"wimi wiwiuwwwpgwSj - -fatfW!-tiw"-PTcy --' "fr ir ywy Wf TnwyiyF-fr--jiy"- v''urW11PiyWgWtilJ EVENING LEDGEK milLADJilil'lllA, TUEHDAY, DECEMKliilt THE THRASHING OF THE EDITOR By HENRY SYDNOR HARRISON 7, 1915. 21 - - ltj tpfA ""ffs Wi"i -",Pr of. the L.ynr.'J Wi rxrc,""ncr,havlnt kept It Tvfl " :.nAnrinrit which rp- R. r1"' lltfn,mer tlircfttenlnsr, an;J ihe . 511 Invitation to ettl tho .Vtln !.!,.. .!.. Marshall. Sfrr1 t,y,iitmlcr wflBhlnB scarcely S. thin. L,, rXdamn. tall, nt'iletlc '.Hielnt th? .."? nht Marhnll. hut m t J "uupon vnnrcancp .tnt Two! h;'',.ntr to meet , Marohall's 3 wr .c0"!fJdM spot in tho rear of G,)&.wl. home.tead. l$iL ir.i view of tho Marshall place IF. whosa old-timely windows he I .ternlr whisked toy yuns air. ZTrr:t on '.!?? needed the mlnlstra- T. herbivorous tonsorlal artist. ". "bout It a kind of wistful wB-7 mellow and lovely "harm, such ?"5,. : had never seen matched on t"i Mh blK eft -water, ow, irom .!" fJ.,iooa nnsuntr out over Mbfc6eric. a flowered trel- , '.iVhoxhedKes and exquisite old rtiwl7ns and ancient outhouses in tt?rrf' all blended by time Into Cffchlmlns harmonies of tone and H rear!" breathed Mr. Adams, all BfJ!eorei ,,nrshnii and brother wT!L hl heart, "No wonder theso artfrom W ne . t tI,.cf '"' ,,,.. ,.onnnr; white I .". white soft-collnrcd M.lIS, nnd white kid shoes with FIVJE ,ik ni, alter wnicn no fclwll.b-cr..,sir,' hoDlnc for tho ST.. explore a little; nnd found John W'"1 .. l nt the iloor. walked a hundred Bteps side by i?,rn perfect silence, and then tho Sllrew open a lattlco door. tf,;ou will bo Rood cnoiiRh to wait Mlrfou win. u" ... b , y J&rEd J iour second. Mr. Colfax, at ... M,iA Mfi rrnlv. He "wna .! ibout him with charmed eyes. rfMd In a llttlo round Rnrdcn-close, J,- nTa. :" nn..sh -bow ingl - . iu- hlnnmlne floWGI-fl Of ;nw,a hussed cfoso to tho lattice. itlVway round, leavlnc tho Rrecn c ear. t d rose a clnnt maBnolla tree. ISnlfd by a splendid nroup of tall. Shydraiwcas. And (to ell tho cliicr IaiO, tho whole round of tho lat Vu thick with pink rambler roses, v,.u .nn nnrl rllmbed royally ta wiiiwii - mrwhere. and which, at tho narrower ii or tne ciosu, "" -,"- -- fflAerabrnccd and klsied. dims, enraptured by the Rlorloun bower. Hair I wlh I coum uuy nun inhic-u, nllt-or marry It-Uut Vd ko out nnd j. nt crass at the sldo the first thlnK." U iU word, tho pink roscdoor, at tho Her end of tlio close, ncarcit me .. ..ijjanlt, ntvilrifr nntll. A Clrl L ftlmtrlntr thrniltrll thp wnll of lOW- t. ,.j l firmed dead Just inside. IB jlrl stood stnrlnR nt tho editor, I tod editor siooa suiriiit, in l"j ." .nv,. bVia wiia -wnnrlerlnrr (thouch . j n,,a .Arrr.r,l flila infnrmntlnn ntrlctly confldentlnl) what Greek cod . , .ih.j ,n frnm Olvmnllq tn trrn- na iuj ..,.. .... ..,...,.. kit (he mornlnR of Borkcley town, nnd tnhound he wns wondcrlnR by what iirtclj the fairest of Diana's nymphs M tome at this moment to Impart tho L.I , 1V.A lnn( wnnrlprflll HtrOke. to i.Mtnitimmnrf, Ronnp. nrnunrl lllm. IThVtlrl recovered first. It has been ftrl that they always o. bug mauo I UU1 movement, hko ono nrusiunR a tmj'ttloro eyes that havo looked upon a t.U 11 Uf your pardon." she said dreamily: N att voice was mo voico m u dtook tneag over clean, white stones. "I did btliow that my brother had brought Ifital home with him." Ha editor ventured n step forward, bo Merta by the mad Rymnastlcs Kolnp on HwtiaBkA IhhIiIa n9 lilm Tlin nnnfiiolnn i kli manner would have been rather a, luUrlsg sight to Mr John Marshall. rn)'afrald I I cant claim to no ex it!.., friend of his," ho stammered WUally. "That Is-ns yet. Hut I ir I mt'-mv to. I bono to bo soon ah. very loW FARMER iw&w$w: GOOD NIGHT TALKS n Dw Everybody What do you want Ippdje I want for Christmas 1 I want I ery one who is n member now will POQ members by Christmas. Won't it be beautiful when you wake li of bed and say: Hurrah! I am one of a thousand itate done a kindness to some one every day nnd spread a little sunshine Dl "along the way." Us great to belong to a club. Let e999 happy thoughts sent to you, other members. If you wish, I will send you a printed 4tololn with von nml trot KlflA Tnomlinrs liofnrn CViristmna. You enn do it! ! "One thousand members by Christmas!" Say this to yourself and then W.UUBY! f FARMER SMITH, The Children's Editor, i t The Evening Ledger, Philadelphia, Pa. f I wish to become a member of your Rainbow Club and agreo to f DO A LITTLE KINDNESS SPREAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL ALONG THE WAY. Namo , . . . . Address Age School I attend. DOINGS IN oet ae see! Let mo see!" ex- Santa Claus. as he stonned B? the 367.892d letter he had I that mnrntner p ftust get me a machine to read Ktters for me." he becran again. !S to the tiny telephone, he ask "3 Wirey, the operator, to con- R.7 with Presto, who always ! W wonderful things for Santa ' Md by Presto came and Santa 4 to him; . P. want you and Spark Pluir to g! e a machine that will read my ior me. I get 500,000 letters ; and 320,709 are from Philadel- k-. uisajpearea and, after get- U J! . W magic wand, retired to his RP on the 72d floor of Santa P wy factory. MEMORY WEE IP YOU CAN REMEMBER THIS. NUMBER TOMORROW INQ; She looked nt him wlti faW Inquiry In her eyes, which seemed to necessitate his taking three more steps toward her. "I In fact, I only came down to see your brother on on business." And then he remembered whnt this busl ness was-notlllns less than batterlnR this nymph's blc brother to pulp, If you please nnd his pleasant face flamed. But John Marshall's sister was not dis concerted by this display, having wit nessed It before upon the faces of young; men. "t suppose you nre a client of his, then?" she continued sweetly (though there was a door Immediately behind her, nnd she could certainly havo gone away If she had had a mlml to). "Well, no-not just that," the editor confessed miserably. "Not Just Just at thl" moment. Later on, I I " "Perhaps, It needn't matter, need It?" so sho enme to his rescue. "Anyway you arc hli Rtiest aren't you? and there foreours." "That's that's flno of you' remarked tho editor, betraying a rnro gift for re partee. He was'qulto close to her now, looking down. Sho was rather a llttlo girl, and fair, though her hair wns dark nnd rough. There wns no denying tho spec tacular character of her sca-bluo eyes, which had clearly been made for a per son many sizes larger and como to her by some mistake. Particularly was tho editor Intrigued by tho phenomenon of her lashes, which were so long that It looked, the way they started out, that collision with tho slightly tilted little tip of her nose wns Incvltnble. The delight ful thing about It wns thnt they cun ningly saw what was comltiR, and curled up just In time. "And what aro you and John going to do In the tea garden7" asked she. Is ho giving you a little party, with lemonade nnd enke?" "Oh do you havo tea here In this beautiful plnce?" asked the editor wit tily. "Yes, on flno evenings we do. But It A girl came singing through the wall of flowers. Isn't even afternoon yet, you know. I renlly can't think why John should havo abandoned you hero nt 11 o'clock In the morning, particularly as you have busi ness to do." Why, oh, why. did sho hnrp upon tho question of tho business? "Why ah doubtless It will seem some whit odd to jou," faltered the editor, "but but tho fnct Is that er manly sports were proposed for this morning. You know how men are mad on sports. It It grew out of a llttlo talk down nt tho hotel nh Just n small talk." "You will llnd John very brave nnd clever," snld his sister, "only, of course, ho Ih not so tall as some men are." She reached over her head nnd plucked a pink rose, and held It daintily to her face. The memorable conversation pro ceeded: "Shall you bo In Berkeley long? Of courso you will at least Btay for tho ball tonlKht?" "The ball?" echoed Mr. Adams, de llRhtcd but mystified. "Oh, yes, of course I shall stay for the ball." SMITH'S RAINBOW CLUB for Christmas ? Now, whnt do you 1000 members of The Rainbow Club. send in 10 new names, we shall havo up on Christmas morning to jump children who aro happy today because us hope on Christmas Day you will just as YOU send 999 happy thoughts pledge, so you can get your school- FARMER SMITH. EACH AND EVERY DAY. TOYLAND By and by he came down with a box on his arm. "Here!" he cried to Santa Claus, "poke your letters in this end and they come out answered at the other. If a little girl wants a doll, you poke her letter in and the word 'doll' with her name and ad dress comes out the other end. If it is a boy, the answer comes just the same, only it won't be a doll." Santa Claus took a letter and did as he was told and what DO you think? At the other end of the box came out sawdust, a few rags, some hair, "Here! here!" cried Santa Claus, "youn machine is no good." "Yes it is!" replied Presto, "that was a letter from a little girl on Spruce' street, in Philadelphia, and she wanted a doll." TEST 123,453 PARMER SMITH, Children's Editor, EYEJiWG Ledger. "I am sure John will think It a pleas ure to get you a card to the floor." "Oh, yes! old John will certainly do thnt." "It Is our annual Horse Show ball, you know, nnd we consider It very splendid." "I can think of nothing," observed tho editor, "that would Induce mo to miss It. Silence In tho ten garden. "Could I," said tho cdltor-"mlght I dnro to trespass so far as to to beg thnt you will dance with me?" She looked up, and for the first tlmo smiled. Though the editor had Been many In his day. It had never before oc curred to him thnt a smile could be so gloriously decorative. "And et wo say," mused Bhr, "that you Northern men move slowly Well! Do you think It would bo Just tho thing tell nu when t don't even knew " She turned, checked by a noise. The roscdoor behind her opened, nnd the Icy oung face of tho fiction writer nppenred thcro for a trice. It Instnntly dodged back, apparently to Issue wnrnlngs to somebody behind him, but In a breath It reappenred. bringing along the remainder of the Btern young man's personality. "Will you bo good enough to excuse ua for a few moments, Diana?" he said frostily. "I havo some particular busi ness with this gentleman." "Of course," said she. And turning a look upon tho editor, sho was gone In a flash. Mr. Adams Btrollcd nway, nnd his eyes went off through the looso roof of roses, and lost themselves In the nzura round. "Dlnna! Diana!" ho cried to himself. "Glory hallelujah, her name's Diana!" Uut his raptures were summarily cut, short by tho entrance of the lighting pnrty. Tho editor recalled himself, turned, looked, nnd his heart bounded. Tor n minute and a half, young Mr. Adams had been much worried by his necessity of pummellng Miss Dlnna Mar shall's brother. Now ho saw, with sin cere relief, thnt Unless he looked allvo such pummellng ns took place that day bndo fair to be Indulged In on tho other sldo of tho fence. Behind John Marshall advanced ono of tho biggest men ever seen, n great blnck-hnlrcd Hercules, In slccelcss Jersey nnd running trousers, who. without nn ounce of fat, must havo weighed close to 23) pounds. Tho face of this man wns not delicately patrician like his literary brother's; but here, plainly, had gono nil that overplus of Marshall bono nnd muscle which ruthless naturo had withheld from John. He had n chest llko a hogshead, and the hands thnt hung down his sides reminded you on the Bpot of n couple of shoulders of mutton. Businesslike were tho Introductions: Mr. Frederick Marshall, Mr, Adams! Mr. I.nndsdowno Colfax, Mr. Adams. Tho hi other grinned fnlntly and ducked his j huge dark head Mr. Colfax (Mr. Adams' second) advanced and resolutely clasped tho editorial hand It wns a heroic thing, that handclasp, a Spartan sacrifice tho I second was making on behalf of tho gentlemanly amenities thnt mimmcr morri- Ing. For tall, thin Mr. Coirnx was n poet; nnd (to bo brief) his collection of rejection slips was already one of the largest In America. Tho editor strolled about tho garden close, lenWng professional dctnlls to tho seconds, drinking In tho benutles of tho scene. His wandering eye noted ono window In tho house, high up In tho time-softened tower, which fnlrly com manded the secluded scene of the frny. Ho wondered If haply n goddess fnco might lurk there behind tho swnylng curtnln. nnd decided In the negative. Thus ho unwittingly confirmed another favorite hypothesis of John Marshall's, viz: that editors aro very poor deciders. At tho call of Mr. Colfax, tho tall poet, Mr. Adams camo to attention. In view of tho mutual desire for prompt and de cisive results, It wns ngreed that all rounds und Intermissions should bo dis pensed with, and thnt the ring should bo tho wholo tea gaidcn. Otherwise, the regulations laid down by the late famous Marquis should bo adhered to. Tho particular business of the day wns f thereupon proceeded with. Tho two strong young men went willingly to worn to determine, by tho ordeal of Homeric battlo nnd for nil time, whether or no a New York editor could keep a Berkeley manuscript sven weeks nnd then reject it with a printed slip. CONTINUED TOMORROW "Oh!" exclaimed Santa Claus, "sho shall have it! Give me her address, but fix your machine." Do You Know This? 1. Name two uses for electricity. (Five credits.) 2. What kind of light is made from the water power of Niagara Falls? (Five credits.) 3. What is a telegram? (Two credits.) 4. In 1082 a certain man signed a treaty with tho Indians under a big elm tree. Can you form his nnmo with tho letters of this sentence, "I WILL NAP, MEN"? (Five credits.) Our Postofiice Box Some more good angels havo been hovering over our box. Dear Farmer Smith Just a few lines to let you know about our family. We havo seven children, the youngest is 9 months old; I am the oldest, I am 14. I go to school and when I am not In school I help my mother as much as I can. I cook and sweep and mind the baby and the younger chil dren. We do not expect to see Santa Claus this Christmas unless, perhaps, the Rainbow Club might send him to us. My father has not been working steadily and we are in need of help. MARY LAWLESS, Montrose street. Dear Farmer Smith As I was looking over the Evening Ledger I saw the coupon about the club and I was very glad and thought I would like to join it as I have so much time. I thought by joining this club I could use my spare time by doing good. Hoping that you will tell me what to do to help some one, I am your little friend, LOUISA CAPAZZI, South street. Just at this time, little Lcuisa, I think a splendid way for you to use that spare time would be to enroll yourself as a Rainbow Santa Claus agent. Collect the names of the lit tle girls and boy3 who are willing to give up old toys or books to the chil dren who are asking for them. , Send in the list of names to Farmer Smith and you will be doing a great amount of good. Are there any more little girls who would like to bo Rainbow Santa Claus agents? fe SCR A P P L E fJL asBSSassss - jon T11B PADDED CELli PEBSCL, & fsa (V - yS -"" mwm - vm 1 A vi i l fi n 7- Jiff A 7 W W r ' m.TTXv Ul. MWJJ "l" i VIM'1 '-7 Aft 1 .y , v f " ' ' I LonJon Opinion. vi ' M fvcC -a""N. '-' " I ItccniltltiK Scrpcnnt "Wliv haven't yon Joinril?" I . ,WfiJUP"'v,tJ, X Weedy Pearson Vmise I'm on nr Service " 1 V, fHP,tr7l YrJ& ? It S- "What ore you dolii'?" I v I AT- S W. P: "Making Rramophono ncedtei for use at tho front." w 0VTf,v V I The Conscript Cheering "vn I jM - 'ssiilillSr v "!, Jil las'17; Syst sJSjvi . Kixm t S Vr4 ijYfck, ., r" . Mliticsi t shall be ery lonely. TW A l'iV ff i ' Hrlilpct, If .ou leave me. wVX&wa HrldRd Don't worry, mum. I'll not ""v - "A SWzSuft ' p0 llMt" iml llavo ,l "ouseful of com- "vx $wjm ' . - 'WMj, SONGS WITHOUT WORDS A Gay Deceiver IvJXr KPtiS&ti rr- U4tfil r.TYGaV QfiffiSfu! 'Ti?t-xlifffw every day and I found out he's been W WM f-$T toXtIBj? T&KU ' IVS IWnj. to work and apcndlns tho He You once told mo that nothliiK e t l I JeS&Jt ''x&ll could persuado you to marry. Yet I Hi'fy!' A persuailpd ou to mairy mc If xl dHhe-We. I sa.d "KothmK" could. (LJUQJP0 VS ) - -"- ... . " Mh cm SKca'ot T HfeHJpSP is iA Oolnu Out Between tho Acta With a P air of Squeuky Shoes. A Hand-Painted Lamp. i B Wi F- ol 1MI I aTT: ! THE PROFESSIONAL INSTINCT AGAIN , u , n t;1"' ,Tl i Tle Looker on- N N How Much Longer Can It Last? l 1 f. . - ----- t AND THE WORST IS YET TO COME jp r rs i hi (j e - S.JSX ? I 11 IlllH lllll 111 lillll II If I I jfr"azk3 ' Private Smith, the compaiiy bomber formeily "Shinto. Illll III I lllll MM V Kok :JSi ClT) frequemli causes considerable anxiety to Uls platooo IH f ifnmnimnoi ... AJrv ' ltHi mmm m i i iikt 'W!mmwm' mmw "'""'"'I1 '"""ii'fi" I lii. i w !V -i.ii.i..i mi ii. K-T BsVI, "ProsDerltv has ruined many a I nar jr red the n jratni' "elL rejoined the demorall-ser I "if J fc'"iu to Ve ruuid at alU ' I d prefer prosperUy t do It " pupamr m- First Bandvvlch Mau-Po they pay you, MU Second Sandwich llan-Ho, there alat much money tn these literary i Jobs? C "Si -! "I I I il 1
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