-EVENING: LBD0ER PHILADELPHBV, WEDNESDAY, MAY U l&Lfr
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By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Author 01 uie xarzan laics
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the Russian.
escapes from
tiS to llonaon. brlnnlnut with him Akut,
, i. Turmn's friend Tnrn's son,
nss,Dn Kept.
enrlT life In tr
ut toAfrlca afte
h. Thrre Akut
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V.k Ciiton. .who hB,bn kept In Inn
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life in ihe lunvle.
Ith Akut to Africa atter.fhe ape
R. Killed raulvltch. .There Akut kills an
American crooK; ana the two ns fnto the
"jJinn. little flaunhler of CRPtain Jacot.
iff FWelm Lesion, has .been, stolen, bjr
ih Arabs, anil Jenssen nnn Malbltin. two
Swedes" reeoimUs her In Jlerlem. supposed
eTushtef of tht shall!, and try to rarrjr her
iff for the reward Jacpt has offered.
fie aulekly rinds, his place in the Jurists
a meets his first Ion wh lis hunting with
iwt " he lad wins the title of KornV the
killer, in manr adventures Doth blacks
V'.""ui.:- him mil rirlvA him Awnv,
f V 'finally consents to w wWAkut K
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(ha treat, AiW Tho two approach the vll-
lire of Akut a nmn . , ,,
But even the .(rrcat RPs .refute Korak
and Akut hospitality, and, s ck at heart, the
lad turns once mora Into the Juntle. He
chances on the sheik's .villas lust In t me
to rescue Merlem from the Arab e brutality.
With Akut, they go. Into the Junsly to live.
One day, while Koran .And Abut are hh.
nt longer than usual, Merlem s-oee a little
way to meet them. 8he hears a noise, and
Mlevlnr It to be caused by her friends,
(turns slumber. Suddenly the. arcat apes
wio had rlr ven Korak and Akut from them
burst into view, .Merlem rushes to the
I IffJu. afforded by tho upper limbs of trees,
wh'eh ars Ttoo small to sustain tho, heavier
weltnt of the brutes. Just as she Is about
In attain this height she urabs at a limb
wboie "weight she misjudges and slips back.
CHAPTER XI Continued
IT OAVB slowly at first. Then there was
a ripping ns If parted from the trunk. He
leasing her hold, Merlem dropped among
lh foliage benoath, clutching for a new
support Sho found It a dozen feet below
the broken limb.
Sho had fallen thus many times before,
(o that sho had no particular terror of a
,BM t was the ueiay wnicii nppniieu ner
most, and rightly, for scarce had she
scrambled to a place of enfoty than tho
kndv ot the hugo ape dropped at her side
4 Una B great, hairy arm went about her
Almost at once tho other ape reached his
eompanlon's side. Ho made a lunge at
VMerlcm. but her captor swung her to one
Side, bared his fighting fangs, and growled
ttmittrtm struggled to escape. Sho struck
'at tho hairy breast and bearded cheek. She
fastened her strong, white teeth In one
ahna-s-y forearm. Tho ape cuffed her
nlclouely across the face, then he had to
turn his attention to his fellow, who quite
evidently desired tho prize for his own.
The captor could not fight to advantage
mjon the swaying bough, burdened as ho
was by a squirming, struggling captive, so
he dropped quickly to the ground beneath.
The other followed him, and here thoy
fought occasionally abandoning their duel
to pursuo and recapture tho girl, who took
every advantage of her captors' preoccupa
'tton In battle to brenk away In attempted
scape, but always thoy ovortook her, and
first one and thon the other possessed her
3 they struggled to tear one another to
pieces for the prize.
Often tho girl came In for many blows
that were Intended for a. hairy foe. and
once she was foiled, lying unconscious while
the apes, relieved of the distraction of de
taining her by force, tore Into ono another
tn fierce and terrlblo combat
v Above them screamed tho little monkeys,
tracing hither and thither In a fronzy of
"hysterical excitement. Back and forth over
tho battlefield Hew countless birds of gorgc
'ous plumage, squawking their hoarse cries
of rage and deflanco. In the distance a
lion roared.
The larger bull was slowly tearing his
antagonist to pieces. They rolled upon tho
ground, biting and striking. Again, erect
upon their hind legs, they pulled and tugged
like human wrestlers, but always the giant
fangs found tholr bloody part to play, mntll
iSIVr? the " out
con'sclou Zl " nU t Mill and un
foJndnt.n lh '?"'"'. At last one
the other "SM h0'& ln the Jugular of
the fail timJd us they went down t0T
lay with ?; For ?everal minutes they
a?Re hull ,rC0 a 8trBRl- " was the
embrace. arose alons from that laBt
from wjh.iii!?7if' dep srowl n,mb1"1
and T forth h.,y-.thro1t !Ic waddled back
A?. .belween the body of the elrl
nt,lithttt of hl "inqulfthed foe. Than he
hi. MPOn 11" ,att and gave tongu to
b okheldBcreSamlln!!n.Be- TM "' mfnk.ys
terlfvlno- .'."'v'","11 directions as the
eo r iVdVtokg S5Sr Rtr
atanCKVa?eRrnda6nce?n "" U"'
girl's" sMf' tttrP.e.Wa,1,3iei cnca mor to the
back8 and llL hor over uPn hr
:"i ."' "tooping, commenced to sniff
hi. .SMh?wed h.', ,,l8PlBure by baring
Li. if. 5nd "" up at them. Then
he stooped and, lifting the a-iri 1,1.
w1.r. waddled off through "the L '
In his wake followedjhe angry mob.
t CHACTEll XH
Akut, King -
KOIIAK, returning from the hunt, heard
tho Jabbering of tho excited monkeys.
He knew that something was seriously
amiss. Hlstah, tho Bnake, had doubtless
coiled his slimy folds about some careless
Manu,
The youth hastened ahead. The mon
koys were Btrlem'a friends. Ho would
Jieip mem If he could. Ho traveled rapidly
along the mlddlo terrace. In tho tree by
Merlcm's shelter he deposited his trophies
of tho hunt and called aloud to her. There
was no answer,
.iHi8.dv0p.ed lilcMy to a lower level. Sho
might be hiding from him.
Upon a great branch Where Merlem often
swung at Indolent ease he saw Geeka
propped against the tree's great boio. What
could it mean? Merlem had never left
uceka thus nlono before. Korak picked
up the doll and tucked It in hiB belt. Ho
called again, more loudly, but no Merlem
answered hlsBummons. In tho distance the
Jabbering of tho oxclted Manus was grow
ing less distinct.
Could their excitement be in any way
connected with Merlcm's disappearance?
i.i thouSnt was enough. Without
waiting for Akut, -who was coming Blowly
along somo distance In his rear, Korak
swung rapidly In tho direction of tho chat
tering mob. But a few minutes sufficed to
overtake the rearmost.
At sight of him they fell to screaming
and pointing downward ahead of them,
and a moment later Korak camo within
sight of tho cause of their rage.
The youth's hoart stood still In torror as
ho saw tho limp body of tho girl across
tho hairy shoulders of a great ape. That
sho was dead ho did not doubt: and In thaf
instant there arose within him a some
thing which ho did no try to Interpret, nor
could have, had ho tried. But all at once
the whole world seemed to centre in that
tender, graceful body that frail, little body
hanging so pitifully limp and helpless
across tho bulging shoulders of the brute.
He knew then that little Merlem was his
world his oun, his moon, his stars with
her going had gone all light and warmth
and happiness. A groan escaped his lips,
and after that a series of hideous roars,
moro bestial than the beasts", as he dropped
plummetlike In mad descent toward the per
petrator of thlsi hideous crime. '
The bull npo turned at thft first noteot
this new and menacing votce, And as he
turned a new flame was added to 'the rage
and hatred of the Killer, for he saxr that
the creature before him was hone other
than the king ape which hnd driven him
away from the grcnt anthropoids to whom
he had looked for friendship and asylum.
Dropping the body of tho girl to the
ground, the bull turned to battle anew for
possession of his expensive pruei but this
limn tin tnnked fnr an ttS conquest. He,
too, recognized Korak. Had he hot chased -t
him away from the amphitheatre without
even having to lay a fang or paw upon
him? With lowered head and bulging
shoulders he rushed headlong for the
smooUi-sklnned creature who was daring to
question his right to his prey.
They met head-on llko two charging
bulls, to go down together, tearing and
striking, Korak forgot his knife. Itnge
and bloodlust such as his could be satis
fied only by the feet of hot flesh between
rending fangs, by tho gush of new life
blood against his bare skin, for though he
did not realize It. Korak, tho Killer, was
fighting for something more compelling
than hate or revenge ho was a great male
fighting nnother male for a Bhe of his own
kind.
Bo Impetuous was the attack of tho man
ape that he found his hold boforo the an
thropoid could prevent him n, savago hold,
with strong Jaws closed upon n pulsing
Jugular, and there ho clung, with closed
eyes, while his fingers sought another hold
upon the shaggy throat
It was then that Merlem opened her
eyes. At tho Bight before hor they went
wide. j,
"Kornkt" sho cried. "Korakl My Korak!
I knew that you would come! Kill him,
Korakt Kill html" And with Hashing eyes
and heaving bosom the girl, coming to her
feet, ran to Korak's nldo to oncourago him.
Nearby lay tho Killer's nponr, where ho
had flung It as he chargfd tho ape. Tho
girl saw It and snatched it up. No falnt
neas overcame hof In the face of this battle
nrlmoval at her foot Kor hor thoro was
no hysterical reaction from tho nerve strain
of her own personal encounter with the
bull. She was excited, but cool and en
tirely unafraid.
Her Korak was battling with nnother
Mangnnl that would have stolen her; but she
did not seek tho safety of nn overhanging
bough, there to watch tho battle from afar,
as a sho Mangant would have dohc. In
stead, sho placed tho point of Korak'n spear
against tho bull-ape's sldo and plunged it
deep into tho savage heart.
Kornk had not needed her aid, for the
great bull had been already as good ni
dead, with the blood gushing from his torn
Jugular: but Korak rose, smiling, with a
word of approbation for his helper.
How tnll and fine sho was Had she
changed suddenly within tho few hours of
hl3 absence, or hnd his battle with the ape
affected his vision? Ho might have been
looking at Merlem through now eyes, for
the many startling and wonderful surprises
his gaze revealed.
How long It had been since he had found
her In her father's village, a little Arab
girl, he had no means of knowing, for time
Is of no Import In tho Jungle, and so he
had kept no track of tho passing days.
But he realized, as ho looked upon her
now, that sho waa no longer such a tittle
girl as ho had first soon imyln trith
Geeka beneath the great tree Just within
the palisade.
Tho change must havo been very grad
ual to havo eluded his notice until now.
And what was it that had caused him to
reallzo It so suddenly?
His gaze wandered from tho girl to tho
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iTAVIER SMITH'S
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K&aWJ-
RAINBQW CLUB
WE ARE SIX MONTHS OLD
You will remember, children dear, that we started our wonderful club
on the 24th of November the day boforo Thanksgiving. That makes us six
months old this very day. We. feel like poking our chubby hands in our eyes
and trying to put our foot in our mouth isn't it great to be six months old !
And
What do you think we have done in those happy six months?
We havo gained 50,000 members, many of them fnr ahead in their studies,
of what they were before thoy joined our wonderful club.
Lots and lots of children who were unhappy have been made happy by having
" fcYCi4 OUIIlVblllllK I.V. vw. , uuijtl', .! UO hJ I1UICI fUU COUIU lia(
Little ones who have been in bed for many years have been happy reading heard t pin from your grandmother's work
Bbout What YOU are doing. i ment Willie Hon Toad got up and recited:
"Once upon a time there was a llttlo boy,
and he went out Into the woods and ho met
a lion. The lion opened his mouth to cat
the little boy and the little boy put his
hand In tho lion's mouth and grabbed him
THE FROGVILLE SCHOOL CLOSES
By Farmer Smith
This Is going to bo a very funny story,
so sit up straight and got comfortable, for
no one can laugh who stoops oer,
Well, the day had come for tho FrogvlIIe
school to close and Willie Hop Toad was
to speak his piece right after the Frog
vlIIe Chorus sang their llttlo song.
Tho Frog Boys had It In their heads that
they were going to make things Interesting
for Wlllio and when he got up and clealed
his throat Jack Frog snickered and Miss
France Frog, the tencher, pounded the
desk s hard the electrlo light shook When
, everytn .g was so quiet you could haio
w nr now im to rest and make our members active and in the fall we
hall start again and get more members, perhaps 100,000 by Christmas. Wo
shall see. ' ...
If there is anything you think of which will help our members, wc wish you
would sit down atid write to us about it. If there is anything you do not like
about the club we would like to hear of that, too. This club is just whnt you
make it. Wo nre always glad to receive letters and you must not say that there
Is nothing for you to do. ' ,,
Write a letter. Tell us how you would compose an editorial, or talk llko
this, Or write and tell us how happy you think your editor ought to be to have
B0,000 members. . , , A .. , ,, .,.
We thank you each and every one for your kindness, your thoughtfulness
and some day soon we will tell you how our club is spreading all over the United
States, we will then remind you that we told you that sltles all over country
would look to 'the children of Philadelphia as MODELS and they are doing that
Very thing. , , , . , ,
Isn't it grand to be a member of our wonderful club?
Your editor thinks so. j
Our Postofiice Box
Eva Paul Is a shy little Rainbow who
frouldn't dream of meetlnB"everybo.dy all
at nn,.a" mbIv anH trittv. hut she doesn't
M once"
realy and truly, but she doesn
mind a bit looking ai
B0.Q00 children from
the shelter of the Post
office window. It lent
half bad. little girl
Rainbows, sq please do
Bend your pictures.
Catherine Murray, of
Danville, Pa., has
promise1! Jlkenessea of
herself and her little
baby niece, who has
Just, moved to Phlla.
delpflla. Dorothy
Haines, will send hers
shortly. Miriam Jvoe-
nig favored us wth a
EVA FAVL. very pretty little snap
shot of herself ami her eUter Mary and
her brother Bertram. Unfortunately, It Is
too dim to reproduce. Won't you please,
Wlrtam, send us another pUlner one?
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The Question Box
, Dear Farmer Smith' What Is the
hottest way to get to "Buffalo BIU'b Show"
without setting Into a very- big crowdT
JOHN HAYE3, 3037 Plna street
The shortest and least-crowded route) to
Buffalo Bill's Show" from your home Is
M follows Walk to 30th street, take the
ear marked 17 and ask for 'a transfer when
Saving your fare. Get oK at JQth 'and
Market streets. Walk one block north on
tHh street to Arch street Here on the
fortheaat corner of 30th and Arch streets
WM car markka ?3. This car turns upj
ito street stay on until you- reach lata
treat and Hunting Park, avenue. Then
Iwloff Right there spread out before
?9tf Uo that yqu can't possibly inUj It, you
e?3 --r " ?r "-r?I"
Clean-Up Week Ordersl
Dear Rainbows Cleanliness and beauty
go hand and hand, so now that we're clean
we're going to be beautiful. The moat
beautiful things I know of besides clean
faced girls and boys aro gardens I want
lots of gardens In my great big Jiouse, and
YOU are going to make them for me. They
are going to be Rainbow gardens In honor
of your great and wonderful club. It will
tako two days to make them.
Here are your orders fpr tomorrow:
First I apeak to the children who wish
to have box gardens. Get baskets, a spade
or an old ,knlfe and go to the nearest
vacant lot Dig deep and get a good quan
tity of soil bb black as you can find It
Come home. Bore a half-doien holes In
the bottom of the box you found today,
put In a few inches of .small stones or
coarse ashes to promote drainage. Now,
mix with your soil a third proportion of
ashes that have been thoroughly sifted so
that there is not a single cllnkej- in them.
If you can possibly procure S or 10 cents,
bo to a flower seed store and buy that
much worth of bone fertiliser. This you
must add to the, soil and the ashes. Level
the mixture neatly la your box and your
task Is finished for today
Now for the back or front yard gardens!
Die a bed XH or 3 feet wide and as Jong
as you choose to make It. Dlff deep and
turn the toll over a good many times, MU
thoroughly with it a bucketful of ashes
that have been finely sifted and freed
from clinkers. Buy 5 or 10 cenu' worth
of bone fertiliser at a flower ee4 store?
mix well with the olL Your task la an
Ishtd for today. Oh, no, Jt Uotl
Ask daddy for 10 cents tonight, be
cause the day after tomorrow you are
wing to buy seed ttiat wtU make floweja
most every color of the rainbow
Wateh this space tomorrow night and
you wtU H I haven't told you the truth.
HsddUY looking forward to. mr garden,
by the tall acd turned him Inside out.
"Wasn't tho lion brave to let him do It?"
whispered Jack Frog so loud every ono
heard him.
After singing "Fly Time Is Coming In the
Merry Month of June," the school was dis
missed, BUT the Frog Boys were busy all sum
mer and you shall hear about their pranks.
How a Little Girl Learned to Itemcmbcr
By RUTH FRANKEI,. an 11 years.
Betty Haynes was a verv fortretful l!in
glrH That was her worst fault. Sho would
come home from school without her books,
and when she reached home would say to
her mother. "Oh, mother, I left them In
school." When she was sent to the grocery
store for sugar she would bring butter, and
then say to her mother that she forgot
When she was sent to the dry goods store
for white cotton she would bring black. At
last she became bo forgetful that father
and mother couldn't stand it any longer.
They would shake their heads sadly and
say, "I don't know what will become of
Betty If she soon doesp't get cured of her
bad habit."
The next dav she asked her father th
'bring her home a pcketbook. Father Bald
he would, but when at night he came homo
without It he said, "Betty, I am sorry, but
I forgot It" When she asked Jane (the
maid) If she would bring her doll wherrshe
came downstairs Mary said, "AH right,"
but Bhe came down without it and said, "I
forgot It." Whenever Bhe asked any one
about the house to get her something she
always got the same answer, "I forgot."
She spoke to her mother, but her mother
answered that she did tho same thing to
them and that when she stopped forgetting
things they would, too.
The next day when her mother sent her
for sugar she brought home SUQAR. So
when that night she asked Jane for her doll
she recelyed It ,
She remembered and they remembered,
she forgot and they forgot At last Betty
had learned to remember I
Dodge Ball Scores
B. M. BTAtfTON SCHOOL.
MONDAY'S OAMB.
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What President of the Vnlted State does
thU picture represent? (Snt tn by Dan
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W CHEERFUL CHERUB
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These wfc.r-liUe. nations
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body of the dend bull. For the first time
there flashed to his understanding the ex
planation of tho reason for the girl's at
tempted abduction.
Korak's eyes went wide and then they
closed to narrow slits of rngo as he stood
glaring down upon the nbysntal bruto at
his feet. When next, his glance roso to
Merlem's face a slow flush suffused his own.
Now, Indeed, waa he looking upon her
through now eyes the eyes of a man look
ing upon n maid.
Akut had coma Up Just as Merlem had
speared Korak's antagonist. The exultation
of tho old npo wns keen. lie strutted, stiff
legged and truculent, about tho body of
tho fallen enemy, lie growled and up
curved hla long, flexible Up. Ills hair
bristled. He was paying no attention to
Merlem and Kornk.
Back In tho uttermost recesses of his llt
tlo brain something was stirring some
thing which tho sight and smell of this
great bull had nroused. The outward mani
festation of tho germinating Idea wns one
of bestial lagc, but tho Inner soneatlons
wero pleasurable In the extreme The scent
of tho great bull nnd tho sight of hlB hugo
and hairy figure had wakened In tho heart
of Akut a. longing for tho companionship
of his own kind. So Korak was not alone
undergoing n change.
And Mortem? She was a woman. It is
woman's divine right to love. Always sho
had loved Korak. He was her big brother
Merlem nlono underwent no changf. Sho
was still happy In tho companionship of
her Korak. Sho stilt loved him as a sister
loves an Indulgent brother and sho was
cry, very proud of him. In all tho Jungle
there wa3 no other creature so strong, ,so
handsomo or bo bravo.
"Merlem," ho whispered, nnd his voice
wns husky as ho laid a brown hand upon
her baro shoulder. "Merlem" Suddenly he
crushed her to him. She looked up into his
face, laughing, nnd thon ho bent nnd kissed
her full upon the mouth.
Sho wns glad, too, bo she put her arms
about tho Killer's neck and kissed him
again and again. Then, discovering Geeka
In his belt, she transferred It to her own
possession, kissing It as Bho had kissed
Korak. ,
Korak wanted to say something. .lie
wnntcd to tell her how ho loved her; but
tho emotion of his lon choked him, and
tho vocabulary of tho Mangnnl was lim
ited. Then came an Interruption. It was from
Akut a sudden. low growl, no louder than
those ho had been giving vent to tho while
he pranced about tho dead bull, nor half
so loud In fact; but of a ttmbro that bore
straight to tho perceptlvo faculties of the
Junglo benst Ingrained In Korak. It was a
warning.
Korak looked quickly up from tho glori
ous lston of the sweet face so close to his.
Now his other faculties awoko. His cars,
hla nostrils wero on the alert Something
was coming!
Tho Killer moved to Akut's side. Merlem
was Just behind them Tho three stood
llko carved statuos gazing straight Into
the loafy tangle of tho Junglo. Tho noise
that had attracted their attention Increased,
and presently a great npo broke through
the underbrush n few paces from where
they stood
Tho beast halted at sight of them. Ho
gave a wnrnlng grunt back over his shoul
der, and a moment later, coming cautiously,
nnother bull appeared. Ho was followed by
others both bulls nnd females, with young,
until two score hairy monstors stood glaring
at tho three. It was tho trlbo of tho dead
king apo Akut was the first td speak. Ho
pointed to tho body of the dead bull.
"Korak, mighty fighter, has killed your
king." ho grunted. "Thero Is none greater
In all tho Jungle thanKorak, son of Tar
zan Now Korak Is king What bull Is
greater than Korak?"
Korak advanced to meet the monster.
He, too, wns growling In his mind a plan
wns rcvolvlpg To close with this power
ful, untlred bruto after having Just paBsed
through a terrific battle with another of
his kind Would have been to tempt defeat
Ho must find nn easier way to victory.
Crouching, ho prepared to meet the
charge which he knew would soon come;
nor did ho have long to wait. His antago
! ruined onlv for BUfflclent time to per
mit him to recount for the edification of tho
audience and the confounding of Korak a
brief resume ot his former victories, of his
prowess, and of what ho was about to dd
to this puny Tnrmanganl Then ho charged
With clutching fingers and wide-opened
Jaws he camo down upon the waiting Korak
with tho Bpecd of nn express train Korak
aid not move until the great arms swung
to embrace him, then ho dropped low be
neath them, swung a terriflo right to the
side of the beast's Jaw as he Blde-stepped
his rushing body, and swerving quickly
about. Btood ready over tho fallen ape
where ho Bprawled upon the ground.
It was a surprised anthropoid that at
tempted to scramble to Its feet Froth
flecked Its hideous lips. Red were the lit
tle eyes. Blood-curdling roars tumbled
from the deep chest, but It did not reach Its
feet The Killer stood watting above It.
and tho moment that the hairy chin came
upon the proper level, another blow that
would have felled an ox sent the ape over
backward. ...
Again and again the beast struggled to
arise, but each tlmo the mighty Tarmanganl
stood waiting with ready fist and pile-driver
blow to bowl him over. Weaker and weak
er became tho efforts of the bull. Blood
smeared hlB face and breast. A red stream
trickled from nose and mouth. The crowd
that had cheered him on at first with sav
age yells, now Jeered him their approba
tion was for the Tarmanganl.
"Kagoda?" Inquired Korak, as he sent
the bull down once more.
Again the stubborn bull essayed to scram
ble to hla feet Again the Killer struck
him a terrific blow. Again he put the ques
tion, kagoda have you had enough?
(CONTINUED TOMORROW.)
PARENTS ASK DABIAOS
FOR DEATH OF CHILD
Sue -Estate .of Man Dhose Auto Fig.
ured n Tragedy
LANCASTER, May 34. Aa a result of a
grade crossing accident at Leola, Lancaster
County, about a year ago, which resulted in
the death of four school children and the
driver of an automobile, Benjamin Boose and
hla wife, Ella S. Boose, have entered suit
against the Edwin M. Zell estate to recover
da'mages for the life of one ot their Chil
dren, At the time of the accident, Edwin 31
Zell WS a wealthy grocer at Leola and
was the driver and owner of the automobile
which carried ftva children, two of whom
vvere -his daughters, and himself as passen
gers. ?.ell volunteered to. take the children
home from pchool In his auto, and, s he
approached the Leola grade crossing, his
machine was struck by a Pennsylvania
Railroad train, smashed to pieces and only
one ot the passengers of the car escaped
alive.
The plaintiffs claim that Zell waa directly
responsible for the accident hi that he
knew- the train ws approaching, and la
stead of making an effort to stop his
machine, endeavored to "beat" the train.
The auto -aras la tho ccUe of the tracks
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RURAL DISTRICTS OF UNHAPPY
IRELAND GIVE SCANT SYMPATHY
TO REVOLUTIONARY OUTBREAK
Promise of Bright Fu
ture and Co -operative
Movement Shattered
by Insurrection
By ELLEN ADAIR '
Written especially for EtmNo Lxnoa.
NEAR ENNlBCORTIir, May 3.
In Journeying through tho rural districts
of uphappy IrelAnd, I think I have dis
covered one thing this Insurrection docs not
represent tho real spirit of Ireland. The
great majority Of the Insurrectionist havo
been dupes, wlth.no real conception of what
they wero fighting for. It seems to me
that the' men who truly typify tho part
which Ireland Is playing In this great
vvorld-wrtr are such heroes as the Dublin
Kustlllers. leaping from their boats Into n
hurrlcano offlro on tho sands of Beach V,
nt tho Dnrdeneltea; tho Muster ruallllers.
facing certain death with n laugh on their
lips and a great pride In their eyes; men
such ns Lieutenant Mlko O'Leary, who
saved his company, kilted eight Germans
single-handed, nnd captured a fortified po
sition; tho Incorruptible Irish prisoners of
war, who turned their backs on Sir Roger
Casement, These are tho men who stand
for Ireland and her old Indomitable spirit
today,
RURAL DISTRICTS LOYAL
In tho rural idlstrlcts the majority of tho
Irish appear to bo loyal. Thoy plod along
peacefully with their occupations. "'TIs
strnngo tho ongoln's o' thlm Sinn Folner
boys!" they say, "Shure 'tis dlvllmlnt that
leads thlm on I"
In a tiny village near Dublin I saw a
curious thing occur. Two Insurrectionists,
gun In hand and badga on nrm. were hnr
ranguing tho villagers loudly. Their
language was hardly of, a rcpcatahlo nature.
Around a distant bond In the road came a
party of soldiers, marching rapidly. With
ono wild glance tho Sinn Felners skipped
Insldo a garden gato, dexterously dropped
tholr rifles in tho bushes and their robot
badges In the long grass, picked up rakes
and Rome gardening Implements and Stnrtcd
working industriously. Tho villagers broke
up nnd retreated. As tho soldiers passe'd
tho llttlo orchard, pink with npplo blossoms
and scented with the flowers of spring, thoy
glanced nt the two Industrious gardeners
rather curiously. But tho gardeners touched
their hats In nil deference to "the mllltnry,"
and tho military passed on.
Much fighting Is reported to have oc
curred near this place,, at Ennlscorthy, a
town about 70 miles south of Dublin. It
wns here that tho nwful battlo of Vinegar
Hill was fought In 1798.
I never shall forget my first Bight of an
armored train In Ireland as It wound Its
way along tho quiet railway line, n queor,
patchod-up affair, but ono sufficiently om
Inoui to strlko torror into tho hearts of the
rebels
Tho simple Irish peasants rushed to tho
doors of their tiny cabins to look at "the
craythurl" They crossed themselves re
peatedly tho while It slowly steamed past
and murmured prayern to their saints for
dollverance "Shuro 'tis tho dlvll In hell
himself that'd bo after makln' the onholy
contraption I" cried a little old woman ex.
cltcdly. And a "contraption" It Indeed
was, though serviceable. An ancient en
gine dragged two or throe steel trucks be
hind, armored with pierced sheets of Iron
nnd painted a slate-gray. In the last
wagon a tackle of scaffold-poles had been
hastily put together for the slinging aboard
of n couple of quick-firers, and beside them
sat an emergency crew of cheerful Tom
mies. Tho' sun shono on this astounding spec
tacle. Inqulsttlvo priests were peering nt
tho train, vvhlch now had slowed down
at a signal. Brown-faced peasants wero
standing open-mouthed and ono of the en-
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ELLEN ADAIR
glneers who was richly endowed with a
Bense of humor was crying! "Shuro havo
ye seen our Ennlscorthy Emily back there?
'TIs a handsomo colleen that sho is, though
rather loud In the matter o' talkln' I"
And then It wrtfl that terrlblo Emily ap
peared Into view. Sho was a hugo 15
pounder, calculated to blow up nn entire
vlllago If need bo, hor great gray nose
cocked skyward In tipsy fashion. I must
confess that tho sight of Emily mado my
blood run cold. There waa such an In
tensely businesslike air about her, ns
though her blto 'would bo even worse than
her bark.
I understand that Emily and tho armored
train between them, when they finally
reached their destination, broke dawn the
confidence of the rebels, who surrendered
Nor could one wonder at It! And the
weird-looking train steamed slowly back, a
Btrango gray shape on tho glorious green
of the Irish countryside. Its deep rumblo
died off In tho dtstnnce, and the only Bound
was the gentle gurgling of a tittlo brook
In vvhoio wntors tho speckled trout were
leaping Forgfct-mc-notB nnd primroses made
tire tnll grass on tho banks ono dazzling
blur of blue nnd yellow. The prlesta forgot
their curiosity nnd resumed the tolling of
their beads nnd their dally vocations. The
Irish peasants went bacK to tholr cabins
and took up their simple tasks..
SADNESS AND FOLLY.
The real note of tho Irish lnBurroctlon
aS It strikes me today Is Its Inexpressible
sadness and folly. Ireland Is now, as over,
tho most unhappy country In the world.
Neither Belgium nor Serbia havo histories
one half so mournful If one only studies
Irish history, one rends with many shudders
the tragic recital of suffering And pain.
A few months boforo the outbreak of war
the country seemed to be Irradiated with
tho light of n new dawn. It was tho dawn
of a new prosperity, arising chiefly from a
co-operative movement In the rural districts.
One was Informed In all sincerity that, in
20 years time, Ireland would be the most
prosperous country In the British Empire.
Today It Is sad. Indeed, to reflect that
Irishmen themselves havo shattered tho
glowing prospect which was gradually un
folding before them.
EDUCATE DEFECTIVES,
SAYS CIRCULAR SEEN
AT CIVIC EXPOSITION
State Will Be Asked for $500,000
Appropriation to Give Aid
to Children
PLEA FOR PROMOTIONS
Ono in Six Had to Go Over Sub
jects in Which Thoy ,
Failed
.Five hundred thousand dollars will be
appropriated by tno state to caucate pnysi
caliy and mentally defective children. If a
proposed bill, now In the hands of the
Publlo Education and Child Labor Associa
tion, gets through the Legislature. Thla
money would bo apportioned to tho several
school districts in sums of J00 for each
teacher employed for tho instruction of
children 4 years or more over age for their
grade In a special class.
In circulars distributed at the Commer
cial Museum, where the Philadelphia To
day nnd Tomorrow Civic Exposition Is be
ing held, it is asserted that last year 17,000
children In this city's elementary schools
failed to bo promoted.
"That means that virtually one In six
pupils had to go back over not, only subjects
In which they had failed but also In which
they had passed," Is a statement taken
from the circular. "This discourages chil
dren, and more than anything else makes
them dislike pchool work. It costs the city
each year thousands of dollars to Instruct
pupils a second time In subjects which they
have already mastered, and the number of
pupils held back adds to tho problem of
school congestion."
The association suggests that pupils be
promoted by subjects rather than by
grades. Let them advance n the subjects
they have passed and continue with the
studies In which they have "flunked ad
vises the society, and It maintains that In
every elementary school In Philadelphia pro
motion by subject could be established In
the Sth, 6th. 7th and 8th grades without
any great difficulty.
PLAN SPECIAL CLASSES
The proposed bill stipulates that It shall
be the duty of the board of school directors
in every school district where there are 10
or more children four years or more over
age for their grade to establish special
classes for their education and training.
"Very creditable efforts have been made
by the publlo school authorities of Phila
delphia and other large cities to establish
special classes for such pupils," Is asserted,
"but the work Is still far from meeting the
needs of the situation," In 1916, the clr
cular continues, there were 171 crippled
Children of school age not enrolled and 8339
children In the regular grades of the pub
lic echools were from three to nine years
over age for their grade. Two thousand
and fourteen aru now enrolled In ortho
genic (backward and disciplinary) classes,
according to the 1915 report of the Board
of Education.
If State aid is provided generously for
continuation and vocational schools, the as
sociation reasons, similar provision should,
be made for physically and mentally de
fective children.
SUMMARY OF RESULTS.
A summary of results to be accomplished
by special classes U given thus:
First. Careful registration and classifi
cation of physically and mentaly detective
children.
Second. Grouping of feeble-minded chil
dren In special classes and where found
desirable in special school.
Shirt, Segregation Jji Jntl.tlaiis cJfc,
Education Experts Urgjs
Promotion in Subjects
Needs of schools, according to
Public Education and Child Labor
Association:
State aid amounting to $500,000
for physically and mentally defec
tive children.
Promotion of children in subjects,
rather than in grades.
Care for tho city's 171 crippled
children not enrolled.
Segregation in institutions' of tho
lowest grade of tho feeble-minded.
More night schools with a widened
vocational curriculum.
Doing away with tho "menace to
health of pupils" in many school
buildings.
- - -i -
lowest grade of feeble minded who show no
hope of ever becoming socially competent.
Fourth. Make the public, school system
a clearing house for the discovery and
proper treatment of mentally defective chil
dren. Fifth. Constitute a great forward step
toward removing, the menace to society of
an Indiscriminate Increase of mental defec
tives, i
More extensive education of the adult Is
also contemplated by the association's pro
gramme. With a population of 1,700,000
Philadelphia sent only 3811 persona on the
average to the vocational courses In the
evening schools, the association points out,
and adds: There should be 10 or IE times
that many. That there are .not Is not the
fault of the people who need Instruction. It
Is the fault of the school system. It does not
provide a wide enough range of courses.
Philadelphia Is a great manufacturing and
Industrial centre. Thousands of workers In
many trades need the addttonal training
that they might get In evening classes. But
they cannot get It, because It Is not offered
to them!"
In Philadelphia the evening school of
trades comes nearest to tho kind of eve
ning Instruction that sh"ould be provided
for workers in many occupations. It has
the widest range of vocational Instruction
and It has the largest attendance. There
should be established thla type of evening
vocational school throughout the several
school districts, according to the needs of
the people. The equipment of the high
schools and ot the district manual train
ing echools should he put to more demo
cratic uses In providing additional Instruc
tion for workers of all kinds."
Concerning school buildings, the asso
ciation has thla to say; "In many ot our
schools conditions nre a menace to the
health of the pupils and a serious; handi
cap to the work of Instruction two ob
stacles to the normal development of the
children. The last report of the Depart
ment of Medical Inspection shows that In
a large number of classrooms in the
schools ot Philadelphia conditions are far,
below standard, Philadelphia needs better
elementary schools. There should be more
playgrounds about our schools In con
gested centres. Every school should be
constructed with a, view to mpdern uses.
At present in only one of our 19T ele
mentary schools is there a gymnasium or
a large room for use as an auditorium.
While we lag behind In thla respect. In
New York, Boston and other cltlea through
out the country schools are being con
structed not only with properly Illu
minated and ventilated classrooms, but also
with workshops, gymnasium, auditorium,
swimming pool and ample playgrounds.
mAtYBCllfflr-SHOWS
iNDEABONSOfiTO
APPROACH OF SOtatt
Smaller Hotels Furbishing tip
in '.Anticipation of the BustUug
"Throng of Pleasure
Seekcsrs ??
LARGE) WDEK-END GKOWb
ATLANTIC fjITT, May 24.--liurrfl
preparations by tho owners of tlys M
avenue hotels and boarding houses to fcv 3
them. In readiness for guests by the end o
this week Indicate the near approach of" tite
summer season, fainter, paperhanger and
awning makers. are ns busy as bees, nnd in
a few days most of the "summer" hotels
will throw their doors opn for the expeedi
crowds. The big hotels, especially those
which lino the beach, attract guests all tits
year round and help to spread the fame;
of Atlantla Cltyt but the Brnftller hotels nra
really tho bone nnd sinew ot this resolrt.
If it wero not for thesa places, vvhlch ferc
vlde accommodations for the masses at n.
moderate price, there would bo none of th
hustling, bustling crowds hero In tho bum
mer time.
ab many noteis navo mado special rates i r.;
tor Donru irom next Saturday unm niter
Memorial Day, big crowds nro expected at
thla week-end, and many of these visitor
will linger on for a week or two, If the
weather keeps pleasant Cqttagea are rent
ing rapidly, and thero will bo few, If ny,
vacant hero thla summer. Just at present
thero are numerous visitors here, examining
cottages. Notwithstanding the brisk mar
ket for rentnls, the prices naked for the
averngo summer residences are no higher
than In past years.
Tho cool weather of tho last week has
brought out many oddities in wraps, "Wo
men havo been resurrecting the silk sweat
ers, much in vogue last summer, but marly
of them are now trimmed with fur. A tew
knitted coats, of brilliant coloring, havo also
been noticed. Tho old styld jersey, btlttqn
less and put on by pulling over the head,
clinging to tho body as close as a porous
plaster, arc also being worn. Many of them
nro made of silk, but all are of subdued
tints. The men havo been digging Into
camphorated chests and dragging out heaVy
overcoats to wear In the evening, and many
raincoats nro worn for warmth.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hltschter, of West
Philadelphia, are at a beabh front hotel fpr
an extended stay. Mrs. Hltschter Is recup
erating from an Illness resulting from an
accident.
Joseph iflobblns. a Philadelphia attorney
ran down last Sunday and rented apart
ments In Chelsea for four months.
Mrs. Margaret Froellck hnd her daugh
ters, tho Misses Marie and Adeline Froellck.
of West Allegheify avenue, have opened
their Chelsea cottage for the sdmmer,
Thomas Durham, well-known In Philadel
phia political circles, wns a visitor 'lafct
Sunday and arranged for an extended stay,
beginning next week. ,
Thomas Curloy has been here for a few
dayb nnd has arranged to bring down his
family for the summer early in Juno.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schulte and their
daughters, Mrs. ElsaPerrln and Miss Lil
lian Schulte, ot Chester avenue, havo opened
their Marlon aventte cottage- and will re
main until September.
PUMPING STATION
BOON TO OAK LANE
Sewers May Now Be L&ijl.
Great Increase in Prop-,"
erty Values
Queen of Sweden Has Ear Trouble
KARLSItUHB May 3i Queen Victoria
of Sweden ha suffered from a. uddea a,t
tack of acuU inflammation Qf the eur,
-which necessitated an operation, jier gea
eral wndtttMi hs tof ruveA tine th vumh
The completion of the Oak Lane Sewage
'streot, makes possible now tho building ot
Bewers required to develop oak Lane.
In discussing the improvement today Di
rector Datesman, of tho Department of
publlo Works, Bald:
"Tho northern and western portions of
that part of Oak Lane have had their de
velopment retarded for many years, due to
tha fact that tho natural conformation of
tho ground prevented the extension of the
city sewage system until suph time an la
costly maid sewer could be tunnoled
through a ridge vvhlch forms tho southern
boundary of this natural basin. To wait
for this extension would have necessitated
a delay of possibly 10 years more, with Its
consequent stagnation of property values,
and loss to the city of the natural Increase
In revenue vvhlch would follow a normal de
velopment of this area- ""
"This acute situation was met by the
city constructing a pumping station situated
a.t 69th avenue and Broad street. The sta
tion, which Is a small ornate atone build
ing, conforming in design to the surround
ing residences and placed irt an attractive
setting of walks, grass and shrubbery. Is to
located and constructed that the city la itovv
enabled to build the Bewers required to de
velop this section. l t
"The total cost of this Improvement waa
$19,300 and to maintain It will require an
outlay of about JJ000 annually. This ex
penditure has made possible an Increase of
the assessed valuation over this area of
from 36000 per acre to $100,000 per acre
which, when tho entire area la developed,
will return to the city an Income of about
$300,000 per annum, forming a striking
contrast to the J1200 which the city now
Tecelves." "
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