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Ba tends HSTABLISHHD BY JOSEPH PULITZER. PUG Dely Proept Sunday 63 Pa ITZOR, President, 63 Park Row. , ANGUS SHAW ‘reasurer, 63 Park Row JOSHPH PULITZER, Jr, Pectotary, 6 Park Row. rk Ro} . New York. The Evenin by the Presa Publishing Company, Nos, 63 to | The Connecting Link x= g¢ World Daily Magazine, Wednesday, March 8, 1916 i i The Stories Of Stories Bntered at the Post-Office at New York as Second-Clasa Matter Plots of Immortal Fiction Masterpieces Wena eae tae Evening] For England and AS ear for the United States All Countries fn the Internation: | re ahh ae |} By Albert Payson Terhune TYoar.. 1 ree $2.50] One Tear. Month..+. 80! One Month. tees | ; i | ‘Ooprright, 1016, by The Press Publidhing Oo, (The New York Erening World). <I PA VOLUME 56.... eves «NO. 19,923 THE BEAR; By Etienne Barsony. . —— N the centre of the thronged village square the two trained bare ! ON RECORD were performing. Joco, a Bosnian peasant, owned them. Hrbe- . i \ gan the performance by a clumsy dance with his huge tes, } HE President's challenge to Congress has produced the desired | Ibrahim, lie ; 3} y record as Mi People stared at this part of the show in fascinated horror. aN rt resatt. Both houses a now on ; ‘ = chk ae to meddle | rratim wes 6 Gatige Beate Gal site boven: HU SUM 60 AN [my { a with his handling of the armed merchantman controversy. Muzzle and chain and fron-bound cudgel were scarcely enough proteden It is no longer possible for Germany or any other foreign power to to his master from the snapping Jaws of the giant animal, And, becged ; point to the United States as a Government divided against itself, or of the danger, the villagers regarded this dance as the star act of the d@ ' to affront this nation’s flag upon the cynica) assumption that Con Capt. Winter, quartered at the nearby barracks, loafed past the sqw@ will push the President ands sha ‘take freien th negotiations | and stopped to watch the enormous bear's sulky antios. Thence, hie gag : | hea P : | shifted to Joco, The peasant’s face went ghastly white as his eyes je§ into ite own hands in order to keep the country out of war. | the captain's, The officer made no sign of recognition, but let his That, having performed their duty, Senators and Representa-, | stray to Joco's second bear and to « girl who eat beside ét on the tives will preserve an impressive and patriotic silence is apparently | This other bear was much smaller and gentler than Ibrahim. It not to be hoped. The debate scems likely to go on whenever and samuiaiitaais ree and roly-poly, @ born clown. Joco had name, wherever Congresswen get @ chance to exercise the right of speech. | meee { ‘The girl, who sat beste Mariska, was “a Not, however. without certain re raints. The World's disclo-| p Ls + nee pence Poa sata ee te care 1 eure of a disguised pro-German lobby at work to turn the votes of getting from Jooo, and was dragging her ittle bear out tnto the cleared space. was evidently a favorite with the villagers, They hailed her as “ and shouted delightedly es she nodded and smited at them. “Jump, Mariska! Jump!" she cried, gaily. ‘The little bear hopped about im a clown-dance untt] even the “Jump, Mariska! Jump!” could no longer arouse the beast to fresh aj Then Zorka did a dance on her own account—a dance #o wildly daring | withal, eo graceful, that Capt, Winter was utterly bewitched, | That evening, when the show was over, Joco and Zorka returned tohe inn with their tired bears, Ibrahim was securely tied in a cupboard ba Zorka went to a private sitting room to rest. Joco wae about to followler when Capt. Winter stopped him, ti | “I know you,” said the captain. “You are a man who deserted frommy | regiment two years ago. At a word from me you will be sent to prbm. Sell me your slave mrl, Zorka, and I will not only Iet you go free, but ay membere of Congress against the forei should tend to make many Congr } utterance. Moreover, having sa bere of Congress will now be anxious to hear from their constituents and to explain their own attitudes and actions. In the course of| which exchange the country itself may have a chance to clarify and 1 policy of the Administration | further | | | men cautious in their their say with considerable freedom, mem. | register its views—by no means the least urgent need. + IONS? U you a good price for her.” TO TRY CONCL Ss ' | Jovo tearfully protested that he loved Zorka and that she love ne en , ‘Winter was not to be shaken by any appeals, Again he gave the pedint EPORT has it that a German fleet is cruising in the North hia choice of going to prison or giving uy ha Y ” o give battle. 1 ue, this movement, taken with At last, with a sigh of defeat, Jovo ed to the cruel bargain. He y joa ready to give f true, beste ken leven consented to xo to th room and break news to Zea, | the desperate forward plunge of German armies at Verdun, | Presently Halvetumed to the captain ant aad, brokenly 1 ‘0 far to eu he theory that Germany is now nerved for “Come this way, sit, if you wish to speak to her would go far to support th ’ jermany rerved f ‘Triumphantly, the captain followed him down t or. Joco tap the mightiest blow she has yet struck lopen a door, ‘The victorious Winter strode across the threshold, yo k Despite rigorous suppression of facts, who knows what ominous | pecasuceioany eae f ehiut th door behind him | f conditions and privations among the German people may be pushing Beyond the } yell of feu pe growl, Joco had usted 4 the Imperial Government to a supreme trial of strength? As only a a Roe ons bh dar Dg Moy + WbsAapos ba Mi 5 1 i i 7 tut fire had ¥" 1 taken offthe i sign, for example: The German comic weeklies have been duly belli J prute’s chatn-mt cose. But of late they have also been full of grim allusions to the| | Next day Capt, Winter hay in 1 his ed 3 rising cost of food. In Simplicissinus a thin-cheeked little girl, | Next day, uge a few Miles distant, t peetat pplaudedjae ff trudging beside her mother, who carries a lightened market basket, | lichtedly as the f ne to he led , Py u », Maris! Jump!" aske wistfully, “Mother, how much more does the snow cost this | ott 22d UE neers oie abi ‘led | Qnnnnrrrrnnn rere) { Tt has been said often enough that the decisive conflict must | Whe na Man ) Ss Marri ec ' come in the west. No news of fighting comes from Russia. The} ( C ‘Turks alone uphold the Teutonic end farther east. Germany appears | — By Dale Drummond — to be exerting all her strength on the western front. sae ; Gent zs 7 i i \ Court 14, ter The Presa Publishing C9 i ants May it be that the German Government does not dare to let time CHAPTER XVII fis Giulh he waa undecided <whikan bring the German people too near the limit of their endurance? u ci e ry | T rr é 66PLL drop you at your door." M Jie tell June or not. It weemed ulibat nin sna Lucile, the Waitress he Ja Family Ps tee foe foe abe sale they were ma eir adieux | to Atravagant underyjue “ ” — By Bide Dudley — — By Roy L. McCardell — Ito their thostess i: what buy, thade . ; Se wit tina," | feared she would ¢ become mre “Thank you, that w os “ [reckless in her expenditures, ‘hem mie P Coon Punt he New York Brent ) ’ . . ‘i ‘ ‘ nt way be- HERE {ea lesson in the mistake of the young manager of a) ¢¢ ost ae eo pearely oe BS ie Brame os | Copyrteht, 1916, by The Press Publishing Oo, (The New York Ereaing World), Robert said in his nt way t jemivrat ae ha promised a : ' : SH, said Luctle, the/1'd write you a poem just to show you| gg¢™PTHIS ts ‘Better Bables' Week,’ [eelebrate, because" — he sed an| fore Jano could refuse edly notte run in Hin, The PI sige ‘ . , | A au 16 paused as New York firm’s Philadelphia office who stole hie employ- Waitress, as the newspaper | 4 real rhyme However, my head 1s romarked Mrs, Jarr, “and Tlan oar-aplitting squall ar ; from tha! As they drove swiftly along Hobert| really | he ahs HALF ey , ; « % cleaned of ic Ls J iphtaaaose all arose fro ie otal while she h ond tenecto . er’s money and gambled with it “because he couldn’t see any man dropped a lump of | SCN a vacuum cleaner, I pres am going to a meeting of the} dining room where Master Jarr and|and Marion Lawrence kept up a rune) 0000 Tn mie fall allie, item business future before him.” Sugar into his coffee, “I had @ lot} sume,’ I says, : Modern Mothers at the Hotel St.| little Miss Jarr were engaged in con-|PiNs fire of small talk and WNBN ICE) jan ¢ ood fortune. Whenhe ; ‘ ; of fun in here this morning.” “The three of ‘em substituted Into] Croesus.” flict—no family has better babies| Once, tobert asked Jane why Bie Madi reached Westland he almost ranihe At the very time he was risking that future and the happiness of] “What happened?” he aske silence at that and I went to the} sac, 7 A peal eH hava a0 quiet and abe told him he vn Yosuch a hurry to impart iis his wife and child the owner of the business was planning to retire] “It 88 posts’ day,” sho continued, | fitchen to tell the chef about tho af. ee red paar Basins gene ee A want Hee aTanted tips when: they Te LL Ota es N J ‘ ; Nf . la naalanees ions} ; ar. nen T come back they were od humoredly 8," Mr. Jarr went on, in} commented w Oey Tea | over that yet? Tt wax Moy and hand over to him the Philadelphia branch because he seemed to] say, 1 always thought ponta wore sort | eee, Male had watted on ‘em. | enough for you toto have a ‘Better Bables' Week, and 1) Ure Molar en y oorway, awhers| (ort Lawrence whe aeked the quien A Say, c ome day,’ says one, ‘I'm going| say," replied Mrs, Jarr, “Rut I never! wish it was declared a national holi-|)n ctood until. Hobe hidden or eee Stop ns Lh have proved himself worthy of the gift of heavenly, epidermis individuals, to write 4 poem called’ “Brainiess” Pree the Bideen eatotvarii | day ianaitheal Te onlénte have ts Hs Aire. Lawrence: Fant candukiao Lae aa el Eat amiebls ER ciepidl tt . } : ’ - . 3, a dedictate it ou.” . by - " =e is bs a ° » ye train she mnitinuer iy Many a bright young man in the twenties comes up against the pi See ane ifiale Fey, 6) Whiner eaves Tea Guene to be t right has Miss Prayne and|to the office. Tut, as it 1s, the family | axiin thanked her for bringing RURIA I TAU RIGEIC CTE Biegiat tieetanatt ' ‘ : : iy 06 0} D0 ‘ont fer 2 - p t z to be more largely ome had become a responsible mart te take a chance along some short but crooked path. If he stops to| chatter! Pimeley wanaTick qut of dt, like a} raise the children I have, or Cl y considered at the same time|the car had moved out of hearing,| home, instead of nearly knocktg - n id “y PA nose,’ i Mudridge-Smith, who is married family itself is getting more) “I don't intend to nd-here all) your friends down in your bury." think it ovt, However, he sees that, dull as the outlook may be, ten to pos beanie Up to one of ‘em, not! “that was the apex of the situa-|has no children, to tell me how m trieted.”* | nigh 7 in near| robert f then said imple Sa5 j hay "s knowing his procrastination for writ-) tion, kid. Th Ni thre re led ie at ae a vag “a «, Jane now ene ra Marion, att one it’s all the while to somebody's interest to watch his work and] ing verse, and says: ‘What'll youl aon’ Soy Sones June seowled| in: a: camily 1b 38 proper persons p the lea,” replied | yoy ieee orate verse, and says ‘ n}and out they went. Poets ain't very | moderate means to have?” a iBaway baulee ada tare kee if ee A Jane. She val calculate his future value. Steady effort and self-improvement plus| have? Don't give me no saive, 1/deep in the upper story, are theyt" > | ™ states ne jane .to hay : eat tans Fewer bables and bet- |” 11 don'ticare it ane dosal” Hopes | ehall pra ‘ : * * ‘pose Col | “Apparently not,” replied the ne “Well, don't you care,” advised Mr, |'er ones + thought s ably have to y fam so lop the determination to win ott is a combination the business world| ‘Pose You want beet me) Ont) rman. Phe See hei nere Jarr } “It is like tho po mune {be, delighted ‘to ride home, instead! ie") stand here talking jg eG ain't deef.’ J did it just to be sociable, | picked a stray biscuit off| > earianiad (MAT Tae | Robert hesitated, as he remem=) sOthers are pleased also, T ve. - u ’ as pisc oO 7 i} ‘or rked ¢ rT, ne ee ane had sate nd ache eratul iy never gote too much 0°, kid, but you should a’ seen the effect,! the floor and put it back on the plate ‘Still, 1 think it is a good shee the fewer! oor i notice that lt awe nae & - ees te ide T congratulate you, Ob, there conv For a young map “ie brightest thing about the future onght to|!le looks up and says: ‘You're a poet- betore the ner, “By the way, kid,”jlave a rl 8) Week, Pal eben thas y the fewer the homie ina oar. OF my awn), Hut uae sanding eee fe ane turn@ aL F . fs cas ainih wane she said. “I'm going to write a’ p ust Cc a Mate de da) wait | uighe Om ne fewer the | hor f ye Oat tee nd came fu 1 thee be that if he builds honestly toward it there’s no telling who or what hearer he ee [for my little mister to speak in achoat | net enna, eI fel children, But aa I was saying, I am| don't care to ride wit people Who} Htabert was sen ieigine Mario : | ‘ot me, T says, ‘I ldok this way an aR h yy good,” sald Mrs, . plural tariqayrigid uae . pity hand, which she had again extend may come along to enlarge a hundredfold the plans | because I been sick.’ boa tt bsjuge sgt puzzled air, a ns Hf - fe woe es bali Tanke Oke 72 OnE UnOEEatARA, | when she voiced her congratulations . Well, sir, it got his goat, ‘You|to try the You got al “I neither," rem Jpeg aay aor ae heel Civ ae A “hin nee ean ho inoken cuncene . ° don't need to imagine,’ he answers, | S{"enw ston javen't you” Still, it's the we is : ? “Hecause I'm married to a man|from one to the othe hue ; ma A Sti, it’ 6 i paatr eaiava, CHOUR F » the other neat Hits From Sharp its ‘that poets are all hungry looking. 1] @wwe, tho’ shone cloned ena | Whe cares nothing for me!" Jang has such good news for you, W | ung h lops closed nenced to ery r ratulating him, Really The man who jumps at conclusions} Most of the wisdom gained by ex- | Tt hag nade hei ‘ e Fathers’ Day.’ This suid no more undressed | fee ost gullty to, have stoppe frequently discovers that he has|perience can be summed up in one ‘That's probably why you're ban e e Cc t I re) n Ss f er J k,’ and | to bed, in the morning] h wh He wis rushing ne a | taken the wrong kind of exercise. word don't, Dese News. queting here,’ T says. oO ‘ will lat t iW her mn § the dine street ke a madman, however”? Philadelphia Telegraph, cs 8 ‘Rot!’ ‘he avers, ‘I make good ae Rite COIR FORAT ine although < they had) “Good news?” Jane queried . 6 6 If we could bo wise and young at|moncy atit, I'm the man Bhd sents A B l ° Uneles’ Day’ and ‘Aunts! Day’ and! (ined ‘out, before at had formed the] glanced, first at Marion, then a Foes The world will not laugh with you] the sam ‘e perhaps we wouldn't be|the poem “The Woman With the a Cc e (0) r I r Grandpas’ Day’ anc . jtopie of their ak fa BIR GONE) 6} ; ah t could it be and why if you laugh at your own jokes. happy,—Baltimore Sun Waabboard.! ‘Well, T suppose L will have to go," | Versation, sched the ofice that | Cold, Marton Law tell her? Sos paar \ « pet auadt care hen Robert reached the office tha ex hy don't’ you tell hen Be careful how you give advice] Most of our troubles are small ones, | fonest: kid, he's so proud 4 By Helen Rowland she seish ee ner an eailed Him imo Robart, abdue thes you received to thone who you believe will take|it'a the excenn of thoumhe tint wer, (couldn't help it, I give him one mu rand J feel ashamed to be at) his p and told him that dayo" Then she turned to Jane and —Albany Journal. them that makes them look eae perlative look and answer: ‘So you'n Copyright, 1916, by The Prean Publidhing Co, (‘The New York Evening Word these mee when every other wo- had a to ras is salary ded “He said he was running té Mn iee Ferd ; ape means OVE is the Hghtning elevator which keeps whirling you up and down cont myselt is attired nicely, | naming ow month, {tl dave's face hardened, So Roberd ~ ame men are really, wicked wh When 6 man reac Matioualy admits! “The man next to him starts to between the Seventh Heaven and the ultimate Purgator 1 wearing ame old dn eome 10d to b , ule Mex, Lawrence his conf ers are my y candidates ro ne ie has faults he expects se w ‘; n » women to be} ! ght of Jane's te! Te oh se t*4 € ta » ft Jaugh., Got yo v ber, t she ——— iu and a ae daa H id had a raise ane eNaaivilla Manne ne to contradict him.—Albany Je Ret anh 2 oul DUMBET, a , ne : : nicely dressed had children | de when he should tell her Marion Lawrence had becn the one t ” coe nal non? he asks, Bay, that a Kisses follow confidences; when a man begins telling one wom y y He wie) t the aftice very intel tell her of it , rer athe ow Wid lana “e Pee lto buy shoes for eop dressed CO hes eka RG Lt ener OF 4 ; , When some men ‘ive the grip they] Some autoists are concerned with You think you can write poems!'| bout his love for another, he gets the two so mixed up that he does ie bed nGly 400 aprile nee’) shat nyeht and by the time he reached | (To “He Continued.) ‘ | are cross and gfouchy and dimagree:|the distance they oan nae nee Oe s. ‘If you didn't have a job|know which he is going to propose to ; ; ie - a - yalieliammmnas Resins...” able about the house. And when they} gallon of gasoline, while others are Me cou te ms in the daytime the] suds haps they would have to stint on theiz Doll as By H. J.B j \ } do not have the grip they are cross|interested only in’ the distance they Sortie nM ie t es) own alathes: too’ ollars an ense y arre Gad grouchy end’ disagreeable aboutlcan ect ovt of & wieuiaccinone, Ww yOu in Tie Dag errny When love flies out of the window, platonic friendship sometimes comes| viajar eried Mr, darn. “My dear, | pa the house, Banner. ‘Hyidently you aldn't eare for| i! at the door, and proves a much more satisfying and delightful fireside! a4 you speaking of the Modern Moth. |66J! our customers would carry | Including Coney Island, Flatbush, Ridgee ne RAYS, : P | of having them delivered it vawken, cents. In the Bronx n 2 * I didn't’ says the scrub — “Yes, 1 am," whimpered Mrs, Jarr. | ay sone, including Yonkers, Maust ve na ne a alin A * nO) Letters From the Pe ople Pastry has no place in poetr: A man never can understand why @ woman will insist on “drawing the|*It the Modern Mothers had children |WOUld save us $290,000 annually”) Neng “ochett ‘Kivhow “and ieee A Tax Suygention, \ r revenue be very smal, ne | ie, W90ks at me for help, “Has its| line” at a kiss, simply for the pleasure of tempting him to step over it |to feed and clothe they wouldn't pe | tii the super RIA ASAE GE hs RD va cluding th bie townie thie tenths To the Editor of ‘The Seveuing Word bu i Will shortly be vacant, be- le's places T way, nin polition! a jable to dy as they do or have the Part ty a : . F 50,000 eaten | rt fygtamtord and White Plain, udvoca hat a large e enants wi a n at % * ours ye make about 50,000 sale: 3 cen! nthe Kt ver : 1 It has been advocated th | Sause ihe tenante. will nn third nan starts to laugh and The girl who reposes her faith in a man fs apt to find her repose somoe.| time to run around to meetings to dis. | YOU'S © make about § Bee Tis from Hastie ta hones ee oe \ direct income tax be levied on the | geantinne the first two bug their eyes at hin | iter hatileat i and about 40 per cent, of the] elusive, Il cents. On Long lend: trey \ gross incomes of all « ations do-|mo exactly. parallel to that Hoth you fellows put toxether couldn't | What broken | iter ods are delivered. Deliveries aver- [Lang teland City, 1 nts. On Beaten ly pa M write any poctry as tne iy t this po! “ ) or three items to a custo: Island, including’ Bayonne, ilo | ing business in New Y City, and Merch 1 manuf Months Behind the Bars,” “he says, 1 from the dining room and, Whe about #400 deliveries daily: | Hacken facludiog Honest that at least $15,000,000 additional | 'esi" here, beeau “Did you write | vreonal| — POlYgamy May not be fashionable; but, thougi it sounds paradoxical, ir/eune In from the dink snd) | making Raul BA00 deliveries, daily. | eaten and Bitzabetn ye taxes should be levied upon public {ATS {ee fron exactions find exper wd ask ow, Kid, | Would be @ great deal easier for a man to be true to a whole harem the rF pe Pyle ‘tine, [to deliver. Multiply these items by | cents : xis Bie ee Gc incan’ to he tor the gaze te Ne But fine ier husinseail Gripe aba toe devilment it js for him to be loyal to just one wife. eu Gach Working day and you strike tose | g("Ms nveraxes 10.65 conte por packs - 4 > be for the pur- |i" We P | y) Kris ine and is aon en t very and de t .000 for the year, 486. Hut, as many more pac Pose of “relieving real estate” and | 4 r : from tranapor On bunk?" wid the vietim of my ee It tee taae bE 4re delivered on the Inland below hae thereby of increasing the values o| w Mh nn rer business | reparty, ‘Did you ever read any of A masculine writer wants he difference between a “wrapper path 4 eq /One, Hundred and ‘Thirty-fitth Hundred and Thirtylitth Stree New York City locations, We could | #!4 less ret BOLTON HALL, | Kdgar Allan Poe's pooma? masouline writer wenta to know (he ¢ beled ADD W, YOU se¢ marked | 77 cents per package, In Brooklyn, | outside this mection, the averees oe try this experiment upon a small | ts Of Small stovet Kdgar Allan Poe never wrote any | ad @ “negligee.” About $40 difference—or the difference between the cost} Mrs, Jarr plaintively, "You see how | = = = | of dolivery per package drops in trot scale before taking the risk of prac- |'T ' ¢'The Kvening W Y he w “ } of taking your wife out to dinner and the cost of the little after-theatre | it ' t anywhere without! .oog whipping, if T hear you haven't|? 9 $i cents j tising it on the city, Every business | Car ne experienced reader tol 0 FON ack" you would offer ¢ thes childven carrying on in. this . ‘ = Le All lout motion and wast n ' 1 e snac c « olfer a chorus & ¥ behaved whale gone © effort im j building charges the rent that It8 us tie average profit. of a simall a pct ce | \ way, 1 can't take then with me, es|comre: = (ile t om gon doliverios are reduced to a minimum, { Jocation and advantages will war-\U* | Ape ront of wall) Why, Edgar Allin Poo was our — Pair ‘ Sa” an an, | aneet Hach package ix as carstully routed rant. Now, @uppose that we allow |#Mdy and stationery store? Also the| DORM porter hare Inst month. — Tt Marriage is the cavenant into which two people enter for the glowing|™° OMildren are permitted at the pen whe wallied forth, but acoffed|%# though it were a cariond bound for one building to charge, in addition, | amount of capital necessary? Imean| ie, ¢¥e" Wrote any poetry he had meetings of the Modern Mothers.” sarc the Orlent ane beeing Saar Ee: 18 BAGIHOR, | MOOURS SF Cal LA RMT mut yt ond senso to keep stil] about it,’ | PUmpose of sharing one another's hopes, ideals, struggles and aspirations, hen’ aha tuxnad’ upon tae chiidean when Mr. Jarr advised her to report “Hence little In left to the drivere’ ants, and, expecially, make its elo- |the main’ points Us ORY iota | aeeleee eels three or fer nd in which they usually end by sharing nothing but the (hutton-hook, [ang brought them to sniffling quie- ie Wp Mdhetn Saenern Hat an oi: {nitiative. Hy roeiven only packages vators . aihat Fic a 1. ‘My dear yo c o ranking was 01 serito: Seer se, Snrce OF, revenue | We {Many others who seek business opon- | said the first, ‘you talk too much with we tude by « fow well-administered method to follow inva "Better puters sntias Caataaenan ie Feat (8 oe ' your mouth, If I had the inspiration ‘The road to social distinction ts paved with false pretensions, emacks, “And I'll give you both a crusade, Slenning ban + mn & factory, 2 y \, - ee