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The Evening World Daily Magazine Saturday January 16 1909
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t 1 This City Has Over 500 I
1 Moving Picture Shows I
1 Do YOU Know IlJ
t By Charles Darnton
LIKE to see a story
A long tramp bad led to u short ansvfr And the
woman with a shawl about her head and a wideeyed
child clutching her hand was probably right about the
appeal of the moving picture
How wldo this appeal has become may be Judged
from the fact that there are inoro than GOO moving
picture shows la Now Yorlt From ono end of the
town to the other thoiuuuager with little more than
a lantern to his name Is holding the screen up to nature and occasionally
turning trick that goes nature 0110 better Although vaudeville audiences
toko the moving picture as their cue to move toward home true lovers of r
In action take all they can get for flvj or ten cents and then come back for
taort next day
They like to see a story
Tlmtfl the explanation thanks to the woman with a shawl over he
I head They feed upon mechanical fiction They read as they look Sen
Mtloual melodrama with the lllaln doing hU worst in a 1lug hat IB an old
tory to them They know It by heart And so theatres Iti which virtue
used to take a back seat until the last net have felt the power of moving
pictures Only one remains to tell the blooilauilthunder tale la all Man
hattan and It was obliged to get down to worklngmcns prIces before It
could compete ulth Its noiseless rivals From the start the moving picture
show had a double advantage lower prices and a dally change of bill Then
it went further and produced talking pictures but In most cases this
feature has been done away with audiences prefeirlng to take their plays
In peace and not be disturbed by the man behind the megaphone What
they want Is action Their attitude goes to show that It is ahvaja well to
leave something to the Imagination They like to see a story from their own
point of view
In New York nearly every neighborhood has Its show and the craze
has spread throughout the country until no town Is too small to do the
ft oovlng picture honor Here accordlrg to the word of a Sixth avenue show
t man picture fiends who keep a record of what they have seen and protest
against repeaters are an outgrowth of the crae Their criticism of the j
Sunday exhibitions at which only educational pictures may be shown in I
accordance with the stupid law Is often expressed In the simple term Rot 1
ten They Insist upon getting aclon for their money The pictures I
must get a move to win Patrons
I on success of thn picturedrama want I
to see a story with plenty of action In It From the Dower to the Dronx i
tastes and pictures arc much the same
Bowery Wants Ba lk Robberies
But hero and there of cotirsj Indi
vidual taste asserts Itself The proprie
tor of a little hall on the Bovcry con
fessed that while his clientele showed
n duo appreciation of comedy and
tragedy they had from time to time
expressed a deep yearning for bank rob
beries Unfortunately safecracUIng Is
not Included In the picturemakers
lepertolre and so the regrUful man
ager has not been able to supply the
demand for that particular form of
itrt However his audience nude the
best of things on a recent ufternoun
nod seemed rather pleased with A
Corslcan Revenge I
The Corslcan who caused all the o
trouble by killing a fellow fisherman
and then got knifed by Ills victims
wife a husky lady vlth a fine stroke I
looked like Caruto In CavallerUi KIM 1
tlcana According to the hospitable
custom of the country sho VUM obliged I
to entertain her husbands slayer when
he sought refuge In her home Lut unce
ehe sol him outside ehe made short i
wo lt of him The lively little tragedy I
was worked out with neatness and do
patch Five or tlx Chlnnincn who i
I could qualify as Broadway ilrstnlghtj
crs without putting on boiled ihlrts
J iratched A Corsican Kcvciigd vltli
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JKout the slightest change o expression
wi Jn fact the audience made no sign un
Iift til two energetic gentlemen vvern Hashed
upon the scene and bjgnn Miking each
other In the stomach ThU light com
edy was received with icnri of laugh
ter The drummer cmphatiztd each
kick with a thump and the professor
inme do < vn haiu nn tlc piano Com
edy won the ileiisan
A pjacard on the wall warned the
visitor to Uenure of Pclicocs Another
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other made this polite request OellO
tlcmen Will Ilea c Ileiraln from Using
Irofane Language The gentlemen did
Ror loll BrwtlHs Ijard j
In front of another Icinpiu of art
ncrosa the street Ins tin litr Pod
lively Xo Tree List During This Kn
ijagenient Vou 1lIlt to linvo 1 nickel
to get Inside Dnvn In front snt allow
try artist with an accordion that was
drawing Its heath with Krvit illtllculty
During the uuiturti lie addressed face
tlous remails lo the audience i
Hey there jcllti one of the crowd
Cut out that comedy and give ui soni9
music
Anytlns dolt Inquired the per
former holding cut his hat Como on
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now ho urged trow In n lttle sum
tln tel do dear ones wot are dead and
gone
1 goneFerget Ill yelled the unsympathetic
t mob The Gallant Quardsman presently
drew attention from the accordion ar
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tilt At the first appearance of a Span
lih soldier on tho screen the accordion I
twgan wheeling Die Wachl am Uhcln
When the guardsman rescued n dancing
girl from the embraces of a lowbrowed
citizen the tune changed to Marching
Through Georgia A dash of Trova
tarn cheered the guardsman on his way I
The lowbrowed citizen waited Lehlnd
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tIJ a wall and killed the first soldier that
came along IJut ho got the wrong
i man and the hero was about to be
phot when the barefooted dancing girl
ran to the rescue and explained tho I
J situation In a few handmade gestures
The audience followed the story with
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Intense Interest and only Ole accordion
cl wa heard until a picture showing a I
young man who was carried oft In a
fj wardrobe appealed to the Bowery tense I I
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I of humor The hero of this adventure I
found himself In the bedroom of a lov I
0 Ini couple who finally accepted his I I
explanation and then had him sit down i
to lupper with them I I
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Trench but ghaste
I Alt of the pictures seen on the lower
eait and west tides were French but
cbnte Nothing more shocking than a
CZlu occurred la any of them
At plac tn Grand ttrttt Ih F a
Mi lx > v wu lh eCble r teaturi ot
t4
he hill All went nell until the peas
ants sweetheart 1 I
promised to meet a
newly arrived sailor down by the
pond His note tn her was revealed
on the screen Jut the lealous peasant
not to the pond first and when tho girl
camo along he sneaked up behind her
and threw her Into the
pond The In
rv table
gcndarmei ilrst arrested the
sailor of course but after u long chas
they nabbed rue guilty peasant
v II of the plcfires Ehoncd gen I
dariiiw in pursuit of tomebody The
principal figure was usually obliged to
run for It and
suspense was kept up
until the cnptuie of iho fugitive The
story was kept on tho Jump
In The Magic IJoots n happy Indl
vldiinl was seen eluding his
pursuers by
walking on water telegraph wlres
wherever his fancy led him Ills won
derful boots defied the French and all
other laws Hut down In Giand street
It was the serious pictures that gripped
the spectators I
Drcmma
answered one manager
when asked what appealed to his patrons
most of nil And n woman whom he
described asone of his best customers i
said I llo to ice a story The funny
plcturosthey are funnj yes but jou
dont renumber them I like to rcinem I
her what I sec You dont forget u storj
It goes home with you j
CaKe Chciti Sirionsly j
This fcrlous Interest In storypictures
was apparent In other halls along Grand
street liut a desire lo bo cheerful un
der nil clrcuniitamoa was suggested by
this announcement over the door of one
place The Bilde ot IinunennoorA
Tragedy o lionnle bcotlard I
In a Mulberry
street theatre con
ducted under Italian auspices the > lc i
turcs were similar to those In Grand
street A coal stove filled the place
with nas but no ono setnied to notice
it Another Italian plaou In Wes I
Houston street sported tills sign 01
nuo Moving Pictures But Caruso
wasnt among those present on the
screen The name apparently wai
merely a delicate tribute to the Hetro
polltans sobbing tenor
Uoile Wynna name was prominently
illMilayid In front of un Imposing thea
tre In Fourteenth street But Bessie
waa there only In voice and picture
You could recognize her picture but her
volco had to be taken for granted
When they canned llcssles voice they
evidently forgot to screw down tho lid
and to It had soured and curdled and
lost Its llivor
The Wild Horse filled up on oats
at the Manhattan Theatre and devel
oped from a weak jkinny nag Into a
fat nnd fearful animal that kicked
everything to pieces It was iho big
laugh
finrUm CiK s 10 taught
But here as elsewhere serious pIc I
turcs wjth now nnd then n shooting or i
stabbing Incident for excitement out
numbered the comic subjects Harlem
showed tho greatest fondness for funny I
pictures The Bronx appeared to be I
more serious minded
Some of the places open their doors
as oirly as 9 In the morning and keep
going until after It at night The shows
aic continuous and so are the privi
leges that go with a ticket Only the
pictures lire compelled to move
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Quito Natural
one occasion a grundnlcce of
OX Mrs Harriet Beocher Stowo be i
came very angry at one of her I
little playmates and stamping her foot
raid I hate you and I dont want I
anything more to do with you nor your
man servant nor your maid servant
nor lour ox nor ypur au
Her mother hearing the outburst
sternly reproved her offspring asking her
If she knew what sho wall laying
Little Miss Beechcr promptly replied
Yes the Ten Comandmenls
I Well do you know who wrote them
Tho child looking much dunruated
answered
Ooodncn ytil Aunt Harriet did I
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Some of the Things tc Be Seen in Moving Picture ShCJb2J
GAUUANT
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Mrs Brown Potters f
Beauty JVryx u vu Lessons 3
Prepared Especially for The Evening World I
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THIRD LESSON
The Directolre Foot And Its Long i
Slender Lines
By Mrs Brown Potter
OW that we have discussed tte Dl
N rectolre hands and figure we will
turn to the third feature which
hu teen changed
by the Directolre
otytei It 13 the I
Directolre toot
for the Influence
of the long een
de t lines which
are now all the
rage Is felt even
In my ladys pedal
extremities
Because skirts
a t present are
MG made with as lit
tle fulness as poi
flble noun hfds as well as Mp tho
Itself be
foot can no loner conceal
ieneath volumlnom draperies and
beauty or lack of It Is brought Into the
limelight Therefore to continue the
line of harmony from top to toe one
must acquire the Directolre foot as well
as the Dlrectolre hands and form
Fortunately for the averate woman It
Is not dltncult to do this
The nirectolr foot Is long slender
and narrow and Its beauty of line lies
chlelly In the cut of the shoe When
purchasing slipper or boot the woman
who wants to be strictly up to Jate
Bhould remember that length of line Is
the latest fad and though the pointed
toe adds an Inch or two to the size of
a foot It alo brings with It the desired
Directolre shape I
Jut what U added tn lingth Is cut oft
Iin breadth It IB here that my feminine
I reader will experience dllllculty for no
part at the body Is more dtflkutt to
train than the foot
Stiff rotary massage conscientiously
done for ten or fifteen minutes eaih
morning and evening will do much to
take oft unnecessary llesh from the
foot
A dally bath In very hot water which
hnj been plenleously prlmled nlth bo
ras will also help In reducing the foots
site and la at the tamo time soothing In
effect
I A thorough manicure should be given
the foot blwcekly for no foot can bo
kept In good condition without It
I If hcwevor a womun4 foot Is of the
broad and short typo shu must resign
herself to fate for unless she Is willing
to have u few Inches amputated from
that part she can never acquire Uio Dl
I reetofre foot I
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Butterlly Hair Bow I
111 you want to give a little
W girl something to delight her
blrUday heart paint her a
hair bow A very good quality of
taffeta ribbon sir Inches wide white
or the cry lightest blue or pink
but the artist will have more choice
of colors If the ribbon be white
Tie the ribbon In Imagination Into 0
a perky bow and plan to place your
butterfly on one of the loops a very
much more attractive scheme than a
butterfly on each end If you ore a
very careful artist first try the
palnto on a snip of the ribbon Have
your butterfly of tIe daintiest light
est colors possible A stencilled ic
It you have got the stencil habit
will be perfectly possible on taffeta
and will admit of two or even three
delicate colora
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< I > W XW W < W
clean and honest pride of birth like his j
mothers glory In her forbears the ex
pression of which lie had learned to re
press Inasmuch as It was a Dixieland
conceit and had been misunderstood
when he went North to the Academy 0
In some this would have teemed bigoted
and feminine this Immoderate admira
tion for his own blood this exaggerated i
appreciation of his family honor but In
this Southern youth It was merely the
unconscious commendation of an upright I
manliness for an upright code When he
had finished the girl remarked with
horst approval I
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What a fine you are Those pea I
plo of yours have all been good men
and women havent they
Most of them he admitted and I
I think the reason Is that weve been
soldiers The army discipline Is good
for a man It narrows a fellow I sup i
pose but It keeps him straight I
Then h began to laugh silently
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What U ItT she nald curiously
Oh nothlngl I was lust wondering I
what my straitlaced ancestor would 1
say If they could see me now i
What do ou meanf the
you mean girl i
asked In openeyed wonderment i
I dont care he went on un
heeding her question They did
wore things In their time from what
1 hrar He leaned forward to draw I
her to him
Worse things r But wo are doing
nothing bad said Nccla holding him
off Theres no wrong In loving
Of course not ho assured nor
I am proud of It aho declared U
U the finest thlnr the freaUst thlog
tbat baa eYer coma into my lit Why
I ilmply unt hold lt I wtat to IIInc
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1I My Cycle of Readings I
Uy Count Tolstoy
Translated by Herman Bernstein
fCourlBUloJ I ur rictt t uui i UK Luuipaa I u > t >
fOlk World jWlj1
COIIyrlrhled by lltrnuu lltrntteln I
The Italicized paragraphs are Count Tolstoys ojli
01 < aIoHV Inil comments 01 iln subject
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Divine Love
UVE lor your K jo of the flesh it a jicttorsion ul
Lu love for God To love within yourself Him wlw
alone it within all ol us is to love led JAN
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which la the great commandment In tho 16
MASTER Jesus said unto him Thou shall love tao
Lord thy Ucd uith all thy heart an with all 10
thy soul and with all thy mind This Is the first and great commandment
And tho second Is Ilko unto It Thou shall love thy nelBhnoi as thyself On
these two commandments hang all the law and tho prophets
St Matthew xtll G40
Lli people live not ill what they themselves think but by the love that
ALl
ii within the people
It is as though Cod did not wish that people should live sepa
rately and tiicrcfqie dill not reveal to them what 11 necessary to each one
but He wished that all should Hue harmoniously and therefore revealed
chat is nceessurv for all of them
People think that they live by their care for their own welfare but they
live by love alone He tcio is in love is in Clod and God is in Mm tyr Ood
is love
r OPLI live by love love for self is the beglnntny of death love for
r Ood and other people Is the beginning oj life
F a man cannot forgive his brother he docs not love him Heal love is
IF
endless and there Is no cm to the offenses which it would forgive if
it is real love
T OVE is not the fundamental origin of our life Love is the effect not
LOVE
I s the cause The cause of love is the consciousness within yourself of
the divine spiritual origin This consciousness requites lure tnnl pro
duces love
f 0 love only the person that is agreeable to us does not mean lo ore Ood
4 does not mtUi to love at all
love isattained ty effort Itemembcr that he whom you love
REAL himself even as you love yourself and you will understand how I
it is necessary for you to aet toward him i
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Anybody can get married
and how you get along with your
cookAnd
And whether you take your whiskey
straight or with coda and It you wear
each others collars
And what brand of powder you use
and how many times youve flirted
And how you pay your tailor and
how many times youve been In Jail nod
oh well of course they do finished
the llachelor with sudden convlotlon I
Divorce Is a boon a privilege and
they nant to llnd out whether or no
you deserve It I
And marrlag Is n punishment re
v xS4 > S W > i > > n < M > H twNWi t V4IN + > bNi < > N N N NHbbINN HHNoN NiN > + Now vH0 Wo HxNN o > > V < N <
t i i fwi Love and Gold HiiniSnfr 2 > B T I J 1 3 < T ti v
By Rex Beach
The Barrier w Lg i
i ear r 1 r nf ID = = tC
c In the Fro e n K Ion d i k e Author of The Spoilers
A A A A A o A A A
f V < lN < WAW < WW J
tCcvrrlibt ItKrt t > r UIorer k DIM I
BTXOTSI3 OF PRECEDING CHAPTEW
John Gale poel trader at Ptambetu on lb
Yukon ba an InJUn wlf Alluna a d on i
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tiMutlfut daiuhtcr N ela Th ulrl aa Jim <
returned horn from a mlulon icnool Unit
ilurrelt local mlllttrr comniiudtr fills la
ov wltn h r SH r Mdprocatei his affeci
tlon Foleon Dorit Oifsi younr Fwaoh
partner icaetlr IOVM Neclt Burrell learu
wltli hornr that VocU Ii a halfbrtod Inl
dlan Kunnlon dtl p rado whom BUrrellj
RSIT ordered uut of tVtmlKau reiuroJ In
company with II profeMicnal bid nun
timid Stark So Critk Lte a Proipoclor
Jlnds icold KTtt mile from tlamoeau lie
tells oil and lolcon whO Hurt thither nlla
ItTto II all clalroi Neela Hill BurMl the
itcrct anJ p riuade > him to xo tk ri wllto
hir av a thort cut tioplni lo irrlv on tn <
Ken of LtO iolJ itrlke In lima cu iMk out i
prior claim Munllmi Oalo Let Vo foa
Siirk and llunnon linn for the itrlke by
another route Durrsll and NKla camp out
during their Journey Sitting llelldo Ule
camp lire he tills of bfl Somhern famllf
CHAPTER VI
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Continued
The Barrcll Code I
told her household tales that
HE were prized like pieces of Burrell
plater heirlooms of sentiment that
mark the honor of highblooded houses
following which there waa much o re
count of the Meades from the admiral
who fought as a boy la the Bay of
Tripoli down to the cousin who waa at I
Annapolli the while hla listener hung
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upon his words hungrily her mind to
quick In pursuit of his that It spurred
him unconsciously her great dark cyei
half cloieJ In illent laughter or wide
with wonder and In them always tht
warmth of tbe leaplnr firelight blended i
with the trust of a newborn virginal
love Without rttlhtuif It the younr nun
drifted furthir than ht had Intended
and furthir than bt hid nerallo14
to IO ttlonotorhthlaWI
N < < N I
It to tho stars nnd cry U out to the
whole world Dont ynu
I hardly think wed better adver
Use he said dryly
Why not
Well I shouldnt care to publish
the talo of this excursion of ours
would you 7 I
I dont see any reason against It j
I have often luken trips with Ioleon
and been gone nlth him for dayi and
days at n time
But you were not a woman then I
he said softly I
No not until today Hints true
Dear dearl How I did grow all of n
suddenl And yet Im just the same
as I was yesterday nnd Ill always be I
the same just a wild little Please I I
dont ever let me bo a tig tame I
I
dont want to be commonplace nnd
ordinary I want to to natural und I
RoodYon
Yon couldnt be like other women
ho declared and the o was more ten
derness than hunger In his tone now ai
she looked up at him trustingly from
the shelter of his arms U would spoil
jou to grow up
It Is 10 good to be nllve and to Jove
you like this I she continued dreamily
staring Into the fire I seem to have
come out of a gloomy houia Into the i
glory of a warm spring day for my I
eyes are blinded and I cant cee half the
beautiful I wan to there are so many
about me
Those are my arm Interjected the
soldier lightly In an effort to ward off
her growing irlousnes
Ive never been afraid of anything
and yet I t eel 10 safe tiulda them
lint It queer
Tht younj maa b can conicloui of a
N N Nt < w 1 <
vague discomfort and realized dimly
that for hours now ho had been smnth
erlnt with words and caresses a some
thing that had striven with him tu be
heard a something that Instead of dying
grew stronger the more utterly this In
nocent maid yielded to him It was as
If ho had ridden Impulse with rough
spurs In a fierce desire lo distance cer
tain voices and In tho tlrst mad gallop
had lost them but now far back heard
they calling again more strongly every
moment A mans honor If old may
travel feebly but Its pursuit la persist
ent It was tho talk about hIs people
that had raised this uneasiness and In
decision he thought Why had he ever
started It
The marvellous part of It nil con
tinued tho girl Is that It will never
end I know I shall love you nluajs
Do you suppose 1 am really different
from other girls I
everything Is different tonliht the I
whole world ho declared Impatiently
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I thought I knew mjself but suddenly
I seem strange In my own eyes
Ive had a blK handicap she RiKI
but you must help ma to overcono It
I want to be liku your lister 1
He ro o and piled more wood on the I
tire What possessed the slrP It was
as If the knew each cunnlni Joint of
till armor u If she had realized her
I
peril and had set about the anakonlnj
of his conscience deliberately and with
a cautious nlsdom bejond her > ears I
Well she had dono itanti he Htvoro to
himself Then ho melted at tho sight ot
her crouched there against the shad
ows follonlng his every movement nlth
her eoul In her eyes the tendtrest trace
of a unlit upon her lips He vowed ha
was a reprobate to wronc htr SOl It
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Ci0 N1N0 0 i V > ii 0
I THE WIDOW
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I But Divorce Is a Distinction if
iI 0 if 0 < GGGJ 0G GG
By Helen Rowland
yfVU Just rend n drtadlul thing
I exclaimed the Widow llftlnc her
nklrts daintily us Hho Btrolled
lioMilo tho Bach
ilor up lllversldo
Drive lItl jnu
know thcro were
1OIllYSIX
unys of getting
iniu rlccl In Now
iork City
N u The
llachclor looked
cully frightened
And onl > ONH
way out of It
he added with n
UHG l hh
Yes The I
Widow shook her head sully And I
the record time In which It can bo done
is n minute iinil n liulfl I
And thn lecord tlmo In which It cnn
be undone Is n ysar and a half I
Or n IIf lIme and a half added the
Widow hlttcrly And yet lnn n
man nnd wnmnn get married tiny nl I
ioj i upprnr t > think they limn done
tniothliiK unusually nuhlo all clover I
ond I
Well brnko In tho Bachelor sooth I
ingly It Is nuhln of the man and
clever of tin woman Isnt It
What Tho Widow took her muff
down from hci chin umV slarcd at the
Harhelor Misplelously
1 mean noble of the woman and
and
Stuiild of both of thorn finished
the Widow abruptly Anybody can
get married aho wontonsarcantlcally
but youve got to prove that youre I
suitably ijUiiiiiini and perfectly proper
and able to pay alimony before you can
eel a divorce
Whccew cxclilmcd the Bachelor i
Uo you mean to Imply that the path
to matrimony Is the broad and danger
oui nay and tho pith tu divorce Is the I
straight and narrow I
Oh not exactly Interrupted the
Widow But when you apply for a I
mm rinse license the only Important
iiiistlon lliuy ask Is whether or not
you arc tnentyan1 and you dont even I
Imvo to piove that but when you apply
for a divorce decree Just look ut the
questions they ask I and the Widow t
I shuddered
i Yes nsreed the Bachelor They
Ivvant to know what time you come homo
i nlKhts and how you spend your money
i and whom you take to luncheon
And what your maid thinks of you
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was her white soul and her womans
lovo that spoke
When she beheld him gazing at her
the tilted her head sldenlse daintily
like a little bird
Oh my I What a fierce you are all
at once
Her smile flashed up m If Illum
ined by the leaping blaze and ho
crossed quickly kneeling beside her
Dear wonderful girl ho said It
Is fiolns to bo my hearts work to
sec that you never change and that
> ou remain Just as you are You cant
understand what this means to me
for I too was blinded but the dark
ness of tho night has restored my
lslun Now > ou must so to sleep
the hours are short and wo must be
going early
He piled up a great sweetscented
couch of springy bought nnd fash
lOlled her n pillow out oC a bundle of
smaller ones around which ho wrapped
hiskhakl cont then he removed her high
laced boots and taking hur tiny feet ono
In the palm of either hand bowed his
head over them and kissed them with
a sense of her gracious purity and his
own unworthlnosa lie spread one of
the big gray blankets over her nnil
tucked her In unite she sighed In de
lightful languor looking up at him
all the time
1 Ill sit here beside yott for a
while he said 1 want to smoke
bit
fine stole a slim brown hand out from
beneath the cover and snuggled It In
hll and ho leaned forward closing her
lids down with his lips Her utter
weariness was manlfeat for ihe fell
asleep almovt Instantly her finger
twined about hli In a childlike crip
f
I Joined the Widow and anybody who
Is foolish enough to go Into U deaerviw
III Hut U does seem funny ilia add
ed ulth u girile that the only peo
ple who wo cnn bo sure aro absolutely
i n1pectnbli aru those who huve secured j
u divorce
Whit Tliu Bachelor turned and
ktnrud at her
Well shu explained plaintively
TlilJYVi 1IIOVUD their reipecU
blllty Theyve had their pasts dragged lj
nut and Inspected and stamped with i
legal appioval but any old burglar or
I thopllfter or street peddler t r beggar i g
The Widow stared suspiciously
can get married A man doesnt have
to prove that hits able to support u 1
wife In order to get one but he has to
prove that hes able to pay her alimony
In order to get rid of one
Thats so cried the Bachelor Dl j
vorce In a cure sign of ready money i
You can marry and live together on II 2
a week but It takes a big lawyers foe J
amla solid Income to live apart Matrl J
mony la cheap beside alimony i
And that declared the Widow U 51
why divorce Ii getting to be a mark of j
social distinction and matrimony Is go
Ing out of fashion Its Its almost bad
form Ilko the fur hats at 1193 and the
Kilt handbags aid the sheath towns
on Fourteenth street Isnt It7
It does seem to have lost caste ad
mitted the Bachelor
And yet sighed tho Widow th
clergymen all over the country am mak
Ing U easier and cheaper and crying for
more stringent divorce laws
Maybe theyre In with the trustl
suggested the Bachelor and want to
conllno all the little luxuries like di
vorce and alimony to the Four Hundred
and the millionaires
Not at all retorted the Widow i
They have a better reason than that
for wanting to lure ui Into matrimony
and keop us there for all eternity I
What J
They believe In ETERNAL PUNISH
I MENTI announced the Widow calmly 1
And they know wo deserve It
groaned tho Bachelor and they want f
ui to get It right hero on earth I j
But wo wont will we demanded 1
I the Widow glancing up definitely with ft
a onecornered umllu under her ttptllted
hat t
NOT IK I KNOWnot unless you say
I eo agreed the Bachelor cheerfully
i
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Nothing Serious
IIE MOTHEHKltty did you
THE those egga I eont you
after
The Little Girl handing back the
colnNo mamma Tho man said
Id have to take a whole one ho
wouldnt cut an tag In two for no
body Baltimore American
Her The man I marry must have
a family back of him
HmBe mine I have a mother
three girls and a little boyCIeve
land Leader
I Y W > < > YW
At times a great desire to feel her In
1
his arms to have her on his breaat
surged over him for ho had lived lonn
apart from women anti the solitude of
the night seemed to mock him He was
a stroiiK man nnd In his veins ran tho
blood of wn > ward forbears who were
wont to posiess that which they con
I quered In the lists of love mingled with
which was the blood of spirited South
ern women who had on occasion loved
not wisely according to Kentucky
rumor but only too well
Nevertheless they were honest men
and women If oversentimental and
had transmitted to him a heritage of
chivalry and a high sense of honor and
courage Strange to say this little
slinplu halfbreed girl had revived thli
honor and courage even when he tried
niui mutiuornl to smother It If only
her love was like her blood he might
have hail no scruples or If her blood
wcr HI pure as her love eten then It
vviid be Ltialtr but as It was he must
give her up tonight and for all time
i Her luve had placed a barrUr between
I them greater and inure Insurmountable
I than her bluod
i Hi tat for n long time with tha
uwlnihing llreilght pla > lns about him
hU mnnboud and nU desIres lacked In
I
a trim struggle wondering ct the hold
I this foien elf had gained upon him
I wondering how It was that Ihe had
stolen into his heart and head and
I
tiken such utter possession of him It
I noJld be no easy task to shut her out I
of M mind and put her away from him
And she t I
He gently withdraw hi fingers fron
her gratp and seeking the other itdu
of tha wlchiup covered himself over
without disturbing her and fell aileip
To De Continued