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THE LADIE: “THe Ne bone MRS. JARR HAS ONE . GOOD TIME, AT LAST! of Evenin “S’Matter, Pop 1, 1 91 2 By C.M. Payne. BS) ne PRE TREE FA Siti T Copyright, 1912, by The Press Publishing (The New York World, When Woman Rules s) B@ By Joe Ryan 8 Se A Romance of Broadway and RY (Copyright, 1911, ty Bebbe-Mewill Ov.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. pay Copyright, tine Noe Yore Weed. Oo, OU'D better come to the Suffra- Y gette meeting," eaid Mre.Gretoh, ‘There will ‘be one in the Wie taria room of the Hotel St. Vitus at 8 “I don’t want to go to the Suffragett At the Suffragette meeting proceedings ere well under way when Mra, Grate, ire. Jarr, Mrs, Stryver and Mra, Mud- sas ark sor “T Poon oom bien fs ridge-8mith arrived, Mrs. Gratch's ap- rights that way. If men can pearance was greeted by: handclapping have thetr ‘sa, instead or {fom th longing to her clique in the waving heme with thelr wives, then the |Suffragette Amociation, while those in ate: me t en, e : wl SD we ut amas | ipnen in eg at ae the men do, too!” “The vote first!” oriea Mrs. Gratch. | thé hrsgred tality ak cieaaea or any- oe elec cence?) ‘The chairwoman, who was the leader in Howl be 8 oly ar to arate cohen fetinn, moped meets ” & gavel, ete y atid ‘then we| "Tho Who come late should enter ‘a good time afterward.” | With lesa ostentation"” she sald biting. ° ve arose. Col on” anid Mise. BEr7 ver. | overtiotad for contain members,” tg must get up and demand the reading of Mre. Gratch’s report,” whie- ered Mrs, @tryver. “If we do not this awful woman, Mrs. Sowers, who ts in the chair, wil adjourn the meeting without letting her be heard.’ At this, Mrs. Jerr and Mrs. Mudréige- “Have you paid your dues, madam?” thiek-soled shoes as though she were |asked a fat woman of aggressive ap- ‘templing upon geuds as well men, |pearance of Mrs, Jarr. “A paper 19 to be read by Mrs. Gratch| ‘None of your ‘business!’ snapped on ‘The Present Status of the Cause’ to- | Mrs, Jarr. Gey, oid Mrs. Stryver. “Out of cour-| “There are non-members here inciting teay to our guest we can do no lesethan |@ riot!". criod the stout woman, rising ‘be present.” and addressing the oheir, “Should they “E Gon't know why it is," whimpered |not ‘be ejected?” Dare. Jarr, “but whenever I want to heve| But Mre. Stryver wae known to many @ 600d time all the rest of you want to|as © wealthy woman and prominent in fhe Ousy reforming. Reformers don't |the Sunday paper society notes, and Wave @ good time and they don’t want |Mrs, Mudridge-Gmith was wearing one * lot the first panter skirte the Suffra- iridge-Gmith nudged her |gettes had seen, and the proposition to My. And Mrs. Jare understood |eject Mre. Gratch’s new friends was @essage the nudge conveyed. It was | hissed down. eMiect thet if they went to the! ‘Come on, now!” whispered Mrs, Mud- riige-Gmith to Mre, Jerr. ‘Mrs, Stry- ver is not looking and Mre. Gratch ie ad her report. We can get retorted Mrs. Jarr, ‘There's going to be a fight. This is very en- Soyadle!"* ‘by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World), ‘be down at your office smoking and throwing dice for drinke—YOU'D be ines sm Gales ee om away from the agony and the heart- THEL (wailt oom lpreaking strain! Ah, it's the woman oq ae tely)—Well, kes to stand things! ahs Po a: prints . B (anxious to avert the weeps)— . "Sir, B. (butting tn)—Oh, let Daten Ae anton ee a ie . B. @ e | cy child ave ‘a dit of cabbage! It than ‘om Be oe at} RE a cnasts 900 nat on. » (@indictively)—Not I, George ! What do know about pepe wien Oe a or peed ft B. (gayly)—Not on your life! @ child's dict? 1 have a winner from the nurse's Be ieee ce octane reaieny to take charge of my case—a Peed aie stl Pipptn—a bionde—s blithe and buxom Mrs. B. (aghast)—Aren't you ashamed to carry on such a conversation before your own children? I declare I don't know what the men are coming to these days—the wanton rovelry of Nero's time ts being dimmed! ME. 0 ever bpard of © tit pane (taking heart—I wan’ some cab- of eebbage dole any harm? ay TM tiscdiy) Cabbage! Why, eab-| Mrs. B, (soothingly)—wait unt mother , bese Is one of the worst things you can has finished talking, dear, (To Mr, B.) tat-cabbage 1s concentrated potson—| Well, have you any other argument to cabbage will give you colle quicker'n— | Ofer? Mr. B.. (desperately)—Who told you| Mr. B. (throwing up his hands)—Not even the ghost of a one! But just take a Hitle tip from me. If @ child can't have what's on the table she'll sneak around when no one's looking and wet tt. Mrs, B (slowly)—Do you really believe hen sho was four years old and the|that, Geoge? I don't know but what “wext day tl oor little thing was taken | you're right. On dear, I'd hate to ya with convulsions and—— have my little darlings do anything un- Mr. B. (with much sarcasm)—My!|derhanded! George, ten't it hard to y You have it all worked out, ha bring up children? you? So you won't give Ethel a taste| Ethel (with renewed vigor)—I wan’ T tor fear she'll go into convuletons to-jsome cabbage! w? Ha! ha! that’s good, Mrs, B. (putting 2 heaping spoonful (eajemnly)—George on her plate)—There, there, yoy shall have {t, pet—I really don't think it will Copyright, 1912, Cabbage vs. Convulsions. ra. B. (sweetly)—Oh, you do! After Ve brouglt two perfectly healthy chil- pu Into the world and raised them without a bit of trouble, you tell me you know as much about diet as I do— huh! ‘Mrs. E.—Who told me #0? The doc- + tor told me #0; but I didn't need the Moctor to tell me so—I knew it myaelf! M B. (to nebedy tn pertiouter)—Gut-| Mr. Honpeck—Who will be elected, dear? Mra. Henpeck—Don't aek questions about things you can’t under stand. A hueband’s place is In the home. “How proud you must be of your lovely baby!” “Yee, indeed! Why, ehe may be Presidentette some day.” : | Find «‘Patches’’ ond Follow the String! Schooldays # MEL) & By Dwig Yes, 1 True Wes Bae A scioot DEMONSTRATES THE Y Tre SHEER TemeT , To BE INDEPENDENT AnD COURAGEOUS — PING JACK tS VA) cr Pus Animity AND ADMONIsHEs LOOKY AT WER a Trad FIRMLY Tan eT than in the bottom away in bye experience taught olla were only indifferently He wished now that he was epend Christmas in Cairo; but it late to change hie booking on ‘bureau for his key, when an exquisitely Sloved hand lightly touched his arm. “Don't you cemember me, Mr. Jones?” said a voice of vocal honey. George did. In his Gropped his pith-helmet, and in stoop. ing to pick It up, bumped into the porter had rushed to his ald. Remember her! Would he ever forget woman, to whom in one mad moment of Mberatty and Galahadiem he hed loaned without seourity one hundred end fifty pounds at the roulette tables in Monte Carlo; she, for whom he had al- ways blushed when he recalled how eas tly she had mulcted him! And she jas, serene, lovely as ever, unchanged. “My dear,” said th couldn't recall by whi known her) G. 1." writes: “A young lady I call) fection—tf you have ft: is sometimes very indifferent. What | young man, but sometimes ashamed of me. A Silly Girl. “G, B." writes: What shall I do? That sort of man jen't worthy of you about. I borrowed @ hi pounds of him at Monte Carlo, what do you think? When I went to pay him back the next day, he was * without leaving the slightest clue to his whereabouts, Isn't that droll? And to think that I should meet him “I am tn love with a young mun who thinks 0 love his friend, I convince him I don’t? Let him know that you celving any attentions from the other “Is it proper for a} girl to send presents to a man whom| your affections. whe has only met once and write him ‘Try to convince her of your deep af- 1 The Day’s Good Stories | “I preter the cost, if tt’s all the eame to —LAppineott's Magazine, foolish young woman and A Trial Engagement. “Isn't ft all right to have trial engagements with two men at once, when you don't know which you'd rather marry?" Never engage yourself to any man snless you feel sure you want to marry ‘A young man has been paying me attentions for a year, fout has never asked me to come to his house. Do you think he cares for me?” Anyway, it is has place to 4o the visiting. What He Preferred. CINCINNATI lawyer recently remarked that the juryman who, toward the od of @ very long trial, wished to know what the | terms “plaintiff” and '“defendant’ signified is b fmmorance, The lawyer mentioned | had written ifle @ Travelling Man’s Tale. HAD 8 strange experience with an tntoxt- see a good deal of a 4 She ts always making excuses for not confining herself to my attentio: “O, K." writes: "Can't @ young man <is9 a girl and have respect for her, even if they are not engaged?” It 1s not considered the proper thing, If ehe cared very much you would probably get along better. & good deal of a girl whom I have never met. I get to know her?” Find @ mutual friend who will intro- duce you properly. — asked the swettee: “E ais tn tove-with Wan on and my parents object to my staying out after 10 o'clock. they are unreasonable?’ A working girl ought not to stay out See if your parents will not permit you te make an occa- done) exception to thelr sensible rule. “He fished in hia pocket, produced 62 cents Don't t He | in mall change and started away. you. hint tells of @ man whose coat had been stolen, bad charged @ suspicious locking person with the ee | hie” 1. eapended the state, thet, “Yoo eay that thie late many nights. aha ceili deen « e Carpet w# From Bagdad. By Harold McGrath CHAPTER IV. (Comtinwed.) Hy HT ifn att Sax HI layil & ij |to witness the sunrise, | ntee to the horde of blind ingtantly swarmed about sate alee never thought of her without dubbing himself an outrageous ass. He straightened, his cheeks afire; blushing was another of those uncontrollable as- ininities of his. It wae really she, come out of a past he had hoped to be eter- uuscitant; the droll, the witty nam “And your pt \ ad “Tt te etill mine, dear, Do you realise Cairo; and for he had opened ‘and hopefully. But hope must have something to feed upon, and after @ struggle lasting two ¢ rendered up the ghost, © © © I: wasn't the loss of money that hurt; tt was the finding of dross metal where he supposed there was ni it Dut gold, Perhaps his later shyness wae due ae much to this disiiiustoning incident as middie names, dear youre.” 9 aA a flatter. me, In afietre that te "