Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, April 28, 1915, Night Extra, Page 7, Image 7
Mrr- wp-?apjwr - EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1915: 7 FATHER PENNON EDGE FOR CLEAN-UP WEEK Lphladelphia nnd Spotless Town Win u oyiiunyiiiuus I Terms in Near Future. ,i r f Father Penn's hat Is In tho rlns. Fur fthermore his sleeves aro rolled up, and lhero grim nerannuicu expression on rt.li face. He out wiin n. oie suck, ioo, A itg got brlatleo on the end being a broom. By his side there's a mop and a 'pall, nd, though some people scorn man '.,! labor as beneath them, It's plain to "... that he's Just aching to get busy on Ithe gigantic Job that soon will confront him. From all of the Btreet cars and from the pavilion In City Hall courtyard this pic ture of Papa- 'enn stares at the citizens of Philadelphia, and It Is but one of the wayB being used to advertise tho nearness of the third annual municipal houscclean- fu, nt Monday tho crusado beglnB. It will 181 six days. And such a metamor phosis IS cxpeticu 'Ui'-;1"' j man leaving town on tho 2d of May and SLimf hnclc on tho Oth will think himself i. iMim of a strange dream. l Rootless town nnd Philadelphia will then !'... .wnnnvmaus. In the meantime no .infla Is being left unturned to Inculcate n every mm'. "". ;" ..... uu....b this preliminary week a desire for a splo and span city that will be the envy of '...., nHr municipality In tho country, I 'C:..--.lD rn vlnltlncr dnllv thn exhibit it,. r.ltv Hall navlllon. which tho Iciean-up Weok Committee hnB put on IvloW. Tnere compurimvo lauiva buuwiuk H.. ..i.h ft ttin twn nrnvlnim rrnnndna are domonslratcd so that ho who runs EinayreaU llim yvm uiu tnuutjuuuu nun fcbeen so widely spread It Is expected more f rubbish than ever before will be gathered f up and carted away. Hundreds of extra teams nro to be aupplled by tho Department of Public 'Works to dispose of the accumulations i.wlth which rooms, closets, hallways, ccl flars, garrets, roofs and flre-escapes are fnow Uttered, and the mere teams tho de partment Is called upon to send out, tho better It will like It. 1 NOT HOUSECLEANING ONLY. ' But houscclcanlmg- Isn't tho only thing the commltteo Is Interested In. Tho word has gone forth that lawns, gnrdens, back fences, alleys nnd vacant lots must also t spruced up. . "Mako two gardens grow whero but one dump bloomed before," Is ono of tho llogans. "Get out the pnlnt can," Is another, nnd Ijleps, shutters, sheds, porches nnd sills are expected to become immaculate ns a rrsult. Realizing tho all-round vnluo of a clean city from tho btandpolnt of a good busl Lness proposition, ns well ns from an I aesthetic and sanitary outlook, big cor 1 poratlons nro doing yeoman servlco In 1 co-operating In tho clean-up plans. In addition to the Father Penn placards put up by tho Philadelphia Rnpld Transit Company, tho Metropolitan Life Insur ance Company has made plana to dis tribute through Its agents 20,000 pamph lets to its industrial policy holders ex plaining the Importnnco of a compre hensive clean-up campaign. Moreover a number of moving-picture houses have been Induced to Insert Bomo "clean-up" pictures In t'nelr regular films. FOn A BETTER CITY. Better health, fewer fires nnd cleaner ' streets, to say nothing of a vastly Im proved city, are expected to be tho direct and lmmediato results of the strenuous week. It has been estimated that al imost half tho Ilres that occurred In Phil adelphia last year might not havo taken '"place had careless housekeepers paid more attention to the Inflammable rub bish poked here, thero and everywhere in their houses. And tho advice of tho Flro .Marshal Is that If you would protect 'youpllfe and your property don't culti vate the habit of accumulating useless .truck. ' Flies, mosquitoes and rats will also .flee beforo the clean-up enthusiasts. Book lets have been Issued pointing out the Ibest methods of preventing nnd swatting all threo of tho pests, and Herman Hor nlg. city entomologist. Is supplementing the printed matter with dally lectures at noon at the pavilion. Finally the many complaints regarding the uncovered ash-wagons of tho street cleaning department will at last bo an swered. According to Assistant John Keeson, of tho Burenu of HlghwaySf a wagon cover has been designed, to be exhibited nt tho street cleaners' parade on Thursday morning, that tho contract ors will bo required to use hereafter, and ,In the future any person who sees a cart trailing a cloud of null dust after it aa long as a comet's tall is requested to make a report to tho bureau Immediately. p Philadelphia Is just in the right spirit to be clenp and to stay clean. But every body Is asked to do his share. MORENO'S PAYMASTER TO STAY IN THIS CITY Admiration for Philadelphia Causes Him to Quit Argentine Navy. When the Argentine battleship Moreno left for home waters with a thousand sailors and marines eager to return to their native shores, It left ono man be hind who was not homesick and who preferred to llvo In Philadelphia rather than any of the eunny southern cities of the Southern hemisphere. That man, who came up from the southern country to be paymaster on the biggest battleship Moat, a position that many naval men would take pride In holding, resigned his commission and decided to remain after spending a few daya here In finding out the comforts and pleasures in which this city abounds, A. Caldercn Chaves, 914 Spruce Btreet, u toe man who was so taken with this f'ty. In his estimation the municipal improvements here are better than any of the far-famed cities of tho more South jm climate. Tha parka, the railways, jjs broad streets, the lighting system, "theatres, stately buildings, everything is better than his native cities or any ether, says Chaves, and they all go to this an Ideal city. Philadelphia Is a better city In every rPct than Buenos Aires,. Chaves says. Although the subwvys of Buenos Ales are white, the cars white and the crews garbed In white linen, the efficiency that marks this subway is lacking. The Jlreefs are wide down there, but they not as straleht as Broad street and ine thousand others here. The schools "n are better, and that Is one of tnavea' reasons for staying hsre. He wends to master the English language t the, University and already has made Mmarkable steps In It. Aft for til niiifu 4hA n-vtA nffljiA nt L . Mrem thinks that we can't be bten; ,that Is, he added, if we etay out apr we haven't enough ships to tSmbat Wth any of the European, forces '9 the sa On the army he made no 3iment. But when dancing was men uoned he grew enthusiastic. The one SP. hesitation and all the newer ones oj danced and liked the way they were -ten up nere. with one exceuption na up here, wit ki ASenUne tango. W the Argentine tacl m tell, but he did k go. Where that dance tacked onto it he could .1 Vnmi, that It WflSn't JSfthlng like the tango danced In his yve country They danced It more jawly And smoothly, he eald. IV Oxford Colleges Bar Liquor KFQRD, England, April 2.-Jesu Su.8 had decided to bar alcoholic bev 'igftl while the war continues. Similar Sn tog been taken by Oriel. It l wpct4 that others colleges w! do J"!, and that the entire university W soon i ,-,hJiie drinks. AM OTTTQini7T? A GIRL'S ADVENTURES im UU1 OlUiLfV in SOCIAL PIRACY & By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE, Author of "The Lone Wolf," "The Brass Bowl," Etc. -vwwam, mn, Dy Louis Joseph Vane. BTNOPBtS, Eally Manvers, 27 yeara old, out of work nd desperate, Is locked out on the roof f her house, In New York. Driven to seek shelter by a storm she tries the trap-door of other houses and finally enters the house ef a rich family. No one Is at home and ?n- A" her own f.or 'hem. As she Is leav Xlf hi1-"ef tt ""V "y'nB ,0 "P"" a safe. i. ..?.. ?"' nd as ehe watches, the man frV.'. """' aiiacKea by another burglar. P. men grapple and the flrnt la likely to be overwhelmed whn Sally breaki In, X .J. revolver which hae been dropped n!. lc,u'ne' anJ cove" the men. The nm .. ,u,u.e ?"Kf' ,hc "rat burglar, as urnes that h Is helping him, and they the fieusi " Then SttUy """ ,rom llVl',.r:!! aimlessly, Bally rneeU tho bur 8!iitAne n2. h'frlended at Grand Central ?ii.'Ji?"i 9.na Insist that he get her an ac commodation to Boston. They go down to .-SJr'!.ellnilr"n., and hero tho burglar "re tends that sally la one of hla profession. CHAPTER 7v-ConllnUed. His eyes affixed tho point of Interroga tion to tho simple declarative. She stnrtcd nervously In response, divided between Impulses which ahe hnd no longer sufficient wit to weigh. Should she confess, or try to lie out of It? Must she believe this glibly simple and ade quate account or reject It on grounds of pardonablo skepticism? If this man wore what .he professed to be, surely ha must rccognlzo her bor rowed plumago ns his sister's property. True, that did not of necessity follow; men have so little understanding of women's clothing. It pleases them or It displeases. If thrust upon their attention, but once withdrawn it is forgotten utter ly. Such might well bo tho case In this prdsent Instanco; tho man gavo Sally, In deed, every reason to bellevo him ns much bewlldorcd and mystified by her as she was by him. On tho other hand, nnd even so The Infatuate Impulso prevailed, to con fess nnd tako tho consequences. "I'm nfrald " sho began in a quaver. "No need to be nono I know of, at least," ho volunteered promptly, If with out moderating his exacting stare. "Vou don't understand " She hesitated, sighed, plunged In des peration. "It's no use; there's nothing for me to do but own up. What you wero not tonight Mr. Savage, I was." "Sounds llko a riddle to mo. What Is tho nm,wcrv" "You wero Just make-believe. I was the real thing a real thief. No, let mo go an; It's easier if you don't Interrupt. Ycs,; I'll tell you my name, hut It won't mean anything. I'm nobody. I'm Sarah Manvcrs. I'm a shop-girl out of work." "Still I don't see " "I'm coming to that. I live on your block tho Lexington nvcnuo end, of course with two other girls. And this afternoon tho studio was so hot nnd stuffy and lonesome, with both my friends away-1 went up on tho roof for better nlr, and fell asleep thero and got caught by tho storm. Somebody had closed the scuttle, and I ran ncross roofs looking for nnother that wasn't fastened down, and when I found one It was your house I was so frightened by the light ning I hardly knew what I was doing. I Just tumbled In " "And welcome, I'm sure," Bluo Sergo Interpolated. Sho blundered on, unheeding: "I went all through the house, but there wasn't anybody, and I was so wet and miser able that I mado myself nt home de cided to tnko a bath and and borrow some things to wear until my own were dry. And then I thought " Sho halted, confused, realizing how Im possible it would bo to convlnco anybody with the tnlo of Iror intention merely to borrow the clothing for a single night of nrabesque adventure, finding it dlfllcult now to believe In on her own part, and hurried breathlessly on to cover the hiatus. "And then I heard a nolso on tho roof. I hnd closed tho scuttle, but I was fright ened. And I crept downstairs nnd saw tho light In tho library and That's all." And whon he didn't reply promptly, she added with n traco of challenge: "Sri now you know I" Ho Ltarted as from deep reverie. "But why call yourself a thief for that?" "Because because " Her overstrung nerves betrayed her in gusty confession. "Because It's no good blinking facts; that's what I was In my heart of hearts. Oh, It's all very well to be generous, and for mo to pretend I meant only to borrow, and and all thatl But tho truth Is, I did steal and I never honestly meant to send the things back. At first yes; then I meant to return them, but never oneo thoy were on my back. I told myself 1 did, I believed I did; but deep down, all along, I didn't, I didn't. I didn't! I'm a liar as well as a thief!" "Oh, come now!" Bluo Sergo Interjected In a tone of mild remonstrance, lounging back and eying the girl Intently. "Don't be so down on yourself." "Well, everything I've said, was true ox cept that one word 'borrow;' but that In Itself was a lie big enough to eclipse overy word of truth. You see. but you'll never understand never! Men enn't. They simply can't know what It Is to bo clothes-hungry starving for something fit to wear as I have been for years and years and years, as most of us In the shops are all our lives long." "Perhaps I understand, though," he argued with an odd look. "I know what you mean, at any rate, even If I'm not ready to admit that shop-girls are the only people who ever know what It Is to desire the unattainable. Other people want things, at times. Just as hard as you do clothes." "Well, but" She stammered, unable to refute this reasonable contention, but, womanlike, persistent to try. "It's dif ferentwhen you've never had anything. Try to think what It must be to work from 8 till 6 sometimes later 6 days a week, for Just enough to keep alive on, If you call such an existence being allvel Why, In 10 yeara I haven't seen the coun try or the sea unless you count trips to Coney on crowded trolley-cars, and mlBhty few of them. I never could af. ford i vacation, though I've been idle often enough never earned more than 10 dollars a week, and that not for many weeks together. I've lived on as little as srniNo KESOKTS AtUntlo City, N. J. CHALFONTE Atlantic City, New Jersey The Leeds Company Leadlnsr Hlch-Claiss Uoderats-Rata Hotel. Al BEMARLE Virginia av nr. Bch. Cap. un parlors, private baths, etc.; excel, table. 1 10 up wfcW, l 2 up dally. Bklt. J. P. COPB. COOPEHSTOWN. N. Y. O-TE-SA-GA On Otsego Lake, Cooperstown, N. V, 8h Hours by Rail from New York City, COLV -Joao 18 to October 1st MOIOUINO. TENNIS Booking- Ortlcsa UO.VTJNO Tba Dakota. 1 Wst 72d St.. Nw York. FERN ItQCK. PA. N KOI nS. 7 KENIL.WOBTH in; miles from Rsadtoi Alfred Larxslar. Terminal; now opso STEAMSHIP NOTICES ANCHOR LINE NEW YORK and GLASGOW Royal Mall Steajnahlua CAMEUOMA, MAY 1. NOON TKANSVLVANIA. MAY 8. NOON For rates and full particulars apply to J. J. McUUATU. 10t Walnut St. HOOT. TAYtQtt A CO.. 803 Walaui St. Of Mr I-ocal 4x4t. &-on as little as charity, on nothing but the goodness of my friends at times. Thai's why, when I saw myself prettily dressed for oneo, and thought nothing could stop my getting away, I couldn't resist the temptation. I didn't know whero 1 was going, dressed llko this, nnd not n cent; but I was going some place, and I wasn't ever coming back!" "Good Lord I" the man said gently. "Who'd blame you?" "Don't sympathize with me," sho pro tested, humnnl) quite unconscious of her Inconsistency, "I don't deserve It. I'm caught with the goods on, literally, fig uratively, and I've got to pay the pen alty. Oh, I don't mean what you mean. I'm no such idiot ns to think you'll have mo sent to Jail; you've been too kind al ready, and and, after all, I did do you a considerable service; I did help you out of a pretty dangerous fix. But tho penalty I'll pay Is worse than Jail: It's giving up these pretty things and all my silly, sinful dreams, and going back to that scrubby studio nnd no Job Sho pulled up short, mystified by a sudden change In tho man's expression, perceiving that sho was no longer hold ing his attention as completely as sho had. Sho remarked his look of embar rassment, that his eyes winced from something he saw beyond and unknown to her. But he was as ready as over to recover nnd demonstrate that. If his at tention had wandered, he hadn't missed tho substanco of her harangue, for when sho paused ho replied: "Oh, pcrhapB not Don't let's Jump at conclusions. I've a premonition you won't hnvo to go back. Hero comes some Erun "fa- DRESS! ono who'll have a word to say about that or I don't know!" And he was up before Sally had grasped his meaning on his feet nnd bowing civilly. If with a twinkling countenance, to a woman who swooped down upon him In n sudden, wild flutter of words and gestures. "Walter! Thank God I've found you! I'vo been so upset hardly knew what to do when you didn't show up." What more she might have said dried Instantly on the newcomer's lips as her gaze embraced Sally. She stiffened slightly and drew back, clovatlng her eyebrows to tho frost-line. "Who Is this woman? What does this mean?" Without awaiting nn answer to cither question, sho observed In accents that hnd all the chilling force and cutting edgo of a winter wind: "My dressl My hat!" CHAPTER. V CONSPIRACY. "My dear sister!" Interposed Mr. Sav age with an Imitation so exact of the woman's tone that ho nearly wrung a smllo even from Sally. "Do calm your selfdon't make a scene. Tho matter Is quite easy to explain " "But what " "Oh, give us a chance. But, permit me!" Ho bowed with his easy laugh. "Adelo, this Is Miss Mnnvcrs Miss Mun vers, my sister, Mrs. Standlsh. And now" aa Sally half started from her chair and Mis. Standlsh acknowledged her exist ence by an embittered nod "do sit down, Adcle!" With the manner of one whose amaze ment has paralyzed her parts of speech, tho woman sank mechanically Into the chair which Savage (having thoughtfully waved away tho hovering waiter) placed beside the table, between himself and his guest. But once seated, precisely as though that position were a charm to break the spell that sealed them, promptly her lips reformed tho opening syllables of "What does this mean?" Mr Savage, however, diplomatically J Contentment! 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And, tho lady executing a gesture that matched well her look of blank resigna tion, her brother addressed himself to a torso summing up of the affair which, while It stressed the gravity of the adven ture with the fat burglar, did not seem to extcnuato Snlly's offenso In the least, and so had the agreeable upshot of leaving tho sister In a much-placated humor and regarding the girl with a far more Indul gent countenance than Sally had found any reason at first to hope for, As for that young woman, tho circum stance that she was Inwardly all nsluid der didn't In the lenst hinder her exer cise of that femlnlno trick of mentally photographing, classifying, and catalog uing the other woman's outward aspects In detnll and, at tho same time, distilling her moro subtle phnses of personality In tho retort of Instinct nnd minutely nnnlyzing the precipitate. The result laid tho Inst lingering ghost of suspicion that all was not as It should bo between these two that Bluo Sergo had not been altogether frank with her. Sho hnd from the first appreciated the positive likeness between Mrs. Standlsh and tho portrait lu tho library, oven though her observation of tho latter had been limited to tho most casual Inspec tion through the crack of tho folding doors; thero wasn't nny excuso for questioning Identification. Tho woman beforo her, llko tho woman of tho picture, was of tho slender, blondo clnss Intelli gent, ncutotlc, quick-tempered, Inclined to suffer spasmodically from exaltation MY HAT!" of tho ego. And If she hnd not always been pampered with every luxury that money has Induced modern civilization to Invent, tho fact was not apparent; she dressed with such exquisite taste as only money can purchase. If It bo not Innate! sho carried herself with the ease of af fluence founded upon a rock, while her nervousness was manifestly due rather to impatience than to tho vico of worry ing. "And now," Mr Savage wound up ulth a graceless grin, "if you'll be good enough to explain what the dickens you're doing hero Instead of being on tho way to Boston by tho 11.10. I'll bo grateful. Miss Manvers will quit doubting my veracity bccretly. If not openly and wo can pro ceed to consider something 1 have to sug gest with respect to the obligations of a woman who has been saved the loss of a world of gegaws as well as those of a man who Is alive and whole exclusively, thanks to well, I think you know what I mean." "Oh, ns for that," said Mrs. Standlsh absently, "when you turned up mlsslWg on tho train I stopped it nt the 125th street station and camo hack to find out what was the matter. I've been all through this blessed place looking for you " "Pardon!" Mr. Savage interrupted. "Did I understand you to say you had stopped the train?" "Certainly. Why not? You don't Im agine I was going to lot myself be car ried all tho way to Boston In igno rance " "Then, ono infers, the 11:10 doesn't nor mally stop at 125th street7" "No, I had to speak to the conductor. Do be quiet. It doesn't matter. What were you going to say?" "Nothing much, except that the clothes Miss Manners stands in are hardly to be considered an adequate reward," "True. But you mentioned s,ome sug gestion or other " "Without being downright about It, thereby sparing Mies Manvers nny em barrassment she might feel should you disapprove, as I'm confident you wont " This was the woman's turn; she silenced him with a gesture of infinite nnul. andSlzea "Why Is It," she complained, "that you never get anywhere without talking all around Itobln Hood's barn?" "Objection," Mr. Savage offered prompt ly, "on the ground of mixed metaphor." "Objection sustained," his sister con ceded. "Hut do come to the point " "I wish only to remind you of the news Imparted by our respected aunt In her let ter of recent date," The woman frowned slightly, as with mental effort; then a flash of comprehen sion lightened her blue oyes. Immediately her brows mutely clrcumflexed a question. A look of profound but Illegible signifi cance passed between the two Mr. Sav age nodded. Mr. Standlsh pursed specu latively her thin, wcll-madcup lips nnd visibly took thought, according to the habit of her sex, by means of a series of Intuitive explosions Then sho nodded Vigorously and turned upon Miss Manvers a bewildering smile, for tho first time ad dressing her directly. "My dear," she said pleasantly enough though, of course, the term had no ac cent whatever of affection "this half witted brother of mine once In a while stumbles upon the most brilliant Inspira tion Imaginable I'm sure ho has seen enough of you In this last hour to ho making no mistake In orferlng you as one answer to a very (lp.tlc.ite question which has been distressing us both for a long time. If ou'ro not overscrupulous " Sho paused with a receptive nlr. "I'm sure I don't know what ou're driving at," Sally said, bluntly: "but I'm hardly In a position to be nlre-mlnded about trifles." "It's this way," Savage Interposed: "we're offering you chance to got nwas', to enjoy a summer by the eeashoro, to mix with a lot of mighty Interesting peo ple, and nil that sort of thing everything you tell nip you've been pining for It you'll consent to sail under fnlso colors " "Please!" Sally bogged with a confused nnd excited little laugh. "Ho simply can't help It: Indirection is Walter's long suit," Mrs. Standlsh took up tho tale. "First of nil, vou must know this mint of ours Is rnthpr an eccentric frightfully well oft, spoiled, self-willed nnd quite hllnd to her best Interests. She'-) been a widow so long she doesn't know the moaning of wholesome restraint. She's got nil th hlgh-kncc action of a thor oughbred nover properly broken to har ness. Slip rets her own pace and heaven help tho hindermost! All In all, I think Aunt Abby's the most devll-may-caro per son I've ocr met." "You're too modest." Mr. Savago com mented abstractedly. "He quiet, Walter. Aunt Ahby's pas sionately fond of two things caids nnd wh.U she calls 'Interesting people.' Neither would matter much hut for the other. She gambles for sheer love of it, nnd doesn't caro a rap whother she wins or loses. And her notion of nn Interesting person la anybody fortunate or mlsfortu nnte enough to bo noticed by the news papers. A hit of a scandal Is a sure bait for her regnrd " Piinslng, Mrs. Standlsh sml'ed coolly. "Tal.p m for examole. Until I found It necessary to get unmarried my mint never tould find time to waste on mo nui nuiv, m spue or mo rnct tnat tlio decree- was in my favcr. I'm the object of her mad attachment And If Walter badn't come Into the limelight through a Senatorial Inquiry Into high finance, and made such a sick witness, and got so do tervedly roasted by the newspapers well, now nothing Is too good for him. So, you seo, the people Aunt Abby insists on en tertaining nro apt to be a rather dubious lot. I don't mean she'd pick up with nny body openly Immoral, you know; but sho certainly manages to fill her houses she's got several with a wild crew of adven turers and cssc3 to call 'em by their first names. "They're smart enough, God knows, and they do make things hum, but they charge her some of them fat fees for tho prlvllego of entertaining them. Funny things have happened at her card tables So Walter and I havo been scheming to tlnd some way to protect her without lousing her resentment by seeming to Interfere. If wo could only get evidence enough to talk privately to some of her friends about time tables, for Instance it would be all right. And only recently she herself showed us the way wrote me that she had quarreled with her corre sponding secretary, a spinster of acid ma turity, nnd discharged her; and would we please look round for somebody to re place Miss Matrlng. Do you seo?" "You mean," Sally suggested, dum founded, "you mean you'll recommend me for the position?" "I'll do more. I'll seo that you get It; I'll take you with me tonight, and by to morrow noon you'll bo engaged. But you must understand we're giving you tho chanco solely that you may servo us as well as Aunt Abby, by keeping your eyes and ears wide open and reporting to us in strictest confidence and secrecy anything that doesn't look right to you." "But but I but how why do ou think you can trust me'" tho girl faltered. "Knowing whnt you do " n9BBes9 I TNTEMPERATE to a degree are the assertions made by the platform exhorter. when Prohibition is the theme. Fortified by the knowledge that seldom are public speakers interrupted, they give, to support their arguments, figures foolishly untrue and impossible of proof. POR INSTANCE. One platform speaker said that "90,000 f babies were born blind last year as products of saloons." 1 Insensibly we feel a thrill of horror when we hear that The V mind grasps the enormity baby its helplessness its FACT: ONLY 57,273 UtVUl BLIND PER60H5 1MTHB UNITED 5WE5 T "fijl 3 g ik TTSK 'T'HE FALLACY of Prohibition has been amply proven many times. But when men, supposedly intelligent, mount a lecture platform, and, secure from interruption or refutation, deal in figures which they know arc untrue and which exploit a FALLACY, it is very fortunate, indeed, that the United States has a Census Bureau I For the United States Census deals only in FACTS 1 W "That's Just tho point. Don't you see? We can trust you because you won't dare betray us." "But-but nfler I've stolen " "Don't say It'" Savago cut In. "You stole nothing, If you please; you merely anticipated a reward for a service not yet rendered." "But Oh, It's kind of you, but don't you see It ft impossible? ' "Nothing Is Impossible except your re fusal," isn Id Mrs. Standlsh "Do be sen sible, my dear, and renllrp that wc that I Intend j ou shall have this chance. What can you possibly find to object to? The deceit? Surely nn Innocent deception, practised upon a deAr old lady for her own gocd'" "Deceit," Mr. Savage propounded very sagely. "Is llko nny other sin, It's only sinful when It Is That's elementary soph istry, hut I Invented It, nnd I'm strong for It. Besides, we've got Just 29 minutes now to get aboard the Onl and I've got to beg, borrow, or buy transportation on It, because thero wasn't a room left but tho tuo I bought for you and me nnd nou A dele will have to have one of the rooms " "But I've nothing to wear but theBO things!" "Dnn't worrk about that." Mrs. Stan dlsh reassured her. "I'vo got nine trunks on the way and you unquestionably fill my things out llko a woman with a per fect figure'" "But how will you explain? Who am I to be? You can't Introduce me ns a. shopgirl out of work whom you caught stealing your clothes!" "La milt poito consell," Mr. Savage an nounced sngely, and with what was no doubt nn excellent accent. "Let Adelo sleep on It, and If sho doesn't como come through In the morning with a good, old-fashioned, all-wool, yard-wide lie thnt will blanket every posslblo contingency, I don't know my little sister " "An older brother, let me tell you, Miss Mnnvers, Is tho best possible preceptor In prevnrlcntlon." "Cider!" exclaimed tho outraged young nmn. "Well, of all" Ho turned appeal lngly to Sally. "What did I tell you?" CHAPTnn VI. ALIAS MAINWAItlNG. Fickle-minded fortune favored Mr. Sav age's belated application for additional sleeping-car accommodation; somebody turned back a reservation only 10 minutes or so beforo train time. In consequence of which Mrs Standlsh nnd Miss Manvers enjoved adjoining compartments of lux ury, while Mr. Savage contended himself with les pretentious qunrtcra farther aft Thu it was that at ono minute pist 1 o'clock, when n pictcrnnturally self-ie-spectlng porter dlspasslonntely ascer tained that nothlnir more would he re quired of him till morning nnd shut hlm selt out of her presence, the girl subsided upon the edge of n bed of such (.ylinrltlc character ns amply to warrant the desig nation de lue. and, flushed and trembllnii with excitement (now that she dared once again to be her natural self) and with all inciedullty npprnpiinto to the clrcum- stnners. utared at tho young woman who stared blnnkly back from a long mirror frnmed In tho door. It was truly a bit difficult to Identify that modishly dressed nnd brilliantly ani mated young person with S. Mnnvers. of the hardware notions In Huckster's Bar gain Basement, while reason tottered and common sense tittered when Invited to credit tho chain of accidents resposlhlo for tho transformation. Strange world of magic romance, this, into which she had stumbled over the threshold of a venal misdemeanor! Who This p rich ginger, Hires a Vnn MamjMm THE fS 5 A', Vfflfe&m'tZ'- 70 ...,wm :!r,Nj.sy & mmmz.LM.&r&i' 'Mfifcirfi -Sa?Tfe thy VVX-yYM, AV-lvTliw X Elf mmgFgftxmm Wfiilm fir mmmm. ,f vrnm wm. r. i ' i ,' i i'wrw . iiN II lyLo 18 , I I iWrae3a& Btim.M.P.plr2!0S. lssgji&gdgrss J3 fk C t S Versus FACT is a real state of things. FALLACY is an appar ently genuine but really illogical statement or argument. of the figure thinks of the hapless lifelong misery (if it manages to live) orouent on. too. tnrouern no lault of its i ll ut THE FACTS rob this picture of its horror. According XJ to the last census of the United States that of 1010 the total number of blind persons in the entire United States is given as 57,273. Immediately the untruthfulness that "90,000 babies were born blind last year as products of saloons," becomes mani fest! "VET IF the above remark, flagrantly untrue, were to remain unchallenged, it would pass for truth ! Philadelphia Lager Beer Brewers' Association ITh next article will appear Saturday, May lit) now would dare contend that llfo was ever sordid, grim and cruel, Indigestible from soup to svory? Who would havi the hardihood, to uphold such contention when made acquainted with the case of Sarah Manvers, yesterday's drudge, un lovely And unloved, today's child of for' tune, chosen of a golden destiny? Sally's Jubilation was shadowed by's pensive moment; dare she assume that tho winters of her discontent had been forever banished by the wave of chance's wand? Sho shook a confounded head, smiled an uncertain smile, sighed a little, broken sign, and with determination bade adieu to misgivings, turning a deaf ear to tho dull growls of mother-wit arguing that the board of health ought to be advised about the stato of Denmark, Sufficient unto tho night Its room de luxe; she found her couch no lets comfortable for the sword that conceivably swayed above It, suspended by a thread of casual favor. For a time she rested serenely In the dark only half undressed In view of the ever-possible accident cheek to pillow, faco turned to the window that endlessly screened the sweeping mysteries of that dark, glimmering countryside, qulto re signed so to while away the ntght, per suaded It was inevitable that one with so much to ponder should he unable to sleep a wink. Deliberately, to prove this point, sho closed her eyes. And Immediately opened them to broad daylight, revealing, through that maglo. casement, the outskirts of a considerable eltyi street after suburban street wheel ing away like spokes from a restless hub. A simultaneous pounding on the door warned her she had but ten minutes In which to dress; no time to grasp the BUb stnnce of a drenm como true, no time even to prepare a confident attitude with which to salute the fairy godparents of her social debut time only to struggle Into her outer garments nnd muster a half timid, deprecatory smile far those whom sho was to find awaiting her In tho corridor, Impatient to be off, none too amiably conscious of foregone beauty sleep, accepting their protegee with a mnttcr-of-coureo manner most disillu sioning. (CONTINUED TOMORROW.) NO VARIETY WAR HERE Suit Against Vaudeville Trust May Have No Local Effect. The vaudeville situation In Philadelphia and other largo cities may not bo affect ed by suits brought In New York against the so-cnllcd "vaudeville trust." Failure to obtain booking for any of their Euro pean nets caused Charles (F. Bornhaupt and Cllftord C. Fischer, who maintain thentrlcnl agencies nt 1493 Broadway, New York, to enter suit for SGOO.OOO damages against the United Booking Ofllccs of America, the Central Vaude ville Promotion Company, II. B. Marl nelli. Limited, A. Paul Keith, Frederick F Proctor, Edward F Albee, John J. Murdoch, Morris Mcycrlleld. Jr., nnd Martin Beck. The plaintiffs charge these defendants with conspiracy because of their refusal to book any European acts except through the II. B. Marinclll Agency. Some time ngo the Marinelll concern en tered suit against the United Booking Offices for $300,000 damages and since the withdrawal of the suit, the petltloneis allege, the privilege and license to book European acts has been vested In the Marinclll concern exclusively. Hisr&s9 Unfermented new crape beverace has wonderful bouquet, flavor and visor. An exqui- A site blend of sun-ripened, unfermented white Niagara grape juice, grape fruit and preferred by many connoisseurs M to nnest champagne, in reality, thampanale is a bubbling, sparkling champagne minus the alcohol healthful and convivial. Favored by the city's best hotels and clubs. Sold by leading grocers. Try a bottle ! Serve in champagne glasses. We will send sample bottle for 10c and your grocer's name. CHARLES E. HIRES CO. 1224-1226 Parrish Street KejiUof , Park S3. 1 K FALLACY: 90, 000 BABIES BORN BLIND ONE YEAR I I -a 'A lfS'gi fi wu.a.m 1 m