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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1915.
HER DEAR BARBARIAN
By JOHN LUTHER LONG
- - - - - -
nun American, In search of
iMn!!.
i.lin in larun, A com snore or
N
Wff.iSinV" H "e "P. nr..!ftV- ""Iio
: Ift Momo San. aiming Klrl ns,l
rtHl"'1!,) first Bill" fr IM tlwv lt
t r41"!. floor Sli "''" hl" n""' m, linf'l
5 0" "S.iiini thnt no nKK Kfr n ran mm
!"Jftn He In return, rails htr MIm
. iurbirian iipMie.t ll.irinrlin.'
rcfjiv "Wiirliwl orr Miss I'n h 9 111ml
, cn; 1(,,, u,1l,nl rtrelnps lillmlners.
i M,",iIii.Airnt! InVumWo A Mind sir!
"'F'i.n f 1 in rtllnhrrlti..l t.J her r.lA-
lirJsr-?".' . ,n i.t lr mn:
ol pho Is
IH '" . , , ,r,i treatment li her
, "'f,. Uflin hnueier. I hali'V. 'or
ZH thn "lii-n he l no InnRer iocor-
f,".V. iiMor of .Inrnn no will l.e
( l!)"Vo'',rM l.'t m.i lnU her lo America
,,s-t i-AP, he thnt sweet to 1110 soon
f Jl an1 nil time t' marry, Hnrbnrlanl"
Xts." "" vnrooK,
"for after, I sup
irtt
1 After-there Is no lo'cli, no voice
I . ,. l- ... Mnb UmikU
'And vou wnn " L ,,,c """' fciwuwic.
dihti P'fl ",c vrry ''p"co l0 mn,e them
Plot you BO'
j y0 (jear linrnnrinn. nrs irnige nowi-
!' cnn change Jnpnti
By the Lord, I can," vowed Vnrdog,
f.you would let me"
ee.ron- nlacc, Jus' rcsul In klllln' you."
"I'll tate ""' chances."
'No. They too mnny for youi Aim
.. ... K..I Imnnti tnr mo Inrr' lit, nn1
fOU Wing i"1 ""I'w "' - "" "
Kot thlnff yo lln(le?
for me thlnB .von
Aln' moro happier
live nn' lovln' mo
lercn minute
tvell If wilt
1'jheJ Vnrdog
make you happy,"
whispered the girl,
'Dear imnitiiiiiii,
jv Inter, "mebby you don' pot urlns
Ooddcis Liberty nn' Oeorso WnHh'n'ton
,u. Don' Rot play deuce or Hunt."
"Vhatw hat's thnt?" asked 'V nrdop.
Sometimes Miss 1'cnch'B jrnlcty was na
ubtle n hit -h"t nmv R,,c wn3 distressed.
Xpeck they bo'ii' outcast me."
"What for'"
"Bllnc. Kin do thoHC. ForRot."
Thank God'"
"Barbarian -don' bo glad they outenst-
And then Vardon remembered hat thnt
Btant to n Japanese no people, no coun
try, no pods'
"Forglvo me," he snid. "Uut I'll try to
iituke UP for "" vou lose' Yotl wl" be
.lid of It after a while."
"Will I, dear Barbarian?" maked tho
ftrl.
"res," eald Vardos
' And the day enmo RallopliiK: Mnnio
Bin, slttliiK In the midst of her people
lh painted face and smlllne eyes to be
eutcastl '
The navnl lieutenant wns there, his
lordly father, the father and mother of
Momo-San nnd mnny brothers mid lesser
relatives. This breaklnB of n prcnatnl
betrotlml wna as Impressive as had been
U making.
Said Dalmyo Jlotomnri to Dalniyo
tunl:
"Honorable besecchlnK, I.bcjf.thnt tho
loltmn covenant between your lordship
ind miserable 1110. before" the birth of
jour excellent dmmhter, concerning the
aagust niarnaRe 01 ine iwaiu, nuu iju
bonorably annulled because of the blind
ness of tho same. As your niiffust lord
ihlp well knows, we come of a Rieat lino
-no less thnn Kurp. It Is our duty to
perpetunte thnt line. In nil Its nuRiist
phjslc.il nnd mental visor. Rut, shall we
Mgiutly do that If your daughter shall
bear to my son children blind of tho
res? Vpon your loidshlp's nuRiist knees
I break my bones nnd miserably le
uech." "It Is true, august lordship," answered
iffiDilmjo Izanl, "that the obligation you
donoinuiy ii'iti lu nut uiiLcit-u uiiu mm
fnWlled with Joy by the miserable hlrtli
ct a daughter to me. That alone could
IrisiJO) In the fntherlng 11 woman child,
which Is sorrow nnd vexation to the hollH
ttwmaoVfes Hut In this too grent Joy
there as Impiety Tho gods for too great
Joy ill punish sorrow Therefore, they
have sent this blindness. August lord
ship, because you righteously demnnil, the
compact of mairlngn Is broken and your
son Is honorable free to marry nnother."
To the assembled witnesses he turned and
said: "It Is so'"
The navnl lieutenant, by special grace,
was permitted to speak In the prtsence
of his elders. It was the new wny of
the new na
"As an ollieer nnd n Japanese gentle
man I stand ready to make this marriage,
een against the wishes of my fnther, If
Momo-San still desires It."
Momo-San, being nlso permitted, re
plied, still In the old way of Ilushldo:
PARMER
Honor Roll
William Blumenstein, South 13th
street.
George Tanguay, Arch street.
Anna Shaw, North Rccso street.
Angelo Perri, South 8th street.
Victor Eisenberg, Susquehanna
avenue.
Esther Hill, North College ave
nue. Charles Marola, South 8th street.
William Pcscatore, South 8th
street.
Otto Kaufman, Butler street.
Leonard Bittermnn, West Mont
gomery avenue.
This is our first Honor Roll. The
.children whose
names appear here
ICllt in thP. mncf Onof,ll.r tltAnr-lit n,t
ttswers to the questions for the week
Mding December 4. You don't know
low proud wo are of these members
'Mo spent so much time and thought
their club work. You see, they
tried for the mere love of work of
h6 at least they thought they
p but guess what??? They were
, Striving for a bit? surnriso. Sur.nrize
.wa mean lots of things when you
j-" me word! Oh, I nearly told a
lMret that nnslrivolw ling tn Ireon it.
LMlf hidden for at least two days.
HONORABLE MENTION
U wasn't, wru oni.,. ,uua :,,of
So should be on this Roll of Honor;
r girls and boys tried very hard,
)Tj T"ey deserve honorable mention
Y best wishes for an early appear
?c on the Honor Roll. Those who
Bent mo:. ,,L ,-.
I IT v""u, ; waiter jveuy,
I JWfred Quirk. ThBlma Willard.
oldWillard.M.Ems.
iertrude Shaw, S. Melincoff, Lillian
K01aan, Rose Sylvester, Margaret
Ljwtcninson, Anna Heaney, Martha
Lirr, Antonin n; c.n r ..u. cui.i
S4 Alfred Palmer. '
HaVfl n Wimr "Poi.fir
Tho i.-.i. .. .. . . J. . .
fc ""' tnose who have joined
Lsnaer Smith's Rainbow Club this
Lfk will !, e i ..
ijt.. " ounu on anomer page
t iaper" Hunt for itl Is YOUR
there?
UrAo. ft
'Clrent honor would It be, most nuxust
Lord Monlomorl. to be married to you.
Nevertheless, what our fathers have
spoken is miserably true. I could not
bear you pel feet children. Therefore "
Hut thnt wns unite nough. The father
nnd sou protested their obligation to the
father of Momo-San and with low pros
trations went their way.
To the relatives the father of Momo
San said
"t.lttle Rood fortune Is there In female
children Honed low Is my miserable
head. Hhnmod nni I before the gods.
Counsel 1110 what to do with her."
"She must be put away," answered
several nt once
"Out of sight'" cried several others.
"Then will the gods for jet her," said
a wise bronze fiom Nagasaki.
Said nn uncle from Hnkodndl:
"There la n retreat on the mountain of
Spring Snow. In tho summer It Is less
cold. Others arc there. I see them being
led down to tho valley. They live long.
Some, three yenrs!"
"When do jou return?" asked the
father.
"Tomorrow."
"She shnll go with you."
To Momo-San he said:
"Prepare!"
"I will be ready," said the girl.
Then they left her nlone there, to be
forgotten of the gods.
Hut you know, of course, that Vardog
was not fnr nwny. And so, when he
very slowly and gently drew the satin
hands Into his she did not tremble and
draw Away, If, Indeed, she remembered
the tcnchlng of tho Young Lndles' Old
Hook of Decorum concerning bnrbnrlnns
at this moment. She let him have them.
"Acxcuse, dear Hnrbarlan," she said, In
Bobbing whispers, "I have that loneaomo
ncss. There Is now no one but you.".
"Yes," whispered foolish old Vardog.
with nn ecstasy he could not keep out
of his voice.
"You sound llg' you glad, dearest Hnr
barlan!" said Momo-San, with surprise.
"Yes!" was ngnln all that Vardog could
trust his voice with.
Motuo-Snn's head drooped to his shoul
der. "Thnss wrong'" she asked. "Hade on
you? I'm thnt tired!"
"That's right," nnswered Vardog.
"So ver', ver' tire," sighed Momo, sud
denly letting go nnd relapsing upon him
like n wornout child. "Thnss hard work
be otltcnsted by nevcrybody gods nn'
nugustnesses."
"Old they really outcast you?" asked
Vnrdog, the triumph In his voice,
"Ynes."
"The the wntcr-soldlcr, too?"
"Ynes."
Vardog lnughcd nnd closed his nrms
nbout the lonely girl.
Hvcn n Jnpnncsc could not entirely mis
understand this.
"Dear Harbarlan you llg' llddlc blln'
girl llddle yuet!"
"A little!" nlmost shouted old Vardog.
"I told you about that. I won't tell you
ngnln. It's bnd for you. It's tnutologlcnl.
No, 1 won't tell you ngnln thnt I loc
you!"
He laid his lips on hers. She did not
shrink. She was even not much but-prlr-pd.
He hud explained this American
custom, nnd bnd said thnt It would bo
ccrtnln to hnppcn If he ever became en
gaged to her.
"CJods nugustnesses not It Is not thnt
jou wan' me bllne "
"Yes!" shouted Vnrdog, dlsgrnccfully,
"How thnt Is sweet, dear Kljlnsnn. But
not mnrry llg' you once say no, no, no!
Couise not. Jus' be good frlcn' mebby
woman. Thnss 'nough hnppy "
"Yes' Mnrry!" cried Vnrdog.
"Qods!"
And there was no moro for a long time.
Then Momo-San whispered:
"Then then, Inkc me, dear UlJinsan,
fnr, far away. Mebby to your own coun
try, wher" Is no dizgrnzc Jus' loave
happy. Now, dear Hnrbarlan else to
morrow they take me to 11 mountnln al
ways full snow, where tho gods forget
me an' I die nnd go to the hells."
"Yes," said Vardog. "I came hero to
Unci hnpplness, nnd it Is flung at me!
Now I'll tnko you back to show Slmpllng
thnt I've found It! Come! Do we havo
to nsk any one's consent?"
"All outcast me," enld Momo-San.
"Ynet "
She went nbout her little shlnjlo touch
ing happily here and there. At last she
took from the tokonoma n doll
"Dear Mljlnsnn may I take theao? do
'Merlcan wive have dolI7"
"This one will,' said Vnrdog.
He put It Into her sleeve hlniBelf.
"Come, nijlnsnn!" whispered Momo-San.
"All my souls nre yours!"
Night had fallen. Tho temnle bells nt
1 Shlbn were chiming ns they stole through
SMITH'S RAINBOW CLUB
Good-Night Talk
Once upon a timo there was a little
boy and he j'oined the Rainbow Club,
just as you have, and after he had
joined ho went all around looking for
some one to whom he could do a kind
ness. He could find no ono, so then
ho read tho Rainbow Club pledge again
and decided that he would like to
spread a little sunshine along the way.
He started hunting once more, but
could find no way of spreading sun
shine. Ho was very much discouraged,
so he sat down to think it over and
Ihen what do you think he did?
He said real loud, "Aha! Aha! I
have it! I WILL BE KIND TO MY
SELF EVERY DAY!"
Then he went upstairs and washed
his face and hands and brushed his
hair such beautiful hair! He had
never noticed it before. And his clean
face, it looked so sweet to him and
his eyes, how they shone and they
were brown; he had never looked at
them before.
"Now," he said to himself, "how
can I spread a little sunshine all along
the way?"
He caught sight of himself again
in the looking glass and lo and be
holdj the looking glass was SMILING.
Just then the sun happened to strike
the mirror and cast a stream of light
on the ceiling.
"I see, I see," excaimed the boy.
"I may catch the sunshine in my
face as does the looking glass and re-
Farmer Smith, Children's Editor,
Evening Ledger, Philadelphia.
I wish to become a member of
your Rainbow Club and agree to
DO A LITTLE KINDNESS EACH
AND EVERY DAY SPREAD A
LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL ALONG
THE WAY.
Name ........... ...-.t.;
Address ,,...,,.,.
Age ,...,,.,.
School I attend ,.,
the gardens of the ysshlka of the Prince
of Iznnl with their faces toward America.
And then one day they went back to
the land where It Is always afternoon
with Momo-San's eyes quite healed. Var
dog had found the good American sur
geon. They were on the Nlhon Hnshl cross
ing the bridge In a leurumn, when nn
other k 11 rum a came toward them. In It
were a naval lieutenant and a woman.
"You thing those his wive?" asked
Momo-San
"A Relshn," smiled Vnrdog.
"No Ton oclev. fat." objected Momo-
San. "dosha nlways pretty. Oh! Madame
Yone-trhl, widows Marquis Ichl! WUC"
"So"' laughed Vnrdog
"I.lg' him see I happy," pleaded Momo
San, "and got sight return. An' more
beauty'"
"Where nn earth did you learn that
game'"' asked Vardog.
"Land of free nn' home of brave,"
laughed Momo-San.
Vnrdog oidered the kuruma to turn.
So they passed the rickshaw contain
ing the wnter-soldler and the lady, and
turned again.
Now, Momo-San was dressed In Ameri
can nttlre, nnd she knew well how to
wear It! There was n great picture hat
on her liend at a perilous angle. Tiny
patent-leathered feet extended beyond n
clinging gown of palest yellow. Over
her head wns n brilliant crimson-parasol.
This gorgeous array could not but nt
tract the attention of any navnl lieu
tenant As they approached, Momo-San
put up her stnrcrs, leaned out of the
little carriage engagingly, nnd bowed to
Lieutenant Motomorl.
"Tndalm.it Tndalmn"' she cried, wav
ing n hnnd, In the breciy American way,
to stop him.
Well the young officer only knew, be
wIlderlhKly, that he wns being courted
by the most radiant being he had eer
seen Certnlnly his own small carriage
stopped In nil the tralllc opposite her
own. Momo-San continued to smile. The
overplunip lady In the other carriage
did anything but smile. One might have
thought alio had never smiled.
As for the wnter-soldler all the stoi
cism hundreds of stoical ancestors bnd
Joined to tench him was gone In nn In
stant, and be wns, metaphorically, nt the
feet of Momo-San a thing which would
have lost him the membership of some
of his clubs should It become known.
"Arlgato!" chattered Momo-Snn. "So
nlzc of you to stop. How-do? You steep
In' an' eatln' well? Ynes? Can sec It In
the eye an' stomach."
For the wnter-soldler nlso was grow
ing plump.
"Ah, how those nre benutlfool meet
with you once more!" Momo-San, In
American fashion, extended a small,
white-gloved hnnd.
The lieutenant lenped from his carriage
nnd took It.
"Hut you are Japanese, nre you not?"
he naked in thnt language. "Though It
Is hnrd to believe thnt so wonderful a
person "
"No, 'Merlcan," nnswered Momo-San,
sweetly. "Mrs llnpeburn Vnrdog " She
repented tho name cnrcfullv, and then
Lieutenant Motomorl for the llrst time
anw Vnrdog and understood.
It wns accomplished. And no one knew
better than Momo-San when to begin
nnd where to end.
"Ah. good morning. Mister Lieutenant
So glad to have sec you again once
more."
And Vnrdog. hardly concealing his
laughter, took his cuo by starting the
rlckl-mnn full speed ahead.
Momo-San did not even look back. Hut
Vnrdog did. Motomorl wns stnndlng,
dazedly. In the middle of the bridge. His
wife was gesticulating furiously. A po
liceman wns urging him out of the trafllc.
Momo-Snn dropped the sunshade to the
floor, pulled off the picture hnt, plunged
her small head under tho arm of Vardog
and, laughing, said:
"You tho moB" sweetes' man I aevcr
see!"
"It's all your fault," replied Vardog,
kissing her before all the world of Nllion
Bashl. "It's catching."
"Jus' nccount you naevcr tell mo you
loave me, I naevcr tell you I loave you"
"Bownro!" shouted an astonished po
liceman from the side of the bridge.
"You told me once that there was no
Jealousy In Jnpan," chlded Vnrdoe.
"There Is now," nodded Momo-San, sol
emnly. "Bewnre1" shouted tho policeman.
THE END.
THE BROWN MACKINTOSH, by
Caroline Updlkm Collin; btgint
in Monday' Evening Ledger.
fleet It on the celling and every
where." So now never say you have no one
to be kind to never say you do not
know how to spread sunshine JUST
SMILE and KEEP SMILING.
BE KIND TO YOURSELF.
FARMER SMITH,
Children's Editor, Evening Ledger.
Willie Treetoad's Dream
"I can't sleep," said Willie Tree
toad one evening to his mother.
"What ore you thinking about?"
nsked tho dear woman.
"Christmas, of course," replied her
son.
"Did you smooth out the wrinkles
in your pillow?"
"Yes, mother, dear, and I have tried
to listen to the Rainbow Band, but I
can't go to sleep. Sing to me, mother."
Mrs. Treetoad began to sing, and as
she did eo, Willie dropped off to sleep
and soon was smiling in his sleep.
Finally he awoke with a start.
"What is the matter, my dear?"
asked his mother.
"I dreamed that Santa Claus sent
me a tree for Christmas and it was
so tall I could not climb it," answered
Willie.
"Did he put it in your stocking?"
"Of course, mother, that's why I
was smiling in my sleep."
"Well," began his mother, "go to
sleep and you may dream that Santa
Claus sends you a stocking big enough
to hold the tree."
Willie closed his eyes and was soon
fast asleep.
Do You Know This?
1. How many words can you make
out of this word SERVICE. (Six
credits.)
2. How many stars are there on the
flag of the United States? (Six
credits.)
3. Why is snow white? (Six
credits.) ,
jjj SCR A P P L E 4
-Tl ranln Show. ' i 8CV) c lJ&l. nm """r 1 I
Foreman I'omposltor-Three more of rr. men have enlisted this morning. ( NllliSavStiJ' JLf , i BF I l
Editor-Aii' A wnve of patriotism, I suppose' 5-St. If - t J I J, I
Foreman Compositor-Well' Perhaps th.it's the way to put It, but they I rfi-i J3. rlvrf I Hi I I
sav the would rather lie shot than sot nnv more of your copy' fyt 'T--! VvJf I Jlf jL v
fyHEi Mr Hawkins My dear, do you know ' I
Hlk that you have one of the best voices I
HBl Mrs. Hawkins Do you really think W-..
BBH& eo? i
VJDb. Mr. Hawkins I certainly do, other- - " """"V S "N- S" ".
HralBkBA wise It would havo been worn out U r r A 1 -HJK9Hr
l"K n&nl
F FRIENDLY (?) ADVICE Had to Think Quickly
w ' H&SX L Bg
She How docs It hnppcn you got
hero so early?
He You sec this car Is an early
model.
"How do you know that Chaucer
"Look at tho spelling,"
Something Different
Vera Have you rinde up your mind
to stay In?
Estelle No; I've made up my face to
go out
AND THE WORST
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Mary Ann Plcnao, mum, I wish
n place In n munitions factory.
Mistress Dear mo, Mary! Well,
dropping Bhclls about as you do our
sluntion.
dictated to n stenographer?"
Hope
"Yes, she rejected me, but she did It
In a most encoumglng way,"
"How wns that?"
"As I went nwny she pointed to the
footprints that I had made on the
carpet nnd said: 'The next time you
come to propose to me, I want you to
wipe your shoes clean!' "
Why 7
"Mother, why do the poor never
grow up?"
"Of course they grow up, dear."
"Then why do you give them all the
clothes I outgrow?" Puppet.
The Idea!
Did you gte those autos skid?"
Sir! How daro you call mo that?"
Puppet.
IS YET TO COME
London Opinion.
to give notice My cousin haB got me
of course you know that It you go
crockery, you won't remain long In your
ONE MIGHT AS WELL AS LET THE WAITER
ORDER FOR YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE
"AH.ter nc sec. i think ru.
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I'rofcor-Th"ii what else U there lu
the lotaa to laugh at?
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Profesaor What arc you laughlnc W "Tl
at? At me?
Student Oh, no. elr!
First Guy Did you get damages la
that motor accident?
Second Guy Two hundred for me
and n hundred for the missus!
First Guy The mlsaua? Wot, was
sho hurt?
Second Guy No, but I' had the pres
ence of mind to fetch her one over
the head before we wuz rescued I
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