Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, March 09, 1916, Night Extra, Page 9, Image 9
BYBNiyg EDaEB--PHIL,ADELPHlA THURSDAY, MARCH 9, X01B. 9 ( I?. ',' "si 1 10 fl Iran etpq u. ma innu.r m fix -3IF i-.ii Rncsa 8 ART BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS,author ofTarzan" CKArTKU X (Continued) ... .it i,v tirntidlsheil their long TtPtara and yelled U' wild Comanchcs. . ..u nnt tlie slightest Attention to them, i.iwnr nulellv townr.1 them ns though .m of their existence. My manner Khe effect upon them that 1 had hoped. H?.-.Mnie tiulto near toeether they Sued I their savage shoutlnB. tt was evleiom umi " .................... I' "' i i n m nf thorn, thug ""t.'.ntlnc that which they moat enjoyed, a Kfhln target nt vhlch to cast .L.l. inailTft. ..what do you here?" ahouted one. and v o. he recognized me, "Ho ' It la the iho claim? to he from another rrorld i,?who escaped when the thay ran '"u'clc within the amphitheatre, nut why 5? you return, having onco made good T0"reS". wano.'" t replied. "I but n away to nvold the thag, na did others, . mlnr Into n long passage I becamo infused and lost my way In the foothills f"..j tihiurn Only now havo I found ... I.ntr Aml von como of your frco will back Itjomi Phutra tnfhutra1 e.xcmimcci onu ui mu kuuiuh- ""Whera elso might 1 go7" I nslted. f m a stranger within Pellucldnr and W M o her who. e than I'liutrn. Why Kd I not lc"-c t" ' 1'lwtra? Am ? m well fed and welt treated? Am I Jot happy7 What 1,otlcr lot co man ilne Sagothi scratched their heads. This was a new ono on them, and so bo ln stupid brute they toolc me to their miitcrs, whom they felt would bo better filed to sole the rlddlo of my return, for rlddlo they still considered It. I had Bpoken to tho Sngoths ns I had for the purpoo of throwing them ofC the scent of tny purposed attempt nt es cape If they thought that I was so utlsfled with my lot within Phutrn that t would voluntarily return when I had once had so excellent an opportunity to escape they would never for an Instant Imagine that I could be occupied In ar ranging another escape Immediately upon jny return 10 mo my. So they led mo before the slimy Mnhar irho clung to a slimy rock within tho largo room that was the thing's olllco. With cold, reptilian eyes tho crenturo seemed to boro through the thin veneer of my deceit and read my Inmost thoughts. It heeded the story which tho Sagoths told of my return to Phutra, watching tho gorlllamon's lips nnd lingers during the recital. Then It questioned me through ono of the Sagoths. "You say you returned to Phutra of rour own free will because you think yourself better oft here than elsewhere. Do you not know that you may bo tho next chosen to gUo up your life In tho interests of tho wonderful scientific In vestigations that our learned ones uro continually occupied with?" I hadn't heard of anything of that nature, but I thought best not to admit It. "I could be In no moro danger here," I said, "than naked und unarmed In the savage jungles or upon tho lonely plains of Pcllucldar. I was fortunate, I think, to return to Phutra nt nil. As It was, I barely escaped death within tho Jaws of a huge slthlc. "No; I am sura that I nm safer In the hands of intelligent creatures such M rule Phutra. At least, such would be tho case In my own world, where human beings llko myself rulo supreme. 'There the higher races of man extend protection and hospitality to tho stranger within their gates. Being- a stranger hero. I naturally assumed that a llko courtesy would be accorded me." The Sfahar looked at mo In silenijo for somo time after I censed speaking nnd tho Sagoth had translated my words to his mnstcr. Tho crcaluro seemed deep In thought. Presently she communicated Rome mes sage to tho Sagoth. The latter turned and, motioning mc to follow him, left tho presence of the reptile. Behind nnd on either side of mo marched the balance, of tho guard. "What nro they going to do with mo?" I asked tho fellow nt my right. "Vou nro to appear before the learned ones, who will ttucstlon you regarding this strnngo world from which you say you come." After a moment's silence ho turned tu me ngnln. "Do you happen to know," ho asked, "what tho Mahars do to slaves who llo to them?" "No," I replied; "nor does It Interest me. as I linvo no Intention of lying to the SInhars." "Then be careful thnt you don't repeat tho Impossible tnlo you told Holto-to Just now. Another world, Indeed, where human ueings rule r lie concluded In line scorn cannot understand, I know that I am not mad, nnd I am equally nuro that you nre not! but how In the world aro wo to nccount for the strange hallucinations that each of U9 seems to harbor relative to tho passago of tlmo alnco last we saw one another? "You aro positive that months have gone by, while to mo It seems equally certain that not moro than an hour ngo I sat beside you In tho amphitheatre. Can V pon tho left Ri.m.M., .. ...,. " l'c V.'at ?? " r Wit n,l a the was burnpd n, ,., . ., .. . """" fame limo both nre wrong? First ten mo ".!Ttt time It is, and then maybe t can slaving names" hoivo our problem, uo you eaten my 'ThnrA u .,.-., V - .... MneamnB7' ii, " , , , " ""'er nimiice lor me, .:.'.... sont l0 tne arena, and none nt nil If the learned ones drag mo to tho "You nro quite right." ho replied; "but H V? fc,lcllnlc yourself too quickly should you bo sent to tne nrena, for there Is scarce one in a thousand who comes out alive." To my Riirprlf.? they returned me to the samo building In which I had been con fined with Perry and ilhak before my cs cape. .At the doorway I was turned ocr to the guatds there "I to will doubtless lie called before tho Investigators shortly." said he who had brought mo back, "so have him In readi ness." CHAPTER XI. FOL'll I)1:AI) MAHARS. T1M2 guards In whose hands I now found myself, upon hearing that I had re turned of my own volition to Phutra, cvl- "Hut It Is tho truth," I Insisted. "From letly felt thnt It would bo safo to give mo wliero clso did I como? I nm imf i.f tvi. lucldar. Any ono with halt an eyo could sco that." "It Is your misfortune, then," he re marked, dryly, "that you mny not be Judged by one with but half nn eye." "What will they do with mo," I asked, "If they do not havo n mind to bcllevo mo?" "You may bo sentenced to tho nrena, or go to the jilts to bo used In research work by tho learned ones," ho replied, "And what will they do with mo there?" I persisted. "So ono knows except the Mahars and those who go to tho pits with them, but as tne latter never return their knowl edge does them but little good. It Is said that tho learned ones cut up their sub jects while they nro yet alive, thus learning many useful things. "However, I should not imnglno that it wouhj prove, useful to him who was being out up; but of course, this Is all but conjecture. Tho chances aro that ere long you will know much more about It than I," and ho grinned as he spoke. Tho Sagoths havo a well-developed sense of humor. "And suppose It Is tho nrena," I con tinued. "Whnt then?" "You saw tho two who met the tarag and tho thng tho time that you escaped?" ho asked. "Yes." "Your end In the arena would be similar to what was intended for them," he ex plained, "though of course tho same kind of animals might pot bo employed." "It la sure death In either event?" I asked. "What becomes of thoso who go below with tho learned ones I uo not know, nor docs any other," ho icplled, "but those who go to tho arena may come out alivo and thus regain their liberty, ns did the two whom you saw." "They gained their liberty? And how?" "It la tho custom of the Mahars to lib erate thoso who remain allvo within tho nrena after tho beasts depart or are killed. Thus It has happened that several mighty wnrrlors from far distant lands, whom we have captured on our slave raids, have battled with the brutes turned in upon them and slain them, thereby winning their freedom. "In tho Instance which you witnessed the beasts killed one another, but tho re sult was tho same tho man and woman wero liberated, furnished with weapons and started on their homeward journey. my llhertV Within tlin lilllMhm, nn l.n.t l.n the cutim before t had ramped, and so I wns told to return to whatever duty had been mine formerly My flist act was to -hunt up Perry, whom I found poring, ns usual, over tho great tomes that ho waa supposed to ho merely dusting and loai-ranglng upon new shelves. Aa I entered tho room bo glanced up nnd nodded pleasantly to mc, only to rcsiimo his work na though I had never been away at all. I waa both astonished nnd hurt nt hla Indifference. And to think that I waa risking death to return to him puroly from n sense of duty and affection! "Why Perry!" I exclaimed, "havo not you n word for mo nftcr my long ab sence?" "Long absence" ho repeated In evident nstonisliment. "What do you mean?" "Are you crazy, Perry? Do you mean to say that you have not missed mo since thnt time wo wero separated by the charg ing thng within tho arenn?" That time," " bo repented. "Why. I did, nnd paid so. "Yes," continued tho old man, "wo nre both right. To mc, bent over my book here, there has been no lapso of time. I havo done little or nothing to waste my energies nnd so havo required neither food nor sleep "You, on the contrary, havo walked nnd fought and wasted strength nnd tissue which must needs bo rebuilt by nutri ment nnd food, and so, having eaten nnd slept many times slnco last you saw mo you naturally measure the lapse of time largely by these acts. As n matter of fact, David, t nm rapidly coming to tho conviction thnt thero Is no Mich thing as time. "Surely there can bo no tlmo hero within Pellucldnr, where there nre no means for measuring or recording time. Why tho Mahars themselves tnko no nc count of such n thing ns time. I find hero In nil their literary works but a single tenso, tho present. There seems to be neither past nor future with them. Of course. It Is Impossible for our outer earthly minds to grasp such n condition, but our recent experiences seem to dem onstrate Its existence" It wns too big a subject for me, nnd I said so, but Perry seemed to enjoy nothing hetter than speculating on It, nnd nftcr lis tening with Interest to my nccount of tho ndventuros through which I had passed he returned once moro to the subject, which he was cnlnrglng upon with considerable Muency whan ho waa Interrupted by the entrance of a Sngoth. "Come," commanded tho Introduer, beckoning to mo. "Tho Investigators would speak with you." "Good-by, Perry," I said, clasping tho old man's hand. "There may be nothing but tho present and no such thing as time, but I feel that I am about to tako a trip Into tho hereafter, from which I shall nccr return. "If you nnd Ghnk should manago to cscapo I want you to promise mo that you will find Dlnn tho Beautiful, and tell her that with my last words I nsked hnr forgiveness for tho unintentional affront I put upon her, and that my ono wish was THE CltERFUL OfRUfr i - Tni continual workirvj txvd It just keep5 me wondering vjkc,t it will Ertrcf Dot then wKen you talk it "fcJl over vou see. Ttat life, in tke- fc.b&trt.ct is quite ( ( u,y u iioy J? RTC" W1 WOMEN SUFFER AS HUSBANDS WORK ON CITY STONE PILE Ex-Directors Porter and Dripps Urged En forcement of Law Which Aims to Aid Prisoners' Families, but Got No Results GOOD FORM 1 flood form qucrtes should be nil dressed to Deborah Hush, written on one slrtr of the pnticr and stynrd with full iinmr and address, thonnh Intllnh OXLY will be liubllshcd upon rnucif. On Tuesday c spoko on the subject of dancing nnd the correct way for a girl to place her left hand Now we come to the right hand The holding of tho right DESERTED MOTHER AND YOUNG WIFE TELL OF THEIR DIRE NEED OF HELP Herewith nre the stories of two deserted wives, through whose poverty and misery the County of Philadelphia profits; and they arc only two "of hundreds" who are waiting helplessly for the enforcement of the stone nile act of 1913, throunh which imprisoned htishnttda nnrl fathers earn H.'i cents a day for the support of their deserted families, xvoi. one ceni of mc money ns uccn paut. The simple stories were told to Miss Anna U, Hums, a social worker, who has graphically transcribed them for this, her fourth of a scries of iiinra.1 on Hucnii reurn jor tne nvcmiii neagcr, "Sixty-five cents a day would help to pay for bread and coke," st says the deserted mother of nine children. The other, a nouna wife. nnua. "t cannot cam enough to support myself and the baby. The county has the bread, coke and baby money. ii ' . ,. .. ."...... ... . . . . hand does not depend upon the girl a4 it lu " ' l" Z?, ti , Z (., ..I,,.! i.. ,. ...-.... i-.. i ii.... i.. one with the power ... cum.' 1,111.1 iiitut n ivu iitiiiiit iiui ik irt By ANNA 13. BUKNS nveryhody social workers, chnrltablo organizations, city olllelala nnd politicians apparently believes tho stono pllo law man. I have but Just returned from tho j to bo spared long enough to right tho arena. 1 ou reached hero almost as soon as I. "Had you been much later I should In deed have been worried, and ns It is, I had intended asking you about how you escaped tho beast na soon as I had com pleted the translation of this most inter esting passage. " "Perry, you nro mnd," I exclaimed, wrong thnt I had dono her. Tears came to Perry's eyes. "I cannot bcllco but that you will re turn. David," he said. "It would bo awful to think of living out tho bnlancu or my life among these hateful and rcpul.sltc creatures without you. If you aro taken away I shall never escape, for I feel that I am as well off hero aa I should be any- Good-by, I , hnlv Ji,.v"T l',W T ' wllero wlthl" this buried world, I have been nwny. I have been to other i mv t)ov . 00.i.i,.. i within Pellucldnr. seen the Mai ars at I J,h?n ,hla, ,olct M"?1 T1 l"'0.';0' Il,r.lr wnrahh. In thnlr !,l,l,1 . 1 ...! aml n ' "M 'l'" 'nCO III Ills lmtllll the barely escaped with my life from -them ftf! 1SV .'.'S n" "M nnd from n great labyrlnthodon that I met afterward, following my long and te dious wanderings ncross an unknown world. "I must have been nway for months, Perry, nnd now you barely look up from your work when I return nnd insist that we have been separated but a moment. Is that any way to treat a friend? I'm surprised nt you, Perry, and If I'd thought for n moment that you cared no more for mo thnn this I should not have re turned to chnnco death at the hands of tho Mahara for your sake." The old man looked nt mo for n long tho (moulder nnd hustled mo from tho I chamber. A moment later I was standing before a dozen Mnhnrs tho ofllclnl Investigators of Phutra. They asked me many ques tions through a Sngoth Interpreter. I answered them all truthfully. Thoy seemed particularly interested In my nc count of tho outer earth and the strange vehicle which had brought Perry and me to Pellucldnr. During this npparcnt silence they were debating through the medium of their strange, unspoken language tho mcrlta of my talc. At last tho head of tho tribunal tlmo before he spoke. There wii a mn- ' communicated tho result of their confer- zlcd expression upon his wrinkled face. and a look of hurt aoirow In Ills eyes. "David, my boy," ho said, "how could you for a moment doubt my lovo for you? Thero la something strange hero that I FARMER SMITH'S RAINBOW CLUB AWTTLE TALK ABOUT OUR ENTERTAINMENT S?ffXVi"'"S Dear Children Take a comfortable chair, sit where the light falls over your left shoulder (because you read from left to right) and hear the Wonderful doings of our club last Saturday afternoon. ve nan a rcul live entertainment. Everything was clone oy our memoers nd we had, for the first time, a beautiful system which worked wonderfully. Of course, one of our little boys so far forgot himself as to quarrel with one of the girls, and we told him to go home and try to be a gcntlc-man. He went. Another of our boys tried to get over into the trenches of another boy ind there was war right nway. So we told him to kiss the boy he had offended or go home. He went. With so many children to handle wo have to use different methods of persuasion. If anybody gets mad we might just as well stop having our entertainments. When you consider that tho Rainbow Club started with a table and two chairs and lias grown until we now have the entire half of the ground floor of 608 Chestnut street, you will see that we are progressing very rapidly. We hope to have a piano before very long and also a phonograph. If any of you children have a piano which you do not need, we wish you would please put it in your pocket and bring.it down some afternoon after school. We do not need anything except the kindly interest of our members and of our good friends, the grown-ups, and just as soon as any ono gives a book or anything else to our club, they become INTERESTED IN US. When you put money in bank you want interest, and what we want, the ame as the bank, is interest in our club. FARMER SMITH, Children's Editor, Evening Ledgeh. ft Our Postoflice Box -- - viuiisij , jca, iv m- v until" cap that llttlo Madeline I-arkln, South "J street, has on her dark locks. She is a" little swimmer S'"Vto 1 mm to provo it sue t''2fcW$tL ,n her bathing suit! infill mr ii.... .... ...... nun iimuy iiiuiu little girl athletes have we among our members? Norrls Longnker writes about his dog Snooks, Snooks gets a bath every week, and his coat Is a beautiful reddish- brown until hft goes fmwMTLs lum.... '- orown until no coes It i. a "KIN ut t6 play, and then g ',"" Plain brown. Please send anv mi, plclure for th0 Tet Column. If k. ,. ?r Rainbows have pets we would (Net,"' uear about them and to have their e nm 'Peaking of pets reminds me iau. me,te "aney. of dermantown UmVrt owns a ve"" cIever dB rM Sport. This tlmo .Wllllamette L 1 tW!u about Snort i slo wrote about Hoytai iT1-her '"o'her Is thinking of We'rnlkU'f for? M' f'or a Rainbow d lwlnB Clrclj sn't tha ' hSJ,, dld,t wait for the summer j 'e.Helr vacation. Thev ran inv rlrht h! it fome salt alr uh'1 sunshtno . Mfc iun-ii wiuus. vney FARMER SMITH, Evening) i.Epaun: I wish to become a member of your Rainbow Club, rieaso send mo a beau tiful Rainbow Button free. I agree to no A IITTMJ KINDXKSS VACll AND BVKUV DAY Sl'RISAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL ALONG THU WAY. Name Address Ace School I attend I LOST Zywi . Uu .i" htt Ennll.l, l,ll ... . Kn'rtnfr,,'b9 b?" r btwcn Balnblw "formation ,to Joaeph Cat iobow, la care of Farmer Smith. Hare MONEY PRIZES &t. Jan, ta now" ' - rT M COIODtta tar II.. i . .. ,-v UU V IICU ITCCV. wrapped up a bit of Atlantic City in an envelope and Bent It to your editor. Wasn't that fun? CelU Blake Is working very hard for tho Rainbows and desoivcs much credit! Little Althca Baghuist, 7 years old and . In thu 2d grado at ner school in Telford, I'a., Joined the Rain bows last week. Pauline Buuchel and Freda Antlnoiih. of Euclid avenue, are seriously considering forming a "Kindness to Animal" branch of the Rainbows. We heartily Indorse this plan and will be very much Inter ested to hear more about It. Nelson Nelms, Honey Brook. I'a., is an artist of some merit, but please remember, Nelso.ii, black ink on white paper! Doimto Dam Ico, , Isemingei air -at. is another artist whoso drawings might be marked 98 per cent, but for the fact that they are madi in pencil Helen.J.eltier, Catharine street, S years old. Is a clever little story writer and we were disappointed not to receive a story about "Tho Newsboy" in her very neat handwriting. Little Jeffries Murr, i ycara old, Is our first Media Rainbow. He lives on North avenue and is in Grade 1 at school. Wo suspect he knows how to draw, and we would like to know If we are right. Margaret Grundy, Franktord. and Eliza. belli lluuu. Hollywood street, nave worueu very hard at getting new members for the club. Many thanks, little girls. Evan Lewis. North 59 th street. Joined the I'in Money Squad. Matthew Fainter wants the Rainbow to make 'ii words out of Rainbow Clb Mary Neary. Cora4 street, pent In u. story with a very original title Don't you Uka that AufiI Dovercaux gallery. Roy Glllesnio drew a nlcturo of your Farmer and we laughed and laughed and laughed. Raymond Smith, Gray's ave nue. Is a puzzle solver of tho flrst rank. Catai.auq.ua, I'a., sends us n new mem ber in tho person of John Llpsky, who made a very good beginning by answering tho questions of "Things to Know." An other little out-of-town member. Esther Judovlch, of Albion place. Atlantic City, mnkes a good beginning by asking a ques tion, which means, of course, that she is willing to learn. She wants to know "what wo aro doing In Philadelphia." Will somo of tho heads of tho branch clubs wrlto to tho P. O. box tho sort of letters that answer Esther's question? Speaking of out-of-town members. Morrell JJovlln, of Couldnle, I'a., sent In a list of 61 new ones from tho town In which ho lives. We would like to bhake hands with this young man and thank him for his splendid effort. Mr. Fraas, tho kind uncle of Elizabeth Miles, of North Peach street, wrote the following poem for the, Rainbows: A Rainbow Motto Little words of kindness. Kindly nets and deeds: These shall wo do every day. To All the world's sad needs. So let oery llttlo Rainbow, Shed its glorious colors and hue, Let our motto bo Faith, hope, love, for me and you. FARMRIt SMITH'S CAT BOOK Mrs. Maltese Cat's Bath Tho cold March winds wero whirring around tho barn when Dobbin, the horse, began to get uneasy. Ho turned every little while to look behind him, and sud denly ho saw n shadow. "Ha ha!" ho exclaimed. "It Is you once more, Mrs. Maltese Cat, and why nre you so wet? I thought you disliked water ery much." "So I do. So I do," said Mrs. Cat, very meekly, "nut this bath was thrust upon mo." "How could a bath be thrust upon you?" 'That naughty boy did it," replied Mrs. Cat. "Naughty? Why he Is the sweetest boy in the world to me and I wish he would glvo me a bath, Why, do you know," Dobbin dropped his voice, "ho rides on my back." "That's all very lovely, but small boys do not llko cats besides, he caught mo napping." "A tiny mouse will run away with you borne day, if you don't watch out," said Dobbin, trying not to inugli. "Yes, and that Is not nil. His mother asked him what waa the matter with me and he told her that I had been washing myself." iald Mrs. Cat. expecting Dobbin to sympathize with her. "You ior thing." answered Dobbin. "PLEASE, get out of tho way I am going to cry. and I might wet you." "Such is life!" exclaimed Mrs. Cat, as bho went out to the barn and seated herself In the sun to dry. Thingsto Know J. What is the difference between gambol and gamble? 2. Draw a picture of the nicest chair In the house. (Black Ink on white paper). 3. Give the autobiography of a cup of cocoa. enco to tho ohlcor In charge of the S.igoth guard. "Come," he said to me, "you nro sen tenced to tho experimental pits for having dared to Insult tho Intelligence of tho mighty ones with tho ridiculous tnlo you havo had tho temerity to unfold to them." "Do you mean that thoy do not believe mo?" I asked, totally astonished. "Belle-o you !" ho laughed. "Do you mean to say that you expected any one to believe so Impossible a He?" It was hopeless, and so I walked In si lence bcsldo my guard down through dnrk corridors ana runways toward my awful doom. At a low level we came upon a number of lighted chambers, in which wo saw many SInhars engaged in various occupations. To ono of theso chambers my gunrd escorted mo, und before leav ing they chained me to a sldo wall. Thero wero other humans similarly chained. Upon a long table lay a victim even as I was ushered Into tho room. Sev ern! Mnhars stood about tho poor crea ture, holding him down so thnt ho could not move. Another, grasping a sharp knife with her three-toed forefoot, was laying open tho victim's chest nnd abdo men. No nnesthetlc had been administered, nnd the shrieks nnd groans of tho tor tured man wero terrible to hear. This, indeed, was vivisection with a vengennce. Cold sweat broke out upon me ns I realized that soon my turn would come. And to think that where there was no such thing as time, I might easily Imagine that my suffering was er ring for months before death finally rcle.ed me! Tho Mnhars had paid not tho sllghcst attention to me as I had been brought Into tho room. So deeply rmmersed were they In their work that I am sure they did not even know that the Sagoths had entered with me. , CONTINUED TOMORROW. ery bad form for a man to hold the arm up In tho nlr or twist It Into a stiff position linir turned bark. In dnnc tic ns In many other things, the easiest and most nat ural position It the most correct nnd graceful. I havo been observing u num ber of persons who aro quite proficient In the dance step, but present n most un graceful appearance. Some men uto the gill's right nrm ns a sort of pump handle and keep time to the music by their wild gesticulations. The arm should bo held out from the sldo not stretched to 'an ex treme length or held In close to the shoul der These llttlo observations nro very necessary to good form In dancing. Service Plates Dcnr Hcbaiah Hush Wilt you please tell mo In tho EvnNiNn Lunor.u the uo of service plates. Aro they used during; tho entire course dinner or only for oysters nnd soup nnd brought back with tho salad and dessert. I nm very nnxlotiH to know tho correct way. Since we moved out of town, I linvo becomo acquainted with very nlco people and do not wish to maltu a mistake. Thank ing you In advance. IGNORANT. Service or placo plates are used under linrs d'oeuvres, oyster plates, soup plates, dessert plates and linger bowls. It Is cus tomary to have a place plato which may be put on tho table between courses, but It is always icmovcd when tho meat plate, salad plato or that used for any otner course than those mentioned, is placed in front of the person. Hand Kissing )rnr Deborah Hush Havo been read ing your interesting column, and would like to ask you to enlighten mo on a mat ter which has been puzzling mo for some tlmo. I have been keeping company with a girl, who I always thought knew Just what's what in matters of etiquette. At a party some tlmo ago sho was Introduced to a man I am miro sho had never seen before in her life. As ho was presented to her I saw him kiss her hand. In fact, ho did it quito openly. When I spoko of It later, sho said that hand-klss-Ing under such circumstances wan quite permissible I havo seen It dono on the stage and In tho "movies," but, suroly. hand-kissing under such circumstances is nn undue familiarity. My girl friend nnd I havo argued about tho matter. Please enlighten me. R. G. DONALD. Tho joung lady Is correct. It Is a per missible thing for a man to kiss a woman's hand on being presented to her, but It Is quito a foreign custom and not often done in this country. It Is very bad form to use tho term "Keep company" also the "girl friend" Is not Used In correct circles. Letters of Condolence Dear Deborah Hush Will you please advise mo as to the following: A married acquaintance of mine has lost her mother: In writing a letter of condolence, shall I wrlto to Mrs. Blank nlone, or Miould the letter bo written to Mr. and Mrs Blank? It doesn't seem to bo quito natuial to write to tho husband In this case, and yet I know that in sending other communi cations, such as Invitations nnd Christ mas greetings, they should be directed to both tho husband and wife. Your nnswer will greatly relieve, PUZZLED. Tho letter should ho written to Mrs Blank. A communication nddressed to both In these circumstances would sound rntner rorced. Should n Man Offer His Arm? iJccir Deborah Hush Which nrm should a man offer to a lady when walking on tho street? I will bo obliged If you will answer this in Thursday's Kvnvvi LundEii? JACK. It is not usual for a man to offer his nrm to a woman on tho street. It Is In fact very bad form unless tho lady Is lame or tho pavements are very slippery, then It Is a courtesy. DEBORAH RUSH noner to do so has been suillciently Interested to take the nec essary action leading1 to tho enforcement of tho law. This law was enacted by the Legisla ture of la 13, and provides that descitlng husbands and fathers shall be sent tn the House of Correction and compelled to crush stone for the country roads, and thnt out of their earnings there shall be paid to their families the sum of fiK cents per day during their Imprisonment. Al though the law has been "operative" since June, 11113, not ono cent has been paid to tho families of these Imprisoned men. George D. Porter, former Director of Public Safety, when questioned concern ing tho fnlluro to enforce tho law, said: "Shoitly after tho enactment of tho law I made n request of Councils to appropriate sufficient funds to carry out tho provisions thereof, but I havo never received n reply of nny sort to this letter. hince tho law wns passed J have writ ten numerous letters to Councils, request ing this appropriation, tn none of which havo I received any reply not oen nn acknowledgement of the receipt of tho let ters Tills has happened to mo In many Inrtnnces. During my term ns Director of Public Safety I wroto hundreds of letters tn Councils on different matters, but they necr answered my letters." Mr. Porter says that, tho act being mandatory, he believes suit could bo brought ng.alnst tho city by the women to whom the money Is due, nnd that the city could bo forced to pay arrears. URGES PAYMENT OF ARREARS. "I have not looked up tho law on tho subject." said Mr. Porter, "but I believe the city could bo compelled to pny ar rears." Mr. Porter wns asked If an appropria tion wns asked for In 191f, to which he replied, "I do not know whether thero was an Item In the budget of Inst year for an appropriation. The budget was not fin ished when l left ofllce, so I did not sco It in Its completed stnte." Robert V. Dripps, appointed Director of Public Safety after Mr. Porter's reslg nation last year, when asked about the matter, said: "Shortly after election I received a let ter from It. M. Little, general -secictary of the Society for Organizing Charity. In which ho requested that I do what I could to secure' an appropriation bo that tho stono pllo law might be enforced. I wroto no formal communication to -Mr. Little, but did lake the matter up privately with several members of Councils in tho hope that .something would be done. Members of Councils with whom I talked were very noncommittal, and left on my mind tho im pression that certainly nt this time no money would bo appioprlatcd for any such purpose "Councils had ample notlco to mako an appropriation In fact, tho mcro passago of the act was milJlcIcnt notlco to them thnt It was necessniy to mako an appro priation. There Is no excuse for not hav. Ing It attended to beforo now. "I did not seo tho budget, ns It had passed out of the hnnds of tho Director nt the time I took olllce, but I bellovo the Item for nn appropriation wns Included therein I nm heartily In favor of having enough money nppioprlated to mako this excellent act effective." NO APPROPRIATION ASKED. At tho Department of Public Safety an effort was made to ascertain whether a request for nn appropriation wns Included In the budget. OIMcIals thero did not know, but called tin tho House of Corrco tlon nnd wero Informed from thero that no such item was included. John P. Connelly, present City Solicitor, who was chairman of Councils' Finance Committee during the entire tlmo In which Councils failed to appropriate money for tho enforcement of tho law of 1913, wns asked for his reasons for opposing tho appropriation, "Who said I waa not In favor of the law?" responded Mr. Connelly. "Thnt Is Inferred by reason of tho fact that, during your chairmanship of Coun cils' Finance Committee, Councils refused to mako an appropriation under tho net." "Who said they refused?" was Mr. Con nelly's reply. "Mr. Porter .stntes that ho asked Coun cils a number of times for an appropria tion, but it had never been granted,'' "Well," snapped Mr. Connelly, "you had better get your facts straight beforo you ask questions." "But you don't deny, do you, Mr. Con nelly, that Mr. Potter asked for tho ap propriation?" "I'm not hero cither to nfurm or deny. You had better get your facts straight before you ask questions." TEACHER A HEROINE AT FIRE Pupils in School Panic-Stricken, But She Saves Them KITTANXING, Pa.. March 9. The heroic efforts of Ann McGrcgory, tencher of the Trultt school In Madison townshlPu probably prevented heavy loss of life when the puplln became panic stricken nnd fought to escape through tho one exit, when tiro destroyed tho big frame build ing yesterday afternoon. Tho lire was caused by coals igniting the floor whon tho stove was Upset by children trying to shako down the ashes. Miss McGrcgory tried to extinguish tho ilamc.s but failed. Then the children mado a dash for tho door, whero tho plucky teacher hanaged to clear the blockade and get the children nil1 nut safely, but not until many of them had been trampled nnd severely bruised Many of tho children who wero last to get out were seriously affected by smoke. .sa. . .&. .". .'s .v . WfSJSJSsiSSSSSS franklin Linton a Co. Fifth Avenue, 37th and 38th Sts., New York Important! 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