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The evening world., 1911-08-07

ROWLAND dlpdys udnfed to kno0 Uhy the mean old thing"
hadn't married; and u you spoke of a married man, she Invariably inquired
ehat poor woman uds slarin0 her life out for him.
She declared that marriage teas a hitchino post phere a man expected
to tie a uoman until he got ready TO 90 home nights; ana that a N old
bachelor was a bundle of relfshness, prdpped up in egotism and tied uh
q airing Of prejudices
At least that Uas the tcdy she talked until a particularly likely looking
Eligible appeared upon the scene; and then she got sc busy ,Dorkin0 ouer-
time o her hair and bdnin0 to keep her uaisthne dopn % the ly mas.
cuhne IDEAL that she had no time to theortse.
All her spare moments uere spent in keeping the pdr1or bright and
shining and In derising tdys and means Of Turing the fy into it,
When the Eligible called she catered to his brute nature by feeding
him concoctions. from the chdfng dish uhHe she talked insprfngy OF the
higher mission Of uomdn and Of a mans need for a sWeet, home influence
When he ddn' call she usually managed to get him ne the tdc
phone and to round him up bv Q o'clock. She never let him forget hV
lonely he ps.
1t us a hard pun, bH in time the mental suggestion uorked, and the
Eligible got the impression that whdt he needed to make him happy ua a
ROMANS swect, uHSeNsh deuoton. SO he SWALLOWED the "dont' lump in his
throat, and offered to prOride her Uith Il home and an income for life, her
clothes, board and matinee tickets, fire out Of sir Of the chiGonhr drapers
an the room in the closet a cook, and most Of his time and all his thoughts;
also to 0e up his clubs, his bachelor crories and his pet habits and furnish
hr wth Mrs" on her calling cards
This was rey little, OF course, in return for her LOVE. But the
,roman accepted uithout hesitation and made @ burnt Offering of herself
on the altar Of mdtrtmony.
But she ARRAYS maintained that he wds "wOrth the SACRIFICE"
MORAL-A womdn MAY be unSclfsh to marry for lore but a man
MUST be:
ALSO zen boast Of their "hOrScSCnSe'' but q horse hasn't sense
enough to rcoH:e that he is being "workcd!"
The evening world., 1911-08-07
From the Editor of the Ebe-
ming Planet to MI. Perd-
Uai Smith,

~ EAR JERRY: OF all the morocco
bound nerve. yours oer,sinly takes
- the prize.
It's had enough TO sick some ono on
mo whom you suspect OF being able 70
write-but an amateur-grcat guns.
Say. don't you know | have enough
trouble just holding down my job to
last me for the rest Of my natural life
without having to interview a lot OF fe-
males who think they're going to have
a session with a pink tea gent. trimmed
with lavender gloves and spats'
The young lady oauie down In n lacy,
FOL de rol costume, with n baby blue
sash a mile long and a white bonnet
that looked Ike the kind | used TO buy
for my I'D when It travelled in go.
carts!
The boys outside plped the bonnet
and in ten minutes there were as many
llmericks dedicated to the I'd!
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* * * * Four Weeks OF O. HENRY Stor.
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prietor, his wares. q stove tho size Of
a vinegar cruet. and one customer.
Joe was not of the nation that keeps
us forever In a furore with fugues and
fruit. He was a capable American
youth who was laying by money, and
wanted Daisy to help him spend II.
II got money saved up. Daisy" was
his love song; AN you know how bad
l want you. That store OF mine aln't
very big. but
'Ohl amt it?' would be the a~ntiphony
Of the unphilosophical one. why. I
heard the big department stores were
trying to get you TO sublet part OF your
floor space to them for next year"
Daisy passed Joe'5 corner every
morning and evening.
Hello. Two-by-Four!" was her usual
greeting. Seems to me your etore looks
emptier. You must have sold q pack
age OF chewing gum"
Amt much room In here. sure" Joe
would answer. with his slow grin, Eek
cept for you. Daise. Me and the store
are waitin' for you whenever you'll take
us. Don't you think o might before
long,"
"store,'-a fne ecorn was expressed
by Dalsy's uptilted no~se-"sardine box!
Waitin' for me, you say7 Gee! you'd
az w Nti,F 'eN " tAtihA ~
pounds OF candy before I could get in
side OF 1t, joe"
Il wouldn't mind an even swap like
that" said Joe, complimentary.
Daisy's existence was limited in every
way. She had 70 walk sideways be-
tween the counter and the shelves In
the candy store. In her own hall bed
room coziness had been carried close to
cohesiveness. The walls were 90 near
to one another that the paper on them
made a perfect Babel of noise.
She could light the gas with n hand
and close the door with the other with
out taking her eyes off the reflection OF
her brown pompadour in the mirror.
She had Joe's picture IN a gilt frame
on the dresser. and s~ometimes-but her
next thought would always be OF Joe's
funny little store Tackled line a soap
box to the corner OF that great building.
and away would go her sentiment in
a breeze OF laughter.
Daisy's other sutton followed Joe by
several months. lie came to board in
the house where she lived. His name
was Dabster. n he was a philosopher.
Though young, attachments stood out
upon him like continental labels on a
rassaic IN. j. suitcase.
knowledge he had kidnapped from
cyclopedlas n handbooks OF useful
information; but as for Wisdom. when
she passed he was left smiling in the
road without so much as the number
OF her motor car.
He could and would tell you the pro-
portion of water and muscle-making
properties of peas and veal, the shortest
verse In the Bible, the number OF pounds
OF single nails required to fasten 2,6
shingles laid four inches to the weather,
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before Joe's booth. Dabstcr wore a silk
hat. ~and-well. Daisy was a woman and
that hat had no chance to get back In
It's box until Joe had seen e.. \ stick Of
pineapple chewing gum was the ostcn-
s!ble object of the call. Joe supplied It
through the open side OF his store. He
did not pale or faltcr ut sight of the hat.
Mr.. Dabster's going to take me on
top Of the building to observe the vlew."
said Daisy. after she had introduced her
admirers. Il never was on n sky
scraper. I guess il must be awfu nice
and funny up there"
I'm" said Joe.
The panorama said Mr.. Dabster.
Exposed to the gaze from the top OF n
lofty building is not only sublime. but
instructive. Miss Daisy has "A decided
pleasure in store for her"
Its windy up there. too. rs we'll ~
here" said Joe. Arc you dressed
warm enough. Daise?'
sure thing. I'm all lined" said
Daisy. smiling slyly at his clouded
brow. "You look Just like a IN
n case, Joe. Amt YOU Just put in nm
invoice OF n pint OF peanuts or another
apple? your store looks awful over
stocked"
Daisy glEgled nj her favorito Joke
and Joe had TO smile with her.
You quarters are somewhat lin
The evening world., 1911-08-07
No. l Of a Series Of the Last
an Best Stories by
Americas Cleverest
Short Story Writer

nv the FIRST beacon nights OF the winter
afternoon. And then tho bay and sen
10 the south and east vanishing mys-
~tcriously Into the sky.
II don't like Il" declared Daisy, with
troubled blue eyes. SAY We 20 down.
But tho philosopher was not to bc
denied his opportunity. lie would let
her behold Tho grandeur OF his mind,
tho half-Nelson he had on ths infinite,
and the memory hc had for statistics.
And then she would nevermore be con-
tent to buy chewing gum at The small
est store In New York.
Ana 40 he began 20 pirate of the
smallncss Of human affairs, and how
that oven 40 slight n removal from earth
made nom and his works look Ike the
tenth part OF n dollar thrice computed.
And that n should consider the
sidcrcal system and the maxims OF
Epictctus n he comforted.
You don't carry mo with you." said
Daisy. Say, ! think It's awful tn be
up so high that folks look like fcas.
ono OF them We saw might have been
Joe. Why. Jimmy! we Nigh, "a well
ho In New Jersey Say. I'm afraid ur
here!'
The philosopher smiled fatuousiy.
The EARTH said he. lis itself only
40 n grain ~ wheat IN space. Look M
thcrc."
Daisy cu7ei upward apprehensivcly
Tho short day was spent and the stars
were coming out above.
Wonder star" said Dabster. rs
Venus. h evening star. She ~ "a
0n.O0 miles from tho snr"
"Fudge!" said Daisy, with n brict
lash Of spirit. where do you hin
come from-Brooklyn? Susie Price. In
our store-hcr brother sent her a tickle,
to 80 to san Francisco-that'p onl,
three thousand miles"
Tho philosopher smiled indulgently.
our world" he said. ia 81, 600. 90
miles from tho sun, There are eighteen
stars U' tho first magnitude that ar,
2ll,oT' times further from us thar tn,
sun Is. II one Of them should be cxtin
guished II would be- three years befor,
We would see Its ligh 20 out. Their,
are six thousand stars of the sixth mag
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ishiss O.. nAs M Tea WssdD.
Then me hue sash trnaed IN a well
OF purple ink On Hathaway desk and
almost reduced the brofier to tears.
Last. but not least. her stun 10 punk
couldn't possibly use II IL . million
yearsi
Say. Jerry. II you sver wish anything
Hike THAI on mo again itrl be all 10 be-
tween ~ forever and aye! You're.
BILL
(E'on, Miss Write to Hc,
Cbam. Mildred. SAM
Day.

iNARLING MILDRED: had such
an exciting time the other day!
Mr.. Smith. that friend of Roberts.
you know. sent mo down with q letter
OF Introduction to the Editor of the
Evening Planet.
was scared 10 death at frst-l had
never seen so many men before in my
life. but I know l looked all right /
had on that scrumptious now lingerie
gown and tho baby hat with ths pale
blue DOW.
And. my dear. I wish you could have
seen the sensation l made. Why. the
minute | entered the big room an audi-
bio murmur OF admiration went around
and they did nothing but stare AL the
time I was therel
And ~" editor II a daIding. handsome
as tn d~!ckens-and charming!
or course | didn't have Just the stun
he was looking for at the moment. but
I'm going to write some right away!
on, | almost forgot to tell you thai
one of the men down there got ink on
sash, and the ribbon cost a dollar
ten a yard too-but II was worth II. II
was some sensation. beIievs mo, with
love. DORIS.
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nftuds. II takes thirty.six years for
the light OF one of them 10 reach the
earth. With an eirhteen-foot telescope
we can see N. 600 stars, Including
those Of the thirteenth magnitude,
whose ilght takes 200 years 70 reach
US. Each of these stars
You're lynn" cried Daisy. angrily.
You're tryin' to scare me. md you
have: I want 10 go down." %
She stamped her foot.
"ArcturuA'--began the philosopher.
soothIngiy. but he was interrupted by
a demonstration out of the vattness of
the nature that he was endenvoring 20
portray WITH hts memory ips,esd OF
his heart.
For to tho heart-expouuder OF nature
the stars were set In the armament ex-
pressly To give soft light 10 lovers wan
derlng happily beneath them. and n
YOU stand tlptoc some September night
with your sweetheart on your arm you
can almost touch them with your hand.
Three years tor ,helr llph, ~ reach u.
indeed,
GU of the west feaped a mefsor.
lighting the roof OF the sk~yscraper al
most to midday. It's fiery parabola
was umned against the sky toward the
east. IL hlss"i NJ - vent srd Daisy
screamed.
Take mo down." she cried vehement
~, 'you-you mental arithmetic!"
Dabster got her to the elevator, AMI
inside OF IL. She was w~ild-eyed. and
she shuddered when tia cspr.sr made
Its facilitating drop.
Outside the revolving door OF the sky.
scraper the philosopher lost her. She
mad vanished: n he stood. bewildersd.
without figures or statistics to aid him.
Joe had "A lull in trade, and by squirm-
Ing among his stock succeeded In light
ing n cigarette and getting one coli
foot against the attcnuated stove.
The door was burst open. and Daisy.
laughing. crying. scattering fruit and
candles. tumbled into his arms.
"Oh, Joe. I've been up on the sky
scraper. Amt 1t coy and warm anS
homelike In here! I'm ready for you,
! Joe. whenever you want me-"
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tied. Mr.. -cr-er." remarked Dabstcr.
I'm comparison with the size Of this
building. | understand tho area OF It's
sidc to he about $40 by 100 feet. That
would rake you occupy n proportionate
space as II half of BCloochistan were
placed upon n territory ~ large as the
United states east OF the Rocky Noun
tains. with the Province OF ontario and
Belgium added"
is that so. sport?" said Joe. gcnl-
ally. YOU are Weiscnhcimcr ON fig
ures. all right. How many square
pounds OF balcd hay do YOU think n
iackass could eat II he stopped brayln
long enough to keep still "A minute and
nve-cighths?'
A few minutes later Daisy and Mr.
Dabster stepped from an elevator tc
the top floor of the skyscrupcr. Then
up a short. steep stairway and out upon
the roof. Dabster led her to the para
pct 80 she could look down ut the black
dots moving In the street below.
What are thcy?" she asked. trem'
| bling. She had never been on n height
like this before.
And then Dahstcr must needs play
the philosopher on the tower. and con
duct her soul forth to mCe. the tmme1
sity Of space.
"BlpcdS, he Snld, 0c'
what they become even ut the small
elevation of $40 fcet-mere crawling
lrsccts going to and fro at random
"Oh. they amt anything of the kind
exclaimed Daisy, suddcnly-"thcy'r'
! folks! ] saw an automobile. oh. gee
are we that high up?"
walk over his way" said Dahstcr
lie showed her the great city lynn
like an orderly array OF toys far below
starred here and there. early as 1t was
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annual rainfall at Fort Smelling, MINI,
he would transfix with his fork the
best piece OF chicken on the dish while
you were trying to rally sufficiently I"
ask him WEAKLY why does a hen. cross
the road.
Thus. brightly armed. and further
equipped with a measure OF good looks,
of a hair-oily. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
in-the-aftcrnoon kind. II seems that Joe,
of the Iilliputian emporium. had a rival
worthy OF his steel. But Joe carried nc
steel. There wouldn't ave been room
in his store TO draw It II he had.
one Saturday afternoon. about four
o'clock. Daisy and Mr.. Dabster stopped
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the end of them to represent the in
variable musings OF deep thinkers on
high places. And when the philosopher
takes the elevate down his mind Is
broader. his heart Is at peace, and his
conception of the cosmogony of crea-
ton is as wild as the buckle of Orion's
summer belt.
But II your name happened to be
Daisy. and you worked in an Eighth
avenue candy store and lived In n little
cold hall bedroom, Ave feet by eight.
and earned 50 per week. and ate ten
cent lunches and were nineta~n year
bid, and got up at 30 and worked till
.. and never had studied philosophy.
maybe things wouldn't look that way
to you from the top OF a s~kyscraper.
Two sighed for the hand OF Daisy. the
un~philosophical. One was Joe, who
kept the smallest store in New York.
II was about the size OF a tool-box Of
the D.. +. w. and was stuck like a
swallows rest against a corner OF a
downtown skyscapcr. Its stock con-
sisted OF fruit. candles, newspapers.
song books, cigarettes. and lemonade In
season. When stern winter shook his
concealed locks ana Joe had TO move
himself and the fruit inside, there was
exactly room in the store for the pro-
The evening world., 1911-08-07
POSSIBLE REASON.

"Those hanging gardens OF Babylon
are said 20 have been 800 feet IN tho air"
why dld tho king put them 80 high?'
Perhaps the nolghborlng kings Kept
chickens. Exchange.
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SYC AND THE
|. PSKYSCRAPER
The Romance Of a New York
Il Girl Whose Heart Was
4 Cupid's THERMOMETERS
Copyright. 1910. BY Doubleday. p.e. a COL

- F o ire a philosopher % can dc this thing; you can 60 to the top
o. a high building. look down upon our fenow-men 300 feet below,
n despse them al. insects
Like the irresponsible black waterbugs n SUNNI ponds, they
"a crawl circle hustle about idioucany without aim or purpose
Hhey a lot even move with he admirable intelligence Of ns, for ants always
now when they Ire going home The mt is OF a twy station. nut h will
Xten each homo get bis clippers o n while yu ire left at YOU Nevated
DAtion
M Man.. then. to the housetoppei philosopher appears to be but q creeping
1oontempube beetle Brokers, poets minonaires bootblacks, beauties, hod-
IN politicians become little black D@ks dodging bigger bAck specks
- streets no wider than you thumb.
From this high view the city Itself becomes degraded to a unintemsble
The evening world., 1911-08-07
OPEN QUESTION

"Trow long can n man go without
alr?'
II can't say. The longest Pullman
trip l ever took occupied seven
days. "-Chicago Journal.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

The Great Frederick Fair, Oct. ,7-so.
Tickets good going on all Baltimore 4
Ohio Trains Oct. IS to 20. valid for re-
turn until 21st, $3.50. and for special
a. m. the 18th. $40 the round trip.
-Adyt
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
CHILDREN
MUST SPELL, SAYS
NEW SCHOOL ED|CT
There Will Be No Escape
Owing to System to Be
Inaugurated.

A pupil who graduates from Q
Washington school hereafter simply
can't escape knowing how to spell
all the hard words in the dictionary.
He will be able to look any combina-
tion of delusive lies" In the faca
and know which one comes first a.
we'll as to skip lightly over any
twenty-seven letter w-breakers"
like antitransubstantiat with
out blinking an eye.
The system sprang from A. T. Stuart
who won fame when he hrst became
superintendent OF schools and who
has since stood sturdily against all
modern spelling methods and a stern
and immobiie champion Of spelling q la
the good old days. Instructions are
being printed and viii be sent to
teachers within . few days.
Beginning next Monday each teacher
will keep record Of all misspolled
words in the daily lessons. These will
be forwarded to Mr.. stuart's office, and
from the collection Of spelling papers
Of 5000 pupils, list Of the words
oftenest misspelled In each Grade will
be compiled. Then when q child gradu-
ates into q higher grade, instead Of GO
sDss Hhss ON Where ,rs b. ne ~ q WI MI
find himself confronted irst with all thu
pathological sins OF his past year. And
bis sins will be cumulative. Besides
which lists Of words often miaspeIied''
will be formulated, each teacher will
keep individual records OF pupils, and
by the time a child reaches the eighti,
inisdemeanors Of which he must be ac.
Quilted before he can 60 to the high
school.
I'VE are growin weary Of the com.
can't SPELL" sighed Mr.. Stuart. "Whei,
this system gets going there will be sew
eral thousand youngsters sent out into
misspellinR. cursed world every year
who Will carry the dictionary upiift into
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
Little Mary" Of Picture
Fame, a Married Woman

Another public idol smashed.
Little Mary, popular moving pic
ture actress, 10 the latest subject Of
popular disillusion.
Today It became known in Washing
ton that little Mary" supposed by
picture theater patrons to be about
eight years Of age, Ii really nineteen.
But Little Mary IL not only nine
teen, but married. Her husbands name
il Moore.
=. Moving aSsv picture src qgsTSsSr' gs the GsR
Mary" is q free agent In the Aim manu-
facture business. She has broken with
the Independent Film Company, at New
York, from whom she has been receiv-
ing N5 per week.
A a delineator OF infant grace on
the moving picture stage, Little Mary"
has won high place in the affections
OF the washington public. Her long.
brown curls and big brown eyes, with
clever acting, have made her acts
feature films" extensively advertised
locally. Not in the least do her pic
lures portray married woman of nine
Mary Pickford is the stage name of
Mrs. Moore. She left the Independent
Film Company for higher wages, a
New York court susta tning her action
because she was q minor when she
made her original contract.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
CHRISTMAS B|PLANE
DEMONSTRATED BY
GREEN OPERATOR
Daring Aviator Makes First
Air Flight in Newest
Aerial Invention.

After fourteen years of hard study and
experiment. the efforts Of DR.. William
w. Christmas, a surgeon OF this city.
TO invent an aeroplane that would be
Of commercial value, have borne fruit.
Last evening at College Park the
Christmas biplane took the air with all
the ease and grace Of a bird. and hew
splendidly on it's first trial.
The exhibition was really wonderful
when II IL taken into confederation that
the aviator never had been up in . n.y.
ing machine before. For learning to
ny. John Fisher, the aviator. has
broken the worlds record. without the
least bit Of practice In running the ma
chine over the field, ne headed the big
biplane into the air, and 1t shot up
ward. Fisher did not lose his nerve,
but seemed to gain confidence In HIM
self as the big monster shot through
the air. DIR. Christmas, the inventor,
and Robert Ions, the maker, were as
tonished at Fishers great nerve and
apparent knowledge Of aviation.
In makeup the Christmas machine is
the most peculiar and unique Of any
biplane yet constructed. It il built on
the principal that allows the inventor
to build q machine at almost any
length on the same plans.
Although not directly associated with
DIR. Christmas, Senator owen Of Okla
homa and Senator Money of Missis-
sippi have watched DIR. Christmas ma
chine, and have expressed confidence
in It.
Dr. Christmas will begin at once the
construction OF another machine. He Ia
having built powerful engine, and
when his new machine IL constructed
he intends to move his plant South,
where he will manufacture them, teach
aviation. and put his biplane on the
market. -...
DR.. Christmas 10 a North Carolinian
al, an seropiane | factory % either in in his se State
or in South Carolina. Senator Money
would like him to come to Mississippi.
while North Carolina and South Caro-
lima are eager to get him. A company
Is being formed to manufacture the
Christmas machine.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16

Extra bottles, 50 cents. Sold by Henry
Evans and James ODonneil. the enter
prising pharmacists. and druggists
everywhere.
The Washington times., 1911-10-16
PHLET. WAR
MAY Be WAGED ON
RATS OF DISTRICT
Mclean Plan of Using $500
in Education Campaign
to Be Waged.

With $500 at his disposal. Health Of
ficer Woodward is considering methods
Of Kidding the District Of rats. The
question IL one that Is perplexing the
officials. The sum Is not large enough
to begin a war Of determination, and
the Health officer Is puzzled as to how
to obtain the best results.
One proposition under consideration
was to offer prizes for the greatest num-
Der OF rats killed. It was proposed to
organize rat-killing expeditions, and
with dogs and ferrets hunt down the
rodents in all sections Of the city.
Health Officer Woodward II Of the
opinion. however, that the appropriation
10 not sufficient for a war along these
lines, and 1t Is probable that gentler
means will be adopted. , ,.,
who was called upon for suggestions,
has recommended that the larger part
Of the appropriation be spent in cam:
paign Of education. After Q careful
and other cities, Mr.. Mclean suggeR&ed
that pamphlets and literature be Issued
advising the use Of certain poisons and
the construction Of buildings in such
rodents undesirable and difficuit.
Mr., McLean's suggestion probably
DR.. woodward said today, however.
that unless 1t IL shown that results can
be Accomplished he would be in favor
Of the money reverting to the Treas
ury.
In his efforts to rid the District OF
rats. the Health Officer !s backed by
q number of civic organizations. The
Northeast Washington Citizens Asso-
citation has gone on record as an enemy
OF the rodents. Means destruction have
The fund of $500 for the destruction of
rats was included in the last District
appropriation bill. San Francisco, ac-
cording to DR.. Woodward spends an
rats.