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vee ee ing Worid Daiiy Piagazine, Tuesd | Spring Cleaning. ay, April | By Maurice Ketten. | | Published Daily Except Sunday by the Press Publishing Company, Nos §3 to S| P. | of New York Life ~- By O. Henry -<~ The Greatest Short Story Writer of All * of Jawn Malone and Daniel ANGUS FRAN, See, Troan #01 Wart 118th ow York as Second-Ciass Ma!l Matte Bubscription Rat to T Evening For England and the Continent an@ Ww rid. 1 the Un. o. All Cou nal ‘orld for the United Btat ntries in the Internatioi and Canada. Postal Union. | $3.50 | One Year. EJ One Month. | Lerwaoos: Toune Palm, | Vv VOLUME 483 NOTHING ELSE TO DO. s highly appreciated," says the ) 1 ord = + i} CURIOUS PERSON went to the jman, with a vow i trouble of ‘having counted the (From ‘Phe Four Mit'lon.” by O. Henry.) lanyuth mad moves merece the etree, F les 8 Pay (Copyright 1906 by MoCiure, Phittipe & Co.) | . Ait tol) - \ number of people who went into 1 | fteeping fast. But Tobin sticks close Arne ‘ Mer ERE TS YRIN and me. the tivo of us, went | to one side im and me at the other. + the Waldorf-Astoria last Saturday | Gwen tl Coney cone dayton Machin RGIRSCON HIN RONEN i The total was 18,965. there was four dollats between | opposit and | e. rance ma yas Sta- And Tobin had need of distractions yaat Mn tel ye," he \ 1 At each entrance a man was sta | ; | there was Katie Matornor his/f#ys very loud, “i'm proud to have met | tioned with a mecha R pes fe sweethrart, of County Silo. lost sinca | ve which he pressed every time any- LZ Bnawata rei] fOrea ericaeIGreaitmenlie | Hi i ae 2 before with two hundred dollar: her | i body went in. There is no doubt somianvisweilena ones hundred iaailava| sere ee 2 EA LL roaN from the sale of Tobin’ herited I that the count is substantially accu-| Sasa ec parece ennai | come’ ott Hines For f rate. It does not include the enr Bog Shannaugh. And since the letter) | nae See erate onideneae i cane) Dp that T i aa|of the nigger man and the blon 4 ployees’ entrance or the people Bearted te One ta hea at ane had | and te financial loss of tho one-sixts'~ | who live in the hotel but who did en i ease | five. jRews had he heard or seen of Katie! rus g gtrange hallucination," says ' Mahorner. We went tnto the enchanted chicken coop, which was fixed my rae red cloth and pictures of } lateniiman': eavalr te unim) UDeneMe lines crossing ‘em like a rallroad cen-|ropin te as sensible as he ever waa. tre The sign over the door says it ts 5 nged on account Mme Zoro. the vptlan pal but There was a fat woman Inside ina red | not enough to settio Jumper with pothooks and beasties em- ng more than following the legitt- broldered upon it. Tobin gives her 19| mate path of tis superstitions and pre= cents and extends one of his han¢ T will explain tory ‘The Line of Fate. that 1 relates the facts about the paimtet lady and how the rs this Mme Zoxo, “the line the man, turning to me as a more rea ta atic, “Hadn't ye better) get. not happen to go out and in Saturday. The Waldorf-Astoria is only one of New York's big hotels. It has about one-fiftieth of the total better class hotel accommodations. If the same proportionate rate prevails in the other hotels there are a million people a day go to them. | Chicago and Philadelphia are the only cities in the United States having a population larger than the guests and visitors of New York's hotels. Of the incorporated places of the United States having a population ag 5,000 inhabitants or more the majority have less popula- tion than the Waldorf’s Saturday visitors. Judged by that standard th ee Maybe he is a bit of having drunk ¢ Waldorf is a bigger place than Peekskill, Englewood, Nyack, Haverstraw, eS [finger of suspicion points to him as an Hackensack, New Rochelle or other prosperous and populous suburbs. “ rel {ane Aebalic yaavay ropine Gere eee RCA REE RET RES For luncheon alone there were 3,000 persons s down at the, Heer eae wilco atte nestesuty 2RUE| jot. Tam the friend of me frien Waldorf tabies. | Goadiinalahawalieaavali hel caters NaSeenenrties peapvian aaevae Of the visitors the majority were womer. At the ladies’ door on een a ead SRP RAW rier es rous, for tt pays; ‘tls not hard to bea $ Thirty-fourth stréet 3,517 entered and on Thirty-third street 2,599. | Oipisner sail come. The mount of Venus—or ta ay teat Vand te ae ees These women must have money to spend and the time to spend or ITS Toe eit hat a stone frulee 2 shows that veve | printed standing In front of a tenement | with a Souttle of coal and an orphame your life on @ccount of your sweet- jin each hand. But it strains the art of friendsnip to be true friend to a ‘vor fool, and that’s what I'm doing.” I, “for, in my opinion, there's no “ | fortune to be read from the palm of m ereet | me hand that wasn't printed there with { he lines| the handle of a pick. And, though fer K and | Ye've got the crookedest nose in New York City, I misdoutt that ad! the for- ess could mitie they would not be thronging the big, expensive hotels. They mus more pressing occupation or theyewould be attending to it and not enading Peacock Alley or sitting in the Palm Room or attending ings and afterncon recitals. | Kate Mahorner she has refer- | Ue nto me in a| whom ve can f designatt rr M in her name.” | | g says Tobin to me; “do ye) tune tellers doing bu & : food luck from ye But the lines of, A + goes on the paimist, ‘for| Danny's hand pointed to ye fair and | for| it assist him to experiment with we fj until he’s convinced ye're dry.” : : i A Queer Study. After that the man turng, sudden, to t a corner Then he claps backs of us and y an arm apiece, says he. ‘How k so fine t ning the cor- I came near being found he the enter- Let us £0 that brings god luck. There's ning into your life who will e. Ye'll know him, y ye good fort 1 by his crooked nose. asks Tod in the way of to dump ye backs uD 1oney that they spend at the hotel there is t iture for their apparel, jewelry and millinery. é 7 7 somrvy Lortune Telling at Gus’s Place, Where the Wurzburger Where does the money come from to pay for all this? it. Somebody must k for it. It must represent the sur- | ta y 1 7, T0 venine lh Lae ye ie ohaaiee sels cae And Funny Conversation Flow Merrily On Together: » lounge at hotels spend their after- | ee caer nd hotel entertainments earn their own living, | By Roy L. McCardell. | Diemer cing st me from the earnings of a husband or father | at) as i Tobin's ear, and there ble. Tobin cafe, snug and “|tatnnient of Ido there and have drink while we discuss corical.” he marched me and Tobin room of a ealoon, and ore te drinks and lald the money on |the table He looks at me and Tobin like brothers of his, and we have the’ ly greater exper the jlability of the ca nust e one’s Plus from 1B gates cks his lighted cigar ts trou- aw He never le e down in him, the feeling, what you call it?” tion?” suggested Mr. Jarr. said Gus “It ain't 3 just so much. nen’s club: enditures must ¢ other man, of these women can be apparelled, lunched, entertained and adorned on less than $4,C00 or $5,000 a year. The cost of their support is not productive but consumptive. They add nothing to the wealth and ing capital of the world, but absorb tor th a vast volume of ars, Ye must know that ma w are in for mur in Gus'« out in the jo some plac J never getting 1 clothes, and th, s wife lias a little | cHiise he worked with ays the man oft lk In life is one! calln? the Hterary. I wander be night seeking idiosyncrasies @ masses And truth in the heavens above. When ye came upon me I was. “But how do you tell what t i h a crowd?" asked Mr. Jarr. ! Robbed! in contemplation of the elevated road er, what !9 in politics. He {+ ordering a drink what the 21) WA st) Que Date a i 5 j that fst said Gus. yu see a ow i s ne boat going back, when | SEvillIHAVA an val Dianuandiwhen soniehoayiaintiorderinerin Lucien aordera [scene coe a oe teeetae ae aac nt. The rapid transit is poetry, . He nds a lot of money, but he gets along. He gets elected to be a| {7% ¥ s sland art; the moon but a@ tedious, dry ster or something, but he never gets rich.” | fe hOeLD body, moving by rote. But these are; : ck of suds, Dut when | private opintons, for, in the, business of «| women « IT drag the A his fami on quietly til sure and thirty years re and what's com on he dleg red dollars fee came. T) ugly mood whe nan " sald Gus, as es go in wine the same pl o them Is not so wor the boss -arpen etca “Who does get rich?" asked Mr Jarr. eye El et he found himself ¢ ature, the conditions are reversed. woul how many 2 who s t “You watch Bergenheim said Gus. “He don't often buy. bur wi ts is- meat. BETSY PEoD | ema O agentes es such a nolse about it that every f Bay aaa ‘ack of evidence. Somebody had dis-l-ry. me hope to be writing a book toy fed ieta teclp Gan ah enmiihermeites makes such a nol! ut it tha voody thinks hes the ¢ LOL Oa CET Ga) GRD hemproductive. investment. of Roman atl hed denen ad) verybody have something, this {s on te!’ says Bergenteimer Leer ene ee eee art [eee e na cienstrenge) (hingsll (bavelld ait 1h waa Refer ia what you are by there, Murphy,’ he says, on take ale on me! Take a good drink. We EO Ab Ce heh Ci) renal covsnconingnte ing to the Dagoes fiddling on de nY@ Will {pati melin\ a @boKi © seve oRee anybody want w! Nobody wants wine, but h Book of Moses Sody thinks Bergenheimer a buy it If they did, When everybody tr 0 he insists on another, when he knows nobody will take It. ao tt looks | 8nd less congenial w: if than when we started On a seat against the railing was @ young woman dressed suitable for red automobiles, with hatr the color of an ve int should open a bottle of wi aK ve in them things. hing, Toobin was lower in spirits! yi, gisgusted; “will ye put me in @ rmany all the count his misfortunes | 4 oy. t witen book from Germa capital cone wealth. The cor ture of capi that much mt source of new ive expendi- at once destroys A factory or a house or a machine adds to the sur ata aa irene iat inal et le's tt ts by the way | Rian : unsmoked meerschaum, In pessing by wes of the world. Millinery end of the tar and waited quietly on a man ¢ | 1 ) : T her foot without intention ey as quietly uletly and went out quietly | ‘By Chiinminy, I should be down tow: Tobin kicks her ¢ and apparel so far as it exceed : ; uta etl ye Rey AC DUNE DI and, being polite to ladies when tn ready Sarr, "And do you bel character can be as !f he spent all the money ast! “He gets along, that kind?" asked Mr. Jarr. “sure.” said Gus; “and there's the feller w putts In the crowd and tnsists he ain't got time to take a drink, but uple on other peopte; then, when he's due, he pulls out his wat » very important!’ and so he goes, and don, I will not." says the man, “for the; ers will not hold ye. Not yet. Thi I can do 18 to enjoy ye me for the time is not ripe for destroying! the Imitations of print. Ye would leo fantastic in type. All alone by meself’ must T drink this cup of joy. But, &| Irank a glass of whis! said eS one of them that keeps himself lit up| spend nothing drink, he tries to give his hat a twist rr. thank ye, boys; I am truly grateful.” think he} “And how about me, Gust’ asked Mr. simple adornment is the destruction of that much capital. His wife she Jon't think he « 4 ae ‘ fe } Still if al All eal th PaImeRoamene she ft 1 Six times a “You won't get @long, elther. said the sage Gus; “you waste too much time | while sree laine E ae Poi It of ThelSurprks } sult all Hey and the Palm Room ha nes from work. talking to me, and TI ain't golng to do you no good and the wind carries 3 prise, | at me) eI jaeevers eee | Presently Tobin grabs my arm and} wpe talk of mys Tobin, blowing pseu se sa awn,” says he, “do Ye‘ snroueh his mustache and i a SCONE EN IRE eae ae ig ’ s i 0 pounding I D rktown = Hk The Courtship of Choimondeley Jones ye By F. G. Long know what we're doing? We're '@KIDS tne able with his fist, “ie an eyesore, ~ (ay ove nN a 2nd) Beautiful Araminta Monte «a ie) voyage upon: (he amabetin jue yerseit, [2 Me Patience. There was good luck} etters irom the People. ST ea IE Wen rtaes nace | tind out of fam roe ot Zour wows their oy iving w could they do it? heir i Id they do it? excited: n minutes more.” but ye bear frult iat tho light laay |. eti(ze Rear Teule UMO Lie Dane etree panies CHOLMONDELY: ete LO NLD drum, Ye resemble, with your note: ME G/iT- 7 HOW DARE YOu ACK upon the* benc! nd have ye forgotten of books, the wind blowing through 5 AHS KIND 0’ FRAID COM, MUSTOH CHOLPIONDELY / § 08 DEM SALES-BuT{ (LES GOIN AN LOON 7. And have ye n Husiness Women. Jearry Infections diseases from place to AUS Joo PERLITE DEM BARGUITS, A PARGUM] CLIKE DAT IN fee eee ia ney L had gonesa dol-| TACK: Sure, now. T would be thinking T) the Bttor of Tae Evening World Place, Cat d be tee and the TER REFUSES 2) Fl NEEDS ER- ») COMPNY. bere EET the palm of me hand Med but for the | In uns ) the employer who! superfiu' collected, just as t ER Lavys\ CNEW WAIST:5 ve should know, says he, “Tm | coming tee of the nigger man and the employs five | dors are of @ Janitreas vester- A working out the salvation promised by | Vlond Indy and states thut after | day wh harbpring eleven cats (BEQUEST.)| i he Ines tn me palm, I'm lookiug for | 29 and by we moved out, for ‘twas If ee 4 ofclock, and stands @ bit upon the ald crooked-nose man that's to bring luck, "Tis all that will save 1, did ye ever see a straighter- ons in the days of . tntrusted to he | experience ne finds | tis | | 1s good as men In bust! care mploy women walk. And then the man pays he mugt te going home, and Invites me and To- | bin to walk’that way. We arrives on’ side street two blocks away, where; there is a stretch of brick houses, with) high stoops and iron fences. The man] re ir power, t Irty boat, and w 1 they are taken ou people we > i , é is 4 - b < y landed and walked uptown through Cos en tN . Twenty-second street, Tobin being | ®tops at one of them and looks up at. 5 DEO tet On vithout his hat the top windows, which he finas dark. ee So wouanie Hat On a street corner, standing und ‘Tie me humble dwelling,” says he, 2 err sas-Hght and looking over the elevated | “and ft begin to perceive by the stme sides woman should ‘oad at the moon, was aman, A long| that me wife has retired to slumber, twenty Ve Bt 8 a ae nan he was, dressed decent, with’ a| Therefore T a Nentucs a Ee in th women wor orselt 5" — ) rer m9) T E ER 7 Ve av between his teeth, and I saw. way of hospitality, ‘Tis me wish thao SBlic WHAT DO You MEAN / {AHS 50 AnBARASS— ) ("2 AH DONE MAH BES TER Al DON’? WANT TER, gar 11 saw that ; JAMES K > { Ds it P { ~ de tw | .|ye enter the basement room, where we mh the malt oie ditatiern-dpann BY ACTING SO ROU) ks y UC MuNT DAT AHS —7 WO GIT ER BARGUM AN? DATS KNow You No Mo’! [uesnoan pouide Sto) ta latenitcaen oO eid Ree HiC Gn Cee Co : IME eraneeducatlieden lerciney j Oi U COMPLETELY, WOT AH GITS FER nx — YOH'S DISGRACE- | | NIKE KO enh 8 e wriggle of a) e shment, ‘There will be eome fine wold: world IN THIS STORE! -? ¥% 1 & f r ANB SBOTORE DS ae SPEECHIFIER f MAH TRUBBLE/ |) ~Eerrnhy Circo ME, | |.'Hend Us Your Nemo!” fo and chee, anda biti oF twa of” v aka: FoREBBER | tiand Us ¥ Ho ca Eo erie : your name?” asks |eat, for I am indebted to ye for divers ‘odin ook at ve size of | sion: Iw m, e y to ome ace The appetite and consclence of me and ‘Tobin was congenial, to the proposition from the fr , 5 " juan 4 | y My name,” says the man, polite, “is though ‘twas sticking hard tn Danny’ es : ; f ede es }. Frieden. | Superstitions to think that a few drinks testing victims s A. ts do: ledenhausman—Maximus G. Prieden- |ara" a cold lunch. should represent. t ine a renible - f alae D good fortune promised by the palm of ana aninials x i is * Tis the right le says Tobin, | f and No fe Se a 8 The: ¢ ‘Do ye spell ft with an ‘o' anywhere | 1S yar tie steps."’ saya the man avery gne can help in t work, if nado: \ . ~ nae suet retchic with "oe crooked nose, “and T will ene fan dinhow alles Shawnee Fear ten patheieceian se ter_by. the door above and tet ye tne peeee! " b pint ‘Lf your conse! saya the man|yil ask the new girl we have in. the pba Aiea 0! ith the disposed toward kitchen,’ 10, make ye @ | ela to th ated vrelgn idloma ve might, to please your [oF ote Katie Atatiorner makes TOE ® Nee tat is peel wevel cif, smupgle the letter into the venult! I green girl just landed three month jew tn prevate eats. W sl enable them to wnaze syllabl Step"int says the man, “and #0 wand , 1 (Ber f® known by all intelligent pesple ~~ "Ti well,’ says Tobin, ‘Ye're in the | her down to ye. a $.0\