The evening world. Newspaper, June 3, 1912, Page 16

a ny so a ea 2. ete, sk ‘The Evening World Daily Magazine, Monday. June 3: 1912 ‘ MWRABMSHED BY JOSEPH : ‘Non, 68 fo Ceetastes Dany Ravens Septay vy the Prose Pubtishing Company, Jr, Bocretary, $8 Park Row, No. &—NINON DE L’ENCLOS—Queen of Heartbreakere. Ss the PegkOmoe at New York ap Second Clase Matieiet ant N aged French nobleman lay on his deathbed. Beside him knelt to ne ‘enti : 4 for the United States Feast Ceovartes ta ne tnternational ( \ the loveliest girl in all Europe; his daughter, Ninon de I'Snclos, and Canada, Postal Union. O2 lilistors SEA Copyright, 1912, by The Prem Putlishing Co, (The New York Watt), ‘With his last breath the dying man gaeped: 4 . “Daughter, at the end of my days I have only onecegret. I regret that I did not get more fun out of life. Don’t make the eame mistake I have made. Live so that you will not have the same cause for sorrow.” And Ninon took her father's shrewd if not very edifying efvies. Alreagy she had had at least one love affair. As a mere eshoolgirl she had won the heart of the youthful Prince de Marsillac. The young couple had eloped, had been pursued by their angry parents, had been caught and i brought back home, t Now, at her father’s death, Ninon (whose real name, by the way, Was = |, not “Ninon” but “Anne”) found herself rich, and free to follow the dictates of her own will. She went to Paris. At once she became the most famous beauty of the metropolis. It was at this time that—according to her owm. nge adventure befell her. Returning home one evening from ‘waa confronted by a mysterious “Man in Bleck,” who warned her that beauty is fleeting and that admiration grows indifferent at the first stem of old age. He offered her a phial full of rose-colored liquid, ¢eMing her that ome drop of it @ day tn her bath would insure perpetual youth, “You shall see me once again,” he added. “Three days before your death.” ‘The story sounds absurd to modern ears. But those were the days bt sorcerers and of Satanic bargains, Whether or not Ninon thought she wae + 5 oe NO. 18,548 UP TO THE ALDERMEN. HE New York taxi is on the witness stand. | The Aldermen deverve credit for what ecems to be en honest wish to dig into the taxicab question and turn ‘Up some facts. They have found a few. At the hearing which the Aldermen’s special committee is hold. DELAYED WEARINGSS a fing taxi owners talk freely of their trade. % For several months past The Evening World has been declaring |» that taxicab conditions in this city are s shame and a disgrace. It ms proved thet taxi rates in New York are five and eix times YES SIR.SHE IS erg soneunee the truth In circulating this tale, it is certain that every one delieved it. Indeed, tt seemed as though the story had some foundation. For, up to the ogee! ninety, Ninon de I'Enclos retained her dazzling beauty and her aspect of bucyan’ sirthood. In appearance she was plump, @ little above the midéle height, wit't dark eyes, a peachblow complexion and @ wealth of shining brown hair. ‘Her hair played its part in a lover's epat. The Count de Fiesque, one of ter aforers, quarrelied flercely with Ninon and left her. She out off all her wonder. . ful hair that he had @o loved and eent it to him Touched by ¢hie evitience «{ . ou TINE tale}. | SHOURS LATE J 9 a Wow whst-exe some cf thie fects which the Aldermen have heard i‘) —s tm the lust few daye trem the operators of New York taxis? (i 1. 4 3h YORE TAX1OAB BARNS AT PRESENT FULLY tately reduced their rates over one-third, since when THEY 3478 MADE MORE MONEY! Sie aetich stants (private) or reduce the number 20 there would a de @ few gubdiie places where independent owners might go 3 WH COULD REDUOS THE RATHS CONSIDERABLY more End stil make @ good Rving.” . The fects dhus far prove The Evening World entirely right in its thet the igh taxi tariffs are not necessary for fair profite,.and thet only fair competition and the oo-operation of the gity exo-necessary to bring lower taxi fares and better, more responsi- ownere—for their own profit—stand eager to com- the bigger companies who now monopolize the hotel | ‘be mutts to change their policy and seek a wider pa- ; ae 1¢-ts.up to the Aldermen! } — |__ Burely at last they cannot fail to see that the taxicab has high | then to caunicipal care; that rates, stands, licenses and responsibility ar < Hetened calmly to his abject apologies and to hie renewed love vows, Then ae calmly ordered him out of the house. She had used the hair merely ee « ture te But Fate Bars His Mad Gayety| cinycrvrut itncnata mich nove te tounae of Sea? RANRAANAANAH AARIAAAA NAN ARRAN ARRAN AEANRRARR AANA | hI instead of being dropped. The Duke of St. Evremonde, one of the foremost nobles tn France, taté would never do for etl heart and fortune before her. Ninon daintily accepted the heart, but toM tim do here in our own’ doublesresstea | #he had money enough of her own and wanted no gifts trom hm or eny we t alsy Mr. Jarr Tries to Be a Rounder, arya eid lel soso aLFisea|6) named beatae GeRROUA ceipoemvoem the rare old articles her uncle picked | just Itke ‘poor white trash,’ as they say hee down South, they are rushing to spend “Why, he used to go around the streets |it! Goodby, dear! Hope you enjoy|mansion on Riverside Drive!" ventured hein bebo St. PR wah pene quaint historic apeech: in a wagon, I suppose, buying old stoves | yourself!" Mr, Jarr, Ninon, you are an honest mas and lead pipe, and have cowbells on| This last was shouted out to the} “Oh! don't try to be sarcastic!” cried When she was nearly sixty, Ninon was horrified to find a tiny other wrth the wagon and make everybody think it|Rangle family as it sped by below in|Mrs, Jarr. “You know what I mean, | Ween her brows, She hurried to St. Evremonde for consolation in tits tense ‘most: was a herd of cows coming around the |a taxicab, And, what do you think? Mrs. Rangle| slemity. He laughingly reassured her: - Sem Peet corner. But it was only three hundred| “If I hadn't called down to her it|had one of the children's coats hung an bg gs Aap gl ey oer aspedtirg spl hacer to pree*- Qaald be cnet carefully reguleted, t the police have wl- dollars, after all." would have been a good exouse for Mrs.|over the taximeter so people would @ erim Cardinal Richelieu, cold ai hed elge ani to eettl dis and thet thi ss Ares a “First time I ever heart of three|Rangie to think I was envious, Then, | think it was their private auto! They'll | W4¢ as wax in Ninbn's white hands. And she used her power over him on the authority enough le disputes, is whole taxi | .! hundred dollars making & notse like ajof course, she'd never come near us|Nnever rest now till they spend every | side of mercy; to save from death many unfortunates who had fallen under ple of « public convenience and utility as | Covvaist, 1012, by The Iw Publishing Co, | herd of cows coming around the cor-| while the money lasted. And she knows|cent of that money, instead of putting| displeasure, Anne of Austria (Queen of France) wee eo jealous of Ninen's t (The' New York World), ner,” sald Mr, Jarr. I never like to shout down the atreet—|it in bank. And then some people won-| beauty and power that she ordered her to retire to @ convent. Ninon paid me " « ” o mmand, Dopulartty chet the Queen dared, HIORE go the Ranglee!" said) “You know what I mean,” repited|it's @o typical of people who live in|der why they are always poor and in| heed to tho royal oo! 4. And euch was her s Wo meen glory en’ feme will sccrne to any Board of Aldermen ¢6 I Mrs. Jarr, turning in from|Mrs. Jarr, “AM the money Mra, Rangle| Harlem flats!” debt! They can't stand prosperity, | not enforce it. ~ Wisd-cocures to Now York « cheep, uniform populer taxicab service ne a. ene cut, and speaking 2 inherited ts three hundred dollars. And,| “Ah! shouting down to the streat that's why!” Years and decades rolled by. The men who had once loved Ninon grew old amd SERB chalk reliebEMute the city in the eyes of disgusted foreigners, | was just entering the front room of his “That's just what I was thinkjng,""| died. But she lived and her bequty did not wane. Afwaye chere were new suites of i best and model conveniences, and tncrease its attract. Beran: tne” Chil OF SBR TERY sald Mr. Jarr. ‘That business I attend-| to take the place of the dead, Then into her life came @ tragedy—one pf the most ed to in Philadelphia for the boss has| horrible in history. It cannot be described here. But tt broke her health em i es the weasel!’ * replied turned out fine and he slipped me a| almost wrecked her mind. Yet at last she rallied and was once more the wnetul- x s-<netzopolis ex magnet for travelters. “Why #0 excited about tt?” check for $50 as & present. We'll put tt | lenged sovereign of hearts. . H : K —-+-—___. just missed them!” sald Mra. {n bank, eh?” Ninon de I'Enclos died in 1709, at the age of ninety; stH) Deautifal, oti! toFes., om Jerr, “My! The airs they are putting “Why, certainly,” sala Mrs. Jarr; but | Immediately before her death, according to @ story of the period, she wrote in i ie), chown by etatiztics of the Department of Oommerco |" since thet nt died in Indianapo- rr ‘ @ wald it colorle: “Of course I do | terror to a friend: — : _ Uttle money—and & . and Lebor that while meat prices are the highest ever, there | too! They pretend, H e., old » ; | Whe-ever supposed there wes only one game of “valorization” going q pen the beck room? 8 need « lot of things,” she added, “‘and| “I havo just seen the Man in Black’ again! tt does seem too dad, living as we do jeasures of any kind, , ttle enjoyment, as ° : ; We £0 on A little spreo? The Day 8 Good Stori s sugrested Mr. Jarr. “Let's go out to ons - inner at @ email hotel and have a good Won the Bet. Ater, th alfelr mas over a bye whe time! i was at © country tavern where « newly arrived Gertrude’ ning out, | A commercial tre he ag though, and I don't feel Ike getting | got the herit size a ete! one tn tts foot. dinner, But there's the children to ( think of." co} o fe m ANON, “We'll get 018 Mrs. Dusenberry to|tané pore TH oe, B10 agniaoe your five that | "eating se ease come over and look after them,” end ) a nd Mr. Jarr. ‘Come on; let's have an eve-| ning of it!” | Mra. Ja held back a little, so rhe could blame Mr. Jarr for the extrava- processor, I think it's ———_—__--— “Process server,” corrected Mr. Jarr. aa “Well, 1 jh . ROSTRON ts getting « good deal of praise, petting and|peorie owe and who Is being eed. for rl ico cream. But somehow we dont worry sbout his being| rec” of See eve Ld aod a else does, ri yu err’ pa “ spoiled. Life ami lebor at eea—in the great open spaces of the| must be tate Uanortant! Fall ob fauna Courtighs, 1012, by The From Pubiishing Oo, (The New York World), workl—ie pretty good for the soul. Big head Seetigte ig(2tt, for Mra. Dusenderry, when she I T ta unfair to say that marriage is a lottery; there i always a ohance @ bengust, hed wrote him, that Mrs. Rangio's aunt was of winning o PRIZE in a lottery: but the marriage market nowa- a rare deformity. in the junk business—at least that her days hol thi - ee ey ete 22. 4 husband had been. And, mind you, Mrs. y ds nothing but consolation prizes. Rangle pretends he Was an antiquarian! Bhe used to be always bragging about How can the sexes ever expect to understand one another so long as i xan | Pirie continue to rouge faces and men to whitewash their characters right up to the day of the wedding? Play It Either Way. ——_—_—-——_ Lincoln’s Potato Cure. VETERAN [uledelphla soldier, apropos of A Lincoln's birthday, sald at the Onion | hi 181—Why ere north winds generally dry? 128—What denefoial uses do clouds serve! 128—Why te there usually tees rain from Maroh to September than from Beptemder to March? 124—Why does a sudden Ddlaze of Hoht hurt the eye? % 126—Why does o wet sponge swell? League: : ‘ “ ised to joke me about my super No girt who ts going bo marry need bother to win a college degree; she an hour afterward, as he spread h.s etitbun carried, you know, © eabbit's foot for Just naturally becomes a “Master of Arts” and a “Doctor of Philosophy” napkin over hie tees in the gilded cos- | 2%, Uke add oa ded ok be ek Gfter catering to an ordinary man for a few years, taurent, “only the wealthy enjoy this trop hs poise «pect om Rte! Now, don't let um stint oursebves | ;, “What's that fort I asked. 4, ‘The pest te none too good for ust" bed 2 Grings of vhoumatiom ince & begaa esh7- “Well, I suppose we shouldn't Go thts,”* | ing it.’ ial’ be Med Mrs. Jarr. ‘Wi + depeaatle ephint elt aes Perper apr 4 stl Sahar mett| wakes ae bed - ‘We're on Broadway now. And, any- | #8 ‘etroactive, too: for F never had o tings te anne, Tole of the erabrentar qutvered with So sublime is human faith that a man never gives up hope that hie wife| Wey: Tm Ured of doing things on the| Time, 0 ‘Then Education a Failure. WILL keep a secre : cheap,” said Mr. Jare, grandly, ‘Goo! ep @ secret and @ woman that her husband will some day mail a ‘Dot’ said the old man, sourty, "What con ‘ ything you want here if S ENATOR ROBERT L, OWEN of Oklahoma, | Got If T let the cat out of the bag that aid vhose Some husbands ore s0 material that a deauttful sunset reminds them of nothing but Neapolitan ice-cream, and the call of a cuckoo merely suggests that 4t 42 time for dinner, ay) FISD quertes will be answered Wednesday, Here are the replies to the preceding set of questions: ‘16—(Why do we perspire when we are wanm?)—The pores serve as @atety valves. When the heat is great they open and give forth a moisture ¢o coo) the body. (Why are we able to taste?)—The “papitiae”’ of the tongue and pa! are food touches them and they communicate to the brain t! ensa- | @on known es “taste.” Different foods produce varying effecte upon these letter, old Broadway! Good old New York! confidence in Lawyer Shyster- he’s liable to (bis eatin’ howe,’ ‘way in one of the fiest lawenite he ever tried, eaye _———} ‘ashington Herald, Sophisticated. opposing counsel saw fit to call Owen o You can get you have the price!"* ‘It must be fine to be able to do this every night,” said Mra. Jarr, “We'll do {t to-night, anyway,” ho That would be a unique and original novel in which the hero was made @ plain, everyday man, who pays his rent, has his hair cut, does his work, enjoys his meals and loves his own wife, replied. himself to the Court A XOUNG men endo maiden were be he erred in this. _ . Ui Why does soapy water form @ tathor?)—Soap prevents the bubbles of air But ne Cor done nothin | "Dearest on id the 5 fm the water from bursting, Lather is only an accumulatéon of thousands of im- It's an ill wind that blows nobody good, Now that the cynics and joke-| A shrill whistle was heard, and tho as the Court pus 4 men Min 8) ong Pe ad War a Touns ms 4 air bubbles. writers have the suffragette to harp on, the spinster and the mother-in-law |*aiter a8 he neared them with his tray . aur into |AnothEF should but cast loving glances at thes 119—(Why ‘6 there sometimes a sense of pressure in the eare in a deep tunnel?) rapped it with © crash, vThe.darre had —The air to artificially dorced in. It thus exerte greater pressure than does the ” tr, “Good clothes often help a man to 2 are call tm ganunert)—The outeide air has not free accese to! business success.” > oven Sempertuns, tcbout tem Casreee Coot & fearsome thing woald happen," caught the waiters’ striko at high tide,| Then he tumed to the lawyer acrow the table Yhat mught it bet™ quot the maiden, Love may make a world go ‘row and Yeas pli and then ate ina ” ‘could jake fiat, end that, and that) ‘ woth the maiden, But in these days of tazicade, be Lssaged at obeeney, more, be nit bast 8 ia eal,” gua mat are getting a little rest,