than aco tho play, but, Ilke your friend Peray, you are| “up against it."° You°are up against four acts of sentimental piffie unless your | Yeas Ko on strike and run you off tome. “i In the first act you feel just as Mary docs-you want to get out She talks ef nothing but “freedom,” and wtion sho has turned all but ono of ner train of fovers from the door of her town hotso she opens a window and myes a bit more, ‘And then she gots A expsy van'and carts off poor Peexy and a haplees young chap whose love {1 100 young to eult her, She ts looking for-an Adam in hor Warden of Eden, but te Je such a long time coming that you grow~feartully Ured of waiting, You get nothing but Mies \Filiott in her bathing suit, and even thai’ fa left largely to your imagiration, for the robe that covers what you would really like to sce gfres you ouly @ glimpse of stockinged feet. The coliar, of course, is pretty, tut after all it's only a collar. To bs sure, Mise E:ott's waren tresses are hanging down her deck, and they're not © bit stringy after} her axim. Ghe takes her high dive without turning a halr. When she comes/ deck end stretches hicrself on the grassy bank that gave Mr. Charles Cherry @ sprained ankle she tells you there ty “only me" under the rote, but not a singie pink toe verifies her moro or } interesting statement. 4 ‘Mary’a picnis 1s a distreasingty one-sided affair. ‘Though {t 1s rudely broken | , "fm upon by a real gyrxy. who comes to ratas the rent of his van, Hke any Up-to-| Gato landlord, Mary scaros hiin off with a pistol and goos right along picnickirig. When the amateur gypsies cro told to get off the grass by the young squire on whoes estate ahs Is trespassing, 2he inerely openg her glorious eyes, and ths help: flass chap goes jove-matl under thelr spell. Me begs hor to stay, and she ska 4 (Bim to dinner at ¢ by the ellv’'ry moon. He comes in a dinner jacket. ami asks | fier to marry him. Thoy will get a special licenee, and be married at noon the | 4 Bert day. You are wked to bellevs that a conventional country squire will take | ‘@a unknown gypsy to the altar on run, Lsmond! Esmond! | : Tia squire goes away, leaving Mary alone with her itrat Kim. Then come | hie wicked gypsies to throw a cloth cver Mary's romantid head and bind her to a) tree, white ther rob the van. But hold! To the rescue springs the noble young | esquire. A biow on the bead settles tim. Th: Lad gypsies run away. Perey re-| ; Carne ‘eith the haplaas young man sho has rorcued from Jail. Mary is uxdound end the eqtifre Is baucaged and put to bed In tan van, «|; 4-_The blow ‘ne recelved hae failed to knock the romance out of the aquire's head, # gad we€n Mary finds in the morning that he ic stili wifting to tzke her for what phe ecoms, she tells him who she really 18, and the silly business ts ended. Miss Mary Jerrold as the orisp and practical Peszy ts capital, and Mr. Eric Maturin am the young mun who enters Into tho rpirit of the affair by going bare- oot 18 amveing. Mr, Dallas Cairns, who !s first ald to Mr. Cherry's sprained fe, does very wel as the squire, Misa Eliott plays her beautiful self beau- Bitully—that fs all. \ + Both Mary and the Squire act ike fools. . t TVegsy will tell you 80., , CHARLES DARNTON, THE HOME baking powder. Do not forget that. Stir or beat well. Have two pans the same size, put the mixture in one and piece it directly In the oven to bake. When commencing to brown turn the other HINTS FOR Corn Oysters. vg NE pint grated gram corn or one 0 small can corn, 1 egg, 1 small tea- cup flour, % cup. butter, salt ana U pepper to taste, Fry on a griddle in|one, hot, over ft. Bake about three- mali cakes. quarters ‘of an hour ao It will be a nice - brown all around: Tea Cake. Ginger Snaps. JUR tablespoons butter, 1 tablespoon 2 egg, 2-3 cup sugar, 2 cups fo 1 oup milk, 3 tablespoons melted | dDutter, 1 teaspoon soln as | i water. Fill the cup with molases’ cream tartar, 1 teaspoon ofa, 1 teaspoon ginger, wu | walt. Flour to roll thin, Currant Loaf. T= cups bread dough |Rice Meringue. NE cup bolled rica, one large pint 1 CoT TWo Nite NECKTIES — HUH! WHERE'S HE TAKING US? Seow SEE MY NEW MUFF? 1 CoT iT FOR CHRISTMAS), ITS PRETTY, CARRIE , IT'S FROM YouR JAUNT, HEY P 1 Gor Lots OF PRESENTS LETS SIT HERE AWHILE, HONEY! THE (DEAR! BUYING FURS FoR My Cire! DODEDESOODOSGGOGHSOOOOHEGHOGOGOOTSIITO By Gertrude Barnum, T was tn Chicago “slightly damaged" which stretched clear acrons the sidewalk. As I stepped ! out Into the strect to pias by, a laugh rippled along the Other thing I was thankfx for—the union. oft I As ever, I 6 “Well, it ‘We~éould wasn't phoulin's we be gay Any good, We're golng to lay In some remnants of shoe fortable Americana could profit by Teasie's commentary on selfishness, lbather—might ¢ome In hendy for mince pie. stow is the unemployed. ng for work, and seve the uppers for Christmas | care if others have not? economy talks to the poor that ing ia left but the wishbone, do we stop to think of the great unfed, and even shoes had attracted a crowd, ikhe and gay | our fire!" she It'a an {ll fire that blows nobody | Riv lTODDV DODD OC O0D00000000000000 0000000 Sunshine and Hope Made Tessie’s Christmas O. K. DO0CCOC00 00000 OCP OOG0d000000000000000000 outer circlo of bargain hunters, and, turning, I recognised "5 It te the hope ft Keeps in us all. my old friend Taste. ie - Same old Tessie,” I sald, delightedly. hope. Sunshine and hors, Most of thia ashe had hit off our philosophy: We wear out-the soles of our So longjas WE haye steady work and mince ples and turkeys, why should we Only after we and ours have beon overted, and noth- these had made Tessle's Christmas “O. XK.” wept alive in her a holiday spirit which hnd spread merriment and good cheer answered., ‘‘Why | even in tho pinched and pitiful waiting line at the fire sale, ‘Aw I reflected, upon the cynicism |Hldden in her Jokes I wished that all cofh- By R. W. Taylor’ vr ioaiounseaaaee Wheeled Ship ~ WHAT DID You GET FROM SANTA, WiLL? 8 The 2 , Whirls | |p Voepuuuseeer eer nr er ) The Adventurer: Lloyd Osbourne. (Copyright, 1907, .by D. Appieton & Co.) HEAVENS? MY NEW SYNOPS18 OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. Lewis Kirkpatrick - (nicknamed “ Kirk’) # plucky youn Amertean, te pifieetrend Todt Somer, OS actin! ine expedis ‘Von seers, Ut | sock. Hormousty wealthy old lady, and pt. Jackson, a fussy... martinet. [are aiso nearly 30) men comced on | ihe party go to a remote aprt vn the banks fer a South American river, ‘where & camp ae mi arehine the on jand Kerk taile in Jovely daughter, H sates Kirk tears that fe expedition ls probably a treasure hunt, that Jackson c his owns y trying (9 make Mrs. Hite ye it, Jacksou takea a fancy to Kirk and makes hin second officer, At last, \Mith a picked crew, the Fortuna ta, ready to start junder way, OH, MR MONK! You). | 3 ARE SO KIND! I CHAPTER XVII. | (Continued. Just Love You! The Start. Fe the first time Jackson was be- ginning to show to His commanding Agure,. his’barsh hand Incistve voice, his ‘cool, resourceful air—all inspingd confidence and compelled | sume Spud tient enemies to an un- willing admiration. by that Hoe seemed to put learned to know and hate—and asserted ja side of his nature that had hitherto | been unsuspected. The Fortuna Jay in a fairly good post- tion for the start. It had not heen thought necessary to-kedge_her_round to make a fair wind of the gale, It insure her against capsizing, and once she was moving she could easily be.vot on a better course. That 4s, if ahe did ‘As to thls, nobody was very WDODHDOIOGHHIOIO®: ove. sure except Wostvrook and Jackson, | “AN ready, sirl’’ yelled Kirk. 3) “Man the fore-toprall hailiards!* @| “Sheet home! Hoist away! \, The sails shook and thundered. Or GOOOCHIOGOOOGOOGIOOOSOE 7 meant for everybody, and everybody 1s golng to hare a show In it some day. pasar aien oe SuRaeieene | The wun don't play no favorkes, Then when I got the morning paper the Orst |, yay the downhaul! Holst away! Bo- the day after Christmas, A fire sale (hing I saw was the fire sale—just when so many of us need shoow. F i “You got your ‘out of work’. benefit from the union, don't you?" I axked. i “Oh, yes, I get that all right, and you bet !t comes in handy. That's an- Disappointment. It ain't so much tho beneft money] a0 topeal tt oy LE That’ 3 at's the greatest thing In life, anyhow—|. {°C hn pop-ropes, It second. fn onditie tmt It could withstand ‘the terrifie ‘strain. The Fortuna did not move un inoh, tut her wheels, deeply rutted in ¢ho soft earth, quivered with a sort of life, ‘Tie vast fabric oreaked and the backetays tautened ominously, It was a moment of suspense, of agony. Sonfething had to give, Kirk held his breath and walted for the topeail to These had Hom UR fire, why shouldn't we be gay?" “It wasn't 0 Circe lai ntti 0 of milk, two ecKs, one lage cup of would make the Ladiov’ Aid Soclety happy.” Ithen we offer them littlo beskles leavingx and sermons of economy, Yet with | SK to ritbona mae poon flavoring or epicé, 1 cup fouread| WU sugar, one lemon. Boil the milk, As no were pushed along toward the entrance of the all our desperate attempts to corner good fortune, for our own Iittle circles,| “Quick with the forvsail! Up with ‘currants, 1 rounding tcaspoon baking |atir in rice, the yolks of the eggs and » store Sy shaihy men, women and children, I studied my happin evades us and actties upon those who have the larger vision and | her pike Kirkpatrick! : powder. Beat the dough, ess, sugar, | sugar, and cook thick as soft custand,| "=" nbors mith new sy7ppathy, and remarked that not many of them lookeu @3) more generous hove. Bllthn in their attics live the dresiners who reyiloe in Riri amen ial hele Ore uiroe Ee and chortening. tonethee in besnd| Take from fire, grate in rind of lemon, |{hoUke dey had caten too much turkey. | the sunshine becnuse {t comforts and cheers all alike ady and joyour in| ond peak haliards and holsted tae sail pan until you cannot see. streaks of |SOUr In, butt Tod beat whites of “Well,” my friend replied, “as for me, 1 don't mind 26 much not having | thelr wellworn shoes march the men and women wito lead the movements which | With S<cuahy The poom| crashed (to) lee- dough with wooden spoon, then ada | Vee add lemon julce and ttle sugar. | a turkey, {f any one'N just remember at the end to save nie the wishbone. T'm | carry hope to milflona who are welghted with ehe heavy burdens of our nation. | Ward. The sall reverberatnd deafening currants and extract and sprinkle in delicous, ©. | grateful for small favors as long as I have tig hopes." “Tossle," I said, after we had helped our hostess wipe end put away the |ly, drowning for a time even the galo ~ ES a ei bu That evening us we nibbled at turkey bones together, in the hasptiable kitchen | dishes, © enjoyed this little kitchen supper more than yesterday‘s feast.” | itself. Up, up it went, with a lusty of a mwtual friend, Tessie epoka to us mora serjously. For answer she got the wishbone from the atovepipe, ‘where It had been|yeo-heave-yeo, The ¢hroat halllards \ ‘My Christmas was 0. K.," she sald, ‘Logk at the fine day we had! very | drying, and au we snapped i¢ bevwren us, I took itas a good omen when Toasie | were Delayed. The Yooss peak was {rhe the sun comes up like it did yesteniny I am deed’ sure this world was |oame off with the lucky end and cried “Here's hoping!" ; lashing to and fro, apliling and Alling HIS season. t showing cer: tain new fea- tures in the frock that {s)worn over a separate quimpe foufld some modif- cation of tha’ ki mono or mandarin feeve, This one des all the noy- elt, mentioned, It is inade of a blue ‘yoo! material with Unes of golden brown anda trimmed, witit brown ribbon Yrills, but plain material, plaid and fashionable col- ors and mixtures can be used. Tha} s that exten: full length ut | the front and back | of the walst are al- ways becoming and ba frills of plaid ribben ‘and the trimming | batid and belt. of | plaid allk to mateh, | The quantity of] FET Girl's Dress—Pattern No. 6836, Hihlealinath eae : the medium aize ao} years) 1s 4 yards ¥7, 31-8 yards 32'or 21-2 yards 44 inchen wide, with 28-4 yards of fioboh or frills, * i Patterm No. GSN0 ts cut tn sizes for pirin of 6, 8 10 and Te yearn of are. | Hor xend by mall to MI SVENING WORLD MAY MA Hew to S FASHION HUREA n Wes. Tweify-third) stroet.New Create York, Send ten cents in coin'¢r atanips for each: pattarn ordered. 3 | These IMPORTANT—Write your name address plainly, and al- 2 | Puttorns me of | ways specify alzo wanted, | iI an umbrella in the house fit for use. my carelesan this morning. Tootsie and Her Cat, Smilax A Gase of Self-Dental. T was beginning to rain, and a man who was on the point of starting for church Céscovered that there wasn't “You can borrow one from the T—# next door,’ suggested his better half; “they never go to church.” The shoulders are| “No, Laura,” he answored, arith firm- Jong and Grooping, |ness: “It wrong to borrow umbrellas and there often 4, {on Sunday, I shall punish myselt tor by not going to church | NOW KITTY,-WE GOES TO SEE PAPA. I'LL MAKE HIM LIKE SCAVSE He DOES DUS 2 es T of cake,at Mrs, Neighbor's? M Little Elaies-Yes, mamm: to having endugh to édt at home. 9 Small Johnny (at Qinner)—Won't yeu have another piece of ple, Mr. Old- ham? Mr, Oldham—Thank you, Johnny; as you are so kind, I belleve I will. Smal! Johnny—Oh, I'm only looking out for myself. Mamma raid if it was Out of the Mouths of Babes. OTHER—Why, Elsie, you don’t mean to tell me you pokes second plece I wanted to show them that I was used necessary to cut another ple I could ‘nave two pieces. WHAT BLISS, 1 couco O1E Dooit!” 015, KITTY LIKES TOU PAPA with a furlous nolee. It was stubborn- ly conquered, and gut Into positton.. “Haul aft the foresheet!* Tie sail resisted, giving il How to Keep a Cook. FTER « dinner hia at friend's way onty! if | A house, which he enjoyed hugely, | 1pch, by inch, It carried the weight of he sald; “Excuse me, Jones, but| the storm,:and was likely tq rip free: | may I ask you how you manage to|and fly away. At every gust Kirk jhave such delicious things. to est? thought to see the. last of it, Rut it was new and stout, and held grimty to the bolt ropes. Then to his amazes ment the deck beneath him began to “I's quite, simple,’ replied Mr. Jones, the cook before dinne: Braced Against the Rigging, Holding on for Dear Life, Kirk Feels the Strange Craft Ca-= reening Overland. leadership of four veogie:| Trnere| it] Jackson gives orters {or wetting | advantage. meaner self—that touchy, cross- | l grained, half-hearted Jackson they bad) was blowing enough abaft the beam to | on, Its Way | ld rain and lightning, ata speed #0 terrific ‘that there went ‘up a ory. to shorlon sail. But the cagtain, ewaying | of the ibridge, and searching ‘the lee horizon ahead with his glass, held on | undiamayed, Into the Unknown: Behind them were the tents of Felict- dad, {ittully seen and half lost again te the murk and gloom. The poor, deserte ed follows had shrunk ¢o mere specks. One'ot them was waving a'tiny flag om a atick—the only attempt to’ celebrate. in any way the departure of the For- tuns. A pitiful leavetaking—that wid+ jow's mite of bunting, hardly more than |a striped and gaudy handkerchief, But the sight of it struck a respon- sive chord tn the captain's bosm. He raised the ispeaking trumpet to his Jipa, “Mr. Kirkpatrick!” “Yea, air!” | “Break out the ensign at the main!” Kirk ‘bellowed a repetition of the |order. A quartermaster staggered aft Ki to get the fiag from tho Chart-room | ruck, | Marts Another cleared the signil hal- The Mttle dall wept up’ ewttly and Jerkity, all eyes meoyee it Then, Jaa i reached the truck, {t was broken land blew out its vivid: colors to, the storm. It may be that it was not seen by those they were leaving, bat the leleht of the Stars and Stripes io the |Fortunas themselves was salutary and Inspiring. In a time of danger the as- |sertion of coolness and discipline is ml- ways beneficial. This trifiing uct gave | new oournge to al! on doard. If Jack- son could bother about a mére flag why pould they bein such a sweat for their - lives? ‘Thero was no' longer any muti- nous outery to shorten sail. A pipe or two mado {ts appearance. There was {@ scramble to find shettered places. Men grinned at one another and 6ven laughed outright as they wero alung hither and thither by the violeat and sudden mbve- ments of the ship, The Storm. — And all thé whilo she held on ber way, ~ four men struggling at tho wheel, the wails straining madly, the wing howling, the indefatigable wheels racing and plunging as: they cut inte sodden earth and tore a path to the souchward, ‘The ship yawed wildly. ‘Kirk mounted halfway up the mast His first feeling jotAtread had given way to @ strange che It was magnifident thus (o bo Jborhe along._Da. was forgotten in vhe exhilaration, ‘the exettement, the thrilling delight/of that mighty rush de- fore tho gale, Fear had disappeared. Life seemed as nothing in the balance. Standing there between earth and sky he gave himself up to the enjoyment of a sublime and extraordinary’ spec- Wucle. Below him the crouching figuges of jis companions, vhe careening deaka, the whirl of those steetshod wheels. Be- fore him tho vast emptiness of the plains, rimmed only by the sky. Be- hind/him the flerce alternations-of Kase, gloom and driving squalls, with nifg of wintry light and bleak, passing vistas of a tempestuous hortzon. Lightning forked apd flashed with ear-splitting detonation. The heavens opened. Tho close-reefed sails strained furtously in the bolt-ropes ith a «nen- acing note of divdster—a hoarse and’ fitful orurmur—as though any moment they might tear themselves to ahreds. Jackson, with the speaking trompet to tis lips, attempted in vain to qaake himself heard above the storm. Hardly’ & word could be understood. But his convulsed “face and gesticulating hand: showed that something was mies. He, gaye the trumpet to one of the men clinging to the rafl beside him, mate—tnmistakable gestures ¢o take ta gall. “Very Smartly Done!’ Kirk slipped down the rigging, end mouted out his. men from the nooks where they fad taked/ shelter. The. captain's motions were so peremptory ‘But what does your wife say whoke and pitch. By George, they’ pa 2 a tyisabl Oh," returned the othe were moting! (Bump, bump, bump— proleaetnoa rnc peeled Site ——-—# object; she's the cook.’ with men slipping and staggering all| nicht ge lot my the fore-topsail hal- ; > ‘ about him, But hei had no time to| tiaras and allowed the sail’ to beat took over the weather rail, Ils eyes} ana thunder while he applied himeelr y id We GALE) were axca onthe captath: He steadied 1{, getting down the foresall, We put & pp | mself ayainst the mast, [Off at Last. °° “Pull; you be roared, lax the long queue of men mopped over, and the sheet slackened In thelr hands. He ran in among them himself, and laid bis own welght to the rope! Four Jor five others jumped to help. him, Byery Kiting and laughing Fwith e: | view c one waa sh ultation, the fat, be we (pools of muddy water ne diminisn- ing crowd behind, waving thotr c 5 | } K Ds. FRIGHTENED! ME? ROD Hat will do, Mno Kirkpatrick eDeAR Pa GE a "Make her fast, boya! Now, you Jubbers, what are you doing’ with that AFFINITY. | shot? Here, like this!'* i Then, at la: he was at liberty 2 see | what was going on. Reeling across the deck he attained shrouds-and sprang up the ratlines, Tow YOU COR REAL NICE ee hie Seem eet as PUSSY DEAR. THAT RIBBON, ON STRAIGHT atid warth, and every Ume IS: MUCH MORE BECOMING TOOTSIE. bul | has of some mighty automo- | bie magnifed by a thourand. Under | that press of sail tho Fortuna pounded on with a wild and lumbering velocity) dipped by the head there | that/ Brought ihe heart to the mouth.| Lurching, groaning, dlscordantly pro- + testing from every part of her fabric, and with a full gule dehind her, she Jew onward with an Indeserifatte ja ring und bumping that seemed at ¢ instant to threaten her destruction | Braged against tile rigging, holding on | for ‘dear Jife, Kirk had te atartiing | sensation of scudding dyer the pnurie, Me the squilfl burst the Fortuna fresh-| aned her pace and. dashed _ petore:: My epaguedls. ssa aba very man he could muster on thy clow rope, and soon had the great sall on deck, where it gave them a lively ¢usale, as {t bellied end fwundered; the fore- castly men hauled’ down and stowed the jib. The Fortuna came to o gentle standstill Her deck became solid an- derfoot, and the rellet after the peoullar, jarring movement thatybuftled every attempt to walk, was indescrib- ably welcome. Even at hor smoothest cunning one onild only move In ttle > rushes, catching at a fresh bupport at the instant of letting go the old. Aj; crablike progress, Indicrous to see, both irksome and dangerous, making the hund!ing of the asbip ‘excessively dit- Hoult, Kirk strode aft to seo what-was the matrer, after first clewing up the fore- topaall with a dozen hands and then ordering them aloft to furl {t. The captain met him af the break of the poop. Very smartly -provingty, done," he. sald, ap. Has anything happened, alr? ty only those speaking tubes, Crawahaw will haye’ to do ‘something With them, Haines tells mo that halt tia time he can't get the helmamen to | ldten—can't attract thelr attention." ‘Gould\you hear Mr, Haines youraelt, si the thing only gives a little He might be yelling blue mur- , for all I'd know about tt, What tt we ran into a-hummock or atruple” gully! Hines up there is no moty Use to mo than If he were in a balloon, Find Crawshaw ana send him, hg anim, hT0.iRle Comth Why,