The evening world. Newspaper, May 19, 1920, Page 21

Funny Things About New York adap Woman Writer Finds azine \! iad Fork— ‘Women who emoke kieas evening gowns ‘The shimmy dance, French heels. ‘§ Paint and powder, The busin Friendshi Corsets. Athletics for girls. ind romano: The eternal youthful: Demure, bright-eyed, not quite five—— feet in helght, wearing an American one-piece blue senge dregs, litle Miss Kohashi sat in the charming inclosed Women for whom “Prohibition does not prohibi Women Who Smoke Cigarettes; Backless Gowns and Short Skirts BUT—She Likes Our Love Romances, Athletics for Girls and Our Eternal Youthfulness. By Marguerite Mooers Marshall. Copyright, 1920, by The Press Publishing Co, (Tho New York Evening World) Things Miss Miyo Kohashi, Japanese journalist, finds “funny” in New jarettes, and knee-tength skirt Things Miss Miyo Kohaghi Iikes {n New York— sult of the New York gir, between girls and men. The pdsition of the New York wife, of New York women, “And 90 many women of all classes in New York smoke,” sho added. “Business women, college girls, pro- root garden of the International Foyer f the Y. W. C. A, No. 509 West nd talked to me of her ns of us afte: our midst. Miss Kohashi is a adfate of the Kippon Girls’ College, was mad ditor of the first and only wow 8 bige over published by a Ja and even now, wt countr ) as co: ‘okio dailies. “One of the first things I fue I came here last autumn 0 mfessed “to me, “was an article Which 1 called Us This Civilizauon? 1 reme aying that in New Yor 1 was when the rved for nt—that eve vuld UL buildin neral idea ot ecoming York had of the nig ural things—healthi, air, quiet, “But “now that I have been longer I reallze how much there is t ‘or one thine, I have | to a so pamire. firging my countrywomen the American dress. It jnore comfortable and gives more freedom than the long-s jong-skirted, open-in-the-front ono, The business dress of (he York girl, with {ts reasons ®kirt, its neck Just a litt kmall sleeves, is most com healthful. 1 like, when it much’ more wound Jap “What s the Japanese (is your dress hashi’s small deep half cirel: her modest collarte low evening dress, with over the vkin of the back—that 1 not like,” she declared, “or your radi eal short skirt. ‘ y t nese obi, or sit ng to me fun ady wonld never w ke this”—Miss forefinger ® many tne! 8 nex “Tie Comrright, 1920, by T SEB by the papers,” sa P. ple, the Shipping Clerk, at a ceytain New York doctor has reas Pub i Fazz music played for people who call at his office “unny sawbones, 111 * comment of Miss Tillie, Stenogrupher ‘ “Fun bones, you mean,’ , the Office Bo: folk: sald ary t quiets their nerves." shatters 'em," suid Bobble, “I gave taffy parties f bors.” Hiaten," said Popple to the boy. "Wh « that " « t any cany re ne!" shapped Miss Primm. Tee wing some fool comment trom boy Popple Ey ime that Bobbie é tp: “ » Je M sing out { ‘Punk!’ That will stop him.” © 4" good idea,” said Mias mm "What do yeu think of it, Bobbie “Punk,” replied the boy “Gosh! You can't ligk (hat eabh Dien Tillie, “Ba's & pul” / wntitbst elation fessors' daughters—everywhere I go, they smoke and they offer me the cigarette, T! seems funny. Pro- Lawes 4 . ATHLETICS hibition, too—it is not Pronthition at ail, In Japan some old ladies and gome geisha girls drink wine, but here 1 have seen mice@ women drink, I think they do it because the strain life is so ere they need some- * ting to keep them up.” w do you jike our dances?” [ 1 So cheerful, [ a littl, But the shimmy— s funny—not good. Anl the French heels on dancing élippers are not healthy. Makeup? The Japanese lady uses more of that than. tho rican lady, but I do not like it » Some New York women much paint it is funny.” Am 2 Miss Kohashi spoke of the r es of American life which sho particularly admires. “It is fine that from child ri are friends, Japan alme anged by eless mart ur American romance ‘go-b we is bad fre beaut she Is married, rk enjoys lif y os not enjc The wife © is the comrade of ner husband. (48 many interests. Bhe is endent. Wife tn aupanese Wor your irls the athtotic train vit, te gamee—is a fine Yet they'are most. woman! ems to me that the American man, in the home, in th business v 1, in the college Vays wants t e triends with me and so she Ps her womantiness, And. sit yout she dresses y 1 KS young, whatever her ase 1 cannot ow old she finished little Miss Kohashi with oi most solemn appreciation, st iy mire that!" ‘ Tae = ' Bry I) ee In foe Lyhing Co, (The New York Evening World), a butternut than you rped the boy, remember, folks,” said Pop- 6 next time he springs or wing out ‘Punk s do, indeed,” are, ne from Miss left the returned, bie grinned and room, leay A ‘Ten minutes | door id Popple. “ow Miss Primm and In unison Popr Miss ‘I yelled “Punk!" just as Mr Snooks, the Boss, stepped through the behind Bobbie, The Boss was astounded “What sort of a greeting is this I'm receivir he demanded, “Why is it F that J should enter my own Primm partially recove didn't mean it that way,” “Well, vow three be more careful fier or ' make some changes iy office fe With that the Boss disappeared in private room. Bobble grinned, i guess VN go for the mail," he nid, 1 think you'd better” said Spooner, the mild little Bookkeeper, Popple reached for an ink-well, but Billed Salad pa it taitse® Ro, ‘New York Evening World), ® By ‘Maurice Ketten You 'D BETTER TAKE IT OFF Sou MIGHT CATCH’ CoLb, Your | PARTY is Not | TILL 7 MORROW | aye non ! MY FRIEND Garp HAS LOANED fe wn RTHE PARTY INABA eansee EVERYBODY WEARS ACCORDION- PLEATED SKIRTS Now. | Looe LIKE AN ANTIQUE | CAN'T Te Tat eee | HAVE NOTHING WEAR IT'S THE KILT GORDON LOANED To JOHN FOR. HIS PARTY 70 MORROW GaROON 5 A NICE Copyright, 1920, by The Frees Publtehing Co, (The New York Evening World but. @urtship: Maria DEP VRBICML Copyright, 1020, by The Preae Publishing Co. (Pho Now York Keven e EAR MISS VINCENT: love for you prompts For the past two months t way rua tate tines ws TALLEST AND SMALLEST Ge asks nothing more, Therefore uid be given to him re are sé many these days who do so little and do it with a grouch jealous rt Pr rather ian & erin that it penoares with a young fellow | know she eth v8 go wet the example of him Who _ loves. Recently, however, He ha does even more than is expected of + " 0 hair in him and the spirit ih which he does been paying marked attention to MEN IN THE WORLD snow. He 2 it. : me, to the neglect of my chum. +1 long service 1 ONES ey Aa ell et cue myself, care a great deal for this e with a smile; Gning comes van truly say with ame young man but | try to I have never stévenson know what pleasure Is, avoid him, as | know my chum Fr, ayo 1 ed th way tor T have dane rk, really cares a qreat deal for him, man doing I would do nething to hurt my ut what I have séen this § mnnnrnnnnnmnnnnnnmmrnmnnmmsnsnt his duty in a epirit of kindness, Here is a dainty maid who heard chum, but still | love this: man Times without number have of the high. prices of shoes in this and | know he cares for me watched him take tle child BY MY § country and provided herself with What would you advise? hand and lead it 3 the t wooden ones before leaving France. 8Qibs 1G" thoroughfare, smiling and taking 19 yw wnanaannnnnnnnnannnnnanamnnn # Your position ts a very d € one. tho little one all the way. No doubt a great many girls would 1 seen him take the arr 0 upon the principle that “all ia an nd see her to safet fair in Jove and war,” so [admire you ts on very crowded r seeing the whole affalr with ups, bes Mah ern honest eye On the other hand, if ike the young man really prefers you to And indeed he ia an old nd. your chum h@, too, has a problem {ouie rained to the momontary fas vefore him, ‘Wherefore, if I were ee ti adhe ereetisie u 1 should leave the matter en re he must be Iri He hus ely in his hands, After all, it is niest blue eyes; also a epirit the man who has to make the final And palanoe RAR choles, I shou n all honor to the ates other girl, refrain from any encour- ie tever, but if he secks you fetly but 1 own accom, that is a dif t matter, Leave it to the man n the case Dear Miss Vincent—1 am Sent glad thate he creates be eighteen years of age and in love chime of cheer and o frosty trown in many a difficult on with a young lady of the same There must be something comes back age. H€r parents are very strict to him in the satisfaction that there o him : with her, They will not allow her He must know. that every pa te go to the sheatre. and | very Been en sen chin oniage ng seldom ever get a chance to kiss 4 ; her and when | do she is afraid cut , some one will see us, Thero is uty \ " another girl friend of hers who seek oul men Ii \ Up goes to her house and since I would broaden t eh know this girh well | am very n et tha near nice to her. ~ makes my tani itor sweetheart very jealous and since Ts giant ts Jon Van Albert from ‘ ut 1 love her well enough to submit Amsterdam. Hoe ia nineteen years bib it wlipoes to her over-strict parents | de old and still grow He we aoa sacha yeas ar Mine test this jealousy én her part. pounds and measures eight feet nine erving he crosy of Don't you think it is about time inches in height, His brothers are service a soldier at i | told her so? eM. L.” all normal size, The midget’s name likes to win his insignia, n . bo not be worrled over your sweet- is Seppetom, and hail from Switzer- also Is serving hum , Ray .heart’s Jealousy, No doubt you are @ jand, He 1s twenty-four years old lag on day after day doing his duty PRG ttle peeved her peronta’ strict at- 2K] 1s thre fost tal. Seppetom haa Teese... le, not “take it out” upon thirteen brothers and’ sisters, all of ‘expecus bis pay for bis labora, = YS" O™ . the gir! you love. Remember if she whom are corel siladcan - (Copy 1020, wage, telling of tnternatic rn 1 intelaue, ut to folve the mystery. i factory. finde th They are led by uiitul wo for & wll known @ontinental” ¢ funds of the revulutionists ad he w {0 we of the 11 allver worn (Contimued.) T ts very nice of you to put tt In that way, I am eure,” I said, “but how do you chance to know that I am Philip Severn?” “Suppose I insist that also is my necret? Yet surely you could not be- love I would be here with you, un- less I knew? You must have faith in me, in spite of all. “Undoubtedly I do.~I hardly hold it @ reasonable faith, however. More, a certain amount of curlosity should be gratified, especially when a young lady asks unquestioning devotion to an unknown cause, You admit that?’ “Your positiorf 1s unanswerable, T will tell you all I can, bnt-that may not be much.” I glanced about to be sure we were beyond earshot of others. As I fackd her agatn, her smile was encouraging. CHAPTER XVI. I am to question ou may try, but T warn you, Iam a Very difficult sub- ject. T may answer, and I may not. If 1 refuse, still you must pretend to be content. Are the terigs too rigor- ous?” “Lt gounds like'a test?” . “it 1s a test, I must remain a myse tery, not from any real desire to con- ceal my identity from you, but be- ates of a duty to others. Now I will fell you all I can,” “You greet me as Philip Severn to- night, yet last’ evening I told you.my name was Harry Daly. How did you know I lied? ang how did you dis- cover who I really was?" Her eyes sparkled with enjoyment, “ecause you wear a Yale signet of 1899," she said, “But,” I exclatmed, bewildervd, glancing from the stono back {nto her eyes, which were no longer smiling but very earnest, “how did you recognize th net?" fy brother wears on “Your brother! In my class? You will not tell me hts nar “No, Mr. Severn, I have reason tq believe y 1ow him very well, or did a few yea ago. How er, that wie why I trusted you #0 suddenly, Of course I did not know who you wer then—only that you were one of his class, 1 felt convinced no thief, no traitor, no plotter of revolution would openly wear that ring. 1 pinned my faith on the honor of old Yale, That in why I kept eilent and asked you to call at No. 247 Le Compte Street.” I did call,” rather indignantly, ‘and was informed there was no ‘Miss Conray He smile 1 suspected you m make som such discovery. Yet your coming waa appreciated; it afforded me the oppor- tunity I sought to discover where you » stopping and under what name ered. ‘To confess the truth. s my sole object in the suddea tion of Miss Conrad.” widing in the house,” face brightened again into @ hen there is no such person?” “1 would hardly go as far ax that; undoubtedly there isin fact, [ know " ry estimable stenographer by that Dut sh Compte Stre “But how could my have brought you the fred? [ was not A bo does not reside on Le there de- inquiry infec asked my nam A JInto the ear with you at rner, df he nota Jewlsh boy? You paid no attention to him after that; you had n eption that he got off also where you did, and was far behind you When you entered e hotel. He did not remain long merely 1¢ nous himseit that you given Vox and went upstairs, at proved on to be a registered st. Ten tminutes later he met me outside and ttold me what he had learned, Ip and he went away. N al you see.” ev then your tnforma- tion Was incomplete.” Yet f found it quite easy to fil in the details, Do you recall your class picture, with the name printed *be- low? I copied th hames—It was juite a task—and, in a way, mem zed them, At least I obtained a certain familiarity with each one, 6 ay to recognize it at once, With these no mind L ran back over the hotel register until J came to ‘Philip Severn, Washington, D. C, G-1452 Then f knew I had found you." he laughed softly, “It was a re- kaible rel had chosen wisely.” “You know of presume?” T asked, stion carel s were Krave again, met mine frankly. “L read what the papers was terrible. Who do you did it?" The police f to thus, be assured I Alva's endeave death, I ing to but her said, It to have no clew," I answered, astounded by her calni n “L wondered If you knew any- thing? He asked you to ride down with him, did he not? Why, yes, he did make such a aug- gestion, but { never liked the Of course, Lonly met him that n in the saloon, but he Very disagreeable even during short time we were together ‘orward, you mean?” Not exactly; more the natural for- eign insolence toward women; 4 lack of ey | to be felt rather than ex- you, remember was The Mystery +. Sitver Dagger By RANDALL PARRISH Intrigue, Plot, Conspiracy and Love by Randall Parrish ) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, A secret service man on leave finds & Jewel box abando Mise Gewsler, In & hotel sind containln Gana Street, thatthe nap ims nero nd he wars number is a vacant tere yin finds ‘aid hian tn th conspirators, in blot and’ then, api 0 abandoned “automediie Toiemament of the type that Marte i fille he qpeaives mysterio telephone call 401M pressed. Perhaps he had reason un- der the circumstances to hold meé cheaply. Neverthel T resented it. and would not have ridden alone with him at that hour for worlds, Mr, Krantz and I. came downtown to- gether on & street car—he was the old man, you may remember. 1 aaked him to escort me.” “I am very glad to hear you say that.” “Then let us talk no more ahout it,” She glanced at her wrist watch, "We cannot loiter here much longer. You have a story to tell me—how you came to be present last night?” I anticipated the question, but felt it impossible to explain fully. I be- lieved in her, trusted her to a degree beyond reason, yet some intuitive in- stinct left me cantious. “a mere accident put me In pos- seasion of certain information that @ oterie of South American conspira- tors In this country were-recelving @ large sum of money from friends in London,” I explained briefly. “This money was to be expended elther in the purchase of arms, or the killing of certain Chilean officiats, leading to an overthrow of Government. My knowledge was extremely vagne—not sufficient, you understand, to war- rant my making any report to the United States authorities. T had no proof beyond a rather vague susp! ion, ‘In truthy about all the clue 7 Actually possessed was that these fel- lows met secretly at a certain num- we n Gans Stre T was half a day in learning that Gans Btreet was Io- cated in Jeracy City, and I went over thera that evening merely to seek blindly for further Informatio: Her glance left my face, and swept the room; then sought her watch again. . “{ am_so glad you told me all this, she sald gravely, “It is going to be a wonderful help when'I have time to think. You are still willing te ge where @ ask, without questioning’ “Tam aren pleased to be asked— and trusted.” : “That is very nice. Are You armed?” a have a nary, pevolver: which I know to be loaded.” + hen we will go now. Perhaps tt will be better if you depart first, and wait for me outside at the entrance.” She arose when I did, lightly so that the back of broad-brimmed hat became for the first time, There, bravely dlg- played, was the ornamental hilt I had believed hidden im my valise at the hotel, . The sight of it there vanished my last suspicion, CHAPTER XVIL ‘THOUSAND questions wers upon my lips as I waited Just outside the door, yet when she appeared, wrag- ped from head to foot in a raincoat, I asked nothing, The pres- sure of her hand on my arm guided me acrogs Broadway, into the quieter streets beyond. It was a dark, night, cloudy tut without rain, we walked rapidly, entering a region with which I was unfamiliar, Here x oa strange situation Sasbed. act- ax evcort to whom al Knew next to nothing’ voluntarily accompanying her on @ mission of peril, with no conception of its nature, or the purpose whe had in view, { glanced aside as her profile was reveal- ed by the gleam of a street lamp, but —_— she appeared indifferent to my pres; ence, intent only upon whatever @b- ject she had in mind, Somehow there Was nothing I cared to say. “t believe [ know what hy are,” [eaid at last, “an agent of the Seoret Service.” “Oh, no; the honor you offer me le far too great. I have not attained to any such official dignity.’ “LT rather expected you to deny; but you offer me no other explanation.” She laughed again, clearly amused by this last remark, “Where are you taking me?” 1 asked To Perond'’s French Cafe—have you ever heard of it?” Yo, J think not.’ have been there with slumming parties once or twice, with @ plain- clothes man along, of course, to show us the sights. It is not very t able, I believe, although really I never saw anything particulariy dangerous. Interesting and uncon- ventional, of course, but I anticipate no trouble, unless we care to mak it ourselves. You see the cluster of lights at the next, corner. That's Perond's.”" Perond’s was really underground; at least you descended a broad pair ps to attain its entrance, and a8 in windows and doors front. ing the street were heavily draped, preventing ary view of the interior from without Our entrance did not create’ the slightest interest beyond awakening attention of the head waiter, who * met us sinilingly “A table for two, M’sleur?” . A booth, please; have you ome near the centre?” and I slipped a bill inte his hand, which closed it imstantly out of sight. “An, certainly; the very eur. 1 will show you. . Francois, the central booth for the gentleman. Ah, see, M’sleur—bien, tres bien!" + It was indeed a cozy spot, with the heavy curtains held aside. A divan of soft plush across the end, a table covered with snowy lNnen, ‘and al- ready gitstening with silver and glass, in the centre, and three exceedingly comfortable ehalra, “Waldron 18 already here,” the gtr! whispered warningly. “He ta alone at that second table, against the pil- lar, Step around this side and you ; the man with gray, bushy Serine scr 0 eee ee oes eines eee Mo thing, M i. hatr, (Another