EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1016.
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BrOKEN Too"1 weighed 60 pounds.
IK ft6 Instant he struck the water ho
jtn
Kazan was
HfW.
2Jr ".i.- niohP.1 Into his month,
I 'LI ll-ll ... .J. .. rf
tMI0f.
." ... .n.i noH. Ho was uiinaca,
inn wm' " " .
SIS ruM wcro n roarlnsf lumult-
rl. intend of struggling ,t freo him-
?. VI held hi breath ana mirieu ma
fl'Kil.Ir, Thov touched th6 soft
1- end for ft momont floundered In
I?Tud ThVn Knian loosened his hold.
111"111. i.i" ,. v,f nwn 1 fn now
im w- -",y- nr hts i
,l for Broken Tooth's. With nil of
WShThli powerful limbs ho
. 'W- lfr.nte InOSO-tO MSO to thfl
?Za,n Tooth's. With nil of
ngth of his powi
i to break loose
to fresh air, to llf
i shut, knowlns t
it. rtn Innrl lift CO
.KSffi to fresh air, to life Ho clamped
&rff shut, knowing that to breathe
W A, it. nn Innd hn could havo freed
;rti to die.
lie. - r-,u- 1...1.1 ...111.
nm!f from urp " VL" ." ., "'X
"in effort nut under water the old
Br. in
EJS have been the fansr of a lynx
rTl... There was n sudden swirl of
KS as a second beaver circled close
fef (he struggling pair. Had ho closed
fa".4. h2 "i twi . Kazan's struggles
In lclta urunwi -----. - --
CmTm m.leklv havo ceased.
I1W naturo had not foreseen tho day
Ihen Broken Tooth would be fighting
fftrLnn now for holding Kazan
K He was not vengeful. He did not
SSt for blood or death. Finding that
v. i free, and that this stranso enemy
SJa had twico leaped upon him could
i him no barm, ho loosed his hold. It
. not a moment too soon for Kazan.
He vm struggling weakly when ho roso
ii the surfaco of the water. Threo
eTmrlers drowned, ho succeeded In rals-
r. vi. fnrnnw over n slender branch
"ihil projected from tho dam. This Bavo
iilm time to nil his lungs with nlr. and
S cough forth the wnter that hail almost
Ijj hia existence. For 10 minutes ho
Stmt to tho branch beforo ho dared nt
IlmDt'the short swim ashore. Whon'ho
inched tho bank ho dragged nimseir. up
vetkly. All tho strength was gono from
lis body. His limbs shook. JIls Jaws
ruing loose Ho was beaten completely
trtten. And a creaturo without a fang
1,4 worsted him. Ho felt tho abasement
0f it Drenched and slinking, ho went
tjthe wlnulall, lay oown hi mo nun, anu
Htcd for Gray Wolf.
fDays followed In which Kazan's desire
titrov his beaver enemies became tho
tontnimlng passion of hla life. Each day
tie dam became moro lormiuuDic. i-cmcni
orIc In the water was carried on by tho
tUve-a 'swiftly and safoly.
trin water In tho pond roso higher
Tirh 21 hours, and the pond crow steadily
fcrfder. Tho water had now been turned
IQUI ino acpruaaiuu uiiti ujiuirviuu wiu
.wnai&ll, ana in anomer wcck or iwo, n
'tie beavers continued their work.
"JUian's and Gray wolf's homo would
be nothing moro man a smau lsianu m
the centre of a wldo area of submerged
'mm p.
nK&ztn hunted only for food now, and
not xor pleasure. ceaselessly no
Tilched his opportunity to leap upon
Inciutlotis members of Broken Tooth's
tribe. The tlilrcl duy after tho Btrugglo
linaer the wnter ho killed n big beaver
that approached too close to tho willow
thicket Tho fifth day two of tho ouw;
btavers wandered Into tho flooded dc-
'jruMon back of tho windfall and Kazan
ctogni tnem in snanow water anu lore
tbem Into pieces. After theso success
ful tuaults tho beavers began to work
mostly at night This was to Kazan's
tjiJTantaKe, for ho was a night hunter.
yjCn each '' two consecutlvo nights he
iilUeil a beaver. Counting the young, he
fcw killed seven when tho otter came.
N'ever had Broken Tooth been placed
Vlre'n two deadlier or moro ferocious
eaues than tho two that now assauca
tin. On shoro Kazan was his master
keacio of his swiftness, keener scent
1 lighting trickery. In the wnter the
eiter was a still creator menace. He was
filter than tho Hsh that ho caught for
hei His teeth wcro llko Btecl needles.
Be was so sleek and slippery that It
0ald have been lmnn.ssihlo fnr thpm to
held htm with their chisel-like teeth could
ftier have caught him. Tho otter, llko
t&JI hntrni- nAoiAcmA,! n Uxh rwn tn
wot Yet In nil tho Northland he was
IwEreatest destioyer of their kind an
wen greater destroyer tht.n man. Ho
Mae ana passed llko it plague, nnd It
lm in tno coldest days of winter that
resiest destruction came with him. In
WMe daVB hn HM nnt nnanult Ihn TianVArn
lh their Bnug houses. He did what man
pm ao only with dynamlto made on
wtawure through their dam. Swiftly
w water would fall, the surface Ice
ymA crash down nnd tho beaver houses
TOUld ha left r nt ib nan rnl
lloweil death for the beavers starvation
M cold, with the protecting water
irasfrom about their houses, the drained
PO&a 8. Cliaottn mnnq nt Itrnlrnn tA nn.l
ltt temperature 40 or 60 degrees below
. iney would die within a few hours.
HFOr thft hPnV0P wOt. la iU1r nn n
w, can stand less cold than man.
'Ji??1? " tho lonK winter the water
wm nig nome Is as necessary to him as
Jf to a child.
Bat It ..,... --. t..i..
k. ,. "-...miiihih ituw mm itruncu
"?m jnS his colony had no very great
.""I M the otter. It would cost them
"o labor to repair the damage he did,
2" " was plenty of food and It was
'jZ5!i. two aay8 tno otter frisked
5 '? dara and the deep water ot the
ffil .Ja.an took him for a beaver and
2Jy l0 "talk "lm- The otter re-
HHtd Koran ,inu,..i.. i , ,,
RES'""18 wy- Neither knew that the
13. f-an ""y Meanwhile the beavers
WCMd their work with greater cau
i?. f ' water ln tho Pond had now
r o a point where the engineers had
25a 'h construction of three lodges.
s lac thlifi Haw ,ha ,iiDii.ti,i. itnM
2w . ter besan ltB work. He began
ZJTa ?? nt' the dam- close down to the
ration. Jt was not ,ong. befora ne
Cff weak spot to begin work on, and,
ffv han teeth and small bullet
ceaa, he commenced his drllllns ODer-
5Iourh tKCh by 'nCn h0 wo''Ked hls way
rw- "-" "" ""!. ourrowing anq gnaw
ls?y. ? ana unaer the timbers, and al-
kcSvJ rouh the cement. The round
K "J maae, was fully 7 Inches in dlam
ttlL,"1'!x hou" he had cut ii through
giWoot base of the dam.
i.wrrent of water began to rush from
rj. i as If forced out by a hydraulic
kr-Tn "" ana uray Woir were hid-Z-"
,be wlows on the south side of
Em ,u when this happeneil. They
n?,i. ... roar of tho stream tearing
STr.a lhe embrasure and Kazan saw
!mi .. . ." uv lo ,ne op or tne aam
Ihhln 5? h mMU "ke ""Be "'"-ter rat.
KWn 30 minutes the vater In the pond
T Uea DerCPntlhlt, n,l .1. oroa nf
KmA1.? Purlng through the hole was
Mtp k . "'easing the outlet, in an
C lod lhe 'ounaa-tlons of tho
Mut ia , . Mt. ituu ueeu iam in
t bmii M of water, stood on mud.
i ies! wblch had been laid In
Until .. 7 -' ""! o.wwvi. U.. UIUU.
td h. i i.aa ceding from the houses
a'nni, "" alarm- He wus thrown Into
imi. aaa ver' on every beaver In
Its iJT,.. "'""n Tootli discovered that
IfcTnT; u yer' on every beaver in
IGrH a was tearing excitedly about
ftP Dond
kfffar I,Wam Bw'tly tronx horo to shore.
'r " o-lientlon in V,a. .la.1. nn nnw.
W TOOth nnd it.n l,tn .unrlrinan
rLr... 8 aa,n- and wHb. a snarling
ir". ?tter plunsed down anion).' them
Dona t,a flajn Ior tne creelc above
riaii Z' "iy tne water conunueu
TS Mi as it fell tho excitement of
"vera wereased. They forgot
nd Gray Wolf.
' OC the VQUliffep mmruara of tho
CUtST Hl.ma.l.. t, .kn
S of jbe. pond, and whining
"f Ba W8J1 about to Mllo back
WUiawa nrhea m at Ww
KAZAN
oldsr beavers waddled up through the
deepening mud close on hla ambush. In
two leaps Kazan was upon him, with
Gray. Wolf a leap behind him. The short
fierce struggle In the mud was seen by
tho other beavers and they crossed
swiftly to tho opposite tide of the pond.
Tho water had receded to a half ot lf
greatest width before Broken Tooth and
his workmen dlsoovered the breach In
tho wall of the dam. The work of rbpalr
was begun at once. For this work sticks
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and brush of consldorahlo size wore
necessary, nnd to rench this n-ntnrlal tho
beavers wero compelled to drag their
heavy bodies through tho 10 or 15 yards
of soft mud left by tho falling water.
Peril of fang no longer kept them back.
Instinct told them that thoy were fight
ing or their existence that If the em
brasure vcro not filled up and tho water
kept in tho pond they would very soon
bo completely exposed to their enemies.
It was a day of slaughter for Gray wolf
and Kazan. They killed two moro beavers
In the mud closo to the willows. Then
they crossed tho creak below tho dam and
cut off thrco beavers In tho depression
behind tho windfall. There was no escape
for theso three. They wcro torn Into
plccos. Farther up tho creek Kazan
caught a young benvcr and killed It.
Late In tho nflnmqon the slaughter
ended. Broken Tooth and his courage
ous engineers had at last repaired tho
breach, and tho water in tho pond begnn
to rise. ....
Half a mllo up tho creek the big otter
was squatted on a log basking ln the last
glow of the setting sun. Tomorrow he
would go and do over again his work
of destruction. That was his method.
For him it was play.
But that strange and unseen arbiter or
tho forests called O-eo-kl. "tho Spirit,
by those who speak the wild tongue,
looked down at last with mercy upon
Broken Tooth and his denth-strlcken
tribe. For in that last glow of sunset
Kazan and Gray Wolf slipped stealthily
up the creck-to find the otter basking
half asleep on the log.
Tho day's work, a full stomach, and the
pool of wnrm sunlight In which ho lay
had all combined to make the otter
sleepy. He was as motionless as the log
on which he had Btretched himself. Ho
was big and gray and old. For ten years
ho had lived to prove his cunning
superior to that of man. Vainly traps
had been set for him. Wily trappers
had built narrow slulv.e-waya of rock
and tree In smalt streams for him, but
the otd otter had foiled their cunning
nnd escaped the steel Jaws waiting at
the lower end of each sluice. The trail
ho left in soft mud told of his size, A
few trappers had seen him. His soft
pelt would long ago have found Its wny
to London, Paris or Berlin had it not
been for his cunning. He was fit for a
princess, a duke or an emperor. For ten
years he had lived and escaped the de
mands of the rich.
But this was summer. No trapper
would have killed him now, for his pelt
wts worthless. Nature and instinct both
told him this. At this season he did not
drtad man, for there was no man to
dread. So he lay asleep on the log.
oblivious to everything but the comfort
of sleep and the warmth of the sun.
Soft-footed, searching still for signs of
the furry enemies who had Invaded their
domain. Kazan slipped along the creek,
Gray Wolf ran close nt his Bhoulder.
They made no Bound, and the wind was
In their favor bringing scents toward
them. It brought the otter smell. To
Kazan and Gray Wolf It was the scent
of a water animal, rank and fishy, and
they took it for the beaver. They ad
vanced still moro cautiously, Then
Kazan saw the big otter asleep on the
log and he gave the warning to Gray
Wolf. She Btopped. standing with her
head thrown up, while Kazan made his
stealthy advance. The otter stirred un
easily. It was growing dusk. The golden
pool of sunlight had faded away. Back
In the darkening timber an owl greeted
nlsht with Its first low call.
The otter breathed deeply, His whis
kered muzzle twitched. He was awak-enlng-stlrrtng-when
Kazan leaped upon
hlra. Face to face, In fair fight, the old
otter could havo given a good account
of himself. But there was no chance
now. The wild Itself had for the first
time in his life become his deadliest
enemy. It was not man .now-but
O-ee-kl, "the Spfrt." that had laid its
hand upon him. And from the Spirit
there wa3 no escape. Kazan s fangs sank
into his soft jugular, Perhaps he died
without knowing what It was that had
leaped upon him. For he died Quickly,
and Kazan and Grey Wolf went on their
Ky. bunting still for enemies to slaugh
ter, and not knowing that In the otter
hey had killed the one ally who would
have- driven the beavers from their swamp
h Tint' days that followed grew more and
moro hopeless for Kazan and W "n0";
With the otter gone Broken . Tooth and
bU tribe held the
day
into
tho water oacneu u " '-""J:
the depression surrounding the
.j.n q ,hn mmaie 01 juijt vmij ,
ZrVow strip ofland connected the wind
fall with the dry land of the swamp. In
dD water the beavers now worked uu
moLted Inch by Inch the water rose,
2ntlf there came the day when it began
?o overflow the connecting strip. For the
lit Ume Kazan and Gray Wolf passed
i"L"n:-.. .irtf.ii homo and traveled
up tbeTre?. Www "-.
ThecreJt wa - "" -"" - 7,71
2Su, Ttoy UaveUd they nlSed its
j JAMES
OLIVER
CURWOOD
odors nnd listened to its sounds with an
interest they had never known before.
It was an Interest mingled a little with
fear, for something ln the manner in
which ths beavers had beaten them re
minded Kazan and Gray Wolf of man.
And that night, when ln tho radlanco of
the big white moon they came within
scent of the beaver colony that Brokon
Tooth had left, they turned quickly
northward Into tho plains. Thus had
brave old Broken Tooth taught them to
respect the flesh and blood nnd handi
work of his tribe.
CHAPTER XXI.
A SHOT ON THE SAND BAIL
JULY and August of 1D11 were months
of great fires In tho Northland. Tho
swamp homo of Kazan nnd Gray Wolf,
nnd tho green valley between tho two
ridges, hrul escaped tho seas nt devastat
ing llnmo; but now, as they set forth on
their wnndorlng adventures agnln. It wns
not long beforo their padded feet came
In contact with tho seared nnd black
ened desolation that had followed so
closely after tho plague and starvation
of tho preceding winter. In his humilia
tion nnd defeat, after being driven from
his Bwnmp home by tho beavers. Kazan
led his blind mate first Into the south.
Twenty miles beyond tho rldgo thoy
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T
TuncletOWn MovieS
.... I
Ono afternoon they had the funniest
pictures in thev Jungletown Moving
Picture Theatre.
One picture was so funny that Miss
Giggles Hyena laughed and laughed
and couldn't stop laughing.
Now, you know, when Miss Giggles
Hyena laughs it
makes a terrible
noise. But tli ore
she 8 at, rocking
back nnd forth, and
KJ laughing, until
'JfsfCy everyDouy Degan to
VxT irpf nnnnvpil. Final
ly the usher, Leo
uijs ciiie bausbed L i o n, stepped up
and Baid, "Madame, you must either
stop laughing or leave the theatre."
But Miss Giggles simply couldn't
stop laughing.
Then Mr, Princeton Tiger announced
that tho show could not go on until
the hysterical lady recovered herself.
No one knew what to do,
Finally, Old Lady Gorilla got out
her snuffbox and put a huge pinch of
snuff up Miss Giggles' nose,
My, my, you should have heard the
sneezing! "Ker-hew! Wa-hoo-o-o-oJ
Ker-r-r-ashewl"
But it stopped the hysterics.
Then Mr. Jimmy Monkey, the owner,
said to Longtail Monkey, who was
operating the pictures: "Don't throw
any more funny pictures on the screen,.
Get that sad one about the poor ele
phant whose trunk got into a knot."
So Longtail put the sad picture on
the screen.
And when Miss Giggles Hyena saw
that sad picture sho felt so sorry for
the poor elephant that she began to
weep and sob, "Boo-hoo-o-o-o-o! Oh,
the poor elephant I Q-o-o-Q-o-oJ,,
Mr, Hoky wa vwy aagry. He J
rr TnU
mmm
'A
Btruck tho flre-klllcd forests. Winds
from Hudson's Bay had driven the flames
In fan unbroken sea Into the west, and
they had left not a vestlca of life or a
patch of green. Blind Gray Wolf could
n6t see the blackened world, but she
sensed It. It recalled to her memory
of thai other fire, after tho battle on
tho Sun Rock; nnd nil of her wonderful
Instincts, sharpened and developed by her
blindness, told her that to. tho north
and not south lay tho hunting grounds
they wero seeking. The strain of dog
that wns In Kazan still pulled him south.
It was not because he sought man, for to
man he had f.ow become as deadly an
enemy ns Gray Wolf herself. It wns
simply dog Instinct to travel southward;
In the face of ftro It was wolf Instinct
to travel northward. At the end of the
third day Gray Wolf won. They re-
crossed tho llttlo valley between tho two
north andew,st iVto
ridges, and swung
the Athabaica country, striking a cours
that would ultimately bring them to
the headwaters of tho McFarlane River.
Late In the preceding nUtumn a pros
pector had como tip to Fort Smith, on
tho Blavo River, wtUi a pickle bottle
filled with gold dust and nuggets. He
had made tho find on the MoFarlane.
The first malls had taken tho news to
the outsldo world, and by midwinter tho
earliest members of a treasuro-huntlng
horde were rushing Into the country by
snowshoo and dog-sledge.
Other finds came thick and fast. Tho
McFarlane was rioh In free gold, and
miners by tho score staked out their
claims along it and began work. Late
comers swung to new fields farther north
and east, and to Fort Smith came rumors
of "finds" richer than those of the Yu
kon. A score of men at first then a
hundred, five hundred, n thousand
rushed into the new country. Most of
theso wero from tho prairie countries to
the south, and from tho placer beds of
the Saskatchewan nnd tho Frazer. From
tho far North, traveling by way of the
Mackenzlo nnd tho Llnrd, enmoa smaller
number of seasoned prospectors nnd ad
venturers from tho Yukon men who
know whnt It meant to starvo and freeze
and dlo by Inches.
One of theso late-comers was Sandy
McTrlggor. Thcro vore several reasons
why Sandy hnd left iho Yukon. Ho wns
"In bnd" with tho police who patrolled
tho country west of Dawson, and ho wns
"broke." In spite of theso fncts ho was
ono of the best prospectors that had ever
followed the shores of the Klondike. Ho
hnd inado discoveries running up to a
million or two, nnd had promptly lost
them through gambling nnd drink. He
had no conscience, nnd llttlo fenr. Bru
tality was tho chief thing written In his
face. His undershot Jaw, his wide eyes,
low forehead nnd grizzly mop of red
hair proclaimed him nt once ns n man
not to bo trusted beyond one's own vision
or tho lcnch of a bullet. It was sus
pected that ho hnd killed a couplo ot
men, and robbed others, but as yet tho
police had failed to get anything on him.
But nlong with this bnd Bide ot him,
Sandy HcTrlggcr possessed a coolness
nnd a courage widen oven his worst en
emies could not hut ndmlrc, and nlso
certain mental depths which his unpleas
nnt features did not proclaim.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Truthograms
"Cleanliness Is next to
Yes.
godll
comes ness.
That Is why wash day
directly after- Sunday.
Thoso who root most vociferously for
heaven generally placo their heaviest
bets on hell.
"Lead us not Into temptation," prays
the woman, then sho cuts her lending
strings and walks ln on her own ac
count. "It Is better to Inugh than bo sighing"
If you hnve pretty teoth.
A woman doesn't caro a Jitney's worth
of Bethlehem Steel stock how old she Is
provided she doesn't look It.
Knock, nnd the world knocks with you.
Boost and you boost alone.
closed tho show, and told Jocko Jackal,
thi enulilflr. tlinf nnvdr nenln must.
.... ........... , ...Hv ..v,v, ..OH... .....v
Miss Giggles Hyena be permitted to
enter the theatre.
A Kind Act
There was once a very rich prince
who never gave any of his gold to
the poor. He hated beggars and when
they asked him for food or money ho
often had them cast into prison. Often
he would go into the mountains and
come out very joyful. The people
wondered why, so one day aman fol
lowed him and discovered that all of
his gold was hidden there.
When the prince found out that his
secret had been discovered, he had the
man who had watched him cast into
a dungeon and condemned to die. The
king of these lands, who was very just,
heard of .his cruelty and summoned
tho prince, to his court. Ho said;
"You have been very wicked. I shall
release this man and as a punishment
to you I am going to send my soldiers
to take possession of all your gold.
You are now a beggar yourself, but I
shall bo kind to you." And he gave
him a loaf of bread before casting him
out.
The prince was walking along the
road tho next day and his bread was
.nearly all gone. A poor beggar
woman came up to, him and asked for
just a crumb. For the first time in
his life the prince's heart was touched
and ho gave her all that he had. Im
mediately she became a wonderful
fairy and she Bald: "At last you have
done a kind act. I shall go to" the
king and make him restore your goldl"
And she did, and ever after that the
nrlnce was k'nd and cenerous to the
I poor, Percy Braitman, Christian 1
strt,
aw
GARMENT WORKERS HAVE
A JOAN OP ARC TO HELP
THEM WIN THEIR STRIKE
Miss Anna Litvackoff,
Only Support of Her
Parents, Is General of
Campaign
Wage Earner for Daily Needs,
Organizer for Future, She
Has Planned 10 Years for
This Fight
She Is little, but sho Is ml jhly. this
dlmlnutlvo Miss Anna I.ltvnckolT, the
Joan of Arc of the garment striking
girls of the Quaker City.
To look nt her ono would never think
that for 10 years sho has been working
in the garment mnklng houses of Phila
delphia, and nt the sumo time, without
salary, has been organizing tho girls of
the city Into effcctlvo corps so that when
a crisis such ns the present one arrived
tho girls would "bo prepared."
Though she Is but a slip of a woman,
the high officials ot tho union go to her
nnd confer with her "about this nnd
that" In a really awed manner. This
morning nt tho 3d Regiment Armory men
went to her fnr orders, and girls enmc
from nil directions asking her Questions
nnd taking -dcrs.
Without the least sign of fatigue, al
though sho hnd been doing plcki. duty
slnco daylight, nnd with cool and col
lected mien, she met tho questioners, ono
nnd nil, and gave orders with the abil
ity of n general. Sho Is president of
Council No. 15.
But thcro Is another sldo to the llfo of
this llttlo womnn, tho homo side and she
speaks of It with ns much cnthuslnsm
ns sho docs tho vltnl questions which are
tnklng her time In connection with tho
garment makers" strike.
The home sldo of her llfo centres In nn
ancient couple, her father nnd mother,
with whom aho lives nt 211, South 7th
street. She Is their sole support.
"Indeed, I have a real reason to work so
hard orgnnlzlng tho girls," snM tho llttlo
womnn this morning ns her deep brown
oyes sparkled with emotion, the excite
ment of tho mass-meeting nnd strlko ln
which sho Is taking such nn Important
DON'T STARVE FAT AWAY;
JUST EAT AND GET THIN
FAIR Indies who nro troubled with
what tho Bard of Avon called "too
too solid llesh" won't havo to fast them
selves Into sylph-Ilka proportions nny
moro. Times chnngc, nnd so do methods
of reduction. It used to bo cpsom salt
baths, rolling, horsoback riding nnd
dumb-bells. Now you Just cat. But you
eat according to fixed rules, avoiding
certain articles of diet which are de
cidedly fattening.
Mr. Vanco Thompson, ln his book on
how to "Eat nnd Get Thin," points out
that It Is so much cnslcr to make n list
of tho eligible foods than tho forbidden
ones, becauso If too many restrictions
nro placed on one's meals thn result Is a
sad and thorough falling oft from tho
gct-thln ranks. Few women nre willing
to stick to a diet, oven to improvo their
good looks. Fewer still will reconcile,
themselves to a glass of buttermilk nnd a
Bent's water cracker when they are en
ttrey surrounded with chocolnto eclairs
and kindred sweets.
A number of clever Now York hotel-
RAINBOW CLUB
Our Postoffice Box
This is llttlo Marie Ryan, of North
54th street, n new member of the
Rainbow Club. She wishes sho had
discovered us sooner, but she is going
to mabo up for lost time b.y crowding
" many, many kind
jt nets into every sin-
i gle day.
John Monk,
Water street, has
chosen a very
practical "kin d
ness." Ho always
gives up his seat
in the trolley car
to older people.
Little folks are
lw-w
.u, Villi. UA.S
North Mill Street
apt to be less tired than their elders,
so I think this a very thoughtful plan.
Elvira Volpo, South 13th street,
sends in a very nice little letter. Please
remember us very soon again, Elvira.
Elizabeth Smith, Gray's avenue, prom
ises to get many of the little girls in
hor neighborhood to join the Rain
bows. Wo hope to hear from them
very soon. Benjamin Bernstein, North
2d street, is a faithful reader of tho
"club news," and enjoys it very much.
Have any more readers opinions to
offer? I would like to hear them,
even if they are unfavorable.
Do You Know This?
1. Name a street in Philadelphia
that represents one point of the com
pass. (Five credits,)
2. Correct this sentence, "Tho train
goes quick." (Five credits.)
3. Name a building that is named
h after a continent, (Fivo credits.)
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Wanted
An old overcoat or a heavy sweater
for a little boy 5 years old, who has
neither,
An old pair of shoes, size 8, or
about that, for a child who has no
shoes.
Send to Farmer Smith.
Fanner 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. .
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MISS ANNA LITVACKOFF
Lender of the girl parment work
ers now on strike.
role, nnd nlso for the hopcH she has for
tho future. "You see I toko entire enro
of my father and mother. Thoy nre both
old and cannot do nny kind of work nt
nil. Thoy camo to this country shortly be
fore the war began, nnd I have been tnk
lng care of them ever since."
The girls nro asking for a GO-hour week,
a 15 per cent. Increase for nil piece work
era and Jl Incrense for girls who are paid
by tho week. They nro also asking for
snnltnty working conditions and for ces
sation of payment for all reedlcs and'
straps they break while at work.
Miss I.ltvnckaff said she realized If she
can orgnnlze the girls to stand together,
so that tho Increase In wages will be
granted, sho will thus bo benefited In her
ability to nld her old parents.
men have condensed the book Into a
scries of "eat and got thin" menus,
which nre appended to tho dally cards ln
the dining room. Tho manager of an
cstnbllshment which Is very popular with
tho ladles ndmlts name no names, of
course that nt least 60 per cent, of the
feminine clientele orders from these
menus exclusively.
Slnco this Is not the case In our Phila
delphia hostelrlcs, a copy of some of tho
'get thin" bills o faro now In vogue In
New York mny prove a word In tlmo to
tho "plump" person. Ono glnnco nt them
will assure you that starvation diets arc
a dead Issue. The food combinations nro
good, and tho foods themselves nre nour
ishing, without being fnttmlng. Any one
who falls to get n good, substnnllnl meal
from ono of these menus Is sadly lacking
In devotion to the cause. Everything Is
prepared, of course, without fat, grease or
oil. Itesults aro not guaranteed, thcro Is
no nssurunco that eating nlong these lines
will cnuse a sudden loss of from 3) to 30
pounds. But you ought not to gain nny
weight.
Any questions about tho "eat-and-grow-thln"
plan will be promptly nnswsrcd by
tho Editor of tho Woman's Page, If a
stamped, self-addressed envelope Is in
closed. Also, nny suggestions ns to legiti
mate methods of llesh reduction will bo
a Bourco of Interest to women readers.
Hero are somo diet suggestions:
NO. 1.
Crab Meat Cocktail Cherryitonr Clam"
Outer focktall Lobster Cocktail
nraDo Fruit Cocktail tllutrn Tonat
Illpe Olivet, or Celery Melon Mangoes
llrollcil Hubs, Plain
IlORRt HiW HaBh ulth Turnips
Drolled Lamti Kidneys with String Beans
Cnlfs Heml, VlnalKrette
Cold Turkey with StrlnK Hcans
Brussels SproutH I lain Spinach
Cauliflower. Plain
Cold AsparaRiis Tip Hnlad. Diet Dressing
Stewed Pears, Peaches or Apricots
NO. 2.
Crab Meat Cocktail Cherrystone Clams
Ojster Cocktail Lobster Cocktail
Gr.ip.1 Itult Cocktail Oluten Toast
nipo OUes or Celery Melon Mangoes
Cold Corned Ileef with Sliced Tomatoes
Broiled Umb Chop with Plain Spinach
Veal Cutlet Ilrolled Plain with HtrlnR llradi
Chicken Hush with Cuulltlouer
Brussels Sprouts. Plain
Caullttower or String Beans
Endive. Diet Dressing
Cold Asparagus, Diet Dressing
Stewed Tears Baw Apple Stencd Teaches
NO. 3.
Melon Mangoes Mixed Sea Food Cocktail
ilrolled Ilaltlmt. Plain
Broiled Hneethreads. Fresh Mushrooms
Boast Turkey without Stuffing
Broiled lJimli Chops, String Beans
Cauliflower or Broiled Tomatoes. Plain
Cold Asparagus. Vlnalsrello
Apple Sauce,
?'0. 4.
Crab Meat Cocktail Cherrystone Clams
Oyster Cocktail Lobster Cocktail
Grape Fruit Cocktail Oluten Toast
lllpo OIHes or Celery Melon Mangoes
Broiled Buss. I'Mln
Boast Beef Hash with Turnips
Broiled l.amt Kidneys with Siring Beans
Cult's Head. Vinaigrette
Cold Turkey with String Beans
Brussols Sprouts Plain tiplnach
Cauliflower. Tlaln
Cold Asparagus Tip Salad, Diet Dressing,
Stewed Pears, Peaches or Apricots.
GIRLS TO HE MISSIONARIES
Bryn Mawr Students Join Volunteer
Movement
Four young women at P,ryn Mawr Col
lege have announced that they are stu
dent volunteers, which means that they
pledge themselves to give their Uvea after
graduation to foreign mission work,
The four volunteers at Bryn Mawr are
Miss Kyu Sato, of Toklo, one of the honor
students of the college; Miss Agnes Wells
Grabau, a senior, and two graduate stu
dents. Miss Manchester and Miss Tufts.
This movement Is an International one,
In which collego students of all nations
take part.
LU1GI RIENZI
1714 Walnut Street
Importer and Ladies' Tailor
For Southern Wear
Special for Two Weeks
To Keep Our Well-Organized Workroom Force Intact We Will Mak
to Order From Any Material in the Houso
Rienzi Tailored Suit for 65.00
Beautiful Imported Goods, Eare Fabrics and Patternj White Serges,
Light Woolens, Silks, Voiles and Lingerie for Palm Heach and South
AN UNPRECEDENTED CONCESSION JN OUR TAILORING
DEPARTMENT
January Half-Prlce Sale of Suits, Coats and Dresses'-Continued
Fura Millinery Gow
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L
DIRTY STREETS BLAMED
ON CITY'S CITIZENS BY
MRS. IMOGEN B. OAKLEY
When They Insist on Knowing
Qualifications of Councilmen
They Can Hope for Im
provements, She says
POLITICS IS AT FAULT
Civic Club OiTlcial Also Thinks Laws
Should Command Arrest of
Offenders
TMs Atlli of n spccfnl series 0
Articles irrltten rsprrlnllv or tne lirel9
J.rrtffrr nj; Imogen II. OaMru. 'ill''; yllt
nnpenr trtru Tiir.rfni and tcmen left! nrnr
irfth miinleffKil Intr vnlen ttcry ellltrn
otipM to fcHoic. .Wr. Onklty Is eorrnpond
tni7 tecretarv ntul a memorr 0 the oonrd 0
airerfors 0 tfir I'lrle etui, chairman 01
fir VMc Nrrrfce Ttrnrm Camntfttte 0 !
Strife rYrfrrcifloM. mtrMori rnatrmns 0 l
Civil Srrvler llrorm Committer 0 tA Gen
eral Federation, vice prcitittnf 0 fM
I'citn.ilronlfi ifmlfrit RuBraie I.eaaut, , a
member 0 the I'tccutlvr Committee of t'tt
ll'oman' I.eanue for rtoort Oofrmmenf.
unit n mrmoer 0 the National Municipal
Leapnc.
By IMOGEN B. OAKLEY
"You tell us that tho streets nre dirty
because tho laws are not enforced, but
la there not somo department of th
government legally responsible for their
enforcement?"
This quostlon. which has como to me
repeatedly. Is answerc' by an act of
Legislature dated Ma 3, 1876:
"Any police oftlccr or constable upon
view of the breach of nny ordinance of
nny city of tho first clnas Is authorised
to forthwith arrest the person or persons
bo offending without any process, and to
take said person or persons beforo any
pollco mnglatrnto of said city, who shall
thereupon require ball nnd In de
fault ot ball commit for a hearing."
To the simple-minded citizen who be
lieves laws menu what they say. tnle
sounds very conclusive, but unfortunately,
the courts have decided that In legal
phraseology "nuthorUcd" docs not mean
shall, but may. Any pollco ofllcer on
seeing n brench of a city ordinance mny
nirest the offenders. The matter Is left
entirely to his own discretion, nnd to
check any undue enthusiasm on tho part
of the ofllcers the courts have further
derided that pollco ofllcers "cannot be
regnrded ns ngents for tho city," that
each policeman Is personally responsible
for nny nrrcat he may make, nnd must
himself assume whatever consequence
mny befall.
POUCCMEN RESPONSIBLE.
If, therefore, a policeman should nr
rcst n man who Is Uttering the streets,
nnd the man should havo a political pull,
or have a friend with a pull, or be under
the protection of a ward boss, the conso
qupneoH might bo very unpleasant for tho
policeman. It Is much safer to exercise
his discretion nnd do nothing. More
over, ns we hao seen, tho magistrates
aro very prone to dismiss offenders
brought beforo them by pollco ofllcers
and to chltlo the olllcera for misdirected
zonl. The result Is, of course, that If a
citizen desires lo see the streets kept
clean, he must request a pollcemnn to
arrest nn offender, must accompany the
olllccr nnd the offender to the magis
trate's olllce, and must himself bear nil
tho responsibility ln any trial that may
follow. This Is not government, but
merely playing nt government. Laws
should be written with a shall and not a,
may.
rollcemon should bo required to report
violations of city ordinances. There
should be specially detailed Inspectors of
nuisances to whom complaints should bo
made nnd who should bo required to In
vestigate and make necessary arrests. Our
citizens feel that they are entitled to such
service. They have formed themselves
Into n community, and ln order that they
may go about their dally business undis
turbed they have elected representatives
to tako charge of the order and cleanli
ness of the community, and they havo
taxed themselves for the purpose of main
taining this order and cleanliness that
is. they think this Is what they have done,
AVhat the'y really have done Is some
thing very different. Instend of choosing
a few responsible nnd capable representa
tives to attend to the community busi
ness, they have chosen a number of Re
publicans and Democrats about whom lit
tle Is known except their political opin
ions. QUESTIONS FOU OFFICIALS.
When our citizens set about tho election
of Councilmen, do they ask tho candi
dates: "What do you know about street clean
ing? What remedy can you propose for
our bad housing? Will you set the ma
chinery In motion to enforce existing
laws?"
Not at all. The only questlcns -they
ever ask are:
"Are you a Republican or a Democrat
Have you always voted the straight partj
ticket?"
Now, ;here Is no Republl 1 way of
cleaning streets, und there Is no Demo
cratic way of disposing of garbage, nnd
to pretend that there Is la only to plunge
a community into the bog of inefficiency
and lawlessness, In which Philadelphia U
now floundering.
Our citizens have only themselves to
blame for the condition of our streets.
When they shall Insist upon knowing the
actual qualifications of their Councilmen
Instead of being satisfied to know them
as Republicans or Democrats, Vara men
or McNIchol men, then and then only
can they hope for a clean city.
Invocation
I love snow, and all tho forms
Of the radiant frost,
I love waves, and winds' and storm.
Everything almost
Which Is Nature's, and may be
Untainted by man's misery.
I love tranquil solitude,
And such society
As Is quiet, wise, and good
Detween thee and me
What difference? but thou dost posses
The things I seek, not love them less.
Percy Bysshe Shelley,
W