'-?" ""--, ,m"t wiXjuiy-'frW'' EVENING LEDGER FniLADELPniA, TnUBSDAY, DECEBEB 23, 1015. 15 " i'ilgJBmE W-4-J ' 'W"'i'i ""ii$5qpffrre2':W'ti" "'MMll)iiWTi1- - THE BITTERNESS OP SWEETS By RUPERT HUGHES -" -... IrnAtfPTl AM HllVfr. J&rfrf KSSrimJnt More, Is hired X Em 1 "l" v The r lying aniuiow, HJrroJor5t VJir rinufnir. dancing ll.Jirtl? .5i- , retell n the nonnpr- i -Mini ... rKt, no ir 0isi telllr iW L'J'tAlnK her she Is going to Lwr '."Si Nw Jerfey, una in ecuiayy W&t Jfc lBrf JhMirBl. Uurlng the re Ml r.Jr9StK muni's nMlstant. BSl ii.ntlons on Silver, nn'd sh K h" necVS"o sho fears she may ETliim.. BSJvm.. ho accepts ht ln- ta imt' ELf Jtr. Krug admired her triumph. P?s' ' .,. tim coods when It comes ganMork dnnco. Day won't id, llttlo ftl this and flashed wt' . ... iirA ,,f nfvlft vmi nln't 5 y rr it. I got Iho price of tho "i j.st here." Zi M startled. "Gee. hut you're ,lirm ,... t nther broad rtllop ft P'""--- "--- -- m . .-i . lir.r used to min up lt """ " .... . M her . Kit- mid Silver catmlly. "you think &t tritnln' mo to i- - ' . ywa off, uo your u. " ' ;,.. crsi wo don't uao them kind f..f.r on this lino." .' .. i. til. neh nn ominous ctnrc iE)ftVWBS thrown Into a panic. He dull young enough to think that ho !Ef wnunklml. Hut Silver wns not uonuui Sho wns a rnmisiioci cimu. rt4l ih had learned of lovo In tho ifi,Bd In her rninuy nisiory ami .'kalicd Its attractions. Sho wns utilr 'or lovo anA "ll" lln(1 a cl,"l,'s tfjitfor Its eymptoms. wimiovcr ino k( tntgh develop her Into, Silver hnd tolhtr Interests now man iooii. huc- tiiid sleep. Slio had hnd tho first. l1rT promised the secoml nnd slio ET.nceratety ready for tho third. Ifti rtook off ICrus's further hospltnl- find went nomu aiuuu. hki utm drjoU hardly lift her unusual weight ... iA Mtnlrf llrr Inst Rtrennth cl In tho task of wrestling oft her in tnd lOiaing up ncr immn niiurj-. ' ..Iw.b afllpi.n lipfnrn hnr Iran hnndn j.iiiiil draulnir tho nullt about her .K ml ropy little throat. Ini Journey to ,ew .icrec" mm inc tub! of an era of travel. N'cw Jer- hjm rimtrv. Sho irnvo liorsclf a j ,a hrsakfast 111 N'ow York, thnt Et BljM have pleasant memories of i4ci. fuft lh station at I'ntcrson alio ami ."'.it., iwiillnwq tittrs7r.fi their lipnvv hua to. a boarding houso that wns Minted tho worst even In I'nterson. '.ir in hour In tho thentro to test tho ait ud rehearse tho music cues, tho l!flu flew boarding housewnrd for an jtj- lar.cheon. nlnihAr. ttlin 1in,1 ktintvn hntler ,1tiv. fccib not always, mndo dlsmnl faces at uloodiervea ny .Mrs. aiuowuz. nicy Bedlfiomepln' (leree." Hut Silver wns imt illll. and sho flrst tlnttcrcd nnd r Ea jlirmed Mrs Ablowltz by her naj. A rate ior me wcck linn neen flrfon. nnd Silver determined to cat ill til was enjoined. Slthil vtk as the birth of a new (fcnr, Shq had food, food, food, three ii i aay. anu n smnei: iu supper ni a kviiutlng lunch wngon after tho even- 5fi work, was over Im uh uork' Kuril n. thliii? In r.tll Iri-( ijrcs j In pink tights and feathers Iii,! nig-of dangling curls, -to uso lloitolreely, set a rose of rouge In each jSttlfliicarillne nnd enlarge tho ran lips, 2n MCK?n mo eyeutbucs ui'spetuiuiy; 1.4 rtin In .Inn o... rta n.i.l ilnnn. n.i.l luSr to flash Into the air on unseen to, u Beat tne Avings in ecstasy, to aril tnd cnracole. to hover above tho ill of the ndmlrlng people nnd know .ahaatltn.la nf l.l.ta 4... I n,Kn..nnB .? Uo to paid for this to be pnld ?12 a It-' IE t? t ,1, r".111 fca,ll'' nnd railroad fares thrown In! At her llrst matinee Silver forgot most S,,l!i twr,,8,.nnd ,ne rrst sl,l(,k '" hr Sn ' lh,?at- She could not keep step iVnf..; . .dil"ccr9- and when she wns hoisted Into tho nlr she lost her balance Rl .m,nB. 1,end down h'ehlns and sprawl ing till sho wns lowered. This convulsed the small audience so completely thnt tho house manager beg ged Brunt to keep It In. The old man was insulted nt the suggestion Ills birds were artists, not clowns. He expended so much temper on the manager tbat he had no wrath left for Sliver. Hut ho explained to ber that the sncrlloge must not occur again and ordered Krug to give her a spe cial rehearsnl. On this account sho could hardly refujo Knife's Invitation to sup Pf nfler the show. She Was as hungry nt 11:30 as sho hnd been before dinner, ....v. ,,o ivimk niiicuuu ner ins nnmiration was tempered with anxiety On tho way home he carelessly slipped his arm about her wnlst nnd withdrew It promptly minus four or five small pieces excavated hj her ready nnlls. He was so slnrtled that ho npologlf ed. The next eve ning ho wob permitted to ferd her onl on condition thnt he quit what sho called his "daiunonscnse."' This wns the basest Ingintltude In his ees and the supper series ended lack ing his support, sho paid for her own sup pers. In the mornings she bought herself benkers of Ice cream soda, nut sundaes with maple syrup spieiul oor, nnd boxes of "chorklut pep'munts." At th end of tho week she found that her wealth wns not so elastic ns her nppe tlte. She bad no money to pny tho small bill for her laundry when the stnee door man brought It. She had nothing to pawn nnd sho was forced to bonow from nnntlmr swallow ngnlnst pay day. Sho did not tlnre buy herself a rup per that night. She smiled Invitingly at Krug, but ho wns nursing a grudge nnd did not take the hint. Stic Iny nwake whllo tho mouso gnawed as of old. The fourth week found tho swallows nested In Hod Hank. Tho lonely Krug, watching tho Infurlntlngly elusive Silver, was startled to rcallzn how pretty she was. Ho had understood tho socict of the curos In her nether members; they hnd been stitched In with lesutts thnt might havo bewildered nn anatomist. Hut thoso plpcstcm hire nrms of hers had grown nctunlly round nnd full. Thoso dangerous elbow spikes wero blunter. His experienced arms tested hor weight when tho signal camo to hoist. Yes, she was heavier. And so was his heart, llo npproached her ngntu with n supper In vitation. She accepted graciously with a round checked smile thnt mndo him gasp. Her nppetlto wns undiminished. On tho way homo ho said: "Sny, girlie, you'ro not so skinny ns you wns, nro you?" "So tho other golls wns tcllln' me," sho said. "Yesterday 1 hadda lot out no skolt at tho wnlst, and tonight I left oft mo plumpers." "You're sure ono armful now," ho said, nnd made bold to prove It. Sho gava litm her olbow In tho solnr plexus, and when ho began breathing again he real ized thnt sho hnd not improved so much as he thought. Silver grew prettier ns sho grew plump er nnd Krug began to feel nn nwe of ber, ns If a llttlo tight clonched bud were blooming Into n young loso before him. Ho began to plead humbly for her nf foctlon; ho talked of tho Joys of mar riage. Two of tho swallows wero mar ried and ono hnd left n child nt her moth er's. Hut Sliver laughed him to scorn. Sho was ns fleet nnd nlry-mlndcd ns n swnllow when tho mating season Is farth est away. Ki ug grew moro lorn ns sho grew more luscious lii bis sight. Hut he glow tlre somo to her. Ills compliments boied her. She wns petting them from nil sides. She was overhearing people In tho audience icfer to her as "that pretty one on tlio left." Sho knew that bo wns glowing beautiful because tho other swallows weio more nnd moio unpleasant to her. Life was ono long festival; her nppetlto glow almost lyilcal. Sho kept candy In her make-up box and In her bedroom. And so sho romped across tho weeks without a thought of trouble In her world. Then ono evening sho heuril two men In a staso box discussing tho swallows. Sho heard herself referred to as "tho fat one on tho left," She inlMrnsted her ears. Sho gulped her supper In haste nnd hur ried to lier room to study herself In the mirror. The concave of her clieeKs wns convex now. Henentb her llttlo pointed chin sho hnd the hint of a second one. Her throat wns full, her shoulders soit and padded. She had difficulty In un hooking her diess. Her nuns were rolv poly; there wns a swaddle of fat nt her hips, her thighs were arched and her calves buldged. Sller felt a knife of terror In her heart She Icsolved that she needed more' ex ercise. After breakfast sho took a long walk. She tired quickly and her breath was gone so soon thnt sho hnd to pause for nn Ice cream sodn. She Invested a penny In a weighing machine Her 90 pounds were 116! The traditional limit of weight for a swallow wns 100 pounds. That night she noticed that the other swallows were kinder to her than for a week past This wns nlarmlng. Krug re sumed his old Insolence nnd patronage. This wns convincing. Ho Invited her to supper, nhd somehow she dnrcAt not lefusc. When he asked what she wnnted he snld "llo ensv on the heavy .stuff, girlie. Take it from me, It's easier pulling on weight than pushln' II nlT.'- Sho nte lienMly to prove that be could not coereo her with his ndvlce. As they wnlked to tier boarding house his nrm slid round her wnlst and she had a hard tight to tear It away. "Stop It. ' she gasped, breathlessly. "1 hate ll. nnd t hate ou." "That goes double then, girlie," he answeted, truculently. "I guess 1 won't trouble you long." "You mean jou'ro goln' to quit tho show?" she snld, nil too hopefully. "Mo! It ain't ino!" he laughed. "You ain't do llrst swnllcr tint's been crowded out becauso sho weighed In too heavy. 1'vo saw moie'n a dozen of youse llvln' skeletons swell out Into fat ladle., nnd then blow. 1 betn doln' overtime hlstln' you, nnd sayln' nuttln' to nobuddy. Hut It don't get me nowbeie, and I'm goln' to Iny down. It's me duty to me boss to wlso him up to do stmln you're puttin' on his tackle. O' course. If you wns pals wit' me. 1 might go troo wit' It, but well, sleep on It, klddo, and gimmo jour nnswer tomorra. A wold to de wise Is olllclous." Silver slept on It that night, but sht slept 111. Her brain wns a paddock of nightmares; one of her recurrent tor ments wns n vision of herself as a fat woman In n museum.- a billowy, pil lowy freak. She woke again nnd ngaln In cold swents of horror. She fell to work on nil the exercises she could remember from the newspnper accounts of how to got thin. Sho bent stiff-kneed and touched tho floor with tho tips of her flngcis till she grew dizzy and fell to the floor. Then, being there, sho rolled herself nlong the carpet llko n barrel till the people in tho room below wero awakened nnd nlnrmed nnd rnn up to knock nt the door mid ask If sho wero having a light or a fit. Sho refused her brcnkfnst and fled from the house, where the moma of waffles seemed to havo claws to clutch at her and luilo her back. Sho walked and rnn, sinking down to rest on packing cases or other sidewalk obstructions. She walked and wnlked till her feet outnehed her heart. Her pnln nnd her fntlguo wero almost uiicudilrnblc. Hut iiulto unendurable was tho thought of going back to tho llfo she had left, back to grime nnd tenements and brawling parents nnd 13 a week and somebody else to spend It Sho frightened herself away from bakers' windows by the remembrance of her past. Sho achieved tho heroism of a lunchlcss noon, sue wore tlirougn the matlneo with no sustennnco but the Juice of a lemon, nnd tho very thought of It tied her Into a knot. After tho mntlnee sho did not go bnck to the boarding house. She told her fel low swallows that she "had n dnto out." Krug heard It and Jenlousy tormented lilm ns hunger tormented Silver. Ho vowed to temporizo no longer. He searched for her, but his wanderings did not come across hers, and ho found no chnnco to speak to her nlone. (CONTINURD TOMORROW) El FARMER SMITH'S RAINBOW CLUB GOOD-NIGHT TALKS Dear Children The other day one of our members paid your editor a t He promised to write us a story, but had not. i couldn't get started," he snid. So we sat him in n chair ami showed fust how to write a storv. (You must read this carefully, as it may 1 you with your compositions.) imret we hnd him make n "T." A beautiful letter, all nice strniuht lines. fSJwe asked him to think of a list of wprds beRinning with "T." He wled "The." Jour editor then asked: "The what?" "The cat and the dog had a fight," replied our young author. After that he had to stop. ,"Close your eves." sucrcrcsted the editor. "There! There! See the cat UN dog fighting. Close vour ayes and try to see them fighting in the jt. What are they fighting over?" 0iir member closed his eyes and discovered that the cat and dog wero Jjini; over a bone. TJe rest was easy. So, dear children, in order to write, you must SEE what you are writing W you can't "get started" make a "T" or an "A." Men one of tho hardest things in life is to GET STARTED. jVon't YOU write mo some short stories? FARSIER SMITH, Children's Editor, Evening Ledger. Jj S. Oh, yes! write and tell me what YOU think became of the cat ? .PARMER SMITH, Children's Editor, Evening Ledger. Philadelphia, Pa. ! wish to become a member of your Rainbow Club and agree to "0 A LITTLE KINDNESS EACH AND EVERY DAY. SPREAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL ALONG THE WAY. Name ,.,,,,,,,.,.,.,,.,..., , Address , , Age ., Stf?ool I attend. Our Pnsty.ffi'.o "Rnv S$ Sanford Smith sends in a very jjf Christmas message from the p. Grove Branch of the Rainbow Si!uVVe are trying to do lots of e are sending some nice irfotheg and some nlaytoys to WUren in New York for Christ- bF8 hope ta iro nut Christmas f" ing carols to the shut-ins. . "y some or tne I'hiiadeiDnia 8 do it. too. iust in thetr own fBOOrl? T.nta f nonnln ni-A W bless the Rainbow Club this PSiWilsQn, North 21st (street, j wants a little note "in the postoffice box. Good evening, young man, we Jiked your letter very much, and hope that you wilt write again. Wilbur Spencer says that he will always take the 'greatest care of his Rainbow but ton, and that he will always remem ber the words "Faith, Hope and Love." Won't everybody try to have the same kind of a memory? First in mind, First in love, First in heart. The Rainbow Club! Alfred Palmer, South 8th street, Wanita and Kawasha (Continued) Kawasha was half-way through tho tangled vines by tho time sho reached the opening, and there was nothing to do but to follow him into tho mys terious hollow. "I can't seel I can't see!" sho ex claim c d in a frightened voice, her teeth chatter ing with the sud den cold. "What's thnt noise, Knwasha?" Tho little girl was half crying now. "It is I, little sister," Kawnsha's voice sounded very spooky, "I'm rub bing the flint stones to start tho fire." As if in answer to her question, sparks began to fly and, in half a minute, Ka washa had mado the dry leaves into n flaming heap. "Quick, the wood, Wanita!" he cried. "Throw it on the ground." Wanita did as she was bade, and soon a smoldering fire was warming the cave and giving enough of light to enable the children to see into its mystic depths. "Come on," whispered Kawasha, "let's explore way back there." He pointed to a hall-like passage at the far end of the cave. They tiptoed carefully in that direction, their echo ing footsteps sounded very hollow. Wanita longed for .her safe little wig wam ! Suddenly Kawasha stumbled. He tried to get up, but the minute that he tried to move the pain was so great that he was obliged to fall back in a little heap. "Kawasha, what shall we ever do?" cried Wanita. Just at that minute she spied the flames of their little fire spreading all over the cave! (Continued Friday, December 31.) Do You Know This? 1, How many words can you make out of this word, PREPAREDNESS? (Five credits.) 2. "Between the dark and the day light." This is the first line of a beaut I poem. Who io the author?, (Nv .s$X ? gl espect does the year Hfc' SCRAPPLE c-fj A MISAPPREHENSION THE PADDED CELL A il fiWIfl,l!Jtillf' 1 m.!L- V V V yZ Z7 ,n,,i, mnn v v' 'muMm.tfwr;) r. i ywt v - - -v Mnrj l.llen No. he's not In, nnd he sns lie don't know when he'll bo bark I U Nk,, 1 Cl - s " I STyrK I The Olllelni Now just run nlong, mlssle. and tell 'tin I ain't lord Derby I -Vu' l,.i v I '"i- ) I've come nbout tho gns nccount. Lv-MV VL v " A Work of Art Ills Roof the Open Sky w I tV """"slF'-''C . 'tjyHlpi Clergyman Instead of spending your 1 II Hpr- "f0 wandering nbout the countrysldo a,. vAawx-kpl I 1 1(11 nnd sleeping under hedges, why can- J I I not you net llko a man and go out nnd .-V-" " " j " I J fight for your hearth nnd homo? s jr sf f I MRS. A. TELLS MRS. 11. WHAT A CAT IS MRS. C. ! Troubles of a Neutral vim W rz i 7i- i . JMK iwa rx s it d r i m:-ihii .- r re e-r i iy m uaxmsm He Smytho tells mo ho Is wedded to ljsl Jl ft V V tt 3k I J&2"SI (im X&. JWP jffiia" f(j.i.MIiUiTjS5: t.- . . ... r?v , "kn u iKrti&m rmm& 7'&mmb8i .M'i m i : one mere, l always Knew nis who ' oL-M I Its "iffiiffi tsfrirtat n 1 c (B!l mfc i .'TUJl'.IIHhrLI.'JW.IHU.KKl liV I rxr .- i v yti M y Ji! h 111 it IM Miar'1'' Peonle Wc Haven't Had the Pleasure UU f V ( J (1 nVifiB WMfllMlbs 4wW&W?!xQ&T to Meet fir r:: rt' rv Tas Ji hiSv!if:5iSl:' I I I V I 1 1" W rii ' V Tn 1 -tTfi t (StfFwri.i.'i j i 1 I i ' aBSpSpffe4! KWnwiipwwl I I! U I -tendon ODlnlon. T r7 Wif T( ( Curious conduct of Frits: Funkla- gjs J j)i ft.V'ffJl -)uj&.r bnum, tho neutral "Swiss," on being J&KK8$2 tri 0WStJSA lA V yX-t S x rvr-s. --Sr3-") y dream of tho trenches. TOVJ. (7? -? Ur fyjf T'it Exchange of Greetings , mmws&M, iwnw it " Rirv m u Mmum -a tvrcMia. hc. z i,livn fl,SFei uJiifiA . nWA A oTkllB m&?- a 1 isMWWUmiH M Sil fVZaifcKik o .J-Tn " r wm?W i&er: ( fifr mvmwmkmi f'i y "vwsiiBsfffi i u m itmassk o - si yi -v- --r- ifi llMHSlillJrsWw 111 JHr vM W f mO s-V Tho PaminK Show. I I i ' ' . ? . S. c; R The nrtlst who heartily agrees with ( f If v V 3 fli an editor that his drawing Is bad. w I K JY I Ufiyr fSdv7W"'v I I r'ii'i"" J I W risisiiiUY 'IAV p7. i Farmer How do you do, Johnny? 7v!'Wv v) ? ft I I "P15! l" 1 r51? (. " wt " I r' I How's your pig today? fit JBr JAs-Jfel I l I I f III Jonnny freity wen, manic you. wr jdfT j&K V L,V I III J I I I Huw'b your brother? C I KysJ 2 ni The Long Arm THE MODERN HOMER MrTrlWrWff "TlIB rER8UADING op TIN0" laah' 'IlLLLJj Ji 1 SSfiP Of Course That Proved It .-Ji'i'iii m MmMm m mm u iHM wmMmmmm ma iih; m n 5s2?l N: ' ii"i iLkfrjmffi mu ( i - - -u. .. is-,.ots- y' 'm h j ' liv iil lb r- .p ' Fil cim m . m m -- I Urn SPhfi- f.llni ov-f-th.rt ha ln-it -flBSli M two fortunes. C-l-Wc3Hir.a- . 1 Bhel . Both mrrll other men. . j .. it. . V J "ClIlllTfQ She Eer body told roe ou, u-fre a. fool when I married yout Hs-Y&St &mX they were iltad rljUtl 11 11 1 !f
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