Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-20
CLARA BARTEL GOES.
BACK TO HER HOME.
DoyIestown Girl, 10, Acquitted
Of Killing Father, Leaves
With Mother
SHOPPING TRIP POSTPONED

God s IN his Heaven; all S right with
the world
That was the atmosphere that today
surrounded the cozy home of Mr.. aud
Mrs. George Whertley, 3240 West
Huntington street. That Is where Clara
Bartel, the sixteen year old girl who
was acquitted in Doylestown yesterday
OF the charge Of numbering her father
last August, was received last night
with open arms by her aged grand
mother and other relatives and spent
some happy hours today. Mrs. Whert-
ley is Aunt Elizabeth" Clara's IA
vorite aunt, and n sister of Mrs. Rose
Bartel
Clara's stay in Philadelphia was
brief. Mrs. Bartel is anxious about the
younger children, Florence and Bertha.
who have been staying with a neighbor
in Oxford Valley since the trial began
She decided therefore TO go home with
Clara this afternoon. The mother and
daughter left on the . 10 train this aft
ernoon.
81 don t know what we shall do yet"
said Mrs. Bartel at the Whertley home
earlier in the day. II think for the
present Clara and Bertha had better 60
back to school in Oxford Valley"
You must at least all come up and
spend CHRISTMAS with US" said Mrs.
Whertley."
May Be Back for Christmas
The Bartel family probably will re-
turn to Philadelphia for the Christ
mas holidays, Mrs. Bartel said Clara
is looking forward joyously to Christ
mas, and today was planning to do some
Christmas shopping.
please don't take the 3 o'clock
train, mother" she begged. II just
have to do some shopping.
Mrs, Bartel is looking TO the future.
of money has been going out and none
has been coming in. ] think we had
better try to get along quietly at home
this winter, and then in the spring ]
can sell the place. l must find way to
earn a living. ] can do plain sewing
Yes broke in Clara, 'and | can
darn socks beautifully. And l made my
own dresses this year."
Clara was up early this morning and
out in the snow on errands for her
aunt. She came in with bright eyes and
vivid cheeks, stamping the snow from
her shoes.
She played and sang for her aunt and
Mrs. Bartel cried over the music Then
the family amused itself with the tricks
of Rosie O'Grady,' a pet bull terrier.
"What kind of neighbors live across
the street," Clara asked Rosie"
The Whertley home is opposite d Gem
etery. Rosie O'Grady''. promptly lay
down and ''played dead. "
'I'm So Happy Says Clara
"We are going to have a wonderful
Christmas. said Clara. She rested
better last night than she has for
long time. but she was still a little
tired from the strain and worry of the
last weeks. 'Oh, there are so many
things to look forward to and plan, "
she said. "And I'm so happy
Clara and her mother were like two
girls together. There was a world of
tenderness and sweetness in every look
and touch that passed between the two.
Sometimes tears would come TO their
eyes, but mostly they smiled at one an
other, and often they laughed over
trivial things as girl chums do.
Laugh at Sight of Cow in City
1--WE hope to move to the city next
spring aud Clara is to go TO high school
and to study music" said the mother
as she smoothed back the hair from her
child's forehead ooh, | want her to
be happy and the wish as she said it
was almost a prayer "You know I
love gay times and fun, too" she went
on a trifle wistfully. II have always
played with the children. In winter we
used to hitch two big sleds together
and all of us coast down the big hill
near home. Last winter Clara learned
| to skate a little and maybe she can
have more good times out of doors this
winter"
''Oh, look, look Isn't that funnyE'
| II was Clara who interrupted as she
pointed out the front window. A dreary
horse was pulling a queer looking vehi
Gle. and a COW, tied to the rear of the
wagon, mooed as she ambled along.
"Moo Co., mimicked Clara like a
small child cts too funny to see al
that in town"
1t was as though she had been shut
away from the world for time and was
just seeing things again, for Clara
noticed every detail of her surround
ings. She pointed out a gay wood
pecker in the yard. She was inter
ested in the little changes Of furniture
or hangings in her aunt's home.
There was a ghost in that corner
the last time ] was here she said
then added. smiling, 1T was Hallow-
cen, you know