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ner, Birsky Agrees
"Them German Generals Go
Out on the Road," He Tells
gapp, "And Do a Tremen
dous Business, but the Let
ter Carrier Comes in and
Leaves a Cancellation From
Dvinsk and a Couple Other
Places."
Jit Spon as Birsky Rcnlizes That L.
Loyd and His Partner, George, Do
Not Constitute a Firm, He Says,
"It Would 15c a Good Thing if Gen
erals Did Got Hardships, Because
Then There Wouldn't Be No
Wars" However, Ho Agrees That
Peace Meetings Arc "Serious, but
They Ain't Sensible."
iitttIIEN you start a vtarK it should
W be like when you start a game
of poker odcr pinochle," said Barnctt
Zapp, after ho had coughed away the
suffocation caused by a segment of
Wasserbauer's Vienna cheesecake.
"They should set a time limit."
"I've sit in poker games where there
was a 12 o'clock time limit set," Louis
Birsky retorted, "and I've sit in poker
games where there was a 12 o'clock
time limit set and we agreed to stick
to it, and I've even sit in poker games
where there was a 12 o'clock time limit,
an agreement to stick to it, and an
agreement to stick to the agreement to
stick to it, and still wo kept on playing
very last rounds till the milk comes. So
you could make up your mitrd to it,
Zapp, this war would keep on till the
chips is all in front of one side odcr
the other, and it don't make a bit of
difference if Germany says: 'Listen,
whydon'tyoufcllcrsquit while you still
got your carfares home?' y'understand,
because you know as well as I do,
Zapp, a game could last till 8 o'clock
in the morning, and the losers always
claim that if they played two rounds
more, understand me, -they would of
pulled up even."
"Maybe they would, too," Zapp said.
"You must also got to remember that
in Europe the game is young yet. Yes,
Birsky, the chips which a feller is got
in front of him at half-past 10 is
only, so to speak, on memorandum,
and all congratulations is subject to
change without notice if (a) the feller
bucks up against a couple full houses
with ace high flushes in the absolutely
final last round, and if (b) the banker
16,000 going" on 17,000
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GOOD-NIGHT TALKS
One of our members has sent us 20 cents which wc are going to use
s our RAINBOW FUND. Wc want to be clearly understood we are NOT
ttgging, but so long as our members are willing to send us money, we are
ready to extend our work. We might bo able to get one, two or three
millionaires to give us tho money we need, but we prefer to let our members
do everything.
It will sound so much better to say, "This room was furnished by OUR
MEMBERS" than to say that it was GIVEN to us. Don't you think so?
We are now in need of money to buy tools for our manual training class.
If you prefer, send us a rip saw or two, a cross-cut saw and two or three
planes.
If every member paid only ONE CENT dues a month, we would have
each month $1E0. However, we want all our gifts to be voluntary, but
please remember that you have to GIVE IN ORDER -TO GET.
Please state in your letter that you are giving to the RAINBOW FUND
and remember that we are extending this invitation to members ONLY.
FARMER SMITH,
Children's Editor, Evening Ledcek.
Brer Rabbit's Message
. By FARMER SMITH
Brer Rabbit was so fidgety one
night that it mads his good wife
anxious about him and she said:
"For goodness sake, father! What
IS THE MATTER?"
'I am expecting a telephone mes
sage that is very important," replied
Brer Rabbit, putting dne of his cars
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"I've sit in. poker
debits him by mistake with two extra
stacks which should ought to of been
charged up to Felix Immerglick, the
biggest loser."
"Well, when you consider that they
took Poland and Serbia and Belgium
and a lot of France, Zapp, that's some
stack, even if it would only be half
past 10, so to speak."
"Sure, I know," Zapp said, "but if
a feller goes to work and buys now
in Warshaw a ninety-seven-cent Ger
man stamp book, he runs a big chance
that he would use fifty per cent, of it
on letters and the balance in a postage
stamp album as sowveneers of when
the Germans used to was in Warshaw.
Yes, Birsky, war is more ticklish as
poker. It's pretty near as uncertain
as selling goods, which you take them
German generals with their fireproof
faces, and they go out on the road and
do a tremendous business, understand
me, and cover a whole lot of new ter
ritory, and when the boss hears about
it he calls a conference of the sales
organization and makes 'em a speech,
and says that they arc gathered to
gether that evening and that he is
glad to see so many bright and happy
umberufen faces about him, and that
ews an
over his eye and squinting tho other
at his wife.
"What is it about?"
"How do I know what it is about?"
he answered.
"I mpan, is it a secret?" his good
wife asked.
"Could any one tell a secret over
the telephone when this is a party
line? Don't you know that every one
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games where there was a 12 o'clock
if they would only done the business
which their associates Louis von
Schlachthaus and Charles J. Leichcn
besorger is doing, understand me, then
with reason they could smile, and he
is just about to hand them the figures
and a little frommcr talk of the- usual
kind, when the letter carrier comes in
and he leaves a cancellation from
Dvinsk, a cancellation from Riga and
a couple other cancellations from im
portant places, y'understand, and for
the rest of the war all you hear about
von Schlachthaus and Lcichenbesorger
is that people wonder that you don't
hear about them any more."
"Well," Birsky said, "it's better to
get some cancellations like Germany
than never to sell no goods at all like
England and France, which they also
called a whole lot of fellers oft" the
road on account that for all the busi
ness they was doing, life might just so
well be one legal holiday after an
other. You take this here English
man, French, and he comes to work
for his concern with a big reputation,
y'understand, and the boss says:
'Well, if there's any business to be
done in that territory, French will do
it,' and L. Loyd and his partner this
on this lino listens when you begin
to talk and you "
"No, I don't."
"I didn't say you listened when
some one else was talking that is
YOUR guilty conscience," said Bror
Rabbit. ,
But that did not silence his wife
by any means.
Just then the telephone bell rang
and Brer Rabbit said, "There! you
better answer it."
Mrs. Rabbit went to the telephone
and said in her sweetest tones,
"Hello!"
Then she added, "Very well."
"Who was it?" asked Brer Rabbit,
anxiously.
"Never you mind," said his good
wffe. Then he fussed and stewed
some more. "Who was it?" he said
crossly.
"It was some one wanting party
J' and this is 'M.' "
Brer Rabbit settled down and the
bell did not ring again that evening.
The Kitties' First Party
(By Eleanor Grinnan, Race street,
West Philadelphia.)
Once there were two kitties, one
named Tommy Jones nnd the other
Kitty Jones, One day both kitties
received an invitation to a party. All
day long they were laying out the
clothes that they were going to wear
to the party. At 7:30 o'clock Mother
Jones washed them with her long,
I velvety tongue. She gave them their
usual caress and told them to be good
. pussies. They arrived at an alley
where thpy met every cat they knew.
They had a lovely time singing their
favorite song, called "Meow, Meow."
They had a delicious supper, eating
the fine cake which Mr, Maltese had
stolen from the pantry of the house
where he lived.
They were having a nice time when
all of a sudden a pitcher of water
came splashing down on them and
spoiled the party. When Tommy and
Kitty Jones went home their mother
did not know them on account of their
appearance.
They were never allowed to go to
another party. They were very sad,
but this surely taught them a lesson
never to. eat stolen cake.
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time limit set."
here George nnd all the other fellers
say "
"What do you mean L. Loyd and
George?" Zapp demanded. "Do you
think Lloyd-George is a firm?"
"For my part, it could be a corpora
tion," Birsky said. "I am now talking
from this hero French, which every
body thought you could no more stop
that feller from doing a million dol
lars business on the road than a ca
nary from singing, y'understand, and
after he is out a couple weeks the boss
comes in one morning and says to I
Loyd: 'Tell me, Louis,' or Leon, or
whatever the 'L.' stands for, 'what do
we hear from Mister French?' and the
next morning he says: 'Say, ain't wc
heard nothing from French?' and tho
morning after he ,says: 'No word
from that faker yet?' and the last day
he says: 'Leon or Louis, write that
cutthroat, that highway robber, a let
ter he should come homo right away.
What docs he think we arc made of
money?' And that's the way it goes
in England, Zapp."
"Well, I'll tell you," Zapp said;
"with a general it's the same like a
salesman, a whole lot depends on the
territory. As I understand it, French
Do You Know This?
We have a wonderful plan and
wc can hardly wait to tell you
about it. The Evening Ledger
has allowed us some prizes to give
to those whose names are on our
HONOR ROLL each week and we
MUST have some of our members
to help us read the papers and
answers that are sent in. There
fore, we want an
EDITORIAL BOARD
Write a letter to Farmer Smith,
Children's Editor, the Evening
Ledger, Philadelphia, stating
WHY you are qualified to be ono
of the EDITORIAL BOARD of
PARMER SMITH'S RAINBOW
CLUB. You must also state
WHAT DAY AND HOUR is most
convenient for our EDITORIAL
CONFERENCE. For instance,
our young bankers meet Satur
days. What day do YOU want to
meet? Answer by next Wednes
day. We will notify you if your an
swer entitles you to membership
on our Editorial Board.
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Honor Roll
The children whose names ap
pear here gave the neatest and
best answers to the questions, "Do
You Know This?" for the week
ending January 22;
Francis X. O'Brien, Wynd
moor, Pa.
Louis Call, Haddonfield, N, J.
Spartaco Donate, South 10th st.
Prospero Donato, South 10th st
Naomi Gleoson, North 41st st,
Violet Graser, North 12th st,
Madeline Cuneo, Salter st
Edward Beatty, East Lehigh aye,
Arnold Kratzoks, 4th st
Ilarry Axon, Collingswood, N- J.
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done wonders when ho was making
Johannesburg anil Kimberly nnd all
them South African towns while ho
was working for England before, but
when he is somewhere in France, then
that's something else again. Or may
be tho feller's getting old, Birsky.
Take mo, for example, and if I would
be making nowadays, small (owns in
Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi, nfter I got through seeing
tho doctor every day, there wouldn't
bo no time left to call on tho trade.
Even a feller my age couldn't stand
no hardships."
"Yow hardshipsl" Birsky exclaimed.
"Generals don't got to stand no hard
ships, Zapp. The soldiers yes, nber
tho generals is each of 'cm got touts
with hall service, cleyators, hot and
cold running water, steam heat and
sanitary plumbing. They carry with
them a cook, a butler, a chauffeur,
laundress, upstairs girl and a man to
attend to tho furnace. Hardships,
sagt crl For a business man to have
the hardships which a general has got
it would cost easy thirty thousand
dollars a year for living expenses
alone."
"But generals once in a while gets
wounded, Birsky," Zapp said. "I seen
it in the papers already."
"SchnwacH woundcdl" Birsky
cried. "If the paper says a general is
slightly wounded, Zapp, that means
ho is got a little Murenbrscliwerdcn
because the roast ducks had too much
garlic in them the night before, and
if tho paper says a general is serious
wounded, Zapp, then that means he
got hit in the eye with a champayner
cork, and the waiter which done it
was shot ten minutes later at sunrise.
"The waiter was shot ten min
utes later, at sunrise."
Our Postoffice Box
The Rainbow folks are always merry,
The whole livelong day,
Spreading sunshine bright and cheery,
Happiness always comes their way.
Do you know who wrote this? A
little girl named Thelma Baghurst,
of Telford, Pa., who is going to the
hospital this week to be operated on.
She sent us the loveliest little letter
and every line of it was just as bright
as her wee verse. Oh, wc know there's
a lot of sunshine in some hospital
these days, and all because a certain
brave little heart is singing the song
of the Rainbow. Who would like to
send postals to Thelma? Mail them
to tho club and they will be for
warded. Christina Imperiale, South 7th
street, has some friends who are very
anxious to join the club. We are
ready and waiting for them, little
girl. Carrie Coie, Fitzwater street,
is organizing a branch of the club
in her neighborhood. Why not call
it after the name of your street? And
then when wo speak of it every one
will know just where your little club
is located.
We wish to thank narry Eitzcn,
North nope street, for his contribu
tion to the Rainbow Club. Guess
what wo are going to do with it. Wo
are going to buy a little book to start
a Rainbow Library! Doesn't that
make you happy to think that you
were FIRST? Watch the column for
the name of our first book.
What do you think? Six little
girls in Frankford have organized
"The Little Rainbow Club," Their
names are Florence Adams, Helena
Roberts, Anna Jones, Esther Stehle,
Frances Grandsback, Ruth Coulson.
Please write very soon and please tell
us about your meetings.
David Steinberg, South 9th street,
sends this little message in his very
own handwriyng: "I am 6 years old
and have learned to read well enough
to know that your club is a very good
one," Thank you. Oh, my, do you
hear that clock striking? It says 1, 2,
3, 4, 6, 6 O'CLOCK! So ood-by.
Rainbows," and a happy Sunday to
you!
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"He's glad to see so many bright and happy faces about him."
No, Zapp, generals don't got no hard
ships, otherwise there wouldn't be no
wars. It would be a good thing if
they did got hardships, Zapp, because
the next time it looked like a war and
some of the generals was in favor of
it on account of seeing life again,
General French odcr General Hindcn
burg or any of them fellers says:
'Nothing doing,' and the other gen
erals says: 'Why not?' and French
says: 'You remember the roast duck
we used to get in the last war?' and
the other generals says: 'What of
it?' and French says: 'Maybe you fel
lers like to cat poison, abcr me not.'
And Hindenburg on the other side also
puts the lid on tho idea. 'Right away
talking war!' he says, and Generals
von Mcuchlemorder and Blutvcrgics
scn says: 'Why shouldn't wo?' and
Hindenburg says: 'Why shouldn't
you! Did I get even once a decent
cup coffee in Poland all the time I was
there? Then what the devil you are
talking nonser.se!' and tho conse
quence is there ain't no war.
"In fact, Zapp," ho continued a mo
ment later, "one way to get rid of wars
is to make them less attractive for tho
QUICK NEWS
CIRCUS PASSES THROUGH RAINBOW LAND
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. r. Harry Parker, North 19th
street, just sent in tho most wonderful circus, with a tent and ani
mals, and a flag for the top of the1 tent, and it's going to be shipped
right this minute to the lonesomcst baby in the hospital.
PIN MONEY SQUAD BLARCHES DOUBLE QUICK
EVERYWHERE, Feb. 5. The pin money srmad is all excited.
Some of our members are making money so fast they can't count it
Do you know what it's all about?
The Hungry Boy and
(By Ruth Frazier, Hazel avenue.)
In the southern part of France
there lived a poor boy named Peter.
Ho had neither father nor mother
and made his living by chopping
wood for people, and sleeping in old
barns.
Peter had heard of a mountain
which was entirely of bread and Peter
thought that if he could once reach
it, he would never go hungry again.
It was way up in the northern part
of France, but Peter, saving up his
crusts, started out When night came
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generals and the emperors and the
kings. Fix up a rule that so long as
there ain't no wars, generals and em
perors could wear their usual military
effects made over satin d'amour with
elaborate crystal overdress, fishtail
train, draped satin belt with a vestco
and collar of Point do Venise and a
velvet rose corsage bouquet, but so
soon as there comes a war, tho em
perors and generals is got to' wear
blue serge coats and vests and striped
pants, with black derby hats. It
might also be a good idee that em
perors shouldn't get off no religious
speeches during a war, but where it's
a case of an emperor being used to
doing such things twice a day and it's,
got to be a habit, y'understand, it
ain't necessary to be inhuman, and
business clothes might bo punishment
enough for him."
"Couldn't you talk seriously about
a thing like the trouble on the other
side?" Zapp asked.
'T could," Birsky concluded. "I
could even hire Carnegie Hall to do it
in, but them peace meetings is all thd
same, Zapp. They're serious, but they
ain't sensible."
THE WEATHER
Mister Sunshiny Man
will smile at you today.
Say "Howdy to him.
the Mountain of Bread
Peter crept into an old barn and
when he started his journey next
morning it was very cloudy. Ho
hadn't gone very far when it started
to rain and before long it was pouring.
After a month of hard traveling Peter
reached the mountain.
He broke off a piece and ate it. Peter
thought that it would be a very nice
place to live, so he built a house out
of bushes and the next morning
found out a place where he could
work nnd build a better house. But
Peter went every day to eat some of
the bread mountain.
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