Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-01

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THE MISSUS, over the coffee cups yes
terday morning, was counting up war
damages. She began with her household
expenses, of course, and got little extract
Of hope from that direction.
IF this thing goes on much longer"
she said, what on earth will become OF
us all?"
Goodness knows" said We. Lets talk
about pleasant things. Let's knock the
neighbors"
"Oh, that reminds me-" said she. You
remember how Mrs. - carried on
when that lazy, lanky boy of hers was
taken in the draft? Well, she got letter
from him yesterday and he says he
weighs fifteen pounds more than he did
when he Joined the army month or so
ago and that he never felt better in his
life"
our own youngsters at home are look
ing pretty good these days" we remarked.
why shouldn't they?" said she.
They're getting only the plainest and
wholesomest food. And, oh, by the way,
ulu you near ABOUT hTS. ----- DelIlB out
on her porch yesterday? YeJ. You know
she was bedridden for ten years. or
course, you've heard all that, and how
when her husband dropped dead a couple
of months ago she just Lad to get up and
call the neighbors and how she's been
working around the house, more and
more each day, ever since"
What about that fellow who made so
much money and moved up to Chestnut
Hill? He had nervous break -"
"Oh, Mr.. -; yes he was very sick
but his little daughter was stricken with
typhoid and that gave him something
else to think of and the two of them got
we'll together"
Nevertheless" we said, as she helped
us on with our overcoat, its no easy job
for an optimist to see any good coming
out of this war"
"Oh l don't know" said the missus.
REUEEN PRICHARD, sharing our
seat in the train, took up the war talk
where the Missus left off. Mr. Prichard
is a merchandise broker and an honest
man at one and the same time You can
believe anything he tells you about the
H. c. of L. He held in his hand a small
can. This" said he, contains good that
grew out of the war" Empty we
asked. Far from It," said he, "and this
is only sample. Before this war started
buttermik was thrown away by the big
creameries, but a genius out West dis.
covered condensed buttermilk' as a help
in making bread and cakes better and
doing it more cheaply than with old.fash-
ioned yeast and shortening. Before this
war Gamers of tomatoes allowed the
seeds and juice spilled upon their pack.
ing tables to run away. This past year
several of them have set drip pans for the
stuff, canned it, and found a prompt
market for it, A chemist of my acquaint-
ance, experimenting with peanuts fo- the
making of oil, discovered an entirely new
food product which you're going to see
advertised shortly Oh, l can't tell you
that. Watch the papers," said he.
IN ALL the world there isn't gentler
gentleman than DR.. Austin O'Malley, of
South Broad street Yet one of his an.
cestors came within an ace of commit
ting an assault upon English literature
that would have amounted to a catas-
trophe.
In 1641, when the Irish rose in revolt
against King Charles, the established par
son OF Burrishoole, in County Mayo, was
the Rev. John Goldsmith, who turned out
| to be a grand little informer. Now, when
owen Roe O'Neill 'v'ent out" the Clan
| O'Malley, in whose district Goldsmith
! lived, was in his army. but Edmund Mac
Loughlin O'Malley, the last chief, was too
old to go with the troops; he, however,
captured Goldsmith. In his own deposl.
tion, made in 164S, Goldsmith told how his
property was seized by the Irish and that
Edmund MacLoughlin O'Malley 'beset
the house where this deponent was, with
about twenty of his men," The old chief
said to the clergyman: Mr.. Goldsmith, do
you remember how the English served
us? How they slit our noses and
SCARED our faces? Come out here"
John continues: "OMalley was so Bit
ter against the deponent, that had not
friar, whom he knew, begged for him, as
the neighbors told him, O'Malley had
cut out this deponent's tongue, for which
purpose he had come thither as this de-
ponent was informed. At length. with
much difficulty. this deponent escaped to
the Lord Mayo's house"
So John Goldsmith was allowed to live
and TO marry and to raise large family
and SO oliver Goldsmith, his grandson
was spared to the world For that
whenever you pass 222s South Broad
street. take your hat on to Doctor
o'Malley.
On the verge of what promises to be q
most lively Election Day this definition
accidentally happened upon in 'wright's
Dictionary Of Provincial and Obsolete
English" may not be uninteresting e
some folks: