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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
Scratch-Cat
By ELLIS PARKER BUTLER
illustrations by William ran Dresser

your girl, why, then she is your girl
You don't know how she got to be, but
she is. So all you can do is to feel pretty
mean and cheap. because that's how a
fellow always feels when anybody is his
girl.
But girls don't feel that way when they
have fellows. Right away they begin to
wiggle their skirts when they walk, and
want their mothers to curl their hair every
day and put fresh blue hair-bows on
them. So then they start right in saying
how they hate the fellow that's their
fellow; but they take slate pencils and
apples and things from him when he gives
them on the sly, and they begin writing
notes to him in school, like "Don't you
think you're smart with your new neck
tie?" and things like that. So he feels
pretty good after all, and gives her apples
when nobody is looking, and pushes her
around mean-like when anybody does
look.
But she don't mind being pushed
around, because that's how she knows he
is her fellow. So when there is party
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

that was the reason. Girls don't like to
have fellows yell at them: saw! you got
a Dutchman for a fellow!s because when
anybody sees a Dutchman they veil:
"Dutchy! Dutchy! Sauerkraut!
Your shirt-tails a-stickin' out!r
Well, one vacation time there was
new girl came to Riverbank. She lived in
the little house across Main Street that
has picket fence and yard that runs
mostly down the bank, and the first I
knew about her was one day when had
to go downtown on an errand and went
that way. had on some new shoes. so
l knew everybody in town would see
them and be thinking about them, and
felt pretty mean; and when went by the
little house the girl was behind the picket
fence, looking. So made face at her,
because it was none of her business If I
did have new shoes.
1t was summer, of course, and hot; but
the girl had on wooden dress-red and
black checks-and it fitted her pretty
tight all over and was too short and little.
so that it was tight, like skin, and her
wrists stuck out too far. She was bare
lOOt, tOO' L lat was luuHy, DccduSc SlTls
don't go barefoot. l was going to yell
something at her, but l didn't, because
it was just as funny for boy to have
shoes on, and she might yell back. She
didn't know that the reason had shoes on
was that company was coming to dinner.
So l only made face at her. But she
didn't make one back at me. She just
locked.
She wasn't like any girl in Riverbank
that l ever saw. She was pretty much
tanned brown, but she had reddish cheeks,
and her hair was as black as Sunday shoes
and cut short, like boys, only it was
banged in front, and her bangs were SO
long they came down to her eyebrows,
and they were black too. She stood be-
hind the picket fence and just looked, and
didn't like it. Her eyes were black, too.
So whistled and looked the other way,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

she's the one he drops the pillow before,
and if she don't kiss him it is all right for
her! But mostly she does. She let's on
she hates it, but she don't. She likes it..
WELL, one reason Ting didn't have a
girl was because he was such a good
fighter nobody dared yell at him. guess
the other reason was that nobody ever
thought of yelling at him that anybody
was his girl. He never sort of walked on
the edge of the sidewalk when the girls
were walking in the middle of it, or cut
up funny to make them look.
As soon as school was out he began
clod-fghting with the graveyard gang,
or made a Decline for the baseball
lot or got up good fight. 1t was boys
he liked to push around, and not girls.
Maybe one reason he didn't have girl
was because his father and mother were
Dutchmen, so the girls didn't want a
Dutchy for fellow, because most of the
Dutchmen worked in the sawmill. But
Ting's father didn't. He was a tailor.
Only his name was Schwartz, so maybe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
MAGAZINE SECTION for February rs, 1917

firms? The late Hetty Green was the
only American woman to distinguish her
self signally as banker and financier, al
though Mrs. Finley j. Shepard and Mrs.
E. FL. Hartman are known to possess
vast knowledge of railroad affairs and
railroad finances.
A number Of the leading capitalists of
the country have found women secreta-
ries more dependable and more efficient
than men. H. H. Rogers was understood
to have paid his secretary, Miss Kate
Harrison, $40, 900 year. Miss Katharine
Bredin, private secretary to James Still
man, chairman of the National City
Bank, is reputed to receive the maximum
salary of any woman secretary in New
York. Henry G. Prick, perhaps the third
richest man in America and one of its
most notable industrial figures, has
woman secretary. So had the late presi-
dent of the Standard Oil Company, John
d. Archbold. Jacob H., Schiff, senior
member of Kuhn, Loeb & Company, curl
ousy enough, has never had private
secretary, either man or woman; he
prefers to look after things for himself.
The ubiquitous, eternally active George
W. Perkins has had the same woman Sec
rotary for more than twenty years; she is
the only person he has found able to get
through work fast enough to suit his
lightning pace
Let me emphasize one point: the young
woman who has learned-really learned
one or more foreign languages has an
asset that will raise her above mediocrity
at tho varv Of n ri of hac ,,yofaoo;opo al m roor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

Wv ana ne tnOuSnt III was all rlgnt,
because he didn't know any better; but
she made me sick. She thinks she's too
smart. but she's all freckledy and snubby
nosed. Whenever me and Mamie and
Eddie and my sister played house, or any
thing, my sister would twist her hair up
on top of her head and tell Eddie he was
her husband. Whenever she would run or
Jump. she would take Eddie's hand and
hold it against her side and say: "Oh,
Eddie! Just see how my heart is beating"
| guess it made Eddie feel pretty sick and
foolish having his hand held up against
her side like that. But that's the way
my sister was. She made me sick, and l
told her so. I've told her million times,
but it don't do any good.
So most of the fellows had girls. But
you bet Ting didn't! He was too good a
fighter. Nobody dared holler at him.
, The way fellows come to have girls is
like this: First they don't have any, and
at them:
@Georgie! George! George!
Mamie Little's your girl!'
Or something like that. But she amt.
So you yell back:
saw! shut up! she amt, neither!"
So whoever the fellow is yells back at
you:
"She is tiether! She is tether!
sGeorgie porgie, pudden' an pie,
Kiss Mamie Little and make her cryl
George porgie, pudden' an pie,
Kiss Mamie Little and make her cry!"
So then, if you are big enough, you go
over and lick the fellow, unless he is a
girl. But if you amt big enough you
get so mad you blubber, and you go
across the street and try to lick him any
way. Because Mamie Little amt your
girl, and you know she amt. So when
you've licked him, and proved she amt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

ARISTIDES, a Greciam gentleman no,c deceased,
is said to hare groWn rery tired of being
ARRAYS called 1.-THE just" In like manner. Ellis
Parker Butler doubtless gro,cs d-,ceary of being
referred to as the author of Pigs is Pigs" He is
the author of it just the same: and of this
story also: and of several others equally good,
iohich miH help to gladden. our year. Incden.
tally. he is the only kno,cn humorist ,oho is a
director and uice-presidenf of a national bank.
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paigns. The possibilities in this sphere
are unlimited.
Perhaps the most famous reports on the
condition of the American cotton crop
are those compiled by Miss Giles. Out
side Of the official compilations issued by
the United States Government, "Miss
Giles's Crop Reports" are quoted more
widely than those of any other expert.
There is not much room, however, for
other women in this particular line of
activity.
From stenographer to bank cashier is
the record of Miss Lillian Jones of the
Bank Of Cuba in New York Unlike some
OF the other women celebrities, Miss Jones
is not a suffragist.
II don't spend my evenings in women's
clubs or talking on street corners Miss
Jones admitted. al work because had
to earn living. That's ALL
Miss s. Eugenia Wallace began her
library training as a copyist at Columbia
University. From this humble start she
went through the library's various depart
ments and then resolved to invade the
financial district. She is now at the head
of department employing thirty men
and women in the Guaranty Trust Com
pany, the largest in the country.
Class in Finance for Women
MISS WALLACE is looked upon as a
leader in women's progressive move
ments, and has formed cear-cut ideas of
the status and opportunities for women
engaged in financial work. Incidentally,
to receive training under Miss Wallace is
accounted valuable asset; her graduates
are in keen demand.
aNot enough is expected of women;
that's why so few of them have done any
thing really worth while down here, Miss
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known investment firm, attributes her
success to hard work and incessant watch
fulness against inaccuracy. LACK of
thoroughness, she declared, "is one of the
most common defects and the most fatal
one of the majority of the younger girls
who come into Wall Street offices. Given
a good education, girl possessing a rea-
sonable amount Of common sense, a ca
pacity for hard work, and an adherence
of slipshod methods, can hope to make
more or less of mark"
How Business Women Should Dress
THE employment director of financial
organization that employs several hum
dred women recently explained to me that
some of the girls came to work in dresses
more appropriate for ballroom than an
Office. He pointed to one or two who
happened to pass. They were arrayed
in very fuffy-ruffles finery low at the
neck and high at the feet, and the rud-
dy glow on their cheeks may or may
not have come from inside the skin.
4See that; isn't that awful?" he pro-
tested. II am trying to devise some
method whereby few of the more sensi-
BILE girls will take the lead in instituting
reforms in this matter of dressing for
business"
Miss Carr puts "dress well and suita-
bly, among the first Of her injunctions to
those who seek her advice. The girl in
business must be careful not to wear
clothes that distract attention. Other
maxims Endorsed by Miss Carr include:
Cultivate personality, develop tact, have
self-confidence. show infinite patience,
acquire adaptability-and possess a sense
of humor. -
Is the day coming when we are to have
women bank presidents, trust company
presidents, and heads of private banking
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VV7ELL, Mamie Little was my
Nv girl because she had nice curls !;
" and my sister was Eddie's girl,
w and he thought it was all right
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-23
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-23
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-23
DAILY RECORD

THE END.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-23
4 Serial Of Vide Appeal
A GIRL AND A MAN
Agnes and Phil Find Happiness
By VIRGINIA rERHuNE VAN DE- WATER
CHAPTER LXVIIL

firm Now. dear" patting her cheek.
don't you think that he viii be able to
support a wife,"
Fifteen minutes later Agnes Nor
ley went softly into her aunts room
She found Philip sitting by the in
valid's bed, talking cheerfully,, al
though a keen observer would have
noticed that his manner was preoccu-
pied But Miss Lucy was not Keen
observer
Every One Happy.
He sprang to his feet as Agnes
entered. and, going to her. put his
arm about her.
ooh Phil" was all that she could muir
whats the natter" Miss Morley
asked. looking at her niece's flushed
cheeks. Has anything happenedE
YES" Philip answered for her Yes,
Aunt Lucy, something has happened
Agnes is going To-
But Agnes checked him by laying her
hand over his lips
Yes, Aunt" she said, a. Philip drew
her to her aunts side, you remember
that I told you I would get new po-
sition2 Yell. have one"
aOne-oneE' Miss Lucy faltered,
zone that Will make IL possible for you
TO bear the burden of me-that VIII
make if POSSIBLE for you and me to be
together-just as we have always
been ."
yes. dearest" Agnes said. "togeth-
er-just as we have always oeen,
Then. as the invalid gaZed Wonoer-
ingiv at the happy faces above her,
Phil spoke quickly
pear Aunt Lucy" he said. do you
know what the new position is! wen
IFS one that viii make me- } an edu Of
serving as / am-the most pIesse9 OF
ali men. Agnes new position. DEAR
will he that Of my Wife
THE END.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-23
6HE atmosphere of the ordinary
home life had been almost i'm

"HE atmosphere Of the ordinary
home life had been almost i'm
= possible to bear. Ned had. OF
course, kept himself in the back
ground, and Warren had tried so hard
70 act as though nothing had happened
an attitude so foreign to him that II
made Helen ashamed Of herself.
She was too unsettled in her mind 10
say anything to Warren As was usual
in any misunderstanding that she ever
things TO assume their normal basis
once more; but she was more deeply
stirred than Sc had imagined she
would be, and it took an effort to look
at things dispaSsiOnately, let alone u
suggest some compromise that might
solve the problem
In her talk with Frances. however
certain things had been suggested to
her, and Helen had taken them home
and had thought them over carefully
Helen, in spite Of the fact that she
had faults, was not entirely unreason-
able She did know that undernea, n
all her surface emotions there ran the
deep conviction that Frances and
Louise had both been right in their
estimate Of the position offered BY
Ned Burns.
Helen felt, although she did not ad-
nit it even TO herself, that the main
attraction that the position held for
her was a desire to appear competent
before Warren and her various friends,
4 feeling Of pride that she had been
selected to occupy position of trust,
rather than a real want Of real work
At meal times, try as she would, the
conversation Jagged Mary was IN
usually quiet and WiDifred would look
from Helen to Warren, a deep re
prOach in her eyes. as though she was
At a loss to understand which parent
was at fault. Finally. one night after
dinner, Helen determined to break
across the gulf that had arisen be
tween chem and t. ask Warren what
he really thought about il
Warren" she began. tentatively, i
DO think that we ought to talk this
matter out. don't your"
Warren's reply was not encouraging.
IF you have anything to say, you
might as well say it," he returned
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-05
.RECElvERSA|P
FOR B.&M. TO
Be CONTINUED
Federal Court Denies Plea
of Minority stockholders
In Opposition

Boston, Jan. 5-Recei1ership Of the
Boston & Maine Railroad was sustain
I'd by the federal court today, pending
nnal determination Of the questions
Of law involved. This ruling followed
hearing Of five weeks. In which
minority stockholders had opposed a
continuance Of the temporary receiv-
lrship.
Upon the facts as presented, the
court held that the receivership was
justified. that the directors had been
actuated by honorable motives in as
senting to the creditors petition for
Teceivership filed by the Intercontin-
entail Rubber Co., of New Jersey, and
that the financial condition. of the
road was what the directors claimed
1t to be.
The opinion of the court was rem
dered after both sides had declined
to argue further.
Judge Morton stated that Asa p.
French, counsel for certain other min
Drity stockholders, had requested per-
mission to file a brief on questions of
law involved. Pending the courts
discrimination Of the questions raised
Sy Mr.. French, Judge Morton said he
would reserve his decision regarding
The permanency of the receivership
until later but that the facts showed
he receivership was proper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-05
SEVEN THOUSAND.
DOLLARS OFFERED
FOR INSURANCE
CONTINUED from Page One)

mitted to Judge Edwin s. Thomas
for adjudication on points of law, all
evidence now being taken being SUBJ
ject to expulsion by stipulation.
Among the revelations made at the
hearing today it appeared that al
though the City Title Guaranty &
Trust Co. holdings appeared as assets
in the schedules filed by Burr &
Knapp, the company actually did not
hold one dollars worth of stock, until
one-quarter had been turned back in
othe estate. Originally purchased
from G. Billiard at $4,000, the 1000
shares of stock which originally rep
resented to C. j. Knapp an expendi-
ture of $4,000 to complete records
were divided equally between John c.
Chamberlain and Burr & Knapp.
Burr & Knapp had passed their
share equally to Mrs. Knapp and Mrs.
Burr. 1t was estimated that the sale
to these holders was made on a COM
puted basis of 500 per cent. profit.
Hervey e. Burr had later bought the
outstanding Burr stock and returned
1t to the Title Guaranty Co.
Though little progress was made in
clarifying the alleged transactions be-
tween Knapp and the Watervliet
Hydraulic Co.. and the Georgia Loan
& Trust Co... which would disclose
acts on the trustees part inconsistent
with his office it appeared for the first
time that Chamberlain is now presi-
dent of the Georgia company and that
the Watervliet concern is now in
bankruptcy proceedings.
Efforts to show that Chamberlain
had acted as attorney directly for
Burr & Knapp during the last few
years were not successful, though the
proceedings in bankruptcy of Charles
Marsh, in 1901 or 1902 were cited.
Further evidence to prove this con-
tention has been promised the referee
by Attorney Bowers.
Interest conferred during the morn