Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-29
ro,y,cst, 1880, by Public Ledger 90.
rurs STARTS THE STORY


Mrs.. J. Burton Francis, a iooman
ia hioh ideals and more than the
,rS;sorv measure OF the milk OF
s"men Kindness coarsing through her
N.ss' notices that her todshtoomon,
% ~, Watson, is performing her
sho,s in a sluggish manner, inquiries
s~at y. her health and about her numer-
ohudren, subjects her 10 some up
~ gT;so fdIk on motherhood, suggests
MJt Ma.ots for her husband to read, and
W., ss,ere,fs herself in the pelfore Of the
mm;L. Pearl Watson takes "the
@ @r ~ all the Roosios" for an airing.
a. meets Mdudie Duoker and they
ssTT ssT a colloapu. Mdudie could not
L. s.s, 10 touch baby. It's sticky
seners might soil her pinoforc. "AH
| n shich goes TO shoto 'ohdf q perfect
iiHle lady she ~ds."
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
When Maudie made inquiries Of Pearl
N,t,op as to her Sabbath day attire,
!, motives were more kindly than Pearl
sousht. Maudie's mother was giving
~ party. Hitherto the guests upon
IN occasions had been selected with
,,sst care, and with respect to social
,snding, and blue china, and correct
LSnnciation. This time they were SO :
,ded with greater care, but with re-
pect to their fathers politics. All con :
,,yatiyes and undecided voters children
|[,re included. The fight to i finish :
Ior the grand old d-party Reformers
Eue tabooed.
| Algernop Evans, otherwise known as
H. car of all the Rooshias, only son
In, II. Evans, editor of the milford
isrcury, could not be overlooked. Hence
n reason for asking Pearl Watson,
ks bodyguard.
| milford had two weekly newspapers
L-ope Conservative in its tendencies and
hs other Reform. Between them there
Existed feud, long standing, un-
Eusnchable. constant. 1t went with the
srnting press. the subscription list and
he good will of the former owner, wher
In paper changed hands. .N
The feud was discernible in the loca
news as we'll as in the editorials.
To the Reform paper, which was
sdited at the time of which we write by
4 Tipperary man named McSorley, you
hight read of a distressing accident
which befel one Simon Henry (also O
while that great and good
hau was abroad upon an errand OF
mercy, trying to induce a drunken mar
20 quietly to his home and family
Mr.. Henry was eulogized for his kind
bet, and regret was expressed that Mr.
Henry should have met with such rough
usage while endeavoring to hold out a
helping hand to one unfortunate enough
no be held in the demon chains Of in
temperance.
In the Conservative paper the fol.
lowing appeared:
We regret to hear that Simon
Henry, secretary Of the Young Liberal
Club, got mixed up in drunken
brawl last evening and as a result
will be confined to his house for a
| few days. We trust his injuries are
not serious, as his services are indis-
pensable to his party in the coming
campaign.
Reports Of concerts, weddings, ever
deaths, were tinged with partyism
When Daniel Grover, grand old Con
|servative war-horse, was gathered I,
ibis fathers at the ripe age of eighty
|seyen years, the Reform paper said tha
Dir. Growers death was not entirel,
unexpected, as his health had been fail,
3ng for some time, the deceased havini
passed his SEVENTEEN birthday.
McSorley, the Liberal editor, beinj
tn lrishman, was not without humor
put Evans, the other one, reveled IL
+. He was like the little boys VIII,
tick pins in frogs, not that they bea,
be frogs any ill-will, but for the fun o
being them jump. He would sit hal
be night over his political editorials
milling grimly to himself, and when h
prev himself back in his chair an,
Hughed like boy the knife was turne,
IA some one
One day Mr.. James Ducker, latel,
fetired farmer, sometimes INSURANCE
|igent, read in the Winnipeg Telegram
|lhat his friend the Honorable Thoma
Binder had chaperoned an Elk party t
Et Paul. Mr.. Ducker had but a haz,
|ldea OF the duties of a chaperon, but h
|lEed the sound Of 1t, and it set hin
He remembered when Ton
Binder had entered politics with
decayed reputation, large whisky bill
and about $2.20 in cash. Now he rod
|n private car, and had a suite o
rooms at the Empire, and the paper
cotten spoke Of him as mime host
Snidcr.
Mr.. Ducker turned over the pape
and read that the genial Thomas ha,
replied In a very happy manner to
TOAST at the Elks' banquet. Whereupol
.Mr. Duckcr became wrapped in dee
l'nought, and during this passive perio
ne ne distinctly heard his country's call
me me cal camo in these words: "I
ION snider can do 1t, why not me?''
Inc idea took hold of him. He be
ssn 10 brush his hair artfully over tn