The evening world. Newspaper, December 2, 1912, Page 17

{ WATCHING ME CLOSELY You Wit. omserve L PLACE THE EG6 IN TH HANDIERCHIERP THUSLY “The Sun Dodgers” Will Not Make The World Brighter. BY CHARLES DARNTON. looks as though it would be useless for “The Sun Dodgers” to leave an- other call ¢or rehearsal. There is so little to work with in the collection of @@s and ends at the Broadway Theatre that unless new, and above all Wresh, material is provided Lew Fields can only look for the worst. In Its pres- ‘ent form the piece is unquestionably the poorest of all his big productions. At Gaturdey night's performance “The Son Dod: succeeded only in Godgins the point. It was all #0 pointless that not a single striking effect was @ained, in spite of earnest principals and pretty chorus girls, who went through Whe mechanical movements that invariably mark Ned Wayburn's limitations awe atage director. Even the costumes failed to gladden the eye. As for the ook, ft proved to be the dullest that Edgar Gmith has written, while the music, by @. Ray Goets end A. Baliwin Gloane, was no sooner heard than forgotten. A moving picture song offered the only novelty, for while the Automat res- ¢aurant ecene was new its humor seemed rather stale. The steam turned on the bursting frankfurters suggested an old trick of Lew Fields that hed been warmed over. The beefwteak cellar recalled the buried past, In it “a coterie devoted to the night life of the great city” tried desperately to be gay. Cheer esp youths worked #0 hard all night eating beefsteak and devouring rastime that they were supposed to sleep al) day on Long Island. No wonder they looked pale and thin! Still in robust health, George ‘W. Monroe found it easy ¢o be the Ife of the party. This time he was Aunt Honorla, but he looked the same old Aunt Bridget he has been for years. His exuberance came es a godsend. He was funny in his own way, end eapecially in Ris own monologue that dealt farsely, even generously, with his singing voice, He hawt been assured that it was a g004, voice—though not for singing, But there were times when even this irre- pressible comedian seemed to be under a cloud. No one appeared to know just ‘what to-do, EWverything went by fits and starts, Occasional fits of laushter were due entirely to the fife-saving efforts of the able-bodied Monroe. He had Uthe help trom Harry Fisher, whose falsetto humor fell rather flat, Ike an empty echo of past performances. His part, which gave him nothing new to do, enough ¢o make him look ead—and more than once ‘he was the picture of ‘Miss Beeste Wynn not only looked happy, but stunning. She did most of the and did it very well, But in trilling like @ near-prima donna she took fher voice too seriously. Bhe lacked the simple charm that made her so delishtful fs “Babes.in Toyland.” While vaudeville may have tts rewards, it has evidently rotbed Miss Wynn of more than it hae eiven her and left her rather keen on [ ‘of @ “footlight goddess of the vaudeville persuasion,” and that Eva Tan- ‘who faughinly withdrew from the part a few weeks ago, isn't exactly a pastnking violet. ‘Miss Madeline Harrison danced recklesmy in her bare feet to “Rose of the Bouth” musto, that, needless to say, neither Mr, Goets nor Mr. Sloane wrote. Where were other dances, all of them old, and one, with » lariat, clumsily per- formed. Miss Ann Tasker warbled joyously, and Miss Nan Brennan, looking Wery pretty though a trifle self-conscious, swaggered to the front to prove to an astonished world that, if worst comes to worst, even a showeirl can sing, But gloom settled again and again over “The Sun Dodgers.” Gun epots were sustested by the shaiows that fell. Only Mr, Monroe beamed. The piece was glow, except in dodging success at every turn, It “ducked” whenever there ed the elightest chance of a hit, And so the ead fact remains that “The Dodgers’ will not make the world brighter. The May M anton Fashions RAPED ekirts are and very gener- ally becoming. Here is one that takes ex- cedingly lovely ini yet ds quite simple and y to make, It ocon- cists of only three pieces and the plain portions are lapped onto the” draped por- tions and the Antished edges give the long slender lines, so that the drapery is obtained without sacrificing that all-important — effect. Skirts with slight trains are being much worn, but they are by no means universal and this one, cut elther with or with- out, will be found cor- rect, which 4s better depending entirely upon the material Pattern No. 7678—Three-Plece Draped Skirt, 22 to 30 waist. , 8, 28 and 2B ch waist measures, Call at THE EVENING WORLD MAY MANTON FASHION BUREAU, Donald Building, 100 West Thirty-second street (oppo- te site Gimbel Bros.), corner Sixth @venue and Thirty-second street, Cretan 3 New York, or sent by mall on receipt of ten cents in ecin or Thee! stamps for each pattern ordered, IMPORTANT—Write your eddress pleinty end alwaye specity Pattend). } size wanted. Add two cents for letter postage tf in hurry, ‘At the same time ét must be borne in mind that her present role is | and the service re- quired, For the ekirt with : the train, the medium, eize will require 61-4 yards of material 5 yards 26 or 44 inches wide; for the skirt n walking length, 5 3-4 yards 41-2 yards 36 or 44 Mnches wide. Tha width of the walking skirt 19 17-8 i ttern No, 7678 ne in @izes for Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet Eating her curds and whey. Santa sent her some candy oprnight, 1012, by The Wrens trublishiag Ov, (The New York Evening World.) Christmas Nursery Rhymes { Whioh tasted just dandy— A pretty dressed doll That she called Little Mott. a The Evening World Daily Magazine, Monday, Decembe NOW WILL SOME LADY OR GENTLEMAN STRIKE THE E66 SMARTLY ? IT Wike, Bi it, 1012, by 1 ing (The New York Bvening World.) Then there came a big spider Which sat down beside her, And she held her doll in her arms 80 hristmas Shoppers days ago @ woman asked mi “Can you tell me is this a good book? I want it for my niece, and the cover and illustrations are ao pretty they will appeal to her." 1 inquired the age of the niece, and when she replied gested something more book in question was dith.”” “Oh, that makes no difference, remarked. “We are building up a ibrary for her and ehe can read them when she !s older. ting her two of, Dickens's works this year to start the set. You know we do not wish to get her any trash,” That poor child! And to think of all the delightful little children's stories and the illustrated books of fables and |folk stories that she might be revelling in during these years that she is grow- ing old enough to enjoy her carefully selected Mbrary, A child's character {s strongly ‘npflu- enced by the literature Indulved in, and ‘t ie for this feason that especial care should be exercised in the selection of reading materials, Starting a Mbrary for a child ts a praiseworthy {dea, but is there anything accomplished by pur- chasing books that the mind ts unable to grasp? It ts certainly far better to select books what will interest the child, This may instli a love for read- ing in the child, and if the books are wisely selected will lay the foundation of a taste for good literature. | ,Theretore, when purchasing your Christmas books, give heed to your se- lectloi Unfortunately the salespeo- ple are not to be relied upon for advi since at this busy season it 1s neces: sary to increase the sales force and, naturally, the newcomer lacks the |requisite experience. However, any @chool teacher will gladly furnish a Ust of sultable books for children over six years of age. Then, too, at any Mbrary it 1s pos- |sible to receive valuable assistance in selecting books for young people tro jten to sixteen, Some progressive ibra- Irles have graded sts posted upon the S"tarase at @ book counter a fow “Janice Mere- bulletins for the convenience of Christ- |mas shoppers, This wise plan not only assists purchasers in judicious s ons but it provides a means for bringing excellent Iterature into the home and |inculeating a general taste for good {reading matter, Udbrarians and high school teachers |will gladly asstst materially in gulding + }the uninformed aright in the selection of books for adults, ‘The market 1s flooded with books for children under mx, Ekt the same care and discretion shoul,, be exercised in the these,es {a those for the elder children, Her mother is get-! se ants enna ect Cheer Up, Cashes It Int Live Right and I{fe will be Right! It 1sn't Neces- sary to be a Vir- tuoso Just to Keep ‘Time and Tune! T* Man of One Idea generally | Dare to Think Differently — and let the Sheep am- ble to their Shear- ing! Forget the Moss- grown Diota, As- certain what Physical and Mental Pab- ulum ts Best for YOURSELF—and then Learn How to Use It! Darwin called it “Reversion to An- cestral Types.” But when WH are Questing About for an Exouse for our Divvlement, we name {t “Heredity!” Happy the Man who can Gaze at his |Shadow tn the Sunlight and Find Neth- jing Accusatory Therein! If the Trouble is of your Own Mak- } By Clarence L, Culien. Copyright, 1012, by The Press Publishing Oo, (The New York Bvening World) Cuthbert! ing, Oorrect it; but éf dt isn't, Smash itt ‘The Fellow who Makes Hay while the Sun ISN'T Shining ts the Acquisitor we Gamble On! who takes that “Oh, Attitude toward Life! Sometimes the Lady Fortune enjoys Just @ Soupeon of Bullyragging on the Part of he: Wooer Moderation in Victory makes Strength in Defeat! When you Fall to Belteving that Hard Luck has Singled you Out for @ Pet, it's Just as Well to Remember that there are More than a Billiton and @ Half of Folks on this Planet! Let ‘Er 6itdi for Adversity is the Anaesthesia given to us by the Great Surgeon before the Operation to Make us Whole! One Thing we've Noticed about Win- ners is that they Rarely do the Ob- vious Trick! et 2.—The “Morn- ing Hymn.” he Copyright, 1912, wT ), Press 1 i ery K D., Bishop Bath and Wells, was celebrated oth ag a poet and a musician, He was a skilful performer on the lute and the church org! Born tn Pngland i he was educated at Winchest ad ed bishop in 1684; he administered the Last Sacrament to Charles 11; he was also chaplain to Queen Mary, wife of Willlam of Orange. In 1688 he as one of the seven bishops who petitioned James Il, against the Declaration of Indulgence. For this he was deposed and deprived of his see, To-day, Bishop Ken ts best remem- bered by his two hymns, “Awake, My and With the Sun called the ning Hyrmn, and "Glory to Thee, My God, ‘This Night,” known as the ' grap tines run 90 fellows: Historic Hymns. By Frederic Reddall, Btaff Lecturer, N. Y, Board of Education. lishing Co, (The New York Evening World) ft “Awake, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run; Shake off dull sloth and joyful rise To pay thy morning sacrifice.” Fishop Ken, we are told, * | the Morning Hymn to his own accom. e He died in 1711, buried him at From morning. This had be tre, and he had wished |at sunrising.” There, in the midet of solemn scene, and as the daylight +} By Eleanor Schorer to ide her; And ran to her home far away. —EL®ANOR SCHORER, The Day’s Good Stories used to tng | tng For a Late Crop. __ HE Rev. John B, Oreft was conducting @ tories of meetings in @ rural neighborhood of Southwest Virginia, says Meok’s National Monthly, One night he was trying to bring the necessity of early embracing « religious bove to Dear upon his congregation, Said he, “We'll just illustrate: You best February or March to prepare your ground for planting out your apring crop, You plant in April to be on time, Suppose you neglect this work, May will de late, but perhaps ‘twill answer, Lat the work go usdone till June; then what will you do? “Too late, too late!’ will be the ory,’ ‘Just_sow ft in buckwheat," called out an old farmer from a rear scat, ‘The preacher eat down, ab on Ie Three Sentences Ahead. ht Ris Georgia law requires that the charges of ‘@ trial Judge to the fury shall be taken down ‘by @ court stenographer, An old Judge, who was eocustomed to make about the ange fn every case, was hammer. when he looked over his dek add aaw that the court stenographer, who had deen out the night before, wae fast aslcen, “Wake up there, Mr, 8,," @hundered the Judge, ‘and take dowa the charge of the Court, !" “Oh, go ‘long, Judge!” protested the stenog- vapher, ‘I am three sentences ahead of you now,”—Baturtay Evening Post, pinecone Squaring the Bill. HE bright little surgery at the rear of the doctor's house was oocupled by two—the medical man and @ patient, who was be ing attended to for the last time, ereing that be had got over hte illness, “Yea, yeu," eid the doctor; “you're all right now. You neeln’t come here again,* “But, ate," remaried the patient, “vot eheot der bill? ain't got mooch money, Vill you dake der ut in trade? The awl poked the man up and dows, Well, 1 might do 00," he replied, “What t bus! nen" am der leader of der WAdle Cherman band, Ve vill blay tn front of your Rouse every Detrolt Free Prem, a Of Course. OERTAIN big establishment in Brook. yo bas this eign on ite front door; 1hON AND LEAD SINKS One morning, as the head of the firm was com. work, the following words were found added t» the legend; Any darn fool knows that.—Lip- ant evening for von month A Just Judge. right to fine me, Jndge,"" laughed bu in your ear, and if htened, they sang his own anthem ;of prali ‘Awake, My Soul, and With | the Sun. ‘The melody was by F. H. Barthele- mew, being, as some think, based on a gune by Tells, but much improved by Ken, 0, 1 know,” att ’ chuckle, | ‘1 found myself guilty end hey Jest paid my fine intaetie tre ame es you." “Bully for you 14 Barrowdale, “By the way, (> you put these fines beck into ¢ roads * gald the Jndge, “They go to the tris oan alka ne i, doe fa bee o' lag." -—-Heper's Wently. t 2, 1912 co DING THA By C. M. Payne ee DING Dine By Charlies A (Copreight, 1912, by the Outing Publishing Co.) Kent Hott oes West t Dry “Bottom 45 fake cl ea nls “end athor's newspaper and the Circle Tar ranch The law is openly defied by the Cattlemen's Eirahee Bunfevey toe An petty eho Tin her Kd, a yo 4 smbject to fite sanity, Hollis and Sule Graves, te law's Fepenentative, pledge an alliance agains TYP, Intereate’ ol association, his new duties as editor of his icker, AN anonymous ni f office door, warning Hollis fefuses to &p. Spe t) re. toward his ranch latter's men @itack nconsciquaness, He tre dressed and where the ‘orders him to re: main with Nellie aa his wurse until he is better, c9, one of his cowboye, contelbutes. se to: called, pogma to the Kicker, which Holle plane to read to Neill CHAPTER XIill. (Continted.) «“‘Woman—She Don’t Need No Tooter. OLLIS had been scanning ene of the poame in his hand. He emiled whiinsicany at Mise ‘Hasieton as she conchied, “Here is Ace's opinion on that q@ubject,” he eald. “Since you Rave doubted him 1 think ft only fair that You should give him @ hearing, Won't you read itt" Ghe came forward and seated herself in the chalr that the post had vacated, | taxine the mass of paper that Hollis over to her. I read it aloud?’ she asked with « smile at him, “I think you had better not,” he re- turned; “it might prove embarrassing.” She Diushed and gave her attention to the poem, It wae entitled “Woman,” and ran: “Woman ehe dont need no tooter, be ghe skule mam or bdiscut shooter, she has most curyue waye about her, which Jeada a man to kinder dout her, ‘Though iookin et her % eure « pleagur there aint no way to get her measure 1 reckon she had man on the run @ long while before the work begun. I mot & bisout shooter in the chance gaioon when I was blowin my ooin ta ratoon while the coin jasted I owned her an the town but when it was gone she throwed me down, An ao 1 @ay she dont need no tooter be she skule mam or bisout shooter 6 fooled me an my heart she stole which has opened my eyes an hurt my sole. ‘Mina Hazelton lata the manuscript tn her Jap and laughed heartily, ‘What @ harrowing experience!” she @eclared, Hollis wag grinning at her, “That was @ bad thing to have hap- pen to a man,” he observed; “T suppose {t rather mhattered Ace's faith in wom- an, At leant you could observe by his actions just ® moment ago that he isn't taking any more chances.” Sho fixed him with a defiant eye. “But he e@tit admits that he takes pleasure tn looking at a woman!" ehe fold him triumphantly. “So he does. Still, that ien't remark- al You see, @ man couldn't help that—no mater how badly he had been treated,” She had no reply to make to this, though she gave him a look that he could not mistake, But he laughed, “I think Ace's effort ought to go into the Kicker,” he said. “I have no doubt that many who read the poem will find in it @ great deal of truth—perhaps a reflection of their own personal experi- ences. Her face clouded and she rewarded him @ le soberly, “Of your own, pa ‘Not guilty, “You wee, I have never had any time to devote to the study of women, let alone time to allow them to fool me. Perhaps when I do have time to study them I may find some truth in Ace's effort.” “Then women do not interest yout’ She was looking down the Coyote trail. ‘ell, no," ho @aid, thinking of the Dusy days of his past, and not deing ware of the furtive, slenificant glance he threw toward him, “You see, there have always been so many important things to engage my attention.” “How fortunate!” ahe.sald mockingly, after @ pause during*which he had time to realize that he had been very ungracious, He saw Ace's manuscript flutter toward him, her rise and heard the screen door slam after her. During the remainder of the afternoon left atone on the porch to evils that arise from CHAPTER XIV. The Coalition. ERHAPS there were some per- sons tn Union County who, ac- quainted with the details of the attack on Hollis, expected to read an account of it In the Kicker, PIf there were any such they were dle \ppolnted. There was nothing about th] attack printed tm the Kicker The Coming of the Law] “THE TWO-GUN MAN'S” Greatest Novel Seltzer Iden —nor did Hollis talk to any etranger concerning it. Ace's poem entitled “Woman” had Bono into the paper, causing the post for many days following the appear ance of his cot osition—to look upon his w puncherk with @ eort of condescending pity. On the second after his discussion with Mise Hazelton over Ace's poem Hollis re- turned to the Cirle Bar. He had succeeded in convincing Nel- le that he had answered thoughtlessi, when he nad informed her that he tov« no Interest in women, and though she had deflantly assured him that she bi not taken offense, there had been @ Meht in her eyes upon his departure which revealed gratification over his repentance. She stood long on poroh after he had taken leave of hi watching him as he the t le slowly down trail and disappeared around a mn. Then she smiled regretfully, ind went into the house. return to the Circle Bar was ‘unostentatious and quite in. keeping ‘with his method of doing things. With- in the next few days he met several of ‘the Circle Bar men and there were mut- torings against Duniavey, but Hollis dis- couraged action, assuring the mutterers that his differences with Dunlavey were entirely personel and that he intended carrying on the fight alone. His wounds mended rapidly, and within two weeke—except for the broken wriet—he was well as ever. Meanwhile Potter hed succeeded in getting the Kicker out on time, though there had deen a aoticeadle lack of aggressiveness in the articles. Eapectally was this tru of the articles bearing upon the situation in Union County. Hollis had dictated some of these, but even those which he bn Giotated had seemed to jack soime- ‘thing, Nothing had been heard of Dunlavey— ft seamed that after the attack upon Hollis he had withdrawn from the scene to await the latter's next move. But Hollis waa in no hurry; he had Jost some of the enthusiasm that hat marked hie attitude in the beginning, but thie enthusiagm had been re- placed by determination, He was be- ginning to realize that in Duniavey he had met a foe worthy of his most serious He had actermined that there would be no repetition of the attack upon him, and therefore during his convalescence he had sent to Las Vegas for « repeating rifle, and this he carried with him on his Thi oe that “st the =. growing things, ri whirlwinds of fine, finty alkelt @aet and ppreading it over the face of 4 world, The storm that Hollin on the Dry, Bottom trafl covered only a comparativety area; it had lasted only a brief time and after ite passage the county was as dry as before. ¥ Ravvit-Bar Creek of all the streams @ the vicinity of Dry Bottom held water. From all points of the compass drifted to the Rabbit-Ear, slaking thelr thirat and refusing to leave. riders on drooping ponies ¢ratied cutting them out, trying to keep herds intact, tut not succeeding. fusion retgned. For miles in beth rections Rabbit-Ear Creek became huge, long watering trough. ‘Temporary camps were made; wagons rattled up to them, loaded supplies for the cowboys, and back to distant ranches for more, There ‘had been other droughts, but this qme was unexpected—unprecedented. There had always been @ little water ine where, Now Rabbit-Bar Creck held there was. Only the small cattle owners euffered because of the drought. Riders teld ef the presence of plenty of water ta @he Canadian, the Cimarron, and Carrizo held some. In fact, nearly the streams held by the targe seemed to contain plenty. The ai. es . Owners, whose herds were smaller end whose complement of punchers was nee- essartly Mmited, had apparently been selected by Providence for run. There were mutterings against the large owners, against Providence, Par- toulanly were there mutterin jainat Dunlavey when word came to @he owners of the herds that If the drought was not broken within the next ten days the Circle Cross manager woukt foreign cattle from the Rabbit- would not allow his own herds to save theirs, he sald. ‘On the night following the day upon which the small owners had received this word from Dunlavey the former waited upon HolNs. found him seated on the lower gallery of the ranchhouse. Lemuel Train of the Pix-pen outfit, had been selected as their pokes man, He stood gpfore Hollis, a big man, aifident in mMfner and rough in ap Pearance, surrounded by his fellow ranchers, bronzed, beanted, serious of face, ough the sun had deen down three hours the heat was frightful and the visitors shuffled their feet and un- comfortably wiped the perspiration fram thelr brows, “Sit down,” Invited Hollis, He rose and stood while the men draped them- selves on the edge of the gallery floor all except, the spokesman, Lemuel ‘Train, ‘The* latter faced . ie face was Ly in the dusk, (0% Be Continued) tore was etn cae t SnESEEanE 4 \ | t '