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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-17

A dinner will be given tonight in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Judge
of New York city. by Mr.. and Mrs
Harry o. Baer. 532 Federal street Covers
will be laid for about 20 guests.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-17

Inc Rev, and Mrs. Richard NTontgor,-
cry OF Girard avenue, Ashbourne. have
Ss rs Sheir guest Miss Meade. of BuTaIo
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-17

MRS. ogden. Of Maple avenue. left yes
terday for Flainfeld, n. ].
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-17

The Arlington High School Alumni As
sociation Is preparing for its 27th annual
banquet to be held in the Arlington Higb
9gnooI I,, building, Wednesday evening.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-17

Mr.. Francis Capano, Of SIG Carpenter
street. entertained a number of his friends
at his home last night. His guests in
clded Mr.. Anthony Mucchetti, MIR.
George PoIIzze, Mr.. Henry Capno, Mr..
Michael Serro, Mr.. Rocco Savy. Mr..
Francis Fortunate and Mr. James Co
lazzo.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-17
cHAMBERsauRG, PA.
,yYRNEWooD. pa.
Country Day school for Roy.ll

enema ID September, az WynRswood. Pa.
Experienced teachers, 81 the hiEheat reputa,
tionsi carefully selected studies, gymnasium
and eight acres q ground.
Rev. Gibson Bsu, A.B, H.D,, Head Master,
$50 Ravahoe street. Chesinut Hlus Ronna.
TTzr1gsz %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-15
Clio be Sights
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

Why can't chigres be as useful as
fish worms?
Great as progress has been the cal
Hope has never been improved.
1t is generally believed that a jeal-
Gus woman is the ablest detective.
AS a rule, the Plain Spoken man is
too proud of his mean disposition.
A man has temper, a woman has
nerves. That is, she calls them nerv IS.
A woman just has to love something
and sometimes 1t happens to be 4
man.
No one can be very tactful or grace
full while chasing chickens from the
garden lot.
A napkin helps some, but it might
be better to serve umbrellas with the
grape fruit course.
When you want something YOU
have pep, but when the other fellow
wants it he's an agent.
When it comes to wearing away
stone a diamond nipper is great i'm
provement over drops of water.
People would be much happier in
general if the average person were as
patient with kin as with strangers.
In a village it seems that most of
first ten years after your departure
from that place.
There is nothing but worry until a
farmer gets his crops in the bank, and
then he has to look out for lightning
rod agents.
If fishing comes up to expectations,
it means that the fisherman, by ex-
tended experience, has learned not to
expect too DANCED much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-15
En- ening Chat

BY RUTH CAMERON.

Like Me.
II hate a person who is always los
ing his temper" 1 heard a woman say
the other day, but 1 do think one
should have enough spirit to keep peo-
pie from imposing on one"
She smiled, a MOI ma am-I-ain't -seen-
your-canary smile.
The inevitable inference of smile
tone and manner was this, lone
should have enough spirit, but not too
much-like me-
Yet she isn't a woman who is or
dinarily called conceited. On the con-
trary! She is always wishing she had
talents. or clothes, or looks, like yours
and if you praise her for anything she
is most deprecatory.
She is only unconsciously expressing
an instinct of the human race, almost
as deep rooted as self-preservation-
the. instinct of self-belief.
TITS ali very well to be unselfish,
but there's such a thing as being too
it's better for yourself and everyone
around YOU to have reasonable
amount of selfishness.'iy
In other words, just that amount of
ustifiable selfiShneSS she conceives
herself to possess
'Idealism is beautiful says an
other, land the world couldn't get
along without it; but if it's going to
do any good it should be leavened with
pra cticality. Rose, for instance, is al
together too idealistic. She hasn't any
common sense. Now I believe in hav-
ing some common sense"
In other words, her own tempera-
ment, which is really without a grain
of idealism, but which she imagines
is a combination of the two qualities,
is the beau ideal.
A very clever s.aort-story writer has
one of his characters ask the other
to define charm. Whereupon, says the
writer Cor words to this effect, I'm
quoting from memory, he proceeded
to set forth the qualities which he
considered embodied charm and which,
when he had finished, she found were
his own qualities"
We never realize that we are imput-
ing the ideal balance of qualities to
ourselves. In fact we may not ever be
anyone taxed us with such a high
opinion of ourselves we should refute
him Indignantly and scornfully- And
then we should probably say, II hate
self-sa tisfied people as much as any
one. OF course, 1 believe everyone
should have proper self-respect.
But that's quite another thing"
Occasionally sister and I do not get
is our duty to live together? We are
the last of the family.-M. F.
Answer-It is unfortunate that you
two sisters cannot be at peace in the
same home, but if you have given the
thing fair trial better live at peace
apart than in discord together. Doubt
less you will get more happiness and
your idiosyncrasies don't get time to
wear on each other than out of the
friction of constant uncongenia1 COM
partnership.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-15
HOW TO PREDICT RAIN,

In the August Woman's Home Com
panion, Rollin Lynde HART writes a
highly entertaining and exceedingly
practical article, entitled Lets Talk
About the Weather" He tells how to
guard against lightning. how to treat
people who have been struck by light
ming, how to tell when it is going to
rain and so on. On the subject of pre-
dieting rain he writes in part as fol-
lows: There are plenty of soundly
scientific weather signs that are right
before our eyes and vouched for by the
best meteorologists. For instance, the
ring around the MOON which is pro-
duced by a thin, filmy cloud made up
of minute particles of ice-a state of
things not built to last. Either some
unlooked-for commotion will put a
stop to it in a different manner, or it
will pour cats and dogs within three
days at most. In eighty-six cases out
of a hundred, the rule holds good. A
still better sign is the ring around the
sum- This is science, pure and sim
pie, and so is the old maxim, The
farther the sight the nearer the rain
1t is not pessimism that makes people
along the coast predict a downpour
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when they can pick out the separate
houses on a far away island, or people
in mountainous regions call it too
good to last when a distant peak,
generally invisible, comes into view.
They are shrewd meteorologists in
making these predictions. and also
in declaring that sounds carry
better when a rainstorm is brew
ing. OF all nice, convincing wealth
err signs, however, 'sickening
sky is pretty nearly the most
reliable. When the deep warm
blue grows paler, and then whitish,
and your spirits drop, and shadows
fray at the edges and disappear, then
you have a sickening sky. Rain is not
being brought up readymade from
afar, it is being manufactured directly
overhead. The color of the sky, then,
is a fairly trustworthy sign in and of
itself, and so is the color of clouds.
Intensely white clouds against an in
tensely blue sky mean bright weather
ahead. Grayish clouds on a lghtisn
blue foretell rain"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-15

BEDTIME TALL = Fri JULY 9 Pc
The morning after Tommy Title
mouse had been so frightened about
the bees taking his home, he wakened
feeling very brave and happy. Didn't
he have much to be thankful for
Wasn't he glad to be safely out of that
dismal cellar where hS had lived so
long? And wasn't he proud of his
could anyone find kinder -reatment
than he had found? Mr.. Garden
Toad kind and. thoughtful, Billy
Robin so considerate and even the
oak tree fairies, whom he had never
seen, saving his home for him and
treating him with such consideration.
He was very happy.
And now today, he said to his
little mate, II think 1 will be real
brave and learn something more
about this nice garden where we live.
As soon as I am through helping you
this morning, l mean to explore and
learn a great DEAL.
"Oh, dear, Tommy, you are brave!
exclaimed his little mate; but please
don't do anything rash."
AS a matter of fact Tommy didn't
was further from his thoughts and
intentions, but he was comforta bly,
flattered to hear that his mate
thought he might be reckless. Moth
ing IS more satisfying than to be
thought more brave and reckless than
you really are!
Never fear! Never fear, little
mate" replied Tommy considerably;
II will be very careful. Don't you
remember that kind Mr.. Garden Toad
told us only last evening that the
garden was now safe and comfort
able? That there was no danger
that could come to me? 1t seems to
me that now while everything is so
safe, is the best time for me to look
about and learn as much as 1 can.
But 1 will be careful"
Mrs. Tommy, who was so interested
in her home, in making every nook
and corner of the nest just SO fine
and smooth, and in her plans and
hopes, could hardly realize how much
Tommy, sitting there by the front
door by the hour, had heard about
the world outside: So, Of course, she
could hardly realize how he lonsed
to see for himself all the things he
had heard about. all the wonders of
the outside world, the world of trees
and shrubs and gardens. the world OF
insects unknown to them, and OF
flowers and sunshine. But she was
wise little mate; and when she saw
Tommy wanted to explore, that ne
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-15
ALL ATTKEt

From a clerkship he had risen to
become the proprietor of magnifi-
cent esta blishment, writes John y.
Sleicher in Leslie's. With all the am
bition of a real American, he had
broadened out and extended his bust
ness, day by day, until he had become
known as a prosperous and successful
merchant prince. Then came a po-
litical upheaval involving new eco
nomic and fiscal policies, halt in
business and finally a depression that
was felt throughout the land. Earn
ings shrank, goods lay unsold upon
the crowded shelves, notes at the bank
were falling due, the everlasting pay
roll had to be met with unerring GER
tainty, each recurring Saturday, obli-
cations accumulated until credit was
strained and the specter of bank
ruptcy appeared. We hear many
words of well-deserved consideration
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-15

HAUNTED!
Have you garden where you walk and see
The golden flowers of Spring
Crown the new greenery
With newer poisoning?
A garden all green growth and witchery.
And does the purple evening come for you
Slow star by slow white star
Trailing its robes of dew
With not a sound to mar
The peace, save bird-calls falling faint and
few?
All, well, have no garden for my feet
To treadi The walls of stone
Press on the bitter street
Where drift by, alone,
Dread1ng the VOLTS glare in the eyes /
meet.
And yet, have you not sometimes turned
your head,
Just bending to a rose,
Thinking you heard the tread
And stir of one who goes
Down old remembered paths-but now is
dead?
-Hi1degarde Hawthorne in Harper's Maya
zine for July.
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Jayh dwker Jots

Says Uncle ST. in the Atchison
Champion: The man with the broken
auto gets the horse laugh.
AS the Marquette Tribune says: If
you are 4 stranger and have the gift
of CAB" you can sell the goods.
Don't look for soft snaps, advises the
Elk City Sun, and it points out, the
hard snaps are the ones that have
ginger in them.
In high society, says the Troy Chief,
the gown that is most likely to be
raved over is the one that costs the
most and obscures the least.
Something that approaches a brain
storm, on the part of the Eureka
Democratic Messenger: A blind man
accidentally bumped his head against
a bed post and his sight was restored
Probably the accident won't occur
again, now that he can see; but as he
can see it won't be necessary, will it?
However, if he hadn't been blind prob
ably he would not have bumped his
head against the bedpost and then he
wouldn't have been cured, would he?
A late census gives Sedgwick county
a population of $4,000, notes the Har-
per Advocate, and it adds: Wichita.
the county seat, has been claiming a
city population of $4,000. According
to that, parts of the Peerless Princess
must be outside of the county. Judging
from the wet" spots frequently found
in that metropolis, we are led to be-
lieVe that some of the town is in Mis-
souri,.
Some eminent observer, says the
Harper Advocate, has classified the
American chumps into three grand di
visions: The fellow that looks into
the loaded gun barrel to see if it is
loaded, the hilarious scamp that rocks
the boat and the one that takes his
baby joying riding on the handle bars
of his cycle. We think one ought to
be added to this sweepstake class.
How about the mirthful cuss that
throws lighted cannon firecrackers
among a crowd of women and chill
dren?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-15
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.
tFrom the Philadelphia Record

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
He who hesitates is lost, especially
when he is found out.
Aside from mere sociability, the
doctor would hate to know everybody
well.
It's a relief to meet a man who
is in a hurry. He hasn't time to tell
his troubles.
Don't try to get reputation on the
strength of what you are going to do
some day.
Many a girl thinks all the other
girls are green with envy when she
is really color blind.
No, Maude, dear; there is no reason
why even a deaf mute shouldn't raise
a racket when he plays tennis.
The fellow who boasts that he has
never made an enemy probably never
has made anything else, either.
1t takes a certain amount of push
to rise in the world, but man can
go down hill without either push or
pull.
Hoax-"No, 1 can't drink beer. 1t
makes me fat" Joax-'I can't drink
it either. I get wobbly, and it makes
me lean
Sillicus+"That fellow Biones is ae-
tually afraid to think for himself
Cynicus-'That being the case, ne
ought to get married.
die young?' Tommy's Pop-"So we
are told. my son." Tommy-"Aren't
you glad I escaped being good ?"
Blobbs-''DolittIe complains that he
can't get the sort of job he wants "
Slobbs-.What sort of job does he
want?" Blobbs-.-On, any kind he
can't get. suppose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-15
TAPPING OUR RESOURCES.

With Thomas A. Edison at the head
of a board of civilian inventors to ad-
wise with the navy department in the
development of the nations naval
forces and to give particular attention
to the solution of the problem of eff
fecting some sort of an adequate de-
Tense against submarine warfare, there
should be comfortable feeling among
the people of the country that things
worth while will be accomplished with
our navy. It's about time, too, that
United States formulated plans of this
character to use to the advantage of
the nation the great scientific talent
among it's civilians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News. ]

IFrom the Chicago News
lawsuit is apt to wear out at the
pockets first
It's useless to be good unless you're
good for something.
Uncle Sam is in duty bound to take
care of his trade relations.
About the only good thing some men
have is reputation for being bad.
When a man becomes thoroughly
contented he has outlived mis- useful
ness.
The up-to-date war correspondent
never fails to work in the word i'm
broglio.'
After a shirt has been to the laun-
dry few times it is pretty well
done up.
The man who buys an automobile
on the installment plan evidently be-
Heves in paying as he goes.
But in after years if a man refuses
to let his wife buy his neckties she
imagines that he has ceased to love
her.
The obese female goes on half ra-
tons for week and reduces her
weight two ounces; then she gets out
side a glass of ice cream soda and.
10, she gains three pounds
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From Other Pens
END OF THE WAR.

From all sides and from all varieties
of sources, come expressions of belief
that something is about to happen
that will bring us near to the end of
the great European war. Just what
is the foundation of this expectation,
or with what weight of authority these
intimations are backed, is not clear,
but the predictions of an early close
of the fierce conflict are coming
thicker and faster. 1t goes without
saying that the war must see a finish
in due course of time, and that the
combatants must have demonstrated
to their own satisfaction that neither
side can be whipped or blotted off
the face of the earth. To that ex-
tent conditions must be more propi-
tious toward peace parleys, whenever
the opening for them may come than
at any time since the outbreak. That
the peace Of Europe was seriously
threatened was regarded by people
generally as more preposterous
prospect one week before the conf1a-
grafton blazed forth in all its fury
than now the proposition that peace
could as suddenly be restored within
a week or a month.-Omaha Bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-15
INDIANS IN UNITED STATES.

A much lower rate of growth for
the Indian population than for the
white; an increasing admixture' Of
white blood; decreasing vitality of
full-blood Indians, indicating a ten
dency to disappear altogether; increas-
ing attendance at school and decreas-
ing illiteracy; an increase in the per-
centage of the self-supporting a de-
crease in the number of reservation
Indians are some of the salient
facts set forth in the special report on
the Indian population of the United
States and Alaska, soon to be issued
by the bureau of the census depart
ment of commerce. This report
brings together all the principal sta
tistics relating to the Indian popula-
ton which were collected at the last
census. The Indian population of the
United States, exclusive of Alaska and
the insular possessions, in 1910 was
265,6S3, representing an increase of
17,430, or per cent, over the num-
Der reported in 1890, when the census
bureau made it's first enumeration of
Indians Thus at the last census the
only Americans whose native ancestry
extends further back than a century
or two-or three at the utmost-con-
StltuteQ less imam Inree-IentnS OF
per cent of the entire population of
the country. The occupations in
which Indians are engaged are DIVERSE
fled in character. ranging all the way
from unskilled labor to some of the
highest proprietary, official, profes
sional, and skilled pursuits. Among
the Indian population are found man.
ufacturers, bankers, United States Of
ficials, mechanical engineers, locomo-
tive engineers, telegraph operators,
actors, artists, clergymen, college pro-
fessors. physicians, surgeons and law
yers. The great mass of the Indian
workers in the United States, however,
are engaged in a comparatively small
number of occupations. In fact, 85.4
per cent of the total number of gain
fully employed Indians were found in
seven occupation groups: Agricul
tural laborers, 35.5 per cent; farmers
and stock raisers. 1872 per cent; lum-
Der men, raftsmen, and woodchoppers,
"a per cent; laborers in manufactur-
ing and transportation, 6.3 per cent;
basket makers and weayers, IA per
cent; launderers and laundresses, 10
per cent; and servants and walters, 20
Der cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-15
On the Spur
of the Moment
BY ROY x. MOULTON.

When the Kids Away.
It's a long blue day
When the kids away
No childish laughter that's passing sweet,
No prattle to make life's joy complete,
when the kids away.
No rompings- gay
When the Kids away:
Life is relieved of half its bliss
Inc world is wrong and it goes amiss,
No big bear hug and no good night kiss,
When the kids away.
Noah Webster Down to Date.
Chauffeur-Man who is wise
enough to run an automobile, but too
wise to own one.
Politician-Man who can make a
living without working at it.
weather Man-One whose predic-
tons are bound to come true some
time.
Barber-An expert conversational
Ump1re-The lowest known form of
animal life.
Buckwheat Cake-Tough disc
shaped article containing ten parts
buckwheat and ninety parts indiges-
ton, used by the ancfents as an afti-
Gle of food.
Cantaloupe-A small melon which
is always too ripe or not ripe enough.
Simple Logic.*
PROOF L.
motor man drives a car.
An automobile is a car.
chauffeur drives an automobile.
Therefore, a chauffeur is a motorman.
PROOF 2.
A motorman is a man in charge of motor
An automobile is a motor.
A chauffeur is in charge of an automobile.
Therefore, motorman is a chauffeur.
%. E. D.
But,
Wouldn't it be just grand to see the
expression when you tell
him he's a chauffeur? Go on and tell
him Aw, gwan.
*Very.
Oh, That Barber Shop Cord.
Sign in barber shop window on
street:
G. MINER.
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Tommy was so proud of himself and
his bravery he wished Mrs. Tommy
was there beside him to tell him all
over again that he was wonderful
TittIe-mouse. But she wasn't there,
SO he had to content himself with
thinking about his own courage and
with looking around
He Struggled down safely under a
big broad leaf and then peeped out to
look at the world. And what do you
suppose he saw the very first thing?
A giant? A fairy? A-oh, you never
could guess! He saw a spider, A
great beautiful black and gold spider
dangling down right from the leaf
above where little Tommy was hid
DEM Tommy didn't know whether
to be afraid or not. SO he decided
to speak very soItly ano see II the
Now this was a real adventure" ex-
claimed Tommy to himself and he
proudly began to make friends with
the wonderful -(Copyright-
Clara Ingram Judson.)
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II all the ammunition that has been
expended in the Great War had done
the work that some of it has, and
probably a fractional part of it, at
that, the opposing armies would have
shot or blown each other off the map
long ago. Italy had ten months in
which to prepare for the war. and she
worked assiduously at the task, but
she is already beginning to sense a
Shortage in her ammunition supplies
and she is busy with steps to multiply
her ammunition production.
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Journal Entries

The chronic kicker sooner or later
gets sore even at himself.
= + =
The ideal companionship would
comprise a good talker and a good
listener.
A wise man in many respects is like
ly to be densely ignorant in many
others.
j. + J.
Good habits also have the advantage
of not costing so much as the bad
ones.
- + =
This is an especially hard world for
the Riddles who are prone to tum BILE
and hit it.
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for the child who labors in the fac
tory, for the man who swelters at the
forge, for the burden-bearers in the
crowded cities, and the tired husband
man in the field-and all deserve
them. But who thinks for a moment
of the toll, the care and anxieties of
the troubled business man when the
black hand of depression looms up be-
fore him? Never forget. while you
worry over your own troubles that
every heart knoweth its own bitter
ness"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-15
THEY'RE PLAYING TO WIN. BOYS.

While trough stuff in a baseball
game and pugilistic exchanges be-
tween players and umpires are I'M
pardonable and not to be condoned
the fact that two or three members
of the Topeka team and an umpire re-
Gently offended in this particular, as a
result of a dispute over a close de-
cision at the plate, also indicates that
the Savages are playing the game to
win and not in a merely perfunctory
manner for the money that is in it for
them.