The evening world. Newspaper, December 18, 1911, Page 19

i er ee “I'he Fables of © Eyeryday Folks ‘By Sophie Irene Loeb Copyriaiit, 1911, by ‘The Prose Pobiishing Co, (Phe New Yosk World), The Chris 2 could not encampass any CHEERY fsa, tmas Spirit. spirit. But he hugged the DREARY NCE upon a time thers was al ones close to him, | A) spirit. There are two kinds of}; On his way to and fro the grouch Spirits—the imaginary spirit and passed many a shop window arrayed Inj the real spirit. silver and white, with dts numberiess Oh, yes-then) articles meant to. bear many a happy there ix the spirit] message to the recipient. It all meant that enters into] NOTHING to him. j glagsey and causes; In truth, though he saw them, he was | temperance talks. | thinking of next summer's business har- But, ‘as Kipling| vest, and the Christmas spirit was! says, “that is an-| given the cold shoulder. The imaginary spirit ty the one that peo+ ple assume with. out fee'ing it. But this fs about a real thing—a Christmas b spirit. + Now, men may come and men may wet Rut THIS spirit goes on forever, t ‘9 a kindly spirit, and manifests Itself eo" various ways, but at ONE season of ye year. When it enters the hovel of the paupe ‘ transforms it Into the palace of th wae. * a It is @ spirit of JOY. Little children feare hot afraid of it—in fact, they streteh | eeeut their arms to it. Wives, husbands, mothers, fathers, all WELCOMES tt gen- eaerally. xe In truth, sometimes it ts uch a wel-| aeume gu that often the bountiful one fenives up ALL to ft, and when it is gone ‘The grouch would not even ORIN at One day, while the Christmas spirit was huddifte very near and the grouch, As usual, was poring over files and fy- ures and things, a message came bear- jt Mi tidings. One of his children was | M—quite ii | Now, even as grouches have FEEL | INGS, this one hurried home. On his way he saw man many sturdy, cheeked wee on Jovial clamoring | around the self-same shop windows: | and he thought of the little one in bed] at home, He thought much. | He wondered what was the Christmas spirit, and if he had been neglectful in | SHUTTING IT OUT and letting onty | the NE TIES creep tn. And when he came to the bedside of} the fever-toased boy, mifrmuring abou a tin soldier he had longed for, the grouch BAW the Christmas spirit try ing to emerge from the shadows he had | { nays | ‘inde his hands EMPTY indeed. placed around it. o> He, In reality, gete TOO MUCH of {t;| It took hold of him. In a wor » for the real Christmas spirit places little] GRIEE had shown him the VALU stress on the MATERIAL thing, but] joy, and that here, at this time, this) rather on his own spirit of it hould be a home of mirth, rather than | & Now, this spirit ts @ Jolly good fellow, | @ house of mournfuiness. It came to dawn on him that an OUNCE of happiness {# worth pounds of grim necessity. At last he allowed the Christmas spirit to enter and SHARED it with those about him. The dormant energies of the little fel- low became awakened and, contrary to| the story books, dia NOT come too late. | EVEN A GROUCH MUST TURN AT THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT ONE TOUCH OF JOY WHOLE FAMILY AKIN. wand longs to ablde with BACH and all. Vet ch @nd all do not always want to abide with HIM. * Bo it came to pass that in his natural setendenctes he tried to enter the soul of vot a so-called @rouch, He wanted him to thaw out, or rather to cive to others. Bot a goouch and his own are not * BASELY parted. The groveh had a fam- “tly, among other things. The family wanted to let the Chrtst- vas spirit come in. The grouch saw IAKES TH Aly the BORDID aide of things and Betty Vincent’s Advice to Lovers Letters to Betty Vincent received at The Bvening World office up to moon each day will be answered im the following day's paper. two young people quarrel, it 1s safe to assume that each t@ somewhat to There is an old adage which $6 also a true one: ‘Two f takes to make a quarrel, One can always end It.” Cf course it's a great pity that disputes should occur 1 young men and women who really care for each Hui the next best thing to avoiding quarrels alto- is “making up" as soon as possible, wait for the other person to make the first ad- That sort of pride ien't @ nice thing at all and ll only succeed in making you very unhappy, If vou Will take the first etep teward reconciilation you will frequently find that the other person will advance than half of the way to meet you. biame yo Belty Vincent Lovers’ Quarreis. who aigns hereelf She seems like an especially loyal friend to take up your quarrels, signs § girt Fi rites {win in love with a young man and “\ecently invited him to spend the evens wk at ny home, I also agked two other Speung men whom 1 have known for ais. ‘Dhe first-mentioned friend was ‘scr. disagreeable to tho others, and oowrry ang with me the next day be- cause | had invited them. Now he says J nust speak first. Which of us ts rong?” I It your engagement to the young man as been announced, you should give up ther mén callers. But if he has not nsked you to marry him he has no right lo object to your other friends. en A girl who writes: “I am enguged to a young man, but though I love him I do not fee! that I can trust him. What shall I do?” If you feel as you say, you ought not to marry the young man. Either come to a better understanding with him or send him away. herself “R. M." A girl who signa herself “D, Kk." writes: “A& girl friend of mine has made un- true statements about me to two young men I know, and as a consequence they ignore me. What shall I do? Tam afratd you can only avoid your falee friend in the future. The Etiquette of Gifts. A girl who elgns herself “I. (." writes: “L have quarrelled with a young man and I know I am the one at fault, Shall 1 apologise now or wait til after Chriete mas?" A girt who, aigns herself “D, 1B. The sooner \ “I'm sorry’ the | writes: appler both uu will be. “A friend of mine has invited both! myself and the young man who ts pay. ing me attentions to her birthday party, Should one or both of un give her a Present, and what should it be?” It 1s curtomary for every guest at a ‘arthday party to bring a gift. You Ask him frankly 1% you have offended | might give her a pretty handkerchief dim in eny way. Probably there ‘#/and the young man might bring a box some elight misunderstanding which @]of candy, word will clear up. A girl who signs herself “MR writes: ‘What ean I do to love More affectionate’ Lately treated me #0 coolly?” make the man I he has y A man who signs himself 7A, B." writes: “I have known a young lady only a short time, but I want to get better quainted. Would it be proper for me to ask her to the theatre, and what py ean whall I eay?” It would be entirely proper, Ask A-Wem! HAVE HT RDON ME— mer You BEFORE? the young lady if she would like to} 40, and find out what play she would prefer to see, Treacherous briends. A girl who signs herself writes: “A young man whom I met at the house of @ friend paid me marked at-| tention She seemed displeased, and 1 have heard nothing’ from the young man since, though he said he would} write. What shall I do? Of course, your friend may not be to blame, but I should ask her frankly | ussed you with the young! “R. TL. welt OAL We A girl who signe he writes: Poel am angry with a young man 1 Sknow, and the other night 1 saw my best girl friend talking to him, though he had promised me she wouldn't she says now that he spoke first and Bhe couldn't get away from him, and promises not to spe Do| think sie cares for you few ewer carten Sormmmanilh tect epen agent eigen etentr repent maa Evening “Willd DiNy”’ Magazine, the Christmas spirit | i ‘ ath Cie lp cai A pet: ORGE_ I WANT You To PAY ME A VISIT. ore GREEN CAR To LONEHYRST-ASK NYBODY WHERE MITH IVES: you ' CWALR TEN BLOCKS To YOUR LEFT~ THEN TURN To THE RIGHT AND CROSS_ THE Kuors For ABouT TEN MINUTES Visitors’ { { GO SOUTH FOR EI Bhocks = - -THEN GO bala Day peor 7 48a eerr toe arg “Did you ever do anything to help your fellowmen?” “Sure, | gave constant employment to three detectiv |\{ Good Stories Schneider Kept Order. Hi OK torty yeare old Selineider—that Longshoremen are is not per ts . but that picture of old Sehneidor ter order that nls own farm has »oin it not a pathetic 2 | fi bar patiently for forty yeam i might end bis dass thing toushing ai rt i tire old man, tie bore | with an cocapation Ie frankly. detested tecatse | M the reward it promised, His only referen | those West street year mow ist his at he ran @ aulet ph siwass had. good d e dey coult not fight in dere, id, quiet, H | sional declaration me But how could’ son keep a bunch of long omen from fighting if they wanted tot | ‘cost by hitting dem on dere heads vit de Hoongetarter,”” explains Mi, Schneider, imply. | Cincinnat Times-Sca ———>_—__—_ | | | i Made a Difference. | was kit in 4 the different companies Wr the battalion were standing with their kita | the ground in front of thera, The sara | major was making Mi foe detected the Nek | Private Flinn, and be demanded wat excure the man had to av Plaze, sore, it's all use Used!" aouted the wn ftowt cake of soap 1 hat do ye Finn's ¢) i the faintest as ho replied 1 way said Minn major, ‘Why, th Timely Hin iat reading “Do your shopping | early” and “Take small parcels ' With you'’ occupy conspicuous po- ons in ny of the shops, and these tWo admonitions should be espectally heeded during these last days preceding Christma By shopping early tn the day yon have the advantage of neatly arranged goode instead of the chaotic mess one often finds toward t! ax well as the sa people fee! refreshed after @ night rest, and there have not yet been any nerve-racking argu- ments both iow are probably in an amiable frame of mind, which te & asset dn Christmas shopping. Then, too, you avold the crowds tera who often make proper sele n of gifts an impossibility, You are not delayed in the delivery of parcels or change, as 1s the case later In the day, and, finally, you are not contr lug a splitting headache on account of the dmpurity of the air, Even though the ventilation in ail the shops ts excel- ent it is Impossible to avold the stifing Atmosphere generated by the dmmense rowds wh re constantly wending their way through the shops at this sea- kon of th sr. In the morning after 1 shop has been thoroughly ventilated t ts all ao different. It is surprising that the second re- OW,1 WAS) JUST THINKING | OF THAT MASE N WUAND PLmosT KILLED YESTERDAY. Christmas Shoppers. close of the day. You- Vvint so Pensive?| EERE SMITH: TH GHT ik why you are here?” | ts for bigamy.’ quest of the merchants la not more gen- erally observed. It means little or no inconvenienc to the « pper to y small parcels, while !t means work over- ume for packers, drivers and delivery men. Our shops are making strenuous ef- forte to cope with the holiday situation, but even the beat equipped system may be erlppled by the multitudinous small parcela that thoughtless women order sent. Among the small gifts to tuck into the Christmas stocking are etiver postage stamp cases at 75 cents, silver tape measures at 0 cents and allver lead pencils at 6 cents, Then there are all- | Ver frill pina with rhinestones in imita- | tlon diamond settings at 60 and 96 cents, | A handsome stocking gift would be a neck of tiny black and white Ortenta! pearls in a twisted pattern, which can be bought at $14.40, or one of those ankle bracelets in reptile designs, with the head studded with rhinestones and the eyes tn colored jewels, The small ones are 96.60 and the heavier ones $10.60. ‘There are also gold plate clasps in rep- tle designs for the fur neck scarfs, These are #1 A lady's tiny cloisonne handled knife |e an appropriate gift for this purpose. | Theae dainty knives has ‘a glove buttoner and sell | t $3.75, ony ! WALK OVER, BouT HALF A MILE= | “Well, mum, | tried to obey two masters, but the judge calle Sammy. and the Subway; the Quest of a Seat -wenee S FAMLAR— E CAR TRACKS) | It The Papers Say By Fohn L. Hobble | wa j drawn sigh The Two- By Charles A (Copyright, 1011, by the Outing Publishing ‘omnpany.) ey Sonera OF PRECHDING CHAPTERS, Nol Ferguson it a cowboy whose deadiy markt ‘& couple of revui; Two. Mi hi Stafford, Wat Stafford and. Levtate are Perguson (4 led to, ita and tn the cent. aray calf bestd hered mother bearing Ferguson” finde the Mary b co tet hening ta the. avet, fait has vanished, Mea ted tomate CHAPTER XII. The Story Begins. ISS KADFORD tied her pony The Best Cowboy Story in Ten Years asked without looking up. coukin't rightly say. though T did. You see, I didn't intend nday. December 18, 1911 Gun Man lden Seltzer eves she watched while Ferguson dis- mounted, tled Mustard close to her own aniinal, and stood @ moment qufetly re- sardiug her. You want to look at the country all by yourself?’ he inquired. She pretended « start, looking down at him In apparent surprise "Why," ane prevaricated, “I thought there was no une within miles of me! Sho saw his eyes flash in the sunlight. “Of course,” he drawied, “there's such an awful darkness that no one could see a pony comin’ across the flat. You think you’ be able to find your way home She flushed gutltfly and did not reply. She heard him clambering up over the loose stones and presently he stood near her, Shoe made a pretense of writ- ing. “Did you @top at the cabin?’ she He regarded her with amused eye! standing loosely, his arme folded, th fingers of his right hand pulling at his chin. “Did I atop?’ he repeated. ” Seema to me as to, but I was ridin’ down that way an’ I thought I'd stop in an’ have @ talk with Ben.” to the trunk of 9 slender fire ‘ . ‘Oh!" Sometimes even a monosyllabl q daisam and climbed 0 the ide pregnant with mockery. bey f sununit of @ small bil, There] “But he wasn't there. Nobody waa Were some trees, quite a bit} there I wasn't reckonin’ on everybody of grass, some shrubbery, on the [ill~ and no snakes. Sho made sure of this ‘ore seating herself upon a litte shelf ot rock near @ tall ceda i the river sie could ‘ss cabin, a section of corral fence and one of the small outbulldings. Opposite the cabin, across the giver, the buttes that met her eyes alwaya when she came to the cabin door, ‘This hil! upon which sho sat Was one that she aaw often when, in the evening, watching the setting sun, wie followed ita golden rays with her eyes.* Many As the sun had gone rift of the moun- times, slowly down ino a tains, she had aven the crest of this Hil shimmering in a @affron light, the only spot in the flat that rose above the sombre, oncoming shadows of the dusk From here, it seemed, began the roa vell that followed the broad saffron shaft that led straight to the moun- taing. Often, watching the beauty of the hill during the long sunset, she had felt a deep awo stirring her, Ro- mance was here and mystery; it wae a spot vored by the Sun-Gods, who eorrow “1 it with a glortous halo, ogeringly, reluctantly withdrawing as the long shadows of the twilight crept over the face of the world Tt waa not her first visit to the hill. Many times she had come here, charmed with the beauty of the view, and during one of those visite she had Gecided that, seated on the shelf rock on the summit of the hill, #he would write the first page of the book. lt for this purpose that ehe had now come, After seating herself she opened a mall handbag, producing therefrom many sheets of paper, a much thumbed copy of Shakespeare and a pencil. She was tempted to begin with @ description of the particular bit of country upon which she looked, for long ago she decided upon Bear Flat for the local th y. But she sat long nibbling at story. the end of the pencil, delaying the be- winning for fear of being unable to do Justice to It. She began at length, making several INe starts and beginning anew. Finally me a paragraph that remained. Hvi- ently that was satisfactory, for another paragraph followed, and then another, and still another, Presently a complete page. Then she looked up with a long of relief. The start had been made, She had drawn a word ploture of the at, dwelling upon the solitude, the deso- lation, the vastness, the swimming #un- Copyright, 1911, by The Press Publishing Co, | (The New York World) | ALT haa become #0 acarce in! S York that the Mayor has de- termined to send out a search warrant for Lot's wife. | | The recent loan ehark legislation | te causing the loan sharks a great! deal of unnecessary expense in con- ducting their businesa along the same Hines. A man has offered $1,000 for the arrest of the party who killed his boy. He realized the inportance of offering enough to encourage the amateur detectives to work on the| case. Hia defense of the Steel Truat acems to be ahout as aceurate aa} other pure food lahele Am actress says that women love one blade ana| ugly men. That sounds good to about 90 per cent, of us. | wis light, the absence of ght and move- ment. But a4 she hooked, eritteally com- paring what she had written with the tealtty, there came a movement—« horseman had ridden into her pictul He had come down through « Uttle gully (iat led into the flat and was lop- Ing hix pony trough the deep saccatone kras# toward the cabin It couldn't be Ben. that he Ben had told her intended riding some thirty miles down the river and he couldn't be returning already, She leaned forward, watching intently, the story forgotten, © rider kept steadily on for a quare r of an hour. Then he reached the ring In whieh the cabin stood; shi saw him ride through It and disappea Five minutes later he reappeared, heal- tuted at the edie of the clearing and then urged his pony toward the hill upon which she ant. As be rode out of the) shadows of the trees within an elghth of 4 mle of her the sunlight stone fairly upor p She would have known Mustard among many other ponies, She drew a sudden, deep breath and wat ere back some stray | wa of hair from her forehad. Did her? him. tedden with embarrassment, but | runnin’ off.”* She tumel and looked etraight at “Why,” she sald, “I shouldn't think our running away would surprise you. You see, you set us an example in running away the other day. He knew instantly that she referred to his precipitate retreat on the night whe had hinted that @he intended put- ting him into her etory. She shot an- other glance at him and saw his fece he showed no intention of running now. “I'va been thinkin’ of what you sald,’ he returned. “You couldn't put me inte no book, You don’t know anything about me You don't know what I think, Then how could you do it?" “Of course,” ahe returned, turning squarely around to him and speaking eoriously, “the story will be fiction, and th plot will have no foundation in fact. But I shall be very careful to have my characters talk and act natu- rally. To do thie I shall have to study the people whom I wish to charsoter- to was —_ rn a4 an (nward mirth. “\Lou're atfil thinkin’ of puttin’ the book?” he questioned “ee Re, nodded, emfling. “Then,” he said, very gravely, “you hadn't ought to have tok p§ You didn't how eo olever there. Ain't you sited thee 1 fo to actin’ ewetied? you'd not ‘hav acter you wanted.” saad ¥ ought of that, too,” she re- turned seriously. “If you were that kind of @ man I shouldn't want you in the book. How do sou know that I pobhecly hay you for the purpose of din. vering if you ‘would om CBs, be affected tn le eoratched his head, contem; her gravely. "T reckon youre travellin too fast for me, ma'am,” he said. His expression of frank amusement ‘was good to see. He stood before her, Plainty ready to surrender. Absolutely doytah, he seemed to her—a grown-up boy to be sure, but with @ boy's en- thusiasms, impulses and generosity. Yet in his eyes was something that told of maturity, of consclous power, of perfect trust In his ability to give @ good ac- count of himself, even in this country where these qualities constituted the chief rule of life. A strange emotion stirred her, a eud- den quickening of the pulse told her that something had come into her She drew a deep, startled’ breath and felt her cheeks crimsoning. swiftly turned her head and gazed over the flat, leaving him standing there, scarcely comprehending her embarraas- ment. reckon you've deen writin’ some of that book, ma‘am,” he sald, seeing papers lying on the rock beside her. t don't see why you should want to write Western story. Do folks in the East et Interested in knowin’ what's goin’ on out here? She suddenly thought of herself. Had he found i Interesting? She looked swiftly at him, appraising him from a. new viewpoint, feeling @ strange, new Interest in him. “It would be strange if they didn't,” she returned. “Way, It is the only part of the country in which there still re- mains a touch of romance. You must remember that this {9 @ young country; that its history began at a comparative- ly late date. England can write of tts feudal barons; France of tts anctent aristocracy; but America can look tack only to the Colonial period—and the Weat.” “Mebbe you're right,” he said, not con vinced. “But I expect there ain't of romance out here. Leastway: there 1s It manages to keep itself pretty well hid.” . She smiled, thinking of the romance the rider see For a mome t It seemed that the an-| awer would ve, for he disap- | peared behind some dense shrubbery on! the sin below and seemed to be on the point of passing the hill. But Just at| the edge of the shrubbery Mustard suddenly swerved and came directly to- | ward her, Through the corners of her| GER! | “TooucuT she ANAS Ki0DiING me! that surpoynded him—of which, plainly, he Was not conscious, To him romance meant the Hgts, the crowds, the amusements, the glitter and tinsel of the citles of the East, word of whieh had come to ‘him through various oban- nels. To her these things were Ro longer novel—tf they had ever teen eo— and so for her romance must come trom. the new, the unusual, the unconven- tional, The West was adl this, therefore romance dwelt here, “Of course Mt all seems commonplace to you,” ahe retumed; “perhaps evan monoton For you have lived here jon." He laughed. “I've travelied a heap," he sald, “I've been in California, Dakota, Wyointng, Texas, an’ Arizona. An’ now lm ¢. Savin’ a man meets diferent people, tits country te pretty much ali the same. ‘You uvust have had a sreat deal of experience,” whe eald. “And you are not very old.” He xravely considered her. “I would say that I am about the average age for this country. You eee, folks don't live to get very old here—uniess they're mighty careful." ‘T_ expect you He ‘smiled gravety, wouldn't cal % careful. But I'm sttli lvin’."* pe words were singularly free from oant. ‘ “That meang that you have escaped the dangers,” she said. “I have heard | that @ man’s eafety tn thie country de- pends largely upon his @bility te shoot quickly end accurately, I suppsee you are accounted @ good shot?’ ‘The question was too direct, His eyes arrowed crafty, (To Be Continued.) caonemeenetippemennian PAT'S DESCRIPTION, Laborer-—-And hav’ they tall buildings in Amerioa, Pat? Pat—Tall bulldings hav’ they—faith, Mike, the last one T worked on we had te lay on cur stomachs to let the moon