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» The Evening World Daily Magazine, “A Gentleman From Mississippi’ Well Worth Meeting. By CHARLES DARNTON. FTER all, it takes “A Gentleman From Mississippi" to show you the humor A of politice—and this is said with all due respect for the letter-writing abill- A tles of a certain Mr, Roosevelt and @ not-altogether-uncertain Mr, Bryan. Playwriting, of course, ts a serious matter, sometimes It 1s too serious tor the jgomfort of all concerned, But last night, at the Bijou Theatre, \t was just seri- us enough to wreath a moral with a smile. “A Gentleman From Misasisaipp!” ‘carried the house by a big majority, and at the same time made a couple of graft- {ng Senators see that they couldn't upset the band wagon of political honesty. This fe the play that made Theodore Roosevelt a dramatic critic and won his hearty support for the footlighted ticket of Wise and Fairbanks, (Cheers, by William A. Brady and Joseph R. Grismers.) The candidates for your kind applause made @ great “team.” Tom” Wise was the straight Bourbon and Doug- las Fairbanks the cocktall of the eve- ning. As the new Senator from the | State that first made you proud of your spelling, Mr. Wise made a clean sweep of the stage and polled a big vote of approval as co-author with Har- rison Rhodes, All that Mr, Fairbanks had to do was to change his job, his clothes and his affections, and then keep the Senator on the straight track of things at Washington—that was all. He Was @ reporter to begin with, but he came to Interview Senator Langdon, and remained to be his secretary. | As soon as you saw the heavyweight Senator insoribing himself on the regis- | ter of the International Hotel, you felt | deep down in your orchestra chair that he would make Washington hum with honesty. There was something in the sweep of his hat, In the wrinkles of his true statesman’s coat, In the broadness of his back and the good fellowship of his crossed legs that told you he was there to make politics popular, to prove that honesty ts the best politics, Mr. Wise fairly glowed in the warm- ly human character of this lovable ola fellow {rom the South who had been clected by “the machine,” but who wasn't going to let {t run him if he could help it. He didn’t intend to be guided by “men of large experience;"’ he wanted to get @ little experience of his own. Mean- while, he was willing to borrow the experience of the New York reporter who took politics very seriously for @ reporter. This young man didn’t take any stock In political parties, he belleved in men--sensible boy! | “We have only one party down South, the Democratic, and a few niggers," | explained old Langdon. He was clear about that, but he was a bit hazy about | Washington. After seeing the Senator's two daughters the reporter decided that the job of secretary would offer him reat opportunities. The Senator was as honest as the day is long, but he was reminded that the days in Washington had a way of growing shorter when Congress was in session. But the old fellow had time for everybody, including @ broken- down wreck whom he put on his feet and started back to Illinois, This char- acter, incidentally, w made a real type by Frederick Bock. He was a shabby work of art. A bill to make Altacoola a naval base kept the gentleman from Mississipp: and his secretary fairly busy for the Test of the play. Two other Senators, who weren't in Washington for their health, had a little graft of their own, and when they learned that the honest Southerner’s disagreeable son and his ambitious daughter were playing a similar game, they threatened to make things uncomfortable for old Langdon, He called his enterprising children on the carpet and told them he would make them lose their money, and then went on to say what he would do at 12.30 the following day. "Senator," asked his active secretary, “what are you going to do at 12.8 to- morrow?” “Damfino,” was the honest answer, But Ih.a tiresome last act that dragged with the Mississipp! gentleman's ex- planation of his case, he compelled the professional Senators to throw up thelr hands, ang won out all round. During the trouble he and his beloved secretary fell out as a result o. misrepresentations, and for .he sake of the plot the young man was obliged to switch ils affections trom one daughter to the other. This Was 4 bit awkward, bul the authors evidently belleved that the end justified the means. And anyway, Miss Lola May, whose face . :d @ pretty way of lighting up lke an April day, was much nicer than Miss Harrlet Worthington. ‘The hon- est Senator got his reward in the hand of a lobbying widow, acted with middie aged charm by Mi. e Van Duzer, : The ast was generally good, but 1.r, Wise was best of all. Senator a fairly rellable dialect, an eternal thirst, a genial laziness, and a warm fense of humor. When he was intro: ced .o a voluvle Italian he listened patiently, and thea remarked: “A iricnd of Elkins.” “A Gentleman From Mississippi!” is well worth meeting. Thomas A. Wise as Senator Langdon Dougias Fairbanks as “Bud” Haines. He gave the jolly A Revelation of Netw York Society (Copyright, 1907. hy Robert W. Chambers.) emiled, her knoes in her clasped hands, leaned back and looked at him, “What a ninny I have been," she sald, ‘‘to be afraid of you se long!" A gleam crossed his faded eyes, but he let her remark pass for the mo- shrugged, and, imprisoning SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS INSTALMENTS, Capt, ly, " Philip Selwyn, of an old New York bas resixned from the army because Alix, divorced him marry Jack Returning | t0 tly me the Ruthvens atin ae Ruthven uring | young gamble at hie house, Selwyn begs Allxé to event this for the sake of Geral Eileen fs Ward of Selwyn’ Gerard. Selwyn, wor- y loves him. jerald Erroll to ment. Then, when he was quite sure that violent emotion had been ex- hausted within him; 0 you want your bills paid?" he er vs AU tled over a doubtful land deal (proposed by Recarard,, hie business, partner). oes, 0 the me of his sister, N ina Gerard, where he i asked. "Because if you do, Fane, oy fe ee ier Rixs! caltsnat. Belwynta | aarmon & Co, are not going to pay rooms furs a Reery gene sues, cae them,’ re Wyn'e reqiieat, (rte | Teresa the lad.) stop xambling. She apeaxs | “We are living beyond our means?” bitterly Gerald promises any more in her house to force her to invite s_card-playing methods. xe he will not gamble Her husband tries rald there, she inquired @isdainfully, “Not if you will be good enough to mind your businéss, my friend. I'v managed this establishment oa our win- nings for two years. It's @ detail; but you might as well know It. My asso- CHAPTER V. ‘ Continued.) ciation with Fane, Harmon & Co, runs Fs the Newport end. of it, and nothing ee ' Afterglow. Kae G4F-AM-not Interested in your af-| “What did you marry mo fort” she I fairs," she said unsteadily, still] asked curiously, shaken by her own revolt, still] A slight color came Mmto his face: underrthe’ shock of her own arous-| “Because that damned Rosamund Fane Ing. to a4 resistance that hao been|lied about you.” long, long overdue. “If you mean,’! “Oh! You knew that In Manila? she. went on, “that the ruin of|You'd heard about it, hadn't you—the this boy is your affair, then I'll make| it mine from this moment. I've told you| taai he shail not play; and he shall not, And while I'm about it I'll admit what you are preparing to accuse me of; I) id make Sandon Craig promise to keep Q@way; I did try to make that little fool) Beott Innis promise, too; and when he| wouldn't I informed his father. © * ° And every time you try your dirty Ducket-shop methods on boys like thay Pil do the sane.” ‘Me awore ot nee quite calmly) che . Western timber-lands? Rosamund didn’t mean to lie—only the titles were all wrong, you know, And so you made a bad oreak, Jack; is that itt es, that is it.’ “And it cost you a fortune, and me a —husband. Is that It, my friend?” “I can afford you if you will your mediling,” he sald coolly. “I see; Iam to stop my meddling and you are to continue your downtown gambling im your own douse in te | evenings. stop Bashful SEE HERE Timip, YoU Must MAKE UP YouR MINO | THAT You WON'T) LL DO THAT, By Jove WON'T Be BASHFDL ANY MORE! Bill Wednesday, 5d GIT DOWN BESIDE | THE GIRL AND SAY. Miss SO.AND ) LOVE You WITH Su. My HEART ETC The LIGHT “TREN \CAN SEE ER--LOVE! Your New Suir 1S JuST LOVELY MR. TIMID! Wwuert Did You SAY r. TIMID? 1-ER- R-HAD LOST My CUFF BUTTON! ‘Home Hints kor Busy Housewives. Tamales. OVER a four-pound chicken with t hot water and summer until tender. Add to the water four onions, 4 stick of cinnaiuon, ten whole cloves and allepice, three red Chill peppers, one and a nalf teaspoonfuls of salt, W- th | chicken ts cooked remove it from the pe and cut into: il pl:es, Strain ta Huor and p the chicken meat faty it, “Sen add enough » ‘low meal to make @ thick . Have ready green orn from a dozen ears anu t pounds of ralsina, seeded. Put into the mush 9”) mix. Add one-half teaspoon- ful of red popper. Fill corn husks with the mixture, tying up securely at both ends. hen the husks are filled, tarow toto bet water and valf an hour. Then serve, A Table Fernery. T: addition of a mirrer to the cen- | tre o¢ the table {8 a luxury which | almost every one can afford. The | smallest dish of pansies or any flowers! will be @ thousandfold more attractive dog that suddenly discovereth himself on @ leash. He will gnaw at his bonds | °f |4f placed on the mirror, which will re- j and break them. flect it, Sprigs of leaves or ferns look cool and dainty if placed on the mirror, A fern in a ilttle dish of china ; or silver should be placed on the mirror in the centre of the tablecloth. fine ‘ “Preolsely. It happens that 1 am sul- | o'clock at night in the bachelor apart- again to sullenness or perhaps even (vy he did nov yet fictently familiar with the stock nrarket | to make @ decent living out of the Ex-| change; and it also happens that I am | suMciently fortunate with cards to} make the pleasure of playing fairly re- Mmunerative, Any man who can put up proper margin has a right to my ser- vices; any man whom I fnyite and Wao | can take up bis notes has a right to play under my roof. If his note goes to protest, he forfeits that right. Now will you kmdly explain to yourself exactly | how this matter can be of any interest | to your” have explained it,” she sald, wear- ‘ly, "Will you please go now?” He sat & moment, then rose: ‘ou make # point of excluding Ger- ald?" Yes," yery well; I'll telephone Draymore And"'—he looked back from the door of his own apartnrents—"I got Julius Neer- Ward on the wire this afternoon and ne'll dine with us.’ He gathered up his shimmering kimo- na, hesitated, halted and again looked back, “When you're dressed,” he drawied, “T've a word to say to you about the game to-night, and another about ald.” “I shall not play," she retorted scorn- fully, “nor will Gerald.” "Oh, yes, you will-and play your best, too, And I'll expect him next ume.” “T shall not play!” He said deliberately: “You will only play, but play cleverly;,and in the interim, while dressing, you will reflect how much more agreeable it is We Yay corde here than the fel ot »| not ‘ jin | some Indefinite date, Trench Helen Rowland, DEDOODDODODOHOOGDDODOOQOOOGOHHGHDIOOSGH” H is It of fifty-seven There \n the ki love is like and the kind that And the deeper surely will be awal eth more of that o often the beginnin, ECE eee Be frugal of th: | fice smile warily and taunt thy lover; death for thee, but ridicule cooleth his Yea, beware of writing long letters ment, lest a ian feel that thou hast emptied the syrup jug over him—lest his | would ha’ love get lost in the mall, 100.0000000000000000000000000000000! Sayings of Mrs. Solomon. (Being the Confessions of the Seven Hundredth Wife.) I charge thee, be meagre of thy ki jated by ARKEN, my daughter, and consider my wisdom; for the wines of Arabla—of many varieties, Even as the pickles of the street-car advertisements varieties, Ind that cloyeth, and the kind that Intoxi- th, the kind that stimulateth, the kind that deadeneth, leaveth @ headache in the morning. & man goeth in wine or love, the more ken with “that tired feeling.” 8, for @ man want- nly of which he hath not had enough. Of thy favors be chary, for while to thee the first kiss may be but the end of the beginning, to a man it is more 1g of the end. y telephone calla, lest the men of the of- for a man may face battle and sudden affections, that spill over at the corners with senti- Beauty Hints. By Margaret Hubbard Ayer. Keep Hands Whlte, | [J /HEN the hands ere parched, ary | W and cracked from the incessant use of soap and cleaners, a little vinegar rubbed on will destroy all the Ml effects of the lye, leaving the skia soft and white, If this 1s done after dish washing, laundry work and clean- ing the skin will not suffer at all Gray Hairs at Seventeen. H.-You are certainly beginning young to have gray hairs, and it) # may be possible to arrest their| growth {f they have not already made a great inroad. Good scalp massage, | which will invigorate the coloring mat: | ter and renew the circulation, may ea | store the color, Gray halr at this especially when the hair ts biack, a | yours 1s, 18 apt to be hereditary, It | may come, however, from nervaysness or dyspepsia, in which last cases you to bulld yourself up physi- | cally before you could hope to stop the Charge not a man that he hath promised thee aught from a magazine to| bair from turning. It 1 rarely possible matrimony; for @ man that discovereth that he hath made a promise {s like a|to arrest hereditary « Verily, | say unto you, a man 1s fashioned like a mule, him go forward thou must “back” him, If thou wouldst have Fven like unto a yacht ts he fashioned; if thou wouldst head him in one direction thou must turn the wheel in the other, Selah! ments of your late lamented.” And he entered his room; and his|him beyond -he most tentative advancrs iclama. Wife, getting blindly to her feet, every atom of color gone from Hp and cheek, stood rigid, both small hands clutch- ing the fotboard of the gilded bed. CHAPTER VI, The Unexpected, IFFERENCES of opinion between himself and Neergard concerning the ethics of good taste involved forcing the Slowitha Club matt Gerald's decreasing attention to bu | ness and increasing Intimacy with the Fane-Ruthven coterie began to make Selwyn very uncomfortable, The boy's close relations with Neergard worried him most of all, and though Neergard finally agreed to dron the Siowitha matter as a fixed policy in which Sel- wyn had been expected to participate at the arrangement seemed only to cement the man's confi- dential companionship with Gerald. This added to Selwyn’s restlessness and one day in early spring he had a long conference with Gerald—a most unsatisfactory one. Gerald, for the first time, remained reticent, and when Sel- wyn, presuming on the cordial under- standing between them, pressed him a little, the boy turned sullen, and Bel- wyn let the matter drop very quickly. But neither tact nor caution seemed to serve now; Gerald, more and mors ergrossed in occult social affairs of | which he made no mention to Selwyn, vas still amiable and friendly, even at times cordial and lovable; but he was n> longer frank or even communicative and Selwyn, fearing to arouse aim d ray vars, wht ten appear on the heads of peraons than seventeen, usually in the a gray lock of patch, but so {n a general whitening of ali the! AME A we {in your) ha a Rareer but you can always resort to (hui dye if necessary. rly make any difference SeOsOowowre** + OF DOOOODOO Trance No, 14. Wherein Mr. Larry Howder, the stu- pendously successful Scotch cut-up, convulses ocean voyagers. ASSENGE RS on the ‘Vit- Holle,” which docked yesterday, relate many side- splitting stories of the keen, if some- what subtle, fun which was made for them on the voyage by = Mr, Larry Howder, the former coal miner who now ts the phenomenally suc- i: CLARENCE L CULLEN cessful stage exemplar of Scottish wit. | It appears that during all of his waking hours throughout the passage Mr. How- der addressed himself energetically to relieving the tedium of the voyage for his fellow passengers by giving utter- ance to the flashes of sparkling humor- ostty for which he haa fairly earned such worldwide fame, For example, when a member of the crew, a Scandinavian paint-swabber, was hurled into the lee scuppers by a violent lurch of the steamer to s'ar- board, breaking a leg, Mr. Howder, who witnessed the little accident, con- vulsed everybody within hearing by ob- serving, quick as thought: “Hoots, nae, yon is a muckle Swede saflor mon, eh, noo?” Several passengers seated in the near vicinage of Mr, Howder were so trans- ported with merriment over this ex- traordinarlly witty sally that they ac- tually rolled out of their steamer chairs to the deck, and all hands united in de- claring Mt to have been the most tn- imitwbly funny observation they had ever heard, Again, when a quiet elderly gentle- man with mutton-chop white whiskers was seen to be leaning over the port The Comlc Scotsman. rail, thereby publicly exploiting his mal de mer without excuse or reason, the quick-thinking Scotsman, who happened to be standing near, observed to his compantons, “Dinna ye reckon « wee bittle o' dry land would soot you mon th’ mart” Beveral passengers who were standing alongside the almost uncannily comic Scotsman when he emitted this wag- | gish concelt were so aroused to their ristbles that presently they found them- selves bordering upon hysteria, and at least two of them had to be given sedatives by the steamer’s surgeon to enable them to bring to a termination thelr almost furlous laughter, At the conclusion of the yoya ssengers contr the purchase for Mr. Howder of a s! joving muzale. Pipe Trances Press Agents By Clarence L. Cullen. THE OOO! DODDHDOOHDDOHOGOHBOGOSGIOO Trance Nov 15, Containing additional information as to Miss OATMHLIA GINGHAM’S latest benevolence. if was revealed yesterday that the pew charitable institution which presently {is to be founded by Miss Osatmelia Gingham, and the nature of which has caused considerable specule tion, will be a Blde-e-Wee for Becripple Bats, It seems that for quite a number 0 years Miss Gingham has been Intereste in the study of the habits and whim sicalities of these somewhat weird mem: bers of the feathered tribe, Not long ago, while whirling along the Weet- chester roads @t dusk in her automo- bile, Miss Gingham was astonished to jobserve a full-sized bat flop dasedly She Observed a Full-Sized Bat. Into the bottom of the machine, Pick- | ing up the representative of the vam- pire species, Miss Gingham was pained to discover that the Uttle half-bird half-animal wes suffering from a dle- ‘located wing, She had her chauffeur | hurry with all speed to @ veterinarian, where she saw to it thet the bat’s wing was set in @ plaster cast. Upon making Inquiries she ascertained that {t 1s quite @ common thing for bats, owing to the dimness of their vision, to injure themselves by inadvertently dashing their wings against chimneys ami gables and the Ike as they circle playfully @bout searching for human | hatr, attached to the heads, in wh! h |to bulld thelr nests, Miss Gingham was deeply touched to learn of this, and thus the idea of a Bide-a-Wee for Becrippled Bats was born in her anind. An agent for Misa Gingham {s on- gaged In searching for a fitting site for the Bats’ Bide-e-Wee. When the alte {9 chosen @ building will be erected provided with every imaginable com- fort for damaged bats, An expert on bats will be selected to take charge, and the name of Mr. James Thornton has been suggestel as an experienced and competent man {n this connection. _ TS The Missing Door. MAN came into a certain Jermey saloon and going up to the owner sald: ob “I see you heve four doors to your... | place.”” i | “No, air," sald Mike; “only three” “Well, I'll bet @ beer you have four. 1 right; show me the four doors, [he front door.” 3," | “The Bide door.” | “Ye i} e cuspidor.” morning Mike told his wite, and her the three doors—the front ' Joor and side door, nd the fourth door?’ asked his wife. The spittoon,” answered Mike, and ‘he wonders why she didn’t laugh, suspicious deflance, forbore to press |toward the regaining of his confidence, This, very naturally, grieved and mor- titled the elder man; but yhat troubled him still more was that Gerald aud Necrgard were becoming so amazingly |compantonable; for it was easy to see |thut they had in common a number vf | personal interests which he did not share, and that thelr silence concern! ig trese interests amounted to a secrecy almost offensive. Again and again, coming unexpectedly upe them, he noticed that their coafid ceased with his appearance, Often, too, glances of warning Intelligence passed between them in his presence, whic), ro doubt, they supposed were unnoticed by him, They left the office together fre- quently, now; they often lunched up- town. Whether .they were in each other's company evenings, Selwyn did not know, for Gerald no longer volu teered information as, to his where abouts or doings. And all this hurt § , and alarmed him, too, for he was slowly coming to the conclusion that he did not like Neergard, that he sign articles of ven b would never ship wi associate: close & relation ior mind, But on Geral ayed on; he did not boy alone, for his sister's sake as a mpany was own peace that way thr He actually grew to dis | ile both ‘gard and ess of Neergard & Co.—for no one particular 90m, perhapa, but | general, tough care to ask himsélf to} be more precise in his unmuttered crit. | routine, the! business, cone However, detail and simpler alphabet of. th |tinued to occupy He consulted [both Neergard and Gerald as usual; the. often consulted him or pretended to do so, Land was bought and sold and } sold, new projects discussed, new properties appraised, new mortgage loans negotiated; and solely because of his desire to remain near Gerald this sort of thing might have continue’ {n- | definitely. But Neorgard broke his word | jto him. And one morning, before he left his rooms at Mrs. Greeve's lodgings to Ko downtown, Perey Draymore calied him up on the telephone, and as that over- fed young man's usual rising hour was notoriously nearer noon than 8 o'clock | it surprised Selwyn to be asked to rem n in his rooms for a little while Draymore and one or two friends could call on him personally concern- ing a matter of tmportance. He the and he was estate reakfasted Mrs. roa well know? Fire, there was jas 0O0000-000606-04000000000900-04 -- THE YOUNGER SET -- By Robert Author of ‘The F fat,| overgroomed for a gentleman, good-humored and fashionable—one of the famous Draymore family, noted solely for their money and thelr tight grip on {t; then came Sanxon Orchil, the famous banker and promoter, small, urbane, dark, with that rich—almost Oriental—coloring which he may have inherlted from his Cordova ancestors who found it necessary to dehumaniz® their names when Rome offered them the cholce with Immediate eternity as alternative. Then came a fox-faced young man, Phoentx Mottly, elegant arbiter of all pertaining to polo and the nunt—siim- legged, hatchet-faced—and more present- able f He an out of was followed by Bra Harmon, with nie washed-out coloring of a consumpuy Swede and his 1 be and, looming tn th n amiable brontosaurus, Ge se awa, ng neck carried as a camel carries his, nodding as he walks. Well!” said Selwyn. p xed but cordial as he ex ged ities with each ge e sisa eat for the down-and-ou 4 baat Wane apoke up languidiy: “It racaer Fighting Chance.” W. Chambers, ‘iring Line’’ and ‘A looks as though we Were the down-and- out delegation at present; doesn’t ft, Orehil?”” “I don't know,” said Orchil; “it seems a trifle more promising to me since | I've had the pleasure of seeing Capt. Selwyn face to face, Go on, Percy; let ‘tho horrid facts be known.” i ‘Well—er—oh, hang it alll” blurted *° out Draymore, “we heard last night 7 how that fellow—how Neergard has been tampering with our farmers—what underband tricks be has been playing us; and I frankly admit to you that we're a worrled lot of near-sports. That's what this dismal matinee signi- fies; and we've come to ask you what it all really means.” We lost no time, you see,” added 1, caressing the long pomaded s of ois «inky moustache and try to catch a glimpse of them out of He had beem ~ to caton this glimpse for thirty’: mao with Ore er ot is languid Oriental eyes. years; he was @ persistent | plenty og leleure, We lost no time,” repeated Dray- because it's @ devilish unsavory te us Slowitha Club realizes it, Capt. and its of ugot thas —being the sort of 1 the sort might n for che Selwyn, ch sone em. terstand, Neer Yer Be se, tor gard hed ns on his practically ine Owe veiween chem. Y (To Be Continued)