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of Comics, New York Saturday. A ae June 13 1914 VO MATRIMUNING FLEA IW MARYS ean. Rannnee an = + eat Copyriat, “SMATTER POP , OF Coperignt Pres Puomnine Co IN + Evening A Few Minutes AGo AT ME FOR (T 014, Press Publishing Co, (N, ¥. Evening World, ONLY A QUESTION 4 Power “| a\ 1 DUNNO WHAT You READERS WILL THINK oF ME Mow! (DID SOMETHING KINDA MEAN WELL -- You MAY GET MAD 1e we Courd INTEROUCE | ss HER TO Some NICE YOUNG FELLA, LEMVEL- 1” wones Back AND --- WGELL,HE FoLLowSs AXEL OVER “THE STUDIO AND GETS \N THE FILMS, WHERE HE AKEL BROUGHT FROM MEXICe wiTd HIM? ALL DON'T BELONG. See ? TURN AROUND “FitL | GIVE YA A JDEA WHAT |] WANT YA To do FLOOEY and AXEL—Flooey Wishes to Apologize to the Y'know ‘THAT Fook MEXICAN Ha\RLEss DOG KELP. THE GRocER's SON- HE @IN'T WHAT YOUD Now - RIDOF THE PURP Lose WIS’ Joe , IT WAS a CASE OF COULD 1 BO 777? CALL HeN0SOME BUT HE! STIDOY AS A ROCK! NO BAD HABITS AT” A cer OR HAVE AXEL SO WHAT wei Rock To His TAL HEAVED Him IN THE River! tm. mM - S--S-S-- SOONER HE Gomes . THE RETTER. HOW eBouT TONIGHTE AND eo (me Coppright, 1914, by The Prem idated fortune-telling cards on % the table before her. They were a : brought years ago . from Naples by Lina’s mother and bore strange de- signs of kings and Ln CELLUTT set out the dilap- stars and beg- warn, zodiacal signs and weird beasta and birds, With purportful regularity one card persisted in turning up. It repre- vented a hand, the fore and little fin- gers extended, the others doubled under—-the sign made famous by mil- jonas of miniature coral hands, sold all over Italy to ward off the influ- ence of the evil eye, “Jettatore,” the dreaded power that can be shed in one blighting glance, that may shriv- el the flesh, melt the very bones in the body, sicken one's live stock, parents or lover with equal ease. To have that card appeur in the ‘set up’ of the fortune foreboded evil, but its repeated appearance seemed to indicate but one thing—the dreaded glance would be directed upon the pecker after sooth, and that very ‘soon, Lina glanced anxiously at herself in the cracked mirror over the dresser, Comid it be that her beauty was men- Bed? Was this witchcraft to be ex- erted upon her because of her co- quetry? It would be easy for Tony, whe wis rich, to employ a warlock 9 wither her in revenge for the jilt- a The Evil Eye ‘Written Expreesly for The Evening Weeld By Ethel Watts Mumford Go, (The New York Evening World.) other hand, hte devotion had never Ceased, and his jealousy seemed to envelop only his rival, Giovanni, who Played first mandolin In the Royal Neapolitan Orchestra, that nightly on- livened the feet of the dancers at a certain Broadway cafe. It was this accompliahment that had attracted Téna and disturbed the peace of Tony, the chiant! and ofl tmporter of Ab- ingdon Square. Lina gazed at ber reflection, She was certainly too good looking to take chances with that beauty. Perhaps it would be better to placate Tony. She had an awful vision of herself—her fresh young face seamed with sudden wrinkles, her heavy, red-black braids, thinned to wisps and turned to gray, her bril- Nant eyes dulled and sunken, her lovely mouth a toothless cavity. Feverishly she turned again to the cards, shuffled, cut, and spread them out again. Starting from her chair she swept the pack to the floor in consternation and fury—the @readed sign again was uppermost. She turned from the table trembling, and crossed to the curtained window, that jlooked out upon the pleasant, quiet | length of Charter street, pressing her hot brow against the cool glass of | the window pane, An aged Italian woman was j crossing the street, a small ure, dressed in | fad a ted the ered over her head—a neighborhood. The woman from side to side as if searching for some particular house, Her gaze en- countered that of the girl at the window, Lina exclaimed and backed hastily away—the woman was cross- eyed! Now thoroughly alarmed, Lina de- #23 Ge bad given bim; but,.om the termined to consult Stella, ber broth- he er’s fiancee. Stella would know what to do, she was versed in the science of omens and portents and knew = what charms might be invoked. Wrapped in her fine, black camel's bair shawl, bare-headed and pale with anxiety, she emerged into the street. The once aristocratic quarter of the city is now entirely given over to the better type of Italian middle class. The three and two story houses of brick are clean and well kept, and retain their Colonial appearance charm, As Lina advanced, hurrying her steps, the old woman came down the wrought-iron stoop of a nearby house, looxed about her with a bewildered expression and, see- ing Lina, swerved from her course, doubtless to ask some simple question of location. Jina gave one glance at the approaching figure and, recog- nizing that cross-eyed re, turned and ran quickly, making “the sign” with both hands. At the corner she bumped sharply into a man travelling in the opposite direction, and drew back with a mut- tered apology. She gasped! The man was cross-eyed. Without more ado, Lina sat down on the nearest doorstep, threw her apron over head, and burst into tears. Truth to tell, conscience was making her a coward. She was bound to own that mhe had treated good, steady-goin faithful Tony outrageously, If he had turned on her there was small blame to him. But, oh! What was happen, to what dreadful «nd was she tending? She rose at length, somewhat re- covered from her panic, and_p ceeded on her way to Btella. Whei iep, she beheld Giovanni, a fr upon his handsome face, and grimace of pain on his full red li His face cleared h her, but he was un utter terror in her vol nd man- as she asked him tremulously Yunni, for the love of heaven. what has happened to your hand?" jovanni, quite unrestrained by once of a , swore ax only icilliin can sweas, nbow curses on his ng aloft a bandaged The blankety blank nk digit had @ felon! aud a blank, double blank fool of a doctor had eut calling down luck and he Index finger. vi t, causing him blank, blank pain— nd putting him out’ of mandolin pmmission for a full week or more. Inatend of coring sympathy, Line decision, after Gra; consulting almost in front of the desired door- | n a Novelettes of the New York Streets == The Italian Quarter—West regarded her suffering suitor with | dream book, and another besymboled horror. , {If only I'd never met you—if only I'd never let you kiss me—I would not now be under a curse the angry cheeks. It is finger. She turned from him and fled up he steps of her friend's abode, cast- ing him a withering backward silance, Giovanni was puzzled, used as hi was to the vagaries of the sex, Lina had “sprung a new one" on him, He grinned and shrugged. Women—al- Ways tempestuous children, full of fanctes—but how pretty she looked. He smiled up at her, und waved his uninjured hand aa the door opened, and Stella, embracing her friend, ushered her into the little front par- lor, & square room, with charming “egg and dart” mouldings panelled * she cried, color mounting to her 5 You made me to let you. ,your fault, and so is your doors, whose beauty could not be dimmed y the amazing chromos that adorned tt id a marble fire, wh brequin ove ns flunked a florid imitation bronze clock, and 4 magenta screen with gold flowers shut off the en- trance to the back bedroom, Stella's surroundings were certainly not sub- dued in tone, Stella herself was nearly gayly colored. Her pretti- ness Was enhanced by a pink waist, a blue skirt, and a lavish scarlet bow | in her low dressed hair, She wore white stockings and black “mules,” and looked as Americanized as a gi- | raffe. To her Lina poured forth her fears and suspicions, Stella listened and "Dio mio'd’ intervals. Stella, all her comte opera appearance, u wise, far-seaing and thrifty She was shortly to marry Re Lina’s brother, and she did not the turn of affairs that had brought Giovanni, the mandolin player, into sentimental prominence pense of ‘Tony at the ex- Pastello, the eminent impor who, as a brother-in-law, would provide the household of tella & Co, with oll and wine at coxt, not to mention all sorts of social distinction ella began to possibilities, with well simulated alarm, she worked upon Lina’ Ars has done thir “it is not thing!” she announced with oracular pack of cards. “No—Tony is too good and virtuous to descend to such un- godliness. See, it is u dark woman who hates you--see—wshe is sur- rounded by evil cards. Also, my Lina, I dreamed of you last night, and a female rat with many little ones wi upon your shoulder, It is plain—ah, the wound on Glovannt's finger, It all leads one way, a# water flows, Alas! Lina, you must avoid Glovannt |-—which, besides, is as it should be, ‘This curse is from a woman who in with right.” frowning. nat is that ." she exclaimed, * cat, ‘Fiametta Zalina—t could not to work for her; she has not soldi: not that," She snapped her thumb nail scornfully on her pretty white teeth. "You will sew she has done her worst to frighten ine and T will not give Giovanni up to her.” Stella groaned inwardly. “This is a very strong magic," she warned, again consulting the cards, “Perhaps it is not Fiametta, or she may have a powerful friend.” Lina refused to be convinced, Jong as she did not think herself at- tacked by ” very expensive magician she felt fairly secure, covered her spirits sufficiently to laugh at herself and to go home tn a fairly happy frame of mind, No sooner was she gone than Stella had Roberto on the wire, and no sooner had she outlined the case than Roberto called Umberto and left the shop in his care and ran to the multl- colored youdoir of his enamorata. They outlined a plan, and in order to complete and perfect. it they called him to Join in th Thereafte Ici 1 her steps she and everything she | touched ak. Mystert- ously her gown was splashed with After her first. interview with Giovannl her best hat had its flowers strangely mangle A tive siarted in her lrobe; fortunatel it happened when Roberto was hom and be quickly put it out, but ne until Lina’s finery was all destroy Petures fell from their hooks, but Roberto had gladly paid the price. At the end of the week Lina’s nerves were utterly unstrung; hud her ploy 4 good enough witch | She even re- | dared not encourage Tony's renewed attentions because she feared the ef- fects of the Evil Eye would then de- scend upon him also. Stella assured her that euch was not the case; that, in fact, she might get rid of the whole | danger once and for all diately marrying Tony, | had gone too far. that the dangers thr be shared by her husband, jee rule of the Evil Eye, Feeling that they had hopelessly lovershot the mark, the three con- {spirators met once ‘more. ‘Tony was ‘miserable. He had helped to terrify Lina, and now Lina was really ill m anxivty and superstitious fear. He blamed himself, he blamed Ro- jberto and Stella. He would go and |co:fesm all, With difficulty his part- ners in erime restrained him. They fmust tind @ Way out of the dilemma by some other road, or they were con- lv Lina |. In sheer anger walk off with the un- int and defy the fam- ‘Kument ly he tore his hair and avowed would kill her and himself ' than see her married to his val, “Oh, damn the exclaimed Robe Tt was then th had an In- spiration, “The Evil Bye," she rum. inated aloud, “ther why not a Good | Eye? Does not the priest tell us that {xood is more powerful than evil? Come with then, to Macy's, I lhe 8 convinced tened her would It was vily vil Eye, anyway," ® a thought.” To Ma they made « pureh. could not account for. (e’sNow, what do you suppose Yhose | wops wanted with a five dollar doll?” she asked of her co-worker in the department. | she would bave been mystified could she have berto delicately cracking: head with a hammer, forming @ singular surgery on the flaxen haired damsel. When the operation was over the jrubber articulated corpse was incin- erated, and ‘Tony remaine®in por- session of a pair of large, blue, glass eyes, surrounded by waxen balla and connected by a square leaden weight, which caused the much loved "go to sleep” eifect of the doll, ‘There 1s no more uncanny looking object in the world than a doll’s eyes removed adjourned, and that the saleslady still more seen Ro- its china and Tony per- feut of optical -- § Tied A BIG won ‘Tony over. | IT NEVAH THEEN THutcH A Di THA GREEABLE BEATHT --S-S-SORRY Now 1 Dip or nen Lionsivos Ftswen-.1 } By C. M. Payne iV “SURE! TONIcHTS FING. UL BE , OUT To THE ine’ qin gazed at them. In a’ blue plush box with @ satin lining, they were tm- posing. That evening Roberto conducted Tony to Lina’s presence, as she lay supine and listless In the wicker chair in her tiny room, ‘ sister,” he said solemnly, whom you have ill-treated, loves you so devotedly that, learning that the Kvil Eye had failen upon you, he sought out a Good Eye, a beautiful eye, for which he has paid much money, great sums. He gives you the Beautiful As long as| you keep it in your room, you are forever free of the curse, Look!—| behold!" Lina looked and was convinced With a sob of happiness she threw her arms about Tony's neck, “You are so good, 80 good! sobbed: “and you have forgiven mi . 8 © © # © @ In Mrs. Antonio Patello’s home you} will see them now—a pair of Beauti- ful, Beneficent Blue Eyes; they lie on a bed of sutin under a glass globe, and they have worked thete kindly magic—the Patellos are the happiest they couple is world, ere te in Its grip, She wept, and cursed her from their orbits, They even tm- folly, aad oonSded fo Miella thay gabe pressed the conspirators ee “+8. mad " oe Sates Yon 2. anne oc _ — ’ 4 ee “y men.” “Well! “Yes, and the day hefore we quit T took a lot of transport wagons; and followed that up by taking @ big gun.” “Say, my frien tonishment to thes pbojoprapber,"—Newark oi Our Conquerors. HE manoeuvres, in which the Red and Blue armies had engaged in mimic warfare, had ended. They were the subject of conversa- tion on the porch of a summer hotel. Iwas marked a talkative stranger, with the Blué army, “Tell us about it,” eatd one of the listeners, “Well, the first day I took one of the Red’ “Yes? “And the next day I t the manoeuvres,” re- “Twas officers,” took elght well!" © tales of milltar$ “whit are you, anyway?” eplied the stranger, ~ *