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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
Odd Trinkets From Abroad

Jewelry has taken a turn toward mill
tarisn; like everything else In France. Now
there are all kinds of trinkets either fash
ioned by the soldiers In the trenches or
copied from their designs in gold and silver
by some enterprislng silversmlth. You can
get all sorts of odd little trInkets, such as
inhnitesimal hand grenades of gold or sill
yer with picture OF the absent one inside,
rings with red crosses, "boches" and various
data inside. odd bracelets made from parts
Of shells worked with file. and other queer
things Whatever may be said of the artis.
tic value of these trinkets, their sentimental
value is assured.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
Novel Ways 70 Use Potatoes

me following recipes are sreat favoTitea with
nay nsn folks. q / ssna them to you:
beallopad potatoes. With egHa-Slice the pOta-
toes fhln and Arrange them n ! baking -dish
~ lAyeFs With saII and pepper to taste and
lita of butter FIJI the dish and nearly cover
~ centents sitn mi.k BAKE for t5 minutes
l8sl Qn fep II tie rotatozs and return 70 the
oven tor the eaEs % SCI little rhinly sliced
cntou = : kreat Improvement.
EQlaLo pancake 0fata me ten 70 twelve
Ileai 4IEad natafoea and add ons or two
ff4Il-t44faH a4ss. teaspoon q salt and
Aalt te4epoee e eaklaE posdeF siftsd With -four
81 MAKE fataet 1n44 batter. AZ veil and
tak4 lron hot srIa4ze. Cover for the nrst
I4E nlnfI4a as + Azlna . eook them lhro1Fh
4ao 1l4f4 qaI4kI4 Tbs reciue vii make IS
" -t e44H takezz- zest en1uEh Tor fhree as
"f ttttH@F s4Es GttEkUuH W.
#H4 tt444 wa Provides u with novel
HHI r4tI44z HezIHza ~ eaaEinH potatoes
. HeIselaz = - 4hols laanily.
I4&s. seas|4sz 4aazs IaesefpEe. Is one
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
Some ENJOYABLE Games

Your letter and games were received for
which thank you. I think they will be great
games TO play. Inclosed return the pages in
good order. LILLIAN T..
In explanation of the last clause of this
letter 1 must mention that. now and then.
II pleases us to lend, not donate, a page of
games to young people who plead for
amusements suited to their age and tastes.
II speaks we'll for our junior constituents
that these Invariably are returned. as our
grateful correspondent reports for herself,
In good order.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
Sewing Novelties

Have you seen the little glass elephants
and dogs and cats that are selling in the
toy shops just now? They have bright
glass eyes and are so attractive that they
are suspected of being useless. But they
aren't. The seamstress uses the little glass
dog to hold an emery, which she can have
at hand at any time when her needle gets
perspiring in this hot weather The ee-
phant carries tiny silk pincushlon on his
back-another necessity for the woman
who sews.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
GOOD FORM

costume she stops at the landing and throws
first her bouquet to her waiting brides,
maids and then the blue garter, In botn
cases the bridesmaids who catch the articles
tossed down to them, 1t is supposed, VIII
be married before the rest OF the bridal
party. These old customs cause a gooo
deal Of fun at the receptions and are very
generally adhered to, though, Of course,
they are nonsense, pure and simple.
DEBORAH RUSH.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
Helping a Musician

dress OF Miss Agnes G., who wishes TO get a
music roll am writing direct to her. sending
the music roll. together with few pieces OF
music which she may Ike to have thank you
for granting me the privilege OF doing the little
favor for fellow musician. LYDIA =.
note, every line and stroke Of which
reveal the true gentlewoman and the loyal
Cornerlte She never dreams what privi-
leges she accords us by her cooperation in
our mission.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18

TN REGARD to recent article that
wrote about the advent of the swagger
stick to Philadelphia and the humorous
attitude that the men in the street take
toward women's prediction for It, a
reader requests me to call the attention
OF these critics to the fact that If they
search the annals of their own fashion
history they will find that men have never
hesltated to invade woman's sartorial do.
main when II pleased them to do so.
"Muffs and earrings were two very
particular masculine vanities in the
eighteenth century" she writes, "as you
can verify by looking at old pictures or
by consulting two very interesting vol
umes written by Philadelphia woman,
Alice Morse Earle. Doubtless they, with
jeweled baubles dangling from their ears
and NUNS in their hands, looked every
bit as feminine as the girls of today who
carry the little canes look masculine"
1t is quite true the men of two cen.
turtles ago had as great fondness for
their mum as for their snuff It is re.
corded by that hardy old chronicler,
Samuel Pepys, that one year he was so
torn between his desire to be fashionable
and his desire to be economical that in
stead Of buying a mum he took his wfe's
last years one for his own use.
And in Boston newspaper dated
March s, IT'S, chagrined Bostonian ad-
vertised the loss of muff in these words:
ANY man that took up mufr dropt |
on the Lords Day between the Old Meet |
ing House and the South Meeting House |
Office and Shall Be Rewarded"
Obviously It was his Sunday mum.
In the same book recommended by my
reader find an interesting warning
against the immodesty of the hoopskirt.
Il was issued by the women of Burlington,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
REQUEST Meets Generous Response

wish to thank you for your kindness IN
publishing my request. received lot OF good
magazines from I've persons and have enJoyed
been reader OF yoLr Corner for years. and
always have admired the good Il is doing.
MARGARET q.
OF course tAyo readers responded to your
request for magazines. 1t is one of the
Corners ways. oftener than not, four. FIVE
or ten obey the injunction not TO allow
reading matter to degenerate into rubbish.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
MARION HARLAND'S CORNE]

All COMMUNICATIONS addressed to Marion
s5Jlss M5EJEinnd Sn0Ed inClpsSS sSit"%ped self.
article i1 which yep are Intersstcd. Persons
H. II. C., should write Marion HarIand, In
care OF this paper, for addresses OF those
them. communicate direct with those nnrtfss.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
Use Luncheon Napkins

Dear Deborah Rush-When serving ice cream
and cake TO a few friends during an evening.
is It all right to serve lunch napkins instead OF
the dinner size? Should Ice cream be served
on plates or In saucers7 CARRIE.
Not only is It all right to serve ice cream
with luncheon napkins, but 1t is the correct
thing to do. Ice cream may be served either
on plates or saucers, although the former
way is given preference through custom at
present.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18

Dishes With Co,,o.-

So many meals are served ~.
In this warm weather that mos, ot ~,
ing dishes have covers on ,h,ne ~ ne n,
compotes for fruits and dessert. 81
ers. Bohemian glass is verv naFs y,
household use just now. Artic,.s. mart /
deep purple, green's blues ana Ss,a, coa, /
million red for table ware. Thsy sl sm "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
Keeping Paint Fresh

To keep an open pail OF paint fresh stir
II well with long stick until all the oil al
the top Of the pail is dissolved. Now cover
with water When you want to use the
paint again pour of the water and your
paint will be as good as new.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18

M'LISS DISCUSSES MASCULINE
VANITIFS OF YEARS GONE BY
Muffs and Earrings Once Part of Mans Ward
robe, Why Should Feminine Prediction
for Swagger Stick be Criticised

| NJ j., about 1900 to their dear and well
beloved sisters" 1t cautioned them
against
THAT Immodest fashion OF hooped
Pettycoats, or We. imitation of them,
Either by something put into their Pet.
| tycoats to make YIN sett full, or Wearing
more than is Necessary, or any other
Imitation whatsoever, which we take to
| be but Branch springing from we. same
corrupt root of Pride.
And also that None of Sd friends Ac-
custom themselves to wear their Gowns
with Superfluous folds behind, but plain
and Decent. Nor to go without Aprons,
Nor to wear Superhuous Gathers or
Pleats in their Capps or Primers, Nor to
Wear their heads dressed high behind,
neither to cut or lay we hair on we fore.
head or Temples.
And that ye be Careful to Avoid Wear
ing of Stript Shoos or Red or White
Heeled Shoes or Clogs, or Shoes trimmed
VIII Gawdy Colours"
/ must confess that in a day when our
eyes have become so calloused with al
most knee length skirts, preceded by the
slit kind, II would be difficult to think OF
banishing the hoop because of its inn
modesty. Indeed, / had almost been
guilty of the suspicion that its recent
vogue was so shortlved because of it's
modesty.
How one would enjoy statloning the
writer of the above warning on Chestnut
street and watching her expression as
she viewed the merry crowds go by.
What would she who was shocked at
the revelation of a bit of neck due to
high hair dressing say to the exhibition
Of the human form divine for which mod
ern styles are responsible? Can't you see
her rushing back to her escritoire to take
up her quill pen to indite a fervent warm
Ing to her errlng sisters7 M'LISS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
An Autobiography

Wales England wed so 1 was bred. Twas
merry London gave me breath
l dreamt OF love, and fame: stroye. But
Ireland taught me love was best:
And Irish eyes. and London cries. and
streams OF Wales may tell the rest
What more than these ask'd OF Life am
content TO have from Death.
Ernest Rhya
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
Wash Your CoffAo, ,

Coffee should always be wssA.,
using. 1t often has particles f',ss N AZ. PEA
especially the green kind. You r,.a., nlrt d
be astonished to see the aroo,,u9 wUuic tt,H
ment that comes of a pound 's, Of co,,ot q =.
fully washed. 'ouet "a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
Prevent House Odors

OIL rags and waste of this kind used for
polishing bathtubs, silver or brass should
be Kept IN covered tins or jars. This pre-
vents the odor from going through tha
closet in which they are placed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
Several Queries

Dear Deborah Rush--will you kindly tell
me whether II is good form for lady to say
she wished to ''klck" certain woman In the
face? Another question I have been anxious
TO have answered Is the Significance of the gift
Of yellow garter tied with n decorative baby
ribbon and adorned with IA small bell. was
told to wear II my left leg. Please answer
at your earliest convenience and oblige.
ANXIOUS CORRESPONDENT.
It does not seem possible that you can
be in earnest in your first question, as, of
course, the expression of the wish to kick
another in the face is extremely i'll bred
and unladylke no matter how much your
friend may have felt like so doing.
There is an old custom at weddings that
the bride should give to each of her brides.
maids n yellow garter with the injunction
that she wear 1t on her left leg, and It is
supposed to bring proposal from the right
man within month after first putting 1t
on. l do not know the origin of this funny
old superstition, but some persons like to
keep UP these customs just for the fun OF
It. AS far as 1 know the ribbon and bell
have no special Significance. Another odd
tradition about the garter Is that a bride
should wear a blue one, and as she goes
upstairs after the wedding breakfast to
change her bridal gown for her travelling
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18

Good form queries should DO adj
dressed to Deborah Rash, torftten on
one side Of the paper and signed 10Th
JuH name aud address, though initials
ONLY ioiH be published upon request.
This column DtH appear In Mondays,
Wednesdays aud Fridays Evening
Jed0er
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18

who deserves we'll of the Corner and all
connected with it. Your recipes are fine,
and clean out Of the ordinary" Having
tried the first one, and approved highly
OF the result. speak by the card"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
Advice for Party


Dear Deborah Rpsh-I am going 10 entertain
few friends in late September ut my house
and want TO ask about thirty altogether, so
II will be a half Informal affair. Would you
mind wording an Invitation for me and do
you think we could dance TO the music OF a
talking machine? What soFt OF refreshinents
would be proper to server H. q. W.
/ should think talking machine would
make sufficient sound for small number
such as 30 people to dance to, provided the
dancing Is confined to the one room.
For refreshments It would be nice to
serve light salad, fruit say, IL chicken is
too expensive for what you wish to spend
then 1 would have ice cream, cake and bon
bons. A bowl of lemon punch or fruit punch
is always a delightful thing to have when
guests are dancing, as they are apt to be-
come very thirsty during the exercise.
A formal note should be written as fol-
lows
Number of street.
Miss II G. W requests the
pleasure of Miss IS company on Sat
urday evening, September the sixteenth, at
eight o'clock.
August the sixteenth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18


i be by boy
I band
smpncr
be be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18

enough buttermilk to cover the stains re-
main there for few days, The acid in the
buttermilk will soon remove the stains.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18

Letters to the Editor Of the Womans Page
MLSs-Kndy
also o Mr. H.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
Discolored Baking Dishes

II casserole or any other sort of bak-
ing dish becomes brown on the inside, let
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
GERMANTOwN. r
NEW BLOOMFIELD. PA.

CARSON LONG INSTITUTE-7sth Ysar-N.-
Bloomfield Academy. Courses; Coilees EErsSSsew
atory. Music, Music, business Normal. Junior, ssp-
PSRiis SJd under ~ years special attention Terms
Institute. Box U. New Bloomfield. Pa. LONE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
cARIT0N AcApEAll

sass Essis sgessl iGF etc. sIass e. ~
cqupltselaI colrass. A1asskse M
ShaplAtn. LtWeE 4ehe1i -
'ckAHIEs 4 5eaeIFz ; :
The sun., 1916-09-17

present surface of Thirty-fourth street.
To accomplish this the elevation OF the
easterly roadway at Thirty-third street
will be raised approximately six and
one-half feet. The elevation Of the
roadway Just south OF Thirty-fourth
street will be approximately fourteen
feet. This will provide means Of separ-
ating north and south bound rattle be-
tween Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth
streets. so that the westerly roadway
will be utilized only for south bound
traffic. The Fourth and Madison ave-
nue. cars will descend and ascend by
means of a : per cent. grade from and
to a point about eighty-seven feet north
Of the north curl lire OF Thirty-third
street. into and from the present tunnel
under T~hirty-fourth street. Passengers
will transfer bctwcen the ~Thlrty-four,h
street line and the line at "A point about
ninety feet north Of Thirty-th.rd street
nj grade. the present stairs AT Thirty
fourth street being eliminated under the
new plan. TIE present retaining wall
Will De shortened IN ls ltngtn SO thtt
its south"rly limit viii Ice about eighty
seven feet north VI the north curb line
Of Thirty-third street.
No change whatever is made in the
grade OF the westerly roadway 81
Fourth avenue. nor # Th.rty-fuurth
street Itself. In Thirty-tNird street a
chance of grade IN created commcucin.
from "A point about 300 feet east a..
the casterly curb line of Fourth avenue
running west and reaching the point II
greatest change at Fourth avenue, which
Is approximately six and one-half feet
The sun., 1916-09-17

$4,000 10 Alexander . Rurnham a plot
on Huron street on which he will build
a house costing si.50u. to tie Misses
\. and l. Iabour a plot on the curne"
OF Huron street and WASHINGTON avenue.
adjoining their home. on which they will
cree: a house costing si.5uO fur invest
ment TO Mrs. T.. g.. Allen a plot on
Seminole street on which she is erecting
"A house costing $4,000 to Michael Hp-
nayne a house On n plot on Seminole
street costing s5.l00: 10 James c. Brad
ford a plot on Huron street to Charles
Ii Cothran a plot on Bannock Bou.e-
ward on which he intends to build 10
John Bing plot on Huron street on
which he will erect a house to cost
$1,000 to Il. +. Drakenfeld, Jr.. plot on
Dakota street on which he Will build .
10 Mrs. \. +. Labor a plot on the corner
of Bayside avenue and Adirondack
Boulevard on which she is erecting n
house costing $4,000 to Mrs, Anna
Blakelock a plot on Adirondack Buule-
ward On which she intends to build.
The sun., 1916-09-17
WI. eARcLAY PARSONS PLAN eOE TNE
WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSELY
q

Ry means Of this change there VIII We
established through traffic on Thirty.
third street from Lexington avenue 20
Madison avenue without IN" aUrH}t drop
that exists at present At Fourth avenue
In connection with this improvement.
provision has been made for 49,. MARROW.
ing of the eastcrly sidewalk of Fourth
venue between Thir;y-third and Thirty.
fourth streets to sixteen feet The road.
way width between Thirty-thl~l ir5
Thirty-fourth streets on tho wrs,,r'y
side will be thirty-four feet. That or
the casterly side will bc twenty .I~ f..:
When President Marks took uni , he
found the property owners Of n" neigh.
borhood hopelessly divided a. TO he
two plans for this Improvement The
Murray 1iill people advocated 're 'las.
sons plan. which contemplated 'he
preservation of grades and Wa l.'.r..!
as a protection against the iitI.uu :
the Murray Ilill district hv ll- s.., -.
'erests. The other plan. known To-. 'ta
Coils plan, contemplated D. '..a. q
down ~ the grad, AZ I u,-' .".
street 50 that tn" trolley 90 w.
cross n grade instead cf as n trs..'
In order Ia gain IN. maA iugu d. ?.
'age from this i~mUrovcmsrt 70 Il goo.
posed also To- build "A viaJ4. ...!..
from rr'icth to Forty-srcu.l s'l,,.
and landing at the upper l...' ? '.'
Grand Central Terminal IT, $751;
enable automobiles to 20 NY ~'
aNcnu" ON the cast"rly sid. r.
N.dduct, drive around IT an 100 Jul.
aycUuo. II Will remove cuu-.l u. D.,
the congestion at forty-se.
and Park avenue and at r {. .r'.
and ~Forty-sccoud ST Get. as r.| b."
avenue and Thirty-fourth st,,,,
Barring accidents the ilt.. .l .,-
struction work should be cu,Up..,.4 A
year.
The sun., 1916-09-17

Thursday. adopted q resolution defining
the authority OF the board OF appeals TO
hear appeals from orders given or de-
cis!ons rendered prior to October l by a
superintendent OF buildings or the Fire
Commissioner.
After ~reciting the provisions OF the law
on which the Judgment II based the
resolution goes on to say that It Is the
opinion OF the Board OF Standards and
Appeals that the board OF appeals has
no authority to hear any appeals from
an order or requirement issued prior TO
October 1. or from . decision or de-
termination rendered previous to October
/. and that orders. requirements. de-
cis!ons or determinations pending prior
to October !. II not complied with. can
be rescinded or amended only by the
same authority hat issued the order.
In the opinion Of the Board OF Stand
ards and Appeals only ordinary Justice
would be granted by extending the right
Of appeal accorded to the public after
october 1 to appeals from orders and re-
The sun., 1916-09-17

lin street the larger OF these roots were
broken UP by the use of small charges
OF dynamite. OF the tree roots n
trunks uncovered the largest was about
"a feet long. As feet across root. 3 feet
At bottom Of trunk and about 2 feet at
the end Of trunk.
A map OF southern Manhattan Island
by Townsend Maccoun. dated 1888.
showed marsh land over an area start
ing just south OF Duane street and ex-
tending northward TO Spring street. and
from Mulberry street westward TO the
North River. A typographical map Of
the city OF New York prepared by +. L.
Viele and dated 1874 shows a condition
similar TO that shown on the map OF
Townsend Maccoun.
During the progress OF excavation of
building and elevated column underp!n-
ming pits readings were taken on he
top and bottom Of the bog. The position
OF the bog was also taken where encoun-
tered In open cut.
These readings have been assembled.
The sun., 1916-09-17
SUBWAY BUILDERS
UNCOVER OLD MARSH
Lower West Side Bog, Covered
Century Ago, Offers Many
Obstacles.

During the excavation on a downtown
section OF the Seventh avonue-Lexington
avenue subway an old marsh. long since
hidden from sight by streets and build
ings. was uncovered by the contractors
men. The marsh lay beneath n covering
OF sand and clay of VARYING depths with
which It had been filed In the greater
part OF a century ago to make way for
the northward march Of the city. ]. A.
Connolly, assistant engineer. tells Of 1t
. in the Public Serticc Record.
This marsh with its underlying
stratum OF bog extended from a point
about midway " Reade and Duane
streets northward to the centre OF the
block between Franklin and North Moore
streets. The first indication OF this
material was found on the block between
Leonard and Franklin streets on the
sites of the Barron, Duval and Lawrence
buildings, which were razcd to permit
the widened Narick street to proceed
southwark to a junction with West
Broadway at Leonard street.
Early in August. 1914. several pits
were started between Leonard and
Franklin streets for the purpose of de-
veloping the position OF ground water
and to determine so far as possible tho
nature OF the material likely to be ems
countered during the general excavation
for the subway. Water was found in
these pits at about elevation lOl.0 90. II
was at first thought that this elevation
was artificial. as the house wrecking
contractor in order to comply with the
city ordinance had used considerable
water to spray the building materials
as they were being removed. As the pits
were started soon after the building
razlng contractor had completed his
work, It appears ms though the water
used by this contractor had saturated
The sun., 1916-09-17

Bronx and In Brooklyn apartment
house builders have utilized vacant back
lots temporarily for tennis courts for
tenants. but it remained for George
Backer 10 plan a hotel in the heart of
busy Manhattan Island where ennis
will be a permanent feature.
when he erects his great hotel on New
York Central Railroad property, north
of Grand Central station. Mr.. Backer
will use the bed of Vanderbilt avenue.
which Is to be extended TO Ffftieth street.
as recreation space for his patrons.
There will be a wide lobby along the en-
tire length OF the building or Vanderbilt
avenue. where people may watch the
players on the tennis courts.