The evening world. Newspaper, February 17, 1911, Page 17

New Pi; *The 12-Found Look’ Withers the Great God Success, BY CHARLES DARNTON. 3 © see "The Twelve-Pound Look” is to admire not only the art but f T courage of J. M. Barrie, With every reason to know himself what’ # means, he has dared to drive his pen through it and leave it fe fe worth to the phitistises who Ulindly wor: Moreover, he s ground to raise-a true sympathetic ery for fat) Bomething of the same spirit must have moved Miss Ethel Barry: the wh nds hi ret Uring out this fine, suman little play at the Empire Theatre, where {t follow “Allve-Sit-by-the-Mire." At any rate, the truth of “The Twe Sound Look rulrly shines {1 her eyes and 1s eniplasized tn her intelligent and admira acting. We hear a great deal about the 2 carry, but here is one that s in your ears, “The Twelve-Pound Look” fairly withers the great god ¢ worth a quarter of a million when you left me,” boasts Sir Ha former wife Kate, who finds herself in his house “messages” that plays are supp again as a teen years tell you what you're worth to n —just twelve pounds,” sho re * joins, With twet pounds she h saved as his wif she bougit a ter writing machit and cleared out When he ts furiou at seeing he again, she expla: she was sent the flouse by an agency without having been told the name of the owner. Ho ts about to be knighted, and with a walking stick for a sword he has been re- hearsing the cere- mony before his wife, whose spirit he has broken un- til she is no! ry more than a me suvservient figure with a face that seems part of her presentation gown. Kato sighs tn pity as sho looks at an earlier p! oe of her. Consumed with his own concelt, the blatant, coarse grained egoist ft ts his “greate ness in the face of Kate, who only emtles as one who ts glad to have es- Then his curlosity pulls him off his high horse a nd he asks caped from it all. her to tell him the name of the man with whom she bolted. He can hardl belleve his cars when she says there was no man, She s tired of !t all t his fat dinners, bedecked in fat Jewels; tired of his fat ra year she had planned to leave ne bought the machine which Matory letters and started fat talk, F ether twelve pounds er to answer his co! ening to got te brought with out to earn own livinge He listens to her story in amazement. Had hi: not always & inded her with people who were eminently successful? Oh, they were “and they made her Tong for an occastonal line that leaves its imprint om the heart: e 1 she 8 Failures keep mat . Wits a i ort to make him understand, she remarks, “If T were a husband, I Hd watch wife very carefully to see t i into he: But the shot that te “Do they door. AD a the husband, the first time that there are ra goes out. She knows the real has touc he between the eyes. In her lure—for the an who doesn't “get on" in the but som othe you see “Votes for In a wor best type of the modern Miss Harrymoro reads into the part. Her sincerity se of humor, which carries her bit tou ta up tion for the scene that took place when 8 » of his fat ds and Gira n ymore could easily tm- prove v t of set an actress a bad examp a play, 1 Mrs. Sam the 1 Seldom & she has every red As for wreate: Miss Barrymore, thers is no fixed nt pres its and le tomar, to ¢ Any great value. ness to retirn pres ne to do 80. gagement w shen, 1 eh FA ful ple of jewelry and b | t ho fe he gift AIAN 1 bie totter “2 Hedgevilie Dacneipi tas ; met ht i : Ho bble , i * 1» wal \ 1 I t ealied, Do it wh 1 ¥ hould the reas P the young girl the ¢t . i 4 » to have you call on her just s 1 tame, even If uo not take her bad company es of amusement, ua “4 b pied | HENDERSON ays that you A Cham, Wel? jicuia nat apemraunnte meen, GIRL who signs her letter “T. D." s u think he might have done A writes: | worse. “A certain young man has been| — paying me a reat deal of attention R, AND MRS, DIRKS w “1 to set. Howover, a few evenings ago he took Ue thelr case in a commonsense my chum home from church, Do you| wa think he should have done this?" as every right tol but the lawy ing out their own ideas, ‘The young man — take any ono he pleases home from women should alway's ehurch as long as he is not engage! to fore they speak ¢ would cou vou Jot more jn this world, Ran Good Let cannes. Do It! “2 By George McManus Copyright, 1911, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World), ‘ A New ARSENE # # @ LUPIN Story “The Blonde Lady” By Maurice LeBlanc GEORGE -WiLL YOU KEEP MY PARROT AT YOUR HOUSE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR ME 2 WHY CERTAINLY, MOTHER wiLt BE PLEASED ALSO ARE You COIN TO HELP ME? witte ‘OU GIVE MEA DOLLAR FoR Ley GEORGE al THE LAUNDRY’ port: and ted im down tn the captatn'a avy and exceptional ne ‘ drew, Ly * r? ast " “ C the ere tr , M > Ww 1 Mi i t % re eure d you y “lt nt kee § \ rn ta wt ie te As ¢ uN . Kidnap | COME TO SET MY BIRD, THANKS SO BYE TO THE CHAP TE R faved) v MUCH FOR Kidnappec TAKING CARE 8 and Lupin % at untereanca OF word. I repeat: J ¢ mer; and you must ( GEORGE ima ampton before ongwa® Se J in, turning * andor, Ww next year, in this world Rouen treet of h Us say an the hi Shears heard the And they rushed through ¢ engines of the Qua , 6 Seine and nly they were on the bank | tered the Channel. At that mot ‘ t the end of a small quay, Holmiock Shears lay sound asleep i al which lay a steam yacht, berth to which he was fastened } \ t oF and powerful ines, with down, r | - — black smoke curling up from her fun- . oe ee ae mama, | On th morning, the tent® | 12 car #topped. They had covered | tt last day of the war between th eer Up, |, Dpungred,mitga fp eye hgurss [Se Srek ns aqiieae parte P u | A man dresse A blue pea-jacket| “A decree of expulsion Jeame forward and touched his gold- |" r Cuthbert!}No. 9—-THE JOY RIDE. By Eleanor Schorer. ii ve Captain’ #atd pin. © mu my telegram?" ' By C arence 1. Culien tr the Hirondelle ready? S often as not it's Quite road 3 Pe . * | AX nastine nara time dodging Us!" | In that cam, Me, sheare ¢ 0° t | | CHAPTER VI. pants ip of « seated outside a he Second Arrestot Arsene t& Adversity 10 nother a ne. hesitated F | to separ meine pat haar fe ihat Lupin. ae | defant man, put ¢ coutd Interfere, he FY 8 o'clock on Wednendag, looks Ww: | w “1, forced on board. and morning @ dosent pantechniaa ihc the bottom of the hold, con vans wi h beating led 2 followed Rue Crevaux fron pipes Lupin Into ty 4 cabin, nue du Rois de } lute on It was roomy, lossly clean and the Avenue Rougeaud, M. Fellx Day ae | y ightly with ‘arnished wains- Was leaving the fat which he occupied Procrastinat on nd gleaming brass. ; on ithe fourth floor of No 8. ‘sn't nervy enough Lupin closed the door and, without | And, by a sheer colncider ° to be the Th beating out the bush, sald to Shears, two gentlemen were not acgu Tika hah ok iirseee. tretally M. Dubreuil, the expert, who ha s My, Salad ual ay |mtrall ‘me exactly how much you) Knocked tnto one the fifth ‘Moor fat « 4 ordinary Panhan- | | new | No. 8 and the Meth-ttoor Mats of ty | Sis Gert | rythin two adjoining houses, had selected t | ne day on which to send off the @o verything? 1 want details." We often have to Compromise, but | Ula voice had lost the one of | oh a vinited dally by one oF Oth | We're never asked to Capitulate! | | Boliteness, tinged Ma! ire eet - s any fore in » se | | adopted toward the Englishman, In- h | ass | i A peculiarity. wil ove 7 7 ‘ stead, it rang with the imperious # is . Every time we've thought we'd Jcent of the master who ts accustomed the. nelghhonbood, reached the Jumping Off Place the| to command and accustomed to soo mento eve? a asa Engine gave another little snort or} every oF bow peters) bia WAH OVO eee ok thie fea OF two and kept right on going! | They eyed each other now from head | one of the men in 5 Z silts | Ito foot as enemies, declared and ed in the wine shops f abounves fg Every Ohamplon tn bis Class expects | passionate enemies, ail wae over by Mi o'clock f 5 be Ucked sooner or later—but ho eile at umed, With & fuoh et) Ti ited but thom piles whe ‘ nervousnel ce j doesn't root for the day! You have crossed my path, sir, on | #hd rags which are | Quite early in life we were handed nh one too many; and T y was a} that mossy maxim, “When you Me down { ting my time avoiding tt amart appearance, dre the | te with the dogs you get up with | you lay for me, I warn you, there ashion, but carrying a h hte, —but we required to own | that my conduct toward you will de-| cane which seemed to tr mba >) aver : ee | ne your answer. How much | t# ars no of its \ | oxi 1 know own He walked aw y and J nt that he has| Arse 1) his annoy- Which Intersects Avenue du Bots, “got your n r’ never by any chance} ance and jerked ¢ opp. Rue Perg e. Beside t knows his own! | 4 “Twill tell you what you know, You satay oman, n the costume yw that under name of Maxime of the lower middle class and ding P eats nd I % ¢ % ‘touched up’ fifteen her paper, while a child played with sea) The Man Who Owns Up never faits, | built by M. Destang spade in the sand beside her. | when he can, to Pay Up! Yer.” ently ix Davey sald to nail rks | . those fifteen houses you know n, without turning his head: ail It's only when you're ready to ac-| fo! animard Hill aii : | Yes." Went out at 9 o'clock this mornt knowledge to yourself that you're a “and you have @ lat of the eleven | rats ney j ‘sed-to-Was that you are one! others." } e Headquarters.” ” We'd Uke to have One “You made out the Met at M. Dess) >) . ery wr we know of that's tank last night, no do » telegram last night?" batt and that ow is salling ¢t Yoo." phate “And, as you presume they still trust you at the house 1a j trut $ ! no They may Can You, but it's up to No you 1| ait 4 it Pavittond9y ; you whether they're going to Sulde ; mt ; iz k. r eae e, 4 » long as : ae * re - : In 4 lg ahh r to. Hotmto r wn 1 Vy t 1 } 4 1 » F vu ARAAAARAARARARRAARAAIE OAL AAR AA ol 1 3 ¢ G ooness” Does Not Mean| py 3 yee ; 1) By Ethelyn Huston e ce of ‘lim ae sees nem 8nann his wannnne a mwrrnew ibe oe € oo 1p ste t : : ‘nsw 4 1 1 , . t " t 1 1 é ¥ > ‘ aM. © " ; we 1 t All clearod ; f THE EXPEDITIONS RESU \ xoon sa i s by p - : t } she falls in luy nd-to chang: eo mela. riaen a uv u t bp . 1088 60 up a- riven d ‘ Stabe ng him, bound his legs togetbe: (To Re Continued.) ne: 4