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| HOME PAGE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, } eats rar ea Your Sweetheart’s Characteristics Copyilaht, 1919, by ‘The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Krening World.) Revealed by Hi Can You Beat It!_ Handwriting. | | Below is given the analysis of the handwriting sent in by since “|| young women who want to know more about their sweethearts. I nnn iY 6 ICANT GET THEIR, JANE P.—He is truthful, 1s not)tive, His head controls his heart, | domineering. Is somewhat easily in«|is fond of physical exercise, Good] fuen 1s fond of many people. habits, cM. Me men insufficient.; H. M.—Kindly nature, considerate, |simple tastes, Firmnes: Steadfast - friend. Given to being blue, Marry- | Believe he would | ing kind. . because he has — such a . Is also! BD. J, E.—Should be literary or a forceful, and keeps his|critic of some sort. Great charm, mises. tterer, original, artistic, good con- - versationalist, but lacks candor. Loves FAITHFUL LOVER.—Indications| sociability and physical exercise. fre that he is easlly appealed to,| Dances, flirts, plausible, keen sense ond fatter Harmless flirt. y|of humor, but unreliable, | Kindly but changeable, —_—— — M. V.—Specimen insufficient, Re- A. L. J.—Is the marrying kind. Is) quire three lines. Sincere. Kindly; not susceptible. — Must acquira more force to succeed.| INTERESTED READER—Wwhile are accurate and trustworthy, writer MAE E. B.—Is conerous, but some-| must acquire more self reliance. He what notional, and a faddist, Has/must develop executive ability, At capabilities, but must acquire more present he could make a fairly high poise and calmness to be successful. priced clerk, or copyist. His integrity, honesty and delicacy of feeling will @. E. M—Loves himself Dest. I8|pelp some. He is efficient in his LAST THE We ("LL SENDA generous in material giving, but will|}ine, Should make a devoted hus- ENT" not make Tifices, Will be success- band and father. Traits are domes- SQ or bos Note By TELEGRAM WE Gor THERE ) 6 BEFORE It DID YH fal social tie and placid. Is mildly fond of the ladies, — Affectionate. Makes too much of details, Easy going. 8. 8. $—Doubt whether he enters any profession. He does not know his own mind. 1s unstable. Possibly) he was offended, as he is very sensi- dive, or else got tired, NESSENGER Boy "> Announcement Hundreds of letters have reached this office from sincere young women who have sent gen- erous specimens of thelr sweet- henrts’ handwriting for analysis. We have decided to make the same offer to young men. Ask four questions pertaining to the characteristics of your sweetheart —either sex. ALICE B.—Sensible, saving with. oat being stincy. Reliable, good business man, kindly, simple, Cau- tious, clear headed RAY A.—Somewhat violent, and wensitive. Obstinate, fond of eating, and physical pleasures, Cautious as to matrimony. Varied affections, H. C. B.—Tas qualities for euc- «tea Though in a measure affec- tionate, is not especially demonstra- $i | i } i > What Is Y Your Kick?] Here are some kicks sent to The Evening World to-day, They will interest you. You will agree with many of these people, What's your kick? Write it out and send it to the Kick Editor of The Evening World. Write also your opinion of what these other New Yorkers have to say. ohne the ability and value of the olerical | ‘The men behind those lighted were working for their firms, loyality and success—not for double time for overtime, Without the work of their brains the skill of “Workers” hands would be useless. | Why doesn’t Inbor realize that their | impossible demands at the present time are out of proportion to the whole social scheme? 8. A.M, Brooklyn, Oct. 20. To the “Kick” Faitor: I read in your columns that_peo- plo are kicking about the B. R. T. and the Telephone Company. The kind of a kick that is needed is one that will kick some one out of a New York, Oct. 19. {To the Faitnr of Tho Evening World Some or the Washington Senators have expressed themselves as being opposed to giving ex-soldiers a bonus 4g it would mean an expenditure of suveral million dolars and increase the cost of living. Th also say that, realizing this, they are eure the men would not be so mercenary as A to want any bonus, As an ex-service man, let me an- swer them. If the war had lasted another year we would have spent not only several millions, but several &illions of dollars. The men who fave up their homes, their business and their all should deserve consid- eration, Why don't they put this up to a vote of the people? They would soft job and get efficient men to run foon find that every one believes the | things. AG bonus idea is a good thing. i, LPONARD L, MAYER. New York, Oct, 20, 'D the Piitor of The Evening World: - I would like to ask you why New Yorkers have to ‘pay much highor prices for articles than those living| elsewhere, Having a friend who lives | over in Jersey City I have learned | about the low prices for which things} may be bought there. I wouldn't be-| eve it, until I visited Jersey City and, Sho made no reply. She sat very God’s name. That is why you and L " 7a: fo se No , - , , Py still, conscious of vague pain some- “re here together—in God's name and mw :the prices for. eee MYSTERY, Love and War—a story of thrills whareiac hen breast; eoctlascant in Dy, His grac f ors must be making about 200 per| drawn in vivid colors against the towering the consciousness, dumb,and now in- guiniy) “"e yout” he asked very cent profit on everything they sell. THE BRONX, New York, Oct, To the “Kick” Fuitor: Mayor Hylan claims he may not be within his legal rights to stop Ger- man opera at the Lexington Opera House, but has he anything to say about ‘the backyard “bands that have been visiting the various neigh- porhoods boosting German music to} curious concerning further details of this man’s tragedy. “Sometimi he said, “the poor devil who, in’ chloral, seeks a refuge from intolerable pain becomes an ad- dict to the drug... . 1 do not happen to be an addict, I want you to un- derstand that." The painful color came and went in the girl's face; he was now watch- ing her intently ‘I, tell you: I am Fyvelyn Brith, a volunteer in the C, BE. D. Service of the United States.” swift rush of action, Evelyn Erith and Kay Mckay of The Secret Service are carried through intrigue, plots and attacks, foiling Germany’s Plan of World Conquest. He drew a deep breath, sank down on his elbo the pillow. ‘Sa ,» and rested his head on I don't see how you know,” “LT mean-the beastly de- | | background of the snow capped Alps! Ina | “LM tell you some time. I read the Copyright, 1918, by Georgs H. Doran Company, delight all pro-Germans for al i cs “As a matter of fact, but probably history of your case in an intercepted +4 See pun eee e « prmuht, 1918 1919, by Internets wal Magazine Company. of no interest to you," he continued, Cipher letter. the German // I might state that in my neighbor- ‘i x SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, “I did not voluntarily take that agent here had received and decoded { pood, which is known as the Gram- | genes *ede'tt And (pautiful war worker inthe Cansor's office ip New York, inuroents e chloral. It was administered to me it he was arrested by an agent of ercy section, they sometimes start as | fimnir cmap an pr son ¢4 He knows “The Great Secret, nd hence mut be de. Without my knowledge—when [ was another service, 3 Garly 00 7.40 A.M. and, oa I under. |ourel mst “ster stents bea teehed EMP aE Een Ge aren Me imme OMe OF 10pe stupid With liquor... . | (What did you want of met” Rb ine stand, the permit issued to them | him, drunk and fr een, ow F enue, ant : oe ie is what is known as knockout quired. ane. elag Felt saaned. 60 the lhe and fr zen, on Filth Avenue, and takes him to @ hospital, ‘There they march him 898 rong and jx employed by crooks to “Help. annoy the public before 8 A.M, Per- eeeeeeeenneema stupety men who are more or Tess in “What ip do you expect haps Fruch may send Hylan's sky HAPTE i ee is _, toxteated so that they may be easily from a dru cops after the offenders. Hylan CHAPTER I, wo havo d ed him at your res robbed.” “Every 9 All you can give, All ‘won't. NOT A PRO-GERMAN, ‘ quest.” flo spoke now so calmly and im- you can give New York, Oct. 21, ND sho told herself that even “Is he quite conscious?” _ me raonally sat the girl had turned ” He looked at he rly: his face re ve in stories no author would “Yes to took at him again as she iistened. 1 become pallid again; ‘the dark Brooklyn, Oct, 2 Aarseucl even’ iia varicat <i - 1 yy And now she said: "Were You hollows of dissipation showed like ere tRiat e i you please hold him until I robbed? bruises Last night I walked across Brooklyn amateur scribbler — would can reach the hospital? I am coming took my hotel key; nothing ""{ don't underatand,” he said. “I'm right down.” I'm done in, A half hour later Miss Erith stepped into the hospital room, “I am so glad that you are bettor," no good, you know It finished, “I couldn't help you with your work if I wanted to, There's nothing left of me. Iam not to be de- pended on.” Bridge, and looked back at the high office buildings where thousands of lighted windows showed where New York's business goes on day and night, And [ thought about the letter from presume to affront intelligent readers by introducing such a coincidence as this appeared to be, “Such things do not happen!” re- ‘Was that a serious matter, Mr, MeKay?" “Oh, no,” he said. “I had nothing of value in my room at the Astor ex- cept a few necessaries in @ steamer “Philadelphia Worker,” who scoffs at|peated Miss Erith firmly, she sald with an effort made doubly fePt A, What is The Great Secret?” sho - > —=====-| Such things, however, do occur, difficult in the consciousness of the “Ay he spoke ho caught her eve and M#Kel calmly, | Was it possible that the Great Se- bright blush on her cheeks. Without divined somehow that she did not ,,Afer ® lone while he ae uae D Y. jeret, of which the Lauffer cipher let- moving he replied in what muat have Mean to, go Just yet Inslantly NA feng ahane thegw To ee ee QUO! | ter spoke, was locked within the once becn an agreeable voice: Wad on nin guards lying there with “st have heard about its that is all.” K 9] |Dreast of this young fellow who now “Thank you, T suppose you are Miss though not yet really suspicious, Hut Jo you-know what it now: jay unconscious in the Samaritan Erith" her next question he rose abruptly, | ast Ne anos ye Bay: Hospital “ty ¢n,"" ipported on one elbow, his whole |8 such # thing something known Copyrigtt, 1919, oy The Press Publishing Co, Pa sry eta ree Suyil f ense and alert under the bed Certain Germans, and by them spoken erriiithe New York bvenlug Wotld), Suppose he never recovered con- rhen—I am very grateful for what Coverings ae though gathering for a Of &4 The Great Secret, 1 imag! . i nusness, Suppose he should you have don spring, is of course, that it is some vital ee Sy Mee |die— “Tt was so fortunate” “What did you say?” he demanded, qpecres Walon | Genlre ; | Mi her life Misy Erith had never wy, f “T asked you ho g ago you . was the One oe het ae it nes ie la ae had never "Would you be seated If YOU oscined Tram Holgminden camp? re. “18 that all you know about it? es fr Hien tae please? peated the gin, very 1x “No, not all.” She looked at him , [lightest emotion hen looking into ~ gno took the chair beside his bed. “Who told you L had ever been there Gravely out of very clear, honest nf [the face of any man, oot nice of you,” he said, almost “Wherever that is bic idetrinaattee Sernereaere eer nice of you, 5 You were thero a prisoner, were "I know, also, that the Berlin Gov- et Fie Parla: é sullenly, “Few womon of your sort yo. hor Mr. Mokay ernment hits ordered its agents to dis- ho tne the boy sin theo oye fell upon the pallid, dis- ould pother with a drunken man.” “Where is that plice?” cover your whereabouts, and to ‘si- jlated, marred young faco turned “yey oth flushed, She said calmly: "In River Wener, lence’ you" Reece joduerd the motion pics /’pward on her knees In the car—la w omen of my sort who do ex. YOU were detained thero under pre © waxed at her quite blandly for NIH Of k NULENTO INDE IRAVAGE Wah) had known tor the coh Meee ny were Nm? Bo ORY tahee Gt being Bn hman before & moment, then, to her amazement, Ws lua . (aperial iret. time a nov Boise aceralig, Bctly that Kind of thing, wo deolared war on Germany, After he lughed—swch A clear, untroubled, é © 4 new and indetinable Phere was a silence, then he went wo deciated war they held you as 4 boyish laugh that her constrained ex- it herd of feMotion—vague in her mind, vaguer on in a hard voice: matter of course,” pression softencd in sympathy in he yet delicately apparent ora t niki iat The a8 an ugly look im his eyes Do you think that Berlin doesn't a iin yuc It waa almost Noni Ratan che d been drinking a lot... a9 now, Du nto know a ¢ | mean sho asked, brightening a uv rose, stiff witt BAB NETH usual But it isn’t an excuse about a drunkard you picked up in little matiost |r ng » and moved slow- 310. 1 say that my benstly condi- w near the Plaza fountain last Jolly sure ¥ towed her bedroom ’ : 10. Wher zay uscd oa tion was not due to a drunken stupor. “1 ‘go know something about you, com, ic are It just didn’t happen to be that time.” Mr. McKa she maid, “Among other Wo Wr fruit raisins; CUAPTER TL She shivere slightly, “It hap- things | know that—that If you have a Fa ? Tt does med ALE hospital called her on the pened to be due to chloral,” od, become-—become intemperate—it is b § AUMOroU Ade? ? ropa } : pened to Le due to chloral.” he added, become: “becom ratosit is MAL that he laughed again—lauzhed re : Pasta pele clephone about 8 o'clock in reddening painfully again. “Emerety Ret your faull. . - . Mhat was vik Ne-heartedly, so delightfully, he . the morning wished you to know.” Hef er then Hc brvsee oh e oo the winn mile earved her ANSWERS | STERDAY'S eM Evelyn Erith, — "Yes, they told me," she murmured. Aro you?" he buret out, “Mig pH anes more, why) yan Rate SH arene © Atter another sileneé, during which have you learned~heard such ayeh?” inquire tralt LD ena the Superintendent's of- b 1d been watching her askance, ‘2 ie ‘aie to ae oll tiet w. it = go funn San &o'wil \, ’, ‘Tarking- | fee The pa- he vaid: “Did you think | had taken ‘ Tn G RAED BANO those Boe a ale y omy 10, Venus; 4 v Uent is ready to be discharged but that chloral voluntarily? ‘Ob, yes, yes!” she murmured, “in —pausing in thelr wholesale butch- ’ a By Maurice Ketten ery to devise a plan to murder m His face altered; he raised himself elbow: sWine have turned all Europo into a bloody wallow. They're belly- deep in it—Kaiser and knecht! But that’s only vart of it, They're de- stroying souls by millions! . . Mine is already damned,” iss Erith sprang to her feet: tell you not to say such a thing she cried, exasperated. “You're as young as 1 am! Besides, souly are not giain by murder, If they perish its suicide, always!" She bewan to pace the white room nervously, flinging open her fur coat ¥ she turned and me straight back to his bed again, — Standi thera and looking down at him, she said: “We've got to fight it out ‘The country needs you. It's your bit and you've got to do it, There's a cure for aleoholism—Dr. Langford’s cu Aro you afraid because you think it may bur He lay looking up at her with hell's own glimmer in his eye aint ou don't know what you're talk ing about,” he sald ou talk of cures, and T teh you that I'm halt dead for a drink right now! And I'm going to get up and dress and get ity” ‘The expression of his features and his volce and words appalled her, left her dumb for an instant, ‘Then she said breathlessly: “You won't do that!" 1 will.” * ho demanded excitedly “You owe me something.” What 1 id was conventional I'm not grateful to you for saving the sort of life mine i ‘[ was not thinking of your li After a moment he sald more quict ly: “Ef know what you mean. Tam grateful, Our Government ought to know." “Then tell me now." “Why not know," he said brutally, have only your word that you are what you say you are,” She reddened but replied calmly: “That ts true. Let me show you my credentials.” From her muff she drew a packet, ind lald the contents on opened it, the bedspread under his eyes, Then she walked to the window and stood there with her back turned looking out at the falling snow After a minutes he ealled her to the bedside, re- in her muff, and lene you all I know,” he re is really no hope you don't under- willpower Is gone. mind itself, 1 .» T want want It now, fow back packet in waiting better t aiid, * of curing me stand wy Tho trouble is with my don't want to be cur what's killing me. I always, all the time. So before any- thing happens to me Vd better tell you what T know so that our Go ernment can make the proper inves- tigation, Beeause what TI shall tell you ix partly a surmise, I leave It to you to judge—to our Government.” She drew from her muff a little pad ‘from morning until night SS ee : Sem — ee BS ta ‘ ( ww The Evening World’s Kiddie Klub Kormer | Conmright. 1910. by ‘The Prem Publishing Comoany (The New York Rrentog Wortd.D Conducted by Eleanor Schorers Romp and Rufit Meet Thimble-Nimble Again HBY had gone hardly any distance in the path of the Quaint Boy when with a whizz and a zip they were passed by a yellow oak leaf, whirling on the breast of the wind, and a member of tHe Stiteh- Stitoh Clan In pursuit . “That was Thimble Nimble," catch up with him Tho leaf ied Thimble-Nimble a merry dance. Like the will-o'«the- wisp in the old song It leapt over bill over dale through mud and mire. A dozen more leaves Joined in the race and all whirled and danced, gyrated and pranced so gayly in their yellow autumn dresses that Thimble- Nimble, completely at loss to know which was which, gave up the chase. He sank to the ground and mopped his forehead with the thistle-down kerehiet that adorned his neck. He was sitting there beside the road saying over and over to himself: “Oh my! Oh m: said mp, running ahead to try to when Romp and Rufit came frisking along. “Oh my! Oh my!" lamented Thimble-Nimbie, and, now that he had an audience he assumed an even more troubled took. “Oh, my, I ean not catch those whirling, twirling oak leaves try as 1 may.” ” “Why do you wish to catch them?” questioned Ruft. “It's enough Just to scarpper after them, Little fellows such as we canfidt expect to run as swiftly as the north wind. Just think of all the pfictice he has had.” “Oh It fan't that alone,” sighed Thimble-Nimble, it's the awfal sorrow the big bare trees feel when their children, the leaves, fiy,off with never a thought. Have you never heard them moaning?” Romp glanced at Rufit and they wondered at how ignd@nt poor Thimble-Nimble was of how and why the leaves come to fall. But Romp only said: “And how do you purpose mending things?" “why don't you know,” he answered, looking very surprised, “that the are just full of Stitch-Stitch people right now? We are busy apturing prodigal leaves and returning them to the arms of the parent tree: His chest expanded with pride, mak- ing him look quite noble for one so tiny. “Phere Koes a rosy young daughter of Mrs. Sugar Bush now,” he ex- claimed and was off in a twinkling, COUSIN ELEANOR, (To be Continued) Surely his 1ife does remita us that “We can make our lives #tiblime, And, departing, leave belfad us Footprints on the sands ofstime.” It reminds us that the well known stanza is not merely a mice bit of poetry that you have leagned, 6ut that it is a great, big, glorious truth. “Ted” was not a strong,,boy, full of fun and fight, as one might imag- ine, Mr, Niel Maolntyre telis us that he was often not very well and consequently not bold at af. One day he realized that he was terribly unlike the heroes whom ha,admired, ‘rom that time on he decided to change; resolved to becomm® as vig- orous, dashing and daring, as any figure In hi:tory or fiction, We all know how well he aucceedéa The story of how he regio into My Dear Roy Cousins: When you attended the Roosevelt memorial exercises in your e@chool and heard retold stories of the dar+ Ing of Theodore Roosevelt in the hunt, his bravery on the battlefield and his achtevementa as a great statesman and President of the United States, did you stop to think of “Ted” Roosevelt, the boy? Let us do so now e 2 nd mastered all manner of outdoor and a poneil and seated herself on} sports, and the way in##hiek. he the chair beside bir | s:ew more powerful, agile and “up to “EH speak slowly,” he began, but! alt sorts of things” each day makes she shook her head, saying that she splendid reading. It ought to 6e ho Was an expert stenographer. So be, end of inspiration to every American went on | boy, because what has been accom- “You know my name~Kay McKay,| plished once can be accomplished I born here and educated at again, Yale. But my father was Sec and | Cousin Eleanor, he died in Scotland, My mother had | been dead many years, ‘They lived on a property calied Isla, which be- ere longed to my @randfather, After my DOLORESE, Dolorese had a Httle frult stand ie, and when I had| On the corner of a very dirty etreet, Yale £ continued But really the corner on ‘which b: here taking various postgraduate Stand stood w 0 very clean that i! ourses, Finally I went to Cornell) made up for all the rest, 1 studied agriculture, ne breed- Dolorese came from sunny Italy, ing and forestry—desiring some day|She had ttle brothers and sis- to have a place of my own. | ters there and she says tlt as soon fat th my grandfather al- lowed me an ined grad 1 from “In 1914 L went to Germany to!as she can get enough money study thelr system of forestry, In) through selling her fruit she will J of that year I went Swits bring them here to live with her, a roamed about the vaga. Her fruit stand is always clean bond way T like—one eal," eat and the fruits are ar- visage altered and he cast a so that they form all sorts of glance at the girl beside him, but her| figures, Once she made put of her eyes were fixed on her pad fruits the flag of Italy, Every ono switzer@ind | Who passed that way stopped to look “In that corner of A which ig thrust westward at it, » Germany and France there are a lot{ The red was made with of hills and mountains which were| apples rosy side up; the ale, with ‘The flora resem- | “Pp! but with the whité sides up; unfamiliar to me dled that of the Vosges bird and insect life except higher mountains. “There is a mountain called Mount the green was made with Mirge green pears, and the crown or shield with apples and pears, T hope that Dolorese will soon have #o did the on the Terrible. I camped on it, There was|¢nough money to bring hér brothers some mow. You know what hap-{and slaters to America, hens sometimes im summer on the on't you? hig er peak Well, it happened to By ELIZABETH RUBIN, me-the whole snow fleld slid when I Brooklya, was part way acroas It--and I emery vught it was all of never dreamed | OCTOBER DRAWING AND PAINT. man could live through that sort of | ING CONTEST; thing with the sheer gneiss Io} gubieet: “Autumn Flewere.® Wie terda: Tiok Rc Lee ay Neat EN prises of four Thrift Stamips the terrific thundering sort—rather an | will be awarded ten Kiddie easy slippin T fancy—but it was a Klub members, ages! from six dowiish thing to lie ¢ and, ef/to fifteen, inclusive, who, make the course, if there had pices best color drawings or peintings of where I sild He shri autumn flowers, ‘The girl looked up from her short A certificate from the paremé or hand = manuser ho seemed to b tardian saying that the wort is mily living over in his mind original and has not been copied, must moments on Mount Terrible, |yccompany each drawing or palnte sently ha smiled alightly. Pictures may be gone with AO TRUDE. Bemredn-s mio bas d crayons, oll paints or water of She shew and da ot ties tants must state rune, age, # and certificate number, Ad¢ress Cousin Eleanor, Evening World Kiddie Klub, No, 68 Bork Row, New York City ‘ thing with a roar like Niagara | I don't know how | afterward it was when [ came to my senses. i “Lr was i very narrow, rocky | Ney ‘ ro ind the sun beating on my face ¢ So T crawled o » L wasn't {HOW TO JOIN THE KUG hurt; [ was mere’ OBTAIN YOUR PLA, took me a to. place Besiont myself geograp! finally ner Ee by map and neu eat. ee Ae a that I was in some of the in- tS 4 numerable narrow valleys the northern side of Mount ‘Terrible. | isle seemed to be the nearest proper | you fat stale vour. objectiv judging from) my — map. | AGE AND AD! op Vi tixtoo yeuneo age A Can you form a mental ple 2) ech menleg turo of that particular corner of 1 Jiss Erith?" (To Be Continued.) |