The evening world., 1912-12-10
UTHWHO never
LEARNED TQSM|lE
.ENDSUNHAPPYL|fE
Melancholy Since Babyhood
and for No Apparent
Reason.
ALL DIVERSIONS FAILED.
Parents Tried to Enliven Him
but He Seemed Proud of
] Secret Grief.
ALL DIVERSIONS FAILED.

"a nttie knot Of mourners sat hud-
died about . bier In the house at No.
Q caiyer street, Brooklyn. to-day.
weeping for The Boy Who Never
Learned 10 Smile" The body that lay
In the coffin was that Of sixtccn-ycar-
- Louis Tarantino. the pailld. un-
kappy-lookins youth who. overcome by
what he deemed the absolute fut!iity
a. existence. shot himself 70 death In
Central Park yesterday.
Louis Tarantino was a boy who, a.
the world goes. had everything to live
Or. He had youth. health. a comfort
able nome and was seeminGiy deeply
sbsorbed In his work. He worked in
he barber shop of his father. insist
Ing on remaining on duty constantly
from the time the shop opened for buA-
nsss In the morning until the last cus-
toner departed at night. Yst ne was
perpssuaily unhappy.
Not once in years was NJ seen anil
~ and he seemed ever y1giiant 20 re-
serain any expression that mAEht eivs
smother the thought that for . moment
Gbuis TaNntino thought II q pretty
fnlY old world after all. Once. few
weeks ago. the antics Of . baby
6rother. Luoieo, couldn't escape Louis
an1. at last. thought the family. che
moody boy was going b smile. The
flicker Of . grin appeared about his
tpa. but It quickly disappeared. and
Louis. displays the mos, intense NOR
tihcasaon. hurried from the house.
UNHAPPY FROM sAsvHoop, Ne
= NEVER LEARNED TO LAUGH.
1T was a. We feared" said the boys
father sadly a. he gased on the stiii
natures Of his son In the comfortable
httis homo In Caiysr street to-day.
From babyhood Louis was unhappy.
- never played With other children.
ut always remained by himself. Even
- . tot Of ave he seemed to have some.
Ains on his mind. Such . serious e.
Dfsssion In . mere infant was amusing
b. the rest oe the family. but % tho
years went on and his set disposition
e shssr,sssnsss despsnsd We became
worried. We Questioned him and tried
70 gain his confidence. He had but ono
rely TO our advances. He would sigh
YEARLY. say 1t 10 nothios.' and 90 on
~, himself. t
1--WE came TO th,s country saght ysars
- -Four ysam later my wife and the
children returned to italy for visit
lasting two years. We thought the
&Aangs would make Louis more cheer
full. Instead. II seemed TO make him
oAay more gloomy. Two ysars ago ]
teok h1m In tho shop with ne. He be
came . good barber. but sun he neves
ieerned to laugh. He liked his work
A. frequently stayed on duty from I
Ia ne morning until A. late ~ . O'clock
ct night. .9LhSG
when things we're slow In the shop
N. would 1T BY the hour pretending u
reaA. but his eyas nevcr saw the paper.
Constantly tried to cheer him. We
txied the thsatres. various sportinS
events excursions. but al to no pur.
pess. Constantly. too. I tried to draw
~ secret from him. Ills one reply was
h = nothing
LAST TIME YOU'LL otiNg nv
ohogs," Ne TOLD DooTsLAck.
he never complained Of not feeling
veil. but he had . rather sicleiy pailor.
eAandsy ] noticed that he was palcr
tAAA usual. He left the house. some
thiag unusual. and I became alarmed.
~ ldad not return that night and yes
tsrdAy We received word he had killed
himself. Tho pistol he used was =
ohsep one new. He asust have bought
i. n Manhattan.
He left no word. bu, when Tony.
our porter. shlned his shoes Sunday.
the boy gave him a big tip saying. i
cen b. generous this time because II
IL The last time You will shine my
Ahoss,' Tony thought Il was nothing
more than . Joke"
The elder Tarantipo said he was
sure that Louis. who was Just past
stxtsen. had had no love AFFAIR. lie
was never even friendly with any Girl,
10 fact was inclined to woman-hatinE
II was always well supplied with
money. often giving his surplus to his
u,othsr. with the weary remark that
thsrs was nothing he needed It for