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MONTE CRISPEN
A Remarkable Stor?
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SYNOPSIS ., , ...
.. rrtspen. upon ":'"L, V"
'"n'i'otM? thins. a tfxtlTo" mill
ft ?I5 Oi?ollowlna th. blnwlns .up
. ,roV!.5 Vnllowlnu tlw blowing .up
.tirELlIM - ... I Arl ! mi
SicrW2;.. 'mhiIikt him V similar
Sr"ei cJ.5int tho Kensington taciory,
SmJSiV. to I ivrstlcatc, and (toes to
5 f PWIneIphla nil Mr. Taller.
St HKnt and ertlrlency engineer. He
Stec""1111,?. jUrler. her daughter
'ESSaon sttoDff . a hom., ,
ISfchlle ,no ',, Mrs. need, neighbor,
PJjMrr supper. '" "i Vi ih hMM
&. fSln-
rifc'1 SlSde i to Investigate this dread
ten Swr .Si Wt.lt Is quick con;
W7.f uhipji Is rontraciea oy mm
',0.ir.. the result ,V,ol'1?. mK
i"rMri.SS th 'Wedlng-up'1 system In
tMnery J jr.iucs tint the old out-of-
JI,.Vit in his mill and the hor
l M Iprnf"1. '" ,'" nuI. pmployei on to
(Title !'""': nro responsible, tor Jen;
IJi-nre "r??". K2 rfonth of hundreds of
(ltfhorouhV nwed hy the", crlm
'"" .iSns which exist In his own
,nl "d0nnW rushes to the telephone
tfittorlf". rJJVr Andrews, his lawyer and
'JSMi.lt. tha'l ; a change must bo made
itomedlstelJ (n, general manager of the
Oi'in old-fashioned man, and; de-
iWfrJBEr'SSl nhVu "r hS mean
jconMrrftl'1".
wn"''r"" When Jionte nn -."!i'i5
with him. Blanchard fires" the
,r"",'r7h S. Monte, however, de-
SS'lS'eSl.tln'Si his .am. and doe. not
t5Scloa bis "'".,' Ve'l- after this episode,
..W.rM from Stronff Marley that J.
'EM& ''trustor Tare In Kensington at-
3 .mm tb stir up trouble In. the.Crlspen
lmtlar tosi.r uj Four.".. In a
J1"?' nil young ml onalre recalls me
, IJ .JRuiia cross.. The. first
wrnttt, tnj 10 fin mind Is to kidnap
filn.iffiors" To this Andrew, reluctant
R.mes. , The next chapter opens with
8.'jSamer.ew Year parade.
CHAPTER VI Continued
E itGO! A princess nas nson in mo
astern world, for a prlnco hns called
Ion New Year's Day nt a humblo two
pSrr dwelling house; "- princo In shim
ESring tinsel, plumed hat and cape that
6rwsed,hls most Impudent calves. An
Ser January 1st finds another prlnco
Btanalns 0If the doorstep of tho doml
eU, of another beautiful princess; a
wince arrayed moro gorgeously than
the first, with a capo that trails his
lh and wipes out his footprints, and
i musical director with sweet melody
to augment his worshipful presence.
A custom Hko our mummers- is a
long-established practice resting for au
Ihorlty en long consont. True, the wily
jostume makers havo widened tho
prince capes until they aro now beyond
he slender purse of a single prince, and
there Is tho pooling of many purses In
Ibo dozens of Now Year's clubs, with a
robust captain princo. or king who
tralks with drooping shoulders and
crumbling legs under tho great weight
l added finery; his llttlo pages, 20, 40,
BO, Increasing In numbor with tho
ears, ilue with cold to their finger tip3
rom keeping his monster capo stretched
light like tho head of a drum. True, tho
frhole prince affair has become a pub
lie function, with prizes, politics and
fiotty Jealousies interwoven.
Stay! Turn not away. Tho parade
Is passing; a riot of color, gaiety, music
Mid carnival spirit extending in Broad
street from Porter street to Glrard
yenue. Watch the youngsters in tho
FARMER SMITH'S
r
WHAT IT IS LIKE
One of our wide-awake members
iu to tell me what it is like to be an
: in tho firaf rinnv ir is lin most
oaare always playing hide-and-seek with the little things of interest around.
, ttvnrir nno 5n thn srrrnt. pnr is nf interest to VOU. bCCBUSe, if VOU look far
noueh. evcrv person has a story, which,
Biake interesting reading.
An editor never stops working,
n, IlihU ( nnrnn olnnrr nrwl fnmfnri
airy angels to applaud him with their
one well.
Editors receive the largest salaries of any persons in the world. Not
i, dollars and cents, but in the satisfaction that, when all is over and their
ibors are completed, they have done ,the best they could, or they would not
3 editors.
' An editor is what lils readers make him. It is the audience that is
unny and not the humorist.
" An editor must nlwnvs ho enthusiastic, because, as Eugene Farrel says,
You cannot lie enthusiastically."
J Now if you would like to be an editor for one really ana truiy aay, an
(own and write me a letter and tell me what you would do if you were tho
fluaren's.Edltor of the Evening ledger. -
? I will Drint what vou write, if it is half as good as what I can do. Is
lis fair?
Our Postoffice
Alphonso Peterson is the proud posses
pr of a beautiful shiny bicycle and a
punbw button 1 which do think he
would rather have?
Sh-h. a little bird
tojri me he rode up
on Saturday to see
wiwT ' tne "Circus trains."
if t!ext t0 "llcklnS !
i'r f If tcr's fudge pan" we
wl!lw," vFA think watching cir
cus cars is about the
most fascinating oc
cupation In the
world ! Write and
tell us what ym
think, Alphonao.
Thomas Lester Jones
is AlphonsQ's very
good friend J he has
n IiIaiiaIa tnn anrl ATA
A- PETEBSON
circm party I
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IB v W .(s U1IIU nUla.t. a-v ...aw-.
Wa must answer "Things to Know and
fr. sht ln order win a prtte.
? must answer as many of the ques
wj as she can each night and mall
SS "J,a11 t08ther at the end of the
!K. Do not be discouraged If you can
answer al( of the questions each night;
I. w r bMt and remember that other
winhows have the same trouble as you.
V"" ua, CanTden. and Jeanne Sen.
Vitldley Park Pa u-ri nn nimlv an
JSHh they were copying a page in the
KPy book " it is wy gratifying and
letters whose little write have
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w3iutro ol wildwood. M J . write
wunuun mrp- for which f
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Pft. , JomdH WaxelL Rox-
W4s4 ttKsu mmm tu our list pf j
' me tinr tnamrierg uin nsv ;
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of the Millionaire-Hero's Adventures in Kensington
crowd to whom tho story books have
come true. Ivanhoe! Thaddeus of "War
saw! RlchatJ the Lion-Hcartedl Sir
Walter .Halolgh! Wntch the grown-ups
who laugh at the dancing clowns, Mex
icans, cowboys, etc., and see In many
of tho costumes crisp satire on the
dolrigs of tho world, picturesque and
original.
It Is but a fow steps from fiction to
fact. Fortunate Indeed Is tho city that
has a carnival time of Its own. A city
without traditions Is an apple without
a tnste. Abolish our mummers? Perish
the, thought!
"Now, whatever good aro those
enormous capes?" fault-found a visitor
in tho dense crowd of spectators massed
around tho Broad Street Station.
"You ft stranger7" bawled out a
leather-lunged citizen.
"Yes, I am ovor from Baltimore."
"Well, Trlend front the Monument
City, those capes tire llfenets which wo
can use at any big fire to catch upper
floor folk when they Jump."
"Remarkable!"
"Only wo have not had tho big fire,"
guffawed tho local wit. "Haw! Haw!
That'B a good one to spring on a Balti
more guy. No offense, stranger; this
is carnival time, and any sort of Joke
goos." s
AH Nev Year's Day It was hub
bub, hurly-burly and merry-making In
the streets of tho Quaker City. 'Ken
Blngton had Its full sharo of tho out
door mirth, for "mumming" goes on In
the outlying sections long after the
grahd downtdwn parado had dispersed.
Tho units of the parado sift all over the
city. Wherever tho t,ye turns thero is
a vivid fragment of tho whole, cavort
ing himself madly. What "shooter"
wants tho day to ovor end, this day of
days? Tomorrow comes soon enough,
so wo find each carnival lad clinging to
his gay attlro with tho tenacity of a
puppy to a root. !-
At 5 o'clock in tho afternoon there
might have been seen hanging about
a detached house In Murdock street ono
of tho mummer princes. He was not a
captain prince, with a cape as largo
as a Silver Crown creation, nor as fan
tastic aB a Lobster Club design. He
was an old-fashioned prince, with a
purple cape about the size of an ordi
nary horse blankot. A plain mask con
cealed his face.
Ho walked lazily to and fro, dividing
his attention between bowing extrava
gantly at tho passers-by and keeping
within eye-range of tho doorway of tho
detached house.
Murdock street, north of Allegheny
avenue, is a. broken block; Its cast side
a solid front of yellow one-story dwell
ings, torraced up from the sidewalk,
and Its west side n mixed assortment of
two-story houses at street level, each
with a concrete walk running to Its
TsiK
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TO BE AN EDITOR?
has written me saying, I would like
editor."
delicrhtful task in the world, becauso
when told in simple language, will
even when ho is asleep. -noDgooima
lllITI nf flllHcS UtinerfOrmed and alSO
delicate white wings when he has
.
FARMER SMITH,
Children's Editor, Evening Ledger.
CA'nXfK'n RM.TIT
KVRU.Mfl I.RnflEH.
I wish to become a member of your
li.i.nhmv ciun. i'leaBB sena me u uau
tlful Rainbow Button free. I agree
to DO A LITTLE KlND.Nt.S3 fciAUJl
AND EVERY DAY SPREAP A
LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL ALUNU
THE WAY.
Name ., , ...
Address
Age
School I attend,
My Little Girl '
My little girl Is nested
Within her tiny bed.
With amber ringlets crested
Around her dainty head.
She lias so calm and stilly,
She breathes so bo ft and low,
She calls to mind a lily
Half hidden In the enow.
A weary little mortal ,
Has gone to slumberLnid;
The pixies at the portal
Have caught her by the hand.
She dreams her broken dolly
Will soon be mended there
That looks so melancholy
,Upon the rocking chair,
I kiss your wayward tresses,
My drowsy little queen;
I know you have caresses
From floating forms unseen.
O angels, let rue kep her
To kiss away my cares,
Thi. darling little sleeper
Who has my love and prayers!
Things to Know and Do
J. Wheals the author of the following
lines In their correct form?
3. Write the following tatut correctly
and fill in the missing word:
"Tell me not In mournful
Life la but an empty sleep
For the soul if dead that drowses.
And tWs are not what they realry are."
ha bristle vo, it baefet Ifot Httt
fctk
rear. The fourth of these from Alle
gheny avenue was the one under, the
scrutiny of the masked prince. '
Occasionally he crossed the street
and exchanged a few words with a
capering clown, who hepped about the
sidewalk with greater enorgy than one
would expect of a porson up all of tho
night before, The clown seemod to feel
a romarkablo curiosity In regard to tho
contents of a grocer's window around
the corner on Allegheny avenue. From
time to time a policeman passed along
that Important highway, Jostling against
other mAsqueradors.
Tho clown addressed by the prince
replied and passed on; and then tho two
rejoined each other to laugh and say
"Good! No one would over recognize
us."
And, looking at them closely, they
had real causa for exaltation and good
reason to bo proud, evon If it was nip
ping cold and the air was filled with
tiny dry snowflakos.
"I am not surprised that peoplo from
tho Big Four who havo been passing
did not recognize mo," said tho prlnco
quietly, "since I am not able to recog
nize mysolf. Whore Is tho car, Lars?"
"Up alley, Mr. Crlspon," said the
clown.
"The ono that parallels this street half
a block west and opens out Into Al
legheny avenue?" ,
"Yaw."
"Got her headed' right nnd tho en
gine going?"
"Yaw, yaw," said tho Norse chauffeur
"" "Listen, Lars! When our man leaves
tho fourth house, you danco along in
front of him until you are beforo the
concroto walk of tho second houso
from tho corner. Then fall In front of
him; that old jujutatt trick I taught you
In Paris, ncmomber! After wo havo
him, you take his feot and I his
shoulders, nnd wo will carry him
through to the rear yard of tho vacant
houso. Over the fence Is tho placo I
told you to leave tho blue llmouslno.
Are you sure It Is thero?"
"Yaw," said the clown fox-trotting
toward tho fourth house.
But tho time for further Instructions
was over. No moro reflections. The
tlmo for action had como.
-
Tho prlnco again passed the clown,
going beyond tho fourth house. He
gave a low "hist," for tho door opened
and there emerged a rough, foreign
looking man with steely eyes and gran
ite face, who woro a tattered black coat
and baggy, Ill-fitting trousers. His cap
was shabby and dirty and he smoked
a large plpo ns he walked briskly to
ward Allegheny avenue, glancing fur
tively to the right and tho left.
It is quite remarkable how much can
hnppen In the street that goes for play.
There were people actually on the steps
of tho terraced houses across Murdock
J2AINBOW CLUB
FARMER SMITH'S GOAT BOOK
Missus Bumpus Has a Surprise
After Billy Bumpus had arrived home
from the place wheie ho had been for a
time, his wife was all excited to find out
what had happened.
"What was your new home like?" she
asked Billy, seating herself comfortably
bcaldo him. A'hem! A'hcm! Billy cleared
his thioat very 1 carefully, Btroked his
beautiful whiskers and begun: "You see,
my dear, It was liko this: There were
Persian ruga on the floor and my meals
were herved to me on a golden platter."
"Is that so?" asked Jllssua doat.
"My bed was of the softest down and
sweet mualn played while I slept."
"Is that so?" And Mle3us Goat moved
her chair a little closer.
"No sooner had I pulled the lovely
counterpane ovor me when the soft per
fume of roses lloated through the air."
".My! My!" said Mrs. Goat. "Is that
so?"
"No," said Billy, looking closer at her.
"I'm flbblng."
Branch Club News
Wilfred Webb, of 2d Street pike, haa
organized a branch club, which will meet
once a week to answer the questions In
the Rainbow News. In answer to his re
quest that we name lils club, we suggest
that his members call themselves the
"Question Marks." This will signify that
they are always seeking after knowledge.
If this name does not satisfy, plea3e tell
us and. we will suggest another.
Pauline Rafrman and Sarah Dlugatch,
the founders of the Rainbow Rose Club
In Woodbine, N, J report rapid progress.
Their circle now numbers 11 little glrld,
ranging in ages' from 7 to 3 years. They
have ery happy and Industrious times
at their meetings and Intend soon to give
proof of their Industry by sending speci
mens of their work.
George Tanguay, of Arch street, has
plana under way for a branch club In
Ocean City. N. J., where he spends his
summers. The club will be chiefly athletic
and Its Interests will Include swimming,.
paseuau ana oiner Bpona.
An Excitement
By ANNA MURPHY, dermtntown.
Once a man saw another man climb
throur'i the window of a large house. He
judged htm a robber and sent for the
police. The police rang for the patrol
wagon. Every one waited outside so that
they might arrest the man as he came out.
They waited for an hour, but when no
one came out they said they would In
vestigate. On going In they saw a man
sitting at a table reading a book. Some
people who had seen the man -climb In the
window of tho house said this was the
very same man.
When they told him he was under arrest
he Bald:
"What for?"
They told him that a number of people
had seen him climb into the window of
thi house.
Ho said to the police and a few other
persons standing around;
"Can't a man climb in the window of
his own home If be wants to."
He told the truth. It was his own home
and he had lost his keyl
Branch club leader tie euaestlr re
quested to send In report of each
meeUng to t department. Outline
the werk tht you are dolus: (It wr)
&ud tell about the Kood times ttutt you
are bavins;. Let ui aU becums ie-HUslnUJl
And a rather mussed-up prince remained in the middle of the road
waiting for a trolley back to Camden, while a motor dropped rapidly
away from sight in the direction of New York.
street when a clown began his antics
ln tho path of tho foreigner. Such tom
foolery, they thought, when suddenly
the clown and the big man were rolling
togethor on tho ley ground. Rough
sport, porhaps, decided tho onlookers,
but then It's tho spirit of tho day.
With a suro oye tho prince, his enpo
In hand, made appraisal of the dlstanco
that separated him from tho struggling
pair, and with three bounds ho was
upon the clown's antagonist. Tho man
tried to cry out; an Iron hand stilled
tho cry ln his thront, drew from his hip
pocket a murderous-looking stllletto ho
was trying to reach nnd ln a trlco had
gagged him. Thon over tho man's head
went tho prlnco's capo, completely en
veloping tho upper part of his body.
Who can now say these capes servo no
practical purpose?
Before tho foreigner had tlmo to cry
out ho was bound, lifted and carried
down the walk of tho ncnnt houso to
tho rear fence. Hero tho prlnco and
the clown paused to take breath, for
they wero out of slgnt of tho rows of
terraced houses. An old lady ln tho
next yard startled them by putting her
head over tho fence.
"Oh, you rough boys!" she said.
"WhataVer Is tho world coming to?"
"Wo aro playing Indian wars," said
tho prlnco, Ingeniously, for the prisoner
was' kicking vigorously. "Ho Is a
Tory."
"Boys will be boys, I suppose," said
tho woman, and sho went back to her
clothesline. Tho prince and the clown
looked llko boys, big boys.
A small goto opened Into the nlloy,
where could bo heard tho panting of the
motor's engine.
"Quick, Lars! One moro lift and tho
Job's done," said tho prlnco, softly.
Half suffocated, the man was thrown
inside the bluo limousine. Not an ex
clamation, not nn oath, not a sound;
nothing had escaped him from tho time
ho had beon sot upon by tho clown and
prince, it was getting dusk, and coming
down the alley they heard a heavy foot
fall, tho measured and regular tread of
a watchman. Tho Jig was up. They
were caught ln a pocket.
No! There was ono way out. Tho
alley ran through to Clearfield street.
"Keep your headlights off," whispered
the prince to Lars, now divested of his
clown's suit, "and back us down through
tho alley. Hurry! 'I will look out for the
scoundrel. He is bound securely."
An hour, later Monte Crlspen stood on
tho running-board of tho bluo limousine
ln the outskirts of Camden, N. J. He
was grinning from ear to ear.
"How's your tank, Lara?" he asked.
"Full."
"All right, now you beat It for Jer
sey City. You know the road nnd It's
going to be moonlight. Mr. Andrews
and Agent W. (yes, tho man who was
with us when we had the smash-up on
tho West Chester pike) will be waiting
In the ferryhouse on the New Jersey
side.. Open her up, Lars. I leave you
here."
And a rather mussed-up prince re
mained in tho middle of the road wait
ing for a trolley back to Camden while a
motor Cropped rapidly away from sight
ln the direction of New York.
With the lights of Camden well at his
back and an open stretch ahead, Lars
bent low over his wheel. Towns winked
feebly as they rushed past, long bridges
gave out despairing groans; hills and
valleys pitched, tossed and gasped. In
visible from the outside a bundle of
human mystery, half suffocated in a
prince's cape, tied fast between the
doors, rolled despairingly on the floor of
the rocking car.
Full tilt across the sovereign State of
New Jersey whizzed the blue limousine,
an earthly meteor to the man in the
moon.
CHAPTER VII
A Tale of Three Cities
TO extract confessions from men de
termined to preserve silence, men con
fident that no proofs of guilt can be pro
duced against them, is a trying undertak
ing at best, and almost exoneiates use of
the much decried third degree. For
months the Federal Department of Justice
ln co-operation with district attorneys all
over the country had been held at bay
by the mysterious perpetrators of a series
i the most diabolical crimes against
American thrift and enterprise. Aside from
the bombing of Industrial plants, the pro
curing of labor strikes and insidious
lobbying In the national legislative halls,
there was to Investigate the causes of
subtle raiding of important raw materials
used In production, passport frauds and
the sedulous poisoning of publlo opinion in
foreign-language newspapers.
Justice' itself was openly hampered.
Congressional Inquiries, mysteriously set
into motion, coolly pried into the secrets
of the grand jury room, and the turmoil
of accusation and counter-accusation made
thinking men wonder whether civil war
was not already upon the land. Actual
fighting and bloody battles are only the
Cnal setting, the crux of a previous pent
up state of mind among people who make
up tho world or a single country.
Tba dastardly operations of a Sigvay
gang in the Philadelphia district was but
the segment c-i a whole. While their ex,
tent was of towjrlng toporUnca to the
particular persons engaged la uravellng
them; surveyed In the larger perspective
of tho cntlro country Hcrr Hochmelster
nnd his plots was only a small cog in
tho wheel of n gigantic cngino of ruthless
destruction.
Which about explains the point of view
of an alert young asslnlnnt district at
torney at the Federal Building on lower
Broadway, New York, when tho alien
quarry, overpowered In Murdock street,
Philadelphia, wns unceremoniously pre
clpltated Into his odlco by August W
of tho Secret Service, and C'ralg Andrews.
Dnzed from tho wild ride ncross Jersey,
tho prisoner stupidly looked nt the prose
cutor. Federal marshnls had relieved him
of Monte's gag, tliesllence-compclllng folds
of tho Prlnco's capo, and many windings
of rope, the strength of the latter showing
In great red welts round tho man's huge
forearms.
"Whsro Is the Judge?" he asked In
broken TTngllsh, evidently under the Influ
ence of a European system of legal pro
cedure. "I am tho Judge," replied the oung as
sistant, "at least so far ns you are now
concerned "
In Franco the Napoleon Code provides
an examining Judgo who considers nil evi
dence and personally Interrogate"! tlV3
accused beforo n nrosocutlon artuallv bo-
I nllls. In nnr pnnntrv ua hnvn tlt trrnnil
jury to receive the preliminary evidence,
but on account of the Immunity from
prosecution that runs to thO"e who appenr
beforo that body. It rests with district at
torneys through their assistants to per
form tho functions of nn examining Judgo.
When the public nt largo finally under
stands this wholly proper kink In Amer
ican criminal practice, many mists will
have rolled away.
"Kxnmlno him Agent W.," continued
the young assistant. "You are familiar
with the whole case. I can call an Inter
preter If we need one "
Turning to the Philadelphia lawyer he
salrl, "Glad to meet you. Mr. Andrews.
Is this prisoner the chief, the ono you call
tho 'oroascr-gebrr t"
"No. Ho Is not Hochmelster."
"Tlint Is really too bad. Take a scat
at my desk."
Andrews moved out Into the full light
of the cluster of electric lamps over the
prosecutpr's desk, Tho prisoner stnred
hard nt him, and then started tolently.
He glanced swiftly toward the door as If
premeditating escape.
However faithfully ono may write out
tho Incidents nf an examination of this
character It conveys to the reader no more
Idea of the scene than a photograph gives
the effect of an ou'door Innscape. One
can put down on pappr tho words ns they
fall from tho lips of the actors, 'but one
can never adequately give expression In
language to the repressed movements, the
shifting glances, the lights and shades nf
manner nnd the swift glances of hatred
and suspicion flashed out from a guilty
accused.
"The gamo Is up, 68," bellowed Agent
W., advancing toward the prlsonftr, his
dnrk, penetrating eyes never once leaving
the face of the man, . He went on w 1th
a rasping roar:
"You did right to start with surprise on
seeing that gentleman. We've got you dead
to rights Ho will swear "you are the
devil who put emery In the gear box of
tho big blue automobile nt Crlspen, Pa.,
tho day the Iron works were blown up."
"What of It?" tho prisoner replied sav
agely, evidently taken completely off his
guard. He had either expected a much
more serious charge to be made against
him or he had decided that his presence
that day at the Iron works was of no
especial consequence.
"You can do nothing with me here," he
growled, "that was In another State "
Without waiting for the Inhuman brute
to recover from the effects of the Initial
sledghammer blow, W came closer, and
shaking a clenched fist In the prisoner's
face shouted:
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sarah Marie takes on weight;
incubator cradle new way
Little Miss Sweiker Lost Half Her Two Pounds in
Month's Career on Earth But She's
Heavier Now!
The loss of one pound In weight wor
ries the average woman little.
However, If she weighed only two
pounds and lost one-half of her entire
weight it would perhaps cause a few
wrinkles to appear ln her pretty brow.
But that Is not the case with little Miss
Marie Sweiker, who Is not yet one month
old. Yet this very same thing happened
to her. Miss Sarah arrived to make more
work for the census taker on April 4,
nnd nt that time weighed exactly two
pounds.
That was bad enough. Physicians nt
the Women's Hospital, at 22d street and
College avenue, held conferences and mado
a big fuss over the exceptional baby,
which they called n case unpnrnlleled. Lit
tle Sarah was watched and to the aston
ishment of tho physicians sho began to
lose weight True she didn't have much
to lose, but sho set about doing It In a
regular manner, Just as If she were a big
"grown-up" that had been careless with
her health.
First she lost a few ounces, according
to the delicate scale on which she was
weighed. Then the loss reached a quarter
pound, a half pound and finally a pound,
one-half of the baby's weight. A con
sultation was held and she was immedi
ately put in an incubator, constructed
like nn ordinary-looking box, with n glass
rover which slid forward and backward
for ventilation purposes.
WILL ESTABLISH HEALTH POST
City to Conduct Educationnl Experi
mental Work in District of
South Philadelphia
An experimental health district Is to
be established In South Philadelphia In
order that tho plan of extensive health
educntlon, advanced by Director Krusen,
of tho Department of Health nnd Chari
ties, can be given n thorough trial under
municipal control.
The new station will be established May
IE at 12th nnd Carpenter streets and
the boundaries of the district probably
will be 8th to Broad street, Fitzwater
to Ellsworth street. It will bo under tho
supervision of Director Krusen, Chief
John A. Vogleson. of tho Bureau of
Health; Dr. Joseph S. Neft, president of
the Child Federation, nnd Dr. Samuel Mc
Cllntock Hamlll, chairman of tho Com
mlttco of Research of tho Child Federa
tion. At the new station every facility for
meeting tho physical needs of any neigh
borhood will bo available. Sanitary in
spections, inspection of food, medical In
spections, treating nnd caring for cases
of contagious diseases and Inspection of
schools will be taken care of at tho sta
tion nnd un tho work in this district Is
perfected others will be outlined and es
tablished. For two years past tho Child Federa
tion has conducted a health centro at the
point selected for the start of the mu
nicipal plan. Tho work has been entirely
of a preventive nature, sick persons hav
ing been referred to their fnmlly physi
cians or hohpltals. Tho Federation has
endeavored to prove the value of restricted
health education as well as the need of
having residents know the persons work
ing for their Interest along tho lino of
better health conditions.
CHRISTIAN HEBREWS MEET
Alliance Seeking to Reconcile Jews to
Jesus Christ Convenes
The Hebrew Christian Alliance of Arrfcr
Ica, which, endeavoring to evolve a plan
by which Jews can accept Jesus Christ
without renouncing their racial and na
tional customs, began Its second General
Conference last evening In Chambers
Wylle Presbyterian Church. Prominent
churchmen of several denominations will
deliver addresses at the sessions, which
will continue until Friday. The Rev. Dr.
John Grant Newman, pastor of Chambers
Wylle Church, mado the address of wel
come at the opening session.
Tho Alliance Is composed of Christian
Jews who arc seeking to remove the
obstacles encountered In'thelr propaganda
among their own people In behalf of tho
Christian faith. Most of the ministerial
associations are agreeing to make conces
sions which will enable the Jew to adopt
Christianity without the complete saciince
of his racial customs.
S B Rohold, of Toronto, is president of
tho ' Hebrew Christian Alliance. Mark
John Levy Is the general secretary and
Maurice Ruben, of Pittsburgh. Is treas
urer. 308 Church Members Gairied
A gain of 908 members' In the last year
has been recorded by churches ln the Pres
bytery of Philadelphia North. The gain
In new members and In money Is the
greatest In the Presbytery's history.
Twenty-one candidates for the ministry
are enroled ln the Presbytery thus break
fng another record The sum of JW.000
was raised for all purposes. It was re
ported at a meeting held yesterday.
SHIPPEN
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The tiny compartment was heated by
means of two hotArater bags, placed
under the baby's swaddling clothes and
blankets. Immediately Sarah began to
rally and take notice of the world in gert'
eral. Nourishment was administered by
giving her milk through a medicine
dropper.
Baby soon began to recover her lost
weight Ounce by ounce was added to
tho little body by careful nourishment,
until In two weeks she had regained hor
lost pound In full. And now she has
gone over two pounds, and Is making
steady progress toward tho three-pound
mark.
The fact that tha baby Is living and
la apparently thriving Is credited to the
Incubator by Dr. Alice M. Seebrook, super
intendent of the hospital.
"Without a doubt tho child would havo
died," she said today. 'The Incubator
saved It nnd I think tho treatment will
soon enable It to reach a normal etato.
The bnby Is vigorous nnd has every sign
of being a healthy normal baby. An
Incubator Is an easy thing to make and
a great many babies could be saved by
using one moro often. Ten years ago,
when we wero cnllcd on hurriedly to use
one, wo mado It out of n cracker box and
hot water bags. Anil' anybody else could
do the same."
HER INCOME $C A WEEK, SHE
SPURNS "TAINTED" $200,000
Miser Uncle, She Asserts, Squeezed
From the Poor
NEW YORK, May 3 Lost February
Miss Edith Kltchlng refused J40.000 willed
her by Frank Ripley, her uncle, becauso
his money wns "squeezed from tho poor."
Yesterday Surrogate Ketcham, In Brook
lyn, ruled that tho whole fortune. $200,000,
was hers.
In her little hall bedroom, at 24 Bank
street, where she lives on less than $6 a
wcok, she majestically scorned her uncle's
fortune again last night
"Docs tho additional $160,000 take the
taint off nclo Ripley's money?" she
scornfully Inquired.
Earnest and sincere, garbed In a hy
gienic dress of wool, loose and comfort
able, with baro feet encased ln sandals)
she went on:
"Uncle Ripley was a miser. Ho lived
with two loaded pistols always beside him.
Ho made his money from mortgages
squeezed from tho poor. The money's
tainted. It's a moral Issue with me. It
wouldn't make any difforenco If It was all
the money ln tho world I wouldn't touch
It."
Money Is a negligible quality or quan
tity in the life of Miss Kltchlng. With her
mother, Harriot B. Ripley, a twin to the
uncle, she lived ln France for years on
Jl a day. Tho dollar was the pension
from tho United States Government for the
death of her father. J. Howard Kltchlng
who was shot In the Civil War.
GIFT FROM PRESIDENT'S WIFE
Handkerchief Sent by Mrs. Wilson to
Bo Prize for Catholics '
A lace handkerchief donated by Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, wife of tho President,
will bo offered as a . prize at the annual
entertainment, euchro "500" and prom
enade to be held tonight in Mercantile
Hail, Broad street above Master, under
tho auspices of tho Church nf Our Lady
of Mercy.
Monslgnor Coghlan, rector of the church,
will take an active part In the direction
of the affair. Dr. L. J. Griffin Is chair
man of tho Entertainment Committee. It
is expected that 2000 persons will attend.
BABY MILK
(Dr. Oaertner's modifications)
Bttt and Balcit
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Delivered dally In U oz.
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