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The Evening Worid Daily Magazine, Tuesday, December 22, 1908. 4 Wlorld, Prosperity Has Returned. The St os. mt By Maurce Ket‘en. DOGODOHHDOGOSHOOGOHDODOOGHOIOGOOON ory of the Operas By Albert Payson Terhune. SOSEPH PULITZER Entered at th iis A rt | One Year. $3.0 | One $ NO, 12—VERDI’S “OTELLO.” cD e DIN * i ska and government castle at the Venetian island of Cyprus ware IME 49 NC ) © with Iight one evening late in the fifteenth century. A throng ef VASMAUR AS AALS eI PRI ‘i soldiers and c were gathered on the pier to welcome the new Gowe 7a ernor, Otello, who, after destroying the Turkish fleets, had come to rule the tales H IPE for Venice, Otello was a Moor and the bravest eoldier In the Venetian serviog THE HOME AND $6 A WEEK, He had been married net Wong defore to beautiful Desdemona, daughter ef @ fi Senator, \s Otello bowed in response to the cheers of the crowd and entered the castle Mis sub-offlcer, Ingo, remained behind, Jago hated the Moor because the latter Had appointed as lieutenant one Casslo instead of himself. For this slight ¢riere Anco he was resolved to ruin bath Otello and Cassio, Using as his tool @ young gallant named Rodrigo, he made Cassio drunk, Jured him into a due! and induced Otello to deprive the Neutenant of Mia rank liaving partially avenged himeet® on ons enemy, Iago prepared to ruin the Moor as well, Desdemona, aroused rom sleep by sound of the duel and the enauing riot, was reassured by Otela, gether the husband and wife entered che gloomy castle. * * * ‘ussio, heartbroken at loss of his rank, was advised by Iago to Deg Desde use her {fluence with Otello for his pardon and reinstatement as lew fe advice. While he was pleading with Desdemona Iago ster in 1 Sessions de- somewt his ap- jpscaetelse itled to | Otello to the @pot and, pointing out the couple, sitifully aroused In the journeyr waes, an ap- Moor’a jealous heart a flame of suspicion. In consequence, when Desdemona prent aaa ‘i i interceded for Cassio her husband rebuffed her in anger, lago's wife, Emilia, was one of Desdemona'a attendants. Ingo, seeing tm “magic handkerchief that had been given by Otello to i} Desdemona, snatched it from his wife and told Otello Desdemona had given it to Cassio, Otello swore a mighty oath of vengeance against Desdemona ehould she prove guilty, Jago hypocritically kneeling and taking the vow with him. * * © Iago bade Otello hide himeelf in an alcove of the castle hall and promised te bring Cassio to the spot, fo that the Moor, unseen, could hear his former Hentenan® boast of having won Destemona's love. Aa Otello atood waiting Desdemona drew near, The Moor commanded her te produce the handkerd! She replied trathe fully that ehe had lost it, and again appealed to him t ze Cassio to bis rank. Otello, certain now that his suspict ley of insult at the terrified woman and orden Ingo and Cassio entered the hall. Otello, hkl the fragments he heand seeaned to confirm hi climax gaane when Cassio it in hig moon, where Iago had dd had the tandkerchisf seemed proof to d enant was boasting of his co ilo come out from hi hiding place aft 's departure: voy from the Venetian Doce, was announced, He came bearing the news t Otello was recalled to Venice and that his place as gow) ernor of 1s Was to be taken by Cassto. Desdemoma during the audience) As a genuine painter he would Be have made more than $20 a week. He found that he could not sup- port a family on $6 a eek, so he and h 1 She went to court and asked for an order that he pay $2 a week for her support. The Judge, who is a bachelor, dex NNN \\ SSSR \ SSS 4 6 g 1¢ moti that “a woman who chooses to embark in matrimony with a $b-a-week-man must take her chances.” Every woman who er » say put part of theme in te tals beltet theg | lnyed to lago the miso pped st. The (who could new yarks in matrimc So does every man. It is, perhaps, u not take quite as much chance of happiness a woman does of board and clothes. difference does not make a tnan happy and comfortable he cannot go to the Judge and ask 1or an order ecting that she shall be amiable so many hours a week, that she shall cook better ar k ms on his clothes and not find fault with him except at a specified weekly cor- rection hour. that if a wife bL o ventured te speak to Otello, Tire Moor, to the horror of all thet rs, struck her across the face and bade her be silent. U . i> Late that night Otello entered Desdamona's rowan. Aq he was to leave Cyprus at once he decided to defer his vengeance no longer. He bent above his sleeping) er. She opened her eyes. Solemnly he t er to prepare fom protested her tnnocnce and begged for mercy. Otello cut short tea thering her. saw her Gead mie:rees, with the Moor standing in heart «= eas above her. ‘The woman aroused the castle with hee” < y told the f tened courtiers wi ow Wrong had been in hia su: he tmd slain his wifes proved i cons, Others brougt® added proof of Desdemona’s innocence. Iago, his plot revealed, sough® saps, but was made prisoner. lo, mad with remorse at his hormble dead, drew a dagser, plunged {t inte | his ow and fell dead a a's body. y sending one ening World. Missing numbern of this series mny be obtained cent for each number to Cirealatto n Department, ++. LDBESDODQDIIDIOBDOHODOOHODODHDOODOHIDIHAGDSDOHGOADID HD y ; Reflections of a Bachelor Girl By Helen Rowlan4. DOAEMDDOOQOVOOLOO Which ure just three brands of masculine affeoe / tion: Platonic, which 48 love without kisseag Plutonic, which is kisses without love, and The Judge added that “investigation into the causes of misery in congested districts finds that the most fruitful source is large familios. it takes a clever man to stay in the love-chase an@® his is what the judicial reports call obiter dicta—that is, 2 Saloon Man Gus Welcomes Mr. Jarr Back to the Big City, - Keep out of marriage, but tf takes a saint t0 stay ds eaying outside of the direct issue. marr and keep out of the love-chase. That a man cannot support a family on $6 a week in comfort in But It’s Not a Welcome With the Christmas Spirit In It Now approaches the time of the year when a man wastes a lot of time New York City is true. That misery abounds more in large families noon deningns tS ee Gott who ntalst ting pation iu isnder. tive teeta than in small families is doubtful. -, Misery does not depend on. the number of children. There more divorces among childless couples. The more children there ,,the more 1 are the marital ties to endure. Privation is misery. Havi ” sos ee eT BY kisses WITH love—which is almost extinct. yed there?” asked Mr, Jarr tn a hurt tor Wha a sure sign ¢ re? Why, my dear, nothing but his full name and address together with the date s gned to @ proposal written in ink ost \ ey By Roy L. McCardell. sald Gus, b Mr. Jarr th sWhere you 8 immed note-pa, About the only sign of personal individuality that the average women © allowed to retain after marriage is her ¢ man?’ asked Mr. Jarr. “For ell you vat on the ocean deep and at home on the i there you go axan’” said Gus, pet now [ve been | othbrush o wear is not necessar g less to eat a ne money to p 2 i 5 PR ear a laveryicane 1iGy it st men are kept so busy guiding their love affairs between tha Misery is a mental s comes from inharmonious ac : ANT ain hacer "S02" they fy three dollars a on the slate Scylla of 7 ony and the Charybdis of a Ureach-of-promise suit tha® justment between fact and hoy tween reality and ambition, be e to say against you. F t say a word’’—-here he J they ne Lin finding the ¢ Fleece of a@ Grand Passion. 5 like that." tween life as it is and the desire for som ishing the bar glasses you,” continued he took up the mo: The one tweak spot in Achilles was supposed to be his heel, but probe ) Misery is the converse of tl " urmured Mr, Jary, ‘that this ts Was euch a Windler. I gedt if you 3 ab vy ever thought to aim at ds vanity : Sve been away in Baltimore for do it swell"'— Vhen a woman boasts of a perfectly faultless husband 4t ts ahooym) equation of happi over a week, sand pleasur son just the “Here you, hold o7 Jarr, pounc safe to ask gently how long he has been dead \ i same; and now t back after my fr were us ck of friends, aren't you ' ant few thin’ Wet an. pack ls, A little conceit ude of m e (mperfec { sii sence they seem to te n an in over mauinockareinoiecncent ¢ tud , ine Imperfections. ' want are cont return,” ories ofvour Jolly: fellows! —__—e-¢-e. —— } ~enthacnn Of course,” sald Gus n you go away, stay away, le you fellows weer tallcti Be prosaic road to = pone f uncle vonce tn the don't get mad," sald ( you dle stay dead. I ha 492,424 Miles of Eggs. i who have m 1d 0 3 malt Muller talked real nice about you.” : ites y, how it 1 asked Mr. Jarr, more are neither ¢ ugh f¢ 's ra and nisters i ch a nice feller tt was a pity, ed you for more, and T said inoxbe 1 of you all,” salé Mr. Jarr bitterly. "You must have 1 nristmas spirit"? play and! By Arthur Guiterman, 6 of the Great American Hen, who, during the past | ! nave cackled with pride over the production of nearly the doctor had | |p if) 0 i Jred million dozens of ef Do you realize whee t killed at al tins » al with a cragi- | name because he bas a ead, But he ay and knows who he is and cones home. And happy. It is doubiful whet] s of the Court of , T wasn't feeling goo 1ro. ate of hi to come up thi “A wh laughing tn spt ‘A hinpodromie injunction,” refieated Gus. “I was so sore at everything an: ax in't everybody I'd kicked my wife only my leg hurt too ody t all this teaches m e thing,” said Mr, Jurr, nsable man ts not n 18," whould he be?" asked ( 1 g.ves ion.'? ions as are desirous y nt home In Towa, she had choses large night have Jala those ‘ont! breaching 238,818 miles and then more than half way around the world for | i miles of eggs! Furthermore, if those eggs ha@ holf an Inch that omelet would easily have and, an area of twenty-two equare miles! ured to hts being gone? motion to the higher 7 he gone gut marr { Justices of the Supreme Court are sume vo t tone paid f Has he no feeling for any J that 4s that the clerks with one-tenth « eir 1 6 | Letters From the People By RG Lang we wii ie srt ee a ae e \t ates ab ed and eighty m ne hick naa 7 |8 geese and @ poultry Ake which HR Pe ea eet aa | aver. 1 uired to fu ving canopy ke that of King Solow w t P | bias i ale Gymnasiums on the Roofs, | WI VEN-AIR gyinnasiums have been established on the rpofs of big she in many of the larger cities of the country to enable the clertag free, to / e | 1 | and other employees to spend an hour at noon or after closing hours ems en rd Bt | joying the benefit of physical training exercises in the fresh air, Jer y rth fre | te third g © eenncene a / you have left and a 7 ’ ~ A 5 za he ~” The Day’s Good Stories { When he comes ‘ caamaae cn! | - —— acer has one apple. How mu But fatled. We felt Ik: H THOMAS a ” jut we fa! ve fe! © cam “5 J | Inedible Chicken, Uke ghouls, when Mary Jane's mi sn | | ¢4¢ 7 T doesn't pay to raise chickens in e| remains were set simnoking before amy None Unive Observed vip : } I einai] way," said a euburbanite,| Hat? Why the very memory hast wteles Aty @ 5 ¥ | ‘for the reagop that you can only /ens me now,” \ \ owt the egge, never the chickens them- wt you eat the chickens’! _Didn*t Want the Job, t j font eee eee ary or your| During @ recent examination of appte 7 And for much the same rea-|cants for the position of mail castles @ er [son you can't eat your chickens, For ‘neste boy appeared before the civil ape Uy ’ : > | Chey are pots, a# Goga or canaries are vice comminstan Ld y raised Prrer they have learnt| “How far Js it from this earth to the s . > know you, they have names that chey| moon?” was the first question ) ] - anawer to, they follow yeu about the| him. b ard-in w word, they Uke you, and you| +"How fah am it from de eart to - like them." moon?’ he repeated, as he began He shuddered, reach for his hat. “Say, boss, if you'se I remember when we killed end] swine to put me on dat route I dossn'g stowed old Mary Jane, She had stopped] waut de job,” and with that he | 1 vas . ecounuy, Am | # oa laying, @he was long past thet stage, ee) though he were escaping from R © tow tire) bore “Risen? urs we cxmiared tee and tied to ont bes, cnlnmity-Ciscie