..1 ' ' .. .tl.'i ' i,"iWf: ' t,v -'. . -, ' J, x' r. 1 V r. m.. -. t ;.' J.- K. ft i I h m I urs w. . t re v ,...-ii f EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERri?HILADELPHIA, FBIDAY, MAY 20, 1921 ' FIRE BUNS Mill 2 PAINT FACTORIES Pfnts Destroyed and Nearby Residents Driven Out by Spectacular Blaze VALUABLE PIGEONS LOST Thit plant of the Thomson -Wood Ifnfshltif Co. and the Btnswnwcer Co.. manufacturers of paints, at 820 to 835 North Third trct. was destroyed iti a peetaculnr fire, which raged from 10 'clock last night until 3 o'clock this inornlnf, en using a loss of approxl fcstely $300,000. Downs of families, living near the Waring factorr. were In fear for hours. They wero driven from their homes by the heat and the danger e! he fire Treading. They waited on the streets behjnd the fire lines or found refuge with neighbors beyond the danger rone. The hero of the fire war Timothy Bnlduran, of 827 North Third street, breeder of fine homing pigeons, who let 300 of thera, valued at 51000, die In the stifling smoke from burning paint and oil while he remed his four chil dren and tho four children of Mrs. Mary Shanleln, port of whose houc ho ecupled. It was Mrs. Shanleln who dts. covered the fire. Leads Children Through Smoke Balduran set about the work of res. eulng the children in the house at 827 North Third street as soon as Mrs. Shanlein's cries notified him of the Are. He led his own four children, John, sixteen years old; Max, fourteen years old i Tony, eight years old. and Malzte, six years old, to the street through the moke thut quickly filtered in from the burning building next door. Then he returned for Mrs. Shanlein's four chil dren, John, ten months old; Rebecca, two years old; Nellie, five years old, and Harriet, eight years old, and carried them all to rafety. For years Balduran has made the raising of fine pigeons his hobby. Re had the attic of the house as a pigeon loft, with a screened space on a flat room in the rear as nn aviary. The pigeons were almost all in the attic whan the fire began. Though tho flames did not reach to them, the place soon was tilled with smoke. Balduran. oldlnsr the children to set out of the building, knew that he was sacrificing his pets and also a good part of his iDome. for the pigeons were worth at least $1000. He let their rescue go unti' tho Inst, however, and then it was too late. When every one was out of the house, he groped his nay back through tho smoke to the attic, hoping against hopp that he might find at least some, of the pigeons alive and set them fre. Finds Ills Pets Dead Balduran groped through the smoke and made his way into the low attic loft. His pigeons lay In crumpled heaps on the floor, all of them dead. Sixteen of the 200 or more that be owned had made their escape to the aviary, cov ered with wire netting and out in the fresh air, and these were alive. A remarkable feature of the fire was that no one was injured, not even a freman being overcome by smoke. Members of the firm could not esti mate the damage, but it is believed it Hill amount to about $300,000. THE DAILY NOVELETTE A Blueberry Surplus By ADDIE GRAVES "You do beat the band picking blue berries, Dorothy. You've been gone tnly two hours, and there are sixteen quarts, If not more, In those palls they look as big as the swamp berries, though; It must bo dandy picking. I shall have all my jars filled with blue berries if you keep on and have to buy more and they are awfully dear this year." Dorothy's heart was thumping like the big drum In the band ragtime, at that. She had turned her back to hide her confusion and was searching the pantry for pans for picking over the berries. When she returned her mother continued ; 'I heard todny Jane Butterfield told Me that Jim Hnmforth is home. She nld he is In the Insurance business in Boston Is superintendent of some office of the Plymouth Rock Co. She Fald he Is doing finely, and was dressed up to kill when he arrived. I suppose ht hates farming worse than ever. Dorothy made no reply to her mother's remarks and changed the sub. Ject by demanding some fruit jars. Jim and sho had been sweethearts, but her father had sent Jim nway because he refused to stay with his father on tho farm, Insisting on going to the city to work. If Dorothy's mother had followed her on her blueberry trips she would have discovered the cause of the full palls that reached the kitchen each day. It was old Rex who was the Instigator of the whole thing. He was with his master, who was picking blueberries In 'he edge of the an amp which bordered Dorothy's father's blueberry pasture. But old Rex discovered her first. Ills nose was sharper than his master's eyes, for didn't he love Dorothy, too? And hadn't she been his comforter dur ing almost a year of loneliness, such as lily a dog knows? His mnster followed him, hearing tho conversation between Jie two. for Dorothy had a sandwich which she was making Rex speak for. Very Much In Demand Dull Leather Patent Leather Tan Russia White Buck $15.50 nfleiqeridaN V- 7 jSootSAop nm. rZ7mq Chestnut St Ythem Onhr the Beat j Good &w,iv I I Finger Caught In Switch Employes of the P. R. T. car barn at Ridge avenue and Dauphin street worked for ten minutes yesterday after noon to release Michael McMcnamin. of 2020 North Nineteenth street, whose finger was caught in a switch. Mc Mcnamin tried to turn the switch with his hand ond caught the index finger on his right hand. He was treated, at the Women's Homeopathic Hospital. The Consumer's Interest Comes First yBaasaaaaBapffyj.asssKBawpFnjif otI The Gas Range which gives the con sumer the best service with the least gas con sumption is the best range for us to sell. For this reason, we sell only those Ranges which conform strictly to "A. G. A." specifi cations, insuring long life and satisfactory, economical operation. The United Gas Improvement Company Maybe she gurmlsed tho nearness of Jim. With questioning eyes they searched each other's faces. The year's space of absence was spanned by a few seconds. At last, after the flooded greeting subsided, Jim invited Dorothy Into tho swamp, where too berries were bigger and hung in great bunches from tall trees In the fbado of young pines. The blueberry bushes were so high Jim had to jump to catch hold of the lower limbs. He had to hold them down whllo they both rapidly scooped off the berries, quickly filling the palls. If Dorothy had gone home at once, her mother would have been more mys tified than she was when her daughter did arrive. But the couple sat down on a fallen log, entirely forgetting the ber ries. It was a wonder they were not tipped over. But Rex sat very quiet and watched with satisfaction In his expressive brown eyes. Ills gaze was not disconcerting, for the sweethearts proceeded to make up for the long separation. Dorothy was very silent about her dally work. Her mother watched her with anxious heart. Sho remembered the tlmo when sbo and Pa picked blue berries together In a gill dipper he In knee overalls she In "a long-sleeved tire" both with bare feet. Sometimes tho grown folks broke the bushes, and sho and the miniature Pa played house and she was to make pics, blueberry biscuit and cake, and a blueberry dumpling. A few years later came the husking bee, when she found the red ear, and they dared the bashful eighteen-year-old boy to kiss her. Then tho shy courting, broken by the horrlblo verdict Specializing in Sixes H, 16, It, 38 Bpecial Bhoioina lomottoio FRIEDENBERG'S m Can You Wear Sample Sizes? If these Excluslvo Modes were not Sample SUes they would cost twice to three times our Special Prices. Charming creations In all tho wanted fabrics and shades. REMEMBER! EMPIRE BLDG. Take Elevator Suite 504 N. E. Cor. ISth and Walnut of Grandfather Downing, forbidding the marriage. Pa was too slov and stupid to amount to anything. "Lazy," grandfather said. How, after two years of misery, they accidentally, met In another town and returned man and wife And now pa had f 20,000 in the bank. She sighed and studied Dorothy. But Dorothy did not sigh. If wretched she kept up a "brave front," nnd her mother .made no comment. When Dor othy asked her to go blucbrrrylng with her one morning ma was Biimriscd. "We don't need any more blueberries. Dorothy," she Insisted, "But Dorothy, with an inscrutable smile, got the palls and coaxed her mother to go. Mrs. Meredith resisted Dorothy's ap peals to enter the swamp, but finally yielded when she perceived there was a reason for the request. When they come to tho log they found It occupied by three people Jlra, his brother nnd a ftranger. Jim roso and at once Intro duced n man. "Mrs. Meredith, this Is my friend, tho Rev. Henry Flanders. Dorothy has consented to marry me without her father's permission. As bo set nn ex ample for us she' WS 'not n.i , imvo mucn oi n case nrnilnYi V fine wisiicd very mueh t V mother present at her wW,1 so you solemnly, Mrs. aS? ?te to do nil n man can to , 3 daughter happy- an.l comfortaMk.6 ' buiw in u position to do the I.'..' Mrs. Meredith was to J?. !?SV.? "a.?n'.'e ywtu "r3?ff the maVrlago sece8. F Prce$ Next complete novolctto TmJ. n Cow." 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