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x (oS gee rere emmat . ee fhe Evening World Daily Magazine, Thursday, January 23, OB. Caught! EF CLKLHE ECCKCESHCKECEECESRD Gia 5 2 ® io ay oo utitet Is le The Story of the Operas @udlished Daily Except Sunday by the Press Publ bs By Albert Payson Terhune. 3 r Park Row, New York. © 908A PULITZER, Pree., 1 Fai Entered at Bubscription Races to the J Evening Worid for the United States. fone year...... One meath Canada. | No, ?0—Puccini’s ‘(Madame Butterfly.’’ the hill overlooking Nagasaki O harbor stood a quaint little Jap- anese house, decked with flowers for a festival, It was the home ar- inged by Lieut. Pinkerton of the Unit. ed States Navy, for his Ittle 1 bride, Cho-Cho-San, nicknamed tertly." Pinkerton himself, with hie friend Sharpless, the local United States Consu!, and old Goro, the mar- jrlage broker who had negotiated the match, were waiting at the threshold for the errival of the wedding party. |Sharpless, who had lived long In the JOrtent, had repeatedly urged Pinkerton jin vain to beware of a Japanese mar- riage, and now was once more point- |ing out the dangers of such an alliance, | But the Neutenant (who regarded the whole affair merely as @ delightful ad- venture, and who in his own careless fashion was quite deaply in love with |dainty Mttle Butterfly) refused to take |the matter at all seriously. In the midst of the argument the bride and @ | throng of her relatives and friends trooped up the hill and trooped into the house, A gay, noisy, excited party they were, and thelr queer Orien Pinkerton’s nerves. et to restore her future husband's good temper t g to him a very great secret, The secret was that she had gone f mission and re- nounced her religion for Christianity in order to be of the same creed as the man she was to marry This 5 all-impe t r, did in impresa Pinkerton as an especially great He ate the depth of her adoring love for him. ry The odd native wedding ceremony proceeded | it were rudely interrupted by the appearance of neweomer was Bu s the Bonze (p of the ancestral faith, he rried to the feast t wrath of } Breaking in u solemnly c¢ and forbade her family to with so wicked a creature. With tes of horre he guest poor girl weeping in her husband's arms, Sc scr | her tears to smiles, and in his love she forgot |her off. o 9° Three years Ja cloud, Pinke | | One year ne month, .60 | One month. VOLUME 4S — CIGARETTES AND WOMEN. EVENTY-THREE Aldermen may pass an ordinance that women must not smoke cigarettes in res-| taurants, but no 73,000 men, whether they are Aldermen or pri- vate citizens, can compel a woman to do anything that she does not want to do or keep her from do-| ing what she has made up ‘her mind to do. | Whether women will or will! not smoke cigarettes is a matter, f which women will settle for them- Selves. The only effect of aldermanic ordinances on such a subject as} i this will be to make wi who intended to smoke cigarettes smoke, ! .NO. 16,086. | that many more, and to incline other women to smoke in order to show their freedom from the dictation of inferior man, | Smoking cigarettes is not good for women or any one else. If women want to smoke they should follow the example of the old Southem mammies and smoke corn cob or clay pipes. A corn cob pipe absorbs a good part of the injurious products from the combustion of | nicotine which, when cigarettes are inhaled, do injury to the lungs. A Clay pipe is almost as good as a corn cob pipe for this purpose, but the Constant use of a clay pipe has a tendency to wear away the teeth be-} tween which it is held. Also women should not drink cocktails or highballs or any other fluids which tend to derange the nervous system. But the men who anticipate changing women’s habits by law are greatly mistaken. ssed. At first Butterfly had been ideatly was ordered home to America on active y the assurance that he would cc | her grief at parting | the robins nest again comforted herself over and over Ww on tn the quaint c hilltop, unt ‘Daily the two scan horizon for s knew the ways of nericans who marry | ail hope of the fa lieutenant’s ret | doubted. She had another consolation in her loneliness. Not long departure a son had been born to the deserted wif | drat, but a gold-haired, ro: baby who bore the American father. weary months drag#ed on, and Cop—mother, hild and s Pink>rton had left them + supplied ther the three c NEXIDENTIAL NOMINATIO provision TRAP | Ite know 1 : % The way for any man who has the desire to reform some woman ern ety ane axieosinaa’h foned that he had heard from | addicted to the cigarette or the cocktail habit is insidiously and gently Laem au ed Meter, to point out the injurious effects on her appearance. Se eres Was she not already a wife and | Cigarette smoking stains a woman's fingers and discolors her nd was ajevengnow: Nestea ng on ees teeth. It also tends to make her complexion sallow and to detract from tressed in her the rubiness of her lips. It bedims the sparkle of her eyes. It makes sas ers ig flowers, and with her 3 a thd : axe 23 . . : 2 for her husbani’s speedy ie teaave come If there is anything done to brighten up the home, who docs it? 22 was cktails have an opposite effect : a4 A Be ee a ae Ae ERC a aHerale Qo Gadi iihay Gey (ha (oe Not the man of the house, says Mrs. Jarr; he takes no interest im it.) ot ee ce pinkerton had related ven him, but had se Pi » hill to ind itterfly"s devotion and face t girl whose life who had as her the light from the windows would fall on it. We could move those two | pictures." | » we could,” said Mr. Jarr, d maybe where !t gets the light would be best asked Mrs. Jaret, oN and tend to exaggerate those deli- r cate veins which, when gently and Normally suffused with blood, give + the peachy tinge to woman's ow, 1 knew you'd said Mrs. Jarr lily, “IL never saw stinate man! cheeks. They also enlarge the little I agreed with you! the surprised Mr. Jurr. See nes iceman aghin ve their tidings. When, dit arteries of the nose, which is even and 1 can always get 1 pretended to agree with me,” said Mra. Jarr, “but T could tell by your | Bit Pe aiehete aa nade no outery, but u |tone that you had made up mind it must go over the piano,” aiiitibeecedath to come back in half * more serious, because no amount fi u are mistaken said Mr. Jarr quickl. think 1t would look | TUCtly eee tne child cll upon her father's | of powder, unless it is put on with 4 n fail on It.” enor eee lipletures are cHetmals: And. they jpekisoicute where Pinkerton, returning awed and remorseful, at the appointed time, found the je huddled dend body of the gaily ¢ life had been crushed out for a fo! glue, will hide the little knobs which gather on the nose of a confirmed cocktail drinker. baby prattling 4 Mr. Jarr. “Put tt over the plano, there's more | nutterfy, whore pre ht isn't so good, still it's e very bright picture | ens, — and even if : i f | ok nice th sla Far more effective would it be should certain Aldermen whose faces! @ You go again!” erled Mra cts Byer since x Put mother's picture The «tory of “Traviata will be published Saturday, show the results of too many cocktails and highballs, whose figures mani- | ey Mv acleuinbalieineuaenaieeatioatG ATE gE Le ote = i =o fest the effects of a coarse diet, appoint themselves a committee and ap-|eemper at you t you take no at all, If) would admit, » wlio was as honest as the day, that I made a fatal mis- No Was Waists for Men pear attended by the sergeant-at-arms with a megaphone at the various| there !s anything d ten it up and make it cliverful it {s left to me | tak could have done so much better, and that she never p © re . and many a good d over it.” Jeould get along with you, but that ts no reason you should hate her and want restaurants which are frequented by the women whom they seek to re-| > on, come now!" ## Fe irigtsWen uaales/tnatiin take as muchil lolfear hee peturelot the walliand throwslt outlon te hieuse! | By Jim Dash. form and there proclaim by their own examples what the result is of too|interest as you do. Only what's the good * gasped Mr. Jarr, “I never thought of such a thing! | F I have read aright in The F: 1 to-night, the first e, what satisfes you satistes me ‘Against a threatened fad I mi hege 1s mother's picture over the plano," said Mrs, Jarr. “And if 1 | her picture will have to come down!” avy food. © It seems to he the go much alcohol, too much tobacco and too much h 2 to vente an't. follo It's from Londoe, don't you know | ene ee ——________— ! [don't care what you do!" shouted Mr. Jarr. ‘What dtd | For a man to wear a corset ‘neath his vest, L A { - ray inion for? [ never thought of your nlother's pleture! T don’t | ori i “That's what It t" said pion, too." | en he came home that night Mrs. Jarr said: “I decided to hang the new | LOT Eas Eon autcinaiparaa “Oh, that's the best place for | picture over the plano, for in spite of what you said, that's the bem place for Bors Lrea ly Geert ; Tipping the Barber. the age of fourteen starts as a cash tevaWarolenyinaitia (io) nlonaatm eat) ira varclisuenibicusly ertnerightlltitmentae me alslariserondl heraalat nom talolalerensnilmventealentacericient of MALI CO EEO GLE ET 3 CODED Jae To the Edlter of The Evening World irl or a counter gir! at not more t good over the piano. I think it would look much better over the sofa, the parlor anyway! In reply to the letter about the “‘cring- | tan per week, and it depends on | ———————--___--—_ Just think of Tiny Tim or Taft, who are not ifm, ing” of New York barbers to the cus-| Her stamina to acquire the education Fi is z Laced up to give a wasp-like waist effect! tomers for a “tip,” I say that this is] 4nd business knowledge to further her °: H B F G Lon | Unieas I'm much mistaken, they would casily be taken naa: von Smavesas Se's| Miss Lonely Tries Culinary Tricks on Mr. Man. # ByF.G.Long, —°ysr.tnr sti od Soc ten is only $10. Accord! uneducated stenographer as wel! LY Hob ENA expenses in New York, §™ | er. While I do not inti If it's really come to stay we should drive tt quick away, arned only by exr bar y of th (THESE IEN Look M 4 CTRY THESE DELICIOUS PANCAKES) sor of all her sappy offerings to dudes earn nly ay 00D EN, DO You 2 F sufficient, and especia more) rials, APPRECIATE Gooo KNOW WHAT ITIS TO Tha SURE YOU Witt LIKE its This one with hooks to—well, what a nail doss just as well ing to suppo! t t cee one ptt (COOKING. FLL TKY HAVE YouR Food Cooxed Wworhn WHo kKNows oe Is quite the worst of Madam Polly's moods! eome poor bi nostay a WELL? SS — Te COOK LiKE IE) | | woma, # as well as the teacher, and! is more laborious and their! As great RGE W, THOMPSON fawn and cringe for t a may add a few more dollars ‘wages. In most other ues Uniteu States the exp, large and the w game rule apy A Fireman’s Life is Cheap. By Alfred M. Downes, S regards recompense in dollars an fireman recelves a fair rewari ar Car Straps, | cents, the arduous work of the Sas, says Alfred M, Downes, late | secretary of the Fire Department, writing of the firemen's w To the Fdltor in “Fire Fighters and Thelr Pets.’ “A fireman who has just Will readers kind! entered !s known as a fourth-grade fireman, and his annual says that ir salary {s $800. In a year he Js a third-grade flreman ae $1,000; In another year = best to open the < i . second-grade fireman at $1,200; and then, after three years, he becomes a first and bottom as the fresh air cor y Bn! an . ; ) = ‘ aS be grade man and recetves $1,400. So, while the dangers and hardships great, and the duties at times are difficult beyond description, the compe: Sn the whole is much better than It 1s {n many other occupations, But when we remember,” continues Mr. Downes, “that the gallant firemen are watahing ove: from below and the through the oper window. J s correct. Which is (Now I AM GOING TG ~\ | 7) HOW MUCH HAPPIER YOUR LIFE our safety every hour of the twenty-four, ready to risk thelr own lives for Bureau of Vital Statinticn, ( Les You SOME F/NE |} We rox) ( Me) BeUe yor Wap fi ley vurs, we realize that the money payment could represent only a part of the Sie sigeeL ais fr (BISCUITS. } OOK FOR You Like LJ PeWaa pt ee ee ee Aaa AGutl ay clazer ; ——— D0. HAVE A cal : city? JG fro ee mr : Christ W gh d Which Works Hardert Ir nna the ristian Science Weighed U To the Suit he hve ans Worl , Saas Bt Pie pete enn By Dr. John D. Quackenbos. Teachers unauesttc ave to de nany be 10 CASE of organte trouble has ever been cured by Christian Sclenoe, vein to : a aris or ever will be, On the contrary, scores of perfectly curable cases malice w have been sent by Sts fanatios to the undertaker. The methods ay s in vogue among its healers of treating the oritically or hopelessly Sta x TES EATS sick by appeal to the transliminal self are unchristian and inhuman— ford : i t re t repressive legislation ts widely demended for the protection of gh orlatans whom existing laws do not sufficiently reach, ol e erty to assume responsibility for the most dangerove ‘ : porns Bete D of disease. In some States 1t ls regarded as a misdemeanor to give fa teac A salesw who| fo Me the siudes ar Christian Science troatiment, and refusal to call in proper medical oF aurgical,, ald 2 oniticnl pqeee ia nothing qhaps qf hemnlaide, Weveives 4 public school education at| fleult, e 7