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mancy Wyltnc Wonders if All
I Prevail After the IP'arMiss
sey This Month Interesting Bit About Onr Men
jkVTOU know as clay jjo by nml more mid
more tavvr, retrlrtlns Ihltips nre mvle.
H have wo mimed now nnrl npnln whether
lifter the war, when things Ret more
plentiful BKaiii, we will 50 back to sonio
of ilia c.traagancc3 Ihit have been de
manded by good form nil alone There's
tllO feliortaen in wlllln tinnm- fnv Imlannn
jV'ho ever in pence times could have sent
out. a wedding Invitation on ono sheet of
paper and In one envelope, and 'lave. "Rot-
VUn away with if? And you don't save
fftnythlnff by It so a .oiiiir bildo told me.
bho had pone to one of the stoles lo
ordcr the annoum-cmi'tils of her weddins
,im was norrincu to llnd slip had to ti?e
jOflo sheet of paper only. "Why, Rood-
ncsai- sne CXCl.imP.ll. "It'll feel sn llllll
np 0110 will Know it In nu In'vltntlon:
tsttjey'll think it's an advertisement, and
jtho merchant Is ecoiiomi'.in;- at that!"
,So If, dear reader. In tho hereafter of
this present life j,nti receive what appears
to be an "ncT in the mall, be fine to. "she
It tho once over" hrfoie conslsnliic il m
tho waste basket, l-'nr nil you know It
may bo thy amiouiircineiu of your first
cousin's marriage to the diiko of fiuuc-
body or other on the utlier side,
milR lnniT MHMPnmHIlt It, ., ll.ll.r. ..I ll.n
J1- past In thefc days, and now the next
persons to iii.iit.v vvlio'r rnj-iiscincnt was
announced only two weeks ago, arc Mary
Scott MontRomcry and l-'cj-varil lllddlo
Halsey. Mary MonlRoir.;ry is the daugh
jlcr of Mv. Vil'i.im AV. Montgomery and
a sister of the four Montgomery brothers
;jvho arc In the service of the country.
Bob Is a major, William also has an Im
portant Comnilsslne, nml Ai-pIiIp .lr nnrl
fjohn nj'c In the service. Marv went
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abroad to do Red i'iUsh and canteen work
before our entry Into the war and ro-
turned home list spring. She had 'In
tended going back, but at that time no
Kisicrs or men in the service were allowed
to cross the water, so she bad to give It
.up. And only, lately she was made n
warehouses superintendent or the rted
Cross here. She is nltoccthcr a most nt.
tractive person and Ned Malse.v Is to be
congratulated on having won her.
g The wedding will take place on Au
gust SI.
T THINK H awfully interesting 10 hear
- who meets whom over in b'rance. So
many men go over there and meet with
friends they haven", seen for 5 ears over
here. You know Aldcn Sexton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alexander Sexton, of (Jcrnuin
iovvn, is over there, doing military police
duty with the engineers. He wrote to his
family the other day telling of an Inter
esting experience he had recently. Ho Is
on duty from 11 at night until 7 n the
morning, and part of his work Is opening
a gate for .trucks to go through. One day
When he was off duty some one came into
his tent to tell him that an ofllrcr wanted
to seo him. He went out, thinking It was
some kind of business, and there was
Alexander Ttandall, son ,if our Dr. and
Mrs. Alexander Randall, whom he knew
very well over hero. Aleck is a lieutenant,
you know, and the nlgnt before lor rather
that morning nt about 4 o'clock) he had
Bono thiough In a truck and Aldcu had
opened the gate for him. He had recog
nized him and looked him up the next
day. So they had a largo talk and you
can Imagino how glad they were to see
each other H must be wonderful feel
ing, when you're tired and thole's nobody
near you except men from Florida and
California and Maine, and you're Just, a
tiny bit homesick, to have a Philadelphia-
suddenly blow in and tnlk about things
that you know about for a while. And
that seems to lie what's happening all the
time now that so many are over there
and moving around all over France 9S
they are.
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MY GOODNESS, but you have lo be
careful What -.'nil s:iv In llm vnime.
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liters, don't you-.' Small .loe, you see, wan
crazy about birds. And small Joe, inci
dentally, is only lour years old, but he's
ALL COY, let me tell you, And of an
Inquiring disposition decidedly. Well, he's
b'vfen watching the birds most attentively
this summer and the butler found him
darting after Mr. ninl with small hand
outstretched. "Oh. Master Joe," said he,
''that's not the way, to catch a bird."
JV'Well, how do I catch one, Smif?" said
.Toejv Smith thought a moment and re
siled : "You Eet a Ions stick anfl vnn
j?3t a pin on the end, and then you get a
jyorm and put it on that end, and then
you hold it out and the bird runs right
to' y au."
fr.loe thought very seriously for a' while.
and that evening just before "good night"
ho climbed into auntie's lap and said:
jp"'How do the birdies get wornls to eat,
auntie?" "They dig Into the ground with
their little beaks," said auntie. "Tiiov
catch Mr. Worm and swallow him down
quick." "Oh, do they?" said Joe. "What's
tbeak?" "Why. a little bird's uoso is
WaAbeak, 'darling. Come, it's bedtime
hVwV
jfis'ext morning auntie came out on the
porch and looking on tho lawn found
jroune Joseph prone upon his stomach
apparently fallowing Into the green grass
Ion; his little face. V'What on earth are you
Nolng, Joe?" she called.
LjjJ'I want to catch a bird, auntie, and so
jn irying 10 gei a worm with my beak,"
spiled young hopeful, who with Hushed
Ice and tossed curls looked more like an
angel .than the grubby little boy he was
frying to be.
iXeedlesa to say auntTa lesuued him
Eulckly. NANCY WYNNE.
Social Activities
lilrs. Louis Tllse. of Kline's Court Anart.
Bents,- is visiting Mrs. Karl H. Rogers at
fer cottage, 102 South Cornwall avenue.
pentnor, for ten; -days, Mrs. Henry C,
iVeeks, of 7802 'Lincoln drive. Chestnut Hill.
nd ijliss. Florence Hancock, of 2021 Pino
Ptreet,' wll bo. the guests of Mm Rogers's
flater; Mrs, Thomas Clcmenl, during the
reelir
toWrs. Maxwell TattfrHleld. of 7203 Lincoln
rive, Chestnut Hill, and hrr iViugliteis, Miss
Wise TatlerHleld, .Miss Margaret Tatters-
ttand .Miss Emily- Tattersnelil, arr at th
Inside. peac,h( ll?ii, where (hey wll re-
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40r PEOPLE
the Former Conventions IT ill
Montgomery to Wed Mr. Hal-
Loiil-p Llpplneott. nr nmilnglon. N. .1 . and
Miss Ruth Chapman, of Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs Harry fi. Voting and thMr
daiifchtPis, MlsB Florence Young and Miss
Marjorle Young, of Lansdonne, are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. R. 11. M,' Stuart nt their cottage
In Ocean City.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles K.' Slmll and the
.Misses Shall are at the Hotel Windsor, Cap?
.May, for the lemalnder of the season. They
will open their apartnu-nt nl the New Clinton
about the middle of September.
Mis. T Sparks ttlsliop and her to rhll
dien. nf Lansriowne. aie at Ocean lit. to
remain until Labor Day.
Miss Helen Chatham, of RS1S Ca-harlne.
street, and MIs Sara Mlltenheiger. of S3SS
North Twenty-first street, w'll leae tomoi-rnu-
for Ocean City, where thev will be guests
of the Phi Delta Psl Sorority House,
Mrs. I-;. C Van Sanforri, of Fulton, X V,
.(ls visiting Jlrs. P. A. Ilolcombe, of Narbciih.
Frirnrli of Coipmal .Mori Is Frankel? son
nf Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Frankel, 23RS Xorh
Twenty-first street, will he glad to know ot
his safe arihal overseas.
Sei-geant Hlikmond W. Nash. Pnllrd
Stales marine, corps, statlnn-d ai Indian
Head naval proving cioumK Md , Is mending
ten days' furlough in Marietta, Oa , with his
family.
Mr Irene Walters, of .Madison, III . h.i"
arrived In Woodbury for a, Iwo weeks' stay
wiji her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ("S. Cloer he.
DESERTER GETS TEN YEARS
Another Soldier Gets Two Years at ?ir
tansliurg, S. C.
SpartnnliurE. S. C, Aug. 22. Twenty-five
years ift hard labor and forfeiture of all pay
ami allowances was the sentence Imposed by
a court-martial on Private Victor Scallse.
of New York, Company F. Fifty-third
Plonter Infantry, for three altempts at de
tertloti. The tvirnly-nve years' sentrnre wa- re
duced to ten ycar by Itrlgjdler General (Juy
Caileton, coiniuundliig the luovislonal depot
for corps anil rmy tioop
Private Frank Stlo, Company D. Fifty-first
Pioneer Infantry, will seive two yeais at
haul labor and forfeit two-thirds of his pay
for the same length of time for refusal to
undergo an operation.
Second Lieutenant limerson C. Harrington.
Jr., Sixtieth Pioneer Infantry, has been pro
nounced unlit for military service by an
armv medical examining board and has been
given all honorable dlschaige. He Is 11 son
of Coventor Harrington, of Maryland.
The Rev William Stlnson. of Philadclphlq,
has been commissioned chaplain.
Major David J. Simpson, a former PMIa
drlphlau, lias been relieved of special duty as
camp postmaster and ordered to rejoin his
regiment, the Fifty-fourth Pioneer Infantry .
ARMY COOK HEIR TO $130,000
Was Known Here as "Sailor Evangelist"
While in Nay
Thiiih Seder, (Irrcni lite, . c, Aug. 22.
Organization, of the new- Twentieth Division
Is go'ng foiward rapidly. Colonel William M.
Conm-ll, for many year', in active service In
tliu ariiiy, has reported for duty as chief of
staff.
11. M. Miles, a cook at the patients' kitchen
at the base hospital, was surprised to receive
a notification that a distant relative had be
queathed him $15(i. nno Milc. Is pursuing
the even tenor of hi way and says It has
not caused him to w.sh to change his career
even if be could
Miles Is from Taiboro, N. C but has spent
seventeen ye.ns In tho army and navy, the
gi eater pail ot which time lie was In' Phila
delphia, lie says lie was ordained minister
of the Methodist Church and during his slay
In Philadelphia he ministered to the spiritual
meds. of his comrades as well as to their
dietary needs and earnel the title ot the
"Sailor Kvangellst."
He got Into the army again about thirteen
months ago. On June 0 he man if d Miss
Mildred James, of Greenville.
RED CROSS SEEKS WALNUT
.Is Helping Government Hunt Wood for
Aircraft
The Red Cross Is to aid the bureau of
aircraft production of the War Department
In obtaining walnut, so much needed for
airplane propeller blades and gun stocks.
Through Its members the local Red Cross is
making an appeal to owners of large estate
on which there are walnut trees asking them
to give tho trees to the Government.
Committees ot men and boys will be
oiganlzed to canvass the country, locate the
walnut trees and ask tho owners to offer them
to L'nclo Sam. rersons willing to give sueii
limber should write the. Ordnance Depart
ment, procurement division, small arms sec
' Hon, Washington, D. C.
GIRLS PLAN "LIBERTY SING'
Patriotic Kvcnt to He Held at I'iflv -fourth
anil Malcolm Streets .
A "Liberty Sing". will lie held tomorrow'
evening at Fifty-fourth and Malcolm streets.
Its originators are Miss Dorothy Johnsto.i
and Miss Mabel Mnsquera, and the leadeis
will be Dr. B, B. Fenlmore and Charles 1.
Smith.
A patriotic program of ocal and Instru
mental music has been arranged, and theie
will be speechmaklng adapted to recent events
In France and Flanders.
3,swswxs!rs.wrrw(wr: KWnxST-1f"'.rfl
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MISS KATHRYN CEORGB
Dvuzhter of Mr. and .Mrf. Wilson K.
CeorKe. of 335 Juniper ttreet, Quaker
.,io;iL,jvhbSe, engagement JiIr,,l,utber- -
a mmmmammmaamm a
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
MRS. TUCKER AND HER THREE CHILDREN
ss WH! ''uvt fHK 'tv"v" ; v,--. - ..? -r-. . ... j3
l IW) ' T'f I ill' liW H" .- C
A """"SMas'J iHiiiiiiBiiiiii iiiiinnmH 1
rar-sriKisiViisaasc&'sii
Thoto by Bachnch
Mrs. Louis B. Tucker, of Soulli Latches lane, Merion. with her lilllc daughter, Uellv
Tutkcr, anil her two sons, Ilonnie and Jean
HOLD LIBERTY "SING"
IN SHERWOOD TONIGHT
Hundreds Participate in Weekly
Songfcsts at Sniitlt
Home
Between S00 and 1000 pel sons aie ex
pected to take part tonight In the Sherwood
Libetty Sing, which will h held at Fifty
ninth street and Wllows avenue. In addition
to the community songs rendered under Hie
direction of Albert K. Seymour, Ming direc
tor, selections will be, given by a double ipiar
tet composed of members of th- Pennsyl
vania Railroad Olee Club. Ldmund W. Klrby
will deliver an addrcsr.
The first Liberty Sing In the Shciwood
stctlon was held on the night on which the
news of the victory won by the Americans
on the Ma me front readied tills city. The
icside'nts of Willows avenue were asked by
Mrs. Dollle Rathbun "Smith lo meet on Hie
porch of her home and slug patriotic songs.
A few ref-ponded after Mr?. Smith bad sung
several selections alone.
Then othrr patriotic citizens in the neigh
borhood offered their assistance, and an
other sing was, held the following night.
Preceding the singing a tour of the section
was made by a party In an automobile and
the announcement of the event was made by
megaphone. That night about 1100 were pres
ent and the announcement was made that
the sings would be conducted every Thurs
day evening thereafter.
The following Thursday night about CIO
residents of the section participated in the
sing, and the next week the attendance
jumped to 750. For the last two weeks it lias
exceeded S00, and Is Increasing. The sings
are conducted and the speaking takes place
from the porch of Mrs. Smith's residence.
They will be conducted as long as the
weather permits and during the winter, If a
suitable place can be obtained for holding
them indoors.
MANUALS TELL HOW
TO PRESERVE FOODS
National League for Women's
Service Distributing Helpful
Books Conservation Prizes
At the request of Jlrs. Fdgar W. Baird,
chairman of the National League for
Women's Service, 708 Market street, a large
supply of canning and drying manuals have
just been rushed to this city by the National
War Harden Commission. These will be dis
tributed to the home food conservcrs who
visit the community demonstration kitchen.
To blue ribbon winners in the canned vege
table, class at a number of fairs will be
awarded the National Capitol Prize Certifi
cate. The bazaars include the following:
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, First
Regiment Armory, November 3 to S,
Philadelphia County Fair Association, By
berry, September 2 to 5.
Philadelphia Achievements Clubs, Septem
ber 16.
Camden Is preparing to hold a big war
garden exhibit in the Armory there Septem
ber 27 and 28, at which a National Capitol
pYlze certificate will be awarded,
APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED
FOR FIELD ARTILLERY SCHOOL
Ban on Enlitdmcht Is Expected to Be Lifted
When Draft Bill Passes
Applications for the Field Artillery Cen
tral Officers' Training School are being filed
daily with the Training Camps Association,
and all men Interested In qualifying for such
Commissions are invited to file applications.
Although no applications are being ac
cepted .owing to the order of the War De
partment, prohibiting all enlistments until
the passage of the draft bill, It Is expected
the ban soon will be lifted, and in anticipa
tion of the great need of artillery officers
applications are being filed for the future.
Six men from this city filed their applica
tions prior 10 the Issuance of the order are
now en route to Camp Zachary Taylor, where '
the training camp is situated. They are:
Alexander Walker, 210 South. Melville street:
Joseph Van Pelt, Chestnut Hilt; Herman M.
Hassenbruch, 3115 Queen Lane station ; How
ard S. Baker, 2110 North Twentieth street;
narry W. Fehllng. Jr., 5819 Angora street,
and Lucicn Hauslein, 3704 Baring street.
NO WAR COLLECTIONS HERE
Coming "Drives" Will Not Affect This
City
In a statement Issued today by the War
Chest committee the public Is reminded that
drives to bo conducted by the Y, SI. C. A.,
K. of C. V. W, C. A. and others will not
affect Philadelphia before next July If sub
tcflbers to the J20,000,000 "War-Cliest fund
make good their pledges. -
Daniel S Blackman, of Drtxel & Co.,
treasurer of the fund, says many Inquiries
are reaching the headquarters from persons
,who believe the coming drives will be con
'ducted among the. people .of this city and
the four aurrounaing counties,
Thn. far the number of 'riellnnuent' snh.
.crlb.rs Js. sroalf.!' -.he said, ''anij'n Is be. I
'Hs&vsMaatt
- PHILADELPHIA', THURSDAY, 'AUGUST 22,
SSKJiS
'DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES"
( DADDY
THE HARVEST CARNIVAL
L romrlXr iirtu ndvtntwr each vceh. fVc(i
utna Uonoav and eattti Saturday.
CHAPTER IV
'cfrgy lla a Defender
ll'c.ngi poet In Ihr Hirrls' lliiric!
Carnival dUguhrtt 111 a I'arrol. .S'ir f.s
irarncrf ft o llooitcr Iv bcivarc of spies,
(lateral .Stcalioir (.1 tiiiltlliiu mail becuusr
he thinks the llooitcr is ilirtiuii ivlth his
uilc.)
'G.rpllLlRL', sec them now ' Look nl them:''
X hisi-ed General Swallow angrily, as the
chat of the handsome Rooster vvitli the Red
Rlrd seemed to grow very confidential
"Rut. that's not Mis Swallow. She, is pur
ple,'' s-alil Peggy.
"That's her dltguise." answeied rieneral
Swallow. "Mere she pretends lo love me so
much she wouldn't look at another bird, and
now see her."
"She is only flitting a bit. That's every
woinau's privilege," said Peggy, soothingly.
Bui it didn't soothe General Swallow.
"I ilon't want her to flirt." be blustered
jYAnd as for that Rooster I'll siwil his looks
in a hurry."
"If she finds she can make you jealous
she will flirt all the more Just to tease you."
advised Peggy. "There's a belter way to
cure her."
"What's that'.'" demanded General Swal
low, calming down a bit
"Why. flirt a little yiuisif. Make her
Jealous !"
"That's Just what I'll do. But with whom
shall 1 flirt'.'"
"You might try me." giggled Peggy.
-Humph !' said General Swallow, looking
at her critically. "Parrots are nut just my
style of beauty, but 1 guess you'll do."
His frankness gave Peggy a little shock,
but it was so funny she wasn't a bit offended
"HW shall we begin?" asked General
Swallow, "t never fill ted in my life."
"Oh, we'll stroll along very lovelike,"
said Peggy. "You smile at me and whisper
as though you were saying nice things."
"All light, come on.'" replied General &n al
low, frowning blackly, as the took his wing.
"Smile! Smile!" said Peggy. General
Swallow forced 11 sickly smile, and bent
toward Peggy with a courtly air. as he
whispered, "I'd like to wring lhat Rooster's
neck !"
Peggy glanced up and caught Mrs. Swal
low's eye. The bride was looking at her
with horror. She bad apparently foi gotten
all about the Rooster, who stood beside her.
"See, It's working '." said Peggy, softly.
General Swallow looked up quickly.
"Oh, my poor darling. I'll go to her at
once."
"You'll do nothing nf the kind.' You'll
make love lo me." said Peggy severely. Gen
eral Swallow reluctantly lesumcd his lover
like pose, while Jlrs. Swallow glared and
glared. Then Rooster said something to her.
She nodded grimly and strutted off across
the green. As she passed General Stivallow
she gave him a bang on the ear and hissed
Jut one word: "lleast !"
That nearly broke General Swallow up. He
tui ned to follow her, but Peggy held him back.
"Walt ! You've nearly won, she urged.
KUt appaiently he hadn't won, for soon
Mis. Swallow was deep In a flirtation with
the Pheasant. .
"See what she's doing now." moaned Gen
eral Swallow. "And a few minutes ago that
very Pheasant told me the Rooster was trying
to steal my wife."
What he Fald popped an idea Into Peggy's
head. The Pheasant evidently was disturb
ing the other birds for a purpose. Perhaps
the Rooster's warning was directed against
him But what part was the Rooster play,
ing in this puzzling affair? Who could the
Rooster be?
"There's something queer going on here
tonight," she whispered to General Swallow
"You bet there Is, anjt I'm not going to
stand it I'm going to thrasa these fresh
strangers who are flirting with my wife."
"No, you're not. You'jc going to keep your
head and find what the trouble 1". Listen !"
She pulled him behind a tiny bush, where
they could hear an excited discussion going
on among several birds. One was just finish
ing speaking:
"I never figured I was working very hard
on the farm, but when I look back I can seev
I've done a lot. Maybe I was foolish to give
all that work for nothing."
"I don't like what the Canary said about
Princess Peggy," spoke up another.
"Well, maybe It is true. Maybe she Is Just
fooling us to get us to work for humans
without pay." spoke up a third.
"You'll notice she Isn't here tonight," said
the first bird.
Peggy was hurt and indignant Here were
more birds criticizing her. She must defend
herself. But If Bhe defended herself she
would reveal who she was and that might
prevent her finding the, enemies who wero
spreading false stories among the birds.
But she quickly learned she didn't need
to defend herself. She had a loyal defender
In General Swallow,
"Shame on you. birds !" he spoke up. "You
know Princess Peggy better th,n that. She's
done so much for us you ought to snap the
head off any one who speaks against her
Where's this Canary who Is slandering her?
I'll kill-hlm on the spot t"
"No. no!" said Pegry, drawing him away
"I'l smash any one nhc speaks against
Princess Teggy. TVho' are j'ou that dares to
utop me?" General Ehvallow briBtled with
1 age.
.I'm Trlncess Peggy'," she whispered, her
heart thrilling St. this
heart thrilling at, tJda expression of his stanch
loyalty. "But' please keep quite, .for there's
1 that we must .solve, "i
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OH.riONEY! MONEY!
Jby jLedor Jf jPorfer
c ' Author nf "&oynn '
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By rfrtMfj-o o Itntitih'n .lfiNiH ( o. All ttffif
rjtrfl ed.
CHAPTER Will (CoiUinur.li
IT WAS in February that a certain metro
politan npnrler. short for feature ai-lcles
ran up tn Hlllcrlon and contributed to hl
paper the following Sunday, n write-up on
"The niaitdells One Year After." enlarging
on the fine ifcw homes, the motorcars, and
the luxurious living of the three families.
And It was three davs after this article was
printed that Mis Flora appeared nt Mlts
Maggie's, breathless with excitement
"Just see what I've got In the mail Hii
morning" he cried to Mi's Maggie, and to
Mr Smith who had opened the door for her
M It Ii trembling fingers she look from her
bag a letter and a small picture, evidently
cut from a newspaper
"There, see. ' she panted, hnldlnc them out
"It's a man In Boston, and these Hit- his
child! en. Tliete are seven of them II'
wrote me beautiful letlei He said be
knew 1 must have a real kind bean, and lies
in terrible tiouble. He said he saw in the
paper about the wonderful legacy 1 d had.
and he told Ills wife lie wn- going to write 10
me, to see if I wouldn't help them- if only a
little, it would aid then that much
'He wants monev. then?" Miss Maggie had
taken the letter and the picture rather ging-e-rlv
m her hands Mr. Smith had gone over
10 the stove suddenly lo tuin damper,
apparently, thouah a close ohsetver might
have noticed lhat lie turned tt back lo Its
former position nlmos' at once.
Yes," palpitated Miss Flora "" "k
and be 1ot his position, and his wifes -icU.
and two of the children, and one of ems
iame and another's blind. Oh tt was u-h
pitiful story. MaEgle! Why. tome day thev
haven't had enough to ea'-and jusi look a
me with all my ch'ekeus and tui'k. y and
more pudding every day than 1 cm stuff
down '"
"Old he give you any lefetencts.
"References' What do you iiuan He
didn't ask me 10 hire him for am lung
No no, dear, but I mean-did h give
vou any references to show that he ' -was
worthv and all right." explained Mi's
M "o'f1 coPursee lu.dn t by . he d '. need
some icferencc, dear, if nc .1
money
"Well,
llevc him
dont want any irferenre I he
rd b- ashamed to doubt a man
like that' Ami you wouu . -; -;
that lottci. and look In
lltU II. u. .. -
drsS.eno.r,1o,,gh.ofsucl,n,hing
-I know hedidnt. h, -s ? ;
F(P ashamed that he had
before, and be "as
in now."
sudden odd little noise
Mr. Smith made a
he eot r 10 hell .'
irhewdwithafltotcougi,
Ing just men , , ,.
Miss Maggie turmd ovir tr
hand.
"Where
due- he tell ou to send the
money
ii,.r.ito four hundred and
it's right
1 . ..r.lni- Inst as
something, and I got a mo "
'le"You'got one' Do you mean that you've
ofllce on' the way down here.
"Vnd vou enl -a money 01 del .
-Yc, ' He said be would rather have that
t',""adtCldoub,t it! Vou don't seen, ,0
have ueiajc. .... Maeele.
"Of course
iititti 1 iieidi - '.- -..
.. . , , ... I.n.n II 1,1 OnCe.
lie was
in the. streets' Walt. Indeed ! Why, Maggie.
what can vou be thinking of-
rm ibiuklug y ou'v e heeu the eas; tlm
nf h mofeseional beggai. Mot a. ,,lflmle'
"M" y.agge with some spirit, handing back
the' letter and the picture
"Ylv. Maggie, I never knew you t
.",',.. ..1 .i Mas Flora,
In
ker
"arfSl ' "H,ra. " be a professional beggar.
He said he wasn't -that he never begged be-
f0r5uL" MSc" vu.h a despairing gesture,
averted her face.
Miss Flora turned in . """'", ,
Vir Smith, you-you don't think so
do
JmV: Ssmhagrew very ,ed-perhaps be
cause he had to stop to cough aga n
Well. Miss flora. ''"'"-,,"".,- V
afiaid 1 shall have
to agree wiui .' .---o
gle here, to some extent.
But vou didn't read the. letter You
don't know how beautifully be talked.
You told me : and you say- yourself that
be gave you only a postofflce box for an ad
dress So you see y'ou couldn't look him up
ery well."
1 don't need to'" Miss Flora threw back
..... 1.....1 mtie haughtily. "And 1 in glad
IIP! nraM .- - - -
f" . .'i.f :. so hani.y as 1 was on the way
v... ...,,1 ii in ci:i
here "from the postotHcc this morning.
YVithout waiting for a teply. she turned
awy majestically, but at the door the
paused and looked back at Miss Maggie.
"nd let me tell you lhat. however good or
bad" this particular man may be. it given
. . ilea, anyway," -he choked. the
haughtiness was all gone now.
vvhv it hasn't seemed right
.' ii1. I,e..:iiise there are so
1 know no
manv other folks 1.1 the world thai aien
haopv Why. my chicken and turkey vvou d
choke me now if 1 didn't give some of it to
?o al? these others. And I'm going lo-l'm
lng to'" she reiterated, as she fled from
the room.
s Ihe door shut crisply. Miss .Maggie turn
ed and looked at Mr. Smith. But Mr Smith
had crossed again to the stove and was fuss
ng with the damper. Miss Maggie, after
a moment's hesitation, turned and went out
mto the kitchen, without speaking.
Mr Smith and Miss Maggft- saw very lit
tle of Miss Flora after this for some time
But thev heard a good deal about her They
heard of her generous gifts to families all
over town
turkev was sent to every house on -Mill
tr'cet without exception, and so much candy
given'to the children that half of them w ere
made 111. much to the distress of Ml Mora,
who It was said promptlv sent a physician
o undo her wk The Dow family, hard
working and thrifty and the Nolans, notor
niis for their laziness and shlftlesnes, each
received a hundred dollars outright. The
Wlialens, always with both hands meta
nnorlcallv outstretched for alms, were loud
in their praises of Miss Flora's great kind
J,"ss of heart: but the Davisea (Mrs. Jane
nu'lsdells' Impecunious relatives! had very
visible difficulty in making Miss Flora under
hand that gifts bestowed as she bestowed
them were more -welcome unmade.
Kverv day, from one quarter to another,
eame stories like these to the ears of Miss
Vaegle and Mr. Smith. But Miss Flora was
..en very Seldom. Then one day. about a
month later, she appeared as before at the
rum cotttagc. breathless and agitated ; only
.his time, plainly, she had been crying.
"Why Flora, what In the world Is the
matter?" cried Miss Slaggle. as she hurried
her visitor Into a comfortable chair and
hfgan to unfasten her wraps.
I'll tell you In a minute. I came on pur
pose to tell you But I want Mr. Smith, too.
r.rmt etemsnd for llm r.VKNIXO
runr.io i.EnijF.it- "ir " ion t
mB an Installment of till Ttrjr Intertil.
lag nlorj. ""oa hd ,Ifttr, thrreror,
1. nitons or writ s the Circulation D.
imrlment or k ?anr n.n.d.lr this
.fttrsoowto ! tl KVr.NlNU PUBLIC
-. onH u nmtn a 9
' Td CBte I uff do .cither of you
Cow wha you're uilkmg about, 1 1 wouldn't
Lv anVhng. But you don't. You cant
tnow a." ling about this man, and you
didn't ever get letters like Ibis, either of you.
of course But. anyhow. I don't care, if lie
nrt worthy. I . w ouldn't let those children
u 1 etui ' -
1918
(&K
Oh, he ami bete is he"" she lamented, with
a disappointed glance inward the vacant
chair bv ihe tah.'e in the corner "I thought
mavbe be could help me some way. I won't
fin to frank, or Jim They've they've hnlrt
so many things Oh. I did so hope Mr Smith
was here!''
"Me Is here, dear tle in Ills loom He
lust came In. 1 II call him.' comforted Miss
.Maggie, taking off Miss Finis's veil and hat
and smoothing hack hr hair. "But you
don't want him In find yon crying like this.
Flora. What Is It. dear?"
"Ye jes, J know, hut I'm not rrvitig I
mean. I won't anv mote And 111 tell vou
just as soon a vou get Mr Smith p's onlv
that I ve been- ,in silly suppo.e. Please
get Mi Smith "
" Ml r'ght. dear "
Mls Maggie -nu win, the dlstui bed
tinwn between hei eyebrows, summoned Mr
Smith Then together they sat down to heai
.Miss Flora's story
it all tarted. of course from- ftom that
day I brought the letter here -ftom that man
In Boston wih seven childten. you know"
"Yes. 1 temember" encouraged Mis"
.Maggie.
"Well. I I did quite a lot of things after
that 1 was so glad and happv to discover 1
could do things for folk
"It seemed lo to take away the wicked
ness of my having so much, vou know : and
so I gave food and monev, oh. lots or places
hete in town evervw here 'most, that I could
llnd that anybody- meded It '
"Ves. f know v heaul of the manv
kind things von did dear" Mis Maggie had
the air of one trv ing to soothe a gneved
child
'Bui they didn ' t tit 11 out lo be kind- all
of 'em. ' quavered Mi-s Flora. "Som" of 'em
wetii wrong. 1 don't know why. I tried to
do em all right ' '
"Of course you did'"
"I know; but 't aiu t those 1 came to lalk
about. It's Ihe otheis the letters."
"Letters?"
"Yes. 1 got em lots of 'em af'er the
first one Ihe one you saw. First I got one.
then another and another, till lately I've been
getting 'etn every day, 'most, and some days
two or three at a time."
"And they all wanted monev . I suppose."
observed Mr. Smith, ."for their sick wives
and Lhlldten. 1 suppose"
"Oh. not for children always though it
was them a good deal But It vva for differ
ent tilings and ueli a lot of them! I never
knew lliete could be so manv kinds of such
Mints Nnd I was real pleaded, at first that
I could help, yon know. In so many places."
"Then vou always sent il the money?"
asked Mr' Smith.
"Oh. yes. Why. 1 just bad to. the way
they vvrnie: and I wanted to too They
wrote lovely letters and real m'.erestmg ones,
too lino-man wanted a warm coat for ins
little girl, and he told me all about what haul
times tlievd had Another wanted a brace
for his pool little crippled boy, and ho to d
me things Vhi. I nevel s'posed folks could
have such aw fnf things and live' One woman
Hist wanted to borrow JUU while she was so
sick. She didn't ask me to give it to her
She wasn't a beggar. Don't you suppose Id
send her lhat money? Of course I would
And there was a poor blind man he wanted
monev lo buy a Bible In raised letters, and
of course 1 wouldn't lefuse lhat Some
didni beg. they Just wanted to sell things I
bought a diamond ring help put a boy
through school, and a ruby pin of a man
who -needed the money for bread for his
childten. And there wasoh. there was lots
of 'em too many to tell "
"And all from Boslon. I presume, mui-
niured Mr. Smith
.Ol, ,10 in, es. they were, too, most 01
em. when you come to Jhmk of It. But bow
did you know?"
"Oh I guessed it. Put go on. lou
haven't finished."
"No I haven't finished moaned .Miss
Flora. 'almos. crying again "And now- comes
the worst of it. As I said, at fiist 1 liked
it all these letters and I was so glad to
help But they'ie coming so fast now I
never saw such a lot of 'em And I never
saw such a lot of things a- they want
pensions and mortgages, and pianos and
educations, and wedding dicsses. and clothes
to be buried in. and there were so many.
an,l a,,d so queer, some of 'em. that I began
to be afraid maybe they weten't quite honest,
ill of 'em. and of course I can't send to
such a lot as there are now, anyway, and
1 was getting so worried.
"Besides. 1 got another one of those awful
proposals from those dteadful men that want
10 manv me. As if 1 didn't know that was
for mv monev ! Then today, this morning
1 I g'ol the worst of all." From her lias
she took an envelope and drew out a small
picture or seveial childten. cut apparently
from a newspaper. "Look at that. Did
you ever see that before?" she demanded.
Miss Maggie scrutinized the picture.
"Why. no yes, it's the one you bt ought
us a month -ago. Isn't if"
Miss Flora's eyes flashed angrily.
"Indeed, it ain't ' The one I showed you
hefoie is In my huieau drawer at home. But
1 got It out this morning, when tills one
came, and compaied them, and they're just
exactly alike exactly!"
"Oil, he wrote again, then --wants more
money, I suppo-e, ' fiowned Miss Maggie.
"No. he didn't It alni the same man.
This man's name is Haley and that one
was Fay Bui Mr Haley says this Is a
pictute of his children, and he says that the
littln girl in Ihe corner Is Katy. and she j
deaf and dumb, hut Mr Fay said her name 1
was Rosie. and that she was lame And all
the others their names aln t the same,
either, but there ain't any of 'em hlind
And, of course. T know- now that that one
of those men is lying to me. Why. they cut
them out of the same newspaper; thev've.
got the same reading on the back! And I
I don't know what to believe now. And there
are all those letters at home that I haven't
answeied yel : and they keep coming why
1 just dread 10 see the uostmau turn down
our street. And one man he wrote twice
1 didn't like his first letter and didn't answer
it : and now he says if I ilon't send him the
money he'll tell everybody cvrywheie what
a stingy-tight-wad I am. And another man
said he'd come and take it if I didn't send
it; and you know bow afraid of burglars I
am! oil, what shall 1 do" she begged
piteously.
Mr. Smith said a sharp wotd behind his
teeth
"Do'"'' he rrled then wrathfully. "First,
don't you worry another bit. Miss Flora
M-cond, just hand those letters over to me
every one of them I'll attend tn 'em!"
"To you?" gasped Miss Flora "But how
can you'"
"Oh. I'll he y-our secretary Most rich
people have to have secretaries, you know "
"But how'U you know how to answer my
leliers?" demanded Miss Flora dubiously
"Have you ever been a secretary?"
"N-no, not exactly a secretary. But I've
bad some experience with similar letters,"
observed Mr. Smith dryly.
Miss Flora dtew a long sigh.
"Oh. dear! I wish you could. Do you
think you can? I hoped maybe you could
help me some way. hut 1 never thought of
tl,a- your answering 'em. I mean. I sup
posed everybody had to answer their own let
ters. How'U you know what 1 want lo
sa.v?"
(TO BI" CONTINUED TOMORROW)
ITALIANS TO RAISE FLAGS
Their Own snil American to Fly in Cer.
inantown
Italians of Hast Rittenhouse street. Ger
mantown. will hold a patriotic rally and flag
raising at i o'clock Saturday afternoon. Two
flags, the American and the Italian, win
be raised with due ceremonies on a pole at
jhe ,end of the street.
rreceuing tno nag raising mere will be a
parade through the district. Mu.ic, will be
supplied by the. AVlster Park Band. Pjcho
P.Imo is chairman o( thst committee in
r,V.I
WHi'SL '.A 'VvOT
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DANCE NEXT MONTH
F0RLANSD0WNE'
Junior Members of Twentieth
Century Club Plan Entertain
ment on September 14
The next dame which the Junior members
of the Twentieth Century Club will gUe will
be held at the clubhouse on Saturday eve
ning, September 14. As there have been.no
dances for some time. It Is expected that
this one will draw a large number of peo
ple. The Juniors will give another dance In
Oclohe'r. instead of the one which they were
to have given this month.
Four of the survivors of the F.mergency
Fleet evaporation's steamship, the Tippe
canoe, which was sunk on July 2S, have re
turned tn their homes In Lansdowne, having
been brought back 10 this country on a trans.1
port They are Mr John J. Wright, execu
tive nllicer. and his brother, Mr. A J. Ben
jamin M'rlght. sons of Mrs. Frank J. Bur
rows, Mr. Fiederlck r. Mllllkrti. Jr.. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C Milllken, and Mr.
Rlchatd Wager-Smith, son nf .Mr and Mrs.
I" Wager-Smith The story of their experi
ences is au evicitlng one.
Ml and Mrs. r. W Smith aie spending
ugut and September lit the Berkshire Hills,
Massachusetts.
.Mr. and Mr' Frank M. I.ongstteth recently
spent several days at ("helsca, N. J.
Ml? Mildred Lewis, daughter of Mr and
Mrs viianfoiel B. Lewis, Is spending some
time at Warrington. Va.
Mi and Mrs. fharlcs K. Wllcov;. their
daughter Miss Helen Wilcox, and their sons.
Leonard and Ned Wilcox, are spending se.
eral weeks al Ocean City.
Mr and .Mrs Kdward V llendrickfon and
their son. Mr. Kdward llendrickson. are
spending a few weeks at the Brighton. Hotel
in Ocean City.
Ml". Fred Polhier and her daughter. Miss
Harriet Dolbici, are also at the Brighton.
Miss Florence Jones is spending some time
a l Ocean City.
Miss Marlon Goucher is visiting Miss
Lillian Bloodsworth at Ocean City, where
her parents, Mr. nnd Mrs., Hany Bloods
woitli, have a cottase for the summer.
.Mr and Mrs A. V. Robey and their
daughters. Miss Kvtiyn Robey and Miss Kdna
Robey, have returned from Atlantic City.
Mrs Herbert Kvans and .Miss Soplironla
P.eatty are spending some time at Turn
V ilia. Pa.
Mis Marx Bruce Baker, of Washington.
Ii C. and Miss Dotothy Green, of Virginia,
are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Frederick liddy.
in Lansdowne.
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