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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
TEACHER A HEROINE AT FIRE
Pupils in School Stricken, But
She Saves Them

KITTANNING, Pa. March 9.-The
heroic efforts or Ann McGregory, teacher
of the Truitt school in Madison township,
probably prevented heavy loss of life
when the pupils became panic stricken
and fought to escape through the one exit,
when fire destroyed the big frame build
ing yesterday afternoon.
The fire was caused by Goals ignitinB
the floor when the stove was upset by
children trying to shake down the ashes
Miss McGregorv tried to eXtinguish the
flames hut failed. Then the children made
a dash for the door, where the plucky
teacher managed to clear the blockade and
get the children all out safely, but not
until many of them had been trampled
and severely bruised. Many of the children
who We're last to get out were seriously
affected by smoke
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
BY ANNA B. BURNS

! Everybody-soclll workers charitable
organizations. city officials and politicians
apparently believes the stone pile law
to be an excellent provision.
No one with the power to do so has
been sufficiently Interested to take the nee
essary action leading to the enforcement
Of the law.
This law was enacted by the Legsa.
ture of 1913. and provides that dcserting
husbands and fathers shall be sent 10 the
House of Correction and compelled to
crush stone for the country roads, and
that out of their earnings there shall be
paid to their families the sum of Go cents
per day during their imprisonment Al.
though the law has been Operative" since
June, 1913, not one cent has been paid
to the families of these imprisoned men.
George u. Porter, former Director of
Public Safety, when questioned concern
ing the failure to enforce the law. sad
Shortly after the enactment of the
law | made request of Councils to
appropriate sufficient funds TO carry out
the provisions thereof but | have never
received reply of any sort to this letter
Since the law was passed J have writ
ten numerous letters to Councils. request
ing this appropriation, to none of which
have | received any reply-not even an
Acknowledgement of the receipt of the let
ters. This has happened to me in many
Instances. During my term as Director
of Public Safety l wrote hundreds Of
letters to Councils on different matters,
Sut they never answered my letters"
Mr. Porter says that, the act being
mandatory, he believes suit could be
brought against the city by the women
to whom the money is due and that the
city could be forced to pay arrears.
URGES PAYMENT OF ARREARS.
81 have not looked up the law on the
subject" said Mr. Porter but l believe
the city could be compelled to pay ar
rears."
Mr.. Porter was asked If an appropria-
ton was asked for in 1915, to which he
replied, 81 do not know whether there was
an item in the budget of last year for an
appropriation. The budget was not fin.
ished when left office, so l did not see
1t in it's completed state"
Robert ID. Dripps, appointed Director
or Public Safety after Mr.. Porter's resig-
nation last year. when asked about the
matter, said:
shortly after election I received a let.
Ter from H. NJ. Little. general secretary OF
the Society for Organizing Charity, in
which he requested that do what could
TO secure an appropriation so that the
stone pile law might be enforced / wrote
no formal communication to Mr. Little
but did take the matter up privately with
several members OF Councils in the hone
that something would be done Members
or Councils with whom talked were very
noncommittal, and left on my mind the i'm.
preston that certainly at this time no
money would be appropriated for any such
purpose.
Councils had ample notice to make an
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
AT THE EARTHS CORE
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS AUTHOR oT14Pzur

some time after I ceased speaking and
the Sagoth had translated my words tc
| his master. The creature seemed deep ir
| thought.
Presently she communicated some mes
! sage to the Sagoth. The latter turned
and. motioning me to follow him, left the
| presence of the reptile. Behind and or
! either side Of me marched the balance of
! the guard.
What are they going to do with ne?'
/ asked the fellow at my right
you are to appear before the learned
ones, who will question you regarding
| this strange world from which you say
you come"
After a moments silence he turned "a
me again.
DO you happen to know" he asked.
what the Mahars do to slaves who lie
to them?"
mo" I replied; nor does 1t interest
me- as / have no intention of living to
the Mahars."
Then be careful that you don't repeat
the impossible tale you told Solto-to just
now. Another world indeed where human
beings rule - he concluded in fine scorn
But 1t is the truth" | insisted From
where else did | come? am not of Pei
lucidar Any one with half an eye could
see that"
ut is your misfortune, then" he re-
marked. dryly, that you may not be
judged by one with but half an eye"
What will they do with me-" I asked
'if they do not have n mind to believe
me?"
You may be sentenced to the arena or
go to the pits to be used in research work
by the learned ones" he replied
And what will they do with me there?"
I persisted.
mo one knows except the Mahars and
those who go to the pits with them, but
as the latter never return their knowl-
edge does them but little good 1t is said
that the learned ones cut up their sub
jects while they are yet alive, thus
learning many useful things.
However, | should not imagine that it
would prove useful to him who was being
cut up; but of course, this is all but
conjecture The chances are that ere
long you will know much more about it
than l." and he grinned as he spoke. The
Sagoths have a well-developed sense of
humor.
And suppose 1t is the arena" con-
tinued. what then?"
you saw the two who met the tarag
and the thag the time that you escaped?"
he asked
YES"
Your end in the arena would be similar
planned though of course the same kind
of animals might not be employed"
at is sure death in either event?" l
asked.
What becomes of those who go below
with the learned ones | do not know, nor
does any other" he replied, but those
who go to the arena may come out alive
and thus regain their liberty, as did the
two whom you saw"
"They gained their liberty? And how?"
ut is the custom OF the Mahars to lib
crate those who remain alive within the
arena after the beasts depart or are killed.
Thus 1t has happened that several mighty
warriors from far distant lands, whom |
we have captured on our slave raids, have |
battled with the brutes turned in upon
them and slain them, thereby winning
their freedom.
In the instance which you witnessed |
the beasts killed one another, but the re- |
suit was the same-the man and woman |
were liberated, furnished with weapons /
and started on their homeward journey.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
Hand Kissing

Dear Deborah RuSh--Have been read
ing your interesting column, and would
like to ask you to enlightcn me on a mat.
ter which has been puazlinG me for some
time. / have been keeping company with
a girl who l always thought knew just
what's what In matters of etiquette.
At party some time ago she was
introduced to man l am sure she had
never seen before in her life. As he was
presented to her | saw him kiss her hand.
In fact, he did it quite openly. When
spoke of 1t later, she said that hand-lliss-
inG under such circumstances was quite
permissible. l have seen it done on the
stage and in the movies" but surely
handkissing under such circumstances is
an undue familiarity. My girl friend and
l have argued about the matter. Please
enlighten me. II. G.. DONALD.
The young lady is correct 1t is per-
missble thing for 4 man to kiss womans
hand on being presented to her. but 1t
is quite a foreign custom and not often
done in this country.
1t is very bad form to use the term
keep company" also the girl friend" is
not used in correct circles.
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c,tArrrR x-tcontlnued)

,,or-cu they brandshed their Ions
spears and yelled like wild comanches
Ia not the slightest attention to them
hing quietly toward them as though
F F. NJ their existence. My manner
unaW offect upon them that ] had hoped
haa Wv ,ve came quite near together they
s.assd their savage shouting
IS evident that they had expected
" ,,,rn and flee at sight Of them, thus
me.u,,ne me that which they most enjoyed,
Psins human target at which to cast
their spears
"',, ,,,,,o, do Won here?" shouted one. and
- as he recognized nc "Ho II is the
uel u.'. ,tbo claims to he from another world
he who escaped when the mag ran
..,uck within the amphitheatre' But why
,,o,, return, having once made good
your escape ,,o,.r T renlied "r b,,t
,oy IN avoid the thag, as did others,
~, aor,inr into "A long passage l became
as,,sed anu and lost my way in the foothills
end phutra. only now have / found
nv way back .... s... .,.,,, h,,,,
4. ph,tra I" exclaimed one of the guards
men ,. .ou ,,t,od
NJ am n stranger "ltHli' =,
tnow no other where than Phutra. why
should not desire to be In Phutra? Am
moi we'll fed and well treated? Am |
roi happy? What better lot could man
dsslre?"
The Sagoths scratched their heads.
This was new one on them ana so pe-
inv stupid brutes they took me to their
masters, whom they felt would be better
atted to solve the riddle OF my return,
for riddle they sttll considered IT,
had spoken to the Sagoths as had
for the purpose OF throwing tnem OH
the scent OF my PURPOSE" at.e'i'Pt al es-
cape II tney thouBnt Ill't was so
satisfied win my ,o' VIZ. mr,tr' -, i,,,,S hS
wouIu n,.',ati,rt ~, o,nort,,,i,,, 20
once had 80 ,,Id eAu' no,or fnr ic, IN ,' irstont
escape '.es no,,,d hc occuniod in az
imaglne at,ar nc oscano i,,,n,ediatelv unnn
ransIne a' to tbo citv
my i. ,hn,, ,od me before the slimv Nahar
:" ,i,n, iS N , sIimv rock within the large
wiz, wiz that that was the things office.
Wi with cold. reptilan eyes the creature
sssmsd 70 bore through the thin veneer
~ INV deceit and read my inmost
thoughts. It needed the story which the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
CHAPTER XI.
-FOUR DEAD NTAHARS


T'lIII guards in whose hands now found
4 myself upon hearing that l had re-
turned of my own volition to Phutra, evil
| dehtly felt that II would be safe to give me
/ my liberty within the buildings as had been
/ the custom before | had escaped and so
| was told to return to whatever duty had
! been mine formerly.
MY first act was to hunt up Perry
| whom l found pOrinE, as usual, over the
great tones that he was supposed to be
| merely busting and rcarranging upon new
shelves.
As I entered the room he glanced up
and nodded pleasantly to me. only to
resume his work as though l had never
been away at all.
was both astonishcd and hurt at his
| lndiiference. And to think that I was
risking death to return to him purely
from sense of duty and affection!
why Perry l exclaimed, have not
you a word for me after my long alb.
scnce?'
Long absence" he repeated In evident
astonishment what do you mean?"
Are you crazy, Perry? DO you mean
to say that you have not missed me since
that time we were separated by the charE-
ing thag within the arena?"
That time" he repeated "Why,
man, | have but just returned from the
arena. You reached here almost as soon
as !.
Had you been much later I should in.
deed have been worried, and as 1t is L
had intended asking you about how you
escaped the beast as soon as l had com.
pleted the translation of this most inter-
csting passage"
Perry, you are mad" l exclaimed.
why, the Lord only knows how long
have been away. l have been to other
lands, discovered a new race of humans
within Pellucidar, seen the Mahars at
their worship in their hidden temple, and
barely escaped with my life from them
and from a great labyrinthodon that |
met afterward following my long and tie.
dious wanderlngs across an unknown
world.
81 must have been away for months,
Perry, and now you barely look up from
your work when 1 return and insist that
we have been separated but moment
Is that any way to treat n friend? I'm
surprised at you. Perry, and If I'd though:
for moment that you cared no more
for me than this l should not have re.
turned to chance death at the hands of the
Mahars for your sake"
The old man looked at me for n long
time before he spoke. There was n nriy-
Zled expression upon his wrinkled face
and a look of hurt sorrow in his eyes
David, my boy" he said, how could
you for a moment doubt my love for you?
There is something strange here that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
RAINBOW CLUB

Oxford street, drew n picture of her horse
Dolly, which will appear soon In the art
gallery. Roy Gillespie drew a picture of
your Farmer and we laughed and laughed
and laughed. Raymond Smith, Gray's ave.
nue.. is puzzle solver of the first rank
Catasauqua, Pa, sends us a new mem.
Der in the person of John Lipsky, who
made very good beginning by answering
the questions of Things to Know" An.
other little out-of-town member Esther
Judovich, of Albion place. Atlantic City,
makes good beginning by asking a ques
ton. which means of course, that she is
willing to learn. She wants to know
what we are doing in Philadelphia"
WIN some of the heads of the branch
clubs write to the r. o. box the sort of
letters that answer Esther's question?
Speaking OF out.of-tOwn members, AIorrell
Devlin, of Coaldale, Pa, sent in a list OF
OIL new ones from the town in which he
lives. We would like to shake hands with
this young man and thanl; him for his
splendid effort.
Mir. Fraas, the kind uncle of Elizabeth
Miles, of North Peach street, wrote the
following poem for the. Rainbows:
A Rainbow Motto
Little words of kindness,
Kindly acts and deeds;
These shall we do every day,
To fill the worlds sad needs,
So let every little Rainbow,
Shed its glorious cOlors and hue,
Let our motto be
Faith, hope, love, for me and you.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09

appropriation. In fact, the mere passage
of the act was sufficient notice to them
that II was necessary TO make an appro.
priation. There is no excuse for not hav
Ing II attended to before now
II did not see the budget as Il had
passed out OF the hands of the Director at
the time / took office, but [ believe the
Item for an appropriation was included
therein. ! am heartily in favor Of having
| enough money appropriated to make this
excellent act effective"
NO APPROPRIATION ASKED.
At the Department of Public Safety an
effort was made to ascertain whether n
request for an appropriation was included
in the budget. Officials there did not
know, but called up the House of Correc.
ton and were informed from there that
no such item was included
John p. Connolly present City Solicitor.
who was chairman of Councils Finance
Committee during the entire time In which
Councils failed to appropriate money for
the enforcement of the law of 1913, was
asked for his reasons for opposing the
appropriation
who said I was not in favor of the
law" responded Mr. Connolly.
THAT Is inferred by reason of the fact
that. during your chairmanship of Coun-
ellis Finance Committee, Councils refused
to make an appropriation under the act"
who said they refused?" was Mr.. Con.
nelly's reply.
MIR. Porter states that he asked Coun-
ellis a number Of times for an appropria-
ton. but it had never been granted"
Well snapped Mr.. Connolly, you had
better get your facts straight before you
ask questions"
But you don't deny. do you, Mr.. Con-
nelly. that Mr. Porter asked for the APP
propriation?"
I'm not here either to affirm or deny.
You had better get your facts straight
before you ask questions"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
Letters of Coincidence

Dear Deborah Rush-will you please
advise me as to the following: A married
acquaintance of mine has lost her mother:
In writing n letter of coincidence. shall /
write to Mrs. Blank alone, or should the
letter be written to Mr.. and Mrs. Blank?
1t doesn't seem to be quite natural to
write to the husband in this case. and yet
l know that in sending other communi-
cations, such as invitations and Christ
mas greetings, they should be directed to
both the husband and wife. Your answer
will greatly relieve PUZZLED.
The letter should he written to Mrs
Blank. A communication addressed to
both in these circumstances would sound
rather forced.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09

Upon the left shoulder of each n mark
was burned-the marx o. the Maila.
Mnith VIII forever protect these two from
shaving parties"
There is slender chance for me-
then, If be sent to the arena, and none
at all If the learned ones drag me to the
pits :"
1ou are quite right" he replied but
do not feliCitate yourself too oiicl,lv
should you be sent 10 rne arena, for there
Is scarce one in a thousand who comes out
alive"
To my surprise they returned me 70 the
same building In which I had been con-
hhed with Perry and Ghak before my es-
cape AT the doorway | was turned over
to the guards there
He Will doubtless We called before the
investigators shortly" said he who had
brought me back, 80 have him in readl-
ness"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
Service Plates

Dear Deborah RuSh-wil you please
tell me In the EVENING LEDGER the use
of service plates. Are they used during
the entire course dinner or only for
oysters and soup and brought back with
the salad and dessert. l am very
anxious to know the correct way. Since
we moved out of town. l have become
acquainted with very nice people and
do not wish to make n mistake. Thank
ing you in advance. IGNORANT.
Service or place plates are used under
hors doeuvres, oyster plates, soup plates,
dessert plates and finger bowls. 1t is Gus.
tomary to have place plate which may
be put on the table between courses but
1t is always removed when the meat
plate, salad plate or that used for any
other course than those mentioned, Is
placed in front of the person.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09

d ,pELlNE LARKIN out 10 play, and then
Just plain brown. Please send
an, picture for the Pet Column. If
NJ o'nef hainbows have pets we would
blct,1 near about them and to have their
of wnn uS, Speaking of pets reminds me
av.n,,u s'ianette Haney OF Germantown
sshae, who owns a very clever dog
Ssnlled Sport This time -WuIiamette
s'aal write about Sport She wrote about
Nht that her mother Is thinking of
~, her for the summer, and what do
e1rlhA sllhA It's for? It's for a Rainbow
efia,sr Sewing Circle Isn't that ex-
Rosa Frances and Margaret Williams,
n haoht didn't walt for the summer
sns se ss thelr vacation. They ran away
~. ~ tened some salt air and sunshine
~ 'he midst Of March winds. They
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
Should a Man Offer His Arm2

Dear Deborah Rush-Which arm should
man offer to a lady when walking on
the street? l will be obliged if you will
answer this in Thursdays EvENrNG
LEDGER? JACK
1t is not usual for a man TO Offer his
arm to woman on the street. 1t is in
fact very bad form unless the lady Is lame
or the pavements are very slippery, then
II is a courtesy.
DEBORAH RUSH.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09

on Tuesday we spoke on the subject Of
dancing and the correct way for girl to
place her left hand Now we come to the
right hand The holding Of the right
hand does not depend upon the girl as it
is placed in the mans left hand. but II is
very bad form for a man to hold the arm
up In the air or twist II into stifT position
half turned back. In dancing as In many
other things the easiest and most nat
ural position is the most correct and
graceful. I have been observing num-
Der Of persons who are quite proficient in
the dance steps, but present most un-
graceful appearance. Some men use the
girls right arm as sort of pump handle
and keep time to the music by their wild
gcsticulatiOns. The arm should be held
out from the side not stretched to an ex-
tremc length or held in close to the shoul-
der. These little observations are very
necessary to good form in dancing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09

Is a little swimmer
and to prove il she
has sent her picture
in her bathing suit /!
How many more
little girl athletes
have we among our
members?
Norris Longaker
writes about his dog
SnoOlSs. Snooks gets
a bath every week,
and his coat is a
beautiful reddish
brown until he goes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
Things to Know

/. What is the difference between
gambOl and gamble?
2. Draw picture Of the incest chair
in the house. (BlacS ink on white paper).
3. Give the autobiography OF a cup OF
cocoa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
GOOD FORM

Good form queries should be ud.
dressed TO Deborah Rush, tcrittcu on
onc side Of the pdper and signed tcith
full name and address. though initials
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
FARMER SMITH.

FARMER SMITH,
EVENING LEDGER:
l wish to become a member OF your
Rainbow Club. Please send me beau
tiful Rainbow Button free | agree
to DO A LITTLE KINDNESS EACH
AND EVERY DAY - SPREAD A
LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL ALONG
THE WAY.
Name '.........'''.''''
Address ......,............
School attend '......,...'.,.,.,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
Our PostoRce Box

LOOK very closely; yes, it is-a bath
s sSs. cap mat little Madeline Larkin, South
''H street. has on her dark locks. She
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
LOST

6e hs,sln white English buIl. ans,yar,ns, 40
hef eyes OF Fanny she has scar between
lale, 4 Raj, send Information TO Joseph Car
AuoN' In care Of Farmer Smith,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09
MONEY PRIZES

49, shlidEen who send In the an
49,. u Things to Rnovso 49, -
e eompete for ths url.ss AZ N
s.ia end the four a5-esat s-,,.s
-'-'1 ~ fhe end ef each week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-09

Our stores are headquarters"
for fine mackerel. We carry one
ouality-"The Best" Prices
vary according to size,
Large White Mackerel Each l5c
Medium-sized MackereI Each lOe
Good White Mackerel Each 7c
The Detroit times., 1916-02-29

ward drive TO force the evacuation
Of vcrdnn by squeezing OUT pro
cess.
Loss OF several trenches In Lor-
raine TO the Germans was also adj
mitted. II Was stated. however, that
these positions were Immediately re-
captured by the french.
Heavy bomharinent OF the entire
French front, north and northeast
OF Verdun, continued throughout
last night The cannonade was spe
cially violent on the west bank OF
the Mouse, tho French directing a
vigorous and effective lire against
positions recently captured by the
Germans on the right bank OF the
river in the Meuse loop, four and
une-half miles north OF Verdun.
The Teutons charged French posi-
tions around ncuamont repeatedly
dunng The night. hut In each in
seance were repulsed.
On one two-mile front. the dis
patch stated. were found 5000 Ger
man corpses. One regiment, II was
stated. has been formed from the
fragments OF eight German regi-
ments. nearly wiped out in the
lighting around Haumont.