The evening world. Newspaper, April 30, 1908, Page 17

The Evening Weorls Daily sett ee Geer Stes | -S-By O. ab. File Greatest Short The Making of ‘a New Yorker. we itigo seemed to swoop down upon hint 4th a breezy suggestion of Mrs Partington, plumes and patchoul!, and to disturb his rest with a somring and beautiful song of future promise. But Raggles would awake to a sense of shiv-| ering cold and a naunting impression of ide&ls lost in a depressing auro of po- taté salad and fisn. Pittsburg impresed him as the play of “Othetfo~ performed in the Russian langtiage in @ rafiroad station by Dock- atadérs minstrels. A royal and gener- ous lay this Pittsburg, though—home- ly, hearty, with flushed face, washing the fishes in a silk dress and white kid slippers, and bidding Raggles sit before the rearing fireplace and drin« cham- page with his pigs’ feet and fried potatoes, New Orleans had simply gazed down upow*him from a balcony. He could seertmr pensive starry eyes and catch the flutter of her fan, and that was all. Only wnce he came face to face with herisalt was at dawn, when she was flushing the red bricks of withe pail of water, She laughed and ‘hummed a chansonette and filled Rag- | glesis shoos with ice water. Allons! The'‘Man of Many Cities. Paes construed heri in an erratic and singular way It Sipaeied to him that he had drunk col@* tea and that the city was a white, cold cloth that had been tightiy around bis brow to spur some -onknowwn but tremendous mental effort, And. after all, he came to shovel snow-i¢or @ livelihood; and the clth. beceming wet, tightened its knots and oowlnot be removed One day Ragsles came and Iaid siege ¢o the heart of the great city of Man- heteem. She was the greatest of all; andwee wanted to learn her note in scaler to taste and appraise and classify and solve and label her and arrange her with abe other cities that had given him up the secret of their Individuality. ‘Anduuhere we cease to be Raggles’s qran@etor and become his chronicler If to the poetic him to Raggles landed from a ferry-boat one} morniag and walked Into the core of the town with the blase air of a cosmop- elites -He was dressed with care to play the role of an “unidentified man.” ov@ountry, race, class, clique, union, g association could His ing, wi plecemea same friendly curses, garrulous curlostiy and east} tstimated credulity or indiffer- encé. This city of Manhattan gave him it was walled against him. {t flowed past Never an eye was no yoice spoke to bint” His heart yearned for the clap of Pittsburg’s sooty hand on his shoul- de? for Chicago's menacing but social yawp in his ear; for the pale and elee- mosynary stare through the Bostonian eyeglass—even for the precipitate but Louisville po clue Like a river of adamant, him ,in the streets. turned upon him; unmalicios boot-toe of or Bt. Louis. On Broadway Raggles, successful guitor of many cities, stood bashful, like For the first time poignant humilta- eny eountry swain. he experienced tho tion of being ignored, And when he | trled.to reduce this brilliant, swiftly ' panging, ice-cold city to a formula he falied,utterly, Poet though he was, it offered him no color, no smiles, no polmta of comparison, no flaw in its Polished facets, 1f0 handle by which he could told 1t up and view its shape and structure, as he familiarly and often conjemptuously had done with other The houses were interminable ramparts looploled for defense; the people were bright but bloodless spec- Coed in sinister and selfish ar- towns, he thing that weighed heaviest on Raggles’s soul and clogged his poet's fancy was the spirit of absolute ego- tism,that seemed to saturate the peo- ple, ag toys are saturated with paint. Each one that he considered appeared “6 New Y. ork Life (Qrom:tThe Trimmet Lamp." by 0. Henry.) | (©Copyright, 1907, by O. Henry.) ESIDBS many other things, Rag- B gies was a poet. He was called! a tramp, but that was only an| elliptical way of saying that he was a Philogopher, an artist, a traveller, a faturalist and a discoverer. Through the ancient poets we have Werned that the citles are feminine. 80 they were to poet Raggies; and his mind carried a concrete and clear con- ception of the figure that symbolized and typified each one that he had the banquette | bound | paftyirelan or bowl! havecetatmed him. had:been donated to citizens of different height, number of Inches ar id th h t, was not yet as uncomfortable to his fleure fas those specimens of raiment, self. measured, tuat are railroaded to you by transcontinen al tailors with a 8 case, suspenders, slik handkerchief and | pearl studs as a donus | Laie in the afternoon he drew out of the, roar an} commotion with a look of dumb terror on his countenance. He} was, defeated, puzzled, discomfited, frigtepes. Other cities had been to} hima as Jong primer to read; as country maidens quickly to fathom; as send- price-of-subseription-with-answer —re- Duges to solve; as oyster cocktalis to swallow; but here Was one as cold, litters, serene, impossible as a four- carat diamond tn a window to a lover outside fingering damply in his pocket his mivpon-counter salary, “Dumb Terror!’ rage greetings of the other cities he had “khown—their homespun Kindlines thelf ‘Human gamut of rough charity, @ .mopster of abominable and insolent conceit Humanity was gone from theme they were toddling idols of stone and varnish, worshipping themse and greedy for though oblivious of | worship from their fellow graven im- anes. pha cruel, implacable, im- Henry -<~ Story Writer of Al} pervious, cut to an identical pattern. they. hurried on their ways lke statues | brought by some miracle to motion, while sou! and feeling lay unaroused {n the rewctant marble. Gradually Raggles became conscious } of certain types. One was an elderly gentleman with a snow-white, short | beard, pink, unwrinkled face and stony, sharp blue eyes, attired in the fashion | of @ gilded youth, who seemed to per- sonify the city’s wealth, ripeness and | frigid unconcern. Another type was a | woman, tall, Deautiful, clear as a stec! | engraving, goddess-like, Im, clothed Uke the princesses of old, with eyes as | coldly blue as the reflection of sunlight on @ glacter. And another was a by- Product of this town of martonettes—a broad, swaggering, grim,’ threateningly sedate fellow, with @ fowl! as large as a harvested wheat field, the complexion of a baptized Infant and the knuckles ef a prize-fighter. This type leaned against cigar signs and viewed the world with frapped contumely. A Frozen Poet. A post ts @ sensitive creature, and Rogeles soon shrivelled in the dleak | embrace of the undecipherahte. ‘The | chi, Sphynx-like, fronten!, MNegtble, un- natural, ruthless expression of the city ltett him downcast and tew!ldered. Had it no heart? Better the woodplle, the scolding of vinegar-faced housewives at | back doors, the kindly epleen of barten- Gers behind provincial free-lunch coun- ters, the amiable truculence of rural constables, the kicks, arrests and hap- | py-g0-lucky Chanoes of the other vulgar, |loud, crude cities than this freezing | heartlessness. Raggles summoned his courage and sought alms from the populace. Un- heeding, regardless, they passed on without the wink of an eyelash to tes- tity that they were consclous of his existence. And then he said to himself that’ this fair but pitiless city of Man- hattan was without a soul; thet its In- habitants were manikins moved by wires and springs, and that he was NOW snoonuns, GO AND FIND PAPA AND LET HIM SEE YOUR PITTY NEW ORESS! OW LOVEY, come HERE Quick, SEE BABY, HES STANDING epee a 30 1908. V THOUGHT HE WAS STANDING! HE FOOLED ME! alone in a great wilderness.¢ Raggles started to cross the street There was a blast, a roar, a hissing | and @ erash as something struck hin and hurled him over and over yards from where he had been. As bh was coming down like the stick of a rocket the earth and all the cities there- of turned to a fractured dream The Accident. Rageles opened his eyes. First an odor made Itself known to him—an ode of the earl spring flowers of Para- Be Rheta Childe Dorr. This series gives complete infor mation as to positions open to girls, the requirements, duties, pay, etc. |dise, And then a hand soft as a fall-+ ine petal touched his brow. Bending Also how to get the positions. |over him was the woman clothed Ike —NO. 15.— The Department Store. the princess of -1d, with blue eyes, now ft and hum{d with human sympathy Under his head on the pavement were siiks and furs. With Raggles'’s hat in HE coming his hand and with his face pinker than of the de- ever from a vehement burst of oratory i beng I partment against reckless driving, stood the eld- ne Sr) Marre erly gentleman who personified the as importgnt an city's wealth and ripeness. From & inaustriainckvsicns nearby cafe hurried the by-product with the vast fowl and baby complex- ment to women as was the invention jon, bearing a glass full of a crimson ai ip | Conn fluid that suggested delightful possi- machine and the typewriter, Before dis, sport,” said the by- the department product, holding the glass to Raggles's store was estab- Mos shed practically Hundreds of people huddled around 411 salespeople tn a moment, thelr faces wearing the were men. Now epest concern, Two flattering © average city store the women gorgeous polleemen got {nto the circle ks outnumber the men by at least nnd pressed back the overplus of Sa- rd. The New ¥ stores em- ‘naritans, An old lady ina black shawl| ploy ‘between twenty and thirty thou- spoke loudly of camphor; a newahoy | sand women—the population of a good- pped one of his papers beneath Rag- | sized town gles's elbow, where it lay on the| There aro things to be sald fi an " man nd against department store employ- maddy, waverelltsan reek ones: ment. Some of the conditions are hard, with a notebook was asking for names, The City’s Heart. A bell clanget importantly, and the ambulance cleaned a lane through the wad, A cool surgeon slipped into the Ist affairs “How do you feel, old man?” asked the surgeon, stooping easily to his task. The princess of silks and satins wiped a red drop or two from Rag- es's brow with a fragrant cobweb. “Me? sald Raggles, with a seraphic smile, “I feel fine.” | He had foun} the heart of his new city. In three days they let him leave his cot the convalescent ward in the m@pital. Le had been in there an hour when the attendant heard the sounds of confilct, Upon investigation they found | that Raggles had assaulted and dam- | Aged a brother convalescent—a glower- ing transient whom a freight train col- Usion had sent In tl be patched up. “What's all this about?” inquired the of them and the morals of girl some are dangerous to of weak character probably in danger an the department store, be. cause of {ts size and the number and variety of people engaged in St, has un- | doubtedly more pitfalls than some other | places, The advantages of department store employment are many. The modern department store is simply a collection of mercantile establishments under one roof, and it requires for its service not only aaleswomen but office clerks, book- | keepers, milliners, dressmakers, demon- strators, shoppers (for the mail order department), advertisement writers, mani@ures and a dozen others. In fact, there are nearly fifty ways for a girl to earn @ living in any large department store. As some stores offer hetter conditions | than others it would be well to find out | Such girls are where but head nurse. rh | as much as poss!ble from girls who are; watt Rates UND down me town.” | working in the store you wish to enter. MAMEa Gown gl nakeduthernursel Youth is aprimé requisite for a suceess- o Yorks” said Raggles. _[ful career, and you should seek a posi-, 90-00-0000 CCOC LCOS tion as soon as you are able after! metic diligently during your last year in graduating from grammer school. Don't| school. Promotion waits for the irl expect to become a successful business| who can add accurately and well. woman with an inadequate education.| Cash girls are disappearing from the Stay in echool es long as you can, but} best stores, and a clerk usually begins stay through the grammar grades, any-| her career as a wrapper of parcels. For how. If you wish to enter one of the| this work she receives from $3 to 8.50 2 business departments, auditing, book-| week. When the busy season comes on keeping or mail order, &c., study arith-' and extra clerke are needed the most In- HE loose, simple Wrapper that can be lipped young baby without difficulty is al- ways needed, and this oneis charmingly pret! tnd attractive dition to its practical value. It ts an exact replica of the kimono worn by the older folk, and it {s really fas- cinating when made from dainty, pretty, babyish materials, In the illustration whit cashmere ts bound with flowered ribbon, but ight-welght flannels, | tbatross and fabrics of a similar sort are used, and@ often there 1s a Uning of Japanese silk. The quantity of ma- terial required is 2% yards 21 or 4, 3 yards 820 or 1% yards inches wide, with 4% yards of ribbon 1 inch wide, Pattern No. 5968 is Infant's Long or Short Kimono—Pattern No. 5963 cut in one size only. Call or send by maa to THE EVENING WORLD MAY MAN- ver TON FASHION BUREAU, No. 183 Hest Twenty-third street, New Obtain York. Send 10 cents in coin or stamps for each pattern ordered. ‘These IMPORTANT—Write your name and address plainly, and al- Patterns. ways mpecity size wanted in ad- | tre | street, telligent, industrious and wen behaved the Platte Valle: Wrapper girls get their chance to sell, to me with a horse, and the el: some easy articles | kerohtefs. An adv rot Invartably @ notiona or hand- go with this promotion, DOOOOOS 00 000000000000000000000 000000000. “Tales of the Plains By Buffalo Bill (Wm. F. Cody). DOGO 00000 0000000000000 0000000 000000: EQOOOS New Series—No. 10. The Fight at Slim Buttes. FTER the A Sloux cleaned out Cunter's command at Litue Big Horn they got out of the way as quickly as they could, for they knew Uncle Sam would be after them in a hurry with “the Stick.” And sure enough, the troops were |sent ont in a hurry. Gens. Terry, Crook, | Nelson A. Miles and McKenzie and Col, Anson Milla were the chief leaders, Col. Mille caught up with one big band of Sioux, led by American Horse, at| Slim Butte. Amertcan Horse was one | of the plucklest chiefs of the day. He had planted his village in a rocky spot hard to take, Storming the Village. Milks stormed the village after a hard fight and at some loss. American Horse and about @ dozen of his best warriors hid in a cave in @ ravine, and fired ont on our men, killing several. He knew Crazy Horse with another big hand of savages was not far away, and he hoped thone reinforcements might yet come up in time to turn the tide of battle, About 100 of his own braves tallied from their retreat and came baci to the fight. Just then up came Gen. Crook with reinforcements. Through an tnter- @reter he offered American Horse and his warriors protection !f they would come out of their cave and surrender. They wouldn't. Then he ordered a charge upon the cave. In the fight that @ollowed one of my dearest friends (nicknamed “Chips’) met his death, I don’t like to write about it, for the memory is bitter even now. So I will copy what Gen. Charles King (who was there) says of it in extracts from | his book ‘Campaigning with Crook.” His account begins oe of wages does) Cody's. | “Buffalo Bill's Shadow.” | “James White was his name. THe was Buffalo Bill's sliadow. I met him for |the first time at McPherson Station, in 1871, when he came | troduction that he wes a Long afterwari we found how true and stanch a friend for when but soon, If a new salesgirl shows that/ Cody foined @s at Cheyenne as chief she can sell goody, she 4s placed {n @) scout he brought White with him as as- Permanent position and her salary be- comes $5 a week. are always looking fcr capable girls to train in their own departments. Six dollars a week is wage of a@ saleswoman one. After sha has heon selling gools Heads of departments | ct the averago) under twenty- | sistant, and Bill's recommendation se- a his immediate employment. r years he tiad been Cody's talth- |ful follower—hatf servant, half ‘pard- ner." He was Bill's “Fidus Achates,”” BUI was his adoration. They had been boys together, and the hero worship for five or alx years sho cught to be, of extreme youth was simply intensified earning $8 to #10. The best saleswomen rarely receive mbre than $13. Heads of stock and assistant buyers mcelve more ‘The goal of every saleswoman's am- | low hatr fall lo He copied Bitl's dress, his e, his” speech—every- he let his long yel- upon his shoulders In wistful imitation of Bills glossy brown jin the man. gait, his. carr thing he cou! Big | scout, though he seemed @orely to miss his ‘pardner,’ whose last caution wast ‘Jim, now don’t be rash.’ The Attack. “It was just two weeks after that we struck the Sioux at Silm Buttes. You may remember that the Fifth had rid- den in haste to the relief of Major Mills, who had surprised the Indians away tn our front early Saturday morn ing, had whipped them in panicky con- fusion out of thelr ‘tepees’ into ¢he neighboring rocks, and then had to fight on the defensive against ugly odds until we rode in to the rescue, “Mills polnted to a ravine opening owe into the village, wih @¢he warning, ‘Look out for that gully; there are Ine dians hidden in there and they've knocked over some of my men.’ “The next thing we hearg a volley from the ravine, and saw the scouts and packers scattering for cover. One | Soldter held his ground—shot dead. An- other moment, and it became apparent that not one or two fut a dozen Irdians were crouching somewhere in that narrow gorge, and the move to jget them out assumed proportions. Ldeut. Clark, of Gen. Crook's staff, sprang Into the entrance, carbine in tend, and a scoro of cavalrymen fol- lowed, while the scouts and others went couttously along elther bani, peering warily Into the cavelike darkness at the head. A Second Volley. “A second volley came from the com cealed foe, and three more of thelr ag- saflants dropped, bleeding, in their tracks. Now our people were fairty aroused, and officers and men by dos- ens hurried to the scene. The misty alr rang with shots, and the chances looked bad for those redskins. Just ag this moment, as I was running over from the western side, I caught sight of ‘Chips’ on the opposite crest. “All alone, he was cautiously making shis way on hands and knees toward the ) heat of the ravine, where he could look down upon the Indians eneath. Ae yet he was protected from their fire ‘by the bank itself—his lean form dis | tinctly outlined against the eastern sky. He reached a stunted tree that grew on the very edge of the gorge, and there he halted, brought his rifle close under ‘nis shoulder, in readiness to aim, an® then raised himself slowly to his feet, Mfted his head, higher, higher, as he peered over. | The Death of “Chips.” “Suddenly a quick, eager ght shone his face, a sharp movement of his rifle ag though he werp about to raise it to the shoulder, when bang! a puff \of white smoke floated up from the |head of the ravine. ‘Chips’ sprang con- vulsively in the alr, clasping his hands to his breast, and with one startled, agonizing cry, ‘Oh, my God, boys!’ plunged heavily forward on his face down the slope, shot through the heart. “Two minutes more, what Indians were left alive were prisoners, end that costly experiment at an end. “Brave old American Horse had been shot and died that night, notwithstand- ing the attention of the surgeons. The Uttle band of Indians had sold thelr lives demty and displayed all the brave fon 1s the position of buyer, Women | curls. ery and courage of the Sioux. ; jeather goods—belts, hand-| ‘Poor, honest-hearted ‘Chips!’ His! “Wo burfed poor ‘Chips’ In the deep &0.—infante’ “wear, art: goods, | story was a brief one after we had/|ravine with our other dead, and ne be pts millinery, | flowers, | Jaunched out from where Cody scout was more universally mourned a xpense of the firm, are |«o carry somo despatches for Miles. | than Buffalo Bill's devoted friend, Jim pald, and y very ‘well ‘Chips’ remained in his capacity as White.” ed by the merchants —— = ~ — and thetr agents. Besides the regular selling and bust- JOOOODO0000000 000000000000 0000! ness departments every large store em plov's a few special people. In the ad- vertising department, for example, ll | few artists are employed and also one or two people to letter the display signs and window cards. These are Cod positions for girls of wbility. Library Work. Dear Mrs. Dorr: I ITAVE attended high at present employed at clerical worl oot and am Be Friends with no possthle chance for advance-| mert. I would like brary work. How | car T become qualified? LB Apply at the Muhlenbarg Boar the New York Publle Library, West Twenty-third street, the director of the Mbrary school. No. You of/ine almost three nights 09 rus aking for) men. Dear Betty: AM eighteen and go with a sixteen, I have been for two years or week, young | a more attention to other What shall dot 84 C. | The young lady !s perfectly right inj will know after an dnterview what your|/accepting attentions from other young chances ara Nursing Infants. Dear Mre. Dore: HERE can I learn to be an ex- perténced nurse for infants? love children, x. The Babies’ Hospital, on the corner of Lexington avenue and Fifty-nfth| has a training schoo! for in- fants’ and children's nurses. The school | is small and there {s usually a waiting list, for the positions are very highly! prized. nurses could be trained. | men, as she Je too your~ to consider you or any other boy seriously. Be frends with her until she has grown older, and then If you object to her receiving attentions, you will be of an yiawe to ask her to marry Ash Her to Explain. Dear Betty: ‘AM nearly eighteen years old and have been oorresponging for over a year with a girl two years my infor. Lately she has not been keep- ing her agreement avout writing. I am I, too, love children, and I wish | very fond of her and would not Ike to there were a dozen schools where good | lose her friendship tasking Shall I write her, She does not answer my why OH, HENRY! You ARE SO BIG AND HANDSOME! IT IS EASIER To LOVE A MAN THAN To LIKE HIM; YOU CAN LOVE HIM BLINDLY BUT You'vE. GOT TO LIKE HIM WITH YOUR EYES WIDE open! Reflestions of a Bachelor Girl Shown in Pictures : THE IDEAR-+A BIG BRUTE LIKE You TALKING BACK To A NERVOUS WOMAN é Cee! NOW I'VE GONE AND DONE tT! THE ONLY PEQPLE WHO BELIEVE IN A PERSONAL DEVIL, NOWADAYS, ARE THE ONES WHO ARE MARRIED To THAT A GIRL Reflections by Helen Rowland. OR, JOHN! THIS 15 $0 ABRUPT! t * * i 'S NEVER SO SURPRISED WHEN A MAN PROPOSES To HER AS HE 1S xo a Pictures Drawn by t R W. Taylor! wot? 50 DOLLARS FOR THAT? You've BEEN ROBBED! A MAN CAN NEVER BE MADE To UNDERSTAND WHY A WOMAN WILL PAY FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A HAT CONTAINING TEN DOLLARS WoRTH OF MATERIAL AND FORTY DOLLARS WORTH _OF STYLE 989 Betty Vincent’s Advice on Courtship ana Marriage With Her. |) ' |" one expected to give a present to the ers, or just stop my own corre- dence at once? CON. H ig lady, asking her why > answer yuur letters nk you have offended her, laps she has lost interest In you. Do not discontinue the correspondence unt!l vou give the young lady a chance to explain. | A Present Unnecessary. ear Betty bride When she {s married in « church end an invitation ¢o the church and not the reception is re celved? cc. W. A present is not expected when only ® church invitatior is sent. An Indiscreet Girl. Dear Betty: N my way to business every morn () ing I meet a young man who al- ways speaks to me. I think he is going to ask mo if he can Kindly advise me what to do, as he has never |been introduced. Have I done wrong tn allowing hin to epe D110 You should not make friends with men } without @ proper fntroduction It is best to discontinue the acquaintance, as you know nothing about the man’s char- Jacter or habits. and you run a great | risk in encouraging a stranger. Visiting Cards. Dear Betty AM eighteen years old and am the | should 1 daughter in the famlly. How nave visiting cards my | engray, 1? H. L. 38. your family name. prefixed by » as ‘Miss Jones,"’ for instance. | How to Get Married, Dear Betty B are two orphans, twenty-three and twenty-one, ani wish to get married quietly. Kindly tell us how to go, We ak Te oe 8s of the Peace will marry pu att yon have obtaine a license, Accept Kis Invitation. Dear Betty AM a young & of twenty and I | am in lov a young man who cr i s asked 1 masked bah » him, me to acer My says Ican g B. As bie man’s invitation, ir mother consents therd lon to your accepting the )oung