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eed § TL . oor SOL | . somes SAMRTN TTT CX Ve PT a eS RT The ‘Evening World Daily Magazine, % “S’Matter, Pop?” ss 3% & Friday, February 3S. “192 By C. M. Payne SAY!! pln aad —s| ING Ea Aftound THe House Hist, Per, 1 WANTA ‘Tew. YA © 29. 11ITHTOTSOSOOO? Making the Best of Yourself By Eleanor Clapp | Fables of i °ME. SMITH” Everyday Folks \@ Biggest Cowboy Story Since “The Virginian” By Caroline Lockhart By Sophie Irene Loeb Copyright, 1012, by ‘Ihe Press Publishing Co, (The New York World). Copyright, 1912, by ‘The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World), THE HUMAN SPONGE. to start from about the GAME Basle, | HOW NOT TO DRESS. much greater extent than ts usually 'H upon a time there wan a|%0t as things progress they move off) 'O * (Copyright, 1911, by 3. By Lippincott Company.) |are down; they are heavy—so, You all - sapters, |Know that he came from the great Cree .jcountry with my father, and he hi a told us many times stories of the big ! sort ot tre ntler hotel. |north woo Where they hunted and Tie'aaonw's halt heeed dango: |'°DDAA. You know how he watehed her rf od looking women |™agined on knowing just how to do tt man. That fs, he was a dos-|Nere And there tn different directions. Y good looking v Some fall victims to arrested devetop- 66 J iversige in making them-| We all possess certain beauties of face cendant of Adam, there are| rome fel viet UAE RMU a relves as usly as they can | °"4 figure that may be developed or not, | two attri La ee) Lurene | us we choose, ‘ LOBSTERS. ‘ . that constt- |“ is something 1 never! te you really want to make the best Thus In the process of life some evolve by The Prose Publishing Co, ‘New York World), Mr. Jarr Finds the True Artistic . could understand,” said tute the manly arte, Pres CU |e when t os A Temperament alGRORTEA NAR ia wis. recanll? of yourself, make a friend of your mir man, which he had | M0"% ee othe i" according to that guéate at the ranch tre an ec Mile edeatit [hand upon say wend When d NATE oe . ‘ ‘ "4 y r w ey res ut to GE na je Arti 4 “ h 6ERTOV don't remomber me, Mr, “L thought tt was the other way,” 1| fOr And don't be afratd to look it squary fot been worn} ary they reach out to GMT and) ee Mani, | fever. Ho was like no one else to me Jerr?” said a rather over- replied thoughtle “Don't they usu. |= te face. Criticise yourself as if you with, acquired or | Raat, ti except my father. He was wise and reseed young man as Mr. Jarr ally spend all the money of husband or | Were @ stranger. This is not vanity; 1 had thrast upon| Rut. thts human sponge man, too, | fh 004. all he could; but | tie {ach (has, wandered Wits’ Anteuwe aud] | E could lait with my own hand the “ rr robbed his by wo agave discovers. the. secret, . + ¥ea, he gave somen | fri sary ‘nothiog.. Bamith ¢ SMeady tn love | 89 Who killed White Antelope. I want and his eritietstm, | with Dow But be tries t te eached out him, [Pes But he had | Save NOTHI few characteris thing=bis' ¢ is only common sense. Recognize stopped w of @ neighbor- father that they can Jay hands on in ’ ing Bfaniose ts wath 6 Picasa Dull the Razor,” to one reading, “Il puying clothes and fal-lals to make te but do not let them depress you irae therein and hacking at a atick of [Will Now Sharpen the Razor With the|tnem look pretty?” Set to work sensibly to discover just Knee and {Die blood as much as you. I'd flke to for policy’e make, makes I i. what you os , reli ile jaw, who/#@@ a stake driven through his wood with @ razor. aera Beep My friend regarded me soornfully; and, |" pat You can do pena diverts ae Bs thes that were his, | But hints tole May) iat | Promises ‘to. marry ‘ha and. Ineart on White Astsloped grates tier “Why, no," replied Mr. Jarre, “You ibobea ab aomavonel jen he was Al without epeaking w word. pointed at @/esry will make it look much thinner and | PF seemingly, to have Hstance, he was possessed of @) sites to reform. iim. As thia seeins to be the |let us not be too quick because the hate Whee the advantage of ene woman who was walking In front of us. and to hold unti| !'t* Income which some relative had) fint ste to winning het Tove. he saerly tedores [ie hot in us. My heart tells me that the Mr. Jarr regarded the eazor strop Ge-|1 Jooked at her-one look was enough, |Tofe fefined. Arc your outlines too | left him, and he was always complain: | soprtie IRENE death ai white man talks straight, 1 ‘oung man thereupon produced an br ° 1 hh thea Indian ‘ing MoArthur, who .» lat wait ean tard case, trom which he e-|TOnstrator with more interest. She had a shape that strongly inclined SMart VGC nee kt styles you | £8 part. from. them, |!9 that It was not BIG enough, He| teaches the much Just abead of them Srrait until we find the rigtt one, and lected @ printed card that bore the], \ir” he was a ‘horse’ with ‘Egmont, |tq what some people politely call “em- prove mont |, 60 Would be Invited to @ musteal eventing, hen we do we will punish in our own becoming. I# your complexion {nelined They were summed up in one word 1 _ 5 way. You hear? In ou Q go Into raptures as to the heav- CHAPTER V. : our own way! SPONGE. enly strains, the perfect technique (Conttaned.) Smith understoo. something of her of the Evil you know, the hyp-|jonpoint.” It was encased in a short legend: notist and handcuff king?" jacket and a very tight skirt, fitted so to be sallow? Always wear the right SIDNEY SLAVIN, — Way? biome tcbalicdeths lb Slosely that. her Nea een ciaas mae pa ian Reltyncae tht a ts Phas ne 4 ci Wale sigh eves a bad bone to & friend Smit’ and the Schoolmarm, Nepeaurage trues wr ee Beene Fanny Masinntel® a tee a ans eee a hue hat wan worn 99 far down on Bilkiie cyiehh need bai kan ab. ce wapae SCENE USIP BENE epone,"*saysttacckes,| 2° Would call on hts lady acquaint: | 6 6f bears qaoht" eried ‘hone LJ himself, and’ a halt-tormed.ptanetee Featuring Blotch & Bloomers ee ean eee eckmont's act oer teed that it made her look ae if si (eho ts trying to make the best of her-| "is the truest form of universal em: Tea OAs TSEDIE Te a cusers. "He ts shot to|ennite ahape. ander. “The Dee Goris uae,” got blacklisted, |Next I seen him was| As we passed them T noticed that her | "elf: I pryo to be found. All animal Hite seems never think ‘of thviting THEI to ae " aren ld epigiee Runa y Raueee seoeiien le reee eres ; r when T was cackler for a Snake Eating | companion was a pale, anaemic girl evening that HE might give ; oe eet Tecened Wis ren Actes act with the Elks’ Fair and Street Car-| wearing a bright purple hat and dress | 0. A murmur of angry emazement|/® moment's talk among themseives, the ‘ ae i mes O| Ie would spend a pleasant event arose, White Antelope, Indians went to hitch the horses to th act tenn, wire, stn ral erat, Weta won mate tren okt a] SIE @ Nations’ Armies: 1 sitecnettny a sean Sate, SOUR nln se gue Se We atcetetaty young man as Mr. Jarr puzzled over uried alive then. withered, g p th N ti Al mi the ATTENTION part Hon! home. { card, ‘You don't get me at all?” “Rurted alive?" echoed Mr. Jarr, I also said nothing. ‘This object len- iy young woman bathe one eon te leriteahar Wi ecaaned McArthur, |,.2mlth was well aware that he had Mr. Jarr fumbled with the bit of| ‘Sure!’ sald the neighbors son,|/son was enough. In my heart I agreed | 0 evening; yet at the homegoing tina be Balleve mere turned. to them. alh-| Gece caret oe he Sniale Dlanket, tha wy, > 4 , he = edges pasteboard and tried to remember. You know? A ‘horse’ fakes @ trance| thoroughly with my friend. lowing figures are practically correct} would hurriedly bid hostees good-| "I had but found the corpse myself the leather skirta of Monster reat “Don't fold the card, please,” sald the |and ts put to éleep in the window of) Now, while some women are born with up to the present hour: by and depart ALONE; perchance for| When these men rode up, The Indian|to make Susie's impassioned defense in young man; ‘it puts ‘em on the bum.'the leading dry goods store on Maina “feeling” for dress, just as a great Germany's total force te 1,891,000 men; | fear of @ cab fee. was cold; he certainty had been dead|vain. Why he did not he was not him- ‘Amd, now you've read it, you don't need | street, Boobsburg. Then when the dips{artist 1s born with a feeling for color, Russla’s 1,900,000 (the fact that Ger-| Of course he could for hours, Besides,” he demanded, |*¢!f eure. Perhaps it wae because he it, Bo please let me have dt back.” for it's often only a stall for the dip|and seem to know by inatinct exactly many's “reserves,” apart from her| for he knew how te penton viene wey | “what possible motive could I haver” [ted the f of power, of knowins | He rubbed the card with his handker-! privitege—has frisked all tho fly gobblers| what sults them, the great majority 1 to protect the eleventh that he held the Ufe of the despised nding army, number 1,223,000 to Rus-| commandment, “Thou shalt not bel !Nem 4a likes lettin’ blood don't need “700,00 glves the former nation a wr) bug-hunter in the hoflow of his hand; or ae t found out," which ts an absorbing qual; Motlve” The sneering volce was|perhaps it waa becatise It would serve certain promacy in enumeration); | ity of the sponge. Gnitn hia purpose better to make the accusa- bao Ee yyited $01,000; Eng-| One Soclety Thursday he went to moe Hey sir, met us om the hill. You|tion ar land, 739,000; Ttaly (before the recent in-| dinner party, his hostess being a new | “ROW the direction from which we| One thing bohad gary however, and crease), 645,00; Japan, 610,00; China,! acquaintance. ne ue pela) thet he had wo held we As usual, he departed qutckly—with It's easy enough to ctrote.' rough eny consideration ‘ MoArthrar, his company und his CRITICISM. It] srotttnart” Should 1 60 deck?” orted chigt and returned it to the aluminum |on Main etrect till there's @ roar about! tack this happy faculty. Every woman case. it, he's taken out and burted alive at|can make the best or the worst of her- “They cost fifty conts a hundred with| the Fair Grounds with a glass topped] self according to the amount of thought the holder,” he added, “and !€ a suy| chute to look down through. Then the] and Intelligence she expends on the sub- gets them back every time he can hun-| Hirams come pouring in, and all the| Ject. dred will the season.” simps from the farming districts, and| Looking pretty well or even well “You're “Mr. Slavinsky’s oldest boy,| the dips make a clean up. Then they|dressed, for that matter, depends to a aren't you?" asked Mr. Jarr, no work another big roar through the bet- naw, berides this tradt of thrift, a cer-| tor class of citizens and the subject 1s acca wasn't kindly criticism. But this time| | ‘They @ay there's that that: draws CHAPTER VI. tain family resemblance to the nelgh-| aug up before the experiment can be Fellowship. Partial bes tla et gitar ulte,9 bog Lar rh Sanccieaa ins stand hy The Great Secret. OEE Gat the old. eink wit) be ol cate vheumetion aoe oo oe ie nea | [EDT the red blood tn an artery, He was vallod to ACCOUNT by the|tooX, had tts effect upon. the Indians weal dee Auge tke iad greenhorn till the last ead rites,” sata | ative, and after boosting on the outside B Or the blue blood tn a vein— jman to whom he made the criticism, [Wh hot for revenge, needed only this White Antelope that Smith By the brute strength in a muscle to confirm their suspicions, One of the the young man. and shilling around the other carnival) (, ia | The credit side of the ledger stopped | indiana on horseback began to uncoll @pproached Yellow Bind, a He spevecg id through the cards| shows for his scoffin, and not making ae ee peli apeainan c i = fine and he dp uF yey BALL hig rawhide saddle-rope, All eave Mc- Es ay pollen ~ with @ cal glance, good, {s told to blow. And here he is, > 5 . ~RUSEIA. FRANCE. AUSTRIA GREAT BRITAIN, ITALY JAPA y | in the process—very small indeed. For) Arthur understood the significance of 4 “You see,” he added, explaining his! boosting a face hoe compound." On- the passing caravan, Bec NAINA TSH ‘nog at least he saw himself ag|the action. They meant to tle him hand , definite length to the MacDon- And denominate some mortal In the coterie-~a Man. 5,000, | OTHE - 14 ranch. “Fxidte" Yollow Bird, he was 195,000, , OTHERS eaw him. For once he faced and foot and take him to the Agency, man. For man wants but|With blows and tnsulta plentiful en [ssgupd at the Blackfoot mission, where below, but wants that little | Toute | had learned to read and write— ‘They edged closer to him, every eav- though he would never have been eus- gollcttude, ‘I keep the clean ones under} «41,4 voy mean to tell me fake hyp- freath, for a guy has to be careful not) Loi, feats are pulled off tn country bo ali a live wire a monaker Groad that | Tolle, one Ao Mer crowde for plok-| But there te another standard, ; feeds dry cleaning. The muasy ones) \vocorso” asked Mr. Jarr. Taught by Him who preached of old. of 400,000 men to the inch; to] In the extraordinary completeness of | MAN Age inatinct uppermost, their faces dark Pected of these accomplishments, ence will get over where a hood doesn't know | “wyo, got me," sald the young citizen! ang {t {s not based on talents, picture the strength (in reg-| organization, &c., Germany 14 said to| Hla name became lost on some of the} and monacing, MeArthur, his” eyes (0 All appearances he was e “Diemket” that a refined party's card ought to! o) 6. world, “And a jobble like this,| Nor subservient to gold; ulars and reserves) of the various great] excel, while F ‘4 artillery service 1s | visiting lists. Perhaps he learned @ les-| sweeping the clrole, felt that he had not Tndian. Fook clean. And I gave you one of the/ 2 ss. with nothing, {8 what hurts the|And it binds poor humans closer nation's armies. regarded es i the best on earth, |son and EVOLVED @ point from the|one friend, not one, in the motley, Smith epotte the Piegan tongue efmost funder ones by mistake.” | show business!” he added, bitterly. In its sympathetic strain Since the diagram was drawn Italy| Our own army in said to have increased | sponge stage. threatening crowd fast closing in upon @& fluently as his own, so he and Yellow 2+), “You are on ¢he stage, T understand?) an. amusement world suffers from|Than the red blood tn an artery, has greatly increased her army, so that| in alzo proportionately during the past) MORAL: A HUMAN SPONGE MAY! him; for Tubbs, hearing himself indi. Bird qutckty became compadres, relating HE aojdiere in the accompany- | 58,000, and the United States, ing diagram from the Sphere) The United States total 1s made up of) MA have been drawn on a scale| $0,000 regulars ane 116,000 militiamen Mttle he Mr. Jarr, accepting its claasifica-| 100 Siting, then?” asked Mr. Jarr.| Or the blue biood in a vein! now it exceeds that of Great Britain | twenty years moro rapidly than that of | DEPART WITH HIS COMPANY, BUT 1 iy, inewuded oo acaueatiae, bas 2 Sere hed run oft, of caltio they } |) flog without blinking, | "You're einging) Tr, enough to make a guy want to| —Ralph M. Thomson in Independent. ‘In force of numbers, Otherwise the fol-| any European natton, ‘SHOULD KEEP HIS CRITICISM, ae en, tnt With Perceptible haste saa stolen, and hinting, Tadian fashion, \ pum nickelodeon down the street, T) 111. the show business flat,” eald the RA PERS Bite ‘The Indian swung trom his saddle, | with eimmicant intonations and pauses, | ty “What's th ii ter magnitu ‘ a young man, “What's the business com ropo in hand, and advanced upon Mc- at crimes of greater \ “Yep, I'm playing amall thme to oblige} fh 'to? Button-hole makers, running | ole eh] Arthur with unmistakable purpose; but |, “How fe your heart to-deg, trien@? @ friend because I pull business on bee ghow shops, Jobbles Ike this doing four r py i; he did not reach the little actentist, for | #t, strona?” Fount of being a local favorite,” sald | show saps, Jopbiee ve ae an real Find ‘‘Patches’’ and Soper. 1983, Susie darted from the circle, her fiagh-| | “Weak.” repited Yellow Bird 5 y iene, te we cr. chooldays FicPactec an («attsintan ) wt Wig | eke Cee, cotine artes "I know this jobbie in here," he con-|actor quit and go to work! follow the String anco than ever with her tawny hand. Inved, tapping at the window with his| And young Mr. Slavinsky borrowed « “No, no, Running Rabbit!" ‘It would be stronger # you had ved dane where the shabby man waa now | cigartte and stalked gloomlly home to puehed him gently bacteward with her peters ae Coney mith suggested { “LT Will Now | supper. Anger-tipa upon this chest, gnificantly. ; Aupihs'4 san. that read, “t Will No eo d ‘There. was'a, murmur of protest trom |. "The bacon te net Cor SnGtene/” agneed i eee — Now Farry the crowd, and {t seemed to sting her | Yevow Died. 4 You SEE, THe wes Intomed |. “But the woman would have no eagtie Have PROBABLY READ oy Ta ate et urmed’ to wnore [1eft if ahe Killed only her own beet.” THAT SHGh AOWT THe the murmurs came loudest—from the | "Many people stop here -etrangess eum FRee FEED, AND AT . i white grub-liners, who were ‘eager for | lends.” Rad BIN etemsten, (HOON TREY ILL ALL. A \\ excitement i * jocked toward the Bar © canch. Rome RUSHING (HT “Who are you," she eried, “that you |toked toward the Bar ¢ wane Betty Vincent’s © i a ro K should be so quick to accuse thi! can, when bie cattle are stolen,” Teliow } Vv CAT AND : stranger? You, Arkansaw Red, that vice t oO Oo ers CeLOCK EXACTLY, 5: Fintt Class Decline * Jo EAT” S \ Skipped from Kansas for killin’ @ nlg- lal aPC Tee MinvTe HAND RECUR THARE Ai NUTHIN Ont Hane! Teacnen! Opneria 4 gor! You, Jim Padden, that ehot al 0 Ve, Totew Bt 6, 1 SPUN r ferder in cold blood! You, Banjo | they got in my way. th OF F WiLL PULL THe STRING, Toko: sheep-herd ; ‘| you a woman, that you are aéraiaf i “Sidewath Etiquette.” DROP THe AX AND | Srevy to Feet Foto oT Ncao darned anxious to | ,,"Wolt Robe, whe stole onty «cate, ANY of you write to me asking questions which have| || coy Tre Rore~ 1 OW Tz A NOWN Ther oR AU The Tine Line # Looked J 3 hang another man, when there's a rope PR tig! La pop en. ; M to do with what I may call “sidewalk etiquette.” The WEIGHT Fay wy Bien NO? waitin’ somewhere for your own necks! | Smit ‘There are not a large mumber of rules connected| || We BUGS AnD how muc ; ( “And Imnme tell you. —she took a |S, neve talked with the forked with this, but there are some which are generally avserved.| |] DESTROY Ut wich (2 KoRREcT? ‘NIT, You Boe! step toward them. | “The man that tongue, Yellow Bird. You are not « Pte Iam going to give you a few of the most important. ‘oR NOT On TR Tintyel* 2? ine» boa a ta Sige ha | nets | San tok of the great Blackfoot nation; When walking with a lady or ladies, a gentleman al- N *STano up & PARSLEY, Jalong at the same time, for there'lt|| cat Ate. faces to et ate” smith ways takes the sie next to the curb, 2 <= — | never be a bunk oF @ seat #8 the taba turned from him contemptuoualy, It is not now customary for a lady to take a gentl SimPLE Ae Swern parc |for him. on thin ranch ax tong as ho| “iNT 0k TON Strong as youre, 1 : man's atm when walking In the atreet, unless the pave- A case oF OF Knowle oue < \ [Lives Where's your proof against | am renay Se ment Ix dey or uneven enough to make walking dimoult. mumps Yow can Gh , Ul ; | this bug-hunter? You can't Arag @) "ye was dusk when Smith returned ' eT OF Twis Ithout something against | Re A gentleman should be careful not to hurry ahead of a Rios ve f man off without something against | and Held out @ blood-stained flour sack * dy at crossings, as it {3 there that his assistance may | ELUCIDATiO# dim——juat becaus bu to the squaw. Au ome ox “Liver. A two-year ole.” Some sound from Smith attracted! mie xquaw's eyes sparkled, Ah, this of be valuable, Belty Vincent “ When a lady and gentleman mect on the street, the her attention; she wheeled upon him, | One sduee.e eves Spariiod | AS, Rais judy \.vWs first, to indleate whether or not she wishes to recognize him, d, with Ne a Thin gpm, entesretehes vided for her; he brought her meat to Too Young, Bilerirasiicurecairei panes aia |'88, ahe pointe #6) gut.” Ho was clover and brave, for It “HL. Me" writes: “Should a girt of [Itt twice and she has refused me, Shall | "iene. I'd sconer thinks vou ase 14, | POs ote? MONS SAB) Op ReemaRy aie sixteen receive presents and serious at-|! ask her again?’ | than him!" “1'4 do more nor thie for you, Prairie tentions from a man of thirty-five?” It would do no harm, Persistence There aa not #o much as the Meker | mower," and, laying bie hand upon } You are rat too young for “serious , Sometimes wins, Na appt think 7 ata it | ROE Shqulder, Be Oreeene sh with: Ree finger tips. “Say, but that's great Myer!" Tubbs reachod half the length of the table and helped himself a third time, “That ke a man fight his grandmother. itehered it?” |atientions” from anybody, i — t ) aarti tee | +B, 1.” writes: “For two months a ‘T. 1." writes ‘What would be an young man paid me attention, and then a2propriate, not too expenaive birthday | two sunday evenings In succession called | st for my sweetheart? lon another girl, Whiah of us do you | Flowers are always suitable, or @ box! thing ne cares for?!” dined = He {8 probably just good friends with “"T. 1." write “T quarrelled with | you both, ene young man and am now engaged to % anotier, But the first tells his frienda| “8. 8." writes: "My only objection (ge still cares for me, Do you think I, to my flancee 9 that when I reproach gnould give up the second and try to| her for being childish she becomes tn- | win back the firet |dignant and will not speak for some Not if you love the man to whom you|™inutes, How shall I correct her of Are pow engaged?" If you don't love | this habit?" him, don't marry him, Your love must! You'd better correct you pe the deciding factor, teasing her, than him," he said, playing upon ¢ word, “You'd like to see me get my neck atre His bravac | nia prote And on | she retor Turning votes dropped, thi ing on the soft ac she spoke to them in th nany half-breeds, 1 that she s very insole ce, WAS 1) have the chanst!* furiously. Smith answered, m him he Indiana, her] ‘It tastes like slow elk," eald Suste. harsh lanevage tak-} “Maybe you oughtn't to eat it till tof the squaws as! you're showed the hide,” Smith ug own tongue, | Bested. e seldom! “Maybe I oughtn't,” Susle retorted. understood or | “{ didn’t see any fresh hide a-hangin’ on oak the language, She)jthe fence, We always hang our hides Jhad an amusing of referring} “I never hangs my hides, I cuts ‘em even to her relatives as “those Injuns,"} up in strips and bralds ‘em into threw> but now, with hands outstretched, she] ropes. It's safer,” a The grub-liners laughed at, the ‘infers i are all Indians together tn this [ence which Smith 90 coolly implied, friends of White Antelope! Our hearts (To Be Continued.) elf and stop