igmm
mssm
n'UWWSMirvc
. i . ixaf.'jr4tz ?
WiX8!'rlt
rftraOT-fl
.- -ri.:
Y-
""MtlKUT?
EVENING PUBLIC LKDGEKr-PHILADELPH'JLA, THUKSDAY,' DECEMBER
1922
T Subconscious Courtship
By BERTA RUCK
'Auther of "Th Wrene Mr. Wright," "The Arrant Rever" Bte
Copyright, USB. Void, Head de".
WHO'S WHO IN THE STOIHT
VlOYm KLPHlXHTOyB.chnrm.
Ilt UOUM ICIOOIP, " """
M Mime". "'""- y,j-- -",
I'Jt ...... tiKn irnnf te mnri'i; fir for
,i .. rffrirfM te tm)rrj a 'huiband for
r," te fend off the harpla,"
"il&R ITARltY OARHWHAllL,
rterli War tcteren, monefpenonalltv,
I. winter who ha invented a new
nut. te finance uhleh he agrees te
1)vtr'i "lirlctly busine' propetl-
titn.
?i!i,.!,c0 '""a1"" man's inceme. and yet
bliew nirorlleu for lilm.
I llPV Plilllil ml. I.I... r..- ...
Mil. ...,...:."'" "' "T uieucy ier
ri-- I . """. ""iTwnril, by Jove.
V i.i ,,e7',,J,WeW mne been in that
poslUen, if KIphltiHione had lived.
Cnrmlclinrl watched her every move,
ment. llefore he kcw that he meant
te de te he wild, nppenllngly, "don't
JJi'mT1? fe,p ,l '"'""" I we hnven't
rinu. .V nVa J'e HUiAcd forward n
she stay?" brchtL' WettU
Actually she sat down In the chair
no put ter her. Klin . u..t .,i..
...;- ini niiirv ? i nin niraw !.,... i . . . .r'.
jf. jia.iwii "i ., . ,""":.; ""vi inch. living nnetiitr child
.irir.ic& Cletcr tt advertitii and fj ish jawn. she, leaneil her hn.i .,..i...
i'jtccrrf fetA favert. ! thn cushioned had:. In spite of costly
KOBEUARY UnAnOWS, Clevcr-i
IfOill". "V'JiViL 7 v . 'v '"
7tf GUMPS-:The Truth Hurts
By Sidney Smith
SASDAL, younger daughter, a
' ffil'nOLT, biff, geed-natured cap,
hJAsl'y m eve wfc J?emary.
Perhaps That Was Ills Type
ALOVEIt nodded, seeing ngain the
V sinter smiling up into the face of
i(r host. Perhaps that was his type,
tijn, a little showily artistic? "Well,
ihi was one of Bebby Llewelyn's tho the
jtrical friend, and he wrete te her for
no. I could hardly have her here te
deg without sending a card te him,
niM 15"
"I suppose net. He had called here
Were, hadn't he?"
"Obviously he called na seen na he
tern we'd get back from Paris."
"And tomorrow," continued Car-nl-hecl
quite lightly, "he will call te
Wch the clgirettu-rape he er forget.
ail he will go ou calling nt the house
m usual?"
Cle" answered, "JTave j'u any oh eh oh
Jectlen?" 'Iho four innocent-seund-iaj
words nnde f'nrmlclinel cuddenly
jrit his teeth and drive hit) nails into
hln palms.
Had lie nny objection? Te him In
lis tense condition the words meant
u many thlnps nil wounding. They
ii'tnt: "Yeu have no right te 'objec 'ebjec
tleiis': these were net in the bend."
Ttfy meant: "I can Jnwtc whom 1
likc'te my houte; it is mine, net jeurs.
rtea all is said, 1 pay." They meant:
"What in&olence of you te dictate te
Ik! woman en whom you are dependent !
T, dependent for the burcess of nil
tint mekei lif worth living for you !
What about this evening? What about
tils party? 'What about the ontcrtnln entcrtnln
tnant for Sir Algernon Cox, aim tue
arraaiementa with General Ilervey, and
irerytblng that means the chance of
jtur coming off? I could atop it yet.
aid you knew it I I mean supplies. I
1'lj- the fiddler, and it it hardly your
place te call the tune!"
Needles te Ray net one hint of this
m in Hevr'a mind. What the ac
tually thought wa: "Men. Always
hrlng down the Uw ! Kun It' k' only
trifle liKe which of them comes te the
hcuee and which doesn't! A, If there
frock nn.l pearl-Hring, she looked the
merest sleepy cchoel-glrl.
And, i-lmply as hhe might have spoken
te hur cousins, ahe nald, "jes, quite
a strenuoue evening it'n been, hasn't it?
Unat with ene thing and another "
Her friendly, almost absent little air
of being after nil "at home" with him!
That completed the spell, for Carnii
chncl. The words that almost shouted them
selves in his mind were: "Yeu darling,
and de you knew what I've bten wait
ing for, the whele of jour blcs-d
strenuous evening? I've been longing for
nil these people te step jabbering and
their muslc-neise, and for the let of
tn em te push off and lenve you for me
te talk te alt by myself like this!
Yes, just llke this. Loek at me.
Can t you sec? I leve you, I want you.
Yeu re ull I care for; I haven't the
faintest ute for nnjbedy clse in the
world. hat de you imagine. I've cared
about the. dinner-party? The" concert?
Cox? Old Ilcricj? The appointment
we Ihcd tip? The mast lteelf? It
could nil ke te the devil, except as
seuictlunc te offer te you. You're all I
think abeut: Yeu jeu you'."'
He must tell her.
"Clever " he bern. UnAn,
quickly toward her. At that moment he
wits ready te blurt it all out.
Afterward, and for many weeks, Cr
michael could hardly decide whether or
net it was n geed thing that that hap
pened which did happen at that me
ment.
It was s matter of lighting.
The fire had dropped te the merest
glimmer and only thnt single table
lamp, close te the telephone, was alight
in the book-room. It showed the soft
richncTS of the bindings, the gleam of
the white-pillared mantelpiece, the gilt
of the softly ticking clock en a braeket,
the dim thick folds of the curtains.
Alse it thewed Clever'a face half-lest
in the transparent gloom; and Car
michacl'u own, intent, worked up te
this moment of moments that had at
last arrived. It showed his clear eyea
fixed upon her, hb lips purted te speak.
Tt showed, tee. a tiny meM'inent of
Clever's, for nt ilint moment the
"caught" t liar teii-M.it ; she thought in
a tiasu "what i he going te Lay te'
me" iter
wtj -mi?w
KTtOVtX- VMKt THE
W V4kHf
x
UMEl
V AWtWM6 TM
N'Utt Of MM CUtHt,'
JCVOO, VWTrH.OUt
AFTe.t.CCVON XKTtWtVx
mmmMU
AMt Vit KVtHOWUft Me
Tl M TKt VJWVCfe XOV)
Vi WWV fcttVX C.
KCTIOH MKIMIT NOM-
MMW.MMMMM
f y 1 n
I J
COME OH SKIUK- JM tAZ H"XO COURT-
VJ.V.JrC l- OUi)l utc; " rtuw
tEKT)ErS .K WWW "tVAE MOUE
Ott OUT- 0 r &UV V.VING OUT "OH
THE HOT .Mt Of -TVs ttSET, FAIAsHt!, MtUfj
rMKi WrA M OKV3 VHT VT
tC-lKt! ICO M ICE CttrVVV
COVES -
'
LWO'
Jh
t,
Sle H
SOMEBODY'S ST ENOG Delicate
neltrrf
Tatnt Ofl!f
J AHUM'. SOAt.l
WAAlTiaUTOClO
Seme. erfpands'Rjr
MUbTAi'
A v,
m. ME. -THE. FRESH
A M R Will DO HtJU ,
-N . ULAs Geed', i mustait
tfJW' ' A.IM " OU H THE
tt, J, (3Lp ySTUFFY ORFtCEj
WMATS THI5VDUP? FXTHe.R TEU.S (
ME. ABOUT VOW? W REALLV
AAU6T NOT BECOME IAFATUATEr L,
VMI7H A COMMOAI - r W
- - 1 - --
M DEAR LS-T-i,'
met Talk about it
ajev This 1 5 eaie. cf
THOSE DELICATE.
SITUATIONS'
'. ' -. lri"SL
By Hayward
1
,. A POPPEi?.
fW!h VVIULVOUPASS
A "TH OAilOAlS
r-
Wf..
fimsas
C r
The Yeung Lady Acress the Way
be.ldeu L-irill" ilashd
fro iniuM difference m any of them iag.ilnst her ankles m. he sat up in the
tfcent that sorne are better-looking 1 -,,''f; there wna a ,wift gleam of ivhite
haa ethers. Lvnn if 'he' is better sheuldera aud gelden aheulder-strap In
iwiine, he s raore tiresome than any of 1 "'0 light.
titn sometimes " I Quite suddenly, that liirht shewe.7 nnne
Thus with minds nt crosn-nurneses of thenn t.hinp. Tlinn. wna v,r.4 B
tly kept tllence. tiny hiss. The lamp filament, before
with the hush of midnight all about white-het, sank a dull red, then went
then, In that pleasantly warmed, well- out. Darkness twallewed un the mini.
jrrelnted room, these two young and ln the duri.n.s Clever's voice ex-l-tsdsen.e
crcitures faced each ether, claimed, "Oh:" and Cannichael's
re were out. n lew icec Dtwffti mera ; "That's a fuse gene? Or is it only this
1 mm ray of dying tlrcUcht 'that lamn'j,
ll.Iltcd 01 rr Ills blende heml slennieil
lu the geld of her gown und turned
te blush-rosc-celor the ivory of her
j.h. A charming group, had there
nta finv Other ren thorn In utn U n
Jilr of levers born for ene nnethcr
wild have been the impression that
taT IHfldft. Ynf tn ntl T.nmlnn n f Ihnf
hour, ameni nil these who slent nr
'itched or reveled ever thn whole, of
'hi treat dtV. thll u-nnlil m.t linvr.
Hia found a young maided couple who
"ff lartlier npnrt one trem the ether,
lhat tilrncn rnae Hl.11 mi lr..n (.r.iflnt.
'eil.nl, between them.
into the pause the little clock from 11
Anether idlek
All remained
t fgMn
MK CMJS
He strode te the deer.
was heard, and another.
in darkness.
"ThH fleer seems te have gene. Per
haps the whele house," he muttered.
"Just stay where you ate, will you,
while I make sure."
Clever heard him go nut. She sat
listening. In about three minutes he
was hack again.
"That'll all right," came his veiee.
"I'm- cut everything oft at the main
switch. Afraid we're stuck without
lights for the night, though. We can't , PETEY-
.il .1 MI.-. !
"It doesn't matter. C crybdy elsr
TAJ
tmr
Wf,
itvj
THE TERRIBLE-TEMPERED MR. BASG
VZ.
lil FONTAINE FOX
SCHOOL DAYS
The jeung lady across the way
says men have ruled this country
long enough and she guesses when
the women get nil their welfare
measures through thrre will be an
end of paternalism.
mmwmrmw-tw
y av aJ,ii
& -c dm-
I ' 'fHiS WAS TWft foertTM OR FiCTH Tim.
'-this wmk Mf Pah a had genc evr te
gj TXt COOCM Te Ut OOWM AND feOHO IT ALU
rre ctuTTeRte up.
'
lM:kt en the wall threw a soft and 'will be asleep by this lime.
CUSlCal China. 'limn Ti.ltn nvnnlv
Irmlcliael spoke again :
"Objeetieu? Oh! Why should I liare
'OJ objection? n veu say
Certainly net. T'h teii- hiiHi.
"W te choeso your friends. It's merely
ut lopiteut te see that teu nren't
lerrirf by people, Isn't it?'1
Uever mswerM, "If I were wrurrlea,
t ike'M come te teu."
CiOW as H mattec nf fnc nn hA hnil
ics. Have seu urn matches?"
"Ten; here hure you get them?" '
Clever's hand passed him a box. 1
In the light of the match that he I
struck he glanced nt her, bitting here.
Her shadow leapt immenre in the glass'l
of the book-case behind her. lie mut- t
tcrcd, "New, if I'd get it bit of fuse
wire I could fix it. There's plenty at
ray place."
That's Dene and He's Finished
-:- -:- Bv DWIG
Y Tex I w' A Mwxesnave3ri VfJ 7 Vp?n iV7)C'
O sfttM-tus ? st tyirci "e 0tee 7C KaKr)ll N&vr,
A r "iW V"s ' rN'' e CMt- "Zi''t-TrPlJ -ii1 X" ' 1
X V6 vneAOj w 1- C5J Stt,v.JiP I ' 1 It 1 1 1 1 l
50 1? vej ve i?i - set ee.u2iV&v' J ' ' . .il M ' .
T ff. Jt "Mi yr'MpT 1 I I l I k I
,j3-
'T .m ,.f-l,l T !.... ..... ! 1
wins ide ,,f ..;, .1 "".: "CZ. .2 ...i.t.'TA "'""u, "."' fc ""'' "J"
1. , ,-- - j-n ni" "- "tin. 1." 'u(ti'-'u uivvr. i (ion t suypose tnciT)
... '? Mn ""t "f her affairs. She had 1 ar any candles here, eltln r. Heme In
"WWed te say it f tlffly nutigh. Then, I the Kitchen uerhnM. I'm afraid I
don't knew where they would be kept,"
"Never mind. We'll have te keep ou
btiiking matches --"
That mntcli in his finger burnt down.
"Jiy Jove," he exclaimed. "There's
'J httwecn her intent and ler hpeeeli
; uencd a tltij curtent of hinder
'War. Why lie rude? He was be
ivng qul0 decently, for n man. He
nt bad; a reliable show-husband
'"a people were there, unebtrusive only one mere in the box !
u inrj weren t. him was glad hoi f lever rose; ined. 1
Ct, , V ana th,,t Ile loehed se well in He said: "Can you lind reur way
a.i clothes, and thut he was nlwajs te the deer? IIrc " Amfliis oice '
,1a u Kroenied, and that lie moved
took well -of ceur-n she was glad,
wtttU'.e t tl,0 "show" -ide of It.
Ya'n. net bn,l te tut u,. ji Vu in-
-r,n?' "" tht alK"f his must.
rjtUlng wns interesting that meant
1. . . "siinst tliiugp. V
"V
II' Hill I , A
-! 1 . (i-t M 11,1 lIU ilM
ii iiifi ' i:.-ki,i, 1 i.. ..1. .. j
"' tad. n 'her dtj M,',
,jj ,, ,.." Q' c'lBtemed te the creatures'
ethni. J1 nn'' ,,f"'"tni'-,'i-i of It
n 1 B r lner" "nrcasennbln thitit
iSL. mV;1"1"1'"1 lVl"' that she
ikl. .l IIc was '"""y les' dUngrec-
r """i '"en men, though.
-"?
5t a
Mnihew. hr words piinuj gently
culded her
In the hall h ntrtiek (he second
tnnnh. Its feeble light tinkered en the
parquet, n rid 1 11 the stairs, shallow,
uncarpeted, polished 11s the lid of nn
uld-fftfhleiud witrming pan. A few
nhert hours ttgn they lnd been lie.
Inst ' clustered with wninen's frocks, abuzz
C'leer with laughter and talk.
Vew hew dead silent merything
w.is. It penned te (lever that she had
nertr been in wtch a still, deserted
place. 'J'he staff, nulerp en the top story,
might net have clsted. She felt utterly
alone in this dead heu'-u with this ene
tirin. 'Iho fevliii)- was cxtraerdlnarv.
-. cn- rn- vrTcv
xea-r- cw-ew
MAV MA.0B OUT
VW MA5 U13T-
t
" P -. r I rir r r iii m
mm Jui Srala iPrVr7 fe 5
W u"-
yw?
I WWEV)To5H0WTTe
Vey I KHew ITS Coin
Te Cost a UT op MemV
t " ' '
f-MauKvf i
- -.- ,,
T?s:sicuEDTd that."
-BOTeu kwewi
Vrieil. ETMOUCM TOUil
MAKCI
3PPH0
MYTlMl
rns 1 . a
SPPMO ALIOPJ CKAr
vV eh melpO 9nk v
( lucoe PH
""' w' JI9'2"
i hCHIKK
M II 1 Rf
ftl
. yn
- CM, MY DEAT? HO J
y-"1eu MeeDw' r vekt?y
ABeurrlHATA3T- "
n
Iwtr.:. k'. ' 1C .n. l'ren"M); ,lVrhapu that was what made her for
IW v 1, lluw,0!011' Set that it would be quicker te go
''U7w,eTi,naf,;S"rl;t t0 ,in,1,r0' up-taiw In the lift. Curmkhael, tee.
'Hiuelr '"""t by siweral ex- 1 had evidently forgotten that there wns
..... ,,,-MiiiK i;ineiiaii 1 .irniicniiri
"ting back te reaction at her words
..-. wpuiu turn
" 11 s
te him?
attitude relue.d.
hhe satu
He laid 1
111 r.ln. J .. . ;
lemTiu. .""" "n u, mantelpiece and,
nut ,.elT', T10 n! th",JR' 'e would
urn .'" '""Vl-. ITus,tily h" vu'
nerrti'i 0,J would? Jf jeu were eTer
;"", ,'ou eum tell
'".w-ier
mei
felt suddenly
such ft tlilii,? in the iila iv. Quickly
he meied in front of her. He went up
a ceuple of amirs, holding the match
low te that she might inuke eure
of her footing en the smooth weed.
"One ought te have n torch. I've
get itiine wr at my rooms of course,"
said CVirmichaerB olce into the deathly
stillnesi. He added, an it u.lght have
Iiweti tn Afrp. Ilnrv.r nr Tnln AH
" 6herJi?i rC."n. 'v m10 CWU I ,l,,f etl",p R'" e thr. owning, "tliese
"Iti??.,9".11' ffrtalnly." stalri are te a ippery "
i tanntlh i Mcn"d. At least "They are rather," agreed derer.
ai 1 tirnn!?,! 'T,1 'J!1" wetf- 0,,,IC' coming up, and again the golden dan
nft?ni.t0,,U 'S8, v''rinil,glw et her girdle elashed. The little
Mween L " ' I'6"'1"1"1"' swinging, wund seemed te echo llke tim noise et
On? di.?US 'II,lr,.lt ''"I"11808, I many cymbals.
W ' wM8f h m .l'"Pk ,'l,n"8,? I Carmlchael said quickly, "that Anna
wu 1 .1 n n'j,,", Il;vn te ,ler' whl1? ' ' yu' x ,h0l"fllt x h-ard you tell Oex
Mliht i .' '"'Pendent upon her? that It came from Chanel's?"
tils . -v "Ul cenct-ivnuiy imagine mat "Did IV 0I1 jes. I did."
" S (inn , ,, . ,.i 11 ni.. . 1 "
for me,. ,, " s,i ' ' ,,,,.t 1 .,1'eu8"t ruu-I ".- tht
W." fee I,... .,......"" 1.'.. , "Hut I thought you-I
ywt
ng DoVlUe., r:h.n ."r.n, where else, the Ume I had
anir T"1 Tll irrelevant thought
ttin ti.him. Umt Plenty 0' niarrled
a Ived In this samn tsflt and
them',. 1 "Jrfdered te hare degraded
..iii:. 'I'nnw aai.u xi i
, 1 -w vuuiu wn vuvir
'.', k 1
ti 1
a herrlbU imVkii m.V ."was inn iiresi jeu were umng some.
--.. ..."..,,..., ii(hu .. ...- .1.. !... AI.A T I ...
..... .u w..., ... ....u . U..W . CVV
Hcnvcy," he raid, speaking v this
were a rtatter of luipertancf , Wet a
Chanel frock?"
vvy
ik
coivmivift&AWAfeTum
GASOLINE ALLEY What Yeu Need Is a Bumper, Skeezix
WeMALt- IS TDaTTuP-
iKJtii .NOUWFMOT JESTWC?
ftEAJtJ,
U'UC MOT
I DOVl'T
fSVi '
If "
-1 wNr v fiJfiiU T.
- V'
s
iwryt
J t vOrfi.
teC. 1. F01VW
TrieuGHT of That )
SO V4IRED Fop-
"MeTheTq Come -
C7- . e
M
- w &.
y A"m
..&
ALL MV FAULT. Ol' TOP1
I FOWCOT TO THROW OU-
MY HAND AND LET YOO
WW I WAS COING TO
STOf;
p-wSf5D -JB! r - T me
H FIFTEENTH! ITS A COODp p-V ErClN6 HAS BEEN PUT j BT p HECMN TRIES TO jj M (
H THING I OON'T 6EUEVE B TO 0FP THAT'S OME TWMC ( - ANy ROu'W STUPP l't-Ll g )
H I IN FORTUNE TELLERS OR JS TTl ' ri'T ME TO WORftv) 36 RADf, TViCkT'S ALL.rvt i Pi I
V IW UG WUMBFn T- S Mil -KJHJ I -( fflUWit -- I ' --! dcuevu n .i f, s V
rv . -v -- . :t .' vii " ' r i i r--T r
- f''S DPtv-mt &. THPRP .-rur tiu 1 r 5T55 TAKING CWfN-P5: ) T ". ST v
j' v - ' t v - v - "i - s r. v
11 ' ' V s s , '
IgMga r . -.V .. .. e. A ll3-f '
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - 111 -.''-i- Li w- I t : . . . v ., , .t-v-M-i!..'
jte1
i