Eii—i ii ■ i 1
MARIETTA jj
By MILDRED WHITE. |
Caro Dalton fretted, because the
kind of French poodle she especially
desired was not to be found. Caro's
whims were so many and varied that
It was fortunate —or unfortunate, as
the case may be —that her inherited
wealth was not taxed in their fulfill- 1
ment.
She had tired of the luxurious new
car, the sailboat and the city apart
ment ; her much-tried guardian was at
his wits' end to please. Yet not to
please Caro was to bo himself miser
able. For David Rlair, junior law
partner and trusted friend of the girl's
departed father, had loved Caro with a
deep, unselfish love', from the trium
phant epoch of her first long dress and
"done-up" hair.
She, unconscious, perhaps of this
love, had led her devoted slave a merry
dance from the time of his Instituted
guardianship. David was given little
anxiety concerning the various admir
ers who flocked in her train. Cnro
herself dismissed each promptly In
turn. Now, it seemed her overwhelm
ing desire was for some pet upon which
to lavish her affection.
"A dog," Caro told her guardian, "is
a faithful creature, responding un
questionably to one's moods."
"But why," David asked patiently,
"must it necessarily be a white dog,
and very small?"
"White, because I shall have to keep
it bathed and cared for," Caro an
swered; "small, so that I may hold It
In my lap."
The guardian sighed. Caro's expla
nations were as unsatisfying as the
sinile which accompanied them was
charming.
"Better wish for a dog of that de
scription," he suggested. "For you to
wish is to have —is it not, Caroline?"
There was a saddened note in the
guardian's voice. *
"Not always," Caro replied; she
looked at him quickly with inscrutable
eyes.
But as she drove her car that after
noon beyond her accustomed way, a
small dog of exactly the kind she de
sired. came dashing out across a bar
ren field to bark furiously at her
intrusion.
CnVo stopped the car, but the little
animal continued to bark, until at
length it paused breathlessly, to listen
to her caressing voice.
"Come." coaxed the girl; "you dear
little thing—" And as she sprang down
Into the road the dog's feathery tall
wagged fervently in greeting.
Before her astonished gaze he arose
presently, waving his two fore-paws in
the air, and executing a solemn dance
around her.
"You funny thing," she exclaimed.
"You little trick dog!" Before she
could forbid the little white creature
had leaped into the car, grinning at
her in dog fashion from the front
seat.
"He's mine," Caro told herself defi
antly ; "I wished for him." But the
guardian failed to rejoice with her.
when he learned the discovery.
Though the dog devoted himself
jealously to Caro, David Blair insisted
upon placing an advertisement .in the
"Found" column of that evening's pa
per,'and following closely upon its ap
pearance came a pitiful reply.
"The little found dog is ray 'Fid
get,' " came scrawled in a childish
fashion. "He is all I have to love.
He acts with me in the circus. Please
bring him back to. Marietta."
And though there was no further di
rection or adress, David and his re
bellious ward drove that evening with
Fidget between them to the faraway
grounds, where the traveling circus
pitched its great tent.
The little dog of the loved Marietta
was at once recognized by welcoming
watchers.
"She didn't sleep last night," a
painted clown said. "Fidget is all the
folks Marietta's got now, you see. Her
mother didn't live long after her dad
was killed in his famous jump last
year. The circus had sort of 'dopted
Marietta since. Every one likes to
fee the kid danCe with her dog, tho' It
ain't much of an act after all. Mariet
ta," called the clown, "come here,
honey." And Marietta came.
A vision of flying golden curls and
short ruffled skirts, she flew toward
her pet, and had him In her arms.
Then tear-filled, the child's blue eyes
sought Caro's.
"I'm sorry," she said, "that you can't
have Fidget, but—l love him. And
I haven't got anything else to love."
The Dalton heiress nodded unuer
standlngly; her guardian noted In dis
tress that her eyes were also filled
with tears.
Suddenly, Impulsively, the girl's
arms closed tight about the childish
form.
"Dear," said Caro. "do you suppose
that you could possibly learn to love
meT Would you like to come and live
In a big. stone house with a garden;
would you like to be —my little sis
ter?"
"Caro!" David Blair expostulated,
"think seriously what you are offer
ing."
"I do think." the girl answered quiet
ly. The old twinkle came back to her
eyes. "Marietta will be more satisfy
ing than Fidget," she said.
And as he stood looking down upon
the two, David Blair's face softened
into a great tenderness.
"I am afraid, Caro, that I have
never known the real you." he said.
And the girl's eyes again raised to
his, reflected their radiant light.
(Copyright, 1919, Western Newspaper Union)
SPROUL FULLY
ENDORSES SE«LB
Governor Says Christmas Sale
I' is Potent rorce back of
State Health Program.
j Harrisburg, Pa. —Governor \\ illiam
! C. Sproul sees in the Christinas Red
I Cross Seal Sale one of the mosi po-
I tent agencies now being used to eniist
the public back of the slates public
; health campaign.
i "Only the co-operation of the pub
lic,-' says Governor Spiv>ul, who is
: honorary chairman of the state seal
| committee, "will make it possible for
ihe slate adequately to deal with the
■. arioiis disease problems that face
| us.
4, \Ve cannot hope to prevent all d:s
-i ea=e. Bufc'we can properly hope to go
far in the direction of preventing
preven ;t 1»1 ■ • d!seas '. We can reduce
the dangi rs of contagion. But in every
health movement it necessary that
the public and ihe state work along
j the same lines.
"The < "nristnwis lied Cross Seal has
j back of it the force of Christmas
j sentiment. But it also stands for
practical endeavor. The funds raised
by the seal sale are used to bring
home to all of our people a realiza
imii of tlte fact that the white
plague can be conquered and a knowl
edge of how to conquer it. Ihe
Christm::.- - seal is intimately associat
ed with ilie child victim of the while
plague. If we can so order society
that the children are safe from she
! white plague, we are -»n a fair way
to solving our problem.
''Tin- private agencies that are fi
nanced by means of the seal sale co
operate, I mrU'i'vii:;id, with tlie state
! department of health, and particularly
wlib the bureau of tuberculosa, and
the local i übe: <-ajo<is dispensaries.
, '*ln short tin seal sale helps make
it possible to al'g". the public back of
#he st::.c's heal !■ ] rograni. And for
ill:!! reason ii has m\ cordial endorsed
ment, a ; well as t'e approval of the
stale departi.ent of liealth."
TUBERCULOSIS A
SYMBOL OF CHARITY
AMD HELP TO HUMANITY
Thei double reo cross as ii symbol
' or emblem of the .organizations fight
ing the white plague has been in use
for seventeen years. It was lirs
adopted for this purpose by the Inter
national Anti-Tuberculosis Associa
tion in Berl'n in October, 1902. It was
proposed by Dr. (J. Sersiron, of Paris.
Dr. Sersiron took the shape of this
cros> from tin 4 common Croix de Lor
raine and the cross of the Greek
Catholic church. Today this emblem
is used by anti-tuberculosis workers
! all over the world.
The National Association for the
Study and Previr." on of Tuberci:losis
: '.;oy atl.-; ; .s; , • double ban «d
cross .'or use T :Is«* United S'.ai'S.
Neither the fonn/iior ihe p'ropor ions
were specified and the result was a
I ...."ieiy of sha; os .'"d proportions. Be
cause of this coiid ' > :ith 'uil
Association in I'd I .' appointed a spe
cial committee to consider the design
and the dimensions of lie double bar
red cross as the emblem for all anti
tuberculosis organizations in the
Fnited States. The committee report
ed in favor of a double cross with
equal cross arms, the upper standard
; being shorter and 'the lower standard
Monger than the cross arms; the ends
of both arms and standards being
pointed instead of square.
I This design was fixed upon for
these reasons:
Because the design selected is
furthest removed from any design
having a religious significance.
Because it is furthest removed
from the well-known emblem used
by the American lied Cross.
Because its widespread use in this
country by many anti-tuberculosis
associations over a long period of
years*has associated it in the pub
lic mind with the ;r.berculcs's r.iove
ment.
The* two crosses, the Croix de Lor
raine and the cross of the Greek
CnMioPc <-hurch, united in form'rig the
tu' ere, b>sis cross, are symbolic of
i charity and help to humanity.
YOUR CHANCE TO BECOME
BOND HOLDER OF HEALTH
A new feature of the Christmas
Red Cross Seal Campaign this fall
is the Health Bond. Health
Bonds are used as substitutes for
senls in cases where persons do
not care to accept seals, at one
1 cent each, for the amount of their
subscription. The seals come in
denominations of five, ten, twenty
five, fifty and one hundred dol
j lars.
The Health Bonds can be
bought by a person who wishes to
devote any one of the sums men
tioned to the fight on tubercu- I
losis and ttfe improving of the |
public health and does not want i
seals.
Liberty Bonds return interest in j
money, Health Bonds return in- i
rerest in good health, for Health i
Bonds will help to improve the j
health of your community and
your neighbors, and your health ■
| partly upon the health |
t of your neighbors.
YOUR SYMBOL OF HOPE
HL 4
II
This is the emblem of the tubercu
losis organizations which sponsor the
sale of Red Cross Seals at the Christ
mas season. In this state the organ
ization is the Pennsylvania Society
for the Prevention of Tuberculosis,
which has affiliated societies in many
communities.
RED GROSS SEAL
FUNDS BO USES
State and Local Tuberculosis
Societies Carry on touch
Constructive and Defi
nite Work.
: Proceeds from the sale of Red Cross
Seals finance the fighi on Tuberculo
-1 sis. This work in Pennsylvania is
| carried on under the direction of the
Pennsylvania Society for the Preven
: tion of Tuberculosis. This associa
i tion has local organ izations in many
localities which conducted the eom
; niunity work.
The largest proportion of the money
coming from the sale of seals stays
in the community in which the seals
are sold. A small portion goes to ihe
State Society.
The State Society and its associat
i ed branches carry on a definite and
* constructive work for eradicating the
white plague and the improving of the
public health.
Following are the uses to which
Red Cross Seal funds are applied:
Aiding in the work of the Penn
sylvania Society, which has a con
structive program for ihe preven
tion of tuberculosis, and organizes,
co-ordinates and unifies measures
for the fulfillment of the program.
Co-operating with ihe state de
partment of health, particularly in
the bureau of Tuberculosis Sana
toria, the local tuberculosis dispen
saries, and the state health exhibit;
and with local departments of
health, for the promotion of all
forms of anti-tuberculosis work.
Carrying on direct educational
work as to the nature, treatment
and prevention of tuberculosis, such
educational work being addressed
to securing the adoption of defin
nite community activities in the
anti-tuberculosis campaign.
Propaganda efforts for the estab
'■ lishmenf\and operation by publie
authorities of survey, nursing, clin
ic, hospital, sanatorium, day or
night camp, open-air school or class,
or other kindred agencies.
Educational and other work for
I safeguarding infants, school chil
dren, industrial employes, and otli
j ers from tuberculosis infection, and
for increasing their powers of re
sistance to such infection.
Looking after men rejected in
the draft because they had tuber
culosis and also soldiers leaving
the army with impaired health.
Names have been secured from the
surgeon general's office and tuber
culosis workers are hunting out
these men.
Employment of nurses for tuber
culosis surveys or for assisting and
nursing the siek, securing admission
to hospitals and sanatoria, giving
instruction in the home for safe
guarding other members of the fam
ily and the public.
Aiding in the work and develop
ment of the state dispensaries for
the diagnosis and treatment of tu
berculosis, demonstrating the need
of, and, if necessary, temporarily
operating open-air schools or fresh
air classes for children.
Establishment and, if need be,
temporary operation of preventoria
for pre-tuberculous cases, or chil
dren's divisions of sanatoria or hos
pitals.
In an emergency, payment in
whole or in part for maintenance
of patients in hospitals or sana
i toria.
After-care, that is, advice, em
ployment. and relief of patients
leaving sanatoria as arrested and
cured.
Relief, of whatever medical or
| material form" may be needed for
i ' families in which there is a case of
| tuberculous which cannot be plac
| ed in a hospital. .
Relief wlib-h may be needed to
enable a paric who is a bread
winner or caretaker of a family to
I accept hospital care.
REDCKbSSoij'LS WILSON'S WORDS
tiir Cniiuiid CLEAR UP DOUBT
Chairman E.J. Stackpole Says CALIF °™ IA THROWS ° VE «
J LEADER, JOHNSON, AND
Sale Means Health and - RALLIES TO LEAGUE.
Happiness to many.
. ,
Harrisburg, Pa. —"The Red Cross
Seal —as millions of Americans know
it today," said E. J. Siackpole, chair- -
mail of the Pennsylvania State Seal
committee, "is an agem of happiness
and health. The seal was originated
in 1907 by Miss Emily P. Bissell, of
Wilmington, Delaware, who learned
through Jacob liiis of somewhat simi
lar seals that were sold in Norway for
the purpose of raising funds with
which to light tuberculosis.
"Miss Blssell persuaded the Ameri
can Red Cross to take up the idea
with the re>uh that seals were sold in
limited numbei of communities iu
11)08. In 1!»17 the number of seals
s. Id was 180,000,000.
"This year the seals are again on
•••.de. beginning December 1. More
11.an half a billion have been printed
for distribution to state and local
agents. In addition to the seals,
"Health Bonds' in denominations rang
ing from $5 to $lOO are to be sold
in lieu of seals to large contributors,
who do not send out a sufficient quan
tity of mail in December to make use
of all the seals they would like to
purchase.
"Pennsylvania, outside of Pitts
burgh and Philadelphia, is pledged to
sell "0,000,000 seals. The national
quota is Jj!(i,r>oo,(XH). Eighty per cent
of this money, in round figures, will be
expended by local organizations in ihe
fight against tuberculosis.
"The seal sale is more than a
charity. It represents a construe. ve
work. The sale nutans health and
happiness to countless children and
the children must be our chief con
cern. The tuberculosa figures were
appalling in 1017. C mditions have
grown worse rather tlr > ber.er since
that" lime. Every hre • minutes some
one dii s from tuberculosis in this
country.
"Sir William Osier says:
"'The battle against, tuberculosis is
not a doctor's affair; ii belongs 10 the
entire public!'
"The Christinas Red Cross Sea! is
one of the ag, ncies through which the
public can ger into the battle against
the white plague in an effective way."
THE CHILDREN'S SEAL '
The Red Cross seal of 191!) has a
particular appeal for children. Santa
Claus, printed in red with white
fringes on his outfit and a white
beard, stands with a full pack at the
top of a (chimney ready to descend.
The child knows what it means when
Santa Clans'conies down the chimney.
A very important part of Ihe work
carried on with the money realised
from the sale of Christmas Seals is
the training of children in better
health habits. This will mean the
saving of a great many lives. It has
been proven that a large percentage
of children become infected with the
tuberculosis germs and unless they
are taught to make and keep them
selves strong and healthy many of
them will die before attaining man
hood or womanhood.
So the Christmas seal of 1919 gives
a "Healthy and a Happy New Year"
in a real measure.
GOVERNOR ASSISTS
WHITE PLAGUE FIGHT
Governor William C. Sproul, in
writing to Dr. Thomas McCrae,
president of the Pennsylvania So
ciety for the Prevention of Tuber
| culosis, strongly approves the Red
Cress Seal Sale, saying:
"Dear Dr. McCrae:
"I have your kind favor of sev
eral days ago. inviting me to act
as the Honorary Chairman of the
committee in charge of your com
ing Red Cross Seal Drive, and
assure you that it will give me
pleasure to serve in that, or any
other capacity that will assist
you in your relentless campaign
for the prevention of tuberculo
sis.
"Very truly yours,
(Signed.) WM. C. SPROUL."
HELP SAVE A LIFE!
. A
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BUY AND USE RED CROSS
CHRISTMAS SEALS
(WEST GIVES HIM OVATION
All Doubtful Features of Pact Are
Explained Away By President, and
Former Doubters Hasten to Give
Him Their Support.
(By Independent News Bureau, form
erly Mt. Clemens News Bureau.)
Aboard President Wilson's Special
Train —A continuous ovation along the
Pacific coast and then on his eastward
way back toward the capital was given
to President Wilson as he came
toward the end of his month daylong
speaking tour in behalf of the League
of Nations. California, particularly
the delightful city of Los Angeles, went
wild in its enthusiasm for him and his
adrocacy of the League, and it was
in that state, perhaps, that he did his
most successful missionary work.
Hiram Johnson, California's former
, governor, now her United States sena
tor, and considered by her as the most
likely Republican candidate for the
presidency in 1920, had before the ar
rival of President Wilson, convinced
a great number of citizens that the
League as at present formulated was
not a good thing. He« had told them
that the United States, because of it,
i would be drawn into every petty
European quarrel; he argued that we
would lose our sovereignty by joining
with the Europe 0 " nations.
blamed the presid- fo" assenting to
, the possession by , a pan of the Penin
sula of Shan Tung in China.
— v
BUREAU CHANGES NAME
The Mount Clemens New: \
Bureau, which has been furnishin?
reports on President Wilson's tour ,
in behalf of the League of Nations 1
to 5,500 papers, has adopted a new
name and will hereafter be known j
i I as The Independent News Bureau. '
\ '
Mr. Wilson, with clear logic and
' ! ith compelling eloquence, answerer
the entire satisfaction of Califor
- vv.'s people every objection which
nator Johnson had made to the
: League. And thousands of the state'r
' citizens deserted 'he Johnson stand
r.rd immediately ami rallied to the sup
vert cf the president. More than that
1 they came forward and said, "We
were against you, Mr. President, but
you have cleared everything up and
now we are with you heart and soul."
Still more than that, they let Senator
1 Johnson»know that they were no
longer with him and that they disap
i proved of the speaking tour which he
. , himself was making in opposition to
! the League and so powerful was the
„ volume of public opinion which reacli
. Ed him, that the senator almost im
„ ; mediately abandoned his tour. The
> | Shan Tung question, because of the
• j anti-Japanese feeling which undoubted
. j ly exists along the Pacific coast was
" > the most serious which the president
- | had to answer. He explained to the
; people that he had been powerless to
i ! prevent the rich peninsula from being
' given to Japan. England and France,
through a secret treaty, had promised
it to Japan for entering the war and
remaining in it. That treaty had tr
be carried out. Anyway it was not
China that was losing Shan Tung, but
Germany, which had seized the terri
tory from China in 1898 and held it
ever since. Japan had promised, the
president explained, to return Shan
Tung as soon as the peace treaty was
ratified and it was only through the
ratification of the treaty with the
League of Nations inclusion, that
CJiina could ever expect to get her
former property back. And she surely
would get it back, he declared, through
the ratification of the League. There-
through the same instrumentality
no other nation could again prey upon
the "Great, patient, diligent, but help
less kingdom." As to our being drawn
into any European conflict. The pres
ident pointed out that no direct action
such as the sending of troops to any
part of the world to maintain or re
store order could be taken bv the
Council of the League without a unani
( mous vote of the council members,
therefore our vote could at once nega
i tive any such proposition as sending
■ our soldiers where we did not want
them sent. Besides, Mr. Wilson argued,
"If you have to quench a fire in Cali
i fornia you don't send for the fire de
partment of Utah." But, he argued,
ihere probably never will be another
war, if the League is established, for
I the members promise either to arbi
trate their difference and accept the
decision of the arbitrator, lay the dif
ferences for discussion and publica
tion before the Council of the League
for a period of six months, and then,
if possible, accept the council's advice.
That failing, they agree to refrain from
war for a further period of three
rronths and nine months of "cooling
otf," the president contended, would
prevent any armed conflict. These clear
explanations satisfied every reasonable
hearer and destroyed the "Bugaboos
which Senator Johnson and others had
raised against the League. Through
rugged Nevada into L tah, the land of
Mormons, the president swept to find
that those fine people were heartily
with him for the League and a per
manency of peace.'
inNKWJBXaMBK
THE MAY BASKET |
By GENEVA A. ELDREDGE I
Scent of apple blossoms filled Cyn
thia Smith's living room, a clumsy bee
tumbled up and down the outside of
the screen door, and now and then a
swallow darted across the sunshine,
his blue wings glistening. Away down
the street sounded the rat-tat of a
drum, and Cynthia heard the patter
of children's feet running toward
the town squa«>c. Still she sat tense and
upright in the old-fashioned rocking
chair, her mouth drawn in a straight
hard line, her <»yes fixed upon the
work in her hands.
The screen door squeaked on its
spring and a round-faced, brown-eyed
little boy squeezed in. his eyes filled
with surprise when he saw her sit
ting there so stiff, her work in her
hands, and he stammered a little as
he said: "Wh-why, Aunt Cynth, ain't
you going to meet the train and see
1 the p-parade?"
Soft and quick came her answer:
"No, dear, not today."
"But Aunt Cynfh, they ain't goin' to
be no more p-parade days, an' I got on
my white suit, an' mother thought
maybe you'd like to have a little boy
what was all spic and span to go Wlt
you."
And his little face grew wistful and
troubled. He had never seen an Aunt
Cynth like this before, so straight and
strange.
He meant to know before he left
just why she was staying home the
day everyone else in town was going
down to welcome the boys from
France. So crept up close and
whispered: "Is it 'cause Joe ain't com
ln'. auntie?" Tears sprang to her eyes
as she gathered the little spic and
span boy close.
"Yes, Toddie boy. that's just why
auntie isn't going. She can't bear It."
Now that Teddie was sure he felt
that he ought to say something to
help make auntie happier, so he said
as he stroked her face with his fat
little hand: "Never mind, auntie;
I've got a secret and maybe tonight
'bout dark you'll know It. Maybe
right 'fore supper, maybe right after,
anyway, don't you come out doors
right that time, will you?"
And auntie promised to stay In the
house. Then hearing his mother call
ing he scampered away leaving Aunt
Cynth alone with her thoughts. Slow
ly she closed her eyes and In Imagina
tion saw the town square filled with
people, the traUi pulling in tilled with
returning soldiers, the happy greet
ings, and far :ynd faint she, heard the
band and the cheering.
The hot tears trickled slowly down
her face as she whispered, "And mine
reported missing; my boy, who was
the pride of my heart!" And then
Teddle's happy little face seemed tcr
shine out, and she remembered what
1 a comfort he had been all the weary
months, "and now he is coining to
hang me a May basket, bless his dear
little heart, and I must cheer up for
his sake. I think I will plan a little
surprise myself."
So she went into her dining room
and set the pretty table, bringing in
great bunches of apple blossoms to
decorate it with until the room looked
j like fairyland in the pink and white
dress. She frosted little round cakes
and made un iced drink for the crystal
glasses, and almost before sh3 knew
it, twilight came drifting down. The
drums had ceased their rat-tat and
happy voices called to one another in
the street. "It's almost time for Ted
die and his secret," she thought as she
patted her hair into place. Then she
heard steps tiptoeing up the board
walk and a child's quick panting
breath, and she smiled the old
time glad smile that she used to greet
the boy with who was missing tonight
when he came to hang May baskets
at the very same door.
When two fat fists pounded hard on
the screen door she waited only long
enough for a small boy to hide before
she opened the door, to find a dainty
little basket, all fringed and festooned
and fairly bursting with candy kisses,
setting on the step.
"Why, how surprised I am," she
said. "Who could have left this beau
tiful little basket here? Surely it's a
mistake; some little boy must have
though/ Susie Grimes lived here."
Just then a small boy In white wrig
gled out from behind the snowball
bush and called breathlessly, "No, no r
Aunt Cynth, 'taln't no 'stake, it's mj
secret and some more of it is 'hind
the catalpa tree. You come see." But
Just then a khaki-clad figure sprang
out with wide-open arms, and then
Ted's secret was out.
"Oh, Joe," cried Aunt Cynth as she
wept In his arms, "how you must have
felt not to find me at the train t*
meet you."
"That's all right, mother; I don't
blame yon under the circumstances.
"When Ted teld me his secret I
thought I'd wait and surprise you.
"Some May basket all around, heyT
Say, Ted, it looks like frosted cakes
and lemonade in the dining room; let's
hurry for mess."
And as mother and son wiped the
tears of gladness from their eyes, a
little voice shrilled out: "You won't
never cry no more on p-parade day,
will you. Aunt Cynfh?"
(Copyright, 1919, McClure Newspaper Syn
dicate.)
No Housework for Them.
"Well, the soldiers learned to sweeps
wash and cook."
"Yep. the present crop of brides is
going to have a perpetual cinch.*'