The evening world. Newspaper, December 30, 1918, Page 13

fusion when we appeared. Rijou remodelled you know, from an ancient wore @ sulky, injured expression, and house which has stood there for ages, M. Peliasior’s eyes were fairly snap- and one part of the original, whieh ping. 1 wondered if they had been im still untouched, was built trom # quarreling. wreck which went ashore there al- “We won't wait luncheon for most before we were born, I think! Torna,” Aunt Julie announced. “told T too, there is an old ruined ko to serve it as soon as tt was lighthouse on the point, whieh tha dy. You must be starved, Maida sovernment abande are ago.” ehild.” It sounds delig¢ I replied. At luncheon I found myself seated “Daddy will enjoy it ail just Lke a between Aunt Julie and Alaric, and { great big boy, when ha comes next was glad of it. I'd taken a decided week.” aversion to Monsieur Pelissier, even in “Ah, yew ” be: Lorna, but Al- those first fow moments. Ho was su- arie interrupted with an exclamation erior to the Smith family, of course, of satisfaction one could easily see that, but he There. We're off at last!* med a litte bit too suave, too ine The afternoon was lovely and sun~ kratiatingly smooth, ‘The luncheon shiny with little flecks of whites Maida Waring, the Daughter of an Oil King, Starts on Her Great Adventure (Copyright, Robert M. Mofitde Company.) CHAPTER I, an't take you with me.” “Oh, daddy,” 1 cried, ‘ks of cherished planning, M sorry, daughter, but I ta for his words meant the end of we t I am Maida Waring, the only child of Lawrence Waring, whose millions date from tHe day when, ragged and halt starving, ho had » on his homestead land, J was nearly seven then, my only play- nies the three Smith children from the next homestead. Mr. Smith and ae ie was Irreproachably cooked and served, Clouds floating overhead, and jus 0 an © great friends, and often Mrs. Smith would come over to “give it the others ato scarcely anything, enough breeze to be pleasan a tant with the Waal ” or knead the big batch of bread, Mother died just J sat as if they wero waiting for Aunt Julio had made me put of omens wit began to pile up, and since then [ have lived in boarding something to happen. There would be ®& Pair of smoked glasses like heme ri Sadly eda lta # Pause, and then every one would And Twas glad of it although | schools. ‘ve been together and begin to talk at once, with a spas- knew how disfiguring they must be | Daddy end t have been good cums the times weve Geen ae a @ modic gayoty, only to fall silent again, for the sunglare on the water wa: | ie 4 Wen cimply dying to Go sbrond Wes Bia and poke arate eae As if come suspense were dragging at Tather trving, I out-of-the-way places, and see how people lived. Our transporta- them. [began to wonder about Lorna, | One of the mallors passed us witht ser wl arranged—when Duddy found he would have to leave me here. | tion was all @ 7 4 4 tive with ; ‘ s—where would I go? I haven't a living relat But the auewyid Jeave me. Just when Daddy was arranging with Miss prom eeale to chaperon me-during the summer there came a letter from r Yarmiei asking me to spend the summer with her at Hard.a-lec, thelr We were turning to the deck, when his swift, catlike tread, and ¥ there was a, hail trom the whart, glanced up to find his eyes fixed un- “There she is, the naughty girl!” Mistakably on me, with « curious In cried Aunt Julio, in obvious relief. tensity of exprossion, Tt was one of ‘wie deasrven a cata tanohi” the men who had rowed us out in Island, off Cape Cod. bit taller vars 7" had’ dese ded with a mop ¢ hair faded Saimont f state on Bunest Teland, tte like ue tailored gown had descended of hi ¥ yours, for he could n¢ feet 8 w hee fret dinghy which had already reached the OC eyes: ail thes bw kind they had been to image of hor bis : meee i ou wharf. If watched it curiously as it _ It was late, and quite dark when } forget How oat Oll Dan" atruck tho She was only a little older than you turned and approached, thinking of W@ Went below to dress for dinner ther. “Coal a u're nineteen, —aren' Hamipered, HRras J n ' ‘ ; le gypey of a creature I had known, pial : + (utior Daddy did. Ya die. “IT am so glad, too, dear Aunt ; Bs , : Her snvication solved Daddy's al- 5 111 aim, 80, Slade, toe eo avaly to and wondering what she would be Pelissier were across the companion Jomma beautifully for him, and Y 10 ‘seo you again, and it was kind of you OUR APPROACH. couldn't go with like now, way, Aunt Julie occupied the large dships, ferward of that if L to ask me to visit you. I have been = next best thing was being with some 11) 11) ronward to it ever since your ture so bright and everything 80 We were going down hill now and ever kept you #0 long, *tateroom | ar Aunt Julle scolded, as the Ourm rae stretched from port to : 7 ‘own and loved my J0oking t's love! I think I must have told the sharp, s. blew in at the slim figure mounted to the deck, "M#fboard Beiwes cn o, ieee cn wes a fib, of course, but I more to Aunt Julie in the hext HOU? open window it narrowed ; ‘ ; aes ct SAS fo Set Athy “ARGNdiner we et on the mye had loft Paint Rock right after Ne 1) he polite, She had changed, than I-had in ten years to any one. and dipped sh neared the a : Heavens!" id wind Which had sprang ie wcll amen d TL hadn't seen any of ‘The years had made an inevitable 1 felt that she sort of read between river and we rolled over the railroad (ts : : ey ei eee: Sree ca Inother died. soe I was seven, but I too, The years had made Of meouter the lines and understood perfectly the tracks and out upon a litle whart, " ! ini we alt aw it the same Aecieh had "sbeaine up wat codon sete stout, fat eee rece. eniuered her although ber things I left unsatd, and right in shore a tiny, graceful, f és ‘ . kreat Jagged tear in tho girl's skirt pipe. Al but Alaric, who staved remembered her #2 eusant, soft lisp, than T remombored net, eof aray, “We're almost there now,” ob- white y rode at anchor, pulling at and one sleevo was banging almost “Upve. Smoking, * Like woman, Witt Ti peen oddly oppo- H&lt hair showed no tiveinesabous eerved Aunt Julie at last. “On, I for- the ro vith the outgoing current, torn from her cor Bijou ground out some ragtime: Hor Uitleppearance and character ber ayes and pear ae anne got to tell you, Maid a e anxious to be Tam very sorry, but it could not be With the plager attachment on the Bite in ppergark and fiery tem: “edu ve ike ti : a friend of Alarie’s, going impatlently awaiting our com k and fir © the old days, to have . Lorna skinny, dark nd fi It will be like t on with us to Hard-a-lee for a visit. “I don’t see Lorna!” Aunt Julle’s 1." the gitl replied. rather suiftiv. Plano to her own evident satistacss you with us again,’ pored, Bijou blonde and phic h tion, and Monsieur proposed bridge, Aiding tha cclde: : : I'm sure you will like him immensely, volce trembled and her face ‘all at [eam : han amAMUpI en ee sae eyes, until eleven, then Aunt. ther, and stuple “You remember them, 1 7 We all do. He's a Frenchman, Mon- once became strained and ghastly be ~ bk Ae a Julle Suggested th. Monsieur Pelte« seep ihe boy, ‘Alaric. 1 recal! : he old days? Inde inet slour Pellasier.”” neath its frank mask of powder. (a started solicrtonaty onaleur Pelissler sicr mix some famous punch of hig c sulit little fellow, Whose greg, “Why, I even ognize thai a hitele 5, eh en it “Where can sho be?" 5 Sear " own invention, a Srey ie oncenied fectly brooch you ute wearing! Do you re- »f felt @ little sorry. I had taken 1 ‘Wercuickly reached the yacht and st aking {t violently. It was his voles heard much of Miss Waring.” P petore tho last cea ed Sirl- — T have an unpleasant suspicion thats solemn face e p ' oe ek home in Paint, for granted tha PRE ATR EE eRe ath dared ae ep Sa ett 20 ously before the last word, her oyes 1 shall be seasick: to-mormcce ne impish propensity for t Sou Frie [Rock when you dropped it down the’ kuest, and T should have liked to be & dainty little lac t ~ MnIGH had! uttered ‘Uae eusd ee eee eeee ae NE cask caches HOWINE Kin) "ET have nob seen Rint’ sgmraqe atta oni Vn” Oe ‘Mrs. Smith will come for, yom Ge ke ea OT ARCRER Te HHREREAA a Utne, ON BO firey, dbarie,” said Aunt Clipation, I Was in bo doubt of Ais HRUBHES Wile WIN SOOO She uttered the last sentence in @ “You're always afral of seasiche day, _atternoineing down the yacht should say so!” she exclaimed yon naciite phrase or two about my Julle, identity, “Where is Lorna? asked Aunt bk pcb reap fone, and her mother ness, mother, but you are never sick. “Ale boul Vibes pack on that, I wis with her little infectiods Fieisure at the prospect of meeting I grasped the rail and placed my “How do you do, Alaric?” I sald. Julie with Increasing perturbation. ah axalees A On. I Hijou consoled her lazily. “Beside and you will & Sown car—it you like jaugh, hink of your remembering him and asked when we would get foot upon the lowest step when a Tho girl with the golden halr “dunt se here? Hue the bth han tae to-morrow afternoon we shall reach gould notice ber for you, I Suppose wuch a thing as that all this time: onder way, mans Volce cried sharply trom above. pushed hastily past him, and throw- “Perhaps she missed her train, and gic, ( 0 et ie witereae cetched once i Til ordered it—anl soft grays and Hut wait until you seo the children, “Gh, “immediately,” Aunt Julie re- “My God, where's Lorna?” ‘i nd my neck, kissed Will be in on the next. There's noth- jain outstretched == Monsieur Pelissler presented us Torna selected tic will teach you to You'll hardly know them; they've req quickly. “Do you Hke the + ets Ld debe oahbn dha M um" ine to worry about mother,” drawled "Any this in our little f with our glasses, then raised his on sliver. And Alaric w ugeige Pichi : ke weeds.” water?” me gushingly. a In our little friend of tong high, irive this summer. T'll.come down for grown like Weeds” ay cougheg Wal?” as ioe sti T erled, @ ® driv s : ¢- Here Miss Jarmingda “Yes, I. ! B which s ot" she exclaimed, fn day before sailing, RL. Ath nh a . Maida, CHAPTER II. “Oh, Maids darling, Im 90 stad Til hoe con (erie cane nem 8 ; “A toant, ladies!" he eried, te Ili show you to your cabin T kissed her in return, with tm- ‘ , with: ‘ tatively t stfeally. "Dont you, Au e r “ owery va . sparkling eyes an ment consoled me very much, "Mra, authoritatively, | stig tor you dust mergeen aaceelve T aeee NVOLUNTARILY I stepped back, You've come!” she cried, “We've been ‘The sailors were carrying my pulsive warmth, ‘T felt drawn to her, mounting 107 Ing wedge cheats, ae in nith guggests that you express your iT chan was arranged for because she returned. “I suppose T'd do sick but two big hands reached down Waiting so anxiously to see you again! drovsing bag and suitesice over tho xomichow, from the beginning. She Sunset Island, and golden ets a @ yanks,” Daddy concluded, “for they earlittishes to put her yacht out of even on a ferryboat and I'm scared and helped mo to the deck. and ~~Alaric, do help mother, Maida, let side, and I followed Bijou below, nterested me, even then, and T wis Hardea-l i Rye not certain just where they Will she wishes to pul her yaeu est t. shen Of to makes fun of the Porthos K and ine present Monsleur Pelissier."* Aunt Julle came down while T wan sure we would be good’ trievda, We talked for a little while lon, yck and Mrs, Smith wants to go commission for ft td has been made,” and he's always after me to get a T found myself confronting a ‘The other young man came forward changing, and after a while I went She ran lightly down the compan- but soon said good-nieht and wont an ack at once.” tp $0 paneer You may go and taster boat, but this is enough for me, short, thick set young man with dark and bowed very low over my hand. up on @ with her, Alaric wis tonway, and reappeared presently in our eabin. 1 terribly sleepy, % yal imagine bh ¥ surprised T she inter . ediate departure, He's got a racing motor boat Up at eyes ang a very square jaw. He was dark, too, and tall, and his reading, and Bijou and M. Pelixsier a soft immaculate white inen Kown. — My last conseloe iioy ht wa You can imasimornng, just after prepare for an immediat Sunset Island that he goes shooting #76 7 ey g voice was caressingly musical, wero standing vory close together at | “It In too bad "you couldn't Co to diy and, wholly ier went Wa Ke oO ern Mise Farmingdale Miss Warini drews discovered around in and it Just brings my heart | “Welcome on board the Tortoise, “°sr am charmed!” he sid with the the port rail talkin earnostty, Nurope with, your father, as you tion as to why they had al eee La kagea up to-mo that Mrs, Smith EL NS aeee wrong with UP IN my Mouth to see him. Maida!” he said, seizing my hand and faintest trace of an accent. "I have ‘hoy started apart in somo con-| had planned.” sel ' yas hours that there ix some’ ES a Roseanne ceteasetcn _ = sas in the dining room, It was must be put he said, a8 she sip- terribly anxiou ch ped her tea “But his lose ts owr ’ aod. whom el gain, I'm sure you will love Sunact Island, It must be dismally oleak and said to Monsieur Pelissier iw and windswept in winter, but now it that curiousl: v t 0 jously even tone: in delightful, and Hard-a-leo is such not seen him.” : ao ® quaint old place, Mother had it (To Be Continued.) p chiner: and : a7 ran to tie w y. Isn't it pro yefore I expected her, an ran to ee without dela ; i went downstairs. A i seueen. teal 4 : , ‘ looking motor car stood at the curd, was tioroushly overhauled @ month witha CHR HEtant item he, butt must hag been very ; l as ig MA 4 tended 4 OX “yy f congue the foot of the stair- layed return, and whom she nad meant when she reached the yacht, (The New York Evening World.) of Res a By Maurice Ketten now, dear, and we'll } os igs tea oe a - . Hurry’ c Noise ALLOWED Tew rome \]| ; : si ard a vol hich made my “we children are so wildly im L HAVE MADE No % Be ast, Beard 6 volee whieh mate ay iar, He ohildrg as SOME NEW ON HY DaYor esr, }) COO: SHEIS rigina ashion WVesigns »\ Jfow the sound of it carried me back yi. Farmingdale bade me ac any, REGULATIONS ! axe) Cook MUST WEAR E BOSS) 5 | through the years since I had heard It gna. admon farewell, and th RLY, € OOK MUST Ms roe : § ‘ baat So Son sie 08 he world SoG grant runt dove glowed with etry Rest Fou iO) Ry Gee aeeasr or Ihe Evening World’s soft little drawl and the ey ty thud behind me; clo s y Ot MB ny : 4 1 then aver ry Coa ena alean edits KR iW Bee SERVED “ A 4 lightly at the door and then {fei were stepping 0 0 Be ’ _ Bihan malting foc aise Farmingdale befehid ploc world with ‘Aunt gutle, he ayAy Tire Seiune . Home Dre 88 make rs to bid me enter I pushed it open. limousine was lined he softest * otherly-look © . with dove-gr: cloth, and perf y ap Nor PLAY THE as, . Pate Cir tete hale mat by two window. Solntad In dul, nburntshed silver, | oom Nor PL ex aS] Zh By Mildred Lodewick : oMy Ae Malaat Oe diac Nive. sunny Be eure: the lovely, vivid | Nescacoeoenens / \\ ovyrlaht, 1918, by The Prese Publishing Co, (The New York Bveatng World.) | An Individual Kiddie Frock HOUGH many People aim at | Individuality the | | only result that is frequently attained im something ex- treme and so con- By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory ‘ In aplte of | a" greens of early summer. 8 ac em 1 disappointment about — going { Fae ee sis Abroad with Daddy, I felt really lad How tke your mother you are!” 1 was alive and young, with the fu-) ee ot eeeeenered sersattibondlsdia | \| r oy | Pee ae erence ol | Splcuous that al basa a + | charm is Jost, With " Copyright, 1918, by The Preas Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World) oSinn,) =~ children's clothe: } “Fe DUCATE! Educate!” It Js the slogan of the age, heard early ZA R\ LA BY iy raarn alsa ikke and late, in season and out of season. nau | | With) grown-ups, to We are determined that the people shall be eduoalad ee | HAVE MADE \ WHAT | No NoiS€ TELL IT ToYourR, Jachleye individual. pride ourselves upon our learning as compared with our forefathers. ig | SOME New / y niels es WIFE — RULES AND ity, because there is not the schoolboy of to-day know far more than was known by the wise: REGULATIONS Ranney REGULATIONS MEAN NoTHING | * hard and fust rule of simplicity to be considered, Never~ | theless when sueh a naive way of co bining distinction, becomingness and simplicity, all in one, men of the olden time? Science has brought to light innumerable facts concerning nature and her laws about which our ancestors knew nothing, and about geography | and history and geology and a whole lot of other things we know a hun.) dred times as much as the men of old knew. Very true, People never knew so much as they do to-day. Never | ) before were there so many facts in man’s possession, Never before was Lyd \s y D4 1 my balen taste i the intellect so handsomely furnished, BOLSHEVIK proves possible, no But the question comes, Is the intellect all that there is to us? | | indulgent mother Indisputably, we have much knowledge, but what about the MORAL | | Will deny her little ideals? | Birl the right of such Wisdom has made great strides, but how about the high and solemn sense of Duty, the feeling of moral responsibility and accountability? Let us not attempt to dodge the fact that intellectual efficiency does not by any means always ry along with it moral integrity, It is far too often the case that the “w and “brightest” of man- | | kind aro also the “meanest,” as was the case with Bacon, | Alcibiades, Sulla, Napoleon, Aaron Burr, Benedict Arnold, were all bright men, very bright men, and yet they did a great deal of harm in the world, | The Augustan age, brilliant, fairly sparkling with intellectual power, | filled the Eternal City with crimes unspeakable. | The famous Elizabethan age—the age of Shakespeare, Bacon, Raleigh and Ben Jonson—was as brilliant as it could be—and tainted to the core, They were educated, but only in part, the best part being left out, | q They had education, but not the higher education. | And what is the higher education? Why, bless you, the education of that which is highest in man, And what is the highest in man? The CONSCIENCE with {ts sense of Duty—and its ideals of love and sacrifice, gentleness and good will, and its unswerving devotion to truth and principle, To say it all in a word, great SOULS are of more importance in the long run than groat intellect, and before your proudest wisdom comes | simple goodness, | This does not mean that the mind should not be cultivated and stored | with knowledge, By ali means let this be done. It is necessary and must be done, But in the meantime keep ever in view the words of Tennyson: “Tis better not to be at all attributes in her | ctott It is such | frocks as this one that go @ long way toward making the iS; little one attractive vsti and raising her above the other children with whom she associates, in play or school, The mother who has the remembrance of her own childhood vivid- ly before her mind's eye can easily re- member how @ be- coming Uttle frock or a pretty dress was remembered for jyeare after; thus 1 A VELVET TUNIC CHARACTERIZES am sure they will THIS GOWN, i | not begrudge any ow 2 extra trouble this design may take. | two-inch height, with which they start Navy blue velveteen is suggested | out A straight collar and cuffs com- jfor the tunic, which opens down one! picte this delightful little tunic, whose: side, with large buttons placed on @ influen \t attribute to both | band of dull blue taffeta, The taffeta! the Chinese and Russian, The short is also made to trim the lower edge| skirt which drops softly from under. of the tunic, as bands which gradu-|it is accordion pleated, of the silky ate to an eighth-inch height on the|though a light weight woollen ma right side, and then diminish to the! terial may be substituted if desired, THE REGULATIONS FOR 1919 STILL STAND Bur | Won'T ENFORCE THEM e one migh é CS APS kt a " 1 ‘ ie