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Dorothy's Adventures in Loopiand—Two Chapters
I HIC AGO.—Little Dorothy Crosby, th** wistful atui the gazell
» eon years old, who up to that day, live weeks ago when she
her hair, pinked her ••heek
I WONT FOitCtT
THE experience
vert scon —
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â
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d, eight
lied haeli |
tiding ring and a
iiamond rittg and
mythical dream
told a fih in her
and lips, bought herself a w
phony three-karat
chose for herself
husband, had neve
life.
From that day on. she admits,
with a languid droop of her eyelids
she has told little else.
The guy country called Lôopland
Is a bright spot infested with cabarets
and cocktails. All men are either rich
jvoolen merchants, steel magnates,
wealthy munition makers, plain roll
Honaires or judges—they all told he.
so themselves, and she believed them. Adventure and romance spilled Itself
upon Dorothy's gentle head from the moment she seated herself upon the ob
servation platform of the Overland Limited ln San Francisco, where her
mamma lives, and the wheels began to turn.
"Oh, oh!" she cried. "My suitcase! I left It on the platform."
A gallant bird hopped lightly over the brass railing, retrieved the careless
euitcuse, caught the train and Dorothy Moore, lat<*r Dorothy Crosby, was
thereby initiated into the world. The young man was a "millionaire actor,
and before they got to Chicago he had told her of a hotel where actor people
could live cheaply.
P.ut she sidestepped the lure. Dutifully she reported, she says, to tne
■swell home of her auiit and uncle, the Spencer Croshys, at Glencoe.
Two days of kids and two nights of khls and Dorothy went nwu>.
Five weeks later she became a connoisseur of cabarets. The rabble m
the courtroom listened aghast as she unrolled her stories of the "millionaires
*he had met.
Alas, the scene changes:
The girl reporter presented herself at the place where Dorothy «as stay
lng, behind the bars. Judge Uhlir had said: . . .....
"Let her sleep tonight behind a window with bars, lorget nt
tried to throw herself from a window."
And so it was.
Popular Recruit Bombarded With Wrist Watches
«VFTROIT _Tin* popular recruit is having a hard time getting to rights tin
D ibûï iVs preù/ hard to think of a fellow's .«In^lr mind
you—all separately and individually sending him wrist wafhes.
little blonde cousin—he hates like the
dickens to part with her wrist watch.
He knows that she went without a
new hat to get it, or else got in bad
with father by "honing" him for on
extra allowance.
Then there Is the black-eyed
cousin—poor kid, she certainly must
have been in a heroic mood when she
sent on the wrist watch. For if there
Is anything that the black-eyed
cousin doesn't like to part with it is
her money. Then there is the freckle
I SHOULD BE
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faced cousin and thT cousin with red hair and the one that turns her toes In.
They are all represented by wrist watches, and he wishes with al hisi heart
that 7 he was a centipede or something that he could decorate h.mself with t
recruit who will have money when he grows up and
. Tr»fïl,v eligible from every point of view has stacks of leather objects
* tn him hv the ma^a/and aunties of promising young girls. He has
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ES&SÂïïr«*. "• a »" r r lnK s-SoT*
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ever expect they will get new one
i *3 with so much leather in the house.
Where the Well-Meaning Paola "Got in Bad''
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5|CKLiE5f OF
TH' SICKLY
PEftRSI
COULD FiMO
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'SHfi KlCKiN,
E W YORK.—When to. I ï.'SÆSSïJSï:
dr,..1th «treat police st««on f^ndred ami Fourth street and Amsterdam
tion the other afternoon at t avon ue he found two persons attract
ing more attention than for n moment
he could subdue. Finally he injected
himself into the conversation and
learned that one of tin* oratorical con
testants was Mrs. William Hennessy
of One Hundred nnd Tenth street and
Columbus avenue, while the other was
a youth sixteen years old. His name,
said the youth, was Paola Martine,
and he was the second deputy assis
tant of Giovanni Bertruchhl, heforc
whose sidewalk establishment the
...... .. W pii what's it all about?" asked the police
whole affair was happening. Weil, win ts
man. "Wait—one at a ttmei - , for two years now come next
•T have been trading here , ^ always got what I wanted before.
December," said Mrs. enm v . ' downtown (0 <jo some shopping and left my
This morning I was on ' • this bov f„ r him to send up to the house,
vegetable list of what 1 wanted \ baskets of sickle pears that I or
Everything was all jJf f h ^Thad to come right down and tell him he can't
elered, and when X j us t j ()ok a t 'em!"
put that sort of stuff ov« ' 7ed nt the baskets of pears which Mrs. Hen
Thc policeman obedient b* unbiased mind there appeared the
nessy had brought back, and <'%en
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need for explanation ^ , he ,«d. "Jump In .t-*.;^
" A " .o„'rm«e.»le. W f........
"But that ' 9 ,,'L „Th er'lhe sickliest I ennld tind."
of sickly pears,'and I got ner____
Carried Off Heavy Furnace in Broad Daylig t
, a „fToitle strangers with a yellow motor
tr ANS 'VS CITY .-Three well-dressed, aff » McGulrP , 3305 East Twentieth
K" borrowed » .«a eoulpmenr from Mrs. McGuire and
«reel, stole « .ckrdln* to
then returned the key, «
' 0mP M , f McGoire'8 husband and her
^ rs * .„ b een conducting a sheet
two sons have bi Q building at
metal establtshnien » ecen tly, how
•>004 Indiana f avenuj^
ever, one of the So Uc .
later the second was draft .
Guire closed his shop. , oW
ThP other op before
truck and t,iree on Tw entieth
'AJf^Âékïokesman explained that ,|,e place at a»>
^drugalst wSrôfC Ä
Sometime later a yellow -------, XTrt! Ä;
X
borne and an
affable stranger
"" ^'^«'well-dressed strangers, one vell.w
ATnw the police are looking
motortruck and one furnace v
it'll .
'^'Tith'accompanying equipment.
Tell Your
By Marion Veraer Jg!
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(Copyright, iY?VtL»tern New*paptr Union.)
"You ask my advice," said tin*
closest friend Hay Massen had in Hu*
world, Parker Woodson—"tell your
wife."
"I don't dare tp!" half groaned the
former.
"Why not?"
"1 am in too deep."
"I say. Massen, this is serious—" be
gan Woodson, with a gra\e fa< e.
«Oh! there is nothing wrong in what
I have done." Kay hastened to say. "I
haven't even been foolish. Insensibly,
by the mere force of circumstances, I
have been led to appear as a flirtatious
individual, ohosing the company of a
former flame during the absence of my
wife." ,.
"You'd better give me details.
urged Woodson.
"I will. Lucia went away to visit
her folks for a month, as you know.
1 closed up our pretty suburban home
and took up hotel quarters in the city
Imre. It was law vacation time, so I
counted on rest, recreation. The third
day after Lucia had gone, there ap
peared at the hotel the lady 1 have
I old you about, named Patty Rich
mond.* Twelve years ago, at my boy
hood home we were all but engaged.
Older, maturer. but ihe same gushing,
frivolous creature to all seeming, she
called upon me at the hotel."
"As a lawyer?"
"As a lawyer and as an old-time ac
quaintance. * She dwelt upon our for
hut friendship. She appealed to me ]
professionally. T am in trouble,' she
said. 'You can help me."'
"Do what?" asked Woodson.
«Help her find the original of a pho
tograph she showed me. '
"Of man, or woman?"
«Of a handsome, but somewhat dis
solute looking man. She would goe
no name, she would impart no particu
lars. She said she knew nobody in
the city where she' was sure the man
was. except myself. She implored me
to show her about the city, to accom
pany her to its public places, theaters,
even cabarets, at any one of which she
might find this man."
"And you—?"
"Obliged her. Every afternoon for
week I have taken her out automo
od
ly.
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So Much Talk About Nothing.
biling along the boulevards. All the
time slip is looking, looking, scanning
the passing throng for the face she
cannot discover."
"You don't think she Is still in love
with you?" asked Woodson promptly.
"What can I think? She clings close
to me, she calls me 'Ray.' she insists
on my calling her 'Patty,' as in the
old days. What worries me is that
am well known. What must my
friends think of seeing me daily in
the company of a woman not my wife?
Last evening came the climax. We
were seated at a table in a cabaret.
All of a sudden she hid her face on my
shoulder, softly crying. 'Oh. I am in
despair!' she sobbed. 'I shall never
find him !' "
"H— hi ! I don't like this," muttered
Woodson.
"The worst of it is, that I noticed B
cousin of my wife just leaving the
place. I don't know that he noticed
us. but, if he did, what won't he tell
my wife!" , ,
"See höre, Massey." spoke Mood
son firmly, "you must explain all this
to Miss Richmond."
"She knows I am married. v\hy,
she said only yesterday: T can't in
sult an old friend like you by offering
payment for your kindly services, but
I «hall not forget that sweet h
jewel of a wife of yours.' She even
knows her present address.'
"Tell this reckless young lady that
,-ou can't keep up this compromising
business, and forthwith write
whole history of the affair to your
wife." ,
"I'll think it over," muttered Kay
gloomily.
r.ut the next day he hurst in upon
Woodson, his face radiant with joy.
the
as
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h:istity I
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nunn;
ifpiî. *SJn* has
tii" nivsterious
'it's -mied." h •
found Un* original
pilot 'graph. U**.id
I>■, y Massen was a new being after
that.* The day of Lucia's return lu
lled the house all in order. He K ri 1 *
od her with ardor and delight.
"You poor boy!" she said pitying
ly. "You look thin and worried. I
declare! 1 shall never 1
1 suppose you ha\e bee
detestable law nights,
fore we were married "
"N-n<
"Why. you've
you?"
He noticed, wonderingly
urprisediy, that Lucia wore a
e you again,
tudying that
vou did be
not exactly," floundered Hay.
new pin, haven't
got
and then
magnifi
cent diamond sunburst, far beyond Ins
power of acquisition as a young and
struggling lawyer.
"Oli. ves," nodded Lucia brightly,
"an unexpected present.
"II—m! From your
uncle, I sup
si*?" ventured Hay.
nigh. Ho
.11 Of jeal
Luela uttered a ringing l
suppressed a fleeting sensat!
"Uncle Ilirarn make me a gift h>ce
that!" she cried. "Hardly.'
"Then—?"
"I'll tell you about it litter, de
Anil i have so much to talk about.
"Teil your wife!" the hovering
shade of Barker Woodson seemed t
SU "Lueia." spoke Hay gravely, draw
ing her to his side. "I have a con!
to make. In fact, something to
that I should have told you
*. You see—this is—'
1 and reddened. Lucia
with spark
sion
tell you
about long sin
He stammer
viewed him tantalizingiy
ling eyes. .
"Is it about a lady?" she suggested.
]
"Yes."
"An old flame—a girl you were on«*
in love with?" j
"Oh, m> ! I never was really in i
love with anybody except you, de- I
dared Hay fervently. J
A girl you were engaged to. then r i
persisted Lucia mischievously.
"Well—in a way." t I
"Then you needn't tell me about it, j
lid Lucia sweetly. p
"Hut—"
"For I know all about it already.
Ohl you dear man!" and she threw
her arms about his neck. "The sweet
est, nicest letter I ever received ! From
Patty Richmond, that was."
"She wrote you?" gulped Hay.
"All about the splendid help you
ave her. Poor soul ! It was her err
ing husband she sought lor, und found.
And they are reconciled, and she ami
the three children are supremely
happy. And you unselfishly gave your
time to bring this all about ! And she
sent me that splendid present to show
her appreciation of your kindly cl
forts." .
"Husband—three children . gasped
Hay, and felt, indeed, that he was not
Irresistible.
"Yes, she was ashamed to tell jou
her real troubles. Oh. you dear, good
mun, how I love you !'
"Told your wife?" Inquired Parke:
Woodson the ensuing day.
"Well, yes," responded Kay. "Onlj
sbe —well, she sort of forestalled me.
GREAT, BUT NOT SO CREDITED
Many of the Most Illustrious Mer
Have Not Been Given This
Honor Title.
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Many of the most illustrious met
whom all the world knows as "great
have not obtained the honor of having
the adjective afllxed to their names,
savs Janies Bryce iu the Youth's Com
panion. The easiest way of showing
this is to set down a list of 20 ot the
most famous men of action. I give the
list following, not as better than oth
ers that might be framed, but merely
as sufficient for the purposes of illus
tration:
Pericles, Hannibal, -Julius Caesar
Emperor Augustus, Emperor Trajan
Pope Gregory VII, William the on
queror. Sultan Saladin, Emperor Fred
crick II, Dr. Martin Luther, Ignatliu
I,o vola. Emperor Charles V, Cardinal
Richelieu, Oliver Cromwell, George
Washington. Napoleon Bonaparte,
Abraham Lincoln, Joseph Mazzini,
Cavour, Bismarck. ,
'Several of the above, notably Juliu^
Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte, stan
at least as high as any in the list of
those to whom the epithet of g
lias become attached in comme
speech-perhaps higher. Taken as a
whole, these 20 show a higher aver
___ IT,________ none of these 20 of
had
or
,lo
b
age. There are none of the
whom we do not. feel that If
known them they would have struck m
as rising far above common humanity
either in width of mind or intensity of
feeling or in energy of will, or in ad
these things combined.
Mark Twain on Hawaiian Islands.
No alien land in all the world has
any deep, strong charm for me but that
one; no other land could so longingly
'and' beseechingly haunt me sleeping j
and waking, through half a lifetime, as .
that one has done. Other things leave I
change, U butit remains the^aroe. For
me its balmy airs are always blowing,
its summer seas flashing in the sun:
the pulsing of its surf beat is in my
ear* I can see its garlanded crags, Its
leaping cascades, its plumy paltns
drowsing by the shore; its remote sum
mits floating like islands above tho
cloudrack ; 1 can feel the spirit of its
woodland solitudes; I can hear .he
plash of its brooks; in my nostrils
still lives the breath of flowers that
perished 20 years ag'*
World
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Shown Value of Liberty
ta! Power of Germany
Dy tn
By ELIHU ROOT. Form-* Secretary of State and Heed ol Misiion to Ruasia
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nature unroll
us as we never
and compassion
We need n
here, and tne issue
the American neon
maintain the liberty that tic
the manhood to maintain the
the manhood to defeiu: ! host,
would hand down to our tin
don them all.
The issue is clear itc
American republie, fr am
ami poor aim*', Amern
we are so craven tha'
power o' , \ i! that rav
faitide.-.-nc" and eymt
of humanity, and u' !
human Tight shall he
which our father
our fatlcrs' sons and
It has come n> :
into the vin
slipping away I
Into the image of ov
if need he. and to
live; that its liberty may live
I n rtniinv, w hich ha- repti
viiimuoti lias accomplished
a has repudiated the law of
;hi G :nian state to he superior
t itas repudiated the law of hu
jinnering committed the
rder that site might have
f inspiring terror in the world—the brutal
rman\ has revealed at last to our comfort
i, . t i;u {„-oj.it* the unrealitv of « • *ir lives, and has fhown»
ii, i O- .iiid ! *k«-d. the dreadful, horrh
] hv morals or religion of humanity,
realized ne:.. re what liberty and juste
what morality and right really are.
t talk about the whys and wherefore.-. <>f the war. It *•*
I-awn so dearly that a child could see. It is for
o determine whether they have the manhood to
r fathers gained for them through sacrifice,
justice upon which w* have pride<l ourselves,
institutions of liberty and justie,
Iren, or wlieth»*r we shall submit
truth of human
It lias shown to
. what humanity
which we
and abaii
n ,| distinct between the maintenance of the
ml independent. Ameri<an justice to tin* rich
opportunity for tlw boy and the girl-whether
V ill have our children to he subjected to tlift
,i Belgium and Serbia: whether falsehood and
m,tempt fur morals, and cold-bloode.1 disregard
nee of mercy and eompa.-mn. and denial of
portion of our children, or whether the Liberty
w,.n shall he handed down to them by the manhood of
he love of our children's fathers.
i( , j , 0 _, 0OQ> U was at the eleventh hour that we came
trd. The great opportunity of the American people was:
fore they could grasp the opportunity to make themselves
,f -,n- fathers and of our Maker; ihe opportunity to die,
our dearest ones to death that our country may
that its justice may endure; that its oppor
tun it v lor those v.
ho toil and endure may continue.
We
th,* opportunity for that -acritice am
1 siitfering through w
liavi
hieb
grasped
we shall
find our souls
Great Wealth Produced in Time of Peace
Can Be Increased in Days of War
By W. E. CHANCELLOR. Head of Department of Economic», College of Woo.tar
The total income of » people connût» of all the currently produced
wealth for consumptive or productive purposes; Ihrt .» or
The endeavor to discover what this total w nas
the countries that have longest maintained
use or for investment
not been successful, even in
income ol the rutted States in l»l:f ««<££•
where between $ 30 , 000 . 00 ( 1,000 and iwrhaps even so - '•
000. 000, hut they do not a-rce as to ..liar itenlä »u » l " •
of the falling purchase power of money there is a a,rl, ginor. y -
ment that tlie annual ims'mc ol the Amerlian p.'"P e or ■ •
,.,ut ended June 30, W1J, was at least $15,000,000,000, w monel terms.
1, t evident that when the medium of excl.ange fluctuates »niedy in
in Ihe terms of good, and of other possessions, no figures are wholly
i
rustworthy an( l substantial.
There is another cause for paying
htt
le attention now to tho
question as to Lite 'total annual income of our people. Our P°P llliltl ^
iris b ppn growing at the rate of about 2 per cent per annum. But we
t ZZ our national future irrespective of what the population m
or may Wcome, Or «• arc pW*« «»• •
,lo un^ care now whether ihe total income grows pio rata > .
ZZ or not; what we care about is that we. that is, the Burmo«, AM
b e free to govern our lands and casts and commerce according to oir
own self-determined and now ancient ways, and not acconmg °
revived semi-barharous ways of Middle Europe. And we know th. .
though in the easy days of fence we produced perhaps forty billions
f wealth a year in tin* more laborious days of this war we can produce
to -lav-* producta, »1, other salable or not, vastly more. Wars are non
hv the workers behind the men on the firing lines.
Neither Individual Nor Nation Can
Violate Law a nd Not Suffer Penalty
By Rev. Arthur J. Frenci». Secretary of the Chicago Community Trurt
Communities cannot break the law. They may ignore the law they
refuse to comply with the taw. hut law ia supreme. Typhoid fever
Heal disease ; it is a municipal crime. It reveals that
may
is not merely a physica.----------.. - . . .
whose business it b to care for the publie health are either ignorant
or willfully careless.
Nations cannot break the law. The law breaks nations. 1 he na ions
have "paid in men, in blood and in money for their deliberate viola ion*
of the laws of the world's good will-England with her experience of the
Belgium with her Congo atrocities, Russia with
opium traffic in China,
j 1)(;r aw f u f Siberian exile'experiences.
. Q has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. For
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good w j]l s he will lean* with all other peoples the fundamental truth
and brutality and indifference to the law of Ihe world s
that the law cannot, be btoken; it breaks.
We have had illustration after illustration of men reaching through
splendid effort high eminence and power, who, failing to ocey the law,
have been broken by the law. Honor, truth, integrity, respectability, are
for the law abiders. When the laws governing these are set at naught
then they instantly begin to grind their grist and we observe honor gone,
integrity violated, place and power taken away and given to others.
Never forget t.hi 3 stupendous truth, that law, physical, menta* and
spiritual, cannot he broken; it breaks.