i "”F ,4“: Talk. Tait. . g s M Ill“ :51 no .Cdofl e s e m.“ not even promising drst act _ . eighth failure and season lam-.2 t‘mn half over . . . rather b. . pzaywright and fail than a “3.2: compelled to listen to has- Nest and wouldobcs trying to put over lad plays. . . . Oil. for 135; one more great firstanlght. It there's a spirit world in} 4~u‘t the ghosts of dead art- Isis xv: together and inhibit bad flannghts from tormenting first- lfijqq? . All!“ NYC 0' 2!: sitting in Unconscious ,. mg .tringa until sobbeta and "vs become gibbering idiots ,. .zmo they put-pen to never? Fewer first-nights but also lay of send- i-v . Thank God, no longer a , . don't need to come <=~rtzhts unless i went . . . : .wcp away . . habit too poor devilof a n a :- z) '1 :«v ;"“'«€ must forage . . . why cg 1 u-"mo a columnist? More r ~ v Mnney! And i once a “1 : ,.. socialist . .. . best :9 r » Lord! 1 wish I. I 2') . would die and leave me (“ ‘ "E nprncd his weary eyes w. .m-ueci over the darkened - Visuniilin‘ a mass of vn-‘fui disks: a few hope- :mjrlza. the greater number r ind in the theatre not to » -;:1:zed the heavy note of .- i M a who that had boomed in. 1 .. v-tflnd fog-horn since the ,1“... .-i 1"." curtain. if m: a lvplcal first-night audi- mwwwlvlcd to welcome a fa- "~15 ln s new play. All zulallmm (as Clavering m: :1 -~l them. abandoning “in- (.2. and “lntelligentla” l. l‘arlor Socialists) were mew .. xthnra. playwrights. edi- '1 w,- ‘, yc‘mr editors. columnists. . _".'l(‘d, young publishers, 1. ""uihle illustrators and a few actors. artists. hostesses of the emi- ~'. 1 sprinkling of Green- l-T‘ tn give a touch of old what was otherwise ' . Tlinnt and standardised " . :lv night at the opera. . 2": ago. Clevering. im- -.w::~libly from a dilapi- ‘ ', , '--. nl mansion in Louisi- 1‘» rorebl’um of the,West- - 1 had arrived in New ~~'. r'tn the usual gamut of ywnrod men from re- .. .- ‘- eynclal writer. although — m eminence less rapid- ' 1w now. Dramatic critic wpaper for three years at the war). so envied. omniscient columnist rnturu from France. 22'4“."elly he could rise llo . ’2! none of the frequent whorl parties given by the ’ was was complete With- ' ~ 1on1 lounging body and '_:"”.r\ crumtenance of Mr. Lee - As soon as he had set " the, ladder of prominence turning had realised “I. :‘- ’f :lramatizing himself. and ‘e was as active of bod! 5:! and of an amiable and . . "‘=;msition. as his friends F"““"~~ angrily protested. his vr-Ll ‘. "it world of increasing im- Pif’afiw in New York knew him .nat. morose. mysterious who, at I party. ‘nfl.’ .leself from one woman's I in 1. :vzn‘her's by sheer alert of V“ nrzrrerl by boredom. The litm'lrr‘ri‘] women had given hills U: v- 1 mnfirmcd bachelor. but a it: e-zt followed his dark face it "1 "'30:: eyes. (He sometimes W’i‘ 2 what role he would lil'. Ii :2»: 1: he had been a blond.) I“ P- Itmt‘tvr of fact, he was ll- ""v7" rxr'naniic. even after “I I"? :nwapaper work in New Y'T'»: 1:.‘. two of war: and 'hdl ii}! Fffielhluc half-closed eyes ””1 0'm' a gathering at the lio- m1: 1‘! nntrance it was with the or. hope of discovering the ."e women. ... was no afleotation lit his 2m: and tsetidiousness. Nor. of 3"“ '3 31': general boredom. N“ 11:31 ha did not still like his wort. .01“ mnihly pontiiiceting every morph: over his famous name to in sinking public. but lie was 1‘1"“. r: "‘he crowd," the subs old law. ‘irnd of the steady grind. of it“ Hrs—he, who had snob a smilfinate love of the dram.— >"~'rnwh1t tired of blues". as "=51 rzwe liked to tramp the WM for a year. But slum. 111‘ in money enough saved 30 “”1 not drop out of New Yuk. :03? W3: forgotten over night. and 115-717“. especially since the We “3?“. so quickly and yet so NW: that he might hepather ’9” Feadiuatlng himself on his ‘Mura. 0r iind himself sepals-ted 11" some men younger than luv Mwhnee cursed ended” all“ “”1191 youthfulness muhsvsse- 6“:an the facile public to some ‘1‘" brand of pap ilevored with M Pepper. The world was marsh- \~ 1. a e l i o l. i l 0.". Y": 'F’ 1 if." ‘r‘. p e». H1<11fiffmf9xi ._ .1 E:- l r11 ~. .M .. ..r C.v...l l' e a= f: s R; .t -,‘- .. r, s "I? Knew. "I“ :l'rssive Grant.) “1..., F“ 11'1“ island of Cuba ‘1- Jul-fa.“ 1 the teacher of a rath- ,. .nrlrlrnJook‘n‘ m. ‘DDM . “1-‘1knoww . 1use," from?" here your log- ’ :1 '11”: we borrow it from .p. 1-... Wrasse outer-norm deadeadeehersaamedtodatrthts yeenhliaceapywtthumxwlth " ”I new by cream with Assesisssertrst National ‘9. ~45... , Hour-s. lee. Watch for the screen verdant produced by Frank Lloyd wits 'cerlsse cam as Countess lattiany. ” tag to he tune of youth. damn it an. (havering was beginningnto feel elderly as thirty-four). but it was hard hesitate out the en- trenched. He had his public hyp- notlsed. He could sell ten copies of a book wheres reviewer could sellone. Blewordonapiaywas dual—or almost. Personal men- tion at any of the Sophisticates added a oubit cc reputation. Three mentions made them hon-child words. Neglect caused sap-lee and visions of extinction. Dis- paragemeat was referable. By publicity shall ya know them. liven public men with rhinocerine hides had been seen to shiver. Cause women courted him. Prise fishers on the dour morn after a triumphant night had howled be- tween fury and tears as hir. Lee Claverlng (once crack reporter of upturned tacos . the gentle art) wrote sadly of greater warriors. Lenin had men- tioned him as an enemy of the new religion. who dealt not with the truth. Until he grew dull—no grinning skeleton as yet—his pub- lic. after hasty or solemn diges- tion of the news. would turn over to his column with a sigh of relief. But he must hang on, no doubt of that. Fatal to give the public even a hint that it might learn to do without him. He sighed end closed his eyes again. It was not unpleasant to feel himself a slave. a slave who had forged his own gilded chains. But he sighed again for his lost simplicitles. for his day-dreams under the msgnolias when he had believed that if women of his class were not obliged to do their own housework they would ell be young and beautiful end talk only of ro- mance: when he had thought upon the intellectual worsen end the woman who “did things” as an anomaly and a horror. Well. the reality was more companionabie. he would say that for them. . . . Then he grinned as he recalled the days of his passionate socialism. when he had taken pains. like every socialist he had ever met, to let it be understood that he had been born is the best society. Well. so he had. end he was glad of it. even if the best society of his smell southern town had little to live on but its vanished past. ancestry now that he was eminent and comfortable. and he looked back with uneasy scorn upon his water breaches of tests. but he never quite forgot it. No South- erner ever does. The play droned on to the end of interminable iirst act. Talk. He'd go to sleep. but to get a crich in an be remembered had come down the the lights were low- hls out. He had but her grace- attracted his atten- liar shade of her 2 E 5 .2? i l B a. F.- r 8 l. E 33! till it E l i : (Kansas City Star.) mg any. with. its 73 persons 110.1%“. and guano. withqta :ai'ce. :aecathe of six hundred ' he so: outer-a as , Em y... “She lowered the opera glasses and glanced over the rows of scrutinizing them casually." never alluded to his distinguisha Vanessa's! Copyright use by Gertrude Athertoa but almough she had dropped her wrap over ths'bsch oi the seat he had no more then a glimpse of a white neck and a suggestion of sloping shoulders. Rather rare those. nowadays. They reminded him. together ~with the haughty poise of the head. of the tsmlly portraits in the old gallery at home. Being dark himself. be ad- mired fair women. although since they had taken to bobbing their bets- they looked as much allks as msgasine covers. This woman were her hair in no particular fashion. It was soft d abun- dant. brushed back from or face. and drawn merely over the tips of the ears. At least so he in- ferred. He had not seen even her proiile as she passed. Profiles were out of date. but in an old- feshioued corner of his soul he ad- mired them. and he was idly con- vinced that. a woman with so per- fectly shaped a head. long and narrow, but not too narrow. must have a profile. Probably her full face would not be so attractive. Women with cendre hair generally bad light brows and lashes, and her eyes might be s washed-out blue. Or prominent. Or her mouth too small. He would bet on the profile, however, and instead of rushing out when thatbleseed cur. tain went down he would wait and look for it. ' Then he closed his eyes again and forgot her until he was roused by the clapping of many hands. First-nighters always applaud, no matter how perfunctor'ily. Noblesse oblige. But the didercnce between the applause of the bored but loyal and that of the enchanted and unlchened is as the difference be- tween a rising breese and a hurri- case. The actors bowed en masse. in threes. in twos. singly. The cur- tain descended. the lights rose. the audience heaved. Men hurried up the aisle and climbed over patient women. People began to visit. And then the woman two seats ahead of Clavering did s_ singular thing. She rose slowly to her feet. turned her back to the stage. raised her opera glasses and let- surely surveyed the audience. "ihnew it!" Clavering's tongue cliched. “Europeea.~ No Ameri- mn woman ever did that—unless, tcbenrcshehaslivedtoolong abroad to remember our customs." 8e gased at her eagerly. and felt a slight sensation oi annoyance that the entire house was follow» ing his example. The opera glass- es concealed her eyes. but they rested upon the bridge of an in. dubitabiy straight noes. Her fore head was perhaps too high. but it was toll. and the thick hair was brushed heck Mannh‘n'm point. Her m eaves, were many shades darker than her hair. They were also narrow and m- Decidedly they received attention. Possibly. they were plucked and darkened-A life had made him step. tics! of “points." Rom. Gav- erlng .was no lover of “amended nature. hoidlne natures accept in rare nutrients of maceration. a header of the first water. , in spite of infamooth white skin ’ “scours above an ear tale is similar. What a spectacle for civilization! - .Nordio faces are generally less damaged throat. it was. subdy. not a young lace. The mouth. “be: large. although fresh and rod 000‘ sibly they had lip sticks in Europe that approximated nuns) had} none of the girl’s soft, flexibility. it was full in the center and red of the underlip was more a visible line. but it was stralsb at the corners. ending in an aim _ abrupt sternnees. Once she smiled. but it was little more than an” amused niches-:7 the mouth did relax. The shape of the face out the promise oi the head. buti deflected trom‘ its oval at the ‘ wihch was almost square. and dented. The ngnrewasverysllght. but as subtly mature as the iscs.§ possibly because she held it one compromisingly erect: apphrently she had made no concession to the democratic absence of “carriage-'9, the indilierent‘ almost apologetic mien that had succeeded the limp curves of a few years ago. She wore a dress of white let made with the long lines of the present fashion—in dress she was evidently a stickier. The neclt was cut in a low square. showing the rise of the bust. Her own lines were long. the arms an“ hands very slender in the. ions! white gloves. Probably she W.“ the only woman in the house who wore gloves. Life was freer since the war. She wore a triple string of pearls. He waited eagerly until she should drop her glasses. . . He heard two girls gasping and muttering behind him. There was a titter across the house. She lowered the opera glasses and glanced over the rows of up- turned faces immediately before her. scrutinizing them casually. as it they were llsli in an aquarium. She had dropped her lids slightly beibre her eyes came to rest on Clavering. He was leaning for- ward. his eyes hard and focal. do ing his best to compel her notice. Her glance did linger on his for a moment before it moved on indiflerently, but in that brief in- terval he experienced a curious ripple along his nerves . al- most e note of warning. . . They were very dak gray eyes. Greek in the curve of the lid. and inconceivably wise. cold. disillu- sioned. She did not look a day over twenty-eight. There were no marks of dissipation on her face. But for its col egularity she would havp look youngeg—with her eyes closed. The eyes seemed to gaze down out of an infinitely ‘ remote past. Suddenly she seemed to sense the concentrated attention of the audience. She swept it with a hasty glance. evidently appreciated the fact that she alone was stand- ing and facing it. colored slightly and sat down. But her repose was absolute. She made no little em- barrassed gestures as another. woman would have done. She did not even effect to read her pro. gram. It Clavering left his chair and wen- dered up the aisle. He felt none of his usual impatience for the hen- eilcent cigarette. Was he hit? Hardly. inquisitive. certainly. But he had seen-so many provocative shells. Vile trick of nature, that- poverty-stricken unoriginai creep lure that she was. He glanced over the rows of peo- ple as he passed. it was not the play that was animating them. The woman was a godsend. . His gese paused abruptly on the face of htr. Charles Dinwlodia; Clevering'! grand-aunt had mar-1 ried sir. Dinwiddie's mther and- the two men. so car apart in years. were more or less intimate; the older men’s inexhaustible gouip of New York Society amused Olav»; ering. who in turn had initiated! Mr. Dinwiddie into new an ' strange pleasures. including lit-q ery parties and iirstmigh , nor-ed by the world of fashion. Z All New Yorkmen of the old; regime. no matter what their indi-; viduallly may have. been twenty; years earlier loch so muoh‘allho' as they approach . and more: particularly after they ve passed it. that they. might be brothers in blood as in caste Their ,mous- caches and what little hair they " have left turns the same shade ot, well-bred white.’ Thelrgilse old‘ and net of check. theirexpredoa ' calm. assured. not'liweys smug. They are impeccably groomed and erect. Stout they-may be. butseli com fat. and ifnot always head. some.“ they are polished. distin- guished. aloof. They no looser wear side-whiskers and? look younger than their fathers did than!“ age. - . * a‘t‘. & W):- "! want to issue a warrant my husband's ' " . . cod. "He attempted to adult... "'Just a moment. plump, ' i Exceptforanaturaigrowtlictre- . fix tall demand with 'tho Walsh of winter. business is without essential" change. The same irregularities and contrasts‘ that have mementos sit- uation in recent months are 1th mat in different quarters. Pse- pcsale fora reduction of federal tax-. es. however. have occasioned wide favorable'commsnhi and ascribe! saints expel-tirade has given sa- oouragement to some interests. Yet the sharps-ice tie-stools pricescf a fortnight ago. which apperonw helped sentiment. has. been follow depreuion in foreign exchange has continued. One of the moat signin- the price yielding which appears in ad by an uncertain trend. and the ~ cant of the current movements is 1 ~ favorablerates for money. prevailing during the past week or two. show thecfleot of the return-of funds from thecountry borrowers who have had them forties during the crop moving period. but who are now releasing them to theme in the cities. There has'heem avery good public ‘ nae torrecent em and an usual display of absorptive power as illus- ' there willbe the unfilled order report of the Eni- ter States Steel Corporation. show- come into the market. although not yet as large as hoped. generally. however. the situation is well ahead of this month mass by the purchasing of the newdast year and represents a very satis- imecm’d by the apparently wide distribution of them. hides and leather. pig iron. some kinds of building materials. and var. ious other commodities. and which is agelnvreflected in the excess of declines in Dun's list of wholesale quotations. Weekly bani: clearings 000,000 . NEW YORK. Nov. 18.—-R. L. Assaults. president of the Calumet 80.0.4.- hu been elected to head the copper and brass resarch association for the next year. Mr. Agassiz announ- ced copper consumption in the United States at the present time is about seventy per cent of the world’s production. .4 Crucible Stool Orders. earnings of the Crucible Steel Com- pany of Amoricajn September were more than, $1,000,000 [greater than they were in the same month last year. orders during that month were the lowest of the year. Chairman H. S. Wilkinson told stockholders at the annual meeting. He said there was every indica- tion that stocks on hand were con- sumed during the past three months in greater volume than new orders placed and that he expected It con- siderable increase in the volume of business. and profits during the com- ing year. R. B. Mellon. of Pittsburgh. was elected a. director to succeed Dunno Admstrong, who resigned. All other directors were re-elecled. Railway Earnings. Earnings of the New York Central continue excellent. For the quarter ended Sept. 30 its gross was $107.— 26L401. against 59.448.450; total in- come. $27,146,143. against $12,882,- 123. and surplus after charges pump- ed to $14,187,955. contrasted with $1,756,750 a year ago. ‘ . W'abaah earnings last month were much in excess of 1922 and the re- turns for the ten months to the close of October were considerably larger than the like period last year. Its gross during October We: 86,189.382. as compared witu 85,— 000,892; net after taxes, $1,298,700. against 8500.144. and surplus after charges. $656,209. against a deficit of $51,478 a. year ago. For the ten months gross advanced to 855.416,- 027. against “7.741.878; net after taxes. 312.054.886. against 3.3854.- 449. and surplus alter charge. 84.- 781.406. against $606,511 in the pre- ceding year. Net operating income of the St. Paul road is estimated atsfrum $2.- 700.000 to 83,000,000. exceeding any month since August, 1918. and com- paring with $2,664,107 in September. Gross revenue established a record for the year in October. Outlook for the remainder of the year in consi- dered excellent. according to rne ol' the officials. Great Northern Railway will show net earnings for October in excess of 84,500,000. This is better than was generally expected. earlier figures being estimated at:~ $4,000,0u0. For September the road ‘eportea net earnings of 33.608.000. v.8. freight Bill is Cut. WASHINGTON Nov. 18.——Bccauae of reductions in railroad rates in- augurated since 1921. the freight bill of the American public was $431,000,000 loss during the first eight months of the present year than it would have been it rato lev- els had retrained unchanged. ac- cording to statistical compilations made today by. the Bureau of Bell- way Economics. , The bureau also declared that. had rates remained unchanged from the levels of 1932. which were lower than those of 1931 in a number of particulars. the freight bill of the country for the first eight months, of 1921 would have been 8282.”50.000 greater than it actually was. The savings resulted chiefly from reductions in the rates on agricul- tural products. American Bank Note "Extra.” Directors of the American Bank Note Company meet Nov. 28 and may declare an extra disbursement on the common stock at. that that. The company is doing a big business and at present the 93,908 shares of 850 per common are receiving re ular payments of is yearly. * Earnings in the drst half of this year were equal to $7.81 a share on the common" and for the entire year ‘ they are likely'to be 815. East year an extra dividend of no in cash and 10 per cent instock was-paid. This year any extras will.» disbursed in cash. The company- hes no bank loans and a large cashbehmcr. New financing on e. unsiderable scale is bdngvpat beforethe public anarchic is likely to continue linen, nitoiy. as it limited that-the and. Hccla. Consolidated Copel- Co" ' NEW YORK. Nov. 18.-—-Alihough N’ . .:‘ . y 7 Misses’ ' For young girls and misses you wil find here coats as distinctive and fine in quality as those worn by their parents. For small girls,'all wool imported ma- terials have full lining 16 yrs. For older girls from lar young ladies. ' 5.3 7% Store Some have beaverette or nutria collars —-others come in sport models, plaids or plain grey and camel’s novelty English materials or soft Bo- livian for dressier wear. Many diiferent models give a wide selection for particu- rectory output and price eituationtesslonal may have?“ in most lines. ' Special Sale of Exclusive— Fur Trimmed Coats, Gorgeous cloth coats of finest lustrous materials— Gerona and Marvella C l oth—trlmm' ed with elaborate headings. wide collars and cuts of the very fashionable blond furs—fox, wolf, natural grey or viatka squirrel, Hudson seal, mole and beaver. Each garment is distinctive and exclusive— the height of present fash- ion. There is a limited number of these costs in sizes 16, 36, 38, 40 and there will be no re-orders at these low prices. These coats have been priced from $150 to $275 $125 to $225 Second floor. Coats 5 and inter-linings. hair. Sizes 6 to $9.95 to $32.50 13 or 19 years are Many $17.50 to $49.50 years. Here is a. timely xmu gifm !' 'a one; 7 Mean 1.. only Trimmings wisp of lace for a table onth'e main floor you at very small prices. Chiffons an 7 . y _ , for flowers. bags, etc. .Youwill surelyflndaiotdthingsmw 7 silt-seaweeds censure: growing] eas- a. . C O C New Price Notes 1n Mlillnery Felt hats, ulnar; sport cloche shapes with little brims. Specially priced $2.95 ' Table of hats for all occasions—vel- vets, felts and combination materials— many for youthful faces or mate-one. . Remnants adoring! will find short lengths the beet , mm" “1.32: than carillon during the issue weeks of the year. True the publication of in: a loss of 892,000 tons. was fully an unfavorable as had been expected for the month of October. ‘but strong new purchasing has undoubtedly 8pm productive one ‘ museums Sale of Misses’ , Vélvet Frocks: i Chifion velveta of the fled quality—black and, brown vol-- vets—the most youthful of all dark materials are developed,“ ‘ in individual ,models having; long gay silk crepe sleeves and! 5 facings or short velvet sleeves. = feature new ‘ ' flares at the bottom skirt. All are charmingly uni , usual models. Sizes 13 Dashing his'm "ans... 6 turned up shapes—velvet and metallic brocad ' Dark and brighthatstow ‘3. Ribbolis mmmuumuaetm" thisandagaypieceofsilkfor‘fllatgfi dbits ofbrald for lamp shades «rupees for his favorite lamp. ,8 \s of thof so 196...". $22.80} e v‘, aatlns. , ”7‘ ”'0' ;. mo I Issue-lee. .-‘ oflsces. .. Implied amine-tn - dean and eases, ' W ".34 “‘8‘ again ,
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