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i ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PUL! The Love Stories ~; ran Day Sees Oe nace Dempesr, Ho, 81 Of Great Americans sae a OUR SUAR resneter. tt TS EE pry, AN m ' By Albert Payson Terhune Eertored at the Post- BecondClass Matter. @ubseription Rates tie ven bh For nsiane ‘and the Continent and ‘World for United States ~ All Countries in the International - Canada. Postal Union ‘One Year.. sescccecess 08.78 a6 Coneriaht, 1016, ty The Prous Publishing Co, (The New York Frening Wout). i NO. 10—BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND DEBORAH READ. i 6 HAD made some courtship during this time to Miss Read. 1 | ad great respect and affection for her and had some reason | to believe she had the same for me. But as I was about to take | & long voyage and we were both very young—only a little | above etghteen—it was thought most prudent by her mother to pre marrying at present.” So writes Benjamin Franklin in his “Autobiography,” tell! wooing of Deborah Read, a Philadelphia girl who was in later \Decome hie wife, But the course of love was destined to run roughly for | doth of them before that long-expected wedding day should arrive. M5 Franklin as a boy had run away from his Boston home and had Phildelphia almost penniless. Being half starved, he had bought “thy ereat, puffy rolls” and walked aimlessly along the street, munching, ; Simple breakfast. He eays in his “Autoblography”: 7 ms | “Thus I went up Market street as far as Fourth street, passing By oor of Mr. Read, my future wife's father. When Deborah, standing the door, saw me she thought I made (es I certainly did) a most awkwaag. ridiculous appearance.” VOLUME 54......ccccsecwecccrccsscsenseceees . 19,298 A BIG FOURTH FOR A BIG TOWN. T I8 going to be everybody's Fourth this year. The Celebration Committee, of which Martin W. Littleton is Chairman, seems to have made its plans with the idea that every man, woman and child in Greater New York must have something interesting to see and hear. The morning exercises at the City Hall, where the Mayor, Champ; Clark and Gov. Glynn will speak, are to have their counterpart at esch | of the Borough Halls. The Board of Education promises thirty- nine echool celebrations with mustio, folk dances, ete, for the children ; mg gt 5. ilk: bee dik Ga ths ee in Manhatten, and proportionste numbers in the other boroughs. | 6 COOKING FOR marry. He persuaded her father to take him as a boarder. And,’ Twenty-five cinging rallies in various parts of the city in the evening | STS) | the next few years, while he was tolling as an apprentice and 4 , will take care of thote who do not laten to the “allater” chorus ge By ly Eee gh ‘ of one thousand voices in City Hall Park. Parks and recreation | Gritted apart. Franklin was a strange mixture of grim wisdom ang, centres will provide athletic contests and out-of-door games for | Wi, Leukin “waar tar avee, team th thousands in all sections. By night the city is to burst into « blaze! Engagement and § And if, during the next few years, the absen! of illuminstion at hundreds of points. , tact eee turedly aid aot jeep ima from ‘makiog love ‘er But the committee’s great treat for the holiday public will be the | j nother girl and from carrying on such rept : | airship races over a course that will take in the North and Eset Rivers hove Gaye tan ay Gre tows ent ne eee va and both sides of the Bay. This is a feature at which everybody in| a eee vt ee ey panaviay 1s SERasd eetewe Dehemni w fewer an . Perha New York can get « glimpse. It wase happy thought of the celebra- was none to true. It {9 not always easy to stay loyal to the absentwat tion planners. eighteen of at any other age. At all events, not long after her lover qpat r. That the Fourth will be safe and esne goes without saying. New away Deborah married another man. ; : Her husband ts described in a letter of Franklin's as “one Rogers York has taken a lead in beni f the old-styl ? “ rkmad Bere Fonrth ef Soin tad fr, witht gin Tats of deed od aie, | Sts si ec ta ets Set hc eae | sy 5 Our observance of Independence Day is now « model for the rest of bbad ester iid ranks’ cate home He sects ee frienat. “rhe ed 4 the country. lof love have drawn me back from England to Philadelphii In vast New York a Fourth of July programme must be first of all one that will carry some of the meaning and the joy of the dey to the greatest number of hearts, young and old. Thin year’s committee has reckoned its audience by millions and provided enter- | eached | Deborah met once more. The old engagement was renewed. But |new complication arose—a complication whimsically described by 3 | the historian: “Deborah's position had become somewhat questionable. For was a story that her husband (Rogers) had an earlier wife liwihig which case, of course, her marriage with bint tainment scoording]: null. There was also 9 story that he wasedend. A “Maid, Wi Franklin, therefore, hardly knew what he was.wed. i ‘ et or Widow?” ding—a maid, a widow or another man’s wife. : Few men, even if warmly enamored, woul Pay “We consider nervousness a decided bar to any one in entered into the matrimonial contract under cl Fegard to the proper driving of an automobife.” g atances so discouraging. and there are no Indications, save the " F t Franklin was deeply in love b : Chiet Examiner Strobridge, of the State Automobile Bu- : 6 tae eee a nent 1, 122 the pale were wedded. ‘Mrs. Franklin eucielt ! ne brad he for forty years thereafter, and neither seems ever to have regretted’ the , @ets flustered at the questions, the examiners assume that ff E 2 step. Mrs, Franklin wae © handsome woman of comely figure." For nearly half a century the couple lived happily together, Freakin e decomes — meget) wean Se te tr7ing to/ae MMe Best ot slowly rising to power and influence in the colonies. But before Be en examination he bardly do his best et the steering . Vf le of m and won the eternal gratitude of Bip ta not acceptable.” oe = 1... Labs Tuntey ‘hla ‘wife diedtoo soon to shine in the reflected light of er ‘nervousness ts oa) Tr) husband's world-wide fame. On the other hand, if we may judge by what we see daily fm the streets, cases of too much nerve get by the examiners A Writer’s Odd “Balance Sheet.” ARLES READE, the novelist, teen years—not enough to pay for C once drew up the following odd| pens, ink and paper, leaving cepying “account with literature:” and shoe leather out of the question.” “Teem—My family had brought me ‘account with iterature,” = ’ up and educated me till I was sixteen. now appears as an indictmest Betty Vincent’s ‘“Ttem—I earned my demyship at|of the literary tastes of his contem- Magdalen College, 18 pounds a year at|poraries, was sufficiently borg Advice to Lovers § | sevente. Ing, but tt did not daunt Reade, “Ttem—At twenty-one I obtained|continued to write, and ten yeare @f- ter drawing this “account” he gatms® tp 1 ALSO MOTHERS’ WEEK. HIS is Baby Week throughout Greater New York. With the approach of July, hot weather brings the worst peril for the little folks. For that reason this is the best time of year to fight for them. Straight From | The Shoulder mrs, 8 YEMy Fae, We So Wags the World Bits of Common Sense Philosophy With a “Punch.” By Clarence L. Cullen. my fellowship, beginning at 250 To-day school children are taking home one million circulars Fatal Egotism. Popular or Pretty? junds per annum and ultimately|immortality and a fair financial: through which the city gives free instruction in the f babii HE most fatal egotiem of all ts is S tat ee, vag to 650 pounds. ompense from the publication of "he ity gi care of ies. ie 5 as 4 apenas AN a girl be chariti a Icading 0} leationa workin ¢ that of the young man who LENTY of sensible people believe in the idea that it is a first-rate popular if| “Item—Eighteen years devoted to|Cloister and the Hearth.” Dusiag Churches, charities and Icading organizations are ing together thinks there te nothing worth plan for married couples to be separated from each other for a the etudy of dramatic art.” that long pertod of struggle and | she is not pretty? Now let-us see what I had gained Your own ob-| for this outlay: , ; servation must tem—My book ‘Ladies’ Battle,’ nil. answer this ques-| “Item—Masks and Faces,’ half of tlon in the af- | 150 pounde—%6 pounds. frmative. You| “Item—From Bentley for book of surely Bb ‘Peg Woffington,’ 30 pounds. known girls witb| “10 all 106 pounds. That ts to say, absolutely about half a crown a week for eigh- no claims to te make each day of the present week do its part toward widening|tearning which he doesn't already month or so Ursathte Ee ee Series wih wae Ger ee the usefulness of the nurseries, milk stations, hospital clinics and home mee: sealers ohee yea bare a ae first, este which help the youngstere*to win half the battle of life by s aritiee ace ‘thane to : mies) strong and healthy start. tor fetes peoples ‘; pha x r il o Pei Ae da onstrate peri Ala H cette) The Evening World has long been a friend of babies. It is also | Work—your progress eroe™ « they're mistaken, Men notice a lot more about wom a) 8 friend of the mothers. The Better Baby Conteste conducted the one ghey Pata ates hay ta oo ore Libya be pey pewsd Pov pile pest year by this newspaper, with the co-operation of the Babies’| them to learn about thelr work. They 4 Maj] they don’t feel like saying everything they think at Welfare Association, in the course of which The Evening World secured the examination of 4,000 babies and awarded hundreds of appointment Reade was often to the verge of despair and dom—and @ mother’s generous '® must have been in the have stopped merely because they home—which would be dangerous business anyhow. THOUGHT there was nothing left for them to learn. After forty we begin to become a little intolerant of beauty who have dollars in prizes for condition end improvement, would have con-| And the moment they stopped along ||M edullient, flamboyant youthfulness. Analysing that in-| had hosts of friends among thelr own vinced anybody of one fact: If there are better babies it is because |°#™mMe s°me other fellows, who, be- tolerance, we're of the opinion that 4's just plain, con-| %X and the opposite one, What is there bett oth Meving there WAS something the explanation? Gre 'Devter momers. learn, went after it, found it, and ye ams ‘That a girl is surest of popularity To give due emphasis to this side of Baby Week, The Evening] presto! they went AHEAD of the} — Nobody ecems to know fust why it is that the better dressed and more| "N°. thinks least about {t, The World offers prizes for an All New York Better Mothers’ Contest, | Mr. Know-tt-alls, Prosperous looking a woman is the more discontented is her facial expres. | CMfort and pleasure of her frien sion. are the subjects which chiefly occupy Leamncigy her mind. She is neither self-con- It’s either arrested development or atrophy of the imagination which | scious nor ambitious. She is just— causes a working girl to imagine thet a tawdry $7.50 imitation of a $150|a “thoroughly nice girl.” dress looks anything but tawdry and ridiculous—or, rather, pathetic. And the Mr. Know-it-alls went off in @ corner and nursed @ grouch against thelr employers and sald to open to every mother with a baby under three years of age which won a first prize in one of the Better Baby Contests. Baby Week will belong also to the mothers. The babies’ vote on the question is loud and unanimous. And they i m 7 get a “aquare deal.” Only it wasn't It takes the wife of a man who employs a pretty girl for a stenog- A Foolish Pros lee. or thelr employers who denied them| rapher to talk about how business girls nowadays dress for “sex appeal.” “A. EW” writes: ‘For nearly two that square deal. They didn't give it years @ young man has been paying 4 ay Maybe mediation fs like virtue—and rewarded on the big sag tribe saca' them > Along about forty-five most of us abandon the idea that “some day”|me ottention and he persuaded me to ame plan. thelr room for Improvenent. Hethes | We're going to be rich, or at least well-to-do. About that time it all sim-|take an oath that I would always be had taken the same time to improve | mers down to this: Well, anyhow—durn it!—we're going to hav. thet "kk that they spent in pa’ with a modern bungalow thereon—and running water, of course! ; i ; er ir wor! it ittin, o jurse'| . quarrelled with my mother and , wouldn't have been passed b; Occasional! waded subw: abused her ‘shamefully to me Sor Ae \e der-bodice, L etters f rom t h e P eop le Sietas “Bice cet tee cclnanae even acine Glib Graneun cetiie & Merely When the reenee nan’ ee this reason I have told him that I ta cen Giant fellow she cloves the book with a sigh and awakens to the grayness of the actual | W&"t nothing to do with him. Yet ] and anythi tanante (eapectall lly those tn the poorer earre net hae bese sitet the] world. We wonder why, possessing Youth, she sighs. Then wo remember | te Femembrance of mx ostn anes v4 i or fee Advantages moe Kyanebicr fre StS | Guced to the final terms of greatest |that Youth never knows the meaning of Youth unti! Youth has fled. Remember that a bad promise is t rel! mfor possible efficiency. Nor is th better broken than kept, and put the manne ace to pi bed reat ‘workman who has made bimselt. ae Humon beings—ALL human beings—are marvellously brave. They atone | young man out of your mind if you rie yma in the parks and sremsialy master st ble Job that | of al creatures know that death is inevitable, Knowing not the hour of |®° longer have any affection for him, Of twentieth contuey ag agvantawes | Totarding it. ss! SAP §8FD | their death, but surrounded, cordoned by it, they fare cheerfully, bravely on, am In love with tainly should be able to do as much| Just think this over. doing their work in the world, whistling, singing, laughing over it, a/young lady and I think she recipro- cates, But whenever I offer to take ire compelled to \ al in After you've watched « farmer dol whole day's ploughing you never | her to @ theatre whore other friends \\ \ with full lower’ reside in the ten: - t districte, (ofte: emen| furaish i Wi besru f ours will be present she has some fren built Hits From Sharp Wits. aap be Brice thet you pay ‘for 6 bushel! of ‘potstogs, excuse, Yet she allows me to call at tone, acti tee We've noticed that the boy who has little or no trouble in getting his| Pe" home, frequently. | po you think the blouse fe cut®b wee ney, hd sont rie on ann schoo! lessons rarely amounts to anything as a man, Tor each other?” n to sive 8 ‘Do you eee what I mean?" te to ee he is bashful and afraid of N\\t Wi For fat’ nim that you don't. At fourteen a girl is keen to tuck her hair up like a woman. At forty size, d ro 1, ee she likes to go around the house with hair in braids like a gir oe [ 4 rie ty vine . 8 : al rs 6 in. wide with the Peo 4 ie sivas Snows tie fotoree ‘There are altogether too many dishonest or incompetent watchmakers | old and in love with a young lady of i a, af Ince # Tae fidence” by & man addicted to the|!n the world who, after soaking you Ly oF Tears, do things to your twenty-three. 5 hav been paying ats trimmnieig “a -_ t t ts i} r the rest of ita nat . tention to her for five months an veves an habit. Albany, Journal, watch that cause it to act insanely fo! ‘a natural life. tent? se id Bye montna aig b sleeves and 1%" u Saat "I the di e affect our future x | over-blouse to iy whcie seat, in a erowded ‘treet car This Is the Longest Day of the Year. happinens’ Tt may not, but I advise you to wait % et oad e said that “the female o At 148 A. M. to-day, tt was atii!| til you are at loart ‘twenty-one "be- Rettern Ne SitonZeney 8 eperien je i ¥ e 47 A. M, to- |®Pring. ‘binding yourself to a woman five male."—Macon Telegraph, Te arrived at 147 A. M, tor /°PA0'T 47, tt was summer, Seare older’ chan yourself, 1% yds. cee day. How time files, to be sure! ' Also, this te the longest day in the] Summer will ‘remain on the jon| Her Parents. view will be 6 for the bodice and full portions of the sleeves with 2% yda, of wide for the sleeve caps and trimming, : n No, 8321 is cut in sizes from 34 to 42 inches bust measure, and it can be said that ‘the female of gore te here! On what days are visitors admitted fvee to Bronx Park Zoo? aR ig Landlords and Tenants. =. Those who are willing to meet work ; until the last part of September. Poke Biitor of The Brening World: ey have no trouble in find- Loy to-day the days will begin to! BY that time the daye will be an| “I. Re" writes: “I have known a “Far seeing landlords are wakin To the Editor of The Wort: eee zy short as during the last part of| young lady for a year and a half and to the realtzation of New York | ™)™ Eh Brenig ft Ite grow shorter, March, : during that time have never been in- woeful lack Of play space for ie whet day did June #29, far) _ tie © poor emblore Who Faducen bial” Hard itch, fentt Hy ane, shortest day of the year falls | troduced to her parents, Is it proper Z oa ee This 6 summer eo! ice, uring as week. for me to greet em en ppen levde, while thoy may be far seeing Ne. 880 Broadway. grevad—Daseret News, The sun crossed the line this morn- | Meanwhile, get all you can out of| to meet them?” to hold out on any privili ‘Te the Bitar of The Evening : oo e 2 ¢ ing, early. to-day, For, remember, it's the yery| No, but the young lady should in- they can get their ‘for What is the address of iu is more makes fight thap fact, the sun the line bee of the whole year, troduce at once, She should have