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EVENING IiM)BR-PHILM)BEPHlX TUESUAT, MAY 30, 1010.
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Antnor 01 me inrian inies
CHAPTER XVI Continued
ty-nilE Oomftnfcftnt hava maijy sharp sticks
X which tney tnrow. Tney pierce the
tea of my people. They kill us. The (Jo.
inlhinl are bad people. They will kill us
tfl If we enter their rlllaee."
"The Ta.rmanpa.nl have sticks that make
. uA noise and kill at a .groat dlstane.
Implied Ko15- "They had these when
Ver&K sbi J"" " ...! iiiou irap. jt
lforak had run away from them, you would
. he a prisoner among the Tarmaneanl."
I xll baboon scratched hlo head. In a
IfcMUgn circle about him and the apeman
(nuatieu io ... . ... .... j.hcX uunK
ed their eyes, ehouldered one another about
for mora advantageous positions, scratched
i. th rotting vegetation upon the chanr.
?tt unfarthlnsr a toothsome worm, or sat
s i .1.. .l.attia half kino attA 41. ..... -
11811050' Jj ...... ....., i- i.ta BUUUge
Jtanganl, who called himself thus, but who
more cioseiy rrawuui uin iinieu iarman
mnl. The king; looked at some of the
elder of hla subjects, as though Inviting sug.
gojtlon,
TVe" aro too few," grunted one.
"There are the baboons of the hill coun
try," suggested another. "They are as
any as the leaves of the forest. They,
too, hato tU CJom.nnganl. They love to
fight. The aro very savago. Let us ask
them to accompany us. Then can we kill
all, the Gomanganl In tho Jungle" He rose
tp, growled horribly, bristling his stiff
J)..
'That Is tho way to talk," cried the
KlSler; "but we do not need the baboons of
the hill country. "Wo are enough. It will
like a long time to fetch them. Merlem
may be dead and eaten beforo we could
frrt het1. Let us set out at onca for tho
Village of the Oomangant. If wo travel
very fast It will not take long to reach It.
Then, all at tho samo time, we can charge.
Into the village, growling and barking Tho
Gc-man6-anl wl" bo-Very frightened and will
run away. While they aro gono wo can
alio Merlem and carry her off. Wa do
, not-havo to kill or be killed all that Korak
withes Is his Merlem'
("Wa are too few," croaked the old ape
jaln. ' "
I t'Yes, wo are too few," echoed others.
Korak could not persuade them They
would help him gladly: but they must do
it Jn their own way, and tljat meant en.
jijttng tho services of their kinsmen and
allies of the hill country.
So Kornk was forced to give In. All ho
could do fortthe present wag to urge them
to haste, and at his suggestion the king
baboon, with a dozen of his mightiest bulls,
ajreed to go to tho hill country with
Korak, leaving the remainder of the herd
behind.
A Once, enlisted in the ndvnturn. tli 1m.
,n boonsbecame quite enthuslastlo-nbout It.
The delegation set on: Immediately. They
traveled swiftly; but the apeman found no
difficulty In keeping up with them. They
made a tremendous racket as they passed
through the trees, In an endeavor to sug.
gest to enemies in their front that a great
herd was approaching, for' when the ba
boons travel In large numbers thoro Is no
Jungle creature who cares to molest them.
When the nature of tho country required
much travel upon itho level, and the dis
tance between trees was great, they moved
llently, knowing that the lion and the leop
ard would not be fooled by noise when they
could see plainly for themselves that only
a "handful of baboons were on the trail.
For two days the party raced throueh
'. the savage country, passing out of the dense
jungio into nn open piain, ana across WIS
, to. timbered mountain, slopes. Korak never
oeiore nna aeon nere. n was a new coun-
SON OF TARZAN
Jn hlm: lh -" f"m the
w?!nr of.the circumscribed viW In the
Junglo was pleasing.
h.?.?-1! h,had "u-e desire to enjoy tha
Ku m ". ot nature nt thls t,m- Merlem,
?'s Merlem, was In danger. Until she waa
tl . Jtn.A rtumd to him ha had little
thought for nught else.
Once In tho forest that clothed the moun
tain slopes, the baboons advanced more
Slowly. Constantly they gave tongue to a
plaint ye note of calling. Then would fol
low silence while they listened. At last,
faintly from tho distance, straight ahead,
came an answer.
The baboons continued to travel In the
direction of tha voices that floated through
tho forest to them In the Intervals of their
own silence. Thus, .calling and listening,
they came closer to their kinsmen! who, It
was evident to Korak, wero coming to meet
them In great numbers
But-when, at last, the baboons of the
hill country came In view, tho apeman was
staggered at the reality that broke upon
his vision.
What appeared a solid wall of huge ba
boons rose from tho ground through tha
branches of tho trees to the loftlcst'terraca
to which they dared entrust their weight
Slowly they were approaching, voicing their
weird, plaintive call, and behind them, as
far as Korak's eyes could pierce the ver
dure, rose solid walls of their fellows, tread
ing close upon their heels. There were
thousands of them. Tho apeman could not
but think of the fate of his lit) e party
should some untoward Incident arouse even
momentarily the rage or fear of a single
one ot all those thousands.
But no such thing befell. The two kings
approached one another, as was their ojs
torn, with much sniffing and bristling. They
satisfied themselves of each other's Identity.
Then each scratched tho other's back. After
a moment they spoke together. Korak's
friend explained the nature ot their visit,
and for the first time Korak showed him
Belt He had been hiding behind a bush.
Tho excitement among tho hill baboons
was lntenso at sight of him. For a mo
mont Korak feared that he should bo torn
to pieces; but his fear was for Merlem
Sliould ho die, thoro would bo no one to
succor 'her.
Tho two kings, however, managed to quiet
the multitude, and Korak was permitted to
approach. Slowly tho hill baooons came
closer to him. They sniffed at him from
every angle. When ho spoke to them in
their own tongue they wero filled with
wonder and delight.
They talked to him and listened while
ho spoke. Ho "told them of Merlem, and
of tholr life in the Jungle, whore they were
tho friends of all tho ape folk from little
Manu to Manganl, tho great apo.
"Tho Gomanganl, who aro keeping
Merlem from me, nro no friends of yours,"
ho said. "They kill you. The baboons of
tho low country aro too few to go against
them. They tell mo that you aro very
many and very brave that your numbers
are as tho numbers of tho grasses upon tho
plains, or the leaves within the forest; and
that oven Tantor, tho elephant, fears you,
so brave are you They told mo that jou
would be happy to accompany us to tho
village of tho Gomanganl and punish thoso
bad people, while I, Korak, tho Killer, carry
away my Merlem."
The king ape puffed out his chest and
strutted nbout very Btlff-legged Indeed. So
also did many of the other great bulls of
his nation. They were pleased and flat
tered by the words of tha strange Tar
manganl, who called himself Manganl, and
spoke the languago ot tho hairy progenitor
of man.
"Yes," said one, "wo of tha hill country
are mighty fighters. Tantor fears us.
Numa fears us. Sheeta fears us. Tho Go
manganl of tho hill country aro glad to
pass us by In peace. I, for one, will como
with you to tha village of the Gomanganl
of the low places. I am tho king's first he
child. Alone can I kill all the Gomanganl
of tha low country," and lie swelled his
chest and strutted proudly back and forth,
untfl a comrade's Itching back commanded
hla Industrious attention.
"I am GoobP cried another. "My fight
ing fangs are long. They aro sharp. They
aro strong. Into the soft flesh of many a
Gomanganl hava they been burled. Alone
I slew tha sister ot Sheeta. Goob will go
to the low country with you and hill so
many of tha Gomanganl that there will be
none left to count tha dead," and then he,
too, 'strutted and pranced beforo tho ad
miring", eyes of the shes and the young.
Korak looked at tho king question
Ingly, "You bulls ara very bravo," he said "but
braver than any Is the king."
Thus addressed, the shaggy bull, still In
his prime else he hnd been no longer kino
growled ferociously. The forest echoed
to his lusty challenges. The little baboons
clutched fearfully at their mothers' hairy
necks. Tho bulls, electrified, leaped high
In tho air and took up the roaring chal
lenge of their king. Tho din was terrific.
Korak came close to the king and shouted
In his earyJiomel" Thjm he started off
through tho forest toward the plain that
they must cross on their long Journey back
to the village of Kovudoo, the Gomanganl.
The king, stilt roaring and shrieking,
whoeled and followed him. In their wako
came the handful ot low-country baboons
and the thousands of tho hill clan sav
age, wiry, doslike creatures, nthtrst for
blood. ,
And so they came, upon the second day,
to the village of Kovudoo It was mid
afternoon. The village was sunk In tho
qutet of the great equatorial sun-heat The
mighty herd travelod quietly now. Be
neath tho thousands of padded feet tho for
est gavo forth no greater sound than might
have been produced by tho Increased sough
ing of a stronger breeze through tho leafy
branchos of the trees.
Korak nnd tho two kings wero In tho
lead Close beside the village they halted
until the stragglers had closed up. Now
utter etlenco reigned.
Korak, croeplng stealthily, entered tho
tree that overhung the palisade. He glanosd
behind him. Tho pack was close upon
his heels. The time had come. Ho had
warned them continuously during the long
march that no harm must befall tho whlto
woman-ape who lay a prisoner within tho
village. All others were their legitimate
prey.
Then, raising his face toward the sky,
ho gavo voice to a single cry. It was tho
signal.
In response, threo thousand hnlry bulls
leaped, screaming and barking. Into tho
village of the terrified blacks Warriori
poured from every hut. Mothors gathered
their babies In their arms and fled toward
tho gates as they saw tho horrid hordo
pouring into tho village street. Kovudoo
marshaled his fighting men about him, nnd.
leaping nnd yelling to arouse their cour
age offered a bristling, spear tipped front
to the charging horde
Korak, as ho led tho ma-ch, led the
charge. The blacks were struck with hor
ror and dismay at tho sight of this whlto
sklnnod youth nt the head of a pack of
hideous baboons.
For an inBtant they held their ground,
hurling their spenrs onco at tho advancing
multitude; but beforo they could fit arrows
to their bows they wavered, gavo, and
turned in terrified rout. Into their ranks,
upon tholr backs, sinking strong fangs Into
tho muscles of tholr necks, sprang the ba
boons; nnd first among them, most fero
cious, most bloodthirsty, most terrible, was
Korak, tho Killer.
At the vljlnge gates, through which the
blacks poured in panic, Korak left them to
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FARMER SMITH'S ffgffl RAINBOW CLUB?
WHAT IS A LAWYER?
Once upon a time, dear children, there was a little boy, and one day the
little boy looked up in his father's eyes and said: "Dear Daddy, what is a lawyer?"
The father was so embarrassed that he had to think a long time before he
answered. (No, the little boy's father was not a lawyer.) The beautiful thing
about a lawyer is that (if he is a good lawyer) he thinks straight.
Therefore, if we must make up OUR definition of a lawyer let us say that
he is a man who is graduated from a law school and who THINKS STRAIGHT.
It wil( not do for a lawyer to appear before a Judge aria" tell him what
he thinks. He must KNOW what ho is talking about.
A lawyer is.'l'ogical and he must have REASONS for the things he says.
I am writing this because some of you may have-fathers who aro lawyers
and it will interest them in our Club if you can show them this newspaper and
tell them that your Editor is a great admirer of lawyers.
Also, I am writing this because some of our boys expect to be lawyers when
tney grow up.
One of the great things about our wonderful Club is that we are trying day
by day to teach our members to think STRAIGHT.
If any of you can suggest any other profession which you would like to
hear about I hope you will write me a letter and tell mo about it.
FARMER SMITH,
' - Children's Editor, Evening) LEDaEit
Our Postofilce Box
Itoy Godfrey, of North B9th street, Is
toing "to make every effort to get new
members." Robert Snyder, Toms River,
N. J., has succeeded in making several
young men In his town Rainbows. Robert
Promises a picture of himself. To date It
has pot arrived We are waiting! Not
only are we looking for your picture but
(or that of every single solitary Rainbow
who has not as yet appeared in "Our Post
office Box."
, Katherlne May Jones received her Rain
bow button 6n tha morning of her tenth
birthday, Wasn't that a nice surprise?
Thelma and. Althea Bayhurst, of Telford,
sent their regular Httlo "Ldon't-forget-you
Utter the other day. Of course wo cant
say we were surprised because well we
knew they would) ,
Reglna Da Peta believes that charity
begins wth one's own folks. To prove
this she helped one of weir salesmen carry
a heavy box one morning when aha was
In her father's store. Reglna sends 'a
Mm to tha -happy Rainbows." John Mp
Ttgue, of Northampton, Pa., also sends
greetings to his fellow members.
Lest We Forget
8nt In by JAWIJENCE MULLEN.
Lest we forget, take flowers
To where our soldiers !'.
Without soma sweet remembrance
Don't Jet the day go by.
Just think of how they suffered
To hold your country's name i
With little thought of danger,
Tha grave their only fame.
So, take your flags and flowers.
And In this lovely way,
B proud to do them honor
On Decoration Day.
v
The Question Dot
Dear Farmer Smith: . .
Please tell mo which Is tha larger of the
two. clocks, tha one on the City mil or the
on pi, the Schmidt Building at Qlrard ave.
hue and Hancockt
WILLIAM H. CLASS, Orange street
ha City Hall clock Is larger than the
Sejjmldt Building clock. Following are the
dimension which will show you exactly
yhtreln tije dlffrnca in sie lies: City
HU clock, JS feet In diameters length of
llt hand. 10 feet S Inches. Including
jouuter weight, J6 feeti length of hour
W, S feet, including counter weight, JS
'H I lncha, wsight Pi both hands, 400
fc BehmUl BttUdiBjr dock. W
fimmm umih ot mui hand, it teti
fc r heat taii f I etj welgM 9t
In Lovlnp Memory
ot
LUtlo Hainbowi
Who Hava Left Ua
During the Year.
A Thought for Today
By Your Editor.
One of our members has suggested a
little too late, though that wa start this
Memorial Day and decorate the graves of
children as Veil as those ot veterans. It
seems to us that It would be a beautiful
custom to begin, say next Decoration Day,
and put flowers on the graves of children.
In a fewiyears thera will be very few left
who fought In the Civil War, but there
will always ba children and Memorial Day,
and Memorial Day can be the day whn tha
graves of Httlo children will be decorated.
Let us hear what you think of our plan
pnd we can look ahead tor 1917.
JIMMY MONKEY'S TAIL
By Farmer Smith
Mister Elephant was coming down the
road one day when he snled Jlmmv itnn.
key. whom ho irreeted with? i
"Hello, my dear!"
"The Idea of a big animal like you say
ing 'My dear.' You must have pea
nutltls "
"What kind of a pleasure Is that?" asked
Mister Elephant, looking straight at
Jimmy,
"It isn't a pleasure, It's a disease ter
rible disease and it comes from eating
peanuts "
"Oh, yes; I once saw a monkey who had
It." said the big fellow.
"You did, did you?" answered Jimmy,
looking pale.
"That'a what I said, and HE had a tall
ha was tho handsomest monkey I ever saw
but his tail. It was beautiful. Simply
BEAUTirUL "
Jimmy Monkey was VERY proud of HIS
tall, and -when he heard this he turned
around and looked at It very longingly It
hurt his pride to think thoro was another
tall In all tha world that was more beauti
ful than his.
"What did the monkey do to make his
tall so beautlful7" asked Jimmy.
"He used to Jump around nnd around
and the weight of the air on his tall made
the hair all shiny and amooth. I am very
sorry, but we ara to have peanut Ice cream
for dinner nnd. If you will excuse me, I will
sea you later." and with that Mister Ele
phant went off, leaving Jimmy to think over
what he had said.
When Mister Elephant got home, he
looked out ofha window and there in the
distance he saWv Jimmy turning round and
round so fast ho soon fell over, Then Mis
ter Elephant said to his wife;
"Now I know why people say that other
people are making monkeys of themselves."
"How Is that?" asked Missus Elephant.
"Look," said Mister Elephant, pointing to
Jimmy Monkey, spinning round In the dia-tnnce.
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Q$.Aar Ave
Baby's Surprise
By J23TELUS FOSTASHNICJC
MI want toba a member of the Rainbow
Club"
A little baby said that not Ions from up
bov
Just then a. letter cama from Farmer
Smith' Happytad , ,..,.
Mothif mm PM ja I" vJOi a anfeir
1.
Things to Know and Do
Let's have a game-
Ana m it nnd,
One whom wa Jove
Mora than another.
One- whom with kisses
Wa would smother,
Surely now the word you'll guess.
Simply steal away an "S."
Take away tho first letter of a word In
the above poem and find the sweetest word
in our language.
2. Taka the same three letters and use
them three times each to complete this
poem;
tot's have fun
Tne battle's
We must atone
or lose our
3. Hero Is a letter. What does the writer
mean?
Dear Farmer Smith In the store I went
up the osoulator to the second floor, where
I saw the ladles military department ; also a
boy who perspired to belong to your club.
Yours truly,
THOMAS SPIDER.
FARMER SMITH,
Care of The Evbnino Lepobr
I wish to become a member of your
Rainbow Club. Please tend ma a
beautiful Rainbow Button free J agree
to DO A LITTLE KINDNESS EACH
AND EVERY DAY, SPREAD A LITTLE
SUNSHINE ALL ALONG THE WAY.
Ivtinio Mitiiiif!fitttttft
Address ttaf,l4
AS"9 ti'i4tiMlMMllllMlIMM
THE CHEMFUL CHERUB
I like to do to tet-s
imd ttlk of Art.
AvthootjK I -ct t.
.stupid .s . jjooie.
I ke.r 5o mivny clever
epicjrfc.ma
TkiA T cm
store vtL.y
for Fvtore.
R.1,CM1n
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the tender mercies ot his allies, and turned
himself eagerly toward the hut In which
Merlem had been a prisoner.
It was empty. One after another the
filthy Interiors revealed the same disheart
ening fact Merlem raB In none of them
That she had not been taken by the blncks
In their flight from the vlliago Korak knew,
for he had watched carefully for a glimpse
ot her among the fugitives.
To tho mind of tho npeman, knowing as
he did the proclivities of tho savages, there
waa but a single explanation Merlem had
been killed and eaten. With tho conviction
that Merlem was dead, thero surged
through Korak's brain a wave of blood red
rage against thoso ho believed to bo her
murderers. In the distance he could hear
tho snarling ot tho baboons mixed with the
screams of their victims, and toward this
he made his way.
When ho came upon them the baboons
had commenced to tiro of tho sport of bat
tle, and the blacks, In a little knot, vtero
making a new stand, using their knob-sticks
effectively upon tho few bulls who still
persisted In attacking them.
Among those broke Korak from tho
branches of a tree above them swift, ra
lontloss, terrible, he hurled himself tnion
tho savago warriors of Ko'vudoo. Blind
fury possessed 1ilm It protected him, too,
by Its very ferocity.
Like a wounded lioness, ho was hero,
there, everywhere, striking terrific blows
with hard fists, and with tho precision and
timeliness of the trained fighter. Again and
again ho burled his teeth in the flesh of n
fooman. He was upon ono and gono again
to another before an effective blow could
bo dealt him.
Yet, though great was tho weight of his
oxecutlon In determining tho result of tho
combat, it vns outweighed by tho torror
which ho Inspired In tho simple, super
stitious minds of his foemen To them thin
whlto warrior, who consorted with tho
great apes and tho fierce baboons, who
growled and snarled and snapped like a
beast, was not human He was a demon
of tho forest a fearsomo god of ovll whom
they had offended, and who had como out
of his lnlr deep In tho Junglo to punish
them.
And becausa of this bellof thero wero
many who offered but little defense, feel,
lng as they did tho futility of pitting their
fPuny mortal strength against that of a
Helty.
Thoso who could fled until at last thero
wero no more (to pay the penalty for a
deed of which, while not beyond them, they
were, novertholess, not guilty. Panting
and bloody, Korak paused for want of
further victims. Tho baboons gathered
about him, sated themselves with blood
and battle.
In the distance Kovudoo was gathering
his scattered tribesmen and taking ac
count of Injuries and losses His pooplo
vyero panic stricken. Nothing could pre
vail upon them to remain longer in this
country. They would not oven return to
the village for their belongings Instead,
they Inslstod upon continuing their flight
until they had put many miles between
themselves nnd the stamping ground of tho
demon who had so bitterly attacked them.
Ana tnus it befell that Korak drove from
their homes the only people who might have
aided him in a search for Merlem, nnd
cut off the only connecting link between
him and her from whomsoever might havo
como in search of him from the douar of
the kindly Buana who had befriended his
little Jungle sweetheart.
It was a sour and savage Korak who
bid farewell to his baboon allies upon the
following morning. They wished him to
accompany them: but the apeman had no
heart tor society. Jungle life had en
couraged taciturnity in him. His sorrow
had deepened this to a sullen moroseness
that could not brook even tho savage com
panionship of tho Ill-natured baboons
Brooding and despondent, Tie took his sol
itary way Into the deepest Jungle. He
moved along tho ground when he knew that
Numa was abroad and hungry He took
to tho same trees that harbored Sheeta, the
panther. He courted death In u hundrod
ways and a hundred forms. His mind was
ever occupjed with reminiscences of Merlem
and tho happy years that they had epent
together.
He realized now to the full what she had
meant to him. Tho sweet face, the tanned,
supple Httlo body, the bright smile that al
wavs had welcomed his return from tho
hunt, haunted him continually.
Inaction soon threatened him with mad
ness. Ho must be on the go. He must
All his days with labor and excitement that
ho might forget that night might find him
so exhausted that he should sleep In blessed
unconsciousness ot his misery until a new
day had come.
Had he guessed that by any possibility
Merlem might still live, he would at least
have had hope. Hls days could have been
devoted to searching for her. but he believed
Implicitly that she was dead
For a long year he led his solitary,
roaming life. Occasionally he fell In with
Akut and his tribe, hunting with them for
a day or two; or he might travel to the hill
country, where the baboons nad come to
accept him as a matter of course; but most
of all was ha with Tantor, the elephant
the great gray battleship of the Jungle
tho superdreadnought of his savage world.
Tho peaceful quiet of tha monster bulls,
the watchful solicitude of the mother
cows, the awkward playfulness of the
calves, rested, Interested and amused Ko
rak. Tha Ufa or tne Huge peasts tooK nis
mind, temporarily, from his own grief. Ha
came to love them as he loved not even the
great apes, and there waa one gtgantlo
tusker In particular of which ho waa very
fond the lord of tha herd, a savage beast
that was wont to charge upon a stranger
upon the slightest provocation or upon no
provocation whatsoever.
He came when Korak called. He wound
his trunk about the apeman's body and
litted him to his broad neck In response
to a gesture, and there would Korak lie at
ful length, kicking his toes affectionately
into the thick hide and brushing the flies
from about the tender ears ot his colossal
chum with a leafy branch torn by Tantor
from a nearby tree,
And all the while Merlem was source a
hundred miles away!
CONTINUED TOMORROW
GIRL WAITS YEAR FOR DIPLOMA
Exercises De'ferred at Hulraevlle Un
til Two Others Get Awards
It Is not often that a girl graduate waits
patiently over a period of an entire year
before she receives publlo recognition of
tha finish of her studies by the presentation
of a coveted bit of parchment, technically
called a diploma
Yet that Is what happened to Miss Ellsar
btth Black, of Hulmevllle, who was gradu
ated from the Hulmevttle High School in
1915. She was the "entire class" last year
lalutatorlan, valedictorian, prophet, pre
senter but no commencement was held
and the award of her diploma waa deferred
until this year.
So, with two other girl graduates Miss
Isabel Frances Gilt and Miss Ethel M. Bar
ton the class of 1915-J9S received their
dlolomaa last night mt commencement x.
ci hld 1n HuliswrfUe. The Rv. Dr. For
rwt 0t ot FhtaSelplU, m4 toe
Mir to J&of.
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BEANS, TOMATOES AND CORN A FORTNIGHT "BACK"
COMMUTERS SASS WEATHER MAN;
GARDEN SASS A FORTNIGHT LATE
It's the Temperature That Is Contrary This Year, Not
Mary Season Is From a Fortnight to a Month
Backward Tragedy of the Cactus Dahlias
IT'S
thl
ltarv. Man, quite contrary,
llovl dae your cartien orovit
S tho weather that Is quite contrary
this year and not Mary or her spouse.
Consequently gardens, which are tho delight
and recreation of a largo number of Phtla
delphlans, counting ub Bona and daughters
of tho Founder tho-ie who dwell and have
their vines and fig leaves, parsley and pe
tunias, cannns and cabbage In tho metro
politan zone which unites tho city proper
of William Penn, onco restricted from river
to river and South to Vine streets, and the
sections consolidated in 1854, taking In tho
130 miles of the county, with the numerous
BUburbs out tho Main Lino, tho York road
territory and other parts of Delaware and
Montgomery Counties.
There are lots of gardens, both flower
and vegetable. In this cxtenilve area, not
to mention the near-lying suburbi of New
Jersoy, which, as Is well known, Is the Gar
don State. Right In tho city limits truck
patches nro by no menns unusual, while out
side every suburban homestead, no mat
ter how unpretentious, has either Its flowers
or Its vegetables or most often both
ABNORMAL WEATHER,
That It has had them some ears This
year's abnormal conditions of temperature
nnd rainfall hnvo made the past tense Im
perative. Tho gardens aro only a shadow
of their wonted luxurlanco or perhaps It
would bo bettor to say a forehint of what
they should bo and possibly will be If
Philadelphia and environs ever get Into
what Jim Riley called "knee-deep In Juno,"
and thoso rare days In 'June written of by
Jim Lowell become rare In one sense of
the word, that Is of quality and not of
quantity.
Tho nights havo been cold, thero havo
been hints, and, Indeed, only a week ago a
taste of frost, the rains have been unusual
In number and the soil has been constantly
wet. In consequence everything Is back
ward. Instead of propitious weather for
planting nnd favoring circumstances to
bring tho crops Urward, those that hava
been planted nav been In a state of more
or Ies.f suspended animation.
John Bartram. tha celebrated garden ex
port of the Evenino Ledokii, when asked
to explain why gardening conditions were
so untoward and why those who vyero ac
customed to go out back and gather a
"mess" of green pens by this time of year
In usual times and to point With pride to
buds nt least on their early tomatoes, said
authoritatively:
"Planting hns been very late this year.
The ground was cold up to a very short
time ago, and the fairly experienced gar
dener will not put his seed In till the soil
is warm and mellow Tha ground has been
too wet to spide or plow satisfactorily
Thoso who havo gardened only a season or
two know cold nights nre a detriment al
most fatal to success Even If the daya
nre warm, If the nights nre too cool growth
Is by fits and starts Instead ot gradual and
steady, mounting to the climax of fruition
Alternate growth and retardation weaken
the plants and their vitality Is seriously
impaired. This will be the case with those
who were 111 advised enough to plant 'early
gardens' this year."
"I see by the evening paper," said the
man who goes home on the 6 -IB, after he
had settled himself and his bundles In his
usual seat beside the man who rides on to
the next station south, "I see by the paper
that the 'agricultural sharks up at Harris
burg have Issued a bulletin stating that
garden crops aro two weeks behind. Well,
mine are moro than a month back. I sup
pose you lucky dogs who live In a lower
latitude are eating pras with your knives
already Mine are only three Inches above
ground and they're dwarf peas, too. A,nd
radishes! I had to buy this bunch In the
market. Gee, I must have left them at
tho office. I'll get tha dickens for that."
NO EARLY POTATOES
"You chaps up in tho Arctlo regions are
darn lucky," replied the deacon who rode
beside him, using a mild epithet befitting
his ecclesiastical rank, "I only put my peas
In last Saturday, And as for potatoes, why
for years wo have always eaten our first
earltes on the Fourth ot July My first
planting this year rotted in the grdUnd
But they're cheaper to replace than some
of my neighbors' fancy show and cactus
dahlias at a dollar a bulb. They'll never
bloom any more. Died of wet feet and
premature planting, you know. I suppose
we'll have to confine our celebration of the
nation's birthday to the conventional fire
works, for I don't think the missus will
stand for bought potatoes. She's a stickler
for the traditions."
But It is not only the denizens ot the 6:15
going out from the local stations who are
Irked by the bad weather which has thrown
back their gardens from a week to a month.
Swapping of notes of misfortune Is the
mlsery-loves-company occupation dally on
the ferries leading to Jersey and on the
trolley lines which carry straphangers to
the remoter sections of the city, where
there are room and opportunity for gar
dening. In some favored locations In Jersey green
peas are showing blossoms. The fact is.
the pods ought to be filling, with Little Mar
vel or Early Alaska planted. Tomato plants
set out at the usual time have virtually
been blighted. Those who were forehanded
In putting Njut eggplants, peppers and
other tender vegetables are sorry new Soma
persons have made a couple of plantings
of lima beans, but the only crop tney have
to show thus far Is that o( the bean poles.
Even where gardeners have been short
sighted but long hopeful their plots have
not been notable for results. Their plants
have not taken hold properly.
CAN'T RUSH NATURE.
Time, In terms of gardening, does not
like to be taken by the forelock. So their
gardens are at least a week late, Those
who have delayed planting till conditions
seemed tolerably safe ara from a fortnight
to a month later. The only -person who U
happy is the procrastinating gardener It
he does not delay too long, he may exceed
his premature neighbors In final results,
This time last year petunias and nastur
tiums were la blossom. The plants are now
only m quarter grown from eed. Peonies
are usually la Uoom. from early May on,
and the earn Is true of rhododendrons.
in spoclally early varieties. In many cases,
oven with entitorn exposure and protection
from cold blasts, peonies and rhododen
drons, o: ro'sebay, aro merely In the state
of spelling buds
The only things that have run their ap
pointed course of bloom have been the
hard spring bulbs, llko daffodils and
tho perennial shrubbery, such as lilacs,
splrcas, purple flngs, magnolias nnd dog
wood. But they furnish only a feast for
tho eve and aro not nourishing to tho inner
man You can't oat them And tho ama
teur gardener dearly loves something that
ho and his famllv can cat and enjoy the
pleRBlng sensation that tho cost of living is
being reduced,
However, tho weather man has ap
parently taken a turn for tho better. Cau
tious nnd canny gardeners havo been ob
served tho last few days setting out their
Ponderosa and Stone tomatoes and tholr
eggplants and peppers When this Is done
it's a pretty Bafo bet that it is all right to
plant anything
Garden Queries Answered
By JOHN HAllTKAM
Cornflower
KenBlnyton-
the cornflower ater or fitokeala clinta.
iThnrii n a baiamI 1HAa ....a
tno cornflower in popular floral lanruag-e, ut
the one. undoubtedly, that you hava In mln m
QWtP ftatPP ni fitnlratala ! T4 re
blu and a native of the United Statea, brought
Uecent developing- has added row and whlto to
tho color Hat. It la a hardy perennial and will
coma up .each year if tho planta aro protected
by a Usht inter coerinff Seeds come at la
centa a packet and will srlve g-ood plants for
hcai jcai o uiuuuiiiiK j' i ania COS I
tjacn or tiou aozen iney will
IUI 111! 1(UBL,
lA penti
They will bloom from
Trillium
N M You are late to have trllllum or waka
robin for this y, .r'a bloomlnr Tha wild wake
robin, celebrata y John Burroughs In one of
" ,..nnSf naturi eaiayi, hna been brousht Into
cultivation Jt !fl aprlm bloomer and In finely
adapted Xo;9r.y position In the hardy border,
Klyln early flowira and taklnir up Httlo room
7i12j,ar,oty ejyctum Is the purple wood Illy, the
handeoniB white variety Is the g-randlnorum
The price of either variety In the catalosuee of
rollablo seedsmen Is 10 cents each or 11 a dozen.
Fruit Trees to Bear
S. T. Y, Apples will bear from three to five
years and continue bearing for 21 years Pears
from four to six years, and continue 80 years
reach from two to four years, and continue 1
yeo.r,s' E!.um from thrno to four years, anil
continue SO years. I3lacl?berry from one to two
years, and continue 10 to 1-' years. Strawberry
one year, and will bear two seasons. Rasp
berry from one to two years, and will bear for
10 years. Currant one year, and will bear for
JO j ears, gooseberry one year, and will con
tinue for 20 years. Asparagus two to three
years, nnd will bear for 23 years.
Weeping Trees
M. N. D. V'tipt.ig- trees are very effective.
It Is best to p,a.nv them as "specimens" that
Is Isolated from th hardy shrubbery border or
btoup. The weeping; willow, Sallx nabylonlca. Is
the most rapid grower of tha trees which have
pendulous branches. It has an olive green bark
In winter. It has its best effect when planted
on the mareln of water, but It succeeds in nn
average soil Tea's mulberry, Morus a?ba. va
riety" pendula, tartarlca, Is a compact dwarfish
tree available for limited space. The branches
are severely pendulous and the leave deeply
lobed. It la Ideal for the small grounds where a
tree specially 'charactered" Is desired for die
Play. The weeping beech. Fagus sylvatlca pen
dula, is odd looking but not . freakish! tha
brunches have a billowy effect. It Is very alow
growing. It needs a dry soli. The weeping
usti. (roxlnus excelsior, variety pendula, has a
round, spreading top Is a rapid grower and
attains n growth of CO feet periphery. Hence
needs room for development.
Spray- for Fruit Trees
Anselm The best all-round spray for fruit
trees 1b arsenate bordeaux mixture, which can
be bought In prepared form, Just "add hot
water nd serve " This is valuable both for tha
scaln and for the bugs which make havoc with
the naves and the fruit. For stone fruits,
che. tea, peaches and plums use a level Tea
Bpoonful of the preparation to a quart and a
pint of water. For pome fruits or fruits with
a fleshy covering embedding the seeds, such as
apples and pears, use a level teaspoonful to a
Quart of water. I'or grapes use the former
propuruoii uu nub use una spray niter the
u nas attained a rair site.
trull has attained a fair i
Pole Limas
C V D Sorry, you had such trouble with
the lima beans I tried to make It plain in
frevloua articles that lima beans were one of
he latest things to be planted Tha sttnia are
very susceptible to moisture and coldness. You
have tho consolation of knowing that you are not
the only one who has fared ill with llmaa this
backward aeason. The ground ia warm now
and there will hardly be any more frosts. So
trk attain, For a green seeded lima, which
you ask about, try Carpentlrla. Bach pod con
tains four large mealy beans, which retain
color even when dried.
SLEEP OF VBiTOBS Af
AlMNTIGOTYHOTttS
Experiments With Sheila by
Bethlehem Steel Company u
80 Milea Away Dia- -
turb "Guests
MANY PHILADBLPHIANSJ
ATLANTIC CITT, Ma? 80. For aver,t
iUy, In the early mo ling, nolsea like dis
tant cannonading havo awakened many
guests and made them make numerout In
quiries from hotel clerks as to tho cause ot
this sleep disturber. Inasmuch a the deep
rumblings sounded like thunder, many peo
ple ImaRlned a storm was raging at sen. but
as the sounds came at Intervals of about
SO seconds, this solution of the problem was
Riven up. Captain Nick Jeffries, An ama
teur wireless operator, explained the mys
terlous noises yesterday, and proof pf his
assertions ware given by a wireless message
to Cape May Point, N. J. The Dethtehem
Steel Company h.e a testing plant nt that
place, where It tests shells, a certain num
ber being1 taken but of each lot manufac
tured to eeo whether tho timing Is correct.
These tests take placo every morning, but
It Is only on certain days that the sounds
carry tho 35 miles between this city and?
Capo May. The reasons given for Oils
unurual transmission of souad Is that the)
sky Is banked by Immense, elands otVwater
dust," which acta as a sounding-board and
transmits these rumblings for a long dls
tanca. Now that this explanation Of thff
mysterious noises has been given Many
visitors, who feared that n battle was rag
lng at sea, may be able to onjoy their
morning nap In comfort.
Tho airships here are making trips every
IB minutes. Although thoy da not carry
passengers on every trip, they nre, adveiS
Using the flights and laying the foundation,
for big business later on. Night flights dr
promised with Illuminated planes, and as
business was, good last summer, sovoral
other air mariners aro planning to corns
hero during tho summer and get some of,
tho profits. f ' ,
There nro many Canadian visitors her
at tho present l!m. and many boxes' of
salt-water taffy are being mailed to "some
where in Prance" Tho candy ls""shlppd
to the London General Pcstofrico, but the.
ambiguous address given above If always
used on thopackagos.
The Atlantlo City Yacht Club la cele
bratl :e Memorial Day by a series of races
between catboats, to take placo this after
noon. The big novelty of theso races la
that nil boats are to be "manned" or Bklo-
fpered by the fair sex. A dance will be
given in the evening at tho clubhouse ana
tho prizes awarded to the winners -during
the first Intermission. Several younger
members of Philadelphia society ara en
tered in the races.
SUFFRAGE FETE BEING
HELDINGERMANTQWN
Prominent Speakers to Expound
Cause Many DelightfuPEn- '
tertainment Features
A suffrage play, moving pictures, auto
rides, decorated booths with everything
Imaginable to sell and many other features
will mark the juffrage fete whloh Is being
held this after loon and evCnlng1- on""thBx
vacant lot nt Greeno and Duval streets, Gerv
mantown. The play has been named "Uncle)
Sam's Daughters' and many prominCral
suffragists will be seen In It
The "Cause" will also be expounded by
several weM-Jtnovvn suffrage speakers.
In addition 'to, the booths and auto rides,
there is a maypole dance by the Children
of the Charles Henry School, Oreene and
Carpenter streets. There are also a "flsh
pond" for tho kiddles and a fortune teller.
A Dutch supper will be served. Prizes
will be awarded to; the winners of tho
poster" contest. Ctrl pupils of tho Qer
mantown High School have been com
peting and It Is expected many clever
designs will bo brought out. The com
mittees that will award theorizes Includes
Miss Jessie "Wilcox Smith. Paul King and
Nicola d'Ascenzo. Delegates from various
districts throughout tho State aro expect
ed to attend.
Mrs. Ernest T. Toogood, of 6358 Greens
street. Is chairman of the aides. Mrs.
Prank Dechant Is acting chairman of tho
speakers' committee; Miss Ann Harned Is
chairman of publicity: Mrs. W. Dlxoy la
chairman of the decorating committee; Dr.
M. S Self Is in charge of the cakes; Mrs.
B Saddington, candy, and Mrs. Frank Rob
inson, refreshments.
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