Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-21
lTANTTC CITY WEARS
OMORS AND PREPARES
TOSEND MEN TOFRONT
r,.oro Residents and Visitors,
0n Mon. Women and Children,
Don the Red, White
and Blue
NORRIS GUARDS READY

,xrrc CITY, June 21.-The call to
httaiore has been generally observed mere
he ..,oitors. adding the flag OF our country
py 70 mart of their costumes, men uispIay-
% sun Nm, on coat lapels, women pnhing
" sni,tv sllsen flags to their uresseS nI,u 'tle
.onnser girls using t9,d tric9,oled i'''oi'9 III
bair coils or as headpanus'
telr no.. 1-sor,rp away of the National Guard
Irie .. ,,,ore Of a hardship in this city than
wlle, vii De otber places, as all the members of
N ',ss iho connnanv of state militia mere are
pe , who hold responsible positlons'
p'.n. .,,,,ob as the busiest times of the
HESS duo their absence will tell, but
ga ono firm has entered an opJecIloh 10
nov o leaving, at once, IL necessary, and
W ..,, employer has made IL known that
s,a.,as will be continued during the tme
~ mon are away and posltlohs hepI open
tne m sotdiers. The greatest concern here
for az tbo one company will not be called
'n at once. and the men are chafng over
ou. ,,H,,od ~ etories that this company Will
pup'H ontor service until all the other regi-
.,s ny. In the state have been sent away.
s..iagrams have been sent asking that the
IVY ho allowed to leave at once and the
myn H. citv wants to show that 1t Is ready
md willing to send It's quota
MORRIS GUARDS READY
r.o nrlvate military organization, the
.,-ni, Guards is also ready to volunteer
:. once They did so in the Spanish
American war
,rother surf test for prospective life
-,,ards was held yesterday afternoon and
r,5re than so men took examinations al
.houeh only IS more guards are TO pe
snnojnted this season The ocean was as
sainn as n mill pond and the handling Oh the
~" .honts was comparatively easy, and yet
~, of the men drifted far out of the set
s,,rse and two came dangerously near to
the pilings Of n pier.
Come men flunked entirely In the tests,
h,t the majority proved adopts at hand-
ine the tin-can bsoys and in swimming ana
,owine Those who did come up to the
standard required VIII nave announcer test
Ssfore being appointed, and the day Sc
,sctnd will be one when the breakers come
.umhlinr in with lightning-like rapidity
and when cross-currents make 1t eX-
caedingly difficult to handle boat, Attain
tIo CITY is determined to have this year
the best men obtainable to protect bath
srs especially tho foolhardy ones who VEN
s,re FAR out when It Is unsafe to bathe any
distance from shore.
BAD PRACTICE STOPPED.
A crusade has been started to break up
a practice which has annoyed visitors. At
tbe end of a number Of the avenues tho
employed, but who get an occasional chance
10 work, have been occupying the benches
placed there for visitors. They have not
been using the choicest of language and
have been insulting when reprimanded for
their impudence. "A raid was made and
few of the men arrested for corner lounging.
Most of them were discharged with warn
ing, and few were fined The avenue end
benches will now be open for the people
they were intended for, footsore visitors.
"Klddles' are being initiated by some of
the grown.up women, who are using rubber
bands attached to their hats and worn un-
der their chins, as Il protection against
sudden lifting of lid by ocean breezes, AS
many hat-pins ruin the fine grade of straw
used In the fashionable hats now being
worn, this fad may become fancy. White
silk hosiery, with the front part daintily
embroidered In black designs, is also grad
ually creeping into favor.
The jitney drivers are to carry their case
hto the higher courts, declaring that the
hw requiring them to give 5 per cent, of
their gross receipts to the city is class
kgislation. In the meantime nearly 800
Of those vehicles are running here and
doing n big business. And yet the old
time one-horse bus is still included in the
transportation facilities of this city.