The evening world. Newspaper, February 9, 1909, Page 12

TITTLE TET: or "" “oe ey | 7 ne byening World Daily gazine, Tuesday. February 9, 1909 S$ Ey Re ig Sap ornare SS ae need Ls it ' i) CYENINGRREDITION (7 | i] We | gue “ar SG B, 098 i Published Dally Except Sunday by the Press Publishing C n 7 O!1 ] e S H woe _—e a } aaayn ‘ark Row, Now Me fois B M The Story of La 4. a SBPH PULA park Rows JA ck nb y Maurice Kette , —~* Entered at the Post-OMfce at New Yor! 0 Ue eoeeoe Soy wee Oa : Abraha Subscription F » The Evenine | Fc ae ¥ a 2 | World for the Ui mune anita 5 ihe | One Year ES | Postal Unie | One Month... 10 WANTED. CH a eas HANDSOME Personal Life VOLUME 49.. . N ; AND CLC vote Ooh ROU BEAUTIFUL SORRY, a MEN ) Anecdotes P 7 3 ' SUNDAY LIQUOR LAWS. fone BUT YOU Won'T Do of the ayson » ie TENS SUG INAUGURATION YOu ARE Martyr President 1 alae, 8 NOT PERFECT stot | s the firs s ® | trate to proclain | OHAPTER 2,—1,0VER AND LEGISLATOR. | openly what many LANKY giant of twenty-two, dressed !n faded homespun, lounged / other magistrates upon the dock at New Galem, Ill., one August day in 1831, An in- can Gale dati fi cours bystander asked who he was, The tall stranger yawned : E A and replied: He s that the “ A a the ‘I'm a plece of floating driftwood. I came down the river‘on adreshet Sunday liquor law, and was lodged here by accident.” is a farce, that it This was Abraham Lincoln's introduction to the town where he waste a sats cutter undergo 6o many adventures. His family ‘had left Indiana and he bad gone « and that the peo- with his father to Macon County, Ill, There he had worked as rail-epHtter, Aan iettictind farmer and flatboat man, finally happening upon New Salem as & place of DASA A residence. not want it en- ‘Then followed a period of hustling for Dare livelihood. First as clerk, { foreed, then as partner in a villege store, Lincoln tried to bend his great mind to The Legislative commercial taske—and failed. His partner was a drunkard, and he bimedf = f * ft eemmnttera caitidh | would rather read law ‘books than wait on customers. So the store weot veinvertiant: to pieces, and Lincoln went broke, But he won @ reputation for strict stigating : igating honesty that saddled him for life with the nickname "Honest Abe.” He worked f the criminal for a while as a river pilot and again as surveyor's assistant. Then fore time he courts of Greate planned to become a blacksmith, At one occupation after another he falled; gains SEER ASLAN ing nothing but experience and # good name, He also made himself popular by ‘ New York has thrashing John Armstrong, the local bully, and by successfully “standing off" the aaara tio | latte entire gang of toughs. His stories were soon quoted everywhere; and he rea ne same was the recognized speechmaker and master of argument for the whole distetot conclusion, that Sald one neighbor: ia “Abe Lincoln could out-argue any ten men fn the settlement.” the enforcement} | PERFECT | The Black Hawk Indian war broke out {n 18%, Lincoln knew nothing of war of the Sunday LET'S SEE - . | tare, yet love of adventure made him volunteer and he was elected captain of liquor law in this neighborhood is a revolting farce | IF You ARE You Ul 00 jae tt Na aa He at at oe eed arsine oe ares Oe aX | us } taf Y | | recruits, telling how, when marching at the head of twenty men, he came to @ The law itself is clear enough. It forbids the sale of intoxicating | gate In a fence: - Nquors on Sunday exe oe . | “7 couldn't remember the proper word of command for getting my company ( “y, ‘ b except to gues tels : ee ae pt to guests of Usott tt Literally enforced it | endwise, so that {t could get through the gate, 60, as we came near the gate, ¥ i prohibit any one getting a drink on Sunday unless he went to I shouted: ‘Halt! This company {e disbanded for two minutes. It will fall im a licensed hotel and took a ro 4 sy } | again on the other side of that gate!’ I sometimes wish we could adjourn Cote ict ‘oom or ordered a regular meal. A sand- | gress for the day In the same fashion and start fresh next morning.” wich or crackers and cheese or any other food ordered as a pretext | Ay errand for a drink would not co ithi 2 . | (ee u me within the exemption of the law. Tedeedec at ealaenteee ee } f } The Backwoods Soldier. i ; indreds of saloon-keepers have taken out hotel licenses and Ge RR ARR ARR AR AAR AAA L A AAA OA Y turned apartments over their s s into s i é j ” En AEE Net their saloons into semblance of hotel rooms. | | One day a group of soldlers were about to shoot a helpless old Indian whe 0 get a revenue sufficient to pay the extra expense some proprietors had strayed Into camp. Lincoln threw himse'f in front of the Indlan and forced have allowed thes 5 > tise ; | the would-be murderers to disperse. A fellow volunteer said afterward: : these rooms to be used for immoral purposes, thereby | "TL never saw ‘Abo Lincoln so roused by anything before.” creating the great evil of the Raines law hotel. | His term of service over, Lincoln re-enlisted as a private solder, belng mus 9, pretense of starting a Raines law hotel, but sell on Sunday almost as “Twas out of work," he whimsically told one blographer, “and, there being openly as on week days. i | no danger of more fighting, I could do nothing better than enlist agaln.” i ie fi eok nye: - Throughout the Black Hawk war Lincoln was never tn battle, He sald tm From time to time the police arrest a few of these saloon-keepers | | after years that the only bloodshed to which he was subjected during his milli- ; The m ste , 4 ene tary career was the result of his deadly battles with mosquitoes. en arreste d are frequently non-members of the district sa- | ""\ when the war was ovet Lincoln came back to New Sa'em and declared him- loon-kcepers’ association or have fallen behind in their dues or have | self Whig candidate for the Legisiature. He made a brillant campatgn and fallen out with the police | increased his fame as a speaker, During one of his speeches a rowdy tried to i ris! | | break up the meeting. Lincoln, without checking the political argument he wae : a Tt is well recognized that the Sunday liquor laws facilitate police setting forth, walked calmly down from the platform, caught the rowdy by the shake downs. If A throat, threw out of the room, then returned to the platform; never having i ‘interrupted the flow of his own rem: It was a year when Andrew Jackson | the police really [and Democracy were triumphant For the first and last time In his career @ enforced the law ‘i = | direct vote of the people fafled to elect Linco! i Fn fe 6 i ie ae jo yte went back to store Keeping, took up surveying and in odd moments de- there would he + | RITER LDR ELD Gill f be- ’ $ | voted himself to his chosen study—the law, For h> was still determined to ewe Po or I ear Mr. Ja rr Is Til! No, It Is No thing S erious | come a great lawyer, At last he aronned a other reRula work jstuteing ew ) , night rfid day; keeping himself alive by doing odd fobs here and there. In spi ) loon-keepers and B ut He Can af n vas mi ost New Si Tl ; D . ofall this he waa deep in debt, He was made postmaster of New Salem. peer gud : Understand Why People Aren’t Sorrier SE HeraMasocatt eee Tuer catty ‘Tal i L. McCardell the str ttled in thelr coal Tos Line. Letters were few and could rendily’ be tucked Into his hat lining and dae) Taigned in the po- By Roy L. McCardell. ie eet, rattled in thelr coal in ten-Jit back again because of the chill that) everybody plenty of wellness, plenty fl iivered whenever he c 1 to mect thelr rectptents on the streets. The news / “lice courts every Nira ticonlataclinn Tathenlleltim |imeceoet anc monettaliouaiandioftensive threatened) Bes * metinesss Plenty of) ayers that came to New @ read through carefully before giving burts every “] Be ee lea Ae eG yer | DET and had been x this all) A man being sick and helpless, and| "What he needs ts plenty of meat,' theraton't Monday morning. the cold, unthinking world out-| ym lospectally with a disordered stomach, |aald Bepier, BUTEA TREES nen nnn 19) The great is putting Ina Mrs, Jarr moved the sick |'ts the duty of all ministering women . ‘i me : . } grea eee nd | PPM as all women do; calm, dominat- | recite a bill of fare to him when the ita Ga baci } Lincoln's Love Story. harm of the Sun- Fcare av——| (NE and attending to the patient as if {mere thought of food sickens, Mrs, Jarr panes Feeie Sy nee ewe ere itl) ; | he were a piece of machinery. had suggested everything from t dj astould 4 P| : c f day laws is Mr, Jarr didn't get | 8 ea and | should sen herrl ; yt as cor ty-five, Lincoln ran again for the Legis'atur wan, liquor laws i fo finist his re-{ Mr. Jarr had had a sudden attack of |t?*st Ui NE AOR Ceo CUE Eat) C3 “ike that a le Aaa teeter Ate mnajority,. He had no clothes fit to wear 3 their demoralizing meh, Ce and tonsilitie that HinsVtoadlita)| eae tue wentteciueruite celevettensani)l tceitnelapy amidt, the deil-| wreqatia, the State capital. He borrowed enough money to make a fairly decent © effect on the sa- Mrs, Jare took ad-| feverishly and seml-deltrious all night, joule Bey up, ue Yet, when che entered the legislative halis clad in {'-Atting blue sa so. of his] “What were you saying, dear?” sho| Once on hie own feet, ho was his og but graham | eeeeeae accentuated the groterqueness of his shambling figure and homely, hy loon-keepers ant | asked, mecha own boss, He shaved himself, dress Jeans thaLaacceny A | Yy cepers having his mouth . anically ed the! | the target for many amused glances, "themselves open to deftly] “I sail the world outside was pUCLINe:| ee neaemeee oe ery Are timood. reais | bake Se eee yeeeeaiilve term Lincoln did ttle to bring himself Into g/ # : . aden’ Tava tenvciiconiia nuk eran cltte rareuts ast and announced that he was going; ‘I xot 'r tcme fresh maple syrup that pith ng iy & a eat back and listened; studying the situation, unwilling “| The sale of : Unealnwaltonecriaat Put- | down to the office. Heck) Gey titan teal a rup that] prominence. Wisely he sat ba Loyal b s f Smihia] ons KUNE RNa acre ien na LECH mas (0 Go eee tho unin ald Muller, the] to move untih he was sure of his ground, He was In a new worl On Ee liquor should be i \ the powder and some | wortd was only putting In coal and ; ahoutd be thoroughly familiar with that world he waa content to wateh In allen be der was| of this, as dry as ever, was still on bis | thinking of him, he was ’ jens not | Down at the office the general opinion | 44) tho time he was laying up know edge and statecraft that were soon to carry on as reputa- tongue {thi of him, he was mistaken, was that Jarr had been excessively con: |, ea ape es Are EE ATEME EG ; + reputa Se | ’ | ‘They were talking about him at ( ERA thal nbesee cae ane ons him far beyond the cleverest politician in all bls state sit fae a; Me ble a business ba- i you're to take theag | place, for instance Heehinat LOBIA NE eas alsa tee norel gl ieee eae eee toe te TARceIn haste bee AuaSh Lone era ita vilseanite fee ene ture that even Mr | + two of them, every twen- | “That feller’s always sick," sald Gus, {eld that the boss reiareet senerally | work alone that made the young legislator eager to, result ea neta as ale of the thne belt and [ty ininuter They are entome era bes Ws RESTS SAG CS NE ear iee USCA COILS era hy Rancscttaah CHE) UE Oo Bae Eelam tt 0; ‘asper ec nd tl do you ¢ ‘ : nen you) before ve jong. PERT : ) is his pa ic litte love ge cigars. A saloon- ene eee nae era pa eye conan) 68s atlthet cunease Toe (hekurignla}vein ialligates onreeiees. recat adirattentectale) | Mace tmaonlzacnu a aati Whee ete ee gona y 4 keeper should be a gla water ‘s throat, and| for your stomach.” | wits wet Etee te. lis, work, Ne Tasatety Gu tavern where Lincoln lodged in New Salem was kept by @ man named as self-respecting a ci ‘i the powder, dry and acrid to the last,| “And I'm not at my work a bedy | “Bur ‘at, and more | {certain parties were docked they ' Rutledge, who had a beautiful daughter, Anne, She had auburn hair, blue eyes, a a: | thinks of me and nobody cares a—| said Slav thevelastes PA aha aa eee arte a neact-blow complexion and singular lovellness of expression. Lincoin fell in E To subject the saloon 1 Mr. Jarr,| Mr. Jarr was afraid to go further, tear- | “ye LS ermae Bit ce ata ife at Home, ahe | J with her before he went to the Legislature, But at that tlme he dared not J outside 18) ing another p: he knew what teh ances on ito Hertelt,| speak, For she wae engaged to a New Yorker named MeNelll, who had gone Bu ea id Gus Isit Just the back home on a visit and who was daily expected to return, Att with the |” 4 ‘iid not come back, Anne grieved bitterly lice as a street woman problem should be han Tod men out of tl oO nt men out of the lique s means to put d js meta-| he meant wt is to have pler e winders in hi 8 in them. is f Th ‘Vitm i ypad by and MeNeill ig him faithless, Then it was that Lincoln came for- ward, to urge his own sult. As gently as @ woman, o8 tenderly as a mother he sought to soothe her sorrow Little by little he induced her to listen to his | vows, At last she consented to forget MéNeti! and to become Lincoln's wite, But months § my by having | over his absence, thinktr rs nk al s throats while he was there, the children having just come in from school. te} Teputable men in, | Watch Him Roll! ~& ore i wag in the eeventh heaven of bliss, How much or how little Mise Rut- ledge cared for him will never be known, Whether he had really won her heart. My ae any class of business men into habitual lawbreak- ; L ‘ ———————— se am ’ F L 7 pyent MeNetll, or if she morely accepted him out of pity, ts etill a mys- . Ss b , He’s Wonder! By e rd G - Lo ng | er agin ghe fell {li soon efter she and Lincoln became engaged It was anid an +o - : SOREL APSR AT TO br emieweeinmen oa te er eee ee Fee eG se oee es 3 | she was pining away for love of McNeil. As she grew worse Lincoln was sent IL, e tte f Ss F (_St8 007) | ioe = HEY] waar cH” STOP THAT, Lovie!) ae 7 Yor. He Gentian hour alone with the dying girl, then went away. A day or two ) ro m t e eo Dp | e i SPLI T2en:} | p Nag S 0 3. | WE NEEO THAT; vil L- later she died, ‘The next month McNetil came to New Salem again, meaning to é Ce RMR INS. er rete mane 7) } a (SPARE! J MAKE A ‘claim her hand. Ane F Worl! ; : Hye 5 LOOIE: YES?) nnn a To the Eu ¢ a n * and that the agent sup- Y.G005eS! a ‘ T think “electrophotonlerog 1 he hat given hin ) ai ) } A Second Romance. } (efted steer ea tt colt s. He ret } OOO aces ee | word) ACCU e scoln wag heartbroken, Up to that time he had always been gay and-talle } Aistinctionable eae v tne hour of Anne Rutledge'’s death his face took on a look of mela gix letters. Con a ne tt iA 5 never lost, So wild was his griet that It was feared he would go mad or HEN) MORRIS SKOWITZ : Wh kiN him: F watched him closely for months, secretly guarding him trom » a mi harm. One snowy day long afterward he was discovered weeping, and contessead =} To the Editor of 7 ning W ; rare that it made him mad with grief to think of the snow and rain beating dowm ° | Ts & marriage ‘ ay ape a8 upon Anne's resting place } New Jersey for Ne rc =TAPT) ra hgh : \ My heart is burled In that girl's grave!" he sobbed ; Saaeraea Le i Love was gone, Nothing was left now but work, And Lincoln threw all tie , What In Success! ; : marvellous abilities into the study of his profession. Other love affairs he had ‘ Eiliter of a Jot 1 apparently to drown the memory of Anne Rutledge—but they came to nothipg. + You asked in your edit t LOLS, ! One girl, Mary Owens, was safd to be engaged to him In 193, Miss Owens’s owe $ days age s s Y harer} story was that she rejected Lincoln because, as she sald something for the b ir ‘ (: SE found hin deficient in those litte links which make up the chain ota | kind, regardless of fi goa | woman's happiness, * * ® 1 thought him lacking in smaller attentions." : tion, or ¢ af \ Lincoln in a letter gives quite another view of the case, He writes thus-of Opals and Bad Lock, seeing Miss Owens after a long absence } Almanae ; ‘ “ghe did not look as my imagination had pictured her, I knew she was over © \ > size, but she now appeared a fair match for Falstaff. * ¢ * A kind of notton } = ran through my head that no one could have commenced at the size of infancy is t And reached her present bulk in less than thirty-five or forty years. In short 2 4 4 a OW was not at all pleared with ber, But what could I do? T had told her elster T° | would take her for better or for worse, and I make a potnt of honor and conscience = Calgita seranntilecteenes hall things to stick to my word, * * * So L mustered my resolution and mage =} “Honesty Va. Mathematics ppc the proposal to her direct, But, shocking to relate, she answered ‘Nol’ ® ee 4 cy , ; ‘1 am wholly, unexpectedly, completely out of the scrape! * * ¢ T ha { Iw to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, for this reason: I c letter ' y aa Pete, ibe rabtadl hs o-*, «[ | eeeecemeimemeeee | OT NP (ii | Nae mascot i maar son cons oi ameaiai be satisfled with any one who would be blockhead enough to have me bee . y pale BOntoa Cotbelts, 4) |) mmeegacmoe su be) Seber RSE eet | ere caiees |) Co mcnaiainin cane In 18% Lincoin egain ran for the Tlinois Legislature. He was now ready; @ ures begin bis real career, The long years of weary apprenticeship were at an en@ i Henceforth, his rise was to be steady, If difficult. He was the sort of man whe who returned h r 4 ri : gloried in overcoming obstacles. And his upward path was to be thickly etremm SUGGESTIONS FROM BOWLERS WHO CAN TELL ABOUT “LOOJE SHOTS” WILL BE WELCOMED BY CARTOONIST LONG jane eur Ty (fo Be Continued.) * aibtae ' .