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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24
'CHAPTER "
Turned Into SanirrcLs


Doggy and Billy Belgium were both aston
L ished and puzzled when they found them
selves turned into squirrels They certainly
hadn', wished 10 become animals
Bu; Jeri<y. who had assumed Pegsys form,
was now speaking. and In her words they
found the explanation.
MY, that was clever Of you, Perky. TO grab
the Imagination stone and turn us into chill
dren i've long wished to see how it would
feel TO lie little girl"
"Hurrah. now We can run and play and
have lofs 10 cat and warm house and
everything" shouted Perky. Here YOU
keep the lmag nation Stone" and lie handed
the wonderful pebble over TO her. Come
on. lets frollc."
Away ran lie two children. leaving Peggy
aud Billy, now changed into squirrels, behind
them.
well. what do you. think OF thst?"
squcaNed Billy
81 don't know wha, TO think" saueatcd
Peggy back at him. "Now that I'm a squir.
rel my thinker doesn't seem 10 work as well
as usual | know one thing, though; I've
always wanted to climb trees and now I'm
going 10 climb one"
With that Peggy went frisl<ng up the big
oak tree and Billy went frisking up after
her. 1t was a 10; Of fun, and Peggy felt very
AZ she raced around the trunk OF the tree,
suddenly she came across q huge animal that
h'ssed and spit savagely at her For an In
stBut Pcggy's heart. seemed to stand still.
The animal looked as big as tiger, and just
as fierce.
THEN she recognized it, The animal was
Frlsker. who had been turned into a cat. lie
just ordinary cat-sZa but now Peggy
was looking a. him as he appeared TO one
Of squirrel-size. Nc wonder he seemed mon
strous.
Billy. racing around the tree after her. also
got a shock, but he recoN cred from il imme
diatey and began to play new game. He
ran up the tree above Frlskey and lcaped
over him to the limb on which the cat sat,
giving him lively bounce. t'rsl>er faced
around. hissed angrily and struck al Billy
with his paw. Billy promptly leaped back
over his head.
Billy Kept going back and forth. and
Frisker Kept getting madder and madder.
Then Peggy Joined in the fun. She found
that while she and Billy could jump around
freely in the tree and run out on the tiniest
swayiug branches, Frister had to move a
great deal more cautiously. so that Il was
easy 20 tease him and Keep ou, of his way.
Frlsker kept slappng and sisppng at them
with his claws exposed, but he never Caugl
them, and finally he got so disgusted tha
he ran down the tree aud bounded over the
fence into the yard next door. lie was So fe
in do ng this, as Tom had disappeared from
View
I'm hungry let's eat some scorns."
Slueaked Billy. scampering down to the
ground The idea seemed good 10 Peggy
and soon she and Billy We're having squir-
rel feast.
steps on the sidewalk caused Peggy 10
| lool; up and then scamper out OF sight around
| the tree
| Gracious. there's Miss Jones my music
! teacher, and I haven't prscciced my lesson. g
! she suueaked To- Billy.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24

fBHy Bc'p;um gires peo0p an Tmd0ind-
ZION Stone. uith Which she con turn D,r.
Sous. animals or birds into anything she
,olshcs. She drops y aud TOO squirrels &c,
". They change themselves tnto Btlly ana
Peggy, tobhc they change BUY aud Pcgyy
into SgYryeySJ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24
JOHN COLLINS. WRITER. DIES
Director and Author Of Scenarios /. Victim
of Pneumonis

View York, Oct. 24,-John Hancock Collins.
motion picture director and author of many
scenarios. died last night at the Hotel Maris
Antonette from pleural pneumonia. He was
the husband OF Viola Dana. the motion MIC
ture star. whom he directed and whose ple
ture plays he wrote.
Mr.. Collins was born in New York city.
December 81. 1890. and was educated here,
lie began his motion picture work with
Thomas Edison. Inc, For several years Mr.
Collins was with the Metro Picture Corpora
tlon.,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24
RED, CROSS REPORTS
RELIEF In EPIDEMIC
Philadelphia Headquarters Asks
Record of Work Done by Aux
iliaries During Outbreak

reports on the work of each OF the Phil
adelphia Red Cross Auxiliares during the
eP'uehc are being made TO the Red Cross
headquarters at 1915 Chestnut street. John
Vs. townsend executive director. has sent a
notice to the chairman OF each Of the auxil-
iaii"s. whcn says:
We are trying to get fun repop, on this
subject from each of our auxiaries AZ the
auA'Iary is the active working body of the
f"d 'ross. this report should cover all the
WORK OF your auxiliary in connection with
Tue tpdemic-what the members may have
done IN any case such as nursing, renovat-
"s ana establishing emergency hospitals.
visiting or helping in Iny way in vour com
munity; the number Of those engag ged in the
work, as well as the furnishing Of supplies to-
the hospitals or health authorities in your
immediate ncghborhood. and the amount
Of supplies furnished"
Some Of the notes from the various aux
iliaries Of the Southeastern Chapter Of Penn
s|Nania bear witness to the activity OF the
auxiliaries. The notes follow.
Auxiliary no. ggS. Of the Kens'ngton Con-
gregatonal Church, has completed its first
years work. During that time it has turned
!. 1918, 1t has turned in i1is surgical iress-
ings, lo2 knitted garments and $50 comfort
Kits, The auxiliary has donated thirty prop
eriN bags. tWenty ambulance pillows, thirty
wash cloths twelve handkerchiefs. ten COM
fort kits and hfty-nne knitted garments in
Guiding an afghan. It has also completed
its allotment of forty five pairs of socks
thirty-fve sweaters and three helmets Mrs
christina Keel Is chairman Of this auxiliary.
Mrs. lIissey treasurer and Mrs -Cain in
charge Of the tables in the surgical depart.
ment.'
Auxiliary No. 436. Of the Fleischmann Me-
mortal Baptist Church, Ninth and I.uzerne
Sireets' has been in existence about one
month. II is gratifying 10 tho members to be
able to report progress. The officers are en-
coutaged nightly by a spirit Of cooperation
and good will among the members who are
doing their best and Trying to do ii faith
fully and well, just long as conditions re-
quire it, Although the membership is at
present only ;hirty-tvc, there is promise OF
future additions to the ranks. Fifty chill
dren's black sateen dresses. eighteen pairs OF
socks and six sweaters have been turned In.
THIS merely represents a nucleus Of greater
things to be accomplished after the workers
have become accustomed to the work, for the
auxiliary feels that sacrifice H. too great
! f"r the cause for which our men are fight
ing
| Auxiliary No H. of the Arch Street Meth
| odist Episcopal Church. Broad and Arch
| streets, responded to The emergency call in
! midsummer with sixty surgeons aprons in
| five sewing days. Since .,uly IL niuety-seven
! pairs Of socks. thirty-three sweaters and
| Two helmets have been turned in Mrs Will
| liam Webster Johnson ~ chairman of this
! auxiliary.
Auxiliary No, 335 Ladies Of the q. A. n.
!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24

umbrella" II makes YOU long to send
them a young telephone booth OF steel,
doesn't it? But then they find il rather
amusing. and decidedly interesting, so
suppose our cue is to follow suit and laugh
along with them. NANCY WYNNE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24
r. +. PUTNAM, PUBLISHER. DIES
Influenza Claims Life of Member Of New
York Firm

New York, OCT. 24.--IIoberI Faulkner Put
nam son of the late John Bishop Putnam.
and treasurer of q. T., Putnams Sons, pub
fishers of New York, and OF the knicker-
hacker Press of New Rochelle, died yester-
day in his home on Post road, Rye. from
uneumonia. which followed spanish Influenza.
lie was thirty-s!N years old and gradu-
ate of Harvard University.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24
Social Activities

Mr.. and Mrs Franklin Taylor Clark, Of
New Haven, Conn. are receiving congratuls-
tions on the birth OF son. Bayard stockton
Clark, on Tuesday. October 90.
Mrs. Clarl. was Miss Katherine Conger.
She Is daughter Of the l;ev. Arthur b.
Conger Of NillanoVa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24

Mrs Thomas johnson Ward has closed her
house at Merton and will spend the winter in
Washington. where Major Ward has been
stationed for the last year. Mrs Ward will
be remembered as Miss Pansy Beale Boomer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Is Interested in the Plays and Players Contrib
ton OF Members to the Serpice-Coieman-Co, Co,cen
Nuptals Posponed-Other Matters

WAS reading over the Plays and Play.
ers year book yesterday and found 1t
most interesting. DO you know that on
their honor roll of former active members,
now engaged in the service--there are 10
less than thirty, And that is going some.
for the Plays and Players Is not very
large club. Besides these, pretty nearly
every other member has war work OF one
kind or another to do. 1t is quite
remarkable record don't you think?
Alfred Arnold is a lieutenant in the
army and DR. James Babbitt is sur
geon-r. chief of the Mission "de Ia Soclete
des Amis" at a hospital in Sermaize'es-
Bains. And Dr. Alfred Baggs. who was
married last year to Mrs. Maurice fagan'
another member of the Plays and Players
is regimcntal surgeon in tho 3iSth Field
Artillery.
Then there is Alfred Barton. who mas
won a number of prizes writing plays and
has planned and staged SO many OF our
charitable affairs here.
He is a Lieutenant in Franco -Ameri-
can cantecn. | declare the members are
in all branches Of the service! There's
Dale Benson, who Is a chief gunners ma'e
in the Navy. and Raymond Carrick, VINO
is a lieutenant in the 31Sth Field Artillery
And Joe Deerlng. For years, l have
scarcely seen a play by the Club without
witnessing sample OF his clever WORK
Joe's such good fellow, too. He is at
Navy Base Hospital No. 8, OF the \. h. +.
AND Leon Downing. another clever chap'
"A is an ensign in the Navy. And Ninton
F'reedley. After many unsuccessful al
tempts to get into the service, on account
of his eyes, he finally made the Marine
Corps.
You remember lie married Mary Mitchell.
That was another Plays and Players
romance that is, they were both members.
Whether that propnquity had anything
to do with It, or whether they met outside
styhow. is not for me to say; but MIS-
Pagan and Doctor Basgs-you know, and
Ninton and Mary.
Quincy Adams Gilmore is a colonel i'll
the heavy Field Artillery and George
Favorite is instructor of rigging in the
Naval Aviation Corps in the Massachu-
sets Tech.
Fred Harding is 4 captain in the ord
nance and DR., Hoyt, that intensely clever
physician is a major in the Medical SerH'
ica. Pass, Jospital No. 80 While Guy Jones
is a lieutenant in the transportation
department.
Then there's, Max Lvinsstons' Jr He's
lieutenant H. the adjutant generals
department and John Kuhn. Sd, is in the
L. $. A. General Hospital Army =. o.
Arthur Love. J'.. fitzwlliam Sarsen
and DreXel Steele are in aero work, Squad
ron Signal Corps. Naval Reserve Flying
Corps and Aviation Signal Corps All Diri
sion respectively.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24

Mr. and Mrs j. l;dgway Reilly have
opened their town house after spending
several weeks at the Philadelphia Country
Club Mrs. Reilly is Il member of the Red
[, motor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roberts. Jr.. OF
Merton. have closed their house and VIII
spend the winter in Washington.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Royal Will occupy
their apartment at the Ald!ne on November J..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24

Mr.. and Mrs. sydney Mason will come in
from the ldiewild. Media, on November l.,
to occupy an apartment at the Aldine for the
winter
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
By DADDY
THE IMAGINATION STONE"
BY DADDY

A complete ne,c adventure each ueek begin
nino Monday and ending Saturday
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24

Bryn Mawr. was their guest In New Eng
land, and will remain with them in Atlantic
City.
The members OF the Pi Sigma sorority will
give a masquerade dance on Friday even
ing, November I. at the Wynnefield coun-
try Club. which vii! be decorated with au-
tumn leaves. chrysanthemums ard the Hal
loween symbols Mrs. william Biuud.n,
Mrs. Meshadrea and Mrs. Brooks will re-
ceive the guests The members OF the So
rority are Miss Virginia Blundin. Miss Mary
Davies. Miss Claudia FretZ Miss Olive
Clark, Miss Clara Graham. Miss Evelyn
Grant, Miss Ala Bright Miss Helen Koehler.
Miss Gladys SeisS Miss Helen Brooks. Miss
Lillian Brooks, Miss Virginia Fibel, Miss Ma
rian IIamill. Miss Anna Short Miss Virginia
Short, Miss Anna lIamnlghausen, Miss Sara
Baker. Miss Catharine Hcnshaw. Miss Mae
Been, Hiss Caroline Rein,cke. Miss ella
Blngaman, Miss Caroline Flnnegan. Miss
Florence Aililey, Miss Sophie Meshadrea and
Miss Ethel Gibson.
Mrs George Wobensmith, of 1918. West
Ontario street and her mother Mrs uark-
ness, OF Sixteenth and Ontario streets, are
spending the week In New York.
Air, and Mrs Franl, speese have closed
their I.ongport cottage and have returned
TO their Roxborough home on Lyceum ave-
nue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernhard Stern of West
Erie avenue are spending the late autumn
In Atlantic City
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. Gehrlng Harlness of
Queen lane, gave dinner on Saturday even
ing for the Rev. Charles l.. Seasholes. and
Mrs. seasholes, who expect to leave soon
for Ohio
The Rev. Heinrich A. Kropp and Mrs
kropp have returned from their wedding
| trip and are at home at 35ss North SIX
| teenth street The bride was Miss Hide
gard Won Bosse. daughter OF the Rev. and
| Mrs George Won Bose. of $40 North Fifth
| street The bridegroom Is the pastor of the
| Trinity Lutheran Church. Sixteenth and
| Tioga streets
Mr., and Mrs Carroll Thompson of Rox-
| borough have returned from several weeks
| stay at Longport.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24

MONTY LNCETT is in the ordnance
AVA Neau Matsinser is sergeant in the
Marine Corps and is in Cuba. Bill Mearns IS
a captain in the Sanitary Corps and Ralph
Melville is u. the Army Post Office in
London Herbert Old is Il major in Base
Hospital No. Al and Reggie Oates is "a
lieutenant il. the 3rd A. A. NJ. G. battalion
Two more men are in the service Harold
Saylor. who is lieutenant in the Artil-
lery Schoo. in Fcance, and Roy Smith,
who is first class radio operator.
There are three girls who are engaged
in direct contact with the wounded and
other work for the men at the front.
Sophie Norris, who has been for two years
in France a;.d has charge Of "a Y. NJ. G.
A. Foyer du sodst. She, By the way,
returns home this week, for short while
TO stay with her parents, the G. Helde
Norrises Ethelynde Well is in Paris in
charge of surgical dressing classes and
young Alice Wharton has been in France
and is with the American Red Cross in
Rome.
When you realize that such active war
workers as Mrs. Eli *. Price, who is
president, Mrs. George Dallas Dixon, Mrs.
JOIN. Groome, Mrs. John F. Lewis and Mrs.
Arthur II: Lea, not to mention others, are
all active committee members OF the Plays
and Players, YOU realize how that small
club membership has been some patriotic
in its contributions to the great cause,
How about it?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24

Mrs. David e. Murtha and the Misses
Murtha. of 1919 West Tioga street who
spent the last three months In Jamestown
and Newport H.. l., will spend the early fall
in Atlantic City. Miss Isabelle Gile, OF
Bryn Mawr. was their guest In New Eng
land and will remain with them in Atlantic
CITY
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24

Ouakers Is illustrated in the following story
taken from letter written by Charles T.
penuock. who is connected with the Friends
Refugee Colony at Ornans;
'It would be useless to deny that one of
my biggest reasons for wishing for peace is
so | can come home to YOU, bur We cannot
he here long without feeling strongly the
other way also: that is wishing and PRAYING
for peace 80 that the great suffering in thu
world at present might bc allsNiated. Just
one case In mill lions, where the pangs of
war have been fet, was one ! last
night. ! had been in Al ResanCon, and We
had to change cars half way out to Ornans
A Young woman dressed in black. Il simple
black dress and hat, holding a baby and
little basket got into our compartment.
Evidently another woman IN the compart-
lnent had read letter the woman had in
her hand, and this is what I gathered from
conversation with people in the compartment.
The Young woman was an Alsatian and
couldn't speak a word of French or any
language but German, Alssce. YOU know.
has belonged to Germany since 1870 when
i was taken from France, but the people are
loyal 10 France, however!
'rhe husband had been killed and she had
| no other relations living, except the baby
she carried In her arms. She had lost her
home and all her belongings in the recent
| German advance and was being sent down
| 10 Oruans to the refugee home here, not
| knowing soul or word OF the language
! they talk here She haS been travelling two
| and a half days without a chance to lie down
| or to take "A nap, while in her little basket
| she carried food enough for her trip for
herself and the. baby Her letter telling
where she was COINS and explaining about
| ~ she carried squeezed in wrinkles in one
| hand while she had hold OF the baby's little
| band with the other Here she was. not
knowing where she was going, not knowing
| how 20 ask for what she wanted Added TO
| this was the recent loss OF her all the little
| home and, most of all, her husband just
| killed IN the war and she left alone ''itil
her baby to fight her battles and live her
] life as she may"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24

ISN'T il too bad about Mariana Gowen?
1 So sick with the influenza that her we'd
ding has to be postponed I was so glad
when Frances Allison recovered sufficiently
TO be married on Monday to Mr.. Poutney
and I am su: Q that Mariana viii soon be
able to have the ceremony. She was to
have married Lieutenant Dawson Coleman.
you know, on Saturday of this week, but
her illness precludes the poss. .pi..ty of a
wedding even at home on Saturday. The
wedding is now planned for November ..
One cannot take risks with this infiu.
enza One must be just as careful as pos.
sible and then when recovery comes, be
as grateful as possible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24
summary Of Friends Activities

What the peace-lovng Quakers are doing
toward protecting the weak and homeless in
Europo is set forth in the following table OF
activities:
1t il building a village Of houses at Nal
aLry Just outside Paris, where rrfuge-s are
living Mafy persons afflicted with tubvr-
culosis are living in this village.
\ maternity hospital has been established
at Merry This institution takes the place of
the hospital AT Chalons-sur-alarnr wher"
zoo babies wcIe born in It's first year of
existence. The German offensive IN March
forced It's evacuation.
Coupled with these activities Is the work
among Belgian refugees in the Holland
camps and the relief work in Macedonia
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24

Mr.. and AIRS. L. Gehrlng Harkness Of
Queen lane, gave a dinner on Saturday even
Ing for the Rev. Charles L. Seasholes and
for Ohio
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24

fTomoI1o,o t0iR be told hoO Peggy aud
Billy begin to realise What the tcarHing
d0diHst the Imagination Stone mcdNsi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Bernhard Stern. of West
Erie avenue, are spending the late autumn
IN Atlantic City.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-17
At The Republic Tonight.

The dainty, clever, Peggy Hyland,
now a William Fox star, will be seen
here in a brand new photoplay called
The Debt of Honor" 1t will be
shown at the Republic tonight.
The William Fox organization is to
be complimented on gathering this
beloved English girl into its fold And
Mr.. Fox has given to her a story that
brings out the beauty of screen art
for which this. girl has become so
well known. Honor. as she is known
in the play, pays her debt by refusing
to tell on the wife of a senator who
has adopted her. She knows the SEN
ator loves his wife dearly and to save
him the misery of the knowledge that
his wife has ben untrue she allows the
circumstances to point to her as the
guilty one. Driven from the house,
this orphan girl learns that the SEN
ator's wife is stealing the U. S.
transportation plans from her hus-
band and is giving them to her lover,
German spy.
Honor has a good sweetheart of her
own. He helps her uncover the. spy
and saves the senator from disgrace
as well as aids the country.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-17
THEATRE ATTRACTIONS
A. The Colonial Tonight.

William S. Hart in "The Tiger Man"
viii be TIE extremely enjoyable at
traction al the Colonial this evening
In wagon train stranded in the
desert their supply Of water exhaust
ed and facing death, a party of emf
grants including the Rev. Luke IN
gram ana his pretty wife. Ruth. pre-
| pare 20 die should the aid they need
fail them. In despair Ruth starts off
! in fOrIOrn hope of finding assistance.
With five men of his band Hawk
Parsons mas Just esCaped from jail
and are making their way into the
desert when shey encounter Ruth,
who tells Hank the story of her
troubles. and attracted by her beauty,
the tiger man" consents to go TO the
relief of her companions. Proceeding
on their way the emigrants are at
tackled by Indians but after a fierce
battle under the leadership of Hawk,
the savages are driven away. In the
distance is seen a troop of Federal
cavalry and an attempt is made by
the emigrants TO light a beacon to at
tract the attention of the soldiers,
Hawk realizes that while the course
ma ysave the travellers, it must in
eyitably result i'm his arrest and con-
sequent punishment He illustrates
this attempt at the point of his revol-
yer, and then proposes TO permit the
lighting of the flare on condition that
Ruth accompany him on his escape.
After an exciting scene, Ruth con-
sents to this arrangement and swing
ing her up before him Hawk rides
away. He conveys the fear stricken
woman to a cabin where after vain
attempt to destroy herself she swoons.
1t is now that the regeneration of the
tiger man" begins. He realizes for
the first time that this woman is an
exalted being in whom his companion
ship rouses only honor, aversion and
fear. Ruth becomes seriously i'll and
Hawk rides to a settlement, kidnaps
physician, and is a thoroughly dis
turbed and un-tiger-like man until she
completely RECEIVERS her health. See
the picture for good story Pathe
News also.
Tomorrow Mary Pickford in stella
Maris" and Mack Sennett comedy.