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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-22
ELLEN ADAIR CALLS ON
A WOUNDED SOLDIER

Continued from Page One
arrived from Berlin and passed through
Paris.
Whether the war will be over In Octo-
ber or not, England is certainly putting
her best foot foremost in the matter of
recruiting.
Yesterday, July 4, motored from Lon
don through Epping Forest and on to the
Red Cross Hospital In Saffron Waldon,
Essex. The beautiful little villages were
Just crammed with soldiers, and the cot
tagers and the "Tommies" were on the
very best of terms. We stopped at Ching
ford, on the edge OF the great Epping
Forest, and had tea at a wonderfully
quaint inn, 400 years old. called 'The
Pied Bull and Spotted Cow" The land
lady might have stepped out of the pages
of a storybook, with her red cheeks and
white starched cap.
Epplng Forest is perfectly beautiful,
with its wonderful old trees, its ferns
and its wild flowers and its drifting shad-
ows. The road winds through the deep
est and loneliest part OF the immense for
est, but even there the Tommies were to
be found. One would have expected them
under the circumstances, and by all ac-
counts, to have been buaily engaged in
counting the rustic maidens But 1 was
struck by the manner in which they con-
gregated together. seemingly preferring
the company OF their own sex to any
thing more seductive. They were all
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very happy and bright-but then there Is
something exhilarating about the wonder
full air of Epping Forest. Few of these
men have been to the front, and, there
fore, all are eager to get there. Just
to have shot at the Germans!' is their
one, all-consuming desire-a desire which
later will be fully realized!
At length the beautiful little village Of
Saffron Walden was reached, and we ar
rived at the Red Cross Hospital. 1t was
care and every medical invention and de-
vice for the benefit of the poor soldiers
were all in full play.
Some of the poor fellows looked des-
perately shattered in health. Their nerves
had all gone to pieces, too, and one young
man who had been walking about the
grounds without the assistance of a nurse
or even a walking stick suddenly burst
into tears and cried like a baby. Lots
of them do that" said one of the nurses.
particularly If O. door slams or any sud-
den noise startles them. No human be-
ing other than soldier can realize what
they've come through"
We had come particularly to visit an
old friend, Private Harry Edwards, who
had enlisted in the Canadian Scottish
when the war broke out, and who had
been badly wounded on April % at the
second battle of Ypres.
TT was a terrible time" said he land
no newspaper account ever gave one
quarter of the details. 1 was wounded
onNApril % when the Germans made their
second attempt to reach Calais. Their
attack commenced about 4:3O p m. with
heavy artillery charge, followed by
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clouds of poisonous gas which was
pumped right over the French trenches
by the aid of cylinders. This, of course,
was done when the wind was favorable
and the French, unable to stand the tor
lures of the gas, had to retire. The line
was thus left open for the Germans TO
advance through, and two British diVl-
sions were exposed to fire.
"At 1880 p. M my regiment, the 18th
Battalion of the Canadian Scottish, ana
the 10th Battalion of Canadian Infantry
were ordered to retake the trench lost
by the French and to drive the enemy
out of the wood The charge took place
at midnight and the trench was retaken-
but at terrible loss. With 200 men we
held the trench against 5000 Prussian
Guards and $4,000 cavalry. But when all
was over and victory won there were
only n very few hundred of us left.
HAND TO HAND IN THE DARK.
'oThat wild charge in the dark was a
thrilling affair. A dozen times l tripped
and fell over the bodies of dead and
wounded Germans, and came face to face
with living ones In hand-to-hand battles
It's a queer feeling fighting a man for
your life, but when your blood is up
YOU don't care what you do. You feel
quite mad-you have to feel mad or you
couldn't run cold steel through every
man you meet!
Just toward the end OF the engage
ment, 1 was shot above the right eye,
but / felt no pain only inconvenience
from the blood pouring into the eye. Then
I was shot below the kneecap, and just
after that happened terrible thing oc-
CURED to my best friend. He was a
bomb-thrower and his name was Mundy'
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disgustedly. You can never be beauti-
full, you glutton. You are ugly and USE
less" And he flew on his way to his
nest.
Beautiful Friend Cardinal flew over
head and noticed the caterpillar. How
sorry l am for you!" he cried; "here on
this lovely day you do not sing, you do
not even look at the sunshine and flow
ers! You only eat and eat and eat! How
stupid you are, poor thing!
Down underneath the cabbage, In the
moist shade OF her broad sides, Mr.. Snail
stopped for a rest. He heard what the
cardinal said and raised his she'll enough
to look up the side of the big round cab
bage and see the caterpillar eating his
way across the top. "Oh, you great lazy
creature" he called, 1T name you Fatty
Caterpillar, for you eat and eat, though
you are already fat enough to burst. Do
you never think of friends? Do You al
ways and forever eat?''
"Why shouldn't I eat?" asked the cat
erpillar 81 eat to grow. Some day /
will be beautiful creature and you will
be glad to know me. or course eat
because 1 must"
you be a beautiful creaturew chimed
in Tommy Sparrow, who happened to
fly by just in time to hear what the cat
erpillar said. you will never be any
thing but fat, greedy glutton! You are
not even good for eating. for. you arm
yourself with such furry. poisonous
stlckers, II you will take those off we
may like you better" And he flew away
chuckling at his own little joke.
Did FATTY Caterpillar care about the
teasing? Did he mind the nickname and
the tormenting2 Did he feel sad because
nobody liked him? Not he! He ate
along across the top of the cabbage with
never a thought about the creatures
around him. He ate and ate and ate.
and as the day wore on he dreamed OF
what he was to be.
Copyri0ht-OlarG Ingram Judson
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-22
ADVICE GIVEN MOTHERS
ON NURSING OF BABIES
Child Federation Issues In
structions in Third of It's
"Street Bulletins"

The third in n series Of what ara
termed street bulletins in the interest
Of the proper care of babies has been
issued by the Child Federation. The bull.
letin confines itself to instructions as n
the nursing Of babies It follows.
"If you love your baby, NURSE TT
Mothers breast milk is safe-no dirt no.
germs. Remember seven bottle-fed bable,
die to every one breast-fed baby. TIM
baby will be we'll II you go to bed earlv
Eat the best food you can get. DrInt
a quart of milk a day. Drink water
freely between meals Rest whenevcs
you can. Drink very little beer wine or
whisky.
Feed your baby from one breast a,
a nursing, and do not nurse longer thar
20 minutes at a breast.
Nurse regularly by the clock. ana
not EVERY TIME the baby cries. II
your baby does not gain in weight ana
you want to wean it consult a doctor
"1f you follow this advice your brsss,
milk will agree with the baby.
Telephone numbers to remember,
"If your baby IS sick-Electrical pp.
reau 91.
SANITARY Division, Bureau Of Health
Electrical Bureau 247.
Emergency Call for Fire and Police.
Spruce 20.
1nformatlon-Cali the Child Federation
Locust 4125."
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Enter Fatty Caterpillar

TN THE very back part OF the garden
i behind the flower beds, the lettuce bor-
der and the asparagus patch were two
long, straight rows of cabbages. Ned
had set them out weeks ago when they
were just tiny. gray-green plants only
two inches high. But such good sun
shine and so much rain did they get that
now they were grown fat and big and
plump. and their silky greenish white
leaves gllstened in the sunshine.
Across the top of the biggest, fattest
one of the lot there slowly crept a great.
fat woolly caterpillar. And as he crept
he ate and ate and ate!
Very good eating these" he said to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-22

seldom hears is frequently nlled WIN Il
deeper JOY than the one which its every
movement recorded in the columns Of
newspapers.
The writer of the letter previously
quoted deplores the fact that she is not
endowed with good looks But let her
listen to the words of certain beautiful
woman on this very subject.
Good looks are more of trial than
a blessing" declares the latter stoutly.
From my childhood 1 have always been
considered a beauty. And what an in
terminable nuisance 1t has been! l couldn't
do this and couldn't do that, 1 couldn't
eat this and l couldn't eat that, all be-
cause care of my looks had to be con-
sidered first and foremost.
And I have few real friends. Women
do not trust me. They fear that shall
steal their sweethearts or their husbands
from them. Men are nearly as bad. She
is too pretty to consider seriously they
declare. She never would be contented
to give up her social life and settle down.
So, have grown to hate my own good
looks!"
The ordinary girl need never despair.
For life offers her many compensations
and saves her many problems that would
beset her pathway were she the genius or
the beauty she aspires to be-and is not.
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himself between bites, very good eating.
! only hope that gardener boy does not
come and find me here. l would not like
10 be killed, for 1 feel sure that. II
keep on eating all the time, will some
day amount to something. l am sure
am a wonderful parsonage. / must eat
enough thought must eat all the time"
And. as II to make up for the time he
had wasted talking, he ate three huge
bites in quick succession.
Billy Robin at that very minute flew
over the cabbage rows.
Look who's heref" he chirped. look
who's eomel That greedy. horrid, ugly
caterpillar Is eating the best cabbage"
-Piease don't talk that way about me-"
Brumbled the caterpillar, as he hastily
swallowed another bite. II eat for my
living. and some day I will be as beauti-
ful as you"
such a foolish idea" cried Billy Robin
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-22
Children

Come to me. o ye childrenl
And whisper in my ear
What the birds and the winds are singing
In your sunny atmosphere.
For what are all our contrivings,
And the wisdom OF our books,
When compared with your caresses
And the gladness OF your looks?
Ye are better than all the ballads,
That ever were sung or said;
For ye are the living poems
And all the rest are dead.
-Longfellow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-22
TO TEACH CARE OF BABIES
Plan Under Way to Instruct Camden's
Little Mothers.

The proper manner in which to care for
babies will be taught girls in Camden
by the Playground Commission II plans
formulated by r. A. Finkeldey, Jr., su-
pervisor, do not mscarry. The Little
Mothers League will be inaugurated TO
carry on the work of instruction and will
come into being about August l.
Some member of the organization win
conduct one meeting a week in each
playground in the city. At the same time
the little girls will be furnished with
book, 1.-THE Child" which contains splen-
did advice on the subject of caring for
small children.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-22
A SIMPLE GOWN WHICH COULD BE
MADE BY THE HOME DRESSMAKER

A GREAT deal of un-
"A necessary space is
given to the going-away
girl every sum m e T.
Fashion artists d e s Ign
elaborate travelling cos
tunes and automobile
coats and outing clothes
and evening gowns and
all the other parapher-
MALTA which goes to make
up the triumph of the
real summer girl. But
what about the little girl
who stays at home?
Doesn't she need dainty
summer frocks and fluffy
hats as well as any
other? And IL said stay
at-home miss happens to
be very busy making her
own clothes-at least, her
own light summer frocks,
the subject OF I h e 5 o
frocks will stand some
careful consideration.
It is best TO make a
most painstaking selec-
tion OF a pattern when
you are planning a made
at-home cow n. The
reason is plain-t h err 9
should be no elaborate
trimming, no difficult
angles, and, above all, no
hounces and rufhes, for
nothing looks m or e
dilapidated when they do
become worn than home-
made ruffies.
t o d a US illustration
shows a pretty, simple
gown. admirably suited
TO the h o IN Q dress
makers talents. The
upper part OF the bodice
consists almost entirely Of
a white net guimpe.
which could be purchased
already made to save
trouble. The buttons are
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to the conclusion
that I am very ordi-
naryl"
-
The letter goes on
i'm a somewhat mel
ancholy strain. The
writer feels that life
has dealt unjustly
with her in railing
to bequeath qualities
and gifts above the
average. II can't
even play the piano
we'll" she declares,
although l hav e
spent n great deal OF
time In practicing.
There really doesn't
seem any particular
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-22
WILL RESCUE DIR. sHAw's AUTO
SufFragists Hope to Induce County
Commissioners to Accept Bonds.

Suffragists are determined that the lit.
tie yellow automobile Eastern Victoryn
which was presented to Dr. Anna shaw
by sufragists in New York and which
was recently seized for taxes at her home
in Moylan, Pa, will continue to be used
by the Doctor in her campaigning in this
section. Therefore they have devised
means, by aid of w. Roger Froneneld
counsel for Doctor Shaw, to give bond
to the County Commissioners and have
the car released. There is yet one hitch
to this plan, however, and that is that
the arrangement has not been accepted
by the commissioners. Suffragists feel.
though, that the latter will settle things
at least temporarily, with them, so that
the car will be released and used in the
campaigning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-22

BuL lne OTulllHI v
girl is differently
constituted. She is
of a more placid dis
position, less liable
to moods and sud
den C h a n & es Of
Temperature" The
standard set UP for
her m a k es no
stringent demands
on her temper. Life
flows alon g in
smooth and easy
channels.
A great deal of
quiet happiness lies
In the commonplace.
The u n g v Q n t ( u |
career of which one
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"TAM so disappointed that can't do
Il anything really brilliant" wrote a
stay-at-home girl to me recently Il
have always wanted to be clever and
Interesting. and have people point me out
ss different from the commonplace girls
one meets every day. But after trying
to excel in a whole lot of different ways
and falling miserably have at last come
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-22

IL 1ar from DelnS
either witty or en-
tertaining."
But the Ordinary"
girl has several con-
solations. II she only
knew 1t. Pretty and
witty girls win any
amount of admlra-
tion Il ou dly ex-
pressed; b ut who
goes out of his way
to praise the ordi-
nary girl? All the
same, she wins just
as much love as her
brilliant sisters, and
s. o m e t | m c S even
more.
For many people
fight shy of the
beautiful or clever
girl Thn,t fnnr ihnh
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thing can do well, and it does seem
hardt'
This maiden, all forlorn. quite over
looks the fact that after all, the world
is pretty largely made UP OF ordinary"
people, and that the ordinary people
manage to have a very good time, too.
II Is the ordinary men and women who
attend to the small but necessary busi-
ness that goes to make up the great sum
total OF our lives and the worlds affairs
generally.
The geniuses are too busy to look after
small things-and then geniuses are so
fewl
iIf I were only passably good-looking
I should at least have something to
compensate" continues the writer of the
letter, but that consolation has been
denied me also!
Although l have studied quite hard
and read all sorts OF books with a view
TO improving my mind, my conversation
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she is out OF reach; that she will not
condescend to their level. And so they
turn to the girl who has no wonderful
gifts to make their own feel small in
comparison.
No man or woman likes being made to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-22

The Evening Ledger will award n daily
prize of 81 for the best original sugges-
tlOn on entertainment. The subject OF
the first contest will be "My Most Sue
Cessful Luncheon" All manuscripts
should be II reasonable length, and none
will be returned. Address to the Enter
tninment Contest, Evening Ledger, Inde-
pendence Square, Philadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-22
Keeping in Touch With Home

You never quite forget the home town,
even on the most enjoyable vacations Keep
in touch with home affairs by seeing to 1t
that your favorite newspaper follows you
wherever you go. Notify the Evening Ledger
before you leave to send your paper TO you.
Specify the edition desired.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-22

made OF rose-eolored satin. like that used
on the glrdle. The jumper effect is made
Df an inexpensive printed voile in rose
and white. IL hts loosely at the waist
and has almost no trimming
The skirt follows the prevailing vogue
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-22

for the short full models, with slight
gathering at the waist. The back Is
severely plain This little gown could
be made for almost nothing, and win
look cool and comfortable In the
mornings
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-10-15
RAISE THE HEIFER
CALVES FOR DAIRY
More Than Pay for Trouble in
Quality and Quantity of
Milk They Produce.

The large milk producers, having
summer pasture and forage crops, are
decidedly in favor of raising their
own COWS. They may cost a little
more, but they more than pay for the
expense and trouble of raising in the
quantity and quality of the milk they
yield.
The difference between an average
and an extra mixer is fully 1000
quarts of milk in season, worth fully
$50, or half the price of an extra
COW.
The calves to raise are the heifers
of your best mixers, sired by a
thoroughbred bull Of good milking
stock. This matter is so well under
stood that dairymen, who are good
judges of cows, will give an extra
price for COW having record as
first-class mixer.
1t is satisfactory and profitable to
raise ones own cows and see the
steady improvement of the herd by
careful selection, good feeding and
management. This is much the best
way to build up a profitable herd.
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WOULDN'T PART WITH THEM
Converted Gambler Thought He Might
Yet Have Use for Implements of
His Business.

After de sarmint t'mor' night, Brud-
der Simmons" said old Deacon Whang,
I'VE all is gwine to have rousin'
hozanner meetin' and burn up yo'
paragraphs, bless de Lawdi"
Burn up which, sab? ?" returned Goat
Simmons, the recently converted gam
bling man, in considerable astonish-
ment.
.Yo' gamblin' paragraphs, sab.
When a spo'tin' man gifts converted
an washed whittier dan snow, dey allus
burns up his kyahds and dice and
SIGH scanlous stuff as dat, midst loud
shouts o. praise. De Lawd is wild en-
and de gamblin' brudder steps 10th
and filings his paragraphs on de fab
and stands with bowed head whilst"
mot me, sab! / amt gwine to do
no sich-ur thingi"
But. muh goodness, brudder, yo'
am converted, isn't yo', and"
"Yassahr! rs sho' converted, but
dat don't make me a blame fool! I
mought backslide and need dat stunt"
Kansas City Star.
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ENGLISH VERBS TOO MUCH
Frenchman Tried Hard, But Some
How He Couldn't Place Them
Where They Belonged.

He was a Woodworking and intel
ligent Frenchman, but the English
verbs still troubled him.
"Ay, yes, m'sieur, saw Mrs. Brown
the other day. he said to an American
friend, land she telled-I mean, told
me that her school was soon to break
down"
Break up, surely
"Ah, yes, break up? Your verbs dc
trouble me SO yet! Break up-that
was it,"
Why was she going to let her
school break up so early?"
Because influenza had broken down
in it."
Broken out. 1t is bit puzzling.
isn't it?"
Broken out-ah, yes! And she is
going to leave the house in charge of
caretaker, as she fears it might be
broken-How do say that, please?"
Broken into. l expect"
That is it. Broken into-by the
BURGLAR"
rs her SOC married yet?"
NO, the engagement is broken in"
Broken off. Oh, hadn't heard of
that! Is she worried about it,"
He only broke up the news to her
last week. Is that right?"
mo; you should sly just broke
there
"Ah. well. I'm nearly broke my
self by those verbs of yours!"
And he went sadly on his way
Exchange.
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SWEET PEAS USED
AS A COVER CROP
As Good Green Manure Crop as
Any Other Variety of Peas
Easy to Grow.

In Mexico the sweet pea has beer
tried ont as cover crop and founc
most promising. In New Mexico the
peas are sown the last of September
or the first of October. In the East
in the latitude of New York, autumn
planting would likely cause partial
or total loss of the crop. unless the
peas were planted very deep. six o.
eight inches.
Peas are ready to turn under by
the first of May. The vines during
normal seasons are in full bloom by
May IS. Some were not turned under
until the last of May.
The results indicate that this fs one
of the hardest and easiest to grow OF
the pea family. The high cost Of the
seed may keep It from being ex-
tensively planted, otherwise the sweet
pea makes as good green manure
crop as any Of the other varieties
Of peas.
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RY NJ KEILYl

(By NJ. KELLY)
In the feeding of a herd of dairy
cattle we must consider that the ami
mails have been artificially bred and
developed until they stand before us
very unbalanced and abnormal ami
mails. The feeding of dairy cattle has
been largely from the standpoint of
production at the pail, and not atten-
ton and study enough have been de-
voted to the selection of foods best
adapted to the health of the COWS, and
to the calves they are carrying.
On the other hand, there are many
dairymen who are feeding for produc-
ton and not for profit. You may ask
if feeding for production is not feeding
for profit. Not always. 1t is not the
men securing the most milk who are
making the most clear money from
their dairy business. There is limit
as to how much feed the COWS can
utilize at a profit, just the same as
there is limit to how much grain
feed the cows can consume without
doing serious injury to their digestive
systems.
When we speak of the productive
qualities of the COW, we should not
fail to keep In mind that productive
qualities include the calf as well as
the milk. Whenever we conduct our
feeding on any other basis than this,
we are doing it at the expense of
the vitality and health of our cows
as we'll as tbs calves they are carry
ing.
1t is not alone for present results
that we are feeding, but for the de-
velopment of the calf that is to some
day take the place of its dam in the
herd. The old saying that "a calf
well born is half grown" is eminently |