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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-24
Words of Wartime Ballad

"win you please inquire in the H. H. C.
IL any one can send me the words of a
song published and sung by children during
our Civil War? / think the verses were
called The Birds Convention
MRS. F. r. *"
Your request and address are referred
to readers conversant with war and polt-
ical ballads.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-24
Long Engagements

Dear Deborah Rush, have been engaged To
young man for two years, and for financial
reasons cannot be married for perhaps two
years more. How long Is Il allowable for per-
to remain engagedl @. A, r.
Persons may be engaged any length of
time-in fact, until they are able to marry
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-24

'I think the Corner one of the most
helpful things I've ever seen In news
paper. and wish to contribute mite. we
have number of old magazines ana any
one can have them for postage. l have ar
ranged them in small bundles and they
would serve several families. I have some
of the new thought magazines and progress
literature which are intact-years 1908
1910. While we have used them a good
deal they are in good condition.
' -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-24

One prime advantage of our circulating
library is that nobody reaGs book or maga-
zine dry" no matter how diligently 1t Is
conned Take tolerable care of what you
read seeing to 1t that pages are not tat
tered and defaced by thumb marks and
stains and the person who gets them at
third or fourth hand derives as much pleas
ure from the feast as he who receives
them fresh from the publishers. Moral:
Handle your periodicals with thought of
''e "nexts" to whom they will be con-
signed when you have no further use for
them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-24

bnsi,ss nsrse Tor medicines. rr....
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Shutting Up the Shop,

1t is rather surprising to the foreign
er visiting South American countries
for the first time to find most of the
best and prettiest shops almost her.
metically sealed at night. If the build
Ing is of the older style of construc-
ton the heavy shutters are closed and
locked by iron bars; If a more modern
building, the flexible sliding doors and
windows are completely drawn, and
the passerby can see nothing within
the shop.
All Is darkness save the light of the
street lamps; no brilliantly lighted
windows help to add cheer and bright
ness to the street.
In European and American cities the
average merchant is willing to spend
money freely for nightly display of
his wares and merchandise. He real
ICES and appreciates the publicity.
The evening crowds upon our streets
are highly entertained and even in
structed by window displays of the
busy streets.
Herein lies the difference; for, as
a rule, the South American streets,
busy and attractive during the day,
are quite the reverse at night. Even
in some of the larger cities the old
custom of Theoretically sealing the
shop at night prevails.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
UNDERWATER TOOK THE BAIT
~serupuIous Trick, Had the Success
He Anticipated.

Some months ago the Companion
told a little tale of old prlvateering
days, In which n quick-thinking EN-
ployee who discovered a l~ong-overdue
privateer coming into port with a prize,
by some very hard riding overlook the
owner of the ship on his way to the
underwriters and saved him from the
useless payment Of a heavy premium.
An English Quaker was reminded of an
anecdote of the same period, based on
the same situation, which occurred
among his own people.
Two Quakers, n merchant and an
underwater meeting at an inn, began
talk business over their meal. The
merchant presently proposed to his
friend to insure his vessel, lost or not
lost, which ought sOOn to arrive; In
fact, 1t was already slightly overdue.
The premium would necessarily be
high, but the times were perilous and
the Yankee p%rivateers had recently
taken many prizes upon the route the
vessel must cover. The underwater
hesitated. The policy was made out,
but his mind vas not made up. Final
ly he put the paper into his pocket,
saying:
Il will sleep on the matter, friend
Joseph, and tomorrow l will return it
to thee, signed or unsigned"
They parted and went to their
homes. Before dawn an urgent mes
senger clattered at the merchants
door. He was a bringer of bad tidings.
The vessel was lost. 1t was, unless it
was insured, a heavy misfortune. If
only that policy had been signed the
day before! He had little belief that
his hesitating friend would have de-
cided to take the risk he was a eau
tiOus and a keen person, with a repu-
tation for sharp practice. But Joseph
saw in that fact his opportunity. Sum-
moning q messenger, to whom he said
no word of his loss, he dispatched him
with a message, in~structing him care
fully exactly what words to use. He
was to say:
"Friend Joshua, neighbor Joseph de-
sires me to inform thee that, if thee
hast not underwritten, thee needst not
do it."
The message was delivered promptly
and precisely. Friend Joshua, who had
not signed, and had decided against
doing so, understood it to mean that
the ship had arrived safely, and the
owner did not wish to pay the pre-
MUM, now useless, unless the signed
document required him in honor and
law to do so. That is what the canny
Joseph expected him to think and he
proceeded to act as Joseph had
guessed he might act. He pretended
not to find the policy where he looked
for 1t in his office, slipped it stealthily
among a handful of other papers
which he carried carelessly with him
into the next room, where he wen os
tensibly to seek further, and there sly
ly signed it. Presently he brought il
back and delivered it to the messenger
with the message:
Tell thy master 1 had signed"
1t was not a pretty bit of business
friend Joseph's trick was a little toe
clever-but certainly no m can sym
pathize with friend Joshua. 1t was
case Of the bitter bit.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
How to Drink Milk.

Sip milk slowly. Take four minutes
at least to finish a tumblerful, and
take only a good t~easpoonful at one
sip. This is the ideal way in which
to drink milk. When milk finds its
way into the stomach, it is instantly
curdled. If you drink a large guam
tity at M 1t is curdled into one big
mass, only on the outside of which
the juices of the stomach can work.
II you drink it in little sips, each sip
is curdled up by itself, and the whole
glassful finally finds itself in a loose
lump, made up of little Jumps, upon
which the stomach's juices may act
readily. Many people who like milk,
and know its value as a strength-giver,
think they cannot use 1t because II
gives them indigestion. Most of them
could use it freely if they would drink
1t properly.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
DADDY'S EVENING
4EAIFN TALE 81
b. MARY GRAHAM BONNER
eo-DsS@s - ~ ~vv-saS
BROWNIES COMPOSITION.

"A little Girl once had a Compost
ton to write in School, said Daddy,
land there was q Prize offered for
the best one.
'"This little Girl, whose name was
Kitty, was very anxious to win the
Prize. L shall work so hard over IT,
h said to herself.
Nov one afternoon It began to Rain
and 1t was not at all nice out-Of-doors
to Play, but some of her Friends came
to her House and asked her to take a
good, long Walk with them.
AZ can't co. she said.
"'Whyp they all asked in surprise.
BECAUSE she answered, 1 want
to write my Composition
"Oh, nonsense, ONE with u.s. one
Of the Girls said. You don't have to
have that Composition written for days
and days-almost two weeks. You'd
better have a good time now and think
about it later
But after a little more urging and
c~oaXing they left her.
kitty sat for a long time thinking.
She wished she had gone with her
Friends. 1t would have been all right
to write 1t later-just as they were
going to do. Why had she thought
she could do a better one if she took
more time working over it? She would
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

have felt far more like writing a Com
position-she now thought-if she had
taken a Walk.
"She put her hand to her head and
thought hard-but she couldn't think
of anything to write! She dipped her
pen into the ink-well and only made
two smudge spots on the paper in
front of her.
"'Oh,' she sighed, I wish 1 had
gone for q Walk. This Rain is max
ing me sleepy-and staying in the
House all afternoon is so slllyv She
really was much annoyed with herself
and soon she put her head down N
her Desk and went sound, sound
asleep.
pretty soon the two smudge spots
grew larger and larger. They seemed
to get round and funny and fat-and
she almost saw them grinning at her!
soon she saw that around one
spot was a wide band of white on
which were written the words:
I'm Mr.. Pen and I'll write you a
Story
"And around the other spot was
written:
"Tm Mr.. Ink and I'll write you a
story
but I don't want two Storles,' cried
Kitty. 4 only want one. If l write
two they will think I want to have
two chances while everyone else has
one. That will never do
But the round, smudgy spots
proved to be Billie Brownie and Ben
ME Brownie, and it was around their
hats that the words were written
about Mr.. Pen and Mr.. Ink.
"'We are going to whisper to you
the most marvellous of StOries,' they
said. And they grinned and Rugged
each other with delight.
"'She'l win the Prize said Billie
Brownie, and his brother, Bonnie,
laughed and said:
"'She certainly will
"And her they told her, while she
was mapping, the most wonderful Story
you can imagine. 4 won't forget 1t,
will ~ she asked. And the two
Brownies laughed and said:
"Forget one of our Stories?
Nevery
"And then Kitty stretched out her
arms until one hand was taking hold
of Mr.. Pen and the other was bringing
Mr.. Inks Home-the ink-welI-for-
ward on the Desk.
"'Ah,' she said, as she rubbed her
eyes and looked at the paper in front
of her. What a nice Sleep 1 have
had. 1 feel so fresh and just like
writing a Composition. l am so glad I
didn't go out-for l know just what
1 want to write about
kitty wrote all the afternoon and
the very last thing she did was to
make a nice, heat copy of the Com
position. When 1t was all ready and
tied with q little piece of blue string
ut the top, she put 1t away in her
Desk drawer until the time came to
hand it in.
"Of course, she took the Prize and
the Teacher said hat it was because
her Composition showed she had taken
time to think about 1t, but Kitty knew
it was because Of the Brownies I"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
To Good Purpose.

That Madame Sarah Bernhard
should have become a French subject
has puzzled a great many people. The
seeming mystery is explained, however,
by the fact that when "the Divine
Sarah" married q Greek In tho early
eighties she took her husbands ma
tionality.
The famous tragedienne tells an
amusing little story of two kind
hearted old ladies who set out one day
to buy a couple of seats for a Bern
hardt matinee" On their way to the
theater they changed their minds, de-
termlned to deny themselves pleasure
and to give the money for the seats
to two poor relations instead.
They did so. A short time afterward,
meeting the poor relations, they ven
tured to express a hope that the money
had been found of good service.
"Indeed 1t was" they were told. I'VE
bought seats for the Bernhardt mat
inee and enjoyed ourselves i'm
menselyW
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Lanuuaue,

Language has always followed In
the wake Of trade, and Babel-like con-
fusion has prevailed along channels
wherein men and their marketable
commodities flowed. The history Of
Europe during the nineteenth century
shows that modern reconstruction Of
nationalities is based on language /;
practically all the wars of this period
are the outcome of three great con-
structive movements, which were the
outward and visible signs of the prog
ress of democratic ideals, and that
the delimitation of international from
tiers is as necessary as the determine
ton of administrative boundaries or
city lines.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
His Probable Deduction.

Mercy" virtuously exclaimed the
traveller who had halted his motorcar
in front of the residence Of Mr.. Gap
johnson of Rumpus Ridge, with the In
tention of lnquirlng the way to Tor
pidity, only to be temporarily swerved
from his purpose by loud and violent
language addressed by the said John
son to his fo~ur-year-old son, Bearcat.
"What will your offspring think of
your yellingly denouncing him as ii
blankity-blanked Il do not care to re-
peat your oaths literally son-of-a-
horse-thieff" SWELL" was the reply
'if he's as smart as l was at his age
he'll sorter suspect that I'm liable to
get mad after a while and rough him
IN some."-Kansas City Star.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
ODD NAMES GIVEN CHILDREN
Seems an Injustice for Parents to In
fiiet Some Of Them on Their
Helpless Offspring.

II would seem n poor sort of humor
to label a child with a Christian name
which fits the all too well,
like Sardine Box, Jolly Death, Holly
Stick, Rose Bush, Long Street, Seldom
Early, and the like, but 1t is done,
nevertheless.
OF course, Nemesis is sometimes on
the track of these practical jokers,
only his revenge Is probably wreaked
on the namebearer rather than on the
parents. For instance, Wild Rose
sounded very appropriate in infancy,
but when the pretty Miss Rose mar
ried the fascinating Mr.. Bull, and she
had to sign her resignation paper Wild
Bull 1t sounded a bit queerl
Somebody, Of course, nobody is to
blame. Nobody was in the case of
Hetta Simpson, who married Mr.. John
Lott, but she got numerically chaffed
owe the combination, Hetta Lott.
But the font-iend who perpetrated
the following joke upon his uncon-
sclous though wildly protesting BARN
must have known what he was doing.
Probably If the parson had twlgged
the dlabolical design of the smiling
father he might have transposed two
of the names and spoiled the plot.
The parents were called Gum, and
when the parson asked for the child's
baptismal names the father whispered,
Benjamin Isaac Godfrey" and it
sounded all right. But fancy that lad
writing all his life such a conceited
signature as b. 1. G. Gum! It's too
dreadful!
There are certain names that are
"off the map" Such are Jezebel, Ana
MAS, Sapphire, Judas and Beelzebub.
But occasionally parents have been
known to take a mean revenge on a
new and unwelcome arrival, as, for
instance, One-too-many Johnson, Not
wanted Smith, Odious Heaton. Poor
kids!
Sometimes the idea is the reverse.
So profoundly thankful are the hap
Ply pair to have a new baby that they
must express their joy at the font.
Thus we get Merry Christmas Fig
got, Welcome Jones, but it is difficult
" uuullTe SuCH uulueS us NOuh AIN
Smith and Ammo Domini Davis.
Many people wrongfully conclude
that the names bestowed by Bunyan
upon his immortal jury at Vanity Fair
were very exceptional. But his Mr.,
Hatellght and Mr.. Liveloose had their
counterpart in the local director of
Bunyan's time.
~Singularly enough, a volume pub
lished in 100 gives a copy of a Jury
Return made at Rye, Sussex, Eng
land, in the late Rebellious Troublous
Times"
The names of the II were: Meek
Brewer, Graceful Harding, Kill-sin
Pimple, Earth Adams, Weep-not Bill
ing, More Fruit Fowler, Hope-for
Bending, Return Spelman, Fly Debate
Roberts, Stand Fast On High Stringer
Be Faithful Joiner, and Fight the Good
Fight of Faith White.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Where No Taxes Are Paid.

Happy and free from the worries OF
wal taxation are the people of Lundy
island, that little speck off Devon in
the English channel, the king" of
which, Rev. Hudson Hetven, died a
short time Ago.. The reverend gentle
man administered the affairs of the
island from 1887 to 1904, as his father,
who bought the island in 1884 for about
$4,000, did before him. The inhabitants
of Lundy number about forty and lead
an uneventful life. They pay 40
taxes, are attached to no parish or
union and have no poor. The island
has a romantic and lawless history
and was once considered an excellent
harbor and refuge for murderers.
Bardsley island, situated in the Irish
sea, off the county of Carnarvon, Is
another spot where the tax collector is
unknown. There are about sixty peo-
pie on the island, who elect their own
king. The inhabitants are mostly en-
gagged in farming and fishing. The
island got its name from the tradi-
ton that it was the last retreat of the
Welsh bards. In ancient times it had
a reputation for ~sanctity and to be
buried on its soil was an honor much
to be desired. 1t is believed that more
than $4,000 saints gained this
privilege.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
People Who Radlate Cheer.

Who can estimate the value of u sun
ny soul who scatters gladness and
good cheer wherever he goes, instead
of gloom and sadness? Everybody is
attracted to cheerful faces aud sunny
lives, and repealed by the gloomy, the
morose, and the sad. We envy people
who radiate cheer wherever they go,
and fling out gladness from every pore.
Money, houses and land look con-
temptible beside such a disposition
Detroit Free Press.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Explaining catastrophe.

A ~hve-year-old boy was joyously
driving his pet dog hltched to a small
wagon one afternoon last week. A
woman passing said. THAT is a fine
horse and wagon you have" ats a
train and a engine" testify replied the
child. Returning two hours later the
woman saw the boy sitting on the side
walk beside the broken wagon. "Oh,
what has %happenedT said she sympa-
t~hetlcally. "The engine saw q cat
briefly replied the boy,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

them by sending into those fields capa-
BILE and experienced representatives,
whose duty it should be to demonstrate
to both dealer and the workman the
superiority of their tools. A shortage
of hardware supplies exists all over
the world. Wherever people SOW and
reap, mine, lumber, construct or build,
there + markets for American hard
ware and this is especially true at
present in Latin America, China, Rus.
STA, Australia and South Africa. Co.
operation in selling to foreign markets
Is especially necessary In this line, ow-
ing to the expense Of opening territory.
-Leslie's.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
AmerIcan Hardware the Best

American-made hammers lead the
world not only in quality and work.
manship but In price, the adj eye fea-
ture being typical of hammers made in
this country and adding much to their
~practicability. American hardware
manufacturers can compete with all
their lines in most foreign markets, but
ran only hope to obtain control OF
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Eliuht of Imaaination.

"Do you NEAR to tell me you are go
ing to vote for prohibitions"
Yep" replied Uncle Bill Bottletop.
"An' l hope they'll win. Then if they
want to stay in power, maybe they'll
play politics an hook up with the
Ticker interests same as the other par
ties have done in the past"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

deep water, but was rounded up by the men who had pursued it into the creek.
They captured It, and it is now among the alligator collection in the honhouse
of the zoo.
1t was a large gator, too. Superintendent Baker said that ut IA big
enough to take a nice piece out of ones leg IL me were wading in the creek"
1t was about four feet long, of a very WHOLESOME disposition, and by last
reports is doing we'll. 1t has been named Bessie.
But that by no means finished the gator shower. The morning after its
capture, another was seen, summing itself at about the same spot o N the creek
bank. The posse was again organized, and hunted down the second arrival
One managed % catch it by the tail, but 1t had to be shot before it could be
captured.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
sAnaIflxe.

"why don't you become a philan-
thropistf"
sim afraid to" replied Mr.. Dustin
Stax. "You eve know when an effort
to do something big for your fellow
men is going to be m~isconstrued as an
ostentation Of wealth."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

Peace monument to the White House
at two o'clock on a recent afternoon,
as he did So years before, to the hour,
when he marched up the historic
thoroughfare with his regiment to be
reviewed by President Lincoln before
being sent off to fight.
The hundreds of people that
thronged the N stopped and
gazed curiously after the erect and
soldierly looking veteran as he
marched as he did over half a century
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

done that the document now is in almost as good condition IS when it was
originally drafted, though the distinctive chirography of General Washington
has been perfectly preserved in the restored will.
The two wills now are inGosed in a sealed case which is kept in a fire.
proof vault in the office of the clerk of Fairfax county.
inclostng the documents. The case is Theoretically sealed to exclude the air.
1t is o heavy metal, with a extra heavy glass top. The case was installed
and sealed by a expert sent to Fairfax by the company making it to see that
every care ws taken in preserving the two documents and safeguarding them
from injury either at the hands of vandals Oh by the action If the air.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

IHgtUn, WHICH are Kept IN the old Fair
fax county, Virginia, courthouse at
Fairfax. 1t is stated the work is so
excellent as to give these historical
documents almost the appearance of
freshly written manuscripts.
The will of George Washington
was In very bal condition, 1t is stated,
by reaso Of long years of exposure
and innumerable landings since it
was placed on file in the archives of
Fairfax county. 1t is stated the work
of restoration has been SO nerfectlY
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
In the Place Of Danger.

A young mother hearing her two
year-old crying loudly, rushed TO him
and inquired ~anxiously: "What is the
mattery" "The dog bit me-" was the
fearful response. where were you
when he bit your" "Boo-hooI / was
i was by-I vas by the dogp
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
His Business.

"That mans gone through twenty
fortunes or more"
"Great Scott. He doesn't look like
a spendthrift."
"He isn't. He's an expert count
ant."-Detroit Free Press.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

zoo, III Iuct, uhe authOrItIeS are IN the
dark as to how they got in the creek.
1t might have ralned alligators, or
maybe some person who had them as
pets let them stray down the street
in an unguarded moment. Anyway,
they appeared suddenly neal the zoe
1t was a most astonished keeper
who looked on the bank of the creek
one morning and saw Mrs. Alligator
stretched out summing herself. Assis-
lance was hurrledly called and a posse
went after the alligator. 1t slid off into