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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-02

stunning surprise. For when they be :
gan to wade ashore the charming mer-
maid reached down and slipped off her
tail just as she would a bothersome
skirt and there she was with a pair
of human legs as useful as their own.
Putting the fish tail beneath her arm
she aided in carrying the prince up
the beach.
Then the mermaid showed how SEN
sible and level headed she was, for she
began working over the prince to bring
him back to life, using all the methods
Billy had learned in his boy scout les
sons.
She and Billy turned the prince over
so that the water he had swallowed
ran out of his mouth, then they lifted
him up and dropped him down to start
him breathing again. And while they
were doing this Peggy slapped his hands
to get his blood flowing.
Finally the mermaid leaned over the
prince and blew her own breath into
his mouth. Then she kissed him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-02

That kiss seemed to have magical re-
suits. The eyes Of the prince popped
open, he gasped once or twice and in q
moment he seemed to be breathing all
right.
MY mermaid love ~ he murmured
kiss me again ~
When he said that the mermaid
blushed rosy red and jumped to her
feet. She seized her fish tail from
the ground where she had laid it and
turned as if to flee.
Farewell, farewell, prince of my
~ she cried back. "When was
mermaid ! could sing to you from afar
and tell you of my love. Now that I
am human. it must not be. Farewell!
Farewell -
Saying this, the mermaid fed up the
beach. A cloud chanced to darken the
moon, and when again the light shone
the mermaid was no longer to be seen.
Far, far away came her song, growing
fainter and fainter
Prince of dollars, prince of my heart,
Cruel the fate that keeps us apart
The prince staggered to his feet and
held out his arms.
No fate shall keep Us apart Now
that you are human, shall find you
II ] have to search this whole wide
world"
Just then bugle call rang out from
the military camp.
Heel -haw! my vacation is over,'
brayed Balky Sam. The next instant
Peggy found herself on his back gall
Looping along the beach, and then in a
trice she was back home in bed, won
dering IL the Prince of Dollars would
ever find the charming mermaid.
(1he Rert story piU tell hop the
Prince of Dollars does find the mcr-
maid, and hoW Peggy and Billy help
solpe q tnNsfery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-02
Hits at Rent Profgteers

10 the Editor Evenino Public Ledoer:
Sir-The great newspapers Of the
city seem to doubt the plans, methods
and actions of rent profiteers.
L fail to see the justice in such ex-
orpltant increase in rents. The taxes
upon property do not warrant it. Be-
cause these men have been compelled
TO pay to the government an income
tax Is no legitimate reason for their
abuses. The government taxation has
been placed upon others as well as
themselves.
we have representatives who are
supposed to support the appeals of the
community for justice, or at least
give them hearing. There is little
done in Harrisburg. if there has been
anything done, to stay the rayages of
these coyotes.
no doubt some workmen are making
excellent wages. but they are compara-
Livery rev. Very few are making that
iii"ch that they. can pay all the exist
ing nigh prices of food, clothing, etc.
ana put little by for the rainy day.
it appears that the protteeripe
gentry are taking ADVANTAGE of the
people, who. to support the government.
nave taken Liberty Bonds. Possessing
this knowledge. they consider that thew
should have these bonds, and no other
way presented itself to them save that
or compelling the people to buy houses
or move. The quality of the house. its
situation, or ones desire, is not taken
into consideration-buy or move, is
the intolerant slogan.
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Bank Wreckers FIayed In Verse

Bank Wreckers Fiayed In Verse
To the Editor Euemtr1 Public Ledger:
Dear Friend-Will thee please pub
lish the inclosed. so that if any Others
think of robbing banks they will pause
and think of its terrible results, and
not do it?
When you think of the people ii
makes suffer and kills, it seems one
of the sneakiest, most heartless crimes
there is, and prompted by utter selfish
ness alone.
MARTHA SHEPARD LIPPINCOTT.
Vilest Criminals
The man who causes banks to fail,
The vilest criminal appears.
He wrecks SO many lives and homes
And his just punishment ne'er fears.
Premeditating, he decides
To steal the money folks for years
Had saved to see them through old age
And he ne'cr stops to heed their
tears.
Or count the lives of those he'll take,
Who are too old to work again,
When he will steal their money saved,
And make them broken hearted men,
And moneyless in their old age.
He causes them, through grief, to
die,
Or sometimes suicide commit.
AS with their money he will fly.
Poor helpless women's money, too,
He takes and will no pity feel,
As all on which they have TO live
lie heartlessly will go and steal.
lie kills his victims on all sides.
1t wholesale murder seems to be,
And yet. perhaps, he will escape,
And with his crime, sometimes, 60
But God will judge his soul Alright.
His willful murder he will sec,
Aud how through selfish heartlessness
The vilest criminal he'll be.
The money stolen will bring down
Just punishment upon his head.
And he will be so much dcspised
He'll fiud life worse than being
dead.
Philadelphia, Aug. /.
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The Mermaid Runs Away

1EuG1 and Billy were surprised
when they found that the mermaid
instead of being evil really was good
una was trying as hard as she could to
save the Prince of Dollars.
We will help you." shouted Billy.
Jumping into the water to aid the mer.
maid in holding the princes head aboye
water.
We must swim to Shore" gasped
the mermaid. at will be hard work
10 bring him back to life and we can't
do 1t on these wave swept rocks"
"Hee haw! I'll protect you from
the giant TURTLE" brayed Balky Sam,
leaping into the lake.
That turtle has too big stomach :
ache to want to bother around here
any more,' declared Peggy. Put the
prince on Balky Sans back and you II
get him to shore faster.''
This was done and soon Balky Sam
was swimming for the beach as fast as
he could with the limp body of the
prince across his shoulders. The mer-
maid was close beside him helping to
hold the princes head above water and
Peggy and Billy followed behind.
Didn't I tell you she was a real
mermaid"' hooted Judge Owl, keeping
close above their heads. II told you
so! Hoo. Hoo Next time you will
believe what say"
Finally they reached shallow water
and there Peggy and Billy had another
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-02
Would Help North Penn oepositors

Would Help North Penn Oepositors
TO the Editor Of Public Ledger:
Sir-Because of the failure of the
North Penu Bank aud in view of the
general sympathy of the public for the
worthy depositors, especially those of
small means who will suffer total loss,
would it not be possible to start cam
paign by public subscriptions, of say
81 per head of responsible residents,
TO reimburse the worst of the many
individual sufferers, or all!
To my mind, in view OF the BLACK
eve" given TO our city by this affair,
the well minded residents could show
the world that the City of Brotherly
Love is more than IA fable. Surplus,
if any, could be credited to the new
bridge, j. b. ii.
Philadelphia, Aug. I.
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Better Spoiled Food Than Spoiled
Tennpers

10 the Editor Evening Public LEDGER:
Sir-If the reports are true-that we
are facing serious ice famine--I sug-
gest that movement be started and
urged that officeholders in the many
thousand Offices and buildings cut out
the use of ice---as the service is SO
early that ice is nearly melted before
the average office opens-therefore, .
terrible and needless waste exists,
IL this were done there would be
plenty Of ice then for foodstuffs by
merchant and householder.
JULIA +. ANDREWHs
Philadelphia, July 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-02
Baseball as a CiviIizer

To the Editor EVenin1 Public Ledger:
Sir-Some time tgo 'Socrates" told
story iu the Chatting Dish about
baseball game in the Philippines. which
was broken up by a swarm of locusts.
In reading this story I could not help
ut think Of an incident told me by DR..
'ictor Heyser. He was with the
United States public health service
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-02
THE LADY OF THE NIGHT WIND

rank in exciting fascinating Night Wind
this the EVENING
instamcn There compelling mingng the
skilled
tion
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-02

OF the work Doctor Woodward has done
In the st. Martins section of the
Twenty second ward.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-02
DREAlfLANDAD ADVENTURES BY DADDY
"THE CHARMING MERMAID"

(The Prince of Dollars, Iured BY
me ooice of a mermaid, rides Balky
sam out to an isle in the lake. There
Mey are attacked by a turtle, aud the
Prince, after hurting his head on the
ROCKS, sinks into the lake. The mer-
maid dives TO the rescue.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-02

(1he merit story toiH tell hoo tho
Prince of Dollars does find the MGR
maid, and hop Peggy and Billy heIp
soipe mysterD.)
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19
HONOR ENOUGH FOR ALL

Players Of the great American in.
door game, which was not played in
the ''Y's" and the "K. C.'s," have an
unwritten rule about post Mortem!"
Probably any crowd of spectators who
had just watched the home team win
. great contest, could get into a
healthy riot over what player helped
most, Il, instead of going home to
dinner, they remained in the grand
stands to hold a. debate on the SUBJ
ject. Especially is this true il the
crowd was asked to help make up the
next years salary list on the basis of
achievement in the game.
There is q lot of debate Just now,
over who won the war"
Of course, DURING the war. many
posters told US that food will win
the war" and Saving viii win tie
war" and the "war will be won in
the air" and .'bonds will buy victory
But now that the war is OVER,
most sane men, sitting quietly by
their hresides, may agree that the
ALLIED ARMIES UNDER THE
SUPREME COMMAND OF MAR
SHAL FOCH-actually did smash
the German forces in the Geld and
break the German spirit at home.
There is honor enough, glory
enough, for ALL.
Here are some round figures, re-
Gently compiled, by which we may
convince ourselves and keep m an
inflated view of what happened and
why, on ALL fronts between the
fateful 18th of July, 1918, when the
tide definitely tVrned, and November
II. when the armistioe was signed:
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19
Girl Librarian At Army Hospital y
Helps Restore Men To Lndependnce

about the things he used to do that
he cannot do now. sAJ
$50 you must search his mind. Y0u
must discover just what it is he likes
best that will be possible to him after
his discharge. This is often q slow
process. The returned soldier Is vefy
reticent and does not impart conf
dences to stranger. ~.
Eve have, for instance, man who
has lost both legs. He was q farmer
before he enlisted. But now, 01
course, this work is not open to him,
While he was in the army, however
he learned something of telegranAE
So now he is studying telegraphysE
vocation that will enable him to e&kA
ia good wage despite his disability
''It took me long time to get him
started in the study. For Wills y
feared he would become insane. h
looked upon his old world as VIZ
tually lost to him, and that meant d
living death to him. Yet he k6Nld
not take his own life, for that would
not be consistent with his sense 4S
what q man should be.
His ease seemed hopeless ct AreE.
But now he is intensely interested "a
his work and is beginning to feel that
after all he can be of some use In the
world. 1t is making a new man, d
far more cheerful man, of him."
Incidents like that occur every daI
in General Hospital No. SO, Mi@
Pomeroy says. And that is what A.
going to change the libraries of Tho
future, she believes, and make then
more truly libraries Of service. e
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19

ing 1918 her armies suffered casual
ties of over one million.
The United States, of course, did
under its own staff, until the St
divisions suffered heavy losses and
took part in Cantigny, Chateau Thier-
ry, scissors, ETC., months before. In
the last month of the war, the United
States held more FRENCH front
than did the British, and was gaining
ground, suffering losses, and making
captures, in measure cousonant with
the front held.
The United States forces struck at
the hard-held CENTER of the Ger
man line. The British flung them
selves against the swinging right
wing of the Germans, broke it into
full retreat, and chased it over the
whole ground from Ypres 20 the east
ern border of Belgium. The French
still held more kilometers in France
than did either of her two great AL
lies, and over this front, her troops
kept step and time with those OF
Britain and America and the German
armies were swept back to the Rhine.
Why squabble over who did it7''
Far better it is, to render the salute
of tried soldiers, one to another, and
when the armies march home, &C
knowledge, one to another: "Com-
rades, you did your splendid part! II
is an honor to have fought with you
in this common causel We go to our
homes, which we deem the best. You
go to yours, Of which you think like
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19

a wise man, who had been brav'
soldier and was then a good citizen
once said:
1T Is easier to die for ones coun
Try than It il to live for it!"
That doesn't mean chat IL il harde,
TO sit placidly &C mi of6ce desk o.
rae q sulky harrow, than it Is Il
crawl in bloody sweat and machina
gun FIRE through the forests of tn,
Argonne.
It does mean this:
Nest men are brave. FesU svsen
are eosDavds. Umder the impulse
Of battle, the thrill Of dagger,
ths Inspiration 60 WIN AT ANY
COST, the understanding that fhs
safety Of homelamd and, the henos
of the AGg. depend upen ehess-
msAn are spavrsd to vendsy their
UTTERM0ST. Tau .BEST .tkae
In in them comes to the eop, ear-
riss them on, to death, IL death
90 necessayy.
fBat sSbsn the high nsomeat has
passed. aiken peoce cossss. mean
csase 10 think 80 mach aheut
their country and their neisAbess
--nsore abeue their osOn deeires
and pIeesasss. H lie easy TO let
1osvn. IL 10 easy to ''lst George
dQ" che unpleasant tasks Of eifi.
@anShip, sUhen there 10 nobody
prtjealariy to urge cthsvp;ss.
A hundred thousand men have died
TOR their country, in battle or ia camp
Nearly four million men were ready
to die, Il required, to save their conn
try, in the war just ended. They died
or were willing to die, to save theil
HOMELAND of America.
Most of that four million are bach
In civilian clothes. Nearly ali viii be
out OF uniform before the snow Hies
this autumn.
But hall the great prise Of victory
viii be thrown away, If these men
lately soldiers ready TO buy victory
with their lives, do not USE theil
lives 70 KEEP VICTORY.
What does that mean?
II means keeping on the Job" Of
being quick-thinlEing, clear-witted
outstanding CITIZENS, just as they
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19

What is the returned soldier think
ing of now?
This is the problem that keeps Miss
Elizabeth Pomeroy, head librarian OF
General Hospital No. 36. Detroit,
working Is hours day.
It is a great humanitarian work
this librarian has to do, and that's
why she was chosen by the govern
ment to take hold Of Detroit's big
reconstruction hospital. With be-
tween two and three thousand books
on the hospital shelves and thousands
more at her disposal in public and
private libraries, Miss Pomeroy has
the task of finding the particular
book that fills the particular need OF
each soldier. And that is some job.
Speaking Of her work and its prob
lem, she said:
The returned soldier, especially the
man who has been wounded. or Grip
pied for life, is thinking constantly
about what he is going to do when he
Is discharged.
AT first when they come back It. ia
|diflcult to induce them to read. They
have been away from the reading side
OF life; their minds have been busy
with other problems. And many of
our soldiers. besides, are men of; fer
|eign birth who can neither read nor
write English, with many having lit
tie education of any sort.
Then. too, you cannot giveza man
whogha lost leg book abeut eat
door sports. It would almost GER
tainly make him morbid, thinking
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19
THIS MANS COUNTRY

| kept on the job of being alert. re
Fsoureeful, courageous SOLDIERS.
1t means such homely taings ~
obeying the laws of the city and
State and Nation, in the little matters
rs in the shig--just Is the soldier
obeyed the regulations while he wat
in the service. 1t means going into
the ward Caucus of the party, fight
ing fer clean maen for candidates. II
means going to the polls on election
day, and voting for the BEST man
no matter what party nominated him
/ 1t means taking jury duty when call
ed for, and not using pull" to dodge
an unpleasant task. It means work
ing to get the old town cleaned up, to
help the cause of good roads and bet
ter schools. It means looking the
boss straight In the eye, with ones
own backbone straight and head erect
Just 40 the soldier stood and looked
when he exchanged aalutes of mali
tary courtesy in the service.
It means treasuring the FREE
BALLOT as the priceless weapon Of
FREEDOM.
It means turning down Bill Jones,
your friend, when he asks you for
your vote because he is good fell
low and he needs the job"-if Rich
ard Smith, who doesn't know you, Is
the better candidate Of the two.
It means reading something else
in the newspapers beside the comics
and the sport page. It means watch
ing TO see what the City Council did
at its last meeting, and finding out
how Congressman Hanks acted on
the good bill in Washington.
It means watching for the CUFF
in the speeches Of candidates and the
editorials in the newspapers.
And it means ell this for ex-Pri-
vate Henry Williams, or ex-Sergeant
George Wilson or ex-Colonel James
Smith. It means all this for the
worker returned to farm, or bank, or
factory, or store.
Eternal vigilance Is the price Of
liberty"
And the former chuck" and the
former officer are on the same roster
for civilian guard duty.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19
WHAT Is 1aapoRTANr7

Bat England, fresh from 3 -
wherein 100000 Of her sens are -
jubilases when Hawker and E0kA
two lone men, are rescued nte@
adventure into the gates ct 49,
And here in6America, men and wog
thrill with qualification that bSa
men lived as well as dared.
@s.s 81
That is important wiaiq
TOUCHES us within the circle q
our vital interest. -
Widen the circle, and the numbek
of incidents that touch US Is naplf9s
piled in the ratio that the circles sSe3
is increased by the added length %
radius.
Two and a half million Aneficaq9
have voyaged far abroad these lass
two years.
The radius of their circle of inEeresk
has been heightened immutably, am
by their influence so has that OF tt
Nation.
What has been done cannot be nm
done. m
Laws may pass, or may not paas
Covenants may be signed or not. kqe
France" England" "Belgiuma
Europe, the whole world OUTSIDE
will reach to our thoughts and ANar
pulses with a force we never knew
in ether years.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19

"A woodman met a ,Erapper in the
mountains of Kentucky, in 1903.
They do say that Brenchie, Bona
pafte, IL out on the warpaEh again
and giving the Redcoats hellr
The trapper looked bored and kept
his eyes on the trail for signs OF
game. The woodmAn continued:
"And listen herel Joel Browns
got new baby in his family, over on
Lone Pine iRidger'
"By gumr said the trapper, with
hgh4ened face. Lets walk over that
twentylnile tomorrow safOre dinner
and take look at the little crittef!"
Eight months ago old Malcolm
Gordon stood before the bulletin
board and read brief official state
ment: *The Third French Army
conducted an advance over q depth of
1000 meters, over a front of fifteen
skilometers, Strengthening out dan
.gefous enemy 4salient" and his eyes
passed quickly on to the news that
the "Sixtieth Highlanders took part
in the assault south of Ypees, where
the British gained zoo yards over a
front of one mile"
Central Asian tribes are dying by
the hundred thousands from influenza"
leaves our imaginations untouched.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19

wise. But we carry with Us, and we
feel you carry with you, pride in the
memory of our common efforts and
our joint victory"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-06-19

Great Britain, during 1918, on all
fronts, brought down more enemy
airplanes than did the combined air
forces Of al the other allies, and dur
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-27
752s257T2S7s7s7si

If you combined the curative proper:
ties of every known ready made
cough remedy, you probably could not
get as much real curative power az
there is in this simple homemade
cough syrup, which is easily prepared
in q few minutes.
Get from any druggist 2Ha ounces Of
Pinex, pour it into q pint bottle and
fill the bottle with syrup, using. either
plain granulated sugar syrup, clarified
molasses, honey, or corn syrup, - De.
sired. The result is full pint OF
really better cough syrup, than you
could buy ready made for three times
the money. Tastes pleasant and never
spoils.
This Pinex and Syrup preparation
gets right at the cause of cough and
gives almost immediate relief. 1t loos.:
ems the .phlegm, stops tho nasty throat
tickle and heals the sore, irritated
membranes 80 gently and easily that
it is really astonishing.
A days use will usually overcome
the ordinary cough and for bronchitis,
Group, hoarseness and bronchial asthma,
there is nothing better.
Pinex ID q most valuable concen.
trated compound of genuine Norway
pine extract, and has been used for
generations to break up severe coughs.
To avoid disappointment, ask your
Z druggist for "2h ounces of Pinex"
with full directions, and don't accept
anything else Guaranteed to give alb
solute satisfaction or money promptly
refunded. The Pinex Co., Fl. Wayne.
Ind.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-27
Uses for Oriental Embroidered.


Many persons have odds and
ends of Japanese and Chinese en-
broideries, for which, dressmaking
apart, it is not always easy to find
an effective use. Such embroideries
are always decorative in the ex-
IRENE. and practically every scrap
may be. turned to account They
look particularly we'll when made
up in different ways, in combination
with soft colored feathers, neither
Of the rough or smooth varieties.
Thus two panels from the two sides
Of mandarin's robe, with its OPEN
ing down the front. may be mounted
on the two leaves which fold over a
fitted writing pad. or the large
square panel from the back of the
robe may be mounted so as to form
the major portion of the cover Of
blotting book.
The narrowest strips of .embroid
cry, backed and framed in, thin col
ored leather. make charming book
markers, and tiny scrap may do
good service as the top of q leather
covered paper weight. Covers for
telephone books, books containing
labels, notebooks and engagement
books of all sorts, may all be made a
pleasure to behold and to handle.
if they are covered in pretty pastel
colored leather, adorned with odds
and ends OF oriental embroideries.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-27
SOCIETY
For Helen Smith.

Mrs. Floyd Smith entertained
at dancing party at the Blackstone
hotel Friday evening In honor OF
Miss Helen Smith, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Smith, who is a
debutante OF the season. Supper
was served in the Oriental room.
Seventy couples attended Floyd
Smith. jr., who is home for the holi-
DAYS from St. Pauls school, was
among the guests.