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slight scuffle and shuffling Of feet
and chairs could be heard and re-
sounding slap would reverberate
from the cuisine.
Mr. Jarr was familiar with the
sounds OF courtship among the
masses.
Gertrude has got beau tonight,
eh?" Mr.. Jarr inquired. HAS the
mysterious missing milkman returned
to plight his troth again? All, milk
men are as weak as water!"
1T isn't the milkman." remarked
Mrs. Jarr. IT'S Gertrude's old beau,
Claude, the fireman"
"A gallant lad, but tickle. fear
me-" said Mr.. Jarr. 80 our Ger
trude hath lured him back?"
And Elmer, very nice young
man, l must say, even IL he is en-
ployed where he shouldn't be-in a
saloon-is down in the basement with
the janltor." added Mrs. Jarr.
80 she has Elmer, fNe bartender,
the poor boob, on the string again,
too?" inquired Mr.. Jarr.
You mustn't speak that way"
said Mrs. Jarr sharply. ELMER kept
away because he was jealous OF
Claude, the fireman. and Claude. the
! fireman, kept away because he was
jealous OF Elmer"
"And now they are both worship.
ping again at the shrine of Gertrude
because they are jealous of the mys,
FERROUS missing milkman, who pro-
posed to Gertrude up the dumb waiter
shaft and then disappeared withou
telling his name or llneage?' ventureC
Mr.. Jarr.
II do not know what motives actu
ate them" replied Mrs. Jarr, II onl!
know that both of them are payini
Gertrude attention again and she ha
forgotten the wretch who won he
confidence and blighted her life"
Gee whizz!" cried Mr.. Jarr. "Hov
could a man whose face she had no
seen and whose voice she had neve
heard before until upon the occasion
he bawled up from the cellar. Milk
Say kid, will you marry me?' bligh
her life"
1T was the romance OF it, hav,
no doubt" replied Mrs. Jarr. -
woman knows her own heart best
and perhaps voice that propose
marriage means more to a woman
life, though she never hear it again
than the constant presence of a tri
fler."
Again a scuffle, a giggling protes
and slap were heard from tn
: kitchen.
"Gcrtrude's life doesn't seem to b
, bllghted much at present" venture
, Mr. Jarr. But what ! can't under
, stand is how Claude. the fireman, an
,, Elmer. the bartender. both deserte
GERTRUDE because they were jealou
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u Co. lIhe New York Evening World.
OF my cousins beginning, Ninety
eight green bottles were hanging on
the wall" Each verse, you know, re-
counts the loss OF one green bottle
and tells how many bottles were left.
For about six verses the bottle chant
made "A great hit,
At the tenth green bottle the little
girl grew restless, at the fifteenth
she was bored, at the twentieth she
was angry, at the twenty-flfth she
was screaming with rage. But such
was my faith in the power Of monot-
ony that | kept right on till she was
nearly in Mysteries.
When / realized it of course
stopped and began Cinderella over
again, and at the twentieth edition
Of Cinderella the child went to sleep,
holding my hand. or course | was
afraid to remove il for fear she would
wake up and ! would have to tell Gin
derclla again. At l.3O her father and
mother came back. Alice, radiant and
restored, confided that she had per-
suaded Allen to take her TO supper
after the play knowing that baby was
in such good hands,
She thanked me sweetly. She did
not even notice that | was a shat
tered. almost demented being. How
could she? / suppose she had been
through the same thing often. But
she has the temperament for It,
Ever since that night Of madness
have known what women mean who
! say that art and motherhood are in
| compatible.
The only thing that makes me
doubt their view is that there are sc
many sweet, simple, calm and patient
! women who are willing to be foster
mothers to the children of artists, and
! that the human race needs great
women as mothers more than il needs
anything else, But one day with q
! haby--with the best, the sweetest and
most Intelligent baby-takes more
| from wuman's brain and nerve thar
/ the most cXaCting art,
You know, Adam, the instinct oi
! self preservation in every artist tells
| her that marriage il not for her, Blu
/ the race instinct, still so powerful, 50
wonderful in woman, takes possession
OF her. Her mind knows that 1t won
do. Her body urges her on. That
our trouble, Adam--thc lack OF co
ordination between our minds and on
bOdics--thc fact that few women arr
| able to hlrmoniZc what they thinl
with what they feel. You see, ! an
telling you what | think, now, becaus
YOU are away from me. II you wer
here, you oVerpowering person.
should not be able to think, shoul,
, be too busy loving you. EVE,
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TOO MUCH COINCIDENCE.

ROOKIYNS SIS pier fire. which destroyed damaged
big and hrtyseven barge and lighters
- may have been The fact remains
that chartered to munitions of
to the allies them positive that at the out
fire the pier abaze in five or SIX different places
also that the night he could find wachmen about
absolute proof that the fire in the Chicago CITY Hall
Yesterday ncendiary origin 1t started however, close by
chemical laboratory where poisons being analysed effort
to find evidence the alleged anarchist plot to poison 800 guests
: At a University Club banquet last week.
letter Mitchell received yesterday warning him that
New Yok might be destroyed by fire one day this week
may have been written by joker lunatic
Unfortunately this time when suspicion can be pooh
poohed attempts destroy munitions or ships that carry
chem have been authentic the world full Of violence
and unrest would surprising anarchy excited to and
sinister STRINGS
No aarms needed But watchuness and careful
inquiry the origin of mysterious fires are clearly called fo
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This Seasons Blouse

sheer silk crepes. silks and satins.
The shades are red, yellow. blue, pur-
pie and green. These bright waists
are particularly pretty with the rich
velvet or handsome cloth suits.
For practical wear the semi-tailored
models in white or flesh colored crepo
de chine are the favorites.
Velvet waists are seen, but as these
are too warm for indoor wear, they
are combined with silk, chiffon or
Georgette crepe. Invariably the
sleeves, collar and vest are Of tho
lighter fabrics.
Most OF the waists are made UP in
simple styles. High collars and long
sleeves are the new features. Even
though fashion has decreed the high
collar. individualism Is so supreme
that women who prefer the low collar
demand II. consequently many Of tho
new models are finished with the low
collar, and whether the neck shall be
dressed high or low still remains q
matter of option with the American
woman of fashion.
The waist OF sheer material has a
lining of chiffon or net which Is either
in white or flesh color, while for prac-
teal wear this Is of n matching shade.
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By II. J. Barrett

u. j. Bauettl
This store is suffering from dry
rot was his parting shot. It's a mau-
soleum. II ! stayed here any longer
Ia become "A mummy, too"
Years passed. our general manager
retired, | was advanced TO the SUI
pcrintondency and, some ten wears
back, TO the general managership. A
few years ago my chief, Parker, the
operating manager who spent about
two days week in this store, in
formed me that he was leaving.
Got better offer from a big or
ganization IN New York he ex-
planned. AS knew he was receiving
$4,000 annually, ! concluded that IL
must be some offer
shortly after Parker babe me
goodhy and | awaited with interest
the advent Of my new superior. one
morning received a wire from head
quarters; New operating manager
arrives Tuesday A. NJ
who do you suppose strolled non
cholantly into my ONCE about II
o'clock? Hcislor! None other. He
was the new operating manager. He
mad scored a tremendous success in
the East II was only through the
offer OF prncely compensation tina,
he had been induced TO join us.
$50 YOU see" concluded the speaker
with a rueful smile. zone never knows
the potential capacity of his owl
staff"
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Wit. Wisdom and Philosophy

By Famous Authors

with the careless demeanor, the IN
ceremonious goings in and out OF the
very same attendants when he is get
ting n little better, and you will con-
fess that from the bed OF sickness to
the elbow chair OF convalescence is a
fall from dignity amounting to u de-
position.
How convalescence shrinks n man
back to his pristine stature! Where Is
now the space which he occupied so
lately in his own and in the family's
eye? The scene of these royalties. his
sick room, which was his presence
chamber where he lay and acted his
dcspOtic fancies, how IL is reduced to
a common bedroom! The trlmness OF
the very bed has a something petty
and unmcaning in II. 1t Is made
every day.
flushed are those mysterious sighs.
those groans, so much more awful
while we knew not from what caverns
ceeded. The Lexnean pangs ara
quenched. The riddle of sickness il
solved and Philoctetes Is become an
ordinary parsonage.
In this fiat swamp of convalesceno0s
left by the ebb of sickness, yet far.
enough from the terra firma of estab-.
lished health. what a speck has he
dwindled into! The hypochondriao
fiatus is subsiding. the acres which In
Imagination II had spread over--fot
the sick man swells in the sole con-
temptation Of his single suffer1ng1.
TIL he becomes a Tityus to hdmseff,
are wasting to q span. For tho giant
Of self-importance which I was %
lately you have me once again In my
natural pretension-the lean and
meagre figure OF an insignificant e..
lsaylst
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THE continued popularity of the
tailored suit, together with the
increasing favor shown the sep
arate skirt, has created a strong de-
mand for the separate waist, and so 1t
happens that the shops are display
ing a large and varied assortment Of
blouses.
A new note in waists is that they
should match the suit in color. and
so we see many models in navy,
African brown. dark green. battleship
gray, purple and black. These are
usually made up Of soft fabrics and
it is safe to say that chiffon cloth
and Georgette crepe are the favorites,
although taffeta, satin, charmeuse
and faille all come in for their share
Of popularity.
There seems to be a strong tendency
to get away from the dark tones that
have been thrust upon us during the
past year, and so the woman who Is
disinclined to wear the dark match
ing waist has good choice for selec-
ton among the bright hued chinons,
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Reflections of
A Bachelor Girl
Bv Helen Rowland

Copyright. b The pvsPu
quickest his mind off woman
| is marry
After twnyne unmarried girl hoping and struggling to
find Ideal absolutely neutral her faith in
paredness.
Feproof buildings hoepo hosiery
marvs the but why nobody had the brancy
invent foolproof marriage
Any girl with little intuition experience distinguish
a collector"
way in which a kisses her time.
Short What habits. what
tells the husband tells his wife about
his ayocaons and what tells about anything
appendicitis patients arguing operation
thing
himself she can't help admiring him having the brilliant imagination
to invent them.
youth widow Of
forty
can get strength equilibrium to
getting onger-bu somehow that I'd
anxious improve sngng out
through hree1uarters Of the night
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ENGLAND RESTRICTS IMPORTS.

VOW that Great Britain has proclaimed that after March certain
commodities including tobacco furniture woods, wallpaper
and wood pulp, be imported only under license American
will be further subject the rulings of the British Board
Of Trade.
From the beginning of the this powerful protector OF British
has been wide awake and busy hundred directions Its
the relations between American and Their
Of the world exposed months by
While British armies fighting in the field the
used to make neutral
nations recognize the ascendency of British commerce.
The restriction of imports is expected to give the Govern
of free and better regulation OF the trade
what time The discovery that the
living has advanced AZ cent since the beginning OF the
war no doubt thorough conservation OF
forces.
Her Trade strong asset Even those who must
.obiect to its methods but admire its vigilance
The evening world., 1916-02-17
In Sunless Corners
By Sophie Irene Loeb.
1915 by The Press Publishing THE York Evening World

THE other day a teacher, who
wished to reward his little stu
dents at the end Of a term Of
close study on their part, brought
pailful of pansy plants into the
schoolroom. He announced that each
students as no was leaving might take
one of the posies home; that II they
would put the little plants in a bit OF
earth somewhere in the sunshine, the
plants would grow and bear more
pansies.
Whereupon each took his pansy
and joyfully departed. A little girl
with golden curls, holding her plant
close to her. waited until the others
had gone. She approached the
teacher, and with tears In her eyes
said:
please. teacher. may / not leave
my pansy on my desk in school
where the sunshine comes? For no
sunshine comes into my house"
And 1t was true. Upon investiga-
ton it was found that the little girl
were huddled together in three little
rooms in a rear tenement, where Old
Sol never smiled--a place where little
children were expected to grow and
where no plant could. 1t was also
learned that these people, who had to
be saving OF their bread. were starry
| ing for beauty as well. The sorrow
| OF being unable to love the little
| plant in her own home was terrible to
| the child, and she had to be content
to bask in its beauty during the
school period.
There are hundreds like her living
in our great, seething. rich city to-
day-the city of laughter and love,
and where there is so MUCH sun.
You, gentle reader, will say, What
Is to be done about it?" You will
blame the landlord of the tenement
or the legislator, or the family itself
places DO torn down and livabl,
rooms made at low cost.
You will suggest community kit.
chens" and Social settlements" ans
play-roofs made by law, and better
wages, and back to the land" an,
all the rest-all OF which are gooC
and must be campaigned for anC
fought for to bring real results ant
' better conditions.
Yet, in the interim, there is some
thing to be done about it-somethinI
for you and me. However much lik
| Sunday school platitude it ma,
e sound, each OF us can carry some sun
shine somewhere that II does no
a now come. 1t is the civic interes
I that IL laclling-tho duty that yo
can upon yourself to perform.
T do something about it?" Yes. in
n deed. Do anything except be indit
fersnt. How? There are hundreds {
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THE POWER OF CIRCUMSTANCE.

VERIFYING comes to politics Yet who would have
- thought rock of Republican conservatism like Ehu Root
- could fly from its firm base to become battering ram?
Why has Mr. mbered his muscles and gtted his teeth to
hack the Administration like Warrior of the Spear? Why
docs he a the nations with talk of " and and
Why blaze because the first thought of
the country is not of armies and wars?
Why? Because the Republican Party desperately need Of
Because the good old fractions quonsTa Cur
neutrality-suspicious. and Democrats longer divide with
spirit Because this when national honor and defense
all mems minds, the best attack the party in
be light colossal bonfire of Republican patriotism
Suppose Democratic Administration had pushed the nation to
the verge behold and steadast NJ
oo appealing the sober of American citizens pointing the
Republican the great and safe acaor against
red-eyed, warmad Democracy?
"There nothing said Dae "n which the of croum
stance is evident than in politics"
Nor there anything which puts statesmen up to stranger antics
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.kSXV JHEN | was a younger man.
M remarked the general man
ager OF one OF chain OF
. several large department stores, Il
was inclined 20 be rather contemptu-
out OF my subordinates ability.
Nowadays my attitude is alto
gether different. | exert every effort
! TO foster and develop the latent pow
ers of my employees. By encourage
ing initiative and enterprise | have
succeeded in creating an efficient
staff OF officers who have risen from
our own ranks
"Twenty years ago when | was as
. sistant superintendent hired a
young fellow named Heisler as a
salesman OF domestcS. He worked
mere for three or four years and
proved to be able and reliable. Hcis-
Ter was always suggesting new and
better methods Of doing things, a
tendency which our general manager
Was inclined to discourage.
e "One day the head of the young
"a clerks department announced that he
had accepted an offer from large
Eastern store. Heisler promptly APP
piled for the vacancy, We all joined
in Laughing at his presumption, and
upon our representation to the head
once q new man was imported from
the East. A month or two later
Heisler Informed us that he wal
bnawing Tor distant city.
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of each other. and yet they both turn
I'D 10 sue Gertrude for her favors
when the mysterious milkman ap-
pears upon the scene unseen"
"You don't understand human ma
ture, it's quite evident" asserted Mrs.
Jarr. ut wasn't jealousy exactly, but
Claude. the fireman, and Elmer
couldn't understand how Gertrude
could care for the other. They know
each other and despise each other,
and that Gertrude could receive the
addresses OF the other caused both OF
them to cease paying her attention.
But the milkman was a stranger to
them both. and that brought them
around, especially when they saw
Gertrude wearing her Arrangement
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ring"
Engagement ring" repeated Mr..
Jarr. How could Gertrude get an
engagement ring from the mysterious.
missing milkman, when she only
heard his voice once, and never &C
tually saw or met him?"
Mrs, Jarr looked around cautiously
and sank her voice to a whisper. IL
lent her the engagement ring" she
said.
"You? Why?" asked Mr.. Jarr.
you mind your own business ana
read your newspaper" was the reply.
"A girl has to have a beau or she
won't stay in place! Gertrude OBJ
jected to doing the ironing last week
but she told me to-day she felt
stronger now. and l needn't get Mrs.
Jones in for an extra half day on ac-
count OF the ironing"
Domestic science!" murmured Nr.
Jarr, admiringly
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VI there be a regal solitude 1t is a
sickbed. How the patient lords 1t
L there: what caprices he acts with
out control. How king-like he sways
his pillow-tumbling and tossing and
shifting and lowering and humping
and batting and moulding 1t to the
ever-yarying requisition Of his throb-
bling temples.
He changes sides oftener than
politician. Now he lies full length
then half length, then obliquely'
transversely. head and feet quite
across the bed, and none accuses him
of regeneration. Within the limits
of the four circles he is absolute
He has put on the strong armor OF
sickness, ne is wrapped IN the cailous
hide Of suffering, he Keeps MS SYM
pathy like some curious vintage uh-
der trusty lock and key for his own
use only. He is his own sympathizer
and instinctively feels that none can
40 well perform that office for him.
He cares for few spectators to his
tragedy. To the worlds business he
ia dead, He understands not what
the callings and occupations or NOR
tails are, only he has a glimmerins
concelt Of some such thing when the
doctor makes his daily call, and ever
in the lines on that busy face nc
reads no multiplication OF patients
but superbly conceives OF himself al
the sick man.
TO be sick is to enjoy monarchica
nrerogatiyes. Compare the silent
Tread and quiet ministry. almost by
the eve only, with which he is served
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No. o.
EAR Adam-Just as Gerald
inc Farrar foreswore all her
vows never to marry and
become wife, Mime.
Gamma Walska, Polish
prima donna, broke her engagement.
saying:
"one cannot be an artist and
marry"
DO you know that even though
am going to follow Geraldine's en-
ample, ! believe Nine. Walska is
right? For marriage as ! have OBJ
served it requires from women more
patience than anything else. So does
Northumberland patience, infinite
calm. Did | tell you about the time
tried to put IA baby to sleep? The
Blairs were visiting us, and Alice
Blair, who had been tied down to her
three year old daughter from the
child's birth, wanted to go to the the
atre with Allen, and as she said, for
get for three blessed hours" that she
was IA mother. so said nobly:
go, Alice; | will take care of the
baby for you"
ana ALICE hlSStu ntf OFFSPRING II re-
| licvcd goodby and murmurcd, Mamma
will be back in a minute. darling. BE
good girl. Time means nothing TO
her" she added. It was not very
| long before time meant nothing to
me. ! began by sitting down by the
little girls bedside and telling her
Cinderella, already an old and valued
friend. But | did not tell the fairy
story in exactly the same words and
with exactly the same tones with
which her mothers voice had made
her familiar
SO after | had taken several Nat
| tcring cnCores on Cinderella | per
ceivod that the baby was getting
wider and wider awake, And she
asked for her mother oftener and
more frCtfully, Once in a while
would stop hopefully. She would LET
Just time enough clapsc to lull mt
into the belief that she had gone t.
sleep, and then she would say:
Go on; more Cinderella" quite as
II she were urging a balky horse tC
get up"
This won't do" | thought. Ssh,
needs constant repetition of the same
sound to make her sleep"
And / racked my tortured brain 70
some long winded tale in which TIL
same sound would be reiterated owe
and over, All i could think OF wa
q college chant had heard from on
The evening world., 1916-02-17
By Samuel Smiles!

and imparts strength to the charac-
ter 1t produces a well-regulated
mind. 1t fosters temperance. II Is
based on forethought. 1t makes pru-
dence the dominating characteristic.
1t gives virtue the mastery over self
indulgence. Above all, 1t secures
comfort, drives away care and dts
pels many YeXations and anxietles
which might otherwise prey upon US.
Some will say, ut can't be done"
But everybody can do something
1T can't" Is the ruin of men and
Of nations. In fact, there Is no
greater cant than can't.
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Hits From Sharp Wits.

often prove themselves to be simply
dead
Ask some people their advice and
they think they have greatness thrust
upon them.-Deseret News,
Miladi says a good forgetting is as
much to be desired as a good mem
DRY when there are unlind things In
the wind.-Memphis Commercial APP
peal.
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can always find something about her
, husband 10 brag on, no matter how
worthless he Is and how Wen she
knows the fact.-Macon News.
scr'
To a person who tnds delight In
talking back silence is exasperating'-
Albany Journal.
81
:, Things that are called dead sure
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groups of people who need your help
to gain tfat sunshine that the 'other
half" needs so badly.
Join one of these groups. Every
little bit helps" Maybe the RAY of
Sunshine Club" which has written to
me, may advise you.
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I he j arr Fa m lily
BY Roy L. McCardeII-

Copyright. 1915. by The Press Publish
A 5 Mrs. Jarr sat at her sewing,
~ and Mr.. Jarr read his evening
paper-the children being put
to bed-suppressed laughter and
murmurs were heard coming from
the Jarr menage. Ever and anon, a
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n burden, and those who have not
before observed it will be astonished
to find what a few pence or shilllhgs
laid aside weekly will do toward Sc
curing moral elevation, mental Gull
ture and personal independence.
There is a dignity in every attempt
to economic. Its very practice Is
improving. 1t indicates self-denlal
The evening world., 1916-02-17
Thrift
No. I6-FOrced Economy.

yHEN economy is looked upon
! as a thing that must be prac-
tised it will never be felt as
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folly that youth Of twenty cannot love ricf
orty he loves the lampost which he lean
an get strength equilibrium walk away from IT,
The evening world., 1916-02-17
Leap Year Love Letters
From the New Ere to the Old adam
By NiXOla Greeley-Smith

Copyright The Evening word
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getting longerbut somehow that
make anxious improve hem by singng
threequarters the night.