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The evening world., 1911-06-19

Short frll!s finished OF with an en-
bro!dered band in dainty colored ef.
fects are 30 tents each.
The huge butterfly bows. that can he
purchased ready made. furnish the
home mllliner with a smart trimming
that IS easily adjusted. In white or
black lace these BOWS are $3.50. In ma
line. 49, Those OF black velvet ara
sl.95 for 2 loops and s4.25 for a 6-loop
bow.
The new automobile parasol n "A
novelty that is finding favor. The
handle Is really a cylindrical leather
case about two inches in diameter into
which the parasol closes. 1t has a
leather strap handle and can be car
ried like a music roll, When closed II
Is about IS inches long and is conven-
lent for either carriage or automobile
use. since 1t can be tucked away under
the cushions or anywhere. The sun
shade Is OF silk and Is obtainable in
a large variety of colors. This handy
parasol can be had at 5000.
The evening world., 1911-06-19
Strictly Business
A Romance of the Stage and of a Clash
Eet4veen LOBE and More or Less
FrenSled Finance.
aRaHHHaahas NJ

lSputhtuiN, idst ~ 'otl
the Old log school-house besides cipherin'
and nouns, especially when the Teach
er Kept Me In" Vanishing. with a
quick A.rt OF bingham apron-strngs,
she reappeared In considerably less than
a "~trice" az a huny "Psrisienne'-so
near does art bring the old red mill 70
the Moulin Rouge. And then
But you know the rest. And so did
Bob Hart. but he saw somebody else.
He thought he saw that Cherry was the
only professional on the short order
stage that he had seen who seemed ~
actIy TO ~ the part OF Helen Crimes
In tho sketch he had written and kept
tucked away In the tray OF his trunk,
or course Bob Hart, as well as every
other normal actor. grocer. newspaper
man. professor. curb broker and farmer,
has a play tucked away somewhere,
But Bob Harris sketch was not
destined to end in a pickle jar. lie
called II mice VIII Play" lie had kept
1t quiet and hidden away ever since he
wrote II. waiting to And a partner who
fitted his conception OF Helen Grimes.
And hero was Helen herself, with
all the innocent abandon, the youth. the
sprightliness. and the fla wless stage art
that his critical taste demanded.
After the act was over Hart found
the In the box office. and got
Cherry's address. At five the next after
400 he called at the musty old house
In the West Forties and sent up his
professional card.
BY daylight. in a secular shirtwaist
and plain wolfe skirt. with her hair
curbed and her Sister OF Charity eyes,
Winona Cherry might have been play
ing the part OF Prudence Wise, the
deacon's daughter, In the great (un-
written) New England drama not yet
entitled anything.
II know your act. Mr.. Hart" she
said after she had looked over his
ard carefully. "Wha did you wish 10
see me about?"
II saw you work last night" said
Hart. "I've written "A sketch that I've
been saving up. It's for stwo; and
think you can DO the other part. !
thought I'd sec o about It,"
Come IN the parlor." said Miss
Cherry. i've been wishing for some,
thing OF the sort. ] think I'd like 10
act instead OF doing turns"
Bob Hart drew his cherished "Mics
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sketch win moro than 6ouaos wase beth
OF us earn now when ~ 80 4 aAaosd
up"
The subsequent history Of ~slles Wyi
Play" Is tho history Of al suocoamnui
I writings for the stage. Hart d Cherry
cut II, pierced II. ~rernodsllsd Il oor-
formed surgical operations on ths dia-
losue and business. changed the Hnss.
restored en-, added more. 0ut EN- cut,
renamed IT, gave 1t back the "a saGs.
rewrote II. substituted . dAgger Co Ne
pistol. restored the pistoi-put ne
sketch through all the known processes
OF condensation n Improvement.
They rehearsed II by the o~id-6ash1soed
boardlng-house clock In The rarely Uod
parlor until its warning cliok ~ i've
minutes to the hour would OCCUR every
time exactly half q second before the
click OF the unloaded revolver that
Helen Grimes used In rehearslng the
thrilling climax OF tho sketch.
Yes. that was a thriller and . piece
OF excellent work. In the act . real
80 callbre revolver was used loaded
| with a real cartridge. Helen Grimes.
who II a Western girl Of decidedly Buff
falo Billish skill and daring. 10 tenn
~pestuously In love with Frank Des-
mond, the private secretary and conf
Dental prospective ~son-in-law Of her
father. "Arapahoe" Grimes. quarter
million-dollar cattle king. owning q
ranch that, judging by the scenery. 10
In either the had Lands or Amagan-
sett, l.. /. Desmond Tin private life
Mr.. Bob Hart) wears puttees and
Meadow Brook Hunt riding trousers,
and gives his address rs New York.
leaving you to wonde why he comes
to the Bad Lands or Amagansett Gas
the case may be-. and at the same
time to conjecture mildly why q cattle
man should want puttees about his
ranch with a secretary In 'em.
Well. anyhow. you know as well as
I do tina we III like that kind OF play.
whether we llmit Il or not-something
along In between "Bluebeard. Jr." and
"cymbeline" played In the Russian.
There were only two parts and a ~
IN 'Mice VIII Play" Hart and cheffy
were the two. OF course. and the hait
was a minor part always played by a
STAGE hand, who merely came in once In
Tuxedo coat and a panic to announce
that the house was by In
dams. and to turn down the gas fire In
the crate by the managers orders.
There was another girl In the sketch
a NTH venue society swelless-who
was visiting the ranch and who had
slrencd Jack Valentine when he was q
wealthy club man In lower Third ave.
nue. before he lost his money. This girl
appeared m the stage only In the photo
graphic state-Jack had her Sarony
stuck up on tho mantel Of the Amagan
of the bad Lands drorinS room. Hslea
was Jealous. Of course.
And now for m thrtnsP.
Go Re Ceaunvsll
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A Great @. HENRY New York Summer Story

hearth. The stage IL all right. I love
Il; but there's something else / love
better-that's a little country home
some day. with Plymouth Rock chick
ems and six ducks wandering arount
the yard.
Now. let mo tell you. Mr.. Hart. ] an
strictly business. II you want me TO
play the opposite part In your sketch.
III do II. And 1 believe we can makoi II
so. And there's something else l want
to say: There's no IN my
makeup; I'm on the level and I'm on
the stage for what II pays mo. just al
other girls work In stores and Offices.
I'm going TO save my money to keep me
when I'm past doing my stunts. No
Old Ladies' Home or Retreat for I'm
prudent Actresses for me.
'If you want 20 make this n busin ess
partnership. Mr.. Hart. with all nonsense
cut out OF II. I'm In on II. ! know some
thing about vaudeville teams I'm general.
but this would ave to be one In par
ticular. | want you TO know that I'm
on the stage for what | can cart away
from II every pay day IN II little manila
envelope with nicotine stains on II.
whore the cashier has licked tho nap.
It's a kind OF hobby OF mine TO want
10 crayenctte myself for plenty OF rainy
days IN the future. | wan you TO know
Just how ! am. I don't know what an
al night restaurant looks Ike: / drink
only weak tea. | never spoke to a man
at "A stage entrance In my life. and I've
got money In five savings banks.
Miss Cherry" said Bob Hart In his
smooth. serious tones. you're In on
your own terms. I've got strictly bust
ness pasted In my hat and stenciled
on my makeup box. When / dream
OF nights | always see a nve-room
bungalow on the north shore Of Long
Island. with a Jap cooking clam broth
and duckling in the kitchen. and me
with the title deeds TO the place in my
pongee coat pocket. swinging in a
hammock on the side porch, reading
Stanley's Explorations into Africa.
And nobody else around. You never
was Interested In Africa, was you Miss
Cherry?'
mot any, said Cherry. What I'm
going to DO with my money Is 20 bank
It. You can get four per cent, on de-
poslts. Even at the salary I've been
earning, I've figured out that In ten
years Ia have an income OF about so
n month Just from the interest alone.
Wen. | might invest some of the
principal IN a little business-say. trim
ming hats or a beauty parlor. and make
more
Vel" said Hart, you've got the
proper idea all rigit. all right. anyhow,
There are mighty few actors that
mount to anything at all who couldn't
TX themselves for the wet days to come
II they'd save their money instead of
blowing II. I'm glad you've got tho cor
rect business idea of u. Miss Cherry. !
think the same way; n ] believe this
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cults. Miss Cherry was slower TO DE-
eide. After many chickering's or her
smooth young brow and tapplngs on
her small, white teeth with the END
Of a lead pencil she gave out her dc
tum.
Mr.. Hart" sald she. 81 believe your
sketch is going to win out. That
Grimes part fits ms Ike a ~shrnkable
fiannel after It's first trip to a handles
hand laundry. | can make Il stand out
like a Colonel OF the Forty-fourth Reg
iment at a Little Mothers Bazaar.
And I'VE seen you work. I know what
you can do with tho other part. But
business Is business. How much do YOU
get a week for the stunt you do nowr"
Two hundred answered Hart.
IL get one hundred for mime" said
Cherry. That's about the natural dis
count for a woman. But I i've on II
and put a few simoleons every week
under the loose brick Ia the Old kitchen
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VIII Play from mis- pocket. and read
1t to her.
Read 1t again, please" said Mss
Cherry.
And then she pointed out to him
clearly how 1t could be improved by
introducing a messenger instead OF a
telephone call. cutting the dialogue
Just before the climax while t.ey were
struggling for the pistol. and b. com
pletely changing the lines and business
or Helen Grimes at the point where
her Jealousy overcomes her. Hart
yielded to all her structures without
argument. h had at once put her
finger on the sketch's weaker points.
That was her woman's intuition that
he had lacked. AT the end OF their
talk Hart was willing 70 stake the
Judgment. experience, and savings OF
his four years OF vaudeville that Mice
VIII Play" would blossom into IA per
ennial hower ip the garden OF the cir
The evening world., 1911-06-19

EAE Cleopatra dissolved q pearl in pine, and since then
@S many a man has disdved the pearl Of a womans depo-
hon lin the I'M sort Of liquid.
shs IS M time Of the year Uhen the sec is most ddngcrous-but more
V me dangers re "uuscd By the moon than By the pdter.
a Womdn sometimes remains an old maid not because she has been cs
appointed IN lore but because she doesn't rant to be.
d man nere 0ires the key to his heart to a Womdn: he pdits until some
"he thing with enough ingenuity comes along and picks the lock uith a
harpin.
modern men can 90 On ,inning hearts in the sort of clothes thep
Usor shoes Just hp fatally fascinating they must really be.
~ these dys Of frdess cookers and drstless speepers the onlv thing
hoktn0 % make q modern uUcS life sreet appears TO b. a SOCK.
les husband.
4 man o &c uy O Uomdn could rather be called "cutc, than "clerer"
-s@ ne can easily see Why he would rather hare her that iran.
A U0wdn hos tornen q book OF what EIGHT Million Women Wan"
Rvsbcnds voc should say husIqndsy
Most men fancy that Eve uas inpented for ADM to blame nj, IN, on
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Fad You've been touched with
and by actors. and you read
- the newspaper criticisms and
jokes In the weeklies about the Rialto
and the chorus girls and tho long-haired
tragedlans.
Now. few of us know the real life OF
the stage people. Ii we did the profess
sion might be more overcrowded than
It is.
The vaudeville team of Hart and
Cherry was an inspiration. Bob Hart
had been roaming through the Eastern
n Western circuits for four years with
a mixed-up act comprising IA monologue,
three lightning changes with songs a
couple OF limitations OF celebrated iml
tators and n buck-and-wing dance that
had drawn a glance OF approval from
the bass VOL player In moro than one
house-thaD which no performer ever re-
ceived more satisfactory evidence OF
good work.
The greatest treat an actor can have
Is to witness the pitiful performance
with which all other actors desecrate
the stage. In order TO give himself this
pleasure he will often forsake the sun
NEST Broadway corner between Thirty
fourth and For~ty-fourth TO attend 4 mat
NEE Offering by his less gifted brothers.
one afternoon Bob Hart presented his
solvent, serious. well known vaudeviilian
face at the boX office window OF a rival
attraction and got bis d. h. coupon for
an orchestra seat.
A. B. c and ID giowed successfully on
the announcement spaces and passed
into oblivion. each plunging Mr.. Hart
deeper into gloom.
But when II came on. THE Mustard
suddenly sat up straight. III was the
happy alphabetical prognost!cator of
Winona Cherry, in Character Songs and
Impersonatlons. There were scarcely
more mar two bites TO Cherry; but she
delivered the merchandise tied with a
pink cord and charged to the old mans
account. She frat showed you Q de.
uciously dewy and singhamy country
girl with. Q basket of property daisies
who ipeprmed o ingenuously tina,
there we've other things to be learned q,
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PART !.
Copyright, 1910, by

SUPPOSE you know all about
the stage and stage people.
You've been touched with
and by actors, and YOU read
The evening world., 1911-06-19
AN EYE TO BUSINESS.

II saw Jones. tho contractor. at
church."
YES. He heard that the streets of the
Celestial City were paved WITH gold and
he wants to bid on the Sktensions."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The evening world., 1911-06-19
Reflections of a - = y
E| GIRL
By Helen Rowland

cspsnsI, isii. NJ Ib. rr. runn.a.s Ca .hs New xos weaA>
r r OST Of the "tedys to a mans heart" turn out Il
/N be just blind alleys, n~opadays.
Cleopatra dissolred q pearl in ,oine, and since the'
many a man has dissolved the pearl Of q poman's depo
The evening world., 1911-06-19
BY p Irene Loeb.

. OR EVERY LITTLE LETTEI,
r. HAS A MEANING OF ITS OWN
and later makes thoughts and ac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
GEORGIA WANTS
 ID STOP PISTOLS Christmas Casualties Will Prompt Movement in
 Legislature

Atlanta, December 30.-(Special.)z-If Christmas casualties have not been so Iar forgotten by the time the legisla- ME undoubtedly be made to secure some draetic legislation against the sale of eiats's, particularly, and dangerous weapons in general.
 p0lee departments and courts are a nit on the subject that something should J dens to put a stop to the indiscrimnate 1e 5f lstos, too often to negroes and aaasi5le whites. Anybody can go ai pt enshop these days and buy an el8 egai with ammunition, which will
 e1tor despite it's second hand con-
 Wers approximately, 50 cases be-
 &asn vles following Christmas,
 M0t pist1 figured, killings, inten-
 eotir ald accidents. In not one
 s 63 caacs ad the owners of the ssals c0HprCG Wth the new law which Hes at eveF person carrying a aal l ptoc1sa a license from the
 iHaf lan tlielf they cannot carry
 rfaEa8s Bow It least to secure Ht, Aii rsahire every person a5 . afti Co gster his name, s nasfl ais he vendor; to aaf ha tgi5 record shall be held for rat rcctlon and to make it mis- deaeanei or a person either to buy or ssli 2 pistol without such registration. Enis will enable the police to keep track of all purchasers of dangerous weapons and will, in effect, compel every person owning one who proposes to carry it around with him, to procure the required license. The police, too, can keep track of irresponsible persons and either con- fscate their weapons where they have no business with them. or see to it that they do no harm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
ATLANTA TO HAVE
 MERCHANTS WEEK
Adopting Eastern Methods in Going Out After Business of
 Merchants

Atlanta, December 30-(SpeciaD aD-Atlanta is going out after trade somewhat on the order of the plan adopted by New York, Baltimore and other eastern cities.
 The Atlanta Merchants and Manufac- turers' association decided at it's annual meeting this week to hold merchants convention week in February with a view to bringing here merchants from all parts of Georgia and neighborng states and showing just what Atlanta has to offer in the way of manufactured articles as we'll as joboing stocks.
 The association has long been hammer inS away upon this line through news paper and other advertising, and while some results have been attained, they have gone as far as was hoped for and expected. Still the ground has been planted and it is now determined to try the efficacy of week of combined enter tainment and education-giving the visi- tors pleasant time and also showing them the advantages of Atlanta as a market.
 Committees have been appointed to make all arrangements in connection with merchants week. and it is probable the invitations will be issued for about the middle of February. It is specially de- sired to have them here before the close of the spring and summer buying season. It is the hope of the committees to bring at least 500 merchants here from all points in the territory surrounding Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
2sOO Members Registered

Washington, December 30.-The "con- vocation week" of the American As- sociation for the Advancement of Science, during which nearly 30 impor- tant national organizations held con- ventions in Washington. closed today. The need of labor legislation. improve ment of conditions in mining and other trades, and the progress of plant and animal breeders in development of species, formed the topics of the more important gatherings today
 Over 2300 members registered dur ing the week at the general head quarters of the association, including visitors from Germany, China, Porto Rico, Hawaii and Cuba, with 32 from Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
LEADERS TESTIFY IN CONTEMPT CASES Labor Men Reluctantly Give Evidence Before Justice
 Wright Yesterday

Washington, December 30.-Several la bor leaders reluctantly testified today be- fore Justice Wright in the contempt pro- ceedings arising out of the Buck Stove and Range case against Samuel Gompers. John Mitchell and Frank Morrison. They were called to identify records of the pro ceedings of the annual tions of the American Federation of Labor, held at Norfolk Tn 1907, at Denver in 1908, and at Toronto in 1909, and copies of the Amer ican Federationist, in which it was claimed were published editorials on which many of the charges were based.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
DEAD BODY IN GOOD STATE FOUR YEARS

Shawnee, Okla, December 30.-To lie unclaimed four years in the, morgue of an undertaken here and then to be sud- denly claimed by two different families as a long missing member of each, was the fate of an embalmed body which to- day was identified as that of John Robi- nett of Granite, Okla. Relatives of for mer McComb, Okla, man declared the body to be that of Wesley Yandell. Yan- dell is wanted on a charge of murder.
 If he is shown to be dead, bondsmen will be absolved from payment of. the bond given for his appearance.
 The unidentified body was found about four years ago at Chickasha, in a boxcar in the railroad yards. Willis Yandell in- spected it on December 10 and the work of the embalmer was so perfect Shat he declared the body was that of his brother, Wesley Yandell. He. said he recoknized small marks on the flesh and the fea- lures despite that both ears were miss ing. A corners verdict was that the man was killed by person or persons unknown to the authorities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
SOCIETY WOMAN
 TAXES HER LIFE

Chicago, December S0.-Mrs. Frederick T. Haskell, wife of the vice president of the Illinois Trust and Savings bank died this afternoon at hospital here. She had shot herself through the right tenn
 Mrs. Haskell was known as a society woman and the wife of leading finan- cier.
 Arrangements had been made by the family for dinner tonight in celebra- tion of the thirtieth anniversary of MT and Mrs Haskelrs wedding day and guests had been invited.
 In the morning she was sitting in the library with her husband and a niece She suddenly excused herself went to the kitchen and said to the cook:
 'Remember, have good dinner to- night
 She entered another room and shortly afterwards a shot was heard. Her hus band ran to the room and found her on the floor with a bullet wound in her tenn pie. She was hurried to the hospital. where she died several hours later. Mrs. Haskell was 45 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31

In the course of their testimony most of the witnesses had frequent recourse to the responses, 'I don't remember" and 'I don't recall showing their Naturalization to make admissions that might prejudice tho defense of their associates.
 Among the witnesses were Daniel J. Kehe, commissioner general of immisra- tion and former president of the Long shoremen's union; James O'Connell. pres ident of the International Machinists Union; Andrew Furuseth, president of the Seamen's union; Daniel F. Manning, for mer president of the Retail Clerks union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
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 ED.

Esfiy ls eaii acwlns n-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
INKS. BELMONT
 IS INDIGNANT
Says Press Shows Frivolity
 as to Suffrage Cause
NO MORE INTERVIEWS
Perturbed Because Press Treats in Anything But Dignified Manner
 Her "Farmerettes" and
 Her Beauty School

New York December 30.--Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont is very, very indignant, she said today. because the newspapers show so much frlvolity in treating the suffrage cause. So she never, absolutely, never is going to give any more interviews. Mrs. Belmont is president of the Political Equality association and is the kind of a suffragist that is commonly known ardent
 She is particularly sperturbed because the newspapers have seen fit to treat in anything but the dignifed manner that the subject called for, her "farmerettes," her beauty school, and her 50 cent table d'hote dinner for working girls, served at the Political Equality headquarters. It's serious thing. she asserts, and the newspapers and men who laugh at beauty lectures are just making fools of them selves. They're something every suffra- gette needs she believes.
 You want me to tell you what the suf- fragists have done in the last year!" she exclaimed, when asked for an interview. My! oh! It would take me a month."
 But couldn't you give us a sort of short outline?' the would-be interviewer persisted.
 That's just the way with you news paper men," she said severely. "You never want to give anything but a part of the facts. Ida Huster Harper takes two columns every week to tell just what has happened in seven days. Do you think you arc so far superior to her that you could compress into two columns what she uses o2 times two columns to tell? E
 How much would you be willing to pay for such an article from me? or course, I turn the money over to the as- sociation of which 1 am president. The last article wrote was only two columns, and got siO0 for it. I never write with out being paid for my work"
 But how much would you charge, Mrs. Belmont, for an interview of about five mnutes?"
 Then she asserted that she was not go- ing to be interviewed CT again and that she hoped the uessae rs would leave her and all fla otAeg eua agists alone.
 We -fof.t Wah the newspapers to- botl'sr at5as ns 1e saia we are get tag olea4 ans Iaey eet everything eFta irf eriaA
 H wan 0 se t1 write silly
 ies 0It f aN5 sasHs run of the #anCa ThAt #ee efa aaking fun
 siueu Aa aaye ts eien got to oa shlle an ne i0or nlen talk
 ts 4F Nue asig ey Ne have efs th aas,e. ftion and
 tl ola ot tsa se eoIe about 20 l7n Te ans man op gour
 ton saa a on thr es- sh At hn tiiat IT iaeS M aa eueftit mas aa Ever. nlap s tho rH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
Queensberry Leaves England

Liverpool, December 30.-"I am leaving England forever, to become an American citizen,'' remarked the Marquis of Queens berry as he stepped on board the Cunard liner Lusitana which sailed today for New York.
 Among the other passengers are White law Reid United States ambassador at London, and Mrs Reid, Baron Hengel- mueller von Hengervar, Austro Hungar- ian ambassador at Washington and Os- car Hammerstein.