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The Evening World Daily Magazine, Friday, March 12, 1909. | <n a =e — = ARR RRA A RDA AASAPD OS wosbiee ee 0 |x MIDIOIDODHOOI GOGO: [Fhe Million Dollar Kid ByR.W. Taylor]? Meditations «ge | e of a Married Man , Henry James S You POOR MAN, YOU THANKS , YOUNG i Feet ie POOR HEHE! Ho- AN AND SEE “Disengaged” Suitable for Hospital Purposes. BY CHARLES DARNTON. ERHAPS the horrid critics shouldn't have been there at all, It was an P occasion to be handled with « ves, and to tho utter humiliation of the | fraternity {t must bo confessed that only a few of the more polite erit Wore gloves, | We repeat it was an occasion, It was a little something occastoned by Mr. Henry James and entitled “Diser vow, 1f you hay James through the spacious perplexities of three or four or Féven hundred pages, you will appreciate the subtle significance of the title, | » “Disengaged” served to introduce Mr. James to the Amer! q | why the critics were there. @ eve an st feithevocension’ wasnt torilhelr venettis att was, 08 ffi in ald of St. And & matter d Convales here it may be sald without hesitation that "Disengaged" table, very | suitable, for hospital purposes, We can! cheerfully recommend it to any hos-| pital that wishes to sto up with 4) nice spring line of patient: | There was a large staff of nurses at} the Hudson Theatre yesterday after-) noon to see that e gota pro-| framne and the ehange, The| honest disposition of the white-unl- formed young women to ‘make change” whenever necessary gave rise to the susplclon that they were not tralned nurses, but the flurry of ex-| cltement that this caused was soon | over, and the audience settled Itself to hear what Mr, James had to say in dramatic form. “Disengaged" proved to be an éxc2ed-| ingly chatty lttle thing. All the char-/ acters conversed at great length. Miss Dorothy Domnelly logked aa though she might talk ut {n justice to Mr. James she remarked ¢hat she would be obliged to converse, She was the unattac Mrs. Jasper to whom all the & men were anxious to become at ase be enough to rudely tn lov ched. oach, usper. | vior was above rep: very much to Mrs ne out, The doors tn the y were engaged most of the There really wasn't People were constantly 4 three acts had @ very busy 4 ¢! met i . dear child, became engaged. It ough not in the vulgar way yo was chosen for the sacri o taka h Blandina did ee A moment later Blandina and “the white lamb” were Toward the end of the fir was agreed that ali¢ had been o may !magine, an fice. He was sent into the t With a polite Ittie scream, a wast news reached the excited audience that Lao Capt. Prime, use to ask Bland kissing. Yes, really But Capt. Pri in his work. fhe wanted Mrs, Jasper, and so was @rranged that he should become d!s- engaged and th, ‘ord, a nice diije man Just the showoase, @hould take Bland She was an obedient child. Ltke the 1 in ‘Lady Windermere's “Yea, mamma," ¢o everything mamma sald to her, But once 14 a told her to hare tt out with a naughty who asked “What spot?” This was instantly recognised es an example of Mr, James's exquisite hu- _ mor, There was another flash of wit Jasper desaribed Capt. of becoming engaged to bigamy.” here and there, like Blo engaged” eeemed | the acting was eo good that at times the comedy seamed almost like @ real play. Miss Donnelly was so attractive as moved about Mrs, Jasper was eaay to une Qerstand why all the men had eyes oniy for he STIG SEIS” Sts Renee Woodson as Blandina. | t to act like | ssible task under the circurmetances, Miss Renee inane as Blandina, and Mrs. Loutse Closser-Hals slint obvious as the anxtous, enterprising mother, Miss 1a Posy, Alfred Hickman, Lumsden Hare and J. R.| members of a cast that outshone the play. The men ! the women decidedly American In everything but But “Disengaged” Gidn’t call for a strong sense of | English « of humor. seemed very their senso humor. a. | | How Posters Got Their Name, OSTERS took th name from the fact that {In former times the footways P of London etreets wore separated trom the dives by a Une of posts, on which advertisements were displayed, DOGO DDIOHODDOOIODGHH. Pike laughed heartily, “Lord bless your soul, Doc! I've put a self-binder together after a pony en- The | Man From Home fiv'iien'stitsat erent ing his napkin Inside the coliar of his shirt and falling to on the ham and eggs, At the table where sat the Haw- lcastle party there were expressions of i] “Bory Based on the Successful Ploy of the Same Title, —By— | pained agony, : “You have studied mechanics at the Booth Tarkington | tatversity, then.” went on von Grotier- and | hagen "Is {t not so? ¢ | “University returnes Pike. Harry L. Wilson. micron the ott man’s farm.” Haweaatle turned at once to Horace, “Without any disrespect to you, my @YNOPSIS OF (feogprs CHAPTERS. | dear fellow, what torrie boundera most ) (Copyright, 1009, (yen American Press Ass'n.) ‘and Horace Simpson, ”w ANN | Horace mentally writhe’ under tho el breathed qu to the Middle Agen.” |p Atned_entreaty, and Horace, Bova oh, aoe velled taunt, but ty quickly with i a flush died BO Iuenetinaeelotiaty lt cone cine? ‘ a eye fix TM ar of i a 5 So asent ln tneck: acihentadeal Miamen ier rata a auenvel CHINE Tari sera TMeanTTS pany re needy, fortune-hu if “Do you wonder that Sis and T have |\) 7) ray he sald rn) Pee cere ais ae e | immed, Daniel caref folded | hin nap rent, The Fa emancipated ourselves?” he asked, and "O°" GToverhagen Itted and M4 RnATeAT bac Boal paid oH ss the noble earl, with a softened glance | Ushed heartily, Well, I expect {f they go back that! +f axnest {t's ahout time for'me t Hite aie ti as he thought of the dollars, replied) "I lift my hat to you, far they m as well sit down! Soa and the two young folks ee ¢ Sorrent blandly: sald, and Pike looked at him ger and stay tt the poor man|¢, took after.” he sald ee Bae tas tania “Not at all, my dear boy,” and turned You never worked on a farm, did !8 my com pay no! ny, . GY: Be ruses a Chiampieny, ‘tn wdventuress |once more to his paper you, Doc?" he as 4 the German taxes to keep ated come formally na marriage act-| Von Grollerhagen glanced at the three | Pireoe teiien ous In Fico. Pike arrives. | with alight amugement and held out the down to breakfast with the incognito Grand | caviar to Pike. Bike wor fra tegen s Caney ohbiin. Thelt| can T pernunde you to try one of my national dishes?" he ked, CHAPTER Vu. | ee (Continued. i} rr replied Pike. ve heard , ; lof {t, but I thought {t was Russtan,” he American, “It ts also German,” answered the hi és OU are a true patriot,” laughed other, recovering himself from Y Von Groilerhagen, "You allow| start he had given, “Will you not?’ no profane hand to cook your! Daniel legked him straight in the eye Hational dish, I trust you will be as|quieztcally, Buccessful with that wicked moter of| “I'd never get into wine.” |asain if any of the boys heard of it,” GET TOW, nite the foam ts,” aid | H the pretty girl, in a voice; ed drawn across her red mouth tle- sea ts green. Why, then, isn't the foam green?” sion. “Beer fe brown, but {ts foam {s white, all the ight tt recetves without absorb- | ing any powdered into tiny dlamond form, that they many facets, absorb none of it and are | white by consequence marble, for instance, is white, Foam !s water powdered into these small di rnonds, and hence !ts whiteness,” MADOOOOASOIOSEDSIOVOTNOOOAOTGODEECE }he remarked, and then tur and obsetved q A taste of the vodka will destroy caviar." passed {t to Dar Admitted that such a pleasure had heen denied him Legislature | taste the same in t LOOK STARVED! TAKE THIS $1,000! FELLER, FoR YOUR KINDNESS To A POOR HOW HE SPENDS THE Money! Hol A THOUSAND \ DOLLARS Sa BET I'VE GoT MORY THAN “THAT YOUNG Fool HAS EVERY LITTLE HELPS! HOME AGAIN! $1000 Richer, Too! HE IS TAKING IT HOME To HIS FAMILY! I'LL PEEP IN THROUGH THE wWINDow! STUNG AGAIN! HE'S AN OLD MISER ! ! 17 : : why boats Wie. Si Fashions for Babies. By Grace Margaret Gould, ERHAPS the young mother may think that when she comes to make clothes for her baby she won't have to worry her head very inuoh as to what's the fashion of the day. Perhaps she thinks that baby clothes are always the same. If she does, sie !s a very mistaken little lady, for clothes for the Httlest folks show from time to tlme jmany of the innovations which make the garments for grown-ups in the mode,” writes Grace Margar Gould tn the Woman's Home Companion, “This ts eapeotally so this spring. Even the long dresses for Infa show Shake up black Ink, and you get! | the princess and Empire lines, and sleeves have diminished greatly {n size. white foam. Shake up red Ink, and (he) | phe yogue for hand embroidery 1s also emphasized tn baby clothes; not only esult is the same, A body that reflects | |{s jt used on the little dresses, but on the long cloaks and the datnty little flannel wrappers and sacks, “It goes without saying that !f baby's mother {1 that she Is quite sure to be baby will have no Is and furbelows on his clothes, Simplicity is the fashion to-day. And baby clothes reflect the trend lot the modes. Generally speaking, the distinction between baby's every-day clothes and his dresses for best wear is merely !n the quality of the fabric, When baby Is expected to look his finest his dress ls of the sheerest of nain- sook, lawn or longcloth, and sometimes washable cotton chiffon,” the sable stole ‘Yet the muffled by The young <Sphomore laughed tn dert- “Geo! but you are Ignorant,” he sald. All bodies 80 ight from) | is always white, the sensible little woman throw back the Powdered black \ a wee eee it ‘The Jollys’ Bull Pu LENS KEEP HIK THLE THEY GIVE A NICE DOGae WE WILL TAKE TW\S 1S THY You NONE Jon's Bui. \ GOT WIN HOLD yIM |The marker replied | the sentence by Why He Turned Pale. CAPTAIN was shooting one day at a range of 1,0” yards. Thinking the marker must be ready for him to begin, th tain asked, throu the telephone all right “All right, sir, in a Are you minute.” Untue right, str, ly, the captain caught the “All but missed the last part of removing the telephone from his ear, He Iny down, and fired a shot, On looking throug his telescope he was horrified to see the marker with a perfectly white face staggering toward shelter, Kinging him up on the telephone, the captain cried “What has happened? Are you badly hurt?” “No, alr; but Thad a bucket of white wash between my legs painung the tar | get, and you put a bullet Into It and splashed It all over my fac Bnglish | Illustrated Magazine. ) soon up w@ ’ By H. Couitaus) 000000000000 0000000000000 00000000000000000]00000000000 TODOHDHGHDDOGDHY CYSOQOOHOe Di “put I guess I'm far enough from home to take a few chances." Quite Placed some of the caviar in his mo! j, Like it: {ngs and architecture I wouldn't trad four State insane asylum for the worst | he rutned ruin {n Europe—not for hygiene | {and real comfort."* | “And your people?” 4 ‘The dest on earth | folks are nelghbors I Horace rattled his paper sharply and alr “I wonder 3 ney, your hol Why, sir, for public butld- | orders. pletely in the States as here. - CHAPTER IX. Recognized! IE Ge slowly and hesitatingly & vacant and pa n. The latter sm look upon the Ge: Why, out my way as frankly enjo conversation erisma, and w nake this iong } Instead of spon yt “You do not like !t? Tan Here! the sorry glapced angrily at tho disturber of his quan: harmony. The German we “But you have no objected, and Daniel s on. Mar lano qu ene filled who se a glass and! ed It eager: lel e class," he ed AO DAO ght inthe) We've got a pretty good-sized colored | Pike looked up tn astonishment chatr and exnt distress, Then | population,” he replied “Holiday, Why, T never even! he quickly seized another forkful of the |, time to go to Niagara Falls, I'm } MUCHAS ‘ The German lifted his hand protest. 1" 10 BoM) “But I thought you did not tke the | “8! Ethel, who wae I mean no artstocracy—no great old and earls an chamber and I don and “T guess hat's right," went on Dantel, ery reflectively Talk about things to Wants our tr drink! Harvest time and the women. ‘0 #0W @nergy enough to steal It sinaa folks comin from the house with q 1 Wonder a man like you doe: f twoesall 1x fee-cold buttermilk. State” Horace s convuigwely, and “Bravo!” cried Von Grollerhagen, Po Von G ¢d eo Haweastle t y gesture to Horace. I ved nan does seem to be ra seat and i ua!" ¥ ago.” Pike answe Vrings 4 Aushed wlth poriifeaiion and la utcext qa P ; 1 that Tw ne able to eat wi “hen you do not like your city i . 0000 000000000000000 O) ODOT TDDDOOSHDHHSE : Booth Tarkington and Harty L, Wilson’s Great Love Romance of an American Knight. : POOBOHDOGDOVDOODIOOIDOCOODHOVOD CQHOHIDIOONS 960000000000000000% ’) | We rhould cut him ag com-!oome a mighty long ways to look atier| | |—her, and she—that {9, they—will prob ably want me to have supper wit! them.” \the other party and they sim “Do not trouble for m the German, “Your young peop have a villa?" y atared horror was closing fast armind By Clarence L. Cullen. O00 000000000 MAN laughs) ostentatiously tides up his den with her A rat) er own falr hands and sees that the coffee igrinediy | 1s made better, “r {t when he! Her hard-jawed, steely-eyed old i y realizes’ tabby friends croakingly advise the APU 4 middle- | prospective bride to “obtain the mas ee reat. | feTy at the outset and you'll never en downrignt lose it.” shis theory is based upon the presumption that the prospective malniy Iikes about | groom is an idiot. All too frequently with the ald of a taxteab js ANTE GNLEL? CONG MER ETA the theory is correct, When a man tnadvertently eatches his round to see her riding in dt. | ce how badly the piano and| Wife Practising different kinds of rav- ishing smiles before a looking glass he OO 00 000000000 200000. n makes most wo abed, at a woman 4 need dusting In the home of a in Who goes In keenly for the | can't help but wonder whether even her Higher and Nobler? occasional agreeableness {9 merely king mbout tdealism, spirituality | Phony. thoritative fig-| What No Man Can Understand: How | woman can pay 45 for @ hat that | looks like an inverted coal scuttle and | then, the same evening, be ornery enough to Jaw abusively at a cold-be- numbed washerwoman with four cldl- dren because she has made her bill $L75 instead of $1.66, No man, unless he's a grump, silt Jobject when his wife kitteniehly tries |on a pair of his trousers just to eee how they'll look on her, Time enough to get busy with the grouch when she attempts to keep them on, When you see her kiss and hug her departing female caller, and then, when the caller has gone, turn to you with a like, recent a ures show that the average woman con- sumes one-fifth mor yun the aver- ie man, But th stop them from s to a man’s heart stomach.” Psychological Query:—Why ts it that a man usually is reticent as to his physical ailments, whereas the average woman is loquacious about hers? If the ducking stool were to be revived as a puntsliment fér common scolds, we | know sotne neighborhoods where there'd [Uo a lot of perennially wet women | The man whom y wife Is always nd suc les through his riot exan holding up to you as a su wry d say, ank Heaven, she’ generally is an Invertebrate male who | gone!’ doesn't It sort of get you to Is perpetually apologt: toa hate guessing? faced spouse for things that he hasn't] Women are keenly Interested dn read- dent ing about the presentations at court, emicet vennp | beCHUSE there's never any telling, you A borax-hauling burro of the desert | know. They might, some time, Haven't, has it fe ways on the gelatine spined | stranger things happened? Why is it that.a woman who can't oa ho, after committing indis- i Hped who, after commits IMS | ra tnore than $13.98 for a dress always eretions with his eyes wide open, 01808 | peging, when shopping for It, by looking about them to his wife through what) at costumes that cost about two hun- dred and a quarter aplece? Plenty of ingenuous women of fif- (ty or so have a quaint haut of imag: ining how magnificent they'd look in he calls a stricke When a man, after a hot flare-up, dis- covers upon cooling out that he's wrong conscience, lhe skates to the centre and tells his | ite wo. When she's dead wrong she |gotens worn by young women $f admit it but she Mtwenty: five or so. words, fuses to ie Ty MY “CYCLE OF READING.” | By Count Tolstoy. Transiatea by Herman Bernstein (Copyrighted by Herman Bernstein.) ° Deeds of Man. MAR. | 12. ‘Who are you, disgusting and nasty woman) HE acts of the past determine the direction to be pursued by present life. This is what the Hine doos vall Karma, HE soul, having left the body, We desert land, aud there a ter! fore the uw?" asked the soul wandered In a cold and © Woman, depraved and ypeared ugly, re | you who look ugiler than the devil?’ | And the apparition replied “Lam y —Persian ur deeds. OUR deeds are your savior. ( Y Kindness, to be mereiful, to others, to have a pu truth at all times, to suppress an) vl himself ts in your deeds, To do deeds of , to peak kind words, to wish well t» keep on learning always, to epeak the to be patient and contented, to be friendly, modest, to respect age, to honor parents and teachers—all these are the friends of the good people and the enemies of wicked people. | Tol to gamble, to look upon women with Impure Intentions, to de | celve, to curse, to Wish Ill to one's neighbor, to be haughty, Idle, to slander, to be stingy, to be disrespectful, to be tmpudent, to be excited, to be revengeful, filthy, obstinate, env! vil to one's neighbor, to be superstitlous—all these are the friends of the wicked people and the enemies of the good people.—Persian Catechism. | eee iT esscutial point is not investigating the law, but tn doing deeds of kind- ness he Talmud oO": those people who are constantly creating hell are afratd of getting there, humble, m: 18, to do —eeeeeeeeee ' Luey Malory —_—oee can change that direction, — 1 (ATEVER the direction of the life in the past may have been, the Weecis of the present | May Manton’s Daily Fashions. Li simple little Wrae made on such lines as these, ls always prac tical and serviceable, It 1s adapted to wash- able materiale and wool fabrica, This one can be made with elther three-querter or long sleeves, and is sultadle for all seas sons of the year, The Plain straight skirt is simply gathered at {ts answered Pika, with a smile. upper edge and the te right here In this hotel.” smooth Atting body Horace, with fear lending wings to portion can de left bis scattered senses, gan to walk ke looked up. ‘d better ask," he sald, and ther ng Horace wei sprang to his feo toward the grove him: “Hey, there! Can you"— H stared as the young man, paying nc attention, proceeded on his way. F A his votce, xeuse me, son, 4 no to Martano, can As Horace tention he turned walter! Tell that speak to him!” at more on addressing {n't you an Amer- | Here, man T want to plain or trimmed to guilt the fancy, or can be made from plain material and embrol- dered by hand. Inthe illustration one of the pretty inexpensive printed wash fabrics is trimmed with collar and cuffs of plain, The quantity of ma- terial required for the medium size (10 years) Mariano aprang after the retreating fa 484 yards M4, 91-2 i yards 82, or 21-2 yards Pardon, m’sieu, the gentleman, he 4 Inches wide, with Oo speak to u a8 yard 7 for collar Horace w! ’ yf and bands. OTS aalen LCR rd | Pattern Ne. 0278 0 cut in sizes for girlie 4d Pik n Imly wit ene dage aie pat he pro: | of 6, t, 10 and 13 years ceeded qui etnlent ba ARCATA Girl's Plain Dress.—Pattern No. 6276, of age. erica Bp ET TOT (Ontinaelbvenuaraleates How Call at THE EVENING WORLD MAY MANTON FASHION iderowalt : é BUREAU, No 132 East Twenty-third street, or send by mail eh Her rar eandy ete to No. 132 West Twenty-seventh street. Send 10 cents in coin maaded! hi = Obtain { or stamps for each pattern ordered ° é ‘These IMPORTANT—Write your address plainly and always rales specify size waated, Add two cents for letter postage if in a genially, "A 1 Patterns, We ve continued)