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4 } 7 Ms f 4 ‘through. Temptation to be extrava- | ¢X ERAN RRO EE ANP ap Peon Kmpire By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory Copseiaht, 1919. Uy ‘The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) + ‘ Ww ®| h Our Vast Land Stretching From Maine , to the Aleutian Islands, We Can Truly Say the Sun Never Sets on Our Flag CRRA A AADAPPDRDORORODDOODPOOPODEODLOLE: » T is # mistake to hold, as many do, that the territory over which the flax of Great Britain flies is the only one upon which the SUN NEVER SETS. As Americans we may rejot over the fact, ‘fe t it is, that “Old Glory” flies in empire upon which the sun is always shining. ation, it might appear to be unbelievable that San Fran- aco, instead of being the westernmost point of Uncle Sam's dominion, ts | in reality just about midway between our eastern and western boundaries. | Jt is @ fact that the farthest Aleutian isi» belonging to our purchase from | Russia is us far to the west of the city by the Golden Gate as Eastport, | Me, is to the east of 1 | Between the northwestern limit of the State of Washington and the Southern limit of Alaska there is a break of a few es, but with this slight deduction, our territory extends through 196 degrees of longitude, or 16 degrees more than halfway round the globe From this it may be seen that when the sun is giving his good-night kiss to our westernmost isle on the confines of the Behring Sea, it is already | floodiug the ficlis and torests of Maine with its morning light, and in the | extreme eastern part of that State is more than an hour high At the very moment when the Aleutian fisherman, warned by the | approaching sludes of night, ds pulling his canoe toward the shore, the woodchopper of Maine is beginning to wake the forest echoes with the | stirring music of his axe. | And so, along with England, we can truly say, “the sun never sets on | our dominions!" | And more than that, we can say (what England cannot say) that the | Rreater part of our mighty empire is, gedgraphicully speaking, COMPACT, | one continuous body of the most happily situated land on the planet, | ‘By “the most happily, situated,” L mean the finest climate, the most | varied and abundant natural resources and therefore the most wondertul possibilities for future di ment along all the lines of true national | Rreatness, And THIS is the country that the vicious Old World propaganda, | walking, like the pestilence, in the darkness, is trying to destroy! The fools! Adding to thelr pestiferous conspiracy such idiocy as the | world never saw before, Unele Sam is noted for his great good nature, He is provokingly fond of whittling and looking on the bright side, but he is a terrible old fellow | when he gets started, and we are all glad that at last’ he is preparing for | action, the action that will make shert work of the enemies of our great | Republi Your Sweetheart’s keceated by Their: Characteristics Hondieriting | Below ix given the analysis of the handwriting sent in by men jl and women who desire to learn more about their sweethearts Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) | ; ant, fhieney of | Well balanced mind. Honest, sturdy. Lata timeline Self respecting pride. — Indications thought ot always sure just what | Sell respect ne eee te about mur. you want, but when you make UP) riage. Specimen ‘B, asant, fond | your mind, have the ability to carry | of the by wutiful, Ultra refined, Not t ugant, At times ambitious, but Sepa easily discouraged. Indications ure | person to | oy great phys.cal endurance. Sincere. Copyrteht, 1919, by The gant, Frank, yet a good keep a secret. Some ima . nol easily moved. Loyal > hurry te ery. careful in selection. Ambitious. -| LL. V. G—Insufficient specimen in- Bication e financial success, dicates indecision, E. R.—Some dramatic ability, but | R. F. V.—insufficient specimen in- | somewhat cold. Why not teach |dicates optimism, and some literary | awhile, as contact with children | taste | should develop temperament in all F. E. C, Mt. Vernon.—Cautious as phases. to matrimony. Clever in mechanical L. F.—Insufficient specimen indi-| way. Indications are with saving cates combined self esteem, with high | propensities and serious mind that he ideals. is marrying type, a V. V.—Insufficient specimen indi-| 0. W. H.—Head controls affections. ates self effacing modesty. Type that does not commit itself. i t| Secretive, Selfish. Power of con- met Indications are tat centration, Business success, Inter- amusement than anything else at |esting friend, Requires diplomatic present. Kindly, generous, holds his ndling. tongue, sengitive to surroundings} ELSIE B., Brooklyn — Indistinct and good clothes. Type that would | pencil specimen indicates, though he considerate when he marries, but} kindly, not easily convinced. Pleas- indications ure he is in no hurry, }antly uncommuni TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1919 — ‘ HOME PAGE Poor Little In Now EXPENSE AND DEFICIT Don't { fees ON Poon [ bce ITTLE [NCO ( Write lat ee ago ty Tas Be Bialiing Cx ‘The New York Krening World.) LONG EVERYT Poor LITTLE INCOME | 1Go SHOPPIN THEY BiCean T INCOME . ' Won't BE Gone ———__) IME / y) mul ardor "i Yl By Maurice Ketten CUT OUT THE | SHOPPING? _ } sin HOME anp ARE CARE oF INcome And eh Sam | YY Yy My | The Evening World's | Kiddie Klub Korner | Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) Conducted by Eleanor Schorer Theatrical Try out Of Elocutionists, Dramatic Talent and Specialties ON SATURDAY MORNING, NOV. 29 Manhattan Opera House ENTER AT STAGE DOOR, 35TH ST., NEAR 8TH AVB. All members must register at the di Your names will be called | from your registration slips, and you will be heard in the order in which | you arrive. |My Dear Cousin-Entertainers:— A theatrical tryout of Kiddie Klub elocutionisis, members who have dramatic talent, and those who can entertain with a singing or dancing specialty, will take place at the Manhattan Opera House. New York City, |at 9 o'clock on Saturday morning, November 29th The purpose of this tryout is to select the cast for our Kiddie Klub | Christmas play, “ The Wishing Rin, which is to be repeated so that all | of those Kiddies who could not see it last year will have the chance to see this play which was written especially for the Kiddie Klub, Patriotie selections would be out of keeping with the rest of the play, as also would ragtime and jazz music. last year, everyone agreed thet they enjoyed “The Wishin; er and this year we want to rake it an even greater success, To this, you will have to respond to this cal! and work diligently with thie same purpose in mind, The Cousins who took part+in the play last year and the talented Kiddies who did not are all urged to come to the tryout, It is entirely up to you whether the Kiddie Klub play excels the bigh | standard that it set for itself last year. COUSIN ELEANOR. | A tryout for dancers will be announced in The Evening World To- | morrow. “AUTUMN FLOWERS.” BY EDNA BARLOW, October Contest A.vard Winner. Twelve-year Class. “THE WATERMELON KING.” — | man all dressed in brown clothing on As Lucy was cating her watermel-|her plate, His beard was caught jon ong day she heard a sharp scream | under her melon. Lucy was greatly land looked around. She saw a little | surprised and asked his name. The MDE. M. M.—Saving,. obstinate, | ——— At tin silent, then a in cuttingly | trank, Not yet sure of himself as to depth of affections, Indications that he will succeed, though no great} wealth. A. V. E.—Precise, painstaking. Hussy asx to minor details, though rome executive ability, " Sincere. irly generous mildly ffectionate, t do not look for thrills. Indicas | lions are that straight laced © con- | ventions are hampering bh Until) he tukes broader views he will not be ambitious in a big wa | D., M. R—Excelient type, well | poised, capab od mind, some- | what critical, Too pl headed to pay marked at tions unless serious, Deliberate, Surrest that you do not | hurry matters. Above all things be trim, F. T.—-Specitmen A, Splendid type, Love § | (Copyright, 1919, by | SYNOPSIS OF PREC! Mober Armathwaite, Glimpses HE shops are bustling centres of | eS ink activity these days, and the | Mrs. Osiher, woman who wants to do her a shopping in comfort would do well to CHAPTER VIL. do this carly in the day, even if she (Continual. does intend making purchases in the {4 HIE powers that be, departments that are not featuring he waved a compre with Mog, appears on n- Christmas gifts. The crowds swarm sive arm to indicate the all over the shops, and observant as world at lawe, “By put- around,” and, of course, it is the|We defeat every sort of combination salespeople'’s business to be attentive] that can take the field against us. to customers, And so during the} i) propound the scheme at dinner, coming few weeks shopping in the afternoon Will be a trial of patience |#0 prepare to feast with a light and a nerve-racking task. bh t,* ——e With expressive pantomime she in- The blouses that are coming in now | quired if Percy Whittaker was to for the holiday trade are really ad-|share their council, and he replied vance spring models. It is apparent| with a nod. He was loth to deprive that the neck line can be almost any-| his eyes of the perfect picture she of- thing you like and still be fashion-| fered there, with her elbows resting able. “Most new models, however,|on the window-sill, her head and have either the square or pointed| shoulders set, as it were, In a frame, neck. But the ovals have become 50] and the last rays of the sun brighten- popular that they will continue in}ing her pallid cheeks and weaving vogue, and the very newest blouses| strands of spun gold in her brown show a wide oval drawn up with ®/hair, But the summons from the cord or ribbon. French voiles con-| Kitchen was not to be flouted, so he tinue to be the favorite choice of the| made for the door, majority of shoppers. it Will be remembered that the hall was lighted directly trom the upper part of the front door, and the stained glass window on the half-landing of the stairs, Indirectly, its gloom could be dissipated by any one of three in- terior doors, but all of them happened ‘4, ‘Thus, when Armath- One young saleslady is the envy of her associates because she has so many pretty blouses and they won- der how she can afford it. ‘They would be astounded if they knew the actual truth. This girl has but two light blouses that she wears to busi- Hain Bue alternates thease with a | figure appenres ip the meet ailk, ‘Once a week she tints |Porels It effectually withdrew the Pat wo light waists. She uses crepe |lisht gained through the glass in the paper and each. time the blouse is |ftent door until the door itself was soiled she changes the color, This | Pened, is. easily accomplished by washing| He had his hand on the handle the waist, then applying the ngw so- | When he heard a most weird groaning lution of crepe paper and warm wa-|and shrieking caused by the closing ter, "The white blouse was made a/of the bedroom window, Practically flesh color, then a pale green and | in the same instant he caught an af- afterward a blue and so op. Some-| {righted yell from inside the house, times she has a round neck finished | and some one shot violently down the off with one of those pretty scal-| stairs and into the hall, falling in loped lace collars, Then again it is | huddled heap on the floor, Armath- a high neck and she wears a frill, | Waite had the door open in a second, With the aid of a couple gilets she|and found Percy Whittaker lying at With the aid of a couple of gilets she | the foot of the stairs, while Marguer- makes her own collars and gilets, ao | ite's voice came in a cry of alarm: she is quite unjustly accused of ‘ex-! “What is it? What has happened? wavagance, Pervy, js tat yout” Mystery Surrounds You From the Very First Chapter—Thrills, Adventure and a Delightful tory Are Woven Together Here—Back of | It All Is the Grim, Overshadowing Tragedy of | a Murder of Years Before, and the Great Un- solved Problem—Who Killed Stephen Garth ? ————<—— when Whittaker aloud in pain if touched or an. effor' the foot slightly. t that lamp de Jackson, “and sin of cold water. went on, “might tea piece of strong li about three inc saved now may mea ward.” award J. Clode, Whittaker, when t . ; flown. “Is it a. sr EDING CHAPTERS. “No, thank goodn ‘ old “House ‘Round er i roket rane, cos, Nea aoe hoe Malt as "eaves et Over A Uroken, 8 the sour, Jealous Of Asuathwaite, he #nds 10F time to swell, Ho did you contrive By that time Armathwalte bad grade less than the partly raised the fallen man, who did“ “T—I didn't fall. not seem to have an atom of breath I didn’t trip or stu left in his body, Mrs, Jackson, too, thing. I saw that t came from the kitchen with a lamp, and simply crumple nd Marguerite appeared on the must have nearly fa irs, “But, any dear f What's the matte! she cried took for a ghost w again, “Did Percy fall? Is he hurt?” fle eee a ‘| imagine he missed his footing on Stalned-s ane the stairs,” said Armathwaite goolly. if wea more oe “At any rate he struck the door wita (Nit) a tech | tne such a thump that he is winded, SO Abastiy In my) * * * Now, old chap, pull yourself Sy, thar tie min together! Can't you stand? Shall 1 in the at near carry you to a chair? Poaedtongre e Sbegule deen In’ a dazed way Whittaker en- {O1N0T Of eee ved deavored to stand upright. At once 2.0% oo Then he uttered a croak of gony, atid d would have collapsed once more if Armathwaite were nol supporting was thinking of not es Wide. Be as quick mathwaite gave special he as you can, please! E stairs? The steps are bre tion of a painted figu ow," horribly. 1 couldn't be torture left him, tendon meaning to a ner Burt 1 mi to twist for further assistance. Dinner was not to be thought of until a mes pwn," he said to senger ws sent to Dr, Scaife, av bring me a ba- and Meg and Mrs, Jackson You, Meg,” he 4 with Whittaker in the ra sheet or any me. nen into strips While descending the st rs Ar- dito the ry minute shadow cast by the window. It was an a week after> dimly visible, but it seemed almost unbelievable that any person of ordl- “What's gone wrong?” whispered nary intelligence could. mistake it for he women had a ghostly manifestatio&, Suddenly a mash? thought struck him, and he sum- ness! You'd not moned Retty Jackson. nkie in a hurry. “Would you mind walking to th» pete “ pu've collected very ty ¢ t door ding close to it Hl . 4 the “Corner,” white Sienben Gard war ound, Pease ‘inde e. beauufu “sin liv an tae Hut you've collected a very Nasty front door and standing clo ity Into New York Shops ||| Bt suc ties tis SE a fotink “aril “datshicr ahd “wat hee dive aud~eel aad sprain, and possibly lacerated Some so ax to block the light which eters Pp: | dow living In Cornwall. She knows nowbing of the | story of lula murder, ius p Walker aowerrs St ligaments as Well, priunately, “D eccumh the upece eertiont' he eald he Bouse, mete Neg, and te mysified by Det matetaint itn “a uew oumpllcation caine Wien Per know What to do before the Joint has when she catni w the world “Wondering what he was driving to pitch down- at, she obeyed. Then the true cause d,and the of Whittaker's fright was revealed, The natural light through the plain wr nearly overcam. tne which f.ltered through the colored panes, but, as soon as the 5 doorway was blocked, the figure of inted Black Prince |. aped into a promi- ellow, what you ence that was almost astounding, 8 merely a i ; even to one who looked for some suc! ay I mean amt any hing ghost dup. 1 think I development. The artist who hed a i fashioned the window had follow n that, I'm not the eannors of medieval art er saw anything armored knight whose fi amed ife, Didn't you palely through a raised vior, was as found hanging Poised ay though standing on tir toe clock? 1 land a rib of the windew ro! I had turned the gtraightly above his head, Thus, th hen suddenly the — _ — aa - up right In fron it nod most | mistaken, I} f the sort hing In fact, I was wondering whether | him, Mog would take a sensible view of| “By Jove!" claimed the other, things, and agree that [ did right - oper Se reeenerenenr ‘I'm afraid he is more damaged What jn getting Edie to send for her mater, | Camrigt 1918 Tabiising rl (Tie New York Erening Worki) 1 thought. Show a light here, Mis Then that cursed vision appeared. If WRrEier Jackson, Now, go ahead, and open q didn't sce it I'm going dotty, Why, [| ) 2; Who was in command of the the door of Mr. Whittaker’s room if felt my hair risin nd J dropped as| Union naval forces at the Hattle o it is closed. ['ll take him there, and though I'd been shot Vicksburg find out the extent af the mischic Even in the ¢ ment Armathwaite noticed that you are able to get Perey was gazing at the wall near show you just what the clock with the distended eyes of "Get about agai “Of course, [can fear. Mrs, Jackson saw it, too, and mean to say I'm crocked’ for any wit the outspokenness of her class, length of time? did not hesitate to put her thought “For a day or two, at least,” came into words. the diplomatic assu “Eh, my, but v hae seen t' ghost,” she cried, send for a doctor, an “II saw some spook,” muttered to give you a definit Whittaker weakly. ‘Where is it? Whittaker groan: What was it? I'm sure I saw some- closed wearily o r upstairs,” Armathwaite com- manded Mrs, Jackson angrily, "Or, better sti, hand the lamp to Miss “It's bewltc il did I er com Meg, and siop talking nonsense.” Armathwaite bound the injured| yy a4 Quickly he had Whittaker stretched limb tightly, on a bed, and soon ascertained that taker the 1 the trouble, whatever it might be, lay prone till a doctor in the right ankle. wag little call for an The sufferer had taken off the pat- The unfortunate Percy was suffering | eather boots, and was wearing enough pain already without adding QUESTIONS. ent felt slippers, so examination of his to it by movemen injury was no dificult qatter, Ar- suaded to drink some milk, but the | quois; : mathwaite, evidentiy no novice in mere raising of his head to put a| margarine; 7, White; 8, Opossum such‘ emergencies, shook hig head glass to his lips nfusion of the mo- now,” said Armathwaite, “but when poor young man'il as I've tied a rough bandage we'll| °F, d, and his and enjoined on Whit- | paw ilk enter North Amt sity of remaining | 12, Who built the Manhattan Opera 2, What was the name of Row velt’s son who was Killed in France? 3. What is the largest member of | the bear family in the United States? the Leatherstocking n't convince you about again I'll happened.” . Yor “t| 4 Who wrote in? You don't | 4M 5. Under what rules ara boxing | matches usually conducted? 6. What is the age of the Prince of Wales? rance ‘As soon 7. Of what American colony was |Sir Walter Raleigh appointed Gov- ernor by Queen Blizabeth? yelids |" s, What. American Prohibitionist the gray-Kreen | was recently mobbed in England? | 9 What city is the capital of id he will be able pinion.” d——n this house!" he mut-|enir hed! Why the| ~ 49. ees What is the part of a plow called hich turns the furrow? what part doesn vat of the ica? arrived, There | pouse? y such insistence. | aNSWERS TO YESTERDAY'S He was pe-| 1, Hydromete 4, Tre Iro- Oleo: caused exquisite | 9, 22; 10, Conduit; Li, Mays; 12, 12. striking rene ing from the hook in the china shelf, thoughts when he reached Burt's while th nee sinister s wall hadow “urkedly when light was from the o covery of explained th sent Perey Whittaker h the stairs, but also showed why gap- ing ru .) at will, ‘The closer they ble became — the more visi Even Bett happening, the orchest nly othe this sim appa could te y unders though sh ing window-sash "Mercy seared wa of the like bin comin’ the poor y thing just “Hetween waite, “If cold wat will giv! er h laid the ghost, nus!" she whispered In a “Whol of that? in, sir oung gentleman put foot on the second flight o' steps, an’ that lepped at Betty Mr. Whitta of increased pain whi your mother or Miss Me over the im relict, at any rat sourc fac ud. rrify t tl effect of the complain- shook his he: ey the y him.” bandage. ‘That mm Perh warm fomentations may be but he Is sees him Moright now til the doctor As he walked a Burt's fart the eingul duced the shadow on the very an or murder peace of Bimda one who was wont to rel i good di t ‘ie: vat nin the G was or ui under currence R le on when 1 int Its dur limited to ten minutes at because the sun sinks rap gp the horizon, and t vere rther ¢ tions to ite ity on st was conyi which had phenomenoi der Wal ange as dwelling, lihood that the origina descendant served and }less times: guerite Og jomehow, But, without p fact spe nNniVve -wh Sur 1 futy in an Indian we auppe ained gla. need tha produced nN Wits not ker had spoken ¢ . i ‘seventeenth century “L don't rightly ken, but folk said] Contest closes December 1. and there was every Mke- !t Was through yan (one) o' Faulk- the painted effigy of the Hers married daughters, Gosh! He 1 builder, cherished the bolief of It was ilvey had ifleally rouse, hist second Lence ee i prot hoos an’ its ways well enough, but yon Of the had vexed the for all that, « two years ag v al of varied sel- vey?" broke in Armathwal Armathwaite there us poor Mr Garth's case, Contestants must state name, age, the window Whiph ye'll hae heerd aboot, mebbe?” [address and certificate number. thie disuse ot I've heard of \t,’ sald Armath.| Address Cousin Eleanor, Evening hero of Creey had been in who m that gallan jand the Fair Maid of Kent | If that was so, the “ghost has ex- "AY Jisted not two Junes, hundred, and must commented but ne: have not It that a man sh en found hanged in that exact spot. — Burt looked around cautiously, lest Armathwaite thrilled with he show” be overheard, a sense of discovery when that phase \To Be Continued.) bore a rhost.of the problem dawned on him. He| always put the seeds fgom ber melon not onl although the e oan aay and although the latter had neither! py ANNA ABRAHAMS, aged ten, peered th ol what was Armathwaite, of course, had told ha’ thought place You must h ind dwelt on modern. upon count- June, an’ some lar odd that Mar. said the fifteen was t’ Black Prin little man sald he was the Water- melon King and ruled all the little seed people of Melonville, . “But, said the little brown man, “when people eat the melon all the ttle people in it die unless they are put right in the ground.” When he had finished, Lucy said that she would ran hahg+Wax still tur ing it over in his)in the ground, and then Jeb the jlittle deepened ‘farm. man free. He thanked her and dis- exclided Here he was again fortunate, Bome|Gppeared. Lucy saw no more of him, The dis- chance had ‘ the farmer at home, | but she always kept her promise. . ; man nor horse to spare for a second ong down journey to Bellerby, he despatched a messenger to a laborer in the village OCTOBER CONTEST AWARD who owned a bicycle, and was always WINNER. ready to ride the #ix miles for half a crow hemselve ‘ghost not heard Burt of the accident, and the farmer 4 sapiently when he heard its cause A he said. “If I owned yon I'd rive that window eut by t’ ve roots, It's done a fair slardé of mis- chief in its time=it has, an’ all!’ ‘Do you mean that it has been re- sponsible for other mishaps?” was the natural query . we have vir; three in my time, an’ I'm Armath- the right side o' sixty yet.” complains — “What were they? m out tell "1 don't remember t' first, because I to pour was nobbut a little ‘un, but I've heerd fait ‘t. Some folk of lived there then, an’ als, who'd married a man called Ogilvey, L think, kem yam tL time to {came home) to have her frst bairn where her mother could look after her ‘This Mrs. ry minn aps, Mater, required, Ogilve that pro- must h’ known spook gev her a bad start one evenin’, "her bairn was born ore time, and she nearly lost her To e the long rontier you sure the name was Ogil-| By Jack Luck, Aged Nine Years. the “Oh, aY! [mind it well, because I've ; ' eta as December Writing Contest. Ten prizes of one dollar each wilt diswipated tood. Its ary in U shoc ly during at became of this Mrs. Ogil-|ye awarded ten Kiddie Klub meme after the vey? sun had «iy gum! she cleaged off ay soon as {DCTs Ames from six to fifteen, i wth she aia t’ youngatecould get into a[ elusive, who write the best Christmag Aion Was Carri stmost, | dly when t, speetre’s: 1 by and a condl. nose | stories yee Elmdale ag Owd Faulkner took| A note from the parent,e> guardian drink in his last years, an’ had alsaying that the story is original and notion that he and the Black Prince] has not been copied must accompany could finish a bottle of wine together. |each story, The stories may be abou One night he Was suppin’ his share as|actual experiences, or fancied ones, usual on U stairs, an’ he fell back-|but they must be composed entirely ward over on’ butk his neck, Then] by the kiddies, r showed | n author= waite How did Mr. Garth come into| World Kiddie Klub, No, 63 Park Row, the property?” New York City. by might ha’ bin yon bairn, But, no!|$HOW TO JOIN THE KLUB AND his ne ight ti 1 ‘ud be Ogilvey then OBTAIN YOUR PIN, eg “Were you ever told why the] Begidning with any mum- t Edward Window should be erected in memory ber, cut out sis of the eow- of the Black Prince?” the story is that the man who first sod out o’ the founda- »ke ground on the fifteenth o° ed owd codger pons, lke 550-—S81—552— 853,854 685, and mall them rer three dug th been ob- tion, “Klub Pin” But ia mentioned birthday.” All children up to. sixteen years was still t seems to be rather a slight ex. | $ decme timbers Each peels We uid have cuse for such laborate window.” oul gondianbeniodee