The evening world. Newspaper, December 17, 1920, Page 37

:) — j FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920 This Page To-Morrow, of DELHI °e BY BIDE DupLEY «+ ort New Yor Eveciog Wen AYOR CYRUS PERKINS WALKER of Delhi {s thinking of launching a libel suit against the Delh! Bazoo because of a story It printed last Tuesday. It was an ac- Sount of an accident at the railroad station in which the chief executive figured. The Mayor thinks his repu- tation has been damaged $50,000 worth <A he will likely ask that sum. The accident happened while Mr. alker was standing on the station atform. A woman was bumped by hg engine of the incoming Pollywog om Darlington and she fainted. A vetor who was present asked the Aayor to help him attend the woman. The newspaper account which has drought forth the wrath of Mr. Walker follows in part: “When Dr. Pitts asked for whiskey or the injured woman Mayor Walker + tepped forward and produced a big vottle from his hip pocket. The fayor was present, It is understood, 2 8ee @ musical troupe depart. Se ral of the chorus girls, it is said, are ‘ends of his. It was indeed for- mate that Mr. Walker was there, Mme Nobody else in the crowd had pay whiskey.” )The Mayor was so Incensed over je paragraph that he appeared be- bre a meeting of the citizens in Pos Hall Tuesday night to refute @ atatements made by the Bazoo. 1 want it understood,” he said in {is address, “that I had no whiskey id was not at the staton to see chorus girls leave town. I am a ule, home loving man and this ts {n insult.” i“That was a peach of a blonde,” \@ng out a man in the centre of the yall. “I know nothing about blondes,” @apped Mr. Walker, “and I don't @arry whiskey in my pocket “How ‘bout yer stomach?” asked the man. Mayor Walker became ex- asperated. “Is. Constable Pelee Brown in the hall?” he asker. “Present, sr!” replied the officer. “Arrest that mau!" A fight followed in which Brown was knocked down four times and thrown out a window once, He sub- dued his man, however, by singing, “Wholl Take the Place of Mar p his ears violently, ‘The man proved to be Gabe Hassell, an anti-Walker The Mayor believes !t was to defeat him in Bis race for re-election, The whole town is talking. ‘There ‘s much indignation. — NE INVENTIONS. HE discovery by a London sclentist that * the surface of /¢ sens its reflecting power has led to the invention of | ‘ lass / 2 which transmit more light than normally, A Dovel combination includes in a single piece of furniture a bed, wardrobe, dresser and washstand, with a water tank for supplying the latter. Of Swedish invention 1s 1 Dicycle tire, consisting of a strip of hardened steel fastened number of springs. \ to the rim of a wheel with a Ann nnn! Neal R. O’Hara Discus in His Inimitable Jazzy Way “Real Heroe: BEMAYOR Why Society Has No More Monkey “It Works for a Purpose Now,” Declares Mrs. Oelrichs. Dinners MRS. CHARLES DE L, OELRICHS IN HER PERFUME SHOP. Socie'y Leader, Who Eas Gore Into Trade, Ex- plains Change in Social Condit ons. By Fay Stevenson. 1020, by the Press Pubilahta#? Co. (The New York Evening World.) “ce Y DEARS, isn’t It just too M charming for words to have a lady behind the counter who really WANTS to wait upon you! Isn't jt perfectly marvellous to have some one who doesn't chew gum and ulk about her gentleman friend!” A little ripple of laughter, a toss of three well coiffured heads and three of New York's ri matrons, all in the four hundred, all with thetr names fn the Social Register, sat back and clapped their pejewelled hands, Of course you must know by this time that they were seated upon an- tique ohaira in the dainty perfumery shop in East 47th Street, and the “lady behind the counter” was Mrs les de Loosey Ovlrichs, formerly Marjorie R. Turnbull, who ju res keeping shop and waiting Copsri And what may I do for you?" she asked in a low, well modulated votce Standing behind her bower of Ori- ental sweetness, her tall willowy fig- » clad in a loose black satin frock, n hair crowned by a black in turban with a nifty jib of aline and lace to the right and an- other to Mrs, Oelrichs, one at New Yor! ders in 1 tery pretty picture. Her only jewelry was a green jade chain, a wedding and two plain gold bracelets, the Iry proper for any business an. “What can you do for me? I re- RP FAMILY TAL. JAR Copyright, 1920. by the Press Pub’ 6 HAT slush those maga- zines print!" snorted afr, Jarr as he threw je a popular periodical. ‘Their editors weem to think there's nothing else in the world but women, pretty women!” “They probably know that’s all the men are interested in,” said Mrs. jarr coolly. “I'm not, for one!">sald Mr. Jarr. “Yet you bought that magazine, and brought it home and read it with Breat interest!" “I brought tt home for yo Mr. Jarr. “I notice you never let me see it 4ntil you Were through with it," said Mrs. Jarr. “Wall, 1 just wanted to see {f there was anything in it except for women, ef wemeh und about women. And a woman on the cover! They always Mave that. A simpering doll, labelled The Christmas Girl,’ or "The irl’ or ‘The Girl That at rubbish! “[ guppose you Imagine that a life. ke portrait of a prominent Blue fundey leader gentleman {n colors on n suid he ver would make the crowds ae rush ap and buy out the whole edi- Gen," suggested Mrs. Jarr. “Well, 1 don't know about t! sald Mr. Jar. “But it wou change, any “Not a ver? agreeable one,” said Mra. Jarr. “I don't believe men would Duy the magazines that had on their front covers pictures of prominent @itizens with whiskers.” “Well, maybe not,” Mr. Jarr ad- mitted. “But it's more exasperating to buy magazines about nothing bac girls, to hear songs about nothing but girls, Why don’t they stop printing @rticles about men grafters and ex- n4 Co. \ @ARDELL. « (Tue New York Evening World.) pose the women, Women are extrav- 4gaut, and selfish, and silly, and"—— irs. Jarre smiled sarcastically. “You used to be rather fond of them; per- you aie yet.” I'm cured!" growled Mr. Jarr. nothing but won gabbing chatting In the cars, neglecting own affairs to be running around ind theatres and spending than their husbands can Why don't the expose the women—why don't they show them Interest in ald Mra. Jart at ‘arge, "replied Mr vet the men have something!" ney get all what's coming to them,” said Mrs, Jarr, “and {f wonton wercn't more interesting than men there wouldn't be so much printed ibout them. ‘There goes your friend, Mr. Rangle, Are you going down- town with him?" Zother Mr. Rangle!" sald Mr. Jarr ortly. “And there comes Mrs. Hickett's father-in-law, who lost| so much money in the slump in Wall Str he's to be arrested, I think ctive following him now “He should have been in Jail long ago," said Mr. Jarr, not moving from where he sat, “And there goes Mrs, Kittingly!” said Mra, Jarr from her seat at the window. “Her new hat 1s stunning and I never saw her looking better.” “Where?” said Mr. Jarr eagerly, us he hurriedly crossed the room “I don't think she's so good-looking!" “She isn't there at all,” said M Jarr, “I just wanted to see if yo were interested in women or no And she laughed so heartily that Mr, Jarr grabbed his hat and rushed out, . ' ur “You have lost all women at large, then?" “Yes, ther and not ¢ } is Iterated, “A great de has become of sv become of the Harry Lehr key parties, the gay fun of the days en society actually performed s to amuse Itself?" Oelrichs shr ed her shoul- ders. Do not think that [ am go'ng to condemn society of the past, present vr future,” 8 Hed. “Of cvurse Vit admit there en a chang’ It sevins to me that society works f L purpse now y when an a falr is given it is usually for a char- ty, or a drive, It may be the war or may just be thar tt have gradually come about itself Al this point a very pretty young Wouun, who of course wishes her withheld, entered the shop and listened intently to our conversation, A faint shado ssed her face and at the conclu f Mrs. Ocirichs's vould an idea that the so- more or less of @ sonally { do not think n to Know that the works very hard and which tire ork of the s Ned f have an- -two calls oni ard to ked with five people who gought me at my home. And I can honestly say that all of my mornings are just fall of things which must be done.” Mrs. Ocir.chs nodded her head in approval. “Yes, indeed, the society woman's lite ts a merry whirl,” said she. “Just because I have gone into trade [am not in a position to erticise the woman who still participates in s0- cial afta “I love my social 1'fe and I still intend to do as much as T can, but first of all 1 shall consider my work here. My hours are from 10 In the nti 5.30 at night, and if T find that T am d tred’ by night I shall have to forego the evening's opera or receptions, “T suppose you do not brave the subway crowds every morning?" I asked, . 1 don't quite do that!” laughed Oelrichs, "but I frequently walk vome on Seventy-fifth I find that it ts pleasant as xtremely invigorating.” yout your daughter Mar- do you think she will wish to {cliow in her mother's footsteps and be a Wuelness woman?" ople have rumored {t about that I plan to make a business woman of my twelve-year-old daughter,” sighed Mrs. Qelrichs, “but this 1s not true. T hope she will enjoy her life just like upy otner young lady and decide her own future, Of course if she cares n id drudgee ed personally mornir cha: for trade the way I do—" “And upon ed over just ‘adores waiting I sald as a smile play la rs" face, “On, then, I shall be delighted!” she exclaimed. “In the mean time, do you think that many other society women will follow your bent?” “L believe that women all over the world will take a more active intervst in the world and Its doings,” con- eluded Mrs. Oelricha. “I always thought the society woman worked very hard in her circle, as our friend here suggested, but now I believe she will want to come out of that circle, which only brings her around to the startipg point. 1 believe she wants ingerest in life which leads her to @ direct point.” 4 FABLES ies SIOCERS MARSHALL Coprrteht, 1030, by ihe Prose Fublishing Ca (The New Yor Evening World.) EN, my dear, have such won- M derful minds, Of course they can't keep track of mere details! Once upon a time A nice, kind, thoughtful American husband, Who believed in making things easy for the wife, And knew she had enough to do without waiting on bim by inches, And felt like being herole and noble and self-sacrificing— Well, this man said: “Don't bother to put away my evening clothes this spring; I'll look after ‘em myself, Just as Lalways did before 1 was married.” And autumn came, And the nian was asked to attend @ class reunien, Aud hey found his evening clothe havging in the closet where moths and dust do corrupt— Exactly where he had left them since last April. And while his wife gathered up ithe fragments tn a dustpan Reproachfuily he said to her: “Yes, 1 know | said I'd take care of ‘em, But why didn't you REMIND me? There was another mao Who owned a bulldog (Which his wife fed, walked and sent to bed), This man, however, was @ con- siderate, unsolfish, helpful creature. Of bis own free will and accord be said: “Now I'll Queenie; Don't you bother about it at all.” So she didn’t—till the day Queenie was pinched, And Queenie’s master had to dig down for the license and a fat little fine, besides, And turned on his wife, one suffering from a wrong far too {ntol- erable to be borne And demanded remind me?” There was a third husband Who bragged of his Yankee an- vestry, Who especially fancied himself an andy man about the house, Who often drove a nail, after the oldest boy had brought bim the hammer, And the youngest stood ready to put It away, This man forbade his wife to call up the plumber When the furnace misbehaved, “I'll fix it,” quoth he. After the explosion, and the con- flagration (They manased to save three pll- lows and the aluminum double boiler), While they were counting the in- surance, He remarked to his wife, kind! but firmly: “All this, my dear, would never have happened If 1 bad’ cleaned out the furnace, as I planned— Why DIDN'T you remind me?” Men, my dear, have such wonder. fut minds, Of course they can't keep track of mere detuilst ssessoesescealapesiores Lloyd George’s Son to Wed watered, get the license for “WHY didn't you * mother, American Noveliet, Gives Her Amazing JANE BUTTS Va ww uooiunyces tie Pie “lf You Must Wet Keep It Secret.” She An ROAR RN To-Morrow. Can You Beat It! GETTING BRIGHTER EVERY DAY By Maurice Ketten HE |S THE Nosr WONDERFUL HE IS SOSNART HE KNOWS EVERY THING HE IS FUW OF KNOWLEDGE HE HAS THE BRAIN OFA GROWN PERSON | Got A SILLY LITTLE TOY For ( B Wee cee, A Book FoR | MET BILL Our WITH HIS KID. DID YOu Get 'EN O THE KKID. X-MAS PRESENTS > AND TRE SILLY TOY To THE FATHER. T°] OVE Tate LIVES » Se CES ‘ 6 Coorratt. 1090, by the Proms Punlining CO gotton the Fifth Commandment and that each owed to his mother, ‘The FTOR a thrilling chase, HE other day five men were put @>andoned her, te Re Hi pursued by airplanes and a detachment of the Camel Corps of the Brit- ‘eh Army, the “Mad Milan, the dervish outlaw, has again escaped, For some time the British Government has been trying to capture him, and in this last expedition he lost sixty of his personal follow~- vrs, seven sons, seven rela- tives and four advisers. Six She hunted them all up and invited “Ay'T gat through ths picture, ace them to dinner at her home. When med as Tam to seolng much of the meal was finished she gave them misery, the unbidden tears streamed the story of a poor old woman who my face. It told the a* about to go to @ public home to day story of the moth slaty Ladin el deh ; foregues all, forgives all and forgets spond the remaining years of her all, prompted by the greatest of existence, She oatinted the picture all elements in the human scheme— well It bore uit, Though thes» mother love. children were Jt in very good cir- , {t is a picture which, like the poem rom which ay taken, will never cumstances, the great truth of their aan hig) ut Bad Bees bdet vite shortcoming and @vlfishuess was tures [ke this, mother love would to death by the State They paid the ponalty for their crimes against society They are gone. Their suffering is over But the great debt that was thrust upon innocent sorrowing ones can never be paid, a debt of wo And the greatest of this tall on the The report of the case tells how one of the mothers refused to leave driven home. not go unrewarded, ag it so often sons, hie five wives, four the nt of he prison until life was out of the “1! ms (hueays) the. parent waa OOM daughters and two sisters body of her beloved son—beloved cared gor, But this good wornan did Anything that brings home to 2 have be tured, even though registered as 4 c na S " every man, woman or child the truth jon ony! not stop at this, Her busband bad Shout the sacri humored her in her charitable pur- and awakens « spi pose and he was now beseeched tn a ity and a rene bigger way. He t# @ producer of weed This picture things theatr cal, and she did not let on the mothers 1 t until he did something about as well as hundreds ething that would bring home m Iam in touch y human being the great duty love “passeth all ut In the early months of this year his forces were com- pletely routed, but he finally escaped into the Interior of Abyssinia, Bombing afrplanes were used in his purmuit, and it is reported that on the ap- proach of the first alr equad the Mullah, belleving it to be ® divine manifestation, col- lected hig people around him and awatted the coming of the air fleet under @ canopy used for state occasions, His robes were singed with a bomb, and thereafter he sought refuge in caves, the r mothers of responsibil a etter, ie encour: ¢ reflect oned above thers with and paying tie highest penalty his crime—beloved despite thing. It Is the same story over again, but it bears repetit.on in the vig les- won to be learned by the #n» who have never committed # crime, and daughters too, — ia ve that If any man 66 Texas BilV’Cunni for every- I honestly b or Woman Would stop for one minute to think of the consequences of @ prospective crime as relating to hs or her mother there would be fewer violent deeds committed, Tt only young people were to real- ize fully the great misery they in- filet on parents because of some act of theirs they would not commit it. So that Instances like the above mentioned cannot be too often re peated and the love that always lives cannot be to strongly accentu- ated. When we talk of soldierly heroism, bravery in battle, rising to a be le occasion, it gives us thrills of tion, But if the truth were told, the greatest heroes of to-day are the everyday herces—tho moth- ers who, wn or lose, rain or shine are with you body and soul. And when one sees injustice to mothers it behooves one to make all effort to stop it I heard of an instance the other day, A well-known woman, with a great motherly heart, was appealed Food Has An Entirely New Charm When Flavored With VIRGINIA DARE DOUBLE-STRENGTH EXTRACTS A great achievement in the Art of Cookery. Try them, Now at your grocer’s. college bad to offer, He was born ip Dallas, Feb. Ui, 1896. He lugged turnt- ‘ure, peeled potatoes, played the col- lexe organ, furnished Jaze music in a restaurant and was manager of the fist movie theatre in the college town and made a fair amount of money. He was @ star centre of the foothall team Hoe Is shown playing Jaze musiqgn the Senior Society House and arol to for an old mother who had to go AS BILL" entered Dart- him, left to right, are Bill Te to an institution because of poverty. mouth College penniless, Mannger of Reremou a Sothall ie Garrett&Company, Inc. She investigated the matter and found worked his way throughs eeiar 'tellow; Tommy ‘Thompa \ Broohlye, N.Y, that this parent had @everal grown- supported his mother meanwhile world’s h r 1 champion, and smili\ * up children, who had seemingly for- gud won almost every honor the Jack Jordan, varsity quarterback, sili. abaaiity dein ete een ig A CC CE LLL LLL, me ee ee ree = ee ne