Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
An .Atlantic Port, March 16.

THE attractive young trained nurse said:
l. Mr. Demon Rum will be glad to speak
to you IL you don't mind stepping up TO his
bedroom; he is not very well at present
You understand, of course, that undue en-
citement of any kind" Whereupon I as
sured her that ever since my return from
Petrograd have made. it a practice to walk
a block out of my way to avoid excitement
with the result that my reputation as prob
ably the most scdative speciat correspondent
in the profession is established. Alas, how
little we can forecast the immediate future I!
found the patient in his armchair, wrap
ped in a blanket, his feet in a tub of hot
water, and sneezlng pitifully. 1t is tribute
to ancient breeding that even in that uncon-
ventional position something Of the old sa-
tanic grace showed in the gesture with which
he motioned me to a chair I expressed the
hope that the mustard bath was doing him
good.
mot the least in the world" he said II
do it for the moral effect and because the
nurse insists"
'In my own case a stiff dose of whisky"
I began thoughtlessly, but stopped short at
the look Of pain which flashed across his fea-
lures ITO what, SIR" / said. scramblng
back into my professional apomb. do you
attrlDute the Dresent-er--unIOrtuna STU
alton on your western front also the Middle
West the North. the South and the East,
with only a ray of light in Albany?'
ITS the women voters, Mr.. Sinbad." he
exploded and then, pathetically, though for
the life of me\I cannot say why the female
OF your species should be SO dead set against
me. It's not all the women, either. The cock
tail habit, you are aware. has become quite
bisexual. And look at the tearooms But
the majority of the women--yes'
"Do you imagine-they are getting even for
that trick you played them Somewhere in
Mesopotamia?" ! suggested.
"Mesopotamia? ?" he said blankly.
The Garden of Eden, you know. and the
apple"
"Oh, that - he said. "Ths cold makes me
dull and besides my interests are so extensive
and widespread that for moment Mesopo-
tama puzzled me. But don't you think that
is rather n long time 10 be nursing a
grudge?'
well, don't know" replied You re-
member what was said at that time: I will
put enmity between thee and the woman,
and between thy seed and her seed II shall
bruise thy head and thou shalt bruse his
heel There was no time limit stipulated.
In fact. It seemed like fight TO a finish"
<f AND all on account OF minor practical
Ajolke," he complained. Indeed Mr..
sinbal, there are two aspects to that incl
dent. At bottom l thought was doing the
woman a favor. Life in that Garden was
well, rather monotonous at times. And YOU
know what men are when they have time
hanging heavy on their hands. They grum-
BILE. Adam, to put It plainly, Kicked. He
complained about the climate. which he said
was enervating. He complained about the
habit the Numidian lion developed of coming
up when Adam was asleep and licking his
face affectionately. Particularly he COM
planned about the food. Ho would come home
and say, What? Pomegranate soup again !?
He said he was sick OF raw figs. He said
that II he had ever had mother she would
never have kept him on an unrelieved diet
OF breadfruit pudding. Poor Eve was dis
tracted. With the very best of Intentions
suggested that she give him something
new for supper rfsuggestsd the tree OF
knowledge. Where WIS the harm? You
know when people first began eating straw
berries II disagreed with them" He coughed
"This doesn't alter the fact that you are
II you will pardon me. In q bad way"
said Then In my most diplomatic manner:
ssWhat will happen when the end comes?'
disaster. that's ALL" he snapped. "The
world Il rapidly going TO the--pardon me-
70 the cherubim. Look at Russia. They
aboiished vodka, and where are they nowT'
True" i said III the RuesIaps hadn'l
qlyen y yodha. mn misht s(iIi hsvs %
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