The evening world. Newspaper, April 16, 1913, Page 19

* You Cant cater BIRDS WITH THAT THING. WHAT You WANTA DO 1S TO SurP UP AN DROP, Some SALT ON THEIR TAILS WHOA, CON SARN Ye The Wedding Ring. tron.” ‘The first ring wes iron; the durable metal signified the perpetuity of the con- fact, We find that the Exyptians were tho first to Introduce rings. We read in the ninth chapter of Genesis that, having interpreted the dream, Joseph received not only his Mberty but was awarded his prince's ring. Among the ancient Egyptians the giving of the cing signified @ transfer of property. The marriage ring gave to an Egyptian woman the power to issue the mame of her husband, and it made her his representative. lites had the use of rings efter passing the Red Gea, because Moses, on his return from Mount Sinai, found that they had forged the gold caif from their wives’ rings, enriched with precious stones. Homer, both in his “Iliad” and the “Odyssey,” ts silent in regard to rings, though they were uscd in the time of the Greeks and Trojans and from them commands Josephus telle us that the Ii handed to the Romans. ‘The fourth finger was dedicated to Apollo. Gold was a symbol of the sun. It was believed that Apollo's fourth finger was connected by a nerve directly to the heart, and it was therefore considered more appropriate that the symbol of loving union should rest on this finger. It was customary in ancient Rome for the bridegroom to send to the bride hefore marriage a plain iron ring. This was to demote that the union was not caly to bo lasting, but signified the frugality they were to observe together. Logury afterward gained ground, until Tiberius made regulations in the authority of wearing rings. Among the Anglo-Saxons the bridegroom at the betrothal gave a “wed” (a eremony, which consisted, among other things, of a ring, ight band and which remained there until transferred the marriage to the left hand, at which ceremony it was put first on the end of the thumb, then on the second finger, tho Trinity being named, and finally on the third, or marriage finger, to elgnify that, next to God, the bride's duty Pledge) at the betroth: was to ber husband. & Wedding ring, wear one after the coremony. ‘The Protestant Church in Switzerland and the Mormons also reject the wed- | Butler, in his “Hudibras,” refers to the fact that during the Com- monwealth the Puritans in England rejected the wedding ring on account of | @ing ring. ita heathen ori ‘The ring form is round, to The plac there was a Many Countries By Madison C. Peters Copyright, 1913, by ‘The Prem Publishing Oo, (The New York Evening World). ‘g COORDING to mythologists, Promotheus was the first to design the ring, @nd the workman who made it was Tubal Cain, who !s mentioned in Genesis, fourth chapter, ae one who “wrought cunningly in brass and ‘object to the use of the ring on account of Its pagan origin; anes, finding that they cannot get along comfortably without old, to signify the nobility end durability of affection. ply that love should never finger of the left hand, where the ancients tho: is on the third ‘in that came ; “How give you a lecture?” 1 ring the front door bell and when my wife goes to anewer It | climb In by the kitchen window.” , or 1 Dont sea “Pur TeHAL How 1M Gonna ON HITH KetTed THar The Evening World Daily Magazine, Wednesday, April 16, 1913 “S’Matter, Pop?” n oe * jameethal « ee Be x TTER The | @ivectly from the heart, and where the ring may always be in view. The third finger being a finger least used, the ring may be least subject to wearing out It te the visible and lasting token of a covenant which must never be broken, . B." writes: “I broke my engage- ment to a.man because of the attentions [him and he appeared delighted to see (Copyright, 1903, by F. 3, Clode,) OPBIS_OF PRECEDING INSTALMENTS, iicer 5 rather, mg British of 5 Sonat part oi te ator Vestooe. Die ‘by court-eartial, Rarotirta bark fot faba € ‘Sinlar gom down, he only sur- Wivore. are Anstruther ead. Iris. Anatruther swims wath tate to A negriy linda.” ving he at ‘maken & Tow who, have, touched athane Wland, $n valuable lumps of auriferous quartz he further, RN am ee tee Pa ot aimess Could find where he shot the rubbish ieee. goKd., (ne wiglit the * from the cave bi ) the trees, On ag I FP > top of these he placed some antimony to be?” ioned for sash an emerganc - ore, and Mir Jan, wondering why the bg wed ahr sahib wanted the stuff, carried the open, ingheaive rn ea them. Furing {2¢ consignment to the waiting boat. Lieut. ody ite leaders Totiim aaonisisg, The Playdon, In command of the last party ue f preter, approach’ of sallora to quit the island, evidently hie love for Iris, ma AL aurioes om the al Tidaoe ata's Aether, ita intron 1 eat Lard Cettooe ia also on the, warwily, Mist won, Sir Arthur's gratitude Ly oft to taip him out of Roane troubles, eerie ie SS cee es nit Arthur'tries to tell | Tia of hia . boner haes, CHAPTER XVI. (Continued,) Ust of casualties. “My poor, dear dad!" she Yet whe gave no thought to the rious financial effect of such a string mark about the insurance, But Sir Ar thur Deane's stiff upper lip deceived Oddly enough, the baronet did not week to discu with them the legal- Bargains Great and Small. VEN Iris was appalled by this | : cried, “To think that all these troubles should occur the very moment | left you!” ef catastrophes, Robert, of course, ap- preciated this side of the business, @s- ly in view of the shipowner's re- him. He failed to realize that th was acting a part for his daughte sake. Woking document affixed near the cave, It claimed all rights in the island In thetr joint na! and this was a topic he wished to avold. For the time, the younger man had no op- of taking him into his con- fidence, and Iriw held faithfully to her promise of: silence, ‘Tho girl's ragged raiment, sou'wester end strong boots were already packea away on bourd. She now rescued th M2 Dyak hate, Taung S'Al's These were her opima of the campaign. His concluding act was to pack two of the empty expected Mir Jan to accompany them, but Anstruther explained that the man would await his return, oll Uns June or July. Sir Arthur Deane found himself specu- fer: lating on the cause of this extraordinary resolve, but, steadfast to his policy of Bible, the copy of. Tennyson's poem: the battered tin cup, her the Lee-Metford which Dyaks when they nearly caus’nt An- struther and Mir Jan napping, y also gathered for her an assortment of belts and arms, ‘ang and @ sumpitan, trophies, the spolia evolver, an ‘scared” with all some time in the Robert including nothing. Suppose you are apend more money There's no earthly bad example. Lke Be independent. avoiding controversial matters, said A few words to the captain procured enough stores to keep the Mo- hammedan for six months at least, while these were being landed the q' tion was raised how best to dispose of the Dyaks, ‘The commander wished to conmult the convenience of his guest. nd “If we go a little out of our way and the land them in Borneo,” he #aid, “they will be hanged without troubling you If I take them to Singapore being sacrificed,” she protested. haps if these men are treated mercifully and gent to thelr homes after geome pun- ishment their example may serve as a deterrent to others.” ; Bo {t was settled that way, ‘The anchor they will be ¢rie¢ on your evidence and nent to penal servitude. Which fa it Tt was Iris who decided. “I cannot bear to think of more lives “Per- rattled up to ite berth and the Orient turned her head toward Singapore, As she steadily passed away into the deep- ening azure the girl and her lover you manage to get in at 3 A. M. without having your wife Don’t “Follow the Crowd.” Y dear young people, don't be swayed too easily by the influence of others. be ready to stand up for them. the crowd,” as @ aheep follows its leader. consider it the thing to get drunk now and then and to girls in your neighborhood are loud and extreme in their dress, you should not feel compelled to imitate them. ies me Jdenke—Was that you | heard singing last night when | passed your tev ) y C. M. Payn Guidebook to Gallantry. By Alma Woocward. Copyright, 1018, ty The Prem Pubttshing Co, (The New York Evening World), * WD) JON'T “drop in.” Don't be mis- in and take pot luck.” When You Call on “Her.” led by her or mas cordial in- Vitation “not to make com- @Pany of yourself, but come ever you should they'll hate you to the day of your death, Telephone weeks ahea when she a; to the florist when she the corsage bouquet that she's Boing to tell you the other follow sent; to her father who's anxious to wud. |toplce that mateh that way of tract her from the high cost of living, and to every girl friend within phone rang As you approach the house pretend not to see her suspended from the win- dow, the lower half of the lace curtain around her #houlders to protect her Gecollete from the wintry diasta, Half way down tne dlook wheel around suddenly and go back. The ral reason ta that you've forgotten to have @ pocketful of cigars to offer the olf man. But shg'll think differently, Her anxiety, sharpened to rasor edge by ty Mr. Brown—Yeo; | was singing to kill time. Me. Jenke—You certainly @ good weapon. me, When I reprimanded him for the way he had treated me he told me not to worry and said he would let me iknow if he planned to marry. He atill continues to see the other girl. What shall I do?’ Nothing. You should not let the young ‘man think you are running efter him. taken @ fancy to my girl friend. Shall T ignore him or his flirtation?” You have no real reason for taking exception to the latter unless the man has promised to marry you. Of course, you meed not see him again if you would rather not. Have your own convictions and Don't always “follow & young man end most of your friends "J.B." writes: “A young man whom © have known for two yeare and whom I love made an engagement with me four months ago but did not keep it. T have waited for an explanation, but he has not sent any. Do you think he really cares for me?” 1 Goubdt it tn the face of such rudeness, untese he haa written you @ letter which you id not receive. “?P. K." writes: “Would a marriage be- tween two persons descended from dif- ferent nationa be happy?’ I¢ the two persons are now inhabitants of the same country the marriage has a 00d chance of success. than they oan afford on cigarettes, reason why you should follow their wise, if you are a girl and the other You won't regret it in the end, he paid another girl. Recently I met} ‘1. T." writes: “The young man who has Deen paying me attention hae lately Still Another :: UNUSUAL Stor ‘The decrees of fate are indeed inscrute- ‘watched the famfliar outtine of Rain- ‘wondered whether Sir Arthur were not ‘bow Island growing dim in the evening bie.” suffering from ‘ile decay. light. For a long while they could see ‘ Iris turned to him a face roseate with of the Ceyar-elaghg Mir Jan's tall, thin figure motiontess ‘ovine comprehension, me, al i e “Do you remember this hour yester- , he per- celved in the troubled condition of the Far Kast a magnificent opportunity to consolidate the trading influence of his company, He negotiated two big loa! one, of @ semi-private nature, to ecru! docks and railways in the chief mari- time province of China, the other of a more public character, with the Gov- ernment of Japan. All his own resources, toxether with those of his principal directors and shareholders, were devoted to these ob- on a rock at the extremity of Buropa Point. Their hut, the reef, the ledge, came into view as the crulwer swung round to @ more northerly course. Iris had thrown an arm across her father’s shoulders, The three were left alone just then, and they were silent for many minutes. At last, the flying miles merged the eolitary palm beyond the lagoon with the follage on the cliff. The wide cleft of Prospect Park grew less distinct. Mir Jan's white- clothed figure was lost in the dark baok- day?" she murmured—"‘how we suffered from thirat—how the Dyaks began thelr second attack from the ridge—how you eiimbed down the Iadder and I followed yout Oh, father, darling,” she went on impulsively, tightening her grasp, “you will mever know how brave he was, how enduring, how ho risked all for me and cheered me to the end, end seemed to be th . “I think 1 am beginning to understand now,” answered the shipowner, averting him eyes lest Irie should see the tears ground, The island was becoming Ris © supporting, on the woll known mutual ue, dream: @ blurred memory, "| them. principle. Robert,” said the girl devoutly, “Ged Thelr Calvary was ended, they thought His veaneln were equipped, well ~-was it for him to lead them again through the sorrowful way? It was A ‘heartrending task that lay before him, @ task from which his soul revolted. He refused even to empt it. He sought forgetfulness in a species of Mental intoxication, and countenanced Nin daughter's love idyll with auch ap- perent epproval that Lond Ventnor has been very good to us. every modern im- "Yen," he replied. “I was thinking, even this instant, of the verse that is oarved on the te of the Memorial Well at Cmwnpore: ‘These are they which came owt of great tribulation,’ We, too hi come out of great tribu- lation, happily with our lives—and more. commercial skill years, given ordinary trading luck, must have doubled his own fortune and earned @ worldwide reputation for far- seeing sagacity. No e@ooner were all his arrangements completed ¢han three of his best ships your delay (and being downeast any- way because she's half frosen wateh- ing for you), she'll conjure up a mill- fon dark reasons why you've turned ack, You've forgotten to phone other flame perhaps, Or you've caught sight of a fascinating little chicken as you passed—or anything! #o that when you DO ring at her Goor she'll be extra niren-like, to try and cut out the unknown hussy. An Jong as the old folks hang around be as loquacious as & crackerjack sales. man trying to sell an electric bed warmer to a Hottentot. Be businens- Nke, Trim your conversation te sound like beer and skittios and a cosy place near the gas logs for pa and ma when pa gets too old to Ko “downtown.” Put on the tremolo stop and speak of your OWN dear father and mother, to whom you owe everything! Don't mention that mother's doing # turn in one of the B. and O, small time clr- cults, and that the last you h father was when he went to Alaska In '% to make his pile-and that you of Jah we ue By Louis T guessed he must ‘a’ made it oF ele he'd have come back. e When the brace 6f parents say must be going to bed—that they erent a9 young as they used to was, &c,, yor declare that if thay go you'll leave tee Thiv'll tickle them ¢o death and get the irl gues: a to what kind of a GW? you are, And they'll go, anyway. As soon as they're gone she'll thinl you're Koing to eetze her and print tm passioned kisees on her Itpa But dent you do !t. Be circumepect. Sit i By and by she'll begin to think ‘a the way a gentleman should and that you deserve respect, but somehow she wishes you were a less doserving—and more mushy. In pique, she will finally eu; freahments, And she'll giggle plain thas she’e not into the dining formal repaet, but Ee: i igi 202 ze FY tke Uttle brother clothes, ON the in the dining room. Well, soon ghe dolled up in floral paper she puts it on the plano sit side by side on the but artiatic settee—and eat, hor sandwiches after she’s bi them, And she, with a sudden originality, will eat youre, she ete all the chicken and the corned beet. ‘Then you link arms and drink |lemonade. That means a terrible | especially whed you look into b ‘Then, just before you get firmly tn your arme end rain mit osculations upom her eel? control in the earlier of evening and your eventual complete rerder, will make her think she's siren for fair, From the minute footsteps die away she'll be about when you’ wants to see make your fervid outburst FORE the refreshments just s i 8 i rite Burs 48 z* sisi it wilt: ¥ i racy a went down, saddling his company with ile mission of some impo an absolute loss of nearly £600,000, and. a reliable guide, ‘The mere cabled ne, seriously undermining his credit. oar! and headed @ clique of disap- Dointed stockholders. At once the fair ky became overcast. magnificent speculation threatened dissolve in the Bankruptey Court. Sir Arthur Deane's enersy and finan- chal skill might have enabled him to weather thie unexpected gale were It not for the apparent loss of his deloved daughter with the crack ship of his line, Half-frensied with grief, he bade his enemies do thelr worst and allowed his affairs to get into hopeless confusion while he devoted himself wholly to the search for Iris and her companions, At this eritioal juncture Lord Ventnor again Feached hia aide, His lordwhip fortune and exte: prudent withal the shipowne: ri the seased a large priva! ive entates. He wi knew how admirably plans woul develop if ry time, He offered me and money. He gap oreated by t hostile ex-director. People argued that such a clever man, just returning from the Far East after accomplishing a pub- the use of hi more than filled ie. | | I You Kips | ey het, You'd THINK | NEVER SMOKED yseraeem=) Vi fi ate | | | a Wea ~~ peeeneer-~enpaeeanneananaannanenennnns-aaeaaer-aeeanneenn—taaeeel Beany and the Gang #8 _SWHY HOME ~- PUFFI2 PUFF' | HAVE A PIPE. k COURSE, DON'T SMOKE OuTSIDE OF MY OWN | ’ eek a Coorright, 1918, { Prees Publishing Co. Mae'Tork vening Worle.) 1am 3% 6=6By P. L. Crosby # AND YOU SEZ AND THEN HE SEZ - POP'ISEZ - THEN THE PIPE SEZ- THE BED LAUGHED WHAT D' YER PUT IN THIS PIPE? IKNOW !! | never THOUGHT, THAT OF YOU, ——————— MIGSY! Gee YAINT DYIN’ ARE YER’ BEANY? AF TER MY MOTHER GOES TO BED ME AND POP SIT AND sone) AND TALK OVER THINGS HE'LL SAY "HAVE A CIGAR,BEANY ~ (~ NOPE! I'D RATHER STICK TO | THE OLD GLIMMY ~1SE2 AND HE'Lt_ LAUGH YEP! FEEL u YOU WENT AN’ DONE IT! THAT \WAS CHEWIN’ TERGACCO- CAN | STUMMICK - BUT I FERGIVE YER! IF 1 SHOULD DIE,FELLERS, DON'T; LET ANYBODY KNOW | wuz POISONED - LOOK KINDER MYSTERIOUS - GOOD-BYE, FELLERS~ TAKE CARE OF 'T CHEWIN' ON MY A sound and to financial gence of his int: A fellow director, wealthy and restored contaence and ttn influential, resigned his seat on the But—there was a bargain. it she must the Countess we nor. Hits lordship was weary of perigee totic love-making. It was high time wetted down in Mfe, took an interest {n the legislature and achieved tion In the world of affairs, He a chance now. The certain success; of friend's project, the fortunate pletion of his own diplomatic un Ing, marrage with a beautiful charming womnan-— these items consolidaie hin career. If Irs were available, plenty of women, high: in society, would aecept such an elis- bie bachelor, But his heart was eet on Iris, She was honest, high-priae 1, pure In body and mim an these essentials in a wife than a worn-out roue. He selacd the firat opportunity Presented itself to make Sir Deane acquainted with a decision already dreaded by the unfortunate shipowner. Iris must either abandon her infatua- ton for Anstruther or bring about the ruin of her fath There was no J “Tf who declines to become Countess af Ventnor ahe can mari you will be all paupers together,’ ‘as the Earl’ le with anger, to retrieve ‘I didn’ and Loni Ventnor false at My position on i this ship ts intolerable, As a matter @f | falr dealing to me, you should mut stop to your daughter's attitude 7 Anstruther, on the ground that hee @@s Bagement ts netther approved of by you” nor desirable under any consideration” ~~ I: may be assumed from this reeael | that even the Earl's sardonic temper > Was ruffled by tho girl's outt havior, Nor was it exactly him te note how steadily vanced in the faver ef every officer on the ship, By tnott it the Martial was taboved, et any rate, * the Orient reached Singapore, one knew that the quarrel lay Robert and Ventnor, and tt ts wondered at if Iris's influence were sufficient to turn the scale im of her lover, The shipowner refused pointdianlt interfere in any way during the ¥ business even if we found that * ie, 0 5 See See 4 the Sar 4, dar had gone down with all hanéa” hell retorted bi make my 4 back into my rvia' of Mi vtise act, ties hth a A Rain as i a acme Re,