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ground palace was quite a museum
of rare and curious and costly objects.
After her first hasty examination
Of the rooms Ozma began to wonder
which Of all the numerous orna-
ments they contained were the
transformation Of the royal family
of Ev. There was nothing to guide
her. for everything seemed without
spark of life. So she must guess
blndly; and for the first time the
girl came to realize how dangerous
was her task. and how likely she
was to lose her own freedom In
striving to free others from the
bondage of the Nome King. No won
der the cunning monarch laughed
good -naturedly with his visitors,
when he knew how easily they
might be entrapped.
But Ozma, having undertaken the
venture. would not abandon it. She
looked at siler candelabrum that
had ten branches. and thought This
may be the Queen of Ev and her
ten children" So she touched 1t and
utICIcu luc "OTu Gt, HIS Inc
Nome King had instructed her to do
when she guessed. But the can
delabrum remained as it was before.
Then she wandered into another
room and touched china lamb,
thinking it might be one of the chill
dren she sought. But again she was
unsuccessful. Three guesses; four
guesses; five. six. seven. eight. nine
and ten she made, and still not one
of them was right.
The girl shivered a little and grew
pale even under the rosy light; for
now but one guess remained. and
her own fate depended upon the re-
suit.
She resolved not to be hasty. and
strolled through all the rooms once
more, gazing earnestly upon the va
rious ornaments and trying to de-
eide which she would touch. Finally.
in despair. she decided to leave 1t en-
tirely to chance. She faced the doorway
of room. shut her eyes tightly. and
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Done Brown.

John MCCORMACK the tenor, Wa
) talking at q roof garden luncie6A
in New York about the broken e4S
gagement Of a theatrical star and'sd
poular young society man. fM
Poor Blank" said Mr.. Mccormack.
HE seemed hard up and terribly blue
over the affair when I saw him at At
lantic City last week.
are plenty more Ash in the sea-
Yes, I know Blank replied gloom
lily. but this last one took all my
bait"
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Unpopular.

TIP in Vermont, according to Repre-
sentative Sanford Of New York.
there lived and died an old man who
was notoriously unpopular. Through
some system all his own he had ac-
Quired in the course Of long life,
the enmity Of practically every one in
his neighborhood except one other,
old codger. Bill Twiddlin.
Even the old chaps relatives did
not care SO much about him, but after
he had died they did their best to do
the right thing. keeping the body
around the house for a couple Of
days. and taking on in the presence
Of neighbors and such. They also al
lowed that II any one wanted to take
last look at the old boy they were
welcome to come and do SO.
Nobody came, however. until a few
hours before the time set for the fu-
neral. Then old Bill showed up for
a look at the remains Of his departed
friend. The relatives led Bill into
the parlor room, where the corpse
was laid out, and where the air was
thick with the odor Of hollyhocks and
such local flowers as were around the.
old mans coffin. Bill gazed at his
friend long IL not too tenderly. and
then. turning away. said, in final
Judgment:
HE was great man to keep his
barn doors shut"
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OF BLOOMS.
BUT NOT A CHERRY

big clouds of rosy radiance in the
spring. but bear no peaches. They
grow Towering plums that bloom. but
never fruit. The Towering almond
that used to grow in old-fashioned
gardens Is another Japanese product
All of these are grown for their floral
beauty and decorative quality alone.
For many years Japanese flower
ing apple tree grew at the north side
OF Thomas Circle. de1ighting the eyes
OF, passers each spring with it's
wealth of bloom. No apples ever fol-
lowed the blooms. however, and even
If the tree had fruited its product
would have been somewhat along
the line of Dead sea fruit, that
tempts the eye. but turns to ashes
on the lip" Only in this case 1t prob
ably would have resembled lump of
alum more than ashes. as the tree be-
longed to the crabapple family, as
do several other varieties of Japan
csc Towering apples.
In yard in Tenleytown one of the
Towering peach trees Is source Of
pleasure each spring to it's owner.
the nelghbors and the hundreds of
street car passengers and motorists
passing in Wisconsin avenue. 1t has
lever borne peach. however.
And there Is the Japanese Towering
ounce. better known as Japonica,
that produces sprays of coral red
blooms each spring and follows the
flowers with a few erotic fruits. The
fruit Of the Japonica. however, comes
nearer possessing some value as a
fruit than does that Of any of the
other Towering trees and shrubs.
The Japs have not been alone in
producing fruit trees or plants that
devote practically all their efforts to
blossoming. An American bush, in
digenous to the western states, is the
Towering currant. which bears huge
sprays Of ornamental blossoms, but
yields no fruit.
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then, thrusting aside the heavy
draperies, she advanced blindly
with her right arm outstretched be-
fore her.
Slowly, softly she crept forward
until her hand came in contact with
an object upon small round table.
She did not know what 1t was, but
in a low voice she pronounced the
word "Ev."
The rooms were quite empty OF life
after that. The Nome King had
gained a new ornament. For upon
the edge of the table rested pretty
grasshopper. that seemed to have
been formed from q single emerald.
1t was all that remained of Ozma Of
Or.
In the throneroom Just beyond
the palace the Nome King suddenly
looked up and smiled.
Next" he said. in his pleasant
voice.
Dorothy. the scarecrow. and the
Tin Woodman, who had been sitting
in anxious silence, each gave start
of dismay and stared into one an
others eyes.
"IIas she failed?" asked Tiktok.
80 it seems" answered the little
monarch, cheerfully. But that is
no reason one Of you should not sue
coed. The next may have twelve
guesses, instead Of eleven, for there
are now twelve persons transformed
into ornaments. Well, we'll! Which
of YOU goes neXtH
'Ill CO." said Dorothy.
mot So" replied the Tin Wood
man. LAS commander of Ozma's
army. it is my privilege to follow
her and attempt her rescue"
Away you go, them" said tns
Scarecrow. "but be careful. old
friend"
II will" promised the Tin Wood
man: and then he followed the
Nome King to the entrance to the
palace and the rock closed behind
him. h
Copyright. 1919. BY L. Frank Baum for Geo
Matthew Adams Seryice.)
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n n lLI4IONS Of blooms, but not
M enough cherries to keep a
1 Y i healthy robin busy. That is
the record in brief Of the Jap
anese cherry trees that in early
spring hold their own gorgeous flow
err show in Potomac Park.
Scores of Washingtonians who Wis
tied the park last spring to see the
blossoming trees from Nippon have
been wondering what became of the
cherries. Most persons cannot see
why such wealth of bloom should
not be followed by a bountiful crop
of fruit.
The Japanese cherry tree, however,
doesn't work along unitarian lines.
Cherry pie means 2. nothing in the
young life of Japanese cherry tree.
It's mission is to bloom-to turn itself
into huge bouquet each spring-to
appeal to the esthetic side of human
nature. To be sure, the trees do bear
few fruits; but when one has once
tasted the fruit of a Japanese flower
ing cherry tree he is likely to say
"the fewer the better" One might
make pie out of the cherries, but
one would have to be famished for pie
before he could relish slice Of it.
Authorities say that in Japan the
trees fruit more abundantly than they
do when transplanted to foreign SOIL
but even at that the cherries are hard.
sour to the point of bitter puckeriness
i'm short, not at all the kind Of cher
ries one would select for culinary
purposes.
The Japanese horticulturists are
adopts at making trees and plants
do things that nature never intend
ed them to do. Besides the Towering
cherry trees of which springtime
visitors to the land Of the Mikado
rave, the Japanese have developed
Towering peach trees, that burst into
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n n ILLIONS of blooms. but not
M enough cherries to keep a
L ' i healthy robin busy. That is
The sun., 1919-04-13

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der that Is guaranteed not to injure
the most delicate baby skin. 1t will
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and irIitations, And, 1t really stays
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1t does not contain white lead or
starchy rice powder (Poudre de Riz)
to make 1t stick. White lead poisons
the skin and rice powder turns into
a gluey paste that encourages en-
larged pores. blackheads and rice
powder pimples. The specialist who
makes this improved powder uses a
medicinal ingredient that doctors use
to heal the skin. In fact. this new
powder helps to prevent and reduce
sstriassnt, dlsco S pape' nabbIn sse
The sun., 1919-04-13
Ll:a:1nayF De-
'8SgStaays on Better SSSA
z@Than Any Other

crows feet and wrinkles. Because II
is pure and because 1t stays on 50
well this La-may powder (French,
Poudre L'Ame) is now used by over a
million American women. The large
size Is only fifty cents and the trial
size Is twenty-five cents. Remember.
La-may Ia guaranteed absolutely pure.
Five thousand dollars reward Is Of
fered any chemist who finds II con-
tains any white lead or rice powder.
sense will tell you that when you are
offered a substitute II Is sure to be
a demonstrator trying to sell an In
ferlor powder that pays big commits
sion. When you use this absolutely
pure La-may and see how splendidly
it beauties your complexion you will
understand why it 10 quickly became
the most popular beauty powder sold
in New York. Save this notice. La
may Rouge Is also pure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-18

II bet m going home to breakfast.
intorposcd Halliday. the lawyer.
"Thoros a straight days work before
US. gcntlomon." he added. and we
can't do anything here. Orangemen,
lots hoof it. "
Twenty Orangcmcn stepped out from
tho crowd. Halliday was a past master
of their lodge, and they all meant what
he meant They marched away in pro-
co>Sion-to breakfast and TO meeting
of the lodge Others struggled after.
but n fow waited for tho appearance of
the doctor. When the sun came up and
Rockwell. pale and downcast. issued
forth. they gathered round him. and
walked with him through tho town.
questioning. listening and threatening.
\ f"w still remained behind at
InGolhy's house. They were of the de
voted slaves of IngOlbv who would fol-
low him to tho gates of IIados and back
again, or not back if need be-
The niggor barber. Berry. was one {;
another was the jack of-al trades.
Ostorhaut. a kind of municipal odd
man. with tho we'll known rcd hair. tho
face that constantly needed shaving. the
blue serge shirt with a scarf for n col
lar. tho suit of canvas in the summer
and Of Irish friczc in tho winter: tho
pair of hands which were always in his
own pockets. never in any one else ; ;
the gray eye. doglike in its miIdnoss.
and tho long nose which gave him tho
name of SHORTY. OF the same devoted
class also was JOwett. who, on a higher
plane. was as wise and discerning a
scout as any leader ever had.
While old Berry and Ostprhaut and
all tho others were waiting at IngoIhy 5
house, IOwett was scouting among the
ManitOu rOughS for the chief constable
of Lebanon. to find out what was for
ward What he had found was not re-
assuring. because Manitou, conscious of
being in the wrong. realized that Lpba
non would try to make her understand
her wrong doing; and that was intoler-
able. 1t was clear to JOwett that, in
spite of all. there would be trouble at
tho Orange funeral. and that the threat =
cned strike would take place at the
same time in spite of Ingolbys catas-
trophe Already in the early morning
rcvcngefu spirits from Lebanon had in
vadcd the outer portions Of ManitOu and
had taken satisfaction out of an equal
number of "Dogans. as they called the
Roman Catholic laborors one Of whom
was carried to the hospital with an
elbow out of joint and a badly injured
back
With as much information as he
needed, Jowctt made his way back to
Lebanon, when. at the approach to the
bridge. he met Floda hurrying with bent
head and pale, distressed face in his
own direction. OF all western men none
had a better appreciation of the sex that
takes its toll of every traveller after his
kind than Aaron Jowott, He had been
a real buck in his day among those OF
his own class. and though the storm OF
his romances had become but a faint
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what had become of Princess Rainbow.
She had fallen off the arch just as
Peggy did.
"What did you do with Princess
Rainbow. kind Mr.. Thunderbolt?' she
asked politely. making her voice sound
Just as nice as she could. She didn't
like this grouchy black man. but when
she looked at the earth. far. far below.
and thought what an awful fall she d
have if he made her get off his cloud,
she thought it would pay to be unusu-
ally agreeable.
II took her to the palace of the
Storm King, and that's where you are
going now" he grumblcd. eve got
to hurry because the Storm King has
summoned his army to fight King Sun.
And what do you think they're going
to fight over? This Princess Rainbow :,
\ lot of foolish bother, I'd call it.
The cloud sped forward faster than
ever, soon coming to a gloomy castle of
dark clouds. Thunderbolt led Peggy
into n courtyard. and there she found
Princess Rainbow prisoner. Before
she could speak to the princess there
was a rumbling roar and the Storm
King himself rushed out of the castle
doors at the head of his army He
was of monster size and most terrifying
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-18
ORIGIN OF DOOR-KNOCKERs
Slow Development From Articles Of
Utility to Objects of Art

The origin of door knockers is almost
lost IN obscurity, and their develop
ment from mere articles of utility to
objects of art has been a long, slow
process OF evolution, covering centuries
and antcdating western civilization by
many hundreds of years.
The first general use of knockers Tho,
Is positively known was among the an
clent Greeks, who probably adopted
them from the Egyptians. We are told
that the Greeks considered it a breach
OF good manners to enter house with
out warning the inmates, and that tho
SpartanS gave this notice by shouting
their arrival. while the Athenians an
nounced themselves by using the knock
er. Its introduction doubtless came at
the time when doors superseded hang.
ings, for the purpose of insuring greater
safety or privacy.
In the Greek houses of the better class
a porter was in constant attendance nj
the door to admit visitors. Slaves vera
usually employed in this capacity. and
were chained to the door posts to pre-
vent their wandering and shirking the
monotony of the task. They often went
to sleep while on duty, and in order
to awaken them a short bar of iron
was fastened to the door by chain
to be used as rapper by those de-
string entrance to the house.
1t is saidSthat this strictly utilitarian
rapper, as it was first called, was often
wrenched from the door to be used as
weapon of offense by visitors who
were not friendly disposed toward the
householder. \ later development was
a direct consequence of this misuse. the
next type being in the form of a heavy
ring fastened by strong clamp or plate
to the door, thus serving the doubls
purpose of knocker and handle.
From Greece the custom was trans,
ferred to the Romans, and with the
western trend of civilization to nearly
every country of Europe. The introduc.
tion of knockers to England. where to,
gether with Italy and Germany they
have attained the greatest artistic de-
velopment. was no doubt due to thu
Roman conquest of western Europe and
Britain.
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swer Immediately, and again it was
correct
The next question was in muitiplaca-
ton. Tho experts asked him to multi
ply $4,000 by 900 800. Without any
apparent effort the answer came in
stantly, and it was correct.
The accountants then shot one at
Strong. confidently expecting him to
fail. admitting that the problem was a
difficult one to figure, even with paper
and pencil.
Strong, the accountant said, tell
us how much 1,243 .677 800 % times
9o9.9SS, ,I6GIs is" Strong didn't even
hesitate and gave them the answer al.
most instantly. Again it was correct.
1t took less than ten minutes f0
Strong to solve the hundred problem
and every answer given by him was
found to be correct. He used neither
pencil nor paper, the calculating all be-
ing done mentally.
How about higher mathematics? ?"
Strong was asked. Nothing doing in
my line above the cube root" Strong
replied.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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\ pr"tane and angry muttrrlng ran
through the cro"d' VINO were tHlrStN'
hungry ana weary with "a''hlhE'
bStorhaut hold UP tho horseshoe
which had brought lngolhy down.
Hero il l>-tho thing that done it. Its
tod with Il blue rihhon--for luck.' he
added ironically. Its got his blood
on it. I'M keeping it till Manitou' s
paid tho piro for it, Then I'll give it
to Lebanon for kcops.'
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-18
THE PROBLEM OF THE NEW
RESTAURANT
u-t.. rrt...4.aa tyaI.~ n,,t

blood examined THE Golden Hour
- restaurant theatre ticket with care
and then asked:
Your idea is to book the seats over
the telephone. collect the money and
issue the ticket which we honor:'
YES"
when do we get paid and what as
suranCc can you give u.s.
1--WE will pay you daily or weekly.
as YOU see fit. And for your assur-
ancp we can refer YOU to our bank and
also to concerns from whom we buy
goods
That's fair enough. What do the
other theatre managers say:'
Il came to you first, Mr.. Blood, but
as if is in the theatres interests as well
as ours. I anticipate co operation every
where"
He stood up and said:
ITS a good plan. Mr.. Flint, and
we'll work for you. AS soon as you arc
ready to begin let us know
The few other theatres were just as
quick to see the value of the plan to
them. and before the day was out
had the whole thing fixed.
The next morning I began to visit
the movie houses, and | arranged with
them that they send to the Colder
Hour restaurant announcements as tc
when the principal films come on.
For the booking of the New York
theatres I fixed up quite a different
plan. Obviously wc couldn't afford tc
telephone to the New York theatres
as the toll would be too high for us
to pay, as we planned to make NJ
charge for the service.
So I arranged with a theatre ticket
agent in Newark to take all our book
ings for New York shows. and he sup.
piled us with the blank tickets that
he used We then advertised as fol-
lows:
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BRUNO DUKE, .SOlver of Business Problems
By HAROLD WHITEHEAD ho "7he Business
(Copyrlght.) }

botical order. To the right of the
names was grooved slot in which we
put card with the name of the thea
tres attraction on it.
This board was headed "What to
see in Newark" A smaller board to
the right of this one was headed. New
Iork's leading attractions. and below
that. in grooved slots. we put cards
containing the name of the theatre and
what it was offering OF course. we
only listed the principal attractions in
New York. while in Newark we of
fcrcd complete list of all reputable
houses.
The idea caught on. so much so that
one of the newspapers gave a write up
about this unique service.
Many people dropped in during the
day for tickets. and. of course. we sup
piled them. While this sort of business
was Improbable in n way. we decided
1t was good publicity and doubtless
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stirring of leaves which had tinges of
days that arc scar. he still had an eye
unmatched for female beauty. The sun.
which makes that northern land a para
disc in summer, caught the gold brown
hair of Gabriel Drusc's daughter. and
made it CLINT and shine. 1t CoQuetted
with tho lumber of her eyes and they
grew luminous as a jewel: it struck
lightly across the pale russet of her
check and made it like an apple that
ones lips touch lovingly, when one calls
il too good to eat 1t made an atmos
phere of half silver and half gold with
a touch of sunrise crimson for her to
walk in, translating her form into melt
ing lines of grace.
Iowett knew that Druse's daughter
was on her way TO tho man who had
looked once. looked twice. looked thrice
into her ayes and had seen there his own
image; and that she had done the same {:
and that the man, it might be, would
never look into their dark depths again.
He might speak once. he might speak
twice. he might speak thrice, but would
it ever be tho same as the look that
needed no words?
When he crossed Flcda Drusc's path :
way she stopped short. She knew that
,Towett was Ingolhy's true friend. She
had seen him often, and he was init =
mately associated with that day wher
she had run the Carlton Rapids and
had lain for how long She never dared
to think in Ingolby's arms in the sight
of all the world. First among those
who crowded round her at Carillon that
day were Jowctt and Ostcrhaut, who
had tried to warn her.
You arc going to him." she said now
with confidence in her eyes, and b. the
intimacy Of the phrase as though she
could speak of Ingoby only as him
their own understanding was complete
ITO see how he is and then to dr
other things JOwett answered.
There was silence for a moment ir
which they moved slowly forward, anC
then she said: You were at Barba
IONS last night
when that gypsy son of a dog gave
him away" he asscntod. II neve,
heard anything like the speech In.
COLBY made. He had them in the throat
The gypsy would have had nothing ou
of it, if it hadn't been for the horse
shoe. But in spite of the give away
Ingolby was getting them where they
were soft-fairIy drugging them witt
good news. You never heard sucl
dope. My, but he was smooth, Til,
golden. velvet truth it was, too. That,
they were sort of stupofcd and locoot
as they chewod his word plant. Cicer,
must have been saucy singer of th
dictionary. and Paul the Apostle ha,
a dope of his own you couldn't buy
but the gay gamut that Ingolby rul
gives them all the cold good by"
CONTINUED TOMORROW