The evening world. Newspaper, June 12, 1920, Page 11

JUNE 12, 1920 Provided: - Nt - PS _ “Jt Does Not Turn Her Head ‘ i, ‘Her Honor Will Stand the Test The Plain Truth! « New Yi | “Her Character Will Stand Analysis’ + + Mrs. Chester M. Curry’s Philosophy + ITS A REGULAR « “i ; Be L WENT T LOTS | We YA Diamond Pin Worth $1,750 and $200 in Cash Disap- | FOR: — ) pear in a “Friendly Lil’ Game” Between Girls 4 Whose Husbands Are Out of Town, ul By. Fay Stevenson. 7 Copyright, 1920, by ‘The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening ¥ e OMBN yote. Women smoke cigarettes, And, now the latest feminine « For five years a circle of society worgen in the West End Avenue section has . been meeting and induls- Po ing in a “friendly Ii!" game.” And according t6 ‘9 one of the members and star players it is an ex- cellent game PROVIDED it does not turn @ wom- * td). complishment is” playing poker! * You HAVE A WONDERFUL MAID! THE “DINNER WAS EAUTIFULLY SERVED an's head., “Poker is a good test for @ woman's honor, It is ’ q one of the best games in MH). the world to bring out Si |. cimracter, ‘If she is hon- } est she can stand losing, but if she has something F of the ‘shoplifting nature’ ip her I would advise her ts refrain from playing. This is the philesoy Mrs, Chester M. ( i wife of a ruber exporter, who bad Mrs. J. C. Glea- son, said to be the wife of a Chicago broker, arraigned in the West Side Court on a chabge of ‘stealing her $1,750 diamond pin and over $200 in cash during the course of a “friendly Mi!’ game of poker" at Mrs. Curry's home. ‘ Womanlike, Mrs. Curry wanted to, “> —— a 1 abo he a i Washington, I lad You CERTAINLY tell me all about the diamond pin,| Washington, I was very glad to have |, the $200, the poker party and Mrs. her play. While the Jadies were ad- | LIVE IN GRAND Gleason when L originally called, at |Miring my fiowers I went to the chif- STME her apartment at No. 2% West 78th|fonier, took $20 out of my bag and Street, mertly to talk about women | Paldgit in settling up what I had lost. | ¢nd poker in general. |My diamond pin was in the bureau Enshrined in a loose flowing pink|°" the oppodite side’ of the room. I crepe dressing gown, her Titian hair|40n't care very much for*jewelry and piled high on her head, with a little I seldom wear it. Of course every ‘Pekingese dog almost the same tint|0¢ Saw me go lo my purge, but no fas her *.ir close at her heels, Mrs,/Q€ knew about the pin in the bu Curry showed me al! about her apart- | '®!'!! : ment, pointing gut the chiffonier, the} “During the course of the, supper peaded bag which contained the! Mts: Gleason asked to be excused to money, the Tiffany box, which con. powder her nose," continued tained the pin, and the dining room |) \!" Peake fe ini ea the pin, where the game was played. Seicly dine ARR be an t know “Us ally we girls play in the { had before Mr. Curry gave me nid noon two or three times a week," said | $200. Mrs. Curry, “but once in a great annie see are I notified while, when one of our husbands i8| surance Company, with he Aetna In- out of town or we all can arrange to|my jeWels insured; save be free, we hawe a night game. At 12| ames of the women at the p: yhy of urry, \ om 1 had mt y and present Gleason is and needed the money for the sup-| Mrs. Curry, “but she did lose quite u ‘ ‘i per and any debts I might contract. |!!(Ue that night—just how much I do ‘ure! Mandoleen and guitar “Before Mr. Ourry left he sent me not remember, although not anything Regular stuff just like they get in a compared to what | lost h y ie 6 je O1 rive! ¢ bunch of the beautiful yellow lilies, | of the pin and money." ‘"® W@Y those gondollies on the rivers in Naples, France. Gosh! I was all which I placed on the table at the) “And your advice to the women foot of my bed. While the butler was poker players of the future?” I asked, PUffed up about it for a while, but yy “Don't pl; if it a or ’ bad e . preparing the dining room table for| your heads’ laughed Mr Carrs, ort Tt nad A sort o! bad endl supper after our kame, 1 asked the| In the good old-fashioned ( Sh) MO: AVOUE Me our kame e Le i hioned. daya it «weu, you see, it's about 11 P. M girls to come in and see my flowers, | Used to be the wife who chided her : Paar n wap a stranger who | Lusband for wagting his money at !ast night nd I'm just aboif ready . Gleaso: ¥ tranger who | “idle poker gambs.” Will the hus- to hit the hay when the music starts came uninvited to my ‘party, but,|/band of the future rant about his ight under my window since she was the friend of Mra,| Wife's poker debte? Or shail we find "S” Tes eohieal Clark, ny Intimate friend, gad ane | the hero In future novels. selling wil LAsten!' saya my father. ‘There's pesiag raee ie n | the family jJewels*to*pay his sister's them cate again.’ You, see, the old member r party was in| poker debts? man never did have any ears for music except ‘Turkey in the Straw,’ ay ° Mod ry , and these guys are playing some q zg smooth and oily as lik | ora Modern Maid hs eae a oy A on | By Martuerite Moos Mazlaatl, wan, you poor fish! ‘That's a a in wee Falling (06, (toe Mey Yes Breath, Woe) mandoleen and a guitar, I'm being om bess naded." ! os clever girl no longer chooses “Well, you should 'a’ saw the old between a career and a hus- man. He thinks “I got @ beau, or maybe a couple of ‘em, and maybe band—she takes the career, there's a chanct to marry me off. with a little husband on the side. CO agived, ha forsee thet itt wai ‘A woman belittles and conceals married he'll have, to go to work or her illnesses—but a man frowns por- ; tentously and remarks, with a com- bination of gust8, pride and pathos “U've got the worst cold I ever had in my life!” ° A man's idea of conducting an argument with his wife is to begin first, say everything that occurs to him and then wind up: “Now, that'll be about all, For Pete's sake, drop it! I don't want to hear another word!” that fine?’ he says, ‘Less invite ‘om im and slip 'em some cake.” “Topy'd rather Have a gil or 60 of hooten,’ 1 says. ‘Come on, nuw—get generous.” “So the old man digs out his bottle and sets out three glasses, one f. himself, of course, and then the old lady ‘perduces"some cake. Next the old man looks out into the dark aud Bays: e «ome on in, boys, and get some cake and unmentionable liquid.’ “Thanks!’ says one of the sere- * Even in high sohool—T' am told— . ) the girl who deliberately pulis her 4 ayy ) EAS a Mh her toses and areiees vc Lucile, my da ater iit loves heg silk-clad ankles is a bore rather well Pi? A A Pia Bice "e, Lean wits onenad’ “ ~ oskapuseh, the two serenaders come bs . to the front door and rity the bell my private correspondence | should “plant, the letter she expects to find, if 1 let ‘em in,’ I say: ) , ys. I had nobody to write it to mo, . ‘Nd,’ says the old man.’ ‘You keep When a widow ia entertaining an adorer with a oulja board what does tn the background and be bashful.’ phe do if the spirit of her deceased husband announces himacif? “Gay, friend, ean you imagine me Perhapd & 1:2 succeeds in keening a fow of his own socrota from his being bashful? Neither can 1; but I prife, but he tells her all those which other people tell him to make up jet the old man have his way, He for Yon . opens the door and say! When @irl spends ton minutes overy morning wil) her “brunette “ome right in and rome," * put and mirror it'a a Wit discouraging to praised for a “T'm {nthe next room, nice “natu; ‘omvplexion which needa no makeup) The mést papular man at t) profiteert \ ‘. my: mother, ‘go In and entertain ‘em summer resort this weagon: The, and don’t forget to be bashful,’ * {Se tn and I come out’ again, BANQUET HRS JOHN ! we give a midnight #uppor, and after| *8ked him to locate the pin, if pos ‘ 5 | sible. He traced Mrs. Gleason to At- ‘ettling up’ we have a goad old fash~| antic City and secured the mune. Ney jong, talk. Mrs ut on $5,000 aw “Now, we girls have known each | ball.” bao BY BID D nen should not Copyright, 1920, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World) Copyrlant, 192 other for years, we call each other by BO VOM MEK We our first names and know all about oker unless they can stand to ¢¢ HAT d'ye thibk!” said Lu- each other. On this particular eye- | “Some women cannot stand to lose, cile the Waitresa as the ning of May 20, when Mr, Curry was| they don't know how ‘to be good Friendly Patron scraped ‘ sports,” concluded Mrs, Curry, “Usuai- the dried egg off his fonk, had a woing out of town he gave me $200| [yarns ag y. Ctsual fs ‘tl ot Roden, a 4 cracker-jacksserenade last night.” because I was going to give a party | poker player, | am told,” continued i pare seg he replied. = FOR YOu . THIS IS ha Font WE (~~ ee alii of By Maurice Ketten No_ WE DIDN'T Do A THING EXTRA SATURDA “Lucky at Cards, Unlucky*in Love!” Adage True im Life of J. B. Elwell; — Accumulated $500,000; Lost Wilt re: 5 “Four Hundred” a: the gqme's most daring and sue cessful players suggests this afestion, this adaptation of the old adage. Debonair, handsome, popu lar, prosperous. far from old—yet Blwell was found THE PLAIN TRUTH IS WE EAT INTHE KITCHEN WHEN WE ARE ALONE AND ONLY HIRE A MAID WHEN WE HAVE COMPANY : ee y The Press Publiaii Right there 1 quit letting my family | ITH some impatience Mr. Jarr fix up my evenings for me. Here-| was ransacking the bureau after I'm going to be my own social | drawers. “Say, dearie, where register and matrimonial advance] are my collars?” he bawled. path e 2 vawled, “What took place?" asked the} There was no answer Friendly Patron Then Mr, Jarr was aware ofja mur- haft, and he “Oh, nothing,” replied Lucile, “Only | mur of voices up the them trouberdoors were just a couple | saw the figure of Mra, Jarr leaning of colored boys from the Little | iaitway out of the window Africa section trying to pick al ey - a ee tee gs bili With thelr | “Why don't you answer a fellow Now; what do you drink—coffee gr |e inquired testily. tea Order either one; they taste| “Wisten,” sho | whispi alike in this lovely.’ eat-and-run/ “It’s the Bishleys!" shop?” { Mrs. Jarre was wrong. It wasn't PICKETS AT THE CHICAGO CONVENTION. @Q. THe oldest sae and young- est ‘suffragettes to attend the Republican Na- tional Conven- tion, and who aided in the picketing of the Coliseum again’t the Re- publican Party, are shown here. From left to right they are Olymphia Brown, 85, of Racine, Wis., and Betty Gra- ham, of Port- t lang. Ore. oe red. tensely (a eee perme Ee ia . Mrs. Bishley What do you do? WE ARE VERY BAR NCOLAR _WE NUST HAVE seals »\OUR MEALS s ‘WELL SERVED Nenana yesterday seated in the living room of his own apart- ment with a bul let through his head and imbed ded in the wall behind him. The day before his tragic death, ac cording to his friends, he tended the Bel mont Park races andethe Midnight Follies, And now he has played hie lust hand in the guy game that was his life. While the police are trying to find motive—it is interesting to speculate ¢ doo, any i! fortune, which attends the _ For twenty years Joseph Blwell ap- peared to be, riding on tho crest of life, According to a friend who has kndwn him for that length of time he was a Brooklyn boy, éducated in Brooklyn, who first went into the in- surance business as a clerk. Then, through the other famous whist wu- thority, R, F. Foster, he was intro- duced to the Brooklyn Whist Club, which had rogular sessions on the Heights. He showed an especial apti- tude from the beginning and made many’ friends, through his cleverness | at the cards, his daring game and bis | genial personal charm. 4 orf," his mar-! sr Whiet player for br! lge whist in fashionable society all comb make the fortunes of Joseph Elw from grateful another che In tho winter of 1901 he and hi were the instructors of the | Hundred” in the alluring game, whi first owed its popularity in the smart | sets of London and New York to the approval of King Kdward VIL, which became as much of & madness as the turkey ttot was destined to be a doz. en years Jater, and (rough which to this day, it Is said, more money -is lost and won in this city than at poker How mui ) Helen Elwell, from urdered man was rer only she and the deaq may know, Although he ts the sccrodited antho| Co. (Tue New York Kvening Word), of “Auction Bridge,” “Practical the Bishleys; {t was only Mra, Bish- Bridge,” and several other books, It ley is whisp d that his gifted widow | “ part’ ” at least “collaborated” in the prepa- My heart's broke: wailed the UN- sition of these volumes, and she cer- | happy. woman. "Married to you ten tainly wrote and «signed an article | years and look where Lam and what for The World on “Just How To Play Lam! We live in this cheap flat, and Bridge Whist” at the, beginning of 1 haven’ the gan # great popularity. ‘ngs ent ® decent rag to my ack “"hut ‘lucky at cards, unlucky at und my feet are almost on the ove” the old saw, had to come true} #roupd, and I'm insulted by butcher lV) the ol¢ for the Klwells. t and baker for their bills. chwedl's “lead,” ° NO, my dear little girl’—the voice , Lt wae Mrs, Klwell's “lead,” and she o @ col " a p; had plenty of trumps Jn 1915 she of the contrite Bishley was heard to neg suit for separation from her hus- “Don't you band and the father of her elevep- year-old. son, Richard asserted that her husband sim Wailress “Tne, darr jcmily ra in ee i ry Ea ear girl’ me!" cried What are you always doing? You ent, DOO: GIRIEUT creature” ply walked out of their apartment, | g 7 a p ended to live his | Jon't be hard on me, baby doll,” Saying thatehe inten ang | the voice of Mr. Bishley was heard to %WN life in the future, He ad been sy. 'L know you're too good for me, {hee a, Male your alowed I'm not worth y bree fw a ye , alle “ ren ey F you T Know, soi" su.600 a year for thelr, son and gave her $250 a month fe a time. don't talk to me!" erled Mrs. Bishley shrilly. “You never come She asked for alimony of $5,000 a year. | home with your salary. In all the e had, a» 1 remarked, plenty years we have been married { have of #Pump cards in her ney atl to ask my people for help. My Were her sworn statements ax to the | heart js broken, that's what it is! amount of ma&ney to be «| "I'm a wretoh and sou anze, Wizard at whist in New York. She | I know that Joive of tav declared that Elwell was worth half a | abject Bishley was heard to say, ™MMion in realty and had personal 7 property valued at $100,000. If he had ,"1 will not! ‘This ends everything stayed ba gira gobo trap ae Botween ua! I am going back to my portion of that fortune e have | people!” m going back to my De imulated in- lens than twenty “I deserve jt, I know!” whined tho years? weakling Bishiey, “But don't leave | He divided hin summers, she In me; I'll kill myself if you do." timated, between Europe and his “Where you met lquor these days country places at Newport and | and what you pay for it I don't Southampton, wh he entertained know,” retorted t n ollified lavishly and had a $7,000 automobile Mre. ‘Ryshley, he still unmoliified ji "pouks brought him in a royalty "Youte too good for me! moaned of from $5,000 to $7,000 a year, sh Mr. Bishley 1 only drink because asserted, he had earned ax much as you are mad at me for drinking be- $18,000 in a r by teaching bridge, | fore, but did I say a cross word and he speculated in stocks and to you in my sweetheart? Look bonds, according to her affidavit at other men how they speak to thuir — “I have known him.” she declared, wives. I have my faults, I know, “to win $1,000 to $20,000 a night, and But there is nothing aad nobody in »ven larger sums on occasion. T have this world I care for but you! known him to win $30,000 in one I'm sorry L spoke croasly, dear,” night at the card table, He con the voice of Mrs, Bishley was heard tinues to play heavily.” to say in comforting tones, “Don't At the time of his death Mr, El-/ take it so to heart! I know it’s oniy well was living apart from hia wi bad company that leads you into at No West 70th Street. At the temptation And n mind the old Whist © . No. 13 West 36th Stre ot ewolry. And papa's check is due to- of which he» was a member, it was lay and I'l take you out and get you sald that he had urned recently ow hat and a suit of clothes, Yes, frow the South, Me built three years ven't I said I forgive you? Now of the most beautiful homes don't worry any more, honey!" at Palm Beach, which he called Vista. Well, he 18 a good man to his de Lago, He was a member of the| wife!” said Mrs. Jarr with enthus'- Trayellers' Club of Paris, of the Apa-) asm, as she turned from her listening wamis Club e York Whist post. “It would be a good thing if Club and the Studio Club, He own.d | other men were like him!” the Beach Stables, and was greatly “Then it isn't what you do that interested in racing, “Give me another chance appeals to a woman—it's what yo ‘And the victim of New York's Most ful say?” asked Mr. Jarr, startling murder mystery of the “Why, certainly,” replied Mrs. Jarr. son ‘a genial bon viveyr, —— ee ¥ j With His Wife Taught Bridge Whist to New York tative Books, : By Marguerite Dean. ‘Copyrtat 1920, by The Press Publishing 66] UCKY at cards, unlucky in love+end in life Loo, perhapm a The startling and mysterious murder of Joseph Bowne Bivelh the forempst authority in the world on brig whist and one 4 Tips on the market, presumably |, yj |__ROSE FROM INSURANCE CLERK || md Wrote Authori- * ¢ LS ‘0. (The New York Evening World). the murderer and his motive—or her on whether there actually is ang hoo fortunate gumeste man who literally made his fortune * by his wits, by his mbility to “play the game," who Was moxt® popular with women—three young and benut)- ful ones were summoned to the house by the police shortly after the’ diss covery of the killing-—who, with the exeeption of his domestic infelicity, apparently held all the cards for'win+ ning many a future trick in the game of life. All in @ moment he played with death—and death won, Is as some of the strat. 1 assert,"a eume-on the A menwber of the New York Whist Club has stated ‘that’ Harry | Thaw, during the tive years previous to that mad act which extinguished # future-—the killing of Stanford White—lost no less than a quarter of @ million, $250,000, at whist an@ poker, playing bridge three nights.@ week, from two to five hours a night, The hercine of one of aveiety's most remarkable matrimonial melodramas, Mrs. Frances Burke-Roctie, was @ bridge leader of Newport: Daughter of Frank Work, the milliongire banker, in her youth the most béau, tful dec butante of New York society, her first husband, the son of an’ Irish pecs, she was married secretly in 1905 by a New York Alderman to Aurel Batonyi, noted whip and former rid« ing master. Her father would not speak to his daugpter, after the mar- jage became known, until she sep- ‘rated fgom the “the gentleman eaochman.” A few years after the marriage she divorced him, while he sued her relatives for alienation of affections. The late Congressman Robert Adame, of Philadelphia, who commit ted suicide jn) Washington, known before ‘his death as a, whist fiend and had lost: hea’ the game. r Pool there's"wuch a thing as bee ing TOO)lucky at cards! Most Beautiful Woman in France At 188 AGNES LOURET, M wag recently selected ee me em en eee rere re eee