The evening world. Newspaper, November 9, 1918, Page 9

them again.—Mencius, ore Carlyle asks and answers the quéstion, “In the eye of pure reason what is man? A biped without foathers.” And the old Scotchman was right. Reason and science know nothing of sentiment, To the scientist the heart ts just a muscle, a pump to keep the blood olfeulating. Tae great thoughts that flash through thé mind have no place whatever im physioligy: Is solely with prysival facts. But the history of man on thia earth is the story of the effort 6m sams Part to translate physical facts tito spiritual, Of such attémpt were born aft, philosophy, ethics, religion and bat for this Gumanity would never have emerged from its primitive obsdurity. The thing wo call “civilization” is but sentiment made flesh, the in- carnation in form of tho great winged thought or idea. It is to the de votee of the ideal that we owe all of our practical utilities, There is “power” indeed tn the downpour of Niagura, but the power ‘that has lifted the race to its present status is typified by the arch of Betence di bove the “hell beauty revealing itse’ incident; @ litte while ego, geologically speaking, it did not exiet, a littic while again and {t will have passed away; but the sentiment evoked by its rainbow {fs eternal, By qpbat Is sentiment? Beiore attempting an answer suppose we ask a few other questions, these, for example, “What is {it that Polé? What is it that guides the birds tn their migrations? What is it lor pigeon to ite home thousands of miles away?” er these questions, titng that makes the needle turn north, that guides the birds in their long flights over seas and continents, and that takes the carrier pigeon safely homé, but in spite of all the talk about “magnetism,” “instinet” and the like, We know no more about the matter. Well, we have a feeling, and a pretty strong oné, too, that the “life {s tmoré than meat and the body than raiment” of trouble” mean, later on, the larger and grander to-be; in a word, that out of the straggles and trials, the sorrews and heartaches of this strange old is to come somehow, somewhere, sometime, ‘That helps the car Nobody can o Citter-sweet calied life, the that which will be worth while.. What the explanation of all this is we do not know, fly bravely away in obédience to that which tells them to do 60, can we do Joss tham to trust the aighest law of our being by believing that there iz room tn this iufinite utiverse for our dreams to dome true? Why should we be afraid of our beet and bravest thonght, of our most beautiful hopes, of our noblest and most uplifting Visions? Let us be reasonablé enough and cour greatness as children of ti eolves, Curcnina feeetenaentnepesenennreed teen eh eliantneedpheined-cdethintbiaaateanasdnadaneeataneddsaianamleesh dietetic The Value of Sentiment By the Rev. Thomas B. Gregory Coppright, 1918, by The Prec Publishice Co, (The Now York Breulne Werld.) one foses @ fowl or @ dog, he knows well how to replace them, but if one loses the éentiments of his heart, he does not know how to replace Infinite. Let us not give that waich is the holiest of all unto the dogs. COIL Saturday, November 9, 1918 dan | of waters.” Niagara itself is but an URRY UP TH ] BousdeviKs | WILL GET HIM Makes the needle turn toward the YeT . We know that there is some- that the “few days and full Dut ff the birds can brave enough to respect the dream Let us reverence our better Betty Vincent's Advicet 3a young man a Mirt if he goes with a girl when he has no tntention of marrying her? Vhere is no reason why @ young man f.ould be debarred from pleasant cpposite sex just because he docs not | consider himself in a position to set | 1.9 @ household. Of course, it is most ‘unfair for a young man absolutely to polize “ny nd thus bar off her eligibles, unless he wishes to \mnake her his’ wife. But the youth] Fe “ho 1s Rot ready to “settle down” ny give and receive plenty of harm- loss enjoyment If he is seen now with this girl, now with that, and clearly | Lys De attentions to any. lo must not become sentimental, say | Gad look scft nothings, in @ word, go} ‘ough the oceam ot a formal rtghip, 0: to defavit at the ish. That is unfair, But there ts ason why he should not call on} take them to dinner or theatre, and be the pleasant iond, as distinct from the Tover. “I am olxteen yeate been working for two years ice. During these two years never made a friend, either In the office where I cm working 4 young lady, twenty pears of age, was recently hired. This Soung lady has worked in the of- fice but a short time, yet has made iore friends than 1 have. In taot, vould any of the young men from the \krious other rooms come inte the «Mee, they ail go to her, never tietio- vg me, though I have never even done enything in the place to caus 6 to ‘be passed by. But at home it Is just tue sume, I haven't a girl f 4 like other iris, I would do anytuing to Jaye @ friend, but the only friend that 4 have is my mother and the only piace I ever go is to the movies. It oakes me feel very ie when I hear 30 1s speak of the young men ifateall on them and the wonderful times they have. I try my very best to make friends with the people that J meet, but it always turns out to be © failure. T have never told a Uving person «vhat is In my heart, but I am a very ae eS ee ‘THE ROMANCE OF GUYNEMER o Lovers lonely girl, The only time any ene in the of Comes over to eee me is when be or ehe hes the blues or is Fone ing from aome family misfer- The last @entence in your rather teadal friendships with members of the | Gleful letter causes me te think you are making youself unhecessartly un- happy. If péople did not consider you a friend, do you they would 1 you their trou! But besides being sympathetic, cultivate oheer- fulness and a normal supply of salts spect. Then you are not likely to Pe Acking for companionship at any It to Switzerland seh. NoBobyY | LOVES, Our. PAPA ON HIS BROTHER s| \agazine ~ AS SN OY AA i SR se nee ~ The Evening World’s — Kiddie Klub Korner . Conducted by Eleanor Schorer by The Prose Putiiching Co, (The New York Srening World.) Dorothy Dimple’s Baking Day Ooprrignt, 1918, Tt \was Mré. Dimplé’e baking but she was cleaning the bedroom: before she started to bake. Alice and Hay weré at school, but Dotty, their little sister, stayed home, as she was only four years old, Now Dotty thought she would help her mother by doing the baking for het, Wirst shé Went to the pantry for the flour, but only sudceeded in cov- ering thé floor and herself with it. “Oh, dear!" she said to herself. As LOVALTY. L atands for Liberty that is so brave and falr, © stands for Old Glory and its de- fenders “Over ‘There,” ¥ stands for the Yankeos who are fo brave and bold, threw aside, Y stands for the Youths who on bat- tiefields have died, Put these all together and a word you will find That means the love of country and the purity of mind. By JOSBPHINE SCHIVDR, aged thirteen years, Brooklyn, A BTORY. What Betty's Kind Heart Won. ‘The atroete were crowded with peo- ple aa Betty and her aunt, Clara, went on @ shopping tour, it being & week before Christmas. Betty's uncle Joho had given her a little blue bag, 2 she opened the icebox it tumbled down on her and then she was a sight to behold. But she didn’t care and ran to the sugar barrel for sugar. She scooped it out with her little hand, but ft all sifted through her fingers. At last she became angry and, leaning over, grabbed up a hand- ful, but In doing this she tumbted into the barrel. There she stayed scream- ing until her mother came and pulled’ her out. Dotty was put to bed. The day after she thought playing with her dolla was much better than help- ing mother, She decided to wait until whe grew up to do that. By HENRIETTA FAY, aged twelve years, New York City. ————— such a day she burst out crying and fue answer, Betty urged her and last got out the truth, whieh was that she had neither kith nor kin in the world. Betty gave her some money and prom to rend her more. When she walked hoine, Betty and her mother talked about sending Bell to school. They did so, and after A stands for Amorica, so beautiful to to be as two ‘behold, al ba LX. out. tty L stands for Lorraine, for which the as war nurees and French sighed, soon sailed for Franc Betty stil! T stands for the treaties Germany| kept giving money to the poor and soon won a name for herseif in the world and in France, By MARY ADELMAN, aged thir- teen, JOHN SMITH AND YOU, Johnny Smith, six years of age, Liked watching “Dickie” in his cage. Jack Smith, half score and six, In Bingville High School led at tricks. John Wogglenton Smith, In y ne and one score, Is now a mi id off to war. At home we cal! Johnnie “some piper,” He bas kilied & German sniper, Do you want to help Johnny? Want to help buy him mmies* Well, then, buy “War By HARRY CLEMENK, a which Betty was very proud of, It came from China, where Betty had spent some of her childhoed. And on this day Betty carried tt with great pride, She went from shop to shop to buy presents, As she walked out of one place she found a little girl nelling flowers. On being questioned as to why ahe was selling flowers on ar aa Ti Paredes Explains a Few Things Which Answer the Riddle of the Cedars. had ever been in Panama or Spain. b to seek the inception of the Dossidle understanding between them, Since I found no illuminating doou- ments about Llackburn's past in the Mbrary, I concluded, if such papers existed, they would be locked up in the desk in his room. I searched there a number of times, giving you every excuse I could think of to get upstairs. ‘The other night, after I had suspected her of knowing something, the Blackburn, She was about the right age. Ten to one she was Bilas Blackburn's niece. Bo for me, many hours before Silas Blackburn walked in here, the presence of the other Blackburn about the Cedars became a tragic and threatening in- evitability, Had Silas Blackburn been murdered or had his brother? Where was thé survivor who had committed that brutal murder? 80 I went on into Smithtown and sent to open his dour, ether asking to be left alone or falling to answe and sir, I kept him hidden and he pictured Ife But tt was I'm right, Jen- thing? How oan I begin to thank at you" And he had to return to the Cedars the next day, for be missed handkerebief, himself, since he thought it was ‘his own, in the electric chair, really one of Bobby's handkerchiefs that he had dropped, “It you ever tell me I saved your Paredes yawned, “I #hall have to disappear, because then you'd have a claiin on me.” Katherine touched his hand. Thero wero tears in her eyes, It wasn't Nesessary for her to speak, Paredes indicated two chatra. gave him his chance along in the afternoon, He wanted me to try to “If you aren't too tired, sit here find the bandkerohief, but { didn’t and help me for a while, Perhaps be- He had talked have the courage. Ho couldn't find tween ug we'll get somewhere, I won- Miss Katherine nearly caught me. But [ found what I wanted--a care fully hidden packet of accounts and a costly cable to my father, His an- sewer came to-night just before Silas Blackburn walked in. cenee, etn PB PR a . bu iwi 2 the Cedar, SO LG ee Ue Man Ba ys Pave Bie adi art ieee, Garbett. letters es . ta imés. Me ‘Bol and newspaper clippings. with several of the survivors of thor He searched through th nel alt . i attorney ia Roosne detecty S,eremat fh They're at your service, Mr, District vii days, Me gave me a contin bout the bode ana the baa der why I have been oo stupid with . re neture, Bilas % tat Attorney. They told me that Bilas tion of everything 1 had gathered “That was when Katheriné heard,” Trop butted ang neating that ery much faredve {a site Blackburn had been in Panama, They 3 vero, gd poarch ot there's soon diioes a long Peary bat a, whic proved that Maria, insica et ever {fom the papers. The Blackburns Bobby said, “when we found the After « time, as he manipulated the pitas Sif oe Ibe nian, ft a terson aan me te fom, having béen hia accomplice, was his D8d Quarrelled over a contract. budy had been mover cards, he laughed lightly. Robert had been struck over the “The funeral and tho snow,” Par- bis guilt, enemy. They explained the course of head. H “The same thing—the thing I've . He wandered about the isth- edes said, “gave him his chance, Jen- bag San ee erate yourGawember the Mus, half-witted, forgetting bis kins will doubtless tell you how they been scolding you ail for. With a per- CHAPTER XVI: tng to wet nim corse ST went bash doctor told us Silas Blackburn started HaMe, nursing one idea. Some one uncovered the grave lute this after- fectiy simple play staring me in the noon, took that poof devil's body, had robbed him, and he wanted his nd saeitak mohey back or's different kind of threw it in the lake, then fastened heat Ray ee ee weal vue payment, but he couldn't remember the coffin and cove ‘again, . I $00, etenedted tue meney he buried bimpett in this lonely Pan Neto ik Out in anary ogurse the now effaced every ono have got me in trouble wile the ; He returned from th America talk. ‘Then he disappeared, and peo- 9! ir tracks, He came !f, nA- simple one gives me the game. y ts Buried, comes to life, {Rat he simply happened along by 1. 1!° nore eee eoute mrcars ple sald he had gone to Spain. Of turally ecared to deain, and told Us A26 people like that?” Pa Eri reg eens “Now here's the first significant £9,” the doctor sald. “Why should Course his wife suspected a good deal, tha 'yY based ot eo lege! of ‘An he moved the cards with o deft at eo st Ban ; wd In Blackburn’ ith q the Cedars and the doc point: Maria by drugging Bobby de- W¢ bother about his money? ie Binakbura’e Com, are Buel O20 Silwal tesonlen, aa assurance 10 their desired combina- (Condexies.) and asked Ma: u life with nothing; and hadn't you rr} AYBD you oan explain,” She laughed in. my" face, denying ever Wondered why with all hin said Robinson to Par everythi dos, “how an old man Stfanger, but I've convinced myself 4] you may, one ww feated her own purpose. He had “I wish you had bothered about mit that he might, as you call | droll t Greti othing wimpler,” reptied Paredes. been drink t aeveral things besides your ghosts,” he tgnored. Then she died, and tee he culled Grey © im ” lackburn Bow?’ Hope would anrove et, andcn ton Paredes sald, “You'd have found it Blackburn thought he was safe, But fot away with it He did ore Rawlins and Robinson, tification. T Of that be wet an overdose of a significant that Blackburn laid the he took no chances, Some survivor Mmystification. | The body of the “T guess it must be human nature, powerful drug. ‘The doctor can tell foundation of his fortune in Panama Of those ere pt so Ay dae Wag was no murdered Blackburn ae far Don't you think 6o, Mr, District As You could tell. Heaven knows how attorney?” jong you might have etruggied with *s 6 6 6 * 08 "ne wi “L think tom of the Exclamations of horror from the you batter than I of the likely effect during the hideous scandals of the blackmail, little cites about Paredes, merely of such a combination. old French canal company, We knew big dh Bovey eatd. t rought @& is 0! “ he was a selfish tyrant. That dis- “Then, lobby |, “Marta must from this Man who seemed to BAVO oD” tite Ueittod Cnewertte oct: Govery showed me how selfiah, how have brought her faiher with her ‘ne ose Of Howel ‘The condition Paredes had more divined the unsolvable riddie of th® the game symptoms: .as “genuine less he was, for to succeed in When 6he came from Spain last sum- than once foreseen was about to Cedars, aphasia. Your brain was unques- Panama during those days required mer.” CHAPTER XVII. shroud the Codare in joneliness ané anak I not correct, Jenkins?” he tonably dulled by Gn overdose on an utter contempt for all the stand- paBrousht him or gent for, him,” UDDENLY Rawlins stooped and Stontonment. ‘The few things Bobby . arda of id jecency. he men Paredes answered. ‘She's made most g n inl p t. h top @jl that alcohol, while your ar law and decency. Thi took the Pasamanian’s RANG. one aatnetine wantes stom the heuse The old servant almost sodbed in . r ° 1 of her money on th de, you know, his unsiety of mind, “Well air,” he mechanical reflexes were stimulated. who got along held life cheaper t! n her money on this side, you know here | be find him at the bot- Y, Automatically you followed your rul- a handful of coppers, That's wh And she’s as loyal and generous as “Say! We've been giving YoU had been packed and taken to the answered, “I am afraid is Mr, miles ing impulse. Automatically at the meant when I walked around the sho is impulsive. Undoubtedly she the raw end of @ lot of snap station, At Katherine's suggestion Pai) Co A hi quaden ie 2 last minute you revolted from ex- talking of the ghosts of Panama. For had the doctors do what they could juqgments, We've never got ac- they decided to leave of all and my es , eh e are Oe peed Dosing yourself in such a condition I wae beginning to see. Bilas Black- for her father, and when she got vf Podhicpmres to walk, Paredes came back, trying Fe Rae ot MOD Grand all was {9,7UF cousin and your grandfather. burn's fear, his trip to Smithtown, (rack of Silas Blackburn through you, quainted until to-night, to color his goodby with cheerfulness. aL re “" LJ Mae Ayn’ tb “ Your lucid period in the woods before were the first indications of the pres- Bobby, she nursed in the warped “Glad to meet you, too,” Robinson “After all, you may open the place oan 0s Fue aur ene tone you reached the deeerted house and ence of the other Blackburn, The brain that dominant idea with her grinned. 'n and lot me visit you.” 7 10 eleep si your ©xX- papers outlined him more. clearly, OWN Latin desire for justice and pay er ‘ou will vinit us perpetually,” eantrades stretched himeelf 18 82 ercise wae overcoming the effect of Why had it been forgotten here, Doc- ment. When his brother came here, Rawlins patted the Patamanian's 15) said, while Katherine pressed ey ir and rema; 3 ¢ the drug, That moment, you'll re- tor, that Silas Blackburn had a Sil Killed him. Then killed *boulder. the Panamanian’s hand, “but never 15 eal tall you the sienphe sate, 3 member, was colored by the fanolful prother—bia partner in those wretched Howells for fear the detective would “At that you'd make a first clas here again. We will leave it to ite pO i Meas eugh « drum would induce and profitable contract scandals?” stumble upon the truth detective.” mhonts,'ns you have often prophesied.” rr a ow ry," Pa oY, ean,” 5 ” b “4 ' “T am ‘not sure, redos sil¢ PR I 4 a grinned, “T'll though you were asleep when the Rate Watkin die wee y mire bated ae solely Fereies yawned iy, ) Thoughtfully, “that the ghosts aren't 4 body moved and when Howells was younger than Silas, This boy was It hadn't been for Miss Katherine, , > “saree with you thoroughly. } here.” ‘They gathered closer about the murdered, you can be sui Panamanian, Jenkins sidied to tho werent anywhere near thé old foom.” Hamed Oe an gat bow you found tt out” nigh’ Bobee seminach eee last a t,"* t ¥ be at nigh y reminded him. For I don't know that Maria could >®&® No eam\vment beyond my eyee have done much in a legal way, and my common aense.” Silas Blackburn had intended to dis- He yawned again. He artanged the one of the body immediately, but card table in front of the tire. He Graham joined Paredes tn the auto- mobile, As they drove off Paredes turned. His face, as he waved a lan guld farewell, was quite without ex- in memory of him. Wh should any one have remembered? He died in South America more than ® quarter of @ century ago, before e The doctor slapped his knee. “T had only one advan’ over you “I understand. It was only when or the police, Graham, iy Se bey te: we thought that wes your habit that you were in @ position to it frightened us It’s plain, This @ that. Maria did telephone sicep-waiking had been suggested to afternoon of that ghastly din- you and you had brooded upon the Sugwestion until you were bound to respond.” Paredés continued: “Maria bad told me somethi! of and, to be her history, You might have to help her when much from her press agent. Al- ing to impress us though she had lived in Spain since watchfulness, Even you guessed that she was @ ohild, she was born in Pan- dru Botby, I supected ama, my own country, of a Spanish ry obe had 1 it when I sew him go to ae] in the mother and ean American father, cate, Me gaye me a { tola Right away { wondered Lt Blackbura these children Were born.” “That's what Silas Blackburn told you when he came back,” Paredes sald, “He may have believed it at first or he may not have, I daresay he wanted to, for he came back with his brother's money as well as his own. But he never forgot that hia as brother's Wife was alive, and when be ran from Panama he knew she was about to become @ mother, “Marta had been born tn Panama of a Spanish mother and an American father, She had some etealthy interest in the Cedaro and isa Katherine heard the panel move and ran to the corridor, Sho made Jenkins break down the door, and she sent for the police, Silas Black- burn was helpless. He was beaten at that moment, but he did the beat he could. He went to Waters, hop- ing, at the worst, to estab! an alibi through the book-worm who probably wouldn't remember the ex- act four of his arrival. Waters'’s house offered him too @ strategic ad- vantage, You heard him say the spare room was on the ground fleor, You beard him add that he refused = what to say. fot the cards and piled them im neat packs on the green cloth. & box of cigarettes convenient to his right hand. “I'm very sleepy, but I've been so the stupid over this solitaire since I've been at the Cedars that I must solve it tn the interest of my self-respect before I go to bed.” Bobby went to him tmpulatvely. “I'm ashamed, Carlos, I don't know How can I say eny- He smoked, He placed alone tot Pression, Thebby and therine were left thicket and the old house. After a tt they ed through the court’ and from t shadow of the time: tained, melancholy walle, At curve of paused und looked back. of lonelin id acending them nearly they turned from that brooding picture, and hand in hand walked out of the into the friendly and welcom- With all of your funda, tweive years, Edgewater, N. J. | THE SUN. | As the sun rose in the sky | It seemed like a great big spy, | Looking on every -farm Smilingly, meaning no harm, | Spying the birds and flowers From their little green bowers, Telling thom “It is sprin, Awake you, biossom and sing.” In @ corner of @ wood My little cottage stood, I_saw the big round sun Having lots of fun, Laughing at sleepy heads like me And @roming to say, “Oh, see! Look at me; see how bright I shine, Are your eyes bright like mine?” | When in the evening, at my window, 1 stood looking over meadow And field and wood and sky, I saw the sun no longer a spy. It was time to go to other lands And there to wake up the farm hands— And here we said good night. I blessed him in his flight. By FLORENCE FINNIE, aged tweive years, New York City. OCTOBER CONTEST AWARD WINNER, WHY I LOVE THE KIDDIE KLUB. I love the Kiddie Klub very muci: because I enjoy reading the little sto- rom other little cousins every eve and most of all having the with all the Kiddie Klub at Luna Park this summer. forget it. By DOROTHY MURPHY, seven years, Broqklya. HONORABLE MENTION, Why | Love the Kiddie Klub. I like the Kiddie Klub because it has members both rich and poor and because Cousin nor is at the head of Some se when I feel lonely and haven't got a thing to do, I buy The Evening World and read the Kiddie Klub Korner oo that it * cheers me up and makes me fee! comfortable, If I can't read it I tell my other brother or my to become members also, By MAX ALPERT, aged seven years, New York. 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