The evening world. Newspaper, May 28, 1921, Page 11

‘ PR. Conyrgut, 1921 me all about it.” \ jamb. Islands, talking to their “adopted” am But, alas! Bessie's good times are er for a while. The Johnsons are going to make another tour of Africa this July, and while they are gono ‘Besse is to live at the monkey house in Centrai Park. And when one has jhad a bed, blankets and sheets and malted milk, and eaten one's mashed Potatoes and vegetables with a knife and fork at a table, to say nothing of pillow fights with “daddy” and kisses and hugs from mother, life looks very blue indeed. So if Mrs, Johnson's “Come to me, darling!" sounds a bit too affectiona for a young lady who stands four fect ue,” eam Ow mot high, is decided!y bowlegged, weighs eighty-seven pounds, is covered wi i red bristling ha has arms a yard Jong and hands a large as a coal- FT heaver remember that Bessie ] really needs comforting, Armed with a thermometer to see if it were warm enough at tae monkey house, fruit and a heart fall ot mother’s love, Mrs. Johnson aad 1 visited Bess prday on the ond day of her arrival at her “sum- mer boarding house.” vhen we the door of her cage we found a most dejected look- ing creature sitting on a box filled with straw, hugging a blanket tightly about her. of “Come to me, darling!" Bessie cast ¢ aside the blanket, shrieked for de- light, climbed out of her box and van to her “mother.” And mother and child were looked in each other's arms, Bessie, who will never be a candi date for the Ziegfeld Follies, folded her coal-heaver arms about the dainty shoulders of pretty little Mrs, Johnson and allowed herself to be ‘earried back and forth in her roomy cage. She kissed her mother and seemed to understand that the pillow fights and the good times were all ATs R_ going to be resumed some time, th ,,{"She's going to have a ved and ‘table and chairs in her cage, too,” waid Mrs. Johnson as Bessie snuggled closer and listened to the description of the furnishings for her cage. jessie has cost her daddy and mother a lot of money, but she's ‘worth every cent we spent upon her. Only the other day a girl friend of } mine said, ‘My dear, you might have had a huge diamond ring or big } “gouring car with all the money you % Spent upon Bessie this winter,’ but I ‘ rred Lessie. | fold her I much pref “Many a night we have burned the th. geen heater all night to keep ‘her pa arm in the apartment, which was of Borneo when Bessie has had the most expensive fruits and nuts all winter, malted milk and furniture made to order, but sho has been just Wike a kiddie about the home. “Every morning she has her pillow fight with Mr. Johnson, she brings ‘our clothes and shoes to us and saves 8 many a show bill by entertaining ‘us evenings. And she is more affec- tionate than the average child.” tr. “And less expensive, too," 1 Yaughed, “for you do not have to ‘ educate’ her, clothe her or worry ‘about her debut.” “Yes, all tt ehuckled Mrs. John. ‘ 2, while I love ci ie can’t help thinking le} that it's al as muoh fun tqhawe Pp @farge family of animals an chiftcon. wm You know I have six pets, and Je fs not the only member of the y. th While she is Mr. Johnson's fgvorite and and is the most intelligent ‘child’ We have, I especially love iny two pet apes (please do not call them ea monkeys). “I keep these two little girls, Wah- ved Wah and Wetawath, as” sweet as les, ‘The; are bathed and per- Raned every cay, and are far more dotevestieg and intelligent than lap- THE STRANGEST HOUSEHOLD IN NEW YORK CITY! I Orang-outang—2 Apes—3 Parrots And They All Live in an Apartment With Explorer Johnson and His Wife ‘Adopted on Travels in Far Lands—Bessie, the Borneo Orang-outang, Five Years Old, and Mrs. John- son’s ‘Favorite,’ Left This Wec “Summer Home” in Central Park. ‘ By Fay Stevenson. by the Drew Publiating Co, (The New Vork Byenina Work.) Sm to mother, darling, my own dearest girlie. But at those sweet words - for Kiss me and tell No, this isn't just an ordinary, “everyday” mother talking to a feweet little golden-haired, blue-eyed Dorothy or to a rosy-cheeked, syed Betty, who has bumped her head or caught her finger in the door It 4s simply Mrs. Martin E, Johnson, wife of the explorer, author and photographer, who has taken so many wonderful pictures of the South Sea wighter Bessie, a five-year-old orang- utang whom they captured a year ago in Borneo and who has lived with ‘them in a cozy apartment at No, 42 West 12th Street all winter. brown- Osticaae NIRS MARTIN JonnNSen ANS mE Paps Seren dogs. I am going to take them to Africa with me, but of course Bessie is too large to go along. The other three members of my family are parrots, Pollyanna, Coriila, and Papua-Logunie, the only boy in the famit “But all this doesn’t comfort Bessie," said Mrs, Johnson giving that young lady a score of fond pats. was given to us by a ular wild man of Borneo, and he said she will grow to be one of the largest orang-outangs on earth. But no matter how large she grows her mother and father will always give her a good home and love her.” And Bessie kissed her mother s0 affectionately that there is no doubt of fidelity upon her part. Meanwhile, Bessie must be content to spend her summer in Central Park. And while she is going to miss her fond parents and all the comforts of home, there is always some joy in life if you are an optimist. lear at the other end of the root te Bessie’s cage, liv -year-old orang-outang children, » still sits about hours, she frequently casts her beady eyes in the direction of J cage. And only yesterday, the second day after her arrival at the park, James Coyle, the head keeper, caught her turning son saults ‘for Joe's benefit. So Bessie will not miss her parents as much as might be imagined, After all, a summer boarding house combined with a summer flirtation is about the average girl's lot. —_—_——— ING. OORT Ds Rhubarb Dishes. HUBARB is in season now and it makes a delicious marma- lade when combined with other R fruits, Cut rhubarb into small pieces and ch quart of rhubarb take thre; kes and one pound seedless leat the oranges in order usily remove the white skin, to moi This and the seeds should be dis- carded, Slice the oranges and the yellow pevl Put rhubarb tnto pre- serving kettle with one and a halt pounds of sugar. Add the raisins and sliced oranges and peel. Boll slowly until of desired consistency. Cherry Pudding. Reat two eggs, stir in one cup milk, half a teaspoon salt, one tablespoon melted butter, one and a half cups flour mixed with one teaspoon dbak- ing powder and a pinch of salt. Pour into a shallow greased pan, Scatter two pounds cherries over the top. Press them into the batter and sprinkle with three tablespoons of granulated sugar, Bake one-half hour in moderate oven. Serve hot with cream and sugar. Strawberry Shortcake. Individual shorteakes make a nicer appearance in serving and avoid the penetrating juice which is so objec- tionable to some per: Sieve to- ether two cups flour, teaspoons baking powder, 0 a and two teasp r. Work in with th »f fingers one-fourth cup butter, then gradually add suth- cient milk, probably one-fourth cup. Roll out and cut into large biscuits sufficient for one person. Lake in hot oven, Sweeten the berries and slightly crush. If they a: set on back of range until warn can be more readily accomplished. When ready to serve cut biscuits open and butter then spread berries between them, and on top. Cover top with whipped cream, — er es ?DATEY Can You You ARE THE LADY WHO HAS RENTED THE HOUSE ON THE HILL You PROBABLY’ DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE AROUND WELL CALL ON ME . | KNOW EVERY’ SCANDAL INTHE TOWN Beat It! NOT ATHING [AN A PERFECT STRANGER Don't YOu THINK PARTIES WITHOUT Goss!P ARE VERY DULL 2. My RATES ARE REASONABLE | CAN YOu, Bear iT! “AUNTS” WANTED! HERE ts a growing de- mand for “aunts” to es- cort schoolboys and girls who are passing through Lon- don on their way to and from school for vacations, Amer- ican visitors are also keen on securing the services of “aunts” for sightseeing and shopping expeditions. This has led to the formation of an association called “Uni- versal Aunts,” composed of about seventy cultured women experienced in travel and hav- ing linguistic ability. Their sphere of usefulness is not confined to the chaperon- ing of boys, girls and American visitors, as many of the “aunts,” are experts in design- ing dresses and decoration of houses, tyle Craze Hit Even Puritans RESS reformers of the present day, who deplore the abbrevi- ated skirt and the peek-a-boo watst, may be astounded to learn that even in the good old Puritan times the lure of Dame Fashion had a be- witching effect on the young men and maidens, Researches into the ancient laws of the Massachusetts Bay col- ony have revealed that the fathers had their own troubles with their offspring who recognized a snappy style when they saw it In 1634, just four years after the arrival of Gov, Winthrop's ships, the apparel question had become 80 pressing that the lawmakers tried their hands as fashion moulders. Here is the statute placed on the books in its original wording: “Phe Court, takeing into consid- eration the gre: superfluous and unnecessary expences occasioned by reagon of some newe and immodest fashions as also the ordinary wea ing of silver, golde and silke laces, girdles, hat bands, etc, hath there fore ordeied that no person, either man or Woman, shall hereafter make or buy appareil, either woolen, silke or lynnen, with any lace on it, silver, kolde silke or threed, under the pen- ulty of the fofecture of such cloathes. “Provided,—and it is the meaneing of this Court that men and women sill have liberty to weare out such apparell as they are nowe provided of, except the immoderate sreate sleaves, slashed apparell, immoderate greate rayles, long wings, etc. “This order to take place a fort- adaist after the publishing thereof, ECORATION Day * SopHre= IRENE Lore + Copyright, 1921, by The Presa Publishing Ca (The Now York Brentas World. T dawn of day a black-robed figure wended her way A ‘Midst the “star-scattered grass,” And in “her errand reached the spot where he made one.” She flung herself there and wept and wept. And each time her tear-stained eyes looked at the flowers She had tended there day after day More sorrow poured out from the innermost depths of her being, And she longed to sink right there into the bowels of the earth Beside him whom she had loved and lost. From behind a bush two lovely blue eyes Stared at the woman in awe and surprise. Timidly the little one drew close and ventured, “Why do you cry so when you have so many pretty posies?” The woman looked up at outstretched hands begging for @ blosvom. She hesitated to take from the bosom of his beloved grave The blooms she thad reared with euch care, ‘The child pleaded again and again; ‘Then reluctantly she plucked a tender bud and gave the chitd Laughing with glee, the wee one called as it ran, “Look what the lovely lady gave me, mother! Isn't it ®eautiful?” The woman wondered at the pleasure she had given This lovely child—with but a single flower. She reflected and reasoned. What had she done! Ever since he had departed she bad kept tim alive with her sobs and sighs. Back there in the house she called home Were dear loved ones to whom she had shown only her seamy and sorrowful self While she covered the mound with planta. ‘The woman arose wiser and less weary, for @ new light ad come From two laughing blue eyes of youth. A wong of hope replaced the dinge in her heart it suid: “Decorate the lives of the diving Ktather than the graves of the dead. Pay tribute to dear departed, Tut not at the sacrifice of sympathy for man alive Enchanted Cave Has Baffling Mystery comers lamgh at the tegend and start out with an easy throw only to see the missile drop in the water appar- ently but a few feet away. Then they warm to the work and exert all the force that is in them, and, at last making slings, strive with all thelr might to overcome the power of the old warlock; but to no avail The stones drop ignominiously in the water as if some unseen hand had caught t in midair and cast them down in the centre of the cavern, The reason has never been explained sauistactorily. BOUT twenty-seven kilometres from Papeete, Tahit!, is a large opening in the side of a moun- tain called the Cave of Maraa It is the reputed burial place of a power- ful wizard of old, the spell of whose enchantments still broods over the cavern. The particular manifestation which interests passersby Is the !m- possibility of striking the opposite wall of the cave with @ stone al- though to the eye the feat seems the easiest of undertakings, Most ne NEW INVENTIONS. PECTACLES with lenses of adjustable focus have been invented by a Michigan man to enable patrons of motion pic- ture theatres to get the best re- sults, especially if seated near screens. A patent has been granted a Baltimore man for a vest with detachable sleeves for meeting the demands of varying weather, A Ught automobile invented by a Frenchman can be made to jump over obstacles not more than three feet in height. A pattern for a handbag that also can de worn as a hat has ‘been patented by @ woman in- ventor. Don’t Turn Out Your Toes! OTHERS who train their chil- dren to walk with toes point- ing outward and counsel their Itttle girls never to wear high heels when they grow up have been told they were all wrong by Dr. W. H. Trethewan, orthopaedic surgeon, in an address at the (nstitute of Hy- giene, London, “To walk properly,” be said, “the feet should be kept absolutely par- allel, ‘The ‘quarter to six’ attitude is one of tho big mistakes of physical tratning. Three minutes to 12 and three minutes past is what you want when standing. “A long stride is not good for the fect. A show, short step is better, jor 1t makes you rise on the toc. “Never Gscourage a child who is turning his toes tn unless he has an actual deformity of the foot. He is bably trying to cure himself of knock-knees or weak ankles.” Reasonably high heels are very ex- cellent things, the surgeon said. Low heels are ali right for children, or for adults with a perfect foot, but un- fortunately no foot was perfect. I advise, unhesitatingly,” he added, “the use of high heels. I do not mean by that the silly three-and-a-half to four-inch Lamiis heel with its curved mechanical shape and inefficient sup- port, The height of the heel for remedial purposes should not exceed two and a quarter inches, and tn house shoes should not be less than one and @ quarter Inches, In cases of overstrained feet, slippers must be avoided.” | HOW TO RETIRE AT 25 By NEAL OHARA. There Are Easier Ways of Collecting the Darby Than Adopting a Gunman’s Career—Retire at 28 and Let the Kiddies Furnish the Toil—Here Are the Openings Awaiting Your Prodigies. Copyright, 1921, by ‘The Pres Pubiiyhhng On, (The New Yet Srentng Werks}. as 'TTENTION, young parents! Jackie Coogan, age etx, tears into the payroll for $120,000 per annum. Sammy Rrecheweki, the nine-year- * old chess wis, scoops tp $80,000 on tour, Do you inhale the big Idea? Why not let your children work for you? Retire et the ase ot twenty-eight and let the kiddies furnish the éoll, Offspring, preferred, is one stock that doesn’t walt for maturity to pay big dividends, Get yours now! We havo prepared a very sniffy list of gilt-edge vocations for your progeny. You do not have to teach the Young Idea how to shoot. There are easier ways of collecting the darby than adopting a gunman’s career. Simply train your child ac- cording to directions and order yachts and motor cars after every meal. Any kiddo can be @ success without answering Edison's ques- tions. TO PREPARE YOUR BABY FOR THE STOCK MARKET—Let him play with blocks of stock instead of the wooden cubes. Clothe the dar- ling in grade A woo! and let him understand that {t comes from the lambs, When the bambino cries for your watch let him listen to the ticker tape, At the feeding hour see that plenty of water is pumped into his milk and put him next to the process. Never feed baby with a rubber nipple—he should ayoid be- ing @ sucker as carly as possible. Get him a Noah's Ark filled with bulls and bears and read him the story of Simple Simon before going to bed each night. Then duy him a rocking chair on the Stock Exchange. At the age of three your pet should be self-supporting. Now give him eight reams of parchment paper with green engraving along the edges. As soon as the darling has learned to write let him fll in the blanks and sell it for stock. The high cost of delicatessen will not worry you after that. You and friend wife simply retire behind the windshield of an 18-cylinder car, Your back door becomes a trades- men's entrance and you are other- wise set for life. 1) PREPARE FOR A SIX-BEST- SELLER CAREER-Show the baby maps of the Middle West, with awful emphasis on the small towns. Then toss him some Ford and some Sears- Roebuck catalogues and let nature take its course, You can retire when the sixteenth edition goes to press. TO PREPARE FOR THE AUTO GIVE HIM AN ALARM CLOCK TO TAKE APART. REPAIRING GAME—Teach the chili to count on the 10-20-30 system, with a dollar sign before each. Never mind the smaller numbers, Also give the child plenty of free air, Bui be sure to charge him for everythin else. Have an eight-ounce nursine bottle graduated so that it reads like twelve oufces. This will teach your offspring the only method for selling gasoline. Furnish your kiddie with an alarm clock and let him take it apart. Never mind ff he has trouble putting it together again. Simply give him another alarm clock to keep track of the time he spends. Dis- courage him from putting the wheels back in place too fast. By five years of age he should be ready for buai- ness. Locate a red gasoline pump and build a garage in back of it, Put the kiddie in the garage and fit him out properly. A monkey wrench and a cash register are the only tools he needs. Don't let htm sell gas for less than 28 cents, and you should then worry about your declining years. omrright, His isn't all your said Mrs. Jarr. » Bw oe | he did not say it harshly, but she said it firmly. “Why no, it isn't,” replied Mr. Jarr, scratching his ear reflectively. “But you see, my dear”— Here he wiggled nervougly. “ hope that man Johnson down at that office hasn't got you to bet on those awful horse races again!” she said sharply, “How do I know but what he is in league with those peo- ple that own horses? Oh, I wouldn't trust any of them! You remember you bet and lost $10 once, and you can never convince me there wasn’t some crooked work somewhere!” Mr. Jarr kept stient but he was thinking hard. “I ask you, has that man Johnson cheated you out of $10 again by the aid of his confederates?” asked Mra, Jarr shrilly. “Why don’t you answer?” Mre. Jarr went on. “If you haven't learned yet not to be a goftie and @ prey for such sharpers as that man Johnson and that man Rangle and all the rest of them, it's time that I came down to your offies and collected your salary every pay-day!” “Can't you walt tiN I bring it home to you?” faltered Mr, Jarr, “Listen to the man!" she cried. “He comes bome with a couple of dollars left of his sadary and If [ ask a qaes- tion he replies with sarcasm.” “There's only fifteen dollars out” muttered Mr. Jarr doggedly. “what! Fifteen dollars?’ ex- claimed Mrs, Jarr. “Why I thought it was only ten, and I wasn't saying a word! Dut that’s just ike me! I stand for everything and never pro- test!” And she hurriedly ran through tho rest of the money to see if her ears had not decetved her. “Well, you know, my dear”’—, ventured Mr. Jarr. “No, I don't know, my dear,” re- plied Mrs, Jarr coldly, “All I know is that there Is fifteen dollars—ffteen dollars! missing from your money, Oh, I know now You haven't been going to the office some days, and it's been taken out of your #alary.” “You're wrong there,” said Mr, Jarr quickly, “I took {t out myself, I thought you wouldn't mind.” “Wouldn't mind!” repeated Mrs, Jarr. “Why, you speak as If I had any control of what you do! Do I aay a word? Do I order you to bring 21, by the Prem Publishing Co, salary,” home your money JARR FAMILY Ww Ih. MFCARDEL IL. (The New York Krening World.) intact? T have too mruch pride for that, I hope!” “Oh, here is the fifteen dollars.” said Mr. Jarr, handing it over, “but I thought you wouldn't mind if | bought a suit of clothes, or at least paid a deposit on @ suit. Bat if you can't spare it this week”—— “Oh, pray don't deprive yourself’ of it!” said Mrs. Jarr, taking the money. “Don't go around saying your family takes all the money you can make Resides, you have no taste in picking out clothes for yourself, and you can not tell all-wool from half-ootton. Don't you think I should be algng when you buy @ sutt of clothes?” “Why yes, of course,” said Mr Jarr, “but I didn’t tufink you'd care to go.” “I care very much!" eaéd Mrs, Jerr, “I'll go with you next week.” “Seeing as you are taking the f‘- teen, could you let me have three dollars of it?’ asked Mr. Jars, “I owe a little bilr"— “Fifty cents is plenty,” sald Mrs. Jarr, handing him over that amount. Going downtowa with Mra Rangie ater in the day, Mrs. Jarr told that good lady that if wives spent as much money on themselves as bus- Ddands did there'd be @ pretty row. TPS On Ete New’ York preciea Wen QUESTIONS. 1. What name is sometimes to stormy petreis? 2 What ie a maria man of royal rank an. inferior degree called? 3. What fraction of a mile is a fur- long? 4. What other name is to an after-dinner speech 6. What word describes anythi occurring twice every year? ig 6. What word describes anything occurring once every two years? 7. Of what apeek of marine crea- ture is the devil-fish a large variety? 8 What is the State flower .of Louisiana? 9. How many singers comprise a quintet? 10, What element in sea water in- between @ woman also applied crea its epecifio gravity? ANSWERS. 1. Mother Carey's Chickens; 2. mor ganatic; ono-eighth; 4. t biannual; Menniai . & = magnotia 10, walt, n ] ——,