. ft 'If Eft V-iVWf p."f f-&VW Mtt'W' Daily Novelette A. Pillar of Salt My Will T. Amu aWBSfiW aw ? rT JPMte Kasha Giving Ne Place te the Girdle tit a?vir ?& :i:mu f I W THIKTl'-ONB Anne Hunting- at mMt'a nlnaAak atitw1aa ti-An mat 11 Intf UKF " Pniir of Salt." Thnt wns VlMHtlM, as blrdlikc Httlc ithedn IYl- r'Vtllu' irtrnsed It. sin had "drivrn lii&afll'l"6 aweetncm out of lirr life liy uiaaT hki vuu bjiu iuujmuk uuv. Let's wife." The looking bnrk tt a long-closed chnntcr a te- new many Tfnrs In the past. EiUflWM was no venom In Mrs. TVllnwV J. I. B.V. ... n .....A ! WnrtHA. n . Fr'v'v)i.nr y ,l mn.'i uhi nivi linn yft1-little Impatience thnt n girl n at- itctitc as Anne, "with brnlns in lier vHaa4 and se much better-loeklns tlinn mat," cheuld shut away the fullnes of Ufa from herself because of n mem a7, "even," te quote Ilhedn aitaln. "tf she did make n inttata In net nmr- Jjfaf Lloyd Pennine." 'Vft mnn nn Mirth ttf wnrfti 11 !" . J$almerf Myra Hnwley, whose mlera- , nas ei ner unguium win nuuinuus in a act. "Unless, of course, you're no taally married te htm," she hnstcned te UHnd. "And then you don't have te MM been use jeu didn't, de yeuV" she wad, as nn ambiguous afterthought. Thus for almost eight .years had the friends of Anne Huntington concerned lawurrirea, our 01 inrir uiuvihim huh j royalty, veiux tne mic or ner neim JM her prospects of hamiinen. At twenty-three Anne's life had OMned its arms te love. It wnt suni" J tHBK quite aside from the girl' veli-i tian. She was carefree, hesrt whole, I bitemtnit with the joy of being, a nor- ' ml. hapry, enthuslastk' young ciet- ' tut te whom the problems of llfr . aeafned te lie rnmtrly ahead. Then east Lloyd J'cnning. And in a Any ne ' If hr magic, the girl found the balance of ner existence overset. Her life no loafer proceeded along the straight llin' of normality : it revolved dlKzll about this new sun. The) women of her frt d'-clnred l.le.d Owning tremendously fnsclnutlng. It H net kurprisius. thc.i Miid. thnt Aaae Huntington should fall nil wi-t , U JeTfl with liim. 'I'lic mi'U protected that there w.s nothing se wonderful haJt the young fellow. "Except his' Ttmtt," qualified Dicky Fellow c. "Hr's get the loveliest balr!" and Ulcly rnlletl ' ila eyes in burlesque ecstacy. The set had never experienced n mere 4yMmtc lore affair. It lnstcil three atWkths. And then, with u cr."h, it led. There v. as another girl, it MBied a girl who even then unrr Lloyd's ring. He had foiled te te'l Aaat about her. Anne Huntington took up the round ef ter life as it had Iwn before. All but Its kernel and corp of jejmmiew. "Loek here, Hilly."' dnmanded Skeda Fellows, "why don't you just mack Anne Huntingdon marry you'.' It'a atn and a shame for you two te foea this way. year nfter year neither .f you growing a bit jeunger when jea re the most wonderful innteh that rrar waa. (Ice! If It wasn't ter Dicky . ai th tots I could wish I weie n nun myself!" "Rhody." replied bi. kindly "Will Tnrbew, "yeu're a dar, and 1 love ou libt a brother, but you don't knew ! mach about your nearest girl chum. It ataply can't b done. I Hatter my aaV Anne likes me she seems te be aala te stand my hanging nreund hrr mmamjMi. ... n '. f 1 J aan'-n i - - p "I i-T r.ipiiKT-ta VUV1 W i "?.al t&WRI (.--i "- flu yw vkcV t X II Irlli lv w a n ii j t 1 1 . ' L tf I Adventures. With a Purse THE silk stockings I want te tell you nbeut csn only be bought by the dozen, hut T thought that perhaps you might knew two or three friends who also nre needing some and that you could buy them together. They can he ordered in it!nrled sires and colors. I have seen them, run my hand through them and I I am net exaggerating when I say that ' I could hardly see my hand In them, they are se heavy and nice. Needless te say, 1 ordered some myself, and when a hardened shopper like me buys them ' they are geed, 1 can premise you. They ' are $'i n dozen, which means that they amount te less tlinn S'J a pnir. There Is a wonderfully soft and fra grant imported face powder that has found great favor with us lately. Its scent Is delightful, and its texture Is Ullnll 4llM t, I.AAU .M 4 It A utl. .ninnlllll' Dill I, llllll II hl'Vr. IM. lliv- pritil nilllivi 1 1 l.i . thl powder could he purchased only , in large boxes for the dresser. Hut new It can be had In convenient size for tarrying in the purse, and comes in a dainty little 1k, the exact replica of Its larger sister, five, cents. Fer nenip of lmp nrirlrev Wenmn'i Pf F.dlter or phone M'nlnnt 8000 or Main 1(101 liftHwn the hours of 0 and a. Diamends1--Jewelry new designs particularly desirable for gift purposes, and if you wish a Confidential Credit Plan Open Saturday Erenlnga extends cash advantages and con cen venient payments. ASime&Spnf9 135Setilhl5St taerVfAlnlfl- The price Is seventy- I The fancy girdle is perhaps net se ' conspicuous a feature of the spring as i It whs of the winter. (Jirdles en eve- . ning dres.-cs are, of course, matters of profound concern. Hut the daytime . dres is often as net content vilth a fanciful buckle. These buckles nte of various jiersuanens, .Mether of pearl i ones appear en reme smart Paris ere- ' ntinns, and even mere strcrd than tliee ate the Jap.mese lacipiered pla(ties. I'laqti'-s and btiektes eftPn give just the right note te the drnplng of n fro"k such as i. pictured today. A number of the serge and ka-hn flecks nre built ' en thee Informal lines, by the way. and naturally they gie no place te the i girdle. ' Here en this (rock of snowy white kasha no ether ornamentntien Is used, however, than the line of red ciess stitch bordering the gown. The lower section of the sleeves is white chiffon. COK1NNK LOWi:. Twe Minutes of Optimism ' ny HERMAN .1. STICII 7 Aerer Dene Give Her Any" The I'htef pushed hi" chair from the desk, crieil his knees, leaned fai barl; und twik n few long iulT. 1 "It's funny," he stild nftrr some moments, "about the shirker. The shirker does all he can te keep out of work and te disreurage ethers from .working. Everything is tee much for ' him He is in a perpetual state of de- t)tesel fatigue, nervous irritability from the idea that he may have te piert himself, and imminent cellarwe at the I .1 t.. .t.-. 1.. ...... 1.n ... .. a.. I In I'M t. .. ..II T n.-. .,.. IIIOUgHI lllill. lie iiiu.. llii.L- ui h" uui ii. a gie m well, I guers jeu ... .,. tn. .,u,i ,,,i,u mB ,, conversation that took idace between two colored men in a town where I used n I!mh a.. .. I.n'n mn ,tlA Ifln.l' UJ llIT. J VII llinj I1BI' li-uii tin- ..n , . ( "These two men met en the street one day and one or tueni saiu te uie etiier : "Sam. de you knew, T am pestered nearly te death. My wife pesters the j life out of me. Ij, Is money, money, money all the time. It's n dollar today, and two dollars tomorrow and 'two dollars and a. half the next daj. Sin; pester- my llw out of me." " 'Jim. says Sam, 'what In the weild deM jour wife ile with all that metieyV I " '1 diinne,' su)s .lim. '1 never done ghe her Any!' ' "New. that," continued tiie chief, i "Is the attitude of the shirker When- eer there i a call for all hands te la i te, whencvpr tliere is a let et werK te be gotten out, whenever lie is asM-u i de something that is perliap ju-t the least bit unexpected, uneoinfertable or out of his regular routine, why it just . .U l!fA A.. ..f t.l... f,'.j ti nrl.' ' if.iiirs nn inc uui '. iiiiii. .' - ..-i,, work all the time, nothing but work. And then, after it is all ever, if ou check up and find out just hew much of the work the shirker actually did, whj, almost invariably ou Und that it is a case flf 'I never done give hei- any.' "During the war," concluded the chief, "and for a bhert time after the armistice, business put up with the shirker because it had te. It was ..!... . n Inuti 1 1 f m tt tt'ilL t ll U H t I A 'PrtP l"13 l'"n. J""- ' ''' l,l, nn,l hlrP s.,mi,bedv ehic who. h the law of averages then prevailing. HARDING BACKS MELLON Rumors of Resignation Over "Shake- ' Up" Are Ended Washington. April 7. The row ever the shake-up in the Treasury Depart ment, which is said te have brought Secretary Mellen te the verse of quit ting the Cabinet, was settled te the satisfaction of nil concerned yestcrdn by President llardlnj, according te Ad ministration officials. As n result of the Executive's inter vention ,-t was said the "shake-up" would become it "shade. down" and the reorganisatien -f the Internal Ucvcmit Hurenti would go forward lit nn orderly manner. I'ellcy, net iarty, will be observed, elfiiials said, in cutting the folic te the minimum of efficiency. Mi 1 1 iii i m m 1 1 jii ii ji 1 1 m i i, But I can't reach her. Ithedj I can't reach her. Somehow I don't' be litre there's anybody who could. She waa't let herself care." , Oaj little Hheda Fellows was very aaar te tears when Ferbes, hastily find iac an cxcukc, took himself off te the aattking room. It was at a country da "afternoon." It wa Mrs. FcUews and Mrs. Haw lejr, conspiring, who brought I.leyd 'Paaalnf te town after an eight years' abasnee. Through an out-of-town guest Maa. Fellows learned that Penning had crawn rich in automobiles and had baaD widowed for two, years. Hawjey bait automobiles. Urged by Myia. he 'Wtace te Penning about n potential aaaacy, then invited him te the factory. Baeda gave a little dinner, keeping Pamnlna a secret, and summoned Anne Hantlngden te the feast. Anne, lecly, self-contained, arrived 1 aa usual at the lust permissible min at. "Yeu knew everybody, Anne, ex eaating eh. yes: including Mr. l'n nlaf." said Mrs. Fellows, trembling In wardly at her temerity, for well she kaaw hew outrageous was this thing aha was doing. "Knew me? Anne Huntington? Well, 11 aty se!" exclaimed Penning. "Eight yaara Isn't a lifetime folks don't change much in eight years, de they. Asm?" He had crossed the room und takan her band, holding it while he aaake. "Perhaps net," replied Anne calmly, with what effnit none there knew. RELIGIOUS! BOOKS Rereinmrnlpl te Our Catholic Readers The Cnthellr nitilp. Deniiy Ver Ver len. Prirps. St. 30, SI, S4.73 Tllr Nptv TpstultiPllt. rrlcp, 4(lc, lie, tl.10 Tlte rolleiTlns of thrlt. Prices, ISr te S3 .Spiv Alnnunl of Hip Hucrrd Ilenrt. I'rlrrs. 4flc te S3 et Perkrt .Manual (Far Men). Prices, SOn te SI Ciitliellr Prnjpr Heeks (Ker Wenipn). I'rlres, SOc te t.S0 (lillil'i I utlinllc l'rHrr nook. Prlppn, 20e te l The Olllre of Hely Wrrk nnil of the PiispIimI Trliluuni, Affords Ing le tlie Heiniin Kit-, l.stest KpiIspiI Kdltlnn. . PpIpph, 40e up te (10c TIip iIpsiiIIs. 1.1.1I-I(i:I. H.v Kp. Tlinmss !. Cuinilipll, S. .1. (Tills nnrlt N rrtlewed In tie morrow's Publlp I.pilnrr.) I.nrsi. Hre. nsn piigps . .. t.i.oe H. L. Kilner & Ce. Catholic Pualitkm and Boekitllcrs 1630 Chestnut St., Phila. Religious Boek Week April 2nd te 8th Ten Leading Philadelphia Clergymen of various denominations Catholic, Protestant, Jewish will each contribute a signed book review te the Public Ledger Boek Pages Next Saturday These reviews deal with important "books of the hour" treating of the past, present and future of religion, its personages and institu tions, biography, philosophy, etc. They will be of material assistance te veu in selecting instructive, uplifting literature according te your nce'ds. Remember the date NEXT SATURDAY. lhe REV. FLOYD W. TOM KINS, D. D., Church of the Hely Trinity. "St. Paul, the Here" by Itufus M. .lenc3 (Macmlllans) The REV. JOHN A. MacCAL LUM, D. D., Moderator of Pres bytery of Philadelphia. "The Life of Clara Barten" bv William 11 Barten " (Houghten Mifflin) The REV. CARTER HELM .10NES, D. D First Baptist Church. "Creative Christianity" Ii) Geerge Cress (Macmlllans) The REV. G. DICKLEY BURNS, D. D., district superintendent, Seuth District, Philadelphia Conference, Methodist Episco pal Church. "The Future of the Churches" tiy Kegcr W. Bausen (Kcvcll) The REV. WILLIAM VAN DER VEER BERG, D. D., Central Congregational Church. "A Student's Philosophy of Religion" by Wni Kelly Wrlpht, Ph D. The REV. FREDERICK It. GRIF FIN, D. D., First Unitarian Church. "The Crisis of the Churches" by Lelchten Parked, D. V. (fcrlbners) The REV. EDWIN HEYL DELK, D. D., St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. "Painted Windows" by "A Gentleman With a Duster" (Putnams) The REV. JOSEPH KRAUS KOPF, D. D., Congregation Kenescth Israel. "A Jewish Chaplain in France" by P.nbijl I.pp J. Levlngcr, JI. A. (Macmlllans) The REV. FRANCIS P. SIEG FRIED, D. D., Seminary St. Charles Borromee, Ovcrfiroek, Pa. "The Jesuits" by Ilia Itpv Themas .1. Campbell, S.J. (Kncyclepaedla Press) The REV. WILLIAM LLOYD IMES, B. D., Lembard Street Central Presbyterian Church. "The History of the Negro Church" by Carter Gedwin Woodsen (Associated Publishers) mli;ht turn out te he no bcttei might happen te be much nertr. and tklnV "It's seing te work'.' exeltedl "wUspered Rheihi te her lni'-li.-uid. Fer the vUlble rhange In Floyd Pen nlag since he went uwny, takiin; witli hist all the joyousness of Anm'N life, waa great. It wan net that the years ba4 added te his girth:- net that the "lerely" hair at whieh Dicky enee was WBt te scoff had thinned en top te the point of baUlnebs: nut even that baeeme a bit blurred. It was rather, who has lest his hkIh and his hand thrnt thp n r of knieht v deferenre. and yet ueneei. in N. BLIND MAN AN OPTIMIST C. Hanks Addresses Manayunk Business Men's Association X. '. Ilnnks. of IIIk ltapidx. .Alien. th little tricks of manner that "inade a flrl feel llke a queen tlie rliarni aad magnetism of skilled wiiireship. bad been washed clean away from the man, like a coating of varnih, bv ih add of time and of tui'res. Dicky Mid privately te Hheda : "The Mleu ' aoel has taken off its dreH coat ami ia In Ha working cloth-." Bbeda had placed them side by Mde at dinner. "I suppose," said Penning te Anne in a low tone, "you haw Haard I lest my wife thai 1 am " ha hesitated at the erassness of what lis had been about te say. 'Free again?" "Well, that Is what It amounts te. 5m't it?" acquiesced Penning eagi-re "Teu . Anne, Hallle wa. a fine girl. a lerelr girl; but well, I never fui gat you." "Ne," said Anne, abstractedly tadjlnf her fork; "no; I'm quite miic '"I'm going te be here some days,' I worth Iimiir. spoke en ' Optimism, at a 'Iwi-nty-fir-t Waul Uoehter' Xight of the ManaMinU I!iihlncBs Men's A-o.-intien in -Nickel's Hall, .Mitlu mid 'oiteu Mreets. hlNt nlht. (JLlK-r epeakirs were Clinrli's t,iauf t,iauf lew ealted ruler of the Philadelphia T.edfle of Klk1. and the Rev TIi-uiuih V. Davis, the baseball evangelM. Humuel T, Ilanham, president of the Usnemtlen, presided. BOY- SUITS for EASTER All ready new Norfolk sulti and beUti med r Is Clethri thtt Rive ernuinr erirr 81 1 98 81 98 'irvi5! 0 Tomorrow vc will bring Happiness te hundreds of people who leek te this store for their Clothing Needs. Everybody is WELCOME te this Big Friendly Stere. Buy the Clethes that you need and simply .say "Charge it." Ne extra charges of anv kind. After-Dinner Tricks you 'would net. "I'm eelnr I tfannlnx said hurriedly, for the meal K-V WfiteiJPi W IfA at an end, "You'll l auM aea you, won't you ,'A f.t? 8 Si v let nut come Anne.? May tomorrow I think net." renlied Anne "There circumstances under widen it I" ly despicable net te forget old awaatbearts and ethers under -whleh It la unpardonable felly." lira, fellows rising precluded anv en renulng s pari . lwe miuiitex Anne waylaid her hostess and draw her Inte the niche In the hall where lived the goldfishes and the bull finch. "Bheda Fellows," demanded Anne, breathlessly, "did you renlize whut you ware doing when you played this aw fel trick en me?" J hope se, Anne. Sally i t In 1 r fold me a let. And I'm terribly fend of jeu and or ,lllj', dear.' I'Tben kiss me, you akall love veu for this of mr life! Isn't he awful? "WHO uiil.v rerues; .?" , : 130 ftre MrcH . SSt. &) '-'I Jl Nu. 13(V The Fireproof Flutter 5Iueh astonishment can he created by Hlewly passing n finger through the (lame of n lli'hted match, bnek and forth, will . absolutely no harm. The Kurwisliiif ef fect Is repeated with different fingers . until the match has burned out. ', There Is really no trick te this re- ' markable exhibition. I'nless the per- j . i . . .. . 1..- ..!.!.. 1... ...Ill ' iermer I as a very luimer nrwn hu nm Our Fifth Avenue Styles for Men, Women & Children Will Head the Easter Parade MEN'S SUITS &TOPCOATS s25e We hnwri't forgotten one sii)le item for the up-te-dute dresser. Swell silk shuts $. 1)8 Teppv Inits ut S'.'.30 up. "CHAHCr, IT' tliitiR you knew When vouslipmteoncorourSTVLISH Sl'ITS and TOPCOATS, you'll walk down the streets take a Reed long breath. and evrlu'un "Ain't nature grand!!" 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