THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNF.LLSBURG. P A.. . i SHELL THREE ENGLISH SCORES ARE KILLED RAIDING SHIPS :o:- Faitri' Battle Cruisers and Armored Through Cord( n of English Warships and Bombard Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby on East Coast -:o: RESIDENTS FLEE AS FIRST COAST RAID SINCE DAYS OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR BEGINS -:o:- London. A powerful German fleet slipped trough the cordon ot naval do fence which had made the coast of England Inviolate for centuries, bom barded the cities of Scarborough. Hartlepool and Whitby, on the York shire coast, 310 miles from Helgo land, killed nearly fifty civilians and soldiers and wounded hundreds, de stroyed an ImmeiiHO amount of prop erty and escaped to sea. The squadron which shelled Hurtl pool, where the bombardment was most destructive to life and property, was composed, the Admiralty announc es, of two batt!e cruisers and an ar mored cruiser, while from four to six light cruisers attacked Scarborough and Whitby. It Is olllclally announced that at Hartlepool alone seven soldiers were killed and fourteen wounded and twenty-two civilians were killed and fifty were wounded. The Admiralty places the casualties at Scarborouh at eleven, but refugees from that city say that eighteen persons were killed there. At Whitby two were killed and two wounded. England Alarmed and Enraged. tl was the most daring and success ful exploit the Germans have per formed In the war, amazing In its dar ing and savage thoroughness. All Eng land Is alarmed and enraged because a squadron of Germany's most danger ous war craft was permitted to escape from the Kiel Canal and remain unde tected long enough to give English men a terrible experience of the hor rors of war that have come to Belgium and France. There Is fear that an Invasion will be attempted, but there Is more reason to believe that the devastating raid was the first stroke of a great coup which Germany, It Is positively known, has been planning for weeks ft concerted rush -f battle cruisers and dreadnoughts from Helgoland and the mouth of the Elbe, and an attempt to ruin British commerce on the Atlan tic before their inevitable destruction by the superior British fleet. The squadron that shelled the York shire coast escaped practically un harmed. The organized pursuit that followed the frantic alarms and ap peals by wireless, and that drew Eng land's great ships from the Firth of Forth, from Aberdeen, from the mouth of the Thames and from their stations t sea, could not catch up or cut off the fast steaming raiders. The Ger mans had In their favor a heavy mint. which covered the sea, and they made ft rapid withdrawal after raining sheila on the coast towns for about thirty 'minutes at Hartlepool from 8:15 a. m, to 8:50 a. m. London The Allies have begun their great advance, Intending to drive the Germans out of Belgium. Changing their campaign plans, General Joffre and Field Marshal French are now pressing the attack which they had In tended to delay until spring. The rea son for the change is believed to be the Allies' numerical superiority, to gether with the fact that Earl Kitchen er's troops are much better seasoned now than had been anticipated. In three weeks' time, according to the All.es' reckcnlng, the Germans may be driven back to their second line. By spring they may be forced across their own border, unless they should withdraw considerable forces from their eastern front. The orosent onslaught upon the Ger man Intrenchmenta Is heavier than any offensive assumed by the French, Brit- lsh and Belgian forces since Gen. von Kluck was driven back on the Alsne. It is the result of a complete change of plans by Gens. Joffre and French, and means that the campaign which was to have been begun in the Spring, Is now under way. ALLIES PRESSING OFFENSIVE. London. In ft series of dashing at tacks and often resorting to the use of the bayonet, the French made at tempts to cut off the German force which projects Into their line In the Woevre region to St. Mlhiel on the Meuse like an arrow head. The German official report shows General "Joffre's men reached ft point midway between St. Mlhiel and Pont-a-Mousson, and must have got a.cro-3 the Geiman line of communications. This substantial gain was won at a heavy cost. The French lost 600 men taken prisoners and a large number of killed and wounded. COST8 $200.0CO.GCO A MONTH. France's War Bill for Half Year Placed at $1,185,888,573. Paris. The cost of tho war to France for the Hist six months In 1915 Is officially figured at B.9H9.442.SCS francs (S1.1S5.SSS.573) or about $200, 000,000 monthly. The appropriations committee of the French Parliament met, with a full at tendance, to censidsr the budget, which aggregates for the first six months in , 1915 ft total of 8,525,264,407 franca ' (11,705,052,881). COD FLEET WILL NOT SAIL. French Unable to Promise Release of " Sailors From Service, Paris. The cod fishing fleet, which usually equips In Brittany and Nor mandy during December for the next vovaee to Newfoundland, has asKOd the Ministry of Marine If It Is possible to count on its being released frorr ssrvlce by the end of rebruary, The Minister of Marine replied that he was unable to make such a promise hence the first falling of the. fleet for 1116 has been cancelled AND MORE ESCAPE BRITISH FLEET Cruisers of Kaiser's Navy Break KAISER NOT SHAKEN BY LOSSES. Hopes Defeat Off Falklands Will Be Turned Into a Blessing. Berlin. An official statement given out at headquarters contains copies of telegrams exchanged between Em peror William and Johannes Kaempf, President of the Reichstag, regarding the navul battle off the Kulklaud Isl ands. In answer to the telegram of Presi dent Kuempf regarding the German loss in this buttle. In which Herr Kaempf Bald that the nation was ono with the Emperor In grief at the loss and with pride at the heroic deaths rosultlng from the fight, the Emperor replied: "May the heavy sacrifices wo have been forced to make In this battle for our existence be borne by all and used with a single aim that, supported by an unshaken hope In God, our Lor J, from Whoso gracious hand we humbly receive fortune, misfortune, Joy and sorrow, will turn this most difficult hour into a blessing for the Father land." BELGRADE RETAKEN BY SERBS; VIENNA ADMITS DEFEATS London. The Servians, after a fierce battle, have reoccupied Bel grade, according to a Nish dispatch to Reuters' Telegram Company. The most striking feature of the latest official news was the admission by the Austrian Government of the defeat of the Austrian army In Servla and apparently of the abandonment of Its third attempt at Invasion of the territory of its small Slav neighbor. The announcement was made in Vi enna. The French Government, issuing offi cial Servian reports says that the Austrians are retiring on all fronts after losing 28,000 prisoners, 74 can non and 44 machlno guns and that the Servian advance Is under full head way. It Is unofficially stated that the Austrians have been forced to with draw troops from Servla in order to protect Hungary from the Russian in vasion. SUBMARINE DIVES UNDER MINES. London. Braving the multiple dan gers of strong and treacherous cur rents, of closely planted mines, the fire ot large guns In fortresses and the pursuit of topedo boats, the British submarine B-ll, in charge of Lieuten ant Commander Norman B. Holbrook, dashed Into the western entrance to the Dardanelles, dived under five rows of mines and torpedoed the Turkish battleship Messudlch. As swiftly as she had come the sub marine sped back to the allied fleet outside the entrance to the historic channel, unscathed, although followed by a storm of gunfire from the shore fortresses and chased by torpedo boats. The B-ll was under water for nine hours at one time. This exploit, surpassing In brilliancy and daring all other naval feats of the war, thrilled and Inspired London when It was announced. The last gllmp'o o-nght by Lieuten ant Ilolbrx k of the Mes-udleh showed 1 Is torp do had done Its work. The battles' lp wai finking. No mention Is mtde In (he official statement of loss of life on the Mwsu- d'eh but It I" belived to have been h avy. The Messudieh under normal renditions carried a crow of 600 men. :iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiititmiiuiiiiiiimimiinniiiira PITH OF THE J WAR NEWS I flnimmmimiiimit iiwnmtiiiimmiHiimttiiiiiiHiiniimtmiimtitmimiii! The Germans declared that French at tacks between the River Meuse and the Vosges Mountains had been re pulsed. Since the beginning of the war the Austrians have, lost 38 commanding Generals, 190 Colonels and other offi cers In proportion. The Argentine Government has receiv ed word that the German cruiser Dresden has arrived at Punta Ar. enas, on the Strait of Magellan. ' The Allies are preparing a fresh army of 4,000,000 to strike the Germans a supreme blow In the spring. Reinforcements estimated at 200,000 on each aide were hurried to the bat tie front in Poland between Lowicz and the Vistula where the Grand Duke Nicholas Is holding back the German army. Field Marshall von Hindenburg seems determined to land In Warsaw. It was reported from Nlsh that Servian Soil was clear of Austrians. The detachments which held Shabatz and Leshnitza were driven across the Drlna. King Peter was at the head of the Ser vian army in Its triumphant reentry Into Belgrade. Falling to leave the harbor of Guam within the customary 24 hours, the German cruiser Cormoran, with her crew of 355 men and twenty-two offi cers, was interned by the United States authorities until the war ends. This disposes of the last German warship at large in the Pacific Ocean. All Servia Is aflame with renewed en thusiasm as a result of the recap ture of Belgrade. Berlin admitted the retreat of the army v hlih Invaded Poland through Mlawa. The Austrians announced qalns In West Gallcla. A LI HUNT IN NEW YORK Six Escape FromStage of Thea tre and Cause Panic. ONE IS KILLED IN TENEMENT Policeman Shot By Brother Officer Before Lioness That Invades a Nearby Apartment House Is Killed. New York. Six trained Hons escaped from their cage on the stage of an East Eighty-sixth street vaude ville theatre and, bounding Into the audlonce, consisting principally of women and children, created ft panic. One lioness, Alice, the largest of the pack, escaped into a crowded street. Policemen pursued her into the hall way of a nearby apartment-house, and In snooting at her probably fatally wounded a companion, Sergeant Daniel Glenn. Two other officers were slightly wounded by the claws of the beast In a battle at close range. At slcht of tho lions hundreds or persons In the theatre fled, screaming, in the exits, mothers, delayed by gath ering up their children, crowded Into comers and places of supposed safety. Scores fainted, and many, numbed by the sisht of the animals among them, sat transfixed in their seats. I ioness Ferocious. With the exception of Alice, none of the beasts displayed great feroc ity. A few persons who got in their paths were scratched, but none oi them was seriously hurt. Five of the animals were roaming about the theater when tho last of the 'audience escaped. In their rush to safety, spectators left behind all kinds of wearing apparel" and personal be longings. Meantime, the beasts roamed over the house from gallery to basement. An hour after the last spectator left they were rounded up In the lobby and driven into their snip ping boxes, none of them being In jured. Three arrests were made on charges of criminal nenlifience. Those in cus tody are Iji Belle Amlree, the lions trainer; C. A. Turnqulst, their keeper, and George 11. Hamilton, manager of the attraction. Tlie Hons were owned by Francis Fernrl, a showman, who has been exhibiting them at carnivals during the summer. The animal act had been completed and a song and dance quartet held the stage in front of the first drop when the Hons escaped as they were about to be transferred from the steel exhibi tion cage to their shipping box. $200,000,000 A MONTH. Official Estimate Of War's Cost To France. Paris. The cost of the war to France for the first six months In 1915 Is officially figured at 5.929,442,805 francs ($1,185,888,573) or about 200,- 000,000 monthly. This total is In addi tion to the usual expenditures of the army, but it Includes $101,400,000 al lowed to families of soldiers, $4,000,- 0D0 to persons out of employment, $10,- 200.000 for the maintenance of persons driven from their homes by the Ger man Invasion and to various other Items directly due to the war. The appropriations' committee of the French parliament met to consider the budget which aggregates for the first Blx months in 1915 a total of 8,525,264, 407 francs ($1,705,052,881). The rate of $200,000,000 monthly for next year Is about the scale of ex penditures for tho five months of war In the present year. 7 KILLED IN EXPLOSION. Nine Badly Injured In Cleveland Apart ment House. Cleveland. A natural gas explosion In ft two-story apartment hoime killed not less than seven and perhaps 14 persons seriously Injured nine and wrecked the two-story building. Win dows for a block around were broken and persons in a drug store across the street were thrown off their feet and Injured by broken glass. The exact cause of the explosion bas not been ascertained. A strong odor of escap ing gas bad been noticed In the vicinity. A photograph studio occupied the first floor of the apartment and It Is supposed the escaping gas became Ignited there. "Jue explosion blew out the walls of the building and the wreckage at once caught fire. Fire men dragged the dead and dying from the blazing mass at the risk of their lives. FUNSTON HOME ON LONG LEAVE. Sees Daughter Born While He Was At Vera Cruz. San Francisco. Major - General Funston saw for the first time Thurs day a daughter bom to him while be was In command at Vers. Cruz. The General arrived here on a leave of absence, which began December 6 and will last until February 6. His wife and family have been living at the Tresidlo and he will take up his residence there during his stay. Gen eral Funston said he understood un officially that his next command would be the Departemnt of the South, with headquarters at San Antonio, Texas. Before taking charge, however, be may apply for an extension of his leave. TAKING GOLD TO JEWS. Cruiser North Carolina Carrying Re lief To Jerusalem. Washington, D. C The cruiser North Carolina has left the Island of Bclos, on the coast of Asia Minor, for Alexandria, Egypt, to take gold to Jaffa for the relief of Jews in Jeru salem. State Department officials still are awaiting word from Great Britain and France on whether they acquiesce In a plan of Americans to send relief to Jerusalem. The Turkish govern ment has guaranteed the safety or such an expedition. WAR SIDELIGHTS wm (Copyright.) ROBBER KILLED Frank Hohi Slain After Two Bold Jobs. FALLS IN DUEL WITH POLICE Famous Automobile Bandit Shot Down After Robbing Two Banks. Police Trace Him To Hie Apartment Cincinnati. The life of Frank G. Ilohl, notorious automobile bandit, ended here following a three hours' career of crime, which included the robbing of two Cincinnati banks, fol lowing the theft of an automobile and u pistol duel with policemen that re sulted with almost certain fatal wounds to one oltleer and the death of the bandit. Thirteen thousand and one hundred dollars Is missing as the result of the bank robberies and the police are confident that Ilohl, in his wild automobile drives, managed to pass this money along to some con federate. The beginning of Hohl's end started shortly after 10 A. M., when he en tered the West End "branch pf the Trovldent Savings Bank and Trust Company, Eighth and Freeman ave nues, fired two shots at Cashier Ed ward Hughes, scooped up $8,000 In currency, backed through the door, jumped Into ft waiting automobile, which had been stolen, and disap peared. Cashier Hughes fired after the robber, but his shots did not take effect Shot By Police. While the police were searching for the bandit more than an hour later, he entered the Liberty Banking and Savings Company Bank at Liberty and Freeman avenues, ten blocks away, fired tw o shots at Cashier George Win ters, grabbed what proved to be $5,100 in currency, ran to his automobile and again disappeared. The shots were so close to Winters that be was powder burned, but other than suffering from the shock he was uninjured. Almost two hours later Harry Buek shorn, whose mother conducts an apartment house on West Ninth street Informed the police of the simi larity of a man who rented a room there with a description given of tho bandit Threo policemen called at the room, and upon knocking, the door was suddenly thrown open and the bandit opened fire, at the same time brushing past the officers, one of whom, Policeman Edward Knoul, was probably fatally wounded. He again ran to his automobile which was stand ing at a nearby corner and bid fair to again make good his escape, but In rounding a corner the machine crashed into a telegraph pole and was wrecked. The bandit jumped out and opened fire on the other two officers who had pursued him. In the battle that fol lowed Hohl fell with four bullet wounds in his body and died shortly afterwards at tho hospital. Notorious Bandit He was identified by Cashier Hughes, of the Provident Bank, as the man who had robbed his bank, and later ft comparison of a picture of Hohl to the dead man was made and proved with other signs of Identification to the satisfaction of the police that the dead man was Hohl. $321,700,514 FOR U. S. MAILS. House Committee Refuses Aeroplane Test Allowance. Washington, D. C. Appropriations aggregating $321,700,514 for the con- ' duct of the postal service are carried by the Postofflce bill reported to the House. No provision for extension of I the postal service to Alaska and Porto j Rico telegraph and telephone lines, as I recommended by Postmaster-General : Burleson, was Included, and other de ' partment proposals were rejected by the committee. The department, how ever, was authorized to experiment on contracts for rural free delivery routes. I Readjustment of sa'arles for rural ear : rlers is proposed. An appropriation of $50,000 for experiments In aerial mail delivery is refused. BEAT MAN THEY ROBBED. Highwaymen Got But 40 Cents and Kicked Victim. Wilmington, Del. Taking orders near Edge Moor, Del., William Watson, collector for a Wilmington grocery, was held up by two highwaymen, who began to beat him when they found he only had 40 cents In his possession. Watson was knocked down and searched and when the highwaymen found the small sum they began to kick him. He managed to get away and as he ran his assailants said: "We will see you again." iuwfi."Ari aumvio, wu m r---.r -BmA 7y &4 lH THC PROerir I II NOTORIOUS RANK UN PER FlRt" CHIMES Hill BE PROBED NEXT Rockefeller and Russell Sage Foundations Included. BIG MEN 1"0 RE SUMMONED Investigation For Purpose Of Deter mining How Their Polices Are Shaped and Whether They Are a Menace Or Benefit Denver, Col. Frank P. Walsh, chair man of the Federal Commission on In dustrial Relations, announced that the commission would begin an Investiga tion of the Russell Sage Foundation, the Baron de Hirsch Fund, all the Car. negie benevolences and all the Rocke feller charities, in addition to the Rockefeller Foundation. This investi gation will open in New York Jan uary 11. In the investigation of the various foundations, according to Chairman Walsh, the commission will seek to de termine "how their policies are shaped and by whom, their relations to high finance, the extent to which their char ters may be stretched under the United States Constitution, and whether they constitute ft menace or ft benefit to the nation." Among the witnesses who will be summond, according to Mr. Walsh's announcement, are President Arthur T. Hadley, of Yale; Dr. Clarence W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard: Andrew Carnegie, -onn D. Rockefeller, Jr., J. P. Morgan, Daniel Guggenheim, E. H. Gary, T. N. Vail, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company; George W. Perkins. Frank A. Vanderllp. president of the National City Bank of New York; T. P. Shonts. Jacob Schlff. John Hays Hammond, millionaire mine owner; Cleveland H. Dodge, New York financier; II. C. Frlck, Scth Low, Samuel Untermyer. Tho calling of John D. Rockefeller, senior, to the stand, according to Mr. Walsh, has not yet been decided upon. Mr. Walsh said the commission pro posed to investigate the charge that the creation of the Rockefeller and other foundations represents the com mencement of "an effort to perpetunte the present position of predatory wealth, through the corruption of the sources of public Information." POTTSVILLE, PA, HAS BIG FIRE. Business Block Burned and $1,000,000 Damage Done. Pottsvllle, Pa. Fire in the business section of Pottsvllle wiped out prop erty valued at about $1,000,000. An entire block of business buildings which were stocked with holiday goods were destroyed. It was the worst fire in Pottsville's hiBtory. The area burned over is bounded by Centre, Soc ond, Norwegian and Manhantonga streets. Twenty rtores, the Pennsyl vania National Bank and the Academy of Music, one ot Pottsville's leading playhouses, wero among the buildings destroyed. The postofflce caught fire, but was not badly damaged. WANTS TREATIES RATIFIED. Those With Nicaragua and Colombia ' Cause Bryan Anxiety. Washington, D. C Secretary Bryan reiterated his determination to see ratification by the Senate during the present session of Congress of the Nlcaraguan Canal Treaty and the Colombian Indemnity Treaty. Both have met with determined opposition, but Mr. Bryan Is hopeful that they will be consummated before adjournment next March. WILSON TO GET UP EARLY. Will Push Button At 3 A. M. January 1 To Open San Diego Fair. Washington, D. C To push an elec tric button giving & signal for opening the San Diego, Cal., exposition on the beginning of the new year, President Wilson will be awakened before three o'clock New Year's morning. He will push the button ftt midnight Pacific Coast time, which Is 8 A. M. hero. HUSBAND SHOT BY WIFE. Woman Fires On Matt From Whom She Has Asked Divorce. Mobile, Ala. Reuben F. McBroora, owner of shoe stores in Mobile and PenBacola and ft former resident of Terra Haute, Ind., was shot and per haps family wouuded by his wife, Mrs. Theresa McBroom, In the yard of their residence here. She surrendered to the police and was charged with as sault to murder and refusod bond. Mrs. McBroom recently sued for di vorce and since has been living apart from her husband. E SENT TO Conditions Force Adoption of Precautionary Measures. MAY HAVE TO TAKE ACTION The Additional Troops Will Bring Gen. Bliss' Force Up To Equal Strength With the Mexicans In Case Of a Crisis. Washington, D. C Further demon stration was made by I the United States Government of Its determina tion not to tolerate continued firing by the Mexican factions at Naco, Sonora, Into American territory. President Wilson, after a brief dis cussion with his Cabinet, Instructed Secretary Garrison to comply with the request of Brlg.-Gen. Tasker H. Bliss at Naco, Arizona, for reinforcements to handle a possible emergency situa tion. Three regiments of Infantry and three batteries of artillery were or dered to NacCv The generor understanding In Ad ministration quarters was that as soon as the additional American forces were placed in position on the international line the United States would return any artillery or Infantry lire which might come from Mexican territory. As It will require three days for the troops to reach Naco, the Mexican fac tions have virtually that period within which to comply with the American demands or be shelled out of their positions. Reinforcements ordered will bring the total force of the American Army at Naco to about 5,000 men, including 11 troops of cavalry, 3 regiments of Infantry and 6 batteries of artillery, with 24 guns. ' Between 100 ' and 150 Mexicans, many of them once prominent official ly, have been secretly executed In Mex ico City within th Inst few days, ac cording to an official report which reached the United States Govern ment from one of its agents there. Just who ordered the executions has not been disclosed, nor are any of the names of those put to death known. Villa Troops In Guadalajara. El Paso, Tex. Guudalajara, second largest city in Mexico, has been cap tured by Villa's troops, according to an official report given out by the Villa consular agent here. It was learned from Independent sources that a strong column of Car ranza troops was moving to attack Torreon, the dominant position of Cen tral Mexico. Torreon Is defended by ' no more than 1,000 Villa troops, while the Carranza strength Is estimated ftt ; 8,000. EXPORTS CONTINUE TO dROW. Balance Of Trade In Our Favor In No vember Was $79,299,417. Washington, D. C November for eign trade statistics show ft balance of trade In favor of the United States of $79,299,417 for the month. The bal ance In favor of the United States was $56,630,650 for October and $16,341,722 for September, while In August the balance was $19,400,406 against the United States. November's exports, just announced by the Department of Commerce, totalled $205,766,424 and Imports $126, 467,007. There was ft decrease of $71, 000.000, In the exports of cotton against November, 1913, but all other articles as a whole showed ft net In crease ot $31,000,000. CLOSE CALL FOR SEAMAN'S BILL. Committee Decides Not To Report It But Wil Act Later. Washington, D. C The Seaman's bill had a narrow escapo from death In the Senate Commerce Committee. It passed both houses at the last ses sion of Congress and, after being amended in tho House, was recom mitted by the Senate Instead of being referred to conference. The commit tee, by a vote ot 7 to 6 decided not to report the measure, but then, on re consideration, agreed to take it up again for further consideration De cember 31. It was determined, how ever, that no further hearings would be held. MUST NOT CRITICIZE TURKS. Americans Writing To Friends May Make Trouble For Them. Washington, D. C Americans writ ing to their friends In Turkey should bo careful not to criticize Turks or their government, according to au thoritative advices reaching here from tho Ottoman Empire. The Turkish au thorities open moBt letters, it was stated, and Americans In Turkey may suffer Inconveniences as a result of unneutral statements. HOT DENIALS IN HOUSE. Bartholdt Vollmer and Lobeck Nail Anti-German Charges. Washington, D. C. Published charges that Congressional resolutions to prevent the export of munitions to war from the United States were de signed to aid Germany were Indignant ly denounced in the House by Repre sentatives Bartholdt Vollmer and Lobeck. FROM CABIN BOY TO ADMIRAL. R. Nicholson On Retired List Today Owing To Age Limit Washington, D. C Rear-Admiral R, Nloholson closed his active career In f-e navy, navlng reached the age limit. When 12 years old he signed as a cabin boy on the warship State of Georgia, commanded by bis father, and partici pated In the blockade of Wilmington, ills last sea duty was as commander of the Asiatic fleet. Saxony's population In 1910 was t 806,661. TROOPS AGO HER SILVER SHOWER HOW GIRL GAVE FRIEND A LE9, SON IN ECONOMY. Stopping of the Little Financial Leaks Accomplished What Seemed to th Careless One to Border on the Marvelous. "It Is the finest Idea I ever hoard of," said Luclnda Grey, as she looked prnnnnafllnnnlal v nt hnm' 1 - ...,,.,........., ... ,,, rnena just out or tne hospital. "im tired to death of restaurant fure end I haven't forgotton your cooking, Allc Benton! But are you sure you ar. strong enough to do It?" "For two of us In this place?" Th I pale girl laughed derisively, "it be like piny, and the bost poHsibu occupation for me." "Very well, It Is settled, if you ir certain It s not too much tor von You'll find my purse In tho bottom bu reau drawer In a little tin box; u.i what you need for supplies' and things." "All right, but I am going to bear my half of the expense, remember." "And do the work besides? t call that on unequal arrangement," pro tested uiciiHia. sue knew what must be the condition of her friend' purs after her long Illness, "My month In the hosnltul imh 'quite ft holo In my savings," Alice ail mitted, "but I need not be a burden to my friends." "You mean yon have money sated from your snlury?" asked Lucinda, in astonishment "Will you kindly toll me how you have done It, 0 win young person? I've never bein able to save a cent, and It worries tn more than I can tell. I'm sure I irj hard enough to be economical." "Perhaps we shall find some of the little leaks later," said her friend, with ft smile. Two weeks had passed when, m Luclnda was dressing one morning, b!m- called' across to the little kitchen. "Now, Alice, you've mended this old corset cover. I told you It was not I worth" Her voico died away Into astonished silence. From tho folded garment something fell with a thud to the floor It was a silver half-dollar wrapped In a piece of paper, on which were writ ten the two words, "Five Minutes." Lucinda slipped tho silver Into in empty box in her bureau drawer, and put on the mended garment thought fully. As she wus leaving for the I office she paused to call back, "Dnl you mind telling me what 'Fire SI in ute8 means?" "That was the time It took to tnoci It," said Allco quietly. Almost dally after that Boraethtnc I was added to the contents of the boi; silver half-dollars for each pair o' neatly mended stockings that Alice I had found discarded In a rag bag (r. I the bathroom, and varying amount. I for the undergarments and waists and neckpieces that she freshened nd re I stored to usefulness. "I'd like to know what she will de with a plnned-out collar," said to clnda, a little vindictively, one day. as she put three of them Into the rap I bag. When the laundry was returw Luclnda found the threo collars on her I dressing table. A Jaunty bow pinned I on the front of each completely coo ccnlod the devastation the heavjl brooch had made. "You are certainly hard to circuit vent, Alice," she said, with laugh "You needn't do any more, If 1" please. I've counted the money In my box, and I've learned mf lesson I'll never acaln see a partly worn gar mcnt without seeing also the money It I would cost to renluce It, thanks u your 'silver shower.' "Youth's Com panlon. Artlultlea nf Women. Women cooks In Norway are paUj from $6 to $13 per month, while souse maids cot only S3 per niontu. A regiment of girl scouts sra o being drilled In military tactics l l New York armory. Hr.no nrno v-naVPr, lfl ttl6 Fin" Eng., carpet mills earn an arerage o'l $5.47 a week. The former Anna Could, now French countess, has opened s r shop In Paris to give employment needy women who have been maw destitute on account of th lr Miss Ruth Clair of lUitladolphlft ' an authority on football and secret, i to the rules committee. , nn .1. - ... Pna.llteni.tSI ueu iuc nuiucti w. " . i go to the polls to vote they pus" 6,D- nntiwlnans KofwiA tflATft- I VU4UU5UO atvsw Inlf1! When Arabian women g ,1 mourning they stain their hands s .. !. Indian fnr nllfht da)'S. I" I during thnt tlmo they will driw I milk on the ground that Its wan. does not harmonize wltn wo gloom. A mm im net at ft. A wealthy but miserly celebrated for having a nih'- j.s decorated dining room viands were very iew. rtiin it m.. nUa n ritnn on s ce ..I occasion, and the host asked n .. , a - oipzani ne aiun i inina iuo - . nCli "Yes,M was the reply, "but " " I quue 10 my iubwj. . ..0,i "And what change wula I make?" asked the host "Well," answered tne ",l' '" worn mu tinuua VOI1 kUOW, ... ..I j ...... , v pv 1 nave -looK.ng ai. i" - -, fur i gliding ana" nere ne ,orfl lively at the dining arvlng." A Poser. Jfj Whllo Instructing his cls .w I- a. f the No lug uin cm.j - gkW I land states a school teacher (fs "Do you know tnai i" f burgesses in those nays - errui mat u coniron-u 1 worn by the men? A man who s $13 a week and one whose s ' dJs 150 were compelled to m- tinction in tne ciomou iw Ing and not go beyond w (ti,i A bright scholar In the rear room piped up: "Teacher, wn fA a man do if he were oui New York Times.
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