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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16

within my reach and then I'll feast.
tcast, feast. The Great Brown Dragon
turned his glttering eyes upward to the
slender treetops where Peggy and the
others were being tossed about by the
puffy wind
Billy saw that it was no use trying TO
fool the dragon that way, and so he
secuted around among the other trees
| trying to hit upon some other plan.
Suddenly he let out yell and then an :
other.
Ouch Ouch ~ he screamed. and
when Rollo came rushing up, there was
Billy stuck in thorn tree. The Great
Brown Dragon heard. too, and lifted
his head. but he thought it only another
trick and did not leave his crotch. IL
he had done so he would surely have
caught Billy. As it was Rollo quickly
helped Billy out of the smarting thorns.
AS Billy rubbed the places where he
had been pricked an idea popped into
his head.
Turn me back into a boy with your
Dream Stick" he said to Rollo. 'Im
going to fix up a prickly surprise for
that wise old dragon"
With tap of the Dream Stick Rollo
turned Billy into boy again Billy
at once stripped off his clothes, and
then put them on again-all except his
union suit.
81 m going to make prickly man for
the Great Brown Dragon to squeeze
and try to eat, he whispered to Rolo,
who was watching him with wondering
eyes. This old suit of underwear is
due to go into the rag bag tomorrow,
and maybe it will help us out of this
fix today
While Rollo kept wary y>eyS out for
the Great Brown Dragon, Billy stuffed
the union suit with branches of the
scratched until he was stinging all over,
bot he didn't mind this, for he was
thinking how these same thorns would
sting the serpent if his plan worked out
as he expected.
Soon the union suit looked just like
n boy, all except the head. But Billy
had a plan even for "a head In one
of his pockets was rubber balloon
squawker. He blew this up until it was
as big as a boys head, and then tied
the end with bit of string. While he
was tying it, some of the air got out
and the balloon gave a loud sQuawk.
1t startled every one, even the Great
Brown Dragon, but he didn't do any
more than look around. Billy fastened
the head to the union suit, and his
prickly boy was finished
1--WE will creep along under the
Dragon and hang up this prickly boy, "
whispered Billy to Rollo. ut will look
like an easy meal for the Dragon. He
will crush the dummy with his coils.
and, my, but he will get stung While
he is getting stung our friends in the
treetop can escape"
tTomorroto ,oW be told how BWy's
! funny plan aoOrks.)
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ASK De VALERA HEARING
Bryn Mawr Irish Body Asks Legion
to Reconsider Opposition

Resolutions requesting officials of the
American Legion to investigate charges
on which the recent Reputation of
Eamon DE Valera by the Pennsylvania
state convention of the legion is based
were adopted last night by the Bryn
Mawr Post, Friends of Irish Freedom.
Lieutenant James +. Ryan, veteran
of overseas service, said he believed
the action of the state convention to
have been the result Of misinformation,
and that retraction would be made as
soon as an investigation to establish
the truth of the charges against the
Irish president had been made.
Still another attack on the resolu
tion was made when John O'Dea, ma
tional secretary of the Ancient Order
Of Hibernians, asserted that the action
Of the American Legion at Harrisburg,
in its hostile resolution against the Irish
republic and its president, was a
gratuitous insult.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16

parcntly anchored, not boat was to
be seen.
"What is that boat?" asked Martha.
"a government boat, ! believe. /
heard one was anchored near Prudence
Island" said Ethel.
Then came a deafening silence! The
engine once again slumbered. Mercy,
what place to be caught; if we drift
toward that boat we will be smashed
to bits" said Martha.
"Now. Miss Gloom, we won't drift ;
! I'll throw the anchor over while ]
awaken Sleeping Sammy"
Over went the anchor, and down
went Ethel on bcnded knee imploring
"Sammy" to wake up, while she
worked But all her efforts were un-
availing.
"Ahoy there ~ voice came to them
over the water; I'm trouble?"
A man stood on the deck Of the big
! boat. yes" answered Grace, for she
was growing fearful lest they drift into
the trough of those big waves.
At that the sailor dropped quickly
into rowboat and more quickly did he
draw up beside them.
"Norman Bailey" Ethel fairly
screamed
"By the great hornspoon, it's
Ethel :" For moment as these two
looked at one another the girls thought
they and their predicament were to be
forgotten, but no; without further
words Norman climbed into their boat
aud set to work on the engine. Not
until it was again in working order did
he speak, turning to Ethel.
After riding around and around the
big boat until one of them remarked
that they had cut deep circle in the
bay, the reunited lovers turned to
them, surprise written on their faces
that any one besides themselves were
present Then, Congratulate u.s."
said Ethel, we're going to be mar
ricd.'
1--WE guessed as much" ironically
answered Grace.
II must be back on duty, DEAR"
said Norman, again ignoring two thirds
of the party, but I'll be ashore to-
morrow"
AS if to aid and abet the separation
of the lovers, "Sleepy Sammy" re-
mained very much awake on the home
ward trip, and an hour later the Mil
dred ID. made her mooring without
miss said Martha, "snce Miss Ethel
was to all intcnts and purposes no
longer with us.
The next complete novelette,
"a Lesson in SaIesmanship"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
DEAR ETHEL I:
ENGINE TROUBLE
BY GRACE e. RILEY

DEAR ETHEL:
60 YOU have a shattered heart? !
~ am eager to be the one to repair dam -
ages. Come our house in on the wa
ter's edge and we have motorboat
Sorry you had quarrel with Norman
before he went into the navy that was
hardly patriotic of you, was it?
MARTHA.
Quickly ms taxi and rail could accom-
plish it, Ethel Holden was ensconcet
in Martha's small cottage by the sea
dreaming of the day repeatedly pre-.
dictcd by Martha, when she and Nor
man would adjust their wrongs.
One late afternoon Ethel, Martha apd
Martha's sister, Grace, set out in great
glee for sail. The water was unusu
ally rough-and added JOY to the three
1t was n day of mishaps. When down
the bay a considerable distance they
discovered that they had no matches
dangerous thing since their erratic
engine always made problematical the
hour of their return.
They were giving themselves up to
the Joy of the sail when Girls" from
Ethel, "wherc is our tendery' caused
their spirits again to touch the zero
mark. the while their temperature hit
1OJ dpgrecs--a horrible sensation which
leaves the heart in state of deadly
quiet.
They signalcd passing boat and
after much difficulty succeeded in max e
ing known their prcdicamcnt.
With wave upon wave between, far
behind, bobbing up and down and per-
sistcntly washing away from them, was
the little boat.
Nothing to do but to 60 back for 1t,
girls" Back they went, only to be fur
ther discouraged when, having fastened
it to the Mildred D., they found their
engine had lain down, apparently, Gin
peace to sleep"
"Checr up, Ethel, worse may happen
yet" said Grace.
cor better" said the optimistic
Ethel
Further down the bay once again to
their CONSERVATION they discovered the
rowboat flirting with the waves, and
once more they rctraccd their path.
"I'll fastcn it SO it cant get separated
this time" promised Ethel.
AS though it sympathizcd with their
hardships, this time the engine started
at once, and apparently they were
booked for a good trip from then on.
They enjoyed to the full riding the
angry waves and were clatcd that they,
alone, evidently had bravcd this the
heaviest sea of the summer. Except for
nightly ship just ahead of them. an
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
WILL ENTERTAIN DEAF
speech Reading Club to Present
TraveIooues TODAY


A trip around the world will be taken
in record time by members of the
Speech Reading Club Of Philadelphia
and their friends this afternoon, when
the first meeting of the season will be
held at 1905 Locust street.
Travelogues by members of the club
dressed in the native costumes of the
countries they will describe will be
given in a low voice SO that the deaf
will be better able to read their lips.
The whole program will be demon
stration of lip reading and is open to
all deaf persons.
Miss Gertrude Bergen will give q
talk on the interesting customs and
tales Of Spain. Following her will come
Rebecca Willing Newhall, representing
the Eskimos Mr.. Coates Coleman, Jr.,
in Scotch Highland costume Priscilla
Magoun as Dutch woman, and Mary
Emily Bailey as an American Indian.
There are between 250 and 300 men
and women in the lip reading classes
of the club, which has Miss Cora Elsie
kinzie as its director.
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grinued his wicked grin. Not even when
they threw sticks at him did he stir
from the crotch of the tree where he lay
guarding the only path by which the
others could escape.
"Chee Chee. Great Brown Dragon
dare you to come and fight me. III
beat you until you run away" taunted
Rollo That only made the Great Brown
Dragon grin the broader, for it was
very funny to have this little monkey
dare him to fight. The Great Brown
Dragon knew that with one tiny squeeze
of his coils he could crush Rollo into a
lifeless rag of fur.
Billy will take you by the neck and
I'll take you by the tail and we will
stretch you out until you break in two,"
taunted Rollo.
Hiss s-s-s-s-s! Come here, little
monkey, and try it," grinned the Great
Brown Dragon, holding out his tail in
vitingly toward them.
You are afraid of us. You dare not
come here" clustered Rollo.
I'm wise serpent and l know your
tricks, little monkey. You cannot get
me away from here. I'll wait until the
storm tumbles these nice, fat monkeys
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The PrickIy Boy

TIC FTICkTy boy
pILLY and Rollo drew as close to
:" the Great Brown Dragon as they
dared. They perched in a nearby tree
and made monkey faces at the huge ser
pent. They wanted to make him so
angry that he would chase them, and
give Peggy, Smiling Teacher and the
others chance to escape from the tree
top.
But the Great Brown Dragon just
stuck out his forkcd tongue at them and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
EASE THE PAINFUL.
RHEUMATIC TWINGE.
Sloan's Liniment Will Bring Com.
forting Relief Quickly

EVER breaks faith, Sloan's
~ Liniment doesn't. Just pene-
\ trates aUithout rubbing and
eases the external pain and ache,
rheumatic twinges, lumbago, neural
gia, sciatica, lame, sore, strained
muscles, bruises, sprains.
For 38 years it has gone ahead
winning new friends, holding old
ones, Strengthening its reputation as
the Worlds Liniment. Clean, effec-
tive in relieving the aches and pains
of men and women, this old family
standby can be relied upon to do it's
work promptly and surely. Don't be
without a bottle another day-keep it
handy.
All Drugeists-35c., roc, S1.4O.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
LUDENDORFF IS OBSTINATE
Writing General shuns German
Probe of War Responsibility

Berlin, Oct. 16.-General Ludendorff
is reported to have refused to appear
before the parliamentary commission in
vestigating the responsibility of Ger
man leaders for the war, which will
begin sessions early next week. Carl
Knutsky will address the commission on
the results of his investigation of pre-
war diplomatic documents and suggest
the names of individuals to be sub
pocnaed.
The judicial status of the commission
and the extent of its powers TO enforce
attendance by witnesses is still un-
certain. and it is the opinion in some
quarters that General Ludendorff can
not be compelled to submit to examina-
ton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
RELIEVE AIRPLANE BUILDER
Commander F. G. Colburn, Head Of
Navy Yard Plant, Gets Holiday

Commander Frederick G. Coburn,
naval constructor, has been relieved
from duty as head of the naval air
craft factory at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard and granted leave of absence.
Commander Coburn achieved record
during the war through the extraordi- :
nary speed with which he built and
placed the large aircraft plant in serv-
ice.
Mechanics were trained in schools of
instruction which he established and
production was speeded up in many
ways The factory employed 5000 men
and women when the armistice was
signed. 1t has since been recognized
on peace basis, and experimental work
on aircraft is being done there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
M. E. CAMP FIRESWEPT
Four Persons Burned When Seventy
Cottages Burn at Assembly Ground

Minneapolis, Mimi, Oct. 16.-Firc
starting in a summer home destroyed
seventy cottages at the Methodist as
sembly grounds, Groveland, Lake Min
netonka, early this morning. Four
persons, two of them children, seriously
burned in escaping from their homes,
One hundred persons. many only
partly clad, were brought here and
housed in hotels.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-20
Oil The Torchlight
Of Progress

Are you satisfied with your pres
ent income and holdings? II So.
write your viii and employ an under
taker. for you are a dead one and FL
Paso has no room FOR you outside Of
her cemetery.
II you are not satisfied then talk
with Mr.. E. J. Broad or Mr. C. F.
Akers at their temporary office. 80
Mesa AVE. and let them explain to
you the plan OF the Federal OIL &
Refining Co.. its holdings and the
dividend earnings OF its stock This
Is going company, owning and oper-
ating refineries. building more refin-
cries and pipe lines and owning as
acres OF valuable leases in the proven
oil fields Of Texas, acquiring produc-
ton and developing its holdings.
With its tank cars IL has the four In
dEstries OF the oil business. namely
producing. refining. Transporting and
marketing, which insures the inyes-
Tor magnificent returns on his mon
ey- See US today as we only have a
limited amount OF this stock TO place
at par. 5000 per share.
Responsible agents wanted
See E j. Broad and C. F. Akers at
30 Mesa Ave, Special Representa-
ives Federal Oil & Refining Co. Tel
eph0ne 595.-Adv
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-20
.RICACID
Is Cent Bottle (32 DOses)
FREE
TRY THE WILLIAMS TREATMENT

Just bect use you start the day worried
and tired, stiff legs and arms and mus
cles. an aching head. burning and bearing
down pains in the baclI-wosn out beforL
the day besins-do not think you have
to stay In that condition
Be strong we'll and vigorous, with no
more pains from stiff joints. so-e mus
cles, rheumatic suffering. aching back or
kidney trtUhie-
Il you suffer from bladder weakness.
With burning. scalding pains. or II you
are In and out OF bed half a dozen times
a night, you viii appreciate the rest. com
fort and strength this treatment gives
t. prove The Williams Treatment con-
guers kidney and bladder diseases. rheu-
marIsm and all other ailments when due
u excessive uric acid. no matter how
chronic or stubborn. II you Rave never
tried The Williams Treatment. we viii
give one z5c bottle fa2 doses) free Z you
viii cut out this notice and sgnd C with
your name and address. and 10 cents
TO help pay postage. packing etc. 20
Tho Dr. D. A Williams Company. Dep. "
SIS. General Postoffice Building Eaac
Hampton. Conn Send az once and yuu
viii receive by parcel pest q regular 15c
bottle. without charge and without incur
ring any obligation Oniv one bottle 70
the sane address or family--AN-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-20
He Would GIVE
$500 4 BOTTLE
Railway Sup erintendent
Says Tanlac Helped Him
To Hold His Job.

Il would give five dollars q bottle
for Tanlac before I would be without
it." said Joe Owens. division superin-
tendent o. the Memphis Street Rail-
way. whose address is Box 131. Mem
phis. Tenn.
Il was getting in mighty bad shape
with stomach trouble" he continued.
and was all broken down and tired
out I was so nervous and had such
awful headaches that ] could hardly
sleep or rest; I could eat but little or
anything, for nothing agreed with me /:
was simply down and out and don't
believe could have kept my job much
longer IL I hadn't got hold Of Tanlac-
Since starting on Tanlac ] have
gained five pounds, I eat and sleep
just fine and IL has strengthened me
up and made me feel so much better
every way that 1 can't say enough In
its praise"
Tanlac is sold in FL Paso by Kelly &
Pollard and by the leading druggists
in Practically every city, town and
village in America.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-20
DO YOU REMEMBER?

10 YOU remember? You were a
u school teacher IN those days. The
young, tmpressionable. plastic minds
OF some 30 or 40 OF the city's future
men and women were in your entire
charge. Their proper development was
to a great extent dependent upon
your ability as a teacher-upon your
personality. You had taken your voca-
ton seriously You were a college
graduate and you had spent several
long summers at a normal school.
You had given up at least 10 years
OF your life to a thorough study OF
the fntricacies Of your vocation You
we're proud Of the results. too. You
had awakened the interest Of your
pupils and you developed a proper
spirit Of competition in your classes
You studied each child: you encour-
aged those who needed announcement
and you curbed those who needed
curbing; you had no favorites, though.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-20

Of course, you showed appreciation
Of any special effort on the part OF
any OF your pupils. The rich mans
child or the poor mans child each was
given his OF her opportunity.
Don't you remember those exercises
in the morning in mental arithmeti
how you encouraged each pupil 10
concentrate in these most helpful
exercises2 You knew that in after life
some OF those very pupils would look
back over the years and remember
you TO call you blessed for having
done so much for their final success
You fostered that proper spirit Of
clean competition Each pupil Wed
with the other to keep up with the
best IN the class. II you happened TO
pick up a clean, clever story that you
knew would interest the class. you
would read aloud TO them You took
a personal interest in each pupil They
would confide IN you: they would
tell you Of their JOYS and Of their
sorrows. You realized fully the effect
OF YOUR personality upon each OF them
They soon realized that you were their
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-20
FoTget Your Troubles;
Theu Mi0ht Be Worse

TROUBLES are very universal
l thing.
We often become so overwhelmed
with our own concern that we fail to
realize there might be some one.
within our reach. with even more
trouble than ours.
Lots Of people complain over their
troubles. which are too trivial for
big people to notice They whine over
some little frsttish thing that has
happened. while the really big person
smiles over his real trouble. and keeps
it 10 himself
The fellow with his petty trial stops
every one he knows and pours into
the ears Of all his tale of woe. It's
just BY accident that you discover in
many cases things have happened to
the silent man so terrible that they
have crucified his spirits. yet he
smiles and keeps his sorrow to him
self
We can all listen to other peoples
troubles but We can't all be sympathe-
tic. A person can't be truly sympathe-
tic unless his own fingers have been
pricked with thOrns, and his own feet
bruised and cut on the stones In the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-20
THIS BOY GOT HIS "Y'
MEMBERSHIP IN 3 HOURS

Rudy Hunerberg. a I4-year-oId mes
senger boy at the First National bank.
obtained the required number Of sub
scriptions 10 The Herald in three
hours, 10 win a membership to the
Y NJ c A This ought 10 convince all
the hoys in FL Paso that il is easy to
procure subscriptions TO the south
vests greatest newspaper. The Her
aid wants to give out a membership
10 any boy who will give a few hours
OF his spare time in obtaining sub
scripuOns. For FUN particulars. call
to see H y. Fris, circulation manager.
The Fl Paso Herald
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-20
An Advertisement By The President
of Duke of Dublin Oil Co.
By FRANK B. GRANT.

Q INCE | have been in FL Paso hundreds
- Of people have called on me. either per
sonally or over the telephone. wanting IN
formation concerning the Duke-Knowles field.
They have read the advertisements Of the
Duke Of Dublin Company appearing IN the
newspapers. and Of the possibilities Of our
company, as stated N these ads, are 50 great
that It siartles them
do not profess to be an ad writer
am only an oil man, but ! believe a few
simple FACTS told by an OIL man IS what
the people Of FL Paso are waiting to hear.
Let me say first. that number Of years
ago | gave up a very promising law practice
to go into the oil business in Oklahoma. It's
a hard game there for a little man to get
anywhere with Waters-Pierce. Magnolia Pc
troleum Company. Cosdon. Sinclair and
STANDARD OIL continually on your trail
But / kept fighting them and when the little
mans chance came down here IN Texas /
was able to cash in my Oklahoma holdings
for enough to Get hold Of sufficient acreage
IN the great Duke-Kno'yIes field. which viii
make many hundreds of people wealthy when
oil Is struck
But didn't have enough money left to
develop my Texas property.
went back to Oklahoma and told my
friends what / had found and asked them
to stake me to a few thousand to sink the
drills down to the GUSFER sands. They
advised me to give up the game. to go
back to Texas and sell my leases and quit
while was ahead-befose the STANDARD
OIL got me
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-20

@Heyi Here's tn Coupon
BURK-DALToN OIL COMPANY
eos1z Main STREET
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Gentlemen: enclose herewith ..................
8la1es OF
BurkDalton Oil Company the price Of $50 per share
taking this stock with the understanding that Il
oil is discovered in paying quantities BY this company
share equally with an stockholders in the profits pro-
portion to the amount Of stock hold.
Address
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-20
II Years Ago Today
IRON The HernId Of This Date. 1913.

n y
N Russians are making a desperate
run from the pursuing Japanese. The
enemy is burning bridges and tear
ing MP railroads 10 prevent pursuit
Of AIikado's army. The Russian losses
are immense
A fire in the p G. Glover shoe fac
tory Al Brockton. Mass, caused by
the explosion Of a boiler, caused an
estimated damage Of 100000 and the
lose Of nearly 100 lives.
Expert testimony on the results &C
complished by the trade excursion TO
Mexico viii be given at the chamber
OF commerce Monday evening for the
benefit both Of those who made the
trip. and those who failed to avail
themselves Of that privilege
The Quien Sabe club members are
getting down to work. in real earnest
tn preparation for their trip 10 Buf-
1al0 next July, 20 attend the grand
lodge Of the order OF Elks TO boost FL
Paso. II is estimated that the trip
VIII cost al least 100000.
Three accidents occurred in rapid
succession. all resulting from g fire
alarm turned in at S:45. As the hose
wagon turned north on Oregon street
the driver was forced to make a very
sharp turn to avoid running into q
Fulton market delivery wagon In so
doing. the wheels were caught IN the
car track and the hose wagon turned
over H G. Van Haselen. a volunteer
member OF the company, was seriously
injured. and was removed to Hotel
Dieu. John Sullivan, the driver, was
also Injured The other men on the
wagon escaped without injury. The
second accident was to the market
wagon which hac been IN the way %
the fire wagon. The horse attached
to the wagon because frightened and
ran away- The wagon overturned
and the driver. Alfred Cohen. had
his hack severely injured The third
accident was that Of two cyclists who
collided while rushing 10 the fire on
their bicycles. Their names were not
learned The fire proved TO be OF no
consequence.
Comment is made upon the unusual
cold and windy winter which has pre- !
railed in FL Paso since Christmas.