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| t Submission # [xeettia] 4% By Robert Minor//The Stories of Famous Novels By Albert Payson Terhune t Geppright, 1018, by The Prem Publishing Oo. (The New York Evening World), NO.67—**A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE,”’ by Stanley J. Weyman NO. 19,001 + SUBASTON DE MARSAC was a veteran soldier and a gallant gentle anne . G man of France, who had fallen upon hard times, Too honest ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. @eAtieded Dalty excep: Sunday by the Press Publishing Company, Nos 68 to 63 Park Row New York RALPH PULITZER, President 63 Park Row, J, ANGUS SHAW Treasurer, 63 Park Row, JOSEPH PULITZER, Jr, Secretary, 63 Park Row. ‘ pata Mth nis MeL bab Ls 8 ELIS 1k Aad OOS ed at the Post-Office at New York as Second-Class Matter. Rates to The Evening|For England and the Continent an@ All Countries in the International Postal Union Enter ‘Worka for the United States and Canada. + $3.50 One Year. + .80/One Month. + 4 Year... Month... VOLUME 54........ NO STOPPING IT NOW. Aree has no heights too high for a desperate taxicab | for a courtier, too old @ warrior to learn a new trade in days of peace, he found himself on the verge of starvation. | Henry 111. was King of France. Being childless, he would legally be succeeded at his death by his cousin, King Henry of Navarre. But political and religious reasons stood between Henry of Navarre and his succession to the kingdom. To strengthen his position the King of Navarre sought an alliance with Henry Ill. The Vicomte de Turenne, however—a power- ful Huguenot nobleman and a political rival of Henry of Navarre—had secretly made offers of another alliance with the King of France through is eonfiscatory! his agent, M. de Brubi. Should this alliance with Turenne be consum- The public will only smile at such pig-headedness, Companies " i inane political future of the King of Navarre would probably be Phat paid four hundred thousand dollars annual tribute to hotels, oy cee intel ; ‘ renne had confided to his ward, Mile. de la Vire, his own secret plans bribed bellboys and starters, maintained high-priced and se ind d | dap aebowineg ‘ie SiAbAbis ot Prance uh Coundlnig & repusile WIG imeat officials and wrung their profits out of their patrons in extortionate . . iy ite head, Mile. de is Vire, though close-watched by Turenna, managed to i i i © . 4 of this to H it Ni The latter realised fares will weigh not a feather’s weight in the new prind hewn tear y saauuia chet Mail hor sae eine ine of until they change their ideas. Other taxicab operators with enterprise France the alliance with Turenne would be wrecked. and sense, extending their business daily under the new regulations, resell nity [Ueland ict eedlll Sore _ Teave the old taxicab theories without a leg to stand on. H ‘As a desperate hazard, Henry of Navarre employed An independent taxicab proprietor declaring himself “delighted las Reap, Ses iveesl elated tal tate hee CL! ‘ the operation of the law for which The Evening World made Henry of Navarre did not dare, for state reasons, to appear openty in this a fight,” said yesterday: “In my own case business has increased rans oom that he need expect no royal protection in esas %B per cent. The cheaper rates have extended business wonderfully, Mareac succeeded in kidnapping Mile, de la Vire and in carrying her @ and you can take my word for it that there will be one thousand more Blois, It wae not a pleasant task. Apart from the porile it was made mise® gare on the streets of New York within a year, and every one of them will be making money.” This is merely sound business sense. Only graft-bound, privilege- ebuffed obstinacy could fail to see it. able for Mersac by Mile de 1a Vire'a open contempt for hin poverty and Ser his unoourtierlike manners, Brought up a spoiled child, amid luxury and ta@ court atmosphere, she could not at first appreciate the heroic courage ema true mantiness that underlay M 's middle-aged ill-clad exterior. et and conquered one danger i ing him defeat, single-handed, four swordsmen whe attacked him, her est! tM began slowly to change. ~ In any case, now that Supreme Court Justice Donnelly has de- fhe reached the house of the Barcn de Romy, at last, and after further to the taximeter and touring car companics the last injunctions @gainet the new ordinance, thrown the cases out of court, and de- Glared with Justice Seabury that the ordinance is sound and valid, it matters not a brass button what any company may try to prove about it. Competition, public confidence and business enterprise ate al- feady at work on the taxicab service of New York to make it what trust. While hundreds of independent taxicab proprietors are showing that they make more money than ever on the | new fifty-cent-a-mile basis the old monopolies will try, if you please, to. prove by their own stupid business methods that the lower rate On a Mission mishaps was able to tell her story to the King of France. This interview led the King to reject forever Turenne's propositiona and to ally himself with flenry of Navarre. Maraac’a work was done, Ho had succeeded, in spite of a thousand oi in performing his royal master's mission. And now new perils af once beset him. Bruhl, Turenn: secret agent, had fallen in love with Mile. de Ia Vire ings at Blois. Marsac gave chase, He found witives had ridden through a section of the country where raged the . : é a ee i f - ‘e Sie ‘The dreaded malady struck down Bruhl. The Evening World has unceasingly urged {hat it can and must be. . : 3 , ; _ aes Mareao, after overtaking him, was also stricken by it. Mile. de In Vire ——— tp -__. ; z 5 OSE: nursed him back to health. And during Marsac's convalescence confessed , that she reciprocated the love he had long felt for her. She wae rich and of higher birth than Marsac, But she had learned at last to understand hie courage and full worth. So, turning her back on her former life of wealth and x: , he Aly consented to become the wifs ef & poor and midd! ged man, But neither of them had reckoned on her guardian, the Vicom| Tui Smarting at the baffling of his most cherished pla: the Vicomte vowed vengeance. x against Marsac. He was again balked—not by Marsae this time, but by Fate, For Henry IIT. was assassinated, And his death left Henry of Navarre not only rightful King of France, but in a position to protect Marsac against even no powerful a foe as Turenne, H ary won the Vicomte'a consent to the marriage of Mile. de la Vire and Marsec, and forever removed the latter's poverty by appointing him Gove ernor of @ province, . Now that Tammany, too, has blessed his sword, District-Attorney Whitman decides % will be nicer to stay within the walls and peep x over the battlements at the fighting. Everybody loves a homebody. —— FIRE IN THE BIG SHIP. Rage ee HE FIRE on the “biggest ship afloat” again proves that the & i compartment system is a vessel’s best hope. Nor does the) |X J fact that outside aid was summoned necessarily mean that the ship’s crew alone could not have saved the boat from serious Mishap had she been at sea when the fire broke out. Being in dock, why risk unnecessary damage and loss of time when plenty of help Just Summer Suggestions Copyright, 1919, by The Pres Publishing Co. (The New Yorb Evening Wom JELLIES AND PRESERVES. handiwork, Here are a few ways in HE wise housewife says: ‘Now ts| Which you can make your jeliios and I the season when fruits lenty. | preserves individual: I must do up my preserves now.” Some people complain that home-m: ‘Preserves and jellies are as expensive a’ the bought ones, If you figure it out Le dell =rphe Wala PHHHHHHHHOGHGHOGPHHHGHHHOGPHHGHOHDHHGHHHHODHHHOHIHHOOGHS ‘ ile the statements of the shore firemen indicate that the @ ° ¢fficiency of the fire-fighters on board was by no means what it might 5 : Mr. Jarr Has Chosen for His Own have been, yet the readiness with which two thousand third cabin and . Tu <The Sterling Motto, ‘Never Again’ : @) DODHDOHBHDODOODODHDOODHOOGOOGDHDOHHGOHDOHGHDOHDHDGHDDOGDHHHODSHD Gteerage passengers were rushed ashore, and the conduct of the young Second apelin’ mr his life ee ee ci action tn seeking quainted with Mr, Dinkston before that |dissy with too much efictency, had a) Rangle, the wife of his best friend. Mies od tsrery niche hee ince to feok opt an arn Seman et hn co one ar ees ea cay casey [tei toa vse ad Spa Gipline and bravery which we have learned to look for on the great aes (os naw bien “eae ‘bockiiaesnl: | Gtharwtascthae CIOL eunems: last night at a meeting of the board of | r steamers of to-day. an advertising post, a professional bo-| 80 Mr. Jarr slept late the next morn-| directors of hla frm. ‘They have a new * © On the whole the event is reassuring not only because i Cl hemian, as the husband of Mrs, Gratch, | ing and awoke with the remnants of the |@Miclency engineer, and so much more . ae 8 ly becanise/st eamon militant guffragette, and as avery eMcient headache he had gone to| Work and responsibility devolves upon trates how big, ships can overcome dangers from within, but also ‘ teacher and exponent of the turkey trot|bed with. He heard voices from the | Mr. Jarr. because it shows what fine stuff is in the men who watch over the and tango under the nom de danse of} front room. it all sound: y fine, Mre. lives of the thousands that troop gayly to and fro each week across Apple jelly ts neatly always tnstptd, To overcome this, place a little sprig of mint in each glass before you All it accurately you will find thie te not true;| With the hot quid. It will look edd especially {f you buy your fruits when| When turned out of the glass and the they're at floodtide. Too early or too| Tavor will be most delicate, I¢ mint is late in the season the orice will almoat| disitked, do the same thing with a leaf double. But even if your heme-made| of lemon geranium or lemon verbena. thinza were as expensive as those in the| ‘You can add a delicate flavor to your shops, they are surely worth much more. | canned peaches ,too, in a very simple First, because you KNOW what you| way. Crush the kernels of one or two put in them and you c Peach pits, pour holling water over them Durity. Second, because you can add or| and add the jutce of a lemon as well as “the Great Plantagenet.” “Has Mr, Jarr lost his position, then?” | Jar," Mra, Rangle was heard to say, Coorragys, 415, Wy tbe rom Kubiubing O% | Mr. Jerr, even When he had returned | asked one voice, the voice of Mrs.| “but I am frank to tell you that you the seas. — have more confidence in Mr. Jarr than| subtract @ flavor from the eet recipe,|a little of the grated peel. When the i ————_ ++ ____ R. JARR came home late and I have in Mr. Rangle. Guess who I saw | thus making them exactly to your taste:| peaches are almost ready to take off M with @ headache, He felt dsty e Mr, Rangle meet at the corner? That bel fogted pecesey ras eae ues be et ue fen eine he preserving BT og ee Mase We 8 cranly of tober sorced 1s ompatbot, shitvagh Jar Domestic Dialogues sre eate,Damaatont Ade cet'4 |e table ane apeotmena ot Tour owa| Then Dette ade : sympathetic, ou ir. —— 2}. had repeated to her impressively be- — By Alma Woodward — taxicab! Wishes must be automobiles fore he sank into a troubled slumber: oe ee ches pede Oe ‘aes ‘HE TU EMclency! lity! Modern “Not only 3 | T RETURN TO THE ROD. Pi srg AU eA lol AN stig Coveright, 1918, by The Prem Publish ing Co, (The New York Evening World), Mab tor GOL, whe aspe thas Glas OA | ODERN EXPERTS in the science of child-culture, who have | on”, nis matement, sounding oddly The Fvanescent Six-and-Bath! he corner: and Siavinsky, the easier) 1 ay Se Nd-culture, who have! on srs, Jarr's ears, should be repeated Beene: The Grevms’ fiat at @ P.M. Mr. G, (blankly)—What do you mean? | 8nd Raffer: ors held that whatever happens the child’s feelings must never |to her with emphania and unction each | of Ming Gat" pete be 5 bana! Men, G, dbluntly)—T was fat-hunting| ter man T do not know were in the © fenture of the 3 be hurt, are beginning to be wobbly as to some of their own | {Me she had requested that he take off] Mr. G. (angrily)—Thank goodness, the| to-day. And I want to tell you that Nablole Tey Be Ae eee season is more am very glad to know that Mr. Jarr le one husband that 1# attending to his s : his shoes before retiring Mrs, Jarr/tine's not far off when we get out of| never in my whole life, except the time conclusions. Dr, G. anley Hall, president of Clark University, and | could not guess, this place, I get more disgusted with| you tried to wear a monocle, - " , business, even if he ls at home and not long one of the leaders of the advanced theory of education, now| morta ae re romemiened thane of the | eenny it's Tn every day. It's a dump! fee Bee aco aeeaay cad there |, his office.” « Urges “the return to the rod” as a means of punishment in the class- ‘ator boy on duty, 1 do nothing but| weren't two out of the bunch at any Bee ameoe vii ee bs bak oe ‘oom. “The rod supplies the best punishment for the unruly | ner given at the neaaniiee of the firm's beg A cut mn siccngeeivciaccedhee es bell sent have a couple of half-| <r aiy promised Mr. Dinkaton to tak ’ child,” declares Dr. Hall, “but the teacher must flog when in the|*Mclency engineer. For some days Mr. Mra. G. (aympathetically)~Yeh, 1| Mr. @. (blustering)—Hfuh! 1'll find one! 4#Y off this day, with the consent of flood of righteous indignati d should not wai ‘ Jarr’a shop taike at home had been | know. all right, boss, and go fishing! But where were 8 ignation and should not wait until her anger |atiea with allusions to the new eM-| Mr. G. (waxing more wrathful)—And| Mrs. G. (calmly)—And all the moving| Dinkston, the effclency engineer, and » has cooled. clency enxineer. At first he had been | whore that kid in the next fiat tore the|men are engaged for October first. The|hs uptown friends going angling in ‘ frankly sceptical, later on he had been! wallpaper off in the outside hall has|only one I could find sald he'd chargo|'#xicab? The very thought of trying to Maybe Dr. Hall has been up against some particularly obstrep- | interested, and toward the Inst eagerly| gotten to be a reeular memorandum | fi a Toad, without a piano, as an ae-|tHink made Mr. Jarr’s poor head ache “erous young product of his approved system—or in it t child | enthustastic, book. Delivery boys Jot down thelr com-|commodation, and he'd have to get|"Aarder than ever, has se dite s ripated” j te y ue it hat the child Hut for some strange reason he had |plimentary romarks when people aren't| here at 6 in the morning so's to be on| “A fish dinner put fishing tn Dink- ‘emancipate ! just long enough to show whither he is tend- ntioned the name of the eM-/| home to rece! ir parcels, and ner-| time to get to the next custome: ston's mind," murmured Mr. Jarr to { ing and to cause misgivings on the part of those responsible? Old- Kineer to Mrs. Jarr. This was | yous tenants get It out of thelr ayste: Mr. G. (explosively)—Thirty-five a| himself, “and it's the fish we had that fashioned notions held that while we should whip a child when he Decuuse he knew Mra. Jarr was ac-|by drawing geometrical designs over | load? makes me so ¢hiraty, I guess.” the writing when the elevators slow in| Mrs. G, (going right on)—Yeh. And| He heard the visitor depart and then speeds it, we shouldn’t whip him in anger. Apparently Dr. Hall is answering their ring. That spot ehould|he GAY all the china packers have) as aware of the presence of Mrs. Jary, ‘Teady to swing back to the limi i baited ‘ The Cheapest Part. _|'a' been papered two months age. fone on strike @o they're having the| “Well, I don't know why you didn't jo swing ‘0 the limit and give the whipper all the relish ‘Mra, G. (showing her absolute oom-|truckmen do the packing and they're|come home till all hours,” said Ore there is in it. miseration)—Teh, I know. hot responsible, fer anything that's|Jarr, “but at least you are not ‘with ¢ ‘Mr. G, (grinding his teeth)—And that’ broken and— that. man Dinkston or your friend clucking, hectle taugh of the hyena, Mr. @, (throwing wp his hands)—|Rangle Al that I have to CAL you across the court has gotten on my|stop! Stop! You sound like the Com-|!# that you had better hurry down to nerves; also the fact that when the'piaint Board for the Society for the| Our office and make the same excuses remarkable than the way in which ome Plece skirts are han- dled. Moat effective Graperies are produced with a single strip of fabric, and almost tng finite variations, Tate one {s exceptionally be- coming and attractive, yet It means almost mo labor for the making, There ts only one piece of material with (he plaits so laid that they wive the graceful tetds and lines, and the *dges overlapped at the ( front. The finish eam | be made at the high or natural waist line, @s Letters From the People ople directly beneath aren't be! tg na bad| for wetting (here late as you made for lked, and the front Tatlen and cates in thetr ae Sera rare beet thing “a getting home late! I was going to say, eine can be battemed ER ogee poll for the Sinead, {these trees nobody knows, As far as they're being German and sauerkrauty!|can do is stay right here. ‘How do you expect to hold your osl- Inia Heo OF Aa be i T with some one coula encourage the |1,cah see At ts a case of mistorentry, Mra, @. (in perfect accord)—Yeh, I] Mra, G. (much relleved)—I'm ao giad| tion, acting the way you do? But that ol to the dextret Gory rich to buiid more homes for the | T2® Are spaces of land cleared of know. you nee it in that Mgnt, George, Td]! & matter for your own conscience. Sein, ‘ae frome eden aged. Many philanthropic persons in| °MC#tnut and other trees, The timber Mr. G. (Jumping to his feet)—For the| come to that conclusion, too. You'd|ANd 48 all men are worthless, and one n also be curved as n In this instance or made perfectly #traight, the medium gise needed 4% of material 37 op 86 inches wide, or 9% yards 44. ‘The with at the lower edge te 1 and 14 inches, nttern No, 7086 love of Mike, can’t you say something] better let the agent know right away.|™ore worthless than the other, I sup- Desldes “Yeh, I know?” Can't you eay| Phone him; they're in thelr office late| Powe your employer congratulates Mmn~ something sensible? now, ‘cause it's thelr busy season. s that you are not as bad as the Mra G. (hopelessiy)—That’s the most] Mr, GAN right, I'll phone, But 1/#there! sensible thing I can think of to eay,|won't let him think I'm anxious tostay| Mr. Jarr mumbled that he was afl Decause I know what you're going to|fere Yl fist Intimate thet I'l put up|fsht and everything wae all right and eay ,when I tell you what I've got to/-vitn it for another year, for reasons|>Urried downtown. aay. of ny own, “Have you seen Mr, Dinkston?” asked Mr. G, (glaring at her)—Juggste {t!] crates down recetver; gets wember,) the bose when he came in, “I had What're you trying to get out? Mre. G. (at his elbow)—Don't crawl a|hoped you were with him. A question end around New York City could do |S"! heavy branches are taken away, thie, T have children, but IT would pre-| 776 stumps, the rubbiah and the ark the trees are left on the und for fer @ place where I could have a Itttle |‘) ero west in my off days. There are homes | ire neus 0 develop in and to give the & new breeding place, are @eet are 0. K., but such homes are People who chap down the chestnut for full. I wich that we had morelests not compelled >: a places, I think that the country, | whatever le heft? Wer eon cet eon af @ emall town, anyway, is a better | * of bilght taken out and Jeration for them thin New York, ax |" ‘ire is purifying, but I there is better a» $ try 1s not, Pattern No. 7984—Draped One-Piece Skirt, : | Mra. G. (nervously)—Well, know] bit, Be independent! of {mportance has arisen as to enlarg- Cut In stazee from 93 MARGARET. ERAN FORESTER: Soe aaen en UNERE Tr eananinc te be| Mr. G. (over the wirel—Well, Mr.| ing Hine paited sy Pep teeny en 22 to 30 Waist. to 20 walst measure, al Ao to the Chrstnat STILL HUNTING to get an apartment better than this| Scrook, I've decided to give you fellows| capital stock we need hia counsel. Cali at THE EVENING WORLD MAY MAN'TON FASHION Bo the Edin ot Tie Heong W hes | Eph Wiley, who hasn't been to ‘sahan! one for the same price? another trial—I think I'll chi my|Mr. Jarr, how we got along without an BUREAU, Donaid Bullding, 100 Weat Thirty-second street (oppo- me sanare So the letters of "Farmer | so, ccncration, wants to know i ene Mr, G, (interrupting)—Of course ft {¢.| mind and renew my lease. What? Rent-lefticlency engineer until now I cannot site Gimbel Bros.) corner Sixth avenue and Thirty-second street, end ‘Forester regarding the destruction beast fo" the jeeps Seeunen alvin i. f ‘These people are robbers! The first of|ed? OUR flat rented? (Hangs up re-|imagine. Why, sir, we were lucky not New York, or sent by mail on receipt of ten conts in oolm er of aX our chestnut trees, would say that | is at 1 eing prosscuted.—Topeka Capital. “Why do you eay that ownlng &\octoper for mine for comfort and in-| ceiver and turns on Mra, G.) See? Now| to have been forced into liquidation.” stamps for each pattern ordered. are right as to the cause, There] Ye, Eph, and they ere ell invest- married? you got it! You're never eatisfed, are| Mr. Jarr euppreseed 0 groan. He had ‘MAPORTANT—Write your adress plainly and ont dependence! oi Serres fen Sore oe erwesthle (| pe 4 Mra G. (rmly)—~Well, I guess you'll| vou? 1 can live ANY place! But TOU—| been forced into Uquidetion and had @ ze wanted, AGA two camts fey letter postage if ino burvy. Soa Dut what ts to be done to save ewark News, ovat! mn BeMMaehO But never eanial