12 EVENING LEDftEBPHLABELPIIIA. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1916. I - '- ' - i in. i i i - - i' - i i lir I m - TTT" Til II I I III 'I ' - - T ' ' - "II ' I ' " llf III! IL t A . s fit HUGHES? WHO'S HUGHES?" ROOSEVELT IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID AT THE ROOT-BACON DINNER IN ZAPP'S ACCOUNT OE IT TO BIRSKY The, Waist Manufac turer Divulges the Innermost Inside, of the Political Situa tion by Telling What Happened When the Colonel Received an Invitation to Eat With Senator Root by This Here Bacon's House Birsky Is Rather Incredulous During the Recital, bjt: Doesn't Know Enough About the Details to Refute His Friend "If I Tl.-aght I Could Get Appointed to Of fice by Inviting Roosevelt to Eat at My House,' Zapp Concludes, "I Wouldn't Take no Chances; I'd Borrow the Furnituro and Dishes From an Armchair Lunchroom" "yES. BIRSKY," Burnett Zapp, thol j- waist manufacturer, saia, u a pol itician calls another politician a pol itician, y'understand, it's llko you being a real catator, Blraky, nnd some other real estater Instead of calling you a real eatater, -which Is pretty bad at that, would call you at tho very least a dirty crook, a highwayman, y'under stand." 'M that so?" Louis Birsky retorted with an Ironical emphasis of which Zapp appeared to bo entirely njneon sclous. "So you could easy Imagine that when Mr. Roosevelt gets an Invitation to cat with Senator Root by this hero Bacon's houso on "the following1 Tuesday," Zapp continued, "ho said to Mrs. Roosevelt that If. them two cutthroats was going without food till ho cat with them, y'understand, they might Just so well take the new Rockafeller Institute Curo for Diabetes and bo dono with It. Also he told her If she wanted to gtvo tho girl a titty out on tho following Tuesday all right, as ho was going to have lunch at the Bacons on the following Tues day, nnd when them two fellers finally gets together at Bacon's home, Blraky, you would, "think Mr. Roosovclt didn't mls a single day down In the West Indies sending Root a. sowvencer post card. I Bet yer It took 'em twenfy N 50,000!!! x. MOTHER NATURE TALKS- Dearest Children It seems strange that human beings arc the only living things which fail to take the best of caro of themselves. You do not see a cat or a dog eating and eating and seeming never to get filled, but you do see little boys and girls making pigs of themselves. ' When you. have nothing else to do, watch the little fly, hate him though r you may, yet he "has 8000 eyes and all are separate points. Did you ever notice how hard it is to KILL A FLY? In fact, it is hard to kill anything, and that is why you keep on living no matter what you put into your stomach and no matter what you do to yourself. Look at Mrs. Catl She Is always taking a bath and trying to keep herself clean, and Rover, the dog, is trying to do the same thing nnd has a hard time of it, while all you has to do 'is to walk into tho bathroom and turn on the water and even then you hate to take a bath now, don't you? Let us go back to the fly, See how busy the little fellow is, scrubbing himself with his many little legs. He has so many becauso ho cannot turn his head around fend he uses all his little legs for feelers. Don't you think that when all he animals take such good caro of them selves, you ought to take some little care of YOURSELF? , Don't forget that animals take tho proper time for rest, while many children go TO bed "any old time." Don't you thinkit too bad wo have to go to the animals to learn how to take care of ourselves? I do. FARMER SMITH, Children's Editor, Evening Ledger. FARMER SMITH'S TURTLE BOOK Tommy Turtle's Eyes Mrs. Cat' was so excited when shecsaw something moving in the tall grass -that aha arched her back and began to spit. "Why be so excited?" asked a strance voice which seemed to come from the moving thing. "Oh, It's you! Well, Tommy Turtle. I m glad to see you and also to wish you fc. happy new spring." "Thank you very much, my dear, I am alighted to come out of my winter's quar ters and see you once more. It mutt be tery tiresome to have to live all theyear found." Tommy came out of his house Still farther and crawled over to -where lira. Cat was sitting He sat for a long time and then he EaUl, "Do you know your eyes change? Tfcey get larger or smaller as the light shines Into them." "I was Just thinking what wonderful eyes you have." said Mrs. Cat. "You haven't any yelashel as I have. I won der hy thatisr "X don't know myself, only J learn not to ask a lot of questions about myself; the more I ask, the more I get confused. fliere la no dust in the water and, there fore, do not need to have eyelashes to Seep the dirt out of my eyes." Tommy tried to look as if ha knew a great deal about Mother Nature. "Tour tyes are on the side of your head and mine are straight in front," began Mrs. C'-at when suddenly Tommy said, "That's to you can see mice I" "Who. said 'mice? " asked Mra. Cat, as ahe scampered away. That' Just ilk some people to run before they know what they' are running far," vald Tommy, as he crawled into his siwll. Notice AU drawings wu d ,tt M Maek lak aa whit uoculfij uaperl AU UrU must be. written ) aa side $ ks page! JkH l(Ur mast h tw-eot stamp (MB (fatal 1 , , . , . . i m- Of 8 MMd OBJM? ihirr.,.in a mi ins ,mu-1 ii ii in in1 lutii ' ii-i By MONTAGUE "He showed how the Germans could land 150,000 men on Long Island with two $50 plates." minutes to tell ono another how well thoy was looking unberufen." "And what's Bacon doing all this time?" Birsky oskod. "Bacon Is tho host and naturally ho Is outsldo In tho kitchen malting an ap propriate cocktail composed of equal parts gin, vermouth and mathcmatlc spirits of ammonia, whllo Mrs. Bacon Is giving him final Instructions not to start, in and talk about prcparcfulness until all the dishes was off tho tablo, as the last lunch Roosevelt was to, y'un derstand, ho showed how the Germans could land 160,000 men on Long Island with two fifty-dollar place plates for tho GcrmanB and thoy chased tho Now Tork National Guard, consisting of three gcnwlno Bohemian goblets and a cut glass celery dish, right off tho tablo Into tho fireplace" "Abcr Roosevelt ain't drunk a cock tall In years," Birsky said, "and what's more, he won a case against an editor In Michigan for accusing him of do ing so." "Don't I know it?" Zapp said. "But a hospitable feller llko Bacon could run ews an T Honor Roll Contest Tim prises for the best tniwrrt to "Tiling to Know and no" (or the week ending- April 28 were won by the fol lowlnr children t Thomas Smith, Itush Hospital 11.00 Xiorenca Newlh, D042 Walnut street .......,.,.,.. ,S0 Cella Berlin. N. Franklin st 33 William Kleper, N. Lambert st... .35 Bath Weiss, 11 Martin t 23 Bertha Chllds, DaurlUe, Ia..,.. .25 A Story About Birds By EVA LOUISE THOMPSON New Brunswick, N J. Although I am but a little girl, I am very much Interested In bird One day, mother took me to Central Park to see the pretty birds j another time I went to a park In Trenton, and there a peacock ate candy out of my hands. A peacock looks like a rainbow, I think, don't you? Last winter I went to Florida, and saw all kinds of birds down there. Some looked like canaries. One little red bird used to come to our window, hop In and eat the bread crumbs off the table. I could tell of many other things about birds and some other time I wtlL Maybe some other Rainbows could tell me about some birds that live near their homes. I would Just love to hear about them. AN ILLUSTRATED LETTER DerF'Aer Svwjf , f. vnttT eu.t to VJtit PJviai. o.-l4y qavt tub as- fTrtfetfitTsn bretft "wj IV, yy t.Qit T1H1 , a -tht e5 Hf vcr Kmafl dV V. t .7 yvi mf V r.wnvv i . fjr. -V r fOBsm m. shti.a bbbh WZi'i ,1 4r"rifFB SBKIoPh GLASS a chance of getting a 6-cent verdict ngalnst him as long ns ho could make Roosovclt feel good by saying ho never touched tho stuff but don't let that provont them from enjoying theirs. Most men when they l of use a drink but don't object to others having ono, ralso such a temperature over being en tirely unprejudiced about It that thoy get to feeling tho samo way ns a bigoted man with a quart of schnapps Inside of him. Well, everything goes nil right up to and through tho soup. Mr. Roo.sc .volt tells them about a fish ho scon whllo taking a swim near Trinidad, which looked very similar llko a salmon except It had bluo tall feathers and made its nest of grnsses nnd pieces of bark on the ground at the foot of a stump of tree or beside a rock and lays four or flvo eggs, whlto with small brown spots, .75x.G5. Ho was going to show how tho natives killed It with a sterling silver ollvo fork when Mr Bacon choked him off by nslcing him had he read "Eat and Lose Flesh," and winks nt Mr. Root, who pushes tho ollvo dish to his end of tho table. Tho roast lews a THE Mwecc lam am ru?u mspjpt JWO lOG- C7BN THY BUIT Our PostolTice Box What do you think we have three mem bers in Council Bluffs, la I (Take out your geographies right thU minute and find out where Council Bluffs Is ) Their names are Ruth, Esther and Winifred Cole, and they ore real true active mem bers who read the club news every single night. If you don't believe It, listen to their little letters, First comes Ruth's; she writes: "I have been reading about your Rainbow Club and'l like It ery much. I am going to be In a play nt fechool. I am Sleeping Beauty, and Ksther. my twin sis ter, Is to be Snqw White Andrew Lind say has the measles He Is my little cousin, Some of our tulips are In bloom, I wish you could have some." Little Ksther says; "I like the stories very much. Wini fred has a doll like tho one In the paper. Ruth and I just love to read ; we are In the second grade. Yesterday we went to the library with Ethel, a little girl we know, and we were caught In a bad storm and we had to call up Ethel's mother to come and take us home. Good-by, Farmer Smith " Lastly. Winifred puts in her lit tle messagcr "We like 'News and Views of Farmer Smith's Rainbow Club" very much. Aa you are too far away for me to see you, I will tell you about myself. I am ten years old and am In the fifth grade. My teacher's name Is Kathryn Morehouse. X had to teach school for al most half an hour for the class below me. I Iqve to cook and can bake pretty good bread Love to Philadelphia Rainbows." Wo think these lovely little letters deserve some pretty postal card answers from our Eastern Rainbows. Who wants to seid a message to Council Bluffs? w The Boy Who Disobeyed By HANNAH SALKOWJTZ. ParksWe Ave. There was a little boy whose name was Henry and who was about 10 years old. Ilia mother had warned him over and per again not to go near the pond on the edge of the woods. But, as some boys do (and girls, too), be thought he knew more than his mother So he went, after school, to the pond and started playing In the water Pretty soon a strong wind came up. lie lost lils footing and fell into the pond, and would have probably been drowned sad not his school fellows pulled WmsouL When hm got bom he vowed ha would neycr disobey W mothtr again, Ha had i . w m. .nr tm 3xcv chicken passes off pleasantly In knock lng La Follette, nnd thoy got down to tho coffee with nothing more serious than the milk Ju- being Columbus, N. M., and getting upset in the direction of tho ash tray In front of Mr. Root representing two days' march boyond Chihuahua City, some of tho milk going ono day's march farther or partly on Mr. Root's pants nnd partly on tho rug; so Mr. Bacon suggests they should finish their coffee In tho sun parlor where It Is furnished with wicker furniture and mnttlng, and as they let Mr. Roosevelt go ahead, Root says, 'I told you wo should of took him to a restaurant. When It comes.to breakfast, two lunch eons with that feller 13 equivalent to a removal.' And Mr. Bacon says, 'Remind me I Bhould clvo you somo Carbona befoio you go.' " 'Yes, gentlemen,' Mr. Roosevelt says, 'supposing that window fhcro to bo tho Rio Grande Rlvor and this here chair is ni Paso' when Root interrupts him and says was ho seasick coming from Trini dad. '"That's nil right, Root,' Bacon says, 'lot him go on. I carry plato glass Insur ance.' "'Sure, I know,' Root says, 'but I didn't como hero to got Information about Mexico which during tho past two months a feller could find out for himself by reading tho headlines going homo In tho subway, without Investing a cent for tho newspapers themselves. Yes, Mr Bacon, thero Is somo poople which was nover no nearer Madison Square Garden than tho bulletin board of the San Francisco Chronicle, nnd it you would glvo 'cm a show thoy would back Tex Richard Into a cornor nnd do scrlbo to him round by round tho Wll-lard-Moran fight. If Mr. Roosovclt uants to toll mo about tho Mexican trouble ho would havo lots of oppor tunity ns Sectetary for War In my cabinet.' " 'YOUR cabinet?' Mr. Roosevelt shouted. "That's what I said,' Mr. Root tells him, and right thero Mr. Roosevelt laughs threo dollars and twcnty-flvo cents' worth of nccessaiy repairs into tho wicker chair ho Is sitting on. "'What's tho Joko?' Mr. Root nsk?. " 'Listen, Rooti' Mr. Roosevelt says, you was a pretty good Secretary of State when you was working for mo. I don't know no ono that could cut out, baste and finish a treaty better aB you, nnd not even tho worst of your' 6,111,. 614 enemies couldn't say nny different. As a Senator you wasn't so bad neither, because no matter what the nowspapers says rotten about a Senator, y'under stand, tho Lcutc Is going to say, "Well, what could you expect from a Senator?" Abcr as a President ' "Hero Mr. Roosevelt waved his arms In ono of them can-you-bcat-lt motions M O " 1 n Yi I I 1 r r armer vjmitn s xvainDow vjjlud CALL OF THE CAMERA ZDITH CITHPINE COAVOPS AND BUNNY April Raindrops A Favorite poem of R. Specktor. nidge Ave. I heard a tapping on the pane, I thought. "What can It be" And thero a little fairy aualnt Was looking In at me! She had a tiny pretty house All made of silver light. It traveled slowly down the glass. And filled me with delight. I looked It made me feel B0 glad Until her house rolled by, j On rainy days ou'll see It, too, If you will only try! The Question Box Dear Farmer Smith Kindly give me the following Information: (a) Where can 1 find my birth certificate? (b) May a boy of 15 years leave school? LEON BROWN, Parrlsh street. If you were born In Philadelphia you will find your birth certificate In Room 5S1, City Hall. If you were born outside of Philadelphia write to the Bureau of Statistics in the city in which you were born and you will undoubtedly get the desired Information, (b) A boy of 15 years may leave school, provided that he has completed his fifth year In school. He is, however, obliged to attend eight hours a week of "continuation classes" until he tins comDleted his 16th year. Information about these classes may be obtained at. any school, l may aaa inai j. were a boy 15 years old I would make every pos sible effort to stay In school as long as possible. Things to Know and Po 1 Make one word out of these two words Hid EARTH. 2 Name tna 4ve sense, 3. IVfcftt UUa bed has that a, pin haa? P'ojr.JitUsIsUes-i j 4 and Mr. Bacon rang for tho English butler to sweep up two lampshades. '"That's all right,' Mr. Root says. 'Do you know who Is Indorsing mo?' " 'I seen tho names In tho paper be ginning with J. P. Morgan & Co.,' Mr. Roosovelt says, 'and If you was running for President of tho National Model Llconso Society, nnd was in dorsed by a lot of citizens headed by Bishop Vincent and footed by W. J. Bryan, you wuuld Btand Just so good a Bhow to got elected.' " 'Well, tell ino ono thing,' Root says. 'Who Is Indorsing you?' " 'I am,' Mr. 'Roosevelt says, 'and I ain't got no second choice neither.' "lleio Mr. Bacon gets busy. "'For my part, ho says, 'I got only tho Interest of you two follcrs at heart, and I don't glvo a whoop which ono of you gets licked. I'm entirely disinter ested and I think I show It, because, be Hove mo, I ain't no fonder of getting my house broko ns anybody else.' "Mr. Roosovelt nodded sympathet ically and tho effects down In tho kitchen was felt Instantly by a buttor dish nnd six soup plates In an open set of 126 dishes. " 'So what I say Is,' Bacon went on, 'one poker hand between you and draw to tho cards.' "Mr. Roosevelt shakes his head and tho open set becomes 122-71 dishes. " 'I nover touch cards,' ho said. " 'Then how about dlco?' Mr. Root suggests, but with no better results than boforo by two. cups and saucers and a vegotablo dish. " 'I might. Just as well lend you a million dollais,' Mr. Roosovclt said, 'and match you to see whether you pay mo back oiler not. Ono thing you could bo suro of, Mr. Root, if I loso this here nomination to anybody by playing cards it will bo Candcur solitaire.' " 'Then I'll tell you what I'll do with you,' Root says. 'I'll match you to seo whether wo both lcslgn In favor of Hughes.' t " 'Hughes?' Roosevelt says. 'Who's Hughes?' "And (Men ho laughs so hard that from tho vibrations of tho mechanical earthquake detector In the observatory of La Salic University, St. Louis, it was estimated by tho professor of astron omy that tho ccutro of tho disturbance, was no further nwny as Alaska. " 'Listen, Root,' Mr. Roosevelt says when ho can get his breath again, 'Mach mlr kcl bluflsl Mr. Wilson Inys awake nights worrying that tho Republicans ain't going to resurrect that feller Hughes olav hasltalcm from the Su premo Court. I wouldn't Indulge In no post-mortems with you about Hughes, but I'll say this much: you arbMho only Republican presidential possibility In sight AND LILY B7ILY ftNO THEK PONY JVOW WWTS "When Grandma Was a Girl" Sent In by Itosa Fisher, B. 4th st. When grandma was a little girl she nnd her sister lived In tho country. They played In a sunny meadow. Grandma and her sister would ofton take off their shoes and stockings and wade In the brook, It was great fun to feel the rippling water on their feet They tried to catch the silver minnows with bent pins, but they neer caught one. They sent chips loaded with pebbles sailing down the brook Sometimes Ihey played that the leases floating down the brook were fairy ships sailing to sea In the meadows were old tree stumps with velvety moss cushions at the roots These were fine playhouses, One side of the stump was the kitchen, the other side was the parlor. The mosstcush. tons mad, beautiful beds for their dolls. They made mud pies In the kitchen. The dlshej were pretty pieces of broken china. Grandma washed them" In the brook. What happy times she had when she was a girl I Grandma Is old now. Her hair is white. '''She cannot run and play. She sits in her big chair much of the time. I like to sit wlthjier, I often say, "Please tell me a story, grandma." I love to hear about what! she did when she was a little girl. She told me the story I haye told you. Do you not think she had happy times? FARMER SMITH, Evenino Ledger: I wish to become a member of your Rainbow Club. Please send me a beau. tlful Rainbow Button free. I agree to DO A LITTLE KINDNESS EACH AND EVERY DAY SPREAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL ALONG THE WAY; Name Addreas ,.,,.,,,,,,,,,1,,,.,,,,,,,, Age .,..,..,.,,......,............ School I attend ,..-,, .,......,....,., THE BEST DRAWINGS pF THE WEEK f Jf T- 3yWsRa Awy. n tinj fl S$4m ByVvWrdCo&.Cou.f J3Lus,pw. nv' . ' l MT" J..M,U I.... ... Win I - ' kf - Illustrations by BRIGGS "Hughes? Who's Hughes?" a- " 'Much obliged,' Root said. - " 'Not nt all,' Mr. Roosevelt tolls htm. 'In fact I wouldn't mention it if I was you, becauso this "year a Republican presidential possibility ain't ehough. What tho Republican party wants Is a ptcstdcntlal probability, Root, If not a certainty, and I nm sure I enjoyed your luncheon very much Indeed, Mr. Bacon.' "Toll mo, Zapp, ain't you got this wrong?" Birsky said. 'JI understand Senator Lodgo and General Wood was also at this here lunch." "Thoy came In lator, Just as Mr. Rooso- It was going," Zapp said; "and when Mr. Roosovclt told Gonoral Wood that he wa3 glad to fioo him again it cracked tho lacquor cabinet, two lectrlc light bulbs and tho glass in a framed enlargement over tho piano. " 'S'cnough,' Bacon says to Root, 'Ring up a taxi nnd we'll take him and his friends to tho Harvard Club.' " 'Why tho Harvard Club?' Root says. 'They Just got tho furniture dono over and things fixed up fresh over there. Tako 'em to tho Metropolitan Club. Them millionaires over there can stand It, and they're going to move lntoxa now clubhouso soon anyway.' "And that's tho wholo truth from tho luncheon party, Birsky," Zapp con tinued, "which It wouldn't of mado no difference If thoy had tho lunch odcr not, Root and Hughes ain't got a look in. Compared to them two boys tho United States Mortgago and Tr 'st Com pany has got a winning personality and a public following equal to Goraldlne Tarrar's. They ain't red-blooded enough. For Instance, If .ludgo Hughes some Easter Sunday should Gott soil hutcn cut an nrtcry on account ho gets out of practice from year to year trimming his beard, y'understand, before they could stop tho flow of stenographer's minutes JUNIOR BASEBALL SCORES R. H. B. Gcrmantown Rainbows 0000132 0 f 7 12 5 Oiney Juniors 0 2 0 0 12 0 0 05 8 8 Batteries Hanvllle nnd Cordeaux; Jones and Hettrlck. Captains, Farsytho and Miller. ; R. H. B. Spr(ice Street Winners v 00100300 01 6? 5 Baltlmoro Avenue AH Stars 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 02 5 8 Batteries Donaghy and Jamison; Brlnton and Turner. Captains, Sullivan and "Wade. Rosoto Rainbows Called on account of wet grounds. Lono Scouts Managers Flnelll-Smith. MERCY ANNE PERKINS On the Train, Dear Megsle; WELL, it's true ! I'm .on my way to boarding schqol, nnd for tho first time In my life I'm tucked up In n sleeping carl Oh. I know you'ro dying to know what I did with my clothes Well. I left them hanging on me, for I kept thinking of tho wreck we read about and then I couldn't manage on account of either bumping my head or tailing down every time I tried to stand up . Megsle, the most awful "thing happened. You'd never guess. I fell out of the uppor berth I (Daddy had to buy it when we got on the train because there weren't any first-floor ones left.) I got Into It all right and then I remembered I left my hat In the seat where I'd been sitting while the porter man was pulling my bed out of the wall (that's where they keep them).' I kind of like that hat (the brown one with the green quill), so I wanted to be suro no one took It, I put one foot out and bump! the next thing I knew I was kerplunk on the floor with a lot of people around saying nice things to me, and then one lady just made me take her lower berth, so she wouldn't have to worry all night for fear I'd fall out again. That's whero I am now, Megsle, there was one person who didn't say nice things. She was a girl with tangled yellow hair and fancy clothes and she laughed right Bnuara In my face. Just now, Megi I'm wishing and wishing that Murosle hadn't died, that daddy didn't have to break up our little home In Peace, ful Valley and go away out West, and that I wasn't traveling miles and miles a min ute to a boarding school where I won't know any anybody but mo m. Right now( peeked out my window, and way up in the Bky Is our fairy star, and she's kind of smiling and telling me not to care ; so I'm, going to Bnuggle down in my pillow and watch her and watch her until I fall asleep and dream that Megala, is coming, tool With lots of love and lonesomenesa, MERCY ANNE. P. S. Will write as soon as ever I get to Miss Stone's. l En Route. Darllngest EHse: Say, I can't believe Easter vacation Is oer and that I'm traveling back to the ho might loso as much as 1600 folios. Bellevo me7, Birsky, Mr. Hughes Is where bo belongs, becauso there's only two fellers coutd mako a living by hav lng their faces disguise their feelings, and that's a Judgo and a waiter, y'un derstand, abcr a waiter neblch must got to do It without whiskers." "Say I" Birsky said, "this is a freo country nnd nobody need got to shave If ho don't want to." "You'ro right, Birsky," Zapp Bald, "and whiskers wouldn't be a handicap if a man could becomo Prcsldont by In junction, mandamus, certiorari or quo warranto proceedings, abcr when he has got to mako a personal appeal and get tho sympathy of several million voters, and the only moans ho has of Bhowing love, lahochlcs, sorrow, almcha, despair nr.'i rachmonos Is a couple of cubic feet human hair whero his facial expression ought to' be, no's up against It like a one-nrmed fiddler." , "Well, when It comes to facial expres sion, Zapp," Birsky said, "I seen pic tures In the Sunday supplements of Mr. Roosovclt speaking from tho back plat form of a railroad train, and you can tell from tho way his face looks that what ho Is saying would miko what tho Pater son, N, J., pollco says quintan said sound so revolutionary llko 'Curfew Wouldn't Ring Tonight.'" ."Sure I know," Zapp said, "and th chances Is he Is only saying that ho Is glad to bo once more among his old friends In Snodekorvllle, tho home of the Snedeker Farm Implement and Buggy Company, y'understand, and ho is making em dcuovo ii, 100, wnorcaa If Hughes was on tho back end of Ihat train tho chances Is ho would call" It Steubenvllle, and when his secretary" nudges him ho would try to square him self by calling it 'Steubenvllle or Snedo korvllle, as tho case may bo, or words to that effect.'" "And what would Mr. Root say?" Birsky askod. "Ho wouldn't go thero at all," Znpp ropllod. "What does Mr. .Root caro about the pcoplo of Snedekorvlllo when ho Is Indorsed by tho presidents and boards of director's of every Interna, tlonal, national and American company In tho corporation directory from Inter national Architectural lion to Inter national Zinc Buckets? Yes, Birsky, If Mr. Root's Indorsers filled so much spaco In tho registry of voters ns they do In tho Directory of Directors, y'under. stand, ho would havo tho same walk over as Mr. Roosovelt has got." "Then you think Mr. Roosevelt would be elected?" Birsky said. "I certainly do," Zapp replied, "but If I thought I could get appointed to offlco by jnvltlng him to eat at my house, Birsky, I wouldn't tako no chances; I'd borrow tho furniture and dishes from an armchair lunchroom." ARK! Who knocks? "TJs I, MISS MAY! OES TO BOARDING SCHOOL, Catskllls. It's 10 now and I'm still up, I sent the maid to get me a book, but she said. "No bookB for children. Missy," I rwnT furious, for as soon as father left me-on the train I put my hair up. or course I look awfully old IE at loaBtv You bet she'll get none of tho 50 cents father gave me to tip her with. Say, what do you think? Some girl fell out of nn upper berth. A girl about our size She looked so queer I laughed right In her face," Say, she was funny -enough looking without having to fall out of an upper berth. Her hair was combed straight back and her eyes looked like saucers, She had on an old-fashioned brown dressand she had red hair Oh, you'd a-laugped if you'd n Been her. Well, nothing more now, so so long for tonight. When I get to Btonles' I'll write. Love to the kids. Yours eter nally, MAY BELLE IDELLE SMITIL P. S. We just passed Syracuse. How Johnny Pig Got His Blaclt Spots By HARRY BECKER Johnny was a good and c!e4n little pig, but always getting into mischief. One day, while he was walking, he saw Borne other pigs playing, and went over and asked them if ho could play, and they said es. All the pigs were good but one. and he was alwaya up to tricks. His name was Sam. Sam was standing by the lake when he thought of a plan which was to push Johnny In the lake. So when Johnny came atong Sam pushed him into the lake, and when he got out he had all tjack spots on his white coat, and that Is how Johnny got his blaclt spots. ' The Fairy and Policeman Catharine Murray, Danville, Pa. There was a .policeman ,who was very poor. He was too old to work any more, and he, therefore, had very little money, yet he was happy, for every night "Fairy" came to see him and every night he shed Just ona tear of Joy for having the pleasure of seeing "the fairy" Ona day he did not have even enough to eat. When "the fairy" came in that night she brought a beautiful string of glistening; diamonds. She told him to sell these dia monds and he would become a rich man She told ntm also that these very stones wera but the tears that he had shod He sold all lils diamtnda but one, and thla he always kept aS a remembrance of hla Talry Pleasure," aa he had called her Baseball Challenged ''The Gray's Ferry Rainbows want Sat crday games away with teams, of 10-year-old boys. Address John Hlggins, la care of Farmer Smith, Evbninq LacaEiU. The Philadelphia All-Stars, of ParrWi street, want Saturday samea &vav -wlefc I teams of 1 4 -16-y car-old boya WJU pay 'half expenses. Address Leon Brown- la caro Farmer smitb. v.sNiNO. Leuoek. I' 3 ' f i i
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