The evening world. Newspaper, September 27, 1912, Page 23

dhe Evening ria Dasly Magazine Friday, Se Be “S’Matter, Pop?” Ginis, THE 1316 T3uLL Moose UST PHONED HE'D Be IN FOR DINNER J'LL RUN To ee FA oes AND MERT 1M 1 MUST RUN o’ the Pen” EY CHARLES DARNTON. BobY Will be asking the same question, so tt may bo eald at once— and the worst will be over—that Scrape o' the Pen" doesn't spell an- Aher “Bunty,” even though the author of the Scottish comedy produced Weber's Theatre last night is the same Graham Moffat that puked the effort thor who can Ive up to hts own succe: In his second play Mr. Moffat has at least provided genuine Scotch character and go successfully in his earli For that matter, i's rea humor, both of which are realistically brought out by the Scotch aetors who have given the old music hall a new dialect. It is a pleasure to note that “Weber & lelds present” this odd Uttle pl oxcept for a top-hat on one and a derby on the other, Lew and Joe were like music hall brothers last night. In| this respect they bore a certain resem- blance to the absent author, who, before | his great success, I have hear’, was al writer and an actor of music hai! sketches. Indeed, “A Scrape o' the Pen” sug- gests an elaborated “sketch.” Whether this is true or not, the plece may be said to be sketchily Scotch. It runs to character rather than to story. In fact, tite story may be told ‘. few words, Before taking himecif off to Africa lad has led a lassie to sign a marriage | contract, but before this, mind you, he had led another lassio in quite another direction ang upon returning home he finds a daughter who has outlived Carl Lyle Alec Inglis. her mother, So there's a scandal ready- for you! Meanwhile the lassie who became a party to the marriage con- has made up her mind that Africa buries its dead and become the wife of ) good man who opens his door to the homeless child. Two surprises therefore Sy wait Alco Ingi!s upon his return, and there's nothing for him to do but tear up ‘old seraps o' the pen and make,the most of his promising child. ‘With its quaint and humorous characters, its kindly human nature and tts nee Bartholomew as Leazie Inglis. er the charm nor the mellowness "Bunty." "A Scrape o' the Pen” Is Tothing more than a rough drawing of BP Scotch character, with rather obvi Hy) touches of humor, as, for example, when bride dangles her stocking from an to window and her elated husband pexposes it to the night alr for a second tim Robbed of its dialect and simple manners, the play wouldn't have a les to stand on, but as a reflection of life ‘that Broadway seldom sees it has the il -eteractiveness of novelty 5 It was the acting that gave last night's (performance a distinctive flavor. First of all, here was a company that spoke the language of its own country without @ word of exaggeration. ‘Then it pro- ceeded to show Its knowledge of the yo by Keeping every acene of the Play thoroughly allve. In other wor’ feality was aided by skt!l of the most finished kind. Admirable work was done wy Miss Agnes Hartholomew the mild-mannered, grey-hatred wife who Wwas eorely tried by her testy, ‘dour’ @ man, Her dialect alone was a de- — Lila Barclay as Jean Menzies. Night. In his own way Carl Lyle was equally good as the peppery husband who prtokled “the good book” with an impatient hand. {ng thoush a Mt grotesque, as a professional mourner at funerals, While he was not nearly fo mournful as Weelum in “Bunty,” pains were taken by tho| { ar villagers to do nothing that would make h ery for his business. | Edward Chester was amus- igs Helen Balrd was worth more than her salt as Flora McGilp, who worked The cast throughout could scarcely have been better—to put it the pencil, ~ Queer Bits of History. ONTENEGRINS, now openly de-) M fying Turkey, are still an armed! nation, and many of their prov-| @rbe Mustrate thelr love of weapons. os 4 gmmthe kit we. scrape ¢ The Rat Catcher. | ITH the plague at our doors the W Ancient if not specially hon: | ored profession of the rat| tcher may come again into vogue—| Qne says: “A man without arms ts a least until a#cience and invention man without freedom; and another, have solved the problem of eliminat “Tpou mayest as well take away my ing the rat altogether, In the con bre my rifle.” The famous tray-| #e#ted and unsanitary cities of cen- meer ae hy turies ago it is exsy to imagine the effer Koh! kened the Montene: the Greeks of Homeric times, ar comparison stili holds good, “Love of €or and love of weapons, simpileity | » 4B jife—remember the love of tton|her of the underworld—claiming spe- 4 wine as described by Homer—hos-| cial skill or mysterious professional the superiority of man over} secrets In his way of working togethor| 1t 18 not to be doubted that auch individuals are better acquainted than W'the fact that are them t of the community with the veg the singers of thelr deeds, are to f the pestilent rodents, and the Wweffound in the Montenegrin, ag well as of some has passed into tra- { ay litte short of marvel says the American Medical Assocta- Uon's Journal, ‘The usefulness of the profession should make it more re: spectable at this time than it has been considered in the past. Boatds of health and @anstary authorities might} well utilize this class of workers as a| temporary means of warding off a! ® 19) vulity of such @ funetionary. We be the) deve that the profession still exists in most of our larger cities, its repro- entative—« sort of non-criminal mem weman~all “the Greeks of Homer diuon “Ail the prizes at the Fol 18, were § bears ant) beauty show er h by London res! ut the opinion expresse erancls Galton, whose passion for eugenics led to gather materials for a beauty map of the British isles, says tho Chi- cago News. Ho perambulated the, threatening orisia like the impending streets of many towns, carrying an in-| epidemio of plague. ‘troment in his pocket with which he| Catohing the rat, to be sure, like pricked different sized holes in a plece/ "wating the fly, 8 a lamo and unsat- 4 isfactory expedient compared with the Of Paper, and thus classed every woman | jethoa of building and starving both , indifferent or re- a Met as attractive out of existence; but 60 long as such an lent, At che end of his investigation | anachronism as the rat exists there 1s declared that “London ranks highest’ no inconsistency in fighting it with a go" beavty and Aberdeen low- mediaeval institution lke the rat catcher, witht HORNS, Just wire THIS WHAT KINDA THING 15 A Moose? You WANTR PUT @& LITTLE THY MONEY OUT AT INTEREST = LETS TAK IT OVER! RECEIPT MR-TRYM! ANY FRIEND OF MY QARTNER'S IS Aw RIGHT! Vincent's Advice ANY people do not appreciats the small cost of operating HE question | household electrical devices I of the dif-| Aside from the convenience ference in of simply turning a switch to age between those| Perform uny given household service, who contemplate @ arc a great many things that marriage is atill |™AY be done about the home better easter and often cheaper when |92- otepaalied some Of rrtcity does the work, ‘The actual cost of current consumed depends, of course, upon the size and kind of device oper- ated and the price charged for current in the locality where it is used. The following table has been com- piled to show how inexpensive the use of mestic heating and cooking de vices really is, ‘The per ktlowat-hour, which one, has been used tn figures quoted: I think tt ts gen- erally admitt that normally the husband should be m two to six pen years older than FMINCENTs” the — wife. Be- Cause it ts @ physiological fact that « woman develops and ages sooner than & man; therefore the difference I have ‘9 a Mberal computing the mentioned really makes the two about Cents the same age. | Device. per Hour. However, this 1s not @ hard-and-fast |Coffee percolators secret to 44 rule, I have known exceedingly happy | Chafing dishes 2 to & unions, in which the husband was)Heaters operated by coils from ten to fifteen years older than|Three-pound flatiron the wife, Happiness is much rarer Four-pound flatiron . when the wife {s many years her hus-| Frying ketties 0.25 band’s senior, And the fact remains | 00t warmers + 06 to ie that the average natural attraction panes GORD Tone iiesseretes BB AES between youth and youth. \pettieowe Re eee ae 45 sddi. ' Radiators with luminous bulba 7 to % Wedding Gifts. Pecla kere ssn 1UCE RANE BVT a “R, D." writes: “Should not all wed-| Stoves (44 to 12 Incles In ding presents be acknowiedged by the) diameter) ida Mee bride, even if she does not know the |roasters (9x12. Inches) a2to &8 bridegroom's friends?” Toasters (12x18 inches)....+ 6 tolls Cortainly, Waffle irons to make two WALTOR ceceeees cessseesensers "5S “S(T.” writes: “Should the mother] While the figures quoted for the of my flance call on my mother ag soon! luminous radiators seem high at firet as 1 become engaged or only after the glance, it must be rem bered that engagement 1s publicly announced?” these devices Hither time is correct, but the ear- | cc nstant ser Mer the call the more cordial the state Ces oF when of feeling indicated, 1% yy short periods. Ice by Electricity. ice-making and are for emurgen- ired tn a room N.” writes: “How ought a let- ter of thanks to be composed for gifts recetved by @ bridal couple? refriger Now You LT ME HAVE, A HUNDRED BUCKS AnD (LE PAY YOu 20% INTEREST PARTNER, MA.SLYKE SAYS YOu whe PROBABLY LIKE THIS PROPOSITION | rate of 10 centa! t recommended for ing machine designed to be placod on top of any household refrigera- ing support, often pays! YouR § dust Saw “THaT FELLOW “TRyM" GOING out OF “THE BUILDING ~ HE'S = =~ A- REGULAR Household fFlectrics By Siephen L. Coes filed one, which is supplied by the manufacturers for the cost of the am- monta, about fifty cents. The apparatus i conneoted with the water supply of the house and fy operated by @ one- sixth horse-power electrlo motor, It keeps the foe box cool all the time and does away with the dri and slop in- [cident to the use of cake ice, There Jare no drip pana or drain pipes, and |the interior of the ice box ts always clean and sanitary ing the doors, ta precipitated upon the outside of a brine tank tn the form of hard, white frost. Extensive tests tn commercial practicability of the ap- paratus, Tt is clasined by the manufac turers that the operating cost meed not exceed ten cents per day. Uses for Apparatus. ‘T frequently will be found that a cer- tain household electrical device may be Just ae readily ured for another purpose than that for which {t was origt- nally designed. For tnsianee, the coffee | percolator will also serve as a tea kettle or hot water kettle. The nursery warmer may be used as an egg botler. The electrotherm, or heating pad, which is #0 rapidly replacing the old fashioned ‘hot water bag, finds an agreeable 1 tn warming the bed sheets on cold nights. An Electrical Heater. IL domestic electric utensils em- A ploying heat, such as# irons, disk stoves, curling iron heaters, radi- | ators, electrotherms or heating pada,| toasters and brotlers depend for th operation on @ very # electrical law, This law ts that rent has to overcome resix ever a cur eat le | developed, and the g: r the resist ance encountered the greater ts the amount of heat developed ctrl heaters, therefore, contain a wire of high resistance wound upon an tnaulat- of porcelain, upon It should be an ordinarily courteous |tor and automatically operated by the whic, the article to be heated le al- acknowledgment and need not be lon est developments, Tho apparatus “©, I" writes: “Whenever I go out walking and meet @ certain young girl she asks me to take her along. I am only eighteen and don't care for girls, What shall I do?” | The young lady 1# certainly bold,|once in six months. but you have only to ignore her ad- vences, plete one hundred and fifty pounds, \electrie current 1s one of the very lat- a) about three feet in length, two and one-| ene current to flow through half feet high, has a capacity f tWO sistance wire, heat lv at on hundred pounds of Ice and welgh | com- It {s of the ammonia type, and the am- . monia need not be renewed oftener than, been reached, The heat ts tn turo trans lowed to rest. When the # ta tu 4, per ttting thie ree © developed in gradually Increasing volume unt the capacity of that particular wire has | mitted to whatever ts in the container The machine is easily recharged by! by placing the latter In close contact simply replacing the empty tank with @ with the beat! element You see. im Just MAK THAT CHECK GUT ‘To “CASH AT YouR GaANK ft ptember 27, YA-A DONT (TIN 1912 “Aca! BRING HERE PoP?! DONT BRING TIN MOT KNOvett town which bbe snperoumerasies who played Not knowing anything about the vay, was whether or for standing One night @ tough down into the aval ce and to s temperature Tho molsture tn the air inclosed tn the With the freeing yaint he had refrigerator, or admitted to it by open- | ma up or lene painful pertorinamce the fragile deces of a was burried w the stage and appeared in the No quarter! jactual use are sald to have proved the day/" This wae the owning touch to ell thet he young man quarter, L brid ice had suffered in ander to get hie ‘t get 00 quarter? he called ont, to a “If 1 don't get that quarter to: nigat TL bounce thie spear eff that bean of youst"—Doe Popular Magesina, oe A Phenomenon. WURKMAN, endeavoring to explain @ one of ids make what e phenomengn was, imate the following attemptt “Ive Nhe tis into the country and oo « fleki of thlaties grow. Huryme you were to go out “Yee,” ansonted bie trlend, that would not quite clear, ia the aby,” @ pheoomencn |"* ‘agreed the other man, | yee yOu were to ove © lark stuging ei), chat would net be @ phenomenon I “No, Chat alao sewme clear," “But twagine there ts « tall fo the Seid,” hie frland wonkd imagine that, hvwn that would not le @ phenomesge, “Ye “No, “Bot now, BM, Buppree ull misting on them ¢tsetles whistiiug Hke @ weil, Uiat would be @ phenomenon !'—WTit Bis. A’ How. ace marrying me the worming a “Don Guawan, Wook here, you saw PERS ES His Altered Tactics, HEIRESS was engazel to & Spanien anciee, bon Guaman,"* the irl anid, thought. were walking in te wowty declares that you oiely for wy money," ‘the young grandee fixing @ (reek cygaretie in hie long. “thelr censure "t have them say euch nasty them!" te saked, By giving my entire fortune w the mimion hey lie, my lore,” anawere, amber tube, Nevertheless," said the girl, hurts me, Wings about you. Bar how will you ep artes,” he replied. wet to the Bu The grancee setcd bi on the beck of is bead, 1 hall mako my fortune Arie at once,” @uing hat more firmly ‘nod eet off © great pace to the direction of Hyde Park corner “Rut Don Gasman." ened the girl, “where asp you 62! %,, oa becoming going,” he called maimlouasy,”—Loi p feck, “to ane about aden Opiates, HERE MATTER PO Pricren tos Wu2 BRINGIN’ “ak SOMB HINDA THING werd ag NS ONT Coppright, 1003, by the Mrank A. Mousey Co, SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS Vemalli, Ldndeay and Lat Les, three asl have stolen & priceless diamond necklace av! rf Mt im the (alee inttom of a carved box, Vessel ieaves the ton as security with a | Merver, Th latter sella ht to @ pamnbeoker, Va aU Killa the innkeeper ant le sent to pian | Vandeay and “tal Them diwever the bn, iit the teal Me Lindeay then Bille Lal mm ie billed by V eho hae | covet from prison, yo priaen Motions Sod Lop) find and Kil Vamealll aud | jemeia follins i | mle Lingd and excape to Routh Africa with the oft-atolem trem 14 makes hie way at Inet to Tari duriag He aria forth tat He drtake hime! named Finney {ao croak, who know ahe ia care to Ireland, Alegitiae themeetres uae ato ecane w tendale, CHAPTER XV. Mies Driscoll’s Way. OMF this way, madam,” | " C | said the managerena, anid ‘Walked out of the room in advance, feeling that she } was going to hear new | developments. “I will show you a pri- vate room. Mies Driscol| signalled to young Mr. | Baxendale; her demeanor was stern and fherce. “Follow the manageress, and remem- ber that I'm behind you. Quick!’ The manageress opened the door ef & foom marked “Private.” “Are you going to tell the whole story and the whole truth?” asked Miss Dris- col very threateningly, Thus adjured, young Mr. Baxendale made a virtue of necessity and for per- hapa the first me in bis life told @ plain tal Miss Dri@coll took the sorap of paper that had iain on her floor, “Westland Row, .«@. Kingstown Pier & Holyhead, 12 Buston, 64." Why,” sho sald, “thie seems to be merely the times of the day mat! from here. What did the man write that down for—be could bave carried it in his head? 1 know; It's @ blind He wanted us to think he wae off to Engiand. Never mind; T'll have him, and I'll have my diamonds, too. “May—may 1 got asked young Mr. Baxendale. “Got You'N go to prison, my boy!” enewered Miss Driscoll with cheerful Promptivude. “That's where you'll go. Go, indeed! I think I see you.” @he motioned to the manageresa, who followed her trom the apartment, Young Mir, Haxendale found hknself alene— looked in, He sat cursing his fate end himesl: for a good hour, and then the key turned tn the dock and Miss Diriscoll re- appeared, end she was followed by a very tall and very muscular man in « tweed sult, who emiled pleasantly and terminedly and twiddled @ heavy milj- tury-looking mustache as he the unhappy prisoner, “This be?’ said the portentous per- eonage. “This ia he," answered Miss Driscoll. ‘The detective glanced tn an amused fashion at a long, narrew parcel which Miss Disco carried, wrapped up in brown paper, In her right hand “Going to carry out that little cere- mony you spake off" he eaid, smiling. “I em,” replied Miss Driscoll wit! Grim determination. “I'd watt outside till tt's over,” eaid the sree, (neeeee. “Sean's: ies, Se RKO too much musioc,”’ Young Mr. Baxendale went hte knees, And then Mise Driscoll drew out of ite paper wrappings @ brand new ding ewiteh. Att end of ten minutes the de tective put his head through the door, “T aay,” he anid apologetically, “don't kif him! Leave a bit of him," Miss Driscoll gave the writhing and shrieking figure on the floor one last cut and threw the switch away. And then she gave Mr, Ninian Baxendale into custody on the charge of being con- cerned tn the theft of her diamonds. Mr, Claye had secured the diamonds tn very simple fashion. At exactly 1 o'clock tn the morning, by which tim he knew that Mise Driscoll would be under the complete influence of the pow- erful narcotic which he had sprinkled about her pillow and her nightgown, he repaired to her door, turned the key from without by the use of a pair of ateel tweezers, and forced the bott plate off by one gentle, steady push inward. Claye, escaping, had gone to Kings- bridge, and Went imto hing at the loon of @ friend, Joe Kilmer. There he disguised himself as an old man, Baxeniale, mean had been prom: ised tmmunity 1f he would find Clay: By mere chance he happened to see Joo Kilner tm the street next day, and, act- tng on vague impulse, followed him bows Beiig also dissuleed Baaculuie was not recognised by Joe. Osdestng @ drigk in the saloon, Bax: Romunce of a Hoard oft Missing Jewels and the Mystery Which a Kttner. door of the inner olicwed Them endale fell inte tatk with At che moment t sanctum swung open aod there © a inifitary looking man, very ec Attired in a neat sub: of dark blue whi out of a orge, arried his left arm in a sling made Diack sik handkerchte?, le y to the man hohind bar, quick, keen glanc the Joafer wkh the black patch, and marched out inte the street, twirling the polnts of lis grizzled mustache with a very white hand. The loafer saw the hand as it moved upward, and he down his siags on the counter and breathed a gentle sgh. Young Mr. Baxendale bad found Rich- and Claye He war as dead certain that he had run bia quarry to earth as that he wan himself. He knew the strong white hand with an absolute knowlgdge—tt Ved two Aisfiuring marke, one a little hlue anchor tattooed on the back of the wrist, the other the lack of one half of the third finger: After Claye | ad go! summoned Kilner to a p out Baxendale vate room and told him the «tory Kilner pretended utter Ignorance of Cinye's Identity. “You sai remarked Mr. Kilner after @ brief silence, during which each man studied the other's face, “you sald as how the police are after Jim—Claye, you call him? How ao you know?" use T do know," retorted youna Mr. Baxendale, “What de you suppose I'm tm thts get-up for? They collared me at the hotel, curse ‘em, and I only got off by giving @ solemn promise to help them to find Claye. They know he's hanging around in Dublin. It's Sergeant Davidson's ea, that, and you gee he isn't far wrong. “There weren'! any of the poltee with you when you came tn here?” aeked Mr. Kilner, eyelng his guest over wit!) dublous glances. “Nobody waiting for you outside?" “You bet!’ replied Mr, Baxendale with obvious bellef in the truth of hi! own statement. “No—not a soul in the world knows I'm here. I wan’ to work this on my own hook, mister. T don't want to help Davidson unless I'm forced to It.” Mr. Kilner seemed to think hard fot w moments. “If you'll come with me I'll put you in a room where you can be que safe untll we can talk again. Here, take a or two out of that box; you may woll be comfortable while you wait.” Mr, Kilner himeelf picked up a de canter of whiskey, @ syphon of soda water, and @ tuner, and carried them in fron’ of his guest, who eyed there Provisions with great favor. He con- cted Mr, Baxendale along eome nar- row and @irty corridors to a «mall room, lighted by one dirty window whieh looked into a marrow yard, and there he left him, It was then about two o'clock in the afternoon, and for two hours young Mr. axendale wan happy with his liquor and his cigars and the newpaper. About four o'clock he began to get tired of waiting, and he ¢ried the door with the notion of gotng out. ‘The door was locked—he was a pris- one’ j@ went to the winfew; that, too, was barred. He suddenly began to realize that he was trapped. It was nearly dusk when he heard footsteps outside the door, then the key ‘turned, and he looked up to see Claye standing im the doorway and Kilner be- hind nm, And he sew something in their faces that turned his hoart sick—deadly sick. His Nps, suddenly parched, tried to ar- ttoula: “Get it over, Jim!’ said Kilmer in a busky whisper. Then young Mr. Baxendale saw the @leam of a revolver and « cruel, steady eye behind it, and he felt as tf all the world had suddenly gone to pieces about him, and he spun round and fell across the boards at his murderer's feet, shot through the brain. ‘It'll be all right there for a while,” said Mr, Kilner, regarding the dead body with an alr of distaste, ‘1 know where We can put him by-and-by. Come down, Jim, and have a drink.” He locked the door on the dead man, and the two went back along the narrow corridors and dark staircase toward the inhabited part of the house, As they descended the last fight of stairs they became aware of a heavy knocking on the atreet door, Mr. Claye and Mr. Kilmer paused in their desoent and stared at e.ch other with consider- able surprise and agitation in thelr eyes. “What's that?’ asked Mr. Claye sus- piciously. “Probably a customer,” sald Mr, Kit ner, “Must be, Who else could it be Are you going to open the door?” im- quired Mr. Claye. “It'll look queer if I don't,” said the new partner in the diamonds. “I'm sup- Posed to be open until ten, and tt {s'nt Tl) be snug." remarked Mr. “Give the signal tf anything seems wrong.” He disappeared tnto a room at the back, and Mr. Kilner, not without eon- siderable fear and trepidation, walked into the shop and opened the doer, ‘There stood @ tall man in plain clothes, oman with large merce at ry pleasant smile—sergeant (Wo Be Continued ’ 2 aes | | | : c 4