The evening world. Newspaper, October 17, 1912, Page 21

NOTHER bovk of childhood’ A night when “Little Women’ William A. Brady. story had heen dramatized by Marian De With Miss Je eccasion. Mr. Marie Pavey as Jo. ungainly girl] whose imagination led her aid not interfere with her practi Uke the sort of girl who would cut off her hair to strengthen her father in his hour of fliness when $% might buy him a lot of nourishing things. She was amusing in the play rehearsal and ‘both tender and sincere when the more fertous things of life were on the pro- Sramme. So far as any real dramatic interest went Miss Pavey carried ““ittle Women” on her shoulders, The affectations of Amy were turned to droll account by Miss Bev- erty West, and after outgrowing them @he became altogether charming. Miss Gladys Hulette was a winsome Beth, and Miss Alice Brady played Meg pret- tly, Mrs, L. A, Eberle made hard- shelied but soft-hearted Aunt March a Fea! character, Her performance stood out like a home-made work of art arson Davenport was hale and hearty as Mr. Lawrence, and Howard Esta- brook boyish and acrobatio as Laurie. In throwing himself downstairs Mr, Estabrook scored a decided hit. Carl Baverman gave Prof, Bhaer an unusu- y soo German dialect and suggested the awkward shyness of Jo's suitor without the least exaggeration, Miss ely ud Mr, March, Miss Lillian Dix overacted the part tre ho it cannot by ead that “Little Women” is @ play for ke {t, even if you don’t. “Little Women” for Mother and the Girls. EY CHARLES DARNTON mple hour was opene@ o1 the stage last came to the Playhouse of gbat gentle spirit, According to the programme Loulse M. Alcot ie Bonstelle, who figured as @ sort of fairy godmother of the | rady supplemented the explanations of the programe with in- rirude Berkeley was a motherly Mrs. March and Lynn Hammond an ex- In her vigorous efforts to do the work of the house- The play was well staged, It revealed, aside from a homelike altting room, the finest apple orchard ever seen in the Long Acre section. At the same time said that the play is another “Sunnybrook Farm.” But ft may be famous ment Forrest. Tits was done by array troductions all along the line as well as ® stawe box that contained a dis- tinguished looking representative of the Alcott family, out the gifted mana, left !t to the programme alone to recite Miss Alcott's first published poem “To the First Robin.” The sweetly sentimental littie play had the charm of a theatrical kinder- garten, The dramatization seemed to be a matter of comings and goings. It was all as uneventful as the unwinding of @ ball of yarn, Meg and Jo and Beth and -Amy chattered girlishly until the arrival of the telegram announcing that Mr. March was ill in Washing ton, and then they bundled their moth- er off. The last moments of Beth, like those of Little Eva, brought out nu: ¢rous small handkerchiefs, but the rest was all smiles with Meg married to John Brook, Amy happy in the embrace of Laurie, and Jo finding real romance under un umbrella that Prot. Bhaer held to the best of his ability. Jo was of chief interest, not only be- cause Misa Alcott ts sald to have en- bodied herself tn this character, but) for the more Important reason that the to write stories, and at the same time, 1 mind, proved to have w real stage value, | Beverly West as Amy. of Hannah, moth nd the girls, They 0 Bure to Advicet Girls. UMMER t S over and the inexpensive outdoor pleasures have grown fewer in number and more difficult of attainment by the majority, But I advise all young people to spend a part of their re: creation time in the open air, if it js In any way possible for them There is no better time for a long walk than a cool Sunday afternoon in the fall. And as the weather grows colder there will be skating and ice hockey in the parks; coasting, too, in some of them, ‘Theso things are just as pleasant as moving pictures and ever so much more healthful, Also outdoor good times are rarely expenaive. Tho great drawback for many 1s a lack of time, but nearly SOME SPEAKER. “Is he much of an after-dinner speaker?” “Much? I ehould say he ts, H. good for an hour and a half any time.’ —Detrolt Free Trem iBetty Vincent's ~—— o Lovers every worker has Saturday afternoon or Sunday, or perhaps both, to himaelf. Try getting outdoors! An Apology. "S. O." writes: "I recently met a young man at @ party, and, after re- ceiving some attention from him, had a quarrel, which t least partly my fault. As I o very much for him, would you advise me to write an apoi- ogy for my share in the quarrel Certainly, since you wrong. oM. DA" write ve been tn with a girl for elght years but n proposed because I thought ¢ had no use for me. Lately she has) been kinder, and I love her more than | ever, What shall I do?’ Tell her of your love by al! means. M, HL" writes: ‘Ie it proper for a girl to grant a request for photo. graph coming from a man known three years and who has worked in the same office with her for that) length of time She may tell him that sho Js willing to exchange photographs. A LOVE SCENE. He w to kiss her, “Don' erled the girl That's the way the girls are. 80 the fellow didn't stop, That's the jw fellows are. ” WE U / of other flow target mighty. : money, who has the money? And they | think a millionaire lives on every orner. tee!” way that Is truly “touching You may meet one of them in an *x- press office while having an argument! with the clerk as to how many francs and centimes one ought to get for an American eagle (and they surely make ; {t scream in the passing) tt 1s done, at least In one little drama | that I witnessed and another that was told to me by @ prominent lady of the States, ‘A well dresse! woman stands by and ey 7 be true. Once upon a time, a long, long while ago, Miss Chrysanthemum grew Miss Marie Pavey made Jo interesting from first to last. She looked exactly in Summer's garden along with the rose, the violet, the daisy and hundreds 8. The rose, who is the quecn of all flowers, was very jealous of her because of her beauty and because King Oak loved Miss Chrysan- themum and Queen Rose loved King Oak, haughty and thought that the Qak must love her because she was Queen of flowers, and she thought it a disgrace to the woodland that King Oak should love the humble Chrysanthemum, One day she told this to King Oak and ‘Copyngns, 1) cannot escape it. with titles and the stock 1s away be- low par. Every American is looked upon as a for Thisa Of coui sympathizes w same time to h In the Ittle chat that follows she man- ages to convey the Impreshlo | were in the|notable American being "such & dear) \ertend” of hers, and how she just loves Americans. love | How It Is Worked. Before you you how charmed she will be to es ou to see masterpieces at some of the ‘Jalons and studio teas where she does |the “pouring,” and she makes an ap- pointment with you to call for you. ‘The next da: up in @ taxicab and you are according. jy escorted to one of the “famous' tudios, ome al duches: quite up in y the inevitable hi “Oh, come, mother, “you Cuprivessog, There she ¥ bite og, (The New York World), the , generals, It seems to betoken to them a clinging youth, willy nilly. 4 Ka eS Paris, Oct. & ID you run it? That ix the query on ull sides when Greek you are In Pars a few days sig! seeing you man- al to get some phase of it, You The market 1s flooded machinations of the perpetual case of money, y street rae it is done in a This is how | ith you, offering at the elp you learn the money of some leave her she will tell! y comes, the lady drives | re filled with baronessas, prin &e., ail The women have painted lips and auburn Says your Fairy G must me She is such a \ over iu the corner with Soap for that has lke an exiled Pole. served you wonder when she has eaten For she makes a meal of the awoeetmeats that are within her reach, But to return to the Princess, She in- vites you to call the next day. She in- forms you that she does #o want to help “wm dear old good soul who has several ehildren and a dead husoand," and she Coperight, 1912, by the Pres Publishing Co. ——— (The New York World.) ——— Be @ =; MBE Mii Copyright, SS Is: Oe nA PPRPOODODPOD DDD ORD DOOD DOPDODDIDODDLOPPDODPOLOOPODDOPDPD | Bessie’s Visits to Slumberland {ois cisvsantnemum} By Eleanor Schorer La ue eta OB PA te: as ta tat ot Ot er eee ata 1912, by The Press Publishing Co, O-NIGHT you shall learn why chrysanthemums bloom in autumn, Dream Man told this tc Bessie last night in Slumberland, so tt muat Queen Rose was proud and Where Americans Are “ By Sophie Irene Loeb Our Tourists in Paris Are Targets for “Ragged Edge Nobility’’ sh (The New York World), he amiled in acorn, declaring that he loved Miss Chrysanthemum and would always do do, Queen Rose was so angered that she banished Miss Chrysanthemum om her kingdom and forced her to grow in Autumn's garden as long as the! world goes on. Still King Oak ts faithful to his love and he dislikes. Queen Rose) mightily. For if you notice in mid-summer he holds his head very high and never even glances at beautiful Queen Rose, who blooms and lows at his! feet, flaunting her pretty red petals, still hoping to make him love her. But| in Autumn's garden he bows his head and his great arms sweep low in the strong wind so that he may caress the beautiful chrysanthemum, who holde up her bright face in appreciation, ELEANOR SCHORER., Easy Marks” es miShena By C. M. Payne cal ndoah A Civil War Romance of Sheridan’s Ride By Henry Tyrrell SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, ,.Kerehival Went (« ou Army du Hingham, a Sou rl, Hoy | West's chem) ie in the Confeters at's aister, Maciel Fecal hati oy tom of. ‘ iardian, is a Uni leer who bas recently nd ate tractive wife and. who ad) Gissorute son by a former nk Ua has i, fiahte ‘a Confederate Becret ia at ite hetaht, ny iy and, "the" shananita to. hold. the vai jon torvea. ‘There Stonewall Jacke roves ant menacen ‘the, eth a. Frank. Tiarert in captured nt gent to, Tabby Sten, Phe" Conteferstes continns Wen... The Confederates ontinah. to ‘armiea in the ‘Shenandoah Valley at peat ry talneer defeat and elsewhere, pesca Dnton here, CHAPTER XII. . Crossing the River. MB apring of 13 approached with brighter prospects for | the Army of Northern Vir- | ginia than those which had . confronted {t a year previ- The victortes of Cold Harbo ously, had inspired new en- In Virginia, two years of hard struggle had passed, and atill the Federal armies held no ground below the Rappahannock, The Confederates lay entranched along the southern banks of that river, their j!ong ines of pickets on the qui vive to ive warning that any attempt to crow would be met as Burnside's had been in | Decembe: Meanwhile, Burnside had been) replaced in the command of the Union forces by Gon, Joseph Hooker, sometimes called “Fighting Joe, Hooker's well-concelved pian for the spring campaign was to flank the Con- federate left with four of his en army corps at Chancelloraville, some eight or ten miles up the Rappahannock west of Fredericksburg, while the rr maining three corps crossed the river in Lee's front, a la Burnside, at Frede icksburg, and Stoneman's cavalry made 4 wide detour around the Southern left and rear, throwing 10,000 sabres between and Richmond, cutting his com- munications, stopping his supplies, and ition to obstruct the Con- t while Hooker admin- istered the coup de grace. “Don't stop him," said Lee to Jack- and for a Colony of Grafters—How the Game Is Played and Why Yankees Are Dazsled by It. n better days, And it will “well a few little antiques, the pro-| She remonstrates a little, but fix it in Aisne Jian it Just ueshine ceeds to be devoted to sweet charity.” | promivo to call for her, which YU aij ner relatives and friend y ' After having bowed and scraped! promptly do, ‘There are real tears in| eh aweses yourself out of that mirage of th#| the Baroness's eyes, and you wonder Now for the Touch! mighty (in truth, the medley of the/ what on earth could have happened. | If ene could have it for but “two or mediocre), your hostess clinging fast | Certainty, you do not wish to pry intol three days" her rent monee went, on to you, you depart for home with the| her affairs, But you sympathize and| coming in. And it. would be nich a trinnatiog, “HUie anee ks ou tia Wee, how you: “hope it Is nothing | simple matter, she ends up with eay. inynet Then sho says ing: ead The Baroness invites you to take meets Greek, or ¥ rather when Am- her usual host of admirers." lunch with her the next day, and it] husband's estate has been in litigation erican meete Am. | A Soap-Shy Prince; foes without gaying that you aro “De-| for such a time, and thy whole thing erican. For when| The Princess ts dressed very simply| !!#hted.” In the morning the Baroness] has been before the courts seven tines, in @ shirt waist that hasn't met with considerable time, and a skirt She looks hen tea Is calls you on the phone. “Oh! T am distressed! IT have had uch terrible news. I am afratd that The case comes up to-morrow morning iain and I am certain {t will be de- cided In my favor. But the lawyer here Tam not ft company for you to-day,| demands $180 before he will go on With my dear. I hate the very place and}it. And I am ne arly disteacted, as my Iam sure you would not enjoy any| income hasn't arrived froin the pro- luncheon with me to-da. vinces."" The Trap Is Set. Keely now you weep with her, and Seu Cerny omnia aud yeu you mi er what on earth to do as it heart goes out to the lady, You beKE ut yoy lait Bee Ue ca eee her Just to come “right out in the er “how sorry" you are. Sho gues on to tell you ho and have lunch with YOU somewh ince on, to tell you how, t¢ her Ma ike this: My Gear doparted) “Oe course, I have not known you “Overheard in Jokeland. First Sport—Who is the best ii.) tweight in town? | Second Sport—My gs er, Ponvanen ) NEP i jlons, my dear, but if you would care to do this for me 1 would surely be your friend for life.” ‘ Truly it t» almost trrestativle, And COM You really find yourself regretting tha you have not your letter of credit or | express ohecks with you to hand right | over w her, Whi » you expl she} says Hut we can g0 back to your hotet and get it, can't we? 2 will go might with you,"* son. “When the enemy Is busy m & blunder, he must not under any cumstances be Interrupted. They readily percetved that with Hooker at Chancelloraville and Sedg- wick three miles below Fredericksburg, the two wings of the great Federal army would be thirteen miles aaprt, with Lee's army directly between them, Mn May 1, Ho the south of the to hurl his army of four divisions on the enemy's flank; but Lee was too quick for him, and after a sharp’ encounter at Tabernacle Church, half way be tween Chancellorsville and Frederick Hooker was forced back into the there to aflopt the defensive tac- @ to lead to his destruc- For then and there the ( fed- jved the bold Idea of turning upon him by flanking his tion. erates con the ta right. A glorious sunrise next morning {lu- mined what was destined to be the last meeting and parting, in this world, of Lee and Jackson, Full of ardor and ex- tement, Jackson was astir at earliest lawn, preparing to start on the great movement whlch he had mapped out tn his brain by the midnight camp fire. He was to march with nearly 30,000 oops along the entire front of the and in proximity to their without being discovered; to make make a long story short, you are} red and you manage to arrange } to meet her the next morning, When | you are at op her at her hotel, | about | bie whispers | ‘These human vulture lawyers took my last sou this morning and I haven't you promptly pour into} her lap the smali chang in your purse. That night you are fortu to com pare notes with a friend Who has been « Paris than you and who has becn up against the same game, And | Not too I, but wisely, perfect! happy congratulating yourself that yu have cone off easly with the nall change of $2.43 In hard American cash turned intv franca and cenatimes, a Sl hia way by unfrequented roada and through dense thickets to thelr flank 1 rear, there to attack the force of jen, Hooker, three times outnumbering his own en, Lee, meanwhile, was to hold oker's front with only 14,000 men, Sich was the bold strategy of the Confederates at Ghancelloraville, They fought that great battle in the only way it could have been won, and rt everything on the military & Jackson, which in mastery of his m and in the rapid audacity of his mow vente resembled thag Of @ Hunaparte, ov of a Caesar At & o'clock in the afternoon Jack- son's Van had safely reached the pl road three iniles io the weat of © ellorsville, served by (ie rounda posely taken, at, not w the Fe had pure supposed it was a note Foward 6 o'clock tn the evening all was in readiness, and Jackson ordered his Advance, Like an, aval ths Confederate rush descp@Mded upon the Union line, drivin or ing before it, capturing cannon befora tl could reversed to fire, rolling Jup whole di ‘etons and hurling them upon the your itenaat in A Dunne bathe Cif wal om nye ri enemy's centre, until the Wilderness was an inferno of smoke and flame, of roaring guna and trees orashing down, ress horses and men without arme running about frantically; mules carry- ing ammunition that exploded as fled; guns, calssons, forges, ambu! 2 and wagons tumbled in a mad, t 4 scramble it became apparent that the brilliant tactics of Lee and the dash- ing execution of Jackson had succes . and Hooker's right had been irresistibly forced back upon his centre. “If only I had another hour of day- night!" cried Jackson. would have completed his work by surrounding the enemy's army in the tangled wuods ant cutting off its retre to the fords of the Rappahannock. it was, the Fod- e finally checked their flying cc umns and made a stand at Chancelloi ville, when they were pouring an palling artillery fire of double canister up the jine of the plank road. Dark. ness or ¥ darkness, flight or resistance, the fury’ of battle waa uncha'ned in soul, and his cry was atlll oy “General,” one of them finally sa! as they amoved cautiously down for yout’ 'No," he replied quickly, “the danger is ove And we must follow up the enemy. Go back and tell A. P. Hill to Press right on!" : After this no one presiimod to offer further remonstrance, and they rode an in allence, peering uneasily through the half-darkness, until suddenly « volley of firing ahead semed to indicate that they had run upon a Federal skirmish line. ‘The General turned hie ‘ee, but ua- fortunately went off route and toward the front of some of his own troops who were lying on their arma, and who had no idea that their corn- mander had passed beyond the lines. They fired upon the party, kliling one engineer officer and wounding two or three of the aignalmen, Jackson turned about and recrossed the road to enter hia lines at another point, when another is to confualon and darkness, Jackson's horse bolted, a limb of a tree struck the rider tn the face and he reeled in his saddle. Bob Kilingham rushed forward and caught ihe bridle rein, while Capt. Wilbourn helped tie General to dismount, His left arm hung imp and the officers removed Me gauntlets, which wero filled with tie dlood streaming from three wounds which he had received simultaneously, Gen. Hill rode up at this moment and asked Jackson if he was seriously hurt, “I think my arm is broken,” was t; feeble reply. “I wi me @ surgeon.” An ambulance took him to the rear, At the fleld hospital at Wilderness Tay ern, Dr. Hunter McGuire amputated Jackson's left arm near the shouldor, Early the next morning a note came from Gen. Lee, at the front, sayt “I cannot oxp: my regret at the 5 I have directed ve chosen to be n your stead. I congrat you upon the virtory which is dus to your energy and akill.’’ “General Lee shou'd give the praise to God," sald Jackson fervently ‘appy at tho receipt of this message. It still remained for Gen, Lee to com: plete the victory which Jackson had begun; and he did ao in @ series of operations which occupled two #tven- uous days and involved risks fuly as as wall bad taken In bie ; heen removed » noar Guinea Station, on the railroad from Fredericksburg to Richmond, Here his wife and child Juined him, and he was not only comforted bur seemed to share with those about him the hope of rr- covery, Then came a change for the pneumonia deveione4 Eliingham and otners to the “old he ha night of the bivouac In the Wilderness, when h» ad thrown off his cloak to cover tio sleeping form of Lee. He had al wished, he said, that when his time came to dle it might be on ® Sunday. in the event that te should not recover he desired to te» burled at Lexingto., in the val Vir When delirium set iat worse and pl as Capt, Tt wa: alway) a, thought he was back on the Wilderne battle exclaim “Or tion! rapidly! Then fleld, end at Intervals he wot A. P. Hilt to prepare for ee- Pass the Infantry to the front Tell Major Hawkes’ —-- alow of ineff: Ay ” he sai and jest afternoon, the of deathiess ff stainless sword of victory an tleth year oth with which hf his name Was ing reference which he had brief years of far briefer pei (T%