The evening world., 1913-07-07
CHECKER PLAYERS
MAKE LAST MOVE
TOGETHER; EL0PE
For Weeks and Weeks They
Stick to Game Through
Which They First Met.
CHECKMATE PARENTS.
Each 20, Neighbors in Same
Apartment House Sup
posed to Be on Way West.
CHECKMATE PARENTS.


nsw Love ALL" The last move WAS An
sioesmsnt. and they are believed to-day
% - on their way 10 the coast And
ehssksrs> az Il all.
Two pretty girls we're IN the hall one
n1SAt about Q year ago when Harold
roth. then nineteen and . buyer. was
leaving bis hom> at the Riviera. Seventh
avenue and One Hundred and Forty
sscend street whore he lived with his
nothsr and two sisters. The girls were
speaking Of checkers.
and that's the twentieth person In
succsssion I have defeated" said one
Of two young women waiting for the
cas.
The young man waited for the ele.
VISITOR to return and then questioned
the operator.
His FIRST MOVE 10 GETTING AN
INTRODUCTION.
who vas that pretty young woman
speaking Of checkers7" he asked.
"Mlss Brown. on the sixth" was the
answer.
She wsa Miss Beatrice Brown. who
was aiAo nineteen, . stenographer with
Kuhn, Loeb 4 Co. and daughter OF MI.
and Mrs. sismund Brown
Roth didn't know her. but he deter
mined that he would. for he 10 passion
ateiy fond Of checkers. Time and frisndS
effected an Introduction. Following that,
night after night-every night-hs went
70 the sixth noer and moved the black
lisks across the board. And Miss Brown.
wien she he'd them to play. showed the
rsd ones ACROSS the board.
The relatives Of neither principal to
the contest suspected . thing. 20 when
ysung Roth kissed his mother at .
o'clock on saturday night and remarked
that b had abandoned his old Job and
haA Q better one and was golng out
fse air she didn't ask . question. And
wAsa Miss Browa. at ne same hour.
saiA she was going out the members
oe her family dian't even think to ask
hee why there wss - ~ no checker
Gama
TWO NorGs gxPlAlN 10 CHECK.
MATED PARGNro.
paakiag Up . few little things while
attsntien vas turned from her. she left
~ apartmsnt Her opponent n check.
80 90 ~ % can 10 established. de-
slaed 70 burasa himsslf With anything
bot Q pencil. WAich he employed ct .
ossssassr once dowa the street IN
writing this note 70 HE mother:
- en- ars married. We ere on
sae way 70 Les Anssiss. Please don't
Werfy. for An assured Of . eood 20
sitioa there. shall write ysu later.
Yeur towing son."
~ hour later. when tho message
rea6AsA Ma Roth. and she had read
q Aeurtssa times to convince herssl'
TIT shs was awake. she called tn
Known apartment on the telephone. Du
ssns Brown. the girls brother. . school
seaahse. rsspoadlng. said he eou,dn't
os,isvs n.
"DiA hey play ehssksrs there thai
svsaingr' asked Ars. Roth.
"Lst ne sss." answered Eugsn,
Brown. slowly. by links! Ths,
didn'tr'
AAd that iaid the whole thing bare
Later the brides brother found
sinHar note. written ~ As sister
Sanned to the undersids Of sofa pillow
= DsGaiis were vsxatiousiy missing. Tn
Browns and the Roths have not "
learned the date. place or other circum
stances Of the wedding.
= The chscksrboard has been folded to
gsthss and tied with . pink ribbon.
Chlnsse o. Commerce Body.
DOSTON. July '.-A number Of China
asn have recently Joined ths ns'
chamber OF Commerce