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The evening world., 1912-12-06


l7|HE expression. Shakespeare
spells ruin" was to be heard
forty years ago as frequently
as It u to-day. Yet At no
-" time up to twenty years ago
were there less than q half Dozen tra-
gedians OF the first grade on tour relying
almost entirely on the great poets
works.
Edwin Booth never failed Of a great
public response with Shakespeare's plays.
Hamlet" with Booth as the Dane drew
all New York to the Writer Garden
NOW the site of the Broadway Central
HoteD. where on Tuesday evening, No
vember 26th. 1864. he began the famous
one hundred night run. Or the previous
evening the three brothers Booth ap-
peared at the Winter Garden In Julius
Caesar" Junius Brutus was the Caxsius.
Edwin the Brutus and John Wilkes the
Marc Antony.
Hamlet was revived at the Winter
Garden on January 80. 1865. And, al
though the run was not as prolonged as
before. Booth received an ovation
The following month a ma gnifcent re-
~ VI was OH cTel, ana On
January %. 1857. Edwin Booth appeared
as shylock In The Merchant OF VerAce."
lis engagement at the Winter Garden
continued 9til March 20, 1867 On the
morning OF March % the famous play
house was destroyed by Are. Booth lost
a fortune in scenery and personal effects
The following two seasons (lss7-s-9)
Booth toured the country. Everywhere
he was received with the utmost en-
'husiasm. And in Chicago when he
came forth as Romeo with Mary Nc
Wicker (whom he atterward 1arr!edD as
Juliet. the triumph was so great that
efforts were made to induce the great
tragedian to remain IN Chicago the en-
tire season.
But Booths great ambition was about
to be sratiied. His profits from the two
seasons ION the road" were large
enough 10 provide AZ Of The S9oO. 900 70.
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cent she can lay her hands on. A WON
an OF that disposition 10 never Statistic,
with her share Of the money. and q con-
onueh wransle 10 the result. The aues-
ZION, rs one-third enough9" can prob.
ably be settled by proper reasoning and
by tho anection that each should hold
Tor the other. THERESA PAINE
Albany. N. Y.
The "Discount seri~s,s
To the Editor Of The Evening World;
In answer TO the discount query 20
reduce . discount serios to an equiva-
lent single discount. subtract each rate
OF discount from one and multiply the
remainders together Subtract the prod
uct from one and the remainder will be
tho single discount; e, e.. what single
discount on the Gross price Is equivalen,
to a discount series OF 25-lO-5 per cent.
Solution: i-.3-.75. l-.l0--.90 In
IS .76s .sos .95s-.stl2 l-.G4l2- .S5Ss; an
swsr. A. Al
New Brunswick, N, J.
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=, ~ IN
sS1l1{(|sgp

SSA Tow that We settled what we
IN was just talking about" said
Bepler. the butcher. II want
to ask you gents something about the
high cost Of meat, wholesale"
"Oh. don't let us talk shop" remarked
Mr.. Omission. Tn an assemblage such
as this, let commercial questions be
relegated to tho limbo OF oblivion. We
have Just discussed mortality; let US
now discuss immortality-lrt. literature,
poetry!''
Yes. and poultry. too" said Bepler.
sulkily. Poultry, wholesale. IS so high
that ! lose money on every turkey and
chicken ] sell And. at that. nobody
seems to want to buy poultry"
Then you should be glad" ventured
Gus. The less you sell OF poultry the
more money you make. I know how L
Is with family pints. the same way. I
ion't make no money on pints,"
That reminds me-" said Rafferty,, the
builder; I'm putting up a swell apart
nent house way up on Washington
Heights. Up that way the neighborhood
$ 10 select that you never see a GROWER
tho residents OF the swell apartments
ip there take the tube home as they
call It."
All we're interested except Bepler, who
gloomed In silence over tho high cost of
selling meats and provisions.
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What 10 that tube you take homer
asked Gus.
utafferty proceeded to explain.
1T Is round pasteboard box" he
said. 1T IL waxed inside. and every
cafe uptown has q stock Of them. A
custome. drops into q cafe and has .
shell OF beer. For there are no fsh-
globe schooners served In the solect
residential districts.
And then the customer says: I'll
take the tube home.
And tho bartender gets out one Of
the round pasteboard boxes-they arc
about ten inches high and four inches
wide-takes of the tight fitting cap,
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~ Call At MANToS - $780,
$BURBAU Donald
Gimbe Bros and
!
( r,.. stamps for
IMPORTANT-Write
r'''n' $Hss wanted Add two cents huTy
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Oils the tube with light or dark. puts
on the cap and tho customer puts II In
his overcoat pocket and takes II home.
Or he can carry It openly In his hand
or rolled in a newspaper. because milk
and icecream soda and shuoked oysters
are also carried homo In these tubes.
They always look respectable"
There you go!" cried Gus. why -
It respectable to carry Ice cream sodas
and milk and oysters IN them things
and not beer7 Why do you have to
pretend It Is them things instead Of
beer7 What 10 tho matter with a retail
liquor store anyway Look At mine!
Amt II run respectable by me. and amt
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The Man on the Road
BY IL 7. RaHa.
BY q. +. Raf4a,
lishins Co. tTns New York Rvsri,e Wsrld1.

) o0' 'f"s NC" YORK Evtah9 WSFl0.
That's your look eut.' he replied.
I made out the order and passed II
over for him to sign. His eyes glistsnsd
with selfish Joy. When 1 go, back to
the hotel i found o wire from the house
cutting tho price on that line Q half
cent. SO. getting my nerve UP. 1 went
back to him and asked him b give me
little general business In order to
make the order look better. This No
did after . little clustering. The house
had never boon able to sell to this man
before. and when they got my order
they were very much pleased. The next
trip ! modified the trick a bit. and Il
worked again. 1t 10 so natural for him
to grab AT a chance to do q salesman
that all l have to do 10 to work on thu
weakness Of his to sell to him.
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Francesca.

w yHAT need I tell OF cheeks. and
M lips. and eyes,
w The LOCKS that fall, and bosoms
balmy rise:
Beauty's whole soul Is hers. though
shadow'd still
With anxious thought. and doubtful
maiden will;
A lip for endless love, should all prove
just:
An eye that can withdraw into as deep
d!strust.
-LeaSh Hunt.
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EDWIN BOOTH

Copyright. 1912. BY The Pres Publishil
HE expression. "Shakespears
spells ruin" was to be heard
forty years ago as frequently
as It 10 to-day. Yet At no
tina un to twenty Yeara a4o
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A1 The King was Charles II. The
brother was the Duke Of York. The province
was the Dutch New Netherlands, which. in COM
plment to its duoal owner. became New York y
England sent over a little squadron Of sbips
that anchored of our Battery ono day In 1854
and whose commander ordered the Dutch gar
rison of New Amsterdam to surrender. which
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The Nay Manton Fashions
- iris DRESSES
I = made with skirts

iris DRESSES
= made with skirts
either accordion
or nat plated By ma
chine are very fashion
able Just now and ehey
are always pretty. fhis
one can be made In fhat
way or with Q narrower
sktnt that 10 AMPLY
gathered at the uppcr
edge and. In whicheyer
way Il 10 treated, the r.
suit 10 sure to be Q eood
one. Crepe Dc chine n
a good material for thia
dress, challis Il excel.
ienuy well adapted 10
the design. wolfe makes
charming girls dresses
and the design will N
fact, be found q GOOD
one for any pretty, soft
material with the col
lar and cuffs OF lace.
satin. velvet or treated
In any manner that
may be adapted to the
special material. The
sleeves are slightly full
and are Joined to the
blouse at the long
shoulder line and thai
feature is exceedingly
smart. A pretty effect
Is obtained by making
the frock OF crepe de
chine and lining tire
blouse but leaving the
sleeves without lining
10 give a semi-trans-
parent effect, In such
case. the lining would
be cut exactly like the
blouse.
For the la-year size.
the dress will Yequirc
IA yards of material
", B yards SO or la
yards "A inches wide to
make with accordion
plated skirt; AZ yards
~, 81 yards SO or 2ss
yards ~ to make with
gov ornd sr'r' with
IN yards 81 for the col.
Ia .ii. Guns ana ~
Yards of rufPling
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In a few years q cluster OF no
the Battery and a handful Of Dutc
life along the Hudson's course and
on either side OF the river. The
New York bAsides colonizinR II.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
H.vdo's Music.

The following little episode, taken
from Memoirs just published abroad
throws a very pleasant light on three
great Germans. In conversation
with Goethe. Zelter--,a very intimAts
friend and q celebrated musician and
music lover-was finding fault WIKI
Haydu's church music. especially WIKI
two or his great masses. Iney -
80 tuneful: they are almost cheerful.
.The criticism Of Z Zsltsr has grsAs
value. then why not tell him what you
THINK" suggested Goethe.
II did; or rather. asked him., ex-
D,ained Zelter, " Why do you COM
pose your church music like that Z
Then--what do you suppose The old
RapA Hadyn said thsn9 - I'D.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
From The Deep Unto The Deep
By EILEER ELIZABETH.

ing. 1t caught her and whiried her
she knew not whither--up and down,
round and round, on. on. on.
There was great sea bowling be-
meath her. It's sharp spray stung her;
terror possessed her lest she should
be caught by its nonstrous waves and
drawn under.
Upward she struggIed---down, down
she was beaten Then a sudden gust
caught her and tossed her ashore
upon the green earth she knew.
But. oh! she was such a torn, be-
wiIdered, sad little butterfly! Her
glossy plumage ali ruffied and rub
bed off in patches, leaving the thin
membrane bare--one OF her delicate
antennae gone, and half her senses
gone with 1t.
When the night came down on her
like a pail, she did not know II the
darkness were within or outside her
self-she felt so lost--so abandoned.
SO blind.
The vast, black winged Terror filed
her with dread. She huttered against
IT. al If her fSail wings could keep of
the growing gloom, but 1t overwhelm-
ed her She feared to let herself fall
| to earth, though the desire Tor rest
, ached through her body; she felt that
/ once beaten her wings would never
! lift her again.
| On through the night--a foriorn lit
tie butterfly, crying unheard and bear
/ ing the void of lost hopes with tired
| pinions.
Was that the end Of her?
Dawn lightened the world, and IN us
beams danced innumerable. impon-
derable atoms Of dust Dust from the
butterny's wings. perhaps-all that re-
NAMED Of her fragile body.
, But was that all the butterfly III
so. what powers within her taught ner
f, to fiy? What hauntings possessed her
from eternity that gave her courage
! to struggle against the wind. over the
stormy sea. so far through the oml'
nous night?
| A little puff of dust--was that. and
nothing more, the blue-winged mar
vel?
You know, do you not. that from
remote ages Psyche the Butterfly mas
tvpified the errents human soul?
Sporting in the sunshine, tempest
tossed. benighted, struggling, despair
ing vet at last Psyche triumps, gam
ing her crown of Immortality.
Some day, / think. must ten you
my version of the strange, oeautifu
history, how she was wooed' iost
found and denied by Love
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01

coms women should be muzzied'
ana for the same reason mat AM
,naix are muxzied, because tney are
aanrerous. In the danger there Is q
dtrference. not in degree. but In kthu.
Dors are muzzled lest they bite. Du'
vomen who should be muzzied re-
ouire ii 10 silence their BARK.
In New York recently a woman
ran an address to legislative uoay
nv declaring that she wouio Ia.ne.
haxe an unfa.thful husband tnan
.t,nyv one. and every woman In the
hi. room that echoed holloway this
sentiment wished that she hao
drought a silencer OF some SORT anu
cianned II over the womans NOUN
before she had uttered that DOOM
erang.
..rha woman's movement the
oresent mounting wave of public sen
I,n,nt has been called, anu wei
we'd II In. because women are lead
inr H. A movement toward the
heights. a raising OF higher, inner
| standards of life and conduct, a suN
ing toward full companionsnip anu !.
| understanding OF men and women ~
| IL, one of hope and courage ana ialn'
and something silly and senseieas
rests and turns 1t backward. sons
.hiny a. silly and senseless AZ the
| chatter of the woman ] have quoted.
A good. patient, high minded man
| rnow read the womans speech
| wrinkled his forehead, read II again
and fapsed into utter silence.
~Uhat do YOU think OF tf' ! asked
| IT hope it's only talky talk, ne
answered with accustomed gentiensss,
II think it's loose-tongued toHs.
| ! answered. and both OF Us USED gen
| tier speech than the SITUATION 'use'
| tied who
wade love to other women 10 oHe
,rh~ u,as careful In household expen-
dttures. she had right to this s'hsu-
lar belief. but she had no right 70
.ynress II. For the average miho
| passing readily from the parucutal
| n the reneral will assume that she
.neaks for her sex. II will make nc
! ai,owance for verbal fireworks ~
! Knows she said and Is convinced sns
| means II. she and all her sisters.
| That II is one woman's opinion anu
| that she is In holding this opinion
one woman Ia a thousand, are 1acts
, that will not weigh against .hs
! printed utterance. Most OF u.s. Ieau
| ing crowded lives. run wnile we r ~
! ana the crowded life interreres VII,
, mental digestion. A woman has saio
she prefers a man with loose morak
1 rather than one with tight purse
/ strtngs. and the woman movement
! may have been set back few presi'
I dental administration by this insane
empty headed. empty-hearted COMES
sion. Empty-headed. ! say. because
/ though she Is person OF some al,
! tainments. and her head IL supposed
to be fairly well furnished, there
must have been housekeeping tha'
dav. ana all worth while ideas were
sent out, while only rubbish rema n
ed. That she Is empty-hearted II
| obvious. The speech will confirm
many hundreds of wavering bachelors
| and give husbands a whole magazine
/ fun Of ammunition for their recur'
rent arguments and that women are
/ a mercenary sex.
It was a regrettabie speech. the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
The Law Of Bohemia
BY EBERT HUBBARD.

fCopyright, 1912, International News
Service.)
The bohemian club Of San Fran
cisco has a record OF which It's MEM
bers are Justly proud. The Bohemian
club does things--as well as Talk
about them
II seems to have qualities peculiar,
unique. individual, that d.frerentiate
Il from ali other clubs In America.
It histronic, operate. vaude-
william, educational, economic, imam
cial. altruistic and phllanthropic, also
gusta.ory and cornwall
On is roster are the names OF some
of the biggest and best men on the
continent.
Occasionally a grabheimer creeps
in under the canvas. but he is not
apt to remain for the concert In
some way the atmosphere does not
agree with him. All Of which is by
| way OF preface.
In the Bohemian discipline there Is
an unwritten law that everybody shall
do what the governing board shall in
vitc him to do. and do 1t at once.
auietly. surely, and as well as he can.
And so IL happens that whenever a
member Is invited TO do a certain
| thing, to fill a certain function. TO
| carry a certain message, no matter
| whether It be economic. altruistic, or
vureiy jinks-tide. II he declines, re-
fuses, excuses himself. begs off. then
| he is never again invited or asked or
| ordered to do single thing for the
| Bohemian club.
fr
Pike county. No one says so, and
| the matter Is never referred to by
| word OF mouth or typewriter. He
| has simply branded himself as such.
II any member. on being invited to
| do a certain thing. tries and falls,
| then he is forgiven to fifty-seven
times seven. Ignominy lies in not
having tried. 1t is trying. not cry
ing. that counts. Do the thing you
are told to do. Get hold and lift.
! Obey orders.
An Invitation is only the polite and
gentle way OF issuing the order; but
woe betide the man who hens, haws,
| coughs, sneexes. and says. Now,
really, old man. you know''--and 80
forth. No good Bohemian ever starts
a line OF back talk: nor does he
counter with an objection when a
suggestion Is handed to him.
Any man can always fish UP
reaeons for not doing the thing he
does not want TO do. But In the
Bohemian club personal preference IL
| never considered.
| The good Bohemian thinks first OF
the club; never of himself. The in
| terests Of all are the things that are
| supreme The individual himself IL
only a pawn on the Bohemian chess
hoard.
| So. to repeat. the man who Is ask
| ed to do thing and declines Just
once is never asked to take part In
anything He IL out Of the game.
| And this IL exactly as It should be
Get In the game; play the part in the
cast that II assigned to you. We
cart all play Hamlet: and before
anyone plays Hamlet he must be able
to play Horatio well.
The leader IN the orchestra u n.
ways the man who has played CSC.
ond hddis.
LATHE parts IN life are Just - neces.
sary As big ones. and the man who
feels too big 10 play an insignihcant
part Or TO do q mental thing lacks thu
stun Of which brave Bohemians art
made.
Lifs y one BID BohsmiA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01

The first beams Of morning were
slantinE down upon wall OF dark
fir trees, whose heads stood out sharp
and clear. against the pearly. faint
flushed sky. A trembling radiance
wavered through the dim lit aisles
of the wood. like the fiuttering OF
luminous winged bird OF paradise.
Just where the shaft Of light struck
tuft Of heather, making Its rosy
bells burn crimson, was posted blue
butterfly, for the first time unfolding
her tiny. crumpied wings.
Trembling for joy Of the growing
warmth, she shook and stretched them
until they were smooth from thefi
creases. To test her strength she fan
ned the still air, thrilling with ecstacy
to find they had power to HIT ner
small body and support 1t towering
free from her earth-rooted percn.
Flutter, fiutter-she dared little
more, and few round the heather-tuit
Then she ventured on periious nigh'
towards a great yellow dandeiion ths'
cleaned In the distance. :.
Adventure, indeed---she thrilled al
over with pride. and turned about 70
, survey her new kingdom. spreading
wide her fine, smooth plumaged wings
opening and closing them under the
| great eve of the watchful, slow-mount-
ing sun.
To and fro she fitted, gaining more
F, confidence every instant She patheo
| her feet In a glitterinE dewdrop anc
drank a sip of honey-nectar from the
! cup Of a belated wild rose.
| Thus refreshed, she forsook hel
| birthplace and set out to view the wide
world.
For some hours all went well she
| made friends with other butterfiie'
| and disported herself in their com
pany until the sun grew hot at noon
| day, feeling very happy and hndint
all beautiful.
Then she grew tired and the hea
! made her drowsy. so she found
| eiant hemlock leaf and went TO sieei
underneath It.
When she awakened. clouds haf
passed over the sun. and neavy ran
| was falling.
The butterfly ventured out from ne
shelter. and was beaten down, drencn
| ed and saddened. Shivering, she COW
cred under the leaves of little creep
| ing plant, and waited in terror TOT sh'
knew not what-.Ge sunshine wa
zone. II seemed forever, and mao teI
| NO hope for such a fraii-winseo an
| sect In the storm-swept world.
| The rain passed. and the sun snon
| again. The butterfly ventured tor.i
tim,dly. but great wind was olow
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
Some Women Should Be Muzzled
BY ADA PATTERSON.

more regrettabie because 1t Is untrue.
II gave sword point to the speech OF
a recently retiring president. Of fed
Grafton of women's clubs in the East.
Ladies. guar< your tongues. Don't
make foolish speeches that you don't
mean and that win be printed in
headlines
The woman who shFiekea fer more
spending money didn't hear this
warning or didn't heed IT. she
shrieked her shrek and proved the
great need of silencer.
oh. for an official OF the "woman''
movement" whose duty 1t shall be
10 smoothe the phvsterical and 81
lence the foolish, When woman.
hands witch, her shoulders rise ano
fall. her eyes fash, and there IS
trsmor about her that foro3odes q
SHY speech. the public silencer shouie
he there with determination and
muzzle.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
Awful, II True.

Awful, III True.
The president of the university had
dark circles under eyes. His cheek
was pallid; his lips were trembling:
he wore a haunted expression. Ev-
cry now and then he turned and
glanced apprehensively behind him.
"You look ill., said his wife. What
is wrong, dear?''
Nothing much" he replied. But
II had a fearful dream last night.
and / feel this morning as II Las IL
L" He hesitated and stammered. 1t
was evident that his nervouse system
was shattered.
What was the dream!" asked his
wife.
"I-I-dreamed the trustees re-
ouired that-that ! should--that I
should pass the freshman examina-
ton for-admission" sighed the presi-
dent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01

whenever I get to thinking about the
dear God, l am So indescribabiy glad
that can write but joyous masses.
which so touched Goethe that, al
though he Joined in letters disap-
proving shake of the head. he was
forced to dry his wise old eyes most
theoretically on his big silk kerchief.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01

If the people in country town
managed their trade as they manage
their organized religion. there would
be half a dozen grocery stores where
one or two would be enough. and
the stores would be inefficient.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01

Operators at wireless telegraphy
stations are said to hear musical
sounds for which they are unable to
account. A London musician sug-
gests that aided by electricity and
newly invented magnifying receivers.
we may yet be able to hear the
harmonies Of the heavens"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01

| Missions are expensive, but 1t ap-
| pears that they are not so costly to
| any church or denomination as the
| lack Of them.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
Breviti@.

Philanthropists and reformers used
to study prisons: now they study the
prisoners
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-16

Did you clearly inform Mr.-ah-
Montgomery that we desired the room
for the use of lady?" he questioned
gently, apparently both panied and
shocked
II did, SIR"
1T surprises me to find one in our
city with SO little regard for the or
binary courtesies Of life, Tommy Per
haps | can persuade the gentleman.
He disappeared up the stairs, taking
them deliberately step by step, the
cigar still smoking between his lips
RED" called after him.
Keep away from in front Of the
door, Bill; he'll shoot sure, for he
cooked his gun when was UP there"
Hickock glanced back. waved his
hand
Don't worry-the room occupied by
ah-Montgomery was 49, I be-
lleve you said?"
Whatever occurred above, It was
over with very shortly. Those listen
ing at the foot Of the stairs heard the
first gentle rap on the door. an out
burst of profanity, followed almost
instantly by a sharp snap. as II a
lock had given way. then brief
scuffiing mingled with the loud creak-
ing OF bed. Scarcely minute later
the marshal appeared on the landing
above, one hand firmly gripped In the
neck-band OF an undershirt. thus Sc
curely holding the writhing. helpless
figure of a man, who swore violently
every time he could catch his breath.
Amy other room you could conven-
veniently assign Neutrality-suspicious.
cry to, Tommy" he asked pleasantly.
IF he doesn't like it In the morning.
he could be changed. you know"
"Give-give him ~"
All right I'm the bell-boy tenn
porarily, Montgomery; easy now, my
man, easy, or I'll be compelled to
use both hands. Red carry the gen.