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Evening journal., 1917-07-23

The Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety, formed in 1859. has always oc-
cupied a unique position in that II IS
a mutual company with a capital
stock. This was required by law
when the society was organized, the
object being to protect the policy
holders during the dangerous period
OF infancy. The life insurance scan
dals which came to Eight in 1905 and
which led 10 the Armstrong investi-
cation deeply involved the conduct OF
the Equitable. II was often said OF
n il had not been for a dispute be-
tween the late r. H. Hartman and
James Hazer Hyde. there would never
have been the invest cation which led
20 the remodeling OF the insurance
laws OF New York and other States.
/ Mr.. Hartman. through Mr.. Hyde. had
been able 10 use much OF the cash OF
the Equitable in his financial coups.
II was shown at the Investigation
that the Equitable held millions "
Mr.. Harriman's securities at various
times. There came a break betweGc
Hartman and Hyde. whom the rail
road maghate accused of "double-
crossing" him. When II was report
ed that Hartman was trying to buy
the stock and get control OF the con-
Germs resources, Mr.. Ryan, in 1905,
bought the 500 shares OF the Hyde
family for s2,50O,O0O and placed It In
the hands of the trustees.
Morgan Paid g8,000,00O.
Then. in 1909. the late J. P. Morgan
Evening journal., 1917-07-23

and it was said by his friends that tho
purchase Of the Equitable was moro
or less a matter of pride with him
In 1912 he had purchased the site #
the old Equitable Building and
started the erection OF the largest 3f-
fee building i'm the world In 1914
General DUPONT gave S200O,OO0 to
eaware to build a highway from one
end of the State 10 the other He has
gwen more than S100OlO00 to tho
MASSACHUSETTS, Institute Of Technol-
Ogy and large sums to the Y. NJ c. A.
in 1913 he was named an honorary
vlce-president Of the International
Peace Forum.
Evening journal., 1917-07-23
PRIZES FOR WHEAT LOAyTs.

Wheat loaves made according 10
special recipes Issued in catalogue
form Will be a star exhibit in this
war-year session OF the Delaware State
Fair. a gold medal. offered by Mrs
Alfred l. dupont, may be competed
Tor by women or children. No pre-
Nous winners OF tho medal are allow
ed to enter the prize contest.
Evening journal., 1917-07-23
MOTORCYCLISTS RUN down
BY AUTOISTS At PARK

Miss Margaret McLane and Bruce
ISvernan. residents OF Chester. Pa,
had a narrow escape from death yes
ferday afternoon when a motorcycle
or which they were riding was run
down by an automobile. Both were
knocked unconscious.
The accident is said TO have been
due TO the parking OF automobiles
in front OF Shellpot Park. Miss Nc
Lane and Lverman were leaving the
park in their machine and as they
turned north in the roadway the auto
driver. who was bound for this city and
whose view was obscured by the long
line OF cars in front Of the park. did
not see them until n was too late.
BIG LOADS KINDLING WOOD.
Evening journal., 1917-07-23
CHOIR HOME FROM cAMP.

st stephens cho' r members. accom-.
panied by the pastor. the Rev. Fred
erick DOerr, have returnd from r
weeks outing az Asbury Park In the
party we're. Misses Leah Hirzel,
Anna Thompson and Helen Brown.
Martin Keller. Fred Stiegler. Howard
Hedges. Harry Fuostal. George Ham
mond, Francis Lowell and Harry GrOtz,
KINDLING WOOD FOR SALE.
S250-S $500 load. Call 4732-J.-A Advt
Evening journal., 1917-07-23

Superintendent OF Education; Morgan
J. OBrien und George Wharton Pep
per OF Philadelphia. The trustees
will hold the stock acquired by the
society in trust until all IS Cancelled.
They are also required by the plan 10
vote the stock at all stockholders
meetings in favor of quallfylng poi
icyhoiders to vote for the directors.
George w. Perkins, one OF the minor
ity stockholders. said last night he
was gratified at the ofer OF General
dupont. as the Equitable should have
been mutualized long ago He said It
was wrong for such a large concern
to be ruled by 500 600 worth Of stock.
While the great value OF the
Equitable stock came from the fact
that a majority OF It carried the power
to control the soc,ety's great assets,
the statement OF Judge Day shows
that Mr. dupont could mutuaIze the
concern by the vote OF his own stock.
in any event, the minority stock
would not be worth so much without
the power TO control large assets
The attitude Of the committee is that
$500 is a good price for seven per
cent. stock and at the same time ap-
NrlA mates Wudi IL Nbnl TIC AoAANA D.
There Is a certain action OF the stock
holders that may oppose the plan on
the ground that they should have a
share in the large reserves Of the So
ciety. Among the minority stock
holders are Franklin B. Lord. per-
sonal counsel to Governor Whitman,
representimng the Lord estate; the
estate OF Former President Grover
! Cleveland. Charles b. Alexander,
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler OF Philadel-
phia. Chauncey NJ Depew, Marcellus
Hartley Dodge Hornblower & Weeks,
James H. Hyde. Samuel W. Lambert
the MacLaren estate, Low P. Norton
! Valentine P. Snyder, Thomas s'pratt,
{ Gage Z. Tarbell. Spencer Trask es-
tate. George T. Wilson and the Hurl-
but estate The condition OF the Equi-
tab'e's affairs is shown by the fol
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Ladies' Nest of Owls Is
Getting Membership of 800

Efforth are now being made by
members of Ladies' Nest No. 1890,
order of Owls. to increase the pres
ent membership from two hundred
and fifteen to three hundred. The
present nest was organized early in
the year. The present campaign is
in charge of r. +. Webster, district
organizer.
Members are cooperating with a
view of making the local ladies' nest
one of the largest in the State. the
present campaign started on June z2
and will close next Thursday night
at the meeting in the lodge headquar-
ters in the Cameron building, Second
and Walnut streets.
AS additional inducements for the
enlistment of new members, Mr.. Web
ster has offered a diamond ring and
gold watch to the two members
who turn in the largest list of new
members. In centest held previous
to this campaign. Mrs. Stager won the
diamond ring offered by the local or
ganizer.
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Kinzie was still at his desk in his
private room, and the promoter en-
tered unannounced.
II thought I'd hang off and give
you the Initial the time there
was" he said, dropping into the
debtors chair at the desk-end. And
then, with a quarrelsome rasp in his
tone: Are you getting ready to
switch again."
the banker for his shrewd caution
and his ruthless profit-takings, no
one had ever accused him of timid-
ity in a stand-up encounter.
you've taken that tone with me
before, Stanton, and / don't like 1t,
he returned brusquely. You may as
well keep it in mind that neither you,
nor the people you represent, own
the Brewster City National, or any
part of it, in fee simple"
I'VE can buy you out any minute
we think we need you," retorted
Stanton. But never mind about that.
Your man came back from the Topaz
last night. You've let the better part
of the day go by without saying q
word, and I've drawn the only con-
clusion there is to draw"
KinZie frowned his impatience.
IF ! have to do business with your
people much longer, Mr.. Stanton, I
shall certainly suggest that they put
man in charge out here who can
control his temper. Here is Mr..
Richlander's letter."
Stanton read the letter through
hastily, punctuating its final sentence
with a brittle oath.
And you've muddled over this all
day, when every hour is worth more
to us than your one-horse bank could
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Copyright by Chas. scribner's Sons
(Continued)

(Continued)
"I'll tell John, when I see him
again-and take chance of being
able to run faster than he can," he
chuckled. Ripping good joke!"
Then yonu know both mem" said
Kinzie, glancing at his watch and
rising.
Like a book. They're no more
alike than black and white. Our man
here is from Cincinnati; isn't that
where you met him, Verda? l recol-
lect you didn't like him at first, be-
cause he wore beard. They told me
the last time l was over in Cinci,
that he'd gone West somewhere, but
they didn't say where. He was the
first man met when lit down here.
Little world, isn't it, Mr.. Kinzie?"
David Kinzie was backing away,
watch in hand. Business was very
pressing, he said. and he must get
back to his desk. He was very much
obliged to Miss Richlander, and was
only sorry that he had troubled her.
When her father should return to
Brewster he would be glad to meet
him, and so on and so on, to and be-
yond the portieres which finally blot
ted him out. for the two who were
lett in the Louis Quinze parlor.
rs that about what you wanted
me 10 say querled Jlbbey, when the
click of the elevator door latch told
them that Mr.. Kinzie was descend
ing. ....
Tucker, there are times when you
are almost lovable," said the beauty
softly, with hand on Jibbey's shoul-
der.
I'm glad it's what you wanted, be-
cause it's what l was going to say,
anyway" returned the ne'er-do-weel
soberly, thus showing that he too,
had not yet outlived the influence of
the overnight hand-grip.
Since Brewster was full-feged
city, it's banks closed at 8 o'clock.
Ten minutes after the hour, which
happened also to be about the same
length of time after Starbuck and
Smith had reached town, Mr.. Craw-
ford Stanton got himself admitted
by the janitor at the side door of the
Brewster City National. President
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-PuIIed the wooI ovsx wour Eyes.

s-Pulled the WOOL OVs~ xour Eyes.
course, the girl pulled the wool over
your eyes; any woman could do
that"
You are not gaining anything by
being abusive. Stanton. This man of
Baldwins is not the one Mr.. Rich
lander is trying to describe in that
letter"
Stanton bit the tip from a cigar
and struck light.
"Kinzie," he said, you think we're
going to lose out, and you are trying
to throw me off the scent. You had
long talk with Colonel Baldwin this
morning. kept cases on that, too
and you figured that you'd make
money by seesawing again. I'm glad
to be able to tell you that you are
just about twenty-four hours too
late"
The round bodied banker righted
his pivot chair with a snap and his
lips were puffed out like the lips of
a swim who sees the saving plank
drifting out of reach.
You are wrong. Stanton; alto
gether wrong" he protested. Bald
win was here because I sent for him
to make final attempt to swing him
over to the compromise. You are do
ing me the greatest possible injus-
tice!"
Stanton rose and made ready to
go.
'I think that would be rather
hard to do, Kinzie," he flung back
Nobody loves trimmer. But in the
present case you are not going to
lose anything. Well take your stock
at par, as 1 promised you we would"
1t was at this crisis that David
Kinze showed himself as the ex-
ponent of the saying that every man
has his modicum of saving grace, by
shifting upon the arm of his chair
and glaring up at the promoter.
There's another promise of yours
that you've got to remember, too,
Stanton" he argued hoarsely.
you've got to hold Dexter Baldwin
harmless!"
Ito Be Continued)
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CHAPTER LXIX
Copyright, 1917, Star Company

Copyright, 1917, Star Company
I did not linger on the veranda
that night. 1 was afraid that Mr..
Norton might return and resume the
conversation of Sunday afternoon.
Therefore, as soon as l felt calm
enough to speak quietly and to be-
have with some degree of natural
ness, I went up to Mrs. Cores room
and knocked on the door. She called
to me to come in.
"May l trouble you to give me
that medicine for Grace, please?" 1
asked.
Here it is" she replied. You
will find full directions for admins
tering it on the bottle. We have
not had to use it for over year
now. / hoped she had outgrown
those attacks. / think l will come
UP to see her before 1 go to bed"
Her face was haggard and her
speech hurried.
That will not be necessary, Ade-
laide."
MY employers voice behind me
made me start. He was standing in
the doorwoy of his sister-in-law's
room. His manner toward her was
stern.
IT am going to see how Grace is"
he went on. "If she is worse. it
will be time enough for you to
exert yourself. AS it is, Miss Dart
can take better care of her than
either you or I. 1 want to look in
on the child before I sleep"
l dared not protest. Taking the
medicine from the trembling wom-
an, l went out of the room. Mr..
Norton followed me.
with your permission I will ac-
company you," he said formally. II
will not detain you more than a
moment-but 1 am anxious about
Grace"
My heart was hot with indigna-
ton at this man who could speak
so harshly to a woman as evidently
distressed as his sister-in-law. Yet
! was in his employ and must submit
to his authority in his own house.
Silently we mounted the stairs to-
gether. He waited in the hall while
I went softly in to the nursery and
turned on a light that was shaded
and that stood where it could not
strike the eyes of the child sleep
ing in the little white bed.
Then l beckoned to the father. He
entered the room as noiselessly as /
had done.
He Looks at the Child
He went straight to his child and
stood looking down at her. His face
was forbidding. yet the throbbing
pulses in his temples indicated that
his composure was assumed.
"She is pale" he remarked, in a
low voice. land her breathing is
little rapid. But probably both these
things are the results of a terrifying
dream. She will he all right. She
must be all right"
IT hope she will be-" l rejoined.
Come out into the hall with me-"
ne ordered. 81 want to speak to
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extra jars to sell among her ac-
quaintances that she might add lit
tie to her income. Then there is
the especial candy business which
little girl began by selling her home
made sweets upon the streets. So
one might go on with one familiar
instance after another.
And women have such real
knack for any kind of gardening.
1t is fine thing to think, now that
the opportunity is theirs to make
that gardening practical and profit
able, they do not have to go about
it in any haphazard fashion, or try
to apply what they have learned
from books or seed catalogs, but
can obtain for the asking the expert
and technical instruction which will
enable them to carry on real agri-
cultural work. eAnd this training
will at the same time afford them a
chance to do an inestimable patri-
otic service by fitting them ade-
quately to fill the places of the men
who are in the training camps and
at the front.
| have heard women say from
time to time in discussing the mat
be too heavy for them, and that they
felt they could be more helpful as
nurses. They do not realize that the
work required of a nurse is about
ten times as laborious and a far
greater strain on nerves and endur-
ance than any task they could pos
sibly be called upon to do in the
outdoor fields.
1 surely do envy the women who
can undertake this training in agri-
cultural pursuits. Every one has his
dream, and mine is to possess and
manage a model farm. My childhood
was spent in a lovely d-fashioned
garden, but it was garden of flow
er and not of vegetables. Later,
though, I spent several months at
the home of an uncle in the country,
and | can remember still the joy
the kitchen garden there gave me.
One reached it through the flower
garden, inclosed in box hedges, and
full of roses and honeysuckle and
white Madonna lilies and every
sweet-smelling blossom that grows.
But more enchanting even than this
to me was the big space beyond for
vegetables, with it's strawberry beds
and raspberry and sooseberry and
currant bushes, and the parsley bor-
ders, and the long rows of all kinds
of vegetables.
| neVei grew tired of wandering
about it and watching the colored
men working in it, or of pulling a
radish out of the ground to munich
or picking the big, red raspberries
and punches of translucent Grim
son currants.
And when a few weeks ago l saw
from q train window the fruit trees
all in blossom and the men and
women planting in the long burrows
OF brown earth wild longing came
over me. | love my job. l couldn't
live If | wasn't allowed to write.
And yet for n moment l felt as II
| wanted to throw my pen over the
moon and just hoe and rake in my
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Fashions of To-Day By May Manton

Every little girl will need
a coat for Summer wear.
Evenings are cool and in
these days a motor ride is
likely to be enjoyed at any
moment, and there are many
occasions when a wrap is re-
quired. This one is very charm
ing and child-like and adapted
to such a wide range of cloak
ings that they are almost too
many to enumerate. Here, a
pretty checked wool cloth is
trimmed with a plain cloth,
but wool jersey makes pretty
coats and colored jersey with
white trimming is very charm
ing. Velours-hnished cloths
are being much used and are
pretty with trimming of silk.
For the 8-year size will be
needed, 81 yards of material
a. inches wide, o34 yards S.
with IS yard "A for the trim
ming.
The pattern No. e45o is cut
in sizes from q to 10 years. 1t
will be mailed to any address
by the Fashion Department Of
this paper, on receipt of fifteen
cents.
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ssThe InSider''
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water

you, and I am afraid of disturbing
1 did his bidding. drawing the nur-
sery door shut behind me.
The lights in the upper hall were
partially lowered, but each of us
could see the others face plainly.
My companion motioned to me to
follow him to the landing half way
down the stairs, where our voices
could not penetrate to the quiet
nursery. Here he paused.
Elizabeth" he said. abruptly, T
want to apologize for my manner of
speaking a while ago. 1 was angry
and very rude. l beg your pardon" ="
You did not say anything rude
to me-" l said. II am not the per-
son to whom you owe an apology"
1 was astonished at his humility,
but still more astonished at my own
temerity.
You mean," he ventured. that
1 spoke roughly to Mrs. Gore?"
1T is none of my affair" 1 be-
gan, but he interrupted me.
1T is your affair."" he insisted.
"Perhaps l was sharp to her. But
she must let me do as 1 please. To-
night she made me very angry. l
cannot explain"
IT want no explanation" 1 assur-
ed him. AS have said already, 1t is
none of my business"
1T Isl" he declared harshly, lay
ing hold of my arm. Elizabeth,
don't say that again! 1t Is all your
business, for all I have is going to
you hear? Think of it,"
I shrank from him. "Don't" I
calculated. You must not talk like
that"
An UItimatum
But / will" he insisted. And 1
have made Adelaide understand how
matters stand"
"You mean" gasped, that you
have told her.
yes" he broke in, that you and
1 are engaged-just that! And to-
morrow l shall have everybody else
know it, too"
You will not" I exclaimed, still
lowering my voice that nobody
might overhear me. You will do
nothing of the kind We are not
engaged! I don't love YOU"
You did until that young Parker
came here" he asserted angrily.
And you gave your promise the
other night. Don't forget that! And
don't forget that l told you weeks
ago that I wanted TO marry you,
anu you JUST "lob yOu
mean in my life, and you let me
hope, and let me believe"-
"Oh!" I burst forth. my rage re-
fUsing to be restrained any longer.
How can you say such things! How
can you"
I stopped short, for I realized
with a sudden fash of memory that
there was some truth in what he
said.
I had accepted his gifts, his de-
votion; l had kept him waiting for
an answer for which l had no right
to allow him to wait unless l meant
it to be an affirmative answer.
He saw my expression change and
pressed the advantage he thought
he had gained.
Eliza BETH" he pleaded. his tone
becoming soft and caressing, you
are going to marry me, dear. And,
what is more, you are going to love
me-"
To Be Continued
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own plot of ground all day long, and
found myself murmuring:
What Nature has writ with her
lusty wit
Is worded so wisely and kindly,
That whoever has dipped in her
manuscript
Must up and follow her blindly.
Now summer time is her blithest
rhyme
In the being and the seeming,
And they that have heard the over
word
Know life's dream worth dream
ing"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-30
SOLDIER DIES AT CAMP

Marietta, Pa, June 30.-Harry Mil
Ter ditd at camp at Syracuse, N. Y,
yesterday. where he had been serving
in the United States field artillery.
He was 10 years of age. and died from
pneumonia. His mother. and a broth
er who is at Eel Paso, Tex. in the
Thirteenth field artillery. survive. The
body will be shipped here for flu
naraI
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earn in a year?" he raped out
What have you done? Have you
telegraphed this sheriff?'
mo; and neither will you when 1
Richlander says. We had nothing to
go on unless we could identify our
man definitely, SO l took the straight
forward course and went to Miss
Richlander."
Stanton's laugh was a derisive
shout.
You need a guardian, Kinzie; you
do, for a fact!" he sneered. "Of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-30
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Tiny bottles cf the mag
ic fluid can now be had at
any drug store for a few
cents. You simply apply
a few drops of this free
zone upon a tender, ach-
ing corn or a hardened
callus, instantly the sore-
ness disappears and
shortly you will find the
corn or callus so loose
and shriveled that you
lift it off with the fingers.
Not a bit of pain or sore
ness is felt when apply
ing freezone or after
wards. 1t doesn't even ir-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-30
CHILDREN's ENTERTAINMENT

New Cumberland. June 80. = A.
number of children will hold a pa
triotic entertainment in II. Cohen's
yard in Market stret, on Monday af-
ternoon. Miss Sara Cohen is train
ing the children who will render a
and patriotic music. A small admit
tance fee will be charged, the pros
ceeds of which will be given to the
Red Cross.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-30

ritate the Skin or I1esh.
For a few cents one can now get
rid of every hard corn, soft corn, or
corn between the toes, as we'll as
painful calluses on bottom of feet
Everyone who tries freezone be-
comes an enthusiast because it really
doesn't hurt or pain one particle.
Genuine freezone has yellow label.
Look for yellow label.-Adv.
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ANsEL PURPLE DIES

Marietta Pa. June 3O.-Ansel Pur-
pie. one of the leading businessmen
Of Columbia, died suddenly yesterday
from stroke of paralysis. He was
about 60 years old and was born in
Columbia
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-30

The world owes thanks to the
genius in Cincinnati who discovered
fraeznne the new ether
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To Be Continued