ifANCY WYNNE
TJrllii
fer. and Mrs. Erj
Dansant
NOVEL OF
-.p COl'J"
'OT'H' PYNMSI8.
Allx t.anilnK, In n frtnllull nt of ntiKCr nt
i.iImv1 roh.ike from hr rnukind,
ami tecnu of her Intimacy with Alnn
wnvti'o. Mnrta to run off with tho litter
i wnlrcfll. Oerry hn.l hpen rqunlly rrnl
uh' In the vlolrnro of hl rebuke, nml.
!JClP walklnB off In his raw. feel. Allx
ntir I'ullmnti Mr nrcilple.l by Alnn.
nMnerme he nll.. n few hours iter, to
Hm.ih Amcrlrn. ImtnlllnK lilmrtf In I'or
Mfflburo. Allx. however, nt the lajt
minute realties whnt she iloinic nml
iVimri orr the train a 11 In i.ullliur out of
iSi ntntlnn When Merry iloen't return
he rends Ml lilr mother nti.l JUilee Henley.
Tno latter ' ' .1 search, while Mrs.
Mntlnir . .ht the distraught elrl.
Tuo enr- 1 .ntv. (lerry nml Allx were
natrlctf In Ho.l Hill. Alnn, also of ttoi
Hill. mlRht have been Allx's huabntiil If
he hail IhouKht to propoo. .Shortly after
he werlillnir Alan's unele. J. V. Wayne,
banlshftl the yoiinu ninn becnilen of his
rrofllni'y To ,nt" n" surprise of nil,
Alnn beROti n new life ami became n suc
cessful builder of bridges In Afrlen.
CHAPTER' Virt Continued.
OS' T1IK fourth tiny Allx got up. but' on
the fifth clay she stayed In bed. Mrs.
'lanslns found her palo and frightened.
She hnd been crying.
"Allx." she whispered, kneeling beside
rthe bed. "what Is It?"
il Allx told her nmld sobs. "Oh, my
i ieur," ""Id Mrs. Lansing, throwing tier
Arras aroma, nut, iii;u l v. j. win) 1
worry. The strength will rcimc with the
need. In Ibe end you'll be Bind. So will
Gerry So will nil of us."
"It Isn't Hint." said Allx, faintly. "Oh,
It Isn't that. I'm just thinking and think
ing how terrible It would have been IT I
had run n a v really run nway. I keep
Imagining how awful It would have been.
It is nightmare."
"Call It n nightmare If you like, sweet
heart, but Just remember that you are
H awake "
"Vcs. sn.11 aiix somy. "i 11m awake
now. Mother, I want to go to lted Mill.
I know It's rally, but I want to go now.
'' I want to watch the Hill come to life
and dress up for the summer. It will
jimUBC nie. It's long since I have watched
for the tlrsl buds and the llrst swallows.
'tl won't mind the melting snow and the
' mud. It's so long since I've seen clean
country mud. I want to smell It."
"Vou don't know how bleak the Hill
-can be before the spring conies," objected
Mrs. Uinslng.
"Will It be any bleaker with me there
than when you were alono?" asked Allx.
lira. Lansing como over to her and
, kissed her "No. dear," she said.
CHAPTER IX
IN TIIK s.iualld Hotel d'I'.lirope CJcrry
occupied a large room Hint overlooked
tho quay. Kven If there bad been n bet
ter hotel In town he would not have
moved Here he looked out on a scenr
1 of nevcr-i en."liK movement and color.
The setting changed with the varying
' light. The raise jams or the midsummer
season mmo up In black horses of cloud I
'driven by a furious wind. They passed !
with it whirl and n veritable clatter of
heavy dropfi hulled against the earth In
a splendid volley. Tho long strip of the
quay emptied at the llrst wet shot. The
tatterdemalion crowd Invaded every door
way and nook of shelter with .screams
and laughter. Then the sun again, and
lack came the throng to the fresli-wnshcd
quay.
At nlsht life was still there. Iloatmen '
slept face down on the stones. Long, '
lugger-rigged craft crawled heavily by j
on tile outwaid tide. Smaller boats, their .
lateen rigging cieuklng with every puff
of air, slipped by them, frailer but more
eager to face the dangers of the seas
crashing beyond the reef. Last and most
wonderful of all came the licet of tiny
catamarans live long poles pinned to-
Btth.rnnd a centreboard. Above, a boom-
less sail towering to a point. On such
fllmsj conn notions did the llttlp brown
l-nancimen bond for the deep sea, fur out
Of sight of laud, full of n'u umiuostioulng i
faith in the landward breeze at night to
v.mrt (iieiii uome.
They did not love work, these men, but
they loved the long loafing nfter n good
haul. As on the sea so on land. Through
out tho great, filthy, stuccoed city to Its
wide-spread, muddy skirts, where mud
walled, grass-thatched houses dotted a
hundred twllllnu vallevs. llnhnilv u-nrkml
for a competence. They worked for their
dally bread and when that was assured
they turned with light hearts to cigar
ettes nnd the Juice of the cane time
tervors who denied the very existence of
their overload.
Gerry was not tnnele Tin wnmlom,!
Interested through all tho straggling city.
Ita bridges, Its twisted lines of bright
colored houses; its stenches, its ludicrous
trect cars drawn by Jncli-rnbhlt mules
or puffy miniature steam engines; Its
wonderful suburbs, where great, many
windowed houses rulscd their tiled roofs
novo long blank wnlls, glnss-crested
arid overhung with rioting hibiscus,
climbing fuchsia nnd blazing bougnln-
Vlllea. and. lonmlnr? nlini'n nil !. eif.1
black domes of giant mango trees-thesn
things gave him a thousand new and
delicato sensations. Ho wns a discoverer,
a Martian como to earth, and he forgot
,to look back.
When he wns too lazy to go to the city
he sat In the precarious balcony of his
room nnd watched tho city como to him.
The long quay with its huge piano trees
was the maelstrom of the city's life. It
wasnot tho market but, nevertheless,
neri, one could buy anything from a
salted saddle horso to a queen unt
aresned up as n doll. Piles of fruit dotted
the snade. Oolden pineapples lay in a
pool of their own Juice. The giant manga
rosa largest, most beautiful nnd most
tasteless of mangoes, nestled in batuinn
leaves twisted to form it basket, Its
cheeks of glowing pink turned up to
catch the eye of the. Ignorant or the
devotee of beauty without worth. I.esscr
mangoes wero heaped In pyramids on the
we stones. Around these gathered con
nS;?seurs' barefooted, bareheaded and
with no more clothes than tho law de
minds, but each provided with a long
pointed knife, deftly handled. Land of
the Knife, the moro temperate sections
the South had named this sister state.
.Won of tho North they called themselves
ano cheerfully supported u pjibon lalund
where loo of their fellows were In durance
for murder.
Threading through piles of fruit and tho
rays of vendors of u dozen forms of
jnandolc came a cow with hor calf tied
a fT ,a"' A shrewd Portuguese attend
ed her Customers got their milk fresh,
OUt It WIIU llinu.li. ,, A rfml'n .if
. (Urkeya In Chnrco nf n mnn with a wbto
fl'Paesed y- Chickens In wicker baskets
iung at the ends of u pole; purrota In
hundreds, sure bait for the sailor's
money, trays of stuffed humming-birds;
lam of dried green beetles; marmosets,
monkeys, macaws, toucans, snakes, a
"ptlve raccoon, each In turn held Oerry
r lta allotted time.
The better clauses. Tlrazilians dressed
M though they had stepped off the boule-
C ' ral'l3 "'d linen-clad inercunrs
M half-a-dozen nations, did 'not Interest
"" 'iney were merely familiar bacK
romuj to the things mm were new.
Gerry missed his club, but for that he
found o. substitute.
Cluny'g, next door to the hotel, was a
trange hall of convivial pleasure. A
masive square door, whose masonry cen
turies half l,:,r,lon...l nml lillloke.ied tO
; atone, gave on to a long hallway that end-
m a wider dungeon. Here btood a uar
and half u dozen teak tubles. The Hour
v" all of stone flags.
The clientele had the cleavage of oil
and water One aeotlon stood to their
rinn at tho bur, had It und went out.
EilA Other ai tn .knit irhuinu .it thfi
fifties, and sut late. Among thee was a
P&je thin man of about (Jerry1 age
a. mouth sliL'htlv twisted to humor
QUI toward evening drink loosened It to
ajtra weakness, one afternoon he nodded
Ju end uerry left the bar for the
ml Au-i inat they sat tosetber. The
&W was un American the American
Y v k A
1 J
EVENING
"it --
a
H
THE YEAP
v 4JL
BY GEORGE A.
CHAMBERLAIN
form S in.Hry.' ""' hmi' """' "ll"- n',,
(died 11 rV"y '!,m!T,r' nnc """" ' I"-
put his glnss on. the rail.
"Hoil't (hS It." an 1.1 n. .t ....... . .
twMo.t.m,.o,l7,IthiCIv;?nj - .:
wnoe " "1or"'rlMi,ly. "It's rotten. The
Whole place Is rotten. There's a blight
,J " Con9111 took a long drink, cyc.i
11 .""'I '.,,ul (,I,okc' "tl' "I
lli,",l Jt like that, -Why don't yo
homo?' 1 used to think I could go I
cd the
used!
nn n
.... .. , Jul, hw
1 used to think I rould go home
;.'"'" ,w" Jt a rpiestlon of buying a
j.uimsi ana ciimnitig aboard 11 liner, tlut "
Imi iir. fi0rt,n"" "'"''CO'' "t "' as ho
rctllled his glass.
"Hut what?" said rlerry.
Well," said the Consul, "I'm Just
drunk enrugh to tell you. I'm only proud
in tin. mornings before I'm thoroughly
wakeil up. I unci to drive a pen for a
Western dally at ii a week. M was good
pay and I married on It. I and the gltl,
we lived like the riirn-fcil bogs or our mi
me Stat... I,irt, wn one sunshine and
When the baby came wc- Joined bands
anil snld gnod-by in soirow forever. Then
her lieople got busy and landed me this
Jon. The pay was $.inon mid If vou want
to see how big f.lnmi a yi-nr can look, Just
go mid stand behind any old kind of plow
111 Kansas. I Jumped at II. We sold out
our little olilllt nml raked up Just enough
to see me out here. The girl and the
kid went to visit her people. I was to
ave up out of the llrt .punter's p.,y M
send for them. That was thieo yeals
ago."
He stopped, plunged In thought. Oerrv
said nolhlng, hut lit n lonK cigar. The
Consul went on. "The price or a lunch
here would give me three sipiares ut borne
and I could support the famllv for a
month on the mice of a suit of clothes.
Ilut even so, I could have Kent the money
If I bad been soinebody'.M clerk. Some
how, we don't leallze at home what posi
tion means abroad. I.lttle humdrum ne
cessities, food and clothing, the few drinks
of the evening after the day's work with
which every man in the tropics braci'S
mind and body mid no hniiu done, these
commonplace things and tin) decencv In
appeaiance that .my olllelal must keep
up, they made that big $HtOii look llko
a snowball in summer. Try'.' I did try.
"Hut I couldn't run to a dozen suits of
whites and twice as many shirts. I got
to wearing a collar for two das as well,
And let nie tell you that when you'ro
among the clean In tho tropics, that's tho
beginning of the end.
"They couldn't understand II nt home.
Klrst came surprise, then scolding, then
Just plain pleading. That did fur me. t
left my place at the bar In Clunv's and
took a seal at the tables. I'w sat there
for two years and nobody ever tukes my
elinic, nicy can 11 me American Con
sulate. "I've still got to tell ou the
worst. 1
vnu ,'
11 member of a clan. The people I'd
made friends ".'1th, and some that I
ltfltll,'. lif.lf III. 1.1, ,'u.i .mi ..i.. ....... ....I.
. ....,., , lvk. ,, riu..i ,u, 1,,, ), l.ll.'IIKII
to cover inv ticket and a tiiU unm lw.
sides. They'd done It befoio. Irish,
.Scotch, ICngllsdi or Amerlean, It was all
one to them. They gav. nn ex-friend the
last chance of home. They might bavb
known that with me, if I was far enough
gone to take the money, 1 was (00 far
gone to save. I took It 'ind 1 went
to my room and bli '.bored."
Ho stopped again. There was a long
silence: then he went on. "And so t
took the money. The steamer sailed
without nie. ln three days the money
wiis gone."
Vou paid It back? said Gerry. His
face was ted with shame. He foil as If
he had helped to steal from that teller
fund.
FARMER SMITH'S
GOOD-NIGHT TALKS
Dear Children If there is one thinp; in the world I like to do, it is to
write Fairy Tales. I think it wns Herbert Spencer who said that we should
never do nnythinR we do not like to do be that as it may. What he meant
was, we should rid our minds of everything that worries us.
Here is a Fairy Tale:'
Once upon a time there was it man and he had a wife, the man did, and
also three children, whom we will call Faith, Hope nnd Charity. Charity
was a little boy. If you are a wise child, you havo found out in your experi
ence that two is company and three is a crowd. So there were sometimes
too many when Faith and Hope, the two ijirls, began to tease Charity.
The father of Faith was very much annoyed because his daughter, Fait.h,
tho oldest cirl. was always "butting in," so he wrote on n piece of paper:
"I am not going to BUTT IN." This
it all evening. Then ho had her pin it on her looking glnss where she could
see it.
Now Charity has a little peace.
This doesn't sound like a Fairy Tale, but it will havo to do, for I
must study my lesson for tomorrow. If your teacher ever gets tired, tell
her to think of Poor Farmer Smith, who has 12,000 children in his class. Ho
never complains no sir-o-e-e!
ne l FARMER SMITH,
Children's Editor, the Evening I.edokk.
Feet Note- I dislike the use of slang, but if any one can substitute
something to take the place of "butt in," he or she will receive, a leather
medal from me by return mail.
Yellow Kitten Gets Lost
By FARMER SMITH. .
"Oh, dear, oh, dear," wtiiled Mrs.
Cat early one morning. "I cannot And
my beautiful yellow kitten. Where
do you suppose she has gone .
"I cannot imagine," said Mr. Cat,
stroking his whiskers. "I guess I will
have to go and hunt that kitten and
see where on earth it has gone."
By and by, Mr. Cat returned with
a broad grin.
"Well, what in the world do you
think is happening to thnt kitten?"
"I cannot imagine," said Mrs. Cat.
"Little Dorothy has it dragging it
around by its tail."
"Well, well," said Mrs. Cat crossly,
"I think a child two years old would
know moro than to do a thing like
that." '
"But," said Mr. Cat. "the littlo
kitten doesn't seem to mind it a bit.
Just while I was watching-Tier out of
the corner of my eye, Dorothy put it
in a carriuge and hauled it. around
and around. She had a doll's dress
on it and played baby with it and,
upon my soul, that little yellow kitten
seemed to like it."
"When we are young," said Mrs.
Cat, "we don't fee! things like we do
when we are grown up
"I guess you are right," said Mr.
LEDaER-jHlT,ABELPHlAt THTTRSpAY, JAKTTARY
y mmmt
' &.
fs, I paid It bnek," said the Con
sul 'and thej'vo put It In the bnn :. It's
t eketed for ,e next Amerlean that needs
the last chance of linme. Those fellows
-they saw me sweat blood to pnv, and
so they did Hint."
'''1(!,yo" !",f' ""it steamer out there?"
said Gerry. "Well, she's bound for home.
I want to gli-e you tbo rhniire that comes
after the last rliance. I want you to
let mo send ou home."
The Consul looked around. His pen
dulous lip twisted Into n smile. "Ho you
took all that talk for the preamble to
n loilrli!"
.::?.' ""1M ' snld Oerry Indignantly.
: we . wen. iinvof mhiii" b..t,i ti.n enn.
. ... " ,.,,njv.u-
1 m"' 'there's nothing left to go back
to und there's nothlnir left t n b.mU.
That little account in the bank and what
It may do for pome poor devil Is tliu only
monimicnt I'll ever build."
Tho whisky bottle was almost empty,
but Oerry's glass was still untouched.
Tho Consul pointed at It. "Vou can still
leave it nlnne? I don't know where you
came from, or what you're loafing In
this haven of time-servers for, but I'm
going to give you a bit of advice. You
take that strainer yourself."
Oetry colored. "I can't." he slntn
mcrcil. "There's nothing left for me
either to go homo to." Ho said nothing
more. Tho Consul had suddenly turned
drowsy.
C1I APTHIt X.
ALMOST a month bad passed since
(lorry landed on his Lethean shore,
nml It hnd served him well. Ilut that
night on tho balcony woke him up. Tho
world seemed to have time-servers In
small regard. Klrst Allx and now this
consul chap, (lorry begun to think of Ills
mother. He strolled over to the cabin
station. The olllces weie undergoing re
pairs. The ground Moor was unfurnished
save for a table and one chair. In the
chair sat a chocolate-colored emplove
with n long bamboo on the Moor beside
him. llerry's cuilosity was moused. He
went In and wiote his message to his
mother Just n few words telling her ho
was all right. The chocolate gentleman
folded the message, slipped It Into tho
spilt end of thcb.iinboo mid stuck It up
through a hole in tin; colling to the Moor
above. (Jerry smiled and then laughed
at the gravity with which his smile wns
received. The man looked at him In
,, u . ,11, 1 ull ,. rtll. 'I'linun l. .l ...1 ........ .. 1 1
. u..,ii ..--,, in..,,.. . ,,,'r.L- .,,,rll v.l'l,. illl
Itiml 'III, I tll,.jr,lt..ii,lliu lloi, .....u ........
. .1.... ....,,,. ,,.n. ..il,.. ,, ,,n tii.-i.-
to laugh at in a man at work?
(lerry went out and rambled over the
city. Night came on. He was icstless.
He wished he had not sent the message.
It was forming Itseir Into a link, lie dined
badly at a restaurant and then wandered
back to the quay. Arriving steamers were
pouted on n blackboard under a street
lamp. Tho mall from New York was due
tomorrow. The Consul's papers would
be full of the latest New York society
scandal his scandal. He went to bis
",u
varied craft preparing to drift out
j on the tide. Suddenly he got up nnd
j went down to the .piny.
A long, raking craft was taking on its
i meager provisions. Oerry engaged Its
! captain lit u pantomime pailoy. The boat
' was bound for I'enedo to take on cotton,
(lerry decided to go to I'enedo. Two of
the crew went back with him to get his
. bairuage. The hotel was closed, (lerrv
was the onlv guest and lie bud his key.
He bad paid his weekly bill that day, s.i
there was no need to wake any one up.
In hnlf an hour he nnd his belongings
were stowed on the deck of the Josephina
and she was drifting slowly down to
the bar.
Koiir days later l.iey were off the
mouth of the San I'Ynncisro. They dou
bled in and tacked their way up to
Penedo. There was no life in I'enedo.
he pinned to Faith nnd made her wear i
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 ..,..,..,,,,., ,
Address ,,.......,..,.
Age
School I attend
Cat, "but I wouldn't like anybody to
pull me around by my tail."
"You always were Very proud of
your tail," said Mrs. Cat laughing.
"Oh, well," said Mr. Cat, "I guess
you are somewhat proud of your tall
yourself, the way you are foruver
twisting and turning it, around."
, (
Do You Know This?
1. What river in the western part of
the United States is a young lady?
(Five credits.)
2. What street in Philadelphia is a
little girl's name? (Five credits,)
3. What ia the matter with this
nroverb: "Birds of a feather snoil the
broth? (Five credits.)
(i 'O
It was desolate nnd lonely compared with
tho Hotel d'Europo nnd tho lively nuay;
so when a funny little ntern-wheeter I
started tip the river on Its weekly trip '
to Piranhas, Oerry went with It. i
Piranhas wns it town of mud plastered
against n barren rllff. It made no pre
tense to being nllve. Here a dead man
could live in peace with his surround- (
lugs From ,15 miles up the river came
the rumble of the mighty Paulo Alfonso I
Kails, singing n perpetual re.iitleni. Oerry i
established himself In n hovel of an Inn
i that even In this far telrcnt did not dare ,
j call Itself hotel.
I The only industry In Pltnnhas was thn
washing of clothes nnd the women did
thai. Klsh were caught In groat, .Uan-'
titles but fishing wns not an Industry. I
Here. too. man llshed only when lie
was hungry.
Oerry cnarteren a ponderous canoe. I
At llrst be had a mnli to puddle him up
ainl down nnd sometimes across the wide
hnlf-inile of water. Hut before long he ,
learned to handle the thing himself. The ,
heavy work soon trimmed his splendid
muscles Into shape. He supplied the .
hostelry with a variety of fish.
One morning he woke earner than
usual. The wave of life wns runnii.H
high In his veins. lc sprang up ami.
still In his pajamas, hutrled nut for his
morning swim. Thm break of day was
gloriously chilly. A cool breeze, hurrving
up from the sea, wns steadily banking
up tho mist Hint hung over the tlver.
Oerry sprang Into Ills canoe and pushed
off. He drove Its henvy length up
stream, not in the teeth of the current,
for no man could do that, but skirting
the shore, seizing on the help of evcrv
eddy und keeping nit eye out for Ibe
green swirling mound that meant n
pinnacle of rock lust short of the sur
face. He went further up the river than
ever bofote. Ills muscles were keed to
t ho stiuggle. He passed the last Jutting
bend that the best boatmen mi the river
enuld master anil found himself In a bay
piotecied by n spit of sand, roclc-ilpped
and foam-tossed where It leached the
river's channel. Fiutn this point the
river was a chaos of Jagged rocks that
fought the mighty tide hurled from the
falls still miles above.
Oerry ran the cation upon the shore
and stripped. He stepped on to the spit
nf sand. In that moment Just to live was
enough. He stretched his arms out nnd,
looking down, watched the line textutc
of bis body turn goose-llesh. Then the
sun broke out and helped the wind clear
the last bank of mist finni the river.
Oerry's body took on a rosy glow. Ho
hnd never seen It llko Hint boforn and
as he looked a shalp cry broke on Ills
astonished ears.
Almost at the end of the tongue of
sand stood n gill. A white cotton robe
was nt her feet. Her hair was blowing
around her slim shoulders. Over one of
thoin she gir.ed. stnrtled. at Oerry. lie
drew back horribly confused and mum
bling iipnlngloM that she could not have
understood even If she could have hoard
them. Then she plunged with n clean long
dive Into the liver. lint before she
plunged she laughed. Oerry henid the
laugh. With an answering cry he hurled
himself Into the wnler and swam as
lie had never swum before.
The gill had further to go ncinss the
little bay, but she could beat Oerry
swimming and she did. Only she failed
to use her bend and, when she found
bottom, started to wade. Wading Is slow
work In water waist high, Oerry stuck
to Ills long powerful stroke. As the
girl reached the bank the strong lingers
of his right band closed nn hor bare
ankle.
CHAPTHIl XI.
GEIMIY'S cablegram to his mother was
forwarded to lted Hill on the very day
that the Judge had gone up to tell them
that no truce could be found of the miss
ing man. The Judge was moro down
hearted thnn eer over Oerry's disappear
ance nnd when he found the two women
radiating happiness and excitement bis
heart sank lower still. ,
I haven't nny good news, hi said rue-
' fully befoie he alighted
Teaso him." said Allx In a low tone to
Mrs. Lansing.
Unt Mis. Lansing had found new lines
In the Judge's tiled face and she whis
pered buck, "I can't." She put the cable
gram in the Judge's baud.
"What's this'."' he said and read It.
Then be gave a war whoop, caught Allx
around the waist and kissed her.
im.NTlNCKI" TO.U0lllt.-lW).
RAINBOW CLUB
Our Postoffice Box
Rainbows, let me introduce to you
Arthur Reisenbach, a bright member
of our club. He writes a very ncnt,
manly, little letter and we hope to
hear more from
him.
Catherine Mur
ray, Danville, Pa.,
who signs herself,
"Your littlo Rain
bow girl," is sure
ly living up to her
name. She is, in
deed, a "little
Rainbow girl"! She
sends letters and
A. Itni.-M.'NHAOII
Smith Str.et
postals to us and, by the way, she
would like to exchange some pretty
postals with some of our members.
Does this offer nppeal to any little
girl?
Ralph Wators, Wistcr street: Save
postage! Save all your answers and
mail them at once. Your editor has
been studying the wenther for 25
years and here is as far as he has
gone: Watch tho clouds. Low clouds
mean rain. You can sometimes "feel"
when it is going to snow, also watch
for tho rings around the moon. Mnck
eral sky denotes rain, and high, fleecy
clouds denote colder. After you huvo
made up n system of your own that is
perfect, Ralph, it is likely to rain
when you think it is going to bo fair
and spoil tho system. Study tho clouds
and they will afford you much pleas
ure. Will Mamie and Jimmio Washing
ton send their addresses?
Antonio Di Santi may havo the club
room. He 's building a "Rainbow
Theatre" all by himself. Great!
Sam Soufer, Reed street: Your
story is very good. Please send us
some more.
And the Worst Is Yet to Come
With opologle tn Wellington.
fs
pitvru by Harry Blumctuilea, s. 13tb i-
SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL TO HAVE NEW BUILDING
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This building for the school developing the musical talents of poor children will be erected at 118-120
Queen street as n nicimirinl to Mrs. Louise Knnpp Curtis, wife of Cyrus II. K. Curtis. Besides nn audi
torium seating .100, it will have two roof garden gymnasiums.
SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL HOME
WILL BE DEDICATED SUNDAY
.$150,000 Structure Will Be Memorial to Mrs. Louise K.
Curtis, First Editor of Ladies' Home Journal.
Ex-Governor Stuart to Speak
A erowtilnc tribute f. the sueeess nf
tho S'elt lenient Mimic Sellout or Phlhiilel
pliln will he tml.l nest Suniliiy when up
pniprlnte cxerelses will iimrlt the Inylns
or the eornerstonc of the school's .w
fl.Vl.OiO liiillilitir, at Hd-ISi (Jii.elt street.
Mote thnn 1MM Ipvltiitlons hnve been Is
sileil for the event. Former Cl.ivernor
I'M win H. Stunit will-lay the cornerstone
mill deliver mi mblress.
Tho new biilhlliiK Is heltiB ererterl n
u ineiiinrliil to Mrs. Louise K. Olirtls,
llrst editor or the t.inllon' Home Journal.
ami mother of .Mrs. I'Mwiml link, one of
the vice presidents) or the sehonl. The
Imii.lsome new striietiir. will be ready i
for oceiipnney next July.
Americanization the makltiK of nood
Americans and rhlliiitclphititis--ls tho
keynote, of the schoo"s purpose, anil
Ideals. ThoiiRh not necessarily d music
school, the liilluttnce of music Is used
there for the development of a hliilier
type of citizenship. Tl o pupils, mostly
all foielKiiers. represent nearly every nico
and creed. They number more than SO.,
while more than i are on tbo wultliiK
list.
The Settlement .Music School, which
now Is quartered nt 127 Christian At ret,
was formerly a musical branch or tin
College Settlement. It became so larwe,
however, that a separate ot'Kiitilzation
was auree.l upon. The possibilities of the
music school soon attracted prominent
Phllailelpblans and its growth was al
most phenomenal.
John Orolle, formerly n member of tho
Philadelphia Orchestra and an active so
cial woiker. Is director of the school, tin
Is assisted by Miss Meta Jones ns seere
tur. There now are II Instructors on
l he stalf and X volunteers, who tnatlu
mote than .'uii visits to poor families In
the neighborhood last year.
The school has been supported almost
entirely by' the public since Its nrituulzii
Hon. Many wealthy riilladelphlaiiH havo
nntrlbiited Kcnoroiuly. Kadi pupil is
obliged to iny a small sum. which is
eipiivalciit to about one-fourth or the
cost of instruction, to the institution. As
sociate membcra pay J3 a year, which
goes to the support of the school, t
Kether with the proceeds of concert
Klven at regular intervals 1 the pupils.
Josef llofman lias been Intensely In
POLICEMAN'S DOG NEAR DEATH
FOR KISSING SLEEPING BABY
Pound About to Claim Another Victim When Owner
Appears and Has Sentence Commuted Dislike
of Bath Cause of Adventure
Sport, a collie dos owned by .Policeman
John Garr.'of the lit It and Winter streets
station, suffered the worst shock and In
dlKiilty of his live years of expel leiice to
day when he was locked In a cell and
then railroaded to the .Iok pound, where
he escap'il death by chlorine khs by a
very small margin. II pluccd a terrible
crimp In Sport's dlKiiity when he discov
ered that belnn owned by a policeman
didn't Klve him Immunity from arrest.
If thero is anythliiK Hint Sport di'tcM.s,
It Is the dally bath which his niMn-!.
Insists upon kIvIiik him soon after hivnlt
fast. Mrs. Oarr at her home, L'lS North
10th stieet, hud romnveil the .Iok's collar
when the door boll rnns and she left the
kitchen.
Sport saw Ills chance hud come to avoid
thn morning wnsh with warm water and
snap, and ho took advantage of it. He
darted nut the back duor and inn to Lo
gan Square, which wna full of children
and their nurses. I'Yom the days of his
puppyhood, Sport has loved children, and
that love for littlo humans expands as
ho grows older.
Sport wns overjoyed. He had never
seen so many little ones before. He
yelped delightedly, and his hush tall
wagged liko the pendulum of a grand
tat her clock. Ho darted from uno child to
another, carehsltig the faces of the kid
dles with his warm lungue. Somu of the
kids liked the dog kisses, ami others
didn't.
Woo begun for Sport when lie lathered
his tongue acioss the lace ol u fat in
fant asleep in a gocari. Tho babt awak
ened with a powerful yell. Two or three
nurses came running and they vented
their wruth on' tho dog. Policeman Uurn
bun, of the 15th nnd Vine streets station,
saw tliu commotion nnd cume up on the
run.
S,port tried to inform tho cop with a.
series of pleasant haiku that he only
kissed the youngster, but (.an.ihun had
nevor taken nny lessons in canlm ICspor
iiuto, and he placed Spurt under arrest
on the ni'i'iiwitlon of assuult and battery.
Then Sport tried to tell the cop ho wna
PollcL-muu Unrr's dog. but Uinuban
couldn't understand. Sport wn ukun to i
the ututiun und nftcr his description was
placed on tho slato lie wns locked tn ft
cell.
Later ho was removed to City Hall,
where another record wns made of him,
und then ho was sentenced to death and
'removed to the dog pound.
In tbo nieaiitlme,MT8. liarr nan notiucn
her husband about tbo disappearance of
Sport, and Policeman Oarr began to
fceaiuh franticnlly. Finally, ho unearthed
the record of Sport ut City Hall, and. cer
tain that he was on tho rila'lit track, he
hurried to the dog pound.
He arrived there Just as tbo keeper was
about to lead Sport to execution.
"Sport!" yelled Policeman Oarr.
With Joyful barks, Sport leaped from
the midst of the group of doomed ilw,
and u fcecond later ho. was standing on
his reur legs, with his front pawn against
the shoulders of Policeman Uarr.
"Narrow escape for you, Sport." said
Garr. patting the dog's head. ' "This
ought to teach you to stay at home."
Sport jelped understandingly, and his
eyos were sincere with the promise never
to do it again. Then Policeman Oarr and
Sport went home. U Sport could talk It Is
probable that he would Immediately
adept these resolutions:
"fit never try to duck my dally bath
&X&ln.
"1'U never leave home without ray inas-
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terested in the senool since Its orcanlza
t ion. He tecently Bax'e a law per cent,
of the proceeds of one of Ills concerts to
the Institution. Cvrim II. K. Curtis la
chairman of the Finiiiice Committee, of
the school. Former (lovernor Htunrt 1ms
been a contributor fur wvctal years.
HUSCUlPTtON nf lU'M.IUNll.
The bltll.llliK will have u frolltilHC nf InO
feet and will be tin lect In depth. The
bus "in. Mil will contain a recreation room
with lockers nnd shower bulbs. Iloslde
the auditorium, the ground llnor will have
i a lai'MC cnminoli iomn. an liiKle with a
lurue home-like llrcplaee' also a service
room for .iiteitalnments, a library, sev
eral classrooms and the administration
romiiH
The second llnor will have II elnssrooms
or studios, with two practice looms, a
restroom for Instructors, two clubrooms
for social activities with servlntt rooms
and kitchen attachments. The third llnor
will be devoted In part to the same pur
pose as the second uoor. and in addi
tion there will be icsldence iiunrter for
ttistriictois.
The olllcers of the the school nre:
Mi-H. Hiitutiet S. I'VIk. pr.'Mltlont . !.. ll.m.r'l
W,.itli,rt. lr, .iNi-r. Mm. SL thum' Wcrtt.m.
m-rrctni'y, Mis. Kiluaid Hnk, 1 l.irr It. Italtz
ml III'. I'M nurd I. Keffer, vl.
l .r. iviwuni .. icner. ve c iir.'Kii.e.iin;
'inniiriuv
t'trt.H It
lee prohlents. ... I'rnsl.y ltmnii,
K. I'.ntlH, .Mrs. .mini I'mlWHlmter.
Mrs. H.Miii.'l iie, Jlr. ' mines n. r.ixe,
.Mr.-. A. .1. li.ilh.H Pixmi. Thi'n.luru X. r.ly.
.Mix. HurilM.il H. Mnrris, William Jnv Turner,
Alexin, 1. r Van ItcitMHt'l.ter, oueti Winter. Mrs.
Ilalnlil Kills Yarn. ill ami A.ullvw Wlnelor.
ICxn-utP. ('.mtiiilttc.'- Ohntrnun px-u(Tli'ln,
Mrx. Ha.nii.'l s. I'VIm. Mr. K.lnnr.1 llok. Harry
It. Ilj.lt 2. .Miss Anna K. Initio. Henri it.
i'rtnker. .II'., I.ihan tlrnllu, John II. trwtltni.
I'r. FMlt'ar.l 1. It. lTir ati.t Ml'H. l-Mwunl It.
Mi'l'ollln. IMrettoi's-lIiirr.t It. Haiti!. Miss
Helen.' tluerlck.'. Mis. Hl.tenn Ikiorlike. Mrs.
IM.tar.l llok. .Mrs 0.tva, 1'hetv. Ml M. W.
Dnirn, .Miss Anna !'. Davles. Ilenrt S. Prlnker,
Jr.. Mi-. Xiiiiiiii'I S Pel. Mrx. 13. 1. Kriink.
Jot. in c.iol!.' John II. Inviium. IM-. K.lwanl
I.' Kirrer. Mrs. Isidore K'l.n. Mr. IMm.hM
is. M. I'nllln, Mrs. ilrme Welsh IMper. MIm,
FranrrH Slintv. Mr,. !". 11. Sllclti.n. 1.. llutvnrit
W, nilnrl.t. Mr.. I.. IIntti.nl Watherlv. Mrs.
S. HurnH Wesinn nnJ Mr. A. II. Winter.
..teen.
At tho liyliiff or tno enrnerstono next i
Sunday, Mrs. I'Mwanl Holt will place '
within the cornerstone a box enntalnhiB I
1 one of the earliest Issues of the Ladles' i
Home Journal, which wns rirsi published
In Oeoomber, ISS5; a copy of tho Pum.io i
i I.i'.uiiKii. toKether with one of the llrst j
copies of the Kvh'nino LnnnRit, published
I for the llrst time on September II, It'll.
"SPOUT"
tor and mUtress, ami never will I kiss
the face of u sleeping mtunt as long as l
live."
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Up-State a man starved hogs
until they devoured each other
Gross crueltv that shocks
into startled realization of the
systematized anti-cruelty work.
Our eighteen tr?l!ed agents patrol the streets, investigate com
plaints, inspect posre sources of cruelty throughout city and State.
Two electrically -ven ambulances are ready to remove disabled
horses from the urects. Two light
tricts. A competent otnee stall attends to tne receiving ana answer
ing of all complaints and furnishes information to those interested.
Our Year Book and Forty-Eighth Annual Report, just pub
lished, is an interesting history of what this Society has done in tho
past and is doing NOW to PREVENT needless animal suffering,
WRITE FOR IT TODAY
Address Dept, J,
The Pennsylvania Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
li.iurporutrd April 4, 1SOS
Headquarters, 1627 Chejtnut Street
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WAR OF THE SEXES
IN ENGLAND FORESEEN
BY M. P. VISITING HERE
Francis Noilson Says Strife
Will Follow When 3,000,000
Soldiers Find Women
Holding Jobs
NO ACTION TAKEN AS YET
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A eonfllct that will equal tho Euro
pean Wnr In slgnlllcnnce In the coun
tries whore women ore doing men's work
Is predicted by Krnnrls Nellson. member
nf Parliament from Cheshire, Kngland,
who believes that the return nf tho
armies when pence Is declared will result
In un unhenrd-nf condition in Kngllsh In
dustry. Mr. Ncilsnn Is In Philadelphia today bb
the guest nf the Single Tax Society, which
he will address at the society's annual
banquet tonight- He Is president of tho
KngllHh League for the Taxation of Land
Values.
"Ilngland will be face. by u situation
never before experienced, and I cannot
see any solution of the problem that will
confront the countr.t when peace frees
:),IXW,0(I0 men or more mid the boldlcrs find
that women have taken Mielr Jobs," said
Mr. Ncll.xou. "Strife between the soxes
is certain to follow, and no one can pre
dict tho climax."
"Tile ICngllsb iJnvernment Is too close
to tile war and the management of Eng
land's pnit In it to take any measures,
or even consider measures for dealing,
with tills problem that will arise when
peace comes. The thing seems so far
In the future that Its Importance, though
realized by the (lovernment. has not
brought about action, and the people arc
too engrossed In war to think of It.
"There am l.noo.ufin women doing: men's
work In England nt this moment. Should
the war eniitlnuc, the number will Increase
with tch new drill t upon induihtry for
men. At the end of the war tho men will
l.u ill charged from the .army. Thoy will
n. ed work. They will hnd women holding
the jobs they had. Who can accurately
toiesee the result?
Antl-treatlng laws nre working well
throughout Cirent Ilritaln. Mr. Nellson
said, nnd nil lestrlctions on liquor sell
ing have been found pmctlcnblc. Saloons
ate open a varying number of hours each
day, depending upon the neighborhood
they are situated In.
Near munition factories, shipyards and
wherever war material Is manufactured
tho hours saloons my remain open are
very limited. This 1ms provoked many
protests from the English workmen, who
complain that tho charges of InBobrlcty
brought against them by clergymen are
exaggerated. On the whole, however, tho
plan works very well.
J. U. LUMENS STRICKEN
Republican Ward Leader
Stroke of Paralysis
Suffers
' Ileal Estnto Assessor John D. Lukcns.
I i:w llutler street, was stricken nt his
' home early today with an acute attack
1 ol paralysis. His condition Is serious.
, Mr. Liikens is well known as the Ke-
I publican leader of the 13.1 Ward. His
son. jonn .M. i.uKcns, is chier of the
Hureau of floller Inspection.
Woman Secretary Resigns City Job
Miss .Maud .Shnrpless, :17U North ISth
street, resigned her position as secretary
and stenographer In tho Department of
Public Works today, in order to tnko over
an instructorshlp In the commercial de
partment of the Oermantown High
School. The salary of the new position Is
i:W) a year. Miss Slmrplcss Is a graduato
of the Philadelphia Normal School. Her
resignation becomes effective February 1.
All inquiries about the four dress
making scholarships which the
Evknino LEiifiEit is offering to the
public should bo addressed to tha
Editor of tho Woman's Page,
Evknino Ledger, C08 Chestnut
street.
You'll Like
Deerfoot Farm
Sausage .-..
-the
flavor's so distinctive.
stssaiiwg
the animal-loving man or woman
need of efficient, SENSIBLE,
roadsters patrol the outlying dis
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