The evening world. Newspaper, December 12, 1911, Page 23

we... PS By 3! i ND atill they come back! “Betsy” LA Ata “edy ty | her day, some two years ago. At that an old story. So it was placed on the s! Miss La Rue as Betsy. has contributed {s in excellent taste. It ,of “Bélng well-bred. The composer has , | adtgr dinner and “talked the thing over. eel ‘on \ Yorth working for if one happens to be science. chotus dancing in it to give it strength, Dut waltz number that could safely lyon ite own swing “and ® song in hieh the company fofned generally over the footlights to find any umber of enthusiastic friends waiting raise their hands !n applause, : «What I liked most’of all was the “When the lady ) ordered breakfast in musical te ferta'and when her reconciliation with ‘her’husdand was set to waltz measure, my* dense of humor refused to remain under control, I'll admit, but the per- fortitance as a whole appealed to me jas a musical play quite out of the ordifinry. / fee acting, too, | aufftise aside from’ the | Miia Rue, who atill has a great | | dedt’to learn trom some of her asgo- elates. While Robert Dempster was not qufte so uncouth as the beard he wore in Whe first act, he sang better tha thé édinary composer {8 capable of q dofg’ and acted with more than the usifa! ‘musical comedy Intelligence. To ] ad@ to the Interest of the performance : there was the lght,, clever touch of Hassard Short, who has the nimble art » titled Englishman for whose coronet » talked Uke a cockney one moment BPhere-was too much talk, “Bets; |S \ | { OME people enjoy scandal so much _athey will not listen to @ phono- graph unless it has @ bad record, To take the last offer of marriage that will come your way 1s merely jumping ata eonclusion. A’ tan will stand with his back to a 00d opportunity and watch, out of sight, one that has just gone by. ‘& Ben pecked husband is a home made ary — ‘Fee onty thing really hand to do is to Wp your mind that pothing is te do. ik are divided into two classes: thoge not worth considering. A he ammy and | fresh in the minds of people who go to the theatre that the play seemed like! n of mutual understanding. Of course the music had to be dragged in, /dut apparently care was taken not to drag it in by the heels. This is a secret of trade that only a few many discover, but it's worth knowing and also Tho charm of Mr. Johnstone's music was felt last night. There was no z Evening World Daily Magasine. the Subway; ‘the Quest of a Seat -atzitic wm Pw 12, Tuesday, December B; Clare Victor Dwiggins “BY CHARLES DARNTON. seomed strangely familiar from the first at the Herald Square Theatre last. night, but it was not until discovery | ef a songiess past seemed inevitable that whispers, dangliM@ fretful inter-| ) Fogation points, went round. And all the time there was the programme ready! tegtvean honest answer to any one who chose to look for It in the right place. lance “Betsy” could be identified as “An American Widow,” the com- . Kellett Chambers in which Mi! Grace Filkins had her hour, if not time “The Marriage of Kitty” was eo helt. But it was tcken down last night, | usted off with a musical hand and turned over to the tender mercies of Miss Grace La Rue. Everything considered, the comedy that we drove from our door in the terrible fall of 190 was mercifully treated last night. Mise La Rue rose to it with a volcq ‘it not & ‘comedy spirit such tt ¥ ave’ Gesetved, Her one great dimiculty was in keepin@® her voice down. It had a way of com- ing up and making more noise than Je that was trying to the eardrums. The high note was always deafening. It hurt, as we say when we clap our hands to our ears. But Miss La Rue has improved immensely since the firat day that Broadway saw her out of vaudeville. If she could only forget a large part of what she has learned In her strenuous two-a-day career she would be much better off. The wink and the kick should be left in the past, and the dance-step might be put away without any sense of loss. These things may count under certain conditions, but they count against “a comedy with music.” ‘The music that Alexander Johnstone is not only pleasing, but it has the alr evidently sat down with the author " ‘Throughout the pleco there is a sug- in the business that Broadway regards an agreeable / efforts of . Robert Dempster as Jasper Mallory. of polite comedy down to a fine point, Miss Juliette Lange both looked and seng well as the Irish-Itallan prime do: but she missed a good comedy point by not mixing a brogue with ‘her emotion, If this mistake had not been made there might have been roars of laughter to | gheer the play on its way. Miss Lavina Shannon lived up to her green dress as the Irish mother, though there really was no excuse for her good work. As the Betsy foolishly yearned, Alfred Deery sang like ® fairly good comedian the next. ahould have fess to say and more to sing. . Things Not Generally Known A sweet disposition is more precious than a pretty face, but she who has neither is a bankrupt, Just to keep in training, Cupla some- his arrows to kill the dove —_—-_— A WOMAN'S RIGHT. Bacon—My wife was very much put out to-day. » Egvert—What! Again? “Yes; she read about some disturb. ance in the newspaper where tt said that none but Pinkerton men were al- lowed within ceggain lines.” “Wellt" “She sald shq couldn't see why the Pinkerton women hadn't as much rig! ‘within the lines as the Pinkerton men,” “Yonkers Statesman, A Yaletide Query YOUNG man A ks me: “May I not give the girl to whom I am en- gaged a Christmas present of Jew- ary?” ‘ T can understand p> how you feel about 1t, as you tell me the girl has for a long time wanted the gift you have Betty Vincent in mind. You also say that you are to be married in a tow monthe, re But, truly, it isn't “nice” to. give Jewelry to any girl, unless you are engaged to her. And even then, not too much, This, of course, does not in- clude the engagement ring. Aside from that, however, you have no right to put valuable rings on her fingers S’Matter, Pop? or in her ears, or even a locket around her neck. There's a good reason back of the apparently arbitrary restriction. No self-respecting girl wishes to be under obligations to any young man for a costly gift. Not even if she is en- gaged to him, Degrees in Horse Trading. UDGE A. A. ADAMS of the Indiane Apptliate Court tel mtory of 8 man who was « good hore trader, but through lack of mathemati- eal education anadle to determine bis per cent, of profit, “This man,” relates Judge Adams, ‘mate a food trade and he was ansious to know his real per cent, of profit, so he consulted @ school teacher, “I bought @ hore the other day for $25 and eld it for $175; now, what was my per cent. of profitt’’ he asked the teacher, ‘ “ “Phat, lied the teacher, ‘was not profit; it was larceny.’ "—Indianapolis Star, Santy Silhouettes eke “Papa, |e there really a Santa Claus?” do you suppo: “Is there? Why e ’ I've had to hock my watch and cut out buying lunch for the past two weeks?” Copyright, 1911, by The Press Publishing Ce, (The New York World) pe By C. M. Payne WELL, DID MuvveRs CANDY LAMS SURPRISE PoP AT Hid OFFICE TODAY ? Instead of spending money, spend thought on your flancee’s Christmas and you will be sure to please her. The Apology, GIRL who signe herself “P. 5." writes: A “O “A girl friend of mine gave a sy The Day’s Good Stories Too Good a Job. Jndge Steinbrenner the Cleveland Plain NCE I held court im a little village,” related to un Dealer, “wher saya the bailiff was a itttle fellow, but very’ much expe: rienced, During the temion @ drunken man got into the court room and made a notse that took tr sh ( everous party, in a few minutes the you Oépyright, 1911, by The Press Publishing Un (The New York World), “How'll Santy come down the chimney. Papa, when we've only got} the dignity of the proceedings, enough to request the bailiff to remoye the I summoned the way “font “qa, make an acron 1 ‘an, Aren't stir ine oo waa, your iswered I've reside # MOROFr 8 sties 1 paused drunk got poider than bailiff, asked , "ut SANa steam radiators here?” “Well, if | can manage to buy $150 With of Christm. with the measly $7.50 I’ve got left | guess a itt! through a radiator needn't bother a party and asked my flance and some) friends of his. He knew I was to be present, but stayed away simply because hie friends did not want to go. Don't you think he owes me an apology?” Yes. Ho should prefer your company) to that of friends, Soctety and Business, A MAN who signs himmelf “A. K."" writes “Isn't It proper for @ young lady to accept fnvitations to the theatre from a young man working in the same office with her?" , Yes, {f she knows him well enough, and he {s not her employer. A Christmas Present. A MAN who s#tgné himself “P. 7." writes: “Ought I to give a Christmas Present to the par am going to marry?" ts of the girl I Tt is not necessary, unless you know them very well indeed, . By Joe Ryan presents tle stunt like crawling ta Claus.” | atinetive hatred “sores 4p (or i011, r wyright, fr a ing Pubiihing irr orers OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. h ta & cowdoy whose deadly marks mansity and hadat at caring 8, coupe of tent; em hare won him the tile of “Two-Gan 4 He bb hired by Stafford, manager of the Two. J} ragch, to [rack sown «Fim (ape whe devastating the Two Din: t mond herts, fensibly, aa way thither C i sister o Me at fatter’ *Permann nine Nove bat station npuewed to Know. the teal ew avian a mice at te Tro Diamon, ‘with Rope Jone, a fe it.” AL supper the night finvlovess Joke about ‘erenvain's Iereve: oa feted of "the, i thelr failure to wi CHAPTER VII. (Continued) The Measure of a Man. 66 N'. there'a Dexter. Lon’s teen awful quiet. since yA ste told itn he had @ Plotutesque name. Satd it'd do for to put into @ book which &h gotn’ to write, but when it come to chooan’ a husband she'd prefer to Ue up to a commoner name, An’ so Lon didn't @raze on that TADge no more.” “This country’s goin’ plum to —" meered Dexter. Dut a laugh eilenced him. And the youth continued. “Tt might have been fixed. up fer: Lazy,” he went on, “only when she found out his name wi Lary, she wanted to khow right off if he could | ™ support a wife—providin’ he got one. He said he reckoned he dould, an’ alie told hin-he could experiment on some other oman. An’ now Lazy'll have to look around quite'e epell before he'll get an. other chancel mighty poor luck."* Lazy wae giving hie undivided atten- | Ook Soe, tion to his plate. ashe too old; that when tiin? wodded to send word to Egypt, te me was thinkin’ of old monolith #he' where they keep ‘em in stock, where she gets abl*them words, “Told me she'd studied, her , diction-) ary,” sald a Man who sat near Fergus #0 ‘ The younk man grinned.” “Well, 1 swear If I did@’t pome near forgettin’ Clem Miller! he said, “If you hadn't spoke up then, I reckon you wouldn't have been In on this deal. An’ #0 she told you whe'd studied Now, U4, gall, that, ni been’ tellin’ me that she'd asked you the moantn’ of the word ‘evaporate, An’ when you couldn't tell her she told you to do tt. Said that when you got home you might look up a dietionary an’ then you'd know what @he meant. “Kn now Leviatt’e) ‘hangin’: ground er there,” continued the , youth. To's claimin’ to be goin’ to see Ben Radford, but I reckon, he's Kot, the same, kind of sickness as th it of us. “An” you ain't sa} a word about what she said to you," observed Miller, “Sho must have, treated you awtul gentle, seein’ you \"t, te)," Well,” returned the you! ain't layin’ {t ail out to yor tell you this much; sho paid sho was goin’ to make me one of the ol in that book * “Well, now,” said Miller, ‘tha’ lettin’ you down easy. ohe s what the character was goin’ to be?’ “T reckon she Aid.” “An' now you're goin’ to tell us boxe?" “An' now ['m goin” to tell you boys, returned Skinny, “But J reckon there's a drove of them characters here. You'll find them with every outfit, an’ you'll know them chiefly by thelr bray an’ thelr long, hairy ears. ‘The young man now fmiled into hie flate, while @ chor ardund htm, In making im: as ridiculous a figure. as the others the young man had successfully extracted all the sting from his story and gained the applause of even those at whom he had struck, But now a sound was heard outside, and Leviatt came tnto the room. He nodded shortly and took his place at the end of the table. A certain, reserve came into the atmosphere of the room. No further reference was made to the wubject that had aroused laughter, bat several of the men entckered into thel plates over the recollection of Leviatt connection withthe incident. ‘Aw the meal continued Leviatt’s gaze wandered over the table, resting finally wpon Ferguson. The range boss's tace darkened. guson had.seen Leviatt enter; sev- oral times during the course of the meal vtatt looking at him. Once, range boss's fairly. tered evilly; Ferguson's Mp curled wit! a slight contempt. : And yet these men had met but twice before. A man. meets another in North America~in the Antipodes, He looks upon him, meets his eye, and instantly has won # friend or made an enemy. Perhaps this will always be true of men. ertalnly it was true of Ferguson and Ke Loss. nat force was at work in Leviatt when In Dry Bottom he had insulted Ferguson? Whatever the f tod him that the steady-ey erate gun-man henceforth to be an enemy. Enmity, hatred, evil Intent, shone out of his eyes ay they met Far- guson's. Heyond the slight curl of the lips the latter gave no Indication of feeling. And after the exchange of glances he re- sumed eating, apparently unaware of Leviatt's existence. Later, the men straggied from the bunkhouse, sesking the outdoors. to smoke and talk. Upon the bench just outside the door several of th Httle norway out and was sf stood w In the @ ors unged Ing near the d talking The talk was iixht, turning tp trivial incidents of the day's work—thihgs that are the monotony of the eawboy life: Presontly Leviatt came out and joined the group, He stood near Ferguson, mingling his volce with the others, For A little time the talk flowed easily and mich laughter rose, Then suddenly above the ood-natured babble came & harsh word, Instantly the other yolcos cured, and the men of ‘the group centred thelr glances upon the range boss, for the harsh word had come from him, He had been talking to @ man | named Tuc nd it was to the latter Unat ad now spoken. “Phere’s a heap of vattiers in this ntry, sa Statement was frrele- n'a glance at Leviatt's was unenmprehending, But Leviatt did not.wait for an agswer A man might easily claim to have been bit by one of them,” he continued, his voice falling coldly. ‘The men of the group ant in a tense silence, trying to penetrate this mys: tery that had suddenly silenced their talk. Steady eyes seagched out each 911. The Two- The Best Cowboy Story in Ten Years By Charles Alden Seltzer evtatt, } I'd call that bein’ 19] G44 muceon,” , is of laughter rose) it appear | | / x Gun ‘Man face th an endeavor to discover the mam at whom the fange bors was talking. They did not discover btm, atood near Leviatt, an arm’s fen) nt, hie hands on his tips, Perhaps his eyes Were more alert than those of the other men, his lips in a straighter line. But apparently he knew no more of this mystery than any of the others. And now Leviatt’s voice rose again, | ngolent, carrying an unmistakable per+ | wonal application. 1 “Stafford hires a stray-man,” he sald, sneering. This man claima to have been bit by a rattler an’ lays up over night In Ben Radford's cabin—makjn’ love to Mary Radford.” Ferguson turned his head slightly, eur veying the range boss with a cold, alert ‘A little while ago,” he said evenly, ‘1 heard a man {inside tellin’ about some of the boys Jearnin’ their lessons from @ girl over on Hear Fiat. I reckon, Le been over there to now you've got to let Just 4 rustie i) was—a snake-like mo- tlon. And then Ferguson's gun was out; ita colt muzzle pressed deep into the pit” of Leviatt’s stomach, and Ferguson's tert hand was pinning Leviatt’e right 0° hia side, the range bo: hand st{il wrapped around the butt of hi - drawn weapon, came Ferguson's filled with @ quiet yoice, again, dry, Sarnéstness: cdhnatook with Arun. 1 Just to show these boys that you're @ arm. I reckon they know that now.” Leviatt aneered. “Three there's goin’ to be any ™ ‘a hand away from the ree Teviatt's face heA erimeoned. “Mebbe T Pe) runnin’ @ Mitte Git wh he hat Spimine defn eight tandsome,” ‘erguson. stand silent for a moment, his face he turned to wher> "A! ter, but’ many fertive glances aw: Ferguson as he stood, talking wich Rope. ‘ The Srlowiag, ing Stafford eame , upon Roe while the latter was throw- Ine the nadie on jv pony down at the corral gate. tule between Dave Leviatt an’ the new an,” "ea! afford. “I reckon it wasn't seriqus?, 4 Rope turned a gre manager, G t nothin’ serious, Only," ‘with twitching If the etray-man’ reckon It wi Ne * continued, Statens? snilted érimty. “How ata tha # strays mesure up?” he ineyires ‘a emi ld the corners of his” mua iey | A ysepkon, he wasn't. nona{ shy? Rope grinned, admiration igiating nisi4 Hs re man's size,"s he te- haa, Hvine tis attention to fre sad- dig Olt os oi “CHAPTER VIII. . The Finding of the Orphan. URING the first few days of his connection with the Two Di | Ferguson had teathed” the conclusion that ; he would do well to take Blenty of time tO inquire into the aitua- tion before attempting any move. ' He had now been at tne Two Diamond Radford. Nor had he epoken half a a@zen words with Stafford. The man- ager had observed certain signs that had ‘convinced’ him thet speech with the atray-man was unnecessary and futile. If he purposed to do anything ‘he ‘would do it in his own time and in ’ hip own way. taffora mentally de- elded that the stray-man wees “eet in his ways,” e The wagon outfit had departed—this time down the river, Rope Jones had gone with the wagon, and therefore F ugon was deprived of the com- pantonship of aman who had unex- pactedly, stand with him in his | ‘clash with Leviatt, and for whom he had caricetved a great liking. ‘With the wagon had gone Leviatt also. During the week that had elapsed between the clash at the bunkhouse and the Geparture of the wagon the rafwe bose had given no sign that he knew of the existence of Ferguson. Nor had he intimated by word or sign that ne ‘meditay venge upon Rope because of the latter's championship of the stray-man, If he had any such intention he concealed it with consum- | mate wilh | He treated Rope with ® politene: drew smiles to the faces of the’ mem, © But Ferguson saw In this politeness @ subtleness of purpose that gave him ad- ditional ight on the range boss's char- acter. A man who held big vengeance lat nts fingers tips: would have taken | pains to show Rope that he might ex- pe mercy. Fad Leviatt revealed an, $01 antagoniam to Rope, the latter {might have Kriown What to expect when at last the twesaen would. reach the | open range and the puncher be under the Gireot domihation of the man he had of- fended. There were many ways in which @ petty vengeance might be gratified, Tt was within the range bows's power to "lake: Hfe nearly unbearable for the er, It he did this it would of | 9 be an unworthy ven Fergus: had Uttle doubt th geance meditated by Leviatt would not |e petty : Ferguson went his own way, deeply {thoushetul. He was taking his time, | Certain things were puzzling him, Where did Leviatt stand in this rustling } business? -‘Dhet wae part of the mys- ory. Stafford hat told him that he had }Leviatt'é. word that Radford was, the [thier who had been stealing the Two Diamond cattle, Stafford had said also rhat it had been Leviatt who had si gésted employing a gun fighter—had even Jone to Dry Bottom with the manager jfer the purpose of finding one, And | now that one had Ween employed Leviatt }nad become suddenly antagonistic te bin, t (To Re Continued.) Hi cna, Beare UP TO DATE. = TW" “In strairéned’ cireumetances te be not?” ‘Wes. He edpfesses that tt ts afl he can do tq keep the wolf out of tor two weeks and he had not even seen +” 4 w= a chee x me 4 \