The evening world. Newspaper, December 15, 1911, Page 27

The Evening World Daily Magazine. Sub ables for Everyday Folks By Sophie Irene Loeb CONTE Oe Noe Yok Wea NOE upon @ time there was a man, The man bed @ friend. “Some men are BORN with a friend, some men ACHIBVB a friend and some men have a friend thrust upon them. Now thid man was & good sort. He had = many friends because he knew how to BE one Now, a real friend FILLS a want and WANTS to m0) tt. But there ts a @o-called friend who, NEEDS a want and ts ALWAYS in a of it. He is THE FRIEND IN NBHD. Usually he had happened to ®e to school with the man, which is BVBRY reason for being the friend im_need. This is about him. For instance, on jusy Monday morning he would saunter into the man’s office and say: “John, you're one of my BEST friends. Won't you go o and tell MAY | TAKE Tas Sammy and the You DONT MIND, MY SITMNG BESIDE ‘ov, DO Vou? way; the Quest of a Seat You Loon Like A VERY GENEROUS 7 GENTLEMAN— GENEROUS: ONS WHY 0 Ge AWAY MY HEAD TO THE RIGHT PARTY (F Sne_Was TO AsK FOR 17 Jenes, Smith & Co. what a good fellow I em so that I may land that position) He looked LONGINGLY at her. In I have been after.” short, the friend in need found he too And no matter HOW BUSY the man /was in need of a eweetheart—a flancee, ‘was, because he was the good sort, he| If he thought of friend John at all would drop HIS OWN and attend to je theory “all's fair in love the need of the friend in need. On and set about to fill his need another occasion, he would come tn and |@s USUAL. tell @ pathetio story of how he needed| But this was the LAST straw. John & few dollars to put through a deal The lady did some that would mean 80 MUCH, and! thinking, too. wouldn't John please just sign a stxty-| She saw John In his true light, which @ay note for him? (No need to go into 1s not ALWAYS the case, 8! w the the story.of how John usually PAID | friend in need in the same ght and that note.) when the psychological moment arrived, Or at another time he had just had alas it usually does in such cases, she squabble with his employer and|was EQUAL to the occasion and told wouldn't John just go around and/ the friend in need who's who and SQUARE things a little? what's what. Again, there would be a ring on the; As constant dropping will wear away telephone and the voice of tho friend|a stone, so this last downpour wore in need would say: ay the stolidity of friend John; and “Oh, I say, John, old boy, I've got to | he was forced to recognize the continual fo to a dinner this evening and my|f:tend in need as the everyday dress suit's at the cleaner, Now you! GRAPTER. know I wore one of your's once before;; While a friend is one who ts happy would you mind if I do it AGAIN?" Whereupon unsuspecting Friend John |{s a limit as to how fa> It can go. would send it right over, And so itcon-| Friend John realized that a friend 1s tinued. one who !s your NEMY when you Now it came to pass that friend John |NEED one, and actea accordingly. acquired a sweetheart, She came to be In truth, \ NEEDED FRIEND IS a flancee. It happened that the friend | RARELY A FRIEND IN NED, in need had some winning ways, as all| FOR: . friends in need usually have, else they] A FRIEND IN NEED IS ALWAYS would not continually win. N HAND. Timely Hints for Christmas Shoppers. “Wier would be a nice gift for;a woman, Men's jewel boxes, with my husband?" queries a per-|compartments for each article, are of Dlexed woman. “I've been|leather, satin or suede lined, and range all over and can’t find a thing, and I'm|in price from @ small one at $1.75 to a just about sick worrying over It." beautiful one in pigskin or green mo- This particular wife is certainty mak-! rocco at $14.75. ing herself miserable unnecessarily, as! A folding case for scarfpins 1s a handy the shops are replete with sultable gifts) article, as it can be tucked away and for men. 1g also practical for travelling. These | Tf he shaves, his wants are easily|C&n be had in morocco, pigskin and supplled. There is a new silver-plated | Patent leather, to hold twelve or twenty: | shaving stand, the complete equipment | four plus, and prices range from $3 to $4. | of which includes an electric ght. If you lean toward practical gifts ‘A plgskin razor rol! makes a nice gift} there are Terry bath robes in all color: the shaver. They can te had to|to enable you to select a becoming 2, 7% and $3.75 respectively. If he prefers a box for his razors the Hful col are those in pigskin or grain leather, |Made” at $5.86, shemois lined, and prices range from| If he entertains friends, and you de- fa to $5.00. sire your polished furniture immacu- late, present him with a dozen coasters, Baeor, kite coutalnin Very pretty ones in glass have delicat blades, eto, are % narrow, plerced silver rims and are only A sheepskin, satin Ined collar bag 18|50 cents each. Walking sticks ave again fashionable, beautiful co! rings and “strictly tailor a safety razor, In tle racks the average man prefers|and a silver mounted one can be had something practical, and this is em-|as low $2, bodied {n one that has four gilt arms| He may attached to a strap of leather #us-| pocket flashlight. These are obtainable pended from a gilt ring, These are} at varying prices from 65 cents upward, | $1.%, and for # cents extra a mono-| A manicure get, special for men, con- gram will be added. pins and other Jewels as much as does ing leather case, The price fs Betty Vincent’s Advice to Lovers Letters to Betty Vincent received at The Evening World offices up to | moon each day will be answered in the following day's paper. o for parties and trips to the theatre and other good times. I hope all the girls and young men who read this cclumn are having thelr share of the fun. But don't overds it, you young people who have .o zo to work. When play times are rightly managed they help ratier than hinder, But when they are not rightly man- aged all sorts of trouble results. , You cannot stay’ out late, night after night, and go fresh to shop or office next day. Your head will be heavy and your eyes tired, Work is bound to suffer, and you, too, In the end. os ‘All this can be avoided If you make Saturday night Belty Vincent yo:r hoilday night. Then you can sloep the next morning end go to work Monday feellng better and not worse for your good time. An Engagemen Formula, —_;}48t avarrel he has not written and T think he {s waiting to make me write MAN who signs himeelf “BE. F."} first, Shall I do it?" A writes: Yes, to convince him that your re- “What shall I say when I om serve does not mean lack of affection, ting the ring on my flancee's finger?” Pitnenk her for tho happiness she ts Ms Attentions Retased. going to give you. A MAN who signs bimself cA Christmas Gift, writes: : i “1 am in love with a young lady, A GIRL who signs herself "M. F."") put for the last three months she has T HE holiday season is here and with it many plans Ww. wri ‘] know that a young man 18\ me any reason for her actions. Do you yo give me a Christmas present, What| think it would be right to terminate our hall I give him?” acquaintance?" ‘A sofa pillow, a book or a box of] Yes, tf you cannot come to an ex- home-made candy would be appropriate. | planation with the young tady, She ls Reservea. Loves a Chorus Girl, GIRL who signs herself “E. R," MAN who signa himself “A, D.” writes “I ath in love with a beautiful y flance and I do not get along well together bocauso I do not|chorus girl, My family say she doesn't | press my attentions on him, Since our love me, but I think she does. How can are tov young to marry, S’Matter, Pop? & dee mens to give you the aviation PUSH, there | | four or seven razors, anc are|Shade, These are $2.98, and then there| jare the comfortable elderdowns in| t BAT SCHEME FoR ECONOMIZING, SHOPPING 4\po Yours find ample use for a vest sists of @ corn knife and the usual) ‘Aman appreciates a case for his scarf-| manicure necessities arranged In a fold. | HAND BAG 15 NOT LARC THESE SHOES A'Yuletide F emembranc: lhe First Steo. MAN who signs himself * “Lam in love with a young 1 refused all my attentions without giving | but I have quarreiled with her, Shall 1! A bool or a subs¢ be the first to make u He Is Older. A GIRL w me to elope with | Live With Fits Farents, i signs hergelf “If, n eighteen, and a 3 than myself wants) j Would it be! y parents hat shall L do? ewlablish your ewn ite Yes It would be wrong and unwise, Rae | AFTER Istow +oPoP: Ive Gor 1 YoMA A SURPRISE For 1S ALL THAT NQIsE AND SMELL OF BUR C NT CABBAGE TM Gonna SELL Yeas ‘ IT To You FoR T FOUND UT ON THE rk H-1-1-1-3¢¢ 19 THIS THE Pound MASTER? FoR THE Love OF Pere SEND Five of SIX DOG CATCHERS UP HERE Qi ariday, December Copyright. 1913, by The tree tublisning Co (Tue New York World), “i ONS | WAS SURE OF ‘Ts Now, I'M 9 COLLECTING A CUAISTMAS FUND FoR Ste CATS al AND 4 JUST KHOW Youn, GWE Five 4 ~ / / OR TEN DOLLARS = phd 4 WELL, WHAT DO ‘You SUPPOSeé JHELITTLE YAP HAS ON THAT STRING I —+ - ! Gents REPARTMENT Yi Giop the acquati LADIES PEPARTMENT B Clare Victor Dwigg 1 nope You Nev MEET A BWNGRY SQURAREL Company.) ola latter's ein her moved: CHAPTER X. | | was surging with ] } anger, The ar the dead Two Diamond cow. Stafford. ple | Ifo remounted his down the gully, reac Ing the surrounding count: serub-oak brush, 8 soft and kad up a leather tobac ned this carefully. owner, “\ man who loses his to country !# mighty care! a hurry, tn rest jon of a foot in a further, #aw tw ve been made by a might and | Ho am on the apposite aide. in the ridge, fr th . convinced, way here yester hey was wate , > was home, but make It n * husvand’s! < fe Cares for Him ug that brough fF gns herself “A. Re" oon them from being 1c aR who Aang RarAAlg: "PO | Beneath the greasy dire ’What would beantce Christ A WNew Year’s Entertainment, Tivco ts @ young who | outiines sey 2 oy I have known two rself “DP, W," |eulla very two we T admire | most tL. who signs herseit “P, Dw | AS rany one of the | Jy ¢sunderstanding. to be marcied, my | A Dinner Guest, A w ju sued the his r will t A writes ei n I ae avid leaves home, But 1 ‘My mother #1 may misur ling What shall 1 | . 6 of living with them. youn man TI to wa Day, Would t | Learn to trust each mr i been wate 15, 1911 Fae ins The Two-Gun Man Zhe Best Cowboy Story in Ten Years By Charles Alden Seltzer 1011, by the Outing Publlahing 3 deter ot Stay has cc vs. Ber Thatinetive hatred te Lestat with drawn Radford, but rides a nt ake wants house the dead mother, though he had , im, grinning. cases where ‘they had, But if it haa] close to him, eh p, , i ; m right glad to see you,” eai@ the strayed it could not be very far away. sunchar.s “You're bess " ridge| self pretty scarce. Scared of another’ esently and riding along this, search. | run-in with Ing the ou Dun with keen] “I'm right flustered,” seeraen wy lances, He could se no signa of the] guson, “Where's ne now?’ calf, Ho came to a shelf-rock presently,| “Gone down the crick—with Ealape beside which grow a tangled gnarl of] Ferguson smoothed Mustard’s ething lay in the] “Leviatt been with you right along?’ nd and he dismounted quickly] “He went up the crick - yesterday: o pouch. mi ‘© were| “With Tucson." Rope was trying to no marks on {t to tell who might be the] conceal his interest in these questions. * y and the down at tt, searching the sand sently he made out He stepped abruptly away from the thicket and looked about him, yarda back there was a doep depression a a growth of act a when lint that other rid visten- | givin’ dirt | draw to trace| ft tn, probe | shootin’ goin’ he replied, “T vint goin’ to say nothin’ ‘after fi n, lle lips stratehten.| "Well, so-long,”* sald Ferguson, he| Pw 9 - In| Leviatt and Tucson had ridden \ tho. the river the day before, They Coven BH oie gan Om HB pleasant weather ie New — T York is causing untold ‘ dred and seventy-st2 jokes on “eho ellieg off the anow” are lying around w One\ rich son and three poor sont were put to death last week; and there is @ great lesson im the case Of the rich man, < Ninety-nine thousand nine W and ninety-nine women registered California, It was generally admit ted that if 100,000 should regteter would indicate that universal eufr, frage wae really appreciated. $24 The English suffragettes have on» with the courtesy of Amertoan the women have practically no to become famous. In that case the man must be knowit to him, But what had become of the doe? What would have been Leviatt’e duty, after the departure of the ters? Obviously to drive the calf the herd and report the occurrence t@ the manager. $ Leviatt may have driven the calf to the herd, but assuredly he had not ported the occurrence to # for he had not been into the rane house. Why not? Ferguson pondered tong over this, while his pony travelled the river trait toward the ranchhouse. Finally he smiled. Of course, 1f the man on the ridge had been Leviatt must have been there still when Ferguson came up herd after Ferguson had departed. | im that case he must have seen Fer: and must be walting for the latter. make the report to the manager. But what motive would he have in this? Disappearance of the Orphan.) jicre was more mystery. HEN he awakened his blood {might have gone on indefinitely a riotous|ing motives, but none of them woul@y » was both-|have brought him near the truth, | ering him now, as he rode}, He could, however, be sure ot sce away from the ranch toward the gully where he had found!and knew that he knew that a rustler He had|had been in the gully before him: and not reported the finding of the dead |for some mysterious reason be had not cow, intending to return the next morn- reported to the manager. But Ferguson ing to look the ground over and to|had one advantage that pleased Lim, fetch the “dogie” back to the home} ¢ven drew a grim smile to hte lips ranch, It would be time enough then to make @ report of thes occurrence to things. Leviatt had seen rust! must know him; he had seen Fer, rode on his way. Leviatt m: ween him near the dead Two cow, but he certainly was not that Ferguson knew he himselé bad It was mid-morning when he finally|there during the time that reached the gully and rode down into|had been at work. ft. He foutd the dead cow atill there. Ho dismounted to drive away some crowa that had gathered around Bossipie, he rode Goma Be st body. ‘Then he noticed that the calf had disappears. It had strajwd, pers haps, A calf could not be depended upon to remain very long beside {ts came upon Rope, The latter’ spurred. Petermined to investigate few miles, finally reaching o where the cattle were f cowboys were scattered over and before riding very far j Went alone, I reckon?” t apparently Ferguson's ini acco in this only casual. He turned @ he obs! cal upon Rope. “You an’ Tucson’ | werved, smiling, “or in pretty much of] gettin’ along? he questioned. “Mo an’ him's of the same mind ededs? He went close to the thicket, looking! one thing,” returned Rope. with] “Well, now.” Ferguson's drawl wae the] pregnant with humor, “You surprise ft spot and.| me, An’ so you an’ him have agreed. rows that! T reckon you ain't willin’ te tell me yun kneels vi about?" Ing. He knelt tn the furrows himself d parted the brush, y aa, peering Into the he saw the dead Two Diamond] The eyes of the two men met 1 grinned an’ him's each dead carina ae other’ Poth smiled, é I reckon you an’ Tucson apaé A few! jovin’ one another about as well as Me, an’ Leviatt,” observed Ferguson, “There ain't « turruble lot of differ | a this * agrend Rone. uid plainty animal wed impatiently. Me returagd to vt a turruble ways off," “I pappened to have Fibab | they passed right close to mie van forgot to speak.” now," id Ferguson, “That careless of them, But 4 ney Was busy at somethii ed. In that case the; time to speak, Eve tell that some folks ean't do ore'n one thing at @ time,” Bes: Hope tiaghed hey was puttin’ “ti a heap of thetr time tryin’ to make me elleve taey didn't sey ma," he Fer arned, 3 Shucks: t Geciared Ferguson exe ny kon them men wouldn't out of their way to drive @ poor Mitt ‘hey're that. t.". Rope, “You ain't missin’ taem none there.” Werguson smiled, urging bis about. ‘I'm figgerin’ on gettin’ to the Two Diamond," he sald, He a few feet and then halted, loo! [back over his shoulder, “You Tueson no chai a over, ‘ing his pony forward, He Rope's answer, and then rode on, deepe ly concerned over his discovery. » turned empty ded, ise What had Loviatt, link had been added to the the ridge? Why, he had) mystery, Where waa the the yustler, of course (To Be Continued.) ery. One thousand two rune ay limited opportunities to go to fatl, Bug, ig or he would not have been there i! aig t8 | drive. the ‘Two Diamond call, te thes sas