Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 7, 1913, Page 2

\ : r PAGE TWO AU OHOSOICHTIOFOIOPCIIIDS o p—— || THE EVEN:NG THLEGRAM, LAw ELAND, FLA, MAY 7, 1913, e ——— R N L BTN BOEOROEOBOIOROGFOROFFHO DO \, : WY your / 1 inore ol need il Somedays; 7" Dark i& > The money you are fiddlinz aw oy from day to day and weck to week would look mighty good in the bank at the end of the & It would look better at the en d of next week, because when you once get » nest egg, it is no sac rifice to go without little un nrecessary things to ald to it, and in your old age it would look like a warm, warm friend; and PRO TECT you. Do YOUR banking with US. First National Bank OF LAKELAND year, Lng Life 0 Linené < i | ever heard.” along with good laundry werk is what you sre looking for aad that 13 just what we ary giviax. Try us. - B QLOBTHII AN EOROSOMD t MANY HAVE SEEN The Accumulation of a Life Time SWEPT AWAY In One Short Hour FIRE A Fire Insu- .. 412 " is a Ruthless Destroyer! Eo 2 X X2 2 2% rance Policy a Beneficent Restorer! HAVEJYOU ONE? CHOPOFQFQ PP QEQFOEQPOP IO IR0 FDMAPUMRPUPOLIDOC ST FURNISH YOU @& THE BEST IS NONE T00 GOOD~ asia o [TARCOURT &UCO. coace INCORPORATED. MANUFACTURING ENGRAVERS LOUISVILLE, KY, U.S.A. WE ARE/ THEIR EXCLUSIVE, AGENTS FOR THEIR EXCLUSIVE LINE. Full line of Dennison’s Gift Dressings; also Gibson Art Co's Engraved Specialties, Holiday and Fancy Goods, Toys, Ktc, LAKELAND BOOK STORE CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Will teraish plans and spesifications or will fellow any plang end spesifleations furnished. BUNGILOWS A SPECIALTY Let me thow you seme Lakelsad homes I bave Wil LAXELAND, Phone 267.Green FLORDDA OG0 OE QIR PR AR : |lly on these lines. It fs said th t| 5 . | when the crown princess, a daug!' - ! L s S —— RN RECOGNIZED A PATCH | comommmermmemmsmrsmes | 10 NNRE : | ADELINE'S GREAT FAITH “I3 there any Interesting incldent : i tn his life that the public would en- | joy reading about?” The reporter | turned to Mr. Johnson, the friend of { the great singer, whose concert they had just come from. “Why, yes.” Mr. Johnson smiled at | By JACOB LOWENBURG. By SUSANNE PALMER. T 3 T E——RSCTRTT Vhen Adeline was nine the Puflles began wond-ring among themselves ther she still believed in Santa tht memory. “It happened about seven | ( "'flr‘rAldl‘“f: hnd(\{.};‘i:'en her usual | Fears fga, An0 1 Hie DARES 6! | fter to Snrfn and stuffed it up the | Alfred Hendricks’ career.” e R T Miny § Bive dct ) TG TeRTn ok ;ilL:'l;zUy\] ‘\l:n‘lL;rl a%:.‘(nmp:miment of ! o‘.]t his pad and pencil ready to take much goot and emotion by her father, h;i;tmm; late afterncon, and T was “Thunder: » Pufile had fi]alld,ftry- wi P ele : e inz to brus » goot from his face coming from the ferryboat .with Mrvs. and smearing it on the collar. .A,I'-mg S, t{xen b Tpeat &8 “: is the end of such foolishness! What | glepneniiniogtie BiectiRtRAIOpRe an awfal reach that child bas! That L i, ) stoopted' 1to x:;fk ll: letter was almost up on the chimney up, and a small box, contalning the en- | |\ )0 " s can't believe in such fool: | gagement ring I had just purchased {shneis—" for her, dropped out. Thera were a “The idea!” said Mrs. Puffle, Indig: lot of newsboys gathered about, One nantly. “I think it is perfectly sweet grabb?d the box bnforz I coul'g gitkllt that Adeline still believes in Santa n‘nd disapncarsi itoitasicRoN Ce M "| Claus! What is a little soot on your ;‘z;“”'vndfla:;dn?:ter Bim, a0d. M| ootrap compared with nurturln: tht: Oaneon ¢ imaginaticn of your child! You haven' “We ran through Twentythird o%y ore " penry Puttle! Fm pos street to the elevated station; he ran itively ashamed of you?” up one side and down the other, I con. “‘We!l it's me the coot is on, you'll tinuinggastop hlm.’ L :a:t ':ib:“:: notice!” eaid Puffle grimly and un- TaRack ‘t’h:;n : £ r:oa lM:s Jo'l!:nson grammatically. “That makes seme dif- :‘ adnage o“ o;e nd 'tak‘n the car to terence! Oh, well, if the kid still A grown' ik ? t # telephoned thinks Santa Claus exlsts we might as :;y"::ol::fix;:, :hoen :ve:tn :zm: ..D 0 well let her keep on thinking. She'll t 1 “Gee! What luck to lose such & °“,tr‘h':;' ll;bof:l:: :‘;‘;‘:IE"L.“ E'Lfi:.u;h § TSI N gifts “From Santa Claus” and she re- w oeived them with the same wide eyed “We put several detectives on the wonder which had attended her Christ case, but there was little they could bahyhood. do, outside of watching the various m...'le;oim;u tro’;n Santa,” the Puffles newsboya at the ferry, heard her telling the little girl next “That evening my mother was mot| 4,1 o 4o exhibited her new doll. well, 80 my flance sat with her, and | ~.py a1 gaiq Mrs. Puffie accusing father and I went to the theater. It|, ~ .spq you would have blighted was amateur night; they had theusual | \} o0 4o vocent faith! It is perfectly bill, followed by the amateurs. Most of beautitul” them were impossible. It was the same when Adeline was “About the tenth on the bill was & | ., ‘g, habbled merrily about what little fellow who looked about tem | .. <.anteq Santa Claus to bring her. years old. He was a nervous chap and Resting her limpid eyes upon her very shabby. He worrled through the | oo 3ering parent, she would beseech- first verse of a popular song. Some-| .1y gg) pyffle whether he thonght thing in the song—or perhaps it was| jo"; ;) wrote 2 very careful ncte to the boy—pleased the howling mob, fof | gp4p 1g would do such a wonderful they actually let him sing the chorus, | vy g bring her a gold bracelet. “It not once, but fully a dozen times. I wrote it vur-ry caretully, daddy?” she “His voice was beautiful, the most| .. o .4 iy her birdlike tones. vibrant, sympathetic boy's volce I'have | (/= 0 - paart melting ‘at the | teiaor trust of his child, he told Ade Adeline’s “Well, it's wonderful, now,” the re porter smiled knowingly. “As he left the stage,” Mr. Johnson resumed, “something familiar caught my eve—a patch on the seat of his trousers. I had chased that same patch from the ferry to Ninth avenue that afternoon. The patch was black-and- white check, and the trousers gray. “I whispered a word to my father, and together we left the theater. Fath. er hurried to the police station, and I went to the stage door, found the man. ager and told him the story. “The boy was waiting with the crowd for his prize. He received it; then Mr. Emery, the mapager, brought him to me. “‘Johnny,’ he sald, ‘did you ever see this gentleman before?” “‘No, sir,’ the boy replied promptly. “But T was sure about the patch, so I simply accused him at once. For a minute he seemed terribly frightened, then he looked me in the eye and sald: “‘I didn’t take your ring, sir’ And his lip trembled slightly. “‘But, my boy,’ I think I sald ft kindly, ‘I recognize the patch on your trousers.’ H that he thousht Santa would be ble to resist her appeal. “Only,” PuMle added, with memories of the year previous, “it {8 not neces- sary, dearie, to chuck your letter quite €0 high up the chimney!” “Why, daddy!" Adeline protested in round eyed amazement. “It i3 so much easler for him to get it it {t is high up! He has to reach clear down the chim- ney, you know!” “To be sure,” Puffle stammered. “T don't see,” he afterward remark ed to his wifs, “why she hasn't dis- covered that Santa Claus is a fake. Seme of the other children must know. The little imps are only too glad to give it away when they are disillusion. ed. They must have told her!"” “You don’t understand, Adeline!" protested Mrs. Puffle, “You don't real ize at all what a sweet, trusting nature that child has! It would never enter her head to suspect! I just want to cry when I think how terrible she will feel when she does find out. I hope it will be a long. long time yet!* “Well, I don’t see how it can be, so long as she has eyes and ears and some brains,” growled Puffle. “‘Oh, ir; he smiled, ‘these atn't| Pufle was smitten dumb with my pants; I didn’t have any so good, | Amazement when at 11 Adeline, as 80 he lent them to me, the boy next | holiday time approached, began to door did. He's sick tonight.’ chirp in her sweet, childish way what “I laughed at the boy, but the clne | Santa was going to bring her. was too good to lose, 80 I offered him | “He brought my bracelet last year,” a large reward it he would take me to | she sald to her parents. “Don’t you his friend. think’ he'll bring me a little silver “‘Will you put him in jafl?* he ask-| watch this time? He would if he ed. And it was not until I had given | knew how I wanted it. Santa has nev. him my word not to punish his friend, | er disappointed me, never!” It the ring was returned, that he con-| “Henry,” sald Mrs. Puffle a little rented to take me to his house. He | later, wiping her eyes, “we must get had worn the pants, and he could not | Adeline that watch! I wouldn't dis- be unfaithful to the one who had been | appoint her falth for worlds!” kind to him.” “She's too young for a watch,” ob- “Did you recover the ring, and what | jecter Puffle fecbly. Sl i L proached Mrs. Puffle. h“: ;(;n“lhe g;xm‘:' c;ne to ; f:;'m tul!” yasn as cared for, and Mrs.| ¢ wag the day after Christmas that g;;::io“ received the ring in due :Lxec(;.“)llefl;s.mha;ing rn;lscdda \\t‘:,ndow o off the house, heard outdoors, “\A‘[‘d "“_'e Hendricks?” Just beneath the window, a conversa- e looked up his family records. | tion between Adeline and the little and finding he was quite alone, wa : 0 girl next deor adopted him. And not once in the| .e""‘;‘; years h:u']o we regretted it.” .s,‘?: (yh‘:““l:f]‘:e;?flm i ol “That was a lucky patch for him.” Adeline laugh ; :d- g;: |Il‘-eporter spoke Hendricks join: | gmygeq hug.h.g lfgam: 0'1:3:2?:11.‘:: i g e peated. “Goodness me, no! I knew portYe(:'“ ir;hfir;ff:.. ::(:lll‘ldw ?fl'}:‘;: there waun'; any such thing when I . B . | was seven, but I've had to kee Ln?- and it is now almost my most | go%s pot to disappoint da: :ndp:o:h’- alued possession. “Outside of my"— er. They have such a d time think tears came lntq.hls eyes—*foster fath. Ing I believe in s.ngg:om.::. A:q- er and mother. say"—Adeline’s voice became trium- phant—"do you know something? 1 get twice as many presents—they have to give me some from Santa Claus besides those they give me themselves!” “Tee-hee!" giggled the little neigh- bor girl appreciately. “There!” growled Puffle to his stricken wife. “I guess if there’s any chimney sweeping done in this house hereafter it'l be done by a profes- sional."—Chicago Daily News. i init— trust!” re- “It is beaut!- Court With Little Pomp. The simplicity of the Montenegrin court is proverblal. King Nicholas and Queen Milena are both advocates of the simple life in its literal sense, and have brought up their large fam. of the grand duke of Mecklon! | Strelitz and a cousin of Queen M first came to live at the court of fatherinlaw she found it extrems fiicult to accustom herself io ber, new surroundings, brought up as ehe| Puzzling. had been in the rigid etiquette of the | "A tain th et g Te you certain that was country ! sausage you sold m t : K g e yester Aito Craze In lilinois, | 25Ked the old fogy. = Sixty-five thousand two hundred | ., oo Teplled the buteber. | and nirety-nine automodile licenses dGenuSne fon Ty sausage, slr. Why ‘;;\'.\ro ;ssuod lnl :fiessmte of INlirois o"‘)"xoyu“ts};.murd a street tran [ y ) it d 7 cet car 7 eptember 20, far o0y It,” said the old fogy, "and.i was wondering how it got there™ L e !K ' L L A L L ;- Nt B 0 The 'great insect de g’d’v?r:isg:;fg stroyer and disenfec: itant. Kills insects ofall kinds instantly. Solc by W. J. WARING & €O UPHOLSTER.®G AND MATTRESS MAKXING. JOENSON & JOHNSGNs | [First Aid i Handboo, NOW BEING DISTRIBUTED, PHARMAG| The | Ola Mattresses made over; ousbio: of all kind made w0 order. lrop = a postal card. Arthur A Douglas 415 8. Oifo Street. KODAKS and SUPFLIES DEVELOPING and PRINTING HIGH QUALITY..LOW PRICES N PROMPTNESS K TANPA PHOTO AND ART SUPPLY (0 314 TWIGGS STREET TAMPFA. FLONIDA B -The Professions: DR SANUEL ¥ SMITR SPBCIALIST. kye, Ear, Nose and Throst .ome Offies, 141; Residemes, ? Bryant Blig., Lekeand Fa OR. J. 1. WILSON, PHYSICIAN AND BURGEBON Phoneo—Ofies, 270; residence 197-3 Rags. duns BuilMing, Lakeland . W. R. GROOVER, PRYSICIAN AND SURGEON R~omt 8 and 4 Kentuoky #iee Lakelané, Flarida W. B. MOON, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Fo™i¢ United Brotherhood of Carpe and Joiners of America, Local I Meeots every Tuesday night o o'clock, at McDonald's hall. R. L. MARSHALL, Presidn J. W. LAYTON, Vice Pres J. W. LOGAN, Treasura J. H. FELDS, Fin. Secy. H. F. DIETLE.CH, Rec. 8 H. L. COX, Conductor. SAMUEL BOYER, 'J. W. SCARR, C. L. WILLOUGHBY, Board of Trustees. Lakeland Lodge ~o. 2! F & M. Regular comu:1:icaticns helt second and 4th Mondays at 7:i m. Visiting brethren cordisliy Uffice in new Skipper building ove) postoffice. Teiephcne, office and resi dence on same iine 350, KELSEY BLANTOX LAWYER ? 0 Bldg. Phone 319, Lakeland, I DR SARAH R WHERLID OSYEOPATH PEYSICIAN %ooms §. ¢ and 7, Bryast Builin. Lakeland, Fia. Roe Mone 218 Blue. vited. J. C. OWENS, W. :, Jouse Phone 378 Black J. P. WILSON, B¢ G. H & H.D, MENDENHALL { Lakeland Chapter, R. A. X Civil Engineers. | 80 meets the first Thursday aish Rooms 212-215 Drane Bldg. LAKELAND, FLA. Poosphate land examination. Buw veys, examination, reports, each month in Masonic Hall Vi ing eompanions welcomed. A Leonard, H. P.; J. F. Wilson, S/ Blueprinting. Palm Chapter, 0. E. 8. mnets ¢ second and fourth Thursday off lu: ,’D}:".“’m of each month at 7:30 p. . Arediteot, ; Viora Keen, W. M,; J. F. Wi by, Hewest [deas in Bungulow Lakeland, Jloriea. BONFOEY, ELLIOTT & MENDENHALL Lakeland Camp No. 78, W J. meets every second and f~arth T day night. Woodmen Circle Associated Architects, and third Thursuiys. W. J. B Room 212 Drane Building. |Council Commander, Mrs. Sallie} Lakeland, Fla, * + ardian of Cirele. 3 0. ROGARS, I"’. %oom 1, Brysat Beikitng Phoag 259. Lakeland, Forida. & B KUITAKSR, ~A -at-Law— v.or T Stuart Bldg. Barwew, 5. bR W. 8 avia LENTIAT Zstadlished ia guly, 1006 s 14 and 1§ Kentusky Bubiass FPacues: Officy 180; Resssmor » _____[_______-_________________________—_______ K OF P Regular meeting every Iue at 7:30 at 0dd Fellows Hall. ¥ ing wembers always welcome F. D. BRYAN Chancellor Commasé A K. .ACKSON, Becretary. POST 83, G. A. B Meets the first Baturoay (o ¢ montk at 10 «. m. at the LT J. M. Sparling on Kentucky A. C. SHAFFER, Commanf J. R TALLRY, Adjuta Haera Rebekah Lodge ¥ meets every second and fourth day aights at 1. O. 0. P ball. ¥ ing brothers and sisters cordiallf vited. MRS. F. C. LONGMAN, N. MRS ILA SELLERS, Bec ClBeo 2 Muna BDuBSeh LARRLAND, FLONIRG. W. §. PRESTON, LAWYEA Mmamization of Vit and Bee Estate Law g Spestaitp. B. NOTARY PUBLIC. Loans, Investments in Real Estats Have some interesting snaps in et N Orange Blossom Div. No and suburban property, farms, ou | g, L A. to B. of L. B. meet* Better see me at once. Will trad: {second and fourth Wednesie sell for cash or on easy terms. |each month at 3:30 p. m. ¥ Room 14, Futch & Gentry Bldg . Bisters always welcome. Lakeland, Fla. MRS. J. C. BROWN ORDER OF EAGLFS His Pleasure, ’ A famous king said: “If men only | The Fraternal Order o g tew how pleasant to me It is to fon | Meets every Wedzesday bie! give faults, there is not one of them |¥:30, at 048 Fellows® hall. vbo would not commit crime.” —From J. H. WILLIAMY, Pres® de Orieut B. M. SMAILS Becrets” Lake Lodge No. 3,100 mests Friday nights at 1:30, 0. 0. F. hall. 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