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Mary's Fortune

BY CHRISTINE TooHEY, N. goth street
One bright, warm afternoon in June
Mary Weston was sadly watching some
children at play. She could not join them
for her mother was very sick. Mary was
only 10 years old, but she had 10 go out
to work when she was not at school,
Aary's father was dead,
That afternoon a strange coincidence
happened. While she was cleaning in a
certain house the mistress looked at her
rather curiously. Then she asked Mary
her mothers maiden name. on learning
that it was Bennett, she became very pale
and told Mary she would be at her house
next day. Mary went home full OF wonder.
At 10 o'clock next day the woman came.
on seeing Mrs. Weston she screamed: /:
mabel :" Mrs. Weston In turn screamed /:
"Helen" Then the woman said: You
are coming home with me for you are
my sister. living in a room while l am in
luxury" So they went home together
and everything turned out nicely.
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UNDER THE MOONS OF MARS
BURROUGHS


| at the mouth In the extremity Of his rage.
| filled me with dire forebodings
1 am willing to stand and fight when
the odds are not too overwhelmingly
J against me, but in this instance | per-
ceived neither glory nor profit in pitting
my puny strength against the iron muscles
and ferocity of this enraged denizen Of
an unknown world; in fact, the only out
come of such an encounter, SO far as
l might be concerned, seemed sudden
death
| / was standing near the window and
knew that once in the street l might
gain the plaza and safety before the
creature could overtate me- at least there
| was chance for safety in flight, against
almost certain death should | remain and
fight
1t is true held the cudgel, but what
could 1 do with it against his four great
arms?
Even should I break one Of them with
my first blow. for I figured that he would
attempt to ward off the cudgel, he could
reach out and annihilate me with the
others before I could recover for second
attack.
In the instant that these thoughts
passed through my mind l had turned to
make for the window, but my eyes alight.
| ing on the form of my erstwhile guardian
| threw all thoughts of flight to the four
winds. He lay gasping upon the floor OF
| the chamber, his great eyes fastened upon
me in what seemed pitlful appeal for
| protection.
l could not withstand that look nor
could l. on second thought, have deserted
| my rescuer without giving as good an
! account of myself in his behalf as he had
| in mine.
Without more ado, therefore, l turned
to met the charge of the infuriated ape,
| He was now too close upon me for the
cudgel to prove of any effective assistance,
| so l merely threw 1T heavily as could at
| his advancing bulk. 1t struck him Just
below the knees, eliciting howl of pain
and rage. and so throwing him off his
balance that he lunged fun upon me with
| arms wide stretched to ease his fall.
Again, as on the preceding day | had
recourse to earthly tactics. and swinging
my right fist full upon the point OF his
chin | followed 1t with smashing left
to the pit of his stomach. The effect was
marvellous, for, as l lightly side.stepped,
after delivering the second blow. he reeled
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good for the object Of their alteration so
long as he maintains his position by re-
peated examples Of his skill, strength ana
courage
Sola, who had accompanied the search
ing party of her own volition was the
only one of the Martians whose face had
not been twisted in laughter as l battled
for my life. She. on the contrary, was
sober with apparent solicitude, and as
soon as had finished the monster, rushed
to me and carefully examined my body for
possible wounds or injuries
Satisfying herself that / had come off
unscathed she smiled quietly and, taking
my hand, started toward the door of the
chamber.
Tars Tarkas and the other warriors had
entered and were standing over the now
rapidly reviving brute which had saved
my life, and whose life I, in turn, had
rescued.
They seemed to be deep in argument,
and finally one of them addressed me, but
remembering my ignorance of his
language turned back to Tars Tarkas,
who. with a word and gesture, gave some
command to the fellow and turned to fol-
low us from the room.
There seemed something menacing in
their attitude toward my beast, and 1
hesltated to leave until I had learned the
outcome It was well | did So for the
warrior drew an evilloolSing pistol from
It's holster and was on the point of putting
an end to the creature when l sprang for.
ward and struck up his arm
The bullet, penetrating the wooden
casing Of the window. exploded, blowing
hole completely through the wood and
masonry.
then knelt down beside the fearsome-
looking thing, and raising it to its feet,
motioned for 1t to follow me.
The looks of surprise which my
actions ELECTED from the NTartians were
ludcrous they could not understand. ex.
cept in n feeble and childish way, such
attributes as gratitude and compassion.
The warrior whose gun 7 had struck UP
looked nquiringly at Tars Tarkas, but
the latter signed that / he left to my own
devices, and so we returned to the plaza
with my great beast following close at
heel. and Sola graspinE me tightly by the
arm.
| had at least two friends on Mars n
young woman who watched over me with
motherly solicitude, and dumb brute
which, as later came to know, held in its
poor ugly carcass more love more loyal.
ty. more gratitude than could have been
found in the entire five million green Mar.
tians who rove the deserted cities and
dead sea bottoms Of Mars
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CHAPTER V-Continued

TT, THEREFORE,, now occurred to me
i that the surest way of learning the
exact attitude of this beast toward me
would he to attempt to leave the room.
felt fairly secure in my belief that I
could escape him, should he pursue me,
once l was outside the building. for had
begun to take great pride in my ability as
a jumper
Furthermore, I could see from the short
ness of his legs. that the brute himself
was no jumper. and, probably, no runner.
Slowly and carefully, therefore l gained
my feet, only to see that my watcher did
the same; cautiously 1 advanced toward
him, finding that by moving with a shuf-
fling gate | could retain my balance, as
we'll as make reasonably rapid progress.
As neared the brute, he backed warily
away from me, and when / had reached
the open, he moved to one side to let me
pass. He then fell in behind me and fol-
lowed about 10 PAGES in my rear as l made
my way along the deserted street
Evidently his mission was to protect me
only, I thought, but when we reached the
edge of the city he suddenly sprang before
me, uttering strange sounds and barring
his ugly and ferocious tusks.
Thinking to have some amusement at
his expense. l rushed toward him. and
when almost upon him, sprang into the
air, alighting far beyond him and away
from the city.
He wheeled instantly and charged me
with the most appalling speed had ever
beheld.
I had thought his short legs a bar to
swiftness, but had he been coursing with
greyhounds, the latter would have APP
peared as though asleep on a doormat.
As I was to learn. this is the fleetest
animal on Mars, and owing to its intelli-
gence, loyalty and ferocity, is used in
hunting, in war. and as the protector of
the Martian man.
/ quickly saw that I would have diff
Guilty in escaping the 'fangs of the beast
on a straightaway course, and so / met
his charge by doubling in my tracks and
leapng over him as he was almost upon
me.
This maneuver gave me considerable
advantage and I was able to reach the city
quite a bit ahead of him, and as he came
tearing after me l jumped for window
about 80 feet from the ground in the
face of one of the buildings overlooking
the valley.
Grasping the sill, pulled myself up to
a sitting posture without looking into the
building and gazed down at the baffled
animal beneath me.
My eXultation was short-lived,
Scarcely had l gained a secure seat
me by the neck from behind and dragged
me violently into the room.
| was thrown upon my back, and be-
held standing over me a colossal apelIke
creature, white and hairless, except for
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suggest themselves and you can have lots
of fun making almost endless combina-
tions. Emma Linder West Chester, Pa,
seeks information about Things to Know
and Do" If you can only answer two
OF the questions. send in the two, and
bear in mind that perhaps some one else
can only answer one of three. John
Doyle, South Bethlehem, you may hold
the answers until the end of each week
and mail them all In one envelope.
Charles SaylOr, Hermitage street, there
are no dues connected with the Rainbow
Club. Irene Lewis, West York street,
began her membership by giving away
three dresses to a poor little girl who
needed them. Ida O'NeIll of Wallace
street. inquiries II her 2-year-old sister,
Catherine, may be Rainbow. Again your
editor says, "If she can smile she can be
a Rainbow
out-of-town mail comes from Edward
Burns. of Chester, Helen Roth, Allen
town; Dorothy and Sarah Rubenstein, Al
lentown; Harvey and Theodore johnson,
Atlantic City; Rose Bella, Atlantic City
Mildred Potteiger. Selinsgrove. Pa, and
Mary Kline. Langhorne.
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Thinps 10 Know and do

1. How many bright Rainbows can tell
what Is the matter with this sentence:
II went for a walk and, on account of
the humility In the air, l went to the sea
shore and looked at the bilious wayes"2 ?
g Willie, our Office ooy. says a dollar
Abin cannot be changed into three pieces
OF silver. VIII some Of our little naths-
mzliolans tel hln how 70 do ia
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contain a goodly portion of protein. This
makes so per cent. or over of protein food
at one meal.
Don't keep your digestive system work.
ing overtime to rid you of this excessive
protein. Be sensible. If you work over
a desk day after day stop and consider
how much meat and other protein food
you eat in one meal. If out of six foods
you can class three or more of them as
proteins you need to say mo, thank you"
when the third protein vegetable or pie
and cheese appear.
How much protein do you really eat In
a day? "Jes' fer instance" count up and
see If you can tell.
Copyright 1915 by virginia f. Klft.
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are thus disagreeing it is best for the
average person TO hold neutral ground
and Keep as far away from either ex-
treme as possible. An average of IL per
cent protein daily would just about ac-
complish this feat,
A professional man needs his protein in
such form that his digestive organs will
not have too much work to do. When
sitting still at n desk it is not necessary
to breathe as deeply as when working out
OF doors consequently heavy foods are not
Oxidized or broken down as rapidly as
they should be; the lighter, easily as
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20 say about this? Leonard Bailey, Addi-
son street. Is busy organizing baseball
team Please, boys, remember that II we
have a sufficient number of baseball teams
We win have a bOx-score department all
our own every Saturday night.
Horace Poleman looked out of the win
dow of his home at Ocean Grove. N. j.,
one morning and saw a beautiful thrush.
He drew a lovely picture OF II SO that We
might see IT, too. Horace has decided to
build a birdhouse so that many of these
wee songsters may come and make theiI
home in his garden.
Henry Stetina's mind is a bit mixed
up about making words from one word
Let US clear the matter up, young man
Taking the word Washington, for instance,
separate the letters and rearrange them
ans way al all that you choose good
plan IS % write the letters at wide inter
Vals cut them apart. one letter TO each
piece. and use as you would building
blocks IN this way you viii be sure that
you are using only the letters that are IN
the given word Countless small words
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11
Handy Duster

VERY new and practical" says the
housekeeper when she sees the new silver
polishing cloths which are on the market.
These are made just like the ordilarak
cloth, only between the tWsase -
of. the material the shape OF a nf'fd has
been stitched. When the hand is slipped
inside the cloth will not come off during
the most strenuous of spring houseclean-
ing orgies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11
GARDEN FOR PROFIT
AND PLEASURE
By JOHN BARTRAM

Bring your problems Of gardening
to tho Evening Ledger for solution. In
addition to practical articles, timely TO
the season, the editor will answer
either out Of his own experience as
small-scaie gardener or through con-
suitation with authorities, questions OF
readers. Address John Bartram, Eve
ming Ledger, Philadeiphia.
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two; string beans. three or four; onions
seeds and sets; corn. three.
Accept the foregoing as suggestions, not
immutable laws. They are gospel only so
far as they apply to the conditions of
your garden. The exposure, area, rows
long and short side, all have to be consld-
cred in each individual case.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11
To a Little Girl

Her eyes are like forget-me-nots,
So loving, kind and true;
Her lips are like a pink sea shell
Just as the sun shines through.
Her hair Is like the waving grain
In sun is golden light;
And best of all, her little soul
Is, like the lily, white.
-GustaYs Kobbs
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= - 49,"
will centre principal
ly I'm athletics. With
John as manager we
are sure that success
and fame will attend
the sports. Barry
McGuigan. of South
Esd street, is very
much interested in
Rainbow athletics,
He suggests that the
members OF branch
baseball clubs pay
dues in order that
they may equip them
selves with Rainbow
baseball suits, etc
What have the boys
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Most people, how
yer, overestimate
the amount of these
tissue-building foods
needed by the body,
in consequence eat
too much of them
and the result is
overworked kidneys,
obesity, gout, rheu-
matism and other
less noticeable ills.
FTGRaAA EVs Ngaa..a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11

Captain John Carter, c. s. A., at the
close OF the Civil War goes West pr9ssi. Pros.
Apache Indians. he takes refuge in
mountain cave. from which emanates
poisonous gas. Overcome by this, he ap-
parentiy undergoes a physical metamor-
phosis. some inherent part Of him being
released 80 that he can view, like second
on the cave floor. In this state, through
q series Of phenomena he finds himself
transported to the planet Mars,
series of adventures among people gl-
Rantic, six-limbed and hidcous, who, SUR
rounded by armies and huge beasts or bur
den like those of the prehistoric earth's,
find In him n fascinating captive. He
is guarded by n Marian woman, So!a,
and Martian watchdog" a kindly,
though terrible-looking ten-legged animal.
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would limit the pro-
tein taken daily to
Sla per cent. An
other authority. At
water of the United
States Experiment
Station advocates
that we should eat
more food daily and
also all " 16 per
cent. of protein in the
days menu.
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cl u d e S u s u a I'll y
heavy roast beef on
pork, baked beans,
corn, cabbage, bread
and b u t t e r. pie,
crackers and cheese.
Here, out of six
dishes t rec =ro
classed as protein
foo d the meat,
baked b c a n S and
cheese, while the
AAz- a,1 v.s- 90 ~.
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Ing, baked apple.
However, do you know any man work.
ing at a desk who eats as little protein
food as that? The average order such
a man gives at a restaurant, or the din
ner he receives on arriving home in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11
FARMER SMITH,

EVENING LEDGER:
I wish to become a member of your
Rainbow Club. Please send me a beau
tiful Rainbow Button free. l agree
to DO A LITTLE KINDNESS EACH
AND EVERY Day SPREAD A
LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL ALONG
THE WAY.
Name ....''.'.'.'''''.''
Address ...................
Age .......'''.'''''.''
School attend ...................
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which eliminate the
parts of our food
that our body can
not use.
II was stated in n
recent Government
report that in work.
ingmen's families,
out of every 500
spent for food SS7
went for meat. This
shows clearly that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11

DRoTEIN is the tissue-building food of
i the body. Meat, eggs, milk. fish. peas,
beans and nuts are called protein foods
because they contain such great propor-
tlon of this important food principle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11

food is consumed by the average family.
What Is a good proportion of protein
daily2 One authority, Chittenden. of
Yale, states that we eat too much in
general and protein In particular and he
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every cell in your body is made from the
food which you eat; but the growth of
the body Is slow, and an excess of body
building material, such as the protein
foods represent, overworks the organs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11
Tea and perpetual" Roses

Friend John Bartram--What Ia the dlstinc-
tion, and difference. II more than merely In
name. between hybrid perpetual and hybrid
tea roses? CLAIMS.
There are several technical distinctions which
need not be discussed here. but tho differences
that concern US from the practical standpoint
of the amateur gardener, which. / take H.
is your standpoint, are two--bloom and
method of treatment.
The hybrid teas are of the everbloomlng
class and are almost invariably their own
roots and hence are sure to be true TO name
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Our PostOmce Box

Rainbows, stand and salute John Finelli
a spirited young man who organized
thriving branch club in Roseto, Pa, The
Of plnh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11

They bloom from June till November at inter-
walls of 35 to 40 days, and by having half
a dozen varieties the rose garden Will be con-
tinuously aboom.
The hybrid perpetuals much harder.
They grow taller and are grated. They arc
the so-called June roses" hayng one gen
crous crop. A few varieties will bloom again
during the season. The foliage Is often very.
very attractive and they make a good back
ground for a rosebed with ''tens' In the
frnnt for constant hlnOmlng.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11
FOOD PRINCIPLES
PROTEIN
How Much Protein Food Do You Eat in Day?
BY VIRGINIA e. KILT

simulated protein foods, as eggs. tender
fowl rare beef, white FISH and game, are
therefore needed by the man who works
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-11
Red and Blue Flowers

Friend John Bartram-Please name for
''o MRS. C. X.
You do not say whether you want ANNALS
or perennlals. Red ANIMALS, aster, scarlet
sage: red perennial. columbine, gaillarda car
dinal flower: blue annual. aster, lobelta; blue
perennial monkshood poisonous. though). col
lImhlnp. camnnnuln
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ara asparagus To-
mato salad, mayon-
naise dressing, baked
or coddled apples.
Here we have is
light protein food
Fender mutton-and
q starchy. fat wa
cry and mineral
foods-bread and but
{ g r, rice. aspara-
gus, tomato salad,
mayonnaise dress
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an enormous shock of brlstly hair upon
it's head
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indoors. The OPEN
air w ork er may,
without trouble eat
not only these foods,
but also the coarser
proteins, heavy red
meats, pork, beans,
peas and fat fish.
Taking 12 per cent.
as an average of
protein needed daily,
a professional man
4
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BOYS AND GIRLS.
II you want to earn money aftsE
sehsol and % Saturdays NElts g
farmer SAITH
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Washing Soda and Plant Life

Friend John Bartram--Wlll you please tell
me what effect mixture of washing soda
in water has plant life. T. II.
II would probably do no harm II II did not
touch the foliage or stems of the plants. In the
case OF very Causti ic mixture Some gar
dcners pour the suds from soap on the ground
about plants: these contain certain pro-
portion Of caustiC soda. Soda is usually APP
nlpd 10 the soil I'm the form of nitrate.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01
FREE STATE FAIR

The visitor to the Oklahoma Free
State Fair at Muskogee, October 2.
z, will not lack for amusement nc
matter what his bent.
To begin with, the exhibits are
open to the public, absolutely free OF
charge and there will be enough ex.
hibits to attract an interested far
mer and his family.
Practically every county in East
ern Oklahoma will be represented by
its products. There will be the lat
est improved farm machinery, there
will be all sorts of live stock, poul-
try; and the farmers, doubtless. will
even be interested in the Baby Show,
with four hundred babies entered.
There will be textile and fine arts
exhibits, kitchen displays and need
lie work to interest the women Then
there will be a carnivel for the kids,
good races and othe rattractions for
everybody. Thaviu's wonderful band,
ith garnd opera singers and other
attractions too numerous to mention.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01
AID FOR BUCKNER HOME

Little Helen Michael has been quite
successful in raising funds for the
aid OF the Buckner orphans home at
Dallas, to which institution contribu-
tions have been coming in from all
quarters. The Dallas News has be-
come interested in the Home and has
secured contributions of several hun
dred dollars. The Buckner Orphans
Home, founded and conducted by
the aged DR.. Buckner of Dallas, at
tempts to care for all orphans that
come that way. Things have been
going along all right until more than
sixty of the little ones contracted ty-
phoid fever, when the heavy addi-
tional expense thus entailed caused
funds available to be depleted. The
work of caring for homeless and
friendless children is the kind of la
Dor that makes men think more of
humanity and have more self respect.
This particular institution is deserv-
ing of substantial support, and Du-
rant people cannot go wrong in MAX
ing substantial contributions.