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/. res ~~ wy a The Evening :World Daily Magazine, Thursday, February 22, 1912° The World’s & w# ww Great Women By Madison C, Peters. to Mncyclopedia” at St. Petersburg and to undertako Copyright, 1912, by The Prees Publishing Co, (The New York World), No. IX.—CATHERINE I1., Greatest of Russian Empresses. ATHERINE IL, daughter of Prince Anhalt-Zerbst, a Prussian fleld mar- shal and Governor of Stettin, was selected by the Empress Elizabeth of Russla as the wife of her nephew and successor, Peter. She was born in Upper Saxony, May 2, 1729, She was named Sophia Augusta 7 and on passing from the Lutheran into the Greek Church took the name of Catherine Alextevna. Catherine's mother, a pedantic German of the old @ohool, gave her a severe education, which did not hinder, but helped to atrengthen the masculine temperament of her daughter. Her marriage took place Sept. 1, 174. ‘The l-assorted unton was not happy Both husband and wife lived lives of unrestrained wickedness, When the husband ascended the throne, ar Peter III. in 1761, on the death of the Empress Bitsadeth, their conjugal differences widened. Catherine developed into i handsome, strong-minded, ambitious woman, while allly, wayward and extravagant. Peter being dethroned by a conspiracy, Catherine was made Empress. A few days later Peter was murdered. To please the Russians, Catherine made a great show of regard for the Gree Church, though she was at heart particularly partial to the French philosoph of the period. She several times invited Voltaire to her court, and propo: D*alembert to finish the * the education of the grand duke, Diderot visited her at her request. She gained the favor of the Iitterat! of Europe, who sang her praises. She was confessedly, next to Peter the Great, the chief regenerator of Russia, and in many respects the greatest ruler in Europe; her reign being remarkable for the rapid rise of the power of Russia, As @ woman, the wickedness of her character ts inexcusable, but as a ruler ehe furnishes ample argument to the woman suffragists of to-day to show that mellorated the condition of the serfs, protected commerce, established banks, bullt factories, created @ naval force, encouraged art, promoted literature, improved tue lawe, dug canals, founded hospitals, and built oolleges. The only thing that halted her Progress for Russia was the idea she bezan to entertain that the French Revo- lotion was the result of a too-progressive civilization. Catherine secured the election of Stanistaus Ponlatowski to the throne of Poland. Though disturbed from time to time by intrigue; this remarkablu woman, in apite of all her dissipation, showed tho gteitest activity’ in ‘the administration of the internal as well as the external affairs of her empire, receiving from the Assembly the title of “Mother of tho Country.” She baffled the plans of France in Poland against Russia, she routed the ‘Turks, defeated the Greeks; and, along with Austria and Pru she effected the last partition of Poland tn 179%. She concluded peace with the Porte, stip- ulated for the independence of the Crimea, secured to herself the free navigation the Black Sea, and was on the point of turning against France, when she Gied of apoplexy, Nov. 9, 1796, Betty Vincent’s Advice to Lovers The Gift-Grafter. oo don't get the reputation of being tax collectors, Perhaps you don't understand the term in con: nection with yourselves. What I mean ts just this Don't make it incumbent on all your men friends to bring you candy or flowers or theatre tickets every time they come to call. There 1s a certain type of girl who exacts money tribute as scrupulously as the most autocratic government. Bhe 1s perhaps unconscious of it herself, but if she stops to think she will realize that her opinton of young men depends upon the amount of cash they spend for her, Of course it's fun to receive the bouquet and theatre tickets. But do you realize that you may be decimating your friend's bank account, or even‘his lunch money, by the “taxes you collect from him? Instead of tacitly asking him for gifts that oost money, why not show him that you value most the things money cannot buy—his compantonehip and liking? fe ation of her atlence?"* Other People s Letters, on a}, Certainty. Tf you had written long ago “J. G." writes; “Whe you might have saved yourself unhappi- young lady I happened to drop # letter | ness, addressed to me. Has the young lady amy right to read the letter?’ Certainly not, She would be extremely Gishonorable if ehe did such @ thing. “S. C." writes: “I have been asked to attend a birthday party with my fiancee, but have never met the young lady giving the party. What present would be suitable?’ You cannot make @ mistake with flowers, “H. G.” writes: ‘What shall I give my cousin at her sixteenth birthday vr" *hewece would be a pretty present. “S. Q." writes ‘Can marry on $0 a week, there 1s more money years?" Yes, if they are economically at first. A Credu.ous Girl, two peopie it they know coming In @ few “B. G.” writes: ‘I am @ young man of twenty-one, but whenever I come into the presence of ladies I cannot keep from blushing. What shall I do?” You are probably self-conscious. to think less about yourself, willing to live Try} oy, A. writes: “My parents objected] “A. W." writes: “I love @ girl and to my flance, and I wrote and told him|I think she cares for me, but every of their verdict. He did not answer, 1 | time 1 go to see her she tells me some- thing some other young man hus said about me, What shall I do?’ Advise the girl to trust more to her want to be reconciled. Would it be proper for me to write a letter telling him @0?" Yeo, since you were the one to break | affection and less to every gossip things off in your other letter, acquaintance, A young man has| “J. * writes: girl I love told M, T." writes: Deen paying me attentions for over year, and though he has hinted that he loved me he has not yet proposed, you think he reaily cares?” If he does he will let you know sooner ‘or later, me she cared for me, but lately she is always asking me to buy her things Do you think her affection ta genuine? I am afraid it is—but the object ts your pocketbook, “U. 8." writes: “I have to work every Too Young. jevening so that tt !s Impossible for me oM, I." writes: “Iam fifteen and a!to pay attention regularly to any young young man was paying me regular at-|woman, Yet I want to do so very muon tentions, Now my mother has written | How shall I manage it?” to him telling not to call on me,| My only suggestion ts that you secure and T only sew him twice a week, What/another position where night work is would you a not required, That you stop bothering. You are too young for loven s, and your mother| "E.R. rites; “What ts your is @ Wise wom | opinion young man who, after ona: calling young lady for four “J, ©." writes: “A gil to whom Tj months, addresses ber in letters ax was devoted stopped ak to me f‘f-| iis ‘future wife?’ (teen montis agy, aod L never knew the) ‘That he is gratuitously tmpertin- reason, As J cannot forget her, would | ent—-unless whe has promised to mare ry bin, : (& be.proper to write and ask an explan- niacin: een TNT IRS O ON EEC OT BERNE IT ‘Yea, nantly; what i: ‘Take hous “Well ‘Tribune, ole 667THE peristency tn aid Tommy. lamb had been good and sensitie, we should hi had Mm to oat!""—L ¥ concerning oe. how long eggs can be kept in a cold storage wa: Kept’ 1,000 dozen before he suci The Alternative. h which children, vee ye other moral than the intended that they shall ya Philadelnhia fable @ one which it , young. little boy the story of the wolf and the I had followed it up with the remark 1. understand, “It the ‘moot’ Naming the Boy. gardener and general factotum, was anted one day by a bright looking ht of ten years old. * 1 asked, man fur me! at'n de Bible. j@ wus bown in Jur he ain’ mammy 4! Juuior cus Purely Subjective. ie a suit against the owners of ‘a cold eure, Do yo \@ matter in disput “M" HARKER," the attorney said, “this c@m, for instance, Please tell the jury the witness said, “that depends e owner, I once knew a man who hand for about two ye working ‘em off,""—Chicago * lesque; Schooldays + in “The Two though before that and years was cl actress's name, while Mi is me have appeared in it. ‘When “The Two Orpha for the first time—Dece! the Union Square Th tre, Copyright, 1912, by The Press Publishing Oo, (The New York World), Kate Claxton—Pauline Markham. WENTY-EIGHT years sao Kate Claxton and Pauline Markham were both eterring Orphans, many thereafter the old melodrama ly one of many women who was acted 21, 18%, at and with Kate Claxton and Mrs. McKee Rankin (who died recently) in the title roles— Miss Markham was a favorite in bur- and it is at just that period the accompanying phoiographs of bot! actresses were ‘aken. sive Employee, Man! Dyspepsia! less. Man, generally Run Failure Stake: a Dead Heat The Invertebrat Good Resolutions, for an Occasional Recess! Luck! is when you feel Cast Down! NoW, ALL ToceTuen ‘ou GReaT 81 BEAUTIFUL a PoLL — “Cheer Up, Cuthbert!” What’s the Use of Being Blue? There Is a Lot of Luck Left. By Clarence L. Cullen Copyright, 1012, by The Prem Publishing Co, (The Ni HE Boas gives Ea to the Aggres- but he Always treating Chins who Never Retreated! Fires, the Antagonistic One! “They say” that “Prosperity spoile) to Take # Chance! ‘We never Bellev: the ‘Believe Me’ Laughter ts the Pepsin for Mental The Cha ‘acteriess Man and the Color- Bracketed in the Betting, tor the when he makes usually Holds Out Bite the Peroration ef Short when you're Preaching to @ Man in Hard The Time to Hold your Head Up Find “‘Patches’’ end Follow the String! FiasT Clare Unitke Kate Claxton's career, Pauline short. "Twas eputy was the sole asset! For, acconting to chroniclers of the period, Miss Markham showed ittle tafent after she abandoned bur- her second Randolph Murray, as her leading man. the famou ticity in a Harlem flat. As is well-known, Kate Claxton con- tinued to act the blind girl in “Tho until 1904, when tho r only child—a boy of twenty-one—so shocked and grieved her that she withdrew from the stage, on which she has never reappeared. York World), We've known a Lot of Men with Re- The “I Can't Help It* Man Is Zobre'd With Saffron Streaks! More Me than| We Never Know how good that UP Adversity" —but) Thing Feels until after we've been we're all Willing); Downed a Few! The Coward cal:n it fey of Non-Resistan “Pursuing a Pol- We Always take More Stock in the Man who Proclaims Things in the Planissimo Tone! The Reaper Smiles when he Hears \¢ Procrastinating Man say that he j has All the Time in the World to Do this or that! Every Time we See a Hearse we Wonder what's the Good of Worrying! Time Heals—but Deciines to be Hur- | ried at the Job! ‘The Man who !s Satisfied with Jes’ Makin’ a Livin’ HAS to Be! Most Hustlers make Too Much Notae! about It—but the Energizer Works on| Ball Bearings! As They Looked a Quarter Century Ago Old-Time Photographs of Stage Celebrities by The Copyright, 1012, (ha" New: Yor WO nearly dead candidates took the Oxygen Oure last week. By Fohn L. Hobble ee Press ik Worl “Man who killed ticket specutator is arrested.” It ts carrying things | deputies too far when one cannot even kik ain't wat ticket speculator without being an- noved by a rude policeman, Baltimore may lose the convention, It is thought that the city ts hardly large enough to accommodate all the candidates, “Thirty arrested Some party in dynamiting A good thing has been over. organisation should have whitewashed the whole affair and made political capital out | of te. The Government is trying to dia solve the truats, and the truste are trying to dissolve the Government. 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Payne By C ball Beith, ‘an eccentric little scientist named McArthur; bie loquacious guide, Tubbs; Dora Marshall, @ pretty school teacher from the junlered White Antelope and robbed hie body, ‘The squaw di ‘cocret, twit mays nothing, Sinith faila hopelensly in love with Dora, But he trie to hide his feelings and, for palley's axe, maxes love to the squaw, who promises to marry him and let him manage the Fauci, Smith arouses Dora's interest, first step to wiveing her love, he eagerly indorses the kes, He horrifies mentioning casually thet be has Killed many Indians, CHAPTER V. (Coatinued,) Smith and tne schoolmarm, HEY were olutterin’ up the 66 range,’ Smith explained patiently, “and the cat men needed it for their stock, 1'@ ‘a’ killed ‘em for nothin’, but when ‘twas might Tae Schoolmarm scarcely kne to aay; his explanation seemed oe" eat rely satisfactory to bimselt. “L m glad those dreadful days have “They're gone all right,” Smith ans ewered suurly, “They make dum near as much fuse over an Injun as man now, and what with ju I heard « judge killin” an injun wae Why, @ white back that pure murder,” tenineDereciate elling me of your life,” eald the Sohool- marm, in lieu of something better, She found him @ diMfoult person with Whom to converse. ‘They seemed to have no common meeting ground, yet, While he constantly artied §= and shocked, he also fuscinated her. In one of those tiuminating tlashos to which the Schoolinarm was subject she saw herself as Sinith's guiding star, leading him to the triumphant finish of the career which she believed his unique but strong personality made posaibie. It was Smith's turn to look at her. Did she think he had told her of his life? Tho unexpected dimple deepened in Smith’a cheek, and as he laughed, the Schoolmarm, again noting the effect of 4t, could not in her heart believe that he Was as black as he had painted himsel! "I wieht our traile had crossed sooner, but, anyhow, I'm on the square with you, girl, And if you ever ketch me talkin’ crooked,’ as the Injuns say, I'll e you my whole outfit—horse, saddle, jankets, guns, even my dog-gone shirt. me" woolmarm glowed. Her woman’ influence for good was having its effect! Tile Was a step in the right direction— @ long step, He would be “on the equare” with her—ahe liked the way he phrased it. Already her mind was busy with adr-casties for Smith, which would have made that person stare, bad he known of them. An inkling of their nature may be had from her question: “Would you like to study, to learn trom books, If you had opportunity ?"* 1 learned my lotters speilin’ out the brands on cattle,” be said frankly, “and that with bein’ able to write my name on the business end of a check, and common everyday words, has always been enough to see me through.” “Hut when one bas naturally 4 good inind Uke yours don't you think it ts almost wicked not to use it?” ‘L got @ mind, all right,” Smith re- piled = complacentiy. ‘m kind of @ nead-worker in my way, but steady (hinkin’ makos me sicker nor & pup. 1 wot @ headache for two days speilin’ out @ description of myself that thy Sheriff of Choteau County spread around the country on handbile, It Was plumb insultin I Aggerea It out, cain’ attention to and busted thumb nt word to him What 1 felt hostile over it Sheriffs “Il rif you don’t tell ‘em where off at once tn awhile.”* olmarm ignored the handbil je and went of ides, @ lack of education te such eyes aud ears @ hundicap in business, | » worat handicap Lf has to com: sal! Smita grimly, “is the has got into of sending s through the mail, instead It keeps m out of sation, Desides bein’ diseouragin {puttin many @ hard-workin’ noid up on the bum." "But," she persisted, the real mean ing of Smith's observations entirely escaping her, “even the rudiments of an | education would uch @ help to you, ing up many avenues that now are d to you, What i want to say is hat if you intend to stop for a the ranch 1 will be glad to ch you, Susie and I have an extra sion in the evening, and L will be | delignted to have you Join us." It hut uot dawned upon Smith that whe had tioned him with this end yae jin view He looked at her Axedly, » depths of his experience ne must jie me some,” 1 notly. 4,” she replied, for now; and Smith an Interes That'll, do AND I'M GonwA ered You AGA: dae ealipatalanactsaipatthceetleahtatinatinanaineeeesinnhitaaddipesiiails Biggest Cowboy Story Since “7he Virginian” Your confidence—your | ” “I t think ic * Sintth lied dryty, noting the direction pee on they came. “Tt looks like business.” He knew that the two behind were [Indians. He could tell by the way they used their quirte and eat thelr hart ‘wchool of yours? Will I? Wateh ! Say." he buret out with @ Ring of Doyish tmpulsivenes me doin’ anything tin’ down when T ought to standin’ up when T ought to wot will you Just rope me and take a turn around a anubbin'-post and jerk me off t alony famously if yeu feally want to improve yourself!" ex claimed the Rchoolmarm, her eyes shin- = with enthusiasm, "If you really truly TI do," feeling at the moment that would have done dressmaking or in washing, had she bid him. Once more the world looked tig, af¢ luring, and as full of untried ties as when he had “quit the flat” at thirteen, “Have you noticed me doin’ Gain | 4 that Isn't manner: anxiety, “Don't feelin’s,"” he urged, I wills but {t seeme so—so queer ort acquaintance.” at's the use of wastin’ time pretendin’ to get acquainted, wher you're acquainted as soon as you at each other? What's the use of aa shayin’ around the bush when you meet up with somebody you like? You just oF loone os ai Lg os “It's only a little thing, in a way, not In itself important perhaps; yet it would be, too, {f circumstances sheulé take you Into the world. It might mame ry otrangere.” ‘bad impression upon Smith looked slightly alarmed, wondered if whe suspected anying about White Antelope. At the momen he could think of nothing else he hed done within the last twenty-four hours, which might prejudice strangers. “I noticed at the “ the Scheel- marm went on fi were afraid it uid get away Like this"—ehe illustrated her fist. “Like @ ranch-hand holding on pitchfork,” Smith suggested, rel! “Bomething,” she laughed. fi Smith beamed. ‘Once I run with @ high-stepper from Bowlin’ Green, Kentucky, and she me better nor that," he explained. “Zhe sald nothin’ give a feller away like habit of handlin’ tools at the table, She was a lady all right, but she got the dope habit and threw the lamp at me. The way I quit her didn't trouble me. None of ‘em id any holt om me when It come to a show-down; but you. i] ou" y Look!" Her sharp exctamation tnt him, and following her gesture he saw fying horseman in the distance riding as for hie Hfe, while behind him ¢we ther ridere quirted thelr horees im Ret Dureutt. fe it @ race—for tint horses, Neither was there any mistak- ing the bug-hunter on his ewe-neeked sorrel which, displaying unexpected: burats of speed, was keeping in the lead and heading straight for the ranch house. With one hand McArthur wee ing to saddle-horn, and with other was clinging quite as tightly te what at a distance appeared to be @ pulled his gun—why dont Smith quickened his watt. He knew that the Indians had learned White Antelope's fate. That was @ lucky swap Smith had made that meen- ing. He congratulated himself that he ‘taken chances," wondered how effective McArthur’ nad not iit denial would prove in the face of th evidence furnished by the saddle blen¢ ket. Personally, Smith regarded the bug-hunter’s chances as sim, “They'll get him in the corral,” &e observed "Oh, it's Mr. McArthur!" Dore ented in distress. Smit oked at her In quick Jealousy, |, what of it? In her. emelte- ment, the gruftness of his tone passed ed. unobser Co she urged. "The Inétame and he may need us" breathless, pale, McArthur rolled out of his saddle and thrust long, bleached bone into Tubbs's hemd, Keep it!" ho gasped, “Protect itt It may be—I don it ts, but It may be—a portion of the paroceipital bene of an Ichthyopterygtan Then he turned and faced his purs Infuriated, they rode straight at hem, are Hat vary but he dit not finch, and the heroes swerved of thelr own accord, Suste had run from the house, and her mother had followed, expectancy upon her stolid face, for, Uke Smith, ee had guessed the situatton. The Indians circled, and, returntag, pointed accusing fingers at McArthur He kill White Antelopy By this time the grud-liners tmd reac the corral, among them feur Indians, all friends of the dead man. | wondered if the Jump in ‘bis throat was |Thelr faces darkened, ‘golng to choke Lim, “Wil J join thas Te Be Continued) ‘