The evening world. Newspaper, December 6, 1911, Page 23

“The Marionettes”’ ; a Toy Play for Nazimova. BY CHARLES DARNTON. NYWAY the long-suffering heroine waen't driven out into the snow that lay deep and demp at the door of the Lyceum Theatre Inst night. Chilled | ‘as ehe was by ihe coldness of her hustand she did not hesitate to take off @ Orim, mouse-colored dress that enabled her to keep her health if not her happiness in the first act and put on| filmy, low-cut ‘creations’ conducive to love, lumbago and throat trouble, «An this was well for her—very well, indeed For he no sooner saw her exposed to the night air than he warmed toward h urned, in truth, with love that had survived an early frost. To muffie up and come away from a play like ‘The Marionettes” was to/ wonder why simple tales are sometimes told in four acts. In looking for the moral St was impossible to overlook the dressmaker. We were reminded that the | heart that throbs In vain {8 the one that} ts kept too much under cover. Give it an opening and {t beats in triumph. The dressmaker knows! She lets noth- ing stand tn its way. By cutting away @ little here and a little more there she makes the way to the heart as plain as day. She is “on to” her job, Incidentally 1t should be mentioned Nazimova as Marquise de Monclars. that the dressmaker's art was backed up last night by that of Mme. (Nazimova. Alla should be praised, perhaps, though it must be confessed that she has don ‘infinitely better things in her compara- tively brief time on what is politely Called the English-speaking stage. In fer the greatest comptiment that can * paid her at the present moment Is *€@ say that she {s thrown away upon “The Marionettes,” for in this play Pierre Wolff has done iittle more than PYM a few well-worn strings. It never s@ hed more than a toy play for Nazi- ) only thing worth watching in the shly French affair was the fa ie star. Her shrinking entrance at- tra jed the eye to a crack in the door. Bh was so shy that a mouse-trap vq Min't have been out of place on the wiz ss Frank Gillmore S’Matte Takes a Chance. was in the afternoon, only a few hours be fore the time set for the big reception giren by the President and Mrs, Taft in honor of | 2. 3. their silter wedding, ast look at a sky flecked with clonds, sought | Out the President, and gave voice to this seyml. | chral_ statement: " resident, it's going to rain to-night 1 think we had better abandon the plan to have the reception on the lawn, Willis Moore, tT, Pop? Copyright, 1911, ty The Preas Publishing Oa (The New York World), ~ MA.CAN ] HAVE i By C. “The Evening World Daily Woegasine, W ednerdey. December M. Payne as HERSEL But this w For most people hands find tt WEL it off—and get bus But this eirl {eeeded to call and umber, num! It did not concer the ter, Is telephonitis she ® everybody's time of the vietims out out had to pra | operat | So times without to her there wa she wou ber mm Some Good Stories the X a wet and bitt now that she was from the country, t it was a bit overdone, There seemed) good reason why Paris should fright-| her so terribly. For a marquise she had such a strange manner that she | The Two-Gun Man & “It Willis Moore says there's only ame chance ) w @ biggest financial institution, the bigge* fo a hundred,” said the President, “I prefer to | divitend payer, and the biggest gold’ mine at on that one, on with the preparations He could build ve in your mind the the lawn pasts “ay son spent on earth wax time It didn't rain @ drop,—Dopular Mag convines you that the Charles D, Hilles, taking | artne, ut? iil eas or Wi i thhe we Hing tor ‘thea, ihe Made Beautiful. or walt and Marquis de — | chief of the Weather Buren, has just telephoned ne Of lila friendly dexeibed ight im winter old Dr She kept close fe ‘alt be Manelape. 4 me that there isn't one chauce in a hundred for | was suimmoued from his anne home to at dat her speeches. is was done dear weather to-night, the grave | tend a farmer threatene? with pneumon) Tie Carmer's wife, a little wo ted tl ware: of the Day A bint, reper ti, but jor ef resembling & at eatled for | © doctoi tthe RE is a that ving it Dr, Braid, Make it 1 a . atrong and hot, and let me | ®! ba | to present hand. eclal favor, ¢ | The Iittle woman soon Muttered in with the al Double-Action Prescription. | The doctor took it trom her! whom necessity ft, smelled it, then drank tt atmas presen is Lips in eri atisfact husband one ypencott’ Conyright NCE upon a time there wae a girl with an affiiction, was TRLEPHONITIS, no tin she hook, shall and query but rather TIME eon treated tt cordingly. She had unlimit: 6. 1919 Fables of “ Everyday Folks By Sophie Irene Loeb 1911, by The Prose Publishing o, (The New York World). The aMiction receiver In hand (# worth two in the Her constant was, “Whom Teall next?’ She did not con- sider the telephone A line to tke her more—and mor an inatrument ot} But Instead of letting him find the line CONVENIENCE, | of jeast resistance to HER, sought PAS. rivance, ed service and she served It to the limtt—plus all very well aa long Party on the came wire of IDE with GnTy WOULDN'T. Tt wae a case ‘« kot a num- ner, Who’ n her Ww other end had to do She kept up an evertasting hat W, talk Is cheap, but cheap talk | have a and day, demanding usurious Interest, ‘ wished that her |W!!! not br ofte numbe eet lways nd per pad ts foreciowed ev con to confine home-made are it was snot ATAVAYS the case. | time on 1 thetr and so shake She pro- at the party when she mortgage on | Sev affilctton, lke the appendix, might be But no such luck 4 with their own surgteal And they }Jos |ring® spoils the b “NOT IN," But yet she continued. It made no difference if she.called ap to be “called down.” There was no tune so us as the Unkle of a bell, Now it came to pass, in the course of everyday folks, that she became enam- of a youth. The youth had a g00@ oure fov. He knew Job, it, The youth LIKED the He ALSO liked the gin and w the line of GREATEST resistance to hie work—the telephone line, For Instance, #he would call up and tell him it was not raining, as he had predicted the night before. She argued that one good ring de served ANOTHER KIND, The employer argued that TOO MANY sinesa broth, argued—sumMetent unto is the telephone; thereof. The THAT youth rt |For, to make a long story short, he LOST hls job. Th The youth began to think, girl lost the YUUTH. He won- dered—if this was a trial BBFORE taking him, what would (t be afterword? He hy ed. He knew that he who hesitates Is bossed, And so he went hie way; whieh, by the way, was not along HER route. Hin tine became a DEAD wire to, het | The REAL REASON of ft all came in @ | wireless way to her She reallzed that you may give a man MANY r on the telephone, Gut It «the ONE engagement ries ph | fu return, Also that there is @ time to t but—TELOPHONITIS 18 THE OF TIME, cutting HER out even though e without num | “ with the response STRINGS! Christmas Shoppers. value ate " I aeeeaeee g present made by the| they can get @ breakfast cap » thin stimulates many gifts to thote In} carrk large class #9 cents, crossbar tyete | Cents and large coat collars at % cents. who embroider have a wide BUSINESS WIRES MUST | MORAL CONNECTED WITH HEART NOT BE s}range of material to select from, Ia fine white linen, appropriately nee \t a tle rack at 60 cents, @ baby cover at $1.2, or @ pillow at pron. at isyand 36 vents, Crocheted ornaments similar to ma- crame lace, with fringe attached, are now much used for adorning thé tops of linen pillows. ‘They are 7 cents, ‘The woman who crochets will appre- clate the frame for winding wool. It can be set down anywhere and dees away with the irksome task of holting the skein and also obviates the agera- really over-accentnated the point she ant a wan making | ‘ = ati parle, oh A ROREXANBITA OH. ‘At the same time this clever actress; 1 i ca : ¥ o ~ . . rey an ‘ ‘a fai) wi pee @i@_ not. miss the important point of| ‘COPTIEM. 1911,.)y she Outing Publishing he suddenly exclaimed, hilarity in his) apart with some metal like object and leaning back, his gaze on the slate-biue her voice, aw she he rose and went to the door, throw h naeereven ete 4 pol es laying comedy as. though {t . were} volce. “He run plum into that reptile; | pouring something down his throat. -Heyof the sky, She stil worked at the foot,] “You can't die here all, night,’ she] ing {t open and standing on the tnres| uch lovely sweal ni = piay Teddlaa sagt whey page fi XOPSIS OF PR ine cHaprers, | ttied to walk on him with @ bare foot.” | choked a owed, aly trying| fastening the bandage; he could feel her] said. “You would be worse dn the morn- | hold ents for a half-oimce ball. It oan tragedy. She never a ian | te eat crea 8 cymbos ont of 4 gob | The laugh was checked as suddenly to brus @ object. fingers as they passed Ughtly over it-ting, Ana tele \mgoesibie for you. to standing near the table, a) 88d In black, white and ebinchilie, A @ to forget that here was @ woman te known a4 "Veugin man’ fium the ft Cat |i had come and a grim quality entered| “You're » deuce of a enake,”” he said,| Ie did not move, feeling a deep con- thevel Cochlehtc. Joke bine, ta: hale ¢Ou see ese hand, ter eyes R004 combination ts to use the Jatter nestly, even desperately, trying 9) the frontier town ‘of Dry Bottom he his voice. savagely. Then the world blurred dizzily | tentment to get est he house ean lean . as she saw him |for the body of the garment and ¢he win the tove of a maf who had mar-| 4, cack mar tracts. the : “Boe Ferguson wasn't no tenderfoot~|and@ Be drifted into oblivion. Presently she arosa-placed the foot| your weight Ht pois hn Mth “Oh!"+‘she exclaimed vou ave very| black or white for trimmings. Fled her simply to sfease his mother. ROS TaRVINCOnrINnE, By sueniney asl cited Bnd and euteted the house.|” Te struggled to an upright position | much better!” Stencil outfits afford great possibilities told her quite \ that H ving, ee -F jas y ith closed ey a i f ond y gchdadatbe ha eee wecies she] grit apble for work.” Th He yode on a little way and, aw he ene A “Different Girl. In the house. He lay there w long time, | fave eet eenid ot crushing her could| Feturned. “I cert'nly wouldn't have| range tas Oemii otal prrsih - rn event. Agy ‘ ed | On Ms way to the a ing 4 rational gleam : Gm HMGUSCN hed co meens of (and when ho epened ble oven again Be | ce mace Goer miue ih ce deci nor od: | heen Coals! noyi@ling it Seen'T. war) a8 coe ences Very acnalbly wiped her eves 0 Topened | san te"hiten iy “rattle | knowing how long he was|knew that he must have been asleep, for| vice. Me got to hje uninjured foot and | You when I did.” thi: bat te erty ; ing hers ° y | Search of inedleal aid. . he mu r ot to his a site 4 itis eeu ascinge vot nis ie find euch assistance he must Rhenkd unconscious, but when he the night hed |< me and 8 oie Zellow began to hop toward the door, but she ae is pi agora bot down ena) riper rig ior 5 ceennnaaal y and exc 4 . - Pott bp? awoke the sun hed gone z fray e, o a ide him instantly. protesting. ober ely, al j nd admiration. CHAPTER III. Rabel ware of | @y down’ and the darkening (MM% Turning hts head slightly, he au he commanded firmly. tt] “You were in very bad shape when/ will give directions and valuable eug- ‘This old theatrical trick had not! (Continued) mation; aw nim; Neard an RSI; Sisasws had etolen do the tlearing | ie meron of one of the rooms of the dy that It will be the worse for] you came,” she admitted, “There waa ges to purchasers, Thin outfit enn " res ; i aw y € of} . =the kitchen, for he saw ve |? 4 , " me 108 | be had fror but Nazimova to make it Interest The Cabih in the Fl @ woman ielitna-on a. anal bo |near the cabin. He stil! sat in thy ohair|and some kett! or he saw a stove! you, Put your hand on my shoulger:”|® time when 1 thought my remediee/be had from @ cents to $1.0, e e Flat. 7 1 kettles and pans hanging on would not pull you through: ‘Th She turned it to good account by show-| A 5 Sareea LR CEL eretak cha eoe|on the‘ porch. He arlad 46° HOt fla tas|| (rte Well aed. eer che ieee eebin | 2n the Garkneas fe ould esbihet oven! WOTT Th Aka ett come Ave uniguteel ce hte, Miieeace rent ana Oia ing that she could be two women In Toe anes Laas F . ey oh tnt, atariding onthe ¢dee of the |Jured foot ea dound 40 Gis qurpride |Over which wae spreadia clots. | eeu, with nation, and 2 bey Regis ad you come five minutes) 6 4912 calendars at 2% cents, hand the same evening without so much as sh ama Se jooking at hi | Gin ator nvalight eeettied'éo be on ity A small kerosene lamp stood in the] (ut further abjection M atth f Tt ply to make to this, ana] Mirrors at $1, candle heldere..Ab beg straining her shoulder straps. To & at Fedched “his” flushed miled, bowing low to her over his| He strugsied to an. prect ponition, {Centre of the table, tte rays glimmer. | H&htly on her shouwer, pe et plies ia wie ( Aiconts, desk pad corners at 10 cents, Ze : | ‘ave pony's mane, *|ing weakly through the window. 1fe{ "et they made thei: way through candle shedes at 15 cents and panels in wo Nazimovas for a single price of | Nir aed i i ob, Sa L looking down. His foot had been band. | Ine ugh the window bor ané Into the cabin. Into a arranged shes oe Mey nave appeaied to her ade | vega t Teckon I'm done." hel “I shot him, mavam,” he sald mavely: laged, and the welsht that he Imd raised one hand and passed 1 0Ver ai ee eee ee ane nvatted, blink vited him to-sit at the table, (Indian and other subjects at 18 cents. 2 on 88! Can't even hit a rattler no| “but he ain't goin’ to die till sundown. : forehead re was still some fever, sh He needed no second invitation, for, Pyrographle outfits are another meaf0™ nirers as a great bargain. She posed on | Aue: 7 “| thought «was upon it was not a weight ha at the light and undecided, But ahe ; Doce cclte veauiitully antaat Atl ther Gah onh oe enn onl eearupatio cum | is ama tid EO EY nde OF a, noua qrotan, | be cs Connor, wou ten When i ed tin toward another door, |8¢ bad been twenty-four hours without | for making pretty gifts, and exqut » wat other one." 0 him 3 vo oman. | he ha ened the f e ptly aE nts | food e had Httle excuse to come 1 the piano just to show that she could} 4 delirious "lehe. Gaaned suddenly tn]! yi? tt eald. “What is wrong?|] She sat on the porch floor, the in- Presen wats Milehe ciao ana| inte @ Foon containing a bed. &he led Nae of ite quadtree th snd datiloneuny nia iad ee make the most of herself, if not of! his eyes, and he seemed on the point] Who ts shot? Jured foot in ther tap, end ehe hac just | became aivare Of oome one wtending|bim to the bedalde and stood near him} TUM Oe in! tre ate in allence| Qantas end Jewel tudding with eatiate | of dismounting. “Why, the, snake, ma'am," he re-|fintstvat bandaging tt, Beside hor on|near him, He knew it was the girl, | #fter le had sunk down upon Wt. | i ang when he had finished he t rnea| marning. pr meretyry pee: z “Tl certainly smash you some!" 1 thickly, He slid down from his|¢he porch floor was a small black medi- even before si “You are to sleep here to-nigh fi . ; | work In to advantage in @ sort of Inle It must be admitted that the change | e h mall black medi | n before she spoke, for he had B patel porep te say pet ip *|away from the table to see the girt eer auenen ‘ordinary coun-|8® said, speaking to the snake, which | Pony and staggered to the edge of the|cine case, @ sponge, #ome vards of | caught the rustle of her dress, pets rb Fo eee aay dragging a rocking chair out upon tne | Patter i} Toctred girl might have found living |2@ could no longer see, “I ain't goln'| Porch, leaning against one of the slen-| white cloth, and @ tin wash basin par ‘Are you awake? questioned. | En) went out, returning {mn fely |poreh. She returned imme Vly, smile gf i Meee nara dop to tackle, |2°,,l¢¢, no Anake bite me an’ get away! der Qoats and hanging dissily en. Fou! siied with water. “Wity, yen, ma'an returned. Hel Sith ‘a amall bottia containing medi- | Mat him, ip to PRIS 8 TENT Nae eit Moura | With tte : see, ma'am, that rattler got Ferguson.| tie had a hazy recollection of the| turned to look at her, but in the dark- ate eeot feel worse during the|, Your chalr is ready,” she said. ‘t But of course we realized tha’ | But he now smiled guiltily, embar-| But Ferguson ain't reckonin’ on dyin’! young woman; he knew it qiuat have| Mess he could not’##% her face. $ I he dl sted) “you must take @ | (uink you 1 ter not exert your+ be an easy matter for Nazimova to eat | rassment shining in his eyes. tu sundown, He couldn't let no snake] heen sie that he had sean ‘he he had | “Do you feel like eating anything?" eee orem at bottle, Lf rou think | #ele very much to-day, j the Marquis at his own game. All)“ reckon that wasn't the snake that] #et the best of hm ridden up to the porch, He alto had a| Sh@ asked. | Spoonful €rom that pottte. ic neaitate | ,cWhy. mavam,” he expostulated, ‘'m | that she needed to start with Was a)! ‘erguson,” he said. ‘The one| He saw the woman start toward him, | slight remembrance of having spoken to| ,, He grinned ruefully tn the darkness. | tg call, 1 shall be tn the next room,’ feelin’ right w 1 reckon F could b Gazz neeted and, as you may im- that bit you dx back on the trail. He] felt her hands on his arms, helping htm | her, out what the words were he could | “l couldn't way that I'm exactly yearns); ‘started to volce hie thanks traveltin’ now. 1 a used to bein’ ing & ke Her n't goin’ to dio till sundown, Not till} up on the porch. Then he felt her} y "out int fon arub He reslimed: “encuah Ti © started >! ks, y fc, she didn’t stop at one, Tle Shisha at te z i not recall. Ie stretohed himself pain- . p “though Tl sie cut him suort with a laugh. “Good. | agine, 4 the way so beautl- sundown,” he repeated mechanically,| hands on his shoulders, felt them press-| fully, ‘The pained frightfully, and | Ain't done any eatin’ since mornin’, Ulqisut she raid. ‘Then she went out |.) don't think you are being ‘babled,’ ” dresemaker paved the wey we eeeith (Stents Ferguson ain't goin’ to dle| ing him down. He felt dimly that there! jis face felt hot and feverish wan na ratiler's bite conaldered | and cloned the door after he she returned, a trifle colli T don’t fully that the Marquis ti sundown,” was a chair under him and he sank into| woefully weak and his nerves were! to help @ man's appetite any.” | AAG OGRE ne CORN oa ng the | HUNK that T would waste any tite with By Belly Vi ‘ hie wife the momemt he saw her tn her! ite rode on, giving no attention to the| it, leaning back and stretching Mmself | tingling—but he was alive ioe Heatd har 1euah mot, NG. T piel cia acl cath ise Ine the | any one ff T thought it wasn't necessary, y Betty Vincen | t ight, and each t took a taste of the) new ton poi fetrrt liege Tbadehs paneled ig bre full length, A gure Mitted before! ‘The girl looked up)at hls movement. |nhe returned; "E wouldn't recommend ) mediciye In the be Hut shortly af. | 54M merely telling you to rematt tor ° Jf| and holding to the pommel of the saddle. | him and presently there was a sharp] tier Ips opefed and she hel yt” " 4 your own good, Of course, if you wish Frank Gilmore, after ridding himse!! | old px | IPs op d and she held up a} tec taldntight he fell into a heavy sleep, | ne Tare aftectations that marred his| His face was burning now, his hands| pain in his foot, wanning hand. Partsled kanin toldew hers butanuia! need not weaken until the | t2. disregard my advice vou may do #."| Should Girls Propose? atectnning, acted ax though | Were twitching and an unnatural gleam) He started out of the chair and was] “You are to be very qulet,"" she ad- (not, and #9 lie relaxed and turned bis | dewn had come He smiled with a frank embarrase- ork in the | EE et eae Maranis | "Ad,come into his eyes _| abruptly shoved back into it. Then the] moniehed. kaze on the sky, But presently he lay quiet for a long time, unti| Ment and imped toward the door, VeRY new @ were In love a | Ferguson got hooked by a@ rattler!’ | figure leaned over him, prying his Jaws He emiled weakly and obeyed ‘her, , felt her hand on hie shoulder, and then! he heard steps in the kitchen, and then (To Be Continued) and then Iscem a very.decent sort of chap aft M1. But it Arthur Lewis, as the faympathetic uncle of the Marquise, wio stood first by reason of the sincerity 4 simplicity of his performance. haries Balsar nursed a hopeless pas- fon with unusual self-control, and Miss Mate Meek, looking dectdedly formid- ole, dropped a few hard words on the oft heads of various nincompoops who parried out the !dea of marionettes, was all rather silly. IF ANYBODY GeTs Me ouT OF Tits Whispers. A handsome tong black silk coat worn at the recent Newport horse show was made up with the low aide fastening. The very wide flowing sleeves were edged with deep chenille and gold tin- sel fringe. The deep fichu collar of old gold velvet was trimmed with the same fringe. ‘There ts a strong helmet influence in 1 the small and medium sized shapes. ‘fashion decrees that crowns may be ther high or low, Extremely high ‘owns are much in evidence, but when uirrounded by the upright trimming ar- rangement now in vogue they are not At all so exaggerated as at first sup- ironed. Tailored suits of fur are being fea- tured by some smart dressmakers, “Chese are cut in narrow lines and the Jackets are quite short, giving the cos: tume a chic effect, SEAT WE'LL Have To. USE DYNAmITe Sammy and the Subw By ce Clare Victor Dwiggins ~ of some girt writes me, in per- fect earnestness, apparently, ad asks whether ehe may “Propose” to some young man. Emphaticelly net > —never—under NO & ciroumstances! ni From time im- memortal it has Deen the man's part to choose, the woman's to be chosen, at ast to all outward seeming. If there is any one thing the average young man, particularly the American young man, dislikes, it {s being court- ed, He Insists on taking the initte- tive, He ta not attracted, but actually disgusted when this privilege of his is usurped by a member ef the op- posite sex. Hyven leap year is no excuse for @ feminine proposal. |A Lovers’ Quarrel. | A MAN who eigna himself “R, @”* writes: ‘My flancee broke her engage ment to me mix months ago because of | misunderstanding, 1 find that I still | care for her, Do you thin I might ty | to regain her confidence?” Surely. She would very likely be @ta@ | of a reconciliation, Too Young. GIRL who signs heresit “A. G" A writes: i “Lam @fteen and my chum te seventeen. Do you think we are tee young to receive eti¢ntian from beye?”’ Yes, my dear, I do, Both e€ you ought to be busy with scheol-beekep end aketing. ’