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BAFFLED BY SHARP EVE OF LAWYER “There Is Only the Ameri- | can Child-Woman, and | I Take Off My Hat to: Her,” Explains Kron- strand, Swedish Artist. | Former Prosecutor Exposes “Seaman” and Three Pals by Aid of Rogues’ Gallery. |‘‘She Has the Face and Figure of 18 Years and the Dignity of 40; There Is Really No Period of | Girlhood in America.” | poe “re HAD NEARLY WON SUIT. Dramatic Denouement Turns Jury From Verdict for “There is positively no such thing as} the American Girl.” | Mr. Brov Kronstrand settled back tn y cha placing the tips of fingers together looked as ing and utterly Moning blow “Belt Line” Railroad. sw tie his arti Witness ax the tide in a suit for a the Central Park, North or Railroad ¢ y vor of a fourteen-year-old boy and closed a court «cene as sensatt trayed on the sta, Justice Glegerich's Court Louis Frits ault against the “elt 11 Iuries” rece back and} Jured b & truck owned 1 ing ‘him to the st ad lawyer conely fense by placing on the Nesses—young men, who s members of the “Amax Fleventh avenue social Witness sq ing fr Mand as a May mo he had dealt, Kronstrand is a Swedish portrait ter of international reputation, and r pretty thoroughly painting the rowned heads of Europe has come bal America to paint the portraits of wom- nd diplomatic circles. Ht ly painted a beautiful portrait | lady in the land, Mrm Tatt. | y firm in my opinion | there is no such thing as the much | alked of American girl,” he continued. | If there 1s, she has been kept in the nee I have been here and I ae against st Rive in nal as ai was told por- a schoolboy, broug! a not had one peep at her. ¢ American girl is always a wom- that 4s why I make the statement hat seems shocking. As far as I have Each Observed, from her days tn the nursery until #he is a mother she is a woman by instinct and manner, aati An Expression That Sticks, of the lad. ‘This,| “Why, I have seen small children tn J, indicated the|this country older in manner and ex- | pression than young women of elghteen jand twenty in some other Countries. |'They have a sophisticated expression | und when former | Of e¥¢8 and fc — that comes to them | ‘Thomas R. | long before they know realy anything fit for $100,090 | #¥0ut the world, and this expression ; Pacific Raj}. | 8498 with them through life. road for injuries received in Denver in| “I Can't say that I dislike this child-| where that women are employed wit 18, walked into the courtroom to wait| Woman of yours at all; in fact she 1s | men. for his case to be called next on the|Very lovable and charming, but why| “Early in life they have recetved a busi- Prosecutor Recognized Witness. A witness who said he was James ilender, |call her an American giri? Call her a| ness education and have been impressed Rice studied the face of the witness, | Woman always, and you will be paying | with the necessity of earning a living The more he scrutinized him the more| her intelligence a great compliment. | and becoming self-supporting, Here you certain he became he knew him, Step-| ‘You see, here the children are brought | have the child woman again, and often| | ping over to Ralph Gillette, attorney | UP in euch close association with their|the girl doing the work of a grown for the boy, who was cross-examining|¢Mers that they lose their baby man-| woman with a calm dignity that one in an effort to break down the solid | ners before they leave the nursery. They | could scarcely believe possible for one j testimony of the witness and the three|have their teas and matinee parties, |of her years, companions who had preceded him,| their fads and games; they are permit- A Period Is Skipped. } 1, gets ted to exercise their fancies in the « “It 1s this early forcing of thought, ee eeee. wee witness | fection of clothes, and are conmulted vf responsibility, that makes this girl “@etainty, he's Mr. James Seamon,''|Sarding their food. The very first of lwho must work for a living a woman, ; their early days are; frought with a I believe there is a period in the lives Brief, at Rice's request, Gillette out-| knowledge of business and social af-|o¢ the women of America that 1s lined the case. The lawyers whispered | fairs, because such things are talked be-| skipped. That 1s the period of transt- & few seconds, when Gillette turned on| fore them, and I am utterly astounded | tion from the absolutely care free mind the man on the stand. ter ile here, | {2 Near the wise remarks of very young | of the child and girl to the broadened ke ee eee |firls on matters concerning state and | mind of the woman, It is this period || The witness glared furiously at Gil- | P¥siness. which might stamp them as American Jette, but squirmed uneastly in his seat Mind Develops Early. girls that many of the artists try to _Me kept up a bold front and stoutly| “All of this develops the mind at an | portray. Genied that he had perjured himeeit. age. The child realizes that she| “There {s another thing tn all classes! | Didn't “Remember” Prison Terms. a certain amount of responsibility. |1n America that tends to develop the Europeah child rarely en- | child into a woman, that is her absolute you know thjs gentleman, do you|This t! counters for that reason, in Europe | freedom with the other sex, Here the w him before; no, sir.” We may have the Parisian Gil or the |chaperon is becoming a thing of the r him sending you! pngtish Girl past; the young people of America will! ory and later to! “sno jook at the young people of social | not tolerate the old custom. Their free- inven out of hia ‘circles in the United Stat: is to be | dom of speech and a tion develops them | His face was livid with rage, The| confounded, One cannot tell at first | toa wonderful degree. Young women and | leaned forward in their seats.,| what he thinks; he sees an absolutely | young men meet each other as freely as "Seamon” was led through a rigorous | new and wonderful creature, In years | do thelr elders, and they have developed | questions. THe was taken back ovel she is a girl; in manner, knowledge, | so good a sense of the proprieties of life his direct testimony and in reply he con- carriage and address she is a woman. | that they do not take advantage of this Micted his previous statements. He final. |.” p oy - 1 y in foreign lands Ty became, so confused that his replies | YoU cannot treat her as you would a|condition as many ri Sora, dalibe: licted, but he| young woman of the other side, | would do. nel that demands more courtesy, more for: They Understand Men. playing w t e is the woman of forty in| ‘In this manner your young girls be- te called to and the girl of eight nf y to understand men that ken with utterly as- ce, She is always a worn by their wise and staid opin- young | Sh ure never a gir! in up to Pollce Headquarters with |tounded m _fibpoenas and bring “me ANE) ernen take the other grades of iife. |ions, and one could see that their opin. | | Roan aml his thres companions!” | Look in your stores, your offices, every- tons were formed from experience and | “Seamon” grinned savi at GU nd Rice. He | t ard the | tors’ chairs and found | Ipped from the cc | entered t e Save the Babies. eat MORTALITY is something frightful. We can hardly realize that | | of all the children born in civilized countries, twenty-two per cent., or nearly one-quarter, die before they reach one year; thirty-seven | he | percent., or more than one-third, before they are five, and one-half before | | the minutes of the! they are "fifteen! | We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Castoria would save 2 majority of Ging vhsaed lives, ether do we heaitate to say that Day | of these infantile deaths are ocensioned by the use of narcotic preparations, BLAMES JEALOUS SUITOR Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups sold for children’s complaints contain FOR INCENDIARY BLAZE, | more ‘or less opium or morphine, They are, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons, In any quantity, they stupefy, retard circulation and lead Door % congestions, ‘sickness, death, Castoria operates exactly the reverse, but OO You must see that it bears the signature of Chas, H. Fletcher. Castoris, | causes the blood to circulate préperly, opens the pores of the skin and allays fever. " ' Genuino Castoria always bears the signataro of ox Sh ithine five-story Ke at 6.90 o'clock this és wns = — : : Why You Will Like | photos the verdict in fa has placed be Fire Set Outside Woman's in a Sixth Ave Apartment. smoke. Bhe ran to open the hall door,and the @oor knob was so hot it blistered her hand. She ran out another way and tn the street found Policeman Berdict They returned and found some one had piled a bundle of newspapers against i; the door and set fire to tt. The door ‘ a | and wainscoting were blazing, but tho oO e roor ose policeman put out the fire. Miss Bescta | f two e wave to attributes the fire to men, whose names * tectives. EPR -" inneneiey ainatevr brand can begin to compare with it, A New ARSENE ‘LUPIN Story. It is soft, stylish and bedutiflly woven, We use the finest yarns we can buy—Lgypt 1 osting aa averse of See them today at a store Inyourneigh- bor way to know }/f the genuine isto | ANew ARSENE) pound, ‘Tho yarn is 3 for this trade LUPIN story, by | toes—very pliable and lighter as r common kinds, ‘The hose can therefore be made Maurice Le Blane, will begin In to-morrow's Even- ing World, It! thinner and finer, Common guaranteed hose must be coarse in comparison in order to be of equal strength, “Holeproof” have all the advantages that cotton lose can possess, P. HOLEPROOF HOSIERY CO, Ley 's @ Blonde! * 701 Fourth Stroet Milwaukeo, Wie. Lady" and con Taagioo ReweGer Ded. Cy of Menton, agente tor Mestoas hapeblin tains the most FA Liss | exelting and mys- I terlous of the French “thief genius fio eproo osiery veltalstiese adventures. It !s a story you have ho MEN Wom! CHILOREN right bi miss. THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, CROOKASWITNESS. No “American Girl” Type, pe, Says Painter ot Mrs. Taft’s Portrait ree on — oo a JANUARY 26, 191 not by mere girlish romantlo ideas, “Such conditions have taken away the ideas of girlish romance that dwell in the minds of young girls of other lands. | The man Js a real man to the American He is not @ shining ereat big brothers than anything else; they don't exactly lean on them, but | they expect them to be there to be| leaned upon in case of necessity. ‘That is & reasoning of a woman, not of a sir. “They are all lovely, these women of yours, ‘They have « certain regality | about them that for a Court for | expression; they would shine in a Court perfectly, and I tafe off my hat to the American child woman.” -——_— SHOOTS SELF AFTER SPAT. | Carl Stzuelt, a cabinet maker of No. 206 Seventh avenue, Astoria, committed | suictte last night by shooting himself in the head after a quarol with his wife which ended by her leaving the house to spend the night wicn a niece, Stauelt and his wife lived in one of two small houses which he owned. They | were well off. When Mrs. Stauelt re- | turned to-day she found her husband | | eitting dead in a kitchen chair, with «| | revolver on the floor beside him. | This Home-Made Cough Syrup Will Surprise You Btope Even Whooping Cough Quiokly. A Family Supply at Smal! Cost. Here ia a homemade remedy that takes hold ot | cough instantly and will usually cure the mm: hours, This ree & Whole family, ¥. 50, | Mik one pint of granulated sugar with halt pint ot warm water and stir two, minutes. Put uname of Pipex. fifty cent’ worth) tna vit | hottie and add the Sugar Syrup. This keeps p Toctiy and hes & pleasent. taste children hte. | Hracpe up the vauetite, and ts slightly laxative, | he nal atk ou of thos who must economize. nothing bet is he prompt results from. this inexpensive remedy have Friends for ft in thousands of homes in the United Sates and Canada, which explains wy the plan hes teen imitated’ often, but never sucwoadull iquarantes of abwnlute satisfaction oF money . Your It not, | profit by it. |"""No Extra ( i ertisements for ‘The World may be la ye nme fpitrict Mewsenger Ottice In ahs SY anu oP. Mt ch hy, ifaau, sre Store Opens at 8:30 and Closes at 6 P. M. Announcement of a New Price Classification on Men’s Suits In the Basement Clothing Store Now There Are Only Two Prices— $10.50 and 413.50 This readjustment applies to every suit of winter-weight clothing in the Base- ment Store—black and blue as well as all fancy fabrics. All over New York City trashy suits are being offered at “reduced” on“‘marked down” prices that are higher than we have been ch course of business, for ALL-WOOL, WELL-TAILORED suits. We have proved to our own satisfaction, and to the satisfaction of thousands of men, that dependable and correct clothes can be sold at prices within easy reach Now we will prove that it is unnecessary to carry any of these suits over. We begin early enough, with a stock large enough, so a great many men will Just two prices now—$10.80 and $13.50. Basement, JOHN WANAMAKER Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co., Broadway, Fourth avenue, Eighth to Tenth street. arging all winter, in the regular sement, New Building. Charge Accounts and Deposit Charge Accounts Will Be Continued by the New Greenhut-Siegel Cooper Company Just Nine Days More of Our Geat CLOSING OUT SALE EveryDepartment inthe Storeis Included--- Dry Goods and Ready-to-Wear Apparel of the Better Grades-—- Extraordinary Bargains--- The Prudent Shopper’ s Greatest Money- Saving Opportunity in a Decade. Do not under any circumstances miss it--- And do not wait until the last few, crowded days. On Saturday Evening, February 4th--- the doors of this building will be temporarily closed for rearrangement of space and fixtures to suit the new Home-Fitting Building of the new organization—the Greenhut-Siegel Cooper Co. 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