The evening world. Newspaper, July 10, 1918, Page 14

‘ ' . : J Ce jd wen hate _ sectors "eet the manikins to protect her if ) Mmmother development in the cycle of tO guard against the ever-present qgood and bad omens; of things not|three cigarettes or cigars from one poi WEDN ESDAY, JULY 10, 1918 “Nenette and Rintintin” Make Bow Here as Newest » Of War’s Odd Superstitions’ pilus Have Faith in This “Charming Couple’’ as Amulet to Safeguard Them From Gas Attack— This War Has Created Brand New Set of | Superstitions Which Are Finding . Their Way Home. ENETTE AND RINTINTIN, the most popular couple in all France, have come to America, and it's a safe wager that before long their tribe will have increased slightly on this side of the Atlantic No, Mam'selle Nenette and M’siou Rintintin are not French vaude ‘Wilians, nor yet the prigctpal characters in the latest Parisian gossip. They eve just charms to protect poilus from Gs attack, shel) splinters, tayonets ‘and Boohe bullets. Each {s about an fmch high, made of worsted or scraps | ofrag,and possessing a painted coun temance from whieh benignity rad!- tes. One wears them about the| meck on a cord and-so the report @omes from Paris—girls make no Bones about draping the twin pro-| frankly on the outside of| ir gowns. it there are rules about the wear | fing of Nenette and Rintintin, else | their good offices will depart and) they will become “Jonahs” of the| Most malignant sort. You must not Quy the amulets. They must go directly from th> fair hands that made m to} the une whose life they are to uard. For civilians in Paris and other French ities who are not exposed to the! @hock of battle the droll little manikins sure guardians against the perils the stealthy German Gothas that lke war bats and drop bombe at | aight fThe first of the Nenette-Rintintin | family to arrive in America, so far) ts known, came to Miss Corinne, th, who interprets stories for the Z ge ig ever the Germans should fly over New York. tagraph. A French soldier saw one eoNenette and Rintintin represent but |t do and things that must be done pre» ee her pictures in billets behind the fighting lines, fell in love with the American girl's pictured smile and @eidier superstition that hag arisen |Shears of fate. since the world went to war, Our| Already tho chief of these eoldier in France are said to be catch-|hoodoos has spread among civilians the infection of the long list of [here in New York. It ts, don't light match., They say that at St, Klol, in |the autumn of 1916, a British recruit Just over from ‘“Islighty passed |round a box of cigarettes and, being |a thrifty soul, touched the same light- ed match to two of the smokes be- sides bis own. Two hours later the |first shell to arrive in that section } of the line for weeks wiped out the |new recruity. | Tho figure three has an eternal bad Hy ruck hanging over it. The third |wound, so the Tommies have it, is |bound to be “lights out.” If a man takes his thind leave he assuredly will J} | be killed the next time he goes |the top." Among the English and French equally there are all sorts of amulets A/and charms against death. White heather sprays tucked inside the stee! | helmet protect the wearer from shrapnel. A black cat happening to wander into a gun pit or dugout brings good luck to every man in that outfit, With the French rabbits and guinea pigs have almost as much | potency for good luck as cats of subdlo | |hue | ‘To dream of an autobus or lorry {s the worst sort of bad luck. Gold coins are sure mascots; one who car ries a guinea or French Louis in his pocket will recover from any wound Saxon soldiers are reported to sew | in the lining of their coats the wings of a bat, which make them invincible Proper Precautions Lessen Danger From Thunderstorms NW this season of the year, when| ded house though even in this some thunderstorms are likely be| precautions should be taken. For {1 ~«, frequent, it is wise to observe a| stance, when @ thunderstorm is in few aimple rules for protecting one-| progress one should k away fro ealf, 90 far as possible, from the dan-| those parts of the house where light ger of lightning stroke |ning conductors pass into the earth, | This danger is more real than many | “4 Also Away from stoves, fireplaces, | believe, for although only approx-| Chimneys, screened doors and win-| imately 1,500 persons are struck by |? Nghtaing in the United States during|™Ptallic objects, such as scissors, the average year, and only about 500) KMives and small tools, are not likely of these are killed, it must be remem-| '° attract lightning Dered that the average person is ex-| 19 unrodded houses an appreciable owed to this danger for probably less|@°#Tee of danger exists Here one than a dozen hours in the year. It! Should keep away from the vicinity of ‘over tools “coreman wre We Ano aurrin rin: t | 1 | | appears, therefore, that no than down spouts on the exterior of the 4385 pefsons are struck by lightning in| house 1 metallic masses in the in this country in each hour of the dan-|‘*for and near the walls, such as See sorted, avoven and safes, The safest There is no piace which is psolutely h - ' de ane uate of e room, well away from the objects ate, for no spot in the path papain thunderstorm is utterly immune to Gontrany t eneral b. ona lightning. The nearest to perfectiy| containing water, cas, ete oe safe places are rooms entirely sur-! a ar ae water pipes, or other motalle conduc tors which are connected t are comparatively safe, for lightning is disposed to follow them to the earth, jinto which it passes off harmlessly, Also it Is a mistnke to suppose metal beds are especially dangerous. They founded by metal, rooms under- ground or in a stcel framed building, for even though lightning may strike @uch dwellings, the chances that it Would penetrate to the interior are Practicully negligible. earth, owA, ANd expecially telephones. Small | Paris Models for Your Fall Suits ADVANCE STYLE SUED BY LEADING DESIGNERS IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL. (Photos by Vasvion Camera.) SNORT TINH ne any Nary blue novelty ribbed suiting, detait eut of garment accentuated by narrow pipings in apple green. Pony ckin, trimy , collar and culfe, In this auit tn nacy velour, beaver is used in generous quantities, serving as. facing and to simulate huge pockets. j a ? mente 2 OR: sliieitenaeeenianell * ( } ‘ \ A rich shade of brown velour is used in the dev nent of this smart suit with _ Nigger? eENeE jumper bodice, with seal fur lavishly dix ¥ --8 ' = tributed to form collar and panel, front ~— ‘ { and back in skirt. | } = a % Cae \ | The panet front in this celoet auit t very new. The triple pocket arrangement, ) braid binding and narrow belt are strikin features. Taupe velour suit, featuring a knee Tength coat with deep beaver culls and ‘ convertible rever collar. ° Just Why Food Is High Try Ordering a Biscuit in a Broadway Restaurant and You'll Find Out—If Jesse James Had Been Around With a Carte du Jour, Instead of a Forty-Four, He Wouldn’t Have Died a Poor Man. But Jesse, in Accumulating Riches, Took a Chance, and You Can’t Say That About the Man Who Hands You Your Check After a Meal-—*‘It Ain’t the Price of the Biscuit; It’s the Upkeep.’”’ BY ARTHUR (“-BUGS”’) BAER. Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World| and you will extract enough focd calories to equip the world. Why 1k n why Jesse James died a poor man js that he used a should food be high? The price is scooting north like the mouse gun instead of a menu. If Jesse had been heeled with a double- | scampered up the cleck. There is plenty of food, except on plates. / barrelled carte du jour instead of @ set of forty-fours his heirs Even beans are numerous in spite of the fact that the Bullsher- i whiskers spilled ‘em. would be on velvet. Instead of sticking up fellow Democrats on an cks of buckwheat cakes are just as tall as ever except that the other man’s railroad, he could have bought @ railroad of his own and | che¢ insists on dealing ‘em from tke bottom of the stack, stuck ‘em up with one of Mr. Pullman's food checks. ‘The only differ- | Eating is a habit which is impossible to break successfully. They ence between Jesse and a restaurateur is that Jesse took a chance, | bring the check at the wrong end of the meal, They don't want to Food is higher than the top s on a giraffe's forehead 1 can’t get spoil appetite. If they only brought you the check first your ap- indigestion for le han $8, and ptomaine potsonir 1 the | petite would evaporate and the wouldn't be any check. A meal reach of the workingman, Hven one-armed lunches soak you for both and a check go together, It's like flirting with a kangaroo, You look arms | into the kangaroo's honest blue eyes and then his tail flips around and Trying to get a meal for less than two smackers is as foolish as | knocks you loose from your hat | swiping the payroll of the Swiss Navy, Prices ain't been so high since | The only reason why biscuits are high se of the non- | Baltimore was in the National League. Which was long before the essential trimmings. Order a biscuit {n a Broadway restaurant and Sphinx tossed a shadow, It takes a yard of nickels to get a foot of what happens to it? First the chef flaps it upside down and then flaps | food in the Nickelmat it back again, You pay for the flaps. Then the waiter adopts {t and And it isn't because food is scarce. Every vest on Sixth Avenue carries it over to the orchestra, where the ukulele player holds a | food on it, Every chin in the Bronx is just blooming with egg clinic over it. It is now a ukulele biscuit, Then six exempt tenors ‘ake a census of Staten Island neck and you will find enough soup flatwheel out and sing to the biscuit, It becomes a tenor biscult. | stains to feed an army il down a waiter’s revolving shirt front While the biscuit is still unconscious a young lady of the hip and elbow \- - school of dancing hippers out and gyrates around the non-combatant Vasccsiee Uatiuas Macs (hats aioe Lie abana in bared lawsik lightning, | biscuit umtil the trombone player's face looks like a couple of water- pants if it should enter the room, vwever melons. r are currents of ly! 0} hould keep awa That's the reason food {s high. You order a biscuit and you get dangerous, un! it ‘ fone re] everything but the frescoing on the thousand-dollar ceiling. You order or me There Qn er 8 ry ‘inent ob. a biscuit and they toss in the acoustics and $11 worth of goodwill |of hghtning following sheds or small) and fixtures, You order a biscuit and the waiter brings you every- at a distance Thick timber ufe, especially if one | coming in if the temperature as that out of doors, an o thing but a biscuit. A biscuit has more accessories than a flivver, It ain't the price of a biscuit, wratively Rising st well rod- really form a metallic attraction for t stand under an exceptionally It's the upkeep, of amoke or vapors from @wouting buy | jHittle stor: WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1918 ies From the Movies Lily, of ghe Valley Featuring Lillian Walker and Earle Williams By William Addison Lathrop (A motion picture synopsis in exactly the form in which it was ep®e mitted to the siudio, and one of a series by this author being published in The Evening World ) Ry Permission of Britton Publishing Co.) O”: MAN KEMBLE and Old Man Maynard had played cribbage from four to six every afternoon for twenty years in the little back room of “the Dutchman's,” on Beaver Street. They had their daily quarrel over their second toddy, and made up over their third. And so, when Old Man Kemble died, he left his alli—three thousand dollars—to his daughter Lillian, who was the god daughter of his Ufe-long friend and crony. “I don't want any will or any executors or any lawyers both- ering around,” he contem ptuously sald to Maynard j who was a lawyer |—and fo, as a par- adox, he intrusted |everything to him. Maynard was one of the old genera- tion; he had a musty, old-fash- foned office down among the tangled streets below Wall, where you still have to climb the stairs, and the offices have man tels in them, and the Janitor takes a fatherly interest in you, and ts willing to wait f IT WAS PRETTY HARD FOR HUGH NOT TO THINK ABOUT HIS NEW PUPIL. or the rent If ft isn’t con-|thing; not even “Goodby” when the venient on “the first.” te m closed, though she came very Across the narrow hall from May-|"¢ar relenting then But a trustee nard’s office, Hugh ( had hung|With chin whiskers was talking to ut a brand new sh and put in|/®i'm; and Hugh went back to town a desk and a , and started|With only her memory and the note; in to take Choate’s clients away from|4"d she had only her pride—in which |him. But somehow Choate’s clients|there w t @ great deal of comfort seemed content with Choate’s advice,|—8Nd #0, she used to cry sometimes notwithstanding Hugh had come to| nto the little, dog-eared Latin gram= town, and Hugh sat in his little office | M9F Where it said “amo, amas, amat’ and listened for the footstep of the] mehow, Lily's three thousand client that It seemed would never! dollars got away from Old Man May- come. He used to go into Maynard's Nard—he didn’t mean to use it—but office and thrash out questions of law,| he did, and he woke up one day to sociably and unprofitably, until they. the fact that the box marked “LAllian became fast friends. Kemble” was empty, and he knew And Hugh watched his small sav- ‘ht & “showdown” had to come So ings dwindle until the scoop scraped %° took a stiff drink and sat down on te bottom of the barrel, he 894 wrote to “Aunt” Prudence and knew that he must replenish the bar- ‘ld her the whole thing. Then be |rel before he could go on. Now the ©#lled in Hugh, who had got fairty |refuge of the young lawyer who can’t Prosperous theso last two years, |*make it go" Is to teach school, So though Choate hadn't yet offered him |when the agency recommended him to| ® Partnership to save tho remnant of the School Board of Spring Valley, at DiS fast decreasing clientele, He told |$60 a month and found, he took the Hush that he had spent the money job and took down bis shingle-—pro belonging to Lillian, and he guessed tem—and started for Spring V the centre span of the bridge was | Lilllan Kemble was, without doubt, ®bout high enough, &e, &c, The the loveliest thing that ever climbed Old man had become very dear to the rickety stairs to old Mr. May- | Hugh, these last years, and Hugh still Inard's office to “talk it over.” ‘The 24d memories of a certain little re- |City of New York ts no place for) bellious face in the growing dusk of | orphaned loveliness sixteen years old. | ‘%* School room (hé still had the note in his wallet), and of the page of the And so {t all came about that Lillian should go to the home of Maynard's| #&™mmar that had “amo” on tt, Be doyhood friends, Prudence and Sa-|"0t knowing that the Old Man had |mantha, up in Spring Valley, Ver-| Written Prudence all about ft, he re solved to make good the Old Mans deficit and save his face to his friends and Lily her money. He went ont and sold his horse, and mortgaged his books, and borrowed at the bank, and scraped up the three thousand; and came back to find the @id Man jmont, until such time a a return, “Aunt” Prudence took off Lily's rather modish dress and hat and they | did her hair in the prevailing fashion of Spring Vailey’s best little hair- | dressers. And arrayed in the charm | fate decreed | dead in his chat t |of gingham ad sunbonnet and pig-| pi ae ey uy red bowed | tails, Lily went off to school, The| ie at the section | f defining larceny! ‘This didn’t change new pupil in a country school usually | Hugh's purpose any—it st: creates some commotion—Lily’s case burs 3 rengthened ‘ »{!t if anything: and he set out for wes Re sxeepuen Be ge 8: | Spring Valley “to render an account ut they all got acquainted of the stewardship of D. May time, and Jake and Josh begs : ene nard, deceased.” When Mr. Maynard's letter came Prudence decided—she always de- { things for them—that Lily and bring her apples and posi way of swains in s an; and Sally bei and Susan and Sa- | Just as they were about to start, # barefooted boy came tearing up the road with Hugh's telegram telling that he was on his way to see them, and the trip was off, Hugh landed in Spring Valley ana no more than hg could help; though it was pretty hard when she looked straight into his eyes and smilingly | | conjugated “amo.” And then the fly got into the oint- ment; LAly tried to pass a note to} marched up the hollyhock-lined walk Susie one day, and Hugh told Lily to| to the front door, Prudence and Se | bring it to him, Now of course, he| mantha admitted him, and he tried to didn’t know that the note said “Isn’t| turn over the $3,000 to the two old lad~ our Hughey/the sweetest thing? I] ies, Lily crept tothe door and heard just love him." But Lily did know] every word. Now Prudunce and Sa- t; and she refused to hand it over—|mantha were no fools; they saw ab-so-tive-ly! Disciptine must be| through his generous act at once kept, and so Lily was told to remain) and so did Lily. And the kindly oid until she after school was ready to| ladies took out Maynard's letter cone obey orders. It got late and things! fessing his peculation. Hugh tried were still in statu quo, Jake and|:o brazen it out, but it was no use, Josh, ber knights errant, looked in| And then he demanded to gee Lily through the window at 8, and} it belonged to her--or some $3,000 did tried to get up enough courage to go|—-and. Lily 1 upstairs as fast in and rescue the princess from the|»s she could Ko to her room; she dene oure's castle—-or lick tho teacher—or| not face him then, her eyes would something; but Lily finally surren-| pave betrayed her secret, She got | dered, and handing Hugh n Jout the Latin grammar and went |she burst into tears as she saw him|¢own path to the echool house open it; and ran home as fast as her|and sat in her old seat—I think the legs could carry her minx knew he would find her there= ‘The wounded pride of sixteen is un-|und ho did, He took out the little relenting; no more walks home with|worn note and turned to “amo” jm Hugh under the elms, no more “bot the book~and further, deponent says y=" ip the woods, no more—any- gth not. Pid a a die worshipped at the shrine of her! ha fe tee ee nant ust go de ° va beauty and her urban way ABO york to inee if bometnicn moment te Hugh—well, he just wouldn't let him-| 4,,, self think about her at all—at least,