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New-York tribune., 1921-09-25

times looked at Monona and Di. she sprang
up. She had forgotten to put some supper
20 warm for mamma. The lovely light was
still in her face as she bustled about against
the time of mammals recovery from her tan
trim. Dwights face was like this when he
spoke Of his foster mother. In both these be-
ings there was something which functioncd
as pure love-
Mamma had recovered and was eating cold
scrambled eggs the corner of the Kitchen
table when the ice cream soda party was
ready to set out. Dwight threw her casual
Better come, too, Mother Bett,' but she
shook her head. She wished to 60, wished it
with violence but she contrved to give to her
arbitrary refusal quality of contempt When
Jenny arrived with Bobby she had brought
sheaf of gladioli for Mrs. Bett, and took them
to her in the kitchen, and as she laid the
flowers beside her the young girl stopped and
kissed her. "You little darlingr' cried Mrs
Bett and clung to her, her eyes lit by some
thing intense and living. But when the ice
cream party had set off at last Mrs. Bctt left
her supper, gathered up the flowers and
crossed the lawn to the old cripple, Grandma
Gates
''Inie shant have 'ern," the old woman
thought.
And then it was quite beautiful to watch
her with Grandma Gates, whom she tended
and petted, to whose complainings she lis
tened, and to whom she tried to tell the
small events of her day. When her neighbor
had gone Grandma Gates said that it was as
good rs dose Of medicine to have her come
E6ut hr
pleasant, when the family returned Di and
Bobby had walked home With Jenny
Look here,' said Dwight Herbert "who
is it sits home and has ice cream put in her
lap, like queen?'
"Vanilly or chocolate?" Mrs Rett demand
GU
Chocolate, mamma !" Ina cried, with the
breeze in her voice
"Vanlly sets BETTER" Mrs Bett said.
They sat with her on the porch while she
ate Ina rocked on creaking board Dwight
swung leg over the railing Monona sat
pulling her skirt over her feet, and humminy
all on one note. There was no moon, but the
warm dusk mad quality Of transparency as
If it were lit in all it's particles.
The gate opened and some one came up the
walk. They looked and it was Lulu.
@sWBLL, if it amt Miss Lulu Bettv Dwight
cried involuntary, and Ina cried out
something.
"How did you know" Lulu asked
Know! Know WHAT"
That it amt Lulu Deacon. Hello,
mamma"
She passed the others and kissed her
mother.
Say said Mrs. Bett placdly "And 7
just ate up the last spoonful o. cream.''
Amt Lulu Deacon.' 1ns's voice rose and
sweiled richly what you talking?"
didn't he write to you?" Lulu asked.
mot a word,' Dwight answered this can
we had from you--the last from Savannah,
Ca"
Savannah, Ga" said Lulu and laughed
They could see that she was dressed we'll
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years ago. She went to South America with
him."
'Wel, he never let us know Of it, if she
did" said Dwight.
"No She married him before he went.
Then in South America after two years, she
ran away again. That's all he knows"
ssFE'HAT's q pretty story said Dwight con-
temptuously.
"He says if she'd been alive she'd been
after Finn for divorce. And she never has
been, so he thinks she must be dead. The
trouble is,' Lulu said again. "hc wasn't sure.
And had to be sure.
"Well, but. mercy" said Ina, couldn't he
find out now2"
"It might take long time" said Lulu
simply, land didn't want to stay and not
know
'Wcl, then, why didn't he say here?"
Jna's Indignation mounted
'.He would have But you know how sud
den everything was. He said he thought
about telling US right there in the restaurant,
but Of course that'd been hard--wouldn't it?
And then he felt so sure she dead"
'sWhy did he tell you at all, them" de-
eyes. Welly Why indeed?'' Dwight Her
bert brought out these words with a curious
emphasis.
81 thought that, just at FIRST" Lulu said,
'but only just at first. OF course that
wouldn't have been right. And then, you see,
he gave my choice"
''Gavc you your choice?" Dwight echoed.
eyes. About going on and taking the
oLr IL. ,,o ~. h.
told me. there in Savannah, Ga
"What made him conclude by then, that
you ought to be told?'' Dwight asked.
"Why, he'd got to thinking about it," she
answered
the street
'The only thing" she said, "as long as it
happened, kind Of wished he hadn't told me
till we got to Oregon
s.T ULU!" said Ina. Ina began to cry. "You
poor thing" she said.
Her tears were a signal to Mrs. Bett, who
had been striving to understand all. Now
she, too, wept tossing up her hands and rock
ing her body Her saucer and spoon clattered
on her knee.
"He felt bad, too," Lulu said
"He"' said Dwight. Gle must have"
It's you," Ina sobbed. cts you. My
sster!'
"Well," said Lulu, "but l never thought Of
making you both feel bad, or wouldn't have
come home. I knew" she added, It'd make
Dwight feel bad. l mean, it was his brother"
THANK goodness" Ina broke in, nobody
need know about it."
Lulu regarded her, without change.
ooh. yes" she said in her monotone Npno-
pie will have to know"
Il do not the necessity Dwight's
voice was on edge Then, too, he said "do
not" always with Dwight betokening the
fna,ities.
''Wby, what would they Think" Lulu
asked. troubled.
What difference does it make what they
Think"
Why" said Lulu slowly 81 shouldn't like
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in dark red cloth, with little fitting hat and
dropping veil. She did not seem in any
wise upset, nor. save for that nervous laugh
ter, did she show her excitement.
"Well, but he's here with you, isn't he?"
Dwight demanded. "Isnt he here? Where is
hc?"
Must be most to Oregon by this time
Lulu said.
"Oregon!'
'You sce," said Lulu, che had another
wife"
''Why, he had not,' exclaimed Dwight ab-
surdly.
eyes. He hasn't seen her for fifteen years
and he thinks she's dead. But he ism sure"
Nonsense" said Dwight. "Why, of course
she's dead if he thinks so.'
81 had to be sure" said Lulu.
At first dumb before this, Ina now cried
out "Monona Go upstairs to bed at once"
Its only quarter to- said Monona, with
assurance.
''Do as mamma tells you"
"Eut'-
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"Mononan'
She went, kissing them all goodnight and
taking her time about it. Everything was
suspended while she kissed them and depart
ed, walking slowly backward.
"Married?" said Mrs. Bett with tardy ap-
paehension. "Lulic, was your husband mar
lied?"
EYES," Lulu said, "my husband was mar
ried, mother
''Mcrcy" said Ina. 'Think Of anything
like that in family"
"Well, go on-go' on!' Dwight cried "Tel
us about it,
Lulu spoke in monotone, with her old
manner of hesitation:
1--WE were going to Oregon. First down
to New Orleans and then out to California
and up the coast" On this she paused and
sighed. "Well, then, at Savannah, Ca, he
said he thought l better know first. So he
told me-.
Yes-well, what did he say?" Dwight de-
nanded irritably.
Cora Waters" said Lulu Cora Waters
She married him down in San Diego, eighteen
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THE CORNERSTONE OF B1 IS,

s USUAL, we have arrived at the
station an hour ahead of time
said Simone, in an irritated tone,
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Il never thought Of that" she SAID
Look here" Dwight went on persuasIssq
hadn't you and he had some little tiff WnS
he told you?'
"No--no. Why, not once. Why
weren't bit Ike you and Ina
She spoke simply and from her heart -
without guile.
Evidently not" Dwight said dryly !.
Lulu went on: "He was very good 10 y,
This dress-and my shoes-and my hat. ~ ~,
another dress, too" She found the pms .,
took off her hat ''He liked the red wHs =
she said. II wanted black--oh, Dwight : :
did tell me the truth" 1t was as IT inc ~
wing had abruptly borne mute witness =.
Dwight's tone now mounted His na''''
it mounted, too. -.
Even if it is true" said he, 4 deslio :, -
you should keep silent and protect ms i'',.
from this scandal l merely mention =
doubts to you for your own profit
My own proftn !.
She said no more, but rose and moved v :
door, :.
"Lulu--yeu see, With Di and an =, :
begged. "We just couldn't have TINS Sa'''
even if it was So" ~
You have it in your hands, sa'a Wv 4
"to repay me, Lula, for anything that wv !.
may have done for you in the past 'O ~
have It in your hands to decide "he''',s 10
home here continues. That is not r y
position for ne to find myself N. ~ !
tinctly unpleasant, l may say. DaS
for yourself"
Lulu went on. into the passage !. J
Wasn't she married when she thoush'
was?" Mrs. Bett cried skrilly- ass
Mamma said Ina. DO. please t. ~
Monona. Yes--Dwight thinks sne n i
all right now--and that it's ali f'sa'
time" :, as
Well, hope so, for pity sasss, sssx
Bett. and left the room with hsr oaas'
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How TO Pass Old Ace

7 o the Editor Of the Ererino Public Tedoer:
Sir-Being somewhat similarly situated
as your correspondent ''W l.. r." ] am
naturally Interested IN ascertainnE how
an elderly man should pass his remaining
years 10 get the most pleasure out of life.' y
I truly sympathize with every one who has
lost those who once felt and evinced an
Interest in or concern for them.
1 do not know OF a moro forlorr. detected
feeling than that arising from the con-
seriousness that in all the nhabitabe world
there In not one who has other than q
mercenary interest in their being.
Tho stealthy approach of old age. with its
CcGllitatng effects. will incren sinEly deprive
us OF the capacity to erijoy prolonged exist
cncc II r. only in being manually or men
tally employed that We can hope to dispcl
the annoyance Of grievous thoughts, al
lowing the mind tc grasp what the present
nfroi ds.
Man needs companionship: tho delights
Of social intercourse with kindred minds,
the possibility Of the exchange of thoughts
bearing on Objectionable conditions that his
distress and difficulties may be minimlzed:
that he may learn wherein ho can realize
what is conducive TO his tranquility and
happiness
Environment plays great part in con-
trhvtlng 10 mortal happiness. II we are
located within short distance OF rural
rarts and take any delight in nature and its
t. achinss. what better recreation could we
seek than mduIging in a long walk on II
country road, viewing expansive cultivated
fields or wol-kept orchards in bloom or
laden with priced fruit?
Following the meahderng stream, saun-
tcrirg through the health-gvng pines or in
the shade of the majestic oak groves
A country life affords an almost endless
variety Of ploasurable diversions, such as
the cultivation Of fruits and vegetables, the
growing Of Towers. the rearing of poultry
and other species Of the feathercd tribe,
etc.
Much enjoyment and information are OBJ
tainabIc In maintaining n correspondence
with ono uT like tastes and sentiments.
and sam" often ripens into close, valued
frCndship.
/ could suggest other ways OF plcaEurably
amending III" time remaining for those who
have attained years threescore and ten. but
I'm fearful OF imposing On the Indulgence
already here accorded me.
Through your valued medium permit me
e suggest 10 wv. l.. II" tho formation OF
what could be designated as the old mans
club. organized and conducted by old men,
to which every respectable man OF. SOY.
sixty years and upward Is eligible TO mem
bership Tho object and purpose OF said
organization should be the adoption and en-
pioyment OF every possible legitimate means
calculated to add to the pleasurabIe expert
cnce of the members thereof. NJ. +. j.
Delanco, \. j., February 80. 1921.
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Letters TO the Editor
Genesis and Darwlnian Theory

To the Editor Of the EuoHir0 Public ledger:
Sir-The words of Prof. J.. $. Beale that
there Is no evidence of any relation between
man and other organism are capable OF
reconstruction. For instance, man could
have evolved from n chain OF ancestors
new extinct, and the same might hold true
OF oil other forms Of life that we know Mt
present. In this case the words of the Book
OF Genesis TO tho effect that each animal
generates after his own kind would be en-
tirely correct. and so would tho Darwin'nu
theory. We will note that science cndeavors
TO label theories correctly: the fault Of ac-
ccptinB them as facts does not usually lie
there, although mistakes have been incvit-
atle here as everywhere else.
The point am especially anxious to bring
out now Is that we do not necessarlly have
TO essumc that revelations are brought about
by direct presentation of facts 20 n
prophet by a personal God Jesus Christ
Himself was very careful to prsss tho ra-
ticnRl md always avoided anything OF an
Irrational concept. MS may bo clearly Seen
by reading the Book. Perhaps good way
TO test out a very probable theory Is TO at
Tempt to draw n direct comparison with
what Is said by tho old prophets. for their
minds were not contaminated with mud-
die OF muddy details, nor were they in an
ontagonlstic frame OF mind. which appears
to be :ho curse OF tho world now, and we
nave no leadership I otake the situation In
hand 1t is quite within reason to make
tho story of Genesis compatible with the
Darwiniau theory. q, j.
PHILADELPHIA February o3 1921
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"A Busted Bucks" Suggestion

To mo Editor o. the ElcHrEg Public Ledger:
Slr-.Iiavc read with great interest the
herrnt letters on soldier AID. and. being
aI eN-bucK, I come 70 tho front with mine
Ny suggestion Is this That IL eE-serviCe
mon are not 70 receive bonus for several
years, then why not devote somo OF our
time and talk 10 a soldier loan bI2 There
are thousands Of US who arc married and
IrcaTacitated 20 the extent that We must
20 10 school several years instead OF going
n with our pre-war plans and work.
Now, We see no chance for n roof OF our
own for long time, perhaps never, unless
~ mo one gives Us the lift. And II we could
receive A loan OF $4,000 or $4,000 instead OF
bonus Of q couple OF hundred dollars !
am sure there are thousands IN my FIX who
would be even willing 10 stand in line again
N order TO be in on II.
4 good many of us waived exemption
Of various kinds 70 set IN the fuss and now
broken, cannot give our loved ones the
homes they should be abb" TO call their own.
And that IL what tho man who stayed al
Lome could have done and did do In innu.
mcrahle cases.
Is thore any hope? Sometimes when gel
up enough courage 10 Ieer into the future
see very little. long period OF trainlns
and "a new start sound promising to U,
all and we are thankful But how about a
bundle Of shingles and few boards over
our heads that are ours? a loan on Ions
time 10 the way out. What say, buddIes?
A BUSTED BUCK.
Phl,ade,p phIa February 81, 1921.
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Aska FOR a Poem

To the Editor Of the EvcntnD Public Lcdocr:
Sir-Please oblise mo by printing In Yum
Interesting Peoples Forum column a poem
beginning:
" oh, what DO you think tho ANGELS say?
Said the children up IN heaven"
MARY l.. WORSE
Philadelphia, January 4, 1921.
A NEW LITTLE GIRL IN HEAVEN
''oh. what DO you think the angels say"
Said tho children UP in heaven;
There's a dear little girl coming home to.
She's almost ready TO fly away
From the earth we used TO live in.
tets 20 and open the gates OF paarl
nen them wide for the new little girl
Paid the chIld"en UP in heaven.
Dod wanted her here, where His little
ones meet
Faid the children up in heaven:
She will play with US in tho golden
street:
She has grown too fair. she has grown TOO
sweet,
Tor the earth we used 10 1.-Two in.
She needs the sunshine, this dear girl
That silds this side OF the gates OF pearl ."
Said the children Up in heaven.
80 the King called down from the angels
dome.'
Said the children up in heaven:
My little darling. arise ana come
TO tho piaoo prepared In thy Fathers
home.
To the home My children live in
Let's go and watch at tho gates OF pearl
Ready 10 welcome the new little glrr. ."
SAID tho children up in heaven.
Far down on the sarth do you hear ,hem
weep?"
Said the children up IN heaven
For the dear little Girl has gone 10 sl.ep.
The shadows fall ana tho nIQht cloud,
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CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT
Cigars King OIaF Given With Ex.
ceIlent SoIoIsts

The Philadelphia rhoral Society under
the leadership OF Henry Gordon Thunder.
G4Ee FAY, a good performance OF the, Cantata,
king O.ay," the composition which first
brought Edgar Elgar into general notice
as composer. NJ the Academy Of Music
last evening, Whe solOists were May
Ebrey Hotz, soprano; Royal MacLellan,
tenor and Fred Patton, bass. and tho
orchestra was made up OF members OF
the Philadelphia Orchestra
The so0istS were all excellent both
IN voice and IN entering into III. spirit
OF the composition, and what was cx-
ceptonallv pleasurablc, the cnunciation
OF all three was perfect, making recourse
TO the program 70 follow the story, un-
necessary. TIL" orchestra played the
Important accompaniment we'll and Mr.
IhLnder at all times preserved the bal
ahce hetween solo voices, chorus and
accompaniment
Tn" chorus which after al, IA the
most important factor OF the Cantata did
bett"r work than year ago, when the
organization sang the composition for
the FIRST time The balance was better
As We're also the attack Of the entrances
and the dynamic effects Their best
| work was done In the unaCCompanied
chorus When Torrents in Summer"
""ich Is IL" finest piece og composition
l4 the CoNtatd, Like much Of Elgar's
work, this chorus just misses being a
great masterpiece Of unaCCOmpanied
composition, his usual fault Of com
! InOnplaCe mOdLlatiOn or melOdic curve
| occurring IN n vital moment Of the
| cEorus. Notwithstanding this, II is n
| BEAUTIFUL chorus and was finely sung,
| The chorus also did excellent work in
many. other parts of the cantata, es-
! pecially in the "gossippy" chorus ballad,
! "A Little Bird in the Air" But in the
! final part, describing tho sea fight and
| the death Of Olaf, there were places
where there might have been a greater
| volume Of tone with good advantage, as
! lEC OrchCstration Is very heavy.
While there are many very beautlrui
! PAGES in King Olat," there is to be
| Noticed throughout a curious feeling OF
! uncyenness in composition. due perhaps,
| tC tho fact that the Cantata Is set 10
the words OF Longfellow and Acworth
! TWO poets who view the ancient Morse
legend from highly different angles The
| music Is good and well written, bur
! there are few places which are really in
| fEirauonal. The closing part is bv far
tee best, but II Is too reminiscent of
| wagner, bOeh in harmOni2atiOn and In
| orchestratiOn, 70 be really convincing
| However, II was interesting and instr,Ie.
| tive. and Mr., Thunder and the Choral
society are to be congratulated upOn
n'aklng better known TO Philadelphians
significant, II not really great choral
composition.
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The Pest OF Encores

To the Editor Of the EreniH0 Public Ledger;
Slr-There was time when an encore
empha tho good numbers OF a program.
\ song at a concor. Or passage in dl
opera was 30 pleasing that the audience
Insisted on hearing il again. But these
wholesale encores, requiring the repeating
OF every piece from the beginning to the
end, have become nuisance. They double
the program,
\ CCnccri OF an hour and n ha,f is Nc
Ionged until midnight A horny-handed
follow at a recent concert took a special
delight In the pounding 10 show his ability
TO bring the artists out again. The idiot
knew ho'hing abort music, AMI tho poor
singers really thought they vera 80 good
that the public could not TOsist the en-
thusIasm. 1t should be a rule at all con-
certs and in all Light opera Productions, as
II has become the rNle ~ symphony or
chestral concerts that no ,ncorrg are per
nitt"d, w. I. r.
PhitaIy,rh.a February 20 1921.
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Weep for your crimes with bitter tears;
You could not bind :his bepsed daylight
II you should D.rivc a thousand ye1:s"
"A, i. c." asks for tho words OF song
beginning;
up the hill on bright, sunny morn
. Voices clear ts the bugle's horn,
List to the schoes; how they roll"'
Mrs. C.. l.. w" is desirous Of getting
n cong which was sung by her mother whsn
she was quite young. which she thinks II
entitled The Sunday School," and contains
those four lines:
when the morning light drives away tn.
night,
Ard the sun so bright and clear.
When II points its limo TO the hour NJ
nine,
I'll away TO the Sabbath School"
wv. &c. L." desires poem by Theodosia
Garrison, entitled "A Prayer for the End
Of tho Road
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-01
a Problem for Readers

To the Editor o. the Evenino Public Ledger:
Slr-wln you kindly submit the following
problem to the readers OF the EVENING PUB
Lie LEDGER:
The width Of buggy from center Of tire
to center OF tire Is feet o inches; the
diameter of She fore wheel Is 43 inches and
the hind wheel 40 inches. This buggy is
drawn around circular race course 80
that the outside fore wheel leaves track
exactly ono mile long. The buggy Is 80
coupled that the track made by the outside
hind wheel from center OF track to centor
Of track, Is at all places ono inch distant
from the track made by the outside fore
wheel. How many revolutions does each
wheel OF the buggy mako In going once
around the track? L. B. ID.
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Continuing attractions

LYRIC-"Smilin' Through" with
Jane Cowl as the charming star
In n dual role in a play with an
optimistic message of life after
death. The twin stories Of SEN
timent. tragedy and hopefulness
are dramatic in situation and
iTTHHlnFF II sfasaStsFlaSsG' MnssSs4aGeF with
Guy Bates Post in a striking dra-
matizatlon, that has been highly
successful In other cities, of the
best seller" novel by Katherine
Cecil Thurston. MIR. Post plays
superbly a double role, Of a dis
tinguished statesman, who is a
drug addict, and hack writer
his double.
ESTNUT-"Honeyd musical
comedy, with attractive score by
Efrem Zimbalist, the noted violin
st, and book and lyrics by Joseph
w. Herbert. There is musical"
touch and lot of temperament
about the story, which concerns q
composer, his wife and their mixed
and muddled romanCes.
HUBERT-"TiCkle Me-" agreeable
musical comedy in eight scenes, by
Otto HarbaCh, Oscar HammcrStein,
Jr, and Frank Mandel. and score
by Herbert Stothart. with Frank
Tinney, Louise Allen, Ben Mulvey,
Claire Magic and other wcll.knowu
entertainers. A visible plot is
feature Mr.. Tinney plays mainly
in white face"
GARRTCk--"Call tho Doctor" by
Jean Archibald, produced by David
Belasco, with Charlotte Walker.
Janet BeeCher, Fania MarinOff
Mrs. Tom Wise, william Morris
and Philip Merivale in the fine
cast Farclcal comedy of today,
treating Of timely topic, told in
up-to-date situations.
BROAD-"Transplanting Jean" n
lively com 'dy by the famous
French collaborators, Robert de
Fcrs and CASTOR Armand Gailla-
vet, Arthur byron plays the part
Of a middle-aged Don Juan
ADELPHT-"SCan by COsmO
Hamilton. featuring Charles Cherry
ticated comedy. Sometimes banal,
often pungently epigrammatic in
dialogue and situation,
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Ger the earth we used 10 1.-Two In
But we'li 20 and open the gates OF pearl;
Oh why do they weep for their dear little
girl7"
Said the children UP in heaven
Fly with her quick, o angels dear"
Said tho children UP in heaven:
"See--she is coming Look there! Look
thcrc!
At tho jaeper llght on her sunny hair,
Where the yelling clouds are rivon.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. all the swift wings
furl!
For the King Himself at the gates Of
pearl
Is taking her hand, dear, tired little girl,
And leading her into heaven"