Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, July 13, 1917, Night Extra, Page 9, Image 9

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JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Babies' Hospital Interests Many Persons as the
Suirimer Advances Nancy Wynne Talks
of a Number of Things
SOMETIMES wo work so hard for the
war and war sufferers we forget the
ufferlngs at home, but .'ortunnteW for
the babies of this city there are some
food peoplo who have not forgotten them
,nd who remember only too well for their
own peace of mind (If they happen to
tave any babies. I mean, not minds) the
panic of last summer in the Infantile
paralysis which was a horrible menace
ll through the warm weather
A great deal was done last year to aid
the various hospitals and It Is to be
hoped that our thoughts for the soldiers
and sailors will not prevent the lambs
ef the Hock from being cared for nlso.
The babies have a firm friend In Mrs,
Johns Hopkins, for sho Iip given the
use of her houp- at 1709 AVnlnu i treet
for a hen'1" -rters for a summer cam
paign to raise funds and obtain workers,
who meet there' once or twice a week
throughout the summer and sew for the
kiddles In hospital at Llanerch.
Mr Bllllo Warden Is of"i f be found
tewing at the Hopkins's houso on Tues
day mornings and a number of the other
women on the committee are devoted
workers on little rr nts for tho babies.
Certainly some of the most prominent
physlclar In this "home town " physl
elans" are on the board of advisory and
active managers as well as officers. Dr.
rhurles Fife Is president; Doctor Io 15ou-
tllller, first vlco president; Mr Howard
Loeb, second vlco president; Dr Hovvatd
Hill, secretary; Dr. John Sinclair, treas.
urer; Stevens Heckscher, counselor; Sid
ney ' Davidson, financial secretary, and
Hiss Rene Fox, superintendent.
The advisory managers Include Drs.
Radcllffo Cheston, Lincoln Furbush, Ed
win Eldon Graham. J. P. Crozcr Griffith.
Charles Hatfield, Edward Hodge, Jr., H.
It. M. Landls, James Mclvec, S. W. New
tnayer, James P. Nlchol, Louis Starr. Al
fred Stengel and C7Y. White.
Among the active managers are Drs,
William Bradley, Ward Brlnton, J. B.
Carnett, Charles Fife, Alfred Hand, Jr.,
Charles Judson, Theodore Lo Boutllller,
Joseph S. Nerf. Arthur Kcwiin, who Is
now In France with Base Hospital No.
10; David Riesrhan, John Sinclair, James
TfJley, Mrs. Charles F. Jenkins, Mrs.
Henry Pepper Vuux, Howard Loeb, John
Mcllhenny, H. IC Mulford, Fred Rake
etraw and Samuel Rea.
On the women's commlttoe are Mrs.
Craig Blddle, Mrs. Ben Chew, Mrs.
Charles Jenkins, Mrs. .W. XV. Montgom
ery, Jr.. Mrs. William Gray Warden, Jr.,
Miss Minnie Wntmough. Mrs. E. Shippen
Willing, Mrs. Albert Wood and Mrs.
Henry Pepper Vaux Is chairman.
' "Hie report for the hospital for last
jrear states that 1004 babjet were treated
there during tho year with a death rate of
less than 2 p r cent. Only thirty-five can
be accommodated at one time. Tho hospi
tal does a wonderful dispensary or out
patient work. 11 Includes pre-natal,
prophylactic and sick baby care and all
patients are visited at their homes by
competent nurses.
Although the accommodations at COD
Addison street, which is a small alley
be' -een Pino and Lombard streets, are
in every way inadequate, tho situation In
a congested district of the city is wonder
ful, as a largo majority of the patients
come frorr the immediate neighborhood.
"The board of managers." the ann "1
report tells us," has been making a thor
ough survey in this locality before dec:'.
In upon a permanent site on which to
erect the memorial bulldlr s for which the
money has been given them."
PjLD family servants are Joys in more
V ways than one, aren't they? Old Tom
Was given to "snooping," and when Mrs.
Q left with the children for the ehoro
old Tom thought It tho psychological mo
ment to get him to "do garret up yondah"
and root, a thin he had wanted to do
Incidentally for many a long time.
Papa Q was in his stui'v deep In
Craucer and did. not hear old Tom's
stealthy tread up the three flights of
stall to the garref. There were fascinat
ing bundles up there, some tied, with cord
and others pinned up In linen bags smell
lng dellclously of moth balls delicious.
that Is, to those of u who like the smell
of tar and camphor combined
Well, to return to old Tom, he cau
tiously felt many of these strange pack
ages, wondering what was inside, until
nis eye caught sight of n flat, round some
think enveloped In bown paper.
He leaned far over a steamer trunk,
nearly dislocating a Knee, Joint in so
doing, and, grasped firmly the small, flat
Package In which, let mo whisper It, was
a discarded opera hat belonging to Papa
- Q . Now old Tom had never seen an
opera hat either lying dormant or In ac
tive ser
With what seemed the slightest pre
ure of his hand there was the most deaf
ening report. Like that of a .22-callber
It" shot out at him, suddenly becoming
hideous black monster where before It
had been a calm and placid fl.-.t package.
Old Tom made a flying leap for tho
door, knocking ov an old gulti and a
nigh chairMn so doing. Down the three
lights of Btalrs and Into tho kitchen he
flfd panting ' r breath his eyes showing
uge and- white and hla fringe of fuy
hair standi right up on his head.
In the meantime, Imagine Papa Q 'a
sensations, seated quietly in his room
reading his 'beloved poet. Suddenly from
above an unearthly nolae and then
thump, thud, bang, plump, down the stairs
nd past his door p flyln f lie.
, "Deed and I doan know whut It wuz.,
Mtatah Q ," said he, "but Tom do'an't
oo no mo' lookln' round dat attic," and
neither for a ten-dollar bl" r.or tho smell
t fried chicken cculd Tom be tempted
above the it flo agr'
Seaklng of Tam'lly servants makes me
think of Mandy, -ho recently Hed her
mistress- If she might have Wednesday
f Instead of Thursday, to which Mrs.
ft "piled, ''Well, yes, I rmposo tu
teay; but 1- ' why Wednesd-yr
"Why you see, Mrs. R , It's de
y I takes raah music lesson." Can you
beat It?
IUDA, the thirteenth, or Thursday (he
SVIUenth, as I hava heard It said; well.
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MRS. G. BKINTON LUCAS
Mrs. Lucas, who is spending the
summer at Cape May, will enter
tain a number of guests over the
week-end.
doing at the varloiib resorts. Mrs. Aleck
Coxo will give a dinner tonight nt her
villa in Bar Harbor for Mrs. William
Churchman. Let's hope there won't be
thirteen guests n this Friday tho thir
teenth; that Is, If nny of tho guests arc
superstitious. Mrs. Edward Mears is
having a tea up at tho Harbor today at
tl -"Kebo Valley Go" Club, so she. too, is
evidently not worried out fiose things.
Mrs. Brlnton Lucas and Mrs. Adiian
Kolff, who have a house together nt Cape
May, nro having a house party over tho
week-end and Mrs. Qulncy Adams Gill
more will entertain a number of persons
over Sunday at Nlagara-on-the-Lnke
Major GUlmore Is stationed nt Fort Niag
ara, you know, and Mrs. GUlmore has
taken a house nearby for the summer.
Thero have been a good many week-end
parties up thero lately, on account of the
camp, of course, and I'm afraid the place
will seem rather dead in mid-August
after camp bleaks up. Goodness knows
what will become of the ulilcprs then, for
they will bo sent thither and yon. and
perhaps not c -n have tlmo to say fare
well to their wives and families.
I heard only recently of two young
women who traveled from their homes In
Georgia to Texas to sco their husbands,
who were on the border there. They
were told they might see them for a
week. They were nearly heartbroken
when they reached there to find that
they would only be allowed to see them
for one day, and that they would not even
bo permitted to stay nt tho border, but
must return to their homes that night.
Yes, this Is war In real earnest and
there Is much suffering ahead for us all,
I fear.
To continue nfcout the plans and doings
of Philndelphl.ms In other places, I hear
tho Georgo Wldeners nro going up to
Newport soon to visit George's mother,
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice, at her
beautiful villa there. The Fltz-Eugcno
DIxons aro nlrcady staying with Mrs.
Ag Brockle Is up at Narragansctt Pier,
staying with Ethel Kuhn. Ag's flnnce,
Jack Mason, Jr.. has arrived safely In
France nnd has Joined the ambulance
corps there. Young Sam Carpenter sailed
fo'r France this week on the samo bIiIp
as Sophie Norrls. Lionel Willing Is an
other young follow who has gone or Is
going and several others, too, whose
names I do not now recall.
XTrERE you surprised to hear of Ccclle
. VV Howell's engagement? I can't say
I was, for Billy Rowland has been pretty
steadily attentive for some time and
every one felt sure It would be an engage
ment sooner or later. Ceclle Is a beauty
and no mlstnke. She Is the youngest of
the three sisters and made her debut the
same year as Katherlne Kremer Page,
Mabel Norrls Dickson, Dorothy Roberts
Bullitt, Elizabeth Roberts Clay, Rachel
Lewis Miller, Susan Bruco Chase and the
rest of them. They certainly were a
lively and pretty bunch of.glrls.
Billy Rowland seems to have borne a
charmed life In his early days. I do not
believe I have ever heard of any one
person having had so many terrible ac
cidents and living, and yet here he is as
"rl-'-t as a trivet." Do you remember
the days he hung between life and death
after that terrible accident on the New
York, New Haven and Hartford road In
10:3, whei B-ncy Blddle, :Tnrla Bullitt,
Emtlle Da-'- Croze. Fox l Vt - Mc
Quillan were killed ' '-Ight and Billy ha I
a beam of wood pushed Into his slde7 The
story was that ho 1 the nervt to pull
It out himself with young uder PI die's
help. Tho". were fearful days for all
those bright young people's relatives and
friends. Certainly that .year was one
auccesalon of horrors: In fact, with the
going down of the Titanic the year before
It seems as If there have been nothing
but accidents and war war war!
But there have been many beautiful
and good things that have happened In
those years, too, and we knojr It has all
been for some wise end and purpose
There Js no d1 tof tnB Rowland-Howell
nuptials ft y! ? Jua. W,H not b
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EVENING
R0XB0R0UGH CARNIVAL
OPENS TOMORROW
Will Be Given for Benefit of
Kensington Dispensary for
Tuberculosis
Elaborate preparations are being made In
Roxborough for a street carnival to be given
tomorrow afternoon and evening in Pechln
rtreet, between Roxborough avenue nnd
Mnrtln street, by the members of the Ho.
borough Auxiliary of the Kensington Dis
pensary for the Treatment of Tuberculosis.
Japanese lanterns and red, white and blue
electric bulbs will be suspended between the
trees that line the block and the residents
will decorate their porches with patriotic
colors
Rustic booths and camping tents will be
decorated with large and small American
flags loaned for the occasion by the Beth
any Herman Lutheran Church, and many
nttractlvo maidens will sell articles, both
useful and ornamental.
Home-made cakes, candles and Ice cream
may he had nt any time, while the supper
will be served from 6 to G.30 ocloek tif
course, there will be special music and. last
but by no means least, you may see the
'goose that laid the golden egg" nnd tlnd
that It has not gone out of business
This entertainment Is In charge of Mls
Amanda Stein, chairman of the auxiliary ,
Mrs Fred O II Werner, vice chairman;
Miss Ilelenc Reutcr, secretary. Miss l.m na
Mnssa. treasurer; Miss Muigaretha ogt.
Miss Luanna tielss. Mrs. Owen Miller Miss
Meta Fetter and Miss Ullzabcth Struett
The Jolly good time offered nt this out
door febtlval will not only ndd to the at
tendants own health, but will provide the
wherewithal to aid many need) sufferers
and help the children sent by the Dispensary
to the Preventorium In riiootilxvlilo, u farm
of !0i acres, where the kiddles aro built
up into strong bodies and happy minds
Auxiliary 106' of tho Southeastern Chap
ter of the Hed Cross Society, of which Mrs.
John Dearnley Is chairman, has Invited all
similar organizations In the Twenty-first
Wnrd to Join Its members In nn unusually
attractive lawn feto In September Tho
affair will be held on the grounds of the
home of tho chairman, one of the loveliest
places In ltoxboreugh In nddltlon to their
regulnr Hed Cross work preparations will
be made during the coming summer weeks
and the fete will be the event of the nu
tumn In this section.
Auxiliary 100 meets each Monday evening
and all day Tuesday In the parish houre
of St Albnn's Protestant Episcopal Church.
Ridge avenue, where the auxiliary was or
ganized Compresses, bandages, nil hurts
of surgical dressings, knitted garments,
helmets nnd Jackets, tho kind made b ex
perienced knitters; pajamas, hospital Milrts
in, fact, almost every article that the so.
clcty calls for has been iiindo b this
branch An operating table, the best that
could be obtained, was given by the mem
bers to the Episcopal Hospital I'nlt, No. 34.
Miss Adaline Edmunds Is treasurer and
Mrs. Charles S. I.votis, wife of the reqtor of
St. Albun's. Is sccretury.
In the Leverlngton Presbyterian Church.
Ridge and I.everli'gton avenues, every Tues
day from ! o'clock in the morning to 5 at
night one ma tlnd the members of the ltox
borougli Uranch of the Needlework Guild
of America making liatli robes, hospital
shirts, stockings, slings and nightingales for
tho Ited Ciosh Soeietv As Its name Implies,
the necdleworkers make n specialty of sew
ing garments, although for the next few
weeks tliey will do gauze work, as they
have receiveil a request to that elfect Mm
Oliver S Keely Is president of this group
of workets; Mrs William Stafford and Mrs
I. IT. Goshow, vice presidents; Mrs. It 11.
Hays, treasurer; Mrs. John I.iuhoii, t,ecrc
tary; Mrs. Charles Cauger, chairman of the
executive committee, and Mrs Frederick
A. Sobernhelmer, of the Emergency Aid
committee.
Another community center for the great
work is St Timothy's Auxiliary, with the
palish houso of St. Timothy's Church as
tho meeting place. The Rev. James R.
Ilalsey. rector, Is head of the workers, who
Include both men and women There are
tlrst-ald classes, two for women and ono
for men, and still another now forming.
Each has twenty-five pupils and the In
structor is Dr Lawrence Slmcox Mrs
F. L. Castelman Is chairman of the llrst
nld committee. Mrs J. Vaughan Merrick
has ehaige of the surgical dressing work,
and the members of her section meet every
Wednesday nfternooii
There nre about L'OO In the knitting sec
tion, working under the direction of Miss
Irene Schofleld. The makers of hospital
garments are directed by Mrs. J. Grlbbel.
Each of these auxiliaries welcomes all resi
dents of their community who desire to
help
Mrs. Frederick Merrill IlrechtAn young
Roxborough bride, gave a lunencon. fol
lowed by cards, on Wednesday nt her new
hoin . 610 Arbutus street, (icrmantown.
Her guests, who weie mostly from this
suburb. Included Miss Elizabeth Hey, who
hns Just returned from Englesmere ; Miss
Helen Rehfuss, Miss Robertn Rea Nelll,
Miss Elizabeth Carpenter. Mrs. Charles
Cremer, Miss Jnne Green, Mrs. Harvey
Motts, Mrs. Charles Krugcr, Miss Mai Ion
Clark. Mrs Richard Hey and Miss Kath
arine Wheelock.
An automobile party to the Atlantic
Highlands during the week Included these
well-known Roxboroughltcs; R. Bruce Wal
lace, Charles Majer, William Reger, Charles
Horrocks, Rawlins Adams. John J Foulk
rod, Jr., Oliver S. Keely, Fulmer Keely.
Charles Schofleld. Arthur Llttlewood and
George Llttlewood.
Miss Anna Deatty. of Manavunk avenue,
and Miss Mildred Hey, of Ridge avenue,
left on Monday for a tour through the
West to Colorado and will spend some time
In Denver.
Social Activitios
Miss Marie A. Tower, of 3214 North Fit
teenth street, and Miss Jeannette A. Paul, of
655 North Forty-fourth street, will leave
shortly for a six-week trip to the south,
taking In Georgia and Florida.
Mr and Mrs Raphael Luongo gave a
large reception nt their home, 1642 South
Thirteenth street, at which the engagement
of their daughter. Miss Carmela Luongo, to
Mr Joseph N Francisco. Jr. of 1231 Sodtn
Fifteenth street, was announced. '
"UNCLE SAM'S SAILOR BOYS"
ENTERTAINED AT PARTY
"Jackles" Stand nt Attention While
National Air Is
Sung
Tioga entertained some sailors and ma
rines jon Thursday evening at the home of
Mrs Charles II. Campbell, 1727 West Krle
avenue. There were forty-three of them,
representing seventeen States of the Union
As they marched two abreast along the
nvnn thev were greeted by the "Stat
Spangled "Banner," sung by a number of
Tioga's most popular ypung women, who
were standing on the porch The column
of khaki and blue halted and stood at at
tention till the last note died away Then
they filed Into the house and the. affair was
"on" No effort was spared to put them
at their ease ond to give them a good lime,
There were dancing, singing and recitations,
and, of course, there was a ukelele. What
1917 party would be complete without oneT,
The table was draped with a large Ameri
can flag and the centerpiece was composed
of any number of smaller dags growing out
of a bowl The "piece de .resistance" was,
or rather were, two huge cakes, with "Uncle
Sam's Bailor Boys" written on each of
them. Many of these boys have left Just
such happy home gatherings and tbey ap
preciate bo sincerely anything that'll dona
fof thm that It la a pleasure1 to entertain
ttU. wky Aon't Mm mere motkara an
Ijjhys i rtTT Um "JackM" this. kt4 of WeT
LEpGEBr-PHILADELPHlA, FRIDAY, JULY 1Q, lfrL7
TIMES HAVE
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io!riKii f-i. i " t- n:rnmp,n llrp-'nii-d b special srraEcement.
Maude Do you think grandpa ought to sec the play?
Dorothy Why not? He wouldn't understand the worst parts.
THE DAY OF WRATH
A STOUY
By Louis
CIIAI'TIIK I (Cnnllmirtl)
THEN, Indeed, even Herman nfllclnl ob:
tuscness might show a spark of rial in
telligence; whereas, by gaining a few clays
who knows whether our nrmles may not
come to you, rather than vou go U them?"
The good-hearted Frenchman's scheme
worked without a hitch Tho cart was
broken up for firewood, the linrncss burnt,
nnd tho dogs taken u mile Into tho country
by Maertz. who sold them for a couple of
francs, and came back to a certain ruined
priory by a roundabout road.
Ireno and Malny had gone there already.
The place lay deep In tres and brushwood,
and was approachable by a dozen hidden
ways Although given over to bats and
owls. Its tumbledown walls contained uno
complete room, situated sonic twenty feet
above the ground level, nnd reached by n
winding staircase of stono slabs, which
looked most precarious, but proved qulto
sound If ued by a sure-footed climber
Here, then, tho three dwelt elevifi weary
days. During daylight their only diver
sion wns the flight of hosts of airplanes
toward the French frontier Twice they
saw Zeppelins For warmth nt night they
depended on horserugs and bundles of a
species of bracken which throve among tho
piles of stones They vvcro vell supplied
with food, deposited at fluslt in a fosso.
and obtained when tho opening bars of "La
Ilrabaneonnc" were whistled at a distance
The air Itself wns n guarantee that no Her
man was near, because the Uclglaii national
anthem Is not pleasing to Hun ears
A tvped note In the br-sket formed their
solo link with tho outer world And what
momentous Issues were convoed In tho
briefest of sentences!
"Nuinur has fallen after a day's bom
bardment by a new nnd terrible cannon "
"Ilrussels has capitulated without tc
slstancc "
"After a fierce battle, tho French and
English have retired from Charlerol and
Mons "
"Tho retreat continues. France la In
vaded. Valenciennes has fnllen."
On the eleventh morning Ilalroy hid
nmong tho bushes until tlin dally banket
was brought. Monsieur l'ochard hlimclf
tine would contilve to meet Maeitz, mj the
girl did not know where her lover was
hidden
The Frenchman started visibly when Dal
roy's voice reached him ; but the latter spoko
In a tone which would not carry far. "I'm
sorr to seem ungrateful," he said, "but we
nre c 'owing desperate. Do us one last
favor, monsieur, nnd we Impose no more on
your goodness Tell me where and when
wo can cross the Meuse, and tho best routo
to take subsequently Sink or swim, I, nt
any rate, must endeavor to reach England,
nni madcmolsello Is equally resolved to
make the attempt. i
"I don't blaino you," came tho sorrowful
reply "This is going to be a long war.
Twenty yeais of deadly preparation ure
bearing fruit I am sick with anxiety.
Hut I dare not loiter In this neighborhood,
so. as tn.your affair, my advice is that
you cross the Meuse tomorrow In bioad
daylight. The bridge Is repaired and no
very strict watch Is kept. Make for N'l
velles, Unghlen mid Oudenarde. Tho Bel
gians hold the Antwerp-aand-Houlcia line,
but are being driven back dally. I have
been thinking of you. If you delay longer
you will at the best be Imprisoned In
Belgium for many months. Aro you de
termined?" "Yes."
"Do you want moneyT"
"We have plenty."
"Farewell, then, and may God protect
you!" '
"Is there no chance of nearlng the
British force" was Dalroy's final and al
most despairing question .-
"Not the least You would be following
on the heels of n quick-moving and vic
torious army. Progress Is slower toward
the coast. You have a fighting chance that
way; none the other Oood-by, monsieur.'1
"dood-by. best of friends!"
The sudden collapse of Namur and tho
consequent failure of the Anglo-French
army's Initial scheme had served to alter
this shrewd man's opinion completely Ills
confidence was gone, his nerve shaken. The
pressure of the Jack-boot was heavy upon
him. Dalroy was certain that he walked
away with a furtive haste, being in mortal
fear lest tho people he had helped so
greatly might put forth some additional
request which he dared not grant.
Next morning they left the priory grounds
separately and strolled Into the town, keep
ing some fifty yards apart It was only
after a struggle that Jan Maertz relin
quished the notion of trying to see Leontlne
before going from Huy. but the others con
vinced him that he might Imperil both the
girl and, their benefactors. As matters
juood. her greatest danger must have nearly
vanished by this time; It would be a
lamentable thine If her lover were arrested,
and It became known that he had visited
the villa.
They crossed the river on pontoons. The
Germans were already rebuilding the stone
bridge. They seemed to have men to spare
for everything- That the bridge was being
actually rebuilt, and not made practicable
by timber work only. Impressed Dalroy
more forcibly than any other fact gleaned
during his Odyssey In a Belgium under
German rule. There was no thought of
relinquishing the occupied territory, no hint
of doubt that It might be wrested from
thelr-clutch Iri the near future. He noticed
that the postolflce, the railway station, the
parcels vans, even the street names, were
Germanised. He learned subsequently that
th rhnol had been taken over bV Ger
man teachers, while the mere sound of'
lTcncn in anujj vr uuiiy pieco wns
scowled at If not absolutely forblddtn.
Tkere. Vers pot many troops oh the road,
lurt crow4 troop tF&VMtt'1 on botk
CHANGED
fU.- ' -,
OF 1911
Tracy
sides of the Meuse. and ever In tho same
direction Tvvn long hospital trains camo
frnir, the southwest, nnd Dalroy knew whnt
that meant Another long train of closed
wagons, heavily laden, as a panting engine
tesuneu. perplexed him. however. He spoke
of It to Maertz. the three being on the road
In company ns they climbed the hill to
Heron, and tlio carter promptly sought In
formation from a farmer.
Tho man eyed them carefully "Where
aro vou from?" ho demanded In true
Flemish.
"What has that to do with it?" grinned
Muortz, in the same patois
The questioner was satisfied Ho Jerked
n thumb toward tho French frontier. "Dead
tins'" bo raid "Thev 're killing Germans
like tiles down yonder They can't bury
them haven't time f.o they tio the corpses
together, slinging four on n pole for easy
handling, ship them to German and chuck
them Into furnaces "
"So." guffawed Mnertz. "tho swlno know
where they me going then'"
To Dalroy's tecret umnzement, Irene, who
understood each word, laughed with tho
others Campaigning had not coarsened,
hut it had undeniably baldened her nature
A month ugo she would have shpddered nt
hlght of these dun trucks, with their ghastly
freight Now, so long as they only con
tained (ierniaii3, sho surveyed them with
Interest.
, "Allowing forty bodies to one wagon,"
she Mild, "there nre more than n thousand
men in that train alone "
Tho faimcr spat nppmvnl "I've been
busy, nnil have missed pome ; but that's the
tenth lot which has gone east this morn
ing." ho remarked' cheerfully.
"Is the rond to Nlvelles fairly open?"
Dalroy ventured to Inquire
"One never knows. Anyhow, always give
tho' next lllago as our destination. If
doubtful, travel by night"
This rounrel was well meant In the
silent bitterness of hours yet to come, Dal
roy recalled It, nnd wished he had profited
by It.
Rnughlv speaking, they had set out on a
fifty miles' tramp, which tho men could
hae tackled In two days, or less But
the ptpeneo of Irene lowered the scale,
nnd Dalroy apportioned matters so that
twelve miles dally formed their program,
with, ns the entreprenurs say, power to In-rreai-e
nr curtail Thus, that first after
noon, the date being September 2. they
pulled up nt Gembloux. qulto a smnll place,
flndlin; supper nnd beds In a farm beyond
the village
Next day thev pushed ohead through
Nlvelles. and entered the forest of Solu'nls,
that undulating woodland on which Well
ington depended for the protection of a
dangerous (lank during the unaviildahlp re
treat to the coast If Napoleon hail beaten
tho Ilrltt'-h army nt Waterloo
Dalroy explained the Iron Duke's strategy
to Irene as they paced a road which pro
vides nn Ideal walking tour.
"That a general was not north his alt
.who did not securo tho track of his nrmy
if defeated was ono of his fixed principles."
he said "Ho would never depart from It.
nnd his dispositions nt Waterloo wero based
on It. In fact, his snllcltudn In that respect
nearly caused a row between him and
Blueher."
"Let mo see." mused the girl aloud 'The
Germans have never fought tho British In
modern times until this war"
"That Is correct."
"And how far nvvav Is Mons?"
Dalroy smiled at tho thought which had
evidently occurred to her.
."Wo nro now Just halfway between Mons
niHl Wnterloo Each Is about ten miles
dl.stnnt.
nni.
Wo were allied then wlh the Belgians,
Germans and Russians against tho French
Now we have Joined tho Belgians. French
and Russians against tho Germans It
hounds like counting In n game of crlb
bage A hundred years from today our
combination may be with the Belgians,
Germans and French against the Russians "
"Vou mustn't even hint treason against
our present Allies." ho laughed
" "What nre Allies? Of whnt avail nre
treaties? Vou men have mismanaged things
woefully It Is high tlmo women took a
lend In governing"
"Awful' I do verily believe you are a
suffragette."
"I am During what periods has Eng
land been greatest? In the reigns of Ellia
beth and Victoria " ?
"Why leave out poor Queen Anne?"
"She was n very excellent woman. As
soon ns she, camo to the throne sho de
clared her resolution 'not to follow tho ex
ample of her predecessors In making use
of a few of her subjects to oppress the
rest." The common people don't err In their
estimate of rulers, and they knew what
they were about In christening her 'Good
Queen Anne.' "
"Now I'm sure "
"Sure of what?"
"You have never told me what you wero
doing III Berlin."
"You haven't asked me," she broke In.
"Did It matter? I "
Irene's Intuition warned her that this
harmless chatter had Bwung round with
lightning rapidity to a personal Issue. Sad
to relate, shehad not washed her face or
hands for eleven 'days, so a blush o!d no
tales; but she Interrupted Bgalnrther
nervously. "What Is It you are sure of?"
(Copyrlsht, Bdward i Clode)
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
Smith Thomas
BETHLEHEM, Pa., July 1. Announce
ment has been made here of the marriage
In Philadelphia on July 3 of Miss Sarah
Jane Thomas, of -illentown. and Fred Smith,
of this place. The ceremony waa performed
by the Rev John 8. Romlgf of the First
Moravian Church. Mrs. Smith s a rscent
graduate of Ufc AlUntom Training gcboa)
for Nurse.
CITY WILL' MARK FALL
OF BASTHE TOMORROW
Independence Square Celebra
tion Will Commemorate Birth
of Republic's 'Liberty
"TOMMIES" WILL ATTEND
France and America will Join hands to
morrow In commemoration of the burning
of the Dastlle In Philadelphia the cele
bration will be held at the shrine of Amer
ican liberty Independence Square.
A parade, which will combine military,
and war relief features, will bring thou
sands of compatriots out at 9-30 o'clock In
the morning The parade will precede the
exercises in the square. It will be plenti
fully colored with tho uniforms of overseas
men Colonel Steele, of tho new Urltlsh re
cruiting office In Philadelphia, will have his
Tommio baggers" In line, nnd among them
several Scotch Highlanders with bagpipes.
M
Tnrdlcu. special French commissioner
in Washington, Is endeavoring to send a
detachment of French marines to add color
to the celebration
Next ti the military, the floats typifying
events In French history and others por
traying the work of tho French relief com
mission hero will be the most Interesting
features of the parade One particularly
v ivld bit of the history of France in Its
present making will be tho representation
of a ruined village taken from a photo,
graph sent honff by a young Phlladelphtan
now with the American corps abroad.
This destroyed bit of France fits In
with a general plan which nims to depict
Franc devastated and appealing to Amer
ica for aid.
The floats will appear with the French
war relief committee of the Emergency
Aid. The tableau preentlng France mak
ing Us nppenl for nld to America will have
ns Its principal figure Miss Mar- Brown
Wat burton, representing America. At her
feet will be several peasant children nnd
nn old man and an old woman. Miss Wnr
burton will wear a costume of white, with
of a red, white and blue sash
Liberty protectid will have a large figure
of the Statue of Liberty, guarded by sail,
ors nnd marines The third float will show a
portion of a French village, with shell
ruined walls, and in the foreground will
bo a new grave, marked with the familiar
wooden cross of the battlefield, with a
widow and orphan kneeling beside the
grnv e ,
Three motortrucks on which the floats
will bo built hac been lent for the occa
sion by the Rand Motor Company, 1805
Market street; the White Motor Company.
216 North Broad street, and the Hurlburt
Company, nt 2132 Market street.
FARMER SMITH'S
COLUMN ,
SEVENTEEN' YEARS OLD
My Dears If you are seventeen, listen.
If ou aro not that age, put this away, for
ou may be seventeen some day.
Tho other day a young man came to me
for advice. He did not know that I try
never to give advice That 1 leave for law
yers and doctors I RECOMMEND people
to do things, Bomctlmes. but I ahvoye. base
what I soy on what I KNOW TO .BE
TRUE.
At seventeen a boy or girl (they think
they arc MEN and WOMEN) are filled with
doubt, spelled DOUBT. It Is right that they
should be. for a fish that swallows every
hook Is no fish nt nil and not worth the
catching. I like doubters. I llko people to
dispute what 1 say, for It shows they are
THINKING.
The young man wanted a Job. He had
one. but It was not satisfactory to him.
After he bad told mo of SEVERAL things
he wanted to do, ho said he would llko to
enlist.
He did not know what he wanted, hut he
wanted mo to know for him. Could I do
that 7
Tho place to make money is where you
are. STICK at least, until the war is over.
YOU aro tho Judge, Jury and all. Your
loving editor,
FARMER SMITH.
STRANGE ADVENTURES
OF BILLY BUMPUS
THAT OTHER fiOAT
By Farmer Smith
"When two soldiers are fighting and have
nil tho world to roll around In. why do they
manage to fall on poor little me?" asked
Billy Bumpus of himself, as he sat under
an apple tree a little ways away' from the
artillery camp where he had been making
Ills home.
"1 begin to think I'm the most important
thing In all the world ! When there Is any
thing going wrong around the place I get
the blamo for it. When there Is anything
good going on I get the blame for not
doing It.
"And there you are !"
BUly ate a little tuft of grass and then
continued to talk to himself:
"1 suppose I had no business In that tent
Sergeant Dill Tickle what a name ! I
bet he Is sour. Maybe Dill Pickles are
sweet. Who cares7
"But "
"I wonder where Uiat other goat Is? To
think there Is another goat In the army!'
It makes me chilly to think of It.
"Haven't they enough trouble without
bringing another troublo-maker here to gle
mo trouble? Two troubles do not make a
right. t
"Wnlt until I get hold of him ! 1 bet a
I win ti.io w t inim-Ejcu itiuuncy uiai lie
wns laughing nt me when I fell into that
Dill Pickle to a plnk-cyed monkey that he
bluo water. I'll fix him. He must have
been a coward, to have looked at me doing
all thote things and never let on.
"Ho may have been the pet. O-hoo! A
goat for a pet ! But ho may be gentle, like
I was before I landed In tlfe nrmy. I'll
fix thnt fellow If I ever get hold of hlra."
BLIM!
Billy butted a blade of grass Just to show
how good his iilm could be.
"Funny, In this world, what starts you
to do something. I might sit here for the
rest of the day, yet the very thought of
that other fellow makes me get up and
hurry down to butt him. Poor fellow !"
Billy started down the hill on a run. and
when ho reached Sergeant Dill Pickle's tent
he found It empty once more.
BiUy peeked here. Then he peeked there,
and nil the time he was hunting for the
othr goat. .
"Hey, there' If you are hiding from me,
come out and I will butt you to smithereens
right now," Billy was shouting at the top
of his leathery lungs.
No answer.
"You coward I Come out and do battle."
fairly yelled Billy.
Silence.
"My language Is too mild," thought Billy.
"I'll run around and find that rascal."
He looked under the cot he looked out In
the back yard. He looked everywhere,
Then he said, "I guess that coward Is so
small he can't be Been."
'There Is one place I forgot to look," said
BUly, Jumping up on a small (aVIe. "He
may be hiding here, somewhere."
Billy turned his head suddenly and. sure
enough) right In front of him stood the J
omer goai. a least limy mougnt be was
other goat.
Then things began to happen RAP
IDLY, MOTION PICTURE
EMPLOYES' EXCURSION
SUNDAY, JULY 15TH
New York awl Cmt laUjad
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IprCUt 4Tin ijtj jwwin vttu
Ul?-TOBir"
TWiia
ED VARE FIRES
IN NELLY'S ALLEY
Can'l Blamo Him for Felin? Hf"
mains, Though, Senator Say
With Grin
ii
NOT 'IN' ON GARBAGE FIM.
After the manner of Mohamet, KeU
Alley has come to the notice of Stat -.tor
Ed Vare, since his street cleaners woutl
not come to Nelly's Alley.
Tne uvE.vtNa Ledobr's story of filth i
ditlons In the neighborhood of VaiVs
nome resulted not only In "Immediate a
lion" from Chief Hlcki. of the Stieet Claa-
lng Bureau, but It resulted In Vare'a - -missal
of one of his foremen.
Senator Vare said today that be thofct
this man waa responsible for the condition
of the street at the entrance of Nelly.
Alley.
"I think the dirt was sprinkled and swept
out of the alley, all right." he explain,
"but the gang of men who followed !
sweepers and shoveled th dirt vp wre V
on the Job. It Is the business of the forV
man lo see that they are on the Job,W ,
thero was no excuse for this man, so I first
him"
Senator Vare offered an original explana
tion of the reduction of fines this montk.
They are $600 less than they wer last
month
"That's because the problem of securllHf "
men Is not so acute as It was In April'anr ""
May," he asserted
"Early In the summer we had a bunch of
green, inexperienced sweepers and drivers.
They were responsible for a lot of tl
fines Now they understand their buslnea
better." y
Senator Vare was asked It he had aV
interest in the Penn Reduction Company,
which has the garbage contract for the city,
and declared that he had not. V
"I don't own a penny's worth of stock In
the concern, so you can't make ra re
sponsible for tre dead cat that lay on mfl
btreet sweepings," he ended with a grin.
Nelly's alley Is enjoying a mlnlator
reformation. Dr. Bernard Kahn says that
It Is almost too good to be true. The street
cleaners and garbage collectors single it out
for special attention. Now the children
can play on the narrow little streets wltht
out being exposed to diphtheria, Infantile,
paralysis, or typhoid fever. For Nelly's
alley has come to the political mountain and
Is receiving "Immediate attention,"
URGES WOMEN TO DROP
"STYLES" DURING WAR
Defense Council Committee Abjo
This Action to Release Men
for National Service
WASHINGTON, July IS.
Uncle Sam today asked women to aba
don "styles" during the war. The de-
fense council women's committee launch,
the appeal: ,
"Wear the clothes you have so man
power now engaged on feminine fads sad
fripperies may be released for real war
service at home or abroad.
- "Buy at reasonable prices regard
of style. Don't refuse to buy a gown be
cause there's too much or too little mate
rial In It. Let' us make use of what w
have. Allow the unenlightened men to ta4
fault with you. Do not draw on the labor
market to create useless things; It la poor
political economy and poor patriotism-
Insistence of woman on "something
exclusive" to tickle her vanity and open
the floodgates of envy In the next-door ,
neighbor's house was strongly advised
against in the committee's statement.
Women rushing into khaki also was de
cried, because "it puts the women In cosb
petition with the Government for millions
of yards needed for troops."
The wisdom of using up present tyl.
nnd having fewer styles during the re
mainder of the war to conserve man-power
will be Been by American women, the com
mittee believes. Mrs. Joseph Lamar, wbo
Issued the statement, said:
"America's women are whole-heartedly
devoted to the nation's Interests and wjil "
make real feminine sacrifice of style ta
help Undo Sam win the war."
Australian Wool Sold to British
MELBOURNE, Australia, July 13. The
new Australian wool clip has been sold tp
tho British Government on the same terra
as last year.
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT
I
$$,
Municipal Hand plays tonight at ,Brom
btreet a,nd Snyder avenue. Free.
l'nlrmount Park Band play at Straw
berry Mansion. Free.
Philadelphia Hand plays' at City Hall
Plaza. Free.
Lecture, "Masterpieces of tb Piano
forte," by Hunter Welsh. U of P. Summer
School. Free. '
Carnival, Corpus Christ I Catholic Cburck,
Twenty-eighth street and Allegheny av-s
nue. Free.
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In a Particularly Timely Proiuctloa
"THE LITTLE AMERICAN"
COM1NO EAKLY IN SEPTEMBER
OOLUWYN PICTURES
T1I18 MEANS NEW IDEAS.
WORKS OF NOTED ART1HTSM
riAT A ""TT1 '!! MARKET STREET
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