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LEAP YEAR HOPES GONE;
IT ENDED LAST MONTH
Astronomer Denies Open Season
Runs to February, 1917, be
i spite Californian's Theory
There's nothing to It. Blrls. Leap year,
tthlch wns baWI by A. H. lionton, president
i of tho Southern California Academy nf
Sciences to rim from February 89. mifi,
to February 28. 10 IT, really Mowed tun
ning December 31 last, ahd la now restlnie
In ono of tho upper reaches until .tnnunry
1, 1820. It took 1'rof. llrlo Honllttle, of
the University of Pennsylvania observatory,
' to puncturo this latest Hallfornla. bubble.
"So fiir aa tho calendar la concerned,"
contended l'roressor Denton, "tho present
leap year did not beeln January 1, IMG,
I nnd did not end December 31, 10IG. dia
tom and tradition havo decreed fiom old
'times that tho 29th of February of blssox
tllo (havlnc tho blssextus or Intercalary us
the leap year In the Julian calondar) year
aa tho beginning of tho special or leap
year privileges for tho fair sex, and It la
' that particular day that differentiates leap
year from the ordinary."
Tho mini nnd BUbstanco but not the
nctual text of Professor Doollttlo's refuta
tlon Is ns follows:
lleforo tho tlmo that tho Julian calendar
cntno Into being, when they used to think
Hmt tho tun went around tho earth, tho
KRyptlnns had but SCO days to tho year.
The consoquenco wns that festivals and
holidays used to fall under entirely differ
ent climatic conditions each twelvemonth.
Dtit oven then tho nstronomcrs knew that
3G0 was too few days for a year. Finally
ono of tho kings nroso and said to his chan
cellor, "Mlltc, how many clays havo wo lost
In tho last ten years?-' Mlk,o would leply
"About liny, ma lord," nnd the king would
Bay, "Let's murk tlmo nnd mnko up tho
next fifty days don't count, forget 'em.
nnd start all over." It appears from an
cient accounts that high doings used to
feature theso days. Women uaed to chase
tho men, hl.-.tory fMa us., Thon tho year
would start all over.
Then came tho Ilxlng of tho Julian cal
ondar. Folk found out that tho year was
305.2422 days long. "Cnll It 305," decreed
Julian himself. "And every four years put
tho quarter days together and add a wholo
day. Throw tho quarter-day in tho mlddlo
of the year some plnco and not at the be
ginning, becauso then wo'd havo two shoot
ers' parades, which would bo appreciated
by tho lager leaders and no ono elso."
So Leap Year has leaped, girls, and any
proposal is n "fox pass," take It from Clio,
tho Muse of History I
16-YEAR-OLD GIRL WILL
WAIT FOR SWEETHEART
Gives Tearful Promise When Soldier
Is Taken From Her on De
sertion Chargo ,
"I will wait for him," was tho terse
comment of sixteen-year-old Amelia Ooro
thy Sannlno, of 1020 Cooper street. Cam
den, who was brought back from Trenton
today by her mother. Mrs. Louis Sannlno,
lollowing her elopement last week with
Alfred Hunting, thlrty-ono years old, of
Trenton.
Dorothy disappeared whllo tho family
was nt supper on January 10. At tin
same time Bunting disappeared from the
home of his cousin, Mrs. N'. A. Daw's, oi
034 Lawrence street, Camden.
Their romance had dated from two weeks
before, when tho girl met Mrs, Davis at n
moving-picture show nnd was Introduced
to Bunting, who la a private In tho I'nlted
States army. Bunting had decided to de
sert becauso ho had been ordered, to Fort
Slocum, . Y., and tho girl decided to go
with him.
A "pollco" flier and newspaper notices
arrived at Trenton heforo tho couple, and
InBtead of npplying for n marriage license
Bunting left tho girl In charge of h'H mar
ried sister nnd went into hiding. Thp RlrV
was arrested at the olster's homo and Hunt
ing was picked up when ho cimo to call.
When arraigned In Trenton the girl was
placed In ciiargo of hor mother and tear
fully hade adieu to her lover, who wan taken
In charge by tho Government officials.
Tho girl promised to wait, ncoidmg tn
lira. Sannlno, whllo Bunting promised to
eervo bin time and return to Camden at Its
expiration nnd claim tho girl us hia bride.
BOYS MAKE LIURAItY CLOSE
Open
Barrlngton Institution Will Bo
Only Monday Afternoons
Complaints that boys In Barrlngton, .
J., six miles from C:im;l?n, ubo the newly
organized Harrington Public Library as an
excuso for saying out at night, and injure
school furniture In iho Harrington srhn.il
where tho books are kept, has led to the
closing of the library at night. The ni-t'im
wns taken nt tho annual meeting of tho Li
brary Association last nlglit.
Hereafter, until now quarters nro found,
tho library will be open Monday ufternunn
only. MIhs Lillian Hudson, librarian, re
signed because tho library will be open
such a short time, Mrs. C.'lnylon Moore will
bo temporary librarian. The following of
ficers wore elected: President, Mrs. V). M.
Oliver: vleo president, Mrs. J. Ilarwy
Johnson; t-ecretnry, Miss Jlos? Ifalberg;
treasurer. Benjamin Hudson; trustees. Mrs.
Oliver, Mrs. Johnson, Mis, ( 'In ton Moore.
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Swarthmore College Faculty Has
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A petition Is boins circulated nmomc
members of tho faculty of swarthmore
rollego proponing the tatabllshment of a
Oiimittlwlon which would work officially
under "Iho t'ttlted Slntea (lovrrnment tn
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of helping tho noncombaiants through
their trials ntid money Is n1n asked lo
.pay Iho o:pennos of, the ootnnilnslon itself
1'romlnent professors nt the Quaker In
stitution are said to have slpncl the peti
tion and additional BlRliatures are looked
for. The petition nskB President Wilson to
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mission to administer aid. especially white
thu crosfllmi of belllBcrent lines wmlld be
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the Swarthmore educators Is curried out.
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petition nska that tho nmount of money
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witness to tho worttl of tho immense pity
ami good will felt by tho people or tho
I'nlted States for the sufferers In stricken
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countries.
WINS RACE TO
MAN'S DYING GREETING
Sculptor Hails Wife on Arrival
From Europe and
Expires
N'EW YORK. Jan. 30. III her race across
the Atlantic, Mrs. John It. M. Ilonnor ar
rived hero yesterday aboard tho steamship
tlnrmnnln, of tho Cunnrd Line. In tlmo to
hear the last woid uttered by her husband
on his death bed.
Mr. Ilonnor had been flchtlnir death for
more than twenty-four hours, hoplnir to
bo nblo to llvo Ioiik enoURh to bid his wife
Koodby. It was nearly I o'clock when Mrs.
Ilonnor reached tho homo of her brother-in-law,
Fred C. 13. llonhnr, 557 Clinton avo
nue, Newark, X. J., and ran Into tho room
where her husband wns lying. t
"Nancy I" camo from the lips of tho
dying man. ns she fell half falntlnir by his
Blfto. A moment.later he was dead.
Mr. Ilonnor wns a sculptor. Ills brother
siild that ho had been applying himself ro
Incessantly to making statueti for public
buildings In Ottawa. Canada, "that he actu
ally worked himself to death "
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CIIK.STKIt. Pa . .Inn. SO Iilentlllcti 1J
Kiluln II. ttiirkninn, of 830O West Ninth
street, n reilted lirnker. ns the man who
nttemnteil tn flioot him Ettinilav nluht.
Charles l.lnyd, n nritrri, was chen n lne
llnilnary heniini! tmlnv hefnrr MiiRlntrnto
I.cnry ami helil fur trial.
Rod in, thu Sctillor, 111
l'AltIS, Jnn. 30 Atieust E. Ilodln. the
famous seiilptor. Is seriously III with tho
Kiili. Aecilnllnn tn the latest liulletln, tho
malady Is foIIiuvlnR Its normal course, hut,
iiwliui to the KCulntor'B urcnt iifie nnd thu
bi verily nf the iittnek, the pntk'iit la very
weak
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COMPLEX AS NEW ONES
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Features Antique Has Not.
Piece Still Workable
Sfe lllintrnllon on l'lclorlnt rage.
Stodcrnlsta cnthnslasllo over tlio In-a-door
beds and compound kitchen (,onblnet
kllrtienettes may ftRilh ho ronltnttfrt that
there's hothlntf how under tho sun If Uiey
will visit ah old furniture Blora In tho old
churrh bttlldlnit at the southeast 'corner of
Twelfth nml Cherry streets, fvoral peni
rrallons old, a piece of furniture Is for snlo
there that combines n book case, bureau,
writing desk, wardrobe nnd bed. Ahd It Is
not such n trick piece of furnlturo at that,
but Is entirely practicable.
Tho plero Is of solid walnut, six feet blRh.
four feet wldo nnd two feet thick. Viewed
from tho front, It has four drauerS on the
right side; on tho left side, nt the bottom,
one largo drawer; above the four dinwers,
n panel, which, ns a door, drops down nnd
reveals tho writing desk. Above the writ
ing desk Is a jslass door, back of which
are two bookshelves, tin Kie left side nbove
the blK drawer Is n French plate mirror
which opens like a door and reveals a
wiiriitiibo. llv pitll'oir t1'" n''i'- .iv" fvi
the wnll, nnd turning two knobs tho bed
folds out.
i. .ii .nil ft. KnpUck, mnnaRer of tho Btore.
said the piece had been bought from nit old
family that moved not Ions nso from tho
old residential section of lower Kprurc
street. Originally, ho said, nnd botoro tho
codt of HvltiB rose, It must havo cost
$loi). II is for salo now at $10.
Among other such thinRs for sale nt the
ntnro Is a solid walnut secietary. patented
In 1S74. Tllo doors to Its niliiR cabinet are
ono font thick. Its original cost Is esti
mated nt $Ui0. This ha been marked
down to $15.
TOD IN HUMAN GAItB"
TOPIC OF '(QtTIET TALK"
Continuing his "Quiet Hour Talks" In
the Oarrlck Th-atro.,S. U. Gordon addreesed
n Urge ctowd today. Tho topic of his talk
wns "ilod in Human Onrb) Homespun,
llnnilslllchcd." Tho speaker said In part:
"Vou can seo tits whole of tho fun In n
slnglo drop of water sometimes. You can
kio tho wholo of tho Son nf Clod In n single
line of John's flospel ofltlmes.
"l want to give John a new voice. I want
tn let him tnlk to us, In slmplo, everyday
KngllRh talk. Just what ho Is saying In his
uwn mother tongue..
"In tho beginning thero wns Ono Who
wns very wonderful. IIo was Uio hand of
God, strong and tendef, h5cn.lns down to
fak man by the hand and lead tiirt fcack
th tho old trtitlnir place under ths trtd of
life, llo was the volco of God, soft hd
low, clear and distinct, talking rrtur.lo in
man, eo wc might ho caught with the tnelodjr
of It and come running bilck home.
"He wna Ood Himself, putting on Uk)
'path of our humanity; homespun, hand
stllched j walking In clo touch among us
to win us by tho warm personal touch
"This Is n part of the meaning of the
llltlo ilvo-lettercd word In his own language
that John chooses out and uses ns a new
name for Him who was commonly cfllled
Jesus.
"So wonder tho critical people object
much to John's, Gospel. For this Is John's
wholo thought of Jesus."
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