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EVENING LEDGER PHIEa.DBCI'Bra, FBIPY, SEPTEMBER 25 I9KC.
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ELLEN ADAIR MEETS
A TALKATIVE LADY
ON THE DOORSTEP
She Wonders What the
Future Now Will Bring.
A Little Widow Is a Dan
gerous Thing.
CltAPTUtt XI.
Tin vnrlil "ipinul such it Uti (Hid lfs
clntp pi ico when t stood tiullo alone out
Me my tiiiclr s liou?c. that thsl sail nlKht
in Phll.itlplplilsi.
"i!iin on to Kuroiie'" inns through n
stunned bialn. The house shut tip fot
thin- Ions molitlist" W'hero us I now
tu turn.
I remember iioIIcIiik how the llttlo
child! m i-nced along the pavement, inch
on nnr roller skntc. In tho light of tho
Mrort lamps how Very early It mows
dnil! In I'hllndeltdiln - thclf little fives
M.nn, with happiness. 1 think our little
UnllKh boys hiiiI girl hae rosier cheeks
hut this Americans had pretty little sun
tin nt facts.
Where whs I now to turn? t did not
know One cannot live for Ions on ?s'
J low foolish 1 had been to come this Ions.
Ions way on mete surmise! 1 saw lh.it
cleai now It whs too Into. "Uono off to
Uurope'" ami the house was closed!
A onnn Irom the nest-door house
now civil upon the scene She tna haw
wuntfd to be kind. I do not know I
thought she had the shrillest, harshest
olct
"s, hr hns Rone," said she, "are ou
his nloec ' From England, do ou say '
l'Mir. dual 1 thoiiBht oti liml a forolsn
look' In mourning, too' What friend of
jours hm tiled? 1 muss It's real mit
ot your in i lo Kolng off like this. Just
when in. m expecting sou! Ain't nv n
the mean) st things!
'Hi did not know that I was coml ic
heie, 1 suld uully 'You sec, 1 only wiotf
thite das l fore I sailed I sailed a w. U
ago. It s no one's fault eccpt my own '
Fl.ATTnRI.VO I'MTH'ISM
'Yes. you've ucted real foolish," said
this strange Individual, staring Intently
at mi. arms nklmbj. 'There ain't nuuli
Ftyle to ou cither. The way ou (K your
hair wnt nit three years nco! It suit
of suits your face, though, all the same,
that iiueet old-fashioned way. I Kuess
you need a hit of rouge on those pale
cheeks I'll clp vou some, it's leal cute
stuff' You'll inier get a beau here un
less you sn'jrten up a bit!"
"Can you Rive me mi uncle's pteeent
address'" I stiffly asked, for her strange
ipocches made me feel contused.
"And that I can't!" said she "Your
uncle oa:n It rather haughty over me'
After that tiling wife of his died. thie
years aso. I tiled to be real sociable, oer
the back aid ft nre of nights I pulled
three lathes of wood out, so s 1 could
ki ep a cheei eye on lilm for Im a
widow, and can sympathize with men'
"Yuu ought to get another wife.' says I.
'It ain't natural-like, for a man like you
to live alone" He'd be sittinK there of an
evening, smoking his pip In his little
nack yaid, a leal sood-looklng man he
Is! Bu whenever I'd come out. and try
a bit of coneisitlon with him. why,
he'd act ral stiff nnd haughty, und then
make some excuse and get up nnd ro into
the. house 'I si r the 'once is broken '
he would say. alwais ver polite. 'I'll
send a mnn here tomorrow to see that it
is repaired ' Tliree times he mended the
fence, never cuesslnc I hud mnde the hole
on puipo30'" Shu slsjhr-d, with a reminis
cent look In her hird eve. "I guess your
uncles fixed real elegant'" said she re
gretfully. What could she mean' "Fixed up real
elegant'" I did not know, and did not
care. Where was I now to turn?
A ri..EAJAXT PROPOSITION
"I guess you have a goodish bit of
money with iou, and would make It
worth my while if I took you here to
night?" continued the hard-eyed widow
craftily. "I'm expecting two gentlemen
friend, and they le bringing some bottles
of beer alontf, so we might have a partv
and be real .orinhle I Btiegg I could fl
up that hall of yours for once and make
you look ieal cute You ain't at all n
bdd-looklnK airl, If you onl perked up a
bit and ju-ppul aiound ranip Uvel ! The
chaps here like a bit of fun' '
The prosp" et did not sound allurintr I
Fhudder-d "t t'ie "ry Idea of what her
particular conception of "a bit of fun"
mlaht be!
"I think I'd better go to nn hotel," I
faintly said I felt so tired, and yet I
could not. would not enter that unknown
widow's house.
The brewing storm then broke upon my
heart Months of polite rebuff upon my
uncle's part had sown the wind and now
I. his unfortunate tiler, reaped the whirl
wind The widow had a larse vocabulary
and one great gift of metaphor. That
burled tilent was unearthed until It grew
tenfold.
A crowd of little unehlns olrded
round "Just listen to her'" erleij one
little ho "It's better than the movies,
ain't l. sister""
What 'p "the movies?" I had never
heard the nam" I -at upon mv trunk
on thtt top step In sheerest weariness,
while the gentle lady on her step next
door harangued m- in a ringing tone.
Tne little crowd was groning larger I
bethought me of a ranch and Judy show
nt home!
A LADY IN' MISTRESS
At length a gallant knight earn to my
rescue I saw his broad form push that
crowd aside No Jullt in a thrilling bal.
cony scene w-lrornd her Romeo with a
Rlsdder heart than I upon those steps He
was th.' ia al ice man, it U true, bur, etui
a Romeo to m"-'
"Oee hU'' said he. In no uncertain
tones. flKing the widow with a wrathful
eve, "Mavbe you- ain't the noisiest,
peskiest wuman on this street' I d hate
to till you what I think of you'" He
turned around to me and his voir
Changed. "Pome right along with me, I'll !
ste you right to a here you want to go.''
tsaW he I
To the twinkling of an eve he had
heaved m hnnv trunk from off that i
doorstep, n'ht io the roof of his empty
tee wagon, hud helped t up beside the
driver's rat. nacked a long whip and off
we droe.
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OLD STYLES IN HEW
MATERIALS AGAIN
BECOME FAVORITES
Black Velvet Basque Was
Worn by Former Genera
tions, With Hoop Skirts
and Waterfalls.
Basque With Separate Skirt.
MOTHERS' PENSIONS PAID
City Treasurer McCoach Gives 128
Beneficiaries $1583 50 for Sept.
Widows and deserted wlve, nenrl all
accompanied hi small chllnren. called at
the ollke of City Treasurer McCoaih to
dny Jo receive the penlon"! for Feptemher
granted them from the Mothers' Pmsion
Fund
Fiom the appioprlntlon for September
nvide to the fund by Cltv t'ounell, City
Treasurer McCoach paid out $15stM1
Theie aie 12S mothers and deserted
wives, bonoflclarles of the fund. In til"
clti In those families are IS2 children
loss than 14 years of age.
THE LETTER. NOT THE SPIRIT!
A certain landlord had a pre.it objection
to rentim; his houses out to tenants with
children
"Haie you am children-'" he demanded
tlereeli of a would-be tenant.
' Yes." replied the latter solemnlv, "lx
nil In the cemetery."
"Hetter thre thnn here." ald the land
lord consollncli. and proceeded to execute
the delred nKreement.
In due time the children returned from
the temeien, whither thei had been sent
to play.
Any one who makes n study of fash
ions soon leaches the conclusion Unit
theie arc ceitnln inodia that recur fiom
time tu time, mutinied or nl ltd, but Hot
too i hanged foi iccogiiltlun.
The black iclxet bnsiiio that has come
into I'K'inltiin. r again as one ot the prcs-ent-d.n
rn-lilons uns wuin by out moth
cis oi L-iiindmothcrs, accoidlng to the
generation tu which wc belong.
It w is worn with hoopkltts nnd tho
wiiteinll of the period, nnd It Is being
worn iif, . ii today, wiy little chnnged
nnd lending to the we.ucr more of the
feminine appeal or a dead mid gone day.
Tin clict bnsciuc In.iUKUi.iti") the eep.
nrate skirt Ineiltnbly. And this, too, Is
a 1 1 tin n of nn old style 1'illH and fin-
iclowi tmi.it hale a plnip sonicwlicre In
l the make -up of the majority of costume-.
and the plain basque seems to call rnr
cither plaltid ot rulTlcd sklits that will
fut nisi, an effective contrast
The lllitstiatlon uliows the black clct
hasiiue nlnicst seveie In design, hut mod
el nlzvil bv the collnt This p.utlcutar
stile of collai Heems to he a compromise
between fashion ns orlciniilty planned hv
the modiste and the comfoit demanded
b the womm who must went It.
It Is wry high In the back, but open
to a gcueiotir digtee In fiont iiboie the
sciuarc-ciit neck.
The white faeliiR to the collnt and the
white iiirfs nie mnde of rllk and count
n point as a fashion asset.
Tin- skiit worn with the bnsn.no scores
scleral points In up-to-date inodllmer.
It is in tiers, or sections, nnd It Is full
that Is, full nceoiJIug to the piesent
ht.in.lnid.
Kadi section of the skirt Is finely
plaited, though the fulness Is gi cutest
In the toptnot Ilounce.
While both b-iMiue and sklit arc con
icntlon.illzed. thei h.ne dlstlntt piostlso
nninng the stiles especially created for
autumn wear.
The toque or turban which completes
the costume Is of black civet, tilmmcd
with goura pi iced nt an angle that we
might bo Incllmd to mil rakish If we
were not dctet mined to relied the splilt
of war in out eieri-dav locabularics
The military air hns been given de
liberately to many coats nnd capes and
hats nnd bonnet", and where theie Is a
ceitaln kind of dash the term Is sure
to be used for the sake of Its present day
popularity.
FILIPINOS SHOW
EAGERNESS TO GET
SCHOOLTEACHERS
ruujj rKMS bTlLL I
MOUNT, WITH BEEF
LEADING THE LIST.
Housewives Find Advani
20 Per Cent. Over La,?
Year Dealers Advi
Cheaper Beef Cuts.
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A canvass of tho Philadelphia reun
centers reveals the fact that prices
ernny asked now for meats, fish J
,"""' " ' "'u "pio Reasonable v.
etables, arc virtually 20 per cent, high,
now than they were n year ago, and th
""'" ouueowiio wnoso cash has not In
....-reu umiiiS mo past tweliemonth hit
but two courses open to her: she rnu.t
carry a smaller market basket, or etas
must bo content to buy cheaper cuts of
meat, and Infeilor grades of food
Dccf Is, as usual, tho source of's t.
of argument, and as beef goes s0 mu
other foods allow and prices H
proportion. Uutchers report a sciiri 2
of beef, but call attention to the 7.S
that If marketers could bo educated III
tho real value of tho cheaper cuts ,,,-w
as briskets, hlgh-prlce meat Z
would be relieved. In New York cit!
the hln lo nu nro -t .,.i u '0rK alt
Winfred T. Denison Shows
That Natives Prefer the
Schools to Feasts Amus
ing Incidents Witnessed.
The Hon Winfred T. Denison, secre
tary of the interior of the Philippine
Islands, hit been cilled the "White
Hope ' of the islands. The csact ap
plicability of this term Is not perfectly
cleir at this distance. Mi Uenlton
himself Is on lecord as declarlns hlb
heliif that It is mt-aiit to imply a "white
interest" In the Philippines ns distin
guished from a Pillplno interest He Is
also on record as t..iylnK "I suppose I
was called the 'White Hope' bciaiise I
used to belong to the Itepuhl'cau party "
Ponlson. is Is well-known. Is the Bull
Moose member of the present Philippine
SAFETY FIRST
Administration, and ns such his exper
iences of the last few months in the
Islands nro of considerable Interest, indi
cating to a defiiec the hopefulness or
hopelessness of the Philippine situation.
tlon.
Mr. Denison has sent to friends In
this country copies of a speech delivered
by him at the City Club, Manila, on
June 30 last. The speech is entitled
"Demon. ley's MIsMon In the Philip
pines " The speech does not slvc its
author's opinion on the question of
Philippine Independence, but merely dis
cusses some of the questions which dally
come before the Sccretaiy of the Intei
lor through tho administration of his
own depnitment.
One of the typical questions, Mr. Deni
son says, which cbme before hlm con
tinually, cropped up In the proposition
whether he should "..ithorlze the ex
penditure of Sl pesos for the photo
graphing of mollusks "Now, It happens
that l have Just returned from tin
Mountnln Proiinee" declaicd the Secre
tary, "where I found the deep necessity
and a creat demand for school teachers,
nnd no money to proilde them I had
this choice Should I spent 503 pesos for
photographing those mollusks, or should
I spend It for school teachers? I could
pay the whole share of the Insular Gov
ernment In one teacher, and a half of
the share of the Insular Government In
another teacher for the cost of these
photographs I am not unaware that
the world outside the Philippines may
possibly prefer the photographs of the
mollusks to teachers In the Mountain
Pioilncc, hut ran lh.ro ho anv ctouht in
the mind of any one thnt my duty is to
spend the money for tho Interest of the
jPhlllpplncs, rather than to further what
may be considered tho interest of the
scientific world at large?"
On another occasion Mr. Denison reports
that he had been to Palawan nnd had
found there 40,000 people without a doctor.
He discovered tho same thing on a still
larger scale In the Mountain Province. Ho
learned that the Moros In the southern
end of Palawan were eager for a school
teacher "even grown men were petition
ing for leave thcmselies t" go to school."
At the Cullon Leper colony he was peti
tioned by six sisters of the church, who
were dclng all tho nursing for 50 hospital
patients to send them two more nurses
and some money for their work. Cpon
returning to Manila from this trip tho first
thing that was put up to the secretary
was an application for leave to spend H,
0l) pesos for printing the results of eth
nological research Into the habits of tho
Bukldnoons and other non-Christian
tribes!
"For 14,000 pesos," declared Denison, "I
could cither cover tho Mountain Province
with school teachers or cover Palawan
with doctors, or Jill Cullon with nurses;
whllo the outside world, If It finds Itself
in peremptory need of this knowledge,
may possibly bo able to find the money
some way except In the pockets of tho
l''llipino people."
INTERNATIONAL LOVE
Tho Britain love the Frenchman, the
Frenchman loves the Russ;
They compliment each other with exag
gerated fuss.
The Russian loves the Belgian, who dearly
loves the Jcp,
Their lovo Just now Is pushing like spring
time starts the sap.
The German loes the Austrian. The lat
ter's features work
s he mentions his affection for tho un
utternblo Turk.
With nil this blllycoolng, I hardly think it
right
Such loving, kindly nations should ever
chide and fight. Kansas City Star.
house and tenderloin at 3S cents a pound
while the Philadelphia consumer Is ben7.
filed to the extent that local butcher,
cut nnd sell all sirloin cuts at 35 cents
pound. The present prices are about'tht
same as two months ago: Round m
cents: rump, 30 cents; rib roast. K ce'nti
bolar roast, 22 cents; cross-cut roast a
cents; cornbeef, 13 to :s cents; n'ork
chops, 33 cents; lamb chops. 30 cents'
of lamb, 23 cents; shoulder of lamb it
cents: stowing lamb, S centB; eal ehnm
2S cents: veal cutlets, 3." cents, wII
calves' liver Is high at 10 cents a pound
POULTRY DEAIt AS WL'LL.
The woman who turns to poultry for
relief, finds high prices here as well
Fowls are scarce now, duo largely to th
demands of tho Jewish holidays. Jersey
roasting nnd broiling chicken brings 28c
stewing Is 23 to 25c; roasting, 23c., and
prime Jersey chicken Is 25c.. while th
delicate squab Is quoted from 50 to 50c,
a pound, according to the size and qua.
Ity. It Is early to consider turkeys yet,
but ducks nre offered at fiom 23 to Z
cents per pound.
The housewife with the lean pocketbook
will find some relief fiom the high meat
and poultry prices In vegetables, but even
here prices nre as a rule about 20 'per
cent, higher than this time a year ago.
Nutritious vegetables, such ns eggplants,
lima beans, etc., are much aboie normal
Cggplants bring 6 nnd 10 cents; lima
Deans, is cents quarter peck; strln? beans,
iu cents quarter pcck; taney California
cauliflower, small, 15 to IS cents; large,
25 cents; Brussels sprouts, 20 cents i
quart box. New peas arc scarce and jell
at 40 cents a quarter peck. Potatoes
bring 60 cents the half bushel basket
Fruits generally remain about the earns
price, with Jersey peaches, howcier, plen
tiful and hanging on well at low prices.
Fresh or nearby crrs ate scire and bring
38 cents a dozen, while the western eggs
are coming In faster and bring as much.
Butter ranges from 35 to 45 cents a pound,
special fancies tunning even higher.
SEA FOOD HIGH. TOO.
Even In tho matter of tlsh and seafooisrl .
Is there little encouragement for a savAJ
Ing, as prices nre a lot above a year ago. I
Soft crabs brlns $1.25 a dozen: crab meat, J
rcsular, 40 cents; lump. cents Lob.
steis, 33 cents; hard-shell crabs, 50 cents
a dozen; while oysters and clams ara
nbout 25 per cent, hlcher than last Sep
tember. Blue fish bring 18 cents; brook
trout. 73 cents; butterflsh. 12 cents: cat
fish. 18 cents: cod (steak). 15 cents; fioun-
ders, 15 cents; haddock, 19 cents, halibut,
25 cents mackerel (fresh), 35 cents each;
Spanish 35 cents a pound, white perch,
18 cents; rockflsh, 18 to 25 cents, fresh!
sain on, 40 cents, sea bass, 15 cents, snap-j
ners. IS cents: weaknsh, 15 cents, whlUI
scollops are priced at fl a quart.
Countiy sausage and scrapple begin to?
arrlio from October 5 on, and cran-j
berries, turkey, chestnuts, etc., will be oaif
snlo almost any day now. Already someJ
chestnuts have arrlcert from points that
have experienced frost, and bring &
cents a quart.
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