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EVENING LEDGER FniLADELPniA, TnUBSDAY, DECEBEB 23, 1015.
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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
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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.
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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
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