The evening world. Newspaper, December 22, 1919, Page 19

MONDA Death-- AURICE MAETERLINCK, the who has been called “the Belgi M will reach New York in a fow days in order to be present at the werla premiere in the Metropolitan Opera House of his and Albert Wolff's caper, “The Blue Bird.” Through his last and recently published book of essays, “Mountain Pathe"; through “The Betrothal,” “The Life of the Bee,” “Death,” “Pellcas @nd Melisande” and the long series of plays and essays translated by Alex- ander Teixeira de Mattos and brought oat by Dold, Mead & Co., there runs a femarkadle philosophy of life here and fhe life beyond. From these writings brief, epigrammatic exprossions of terlinck’s ideas on love, gambling, boxing, heroes, death and life after death are presented to-day In The Hvening World—a bird's-eye view of a great man’s mind, ° What Maeterlinck Says: About Love. Ww are toi@ that a thousand cen- turtes divide us from ourselves when we chodse the woman we love. @md that the first kiss of the be- trothed is but the seal that thousands of hands, craving for birth, impress ‘upon the lips of ths mother they de- If, like Don Juan, we take a thou- wand and three to our embraces, sull i) we find, on that evening when arms fal] asunder and lips disunite that it is always the same woman, or bad, tender or cruel, loving or thiess, that is standing before us ‘The one love that cach of you has sought is waiting for you. On Gambling. AMBLING is the stay-at-home, dmaginary, squalid, mechanical, anaemic and unlovely adventure of those who have never been able to en- | counter or create the real, necessary and galutary adventures of life. It is the feverish and unhealthy activity of the wastrel. Jt iy the purposeless and desperate effort of the debilitated, Who no longer possess or never pos- gessed the courage and puticnce to make the honest, persevering cffort, the unspasmodic, unapplaud which every human life dem The lucky gambler, even, fallidly than the one wv will return to the enc! in go doing loses the weapon that he had enemy. ‘Where |s the gambler ing or wifning, who ts away and not come back? On Boxing. HE fist is a workaday weapon, the humaa weapon par excellence, the only one which ts adapted per- feetly to the sensibility, the resist- ance, the offensive and defensive or- gans of our body. In a human society which would conform to the evident behest of na- ture, the fist, which ts to man what ) the horn is to the steer, what the claw and the fang are to the lon— the fist would serve practically our desire for protection, justice or ven- woance, The art of boxing wherever gener- ally practised and cultivated, ‘becomes @ guarantee of peacefulness and for- nds, more in- only against ( his Vv, DECEMBER 22, 1919 “The Belgian Shakespeare” | Writes of Love, Gambling, , and Life After —. s Mavrice Maeterlinck Analyzes the World and Its People in Brief Epigrammatic Expressions. Comri¢ht, 1919. by Tho Press Pubtishing Co. (The New York Evening Would.) d_effort | WHY DID Ou WAKE UP. SO_EARLY JOHN Pd great mystic, essayist and dramatist, an Shakespeare,” 1s on the ocean and it has revealed among all the nations taking part in it, | We realize with amazement that until to-day we had but an incom- plete and inaccurate idea of man’s courage, Remember, for instance Homer's heroes, the ancestors of all the heroes of our a els of antiquity, the 4 rs, the first masters of bravery, are not really very brave, Heroism | was once a sharp and rugged peak, renched for a moment but quitted fortt with, for mountain peaks are not inhabitable. To-day it 16 a boundless plain, as uninhabitable as the peaks, but we are not permit- ted to descend from tt. It it be true, as 1 believe, that hu- manity is worth just as niuch as the sum total of latent heroism which It contains, then we may declare that humanity was never stronger nor more exemplary than now, On Death, | T wore a salutary thing for each ot | us to work out his idea of death in the light of his days and the trength of his intelligence and to learn to stand by tt. He would say to death: “I know not who you are, or I would be your master; but in dajs \when my tyes saw clearer than to- day [ learnt what you are not: is enough to prevent you from coming my master.” Here begins the open sea. Here be-| gins the glorious adventure, the only one abreast with human ‘curiosity, jthe only one that soars as high as its [highest longing. The best part of life is that it pre- |pares this hour for us, that it is the one and only road leadins to the |magie gateway and into that ineo parable mystery where misfortunes |and sufferings will no longer be pus sible, because we shall have lost the body that produced them; where the | worst that can befall us js the dream- less sleep which we count among the ‘number of the greatest boons on | yearth, Why, there are no dead! | On Life After Death, ee dead live and mo mn our) midst far more really and effectu- | jally than the Most venturesome ' magination could depict. It is very {doubtful whether they remain in! |their even seems increasingly | wed teu | confined r Our rate one place not perish, where continue to exist really as when they were in the flesh and often | vely _ The Day of Rest! - 1D RATHER WAKE UP MYSELF THAN HAVE Sone WAKE 4 How DARE You \NSINUATE T AM MAN OEUVERING / TO GET A oe PRESENT | Coppright, 1919, oy The Urge Pib inhi Wein NS verte Wohl, ey : BODY / © € 5 ) ARGUING aw} 40 BACK ( T RED A\ i Lt ) / IT'S FUNK THIS 1S he ONLY Tine OF THE YEAR , You LETME more and this living a ing this crated s which hose whom we have rs! becomes Heaven or Hell according we draw nearer to or travel furthe from their thoughts and their desires, Go Back To Bed! NoBopy Is CIOING: To WAKE You S LONG A KE To DAY \ }\|\ You can Steep ) CAN SLEEP S YOU GET UP JOHN ! VVLL NOT ALLoWw Maurice Ketten OQ Hour on MY [Sep DAYoF Rest Na On! I REMEMBER THIS 1S X-MAS WEEK Nou To THINKS New and Original ¢ FoSoa Fashion Designs 6 “2 : == By Mildred Lodewick Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New Tort Bening World.) An Attractive Negligee, Easily Copied. NE can be as prac- O tical and severe as they want to during the hours when duties demand them to be, #0 long as a love- ly, ethereal, dainty colored negliges awaits one during the rest hours, Tho psy- chological effect of a fascinating and eom- fortable negligee of a color that ts pleasing and becoming is mag- ical in its effect on tired nerves; and also, if donned in the morn- Ing, In ite inspirational effects. The model I am showing would make a delightful gift and is exceedingly simple to accomplish. It ig butlt on the order of a cape with 4 bination of n Colored geor employed tor portion, which forms a deep yoke and is extended into sash up- per — ends that cross and surround the waist line, and again crossed to tie at the side front where the ends are weighted with bou- quets of ribbon flow- ers. The lower por- tion of the garment is of cream dotted net in straight lengths, gath- ered to the yoke, with slashes in each side for the arms to pass through. To give it weight and also to demonstrate its rela- tionship to the upper portion, Lady Fair ribbon in a color to mateh the georgette is formed into fasetnat- bowknots around the lower edge. knots, by the way, are a mos! uresque method of trimming tn a practical manner dainty ch a8 this and petticoats, &e. The ribbon, when GEORGETTE NET AND LADY FAIR RI EFFECTIVELY COMBINED. on the other, while pale biue om one | de will show pink or white or yel- ow on the other. ir this negliges a blue and orchid combination would be pretty to decorate the lace por- tion, while the georgette upper por- ; tion Is of matching blue or orchid | color, The attractive cap is almost | entirely of ribbon, with a narrow wired lace brim. cam{soles, turned in a corner, shows @ contrast- ing color, which adds to the general effect ald. Orchid, for instance, on one will show a maize or pale blue By Marguerite Marshall ght, 1019, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New YorR Bvening World.) iS have come back, elbows oncé, more appear, perhaps even H ears will be worn again, one of these days! ‘There was a man who told his wife “I love you” as often as Mooers * Phactteal Kaas Gifts for Father, Brother or Sweetheart once a week, He's in Valhalla! While the average American was making out the check for the last instalment of his 1919 income tax, thé papers qheerily assured \ ourselves bearance. | e no wicked dead bees On Heroes. the no wicked souls, ‘This is =a ie i y e purify ourse e wt SOFT COLLA! HANOMERCHIEFS “. ONE of the consoling surprises of /MBY; Ge Ne purity ourselyes, we re- | TRAVELLING Ton SWEETHEART cael this war is the unlooked forend-lond transform our memory, which 7 ltt 80 to speak, universal heroism which |they inhabit, into Heaven y ’ =< a == Tas ae ~~ d The Jarr Family > By Roy L. McCardell. i Coprright, 1919. br ‘The Preen Pubiiabing Co, The New York Evening World.) Ve ys It Is Not Political or Industrial Problems but yi Holiday Economics That Bother Mrs. Jarr. ; 4 ‘ > vie 66 BLL, I'm glad Why they fill the papers with (uose A lide} fe aisra long editorial nes shortas ‘i that noboly is like ‘. stri ee things about rect siumps and > Mr. Jatr, looking up from ¢ because tt lors in \ydohugion papers, taik so much, and sv on." | . ‘“t don’t think the sugar shortage | merge nities tae said and coal famine were very terrible," | intorusted in Wad Strack. toot | ~ said Mrs, Jarr. “It's just you men} “it's very str that 1 was! making a lot of talk. And I do hope|4t Mrs. Stryvers yesteraay—and | We Won't have a war with Mexico, | Preot t0 full you that gle haw que of espedially during the bolidays!) Any-| the maid trundied it in it did so ook way, 1 don't see why overa- Hike a baby curriage! Well, Mt ib ment should interfer: overn- | Siryver never suid a word to " 4 meat should mind its own business! Wall Street or and make things likes neat and) yer ig in Wall | P Food clothes and Christmay gifts cheaper.” | shopping with, Mra, 70 “But M Mexico it isn't our inter-|day one she newer | By Peggy Engelman. Ri | t protected; | ra Hickett or 2 Copyright, 1919, toy The Presa ‘Pabiishing Co. | CARD CASE FoR © protected ted they'd call The Now York ing World.) » EVENING e and keer HO can imagine father refus- | CLOTHES ne OB Reus ie Breen ing a laundry bag made for da", r lin, plano ree it als and Clara Mu nie rsonal use? Tt he “ priggish they will t $ new dros r things claims one closet door for bis pee it you see, people are not 9: k st make ig lo = ateuen tha eaninla hain gen yeu sees peeule re 8 wh, why pot make this bag d Msh women got to do with Mexico double duty by adding two pockets asked Mr. Jarr, testily. y de for all on the ouside to tuck h.s bath slip- PATTERN FOR = The Beally Important Nows. | serious pers in, Linen or heavy cotton ma- beraiaee tice “0b, dear, 1 thought you were talk- | t's br terial: of B mold ahade ls ypicaly. lng Gah the now waitin!” wala MPm ls treeuriiog’ ie tho’ wet masculine and forms & good back-| A tin coffee can is an ileal foun- | four inches wide, ‘The same amoun’ Jarr. “I didn’t se in the| was Jack Silver now ground to embroider his initials on, | dation for 4 ciga ‘ white satin ribbon is requires papers about Mexicu to-day ny ‘real crisig il The bag when finished is 85 inch Hf the bid ot 1 kn ¥ the ease, Une the white Fibbor “Didn't you see the front p. KA mL rey ne ide An owalame (ieee ne a 1 re store, | the lining. pers for the past s oiled by 48 inches: Wide Use cardboard the thickness a BO ead Mrithak totony (them Ls ees broidery hoop is used to spread the sn ‘ ronuerd toe th onnere ae “I never look at the front pages. responsibility will « ning, which is used only to re- ‘ As Fold into eenventiona All Bae) Have ry “~ Ten Sas Harald aie tt, and he's So nervous, ceive, Hem the bottom of the bag f lor nt | cartoade shape and ptiton the edger atu) ne out the strikes and) Al} during the war ho smoked cigar. dee 4 gany. Cu white silk thread, Bolshevists and unpleasant murders, (tex so excessively that h and close with buttons and bution n and man, who enjoys wearing committed by people you do net, And you know how Jack holes, | t ! q @ to carry know and will never want to know,” that when he went aboard -| No man ever has too many hand- ' to & The pic- rejoined Mrs, Jarr, “Why, they ha nN fi sy " ai seed ‘kerchiefs, and how he does appre- ‘ we the glu pattern shows the shape to cut dy ever pri society story on the| “Let us hope for the best,” inter- Sapir aa : n of 1 1, The actua’ is 17% froat pages any more 4 general| rupted Mr. Jarr, “tut even if we have “late Naving his sweetheart em will 1b. and 17% wide, figuring thing I just look at marringe|no trouble in Mexico, we'll find. it der his initials or monogram on ena Oo NO Be hhh Anca te notices and the engayements and the] h buy coal and sugar” a half dozen weil hemmed linen \ n with % side to form pock lety events nd the Licle on} coal and sug interJect- squares ets for collars and stitch to centre. What’ Christmas Shoppers Can. Sec Jarr, “I can do without * : A inost a uble rthe man|'the ends of the pockets are to be the Stores’ and the department|:hem; what worries me is whether {t |8 often possible for & Bir to} wi, wears evening cloths is a molre| closed the flaps and held secure advertisements and interesting |I can buy all the presents I'll have create her « like that But I cannot mee to get this not’ jor yeer or letieors of monogram, wn special arrangement cardease of unusual th nness, Nine inches with gia of black moire ribbon,joase, Line with « contrasting Satin makes an elegant | WHERE POP PARKS WIS PERFECTOS Wee, Copyright, 1919, by Tho Press Publishing Co. (71 AYOR WALKIE of known through a card in the} Delht Bazoo Friday morning that], never again would he him that in 1920 fashions for his wife will chan; ery month. When a woman's whim is thwarted it often becomes a whimper, | ‘The eternal male is only happy when he is chasing something; a foot- ‘ ball, a woman, a dollar, a fox, a golfball. | Add eternal questions: why the woman who gushes most ardently about the charms of children never has any of her own, The only trick easier than forgetting “boyhood sweetheart” is for- ‘ getting a “girlhood swain,.” First the reformers extracted the noise from July 4, and now they vs have taken the punch out of’Christmas! | Yes, Louise, Henry VIII. was a terror—dut he was also the ploneer who pointed the read to Reno, ; No Rock of Gibraltar is a man’s categorical imperative. MUST,” ‘ | he announces, “be at the office to-morrow.” Then he wakes up peed with a headache—and stays at home, j All the weather signs point to a dry Christmas—unless you have | full or of Delhi cellar, tve the note had been sent Prompt- ress Pertle by a clique of anti-Walker Democrats bent on making hie Fides i ulous and thus hurting him in By Bide Dudley race for re-election, There is am um~ few York Bwening World.) |dercurrent of opinion in Delhi, how- Occasionally, but not very) eve that ks to the idea that | ker frequently recited 1 the Barroom Floor” in roogan's saloon, despite his Prohibl- tion protestations, The whole town is talking. CYRUS Delhi PERKINS it to reed | well You're great at it,” voice, coming from the rhank you made said a man's rear of the participate in neighbor!" said the in entertainment given for charity; | Mayer, However, 1 fear you are| There is much fndignation, ic, wrong, ‘'Tline hax wiped out of my \ uso, that it was highly improbable} \ j | brain all my recitations and" —— that he would even attend such en-| “Give us ‘The Face on the Barroom | The New Heaters. i tertainments. The statemen ame | Moc the ole H ee wt of an inc nt that o¢ | A y frie ve sited the Mavor, | LTHOUGH introduced but a few lourred in Hugus Hall Thuredny eys-| that |® not know, [think | years ago, the round electri i ; pipay hi thelr but I nnot _re- | heaters have now become the ‘ ch ty ¢ Women's Peau uned toda it fine in Groogan’s | Most popular form of electric heating 5 metennent GeaKle aatoon,” suid the volee | appliance, says the Scientific Amencan. The hall wa packed with people | hy atl Ot x tl oc rowd. at had J Aside fr a very neat appearanes, wishing to help che fund which wil) 1 to viet The ateun. bar {the main reason for the popularity of srohase paurdule (for the jitt ot Maver Walker kyit the round heater ia its very high effle ‘ hildren or Vothl's subs Hl r ioney. Indeed, (nstead of spreading, Titinwc hava Malar ahd ti a ‘y om ho mu "I | the round heater concentrates its heat ocupied seat ir the thied row, Af 1 wed nia) YOry ter the fashion of @ tor eney Ricketts, nic ot Ella-|t searchlight, result is an intense Ne Mae Doolittle, the neted Delhi N nd! feannot r thot) heat where the heat is really needed, palgy ag seep papbainyatto t Jinstead of very little heat dissipated poctess, had recited one of her aut's rye 1jover a wide arca. The best heaters of poeme entitled "Blow, Ye Rough Old! he'll # ' m this type use a solid copper howl Vind, Blow,” Mrs, Blisha Q. Pertle,| It was more th yor Could | enw = = \ Promptr fahe League, stepped t ndure Ix ¢ Brown romptress of he B ’ Ol in house?” he asked | ADVERTISEMENT. he footi wand said 1 the oMfcer, > ere, eo ake 1 am interruptin v ss coma./2as Range Burns ive you 4 pleasant surprise. A ( ‘onstas th dod ne saving |S was knocked down four|no longer worry the housewife ua en han ne saying | | ceded in ejecting | ippliey VELOGEN at once, VBL ‘ Walker used to be an elocu t ng the prisoner's | (uatantly "And cools, and tion Won't the Mayor please step; hat out a wir |"n Nye, & biletor., eae Vp Caer ip here and recite? It will be, In-| ‘The entertainment proceeded, but/\t ‘makes. the hands attee Jeed, a happy innovation.” {the Mayor did not recite, The next| dishes, Your truggist sells ¥ “My years ago { weed day be told many that be was poal-!25 cents the tube,