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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-13

ness of the free. American spirit. II 1t
were not a bridge or a group..it would be
milestone. or o cross lifted to some man
who was brave by those who knew him
best. So you would go to the plains over
a shaded endless road. which. but a ribbon
before, would blossom here and there with
dor1es and spires: = just as st. Peters
grows from the Campagra, as Charities
Cathedral springs from the plains of St
Beauce, as Rheims grew over Burgundy.
There will be slrines and chapels where
one may rest and give thanks for a safe
journey. Somewhere the road will lead
to a great temple, a hall of fame for great
Americans, and then will come the long
drive to the Rockies and the vast cliffs
where sculptors OF the future, may carve
vast reliefs to commemorate the heroes, of
peace and war. Here we might see some
of the miglltiest art in the world In Cali
{. fornia the Lincoln Highway is already
made ana shaded. 1t needs only decora-
tion. -. a.. -. . -. - .Ht5 <
- Is all this impossible? I do not think so.
1t needs only Imagination. We have all
else that is necessary Other great roads
are being built north,. south, east and
west, and ultimately they will be slinked
up to help us toward better civilization
and greater happiness and longer nfe.t
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THE CH4FEINC DISH
Bsllade Of Busy Bertha

ballade OF busy beftha
The directors Of the Krupp munition works
have announced their intention to transform
the plant into a factory devoted to the arts
of peace.--News item.
IF BUSY BERTHA turns her bean
Toward the arts that civilize,
wonder greatly what ingen- :,
ious output she will now devise?
In spite of Teuton enterprise
Ali business has its downs and ups
OF all the odGments mankind buys
/ wonder what she'll make at Krupp's?
TIER hellish trade as Cannon Queen
IL Has made her hateful to our eyes,
The world will be happier scene
II she discards her deathsupplies.
To fear and hate she owes her rise,
Blood roofs and clothes her, blood she
sups-
All. II the world were growing wise!--
wonder what she'll make at Krupp's?
Nov she might print magazine.
~ Or make a trap for catching flies,
Invent razor always keen,
muller for an infants cries;
A soup.screen for mems satin ties,
Unshatterable plates and cups,
Or sausage links, or apple pies
I wonder what she'll make at Krupp's?
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Inc various PennSyl-
Fix the Blame vania towns that are
suffering IN a revival
OF the influenza epidemic must mediate with
mingled feelings on the local health officials
In various towns and cities who insisted on
fiouting the quarantine orders OF the State
Health Department rather than permit the
saloons to suffer by closing order. II our
memory serves, Doctor Roger. the State Com
missioner of Health, predicted the precise
condition that is now general In many of the
upstate towns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-13

- ltiis safe to bet that the piles OF printed
matter. going ashore at Brest today contain
number of, reassuring copies of French
Verbs at a Glance, go, E'..I IN,
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You Win

II you should ask our
You win opinion of the move
ment to make 'the
whole world bone dry" we should not hesitate
an instant before making a positive answer.
We would say that before there Is serious
thought OF drying the world up completely
every one ought to do what is possible to
pacify II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-13

T,HERE viii, be no more war when mems
i minds are engaged with work like this.
There will be peace and all the world ;of
other nations that pass, at some time or
other on our long roads will know that we
have become truly great. ~ -. 4%i
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" Coroner knights charge that the, mpni-
3cipal elevator inspection service 10 "a farce
doesn't discourage us It Is relief to find
anything at City Hall that isn't a tragedy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-13

The eolored folks who wish TO obtain the
German colonies In Africa seem, by the pres
ent look of things, to be at a great disad-
vantage They have no navy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-13

1t is interesting TO observe the difference
between the French welcome to President
Wilson and the greeting that the former
Kaiser received in the Netherlands.
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Joy

The first thing Gov
Joy ernor Brumbaugh did
after he was assured
OF a $4,000 job as State war historian was
TO suggest Pennsylvania's need of an official
song. One may assume that Doctor Brlm-
baugh wishes to sing 1t himself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-13

= The German irish Society of Berlin is
SAID to have. asked the Crown Prince to be
come king of the Emerald Isle WHO said ihe
was sore on strtfe?s -, ,EI p.t ....Fbs.
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Envoy

ENRAU KRUPP, we wait in hot surmise
L The details of your peaceful guise:
If but home for friendless pups,
Make something human out Of Krupp'S!
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It begins to appear as II the Hun might
soon experience some of the inevitable reac-
tions of his own kultur.
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t5 Penrose and the Wares have shaken
hands. Now the Job at Versailles ought to be
easy.
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'HarS From the Tomb, a Dismal Sound -
It's the Reichstag getting ready to reconYene.
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The jejune lieutenants assigned to train
the student corps at the University of PENN
aylyania. said Provost Smith yesterday.
''scted like regular major Ecnerals.' WhR<
has enbitterod Doctor Smith againet nej9r
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-13

Distinguished national figures on for
eign soils season world annals with pic
turesque interest. 1t is fact, however,
that where the visitor was signally hon
ored new achievement Of a high order
either did not result or if sought was
nullifed. Grant girdlng the globe reaped
his due share of honors without affecting
in any way the fate Of mankind. Albert
Edward in America aroused natural
popular interest and thrilled society.
Those were agreeable times with no
vital import. Louis Kossuth came in
1861, fervently declaimed, fired enthu-
siasm for oppressed Hungary, saw it
fade and later died, a bitterly disap-
pointed patriot. Garibaldi was refugee
in our land. The realization of the
hopes of that persistent champion Of
freedom could not be foreseen. His visit
to us awakened no continued furore.
Crowned heads in foreign lands have
been pretentious mummers. There was
mockery in the gorgeous scene enacted
by Francis I and Henry VIII on the
"Field Of the Cloth OF Cold IN 1870, and
such shams as that persisted into our
own times. Caesar abroad was an ad-
ministrative conqueror. Furthermore.
countries were no longer foreign after
he visited them. They were Roman
With respect to all such figures as he
resemblances to the present situation in
France today are essentially untraceable
Unique indeed is Mr.. Wilson's role
That his part may be as enlightening
and constructive as it is singular, thai
his unexampled opportunity to translat,
the spirit Of America to free Europ,
without vanity or misconception of pur
poses. now for the. FIRST time fused, 4
the deyout wish Of 4 conpatxiots.
They too, shoa reyerently regsr'
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Member Of the Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS erolu-
tsfUely entitled to the use for republication
Of all ne1rs dispatches credited to 1t or not
othertotse credited In this paper. and also
the local ne1ps published therein.
Az rights Of republication Of special DIS.
potches herein arc also reserved.
Philadeiphia. Friday. Deeemher ls. 1913
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Torn Out by the Roots

The Kaiser Is said to have taken to chop
ping down trees for exercise. But the tree
that he was most successful in Telling was
his family tree.
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AS Fridays the 13ths go, this seems to
have done pretty well. In spite Of all the
apprehension in suburban smoking cars,
the captain Of the George Washington
doesn't seem to have mistaken Brest-
Litovsli for Brest. SOCRATES.
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OF course Mr.. Wilson will be eager to
show Off his French and AI.s Clemenceau
will be bursting with all the English he
has picked up in the last four years. and
We wonder who will be polite enough to
give in"
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
[ggton Street
!!

DECEMBER l4th enlx was virtually putt lslest season of the +en the long, hot sum- Fn IS closed up tight Ely suffer, and the lar-| he loss. |lantities and at lowest r stock many months
 we could not foresee| confront us. Expect e bought unusually [U lO uIlIOdU. IllOdQ| hdise -merChandiseOf Pf quality and Service.
 now at startling prices. We utlon 10 the big problem now pveg to next season this man. |. Unload we must and un
 rery item that you see on |Ehat this GIGANTIC UN- |uIAR DRY GOODS CO.,. hix as the biggest Money Sav- bbllc eye ever witnessed.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-28
Comforters Plain Color Sat- cen Centers, Fancy Borders
 $3.98
 EACH
Women s, Misses, Children's Shoes

ae sGo Vomen Shoes in button or 's high or low S1.98 M $40" % Te%s"@ s Shoes in gun me"'or kid leather high $298 M 5GS ahsp Womsn Shoes in button or a' gun metal for $398 $500 SOO Womens Shoes gun metal kid leather kid soth do t0pss0me of them in two tone effects S4.98 TOT $
 $500 Womes Shoes in fine French Kid Louis military heels elaek tda grey or Havana brown S5.98 S900 and 5000 Women Shoes black Havana brown o Louis or military heevsry fine French kid leather S6.98
 5o WG%sn ;@ na Low Comfort Shoes in one or two $1.98
 o . womsn Lo" Comfort Shoes in lace ozfords or $2.98 cdrsn ssqt ssoes in smoke or tan eoors button $2.39 chdren 8 ssq Shoes, in smoke or tan eol0rs button $259 chdrsn ss shee, 10 smoke or tan eoors button $2.79 Ghd5sns Gun Metal or Kid Shoes button or 2.39 ohldssns Gun Metal or Kid Shoes button or S2.59 to $5O Misses Shoes button ace gun metal kid patent leather-sizss 21A to $2.98 Tor .'"....
Meade County news., 1918-04-11
CHAPTER xV-continued.

"Wan' a drink" mumbled Ward.
with blanket over his mouth and a
raveled thread tickling his nose so that
he squirmed.
Billy Louise went over and laid her
fingers on his neck. II can't tell
whether it's grease or perspiration,"
she said, laughing a little. "What are
you squirting up your nose for? Sure
iy to goodness you don't mind that
little, harmless raveling? If you
wouldn't go on breathing, it wouldn't
wriggle around so much!" Neverthe-
less, she plucked the tormenting
thread and threw it on the floor.
"Gimme = drink" Ward mumbled
again.
"There's more sage tea"
"Waugh !"
'T suppose that means you aren't
crazy about sage tea Well, might
give you a teenty-weenty speck more
of coffee. You can't have water yet,
you know. You've-you've got to
sweat like a niger in cotton patch
first"
Ward grunted something and after
wards signifled that he would take the
Soffee and call 1t square.
The next time she went near him he
was wrinkling his lean nose because
beads Of perspiration were standing
there and slipping occasionally down
to his cheeks.
'F'ine! You're two niggers in cot
ton patch nOw," she announced cheer
2ngly. "And Mr.. HoolSin' Cough will
have to hunt another home, l reckon.
You weren't half as hoarse when you
swore last time"
1t was physically impossible for
Ward to blush, since he was already
the color of boiled beet; but he
looked guilty when she uncovered the
rest Of his face and wiped off the
gathered moisture. "I didn't think
you'd hear" he grinned embarrassedly.
II was listening for it, buckaroo. I'd
have been scared to pieces If you
hadn't cussed little. I'd have thought
sure you were going to die. A man."
she added sententiously. "always has a
chance as long as he's able to swear.
It's like horse wiggling his ears"
The comparison reminded her that
she intended to shut Rattler in the
hay corral; she dried Wards hands
hastily, pulled the wolf-skins off the
bed, and commanded him to keep COW
cred until she came back. She ran
down bareheaded to the stable, saw
Rattler industriously boring his nose
anto the stack, and put up the gate.
When she went into the cabin again,
Ward gave start and opened his eyes
aike one who had been doing. Billy
Louise smiled with qualification. He
was better. She knew he was better.
She did not speak, but went over to
the stove and pretended to be busy
there, though she was careful to make
NO noise. When she turned finally and
glanced toward the bed, Ward was
asleep.
Billy Louise took deep breath, tip
toed over to the bench beside the table,
sat down, and pillowed her head on
her folded arms. She wanted to cry,
and she needed to think, and she was
deadly, deadly tired.
Meade County news., 1918-04-11
Women to Prove Their Herolsn.

What with keeping the wolf from
her own door and helping France, her
next door neighbor, keep from her
premises the grOundhogs who have
overrun Europe, England has been hav-
Ing a tolerably busy time. But, un-
daunted, she is now engaged In a cru
sade to keep the rats from her food,
according to an address on the war
service being rendered by the women
Of England which was recently delIv-
cred before the women's department
Of the National Civic federation.
II in listing the residences Of the
rodent population Of 100000 upon
whom war is being relentlessly waged
the women served as census takers and
went without chairs upon which to
stand at the first sound Of a mouse's
squeak, 1t Is evidence of the heights
Of herolsm to which the necessities Of
battle have lifted them.
Meade County news., 1918-04-11
Music a War Horror.

A grim story Is told of an air raid on
Paris. If It's truth were not vouched
for by the most respectable authority
one would say that 1t was an invention
Of De Maupassant in his most macabre
vein. While the work of rescue was
going on by candle light In one of the,
houses which had suffered most the
crowd was suddenly Mortified by the
defiant notes Of the "Rakoczy March,"
bTared out apparently by a strong brass
band. Every one was aghast at so
brutal an insult till the tenant of a
fiat on an upper floor said that he had
an orchestrlOn which played that par
ticular tune. The explosion must have
set II In motion. At the risk of their
lives some flremen managed to reach
the machine, but in the dark, and not
knowing about Its mechanism, they
could not stop II. It went on till the
floor on which 1t stood collapsed.
Meade County news., 1918-04-11
DO WELL TO SPEND
Lecturer UphoIds Extravaganza
of the Wealthy.
Lavish Expenditure for Luxurles
Means That the Prosperity of
the Country Is Assured, Is As
sertion He Makes.

Because we are the most luxury
loving people on earth, we are also
the richest; therefore we have been
called upon to finance and to fight
to finish this most extravagant of
all wars, and we are able to do It,"
said e. Leroy Pelletie-, speaking on
prosperity" at Detroit.
1--WE hear a lot nowadays to the
effect that we Americans are
wasteful and extravagant people.
And it Is said by way Of condemna-
tion, or at least of reproof. Yet
when the war had been precipitated
by the most frugal people on earth
except the more primitive races of
snvages-the extravagant' nation was
asked to finance and to prosecute the
war to a successful finish.
1--WE expect to do this from the sur
plus left from our extravaganza. Yesi
And 1t is because of our extravaganza
that we have the money to do it.
"Chna has great resources. Why
are not the Chinese wealthy? Be
cause they have worn the same style
Of clothes for thousand years, and
have subsisted on one dlet-plaln rice
The Japanese tried the same form Of
frugality for centuries and Just man
aged to subsist. When they began to
copy American 'extravagances' they
became world power.
ut doesn't matter that the $4,000
roadster Is non-essential to the son
of rich man, or that the luxurious
limousine could be dispensed with by
the rich man himself-that doesn't
matter.
"The point Is, those luxuries, those
eXtravagances, those nOn-essentials are
virtually essential to the millions Of
men and the families Of the men whose
jobs depend on the making Of our
twentleth-century vehicle.
"The sewing machine, the phonO-
graph, the electric light, the piano, the
furniture; yes, the very schools where
In the workmen's children are edu-
Ing on the part of the rich man for
those luXuries.
Heres to the wealthy man and to
the rich woman who Is extravagant-
for these play the game. They pass
the prosperity around. Rank sophls-
try those phrases, an old suit Is a
badge Of honor and a dollar paid for
a boy to play with Is traitor dollar
If taken seriously they would result
In terrible suffering In short time.
"Food conservation, not by short ra-
tiOnlng, but by changing our diet so as
to use those meats and grains that
cannot be shipped so as to supply our
allies with those that contain the most
nourlshment In the most compact form
that is commendable. Every intel
ligent, patriotic American lndorses 1t
and will gladly do his part.
"The other is contrary to all laws
Of economics. And they are laws, not
merely rules"
Meade County news., 1918-04-11

Marthyin' nor no sympathy. Well, old
man, you're here to colleck, 1 spose.
Take what's In sight; faint none of It
yourn, far's l know, but anything you
claim you kin have, fer all me. I've
lived honest all my days an worked
fer what l got. I've harbored thieves
In my old age and trusted them that
want fit to be trusted. I've allus paid
my debts, Seabeck. I'm willln' to pay
now fer bein' a fool"
"W-where's Charlie?" Billy Louise
leaned and whispered the question.
Il dino, and I don't care. He's
pulled out-him an that breed. I'll
have t. pay yuh for seven growed
cattle 1 never seed till ylst'day, Sea-
beck. You can set yer own price on
'em. l amt sure, but I've got an idee
they was shot las night an dumped
In the river You en- set yer price.
I've got rheumatic so bad I couldn't
go m put a stop to nothin'-but-"
"Oh, Marthy" Billy Louise was
shivering and crying now. "Marthy
Don't be $3.50 hard. 1t was all Char
lie"
"Yes," said Marthy harshly, ut was
all Charlie. He was a thief, an was
sech slmple-minded old fool l never
knowed what he was. l let him go
ahead, an set in the house with
white apurn tied on me an thought l
was havin' an easy time. 1 set here
and let him rob my neighbors that l
amt never harmed er' cheated out of
Il cent, and sOon's he thought he was
found out, he-left ole Marthy to look
after herself. Never so much as fed
the hogs or done the milkln' first
Looky here, Seabeck You'll git paid
back, an I'll take your figgers fer what
l owe, but II you git after Charlie,
Pll-kill yuh. You let i'm go. I'm the
one he hurt most-and l amt goin'-"
She laid her frowsy old head on her
arms, like one who is utterly crushed
and dumb.
"Oh, MarthyW Billy Louise knelt
and threw her arms around Marthy's
shoulders.
Marthy's chin began to culver. Her
lips sagged with the pull of her aching
heart. For the third time in her life
Billy Louise saw big, slow tears gather
in Marthy's hard blue eyes and slide
down the leathery seams In her cheeks.
Billy Louise looked, found her vision
blurrlng with her own tears, and
turned from the room.
Seabeck was gone somewhere on his
horse. Billy Louise guessed shrewdly
that he was down in the meadows,
looking over the cattle and trying to
estimate the extent Of the thlevery.
She put Blue in the stable and fed
him, with that half-mechanlcal habit
Of attending to the needs of ones
mount which becomes second nature to
the range-bred. She would not go on
Meade County news., 1918-04-11
ouIIs as Submarine petectors.

DR.. A. D. Pentz, Jr., of New Bright
on, L. l., has developed a plan for
using gulls to disclose the presence Of
submarines. He suggests that hoppers
81 inches long be made Of sheet steel
and bolted to the tops Of submarines,
to be filled with chopped fish, which
may be released from time to time by
means Of crank apparatus inside the
vessel. In this way gulls will be taught
to associate submarines with food and
will gather clamOrously over any sub
marine that may appear in the waters,
The scheme has the Endorsement of the
National Association Of Audubon Soci-
eties and is receiving serious attention
from the United States naval author
tiles.
Meade County news., 1918-04-11
CHAPTER XVII.
MarthY.


II lilly LOUISE led the way down
II the gorge, through the meadow,
and along the orchard to the little
gate. The Cove seemed empty and
rather forlorn, with the wind creep
ing up the river and rattling the dry
branches Of the naked fruit trees.
She stopped for a minute on the
doorstep, hesitating before she opened
the door. Behind her, Seabeck drew
close as If he would shield her from
something; perhaps he, too, felt the
deadly quiet and emptiness Of the
place.
Billy Louise opened the door and
stepped into the kitchen. She stopped
and stood still, so that her slim figure
would have hidden the interior from
the eyes of Seabeck had he not been
so tall. AS 1t was, she barred his
way so that he must stand on the step
outside.
BY the kitchen table, with her ell
bows on the solled oilcloth, sat Mar
thy. Her uncombed hair hung in
wisps about her head; her hard old
face was lined and gray, her hard eyes
dull with broodlng. Billy Louise, star
ing at her from the doorway, knew that
Marthy had been sitting like that for
long, long time.
She went over to her diffidently.
Hesltatlngly she laid her gauntleted
hand on Marthy's stopped shoulder.
She did not say anything. Marthy did
not move under her touch, except to
turn her dull glance upon Seabeck,
"C'm in," she said stolidly. "What'd
yuh come fer?"
Miss Macdonald will perhaps ex-
plain"
"She amt got nothln' to explain"
said hard old Marthy with grim final
ity. "Tll do what explaiDin's to be
done. C'm in. Don't stand Ghere like
a stump. And shut the door. It's
cold as a barn here, anyway"
"Oh, Marthyl" cried Billy Louise,
with the sound Of tears In her voice.
"Don't oh Marthy me-" said the
harsh voice fatty. II don't want no