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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-22
"SANTA CLAUS LADY" BRINGS
JOY TO HEARTS OF POOR
Miss Marguerite Eagan Acts Kriss in Her Big Lin
CUISINE, Loaded Heavily With All Sorts of
Goodies" for Worthy Families

Here comes the Santa Claus Lady,
Tho declaration came from the lips OF n
7-year-old boy who rushed across the
threshold of his home on a side street
in West Philadelphia just as big lin
CUISINE turned the corner. The mother. n
hard-worklng woman whose husband lost
his life in an accident a couple of years
ago. dropped the work she was doing
and went to the front door.
The Limousine stopped and a smiling
young woman in n fur coat and cap
aliEhted. The chaffeur picked a basket
from the top of n pile of 25 in the seat
alongside of him and handed 1t to the
waiting young woman. The basket was
heavy, but she handled 1t with the ease
with which an experienced sailor handles
the tiller of catboat In a three-reef
breeze on Barnegat Bay.
The youngster. meanwhile, was eager
ly watching the girl and the child's mo-
ther was wiping her hands on her ging-
ham apron "A Merry Christmas, for you
and the little ones" said the girl as she
handed the basket to the woman. Tears
appeared in the woman's eyes and she
muttered a broken thanks The boy was
clapping his hands I'm glee. But the girl
had backed to the curb and stepped into
the machine which was now we'll on it's
way down the street.
The girl was Marguerite Eagan, of 1870
Chester avenue. For the last five years
she has been giving away more than a
ton of food each year to worthy poor peo-
pie. She goes about the work quietly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-22
INDEPENDENTS" TO AID
SMITH IN COUNCILS
Form Organization and Will
Abide by Decisions of Re-
publican Caucus

Common Councilmen who are independ-
ent of the Republican Organization an
nounced today that they have perfected
an organization under the Craftsmanship
of william p. Siegert. OF the 42d Ward.
Francis F. Burch. also of the 42d Ward,
will be the secretary.
There will be no opposition to the Or
offices which the Republican caucus Sc
lects will be supported by the "independ-
ents." as they will call themselves.
Their organization was perfected at a
dinner they held last night at the Bing-
ham. They passed their resolution OF
willingness to support the administration
as follows:
Whereas, the City of Philadelphia
is about to have a new administTa-
tion as a result of the election on No
vember 2. 1915.
And whereas. Thomas b. Smith,
the Mayor-elect. has expressed him
self in no uncertain manner as to his
desire to have an administration look
ing to the development of the city
on broad and comprehensive lines:
Now, therefore. be 1t resolved,
That we, members-elect of Common
Council, elected by independent voters,
hereby pledge our united support to
the new administration in all of its
efforts to forward the best interests
of the city, and the carrying on to a
successful conclusion of the present
and projected Improvements.
Besides Mr.. Siegert and Mr. Burch,
members of the independents" are Prin-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-22
WOMAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
Neighbors Find Aged Mother on
Floor in Gas-Filled
House

III you ever see the shades down in
my mothers home late in the day go over
and see what the trouble is" was the re-
quest made by Harry vertie to Mrs.
Sarah Ward, OF 215t North Leithgow
street, several days ago, handing her a
duplicate key to the residence of Mrs.
Hanna Steeple, of 2125 North Leithgow
street. Mrs. Steeple is SO years old and
for many years has lived alone.
Today Mrs. Ward noticed that the
shades had been down all morning. She
went to the house and opened the door.
but was thrown back by gas fumes.
Calling Mrs. Mary McCauley. who lives
next door, the women made their way
to the kitchen and found Mrs. Steeple
lying on the floor in an unconscious con-
dillon. She was rushed to the Stetson
Hospital, where physicians say that her
condition is serious. According to the
police, Mrs. Steeple is subject to vertigo
and this morning was taken i'll just as
she was about to light the gas ro
in her kitchen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-22
TODAY's MARRIAGE LICENSES

James j. McCauley, 33S N Glst ST.. and Sadie
NJ. Rainey. 226 n. Horton st.
Percy Munson, 2OOO Bainbridge ST., and Mabel
Corbett. l0il Bainbridge ST.
LOUIS $. Braude, 1882 ~ 10th St. and Esther
Middleman, 1880 N Marshall st.
Arthur II. Alexander Brooklyn. NJ Y, and
Jennie Y. knickerbocker, Brooklyn. n. Y.
Corbel. +27 S. 18th ST.
Gennaro Bertolini. 1881 Klmball ST.. and Mil
lie Massanora. 1882 Carpenter st.
John =. Denney. 1903 s. I'd st. and Ellen
NJ. Malloy. 1910 s. 23d st.
Charles W. Hoffman. 1897 Ellsworth ST., and
Joseph NJ. Trembiay. 502S y. Hutchinson ST..
and Romelia Parsons. 1923 y. 10th St
Robert w. Swift. 1916 y. Smedley ST. and
Irene Lewis 2sls York st
Thomas j. Kelly. 1C0 n. Ruby ST.. and Mary
Hasson, 1GOS Green ST.
Benny Dlektsr. 233 Monroe ST., and Jennie
OSCAR Hitchings, 2451 Martha ST.. and Minnie
Hermann. 2i5l Martha st.
BertTam ,LiPginsott' PSI E. oakdale st. and
Robert Chlsman. 1910 Waverly ST., and Annie
Hanboy. 1850 Waverly ST.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-22
JEwELRY STORE ROBBED
Three Year-Old Boy Reveals Opera
tions of Culprits

Some strange men smashed the store
window and stole all our Watches" cried
3-year-old Edgar Mellin early this morn
lin. from sleep. Then they ran away"
added the little fellow.
On the first floor of Mellin's house Is
his Jewelry store. The father. upon in
vestigating, found that the plate glass
window of the store had been smashed
with a brick and about $500 worth of jew
elry stolen. The child said he had heard
the crash and had run to the window up
stairs where he had seen the men snatch
ing handfuls of lockets and watches The
store Is at 1903 South street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-22
FUNERAL OF T. J. CURTIS
Long Illness Causes Death-Survived
by Widow and Brother

Arrangements are being made today for
the funeral of Thomas Jarvis Curtis, who
died at his apartments at the Coronado,
22d and Chestnut streets, last night.
Mr.. Curtis had been forced to remain in
semiseclusion for ten years on account Of
Ill health, and his death was not entirely
unexpected by relatives. He is survived
by his wife, who was, before her mar
riaEe Miss Lille Moore, and n brother,
william do Forest Curtis, of Colorado
Springs, Colo. The funeral will be
strictly private, only members of the i'm
mediate family attending
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-22
To Begin Work on Building

Work will soon begin on 10-story office
building for the accommodation of physl-
clans and other professional persons on
the northwest corner of 18th and Walnut
streets Announcement was made today
that settlement had been made by Charles
Il. Oelschlager. who, representing a syndi-
cate of investors recently bought the
property. 1t is assessed at $215, 900, is 80
by 100 feet in size and is generally known
as the HUM mansion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-22
BOYS IN ROLE OF AUTO BANDITS
Two Admit They Went "Joy Riding"
in Main Line Cars

The Main Lines auto bandits" are no
longer a mystery The confession of two
boys that they had used several machines
for "Joyridlng" and later deserted them
or turned them over to the owners gar
ages, made to the Ardmore police yester-
day, cleared up the problem that has
been causing anxiety in the suburbs
northwest of the city for some time.
The boys are Joseph Gile, 10 years old,
and Walter Mellon. Il years old. Magis-
trate Irwin held them in $1,000 bail each
for further hearing on December 20.
They live at Bryn Mawr.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-22
Funeral of Mrs. Baker Tomorrow

Rlase services for Mrs. Margaret C.
49, widow OF Colonel Theodore s. S.
nsa Civil War veteran, and for
Bu,g.. years chief inspector in the Water
,tssa' WIN be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow
M, r,aoon, from her home. 1913 oxford
h. ~ S mrs Baker died yesterday follow
= an Illness of 10 days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-22

gle Borthwlck. Josephus Roberts. James
NJ Fox, Robert +. Lamberton, John A.
Lewis. Fred a. Meckert. Frank Gray.
DIR. j. Melvin Smith. Jacob II. Shelter,
DR.. NJ. S. Bennett, William T. Scargle. Jo-
seph Scholes, Jr,, Matthew Kenney and
]. Walter Thompson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-07

All three were perfectly happy as they left the office and rode in Mrs. Wies victoria up Fifth ave nue to one of those wide. clean streets which lead off from Central park.
 A block and half from the avenue they stopped before looking apartment house with an i'm posing entrance, and hungry looking doorman bowed his regular bow, and hungry looking ele- vator man shot them skyward. duplex apartment June had never seen one before and it's utility puzzle to her then, as it for many long day afterward.
 After luncheon nap for Dolly, and then romp in the park. Roller skating. Junes foot was near ly small as Doy's and the child after she mad thoroughly exhausted herself, insisted that June try It was pretty little deceit which was put on Dolly June strapped the skates and was timid and helpless and altogether charming until Dolly had laughed herself weak, then June suddenly straight ened up and skated away like the expert that she was, whereat Dolly more pleased than evef and voice from the roadway, a suaye and pleasant voice. called:
 "Brayor Gilbert Blye! He was smiling. June was confused She whisked off the skates.
 You seem to have all the accomplishments" went on Blye stepping down from his luxurious limou sine
 Hello. young ady!' He held out his hand to Dolly Wiles with familiarity permissible to the very young and to the very old of femininty, and the child took it hesantly, with shy upward glance at June. Her big gray eyes widened, how ever as they fell the limousine. She dropped the hand and ran forward to the machine.
 What lovely car' she exclaimed, batting it on it's smooth swelling side. Just the kind mother wants but daddy says can't afford it.''
 Blye laughed lightly Would you like spin around the park in it.. he suggested. you and your playmate here?" And he bowed.
 Dolly, jumping up and down. was already tugging at the door handle, and Blye, laughing, opened it for her. Dolly gave cry of positive joy as she saw the rich interior and she was among the soft cusl ions in an instant.
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back of his round head and his eyes turned contem patvely toward the stars
 Certain party in, Blinky?' husked Wolf.
 Blinky Peters followed them insidedhe busy cafe. and as they walked back toward the Thirteenth street entrance flat. wide man with his hands in his pockets came in at the rear doorSneaky Tayis.
 There's your party.' suddenly hissed Bill Wolf and pointed to table where dark Nandyked Ger man with spectacles entertaining healthy, red checked young with green feather in her hat.
 You scum! shrilled Honora Blye to her three expert detectives and went home to her parrot
 Ned Warner stepped into the cigar store next door to the Hotel Daniel and telephoned Junes home In Brynport MT. and Mrs Moore were in the city at Robbie Betherings, the smooth, soft voice of fat black old Aunt Debby told him.
 Bletherng's and the cheery voice of Robbie Yes the Moores there And June located? ? Great! Stanch Robbie all eagerness when Ned said he wanted the Moores and Robbie and Iris to come down to the Hotel Daniel.
 He also telephoned Honora Bye. Her shrill voice cracked over the telephone. She had just this min ute got in from a wild goose chase after a bogus Gilbert Blye, but if he had been seen at the Hotel Daniel with Ned's runaway bride she'd be right
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Gone. The six shocked searchers for the runaway bride hurried downstairs just Honoria Blye step ped in, followed by Bnky Peters and Sneaky Tavis Where is he?" screeched Mrs Blye.
 Bill Wolf advanced to do his happy duty.
 There he is lady!' he shouted triumphantly while BinLy Peters and Sneaky Tavis slunk up. one on each side of the culprit .'Nab him. boys"
 Mon Deu" cried the culprit as the four fat paws of Bnky Peters and Sneaky Tavis capped down on his arms. The rest of the objection was an incom- prehensible polyglot tumble as shrieking his ndig nation the black bearded Frenehman strove to wrench himself free.
 ''Is that the man you meant?' hssed Honoria.
 That aint the guy!" yelled Shanks McGee. who willing to be kicked out now. Gilbert Bye slinked in here after the beautiful go and ducked into the subway when dis sport gives him the run! Geer
 This is the limit" declared the clerk to and all strong porters and agile bell hops headed his way "Get 'em out, Mike"
 Quite little crowd had collected when suddenly a policeman appeared from around corner and dis persed the mob including Honoria
 That vigorous lady had barely turned the corner heading for the avenue, when a brilliantly lighted, luxurious limousine stopped in front of the Hotel Daniel Shanks McGee's eyes began to stretch as he the occupants, and he whrled in a complete circle in his efforts to locate without the loss of second Bill Wolf and Blinky Peters and Sneaky Tavis. They were trudging up the street in single file, heads down, hands in pockets. Even Blinky Peters had lost interest in the The smacking footsteps of Shanks McGee aroused them.
 "Geee exploded Shanks. "Crpes Gilbert Blye has doubled hack wit another swell Jane! Beat 1t to the Daniel! And of youse hotfoot it after the electric showcase and get the old woman Gee!'
 Wolf turned commanding eye Tavis.
 Hit 'er up!' he ordered
 Sneaky drew long, jerking breath and pulled his belt around him, cast despairing look up the side
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street to where the little electric twinkng, took the center of the track and began to laborously Init Ter up"
 In the meantime Gilbert Bye and Tommy Thomas had walked confidently up the desk The clerk without the flicker of eyed bent forward po- litely
 'Is Mrs. J. G. Day stopping here?" inquired Blye, with great suavity.
 No; the lady is gone"
 "Gone?" protested Blye and leaned forward to look over the register. why, she only came in about hour ago. She is''-
 Now, don't tell me who she is l don't know whose wife the lady may be. and don't want to know. She's gone!'
 Mon Dieu! shrilled excited voice. and Gilbert Bye found himself confronted by the decorative Frenchman. That excited individual surveyed Gil bert Bye's sleek black Vandyke and tweaked at his own and suddenly threw up both hands and began to laugh.
 Tn that same moment Sneaky Tavis caught up with the electric coupe and scrambled on the step and hung his thick arms in at the door,
 "Huh-huh--h -huh-huh!' Sneaky informed her. strangng for breath and pulling his out of the
 'I say, what do you want?' insisted Honoria
 Sneaky pointed backward with his thumb
 Your huhhuh-huh husband!' he husked, sucking in all the air in the "Daniel" And again he pointed bacl ard with his thumb
 Honoiia Blye without word grabbed her cut glass flower vase and cracked her expert detective the knuckles. With parting gasp he dropped off backward
 busy about her? In horse cab. with Marie and the clothes, far down near the East river where in full sight of all the barges and all the grmy ship ping. they found slice of house. narrow that it should have had weatheryane to keep it headed into the wind It three stories high and black ened with age. but there were geranums and cheerful light in the downstairs front windows This was where the elevator boys mother lived, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-07
CHAPTER II.

YED WARNER, standing diagonally across M from the Hotel Daniel, where he could watch both the front and the side en-
 trances three short, thick men come single file up the side street and stop in front of the main entrance Shanks McGee had felt strange y listess and forlorn these past few minutes, for there nothing doing inside or out Suddenly the three short thick detectives rounded the and, gee, they were sinking. The world was once bright and happy place for Shanks
 Say, kid" husked the shortest and the thckest- it was none other than Bill Wolf-"have you lamped a lengthy gnk around here with whitted black chinchillas?"
 That observant young person of the world began at the beginning but he so minute of detail that he had not yet reached the middle when Bill Wolf, looking through the plate glass windows of the Hotel Daniel, said 'Sh!" and drew his two as- sistant detectives out of the range of poor Shanks McGees quiverng ears, and the three astute hounds of the law put their heads together in excited con ference. Then Bill Wolf, in his best pose of a man who was waiting for somebody and didn't expect him to come, went into the hotel and walked up and down the lobby. Binky Peters stood outside the front door and looked at the stars. Sneaky Tavis went out to the side entrance and leaned against the lamppost with his hands in his pockets.
 The Moore limousine drew up, and Ned went over to join the quartet. He led the way to the desk and confronted the international eye of the clerk
 "This is the father and mother of the young wom- an whose maid called here with her clothing. We do not know what she used in registering, but I know that my wife is in this house. and if we don't get her I'll raise troubleI
 ''IIl produce the once.' the clerk agreed. But if there's going to be rumpus it'll have to be on the sidewalk and the other side of the street,
 He called for A. He called again.
 There was no The room was searched.
 It was empty!
 Sammy. the boy with the angelic smile and the blue eyes and the white teeth the finest liar in the hotel He had had quarter and one of her cornneIlinp smiles from June and glance from her lovely eyes and he had run them down through the basement and out the servants entrance and had told them place to go where no one would ever find them.
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People who have made up their minds to be independent and to earn their own way in life must have timidty. She turned the knob with sudden bodness and opened it; then she smiled at her sensitiyeness she stood before pleas ant faced woman, in the of whose eyes. how ever, there was yelled sharpness which June did not
 very pretty came in as June turned to go away and with her little girl of great beauty. June hesitated as she heard the word gov- erness." The woman at the desk smiled to June. The newcomer followed that smile and herself smiled at June. The little girl had been studying June frankly out of round gray eyes Now she, too smiled and, walking over took June's hand.
 Il like you" she said with startling candor then the employment agency woman laughed and pretty Mrs Wiles laughed June dimped.
 "1 like ycu too,' she acknowledged
 The employment agency woman rose
 Mrs. Nlurdock is listed governess," she ob- served, and June winced at her name. How queer this all seemed! Perhaps you would like to have a little chat"
 Mrs. Wiles and June Moore Warner Justin Day Murdock were both agreeable to that suggestion, particularly since little Dolly Wiles had nppropri ated June apparently for keeps. They sat in one of the cozy corners and when June rose she was en- gagged. Mrs Wiles was most appealing woman.
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 You say you want it quet.' said she. and my son sammy sent you here? Well. my husband. be- fore he died. the most popular policeman on the force and the whole department, darlin, is your friends
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down. Honora called up her detectives and ordered them to report at the Hotel Daniel
 Meanwhile Gilbert Blye sat in conversation with jovia looking Orin Cunningham and usually viva cious brunette whom both men called Tommy. Fri umphanty Blye held before Tommy the address in his little memorandum book Mrs !. G. Day, Hotel Daniel" He motioned the girl to follow him. She sat gumly. Orin Cunningham spoke to her sharply. With a dounce she rose and followed Gilbert Blye.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-07

By specidl arrangement for fhis poper a photo dr0md corresponding 10 fhe install n.enfs of Runaway June" may now be seen at fhe leading naoping picture fheafers. By arrangement made with fhe Mutual Film Corporation tt is not only possible to read Runoway June" each week. but also dffer- yard 10 moving pictures illustrating our story.
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CHAPTER III.

9OR moment June hesitated before the door of an employment agency next morning, and
 then she sharply beat down her reluctance.
 People who have made up their minds to
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Copyright, 1915 by Serial Publication Corporation.
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HANKS M'GEE, carrying one soiled news
 paper for a bluff and collecting money for the newsboys' home as another bluff, sud denly paused in his absorbing attempt to
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Y ED WARNER, standing diagonaly across from the Hotel Daniel where he could
 watch both the front and the side en-
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