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The oyerpIayed Child

TTTHILE we are considering the over
w worked child and attempting to relieve
his condition by legislation we should not
forget the overplayed child.
The number of children employed in fac
tories is small in comparison with those oc-
eupying themselves in school and at play.
Eut every physician and many mothers know
chat the strain of the amusements OF their
children Is destroying their nervous and
physical stamina effectively as though
they had to spend eight or nine or ten hours
IN a mill
The young undeyeloped body is over
strained. At night, after a day of school
ana play. the boy or girl is irritable. There
Is pickering between brothers and sisters.
A remark that would have excited no COM
uent m the morning precipitates a quarrel,
and the parents find IL difficult TO keep the
peace. The day ends. too often in unpleas-
antneas where it should close in calm COM
panionship. The 7-year-old boy allowed to
play at will in the company OF other chill
dren. who race up and down the street or over
the lawn may strike his little brother when
they come together in the house without be-
ing vicious. His whole system is upset and
i cannot recover it's equilibrium without long
rest. 4 he does not get sleep enough at night
- wakes IN the morning. still on edge. and
hse1ns the day with more ningings OF hiE
arlns and apparently unreasonable tantrums
But the same children. when kept quietly
Fl home. and free from undue excitement,
behave ike different creatures. They are az
Iscllonats amenable TO reason and harmoni-
Gus Every mother Is familiar with the
TRANSFORMS ton which such day makes in
A4t children and fe1 q them understand
fhe reason for Il But they an wonder why
- seaRz boys and sirlz eanu0f behave eSeFy
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ELoQUENCE OF SILENCE

Silence is sometimes more signI6cant and
sublime than the most notable and most ex.
pressiVe eloquence, and is on many occasions
the indication of a great mind. Homer com
pares the noise and clamor OF the Trojans ad.
Vancing toward the enemy to the cacklng 81
cranes when they invade an army of pgmsA
On the contrary, he makes his countrymen
ana IaVorites' the Greeks. move forward in
silence "
but silence never shows itself to SO gred
an adVantage as when II is made the reply 70
calumny and defamation. provided that W
plying to an unjust reproach. and overlook
WIN generous or. II possible, with an entifs
neglect of It, is one of the most heroic act,
OF great mind; and 1 must confess when
est men In antiquity, | do not so much ad'
Inire them that they deserve the praise OF ne
whoIe age they lived in. as because they con
ueH'heo the envy and detraction OF it.-Addisoh
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An Ordinance That Should Be Defeated

TT WOULD be possible to frame an ordi-
Il nance that would impose greater hard
ships upon the operators of jtney cars than
the one which has been introduced in Select
Council, but no would have the nerve
to defend It as a regulating measure.
To require itney owners to give bond in
the sum of $4,000 and to pay an annual IL
cense fee of SIS is to surround the new busi-
ness with restrictions which will shut out
from 1t large number of car owners we'll
qualified to serve the public. No such
cessve fee and bond are necessary for the
protection of patrons of the cheap cars.
TIL" sole purpose of regulations should be
to make IT impossible for irresponsible men
to engage in the business There can be no
objection to a reasonable license fee and a
requirement for the registration of all cars
and operators Such regulations would make
it possible for the police to identify offenders
against the traffic regulations. If Councils
goes farther than this it will disregard the
undoubted sentiment of every one except the
owners of taxicabs and traction shares
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-08
AN EARLY MILLIONAIRE
How Mullanphy Beat the News of the
Treaty of Client.

From the Kansas City Star
John Mullanphy is credited with being
Missouris first millionaire. He was a 81
Louis speculator in the early days OF America n
control The genesis of his great wealth was
speculation in cotton during and Just after. the
War of 1912 with England.
He owned considerable cotton at New Orleans
when General jackson fought his memorable
battle there 1t was partly Muanphy's bales
that went TO form the famous cotton breast
works Of the American troops
A story is recounted that when C;enarsI Taot,
son commandeered all cotton In New orIsanz
to form breastworks Mullanphy went IN cola
Hickory" and protested.
"This is your cotton?" the general assad ana
without waiting for an answer: Then no on.
mas better right to defend 1t. Take a musl,st
and stand in the ranks"
Mullanphy himself never credited tbs stor,,
1t is told In life OF General jackson omittin,,
names
Ihe owners OF the cotton requisitioned bv
General Jackson at New Orleans did not ,vai,
to make claim against the Government Tor thar
property. Mullanphy with a clear tores,gh,
went to General Jackson and offered 70 ,,i,hl
draw all his claims II the general would ds,,vs.
TO him an equal number OF bales undapasea
by shot. General Jackson thought this an sss,,
way 70 settle one claim and compiled with
Mullanphys request
fhe object OF the speculator was to have bis
cotton available for shipment as soon as psaca
was announced He had presentiment that
the end OF the war was near. AS a mattsr .,
history the war even then was over. but m.
news had not reached New Orleans.
Mullanphy stored his cotton and than nro-
cured swift row boat and had two man t.,-.
him to Natehez He busted himself there >
day or two waiting for news OF peace. ona IA,
IL came. A mounted messenger rode into town
with the great news Mullanphy hurried 10 tbs
water 'front.'. got his boat under way and roUsd
swiftly down stream to New orleans. Ha -
rived Two days ahead Of the oGcial msssenrer.
iaen. Ike The story Of what The Rothschrss
ela n LondoA after Watarloe. be began auistty
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THE "SLEEP" OF THE SUBMARINE
some of the German Desroyers Probably Spend Their Nights
at the Bottom of the Sea-and "Wake Up"
in the Morning
BY ELLIS RANDALL

off. 1t can submerge itself in four to six
minutes.
submarine must, however, blend with
the surrounding sea in it's ever varying
colors, lights and shades in order that she
may be as invisible as possible when crus-
ing on the surface The French naval au-
thorities experimental off Toulon with q lu-
mnous paint of a sea-green color, but this,
although causing the hull to be almost to-
tally invisible in certain weather, was found
to be useless, as on a bright day with a blue
sky the green showed up clear against the
blush tint of the surrounding sea. After
many months of experimenting a pale sea-
green nonluminous paint was chosen as the
best color for French submarines. The Brit
ish Admiralty also carried out few expert
ments in this direction and came to the con-
clusion that dull gray the most nvis-
BILE shade. Perhaps the Germans have dis
covered something better for their purposes
than the gray brown chosen several years
ago.
Going to Sleep
Whatever the cruising radius of the Ger
man submarines which operate south of Ire
land, and wherever they may go for sup
plies, they certainly able to remain away
from any base for month. Supplies of all
kinds in sufficient quantity to last that
length of time are carried by most subma-
rines of modern construction. The German
terrors spend their nights, maybe, "sleep-
ing at the bottom of the sea, off the coast
of Ireland and Scotland, rising to the surface
each morning. Their eyes-that is their peri
scopes-become useless at night. The case of
the Snapper which "slept" on the sea bottom
under the Boston light vessel for twelve and
a half hours in hurricane in 1910, shows
how submarine can meet heavy weather
When a boat dives to "sleep" on the bottom
1t will add little water in its tanks at
certain depth. This causes it to hang a
moment The addition of more water will
cause it to sink until it meets the lower
temperatures of deeper waters. 1t will then
hang again until the hull adjusts itself to
the coldness of the water. In this way 1t
settles gently to the bottom. When the ves-
sci is to arise from the floor of the sea, the
tanks are pumped out and 1t comes up
Submarine men say there Is not the slightest
sensation of unpleasantness-or any other
sensation, for that matter-in living aboard
a sleeping" vessel The unpleasantness,
doubtless, is reserved for those aboard an
enemy ship when the submarine "wakes up."-
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When Cigarettes Ceased to Be Turkish

DERHAPS the pure food experts could tell
i what proportion of the Turkish and
Egyptian cigarettes consumed in this coun-
try are made from tobacco grown either in
Egypt or Turkey. But one of the largest
manufacturers of Turkish" cigarettes in
the city has confessed that the tobacco he
uses no longer comes from Turkey. Yet 1t
is the same tobacco he has been buying for
years. Since the close of the Balkan war
his tobacco has been raised in Bulgaria,
Servia and Greece. The victors seized the
tobacco growing district of European Tur-
key and divided 1t among themselves and
thereby compelled even the Turks to smoke
cigarettes made of foreign grown tobacco.
But Turkish" as a trade name, will con-
tinue to be used for long time, unless the
pure food bureau compels the manufacturers
to change their branding, as 1t has already
forced sausage makers to stop selling
"Frankforters" and Bologna" and to label
their goods "Frankforter style" or Bologna
style" A Turkish cigarette. however. under
any other name will retain its peculiar
efficacy.
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day as they behave on their days Of unruf-
ned nerves when the strain on them has not
been greater than they could bear.
1t Is possible to rescue the overworked
child by legislation limiting the number of
hours during which he can be employed. But
little short OF social revolution will lift the
overplayed child from the conditions which
are retarding his development and planting
the seeds of greater weakness in the next
nnnnrntlnn
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to buy all the cotton he could His acto.,
were not noticed until the end Of the secori
day. Then rumor spread that he had adv,r..
information of peace The next morning ~.
official news had come.
Muanphys cotton ready for shIpmsn,
TO England soon as ships sailed He sent N,
cotton first, sold it at the highest figure ana
cleared the first substantial part of his FOR.
tune.
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AN AMERICAN CRISIS
Editorial Comment Rejecting Public opin.
ion on the Lusitania Disaster.

iOi VII tilC iSuSlCdllld DlSdSJ6T.
From the New York Sum
That 1t was premeditated we know: that n
was reckless of innocent noncombatant lIyel
we are sure: and "dastardly'' is the word an
millions of American lips this morning
From the New York Times
The American people will feel that Il 4,
their duty to be calm. because the occasion,
is too serious for indulgence in vain exclta.
ment And happily there is at the head OF m.
nation man of proved strength and balance
President Wilson, because of his strength ana
the habitual soberness of his Judgment, win
resist all promptings to unreasonable or hasty
action. But he knows the people who have MT
him at the head of the nation he will In.
stinctively know and understand the feeling
that pervades the country today and he win
respond to 1t by taking the firm, wise course
which justice, right and honor demand.
From the New York Telegraph.
With the disaster to the Lusitania the career
of Winston Churchill must come to an end
and the British War Cabinet must be recon.
structed. 80
From the New York Tribune.
II Germany murders Americans turns her
artillery against neutral Americans sparinE
neither age nor sex, what worse treatment can
she reserve for an American nation resolved
to defend it's honor its citizens, its women
and its children? What can there be left Tor
men or for nations to do but to resort to that
method which in all ages has been the Last
ton which remembered the sailors Of the
Maine Will not forget the civilians of the Lus.
tania!
From the Baltimore SUM-
Whether any American lives were lost or not
we have now arrived at a stage where we must
have clear understanding with Germany as
to the future. We cannot allow American lives
to be endangered in a species of warfare with.
out precedent among civilized nations and
Wnlch is distinct relation to the most brutal
practices of barbarism
From the New Orleans Picayune
The American majority, we think win b
content to await their Governments action
mat tne situation will have to be met firmly
ana with reasonable promptitude seems certain
From the Detroit Free Press.
Nothing has happened in the North Sea zone
that mas demonstrated more clearly the fact
Una, rmat the British no longer rule in their homs
waters They have lost control of the seas
Vhere Where control Is most vital to their Interests
we may assume that it was chiefly to proYs
t,ls IN striking way that the Germans do.
stroyed the Cunarder
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Lafayette Young. the voluble and vocifer-
Gus ex-senator from Iowa. talked himself
out Of detention in Austria ana persuaded
the Government to apologize for suspecting
him Of being anything but q distinguishes
American clfizsn
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EXPERT CRITICISM

From the New York sun.
In one matter the English people are as en-
cient as the Germans. No subject OF the Kaiser
could say things about the Britons a bit harsher
than they say themselves.
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Checks OF all sizes ana colors seem TO be
fashionable In mems clothes this spring, ana
the JOY would be universal spreading from
the clothing dealers TO their customers, II
they could only be cashed
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LOVE To MEN

l hold that Christian grace abounds
Where charity is seen that when
We climb % heaven, 'tl On The rounas
oE love 70 men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-08

That after-dinner speaking course for An
napolis students must be to train the future
admirals in the art OF talking agreeably
without saying anything.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-08

Throwing sharp nails on the street to put
the titneys out of service is worse than using
gas bombs in warfare.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-08

The City Club membership campaign is
progressing even more successfully than did
the campaign to create a greater Chamber
of Commerce.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-08

The way to break a notoriety seeker of his
bad habits is to deny to him the notoriety
which he seeks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-08

When a real war is on. Mrs. Pankhurst
finds use for her ability to stir up the fight
ing spirit.
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A WAY OUT

From the New York American.
y IL theyd give Barnes the job OF printing iA'
Roosevelt testimony he'd cali 1t square.
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From the New York Sun.
That 1t was premeditated we know; that n
was reckless of innocent noncombatant lyss
we are sure: and "dastardly'' is the word on
millions of American lips this morning
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From the New York Telegraph
With the disaster to the Lusitania the career
of Winston Churchill must come to an end
and the British War Cabinet must be recon.
atructed. f-r
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From the New Orleans Picayune et
The American majority, we think, win b
content to await their Governments action
That the situation will have to be met frmk
and with reasonable promptitude seems certain
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-18

81 Wjlliamfjamilton Osborne.
q or FRED MOUSE, RUNNING FLO
w. ""elue oucKle." etc.
NOvELtZEO FROf1 THE PHOTO PLAY OF THE. oAf1E
NAME PRODUCED BY PATHc EXCHANGE INC
or Loks ~ l,1xLI4vA.4/HxTlW oS60PYE.

) :
Back in the jungle, on the outskirts
of the Aztec village Of 'Corazon del
Sol, few days before, three mem
accompanied by a native guide or two
had crept through the jungle toward
civilization and the shore. On the
second day they had reached rail-
way station, such as it was, and a~rail-
road, such as it was. They found
the stationmaster.
ssWhen does the next train go?'
demanded Hernandez.
The official yawned. when she re-
turns from Tortuga, the pestilential-
possibly tomorrow afternoon"
Hernandez stamped his foot impa-
tiently.
Hours later from clump OF trees
on the outskirts of Tortuga Herman
dez, Ponto and Brute peered across
the bay.
Suddenly Hernandez clutched Pom
to by the arm. Look" he cried, they
come"
Through the opening in the leaves
he pointed toward the wharf Annette
and her little coterie. were landing on
the wharf.
''Ponto," said Hernandez, that lit
tie wildcat OF q girl-she and her
smooth-faced sweetheart-they have
tricked us long enough. This time
they shall not get away"
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SYNOPSIS.
CO/3YRICHZ 2

= On the day of the eruption of Mount
Pelee Capt John Hardin of the steamer
Princess reScues fve-year-old Annette
IlingtorI from an open boat, but Is forced
to leave behind her father and his conn
panions. Ilington is assaulted by Her
nandez and Ponto In a vain attempt to
get papers which Ilington has managed
daughter, papers proving his title to and
telling the whereabouts of the lost island
of Cinnabar. Ilington's injury causes his
mind to become a blank. Thirteen years
e1apse. Hernandez. now an opium SNUG
gler, with Ponto, 1nez, q female accom-
plice, and the mindless brute that once
was Ilington, come to Seaport, where the
widow of Captain Hardin is living with
her son Neal and Annette Ilington, and
plot to steal the papers left to Annette
by her father. Neal tries for admission
to the Naval academy, but through the
treachery or Joey Welcher is defeated by
joey and desgraced. Neal enlists in the
conspirators get him in their power. An
nette discovers that heat applied to the
map reveals the location Of the lost is
land. Subsequently in a struggle for it's
possession the map Is torn in three parts.
Hernandez Annette and Neal each secur-
ing portion. Annette sails on the Coro-
nado in search of her father. The crew
party from u s.. Destroyer Jackson, led
by Neal. In Martinique Annette and Neal
are captured and taken to SmugglerS'
cave to be blown up with dynamite. but
are rescued by a sponge diver. Inez FORCES
Identification papers for herself as An
nette are again captured carried to the
Sun City and Annette Is offered as sac
rif1ce to the sun god. They are rescued
by marines from the Albany.
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NINTH INSTALLMENT
THE YELLOW. PERIL
CHAPTER XII.
The pests of Tortuqa.


The commander Of the Albany low
cred his glasses. He beckoned to
Neal Hardin, a gunner on his ship.
Neal answered the summons and sa-
1uted.
You may inform your friend Miss
Ilington and, her party that in half
an hour they will ,be set ashore at
Tortuga,' he directed.
Neal started off. "One moment %
added the commander. "Tell Miss IL
ington that I'd like to speak to her"
Neal found Annette and delivered
the message-and in q moment An
nette was at the commanders SIDE,
Miss Ilington," said the command
er, without intruding, may I ask the
purpose of your extensive peregrina-
tion?''
Reorganization describes it. said
Annette laughing, ''and you may"
She glanced about her-even there
a bit stealthily, and produced her
chamois bag, and from it took the
map-the old time-worn, yellow, tat
tered parchment map Of the Lost Isle
of Cinnibar. The commander glanced
sat it with interest
Hum" he said at length, mo longi-
tude, no latitude"
Annette smiled. Heat brings out
the hidden inscription" she returned,
the latitude is there but you can't
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see it-so is the longitude. know
it by hearts, degrees 80 minutes
north and 123 degrees 40 minutes
west-and there, somehow, hope to
meet my father-and find his quick
silver mines"
Pacific ocean, unused the COM
mander, "off Mexico, Central Amer
ica-South America-but not far OF.
There's something in my mind about
that 1ocality-what is it? I've heard
talk about it somewhere. Something
! can't recall
He returned the map. .What de-
sired to say, Miss Ihngton," he went
on, lis this-if had my way I'd take
you there. But the United States
navy has other duties to perform.
Yonder is Tortuga. Well see, you
safe ashore-and il we find the shore
isn't safe, we'll see you safe ashore
some other place. / am expecting or
ders daily, to return. Glad to have
been Of service.
An hour later Annette and her
party disembarked from one OF the
Albs1v's launches.
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"The little white angel" went on
Ponto as though reciting lesson.
"Eh," cried Hernandez.
"Our young friend of the map
that is what they call her-every-
where. The little white angel. She
goes about from hut to hut-from fe-
ver-stricken patient to fever-stricken
patient-yet she survives. But she
will answer any CALL"
He leaned forward. you under
stand, captain" he said, .'she will an
swer any call. Let sickness call to
her, she goes"
"Ah," said Hernandez, that is well.
And the gunner-where is he?"
"Everywhere-he. too. will answer
any call"
'Um," said Hernandez, ego on-go
on"
Ponto's eyes cleaned. "Ah," he
said, zone mile out of town-and
through this clump OF bushes where
we sit-down in yonder hollow"
go on," commanded Hernandez.
what lies down in the hollow by this
hill?"
Ponto shaded his mouth with his
hand. Whisper" he returned, ewhfs-
per. No one-not even he-shall
hear"
For a moment he whispered into the
ear of Hernandez. When he had fin
ished Hernandez rose to his feet-with
glittering eyes.
TITS here" he said. in his turn tap
ping his forehead. "I have it. By
heaven, this time they shall not get
away"