The evening world. Newspaper, December 1, 1908, Page 17

—_— —-—_—_. aah NE" “The Blue Mouse’ WN} Makes You Laugh Your- self FRed in the Face. BY CHARLES DARNTON. MS firet night cat that watched “The Blue Mouse’ at the Lyric Theatre | wote a grin that stre I from orchestra to gallery, It was an audience absorbed in its a nt, 80 jelll n its merriment, that it f ot to ficall for the twice-removed author, Clyde Fitch, who had taken cue from the German of Alexander nel and Julius Horst, and by gising tt a ifoytian twist brought the farce tlose to the corner of Broadway and Vorty-second 4 etreet There was no beuting abeut’ the French bush, from which most of our farces rare picked befo Woard as Re > th and above- Paulette this country, It was as simpl y staring through the wind usa who loved to nibble her cheese at Rector's, was vd natured Salome dancer who worked overtiine sor the } per month to get a fat and susceptible ratiroad president ; to promote his ing: young secretary to the position of division superin- tendent. Tt was something toy A healthy Salome for a change, and {t was more to get Miss \ part Was not only the blue-eyed mouse \ —of-the performance, he cheese.” Her Paulette was a real creation, as original in its way To show thai P Stahl's racy “Chorus Lady.” s Were altoxether honorable ft need only be jlette’s intent mentioned that she was anxious to help a struggling author whose ploy needed | the money sie y I've got an awful nice manager,” she remarked | “He says he don ce bum the show 4 At the same time Mabel } no longer the sintle ¢ “Tovtand.” St as out for th © promo- f tion first. She would out to Supper afterward—if she co out of it . n the fat old ga me to take her out, r supposed o trip to Rochester, as | she sung upon eh crs 1 him with pen and ink, s she ted for him to put th Her chubby victim took the pen, bur ) show me, too,’ he faltered Harry Conor saved our blusl The Evening World Daily be lbh hh The Newlyweds, Their Baby a SOOO OO OOD OOOO C OIG SYRVEVEVSYEYEEVEVOY® ay 3 weve aaa GOES MY COLLAR BUTTON ! WELL, LooK ! IF BABY ISN'T GOING TO 4ET tt FOR PAPAS ——_ ~ EOE ae, FOO OOOO OOOO RRREOTY Now HAND \ 'T ‘YO PAPA, PRECIOUS | la) monn By Georzo ie Mas a ie ROG OOE: Ree eY rs { @ The Day’s Good Stories @ | Glasses and Glasses, someetainnstining i { / HE PUT WF 15 IN HIS ae | abe How AM T OIng TO 4ET 1T Meg LN | | The Chief Mourner. tiffs expression of doubt. He w "M troubled a great deal with HE minister had just been giving F Nd boy,” with a wife in the “ headaches in the morning,” sald | the class a leseon on the Prodigal sallc #0, to him, you se | Luschman. "Perhaps its my | Son, At the finisis, io test what. the restaurant was worth two leyes, Do you think I need stronger attention had been pald to his teaching, me. When you suw his wife | |elasves?"” ‘he asked: “Who was sorry that the 1d for Miss Zelda replied Dr. Wise, meaningly, | Prodigal had returned? The most for- vif & for her, and} : what you need is not stronger glasses, ward youngster In the class breathlessly e the laushing- but fewer,"—Catholle Standard and answered, ‘The fatted calf!"—Honte the friendly side |rimes. | Herald. of ts. Only a night old in| | f h » played it as though life | | Be ey ~ za by ages aes as held a hg more than aj} | a resident for her. She threw ° Q -uiy box to the winds arid her | | cae ae Daily Fashions. 8 as funny as Mr. Conor's t giadn the young were tryt Ariaans “mothering” Paui- ch Paulette put on a kimono 1 iaken it off again p nan ine r vefused to take i uf button- f at other sh n f laughter, 5 red in Fit} he Wirterfeast’’ a Stone. Wve DS were yes . death in Charles Rann Winterfeast” at Kennedy pe Say heatre *s blank | He CAME) Home | FFULLER'N) HE ong, | I coat 4s th that youn, es VME ANT) | | Vuvintin| [|No. sei like best, and w! jing. This modi be mn without the lo pering revers, able materials. of ved cloth, wit ie you RN EVER SEE i ITH THE SUCH Ams! 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IMPORTANT—Write your name and address plainly, end al- i not expoet a dramatic ynick neh, it » that began before 3 v'cluck and | yards of toiled 1 ne PyLaNt to a he or | Inches wide. took as ior aay he play was alinost as deadly ns the whole- Eattern) No. ES eae gs /4m cut tn sizes for girls "The Wi brating @ sort of Icelandic Hallowe'en, was beautifully | of 6, 8, 10 and to see ig not in esting en nto thir that’s thi gad tal down, fter the third t e play sed to j move, and eve b s min creak. s foreboding at iundstill. There were 1g 1 when Miss Edith Wynne thison’s glo: 13 .olee tang out in son un lihe i i recitation, but she seemed too ftely etiuned to realize fully Whe (ery, proud Viking's daughter who had married the wrang man, fe made the he stalwart, sonorous Viking, only + become @ resting young lover. Miss Gwiadys Wynne, as the young ry lover ina drexm, gave the dreary, tedious play {is only DOF PDO 2OOSODOT10O0. A Romane of Mysi. ysiery, ; Hy a. | el é Leve and Adventure. . * ~~ DPDDO HO DOD FDO PDE OOO GOOPDDOCOOOE OF! By Louis Joseph Vance, Author of “The Brass Bowl,’”’ “ The Private War,” Ete. $94906094O89 OOO OD PPOOOE LOOPY DOD ED LOPLI POOOOPODIOOD bolt “ cued and rattled at {purest billingsgate; and were rtlal- PA Copyrtent, 1008, by Bobor-3 4 fingers trembled on his, and were gently proteuna bewilderment in her exclama] “Police!” she iterated, aghast. “What{stopped short, shocked) into caution. |his hope of salvation—those firm, yvolts. The ' irl tugs bd an , as ' SHY Baie s i na a dmpariials | withdrawn, "I was so frightened,” she | tion Then: “He knocked against |makes you think'’- Vrom below c¢ ic a contrite whisper friendly fingers that clasped his own, the knob. Reluctantly Be aeue | a pr Bin a ip ol eninil SOPSIS OF PRECEDI confessed, after a little pause, Py ears in the halla chair, 1 pre-| “A man tried to stop me at the door,’| "I’m so sorry! 1 should have warned| It was as If they wandered on for an|inward, Beyond its shy nod retehied W ae Htc eae Hee man i kK {rightened that I hardly understood, |sume; at ali events, I heard that and |ise answered quickly. ‘tl got In before | you.’ hour; probably from stant to. Anish sieir | ton feet or more Of Bevery FSG ATT Ret Bie srt rat entire * * * But you? Hew did you"—~/| put out the light. I was * * * in the [he could. When he tried t knocker| He pulled himself together, glaring | {lkht took up three minutes, no more. | way, whose entrance f ” J Vs “ over i nag ; @tnco eartiauake “I worried about you," he replied, in a] room above the drawing-room, you see. nby came along and stopped him. | Wildly at nothing. “It's all righ Eventually the girl stopped, releasing | glimmering with ligh' f atonen thet paved. the way im Hote rm tone absurdly apologetic, “Somehow it|T stole down to this floor—was there, |i latter may have deen watching the| "You're not hurt, truly? Oh, do come|his hand. He could hear her synco- | alr smote © pnd: nutaonts the Ca ee didn't sce right. It was none of my | the corner by the stairs when he passed » since then—it'd b nly his duty |auickly, | pated breathing before him, and gath- | a oor Bu 1 : ard anibedii he nay hth business, of course, but © * ¢ T]within six inches, and never gugssed it. |\o keep an eye on ii, and heaven knows| She waited for him at the bottom of ered that something was wrong, He) “Where doos tls ot Pee inn ble by its faint burden o: ave ho eal inde th couldn't help coming back, ‘This feltow,| ‘Then, when he got on the next floor, I]we raised a nacket, coming headsirst the Mslt—happily for him, for he was| took a stop forward, “On the mews, formed hime | sujet Hiner 1) the CCH Gila. withea | Whoever he is~don't worry, he's unaon-| started on; but you came in, I slipped|down those stairs! Now we are up all at sea, ‘What tx it a nema at stood i : Zoing and Heautiful wil Calendar begs the | sclous—slipped into the house in a man-| into the drawing-room and crouched | against it,” he added brightly. | “Here~your hand—let_me guide you.| Her full voice broke out of the: ob-|nation at the pa shay atoon 3 genmer oa ner that seemed to me suspicious I] behind a chair, You went on, but I] But the girl was tugs ‘at his hand. | This ners is dreadful * . \scurity startlingly close, in his very | her face. : The aut oir hardly know why I followed, except|dared not move until * * * And then|“Come!” she 1 breathlessly. | He found her hand, somehow, and | ear. | your evening Bown, ‘ : 2) P m1 ! a 1 } . her war. Wd > that he left the door an open invitation |1 heard some one cry out, and you feil| "Come! There is # way! Before they |tucked his lato it, confidingly, and not | * Aoor—the polts—I can't budge} “There's no other wry. |} ng ea) he Tee Urant: 4 to interference. * * *” down the stairs together. I hope you |preak in’— {without an uncertain thrill of satisfac- ee ee eee ee as. Bho tevto fe warden! dar. | He takes Dorothy can't be thankful enough,” she told| were not hurt—?" this man?"—~ Kirkwood hung | tion. “Let me °° * | “Afraid e BLcDnen ANI Ny heeler " ‘i his u or then, Wor him warmly, “that you did interfere. ‘othing worth mention; but he must troubled | me!" she panted. “Come! If th He pressed forward, brushing her od by him het the n Giver, a Btora the. haves after Deroth You have indeed saved mo from * * *"|nave got a pretty stiff knock to lay synthe police are sure to find |break 1n"— shoulder. She aid not d door, carety é ‘ ' Linde nis aeaaiiant arnueldin, White | Yes?" him out so completely.” Kirkwood |and care for him. Stifled by apprehension, her voice | willingly yielded place to looking, Hh oi Ungert ¢ ' } Bhphoaches. “it ta Dc oa, “1 don't Know what. If ¥ knew/the] stirred the body with this toe, but the they will.’ He chuckled, “Ana |failed her : ite gs ad proved mt eriranee ‘ A awe man made no sign, “Dead to the world dim right! He'd have choked 1 They went forward, now less impetu- | imj to her, to rong fir ¥ vere SnaK Bay Pe en A ‘ * PTER IY. You don't know him? + 9 © And now, Miss Calendar?” + |to deat& whl all the good will in the jcusly, for it was very black; and the | was a matter of comy much ¢ ah ; CHAPTER IV, “T can't even guess. ‘The Jight?—~ If she answered he did not hear, for | world!” Jinocker had fullen still entirely consel char gwpeege nove aanier (Continued,) She paused inquiringly, Kirkwood!on the heels of his query banged the| on, do hurry!” [eo fear of that" he remarked after | juiok, AB he tuk: na they # " bled with the Jamp, but, whether its| knocker down below d thereafter |, 7, s, DeK t dare break 1 ensit soriDing AN : Arran fumi knocker down % » Turning, she sped lght-footed down | ey wouldn't dare Lreal tly eR A a+ Frognall , tree t. + an. | ie handling hed impaired some vital | crash ¢ sh, brewing a deep |'the staircase to the lower hall, he at| A fluttering whisper answered him: ‘I vof her a halal nether rp h purt of the mechanism, or whether the | and sullen, Sy mags ne Nike |her elbow. Here the uproar was loud- [don't know. We dare risk nothing y 8 bs 1 other ei than the first; UMM) Lotteries through much use were worn | fees (and: send by ke - re, to penctr: munetuating try and Se ean ned La ‘ca hand, es of enraged ghosts, through the |est—deep enough to drown whatever| They seemed to re, penetr D 5 ) fingers brus 1 and & hone’ out, he was able to elicit only one feeble | lonely rooms, Varneaetanient nese: made by two [acres of labyrinthine chamvers ane ; van tened, abse ' swarm and fragile, clomd upon Ms OWN) gow, which was instantly smathe | Taare faad ogo Pepaintspeey bend 0 pow too strong fo ota ' 4n a passion of relief and gragiiue “eg in li iy amacatened CHAPTER V. pairs of flying For wil that they [rages delving deep into the bowels of | pulee, ton srons for ricicule, to take | ee ny the ¢ 4 4 . Hern iurrt te © earth, Mike rabbits burrowing sa a js arms an m q ' "On, 1am So BK "Tt was Dos “It's no use. he oc sed. “The fled r Ans ee Maly alls i ad- | th par Us At beagles. j fe nee that, whatever her trouble, é Culendar's voice, beyond mistake, “1 Heri " ss ows in the night; and at the newel-pos: | warren, houne anse't seed cory ' ‘ 7 aidn't patina rd bryan om mr “ere aferitie tee Mystery of a Four Wheeler. ring back into the unbroken black. | Above stairs the hush continued un- | would stand by her and ba meet he oe 4 mt 0 Se “Have you a mateh? ow he dumb Genius of the © try t a it ' y i 7 at? ° h shrouded the fas braken; os if t w i - ‘ When the light struck your facet was] «1 used my last before Tygot hold of HAT’ that?” At the firet| ness whic “ os it th mo Os , eco uihe 10. tre 19 WAMEN 1 0h Peetnieytir pure Ht wax You, bat when L called you | ig, sd ow alarm the girl hed int [backward of the dwelling, A” sudden |HlKc# had oast D ape of stiseree an the ay rth h at nea aaa , “ : yood' ° lury on the part o cher, or oltre, outraged, had smitten a en ® ; ) yours at wll t * * ine,” hel wtigve you any motion. what he looks [arm Now, when # pause came in tho| alarmist at the knocker spurred them [the nolay Alsturter Willy O Sue ating eer 309 OT re nines o, 18 pleaded, with pawable effort to steady | yer" growling of the knocker, she made him jon with quaking Hears, In half | The gir) sacred to know ner, y ueecion at tapeenes 00 “ In this ertti PE Matyy, Sevens.) anid icirkewedd | ae replied with & chuckle, “He looks | Vinrent airy . “oy desman: Spor ashe ran invisible before why Kirkwood blundering im her wake, be-|quaintance? Absurd! Rut he could not oy ee ¥ rs fate and his own uneasily. » troubled by bis raciog|iiKe, gn amateurish and very callow | what can It in Ho laid a hand tumbled on the UPpermest steps |eweon confualon of impression and jaugh—wer render himself insensible to pee forth with, & ouleh eee oe pulses, "pA Mps You can do that bettar Katies He's in dross clothes, you 1 don't know.’ Ho laid a hand re. | stu See ation two leaned perilously a 5 comp MeOt "aaa ssue volée seuitunty, ner May » wonder!” ‘There was @ nuance of Dis jprearm, “Phe police, possibly.” hum, and that At the last moment H. assuringly over that which tremoled on/ sleep staircase; only & hand-ratl sav dawning dismay conscious of but one —— thing, to which he clung as to “He found that he had ¢rawn the another across the square briskly in the