The evening world. Newspaper, December 20, 1912, Page 31

HonetH AN TRULY! LFOUND Out WHERE ANTY KiAUTH KEEP.TH ALL YA WRITHMUTH TOY: tH BY CHA emt he did not know how to present heaven!—talked us into a helpless s was stopped by his son election day in Brunswickton, Virgt until “Bud” Carpenter was brought him, “Bud” made whiskey, and his Bilen Mortimer as Champney Cholton. was eo strong in h te the dinner in defiance of her pro! get a victim to the sparkling dew her @heerfess fireside till morning w: The remarkable part of it was th: of the fourth act that we could hard! ‘Virginia days. Then Warren himsel He ecarcely moved when the husban escaped being murdered when he dis: ey environment. in a whi ra mother while in his rooms with his courage than delicacy Doesn't that strike you aa being hed confessed to her husband: “IT am layed by George W. But I must say that Mr, Wilson was daughter who inherited his appetite occasional sin the thankless -giggied and 4 mistake of he’ r in the fact that “The Question’ life when she left Vir “The Question” More Deadly Than Drink. RLES DARN Grink or not te Grink—that was “The Question” at Daly's Theatre last Bight ‘The answer, in four loquacious acts, was a.very bad play “made from @ Forrest Halsey story” that had evidently gone to the head of Moerman Dix, o dramatist whe seems to have a great future as a temperance erying “Father!” just as he injured for life. Luckily for us, his son not only had etrengti that he couldn't resist 1t wat the door wasn't strong enough to hold her back. And then when she w ef ft betrayed no sign of wear-and-tear. She looked so well in the Kray dawn Pacing him without even the ald of a powder puff, ¢ more wine than was good for her at dinner and then had taken a enb to the reoms of Preston Warren, who wore braid on hig coat and dated back to her was more than I could understand. Whaat mae he had made his wife a victim of alcoholic suggestion by placing 2 He had kiesed her—eyes—but only to leave her he pointed out the difference between body and soul, and then advised the husband to guard the trust--and so forth and eo forth! Wilson with a great flow of words and de the best of rity and unbroken health, Robert T, Haines mai ae the lover who sought his virtuous club. Miss Olive May rank to excess as the New York cousin of the girl who made the {s enough to drive any one to drink. TON. “Drink,” as played by the Ite Chart: Warner, took hold of one because it was gripping But “The Question” proved to be more deadly than drink in the oommon, everyday, corner-saloon sense of the word, because of its paralyzing effect aa alcoholic drama. Like Hauptmann’s “Before Sunrise,” it revealed the moval degeneracy of a family, carrying out the hereditary theory that je acceptet by some and rejected by others. There seemed to be a great deal more in the theory than there was in the play. Th fact is, “The Question” was painful without being interesting because of the author's lack of skill. It wa: appar. hie question in dramatic form. A Southern Colonel of the type that is fast dying out on the etase—thank tate before he atarted to take « drink and Inia, and the were fighting it out in the atreet. But, so far as we could see, nothing happened in on @ shutter. Like his father before @ppearance was sufficient proof that the ‘Irys' had done their best to kick the life out of him. And here he was, against hia will, In the camp of the enemy, since Col. Thornton, according to certain information that reached us in duo time, had fallen off the water wagon year: of character but he knew how to act. This part was played with such sin- cerity by Richard Sterling that interest turned at once to a young actor of rough-and-ready ability that should win him a longer stay in New York than The Eveni ae ng World Loos 43 y 1p aw Hap LANED And Found Daily [ilaw tem Powe] SHiTH FIRE PLATHE Pocee e | antl !NETHTERDAY AN’ THeRe 16 eis ae \ VAPoP RAN IN AN ) Romine Tien : TRucy! \Put THEM Tacn | — ~~" toner | (@urcnt AN CHATHED { JN iA } Me Home’ / \ Grnkane i | [ Haw Hem aaa ae tA. AMew Cactus @ O. Heeza Boob WELL IF HE DON'T OPEN THE CHUTE "LL DUMP I+ HERE, (AINT- GONA GET RATS FER BRINGIN’ "he Question” can hope to enjoy. I advise Broadway managers to see him before it 1s too late. In my humble! opinion he ts a “find''—a vigorous young actor Who acts straight from the shoul- der and ts as yet unspoiled Hawin Arden could do | ore than groan and suffer picturesquely, when as “Bud” he was brought fn on a shutter. He was obliged to wait until he bad narried Col, ‘Thornton's daughter for his chance am a well-trained avior. Ry this time the scene had changed to) Riverside Drive, and the young lady from Virginia was mixing with the cocktail and highbaM set. She loft her husband to go to a champagne dinner | while he remained at home to fight “the curse of drink” in ® magazine article. | Suoh {s Ife In Mterary circles! Before she left she walked up to the family decanter and took a drink like a lady in distress, The hereditary influence She put her back to the door, fessionally non-alcoholic husband she tell of the grape that she didn't get back to as well advanced. | at the young wife who had made a nieht ly helleve the story she told her husband, she confessed she had taken f came in to face the unpleasant music. 4 tried to kill htm with a poker, How he cussed the details of the night before the But he calmly reminded the he went to his club to sleep. With more too good to be true? Meanwhile the wife a drunkard.” She owed this to her father, everal drinks. as good as the whiskey he drank. As the for iquor Miss Ellen Mortimer displayod gina. Excuse for Miss May may be found ——— D Advi eee A Tardy Lover. while they are walking in the street?” It te rather unsophisticated unless t pavement 1s slippery or there is son otheF special reason. t Betty Vincent’s wouldn't. put forward euch a @illy) “¢, T. writes; “A. certain youns| excuse. nan claima that he loves me dearly, ae ae ver keeps an appointment “"L. W. writes: " en a young ™ punctally. Invariably T have to walt] takes @ girl to a ball is t proper for! hour or ao for him. Do you think] him to dance with others if the lady | he le really sincere in his affection?” he escorted is not dancing Perhaps he is only careless. Why| He should introduce other young men don't you turn the tables by making|to her and see that her card fe filled, him walt for you? Then he can dance with others. | ‘4, Tat writes: “Is it proper for a] “K, Dp," writes: “A young man andl young lady (0 take a gentleman's arin|T have put off our marriage two years have been corre- bt if it ts possible. She evidently ce to Lovers ote wants to break off with you or she on account of my mother's objections. I ehall be of age in another year and we plan to marry then, although my mother 1s atill unreconciled, Ought we to spoil our future on her account?” ‘ertainly not. Re ne “aw.” w sponding with a girl for six months) wp R» writes: “If a young lady asks und now he says that she must stop], young man to go to a dance, should writing because she has learned that Tighe pay for the ticket or let the young | ym ¢wo years younger than herself.|man pay for it?” How can I retain her friendship?” If she begins @ teap-year wftair whould be consistent. p i“ M iF jungle Tales for Children By Farmer Smith, OTHER! M-O-T-H-E-R!" A squeaky little volce came out from under the white bedclothes and Mrs, Grasshopper hurried to see what her little son wanted. “What ts it, my dear?” she @ pleasant voice, “I hada bad dream," replied the little grasshopper, “What was your dream, Sonny? You must not be afraid of dreams, for they cannot hurt you~nothing can hurt you.” “Well, Mother, I was aitting under the bamboo tree when I heard a voice sing- ing: ed in ‘He's such a funny-looking thing, His head is very bald. His legs are full of kinky jerks, Grasshopper he is called,’ “And when I looked up, there was Mr. Caterpiliar looking down at me. He has lot of hair, not only on his head, but| all over him, Why am I baldheaded, Mother?" “My dear, you must not worry about being bald, For if you had hatr on your head you couldn't jump through the grass; you'd catch yourself.’ “L see, now, Mother,” sald Sonny. “Tl never worry any more about my bald head, But say, Mother, are my legs full of kinky Jerks, too?” “Yes, my son. Don't you see that Mother has to tie you in bed so your legs will not kick the covers off? Hut then vou can always jump out of the way of danger, while Mr, Caterpillar can't. Good night, Sonny, and do not worry about anythinm Pleasant dreams to you! The kind about @rassy hills and flowery dales, and"'— But Sonny Grasshopper was fast asleep. —$<————— Uncle Sam’s Piemaker. ROM the standpoint of the house- wife perhaps the most interesting of the improvements at the Cap- itol have had to do with the kitchens in which the food of our law-makers and their guests !s cooked, Among the new furnishings in the kitchens are two refrigerating machines of four tons’ capacity each, and @ variety of cook- ing utensils, including some designed for the use of Mrs, Murphy, the Sen ate's much-praised official “plebaicer, who turns out each day fifty ples of the proverbial kind ‘that mother used to male," say# the Christian Herald. In keeping with the improvements in the kitchens is an enlargement of the Cap- itol restaurants, including the provi- jon of an additional dining room at the jenate resteurmot, ’ a Copyright, 1912, by. The Press Publis TTORNEY fined for blocking cause of justice.” That is one of the greatest accomplish- ments of the profession. He should have been rewarded with a large fee, | “Extra session will have no effect on Wall street.” Since the Street is in need of money to buy more ratl- roads how can it afford to miss this opportunity to juggle stocks? “If properly trained babies will live one hundred years.” An older person might succeed in Hving that | tong, bud it would be an almost im- possible feat for @ baby. “Found policeman in saloon.” Po- York, They have even been seen out- | side of saloons, “More suitable names for restau: rant dishes suggested.” Imagine a | two-hundred-pound man calling for Jruti-fruti or tostie-tostie! “Landlords raise rent becau coal |when coal goes down? © Ts Peat vctine Wert The Papers Say By John L. Hobbie. licemen are frequently found in New) | | “Sizteen killed in New England |™oney Magazine, Frida y. Decem ber 20, 1912 T3eT a He } THanty WLauTH / PucceD THEM | uP DA CHimney } WAT True Tt NO You OoN'T! i know THAT SCHEME. WHEN (TS IN THE CELLAR ng Co, (The New York Kvening World). “urand Trunk disgusted Grand Trunk. ger: pleases. | cocaine,” the Judge be so severe? enjoying life." @ week? had more practice. “Man arrested claims relationship | puzzle is successfuly put together, it A great humiliation ia higher.” Did you ever notice how while alive without having his name prompt they are to reduce the rent| associated with descendants after he to early noted Admiral.” man suffers enough [4a gone. et 551-—-What is the origin of | word “B the i in eristence? monarchies? 55h—Why is England's climate temperate, though the country is on the same latitude line as Labrador? 555—What are the oldest living things? Ten questions will be wered, | Monday, Here are tie replies to yesterday t ~~ _ U7 POCKET ENCYCLOPE 46—(What are Geodes’)—They are! Christmas offerings, the rules of which al ToavRe Gone Aus RieHT Aue Rant junta teen “with Rhode Island.” We could not publish what Rhode Island thinks of the “Actress gets $22,500 from mana- This should pay the attorneys @ proper compensation and leave the actress $500 to spend just as she! “Man gets two months for selling He only ruined the lives of ten or twelve people. Why should “Working girls should spend all The entire siz dollars railroad wreck.” In the latest Weat-|puzzie, (ern wreck only eight people were arate section of the map of our coun- |killed; but the Eastern roads have|' DEY Dont reer To TA ANYPING P) Tur THOoT® The tare, “Creaay.' Durdavey's henct . Iyweting and Youre New'to the her Wl Wat, Nia. het brates eer 4 The, Sherif pe: vee deen jaw protest Hol Mein tne Kicnee tells, the wary ast wuasests Allen for sheriff, Holl ix) arranges Uhat Nelile Haxietan shail stay faneh uniee Mr yee by Yuma. oo f Dunlavey's druwy a pistal Ve wrenches ft Ticths, ahlng 40, the roreue, Aa, Tima "le about tg Sal NS ‘own employ. Allen ret {to the Covernor and tale Walle of ‘comes go 0 climat, wi ja CHAPTER XXIV. (Contineed.) Christmas Shoppers AST Christmas morning @ ten-year- IL, old eagerly nought among his gifts Noting this, together with his look f disappointment, hie father asked: “What's the trouble, eon?” With rueful face, the lad replied: ‘I dkdn't get any eam ‘he parent, picking up a book, handed kt to the child, saying: “Santa Claus thought this was better for you than a foolish game. Ho doesn't believe in throwing money away." The book was thrown upon the floor and the exasper- ated boy exclaimed: ‘That's ali ante Claus knows about ft! I'm jus: going to break open my bank and buy thy- self a gam How muoh happier that boy’s Christ- mas would have been had he received | the coveted game, which, probably, could have been purchased for the same amount that the book cost. And now that the market contains so many in- structive games, these can @carcely be Campaign Guns. LAJEN 414 not stay tong tn the | Kicker office, Nor, for that matter, 414 Holite, Once, dur- ing the moraing he went down to the Court House to talk with Judge Graney. Then he re- turned to the Kicker office and worked until noon. During the morning there hed been a wurprising influx of visitors, Bronzed punohers on dusty, drooping ponies rode down the town's one etrect, dropped from their @addies, and sought the a- loone. Growpa of them ewarmed the streets and the atores, Ae Hollis walked down to his oMce after leaving the Court House he was kept busy nodding to triends-many of whom had become such during the later daye of the drought. Merchants grinned at him doorways; Dunlavey's friends sneered as he passed or gent ribald Jokes after him. At moon he went to the Alhambra for lunoh, Almost the first person he saw he said with @ eneer. His voice had been toud enovgh for all in the restaurant to hear, Hollis a1d not anawer, though he apprectated tho significance of Dunlavey'a words; they told him that the Circle Cross maneger Was aware of the contemplated contest ready for St, the afternoon Dry Bottom pre- ented a decidedly different appearance trom the day when Hollis had firet viewed it. Animation had succeeded esolation. Perhaps a hundred cow ponies were hitched to the ratis that paralleled the fronta of the saloons, the stores and many of the private dwellings. It wae apparent that many of the visttors had made the trip to town for the double purpose of voting and securing supplies, for mixed with the ponies were numer- ous wagons of various varieties, their owners loading them with boxes’ and crates. Men swarmed the sidewalks; the ealoons bussed. Toward dusk the volume of noise in the saloons drowned afl sound outside, Having made their purchases, the ranch- ere who had driven in for supplies and had loaded their wagons preparatory to departure ¢eund time to join their frienda and acquaintances over @ con- vivial i termed foolish gifte or @ waate of Take, for instance, @ seorraphical | with each State forming ep | And each President from George | Washington to William Taft to be ar-| {ranged in consecutive onder :o form a) ‘border for the map, ‘Then, | when the), can be converted into a game. | For this purpose there ls @ card with sixty-elght questions and an indicator for questioning. This game, which sells At $1 and $1.60, thus affords excellent | | opportunt lea for a knowledge of history and geography, and the valuable in- formation ts acquired in « congental | manner. There are many simtiar ames of an| and then, in these ehildren are in- Hinstructive natur \days of athletios, terested in the national games. There 7 are several of these among this years |shella of rock, ined with crystals or @re identical with those of the national | OHi—(What are the 648--C What 552—What is the oldest banknote|with other minerals tn distinct layers, | ##mes. two varieties of} What are the two kinds of 'auors?)—Fermented and disitiled, In baseball there are games siving as olear an idea of thia sport as though it were played on the feld | Prices range from 98 cents for @ paste- Je the solar spectrum?) | board ‘feld” and elghteen players to a | It consists of @ number of color, metal # at #2.1% in which the blending into one another elgnteen “players” bear the respective | s40—CWhat i meant by an ‘insulated’ | “ames of the “Red Sox" and “Giants,” body?)—A body is insulated when it ts| ‘There 1a also a bowling game, with di separated from other bodles hy onducting substance. | bH—~(What are three forms of | | Wrought irom, cast iron and steel sections that follow the It conafxte of an alley, a set of pins, two balls, a scoring pad and a dummy who throws the ball as the players di- rect, ‘This game ts #1. national rules, By the time the kero: lighted tn the sal From one saloon issued the shrieking, discordant notes of o violin, accom- panied by the scuffing of feet; from another came laughter and the clinking 0 lamps were revelry reigned. of glasses; froin still another came harsh oaths and obscene @houts, In the latter place rose the laughter of women. Seated at hia desk near the front win- dow of the Kicker office Hollla gravely watched the ecene-listened to the In another chair # w no light in the of man had thought of a light. As the revelry in the saloons increased the printer glanced turtively at his chief. “There'll be hell to-night!" he said. “I expeot there will be trouble, Hollis. Potter shifted uneasily tn his chatr, eying his employer with @ worrted ex- pression, He was silent for a moment. Then he cleared his throat nervously ‘Do you intend to go there—to the Sheriff's oMce—to-niehtt" he questioned. Hollia looked quickly at him. “Ot course!" he wald with emphaats, “Why? he interrogated. “Nothing,” returned Potter; ‘only’ he hesitated and then blurted out. wouldn't go If I were you, They've b saying that If you do there'll be trouble, You know what that means.” “Who haw been @aying that?” inquired Hollis, "T heard tt at noon--tn the Silver Dol- lar, Some of Dunlavey's men sat near me and I heard them saying that Wat- kins was to win if they had to put two or three of his chtef opponents out of business."" expecting tha: "Ll bave bi Coming of the Law camncemsmedigeinenmnnesngnepnysnetlieantanmansntencitiiannnanincbaanindiga “THE TWO-GUN MAN'S” Greatest Novel n Ings carefully, en Seltzer turned Hollis. Ho aaid nothing mere and Potter, having done his duty, felt that he had no business to interfere further. Shortly after dark there was a clat- ter of hoofs outside the Kicker office and four men dismounted from their Ponies and strode to the ofce door ‘a They were Norton, Ace, Lanky end Bud. Evidently Hollis had been awalt- ing thetr coming, for he met them at the door, greeting them with the : “We'll be going at once; it'e adout time. Followed by Potter the five atrode rapidly down the street. When th arrived at the Sheriffs office thers wi @ number of men congregated about the door. Inside @ kerosene lamp flickered on a table that eat 4 the centre of the room. Another lam stood on Watkins's desk, and beside the desk sat Watkins htmeelf. Conversation died eway es Hollis and his men approached the door and stood in the stream of light from the interior. A man stepped out of ti shadow of the buikiing and approached Hollis, drawing him and Norton aside, It wae Allen, ‘The latter had lost some of the eprightliness that had marked hie man- ner during his conversation with Hollis He turned and stepped into the oMce, Hollis and Norton follo Watkins looked up and eurv: them with @ bland smile as they entered and dropped quietly into the several: that had been provided, t “I reckon @he's goin’ to be eém to-night?’ aignificantly remarked, kine, dressing —, to Allen. ‘ad [eye saed in. “We're goin’ to take a hand tn Un’ the Law,” significantly Norton, . A Watkins's face reddened. He stared offensively at Hollis, “I reckon yor ae @aid, aneering. @ went on ae Hollis gravely nodded, “the law saya that @ witness to the count muat bes resident of the county. An’ I regkon you ain't. You ain't been*—— "interrupted Alen short- settled.” face bloated with a sud- but he wheeled without :e- @ave his attention to some lying on the desk in frone of For @ long time the four t in ence, Outside arose volcen of men— ‘owing in volume. There was a Jam around the door. Iwooking out, Follis could see the bronsed, grim faces of the punchers as thcy crowded close, moved by a spirit of curtonity. Hollis could hear exclamattons of impatience, though the mafority of Plainly nothing was to be done untt! the arrival of Dunlavey, And presen ly he came. He hed not been @rinking; he was undeniably eober and eelf-possessed. e entered the door of the office there was a sudden surge on the part! it of the crowd-—several of the men tried to force thetr way in behind Dui lavey. Rut he halted on the threabold, 7} scowling back at them and uttering * the one word, “Wait!” The crowd Sd back at the command and watched, Duntavey stepped acrona the room, * standing beside Watkins, his rapidiy ance noting the presence of the three members of the opposition. He tenored Hollis and Norton, speaking to Allen... “So you're sure enough going to run?” ** he said “Sure, returned Allen. He rose Mowly, stepped deliberately across the™. room, closed the door, and etood with his back to it. "We're all here now,” he eald quietty, ‘and T want ¢o talk a little. There ain't no one going to hear what I've got to say but them I'm going to say it to. 4 { reckon that goes?’ He turned to, ) Duntavey. : Dunlavey had shown some evidence of surprise over Allen's action in clos- ~ Ing the door, but this immediately gave Way to a sneer of mockery. “TI reckon you've forgot G he sald. “Why, T sure have!" returned Alton He opened the door @ trifle and "Greasy!" . Evidently Greasy had been waiting at the door, for he immediately came in, slouching across the floor and standing | beside Watkins and Dunlavey. Allen closed the door and adjusted the fasten-» i) Then he turned again to Dunlavey. “Now we'll proceed to do the he said. He walked over to the that he had previously vacated, drapping: carelessly into tt and leaning eom- 1)" fortably back, His movements hed been» those of a man unquestionadly sure Peace, The expression of his eves, tones of his volce, his delfoeration at a desire for a peaceful compromisg)’ (To Be Continued) 4s t