The evening world. Newspaper, December 12, 1922, Page 28

LITTLE RICH GERL” J:0 HYN’ $'T‘O_N trained nurse, Then) "I finds him by a secont-hant store-;named Mustapha, who was #0 poorsHe did not know how to pray, Mie. nd grunts he swept. /mans. I gets him almost for notink. [that he could hardly, by his daily|Kukor had never darcd teach him, the deep cracks, and} He wass olt, und very tine. Hat you] labor, maintain himself and his ralxing a open him? Re&t, Chon Hy. When he eame out of the bedroom] He opened the book was to repeat the dust-gathering | pag process In Cis's room, that eubby-hole, | back. OHNNIE SMITH. ten, lives with big Tom Barber, a longshoreman Prodigious strength, in a flat in New York's most densely populat Section, Johnnie, who knows nothing of his origin, is maid o work in the Barber flat Another member of the family is Barber's aged father, a veteran of the Civil War, who lives in a wheel chair and enjoys Johnnie's make-believe meys to make-believe places, luxuriating in_ make-believe feasts scrved a make-believe butler named Mister Buckle. , a girl older than Johnnie. fs the boy’s sister so far as he knows and he loves her like one. Johnnie has learned what he knows from Cis's school books and he reads and im- agines. He uses a make-believe telephone in calling make-believe friends, and Mr. Astor, Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Rockefeller, all without knowing it, are on friendly terms with Johnnie Smith. (Copyright, 1823, by D. Appleton & Co.) the old veteran was sobbing, when CHAPTER V. Mrs. Kukor opened the door and came New Friends. doll wallets in. he was a short little » with a j een Rear tactaent, compact figure that was, ran speak, I Johnnie's heart stopped beating, |aquare, with rounded-off corners—and and in all those uneven thickets] solid. She had eyes that were as black blankets 1 with putts fearing the wrath of Big Tom. © ‘ which consisted of a wife and aon.| knew how from her mother; but ane 4 pen ook at the firat lis son, who was called Alad-| had all of a child's natural shyness It's a story!" he whispered | din"—— fegatding sacred subjects i), Something came into Johnnie's} But as he stood with the book {our-by-seven, which had no window. | He began it: “In the capital of one] throat and he could not read any fur-| clasped to his breast, what he felt | it held no furniture at all—only a] of the large and rich provinces of the| ther because something h : oes. ol had coi was thanksgiving—to his ver: " long, low shelf and a dry-goods box.| Kingdom of China, the name of which] his eyes. He laid the nook aguingt his Gee a Cis slept on a narrow mattress which |I do not recollect, there lived « tallor| breast and crossed both arms upon it (Continued To-Morrow.) upholstered the shelf, and used the = box both as a dressing-table and a wardrobe. He scratched the floor successfully, not having attended to It for some days. By the time he was ready to do the kitchen, his face was glistening with perspiration. And he could not help but wish, as he planted the wheel chair at the open window, that Bar. ber, if lie intended to make another | of hts tawny hair, small, dreadful|and bright as a sparrow’s, a full, red unexpected return, would come at De Winds stirred. mouth and graying hair, abundant and such a time as this. { crinkly. It escaped the hairpins. Every The kitchen floor lay in great ! Also, a sickish, sinking feeling at} air seemed vividly alive. splintering hummocks and hallows, j. the lower end of his breastbone made} Her olive face was a trifle pale now. fe wan inatiigty grenty in the neigh: + him certain that he was about to|Her eyes darted from one to another borhood of the table, wet in the region | break in two; and a sudden wabbling |of the trio. “Oy! she breathed of the sink, and sooty above the anxiously. ‘*Vot iss? of the knees threatened to bring him | “wap oimie home," faltered old Grand- down upon them. pa. “Tommie home." ’ Barber closed the hall door—gently,| ‘It's this lazy Uttle rascal again," @o as not to waken his father. His|declared Barber. | eyes were stl roving. The full sink] “‘S-O-0,01"" Sho stooped and lald a | and thé Iittered, table were having|sentle hand on Johnnie's shoulder their effect upon him; for he had be-|"Come," she sald. ‘Better Chonnie, stove. Sprinkling {t, he swept; gave the stove a feverish rubbing, then turned his attention to old Grandpa, The morning routine of caring for the aged veteran Included the bath- ing of the wizened face and hands gun that chewing on nothing which betokened a rising temper. Johnnie was too stunned and scared to think of any way out of lis diffi- eulty. Those big girl's hands wore shaking. His upturned face was a ghastly sallow. “Now, 8a: “Yes?” It was a whisper “What y' done in here since I left two hours ago?’ The boy's own lips began to move he goes in by Cis's room. No?" And fs the boy, still trembling, got to his knees, she helped him to rise, and half led, half carried him past the stove. Barber began his defense. “I go out o' here of a mornin',”” he com- plained, “to do a hard day's work. I leave that kid t’ do a few little things ‘round the place. And the minute my back’s turned, what does he do? Nothin'!"* . Mrs. Kukor, having seen Johnnie and the brushing of the thin, strag- sling hair. Johnnie hastened to col- lect the wash basin, the bar of soap (it was of the laundry variety), and a ence-white cloth which was’ used about the flat to polish the lamp himney, or for dusting. | Grandpa had a small boy's dislike |for water. The moment he aspled Johnnie's preparations, ‘No! no!" he objected. ‘It's cold! It's cold!” But Johnnte had a fine device for just this problem. ‘Oh, Grandpa!" a4 HRISTMAS! What a lot of happiness is tied up in that word! Christmas means home for the Holidays, good things to eat, wreaths in the windows, flowers around the house, parties, trips, visits, reunions, enter- tertainments, new clothes, all sorts of jolly surprises, and—best of alltthat Tree, gloriously green and ere ee certs os te era Sune Beane ae |he reminded as he filled the basin incandescent, which miraculously shoots up in any { Epa ade Gowp—with his hat on. (boys? ‘ i out Cs ee feakeettle pcan ape it corner, and bears marvellous paper-wrapped, ribbon-tied fruit. H member that you jus’ was in a big P{ ifnd—and 0 7 filed the m-m-mush-| “Boys have t’ work,” came back Battin?) eed) fuars'al mud "eal giour But suj there’ i i ‘ . 4 2 6 ud ot ere’s a , { ettlo teak It, and then wo—|Darter, righteously. “it they’ dont, a y Meentnis cine home in which Christmas doesn’t mean any of | 1) we— they grow up into no-account men. Grandpa capitulated, and allowed g answer is, it can. And this is the way to make it hap- A smile was twisting Barber’s}When his Aunt Sophie died, I prom- “4OY! OY! OY!’ MOURNED MRS. KUKOR. ‘EVERYTINK GOES ; ae n: i i Mea Paicate: Satahia unteriood ie’emiie!|tned pee a tales time paht. The| BUT IF COME PCOPLE LIVE BY ODER PEORLES Wich DID ENT Reed cae cee gamete veins pen: Let the Tree of that home get its roots into your heart! , \¢ His thin arms and legs began to|work here don't compare with what] BELONG MIT.’” a glass of warm milk, then trundied Y ! tremble. He raised both hands|I done when I was a boy. Why, on hime gentipsheck and fortis Awavall | face relaxed a little.) ‘‘Oy! oy! oy!" mourned Mrs Kukor| (i BUtty DACs ne ore tly. i that was like a silent prayer. of ‘my bed tefore sunup, winter and| He pulled himself to his feet. ‘“Well[“Come! We will wash him, una]! while the boy sang softly: ‘With a muttered curse, Barber| summer, doin’ chores. What's a few} —all right he conceded, ‘But| makes him all fresh and clean. Und| ,, — straightened, pushing at the sleeve of|dishes to that? And a little sweep-| how'd he git on yesterday, makin'|next—how do you tink? Mrs, Ku- Pe gi now go to s'cepy- kor has for you big su ‘ises! 4 ‘ ee ae BUR ‘Cause you're awful tired He sat up then, but forbore to seem! Ana Jonnnie wants t’ see what ‘$} curious, and she coaxed him Into: the a - Mrs, Kukor kitchen, to bathe the dust and tears Ayer a ” from his countenance, and stitch up| 1 8°ln’ to s'prise him about i toward the longshoreman in a gesture|my father’s farm, up-State, I was out] Barber's dark i his right arm, ‘Come here," he bade. |in'? And look! He ain't even washed | Vi'lets for y Johnnie did not obey. He could not.|the old man yet! ‘That's what makes] “Ach!"--this exclamation of Impa- His feet were roote “Ob, Mister/me red-hot, Mrs. Kukor—the way he] ticnce was aimed at herself. ‘'! w. Barber,” he pleaded, ‘Oh, don’t lick neglects my father." forgettink!” Under her apron 1 me! I won't never do it again! ,Oh,/ “Chonnie wass shut up so much,"|* Diack bag. Out of it ehe t« don't! Oh, don't! Oh, don’t!" argued Mrs, Kukor. Srenty Oe cent La a eae the} some rents in the big shirt, where “Come here.’ The great, naked, coin to Barber, “For yestady.” she} pig ‘Tom had torn tt. All the whi That cast whitened Big Tom's eye] added she talced t C0 yo iron arm shot out, seized the boy at! susiously, He did not want Johnnie| Gerber scuffed his wa mine: PAHAE Mesticcver eeate ake nthe -sreass) or bacon) tinamings his middie, swept him up with a vio- : vith the ° lence that sent the tea leaves flying, |‘ hear any talk about going out.| Ay tne 7 declared. “But nefer mind. Because,|¥%ich made his usual noon meal oh, such swell surprises !"* Curiosity dulled his hunger. Gently |. hela him for a second in mid-air, the} ‘No kid out of this flat is goin’ to} puried h | gmail body slouched in the big clothes| tun the streets,” he declared, “and| He was wounded in pri pped upon that convenient p: RYBODY cligible to membership, boys from five to ninety-five— girls, too—who want to see every child in Greater New York have a Happy Christmas. Each member can choose his or her way of keeping the pledge. Send your pledge, TELL WHAT YOU'LL DO. Then do it, That's all. Grandpa dozing, Johnnie did not t the cold potato and bread spread 2 n Tolnnie felt he could properly | _ Bess F aes ‘as in the bottom of a sack, then shook | learn all kinds of bad, and bring it]in body. He hated to sow tntercak PEs NBD. Cas UNO Ryne i in = ts Lome to that nice little stepdaughter |the fone at the tow of Bix a Then of a sudden something came i ' ; ropping between him and the sky. | Johnnie began to thrash abeut and | of mine Her mother'd haunt me if] te had tis' 1 dropping . 1 scream, And as Barber half flung]! didn't bring her up nice. That kid, | ward on Cis's a not noodle soup," dectarea | He started back. It was a shallow The Evening World, New York basket, suspended from each of its four corners by a string. As it low- ered, what he saw in it fairly took his breath. For there on the bottom of the basket was—a book! him to the floor, old Grandpa roused, |!0ns's he stays under my roof, 1s] raised 1 “Captain!" he shrilled. ‘The right's|80in’ t' be fit t stay. And he|seemed best, somehow falling back! They're giving us) Wouldn't be if he gadded the streets) yj in-treatment lig ) Brape and canister! Oh, our boys!| With the gangs. ‘| trom his hurts too quicl Our poor boy Frightened by any “But Chonnie wass tired mit always | little Jewish lady Mrs. Kukor. ‘It wass sometink "a ousand times 80 goot. But not for | atink, No, Much better a’ Una! oner your work Wass fintshed, make 5 to me alonk of the sink, und| WILL do my utmost to give some child a happy Christmas this year trouble, his mind always reverted to] seeink the kitchen," persisted the lit-| him, therefore, he was s aaalhowelt tippens|"! | Gee!" he gasped. . old scenes of buttle. tle Jewish lady. ‘‘He did-ent go out] his yellow head motiontess More she would not say, but rocked| To look at, it was not much of a ‘The trouble was heard elsewhere, To] Now for a lo-ong times. I got sur-| ‘phe sight smote Mrs. Kukor. In}ont and up : book. Yet he took it from the basket right and left windows raised, Votces | Prises he ain't crazy!’ the five years he had lived at the Johnnie went at his dishes hard; | with something like reverence. It had called. Some one pounded on’ a wall. “That's just what he is!" cried Big|ber flat she had co: watched] then with broom and dustpan invaded | one cloth cover—the back. Also, t And overhead Mts, Kukor went rock-|Tom. “Of all the foolishness in thefover him, plying him with medicine] Big Tom's bedroom, which Grandpa | were several pictures—In cc And a ing across her floor. , he can think it up!"* pulling Mis baby teeth, mending his}shared with his hulking s Here|he made a wonderful discoyery: on . Muttering a savage exclamation, Big] ‘“‘Niaggery! Niaggery!"’ piped old}razged clothes, teaching him to cook} were two narrow, tron | is. He|the front page was written a name— Tom flung himself tnto the Mortis} Grandpa, smiling through his tears.Jand do housework, feeding m | pulled h bed apart, t d the old|J. J, Hunter. chair;' then to quict his father, “Now, | Chug! chug! chug!"" kosher dainties, and—for r ns bet-| mattresses with the loudest thumps,| The basket danced inqulringly, | Pa! That'll do. Sh! ‘Phe battle's over] Mrs. Kukor spread out both hands.|ter hinted at than made plain—keep- | snapped the sheets professionally (Cis| tipped, and began to heave upward. Bit ,» end the Yanks've beat."" “See? she asked.’ “It ws for]ing a sharp lookout in the matter of[had taught him that!), whacked the] A voice began to whisper to him, con E But Johnnie was still prone, and|Grandpa, und—it takes tim his bright hair. pillows, and tucked {nm the worn|ing down along those four string: ~NEW CONSTITUTION [s.r [Sur Aras totmes) "THE EVENING WORLDS | 4M @)Radoatvor XMAS SAL judielal encroachment upon lewiala ¢ Finger Tips Today and Tomorrow Only 5 tive functions. Furthermore, Cook |! ty rei Ladies’ Bi and the adjoining two counties, with | % Mune ‘ WILL BE VOTED ON $3 per cent, of the population, are ni h Sores 1 e bo racelet Watches allowed only two of the nine Supreme | {'!*tshuce, | Hremen yg x a The next objection to the Constitu- Due To-Morrow. : th tion ts that Cook County, which in-|Prerident Polk. Lond et cludes Chicago, {s allowed only nine- | °°” print Tl CORNS. Lift Off with Fingers “What the Layman Owes to Scout- are you in Radio Bed .'* Scout songs by Albert L, Pella- PHONE RECEIVIN' ape ton, bass. you agreat deal of money \ intelligent purchase of equi Wz NEWARK 300 METRES, teen of the fifty-seven State Sena- Due Thursday. 0 10.00 P. M.—Law Page and his tors. In addition, city officials see lit- ]Seydiits, Hrem 1 S.001KS tell you more, definitely, * ‘ 2 orchestra. — ui f tle of the home rule that was prom-|\ithn ‘i I (gs rs = — practically,in ten minutes than you Foes Call Document Reac-]isea them. Chicago 1s not allowed ips paar SO AU A= Fara ‘reports, Munlea) AIL PRICED coald lence by vowreat ta 8 power to regulate public utility rates. uirpalliaiits VILLAGE JAIL ED AT $5. je. You will be surprieed resulta (te well-known NINE EXPERTS 1.65 A. M—Arlington time signals. tionary and Dangerous— "tne city can lesue bonds for trans. ofthe(mmense saving im purchasing equipment. in the history of this section. Tax recital from the {payers of the village will yote to-morrow cussed since tho delegates to the] All the old forms of taxation are q Constitutional Convention were elect-| fetained and several new ones added. There are two new methods of in- come tax and a direct tax on intan. is that the measure wil] be beaten | gible property ¢ : : ortatic : Sail T'o-Day ee ain Proposition Kesults From Defeat Believed Probable. | portation and water, but these utili- cali gran pee will enable you to attain from your Ues must bé self-supporting and fares 3 ‘ gram Marlborough’s Change to « Town, present equipment. to-day on the new Constitution ermore, city-owned uth Van Winkle ve annoyance you are now re transportatio: t us! pi A ij pect, f acquiring the cheapest fall i —— which hag been awaited and dis-ltayen ee mUSE ay Nata ies,” by Mary promeerts 02 RCAUIFAE aenesat sullering to way nothing peraaten city ent postpaid | ing Clemenceau's ah oolinie de d : dar “tron cage or lock-up" to the town for $5. The lock-up, it Is atuted, cost $700 D. Van Nostrand Our sensational sale of 14 kt. solid whit kold wrist watches at only $0.45 Ix conti wing today and tomorr ‘This itivel the lowest price at which these high Sat To-Morrow, on a proposition to sell the village ed four years ago. Every indication ely rade ‘The income tax gives So Himeplocen ‘ever “hase heen sold. Wri His 0 build ches make most the vote of Chicago and Cook Coun.| exemptions of only $500 for single Brarnap A nA WEAF-NEW york, Vote will be take 8 Warren St. ‘andthe ty, with 47 per cent. of the State's| Persons and $1,000 for heads of fam- ‘ a ’ 400 METRES. on selling ; ill ies. Naturally labor is aroused by = Jisate to Populsvinn:. oan: |be. nado. 'to: count. | this M.—Uiling Hagen, vlolintet, [@2by 8 watches to your own Jeweler and ask hi Enemies of the document, Ke-| Supporters of the new Constitution r H \ amite, " euatees if fare teary fam ihen, Gaavie ones publicans and Democrats alike,| generally are denounced as reaction cf ‘ M1. — "Campi orien for ]'0 S eotetion of the vil ‘eoraene dust bring te back ond charge it is reactionary and danger jes and supporters of big interests in ‘ ' by D n Beard, Na- ae lc j @ Established cent you paid. anes wi ous, Such men as Mayor Thomp-|The Chicago Bar voted telan toate eey " i 6 of the Boy fUO ae 1863 stamped In'the gon, .x-Mayor Carter Harrison, for- | 1,000 to at. |< tne,” b en nuts of Songs Albert £ =: metal to prevent misunderstanding, The Aitwmer‘Gov. Dunne, Gov. Smali and| Supreme “aivided ‘ : aro owt Pxecurive of Passaic, | TQ PRESENT WAR MEDALS. Large Cane ty guaranteed for ws lifetime, ay 14 kt Justice Cartwright, a member of the| and the People’s Protective Loague is | Ct": *** sa Giauentenent wosain Penta TTT TUN resents Assortment of ment fe Femi ‘na iusd Btate Supreme Court for twenty-five | opPos MINQUA CLUS 70 MEET i eee Nice at dovernora isiana|| Fine Diamonds, Watches, Espen wmiets is Aid with sil er years, have united against it. In Seeeeeenieererers The Minqua ¢ r ; 23 this Mas wel vallieres, Brooches, || ribbon, having 14 kt, solid white cold cia: P if fiuential papers, Democratic and Re-| DPRMOCRATS' VICTORY TEABT. rgbnisation of the $34 A sl || wie METEOR” A tie '84 Ge af irr La acices Sree. Sa Doesn't hurt a bit! D little j publican, also oppoxe it A Demorratte victory dinner wilt be] (TRantetlon of the ‘é the decorations ings, ete. D ahape, wate, efzone” on un aching corn, ne The chief objection is the unusual] given at the Hotel Astor next Monday] \t )\yelins Nea Eek ts Infantry pana At Populer Prices me avian -|stantly that co s hurting, then | power given the ji y The Su-] night under euiey of the T te oan . 4 All Our Goods Are Guaranteed years, at only 85.08 shortly you lift it right off with preme Court |» ite pow many tall her Bureau. ett " nt AY ] finger T y i end procedure wil eo Wea bet be 1 felted! ‘epee kore,” \ Be NASSAU ST.NLY, ovrune reezone” for a few | Pointe Jadges of the Appelinte Courta) ogy will ticlude all candidates elevt arn eutat $95 Sixth Ave. 17 ‘At Dark Row and Nassau Se FAMINE y hare | and regulates thelr jurisdiction. It ap-lon the State and Judiclary tickets,| The 0 ‘ ‘ OOS atanlcnl ¢ \ 1 Lieut. | Between 24th and 26th Sts. [08 corn between thee peints Chief Justices of the Cook Jeremiah 1. Mahoney will be toast-| women's organiant ' . ad a a 1 of No. 1? Best OPEN EVENINGS, calluses, without soreness or irritee e to % ‘ Col. Samuel McCullagh of 3 , ®ounty courts, which ave to be con- master, representation preseut. $30 ¥, M—Major Arthur W, Proctor seth Bireet. World Wants Work Wonders! yon. y i —