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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11
LITTLE SCHOOLGIRLS
TAUGHT WITH DOLLS
HOW TO CARE FOR BABY
Geography and Spelling Books
Temporarily Cast Aside, and
Children Instructed by
Expert Nurses
ARITHMETICAL LULLABY

The instinct of motherhood received
definite recognition in the public school
curriculum today when many hundreds
of little girls cast aside their geography
books and their spoilers to learn how to
care for babies.
The Declaration of independence, the
list of European capitals and all else
that goes with the traditional course of
the elementary grades We're forgotten as
the parents of the future tenderly fon-
died dolls that served as substitutes for
real, live babies. Seventeen young
women nurses employed by the Depart
ment Of Health and Charities, served as
teachers. The whte-robed instructors first
impressed their pupils with the nobility
of motherhood. then they told the chill
dren how delicate the human mechanism
was ana of the necessity of care in effect
ing its preservation.
When the lesson was through and the
dolls had been laid away carefully in their
make-believe cradles, the little girls re-
turned to their other studies singing the
babies to sleep to the melody of the null
tiplicatiOn table.
Picturesque and inspiring as the instruc-
tion was, it had "A greater educational sig
nificance than the majority of laymen who
witnessed 1t could appreciate. 1t meant
that one Of the most serious duties of
life had been given equal pedagogical rank
with other matters that will perhaps never
ditNl NHt lbillNilltihNAS VI 'ii' ii'FNN b'lAT
Grafton.
The instruction will hereafter be given
after regular school hours. The Division
of Child Hygiene of the Health Depart
ment will supply the teachers, while the
Child Federation, through whose intiu-
ence this work was undertaken, will fur
nlsh the equipment, Albert Cross. secre-
tary of this organization, declared today
that Philadelphia had only begun what
other cities had been doing for many
years,
This work had been successfully under
taken under the auspices of the Little
Federation, but il was not until today
that the municipality entered officially
into the movement. The list of schools,
TO which the Division Of Child Hygiene
has assigned lecturing nurses, is as fol-
lows:
Baugh- Close, 7th and Dickinson streets;
Columbus, 9th and Carpenter streets;
Hawthorne 18th and Fitzwater streets;
Randall, 9Th and cambridge streets;
Northeast, Race and Lawrence streets;
Durham, 10th and Lombard streets; Mad
ison, New Market ana Green streets;
PaNson, 9Th and Noble streets; Landcn-
berger, 4th and George streets; Baldwin,
10th and Porter streets stanton, nth and
Christian streets, Landreth, 23d and Fed
eral streets; Key, sth and Wolf streets;
Rush, 5th street and Snyder a-euue;
Furness, 30 and Miflin streets; Nichols,
10th and Wharton streets, and Mount Yer
non, Sd and Catharine streets
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11

the south and the Red Terror had fol-
lowed. The horror of It still remained
with the forest people, for a thousand
unmarked graves, Stunned like n pestl-
lence, and scattered from the lower
waters OF James Bay to the lake country
OF the Athabasca, gave evidence OF the
toll 1t demanded.
Now and then in their wanderings Ka-
zan and Gray Wolf had come upon the
little mounds that covered the dead. In
stnct-somethng that was infinitely be-
yond the comprehension of man-made
them feel the presence of death about
them. perhaps smell It in the air.
Kazan had lured her back to trap
line. The trail they found was old II
had not been Travelled for many days In
a trap they found q rabbit, but II had
been dead long time. In another there
was the carcass Of a fox, torn into bits
by the owls. Most Of the traps were
sprung Others were covered with snow.
Kazan, with his three-quarters strain OF
dog, ran over the trail from trap to trap,
intent only on something alive-meat to
devour. Gray Wolf in her blindness
scented death. It shlvered in the tree
tops above her. She found It in every
trap-house they came to-death-man
death. II grew stronger and stronger,
and she whined, and nipped Ka2an's
flank. And Kazan went on. Gray Wolf
followed him to the edge OF the clearing
In which Lofts cabin stood. and then she
sat back on her launches, raised her blind
face to the gray sky, and gave long and
wailng cry In that moment the bristles
began to stand UP along l<azan's spine.
Once. long ago, he had howled before
the tepec OF master who was newly
dead, and he settled back on his
launches, and gave the death-cry with
Gray Wolf He. too. scented 1t now
Death was in the cabin. and over the
cabin there stood n saplng pole, and Mt
the end Of the pole there fluttered strip
OF red cotton rag-tho warning flag of the
plague from Athabasca to the bay. This
man, like a hundred other heroes Of the
North, had run up the warning before he
laid himself down to die.
And that same night, In the cold light
of the moon, Kazan and Gray Wolf
swung northward into the country of the
Fond du Lac.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11
CHAPTER XII
Always TWO BY TWO.

ALWAYS TWO BY TWO.
WAS January when a guide from the
.., brought Paul weyman to Henri
-. cobin on the Waterfound. lie was
man of thirty-two or three, fun of the
.h,ooded life that made Henri like him
;, orce II this had not been the case,
III, erst few days in the cabin might have
upnIeasant, for Henri was In bad
- ue told Wcyman about It their
~ night MS they were smoking pipes
,sa-sde the rcdly glowing box stove.
,n. Il damn strange" said Henri. 't
s.ve lost seven lynx in the traps, torn
s " rieces like they were no more than rab-
+ s,,s mat the foxes had killed. No thing
& WI ~. ayon bear-have ever tackled lynx In
no..sr before. It is the first time l ever
And they arc torn up so bad they
~ not worth orc half dollar at the post
soven,-that is over two hundred dol
~ I have lost There arc two wolves
~ do n. Two-I know it by the tracks
4 atvovs two-an-never one. They fol-
E,ow my trap-llne an cat the rabbits l
r,tch They have the fisher-cat, an the
mink. an the crmne, an the marten;
H., ,bo 1ynx-sacre an damn! they jump
w him an pull the fur from him like
4 ~, mill the wild cotton balls from the
s,rr.bush, have tried strychnine In
Sesr mi. an / have set traps and dead
4 So,ls hut | cannot catch them They VIII
drive me out unless | get them, for !
i have taken only five good lynx, an they
Zhaye destroyed seven
This reused Weyman. He was one OF
<,bat growing number of thoughtful men
Who believe that mans egoism, as n
race blinds him to many of the more
wonderful facts of creation. He had
,hrown down the gantlet and with n
/ logic that had gained him nationwide
bearing. TO those who believed that man
was the only living creature who could
reason and that common sense and
cIsverness. when displayed by any other
breathing thing, were merely instinct.
The facts behind Henri's tale of woe
struck him as important. and until mid
might they talked about the two strange
wolves.
.'There Is one big wolf an one smaller"
said Henri. "An it is always the big
wolf who goes in an fights the lynx.
III see that by the snow. While he's
lighting, the smaller makes many tracks
I'm the snow Just out OF reach, an then
when the lynx is down. or dead, it jumps
in an helps tear 1t into pieces. All that
In know by the snow. Only once have
seen where the smaller one went in an
fought with the other an then there
was blood all about tina. was not lynx
blood; trailed the devils n mile by the
dripping"
During the two weeks that followed
Weyman found much to add to the ma
teral of his book Not n day passed
hat somewhere along Henri's trap-line
they did not see the trails of the two
wolves and Weyman observed that-as
Henri had told him-the footprints were
always two by two, and never one by
one On the third day they came to a
trap that had held lynx, and at sight
Of what remained Henri cursed in both
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11
RAINBOW CLUB PRIZE OFFER

Philadelphia should be known United States THE
city where the children school and to bring this ABOUT
FARMER SMITHS CLUB through the EVENING LEDGER VIII
offer who will answer the following
questions February 1916 The next htteen
children the next best manner VIII each re-
e tie for the first prize the ten dollars
viii be equally the who have answered the most
satisfactory buy the EVENING LEDGER TO
compete for these The for the prizes Will be mailed
February Washngtons Birthday present from the EVENING
LEDGER Rainbow Club Here the questions
which side of the only and mailed
BEFORE FEBRUARY
~ What do you like about your school?
(2) What you dislike about your school?
(Sl What do like about your home?
(4) What o you dislike sbou your home?
@ What bring your home and your school
closer together?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11
Great Doings in Frogville

I got a sore throat" said Willie
mop Toad to his mother one night.
MY dear child, hoptOad's throat
: about all there is to him. If you
A.'e a sore throat, you must be sick
all over"
am said Willie. 81 am dying" T"
How do you know you are dying?"
ssAed his mother, putting on her
s'rsSes and looking at him. "Did you
sfer die before?"
No." said Willie, thoughtfully, "I
you"
y send for DIR. Bull Frog at once, +"
J mrs. Hop Toad, as she went over
'as telephone.
- nhsn the doctor came he hoped in
" a's ~Ahsml Aheml''
a&E Nalls down a : chair and.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11
Dirge of Used-to-Be

In the dark and gloomy graveyard OF the
Things That Used-to-Be,
A group OF ghosts were gathered meath a
weeping willow tree.
In mournful tones, with dismal moans
while tears streamed from his eyes.
A melancholy shade explained the cause
of his demise.
He said; II was an oil Lamp, and l still
recall the day
When folks thought I was bright enough
TO light the darkest way;
But when, at last, I'd finally cast a glamor
round myself.
They all installed Electric Light and put
me on the shelf"
81 was little Horse car" another spirit
cried,
"And for time upon my back the world
was glad to ride.
For many a day things went my way,
but soon /, too, departed;
The TTamways pushed me on the track
TO perish, broken hearted
An ancient ghost wept softly as he told
He said: Il was a Mail Coach century
ago;
But conservation taught the nation how
TO save its breath.
And now the phones and telegraphs have
just talked me TO death
And 50. beneath the willow trees, these
mournful ghosts reside,
All dreaming Of the good, old-fashioned
days before they died.
With plaintive walls they tell their tales
OF death and dissolution.
For every one Of them was killed BY plain
ELECTROCUqIOk
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11

FRANCIS FRAsco The members are
as follows: Florence Jackson, Francis
Jackson, Mary Collins, Catherine Col
Inns, Marion DAILY, Grace DAILY, Anna
DAILY, secretary; Anna Shean, Flor
ence Catafesta, Florence Calvin,
Florence Foster, Marie Ghegan, The
resa Zussy and Evelyn Messick.
Esirla Espuralli, Latona street, is
a genuine Rainbow! She is helping
her sick mother and doing her best
to put sunshine into her life.
Percy Braitman, Christian street,
and some of his friends, Samuel and
Louis Cramer, NJ. Catz, N. Manis and
l. Cohen, are responsible for much re-
cent happiness in this world. At
Christmas time they befriended a poor
little boy whom Percy found on the
street crying because there was to be
no Merry Christmas in his house that
year. Percy says that the Rainbow
Club and its mission came right be-
fore his eyes. He told the boys and
they started to save up for a tree, but
in the meantime, they found one, so
they gave their savings, which
amounted to dollar, TO the little bows
mother. l think their own Christmas
must have been a very happy one,
don't you? On New Years Day,
while watching the parade, these same
boys befriended another little boy.
Percy gave up his place in line to
him SO that he could see and then he
gave him penny. Surely these young
men are living up to thsir plsdgel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11

poking lightning bug down the little
fellows throat, began to look and
look and look. Finally he said;
"Ahem! Ahem! Ahem! There is
nothing the matter with your son, my
good woman"
"oh, doctor, isn't there something
| can give him?"
"Yes," replied DIR. Bull Frog. "Give
him a spanking every hour until he is
better"
AS DR.. Bull Frog went down the
steps he heard "swat, swat, swat!"
accompanied by a loud sound that
couldn't have come from sore throat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11
LIGHT ARTILLERY ON VIEW
National Security League Has Elk,
hibit at Headquarters

The Franklin Bank Building now looks
as II il can defend itself against anything,
for the National Security League, which
Is quartered therein. Is showing three
machine guns, two one-pounders. a num-
Der Of three-inch shells.a complete land
ing force and divers sother forms OF
lighting equipment Captsin K. c. Nor
gan. OF the Minnesota loaned the ex-
hibits to the league, and sent some
sailors from the Navy Yard 70 set il
I'd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11
Our POstoffice Box

Francis Frasco is one of the promi-
nent members of the Eighth Street
Squad. He is the proud possessor of
bank account and a real live bank
book.
The first meeting of the Rosewood
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11
FARMER SMITHS
GOODNIGHT TALK

Your editor you Christmas and YOU GOT
THEM Then members by Lnons Birthday
and we have 5000 members NOW.
Isn't it
you suppose we did it? WORKING TOGETHER
Let all members by Lnons Birthday From the
beautiful letters the kind words which come us from
little 10000 by February H.
LET TOGETHER!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11
MRS. KETCHUM MOVES
Her Soup Kitchen Now Located at
Her Home, 1924 Frankford Avenue

Mrs. NJ W, Ketchum has opened the
Richmond soup kitchen for the winter at
her home, 1924 Frankford avenue, instead
of at the former address in the rear of
2652 Ann street. She has found her own
home TO be a more suitable headquarters
and the l4O- gallon soup kettle has been
moved there.
more than $50 persons were supplied
with soup and bread yesterday. and dur
ing the remainder of the winter the food
will be given out daily between IL and
1880 o'Clock-the lunch hour Improved
Industrial conditions have decreased the
number of destitutes in the section, but
there are still many needy ones who
would 90 hungry if 1t were not for Mrs.
Ketchum's efforts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11
CITY TAKES GOOD CARE
OF IT'S DEPENDENT OLD
FOLK IN MANY HOMES
Shabby Genteel" and Aged
Poor Find Havens in Numer-
Gus Institutions of Varied
Characters
NEARLY 1000 ON LISTS
Cify's Aged Dependent
Folk Well Cared For

They are we'll cared for.
The city has more than 80
homes corresponding to the pro-
posed Freedman Home, in New
York, for the Shabby genteel."
Nearly 1000 aged and helpless
men and women of good standing
or former good circumstances are
sheltered in these homes.
Many of the homes are sectar-'
ian.
The waiting lists are large.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11
RAINBOW CLUB

resents precious stone? Give
credits.)
8. What is the meaning of A. NJ,
p. M? Give credits.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11
Do You Know This?

l. A man called for the following
telephone number, ], c, A, Locust.
what number did he get? Give
credits.)
2. what street n Philadslphia rep
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11
Copyright, 1914. the
Bobs-Merrlll Company

4 CHAPTER X-Continued.
4 = THIS time there came from the Hud-
a .on,s Bay post to the east a slim,
..s.faced French halfbreed by the name ,
.dsrki ,tanri Lott, the most famous lynx
tW he all the Hudson's Bay country.
I,lry Ihunss, " built his trapping shack, and
,hsn s" returned to the post to Ni6 w@it until unit.
<the nrs ser his team. supplies and traps.
pacsa sa IN from the south, at this same
Anu ,pere p was slowly working his way
and trail g,bey%T yR%nF atere TGEeT'ty foF
Ezoolos,, On "The Reasoning of the Wild
~ oOOa mo was Paul Weyman, and he had
made ,s arrangements to spend ,tSS part of the
wihteI t,,sbt with him plenty of paper, a
t.,,ors hs Of and the photograph of a girl
S1Ia sa.'erdi only weapon was poekst,knife. 1,,,
his .uJ IN meanwhile Kazan and Gray Wolf
Ana ~ hor,, the were seeking in n
iouSu eSa,' swamp Ave or six miles from the
NM NM that Henri Lott had built.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11

Rainbow S e W n g
Circle took place
last Tuesday night.
This club will be
remembered as the
Rosewood Helping
Hand, which did so
much good W ork
for Santa Clau S
not so lon g a g o.
I'M
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-11
CHAPTER. XII.
THE RED DEATH.

II AzAN and Gray Wolf wandered
~ northward into the Fond du Lac
country. and were there when Jacques,
a Hudson Bay company's runner. came
up TO the post from the south with the
first authentic news of the dread plague
the smallpox. For weeks there had
been rumors on all sides And rumor
grew into rumor. From the east, the
south and the west they multiplied, until
on all sides the Ps--l Reveres OF the viii
derness were carrying word that q Mort
Rouge-the Red Death-Was at their
heels and the chill OF a great fear swept
Ike a shivering wind from the edge OF
civilization 70 the bay. Nineteen years
kelors these rumpra had come up from
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-03
SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, I9l6.

The statement given to the Gateway by Chairman Edes of the Engineering Commission, which statement was published yesterday gives very interesting insight
 into what intended the other end of the great govern ment railroad The very fact that the Panama river IS to have dlawbridge costing half million dollars Is anaz- mgy interesting to those who poed old stts around that
 river about thirteen years ago when was wild ter nory indeed Mr. EdeS also states that rails will reach Nenana coal fields late in the fall of 1917 and he says estimated that there is market in the interior for 25OOO tons of coal annually The population at the present time of Nenana City is approximately 5OO
 All ye oldtmeIs who read that report in this paper yesterday look back Just let your minds hit the back trail for a moment Let them rest the days when hun dreds of men hoated down the year 1903 to the mouth of the Panama river and declared that the Panama Valley a barren wilderness where nothing could be found but starvation And then wake up to the present and ask yourself if Alaska is not fast developing into young giant.
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-03

Oyster Cocktails at "The Branch. "
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-03

It has been figured out by one or another that the Allies would have to lose fifteen million before reaching Germany from the French front the present
 rate of advance and the present of losses This S of course not correct but it enables one to imagine what dire possibilities present themselves in this Judging by the number of miles actually gained and by the losses sustained the estimate above seems mathemaUcaly cor rect but it must always be remembered that the moving of enemy mile might compel that enemy to fall back any number of miles to secure line that natu- ally suited defense But the losses of the British in the month of September recall the fact that the war Is far terrible than had been expected in the beginning. We all remember the sensation caused in Britain when the of the first battle in which the British gagged arrived and the losses were found to be paltry two thousand Since the Somme battle be- gan the British have lost three hundred thousand That would mean perhaps nearly hundred thousand killed That is far more than twice the whole white popu iaton of Alaska And the losses of the Germans must be added and the losses of the French and all the rest for the same months The chances are that the total number of men slaughtered outright during the present quarter would be greater than the total population of any of several states of this Union.
 If it is fact that "the richest grass in graveyards grows Europe need not fear hay famine. It is beauti full thought.
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-03
PIONEERS AT THE
 SITKA HOME PASS
 TO GREAT BEYOND

Information was received at the Governors office today of the death of three of the pioneers at the Home at Sitka.
 Albert Peterson, of Famagut Bay, near Petersburg, died on Sept. 10th, of ulcer of the stomach.
 Christ Christansen, well known pilot and trader of the Prince William Sound district. entered from Valdez, died Sept 18th.
 Olaf Rose, entered to the home from Cordova, died Sept 18th from cereberal hemouhage and other com plications.-EX.
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-03
MAJOR DICKENS KILLED

LONDON, Sept 19.-Major Cedric Charles Dickens, grandson of Charles Dickens, was killed in action in France last week.-Ex
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-03
THOS. LLOYD IS
 DANGEROUSLY ILL

FAIRBANKS, Sept. 28.-Thomas Lloyd, republican committeeman for the Fourth division, is dangerously i'll in the hospital here.-Ex.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-03-01
AT THE DREAM.

Tonight is Serial night at the Dream, the Perils of Pauline again being placed on the screen. A briel synopsis: Pauline forcibly carried off is taken to an isolated and pre- sumably empty building. Bound, gagged and half unconscious she is securely locked in q room on an upper floor. The bandit leaving the house cooly lights cigartet and throws the match carelessly n a pile of infiamable debris, this ignites he ignores the appeals of his hope less victim, and with a sardonic grin he walks away. A few minutes and the building is envelopei in
 flames. The hero arrives in a heavy powered car. He is unable to force an entrance. Backing the car, In desperation he then drives fcrwaro and crashes the car into tho burn l ing structure, rescuing Pauline at the peril of his life. This scene is especially spectacular and thrilling. Escorted safely home, Pauline de- cides to recupercto to after her nerve racking adventure. A hurried tele- gram is dispatched to the Haines, intimate family friends, explaining her impetuous and informal visit An answer to this telegram falls into the hand of the interruptions Owen giving him clue to another dastardly scheme. Mary Haines has the ranch boys turn out to well come and escort Pauline from the little COW town to her homo when
 suddenly the party is surrounded by desperate men, Pauline is dragged
 from blackboard in the open prairie and then commences a wild and furious chase, the driver of the blackboard mistaking the despera- does for Haines men. In the mean time the hero and Flames men are 1 securing the country for Pauline. Tonight's instalment is peerless among the many? Don't miss it, | Adv