The evening world. Newspaper, December 21, 1911, Page 21

eecmniaeialdaanenaeeedeatieeeem el The When YouAre| » ‘Married. | weotwat Ceserigtt, 1931, by The Prew Publishing Co, (The New York World), H THE HOPELESS QUEST. | any ‘general house-worke! Present—her specialty was parlor maids, valets and second footmen—but sie expected one tn later in the day and she'd send her around to me first thing AREALITY- WHEN! in the morning. f . I paid my five dollars and went home. Saevever Te ‘This morning at ten the bell rang i aoe lovg and shrilly. T rushed to the door and opened it, eager to welcome the newcomer. One glance at the vision on the other side of the sill nearly sent me into & fit of hysterics! She was dressed in a Black velvet suit; black satin pumps with Louis Quinze heels adorned her anything but dainty feet and over her Eee nite hie aetik Datei aaa | ase rrmmeen D By C. M. Payne ¢ ,World Daily Magazine, Thu S’Matter, Pop? oan gens rsday. SEE We INNOCENT WONDER IN Ad LITTLE €vES AH-woued 1 Courd LIVE (T OVER, AGAIN- WHEN SANTA WAS Evenin Copyright, 1911, by The Press Publishing Ca, ‘The New York World), By T Know (7 ts DecePTi MA, BUT AM, WHo WoutD NOT BEA CHILD AND TIE DECEIVED ALL OVER AGAIN to five weeks ago I thought that the flavor of orange ‘blossoms, white satin and the wedding march drifted all one’s married life as a sort of motif around which the daily, unin- teresting events revoived rather vaguely. ‘That belief lasted just three weeks— the | weeks of our ideal honey we T Game back to earth with my first attempt to get & maid to do our ‘work. 1 don't know why it should be so hard to get one—there are just two of us and the flat has but six small rooms. But if 1 were| Shoulders was thrown a scarf of near- searching for a| ermine. In one hand she carried an oilcloth- covered grip and in the other a huge bandbox with a glaring design of red roses trailing over its surface. T showed her to her room, mick at heart; told her to get Into her working clothes and come into the ktichen. Her “working clothes’ were a sap. phire blue velvet skirt: that had seen better days, a pate second Kohinoor I certamly couldn't have a more dif- cult time of it. First I wrote post cards to three ‘women of whom friends had told me. The three answered. One a woman who could easily have been the oldest inhabitant of any historic town; an- other, a South American who looked UM-M A Few STRANGE ACTIONS ND WORDS with: HELP THE DECEPTION ae though she had stilettos hidden in See te mace | every available part of her clothing | soiled lace Inver: | and the third @ buxom person whose fondness for the cup that cheers was evident the minute she crossed the tion and a moun- tainous cluster of ETT dusty puffs about | ‘ WORKING ten shades Mehter | E started out to make a tour of the] CuomHEsy, than herown' bate! | twe dolar intelligence offices. Tho re- v This from a “five sult Was discouraging—I would have de- veloped melancholia, I'm gure, if 1 had had to have any of those faces around me! dollar’ office! ing room to think it all out. I heard a loud cltek: ‘The sound came from the end of the I went Into our little liv- Suddenly Finally a friend of mine said I'd have! hall, I crept cautiously in that direc: | te go to a “five dollar” office on the | tion and looked into the mald's room. Avenue if I wanted to get anything |i; y empty—She had vanished,—band- box, ermine and all! In despair I called up Ted and told) him alll about ft. “Wall have dinner downtown to- night,” he sald, “and if I can't think ‘up a sure-fire way of Innding one be- ey fore. then-—we'll” xo boarding Hints for | Christmas {| Shoppers} decent. So yesterday I went. ‘The woman in was a very gorgeous looking creattire in black crepe meteor with « tortéise-shell lorgnette hanging from @ \ tong chain. Nghe ‘informed me that she didn't have “Cheer Up, Cuthbert!” What’s the Use of Being Blue? There Is a Lot of Luck Left. By Clarence L. Cullen. Betty Vincent’s Advice to Lovers Letters to Betty Vincent received at The Evening World office ap te Moon each day will be answered in the following day’s paper. The Gift for HER. 66 YOU Wok coety, old chap,” ani Dachelor to the married men, thing wrong? Income tax? botler! Measles"? “No, hist @ little domestic worry,"* the rial man answered, Knitting hie worrted OW that the merchants have suc- ceeded in arousing the populace to do their Christmas shopping 'N Kotting home before the rush hours, It is surprising that women, over- | loaded with parcels and often with a oy Or even several children, will un- dengo the awful conditions prevalent on any of our car lines during the hours of 5 to 7 in the evenings. In any event small parcels should be tied into one package before starting en can use up &@ His Own Severest Critic, but the Person ft about him Had his Gal- ‘The marral nan cried "Good idea! humvied off, Newt day they met again, “It worked aplematitly |" excl; OME Stationary M lot of Stationery’ writing about who Told us What they're GOING to do! luses Crossed! A nat Christinas presents they should girls they know. T must warn you first to confine yourselves to etmple! gifts. Thero is a custom in these ihings, and even among Reople who are not especially formal ahd who would not think of conforming to @il the elaborate usages of @oclety the custom obtains nearly the force 6f @ law. =A young man must not present a girl with Jewelry, or with any sort of wearing apparel, or with money, And hia make to the + Ss It Keeps some of us Pay Up "Dead Horse Our Idea of @ loving Lively to Profitless Pastime | is Holding Autop- sies on the Past! Some of us Play the Game Right up to the Handle until we're Asked to Take Up-to-Date. HE German pro! Good Stories elr Compromise. ecember The Two-Gun Man The Best Cowboy Story in Ten Years .. By Charles Alden Seltzer Siecres CO PRCEENTS CRAPSEN, RR ce IR who heen, " , ranch, fora fonts ranch ta Be combora. etween Leviatt and inom an instinctive hatred # fut Snttord a, Veviatt are pa easo for Fergunyy's Dratmond “Lariat vubtiely fmenea fimon. Tha" tatters with ‘leawn’ pletch force Si alotogy front at war ‘hetmren then i hatin sme Near Permison fina hat the at calf Mamagm to let Taviatt know ut Nie snaplctan Pome out eccing im. levers harred of Matt Radiont wee thee 'Foercun ata tat yg, Cale at the Ke tort ranch te take Mary 1 T ni y t <0 fen the rating. stray calf bewide ita bu “J & tobaee yee: Torta Ph CHAPTER XIV. (Continued) On ths Edge of the Plateau. “ WAAN'T thinkin’ to hurry you, ma'am,” he satd “But I reckon we'll go now. It's cert'ly a fine |! day for ridin’.” He stooa | ooking about him, | he ished, “Why. i'm Ketan | taht box-headed, ma‘am," he declared | | Heee 1 am an’ makin’ you ff, sick with my palaver, an’ your horse waitin’ to be cateht up. He stopped quickly to Mustard’s side and uncolied Ma rope, She stood on the porch, watching him as he proceeded to the corral, caught the pony, and flung a eon it. Then he let the animal to the porch and cinched the saddle refully. Throwing the reina ovor the mmel of the sai he stood at the antmal's head, watting She came to the edge of the porch, placed a alender, booted foot into the ox-bow stirrup and swung gracefuliy up. | In @n instant he hed vaulted Into his own saddle, and together they rede out upon the gray-white floor of the Mat They rode two mt keeping near) the fringy of cottonwoods, and pres ently mounted a long slope. Halt unl hour lacer Miss Radford looked. hack | the "Any Burst mar. brow, “You exe I want the hall door painted ret and - early, the city railway officials ought to my wife wanta it to be painted grees, And now Comvaht, 1011, by The Prow Publishing Co, (The New York Wortd), impress women with the advantages of NUMBER of young men have written to me asking} "Win gor eons min the techalor the martie! tor of & ‘wet goats em- and saw the flat yi behin allent, vast, deserted, slumbering the awimming white sunticht A litt later sie looked ag and the flat | was no longer th for they had reached tlio crest of the slope and tieiy | trail had wound them round to a broad | level, from which began another slope! foveral miles distant They hat ridden for more than two hours, talking very little, when they | reached the crest of the last rise and! aw spreading before them a | pany wiles Ide, at ‘ing away three directions, It wae a gi plateau, but tho grass was dry and| drooping and rustied under the ponies’ hoofé. There ware no. trees, but a post oak thicket skirted the southers edge, and it was toward this that he d his pony, She followed, smiling | Once we saw an|a Dose of our own \iodicine for @ train or car. Every shop has an . ennt x incite tan Opes accommodation desk for this purpose, | ““Weaee att ee te, be nt Of courte that adjective faa porlum' was bemoaning the fact that an|to think that he was deceiving hinselt 3 without) Geveral 1 whe: ay} And women who MUST take thet obil- Tye. lative one, dependent upon the financial status of the Inioh rival was getting most of the business Jin hellaving that sie had not yet ex- a Pot hi Several Times when the Past has} 2M ‘ ne giver. But each perse ommon sense ought to draw | °F the nelghbortme! plored thia place. Openers, and|risen Spoctre-like before us we've n with them had better do thei the dine: betw “You're not proreasive enough, Hane,” @ ow To prey 7 | 4 : YS) shone eine +a eo between appropriations and extravagance. mee, . hey came close to the thicket, and cateh Three Bul-| Found Mighty Consoling to Invoke] opp Lag ar their homes during these ; rr n ’ re tomer told him. Giluooley's got you beat @ mile, h ini x ’ y M last busy days. Generally speaking, books, towers or candy are suitable presents for young | The sign iv lis window, “Ther Inside,’ alone | De swuNs off his horse and stood at her lete in the Draw, | tho Statute of Limitations! Bonne ee ute” shops shave. anrangéa (729: %097R@, (0; gine datat ts & heme stirrur But the Next Time — reste arteries patil a rer |The nent das the Dutctaman’s window Stomwomed | "7 Wns wantin’ vou to ane the country 7 it, wel 4 » safe, kay neve AH tc is c 5 : nin ay a ) tout with ab “picker inside,” The same} from hore,” he said, as he hel hi Hane is ei pawlceee ee Raough #itoher never At [Which 18 a conventence to shoppers. For Her Father Objects. In-and T lost tt. Shall T buy another) cistomer aon came tn and e.pressed hie approval | down, Sho watched htm while. lets ee | Sesoty Biel oon his Swear-Off in Advance! |instince, tho woman who is limiting| A man who aligns himself “D. I “i * that Hara waa ‘getting wise” to the requirements} eted the lors so that they might | reeks oie her gifts to one dollar will have no dif- | write eee in wt | ae ee 1 he asked, not stray. ‘Phen they want together to | an a 1 | A phundering Index generally Pointe | ficulty In selecting from the table where! “I nineteen and enga a ee ogy eee, Cab, Da ed OS |i ea cf Lo ed aah Pat ate 8 1 int n es ane ma Pe elry from * . selves ‘na welcome anade, : to a Limping Finish, in Humans as well | 4 articles are marked $1. young lady of the same age: Mer father ved Dere sai the Dutchman, solemaly, and A plait me No-Trouble-to-Bhow) ot a coks! | She will find tle racks, silver hair re- ‘objects and I must sce her in secret. NO Answer, he polated to the coek.c CApumeney, 4 wre a though ue Fete errs | Man hasn't Got Any Gelvers, carol te conslatinn: © hi ) — oor, aa the eut with a knife, a eibhs a arning adil: Haan or 4) What shall we do? A girl who signs herself “BR. G." a ittle way out from the bare lay uw Often Adversity da the Eliminant for} No ines that he's ing frame’ fully equipped, ° ally Try to avoid clandestine meetings, ; A Luc.y Beggar. narrow ribbon of water that flowed sprignetaneralty ta the Bi Pra Suen Ke wsnttl nosit omen dishes, aver we Jana make up your minds to walt t fi bani KPv OGRE MAR A ORIAI Ear t Ree NEWMAN telephoued tbe potkey: | Aowly tn its rocky bed winding arouned ais rks, sugar spoons with gold lad ears. Then when you ate both o 7 Hed A peo Palte “L want you to fim t the base ¢ mall ill, sp — F Ueiiidren'a comee Cant oluspere wih alie lio an ote cane MN didn't anawer it, though we are friendly a Re tom ed alae ‘wal The D! Obesity and py no one can stop your marriage if you id id, noand disappearing « The Time to Sing te After you've) es Gonacionce 1 that the Former|Sttmtlal suede oles, felt Jullettes. | gin wish it i hould I send him another for Christe} “Did toy took waden the matioeant™: sated: Sir » buttey farther down, ‘ Q < ence ‘orme abhi ! Aapcey Is mas iets office, hing bene: them w Aiwtin= Sealed the Peak, but Silence is thé} oan ne Wa oft! | kimono waists stamped on chiffon of ear n Was dlastin. _. Stuf whilat CHmbding? ius wente piven snteracker and tix picks | A man who signe hinselt “8 "| I think tt would be misdirected effort a Gowen sistant, Knobe rose \ 5 Aeon np. [ih @ satin ned case, papier mache | wri . “All rlaht, ‘The on the case te 55748q0 : aed \ A Lat of those Hatt-Hearted, Maybe | trays in a pretty shade of ateen painted Pete ¢ Wiauel ta & eee A man who elgns himself “A. W."Tand aber oath fe 133475. din the distance, b | No Reg'lar Feller is Deterred from |Swearers-Off who are Waiting for Ne clusters of Mlles-of-the-valley, fanc RTL nectaie de vive terpenta eee Whad wan eta tointan aneut Vabemes : xeemed Uke joing @ Praiseworthy Thing by Fear of | Ye: to Quit will have Full-Moroceo| gitver braceleta with ‘in os: ARAN SUS OUR LOH LO ELV 8: DEBESESS it proper for a married man to he| “My wateh.” shapes towering in a wea of blue. Like Pater ned baepaabanly cee cecohent iver Sracolete with deye) settings, | stich an occasion?” Oe ane Tere to Me) ot thou it waa your trowsery Amap the oountry eeemod as Mina Red. ! be b jestructible character is and toy! No, uniess the party is to celebrate ® pridesr re ie ne "Yes, the watch was ia the tre ford and Ferguson looked down upon ft, a fem _ . Jolothes wringers, a necklace of pearl | pirthday. Bu Be malas, are married | | beagar called ere a yet & DIK map, over which one ren ‘Talking about Starting Over, we Seem | It's the Patternised Man ude, leather waist strap with an 0; wee fr of the wonder; more vast, more nearly perfect, | te Remember that Napoleon, no less,/at the New Models ing for a watch, leather coin purses| A_ girl ft ‘ richer fn detatl than any that could be Mg that Pretty Successfully at least! se , |for men, leat cixarette cases and | w ‘ Accninl.c Whe) aletiay Hepaslé0 i) att evolved from the talents o8 man, eg Yesterday and Today are Gray, To-| pretty pink, blue or white celluloid; Yould it be proper for a ? a a la and ha Ware oat tale Sic ay scirow faa the @ ' RAY J d J ’ and deawe were ail lald out in a va morrow hes the Glamour jra clocks, her fiance a pair of 1 cuff butto: Tam told that fla drinks up thelr friendship: basin. Miss Radford's gaze swept down | The Boss says that some of his Men ene “ resniyy { Upon the fifty-cent ables there are|set with diamonds for Christmas nd he days nut dei Yes, if vou feel that they really resent |into a section of flat near the river, | are sf'90 Tattle dency we it ne mars Sa ths cionae at utara at Pate ae sosaie gifts, such as a would, be hatter to make a 6 Wo affect our happiness 4 your attentions, awhy re some cattle dowr to Sell out he’ hrow em vith “4 7 4 ¥ a e ape cushy ‘ops, ¢ puE S) and less expensive pre nt nary ’, ere! med the Fixtures! Faro {8 called a Split and other ornaments made of tiny satin —— PRs oval ax Attentive to Another, returned: “they're’ Two { rose quoise waist sets, coral bar] A girl who signs elf: OW, BL marey tisn-until he shahbee hla bablt A man who signs himself "RG." aa Th behing that Rate ins Sa 4, but ene Dee | Trouble loves ze the “One; nus and brooches, perforated lockets | Writes eee RAO HT welies © the wagon * e vane My cheaaiedl hem Days" M containing sheets of perfume, paper| “How can [win the love of aman who A girl who stens heracif “M, m,| “1 tecently called on a young lady, but Les yell A abi Hes, knives that,gtrongly resemble old ivory, | seoms to Niko other girls as mueh as he write Was another man there whom eho rls decal ri Peta | May Changing your Mind ts All Right if|fancy silk ",covered hooks eontaining jdors me? 1 am sixteen, i that t Would tt a ‘1 better th 1 yds sag poral ft . : ; ; } d me? 1" en , vald tt he proper to accept a Christ e r than whe did me. How can't e¢e them cattle like It tgn't until a Man Undermines his} yoy Announce the Play! stvets of soap, utility Jewel pockets, | young te think of love tessa trees ¢ 4c 5he fae uh van I make her fond of mi Ke plum ve-diculous.” Health that he learns what it Means : ee jin satin or sued tied in boxes, crystal, | Yes to your second on. Stop wor en calling on on There is wo Way, except to be as nice here are no men with those cattle to Try to Play Winningly on an In-| When you Wann Up to the Job your | #0) a4 tu in a. olive and ponte dishes, ng about the young man; in a y Yes, If tt 1s @ elmple one, to her as you know haw, down thi said, polnting to those . Heat Expands It! Jebildrents felt slippers and ‘ 1 probably won't want him to below It strument that's Out of Tune! STs, lexw raffla glove baskets and fancy ' A young man who signs himsotf “I. |4, #1"! Who slans herselg “A, ¥." No," he returned, quitetly; { ms A Good Many of us “Captains of sc°ap baskets. - writ writes : all off on the other site of the ridy Gush in a Man is often the Shaft Eos ood a Whole Lot of Les Iii the Dremten sitk novelties there are| A’ girl who herself “HLF. My friend and T have heen paying | yal Mat, Mould be an inexpenaive Christ. | she smiled demurely at him Mate of Lush! ere + nin cushions in various stiapes, vell | wri attention to t ole ladibn, Ut they eee eee canine hin ce we won't be interrupted—as we sons in Navigation? ogy set bees ee : ; ig ladles, ing, evn, Ret make him a box of walnut | yesterd whe su! ses i ' n let me take hiss late ed us coldly, Should! fudge? embroidery sets ‘a ail right to be Cordial and all TAke Phat, 60 Long as you're Not Ac- cused. of having Captivating Manne Sammy and the Subway; the Quest of a Seat That CERTAINLY WAS SOME MASQUERADE ¢ @peaking of Paradoxical Words, the Crackerjack never Cracks! | (Yoo oi TERE \ Fannie. TWeRe's Wana DEAT ‘ - aN cart TAKE ¥ \ \ee-ousul! ‘ea BUT 1M rhings Not ~ Generally Known hn L Hobble 212-2 By Jo HE cow that became famous by more intelligence than the modern bovine. She merely had the good for- tune to live before #utomobiles were invented. ARRIAGE 1s the only transaction bought and sold at the same time ‘by the same person. INOE Opportunity knocks Instead of rings the door-beli {t is frequently @enied admission on the belief that it ts @ call from @ country cousin, RAPT is one of the tricks of the other fellow's wusiness. Clare Victor By Dwiggins} | straight gase. cated. “But I got some vei and I am glad that 1 didn't write. given ma aome very good beginning “fo now you'll hook with somethin’ pened: quick glance at him. \" that about @ month ago some mesi tad |” 4 shooting match in Dry Bottom. They a gun-fighter. I suppose you hat | times. | she suspect him? an interest that [lumined his eyes very silghtly as he looked at her. he returned slowly, do it. | vo | vented wart Her cheeks eotored « itttte unit ‘hi wd “I didn't tay there long,” she equiv good ideas, should have had to destroy ft, because have decided upon a different begins » ing. Ben made the trip to Bot esterday, and last might he ti orl | hing that had happened pee: eB ed “=That's awful interestin’,” he observed. be able to start youe!) | i that really hap... 1 and original,” she returned,.with | “Ben told me a can for a target, and man’ kept It in the air until he put six oullet , los through ft. Ben saya he Is pret, handy with his weapons, but he eon! never do that. He insists that few men an, and he is inclined to think thar®!! he man who did do tt must have.beery |; er rled it?" 478 ‘ Over his lips while she had been speak- ing had crept the alight mooking smile’ which always to'd better than words of the cold cyntetsm that moved tm at Did she know anything? Did The mutle masked um slick shootin’, ‘But some men can I've knowed them, But I ain't heard that It's been done lately fm thiy here country, I reckon Hen told 39: somethin’ of how this man looked? He had succeeded in putting the que tion very casually, and she had not caught the note of deep interest in hit “L expect that Is p “Why, It's very odd," she maid, Took" Ing him’ over carefully; “from Ben's @ eeription [ should assume that the mat looked very tke you! rea nly had startled him je, @Av9.« itt oof It. He sat perfectly quiet, With steady eyes aut over: the Dig basin, F e vhe sat atlen. also, her gaze following bis, Thiet she turned. “That would be odd, woukin't 1tets she eaid, * + “What would?” he anowered, not 0k: ing at her “Why, If you we the man who hay Tt would foltuw' owt \( plot perfectly, Fart my story the hero be hited to. shoe. A supposed) rustier, and of carree (BT, would have to be a good shot. And Soule Have to ke ¢ Geer ty at Ae ing mateh L have ¢ i that the hero, in my story ehall be toeted efore being en to shoot: thee hen he cou the ruppose: rs cabin and s the heroine “) the) eames manner that yor how If it should turn out tha: the man who did the shoottmg you wer in Dry Bottort my story up to this pau Would be very nearly real. And t would be fins Nhe had allowed a ifttle enthusiasdf ts reep Into her voice, and he looked ua at her quick!y, queer expres#ion fa Tis © eyes. 5 wiles “You goin’ to have your abate man ‘tt by a rattier?” he questtoneds | * “Well, L don’t know about that. 4» would make very little differetrte.” 1 should be delighted to find hat y 9 were the man who did the shootin why at Dry Bottom, Say that you arel) a7 Even vow he could not tell whethe there way subtlety in her votdt, “BEw's old doubt rose again in bis mind. Was ahe really serious in paying that she Intended putting ali this in her ateriy «o or was this a ruse, concealing an ul- terior purpose? | Suppose Wid poplin brother suspect him of ng the, who had participated In the Shootlaat match in Dry Bottom? anei,t Suppose the brother, or she, had fi this tale about the tok. 1 draw him out? He was moved to 49s inward humor, amused to think thet" either of them should tmagine » Mise, shallow enough to b nt thus, But what if they catoh } hemo hl They could. outa did Would thoy gain by tt? 7 | gain nothing, but the knowledge \ serve to put them on thelr gueagy { suspect him, what iN aap if she diet there m evasion or denial? He whimstoally, irae “L reckon your @tory 4e gotn® te ‘bet real up to this point,” he. returned. ~ rt wiiite hack I did shoot at a can in’? Dry Bottom.” : She gave an exclamation of delight. “Now, isn't. that marvellous! ‘Mo hell hall ‘be able to say that my. pewins ng will be atrfetly Metion.”” sh eaned closer to him, her eyes altgirt with eagerness. “Now please don’t say that you the man who shot the van ‘five times," she pleaded, “I shouldn't want my hero to be beaten at anything he undertook, But I know that you were not beaten, Were vou!” He amited gravely, "I reckon | wasn't and * ed ind witht satintuet’on. ils | “I knew th" she stated, as though In \ there had never @xiatakiwty fact, “Now,” shy sgid ed over the reguit df he [shall be able to pppceed, h will be nimselt entirely confident that my rble to give a good account in any attuatio s baffled him. He gave up hing her and turned to look at the we beneath him, He woul have given much to know her thougws. @he + had sald that from her brother's dey jon of the man who had won the ot rung match at Dery Bottom, she yuld assume that that man had jooked ry like hit, Did her brother held. s opinion also? on cared very little if he dia, coustomed to danger, ‘and, ke Into this business wiea hie f And if Ben Alt Kaywee 6 \ sciously bis Mps straightened and hin went forward slightly, giving Loe an expr n of hardness that n look ten years older. Watohs the girl drew a slow, full \ | It was a side of his character with which she Was as yet unacquainted, . and she marvelled over it, comparing it e wide she already kne the ade” ” id shown her--q now at a glance she b knew bim—unyietdtng, frald, tndomitable, ot ” | (To Be Continued.) ® « rv » thoughts *)