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, 1918-12-12

Your Labor counts-every ounce Of
work you do helps some soldier! This war
was fought as truly in the household and
In the workshop as it was in the trenches.
Some Of our American women arc
borne down physically and mentally,
by the weaknesses Of their sex. They mf-
fer from backache, dragging sensation,
bearing-downApains, very nervous and pain
in top Of head. If they ask their neigh
bors they will be told to take a Fduorife
Prescription of DR.. Pierce's which has
been so well and favorably known for the
past half century.
Weak women should try it now. Don't
waiti Today Is the day to begin. This
temperance tonic and nervine viii bring
vim, vigor and vitality. Send DR.. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y, loo for trial pkg. tablets.
Holly, Coio.-sT advise all women who dread
notherhood to take DR.. pierce's Favorite Pre-
s~criptiou. 1 TOOK two bottles Of the 'Prescrip-
ton before my baby girl came and l was sick
emily 4 short time. Then before my boy arrived
I took three bottles each Of the 'Favorite Pre-
.~cription, and Golden Medical Discovery and I
got along nne again.
ssWhen I wish any advice ! write DR.. Pierce.
and always recsiys I. reply shortiy.
at highly recommend DR.. Pierce's medicines to
al auNerinr women. hope these few lines win
encourage many to give these medicines n fair
trial. / have induced one OF my friends to 90 -
snd she was greatly pleased with the RESULT
Mr.. Ina L. Cartwright. Box 4o7.
, 1918-12-12

To be possessed of a head OF heavy,
beautiful hair; soft, lustrous, fluffy,
wavy and free from dandruff is merely
a matter of using a little Danderine.
1t is easy and inexpensive to have
nice, soft hair and lots of 1t. Just get a
small bottle of Knowlton's Danderine
now-it costs but a few cents-all drug
stores recommend it-appiy a little as
directed and within ten minutes there
will be an appearance Of abundance,
freshness, fiufiness and an incompara-
BILE gloss and lustre, and try as you
will you cannot inc a trace of dandruff
or falling hair; but your real surprise
will be after about two weeks use,
when you will see new hair-flne and
downy at frst-yes-but really new
hair-sprouting out all ver your scalp
-Danderine is, we believe, the only
sure hair grower, destroyer Of dam
-druff and cure for itchy scalp, and it
fails to stop falling hair at once.
If you want to prove how pretty and
soft your hair really is, moiSten a cloth
with a little Danderine and carefully
draw 1t through your hair-taking one
small strand at a time. Your hair will
be soft, glossy and beautiful in just
a few moments-a delightful surprise
awaits everyone who tries this. ADV.
, 1918-12-12
Queens and Tobacco.
URE THE SICK

There are queens hostile to the use
of tobacco, such as Queen Mary of
England; there are others, and more
numerous, who do not disdain to
smoke in their intimacy a good num-
Der of cigarettes.
Quen Amelia of Portugal, for In
stance was welded to tobacco. She
undoubtedly had this passion for to-
bacco from her mother. the countess
of Paris. who even smoked cigars. and
one day took to the pipe.
The dowager empress of Russia
likewise enjoyed smoking, and her
daughter-in-law, the tsaritzh, when
drinking tea consumed innumerable
cigarettes.
Queen Nathalia of Serbia, the queen
of Roumania and In general all Bal
kan princesses worship Turkish tobac-
co and the whole day long smoke per-
fumed cigarettes.
, 1918-12-12

"At a cost of only 1000 casualties,
mostly light, we had taken 10000 prls-
oners and 44S guns, a great quantity
of material. released the inhabitants
Of many villages from enemy domina-
ton and established our lines in a po-
sition to threaten Metz.
''This signal success of the Ameri-
can First army in Its. first offensive
was of prime Importance. The allies
, 1918-12-12
Had Two Mouths to Feed.

Richard Butler Glaenzer, New York
essayist and critic. at the Players
club:
Poetry is delightful. But poets are
SO poorly paid. I know a rich man
who has a beautiful golden-haired
s~tenographer. The girl said to her
employer the other day:
"T am going to get married. sir.
And / am going to marry a poet
Dear me- T said the wealthy man.
Then you will leave us, ehT
"'No, SIR she replied. 4 shall not
leave you. but I shall need more
pay"
, 1918-12-12
"ServIce."

That has been the message of the
uniform to us. 1t was the badge of
service. 1t samed us into unselfish-
ness. In every coat of blue or Of
olive drab was a lad who might per-
ish from torpedo or shrapnel. He was
a living sacrifice to the safety Of the
rest of us. Thoughtful people could
not look on one of these handsome
young men without inwardly Wonder
ing whether he would be spared, or
how badly he would be wounded. Such
thoughts discourage meaner emotions.
Globe.
, 1918-12-12
Cruel Treatment,

Yeast-The Germans in the intern
ment camps in this country say we are
treating them cruelty.
Characterization so7
"They claim we're taking all the
kick out Of the beer we let EN- have"
, 1918-12-12

Our faults are soon forgotten-if
known only to ourselves.
, 1918-12-12

There is no graduating from the
school of experience.
, 1918-12-12
o

Clerk-"My salary is not what 1t
should be" Employer-"But could you
live on what 1t should be7'
, 1918-12-12

Two are needed to start a quarrel,
but one can stop It.
, 1918-12-12

To be trusted is often a greater com
pliment than to be loved.
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to make the victim as comfortable as
possible. Tom deposited his burden in
the great warm blankets and hastily
they carried her to the hotel.
Poor Jennie, too exhausted to speak
soon found herself resting comfortably
in her own bed. while Beth. eyes brm-
ming over with tears. lamented the fact
that she had fallen asleep again almost
immediately after Jennie had left her
How nice that fellow was who res
cued you. I've seen him around here
all week" continued Beth. II think he
must be employed here" Gaining no
reply from Jennie she did not enthuse
further over the hero of the day. No
ticing that Jennie was doing, she quiet
ly took a magazine and tried to interest
herself in 1t. Presently a gentle. knock
on the door announced the arrival Of
Miss White, the proprietress, with break
fast for the two girls. Gracious" said
Beth, how kind of you. I had COM
2,letelly forgotten that it was past eating
Jennie reused herself sufficiently to
take a few sips of coffee, while Beth
fairly devoured the delicious corn
mullins.
Jennie. and the afternoon found her
seated in an easy chair on the spacious
veranda, while Tom Hurd occupied the
chair by her side
To BE Expected
After supper that evening Jennie re-
tired quite early, and Tom found him
self wondering how he had spent other
no place to go, or nothing worth while
to do. But tomorrow evening she
would be able to stay up, and possibly
to go to the dance. too. The thought
alone was consoling to him, and in idle
dreams he spent the evening until lock-
ing-up time arrived.
Jennie rested all next day, and finally
yielding to Toms coaxing. she agreed
ALL IL. al a.
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THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
4RLY BIRD AND THE worm
By ELIZABETH NOLAN
NCET UP, for goodness sake, Beth

NCET UP, for goodness sake, Beth
NMoore. This is the third time I've
called you You said we should go
in bathing every morning before break
fast, and here a whole week of our
vacation is nearly gone and we have not
been In the water once"
"All right" groaned Beth, as she
sleepily rubbed her eyes. "I'll get right
up. You 60 ahead and I'll be down
in a minute
Now be sure" said Jennie, as she
ran downstairs, out onto the beach and
to the waters edge, where she COM
fortably seated herself to await Beth's
arrival.
The two girls had planned months past
for this big vacation-the first two weeks
of August. Hunting through vacation
books and timetables they finally had
settled upon Salisbury Beach. OF
course, the bathing was to be their
greatest amusement, as both were eX-
pert swimmers. Quite contrary to their
plans, however, dancing and bowling had
occupied most of their time up to the
first weeks end
Jennie waited for nearly half an hour
and then decided that Beth must have
turned over only to fall asleep, on the
other side, as she had so often done be-
fore. knowing that it must be nearly
breakfast time, she thought she would
take one plunge before returning. At
first the water seemed icy cold, but
after a few minutes she was wishing
that she had longer to stay. the water
was so invigorating. Just, one more
good swim and then she would go and
dress for breakfast. she said to herself
But alas. 1t was one swim too many
for Jennie Dever. Carried out by the
mighty waves and held by the strong
undertow. she could not swim an inch
nearer shore To scream would be Of
no use as there was not a soul on the
whole beach, so courageously she fought
the waves. still hoping to be able to
make some progress. To her great sur
prise and relief she could now see the
form of some one in the distance hasten
ing toward her. oh thought Jennie,
will they ever get here?
The Rescue
Tom Hurd, clerk at the Castle Mona,
had been watching the early bird" and
now. convinced that she was in distress,
ran down the beach, and hastily seizing
the lfeboat dragged it into the water.
Rowing out as quickly as possible, he
was just in time to rescue the PROSTATE
| form from sinking. Others had now
gathered round the shore ready to re-
ceive them. with all things, necessary
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for their order in corner Of the Belle
vue grill. But it clears the air. It
gets rid of lot of emotion and gives
time to clean up the ranks and think"
Victor" exclaimed Jerry. Il was
never determined in my life. We
were beaten because we lacked an eff
fective ward and division organization
that was at the same time clean and
irreproachable."
I'VE were beaten" exclaimed Victor,
before we started Whenever. in Phila-
delphia. a movement takes the name of
Town Meeting party, or Washington
party, or Liberty party, or any name,
in fact. but Republican party. it spots
the opposition to 10000 votes right at
the start."
Exactly" exclaimed Jerry, remem-
bering what he had heard in kensington
the night before. Exactly. because
there's at least that many people in
into their very souls that Republican
elections and prosperity are inseparable."
You can never overcome it," said
Victor
Il don't propose to-" said Jerry. I'm
going to take advantage of it."
How"
Pm not going to fight the Republican
City Committee" said Jerry. "I'm going
to fight for control of 1t. That's what
Johnson did in California. He made the
tool of the people instead of tool of
the big interests"
But how are you going to do that
in Philadelphia"
"There's an election next spring of
members of the Republican City Com
| mittee.' replied Jerry. "I'm going to
set out to build up a ward and division
organization, and then Wen have a can
didate for that committee wherever n
candidate Is to be elected. Wen go to
work on thnt proposition. Wen say to
the people. This il "a fight for control
of the Republican City Committee In the
| interest of the people, and not of the
| bosses! Instead of spotting the oppo-
sition to 10000 votes, Wen spot our
selves with all this Town Meeting vote
to start with and"
Not much. you won't" interrupted
victor. Every man who voted the Town
Meeting party at this election is auto
matlcally barred from voting for these
republican committeeman in the spring.
ne ne NOT Repuh!ican till he reregisters
ana so declares himself"
is that so? asked Jerry temporarily
| uashed. say, he inquired after a min
ute. isn't there a-when is the next
And the primaries would be in Sep
tem6er' just like this year."
And this Republican City Committee
s4S, 'Su il'Nt .haS viii nominate the ticket
Yes"
But we would be able by petition to
put string of anti-boss Republican can
didates on that primary ballot?"
| "Of course"
IAN right" said Jerry thinking quick
lyi then that's campaign. Wen
| ding-dOng IL into the peoples ears that
this isn't an anti Republican fight. 1t Is
anti-contractOr, anti-boss, anti-bad-Gov-
ernment. To prove that ID isn't an anti
Republican fight, we'll hang out tariff
banners and pledge every candidate not
to run independently at the November
election IL he is beaten at the primary.
In other words this will be a primary
fight. If we're beaten, wen take our
me edicine and go on perfecting our organ
ization and getting ready to make our
next fight at the spring committee elec-
ton in 1920"
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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Deverill. too. watched him. The sailor
bent toward me
What he, wants" he, whispered, "is
report the miscarriage of the plan Then
the plan would be pigeon-holed' As a
settled part of their big Campaign. and
when the chosen hour struck would he
extracted and followed out to the letter.
You see what that would mean for us?"
/ nodded. He continued, rapidly and
eagerly:
ubinb hS iS Plopao!y tne last oaE on
Would nave cleared out of the country
supdy sHm 9h, foT Ri fheir be,Hf in our
hn.s ,n,,'iii III .E ,,iie "lthont your help; and
the dangarn,Sss % % ASH you 10 enter INTO
Much ,u bpagepSvs aigeaSv gadmeMhy9uve an risked SO
is the most dangerous % of ali y! 10 'o'''e yet
On that n,.d. ~, ~, ,,,,.
"I wouldn't be out NJ III. r,,, &c..
anything" l said. "They have hunted
me SO long that it, will be great fun to
hunt them for change"
window heard NV I ,u2hns out OF tne
round ' "o'u' anu "heeieo
You mean it?" he asked. You un.
II believe so" arsworos .y,
want to use me as a halt for tha,,, ;, 'ou
Deverill seized and shook NV bana
The bait" said MacRenzie. Doesn't does
usually get much fun out of the hunt,
know. Abercromby. your luck has h BEEN
good-better think than YOU dream Of
and Deverill and will now be behind
you, to ease the strain" ''''o
THE man." he remarked chat want
to lay by the heels is a feIiou, ,aiia5
Hohenstaffel." "''e'
was sorry to disappoirt him
There isn't any one in it of that name
50 far as / know" I replied. "Tbera ;e y
a RAJ man named Room. and man with
pitted race whose name I never heard
ana another Jew. whom they called
be.MinSkl. .yISkl.
Ierhaps it's only matter of names ;,
MackenZie continued. This lew NJ
yours what was he like?
small slight man." ] answered
win clear-cut features, silky heard
me teeth and a red smiling moutb IL
mackenzie was engaged in selecting a
cigar, and / observed that his hsnd
shook
That Is my man." he said. "Hoben.
atei baua , was MS name then. And you
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CHAPTER /
The Mysterious Taxi Driver

DEGGY was visiting her aunt, who
i lived near a large army camp. She
had been eager to see the soldiers
training to become fighters, but found
to her keen disappointment that no
outsiders were allowed within the can.
tonment. The reason for this, accord
ing to rumor, was that the troops were
about to start for France and the
Government didn't want any stran-
gers to learn what was going on.
ITS lucky the Germans haven't
Camouflage Perfume or they might
learn all our army secrets" unused
Peggy one afternoon as she thought
this over by herself. "I'l have to
guard my precious acorn very care
fully so that no spy can get hold of it,
She had brought with her from
home the acorn that served as her
perfume bottle. Now she looked In
it's hiding place. her handkerchief box,
lust to be sure that it was there. She
found 1t and took little experimental
sniff. AS she shifted she was looking
right at herself reflected in a large
mirror, seeing there a lively, red.
checked little girl. Then suddenly
nothing was in the mirror. She had
vanished. The spell attached to the
perfume had worked
NOW l can NlSlt tne soluleTS anu
nobody will know the difference"
thought Peggy. II don't believe it will
do any harm, for I am a friend and
not foe and I'll never, never tell
any one what I see."
Had she been little older Peggy
probably would have reflected that
whenever the Government in wartime
says to the people don't enter here"
or don't do that" all loyal persons
will obey without question, for there
may be some very good reason for
the order that only Uncle Sam knows.
If she had thought of this, she was so
patriotic she would not have gone on
the venture within the forbidden camp
to which she now was tempted. And
If she hadn't gone. as events turned
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THE PEOPLE IN THE STORY

JERRY ARCHER, ~no. with his elder
brother Paul. Is actively continuing tho
business OF the Archer Tool Works. is
dubbed into unconsciousness and arrested
by Patrolman Strongburger when the young
man. outraged at the policeman 8 brutal
treatment of Morltz Rosenscweie. comes
TO that prisoners assistance. Rosenscweis
has been taken into custody as the final
step IN the petty persecution arising from
factional differences 4 tho Bloody Fifth
Ward Jerry Is released from jail, his
case dropped and Strongburger ''broke''-
that is, requested to resign before being
"ired'-as the result of the intervention
of n family friend,
WILLARD II. BUCKINGHAM. financial
genius and the most powerful man In
Philadelphia. At his nod political bosses.
well their underlings. move, and
move fast. When Buckingham's daughter.
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my, aren't they fine looking" sait
Peggy admiringly as she glanced VI
at her fellow-passengers. They seemed
a bit familiar to her and she wal
wondering where she could have seer
them before when one of them spoke
81 wonder how father is gettinI
along with his crops" he said.
81 don't think we need to WORRY
with the Giant helping him." repliet
the other. =.
"Why, it is Ben and Bill Dalton
thought Peggy. What splendid sol
diers they are!" She felt happ,
thrill of pride. for it was through he,
tanning of the Giant of the Wood,
and setting him to work in their placei
that they had been able to enlist.
THE 'jitney' driver glanced arount
as the boys spoke Of their father
Are you Farmer Daltons boys?" hi
asked.
Yes. how did you know us?" an
swered Bill.
Friend of mine who lives up th'
way pointed you out to me. It's tot
bad about your fathers crops!"
why, what's wrong with them"
spoke up Ben anxiously.
Ruined by bugs and insects. Hei
pests. He can't control them."
Peggy gasped with surprise. Sh'
knew this wasn't true, for at her urg,
ing, the Birds had cleared out th'
food destroyers and saved Farmer
Daltons crops.
That's queer! Father hasn't writ.
ten us word about it," exclaimed
Bill.
Probably he is too busy or TOT
sick" answered the driver "Yot
know, of course, that the Giant HI
He doesn't do any work and is eatint
your father out of house and home
Peggy was amazed at this. for sht
knew the Giant was working like
hero to grow war crops.
Il cant understand tnat,' cried Ben
Father in his last letter said ths
Giant was doing as much work
three ordinary men,
He was just trying to keep 20
from worrying" continued the driver
I'M bet he hadn't told you he wa
sick and discouraged"
No, he hasn't" responded Bill ver
seriously. i've been afraid for father
| health"
| If it were my father Id go back Il
him in hurry" suggested the driver
| But we can't; we're soldiers ant
we've had our last furlough betor,
| going across" answered Bill.
THAT wouldn't keep me here II my
| father were sick and killing himself
trying to work big farm alone,
went on the driver.
| Peggy was puzzled and BIZ
alarmed. She could not understand
why the driver should talk that way
She knew he was not telling the TRUTH
but why should he worry these TIVE
| soldier boys. She wouldn't let hin
do it. AS the driver struggled with o
bit of bad road she leaned over to Ben
Don't be frightened at hearing my
voice." she whispered. I'm the in
visible fairy who got the Giant to tax,
your place on the farm. That mar
isn't telling the truth. The Bird
have saved the crops and your fathel
is better than he has been in year,
because the Giant has taken such &
load of work from him."
Ben was startled when he first hears
her voice. Then he listened eagerly
She put her hand in his as she fin
ished. She knew he recognized whI
she was and believed her. He whis.
pered to Bill.
This fellow Is lying to us. He'i
trying to get us to desert. He's Z
German spy!"
! (Tomorro,D 10 aUill be told tohut Ben
and Bill do to the spyJ
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(Copui0ht. 1918, by Public Ledger Co.
CHAPTER XII-(Continued)

WE DID not enter Folkestone itself,
w but made a circle round the back
of the town by road that ran under the
Downs and brought us out at Cheriton,
close to Shorncliffe railway station.
There Mackenzie and Deverill left the
car and were away about half an hour,
returning laden with implements of some
sort which they kept carefully covered
Then we went on. along a narrow road,
and down steep hill till we came into
Sandgate. Here we stopped. and, sit
ting in the car while the sailor busted
plements, out: Mackenzie gave me
paper; throwing light on it from
hand torch, he explained what he wanted
me to do. The paper had certain fig
see that they We're those so familiar
to me on the little Eltel document.
-! want YOU, said Mackenzie. ito keep
beside me. and be ready to verify the
your gun ready. and with your other
eye keep sharp lookout and tell me
what you see"
We left the car and went along the
road ifG that runs by the sea, peverill car
RED some rods about five feet long,
painted black and white. and Mackenzie
had roll of fine chain. 1t was pretty
dark and we fumbled about the beach
stopped and drove one of tthe poles in
among the shingle, and Deverill went
on, carrying one end of the chain. Mack
enzie went on hands and knees to watch
he called to Deverill and though 7 could
see nothing his feet ceased on the
Shlngle and the chain stopped unwind
ing.
See anything" called Mackenzie.
There was a rafting of stones in the
distance, and after time Deverill $
voice called back:
Nothing doing
times oil
position of the striped pole, which was
so to speak, our base, and the same per.
tormance was repeated. The exchanges
between the two were almost monosyl-
iablc, quick and sharp too. as though
they were afraid of being overheard
and once when Deverill made more tina r
his usual noise on the shngle Mackenzie
sWore under his breath at him. 1t was
requested for the figures in my hand
Once, too, Mackenzie's quick ear detect.
ed some alien sound, and he bade me liz
down and stopped Deverill's advance by
sharp pull on the chain, without
word. We lay down and waited, ant
presently / heard the slow footsteps OF
some one go by, up above, on the
promenade. After he had passed the
work went on harder than ever, and from
Mackenzie's subdued but vehement ex
clamations I gathered that he was botf
anxious and impatient. The night wa.
wearing on. Eventually success came
suddenly. Mackenzie had stopped the
unrolling chain, which ! now knew wa.
marked into yards and feet, like
gigantic tape measure, and in Response
to this action, which was a wordles.
question to Deverill, the latter's >voic,
| came back to us:
Rather! What do you think"
The very tone told me he had go
something.
What is IL" Mackenzie called quit
"a very tidy boat winch and the res
of it"